Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01


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PICTURESQUE PANAMA. Ely Jean
Sadler Heald Chicago: Curt
Teich Co.
- world, Now, if its distinct adNan-
taee Of size be supported by ef1clencN vi
structure and charm Of manner-Why
in that case. this guide to Panama Is
calculated to fit into the growing inter
est toward locality that, within lew
wears. has been transformed from some
sort OF pestIiential haoeS INTO tils
healthful and inviting Canal Zone. AND
here we do find an admirable economy
that discarding the clutter of unim
Dortant matters, holds TO the essentials
: Of progress in Panama. An abundance
Of excellent pictures supports the text.
j And the travellers prime neeo, a gooo
map. goes along with the rest OF the
general helpfulneSS. Here are lovely
/ scenery and a delightful climate. Here
/ is the drive of industry and here are
material achievements OF amazing quail
/ ity. Through these wonders bits OF olu
history look on in satisfaction and PRIDE.
Here are great men-builderS, engineers.
doctors. scientists their service briefly
sketched Here is the story of the
making of the canal and the making of
the Panama Railroad AS the book
falls open in the hand I see, ut is al
wavs June in Panama" So from this
point of assurance I read backward and
forward gathering facts. descriptions,
stories~thc whole of the Panama con-
tent. Definite directions for travel go
along with the larger treatment. for 1t
IS plain that Mrs. Heald is not only
telling the story of the Canal Zone, but
that she is also inviting us to take sail
for, that place where it is always June.
JIpPING STREET: Childhood in a
London Stun. BY Kathleen Wood
ward. New York: Harper 81 Bros.
IF you had told her that one day she
would write a book. that one day
she would be received by the Queen at
Buckingham Palace, the girl would not
have understood word OF 1t, no more
than if it had been an unknown tongue
She lived in Tipping street, had never
then been out of 1t. Tipping street?
That lane that creeps from London
Bridge to the Kent road, overborne and
decrepit. packed with smells of soap
suds. rank fryings. rotting vegetables
stale beer. musty corners, sweaty gar
ments. That SUM was the girls IN
grain. And here she tells us about It,.
The telling came, of course, after she
left the street 10 work in factory. Ana
after a while 1t was the factory that
took possession Of her-the machines,
the girls. the walk TO work and back
again. And this, too, comes into the
telling of this story of literal truth, for
always. ever since she was born, there
had been an uneasy second self TO this
girl. clanaorous creature that simply
must know things-things that come
out of books and out of pictures. out OF
a sweet cleanliness Of body and rail-
ment. out of sunlight washing long
stretches of the countryside or buTnish-
ing the Thames with golden shafts. And
the need to get was no more urgent
than the need to give back again. So
in an utter fidelity she set these things
down. set down the life Of that London
SUM. And here it is for you to read
and then to wonder IL, after all, art Is
nothing except perfect fealty to truth.
There is no answer TO that question. at
least not here. The better thing to well
come, this reading done, is JOY in the
triumph of dauntless human over the
! forces of any one of the Tipping streets
/ that lie in wait for youth and defence
| lessness Let's say 1t all together:
Hurrah for the great girl Of Tipping
street,
DOLLY MADISON: The Nations
Hostess. BY Elizabeth Lippincott
Dean. Illustrated from photographs.
Boston: Lothrop. Lee e. Shepard
Co.
1T is, primarily, the historic sense that
projects this story Of Dolly Madi-
son. To portray period is the au-
thor's deepest urge, to re-create 1t in its
vital activities, in its drift of purpose,
in its full sum of fact and implication.
With such purpose In mind the author.
in a fine feeling for effects. chooses a
central figure who is calculated to re-
vitalize and TO dominate the whole.
This is the figure of Dolly Madison. in
q geographic study or such expansive
quality as to inclose full and brilliant
period of American history. Around
this woman of long life and undimin-
ished influence great men and women
come and go. In the dress and social
custom of that day Threads OF poll
tics run through the lighter talk OF
these gatherings in high life. Char
acter displays itself In one and another
Of the celebrities crowding the pages Of
! this carefully wrought revival Ap-
pearanceS are lifelike. the conversation
! is spontaneous, personalities are clean
! cut. so that there Is no smudge of OBJ
I security at any point from lack Of pains
( taking on the part of the writer II Is
a very companionable book. Perhaps Il
/ is nearer the fact to call 1t hospitabie
/ book. for certainly the reader in no time
! becomes a part of this society and feels
/ at home in 1t. Following the usual or
/ der of geographic treatment. Mrs. Dean
/ begins with the birth and childhood of
/ Dolly Madison, including In the COM
/ pleted story the years between 1868 and
( 1850. You are almost able TO take your
| choice Of the great ones whom you
( would like to meet-Alexander Hamil-
/ ton. Aaron Burr and. of course, the
| Washingtons. Lafayette, jefferson, John
( Adams and a host of others clear
activity Of research has gone into this
/ striking story, along with definite care
at every point. no matter how unmpor-
! tant. relatively, the point may be. And
/ 10 these lines Of work are added true
sense Of picture and the art Of story
! telling. History, biography and social
! custom meet here in fine partnership
! Of good work.
MARY TODD LINCOLN: An Appre-
citation. BY Honore Wjilsie Morrow
au,hor Of Forever FREE" etc. New
+, York: William MorroT IL Co.
uERE is a geographic study In which
H it's author is frankly a champion
! defender. IL IL probable that Mrs
| Morrow did not set out here to be an
/ advocate Of Mrs. Lincoln Rather, II
/ Is likely that I'm her chosen field oi
| research through the history of the
/ United States she turned naturally
i from her veneration for Abraham Lin
| coin 10 a deepened interest in the wife
| Of this great man. Whether this bt
or BE- not a fair conjecture here is
] rttrH.t II faaa lifn nf MaPv Todd LIN.