Evening star., 1918-05-26
Reviews of New Books

them, under the possibility Of this last
had the good luck to send
her accepted suitor OF on the Lusitania
-as did the heroine Of thi, story. Not
novel 10. nevertheless. fresh In treat
ment and in many Of the details Of Its
The character and charm
Of the girl herself: the family back
ground. Of some means a.ore ana more nhn ian
reaction upon this family Of the girls
career; the brother. in his unhappy
contrast to his siter's sturdiness Of
conduct-these carefully handled ele-
make novel Of pure drama whose
fidelity to modern social conditions is
matched by q clear distinction Of form.
THE WINGS OF YoUTHs A Novel.
By Elizabeth Jordan. author OF
Many Kingdoms" etc. New York:
Harper 4 Brothers.
Again 1t 10 the modern girl Of many
interests who serves ones genuine
pleasure here as the heroine Of .
novel A brother and sister. the lat.
ter possessed Of an inherited fortune.
tie former with means contingent
upon certain conditions which he ap-
pears to be wholly unable to meet
this is the situation out Of which sub
seQuent events develop. For the boy
to get away from surrounding entan-
clements. to 20 somewhere for new
start. seems 2 possible solution Of the
immediate difaculty. and the only
promise Of an eventual competency.
The girl who has the whole matter
in hand. proposes. for both, year of
absolute dependence for living upon
their own efforts. This experiment
is to be made In = new place-New
York eityths two wholly ,os separated TIne6
this somewhat unbelievable founda-
tion the author develops an inter-
esting tale Of the efforts Of the un-
trained worker to keep body and soul
together. A set os providentiaI hap
cult experiences in making q living.
but these happenings are not SO clear
ly providential as to take from the
substance OF the story as q whole.
The real interest centers about the
make good through the hitherto un-
discovered talent for writing. q talent
whose slow unfolding is accompanied
with many an incident Of clear reach
into pure human nature when 1t 10
struggling to 60 on and up despite
story moves swiftly in an atmos-
phers of color. and change and
natural human behaviors. It is, more
over. saturated with the Joy and
buoyancy and confidence Of youth.
THE WAR-WHIRL IN WASHING.
TON. By Frank Ward o'Malley.
Illustrations by Tony Sarg. New
York: Tho Century Company.
One must have known the old
Washington to enjoy fully Mr.. o'Mal-
lsy's delicious sketch Of ths new. big
town now figuring under that name.
Not much moro than 4 more stx
months ago the capital was still its
own staid and stately sslf-spacious.
noble. poised. a city Of self-esteem
and correct behavior To be sure,
war had already been declared. but.
as yet. no indeoorous excitement ap-
peared upon the fair surface Of this
seemly town. II there were war do
ings these were kept. very properly,
wen within the military shops on the
Then the feteful LIST Of November
dawned and Washington was like
to sink to the level Of . Baltimore
suburb. But, to the defeat Of this
ignomtntous end there came the war
help was sans broeAsass over ths
nth woman and child shroushout ths
length and breadth Of ths land 0st
out for Washington TO win the wan
Right hers. with this invasion. the
new Washington was born-the war.
whirl'' was On: Real estate promptly
rooketed to the sky. More modest,
but just as patriotic. subletters aus
terely confined themselves to q mere
500 per cent advance In lodging pricea
Food passed quite out Of reach.
Boom town structures Of amasing
Boards and eubboards and sub sub.
boards multiplied till the public res.
0rvation0 were Communicated for
thsir aittipgA where they religiously
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