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try dance" tunes, sea chanteys and
fo'castle songs from the coast re-
gions, and finally the ballads and
ditties which stand in such great
favor. 1t is unfortunate that back
ground for individual selections and
for the general classifications alike
is held at minimum, and that, on
the whole, monotonous and unen-
tightening.
Yet, despite her deficiency in his
tory, Miss Linscott makes ample
amends in her remarkable display
of the Yankee folk music itself. That
she has spent painstaking months of
work on her book is obvious. There
are at least us songs in the collec-
ton, all filled out, as mentioned,
with their several respective verses
and musical arrangements. Miss
Linscott's book should attract notice
among seekers Of native American
art, j. s.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
brief Reviews
IOf New Books
Painting.

16lntlng.
AMERICAN PAINTING TODAY.
With an essay by Forbes Watson,
Copyright by the American Fed
Grafton Of Arts. New York: Ok
ford University Press.
A large volume containing 259 re-
productions of modern American
paintings, 10 in color, the rest half
tones. There is also a section on
modern American murals. A good
average representation of the lively
ugliness which preoccupies our art
lists.
CONTEMPORARY PAINTING IN
EUROPE. New York. Studio
Publications.
The volume is divided into 16
parts, each purporting to present the
art Of European country. Under
each Of these heads is a group of
reproductions of the work of modern
painters, biographical notes and an
introduction in general terms de-
voted to the art of the country un-
der consideration. On the whole,
an informative text.
Photography.
FLASH! BY Harold E. Egerton and
James r. Killian, jr Boston: !:
Hale Cushman & Flint.
A study of high speed photog-
r cnNoouhot
trated with photographs. Should be
useful to the camera fan.
Decoration.
MODERN INTERIORS TODAY
AND TOMORROW. BY Emily
Genauer. New York: Illustrated
Editions Co.
A large book containing photo
graphs of many modern interiors,
some of which have been done by
decorators of great reputation. De-
included. Should be very
to any one seeking this par
ticular kind of advice.
Travel.
HOW TO TRAVEL WITHOUT BE-
ING RICH. BY William NJ.
Strong. New York: Doubleday.
Doran e. Co.
A new edition of this helpful book,
with emphasis on the West Indies
and Central and South America. A
practical guide.
PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS. BY Daisy Wreck.
New York: Farrar e. Rhinehart.
Superficial travel book-the usual
thing
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Best Sellers

The following list of best
sellers is based on information
obtained in Washington by The
Star and In New York, Chicago,
Boston and San Francisco by
the North American Newspaper
Alliance:
Fiction.
kitty Foyle," Christopher
Morley; Moment in Peking,"
Lin Yutang: THE Nazarene,"
Sholem Asch; "A Sea Island
Lady" Francis Griswold;
Grapes of Wrath" John Stein
beck; Escape" Ethel Vance;
Christmas Holiday" w. Som
erset Vaughan; Live and
Kicking Ned" John Masefeld.
Non-Fiction.
Abraham Lincoln" Carl
Sandburg; THE Pressure Boys"
Kenneth G. Crawford; Life Of
Greece" Will Durant: "A
Treasury of Art Masterpieces"
Thomas Craven; Inside Asia"
John Gunther; Statesmen OF a
Lost Cause" B. j. Henrick;
Country Lawyer" Bellamy
Partridge; "Thoreau," Henry
Seidel Candy; "A Goodly Fel-
lowship," Mary Ellen Chase:
1.-The Revolution of Nihilism,"
Hermann Rauschning: Days of
Our Years. Pierre Van Paas-
sen: Maud" Richard Lee
Strout;; II Lost My English
Accent" C. V. R. Thompson;
Land Below the Wind, Agnes
Newton Keith; Wind, Sand
and Stars Anotine De st. Exu-
perry; Jack London" Joan Lon
don; THE Scramento,' Julian
Dana.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Look Away
By George N. Shuster. Ne1
York. The Macmillan Co.

~ oCof SC ~. EItAotCf' 'S"
York: The Macmillan Co.
This book adds another volume
to the library of historical novels
based on the Civil War It's title
suggests the South, but the setting
is in Wisconsin.
Robert Cecil, young Democrat
from Kentucky, went to a small
Wisconsin town to practice law just
before the Civil War, and married
Edith Trelar, a Northern .sympa-
thizer. When the war came Rob-
ert's sentiments were torn between
love of his wife and their two babies
and his inbred sympathy with the
Southern cause. He fought a long
battle in his own mind before he
decided to go to war, and when he
left he made no announcement of
his allegiance. This started a chain
of adventures which ran the length
of the war.
The noyal is completely lacking
in sectional prejudice. and the
author weaves into his story num-
ber of interesting sidelights of Civil
War history and colorful picture
of Wisconsin during that era.
R. A. E.
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author lived as a member of the
family, and quite unnecessary as
sertions of Robins greatness. There
are also defenses of Robins charac-
ter against the charge that he was
given to too many love affairs. 1t
Is, in short, exactly what one usually
finds in a biography of an idol by
a worshiper. To read it is certainly
to have a more personal picture Of
the artist than is afforded by most
works on his life. 1t is also to be
impressed by the tremendous in
f1uence which the man exercised
over the mind of his pupil, himself
a creative worker, too.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Sam
By John Selby. NeD' York.;
Enrrnr & Rinehnrt Inc


This book by John Selby, staff
writer of the Associated Press in
New York, is swiftly moving drama
of American life that prevailed at
the turn of the century, when men
of reckless, pioneering ambition
still had the whole Nation for road
to success.
Sam is blatant, clustering, short
and stocky individual, man with
a booming voice. He Is a news
paperman, but still character that
could have lived and breathed in
any work. 1t was in poker game
that he laid the foundations for
small-town newspaper career that
mushroomed into a minor empire OF
property, business and industry.
Woven into this empire is the life
of Martha, Sans sweet and pretty
wife, whose clean, mellow character
stands in sharp contrast to that of
her loud-mouthed, liquor drinking,
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Folk Music of
Old New England
Bu Eloise Hubbard Linscott.
Mem York. The Macmillan Co.

1
Another addition to musical Amer
icana, Miss Linscott's work employs
a different attack from that GUS
tomarily used. In her particular
variation of writing on the folklore
theme, she places greatest emphasis
on the music itself. On scoring the
songs and dities, setting up the
words, and even, as on several occa-
sions, patterning appropriate dance
formation and their execution.
The research features native music
(most of it of European, especially
English, extraction) Of four cate
eories, namely, that Of the highly
popular (among rural sections, OF
course). singing games" the "coun-
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And He Sot Among the Ashes

A Biography OF Louis M. Eli
Shemius. By William, Schdck.
Ne1U York: American Artists
Group.
Fame is just now getting around
to Louis Eilshemius. He has not
painted picture for 20 years. and
probably he will never paint an
other, yet he is ranked with the
postwar moderns. He has not yet
become famous in the sense that
Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry
and Alexander Brook are famous,
but his work in winning gradual ac-
ceptance by connoisseurs. 1t Is diff
dcult to account for his early neglect.
Certainly, he was no more radical
than many of his contemporaries
Of the 80s and 90s, but he was
laughed at by artists and critics and
ignored by the public He could not
even give his pictures away.
His biographer is unable to ex-
plain why Eilshemius was not ac-
cepted as an artist until long after
he had quit work. His first pictures.
oils and water colors, were tradi-
tional enough. After the new CEN
tury began, he developed the pecul-
lar style of romantic realism which
marks his later pictures, and some
notice was taken of him after the
famous armory show of 1918 had
opened the way for Picasso and 9TH
ers, in comparison with whom Eli
shemius was certainly an under
standable artist.
But that was only small begin
ming. He painted on for almost 10
years before he gave up. BY then
he was embittered and frustrated by
his lack of recognition. He admitted
it freely. AS early as 1907 he wrote
Miss Leila Mechlin of The Star, who
had proposed an article on his work:
Perhaps you think that I am still
painting and interested in art. That
is a mistake. I no longer paint.
do not wish to see my name in print
again.
He turned to music and books. He
wrote terrible songs, worse stories.
Derided by art critics, he started
writing thousands of letters and
handing out broadsides and cards
proclaiming his own virtues, ranking
himself with the greatest artists of
all times, claiming supernatural
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Bv NC. r.
We must be cruels

changing years since the Civil War
and they make 1t an exciting, re-
warding experience. e. T.
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The Literary WodRevws of Current Publications Various Fields

Government Discussed in
Forum and Century
BY NC. r..
Of slavery be cruel
This Adolf Hitler speaking recorded in the December American
Of Nhis Think about just little slavery
n has And @ % au o I N Uh m
centuries has been struggling toward the ideal of general lib
again apparently country
% amp the
R9 We M the
1914 indeed the had achieved
attitude fatherand.
methods degree from university
ae M % And when e we mos nsd @ ha
thing else Getting used to the idea simply rejected its implications
The German friendly musical could
Rss oS ecs seo sh 1sp m
hoo. recalling that we had once @ cea @ % cab S
hung head And once again our faith IN the
removed proclaimed happily the sterling qualities Of the Tutons
q considsr the leadership which
o e mst ps
Hsw st on sos must o BE Td And
Here the point consider this
no bsnI Herr sd o4 the 1P " sosao eoH aone m
not intended simply for Europe either 1t is being prepared for the
"And eonqueng says Rauschnns writing
% Of now I ssan gained m by s e m :
East Then having obtained broad continental basis in Northern Asia
Saxon 5 the W thu the n Bh es ied n ns
years he would enter the phase policy:
Ana sere be vGF h V IN dn ah M idea
kind German people object the reviewers char
reports s as % He1 own d & on e the mater M
democratic world just
h @ D5ot nie true s w 1 As
M Thus the man & who vas % mot even ma @ sOoa nupane IN % ana
Where German folk anyhow How marvous keeps
W a ha an almost nreeved
troubled world he has found one reason for rejoicing And that he says
Communism as an active factor in our orys affairs M Mr. peasr gives
would any major political
But he did nd he
50 he his has essen ase dn M % tn hs h maea of the most
S sal M soa % n n9 eu 1 Re Ss ito
parayg influence of
pychiatTc
s @ a Rsy 5 a m RED hns o be o
which have nSs a to @ T e Or e qse m ae
outright reconstruction and thus too has fortified the
limitation Of the
abolition Of Hamlet
for the technically Known the ons
d By labor a e
atheism censorship Of Shakespeare and the destruction Of
words Systematically confusing
% fse a hi h 1txeen
have hard sIeddng They are that they be
hard confuse other people
month has consideration to the
between the United States
26
which the
relations
tries and lay the foundation for future and peace
Dr. Charles Beard Walter Mills Norman Taknah
of
entered into promptly Hndmah says that there must be free
William Hooking
Yuang point out that the 1911 treaty denounced political action
therefore entered without
settlement of the political factors involved the abroan Roger
the obligations of the treaty could much conf
that
might sign
The leading article in the Century which
should give all citizens of the Capital nothing
shocking than Washington: National Disgrace author is
disease and Washington would
under the
ment. He concludes:
Congress ought to the city charter
municipal governing body capable
of modern city, We have fine buildings only
medieval machinery getting things citizens.
life remarkable
exhibited they exciting
forttude "HoAie eApeeice =" -
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cigar smoking husband. Martha is
overlooked by Sam as he plunges
vigorously upward, amassing wealth
and power.
She is not overlooked, however, by
the great German pianist, Kurt Won
Taufers, who falls in love with her
at first sight and makes up to her
the chivalry and love so lacking in
Sam.
From start to finish the novel is
all American and in its finish it is
true to life. r. A. E.
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Close Associate of First
J. p. Morgan Writes
Sweet Biography
Volume Skips Over Business
Career, Presents Financier
AS Devoted Family Man
J. Pierpont Morgan: An Intimate Portrait
2y Mary.Carter Robert

By Herbert L. Satterlee Macmillan Company
This is what biography Morgan
And the rugged nancer little
ment the that the author the position
know his hero his most amab
friend Of the Morgan family and then
Louisa Morgan the oldest daughter His with famys
to him Mr. Morgan's most agreeable qualities
For this book brings great
buccaneer and fighter in devoted
to his family
spent much of his leisure time
standpoint OF family member will therefore
to tell from those composed from the Wall
bias makes this statement his
Morgans life written with the publisher
nor to please the family the family will read for the first time
prnt-excep for the matter in the
Is merely endeavor tell the
books few of the articles
men who knew him. No book magazine article
with that of his family and approval"
Chronological Record of
He adds that obtained
Mr. Moans death in 1918 He has waited publish his
chronological
In the latter the authorities 1t be
quoted matter Mr. Saerlee explains this material
tells
Perpont Morgan the head American
legend around the world deals rather with
his hobbies his collections religious devoton charities
authentic picture phlanropist
possibilities benevolenty mind OF
either The material Personally
must have beenad indeed there evidence
vas-charmng and worthy of affection.
AS the his business life that would another
matter In told
the from Cleveland administration
the hard coal strike 1902 he
generally of those of his which
illustrated with many
photographs not hitherto published anywhere
Evening star., 1939-12-10
A Sea Island Lady

BY Francis GrisUold. NeW
York: William MorroU & Co.
This long novel, covering 90 years
after the Civil War, Is the story Of
Evening star., 1939-12-10
Nonhoe Keeler
BIZ Phil StronQ. Ne1p York: FGrrar and Rinehart.

By PHI StTOng NelO YOTK: FGTfdT RHeHdTt
and sometimes books
said than that
adult readers-Wch she
this novel, which designed for the
mature generation remarkably childish
CHEEKY kind of hidshness
quality Song which
forget the problem fiction
mind frankly improbable
you fine time with "1vanhoe Keller
novels The rolling Mizzoury the
vonist prize hghter
servant set to seek adventure forget
generally abroad they
Mexico They fight nightly They play the
obdae be by fighting They
triumph They Could Mr. stong
the reviewer wondered heard somewhere Of
novelist named the three good companions
world unbeatable po The reviewer
leaves %
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To Step Aside
By Noel Co,uard Ne,U York: Doubledau Doran g. Co

volume steps forth as an author
and its publisher obgingy tells us
that he has again demonstrated mis- amazing vrtuoty But
Mr. Coward literary
that the public
cynical fashionable
competent ghost and he would still be acclaimed compositions
and crowds would and
Fon reviewed elsewhere this it recorded how the
then signed They sold like hot cakes the But the
This kind of magic always attends achievement
tion thought and study. 1t is too hard to by.
Well then let what dear clever Noel has done He has
turned completely ordinary volume Two the
srenghh Aunt little the record of the childhood Of child
cabaret and The Kindness OF MRS Radc satire on
the perncios OF the The OF the
called mediocre has studied models ALL
form and his mastery the form only emphasizes the the
content He divided his attention between dous Huxley
discrimination.
One Story Is Aimed
Directly at Americans
obviously particularly
American public and
Bther unnpred recipe for giving
minded Galahad of English letters who unUng to America
lecture tourua @ expenses there and @ back and @ Zee
himself party typical Americans which is house
liars similar
thing particularly
Of her ypaD but because in it, for Mr. CoWards
curiousy which English
question describes
The out here through
loudly the transatlantic snarl which all of
Us perfectly
little amusing find the urbane Mr. cowards
appreciate what Engiman of
letters does know how to value our own make TOO
equaled by their yeng for contracts say the least Gratitude
And certainly Americans have
from their English For rest the book
is. as said mediocre performance
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Aranha
Continued From First Page.)

Cordell Hull. No ladies will be in
cluded as guests at this function and
this likewise will be the case at the
dinner the Secretary of the Treas
ury, Mr.. Henry Morgenthau, jr., will
give February 13 for the noted
visitor.
A few of the details and arrange
ments for the visit of the foreign
official still are unsettled. The staff
OF the Protocol Division of the State
Department, with the assistance and
approval of the Brizilian Charge
d'Affaires, rapidly is whipping into
shape complete program for the
notable visitor.
Time of Arrival
Here Undetermined.
Whether Senior Aranha will ar
rive in Washington February 8 or 10
is problematical, depending upon
the docking of the New Amsterdam.
It is expected that he will come to
the Capital Immediately after his
arrival in New York. However,
there is some discussion about a re-
ception in the metropolis for the
visitor and it may be that the Bra
lillian official wilr remain over in
that city for this affair. In any
event Senior Aranha will be in this
city surely by February IL.
Accompanying the visitor to this
country are Senior Joao Carlos
Muniz, who was commercial coun-
selor of the Brazilian Embassy here
in 1884, and Senior Sergio de Lima
Silva, personal secretary Of Senior
Aranha.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Benefit Card Party
Friday Evening in
LavtOnsVille

LAYTONSVILLE, Md, Jan. 28.-
The Guild of st. Bartholomew
Church will hold a benefit card
party at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Washington w. White Friday eve
ming. Mrs. White, Mrs. Samuel
Riggs and Mrs. v. H. Dyson form
the committee in charge.
Mrs. Merhle Haines was hostess
to the Contract Bridge Club for
luncheon Wednesday afternoon. The
prizes were won by Mrs. Allison Tay-
lor and Mrs. T. M. Waters. Mrs.
Taylor was elected president of the
club. The next meeting will be held
February 8 at the home of Miss
Maud Dorsey.
Mrs. Thomas Stewart will enter
tain the Homemakers Club at 1870
o'clock Thursday instead of We'd
nesday as formerly scheduled.
Mrs. Uriah Griffith entertained
with a dessert party followed by
bridge at her home Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Vestus Wilcox also enter
tained at bridge this week, having
three tables of friends from Lay
louisville at a party given by the
Wcman's Club of Rockville, at the
library Wednesday evening. High
scores were made by Mrs. William
Griffith and Mrs. Merkle Haines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Fry of Fair
Hill Farm entertained at dinner
Thursday in honor of the county
commissioner and Mrs. r. w. Farm
er. Mr.. and Mrs. Fry were guests
Wednesday of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fry of Rockville at family dinner
party, the occasion being the 18th
wedding anniversary of the Frys
and the hosts birthday anniversary.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
News Notes
OF Resident
, Leonards Leaving
Today for Home
In Colorado

Mai. and Mrs. Henry Leonard are
leaving today for their home in Colo
RADIO. They will return here the lat
ter part of February or early March.
Mrs. Ten-Eyck Burr has closed
her house on Whitehayen street and
Is motoring to Crescent City, Fla, to
spend the remainder Of the winter
and early spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Parker Van Zandt,
who make their home at the Ward
man Park Hotel, entertained Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Warner and Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Gates at dinner last
evening. Later the party attended
Mr.. and Mrs George Grant Mason's
dance at the sulgrave Club.
DR.. James Alexander Lyon has re-
turned from Philadelphia, where he
was a guest speaker at the meeting
Friday evening of the Philadelphia
Chapter of the Pan-American Med
ical Association.
Mrs. Joseph B. Stanley has issued
invitations for q luncheon to be held
at the Shoreham on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David H. Frank of
Woodley Park Towers are cruising
on the yacht Goldring and will spend
the week end in Palm Beach. MI
and Mrs. Frank are spending the
winter at the Surfside. Miami Beach.
Mrs. Lewis H. Shapiro has returned
from Atlanta. Ga. where she visited
her mother, Mrs. Ben May, for sew
eral weeks
Miss Helen Wise was the guest in
whose honor Miss Catherine M Vieh-
mann entertained at luncheon yes
terday at the Rixey mansion in
Country Club Hills, Va.
This is one of a series of parties
being given for Miss Wise preceding
her marriage February 8 to Mr.. Ber-
nard French Viehmann.
Mr. and Mrs. David Max and their
daughters, Miss Bernice and Miss
Janice Max, have closed their apart
ment in the Westchester and gone to
Florida. They will spend several
weeks in Miami and in Havana, re-
turning to Washington in April
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Hamilton; Mrs. George Pettingill,
Mrs. George S. Patton, jr., and Mrs
Henry L. Roosevelt at the Washing
ton; Mrs. Prentiss L. Coonley, Miss
Bell Gurnee and Mrs. John K. Herr
at the Raleigh.
Maj. Leonard has named Col
George S. Patton, jr.; Maj. H. B.
Smith and Thomas P. Morgan, jr.,
as executive vice chairmen of the
Floor Committee, which will have
charge of all floor arrangements at
the seven hotels. Chairmen at the
individual hotels will be Mr.. Arthur
H. Clephane at the Willard, DR.. E.
M. Colvin. jr. at the Washington,
Mr.. James M. Earnest at the Shore
ham. Mr.. John w. Fihelly at the
Hamilton, Mr.. Edgar Morris at
Wardman Park and Mr.. John A.
Reilly at the Raleigh.
Evening star., 1939-01-29
Ambassador
TOBe Host at
M. Casadesus and
Wife to Be Feted
At Luncheon

The French Ambassador, Count
de Saint Quentin, will be host at
musicale tomorrow and will have
guests dining with him before the
program.
Today the Ambassador will en-
tertain at luncheon in compliment
to M. Robert Casadesus, famous
French pianist, and Nine. Casadesus,
who are in Washington for a few
days. M. Casadesus will be one of
the artists at Mrs. Lawrence Town
sends morning musicale tomorrow
at the Mayflower.
Colombian Ambassador
Plans Party for Tuesday.
The Colombian Ambassador and
Sonora de Lopez have issued invita-
tions for Tuesday afternoon at the
Embassy, when the Counselor of the
Embassy, Senor Daniel Samper Or
tega, will give talk at S o'clock.
Senor Samper Ortega will speak on
Santa Fe de Bogata, which is the
ancient name of the capital of Co.
lombia, now known as Bogata.
There will be Colombian music, and
the brief program will be followed
by tea. This will be the first en-
tertainment at the Colombian EN-
bassy since the Legation was raised
to its present rank in October. The
Ambassador, who was Minister at
this Capital, serving in that capacity
since 1885, left Immediately after
presenting his credentials as the
representative of the President of
Colombia, for Peru, where he was
a delegate from his country to the
Pan-American conference. He and
Sonora de Lopez returned here
shortly after Christmas.
South African Minister
And Mrs. Close Entertain.
The Minister of the Union of
South Africa and Mrs. Close enter
tained at dinner last evening in
honor of the Argentine Ambassador
and Sonora de Espil. The other
guests were the Secretary of War
and Mrs. Harry H. Woodring, Mr..
Justice and Mrs. Owen j. Roberts,
Senator and Mrs. William H. King,
Representative and Mrs. Ralph o.
Brewster, the British Charge DAT
faires and Mrs. Victor Mallett, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Henry H. Hough,
the Counselor the Netherlands Le-
CATION and Countess van Rechteren
Limpurg, Mr.. Ernest G. Draper of
the Federal Reserve Board and Mrs.
Draper, Mr.. Barnett Potter, editor
of the johannesburg, South Africa,
and Mrs. Potter, who are visiting
in this country, and the Attache of
the South African Legation and
Nine. Naude.