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The Washington times., 1938-03-17

and New York Ave. N. W. Sev-
eral candidates will be initiated
into the organization.
Lebanon Players who have
met with great success in their
presentations of musicals dur
ing the last three years. will
meet April 5, to formulate
plans for q group Of dramatic
presentations and prepare for .
series Of popular delineations
during the spring season.
Under the auspices Of the
Masonic and Eastern Star
Home Board, q rummage sale
will be held April 7 at HOT
Fourth st. S. w.
The Star Point Society Of the
Chapter will be entertained on
April Z at the home Of MRS. Ma
della Smith, 4331 Forty-third
st. N. w. Assisting h0stesSeS
will be Selma Rupert. Ruth L.
Hall, 1rma Abscher, Katherine
Medford and Katherine Beck.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

MIAMI. FLA.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

Blustery, slushy March-showery April
ARE just two more "Junes" on MiamRs
calendar. And EVERY FACTOR favors
spring vacation in Miami this year.
IOIs 10 IL The famous $4,000 Fishing
Tournament, elimaxing the peak angling
season. runs till April II. Racing till April
8. A new city-directed Tate season" pro-
gram provides for every idle moment
SeB0OI ILeAIlONS "A revitalizing sun
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

MANI, FLA MIAMI, FLA.
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

Mrs. Joseph MillenSon, record
ing secretary Of the National
Council Of the Society, will also
Be present from Washington.
In addition, o large group Of
local members Of the auxiliary
are enthusiastically planning to
attend the convention, expected
to be the largest and most i'm
portant conclave Of the organi.
zatoin since it was founded in
1904.
More than 10000 tubercular
persons have been cared for
through the efforts of the so
ciety during the "a years it has
been fJnctioning and the auxili-
0ry has played q prominent
part. The headquarters are In
Spivak, Colo, named in honor
Of the society's late secretary.
Or. Charles D. Spivak. The in
Stitution Is autonomous, with
itS own farms, dairy, school,
library and post office.
The recent member-bring-a-
member tea Of the local auxili-
ary was q tremendous success,
as 80 new members joined the
group. The tea was held at the
home Of Mrs. Herbert Glass
man,
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

Lightweight rubber to mould your figure
to beauty through gentle massage.
Miss Hirsch, special representative, will be
in our Notions Section today through Sat
urday-to give you advice on reducing and
perfect personal grooming
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
JaV04A$pRINGA

shine interlude benefits the entire family,
the children especially. Ideal aeeommO-
dations for every possible need
FlVORABLE AAIES- Transportation lines,
hotels apartments, etc, are cooperating
with special inducements for Tate season,
visitors A thrilling spring in Miami,
metropolis Of this trOpic playland, can be
economical. too. Act now-the coupon
will bring full detailA
The Washington times., 1938-03-17
Three Will Represent JeUiSh Society
At Convention in NelU York
Nv MARY PADcETT

Mrs Martin Mendesohn, president Of the Washington
Ladies Auxiliary Of the Jewish Consumpves Relief Societ
Mrs Harry Bland and Mrs Louise Dnowz the official
delegates who will represent Washington at the thirty
fourth annual national convention Of the Jewish Consump
tives Relief Society of Denver Colo which will be held at
The Washington times., 1938-03-17

o'clock at the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club, 1015 L st.
N. w.
Evening star., 1938-07-10

Flowing" shouldn't sell. It follows not
one, but several, successful formulas.
1t has an exotic locale, it has q news
slant, 1t touches on q theme Of world
wide interest. miscegenation, yet one
with a slightly new twist. Most other
novels on that theme in this country
have dealt with union of white and
black; here we have a new angle on
the union between white and yellow
For the rest it is a we'll enough writ
ten. we'll enough plotted book that will
make easy reading without taxing
either the thinking power or the
credulity Of the reader unduly. OF
course 1t answers no questions. But
who has energy enough to ask ques-
tions. let alone demand an answer in
July? R.R.T
A ROOF AGAINST THE RAIN.
BY Elizabeth Higgins New
York: Lothrop, Lee g. Shepard
Co.
WHAT fools these mortals be"
might almost be the theme of
this book by Elizabeth Higgins. Espe-
cially what fools these mortal women
be. Miss Higgins long experience
in settlement work. coupled with her
writer's eye for detail and motiva-
ton have enabled her to write a Pc
culiarly true Characterization of q
tenement raised girl with the virus
OF ambition in her blood. Mary Boots
has all the traits often ascribed to
the small town girl but more often
found in the close knit neighborhood
communities which comprise our large
cities. A veneer Of superficial knowl-
edge and sophistication overlays a
mind with a rigid code of manners
and morals, the manners and morals
of a SNUG. lower middle class caste
whose only gods are the twin ones
OF respectability and ambition.
While in spots the plot of "A Roof
Evening star., 1938-07-10
Brief Reviews of Books

Sports.
SAILING MADE EASY TOLD IN
PICTURES. BY Rufus q. Smith.
los illustrations. Photography by
Walter Civardi. New York: Ken
nedy d Bros.
An experienced sailor writes . book
Of instruction. Looks to be simple
and clear. Illustrations for every
point. Certainly ought to be helpful.
SINGING SHADOWS. By Jane Alb
bott. Philadelphia: J. B. Nppin-
colt 90.
Workaday type Of gal getting what
Is known a. romance. Bunk, natur-
ally.
PAGAN CROSS. BY DR.. Ben Helprin.
New York: Raiben Publications.
Romance of Spaniards In Yucatan
before the conquest Of the country BY
Cortez. Conventional.
Sociology.
BRASS TACKS. BY A. @. Keller.
New York. Knopf.,
Study into the origin Of our insti-
tutions and conventions Popularity
written.
Places.
DELAWARE. Compiled and written
J, ~ the Federal WritefS Project Of
Evening star., 1938-07-10
the Works Progress Administration.
New York: The Viking Press,

the Works Progress Administration.
New York: Tho Viking Press.
One more volume Of the Sl0, ,O00,.
900 American Guide book currently
being done by INDECENT penpushers, Of
no political persuasion Whatsoever.
naturally. Taxpayers note.
juveniles.
NEGRO ART. MUSIC AND RHYNE.
BY Helen Adele Whiting, Illustra-
tions by Lois Mailou Jones. Wash.
.inston: Associated Publishers, Inc.
Stories Of origin Of Negro art, for
young children. Very nice.
NEGRO FOLK TALES, BY Helen
Adele Whiting. illustrations by
Lois Maiiou Jones. washimstons
Associated Publishers, Inc.
Primitive Negro tales, for young
children. Companion volume to the
one mentioned above. Very well done,
Drama.
THE COMPLETE GREEK DRAMA.
Edited by Whitney J. and Eugene
O'Neili, jr. In two volumes. New
York: Random House.
All the extant tragedies Of Aeschuy.
lus, sophocles and Euripides and the
comedies Of Aristophanes and Nam
ander. In selected translations and
with copdous notes. 4 very valuable
collection.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
Public Library
Music.
Music.
THE National Symphony begins its

Music.
THE National Symphony begins its
summer concerts today and many
Washingtonians who avail themselves
Of this unusual opportunity to hear
fine music in one Of the most beautiful
settings in the United States will want
to increase their enjoyment by read
ing on musical subjects.
The Public Library Music Division
has collection Of books about music,
composers and appreciation, as well
as books Of music scores and collec-
tions of sheet music. A visit to the
division, at the central building, at
Eighth and K streets NV, is we'll
worth the time Of any music lover. A
brief list selected from recently re-
ceived works on music will give some
idea Of the type of book available,
exclusive of individual lives of COM
posers. and works on instruments and
technique, Of which there are many.
For the beginner In music apprecia-
ton there is q wide range of material.
Among the best are: Listeners Mu-
SIC" by Leland Hall; What We Hear
In Music; Course Of Study In Music
Appreciation and History" by A. S.
F. Oberndorfer, who has the backing
OF Victor and r. C.. A.: Music Ap-
probation. It's History and Technics"
by P. A. Scholes. and THE Iayman's
Music Book" by Olga Samaroff Sto-
kowski.
Among the critics David Even
writes of Twentieth Century Com
posers," d. N. Ferguson presents "A
History Of Musical Thought" Paul
Rosenfeld has new Discoveries of a
Music Critic" G. B. Shaw revives
London Music in 1889, as Heard by
Como di Bassetto Qater known as
Bernard Shaw" and Deems Taylor
elaborates some popular radio talks in
"Of Men and Music,
For lovers Of the symphony Olin
Downes has put his discussions of
Symphonic Masterpieces" into q
substantial book, B. H. Haggin gives
an analytical guide in "A Book of the
Symphony" and w. o. Miessner re-
fers to recordings to illustrate his "A
Guide to Symphonic Music: Develop
ment Of the Symphony" Those whose
interest in acoustics Is aroused by the
problem presented In staging the
Watergate concerts will like to refer
to Science and Music" by Sir James
Jeans, and Music and Sound" by
L. 8. Lloyd.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS
IN OTHER CITIES.
pnSTNN

Fiction-"Lisa Vale" Olive
Higgins Prouty; flowers In the
Mist" Elizabeth Goudge; "The
Mortal Storm" Phyllis Bottome;
MY Son, My Son!" Howard
Spring; The Handsome Road"
Gwen Bristow.
Non-fiction-"The Importance
Of Living" Lin Yutang; Trend
ing Into Maine" Kenneth Rob-
erts: Madame Curie." Eve Curie;
Fashion Is Spinach" Elizabeth
Halves: Dry Guillotine," Rene
Belbenoit.
Fiction-"The Yearling," Mar
jorie Kinnan Rawlings: MY Son.
NY son!":: "Kindling," Nevil
shute; May F1aun," Myron
BRING; Northwest Passage"
Kenneth Roberts.
Non-fiction-"The Importance
Of Living" Madame Curie;"
I'VE, Too, Are the People" Louise
v. Armstrong: THE Evolution OF
Physics" Albert Einstein and
Leopold Infeld; Middle Age Is
What You Make It," Boris So
kolon.
NEW YORK.
Fiction-"The Yearling;;" MY
Son, My son!'; THE Mortal
Storm" "T1he Citadel" A. J.
Cronin; MAY Flavin."
Observation-Disclosures Curie;"
'The Importance Of Living"
"Trending Into Maine;;" Fanny
Kemple," Margaret Armstrong;
my America" Louis Adamic.
SAN FRANCISCO.
Fiction-"The Mortal Storm"
"The Yearling;;" Northwest Pas
sage" Joseph In Egypt" Thom-
a. Mann; Free Land" Rose
Wilder Lane.
Non-fiction - John Of the
Mountains" Linnie Marsh Wolfe:
THE Evolution Of Physics;" "The
Importance Of Living" "The Po-
liticos." Matthew Josephson;
"The Tressler Quiz" Irving Tres
sler.
(copyrisht. 1882
Evening star., 1938-07-10

Against the Rain" seems highly i'm
probable. the characterization, the
supporting incidents, the atmosphere,
particularly Of the settlement house
and the settlement house neighbor-
hood, lend an air of verisimilitude
to the whole. While the book fails
to grip the attention of the reader
as whole. yet the development of
Mary Boots character, the study of
her mothers life and character, the
revelation Of the mode of thought
Of representative slice OF q large
city and the presentation of the prob
lens peculiar to that slice of hu-
manity. make both interesting and
instructive reading. r. r. T.
THE WHITE sAHIBs OF INDIA. BY
Reginald Reynolds. New York
Reynal & Hitchcock.
THIS account Of English conquest
and subsequent government Of
India does not make pretty reading.
The most damning feature of Mr.. Rey-
nolds' accusation-for accusation it
isles in the Unconditional style and in
the sources from which he draws his
facts The author supports his as
sertions and statistics in most pains
taking manner.
May it be said, to the honor Of the
Anglo-Saxon. that nearly all of Mr.
Reynolds protest is based on the find
ings Of English members of the Indian
government and Of Englishmen identi-
fled with India.
There is an interesting description
Of "Panchayet," or the village system,
which reigned in India before the de-
struction Of native industries brought
starvation and ruin to these small, self
sustaining communities
Ghandi and the caste system are
dealt with at length.
The author gives q comprehensive
historical background to his story of
the development of the East India Co
from its inception in 1900. BY 1890
three separate centers Of British
penetration had been established and
In 1857, at the battle of Plassey. Bengal
was won by Give with loss Of 20
men
Mr.. Reynolds quotes from Mr.. Brook
Adams: VERY soon after Plassey the
Bengal plunder began to arrive in
London. Possibly since the world be-
gan no investment has ever yielded the
profit reaped from the Indian plunder. q
The story from here on is an un-
interrupted indictment of British rule
in India. coming from the lips OF
British statesmen such. as Edmund
Burke, who says after the conquest OF
Evening star., 1938-07-10
DISTRICT BOY WRITES OF MEXICO
Scion of Shepherd Leadership Gives Mark Twain Touch Story
About Mining in Neehborng Country Contact With
Revoutonists- English Comment Nazis

and finally has trouble with the law,
He leaves town rather quickly and
May Is left to bring up her brood.
One OF them is no account and Il
killed In fight; one girl becomes q
nun; another becomes a teacher, and
the youngest two children become
$3.O00-avweek film stars.
Mike comes back and the scene
closes in a burst of sentiment, in which
there are noticeable overtones of
SHOW Boat" Apple Annie" and al
most every other story of the kind
which the reviewer has had the hard
luck ever to have read.
The sickness, as said, Is not so yio-
lent as that of the genuine Ferber
opus, but it is high. The reason far
the lesser shine is probably that N.Y.
ron BRING can, or could, write. He
seems to have turned his back very
definitely on his talent, however, and
this is the second best-seller which he
has recently produced. Sufficient unto
the work be the royalties thereof.
WE LIVED AS CHILDREN. By
Kathryn Hume. New York: Al
fred A. Knopf.
THIS is trim, neat little novel, not
without merit. It tells OF a fam
lily of children whose parents are di-
vorced, the telling being done by the
youngest daughter In the first person.
The theme seems to be that the domi-
nant factor in the lives OF both chill
dren and mother is the divorced and
generally absent father. He comes
to see them occasionally: he takes
them on wonderful rides and the like;
he marries two other wives after leav-
ing their mother; he has a ranch, a
great woolen mill and is generally a
source of suspense and breath taking
adventure. Children grow up and
mother becomes older, but father re-
mains a delightful, changeless prince
and spoiled boy to them all:
The story begins in the San Fran
cisco Of the pre-earthquake days and
ends with the World War: there is
lots OF the more or less usual back
ground stuff in it, of course, but the
treatment is authentic and not of that
forcibly -dragged-in character which
is common to the novel with a setting
in the indentiflable past On the
whole, 1t is work Of some talent, but
still minor thing.
MEN AGAINST CRIME. By Henry
Lysing. New York: David Kemp
& Co.
THIS is the story Of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. its his
tory and method. 1t may be taken to
be authoritative. if for no other rea-
son the that Mr.. J. Edgar Hoover has
written forewords to the various
Evening star., 1938-07-10

how many dollars worth of postage he
wishes to purchase-some machines
have a capacity Of ,000-after
which he pays for it and gets a receipt.
THE postmaster sets the machine for
that amount. so the meter can
run on merrily through the following
days or weeks until the postage is used
up. 1t will then automatically lock
and prevent use of the device after
exhaustion of the amount for which
set.
Postal regulations provide that ''the
setting must be witnessed by two postal
employees" So the latter are called
from their work and act as onlookers,
at as will-signing or wedding. Once
the ceremony is over, the meter keys
are kept thereafter in the postmaster S
custody.
The device is electrically run, and,
generally speaking operates something
like an adding machine. with columns
OF figures and levers to work them.
Here is how the machine saves time.
Letters, and in the case of some
machines quite bulky packages, are
fed directly through. saving the need
OF afixing stamps. and are sealed in
the same operation. Or, If the matter
is too bulky. the indicia are printed on
gummed labels and the latter afixed
to the mail.
The machines are individualists
functioning differently. but there are
some which do practically everything
at the same time-feeding. sealing,
printing indicia and postmarks, count
ing and stacking. At the recent an
nual National Business Show in New
York machines were exhibited for
which their manufacturers claim q
speed Of $4,000 to $4,000 pieces an
hour.
This saves time In the mailing room
by combining several operations in
one
Meters save employees at the post
odice lots Of minutes and hurs, too,
which Is one Of the reasons for trying
them out at the feur aforementioned
points. Matter Is gotten out there
in about half the time formerly con-
sumed at peak hours.
THIS is In line with q resolution
adopted by the National Associa-
ton Of Postmasters as far back as
1928, approving. indorsing and en-
couraging" the use Of metered mail,
because. for one reason, it relieves the
Primary Section Of the post ONCE dur
ing the congested periods by avoiding
operations otherwise necessary"
The National Federation of Postal
Clerks again in 1928 indorsed the
system on the ground that it expe-
dites mail and greatly reduces night
work and overtime.
Too, metered mail is more fool
proof than ordinary matter. When 1t
skips the operation Of facing, can
ceiling and postmarking at the post
ONCE 1t obviates the mistakes there-
Of. such - overlooking cancellation.
Then, too, tho old.fashioned ID
Evening star., 1938-07-10

the cry: Hell Hitler! God Save the
King!' Admitting that every man has
right to his own opinion, there does
seems to be sort of frenzy about this
manifestation Of sympathy. It Is, in
deed, too noticeable to be passed over,
for 1t gives the quality to a great part
of Mr.. Williamson's book.
Other sections of the book deal sor-
rowfully with the authors friendships
with T. E. Lawrence and with Victor
Yeates, the flyer and writer who died
i'll 1854 tragic death ending a tragic
life, according to this record. These
passages are intensely personal and
marked by deep emotion.
On the whole, the book lacks a def
mite quality. 1t is diary. as said, and
the freedom and personal idiosyncrasy
which that form Of record allows are
not always successfully transmutable
into q work for publication. One has q
feeling Of neurotic and somewhat self
pitying emotion, as one reads. It is not
an agreeable revelation to be made by
a writer of such accomplishment as
this one.
MAY FLAVIN. BY Myron BRING.
New York: Farrar g. Rinehart
THE author of this currently best
selling novel happens to be named
BRING. If. however, he had put one
more degree Of sickness on his work, q
reader might be pardoned for assuming
that the name was Ferber. The book is
one of that school which the enter
prising Edna has made popular, a
psuedo-profound recreation of an
American period" saga" as they
are sometimes called, Of the American
past" an "epic" out Of our expanding
history. Actually that means that it
is perfectly conventional story set
against q violently painted historical
backdrop. In this case the backdrop
is OF the Chicago after the fire and the
New York Bowery from the COS on.
The story is one of those "she loved
her man" things It tells of May Ho-
gan, daughter of an Irish policeman,
who married Mike Flavin, q handsome
weakling, and bore him six children.
all Of whom she loved devotedly. Mike s
peak Of industry Is to own q little
news stand on the Bowery. He gets
less and less energetic q time goes on
Evening star., 1938-07-10

chapters. It tells Of. the bureaus
training school, laboratories, identifi-
cation methods, personnel and its
great victories-or some of them. It
ends with plea to the citizen to be-
come aware of his duty in the mat
ter Of law enforcement and to cooper
ate with authority in seeing that crime
Is reported and punished. 1t Is an
interesting thing, very plainly wr@ten.
1t can be recommended to anybody
whose attention has been attracted
by the G-men and their work-and
this is, Of course, very large section
of the public.
THE MAKING OF A SAILOR. BY
Alan J. Villiers. New York: Will
liam Morrow g. Co.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC story of train
ing in seamanship under sail.
There are 200 photographs, many Of
them superb, made chiefly during the
voyage of the ship Joseph Conrad
around the world in 1934-35-36, and
during a cruise in the Baltic in the
Danish schoolship Georg Stage in the
summer of 1887.
Mr.. Villiers, known for his books
and magazine articles on sailing YES
sells. writes briefly of the cruises, the
ships and the youngsters who trained
in them This is incidental, however,
to the photographs. which. presented
In chronological order. tell better than
words Of the vanishing beauty Of the
days of sail. J. s. E.
LIKE WATER FLOWING Margaret
Mackprang Mackay. New York:
Reynal & Hitchcock.
CHINA is still romantic country, still
very much in the public's mind.
has quite recently been the scene Of
some best sellers. and is still good for
few novels that might sell we'll.
There is no reason why Like Water
Evening star., 1938-07-10

Bengal, There is nothing before the
eyes of the natives but an endless,
hopeless prospect Of new flights Of
birds Of prey and passage"
The author recalls that when Eng
land went to war in 1914 to fight for
its great assets" she exacted q tribute
Of 81, 200, ,000. 900 from India, the poor
est country in the world.
Mr.. Reynolds sees in the British
penetration of India the beginning of
the industrial revolution, the founda-
ton Of economic unrest for England
herself, and the Justification for i'm
perialistic nations exploiting weaker
peoples. H. c. c.
Evening star., 1938-07-10
proud 10 years under the descriptive
title, "Frontierless Decade"

proud 10 years under the descriptive
title, "Frontierless Decade"
A s A documentary organ, TRANSIT
ton began by bringing to the at
tention Of Anglo-Saxon readers trans
lated stories and poems from various
camps, including expressionism. post
expressionism, dadaism, surrealism. It
also included original work by the
most unorthodox writer's Of the British
Isles and America, as well as countless
continental independents who had
heretofore been ignored by both the
conservative and the radical maga-
Among the translations published,
1t introduced the texts of the then
emergent School Of Surrealism, q full
decade before London and New York
became aware Of 1t, and this despite
the fact that the surrealist theology
was not identical with that Of TRANSIT
ton.
Transition was not satisfied, how
ever, to be merely the mirror of con-
tinental advance guard movements .
1T created a new narrative in q
magic realism (paramyth) and q new
form of dream poetry hypnologue) {.
After the first year of research, it
became an independent workshop for
the development of new style and
a new language :. It was the first
modern review published in Europe or
America to recognize the 'malady Of
language 1t sought the debanaliza-
ton Of creative language by encourag-
ing the phantasmatic metaphor and
the exploration of neologistic possibili-
1T did not imply that every writer
should invent language of his own,
but simply that the writer should
have more liberty than he had pos
sessed heretofore in subjugating syn
tax and vocabulary to his individual
ends"
And more Of the same-coming
down finally to the proud declaration,
In 1882 it announced: Poetry is
vertical" And the burning promise
that Transition will continue to seek
a pan-symbolic. pan-linguistic syn
thesis in the conception OF a four-di-
mensional universe" And, really, could
anything be nicer?