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efforts for wage and hour regulations
the methods of enforcing such legis-
lation, and its results.
The principles of Government con-
troll of the conditions of labor have
been studied and publications ap-
preaching the subject from this
point of view included the Twentieth
Century Funds Labor and the
Government" and Matthew VOLS
Labor, Industry and Government"
Some previous proposals and plans
for the improvement of conditions
in this field are to be found in PAM
phlets such as The Thirty Hour
Week" by William Green: Hours
and Wages Provisions in N. R. A..
Codes" by Leon Marshall, and The
Thirty-Eour Week a study by the
National Industrial Conference
Board.
The legislation which became
effective on October "a, 1898, was
requested by President Roosevelt
and the text of his speech recon-
mending such a measure from Con-
gress is given in an article by him
called Expanding Frontiers of
Social Progress" found in Vital
Speeches."
Divergent views on the proba BILE
effect of the proposed legislation
are interesting in the light of what
is happening at present. They are
to be found in an article in Vital
Speeches for August Is, 1887, pages
642-5l, Wages and Hours Bill
presenting the opinions of Hugo l..
Black. Pat Harrison and Arthur
H. Vandenberg.
In addition to the text of the bill,
copies of which are available in the
pamphlet collection of the sociology
division, further explanation of the
provisions made by the legislation
and the machinery provided to in
force them can be found in period
ical articles.
.One of the best treatments is
that by Buelah Amidon in thqe No
vember, 1898, Survey Graphic. New
Notes and Bounds in Industry:
Floor Under Wages and Ceiling Over
Hours Brief notes considering the
beginning of the bills application
are Floor Under Wages" found in
the New Republic for November 2,
1888, page $50, and whats What
in Wage-Hour Law" found in Bust
ness Week for October IS, 1888.
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WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS IN
OTHER CITIES.

Fiction-"Rebecca," Daphne
du Maurier; "All This and
Heaven, Too" Rachel Field;
"Wisdom's Gate" Margaret
Aver Barnes; THE Yearling,"
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings;
Three Harbours," F. Van Wyck
Mason.
Non-flction - with Malice
Toward Some" Margaret Hal
sey; Listen, the Wind" Anne
Morrow Lindbergh; Alone"
Richard E. Byrd; benjamin
Franklin" Carl van Doren;
THE Horse and Buggy Doctor"
Arthur e. HertZler.
Chicago.
Fiction-"All This and Heav-
en-, Too" "Rebecca," "Wisdom's
Gate" 1.-THE Yearling," my Son,
My Son." Howard Spring.
Nom fl lotion Alone"
Listen, the Wind" with NAL
ice Toward Some" Benjamin
Franklin" THE Horse and
Buggy Doctor"
New York.
Fiction-"Rebecca," "All This
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Non-fiction - Listen, the
Wind" with Malice Toward
Some" 1.-THE Horse and Buggy
Doctor" "Chateaubriand," An
DIRE Maurois; Benjamin Frank
lin."
San Francisco.
Fiction-"Rebecca," All This
and Heaven, Too" Mans
Hope" Andre Talraux; THE
Long Valley" John Steinback;
THE Yearling."
Non-fiction - Listen, the
Wind" With Malice Toward
Some" Benjamin Franklin"
Toulouse Lautrec," Gerstle
Mack: Science for the Citizen
Lancelot Hogben.
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DECEMBER 8, 1888.

REBECCA. Du Maurier. Dou-
bleday Doran.
ALL THIS AND HEAVEN TOO.
Field. Macmillan.
THE YEARLING. Rawlings.
Scribner.
MY SON, MY SON. Spring.
Viking.
MANS HOPE: Malraux. Ran
dom.
THREE HARBOURS. Mason.
Lippincott.
NOn-Fiction.
LISTEN. THE WIND. Lind
bergh. Harcourt Brace.
THE COMING STRUGGLE
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Beals. Lippincott.
QUEEN VICTORIA'S DAUGH-
TIERS. Benson. Appleton.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Van
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WITH MALICE TOWARD
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Schuster.
THE WINDSOR TAPESTRY.
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us see them reacting to their present
unacceptable environment in highly
human manner. His book centers
around the love story of Mary Lou
and her man JUNE, who want to get
married and have trouble from time
to time: but Mary Lou and JUNE
are not the only colored characters.
Their friends and relatives make up
an interesting chorus. It is good
to find book about Negroes which
neither idealizes nor sentimentalizes,
and which shows, at the same time,
genuinely sympathetic, even affec-
tionate, spirit toward the other
American race. The Back Door" Is
recommended among works of its
kind. The publisher is Longmans
Green & Co.
An unusual and absorbing novel
Is one from the pen of Miss Victoria
Lincoln called February Hill" and
published by Modern Age Books.
1t is a story of the famed prole-
tariat, to be sure, but in no other
respect does it. coincide with the
clap-trap commercial social theme"
work just now being turned out in
job lots by the hopeful. 1t is the
story of a group of people of humble
position who never think about their
position at all, but live hearty, eager
lives and succeed magnif1cently in
being human, even though fit to
wear the badge of class conscious
ness if they chose to don it. They
are chiefly the women of three gen.
erations of working class family
easy of morals, eager for a good time
honest according to their standards
and full of kindly tolerance The
more thin skinned members of their
tribe suffer from their expansive
heartiness, but these same squeam-
ish ones depend on the women for
much. The book is set entirely in
the. world of the social fringe-in
addition to the casual heroines there
are smugglers, shoplifters and SINH
lar gentry. And the author has not
gone into Standardization; she
has not asked us to accept her hero
ines as better-t than their-virtuous-
sisters, or, for that matter, as better
than anybody. She just sets them
down as she has seen them, part
good, part bad, but wholly without
malice. And she makes them plaus-
ible. It may be that there are no
such simple childlike souls in this
complicated world, and if that is
true, Miss Lincoln has misled her
readers. But the reviewer would
hold that the world is worse for the
omission.
Another book of our modern day
is Dreams of Youth" by Philip
Freund pilgrim House,. 1t is writ
ten with q certain intense inner
beauty, but is essentially a minor
thing. It is the story Of a group
Of young Americans talking about
the crash and din Of revolution in
the world without their world and
reacting to one another as they do
so. BY the subtle nature Of Mr..
Freunds talent the novel escapes
being a trifle, but it remains a book
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the type you will find this a good
example of it.
THE Kents." by LIE Grand Cannon,
jr., is another novel of American life,
but it has the prevailing unfortunate
fault of the current work of its kind
in that it is primarily dealing with
forces. Its characters suffer from
this preoccupation and are no more
than silhouetted types. The period
is that following the Civil War, and
the story tells of a young New Yorker
who, because his family is ruined in
the financial crash which followed
that conflict, goes out to work for
his own living. The theme from this
point on is chiefly the change in
American business methods during
the period in question. To be sure,
the young man meets his true love
and marries her, but it will hardly
matter to the reader; neither he nor
she ever come really alive; they are
like those conventionalized figures
which pass for men and women in
the motion pictures; they simply
have mannerisms which make them
recognizable as good, honorable,
high-spirited and so on. But that
is all. 1t is a serious book, but still.
not much. The publisher is Farrar
& Rinehart.
Coming nearer to our own times,
we have novel by Louis Paul called
1.-THE Wrong World" 1t tells of the
life of young fellow who has been
slated by his elders to be an infant
prodigy in music. He achieves
high degree of technical excellence,
but is dissatisfied with his per-
Torrance and incontinently abap-
dons his career to wander across
the country and find his soul In con-
facts with human beings, if so be it
that he have one. Mr.. Paul is one
of the slickest writer's since the
enameled Edna Ferber burst on the
American scene, and, like Miss
Ferber, he can, if he wishes, give an
almost glisteningly plausible per-
Torrance in sincerity. But he is,
essentially, a commercial writer, fol-
lowing the styles, following them so
we'll that he seems to improve on
them, the sort of thing which makes
this reviewer blue with rage. And
so, let "The Wrong World" pass.
There is a large public for such
opera; they do not need critical
commentator and they usually defy
critical slams. This book is published
by Doubleday Doran & Co.
A book by Julian Meade is another
matter. This young man is the
author of the excellent non-fction
work, II Live in Virginia" Now he
gives us a novel out of his own ex-
perience and observation. Under the
title, 1.-THE Back Door," he writes OF
the colored people of an average
Southern community, and he does it
very well. He writes sympathet-
ically, but without striving to make
his Negroes all noble and ill-used
heroes. Iu-used he shows them
sometimes to be, to be sure, but he
keers their proportions, too, and lets
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-12-11
Labor Laws Featured
In Library Questions

Questions asked in the sociology
division Of the Central Library,
Eighth and K streets NV, are
affected by current interests and
events, as the following examples
from recent requests illustrate:
What are the prospects for youth
today as compared with past genera
tons?
Some causes of school failure and
remedial measures?
Trends in the revision of the school
curriculum?
Methods of fund raising used by
community chests?
What are the advantages of craft
unionism?
For this reason questions about
the regulation Of wages and hours
and the Fair Standards Act of 1888
for that purpose appear frequently
in recent months. These include
questions on the historical develop
ment of the regulation Of wages. TIE
background of the movement toward
such control is discussed at length in
volume III of the History of Labor
in the United States, lSsS-1932." in
section written by D. D. Lescohier
The history of legislative measures
during that period is treated in a
section of the same valume written
by Elizabeth Brandeis
Important to the understanding
of wage and hour regulation are the
background and issues of recent
labor struggles. This subject is
covered in number of recent VOL
umes in the collection of the soci-
ology division, such as: The Labor
Movement in America by Mar
jorie R. Clark and S. Fanny Simon,
and Labor on the March" by Ed
ward Levinson, both books pub
lished in the current year. Also
readable and authoritative is the
presentation by Robert R. R. Brooks
of Yale University, When Labor
Organizes published in 1887.
General issues in the problems con-
fronting labor in this country today
are diagnosed in number of VAL
liable works, including Carroll F.
Daugherty's Labor Problems in
American Industry" and Earl E.
Cummins' Labor Problems in the
United States" Principles Of Labor
legislation by John R. Commons
and John B. Andrews, covers the
past development in legislative
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of implications rather than one Of
resolution. It is no find for the
thoughtless and therein is uttered
its greatest praise.
Finally, we have a novel in verse,
Each to the Other" by Christopher
La Fargo, and published by Coward
Mccain 1t is the story of a mar
riage, and how it arrived, through
storms, to happiness. The reviewer
has always thought that no mar
riage could be more interesting than
the people who made it; in other
words, she has rated books about in
situations somewhat lower than
books about men and women. The
authors assumption, in such
thing, is obviously that his readers
will find his characters interesting
from the very storms through which
they live. But this is not generally
the case. We have seen, in history,
that a man can be king or presi-
dent and still remain a human
blank: that individual life gains its
quality from individuals would
hardly need to be said. But novel;
lists are perpetually forgetting that
simple self evident fact. And so in
Mr.. La Farge's book, his characters
remain mere names to the end. The
verse'is of that studiedly dry senten-
tious kind which has followed in the
wake of Robinson these several
years. To the reviewer the book is
a mystery, for she cannot see why
any one would have done the ire
mendous amount of uninspired
labor in it.
But this should not be finally"
after all-the shelf Is by no means
cleared. Long rows of books un-
mentioned stand there, solemnly re-
proachful. Possibly the reviewer
will be able to give one more page
to this rapid-fire kind of notice be-
fore the bells. of New Year ring. She
hopes SO. If she is not able, then
she can only say, like the epitaph Of
the dead miner, "She done her
d-est; angels could do no more"
ADVENTURES OF AMERICA, 1857
1900. Text by Kouwenhoven. New
York: Harper g. Bros.
This is the most exciting, the most
interesting history book that ever
rolled off the presses. It consists of
reproductions of cartoons and news
paper illustrations originally pub
lished in the years covered. 1t shows
the unfolding of America from pre-
Civil War days, through reconstruct
ton, the settling of the West, the
economic depressions of the last
quarter of the century, and the rise
of the horseless carriage and other
symbols Of our modern era. There
is just enough text to carry and
explain the pictures. It is well
written, unbiased, and as vivid in
its way as the pictures are in theirs
Text books of this sort, were they
available, would completely revolu-
tionize the dull history courses COM
monty taught In our secondary
schools. r. r. T.
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the more interested in 1t from the
circumstance that its scene Is local;
the hero Is an Alexandrian and
scenes in Washington and George
town are frequent. The theme is
of the rise of an unconventional
young man in highly convention
allied society; the hero is almost
modern in his philosophy of life and
so runs into difficulties with the
rigid abiders by the old Southern
code among whom he lives. But he
wins his lady and makes his fortune
just the same. The book Is not q
set piece at all, but has plenty of
plausibility and a good reading
quality, too. From Mr.. Tate's past
preoccupation with social themes, 1t
was to be feared that, as a novelist,
he might sacrifice life to movements.
But he has not done so. His book
Is the better for it. The publisher
Is G. p. Putnam's Sons.
Another novel of Americas past
is First the Blade" by May Merrill
Miller, published by Alfred A. Knopf.
It deals with the settlement of the
San Joaquin Valley in California
and is thing of some power,
though artlessly written. It's pat
tern is of course familiar; it tells of
the growth of frontier community
through the years of one characters
life-in this case the life OF woman.
These novels of our more obscure
history, of the development of our
land in its less spectacular aspects
have become so numerous that it is
hard to view one as an individual
work; they all have the stamp Of
type too markedly on them. But
Mrs. Miller's book has great sin
cerity. and. probably because of its
very artlessness. stands as far out
Of the conventions Of its kind O.
could be expected. II you care for
The Washington times., 1938-11-23

gowns for many years, there is no
need to resort to such extremes
AL, you need to handle the hoop
skirt with aplomb is a little prac.
tice.
Take the single hoop for in,
stance. You know-the detach-
able one that slips over the head
and looks like an inflated petit.
coat. NEVER under any circum-
stances, sit down in it-unleSS
YOU want it to go zoop! Just rec
oncile yourself to standing-be-
ing careful not to back against a
wall. And if you MUST go
through a revolving door clutch
your hoop on the side raising it
nearly to your knee-and make a
dash for it.
BE CAREFUL
When dancing DON'T get too
close to your partner-what hap
pens has already been demon
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
ALARMS SOUND,
BUT NO THIEVES

If burglar alarms are any cri-
terion, there should have been a
great deal Of looting this morning
in the 1900 block of F st. N. w.
and at Police Court.
At $50 a. m. (r-r-r-ringD a
burglar alarm in the financial
clerks office at Police Court was
gonging all over the place.
Police and detectives rushed to
the scene and found the "burglar"
was a charwoman who had mad
vertently set off the apparatus.
A short time later r-r-r-ring
againD hordes of uniformed men
descended on a store in the 1900
block Of F st. N. w., where an
alarm had been sounded. An en-
ploye opened the store early and
forgot to shut off the alarm.
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
DOCTOR AMONG
9 PERSONS HURT.
IN D. C. TRAFFIC.

Among nine persons recovering
today from injuries suffered in
Washington traffic last night is
an Emergency Hospital physician
who was hurt while attending two
of the victims.
DR.. Sylvan H. Steiner, of Emerg-
ency Hospital staff, was rushed
in an ambulance to Vermont Ave
nue. and v Street Northwest to
treat two men struck by a bus,
Phillip Lewis, 40, of the 500 block
of @ Street Northwest, and Rob-
ert Coleman, 38, of the block of
Florida Avenue Northwest.
After giving first aid, DR.. Steiner
was about to enter the ambulance
when it started prematurely, an
open door hitting his head and
throwing him to the ground. He
returned to the hospital as a pa
tient, and was treated for in
juries described as not serious.
Also hurt in traffic was jean
cite Kasdon, 18, of the $500 block
of Belt RI. N. w., hit by an auto
mobile at the intersection of Con-
necticut Avenue and Military Road
Northwest. She suffered broken
leg and severe abraSions and was
taken to Emergency Hospital.
Police say the driver of the car,
William Fritzinger, so, of the 5000
block of Fourteenth st. N. w., has
been charged with reckless dr1V-
ing.
Annabelle O'Kelly, 80, of the
HOO block of o st. N. w., was
treated at Freedman's Hospital
for decorations suffered when she
walked into the side of a taxicab,
police report.
The Washington times., 1938-11-23

A recent check showed that the
seasons buds, .despairing of han
ding the eccentric hoop which is
almost human in its devilishness,
solve the problem by checking
them with their wraps.
10Y and sedate, their once ath-
~ letic strides cut to graceful
mince, the debbies arrive at a
dance in all their hoop-skirted
glory. Then-and they don't at
tempt to hide the fact-they re-
pair to the ladies dressing room
remove the hoop-and park it
with their wraps.
JUST PRACTICE
However, according to A. N.
Rizik, who has been selling ladies
The Washington times., 1938-11-23

Meanwhile workmen of the Ma
tional Capital Parks Office are
going ahead with the removal of
all small trees and shrubs from
the memorial site. All large trees,
including at least 88 cherry trees,
will be left standing to be felled
by the axes of the contractors
Workmen.
Raymond Concrete Pile Co., Of
New York, submitted the low lump
sum bid of $38A00O. Five other
firms also submitted bids and the
commission must consider alter
mates before awarding the contract.
Leading the battle of beauty
lovers to save the natural charm
of the Tidal Basin area, aroused
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
B | D OF $483,747
.RECO M MENDED
FOR ACCEPTANCE
81 Trees to Replace
Doomed Lindens

Highway Director H. c. White
hurst recommended to the Dis
trict Commissioners today accept
ance of a bid Of $483,747 submit
ted by James Stewart g. Co., Of
New York City for construction Of
the proposed Thomas Circle un-
derpass.
At the same time, Whitehurst
disclosed the project will neces-
state removal of 81 linden trees
from Massachusetts, Avenue be-
tween Thirteenth and Fifteenth
Streets Northwest.
81 REPLACEMENTS
He promised, however, that 81
beautiful, large trees, four or
five inches in diameter" will take
their place.
Whitehurst said the Stewart
bid was one of ten submitted.
Bonded by the Globe Indemnity
Co., the Stewart estimate also in
cluded construction of retaining
walls for Highland Terrace in
front of the old German Embassy
and granite walls for approaches
to the underpasS.
ALTERNATE BID
In the alternate, the company
bid $462, 1856 on the project if con.
crete walls are decided upon. In
view of recommendations of the
Fine Arts Commission, however,
WhitehurSt said the granite walls
would be preferable and the $483,-
TAT estimate probably would
obtain.
Other bids ranged up to a fig.
ure of $766, ,584 submitted by Spen.
Ger, White and Prentice, Inc, of
New York City.
The Commissioners are expected
to act on the Whitehurst recon-
mendation Friday.
AS contemplated in the propo-
sails, the underpass will follow the
line of Massachusetts, Avenue in
general East-West direction.
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have a 14-foot clearance and will
pass 20 feet below the ground sur.
face.
FOUR TRAFFIC LANES
It will accommodate four lanes
of traffic, two in each direction.
The diameter of the circle proper
is to be increased by 16 feet, bring.
ing the total to 224 feet.
The street cars on Fourteenth
Street are to intersect the east
and west sides of the circle leav-
ing an elliptical plot around the
Thomas statue and leaving two
small sectors of grass on either.
side.
Massachusetts, Avenue, 1t is
planned, will be widened from so
feet to 80 feet at its point Of
greatest width. It is the widen
ing of Massachusetts Avenue,
Whitehurst explained, that will
necessitate removal of the trees.
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
ynderpass Plan Speeded for Thomas Circle
Film PLAY
To Aid
Blind

At midnight tonight, as the
Thanksgiving Day arrives, Wash
ingtonians will be given oppor-
tunity to make a deserving group
Of people-the blind-happy.
The good deed can be accom-
plished by attending a showing
of "The Citadel" at Loew's Capt.
tol Theater.
Beneficiary of the entertain
ment will be the National Library
for the Blind.
Arrangements for the benefit
are being directed by Mrs. Mabel
Walker Willebrandt.
1.-THE blind are the most ON
niverous readers in the world" the
Rev. Paul Sperry, library director,
pointed out last night. For many
Of them, it is the only form Of re,
Taxation in their world Of darkness.
We need to have tranScriptionS
made in ever increasing numbers
in order to supply the demand" )"
The Washington times., 1938-11-23
Hoover Co. Rewards
100 SaIesmen Here

Approximately 100 Hoover Vac
uum statesmen will be waiting at
the Washington Airport today to
receive prize checks for outstand-
ing work in selling the cleaners.
The checks are to be presented
by the sales manager for Hoover,
who will fly down from Philadel-
phia with the checks. The sales
men represent the principal de-
partment stores in Washington.
The Washington times., 1938-11-23

strated so we won't go into it
here-and don't let another couple
get too close to you. If you OBJ
serve these rules you'll have no
trouble.
This going-through- -the-door bust
ness, Mr.. Rizik said. can easily be
solved by edging sideways like a
crab with the hoop daintily held
between thumb and forefinger.
When going up stairs DON'T
clutch your hoop on both sides,
raise it daintily above the ankles
from the center, because if you
don't you'll probably break your
neck.
MORE PRACTICAL
THE double hoop. the merchant
l. continued, is the most practi-
cal. Attached to the dress, it gives
one a little more balance than the