Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-12

nothing for story material. In the
home of Sir Thomas there is wife.
whom the writer makes as plausibly
impossible as he. with equal insight.
makes the secretary appealing. This is
the situation. whose commonplace char
acter takes on quite uncommon quail
ties by virtue of Mr.. Benson's skillful
seizure of the undercurrents Of feeling
and impulse that might reasonably ami
mate this familiar complex. The three
people who control this development
are alive and interesting as human be-
ings They want to be right and de-
cent, and they mean to be. Upon this
foundation Of general good intent. the
writer builds, scene upon scene. story
Of final renunciation. Curiously enough.
perhaps, this remuneration pleases the
reader, not SO much because, accord
ing to the worlds moral code. 1t was
the right thing to do, but rather be-
cause it was the timely thing to do.
These two. the girl and the man, had.
indubitably enriched the life of each
other. However, there was definite
turn to poverty. And they stopped.
No doubt Sir Thomas was better able
to hold himself in greater charity
toward his legal domestic bond. since
love brings charity and host of per-
sonal virtues. And the girl? Yes. the
shrivel, upon such a remuneration. The
whole is the sympathetic interpreta-
ton Of one of the commonplaceS of
social life which has grown. naturally.
out Of the propinquities involved by
the admission of women to business
pursuits.
IN THE HEART OF GERMAN IN
TRIGUE. BY Demetra Vaka. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin Company.
This writer. Mrs. Kenneth-Brown.i is
native Of Greece. In the summer of
1916 Demetra Vaka was able to return
to her own country, there to study the
political situation of that disturbed and
divided state. This book is an account
Of the writer's Impressions concerning
certain outstanding and vital aspects
of the Grecian situation at that time.
About every. important figure In the
field of Greek politics appears here.
, among them King Constantine himself
and the statesman, Venizelos. There
are interviews with the king and the
statesman. witkth writer's interpreta-
Events move so rapidly that already
some of Demetra Vaka's prophecies
have become literal events. and many
| of her interpretations have been borne
! blunders Of Greek diplomacy are set
down here, and many of the intrigues
between the King of Greece and the
central powers are brought into the
OPEN "A nl8n appreciation OF NenlZelOS
| as the towering figure of Greek politi-
cal life. as the salvation itself Of the
Greek cause. stands as one of the high
points Of this vigorous and searching
| in-look upon the affairs of Greece In
this time Of international turmoil.
DONALD THOMPSON IN RUSSIA. By
Donald {. Thompson. Illustrated
| from photographs taken by the au-
thor. New York: The Century Com
-pany.
Donald Thompson went to Russia to
photograph the revolution. This vol
ume is. in part. full evidence that he
| accomplished that which he set out to
do, for 1t contains more than a hundred
illustrations, gathered out Of dangerous
| and critical moments in the progress of
the Russian uprising, The story itself
is made up of letters written by Thomp-
son to his wife. back home in Kansas,