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Evening star., 1944-11-05

When people do not know the
real facts about something, they
may make up q myth or fairy story
to explain 1t. This was much more
true In ancient times than it Is now.
Take, for example, the case of
Rome. The ancient Romans were
proud Of their city, but they had
no record Of how 1t was started.
So 1t came about that they invented
the story Of Romulus and Remus.
This is how that story goes:
There was once q cruel King
who ruled over the city of Alba,
He had taken the throne away from
his brother, who was allowed to
live but was kept from his rightful
power. The brother had q daughter
named Rhea Silvia. who became the
mother Of twin sons. The little ones
we're known as Romulus and Remus.
The heartless King ordered the
babies to be put into the Tiber
Their cradle was carried to the
riverside and placed In the water.
The current bore II downstream to
. point ct the foot Of the Palatine
Hill, where It became stuck ON the
bank.
The helpless brothers would have
died had It not been for . she wolf,
who cared for and guarded them.
Birds dnsd insects which came near
the cradle. At length, : shepherd
found theln and took them to his
home. There thsy grew TO man
~ young man Romulus and
Rsmus fought asain1t nsrce beasts
and robbers. They journeyed to Alba
and slsw the cruel King. Their
grandfather was still alive and he
Wa placed On the throne again.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
bridge
By Frank B. Lord.

The Warrington Bridge League
has accepted the invitation Of
Lynchburg. Va, to send delega-
ton Of players there to take part in
the regional championship tourna-
ment to be held on the 10th, 1lth
and 18th Of this month. The Lynch
burg players have always attended
the meets held here, and the local
experts intend to accord them q
courtesy return engagement. They
have frequently been very successful
in the Virginia city. There wia be
the usual events. with the exception
OF the women's pair game. which
was won by = Washington pair last
year. This match has been deleted
from the program.
Mrs. Jack Bennett, paying visit
to Pittsburgh last week, dropped In
on the Pittsburgh Classic" bridge
program which has become popular
in the Smokey City. Her partner
was Mrs. D. H. Stahl OF Pittsburgh
and they captured the women's pair
trophy. Mrs. Frederick Eberson
formerly of Washington, but now
living in Pittsburgh, playing with DR.
r. c. Jones, also well known here
took the open pair prize.
The Federal Bridge League played
its monthly master point game al
the Wardman Park Hotel Tuesday
night. Owing to the large number
of players and consequent labor OF
scoring the event, the results had
not been made known at this
writing.
The standing of the various four
somes in the team series game t<
date is as follows:
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summer, they sang and danced for
the wounded soldiers at the Henry
s. Baker Memorial Hospital in Mar
tinsburg, w. Va. Having performed
at many USO clubs. in and around
Washington, Johnny says, Il would
rather sing and dance for soldiers
than for any one else"
When Johnny sang and danced at
Fort Washington, dressing rooms
had not been installed, and he had
to dress in the back of an Army
truck. After his performance at
Fort McHenry, he ate in the officers
mess
Johnny has performed at the
Mayflower, Shoreham and Statler
Hotels. He was offered an engage
ment at the 400 Club, which he was
unable to accept because he is only
l6.
Last year, Johnny was in Eastern S
fall and spring shows. This year, in
the fall show, he will sing Begin
the Beguine" and do an original tap
dance to the same tune.
While attending Eliot, Johnny had
the lead in the Christmas play every
year. Also, he was a member of the
glee club and the chorus club.
Unlike most performers, Johnny
has no ambition to 60 in the movies.
He wants to dance on Broadway,
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West was dealer and passed
whereupon Mrs. Jack Bennett In
the East called two spades. When
South passed William Cheeks In the
West showed his ace of diamonds
by calling three in that suit. Mrs.
Bennett then bid three hearts,
hoping that, spades, hearts and dia-
monds having been bid, she would
get q club lead up to her A K 10
Mr.. Cheeks raised to four hearts
and Mrs. Bennett then bid four no.
trump. Having no kings to show
Mr.. Cheeks bid five clubs and East
then went to six spades.
Mrs. Benefits expectation of q
club lead was realized but it was
not . favorable one for her. North
had no clubs and trumped the first
lead. From that moment the small
slam contract was lost, despite any
thing that the declarer could do
With South holding the jack and
one spade, and her partner, Isaac
York, in the North, having the queen
and two Of that suit, Mrs. Bennett
could lead through him only once
as her dummy had a singleton
spade. She had to lose the queen
Of spades and thereby suffered q
set Of one.
The loss Of that board was par
ticularly unfortunate. IS the pair
was running substantially even with
the leaders, and the set cost them
the open-pair championship. Had
they been content to stop at five
spades that contract could not have
been beaten, and it would have
netted them . score sufflcient to
top the pair which finally won the
match. 1t was an unusual distribu-
ton Of the cards that caused the
disaster.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Uncle RAYS Corner /.

After a time he sent them with
company of soldiers to start q city
on the hill. near which they had
been rescued.
Sad to say, Romulus and Remus
fell into a quarrel and Remus was
Slain. sIn spite of this deed the
party camped on the Palatine Hill.
They were rough men, and when
they wanted wives they stole women
from the tribe of Sabines.
"A battle took place between
Rome (the village of Romulus) and
the Sabines. The Roman women ran
to the battlefield and threw them
selves between their husbands and
their fathers. The fighting came to
an end. Peace was made between
the two groups and the Sabines set
tied on the Capitol Hill, which be-
came part of the later Rome"
The Romans went on to tell more
about Romulus and Remus. They
said that the father OF the twins
was Mars, the god Of war. They also
told Of Romulus leaving Rome in
q storm" and Of how the people
prayed to him after he left as the.
godlike being. Quirinus.
Although the true story of the
founding Of Rome has been lost, It.
seems likely that the first settlement
on the spot was made close to 5000
years ago. 1t ranks today as one
OF the very old cities Of the world.
but not as the oldest.
In modern times graves have been
found near the edge Of the forum
area In Rome. These graves con.
tain ashes Of people who are be.
neyed to have been the nrst settlers.
Along with the ashes, tools and
pieces Of pottery have been found.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Business Groups
Electrical Men
To Heur Returns
The Electrical Contractors Asso

The Electrical Contractors Asso-
citation, one Of four businessmen's
associations scheduled to meet this
week, plans to follow the election
returns ct its meeting Tuesday
night. According to w. Kenneth
Trlnnell, president, entertainment
for the evening has been planned,
and refreshments will be served
while the members are listening to
the returns over the radio.
The schedule Of the associations
meeting this week follows:
TUESDAY.
Electrical Contractors' Associa-
ton. Pythian Temple, 1919 Ninth
street NV. . pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Chevy Chase Business Associa-
tion, BArnhardts Restaurant. $50
Connecticut avenue NV, / pm.
Warrington Restaurant Associa-
ticn, boards 10. II and IL, Wash-
inst0n Gas Light Co, Eleventh and
II streets NV, $50 pm.
THURSDAY.
Central Business Association,
laynower Aotsl, 1870 pm.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
| Public Library
| Book Pointers
Life in the Theater,

ny LOfen0 U. w OH0efe0N,
Reference Librarian, Ncrtheastern Branch
Washington Public Library.
Some Of the glamour which at
taches itself to actors and atresses
-off, the stage rs well as on--has
been carried over into books. Here
are several which have particularly
caught the enchantment OF the
people Of the theater.
Gene Fowler's Good Night, Sweet
Prince" Is the life Of John Barry
more, one Of his best friends. The
other Barrymores and the Drews
make their appearances in John
Drew's MY Years on the Stage .
Another theatrical family IS de-
picted in George NJ. Cohan, Prince
Of the American Theater," by Ward
Morehouse. A fictionized account
Of . talented family prominent on
the English stage Il ''Clemence
Danes novel. "Broo1he Stages"
up the Years From Bloomsbury. .
BY George Arliss; Present Indica-
tive" by Noel Coward, and II
Wanted to Be an Actress" BY
Katharine Cornell, reflect their re-
spectiye authors individuality. Elsa
Manchester has written DELIGHT
fully Of herself and her husband In
Charles LAughton and l." ]. q
Nusent's TITS Z Great Lie" and
Past Imperfect" ~ Ilka Chase
too, win interest the theater lover
They AL Had 0lamcr,. ~ i. B
MAriu. the music publisher. u rich
Y stage personalities. and mother
Wore T1ghts." By Miriam Young
~ the story of vaudeville troupers
These books and others dealina
with the drama may be obtained
ct the Public Library, Eighth and
k streets NV. Or through it,
branches. Also ct the Central Ii
brary Is the interesting and valuable
reference book who's VINO Ia the
Ihsatss.s
Evening star., 1944-11-05

strength and wealth and the ideal
istic bravery OF our men, but the
enemy, though retreating before us,
does not relinquish one iota of his
belief in his right to rule the world
nor abandon any of the vicious tao
tics which he has trained himself to
use.
The story concerns q German
major who, on the landing of
American troops in Africa, goes into
incognito and undertakes to built up
a coalition resistance with a local
French military leader who, by using
terroristic methods, has built up his
own private army of natives and
|discredited white men. The plan
almost succeeds. 1t fails largely by
chance. And in the course of the
development, the German is in and
out Cf American hands a number of
times. Our idealism, says Mr.. Heym
Is rooted in our sense of honor and
makes our war a clean one, insofar
as war can be clean; but it also
makes us expose ourselves to fright
full risks, since the foe we are fight
ing is dishonorable by deliberate
choice.
The contrast of the American and
European mentalities is the books
prominent achievement and it is SO
stressed that one cannot but feel
that Mr.. Heym, who knows Europe
Is uttering a warning. In effect he
says that he must not believe them
on any count and that they, for
their part, regard our idealistic
courage as the break in our armor
through which we may in time
be given our fatal wound. The au-
thor's continental background natu-
rally makes his case the more i'm
pressive.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
.Onan's S Place
PRIxx CONTRIBUTION
By Doris GLADDEN., n,

Eastern High school.
I used to think : woman's place
Was always In the home;
But now I'm learning different
Which y Why / wrote this poem.
Ny mother is . welder.
Ny grandma = one, too;
Ny armtie swings monkey wrench
Beside my Cousin sue.
~ sisters making parachutes
TO save aOme Yankees life;
kim Blipp, who lives next door 70 me
Now wields Z butchers knife.
And 70. you re. dear readers,
That / VA al mistaken---
It's now tn fair and mild sex
Who ~ bringing hoaae ths bacon
Evening star., 1944-11-05

perience, combined with q vividness
which only experience could bestow
That sums up the book, If one Is
not to write q longer review than
the paper shortage at present allows
The method used Is to show the
strategy Of the campaign in all its
aspects from beginning to end. help
Ing the lay reader out of his un-
military bewilderment by maps an6
photographs. The reviewer does not
know of any book which has done
this so thoroughly for the Guadal-
canal fighting. At the same time
the volume includes unforgettably
human material, accounts of brav-
cry, battle scenes and a memoran-
dunn submitted by the gallant ma
tives which s-the reviewer uses
the word deliberately-completely
charming.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Safety Chalk Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
of The Stars school safety program
and former chief of detectives, is
giving a series of chalk talks on
safety to pupils Of elementary.
Junior and senior high schools. Tho
talks are presented under SPONSOR
ship of The Junior Star in co-opera-
ton with school authorities of the
District and nearby Maryland and
Virginia. This weeks schedule:
Monday, 11:15 am, Leland Junior
High; Wednesday, 11:15 am, Be-
thesda; 2:15 pm, Somerset; Thurs
day, HIS am, Chevy Chase; 2:1S
pm, Clara Barton; Friday, HIS
a m, Rockville.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

Animal Stories, by George Duplaix
(Simon g. Schuster: $150)-Giant
Golden book containing 46 original
stories, some funny and some wise,
with delightful illustrations in color
by Rojankovsky.
The Secret Spring. by Emma At
kins Jacobs (Winston: $2)-Mystery
romance for boys and girls from
about IL up. It's the story of how
a girl overcame her shyness and be-
came the belle of her family, but
it's much more exciting than that
sounds.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
POLITICS.

Political Handbook Of the World
for 1914 CHarpers)-The current
edition of this annual guide. Lists
personnel Of all governments and
outlines the political parties Of all
countries.
Our Settlement With Germany, by
H. N. Brailsford Day)-Another
plan to insure perpetual peace after
the present war.
PLAYS
The Theatre Book Of the Year, by
George Jean Nathan. (Knopf. !
The critics well-known summing l,p,
Four Plays, by J. B. Priestley.
(Harpers.) Music at Night" "The
Long Mirror" ''They Game to !
City," Desert Country"
The Phoenix and the Dwarfs, by
George Taylor and George Savage
(Macmillan) .-Three-act play o.
the present Sino-Japanese War,
Over Twenty One, by Ruth Cor
don (Random House)-The sue
cessful comedy Of . publisher
turned soldier struggling through
ofncers' training school.
PLACES.
The Green Continent, edited by
German Arciniegas, translated from
the Spanish and Portuguese BY Har-
riett de Onts and others (Knopf)-
A collection Of writings BY distin-
guished Latin American authors de-
signed to reveal to North American
readers the life md physical back
ground Of Latin American coun-
tries. Valuable.
Wind n ths sahara, ~ r. Y. q
Bodley (Coward-lEcCann)-Tiae au-
thor + : young Englishman who
went to live among the Arabs and
remained many years, severing ali
ties with the outer world. His book
b = valuable study Of Arab customs
and psychology.
Islands - the East In13ea u
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Sarah and I
BY Syloid Brockway. (Dutton
Reviewed by Lucy McClenon.

$275.)
Reviewed by Lucy McClenon.
While most people admit to hav-
ing split personalities few have gone
to the trouble of actually naming
that other SELF" rs Sylvia Brock
way has done in this pleasantly
readable autobiography. Sarah Pale
grass, who was born at the age of
S, has lived and argued with Miss
Brockway through childhood, COL
lege, a brief business career, and
married life In England, and is with
her now as she lives in this country
again for the duration of the war.
There is sensitive perception and
sparkle to the writing and the un-
usual approach makes 1t more In
teresting than 1t would have been
as = straight self history. Even with
Sarah's help, however, 1t retains a
few of the apparently inevitable
flaws Of autobigraphical writing.
There are times when Sylvia and
Sarah are so chucklingly wrapped
up In their "reminiscences that they
don't delineate these private memo
ries very clearly for the reader, who
is left amiably fioundering amid
characters and happenings whose
merest outlines are sketched in. But
the amiability remains, because the
charm OF the book Is rather con-
tagiols.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
An American Proqrom
By Wendell L. Willtie. (Simo,
& SchuSter.. 25c and 81
Reviewed by ]. A. Fox.


Prior to the Chicago conventions
Wendell L. Willkie wrote 4 series OF
seven widely published newspaper
articles setting forth his views on
what he conceived to be the most
important problems facing this Ma
tion-now and in the postwar world
It was his hope, by this means. to
stimulate an informed public dis
cussiSn that would be reflected in
the national platforms of the two
major parties, particularly that of
the Republicans.
A little later he followed up by
embodying his ideas in the proposed
draft Of = Republican platform on
which the campaign for the presi-
dency would be waged.
1t is well-remembered that Mr..
Willkie, the titular head Of the Re-
publicans by virtue of his nomina-
ton for President in 1910. along with
his proposals, were shouldered aside
in the convention which nominated
Thomas E. Dewey.
Then came Mr.. WILKES tren-
chant "Cowardice at Chicago
which appeared in Golfers and Wig
orously took both parties to task
for the manner in which they dealt
with vital issues in framing their
declarations.
They borrowed from the past the
timidities. the outworn doctrines
and mistakes long since rejected by
history" he said.
1t Is this collection OF writings,
assembled for publication just be-
fore Mr.. Wilkes death, along with
an article assailing the treatment
of the Negro that has been brought
together In IAN American Pro-
gram" 1t might be called the po-
litical testament of Wendell Willkie.
Mr.. Willkie felt that the platform
makers, Republican and Democrat,
had been remiss in at least two out
standing particulars: in enunciating
the principles to govern our foreign
policy. and in treating the subject
Of race relations.
'Favoring the Democrats ap-
proach to the creation of q world
security agency rather than that of
his own party because 'it is more
fortnight and concrete on the use
OF armed force and joint action to
preserve peace" Mr.. Willkie never
theless charged both parties laid a
foundation that can only confuse,
deceive and disillusion the American
people" by promising that per-
manent or lasting peace could be
attained without some "loss Of SOW
ereignty."
"Whenevereany party to . pro-
posed agreement stands pat and re-
fuses to yield any individual right
or privilege, there Is no agreement"
he asserted.
AS to race relations, Mr.. Willkie
said that both of the 1914 political
platforms in their pledges to the
Negro and their programs for him
are tragically inadequate" in their
failure to recognize the rights Of
this minority.
Only the Republican proposal to
give statutory permanence to the
Fair Employment Practice Commit
tea principle, incidentally, that
President Roosevelt also supports
"can be said to meet realistically
the need for action which the issues
demand" he declared.
In all Mr.. Willkie wrote-whether
the reader agrees with his conclu-
sions or not-there is food for study.
He had hoped-as he said-to force
"a statement of purpose" from the
presidential and vice presidential
candidates, in his platform analyses.
As 1t happened, death intervened.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
John G. Calhoun,
Nationalist

By Charles M. Wiltse. Bobbs-
Merrill. $3.75J
This partial biography Of John c.
Calhoun ut ends with the year
1929 seems likely to result in a re-
shaping of opinion concerning its
subject. The prevailing textbook
notion Is that Calhoun was a Sec
tionalist and q States rights man
for no other reason than his own
emotions. Charles Wiltse presents a
different picture here and draws his
materials for it from Calhoun's own
writings. Calhoun's States fghtism,
he demonstrates, was the South
Carolinians prescription for pre-
serving the Federal Union.
Mr.. Wiltse builds up q case which
has striking parallels to the present
situation. There was overproduc-
ton in the South and advancing
industrialism in the North. North
ern businessmen were clamoring for
protective tariffs, and there was talk
Of what might be analogous to the
recent doctrine of economic scarcity.
Calhoun, who was originally for
protection, eventually reached the
decision that the principle was un-
democratic. mo system" he wrote,
"can be more efficient to rear up a
moneyed aristocracy. It's tendency
is to make the poor poorer, and the
rich richer After. we are ex-
hausted, the contest will be between
the capitalists and the operatives;
for into these two classes 1t must,
ultimately, divide society !" He
opposed to this system the remedy
of States rights, for watching the
lobbyists working in Congress for
various interests all inspired by
greed for gain, he concluded that a
powerful central government could
not be other than corrupt. And, of
course, the lobbying to which he
had been witness eventually brought
the Union to division which could
only be stopped by war.
- The story of Calhoun's attainment
of this point of view Is the main
story Of the biography. It covers
his career as Secretary of War and
his term as Vice President. It Is
vigorously written and must consti-
tute q valuable addition to Ameri-
can historical interpretations.
Evening star., 1944-11-05
Reviewing he New Books
Best Sellers
FICTION.

Forever Amber, by Kathleen
WinSor.
The Robe, by Lloyd @. Doug
las.
Green Dolphin Street, by
Elizabeth Goudge.
The Raxor's Edge, by w. SOM
erset Vaughan.
Earth and High Heaven, by
Gwethalyn Graham.
NONFICTION.
The Time for Decision, by
Summer Welles.
The World Of Washington
Irving, by Van Wyck Brooks.
Lees Lieutenants, Vol III,
by Douglas Southall Freeman.
/ Never Left Home, by Bob
Hope.
Yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen.
Evening star., 1944-11-05

JOyeQ access TO
the records, but
he was also
there in person.
He went ashore
W ith the first
m a ri In e s who
landed on Aug
ust Z and he re-
manned u TIL
D e C e m ber 8,
1912. His book,
therefore, has a
completeness of
coverage which
goes beyond the
possibilities of
Evening star., 1944-11-05

(thOugh by no
means the usual
romance) and it
has memorable
battle s C e n e s
written with a
volume of fine
detail which can
only derive from
an authors JOY
in his technical
knowledge. But
these properties
do not end the
books In t e n
t l MS. w h q t
8 t e an Heym