Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-12-15
Alice Lindsey Webb

In Bacon's essay on Studies" he
sovs. Some Books are to be Tasted
others to be Swallowed, and Some
row to be Chewed and Digester
THAT is. some Books are to be read
onlv in Parts; Others are to be read
INIT not Curiously; and some Few to
Few to be Chewed and Digeeted.
and Attention. Some BoOkes also
NAV be read by Deputy, and Extracts
made of them by Others.
Fisher Ames, Jr., wrote Of Amer
ican Red Cross work in France;
Bakewell of the work in Italy; and
now we have John van Setback Jr. do
ing a like service for the Red Cross in
Belgium in his new book, "A Little
Corner Never Conquered Macmillan
R). Mr.. van Schaick, who was a
lieutenant colonel in the L. S. army
lassimilated rank, was eminently
fitted for the task of recording the ex-
tent and methods Of our relief work
in Belgium. Before he went over as
Ar. c. Commissioner to Belgium he
already knew the territory through
his work in 1915 with the Rookie
TELLER Foundation Relief Commission
The book is dedicated to his wife.
who worked with him on both occa-
sions.
I'VE are past the period when do
not want to hear anything more about
the war" he says in Introduction
There are indications Of the begin
ming of a period bound to come when
every detail of that stupendous strug-
gle will be read with a deepening in
erest and a truer perspective. -
What he and his fellows did with
the money (nearly five million dol
ars) and supplies sent by American
men and women to help prevent the
determination of a brave and indus
trious nation, is told in an orderly yet
interesting manner There are direct
translations from the stories told him
by Flemish of their treatment by the
German soldiers, and others told by
Red Cross workers of the things they
saw at Ypres, Fumes. Poperinghe and
other shelled towns. The hospitals
and the difficulties under which they
worked, the care of refugees, the per-
Sonal labors Of the king and queen.
the splendid cooperation of the
Quakers, all are given in brief but
telling form, illustrated by good pho
tOgraphs and maps
The great sense of human broth
erhood,'' says Mr.. van Schaick.
which was felt so deeply amid these
horrors of war, binding all classes
together, may yet rule in days of
peace. Red Cross work means at
least one step that way
East of Suez" is a tragic drama
Just published by w. Somerset Maug-
nam (Doran, $1.25), hung on the
astrust of the Suranian which, you
may recall, was one of the sinister
threats woven through John Paris
hlmona. - The three chief char
acters in the play are a girl-half
Uhlnese, half English her husband,
marry, in the British Mercantile
service; and his deatest friend,
george, her lover, in the Embassy.
incidentally there is her conscience
less old Chinese mother who sold
uer when she was little more than
terrified child, to a wealthy China
uian whose appetite was piQued by
we girls trembling loathing of his
.ouch. How the girl breaks down
heorge's determined resistance and
:" the cause of his betrayal of his
vHuh' the stealthy pursuit Of her by
we Chinaman and the double sui
siue at the end, the frantic husband
se"tihg at the gate for admittance-
" oil rather narrowing, but artistic
any done. With the oriental back
SOUND of Picking, it should stage
well.
Nou Sc no woman 'spects much
manners from her husband" says
|randy, discoursing on domesticity
u dorothy Dix's jolly book of phil
I'opnics' Mirandy Exhorts" (Penn)
nave laughed till the tears rolled
sO"h my cheeks at her wise, tart,
s'ol way of setting forth human
antics and tribulations. There is
:. ''n That is eminently quotable in
~ For example, on automobiles:
:, specs de ortymobile is de mother
industry. When yo' gifts a orty-
a, yo' suttenly is got a call to
e., busy an hustle out to suppo't
rniianthropy: Il don't know