Evening star., 1919-02-23

mutuaHty of interest, fer methods OF
enecting a genuine cooperation be
tween them. BY and by his field OF
opportunity expanded. He was given
industrial plants to administer under
his man to man" plan. Here he
proved the SoundneSs of his COnvic~
non. as YOU yourself viii conCede after
reasinS the specific eases Of manage
7nept which. in convincing detail lie
submits in this little book. Later. II
theory developed by virtue of the
practical tests of actual experience.
md, finally. . broad Industrial phiios-
uphy Slipped in under these workaday
experiments. Then definition set the
outlines Of the industrial democracy
- hich John Lettch developed out of
an Intelligent; and Jealous study of
the problems OF industry 1t is the
concrete part of this study. however:
IT is the eases" given here, together
with the energizing personality of the
man himself, that works enthusiasm
in the mind and feelings Of the reader.
TIE LITTLE DEMOCRACY: 4 Text
Book on Community Orsaniza ton.
by Ida clyde Clarke. author of
american Women and the World
War" etc. New York D. Appleton
q CO.
The primary purpose of this study
is TO furnish a practical program for
the organization and operation of the
community center. It's secondary
purpose is to outline the recent COM
nunity center movement in this coun-
try and to promote also the further
growth OF this movement. To meet
The fnii purpose this writer reviews
the modern conditions social. eco
nomic. politicat-in " hich the idea Of
cooperation lies rooted as the es-
Sential element of progress. Reduc-
ing this cooperative principle 10
neighborhood limits, the writer de-
scribes the rise of the community
center. defining in clear detail the
sum of common neighborhood inter
eStS that are served and promoted
through this new inStrumen tality- \
plan of organization and q model con-
Sutution are presented as suggestive
aids in the formation of new centers.
Plans for various community activi-
ties are given-for community buying
and banking, for the garden and the
market, for clubs and leagues in
music and drama Experiments that
are still in the making, as we'll as
those that have passed out of the ex--
peFimental stage; are presented here
in a sequence of helpful instruction.
The schoolhouss is the natural center
of the community. This fact sug-
gestS that formal education and real
life may link up better than they
nave OoDS Such SOInDinatiOU.
The book meets the usual textbook
requirement by reason OF the fact
that it is orderly and compact, clear
and comprehensive. Over and above
this conventional textbook char
acteristie, the study in hand is in
reresting in Il decided personality Of
It's own.
THE. ROLL CALL. BY Arnold Ben
nett, author of s~rhe Old Wives
Tx1xI1 81. - TT
Doran Company.
Mr. Benefits new novel is a char
ac<eristic Bennett photograph of a
sum OF everyday events wherein
group OF average people comport
themselves after the fashion of
ninety nine out of every average
hundred George Edwin Cannon,
come UP to London from Five Towns
to seek fortune and fame through
the study and final production of
modern architecture, is the ore whose
thoughts and feelings and actions Mr..
Bennett follows here in a painstaking
exactitude- of reportorial solicitude
Bit there is vastly more than mere
conscience working here. There is
perception. divination, fellow feeling
the unimpaired instinct of youth
ffeorge Cannon, therefore, is keenly
alive and at hand He embodies the
ambition OF youth, its hopes of sue
cess, its passion for love, its desire
for home and family. Beside the
realism of personality and character
saeveloped here there is a fresh and
Selightful realism of local setting
fntS OF London giimpseS of Paris.
AS a mirror for the quiet levels of
sifa along which the great majority
make their accustomed way, Roll
fAn." is, like the rest of Mr.. Ben
g4ett,s work, of a consistent and in
stsputable fidelity.
EXPERIMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION. BY Francis
Sowes SayTe, s. j u New York:
Harper < Bros.
This study by Francis Bowes Sayre
sels cut with the question: Is the
league of peace now under considera-
Ttpn political possibility? Is the
modern theory Of All international
government capable of practical ap-
plication to the diverse political sys-
Ierrls of the Hrorld2 Going back into
histoxy, Mr. SayEe reminds the reader
that this is not the first time that the
peoples of the world have dreamed of
the league of nations and universal
peace Indeed, every great war with
n the past three hundred years has
been followed b. the revival of this
particular dream OF peace. All of
hem have faded away. however, u1-
der the strain of contending national
SclfishneSS. Coming into the present
out of this dtscouraging review of
ne past the writer points out that all
other leagues of nations have failed
because of the inherent Injustice upon
which each of them was built Each
.zrried the uourishinS seeds of de-
sstruction within its own body The
implication here is clear. constituting
4 warning to the authors of the pres
ent league Beyond this historical re-
Vtew of SO clearly definite aim, Mr.
Sayre presents here the various ex-
sStiuB types of administrative con-
trol that may be applied TO the new
league of nations These. described
IN their concrete workings are en-
larged and more highly differentiated
N structure and function to meet in
theory, the internationaiism projecte ed
by the peace congress now in session.
The historical survey given here is oil
excellent Vaiue-Clear. Ordarly and
timely The points of theory are. like
all points of theory. provocative of
discussion and controversy 1t is.
however, an informing and scholarly
study of the most outstanding topic
GE the times
sEsIE WORLDS AND L. BY 11fFa Wheel
er WILCOX author of Poems OF
Passion" Illustrated. Nepy York;
Eeorge II Doran Company
Courage of every kind and Il ro-
Nassrst belief in herself are the personal
Syuafities that shine steadily through