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Evening star., 1943-09-19
Books
By Mary-Carfer Roberts.

ceptibly. For she raises an in
escapable suspicion that her inter-
probation is conditioned by her early
personal experiences.
She tells us that she was born
and reared in poverty and unhappi-
ness, and that she acquired, even
as a child, a hatred for every one
who, unlike herself, was able to be
pleased with life. Though she de-
scribes her father as q drunkard,
she early decided that her family's
distress was not due to any failure
on the part of individuals but to a
system. Apparently, she never out
grew that point of view. Being a
woman of exceptional talent and
energy, she found fields in which
to express herself, but her express
sion remained that of the unhappy
child who longs for rearrangement
Of the world to the end that its own
lot may be made desirable. BY in
stinct, she sought people who would
be categorically inferior to her own
poor opinion of herself; when she
found them, she released her large
powers of generosity and self
sacrifice in their behalf without re-
straint, and out of the gratitude
which she felt toward them for their
inferiority she derived her own
sense of duty and dedication in
the world. This is the personal
history which she tells, both directly
and indirectly. One wishes that she
had left it out.
AS for her reporting of the Chinese
war, 1t is a frenzy of championship.
In the Chinese Communists she dis
Germs the only true patriots in
China, and she threw in her lot
with them in more than whole
hearted manner. She not only re-
ported their war; she nursed, she
taught, she carried wounded of
the fields of battle,/ she trudged
afoot behind their advances, she
was under fire. She broke her
health, in short. Today she assails
Chang Kai-shek as tyrant. She
sees salvation for the Chinese ma
tion in the guerrilla armies alone.
She pictures China as land groan-
ing under corruption and oppression.
Its noble citizens are the poor, its
villains the successful-thus the
childhood neurosis asserts itself.
One cannot help admiring Miss
Smedley for the unrestrainedness
with which she has lived up to her
wishful thinking. One will not
doubt her altogether, either, when
she excoriates the powerful for the
sins of power. One will only make
the reservation that the powerful
are blinded by their prejudices and
that she shares the condition with
them. Though their compulsions
drive them to greed, and hers drive
her to an adulation of wretched-
ness, per se-though the two states
of mind seem as far apart as the
poles-yet, essentially, they have a
base in common. That is the sad,
ironic conclusion which any thought
full person will draw from her sad,
unironic book. ,e
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Battle Hymn of China
BIZ Agnes Smedleu. (Kno

By Agnes Snledley. (Knopt.)
There are two stories in this book.
One is Agnes Smedley's personal
history. The other is the story of
the Chinese Communist armies
which Miss Smedley observed as a
correspondent for the Manchester
Guardian. Since it is the fashion
of the times for correspondents to
pour out intimate confessions in the
course of reporting public events,
one cannot quarrel with Miss Smed-
ley for giving us history of her
private emotional life, her child
hood complexes and her mature
yearnings. But one cannot help
observing, either, that in putting
such material beside her interpre-
tation Of events In the Far East
she weakenS the latter record per-
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Guide to Art

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART.
Constitution avenue at Sixth street
. ...v AZ. bonos" exhibition
COMPOSED OF paintings by weli-known
bond posters.-Paintings and sculp;
lures by great masters as represented
in the Mellon, Kress, Widener, Ches-
ter Dale and other collections, gifts
and loans; Chinese porcelains: Wid-
engravers and etchers, French draw
ings. Sunday evening concerts.
Weekdays, 10 am. to p. m; Sunday.
2 to 10 pm. War paintings by art
lists commissioned by Life
SMITHSONIAN sT1T UTIoN,
main building. south side Of Mall at
Graphic % % Arts. D. s. National Museum. Muse n.
Collection of prints and illustrations
of technical processes Special loan
exhibition Of early American military
prints on sheet music, through Au-
gust 20.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. Natural His
tory Building; Constitution avenue at
Tenth street N.W.-National collec-
tion of fine arts-paintings, sculp-
ture, etc, Evans, sellathy, johnson
hibition Of Chinese carved jade and
snuff bottles. Sundays and weekdays
Except Mondaysl, 8 am. to 4:3O
pm; Mondays l:30 to 4:30 pm.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILD
ING. south end Of Mall. west of
Smithsonian. Paintings and drawings
World War I. Sundays and week
days Except Mondays, am to
4:30 pm: Mondays, 1:30 TO 4:3O
pm.
FREER GALLERY, south side of
Mall at Twelfth street NW.--Orien-
tai art paintings and prints by j. A.
McNeill Whistler, also other Ameri-
can artists. Chinese art from 1000
B. c. to 1,S00 A. D., bronzes, sculp-
ture. paintings and ceramics. Daily
Except Mondays 8 am. to 4:30
pm.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART,
Seventh street and New York ave-
nue. N.W.-Edward Bruce Memorial
Exhibition, including works Of a
hundred artists.-Paintings by Amer
lean artists. also by 10th century for
eisn artists, casts from antique.
Barye bronZes, works of contem-
porary sculpture. Clark collection.
old masters and modern paintings,
rugs, laces, ceramics, etc. Open Sun
days, 2 to B pm; Mondays, IL to
40 pm; other days, o am. to
4.30 pm.
PUBLIC LIBRARY. Eighth and X
streets N.W.-Photosraphs OF naval
aviation throush August.
! THE ARTS CLUB, 2ol7 I street
| E.W-eunhmer exhibition. members
| works.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
Louisa AIcott:: Girl Of Old
Boston
By Jean Bro1On WAGNER.
(BObbS-MerriU.)

By Jean Bro1On WAGNER.
fBobbs-Merrill.)
More than 100 years have passed
since Louisa Alcott was little girl
in Boston, but she still lives in the
memories of all who have enjoyed
her books. This biography of the
tomboy who grew up to become a
rich and famous author was written
especially for. younger children, but
older ones will enjoy it. too 1t tells
Louisa's story from her early child
hood to her great success as the
author OF Little Women" Children
who have not yet made the acquaint-
ance of Little Women" Little
Men" and the other Alcott stories
will find it an excellent introduction
Mrs. Wagner has been telling
children's stories for years, both to
her own children and to readers of
children's magazines. Her book re-
fleets not only the skill born of that
experience, but the affection she
feels for her subject, whose stories
she still loves to read And her
illustrator, Sandra James, has done
her Job with equal ability and feel
ing. P. H. L.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
The Luftwoffe ~~< :
By Hauptmann Hermann.
(Pntnnn1,s ;

Hauptmann Hermann writes an
alytically and optimistically. The
conclusion Of his analysis is that
the Luftwaffe is doomed. This also
conveys his optimism. That he Is
qualified to analyze the German
air weapon is testified in an intro
duction by Curt Reiss, author of
Total Espionage" His pen name
is a psuedonym for the protection
OF members of his family still in
Germany. He was an aviator in
World War I and was actively en-
gagged in German aviation through
the peace years, fleeing Germany
on the outbreak of the war.
He tells of the business and Or
ganizational ability of many men
whose names have been in the head
lines. These include Prof. Hugo
Junkers, the father of German
commercial aviation; Ernst Udet
well known to Americans as a war
ace and popular aviation figure who
met an unexplained death in Ger
many while serving the Nazis
Erhard Mich, who became one of
the leading heroes in Germany's
second World War, who also met
an unexplained death after serving
Evening star., 1943-09-19

cially defense. After the war do
minion status or variant would
be established. And should any IN
dian faction choose not to cooperate
with the provisional government it
could simply stay out; if all should
elect to stay out Britain would be
justified in ruling as she chose until
the end of the war.
Mr.. Mackenzie's ideas are based
on long acquaintance with Indians
and India and full appreciation,
of such things as the Moslem- Hindu
quarrel. He at no time pretends
omniscience, he is not influenced by
unrealistic demands and his attitude
toward both India and Britain is
wholly friendly. Few Books on for
eign affairs are as effective. j. 8.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Of time great changes have taken
place in warfare-the whole picture
has been changed. 1t was to be sure
changing then, but today there are
no banners as in the long past, no
marching to music, the grimness
Of war has been made the grimmer
through notwithstanding was
needed for adjustment of under
standing and vision.
This seems now to be taking
placeAart is having its opportunity
and there is reason to believe that
when at last peace descends on the
weary world artists such as these.
but many, many more, will have
their share in making it a world
worth living in and striving for. The
purpose of this exhibition is to ac-
celerate the purchase of War bonds
road to victory-but it has also a
message to those who believe with
the sponsoring committees that art
has place in life which cannot be
taken from it.
Exhibition Of Art
By Marines At Wnr
A second, much smaller, less con-
spicuous, but equally important ex-
hibition of wartime art opened ST.
multaneously in the National Gal
lery of Art with that of art for
Bonds" and will continue a bit
longer-that is until October 10.
This consists of water colors and
drawings made in the field by
United States Marine fighter artists,
done purely for personal satisfac-
tion, sometimes when under fire.
and under almost unbelievably bad
conditions. That brave men, strong
men, men defending with their
lives, our country and our ideals,
should so turn to art in perhaps
their darkest hour is tremendously
stimulating and the fact that the
work done is fully expressive and
intelligent goes to show that the
springs of art have as yet far from
run dry. .,i~~.
Seven artist marines are repre-
sented, They are Maj..ponald Les
ter Dickson, Technical Sergts. Her
bert S. Laidman, Victor H. Donahue,
Sergt. James r. Denman and Pics.
Harry Andrew jackson, John Fa-
bion and Theodore Hios, all Of
Evening star., 1943-09-19

HN. way SoiuuiuIllty Ii On
tarlo. There are clubs in West To-
ronto, East Toronto and North Tc-
ronto. Especially successful among
the private" societies of collectors
is the Mutual Stamp Club, organized
10 years ago this month. It meets
at the homes OF members ana Goes .
not seek recruits. = '''-as77- ~ :
The Canadian Stamp Dealers 'sAs.
soclaton lncluoes in ils mempersmn
a9out SO dealers in different parts
o. the Dominion. j. N. Sissons is
president, K. w. Burke secretary
and Maj. Aubrey A. Kelson treas.
urer.
A veteran of the First World War.
tne Last named Of these officers be-
came a member OF the American
Pnnateilc Society in August, 1908.
de writes a column for Popular
Stamps, a monthly philatelic ,our-
nal published In Golden, Ontario.
Leslie A. Davenport, associated
With the Marks Stamp Co. for many
years and well known south OF the
oorder,' now is in business TOR him.
self. Another local dealer is Cor
don H. Crouch of the York Stamp
Co. 49,. -
The Royal Ontario Museum. To.
ronto, possesses a fine international
stamp collection started by Paul
Hahn and improved by other philat.
ellsts. The collection at Western
University. London, Ontario, like
wise is important.
Many insurance companies in On.
tarlo favor philatenc activities
among their employees. The Cana
dian and the Manufacturers both
nave large groups of stamp enthusi-
astS.
The number of post Offices In
Canada, according to official count,
has increased from about 3,470 In
1857 to l2,410 at the present time.
Total revenue for 1912 was S55,.
477,l59. The value of money orders
issued in the same period was in
excess of s205, ,000, 900.
Canadian official airmail service
was inaugurated in October, 1927.
The number of miles flown In 1872
was 1929 OLA figure which rose to
10,026,579 in 1912. Lines operated
extend from st. Johns, Newfound-
land, to Victoria, British Columbia,
from the international boundary to
the Arctic Ocean, with an extension
between Toronto and New York
City.
Airport letters leaving Victoria,
British Columbia, at Sis am. one
day are received in Halifax, Nova
Scotia, at els am. the next.
The war is stimulating increased
popular interest in airrnail in Can
ada as 1t is in the United States.
Soldiers and sailors and their rela-
tives and friends communicating
with them, 1t is said, always are in
hurry"
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Established in the 80s, the Toron-
TO Stamp Collectors Club is the old
est local philatelic society. Fred
Moutrie has been president for the
past four years. Meetings are held
twice month at the Royal York
Hotel.
Evening star., 1943-09-19
,ssaess ~
0tanps
News Of Philatelic
World, Its People
And Interests
BysJames Waldo Fapceff.

I. j
Canada is stamp conscious 70 .
remarkable degree. Packets Of
stamps are offered for sale at de-
partment stores, book stores, to.
bacco shops, newspaper stands and,
Of course. at regular philatelic ems
poriums throughout the Dominion.
The popularity Of the hobby is DEM
onstrated most notably perhaps by
the courtesy and consideration Of
the clerks in the post Offices and in
all other places where stamps are
sold for ordinary postal purposes.
1t simply is taken for granted that
the purchaser wants specimens
worth preserving.
The current series of postal ad.
hesives is particularly attractive to
a people all-inclusively at war.
Canadians are quiet in their manner
and do not make a great show Of
their patriotism. But the intensity
OF their will to victory is none the
less real. In Toronto. for example,
all young men and most young wom-
en- are in uniform or in essential war
work. 1t is not uncommon to see
troops marching through the streets
ana still less unusual to see girls
tramping to factories and mills
wherc they are not limited merely
to light" labor. Women dressed a.
men are helping to keep the rail-
roads OF the Dominion running, To
watch them laying track or getting
an engine ready for trip Is an ex-
perlence not to be forgotten. The
girls are serious In their effort. and
spectators generally are as solemn.
1t Is against such q background
tnat the war stamps of Canada are
being distributed and used. Similar
propaganda" issues, certainly.
should be as well received in the
United States.
The Canadian Philatelic Society.
started in 1887 and reorganized In
1919, meets only once q year b,,t
represents the Dominion's equiva.
lent OF the American Philatelic So
ciety as q national organization OF
stamp collectors. Cyril Woodhead
OF Toronto is president, Carl Jen-
4 nngs vice president, A. w. Winton
treasurer, Herbert Buckland corre-
spending secretary, w. j, Caflev
recording secretary. Affiliated groups
are listed In Hamilton, Halifax And
other cities.
/ Established in the ,p,s tha ry,,,.,.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Small stamp groups are to be
found IN every community In On
tario. There are clubs in West To-
ronto, East Toronto and North Tc.
ronto. Especially successful among
the private" societies of collectors
is the Mutual Stamp. Club, organized
10 years ago this month. It meets
al the homes OF members ana Goes
not seek recruits. - -77'1's7a'- -
Evening star., 1943-09-19
after the Var

Up to the present time the art
brought forth by the war in which
the world is now so terribly involved
has been less good than that which
may be reckoned as product of the
War Of 1914-18-but in that space
Evening star., 1943-09-19

The Canadian Stamp Dealers AS
sociation incluoes in ils mempersn,n
a2out 50 dealers in different parts
o. the Dominion. j. N. Sissons is
president, <. w. Burke secretary
and Mai. Aubrey A. Kelson treas.
urer. -
Evening star., 1943-09-19

The war is stimulating increased
popular interest in airmail in Can
ada as 1t is in the United States,
Soldiers and sailors and their rela-
tives and friends communicating
with them, it is said, always are in
a hurry"
Evening star., 1943-09-19

A veteran Of the First World War.
the last named of these officers be.
came member OF the American
Phhateilc Society in August, 1908.
ne writes a column for Popular
Stamps, monthly philatelic Jour.
nal published in Golden, Onrario.
Evening star., 1943-09-19

Airport letters leaving Victoria,
British Columbia, at Sis am. one
day are received In Halifax, Nova
Scotia, at 6:15 am. the next.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-16
PART Time JOBS
LOOM FOR CITY
Employers Seek to Meet
48.HOur Week Re.
quirements
%. 8. Navy Photo from NEA)

Dividing Of mon essential" Jobs
.ixas Waterbury among part-tii1e
workers doomed as a-stroalg possi-
sbility today as employers tried to
devise plans Of fulfilling the 49,
hour minimum week requirement.
With all employers, without eXcep-
ton, required to compy with the Or
der and part time work for elllV
poyes just short Of the necessary
40 hours apparently ruled out, 1t Is
believed many stores, small offlces,
and possibly banks will find It nee
essary to send their employees to
factories for full-time jobs, hiring
them back again on q part-time
basis.
Mrs. Mary Dewey, Waterbury area
director for the War ManpoWer
Commission, stated today numerous
inquiries have been made by small"
employers who find their present
workers are not willing to continue
on their present jobs on the 49,
hour basis, prefering instead to put
the long hours into war jobs. 1t Is
believed such objections will in
crease from girls employed in small
offlces where 48 hours OF tipping and
fling each week would be tedious.
Employers were advised to place the
48-hour rule In force and II 1t does
not. work satisfactorily or the Jobs
cannot be filled because Of 1t an
appeal to the VINO committee will
be In order.
Observers note that the practice
of workers In the non-essential field
has been to take part-time jobs IN
industry after regular work hours.
Complete reversal Of the practice
could be effected, tehy state, II
these employees worked 40 or more
hours at essential jobs and placed
the remainder of the 48 hours at
their former places Of employment.
It is believed many factory workers
could be persuaded to take part
time jobs where shortage In the
non essential category exists.
Mrs. Dewey said her committee
which will administer to the needs
of labor and management in work.
ing out the VINO regulations will
be named within a few days. APP
prevail of the tentatively selected
committee is being sought from
variout labor leaders and industrial
oft1cialS, she state.
1.-THE Waterbury plan" will be
worked out in accordance with the
CContinued on Page ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-16
CANDHI'S FAST
NOW WEEK OLD

Poona. India, Feb. 16.-(UP)-Mo-
handaS K. Gandhi, leader of Indian
Nationalist, has entered critical"
stage Of his fast, now in its sew
enth day, an official statement said
today.
During the first critical hours,
Mr.. Gandhi's state of health further
deteriorated," a medical bulletin
said.
AS the fast protesting Gandhis
six months of internment rounded
out its first woke, six doctors met
to confer OH his condition. The 73-
year-old spiritual leader was suf-
fering nausea and chills.
A new demand for Gandhi's re-
lease was made in the lower house
OF the Indian parliament yesterday
by Nationalist Lakhikant Maitro.
Moslem representatives opposed 1t.
Sir Henry Richardson. European
leader, charged that the fast was
only a new form Of the all.Inaia
Congress challenge to the govern.
ment last summer, adding:
"a pistol again Is held at our
forehead. We cannot surrender"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-16
SOVIET DOCTORS
ACHIEVE MIRACLE
War Deaths From StOm-
aCh Wounds Reduced
One Third in Russia

London, Feb. 16-(UP)-Pressed
by the necessities Of war and work.
ing within earshot of artillery and
aerial bombs, Soviet surgeons and
scientists are achieving miracles, Of
fetal Russian sources said today.
One scientist has transplanted
nerves from a corpse to a living
man.
3 Another has developed a serum
that combats premature aging OF
humans.
Another appears to be near an eff
fective preventive and cure for tu-
berculosis.
Russian surgeons, 1t was officially
disclosed, have reduced war deaths
from stomach wounds by one third;
from head and chest wounds by two
thirds; from spinal wounds by four
fifths; from anaerobic bacterial in
fections, from go to 10 per cent.
Thanks to war-inspired methods,
deaths from gas gangrene and tet-
anus, once the twin scourgeS Of bat
tlefields, were said To occur among
Russian troops now only in rare in
stances.
Prof. A. A. Bogomolets of the
Soviet Academy Of Sciences has
perfected the serum to combat pre-
mature againg in humans, thus in
creasing longevity, and 1t has been
found useful in treating fractures
caused by bullets or shell splinters,
ulcers, and wounds.
Bogomolets believes his serum may
eventually make 1t possible for man
TO achieve q l50-year life span. 1t is
the product Of 40 years OF research.
Because tuberculosis often breaks
out among civil populations In war
time, Soviet Scientists are giving II
intensified attention, proceeding on
the theory that resistance OF lis.
sues TO the infection Is dependent
on the condition Of the iFritablllty
nerve apparatus. Al 6peranSlEy In.
stitute o certain preparation ID" Is
undergoing rigid tests with some
promise OF being an effective pre-.
ventiye ana cure.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-02-16
CONQUERED LANDS
GIVING JAPS OIL
American Subs Pressing
Drive Against Supply
Line Asserts Knox

Washington, Feb. .16-(UP)-Sec-
rotary Of Navy Frank Knox said
today that the Japanese undoubted-
ly were getting oil from the con-
quered territories and that Ameri-
can submarines were pressing an
energetic campaign against the enc
eny's supply line.
Knox said at press conference
that he assumed the Japanese were
doing the most they can to ex-
plot" conquered areas and that
they were undoubtedly getting OIL"
According to unofficial reports. I"
Knox said, "the Japanese have re-
newed oil production in shallow
wells near the northern portion of
Borneo. We know that some install
lations in the Dutch East Indies
were not destroyed before the jap
anese got there and they undoubt-
eddy are using them.
Asked whether Japanese ships
have been sunk in sufficiently large
numbers as to impair cnemy's sup
ply lines, Knox replied:
I'VE are pressing our submarine
campaign very energetically."
Navy records to date show Amer
lean submarines operating in the
Pacific have sunk 1913 Japanese
ships, probably sunk 20 others and
damaged 80 more.
He said there was nothing hap
pening in the Solonlons except "lots
OF air activity"
He said that q communicate would
be issued later today TO clean up de-
tails Of the recent series OF air-gea
engagements In the Solomons areas.
"And you win SEQ that there was
good, sound military reasoning for
holding up the details - reasons
which will be perfectly transparent
when you see the report" Knox
said. There was nothing more 70 Be
said about Guadalcanal, he added.
except that 1T gives Us q Arm base.
q very advantageous place for ~.
ture operations"
When II was pointed out that IN
recent engagements the score ol
Japanese planes shot down does not
compare faVoFably with that chalked
up IN the earlier days Of the Solo
mons campaign, Knox said that he
thought that "Ne're G0mewhat
spoiled by the ratio OF I'VE 10 one.
u Is entirely possible the enemy
has introduced more recent models
81 aircraft ur better trained nyeFn."
Ne said, however, that G9at wa
o sulnAlne % hse cart