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| even that distinction. 1t is merely
insectivorous.
Why should such tasteless thing
be Observation-Disclosures as it is OF a
vulgar, even though an earnest mind,
| and invested with degree OF pompous
self Importance that only escapes be-
ing comic because it is pathetic? Why
| indeed2 One can only assume that
the publisher that day was accepting
all scripts which came wrapped in
brown paper. And that Anna
Becker" happened to be tied up in
that color.
THE SEA OF GRASS. BY Conrad
Richter. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
IN MOOD and method this short
novel is reminiscent of Villa Ca
ther's "a Lost Lady" But where Miss
Gather Sublimated her setting and sit
uation to the lady. Mr.. Richter empha-
sizes the plains of the Southwest and
the drama of their settlement by pio-
neers and the struggling nesters who
came to share in the spoils after the
victory was won.
It is the story of Lutte, gentle,
| charming woman, who went West to
wed hard-riding Col. Jim Brewton. 1t
was inevitable that she should leave
him and equally inevitable that her
influence should continue to be felt
throughout the years until she finally
returned, cool and casual, at the cli-
max of the most dramatic episode in
the book.
Violence flares along with the tend
erer emotions but Mr.. Richter writes
with equal restraint about both. His
style is pleasing If not particularly
DISTINGUISHED. 1t is not strange that
Col. Brewton. who is closest to the
land, is his most believeable character.
e. T.
WALKED BY NIGHT. Edited by
Lillias Rider Haggard. New York:
E. p. Dutton & Co.
THE author of this autobiography
is probably In his late Dos, and
his story was written ut odd moments
on odd scraps Of paper. to relieve his
own lonesomeness and to help him re-
live his own youth. 1t Is the story Of
an outlaw, a man who spent his life
poaching other mems game on other
mems land.
There is no more plot to the book
than there is to the average humble
life. The author was the son of
sanctimonious, hard working, unan-
bilious father who had neither SYM
pahty nor understanding for his
mischievous boy. He was cast out at
about 13 years, served term in prison
for some childish prank and was ever
after watched and suspected as a
criminal. All this only served to
harden his decision, formed at the ad-
vanced age of 9 years, to be an outlaw
and q poacher. His cleverness with
net, snare and rifle earned him the
title Of "the king Of the Norfolk
poachers." Yet his poaching was
spiced with intervals of legitimate
work. One Of these, the happiest years
Of his life, he served as game keeper
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put new life into the hackneyed mys-
terry novel. Miss Sayers, say the
critics, has done this by adding to
her mystery plot the elements Of
character development. Reading one
Of her books (say the critics. you
get not only a sordid crime nicely
solved but also well-rounded men
and women who bear evidence of hav-
ing led normal lives for years and
years before they stumbled on the
body. And that is true. Reading
one Of Miss Sayers' books you get
exactly that. But does it improve .
mystery novel?
The reviewer, after reading BUS
mans Honeymoon" came to the con-
clusion that it does not. It is Q
novel Of almost 400 pages, and not
more than Q third Of it u concerned
With the egtms (d1scovsfsd O. pags
Evening star., 1937-02-27

impending world struggle between
fascism and communism. That's news.
too.
After nine pages Of very blocky
prose, very earnest. indeed. Mrs. Par
sons sums up. The task for intel
lectual radicals in democratic coun-
tries" she says, seems to me to keep
the essential objectives clear" Well,
well. Why not to feed the goldfish
regularly and put out the cat? Those
words at least mean something.
MORE about depression and recov-
cry (the reviewer apologizes) is
to be found in this magazine and also
in the Atlantic Monthly. In an ar
ticle by George Soule called This Re-
covery-What Brought It? And Will
1t Iast?" Harpers' undertakes to ex-
anime our present status Of pros
perity.
Mr.. Soule bases his findings on a
bulletin by Dr. Wesley C. Mitchell and
DR.. Arthur F. Burns published by the
National Bureau of Economic Research
and called Production During the
American Business Cycle of 1927 to
1888"
According to this document, re-
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Fiction.
THE HUMAN MACHINE. BY John
Yerbery Dent. New York: Alfred A.

NOn-f lctlOn.
THE HUMAN MACHINE. BY John
Yerbery Dent. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf
An account Of human life in relation
to stimulation. sleep. hypnosis, sugges-
ton and peychoanalysis.
TEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF CHS
TIANITY. BY Frank S. Mead. In
dianapolis: Bobbs Merrill Co.
Ten times when the Christian
church has taken q rnomentous deci-
sion.
AN ATLAS OF EMPIRE. BY j. F.
Horrabin. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
A small atlas of colonies, as they
exist at present in relation to their
various mother countries.
THE STORY OF THE BIBLE. BY Sir
Frederic Kenyon. New York: E. P
Dutton Co.
The full story of the writing and
publishing of the Bible, from earliest
times to the present.
PERRY ON TENNIS. BY Fred Perry.
Philadelphia: John c. Winston Co.
The international champion of 1884
SIS writes on how to improve your
game
CHRONICLES OF INTERDICT NO.
1907. BY Anne Kirk. Boston:
Meador Publishing Co.
The story Of woman who was
committed to an insane asylum while
of sound mind and who undertook to
gather all possible material on con-
ditions governing the care Of the men
tally Ill. Interesting.
ALL WHITE AMERICA. BY T. T.
Mckinney. Boston: Meador Pub
fishing Co.
An argument for race equality.
THE BABY EPICURE. BY Elena Gil
dersleeve. New York: E. P. Dutton
Co.
Recipes for dishes for the infant.
Rather nice.
FEEDING OUR CHILDREN. BY
Frank Howard Richardson. New
York: Thomas Y Crowell Co.
Child nutrition by specialist in
child diseases.
WAYS TO SUCCESSFUL MATRI-
MONY FOR WOMEN. BY Thomas
H. Troxel. Oneida, Tenn: The
Cumberland Publishing Co.
Internationally one of the funniest
books of this year. How to haXe sex
anneal and still ho very verv nice II
will slay you.
MY ABRAHAM LINCOLN. BY Guy
Richardson. Boston: The Baker &
Taylor Co.
Radio talks delivered by the author.
now in book FORM
A CONTINENT LOST, A CIVILIZA-
TION WON. BY j. P. Mckinney.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Uni
versity Press
The history of Indian land tenure.
DECENCY IN MOTION PICTURES.
BY Martin Quigley. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
The moral and social influence Of the
cinema upon a mass audience. BY an
originator Of the present production
code.
STRANGE INSECTS AND THEIR
STORIES. BY A. Hyatt Verrill.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co.
A highly readable nature book.
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109). Yet there is no action apart
from the crime. The other two
thirds Of the story are given over to
telling us about the love between
the detective. Lord Peter Wimsey (of
"Gaudy Night" fame), and his new
wed wife, Harriet Vane. 1t is q very
beautiful love and Lord Peter and his
bride are extremely nice people. AL
the more reason then for letting them
lead their private life privately.
The best detective stories-those
which have endured-have never gone
in for rounding" their characters
The successful technique has been to
fix few sharp, superficial eccentrici-
ties on the sleuth. Just for pictures
queness, and then set him seriously to
sleuthing. Sherlock Holmes had his
pipe and his cocaine, as we all remem-
ber. The private life Of Baker Street,
however, has never been divulged. The
world took Mr.. Holmes to its bosom
as detective. not as poet. lover. hus-
band and sensitive soul. Miss Sayers,
however, asks us to make all those
places for her Lord Peter.
1t is not legitimate. A detective
story is a literary chess game. 1t is
played with figures. If you take the
pieces from the board, dress them in
clothes. tell yourself stories about
what they do while shut up In the
box, you may have used your imagi-
nation, but you still have not i'm
proved your chess. You can, Of course.
write a perfectly acceptable novel
about a lord and his bride honey
incoming in an Elizabethan farm
house and discovering the full Of their
mutual passion, but if you do that you
hardly need the corpse Of murdered
farmer in the cellar. You really
should do one thing or the other.
Miss Sayers does both. As q result
the reader is apt to end caring very
little about either.
ANNA BECKER. BY Max White.
New York: Stackpole Sons.
THIS preposterously bad novel has
obviously been written with earn
est intent and, with equal obvious
ness, springs from conviction on
the authors part that he has dis
covered something Of Importance
which must be bruited forth as q
Message. In justice, one can allow
him the motivation Of missionary
zeal.
The message in question, however,
Is not one to surprise anybody or to
interest any person less naive than
Mr.. White. It Is simply that Sex Is
Important and that q woman who
has q lover Is apt to be happier than
one who grows old loveless. Shades
Of Mr.. Sherwood Anderson back IN
his dear old "Winesburg, Ohio" days!
That is the spirit Of Mr.. Whites book.
And shades Of Theodore Dresser at his
most pedestrian. That Is the manner.
As for Mr.. Whites grammar, that sim
ply cannot be described. One can only
say Of 1t that it Is the only original
thing in the book.
The story Is set In New Hampshire
college town and centers about the
affair Of . seebingly unapproachable
spinster with . lusty quarry man. It
cannot b called sort1d. for It lseas
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Brief Reviews of Books
ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM OF
WAR. BY CLYDE Eaqleton. Ney

ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM OF
WAR. BY Clyde Easleton. New
York: The Ronald Press.
Survey of the situation. BY the pro-
fessor of government, New York Uni
versity.
SUGAR. BY John E. Dalton. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
Study of the sugar industry. BY a
former chief of the Sugar Section OF
the A. A. A.
EXERCISE AND HEALTH. BY Jesse
Geiring williams. New York: Funk
& wagnalls
One OF the National Health Council
series.
HOW TO SLEEP AND REST BET
TER. BY Donald A. Laird New
York: Funk & Wagnalls.
One OF the National Health Council
series
TAKING CARE OF YOUR HEART
BY T. Stuart Hart. New York:
Funk g. Wagnalls.
One Of the National Health Council
series.
THE COMMON COLD. BY w. G
Smillie. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails.
One Of the National Health Council
series.
VENEaEAL DISEASES. BY William
F. Snow. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails
One of the National Health Council
series.
THESE WHITE HANDS. BY War
wick Deeping. New York: Robert
M. Mcbride & Co.
The new Deeping. Eighteenth CEN
tury setting, 1t seems
THE FOUR MARYS. By Fannie
Heaslip Lea. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
The new Lea. Women thinking
about love and marriage. Very do
mestic.
THE PRODIGAL NURSE. BY The
resa Hyde Phillips. Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Co.
Love.
Mysteries.
LAST TRUMP. BY Lee Thayer New
York: Dodd Mead & Co.
A Peter Clancy mystery. Murder on
board ship.
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T EXIST. BY
Godfrey Holmes. New York: VIII
liam Morrow g. Co.
Reporter solves crime.
THE LONG DEATH. BY George Dyer.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
A Catalyst Club mystery.
DEAD MEN ARE DANGEROUS. BY
Garnett Weston. New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes Co.
Murder at the hacienda.
Juveniles.
HANDBOOK OF FARMING FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS. BY r. A.
Power and v. E. Kivlin. Milwau-
kee: Z. M. Hale g. Co.
Practical instruction in plant and
animal raising. Might be helpful for
the amateur adult, too.
Poetry.
MAGNOLIA STATE BLOSSOMS. BY
A. M. Fleming. Boston: Meador
Publishing Co.
Verse of popular character, serious
and light.
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soul, he troubles us with no more
complicated information than that
Napoleon was ambitious, sensitive
logical and ardent. Somehow this
does not add much yeast to the very
substantial loaf of his long novel.
The book must stand therefore as
the work of student Of history. Its
qualities as fiction are negligible.
DAY OF ESCAPE. BY Louise Braden.
New York: Farrar g. Rhinehart.
THIS novel, which starts out excel
lently, is story of psychological
cruelty subtly administered. 1t is
the story of one Oliver Preston, in
heritor of bad blood and warped men,
tally to condition where he needs
overwhelmingly to possess and govern
his associates. He Is quiet man: he
does not dominate openly: his malady
is such that he requires rather a
subterranean but eXquisitely cruel
form of control. He has mastered the
technique of inflicting this, and his
victims are his young half-sister and
his wife The novel is the story Of
their resistance. according to their
abilities, and their eventual escape.
As has been said, the book starts
excellently. The vile situation is made
horribly clear, yet horrid as 1t is, 1t
is not treated to lurid lighting, but
stands as perfectly plausible. Indeed,
it is plausible But, as the book de-
velops, the emphasis shifts to the
wife's private interests, notably her
love affair with an artist who in turn
is loved by the sister, and the straight
forwardness of the story suffers. 1t
ceases to be an account OF divers
vice and the two women'S reactions,
and becomes a somewhat incoherent
rendering of the wife's thoughts on
life in general.
It is too bad, because the writer
has wit and power. Even so, one will
look for her future work with interest.
APRIL. BY Yards Fisher. Garden
City: Doubleday Doran & Co.
THE ponderous-penned Prof. Var
dis Fisher, who, with his more or
less famous tetralogy Of novels on Zone
fears) a mans search for his soul.
recently accomplished . longtime
high in solemn triteness, has written
here, to the reviewers mortal astonish-
ment, simple little love story. rather
delicate and nice. It is hard to be-
lieve it, but it is 50. Mr.. Fisher has
written q love story In which there
are no frustrated souls, no teeth
ground together in agony. no flsts
clenched frenziedly (also in agony
no awful poetry and positively no five-
chapter long disquisitions on the I'm
portance Of Having Sex. Hooray for
Prof. Fisher! He Is looking up.
Nothing. Of course, could make him
light, and so, having thrown over
psychology. he must needs take on a
cargo of sentiment, but he sails much
more gracefully under this kind Of
weight than he ever has before. His
present almost plotless story of q
young country girl adjusting herself
to womanhood Is obviously meant to
b. whimneally tender. Ths ~
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COURT ISSUE is MADE CLEAR
David Lawrences Book Treats Subject With Dpassonae
and Informative pint-Correspondent Gives
Story of Experiences Napoleon Fiction

SO much can certainly be claimed
for 1t.
AS for the entertainment value Of
the book, since the author has avoided
not only idealizing or anathematizing,
but also the use of irony, there is
little to be said for it. For Napoleon's
character calls for ironical treatment
that Of the brilliant vulgarian, the
man who turned a superb genius to
the most childish of ends, the man
who esteemed himself above the world
and yet who longed to conquer the
world, a man, in short, who had
superhumanly keen eyesight and who
spent his life in darkness. That calls
for irony. But Mr.. F. Britten Austin
has taken the line of merely narrating,
and when he does write of his heros
Evening star., 1937-02-27
Grade Crossings Pass.

THE grade crossing. scene Of 50
many fatal accidents, gradually
is giving way to the march of progress.
Since 1888. the number of these death
traps has been reduced by the hun
dreds. The Bureau of Public Roads
has advanced funds which have re-
suited in the elimination. or at least
the start, toward elimination of 3,l25
grade crossings.
Standard safety signals have been
erected at nearly 1000 more.
Evening star., 1937-02-27
By M..C. r.

By NC. r.
THE dullness Of theoretical ques-
tions seems to have settled over
the March magazines, and in
L the welter Of earnestly ad-
vanced platitudes which makes them
up reviewer Is discouraged as to how
to make a choice In Harpers'. for ex-
ample. there Is long article by Alice
Beal Parsons devoted to the theme
that the intellectuals of the world
have failed to keep pace with events
She calls it "Our Backward Thinkers"
The world Is faced with some serious
issues, she tells us-which is news, Of
course They are dn her opinion) the
crisis in the capitalist system, the
threat Of international war and the
Evening star., 1937-02-27
BEST SELLER FOR WEEK
ENDING FEBRUARY 20.
Eirfian


The Late George Apiey. Mar
quand. Little Brown.
Drums Along the Mohawk.
EdmundS. Little Brown.
Sea of Grass. Richter. Knopf.
The Street of the Fishing Cat.
Foldes. Farrar & Rinehart.
Invasion. Van der Meersch.
Viking.
Gone With the Wind. Mitchell.
Macmillan.
Non-Fiction.
How to Win Friends and In
huence People. Carnegie. Simon
& Schuster.
The Hundred Years. Guedalla.
Doubleday Doran.
Nine Old Men. Pearson and
Allen. Doubleday Doran.
Return to Religion. Link.
Macmillan.
The Nile. Ludwig. Viking.
American Doctors Odyssey.
Heiser. Norton.
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i'm THE CURRENT MAGAZINES

March Issues Turn Theoretical With Capitalism International War;
Recovery Organized Labor, Strikes and "The Vanish.
ing American Male" as Themes.
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1ation.
S TO the right of the people to
"A decree that the court shall be
changed from its present form there
is no question, says Mr.. Lawrence.
There is, however, this point to be
considered, in his opinion: That if
the people (even by the duly author
lied process of amendment) should
order that the courts power be curbed
and that it be denied the right to in
validate any law passed by Congress,
then we have no body anywhere
charged with the duty of interpreting
the Constitution, and the acts of our
elected legislators alone will be our
supreme law of the land.
II this comes to pass, says Mr..
Lawrence, our American form of q
government of checks and balances
will be fundamentally thrown out Of
harmony, and we shall be obliged to
adopt the compensating measure used
by foreign democracies; that is, we
shall not elect our Congress or Presi-
dent for a stated term, but for only
as long as they have our confidence.
Should q Congress lose public con-
f1dence, or should the Chief Executive
forfeit the peoples political esteem,
there should be, he says, prompt
recall, and the mechanism for such
recall would need to be set up here,
as 1t Is in England.
sThe Supreme Court. he points out,
u its power to invalidate uncon-
sRtutional acts of Congress, has, until
rSw, made such a mechanism un-
necessary. It has been the nom
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-02
Rernsoll News

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Ruann of Phila-
delphia, spent the weekend with the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. w.
Jones.
Little Miss Juanita Boston spent
the weekend with her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Lumma Mason.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Fred
Aydelotte on the sick list. Hope
she may soon be out again.
Mrs. Samuel Matthews and daugh-
ter, Eloise of Girdletree, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Boston on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Boston, Mr..
and Mrs. Dewey Mason of Baltimore,
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Baker of Berlin,
and Mr.. and Mrs. John Aydelotte and
sons, Gather, John, Jr., of Salisbury.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy East were
entertained at dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Ralph Boston on Sunday.
Mrs. Marion Ards is receiving treat
ment at the Methodist Hospital in
Philadelphia. We wish her speedy
recovery.
We are glad to welcome Mr.. George
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-02

Jones and family in this community,
having moved from Philadelphia, re-
Gently.
Miss Nadine Aydelotte of Whining
ton, spent the holidays with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Aydelotte.
Mrs. George Reid and daughters
Eleanor and Barbara of Stockton spent
Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Allison
Payne.
The Ladies Aid Society of Remson
will meet with Mrs. Marion Jones on
Wednesday afternoon, April Ia. All
cordially invited to be present.
Miss Eloise Redden of Goodwill and
Mr.. Norman Mason of Crisfield were
united in marriage on Saturday even
ing, March Goth at the parsonage by
Rev. r. P. Nicholson at Princess Anne,
They will make their home in Girls
field.
There will be Sunday School on
next Sunday morning at Remson
Church.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-02

for cash on delivery, instead of pay
ment six months later, means that
a farmer saves interest amounting to
20 per cent year.
Many farmers don't realize that it
costs merchants real money to tie
up their capital and carry charge ac-
counts on their books six months or
a year. Merchants do it to satisfy
their customers. Most dealers really
prefer to do a cash business because
it is cheaper and safer, and they have
to pass the cost Of "time" along to
their customers, who demand it, Mr..
Ames explained.
Production Credit Associations,
which are local cooperative credit or
CARNATIONS managed by farmers, are
lending money for per cent year,
which helps the merchants sell for
cash by enabling the farmers to pay
cash and save the difference, he said.
The Tidewater Production Credit
Association is in it's second year of
service and it's business has increased
over last year. In 1886 it loaned
$4,000 to farmers. Present indica-
tions are that 1887 will show further
increased volume.
The association realizes that farm
er ordinarily cannot pay production
loan until heehas grown and marketed
his crop, said Mr.. Ames. Loans are
made for any reasonable crop period,
from three months to a year.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-02
Melbourne

Mr.. and Mrs. William Taylor and
son, Joseph and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Taylor and family, spent last Sunday
afternoon with their daughter, Mrs.
Joseph Warren of Kingston, Md. They
also attended the services at Rehoboth
Presbyterian Church in the morning.
There will be Sunday School at
Remson M. E. Church next Sunday
morning at the usual hour.
Our Sunday School superintendent,
Mr.. C. C. Pilchard is attending the an
nual Conference at Salisbury this
week.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-02
HOUSE CLEAN With
THE PRODUCTS OF
sun OIL COMPANY

While everyone is glad to see the
end of March and the approach of
balmy spring weather, still many a
husband shivers at the knowledge that
sometime soon spring housekeeping
will descend upon his home, but yet
it brings with it a timely suggestion
to motorists which is being empha-
sized by many local Sunoco dealers.
"Houseclean your automobile motor,
too, with Sunflush," they advise, and
there can be no doubt about the time
illness of this thought for most motors
are in need of spring housekeeping.
Sunflushing is really an thermal
bath for the motor, and requires only
a few moments and few nickels. The
dirty, winter-worn oil is first drained
from the car, the plug replaced, and
then a few quarts of Sunflush are put
in the crankcase. Then the motor is
started and run for a minute or two
after which the Sunflush is drained
out and fresh summer oil put into the
car.
In these few moments, Sunflush has
been able to reach every obscure nook
and Granny Of the lubricating system,
washing out all grimy deposits which
were not removed when the old oil was
drained out of the car. Even cars
with oil filters require an occasional
treatment with Sunflush due to the
fact that while the filters remove
much of the dirt which is sucked into
the breather pipe, it is impossible to
remove all of it. Sunflush flushes out
the motor, thus removing the chance
of quick contamination of the fresh
oil.
Any Sunoco dealer can Sunflush a
car in just a few minutes and the in
expensiveness of the job is one of its
outstanding features.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-04-02

Mrs. Pettigrew B. Bum and little
son, Jimmy, left last Sunday for Wis
it to his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. D. Bum. of Middlesex, N. C..
While there they will visit Wilson and
Rocky Mount, N. c., and other points
Of interest.
Mrs. George Reid and daughters,
Misses Eleanor and Barbara Reid of
Stockton spent last Sunday with Mrs.
Reid's mother, Mrs. A. P. Payne.