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Evening star., 1939-04-23
The Story of Astronomy

By Arthur Draper and Marion
Lockwood. Ne1p York.: The
Dial Press.
All astronomers are poets. Per-
haps no other group of scientists,
excepting possibly psychologists,
write so many popular books about
their specially. The urge is newt
able and uncomfortable, so stirred
is the imagination of man by the
wonder and sublimity of the
heavens.
It is hardly fitting to express
wonder that the general level Of
these volumes is so high. When a
competent scholar attempts a nom
technical presentation Of such q
subject he can hardly help writing
a good book.
The present volume is no excep-
ton. It is calculated, as are all
the others in its class, to arouse an
interest in astronomy In the novice.
1t is sure to accomplish its purpose
with those who happen to lay hands
on 1t rather than any of the other
similar volumes which have been
written for them. T.R. H.
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hunting trip in Nova Scotian waters
when the President was 26 years
old. The earlier adventures, how
ever, have somewhat more tang and
character.
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They Still Say No
By Wells Le1Dis. NeU York.:

Fdrrar & Rhinehart.
Mr.. Wells Lewis is Sinclair Lewis
son. One does not like to hide the
hopeful candle of the young writer
under the bushel of parental fame,
and so it is said here that to men,
ton the illustrious connection seems
just. For Lewis juniors book is not
of sufficient Importance in itself to
mark him out as novelist of in
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teresting promise. 1t is precociously
smart in spots, but in the main 1t
is unimaginative and rather more
galvanic than genuinely alive. So
one feels that its greatest interest
to the public will lie in the fact that
its author is who he is. And indeed
the publisher has seen fit to an
nounce this identity on the book
jacket.
The story concerns the plight OF
the nice young man in world Of
underlined moral standards. To this
extent at least 1t can be accorded
originality, for hitherto discussers of
such plights have usually taken that
of the nice young girl. Mr.. Lewis.
however, uses a hero, not a hero
inc, for his problem. But with that
the originality of the work ends. It
is Photographic rather than creative
and as often happens when an au-
thor is concerned with extreme real
ism, the characters lack interest
for themselves.
The nice young man of the tale
is very, very nice indeed. He is
simply fair-haired boy and this
state he regards as a grievous re-
proach against his character. He
is an undergraduate at Harvard
when the book opens and is en-
gagged to an excellent girl, but his
interest in life is neither his studies
nor his coming marriage. It is
crudely-sex experience. He listens
to the conversations of his under
graduate friends-and Mr.. Lewis
obliges the suffering reader to do
the same-and decides that exis-
tence will be unbearable until he
too can contribute to this fine free
exchange of anecdotes.
But, being as said a nice young
man, he is hampered In his efforts
to enter Immediately upon q career
as seducer. In his course toward
this desired end he breaks with
his fiancee and grossly offends an
other charming girl whose love he
has won. He also displays unim-
aginable crudity and caddishness in
his treatment of yet other girls
and women too numerous to re-
member. In the end. as might have
been predicted, he is himself seduced
and that by vulgar stupid woman
whom he shortly comes to despise
But he goes back to school much
more pleased with himself, more
pleased with the universe and in
fact, we were told, generally up
lifted.
It is an unpleasant work but the
critical objection to it should not
be based on its subject. Instead
the reviewer finds that she differs
with the author chiefly on the point
of length. The essential matter
might have made an effective short
story-poignant. keen and memoir
able. Dragged out to 800 pages, how
ever, it suffers from repetition, and
from the prejudice which it arouses
in the reader against the singularly
one-idead hero. The youthful pathos
of his situation, its acknowledged
tragi-comedy, is lost in welter of
sordid episodes and ugly auctorial
descriptions. And, finally. the whole
business-no matter how treated
is not sufficiently important to oc-
cupy an intelligent mind for the
three hours or so needed. It Is to
be hoped that Mr.. Lewis does not
write again until he has acquired
a new set of preoccupations.
Evening star., 1939-04-23

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Forecast by Magazines
Strategy of Anti.Roosevelt
Democrats Described in
May Commentator
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Evening star., 1939-04-23
Top>Flight Historians Write
An Analysis Of Our Times
Contend That This Continent May
Produce Civilization Better
Than Any Yet Realized
By Ma,y.Carfer Roberts.
America in idpossoge

By Charles A. Beard and Mary r. Beard. York: The
torians undertake world
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For themselves they give praise
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Evening star., 1939-05-20
THE EVENING sfAR WASHINGTON c. SATURDAY, MAY 90 1885,

Joseph H. Abel, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and tile dwelling,
1904 Tewksbury place NV; to cost
$1,000.
Charles Sturbitts, 1101 Vermont
avenue NV, owner and builder;
Joseph H. Abel, designer; to erect
one 2-story brick and tile dwelling,
1908 Tewksbury place NV; to cost
$4,000.
Creal & Turner, 4214 River road
NV owner and builder; L. O..
Turner, designer; to erect two 2
story brick and frame dwellings,
4625-4627 Forty eighth street NV;
to cost $4,000.
A. S. Lord, 1904 Eighteenth street
NV, owner and builder; James j.
Baldwin, designer; to erect one s.
STORY brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 1929 Upshur street NV; to
cost $4,000.
Miss Elizabeth Winston, owner;
j. j. Baldwin, designer; Marvin M.
Shoaf, Woodside, Md, builder; to
erect one 2-story brick and cinder
block dwelling, 1906 Appleton street
NV; to cost $1,000.
Claude G. Johnson, 4l6 Shepherd
street NV, owner and builder; Har-
vey P. Baxter, architect; to erect one
2-story brick and cinder block dwell
ing, 1854 Thirty-second street NV;
to cost $500.
Byron S. Adams, 512 Eleventh
street NV, owner; Porter & Locke,
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Permits
Continued From First Page.)

w. Gaines, designer; to erect one
2-story brick gas station, 1901 New
York avenue NE; to cost 5000.
Standard Oil Co. of N j., owners
and designers; William P Lipscomb
Co., Inc, l406 G street NV, builder;
to erect one 2-story concrete, tile
and stucco addition, 43O1 Connecti-
cut avenue NV; to cost $4,000
Thomas Nolan, 143l East Capitol
street, owner and builder; L. w.
Giles, architect; to erect three q
story brick and concrete block dwell
ings, -2040-2044 Thirty sixth
street Sc; to cost $4,000 each.
The F.. & w. Construction Co.,
Inc, 1926 Vermont avenue NV,
owners and builders; M Mesrobian,
architect: to erect three 2-story brick
and cinder block dwellings, 1900,
1906 and 1912 South Dakota avenue
NE; to cost $4,000.
Charles D. Sager, 924 Fourteenth
street NV, owner, designer and
builder; to erect five 2-story brick
dwellings, 521-29 Twenty-first street
NE; to cost $4,000.
w. j. Walther, 1880 Minnesota
avenue Sc, owner and builder; M.
Hallett, designer; to erect one l.
story brick and cinder block doc
tors Office, 14l8 Good Hope road
Sc; to cost $4,000.
Home Construction Corp, 1882
Tenth street NE, owners and build
ers; Edward st. Cyr Darlington, de-
signer; to erect two 2-story brick
and stone dwellings, 1884 and 1895
Conduit road NV; to cost $14,250.
Charles R. French, owner; L. M.
Stevens. designer; Earl NJ Broad
hurst, Bethesda, Md, builder; to
erect one 212 2-story stone, brick and
cinder block and frame dwelling.
5045 Lowell lane NV; to cost
$4,000.
Woodbridge Realty Co., 2377 Rhode
Island avenue NE, owners and
builders; Lyle Werth, designer; to
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erect three 2-story brick dwellings,
1810-18l4 Taylor street NE; to
cost $4,000 each.
D. w. Rosen, 5915 Second street
NV, owner; Earl Won Reinchen-
bach, architect; builder not selected;
to erect two IL STORY brick dwell
ings, % and 80 Riggs road NE, to
cost $4,000 each.
Thomas F. Jones, Inc, 4701 Forty
first street NV, owners and build
ers; Arthur L. Anderson, designer:
to erect one 2-story brick and Gin
der block dwelling, 1881 Alton place
NV: to cost $4,000.
Thomas F. Jones, Inc, 47O1 Forty
first street NV, owner and build
er;; Arthur L. Anderson, designer;
to erect one 2-story brick and Gin
der block dwelling, 1927 Alton place
NV; to cost $500.
Charles Sturbitts, 1101 Vermont
avenue NV, owner and builder;
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architects: Prescott Construction
Co., Inc, 814 Thirteenth street NV,
builders; construct new front, 512
Eleventh street NV: to cost $1,000.
Stein-Rosen Co., 629 E street NV,
owners and builders; Joseph H. Abel,
designer; to erect .one 2-story brick
and tile dwelling, 5215 Western ave-
nue. NV; to cost $500.
Cooper G. Lightbown, 5206 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, owner. designer and
builder; to erect one 2-stroy brick
and frame dwelling, 4700 Warren
street NV; to cost $1,000.
E. C. Kritch, owner; L. w. Giles,
architect; Arthur August, Beaver
Heights, Md, builder; to erect one
2-story brick and concrete block
dwelling, 2115 Thirty-first place Sc;
to cost $1,000.
A. M. Schulman, $3.50 T street Sc.
owner and builder; l.. w. Giles, ar
chitect; to erect one 2-story brick
and cinder block dwelling, 28O7
Branch avenue Sc; to cost $500.
George E. Pruett, 1922 Cathedral
avenue NV, owner; G. Raymond
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Pruett, SAIL Carolina place NV, de-
signer and builder; to erect one q
story brick and concrete block dwell
ing, 5511 Carolina place NV; to
cost 5000.
E. H. Price, 1928 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc, owner and builder; Francis
Deremer, designer to erect one q
story brick dwelling, zoos Thirty
second place Sc; to cost $500.
Washington College of Law, 1000
G street NV, owners; Joseph A..
Parks, architect; William p. Lips
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comb Co., Inc, Woodward Building,
builders; to erect brick addition,
1000 G street NV; to cost 5000.
George r. Lyles, 1917 Minnesota
avenue NE, owner, designer and
builder; to erect one 2-story frame
dwelling, 1885 Forty-fourth place
Sc; to cost $500.
Donald r. Richberg, Kenwood,
Nd, owner; H. p. Baxter, architect;
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E. A. Pessagno, 1918 Fifteenth
street NV, builder; to erect one
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1-story frame addition, 1851 Glen
brook road NV; to cost $2,5O0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-20
DECLINE NOIEl| IN TUBERCUL0S|<
Great Decrease Evidenl Since Influenza Epidemic
 of I9I8-I9I0

The virtual disappearance Of leprosy from the civilized world which has never been fully ex@ plained, ray have some bearing on the modern campaign for the complete elimination of tubercu- losis, according to the statisticians of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company. They declare that the two dread ills have so many points in common that similar factors may influence the ultimate mortality trends of both diseases. In fact, tEere is a possibility that something of the sort actually has happened.
 At the present time, although there are some 5000 900 lepers iz' the world, Q single new case of the disease in a civilized land is so rare as to be a medical curi- osity. In the United States, for instance, out of our annual total of nearly 100000 deaths, only about 30 are caused by leprosy. Yet in the Middle Ages, the dis ease was rampant in Europe as well as in Oriental lands.
 In the 14th century, however, the Black Death came to smite. Europe. It is variously estimated that one quarter to one third of the population of Europe suc-sa cumbed to the scourge. It has been suggested that from that time dates the rapid and unexplained decline of leprcsy towards it's. negligible position as mortality facor in civilized lands, and some-l thing analogous, and also not fully explained, happened to tubercu- losis after the influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. The tuberculosis death-rate took a sudden plunge then, and has kept on dropping ever since.
 For both leprosy and tubercu- losis, the precise cause of the sud-. den decline in mortality is some- what yelled in mystery, although in the case of tuberculosis, mod- ern trends of treating individual patients and improved public health policies have been import- ant factors in reducing mortality. But it does appear that the de- cline in leprosy followed close upon the end of the Black Death scourge, and in our own time we have seen tuberculosis mortality rates take an analogous down. ward plunge after the great in f1uenza epidemic of 1Sl8-1919.
 Are these condolences? And is the secret bound up in the disap- pearance of leprosy gone forever. or will 1t be uncovered someday and assist us in the complete elimination of tuberculosis as 9 danger to human health and life2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-20
Pickle May! Nothing P e rs o n a l, Folks, J U s t the Dizzy Weather!
 s u m m e r.
 Here, Maybe!

New England weather was doing it again today. After four frosts this week, and with many persons about ready to give up hopes of warm weather ever coming, the temperature began an unexpect- edly dizzy climb today.
 At 10 a. m. the mercury was at 89 degrees, and it appeared that the high mark for the year, 94 de- grees, might be approached this afternoon.
 The lowest temperature during the night was 66 degrees. With the arrival of daylight the mer- cury began a steep ascent and was over 85 degrees at 8 a. m. It was still rising when it reached 89.
 The weatherman predicts cMudy weather and occasional showers for tonight and tomorrow. Farm CTS and gardeners are hoping for rain, since crops and plants are hadly in need of moisture.
 The frosts, combined with the dry weather, have caused great damage about the state, and rain and warm weather are badly needed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-20

Education of automobile drivers and pedestrians in the modern prin- ciples of safety is one of the best methods of reducing motor vehicle accidents, says Police Superintend- ent William J. Roach in a state ment today.
 Waterbury has one of the best safety education systems in the country in its schools, says Super intendent Roach, and this will un- doubtedly be reflected with the passing years as there come new generations of drivers and pedes- trians. Thanks largely to the fine safety program in the local schools, he says, Waterbury has practically no accidents involving child pedes- trians.
 Superintendent Roach's. state ment follows:
 Last week I discussed the im- portant part enforcement plays in the preservation of the life and limb of the pedestrian, this week will discuss the importance of educa- tion."
 Education can make the pedes- trian practices under all kinds of traffic condition, traffic laws and regulations and the limitations of drivers in controlling cars, because of: physical defects, mental limita- tions, necessary stopping distances, highway and traffic conditions and car defects"
 When the pedestrian is informed about these things, he will know that it is practically suicidal to take certain risks in traffic."
 'The pedestrian handicaps both himself and driver unless. through proper education, he acquires an attitude of cooperation in using streets and highways. The pedes- trian must be taught to respect the drivers rights on the streets as thoroughly as he expects the driver to respect the pedestrians rights. When not guided by traffic lights or officers. each must learn to use ex- ceptional caution in the joint use of the street or highway"
 "The chief responsibility for the formal education of the pedestrian, as well as the driver. belongs to the schools. On this phase we can point with pride to our school system. for we have one of the better safety educational programs in use in the entire country at the present time and because of this excellent pro- gram our child pedestrian accident rate is practically nil"
 "Education is for the purpose of preparing the young citizen to live In his world. Nothing could Do more practical than preparing him to meet successfully the hazards and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-20
THOMAS GRIFFIN WINS DISCHARGE
.Wolcott Street Man Ar- rested May 4 for Drunk-
 en Driving

Thomas Griffin, 53, of 312 Wolcott street, arrested by State Motor Pa- trolman John Dunphy on May 4 on a charge of driving under the influence was discharged when ar- raigned before Judge Edward Ma colo in City court today.
 Sergt. Patrick McCabe, who was on duty at headquarters when the man was brought in testified he did not appear under the influence of liquor, although he had few drinks. Patrolman Dumphy arrested the man about 1:30 o'clock in the morning when he observed him driving the car in a zig-zag fashion and found liquor in the vehicle. Dr. P. J. Dwyer testified the man, as far as he could determine from ex- animation at headquarters, was not drunk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-20
Earbenders Select
 Outing Chairman
Ralph Rugges to Supervise Plans for Event Early in
 June-First Communion Class Tomorrow
WASHINGTON HILL

Ian, George Evon, Arthur Dulac and MT. Conway.
 First Communion
 Almost 100 children of St. Francis Xavier's church will receive the sacrament of Holy Communion for the first time tomorrow morning at the 8:30 o'clock mass. The children have been preparing for the sacra- ment over period of several weeks, under the tutelege of the sisters of the parish.
 Browning Ceremonies
 Arrangements have been com- pleted for the annual ceremonies of the crowning of the Blessed Virgin. by the Children of Mary Sodality of the Church of St. Francis Xavier. The ceremony will take place next Sunday evening, and Rev. Francis O'Neill, native of the parish now of New Haven, will preach the ser mon. Miss Dorothy Danaher will crown the statue, being president of the sodality.
 The annual dinner-dance of the sodality will be held at Wright's Inn, Wednesday evening, May 3l. Gents to Meet
 The Gents of the Hill will meet Tuesday night to perfect plans for their annual spring dinner dance. The affair is to be held in June and Frank Tehan is chairman of the ar- engagements committee. A definite date and time for the affair is to be set at the meeting. The club is or ganizing Softball team and will meet Tom McGrath's Wildcats in their first encounter.
 Bill Clasby HOnOred Among those present at the bach elor dinner honoring William J. Cas- by at Sullivan's Cotton Hollow inn Thursday night were the following: James Sheehan, Frank Keefe, Robert Birt, Thomas Corden, John Slattery, Timothy McEnerney, John Quilter, Joseph Brophy, George Lynch, Patrick Ford, John M. Col lins, Henry Bowling, Timothy Keane, Harold Sheehan, Dennis Keane, Frank Klobedanz, Joseph Cavanaugh, Harry Carroll, Thomas McGrath, Jr., Thomas McGrath, ST., Charles Earth, Chris Braun, Lieut.. Wm. Pollard, Patsy Iacovino, Will liam Cunningham.
 Harry Cashin, James McMahon, Fred Kelley, Vincent Hogan, Patrick Moran, James Walsh, Edward Fitz- maurice, Edward Higgins, Robert Schlosser, George Carney, Patrick Egan, Larry Mululens, John J. Col lins, John Fitzmaurice, William O. Neill, John F. Greaney, Marty Groody, Charles Delaney, George Cassidy, Thomas Walsh, George Perigard. Patrick Slattery.
 Maurice Ryan, Peter Lawlor, Den- his Sugrue, Timothy Horgan, Dem his Lahey, John Ryeal, Ray Brodeur, John Condon, Edward Keenan, John Keefe, Patsy Brown, Thomas Cos tello, Chris Harmon, George Reilly, Joseph Shea, James Moore, Paul Doran, Ted Donahue, Atty. Vincent Scully, Frank Scully, William Ken ney, Donat Biron, Walter Whitaker, Joseph Maloney, Maurice Maroney, John Shea, James Calvin, Albert Lawlor, John Capano, Paul Gar rity, Fred Delaney.
 Francis Mulligan, Thomas Navin, Atty. Joseph Navin, John Moore, William Kelly, Sen. Edward Egan, Walter Joy, Jerry Griffin, Thomas McGrath, Hugh Keenan, James Mcdonald, Cy Develeskis, Vincent O'Brien, William Cavanaugh, James Cunningham. Thomas Purcell, John Flaherty, John Hartley, George Manaway, James Wagner, John Kennedy and William Reilly.