dying out? The path of evolution is considered myself fairly content, and
etrewn with the most ghastly failures reasonably hap y, to find that I have
Bnoo ks a n d A u diot dIand mistakes, and man himself is get- not been happy, that, on the other
ting ready to give up the struggle. hand, I have been extremely miser-
In this connection, the author is able becaue I have not constantly
THE PARLOR BEGAT A OS in a book which is well worth reading very much impressed with the divine meditated on say own unworthiness, on
By Arthur S. Hildebrand and which, to quote the- old theatrical mission of man, man the superb pro- the "divine urgency," on the "victori-
- advertisements, "will not bring a duct of Creation. 'Lhis is- a pleasant ous goodness," etc., etc. To me these
(A Review by It. D. S.) blush to the cheek of the most deli- thought, but as a matter of fact, racial things are all rather vague; maybe I
"The Parlor Begat Amos" (Harcourt cage." racial old age is stealing upon us rapt have been sharply aware of all of
Brace) by Arthur S. Hildebrand is a . idly; the score of useless, even harm- them without knowing it.
very credita'Zle first novel of the 'A RELIGION FOR. THE NEW DAY" ful, vestigie e organs within us are get- Dole intimates that joy,,for instance,
ting in their work, and the glory of the. is an attribute of the superior mettle
"Main Street"-"Zell" type. It centers By Charles F. Dole future fades to a dull drab. of man, of- a great and guided creation
abput ans artistically inclined youth (A Review by . C. R.) Dole laments the fact that the cur- producing the end-product, IYIan. The
and his unsuccessful struggle against 'A Religion for the New Day" rent religion and the church did not author has a unique experience ahead
the restraint of middle-class conven- (Huebsch) by Charles F. Dole, is one prevent the late war. Did anyone, in of, him if he has never seen a dog
of the most disappointing books that his right mind, ever suppose that they laugh and show joy as unrestrained as
tion and routine. I have ever read.; The first chapter could? Over-population simply has to that of any infant or adult liomo
Amos Endey, through some freak starts out bravely enough to deal a meet with its antidote; why not war sapiens.
hereditary: combination, develops a deadly blow' at the current religion, as well as by famine? But he gets on firm ground when
nature that rebels against the sur- and I was immediately all attention, So many incurable optimists have he says that the inodern church does
rounding, cultural bleakness. There hoping that the writer would succeed; told us that the world is getting better not know how to handle the problem
is within him a dull rumble of vague, but the little puff of wind died out, that we may believe them someday. of the young people. I know of noth-
muddled desire which he is not quite leaving him still stranded on a stag- But I have just bought several articles ing more bungling than the violent
capable of expressing or interpreting. nant sea. of one of the local haberdashers, and and comparatively useless efforts of
With the support of a sympathetic One should have known better than I fail to see any sign of this moral the church to attract and hold the
friend he might have developed this to expect much, for in the preface, the progress. V youth of the land. Let us give them
indefinite impulse. As it is he does not author tells that he was for forty-five Scattered throughout the book are credit, however, for trying, and let us
get very far. He ,has a couple of years a minister of the Gospel, and many excellent observations, and for hope that they will find a happy solu-
brightly colored love affairs, he suf- this ssould have told the whole story. these I am grateful. The author does tion of the vexing problem.
fers from incipient aestheticism, and Dole is so steeped in the current relig- not believe, for instance, that, wealth The final chapter on "The Eternal
makes a feeble ppgan gesture. But ion that he is either unable or afraid tends to corrupt men any mog than Life" might just as well have been left
he is not strong enough to stand alone, to follow up his announced intention, poverty. I have never exterienced out. Most of it is meaningless jargon,
At twenty-one he> relapses into that and, after a little skirmishing, '.he wealth nor extreme poverty, and it is and it gets us nowhere. Attempts have
unquestioning conformity that marks descends to a sort of sniping with my unprejudiced opinion that his oh- been made before 'this to prove the
those of his class, wooden bullets. servation has much truth in it. existence of a future life, and, one and
The tragedy of Amos is the tragedy It is of course agreeabld to hear But is is rather distressing, after all all, they have failed. But Dole, like
of thousands of aesthetically and in- again that a person need not be a of these years during which I have all other metaphysicians, has his pet
tellectually stirred souls who find the church member to be a good, decent
atmosphere of commercial bustle and member of society, Dole should have
the insistence upon security, conform- gone further and advised us not to
ity, and bigotry too strong for them. join the modern church.
The artist has inevitably to battle The whole book is filled with use-
against his environment. He is re- less and senseless theological argu-
garded somehow not quite respect- ments, which are just so much dead
able, a queer fellow, a "nut" perhaps. ! timber. The laughable doctrine of
He may get off the beaten track long Predestination is even resurrected, as
enough for a brief Dionysian fling. Dole says that all our acts go to fill
But the anxious parents, the deacons, a, design. To him law and order is
an'd school marms go scurrying after everywhere, and a divine intelligence
him and usually succeed in dragging is manifest in everything around us.\\
him back ihto the security and salva- I wonder whether Dole is aware of
tion offered by the mob ideals. of the the blindness which evolution has pro-
community. His surrender completed ceeded? Can anybody imagine an in-
he falls into the dull continuous per- telligent being directing the forces of
formance of birth, school, love, busi- evolution so as to produce a horned
ness, marriage, and procreation. toad, or a Stegosaurus? Or an intel-
This theme is rather a vital, one in ligent creature equipping the great
present-day America. Hildebrand has Irish Elk with antlers so vast that
conceived a typical case and has re- after struggling some generations with
corded it, with some depth of under- them, the poor animals decided to
standiig and not a little literary skill, question the wisdom of creation by
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