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

malignancy Of each, through the VI
cious chemistry of lucre in the blood.
Art, literature. science. law, educatlon'
religion and social intercourse-all. in
diseased tissues and perverted func-
tioning 1t Is wonderfully we'll done. 1t
would be. In this utopia" Mr.. Ches-
terton proves to be. himself, a contra
diction-one of his own pet paradoxes,
so to speak. His thinkings and pre-
dispositions are of exclusive and hier-
attic type-a bit moth-eaten in their
devotion to the traditions of culture.
bit fussy over the possible prostitution
of classic standards by the power Of
against this aloof attitude is a very
genuine liking for the raised platform
of the reformer. for the separate stall
of the agitator. For outlet. these OPP
posed inherencies simply demand that
things, generally, shall be going to the
bad. And while the brilliant perform
ance is on in this personally conducted
domain of his, the "usurers" of our
own world are, at the very moment.
pouring out time. and money, and ca
pacity. and experience in a thousand
channels of human well-being. making
clear demonstration of an idealism that
has not been Surpassed-nor reached
since the morning stars first sang to-
gether. The book is a striking feat of
skill rather than a matter of actual
substance.
MY US: "Reminiscences of Gunner
OF rs NM. battery in 1914. From
the French of Paul Lintier. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
Paul Lintier died on the field of
honor. March Is. 1916. in the twenty
third year of his age" This little vol
ume is the gunner boys own story of
the war as 1t looked to him through
the smoke of his own beloved battery.
1t Is his story. too. of the simple and
honored things that make up the life
of the French youth. A pathetic remi-
niscence. full of that innocence of the
mind-wholly French-that makes the
French literature SO truly great. And
this little book is literature, crowned
by the French Academy, winning the
Prix Montyon. In an Introduction.
Frances Wilson Huard-herself one of
the heroic war women of France
writes of Paul Lintier's book as one
that displays a really great literary
talent, and one, too. that reveals the
profound and generous soul of
'Jeunesse Franchise The admirable
Intelligent cleverness and heroic devo-
ton. together with the plain, simple
courage. all the deep-rooted, undream-
ed of qualities of the French race, are
to be found within its covers, making
it monument to stole virtue" Some
day. some one Is going to collect the
books of these young heroes who
fought and underwriting in the be-
tween whites of battle-and of these
books he is going to make a shrine in
the midst of his world of books.
OUTWITTING THE HUN. BY Lieut..
Pat O'Brien. R. F. C. Illustrated.
New York: Harper & Bros.
This is Lieut.. Pat O'Brien's story of
his own escape from a German prison
camp. where he landed from 5000 feet
in the air. Lieut.. Pat is sure that the
age of miracles is not passed. and GER
tainly his story-with many another
is calculated to give substance to this
opinion. The account rushes from
danger to danger. from one hazardous
escape to another at a breathless pace,
sweeping the reader along in a contin-
uous thrill of excitement. Between
the high points of suspense there are
long stretches of pathetic recttal-sev-
enty-two days Of wandering by night
about Belgium with only the north
star to guide him toward the neutral
soil Of Holland. Sometimes these