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ardent. must be considered respect
fully.
LADIES WHOSE BRIGHT EYES. BY
Ford MADDOX Ford. Philadelphia,
Lippincott.
THE distinguished author Of this
work has given US in it as delight
full O fantasy as we have read In q
long time. It Is q story of the thir-
teenth century, with modern hero, Q
shrewd young man Of commerce who
has been transported back the 600
years by means Of the ancient and
honorable literary device Of a blow on
the head. He finds himself mistaken
for a very holy pilgrim back from the
Crusades, he falls In love, he works
miracles. he meets q great variety Of
medieval characters, all Of whom are
drawn with q pleasant irony to dem
onstrate that human nature may be
very much the same, be 1t 1926 or
1885. In the end, Of course, he re-
covers his modern character, to find,
In the nurse who has cared for him,
the features OF his medieval sweet
heart, and so-a happy ending.
The story rises above its somewhat
unremarkable plot In the circum-
stance, probably, that it Is written by
Ford MADDOX Ford. For 1t has all his
customary charm Of style, and he
has brought to 1t q wealth of knowl-
edge Of medieval living. His castles
are not rosily imagined halls of ro-
nance; neither are they wholly un-
comfortable and squalid. Instead, he
makes Of them the only reasonable
sort Of home possible in their day,
and the descriptions which he offers
are based on the practical purposes
for which such structures actually
we're designed. The book, therefore,
has q quality of realism. against which
the fantastic adventures move In
bright relief.
In so far as there Is a Serious"
purpose in this delightful tale, it exists
in the contrast between the civiliza-
ton of our time and that of the older
day, In such passages as those which
describe the hero's dismay discovering
that, with all his knowledge Of air
planes, he cannot build one, because,
as q typical modern man, he is used
to having the finished article delivered
to him; whereas, In the medieval cas-
tie, all processes are carried out from
the beginning. But this seriousness
Is slightly indicated, and the reader
will find in the story chiefly a pleasant
tale finely written and tinged with an
altogether amiable irony. NC. r.
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Idle Acres to Be Used

A NEW use is planned for some of
the idle acres out in the section
where the shelter belt is to be de-
veloped, use which is contingent, how
ever, upon the agreement of the indi-
vidual owners of the acres.
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministratiou has ruled that the acres
being held out of normal production
may be employed for tree planting.
Both strip planting and farm plant
ing will be undertaken with the as
sistance Of the A. A. A.
The purpose Of the shelter belt, of
course, Is to conserve moisture and
to prevent the sweep Of winds which
brought the dust storms Of the pres
ent drought areas.
About 100000 acres would be re-
.quired for strip planting. The shell
ter belt project contemplates that
trees would be planted in strips eight
rods wide running along east-west
lines from one side Of the zone to
the other. The strips would be spaced
about o mile apart. Some gaps and
irregularities would be caused by soil
conditions, typographical peculiarities
and the wishes Of individual land
owners.
The agreement provides not only
that the Forest Service, with the con-
sent Of signers Of A. A. A. adjustment
contracts, may use for shelter belt
planting rented acreage retired from
basic crop production, but also that in
some cases changes in the actual
tracts taken out Of production viii be
approved so that the Forest Service
may obtain land more suitable than
the acres originally retired.
For the duration OF the A. A. A.
contract, landowners would continue
to receive A. A. A. rental payments
on areas taken over by the Forest
Service, but would receive no extra
rental from the Forest Service. The
Forest Service would fence the land,
supply trees, plant and maintain
them. In taking over the land 1t
would make lease-option agreements
to insure control of the land by the
Forest Service after expiration Of the
crop adjustment contract, and to
provide for purchase at q stipulated
price ut a time selected by the
Government.
The second phase Of the project is
farmstead planting, which provides
for small woodlots and for trees
around farm buildings. It would
affect a minimum of 0OO. 900 acres.
The Forest Service would agree to
supply the trees and plant them.
The landowner would agree to keep
cattle out and otherwise maintain the
new woodland. He would receive A.
A. A. rental payments, Is IN the case
Of strip planting On acres covered By
production control contracts.
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Crown Princess, and In 1888 Empress.
Three months after that, her hus-
bad died and she retired to the posi-
ton Of Dowager Empress. She died
in 1901, her son being then the Ger
man Emperor and her brother the
ruler of the British Empire.
The Princess Raddwill, In her fore
word to the present book, says that
the Empress Frederick was "calum-
Mate beyond the bounds Of reason"
Her book, she states, is not an apology
for the Empress, but q mere stating
of truths which have long been sup
pressed, ignored or distorted. She is,
however, throughout the work, the
Empress warm champion. Quotations
from intimate letters and diaries Of
contemporary personages in court and
political circles seem to bear her con-
tentions out that the Empress was
made to suffer from prejudice against
her English blood rather than from
her own faults. However. 1t must be
borne in mind that other works by
eminent scholars have presented quite
q different view Of the question.
Without going into the historical
Soundness Of the present book (Which
certainly Is very well documented)
one may say justly that it Is an enter
tanning, even fascinating, work. 1t
is that not so much because Of It's
revelations concerning the sufferings
Of the Empress, as because the author
has in this, as in her other works Of
q similar character, treated royalties
and their satellites as human beings.
The incredible pettiness, the stupidi-
ties, jealousies and cowsrdices Of these
great names are disclosed quite
casually and merely as if in passing
in the earnest course Of the princess
narrative. And they seem incredible,
not because they were Of such depth,
but because they were Of such shall
lowneSs-so exactly Ike the weaknesses
Of all the rest of US.
In this respect it Is an illuminat-
ing book, even If, as biography, it
seems to have a quality of special
pleading. The Empress emerges as
a noble, even a heroic, character IL
whom one would like to believe. The
present reviewer is unable to find that
the "calumnies" which the author al
leges were even worse than the gossip
which would be spread about any un-
popular public parsonage, but they
have, undoubtedly, affected the esti-
mate which history has made Of the
Empress character. A statement from
the other side, even II it be somewhat
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Books Received
Fiction.

Fiction.
SUSAN AND JOANNA. BY Elizabeth
Cambridge. New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons.
HEART APPEAL. BY Maysie Grieg.
New York: Doubleday-Dora g.
MISS J. LOOKS ON. BY Sophie
Kerr. New York: Farrar & Rine-
hart.
BEAUTY'S DAUGHTER. BY Kath-
leen Norris. New York: Double
day-Doran & Co.
THE DARK GLASS. BY March Cost.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
LATTER HOWE. By Doreen Wal
lace. New York: The Macmillan
Co.
OUT OF THAT DREAM. BY Kath-
crime Newborg. New York: Dou-
bleday-Doran & Co.
SMALL TOWN GIRL. BY Ben Ames
williams. New York: z. P. Dut-
ton q Co.
HIGH STAKES. BY Sydney Horler.
Boston: Little-Brown g. Co.
SwEETWATER RANCH. BY Harold
Bindloss. New York: Frederick
A. Stokes Co.
THE SLEEPING CHILD. By Alice
Grant Rosman. New York: Min
ton Balch & Co.
BED ROOM EYES. By Maurice De-
kobra. New York: The Macaulay
Co.
NOn-ficti0n.
THE NEW STANDARD YEAR BOOK
FOR 1894. New York: Funk q
Wagnalls Co.
WHEAT AND THE A. A. A. BY Joseph
Stancliffe Davis. washington:
Brookings Institution.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
IN THE SPOTLIGHT. By William
H. Hirst. New York: Fleming H.
= ReveIl Co.
GREENWICH VILLAGE 1s2o-1sso.
BY Caroline r. Ware. Boston:
Houghton-Mifain Co.
THE GANGwAY TO EUROPE. BY
Margaret Latham Hull. Boston:
The Stratford Co.
DEEP P-RfvER JrMs WILDERNESS
TRAIL BOOK. Boston: The Open
Road Publishing 90.
JAUNTS INTO SPACE. By r. g..
Underwood. Boston: The Chris
topher Publishing House.
A UNIQUE INSTITUTION: THE
STORY OF THE NATIONAL
FARM SCHOOL. BY Herbert D.
Altman. Philadelphia: The jew
ish Publication Society Of America.
HOW TO UNDERSTAND ELEC-
TRICITY. BY A. Frederick Ool-
Inns. Philadslphla; ]. y. Np-
pancotts
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By Irene Juno.

BOOM is on in the Old Domin-
~ ion and the State that con-
a tributed one Of the most
4 n glamorous chapters in Ameri-
can history is again the center Of
governmental activity. Rich in ma
tional shrines, higher educational
institutions and historical memories,
the aristocratic State which prides it-
self on its Revolutionary heroes, its
Presidents and its social prestige viii
mother one Of the most significant
and far-reaching social experiments
In history.
For old Fort Eustis, a short distance
from Newport News, Is being set up as
a model Observation-Disclosures COM
munity for the country, and the Fed
eral Government is undertaking for
the first time to permanently solve
the problem Of the huge unemployed
population.
Here in a mass Of weeds, broken
down buildings, forests, swamps and
old apparatus-in an area twice the
size of the District of Columbia-is
rising a complete city Of transientsI
Here are thousands Of unemployed
American citizens, living and working
on Government land, eating Govern
ment food, wearing Government
clothes and being paid 81 a week Of
Government money!
Before many months 1t Is hoped
that the city will be strictly self
supporting and on its own, and the
way the Federal Relief Administration
Is putting money into the project
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all wishers for peace In whatever
either, that this group have dealt
with the subject Searchingly, and
covered the ground well. Causes Of
war, popular and Official attitudes,
munitions making, fascism, scientific
preventives the isolation mirage-an
these and other aspects Of the ques-
ton are carefully set down. The an
swer in every case is the same: We
must have peace If we are to sur
vive; we must have it by substitut-
ing an international conscience for
a national one. The practical evi-
dence Of this necessity Is overwhelm-
ing. The mflitarists themselves sub
stantiate It more conclusively than
any other body. Yet the reader is
forced to conclude that the book Is
far IN advance Of any practical ac-
ton today. In spite of its close rea-
soning on wholly contemporary prob
lens, it seems theoretical and q
voice crying in the wilderness. We
must have peace, yes, if we are to
survive; but what most OF us expect
is war, and not too far removed. The
thinkers have taken up M. Benda's
challenge and have replied courage
ously. How far will the statesmen
follow? That seems to be the real
question raised.
Advocates of arms for defense pur-
poses will be heartened to learn that
nowhere do these writers urge COM
plete disarmament. Neither do they
seem to consider that war can ever
be abolished" Under the working
Of the international conscience, they
observe, there win still be wars. They
do advance the hope, however, that
In the future combats can be reduced
to the moral status Of combats be-
tween police forces and breakers Of
the law. Two chapters dealing re-
spectively with the uselessness of ma
tional sir forces for defense and the
applicability of an international air
police force to pacific ends give this
seemingly Utopian idea a basis Of
arresting practicahility. Advocates Of
increased national armaments will be
surprised to discover that much Of
the ground on which these chapters
are based-and they are the most
practical In the books taken from
the writings and statements Of mill
tary men. It would be vain indeed
to argue that the book is anywhere
aimed at any but feasible ends. And
yet it still has the quality Of spiritual
pioneering, far In advance Of the
generality Of human thought. It Is,
Of course, written from the point Of
view Of English problems. Peace
workers in America might take an
interesting census Of American opin-
ion from the sales Of similar work.
drawn from similar sources and ap-
piled TO our own situation.
THE EMPRESS FREDERICK. BY
Princess Catherine Radziwill. New
York: Henry Holt q Co.
THE Empress Frederick Of Germany,
Of whom this book purports to
be Q history, was the eldest daughter
Of Queen Victoria and the mother Of
the ex-Kaiser. She was married in
1858, OF the age Of II to Prince Fred
erick Of Prussia, who ct that time
was merely in line Of succession to the
throne Of the Prussian kingdom, the
German Empire, a. such, being not yet
In existence. IN 1880 she became
Evening star., 1935-06-23
Hens Speed Up.

EVEN the hennerieS are showing
~ signs of recovery. For the past
Spring production Of eggs per 100
hens has increased from 90 to slightlR
more than so, which gives q sr1Ah
edge also over the f1ve-year evefaBe
production. ID d
Although the number Of hens 1s
reduced per cent over last year, due
10 the drought produetipn 4 Oh onIy
2 per cent. :,
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REBECcA GRAFT: A Study In
Charm. BY Rollin g. Osterweis.
New York: q. P. Putnam's Sons.
THE heroine Of this book--if one may
speak Of historical characters as
heroines-was . figure in Philadelphia
society in the early nineteenth CEN
tury. Her father was one Of the
Jewish-American merchant princes Of
his day. Rebecca was q beauty; she
was well-educated for her time; she
was pubnc-spirited and philanthropic.
However, the most interesting thing
about her, as set forth in this book,
was the circumstance that she was
the inspiration from which Sir Walter
Scott created his character, Rebecca.
in "Ivanhoe."
According 10 Mr.. Osterweis, Wash
ington Irving ON q visit to Scott, en-
tertained him with an account Of
Rebecca's unhappy love affair with
Samuel Ewing, young Philadelphia
man of fashion Of his day. Scott, at
the time, was formulating the plot
of ''Ivanhoe." He seems not to have
planned originally to give such promi-
nence to Rebecca, but the story Of the
modern Rebecca seized his imagina-
ton and irresistibly ,wove itself into
his novel. Or 90 Mr.. Osterweis tells ts.
The present book Is not q haog-
rapfy. It is rather q picture. Various
passages Of the heroine's life are told,
chiefly on the basis Of her letters.
A charming picture Of the society Of
the day einerges, Mealised perhaps .
trtde tenderly. The book. though
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slight, should be interesting to dev-
otees Of Irving and to readers with
a concern for the history of the period
presented. There is an introduc-
ton by DR.. A. 8. w. Rosenbach and
q foreword by DR.. David Phfipson,
both having contributed to the docu-
ments used in the preparation Of
the volume.
CHALLENGE TO DEATH. BY FIJI
teen British Authors. Edited by
Storm Jameson. New York: e. P.
Dutton g. Co., Inc.
THIS is q book against war. Its in
spiration, so says the foreword
by Vera Britain to the American
edition, was work published in 1928
by the French author M. Julien
Benda, entitled La Trahison des
Clercs" M. Benda's thesis was that
present-day thinkers and writer's have
subordinated their integrity to politi-
cal and material ends, and so have
represented to the public evil In the
guise Of good. This accusation, says
Miss Britain, was regarded as a
challenge by certain English authors.
They took the challenge up and the
result Is the present symposium.
The contributors are Storm Jane
son, Julian Huxley, j. B. Priestley,
Rebecca West, Mary Agnes Hamilton,
Philip Noel Baker, Gerald Barry, Ver-
non Bartlett, Edmund Charles Blum
den, Ivor Brown, George Edward Cor
don Catlin, Guy Patterson Chapman,
Winifred Hotby, Gerald Heard and
Vera Britain. There is also an In
PRODUCTION by Viscount Cecil.
There can be no doubt that q
declaration against war by so dis
tinguished and eminently sincere a
group cannot but be hearteninR to
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der's son and personally appointed
successor. This part Of the work, the
preface states, was written with dtfh-
Guilty, for there are conflicting versions
Of the event. In army people the
account may possibly arouse some
partisan feeling. To the detached
reader, however, 1t must lead to the
melancholy conclusion that the great
spiritual conquest Of the army Is
either over or In eclipse. It would
indicate that the dread fate Of Wes-
ley's Methodism-prosperous respecta-
bility-threatens to engulf the sue
cessors Of those original Hallelujah
lads and lassieS, recruited, by the
grace Of God, from gin palaces and
brothels. Their early inspired insouci-
ance seems now to be replaced by
dignif1ed routine. But the process Is
natural; 1t is nothing but maturity.
And, artistically, 1t is even necessary.
For it fulfils the requirement of all
good epic writing, that the warrior be
followed by the clerk, and that the
kingdom won by the great man sur
vive to be handled by many lesser.
THE VORTEX. BY Jose Eustasio
Rivera. Translated from the Span
ish by Earle K. James. New York:
G. P. Putnam's Sons.
THIS book, translated for the first
time into English from its ninth
Spanish edition, Is regarded, so its
publishers tell us, as the great South
American novel" Its author was q
poet, diplomat and statesman; the
present work was his only effort in
the novel form. 1t Is an unbelievably
grim account Of the living death en-
dured by the slaves on the rubber
plantations Of Venezuela, Colombia
and Peru. conditions which have been
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For here men and directors alike seek
the single objective Of making Tran
sient City as nearly self-support1ng as
Is humanity possible. ~
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verified by investigation, and which,
the preface tells us, have only been
ameliorated by the circumstance that
the East Indies have replaced South
America as the center Of rubber pro-
duction. The present work was writ
ten from f1rst-hand observation and
knowledge, acquired when Senor
Rivera served with commission to
fix the boundary between Colombia
and Venezuela. He died In 1928, suf-
fering from an obscure malady con-
tracted from his jungle experience.
The translated work must neces-
sarily impress the reader with two
qualities, with its realism and its
poetic imagination. Confronted by
a field of almost unbelievable horrors,
such as was furnished by the condi-
tions among the rubber workers, the
author minced no descriptions. There
are passages which are almost too
dreadful to be read. But the mood in
which these conditions are set down
is one Of poetic emotion, Of detached
and despairing brooding, in which the
jungle itself comes to assume symbolic
significance. It is an intensely Latin
book; perhaps that is the simplest
way of describing the seeming incon-
gruity between the violence Of its
action and the apathy of its actors.
For its characters seem to be puppets
although realistic puppets, to be
sure-jerked h;ther and thither by
the pull Of emotions too strong either
for resistance or understanding.
Though hundreds Of thousands Of
copies have been sold in the Spanish
editions, 1t Is dubious that this book
can ever be more than q document
to readers in this country. It is, how
ever, q document Of sincerity and
power. It should be read by any one
interested in atin-American letters.
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Jews OF NEW BOOKS: CITY FOR THE UNEMPLO DYED
ONE OF GODS SOLDIERS

St. John Ervine Writes Of Gen William Booth
Founder of Salvation Army-Novel of the Rubber
Plantations and Another Book Against War
Evening star., 1935-08-18

whether to take action against its
sponsors.
Karl A. Crowley, chief counsel for
the department, said his division
made a study Of the plan, which is
being sponsored by Mrs. Oliver Harri-
man of New York and Maj. Thomas
C. Lanphier, noted flyer, several
months ago.
"At that time, we found nothing
contrary to postal regulations" he
said. But since then, new informa-
ton has come in to indicate that il
is nothing but a plain lottery.
'"They have Offices all over the
country. Our inspectors are checking
up on their operations and after those
reports are in, We will determine what
to do"
Two ticket sellers are under arrest
Evening star., 1935-08-18
OLIVER HAZARD PERRY
is KENTUCKY COLONEL
Son of Brookeville Residents Is
Honored While on Visit
in Louisville.

Oliver Hazard Dick) Perry, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Perry of Brooke
vile, Md. while visiting his brother
John w. Perry, in Louisville, KY, re-
Gently was honored by the Governor
by being made a Kentucky Colonel.
Mr.. Perry was for some time active
in athletics and now is employed in
the mechanical division of the Fruit
Growers Express. Alexandria, Va.
where his family formerly resided.
Evening star., 1935-08-18
POST OFFICE PROBES
TREASURE HUNT"
New Evidence Reported to Indi-
cate Possible Violations
Of Regulations.

BY the Associated Press.
Post ONCE Department officials said
yesterday that on the basis Of new
Information, inspectors were making
thorough investigation Of the op-
erations Of the so-called "Grand Ma
tional Treasure Hunt" to determine
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velopment Saw, also redrafted, neared
final approval.
Thus administration supporters saw
efforts to proceed so far as possible
within the Constitution. leaving to
the future whether Federal authority
must be broadened to legaize such
policies.
If some are invalidated and others
upheld, the New Deal will have to
strike balance in deciding whether
to embrace the constitutional issue"
being projected by Republicans. Pub
lie reaction naturally will be gov
erning factor.