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Evening star., 1945-12-02

view, including that of bookmak-
ing, is a new limited edition of
Rainier Maria Rilke's "Sonnets to
Orpheus and Dunno Elegies," trans
lated from the German by Jessie
Lemont and carrying an introduc-
ton by Prof. Henry w. Wells of
Columbia University. The great
ness of the poems does not need
comment. They are published here
with worthy craftsmanship and
scholarly understanding.
Ne,r and Collected Verse
Some well-known American, poets
to come out with volumes during
the past year were Robert P. iris
tram Coffin with Poems for a Son
With Wings" Robert Frost with
"A Masque of Reason" Winthrop
Bushnell Palmer with THE In
visible Wife and Other Poems" and
Robert Nathan with THE Darken-
ing Meadows" The Frost book took
the form of witty little drama on
the unmasking of God by the erst-
while faithful servant, Job. The
others were collections in the famil-
lar manners Of their authors. Mrs.
Palmer's volume won wide critical
praise, including recommendation
from the Book of the Month Club.
Two young poets Of interesting
talent to publish first volumes and
receive popular favor were Byron
Herbert Reece and Gwendolyn
Brooks. Mr.. Reece's book, called
Ballad Of the Bones and Other
POEMS" was marked by simplicity
and clarity, striking in period
when turgidity seems to be the IA
vored poetic style. Miss Brooks, a
Negro, wrote some astringent and
perceptive poems on the scenes and
personalities to be met in a colored
district in an American city. Her
book was called "A Street in Bronze
VILE"
Older poets who brought out
volumes of selected verses were
David Morton with Poems 1920
1945," Alfred Kreymborg with "Se-
lected Poems 1912-1944" and John
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Lake Erie
BY Harlan Hatcher. (BObbs-
MerriH,. $500
Reviewed by
PHILIP n LOVE

This latest addition to THE Amer
ican Lakes Series" is the equal of
the four previous volumes in both
authenticity and reliability. In
deed, if the remainder of the series
and there are three more volumes
in preparation-match the stand
ards so far established, the pub
fishers will have every reason to
be proud of their achievement.
For wnat they have accomplished
SO far is to create a small library
of regional history that is not only
well worth reading, but is of per-
manent value for reference pur-
poses.
AS in the earlier books Of the
series, this one traces the history
of the Erie country from its ex-
ploration and settlement down to
modern times. Most of the regions
development has, Of course. occurred
since the War Of 1912, in which it
was a major battle front. Always
rich agriculturally, the country's i'm
portance now is SO bound up in steel
that Mr.. Hatcher has made that
metal the theme of his story.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
From the jacket design OF
"The FireSide Book of
Christmas Stories"
The Fneside Book of
Christmas Stories

Edited by Ed,uard Wagen-
knecht. Illustrated by Wallace
Morgan. (Bobbs-MerriH; $500
Well arranged in an attractive
volume of 656 pages, we have here
A Christmas stories. It is hard to
think of more satisfactory season.
al book.
There are four headings under
which the stories are grouped. The
first is Christmas Is Christ" and
contains some of the most beloved
tales of Jesus as a Christmas bring
er The next is Christmas Is Santa
Claus; it consists of folk tales
from James Lane Allen to Roark
Evening star., 1945-12-02
The Building of the
Burma Road
Reviewed by
WILLIAM A. MILLEN
By Tan Pei Ying. (WhHtleSey
House; S275.)
Reviewed by
HARRY MACARTHUR.


1t is possible that a volume such
as this one never will have more
than a limited audience. 1t would
be too bad, however, if that audi
ence were limited too strictly by the
title, which sounds more like an
engineering treatise than anything
else. For the truth is that Mr.. Tan
has made a lively tale out of his
account of the difficulties which
were encountered in stretching this
famed lifeline for China west across
the mountains from Running. You
do not have to be a highway engi-
neer to be both entertained and in
formed by the man who built the
Burma Road as managing director
OF the Yunnan- -Burman Highway
Engineering Administration.
The fact that the construction of
the Burma Road was a tremendous
task Is we'll known to any news
paper reader. but previous accounts
nave been sketchy at best. Any one
VINO has looked down on that slim
highway, twisting its tortured way
across the jumbled southern end of
the Hlmalaya range, viii tell you
that it would have been an engi-
neering feat under the best of con-
ditions and with the best equip
ment. When you follow Mr.. Tan's
account OF the construction, in the
race OF monsoon and malaria and
landslide. always with too little
equipment and with much of the
work being done by hand, stone by
stone, you begin to feel that the
Burma Road must now rank among
the wonders Of the world.
Mr.. Tan manages to make an ad-
venturous story Of his project, 50
much so that you will end up know
ing very well how he and his engi-
neers felt when the Japs moved in
and 1t was necessary to blow up the
Salween Bridge and destroy, by
hand just as it was built, a portion
of the road.
, additional Book ReuieWs or
Page 3O.)
Evening star., 1945-12-02
The River Road
By Frances Parkinson KeyeS
Julian MeSsner;: $3.)
Reviewed by


RICHARD d. MONTGOMERY.
On the River road from Baton
Rouge to New Orleans stand giant
sugar-growing plantations. Cane
is still a great industry when Ger
vais d'Alvery returns from France a
hero, at the conclusion of World
War I, though the plantations are
down at the heel and the mosaic
disease is spreading. Gervais plans
to marry and raise family at Belle
Heloise-and his mother and sister
Cresside must be supported.
His marriage, at first a disappoint-
ment to his mother, because it is
outside of the Creole class, gains
favor with the advent of children.
He introduces disease-free Javanese
cane. He enters politics. Parallel
with his story runs that of Cresside,
her unfortunate love affair which
ends Gervais' political career when
Huey Long threatens to expose it.
Mrs. Keyes gives a vicious picture
of the late Governor.
With the coming of World War II
Gervais and his sons 60 overseas
and the family must accept change
such as has never been known on
River road.
This is long novel on which
Mrs. Keyes has used much research.
1t affords an interesting view of
plantation life and the ways of a
proud people.
Evening star., 1945-12-02

Bradford. Then comes Christmas
Is Dickens" devoted to the old
English manner of celebration. 1t is
not limited to Dickens, however,
but includes works by Mrs. Gaskell,
Joseph Addison and many others.
The last is Christmas Is Home"
and runs mainly through American
authors scattered from Louisa May
Alcott to Christopher Morley.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
Reviews of the Current Books

liner JuSIiCe OIOne ana
The Supreme Court
By Samuel J. Konetsky. (Mac-
milan; So
Reviewed by
WILLIAM A. MILLEN
URVEYING the momentous
y years of the New Deal in terms
of the Supreme Court, Rus
sian-born author, Samuel ]. Konef-
sky, now instructor in political
science at Brooklyn College, reaches
this conclusion:
whatever posterity may judge
his ultimate contribution to be, at
the moment the American people
owe Chief Justice Stone much for
helping significantly to vindicate a
more enlightened view of the judi
cial function"
Explaining that his work Is not an
attempt to paint a life-size portrait
of the Chief Justice, Mr. Konefsky
declares that "the distinctive feature
of Chief Justice Stones constitu-
tional philosophy is his effort to de-
velop methodology for the exercise
of judicial power" He adds that
personal correspondence Of the jur-
ist is lacking. so that an evaluation
Of Mr.. Stones intentions Is "at best
plausible conjecture"
But the views of Chief Justice
Stone, as embodied in the manifold
court opinions he has written, are
culled for their legal directions and
the author concludes that the jur-
lists emphasis is on the modern and
practical. The courts thinking is
mapped through the unfolding deci-
sions, erstwhile dissenting opinions
eventually becoming the view of the
majority in many cases.
Mr.. Konefsky finds that Chief Jus
tice Stone has a sympathy for the
needs of the States: that he studies
the effect of legislation, and appre-
ciates the right of the States to tax
interstate business within proper
bounds, where 1t is using their fa-
cilities.
Further. he points to the Chief
Justices fortnight outcrv against
judicial censorship of public policy
long before President Franklin d.
Roosevelt's famous plan to reform
the judiciary by enlarging the Su-
preme Courts membership. The
Chief Justices noted minority opin-
ion in analyzing the Agricultural
Adjustment Act in the so-called
Butler case; his belief that courts
are not the only agency of govern
ment that must be assumed to have
to govern and his view of
agencies as partners of
the courts in the business of modern
administration are set forth by the
writer as landmarks in the Chief
Justices evolution.
"A biographical sketch Of tie
Chief Justice, written by Charles A.
Beard, is contained in a preface to
the book.
Evening star., 1945-12-02
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Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
One Word Led to Another
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER
All the Sisters Were Suitry

NOW I'm fellow who gets around does things and finds
~ plenty of chewing gum under tables
don't claim to be expert the language pro-
fessor of reapses But when something along that
don't quzzicate look il up in the archives.
Lately I've been reading the glamour statistics and peg
description in the indictments The gals longer
sexy, svete and sylph-ke. They sultry.
That doesn't bother for a few until / read
they are all sutry and it may be catching.
So 90 to the snee.iag room OF the public library
and dig up sutry 1t means hot humid, slCelterng,
close and oppressive That just about describes 30 per
cent Of bad case Of malaria.
TT ALSO infamed passionate enraged, extremely
comfortable and gummy That's time the press agents
opened the wrong keg of nails.
There lot of those Hollywood gals who
that list of stuff without alterations They tempera
mental and touchy fngerprnt powder.
But / cannot figure how they think they being
compmented by being tagged sultry SO watch them to
what they think sultry The Is to pack
In teeth and to look sideways from under
eyelashes il the rest of the world In quarantine.
It's bit Spanish with dash Of essence of metropolis
topped off by the old fae The general effect
thing like an old cucumber trying to temperature Il
TNROM you will read about the sury until the
press agents dig up another monicker. Then sury will
be something you get your option atomized for.
Not that all this bothers any. just wanted to know
this sutry business they put capsule
form like vtamins. find out they don't and that's that
Copyright Kns
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26

BY GEORGE Z. -SOKOLSKY-

the fullest. But what matters,
so far as the American con-
sumner is concerned, is that his
aged jallopy has one or more
wheels in the grave: that II
sneezes and fumes and makes
noise like a death rattle. The
ODT keeps US off the railroads
and the OPA prevents us from
getting new cars. And they call
that reconversion.
TTIE dealer is told:
Il "In setting retail ceilings
on new automobiles, We have
applied our normal policy Of re-
quiring that wholesalers and
retailers absorb all or part OF
the increase in factory prices
within specified limitations
without passing II on to the
public.
Despite this requirement,
dealers will actually realize
considerably higher margins
than they did before the war.
The retail list prices for auto
mobiles In 1e41 permitted deal
ers q theoretical discount aver
aging about - per cent"
In other words, the dealer is
the sucker. That is how these
great minds in Washington
solve the problem OF the row
between the great automobile
companies and the great labor
unions.
And all that Mr.. Bowles'
statement means is that the
dealer in 1871 had a markup
of "a per cent. out Of which he
paid rent, taxes, statesmen and
other employees, electric light
bills. including new signs, adj
vertising, kickbacks, etc.
MAYBE he made an extra
I'l dollar or two chiseling on
used cars, but any businessman,
even the smallest. will be able
10 prove that a "a per cent
markup will produce a COM
paratively small profit.
OF course. IL the volume is
large. the small profit may de-
velop a large gross-but II
there are no cars. the overhead
will eat up everything.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
BROADWAY
RHYTHM
THE FIRST NIGHTS

CPENCER TRACY returned to
~ take his place with the the
ater's royalty via The Rugged
Path Despite dramaturgic
flaws. several reviewers agreed
Bob Sherwood's script contains
pertinent IDEAS which should be
absorbed by the mind and
memorized by the conscience.
Spencer Tracy's performance IS
indeed fine reported critic L.
Nichols.
Are You With IT, had hit
written all over its notices.
Spanked with fash and zing the
show rockets into the musical
heavens. Aisle-tenant r. Cole
man recorded: You'll have a
wonderful time.
The WOW Of the week was pro-
vided by state Of the Union"
The plays lightning dialogue
and the thunder of its timely
theme generates high-voltage
theatrical electricity. Here is
something worth seeing, hear
ing and thinking about Z.
"Skydrift," the weeks lone
casualty.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
BY DAMON RUNYON

the belief that the operators
are necessarily Chinese, even
though the lottery method itself
may be
The possibility of hoax
comes TO mind. but there are
many lotteries OF this nature
on the Pacific Coast, some of
which have been operating for
years.
They are, OF course. illegal
and the disclosure OF one on the
Atlantic seaboard would bring
the minions of the government
swarming around like bees. but
somehow the Pacific Coast
seems more tolerant toward
these enterprises. Or maybe less
vigilant.
If A lottery of the magnitude
Il suggested by the figures on
the yellow sheet is really afoot
in southern California, and the
prize money really paid out, il
could easily be unveiled by the
government agents.
Residents Of towns the size
of Orange and Newport Beach
and Alhambra and Ventura do
not gather in small fortunes
without the fact becoming
pretty generally known to their
fellow citizens.
The banks and the income
tax offices OF the West Coast
are surely aware Of the op-
eratIOns OF all the lotteries out
there. though | am not sure
that IL il the office Of either
Ia veil copper or TO disclose
their information until they
find the ID. A. pointing an in
terrogatory digit at them and
bawling. as II not a fact that
on tho thirteenth Of June this
DEFENDANT"
Or words 10 that effect.
THE Chinese lottery. OF which
L the largest is said TO be in
Oakland. differs only slightly
from the ordinary numbers
drawings which operated on a
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
Here's LOwdOwn
On Chinese Lottery

vast scale under the guise of
clubs" all along the Pacific
Coast for years, though I-be--
lieve John Law is commencing
To NOV them down in spots.
BY any name and Under any
method, a drawing Of numbers
for cash prizes or the equiva-
lent is lottery and contrary TO
the laws of the United States
OF America.
The Q o-ealisd nu m bsrs
game of New York is a lot
terry; the BoIita Of Florida 10
a lottery. Both deal to the
poorer classes, especially
Bolita.
The numbers game OF heW
York. Whieh never rsgained
its former big time racket
status after Tom DsWsy sent
Jimmy Hines quay, stdi oPsr-
atss in Harlem and etssWhers
TO some extent but IL has been
crippled by q curious eireum-
stance.
THE numbers game is strictly
L for small players, the
banks" offering the induce
ment OF what seems very high
odds for the winning numbers
when the play is reduced to
cents.
That is 10 say. when 10 cents
might win a hundred dollars or
more that was high odds and
tempting. But now that every
one has scads OF money, the
numbers players are betting
hundreds OF dollars and the
banks cannot stand of many
hits IN those terms.
Unless OF course they follow
the example of the old oper-
ators as disclosed by the Hines
trial when they had that jovial
fellow, the late "Abbadabba."
a lightning calculator. rigging
the pari-mutuel figures Of an
Ohio track 10 prevent the
banks" getting killed. And
where could they find another
"Abbadabba. - pray?
Copyright. l94s. by King estures
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
Why Statesmen
Turn Gray Early

a gray suit"
What would look the best
with q double-bressted blue
suit:"
Can I wash this tie or must
i have IL dry cleaned ?"
Take your hands eff that
tie It's mine"
do you think this would
look ss good on my husband as
\ bow tie? ."
eff John doesn't like this tie,
may I bring IL back and ex-
change it,"
CAUNT. hollow-eyed, the
" clerks clutched their worn
salesbookS. swallowed an aSpi-
rim or two. withStood the bar
rage Of these questions, and
held on. Reinforcements came
in from the sock department.
A floor walker issued An order
of the day: No salesman was TO
leave his post, no matter how
relentless the women attacked.
watched the battle for two
hours. II was as narrowing as
anything I saw in the Pacific.
When l left the salesmen
and the women had fought TO a
draw. Only the tics had lost.
They were chewed frayed,
yanked, pulled, and brow
beaten.
This country need never
worry about losing a war as
long as il has men who sell
clothes 10 women as a last line
of defense. They are invincible.
Distributed BY McSsurht Syndicate. Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
LAJ-GHS.-THAT'S
WHAT WE NEED
By HENRY McLEMORI

happening and hear What VAS
being SAID.
nURING one hull in the bonn-
~ hardment l overheard this
conversation between the ma
rine salesman and woman
who, using the tactics OF Sher-
man tank. had driven 10 an
advanced position behind the
counter.
what kind Of tie do you
have In mind ." the salesman
asked.
"My husband IL not quite 8
feet tall" she answered. What
do YOU think would look good
on him."
Madam" the salesman an
Swered shaking off half a
dozen women who had perfected
a flanking movement. "how tall
your husband is doesn't make a
great deal Of difference. The
ties are all the same length.
What color does he like"
"What color does HE like"
the woman answered madly.
What has that got 10 do with
81: I am buying this tie. II IL
what color I like that matters"
A hundred set OF hands tore
at the ties. Ties were held high
IN the air. ties were knotted
and taken 10 the light. and ties
were wrinkled and rubbed Ito
see il the material was good,
imagine) uptil IL was a wonder
the color and patterns did not
come off.
II want a tie that goes with
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
BRIGHTER
SIDE

7 HOPE some friend of mine in
i Los Angeles like w a ter
Naughton had ticket T-3949l
that at-Moa-SaeaHd-PFIze- the
October drawing OF a Chinese
lottery that seems 10 be OPP
DHrating in southern California
ecause Walter could use the
$50. 900 for tips.
The first prize in the drawing
was S55 900 which was won by
ticket Q-5lS29 held by some one
in Ventura, Cal.
I do not know any one IN
Ventura, but I hope the ticket
holder Wos some deserving
soul, perhaps a busted horse
player wondering whers he
wes going to get the price Of
his next round.robin.
The third prize of SIS 900,
Ticket B-49878, went to some
sterling citizen of Orange, Cal,
fourth prize of $4,000 to ticket
R-72584, held In Newport, Cal.
fifth prize Of $4,000 10 ticket
C-36799, held in Alhambra. Cal.
Then, according 10 a yellow
sheet printed in red and black
ink that came TO me recently.
sixth, seventh. eighth, ninth and
tenth prizes ranging from 5000
down to $1,000 went to Sacra-
mento. Wilmington, Los Angeles
and FL Monte. - =
THERE are 500 cash awards.
Il according To- the sheet OF
from 500 down 10 s., and 40
agents wards from $1,000
down 10 81, Without botherlng
10 tote up these minor awards,
j figure the total OF the 10 top
prizes at $4,000. which indi-
Gates that the gross take OF the
lottery must be very large 10
allow for such a generous allot-
ment OF prizes.
The yellow sheet diScloses no
other information about the lot
tery. no hint as 10 the operators
or the city in which il has its
headquarters, though / suspect
II Is Los Angeles.
And the Chinese lettering on
the sheet does not fool me into
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26
LET'S EXPLORE
YOUR MIND

Answer to Question No. 1

Answer to Question No.
Ito have them listen TO fire.
frequent talks by the traffic cops
This beats all the talks by
parents and teachers and the
lessons in books.
Answer to Question No. ?
2-It begins to look like II. The
1910 census showed that nearly
one-fourth of the girls aged Is
19 who had not gone beyond the
sixth grade, and 16 per cent of
those OF that age who had only
completed the eighth grade,
were married. This is twice as
many of those that age with
part high school training, and
four times as many as for col
lege girls. Thus the girls with
the least education, which on
the average means the least
brains. begin having children
long before those with the most
brains. How can our intelli-
gence help declining?
Answer to Question No. 5
3-One thousand college stu
dents we're asked 10 select the
quality they believed most VAL
liable for success. Later. 100
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26

college professors and 200 stu
dents, out of college 10 years
were asked the same question.
The investigator, DR.. Floyd L.
Ruch, ranked the answer nine
groups, according to which had
been rated most and least i'm
portant in life. understanding
ones personality problems" was
rated No. l, How 10 improve
ones own personality" was No.
2. Intelligence" wasn't even
mentioned!
Copyright. ls43. John p. Ollie Co
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-26

7 WENT into "a well known
i Fifth Avenue department
store today in search Of a tie
or two. came out with no tie.
but with a profound respect for
the statesmen who have 10 sell
masculine accessories 10 women.
! wouldn't have their job If IL
carried bank presidents sal
ary, II months vacation year
and fried chicken for lunch
every day. The only thing that
would tempt me 10 take a JOB
like, that would be a guarantee
from the Supreme Court that
Just so long as l didn't wiring
the neCkS OF more than 30 fe-
male shoppers a day wouldn't
be prosecuted.
TNHE ties I had gone 10 look
Il at had been reduced and
we're scattered about on a long.
L-Shaped counter There we're
some 200 or 300 ties on display.
and when arrived on the scene
OF action some so or 70 women
ot all ages were ahead of me.
] had timed myself 10 arrive in
the first wave. but at least II
waves Of females had beaten
me and had already established
the besChhead.
I didn't try 10 fight my way
forward 20 the counter where
the action was the hottest, but
took up a good observation po-
sition in the shirts and shorts
section. From there l could
look down and see what was