Evening star., 1935-05-05

German republic before the establish
ment of the Third Realm" In which
Hindenburg was pushed into the back
ground by Hitler. The very satisfac-
,ory accomplishment of this aim makes
the book valuable history as we'll Is
biography. Though Hindenburg lived
to be 81, the part OF his life which
helped to make history and demands
the major portion of biography be-
gan when he was 81. His Junker an
cestry and environment in East Prus-
sia and his military progress from
cadet, through lieutenant, adjutant.
colonel, major general and field mar
shall are briefly sketched by Mr.. Lud-
wig, at the same time that he shows
the development Of personality. with
the brilliantly analytical style to
which we have become accustomed in
his previous biographies. An example
of his effective use Of parable is his
prophecy of the estimate which the
future will place on Hindenburg: I'm
those days people will only tell one an
other tales about the old German
giant who, after many adventures, was
appointed watchman on q dam. One
day, in q moment of mental confusion,
he opened the sluices to inundate the
surrounding country; and there came
a flood which destroyed all that had
been dear to him, in whose waters he
himself at last persisted" In Hin
denburg," Emil Ludwig has attempted
something different from the problems
of his former biographies. He has un-
dertaken q study of q man whose life
involves current history and has
handled 1t in such q way that this
book is probably his masterpiece.
NOT FOR HEAVEN. BY Dorothy
McCleary. New York: Doubleday,
Doran & Co.
THE second Of the two Doubleday,
Doran prize books has no i'm
portant social significance but is as
sure to entertain its readers with its
broad portrait Of Ma Bostwick as
were David Harum," "Eben Holden"
and Mrs. Wigs" in their day. We
first meet Ma Bostwick as she bur-
rows with her finger down to the
roots Of her radishes and mutters:
"Humph-pithyl "A nickel's worth
of good seed gone for nau9l1t." She
is q hardy, tempery, kindly woman,
who rather despises her finicky daugh-
ter Eta, "the dead image of her
father" Mrs. B0Stwick has no star
ting adventures in this story: she just
lives, and lives richly, according to her
own taste. She has relations Of
friendliness and cooperation with her
horse, Ned; adores her hearty son
Earl, clerk In q grocery store, who Is
like herself: Is pityingly kind to Eta:
and knows every leaf and root In her
garden as II 1t were human. The
other characters in the story are Is
shrewdly and humorously drawn - Is
Mrs. Bostwick; nervous Etta,. 20 tact
less in her efforts to help: clustering,
discontented Earl, whose job seems to
him the worst possible; his querulous
wife, Lulu, who after three months is
"sick Of" the town and her husband:
Etta's friend Mollie, whose language
makes Eta say "Sh!"; the minister.
Mr.. Poole, for whose benefit Mrs.
Bostwick cooks q chicken until its
skin is crisp as q wafiie. The Bost-
wick family quarrel every day In the
year, over the garden, the old horse
which does nothing but eat, Earl's
Job, which he finally loses, his entirely
unexpected marriage while he Is on .
trip to Chicago. yet they are funda-
mentally devoted to each othsr. Ain