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Evening star., 1938-10-02
Brief Reviews of Books

Novels.
QUESTION THE NIGHT. BY Mary
Kennedy New York: Dodd Mead
e. Co.
Novel of a family of actors-"aristo-
Gratis Of the theater" Worthy.
DEACON'S ROAD, BY Margaret Akh-
burn. New York: Dodd Mead L.
co.
Novel of Maine farm life. Absolute
ly worthy.
THE W1NDBREAK. BY Garreta
Busey. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Co.
Novel Of Illinois farm life in the
middle years of the last century.
Worthy.
THE WHITE NIGER BY Winfield
P. Woolf and Angus Elgin Orr.
Boston, Christopher Publishing
House
Story of pre-Civil War South ANA
teurish.
RIVER MAN. BY William Heylger.
New York: D. Appleton Century
Co.
Story Of life along the Virginia in
let's. Ordinary.
REBEL ON THE RANGE BY Ranger
Lee. New York: The Greystons
Press
Western stuff
Mysteries.
THE AFFAIR AT PALM SPRINGS,
BY Clifford Knight. New York:
Dodd Mead g. Co.
Murder strikes a luxury estate at
the well-known resort. Pretty good
THE MYSTERY OF SIR WILLIAM
WOLF. BY Eden Phillpotts. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
Story involving lycanthropy, or that
horrid disease which makes you be-
lieve that you are turning into a wolf.
Rather heavy.
THE BAND OF THE RED HAND. BY
Margaret Rau. New York: Alfred
A. Knopf.
Chinese mystery, pirates and junks
Pretty good.
Biography.
LUCK AND OPPORTUNITIES. BY
Francis l. Wellman. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
Well-known lawyer writes his life
chiefly his life in court. Amusingly
done and good reading.
Nature.
BROWN HILLS. BY Judy Van Der
Veer. New York: Longman's
Green.
Story Of observations and medita-
tions on Southern California ranch.
Well done. Pleasant
Graft.
PUBLIC PLUMBER. BY David 10th.
New York: Carrick g. Evans.
A history of graft in our country. A
story pretty well told by now, but re-
told here quite passably.
Employment.
WE ARE FORTY AND WE DID GET
JOBS. BY G, B. Thompson and M.
L. Wise Philadelphia: j. B. Lip
pincott Co.
The two authors staged tests, apply
Evening star., 1938-10-02

ing for a wide variety OF kinds Of jobs
in different cities-and getting them.
The story is told here to cheer up the
past-40 population, which might be
getting discouraged by youth prop
aganda. Valuable.
Commerce.
MILESTONES OF MARKETING. BY
George Burton Hotchkiss. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
A history of the evolution of market
distribution from ancient times to the
present. Scholarly.
Nationality.
THE NATIONAL MIND. BY Michael
Demiashkevich. New York: Amer
ican Book Co.
A study of the English French and
German national minds" or, that is
to say. of such national traits as may
be reasonably common. Popularity
written.
Collective Bargaining.
THIS IS DEMOCRACY BY Marquis
w. Childs. New Haven: Yale Uni
versity Press.
A study Of the organization Of labor
in the Scandinavian countries.
Nazi Horrors.
SCHOOL FOR BARBARIANS. BY
Erika Mann. With an Introduction
by Thomas Mann. New York: Mod
ern Age Book
Description Of the training of young
people under Nazi-ism. BY the daugh-
ter Of Thomas Mann Informative.
Foreign Affairs.
FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MAX
ING. BY Carl Joachim Friedrich
New York: w. w. Norton Co.
A study of recent trends in interna-
tional relations. Does not contain
much that has not already been writ
ten.
Juveniles.
ANIMAL TALES FROM THE OLD
NORTH STATE. BY Lucy Cobb
and Mary Hicks. Illustrations by
1nez Hogan. New York: e. P. Dut-
ton Co.
American Negro folk tales for chill
dren. Pleasant
THREE TUNES FOR A FLUTE. BY
Rose Mclaughlin Sackett. Illus
trated by Richard Bennett. New
York. The Macmillan Co.
Mystery with scene in Ireland. For
older boys and girls.
POsEY AND THE PEDDLER. BY
Maud Lindsay. Illustrated by
Ellis Credle New York: Lothrop
Lee e. Shepard
Story Of North Carolina mountains.
For youngsters 7 and 8. Pleasant.
THE PIG THAT DANCED A JIG. BY
Katherine Morse. Pictures by VIM
fired Bromball. New York: E. P.
Dutton Co.
Story of little Irish pig who was
jealous Of his mistress doll and left
home. For very young
THE GOLDEN COCKEREL. BY Elaine
Pogany. Illustrated by Willy Po-
gany. New York: Thomas Nelson
& Sons.
The Pushkin tale adapted to chill
dren. Very nice.
S1NG-A-SONG PLAYER BOOK.
Tunes and verses selected and ar
ranged by Sam See. Springfield:
Mclaughlin Bros.
Child's music book, with notes ar
ranged 50 that child can easily read
them and-believe it or not-an oc-
tave-length xylophone attached High.
ly ingenious and amusing
Modern Library Editions.
PRECIOUS BANE. BY Mary Webb.
New York: Modern Library.
STUDS LON1GAN. BY James T. Far
rell New York. A Modern Library
Giant.
The Studs Lonigan trio-"Young
Lonigan," The Young Manhood of
Studs Lonigan," and Judgment Day"
included here in a single volume.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

ing the last possible word on a sub
ject which irritates him only by the
disproportionate importance which it
has managed to achieve.
America" he says in his opening
paragraphs. "has never yet been able
to take the Communist theroems
seriously. This is a primary fact that
might do little toward clearing the
air if all Of us could recognize it."
And he adds that even during our
period of most active anti-com-
munism-that is, during the postwar
Red scare. Save for negligible
minority of bigots, the country SIM
ply saw no occasion to apply to the
suppression of communism a thou
sandth part of the resourcefulness it
was then devoting to the circumven-
ton of the Volstead Act" Which,
of course, is perfectly true.
So what of all this pother? asks
Mr. Follett, as one giant who has
been swarmed over by Lilliputians
too long. You want communism. do
you? he continues vigorously. Well
then, what do you propose to do?
You talk of class conflict and Of
social conscience, you talk Of taking
over the means of production, you talk
-even-of freedom. What. in your
ideology. do you mean by these tat
tered, dust bin phrases anyhow?
THEN with the most refreshing COM
nonsense in the world, he shoots
the well-mouthed slogans into the
Evening star., 1938-10-02

nothing which We have not already
heard on excellent evidence, but it
may have some interest to the public
because of NJ Gide's prominence and
past position on the subject.
The work is a rebuttal to the at
tacks of comrades who disagreed with
M. Gide's previous work, Back From
the U. s. S. r." In that book he told
Of the failure of the Russian expert
ment to improve the lives of the peo-
pie and announced his inability to
support Communism any longer. He
was promptly flooded with wrathful
letters, as he tells us here. THE pub
lication of my book, Back From the
U. S. S. r." he remarks plaintively,
brought me great many insults :"
But, he adds, "as we'll as the insulters,
there were some sincere critics. am
writing this book to answer them"
And so he goes into the well-used
procedures. Russian industry is not
efficient, Russian living quarters are
not palatial, Russian wages are not
high-all of it. There can be no doubt
that he is telling the truth. Every
thing which he writes has been SUBJ
stantially told before. and is supported
by wealth of testimony. But here
1t is again-for those who care
1t Is extraordinary, to this reviewer,
that so much space should have been
given to the matter at any time. No
body seems to question that the Rus
sian people are better of today than
they were under the Romanoffs, even
though they are not yet living in an
earthly paradise. When their condi.
ton was much worse, who in America
Evening star., 1938-10-02

interminable conversations between
various characters. The author is too
polite to adopt didactic tone himself,
but his characters leave nothing unsaid
and are going to tell us all about mod
ern Japan or die in the attempt.
This is a book which might have
lost nothing by careful pruning.
Worth quoting is Genro Ito's defini-
ton Of international law. "At last
we have discovered that might is
right. International law is merely the
stern voice from the foreign office of
any big power" Another sample Of
the influence of the West upon jap
anese ideas is cited in Premier Hara's
remark that The Westerners talk
about equality, but they will never
think us their equals unless we make
them by force" H. c. c.
AIRCRAFT OF THE WORLD. Drawn
and compiled by Eric Sargent.
edited by 1t. Comdr. E. c. Talbot
Booth. r. N. r. New York: D. APP
pleton- Century Co.
IRON the tiniest one-man racer,
tailored to fit its pilot, to giant
transport flying boats with ample
space for their 100 passengers to
promenade, the worlds aircraft pass
in review in this unique volume.
Designed as handy reference rec
ognition book, it has two pages de-
voted to each OF the hundreds of air
planes described. On one page are
plan, front and side views Of the air.
plane, with all salient features
stressed. On the facing page are con-
else facts concerning the type. its
dimensions. performance and purpose.
The book is quite complete; there
are, for example, 1913 pages devoted
to American non military aircraft and
50 pages OF American military air
planes. There are lists of the aircraft
manufacturers of all nations, color
plates Of the insignia of the worlds
commercial airlines and the recogni-
ton markers of military aircraft and
other material Of value to all who
would know their airplanes.
It's a concise. interesting work. Al
though It's pages measure only 4 by
5 inches, there are 1856 Of them, and
the book is az inches thick. What's
this? Reviewing q book with q ruler!
Oh, all right then, but you don't come
across one like this every day.
J. 3. Z.
Evening star., 1938-10-02
WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS IN
OTHER CITIES.
FICTION AND NON-FICTION.

FICTION AND NON-FICTION.
Boston.
Fiction-"And Tell OF Time"
Laura Krey; MY Son, My Son.
Howard Spring; THE Yearling,"
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings: The
Wall" Mary Roberts Rinehart;
"A Hall & Co.." Joseph c. Lin
coin.
Non fiction -" with Malice
Toward Some" Margaret Halsey;
The Importance Of Living" Lin
Yutang; THE Horse and Buggy
Doctor" Arthur E. Hertzler;
"Trending Into Maine" Kenneth
Roberts; I'm a Stranger Here
Myself" Ogden Nash.
Chicago.
Fiction-"And Tell OF Time"
THE Yearling,' MY Son, My
Son.; Dynasty Of Death" Tay-
lor Caldwell: "Tides of Mont
st. Michel" Roger Vercel.
Non : fiction -" With Malice
Toward Some" "The Horse and
Buggy Doctor" I'm a Stranger
Here Myself THE Importance
Of Living Babies Are Human
Beings" C. Anderson Aldrich and
Mary M. Aldrich.
New York.
Fiction-"My Son, My Son.:
"The Yearling," And Tell of
Time" Dynasty Of DEATH The
Citadel" A. J. Cronin.
Non -fiction-"The Horse and
Buggy Doctor" With Malice
Toward Some" THE Importance
of Living" Sailor on Horseback"
Irving Stone; Designing Wom-
en-" Margaretta Byers and Con-
suelo Kamholz.
San Francisco.
Fiction-"My Son. My Son:
THE Yearling." The World Is
Mine" William Blake; Crippled
Splendor. Evan John: They
Lived as Children Kathryn
Hulme.
Non n-fiction-"The Big Four"
Oscar Lewis: With Malice
Toward Some" Sailor on Horse
back" Can Women Be Gentle
men?" Gertrude Atherton; My
America" Louis Adamic.
(Copyrieht. 1881
Evening star., 1938-10-02
Washington's Best Sellers,
Week Ending September 29, 1888.
ESnks>n

Fiction.
MY SON, MY SON, Spring.
Viking.
DYNASTY OF DEATH. Cald-
we'll. Scribner.
THE LONG VALLEY. Steinbeck.
Viking.
THE YEARLING. Rawlings.
Scribner.
AND TELL OF TINE. Krey.
Houghton- -Miflin.
THE BUCCANEERS. Wharton.
Appleton.
Nor. n.Fiction.
HORSE AND BUGGY DOCTOR.
Hertzler. Harpers.
MIDWAY IN MY SONG. Lotte
Lehman. Bcbbs- Merrill.
IMPORTANCE OF LIVING. Yu-
tang. Reynal g. Hitchcock.
MARCH TO QUEBEC. Roberts.
Doubleday-Doran
BUILDING BRITISH EMPIRE.
Adams. Scribner.
GATEWAY TO HISTORY. Nev-
ins. Appleton.
Evening star., 1938-10-02

THE READERS Book Shop
1711 H St. NV.
formerly THE Attic")
tConsigners previous to Sept 1st please
communicate Immediately with the new
owner 1000 new books: poetry. his
. look
CARRIE wKAvER SAITH.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
AMERICAN OPERA
|SDREAM Of VIOLA
Hopes Names Such as
"Smith" and" "Jones" Soon
to Be in Lights.

Americas appreciation Of opera
has increased steadily in recent years,
but appreciation Of native artists has
not kept pace with that advance"
So declared J. Franklyn Viola yes
terday. Mr.. Viola was in the city
to supervise arrangements for WASH
ington's second week Of opera this sea-
son, to be presented 1t the Rialto
Theater beginning March 5. Behind
this engagement Is the story Of Z
dream-a dream of q national opera
featuring American singers which smil-
ing, cigar-chewing Joe Viola has cher
ished for some time and in further-
ance Of which be has gone about the
country promoting the art through
popular-priced non-profit making per-
formances.
I'VE don't have opera sung in our
native tongue As has almost every
other culturally=advanced nation" +"
says Mr. Viola. and we don't have
any definite plan for fostering the
development Of young voices along
operate lines. This Is because the
large opera companies are not suf-
ficiently bulwarked financially to en-
gage in experimentation by featuring
our own singers: they are forced to
use foreign talent"
Wants Chance for 'Youngsters."
ANY one who attempts to tread
the path to true American opera finds
1t is not . money-making PROPOSE
Evening star., 1938-02-20
DIRECTORS NAMED
OF FARM AID UNIT
N. L. Wilson, ]. W. Tapp and r.
N. Evans to Head Crop In.
surance Agency.

NJ L. Wilson, Undersecretary OF
Agriculture; Jesse w. Tapp, assistant
A. A. A. administrator, and r. M.
Evans, Assistant to the Secretary Of
Agriculture, yesterday were named
the directors of the new 100000, 600
Federal Crop Insurance Corp, set up
by the 1888 Farm Act.
The crop insurance for which this
legislation provides fits into the gen
eral policy OF the administration, !"
Secretary Wallace said in appointing
the board members. "It. aims at
security for wheat farmers against
the natural forces over which they
have no control"
The act provides for insuring wheat
yields. not prices, against such nat
ural hazards as droughts. flood. hail,
winterkill, lightning. insect infesta-
ton and plant diseases. It provides
payment in kind Of losses to wheat
farmers to the extent that their
yield falls below so or IS per cent Of
their past average yield. Losses to
producers are to Be paid from re-
serves built up by the premiums that
farmers pay.
The crop insurance legislation pro-
vides 100000 for annual admin
istration. It provides also that for
local administration, committees or
associations OF producers may be e.
taolished, or those already existing
may be utilized. Although the In
surance Corp. Is provided with Z capi-
tai stock Of &1oo,ooo.00o. only S2o,-
100000 Of 1t will be available for the
drst years operation.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
EMORY G[EE CLUB
ACCLAIMED HERE
Atlanta Group Sings Negro
Spiritua|s to Capacity
Audience.

Washingtonians attending the EN-
ory Glee Club concert at the Shore
ham Hotel Friday night heard Negro
spirituals sung in true Southern style.
An audience which packed the ball.
room enthusiastically applauded the
work OF the Atlanta singers who in
past seasons have displayed their tall
ent throughout the Eastern section of
the country and in Europe.
Although emphasis during the two
hour program was on group effect,
spiritual Interpretation was displayed
in solo work done by John Bumstead,
first tenor and club president.
The Negro spirituals, on which the
clubs reputation has largely been
built, were rendered in a manner to
bring out the inherent musical quality
present in these songs of the South.
Particularly effective were the rem.
ditions of Steal Away" and Euders'
Daniel" which, in 1ddition to Mr.
Bumstead's solo work, featured the
voice of Paul Bankston, baritone.
Dimcult harmony was accomplished
in several numbers in the second
group. Selections worthy Of special
Evening star., 1938-02-20

'We." to Mr.. Viola, Is the Chicago
Opera Co., which Is to offer "Aida,"
"Bohene," "Traviata," Carmen"
"sAmson and Dslilah." s'Faust" and
"Rigoletto" during It's stay here.
Texas Girl to Sing.
Mr.. Viola demonstrates that his talk
Of favoring native talent Is not IDLE
chatter, for the company includes
Leonora Corona, 4 young lady from
Texas who received considerable IA
vorable comment from critics on her
efforts with the Metropolitan. Also
to be heard are Mario Cozzi, also OF
the Metropolitan and well known to
radio audiences; Lodovico Oliviero,
tenor singer OF second parts with the
Met; Nino Carbone. formerly Of IA
Scala in Milan: Ivan Varluk, once
Evening star., 1938-02-20
K|NDLEREXP[A|NS
SYMPHONY NEEDS
Numerical Status Vital to
Group, He Tells Group
Launching Drive.

The National Symphony Orchestra
cannot continue unless 1t can become
q frst-class orchestra numerically as
we'll Is artistically.
This was the ultimatum laid down
by Conductor Hans Kinder yester-
day to the volunteer workers who will
carry the burden of the National
Symphony Orchestra Associations
campaign for a 100000 sustaining
fund for the 1889 season.
DR.. Kinder had just ended a spe-
cial rehearsal of the orchestra. The
workers who had been invited to step
behind the scene to witness the per-
formance in Constitution Hall waited
quietly while the musicians left the
stage. Brushing a handkerchief across
his forehead. the conductor turned to
the audience.
Il have been asked to say a few
words to you about the campaign" :"
he began. Il don't know what l can
tell you that you don't already know.
Asks Eight More Musicians.
when the orchestra gives concerts
IN other cities it represents the Cap
ital Of the Nation. We cannot go on
representing Washington unless we be-
come first class numerically and ar
hstically. That meanc We must have
4 sustaining fund large enough to
provide more players. We now have
some musicians who are second to
none in the world.
There are some who say Washing
ton Is not civic-minded. don't be-
lieve that Is. true. 1t certainly cannot
be true of city that has stood be-
mind the National Symphony Or
chestra as Washington has during the
last six and half years"
DR.. Kinder paused. then said: II
can only say I'm terribly grateful to
Ill Of you for your work"
Drive Runs to March 8.
The campaign will get under way
Wednesday, and continue through
March 6. The orchestra association,
IN announcing plans for the drive, ex-
planned that unless the full amount Is
A0&oSAs eAAC SnA1AOt OC WILL
tinued under sponsorship Of the asso-
citation.
Team and committee personnel has
been completed by the chairman Of
the IL divisions Of the campaign, with
the number of workers totaling more
than 800.
Large business firms will be con-
tacted by committee under the chair
manship of Col. Edward @. Bliss.
Leaders of the unit include Charles
Carr, Herbert Gill, Bruce Allen, Arthur
Sundland, George Minnigerode, Harold
Fitz. Oliver Cash and Harry Somer-
vile.
A woman's business committee of
IS workers under Mrs. Foster Adams,
chairman, and Mrs. David Craig and
Mrs. c. Stanley Thompson, co-chair-
men, will solicit the smaller business
firms. Captains in the group include
Mrs. Benjamin Jones, Mrs. Clifford
James. Mrs. Harold Master, Mrs. Jo-
seph L. Miller, Mrs. Fanny Amstutz
Roberts. Mrs. Ralph Rogers and Mrs.
Otto Simon.
A publicity committee has been
organized under the Craftsmanship Of
L. z. Rubel. @ "a -
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ton. Some day II win be, however,
and that time u not too far away.
The country II opera and
opera will be box once in . big way
when we evolve = system Of national
opera dedicated to the training OF
ltkley VOICES In company with tried
veterans. Give these youngsters q
chance to sing with experienced stars,
and. within few years. names such
~ Smith and Jones will get the
large type on the fronts Of opera
houses"
Mr.. Viola considers Washington an
excellent opera city, pointing to the
impressive attendance at the produc-
tions Of the Columbia Grand Opera
Co. last fall.
That's why we decided to bring
down some names" he stated.
Evening star., 1938-02-20
Library to Be Presented.

An international dictionary and q
Get of Encyclopedia Britannica will
be included in . library presented to
the International Student House at
. tea this afternoon. The presenta. !.
ton will be made In honor Of the late
Martha N. Hooper. world traveller and
social worker, by her sister, Mrs.
jerome D. Davis, and several other
relatives.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

with the Moscow Opera: Rocco Pan
discio. another Met" singer; Vivian
Currier, another American artist.
Elda Ercole, who scored something
Of personal triumph here with the
Columbia Opera Co., has been engaged
for the week. and youthful Martha
Erolle. who made her operatic debut
In the Capital, returns with her
father, Ralph Errolle, leading tenor.
Evening star., 1938-02-20

mention were Brahms Lullaby" and
Leoncavello's Gentle Friend Pierrot."
The singers, who are directed BY
DR.. Malcolm H. Dewey. left yesterday
for a swing through North Carolina
before returning to their Atlanta CAM
pus.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-11

In connection with the issuance
# the 3-cent Northwest Territory
commemorative at Marietta, O..
LILLY IS, the Marietta Celebration
Commission has designed a series
Of four cachetS.
Tho first cover shows, against
background map of the Northwest
Territory, advent of French mis-
sionarieS, fur traders and explor-
ers. Using the same background,
the second is a composite picture
of George Rogers Clark'S conquest
of Ohio lands, the adoption by
Congress of the Ordinance of 1877,
and the westward trek of the plo-
neers. The third reproduces,
against the same Territorial map,
the new national memorial to The
Start of Nation Westward" and
the fourth depicts the Inaugural
ton of Gen. Arthur st. Clair as
first governor of the Northwest
Territory. The covers are printed
in two colors, with the back
ground map in gold and the inset
art work in contrasting black
blue, green and red. Address
Marietta Celebration Commission
for further information. ....
Copyright. 1888, NEA Service, lnc)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-11
LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WlCKES WAMBOLDT

breadth Of this land eulogiZing
war; epicS were written glorlfy-
ing battle; sentimentalities beau
tifying the slaughter of men by
men oozed or cascaded from
press, platform and pulpit. But
today from every civilized source
come denunciation of war and re-
vilement of battle - a virtual
splitting in the face of the vile
god Of war; the Thing is being
recognized for exactly what it is
by those peoples which are emerg-
ing from barbariSm.
A decided change is taking
place in the thinking Of civilized
peoples. Twenty years ago who
would have dreamed that the
prime minister Of Great Britain
would ever say Of the bombing
or the sinking of seventy-fve Eng
lish merchantmen that he was not
disposed to plunge Europe into
war because certain persons i'm
PEELED by greed for god, Vcntur.
cu 10 Selu CdlSOcS lllO wal iii
Tested waters? Yet the prime min
lister says England will fight if
necessary. And war may be nee
eSsary. Good must always stand
ready to fight as far as is neces-
sary against the onslaughts of
evil. 1t may take another great
war to demonstrate to heathenish
nations that unless they control
themselves, they will be contrOll-
ed.
If evil men in your community
should set about molesting and
numbering citizens, it would be
the duty Of the decent persons in
that community to join in move
ment of resistance and subjuga-
ton.
SPREADING THE EAGLES
WINGS
81 made dollar cut four ways
today" said man with a graft
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-11
OLD INDIAN PIPES
BEING PRESERVED

FT. GELkNAP. Mon., July H..
(UP).-PlanS are being made TO
put religious objects of the Gros
Vcntres Indian tribe in a fire
proof building for preservation.
OF particular interest are two
pipes possessed by the Indians.
The flat pipe is believed to have
been given to the tribe when the
world was made, and the feather
ed pipe is said TO have been given
an ancient chief during Il violent
storm.
The keepers Of the pipes have
died and so great is the supcrSti-
ton concerning the objects, even
among Christian members of the
tribe, that they will not touch
them. Several offers of money
have been made by museums and
private collectors.