Evening star., 1939-01-15

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ment conducive to clear thinking.
DIR. Abel has performed a valuable
service by recording thoughts in the
making before they have had time
to crystalline into an invariable
pattern.
This is the sort Of sociology which
has some meaning. T.R.H.
TEEM-A TREASURE HUNTER.
BY Rudyard Kipling. New York:
Doubleday Doran.
This slender volume probably
elicits greater interest because it is
the last known work by Kipling
than because of the intrinsic merit
of the story. Teen is the story of a
truftle hunting little dog, which,
according to Marguerite Kirmse's
fronstispiece looks like a cairn ter
rier. The story is written in the
first person and relates the adven-
lures of Teen from the time he
could crawl until he is accepted as
a member of the family by an Eng
lish charcoal burner He earns his
board. even in England, by hunt
ing truff1es, which the charcoal
burner sells to the lady of the
manor. 1t is an unimportant little
tale, but reveals Kiplings love and
understanding of animals. Or
maybe it just reveals Kiplings grasp
Of what people think animals think
or feel. This subject is far more
complicated than the book.-R. r. T
JOHN HANSON OF MULBERRY
GROVE, by j. Bruce Kremer
New York: Albert e. Charles
Boni, Inc.
Mr.. j. Bruce Kremer, the Mon
tana Democratic political leader
and now practicing attorney here
is the author of this book on the
man who is sometimes referred to
as the first President" of the
United States. 1t is clearly a labor
of love to Mr.. Kremer, for he is the
present owner of Mulberry Grove
the Hanson estate on Port Tobacco
Creek in Charles County, Md.
Mr.. Kremer attaches much sig
nificance to the Swedish ancestors
of John Hanson, sturdy men who
settled in Delaware 300 years ago
He traces the history of the Dela-
ware colony and the Hanson family
which migrated early to Maryland
and became one of the great Tide
water Maryland families. John
Hanson was himself leader in
Maryland affairs and represented
Charles County in the Assembly un-
til he mo'ed to Frederick when he
was almost so years old. He was
elected to the Legislature from that
county and then went on to the
Continental Congress as a repre-
sentative of the Free State.
There were many men who pre-
sided over the Congress in the
years during and after the Revolu-
ton. It's business was conducted
on an informal basis. When it was
decided that the President should
have specified term of Office, John
Hanson was the man elected. Thus
arises his claim to the title of the
first President of the United States
1t is perhaps inaccurate to say his
claim, for if he ever laid claim to
the honor Mr.. Kremer does not
mention 1t. He was in Office when
George Washington was received
by the Congress to be congratulated
on his victory over the British.
There are quotations in this book
from letters from Washington tt
Hanson, addressed "Mr. President.
John Hanson's official title was
President OF the United States ir
Congress Assembled" Mr.. Kremer
always an admirer of Hanson, sees
no point in arguing whether Johr
Hanson, and not George Washing
ton, should be accorded the honor
Of being called the first Presi.
dent" He says: THE things tha
he did and the man that he wa.
are all sufficient"
Mr.. kremer sees, for instance
more significance in the role Han.
son played in federalizing tn,
Western lands from the threats O
the big land-grabbing States tha,
in the fact that the Maryland mar
was president of the United State
in Congress Assembled"
This brief book manages to Civ,
in succinct and enlightening form
much of the history of the era ant
it will be of special interest in thi
section because of the emphasis /
places on the role played by mel
who lived In the Potomac area. Tn
book Is we'll illustrated with photo
graphs and maps.-E. T.
DANCING AROUND THE WORLD
BY Arnold Haskell. New York
Dodge Publishing Co.
Arnold Haskell, who has buf1etet
around and among ballet companie
over the greater period of his life
authors another episode in the live
of the Ballet Russo. English though
Harkell may be, he fits nicely int,
erstwhile director Col. De Basil
picture of the classical dance an,
its environment He seems to under
stand the short-fused power bo,
that is the ballerina ballerin,
temperament and writes with au
thority and good nature of thei
habits and, more specifically, thei