Tribes, 1929

THE MODERN FAMILY--Ruth Reed-- Knopf ($3). In academic circles ideas need not be new to be exciting. Despite some circumlocation, Author Reed, not original, has enough feminist and liberal passion to excite one way or another those who care about The Family. For instance, in a Southern university not 1,000 miles from Dayton, Tenn., the president wrothily returned to Manhattan a copy of this book sent for examination.

Cause of academic commotion for or against it is probably that most of the book is based on ethic rather than fact. A few not-so-original remedies are suggested for a few situations. A situation: from a young husband, hampered by modern working conditions such as feminine competition, young wife gets support too poor to permit much breeding. Reed remedy: "Upon the completion of an important piece of work for the state, men are paid for their service, and there is no reason why women should not receive comparable recognition [per bab]." Some other subjects treated: the Evolution of the Present Family Form, Those Who Have Not Married, the Hypertrophy of Family Bonds, Women as Prostitutes, Divorce as a Means of Family Dissolution.