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BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO,

AAG NeaeA Va noooSidtC oueIlCc ocll-
jamin N. Cardozo has deprived
the Supreme Court Of the United
States Of q great liberal leader. In
tribute to his memory the Public
Library presents the following short
book list covering his life and writ
ings, with some additional matter on
the Supreme Court. All of the books
may be borrowed from the central
building Of the Public Library, Eighth
and K streets NV.
In 1885 Joseph p. Pollard's full
length biography, "Mr. Justice Car
dozo; Liberal Mind in Action" was
published, q work which emphasized
Justice Cardozo's 18 years Of service
on the bench of the New York Court
of Appeals before his appointment
to the Supreme Court in 1882, as we'll
as summarized his work in the first
court of the land.
Justice Cardozo's own writings in
clude: THE Nature Of the Judicial
Process" an account of the growth
of the law from precedent to prece-
dent, delivered in the William L..
Storrs lecture series in 1921; THE
Paradoxes Of Legal Science" an i'm
portant analysis Of the sociological
importance OF legal problems and the
philosophy of law; Law and Litera-
ture and Other Essays and Ad-
dresses" . work characterized by
''benevolence, wisdom and charm -
issued in 1881, and in the same year
"The Growth Of the Law" . gather
ing together Of Justice Cardosos lee
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voted to straight recital of the
lives and deeds of the two outstand-
ing proponents Of "the new technique
of government"
Particularly interesting is the &C
count Of the early life Of Adolf Hitler.
Those who know little about the
younger years of the Fuehrer will be
surprised 10 learn, according to Mr..
Price, that he was a very poor student,
described as lazy and self-willed" by
his professors. His failure to pass
the examination for school leaving
certificate" led few years later to
refusal Of his application for admis-
sion to the School of Architecture
in Vienna.
Musplini, also according to his own
account, was a troublesome youth.
He was sent home from boarding
school for sticking a penknife into a
schoolmate.
II dictatorship can be called
theory of government, one wonders
how future dictators could be chosen.
Qualifications, based on the early ca
reers Of the two No. ! mob -wielders
would sound odd.
The authors account of the benefits
Fascism and Naziism have brought
to the laboring classes of Italy and
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The Public Library

lures given at the Law School Of Yale
University in December, 1923, which
ARE to be regarded as a supplement
to lectures published under the title,
The Nature Of the Judicial Process
The Chief Justices own interpre-
tation Of the functions Of the Supreme
Court is given in THE Supreme
Court Of the United States; Its
Foundation, Methods and Achieve
ments; an Interpretation" written
with detachment. Generally consid-
cred the authoritative historical work
on the court is Charles Warren's
Congress, the Constitution and the
Supreme Court" which went into a
new edition In 1895. There is also
a new edition this year of "The Story
OF the Supreme Court" by Ernest 8.
Bates.
The first Theodore Roosevelt me-
mortal award was given to Dean
Alfange in 1897 for THE Supreme
Court and the National WILL" "an
attempt to determine the relation of
the historic decisions of the Supreme
Court to their economic, social and
political background" A useful case
book is found in Meyer Cohen's
edition of Supreme Court Decisions"
excellent as "an approach to the
study of the Constitution and present.
day constitutional issues" Stinulat-
ing also are the papers In The
Constitution and Social Progress.
presented at the annual meeting OF
the American Academy Of Politicai
and Social Science. Phibdelphia, IN
1895.
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Germany might well be entitled
"Democracies Take Motel"
Musplini's preoccupation with the
welfare OF children Is an appealing
and inspiring story.
Mr.. Price pleads for q better un-
derstanding between Germany, Italy
and England. He says, in effect, that
1t would have been wiser If England
had taken friendly and sympa-
thetic attitude toward at least one
OF the two powerful totalitarian states
instead Of forcing the two dictators
into each others arms.-H. c. c,
CLEAR AS THE SUN. BY Muriel Hine
New York: D. Appleton Century
Co.
ONE Of the advance guard Of sum-
mer fiction, Clear as the Sun" is
like an unimportant day in summer.
enjoyable while it lasts and soon for
gotten. It is the story of the daughter
OF an artist who runs away from her
conventional, jealous husband, meets
the hero en- route, falls in love, under
goes an adventure or two, finds herself
suddenly widowed, and after q while
lives happily ever after" It Is that
kind OF story, not too saccharine.
plausibly written and amusing read
ing. RT
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does not mock her people, but simply
enjoys them. Her book is a distinctly
pleasant thing.
WITH MALICE TOWARD SOME
BY Margaret Halsey. Illustrated
by Peggy Bacon, New York: Simon
and Schuster.
THE reviewer said, on receiving the
notice of this book, "Oh, just q
vehicle for the Bacon drawings, no
doubt. And that Is what she expected
to find when she took up the work.
1t had been announced as the excru-
ciatingly witty story Of young Amer
ican woman's sojourn in England.
But publishers announcements are
publishers announcements, and excru-
ciatingly witty books grow in book
sellers catalogues q good deal more
often than they do between covers.
So the reviewer was in ho-hum mood,
when she took Mrs. Halsey's volume
in hand.
This. it soon became evident, was
most unjust Mrs. Halsey's book is
witty-genuinely SO. 1t Is as amusing
a thing as has come to the reviewers
hands in a long time. The Bacon
drawings are not a patch on the text.
They could be dispensed with alto
gether and you would enjoy the book
just as much. And the drawings are
pretty good ones, too.
The occasion for Mrs. Halsey's use
Of wit is, as said, sojourn in the
British Isles. She went there to ac-
company her husband, who had an
exchange professorship in q college
in Devonshire. She settled down In
the city of Exeter, or in . village near
it, as an abiding place, and made
dashes hither and yon over the face Of
the Gas 1t is calleD Mother Country to
see the well-known sights. Exeter
society, and that of the village, took
her in, and her husband had friends
in London who also did the handsome.
So she saw quite little of the English.
The title of her book Is perhaps
sufficiently descriptive.
Anyway, she found the English
diverting. Her comments are devastat-
ing and her wit almost never strained.
She is amiable, but realistic. She
thought English women looked "as
If they had all changed clothes with
one another just for a lark; she
wondered how the English cooks ever
priced the food up high enough to
get . plate under ~ she relates bow.
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wonderfully interesting one, the work
has much to commend it.
Fanny Kemble was the child of a
famous theatrical family, but one
which, through the circumstance of
having had famous religious martyr
in its genealogical tree, held claims
to gentility as well as to artistic
achievement. This gave it great ad-
vantage in England, where the acting
profession was barbarously suspect
for surprisingly long time. The
Kembles were not, as were others of
the stage, obliged to feel that their
calling brought stigma on them; on
the contrary. they were accepted, and
themselves believed, says Miss Arm
strong, that, by acting, they conferred
honor on the stage. Thus they en-
joyed a dual prestige-thac of good
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POETRY TRENDS ILLUSTRATED
Anthology Modern Verse Recommended
Actress Makes Fascinating Reading Ridiculous Side of
Daily Living Well Presented in Novel;

social place and that of artistic su-
premacy.
The story Of Fannys life, however.
corresponds with period Of financial
distress in the illustrious family's
fortune. Reverses had overtaken her
father and it was in desperation that
he sent her to tour the United States
where, as was known abroad even
then, easy money was plentiful. She
came, saw, conquered and remained
to marry. That Is to say that she
first became the toast OF the stage
and then the wife of Pierce Butler,
. Georgia planter. She retired from
the stage, presumably for life. But
her marriage, like that of many super
latively beautiful women, was not .
success. In private life she was tact
less, domineering and dimcult. In
time she went back to the stage and
spent her life at it.
This story is told here with a great
deal Of detail, in the best manner Of
the writer's of popular biographies. It
deserves . place with such works as
Marquis James Andrew jackson"
and Mrs. Hardtng's The Golden
Fleece" Judged by the best-seller
lists, it seems to be taking 1t, too.
SUMMER HALF. BY Angela Thirkell.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
FOR your summer reading, as it
is called. you can hardly do better
than read this cheerful novel of
'cheerfully mad English household. 1t
is light as the proverbial thistledown,
but it is light in terms Of satire and
humor. 1t is nothing in the world
but entertaining. but it Is that in
intelligent fashion.
1t Is the story Of the Keiths and
their friends, the Keiths being one
Of those well-to-do English families
who, in fiction at least, clutter up
Albion's landscape with a great dis
orderly welter of country homes, ten
mis-. punting, picnicing. tea drinking.
running up to London. writing Latin
verse, dining at the Deans, camping
trips and all the rest OF it. Miss Thir-
kell, however, does not satirize the
mode Of life. She simply paints the
mode and shows her people being
mildly ridiculous in it.
The story centers about the sudden
decision of Colin. the son. to support
himself by teaching in preparatory
school,. He does not want to be q
teacher: he Is in terror Of boys; he has
no earthly need either to be self
sufiicient. But this type Of irrational
ity Is the characteristic of the books
people Colin, against all reason or
necessity, takes his school job And
he and his family become involved in
the affairs Of number of boys, head
masters, housemasters, holiday COM
plications and the like Of it.
1t is all funny. Miss Thirkell's
talent seems to lie in pointing out
the element Of the ridiculous in the
daily living. She uses no edge; she
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Juveniles.
AN ANTHOLOGY OF DOLLS. BY
Julia A. Robinson Pictures by
Emma Brock Chicago: Albert
Whitman e. Co.
A collection of verses about dolls,
old and modern. Printed with the
appearance of a childs book but very
likely to appeal to grown-ups, too.
DONKEY BEADS. BY Anna Rates.
berger. Pictures by Kurt Wiese.
Chicago Albert Whitman & Co.
Tale about naughty little donkey
Of Iran. Amusing and attractively
illustrated.
KICKAPOO. BY NJ. and c. w. Gauss
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Co.
Story of Western pony and his
young master. Very nice and gayly
colored.
HOOFBEATS, A PICTURE BOOK OF
HORSES. BY James L. Cannon.
Chicago Albert Whitman 81 Co.
The story Of the various breeds and
types of horses, with illustrations
Done for the young, but seemingly
quite complete.
DOWN THE OHIO BY Margaret
Bloom Illustrated by Gaye Wood
ring Coons. Chicago: Albert Whit
man 81 Co.
Pioneering on the great Midwestern
river in the days of the broadhorn
boats. For older boys and girls. Should
be interesting.
Economies.
BASIC ECONOMICS. BY Nicholas H.
Selseth. Philadelphia: Dorrance g.
Co.
A work which purports to point the
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Brief Reviews of Books

truth of hitherto ignored funda-
mental law of economics" And may
be it does, but don't they all claim
to? You pays your money and you
takes your choice. This one perhaps a
little more unintelligible than the rule.
Fiction.
TAKE MY HEART. BY Priscilla
Wayne. New York; M s. Mil Co.
Two gals and man. Trash.
Mysteries.
THIS MAN Is DANGEROUS. BY
Peter Cheyney. New York: Coward
McCann.
Lovely lady chased by kidnapers.
Told in wise-cracking style. Good of
its kind, if you like them.
TREAD SOFTLY. BY Brian Flynn.
New York: M. S. Mill Co.
Screen actor gets involved in mur-
der Saved by one Of those special
Investigators, with Scotland Yard
bringing up, as it were, in the rear.
Average.
Collections.
WALT WHITMAN. Edited by Emory
Holloway. New York: Random
House.
All the verses but some juvenile
or fragmentary ones: 3S2 pages OF
prose: 1873 pages Of letters and notes
covering the selections. One Of the
Random House "One- Volume Series
Poetry.
TESTAMENT. BY Martha Wilson.
London: Richards
A collection of sonnets, skilled and
smooth of execution but somewhat
prosy of thought. More wit, in short,
than poetry.
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unless 1t should happen that the herd
Is overtaken by an enemy in open
country very rare). Then they mass
in circle, the young potlings in the
the middle, and present an unbroken
(united) front to their foe, in which
formation they will die fighting to
the last pot.
1t might be said indeed that no pot
has even been known to turn tail to
an enemy, except for the natural cir
cumstance that the species has no
tail, which of course renders the
idiom inapplicable. And 1t may be
added here. apropos Of the pots
f1ghting technique, that the curious
tripodlike build of the animal makes
1t possible for him to run in any di-
rection without turning, so that to
corner one of these animals Is ex-
tremely difficult.
These pots, as said, are the source
OF the fluid known as pot liquor"
which they secrete much as the clam
secretes its juice When one Is do
mesticated he fortunately transfers
his tenacity Of nature to affection and
loyalty to his owners, and it is said
that their intelligence is so keen that
they soon perceive the desire of their
masters for the liquor and turn all
their powers Of concentration toward
producing it. 1t can be said, there
fore, that the pot does not suffer in
captivity. There have been instances,
to be sure, of incompatible pots which
absolutely refused to be tanned. These
are generally called Problem Pots,
and it is assumed that their refusal to
bend to the requirements of civilized
life is due to some unhappy expert
ence undergone in youth. In the main.
however, the pot has high level of
co-operativeness.
THE domestication Of the pot, how
ever, does not lead to the solution
of the problem Of supply. for it is one
of the peculiarities of the species that
it refuses to breed in captivity. Con-
sequently it is necessary for the do
mesticators to hunt them down from
time to time. These hunts. as said
above, are rare sporting events, and
the fact that they have a practical
end In view does not detract from
their exciting nature -
The method s;.ed in the huT% Is
that Of pursuit - hounds. and, Since
the pot has e., s,saivtdusl method
Of defending itsaf and freouents such
a dificult terrain, it has come about
that the hunters, through generations
of study of the p'sssuit. have devel-
oped a breed of hound that Is ade-
quately fitted for JEa undertaking
The outcome of these sTerts is the
Highland Pot Hound. an animal un-
like any other Of which the reviewer
has ever heard
1t has been bred from a mingling
of the strains of the fox hound and
terrier with those Of the mountain
goat and the rattlesnake. In the
resulting animal, as can be seen, there
is the speed and stamina Of the hound,
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WEEKS 10 BEST SELLERS
IN OTHER CITIES.
BOSTON.

Fction-"My Son, My Son."
Howard Spring; "The Yearling,"
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; Lisa
Vale" Olive Higgins Prouty: "The
Handsome Road" Gwen Bristow;
Towers in the Mist" Elizabeth
Goudge.
Non-fiction -" "Trending Into
Maine" Kenneth Roberts: "The
Importance Of Living" Lin Yu-
tang: Mime. Curie," Eve Curie;
Fashion Is Spinach" Elizabeth
Halves; "The Evolution Of Ply
sics," Albert Einstein and Leopold
Infeld.
CHICAGO.
Fiction-"1he Yearling," MY
Son, My Sonl" "Kindling," Nevil
Shute; THE Mortal Storm"
Phyllis Bottome; May Flavin,"
Myron BRING.
Non-fiction-"The Importance
of Living" Nine. Curie"; The
Summing Up" Somerset Maug-
ham; Enchanted Vagabonds,"
Dana Lamp and June Cleveland;
Fanny Kemble," Margaret
Armstrong.
NEW YORK.
Fiction-"My Son, My Son!"
THE Yearling," THE Mortal
Storm" The Dark River"
Charles Nordhoff and Norman
Hall; THE Citadel" A. J. Cronin.
Nom fiction - Nine. .Curie,"
Fanny Kemble," "Trending into
Maine" THE Importance of Lv-
ing" The Evolution of Physics
SAN FRANCISCO.
Fiction-"The Dark River"
House of AL Nations" Christina
Stead; May Fqavin," The Nor
tai Storm" Concord in Jeop-
ardy," Doris Leslie.
Non -fiction-"Fanny Kemble,"
"The Importance of Living" THE
Evolution Of Physics" Dry
Guillotine," Rene Belbenoit,"
The Summing Up"
(copyrisht. 1889
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Of a godlike life, upward on the con-
temptation of heaven and downward
on the contemplation of his transla-
ton of the Book Of Chronicles into
Bantu. But never Is it directed at
what goes on around him.
AS result of his negligence his
Oldest daughter has an extremely hor-
rible fate, his second daughter is only
saved from personal disaster by the
outbreak of family scandal, which Is
probably worse for her than the in
dividual misfortune would have been,
and the third girl, still q child, has
the prospect before her of growing
up with blemished family name. All
because papa was too concerned with
Gods business to pay much atten-
ton to his own Though, to be sure,
papa suffers worse than anybody, for
he loses his life.
So, Mr.. R. Hernekin Baptist seems
to tell us, the African back country
is no place for family of growing
girls. Priests who are going out there,
says Mr.. r. Hernekin Baptist, had
better be celibate, as under the Ro-
man Catholic rule. And it is q Roman
Catholic padre. by the way, who
comes in to straighten out the mess
at the end.
II Mr.. Baptist has any more pro-
found point in mind it does not ap-
pear. He tells a great deal about
the history of the mission stations in
Africa and comments on the fact that
after a hundred years the natives have
learned a sort Of local version o. the
Garden OF Eden story, but have gone
no farther. They still practice magic
and, he says, magic works for them,
too. AS far as the reader Is con-
cerned, however, all this piling up Of
history Is to no purpose except to
emphasize that mission stations de-
void of society are no place for the
rearing Of young ladies.
As for the story itself, 1t is we'll
nigh smothered under the weight Of
the supposedly supporting comments.
It ought to be a sultry, violent trag-
edy, but under the treatment given 1t
it becomes 8 sort of psychological-so-
Geological legal document. It argues
and explains rather than tells. Some-
times too much knowledge can be
embarrassing to story teller. That
would seem to be Mr.. Baptist's trou-
BILE here.
I KNOW THESE DICTATORS. BY
Ward Price. New York: Henry
Holt.
THIS book is recommended to all
= who have strong Republican
prejudices, on the theory that 1t Is
wise to acquaint ones self with the
other side. Ward Price is definitely
not only pro-dictator, but pro-dictator-
ship. He even goes 50 far as to
describe the latter as q new tech
nique Of government" and great
development in political history" /"
There are many who will differ with
him here,- as Caesar" Napoleon"
and q few other not forgotten names
come TO mind.
The major part Of the book u de-
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WASHINGTON'S BEST
SELLERS-WEEK ENDING
JULY 49, 1888.

TICtlOus
The Yearling. Rawlings. Scrib-
ners.
The Dark River. Nordhoh and
Hall. Little, Brown.
My Son. My Son. Spring. Viking.
May Flavin. BRING. Farrar L
Rinehart.
The Mortal Storm. Bottome.
Little, Brown.
The Citadel. Cropin. Little,
Brown.
Fiction.
Save America First. Frank.
Harper's.
Conscript Europe. Leigh. Putnam,
Trending Into Maine. Roberts.
Little, Brown.
Fanny Kemble. Armstrong. Mac
milan.
Master Kung. Crow. Harpers.
I'm Stranger Here Myself. Nash.
Simon & Schuster.
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to the reviewer. deservedly so. For
it is a talented work. 1t gives the
story of Fanny Kemble's eventful life
and sets that life against a sensitively
painted scene 1t may sound like a
jacket blurb to say that not only does
the heroine of the book live, but also
her whole era, but it is true. Miss
Armstrong uses somewhat the method
Of Mr.. Philip Guedalla in creating
her background; she chooses the pic
turesque and telling incident to illus
trate time. And, since the story of
Fanny Kembles life Is, in itself, a
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Fanny Kemble, from the
portrait by Thomas Sully. A
great Victorian actress, she is
the subject OF Margaret Arm
strono's latest book.
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trio love story is what it turns out to
be. 1t is entirely readable
The southern news., 1938-06-11


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in cooperation with
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M0nocle Receives Good Word
From Chicago Eye Surgeon
Single Glass Especially Valuable and
Handy for Presbyopia Sufferers,
Most Persons Ouer 40. He Saws.

The monocle, the comedians badge
Of supercilious haughtiness, came ir
for good word at George Washing
ton Universitys post graduate op-
chronological meeting, attended by
noted eye doctors from all over the
United States. this morning.
1t is especially valuable. said DR..
Harry s. Cradle, noted Chicago eye
surgeon. for persons suffering from
presbyopia. which includes most of the
human race over 10 years old, who
wear glasses only to read and have to
tumble for them with both hands
whenever they want to glance at any
thing in print.
DR.. Cradle prescribes monocles for
his own patients. he said, as a time
saver. It is especially valuable. he
pointed out, for keeping scores at
golf, which was the purpose that first
led him to use it. Admittedly, he
said. a great barrier of prejudice must
be overcome before the use Of this
instrument OF the icy stare can be
made general among Americans.
Tear Gland Squeezers.
Tear-gland squeezers, tear pump,
and the mechanism for keeping the
eyes we'll oiled were described by
DR.. Cradle In discussing the medical
practice Of opthalmology. Tears, he
explained, are secreted from a very
tiny little tear sack located just un-
der the inner corner Of the eye
lid. From this they are squeezed
out by the cillia. very tiny little fin
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gers which press the cells of the
tear sack and by one muscle which
works as pump.
Normally, he said. the secretion of
tears Is very small-less> than half a
gram. or very tiny droplet, such as
might fall from the point OF a pin
immersed in water, during each Is
hours Of waking life. This is sufIicient
for the normal function Of tears
that OF washing the eyeball. The
tear-secreting apparatus can be stim-
ulated to extreme activity by the
nervous reactions to extreme emotions
or by any infections which infiame
the cells of the tear sack.
A more obscure function is the oil
ing of the eyes, the oil being Sc
creted from a number Of tiny glands
just under the eyelids. which serve
as oil cups. There is an excess flow
Of oil when the eyelids are infiamed
and the blurring of vision which re-
suits is comparable to the smoking
OF an automobile motor when 1t gets
too much oil.
New Anesthetic Method.
Delicate operations on the eye are
now made easier and safer, DR.. Derrick
T. Vail. jr, OF Cincinnati told the eye
doctors. by a new method OF giving
a general anesthetic. such as nitrous
oxide or ethylene gas. by means of
tube through the nose directly into
the windpipe. In the past, 1t was
stressed, the use Of face mask has
been a bugbear Of the eye surgeon
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because 1t Is in the way and Is likely
to cause infection. Methods of oper-
ating on the eye with the use Of a
rubber dam, similar to the type used
by dentists. in order to avoid possible
infection from the eyelashes and sur
rounding skin, were described.
Necessity Of early recognition of
glaucoma, the insidious hardening OF
the eyeball which results in blind
ness and which often is treated by
surgery, was stressed by DR.. John
Green of st. Louis. There is q definite
pre-glaucoma stage, he said, which
usually can be detected only by the
eye specialist and seldom either by
the optician or family doctor.
II the disease is caught in this
stage. he said. 1t can be treated by
means of various drugs which contract
the pupil, and thus definite glaucoma
may be prevented altogether or STAYED
of for years.