Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-19

<~-.E used to wonder what
- kind of stuff brakes
NAx men were made of that
/" they could Jest while
they died. Well, we
know now that when there's a new
world to be discovered we can still rise
mp reincarnated into spiritual pirates
1t wasn't the men of our age who were
at fault, but the new world that was
lacking. Our new world is the King
dom of Heroism, the doors of which
are flung so wide that the meanest of
us may enter. 1 know men out here
Ewho are the dependa BILE daredevils of
ftheir brigade, who in peace times We're
Euuisances. In the same way you see
Emild men. timid men. almost girlish
SNen. carrying out duties which in
ether wars would have won V. C.'s. I
don't think the soul Of courage ever
dies out of the race any more than the
capacity for love. All it means is that
the occasion is not present For my
self try to analyze my emotions: am
simply numb, or do / initiate other
peoples GOODNESS and shall ! fear life
again when the war is ended There
Is no explanation save the great army
EDhrase carry on We carry on be-
cause, if we don't, we shall let other
men down and put their lives in danger.
And there's more than that-we all
want TO live up to the standard that
prompted us to come.
Tonight we've been singing in parts.
Back to the Dear Dead Days Beyond
Recall mounnful kind OF dirty to
Il sing under the circumstance
mournfui that we had TO have a game
of five hundred to cheer US M. Cheer
mp and remember that I'm quite happy.
i wish you could be with me for just
one day to understand" And 50 the
intimate letters go on-letters from
Lieut. Coningsby Dawson. successful
novelist and civilian at war" who,
with the Canadian troops, was AZ the
battle of the Somme. These are the
home letters TO My dearest all My
land so on. The spirit Of them is so
Efender and so big-they are SO inspir-
E5ng that their gift TO the public par
Flakes of the nature of patriotism on
/ the part of Mr.. Dawsou's father. An
tnexpressibly dear book. an illumina-
tion we'll
THE REBIRTH OF RUSSIA. ~ Isaac
F. Marcosson. author Of The War
After the War" etc. New York:
John Lane COMPANY
The greater part of this story IF the
Russian revolution by III. Narcosson
was taken at first handfrom the leaders
OI the revolution themselves AROUND
these, In a brilliant and realistic mar
&rative. he groups the main currents OF
Faction and influence tbAr cu!njua al
In the abdication OF Nicholas II and
1.-THE rise of the forces of democracy in
= straight line he traces the sinister
at work against the new gov
efnment and against the national
Friendships of Russia; II is a story OF
swift movement which comes 10 focus
ut frequent intervals in some striking
and dominant Russian personality and
sums. finally. To a fun survey Of the
kBtupeEdous event.
THE TURNING POINT: The Battle al
fhe Somn,~. By VI. Perry Robinson
London Times war correspondent
Illustrated. New York: Dodd. Mead
& Co.
1T Is to the battle of the Somme that
Historians will in future ages point as
The turning point in the war. The
heroisrn of the French at Verdun will
probably always stand out as the most
fpIendid achievement Of any of the
rpmbatants in the whole course of the
war But il was in the combined vic
fcTy Of the French and british OF the
EeRilire that the allies. after two years
~ conscious infer.ority in equipment