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Evening star., 1940-01-07

January and February evenings
are long. Why not employ these
hours. as many readers are doing,
by renewing an interest in the clas-
sizes of ancient Greece? If one
wishes to read history, political
theory. literary criticism, philosophy
poetry or great drama, selections
may be made from numerous au-
thors beginning with Homer and
continuing, perhaps, through Epic
tetus. The Public Library, Eighth
and K streets NV. offers the fol-
lowing quotations illustrative of the
universally of the appeal of these
truly great books.
Thucydides, in his History of the
Peloponessian War;" has this to say
about methods of war:
But we have other ways also Of
waging war-inducing their allies
to revolt, which is the best means
of depriving them of the revenues
in which their strength consists, the
planting of forts in their terri
WI anu dAl otilCI iIlShouACo "AAASAi
one cannot now foresee For war
least of all conforms to fixed rules,
but itself in most cases has to form
its plans to suit the occasion as its
own resources allow"
In the same book the government
Of Greece is described by Pericles:
"It is true that our government is
called democracy, because its ad-
ministration is in the hands not Of
few. but of the many, yet while
as regards the law all men are on
an equality for the settlement of
their private disputes: as regards
the value set on them it is as each
man is in any way distinguished that
he is preferred to public honours. not
because he belongs to a particular
class but because of personal merit:
nor. again, on the ground of poverty
is man barred from public career
Evening star., 1940-01-07
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-"The Nazarene,"
Sholem Asch; Escape" Ethel
Vance; Kitty Foyle," Christo-
pher Morley; Capt. Horatio
Hornblower," c. S. Forester;
Moment in Peking." Lin Yu-
tang; DIR. Hudson's Secret
Journal" Lloyd Douglas; The
Grapes of Wrath" John Stein
beck; The Great Tradition,
Frances Parkinson Keyes;
Children of God.' Vardis
Fisher; Tree of Liberty Eliz-
abeth Goudge; "A Sea Island
Lady" Francis Griswold; Yer
dun" Jules Romans: Christ
mas Holiday" Somerset Maug-
ham; Capitol City," Mari
Sandoz.
NON FICTION - Country
Lawyer" Bellamy Partridge;
Abraham Lincoln" Carl Sand
burg; Wind. Sand and Stars"
Antoine de St. Exupery; "A
Treasury of Art Masterpieces"
Thomas Craven; Days of Our
Years" Pierre Van Paassen;
Inside ASIA" John Gunther;
Land Below the Wind" Agnes
Keith; Men of Music" Brock
way and Weinstock; Heritage
of America" Commager and
Nevins; The Young Mel
bourne" Lord David Cecil;
'Thoreau." Henry Seidel Candy;
THE Last Flower" James Thur
ber; "The Bible of the World
Robert Ballou; Maud Charles
Strout; News Is Where You
Find It." Frederic William
Vile; THE Pressure Boys"
Kenneth Crawford; Il Lost My
English Accent" C. V. R.
r h mpson: Autobiography
With Letters" William Lyon
Phelps; Bonanza Inn" Lewis
and Hall; "A Book on Duck
Shooting" Van Campen He'll
ner.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Same Way Home
By Rupert CrOtt-COC

By Rupert Crott-Cooke NeD York: The Macmillan Co.
published in America gives convinc-
popular
English writer's.
a dec typical weIbred English
their emotions reactions clearly and
nshp with family the time the
is old
murder member the family to
differently with motive the
protection of the murderer.
Macau family entertains thought other
accident his code OF honor requiring
extreme
movated religious conviction unshared
confession though
the galows.
Throughout the episode the situation usually dominated by Barry
the sisters
philosophy that he opposing view on most
udion the author much
thing else.
with expected coming suddenly to violent boil In his
descriptive this his book writes with the
complete franknes of the modern English author.
Is extremely interesting
high attaining perhaps
bestse gtatus Il.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
| Brief Reviews
lOf New Books

Biography.
MARY AUSTIN, WOMAN OF
GENIUS. BY Helen Macknight
Doyle. New York: Goth a m
House.
A somewhat sentimental life his
tory of the author of "A Child Went
Forth"
THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE. BY
William Saroyan. New York ::
Harcourt Brace g. Co.
The bright boy gets brighter-this
play has been success.
A MODERN HUDIBRAS. BY Ulys-
ses Grant Vogan. Athens, Pa:
Balch Co.
Rhymned celebration of the follies
of the New Deal. Amusing.
Poetry.
THE HEART AFFIRMING. BY
Edna Davis Romig. Philadel-
pnla. Torrance q 20.
Ladies magazine kind of verse
ECHOES FROM THE HILLS. BY
Bessie Woodson Yancey. WASH
ington: Associated Publishers.
Ladies magazine kind of verse.
THE CASUAL SONNET. BY Louis
Ragg. New York: The Pyra-
mid Press
Slightly better than ordinary SON.
net collection.
BIRDS IN THE GARDEN. BY Mar
garet McKenny. New York:
Reynal q Hitchcock.
A large volume, we'll printed and
attractively illustrated in color. tell
ing you how to induce birds to come
to your gardens and how to enter
tain them when they have come
Thorough and readable.
NATURAL HISTORY OF THE
BIRDS OF EASTERN AND
CENTRAL NORTH AMERICA.
BY Edward Howe Forbush and
John Richard May. Illustrated
in color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes,
Allan Brooks and Roger Tory
Peterson.
A revised edition of the we'll
known work. containing a hundred
new species. This thing is worth
getting.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
BIockout

BI0ckout
BIZ Hubert P. Earle. Philadel-
phia:: J. B. Lippincott Co.
Mr.. Earle, son of the former Min
lister to Austria and Governor of
Pennsylvania, was one of the 100 ,00o-
odd Americans in Europe at the
outbreak of the war.
Since they have been home, it
probably has been suggested to 99,-
500 of them that they write book
about it. This Harvard student
seems to have been the only one to
take up the suggestion to date. In
some ways he was in an exception
ally favorable position. A family
friend of the Bullitts in Paris, the
Biddles in Warsaw and of the Ken
nedy boys, he "helped out at the
American Embassy in the Place de
Concord in the hectic days just be-
fore September 3, when the staff was
on the edge of nervous prostration
with the endless stream of stranded
Americans.
Apparently, the seasoned diplo-
mats spiced the sourness of their
days by Kidding" the college boy,
with the result that his description
of an air raid alarm and his worry
over failure to get gas mask show
q degree of hysteria shared by few of
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Science for the World of

CCteDCe Tor the VOIjO OF
Tomorrow
By Gerald Wendt. Ne1D York:
w. w. Norton & Co.
Mr.. Wendt was the director of the
science exhibits at the New York
Worlds Fair. He uses these ex-
hibits for the background of ref1ec-
tions on the revolutionary changes
already brought about in the lives
of men and women and the still
more revolutionary changes to be
expected confidently in the near
future. He is haunted by the dis
couraging reflection that the longer
lives and more comfortable living
brought about by mans conquests
of nature have not been accom-
panied by comparable improvements
in man himself, and that the adj
vances have been accompanied by
far-reaching social changes, some
of which may be steps backward.
Living itself must be adjusted to
the new and glorious means of living
which science has given the world.
T. r. H.
Evening star., 1940-01-07

loss of $4,000 tons of shipping and
was the ultimate of perfection in
scientific equipage produced by the
German admiralty Carrying dead
ly mines and a seaplane throughout
most of her voyage, camouf1aged so
that even ner deck guns appeared to
be cargo derricks and with about
400 disease-racked prisoners in her
hold, the ship left a story in her
wake 20 years ago which is particu-
larly interesting now that raider
ships are again vivid reality.
G. G. S.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
The Cruise of the RoiderWoIf
By Roy Alexander. Ne10 HaUen::
Yale University Press.

~ roy AteIGndeT. NeU HlDen:
Yale University Press.
In this page from the history of
the sea Roy Alexander, an impris-
oned wireless operator, relates in a
fortnight sailors style, story of
life and death aboard a German
raider disguised as a freighter AS
exciting a saga of the sea as fiction
ever concocted, the book reveals q
separate story in every chapter, all
combining into tale of narrow es-
capes, suffering, daring, expectant
death, and of lucky, courageous
German captain, who piloted his
ship over $4,000 miles for Is months
without docking her or contracting
her home port.
The Wolf, alone on the seas and
dependent on captures and looting
for food and fuel, accounted for a
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Encyclopaedia of the Theoter

By George Jean Nathan. Ne,D York.: Alfred A. Knopt
dverng notions counter Of Mr. Nahan emporium
Iconocass public will be disappointed
there the penpon the judgments absolute imp
sh annoyng-and stimulating
Mr. Nathans conces the contents
popour nevertheless nearly and
that the thater The
with things English under e" and
eveaor The T chapter offers Failure Fair
Fapdood Words and French
specific 1t deals with
OCasey Odets, ONeH Opening Plays and Originality.
Nathan apparently comedies the volume enter
nment he did bother with index
Perhaps appeal most totaaran critics
is uninited those returning the fraternity house
reflective His however continue to be
sufficiently sad peppeed with paradox retain for him
F..
Evening star., 1940-01-07

his countrymen. But. however
naively. he has turned the joke on
the jokers. and his description of
the probably assumed panic of men,
bers of the Embassy staff will be
hard for them to live down.
T. r. H.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
The History and Romance of the Horse

By Arthur Vernon. Boston: Wauerly House.
Il will drink ands courage. rolca
the
There is beauty in the moving has
INDUSTRY the pair have struggled and ded-sde by side
The cycle OF humans
back
tenure OF life the planet could
stretching his
to learn that the horse is the oldest living mammal
The author obviously after extensive
broad canvas depicting phase Of the history
our-toed
doubt subsing that the
animalthen about
of docity, proceeded
We read of the initial strategic Alexander the
Great battle which
worthy victories against numerically superior
multudnous light caaythe
with bows and entirely ruthless
conquered peoples imposed the death penalty
number who stole
to strike their "
chapter the stupid stubborn
something tragic
it therein tragedy"
This book should well in of horse
conscious of cities and
generally saddle particularly is
a II
Evening star., 1940-01-07
He'll on Trial
By Rene Belbenot Neu York: E. P Dutton & Co.. Inc


By Rene Belbenoit NeD York: E. P. Dutton Co,
DRY graphic
Of the shocking conditions colony
also bitter attack that judicial
Bebenoit tells
cites other which, contends entirely
innocent sent otues OF Guiana Hell"
French instead
There
the colony
sentenced three hard labor.
Cites Other of
Alleged Injustice.
Among
the Dreyfuss declaring
setting
additional
imposed for attempting
effected hardened
other South countries
governments Hemisphere.
Bebeno written this book
in the simple fortnight Dry Guotne and apparently
other he writes about The books he states in oewo
colonyo
conditions there Tx.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
A Railroad to the Sea

Leonard and Jack T. Johnson Iowa City, loDa Mid
land House.
The impression that remains after reading this less skecy
Pacific Railway that authors would
boed with detail
subject railroad building
history the Pacific which, to this
day of the great OF the country American epic but
Railroad the Sea- incidents of the
through terrific oddphysa and nan
would lent themselves
added enjoyment.
well docmened the authors had the advantage of
Thomas
physician builder realized
Pacific pushing West the Central Pacific headed East
j. A.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
No Arms, No Armour

By MAJ Robert Henrques New York. Rtnehart Inc
Even II mo Arms No Armour literary
would De worthy OF some attention because earned for its author
rather tidy OF $4,000 the All Nations
however the book is well worth reading its
Inc story deals with the character Tubby Wndrsh
IN the British Army who the chapters the
compacent officer with particular
other than to be good officer and this mental
acters whose duty to awaken Tubby could think
himself.
The plot which otherwise
Photographic description
OF thought that the author displays
tale of the awakening
it can't quite grasp.
The story laid in sbbonness the
the nhexble traditions
sharp blows Maj Henriqu deter
Flo.
The Philosophy of Physical Science
By Sir arthur Eddngton. New York. The Macmillan Co.
The human pictures language
Man thinks words Perhaps wordless thinking essentially
be 1nve ghmpe concepts which cannot be
language bring confusion.
This
out been sought nventng another
mathematics which allows greater eeway
and has made possible the great advances physical science
But the final analysis the thinker still
He has succeeded only in being little less earhbound
This the philosophical quandary which
nens relatvc thinking expound in revision Of
delivered at Cambridge where he professor
reading about hard thinking. T.R.H
Evening star., 1940-01-07
The Literary WorRevews of Publications Various Fields
Biographies Tell Story
OF Confederate Failure
In Desperate Struggle
Discord at Home Furnishes
Background With Glimpses
OF Disappointment Abroad
Statesmen of the Lost Couse Jefferson Davis and His

Cabinet
By Burton J. Hendrck. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
the written abouwa
Mr. Hendck here tells the Of that
terms Of its leaders
theory defeat
small
from the dewater who had proved their ability in national
affairs Washington difnculty
dence that there better available and willing the
Richmond federation.
The called in
stances pfu incompetent dgards the tremendous
against them There The treasury couldn't afford
buy its money"
Jefferson Davis putting
the the Confedeas theory that
the mills his
deprived his of desperately
SIGHT from the foreign the Federal blockade
Mr. Hendck upon
he war had not thought would be
france While this highly debatabe
States wasted of their
foreign ad James Mason into maddening British soty
french court intrigue John Pickett called the
his Richmond and then
sent on to Washington. ~ ' ~
Cabinet Members Bicker Constantly
At home better for the Confedecv There was
pickering among the members
Stephens OF Georgia Vice President
(Who Mr. Hndrick
OF War being
States rights had been founded soon
proved It's undong The States
sought by the Richmond leaders and finally
refusing to recognize military conscpions
ought secession talked OF the right
Con1ederacy and to make
could hardly have kept the Confederacy
eds had won every encounter But since the support
behind the lines, both fell
Mr. Hendrick tells the the form OF
sketches the principals involved
biography sketcng the historical background
performance
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Dewey, Enemy Of Crime,
Archfoe of Racketeers,
Praised in New Book
Rupert Hughes Gives Touch
OF Human Interest to Tale
Of National Candidate
Attorney for the People

By Rupert Hughes Boston: Houghton Mi11n & Co.
This absorbing story of the
the acketeerso the last decade
AS the author himself the
biography shameful American
conditions rebellion great
against national prohibition.
inevitable that would
levyng
tribute millions citizens which
which combinations
the criminals corrupt politicians Hughes story
Dewey literally catapued ackng
Goliath.
Story
Because of Politics.
Mr. Dewey his
assistant in that office OF the United States
ct attorney OF New York County has added interest
presidency 1t timely we'll told unfods
the the youthful
charge him with nexperience Hughes
Emperor of France at 3 and William Pitt Premier the British
at "a in day of crisis
political aspect biography Mr. Dewey
its filled
names-forced
crminaty Shutz drug
addict and
Gordon Marinel Jimmy Hines bosses
all their stuff.
Dewey in
Against Crime
Dewey proved "a mi
ionare rackeeers politicians jailed
the direction
Missouri Stark machine Dewey
however showed
Hughes Dewey a
from his office Particularly however
Mr. Dewey Unsuitable
seeker after facts with rapike ability
heavy blows in the huyby Of debate whether
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Let the People Sing

By }. B. Priestley. New York: Harper's.
Mr. Preleys people small English town. caught
between the old astocray the
might have
and humor to fall into such grim classification.
Typical OF the little
variety
1t sheer accident Kronak refugee
both interested for their
have arrived in Dunby
snowman just when the business the
Ihe Market Han had been given to the toWnspeope
musical entertainment the q
historic would be big plastcs
firm wanted building losers were the towns
people.
Let the People Sing"
Is Fighting Motto.
Square into the middle of this companr
with nghng motto OF Let the people sing
and helr hilarious
The plot of Let the People frequently long arm
coincidence
obvious, but these minor criticisms
Jimmy alone would reading and there
the hilarious chapter which Dunbuy growing
RIGHTEOUSNESS reaches the exploding gloomy Monday
various members OF the classes
There satire plenty ALL there
good humor which strikes appealing
WHICH eooo nun1or is none too common C.B.F.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Adventure in Washington

BY Leonard Ross. NeD York: H1rcourt, Brace & Co.
cities in the
Orleans Francisco In recent
years however added Washington to the list
interesting coou locale to make
fact that Mr. Ross happ seems to have overlooked
Washington The publishers brb
product exciting ocial and
newspaper Capital Well of Official
neither
ing nor exciting merely
increasingly pedde bill goods through the him
Wahngtons growing reputation story
literary
anything than rather fale piece of hack
q colorfl background P. H. L.
Evening star., 1940-01-07
Bonanza Inn

By Carroll D. Hail. NeO York. Alfred Knop
stories kaleidoscope of color
history minglng and all in
old Hotel
all these elements absent from the
fails Rather because these ee-
thrown in to bwder and confuse the reader
hghghd bring out their best values the Incl
would make breahesy in
the boom the fire. Un-
this achievement
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Chinese School Here caches
Philosophy Of Confucius

The philosophy Of Confucius Is
being taught to . little group Of
young people In washington's Chi
nese colony, who gather each after
noon in the only Chinese school IN
the District.
Two schoolrooms In the Chinese
Community Church. 101l L street
NV, which will be dedicated In spe-
cial exercises Sunday, house . gath
ering OF between 70 and 50 children,
the majority of whom have never
seen their native land and never
expect to return.
Each afternoon between 4:3O and
$50 they come voluntarily, after
their day tn the Districts public
schools Is over, to learn Of the teach
ings Of Confucius. Nencius and
Loa-Tze and to master the intrica.
cies OF the Chinese tongue.
The school, DR.. G. G. Hung, pastor
Of the church. points out. bridges
an Overwhelming gap between the
younger and older generations Of
Chinese, which often causes misun-
derstandings within families. Some
OF the young persons, he says, are
quite modern. while their parents
Evening star., 1940-02-21

cling to the mother tongue and
customs.
Glasses In English for adults also
are held.
Chinese history. language and
geography are not the only subjects
taught by . sta6 Of three teachers,
al Of whom are university gradu-
ates and give their time free. DR..
Hung himself teaches . course which
he calls citizenship. Included In
the study are Christian religion and
Chinese ethics.
The teaching sta6 includes 8. z.
Leung, who is doing graduate work
at the Georgetown University school
Of foreign service: Ars. q. Y. Chiu,
. graduate Of the University of Cali
fornia, and Joseph Leung, graduate
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Survey Of Liquor
Distribution Asked by
Pefworth Association
Grunt of License on
Georgia Avenue
Is Protested

Two resolutions affecting liquor
distribution In the District were
adopted last by Petworth Citizens
Association on recommendations by
the Legislative Committee, headed
BY Ernest r. Henry.
Terming . recent license renewal
grant by the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board to an establishment
In the 400 block Of Georgia avenue
NV. an action "disregarding the
solid and overwhelming objection"
Of the community and contrary to
provisions Of the law" the initial
move authorizes Mr.. Henry to ap-
pear before congressional LIQUOR
hearings to protest the board action.
Ask Liquor Survey.
In the other resolution, the associ-
alton urged the Commissioners to
survey the liquor distribution ques-
ton as a whole, to bring about
Substantial improvement The
action declares there is a greater
number Of liquor stores in the Dis
trict than Is required by the public
interest"
The association also asked that
Congress restore the item for a new
Wilson Teachers College item in
the 1941 budget, utilizing the site
Of the old tuberculosis Hospital at
Thirteenth and Upshur streets NV.
Bus Stop Changes Protested.
Objection was made to recent
changes in the Petworth express
bus stops In the downtown area and
complaints made that schedules are
irregular. Trafnc signal installation
at Upshur street and Georgia ave-
hue NV. was requested. It was
decided that Lewis r. Barrett, recre-
alton department head, be asked to
discuss the new recreation setup in
Evening star., 1940-02-21

the District. Frank Carr, director
Of extra -curricular recreation at
Mcfarland Junior High, outlined
the activities of his group.
A sum of $25 was appropriated for
two needy families in the commu-
nifty. George w. Potter presided over
the meeting, held in Petworth
Library.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
Pupil. 10 Give operetto

The pupils IN the primary grades
Of the James Monroe School, Ar
hnston. Va, win present an oper-
eta, Mother Goose and Company" !"
tonight and Friday night In the
school. The production Is under the
direction Of Miss Lila Foster, Miss
Katherine Wise and Mrs. Charles
Bouton.
Evening star., 1940-02-21
q Linsnan University. Canton.

~ 11aN O111veIS1Cys V8HIot1,
China.
n. Hung is . graduate Of the
Pm-C Ching Baptist Academy and the
Takwah Theological Seminary. both
In Canton, and the San Diego state
College. He received. his masters
degree at Columbia University and
has done educatioal research ct
Michigan University.
Evening star., 1940-02-21

Accidents can be stepped with safe
driving. VIII yen helD?
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