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Evening star., 1937-10-06
EL|HU ROOT BUST
GIVEN WAR UNIT
Tribute to College Founder
Presented by Carnegie
Corporation.

In commemoration of his services
Is Secretary of War, which included
establishment of the Army War Col
lege, the War Department has in
stalled marble bust of the late
Elibu Root in the rotunda of the War
College, it was announced today.
The bust, presented to the War
College by the Carnegie Corp. as a
tribute to the founder of the college
and OF the War Department general
stan, is the work of Earle Fraser.
Root assumed the Office of Secre-
tary of War under President McKin-
ley on August /, 1899, shortly after
the end of the Spanish War, and
continued in the post under Presi-
dent Roosevelt until February, 1904
He brought about creation of the
War College in 1901 to meet the need
for comprehensive plan of military
instruction and as a step toward crea-
ton of a general staff. The college
first was located at % Jackson place
and later was moved to its present
location at Washington Barracks, now
Fort Humphreys.
As soon as the War College was
founded bill providing for the gen.
eral staff was placed before Congress,
and it became a law in 1908. First
selections for the new general staff
Corps were made the same year. The
first four officers selected were Maj
Goethals and Capts. March, Dickman
and Pershing, all of whom were to
figure prominently in the history OF
the Army.
Prom the time Of the establish
ment OF the college to 1918 the char
acter and scope OF military instruc-
ton in the United States Army re-
ceived very substantial advance as
result Of the innovations of Mr.
Root" the War Department said. I'm
the World War the many military
leaders who had received that train
ing found themselves confronted with
almost every phase Of the art anc
science of war, and the results of their
leadership formed creditable proof
Of the value of that training"
Evening star., 1937-10-06
DISTRICT YOUTH KILLED
IN SPAIN TO BE HONORED
Loyalist Sympathizers Here to
Hold Memorial Service for
Sidney shosteck.

Memorial services to honor Sidney
shosteck. Washington youth killed
while fighting for the government
forces In the Spanish civil war, are
being planned here October II by
LOCAL sympathizers with the Loyalist
government cause.
Shosteck, 20, former student at
Eastern High School, was the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert shosteck, l12l
Orren street northeast They we're
informed Of his death this week by
Bernard Adde's, another Washing
tonian fighting for the Loyalists, who
returned here Sunday for a speaking
tour on behalf Of the Spanish gov
ernment cause.
Adde's said Shosteck was killed by
an insurgent sniper as . Loyalist de-
tachment entered the town Of Belchite.
Evening star., 1937-10-06

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Evening star., 1937-10-06

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the first to use mercury instead of alco-
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Evening star., 1937-10-06

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The Washington times., 1937-05-15
SCULPTURE

The Little Gallery will be the
scene Of a varied exhibition open
ing some time during next week.
The chief attraction at this ex-
hibition will be the work Of Fay
Gaer, well-known California sculp-
tress. Several Of her pieces Of work,
in various mediums, viii be shown.
In addition, a Retrospective ex-
hibition" of the works Of eight
artists whose paintings have been
shown at the Little Gallery dur
ing the past season will also be
hung.
The artists included In this lat
ter exhibition are Alice Coffin,
Bernice Cross. Col. Fitzmaurice
Day, Julia Eckel. Mitchell jamie
son, Cora Let's, David Morris and
Admiral Charles Russell Train.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15

Mr.. Childs is q washington cor
respondent. This Is his first full
length novel, although he wrote
Woman On the Shore" a short
story that was selected by Edward
J. OBrien as one Of the best stories
Of its year.
He is also known for his best
seller, Sweden: The Middle
Way" which was published by the
Yale University Press.
In his newest fiction adventure
he settles his story in background
in which he is now working. 1t is
q story about Washington, In
washington and around Washing
ton.
Familiar scenes and places can
be easily spotted. Also a number
Of events familiar to anyone who
has been around the wheel with
the big shots from up on the Hill
or near enough to some one to get
the lowdown every once in a while.
Mr.. Childs tells about lobbyist
who was once a Senator. He tells
how Charlie Squires puts his
shoulder to the wheel to put over
the appointment Of a Federal
Judge. He tells it rather bluntly
and perhaps his style needs pol
ishing . bit here and there. out
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
''Dead Is the
Door-Nail''

It has been modestly asserted
that Dead Is the Door-Nail," by
the pen of Paul Haggard, is the
toughest and funniest thriller
since 1.-THE Thin Man."
If a chain can be judged by its
weakest link and this book is
judged on its three or four tough
est episodes, the first part Of the
claim measures up. DaShiel Ham
NETT is pretty near the tops when
it comes to portraying a corpse-jug-
Cling mayhem artist, but Paul
Haggard runs close to the line for
tough ideas. His little flights
about overgrown tattooing needles
and how they make good torture
instruments are certainly not in
the tea party variety Of clever sit
uations. And for that matter he
does q corpse juggling act of his
own.
Newspapermen will probably
feel better toward him than they
do to the usual novelist and his
motion picture idea Of q good re-
porter. At times he allows Mike
Warlock some fine sweeps of
fancy in covering q story, but per.
haps he can be given some rope
as Mike is q sports writer who
just happened to be drawn into a
murder case.
And If the flesh and blood city
editors roared, bullied. banged
desks and always thought up ways
Of torturing reporters in true life,
it would take at least seven days
to get out one edition.
In other words, Dead Is The
Door Mail" has enough shocks in
it to make the reader Squeamish
about morgueS and drug addictS, to
say nothing about show girls who
carry shootin' irons, but one re-
porter some day in some mystery
thriller ought to have q chance to
live one hour Of normal existence
and spend q day at work without
drinking three quarts to keep him
awake.
The core Of this story is to find
out who killed Doris Castle. The
real murderer is cleverly hidden
until about Seven-eighths Of the
book is over, but then its excite
ment heightens as the hunt is
brought to a close.
Fast, hard and likable it is.
CDead Is The Door-Nail," by
Paul Haggard, published by Lip
pincott.) ~ y.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
'Murder, HALF
Baked"

"But Schmidty called this
corpse q tough one. Dead men
in general have o way Of look
ing unpFepOssessing, but this
one had . special look, Is
though he might have lived
with q high expectancy Of
murder. He had q face that
led me to expect that Inspector
Schmidt might easily identify
him as TOOts the Taller or
some such unsavOry parsonage.
Dead or alive. however. he was
. stranger" -
Which in q way Is the manner
in which Murder, Half Baked"
10 unfolded on an entirely sus.
pecting public by George sBagby,
the jovial creator Of Inspector
Schmidt. INK
Murder, the falling Of which is
. happy idea with Mr.. Bagby, Is
something that sounds much bet
ter If the telling of it is done with
at least some recognition Of the
fact that humor is good thing to
salt your nerves down with. So Mr..
Bagby created Inspector Schmidt.
His next move is to have . very
nice (noveliStically Spe akin g
corpse found on the beach at
Coney Island and then to let the
prepared inspector get the thing
all Strengthened out. ~
Perhaps Mr.. Bagby was . little
too realistically inclined with the
inspector this time and the inSpec-
tors feet hurt too much. but he
leaves the weary officer to discover
how come q man could be found
sunburned on a beach after q rain
storm where he couldn't have been
washed up by the waves and as
dead as a herring. Ask Inspector
Schmidt, he knows.
("Murder, Hall Baked" by
George Bagby. published by
Covici-Friede)
The Washington times., 1937-05-15

Life, love, and fortune swirled
about her and all to the advantage
Of the grownupS. Her own fierce
little loves, hates, and desires were
always getting showed around.
AS she saw life parading before
her in the strange ways Of older
sisters, mamma and papa. the
only one she really felt sure about
was her older brother.
And 50 through Chlo'S eyes Is
unfolded the story Of the Dillon
household Oh . plantation right
outside Q Louisiana town. Chlo's
childish fancieS, her surprises,
her hurts are all gently told.
The aches, pains and happiness
Of the grownupS also well up in
side Of her littls understood body
so she really is the Dillon family,
the whole Of it as time carries
them on.
This book, with all its tragedy
and sweetness. Il not at all blind
to humor. There was the time
that Chic climbed up the telegraph
pole and couldn't get down, and
the time she thought she would
eat the cherries IN the bottom Of
several dozen punch glasses and
sip the remaining liquid. Her ex-
perience in the latter case hap
pens to be one Of the clevereSt
descriptions Of q sudden and over
powertng case Of intoxication ever
put on record.
It is q beautifully written dOcu-
ment and one guaranteed to put
enough beauty in most anyone'S
humdrum existence.
Chic brings In her tiny baby
hands all the warmth and love
illness Of . tragedyscarred family
group and plays with emotion de-
spite her tomboy prankS.
("Never Say ood-bye," by Julia
Truitt Yenni. published by Reynal
81 Hitchcock
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
of
Rich Girl

1.-THE Foreign Devil" in the story
by this name happens to be a
Texan girl by the name Of Alad'
din.
Her family, having struck oil,
considered that it was the thing
to do to take daughter to Europe
for an education. Europe, as far
as Aladdin was concerned, was
Just hardly anything at all after
she had gotten over the first
glorious days, so she goes to China.
It is in the Orient that the story
and life for Aladdin begin to
warm I'D. She was accompanied
to China by an American doctor
and before he can do much about
it she is captured by q high priest
Of Menchu, who threatents her
life.
CThe Foreign Devil" by Carter
Hixson, published by Robert
Speller0
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
'RoHing Along
In Song"

Viking Press offered to music
lovers this week q very valuable
collection Of Negro songs edited
and arranged by j. RoSamond
Entitled Polling Along in
Song" this volume, in appropriate
size to fit piano music rack, con-
tains a chronological survey Of
American Negro music.
1t contains eighty-seven ar
rangements Of negro songs, In
GLIDING ring shouts. spirituals,
work songs, plantation ballads,
chain gang, Jail house, and min
Strel songs, streets cries and blues.
The plantation ballads include
such popular favorites as Oar
ling Nelly Gray" Listen to the
Mockin' Bird" Garry Me Back
to Old Virginia" and my Old
Kentucky Home" There is one
piece Of ragtime. FLORIDA Cake
walk" Street cries include
"Watermelons," "sweet Oranges"
and Chimney Sweeper"
The ones that are voices OF the
plantation and levee gatherings
include: Monkey Married the
Baboon's Sister," Turkey in the
Straw" "Shoo, Fly. Don't Bother
Me" and 1T Been Workin' on
de Levee."
A goodly portion Of the book
is given to religious expression
in song and all Of 1t is well
printed and offers Q fine collec-
ton for many evenings Of song
tests.
C"Rolling Along In Song. I"
edited bv J. Rcszmofid johnson,
published by Viking PreSSJ
The Washington times., 1937-05-15

he makes it interesting and alive.
There are enough scandalous
tidbitS in the volume to make the
reader wonder the next time he
or she comes face to face with
some Of the Nations great, and yet
it can hardly be said to be often
sively written compared with some
Of the everyday news stories han
died week in and week out by the
correspondents who cover the
Government in Washington.
Mr.. Childs' book may prove an
eye opener for some, but it most
certainly will be the subject OF
much interesting discussion at
Washington's nous cocktail
hour.
It is an honest, worthy effort.
("Washington Calling" by Mar.
quis W. Childs, published by VII.
liam Morrow & Coz.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15

Inc ORIENT IN summer, WIFI
wiSteria and cherry blossoms. {.
the Orient in winter. with snow
covering pagodaS. the mystery
of forbidden cities and temples
so old the years have ceased to
count. busy market places with
the mysterious up-and-down script
Of the Orient. the exhibit in
cludes them all.
Her prints have that quality Of
stirring up half-forgotten dreams
and yearnings to see the beauties
Of the places and peoples she
paints. Some artists paint far
away places, and their paintings
are Just pictures Of scenes foreign
to us, beautiful as the paintings
themselves may be. But Miss
Keith's prints are different.
She seems to have captured the
Orient in such a way that she
succeeds in, transferring her ad-
miration to those who see her pic
tureo4&
The beautiful blues that are so
peculiar In japanese prints are
In Miss Keith's pictures. Blue in
the sea, the sky and in the dress
Of the natives. midnight blues
over the Pacific. even in the
twilight.
Her titles are illumination.
"Matchu Lady Of the last Dy-
nasty, = The Tai Miao-Peking, "
Traffic in the Forbidden City"
"The Good Earth" 'The King Of
Slams Royal White Elephant, %
cling Yin Monastery - Hang
chow, 1.-THE White Buddha -
Keijo."
Korea, China. Japan, Malay, all
these places that sound so alluring
have been Miss Keith's home over
q period Of many years, and, in her
prints, she has apparently truth
fully reproduced all that she saw.
Miss Keith is q native Of Aber-
deensnire. Scotland, which she left
as a child. She studied for q little
while in London art schools and
then went to the Far East. She has
sketched the Anus, Japanese, Chi.
nese; Koreans, and some Of the
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
Current
Art

Corccran Gallery Of Art
ExhibitlOn Of prints by Elizabeth
Keith
Studio House
Exhibition Of work by students
Of Gallery School Of Art.
Smithsonian Building
Division Of Graphic Arts
Exhibition Of prints BY Chicago
Society Of Etchers.
Public Library
Exhibition of work Of pupils Of
Eagen WeiaE.
Mt. Pleasant Branch Library
Central High School Students'
work.
Gallery Of Modern Masters
:, Exhibition Of water cOlOFS By
Howard Giles.
Arts Club
Summer exhibition Of MEMBER
work. beginning tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

FICTION
The Years
Virginia WOOlR HarcOGFt
Tb@ Outward Room
Millsn Brand BimOa
Theater
w. Somerset Vaughan Doubleday
Three Comrades
Erich EOvin RsmaRqus Little
OF Mice and Men
John StslnbOck COvicA
We Are Not Alone
james Hilton Little
NoNFIoTIoN
Coronation Commentary
GS0ffEey Dennis DOdd
Miracle Of England
Andre MaarOlS HarpsRs
How to Win Friends
Carnegie Simon
Mathematics for the Millions
L. MoGbsn Merton
Angels in Undress
Marx BenAsy Random
Present indicative
N0sl Coward DOublsdAy
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
For the Blind

Knopf reports that the following
Borzoi books have been put into
Braille: "Gunner's Daughter, "
The Dutch Cheese" (for children
and "Trent's Own Case" (detec-
tive story. This firm Is also pub
fishing Warrick Deeping's Blind
Mans Year"
The Washington times., 1937-05-15

lesser-known tribes Of the Pacific
Isles.
Her works are in the British
Museum, National Gallery of
Canada, Uneyo Museum Of Tokyo,
and the University Museum Of
Honolulu. 'a@ ~
The exhibition will continue until
May %.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
London News Letter

Doubleday, Doran and Company
this month is inauglrating q new
service for the book trade with the
issuance Of their own London
News Letter. It will cover the
current English book news.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
Life AS Seen Through
Eyes of a Child

"Never Say Goodbye contains all the tenderness that
really true person find in the tiny Of little miss
aged r. Chic in the middle Of family containing
too many children. She lived in the South.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
Paintings and
Ora wings

The work Of pupils Of Eugen
Weisz, associate director Of the
Corcoran School Of Art. Is being
shown in the second floor lobby
Of the Public Library, Eighth and
K Streets Northwest, during the
month Of May.
Interesting symbolic designs,
water color work, local scenes and
black and white illustrations are
included in the exhibition.
At the Mt. Pleasant branch, the
pupils Of Katherine Sunny of the
art department Of Central High
School are showing their work I'M
til the end of the month. Paint
ings and drawings comprise the
work in this exhibition.
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
Color and Lure of Orient
CAPTURED by Artist

The perennial lure Of the Orient is dramazed by Elizabeth
Keith famous color prints of which exh
bon the Corcoran Gallery Of Art Beautiful in themselves
her prints add color and glamour to flights into fancy
The Washington times., 1937-05-15
New Political Novel
Intriguing

Washngtonans those who politically minded and those
who wish they weren't bothered will find somethng to in
tsrest them in Washington Calling the new political novel
bv Maruus W. Chds.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-13
TWO POLITICAL COMMANDMENTS

Below are given two commandments or maxims,
as the authority is not so well accepted by those
who never heard of him, which are so important
or should be, in the world of politics as the Ten
Commandments are in the world of morals
The author of these maxims was great English
man. Walter Bagehot. He was one of the men upon
whom Woodrow Wilson depended for much of his
political and governmental inspiration and thought
The two maxims given below are from Bagehots
book "The English Constitution" written seventy
years ago.
Here they are:
Whatever is unnecessary in government is
pernicious."
"The most dangerous of all sinister interests
is that of the executive government, because
it is most powerful"
Bagehot had in mind the government OF his own
country but what he says here applies to our own
as well.
Every American citizen should wear these two
thoughts on his heart and mind, to speak, but
our own fear is that very very few citizens give
hang about it.-Greenwood Index-Journal.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-13
SOCIAL SECURITY JOBS

Statistically- mnded people seeking puzzle to
occupy their leisure time can find in the ques-
ton of how many thousands of people the state
and federal governments will have to employ to
administer the various provisions of the Social Sc
curity Act.
AS starter, it is shown that almost $4,000 gov
eminent employees are required to administer the
English unemployment insurance alone. Since our
insured population will be at least double Eng
lands, that might suggest a tentative figure OF
$4,000 employees for that phase of the measure
But unemployment insurance here is administered
largely by state agencies, which might mean that
the grand total would be larger In addition to all
that however, is the od-age pension plan, with its
necessity to keep separate record for every en-,
ploye Some estimates of the help that will even
tually be needed run to 100000 or more.
But in additino to governmental employees, nu'
merous enterprises are finding it necessary to EN-
ploy extra help to operate their own records fol
these programs, as well as by additional office
equipment The law undoubtedly viii place added
costs upon numerous enterprises entirely aside
| from the taxes imposed. As a job-creator the So
cial Security Act must take high rank. A sizablt
proportion of the population, evidently, is going
/ to be permanently employed taking care of eacf
others social security. But even so, one wonders
if any difference will be noticed in the relief rolls
/ -Greenville News.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-13
WRONG WAY, FRANKLIN

If President Roosevelt's message to congress is
interpreted correctly calling on the Supreme
court to heed popular sentiment in passing on New
Deal legislation, then that portion of the presi-
dents message must be regretted.
Should the Supreme court be guided by popular
sentiment instead of it's honest Interpretation of
the national constitution then its decisions would
be just as important the decisions of baseball
umpire who called a out at first base and then
called him safe because the bleachers demanded it.
Even if it were proper that the Supreme court
should be guided by popular sentiment IN interpret
ing the Constitution of the United States, it fol-
lows that there should be set up some national
euage of what constitutes popular sentiment: Of
ten the gang that hoers loudest has the least in.
teligence, frequently the least numerical strength
What better way then, Mr.. President, of deter.
mining popular sentiment on any important meas,
ure, than by submitting that measure to the vote
of the people of the United States in the form OF
an amendment to the Constitution of the United
States?-Fayetteville Observer. ,