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The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Biography of
Boutwell,

BY now, practically everybody
knows all that anybody ever will
know about Mary, Queen of Scots.
After being grossly misunderstood
for years, this Inflated lady has
been defended of late by lumina.
ries ranging from Stefan Zweig to
Helen Hayes and in mediums
ranging from literature to the
stage and onward to the talkies
and the radio. But what, a lot of
people have asked, about Both
well?
Was he knave or knight? Hero
or villain? Friend or foe? Lots
of historians knew, but nobody
bothered much about it until Rob-
ert Gore-Brown decided something
should be done and did it. His
book, which justly reverSes the i'm
portance Of these two who turned
the tides of history, is titled Lord
Boutwell, and Mary, Queen of
Scots" We may make no mis-.
take whom we are going to read
about when we take this volume
down from the shelf.
Gore.BroWne not only goes back
to the beginning of Boutwell,. {.
he sets the stage that saw his COM
ing. He considers family influ-
ences. Sketches family histories.
Paints individual family portraits.
His readers know pretty well what
to expect when Boutwell,, at the
age Of "a, centers his unchaste
affections upon Janet Beton,
whom tradition and Sir Walter
Scott have made famous as the
Wizard Lady Of Branxholm.
This romance, which was too
passionate to be kept secret, led
to the charge that Boutwell, and
Janet were either quietly mar.
ried or handfast," q form of be.
trothal. Janet. however, was 4S
years old, and inequality in age
brought the affair to it's end
Both continued their tempestu
GUS careers in different direc
lions.
Elizabeth came to the throne
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his hands full fighting for the
queen mother in Scotland, who
guided and inspired his natura
audacity. The latter's death left
him at loose ends and he man
aged to enter into another liai
son, this time with the daughter
of a Norwegian admiral.
Mr.. Gore;Browne strongly sus
poets certain letters between
Boutwell, and this love-Sick for
eigner becoming mixed in witt
the famous caSket letters. but b.
that as 1t may Ann" was but
another victim Of Bothwell'I
"caveman courtShip" and a prel
ude to his meeting with Mary
Stuart at the court of France
previous to her return to Scot
land. From here on the grounc
is more familiar. However, there
is many a fresh angle and en-
tightening viewpoint in Mr.. Gore
Brownies historical discoveries.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
To Withdraw
COrOnaHOnS

LONDON, July 10 (By Cable).
Rumors are flying thick and fast
throughout the world of stamps
that several Crown Colonies and
Dominions will withdraw all their
Coronation stamps within the
next few weeks. Meanwhile ex-
element over Southern Rhodesia
continues. British stamp dealers
are offering sums as high as is
shillings approximately $3.75) for
every set they can buy.
Despite reports that there VIII
be no reprinting, as the plates
have been destroyed, a feeling OF
uncertainty still exists. Mean
while collectors are buying every
set in sight, waiting the outcome.
Microscopes nd magnifying
glasses have already been at work
on the new stamps. BlurS,
blotches, lines, scratc es and even
tear drops have been found. In
no instance, however, has anyone
discovered an error Of account.
The engraving skill and craft
manship of British stamp printers
still remain unsurpassed. 49,.
In a few more weeks the new
permanent sets Of the Empire will
begin to trickle into the world
stamp markets. The familiar
head of George v will be replaced
by the still strange portrai. Of
George VI. Only on the album
pages of collectors will features of
the old monarch be found.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

Mr.. Halliburton, whose alive
descriptions of his travels have
long enthralled his grown.up au-
dience, has done a much better
job for the youngsters.
In fact the book is such a good
job that adults will want to pc
ruse its pages and enjoy its mar.
velous illustrations just as much
as the group he wrote it for.
It's all for the boys and girls,
however, for in the preface he
has written a letter which says:
"When l was q boy In school
my favOrite subject was geo
graphy and my prize possession
my geography.
II often said to myself: I wish
my father or somebody would
take me to all these wonderful
places. What good are they II
you can't see them? If ever
grow up and have q son, we
are going travelling together"
Mr.. Halliburton is now grown
I'D and he has travelled. But he
hasn't any son to take, so he is
taking the sons Of other men in
this extremely chatty volume, over
the Occident.
From the San Francisco Bridge
to THE Deepest Canyon"-to the
Panama Canal" to Gibraltar,
and on and on to the Heart OF
Russia"
It is a personally conducted
tour without any of the trouble
of tickets or changes in climate
or threats of disease or any such
troublesome things.
It's just about one Of the most
fascinating excursions via a book
that could be imagined.
("Book of Marvels," by Richard
Halliburton. Published by BobbS-
Merrill.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
New Records
Appeal

Music as modern as a stream
lined train, music that simply
compells one to wish to dance
and yet is regarded as classi-
cal, is to be found in the
two Victor records Of William
Walton's Facade Suite" (12034-5) .
''The Yodeling Song" valse and
popular song of this suite are
quite irresistible. When American
symphony orchestras discover this
music they will add to their fol-
lowing. >,
Helen Jepson'S lovely voice Is
faithfully recorded in two arlas,
"Vissi D'Arte" from "ToSca" and
"Ah! Fors Lui" from "Traviata. !"
For the devotee Of the piano, Ar
thur Schnabel has recorded a new
record (14322) of Fur Elise" and
"Rondo" in C Major (Beethovenl
in wonderful clarity Of tone and
Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin,
piano duo have given virile read
ing of the Dances of the Pol
ovetzki Maidens" from Prince
Igor" (Borodin). in record l2O3O.
Debussy's "Clair de Lune," rec
corded by the Philadelphia Sym.
phony Orchestra (1812) is most
sensitive to every whim and is one
of the most popular records. Eu-
gene Ormondy and the Mime
apolis Symphony Orchestra offer
two gay and difficult numbers on
record 1895, the Overture to Mar
riage of Figaro (Mozart), and
Paganini's famous Motto Perpetuo.
Yehudi M emu hin, who will
emerge this season from his self.
imposed exile to give recitals,
plays his own accompaniment on
record 1924 in two Bach works,
Andanta and Sarabande.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Cachets Widely
Distributed

A total Of 1,708 covers received
the prize cachet sponsored by The
Washington Times for the nine
tenth anniversary of the iSsu-
ance Of United States adhesive
postage stamps, on July l.
Many collectors were diSap-
pointed when The Washington
Times returned their covers with
out the cachet because they had
been received past the hour Of
midnight, July /.
As previously announced, covers
were sent to every State In the
Union. Washington collectors re-
ceived the greatest number Of the
covers, and this included the
President, Postmaster General,
and high Government officials, in
GLIDING several Senators and Rep
resentatives, interested in phi
lately.
Illinois, Maryland, New York,
Virginia and Texas received the
next greatest numbers Of covers,
while Montana. New Hampshire
and Idaho were recipient Of the
least, four each.
Germany, France and Great
Britain will find seven each going
within their borders, while every
country in the Americas North
and South received at least one.
Three were forwarded to Pales-
tine, two to Egypt, one to Ice
land, four to Russia, six to Italy,
one to Siam, one to Liberia, five
to Ireland, and three to Sweden.
The majority Of these cacheted
covers were forwarded by Wash
ington collectors affiliated with
international philatelic clubs.
Every conceivable denomina-
ton of the United States postage
Stamp was used on covers. One
collector forwarded 81 covers
each franked with plate block
numbers: another used a block
of four dollar stamps; others.
stamps before 1900. Several
choice stamps Of the Columbian
series were franked on covers.
But for the most part the
Army and Navy stamps were
used, many collectors affixing
the entire combined series.
Throughout the week, letters
of CONGRATULATIONS have been re-
ceived by The Washington Times
Stamp Department, stating that
design was a fine one, that the
cachet was well applied, and
above all, requesting that
another interesting cachet Will
be launched by The washington
Times.
All of which, The Washington
Times Stamp Department says
Thanks a Million!"
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

JUST 1UV years ago Cur was
added tc q train in England in
which mail was sorted for delivery
en- route in an effort to reduce the
time required to send letters from
one place to another.
In America the railroads offered
problems from the beginning Of
their operation. In the early part
of the nineteenth century the rail-
way moguls had the Post Office
Department where they charged
exorbitant rates. with the threat
Of, "or else"
In an effort to overcome this
intimidation, Postmaster General
Kendall in 1885 proposed that the
Government build cars in which
the mail could be carried and then
have Congress pass legislation to
force the railroads to haul these
cars on their trains. Political con-
Gitions. however, prevented sue
cess of the project.
In 1888 a sorting car was oper-
ated on the Philadelphia-W Washing
ton run, but after short time
contracts were broken and the
idea died in it's embryonic stage.
It was not until 1861, under
Postmaster General John L.
Scripps, that railway-mail service
as we know it was suggested.
Before that time mail sacks
were just piled into freight cars
and shipped to distributing cities
where clerks sorted the letters and
forwarded them to their destina-
lions. For instance, a letter ad-
dressed to Springfield, Mass, from
Chicago, would first go to either
Albany or Boston, whence it would
be shipped to Springfield.
George B. Armstrong, an assist
ant to ScrippS, realized the made
quacy of this procedure during the
Civil War, which began during his
administration. At Cairo, H., the
State distributing post office, mail
was piled so high that clerks did
not even attempt to dispatch it.
Armstrong outlined q Plain
whereby all mail would be carried
in q special car and sorted while
in transit. Because of various po-
litical handicaps, however. he was
not able to introduce the system
Immediately.
In 1862, William A. Davis oper.
ated a sort of railway train on the
route between Hannibal and st.
Joseph, Mo-, an important link
in the West Coast service. The
car was a tiny post office on
wheels, with a small table and
several dozen pigeonholeS to be
used by a railway clerk in sorting
sacks Of mail. In this manner, all
the way" mail was separated
from the through" letters, and
by the time the train reached its
terminal the bulk Of the work was
done and the mail ready for de-
livery to either the stage line or
the easG-bound. train.
Two years later, Armstrong was
given permission to operate a
railway train as he originally pro
posed. The car was hauled over
the Chicago and Northwestern
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

when it was hard to get things to
eat or time to relax.
Out of this background the
authors gather up this man and
thrust him into the maelStrom Of
the nations political center.
Here in Washington he turned
out to be thorn in the side OF his
party. A legislator who cares moth
ing for society. A party man who
dealt in ideas and not orders. And
a radical as radicals were known
in those days. But most OF all Q
winner. A success.
The life of George w. Norris 10
one of inspiration to any person
in this country who would enter
politics. The reasons are all ex'
planned in this book, which con-
tainS also an excerpt of an adj
dress by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt when he said:
II am hoping that at this mo-
nlent thousands Of boys and girls
thousands Of first vOters-ar0
listening to my words, for l should
like them to give some thought
and some study to the very -
markabIe public service Of the man
in whose home town lOw stand.
II should like them to read OF
the able and heroic fight on behalf
Of the average citizen which ne
has made during his long and hon"
Orable career"
And here and now is that oppor"
tunity to read about George W.
Norris.
C'Integrity." biography by Rich
ard L. Neuberger and Stephen B.
Kahn. Published by VanguardO
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

As previously stated the stamp
will be Of the Scent denomina-
ton and of the more or less
standard" commemorative shape
and size.
But with the issuance Of this
stamp, only part Of the philateilc
aspect connected with the ami
vesary will have been completed
because:
On July IS, 1888, or 367 days
later, q second Northwest Terri
tory stamp will be released, and
the date of first sale will belong
solely and exclusively to MARI
eta. Ohio.
This information is correct and
was learned exclusively by The
Washington Times from a high
Post Office official.
The writer is in receipt Of q
letter from E. M. Halves, executive
director Of the Northwest Terri
tory Celebration G o m m s n,
dated July 1, in which he stated
that "unofficially, we hope to
have another commemorative
stamp of the actual establish
ment Of the Northwest Territory"
Following this admission, the
writer made queries at the Post
office Department early this week
and learned definitely that sec
ond stamp would be issued.
The probable illustration for the
second stamp is expected to depict
the memorial which is now being
designed by that great sculptor
Gutzon Borglum. This memorial is
symbolic group of characters de
plotting the start westward OF
America as a nation.
What the details of the finished
work will comprise is not noted by
Mr.. Halves. However, it is the
opinion OF the writer that a Gov
cred wagon, plus the sturdy figures
of pioneers and their wives and
children, make up the design.
It is hoped that The Washing
ton Times will be able to publish
a photo Of this memorial in the
near future.
The first covered wagon to en-
bark on its westward journey, tc
arrive in the Northwest Territory
the following spring, departed or
December 8, 1887, from Massa
chuSetts.
In addition to his preliminary
aid in unearthing the information
that there will be a second North
West Territory stamp, Mr.. Halves
states that the Marietta Celebra
ton Commission will issue specia
cachets with the first-day sale Of
the Northwest stamps this Tues
dou
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

The volume is rich in detail and
can only be said to be lacking In
dignity in the spurts Of maudlin
acclaim in which the subject is
handled.
It is a series of stories about
this quiet, white-haired, soft-spoken
man who has always kicked over
his party'S traces. The story OF
a politician working under the Re
publican banner but helping the
Democrats.
Far, far back in his youth, as
recounted in this new book. there
were long days of hardship on a
pioneer farm. Days of real hard
work on the railroad. Days spent
at laborer's pay and days spent In
school teaching and learning the
law and practicing the law. Days
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

art to bring back to the printed
page word pictures, impressions
and local color that are worthy Of
any contempt :ary intimate trave-
logue.
Her offering in the main sense
is more than q mere recital Of
places visited and spots observed
for she delves into the lives Of
people who inhabit these places
and into their history to make 1t
an alive and fully satisfying pre-
Sentation.
Mrs. Niles is also the author Of
Maria Palma" q novel of old
Guatemala, and DAY Of Immense
Sum-" a novel Of Peru in the time
of the Spanish conquest.
CPeruvian Pageant" by Blair
Niles, published by BobbS-M errill.)
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
New Book
Notes

Phillip Gibbs has written an ION
the spot" story about the trying
experiences of the Duke Of Wind
sor. It bears the title Ordeal in
England" and will be published
August 20 by Doubleday Doran.
It is acclaimed in England as the
best account yet written Of the
present Duke and Duchess of
Windsor.
Vanguard Press late this month
will publish "And Spain Sings" a
volume Of verse containing contri.
buttons from a score of American
poets including Edna st. Vincent
Millay. The royalties will be paid
to the North American Committee
to Aid Spanish Democracy.
For reliable information and I'M
firing effort in aiding the col
lector and philatelic writer is Mr..
r. c. King, assistant to Bob
Fellers. Don Carpenter traded a
dollars worth of air mail stamps
to one Of the Boy Scouts from
Texas for a horned frog, which is
probably the height of something
or other.
The Macmillan company last
week celebrated the anniversary
Of the publication Of Gone With
the Wind" It has sold on an
average of more than $500 copies
each day for the past year.
"Child Of Light" recently pub
Gshed by Longmans Green has
been chosen by the Catholic Book
Club as its July selection. It was
written by Mrs. j. L. Garvin, wife
of the editor Of the London OBJ
server.
Sarah and Graeme Lorimer
have signed a contract with Little
Brown & Co. for a new novel to
be published in the spring en-
titled after Dark"
Will this book be published?
In a recent handout from Har.
court, Brace there is q notice that
World Flight" by Amelia Ear
hart will be published by this
company in the fall. It was to
contain a story of her flight IL
Illustrated with pictures taken on
her equatorial air journey.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Sales Mount

According to an announcement
by the Post Office Department, a
total of $1,949,019 in stamps were
sold by the Philatelic Agency in
the Post Office Department, for
the fiscal year, ending June 80.
sales for the year previous
amounted to $1,846,253. an in
crease of $98,766.
The past year marked the larg.
est return in the history Of the
agency with the exception OF 1888
when the famous Farley impertor'
ates were offered for sale.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

With lending Of the present
and the age of long ago. she
travels by air to the heart Of
civilization which she has long
hoped to explore. -,
After filling her mind with
reams of available book knowledge
about the glorious past Of this
country she sets forth to get q
personal touch from this land.
Its landmarks, its legends. its
people and its history fill her r
bursting and so she fills her vol
une with what she saw and felt
She was joined on her expedition
by her husband whose remarkable
photographs of the sceneo they
visited make a worthy and use
full addition to the printed matter.
Mrs. Niles is the mistress Of her
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Sixth Edition
off Presses

The sixth edition Of the Sea
mems Handbook for Shore Leave
has just come off the presses. It
is edited by Mrs. Henry Howard
for the American Merchant Ma
rine Library Association.
1t contains a Self-pronoupcing
glossary Of foreign words that are
most likely to be used by visiting
seamen in each port and addresses
and directions for finding good
hotels, restaurants, amusements
and hospitals.
It has been found to be inValu-
able aid to our merchant marine,
and its success is easily attested
by the number Of editions to which
it has run.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

route on August %, 1864, for the
first time and was so successful
that similar cars were added to
lines all over the country.
From that time on improve
mentS were made constantly, until
today the railway postal system is
one of the most important factors
of the United States mail.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Biography of Sen. Norris
Rich in Detail

Anecdota in the extreme and based the premise that
George the shining white knight Of contempt
rary politics. Richard L. Neuberger and Stephen Kahn
have turned episode biography Of the senior Senator
from Nebraska under the title Integrity"
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
2RTTORY COMMEMORATIVE ON SALE TUESDAY
Halliburton Writes New
Kind of Geography
For Youngsters

Just the kind of geography that any adult could wish
that he had when going school has been turned
out for the youth of today by Richard Halliburton entitled
Book Of Marvels."
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Railway Mail Service Is
Now 100 Years Old

In commemoratng the centenary Of the Railway Post Office
this week. phatets recall the introduction of service that
has for the expeditions transportation Of mail than
any other factor except arplane delivery.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Second Special Issue Is
"UnoMciauy" Hinted
As Probable
BY CHARLES A. KENNY
Washington Times Stamp Editor

On Tuesday another United States Commemorative postage
stamp will be placed SALE This the recently announced
adhesive in honor of the 16h Anniversary Of the Adoption Of
the Northwest Territory Ordinance Of 1887 and will be released
at New York city and at Marietta Ohio.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
The Best
Sellers
FICTION

FICTION
Northwest Passage
Kenneth Roberts Doubleday
Bugles Blow No More
Clifford DOWdey Little
Outward Room
MilIen Brand Simon
Neighbor to the Sky
Gladys Hasty Carroll Macmillan
America Dream
Michael Foster Morrow
The Crime Wave at Blandings
p. @, WOdehOuSe Doubleday
NoNFICTToN
Present Indicative
Noel Coward Doubleday
Maverick American
Maury Maverick COVicl
Mathematics for the Millions
LancelOt HOEben Norton
T. Z. Lawrence
BY His Friends Doubleday
American Doctors Odyssey
Victor HeIser Norton
Blood on the Moon
Linton Wells HOughtOn
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Peruvian Pageant More
Than TraVelO6ue

Mrs Blair Niles picks herself out Of New Yorks busy pattern
and makes "a journey in time which she has faithfully re-
cnrded for her readers in Peruvian Pageant"
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

THE PARIS phatelc exhibition sheet pictured above is
perhaps the first to be received in Washington This the
property Of Mrs Milton II. Cullen, of 900 st. w. The
stamps bcoored in design and reproduction of the
first issue of the French stamps The young lady Ceres but
the regular French postage of single color The cancea
ons Of the sheet likewise specially for the duration Of
the show.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

A letter from Miss Annie D.
Levin, SIG Pecan Avenue, Char
lotte, N. c., states she is inter-
ested in getting in touch with col
lectors here anxious to purchase
some of her fine stamps. Some
are catalogued at $1,000 each.
She is also interested with placing
many of her stamps at auction.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10
Philatelic
Hinges

Mrs. L. D. Goldsberry. 144S
Girard st. N. w., has shown to
Hinges" an interesting lot Of air
mail covers, many of which will
find their way as illustrations on
The Washington Times Stamp
Page in the near future. This lady
is keen student of philately and
corresponds alphabetically with col
lectors in in all parts of the world.
One of her covers will be shown
next week.
The Washington times., 1937-07-10

John Lathroppe writes an ex-
tremely interesting letter and Of
fers several ideal suggestions for
United States stamps. Several Of
the recent issues, however, do not
jibe with Mr.. Lathroppe's ideas,
and he is not alone in his convic-
tons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-16
Will Be Held In Junior High
Auditorium On Evening
Of September %

A mass meeting for the discus
sion of the proposition of sale and
purchase of property by the School
Board, to be submitted to the vot-
ers at special election, will be
held in the Junior High School
gymnasium Wednesday evening,
Sept. %, at eight o'clock. All vot-
ers of the district are urged to at
tend this meeting, at which time
the proposition will be explained
in detail.
The special election will be held
Saturday, September 25th, in the
directors room Of the Senior High
School building. This election has
been called for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning from the voters permission
to sell the districts Main Street
property, all or in part, and to use
the money derived therefrom to
purchase property in Block A, in
which Is located the school play
grounds. The polls will open at ten
o'clock in the morning and will re-
main open until 1900 noon. They
will be re-opened at one o'cock and
will close at o'clock.
The propositions at the special
election will be presented in two
sections. The first section pertains
to the sale of any or all Of the dis.