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Evening star., 1933-12-10
10y SARAH @. .BOWERMAN
Our President TN Action, and '7He Roosevelt
Pevolufiou',- ',-America Facing Another
WM-Early Winter Fiction.

Is often characterized as pessimist an
alarmist, prophet of evil He is certainly
not believer in the theory that all is good
in this best of all possible worlds He is a
realst, and probably the warnings of realist
are or may be if needed, of more service to our
country than the pleasant soothings of blind
idealism
Mr.. Simonds sees great danger in the par
t1clpatlon of the United States in disarmament
conferences, for "all discussions of European
ornaments must be political" and "all Ameri-
can programs for European disarmament must
be accompanied by American commitments"
The truth Of this has appeared in all previous
disarmament conferences. The United States
is asked to make alliances and give guarantees
OF assistance in case of future conflict that is
to undertake engagements which only the
Senate make legal and the people alone
sanction. The alternative is to act secretly
in such fashion that the country may even
tually be dragged against its will into another
European war or forced to repudate another
American President" The chief reason why
Europe is headed for another war is that
what Germany demands cannot be obtained
except by war; mo treaty revision in the
matter OF territory is now within the realms
of possibility and no equality in ornaments is
to be attained legally" The rise of Hitler to
power has brought the war threat closer and
has caused the collapse of the League of Ma
tions. Only the fall of the Hitler regime
could offer real hope for lasting peace in
Europe" and Mr.. Simonds sees little prospect
OF such fall. His conclusion is that in the
face Of such danger the United States should
conduct its foreign policy with the utmost care
Interference and assistance in European affairs
have in the past brought little good and much
harm to this country.
THE MAN OF THE RENAISSANCE. BY
Ralph Roeder. New York: The Viking
Press
HE Renaissance was so many things that no
man, no one movement, can adequately
represent 1t. 1t was a revival of classical
art and inspiration; it was a birth Of a new.
spontaneous. national art; 1t was a return to
paganism; it was an attempted revival of pure,
primitive Christianity it was the origin certain
of experiments in government; it was an out
burst Of scientific investigation and explora-
tion The Medici were so much the leaders
Of the Italian Renaissance, so symbolcal of
its various phases. that it is a surprise not
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to find their names in the subtitle OF Mr.
Roeder's book. They are, of course, of the
foreground of his account of the exciting,
pleasureful and dangerous life of Florence at
the end of the fifteenth century and the be-
ginning of the sixteenth, but the four men
about whom he has chosen to group the events
of his story are Savonarola, Machavelh, Cas-
tiglione and Pietro Aretino, because they "illus-
trate four phases of the moral life of their
age and, taken together, they compose the
man of the Renaissance. The usual picture
of that period is one of exuberant energy and
positive achievement, and we are apt to forget
that it was also one of mortal travail and
misery. Its triumphs are preserved in art, its
reVerseS in its spiritual story, and both were
the result of the same cause-its supreme
vitality"
To Mr. Roeder these four men, contempo-
raries, represent the mastery of life or the
escape from it, by spirit, by intelligence, by
refinement, by instinct. So the asceticsm of
Savonarola, the expediency of Machiavelli the
conVivialty of Castiglione, and the sensuality
Of Aretino are but final solutions of those
who fear life those who accept it, those who
compromise with it, and those who succumb
to it," This Is a very modern Interpretation
and it gives novel interest to this book on the
Renaissance Ga subject which has always held
fascination for both writer's and readers),
which Is at the same time q group of four
from 1892 to 1882. The treatment Is careful
and accurate. but not dryly chronological and
factual. 1t has the color and subtlety of
discernment which the subject demands
book Of such excellence should have an index
The Man Of the Renaissance" is the Book
of-the-Month Club choice for December.
CHANGING PATTERNS. By william Dana
Orcuttt. New York: Dodd Mead & Co.
HE adaptation Of old Bostonian Brahmins
to some measure Of modernity, when they
see that they are being left stranded on the
shore by their rapidly moving relatives and
friends is made the subject of q novel Of man
ners by an author who himself fully appreci-
ates the value Of stability and tradition The
story opens 20 years after Mary Brimmer OF
Beacon Hill had left her husband, Tom, and
her 6-year-old boy and gone to New York with
a man whom she might have married instead
of Tom. Her
pretext, when
Tom followed
her, that she
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was guiltless of any infidelity and had left
only to stir him out of his domestic apathy
and neglect, seems rather feeble and childish
Tom evidently Thought so for he divorced her.
We meet Tom and his son, Jack, as Jack ID
about to be married and the question has arisen
whether Mary shall be invited to the wedding.
That question and a number of others are set
tied by the acceptance by Tom Brimmer and
his father, in whom Puritanism is naturally
still more entrenched because nearer in time,
OF the changing patterns of their age.
Changing Patterns is good thesis novel,
but lacks action and the characters are not
entirely convincing.
INTERNAL REVENUE. By Christopher
Morley. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran
& Co.
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY is as casual and
whimsical as an assayist as he is in the
capacity Of romance writer. The essays IN
Internal Revenue" cannot be classified as
literary in subject matter, travelogues, char
acter sketches, humorous, philosophical, or
under any other heading, for they are all Of
these. The opening essay Blythe Mountain,
Vt.," puts the Morley family into car and
allows them to go off at random. Starting from
the scrub and seashore" of Long Island,
they naturally chose mountains, and what
mountains Of the East can be more tempting
than the Green Mountains, unless perhaps
the Adirondacks? One of the children acted
as historian and recorded covered bridges, trees
growing out of rocks and the first real noun
tain seen. thoroughly delightful essay,
especially for mountain lovers. The essay, Sky
Continued on Thirteenth Page Il
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III l y1
THE AMERICAN WAY. Franklin Roosevelt
in Action. BY Earle LOCKER. New York:
The John Day Co.
4 N HIS introduction to Mr.. Lockers book
Col. Edward M. House says: II do not
hesitate to declare my belief that this
will long be considered the authoritative
4 study of Franklin Roosevelt as public
citizen and as President-because it is
In broad perspective, strictly non-partisan
and includes biographical material up to Roose-
velts presidency which, to an unusual degree.
makes clear his earlier years, his development
OF definite theories upon government, his prac-
tlcal working out of them as Governor of the
State Of New York" Mr. Lockers book is
biographical rather than historical, study of
the man and, through the man, of his public
acts. More than half of the book is about
the years before the presidency Certain parts
of a previous work, This Man Roosevelt"
have been incorporated in this one Mr.
LOCKER believes that President Roosevelt was
born a politician, but was also born an
Independent. Political acumen plus fate have
advanced him, in spite of insurgency and
refusal to submit to machine dicta What in
most men would have been an insuperable
physical handicap meant to Franklin Roosevelt
only extra effort, and then something to be
ignored. From close association at different
times with the man whom he is portraying
Mr.. LOCKER is able to relate many episodes
which turn the spotlight on character One
is of telephone conversation in the executive
mansion at Albany which Roosevelt closed
with the sentence: There can be no political
consideration in plain performance of duty"
The charge often made, usually by those whose
advice has not been taken, that Mr. Roose-
welt habtually appears to agree with every
one is answered by Mr.. LOCKER, to the effect
that Mr.. Roosevelt's mind moves SO much
more rapidly than that of the average person
that his Eyes. yes" frequently means only that
he has caught point before the speaker has
finished.
THE ROOSEVELT REVOLUTION First
Phase. By Ernest K. indley. New York:
The Viking Press.
A HISTORY of the first eight months of the
administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
cannot be regarded as ephemeral literature.
Already historians recognize that history of
an epochal nature has been in the making
during that time and is being continued from
day to day. Mr.. Lndley, who studied modern
history for three years as q Rhodes scholar
at Oxford, Is journalist of experience with
the historians analytical mind He was with
the New York World for time and is now
with the Herald Tribune. From the time when
President Roosevelt went to Albany as Gov
ernor, Mr.. Lindley has covered" him for the
news. He was with him during the election
campaign and came to Washington with him.
He Is the author of Franklin D. Roosevelt
q Career in Progressive Democracy" published
In 1881. The achievements Of the Roosevelt
administration are so recent that o summary
of the factual part of Mr.. Lindley's book would
be superfuous. What is Of especial value is
Evening star., 1933-12-10
ANNOUNCING
Sir Philip Gibbs
new novel
1.-THE CROSS OF PEACE"

he has explained the mental
gulf between France and
Germany.
Redbook Magazine is priv.
ileged to print this new novel
for the first time, not in serial
form, but complete in the Jan.
uary issue out December 5th.
Every issue of Redbook con-
tains 4 complete novel in
addition to Redbook' 3 regular
serial novels, articles, short
stories and features. Now on
sale at your newsdealer's 3, 25c.
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the examination OF WQ6C II
all means-the roots Of the
revolution" the aim of the
"new DEAL" the influence of
the brains trust" the currency
question, how the new deal" is
meeting the Old World. The
chapters 1.-THE Official Family
and people in the White
House" seem a trif1e off the
subject, but personalities af-
feet problems and Mr.. Lindley
gives concrete glimpses of this
fact. He says: THE stream of
callers at the White House is an
absorbing before and after
study. Men go into his Office
haggard and gray-faced from
worry or overwork and come
out looking as if they had just
returned from their vacations"
This book Is not a personality
study, but it would have been
impossible to write it without
allowing the vital, many-sided
Roosevelt personality to appear
on every page. Mr.. Lindley has
written with the utmost SYM
pathy, but without senti-
mentality, and always with due
regard to evidence and its fair
presentation.
AMERICA FACES THE NEXT
- WAR. By Frank H. Simonds.
New York: Harper & Bros.
TO THOSE who remember, it
seems so brief a time since
the armistice of 1918 and the
rapid, terrible events of the
four years which preceded It,
that serious expectation of an
other war ought to be impos-
sible. But it is both possible
and an actual fact, generally
and intensely in Europe, less so
In the United States. In his
two recent books, Can Europe
Keep the Peace?" and "Can
America Stay at Home?" Mr..
Simonds has analyzed the con-
ditions in Europe which make
q negative answer to both
questions almost Inevitable.
This present volume he con-
siders as q postscript" to the
earlier Volumes postscript
based on events of the current
year, which have already Jus
titled some Of his opinions and
have furnished additional rea-
sons for others. Mr.. Simonds
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HERE is woven into one
tremendously human and sig-
nifcant novel a tale of love
wrenched apart by racial
hatreds,. a picture of France
and Germany from Rhine
occupation to the swastika of
today, a study Of the madness
which asserts war is heroic
and peace is eowardly. In
THE Cross Of Peace" Sir
Philip Gibbs has written
more than q novel of tender
love and passionate hatreds;
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
TURKEY SUPPER DELAYED

A turkey supper planned to be
held tomorrow night by the Com
munity Club Of the Montrose
School has been postponed to an
indefinite date.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
SCIENCE To AID.
DEATH PROBE

Scientific crime detection meth
ods are being used by police in
their investigation of the brutal
murder of a 5-year-old unidenti-
fled colored girl, whose body was
found Wednesday in a sewer trap
at Second and r Streets South
west.
The child's skull was fractured,
apparently by some sharp weapon.
A substance known as "moulage"
was used by DR.. Edwin r. Donald
son, of the Department of Justice,
Bureau of Investigation, to make
a cast of the skull for comparison
with the death weapon should it
be found.
An elaborate procedure was fol-
lowed by DR.. Donaldson in his
move to aid homicide squad de-
tectives. A negative cast of the
skull was first made, this requir-
ing but short time. From this
the difficult and tedious process
of making positive cast followed.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
6 6REPUBL|CANS
NAMED To D. c.
COMMITTEE
2 Vacancies Remain Among
IS Democrats; Chair
man Norton III

The new House District Com
mittee became an entity today
with the naming of the six Re
publican members.
Despite this fact, however, pos
sibility Of immediate action on
the District beer bill awaited the
recovery from illness of Represen-
tative Mary T. Norton CD of New
Jersey, chairman Of the commit
tee.
The Republican members are
Representative Gale H. Stalker,
New York; James L. Whitley, New
York; Gardned l.. Withrow, Wis
conSin; Michael j. Muldowney,
pennsylvania; Everett Dirkson,
illinois, and George Burnham,
California.
Have Served Before
Only Stalker and Whitley have
served on the committee before,
Representatives Clarence j. Nc
Leod, of Michigan; c. B. Nc
Clintock, Ohio, and Pehr g.
Holmes, Massachusetts,, all Re-
publicanS, withdrew for higher
committee appointments.
Thirteen Of the Democrats IS
members of the committee were
named earlier in the week.
Have Two Vacancies
Two Democratic vacancies re-
main to be filled. At the last
session the committee member
ship totSled 10, but under the
present allotment it will be 81,
with IS Democrats and six Re
publicans.
Pending the return of Chair.
man Norton, it was indicated that
no action would be taken on the
Palmisano District beer bill u1-
less Representative Palmisano: as
ranking member of the majority,
decided to call a special meeting.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
COURT ACTION
.THREATENEDIN
VACCINE ROW
School Board Will Prosecute
Father of Barred Pupils
Purely as Test Case

School authorities today were
preparingt o institute proceedings
against H. H. Entz. 1900 block
Thirteenth st. N. w., whose two
children are barred from the
Thomson School on the ground
they have not been properly vac
cinated, under the compulsory
education law.
Robert L. Haycock, assistant
school superintendent, said these
proceedings would be entered in
juvenile court probably tomorrow
or Monday, since the law requires
the children must be kept from
school two successive days.
The children, Barbara, 8, and
David, 6, made another attempt
to enter the school building to-
day. However, several guards de-
tailed by the school authorities
again blocked their entrance.
City Favors Test Case
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Francis Stephens, to whom the
case has been referred, expressed
the hope that it would be carried
into court in order an interpre-
tation might be placed upon the
law, which denies admission of
children into public schools un-
less they have been "duly vacci-
mated" He said that another
law, dating back to 1897, which
required repeated vaccinations
until immunity is evident, was in
contemplation of a smallpox epi-
demic.
Daniel s. Ring, retained as
counsel by Entz, contends the
children have been duly vacci-
mated. He pointed out:
Vaccination is defined by q
standard legal authority as in
incubation with vaccine Or the
virus Of cOwpOx as q preventa-
tive against the smallpox. In
incubation seems to constitute
the insertion of infectious mat
ter into the system. This was
done by q duly authorized ply
sician and he has certified to
that fact"
Vaccinated Once
The attorney said it was Entz's
intentio nto comply with the law
"but he refuses to take a chance
on jeopardizing the health and
possibly the lives of his children
by repeated vaccination not re-
quired by law"
The children, cacordng to
Entz, were "vaccinated" last Sep
tember to comply with the law.
The vaccination didn't "take."
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
STATE IS LIKELY
TO VOTE TAX
..ONPRODUCT
Governor Confers With Legis-
Iators on Complex Laws;
- No Decision Reached

ANNAPOLIS, March 1.-THE
local option system probably will
be, followed in Maryland in regu-
lating the sale of sos per cent
beer provided for in the bill
which passed the United States
Senate yesterday.
This development was forecast
last night following a prolonged
discussion of complexities OF local
liquor laws in the State. Gov
ernor Ritchie held the conference
in the executive offices Of the
state house with members OF
both houses of the General
Assembly, State and city officials.
No definite decision was reached
as to just what course the state
would adopt. 1t appeared, how
ever, that a Statewide law pro
viding for a tax on bear would
be proposed in the legislature,
and that this measure would
recognize local city and county
laws now in force.
Two weeks still remain in the
session of the legislature and Gov.
ernor Ritchie said that he would
call another conference of mem
bers of the house and senate to
sound out the sentiment Of the
counties. This conference prob
ably will be held next week.
Wheels of Baltimore'S beer IN.
dustry have already begun turn,
ing, the Crown Cork and Seal
Company reporting it has received
orders for carload lots of beer
bottle caps and bottling equip
ment. Glass and bottle companies
are also preparing to meet ava
lanches of orders and breweries
will be ready to care for antlcl-
pated orders.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
TAKOMA TAXES
'ST|RCQMPLA|NT

Thirty taxpayers Of Takoma
Park, Md, appeared before the
Montgomery county commission
ers yesterday to complain about
recently completed reassessments
on their property.
County officials said that most
of the complaints concerned in
creases of from 500 to $1,000
and that a large percentage rep
resented vacant property.
Records of the board Of asses
sors show that out of 1245 homes
in Takoma Park, increases were
noted on 1874 homes and sites or
about IS per cent.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
ANXIOUS HOUSE
WATTS RETURN
Of BATTLER
Members Eager to See How
Romiue Fared in Reported
Fight With Cannon

Members of the House today
eagerly awaited the return of
Representative Milton A. Romjue
CD Of Missouri to learn for
themselves how badly he Jared in
his reported fistic encounter
Wednesday night with Repre-.
sentative Clarence Cannon, also a
Missouri Democrat.
Romjue absented himself from
the House yesterday and repor1 IS
were that he was i'll at his room
in the George washington Inn.
It was indicated at his office that
he might be absent again today
Romjue, according to his
friends, suffered two decorations
under his right eye and cuts and
bruises about his mouth.
Cannon appeared none the
worst for the alleged fisticuff and
in denying any knowledge of the
scrap pointed out that he was
unmarked. He went about his
work as usual and assumed his
new post of speaker protein.
Although Emergency Hospital
sent an ambulance to the House
Office Building Wednesday night
it found no patient, and Capitol
police records show no report that
one had been called.
= Representative Ernest Lundeen
(Farmer.Laborite) of Minnesota,
who is said to have separated the
battlers, declared he left Romjue
in the hands of Capitol police,
pending medical attention.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17

HARRY BANNISTER
WELL-KNOWN STAGE and screen actor and pro-
ducer leaves Newark Airport the first lap of the
long journey to the Far East where he will act Inter-
national News Service correspondent. Bannster
former husband of Ann Harding of the stage and SCREEN
is also we'll known writer. Photo by International
News Photographic Service
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
AMBASSADOR 1ssh q. ss;s +. 6, G2l.
AVENUE GRAND e4' = r"i = Ave

Today-George Raft & Nancy Carroll In
Under Cover Man" Skeets Gallagher
Comedy. Tomorrow-Randolph Scott &
Sally Blame in Heritage of the Desert"
Our Gang Comedy and Cartoon
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Banks in Prince
GeOrqeS Rushed

Prince Georges county banks,
open for the second day after a
holiday of three weeks, yesterday
were practically caught up with
the rush of business.
The first day was a nightmare
for bank clerks, who slaved to
keep up with the rush. Custom
ers, with three weeks business
piled up, crowded the banks and
long lines formed at the tellers'
windows.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Whistler Portrait
Will Tour COuntru

BALTIMORE, Md, March IT,
Anna Mathilda McNeill Whistler,
mother of James Abbott McNeill
Whistler, the nineteenth century
artist, is coming back to Balti-
more in a portrait known through
out the world.
Mrs. Whistler lived in Baltt=
more in 1855 and 1856 after her
son had flunked out of the United
States Military Academy at West
Point.
The portrait has been loaned
by the Louvre to the Chicago Ex-
position and after being shown
there, will tour the larger cities
of the country.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
All BOYS, GIRLS
FORM COUNCIL

After three months Of prepa-
ration, an organization of older
boys and girls who have compile
ted All Club work in Montgom.
cry county has been formed under
the guidance Of Albert A. Ady,
assistant county agent.
The group will be known as the
Montgomery County All Senior
Council. It plans to interchange
ideas, unity participation in
countrywide club events, and study
civic and national topics.
Officers are Charles Hines,
Olney, president; Doris Ryon,
Cabin John, vice president; Doro-
thy Pitt, Bethesda, secretary, and
Russell Umstead, Poolesville, treas
urer.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
GOldstein Fined $3.50
On Possession Count

Samuel Goldstein, arrested last
month in a raid by Montgomery
county police on a house in the
100 block of Taylor ST., Chevy
Chase. Md, was fined $3.50 and
costs in Rockville police court
yesterday by Judge Donald A,
De Lashmutt for possession of
liquor.
Police found about $50 gallons
of alcohol in five-gallon cans
Others arrested in the raid were
held for investigation and later
released.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Realty Man Fined
For Drunken Driving

Arrested on a charge of drunken
driving after blocking the drive
way of Justice of the Peace Oscar
Poore, with his automobile, in
Capitol Heights last. week, How
ard Cristman, a real estate man,
of the $500 block New Hampshire
Ave. N. W., was fined 500 and
costs in police court at Capitol
Heights yesterday by Judge j.
Chew Sheriff.
A charge of reckless driving was
dismissed. CriStman appealed the
sentence, and was placed under
$1,000 bond.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Firemen to Drill
At Stated Periods

The Hyattsville Volunteer Fire
DEPARTMENTS drill school will be-
gin classes Thursday, March %,
with Capt. Ernest A. Davis and
Harry Wilcoxen as instructors.
Both Davis and WilcoXen are
graduates of the Washington Fire
Department drill school. They
took a 30-day course there and
received high ratings.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Clifton c. Wal
tiers, "a, and Louise M. Siebenei-
chen, %, both of Washington,
and Joseph S. Ryan, IS, Of De-
troit, Mich, and Grace A. Han
cock, 80, of Holdenville, Okla.
The Washington times., 1933-03-17
Warner BROS. THEATERS
18th st. Below r
ST. n. ".
EARLE

sCREEN-"KING OF THE JUNGLE"
with the Lion Man (Buster Crabbe)
and Frances Dee. STAGE-Ray Boil
ger, Long Tack Sam, and others.