Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17
SIS GLBBON WAR CORRESPONDENTS SISTER, WRITES NOVEL;
an essential weapon against reac-

an essential weapon against reac-
ton.
WHAT'S ON TIE WORKERS.
MIND. By Whiting Williams Charles
-Scribners Sons. New York.
Mr.. Williams left his position ~
personnel director OF the Hydraulic
IresScu steel Company in Cleveland
put on rough clothes. disguised his
name. and tried for labOrer's lob
flnaliy he got II in tho steel mills
iarSr ne worked in the railroad
yards. lie lived all the time like Il
ihborer. The greater part OF the text
OF ms book is made up from the diary
which ne wrote when, in the even
turned TO his laboror's boarding
mouse. 1T is perhaps this fact tina,
siYcs such an extraordinary and vivid
quality to his writing. SO that one
S.iasss In the sights and sensations
OF the laborer. No one could read
ms pages without getting something
IKE Il revelation of the heart and the
thought OF labor.
The author carried onto the job a
deep and discerning interest In the
matter of social wcll-belng as the
result or his years as assistant to
me president OF Oberlin College, aad
later as executive secretary OF the
Cleveland Welfare Federation as ca
tablishcd by that city's Chamber Of
Commerce. With his salary az dircc-
TOR or personnel OF n stocl company
employing 1000 workers going TO his
family. he landed with S25 in his
pocket In great steel center-to be
SHOWN at once the seriousness of the
problem of living and working as IL
comes to the unskillcd worker.
SCHOOLING OF TIE IMMIGRANT.
BY Frank V. Thompson superintcn-
dent OF nuhIic Schools. Boston, Mass.
Harper & brothers, New York
THIS Is the first OF eleven studies
OF Augmentation which aim to es-
tabiiah common viewpoint--socIal
political. Industrial, otc,betwcen The
native and immigrant populations in
the interest OF national unity Here
Tor the first time. is a eurvcy of the
s shc ,a a ts,n,i COMPARED with
education. The whole trend OF leg
isiation since the national awaken
ing 10 critically examined, and sur-
behtiohs are made TO rcorgan!ze the
ana nationally. y book for every,
one Interested in Immigrants and
their education. An essential hook
!oT teachers and educators every
:, ,"BRoKE": TIE MAN WITHOUT
TIE DIME. BY Edwin A. brown
INC -Four Seas Co. Boston.
nere is story that reads like a
,SS,hanceIa vivid tale ringing with
our bis American cities Of which fcw
OF us nave any KNOWLEDGE TrapIc
IN us description OF Unnecessary sur
ff FER ~. yet hopefu! In IT'S outlook
~. Ur s"f future. II relates the expert
cnscs rs author had during the two
fashion OF the pennlless man The
wSrk OF helping the unCortunatcs
y r", through no fault OF their own,
struggle TO maintain foo,hoii
against poverty. starvation and crIra
is largely through his efforts he
coming recognized as the ounce Of
pE Pr, II is the result OF the
2a!iy conducted lodging houses and
emergency homes for the homeless
"orkin8men are becoming thc mi"
~ ~ an our larger cities. Edwin
in omn. me man who could renounce
comfort for others, is surcIv I'M ,ha
pioneer In the practical moyenent
i'r tae salvation OF mankind. = :
INDIES. by Harry \. rranck "f Tbr
century Co, Now York.
Mr. Franck has been vapabond,,c
snsUush tae West Indies this ti,ne
I I,nGs ana feeling and recording the
IKE gets new people on paper wiih
RIM northumberland ndeIitv
, win 4 risor. vitality and vivii'
"ens mat are amazing
rerhaps no other America, NOM.
s~ VT has Mr.: Franck;s egu.pmcnt
30. achieT!ng the kind OF books be
mr!'es. For years no has gone abom,
wn w." LIa,n cooking at. talking with
set,inp 49,, ,n heop!es strange 10 us
mental and emotional interr,ty d
o"u praise. To any new work wh,ch
ne no" writes he brings hacL
value. VI unparalleled
hut Roaming Through the We,
iries is more than a travel booL
mere are in II character sketcbcY n;
oisscos r bbizarre personalities and
Mhiie true. have the drama,ic ,n,
SION ana thr!ll OF the hos, S
SORES. There are descriptive nnee
ages having the beauty and Dassion
" And ri o, OF the FIRST class.
,h lanes h goes his camera goes; and I
thG oook is illustrated with ,he hnu,
.h!ngs IN the great coIjectio,
bbih ,O he brought back viii
CoX-THE MAN. Nv poa -,
haGson, Brentano's. New Y Ytogef W.
,s; Mr. habson. the welI-known s,,,-
problems 4" pre aeahSFi.y on Industrial
ernor CoX's life. Mr.. Babson i GOV
no ot iic OF Goyernor Cox and holds
c cn9~n him for some time and has has
ea,aenuiiy studied his work iits
s, ey VIII be found helpful and in
c e%res' Ing (, teal all who would know Mr. ,h.
ns nee zone NJ, and what he may be ex e
~, IN the picture. there is pressn,os
VII, nnest type OF American, ri;izan
mi ain ~, the proof Of this statement IT,
H 'an, me relationships which the srh IN
}efi sustains toward society a SUP,
t%;.hher. citizen. and a lcatier 80 "a d
rasnteousness. A reading OF The ior
mate Will convince any ono u w Ss,i
Of n rs no. controlled by the poison
a. partisan prejudice, tim, IN
c democratic party picked an ide ne
IN nu Wate for the next occunan, ~
the White House. OIL
WOUNDED SOULS. Nv p,,,,.
Ynrls George II. Doran Co. New
G. In Wounded Souls" wc bav.
the-w,amg and moving picture Of after.
tnn war conditions in Eurone VII,
hn