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maps by which we can easily, readily
and satisfactorily trace the changes
in boundaries brought by war. But
such a set Of maps is here, pre-
sented in this book by Mr.. Sigmund
and his map-drawing colleague,
Gene Hoover, jr. BY an ingenious
device Of superimposed transparent
pages Messrs. Sigmund and Hoover
make it possible for us, on one map,
to see the past and present and to
speculate with geographical wisdom
on the future. They have prepared
an interesting and helpful book,
every page Of which contains con-
else, Informative textual material.
n n
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Best Sellers

The following list Of best
sellers is compiled weekly from
information obtained In WASH
ington by The Star and in New
York, Boston. Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Ameri-
can Newspaper Alliance.
Fiction.
kitty Foyle,' Christopher
Morley; "How Green Was My
Valley" Richard Llewellyn;
''The Nazarene,'' Sholesn Asch;
Native Son." Richard Wright;
Come Spring" Ben Ames VIII
hams; "The Grapes Of Wrath" :"
John Steinbeck;; "A Sea Island
Lady" Francis Griswold;
Bethel Merriday." Sinclair
Lewis: Portrait Of Jennie"
Robert Nathan; "The Morning
Is Near U.s." Susan Glaspell.
Non-Fiction.
"A Smattering Of Ignorance" /"
Oscar Levant; Since Yester-
day." Frederick Lewis Allen;
Wind, Sand and Stars" An
tome de st. Exupery: Inside
Europe" John Gunther; How
to Read q Book" Mortimer
Adler; "The Well Tempered
Listener" Deems Taylor: "Chip
On My Shoulder" Thomas L.
Stokes; Days Of Our Years, :"
Pierre van PaaSsen: Oscar
Wilde and the Yellow Nineties, ;
Frances Winwar.
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The Literary Of Publications Various Fields
Influence Of Booth Family
Felt. in Several Phases
OF American History
New Book Tells Story Prom
Days of English Forefather
TO Life of John Wilkes
The Mad Booths Of MARYLAND
By Mary.Ca Carter Roberts.

By Stanley Kn,nel Indianapolis: Bobbs-MerriH Co.
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land in which that history
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or one q their m:nsss.
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blrbmen have ubiquitous eeneratoh
Of Naoo ne M sg & @
thing which modern not
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through Gnias srutus to the Edwin and John wilkes
genius
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n no De 5 ae e woks genius 5 d @
@ pss:ys sD' Always present. 4''''a '''A s'''' 'sa''0
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after drawing in the family background Mr. kmme devotes his main
It was he who smsd the world With the twin
he ' s % % ss ' sad
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might arresting person
Complicated Personal Life.
% hi. @ EYES s n led him 5 s Is. he d sso s. eS:1
His personal life was complicated one beginning in Mr. KnInels
Bitter quarrel two women disputed the title his
Sn s
Hamlet with John discovered the for his
% the At s s ssn & s ss: %
bore with him through the however in respect for the pndor
Of his This father the Edwin Booth
and his brother. John Wilkes
Kimmel the part narrative along
a tsss @ x0 use ne ss % sns s sss
he actor OF talent who had capacity for
father apply
according author committed for sake
which would
tn beyond possible other actor It was actors blood which
pure heater No political would have conceived
such procedure Lincoln instead fell victim to thwarted star
Of family qualities made He had the madness
om than More clearly than his father too he the
function Of acting and to his emotional he added
and his nfe His essential sanity proved
fact that both and artist he mphed the
family dealt with briefly Junus
Edxa brother Asia the sister who in At w wss d NED
worthy place the always growing shelves Americana
The Story Of Mona Sheehy
By Lord Dunsany NeD York. Harper & Bros.
Of the best of Dunsanys to be found in
opening chapters this novel Of the best Of Dsanys sta
alike imagination and
hunor; perfect irish idea derives
full aGghted from carriage
ing walk
beftted hghborn lady coming home
diamond tiara And Dennis bentted simple
thought
People And the baby that later left on Dennis doorstep
naturally thought by the good man to be endowed with fairy blood And
too bad that after delcatey charming beginning tale
that her mother mortal
and the One who lived beyond too bad but
Dany has get his heroine out Of her dream
would dem goddess
bride peoc demolhes the exquisite
his novel down the level mortality
unlikely readers will much
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logues pages, not only in the arti-
cles advertised, but in tie very man
ner Of the advertising. Mr.. Cohn
has had . matchless field for re-
search. for humor and for philo-
sophical reflection. One wonders, In
deed, at the sociologists who, before
him, have duly labored away at eye
killing statistical tables. How vastly
more colorful is the stun to be found
in the Sears family bible!"
Not the least significant Of the
chapters, however, are those given
to the letters Of buyers-grateful.
irate or experimental, as the case
may be. One young man writes from
q farm In Tennessee, asking kind
Sears, Roebuck to md him . wife,
II viii pay you for your troubled, "
he adds like IN honest man. An
idaho school teacher balanced this
account by sending picture OF 4
man clipped from the catalogue
pages and asking that he be for
warded to her Immediately. III, ct
the present time, this particular man
Is not In stock" she added, II leave
the responsibility Of choosing my
future mate up to you" Requests
are also quoted for love charms, for
cash loans, for directions on ques-
tions Of etiquette, for translations of
letters into English, for help Ia trac-
ing lost relatives and even more
faneiful subjectS It b clear frum
these bits OF correspondence tint
the great mail -order house was %
many lonely people Z sort OF Ars.
Doasyouwouldb bedoneby, benevcJ1nt-
u dispensing hrsess and wisdom. "a
powerful and M kind. The wonton
vino wrtte lettsrs 3 tbs charactsf3
IN tle present ~ radio drAxnae
are, no doubt tn deaighteTs a III
parents Who ouce to- tl1sir dre1n16
md deoires q tlaQt Wcndefful "a
aAns ~. ass 1looo ooe,ek q catoloe.
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decades and draw the evident socio-
logical conclusions. This he does
with gayety and erudition. What re-
suits Is a history, delightful indeed,
OF our national habits. The growth
IN the number Of pages devoted to
radio corresponds to the decrease
IN those given to musical instru-
ments; the war waged on waist
pinching BY doctors and pioneer
femmists Is reflected in the diminish
ing corset ads: the rise Of the national
interests In sports, cosmetics. elec-
trical appliances and typewriters;
the changes In literary tastes. the
revolution in interior decoration, the
mechantzation OF the farm-all these
are faithfully recorded in the cata-
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Mail Order Catalogue Tells Story of Changing Times

) shandchrn were once necessities-
or. at any rate, no more than modest
luxuries-in the lives of many citi-
zens yet living among US. Not all
the book, however, is devoted to the
needs and fashions Of the past. Mr..
COINS researches have extended
even to the year 1882 And, II he
survives to do 1t, he may, Of course,
add quite as amusing q volume 20
years hence, bringing to. future light
the amazing tastes Of our own pre-
sumbably perfect era.
His method has been to take some
particular class Of merchandise
clocks or gardening equipment
compare the fashions in the article
which have obtained In succeeding
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Biography Of Cardozo Is
Journey Through Life
OF an Eminent Jurist
Late Supreme Court Justice
Is Revealed as Great and
And Complex Character
By Blair Bollss.
Benjomin N. Cardozs, American Judge
Bu GeorQe S. Hellrnan. New York: Whittleseu House
Benjomin N. cardozs, American Judge
By Blair Bolls.



BENJAMIN Nathan Supreme
Inauguration died years but
what six member Of
nine justices almost the whole catalogue
in review Those attacked
longed to the class political believers
President repudang the classical
and that Congress aiding the reputation
2rae BODY into spneess choral Of acqescen
attackers rested their with the Supreme
the court them satisfaction.
the struggle the question
could take dynamic in adapting
arising from post-depon
found Justice Cardozo accedng
BENJAMIN Cardozo born in
py Horao Agr and he entered Columbia
was 10 he was fral person. all cleaning intellect
gentleman judges should lightning
thought genius considered plodder
Supreme Court and afh put
him on the Court Of Appeals
It's chief judge and Hoover
primarily OF Senator Bora him
Court succeed Oliver Wendell Holmes
For ne loved his New
ne considered place of exile Concentration place
to his Of life -
interesting to (ahough impatient
TO get TO work. would not complete his law Columbia
universities both supported President
damned With gentle vgor the Presidents turning
to his support 1t interesting
an opinion that the law Of stagoac today
hat he with his eight colleagues
nosy the antiN decision which presidential
observation about the "horse and buggy days"
But most interesting of all is through
mental v1gor mental honesty
than George Hemans will be written Cardozo and
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The Provincial Lody
In Wartime
BY Z. N. Delafeld. New York:
Harper 4 Bros.


Harper & Bros.
Mrs. Delafield drops back into her
provincial lady" role here to tell
us Of her efforts to get . wartime
job and to show us something Of
the spirit In which the English
people received the entrance of their
country into the present war. She
Is international on the latter point,
but one wishes that she did not try
so hard to sparkle. She Is not
really witty. She Is just deter
minedly bright. And determined
brightness does get tiresome some
where along about page 275.
But the picture Of England
mobilizing is an amusing one. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Delafield, the news
Of the declaration of war was re-
ceived by non-combatants every
where as . summons to get q gov
ernment job-either volunteer or
salaried. As o result, block-lons
queues formed outside Of every gov
ernment ONCE practically overnight,
and ofncials were showed under with
letters Of application. A fine muddle
.nsued, with such an auther as Hugh
Walpole being asked, on applying
for . writing job, to state whether
or not he had had any experience
and. II so, to describe it. (Of eousre,
IT this had happened In any other
country, one might suspect the on
cial Of sense Of humor, but Mrs.
Delafeld tells 1t without rony.)
She, for her part. found nothing
except service in canteen run for
the refreshment of women ambu-
lance drivers, none Of whom seemed
to know how to drive and for whom
there were no ambulances ANYHOW
The hospitals, she tells us, were
mobilized to receive wounded before
any troops had embarked, and no
other manner Of patient was IN the
meantime admitted. Afraid pre-
cautions caused comic accidents and
much Inconvenience. But the Eng
lish went about bursting into roars
OF laughter, says Mrs. D., and saying
to one another that they did have
to show Hitler now, didn't they?
There is . sensible lack Of parti.
atty In the book, and one cannot
but fesl that. II It Is propaganda, 1t
Is very clever piece Of it.
NC. r.
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Of Human Freedom
Bu Jnc0nes Bnrzun Boston. Little Bro1pn 4 Co.

By Jacques Barzun. Boston: Little Broton & Co.
Many wrong with
penetrating
discussed all Certainly careful reading 1T this
democracies decadent eventually
the theology Berlin and and that
University and member OF its history attacks
Institutions attitude atmosphere observation that
"a should not live in democracy but experienced deoc
last Tuesday afternoon"
Summarizing
democratic conduct primarily cultural
indirectly political philosopher william
absolute democracy absolute freedom. .
This line Of reasoning will comforting Dr. Barn
believe absolute help numbering
another q heretics?"
banning designed for reading
long winter nights CHARLES NJ HGAN.
Britain Goes to War
By ~ Scarlyn Wilson. New York: Fleming X. ReueH Co.
attitudes reactions Of the
ordinary Britain at the outbreak
September
In common many observers he impressed by the
grim
British will confirmed
seek of the Sd Of September He With the
conviction security liberty
zitlersm must destroyed totally and forever. ss1
What the minds Of the captains and the kings only
Their motives
tke to believe suspicion. WILSON, tha
he minds difference
vnat is In the minds Of the
heir fathers their wives their swecthear their md their
daughters .@sa65s# 3
interesting svAsed
Che people Of Great Britain did not the ft ks
democracy They didn't continental peoples
light 81 free choice i. 70 what form q sovsnsnt @ xssd
y -
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The Salvation Of Pisco Gobo,
And Other Stories =.
By GeoTrey Household. BoS'
ton: Little, BrotDn 4. Co.

ton: Little, BrOtDn d. Co.
Mr.. Household has 50 far pub
lished three books, 4 novel called
"The Third Hour" another novel
called Rogue Male" and the present
collection Of short stories, most Of
which have previously appeared In
magazines. OF the three volumes,
one Is memorable. That Is Rogue
Male" It was first-rate tale Of
escape, flight and pursuit. It was
told In terms Of the modern conflict
between relationships and democra-
cies. but 1t was actually pure romance
In the full-havored Stevensonian
manner. Had its protAgonist been
cavalier Of Prince Charlie flying
from. King Georges dragons in
stead OF modern democrat, 1t would
not have changed the atmosphere
OF the tale In any essential. But
for the great credit which has de-
scended upon Mr.. Household from
his other published works, the re-
viewer cannot In any way account.
"The Third Hour" was q jumbled,
disconnected sort of tale about an
idea for reforming the politics Of the
world: the reviewers best comment
On 1t Is that, having read 1t only q
short time ago. she remembers little
Of it except an effect of confusion.
Now come the collected stories, am
bitiously bound with one Of those
coy devices in which our publishers
take such delight-a seal on the
pages Of the last half of the work on
which is printed the news that. If
a reader has not found the stories
breathless entertainment so far. he
may advertise his lamentable lack of
taste by sending the book back-or
something. Well. the reviewer did
not send her copy back. She would
not 60 that far. Mr.. Household did
not seem to her anything remark
able in the way Of q storyteller, but
neither did he arouse her to q state
Of critical fury sufncient to lift her
above her customary dislike Of tying
up packages. She can honestly say,
instead, that he is q good beginner.
He usually sets the opening Of the
tales in picturesque and inviting
sentences. But thereafter he lets his
readers down. He is not one Of those
writer's who specialize in letting
nothing happen. He seems, instead,
unable to make anything happen.
The big opening scene is generally
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Europe Under x-Roy
By William F. Stgmund. Nep


It is almost too much to expect
that In these days of frequent
despair for the photographers we
could have available to US q set of
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the high point of the tale: the rest is
diminuendo, There might be two
exceptions to this rule in the present
volume-"Taboo" and "Delilah of
the Backstairs." But, while Taboo"
is good reading, "Delilah" Is dull
from start to finish, would-be humor
which somehow does not come OF.
NC. r.
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Peace in Our Time
By James P. Warburg. New
Y0rk. HnrnDr n Rroo

Mr.. Warburg offers his question at
the very moment when the world
is filled with talk Of peace. He does
no more than suggest the answer.
He attempts to stir our realization
that we cannot be isolated and that
we should take q deep interest in
the peace which will follow the pres
ent war. He supports the allied
cause on the ground that. "in the
event Of Hitler-Stalin victory -
We know that We shall have little, II
anything. to say outside Of our own
hemisphere. and that We may even
have to consider q militant hemi
sphere defense."
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1oneIy man VINO moved through
the world where thousands admired
him. The special service which
Mr.. Hellman has done for us in
this work is to gather together
many speeches Of Mr.. Cardozo's
and many Of his letters. Through
them shine the brain of a great
thinker, the humanity of q real
compassionate, the charm of q
great and complex character. When
Justice Holmes first met Cardozo,
he said that he knew he could love
him II he knew him better. BY the
time We finish Mr.. Hellman's book,
We al know Cardozo well enough
to love him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-25
YR|C SOPRANO
 PUR|M FEATURE
Paulette WolOzin to Sing
 at Hebrew Institute This Evening

Miss Paulette Wolozin, lyric so- prano, who has thrilled concert and radio audiences with her lovely sing ing voice, will be the featured artist on this evenings "Purim" celebra- tian at the Waterbury Hebrew Insti- ute. The holiday, also known as the Feast of Esther" commemorates the downfall of the tyrant, Haman, and is observed by Jews all over the world. This evenings event is under the direction of the Waterbury Jew ish National Worekrs' Alliance and will begin promptly at 8:00. p. m.
 As an added feature on the eve ning's program, the committee has arranged to have N. Saslavsky; prominent composer and musical di- rector of Station WEVD, New York participate. He will present several recitations and Jewish songs. MT. Saslavsky is baritone of renoun, and has a complete repertory of Jewish folk songs and ballads.
 Miss Wolozin will present a group of Hebrew songs and a group of "Yiddish lieder," reflecting the hope, inspiration and pioneering spirit of the Jewish race.
 The home office of the Jewish Ma tional Worekrs' Alliance is sending a representative to address the group. Refreshments will be served and members are cordially invited to attend the celebration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-25
BIG CIRCUS SHOW
 PREPARES TO MOVE
Ringing Brothers Will
 Start for New York on. Thursday Next

Sarasota, Fla, March 25-CUP)- The big show was ready to roll to- day.
 Winter quarters of Ringing Brothers, Barnum and Bailey were astir and visitors were barred as roustabouts loaded the freshly-pain- ted cages and spangled equipment on the long trains that will pull out for New York Thursday. Press agents were strewing their multi-syllable adjectives over the nation. New acts from Europe and and a streamlined "big top'-a 450 by 240 tent with a bright blue top punctuated with blazing red stars helped them.
 One new and terrifying act is that of Alfred Court, French animal trainer who brought his act to this country when the European War threatened to force extermination of dangerous animals. Court will bring together in the same cage tigers, lions, polar bears, black leopards and even two great danes and with only whip to keep order. A giant air conditioning unit for the tent and menagerie was packed and ready to roll-a far cry from the days when circus audiences sweltered through 90 degree mat ineeeS and liked 1t.
 The circus opens April in New York for & months run, then goes I to Boston for two weeks.
 Gargantua, the gorilla, was ready to travel after a pleasant winter here in his $15,000 air-conditioned cage. He has been one of the best attractions discovered by the Ring lingS in years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-25
Mayor ScuHy's Proclamation

The Governor. of the State of Connecticut has proclaimed the week of March 24th, 1940 as Connecticut's Highway Safety Week, and the Highway Safety Commission has requested cities and towns to issue proclama- tiOnS.
 It is appropriate at this sea- son of the year. to urge all cit izens to observe carefully, all motor vehicle laws, and to cO- operate to the fullest with traf- fife authorities. Motor traffic constitutes one of the most se- riOus of our modern problems. and this question is of vital cOn- cern to both operators of motor. vehicles and to pedestrians. Active cooperation on the part of the public with traffic Offi- ciaIs is necessary, but alert con- servatism on the part of the operator and pedestrian is the best answer to the serious prob lem of traffic regulation and ac- cident prevention.
 Now, therefore, |, Vincent A. Scully, Mayor of the City of Wa terbury, Connecticut, do hereby proclaim the week beginning March 24th, 1940 as Waterbury's . Highway Safety Week. Let each one of us join in an intelligent effort to stop traffic deaths and reduce traffic accidents in Wa terbury. If possible, attend the Statewide Traffic Conference to be held in New Haven on March 27th, but above all, so operate your car and so use the highway, as to be considerate of others using the highway and thus conform with the law and protect life, limb and pro- perty in Waterbury and throughout the State of Connec- ticnt.
 Dated at Waterbury. Connec- ticut this twenty fifth day of March, 1940. ',.
 VINCENT A. SCULLY.
 Mayor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-25
FIVE LIVES LOST
 FROM VIOLENCE
Two By Autos, Three By Falls in State Over
 Week=End
Rv United Press)

Five persons lost their lives through violence in Connecticut over the Easter weekend.
 Two were killed by automobiles and three were injured fatally in falls.
 Mrs. Mary vosbrink, 27, Bridge port, died instantly when an auto- mobile in which she was riding struck pole. Three other persons we're injured.
 ii automobile mounted the side walk at Bridgeport and plunged into a crowd of Easter shoppers. Mrs. Josephine Garuf1, 24, was killed and seven others were hurt.
 At Danbury, Edward J. Charles, 26, toppled from roof while fixing radio aerial and was killed. Nickolay Kuchko, 51, wrecking company employe, well from a roof at West, Haven and died from a broken neck.
 Injuries suffered in a fall caused the death of Thomas Kelleher, 84. at New Haven.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-25
Out Easter" Impressed With Church SerDices Attends High Mass In Immaculate Conception
 Church Contrasts Ceremonies, Style With By-Gone Years At Sacred Heart Church
And then we sat back, except as

And then we sat back, except as prayer was offered, when we join- ed with the others, and knelt ob- diently, doing the best possible under the handicap of non-reli- gious training for these many years. The singing was good, but the old and favorite Halleluiah that we heard in the Sacred Heart church was missing. A new Hal leluiah took its place.
 M0urnS Membership
 Oh, the beauty of it all; we al- most wept for the loss of non- membership, through neglect and indifference.
 The dress of the congregation interested us. It was different than it was years ago. Every boy and girl had new suit for Easter. The grown ups also appeared in new attire; the men folks wore top hats, with frock coats. Flow CTS, mostly violets, adorned the new dress of every girl
 But Sunday, we observed num- erouS sweet young girls without any such adornment. True, they looked lovely, just as they were, but where were their boy friends. Why, did they forget them. The boy friend of the Nineties and after that, and up to not so many years back, never forgot his girl friend upon such an occasion as Easter. If he did he needn't come round any more'.
 And that was the way it used to be: Waterbury dressed better than it does now. The men appear careless about their attire, com- pared to years ago. New hats seemed scarce yesterday. The men seemed satisfied to wear the old ones. They may have sported new tie, but that was about all. Old and worn out hats can be easily observed. We saw lots of them, on men, too, that actually surprised us.
 Gone Forever
 Our feeling is that the pride and comfort of mems dress such as we observed years ago among those ] who attended service Out East. has gone forever.
 Even at that, we can think of what it used to be, and what it meant to the hundreds of young minds who looked on at the par ade of well dressed men and wo- men on their way to Easter ser vice at the old church of the Sacred Heart.