Evening star., 1937-04-10
MAGIC FOUND IN MAGAZINES
Offer Astroogy Psychology, Adventure, Dreams
First Issue of Bacheor Carries Story by John DaFore
casts Kentucky Derby Are Contained in "Sports."

inferior a weapon why, in = world
which has banned 1t Cor routed it to
the cloak Of science), Is 1t 80 hard
for men to survive in Nebraska? Or
to be free in Puerto Rico2 II tha
Nation, instead, were to be banned,
and journals Of astrology frankly took
its place on news sellers counters and
on the tables Of free libraries, would
this world be very different? Would
Nebraskans give over the reckless wish
to survive, and Puerto Ricans cease
fighting to be free? One cannot think
SO. They would 60 right on. Can
it be that the Nation is wasting it's
time after all? One hopes not. Its
time is so very valuable.
CONSIDER now the Bachelor. A
new magazine this. A monthly,
seemingly, rather handsomely gotten
up. 1t is for men, but its leading
article says that women will read it,
So it may be put down as following
the Esquire pattern, with certain diff
ferences.
1t seems to go in for articles OF the
clever variety on sports, theater, arts,
fashions, the resorts, the we'll known
falhngs OF women and lot of pic
lures. 1t isn't as accomplished as
Esquire, but it is by no means bad.
One Of its articles ought to be par
tlcularly interesting to Washington
ians. 1t is called "Sawdust on the
Floor" and it deals reminiscently with
Gerstenberg's, the Washington restaur-
ant which was, as the piece states, "A
rendezvous for the great and near
great of the Nation and the world
United States Senators, members Of
the House, diplomats, Washington COR
respondents, artists, musicians, car
toonists, writer's and visiting flremen-
even lobbyists" 1t contains some ex-
cellent anecdotes of what happened
in that vanished bar, where, as the
title states, there really was sawdust
on the floor. The author Of the piece
is John Jay DAILY of The Star staff.
Bachelor also offers a description
OF what bachelor" is-this by no
less an eminence than DR.. Louis Bisch,
author of BE Glad You're Neurotic."
Says DR.. Bisch, From what I can
gather from the bachelors of my ac-
quaintance, it is not woman that
bothers them, but marriage as an in
stitution." Bachelors, he adds, do not
have "inferiority complexes" If they
have any, the quality is apt TO be the
direct opposite. Or so DR.. Bisch dag
noses them.
FORECASTS on the Derby are con-
tanned in an article in Sports this
month by Bryan Field. Mr. Field offers
his own choice of winner in these
dLsarming terms:
Catering to the larceny complex,
some degree of which appears to be
present in all Of us, please permit this
writer to nominate for the benefit Of
those who believe in skullduggery) the
one all-time, super-special, strictly
on-the-level, seven-star final TIP on
a horse. 1t is Bradley's Brooklyn TO
win the Kentucky Derby! !"
And having thus committed himself,
he goes on to name some others.
'Pompoon was last years two-year-
old champion" he remarks He is
the son of Pompey and was acclaimed
best at the end of 1886 colt of
amazing speed, and of high class, but
think, no slayer
Case Ace to me is nice horse but
overrated.
Privileged and Matey are dan
gerous. They look like natural stayers,
they are in the hands of capable train
ers, and they finished noses apart in
the Pimlico Futurity last Fall Priv
lleged won and was disqualified in
favor of Matey.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt thinks
he has a good chance with Tedious.
Maybe he has. Especially in the mud.
John Gaver thinks Mrs. Payne
Whitney has good chance with Tat
tered. I think so, too.
Mary Hirsch never has weakened
on No Sir. 1 have.
Townsend Martin found a pot of
gold in his lap when he purchased
Court Scandal from Jock Whitney in
the morning and won $4,000 with him
in the afternoon. Notwithstanding,
this fellow does not appear a natural
slayer
Rude you can have. The same
goes for most of the others.
DO you want long shot? Clo-
dion! !"
But much more than this will b.
written before the Derby of this year
is history.