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Evening star., 1940-05-19
The Feminine Fifties
By Fred Leuis Pattee. NeD
York: D. Appleton Century

YORK: II. Appleton - century
Co.
1t is the contention of the author
Of this amusing little book that the
literary expression of the decade of
the 1850s was distinctively feminine
in quality-even when men were
making it. It was ladies' day for
10 years then, as he sees it. The sos
were 'fervid," "fevered," 'fatuous"
and fertile he says, and that made
them feminine period, undoubt-
edly." If it should seem to some
women today that his choice of the
components Of femininity Is un-
mplimentary, or at least incom-
plete, the critical ones will hardly
be serious in their objections, for
the tone of the work is wholly
light and its humor is well worth
the quibble.
To be sure, the author, once he
Is launched. does not keep to the
definition which he makes in his
opening chapter, quoted above. He
attempts, rather, to examine the
whole field of literature during the
decade In question and, conse-
quently, he brings in some highly
unfeminine f1gures-as Melville,
Whitman, Mark Twain and Thomas
Bailey Aldrich. But he does not
let inconsistency bother him. When
he sees an application for his fem
mist diagnosis of the decade he
makes it, and for the rest, he
simply let's it go.
Thus he discusses the lady nov
elists Of the period, early Victorian
sob sisters SO numerous that they
brought forth Nathaniel Haw-
thornes ungallant declaration that
the writing profession had been
wholly taken over by mob of
damn scribbling women'-the Fanny
Ferns, Mrs. Southworths, Augusta
Evans Wilson's, Maria S. Cum
minses, Ann S. Stephenses and yet
others, pen ladies who deluged the
market with fearful romances to
the delight of a sentimental public
and the utter despair of serious
literary artists. They were COM
pounded, says Mr.. Pattee, of the
sentimentality of Dickens, the gloom
of the Brontes, the religion of the
Puritans and the prissiness Of Vic
torianism. The result was some
thing awful-and the introduction
OF the "beSt seller" in the history
of American letters.
But the book also declares that
certain highly admired male au-
thors partook of this ''femininity"
and cites "HiaWatha" as proof that
Longfellow was infected by 1t. His
aboriginal hero was a well-bred
Victorian gentleman, says MIR. Pat
tee, ladies' Indian, if there ever
was one; and he then goes on to q
description of the undergraduate
humor Of Harvard University to
show that the students Of that
strictly masculine institution did
their roistering in a very prettif1ed
vein, assisted, incidentally, by none
other than the great James Russell
Lowell.
The one group which defied this
feminine influence was, according
to the author, the Western hui
morists, who counted among their
number Artemus Ward, Mark Twain,
Petroleum v. Nasby, George H.
Derby and @. K. Philander Doesticks.
Quotations from these robust fell
lows show that styles IN humor
change immensely with the years
but certainly acquit the authors
Of any charge of being feminine. /"
The book makes no attempt at
being q profound study. It is simply
q series of amusing observations,
well worth the going through.
NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Without Fear or Favor

BY Neil MacNei. NeD York. Harcourt, Brace & Co.
People who developed their ideas
personal contacts with from Hollywood
Of the why's and wheefores of the business
Although the assistant editor of the
ready for those would criticize
admit and advance suggestions
out the he consistently maintains
the buwark Of democracy that
public opinion is monument" reporters
willing to accept just criticism he takes frequent
some OF the most outspoken critics
they control
Mr. MacNe veteran Of Is the
wide and impressive knowledge of his subject
AS textbook for the career hi
book revealing and informative
well
there glamour his ob would
believe,
ne regards modern mrcthe gathering from
all the world editing printing
O1vrT1N Nprror1
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Ny Mother Is q Violent Woman
By Tommu Wddelton.

BY Tommy Wddeon. NeD York: Co,pard, McCann Inc
one OF the funniest books the reviewer has read
natural that 1t is painful Any mother
herut Of that assertion While her
son thinks much of her realize
she being weighed and found wanting
will also realize this world live grownup
we % through are pretty foolish after ALL
From all present indications Tommy slated
writer His style fresh interesting and
important he has Photographic faculty
skmng the Of situation presents an
episode and with twist of his high lights
his humor all the refreshing may be of the
r. r TAYNT,N
Evening star., 1940-05-19
The Last Hunt
By Maurice Genevoir
York. Random House.

oV MNWf NC xCbCCOtA. NCW
York: Random House.
Already the established author of
20 books published in France, NJ.
Genevoix presents his first to be
issued in America, nature novel.
1t is the story of two herds Of deer
more especially of q deer named
Red-and two huntsmen. One hunts
man kills merely to satisfy lust to
kill; the other to pit his intelligence
against the instincts of wild game.
Writing in a flawless, glowing
style that Is packed with descrip-
tion, M. Genevoix gives each deer
q definite personality-a feat that is
accomplished 30 skilifully rs to con-
vince the reader that the writer
possesses Q deep understanding Of
nature and It's children.
CHARLES g. SfnNN.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
The Customer Is Aiwoys
Riqht

By Anne Pence Ddpis. NeU
York: The Macmillan Co.
A single scene of Main Street
America is painted by Miss Davis to
give the reader the story of life in
the leading department store of a
Texas oil town. The book has a
Grand Hotel" and "Babbitt" flavor
with the sameness of location that
characterized the movie, Street
Scene"
"Stacy's, Your Department Store, ~
Is the name of the establishment
inherited by Lawrence Stacy. who is
unlike his late father, the founder.
Stacy is too preoccupied with out
side ventures to be aware of the
throb of life and the chances to dc
good in his own establishment, and
the book very nearly reaches its
conclusion before he becomes aware
Of this significant fact.
Characters are introduced in q
slightly unorthodox manner. The
action moves slowly at the outset,
as the reader anticipates the un-
folding of the plot: but as it be-
comes more and more evident that
there is to be no plot worthy Of the
name, he settles down to enjoy
himself while the characters are
subjected to analysis that Is almost
microscopic in its thoroughness.
If there be main character, it
probably is Carl Carlton, handsome
young mems wear manager, whose
all-absorbing love of his work and
of Stacy's makes him the logical
future partner in the firm. He and
his wife, the lovable Janet, with her
unselfish devotion. are the central
figures in what little plot there is. :
ROBERT A. ERWIN.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Isolated America


The recent developments of the
made this book by former president Foreign Policy Association
terribly out OF date Mr. outline plan for
peace plan IN which the United States foregoing its
on would play leading chief mediator
apparently that nobody really wants the
strong ead we could bring cessation hoses
settlement which would
has been since 1914. - =
That lovely thought certainly of the
Nazs Norway Belgium and Netherlands
Its plauby It is clear nown
90 want their war and that with much fruit victory their
they will not relnquish their
pactm The book probably was written Events
however, have moved too fast for the presseA
Evening star., 1940-10-04
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY

ing people, Of all nations, and
tongues and kindreds. Let them
beware of prejudice, working d.
vision, and hostility among them
selves"
Lincoln's Sentiments
Are Wilkes Sentiments.
His sentiments are my senti-
ments, and his views are my
views. I shall not, as the third
term candidate did, do things
that will cause you to be divided.
will, on the contrary, use
the high Office of President to the
best of my ability to bring labor
together. I stand for a united
labor movement-just as am for
a ,united American people. A
house divided against itself can
not stand.
A divided labor movement is
the natural prey Of unscruptulous
politicians, who play one group
against the other TO serve their
own selfish purposes.
A united labor movement is the
strongest defense the democratic
process can have. 1t is fortress
standing against autocracy, bu-
reaucracy and the dictatorship
which threatens us. 1t Is cru
sade for the improvement of the
lot of the common man. 1t gives
Evening star., 1940-10-04

If you are paying 1t into q
Government that will not, at the
rate 1t is spending, be able to
pay you back.
Seventh, I will tie labor into
the councils of our Government.
For too long, it has been excluded
from the council @ble-for too
long 1t has been treated as q
group apart.
In Omaha last week, I told the
farmers thai if I am elected
President, I will convene a White
House conference of all our great
groups, farm, factory, labor and
consumer-to tackle the job Of
ending economic stagnation and
OF preventing a common disaster.
That conference will be the
first practical step in giving labor
voice in the formulation of ma
tional policy. The economic fi-
ture of our country demands that
this should be done.
Besides these specific pledges I
have two suggestions to make.
I think it would be very help
ful to laEor's cause and to the
recovery of America If labor and
management could incorporate
into their contracts, of their own
volition, provision for a cooling
off period, a delay before Using
their economic weapons. Where
the principles of collective bar
Evening star., 1940-10-04

produce TIE results that we al
want-good relations between Ia
Dor and industry--then changes
would be in order.
This is an extremely important
problem. 1t calls for wise and
deliberate action. We must be
careful not to sacrifice, by hasty
action, the gains already made.
First, and last, we must under
stand that the real job Of the
National Labor Relations Board is
much more than the settlement
of the 10000 cases that come be-
fore it every year. Its real job Is
to create a better understanding
of the possibilities inherent in
collective bargaining. It's real job
is to help people to work to-
gether; to strengthen-not to dis
rupt-the basic partnership Of in
dustry. If our democracy is to
become strong, the men who do
the work and the men who take
the risks must be meShed to-
gether around table.
When am elected that is what
an efficient labor board will do.
And now I want to make few
other points.
First, the healthy spread or
collective bargaining makes 1t
more important than ever that
the Government be prepared to
offer a high-grade conciliation
service when industrial disputes
threaten. The existing concilia-
tion service must be strengthened
and improved and its work should
be integrated with the work Of
the Labor Board,
Second, there should be some
decentralization of Federal Gov
ernment activities in the labor
field, because each locality knows
its own problems best.
Third, the States should be en-
couraged to strengthen and i'm
prove their own procedures for
the settlement of labor disputes.
Fourth, and I say this es-
pecially to those millions Of
Americans who are not members
of any labor union-I give my
solemn word that fair minimum
wages, below which no employer
can 60, will be established, and
the law enforced, both North
and South.
And by fair minimum wages
I mean just this-that as our
economy expands, as our re-
sources are developed, as our
new industries get under way, I
shall expect to see to 1t that
our wage structures rise with the
growth accomplished, so that the
standard of living of all will rise
with our increased production.
hate starvation wages. I
hate the sweat shops. I despise
any man who profits unjustly by
those who labor. Against such
a man I will WELD the big stick
of Theodore Roosevelt.
Fifth, I stand for maximum
hour legislation. And by that I
mean that a limit, ceiling,
should be put on the hours man
or a woman may work; a fair
days work for fair days pay.
Proposes Extension
OF Social Security.
Sixth, I believe in social Sc
curity. and I believe it should be
extended to those who do not now
enjoy it. But I warn you that
there is no security In bank
rutcy. Your social security does
you no good-absolutely no good
Evening star., 1940-10-04
I have gone up and down

I have gone up and down
America preaching the gospel
of progress the desperate need
for unity in our people. ! have
told men and women everywhere
that the monstrous doctrine of
class against class must be put
down. Affrmatively, I say to
you that the forces of America
farmer, businessman, and worker
must be geared to work together.
Ours is the task TO put TO
work the free institutions Of
free men in free America; to
give the lie TO the strutting
bullies Of Europe, with their
doctrines of super-men, slave
classes, and subject races.
I propose triumvirate Of la
Dor, agriculture, and business
one for all and all for one That
triumvirate will work together
Each will see the others prob.
lens. Each will sacrifice a little
for the other. Each will work
toward the others gain. And
then then know that there is
nothing that can stop this won-
derful America, this great dy-
manic giant. Nothing can stop
us then from bursting through
our present doubt and discour-
agement into a world of new
hope and new horizons.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Army Begins Taking
D. T.. Recruits for
Years Enlistment
New Short-Term Duty
Allows Volunteering
Ahead Of Draft

The Army today began taking
recruits here for new one-year en-
listments authorized last Saturday
by the War Department.
At the recruiting station, 63l
Pennsylvania avenue NV. the
official orders arrived this morning
from Third Corps Area at Baltimore
and before noon 81 dozen men had
made out their first papers.
Many are expected to flock to the
recruiting station soon, according to
Recruiting Sergt. N. w. Morgan.
Many have applied since Saturday,
but could not be accepted until
official orders arrived.
The one-year enlistment tour
enables recruits to serve as volun-
teers instead of waiting for con-
scription.
The IL applicants were referred to
the Police Department to be finger
printed and for report on whether
or not they have a police record
The recruit will take the police
report and an application form and
return it to the recruiting Office for
his physical examination by Maj.
Seth Gayle, jr., of the Army Medical
Corps.
Up to this point the procedure for
enlistment for one year is the same
as that for the three-year enlist
ment in the Regular Army.
But when the one-year man is
sworn In and inducted into the serv-
ice he does not join the Regular
Army. He becomes member of
the Army of the United States,
which consists of the National
Guard, Organized Reserves and Sc
lectees.
The one-year man cannot select
the branch of service nor the sta
ton where he is to serve and can
not be assigned to duty outside
of the Sd Corps Area, which in
cludes the District of Columbia,
Maryland, Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania.
Many men also are enlisting here
for the three-year term, Sergt.
Morgan said. These three-year
men are being enlisted for the
Regular Army and are permitted not
only to pick the branch of service in
which they wish to serve but also
their station.
The recruits for one-year enlist
ments must be between the ages of
l8 and 35, inclusive, have no de-
pendents and must meet the physi-
cal requirements of the Army. II
they are over 81 they must present
evidence of their birth, such as birth
certificate. If they are between
the ages of 18 and 81, they must get
q signed statement from their par
ents or guardians testifying to their
age and declaring there is no OBJ
lection to their joining the Army.
Since last Saturday the recruiting
station has been visited by $50 men,
about 40 per cent of whom wanted
to enlist for one year.
The one-year enlistments are not
to curtail efforts of the Army to get
q Regular Army enlisted force of
375,000, according to the War De-
partment.
The one-year men will not be as
. signed to the Air Corps, armored
force, or other technical branches
which require exceptional skill and
training.
The Army has had the authority
to accept one-year enlistments since
1920, but has been accepting only a
few. The system was found waste
full because of the rapid change in
personnel.
The men enlisting in the Army
from Washington, either for one or
three years will be credited in the
quota of men expected from the
District of Columbia. and will re-
duce the number of conscripts to be
called here.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
aid and comfort 10 the millions
within its brotherhood.

aid and comfort 10 the millions
within its brotherhood.
When am elected I will ap-
point as Secretary Of Labor an
outstanding man as an actual
representative Of labor.
The job of Secretary Of Labor
Is a mans Job.
And the first Job Of my secre-
tary will be to bring about CO.
operation within labor itself, to
bring peace and strength to the
ranks of labor, to help labor with
all the means at his command
and to educate labor and en-
ployer alike to the true meaning
of collective bargaining.
And also, when I am elected
President, I will Immediately
clear out from the Federal Gov
ernment all Communists and
their fellow-travelers.
Mr.. Earl Browder will have no
occasion-or wish-to recommend
me for a third term.
Calls on All Workers
To Join Him in Fight.
And so, call upon all OF the
workers of America, all of the
people Of America, to join me in
the good fight-the fight for jobs
the fight for production-the
fight to unite America.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

As briefly and as frankly as I
can put it, that is my labor pro-
gram. I stand for the protection
of labor's rights. But I stand for
more than protection. I stand
for jobs. I stand for free labor,
free to bargain and free to work.
But now candor compels me to
discuss another phase Of labor.
The great civil war within the
ranks of labor is a source of sor-
row and worry to the whole
American people. No one, and
least Of all labor, can profit
from it. In this, I want to quote
Abraham Lincoln again:
THE strongest bond Of human
sympathy" Lincoln said, out
side of the family relations,
should be one uniting all work.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

gaining are really understood
and really accepted by both
parties, this would seem to me to
be feasible. And surely 1t would
help us to avoid much Of the mis-.
understanding that has in the
past been SO costly.
Secondly, as I would have you
freed from coercion by unscrup-
ulous employers, so must you be
freed from the control Of any
crooked racketeers who have
found their way into the labor
movement.
Relentlessly Opposed
To Exploiting Memberships.
This is essentially a matter for
labor itself to settle within its
own ranks. But whether in office
or out of it, you will find me re-
lentlessly opposed to those selfish
or criminal leaders who double
cross or exploit their own mem
bership. Those must be elimi-
mated from all groups in Amer
ica-including labor. If they are
not eliminated, we cannot have
In the progressive, dynamic days
to come-the honest, efficient
leadership necessary to fulfill the
destiny of the American people.
I am against exploitation of
any of you-in any manner,
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WiIIkie Text
tContinued From Page A-6.)

The trouble lies, in the main, not
with the act, but with its ad-
ministration.
1t would therefore seem to me
wise, before materially changing
the act, as many suggest, to
change the administration of it.
This would require some special
legislation, but that problem is
not insuperable. If a wiser ad-
ministration of the act does not
Evening star., 1940-10-04

shape or form-and regardless Of
whether you are organized or un.
organized, skilled or unskilled.
want a free, strong labor,
earning a decent wage, working
fair hours, under the right kind
of working conditions-labor, free
and strong-taking It's equal
place, and standing shoulder to
shoulder with agriculture and
business to solve the problems
of America-in the American
way.
La gaceta., 1940-02-21
UNA LEY DEL SENADOR
WAGNER EN- PRO DE LA
PAZ EN-
LA INDUSTRIAL

Washington, Feb. 21.-Una
ley del senador Wagner, en-
pro de la paz voluntaria en-
la industria, lleva ell titulo de
Ley de Mediaci6n de los Esta
dos Unidos.
La ley sehala medios para
ayudar a obreros y patronos a
resolver sus problemas por ne
goeiaci6n directa.
Una junta de tres miembros
designada por ell Presidente,
llevara ell nombre de Junta de
Mediaci6n de los Estados UNI
dos y ell traba
10 de la Junta Nacional de Re
laciones del Trabajo.
La nueva Junta ayudaria a
lograr objetivos pacificos den
tro de los grupos empehadcs
en- discussion cOlectiva. FL pre-
sente servicio de Conciliaci6n
de la Secre.aria de Trabajo
No tiene autoridad estatutOrid
No lleva la ley aparejadas
.psnaS nj obliSacloRes, nj dill
La gaceta., 1940-02-21
MATO A SU HIJITA DE
CINCO AMOS

Los Angeles, Feb. 2l.-Una
mujer dc grandes atractivos fl
sicos, Betty Hardaker, de % a.
nos, sc encuentra en- la carcel y
la policia Ia acusa del asesinato
de SD hijita de cinco amos de E.
dad.
La policia Ia interrogara so
bne una secta religiosa a Ia cual
pertenece y que Sc dice practice
s~acrificios humanos.
Dicese que la mujer venia 20
yendo extraias woes" desde ha
&c mas de un aho, woes que le
pedian Ell sacrificio de la nina.
Dios me ha estado hablando-
declar6-pero 81 no me dijo qIe
la matara".
la madre tom6 a la nina en-
sus brazcs y psg6 en- la bahade-
"a, duramente, con la cabecita.
Despues busc6 un martillo y le
sigui6 pegando.
mo sc por que Ia mate. 70 Ia
amaba, no Ia odiaba. No guerra
que csc hombre fuera 81 pa
dre".
La gaceta., 1940-02-21

LA mejor noticia de hoy pa
"a los ciudadanos liberales Y yer
dolleramente democraticos del
pafs: la derrota de la "maqui-
maria" Maestri-Long en- las Sc,
gundas eleciones primarias de
aver!
Centenares de miles de pesos,
uuiza miIlones, gast6 la ''maqui
maria" con la esperanto de de-
rrotar a Sam Houston Jones,
ell jowen abogado, a quien apo
yaba un candidate derrotadO en-
las primeras elecciones, ell Sc
nador Noe.
Todos 'los dineros" gastados
en- 'epersuadir" o sObornar, sc
estrellaron contra la firme de-
termination de Ia .mayoria dc
los electores.
Cl1ando las "maquinarias" pc
liticas Sc converter en- focos de
corruption Y los derechos de-
pueblo son atropellados, Ell me-
jor canine es ell que acaban de
tomar los ciudadanos de Luisia.
ma. -
La gaceta., 1940-02-21
LOS CHINOS SIGUEN AVIAN
ZANDO HACIA MANNING

Chungking, China, Feb. al.
Avanzando a 10 largo de IL
carretera Pinyang-apning, lac
tropas chinas Sc e%ncnentrAn .
una milladel nordeSte de Nan
Mig, segdn los dltiAos dsspa.
chos del mando militar. AIn.
que ell movimiento de tropas
japonesas continda deSde Nan
ming al sur, los chinOs Green
que la ciudad estA aun guar.
nicionada pOr Loo invasOres.
Varios incendios Destroyer
veintenas de edificios. al dstir
de I'm aerOplano chino de eR.
ploraci6n.
En- ell aer6dromo de Mann.
ing los japoneses quemarOn
algunos de sus a%viones.
La gaceta., 1940-02-21
Volaron sobre las poblaciones finlandesas
centenares de aviones moscovitas
No han capturado los rusos la 4 ortaleza
&c Koivisto

F~'-.aki, Feb, 21.-Sobre las
po6l.ciones de Finlandia vola-
ron hoy mas de 200 aeroplanos
militares del Soviet, arrojando
bombas y aterrorizando a la po-
blsci6n civil.
En- esta ciudad Sc dieron sic
to senales de alarma, por la a.
viaci6n. v en- Lahti, once. Los
rusos no dsiaron caer bombaS
en- Helsinki, pero en- Lahti de5-
iruyeron algunas casas. Bonn.
has incendiarias realizan su O.
bra destructora en- Hyyinkae, a
30 millas de esta ciudad.
FL communicate Official des-
miente la noticia de Moscl so
re la caida del fuerte de Ko,-
yisto, en- la parte occidental de
q Inca Mannerheim. "Koivis-
o esta en- poder del eiercito fin
landes e intacto".