Evening star., 1923-03-11
Reviews of New Books

scientist. a chemist, whose passion
was to so combine elements as to
turn the wastes of industry into an
increasing range OF comforts and
maker. for when the product reach
ed the commercial point this scientist
lost interest and turned back to pur-
sue some other secret of nature.
Nice folks, all of them. Agreeable
women and the better sort of men,
In an interesting line Of modern 80
cial and business events the story
progresses, on the one hand to the
inevitable down grade that unlimited
money Indulgence is bound to pro-
duce. and on the other hand to the
stable satisfactions that congenial
work and plenty of it is equally
bound to secure. 1t is a good story.
1t is a good study, in that 1T sets
plausible and interesting conditions
which 1t follows out with consistency.
live men and women. exactly such
as one can see around him every day
1t Is story with a moral, but the
moral Is unobtrusive as such. The
story's the thing.
GOING TOGETHER. BY Louise Dut-
ton, author of The Wishing
Moon" etc. Frontispiece by James
s. sonhe1MnIr,,, cTanr Ga1naDp Indianapolis: The
twelve years old. And the top layer
of it the Sally Bellies will call a
pretty good story. The going to
school and the fun that can be got
ten out of this business. the games.
the rivalries the friendships-even
mer-all of this comes out in the
story about as it really happens. 1t
is the under layer of this matter
starts up the self-protective instinct
of the tribe. For. right here. the
secret life of Sally Belle is brought
ueniably performed by some out
grown member of the tribe. None
other could possibly have known the
facts that are here set down. In
this carefully hidden life, Sally Belle
thousands Of hers radiant and
noble youths is constantly passing
before her Secret rituals-moon
wishing, star naming, and whatnot-
go along with the other to do. Sally
Belle is. in her mind. about to set
out on the breathless adventure of
going together" Of keeping COM
pany." A delicious thing-not over
done, not pushed into ,adolescent
implications, not tampered with in
any way. Just an amusing and
altogether sympathetic story. 1t
may have been intended as a book
for little girls. But it is the older
folks that will enjoy it. Some time
We'll find out that children like best
to read about those who are ahead
of them in age and in ways OF doing
children where they belong. with
those who can look back upon the
youthful periou.
THE CHICKAsAW NATION. BY
James H. Malone. Louisville: John
p. Morton & Co
The Indians of eastern North
America. those with whom the early
explorers and settlers first came into
contact, were of three eseparate'Stocks.
The one holding the southeastern part
of the country was the Maskoki race
This race included the Chickasaws,
ChoctaWs, Creeks and Seminoles. The
ChickaSaws occupied the region that
is now Tennessee and a strip lying
to the south of it. 1t is Of this Chick
aSaW tribe that the author has made
a study. creating out of it local
historic background of the state
whose name is an Indian name Him
self citizen of this region, Judge
Malone has followed the fortunes and
the fate of the Chickasaw tribe
through every available avenue OF in
formation on the subject. Such orig
mai records as could be found were
made use of in this study. in the first
place to give authority to the work.
In the second place to give it the eff
feet of being alive and near at hand
That which set out to be short
sketch" grew to a sizable volume un-
der the interest and patience and en-
thusiasm of the writer The story
begins with the discoverers and ex-
plorers. 1t ends with something like
plea for a more understanding at
titude toward the remnants of the
whole Indian life left to this country.
for juster treatment, for a more
QniYif l.;
raphy of the subject has been pro-
vided for readers and students who
desire to work out from Judge Ma
lone's book