Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-16

1 Company.
/ A MERIcA. now at war. and the
~ leadership in America during
n this event, have had the effect
Of reviving a widespread in
terest In Americas other great war
and in the leadership of Lincoln dur
ing the struggle against human slav-
cry. Involuntarily the mind passes
back and forth between these tive
events. between these two leaders in
comparisons and contrasts. So that
today. Lincoln stands the center OF
renewed tributes of generation and
honor, the center of renewed zeal to
know more, more about the man him
self and about the estimation in which
he is held after half a century and
more have passed upon his fame.
The book in hand is simple and I'M
assuming contribution to this volume
OF Lincoln literature. Mrs. Davis.
gathering from various sources many
or them not easily available has
Drought together a memorial volume
OF prose and verse. wherein writer's
nave sought to represent the work
the spirit of the great man. 4
a useful chronology
6D-- a number of well
CHOSEN illustrations accompanies
them, giving the most celebrated
WORK OF artists In depicting Lincoln
as PRESIDENT, as emancipaIor as mar
tyr, An excellent piece of work. since
IL brings to hand much on this sub
Ject that otherwise would be mac
eessleie to the average reader.
THE ONLY pnSSVpru nu.rx, p,
Frederick c. Howe. Phi. D., author
of "Socialixed Germany" etc. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
The purpose of this discussion is to
point the American mind at this cru
cial moment upon the only kind of
peace to which il, in view of its
future well being, is permitted to sub
scribe. Its ultimate intent is, also, to
make a plea for freedom. To meet
his purpose Mr.. Howe devotes a large
part OF the study to an examination
into the nature of imperialism and
into it's effect upon national life. Inn
perialism is, in essence, according to
this writer. economic. 1t is the story
OF conquest and Industrial exploita-
tioH, story that is set down in the
reports of European foreign relations
and In the history of European secret
diplomacy. Economic imperialism is
the forerunner of force, of conquest
and OF war. The war conditions. says
this writer. are facing the United
states upon an economic imperialism
These conditions include a prodigi-
ously expanded commerce. a great
Navy, foreign investments-all pro-
liic OF rivalry, competition, conflict.
Beyond this point Mr.. Howe describes
the freedom among nations to which
alone he urges this country to con-
sent. In this freedom there are to be
no exclusive foreign possessions. no
closed doors, no exclusive control of
trade routes or points of strategic
advantage, no forbidding tariffs. In
this kind Of freedom there is no de-
mand for league of nations to i'm
pose peace, for the cause of interna-
tienal controversies ceases to exist
under this freedom where nations de-
yelep according to environment and
faptitudes, rather than under the dan
serous urge OF economic riyalries.
Mr.. Howe writes with vigor and con-
Siction upon theme which forms a
part Of his trained and scholarly alb
sorption. 1t 10 an idealistic view
but why not? We are an idealistic
people. II sounds hit Utopian, but
there ia no specific point where ii can
be proved to be that.
THIs FAMIsHING WORLD. BY AL
fred w. McCann, author of "Starv-
ing America" New York: George
II. Doran Company.
One comes out of Mr.. McCann's
boek bewiidsFed by its encyclopedias
substance and captivated by it's Billy
Sunday manner. His bewilderment
finally clears enough to send him off
into encouragement, but-one hopes
the snare of the writer's style will
lsad him back for a re-poring of these
astonishing facts. The SUM of this
argument is that We are starving to
that al; the real vitality of the food
used by ua is drawn of and thrown
away, or fed to the live stock. This
iMp0yerishment OF food Is the thesis
which M. Mccain here submits to
Under such captions as THE Human
Scrap Heap 10 Piiing Higher" Two
Kinds Of Food-ths construetiye-
the Destructive" why Modern Re-
ssins p.eess.ss s are More More r bsaaly
the Use OF Artificial Sugar" there
gees on the clear demonstration of
our national food shortcomings. In
',opeful vein. however. the author
dds a chapter on the preventable
stheY one about certain facts that the
SoYld should know of the mysteries
Of food. To get the value of these
studies one should take them in small
taantities in order to relieve himself
II the confusion Of Information with
which the book, as whole, imposes
lpoa him. OF the need of this mes
are there Is no doubt Indeed, one
fresh from the book can think OF NO
aeed more crying than that the world
sAoaid be turned into vast school
aoase, to which all the people Should
hs sent fer kindergaYten Lessons in
he fundamentals Of food content and
God preparation.
,YGHrING THE sPOMsMEN. REM
iaiseenees Of the Civil Service Re
foym Movement. BY William Dud-
ley FouIke. LII D., author of "Slay
and Saxon" etc New York; @.
p. Putnam's Sons.
1t is now thirty-six years since the
civil service reform idea became
movement against the ancient politi-
cal conviction that to the victor be-
long the spoils. A viciss!tous period.
this, wherein the advocates of reform
and its enemies fought many a fierce
battle. for merit in service on the
one hand and for pure political ia
gorittsm on the other. Even yet this
battle for reform Is not entirely won
IS even the casual observer discov-
ers when the new broom of each
fresh administration whisks here and
there In a zeal of political house
cleaning. In this big volume of per-
sonal reeoIlections Mr.. Foulke tells
he story OF the long fight to stabilize
the routine business of government,
ny taking IL out from the control OF
soiitics and founding IL upon tested
nd proved efficiency. Through the
Iccessfye administrations from