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Evening star., 1937-06-26

vent. She met there in time a wan
derlng student compared by the
olographer to Villon of France; she
left the convent with him and
wandered over China, verse-making,
traVerSlng the length of the Long
River. She then returned to her ma
tive city and became. for a while, the
center of its artistic life and a famous
courtesan. Here she was approached
for bribes by police official She
refused and returned to her convent
Wrathful, the official trumped up a
charge of murder against her-a
charge which, even at the distance of
| centuries, is absurd She was too poor
to pay for defense, and was convicted
and executed.
The story is made comprehensive
| to Occidental minds in Miss VIM
salts biography, though its Oriental
| character is wisely preserved. The
title Of the book is taken from the
poem in which the unhappy poetess
epitomizes her life:
Sigh, for the petals vhirl before
the gustl
The fragrant essence melts-the
Spring is over
Too costly, it has found no MASTER
lover:
Too sweet, 1t daunts the lowering
butterfly;
Red blooms, where is your right
full high resort?
Green leaves, how can you bear
the dew and dust?
Yet set this shoot in the imperial
court,
And lords will covet what they
may not buy"
TINE PIECE. BY Naomi Jacob. New
York: Macmillan Co.
THIS is a long and involved story
about a Yorkshire girls meta
morphosis into a half-Jewish business
woman. While the book holds suffi-
cient interest OF plot and incident to
make 1t interesting. and at times even
exciting, reading it is, on the whole,
Just another Summer novel. Particu-
larly in the early chapters, the char
acters are wooden images upon which
are hung attributes and events to
make story. The golden blond hero
Inc is very, very good; the dapper youth
from the city is very, very wicked; the
virtuous young man from the country
district wins the maiden in the end.
There is, of course, more to the book
than that. There is an original twist
in the love between the heroine and
her illegitimate brother. whom
she meets as stranger. There is
growth and change in some of the
characters. But 1t is all pretty obvious
good reading, but no more.
R. R. T.
HORTENSIUS, FRIEND OF NERO.
BY Edith Pargeter. New York: The
Greystone Press.
THIS Is a prose-poem based upon
the conflict between the growing
spiritual forces Of Christianity and the |
cruel materialism Of the decaying Ro-
man empire.
Against background Of martyrdom
for faith in the prisons and arena Of
Rome is woven the rather vague and
wandering love life of Hortensius, who
loved Licinia and saw her wed to
Arminius, and who loved Ononis, the
Evening star., 1937-06-26

Loon, who has made verv nics
llVlng, incidentally. writing these sam,
books for popular consumption.
THE July Esquire Mr.. Gilbert
Seldes Indignantly calls TO account
an eminent colleague of his. gentle
man who, like Mr.. Seldes himself, has
been critic. a journalist and a writer
generally. This gentleman is no less
well known parsonage than Alex
ander Wollcott, Of whom all of us
have heard.
Alexander seems to have been
getting in Gilbert's hair, and Gilbert
Is using the pages of ESQUIRE to hit
back. He says of Mr.. Wollcott's mind
that whenever it encounters fact it
retreats, firmly and I am afraid even
little proudly" And at the top Of
the page on which Mr.. Seldes' piece
appears, is this subtitle ANALYSIS OF
That precious type Of mentality that
Wlthdraws delicately from anything so
strong as fact
Evidently the boys are not pleased
WIN one another.
Inc occasion of Mr.. Se!des' indig-
nation, 1T must be explained. is Mr..
WollcoltS recent broadcast on how
We got into the war. tThe World War.
that is. which was fought out back in
the teensJ Mr.. Seldes simply does
not agree with Mr. Wollcott on why
anc how we engaged ourselves to save
democracy those 20 years ago and
so his attack on his rotund con-
temporary.
MAYBE 1t means something But, as
a writer. one somehow remembers that.
as the deadllne draws near. there is a
terrihc impulse toward filling up
space.
WASH1NGTONIANS may renlen-
Der the uproar that followed the
proposed exhibition at the Corcoran
Gallery back in the good old days of
q. w. A. of picture by Paul Cadmus
called The Fleets In" If thev do
not. the story is retold for them in the
July Esquire, under the title Paul
Cadmus: Enfant Terrible" together
with the storys sequel. The author is
Harry Saltpeter.
According to Mr.. Saltpeter. the pjc-
lure called forth the indignation of
Admlral Rodman, who considered
that 1t degraded the Navy personnel
and misrepresented conditions in the
fleet generally. Secretary Swanson
was asked to take action. and re-
sponded by declaring the picture vas
a work Of art. but false" as ESQUIRE
puts 1t. The picture was not eXhlb-
tied. It's destruction was asked. but
hnally 1t was salvaged by the late
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, who gave
1t sanctuary IN his home. It's suhse-
ouent fate, says Mr.. Saltpeter, is un-
known to him
But the result of all this for the
painter was not the crushing blow
which might have been expected. On
the contrary, it seems to have been
the making of Mr.. Paul Cadmus.
Thereafter" SAYS MI. Saltpeter.
he was invited to exhibit bv mu-
seums which had previously been IN
different to him and to his work. His
name achieved a certain kind of sjeni-
hcance almost overnight. There are
sections of the Middle West . where
his name is better known than those
even of Speicher and Brook He
was stirred to new activity and new
hopefulness."
And Mr.. Saltpeter comments sar-
donlcahy, His experience may ex-
plain why artists depend for their
publicity upon eviction for non-pay-
ment of rent
But one still cannot help wonder
ing where the picture is. 1t wasn't so
extraordinarily good, at that, implies
Mr.. Saltpeter.
Evening star., 1937-06-26
BEST SELLERS FOR WEEK
ENDING JUNE s.
Fiction.

The Outward Room. Brand.
Simon & Schuster.
File on Rufus Ray. Reilly. Nor
row.
The Years. Woolf. Harcourt
Brace.
Wind From the Mountains. Gll-
branssen. Putnam's.
The Laurels Are Cut Down.
Binns. Reynal & Hitchcock.
American Dream. Foster. Nor
Fiction.
How to Win Friends and Infiu-
ence People. Carnegie. Simon
e. Schuster.
Return to Religion. Link. Mac
milan.
Mathematics for the Million.
Hogben. Norton.
Coronation Commentary. Dennis.
Dodd, Mead.
Flowering of New England.
Brooks. Dutton.
Present Indicative. Coward.
Doubleday Doran.
Evening star., 1937-06-26
A MAVERICK AMERICAN. BY
Maury Maverick. New York: Co.
vici Friede.

pROBABLY the brightest thing that
Mr.. Maverick ever did in the
course of demonstrably bright career
was to get himself named as he is.
For certainly his combined Christian
and surnames could not be improved
upon for the position in life to which
1t has pleased the electorate to call
him. If Sinclair Lewis in his some
what breezier days had set out to
write . novel about = typical Ameri-
can Congressman, he could not have
done better in choosing q name for
his hero than those responsible for
Mr.. Mavericks have done for him.
Maury Maverick, Congressman. Con-
slider It. It Is dream. It Is simply
too wonderful to be true, and, If you
question this. try, please, to improve
those syllables. It cannot be done.
AS they stand they are perfect, both
esthetically and significantly. They
have euphony and they have-your
pardon-they've got rhythm. They
have tang, and they unquestionably
imply those wide-open spaces 50 dear
to the American voters imagination,
and 4 tameless and untrammeled in
dlvidualism-albeit q humorous one,
too. Can you beat it? No. It is the
monnicker that any Congressman,
dreaming Of Utopian campaign,
would wish for. Politically. it is .
swell name. That about expresses it.
And then-to come from Texas, too.
Well, one wonders If Mr.. Maverick
has spent his days living up to his
name, OK II, perhaps, the conjunction
Of name, man and State was pure
destiny. He has, to be sure, written
sort Of autobiographical political
credo here, but 1t does not answer
tho question. It only emphasizes the
perfection Of the eGnhtnAtion. For,
Evening star., 1937-06-08
DAUGHTERS0F nile
TO HOLD SERVICES.
Delegates to Session to Pay
Tribute to Members of
Group Who Died.

Delegates attending the twenty
third annual session Of the Supreme
Temple Of the Daughters Of the Nile
were to take time out from business
and social affairs this afternoon to
pay tribute to the memory of deceased
members Of the organization at me-
mortal services.
Mrs. Lucille Hanks OF Chicago. su-
preme princess chaplain, was to pre-
side at the services, beginning at 80
pm. at the Mayf1ower Hotel, con-
vention headquarters.
Reports Of various committees were
received at morning business ses-
sion, which was to be followed by 4
supreme officers luncheon.
Members Of the local Samla Tenn
pie will present ceremonial pro-
gram tonight, initiating about 20 new
members, under direction OF Mrs.
Arlene B. Hines. queen Of the temple.
Approximately 1000 women from all
parts OF the country are attending
the convention, which opened yes
Evening star., 1937-06-08

ment conducted by the leagues ma
tional organization and is essentially
campaign Of education on behalf
OF workers with partial defect in
hearing. in many cases those who
are considered experts in their voca
tions.
The local campaign will be con-
duted by the Young Peoples Com
mittee under supervision OF key
worker, acting with an advisory COM
mittee composed Of George r. Dick
son, president; Mrs. Gertrude Hunt
corresponding secretary, and Mrs
Harriet Montague. The committee
Evening star., 1937-06-08

with other members OF the league,
will meet at the leagues rooms, 1ll6
Vermont avenue, at pm. June Is
to map campaign plans.
In announcing the campaign the
league said: There have been many
cases Of either discrimination or an
apparent prejudice against workers
who are hard OF hearing In most
instances it has been found that
these cases are not wholly Intentional,
but due largely to lack of under
standing In dealing with persons
whose sense Of hearing Is less than
normal
Evening star., 1937-06-08

terday and will conclude Friday with
= boat trip to Mount Vernon.
w. Freeland Kendrick, past imperial
potentate OF the Shrine and founder
Of the Shriners' hospitals for Grip
pied children, discussed the philan-
thropic work of these hospitals at
the conventions get-together banquet
last night.
Supreme officers are to be elected
tomorrow and installed at q formal
ball Thursday night. Mrs. Florence
K Lee OF Washington, present su-
preme princess royal, will succeed Mrs.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
Letters Costly in 1S42.

In 1912 1t cost cents postage to
send single sheet letter for any dis
tance less than 80 miles-18% cents
for 400 miles. The person receiving
the letter paid the postage.
Evening star., 1937-06-08
OF-HEARlNG
JOB DRIVE BEGUN
Local League Launches Campaign
to Improve Opportunities for
the Partially Deaf.

The Washington League for the
Hard of Hearing has launched cam
paign to improve the opportunities
Of deaf people to obtain employment.
It Is part OF Nation-W wide move
Evening star., 1937-06-08

Maud E. Luxford Of Denver, Colo. as
supreme queen.
Evening star., 1937-06-08

Seven ventilated models in white and combinations.
7wentyone other styles in white buckskin and
combinations of black and white and
ton-ond white Custom, medium and - EN
b,0ed-' t~ toe styles Sizes to r. "A p 0''o
Other Raleigh "S" Sport Shoes
Evening star., 1937-01-30

Is sold ut an unfairly low price be-
cause it is placed on such . narrow
local market that the first sharp
shooting bid is the only bid. Many
other families are looking for just
such q home and are willing to pay its
value. but they have no way Of know
ing the place is available.
Contributions in 1886.
Several great contributions to the
solution of this problem were made in
1896. At the beginning of last year
5000 leading brokers in all parts Of
the country utilized the clearing house
services. The demand for more mod
ern sales methods was expressed 50
forcibly during the year that at pres
ent Q total Of 1900 brokers are work.
ing to place suburban and country
residential real estate on . wide
market.
Another policy in the brokerage
trade is of special significance in view
Of its widespread adoption. Many
local real estate boards use multiple
listing systems. When operated care
fully by strong boards, they assist own.
ers in making sales Of homes at fair
prices. BY their very nature. the ef-
fectiveness of these systems is con-
fined to homes more or less standard
in the community-that is, homes that
can be sold to other residents Of the
same town. The clearing house serv-
ice. which utilities wholesaling prin-
ciples to an even greater degree, has
been made available to these boards
for use on properties that require q
broader than local market. Estates,
clubs, resort properties. acreage tracts.
Evening star., 1937-01-30

owner and builder; w. B. Honey,
architect; to erect one 2-story brick
store and apartment, 1881 Bennine
road northeast, to cost $4,000.
Samuel J. Prescott Co., Inc, sl4
Thirteenth street, owners and build
ers: Thomas w. Marshall. architect;
to make repairs, rear 1307-11 w street,
to cost 5000.
Carroll Construction Co., 50lS nli-
rois avenue, owners and builders;
James j. Baldwin, designer: to erect
one history brick and cinder block
dwelling, 100 Twenty-fourth street
northeast. to cost $4,500.
Carroll Construction Co., 50ls nli-
nois avenue. owners and builders:
James j. Baldwin, designer; to erect
one 1-story brick and cinder block
dwelling. 17Ol Twenty-fourth street
northeast, to cost $4,000.
Carroll Construction Co.. 5O18 Illi-
nois avenue. owners and builders;
James J. Baldwin. designer; to erect
one 1-story brick and cinder block
dwelling, 240l Randolph place north
east, to cost s4.500.
j. M. Stein & Co. owners: Skinker
g. Garrett, 17l9 I street, builders; to
make repairs, l4l6 H street, to cost
$500.
Capitol City Life Insurance Co., 507
e street. owner: g. Morris Stein
braker, builder; to make repairs, 1901
Clifton street. to cost $4,000.
Harry Butler. 1851 Good Hope road
southeast. owner and builder: Joseph
G. Herbert, architect; to erect one III
story brick dwelling, II Mississippi
avenue southeast. to cost $4,000.
w. M. Ward. 927 Fifteenth street,
owner and builder; Joseph G. Herbert,
architect: to erect one 2-story brick
dwelling. 1920 Holbrook street north
east, to cost $500.
DR.. M. Darcy Magee. so3s Reno
road, owner; j. B. Smith, 522 Four
teenth street southeast, builder; to
make repairs. 1923 Connecticut ave-
nue.: to cost $4,000.
Shell Union Oil Corp, 413s Georgia
avenue, owner, designer and builder;
to erect one l-story brick-and-con-
crete addition, 14ol Maryland avenue
northeast; to cost $4,000.
H. c. Reiner, 5000 Patterson street,
owner and builder; to make repairs,
1014 K street: to cost $500.
D. w. Rosen. 306 Quackenbos street,
owner and builder: to erect four brick
garages, gill. 6115. 6119 and 6123
Third street; to cost $3.50 each.
DR.. william H. Beard, 3701 r street,
owner; e. B. Corning, architect: Wal
ker & Prescott. Inc. Tower Building.
builders; to make repairs. 2S14 Con-
necticut avenue: to cost $4,000.
Mrs. Edward B. Burling. 1900 Ben
ton street, owner; Davis, Wick, Rosen-
garten Co., builders: to erect brick
additions to garage. 1900 Benton
street: to cost $500.
Mary G. White, owner: Harry p.
White, builder; to make repairs. 1906
08 Fourteenth street; to cost $500.
Evening star., 1937-01-30

Against Winters icy blasts there is
one satisfactory protection-that of a
well-insulated house. Its many ad-
vantages are obvious. But. in sharp
contrast with the uninsulated house,
the fuel bills mount and the cold air
seems to enter through walls and CELL
ings in spite Of every reasonable effort
to heat the building properly.
On the farm there is the additional
problem of keeping the cattle COM
Portable. of keeping hog houses and
laying houses reasonably warm, and
of maintaining milk houses and BROOD
er houses at an equitable temperature.
1t Is during this Winter period. ac-
cording to the Forest Products Divi-
sion of the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, that the usual
flow Of inquiries concerning house and
farm insulation quickens sharply. Par
ticularly does the home owner or
farmer desire information on the best
types of insulation to use, their rela-
tive efficiency as insulators, their meth
DDS of application.
To service the home owners and the
farmers of the United States who are
interested in insulation, and to present
in q practical. concise manner. peril
nent information on the subject. the
Department Of Commerce has for dis
tribution two booklets. House Insula-
ton. It's Economies and Application"
and Insulation on the Farm" Both
Of these have been extremely popular.
House Insulation" covers in con-
siderable detail the advantages gained
through insulation, such as the low
cred fuel costs, the greater comfort,
ETC.; the types Of insulation used, such
as rigid, flexible and I'LL types; the
thickness of insulation to use, the
Evening star., 1937-01-30
Insulati0n-Pr0tected Homes
Sh0lu Sharp Cut in Fuel Bills

methods OF applicat ton. the cost Of
insulating, etc. A particularly inter-
esting and enlightening table presents
the insulating values Of the different
types Of wall construction. Informa-
ton on weather. -proofing and on the
fuel savings to be effected through in
sulation IS found in appendix form in
the back 6f the booklet.
Insulation on the Farm" presents
the reason for insulating the farm
structure and gives detailed consider
alton regarding the insulation Of such
farm buildings as dairy barns, poultry
laying houses. poultry brooder houses.
hog houses, beehives. milk houses. etc.
Both House Insulation. Its Econo-
mics and Application" and Insulation
on the Farm" are available through
the Forest Products Division Of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce.
Evening star., 1937-01-30
DISTRESS SELLING
WASHEAVY IN 1886
Further Recovery Of Realty
Market During 1887 Is
ForeSeen.

During 1895 q tremendous volume Of
distress residential offerings was abb
sorbed. and this. coupled with the ris-
ing demand for attractive homes and
the shortage Of offerings Of both new
and old construction. assures further
recovery Of the real estate market this
year. according to G. r. 8. Keep. presi-
dent Of Previews. Inc.-the National
Real Estate Clearing House.
wherever 0 community Is afilicted
with . number Of distress offerings" |"
said Mr.. Keep. I'VE are certain to
observe . disproportionately heavy
damper on normal activity. totally un-
justified by basic conditions. In those
remaining suburban. country and re-
sort communities 30 affected it has
been very d;fncult for brokers to ne
gotiate sales ut fair prices.
Selling Methods Obsolete.
This Is not the fault Of the indi-
vidual brokers, nor Of the owners. who
naturally want fair prices in return
for their offerings; nor Is 1t q reflec-
tion on the favorable factors UNDER
lying the real estate business. 1t does
spell . sharp and valid criticism Of
obsolete real estate selling methods.
which are responsible for the lack of
rapid turnover and consequent relative
lack OF marketability that has charac-
terized country residential real estate.
1T becomes increasingly evident that
the cure to this situation can only
come from continued public and bro
kerage support Of the wholesaling and
clearing house methods now contrib
uted by the National Real Estate
Clearing House as . non-competitive
institution. The clearing house op-
erations habituate both the brokerage
trade and the public to the same
wholesale and clearing house practices
which have impaired liquidity to stocks
and bonds, wheat, cotton, automobiles,
refrigerators and, indeed, the products
Of every other major industry. Only
real estate marketing is still held up
to scorn as the archaic product of q
bygone age. Families by the hundred
thousands who would like to buy
homes in suburbs and country are
prevented by the difnculty Of searching
out and locating suitable properties
and by their fear of freezing their
savings in q comparatively unstable
commodity. A tremendous number of
people who own homes and land for
which they have little use, and who
would like to move. are prevented from
Offering their properties for sale by
the fear Of receiving ridiculously low
prices. That this Is true is the fault
Of real estate methods and not Of basic
conditions. Often an attractive home
Evening star., 1937-01-30
Powder Blue Used for Walls.

In an exceedingly attractive room
that combines eighteenth century fur
niture with modern pieces, the walls
are painted powder blue. All the wood
work in the room. except the window
mullions, which are blue, is stained
cedar, left to dry, then brushed with
thin putty-toned oil paint and wiped
with gauze before it is dry. This
method leaves paint in the soft grain
OF the wood only-the cedar tone
appears through its harder surface.
A finishing coat Of wax is applied to
the woodwork.
Evening star., 1937-01-30
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS
DIRECTORS REELECTED
Annual Shareholder Meeting Of
Alexandra Association Was
Held on Wednesdav.

Held on Wednesday.
M. II. Buuchell, John J. Kizer and
Alan B. Precise were reelected direc.
tors Of the First Federal SAVINGS and
Loan Association Of Alexandra for q
term Of three years at the annual
meeting Of the shareholders of the
association held At its ofiices, 500
King street, Alexandra, on Wednes.
day.
A report Of the associations prog.
ress during the year was given by
Charles T. Nicholson, vice president
and executive officer. who stated that
assets Of the association had grown
more than 800 per cent since the last
shareholders meeting in the first COM
plete year Of the institutions exist
ence. Net profits earned during the
year enabled the association to pay
per cent dividend and set UP
substantial surplus and undivided
profits account after setting aside all
reserves required by the Federal Home
Loan Bank System, Nicholson stated.
Evening star., 1937-01-30
BOND COMPENDIUM
Requirements for Delivery on 1e1
Issues Are Listed.

Issues Are Listed.
Publication of an entirely new type
Of compendium OF Eastern real estate
bonds. giving complete requirements
for delivery on 1sl actively traded is
sues, was announced today by Eli T.
Watson g. Co., investment bankers
The publication will be called the
Traders Almanac of Real Estate
Bonds" and is designed for the use
of bankers and dealers. It is to have
complimentary circulation throughout
the Eastern and Southern areas Of
the United States.
Evening star., 1937-01-30

ETC.. fall within this category. The
result is that the members of these
boards may now offer q full and suit
able merchandising service to the
owner Of any type Of residential prop
erty.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1937-11-05
BIG FEATURE FILM
OPENS ON MONDAY
Joseph Schildkraut and
Other Noted Players
Are In The Cast

One of the most notorious scan
dals in modern history supplies
the motivation for the second
great Warner Brothers picture
within year based upon the life
of famous Frenchman.
The picture is "The Life of
Emile lola" and the scandal is
that surrounding the conviction
and imprisonment of Captain AL
fred Dreyfus on Devils Island on
trumpet up charge that he had
sold important army secrets to
Germany. The picture will open
Monday at the Maryland Theatre.
Not only the great success of
The Story of Louis Pasteur,"
With Paul MUM in the title role.
but also the powerful drama of
Zola's picturesque career as a
moulder of public opinion in
France, influenced the studio in
making this picture. MUM. who
won the Academy Award for his
Pasteur effort, also has the title
role in "Zola."
lola was Frances first great
naturalistic novelist.
His most sensational work was
Il Accuse" in which he viciously
attacked everyone who had any
part in the condemnation and i'm
prisonment of Dreyfus.