Evening star., 1933-03-05
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children. Adam was not originally
farmer There Is a mystery about hu
early life which even his children d!
not understand, and his widow sarA
never talks. In buying and settine
upon his large Northern farm Adam
intended to found p patriarcha fam
fly Of landowners. HIS sons should %
farmers and his daughters farmers
wives. But there was rebellion. con.
flict, with resultant suppressions and
queer mental effects on some Of the ins
dividuals Of the family. These are thl
abundant material Of the story. Celi1
Is the outsider, not Burdett, and It u
through her eyes that the Burdetts are
seen. She Is drawn into the silent
struggle, into the mystery and morbid
reactions which are the family at
mosphere. Ollie. one Of the sisters, sayi
the Burdetts are all mad; Rose, an
other sister. who has had the courags
to break away from a marriage mads
for her by her family, says that Adam
was perfectly sane and knew what hG
wanted, though God knows why
he wanted it." Corliss, the other doc.
tor brother, who makes Celia think Of
the devil, tells her this place Is poi.
son." and asks her fiercely II she wants
Merry to grow up like Ellen and Orpha.
who have accepted their lot and have
almost ceased to be able to feel. 1t Is,
POLITICALLY, Merry, smiling baby with
dark arched brows like Roses when the
story beeins, who, after many years,
when she has won hashy success, dis
covers the real meaning Of old Adams
endeayor. He had tried to insure peacs
and happiness for his family by a re-
turn to fundamental simplicities and
fol Jic xryifa haA Iu,or
understood, but had never been able
to tell her unsympathetic children, and
In the end his daughter Rose, outcast
Of the family, and his granddaughter
Merry. alone of them ALL come to un-
oerstand. The theme is big one and,
in spite Of some drops into melodrama,
1t is well developed.
PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERY DAY. By
1 Clarence Dan Blachly, Phi. d.
washington. D. c.: Washington Col-
lege Press, Takoma Park.
THE author Of this little volume Of
verse is an economist with the
United States Tariff Commission. He
Is the author of many scholarly books
on capital and labor. housing. crime
and kindred social subjects and is the
PAAANAPoA oubAOA anu OOlOOl Ill IiilCl u
the Dictionary of Tariff Information.
Poetry is his avocation and preceding
this volume he has already published q
volume of poems in 1928 "Philosophy
for Every Day" offers philosophy Of
beauty-the beauty found in nature and
in art-even more than it does a phiI
loeophy of reflectiveness. In a few
cases the poetic aspect Of everyday
things has furnished theme. as id
Movies" THE Fountain Pen" THE
Nurse" THE Doctor" and "Automo-
literature appears in some Of the poems,
especially that of Goethe. Others ars
from the japanese. as by the Holy
Sea-" Memory" and only Sow!s
Some Of the most delicate in their ap-
probation Of nature are "Californid
Coast" Delaware. Water Gap" "Fie-
SOLE" In Tuscany" "Chrysanthemun,s"
and New Jersey Marshes" One Of the
most thoughtful Of the poems, which
reflects the authors economic under
standing, Is THE Paupers Curse"-the
curse of one who has through patron
izing almsgivers been robbed Of will
and self-respect.
THE CAULDRoN BoILs. BY Emil
Lengyel. New York: The Dial Press.
A RECENT Associated Press dispatch
" from Warsaw stated that should
relations with Germany become more
strained on account of Hitler's policies
as chancellor, there would be considerable
likelihood that Ignace Jan Paderewski
would be Poland's next President The
election will be in June. Marshal Joseph
PilsudSki. constitutional dictator. was
said to be in favor of the recall of Pad
erewski. Emil Lengyel author Of Hit
| ler." has written a very timely book on
! Poland, in The Cauldron Boils." Tho
! Polish cauldron Is not the only one in
Europe which is at the point Of boiling
over, but it Is an important one. AL
the various problems which contribute
to the general Polish problem are dis
cussed by Mr.. Lengyel, who has spent
much time In Central Europe, studied
| political movements and interviewed
most of the men who are there attempt
| ing to guide national and international
affairs. The Polish Corridor. the mean
| ing Of the Free City of Danzig, the
Jewish question, bolshevism on the Pol
| ish frontier, the strife between Lithuan-
| ians and Poles, the discomfort in Upper
Silesia. are all discussed informatively.
not argumentatively. We are told that
"Danzig laughs at the name Of the
Free City," and the questions are
asked: What is true about the claims
that Poland is the greatest failure
among the contemporary nations and
that her doom is sealed? Is Marshal
Foch's prophecy coming true that in the
Polish Corridor the next war will
begin?"