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Evening star., 1945-10-14
Little Supermon
BIZ Heinrich Mann.

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Under the title Of "The Patrioteer,
this novel was first published Ii
Germany in 1911. 1 find the circum.
stance of great significance. Had
not known Of it, I would have sup.
posed that the book had been writ.
ten recently as caricature Of Hitler
Proof that the late dictator was 6
supremely typical German seems tt
lie in the fact that a novel designed
to portray the successful German
politician as a type should present
us with his virtual photograph, ever
though it was written 20 years be-
fore he appeared.
The hero of Mr.. Mann's work is
one Diedrich Hessling, neurotic, 9
maschociSt, sadist, a CRATER, a
windbag and crook. He atcnes fol-
his own utter lack of reality by stuff
ing himself with the Germanie
myths of his period, the COS, ano
bringing about the destruction oi
every one who questions thesemyths
as perfect truth. The myths them
selves are gathered from the now
famous pronunciamentoS of the
Kaiser and teach what we all know
that Germany is destined to rule
the world, that ordinary virtues
when practiced by Germans, become
German virtues and hence most
extraordinary; that all men are born
to obey God-sent masters, that So
ciety is descending series of ranks
wherein 1t is every mans duty to
work for the benefit of the next
higher and think not at all of him
self. And so on.
A Grim Forecast.
MY. Mann's purpose in the novel
was to attack the mentality of his
countrymen which allows them to
accept such manifest, nonsense, and
he seems to exceed himself in show
ing the protagonists of the nonsense
as frantic and disgusting.
In the pre-Hitler period, a foreign
reader might well have accused him
Of exaggeration, for what he makes
his Hessling do and say seems be-
yond possibility outside the walls
OF a madhouse. But now we know
better. We have seen the degen-
eracy which MIR. Mann forecast In
1911 come to its full rottenness.
The book does not have a national
scope. Hessling is a small-towr
fuehrer. AS with Hitler, he is re-
pulsive to his fellow citizens at first
but, again as with Hitler, his repe-
tition of his lies and their bigness
wins him followers and finally hys-
terra sets in, once more as with
Hitler, SO that he becomes the Local
great man. Against him there are
only few old liberals, whose pride
it is that they fought for democracy
in '48. They get the 1911 equivalent
OF concentration camp and crema-
tory-they are ostracized and for
gotten.
Quite as striking as his portrayal
OF the German political mentality is
Mr.. Mann's description of the vile
Icrudlty of German middle-class
Evening star., 1945-10-14
First Encounter
By John Dos PaSSos.
SophicdI Libraru: S2.)

This is little book which John
Dos PasSos wrote, as he tells us in
his preface, about Is years ago. 1t is
about his first war, war which he
saw while he was driving an ambu-
lance in France. Last year he took a
look at the newest world confagra-
ton, this time as a correspondent.
Seeing so many young men repeat
ing what he had been through in
his own youth, he was moved, he
says, to examine his old script and
see what he had had to say of the
experience.
1t is a curiously dated thing.
Though it has no value as literature,
it is interesting as a measure of the
change which has taken place in the
public attitude toward war. 1t is a
record of a young mans experience
from the time of his debarkation to
well into the fighting and it consists
Evening star., 1945-10-14

Auth0r OF "F1rSt Encounter"
of episodes designed to bring forth
wars waste. 1t was clearly written
in an agony of sincerity. Nonethe-
less, its tone strikes one as slightly
maudlin today.
The reader is inclined to say to
himself, Eyes, I know all that" for
the horror we felt at wars desola-
ton in the teens has become mere
acceptance by the 40s. So we leaf
along through Mr.. Dos Passos' pages
impatiently to see if he has any
thing to offer beyond the old news.
Then we find his offering, and we
are more aware than ever of the
change which mas come over us.
A Merry Go Round.
For his suggestion of the way to
end wars is also dated. He recon-
mends revolution, anarchy and the
Socialist state" Those were the
hopes of the young intellectuals of
25 years ago, and we have seen
them all, and they have only bred
more wars-bigger and worse. There
is nothing to be concluded, then,
about Mr.. Dos Passos' book except
that it is the music of the merry-go-
round. The tune changes, but the
lack OF direction remains the same
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Among
The Authors
By Carolyn Coggins

Anne Miller Downes, who wrote
"Heartwood," had highly valued
compliment on her novel the other
day from q man whose adult life has
been spent in China. The gentle
man deplored the emphasis placed
abroad by our literature and movies
on all the kinds of people whom few
of us know, or would care to know
Somehow the wrong books travel to
China-and other countries-to de-
ceive those peoples into thinking
we in the United States are an
erotic, an erratic or a shiftless lot.
The theme in "Heartwood." as the
title implies, is that the strength
in both man and trees comes from
the strong core of their being. This
idea of people with character being
able to make a good life for them
selves struck the gentleman in China
as typical of the opportunity our
country offers. He wished novels
of this type could be sent over ex-
clusively for a while, as balance
in foreign thinking.
Mrs. Downes admits writing from
a mans point of view and says she
likes meeting men, but is always a
little scared of women. While work
ing on a book she hibernates COM
pletely from week end to week end,
spending her days at the typewriter
and reading the days achievement
to her husband at night. Depend
ing on their discussion afterward,
she either goes ahead or. writes it
over. Afterward she fills the mar
gins with penciled additions all
around the little center of typing,
like making a: dolly. When she could
not get her regular typist for this
manuscript she typed all three ver-
sions herself rather than work with
a new person. 1t took over a year
to do 1t.
Literary fellowship awards are be-
ing announced again. This is the
18th year Houghton- -Miff1in has Of
fered two of 1880, each to promis-
ing writers needing financial assist
ance to complete books. One is for
fiction and the other nonfiction,
Since the money goes to men and
women who are artistically talented,
but who may be at q loss when it
comes to managing money. the ar
rangement to pay it in installments
is good one. Applications may be
sent in from November ! to the
end of this year. Write to Houghton-
Miff1in, 2 Park street, Boston, Mass
If interested it would be well to
send now for an application blank
which gives all the details.
Evening star., 1945-10-14

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Evening star., 1945-10-14

manners-the greed at table, the
beer-swilling, the thrifty use of soap,
the coarseness of conversation. In
these matters, as in the main theme,
the foreign reader might suspect
him of exaggeration. But with the
main theme proven to the hilt and
then some, one hesitates. He OBJ
viously knew his Germans. What
he seems to say is that, about them,
eXaggeration was impossible.
Evening star., 1945-10-14
Best Sellers

according to Publishers weekly
-NATION-WIDE-
FICTION.
1st-The Black Rose, Thomas B. Co.'S
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3d-so We'll Remembered, James
. Hilton.
4sh-A Lon Lock- Is hanaisy' in ahs Streets Adria
5th--The World, the Flesh and
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Evening star., 1945-10-14
The Unquiet Grave
By Palinurus cyril Connolly.

BY PdLinurnS (CyrH ConnoHV.
(Harpers; s250J
In this collection of meditations
and aphorisms Cyril Connolly, editor
Of Horizon, offers the public some
exquisite and some tiresome fare.
An admirer, an admitted disciple of
Pascal, he has obviously undertaken
to follow his masters steps. He
has SET out to write a volume of
philosophical thoughts-the futility
of man, the need for religion, the
difficulty of faith, the melancholy
shortness Of life. With polish and
wit, taASugh without any particular
originality, he achieves this end.
Mingled with his philosophical OBJ
servation, however, are numerous
personal observations as to his own
individual unhappiness-he is the
most earnest Of pessimists. These,
for some reason or other, seem more
funny than anything else. We have
q had so much of this soul scrutiny
lately, this removing of possibly in
teresting spiritual garments to dis
play quite uninteresting spirits be-
neath-it may be that Mr.. Connolly
suffers from the number of his
predecessors. But at any rate I,
for one, find the humorless quest of
psychic nudity no more entertaining
than any other lack of humor. I
admit that he may deserve a better
verdict.
Evening star., 1945-10-14
TheGho and Mrs. Muir
By r: A. Dick. (ZiT-Dauis;; !;


Something like a greatly refined
variation of the Topper" school of
fiction is this little novel by r. A.
Dick. 1t tells of a young widow,
: much harassed by domineering rel
atives-in-law, who moves into q
haunted cottage and finds unex-
pected moral support in the resident
ghost. That is the spirit of Can't.
Gregg, a robust sea dog with a
nobly chiyalrous nature. He be-
gins by annoying the little woman
because he does not want a tenant
in his home, but presently becomes
interested in her plight and helps
her through her trials with wise
advice. That, helped out by the mild
ly humorous complications which
arise from lady's keeping COM
pany with an invisible friend, is
the novel. 1t is a pleasant thing,
!. which you can read without q yes
tige of social-conscience trouble.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
Lynn Says

Kitchen Time Savers: When
preparing meals, do as many
things In advance as possible,
using those extra moments prof
itably.
Dry ingredients for breads and
mullins or biscuits can be mixed
ahead Of time. s =
Puddings, custards, gelatin des-
serts and cookies can also be
made few days in advance.
Vegetables may be cleaned.
but they should not be pared.
sliced or cut until ready to cook
or serve as they may lose vita
minis.
Salad dressings and sandwich
filings can be tossed together
ahead of time to speed up meal
preparation.
All partially prepared foods
should be placed in the refrigera-
tor for safe keeping.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28

slowly until flesh is firm or sepa-
rates easily from the bone. Lay
carefully on platter. Strain liquid,
let heat, add -four dissolved in the
cream and let cook until smooth.
The cream may be omitted and the
sauce thickened by adding liquid
gradually to the yollks Of two eggs,
well beaten. Pour over fish and
serve hot, garnished with parsley.
If you want to serve a really ele-
giant fish dinner to your guests, then
this is the main dish to try:
Halibut and Shrimp a la Newburg.
(Serves 6 to 81
PartI.
III pounds halibut
2 slices onion
eggs, separated
" teaspoon paprika
Part II.
~ pounds boiled shrimp
2 cups white sauce
Cook fish In boiling salted water
with onion until tender (use / tea
spoon salt to l quart boiling wa
ter). Drain and shred. To one cup
Of the hot white sauce, add stiff1y
beaten whites and the shredded fish.
Place in center of hot platter and
set in oven with oven door open.
Break shrimp into small pieces. Add
to remaining white sauce and grad
uA1ly add to beaten egg yolks mixed
with a little cold water. Add the
paprika, heat well and place in bor-
der around halibut and serve at
once. -
II friend husband brings home
duck, then you will want to prepare
1t thus:
Sportsman's Duck.
Just before using, cut of wings,
head and feet. Remove feathers
dry. SINCE with fame. Draw, wash
well and dry thoroughly. Season.
Roast in a very hot (500-degree)
oven for IS to 20 minutes. The meat
should be bright, cherry red. Serve
With currant jelly and wild rice.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
Average Citizen
Has Answer to
National Welfare

There is considerable difference Of
opinion with regard to the attitude
civilians will take during the next few
months. Their attitudes will largely
determine whether we have a recession
Of several months duration and the
extent Of the recovery from such a
recession. One group thinks that in
spite Of lower incomes based on a
shorter work week, civilians will have
more leisure and spend more.
This group would expect a brisk
trade based on free spending. Impor-
tant segments of the federal govern
ment would seem to favor policies that
would lead to free spending accom-
panied by what might be termed con-
trolled initiation. The other group ex.
poets people to be cautious and un-
willing to spend their accumulated sav.
ings.
The committee for economic develop
ment has issued q report which gives
business mems estimates of postwar
markets for manufactured goods. These
estimates are optimistic The commit
tee points out that the postwar years
can roughly be divided into three Pc
riods: first, short period Of reconver-
sion, which may last through 1915;
second, from 1916 or early 1947 for
year Of deferred orders, and the last
period of self-sustaining.
Although Secretary Anderson indi-
Gated that meat rationing was on the
way out, possibly matter Of months,
storage stocks are relatively low, and
1t Is expected that the strong demands
for meats will be maintained long
enough to absorb the rather heavy
movement Of cattle and hogs that is
anticipated during the fall and early
winter months Range conditions have
been excellent, and cattle men report
that the ranchers are in a mood to
carry larger than normal supplies of
range cattle over winter rather than to
sell them at substantial discounts from
present prices.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28

attack field crops, man, livestock and
trees. These included codling moth,
cabbage looper, catalpa sphinx, cotton
boll-worm, cotton nea-hopper, eastern
tent caterpillar, elm back beetle, green
striped maple worm, gypsy moth. horn
flies on cattle, japanese beetle, Lygus
and four other kinds of sucking bugs,
mimosa webworm, pine sawflies, pink
bollworm, spruce budworm, velvet
bean caterpillar, vetch bruchid, white
fringed beetles, mosquitoes, bedbugs,
three kinds Of lice on man, and house.
flies and fleas in buildings.
A Good Insectieide
For Postwar Home
Brig. Gen. Simmons, army medical
corps, has said: "DDT will exceed even
penicillin in its ultimate usefulness and
will prove to be the outstanding med
ical advance made during the war"
One Of the newest products Is paint
containing DOT to be used on walls of
kitchens, dining rooms and in institu-
tions. Other industrial uses have been
found by busting with a 10 per cent
and other places where cockroaches and
other insects stay.
DOT will eliminate the bedbug prob
lem in hospitals, as well as in private
dwellings. 1t may be applied as five
per cent spray or as a 10 per cent
powder to both sides of the mattress
and springs. It also provides freedom
from flies and mosquitoes In hospitals.
The new aerosol bomb, which releases
the DOT as an aerosol-a cross between
a fumigating gas and an ordinary fly
spray, is excellent for this purpose. A
power spray may be used in applying
five per cent DOT solution.
Just as it is proving effective on the
agricultural and industrial front, and
as 1t saved lives on the war fronts,
DOT has started to contribute to the
health Of the home front. The story
of spraying for mosquitoes against ma
laria Is well known.
Painting door and window screens
with five per cent solution Of DOT
in water or kerosene leaves an insecti-
cidal residue that will kill every fly,
mosquito or other insect lighting there
within the next several months, the
q. 8. department Of agriculture reports.
A five per cent solution of DDT in
kerosene sprayed on floors or over rugs
eliminates the flea nuisance. A hand
sprayer is adequate. By spraying deep
into cracks, the DDT will remain toxic
to these insects for several weeks.
A ten per cent powder applied to
cracks with a small hand duster can
be depended on to kill any brown dog
ticks that may be hiding there.
Baseboards. especially those that
have worked loose from the wall, af-
ford excellent breeding places for bed
bugs, cockroaches and brown dog ticks.
DDT is sure death to these pests. A
hand sprayer, held close to the open
ing, will send the insecticide, a five
per cent solution in kerosene, down
where the insects are concealed, or a
large duster, of 10 per cent powder,
may be used.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
REoRGANlZE FARM
MARKETING AGENCY

Consolidation Of more than 4 dozen
offices and agencies Of the Department
Of Agriculture into q new Production
and Marketing Administration has
been announced by Secretary Of Agri-
culture Clinton P. Anderson. The new
Production and Marketing Administra-
ton tPMA) is now headed by Under
Secretary Of Agriculture John B. Hut.
son, and is made up Of 10 commodity
branches, Q other branches, the Com
modify Credit and Federal Crop In.
surance Corporations.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
Lynn Chambers POint-Saving
Menus

Roast Duck Drowned Potatoes
Slvered Carrots and Green Beans
Green Salad with
Blue Cheese Dressing
Cherry Tarts Beverage
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
People Make Fun of
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a t how good
striped bass can
taste when pre-
pared by boiling
and served with
mustard mayon-
naise. Here's the
way to do it:
Browning chief., 1945-09-28

but we know very
little about sea-
soning and cook
ing fish and fowl
to make them de-
Hcious.
Perhaps this is
because we had,
Browning chief., 1945-09-28

Mustard Mayonnaise.
l egg yolk
teaspoon salt
l teaspoon dry mustard
n teaspoon sugar
" teaspoon paprika
Pinch Of cayenne
2 tablespoons lemon juice
l cup salad oil (about)
" cup finely chopped chives
Beat egg yolk with rotary beater
until it is thick and lemon colored.
Mix the seasonings and add to the
egg yolk, beating well. Add l table,
spoon of the lemon juice and con-
tinue to beat well. Begin to add the
oil, about half a teaspoon at a
time, beating steadily as you add.
As mixture thickens, the remain
ing lemon juice may be added. Add
oil sufficient to make a rich, thick
dressing. Add chopped chives. Store
in cool (not freezing) temperature.
Redsnapper is a tasty fish which
you will like prepared this way:
Redsnapper With Tomato Sauce.
(Serves 6 to 81
pounds redsnapper
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter or substitute
cup strained tomato
2 onions, sliced
l carrot, diced
Celery and parsley root, diced
cup sweet cream
l tablespoon -four
Clean and bone fish. Add salt and
pepper and let stand for several
Browning chief., 1945-09-28

Boiled Striped Bass.
(Serves to ~
3 to ; pound striped bass
! carrot, thinly sliced
! onion, thinly sliced
l teaspoon salt
I bay leaf
i teaspoon freshly ground pep
percorns
; or 4 celery leaves, minced
l teaspoon minced parsley
u cup white vinegar
l to 2 quarts boiling water
Clean and prepare fish. Into a
shallow roasting pan, place carrot,
onion, seasonings, vinegar and boil
ing water. Bring to a boil. Place
fish m water. Simmer gently IS
minutes, then remove from over
heat and allow fish to poach an ad-
ditional 10 minutes. Remove fish
from liquid. Drain. Arrange on
heated platter with a garnish Of lem
On and watercress. Serve with:
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
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When exeess stomach add causes painful. suffoeat-
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prescribe the fsstest-aetinR medicines known for
ymptomaic relic + medicines like thosein Bell.sns
Tablets. No laxative Bell-ans brings comfort In Q
fffy or double your money back on return Of bottls
b n. 26e 1t all druggists.
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
Ways With Fish, Fowl

Most of US know just how to pre-
pare meat to delicious perfection,
Browning chief., 1945-09-28

because we had, ~
until few years ago, ample guam
titles Of meat coming our way. Now,
we are finding that these meat sub
stitutes can be truly appetizing in
their own right.
The purpose of this information is
to give you some very special ways
to tuck away in your mind (or
recipe box, If you prefer not to trust
to memory for preparing these 9TH
er good protein foods.
Native spices are used in prepar-
ing this duck dinner which I am
sure you will find perfectly de-
Ncious:
Duck Cooked the French Way.
I duck
Salt and pepper
Sprig Of thyme
Sprig Of marjoram
Sprig Of winter savory
Spris Of rosemary
blade of mace
Few peppercorns
Y cup water
2 tablespoons butter
Yolks Of s eggs
/ onion
Clean and wash duck. Rub over
with salt and pepper and place in
hot oven. Roast until a delicate
brown. Remove duck from oven
and cut it in pieces. Place in a stew
pan, water, spices and onion cut in
half. Stew gently until meat is ten
der. Add the butter to the gravy
and stir in well-beaten egg yolks.
Pour over the duck and serve.
You would be pleasingly surprised
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hours. Place on
ions, carrot, cel-
cry and parsley
In kettle with l
quart cold water.
Let boil, then add
fish, whole or in
slices, and the
butter and toma-
toes. Let cook
Browning chief., 1945-09-28
Washington Digest
Miracle Insecficide -
DDT Not a Panacea
New Deadly Bug Killer Has Effective Use
But 1t Also Has Its Limitations and
Danger When Improperly Used.

(ED!TORS NOTE This is guest column written by Winfield j.
Dryden WNU Staff Correspondent and prepared Bakhaee
whose column generally epeeas in this space each xeekl
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