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FAMILY LIFjEFLECTEDlN THE MIND OF A FATHER OF THREE GIRLS
CELEBRATION OF
THAT GLORIFIES MOTHERHOOD
The Story of a Few Years in the Life of a Typical
American Family of Three Motherless
Daughters Told by Ernest Poole
FRANCIS WILSON some jears ago,
when women were beglnnltiK to de
mand a formal celebration of motherhood
by setting npni t n day In Its honor, pro
tested against Ignoring the, father He
Insisted that fatherhood also dcterved
tome honor, and said as much to a com
pany nf women. But ho 1 a comedian
and the women illd not take him seriously.
'But wh shouldn't wo honor the
father'" asked Doctor McKabre, with
hom I had been discussing the icccnt
observance of Mother's Day. "In the
Decalogue we are enjoined to honor father
and mother, and the father comes first."
"The Decalogue, jou know, was origi
nally the code of an Oriental people," said
I "and It has often surprised me that the
mother was mentioned nt all. Women
among the Orientals do not hold a very
high place Christianity has lifted them
from the position of slaves to that of part
ners. We know now that motherhood
fills so large a place In the general scheme
of things that we cannot reallzo that It
was not always so. You know that there
ire men now tnlklng about the mother
hood of r.od."
"AH tommwot!" exclaimed young
Ames who had come in with his uncle.
Befoie either of us hnd time to make
any repl "Senator" Owen and hla sister
Dorothy were shown In.
"What do jou think, Owen, of having
a national holiday to honor the fathers?"
I asked.
"Theoretically It seems desirable," said
he, "but practically I do not think much
of It. AH that there Is In fatherhood is
Included in motherhood, and motherhood
Includes so much more that I do not think
Father's Day would arouse much in
terest "
"I did not know jou had so high an
opinion of motherhood, Dick," his slater
remarked. She was looking tenderly nt
him
Ames glanced in her direction .and he
apparentlv saw her for the first time, al
though he had met her nt my house on
many previous evenings. The mother
Instinct shining out of her face seemed
tojppeal to something In him. Was It a
deslie to be mothered? He pulled hlm
lf together as If ashamed of his un
conscious tribute to womankind and de
manded '"Whs does not some one write a book
Obout fathcis"' Literature Is full of
fcother stuff"
"Some one has done It," said I. "And
It Is more than a book about fathers. It
! a book about a family from tho point
of lew of tho falhei."
"That Is certnlnlj a noel point of
View " remarked Doctor McKabre.
"The book is called 'His Family. and
the heto Is a man about sixty ears old."
'Won Inteiestlng!" exclaimed Dorothy.
"Novel's are usually written n'bout young
people and are mostly lovo stories."
"Yes. 1 know But the little love stories
"serve to amuse us while wo read them.
We forget them when another Is In our
hands. It takes more than the courting
of two joung persons to make a book
that will lie. This book will Interest
full-grown men and women more than
young people."
"Who wioto it?" from Ames.
"It is by Ernest Toole, a Princeton
graduate In the class of 1902, who was
engaged In university settlement work
In New York for several jeats. Ho has
written some shoit stories, two playb and
another novel, 'The Harbor,' which was
published la&t year. He gives promise
of developing into one of the biggest men
writing fiction in America. This book
Is one of the best things w.hlch I have
read In a long time. Poole has attempted
to describe tho career of an American
family In New York and to show how It
touches the various Interests of life and
how It Is affected by them. It Is bound
together by the way the activities of the
three daughters affect tho father. One of
tho daughters Is married when the story
opens and has a family of growing chil
dren. Another Is the principal of a school
en the East Side and the third Is inter
ested In nothing but her own pleasures.
The motive Is found In the remark of the
mother on her deathbed ten or fifteen
Tears earlier, that the father would live
on In the lives of his children. He does
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so live. He finds In them his own char
acteristics and the characteilstlcs of his
ancestors crop out In unexpected ways."
"All fathers notice that." said Dr. Me
rabre thoughtfully.
rrl'l Sme!lmes "" are surprised and
1 ?rl '? SClcty of El"lcal CI"".
whch studied He.bert Spencer and evo-
utlon Us president once said at a meet-
"B which I attended that the highest
1 c ,0 mo,'nlll ln' '" the knowl
edge that ,ce nre rcsponMblo for ,n9
character of the future generation and
'"" uniess we live
upright lives
our
the
cmiuren will inherit
race degenerate"
our lces and
The IHble told us long before Spencer
W'o'c that the sins of the fathers are
Malted upon tho children to the third and
rouitli generations," t,ad McFabre
mere is nothing new in that."
"It is an old truth, but each genera
tion seems to have to dlcoer It for itself.
The most artistic touch ami the truest
Hi this whole book Is the treatment of
the oungest daughter. In whom the wild
oats that the father sowed In his youth
siting up into an abundant crop. She Is
selfish and sensual and devotes herself to
Pleasure. She mrilrlc, and ,g aivoreoci
and Is married again, but she refuses to
hao i-hildi en she appears occasionally
In the pages of the book, but s a beauti
ful blemish, and we nre given to under
Maml that this Is not one of the children
In which tho father will live on. When
fhe dies, that will ho the end of that
Phase of his character Sin Is bairen,
and, like the fig tree which boio no fruit,
Is plucked up and oast Into the fire. You
maj be Intel estcd to know, Dmothy, that
this daughter used to dance tho tango
and to foxtrot on the roof gaidcns of the
fashionable hotels In the same company
with men and women with whom care
fully i eared oung women should be
ashamed to be seen.'
"I do not wonder that she turned out
bad," said McKabre.
"But I like to foxtrot and tango." said
Dorothj. "Dirk won't let me go to the
roof gardens "
"I'll take you," said Ames.
"Not so fast," said his uncle. "You'd
better get her brother's consent first. Ho
knows more about such places than you
do. If he does not want his sister to be
brought into contact with that kind of life
we should respect his wishes."
"1 certainly do wish to keep Dorothy a
little choicer than that," said Owen.
"We nre getting a long way from
fatherhood," I said, to bring them back
to safer ground. "In spite of Mr. Poole's
purpose to magnify the father, his most
Interesting character is tho sister, who Is
a school teacher. She is the personifica
tion of motherhood and mothers the 3000
children in her school, and their parents
as well, and all the peoplo living In tho
part of the city which her school serves
As an example of what capablo and effi
cient mother Instinct can do for benefiting
the community, nothing better has ap
peared In recent fiction. She finally mar
ries and mothers her own little child, and
thereby comes Into a more Intimate rela
tion with all those whom she is trying to
help. One evening a short time before
the father dies the daughter puts her
little boy on the bed beside him. where he
goes to sleep. The grandfather, looking
down at the infant and seeing In him
the promise of the continuance of his line
for another generation, whispers softly:
'Good night, little brother. God grant the
world be very kind.'"
"It must be a moving atory," said Dor
othy gently, while her eyes sparkled with
moisture.
"It is, and It Is the greatest story that
has come from the publishers this spring;
great In Its grasp of life, great In Its mas
terful handling of pressing social and ed
ucational problems, nnd above all, great
In the sincerity of Its purpose."
GEOMGE W. DOUGLAS.
HIS FAVII.T By Ernent Poole, author of
"Tho Harbor " New York Tho Xtacmlllan
Company II 30
American Labor Conditions
An Intlmato glimpse Into the home life,
the economic struggles and the yet unsolved
problems of the American wage-earner Is
given In "Conditions of Labor In American
Industries." by W Jett kauck and Edgar
Sydenstricker For the student of economics
or sociology or for the thoughtful workman
himself the volume can well serve as a
textbook to guide Individual Inquiry. In
the preparation of the book the two col
laborators combed virtually all avallabla In
dustrial statistics, beginning with the year
1900. The result is not a critical discus
sion, but rather a summary of the principal
and fundamental facts. The adequacy of
prevailing wage scales, the living condi
tions of the wage-earner and his family
and the conditions causing Irregular em
ployment are among the various mmlflca
tions of the labor problem presented The
authors make no nttempt to prescribe reme
dies for the known Injustices; their posi
tion Is simply that of diagnosticians, who
expose the Ills for the good of the work
Ingman and of tho public.
CONDITIONS OF LABOR IN AJH5IUCAN IN
DL'STWES Bv W Jett Lauik and Edrar
Hdntrlcker Now York: Funk ft Waenalli
Company. II 76
New England Humor
The humor of rural New England la as
dry as Its hard elder. Madeline Yale
Wynne, who lives In Deerfleld, Mass., a
place whose scenery Is described by tho na
tives as "neat," has compiled 'thirty-three
specimens of native humor, which she has
told In somewhat free 'verse and gathered
together In a little book with drawings by
Gluyas Williams. The book Is called
Brlggs Talks." For example, SI tells
story of the attempt of Jake Baggs,
stage driver, to collect an overdue fare.
Si
the
the
He
failed. SI ay;
II grinned when he tola nw. and says he,
Slappln' hla knee:
ic'Ywuth aeventy-nvt eenta to me
Jut to know what I think of that feller."
I thoutht to tnyeelf 't waa cheap at the price.
The other thirty-two specimens are of the
same type, some worse, but none better.
Those who like to study, the ways of the
New Englanderi will be delighted with the
collection.
.. nfttriflS TALKS. By Madeline Tait Wynn.
6Iw?th d"iwTn.by Oluraa William.. Bo.toa
HouthUn Mimin Company. ll.JJ.
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gygNING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917
Kx&MHjiHik.
ERNEST POOI.E
Whose novel, "His Family," is the greatest story published this spring.
IN THE LAND OF
DEEPENING SHADOW
Graphic Pictures of the State of
Affairs in Germany as the
War Tightens About Her
If it had not been salil befoie, the Ger
mans would have made Hie remark that
Itnguagp was invented to conceal tho truth
This Is apparently the solo u.sa to which
thev have bocii putting language for the
last threo vr.irs. tn go no further bark
Tho onlv approximation lo the truth about
conditions In ficrmnnv which we got conies
through Americans who have lippit in Hie
empire Hlnce the vvai began So persistent
and dellbeiato mi attempt has been made
to mlslpad them while thev were In Her
man' that even what tliov sav must be ac
cepted with allowance for the conditions
under which thev have acquired their Infot
tnatlon The press censorship Is fo t-trlct
that the Hermans themselves know onl
what the Government wlnhes them to know
The Government contiols public opinion
and manufactures it to suit Ho own pur
poses No news dispatches are sent out of
the rountrv which have not tlm been
edited by the censors
The Americans have brought out of thp
empire a vnrj'riR lot of slotlcs, hut the all
agree on this on" fact of strlrt control of
tho kind of Information that Is to he dis
seminated Tliej agree nlo on the growing
riespondenc of the German people I)
Thomas I'urtln. who spent ten months In the
country as a representative of Iml North
cliffcs i:ngllsli publications his written a
book nbout bis experiences, to which ho lias
given the title The Land nf Deepening
Shadow ," for the reason that while he was
there he could feel tho clouds settling down
upon tho lountry and could watch the
growing despondency of the people Ills
look Is the story of a great inoi.il and po
litical tragedy It Is n moral tragedy be
cause all Germany is being taught to hato
the rest of tho world and that no good can
come save through bate That such ii mon
strous perversion of all the high theories
nnd Ideals held by men since the beginning
of time has been attempted would be un
believable if we had not Indisputable proof
that It Is taking place among the Hermans
What the fiuitage of this seed will be In the
ears to come must mako all friends of the
German peoplo sad with a great grief The
political tragedy Is found in the wreck of
tho Herman plans to conquer tho world, a
wreck that has been brought about through
blind egotism that was unable to under
stand that there were ideals which other
nations held dear and for which they would
light to the death
Mr Curtln gives specific data to prove the
extent of tho tragedy In progress He did
not depend on olllclal sources for his In
formation He mingled with the peoplo,
took long walks In tho country and talked
with the farmers Ho went Into the potato
fields and made his own Investigations Into
tho state of the crop He watched tho un
loading of the survivors of the Prussian
Ouard. which had been shot to pieces bv
the brltlsh. nnd noted tho depression of
the men. In strong contrat with tho flno
spirits of the French and Itrltlsh wounded
w horn he had seen Gloom was everywhere
The working peoplo longed for poace The
politicians admitted that if tho mass of
the people know how tho war was going tho
Government would be forced to make peace
at once. But tho military autocracy Is
keeping tho peoplo ignorant and fighting
ARTHUR GLEASON'S
OUR PART t'hne
GREAT WAR
Straight lalkifrora-an American who
hai been at the front raoit of the time
noce the war began. What ho lajre
bout American who have helped and
American who have hindered, about
the French and what thejr have endured
all meant more to ui now that we
are in the war.
"Cleaton is not ony atone cnfieum
ai lo hit facti, but the language of nil
recital is lurpn'jinj'v lemptratc. I en
done the accuracy of Cteaion'i iloriet,
because my onrt i'nvcfi'j?alionj corrobo
rate ihem.' Caspar Whitney.
ALFRED NOYES'
OPEN BOATS
"In lene'iand.kvrricl proie. Alfred
Noyei depict! the fate of victimi of the
German submarine warfare. The ilonei
are all the more forceful becaute they
are undeniably authentic. They will
dispel the illusion thai 'all proper pre
cautions of safety have been taken'
when U-boat victims are allowed time
to male the life boats." N. Y. Eve
ring Sun,
RICHARDSON WRIGHT'S
THE
RUSSIANS
An Interpretation
T be commended to everybody
who wants to know what Russia really
it and What the Russian people really
are." N, Y. Ttibun.
STOKES, Pjibrlsher
for Its own life No one who wishes to
understand what Is going on In Germany
an afford to leavo this book unread
mi: (and or
Jiarn at War
vork Ccnrsp
tiritiri'Kixii siivtx'vi
Ity 1 Thomas i'urtln
11 Imran Comratn i
Ufr
N. How a Soldier Is Made
It will not be long before hundreds of
thousands of veiling men are taking the kind
of training which thousands received In
I'lnttsburg last ar and the p.ti befotc
Tho I'lattsburg Manual, pieparrd by two
nrmv otlleers. gives the te(hule.il Inhuma
tion needed bv the men who aie to ro into
the nrmv The friinds of these men liave
n natural curiosity nbout the manner of life
In -ueli n camp This has been supplied b
.viien rreupii in vt r'ntuburg ' an enter-
laming and institictlve narrative tol
in
the fonn of letters homo from men lo tho
(amp last vear Mr Trench I
i.is taken a
sipiad throiiRh a month of hard work, di-
scTiuiiig inpir arrival, how thpy adjusted
themselves to the conditions, the manner of
tin Ir training and the way the) teacted tn
It lie shows the great advantages to ac
crue from tho mingling of men of different
professions and different degrees of eiliu i
tlon in ii common camp engaged in a com
mon task He lias n slight love stnrv run
ning through tin- letteis. which ends hap
pi y for all concerned
AT IM TIHIIt ItlJ lie Vllrti 1'renrh . w
Vnrk i linrb s H. rumor's Suns tl M
Alfred Noyes Does His Bit
Alfred Noce. who failed to ipiallfv for
admission to the Hrltlsh nrmv because of
defective eveslght deckled to do his bit hv
describing some of the (ierinnn horrors on
the sea Such vvntk is as Important as
lighting in the trenches, foi It Is nriessniv
th.it the l.'utente Allies Nhould have a full
realization of the kind of an enemy the
are confronted with .Ml N'oves went out
In the Hrltlsh trawlers that are sweeping
ths seas for submarines and saw at first
hand tho tragedies of tho deep He has had
access to all the records of attack upon mer
chant ships out nf this data and this
knowledge ho has written a little book In
which ho has described Just what happened
when tho submarines fired their shells or
thelt torpedoes on unarmed vessels nnd
inmpclled tho passengers nnd crow to take
To tho sp.i in open boats It Is a record of
callous illsiegaid for International law- and
of Indifference to tho common humanities
that can he excused on no pretext what
sopvpp I'ull detailed reports of tho whole
proceeding will bo published when tho war
Is over nnd historians will consult them
Hut Mr N'oves's little book will prohnhlv
be read by more persons than will take the
trouble to consult the ollli ial documents If
It serves to arouse In the readers a tealiza
tlon of the necossltv' of defeating Oermany
It will servo Its purpose and sorvo It well
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CROSSING THE LINE
FROM YOUTH TO AGE
How a Crisis Transforms
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man besides himself Is nble to do anv thing.
Itespnnsibllllv tests heavv on his shoulders
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to his post until ho makes port and gets
a new crew Then, Instead of waiting on
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