Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16

agination touch the theatric. This is
the point at which the whole German
people betakes itself to the border of
the sea to speed the kaiser on his way
land. However, that is a slight matter
in a really able and hopeful invention
whose basis Is almost wholly composed
OF substantial fact.
Quite stirred over this book. we said
to an eightyyear-o German Of our
acquaintance, "Oh, Mr.. W., can you see
Germany as a republic, ever?" mo.
You do not know. We have been Graded
IN devotion to the emperor He is Gods
anointed." Yet this Prussian came to
America when he was eleven years old.
He fought through the civil war and
loves this country. but Germany with
out an emperor Is inconceivable to him,
despite his love for a free America.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY
OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN AMER
1CA. By George Gorham Groat. Phi.
versity of Vermont author Of Trade
Unions and the Law in New York"
etc. New York: The Macmillan
Company
The twofold purpose here Is, first, to
make concise definition of the salient
facts of organized labor, and, next. to
present a systematic outline of the sub
as an Institution is an aggregation of
unions, this writer makes the labor
union the unit of this consideration.
The union. an economic agent function
ing as an element in social progress
by virtue of its struggle for higher
level Of living for the working man, is
discussed here. not only in the light of
this ideal conception, but in relation
also to it's practical influence and
achievement in fact. By combination
these unions multiply their forces
through such organizations as the
American Federation Of Labor. whose
office is amplified here in a clearly in
forming manner. The writer reviews
the political activity and standing of
future movements. The whole is set
against background Of historical be-
ginnings both in England and America,
to which Is added a summary of the
CARNATIONS rest their claims. An en-
larged breadth of view is given to this
study through the authors free cita-
ton of substantial opinions on both
sides of the important questions and
problems that arise from the labor
movement. This compact and compre-
hensive study Is Calculated to be of
excellent service to students of this
SUBJECT. 1t Will also be of distinct use
fulness to the average reader in clear
ing up the generally vague and scat
tered ideas concerning the activities of
labor.
THE SEED OF THE RIGHTEOUS. By
Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, author of
Pleasures and Palaces" etc. In
dianapolfs: The Bobbs-Merrfll Com
pany..
This story is told with such human,
everyday naturalness that it's first
page serves as an open door into the
home life of the Gage family-of which
the heroine is it's youngest member 1t
Is an unusual family in that it's every
claim to advancement springs from and
revolves around a bronze statue which
stands in a street triangle a few steps
from the home. The statue was erected
by the pennies of the children of the
country in tribute to a man who had
been the friend of children-and the
man was Serene Gage. His widow,
splendidly unconscious of graft, had
trafficked on the fame of the statue to
such family advantage that at the time
the author steps into events the son