Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
Reviews of New Books

such magnitude is this movement and
of such clearly defined purpose that
the United States may be said to be
revolutioning itself under the impulse
a of the not great saar waf that feoD Is
going on. Therefore they are losers to
the fact that it is not only a very
great movement, but very glorious
signed for the sole purpose OF placing
us in a knowing and open attitude to-
ward this stupendous upheaval. 1t Is
a simple story. one that business man
tells about himself and his family,
about what they did when. to their
establishment. they found themselves to
be a definite part of the war. Simple
as it Is, the narrative Is so inclusive
and well constructed that, multiplied
sufficiently. it covers the whole country
record of family reconstructionIa
method of living reorganized. In order
to liberate money for the war. soclai
routine changed to productive service
into the immediate business Of war;
daughter fred with the sturdy amoi-
ton to do something worth while.
finely patriotic father and mother al
iusting themselves to active partakins
in the general devotion to that intangl.
BILE, but irresistible. emotion. love OF
country The story Is so thoroughly
believable and so wholesome Withai II
lis so lifelike picture OF what rs golns
on all over the country. that 1T must
serve to fire the few remaining luke
warm citizens that may exist and to
urge on the active workers to In
creased effort We hear great deal
about the unpatriotic citizen-the
critic, the malcontent. generally we
hear too much of him. This BOOK Is
calculated to place this kind of citizen
in his proper place among q small mi
nority. for 1t gives a clear impression
of the mighty tide of idealism. OF the
prodigious self-denial. of the active
participation from all classes Of men,
Of the enthusiasm, and the confidence.
and the general exaltatton or the who're
country in this day of its supreme test
s fine hook. People should read the
two books for the renewal OF their own
spirits.
UTOPIA OF UsURERs, And Other
ESSAYS. BY Gilbert K. Chesterton.
New York: Boni & Liveright.
One knows beforehand that MT.
Chesterton is going to play ducks and
brakes here with good Sir Thomas
More's vision of human perfectibility
wherein 1.-The wise and godly ordi-
nances of the Utopians be so well and
wealthily ordered that virtue is had
in price and estimation" And he does
do all of this. In the Chesterton XII
of literary tools there Is. all in
neat and shining row, a razor-edged
set, which. in this supplemented hand.
turns from tools to weapons-the
. weapons of paradox. of satire and in
| yectiye. With these weapons in full
| play, Chesterton here creates the
| Utopia of the money changers-a
| grand capitalistic commonwealth.
| Within this modern realm of Midas,
money is the measure of existence.
Life functions solely in an all-absorb-
| ing passion of money-getting: This.
| according to the writer. is fair pic
| ture Of the state toward which modern
civilization is making speedy head
way.
| in this domain Of his own fashioning.
| 10 that of an up-to-date master OF
surgery. With impressive neatness of
| incision and marvellous dexterity of
| separation. he holds up to view one
| Institution after another. to present
evidence Of the deterioration and even