Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-11

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PRIME opportunity for this
~ hot Midsummer week Is to
"A board a whaler and sail away,
4 y the seas over, in the change
full and exciting pursuit OF a
great industry For captain here is
Keble Chatterton, true amphibian,
whose use for land appears to be only
that of securing a firm and steady
surface for the setting down OF ad.
ventures that befan him by sea, his
beloved and greatly preferred element.
At the outset itself two surprises
stand in the way. One is that the
whale industry is still very much alive,
still very important. The other Is
that a, new whaling zone has come
into USE When the ladies' took on
their corsets, when slender, flexible
steel ribs took the place of whalebone
in many other objects, then, 1t seemed,
the whale would come into blessed
state of comparative neglect. When
oil was being taken from the earth
itself and extracted from many
growths upon the earth's surface,
then, too, it seemed, that the great
sea, mammal could heave a huge sigh
of relief and settle to the security OF
a long and happy life. But modern
industry has found many uses for the
mountainous body OF the whale, Tor
every scrap of 1t, not for bone and
oil alone. Therefore safety to levia-
than is a delusiye dream. The pur
suit Of him is ingeniously diversified
and intensified.
Now we are sailing southwark, not
up toward the Arctic, where whales
were heretofore thought to have their
exclusive domain. 1t appears that sea
folks, like those on land, learn to De
nonnads and pioneers under stresses OF
hunger and personal safety. Sos they
roam the waters beside food-bearing
currents or fee for sanctuary into Sc
cluded corners Of the sea world. me
Antarctic is now the great whale zone.
That is why we are sailing southwark:
Along the way we listen 70 stories ..
the great blue whale, the biggest
thing alive, that has multiplied IN
safety around the Southern Pole, max
ing a new hunting area. which In other
quarters has been overworked. ana oe'
pleted, On this voyage there are
tales, a many, of the old sailing ship
loveIiest bird that flies-tales OF hlgn
adventure in unfriendly iceDound
seas, of sheer heroiSm in the face OF
an enemy, strong, resourceIui, oeIa IN
Then the record changes to meet the
rise of the steam-driven whaler, OF
guns perfected in placement ana
operation and execution, doing away
with the old hand-to-hand harpoon en-
counter between man and his prey.
Along with the word record that
covers the entire field OF whaling
there goes a story by picture WHICH,
step by step, gives graphic verlnca-
ton of the various stages in this great
sea. enterprise. There is here nothing
of the sere and yellow effect OF plain
history. To the facts. historic in con-
tent to be sure, have been given the
wings of adventure, the Illumination
of Imagination. Good reading for
hot Midsummer week.
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ANIMAL HEROES OF THE GREAT
WAR, BY Ernest Harold Baynes,
author of "Polaris: The Story OF an
Eskimo Dog" etc. New York:
,sf; The Macmillan Company.
WHEN Ernest Baynes died, only q
w little while ago, animals lost
friend and lover. Readers lost, too,
a keenIy intelligent interpreter or
animal life along lines indicating the
: many contacts, in both mind ana
heart. between man and the creatures
around him. 1t was part OF TINS
man to be deeply, poignantly inter
ested in the animal heroisms OF tne
Great War. 1t was like him to follow
in the trail of the war horses ana
dogs and pigeons and camels. 1t was
like him not to forget the various
kinds Of mascots that eased the lonely
hours Of the fighting men, ana APP
pealed to strange superstitious crop
ines after a sense of safety and an
ultimate home-going. So, hundred
stories march by here, all OF them
glorious with the service OF animals,
each doing its wonderful bit, IN the
great madness of human strife. stories
to make the heart ache, stories 10
breed the resolution thas no animal
roundabout, no matter what kind, no
mater what condition it may have
fallen into, shall ever again be treat
ed with Indifference and unconcern.
Here are accounts of the training
of these animals by the various uses
of war. Here is a record OF the
tremendous slaughter that took place
among them. 1t is, as a whole, a
tragic story. One that takes no IN
considerable place as part of the
argument against the wholly mad
and inhuman practice of war. Ernest
Baynes is. never sentimental. He is
sincere in the pursuit OF the truth
about these his chosen friends. He
is understanding and tender toward
them His experiences among them
are of great value in world that is
becoming thoughtful, at least, toward
the claims of these creatures in a
world that has received them no less
than it has received man himself.
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CARLTON MUSIC AND SINGING
TOWERS OF THE OLD WORLD
AND THE NEW. By William
Gorham Rice, author of 'Carillons
of Belgium and Holland" etc. H.
Illustrated. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co.
A FRESH theme, this. as well as
one possessing an inherent inter-
est. Therefore, 1t commands an in
start attention that deepens under
the good qualities Of it's development.
We, in, &sa4Hcountry, know little about
the singing towers. To be sure, we
have therc-a few Of them. There is
the one at Gloucester, the first one
to be set up in the United States. and
the one at Cohasset, lately increased
to AZ bells. New York has one OF
So bells and elsewhere in this country
there are scattered these singing
towers. And to these Mr.. Rice gives
adequate attention.
The carlton music, however, took
fts rise in the old country, a. primi-
tive contrivance of the sixteenth CEN
tury that grew to the perfected insti'
tuition that gave one form OF dis
tinction to the low countries In partic-
ular. Here the author gives a PIANO.
ranic view of the distribution OF the
carlton towers. He points to the
source of this particular form Of archi;
lecture, discussing easily its beauty
and effect and meaning. He assem-.
bIes here the poets who have taken
inspiration from these aerial wei
corners to their land. Our own Long.
fellow, to us the leader, with The
Belfrey of Bruges," the one from
whom we reach out for other poets
and other songs uron this theme. For