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Evening star., 1937-10-16
LET BOOK READERS BEWARE
Critics Would Rather Blame Than Praise 1t Is Probably Due
to the Fact That 1t Is Safer Since Publishers Now Use
the Sales Methods of Grocers

greatest inspiration from these little
animal friends. I call the turtle Old
Crusty,' she writes, and I think /
shall name the cheetah Spots. Just
love turtles and Just adore cheetahs.
Mrs. Blurb's new romance, How She
Found Her Heart Is soon to be pub
lished, and no doubt will equal its
predecessor In popularity"
Now fancy that. But 1t is no exag-
geration. The mail Of every reviewer
comes loaded down with such drivel,
and somebody, Of course, is actually
getting paid to produce 1t, too. Is it
really necessary to the business OF
making literature available to the pub
lie? Do publishers have to struggle to
keep step with grocers, cigarette manu-
facturers, patent medicine sellers and
the like? Since, apparently, they do,
the reviewer has q suggestion to make
to them. Here 1t Is:
Put your advertising in the hands
OF professionals and give reviewers 4
rest. Turn 1t over to real advertising
agencies and let them go to town" on
1t. That Is their business and nobody
can do it better. Your Joy Blurb ma
terial Is pale gentility beside what
they can do. A real advertiser would
made 1ncandescent stuff of the die
tionary. And reviewers would not have
to open 80 many idiotic letters.
THE reviewers favorite among the
new magazines remains the mod
est little monthly Globe. Globe COM
bines the best features Of the prevail
ing magazine market. 1t has a lot Of
stun about different far places, but, un-
like the average travel article, Globe s
can be read. They are not Just an
excuse for photographs of the scenery.
But Globe also has pictures, and they
are as good as the rule. They are not
up to Coronet, but they are not meant
to be. Coronet specializes in pictures.
Globe just runs them in. And 1t has
excellent features, comments on poll
tics, fiction, calendars of events and
each month projected tour. Above
all. there is good taste about it. OF
how many OF the new magazines can
as much be said? You can count them
on the fingers of single hand.
THE Fall Round Table Is out, that
calm quarterly given over to ap-
| praisal Of matter in the world which
may afiect the British Commonwealth,
and 1t gives us the following interest
Evening star., 1937-10-16

from men who, like Mr.. Johns, were
of lesser eminence and who, finding
their artistic revolt unproductive in
themselves, turned to social doctrines
and revolutionary politics for their out.
It is perhaps fortunate. The social
historian, as has been said, will want
source material, and they are giving
1t to him. Mr.. Johns, for example,
writes eloQuently Of Polly's and Ro-
many Aar1e'A
Evening star., 1937-10-16

forcibly to the reviewer was rs to
how few of the early intellectuals-
the bohemians Of the early teens-had
done anything Of lasting merit. AL
ready, 20 years afterward. the names
of the great body of them are dim and
hard to remember. The mountain
peaks stand, Of 'course-Lowell, Frost,
Millay, Robinson-but they are not the
ones who are writing their lives. The
plethora Of autobiographies comes
Evening star., 1937-10-16
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Northwest Passage. Roberts. Dou.
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The Citadel. Cronin. Little
Brown.
Young Henry Of Navarro. Mann.
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Europa in Limbo. Bri1fault. Scrib-
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John Cornelius. Walpole. Double
day-Doran.
Non-Fiction.
The Good Society. Lippmann.
Little Brown.
Andrew Jackson. James. Bobbs-
Merrill.
The, Arts. Van Loon. Simon &
Schuster.
The 1888 Book of Small Houses.
Simon & Schuster.
New Frontiers of the Mind. Rhine.
Farrar g. Rinehart.
Life With Mother. Day. Knopf.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Cont ued From Page Two)

town, late candidate for Governor
on the Temperance Reform ticket,
with his daughters, spent yester-
day in Smyrna.
r. H. Edmonds, of Baltimore,
editor of the Manufacturers Rec
ord, of Baltimore, with his wife,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Aub-
rey Vandever of Clayton on Sun
day.
Herbert D. Alice, who left here
over year ago to take a position
in a railraod office at Omaha is on
a visit to relatives and friends.
Joseph Pratt of Chicago, has
come home" to spend the holidays.
A. u. Hudson left yesterday to
attend the meeting of Grangers at
Georgetown.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

n ENERAL Robert Lee Bullard,
- World War Commander Of the
First Division A.E.F.. has accepted
the Craftsmanship of the Board of
Advisors of the Castle Heights
Military Academy. owned and op-
Grated by the Bernarr Macfadden
Foundation.
Robert Lee Bullard was born in
Youngsboro. Alabama. in the deep
South, on January Is. 1861. His
first job was that of a country
school teacher. Then came his ap-
pointment to West Point and the
start of his soldering career. After
graduation, he saw action in the
Apache campaign where he won his
commission as Captain. Soon fol-
lowed the Spanish American War
where he lead his 3rd Alabama In
fantry to victory. After the war he
became Governor Of the district of
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

tons future than is William p.
Wright, "P. B." 1t may as well be
remarked right now that 'P. B."
means perfect brick, of which Will
liam has some 100000 now on hand
to meet an early spring trade. In
the meantime Hudson & Moore are
keeping up their end of the boom"
in good lumber. James w. Spru-
ance on the Bayard tract has al
ready secured a number of fine
houses and the cannery. Mr.. Spru-
ance's chief aim however, appears
to be to square the streets here
from the railroad to meet those of
Smyrna if it takes the next few
hundred years to do it.
Yours truly,
Learn.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

Lanao, in the Philippines. In 1909
1915 he went back to teaching in the
Army's War College at Washington.
When America entered the World
War In 1917, General Bullard was
commissioned a Major General in
command of the First A.E.F. Divi-
sion. Here his company won the
first battle at Montdidier and be-
came the spear-head Of the Amer
lean offenses. which crumpled the
Marne silent.
In recognition for his able COM
mand and work he was promoted
to rank next that Of General Perish
ing and assigned the task of direct
ing cur new Second Army in a
drive against the great stronghold
of Metz. For his bravery as a field
officer and in continual contact with
the enemy, he won the nickname of
"Counter-attack" Bullard. He was
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

awarded the distinguished Service
Medal. as well as various decora-
tions by the Allied nations. He also
received the honorary degrees of
Doctor of Military Science from
Pennsylvania Military College and
LID. from Columbia University.
Still teacher at heart. General
Billiards. greatest interest is in the
children of today; his ambition to
build Americas youth into the fin
est In the world. Therefore, he has
accepted the post of Chairman Of
the Castle Heights Military Acade-
my. which has an enrolment of
400 junior and senior students,
from eight to eighteen years old.
Here youngsters have the oppor-
tunity to receive a military train
ing which win help build their
bodies and minds up to a manly
and commanding youth.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

sents to pose for him. That en-
counter seals her fate, for the man
is irresistible. They bring about
the double wedding, for in the
meanwhile Florence Rice, as Miss
Loy's younger sister, already has
married John BeaI. Neither of the
ceremonies comes off, however, un-
til the story complications have
provided a wealth of laughs.
Monday and Tuesday-'"Th Per
feet Specimen" a comedy-drama
starring the immensely popular
Enrol Flynn and the no less we'll
liked Joan Blondell, has been rated
by review critics as among the
very bestl augh-and-thrill photo
plays of the year. 1t is said to
show that Flynn, in addition to his
qualities as swashbuckling fight
er with ancient weapons is also a
f1rst-class battler with the gloved
fists in the roped ARENA new To-
Gale for the handsome Irishman.
An amusing idea actuates the
story of THE Perfect Specimen. "
There are two fights in the show,
both of which Enrol wins; there is
a kidnapping scare; there's a goofy
poet, played by Hugh Herbert; a
whimsical secretary to the old
lady, played by Edward Everett
Horton; a tough mugg, played by
Allen jenkins; an energetic youth,
played by Dick Foran, of western
movie fame; an attractive young
lass played by Beverly Roberts
and no end of other amusing char
acters.
Wednesday and Thursday Joan
Crawford, who will be seen in
Rain, is herself far more inter
esting, more vital, than any role
she has created upon the screen.
Restless, moody, high-strung, she
makes full use of every hour as If
she felt that life is all too short.
In the famed role of "Sadie Thomp-
son" she reaches a zenith enjoyed
by few Hollywood actresses.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
Attractions at Strand Theatre

To-day Something new in screen
entertainment, Walter Wanger's
Vogues of 1888" This gay music
al stars Warner Baxter and Joan
Bennett at the head of an imposing
cast, including Helen Vinson,
Micha Auer, Alan Mowbray, Jer-
ONE Cowan, Marjorie Kateson, Dor
othy McNulty, Alma Kruger, Polly
Rowles, and the Walter Wanger
Models -"the most photographed
girls in the world, whose beauty
and shapelines the producer has
framed in style creations from
three famous designers, and furs
and jewels valued at S1,000,000.
The story, merry, mad original
by Samuel and Bella Spewack, au-
thors of boy Meets Girl" revolves
around herman couturier (Bax-
teri, hereditary head of the fash
ionable House of Curson," and a
beautiful New York socialite Joan
Bennett) who jilts a multi-million-
aire on her wedding day to become
a mannequin.
Monday and Tuesday - Eddie
Cantor's first picture for Twentieth
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

cent OF the total mortality for all
age periods. The latest statistics
show that the seven leading causes
OF death (shown above). called by
some the Seven Horsemen of
Death" continue to be led by tuber-
culosis as robber of lives in these
highly important years. Until tuber
culosis ceases to kill our young men
and women in such large numbers
Christmas Seals must be used as
ammunition in the war on the Great
White Plague.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
continuous corn.

Century-Fox is cali Baba Goes to
Town." n1irth-musical hit, with
Tony Martin, Roland oYung, June
Lang, and Louise Hovick, heading
the cast of entertainers. High
lights of the show include Eddie
aboard the Magic Carpet; the
harem's Sultana, Louise HovicK,
making love to rowing eyed Eddie,
and the sumptuous banquet with
Eddie as master of ceremonies.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
LETTER FROM CLAYTON

Dear Times:-Would you like to
hear from US? OF course you
would. Well, here goes. Great is
the Pennsylvania Railroad. Under
the snap of his whip Clayton is
rushing into a bustling railroad
town with the speed Of two or
three pairs Of seven league boots.
Tracks, curves and switches, are
going down with marvellous rapid
ity. So intricate is some of this
work that it appears like a laby-
rinth through the iron horse is
made to turn and twist through
many devious way. But all is
system. Probably the ablest rail-
road skill in the country is concen-
trated right here. One proof, with
others, is the ease and celerity with
which everything is done connected
with the business. This is only at
tainable with experience drill, and
abundance Of money. 1t is possible
to succeed in some enterprises
without these, not even excepting
the last, but not here. Money be-
gets money. A young fortune is
wrapped in some of these locomo-
tives, and they rush in here from
all directions drawing long trains,
a dozen or more a day. An army
of employees will soon center here,
and locate homes. It will be con-
sidered too far to 60 into Smyrna
to transact bank business, and the
bronzed door Of a National are al
ready thought Of. Nothing short
of an earthquake will stop the for
ward movement of this town. No
collision will do it. The sheriff is
not born that can place his grip
upon the 'fPennsy." This is the
stimulus for new houses to 60 up.
Acts Of Incorporation obtained
Streets laid out, raised and graded
in all directions. The saw of the
carpenter and the brush of the
painter are in demand and have
been for more than a year. 1t
seems children are growing here by
contrast. In a little while an l.
with a steeple is added to the old
school house to accommodate the
rush. The nearby forest traders
come in, stare in openeyed wonder,
make their few simble purchases
on "tick" and HE themselves back
to their eyries in the woods be-
wildered. The social features of
life are not tagging by any means.
Parties, festivals anl reunions, are
commonly frequent. In this re-
spect one of the leading citizens
celebrated his 'Arbor Wedding re
Gently quite unexpected: it hap
pened from the forgetfulness Of his
wife creeping into bed with her
hustle on. OF course, there is as
elsewhere, some old fossils who
will neither marry, nor give in
marriage or in anything else. To
all intents no one in business here
is more alive to the needs Of Clay
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
LLIZNLZLALLLCW

The illustration above, in showing
The seven leading causes of death in
the United States. reveals the star
tling fact that tuberculosis occupies
first rank as the cause of death for
the productive years between Is and
IS. Nearly 10000 men and women in
that age group died last year from
this preventable disease. Tubercu.
losis accounted for almost 16 per
cent of deaths from all causes dur.
ing the Is to 45 age period although
1t was responsible for only 5 per
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
MONIES M. ::
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Attractions at Roxy Theatre

To-day, Friday and Saturday
Double Wedding" starring Will
liam Powell as an artist who lives
in a studio-trailer, and Myrna 10y
as a gown-show proprietor. Double
Wedding is the Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer adaptation Of Ferenc Mol
mars remembered stage comedy,
he has never had a more amusing
vehicle than this. Arriving in a
city he meets the charming man
ager of an exclusive gown shop and
promptly falls in love with her.
In order to get rid Of him. more
than for any other reason, she con
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS

/ COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
A new draw bridge is to be built
by the railroad company at Leurel
Middletown has completed her
system of Water Works, and order
ed hose to use in case of fire.
The Sentinel says that Caesar
Rodney monument movement is an
old Chestnut" But it oughfn't to
be for Dover.
The Rev. ]. Leighton McKim has
accepted the call to become rector
of st. PauPs Church, Georgetown,
until next Easter.
B. ]. Moore, of Laurel, clerk of
the Senate of the State, has re-
moved to Wilmington and is en-
gagged in the insurance business.
A colored brass band of Milford
left that town Friday, to join
Frank Robinson's circus, which
will sail for South America in a
few days.
Cards are out for the marriage
of Miss Aline Mason Richardson of
Lewes and Thomas Whaley Tim
mons, a merchant of Salisbury, on
December is.
The large barrel factory of Will
liam G. Pennypacker of Whining
ton, with a capacity of 5000 bar
rels a day, was totally destroyed
by fire on Saturday.
J. G. Fleming and Miss Gerogia
Anderson were married at the
home of the brides mother in Har-
rington on Wednesday morning,
the Rev. John Wartham officiating.
twenty-five probationers were
admitted to the M. E. Church at
Newark Thursday night. This
makes a total of SO since the pro
tracted meetings have been in pro
gress.
William Hayes, a brakeman on
the P. w. and B. railroad, was run
over by a freight car at the West
Yard, Wilmington, on Friday, and
had his left leg and left arm sew
cred. He died in a few hours.
The Delaware State Grange
wants fair treatment by railroads
of the fruit growers and shippers
of the Peninsula, and has gone to
work in the right way bringing its
complaints to the attention of the
interstate commerce commission.
4. B. Merritt, owner of the
European Hotel, Wilmington, has
leased his well known hostelrie to
John G. Garwood of alem, N. j.,
who will take possession on Thurs
day next. Mr.. Merritt will retire
from active business to his farm,
near Massey, Md.
Sunday evening was a great night
in the history of Scott Methodist
Episcopal Church of Wilmington.
The whole debt standing against
the property has been extinguish-
ed, and that evening the mortgages
were burned in the presence Of the
congregation.
William N. Boggs, teller of the
First National Bank, and Miss Liz
zie F. Miller, one of Dover's fash
ionable ladies, will be united in
marriage at the residence Of the
brides mother on Bradford street,
tomorrow. After the ceremony
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

More than 100 persons interested
in dairy cattle breeding attended
the one-day breeding school Mon
day afternoon Of last week at the
University of Delaware HoIstein-
Freisian Association of America
The school was held in the audi
torium of the new chemistry build
ing. DR.. E. H. Heizer, of Ohio
State University, and genticist OF
the Holstein-Freisian Association
of America, who is considered one
Of the foremost authorities on cat
tie breeding, was the principal
speaker.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

they will occupy their handsomely
furnished residence on Governors
Avenue.
Mrs. Charlotte S. Prettyman,
widow of the late Rev. William
Prettyman, departed this life on
Sunday morning last in the Seth
year TO her age. She was the
daughter of Sheppard Prettyman
who lived near Lewes. Her an
cestors settled there about two
hundred years ago, and the old
homestead still remains in the fam
lily. All the Prettymans in Amer
lea came from her family and all
from Sussex county in this State.
She was forerlya teacher in the
Wesleyan College in Wilmington,
and during that time it was the
leading college for women in
America.
Four buildings, including the
store of c. G. Hubbard, were de-
stryoed by fire at East New Mar
ket on Thursday morning, involv-
ing loss of $4,000; insurance 81
100.
An Easton youth invested S1.5O
in a New York firm to discover
How to appear well in society"
The receipt which he received by
mail was short, simple and easily
understood: Always keep your
nose clean and don't suck more
than one finger at a time"
Several thousand rabbits were
recently shipped from England to
parties in Northampton county,
and have been put upon some of
the smaller islands along the At
lantic coast. It is hoped in this
was to replenish the stock which
between the hunters and red foxes
is fast becoming extinct on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
A trotting course and fair
grounds will be prepared at Ches-
tertown, Md, for next season.
twenty-five acres of land have
been secured from DR.. George
Perkins on a lease for ten years.
The Kent County Agricultural So
ciety, whose grounds and buildings
are at Worton, will be asked to
join the new company and remove
their fair to ChestertoWn. New
buildings will be erected next
spring.
Last week Andrew Jackson Will
lis, sentenced to eighteen years in
the penitentiary for burning the
Talbot county paper mill on the
night Of Sunday, June 26th last,
made a full confession of his rea-
son for destroying the building and
how it was done. He says he and
one Joseph R. Vansant, both en-
ployes 70 the mill formerly, had
robbed it of a great deal of brass
during its idleness, and as the mill
was to have started soon they be
came afraid that their thefts would
be traced home to them So they re-
solved to destroy all evidence of
their depredatoins by destroying
the whole structure. Willis says
that he ignited the mill at four
places and Vansant at three.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
The Worlds Record Battle

The battle of Namasigue, which
occurred during the hostilities be-
tween Honduras and Nicaragua, in
1907, is said to be a world record
in respect to the proportion Of cas-
ualties of the number engaged com
pared with the actual time of fight
ing. Three thousand or more were
killed in a few minutes of actual
combat.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

town, has appointed Elwood 1. Ban.
ming. Lee Pennington and Kenneth
Pennewill to arrange the program
at the annual meeting of the Vol
unteer Hose Company to be held
January 7th. Chief Harris Berk-
man reports five fires during No
vember, with a total loss of S1O5
The apparatus mileage was DC
miles.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

Land planted continuously to
corn in this nlinoise experiment
yielded about half as much during
the last ten years as it did in 1888,
the first year shown on the chart.
On land planted to a rotation of
oats and corn the corn yield at the
end of 43 years was about half the
yield at the beginning of the ex-
pertinent. On land planted to a
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

tuberculosis is a costly disease
costly to the individual, the family
industry and the community, Miss
Emily P. Bissell, said last week il
discussing the Christmas Seal cam
paign. Approximately 5000 replies
have been received by the Della
ware Anti-Tuberculosis Society in
their direct mail appeal. This cor
responds favorably with returns re-
ceived last year.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
No Trapping Fort Dupont Marsh

Col. c. L. Hall of the First En-
gineers, Fort Dupont, has issued
orders, that hunting or trapping
by members of that post or by civ
ilians on the Fort DUPONT reserva-
tion, is prohibited. A patrol com
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

rotation Of corn, oats and clover,
supplemented by applications of
manure, phosphate and lime, yields
increased by II per cent over a
28-year period. During the last
10 years, this land yielded on the
average more than two and one
half times as much as did land in
continuous corn.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

The 1888 convention of the Della
ware State Volunteer Firemen will
be held in Newark Wednesday and
Thursday, September 7th and 8th,
it was announced last week at a
meeting of the Aetna Hook, Hose,
and Ladder Company, the host
unit.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Miss Helen Stokes and Glen "
Cool, both of Wyoming, were mar
ried in Barratt's Chapel Saturday
afternoon, December 4, by Rev
Robert E. Green, of Magnolia.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

A truck, the property of Ernest
Rash and driven by his son, Nelson
Rash, was destroyed by fire Mon
day of last week on the highway
ten miles from Harrington.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

The dial system central office
building for the Diamond State
Telephone Company at Smyrna
was completed recently, the ]. A.
Bader and Company, Inc, Whining
ton contractors and builders have
announced.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

The new Milford Memorial Hos
pltal has received a gift from B. F.
Davis, Jr., of New York city in
for mof eight valuable lots at Re-
hoboth Beach. DR.. C. Layton
Grier, chairman of the board, said
the lots were appraised at Sc 500.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

Walter Warrington, popular
Dover merchant, has purchased the
Mast property at the corner of
Bradford and Fulton streets, Do
ver. The transaction was made
through the real estate office of G.
Leslie Gooden.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

According to report the senior
class of Harrington high school
will clear about SIS from its an
nual play given Friday night. The
fund will be used to assist in de-
fraying the expenses of a Washing
ton trip.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

Herbert L. Phillips of Middle
Smyrna times., 1937-12-16

manded by a so,N =
ncer' ns will cove, s'l'.s ~
Chesapeake.Drs,l.a .a'&
north. to t5a Dslasa.s
range to the sor.t sra tst2.
manded BY a no5., j, 4,
ne neer vii cover r.
chesapeakeDsls@1,.e y
north to the sps en- 's',S !.
aaRge to the sop-s \
enforce the ord.. 2
been instructs5i /, l. !, n
boats tied 10 !, :. :. NJ
traps observed -
The arrest Of al 7. y,
be made. gs.