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EVENING MDGERr-PfilLADELPHlA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3,
WAR NOVEL
"I can never got over my wonder at
the mysteries of tho chemistry of nature,"
Doctor JlcFnbre remarked nfter a while
" iat causei tho color In thoso blazes?
Why do they flare up for a moment and
then lift themselves from tho coal, hesi
tate, with a tiny point resting on tht solid
substance, and then fly up the chimney?
I was In a goldsmith's shop today when
a man camo In with a chain which he
wanted nlucd. I wondered what tht
goldsmith would do. Ho did not hesitate,
but took tho chain nt onco and rubbed
it on a piece of stono, looked at the streak
of color that it mado and then said that
there were about ten parts of alloy In It.
After weighing It ho told tho man what
It was worth. I asked tho goldsmith
how ho knew. Ho smiled tolerantly ant
explained that the stone ho called It a
touchstone was a piece of flinty Jasper
When a piece of gold Is rubbed on It
an expert can tell by tho color of tho
mail how much copper has been used ns
an alloy If It is ery reddish thcr It a
large amount of alloy. Lighter shndes of
red means less alloy."
"I am glad to know what a touchstone
i eally Is," said Miss Ames. "I havo heard
tho word used metaphorically, but I nover
before knew Just what it meant "
"Nor I," bald Doctor McFabrc.
"Have any of jou heard tho war called
a touchstone?" I asked.
They all said they had not, but Owen
admitted that ho had read that It was
putting men and women to tho test. This,
of course, was an Indirect way of com
paring it to tho goldsmith's stone.
"Mrs. Humphry Ward has written a
novel In which sho uses the war as a
touchstone," tald I, "but sho does not
use tho word. Sho exhibits tho result
of bringing dlfTcient men and women In
contact with the war and shows us how
much pure gold there Is in their compo
sition." "Sho can do that sort of thing very
well," said Tho Lady, "for sho Is a great
novelist."
"I don't llko her," Mtss Ames con
fessed "Whenever I think of her I recall
tho lemark of her uncle, Matthew Arnold.
You know lie snld when ho heard sho had
written a novel, that it there were to
havo been u novelist In tho Arnold fain
llv It would havo been he."
"That old gibe Is famous," I remarked,
"but Mrs. Ward long since proved that
It was only a gibe. Her famo Is secure.
More people read her books tlian ever
lead those of her distinguished undo or
than ever will lead them. She is one of
the few novelists writing in English
whose books deserve terlous attention.
They aro moie than mere stories. They
are studies of life, undertaken with a pur
pose to help tho rcht of us understand It "
"I am glad to hear you say that," Tho
Lady remarked with . gently approving
sriiile.
"Her new book," I went on. "Is inci
dentally a beautiful lovo story, beginning
with tho hone) moon of a )oung woman
and her soldier husband who has mat
rled her while on funougn tccoverlng
from a wound A week after tho stoiy
opens ho goes back to tho front, and in
about three weeks moro he Is reported
missing. Tho brldo is a beautiful, de
pendent, clinging creatmo, with a hard,
unsentimental, masterful sister. Tho sis
ter takes no interest in the war. They
started It without asking her about It,
sho says, and sho does not intend to allow
her lifo to bo interrupted by it. When
tho news comes that her brother-In law
Is missing, sho sets herself tho agreeable
task of encouraging tho attentions to tho
)ouug brldo of a wealthy bachelor,
who was attracted by her beauty
when ho first saw her. He has turned
over his great country house In the Lako
district of England to tho Red Cross for
a hospital, and ho spends his money to
equip It with the best possible appliances.
Ho cannot fight becauso ho has a stltf
knee, so ho is doing what ho can. Mrs.
Ward evidently Intends the sister to bo
a typo of that small class of persons
who, when brought in contact with the
great touchstone of war, provo to bo
twenty-three parts alloy, with only a
small residuum of pure gold. Sho Is
selfish. Sho will not turn her hand to
help a suffering creature, and, in splto
of the evident grief of tho brido at her
inability to learn anything about hei
missing husband, this scheming woman
conceals the information when sho learns
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that a mm has been found In a hospital,
deaf and dumb and suffering fiom shell
idiock, who Is supposed to bo tho bride
gioom. She will sacrifice her sister's
happiness and her lovo nnd her lo)al(y
for the salto of bringing about a new
man lago which will Impiovc the financial
condition ot both sisters "
"Can theio bo such creatures In tho
world'" Miss Ames nskOi 1 dlgnantl).
"Tlicro uto Hltogethp- too many of
them, not only In England, but In Amer
ica," I replied. "They do not do exactly
what Dildgct CooKsun Mrs. Want's char
acter, did but they aro cquallv callous to
all the finer human feelings nnd to all tho
splendid lo;iltks that make one proud
of his fellow men. Bridget Cookhon Is
tho only charnctcr of consequence In tho
whole story that Is not refined and mado
better becauso of tho gicat wai They
aro all brought to their senses, and tho
lino qualities of their characters assert
thcmssclves. For example, Cicely Farrell,
sister of tho man who has given his
houso for a hospital. Is apparently a
careless, Indifferent social butterfly, n lit
tlo embittered by tho emptiness o' her
life Sho darkens her eebrovvs antl red
dens her lips and puts color on her
cheeks. Sho dresses in tho extreme of
fashion. When sho puts on a nurse's
costume, It is mado of tho finest lawn, and
sho wears pearls about her neck. To all
appearances sho welcomes it as a new
form of personal ndoinment, but as tho
months pass we discover that sho is a
woman of great cxecutlvo ability, and
that, In hplte of an apparently flippant
manner, sho is f-criously doing her bit.
At tho end hhe is transformed Into a
woman with whom tho most critical
patriot could find no fault. Her brother,
an artistic dilettante, nt tho beginning,
Is earnestly working with all his might
nnd all his fortune to savo tho lives of
tho wounded In his hospital beforo tho
story ends. And tho bereaved bride
she finally flnd3 her husband and spends
tho last five days of his lifo at his bed
sldo Is broadened nnd strengthened by
her terrible cxperlcnco until she becomes
self-reliant and goes about her work In
a hospital with a vigorous energy that
surprises every one."
"That Is what ono would expect," said
Doctor McFabre "I havo nlva)s had
enough faith In human nature to believe
that when wo aro brought faco to faco
with a great crisis wo would all meet
tho issuo bravely."
"I should think that it must be an
awfully preachy novel," Miss Ames bald.
"It Is not pryachy at all," said I "It
havo merely bared tho skeleton so that
you might seo what holds it together.
But Mrs. Ward has clothed tho bonek
most attractively. Tho brldo la a de
lightfully appealing young moman, hon
est and truo. Mrs. Ward has confessed
that sho was greatly moved while writing
it. You will be moved when you read it.
You will hopo with Mrs. Ward that her
most pathetic llttlo heroine may recover
from the blow that has stricken her and
find happiness with tho good man who
has been attractco by 1 er slnco his first
acquaintance. Tho book is tho kind of
war novel that was bound to bo written
some time. My only wonder is that it
was not written earlier."
GEORGE W. DOUGLAS.
"MISSINO
Dy Mrs. Humphry Ward
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Mrs. Barclay in N8w Field
Florence Hnrclay has ventured Into the
wide demesne of historical fiction In her
new novel, "The White Ladles of Worces
ter." Readers of "The Rotary." which
had an extraordinarily long career for even
a "best seller." know that Mrs. Barclay
writes an Interesting etory. With her
locals In merrie England of the middle
ages she still is able to project her human
sympathy into characters of a bygone
period Her historical novel also shows a
careful attention to atmosphere and ap
parently Is accurate In archeologtcal de
tail. The basis of tho plot is not new
namely the entry Into a convent ot a girl
whose knightly lover is thought, on ac
count of long absence, to have been lost In
one of the crusades. The hero'ne'a clois
tered life la sympathetically portrayed, but
she la not destined to take the final veil or
ther would not be any story. As it ! the
theme is an enthralling one. Her knight
returns and the plot reveals the obstacles
overcome in making two lovers happy and
united. The book la charmingly written
and possesses, the dramatlo element In
marKea aegrw,
THE TRAGEDY
THAT IS BELGIUM
Hugh Gibson's Diary Records the
Fearsome Beginnings of the
German Atrocities
Of all the books about tho war nono are
of greater valuo than those produced by
tho American diplomatic representatives In
Europe These men wero In closo ofllclal
touch with tho events which they record
They speak with tho authority of first-hand
knowledge. Tho feeling that Ambassador
Gerard knew moro of tho Inside history of
affairs In Berlin than any ono olso who
had written of It is what mado tho public
In all parts of the country read It with
avidity when It was printed serially In the
Public Ledger nnd buy It to the number of
about u hundred thousand copies 'slnco It
has appeared In a book. Tho same feeling
will send the public to Hugh Gibson's ac
count of conditions In Brussels during the
first five months of the war Mr Gibson
waB first jeeretary of the American legation
In Brusscl Arid when former Minister A'an
Dike's titory of his experiences In the
Netherlands appears In book form It will
complete a trilogy of documents of tho
first Importance
Mr Gibson's storv. the serial publication
of which In tho Public Ledger begins to
morrow. Is an Intimate picture of condi
tions in Belgium it Is Intensely human
and Is told simply and directly with hu
morous touches and with flashes of Indigna
tion at the German atrocities which came
within his knowledge German offlcors told
Mr Gibson that thev Intended to destroy the
Belgian towns, not leaving one stono upon
another so that tho Belgians might learn
to respect Germany and to remember her
for generations As ho remarks, the Bel
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of tho world will remember her alto Ho
quotes tho German proclimatlon that Bel
gians bUfpected of planning to destro)
railroads and bridges would be shot ns an
example, In disregard of all principles of
law and Justice which has characterized the
conduct of tho forces of the Kaiser No
one, even though ho may have read all tho
other books about Belgium, can pretend to
havo all the Important available Informa
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Gibsons stor)
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