Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-05-14
By Mary.carter Rob.~,.

such farce of justice nav -.
at the end of the present Msvan
He writes, therefore, K alrs
of the inevitability Of senss,s -
extenuation to follow aftsr
and to urge us to harden orr aee
While, at the moment, ther. 4
tainly no general disposition Z 81
give and forget, there wen msr -.
and it is a healthful thing ~ y. "
people to be reminded TINT ~
Germany been treated as ! ~ 49,
ouered aggressor after yers,,. M.
the world might be at peace tcNs.,
Mr.. Creel's great argument, L ny.
the current crop of criminals r,..s
not be turned over to any s,sw
court, regular or special. nation.,
or international, but must be tudsss
by military tribunals, for which kirS
Iof Judgment there is, ne observss
no less precedent than that x
Napoleon. The procedure mus
rapid and free of legalistic bicksr.
ling. For the most part, he sugQests
the aggressors may be tried ii ths
state. city or locality in which thew
have committed their crimes, tfoush
for those on whom there are several
claims a special court can be set M
The great part of his book is d.
voted to classifying the criminals
as master minds, little Hitlers, prom.
agandists, Quislings, hooters, cor.
|rupters of youth, torturers and 90
on. The trial plan, he feels, should
be decided on in advance Of peace.
while any armistice should include
an uneouivocal demand for the sur.
render of the duly catalogued lead.
ers. Beware procrastination, is Mr..
Creers great message, for in pro-
crastination, he believes. lies the
way to another Doom and from
that to another Berchtesgaten.
/ Wanted to See
By Borghild Dahl. (Macmil-
LAM
Here is one of those "I-Conquered-
My Handicap photographs
which appeared in such numbers
few years ago. This one is more In
terestingly human than many. and
less annoyingly heroic than most.
Miss Dahl's handicap has been one
of eyesight; she is completely blind
in one eye, and has AGO vision Ia
the other. What she has been ahls
to see with that one eye has been
more than most people see with two
good ones, and she has lived In con-
slant dread of losing the sight she
has. The reader will probably share
her anguish preceding and follow
Ing a dangerous operation on that
one precious eye. Miss Dahl's frank
admission that she was terrified i,
very appealing and produces a much
stronger effect than If she had beer
big brave girl.
The life that Miss Dahl has beer
able to lead through determination
has been a. nice one, consisting ol
various teaching positions alter.
mated with years of study and som,
writing. One gets the impression
that she has had many friends whit
have been attracted to her by hel
friendliness rather than through
pity for her. Her explanations O.
how she was able to simulate nor.
mality should be of interest to any
one with visual defect.
LUCY McCLENON.
Brief Reviews
Guide to Current Books 1,
Various Fields.
r. ART.
Great American Paintings, I729
1924, edited by James Walker an,
Magill James (Oxford Universit,
Observation-Disclosures in black an,
white of 104 pictures taken from
famous collections, from Smibert t.
Bellows. A brief explanatory text.
The Story of Painting, by Thoma
Craven (Simon & Schuster)-l
very skeletonic history purporting +
extend from cave to modern art"
PLACES.
Literary England, by David
Scherman and David Wilcox Gran
dom)-Photographs of many scene
famous in the letters of England.
The Great Smokes and the Blu
Ridge, edited by Roderick Peatti
(Vanguard-One of those ecstati
volumes which finds the Souther
mountains seething with folklor
and quaintery. All right If you'v
never been there.
MOVIES.
A Pictorial History of the Movie.
by Deems Taylor, Bryant Hale an
Marcelene Peterson (Simon
Schuster)-A book of shots out @
the old pictures from THE Grea
Train Robbery" to the present. Nos
talgic.
SLEEP.
Put Yourself to Sleep, by Ma.
| Mann blue Ribbon) -The author
insomnia cure Your own risk.