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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Roofs of Elm
Street.

If you've been wondering what
has happened to the vogue for
family sagas we can assure you
it's still alive. William McNally
keeps the spark aglow in his newly
published THE Roofs of Elm
Street."
In fact, he writes not only of
one family but Of three. And
these, eventually, become many
more as they give birth to chill.
dren who grow up and begin fam
lilies of their own.
Elm Street grows too. To quote
the fly-leaf it becomes "a street
which gradually belted the entire
Middle West, winding it's way
through Chicago, Milwaukee, st.
Paul, Minneapolis, Kansas City,
st. Louis, Des Moines, and on and
on, until eventually it penetrated
even to towns that were quite
small" It was, in short, typical.
You could find it's counterpart in
any American city.
All types settled there. The
Scotch, the German, the Irish,
the Scandinavian. Sometimes
they lived peacefully and some
times not.
Mr.. McNally records the pro-
gress of their family life. He
shows a man who loved another's
wife, turning in terror from his
unfortunate daughter whose I'm.
happy marriage causes her to do
as her father did.
He shows the pot calling the
kettle black and the kettle bear
ing the same stamp that be-
Smudged the pot. He lets his
story stray to New York. He
colorS his drama with the TO
nance Of the theater. And in be-
tween he manages to keep track
Of what happens to America
while his characters are making
new roots and pulling up the old.
1t is a serious story and rather
Soberly written, but if you like
family Sagas 1.-THE Roofs of Elm
Street" will hardly disappoint.
1.-THE Roofs of Elm Street." q
story Of the many people who
make up America and how they
live. BY William McNally. Pub
nShed by Putnam.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Modern
Design

Winifred Mayne Van Etten, Of
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, has carried off
the Atlantic Novel Prize of $4,000
offered by the Atlantic Monthly
Press and Little, Brown & Co. for
the most interesting and distinc'
tive novel submitted.
She calls her story II Am the
Fox" The design is modern and
the chief appeal is Mrs. Van
Etten's swift-moving and illumina-
ting characterization of girl
brought up in Iowa in the twen-
tieth century.
Little, Brown & Co. have sched-
uled the book to appear in Au-
gust. Winners in previous years
have been Mazo de Ia Roche, for
"Jalna" in 1927, Ann Bridge for
Picking Picnic" in 1882, and
Samuel Rogers for Dusk at the
Grove" in 1884.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

There is an exceptional amount
of good work in the exhibition,
fine landscapes and portraits, with
more than one entry submitted
by several of the artists and some
Of them painting both oils and
water colors.
Three pieces Of sculpture, "The
Socialist" "Phalaris" and foun-
tain figure, are being exhibited by
Kathleen Wheeler, with etchings,
of which there are only four, en-
tered by Norman Anderson and
Warren w. Ferris.
The landscapes in the show vary
from the Nantucket wharves to
the Bay of Palma Mallorca, and
the scenes are all interesting and
well done.
In the water color division, there
Is an extraordinary amount Of good
painting. The colors are all bright
and clear and well applied.
Artists exhibiting oils in the
show are Marguerite N. Shafer,
Hildegarde Hamilton, Hattie Bur-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
UnCeren7OniaI
Novel

The story goes that Jack
Woodford's "Sin and Such
once sold for $3.50. It's news
therefore that you can now get
it for So. Whether you want it
or not depends upon whether Or
not you read "Vice Versa" and
Here Is MY Body" or any OF
the other eight or nine books
coming from his pen.
The chances are, however, that
you may be a brand-new reader
unaware of the ways Of Mr.
Woodford. In that case you will
need to know that he makes his
characters as bad as he possibly
can and then goes around spur
ring his other characters to paint
them worse. Mr.. Woodtord is
very proud Of this.
He hopes that "Sin and Such
will shock you. It probably will
If it doesn't the author will be
awfully unhappy about it.
"Sin and Such" an unconven'
tional novel by Jack Woodford
Published by Goodwin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Book for.
Children

Macmillan is generally a most
reliable source for children's sto-
ries. One Of their recent publica-
tons, Billy and Blaze" was put
out for parents who wish to foster
a healthy love for animals in their
youngsters
It has to do with a little boy
named Billy who gets a fine bay
pony for a birthday present. The
boy learns to care for the horse
and the horse, in turn, teaches
the boy many lessons in courage
and dependability. A dog enters
the story later on and the three
pals have many adventures along
the way. 5:~,
There is an illustration to every
page and the print is large enough
for the child who is just beginning
to be able to read.
BILLY and Blaze" q story for
small girls and boys, by C. w.
Anderson. Published by Macmil-
Ian.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

throughout the land q frank pc
rusal of the life Of one Of the out
standing liberals of his day.
It is reported that Mr.. Williams
has read every line that Mr.. Bryan
either wrote or spoke. It is appar-
ent from the ease and assurance
with which he approaches his sub
ject that he was entirely familiar
with the work he had in hand.
He was a personal friend of Mr..
Bryan. In analysing and contrast
ing the political platforms OF the
era just past he shows remark
able grasp of the significance Of
the career which he has outlined.
The relation between Bryan
and woodrow Wilson and Theo-
dore Roosevelt are given adequate
space.
Mr.. Williams has succeeded in
bringing to the pages a we'll
rounded picture Of the silver
tongued orator when he was at
his prime. The Great Commoner
who lead his party forward on
the path of liberalism which it
has travelled so far now in the
Roosevelt Administration.
It can be rightfully recon.
mended as a truly serious study
of a man whose influence has
been felt and will be felt for years
to come.
william Jennings Bryan" by
Wayne c. Williams. published by
G. P. Putnam.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
GuessingRiddle

While the "Ghost Goes West"
In the talkie of that name, in the
person of Robert Donat, the Co
1umbia y University goes East,
whence the ghost came, in quest
Of the the answer to the riddle:
whats the difference between a
kiss in the dark and a thistle in the
heather?"
Guessing riddles is a very old
form of popular amusement and
so is the deliberate effort not to
guess them in expectation Of pay
ing forfeit. Anyway you can get
to the bottom of the business in
the new Columbia University Press
publication entitled "Old Morse
Poems"
It has practically everything in
It but the answer to Mr.. Donat's
riddle, and the answer to that is
probably that Mr.. Donat was too
eager to collect forfeitS to rver
bother about an answer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Current
Art

Corcoran Gallery Of Art
Exhibition Of etchings and draw
ings by Luigi LAciOni, closing to-
morrow
Library Of Congress
Exhibition Of drawings by Ed
ward Penfield and Of woOdcuts,
sketches, oils, water COlOrs, pas
tells and drawings by Alice Bar
Der Stephens.
Arts Club
Summer exhibition Of members
work.
Public Library
Exhibition of photography by
George w. Harris.
Baltimore Museum of Art
Exhibition Of Gauguin.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Arranged for
Students

AS an innovation this year Ed
ward j. OBrien has analysed each
story contained in his BEST Short
Stories of 1885," published by
Haughton Mifflin Company. These
critical analyses are available in
q 32-page pamphlet, offered by the
publishers at 10 cents, and adj
dressed primarily to those who are
studying short story writing and
the technique of the short story
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

FICTION
Sparkenbroke
Charles Morgan Macmillan
Jamaica Inn
Daphne du Maurier Doubleday
The Last Puritan
George Santayana Scribner
Honey in the Horn
Fl. L. Davis Harper
Education Before Verdun
Arnold Zweig Viking
My Ten Years in a Quandary
Robert Benchley Harper
NONFICTION
Wake Up and Live
DOrOthea Brande Simon & SchusteP
Inside Europe
John Gunther Harper
North to the Orient
Anne Morrow LIndbergh HarcOurt
Way of a Transgressor
Negley FarsOn HArc0urS
Report Of the Company
Dudley Vail TalCOtt Smith . HaaS
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

Both are good reasons. partly
because *" was the story of a
young physician and partly be-
cause DR.. Rinehart was one of
WaShington'S best liked medicos.
Furthermore, few women are better
equipped to write about doctors
and certainly none would write
with more warmth about this little
understood profession. .-
Oddly enough the story leans
very strongly toward the pattern
chosen by Somerset Vaughan for
"Of Human Bondage" It is what
you might call an American Yer
sion" Of the much discussed theme.
It has its struggling softhearted
doctor carrying an almost intolers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

dette, Helen E. Townsend, Lucia
Hollerith, Marie E. Walcott, o. r,
Darlington, Catharine M elt on,
Florence Bryant, Mrs. Thomas
Wood Hastings, A. j. Ted Meurer,
Minor Jameson, Elizabeth Saw.
telle, Marguerite Mum, Robert E.
Motley, Elizabeth Evans Graves,
Nella F. Buckley, Cherry Ford
White and Alice M. Addison.
The water coloristS are Frances
Wheeler, Clara r. Saunders, Mary
D. Dawson. Frances Hungerford
Combs, Susan B. Chase, Ruth Per
kins Stafford, Bernice Ferris, Mary
Lukens and John Butler, and also
the Misses Sawtelle and Graves
who are also showing oils.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

through Friday.
The exhibition, made up of ap-
proximately 80 canvases, includes
Is from European collections and
the balance from museums and
private collections in this country.
In 1t are some of the most famous
of the Gauguin paintings.
There is, for instance, "Snow
Scene on the Seine" painted in
1875, during the period when eau
gum still considered himself an
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Famous Gauguin Works
Now on Exhibit
In Baltimore

Westinghouse being given exceptional opportunity
this coming week to exhibition Of that won't soon
come their way again.
It showing of the paintings Of Paul Gaugun an exh
btion Of national Importance which at the Bat
Museum of Art where it will continue be shown
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Oils, Etchi7gs, Sculpture,
Water Colors Shown
By Local Artists

As diversified the artists who painted them is the exh
btion work of members of the Arts Club at the
Arts Club house at 2017 st. N. w.
The exhibition which will continue throughout the summer
is up of oils water coors sculpture and etchngs done
bv members of the club during the past year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Writes New Novel

There at least two lists of people who will read
Mary Roberts Rineharts novel, "The Doctor namely
those who joined her following with the publishing K
many years ago. those who knew and depended upon
husband during lifetime,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30
William Jennings Bryan
A Serious Study

lawyer biographer with the publication of william
Jennings Bryan" by Wayne G. Williams.
Mr. Williams formerly attorney general of Colorado is
Special Assistant the Attorney General of the United States
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-05-30

After years Of study and hard
work assembling the data for this
volume the lawyer has left his
case histories behind to present to
the students of government
Evening star., 1936-10-12
The DictatOrs' Mantles.

It may be another case of smoke with
out fire, but it is an interesting coinci-
dence that, respectively in Berlin and
Rome, there is talk that Hitler and
Mussolini are thinking of shedding the
mantles of dictatorship and draping them
over other shoulders. Der Feuhrer is said
to be flirting with the idea Of trans
ferring titular authority as head of the
German government to his longtime
chief aide, Colonel General Goering, now
Reich vice chancellor and premier Of
Prussia. According to recent speculation,
which wholly lacks ofiicial corroboration,
Hitler would not actually divest himself
Of autocratic power. The plan would
merely pass some of his administrative
burdens onto Goering. The Na1 over
lord would retain supreme command as
Reich dictator. Goering would reign,
but Hitler would still rule.
simultaneously Rome is buzzing with
reports that Mussolini, too, bankers for
relief from some Of the duties Of bossing
40,000, ,000-odd Italians-duties which
comprehend half-a-dozen cabinet port
folios besides the premiership. II Duce-
is credited with the purpose Of making
his 33-year-old son-in-law. Count
s0Aaeazso Ciano, head OF the cabinet
Evening star., 1936-10-12
New Deal Opposition.

Secretary Of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes, speaking at Good Neighbor
League Convention at Columbus, COM
planned about the miscellaneous char
acter of the opposition to the New Deal.
He expressed his surprise at the spec
tacle Of an alignment including the
Du Points and the Liberty League,
Father Coughlin and the Union for
Social Justice, william Lemke and the
radical farmers, william Randolph
Hearst and his chain Of newspapers,
Clifford Pinchot and his independent
progressives and other "incongruous and
ill-assorted" elements, all Of which he
charged were leagued in common de-
termination to elect Governor Landon.
And the Secretary was correct in his
analysis of the potential effect Of such
organized If heterogeneous resistance to
planned economy" "the philosophy Of
scarcity" dictatorial and unconstitu-
tional expediency, the brain trust, boom
dogsling and Farleyism. His pretsnded
Evening star., 1936-10-12

while permitting him to remain foreign
minister. The plan is understood to be
ready for submission to the Fascist
Grand Council next month. Mussolini
would continue to be dictator under his
present status of "Capo del Governo"
(head Of the government). In addition
he has the rank and titles Of prime min
lister and Fascist leader. Presumably
Count Ciano would automatically in
herit all of his father-in-law's high
commands upon the latter's disappear
ance from the scene. Thus the con-
templated steps practically look to crea-
ton of q Mussolini dynasty.
Should the Berlin and Rome dictators
really rid themselves Of some Of the
external trappings of absolutism, curl
osity will at once be aroused as to the
underlying motives. There will be an
obvious guess, for which in neither case
is there much factual foundation, that
the arian-authoritarian idea is
slipping, and that Hitler and Mussolini
alike consider it wise to make gestures
savoring of modified autocracy. Probably
q more plausible explanation is desire
to conserve their energies for presenta-
ton of the NaA and Fascist PHILOSOPHERS
against the common foe Of communism.
In other words, der Fuehrer and II
Duce may nnd it convenient to let
underlings strut in charge Of details,
while they themselves concentrate on
the bigger thing. Whatever shifts take
place In the ONCE force on either the
Spree or the Tiber, 1t will be dictatorship
as usual in both places.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

are not seen In q month, or even in q
year, but over several years.
Some of them, such as the scarlet
tanager, are rare sights.
Others are everyday occurrences In
the bird line.
While such q list lacks the impressive
ness, perhaps. Of ono showing more than
300 species, it has the satisfaction of
being entirely personal.
These feathered friends listed by home
observers have entered into the very life
of the dwelling, in such families as have
come to regard the bird life Of their
gardens as q veritable part Of living.
Occasionally you meet some person,
almost invariably one Of these regular
orthodox "he-men" who pride themselves
with q touch of self consciousness on
their rank masculinity, who professed to
find something essentially effeminate
about birds.
Only women. he processes to believe,
can take any interest in such things.
He. great male, is content with his
cigar, etc.
Well, let him!
He would be chagrined, no doubt, to
know that Audubon, great bird lover,
was one of the most masculine men who
ever lived, yet carried in his heart and
mind those essentially feminine char
acteristics- relation to effeninacy--
which make up part Of the character Of
all men really "he-men."
1t is this feminine part Of the mas
culine nature which gives many writers
their universal appeal.
The home check list Of bird life is not
only an interesting compilation in itself,
but the very setting down Of the names
is fraught with music.
Chickadee! ar
Say that name aloud q couple OF times
and hear some Of the poetry of Nature.
Man has very well caught some of the
very essence of life and air in that
combination Of letters.
Consider the towhee. otherwise called
chewink or ground robin.
All three common names are beautiful
In sound and interesting in appearance.
All names of things have both sound
and appearance. Sometimes the sound is
good. but the word ugly to the eye.
Occasionally the word looks good, but
sounds terrible.
Many OF the names of flowers. birds,
places. rivers and so on. are supremely
beautiful. both to eye and ear. Some Of
them have the additional beauty Of
etymology OF surprising interest.
That great writer, Maurice Maeter-
linck. whose latest work, Before the
Great Silence" has just been published
in America. has written several essays on
the essential interest Of the common
names of the wild flowers.
The common bird names are no less
interesting and beautiful.
Look over the aforementioned list. 1t
is not just dull catalogue. but series
Of vivid word poems of few letters each.
If each such name brings up to you
no story, feel certain that you are missing
something out Of life.
Get to know the birds and read
Natures short stories at first hand.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

fears concerning the result probably arise
from the fact that he knows that it was
exactly the same sort of combination
that elected President Roosevelt in 1892.
Practically all Of the groups and indi-
viduals listed in his indictment were
"ganged up" against Herbert Hoover in
the campaign of that tragic year.
But Mr.. Ickes forgot to mention
numerous other forces hostile to second
term for his chief He should have noted
the disaffection Of the clergy to whom
the President addressed a political letter,
the lawyers who still believe in che Su-
preme Court, the bankers who do not
consider themselves "unscrupulous
money changers" the industrialists
whose legitimate interests are threat
ened by Government control and compe-
tition, the investors whose savings are
imperiled by unsound financing Of Gov
ernment operations and the working
classes whose plight cannot be cor
rected by regimentation. Each Of these
sections of the population has leaders
who deserve credit for their detection
from Mr.. Rooseveltis banner in the ma
tional emergency which his policies of
peaceful revolution" have created.
The Secretary also should have con-
ceded that much Of the opposition to the
New Deal derives from mistakes on the
part Of the President and his advisers
against which he himself has protested.
No one familiar with the story Of the
past four years can be in any doubt
about what Mr.. Ickes thinks of his asso-
ciates, Secretary Morgenthau, Secretary
Wallace. Secretary Roper, Attorney Gen
eral Cummings, Harry Hopkins and
Rexford Tugwell. He has fought them
and they have fought him from the be-
ginning. and the noise Of the battle has
been overheard on too frequent occasion
to be denied. Indeed, the wonder Is
that Honest Harold has remained
member Of Mr.. Roosevelt's cabinet 80
long. A large public takes his defense
Of the New Deal with grain Of salt
It admires his loyalty to a cause in
which he must have lost faith, but It
does not make the mistake of supposing
that he will be vastly disappointed If
Governor Landon is elected.
Evening star., 1936-10-12
Gas Company Ownership.

Foreign owners of the Washington Gas
Light Company now are facing very
severe test of their sincerity In proposing
to end their control Of the gas industry
of the District.
The Washington ownership Is
represented BY the Washington and Sub
urban Companies, Massachusetts, trust.
which holds "a per cent Of the common
stock of the Washington company. and
which represents the Chase National
Bank of New York and associated hnan-
cial interests.
Some weeks ago the foreign owners
filed q registration statement with the
Securities and Exchange Commission,
proposing to sell all its shares in the
Washington company to the public.
This was interpreted as q move to per-
nit Washington investors to regain con-
troll of their gas industry.
The more cynical observers put their
tongues in their cheeks, collectively, to
await developments. They came. 1t
developed that part Of the plan was for
the Washington company to buy the
Alexandria and Hyattsville gas COM
panies, for a price Of $1,375, 600. The
two suburban concerns, as well as the
Washington company, are controlled by
the same holding trust.
The District Public Utilities Commis-
sion, after hearing facts in the case.
rejected this proposed merger, holding
the price proposed to be paid to the
foreign banking interests to be too high
for the public welfare.
In other words, the commission OBJ
viously decided the foreign owners had
tried to put the cart before the horse.
If the outside banking interests are sin
cere in wishing to end foreign" con-
troll, why should they not first dispose
of their stock in the washington COM
pany?
AS the deal shaped up. it looked as
though the outside bankers were willing
to take their losses in their stock deal
ings and give up control of the Wash
ington company if the Washington
company were permitted to pay a large
cash price for the two suburban con-
Germs, which are now on the hands of
the outside bankers.
That deal, at least at the stated price,
has been thrown out by the commission.
Meanwhile, action by the Federal COM
mission on the proposed sale Of the con-
trolling amount Of stock in the WASH
ington company has been delayed for
some time.
If the foreign bankers are sincere,
why should they not sell out their WASH
ington company holdings, take their
stock manipulation losses and call 1t
quits? It is rather obvious that the
Washington company, when left free
and unfettered by outside control. will
not insist on paying such q sum as
$1,375,000 for two suburban plants. one
Of which has never paid dividends nor
even interest on the major portion Of o
debt Of 100000.
The commission deserves credit for
spiking the first move for cutting the
losses of outsiders who evaded the La
Toilette anti-merger lew and INDUCED in
deals in stock of q Washington utility.
The next move by the foreign control
will be watched with considerable In.
terest.
Evening star., 1936-10-12

an expressed hope, among them that the
Democratic Congress, II elected, Will call
3 halt on New Deal spending, on the
further Capitalization Of power In the
Federal Government In washington, ana
on LEGISLATION that gives Washington the
right to dictate to the citizens what their
activities shall be-. There are two large
;aifs" In this line Of reasoning by the con-
eervatiye Democrats. However, many OF
them seem now to Be more willing 70
taks the chaucA
Evening star., 1936-10-12
Shooting Stars.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.

Next Morning.
Have some Socialism ready,
Shake 1t with q hand unsteady
As you mix another drink
Which in color will be pink.
Have some Radical potation
Mighty for intoxication.
And for flavoring, may hap.
Have pure Anarchy on tap.
This will cheer a cocktail meeting,
Fraught with conversational greeting.
But, dear friend, do not neglect
On Next Morning to reflect!
That gray dawn is surely nearing,
Silent are the songs and cheering,
Then ice water you will crave
For a head that won't behave.