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The Washington times., 1937-12-15
C. ". HIGH five
OPENS SEASON,
GIVEN HOPEFUL

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. Is.
George Washington Presidents
basketeers open their 1898 cam.
paign today when they trek to
washington for a contest with
the G. w. Colonials' frosh quint
in the latter's gymnasium on H
st. N. w.
Athletic Director Given is en-
Unused with the preseason show
ing of his boys and is banking
heavily on Newland and Burrell
to bring victory.
Virginia Athletic Clubs football
season ended last Sunday with a
victory over the Congress Heights
gridders. The seasons record
shows five wins and four defeats.
The Virginia Juniors with four
wins and four defeats split even.
Kendrick Brewers fell before
the Hagerstown courtmen in the
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
ROOMS WITH MEALS

HoN'T be blue because you cannot
60 home for Xmas. While
know there can be no substitute for
spending the holidays with your own
people, I can make . suggestion which
will take some Of the blues away.
The Club Shannon at 2s17 Conn. Ave.
has several very large ven furnished
rooms available at once. and ss they
cater to young class Of people. you
viii have someone to share your
Christmas spirit with. This club is
noted for the fine meals and for the
pleasant and efficient manner in which
1t Is conducted. They viii have a
real Christmas day dinner. and there
will be plenty of good wholesome fun.
So dry your tears, boys and girls, and
investigate before it's too late.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
DUPLEX APARTMENTS

DUPLExEs to the right Of me and
Duplexes to the left. They seem
to spring mp over night and are. a.
popular as any type Of apartment.
Max Simon has built some very ap-
pealing ones. ct B14-51s Mellon st.
s. q. consisting Of one and two bed
rooms, living room. kitchen, dinette
and bath with shower. In these
duplexes the heat and hot water is
furnished and IL included in the rental
price of $3.50. They offer . great
deal in the way Of comfortable living
quarters. for each unit has back yard.
basement, and ventilated throughout.
To reach these units If you would
like to see what real smart builder
has done. drive across Anacostia
Bridge. go mp Nichols Ave. to 2eo0
block. turn right at the Amoco sta
ton on to Mellon st.. then proceed
u block.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
FOR MOTHER

MoTHER. you. too, can do your bit
Ava toward extra money for Xmas.
Mr.. Alfred. 716 9th St. N. W.. has
an especially attractive offer to make
to housewives, by which they can
make as much as SIS to $26 week.
The best part Of this plan 10, you
don't have to tramp around the
streets. the business can be carried on
in your own home and there 10 no
experience or investment necessary.
Surprise your family. have . little
nest egg of your own.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
Greenleaf Meets
Crane for Title

NEW YORK, Dec. IS UN.S).
Ralph Greenleaf, world pocket
billiard champion. will defend his
title in a 1,500point challenge
match against Irving Crane, of
Livonia, N. Y, starting here to-
night.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
LARKIN VICTOR

NEWARK. N. j. Dec. IS.
Tippy Larkin, up and coming New
Jersey lightweight pounded out a
1O-round decision over Lew Massey,
veteran Philadelphian, here last
night.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
OUTSTANDING DRIVER

Hans Froemming, veteran
driver, leads all the reinsmen of
Germany for the 1887 season. He
won pit times.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
V-s FORD

aver the hills and through the
~ woods to grandfather's house We
20, but not in the old fashioned
sleigh. No indeed, drive mp in this
Rocca certified guaranteed winterized
car. Won't grandma be surprised.
It's . perfectly performing, powerful
VS., five-window coupe, beautifully
painted in Bangor Ford blue. finished
with . cream stripe and upholstered
In cut steel mohair. This car has
everything to make It outstanding,
rumble seat. twin horns. safety glass
and many other features. Spend your
holidays with the old folks this year.
See Roccs about this number 634,
that sells for $36o and start on your
Xmas trip with . mighty fine car.
DON'T LET THE JOMESES GET AHEAD OF you
IT'S . new bath room over at the
4 Joneses this year, so don't let them
get ahead Of you. Call Joe High. the
plumber, there is still time to have
one put in before Xmas. Nothing
dates a house like an old run down
bath room and after you have seen
the miracles that they can do today.
you will want one right away. Beauti-
fully tiled walls in pastel shades, neo-
angle bath tubs, Hollywood showers,
chromium fixtures, pedestal wash
basins and many other innovations in
the bath room world Of the present
trend. Joe High is located at 1918
18th N. W., and will be glad to give
you suggestions.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

Don't haze dirty curtains and soled tOa bay your coal
from H. E. GLotzbach dt923 18th ST. N. whoss coal
has the least bit of dust and dirt in it, He has Usy
special priced stoUe, NUT egg $3.50 ton Glozbaeh has
been in business oUer 35 years and has great many customers
luo are toeu pleased ith his service Try him the next
time your coal bin needs refilling
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

GCEEING 10 believing" 90 don't
take my word for it. Have Pyus
Adams show you that floor sanding
machine they have for rent. Il 10 an
easy matter to put your floors In ship
shape. and it does not take . lot Of
time and effort. Pyus Adams also
specializes in varnishes. floor wax.
paint cleaner and paints Of all kinds.
They have expert men who will help
you select the type of paint for your
house and cleaner for your floors. So
II you are in a quandary, call Ma.
2400 for able assistance.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
COURT TOURNEY

The Southern Conference Bas-
ketball tournament will be held at
Raleigh, N. c., home of North
Carolina State College, March 3-5.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
MAKING OLD INTO NEW

XXTHAT about that old fur coat?
w Geracy will make 1t into one Of
those new streamlined models that
make you look like movie star. It's
startling Just what he can do with a
garment that you have discarded.
When he gets through with it, you
will not recognize It yourself. Hs has
years of experience in both making
clothes and remodelinE them, and has
always given perfect satisfaction. Be-
fore you throw that old winter coat
away. have Geracy. 2so1 14th st.
N. W.. give you an estimate on it.
Don't sion here Keen on
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
DIAMONDS

BLOWERS and candies are all right
to give the best girl for gifts at
birthdays and Easter, but Xmas de-
mands something very special
something like a diamond ring, or
24-diamond platinum wrist watch, or
a dinner ring with oriental sapphire
center surrounded by 4s diamonds.
in fact something she can chow with
a great deal Of pride. Arthur Markell,
BIS r St. n. W., Room 211, has al
the above lovely jewelry. priced at
Just the right price. And you can
take it from me. If you give the girl
of your choice . trinzet from here,
you will be tops with her forever.
Ioing through these pages for
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
PANELED STUDIO ROOH

UTHHE I am on the subject Of
" rooms. let me tell you about
perfectly stunning room located at
146o Rhode Island Ave. A room that
is 90 different and 90 appealing you
will want to move right in. The en-
tire room is paneled in pine, furnished
in early American maple furniture,
and has equipment. suited for two.
This room has loads Of charm and
would be fine for . couple Of business
men who would like . ten-minute
stroll in the mornings to help the old
waist line. The atmosphere Of this
home where the room is located 10 q
cultured one. and feel confident that
any one living there viii be most
happy in the surroundings.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

BEST BET-FREE.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15

Hub City, 37-34, in the first con-
test on the woodways last night.
Burrell and Williams starred for
the locals.
The Washington times., 1937-12-15
CHARLES TOWN ENTRIES

FIRST RACE-Two-year-olds: purse,
$500: colts and geldings; maiden;
Charles Town course.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

course, he starts for the village"
where he soon becomes involved with
yet another woman. And where. also,
he meets Aaron, an artist who is sim
cere in his art and is motivated by
sincerely felt political ideals. Karl
learns much from Aaron, and being a
real person at base, recognizes Aaron's
quality.
After many yicissitudes, Karl re-
turns to his family gets a job in q
department store where he makes q
phenomenal rise from floorwalker to
chief factotum, saves his money, and
in a last grand gesture. filings job
and prestige to the wind, and takes
his wife and family back to the
farm-hs wife's fathers farm.
The book is interesting. The growth
Of character in the case of Karl
Horton Is clearly shown and is logical
There are, also real flashes of in
sight into the psychology Of two or
three other people, but for the most
part the characters are lay figures on
which the events are merely hung. As
an interesting story the book rates
high. AS a bit of political propa-
ganda it makes an intellectual ap-
peal, not an emotional one. And
propaganda to be effective must ap-
peal to the emotions. AS work Of
art it Is just another book. r. r. T.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

but obviously much depends on just
which facts are selected to tell the
story"
And taking up this proposition, Mr..
Macdonald goes on to enumerate the
methods by which writers can insidi-
ously editOrialize their stuff
Until one has tried it," he says.
zone would not believe how different
the same story sounds, depending on
whether the hero is described as firm
jawed' or 'horse-faced'
Oh, do you thing 50? Wei, per-
sonally, the reviewer would find very
little to choose between two heroes,
one Of whom was firm jawed and the
other out and out horse-faced. But the
question is, is it fair to give profess
sional writing secrets away like that ?
Fair to all the rest of us who write,
that is.
When the reviewer, for example,
remarks of book that it is the bunk,
readers know that in her opinion it is
no masterpiece. Simple objectivity
has been preserved, in other words.
But il she were to say sometime that
it IS baloney (and lots Of them are
baloney), then will not the public,
having been educated by Mr.. Mac
donald and the good Nation, surmise
instantly that she Is a reactionary
Democrat and suspect her OF insidious
| motives for influencing them away
from the progressivism of the pure
Harvard accent?
Have heart, Mr.. Macdonald. These
little subterfuges mean much In any
writer's life. And remember, when
you are betraying one OF us, you are
betraying us all. Where Is your class
consciousness? Well, where is it,
anyway?
A ND here Is the origin Of "Toots." /"
1t is quoted from the Pleasures
OF Publishing, the bulletin Of the
Columbia University Press.
Most people probably attribute the
origin OF the term OF address 'toots'
or 'tutz' to Broadway's wisecrackers.
Actually, according to the latest issue
OF American Speech, the term origin
ated far from Broadway and is a
product OF the Victorian era. In fact,
1t Is an indirect result Of George Du
Maurier's novel 'Trilby' of 1894. Du
/ Maurier's heroine, a Partsian girl. a
laundress and q model, is noted for
her beautiful feet, When the novel
was made into play, Trilby always
| appeared barefoot. in simple parh
People used to speak of her feet, then
Evening star., 1937-05-08
Brief Reviews of Books

and Dorothy Douglas. New York:
Robert M. Mcbride e. Co.
A study and statement Of the child
labor situation in America.
THE PRIVATE MANUFACTURE OF
ARMAMENTS. BY Philip Noel
Baker, M. P. With a predatory
note by Visoount Cecil. New York
Oxford University Press.
A detailed and authoritative history
OF the private manufacture Of arma-
ments since the beginning of the CEN
tury. Highly pertinent at this time.
DEATH RIDES WITH VENUS. By
Arthur C. Palm. New York: The
Greystone Press.
The director of the Social Hygiene
Foundation in Cleveland writes Of
the menace OF venereal disease and
how popular education would serve
as check on this evil.
Spiritualism.
THE BETTY BOOK. BY Stewart
Edward White. New York: E. P.
Dutton & Co.
The findings Of a medium for whose
integrity Mr.. White vouches. Deals
with the technique of establishing
communication with another world.
(This Stewart Edward White is the
popular writer, author of The Long
Rifle and other books)
Animals.
WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO. By the
staff Of the Federal Writers
Project. General editor, Ralph
de Sola. New York: Halcyon
House
Brief life histories of different types
OF mammals now in captivity in the
New York Zoo. Prepared at taxpay-
ers' expense. Handsomely illustrated
with photographs.
Fiction.
THE FOREIGN DEVIL. BY Carter
Hixson. New York: Robert Speller
American girl in China threatened
by villains and saved by handsome
doctor from the U. S. A. Practicable.
LATE HARVEST. BY Sibyl Croly
Hanchette. New York: Robert
Speller.
Woman deciding between husband
or lover-in serious manner, that is.
Psuedo problem stuff
THE PADRE OF THE PLAINS. BY
The Padre Alfonso Atlanta: Wal
ter w. Brown Publishing Co.
Story of priest in plains parish
Homely humor. Simple.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

stands as an extraordinarily clear
and concise summary of the Nations
wars
Col. Spaulding upsets many pop
ular beliefs, such as that OF an out
ragged Nation of farmers springing
from the plow to the battlefield in
the Revolution without any advan-
tage OF training. Actually, he shows,
the Continental Army was made up
OF officers and men who had gained
much good, sound military training
In Colonial warfare. OF l3 general
officers appointed to the Continental
service in IT'S, he shows, all but 2
had had war experience, of them
in the grade of lieutenant colonel
or higher. OF the 70 general officers
commissioned during the entire Pc
rod Of the Revolution, only 81 had
not had military experience before
ITS; 16 had held commissions in
European armies. Connecticut alone
had 10000 men on its military rolls
in ITS, New Jersey had Is regi-
ments Of foot and II troops of horse
and Pennsylvania had So battalions
before the Revolution began. In fact,
he pointed out, every Colony was
| well organized"
While the work IS very complete,
1t would seem that Col. Spaulding
might have given his service more
credit for the extraordinary part 1t
Is playing in the Government of the
New Deal, period during which a
majority OF the officers of the Reg
ular Army have been called upon for
non military duties OF great impor-
| tance, ranging from organization of
the Civilian Conservation Corps to
handling Of finances for many of
the alphabetical agencies. Despite
| this drain upon its officer strength,
the Army has been able not only to
carry on but to 60 ahead with the
training OF scores of thousands of
Citizens Military Training Camp
volunteers, members of the Organized
Reserves. students of the Reserve Of
f1cers' Training Corps and the Ma
tional Guard. A solid tribute to the
present standard of military organiza-
tion would seem in order.
This is book which should be of
considerable interest to the hbtor-
ically minded layman as well as to
the student Of military science.
USE.
BOY IN BLUE. BY Royce Brier. New
York: D. Appleton Century Co.
FROM San Francisco newspaper
man comes this reminder that
Miss Mitchell's and Miss Gordon's
heroes in gray had foes as human
as they were. Following closely the
publication of Miss Gordon's None
Shall Look Back" and covering the
same Western territory Of the war,
boy in Blue" makes comparisons in
evitable. Here again are the battles
of the Army Of the Cumberland at
Murfreesboro and Lookout Mountain.
Miss Gordons description of Forrest s
gray raiders was one Of the finest
things that have come out Of all the
recent novels about the war. Her
emphasis was equal on the sweep OF
the battle and the individual solder.
kr. DEasr eonosnEatss upon The light
Evening star., 1937-05-08
|BLITHE TYPE OF MAGAZINE
Revue Is Periodical With Some Ideas About Happenings
Various Circles-One Magazine Tells About Group
of Others -Editonaizing in Fact Recording.

Of feet in general. as 'trilbIes.' Next
they used the childish diminutivs
'tootsies,' In the next stage, people
spoke OF Trilby as 'Toots,' meaning q
beautiful girl Of simple charm. Fin
ally the term extended to others and
the original reference to feet was
completely forgotten"
Or anyway, that's how P. OF P. and
American Speech have fixed 1t.
IHE second issue Of Bachelor Is
to hand, and assuredly the maga-
zine Is living up to its name. On its
cover, to be sure, 1t the royal coun-
tenance OF George ~ OF England,
who, II memory fails not was q mar
ried man, and one who did not make
the most brilliant success Of 1t either.
But within Bachelors pages is much
material OF kind evidently imagined
70 be severely and excludingly mas
cullne. (Some Of 1t is pretty good.
One bit Is an article by LuciuS
Beebe on Crosby Gaige, who is de-
scribed overwhelmingly as Son Of
the postmaster OF Skunk Hollow, New
York, distiller Of rare perfumes, hor.
tlculturalist Of skill, student Of hu.
manltles, Broadway producer Of note
Tor three decades, designer Of fine
books and collector of manuscripts and
literary items OF the first Importance.
machinist and wood carving enthu-
slast, cattle breeder, member Of the
photographed Society OF London and
associate Of iUnion de Sommeliers
de Paris, amateur Of the good life in
all It's variant aspects and Americas
Amateur Gourmet No. /, Crosby Gaige
Is legend Of Longacre Square and
one OF Manhattan's authenticallyA
distinguished men about boule.
wards.
And then Mr.. Gaige allows Mr..
Beebe to quote him on women.
The feminine idea Of salad, for
instance" says this Gourmet No. l.
lis something dolled up for May dav
parade. My own idea-and I believe
express the wholesome male pref
erence-is salad with plenty of good
greens, and lot Of olive oil and tar.
ragon vinegar. -"
In other words, II a salad is Door
1t is feminine and If it is good it is
"Wholesomely male" But this dis
tinguished man sounds, somehow, a
good bit like Father Adam. The sex
life Of the salad was first written in
| the Book of Genesis.
| FICTION PARADE announces that
something happened to its cover
for the May issue, and that it re-
ceived so many letters about the
trouble that it now has to get out a
bulletin to explain it. The trouble
was that lone of the many horses
which form the amusing background
for the title strip has legless rider
astride him"
Telling how it happened, the bulletin
says, Mr.. Bellamy, the editor, admits
| that the omission was not intended
when the drawing was made . BY
the artist, Christina Mailman. But
he says, that one legless rider came
to hold a strange charm for the
editorial staff and We all decided to
leave it that way on the finished
cover" Just touch OF whinlsy. in
other words, the weather being nice
that day.
Evening star., 1937-05-08

ing as it appeared to his hero-a view
often no wider than the patch of
woods where he waited or the ditch
he lay in. But it has the sound of
authenticity and truth 1t is written
realistically, but there is little that is
repulsiuly sordid. This was the
way men fought not gen.
erals.
The boy in blue was an Indiana
youth who went into battle prepared
to die because his unworthy sweet
heart spurned him for his brother.
He found Southern girl he loved,
was wounded, found the world of
knowledge in books, went back to
fighting, and, at 20. a broken, manned
man, prepared to build future. That
is almost all there is to the story,
but there are many dramatic and
amusing sidelights. BY no means an
exciting novel, Boy in Blue" is never
theless competent one E. T.
GALLOWS HILL. BY Frances VIM
war. New York: Henry Holt d Co.
THIS is well-done, though grim,
novel Of Colonial New England,
set in that particular time when the
witchcraft fever ran riot. 1t is oc-
cupied almost entirely with that sub
ject and ends with the hanging of
Bridget Bishop, an innocent woman,
for the dark crime which had so ter
rorized the mind of the Salem COM
munity. While there is nothing pleas
ant in the theme itself, the book
commands admiration for its realism
and its good writing. The author was
the 1888 winner of the Atlantic
Monthly prize, with her book Poor
Splendid Wings"
RIO. BY Hugh Gibson. Garden City:
Doubleday, Doran d Co.
THIS is work Of enthusiastic
praise of q place-of the city
OF Rio de Janeiro-by an American
Ambassador to Brazil. Rio clearly
fascinated Mr.. Gibson, and he made
It study, with results which must
commend themselves to readers who
want an up-to-date, detailed and
unguidebooklike picture of the
Southern capital. Rios markets
cookery, architecture, sports, history
and population are all discussed here
in the manner Of good things, while
the text Is illustrated with extraor-
dinarily fine photographs. Travel
ers, armchair or active, will like this
book.
THE GODS ARRIVE. BY Grant Levi
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co.
The end Of the story leaves with
the reader no very sure feeling that In
the case Of Karl Horton the half gods
have really gone. Nor is the reader
sure that the god that has fully ar
rived in the life Of the very emotional
young hero, either. "The Gods Ar
rive" processes to be story Of Amer
ican life and American business with
q little side excursion into the pur-
lieus of Greenwich Village.
Karl Horton, son of a prominent
Albany family, starts Independent life
as science teacher in high school
with . promising avocation as an
artist. Mistaking boredom with hi
wife and family for the artistic tenn
perament, he engages in an affair o,
two with other women until he re-
ceives . legacy which enables him to
provide for his family and leave them
10 devots @his HE to his At" o.
Evening star., 1937-05-08
World Affairs.
THE EMPIRE IN THE WORLD.

World Affairs.
THE EMPIRE IN THE WORLD
BY Sir Arthur Willert, B. K. Long
and H. v. Hodson. Edited by E
Thomas Cook. New York: The
oxford University Press.
A work setting forth the need for
planned development of the British
Empire and the world benefits which
would accrue from such an arrange
ment. Authoritative and scholarly.
UNHAPPY SPAIN. BY Pierre Crabites
Baton Rouge: The University OF
Louisiana Press.
A rejection Of the idea that the war
In Spain results from the setting OF
fascism against communism and in
slstence that it comes rather from dis
organization within. (See review OF
"Invertebrate SPAIN" this page)
WE COVER THE WORLD. BY 16
foreign correspondents. Edited by
Eugene Lyons. New York: Har-
court Brace g. Go.
Sixteen leading journalists, in
cluding some of the most eminent in
the world, tell of their work, their
methods and their big stories. An
interesting thing.
American Travel.
ADVENTURES IN GOOD EATING
BY Duncan Hines. New York
Adventures in Good Eating, Inc.
A State-by-State directory Of good
eating places along the highways OF
the land, with descriptions Of the inns,
their specialties and conveniences.
Fine for the motorist
RAW UNCLE SAM. BY Charles
Moody. Boston: Meador Publish
ing Co.
An imaginary motor trip with stops
in every State. Announced as being
possible to be made in 48 days for
less than $40 the day for two, pro-
vided, of course, that you own your
own car.
Coronation.
THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR. A book
OF portraits. With an Introduction
by the Marchioness OF Aberdeen
and Temair. New York: E. P. Dut-
ton Co.
A book Of pencil portraits Of the
members OF the English ruling family
The Duke Of Windsor comes last.
Social Conscience.
CHILD WORKERS IN AMERICA
BY Katharine Du Pre- Lumpkin