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Evening star., 1946-03-31
Cousin From Fiji
By Norman Lindsay. (Rando

By Norman L1ndSdy. fRdnd0m
House; $780,
Novels about wacky families being
still in vogue, this book ought to
have a good public. Its particular
wacky family is presented against
an Australian background, to be
sure, but there is not a great deal
otherwise to distinguish it from the
generality of it's kind. 1t has a
lovely and irresponsible mother,
very vague about money. 1t has a
ferocious old grandmother. 1t has
an enterprising brat of a daughter
1t has friends and collaterals with
names like Polwiddle, Domkin and
McDungle. Everybody treats every
one else with airs of great superior
ity and the plot sways between slap
stick farce and heady romance. On
the whole. it is what they call light
reading. I found it pretty good
example of the type.
Evening star., 1946-03-31


two daughters are young ladies and
she has been married to Mr.. Mac
Donald only two years.
In the meantime, she has told
stories about the chicken farm days,
and retold them, until they were
polished and perfected by the time
she wrote them into the story. Pos
sibly this merging of fact and fancy
to entertain carried her away in
some things, for old timers feel she
maligned the Indians. They are
sorry about that. But there is a
great deal of pride up here in one OF
them producing a book which is at
the very top of nonfiction lists all
over the country.
Evening star., 1946-03-31
NINA PEMBERTON,

Two Mirrors" is somewhat sor-
did psychological study in which a
mans love for his dead sister has
nullified and atrophied his character
and his ability to fend himself
He is saved only when a sudden
brazen challenge goads him to steal
his half brothers wife as the living
warm and earthly counterpart tc
the fruitless and frustrating mem
cries of his sister Mary.
It was to Mary he turned fol
guidance, companionship, menta
stimulation. For him there was nc
other woman in the world. He i.
a man of insufferably weak charac-
ter, with a maddening trait OF
aloofness. After Mary's death he
goes to live with his half brother
who owns a sheep farm in Pata.
gonia. Williams brother has q
Criollo wife, Anatilde. It is in these
bleak, cold and unfriendly surround
ings, where every man has a story
to tell, but none cares to have his
story known, that William Edmett
is shaken out of his cloud world. He
does not make a runaway match
with his brothers wife after all
but is told he can take her ano
good riddance to both.
There is nothing warm or appeal
ing about the style of this book
and the irony which prevails
throughout becomes monotonous.
Peter de Polnay has lived and
Travelled extensively in Europe anc
this book along with several others
is impregnated with foreign wit
ticisms, which may appeal more tt
those who know the continent OF
Europe and the habits of its people
than to those who do not.
Evening star., 1946-03-31
ONE WORLD OR NONE
Whittlesey House, McGraD-
Hill Book Co, ST.
Reviewed by
THOMAS r. HENRY.

k1oMho ~. 11ClNIt1.
The impact of the atomic bomb
on the emotions of the world was
stunning.
For the first time in human his
tory man found in his hands power
of new order of magnitude unlike
anything known before. The bomb
ing of Hiroshima was not compare
BILE to the frst use of gun powder
the first use of the airplane, the
first use of the submarine All these
were introduced gradually from
crude beginnings, representing al
first very little improvement over
the weapons which had preceded
them. The first weapons fired by
explosives, for example, were ne
better than bows and arrows. The
atomic bomb, by contrast, repre-
sented as great jump as If com.
plete Flying Fortress loaded with
500 pound bombs had appeared ovel
the heads of the archers at Crecy.
Here there was no gradual de.
velopment. Very little had beer
written between the first announce
ment of the splitting of the uranium
atom in The Evening Star of Jan
uary 13, 1899, and the War Depart
ment release on the bomb itself
1t will be a long time before tn,
Evening star., 1946-03-31
SOPHUS WINTER

The University of Washington has
numerous professors on their faculty
who are professional writer's as we'll.
sat at lunch with one on each
side of me one day. Sophus Keith
Winther has written three novels,
trilogy group really. Another will
come out in a matter of months,
Beyond the Garden Gate" which
refers to Adam and Ewes actions
suited to those words. However, the
setting Of his story is in Oregon.
Evening star., 1946-03-31

Her Husbands House, by Cath
crime Pomeroy Stewart (Scribner's0
Colorful tale based on the marriage
of an American girl to an Italian
nobleman in the between-the-wars
period.
IN Line of Duty, by Francis P.
Scannell. CHarper's.) A war novel
in which a group of seven American
soldiers stand in hazard in the
South Seas while the author gives
the history of each by means of
flashbacks. A we'll established war
novel pattern.
Evening star., 1946-03-31
Brazil Is Settinu
For Sordid Story

ANGUISH

By Grnciliano Ramos. Trans
lated from the Portuguese by
L. c. Kaplan. (Knopt;; $780,
When piece of creative writing
Is taken out Of the context of the
society which gave 1t birth, it is
necessarily subjected to a relatively
severe judgment. In It's native
frame it may be part Of literary
movement. symptom Of a cultural
direction, and so have contemporary
significance which is beyond its in
dividual merits. Put before readers
who are not cognizant of that frame,
however, 1t has to stand on its own
goodness. A critic cannot view it
in any other way. The ideal solu-
ton, which would be for critics to
be aware of all literatures with as
much understanding as they bring
to their own, remains in the field
of the ideal. 1t is not possible of
application. For a critic is, in es-
sence, after all, just one pair of
eyes.
But, even if 1t were possible physi-
cally to read the whole contempo-
rary literature of the civilized world,
it would not be possible also to
understand the literary situation in
every country. One has only to
note the strange values put by for
eign critics on our own written works
to realize that. Understanding of
a particular literature as a reflec-
ton Of particular society demands
experience with the society. There
fore, critics word on any work
|of literature which is foreign to him
has to be based on absolute literary
values rather than on contempo-
rary. And this obviously makes for
a Severer judgment than most work
deserves. For the absolute literary
values are the very high court. One
does not invoke them often. Sell
dom indeed does the working re-
viewer come on a book for which
the use of their awful standards is
relevant.
With this for prelude I turn to
the present Brazilian novel. The
contemporary literary scene OF
Brazil comes to me only in transla-
tions which are few and erratically
chosen. I cannot claim acquaint-
ance with its broad picture. 1 can
only look at Graciliano Ramos
book, therefore, with foreign eyes
1t may be that it represents some
thing uniquely significant in its own
setting, but to an American, it is
so dated as to have a downright
formality. 1t is the sort of novel
which was fashionable with us 20
years ago and 1t is so completely
of that form that one knows, from
its very beginning, exactly what
line it is going to take.
1t is stream of consciousness
tale designed to show the frustra-
ton of little man." as the type
has, come to be called. 1t gives us
a minor government employe and
has him tell how his desire for a
young girl led him into debt, theft
and murder 1t relates this sordid
tale with every conceivable detail of
sordidness; it revels in descriptions
of physical dirt and ugiiness with
something like exhibitionistic frenzy.
To read it is to be almost constantly
sickened. Yet the rapture with
which the author filings himself on
the garbage pile has nothing Of
spontaneity in it. On the contrary,
as I said, the dominating feeling
which one gathers from the book
is of its adherence to pattern.
Even so, 1t accomplishes its pur-
pose. which is to present the dread
Evening star., 1946-03-31

full mentality Of
the human be-
ing who in the
present socia a |
structure has no
hope of material
a d v a n c e n1ent
and no faith in
any other. form
of h p p iness.
The young gov
e r n m e mt en-
ploye is poor
When you have
ozsl {L,} .-~r
Evening star., 1946-03-31

Donald. She is,
fro m reports,
vivacious, smil-
ing, unchanged
by her success
and is a hand
full. The tall,
handsome, dark
Scotsman W h o
is her husband
is not the Bob
in the book. The
d avs on the
chicken far m
she writes about
happened about
20 years ago. In
Evening star., 1946-03-31
Reviewed by
RENA LEVANDER.

Prof. Lavrin has only one song to
sing about Tolstoy: He is "a tragic
example of a giant who became
afraid of his own exceptional nature
and wanted to throw off it's burden
by merging with the ordinary and
the anonymous. Unable to recon-
Evening star., 1946-03-31

have described him. He is witho-'t
enlightenment or spirituality. He is
an animal and a degraded e .cs of
wealth and fame in his heaven. His
reality is the horror of vulgarity
frustrated.
Beyond doubt, it is type which
is much with us-one need not know
Mr.. Ramos country to recognize his
hero. His literary method, however,
among us, would be too dated to
bring the portrait much significance
NC. r.
Evening star., 1946-03-31
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Evening star., 1946-03-31
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Evening star., 1946-03-31
Two Mirrors

By Peter De Polnay. (CreatiDe
Age Press; S2.75.)
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Stephens Rejects New Posque|
Offer With Suit Threatened

ell, manager of the Browns, who said
the head of the Mexican loop plead
ed: you come down here right away
and bring him back" Sewell said
he replied, "If you want to see me.
you come up here You say you are
a busy man, I am pretty busy. too -
The telephone conversation was
recorded.
+ 1n Mexico City. Pasquel said
he would sue Stephens for $780,
600 damages for having broken
his contract
Stephens said he was happy to
get back to the United States.
When he made up his mind to
return to his native land, he did
1t in a hurry. 1t was in such a
hurry that he was afraid to take
time to pack his clothes. He just
wandered into San Antonio, with
his wardrobe on his back, a pair of
pants, shirt, some shoes and socks.
Il was afraid they might do some
thing to stop me-" he said, 80 l
Just hustled out of Monterrey and
got to moving"
Stephens indicated that he and
the Browns had reached a COM
promise on their salary difficulties
Meanwhile, Stephens was wearing
"a suit belonging to his manager
Luke Sewell, a suit that is a few
sizes too large for him, but which
Luke is very. very happy to lend
lease.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
AAU Mat Title Goes
To New York A.C.
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, April 6. - New
York A. C. wrestlers won the ma
tional AAU team title tonight, scor-
ing IT points.
The New Yorkers won two indi-
vidual titles in the 10 divisions and
placed second in two.
Alameda. Calf, MAS took second
with l3 points, followed by the
Baltimore YMCA with 10.
Douglas Lee of Baltimore YMCA,
who scored four falls in as many
appearances and took the 165-pound
title for his fourth national cham
pionship, was voted the outstanding
wrestler.
Arlie Curry, 18-year-old high
school senior Of Tulsa, Okla, won
the 115-pound title. Dick Hauser,
Waterloo Gowa) schoolboy, took the
121-pound crown.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Gala Sailing Season
Seen, With Opening
Set for April Il

Washington area sailors launch
their annual racing season April 81
off Hams Point with twin "warmup"
races, officials of the Potomac River
Sailing Association announced yes
terday.
The following Sunday, the first
two of IL races in the spring series
will begin. The series closes June l.,
with two races tentatively slated that
week end at Gunston Cove.
With every indication of the big
gest season in years, sailors start
racing several weeks earlier than
during the war. Reasons for this
are Cd a desire to return to the
prewar custom of ending spring
racing on the Potomac in time for
shippers to move over to the Chesa-
peake for the summer and CD to
wind up the series with the tradi-
tional regatta at GInston over
Memorial Day.
All during the war, no Memorial
Day races were held, and few sailors
were able to get over to the bay
because of gasoline rationing.
Accordingly, officials say there
may be no summer series in WASH
ington. However, there will be the
regular fall series, which will begin
following the Presidents Cup
Regatta late in September.
The association is estimating a
fleet of 40 boats during the spring
and said races will be scheduled for
Chesapeake 20s. Comets, Lightnings,
Penguins, handicap boats and Stars.
Officers elected at a recent meet
ing we're: George A. bankers, jr.,
commodore; Charles Runyon, vice
commodore; Writ A. Gill, secretary,
and John Burroughs II, treasurer.
Fleet Capt. Les Wright has called
a special meeting of the local Comet
class, to be held tomorrow at 8:15
pm. in Capital Yacht Club. Russ"
Parker is fleet secretary. Plans for
the coming season will be discussed
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Club S An-Sfar Cast
Gains Luster With
Former Marines

A couple of ex-Marines signed UP
with the Redskins yesterday, lend
ing even more of an all-star cast
to the Eastern pro-champs' setup
The newcomers are Johnny Kovatch,
tall, dark and sure fingered end, a
veteran of the AZ championship
team, and Phil Awesh, a fleet half
back.
AWesh, Duquesne alumnus,
worked out with the Tribe in spring
training at College Park several days
last week and impressed Coach
Turk Edwards by his all-around
work. He is a triple-threater in
every sense and includes kicking off
and booting of extra points and field
goals among his accomplishments.
Graduating from Duquesne in
1912, Awesh, a Syrian, entered the
: Marine Corps soon after and served
43 months, rising from a private to
captain. He saw service on Okinawa
and Guam with the Marine Sd Corps
Artillery. Since his discharge he
has been teaching algebra and
coaching the wrestling team at
Canonsburg Pa) High School.
: There was some doubt whether he
would give up that berth for pro
: football but he finally capitulated,
signing a 3-year contract.
Awesh Hard Hitting Back.
AWesh is feet IL inches tall,
scales 100 pounds, and is a rugged,
hard-hitting back. Some Redskins,
after watching him in action, say
he is a better thrower than Frank
Filchock, who was traded to the
New York Giants, and more re-
liable place-kicker than Joe Aguirre
who jumped to the Los Angeles
Dons.
Kovatch was discharged from the
Marines only last Thursday at
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
He flew to Washington Friday and
signed a two-year contract after a
brief conference with President
George Marshall. The time
Notre Dame star said he had re-
ceived several attractive offers from
All-America Conference teams, but
decided his future was brighter in
the National League.
Kovatch Proves Worth.
Kovatch quickly established him
self as a. top-fight end on the AZ
team when he alternated at end
with Ed Cifers. His pass catching
was q feature of the Tribes offense
that season and he had no superior
defensively. He served on Guam,
Saipan and most of the other Pa
cific islands that felt the Marines
imprint.
Koyatch weighs 200 pounds, IS
more than when here last, and it
isn't fat. He stands 6 feet 8 inches
and although he hasn't touched a
football since, donning his Marine
uniform, looks ready to pick up
where he left off.
Kovatch and his wife left last
night for Chicago. He expects to
do little work with football be-
fore reporting to the Los Angeles
training camp in August, but does
not think he'll need much to get
ready for the As campaign. L. F.A.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Ten Teams Indicated
For Alexandra Loop

With nine teams indicating an
interest in the league, final plans
for an Alexandria unlimited dia-
mond circuit will be made tomorrow
night at 7:30 at the Swimming Pool
Building. 1910 Cameron street. Of
fcers will be elected and applica-
tions for franchises accepted.
Teams will be required to post a
$4,000 franchise fee, in addition to
a $500 forfeit bond.
Lyles Florist, Del Ray, Virginia
Electric Power, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Linconia, Falls Church, Alex
andria Boys Club, Rosebuds and
Chauncey's Market, have applied for
franchises. At least one more team
may come in.
Officers who will supervise the
circuit will be chosen from among
such we'll known sportsmen as Nick
Colasanto, Les Devers, John Ewald,
Slim Giles, Ed Harlow, Herbert
knight, Bob Posey, Bill Topping,
John Travers and Jack Tulloch.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Tribute to Memory
Of McCuIIum Paid

Honoring the memory of WAL
ter McCallum, golf writer of The
Star who died last week, mem
bers of the public golf clubs Of
the District have adopted
resolution expressing their ap-
probation of his services and his
talents in the interest of the
sport.
The clubs noted that Mr.. Nc
Callum had been a friend and
supporter of public links golf,
and that his personal friend
ship with national stars of the
game attested to his high stand
ing among its players. Tribute
also was rendered his career as
a war correspondent, to which he
turned when the great decision
in history was being made on
battle-scarred fields of Europe.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Bay Ydchtsmen Extend Formal
Recognition to Delta Cruiser

skipper in the class based on num-
ber of races sailed. The Deltas.
which now number about % on the
Bay, are sailing yachts under 20
foot rating.
The Advisory Committee voted
to adopt standard scoring forms
to be made available to all mem
Der clubs for use at their regattas.
Forms were drawn up by James j.
Faye of Ottoman, Va.
Robert WEIGH of Millersville, Md,
was named an alternate measurer
for the association, to work under
Chief Measurer James Speer of
Baltimore.
Annapolis Sailing Club, Annapo-
lis, Md, was admitted to member
ship in CBYRA, subject to ratifca-
ton by delegates at their annual
meeting to be held in Baltimore
next December as guests of Gibson
Island Yacht Squadron.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
Industrial Diamond
Loop Opens May11

The Industrial Baseball League
will launch its 18th season May II,
with Cameo Furniture battling Heu-
rich Brewers on the West Ellipse
in the curtain-raiser. Opening day
plans. as well as arrangements for
the annual title series, were dis
cussed at a meeting of league off,
cials and team managers last week.
Bill Flester again heads the cir
cult, with Jack Kreamer serving as
secretary. Rival managers in the
opener will be Pop Lowe, heading
Cameo, and Ralph Bennie, who
again will lead the Brewers.
1t. Comdr. Schmidt will pilot
Naval Receiving Station. Joe Powell
is managing Naiman Photographers,
with Jim Early handling the Mount
Pleasant Boilermakers.
All games. excepting Naval Re-
ceiving Stations S home engagements,
which will be played on the base,
will be played on the West Ellipse.
Until August league games will be
played every week day. Action will
be divided into two halves, with the
winners meeting in a three-game
title series.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
BY the Assoeiofsd Pres.

AUSTIN, Tex, April 6.-The Uni
versity of Texas led the university
college-service class of the 18th
Texas Relays today but bowed to
the Oklahoma Aggies in producing
the outstanding performer of the
big track and field carnival.
Rangy Ralph Tate, the Oklahoma
Aggies' versatile star, won both the
high hurdles, in which he upset
August Erfurth of Rice in IA Sec
onds fiat, and the broad jump, in
which he beat out Texas John Rob-
ertson with leap of "a feet 95s
inches, to be named the outstand-
ing athlete of the meet.
Texas. which won the 100-yard
dash, in which Allen Lawler OF
Texas upset Baylor's Bill Martinson
the favorite, and the half-mile re-
lay, rolled up 24A points as the
leader of the university college
service division.
There are no official point totals
In the relays. But based on five
points for first, three for second
two for third and one for fourth
Texas was 8l4 points ahead of Kan.
sas at the finish.
University college division.
Oklahoma A, q N; SECOND, Erfurth; Rice
White, Texas A. g. M Time, OLA.
l0o-yssrd dash-Won by Lawler; Texas.
Rice: fourth, shurr, Texas Time, :. -.
3000-meter run-Won by Feiler. Drake
second. Johnston, Tulane; Third. Wall
State. Time. s:5s.a. ~ ~ ''A
Kadera. Randolph Field. As feet So
inches: third Robson. Kansas, 45 feet 81
inches; nac es fourth Hansen. Nebraska A fee
- Shot eAisi Put-won by Thompson, Cam,
Grant as, M 45 feet h, g: s.osa tnfhef s:sond
State. 8 feet 1 inches: third, Haws. Texa.
A.; q NJ, feet 2 inches; fourth, tie be.
Oklahoma % 4. q sa NJ cofimsn. s'f Rice; 0es CAV
mar. Oklahoma: Rowe. Texas; Underwood
Texas 4. and M; Gardner. San Houston
Javelin Throw-Won by Lowther. Loui
siana State, 1877 feet .3ha inches; second
Grote, Nebraska, 1872 feet 4 inches; third
s co4pus Se ehIs fist nihs s.Vs s Ts
ing Base. 1872 feet 2 inches.
University-service division.
Distance medley t440-Ss0-1 80 o -milel-
Won by Drake (Demarias, Hoppesch. Lind
quest, Toplansky; second Texas; third
Oklahoma; fourth, Texas A. g. NJ. Time
10:495.
Sprint medley relay (44O-22O-22O-ssO1
Ward Island Naval Air Technical Train
ing Center tHolbrook, Blackwell. Schwope
Timmerhaus); second. Texas: Third. Kan
sas: fourth, Baylor. Time: 3:317.
University-college- service division.
Pole vault-Tie for first between Miller
Nebraska and Wonch. Michigan State, /;
feet; tie for third between Southworth
Baylor: Eaves, Oklahoma: Lowther
Louisiana State. and Nelson, Kansa
State, IL feet 6 inches
Two-mile relay leach man running Sst
lyards)-Won by Kansas State (Kennedy
Leasure, Hildenbrand. Cunninghaml
second, Kansas; third, Drake; fourth
Tulane. Time: S:O9.9.
Evening star., 1946-04-07
BY the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, April 6-Short-
stop Vernon Stephens, who rejoined
the st. Louis Browns today after
playing briefly with the Mexican
baseball league, said he rejected to-
day new telephone offer from
Jorge Pasquel to play in Mexico for
s25, 900 year for five years, with
$50, 900 of the money to be placed in
a New York bank as a guarantee.
Stephens told of receiving the new
bid in a conversation when he called
PaSquel, president of the Mexican
loop, to inform him he was "as of
now resigning from your league,
under the provisions Of our contract
The star shortstop said his Mexican
contract provided that it could be
terminated at any time by either
party.
Pasquel told him, Stephens said,
that he planned to see the Amer
ican Ambassador to Mexico to make
a formal complaint over Stephens
walkout and that he would file suit
to enforce it.
"You have damaged me and my
league" Stephens quoted Pasquel
Il also can damage you"
Pasquel also talked with Luke Sew