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Evening star., 1943-12-19
Know Your Nations CAPITAL

Society since 1894, planning and
Building the City of Washington"
published by the Washington Society
OF Engineers; G. r. Browns Wash
ington: A Not Too Serious History
these are some of the books about
the District where your Government
and your job are located.
If you are eager to get acquainted
with the physical anatomy of Wash
ington-the buildings, old residences,
streets, parks, memorials and shrines
read washington, D. c.: A guide
to the Nations Capital" and Our
Washington" both by the WPA
Writers Program; What to See and
Do in Washington" by @. w. Sea-
ton; Annabel Paxton's Washington
Doorways," w. r. Mattoons Trees
Of the District of Columbia" The
White House: A Biography" by
Charles Hurd. and They Built the
Capitol by I. T. Frary.
Provided with anecdotes and In
formation from books such - thsso,
youu b . qualified self guide.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
BY Florence s. Bergman.

Giorgio de Chirico, the father of
surrealism," is considered to have
done his best work during his 20s.
from 1908 to 1917, after which
his inspiration evaporated, although
he continued to paint. Represent
ing this early period is loan ex-
hibition of 10 oil paintings. now on
view at the G Place Gallery, which
is Caresse Crosby's Offering in the
second pair of exhibitions there.
The majority of these paintings
are reproduced in James Thrall
Soby's monograph on The Ea arly
Chirico," published in 1s41. They
include loans from the Museum of
Modern Art, New York; the Wads-
worth Atheneum, Hartford. and the
Art Institute of Chicago, as well as
from several private collectors.
Hence their esthetic value seems
to be established, and the impor-
tance of the artist is apparently
beyond argument.
Nevertheless, these paintings
probably will fail to satisfy the
majority of visitors In the first
place, they are enigmatic. De
Chirico inscribed under one of his
self portraits, What shall I love,
unless it be the enigma?" He want
ed, he once wrote, "the sensation
of something new, of something
which I had never known before. u
And it was this sort of sensation
he endeavored to give others. But
while a few introspective roman
ticists may enjoy brooding over
something they cannot quite grasp
most of us have feeling of an
noyance when we are confronted
with such work.
The visitor who has read Soby S
book or other explanations of De
Chirico will get vastly more out of
the paintings than the person who
studies them without benefit of
analyses. But however valuable and
interesting writing about art is, a
painting should have something to
say, per Sc, to every open-minded
art lover. Certainly many of De
Chirico's have no message for the
uninitiated. J
Some of his works. of course, are
beautiful in themselves, and a SEN
sitlve person will doubtless derive
pleasurable moods from his far
reaching perspectives. great empty
squares and meticulously painted
objects. This applies to Joys and
Enigmas of Strange Hour" and
The Conquest of the Philosopher"
in the present exhibition. If one
ignores the titles, one will enjoy
these paintings.
Broken Arrow Document
Grace Horn Meas, who came to
Washington In l942 when her hus-
band engage In Government work
Evening star., 1943-12-19

6y EH2dOetn HQ1CeS. fReyndl
& Hitchcock.)
In this incoherent and frequently
vulgar work, Elizabeth Hawes, a
well-known dress designer lately
turned author, advocates the liqui-
dation of the home and family. Her
argument is that the labor of at
tending to a home and family is
physically too heavy for a normal
woman to bear, and, moreover, is
so sordid that, spiritually, it stunts
the woman's development. Let
women then give up their homes
and children, cries Miss Halves. and
go out and get jobs. She herself
recently had job as a machine
operator in an airplane plant
Though, as she admits, she took the
place only to get material for her
book, and she feels that the ere
ative side of womankind is in need
of similar activity.
Her concrete proposal is that the
Government set up, at public eX-
pense, of course, schools, kinder
gartens, nurseries and the like. to
take over children while mothers
go out and rivet or perhaps work in
the mines. Women will then at
tain full spiritual stature. and chill
dren will be much better reared, for
every one knows that there is no
influence more pernicious to the
child than the parents. The Gov
ernment, under the Hawes blue
print, will also build communal
houses which will be self-cleaning
and will have communal dining
rooms for the tenants, and in these
establishments - presumably under
the eyes of supervisors-the FAM
lilies can get together when work.
ing hours permit. The reviewer
leaves it to your judgment.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Current Books
BY Mary.Carfer Roberts.
George M. Cohon

BY Mnry-Ca arfer Roberts.
George N. Cohon
By Ward Morehouse. (Lippin-
cott.)
The author of this biography is a
dramatic critic, and the book is a
critics book, not a biographer's.
Though it purports to tell the life
history Of the late George M.
Cohan, 1t really does no more than
report Mr.. Cohan's successive theat-
rical ventures. 1t may we'll be said
that that is all any biographer could
do for George M. Cohan, since
George M. Cohan began his life in
the theater, literally, as an infant,
and remained a theater man until
his death.
But Mr.. Cohan was definitely a
personality; he was that before
anything else. His success in the
theater, indeed. rested on his per-
sonal quality more than on his work
which was all of timely nature.
Despite the rich colorfulness of his
subject, however, Mr.. Morehouse
gives us virtually nothing about
Conan as man. His book is inter-
esting and we'll done, as far as it
goes But If its title had been The
Works of George M. Cohan" it would
have been named a good deal more
adequately.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Amonq the New Novels

Hills of Home, by Curtis Martin
(Houghton Miflin STORY of a
small town, minor but refectively
and nicely done.
The Dove Flies South, by James
A. Hyland (Bruce)-Story of Negro
life sympathetically portrayed.
Time for Change, by Alexander
Hehmeyer (Farrar & Rinehartl-
The Constitution is outmoded and
ought to be changed, the author
asserts, and then tells how he thinks
the changes should be made.
Three Times Bow, by Carl Click
(Whittlesey House, )-Sketchlike pic
ture Of American Chinese respond-
ing to war emergencies with glow
ing patriotism. Pleasant.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Connecticut Yankee
By Wilbur Cross. yale Uni
UerSitU Press.)

By Wilbur Cross. yale Uni-
uersity Press.)
This is an entertaining history Of
a long life. Flavored with wit, full
OF anecdotes and fecund in ref
erences to important figures, Con
Inecticut Yakee" takes Wilbur Cross
through his youthful years, Yale
University period and Connecticut
governorship.
The country store in Gurleyville,
Conn, gave him his first lessons in
politics. Certainly the store was
typically New England in its CEN
trallzatlon of village life. It's patrons
were strong individualists, express
ing firm opinions in vigorous Ian
guage. Prof. Cross brings them and
the atmosphere they created to us
with the definiteness of scenes by
Dickens.
Sidelights on important men are
another feature readers will enjoy.
Taft's efforts to effect a reconcilia-
ton with Theodore Roosevelt in 1918
at the burial of Thomas Lounsburv,
the noted scholar, bring out vividly
the characters of both men. Louns-
bury's belligerent wit and the broad
and literary scholarship of his COL
league. Henry Beers, are both turned
into channels which make personali-
ties out of men known today only
by their great works.
Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee,
thrust suddenly into a different CEN.
tury, was soon battling politicians
in King Arthur's court, and Wilbur
Cross, stepping from the college
campus into politics, also was quick
to fight politicians in Hartford. He
recounts with evident relish how the
guileless professor beat cynical ma
nipulators of political machines at
their own game.
Prof. Cross style at first is choppv
and uncertain, but as he warns to
his task the smoothness of his prose
increases. He is, however, best in
his use of anecdotes, in his humor
and in his ability to tell a story in
straightforward fashion. The book
is a story of three American worlds
told by one who lived abundantly
in them all and will we'll repay the
reader for the time spent reading it,
CASPAR NAMES.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Only Two Civic
Groups to Meet

Two citizens associations will
hold their regular December meet
ings this week.
Election of officers will highlight
the meeting of the Interfederation
Conference in the Board of Trade
Offices in The Star at 8 pm. tomor-
row.
The Petworth association will meet
Tuesday night at 8 pm. in the Pet
worth Library, Georgia avenue and
Upshur street NV.
The following groups cancelled
Evening star., 1943-12-19
How FBI Achieved
Top Role in u. S.
War on Crime
The FBI in Peace and War

By Frederick L. Collins put
NAM.
Most Of us will remember that 10
or Is years ago the boys on the
corners were playing Dilinger or
Pretty Boy Floyd. And now, re-
search down-street proves, they are
either soldiers and sailors or G-men,
The change means something.
What it means is exceedingly well
explained by Frederick L. Collins
in this book. 1t is the whole story
Of j. Edgar Hoover's bureau from
the day when Attorney General
Harlan Fiske Stone appointed Mr..
Hoover to the dictatorship of what
was then considered merely a dust
bin into which the deserving but
dumb relatives of politicians could
be tossed for sustenance at the pub
lie trough.
Mr.. Hoover had in mind q bureau
which would yield all the advan-
tages Of national police force with
none Of its dangers. He wanted no
Gestapo; he wanted vast national
cooperative body which would know
all there was to know about solving
crimes and catching criminals and
also about preventing crimes. He
wanted 1t organized with such elas-
ITCHY that in time of war 1t could
quickly expand to take care OF
espionage and sabotage. And he
wanted 1t stated with gentlemen.
| Perhaps 1t was Mr.. Hoovers in
flexible demand that his operatives
be presentable that set so many old
time police forces against him at
the start. These called FBI men
"Hoover's Boy Scouts" and although
they occasionally marveled at the
completeness of the FBI equipment
and methods, they also thought the
solid clump of the average police
mans foot far sWeeter music. No.
body, least Of all Mr.. Hoover, under
values the work of the average
policeman. But now that worthy
also appreciates the FBI. More i'm
portant, he uses it to the limit.
Mr.. Collins book describes the
formation, the training and the
functions of the FBI. 1t also DEM
onstrates the machinery behind its
apparently instantaneous reactions.
Lately 1t has turned up some star
ting facts. One arsenal. for ex-
ample. was found to have 20 per
cent OF It's workers bearing police
records, some for espionage.
JOHN SELBY.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Best Sellers
FICTION,

So Little Time, by John P.
Marquand.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,
by Betty Smith.
The Valley Of Decision, by
Marcia Davenport.
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
Thun d e r h e a d, by Mary
O'Hara.
: NONFICTION.
Under Cover, by John Roy
Carlson.
Here Is Your War, by Ernie
Pyle.
CO Postmaster, by Corpl.
Thomas r. st. George.
Burma Surgeon, by Gordon
S. Seagrave.
Paris Underground, by Eta
Shiber.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

arate items as a self portrait by
Kathe KollWitz and a colored wood
cut of the Elaboration of the Magi,"
by a 18th century engraver, per-
haps the earliest in existence, must
await more than mere reference
until reviewed later.
Happily this exhibition (set forth
in the central gallery on the first
floor will continue through Feb
ruary 49, A large illustrated cata-
logue, prepared by Elizabeth Mon
gan, curator of prints of the gall
lery, has been published. The open
ing will take place at 3 o'clock, to
which invitations have been issued.
At 4 O'Clock a lecture on Rem
brandt; illustrator of the Bible
will be given in the gallery's audi
torium by A. Hyatt Mayor of the
Metropolitan Museum, New York.
The Nary at Var
A Forthcoming Exhibition
The Corcoran Gallery of Art an
nounces an exhibition, THE Navy
at War consisting of paintings and
drawings by official United States
combat artists, United States Naval
Reserve, under the auspices Of the
United States Navy, from January
30 to February "a, 1914. This will
comprise works by Griffith Bailey
Coale, Dwight C. Sheler, William
F. Draper, Mitchell Jameson and
Albert K. Murray, all of whom have
their battle stations and their places
in combat, besides being commits
stoned to record what they see.
No better art has come out of the
war up to this time than that which
these fighting artists have produced.
1t is exceedingly we'll reproduced
and described in an excellent book,
The Navy at War;" lately published
by William Morrow g. Co, New York,
with illuminating commentary by
Hanson w. Baldwin and introduc-
ton by Admiral Hepburn. This pub
lication. which has the sanction OF
the Public Relations Office of the
Navy Department and its art section,
raises to pleasurable height antlcl-
patton of the announced exhibition
of the originals.
Notes and Items
The Ambassador of Mexico has is
sued invitations to the opening OF
an exhibition of sculptured minla-
lures by Federico Mendozi Limon,
December 81 at 4 pm, in the Pam
American Union.
The Arts Club is showing this
month wood cuts and dry points by
Donald Frederick Witherstine OF
Provincetown and etchings Of cats
by Gladys Emerson Cook of New
York City. Next month its galleries
will be given over to works by men
in the armed service.
The Washington Water Color
Club will hold its 48th annual exhi-
bition in the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art February 6 through "a. Appli-
cation blanks can be procured by
applying to Miss Marguerite True,
secretary, 2015 I street NV.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
James Fighting Ships
Edited bu Fra

Edlted by FranciS E. McMur-
trie. (Mdcmilldn.)
This Is the latest edition Of the
famed naval encyclopedia. The in
formation 1t contains is, Of course,
limited by the necessities of war, but
it remains the most authentic and
comprehensive work of its kind. No
reference library can be regarded as
complete without 1t. P. H. L.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Sword of Bone
By Anthony I
court Rrnce J

1
court, Brdce.)
The fighting on the western front
which ended in Dunkerque has been
described so far chiefly in two
ways. There has been the miracle
school of writing, which has recorded
the retreat as a great heroic rear
guard action, and there has been the
disillusionment school, which has
occupied itself with the folly of the
French and English high commands
Both are extreme in their view
points.
The present writer, a captain in
the British Army, tells of the
debacle as a civilized citizen under
arms saw it, neither glorifying nor
condemning. Indeed, he hardly
seems to editorialize at all. He
merely reports what he did from day
to day. But through his very ab-
sence of tense or literary attitude
through his utterly unforced and
natural humor, one gets a singu-
larly probable account of what oc-
CURED, from which account emerges
the fact that while the miracle
was taking place the men of the
miracle knew nothing of what was
going on. had no idea of themselves
either as heroes of great action OF
as martyrs of official incompetence
They just struggled along and kept
their heads down and learned how
wonderful they had been later from
the scribes.
In this day, when soldiers seem
to write while they fight and give
to books thus written a great glow
of literary lf-consciousness. SC
plain tale has much to commend
it to discriminating reader.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

brief air fighting which went or
over the doomed colony and of the
retreat to Palembang, where he was
wounded, and concludes with his
removal to a hospital in Java and
thence to an evacuation ship.
1t is a typical volume. of which
one can only say that the wonder
is the typicalness. 1t is one oi
those stories of young men living ir
the jaws of death and accustomed
to 1t. There were others last week
and will be others next week. OF
the group Of pilots which went East
with 1t. Donahue, only half sur.
vived, and one of those survivors
wrote book. That is the size of it
Mortyrdom of the Serbs
With a tore1uord BY Bishop
William Manning. Prepared
and issued BY the Serbian
Eastern ORTHODOX Diocese to1
the United States and Canada
This volume of nearly 300 page!
consists entirely of accounts anc
photographs of massacres commit
ted on the Serbian population O.
Yugoslavia by various hostile group
the Croats, the Magyars. the Bull
garians. The volume claims mil
lion Serbian victims.
There is at present in this coun.
try bitterly raging war of propa-
ganda as to the merits of Yugo.
slavia's internal dissension. In Ruth
Mitchell's book, The Serbs Choose
War the Serbian side of the ques-
ton is presented and claims Of mas
sacres are advanced much in &C
cordance with those brought forward
in the present volume In Louis
Adamics book, my Native Land,
there is minimizing picture of the
situation; Mr.. Adamic offers, as ex.
tenuation of the Croatian killings
Of the Serbs, the statement that the
Serbs have killed quite as many
Croatians, which may or may not
make the murders all right.
The present volume comes with
the backing Of high church dig.
.nitaries and has quite as much ap-
parent authenticity as any published
account of the situation so far. Unit
the truth can be established beyonc
any question there would seem to be
no reason for not according the work
grave attention.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Exhibition Of Paintings BY
Cbuic0, Father of Smrealism'

here, is having a solo display OF her
paintings of Broken Arrow, Okla,
in David Porter's part of G Place
Gallery. During the '30s, Mr..
Meas was principal of the high
school in Broken Arrow for seven
years, and Mrs. Meas became in
timately acquainted with the small
Midwestern town of sabout 1000
people, Is miles or so from Tulsa
She determined to make pictorial
record of the town, social and his
torical document of all it's aspects
More than SO paintings of the 100
she planned have been completed,
and II of these compose the cur
rent exhibition. Mrs. Meas un-
doubtedly has given an honest
transcription of the town, which ap-
pears to be typical of many such
places. But, to judge from these few
paintings, it is a commonplace, un-
lovely spot, and one wishes Fate had
set the artist down in a location
worthier of her industry.
"Pefs and PersonaeeS"
At Barnen-Aden Gallery
Chet La More paints for fun
other peoples fun-as one may see
by studying an exhibition of 20
tempera paintings now on view at
the Barnett-Aden Gallery, the first
showing on a national circuit under
auspices Of the American Federation
of Arts.
Mr.. La More's paintings are small
in size, bright in color and satirical
in content. They are caricatures of
types and situations and are done
in very personal technique. They
are not beautiful, but they are
witty, whimsical and imaginative.
Nearly all of them will mean some
thing to the observer. 1t may not
be in every case what Mr.. La More
means. but the significance the av-
erage person can find in them does
not have to be blueprinted.
Memory of Sunday Afternoon"
for instance, depicts a woman in an
idiotic hat. A bird perched on her
escorts derby is staring at the
Wondef1ul array OF feathers, Just
as some of us behold in amaze
ment much contemporary headgear.
"Night-Blooming Flowers" which is,
incidentally, one of the best decora-
tions in the group, is composed of
the most fabulous blooms an am
bilious florist could imagine. Even
the birds and insects are staying
awake to examine them, and the
triumphant gardener himself fits
into the scene as harmoniously as
If he. too, had sprung from the soil.
Water colors by Georgina Kilt
gard, also lent by the American
Federation of Arts, and paintings by
many other artists, some Of them
local, are also on view at the Bar
nettiAden Gallery until the end Of
the year.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Last Flight From Singapore

By Arthur C. DOndhue. Mac
milldn.)
The author of this book is an
American flyer who, prior to
Americas entrance into the war,
joined the Raj He took part in
the battle of Britain and subse-
quently was sent to the Far East,
where he participated in the de-
fense of Singapore. His book begins
with his Eastern assignment, de-
scribes the journey out, tells Of the
Evening star., 1943-12-19

Every time you lick . War savinss
stamp You help lick the Ara
Evening star., 1943-12-19

their December meetings: Shepherd
Park, Lincoln Park, Cathedral
Heights Cleveland Park, Arkansas
Avenue and Anacostia.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
CATHOLIC
BOOKS

Learn the Catholic Mind on any
important tspic Of the day:
whether 1t be God or Govern
ment. Marriage or Birth Control,
Capital or Labor. COMMUNISM
or Prayer.
Buy these books from Gallery 4
Co.. 71a Eleventh St NV.
Or, come In and brouset You
are welcome.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Why Women Cry
BU Elizabeth

grave attention.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-18
DELIVERY BICYCLES
TO ~. RAIiON-fREE

Ra!"jHh. Jun. l3-B!CyClcG design
ci by manufacturers for package
ioilyvTy .v.N!r" and unsuitable for
';lIr.r list were released from IA
i!un.nG restrictions Today Dy the Of
i.C,' ~ pine" administration.
Tie wIr production board has re.
c'n'.v authorized the production -!
4 substantial number of these bI-
cycles. Since bicycles g! this kind
principally those with small from;
wheel and large basket forward-are
practical only for uses which are
considered essential anyway III the
bicycle rationing regulations. il j.,
deemed unnecessary 10 put a pros
p+CtIVc purchaser 10 the !uconvcn-
fence Of proving eligibility and get
ting riiluni:.g certificate
Certificates still are required for
The ordinary style bicycles. even
though they are 10 be used for de-
livery purposes.
This charge is effective June 81.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-18
bEEkEEPERS URGED
TO ROUND UP WAX
no AIC WAR EFFORT

College Station. Rn.yiHh. june Il
Uncle Sam ask North C;.r,l!aa
b,Hk.epers 1" help r";nd up an extra
million pounds q: DrrSw..H ihi: yea.
since imports az. limited by laCi, %;
shipping space. !. NJ. Maxwell. EX
tension cntumulu%.Si ~ y. &. Stat,
College. said here today.
He suggested that berkeepcrs. vino
usually do moi save wax. JOIN in trc
program and that rX-beekccpcrS.
who have abandoned THEN! bees Sl"ce
the war started. examine the combs
Even bcckccpCrS who save and sell
WAN find that ;:.Hv can produce con
Sderably more wax by keeping 4
basket handy IL receive odd scraps.
The poorcs: comb III each ten can
i've culled ou.
Maxwell urged that a fight oc
made on the NIX moth since II l.
The b!ggcS; single cJiISc ~: wax losses
He said that he combs should b"
funigatcd after The hu:@y season and
that <,i3crS should be Inspected every
two or three week, during The sum
mvr.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1943-06-18
The dP repor, America, uar,-5

tOnly volunteers 60 to the wars for The AP
and the list is long!
reporter with years Of sound experience at
home. good health and the special qualities tina,
make first class newspaperman anywhere may
apply for service abroad.
But he is given no illusions.
War reporting is no Sunday school picnic. One
Of the foreign staff already is missing and feared
dead Another was los, 43 days in the New Guinea
jungles. Some have been taken prisoner Of war.
Others have been injured, or narrowly escaped
death-iorpedoed machine. gunned. dive.bombed.
A war reporter may he sent anywhere on earth.
In many countries the living conditions are terrible
drinking water dangerous and none Of the ordinary
comforts Of life available. He mus, be yaccina,cd
for smallpox and innoculated for typhoid, yellow
fever. typhus. tetanus and cholera Ills family can,
join him. There are no regular hours. or vacations