Evening star., 1921-06-19
TINE PARTY OF THE THIRD PART.
By Henry ]. Allen. New York:
Harper & Bros.

harper & Bros.
~ ov. ALLEN. by way of this
book, gives an account of the
Kansas industrial relations
court in its purpose. its origin
Sld it's work. This is the court that
"aims to give justice to the public in
s-AUI disputes" The party of the
third part" the people themselves. are
the final losers when industry is held
up by contentious between labor and
capital. The object of this court is to
substitute settlements for strikes. The
story told here is record Of this eX-
pertinent in industrial legislation. and.
by incidence. an analysis of the basic
principles of government as these af.
feet such legislation. For a third or
it's course the book deals with con-
crete cases of labor disputes, or IN
dustry halted. of loss to the puohc.
of the wasteful makeshifts OF delay
and inconclusive. decisions. The re-
mainder of the study is analytical in
character. though the analysis is, at
every point. buttressed by speclnc
facts belonging to. the Industrial neld.
The book is a live one. with knowi-
ness back of it. 1t is. moreover.
most readable BOOK. The laboring
man must be given prompt and COM
plete justice. He must be given thS
governments guaranty of absolute
protection, i'm order mat his progress
may be sane and constructive. But
the same principles of justice which
are extended to his side OF the quar-
rel must be extended also 10 the sue
Of the employer. 1t IS the duty OF tne
government to see to it that the strlLs
which has grown between them shaii
no longer express itself in a form OF
warfare upon an innocent and help
less public" How fair an attitude
this is And the story of the indus
trial relations court gives point TO this
fairness by showing way to convert
righteous intent to practical UNDER
taking.
THE MARROW HOUSE. By Evelyn
Scott. author of "Precipitations.
New York: Boni & Liveright.
The story of the Farley family-Mr.
and Mrs, grown son and daughter;
q daughter -in-law: the two grandcnii-
dren. 1t is just the average family
the one living across the way, MAYBE.
Everything happens. That Is to say.
there is neither fire nor flood. murder
nor other disaster. 1t Is, instead. the
awful business of trying to get along
together under one roof that engages
this narrative. and gives sort OF uni
yersal fling to this stark naked tale.
No. not a rag. Eve. by comparison.
was sadly overdressed. In this drab
household Ma Farley gets her JOY OF life
out Of being a martyr. Just quietly being
a martyr. doing in liberal generosity IoI
Pa Farley. seeing what she knows about
him. There was the affair with that
Mrs. Wilson to his account, you know.
Under the circumstances. Pa Farley Is
q shade subdued, quite properly 80,
generally apologetic in mildly play
o, RI started
to be a scientist-but he turns out to
be a husband, instead. He hates it.
too. in its exacting intimacies. HIS
wife is u vampire-perfectly respecta-
Bile. but a vampire. all the same. The
daughter is that most pitiablc OF all
human beings. the girl who never
kindled the fire of love and desire in
any human male. The grandchildren
are-well. Just grandchildren, as Yet.
This family complex moves forward. for
the purposes of the story. by way OF
meals. and cleaning up the house. and
going to office, and coming home. and
going to bed. with not single thing
left out of this exciting program. The
work itself Is microscopic and relent-
less pure scientific Investigation.
this. Amazing. too. in its attention to
detail, in its austere adherence to the
19Skineas in hand, in its open and COM
plete avowais. Insight. courage and in
dustry are to the fore here. "a work of
realism, tedious In spots. but. terrifying
" keen and true throughout, Is the
product Then the old and battered
question comes up-What Is the novel
for. anyway?
THE MAYFLOWER, A Tale Of the
valencinn Seanhore. BY Vicente
Biasco Ibanez. author of The Four
Horsemen of the Apocalypse" etc.
Translated. by Arthur Livingston.
New York: E. p. Dutton & Co.
The Mayfower-Flor de Mayo-is
the name Of the beautiful new craft
whose launching turned the Valencian
fishing village into festival. almost
like a saints day. But this is at the
end of the story, with only the sailing
left. and the storm. and the murder.
and the drowning. and the wreckinS
of the Mayfiower. Leading up to this
tragic happening is the story of Pas
cualo's boyhood. cat" on his uncle's
fishing boat. then real fisherman
himself and finally master of the
Mayfiower. 1t Is the tale of Pascua-
los marriage to Dolores. Dolores of
the inviting shoulders. and the hos
pitable bosom, and the swinging hips.
And there is Tonet. rascally young
brother. who stays at home while Pas
cualo sails away. And that is the
story. that of Dolores and Tonet. An
old story that the fiery Spaniard
stresses with passionate hatreds and
reprisals. Around this family-Pas-
cualo and Dolores. Tonet and the old
mother. Tona-Ibanez groups the rest
of the Spanish hamlet of fishermen
& painter in words, always. he here
keeps to the story. turning out a per
feet bit of literature. The pictures
themselves. not SO grand as in THE
Four Horsemen," not so sumptuous
as in Mare Nostrum." are wonders of
graphic portrayal. One sees, with his
own eyes. this fishing village. The ir-
descent slither of fish is before him,
the stencil of yesterdays catch is in
his nostrils. He picks his way along
the Shiny walks and listens to the
boisterous talk of the fishwives.
broad raillery that turns to a shrill
invective under the pinch of fierce
competition. Not SO big. either in
motive or scope, as is some of the
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