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Evening star., 1943-10-31
.OtanPs
By James Waldo Fawcef. f,

ny J0meS ~ 0d0 aDceH.
The Polish Government Exile
Is bringing out a set OF eight
stamps for use on merchant ships
and warships flying the flag Of
Poland. Values and subjects are:
5g, wellington bomber attacking
German U-boat; log, Polish naval
convoy with two sailors operating
machine gun; 25g, antitank gun
in action; 55g, two soldiers with
view of Narvik ford, Norway: 75g,
Polish soldiers saluting British tank
in Tobruk campaign; 80g, Gen.
Sikorski addressing Polish troops;
IL, Polish saboteurs destroying rail-
road track; 11z, printing estab-
lishment Of underground Polish
newspaper.
What status these adhesives will
have in the stamp catalogues of the
years after the war Is matter of
debate. Meanwhile, they certainly
have propaganda significance
which will be conceded by the ma
jority Of collectors.
The Poster Stamp Publishing Co.,
2445 South Damen avenue, Chicago,
has issued a new price list of foreign
and domestic propaganda labels Of
authentic interest.
In the occupied nations" series.
three stamps remain to be released
Albania, November 8; Austria, No
vember 49, Denmark. December 7.
The countries taken by the Japs are
not included in the set.
Thomas Kline of Gallaudet COL
lege reports that he has found the
victory sign"-three dots and q
long dash-on some of the issues
already in circulation.
Russia produced two stamps for
the 18th anniversary Of the birth Of
Maxim Gorky, the novelist and short
story writer, Denominations and
colors are: 30k, yellow green; COX,
indigo.
Myron B. Schumacher, assistant
TO the curator of the Chase National
Bank collection of moneys Of the
world, will be the guest of honor at
a meeting Of the Washington Nu-
mismatic Society, Washington Hotel,
tomorrow evening at 8. He is to
exhibit 40 items of exceptional in
terest. All collectors of coins in the
Washington area are invited to at
tend.
A model market. says the Asso-
ciated Press Feature Service, is
pictured on new 2-centayOS
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The Promise
BIZ Pearl S. Bucl

BIZ Pearl S. Buck. (JOhn Day.
In this novel Pearl Buck carries
on the story of the Chinese family
with which she dealt in Dragon
Seed In the earlier work. Sheng
the youngest son of Ling Tan, the
farmer. became a guerrilla in the
war against Japan. The present
book relates this sons adventures in
one of the army divisions which
Chang kai-shek sent to relieve the
British in Burma. Sheng'S sweet
heart also goes to Burma. She is
an educated girl who has lived in
America; he is a simple peasant
with no experience outside his ma
tive province. The theme of the
story is the vision which the two
young people have-the uneducated
and the educated-of the conduct
of their white allies. Mrs. Buck is
unspAring. To any Chinese. Of any
quality, she says, the Burmese cam
paign could spell only betrayal
The title of her book derives from
the promise given China by Britain
and America to stand by her as
allies and equals. But, says Mrs.
Buck, in the Burmese campaign the
Chinese soldiers were first insulted
by their British commanders and
then made to bear the brunt of the
fighting while the British got away.
The Americans were not so con-
temptible, in her view. for they
acted under British leadership and
were ashamed of what they were
required to do But in Chinese eyes
there was little difference. If Mrs.
Buck is right. the result of Chang
Kai-shek's chivalrous gesture of aid
has been the enlightenment of the
Chinese against any and all white
people. Our promise was given and
broken. 1t is too late now to mend.
That, in sum, is her book 1t is
done in the noble Old Testament
style. which is the distinguished
novelist's best vein.
Evening star., 1943-10-31

The National Press Club, whose
duplicate players suspended activi-
ties after the contests for the clubs
major trophies were held last May,
resumed play last Monday evening
with a largely increased attendance.
Owing to the number it was neces-
sary to accommodate in one section
the scrambled Mitchell form of move
ment was used, which enabled some
of the pairs to play "a boards and
others az. Those who played the
Evening star., 1943-10-31
John Paul Jones
By Lincoln LOrens. IN

By Lincoln Loreng. (Naual IN
Stttute.)
This new and very long biography
Of John Paul Jones bears, in It's
authors preface, the claim that it
is the first authentic history of the
great sea captain to date. Earlier
histories, says Lincoln Lorenz, have
erred through insufficient records
and through seemingly inexcusable
carelessness. The career of John
Paul Jones, as result, has come
to be wrapped in legend. There
episode of Jones life about which
some untenable claim has not been
made. That being so, it has been
Mr.. Lorenz's care to demolish un-
truths quite as much as to write a
biography, and at least as much
lof his volume is devoted to exam
lining earlier authors statements as
to describing Jones deeds. 1t can
not be said that biography so
composed is rapidly moving book,
though, Of course, the services to
history is an important one.
Mr.. LorenZ's work Is therefore
commended to students rather than
to casual readers. And book re-
viewer, it had better be frankly ad-
mitted, can hardly pass on the au-
thenticity of his versions Of the
disputed points without performing
his own stupendous labors of re-
search. This reviewer certainly did
comments therefore are limited. She
can inform her readers that, in
the episodes of John Paul Jones
career which have been considered
discreditable, Mr.. Lorenz generally
gives him a clean bill of health, and
there are times when it would seem,
evidence lacking, that the decision
is based somewhat on personal ad-
miration. In the matter of the
charge of piracy, for example, Mr..
.Lorenz discounts the accuSerS, but
offers no alternate stronger than
an "it is likely" He evidently has a
profound admiration for his subject,
ana III IlIoet N'dGSo III oollSo e"ie
for which only uncertain records
exist, he has seemed to incline very
humanly toward giving the hero the
benefit Of the doubt.
AS for the actual handling Of the
material 1t is undeniably clumsy.
The style is wordy and pedestrian.
But the basis of the work seems TO
/ Il Ir
indeed. that the history of America s
great sea fighter be taken out OF
the hands of romantic legend-build-
ers and subjected to serious bio
graphical treatment.
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Duration
By George Palmer Putnam
(DOubledGu Dornn

DY teOfge runner PutnGn
Doubleday, Dordn.J
Though novels about WASHINGTON
are a favorite standby with authors
and publishers, the motivation be-
md the favor seems to be the same
as causes makers OF souvenir ash
trays to stamp the Capitol dome or
their products faith in the pub
lies patriotic pleasure in having a
Capital City so fair and famous. The
novels, in other words. use Wash
lngton scenery. The plots are usu-
ally conventional. This is not the
case with George Palmer Putnam's
Duration He has gotten a pretty
true Washington favor into his
| book, but he has not included any,
thlng which you could call a plot
conventional or unconventional.
He has given us a vague sort OF
hero with the improbable name OF
Croil Morgan and the rank Of Army
captain and has made this Morgan
wander around Washington. in and
out OF Well-knoWn restaurants. clubs
and cafeterias and Government
buildings, talking to such typical
! Washington figures as Government
clerks, veteran pilots, newspaper
men, brother officers and cave dwell
ers. exchanging jokes. Tho Jokes are
mostly on Government procedures
and generally are good. That is all
that really happens in the book.
1t is not novel at all. With that
understood, YOU should not be dis
appointed in 1t.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
In Local Bridge Circles
BY Frank B. Lord.

The Washington Bridge League is
today concluding at the Shoreham
Hotel its successful 18th annual
tournament for the District cham
pionships. The Metropolitan pair
event for The Evening Star trophy
is feature in play. 1t is limited
to those players who have never won
it and who have never had as many
as 10 national master points. The
registration shows that the number
Of competitors for the prize will be
larger than ever before. The OPEN
pair championship for the Wood
ward Cup will be played at the same
time. Both matches will be in two
sessions.
Results in the last team game
of the Federal Bridge League were
Evening star., 1943-10-31
The Weeping Wood
BIZ Vtckt Baum. (Dt


DOrdn.)
Following the formula that YOU
can make story out of anything
Vicki Baum has written here. in flc-
ton form, the history of the de-
velopment of the rubber industry
She takes the successive stages of
that development, from the time
when rubbers only use was BY
primitive Brazilian Indians to the
present day. when chemical rubber
is coming into rivalry with natural
And each stage she describes BY a
story. Then by frail and uncon-
vincing threads, she ties some of
these stories together. What re-
suits is picturesque account Of a
commodity-and very poor novel
Whether to read it or not depends
on which kind of reading attracts
YOU,
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Brief Reviews

CfISI NCFfSNS
Readers Guide to Books in
Various Fields.
THE FUTURE.
Out of This Nettle, Danger by
Harold w. Dodds Princeton Uni
yersity Press)-Bssay by the presi-
dent of Princeton University on
what America will be like after the
war. Though addressed especially
to young people. it should interest
readers of all ages.
THE WAR.
Dedication: Text and Pictures Of
the United Nations, arranged by
Keith Warren Jennison Holt
Carefully selected words from the
statements Of United Nations
spokesmen. combined with carefully
selected photographs from all parts
Of the world to express our beliefs
and hopes regarding the war. In
spring.
RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
Yoga For You, by Claude Brag-
don tKnopf)-Popular text on yoga.
At your own risk
In the Steps of Moses, by Louis
Golding (Jewish Publication So
ciety) Retelling Of Moses life in
terms Of a modern researchers ad-
ventures.
Lamp of the Soul. by Ivan G. Nc
TNG1Nipl tD1ilnEnTl,jooI = ~
Co.A-Described by its publishers as
science, art, philosophy. education.
religion, economic and social pyac-
tees correlated to discover and eN-
plain the origin and advancement
of man as a physical mental. spir-
itual and SouluaI being At your
own risk.
The Great Learning and the
Mean in Action. translated from the
Chinese with an introductory essay
by E. R. Hughes CDutton) )-Nazi
and opposing PHILOSOPHERS set forth
by two essays from Chinese ntera-
ture.
SOUTHERN ATMOSPHERE.
The Old Virginia Gentleman and
Other Sketches, by George w.
Bagby Dietz>-Ante-bellum word
pictures. Romantic.
SHORT STORY.
Miracle in the Rain. by Ben
Hecht tKnopf)-Story of girl and
soldier. Nice little piece Of roman
tic writing.
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Was Harber's illustrator

Winslow Homer was born in Bos-
ton. in 1886, and made his reputa-
ton, first, as an illustrator for
Harper's Weekly and other maga-
zines, picturing life as he saw it at
his and his neighbor's back doors
but always veraciously and charm
ingly. His works were never senti-
Evening star., 1943-10-31
I he Art World
Paintings of the Sea by Wnslow Homer

mental but neither were they ever
coarse. He was his own master and
critic, than whom none was more
severe. He began painting in 1862
his subjects being war scenes, owing
to his assignment from Harper S
Weekly as artist at the front. He
exhibited in the National Academy
OF Design in 1864, was made an as
sociate that year and full member
the next.
His early paintings were often
rural scenes with children at play
such as Swapping the Whip Boys
Wading," children and Sailboat, -
etc. On account of acquaintance
made when in the South as official
artist, Homer painted several pic
lures of Negro life which are out
standing, among them the Visit
from the Old Mistress done in 1876
which was presented to the Nation.
as well as High Cliff, Coast of
Maine" by William T. Evans.
Homer spent 10 months abroad in
1867, which time he divided between
~ 10 anu DI uSSclS, DuU Jlle aTIlSJS
he met and the works he saw ap-
parently made no impression upon
MIN. From first to last his art was.
as others have pointed out. intensely
personal and typically American. In
short he used invariably an Ameri-
can idiom and one which was uni
versally understood He was a seeker
for truth-truth which endures.
A trip to the Adirondacks opened
up to Homer a new field of pictorial
expression and perhaps, at the time,
the use of, to him, new medium
water Color-to which he, in time,
gave new life and meaning. Visits
to Nassau, Bermuda, Florida, brought
him further subjects for transcript
ton both in water color and Oil.
among which promptly comes to
mind the tragic Gulf Stream" now
in the Metropolitan Museum, New
York
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Three Tie1cs Of Cnernovaca
BY WeUs Sapyer

Wells Sawyer, formerly of Wash
ington. has lately completed a very
charming Overmantel for the
Ontario apartment of Mrs. and
Mrs John Howard Ford. 1t con-
siSts of three panels giving as many
views of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mex
leo. where Mr.. Sawyer has spent
several winters. The first is a pic
ture Of the section occupied by the
pottery makers. the second shows
"IlbedabdO'- church on the
hill and the third, Popocatepetl-
/ Smoking Mountain the highest
peak in North America and one of
the greatest VOLCANOES in the world
The three are Cleverly welded into a
single composition by the mountain
ridge which runs from end to end
and by a skillful arrangement of the
units of design Painted in high
key the appearance given is of an
open window on a sunlit ladscape
in which distance, foreground and
middle distance admirably take each
their place. Thus through the magic
VA al VAC DSlloiiti 10 1lilCklS lIdllS-
ported as by travelling carpet" to
distant cline Of much interest and
beauty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford have two other
works by Mr.. Sawyer-one an oil
painting of castle in Spain perched
high on a rocky promontory, the
other a water color done in Mexico
showing woman laquer makers a.
work in their courtyard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer have spent
the summer as usual with their
gifted daughter Helen and her no
less gifted husband, Jerry Farms
worth, near ProvinCetoWn, Cape
Cod, but they will be all winter on
the outskirts Of Sarasota, Fla. where
Mr.. Sawyer has built himself a
studio, shared with him at times by
his son-in-laW. Mr.. Sawyer, by the
way, was admirably represented by
a painting entitled In the Old Con-
vent" in the Corcoran Gallery S most
recent biennial exhibition.
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Undisbmed Masterpieces

In 1884 Homer who had previous
studios in New York, built a cottage
for himself at Prouts Neck. Scarboro
Me, and here it was that master
pieces of his later life were painted
with the exception of a few done of
the sea, two seasons in succession, at
Tynemouth, England. To these years
belong the High Cliff, - The Look
out-All's Well" Eight Bells Fog
Warning and The Fox Hunt" all
Of which have found their way into
our leading art museums and are
undisputed masterpieces.
Of all the American painters who
Evening star., 1943-10-31

stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows: - :
tomorrow evening at S-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 22O6 Rhode IsIand
avenue NE. Auction and bourse.
tuesday evening at 8-Collector,
CIuo OF Washington, Thomson
School, Twelfth and l. streets NV
Program, exhibition and bol1rse
Evening star., 1943-10-31

Kent B. Stiles. stamp writer for
the New York Times, was in WASH
ington last week.
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have excelled, he Is, perhaps the
one, and only one, today, who is
equally esteemed by both schools
the old and the new, the traditional
lists and the modernists, by all of
whom he is equally honored and
acclaimed.
The National Gallery of Art could
not have inaugurated what it is
hoped may be series of loans and
acquisitions Of works by American
artists of the last half of the 18th
century better than by borrowing
and placing on view the two impress
sive and representative canvaseS by
Winslow Homer, painter of Ameri-
can life. in the country, in the wilder
ness and above all on ana by the
sea, etcher as well as painter, water
coloriSt par excellence.
Evening star., 1943-10-31

FlrSt-day sales figures of the
overrun' stamp for Greece. Octo-
Der II, were: 1858 covers can
celed, 497,172 stamps sold.
Evening star., 1943-10-31
Best Sellers
FICTION.

So Little Time, by John P.
Marquand.
None But the Lonely Heart,
by Richard Llewellyn.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by
Betty Smith.
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Douglas.
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
NONFICTION.
Under Cover, by John Roy
Carlson.
Journey Among Warriors. by
Eve Curie.
Burma Surgeon, by Gordon S.
Seagrave.
Between Tears and Laughter,
by Lin Yutang.
U. S. Foreign Policy, by Walter
Lippmann.
Evening star., 1943-10-31

The &c Whistler and Sc Saint
Gaudens stamps have been re-
moved from the sales list OF the
Philatelic Agency.
Evening star., 1943-10-31

A New York department store
recently acquired 900 sheets of
mint United States and foreign
stamps Of the 10Th and goth CEN
turies.
Evening star., 1943-10-31

UCT 81
This excellent novel seems to sug-
gest irresistibly comparison with
E. M. Forster's Passage to India" ="
1t Is a tale of racial conflicts in
India, and its handling Is suffi-
ciently thoughtful to bring it within
range of the Forster classic without
1rreverance. 1t is not a story of
the Indian problems as they are
seen today. but of the sources of
these problems as they lay germi-
mating in the late 18th century.
The book carries on, to be sure, to
the beginnings of the Ghandi agi-
tations, but the significant part of
1t lies in the Victorian period. There,
under outward placidity, the future
ferment Is shown fatefully working
The story is of the relations be-
tween three young men, an Eng
lshman, an Indian-born French
man and an Indian. Their inclina-
ton Is toward friendship. but all
the forces of an imposed foreign
society work against the good i'm
pulse. There is a large cast of
other, less important characters, and
the delineations of all are dramatic
and relevant to the main theme
The novel commends itself to any
serious reader.
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slz.ygs {

stamp Of the Dominican Republic.
The building, modernistic in design,
/ is a recent development in Trulillo
City. 1t is shown in light brown.
France has produced a stamp in
homage to Lavoisler the chemist,
born 200 years ago.
The 1913 Christmas Seal will be
distributed and used coincldentallv
III Great Britain and Canada as well
as in the United States. It is to
show a little girl with doll looking
up 10 Santa Claus in a star-f1led
sky. The designer is Andre Dligo,
born in Hungary, now a resident Of
Suffern, N. Y. Some sheets of the
seals will carry the words "JoveuX
Noel for French Canada. It coes
without saying that they viii be
rarer and therefore more likely to
be wanted by collectors than the
ordinary sheets reading Greetings"
H, A Robinette, 900 F. street
NV. still has a few copies OF his
catalogue for the LongfclIow Hotel
auction Of United States and
British Colonies, Baltimore. next
Saturday afternoon and evening.
Turkey has issued a set of six
postal tax stamps to raise funds for
needy children.
A New York department store
recently acquired 900 sheets of
mint United States and foreign
stamps Of the 18th and Goth CEN
turies.
The &c Whistler and Sc Saint
Gaudens stamps have been re-
moved from the sales list OF the
Philatelic Agency.
First-day sales figures of the
'overrun' stamp for Greece, Octo-
Der u, were: 1858 covers can
celed, 497,172 stamps sold.
Kent B. Stiles. stamp writer for
the New York Times, was in WASH
lngton last week.
Stamp meetings for the week are
listed as follows:
tomorrow evening at S-Wood-
ridge Stamp Club, 22O6 Rhode Island
avenue NE. Auction and bourse,
Tuesday evening at 8-Collector,
Evening star., 1943-10-31

Turkey has issued a set of six
postal tax stamps to raise funds for
needy children.
Evening star., 1943-10-31

III Branch. Public Library
o excellent
for understanding OF the Nko
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Current Books
By Mary.Carfer Roberts.

present patriotism derives from this
trend. That the Communist state
is no more classless than any other.
That whether we like Communism
or not, we must work out an eff
fective agreement with Russia for
postwar years, but that to do this
we do not have Ito act as If America
were a 18th affiliated Soviet Re-
public"
Evening star., 1943-10-31
STAMPS AND COINS.

SOiNS, American and foreign; goId. siIve
aapraoS' aaflTlaoeS' CAMERAS highest prices pai,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Rice Cereal Good
Meat Extender

GOOD MEAT offenders are
patriotic these days, and easy
on the budget, too. One clever
idea is 10 use crisp rice cereal
just as it comes from the
package.
Long known as a convenient,
appetizing and nutritious break
fast food, this cereal definitely
adds something when used in
meat loaf, croquet ties and
patties.
Baked Meet Patties
II pound ground beef
4 pound pork or sausage
! egg
2 cups crisp rice cereal
u cup finely chopped onion
II teaspoon salt
y teaspoon pepper
l tablespoon fat
Ia cups cooked tomatoes
2 tablespoons crisp rice cereal
Thoroughly blend meat. egg, 2
cups rice cereal, onion. salt
and pepper; shape into II
balls. Saute balls in fat until
well Drowned. Pour on to-
matoes; sprinkle with 2 table
spoons rice cereal. Bake in
moderate oven $3.50 degrees
FD about Is minutes.
Yield: s servings (l2 medium
sized balls).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

u cup milk
y cup grated American cheese
2 cup diced cucumber or eel
cry
3 tablespoons finely chopped
green pepper
2 tablespoons chopped pi-
miento.
Dissolve gelatin in hot water.
Add vinegar and salt. Combine
mayonnalSe, paprIka. onion.
milk and gelatin mixture; beat
with rotary egg beater TO
blend. Chill until slightly thick
ened. Beat with rotary beaten
until fluffy. Fold in remaining
ingredients. Turn into mold.
Chill until firm. Unmold On
crisp lettuce. GarniSh with to-
mato wedges. Serves 6.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08

masters degree IN social work
at the University OF Michigan.
Mrs. Young organized and
opened the Y club residence,
which provides a home for both
permanent and transient guests.
A policy of limiting the length
of stay 10 five years was inau-
gurated last year with the result
that 155 new girls were admitted
in 1912.
Mrs. Rose has been a member
of the Y staff since 1886 and
heads 33 business and industrial
girls clubs. among them the
North American Indian Club,
which she helped organize and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
The Difference Between
Victory or Defeat

THIRTY-ONE tablespoons of
salvaged waste kitchen fat make
one pound. That pound, little
though it may seem, provides
enough glycerine 10 put any
busy homemaker right onto the
field Of battle, fighting beside
her husband. her sons. her
brothers. Multiplied by millions
of American homes il could
make the difference between a
United Nations victory or de-
feat.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Mesdames Young,
Rose to Leave 'Y

CENTRAL BRANCH YWCA
will lose two executives this
month with the designations of
Mrs. Myrtle d. Young and Mrs.
Rachel J. Rose.
Mrs. Young. director of the
club residence for girls since
1929, is retiring from the Y staff
and Mrs. Rose is leaving 10 COM
plete graduate study for her
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Betty Richardson
Awaits Vacation

MISS BETTY LOU RICH
ARDSON. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Richardson of Sher-
bourne road, who attends Brad
ford Junior College in Boston,
Mass, is anticipating her mid
term alton with much
pleasure.
With other school friends,
Miss Richardson will spend her
free days i'm North Conway,
New Hampshire. ENJOYING the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-08
Miss Mccarthy TO Wed

MR. AND MRS. F. j. Nc
CARTHY Of West Philadelphia
avenue announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Mary
Alice. to John Francis. seaman
first class. United States Coast
Guard, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Francis OF Whitcomb avenue.