THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 22,v 1808.
Wit
and their
"S
I TUDIES la ths American Baca
Problem," by Alfred Holt
Stone. -If one were uked to
designate the two atronrest
characteristic of this book
they would at once ay, The familiar
ity of the author with his subject and
his clear and unbiased way of present
' ing It to his readers." That both of
these are essentials to a work of this
kind goes without sarins;. Then the
work Is extremely analytical; there is
nothing said; or attempted to be provtd
- from surface Indications, but, bit by bit.
the 'author takes the various phases of
the subject, dissecting; them end test
Ing them by every known method, and
bringing about his logical conclusions as
neatly and as absolutely correct as the
chemist would separata .and combine
the chemicals in his retorts. The vol-
' ume contains three statistical papers,
contributed by Walter F, Wtllcox. than
: whom there Is perhaps no better authqr
. Hy upon the subject, and as the pub
lishers trumruiiy . say: neither con
tributor to this" Volume Is : a propa
gandist: neither has any panacea, the,
aim of both is a scientific study of the
" subject."
t . That locality plays a strong part in
determining the race problem, the au
thor brings out clearly and proves it
In a way that is both convincing and
original to any one who has never given
the subject mature deliberation. In
the opening chapter on "Contrasts and
Parallels," the author shows the re
lation of the negro to his environments
end the outgrowth, ol this relation to
i i (a -n n t .pal An ' TT a A mm nnl v.
cuse or blame, and much leas senti
mentalise over conditons; he simply ac-
- cepts them and in clear cut language
rives plain facts, and proves them.
Much of his proof, through the intire
book, he brings from such well known
and experienced authorities as Booker
T. Washington and Dr. Du Bols. One
f the most-Interesting chapters in the
work treats of the ".Economic Future
of the Negro." It is Interesting because
It brings such a practical side of, the
problem to us, and yet is .discouraging
: from the fact that it Is a conceded fact 1
that Industrial education Is the hope of
the race and yet that today, in the in
dustrial world the negro Is worse off
. than at the close of the warthere are
!sa skilled workmen and their prop
erty holdings are far smaller (n propor
tion to their numbers. The author says:
"It is inconceivable that any people
who could increase In numbers from
four and a half millions in 1860 to nine
. mill ons in 1800 could fall also to In.
crease, their property during that pe
. rlod." Mr. Stone does not simply make
this assertion and ask you to accept it
on . credit, but ha accompanies it with
convincing figures, v quoting among
' others Mr. wanamaKer. who in an ad
, dress at the New York convention of
the National Negro Business League,
made this significant remark, which
also gives the real cause of negro de
terioration in the business world after
recalling the fact that Philadelphia
onca had a number of nearo business
men In whom the local business world
took pridehe said: "Many of them lost
v their business before they paasec away.
, As an old business man I am speaking
the Tact; they )ost their business oe
cause the Swiss, the German and others
who were American white men aid that
rame business better tnan they did it.
Their color had not the least thing to
. do with it." .In sneaKlnx on the "Eco-
nomlo Future of the Negro," the writer
aayai "It is Idle here to confuse the
practical Question of actual conditions
with the ethical question of cause. For
our purpose w need not stop to multi
ply words In an effort to determine
where rests the burden or responsibility,
Between the white man and the black
It is likely always to remain a disputed
question. But a man wbo has ceased to
breathe - Is equally dead, whether
he came to his death by . assaa
slnation Or. suicide. In the end Is
to be the- same, the negro masses
will not be particularly Interested
In the academic question of causes
ond means. If the white man Is
responsible for the negro's condition; if
me latter cannot remove the obstacles
. from his own path, then his economic
future no longer remains' within the
field of speculation, and the 'efforts to
.ward his Industrial training become a
mockery to him and a fraud upon those
who support them. But I take the view
that at least holds something of hope
i for the negro, in that It does not en
tirely remove his present or future from
the range or his own individual efforts.
In the chapter devoted to "Race Frio
tlon." the author treats. In a most con
vincing manner, that phase of the race
problem that is so tritely quoted and
eo little understood, from a theoretical
piaiiunuuih nam' i . i ntj i i: juniaieii i in.
it ion pf the-southern white man. who
objects less to personal contact and as
sociation with the negro than the north
ern man does. - He. through a course of
reasoning proves that to be an artificial
relation growing out of the Institution
of slavery, while he believes that feeling
or tne norrnern man against personal
contact the feeling of Instinctive racial
antlnathv in us olementarv form.
One might go on quoting Indefinitely
from Mr. Stone's book and than be able
only to give a very meager idea or the
fullness and completeness of it. But It
may be truthfully said to be one of the
illuminating woras on mis question,
which is fulfilling De Tocqueville's
II . L ... S!!"
A. if. Stone, Author of "Studieg in the American Race Problem."
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"I and my ' true' love," by H: A'
Mitchell Keays Again Mrs. Keays has
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t This is not her style: she simply
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point by entertaining fiction, : and
concludes without leavina- a bad taste in
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Kitty, the handsome young matron
lonced for the flesh Dots and the ad
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to give her. Of course the man to
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college chum. Stress Is laid upon the
fact that Kitty's, conduct IS entirely
Dronertv onlv after due process of law,
and a reasonable time after the divorce
had been granted. Sargent kept the
child, whom the mother never wanted,
and as he became rich and famous
raised the trlrl to be a bright beautiful
creature, in person and features like
him, but with many of the mother's
traits.
When the story opens Christina is
en eared to marry a handsome, clean
boy, but fearing she may make her
mother's mistake In marrying for love
and then regretting it, no aeciqes to
send her to "Madam Kitty." now brll
liant society leader, who arrived at
continent only upon the death of the
brutal Dickv. aome five years previous.
Christina is at runs In a high key. and
makes things lively all around, but
the Influence of mother and daughter
upon each other and the gradual de
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clever niece of work.
Sargent Is a fine character, natural
and well balanced, but the wise-acres
would not have commended his action
In sending the girl to sucn a mother,
however he nroved his wisdom. He took
her himself to "Madam Kitty's" door
and as he waigea away arter unnstina
had been "swallowed ud." he turned and
looked back and the saw the brilliant
polnsetttas biasing In every window of
the warder home; . haunted oy tne oe
wilderlng thought he realized that "be
tween primroses and poinsettlas the
dlvidlnr years were set like swords.'
This thought is very prettily carried
out In the cover design of the book.
This story is not perhaps, ss intricate
as "He that Eateth Bread with Me.'
but it is more vivacious and is full of
brlshtness and fairly overflows with
the mirth of the Irrepressible Christina.
It has its patnos too, ana carries a
m-
tremendous lesson to young and
experienced wives and husbands.
Mrs. Keavs has a line literary stvle
ano never iaiis 10 impress tne point,
though the reader is hardly aware of it.
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"The RIverman." toy Stewart Edward
White. Mr. White has carved another
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writer. In this his latest story, and he
was already very near the toe Some
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ana perhaps mere are points 01 con
tact, but Mr. White, while dropping the
fire knd storm of the "Red Stocking
Tales" has brought into his work a
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atrencth and .Immensity of nature it
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courtship of Jack Orde and Carroll
Bishop la strong and pure and In keep
ing with the masterful situations and
incidents of the book. The publishers
have used the handsome, picturesque
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"Though Life Us Do Part," by Elis
abeth Stuart Phelps (Mrs. H. D. Ward).
This is a simple tale of domestic In
felicity, but one In : which sorrow and
suffering bring out the best that is in
tho man's character: and not quits too
late to retrieve what he has thrown
away.
Like most of Mrs. Ward's fiction this
Is a "down "east" story. She introduces
her principal characters as they gather
upon the broad veranda of a summer
which the author remarks: "Golf, like
death or hunger, Is a leveler; and peo
ple who do not meet In the same drawing-room
might tea off into the same
bunker." Carolyn Sterling is the char
acter about which tho story revolves a
flrl of rare bravery, wealth and beauty,
he marries a man not "to the manner
born," and then the author -carries
them through the gradual decline of
affection until the final break comes,
and he enlists and goes . off to the
Spanish war.
Through all the troublous times, past,
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these are first, the strong, but tender-hearted
rector and the noble, almost
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with a somewhat unusual plot It Is
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neien . jaessiter, up to two months
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