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Evening star., 1944-09-24
Uncle Rays Corner

Among the soldiers in the Amer
lean Revolution was a man named
John Crockett. He had come to
the Colonies from Ireland during
his infancy. Growing to manhood,
he fought on the American side.
After the war was over, John
Crockett moved from North Caro-
lima to land near the Nolachucky
River, in what is now Tennessee.
Having been married to young
woman named Rebecca Hawkins, he
built cabin to shelter his family
AS was the custom in those days,
other pioneers gathered to help him
cut the logs for the cabin and put
them in place. AS the family grew,
the cabin was enlarged.
In the cabin a child was born on
August II, 1786, He was the fifth
son and was given the name of
David. All told, there came to be
six boys and three girls in the
family.
When Davy was about 6, he
watched from river bank while
his four older brothers and another
boy, Is, had an exciting adventure.
They boarded a canoe, but would
not take Davy along with them.
A few hundred yards downstream
there was a steep waterfall. The
boys, especially the 15-year -old
friend, knew little about padding.
Soon the canoe was seen to be
heading toward the waterfall, with
death waiting over the brink.
Il was so internal mad that they
had left me on Shore" Davy recalled
later, that I had as soon have
seen them all 60 over the falls"
Evening star., 1944-09-24
By Mary-Corfer Roberts.

without that understandable but
inartistic element Of personal wrath
which has marred so many books
on the subject and, in the long
literary view, reduced them to prop
agandist documents. It also brings
into Its coverage the fact, so often
ignored, that the prosecutions Of
the Jews have ramifications In gen.
tile society. And 1t has a deep
quality Of plausibility; the particu-
lar tragedy which it depicts is grim
enough to be one of the worst, but
Is unspectacular and, in its develop
ment, almost casual. These are
virtues which, one feels, will COM
mend the novel to readers in years
to come, to students who seek en-
ltghtenment on our time after the
times passions have grown quiet.
With 80 much to commend it, then,
1t Is regrettable to have to add that
the work also has a serious draw
back in being repetitious and clut-
tered up with details which delay its
movement. For it is good enough to
make one wish that 1t were better.
1t tells the story of an Austrian
Jewish lawyer, Stefan Simon, who
has innocently come into possession
of a file of documents containing
incriminating information about
Hitler's early life. He makes no
use of the material and, when the
Nazis demand the file, it Is turned
over to them. Notwithstanding
Simon-and all his relatives, Jewish
and WORCESTERSHIRE have knowl-
edge Of the matter are marked down
for death. This takes in a large
circle Of people which grows still
larger as friends interest themselves
in giving help. The affair Simon
spreads into France, England and
America, affecting all kinds OF
people. The author makes his tale
the more effective by not allowing
Simon himself to appear in the
story. He is just a cause, cause
of a network of good deeds and
crimes which extends over half the
world. But, though the man is kept
out Of the story, what he stands for
the victimized Jew-dominates the
entire book.
1t Is. on the whole, one Of the
really effective pieces of fiction on
the Jewish problem.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Public Library
| Book Pointers
Bv Catherine Y. Nimifz,
Music Division, Public Library.
MUSICAL FICTION.

MUSlCAL fIC1lON.
Music lovers can unearth some de-
lightful and authentic musical fic-
ton in the Public Library, Eighth
and K streets NV, o rits branches
Outstanding among all musical
novels Is Roman Rolland's titanic
Jean Christophie, whose hero in
many respects resembles Beethoven.
Tragedy and comedy alternate in
THE Constant Nymph," Margaret
Kennedy's story of the fiasco which
ensues when an unruly genius mar
ries a conventional Englishwoman.
In Concert Pitch" a story of mu-
sical life in Paris, Elliot Paul pre-
se1lts the provocative thesis that the
piano is doomed-that composers,
always the prophets" have ceased
to write for it.
Two notable novels of the opera
are "Evensong," Beverly Nichols
malicious portrait of an aging singer,
and "Of Lena Geyer," by Marcia
Davenport, who as a daughter of
Alma Gluck knows her background
well. Also entertaining is James
M. Gains wry novelette,, Career in
c Major"
Swing has not been neglected.
Dorothy Bakers fine Young Man
With Horn" was inspired by the
music of Blk Beiderhecke, trumpeter
of almost legendary face. The con-
flict between swing and the older
jazz is ably presented in Dale Cur
rams Piano in the Band"
Although Aldous Huxley's Point
Counterpart" is not, despite its
title, a musical novel, it can be rec
commended as containing some of
the most breath-taking descriptions
Of musical performances ever cap
tured In prose.
Evening star., 1944-09-24

AS it turned out, q man working
in a nearby field saw the danger.
Running to the river, he plunged In
and reached the canoe when it was
just few feet from the falls.
Pioneer boys went through dan
gers of many kinds, and it seems
that they grew up before their
years" Perhaps worst of the dan
gers were those from Indians. Both
OF Davy's fathers parents we're
killed in their own cabin by Creek
warriors. One of his uncles, who
was deaf and dumb, was captured
by Indians and held a prisoner for
II years. Then he was found and
brought back" by John Crockett.
At 13 Davy was sent to school. He
spent only four days there before he
quarreled with a boy older than
himself. After school he fought this
pupil and did good deal of damage
to his face.
Instead of returning to school next
morning he took his books and
spent the day in the woods. He
feared that the schoolmaster would
beat him as badly as he had beaten
the boy.
Again and again the lad followed
this plan, but few days later the
schoolmaster sent a note to the
Crockett home Mr.. Crockett told
his son that if he did not 20 to
school he would be whipped worse
than If the schoolmaster got hold
of him.
Fearing punishment whichever
way he turned, Davy ran away He
hired out" to help a man drive
some cattle to Virginia. Over hills
and valleys the boy trudged, and at
length reached Gerardtown.
The plan was for the man who
owned the cattle to take Davy back
home. AS it happened, however,
Davy became separated from the
man and met with many adven-
lures. He worked for one man after
another and more than once earned
a little extra money which he used
for expenses while going part way
back to Tennessee. Close to two
years passed, however, before he
got home. Let him tell the story of
his arrival one night:
Il had been gone so long and
had changed so much that the fam
lily did not at first know me. We
had all sat down to the table to
eat when my eldest sister sprang up,
ran and seized me around the neck
and exclaimed, This is my lost
brother!'
The JOY of my mother and sis
tiers, and, indeed, of all the family,
was such that it humbled me and
made me sorry that I hadn't sub
mitted to a hundred whippings
sooner than cause so much afiliction
as they had suffered on my account.
I was now almost Is years old"
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Boy Solves Mystery
Of Stamp Found in
Attic of His Home
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Henry Moncure, II, Jr.,

Radford (vaD High School
I spent a victory vacation" at
home this past summer enjoying
my hobby of mp-collecting Out
of this vacation there emerged a
mystery which came about as a
result of my shopping" in the attic
With time on my hands I decided
to improve my collection by adding
topical" and specialists stamps.
I went through my two albums and
picked out all of my map stamps.
Then took piece of poster paper
and drew world map. I chose a
scale that was as near to the ma
jority of my map stamps as possible.
Using the latitude and longitude
lines as guides, placed each map
stamp in its proper place on my
"World of Stamps" map.
While trying to get new stamps
for my United States Postage and
Revenue" collection I decided to
search through all the things in our
attic. Although l didn't find any
stamps l did uncover what seemed
to be an old metal seal, or name
stamp, picturing an eagle, stars,
arrows and leaves, with a blank
space in the middle I printed it
twice and it looked strangely
familiar
My father told me it was an old
hand stamp that his uncle had used
and had given to him. I then got
my United States Specialized Stamp
Catalogue" and turned to Local
Hand-stamped Covers" There was
this same stamp with Branch Post
Office" printed in the blank space.
The date on it was 1847. No Won
der my stamp was worn-it was
nearly 100 years old!
Some day soon I hope to find
out whether my stamp is the same
die that appeared in the catalogue
or whether hand stamps like mine
were manufactured and sold to
every one as seals
Evening star., 1944-09-24
A Visit TO the Dentist
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Helene Minovifz, II,
Truesdell School.


really brave lass for all been through
And if you hear my story, you'll think so, too.
When fall down and hurt myself, rarely
Or have to stay a week in bed don't complain sigh.
But it's quite different story must see
really felt frightened the last on me-
He called me in his little and told o
And then climbed the the ground
He took two shiny hooklike things that really
And as he real close prayed
Now mouth,
And just straight please tip your head
Right then, felt cnking he probed into mouth,
And Oh wished like anything was in own house
But then, when he had finished he gnned
You haven't thing to about teeth
Now when the dentist said this couldn't believe
But certainly felt much better and
At last chuckled to myself There's really nothing It,
] wasn't scared single bt-why, do i'll"
And when finally left air.
the happest alive leave that dentist
Evening star., 1944-09-24

In commenting on the death OF
former Senator James A. Reed OF
Missouri, many writer's have dis
cussed his career as a statesman
and politician, but few have al
luded to his profound understand
ing of bridge, which was unexcelled
by any expert. Yet he did not play
bridge even in a social way.
Senator Reeds knowledge OF
bridge was acquired in an un-
usual manner In a little family
game in his home town of Kansas
City, a husband and wife were part
ners, and controversy developed
between them. The husband COM
mitted some gross blunder, and the
enraged wife shot and killed him.
The woman was indicted for the
Staying and Senator Reed was en-
gagged as her counsel. He knew
nothing Of the game which had
caused the tragedy, but he pro-
ceeded to acquire all the books
and treatises on the subject that
he could find. He familiarized him.
self with the games rules, conven-
tions, practices and general tech
nique. With this knowledge, he
set up his defense, and players who
followed the trial were amazed at
the ability.
The result was that he was able
to convince the Jury that his client
was innocent, and she was acquit-
ted. What. he might have been
able to accomplish as player is
for he never tried the
game. But to the day Of his death,
no expert ever sought to challenge
his Interpretation of it.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Brief Reviews
MYSTERIES.

Bullets for the Bridegroom, by
David Dodge (Macmillan) Tough
doings in Reno, with a hero and
heroine trying to get married
in almost insuperable difficulties.
Pretty good.
Till Death Do Us Part, by John
Dickson Carr Harper) Crime
among England's very good society,
with country estates and garden
parties for color. So-so.
Blood Upon the Snow, by Hilda
Lawrence (Simon g. Schuster)
Grewsome doings In a strange old
house occupied by very strange
people. Pretty good.
PLACES.
Roman Towns, by Ernest Nash
(Augustin-A book of photographs
of the ruins Of Roman towns with
an explanatory text. Attractively
gotten up.
The Netherlands, by Hendrix Rie-
mems Duell, Sloan g. Pearce)-A
history Of the modern kingdom of
the Netherlands. Compact and read
able.
The Virgin Islands, by j. Antonio
Jarvis Dorrance)-Popularly writ
ten little volume on the history and
customs of the island people. Not
comprehensive but readable as far
as it goes.
Far North Country, by Thames
Williamson Duell, Sloan e. Pearce)
"A volume on Alaska, combining
history, present conditions and an
estimate Of the future. Clear, def
mite writing and thinking.
Argentina. by Henry Albert Phil
lips (Hastings-A study of the con-
ditions within the South American
republic which make her a pivotal
point in pan'American affairs. In
formative.
Contemporary Italy, by Count
Carlo Sforza Dutton) Study of
problems of modern Italy, with the
authors personal "reminiscences su-
perimposed. Somewhat confused
performance.
Treaty Ports, by Hallett Abend
doubleday, Doran)-The famous
China correspondent writes a his
torical review of trade relations be-
tween China and the West since the
late years of the 18th century. In
formative.
Evening star., 1944-09-24


have also sung on The Evening
Star radio station, WMAL, and on
WWDC. Since we've been perform
ing on the radio, we've had three
recordings made Of our songs.
On August %, we gave a recital
at the Methodist Home for the Aged,
Gaithersburg, Md. The old folks
seemed to enjoy our singing so
much, 1t was a real thrill to en-
tertain them.
Kathleen and I both had BIRTH
days during the summer, and we
gave parties to which we invited our
schoolmates. Kathleen is 8 and
Connie, S.
I think Connie harmonizes very
we'll for her age, and. of course,
Kathleen does, too. Kathleen also
is doing we'll with her piano lessons.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
lust Between
Ourselves.
BY Philip II. Lovs .

In q recent issue of The Junior
Star. Janet Hilferty, II. Hyattsville
(Md) High School correspondent,
told Of her friend Shirley Milstead's
hobby Of collecting miniature pitch
ers. The result. Janet reports, has
been an interesting correspondence
between Shirley and a 16-year -old
Reading (Pa.) girl with the rame
hobby.
Arlene Pasgrove wrote to Shirley,
explaining that a friend had sent
her clipping Of Janet's article.
Arlene has 1l0 pitchers from 13
States, and her goal, she said, is to
have the entire Union represented.
Shirley was very glad to get the
letter from fellow lobbyist" Janet
says. And since I wrote the article,
she has added four new pitchers to
her collection"
Janet, incidentally, spent part
of her summer vacation working In
the office of a Prince Georges
County newspaper. II learned more
about newspaper work." she writes,
than could have learned by read
ing 10 hundred books on the sub
ject.
But working hasn't been the
whole of my vacation" she con-
tinues. II went to Pennsylvania
for about three weeks on a farm.
And I mean farm-the closest house
was about a mile!
The daily routine was getting
up at o'clock, eating breakfast
and working out at the barn. My
chores included feeding the animals,
tying the goats to the milking stand,
milking the black heifer and put,
ting the cows in the pasture. Rid
ing up a nearby mountain several
times gave us little diversion from
the days work"
AS for the newspaper work-Janet
likes 1t so well that she has decided
to make 1t her career. She hopes
to take q journalism course at the
University of Colorado when she
finishes at HyattSv1lle.
y X X \
Beatrice Gussin, IS, of 5332 Illi-
nois avenue NV, collects auto
graphs, photographs, drawings and
postcards She especially likes to
make sketches of movie stars and
then get them autographed by the
subjects. She sent me several OF
her drawings. including this one of
Donald O'Connor:
Evening star., 1944-09-24
By Frank B. Lord.

Charles H. Goren, Philadelphia
bridge wizard, placed another wreath
in his laurel crown last week when
he won the open pair match, the
premier event of the Cumberland
Valley championship tournament
played at the Wardman Park Hotel.
His success during the past year has
exceeded that Of all competitions in
a series Of contests in different cities.
His partner In last weeks game was
q local player. Mrs. H. G. White. and
she had to be good In order to be ac-
ceptable to him. They won by a
score of 238, which was a substantial
lead over the runnerup, Joseph
Weinberg and Henry G. Cannon,
with only 216.7. Col. and Mrs. H. J..
'Vandersluis were third. with 209.8.
The tournament was the fourth
and last of the regional matches
that have been brought to Wash
ington since the first Of the year be-
cause of war conditions. All of them
expect to be returned to their home
bases as soon as the war ends and
travel and hotel accommodations
sufficiently improve.
Other events of the tourney in
cluded mems and a womens game
played simultaneously. Mrs. E. p.
Cotter and Mrs. B. E. Palmer won
first in the latter, with Mrs. Fred j.
Horn and Mrs. William e. Kennedy
second, while 1t. j. j. Parrish and
]. L. Ach were first among the men,
and Charles Shapiro and Barney
FoStet were runnersup. Mixed pair
winners were Mrs. Violet Zimmer
and Tom Wallace, 1911, with Gene
Hermann and Mrs. Irene Surguy
second, 1877, and Mrs. Sybil New
lands and L. H. Watson, jr., third,
1856.
The open pair game was an elimi-
nation match, and those who were
dropped after the first session round
played a consolation game which
was taken by w. p. Lantz and r. H.
Weber, with William Cheeks and
Mrs. Marian Barre second, North
and South, and DR.. c. c. Mcdonnell
and H. l.. Sexton first and 1t. R. A.
Ashton and Heinz Steinbach, Sec
ond, East and West.
The Federal Bridge League played
the second of its team-of- -four series
IN four divisions last Tuesday night
at the Wardman Park Hotel. The
cumulative results were:
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers
FICTION.

Let's Find Skipper, by Jeffrey
Victor, with pictures by Dauber
(Capitol)-Novelty picture book for
the very young Clever.
NONFICTION.
The Aviation Dictionary for Boys
and Girls, edited by Leslie F. Neville,
with pictures by Gregorio Presto
pino neutrality-suspicious. of the
aviation terms you'll ever need to
know in order to understand air
planes and how they work. Valu-
able.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Best Sellers
FICTION.

Green Dolphin Street, by
Elizabeth Goudge.
The History Of Rome Hanks,
by Joseph Stanley Pennell.
Strange Fruit, by Lillian
Smith.
The Razor's Edge, by w. Som
erset Vaughan.
Time Must Have . Stop, by
Aldous Huxley.
NONFICTION.
The Time for Decision, by
Sumner Welles.
Boards Basic History Of the
United States, by Charles and
Mary Beard.
Yankee From Olympus, by
Catherine Drinker Bowen.
United States War Aims, by
Walter Lippmann.
Never Left Home, by Bob
Hope.
Evening star., 1944-09-24

Great Britain, Russia, Belgium
and Cuba, as we'll as various parts
Of the United States, are represented
In Beatrice's postcard collection.
Il have more than 800 cards."
she writes, "and looking at them
makes me want to travel when am
older. The tales my mother tells
me Of her trip to this country from
Lithuania also makes me yearn to
travel"
Evening star., 1944-09-24
It Could Be Worse

By Mary Theresa SchWars, II,
Academy of the Holy Name,
Silver Spring, Md.
We always welcome holidays
And week ends, as a rule;
But think of fish, which have to
spend
Their lifetime in a school!
Evening star., 1944-09-24

Leaders for the evening were the
Government team in section A.,
which won II out Of "a boards; in
section B the 4 HIS. 1917 out of
"a, and in section c the Jeeps, 1917
out of ~ boards.
Evening star., 1944-09-24

that these Crocketts Originally
Krauses) have wrought the trans
formation in themselves because
they recognize that America offers
them the best life currently to be
had on the planet. His story is Of
how the war upsets their family
well-being and Of how they rally
round regardless. BY contrast he
gives us few professional refugees
and expatriate Americans, but in
the main his story is concerned with
the Crocketts themselves, the COM
pletely normal citizens. It is an un-
emphatic piece of work, but, as said,
its sensible realism is gratifying.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION.
By Jean He'll, II,
Jedn.


Playing the piano and harnaonzing
Kathleen and Connie and and brought
vacation Connie
Just sings AS for me play the piano for singing
months,
Evening star., 1944-09-24
The Terhoven File

By Robert Pick. (Lippincott.)
In many ways this is a very good
novel. Dealing with the sufferings
Of the Jews at the hands of the
Nazis, it presents the dreadful facts
Evening star., 1944-09-24
The Adventures of the Younq
Soldier in Search Of the
Better World

SSssSs w SssS
By c. E. M. load. Illustrated
by Ber1Dyn Peake. (Argo.)
In this satirical fantasy, British
Young Soldier listens to Sir Stafford
Cripps promising radio audience
"a better and happier world" after
the war, and then sets out to dis
cover what the world so improved
is to be like. In due order, he meets
all the solution of -the-problem boys
those who would "exterfninate"
the Germans: those who would solve
everything by government pensions,
insurance and welfare projects: the
Communists: the bureaucrats; those
who urge the improvement of So
ciety by improvement of the indi-
vidual-all of the prevailing fix-its
Since the Young Soldier Is British,
the pontificators whom he encoun-
ters are British model; one easily
identifies the individuals whose
plans, ideas and words are satiri-
cally set forth. But Americans have
their own counterparts OF these
oracles, and by only, few adapt
ations they will be able to suit the
argument to the native pattern.
What makes the satire peculiarly
good is that it almost misses being
satire. 1t does little more, indeed,
than repeat what the great minds
are saying and leaves the ludicrous
element to flourish without auctorial
assistance. Prof. Joad has obvi-
ously felt that the world revisers
are funny enough in themselves
not to need heavy caricaturing, and
very dreadfully he proves to be right
about it, too Only in one case does
he add his personal comment, and
that is a case which Americans will
find particularly pat. 1t is when
he deals with the bureaucrats. The
old-school type, he says, was an
obstructionist pure and simple-a
Red-tape Worm. But this species
has lately undergone fertilization by
Plan Worms. The product Of the
romance is something new and hor-
rible beneath the sun.
If, however, Prof. Joad has been
noncommittal in most of his de-
lineations, Mervyn Peake, the illus
traitor, has more than balanced the
account. His drawings are splen-
didly in the tradition of the great
carica t,1riStS Mot sipco Ero y,L Do M
has the reviewer seen such hearten-
ing assaults on nonsense by any one
illustrating book.
Evening star., 1944-09-24
Wow!

" QUO!
First Scout-Did you see the new
clerk at the sporting store?
Second Scout-Yes; went there
to buy pup tent, and he tried to
sell me doghouse!
Boys YMCA Marnet
Evening star., 1944-09-24

The Federal Bridge League played
the second of its team-of -four series
in four divisions last Tuesday night
at the Wardman Park Hotel. The
cumulative results were:
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1944-10-13

Staff S g t. Gleason. publicist
for the U. S. Marine Corps, visit
ed The Chief a few days ago. His
calls over the state of Montana
are confined mostly to newspa-
pers, his mission being that of
good will in which he stresses
how important printers's ink is
in waging all-out war. At this
time. we reminded Sgt. GIeeson,
political candidates are also con-
cious of dymatjc printers ink.
For sale-g used sewing
machines. from $22 so; also new
machines available; expert sew.
ing machine repairs.
Leave name and address with
Hanneman Variety Store or
write direct to US.
Singer Sewing Machine Co.
16 Fourth St. South
Great Falls. Montana.