Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-10-27
Alice Lindsey Webb

sophical Dicuohar! lou despise
soots YOU whose lives are absorbed
T.. tho yanities of ambition, the pur-
-. Of Measure. or in Incidence; but
romember that all the known world,
excepting only savage nations, Is
Governed by books.
I've been to East Africa since /
,ost talked with you. Oh, not really,
81 course; but | feel as though l had
for have been seeing most vivid
word pictures of the little coast
towns and the thick-set bush and
brown yeldt between; the stretches
Of sun-drenched coast fringed with
white breakers; the peaks of Pondo-
land piled up ahead; and between
folded hills and valleys marked out
in little patches of unfenCed cultiva-
ton and thick waffle plantations.
Although the tale in THE Mother Of
All Living" (Dutton, $2) is one
which might hold the readers inter
est without the aid of the unusual
background, there is no denying that
Robert Keable has proved his liter
arv artistry through his choice Of
setting for his characters. His peo-
nile. too. are cOnyincingly drawn and
extremely logical, although frequent
" highly unconventional. In fact,
Nine. Grundy would not have some
OF them at the club house at all My
dear Such disregard of the prOprie-
ties must not be countenanced.D But
in the end the young wife does stick
to her prosaic but devoted hubby,
and her adOrer finds he can be very
comfortably happy with the good pal
of a cousin who angled for him per
sistently through an interesting I'M
Chaperoned ramble through the
mountains on horseback There
were, to be sure, the black boys who
cared for the pack animals and camp
work, but they really counted no
more than the horses they rode Just
one character was left in the end
loyeless and lonely, and that was the
boyish younger sister of the much
sought wife 1t hardly seemed fair
that she should not somehow have
been given the devoted husband of
her sister. She had him just about
at the point of proposal when big sis
ter came back from London and bow
led him completely over. Perhaps it
is poetic justice for the many tales
that have preceded this, in which
little sisters have walked off with the
seasons matrimonial prizes You
remember that was the case in Rich
ard Harding Davis popular novel and
play, Soldiers Of Fortune
Who should know better what is
The Cornerstone of Philippine In
dependence" Century. so than
Francis Burton Harrison, Governor
General Of the islands from October
1913 to February, 1921. He was dedi-
Gated the volume to The Hon. Man
ueI LQuezon, Filipino Patriot and
Loyal Friend" so it is fairly certain
mat ne had close association with the
natlVe self-government enthusiasts
IN MS preface written from the van
lage point of Caithness, Scotland
last fall, he asks: is the United
states government imperialistic? The
american people, on the whole, are
NOT out under our system of govern
Aeht a state OF war may be forced
upon the people and as result
lofelgn territories annexed without
any clear understanding Of the issue
on the part OF the voters He goes
vi 10 speak Of the distrust of our de-
"ShS' on the part of other nations
anu OF the seeming justification Of
'neir suspicion because of our acqui-
3,''on OF the Philippines and Porto
"Ico' Samoa, Guam, and the Virgil
stands; our virtual protectorate over
Ouoa and Panama; our military ex-
poulIlon to Siberia, and the sending
our Marines into Hayti and Cen
"'i america. AS to where this may
'eau US, he says: The Philippines
,o' well be the test case in this pro-
''eln' We have thus far acted with
TTDp"Ialleded generosity toward the
"'plnos, in giving them self-goyern-
ana promising them independ-