Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-14

vital, must take their place as the best
and highest grade OF gossip, useful
and informing gossip, about a most
dramatic personality. who made high
drama Of his time also.
Mr.. Davis has this thing to say--a
thing of current interest to ques
ton of the moment: Many sugges-
tons have been made for memorials
to Theodore Roosevelt. None that has
come to my notice seems, to me, to
disclose consideration Of a factor that
is fundamental and should be con
t, olling. That is, whether or not they
represent anything in which Col
Roosevelt was actively Interested;
whether their central idea is one to
which he was sympathetic; whether in
fact they are really representative of
the force and spirit they are, or should
be, designed to keep alive"
Then, paying scant respect to the
proposed ineptitudes Of public parks,
monuments in brick and stone, the
naming OF parks and such other
waste and rubbish" Mr.. Davis says:
through which his shining soul would
go on. for all time. illuminating the
path that he, more than any one else.
opened between the East and the
West? We know that he regarded the
Panama Canal as his greatest achieve
ment: why not set at each end of
the canal, a great pair of Roosevelt
lights, marking and safeguarding the
pathway for that ever-increasing com
MERGE between the nations and that
growing contact between the peoples
Of the world which steadily advance
civilization, promote peace. and inure
to the lasting benefit of all humanity?
Theodore ROosevelt's vision and decl.
sion made the Panama Canal mod
ern fact out of an age-long dream.
How appropriate such a memorial
would be. how representative of what
he was, and how symbolic to all the
world
RED EAGLE ISLAND. BY Kenneth
Payson kempton. Illustrated by
George Avison. New York: The
Century Company.
THE fact that a dog and a boy
and q little boat are active from
end TO end of this sea story indicates
that this is a juvenile affair. Not at
all. The boy is in his teens. The
dog is equal to half dozen grown
folks The boat is as smart, for its
size. as any craft that ever sailed.
Besides, in a background SO imme-
date as frequently 10 push up into
the immediate and active foreground
are men and a real plot with Villainy
in it, There is, too, the life of the
fisherman, giving the tang of actual
| danger to every days undertakings.
There is a serious misunderstanding
which, unhappily. does not get
Strengthened out at all since one of
the two suffering under the mistake
| has gone where mistakes are forgotten
at any rate we hope they are.
That one fact leaves a little regret
that fingers quite a while after the
story is over. And this says some
thing for the quality of the story
itself. 1t does sound like life itself
the whole story does That's why YOU
care about that unhappy misunder-
standing between the boy and the old
man. But. meanwhile. there is such
! a sea-going as almost never was.
Storms, Near ones, that YOU yourself
are in. And a wreck. And escapes
| so close as to be only a hairs breadth
away from final disaster. And the
angriest and most fearsome of waters,
greedy for victims, most awfully try
| ing OF the nerve of the beleaguered
men. 4 remarkable story-remarkable
| for its life and vividness, for its power
| TO take one along on the thrilling
events that crowd so fast. And on
| the whole il is such a clean. straight
! story. Only one little touch Of vii
| lainy, just to give point 10 many of
the daring acts. The island? 1t plays
! it's part in the plot so well that up
on the coast of Maine next Summer
| YOU will be looking for Red Eagle
| Island" But. lit is not down on any
map. true places never are"-so we
are told in "Moby Dick Read this
good story and let the island go.
| THREE FARMS. BY Cynthia Stock
ley. author of Poppy" etc. New
| York: G. 2. Putnam's Sons.
| THE fresh attraction of this novel
lies in the distinct flavors and
general atmosphere of its South
African setting Those who rejoice
| in new places more than in the aver
| age run of the love tangles of men
| and women will declare with enthusi-
| asm for the re-created scenes drawn
| from the lonely distances of this re-
gion. and for the lifelike besetments
of those who are marooned away from
| the rest of the world on South African
! farms. 1t was this loneliness. no
! doubt. that raised all the trouble
| among the three sets of English living
! in q neighborhood of otherwise unin-
| habited miles of loneliness. And of
| their criss-crossed affections this
| author makes a believable story one
| that is easily conceivable as an out
| come of these particular circum-
| stances. A tragic story. in places.
but one that, upon the whole, is capa-
| BILE of making a decent business of
| the matter Of living. Two people. out
of the five. are especially calculated to
| engage the interest Of readers to such
an extent that their very real troubles
| become the readers own, that their
| final rescue to understanding and hap
piness is matter Of distinct personal
| qualification. Yet after ALL it is the
African country that brings out the
best Of this writer's art of recreation.