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The Washington times., 1937-07-19
RACKET TRIAL
TO RESUME
TOMORROW

UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July
19.-County Circuit Court will re-
convene here tomorrow to continue
the trials Of seven men facing
charges Of conspiracy in an al
legged bonding and ticket fixing
racket at the county police station
at Hyattsville.
Court recessed Friday after the
State rested its case against seven
Of the nine men indicted. Charges
against two former policemen.
Howard Slater and Maurice Hamp-
ton, were nolle pressed because
several Of the States witnesses
were unable to appear to testify
against them.
Court did not meet today be-
cause one Of the judges, Joseph c.
Mattingly, had to sit at circuit
court opening in Charles county
this morning.
Defense counsel, headed by
LanSdale G. SaSScar, are expected
to base their case on the conten-
ton that the witnesses for the
prosecution, mostly victims Of the
alleged racket, were biased and
that they had been induced to ap-
pear at the trial and before the
grand jury by threats, or by prom
iseS that they would get their
money back.
Defense counsel were unable to
induce any prosecuting witnesses
to admit they had been coerced.
The defense also will contend
that discrepancies in justice Of the
peace reports, police blotter, and
court docketS were ordinary rou-
tine changes and not attempts to
cover up shortages in collateral
deposits or bond premiums.
The Washington times., 1937-07-19
TO HEAR
CAVANAUGH

ARLINGTON, Va, July 19.-Dr.
John r. Cavanaugh, cardiac clinic
professor at Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital, will be the guest
speaker at the July meeting of
the Arlington County Business
and professional! Women's Club at
$50 p. m. Friday in the George
Mason Hotel, Alexandria.
DR.. Cavanaugh, also an instruc.
tor at the National Catholic
School Of Social Work, will speak
on "Some Of the Problems Pre-
sented in Heart Disease, both
Physically and Socially"
Mrs. Mamie Middleton, president,
will report on the national con.
vention at Atlantic City, N. J. The
meeting has been postponed from
last week.
The Washington times., 1937-07-19
SprinkIers End Loafers

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 10
G.N.S0-The summer seasons cpl
demic Of loafers who sit by day
and, sleep by night on the lawns
Of public buildings here will be
kept off the lawns Of the new city
hall. A lawn sprinkler system was
installed today and 1t will be
turned on whenever loafers alight.
The Washington times., 1937-07-19
Tax to Fight Locusts

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, July 10.
At the request of the Minister of
Agriculture, Congress is engaged
in enacting a tax of 40 cents each
on all male inhabitants of the
republic between the ages Of 10
and so with which to combat the
locust plague, which threatens to
wipe out the cereal and other crops
and is destroying much vegetation.
The Washington times., 1937-07-19
Enters Motor Races

Len Duncan will compete In the
weekly automobile races at tn e
CroSsbay Speedway, CroSsbay Bou.
levard and Sunrise Highway, to-
morrow night.
The Washington times., 1937-07-19
Cancels Plan to Fly

Objections Of parents Of foot
ball players caused Ohio State to
cancel plans to fly the team to
Los Angeles to play Southern Cal
ifornia october 9.
The Washington times., 1937-07-19

NEW MARKET. VA.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Across Spoon
River

Often the reading Of an auto
biography is a painful experience,
The self-made author either cries
out a boast Of the spectacular in
his life or hides in an embarrasS-
ment of words so that it is hard,
even if you are sympathetic, to
find just what kind Of a person
he is trying to present.
1t is helpful therefore to note
that Edgar Lee Masters in his
recently published life story car
ries some Of the dogged persist
ence that is evidenced in his liv-
ing into his writing. Exacting
from his memory a score of de-
tails that are but part of a
framework he plows on. And,
in this factual manner he ac-
complishes the paradox of re-
counting a romance.
If Edgar Lee Masters has been
but a symbol Of midwestern cul-
ture to you before you read the
book he will be a man and a poet
before you finish.
Curiously enough he fulfills the
prescription for a true poet. He
is a seeker Of beauty and an indi-
vidual drawn to expression in
rhyth.
His search for beauty leads him
frequently into the arm of a men,
Der of the fair sex. And in order
not to leave stone unturned in
searching for the right tints and
the right perspective in drawing
this self portrait, he candidly de-
Scribes his successes and failures.
Matter of fact as his narrative
may be at times it will draw you
finally to a closer understanding
of the author of Across Spoon
River"
Across Spoon River" by Edgar
Lee Masters. published by Farrar
and Rinehart,
The Washington times., 1937-01-02

emy. Rome; Paul Rainey Memorial
Gateway, New York Geological
Park; Armillary Sphere and Foun.
tain, Philips Academy, Andover.
Mass; Soldiers Memorial, Thiau-
court, France, and the sculpture
in the gardens Of Herbert Pratt.
of New York, and Charles S.
Schwab, Loretto, Pa.
Mr.. Manship has received the
following medals and prizes for his
sculpture: Helen Barnet prize, N.
A. D.. 1913 and 1917: George D.
Widener gold medal, Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts, 1914; gold
medal San Francisco Exposition,
1915; gold medal, American Insti.
tute of Architects, 1921; American
Numismatic Society medal, 1924,
and gold medal, Philadelphia Art
Association, 1925.
He is an aCademician Of the
American Academy of Arts and
Letters, fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences,
academician of the National Acad-
emy of Design. member of the Ma
tional Sculpture Society, and chev.
alier of the Legion of Honor.
The exhibition Of his sculpture
will continue through the end Of
the month.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Eastern Shore
Romance

Warren Howard, who writes of
and was the author Of "The East
ern Shore" goes back to Chesa.
peake Bay for the locale Of his
newest novel, called The Littlest
House"
With such a title, it is no sur
prise to find the pages glowing
with tributes to the pastoral
beauty Of the countryside. We do
not. however, expect our lighter
fiction to be based on fact. Never
theleSs, Mr.. Howard is a familiar
figure along "the far-flung, en-
bracing arms of Chesapeake Bay"
and he dedicates his current ro-
nance to Harry and Eleanor Will
cox, "on whose delightful porch I
sat and talked with the young man
from The Littlest House. 4"
Hence, the inference that this par
ticular story stems from actual eX-
perience.
1t could, very easily. It's simple
and natural enough. On one side
you meet hero Hal Haynes, who
gave up banking to live on small
income in a rural cottage down
on the Eastern Shore. On the
other Is heroine Clare Dover, who
is heartily sick Of small towns and
gossipy neighbors. Hal. in short,
wants escape. Clare, on the con-
trary, yearns "to get away from
it ALL" They meet and wrangle
and come to an adjustment when
both are left a legacy which car
ries the stipulation that they get
married. That, it develops, is ex-
actly what they want to do. Clare
gets a trip to Paris and Hal eXacts
the promise that they return to
THE Littlest House." and thus
ends the story.
THE Littlest House" a romance
for light fiction lovers, by Warren
Howard. Published by Arcadia.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02

Not that Golden Wedding"
isn't "a good book" We doubt If
Miss Parrish could write a bad
book. Still we can't blame the
lady for being confused.
You see, Miss Parrish started a
new school for realists. She not
only recorded the fall of every
drop of water down the kitchen.
drain but the effect it had on
father fretting over the seed cata-
logue. She couldn't let sister
wind the victrola without telling
what sister wore and thought and
dreamt the night before and why.
She exposed the core of her
characters and sent her readers
rushing to the library to look up
her collected works. People like
Alexander Woollcott took up her
books and refused to put them
down.
Miss Parrish, in short, gathered
her character studies at the point
of pin and engraved them in
delibly upon your memory.
Unfortunately she hasn't done
this in Golden Wedding" She
has written long and exquisitely
worded synopsis to story that
never gets started. Things hap
pen through a whole lifetime but
the reader, accustomed to holding
each incident in a Parrish book
in the palm of his hand, fails to
catch up with them. He keeps
thinking :. now we'll get some
where.
Oddly enough, he wouldn't be
affected this way if someone other
than Miss Parrish had written the
story. It's entertaining enough
just as it stands. The trouble
seems to be that it isn't typical OF
its author.
Finding Miss Parrish in this
mood is like watching Miss Greta
Carlo replace Miss Myrna 10y in
one of The Thin Man" farces. II
just wouldn't be what you'd expect
of Miss Carlo. We didn't expect
it of Miss Parrish. Nor did the
lady on the other end of the tele-
phone. You, however. may like
the change.
If Miss Parrish is new to you.
you'll wonder what we're fuSsing
about. Should that be the case
look over The Perennial Bache-
lor" and you'll find out.
The Golden Wedding" the
story of modern King Midas, by
Anne Parrish. Published by
HarperS
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Philosophy of
The Ages

In a volume not a bit larger
than the usual novel, Louis Aaron
Reitmeister has presented a COM
posite picture of the philosophy
of the ages.
Mr.. Reitmeister is the author
of Paradise Found" The Philos-
ophy of Love-" Music and Phil
osophy" and other works. His
style is entertaining and interest
ing in spite of unusually diff
cult subject matter.
THE Gist of Philosophy" is a
great undertaking. In this book
Mr.. Reitmeister gives a resume
of the PHILOSOPHERS Of Confucius,
the Hindus, the Scholastics, Des-
cartes, Kant, Dietzgen, Buechner,
Kropotkin, Haeckle, Spencer,
Peirce. James, Schiller and numer,
GUS others.
In a day when everyone is read
ing more and more, a volume
which contains such a wide hori,
zon as the offering Of Mr.. Reit-
meiSter certainly has a place on
the bookshelves Of those Of us who
are interested in learning the
thoughts Of the great.
Besides its appeal as a book for
general absorption, it will serve as
the source for many an excellent
reference paper.
The Gist Of Philosophy" by
Louis Aaron Reitmeister. published
by BarroWs MuSSey.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02

tion of prints, Benson B. Moore Is
represented in the water color
show with winter on the Canal
Road" a lonely picture that may
be familiar to many Washing
tonianS.
There are others too numerous
to mention-Catherine Mccartney,
of Iowa City, Pa. with her Fish
erman'S Son." Landscape" by
John L. wellington, of Cumber-
land, Md; the beautiful Dutch
girl and boy in Gathering Drift
wood" by Charles P. Gruppe, OF
New York City, and others.
EtchingS and Prints
In addition to the water color
show, there is an exhibition OF
etchings, drawings and prints, in
which one of the famous names is
Gordon Grant. That well-known
marine artist is represented in the
show by three excellent etchings.
John Taylor Arms, who is
equally as we'll known for his
architectural prints. is also we'll
represented in the exhibition.
Washington artists whose pic
lures are in the exhibition include
Norman T. Anderson, Mary Wilson
Ball, Minnie L. Briggs, Gertrude
G. Brown, Mary K. Byran, 10
Kenealy Byrne, o. r. Darlington,
Roy Clark, Alice M. Cotton,
Frances Hungerford Combs, Mar
garet Lewis Comegys, Charles
Gerard Conn, Inez Demonet, v.
F. Duckett, Robert Franklin Gates,
Emily L. Haines. Walter Bruce
Howe, Edith Hoyt, Lesley Jackson,
Gladys Milligan, Frederick M.
Moss, Elizabeth Muhlhofer, Mar
guerite C. Mum, Ruth Osgood,
nellie Patterson, Augusta H. Peo-
pies, Mary K. Porter, Seward Hume
Rathbun, Philip Retz, Mary G.
Riley, Constance B. Robinson, A.
H. o. Role, Clara R. Saunders,
Jane C. Stanley and j. R. Taylor.
The show will continue through
January 20.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
4 New Palmer
Thriller

II Stuart Palmer did strange
things to your blood pressure with
his eerie survey of THE Red Stal-
lion" you'd better leave night
light burning when you tackle
omit Flowers"
It's Mr.. Palmer's latest contri-
button to the Crime Club and 1T
stems from what you might call
"the tried and true formula"
There's nothing new about the
props assembled. There doesn't
need to be. Crime Club advocates
have only to hear of the howl Of a
dog in the night to be revisited by
visions of the BaskervilleS. A
missing man is always good meat
in a mystery yarn and what could
be more enticing than few hints
relating to nearby werewolveS and
vampire bats?
Mr.. Stuart lists them all. The
pipe organ utters its weary means.
Fires break out in the night.
Prowlers disturb the peace after
dark. The staircase creakS.
It's hardly fair to tell more, ex-
cept that the story goes at a brisk
and amusing clip with scarcely a
dull moment between catastro-
phies.
omit Flowers" new mystery
thriller, by Stuart Palmer. Pub
lished by Doubleday Doran.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Selected Short
Stories

Books make nice Christmas
presents" one of our readers COM
mented recently. But" she added,
1T gets me down picking the right
book for the right person" Which
certainly amounts to something of
a problem at any season, as any
library clerk can tell you.
The answer, in this instance, is
a book of short stories. Assorted
short stories, each intended for a
different mood, such as BesS
Streeter Aldrich's new collection
titled The Man Who Caught the
Weather"
That's the name of the first
story, a tender, whimsical char
acter study. The next contribu-
ton called "The Day of Retalia-
ton" has more vigor. It might
have been written by a different
author. AS a matter of fact, it
was just written in a different
mood.
Still in another humor domi-
mates Alma, Meaning To Cher
ish," a sweet and youthful ro-
nance. bid the TaperS Twin
kle" is a good bet for Christmas
Day. Trust the Irish for That"
would make most anybody smile,
while those irrepressible, movie.
struck youngsters, Emma-Jo
Thomas and Angie Bryson furnish
ribtickling diversion in two sepa
rate stories, How Far Is Holly
wood?" and "Juno's Swans"
Another Brought Gifts" The
Silent Stars Go BY" and Low
Lies His Bed" will go a long way
toward putting the reader in the
proper holiday spirit" while
there are four stories in various
styles and moods to swell the col
lection.
The Man Who Caught the
Weather." a book Of short stories
by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Pub
lished by D. Appleton Century.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
NeW Book
Notes

Little, Brown g. Co. will cele-
brate the completion Of 100 years
of book publishing under the
names of their founders with the
publication in the spring of 1887
of "Pedlar'S PrgreSs-the Life OF
Bronson Alcott." This manuscript
won the $4,000 centenary prize
offered by Little, Brown and was
written by Odell Shepard, Good
win professor of English at Trim
ity College, Hartford, Conn.
Fifty volumes of Alcott'S jour
nails, more than five million words,
were read by DR.. Shepard in pre-
pairing for the publication OF the
manuscript.
The 1887 spring catalogue of Dou-
bleday Doran includes THE Hun,
dred Years." by Philip Guedalla
Northwest Passage" by Kenneth
Roberts; THE Ultimate Power" D."
by Morris L. Ernst; Before For
get," by Burton Rascoe; "The
Bridal Canopy" by S. j. Agnon;
"CitieS Of Refuge" by Philip
Gibbs. and, in addition, autobiog-
raphies by Rudyard Kipling, Noel
Coward and Lincoln Ellsworth and
novels by W. Somerset Maugham,
Richard Arlington, Vardis Fisher
Kathleen Norris and Mignon Eber-
hart.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Old Technique
Fails

The best recommendation for
The Dogs Do Bark" is that iona.
than Stagge has thought of some
thing new. He didn't have to have
house party to set the scene. He
resisted the temptation to build
up a bad case for his victim be-
fore humping him off.
Beyond that he shuffled the
characters so successfully that our
favorite method for picking the
murderer promptly fell through.
This method. as most of you
have found out, is to point the
finger of guilt at the least sus-
peCted person. Just try to work
that on Jonathan Stagge. You get
nowhere fast-greatly to the de.
light of the author. He says as
much before he's through.
We do not mean, however, that
you won't guess" the culprit's
identity. We do mean that you'll
guess again and again and again
before your suspense is ended.
Even if you're good at guessing.
The book will be twice as much
fun for the Crime Club novice.
Unless he's mighty wary, M.
Stage will stretch the mystery fur.
ther by sCrambling up the clues.
See if you can catch him in the
act. That makes you a murder
mystery fan par excellence and no
mistake.
The Dogs Do Bark" a mystery
story woven around a fox hunt,
by Jonathan Stagge. Published
by Doubleday Doran.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
New Tales of
Jungles

In our fathers day we had to
look to Aesop's Fables for our jun
gle tales. Today our children have
a much wider range, thanks to
Inez Hogan and E. P. Dutton, the
publishing house responsible for
putting out her animal stories.
You may already have the
Bear Twins" for your children.
At any rate, Miss Hogan has just
completed a companion book en-
titled The Elephant Twins"
This reVolves around Toby and
Tommy, a most playful pair Of
pachydermS, whose own mother
couldn't tell them apart. Miss Ho.
gan reciteS their adventures with
such strange creatures as kanga'
roos, giraffes and monkeys, keep
ing tab on the twins with an
illustration for each page
Elephant Twins" a children's
story by Miss Hogan. published by
E. P. Dutton.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Current
Art
Corcoran Gallery Of Art
Forty-first annual exhibition o
Uaahjn0fou Water roIor Tluh AM

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Forty-first annual exhibition Of
Washington Water Color Club and
exhibition Of sculpture by Paul
Manship.
Studio House
Paintings and drawings by stu.
dents, ending Tuesday.
National Press Club
Oils by Illinois artists.
Arts Club
Exhibition Of paintings by Chief
Acee Blue Eagle, of Oklahoma,
through Friday.
Smithsonian Institution
Etchings by Morris Henry Hobbs.
Little Gallery
Exhibition of oils by BerniCe
Cross, ending Monday.
Public Library, Main Branch
Exhibition of prints by Washing.
ton artists.
Library Of Congress
Exhibition Of drawings by Walter
Appleton Clark.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02

In the Corcoran Gallery exhi5l-
tion, there are 81 individual pieces
of Mr.. Manship's work. in addi-
tion to two cases of medals. The
exhibition includes plaster and
terra-cotta heads, bronze buSts.
marble figures, medallion por-
traits.
Manship's likeness of the Presi-
dent is we'll known. His monu-
mental Dancer and Gazelles" is
from the permanent collection of
the Corcoran Gallery. His bronze
animal statues are seen In many
places. All of these are shown
in the current exhibition.
There are some exquisite
bronzes mounted on crystal, lovely
heads of children, and in addition
to his mythical figures. there are
many busts of WellknoWn con-
tempcraries.
One of the loveliest of the stat
ues is his marble figure of Sara
Jane Manship, an infant who lies
asleep on a pillow. The child is
beautiful and the art that goes
into the marble reproduction Of
the child is superb.
Among the museums and art
gallaries in which Mr.. Manship is
represented are the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York; Cor
coran Gallery, Washington: Chi
cago Art Institute, Musee du Lux
embourg, Paris, and the museums
at Philadelphia, Boston, Provi-
dence, Cincinnati, Cleveland, De-
troit, St. Louis. Minneapolis. st.
Paul and Toronto.
Listed among his principal
works are the memorial to j. P.
Morgan in the New York Metro
politan; War Memorial and Her,
cules Fountain, American Acad.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
The Perfect Crime"

In "SiX Against Scotland Yard, ="
Margery Allingham has intro
duced a new idea in the field Of
detective stories. Six of the more
prominent mystery story writer's
undertake to present the perfect
crime only to have former Inspec
tor Cornish demonstrate how the
Scotland Yard specialists would
have solved the mystery.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Famous Sculptor's Work
Shown at COrcoran

An exhibition of the works both lazge and small Of Paul
Manshp American sculptor opened yesterday at the
Corcoran Gallery OK Art Mr. Manshps work is known
mionshose who pass his fountain Rockefeller Center in
New York the heroic status OF Abraham Lincoln young
man in Fort Wayne, Ind, and many others.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02

NS1S@AASSs
The show itself Is lovely. Dis
counting the usual atrocities, Of
which there is a lesser number
than usual in large exhibitions,
the show has an astonishing num-
Der Of really good pictures, beau
tiful in color, composition and
subject.
Many Of the names familiar in
Washington are represented in
the exhibition, such as Eleanor
Parke Custis, Benson B. Moore,
Elizabeth Sawtelle, Elisabeth E.
Poe, Susan B. Chase, Prentiss Tay-
lor, Janice Holland, Alice Acheson,
and many others.
But in addition to these, there
are many nonresident members
Of the club and many others who
come from other cities and who
are in no way affiliated with the
club.
Outstanding
It would be impossible because
of the limitations of space to de-
scribe each Of the better paintings
individually, but few are so out
standing that they must be men
toned.
There is, first, an exquisite self
portrait by Ruth H. Lee, Of SYRIA
cuse, N. Y, that has everything
in it-light, color, charm. Having
seen this painting Of hers, no one
could fail to recognize Getting
Sleepy" as another Of her lovely
portraits. This latter picture is
beautiful study Of an old lady be-
ginning to doze off over bowl
of apples IN the process Of being
pared.
"The Spray" Of Catharine Nor
ris Wright. Of Glenside, Pa, is a
4 beautiful water scene-rocks and
the spray against it, the kind this
critic goes for. But this painting
would not prepare one for Miss
Wright's Evening Quartette," a
fine picture study Of four musi-
clans. The rug in this picture is
full Of gorgeous color, and each
of the figures is a painting in it.
self.
There are lovely, rich colors in
"PampaS Grass" by Frances
Wheeler, of this city, who is also
represented by the lovely Lake in
Winter"
Gertrude A. Kay, Of Alliance,
Ohio, who recently had an exquis-
ite one-man show at the Arts Club,
is showing two Of her beautiful
warm colors, "Village in the Pyre-
nees" and In Basque Town." p"
Miss Kay's water, colors are of a
texture seldom matched these
days.
Although this critic is not par
tial to the general run of still
lifes, Apples" by Jean Potter, of
Washington, is really lovely. Not
that the apples themselves are
any thing to marvel at, but the
artist has thrown together several
blues in the hangingS, in a vase
and elsewhere in the painting,
which make it unusually beautiful.
Coah Henry. of Kansas City,
Mo-, has brought in the sun and
the colorS Of old Mexico in a
striking painting the artist calls
Market Day, Taxco, Mexico"
Eleanor Parke Custis, of this
city, in New England August" is
in her usual skillful stride, beau
tiful in line and exquisite in the
texture Of her water colors.
Known for his colored prints,
Of which there is one Of his in
the Water Color Clubs eXhibi-
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

FICTION
Gone With the Wind
Margaret Mitchell Macmillan
Drums Along the Mohawk
Walter d. EdmOnds Little
Yang and Yin
Alice Tisdale Hobart BObbs
Laughing Gas
P. G. WOdehOuse Doubleday
HONORABLE Estate
Vera Britain Macmillan
Honor Bright
Frances Parkinson Keyes Messner
NONFICTIoN
Nine Old Men
Pearson and Allen Doubleday
In the Steps Of st. Paul
H. v. Morton DOdd
The Bible
Ernest Sutherland Bates Simon
Jefferson in Power
Claude G. Bowers HOughtOn
Audubon
Constance Rourke HarcOurt
BosweH's Tour to the Heb
rides
Samuel johnson, LID. Viking
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Life of Wagner

Ernest Newman, internationally
known as a music critic md
biographer, has completed the sec
ond volume of his The Life OF
Wagner" the first of which waSre-
ceived with acclaim by followers
Of the renowned composer.
The Washington times., 1937-01-02
Had Experience

Stuart David Engstrand, a new
conner in the literary field, wrote
from first-hand experience when
he penned The Invaders" which
will be presented by Alfred A.
Knopf this month. Engstrand
worked as q share-cropper through
1885.