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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
Soint-Goudens' Lincoln
Used on Memorial Stamp

limited STATES honored the
- tooth anniversary Of the birth
Of Abraham Lincoln with the
issue Of a single U. S. 2-ceni
stamp, above, released for sale on
Feb. IL, 1909. The head Of Au.
gustus Saint Gaudens' statue Of
Lincoln In the Lincoln Memorial
at Chicago was used for the de.
sign. The dates Of Lincoln's birth
and the anniversary, "i809-Feb
l2-l909." are inscribed on a rib.
bon beneath the profile.
Japan has honored the national
Red Cross Society with an issue
Of two designs and four values.
The 4-sen and 20-sen show Tsu.
netami Sano, phNanthropist, who
sponsored the Red Cross move
ment In Japan In 1877; the 2-sen
and loosen depict q decorative
symbolism Of the society. The
Japanese Red Cross operates 20
hospitals and Is infirmaries.
Japan Is the sixth government
to issue stamps in honor Of the
18th anniversary Of the Confer
ence of Geneva, when IL nations
signed the international Red Cross
treaty. Today 81 countries are in
cluded in the agreement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
CHAPTER XIV

Mary leaned against the sandbag
bagricade for support. Vincent Gregg
and Carla Marchetta passed down
the steps Of the lodging house and
on beyond the tobacconist's shop,
Joined the throngs Of Trafalgar
EQuare.
Their attitude OF intimacy had
been heightened by one Of merri-
inent, some pleasantly they alone
enjoyed. This Jest or witticism,
or whatever It was, seemed To shut
q door between them and Mary
Carroll.
Now, even II she could have re-
nounced her pride, II she could
have faced her fiance with her
beauty disfigured from the blow
on the Moravia, she could never
have matched Vincent's pace,
Things had gone too far ahead
while she lay In the hospital. And
II ever the adage, "three's O crowd
was applicable, 1t was now.
Her loneliness seemed almost
more than she could bear. The
desolation OF her heart had
stunned her. She had not known
she could feel so cut off from any
one as she felt removed from Vim
cent ut that minute.
Back TO Charing Cross she went
.as the bright winter day be-
came overcast. The silver balloon
barrage melted into gray clouds
as visibility lessened, A light rain
whipped her drawn face. The coat
that Lady Ponce Townsend had
provided was oil too thin for this
cold, wet wind.
Her feet dragged along the
streets and up the stairs TO the
rooTds In Soho Square. And there
was no CHEEKY fire blazing IN the
Rrate as there had been yester-
day. without stopping to remove
her wet coat she sat down ut the
writing table. without even think
ing what she wrote, the words
formed:
Dear DR.. LenoX
The offer Of marriage you
inaae last night overwhelmed
me with Its generosity. While
/ feel reluctant to allow you Ia
sacrifice yourself for me- never
theiess. II you are still Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
nAsT on cHARACTERs

MARY CARROLL = American
fashion expert, I'm London during
wartime.
VINCENT GREGG - soldier Of
fsEtnmc, I'm love with Mary.
CARLA AaARCHETTA--a mys-
t1riouS London soclallte.
On. GILBERT LENOx-sur.
seen, serving with British army.
&c
YESTERDAY: Surprised by DR..
Aenox's strange offer Of marriage,
Nary resolves 10 zee Vincent, be-
Fare giving Gilbert her answer.
she goes 20 Vlncent's lodgings,
sees him leave with Carls Mar.
chstta.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
To Present Play

"The Haunted Tea Room" a teen
age mystery comedy in three acts,
will be presented this evening and
Friday evening at 8 o'clock by the
Pilgrim Fellowship society under the
direction Of Sumner A. Libby. The
cast includes: Linda Berry, a young
miss, Aletha Locke: Lottie Berry,
her sister, Virginia Roger; Dan
Smith, the 10y next door, Everett
Roger; Horace Witherspoon, a bug
ologist, Herbert Shaw, Jr.; Claire
Landon, a perfect lady, Helen Lip
gaige; Josephine Boggs, rowdy,
Joyce Baldwin; Snoopy Crane, an
amateur detective, John Mcmahon;
Gerald Fenwick, a nosey reporter,
Karl Koslosky; Jessie Jones, the
kitchen maid, Mary Eileen Locke.
Admission for children Is cents,
and for adults IS cents.
The above play was coached by
Mr. Libbey, and q large attendance
Is expected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
catholic Youth Organization

The senior Catholic Youth Organ
fzati0n Of et. Mary Magdalen's
church win hold dance at Russin's
barn, Watertown- Thomaston road,
Friday evening from $3.50 to mid
aieht. Music for round and square
Aaucing win be provided by Joe
1hompsog's orchestra. N. p. Know
Hiu be the prompter.
Transportation for members OF the
GXo win leave the church at Q p. m.
Friday. Asisg Edna vanWagner Is
ahaixiady a. the committee and other
1arsnhexs ere kfarv ViItraikas, Made
ana nillnn. Mary Hermalak, Rudy
zEdrss and Al Vadnais.
me rehearsal for the Junior choir
4||' ~ held Saturday evening Rt
sa oIeloak sc tho C0n2KeSA lienai
S.|sh. sumner Lihbev y tne a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-11
PILGRIM MEMBERS
TO PRESENT PLAY
"TE1e Haunted Tea Room"
to. Be Given Tonight,
Tomorrow Evening
0AKVlLLE
Correspondent: Mae villa Babln
1917 WatertOwn Avenue

Oakville. Jan. 1.-THE members oil
the Boy Scouts met at the Commu-
nifty hall last evening at 1880 o'clock
with their scoutmaster, Walter j.
Thorne, and assistant scoutmaster,
George Gilchrist. Glasses were held
In first aid, signaling, compass and
tenderfoot. After the meeting, games
were enjoyed.
The boy scouts attending were
William Anderson, Richard Bares
John Botelle. Joseph Coddington
David Clement, Joseph Deseiia, Far
ny Hassell, Robert Hassell, Charles
Herbert, Joseph LeClair, Harold
Markham, Russell Matthews, At
tilio, Zaccaria, Robert Zeillo, John
MacMahon, william Mcbride, Her
cules Nardi, Howard Overbaugh
Walter Overbaugh. Robert Over
haugh, Sevester Perkins, Herman
Reiss, Herbert Shaw, Jr., Edward
Stewart, Walter Thorne, Jr., George
Treciokas, Richard Thompson, Emile
Wildman. George Wildman, Edward
Young, Howard Ande, Jr.
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Answers ON Back Page
Evening star., 1940-09-22
The Moon Was Low

By Monica Dickens. NeU
York. Harper.
1t is said that when one is drown
ing, ones whole life passes in retro
spect. Be that as it may, it still
seems that to press a whole biog-
raphy between a radio announce
ment ir the evening and the time
in the morning when one can verify
it's potential personal news is to
hang a heavy picture on a very
slender peg.
The Moon Was Low" Is the story
of an upper middle-class English
girl with a very ordinary life his
tory-that of the usual, rather sem
sitive little girl who fancies herself
in love with an older cousin until
she is rather abruptly disillusioned;
her dilatory attempts at doing
something lucrative. not from driv-
ing inner need or financial compul-
sion, but Just as a time-flller: her
more or less accidental meeting
with a nice young man and subse-
quent marriage to him; and the
framework of the story, his almost
immediate enlistment in the navy
and the false alarm of his death.
That is the book in nutshell. 1t
has no more plot than that and no
greater significance that that. What
its title portends, probably only its
author can tell.
R. R. TAYNTON.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Books for Music Lovers
Are Listed by Library

Ravei. "Bolero," by Madeleine Goss,
is the first full-length biography
of this talented French composer
to appear in English. Personal
"reminiscences of another favorite
modern composer are available in
Jean Sibelius: A Short History of
a Long Friendship by the noted
English music critic, Rosa New
march.
Surely, no adventure story could
be more exciting than Enchanted
Wanderer," the life of Carl Maria
Won Weber. by Lucy and Richard
Poate Stebbins; nor could any love
story in fiction offer more appeal
ing reading than John N. Burk's
CLARA Schumann,' romantic
biography of the beloved composers
wife.
Devotees of Johann Strauss will
welcome the most recent contribu-
ton to the literature in English
about the waltz king, H. E. Jacobs
Johann Strauss, Father and Son"
Those who enjoyed Beloved
Friend" by Catherine Drinker
Bowen and Barbara Won Meek, will
not want to miss Mrs. Bowen's
Free Artist: The Story of the
Rubinsteins," which gives a lively
account of two brilliant musical
careers in the days when the
virtuoso was in his glory.
Evening star., 1940-09-22

1t is at this season of the year
that music lovers begin to anticipate
the various fall and winter concert
series and the regular radio broad
casts of fine music. Since interest
In musical matters Is always keen
at this time, the music division OF
the Public Library, Eighth and K
streets NV, suggests some recent
outstanding biographies of musi-
clans which may add to the enjoy
ment and appreciation OF concert
goers and radio listeners.
Two collections of biographical
essays are especially noteworthy.
David Even. well remembered for
his earlier From Bach to Stravin-
sky" and Twentieth Century Com
posers," has written, in Pioneers
in Music" series of essays on the
lives of some of the early and less
familiar composers who were pio-
neers in such fields as the opera,
the symphony and the oratorio.
Wallace Brockway and Herbert
Weinstock present, in their Men
of Music" a series of readable and
well-rounded discussions of the lives
and music of many of the greatest
composers, including some Of the
moderns.
In December, 1887, the musical
world mourned the loss OF Maurice
Evening star., 1940-09-22
By II. N. Brails1ord. Ne
If School Keeps
By Phil Stong. NeU York:
Stokes.

By Phil Stong. Nep York:
Stokes.
Mr.. Stong subtitles this book AN
Adventure in Education" Actually,
it comes pretty close to being an
autobiography. The subtitle is nc
misnomer, however, for the auto
biography reveals the astonishing
fact that this most unacademic writ
er has spent most OF his time IN
schoolrooms in one capacity or an
other. But who would have thought
it? He writes with fine bang and
dazzle which bear no mark whatSo.
ever of scholasticism. The avowed-
ly rough-tough writer's. beside him,
become pale and monkish. They
might well have studied their craft
as he has studied his. Then, per-
haps, they would have worn some
of the polish off and, paradoxically.
their rough-toughery would have
more authentic ring.
It appears that Mr.. Stong began
attending school in 1904 in the lit
tie brick schoolhouse of Keosauqua,
Iowa. On this occasion, he reports,
he carried Big Chief" tablet and
was inducted into his academic ca
reer by joining in the chorus OF
Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" :"
At recess, he played "Blackman," !"
and, in the course of the day, &C
quired a hatred for the little girls
whose hands were always-as he
found it-revoltingly clean.
Fails in Botany.
From this typical initiation into
American education, Mr. Stong pre-
gressed In an equally typical manner
through all the seven grades of the
Keosauqua school and on into the
towns high school. He carved his
name on desks, he reduced his
French to. "Je veux avez IN soda
de chocolate" he failed in botany,
he found mathematics insuperable
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Phil Stongs School Days An Adventure in Education
R. R. TAYNTON.

these made Diogenes happy in
the sun in front of his barrel, and
Walt Whitman content and vigorous
in his poverty. AS far as polish
valuable contacts social discipline
and such matters are concerned,
one is very likely to get them, any
how, if he stays out of Jail"
After leaving college-it was Drake
University-Mr Stong went on to
Columbia and to the University of
Kansas. He did not become DR..
Stong, however, for the govern
ing board funked him on his thesis.
AS to this, he has no complaints.
They were right in their decision,
he observes dispassionately.
Owes Debt to Mencken.
His further service in claSsrooms
was when he taught in Des Moines
high school for three years. He was
pretty liberal about this. The hu-
man kind, he had learned by that
time, Is what 1t is-regrettable
though that may be.
The significance of all this is
that Mr.. Stong has a hard-hitting,
hard-thinking mind and a style
which. though owing an obvious
debt to H. L. Mencken, fits that
mind so we'll that 1t makes him a
genuine personality writer. He had
been working at his craft all these
years, he tells us, and had turned
out eight or nine novels before he
did anything which he thought was
fit to be preserved.
II suppose" he says in closing,
there are a million people in the
United States who write, try to
write or plan to write. I would guess
that SO and a fraction per cent Of
them come to grief through impa-
tience and inapplication, amounting
to Incidence, as puch as they do
through straight Fundamental in
capacity. Glass dismissed"
= NC. r.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Take the Lightning
By Nancy Wilson Ross. Ne1C
York: Hdrcourt, Brace.

IOTk. HQTCOuTL, bTQce.
A new variation of the age-old
triangle theme is the backbone of
this problem" novel by a very pref
ty and talented young woman. The
problem is how to overcome wife's
affection for an earlier sweetheart,
and it is solved in a not altogether
convincing manner by a young pro-
fessor of psychology.
Mrs. Ross seems to know her
psychology, and she certainly is IA
miliar with faculty life in a college
town, having married a professor
herself. To that extent. her novel
gives the impression of being sound,
and 1t is fairly readable. The par
ticular phase of the triangle prob
lem that she stresses is unconvinc-
ing. however. and the manner Of its
solution is-Well. what was said In
the paragraph next above can only
be repeated.
In other words. Mrs. Ross has
taken an old problem, given it a
twist so original as almost to be un-
believable, written about it with con-
siderable skill-but still failed to
put it across. P. H. l..
Evening star., 1940-09-22

ing, because Dad could always find
five dollars when I needed that
amount, and I was a highly trained
window-washer and carpet-beater,
as I Immediately proved. at 40 cents
an hour, which was big money at
the moment. Coming from an OBJ
scure country high school, an un-
kempt farmer. had assumed that
no one would know that I was
around, or care, and my Judgment,
for once, was magnificently cor
rect"
This condition, however, by no
means depressed him. He formed a
small poker-playing group of his
own. and now he disposes of the
flowers of school life in the follow
ing vigorous manner:
Evening star., 1940-09-22

In all its forms, and he early de-
veloped a taste for reading books
too deep for his understanding, SIM
ply because he was fascinated by q
suspicion that something had gone
in to those books of which he was
not yet aware. 1t was Miss Lizzie
Meredith, in the eighth grade, he
says, who revealed to him what that
something was-the human mind
in movement for its own sake. He
gives some elegaic paragraphs to
Miss Lizzie which make one wish
that all good teachers be similarly
remembered.
In college, Mr.. Stong continued
to like reading and writing and
transferred his hatred from botany
Evening star., 1940-09-22

to logic. He worked
his way through
school and made
good friendships.
He was a social
failure, as he re-
cords cheerfully
and was totally
ignored by the
fraternities. Here
is his estimate of
Stong the fresh
man:
"At Is, I was
much too small
somewhere In the
middle 150's-to
look like athletic
material; 1t was
painfully evident
that I had no
clothes and did
not know what
to do with the
rags I had, or my
hair. or my hands;
I conveyed q de-
pressing sense Of
poverty. which was
mildly mlSleAd-
Evening star., 1940-09-22
"Of activities, of

Va dCtiNlllCo, Vi
the social resi-
dues OF college life
and such tommy
rot, there is no
more to be said
than the only i'm
pressive remark I
ever heard deliv-
cred in an 'inspir-
ational' chapel
lecture, They say
you are here to
prepare for life;
God help you If
you are not al
ready living it, My
postscript would
be Living 1t in
college, necessari.
ly?'
His argument in
favor Of higher ed
ucation can also
be conveyed from
q brief quoted
paragraph:
Data, data, da-
ia and systems
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Best Sellers Here and Elsewhere

The following list of best sell
lers is compiled weekly from
information obtained in Wash
ington by The Star, and in New
York, Boston, Chicago and San
Francisco by the North Amer
lean Newspaper Alliance:
Fiction.
The Beloved Returns
Thomas Mann: Mrs. Miniver,"
Jan Struther: How Green Was
MY Valley" Richard Llewellyn;
STARS on the Sea" F. Van
Wyck Mason; "Whiteoak Herl-
tage." Mazo de Ia Roche,
Madame Dorthea," Sigrid Und-
set; "Foundation Stone" Leila
Warren; Night in Bombay
Evening star., 1940-09-22
Prize Novel Is Based on
Refugees Experiences
Russian Exile Draws on Her
Memories to Win $4,000
In 1910 Atlantic Contest
The Family
By Mary.Carter Roberts.

By Nina Fedoropa. Boston: Little Brown
This that august award the Atlantic
Novel Prize the past this peculiar
cathoy Excellent works have received It, have performances
the crudiy
middle The Family book but it is book
Perhaps expected prize
competition midding
off cherished critic his hands
might well survey of the prize situation at the end
then discover the novels Of the
period appear problem which
interested this reviewer, time.
from
any Stains successive puses but one OF the crop VINO
United States and in
her in China where her family spent nearly 20 years Oeo
coming to America.
Many Refugee Types Represented Among Boarders.
story problems of refugees The
is boarding house kept by Russian refugee family
number of refugee There the
There the young background
in exile and without identification under any government
unable s find M and uTn o . nonS % sae
Nationalist and the Japanese So ALL Mrs Fedorova gives us
broad selection the problems which seem pertain the lives the
these problems gathered from her % sv.
And her her family 1 ns n
part the book the who meets the problems OF the distracted
and ano 5 all h ST.
s9w n d but @ o n.y. hns m wears ou
qualities simply mothers responsibilities
Male Characters as Compared to Women
nas pro lem. Tsdornvs 0m the eam m M w
the make chaos through their blind political
manpuaion the keep alive the constructive spirit by their age
habit giving comfort and understanding
thing about % the M book hs e the c1n h
patriot & the men are able & cope % h Hh voen @ lot 1n nh
making taking to themselves all manner Of homeless for
Such concept fall into senmenaity but with the
so bs M mas a
small human detail and for simple natural emotion
ne @ eGys and % oua Rs m r S
admirable craftsman.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
This Is Wendell WiIIkie

By Collection of Speeches and Writings,
Biographical Introduction Stanley Walker Neo
York: Dodd, Mead. .,
interesting volume than its descriptive sub
conditions compilation OF this
students OF
public for background.
the Republican nominee
swinging into full stride 1t becomes timely
should help the reader TO form his own estimate OF
candidate
lifts this out OF the
There two other reasons.
One that Mr. Walkers introduction we-dawn word picture
of midWe lawyer
candidate Of 49,
is thaM hobby writes
adds his expression OF political
SUBJECTS
until November the air and the printed page w De
WILKES challenge President
contest the IN the
naturally will deal about the life and policies OF MI
citizen will have natural curiosity
challenger whose dramatic victory veteran
Philadelphia lifted him suddenly to national
Mr. Wilkes discussion OF the Govern
Valley
General ooet
Business Work Together?'
being to its first real test VIII
political history
the book added basic interest
J 40
Evening star., 1940-09-22
The Literary WorReviews Current Publications Various Fields
Labor Conflict Is Seen as
Menace to Democracy
Author Says Reconciliation of
C.I. 0. and A. F. of L. Is
Duty of Their Leaders
Lobor's Civil War

Lobors Civil War
By Herbert Harris. Neu York: Alfred A. Knopt.
practical
the American Federation Of Labor and the Congress Industrial ogan
preparing reaction batter
them both to a pulp
finding strongly-worded sharp
struggle groups
C. L. A
according
Mr. Harris
Offset threats points membership and
themselves fail
diatey necessarily irresibly warfare
their philosophy that menace to American
democracy"
Organizations Are Becoming More Alike Daily
The author the time the c. born and
explains for from the
unionsm Of the Of L.
organization industrial lines by the O. That sharp
cleavage no longer exists, he adding
In underlying structures the Of and the C. O.
growing alike whole
continued division the American labor
nothing inherently
gradatlons'
Mr. Harris tells purpord inside the
pulling
punches and hitting out with bare He doesn't the
Communist Stainis-membershlp and
he doesn't the acketeer roster Of the F. Of L.
Both in Need of "Housecleanins
influences numerically
I. o. eliminate Sainists
Lewis he Communist and has no love Tor that pn
that the needed trained manpower In
author continues Lewis accepted prof of aid pretty much
battle
wood Lewis tough fight He needed help Inc sansls
of it"
and the c. o, Mr. Harris contends IN that Is
excellent opportunity weed out their sanss
and thus render great and invaluable
moral integrity
Evening star., 1940-09-22

Louis Bromfeld; The Fire and
the Wood" R c. Hutchinson;
To the Indies" C. S. Forester.
Non Fiction.
Country Squire in the White
House" John T. Flynn; New
England: Indian Summer" Van
Wyck Brooks: "As l Remember
Him" Hans Zinsser. Bet It's a
Boy" Betty Bacon Blunt; This
Is Wendell Willkie," Wendell
Willkie; They Wanted War"
Otto D. Tolischus: why Eng
land Slept" John F. kennedy;
Il Married Adventure. Osa
johnson; Pilgrims Way John
Buchan: Faith for Living
Lewis Mumford.
Evening star., 1940-09-22
You Can't Go Home Again
By Thomas Wolfe. Ne,u York: Harper.

Thomas Wolfe Ne1D
Critically speaking there Wolfe should have
written this novel for proves only one thing and that he mad amply amply
pnaeh hat say what already
repetition and still strike fire and beauty from his every line
Of neas he Sen e
How the man towers above conventional novelist to be s
Of the tine appear eangv adymade Let the
critical profession arise and invariably does
when his h ks N from v h r ni e with
This reviewer will maintain that he was the
hs ube eea eo S
very inspired and he appalling
S nea he n h15 osn Ws osf % d @ Ma Da and
phrase fits Thomas wofes genius as it had been
From Worlds Pitfalls in Native Village.
You Cant 1 Go Home AGAIN & sn the as It ns With
of the former book George Weber
he strove become writer and mature human being In last
could his little native village
and there escape so full Of pitfalls for the @ In tine the
H.
into Of the world and his position in it.
but a sssd
book obviously spiritual autobiography George determined to
ae of poS oS Ps he with his Wealthy artist
sweetheart and this brings him into touch with the world Of money and
no o HE HE ns s
hs unless the
viewer misses her guess he ENCOUNTERS the world Of literary fame
runs politics George
be believed in accepted.
Examines Many Problems Now Engaging Writer'S
Thomas Wolfe wrote it, But
a difference his authorship makes!
Obviously the to
problems writer's
the greed the boom In New York ne looks not only upon social
OF exploited
In realizes impotence
world Germany he looks
these considered material enough
of praccng nosts But Thomas Wolfe has swept
world and chaotic and not just
wel-po
He has it.
and good short Stories with
devastating bance and lyric poetry
objections
it
week however exhausting than playing B
holes of golf climbing couple OF mountains At the same time
stimulating than number of drinks
Fables for Our Time
James hurber York:
of given fables with notices
followers shown
of Mr. Thurbe illustrates them with his customary waeyed
the book begins when to the
sIocksey Hail. Sweet Alice Bolt" They printed they
atho-not parodied- the
senbene Tubers illustration Alas that few of them
should survive that simple test
The absolutely
bound) edition the Encyclopedia Britannica for
that Mr.
draw anything but togodye they invited to look at his
tide Dee 1t fine bit Of
artistry could want 1t downright devshhere