Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08

controversy-letters to Mr.. William
Archer and Georges Clemenceau-in q
only of his own position. but Of the
position of all Denmark as well in this
crisis. The book displays an excep-
tional grasp of both the material forces
working throughout the world and the
spiritual impulses lying back of this
tremendous struggle.
WARS DARK FRAME. By Wadsworth
Camp, author of Sinister Island,
etc. Illustrated. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co.
Mr.. Camps war book does not bring
one to the battle itself Rather does
it permit him to move about among
the men in the off -moments of con-
fiict, listening to what they say and
watching to discover. If may be,
whether or not their words reveal or
conceal their feelings. And behind the
lines it takes one to the homes and the
ruined towns-to all the grim sur
roundings Of the war itself. There are
many vivii scenes drawn from both
England aid France to show the as
founding c..anges that have crept into
the daily life of the home people as
we'll as into that of the warriors them
selves. The book in its emphasis OF
the personal element, in it's attention
to the innumerable minor effects of the
war itself, conveys an impression or
vivdness and detail that gives 1T a
finely pictorial value
FRANKLIN SPENCER SPALDING: Man
and Bishop. BY John Howard
Melish. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
The story of Bishop Spalding's life
furnishes striking example Of the fact
that the probationary confined
somewhere between the two extremes
of bigot and saints rapidly moving
out into the areas of general service
in behalf Of common human needs This
is. primarily, the story of man bent
to the business Of materializfng upon
earth some of the promised benefits
of heaven. A keenly critical study of
social conditions is the essential
groundwork of this activity. Missions
to the Indians, and miners of the west.
as well as to labor communities of
wider fields. reveal to the judgment OF
this investigator social conditions OF an
unrighteousness that Justify the de-
mands Of socialism. a doctrine to whose
idealism of outlook he himself finally
becomes a convert. AS student ana
and investigator. the personality of
Bishop Spalding-revealed by way OF
the many personal letters incorporated
in this volume-iS as appealing in its
energetic efforts toward practical re-
form These letters also form the
medium for disclosing some of the most
important of the realizations of the
man The narrative connecting them
displays a distinctly fine use of bio
graphic material for the purposes OF
setting and a general Interpretation
of the character and work of Bishop
Spalding.
HOW To WRITE FOR THE MOVING
PICTURES. BY Marguerite Bertsch.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
A book for everybody-since every
body has at one time or another taken
a hand at the film scenario. Miss
Bertsch, for five years director and
editor for Aim company. here offers
manual of instruction and Information
for the use of a world of ambitious
playmakers. In part. this is record
of experience. The writer herself be-
gan where all the others do. The diff
ference lies in the fact that she con-
tinued and succeeded. This part of the
record is Of special encouragement and
giving step by step the technic Of the
photoplay and submitting outline
plays to objectify the successive move
ment of the whole. Beyond this, the
writer goes into the subject Of the play
market, which, like all other markets,
is under the control of supply and de-
mand Here there follows a simple
and practical discussion Of the psy-
chology of the audience In general, and
of the natural cleavage into separate
audiences, each demanding its own
kind of play. This leads to the va
Fious classes Of photoplay and to the