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Evening star., 1939-12-03
Royal Highness

Bu Thomas Mann. Translated
from the German By A. Cecil
Curtis. New York: Alfred A.
Knopt.
This is a tepid little novel which
DR.. Mann wrote some 80 years ago,
now translated into English for the
first time. 1t is the story of a
prince. the younger brother OF the
ruler of a petty German state. who
is given the job of making all official
public appearances for the throne
but without having any real official
authority. Or, in other words. 1t is
the story-which DR.. Mann has told
so often-of the man cut of from
the common life of his kind and
compelled to live in the prison OF his
own loneliness. Various devices FOR
creating that loneliness have been
used in other Mannian tales on the
theme-the artistic temperament.
the acute sense of honor, homeli-
ness, deformity. In this work it is
royal highness.'
The prince is set above mankind
and so is ignorant of manKinds S
nature. He makes efforts to descend
from his level, but they are with.
out avail. They are unnatural to
him and even more unnatural TO
his subjects. They only cause him
embarrassment and disgrace. So he
is on the point of resigning himself
to his solitary destiny when he is
saved by young woman, similarly
isolated. They love and decide to
share their destinies working for
the good of the populace, which
refuses to give them friendship in
order to give them worship. And
that is all. 1t is slender thing,
and DR.. Mann, with Teutonic thor
oughness, puts enough into 1t to
stretch its small capacity almost to
bursting. NC. r.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
The Proqress of Labor in the United States

Bu Somund Uminski York: House of Field, Inc
Adently principle labor organization buwark
Of democracy Mr. Uminsk presents here loosely ngrated account OF
labor between 1888 and 1887 Why the vol
ume published beyond Labor Day of 1887
explained And aspect contemporary life been
in the labor
movement the lack serious
apparently favoring the O. vri and
the t least for the period covered in his book the author
deaby reconciliation between them ana the
slight prospects being accomplished.
In the todays history the following pro-
likely fuhlment Otnes
parallel labor movements for long time
that before efforts to merge tem nto u'eo
organization be successful"
trends the labor front
pprehensve what and public sentiment
penalty this perpeuaton Of
labor
vAics - 4 hnds such satisfaction and optn1 1m JcH
Evening star., 1939-12-03
ri Take the High Road
By Wolfgang Ld1

By Woltgang LangeUiesche.
NeW York: Harcourt, Brace
& Co.
Here is the Odyssey OF that
product of modern age, the private
pilot. told with great charm and
considerable skill. Reading this
story of a bespectacled college re-
search workers conquest of the air,
you begin to appreciate something
of the force of that overpowering
hunger for flying which leads many
person, once indoctrinated, 70
sacrifice the luxuries and even some
of the necessities of life to buy more
and yet more flying time.
This, decidedly, is book which
should be read by all who aspire to
fly as sport or for private diversion
or business. For those who do not
fly and who may intend not to fly,
it still is good book. j. S. E.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Dark Potrick
Bu Seunds MdcMdnus. NeU
York: The Macmillan Co.


Fairy tales for grownups, like
fairy tales for children, carry sugar.
coated morals. Dark Patrick" is
no exception to the rule. But per-
haps these fairy tales have more
sugar coating on their little, moral
pills than do others. At least. they
are easier to take. In spite OF the
conscious whimsy. these stories are
charming reading. The fact they
are written in stage Irish brogue
enhances the effect.
The whole group of stories hinges
on the sound, common sense OF
Dark Patrick" the dark little man
from the mountains of Donegal.
His ability to hand down decisions
in cases that completely stump all
the high judges of Ireland endears
him to all the poor people.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Best Sellers in
Principal Cities

The following list Of best
sellers is compiled weekly on
the bases of information OBJ
tanned in Washington by The
Star, and in New York, Chi
cago. Boston and San Fran
cisco by the North American
Newspaper Alliance:
FICTION.
The Nazarene," Sholem
Asch; Escape, Ethel Vance;
Kitty Foyle," Christopher
Morley; Moment in Peking,"
Lin Yutang; The Grapes of
WRATH" John Steinbeck; "The
Great Tradition" Elizabeth
Parkinson Keyes; Paul Revere
Square," Louise A. Kent; Capt.
Horatio Hornblow,' C. S. For
ester; christmas Holiday w.
Somerset Vaughan; Sam
John Selby.
NON-FICTION.
Days of Our Years" Pierre
Van Paassen: Wind, Sand and
Stars" Antoine de Saint Ex-
upery; The Young Melbourne,
Lord David Cecil; "Autobiog-
raphy," A. A. Milne; "Autobiog-
raphy With Letters William
Lyon Phelps; 'Thoreau," Henry
Seidel Candy: Country Law
yer" Bellamy Partridge; In
side Asia John Gunther: THE
Revolution of NihiliSm. Her
mann Rauschning; Maud
Richard Lee Strout; "A Treas
ury of Art Masterpieces"
Thomas Craven; Il Lost My
English Accent" c. v. R.
Thompson. The Sacramento"
Julian Dana; Jack London
Joan London.
Evening star., 1939-12-03
Patrician Spanish Woman
Writes Violent History
With Emotional Terms
Partisan of Republicans
Mingles Public Events
With Her Own Struggle
In Place Of SpIendor
By Mary.Carter Roberts.

COnSt1nct1
&C. out % ne One that the civil war the other that
% s;s,
IN intensely sssioa ;
the pods0us
that
m nsd due e @
herself and her child by her a00r
friends and ta the re-
set s ae 1nd M s9 e o5sned % s. @
her rs husband and married again It need hardly be said that she
st! to achieve as
oma rn the
the the - Msa Ri hems history which would
be sueny en eVsn
gesn @ ns'S war; nS ms %
boK sSsss out @ hs she
she se h s a been @ @ more by the
Of oxn S with h e the
political time when dhthera was raging
In m ber ge Sea nho erW se pDP boast having
% sn e fare ens the the s % the
had s had 5 % h
seeams non ]
married the second time as her life
ans an the ;hs Air
Story stery.a, Of Civil sn,s,s War Reflects
as s e peon m to poW the uda
ae p M life according health
As she had & won na nsn oo x BY % @
but But she admits for with the D
they often crinal mid The
their enemies almost perfect against them
who na s | @ e1 Bu
of1aoea Of no effect eet N'''"' N''~ W
frequently made by Fascist Hsy saaz
that that the the @ w vas Fascist who BY
disorder M the n0on5 h H M mere OF co ves
by the Fascs for N but he M on i9m mn Tead TING
great m part Of her account with respect occupied
mus @ ps
durns a th Even
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book Of violent history told by " woman b vont @
fsens m e Fhns su say and white
she calls gallant heroes and patriots & Those & who
Whe h much is to be learned We'll
asSR ashs with n'5p '9s 1o" ri The
in her mind wholly unrelated
The Nozorene
By Shoe Asch Translated from the Yiddh by Maurice
Samuel. G P Putnam's Sons.
Jewish version written s. by Jew SsS for
Jewish law and custom whole pages % indeed v: are
fIsa a n amsnf oI Sse the
did but the case OF mose
who accepted involved Jewish
people have always Joseph
wedock without poten That in giving HIS
neighbo He only repeating
with Jewish scholars on the
point did Him the Messiah mad no
regarded either as gooo teache
harmless dreamer
Story Legend of
Wandering Jew"
The story of reversal of the wandering Jew
Polish scholar who in
Hegomon Of Jerusalem brought ABOUT
according laid the curse
of prolonged wanders through the
secretly sorrowng for his crime
considerable tale Tor 10
Viadomkys the author brings o
modern the events OF
rather clmsy handled and one begins
all population of Jerusalem resmoed
In Goth century Warsaw
authors preoccupaton with his
Mr. Asch never to nave con-
He hammers away at proving Roman
Jewish he engages IN frank Spc peaong o
tranent devices Consequently there much
presentation OF jewish NE ano
historical background 1t is work which, or
certainly deserves the success which
The Proqress of Labor in the United States
BIZ Sigmund Umnski Neu York: House of Field Inc.
organization bulWak
loosely ntegraed account OF
this fall should beyond Labor Day OF 1887
contemporary life has been
that centerng about the labor
movement recountng
drawback
Although quite apparently favoring vle and
than
Evening star., 1939-12-03
The Civil Aeronoutics Act Annotated

Rhyme Washington: National LdW Book Co.
Here is the complete authoritative published
aeronuta regulation the Federal
District and attorney for
Municipal Ohcers includes in his volume
thorough the congressional history which the Civil
1898 produced and the pedens which
1t based
not only of the greatest value
constitutes carefully prepared history the
establishment growth of civil aeonaucs the United States
legislative history Civil Aeonaucs
feel the moving force of individual
political all extent to enact law which
would the public interest
McCaran Of Nevada o-author OF the Civil
that Americas commercial future from stand
rests large extent civil aviation
vital part national
national
defense"
indispensable practitioners students Of
ground all phases OF trans
1888.
of municipalities and the Law Action
author
His latest
S scholarly legal literature. j. E.
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BY EMILY POST

Dear Mrs. Post: My husband had
two very good friends in college
who have since married each other.
They are now living in a town
where l am soon going to visit.
My husband wants me to look up
his friends. and feels, even though
it has been years since he has
seen either OF them, that the whole
background of their friendship is
such that they would be very
happy to see me. WIN you please
tell me how to go about this.
Answer: I think your husband
should write to them and say that
you will be staying at such an
hotel, and for how long, and that
he hopes they will be in town and
that you will be able to meet them.
Otherwise, you write a note from
your hotel and explain who you
are and say that John" wanted
very much to have you meet them
while you are in town. You can
say that you hope it will be pos
sible for them to come to see you,
or suggest that if more convenient
you will be very glad to go to see
them. In other words, make it all
sound very simple so that they
won't feel they are obliged to do
any special entertaining for you.
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GOOD TASTE TODAY
Fifty Notes for One Present


Dear Mrs. Post: More than so
people together have sent US a
most beautiful silver coffee and
tea service for a wedding present.
These people do not represent any
one organization or club, but are
friends who wanted to give US a
present to last the years. We are
both deeply touched by this evil
dence Of their friendship and moth
ing would be too much trouble now
to show them how much we ap-
preciate 1t. I suppose I should
write a separate note to each one.
Even the great impulse that makes
me want to write so notes is not
strong enough, however, to make
me know how TO word each one
differently WIN 1t be all right
TO send the same note to each
one?
Answer: The fact that you are
willing to write so notes shows
amazing appreciation, but further
than changing a word or two,
such as lovely, beautiful, there is
no other change that you can
make. The notes may be very
short, but I'm afraid you do have
to write notes. Messages on visit
ing cards would not, In a case
like this, seem appreciative but
notes almost as short would be
sufficient.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
PATTERN

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Can I afford to be in style ?"
With New Year gaieties almost
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Anne Adams Winter Pattern Book
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r RECIPES


When pork Is high, combine It
with potatoes and onions TO make
its grand flavor 60 a bit further
Try this streteh-out recipe.
scaIloped Potatoes and Pork
Chops
fServes 81
Six medium potatoes, l medium
onion. salt 70 taste, ? tablespoons
flour. ? cups milk. pork chops.
Wash potatoes. pare and cut IN
thin slices. Peel onion and cut IN
thin slices. Butter baking dish.
Arrange layer Of potatoes on bot
tom. season, then cover with layer
OF sliced onion. Repeat until all
POTATOES and onion are used. Add
milk. Trim excess fat from chops
and place them on top of potatoes.
Bake in moderate oven 1850 de-
grees FL for about Ia hours UNI
til potatoes and chops are tender.
Here's another stretch-out rec
ipe. This time it's veal that gets
stretched beyond its original in
tention and does very well at II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
CHAPTER THIRTY-oNE

Brock sat for several minutes
on the couch before the fireplace
after Jill had left the room under
guard. He listened intently, but
could hear no sound. The room
where she would be questioned. he
knew, was In the front OF the
house. while the one he was In
was at the rear.
Softly, he got TO his feet and
crept TO the door. II was locked.
He had heard the key tudn but he
tried II anyway In case II hadn't
caught. II was futile wish.
His ear against the panel. he lis
tened for a full minute before de-
Gliding that there was no one out
side on guard, or II there was the
panel was too heavy for him to
hear any movement.
That was good, because II also
would prevent anyone outside from
hearing any noise he might make.
either.
Softly he moved over TO the fire
place. II was a huge one. built
TO accommodate five-foot logs. He
leaned forward and looked up the
chimney. He could see a pitch Of
blue sky far above, but the CHM
ney narrowed down 10. that he
knew It was worse than useless TO
try to escape that way.
Left Alone
Before Jill had arrived. he never
had been left alone in the room,
one or the other of the guards sat
close to the door and watched him
every minute.
Consequently. he'd had no oppor-
tunity for exploration or chance
to check the possibilities of escape.
The windows were too heavily
shattered TO offer any hope with
out heavy tools, The fireplace set
was missing. and probably had
been removed so that there would
be no chance for him to use any
OF the pieces as weapon.
A good sturdy poker might have
served as n lever 10 work on the
shutters.
There wasn't a thing he could
see that might offer assistance
that way. and finally he turned to
the heap of wood next to the fire
place.
He had had his eye on that for
some time, with the faint hope that
II might possibly offer some
chance to get away. but so much
depended on his ability to get out
and get help, he had saved his
best chance to the last.
No Way Out
II that should fail. he saw no
possible way out. That was why
he hadn't mentioned II TO Jill. be-
cause IL II proved q false hope the
disappointment would be too keen.
With infinite care not TO make
any noise, he lifted the logs. one
at time and deposited them care
fully on the floor in front Of the
fireplace.
When they were nearly clear. his
heart leaped as he saw a faint
edging Of daylight In the wall.
Swell, They push in the logs
from the outside, and there must
be a door there" he told himself
He pushed against the door and
found it moved slightly. That wa
q break. II meant IT was probably
hooked from the outside. not fas
tened with q spring lock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
The Lady Is Reckless
BY ROB EDEN

Perspiring and dishiveled from
his efforts he picked up one of the
smaller logs. Tt might work. 1t
had to work. And 1t did.
Using 1t as level he pried
against the bottom Of the door.
After several minutes, he heard a
popping noise and the door swung
slightly outward. indicating that
the hook had snapped.
No Guard
He silently prayed that there
was no guard directly outside who
would hear the noise or see the
movement of the door, and waited
several minutes to be sure.
Nothing happened, and he got
down on his knees. Something was
close to the door, and 1t took con-
siderable pushing to dislodge it,
but finally he had 1t free enough
to peer out through a crack.
The back of the house. In both
directions, seemed to be clear. or
course, someone might be waiting
outside there, ready to crack down
on him as soon as he appeared. but
II was chance he had to take.
His only chance.
1t took him nearly a minute to
wiggle through the openinr n
minute which seemed a lifetime to
him.
His position was 30 vulnerable
that anyone could have captured
him easily. He wouldn't have had
chance to make a fight for it.
Crawls Out
Luck was with him, however,
and he crawled out on his hands
and knees without being seen.
Looking about for possible
weapon. he found that a brick had
been wedged against the door from
the outside.
This Is what he had had To dis
lodge, and he picked II up thank
fully.
Creeping carefully along the
back OF the house, he peered
around the corner. At first he
could see no one. but as he watch
Continued on Page 16, Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
Your HEALTH
BY DR.. MORRIS FISHBEIN

Lately chocolate drinks, par
ticularly chocolate milk drinks,
have been especially popular.
One Of the main reasons is that
many children like the flavor
and will drink chocolate milk
when they will not drink milk.
Chocolate milk drinks vary
greatly. Some are made from
SKINNED milk of low grade and
some from SKINNED milk Of
high grade. Many experts in
nutrition have pointed to the
absence of vitamin A from
chocolate milk drinks made with
SKINNED milk. Some manu-
facturers add extra vitamin A
to the drink.
Some experts do not recon-
mend chocolate milk drinks be-
cause they are high in sugar
content, and IL Is known that
sugar tends to produce a sense
of satiation and dulling of the
appetite. They complain that
chocolate milk drinks educate
the appetite for more sugar,
teach the child that II Is desir-
able to flavor milk before drink
ing it, and cost more than ordin-
airy milk.
However, DR.. II. S. Sherman.
who Is recognized as one OF
the leading authorities on nutri-
ton, considers the flavoring Of
milk desirable. He feels that
the flavoring Of milk and other
protective foods Is advisable II
children can be persuaded TO
eat and drink more OF them.
Some experts in nutrition insist
that children should be educated
to eat natural foods and flavors.
This is completely sound from
a theoretical point of view, but
the argument has little appeal
70 the parent who has difficulty
in making the child eat the
food il should have.
Similar arguments to those
made regarding chocolate and
favored milk apply also 10
orangeade. orange crush, and
similar drinks. II Is claimed
that the products may contain
less than IS per cent Of orange
juice. Yet they are highly sweet
ened and obviously contain much
extra fluid beyond what would
be provided with pure orange
juice.
The answer Is that eating is
often a matter OF pleasure as
well as a matter Of nutrition.
and that many 4 refreshing
drink is enjoyed for its refresh
ment value.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
Answers to Test Questions

Answers to Test Questions
Below are the answers to test
questions printed on the editorial
page:
/. Hawaii.
2. Ten.
;. Once.
4. Toledo and Pittsburgh.
5. An institution for the care of
children abandoned by their par
ents.
8. Arizona.
Z. Two.
s. Rod.
Q. Ther'-a-pi: not ther-sp'-l.
10. Robert L. Ripley.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02

he found so funny: right-the
same girl as he would like her.
Note at the right the Sonia
Henie trick of wearing a curl to
lengthen a snub nose. Note the
Deanna Durbin vestee. Finally,
don't miss the natural brows and
lashes and restrained eyeshadow
and lipstick.
Watch for your type tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02

Pinoccho longer with every ahoodthe
Doll simple
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token for this pattern
Needecrsft Dept plainly
TERN NUMBER your NAME and ADDRESS
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as well as timely gift tips and win
ter vacation wearables. A special
corner is reserved for youngsters
and co-eds :. a special section
for SHINING natrons' modes. Be
the best dressed "lady-on-a-bud-
get" in town by ordering our book
now! Pattern Is cents. Book and
pattern together, rs cents. and
three tax tokens.
Send your order to The Tacoma
Times, pattern department.
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we are silly. bold. lazy and a few
81 the other unpleasant dezcrip.
tives we get hurled our way, q
great many do. So. II any woman
has q man handy. let him read
what c. v. r. Thompson. the Eng
lish writer. has TO say about Amer
lean men. Have your man read
It but don't expect him to like It!
Says TIL mpson: American
women. They are wonderful.
America u not . mans country
It Is q woman's country. And no
wonder. American women have
decided minds and decisive tongues.
They know how TO express them
selves. They are minor-experts on
everything from collaborating to
art It's a novelty for an Eng
lishman to find women who are
articulate on subjects other than
draperies and ~.usehoid chores. :.
American women go wherever
their men 20 and never seem out
Of place. They REALLY run their
homes. deciding how much should
- saved every week - who the
week end guests win be and where
The vacation shall be spent.
After watching them 20 about
their business looking. trim.
feminine---it Ii a shock to see how
appallingiy shoddy many other
women are by comparison"
Mr.. Thompson did not say all
this to get In good with Ameri-
cans for when American man was
mentioned he refused to pull his
punches for diplomacy's sake.
He Is distinctly inferior 10 the
American women. The average
American Is bore whose CONVEX
sation IL limited to four topics
business, his hangover. his success
with beautiful women and his golf
game. Take these subjects away
from him and he's tongue-tied."
american men are not good
listeners. When they are not talk
ing they are feverishly waiting to
get their say In"
Mr.. Thompson had this TO say
about American men and women.
and while American women are
saving Thank you their husbands
not being % polite when they con-
slider his criticism. b. r. Il.
Well. you could scarcely ex-
pect American men to agree
with such comparisons. For
every fault an American man
has. his woman can match him
with Z feminine one.
OF course Il Il pleasant to
know that all men are not
critical Of us. but I am afraid
our Average Mr.. America In
going TO take such comparisons
with = yawn and say. "oh.
yeh7"
White Fruit Cake
Dear Miss Grey: win you please
give me q recipe for white fruit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02

White Fruit Cake
Dear Miss Grey: win you please
give me q recipe for white fruit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02

The baby vamp needs revamp-
ing.
We all 60 through a phase when
we want TO look weird and wicked.
But slinky dresses, exotic turbans
and dizzy wells just don't go with
young faces and figures.
Instead Of preaching a sermon.
we simply show you 'teeners a
mans impressions. Left-the girl
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-12-02
WILD AND WOOLLY

Vivid glimpses of Nevada's best
known city in the days when it
was q wild and woolly mining
camp are given in RKO Radios
Reno" co-starring Richard Dix
and Gail Patrick.