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w38 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. OCTOBER 23, 1921—PART 1. Reviews of New Books THE HIGH COST OF STRIKES. By Marshall Olds. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. INCE the war, strikes have swept the country like an epi- demic. To furnish the public with a budget of information that bears directly upon every man, woman and child in the United States, Mr. Olds has made definite concrete studles of certain strikes. The ob- Ject of these studles is to determine what the public—including labor it- self—has had to pay for the exercise of the privilege which organized labor has gathered to itself. The author’s method s to take up a cer- tain strike—aay that of the dock workers between the southern fruit and vegetable flelds and the north- ern markets, or that of the fishermen on the California coast, or another one here and another one there. He points out, as the basic condition, that a strike at once interferes with either production or distribution, or both. And these are the two vital ements in economic life. In each strike with which he deals he traces definitely Its exact effect upon ono or the other of these basic factors. The next step is a shortage of sup- ply. The next one is an increase in vrice, an increase that bears upon the striker as well as upon the inno- cent public generally. In this con- crete manner he studies the enor- mous recent increases in the cost of food, fuel, clothing and rent, confining himself in this investigation to the effect of lahor strikes on these costs. These four studies form the substan- tial and immediately appealing part of this direct, courageous, plain-deal- ing book. Beyond this the author discusses the responsibility of labor leaders In this outcome, of their methods to universalize the strike, of their social outlook and intent. He takes also, the effect of class seratic form of gov- eral. John and Mary Thinker, how-l ever, Interject the real thoughts that these words conceal, interpreting, il- luminating, contradicting. That is the substance of this snugly-built play. Of course, it is true to fact. But people will not have things true to life—that is, they will not have them let loose into the open. “What an interesting world this would be, for a minute at least, if In that time everybody would say right out just fhat he was think- ing.” We recall this innocent remark, and recall even more vividly the instant, self-protective recoil that followed n, from all hands. That is what is the matter with your play. Don Marquis. ‘The audience, not the play, is the trou- ble. Try sending it out -some more. That sort of jar can only be fine In its effects, provided it be given a chance to register effects. THE PRIDE OF PALOMAR. By Peter B. Kyne, author of “Kindred of the Dust.” etc. Illustrated by H. R. Ballinger and Dean Cornwell. New Ylork: Cosmopolitan Book Corpora- tion. You will not _be able to stand out against Peter Kyne's new hero of ro- mance—a Spanish-Irish-American-Cali- fornian hero. “Don Mike,” the folks of the valley called him, in affection. First Sergt. Michael Joseph Farrell, he stood in the Army roster. The old Mission of the Mother of Sorrows registered him Miguel Jose Maria Federico Norlaga Farrell. The pride and gayety and hard sion of the native son, and Don Mike became a crusader against the invasion of California by an allen race. e story is, in the main, that of the fight between Don Mike and the represent- ative of an eastern syndicate. The is- sue is Mike's miles of land holdings. inherited from old Don_ Miguel and mortgaged to the limit. By hook or by crook to lift the mortgage is Mike's part in the scrimmage. To prevent this, to acquire the land, and to turn it into small fruit farms for Japanese settlers is the other side of the contest. Un- luckily for this side, the eastern mag- nate took his wife and daughter with him to California. As you promptly surmise, the issue grows this infusion of femi mixed from . A love story croment, the insidious menace of class privilege. He deals, in fine|s spirit and vi with co-operation 15 the safety « promise of the future. There is no hostile intent here, only a search for the facts. This being true, it would wppear that the place for this study < the hand of the laboring man him- ~elf. He must do his own thinking, and here, certainly, is a good place 1o start. The book is full of fact and meanink for everybody who be- Tongs to this country. THE SIEVE; Or, Revelntions of the Man By Feri Felix Weiss. |! Tilustrated. Boston: The Page Com- pany. American_immigration is the out- standing sabject upon which Feri clix Weiss writes here. For thir- teen yvears he has been an_inspector | it the guteway of New York. In that period more than a _hundred thousand Immigrants have been per- sonally inspected by him. He is an American, a' fact of .which he Is nat- urally proud: He was an immigrant, a fact calculated to inform greatly nis duty toward both America and the immigrant. Here Mr. Weiss sets down twenty chapters of pure ex- ence in the line of his official . chapters that deal with every imaginable kind and sort of alien coming to the new country, chapters that deal with all the measures set up by our government to deal fairly with both sides of this great ques- tion. As experlence. the book is vivid and concrete. transporting one. to of this busy entious inspector. One fol- Jows him about for a single backe hreaking. nerve cking day. One goes to quarantine and digs out the stowaway. He comes up against John Chinaman and more than one other man of mystery. At the end of each author, very modestly, : law in its Warious stations toward the alien, showing that cither in its es- sence or in its practice it could very well stand certain modifications. The whole story is fascinating and. it is{ rauch more than that 1t is inform- | ing and highly SugE. . Tt looks, upon the ace, as if those who ara directly concerned and responsi- ble in the matter of immigration leglslation might pass a profitable and fruitful evening over this dra- matic summary of official perform- ance and its outecrop of seasoned opinions. CARTER; And Other People. By Don Marquis, authar of “Noah an’ Jonah an' C:p'n John Smith.” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. Number Thirteen of this group is a play. The remaining dozen ‘are short storles, picked up out of incidents lying | to everybody's. hand—just common | things, like the white negro whose 90! per cent of whiteness struggles, help- lessly, with the other, the dominant 10 per cent. Common things, like this, al to Don Marquis. So he picks them up, brushes the dirt off, turns them over, digs into them, catches a lint of their real colors, and sets them down in their substance with a pen that runs semething besides flat ink. Number Thirteen is a one-act play with an interesting history. Nobody will play it, undeniably good though it be. Written ten vears ago it has, since that time, so the author admits, been ‘wandering around looking for a stage. 1f it had always borne its present num- Der that would explain the hoodoo. The inarket is the matter. No cannier mar- ket man than the purveyor of plays ex- ists. He knows to a T just what people will not own up to about themselves, ! and will not submit to having spread out upon the stage. In *Words and Thoughts,” the play, John and Speaker ecarry forward the ripple of words that, by common consent. is, self agoing bes the economic A very pretty love story, too, ihe present and the |in which Don Mike comports himself according to the best traditions of both Spanish_and Irish wooers. The action moves forward in an atmosphere of California life touched with relics of ! the Spanish occupation and in the actu- | sense of this blend went into the pas this reglon—a picturesque setting through which the hero moves to one's constant approval and delight. Don \"ll(elh;n but a single real rival here is his prospective mother-in- alternatives takes on point and meaning here in the story of Helen Maraden. Modern, from a little girl, in her aptitudes and actions, Heler, to the end of this story, is continually crowded to the choice between ac- cepted behaviors on the part of wom- ankind and such behaviors as suit her free nature and untrammeled outlook. As little girl, big girl and young woman, this matter of elther conforming or breaking away' eon- stitutes the steady problem of Helen Marsden. This writer makes a most interesting character of the girl. With admirable discretion and fore- sight she lets her go and holds her back in just the right measure to bring her, finally, to the point where all women, almost all women, decide to go the old way of being in love, and getting married, and having 2 home, and the rest of it. The high voint of this work is that of creating belieable pepple—people, too, of in- believable people—people, too, of in- physical. BEN THORPE. By Arthur Crabb, au- thor of “Ghosts,” etc. New York: The Century Company. ‘When one meets Ben Thorpe, a mere lad, he is just passing out of the gang and New York slumdom into the wise and friendly hands of John Thorpe. “What's your name?” asked John Thorpe. “Ben.” “Ben what? “That's all.” And this is how he came to be Ben Thorpe. The story follows Ben along the course of hundreds of American boys, through school and college, and, finally, into his profes- sion, that of a doctor. The college life of Ben is, in particular, rich in the fine associations and interest that prepossess and direct young fellows of that period. That which sets Ben off from the rest is his ingrained hatred of women—a repugnance that goes back to the slum quarters of New York for its informing and un- changing intensity. This trait, you can easily see, serves to complicate, desperately, the Inevitable surrender of the boy to that which is as certain as death, or taxes, though it is not counted in this short list of inevi- tables. As a matter of fact, this id‘osyncrasy on the part of the hero throws the love making and the pro- posal entirely upon the girl. A fine girl, who carries off her manifest duty with courage and dignity. Ben Therpe, though unusual in a single matter of deep-seated source, is a genuine American boy who is brought out and developed by means of a ster- ling story of much that is best in American life. | that—but not botn. This complex of By Victor Rous. seau, author of “Wooden Spoi etc. Cincinnatl: Stewart Kidd Com- pany. Reading this adventure of the north- E. Ivory. Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co. DEMOCRACY AND THE WILL TO POWER. By James N. Wood. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. DOROTHY DAINTY'S RED LETTER DAYS. By Amy Brooks. With il- lustrations by the author: Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. THE RAID OF THE OTTAWA. By D, Lange, author of “On the Trail of the Sioux,” etc. Illustrated by John D. Whiting. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. PAUL AND RHODA. By Fanny Kil- bourne, author of “Betty Bell,” etc. 1lustrated by Willlam Van Dress- er. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. LEFT HATF HARMON. By Ralph Henry Barbour, author of “Left | End Eawards,” etc. Illustrated by| | Leslie Crump. New York: Dodd, | Mead & Co. i THE BOYS' BOOK OF RAILROADS. ! By Irving Crump, author of “The Boys' Book of Firemen." etc. With , illustrations. New York: Dodd, | Mead & Co. THE PRINCESS OF THE SCHOOL. By Angela Brazil. Illustrated by Frank Wiles. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. | GREAT DAYS IN AMERICAN HIS- TORY SERIES—DAYS OF THE DISCOVERIES. By L. Lamprey, author of “In the Days of the: Guild,” ete. Illustrated by Flor- ! ence Choate and Eliz-beth Curtis, | New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. THE GO-GETTER; A Story Thatl Tells You How to Be One. By Peter | B. Kyne. New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. THE BIBLE “AS 1S"; Something to Think_About for “the Man Who | Dares.” By Wilfred Robert Smith. | author of “Under the Northern | Lights.” ete. Myrtle Point, Ore- gon: Published by the author. TEXT, TYPE AND STYLE; A Com- pendium_of Atlantic Usage. By George B. Ives. Boston: The At- lantic Monthly Pre DREAMY HOLLOW. By Sumner, Charles Britton. New York: World Syndicate Company, Inc. THE WINGS OF TIME. By Elizabeth Newport Hepburn. w York: Frederick A. Stokes Company. THE BYRNE GIRLS: How They Worked and Won. By Mary Kath- erine M-ule, author of “The Little Knight of the X Bar B Tllustrat- ed by John Goss. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company. WHEN GRETEL WAS FIFTEEN. By Nina Rhoades. Illustrated by Eliz- beth Withington. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company ORACLE. Arranged, edited and intro- Halfback.” Illustrated by Howard L. H:stings. New York: Barse & - Hopkins. SONGS OF A MAN WHO FAILED; The Poet Writings of Henry Clin- ton Parkhurst. Lincoln, Neb.: Th ‘Woodruff Press. Games and Sports. VS-C155! Conklin; George. Camp, W. - Training for Sports. The Ways of the Circus. VAZ-C765w. Eastman, C. tertainments. W. One Hundred En- 1898. VN-Eal7o. PROBLEMS IN BUSINESS FINANCE. [ Einert, M. T. The Rhythmic Dance By Edmond Earle Lincoln, M. A, Ph. D.. etc., author of “The Results; of Municipal Electric Lighting In Massachusetts,” etc. W. Shaw Company. THE PUBLI LIBRARY. SSGICIG6 GGR B BIGIGIGE 68 5 The following 1list, arranged by subjects, includes some of the latest tadditions to the Public Library. | The lists, which appear in this col- umn each Sunday, are reprinted at the end of the month in the library's monthly bulletin. Copies of this may be obtained free at the library, or will be sent by malil for 15 cents a year. Health. Bailey, Harriet. Nursing Mental Dis- eases. QFX-B153n. Burnham, A. C. The Community Health Problem. QI-B934. Carrington, Hereward. Death. QA- C234. ; Carroll, R. §. Old at Forty. or Young at Sixty. QH-C2380. Davis, . M. Immigrant Health and the Community. QI-D2961. Davison, Alvin. The Human Body and ! Health. 1909, Galland, W. H. Discases ‘of Infancy and Childhood. QPB-G135. ! Galland, W. H. Maternity and Child Care. Ref. QPB-G13om. 3 Harrow, Benjamin. Vitamines sential Food Factors. QD-H246v. Hawes, A. T. Observation of Symp- toms. 1912. QF-H3l3o. Hessler, Robert. Dusty Air and Il Health. 1912. QF-H468. J. B. Why Die Jacobs, E. E. A Study of the Physi- QH-D296h. ' 8o Young? o 7 -4 2 H € cal Vigor of American Women. QH-J126s. Jamme, A. C. Textbook of Nursing Procedures. QDY-J246t. Loosmore, W. C. Nerves and the Man. QFN-L878n. Macfadden, B. A. Vitality Supreme. 1915. QH-M162v. l Mackenzie, Sir James. The Future of Medicine. 1919. Q-M194f. 3 Myerson, Abraham. ‘The Nervous Housewife. QFN-M393n. | Robbins, S. D. How to Stop Stam- mering. QFN-R533h. 1 Russell, Pauline. The Power of Deep' Breathing. QH-R912p. Ryan, T. J.. and Bowers, E. F. Teeth - and Health. QV-R953. Book. VQ-Ei63r. Evans, Charles, Chick Evans' Golf Book. VK-EvIT. Y = (ALY 3 @ 3 @) o < &) 9 o ) b5 Chicago: A.| Foster, A. E. M. Auction Bridge Table Talk. Foster, J. B. to Run Bases. Foster, J. B. * field and the Outfield. VK-F813hl. Freeborough, E., and Ranken, C. E. Chess Openings. 1919. VN-F812a. Heisman, How to Catch and How Ball. VK-F813he. Houdini, Heilbroner's Official Base Ball Blue How to Play the In- Jessup, Elon. Book. V. Manrique, R 1905. VN-F8T Graves. Ernest. The Lineman's Bible. | Work. VB Meyer, Bror. Hall, Mirfam. Tennis for Girls. 1914.| Roper, W. 4 VK-Rt8Iw Rutledge, VK-H364. Trails. The Collar Retreat HERE‘S a place Where conars can recuperate from the wear and tear you give them. It's a sani- tary sanitarium — the home of | ToLMANIZING! The Tolman Laundry F. W. MacKENZIE, Manager Cor. 6th and C Streets’'N.W. Starched collars are laun- dered clean white, with edges petal smooth. Phone Franklin 7L TOL M;A NIZE! and Their Methods. ot Foot Mongere* -HE14m Camping The Motor 3495 cing Foil Class ting. VF-M578 Winning Football. Plantation Game ] o £ . Next to Mike himself she is the st enjoyable of these people, who, one after another, come over to the side of this passionate defender of his native state. The definitely serious purpose of this romance is clear, but it is, above everything else, a good story. west, one gets the impression that, per- haps, Victor Rousseau found himself a bit overloaded with material for its making. There are very few breathing places 'in it, few easy stretches where one may &top to-think over the stress of happenings through which he has just come, for more urgent Incidents crowd him forward into a turmoil of conspir- acy, and crime, and pursuit, and mo- ments of circumvention that .are promptly set aside for the colorful ad- venture to get ahead. The story opens with a shot, from nowhere, and the im- mediate death of one aof the two men who are prospecting for the completion of a new rallway connection. It is mod- ern business rivalry and competition in road construction that lies at the root of this ma‘ter. The methods pursued in this fight are, however, of the tooth and claw variety, murderous and re- mote, at least remote from the regions where roads are commonly run. A plo- neer road, this one, cuts across the primal instincts, relating_ these to the primitive and cruel character of the northern ice country through which the road is making fts uncertain way. As adventure that never stops a min- ute, this is of a kind to appeal to read- ers who thrill over the austerity and relentlessness of both nature and hu- THE OBSTACLE RACF. Rv Ethel M. Dell, Eagle,” etc. nam's Sons. author of “The Way of an New York: G. P. Put- A coast hamlet of England, with its scant native population, provides picturesque setting and novel human surroundings for the romantic ad- venture of the two chief persons of this story. Thrown together, after the casual fashion that fate employs to produce, finally, the eternal twain, these two, for many paxes of this book, give the reader good entertain- ment by way of an intelligent and spirited friendship whose Intimacy and variety of incident are greatly increased by the good offices of an extremely knowing dog and by a com- binad and pooled sympathy for a sadly defective boy. When the situ- ation warms to that of love and pur- suit, then and then only does the “obstacle.” named in the title of the alities, also, of the natural beauty of!,"m R MranTe book, come into view and get into|man nature. One may scold, a little, action. The obstacle, as it turns out |over its crowded pages, but he goes after a loug course of obstructive|right on reading it all the same. = ingenuity. is nothing more.than a couple of lles—one for each—that en- tirely conceal the true identity and the actual status of both. Each, for the time being, has run away from himself, from herself. In this period of temporary absence. the gréat ad- venture, handicapped by a superficial and impermanent Ananias, gets on its way. A purely romantic tale. in the best manuer of this incorrigible romanticist. . THE ALTERNATIVE. By M. Morgan Gibbon, author of “Jan.” ~ New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. This novel throws into social drama the old saying that one cannot eat his cake and have it, too. One may BOOKS RECEIVED. ADVENTURES IN THE ARTS; Infor- mal Chapters on Painters, Vi Poets. By Marsden t New York: Boni & Liveright. KUTNAR, SON OF PIC. By George Langford. Illustrated by the au- thor. New York: Bonl & Liveright. A TALE OF A WALLED TOWN; And Other Verses. By B. 8266. g Penitentiary. With an introduc- tion by William Stanley Braith- waite, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin- cott Company. TRAIL'S END. By G. W. Ogden, au- thor of ‘“The Duke of Chimney Butte,” etc. Frontisplece by P. 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