Evening star., 1925-09-20

/ The result is picture of familyrlife
wherein the husband els the family
and the wife is a spirit, the spirit OF
devotion. The man with all Of his
faults upon him Is a more. believable
! character than is the woman. But
such as she Is and Just as she is, she
1 is important to the main issue here
! that Of projecting an egotist. Mere
| dith has done the same thing, much
more trenchantly than Mr.. Benson
| has, or could. May Sinclair. too has
recently used the same kind of char
| acter in ''The Cure Of Souls" And
indeed. the selfish man offers many a
lure to creative artists. and provides
| many facilities for his first.hand
study. Each writer has. however. a
way of his own and Mr.. Benson s
genial progress through this man.
Alan, is Il convincing blend Of the
, contradictions that go into the make
UP of any human. and especially into
The makeup of the true egotist him.
self.
LEWIS MILLER. A Biographical Els.
say. BY EllWood Hendrick. author
Of ''Everyman's Chemistry" etc.
Illustrated. New York: G..P. Put
MANS Sons.
ga MAN unique in many ways, be-
ing one of the group of great
inventors and manufacturers who
lived In the latter half of the previous
century. one who also did much for
education and the general uplift of
Mankind. This is Thomas Edison
talking about his father-in.law. Lewis
Miller. one. of the thousands of useful
men who do not often receive the pub.
lie attention that is commonly given
to the great soldier or the artistic
IF 1of
IS man who went his way in 8 joy
Gus spirit whether he was promoting
industry or the welfare of his kind.
An inventor who did much for the
farmer by way of labor.saving agri-
cultural implements, a man Of wealth
who made wise use of his money for
the good of others as well rs for him
self. \ religious man, in the best
sense of that term, who had delight
in making the right sort of Sunday
School for boys and girls. The man
who. with DIR. Vincent: inaugurated
the Chautauaua School that has grown
to such amazing proportions and to
such wide influence. A story to be
read for its finely wholesome flavor.
for its picture of what many a boy
may become through the practice of
habits that include the other fellows
happiness as well as his own.
FIGHTIN' THROUGH. BY Nellie Re
veil. author of Right Off the
Chest" New York: George II.
Doran Co.
YOU remember Nellie Revell. the
i woman whose Right OFF the
Chest" was literal performance,
since, fiat of her back for four years.
the book was written on a pad resting
on her chest. OF course you remem-
ber her. Everybody does. Well. here
she is-well. And here she. tells us
about the fighting spirit that made
her well. The book is a militant
shout of JOY. Its writer is champion
warrior. No wonder that she is un.
able to hold herself in. No wonder
that her gospel is the unconquerable
spirit and the clenched fist. Resist
and resist" all the softeninS seduc-
tions to continued illness-thls is her
theme. Resist Pollyanna and her
brother the grave digger" every min
ute of every day. The. Pollyannas
have neither resistance nor reaction.
They are fiabby-pulpy rather. 1 hold
no brief against Pollyanna in her
proper sphere. She is a great girl
there. for she made a million dollars
for her mother and bought a nice
country house for Catherine Chisholm
Cushing. who put her on the stage.
And for that I'm for her. The young
woman whose name has become a
hearthstone word is entitled to her
place. But she is not one Of those
versatile individuals who can fill more
than one station" Read the whole Of
this hurrah for health. the whole of
this triumphant storys of ''F'ightin'
Through" Every word of It Is tonic
and observation-disclosures 1t is true;
every word of it drawn OUT of the
daily do Of an unconquerabfe human.
You'll like the dedication 1t is truly
a part of this amazing recovery-the
value of friendship: ITO my friend.
Irwin S. Cobb. whose religion is kind
ness 10 his fellow man"