Evening star., 1916-11-26

existence All OF TINS Sne brings as an
argument for peace. since peace is the
essential Of racial progress.
THE CRUSHED FLOWER: And Other
Stories. BY Leonid Andreyev. Trans
lated from the Russian by Herman
bernstein. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
These eight stories show Andreyev's
dramatic grasp of the essentials of the
short story whether this be a mere
sketch or the more involved and highly
developed action. The first Of these
stories, the one from which the book
takes its name. is the portrayal of a
little child's heart. or soul. With real
tenderness the author depicts the be
wilderment and 'strangeness and suf-
fering of the child over certain very
common occurrences in the domestic
life of his father and mother. AS one
reads he knows that this is not the
story Of one child. All children grow
miserable over the common household
MISUNDERSTANDING of their elders. An
other one is the merging OF life and
death. in that borderland where the
dead are not yet conscious of the great
change that has come to them. Judas
1scariot and DtherS' is Il striking study
of the human side of the traitor. The
element oc mystery enters into all of
them. This is the mystery of the in
tangible life about US. Of that from
which we are ordinarily excluded but
which. nevertheless, upon some ex-
traordtnary occasion we enter, or di-
vine, for perhaps no more than flash
Of time. Ieonid Andreyev is one of
the most popular of the Russian writ
ers of the present. That he will be
popular IN America is doubtful His
readers here are Likely to be limited
to those Of purely literary tastes. The
average American is too cheerful and
too disinclined to read except for
amusement. to take kindly to the
subtle and highly finished tales of
Andreyev.
THE AMBITIOTs WOMAN IN BUSI-
NESS. by Eleanor Gilbert New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Why are women In business? Ought
they to be in business? From the first
of these two questions Miss Gilbert de-
velops the economic reasons for the
entrance of women into the world of
business. In answer to the second one
she not only justifies this movement.
feet of long series of antecedent
causes. In addition. the writer offers
for the readers use so complete a body
OF practical suggestion and direction
as to constitute this an admira bic text
book on the subject The first part of
and personal welfare. Here are sue-
gestions about the choice Of occupa-
tions well as a description Of the
ways in which one may market her
ability. Character and personality in
business is another topic Of discussion
The business woman in relation to the
fundamental facts of marriage and
home is another one. The second part
of the book analyses the occupational
fields that are open. or that may readily
open, to women. The writer has oh
viously. made careful study of the
many sided conditions that surround
the woman in business. of the fields in
which she may operate and Of the
equipment essential to success A
strong feature of the book is that Miss
Gilbert keeps before one not only the
standpoint of the woman employed. but
that also of the woman who employs
labor. The writer's purpose has been
to present body of facts calculated to
determine whether it is important for
woman to hold to the same high aim
in business as man holds and to bring