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News and Reviews of Fiction and Books Theories
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Black Folk Then and Now
By w. E. Burghardt Du Bos Henry Holt & Co.
This highly valuable book is of summing
situation the world todan the
IN the United States
only which has considerable Negro minority
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stitution. His work is subtitled 1.-The
Life and Documents of American
Democracy" and is divided into two
parts. the first modestly called
From Runnymede to Roosevelt, "
the second, Documents Tell the
Tale" In sum 1t attempts to give
us a history of the development of
constitutional government among
Anglo Saxon peoples, to offer the
key papers on which such govern
ment rests and to present to the
Nations voters Mr.. Mavericks own
opinions on number Of things. If
the history presented is a bit sketchy,
it still can be said that the docu-
ments in good part are there, and
that the opinions at least come out
strong.
Mr.. Maverick is diverting figure
One feels that, if he were not a
politician, he might have written
well. Unfortunately, however, the
professional need for vagueness and
splendor all too often creeps into
his pages and his style collapses ac-
cordingly. To read the speech OF
any campaigner is generally to real
ize how different are the require
ments of oratory and literature
how much more severe are the de-
mands of the eye than those Of the
ear-and the present book is fine
example Of this distinction. For
paragraphs it will go along lucidly
enough; then there will be an abrupt
collapse into resounding emptiness
One can only conclude, In such
passages. that the authors orator.
ical habits have overcome him. The
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Reference Books on Theuter
Interest Summer Amateurs

acting according to the Actors" by
Morton Eustis, in which are sum-
married. the methods and ideals of
such we'll known actresses and actors
as Helen Hayes. the Lunts. Kath-
arine Cornell, Burgess Meredith and
others.
Opera has always held great fasci-
nation for young singers and dane
ers. In Building the Amateur
Opera Company" Ralph H. Korn
provides "a guide for prospective
organizers of amateur opera COM
panies offering helpful suggestions
as to selection of efficient officers
and directors, together with practi-
cal advice as to development and
capable functioning of the chorus,
ballet and orchestra"
How to adapt favorite stories for
the stage is a matter of interest both
to amateur and professionals. In
"Offstage" Marguerite Fellows Mel
cher tells how it is done and gives
numerous examples to illustrate
such points as costume, scenery,
lighting and off-stage sounds. I'm
provisation, that remarkably handy
talent, is the subject of a book by
Robert G. Newton, Acting Impro-
vised." which Is intended to help the
amateur free his creative spirit"
and gradually accustom himself to
"inventing his effects, and thus give
his productions a freshness which
the usual imitation of professional
performance can never possess
A superbly illustrated volume on
stage settings rich in suggestion for
both simple and elaborate back
grounds is presented by Donald Oen-
Slayer in Scenery Then and Now"
Local amateurs have plenty OF
opportunity to see the summer thea
ter in action. During this season
the Roadside Theater, the Cross
roads Theater and the Olney Thea
ter are presenting a wide variety of
dramatic offerings.
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CANDLES Hundred
By Clifford Do,Odey. Boston
uo,I0hfo,7 M;f7j11 n

~ WV W DO"UCSs 0OckOSSs
Houghton Mi61in Co.
Mr.. Clifford Dowdeys last work
was "Bugles Blow No More" that
best-selling novel of Civil War days.
His present one is also historical flc-
ton: it takes its scene in Colonial
Virginia in the midst of that period
of conflict between great planters
and small tenant farmers which fol-
lowed the boom in the tobacco trade.
It is, however, in no selse'a roman
tic presentation Of colonial life; it
does not idealize the glamorous ex-
istence of the powdered cavaliers
and their so-fair ladies. It occupies
itself, instead, exclusively with the
aforementioned clash between the
great landowners and the small ones
1t shows a most unkind picture of
the methods used by tidewater aris-
tocrats to dispossess the frontier
farmers, and calls to our attention
the fact that the present methods Of
mass production and consolidation
of wealth are not new phenomena in
our country, but have been with us
almost since the settling of the land.
But, the grim theme notwithstand-
ing, the story is a lively one, built up
with considerable skill.
The story is centered about the
adventures of one Christopher Bal
lard, gentleman born, who has
sympathies with the small holders Of
the frontier. Christopher is q sur
veyor whose honesty is his great
asset; he canpot be bribed to run a
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Summer theaters have opened
early this year. Located well away
from the heat of the city in rustic
surroundings where tired audiences
can relax in country breezes, they
are becoming an increasingly popu-
lar form of amusement, and num-
bers of young persons ambitious
for stage careers are receiving val
liable practice on less exacting
stage than the formal boards OF
the professional theater.
At the central building of the
Public Library, Eighth and K streets
NV, and its various branches,
many requests are received for works
of amateur acting and various
phases of play production. Such
questions are: How can I make up
for the play we are putting on next
week? What is the simplest form of
stage lighting? What is a good be-
ginning book for the amateur actor?
How can 1 dramatic a short story?
The inquirer is referred to such
excellent works as Serge Siren
kovsky's "The Art of Makeup and
Paint, Powder and Makeup" by
Ivard Strauss. Both are lavishly
illustrated. the first with a section
including detailed drawings of vari-
Gus features of the human face, the
second with large photographs OF
various steps leading up to the fin
ished character portrayal.
Backstage business is made easy by
such helpful works as stage Man.
agement for the Amateur Theater;
with an index to the standard works
on stagecraft and stage lighting;
and Putting on a Play" by E.
Martin Browne and others, who give
an English Interpretation of the
problem. What might be termed a
first book" for a beginning group
may be found in "Problem-p projects
in Acting" by Katharine Kester.
More advanced in players at Work !;
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| Brief Reviews
lOf New Books

HumOr.
MEN CAN TAKE 1T. BY Elizabeth
Hawes. New York: Random
House.
Funny stuff about mems clothes
BY a well-known fashionist. And
illustrated, be it said, by James
Thurber.
THE ENCHANTED ISLANDS. BY
E. Klanevess. New York: Pyra-
mid Press.
A day-by-day account of a trip
through the Orient. Quite readable
THE STORY OF CONCORD. BY
Josephine Latham Swayne. Bos-
ton: Meador Publishing Co.
The famous town as it has stood
in history and literature. Simply
written and readable.
ROMANTIC CITIES OF CALL
FORNIA. BY Hildegarde Haw-
thorne. Illustrated by E. H. Suy-
dam. New York: D. Appleton
Century Co.
A large guide book, uneventfully
but helpfully written and very beau
tifully illustrated.
Sports.
so YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A
BOAT. BY H. A. Callahan. New
York: The Macmillan Co.
Advice to every one contemplating
his first purchase. Helpful.
History.
HEROES OF THE Gloss. Marion
A. Habig. New York: For
tunys
The story of the Franciscan
martyrs in North America, includ-
ing those slain in the recent Mexi-
can anti-reigion drive. An impress
sive record.
The Weeks Psychology Text.
USE YOUR HEAD. BY Bruno
Furst. New York: Funk e.
Wagnalls.
Simple rules for keeping your
mental house in order. Very sim
pie, in fact
Juveniles.
DUDE RANCH. BY Creighton Pett
Chicago: Albert Whitman Co.
The story of children on a ranch
Illustrated with photographs. Pleas
ant.
SMASHER AND KICKUP. BY M
and c. w. Gauss. Chicago: Al
bert Whitman Co.
The story of two range broncos
and a cowboy friend. For the 7-8
year olds. Very nice.
CHIPS AND LITTLE CHIPS. BY
Ruth and Harrop Freeman. Pic
lures by Eldred M. Smith Chi
cago: Albert Whitman Co.
Story about a carpenter and his
little boy. For the very young.
Nice
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reviewer, going along, found herself
signing from time to time, Nov he's
making a speech again"

reviewer, going along, found herself
signing from time to time, Now he's
making a speech again"
But the book has some value though
certainly not much originality. 1t
makes the point that our Bill of
Rights did not protect citizens from
infringement on their liberties by
the States, but only by the Federal
Government, and that the four
teenth amendment. by its due
process" clause. opened the way for
the Supreme Court to extend to
corporations liberties not previously
guaranteed even to persons, from
which point it launches into an at
tack upon the poor old court again.
This surely has all been heard be-
fore.
1t also defends the New Deal
measures. urging that the good ones
should be kept and carried on, but
refraining from making list Of
those which the author thus con-
siders virtuous. 1t places Mr. Nav
erick on the side of the conserva-
ton of natural resources, organized
labor, civil liberties and social Sc
curity-but who, please, is against
these principles? 1t urges the
curbing of monopolies, but demands
that business should keep up in
vestments and expansion, quite side
stepping that tremendous factor
known as business confidence"
And it advocates economic recovery
through the spending of capital, but
declares that the profits OF busi-
ness should be legally curtailed.
This may seem to represent such
wealth of contradictions that q
reader may we'll ask why the re-
viewer rated the book as having
some value. The answer to that
question is that Mr.. Maverick con-
trives always to put enough truth
into his observations to make them
respectable; it is only in his con-
clusions that he turns politician and
throws logic characteristically to the
winds. There is also, as said, in
the book a convenient collection
of documents-selections from the
Magma Carta, various American
Colonial charters, the Declaration
of independence, the Constitution,
the Declaration of the Causes and
Necessity of Taking Up Arms, the
Confederate Constitution, and yet
others. To the whimsical it may
seem too delightful to pay royalties
to Mr.. Maverick for these historical
papers. But to the practical there
will be, as said, convenience In hav-
ing them all in a single volume,
paper bound though 1t is, moder-
| ately priced.
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not appear to lie in his representa-
ton of the Negro's current condi-
ton so much as in certain inter-
pretations which he places or past
events-as, for example, his insist
ence that the reconstruction era in
the South which followed our Civil
War was worthy social expert
ment, which if given time might
have worked out successfully. This
terrible period in Southern history
he calls a dictatorship of the pro-
letariat" and seems to feel that 1t
had a proper place within our frame
OF government. The greatest latitude
In Interpretation cannot of course
allow such verdict. But in the
main the books claims to attention
rest on verifiable figures. Among its
long passages of solidly factual mat
ter the authors occasional passion
ate interpretations can be viewed
with understanding and even SYM
pathy. The history of the Negro
is beyond question one of consistent
wrong, and black man would
hardly be human who did not re-
act with emotion to it.
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Weeks S Best Sellers

Fiction-"Grapes OF WRATH"
John Steinbeck; "Wickford
Point" John P. Marquand:
Capt. Horatio Hornblower,"
c. S. Forester; "The Tree of
Liberty" Elizabeth Page; "All
This and Heaven Too" Rachel
Field; The Patriot" Pearl
Buck.
Observation-Disclosures in Mid
passage" Charles and Mary
Beard; Reaching for the
Stars" Nora VAIN: "Huntsman,
What Quarry?" Edna St. v.
Millay: Inside Asia" John
Gunther: Garter Glass" Rixey
Smith and Norman Beasley;
New Deal in Old Rome" H. j.
Haskell.
Boston.
Fiction-"The Grapes of
Wrath" WEXFORD Point "All
This and Heaven Too" THE
Patriot" Pearl Buck; Wine of
Good Hope" David Rame.
Non-fiction -" Autobiography
With Letters" William Lyon
Phelps; Reaching for the
Stars" "A Peculiar Treasure,
Edna Ferber; Take 1t From
Me-" Neal OHara; "Huntsman,
What Quarry?'
Chicago.
Fiction-"The Grapes of
Wrath. "Wickford Point" Wine
of Good Hope" Capt. Horatio
Hornblower,' Passport for a
Girl" Mary Borden.
Non-fiction-"Days of Our
Years Pierre Van Paassen;
Reaching for the Stars"
"Huntsman, What Quarry"
Autobiography With Letters, u
''Mein Kampf," Adolf Hitler.
New York.
Fiction-"The Grapes Of
Wrath" WEXFORD Point" "All
This and Heaven Too" THE
Tree of Liberty" Capt. Horatio
Hornblower."
Non-fiction-"Days of Our
Years." America in Midpas-
sage" Autobiography With Let
ters.' Reaching for the Stars
"Huntsman, What Quarry?"
San Francisco.
Fiction-"The Grapes of
Wrath, Adventures of a Young
Man" John Dos Passos; Capt.
Horatio Hornblower. THE Per-
picked Heart" Angela du
Maurier: "Rebecca."
Observation-Disclosures in Mid
passage" champagne Days Of
San Francisco" Evelyn Wells:
"Mein Kampf," Days of Our
Years" Through Embassy
Eyes" Martha Dodd.
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cerned, has been made up of plum
der rather than social responsible
ity. Such enlightened colonial ad-
ministrations as exist, he finds, have
bent their policies always to the
interest of the mother country and
have dispensed their enlightenment
in terms of what served the home
governments needs rather than in
those of human liberties. He is par
ticularly severe on England's con-
duct in South Africa in this par
ticular respect.
The book, however, cannot be said
to be devoid of passion. Indeed, the
author admits in his preface that he
knows that his own Negro descent
has predisposed him to interpret his
facts too favorably for his own race.
The indicated lapses, however, do
Evening star., 1939-06-18
Encyclopedia Work Written
On Problems Of Poland
Country Threatened by Germany
And Russia Is Today Most
Patriotic in Europe
Poland, Key to Europe


will DO against ,': Poland for
developments in the Batc
,. Mr. Buell. who president the embeds
msnfesy friendly he dees mot
today between two and
o s ess OF its sn Partition dn and halt
errors then committed shall not be
determined ali Germany Russa spe
Poland Is Threatened
since TITS s ea % e two s sides which
m the Ra a pGands hs R effort to erect itself bloc
iags Of her antssonn with other nghborng
S" for 1 mdanE arop s sns
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tim fanas 70 relations @ toward Germany influenced
recover Danzg the Polish upper sea and the mi
or or her 1ss in the
1;1.nspsn n ssP:n''ys e
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The mnoft question is not only vital
OF only
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In the Ukanans Poland has her threat
nhy are o2 remedy n ds their these
toward the Ukraine there real danger Polish
Ukranan including Ukranans in
e:I The sor Jewish & problem not hed with political
Poand
nd the weight OF world opinion against her Poland
not world
training for occupations other
their predomnance
Although the idea of colonies may fantastic TO
population Behind this burden population
the soil is decline in foreign
fortunately for Poland this question of emigration
@ the smssd Ss4s M out the
receive Poles for agricultural might
AS for the political system Mr.
tween democracy and oatarians Although dictatorship
not Fascist
At the of the structure dominating government
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Cneap ldDOr. Inc negro lnleSTlCy
was thus broken up and the white
invaders did little to bring the bene-
fits of their own knowledge to their
victims.
There is then a survey of the con-
dition of the Negro wherever he is to
be found in the world today. This
includes a chapter on THE Black
United States" and a review of
Africa, district by district. The va
rious matters of health, education,
wages and social status are taken
up in every case. The authors con-
clusion is that the imperialist pow
ers have consistently placed profit
above native welfare. They have
done SO in varying degrees in diff
ferent places, he says, but he leaves
. reader the inescapable conclu-
sion that the white mans burden,
where the Negro has been con-
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Dictatorship in the Modern World
Edited by Guy Stanton Ford. Lond

Edited by Guy Stanton London University Of Minnesota
The president the University Minnesota himself outstanding
phenomenon the dictatorship
which,
strength challenge democracy
persistent demand for information this subject which
Mussoln Hitler Stain Musaph Kema and the various Latin
individual liberty
freedom serepect
These from the ideal OF absolute of the state
ideal eventual extinction the
purpose raising the intellectual level Of the condition
whe individuals.
appear a security well-being
challenge
banker Chicago the reservation Indian Arizona
T.. r.
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Sailor Comes Home
BIZ Ho,Uard Clepes. Nep York:
Yfy NY~.k>>. o 1>

BY HO1D1rd CLe1DeS. NeD YORK.
w. w. Norton & Co.
This novel is of the grimly realistic
type to which O'Neill's Anna Chris
tie" pointed the way. 1t is drenched
in the gloomy, murky atmosphere
of the Welsh coal mines and the
sea. It revels in poverty, blood,
Jail and prostitution. It is interest
ing, graphic, forceful. But 1t seems
slightly dated. While conditions in
q seaside mining village in Wales
may be such as described in this
book, they do not strike the reader
as being either real or of the pres
ent-day world.
As studies Of particular types. the
book is very successful. Each Of the
characters is well marked, distinct
and individual. His reactions to
given sets of circumstances are well
thought out. No verbiage is wasted
on unnecessary description Of action.
Each person Is drawn in q few vital
scenes which seem to portray the
subject as well and as intimately as
could be done in a much longer
volume.
Indeed, the whole book reminds
one more strongly of q drama than OF
. novel. With very little rearrangine
1t would make conventional drama
Of the realistic sort. r. R.T.
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Black Folk Then and Now
8u w r. Rur0h1r6t n

By w. E. Burghardt Du Bois Ne1D York. Henry Co.
. This highly valuable book Negros
situation in the world todayn the world repeated
IN the United States for often apt to think
only which has considerable
makes however the Negro population problem
colonial he
to it its Negro
from the
thing and
auu Of gravely provocative implications.
The historical section reveals that in the black in the white
inequalities
ancient empire which successfully defeated
Egypt placed its ruler Eypt throne Here
this black civilization foushed
aneouy living The
greatly different from be found
when
populated with barbarou peoples In scholarly admitting
the distribution
of the African continent
approaches modern Negro
propoonate
enlightenment
mperasc
white ruling interest supply
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false boundary. 1nnocently he makes
a survey of territory held by the
small owners, supposing that he is
safeguarding their property. The
report. however, is used by the vii
lain of the piece, Sydney Frame, to
serve as a guide to appropriations.
Frame is the colonial prototype Of the
latter-day go-getter, a self-made
man of great shrewdness and ambi-
ton. He dreams of consolidating
vast tracts and Of introducing mass
production methods in the export of
tobacco, and he brings all the pres
ent-day weapons of the great indus
try to his help, from bribing ONCE
holders to burning out his rivals.
Eventually, Christopher rebels and
goes out into the frontier himself
there to found a better world. But
not before blood has flown and das-
tardly schemes Matched aplenty
There is also a love story between
Christopher and Francs beautiful
wife, for even an economic novel
must have its share of heart interest.
The book is, as said, lively reading,
but it is not particularly we'll writ
ten. Mr.. Dowdey has obviously done
a great job of research into colonial
records and customs, for his scene
setting Is good.
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Society in Transition

By Harry Elmer Barnes. New York: Prentice Hall
Prof Barnes tries
chapter the story Of the human
TO those OF us taking
chronological social
during
Abraham Lincoln returned from
in the court of Nebuchadnezza Washington
The author historian
recognized clearly that politics and diplomacy and
essential ingredients
lying deeminants Of
be lit by scratching frankly having had
the lives social
economic
attack dogma wherever he finds without sufficiently considering
whether be reader of anything
prepared discount this attitude and should
in interesting and entertaining style.
book shows having hurriedly
is inclined unfavoraby
ons of the National Resources Committee issued during the
the income OF the American people the growth the city But
author hbay
ally places with critical discernmen
swallowed wholehog the
psychology actually
things wartime intelligence testing.
for all that would difficult find volume containing
information problems which the civilization
| the facestod
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In Blood and Ink
By Maury Maverick. NetD York:
Modern Age Books.
The one-time member from Texas
has here Joined the already large
throng Of interpreters Of our Con-