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Evening star., 1947-10-19
Rockingham Results
By the Associated Pres,

bv mo AssoeIofeo PFeSS
FIRST RACE-Purse, $4,000; claiming
War Agent lHettinger) $50 $50 2eC
Swift Toes tKnapp) $50
skipper =, Delphian, Brooklandyille,
ms SECOND RAcEmpurse aias ~ $4,000; claim
Flussy tPetrin) 7s0 420 SOC
Semanlike (PratD 1900 $50
Nariah (Rodriguez) FAC
Murex. Maekaby' sandWorth. H''' . ''N
ru1p6 lPaiEy double PAID & s$o9oo s9o claim.
Dodo's Girl tHettinger) 4.2O $50 80
Bolo Tie tRodrigueD 4.40 26C
Bras Teddy Grass 2.sC
Also ran-Laboulaye. Punctual. Hippo.
ansss sias 4a4ioass $500 ALLOW"
! Tzaritsa uucel 4.sO $50 2.sC
Good Sweep Petrin) $50 4.4C
Black KnaVe (Gross) $50
Also i x.;iaz .aaIRSnshsstown' ssass First Sentry
purse; ss'5oo; 5-year-olds and upward;
sS5fs eiss SoS asgs RstsiBss.3 lBsssp $40 ssS 34{
Tarpan Guce) 46t
Also ran-Freddie's Pal Mr.. Chairman
Hydrant, Gray Star.
SIXTH RAcIThe New Hampshire
Handicap; purse, $4,000; 3-year-olds ane
upward: - miles.
Halbarail (Hettinger) $50 $50 2st
Mullingar (Petrin) 1910 44(
Paper Mill tTaylor) $50
Time, 1875.
Also ran-a Agrarian-U, Shadow Shot
Mono Flag, Golden Thorn Land n Sea
Helioptic.
al. l.. Mcknight entry.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse. $4,000; claim.
ing; 3-year-olds and upward 11s miles
Hired Man (Root) 1900 $40 62C
Fox Master (Canning) 500 $3.50
Unequalled tPetrin) $50
Time, 1915.
Also ran-Link The Problem, sangone
Gothic, Pilates Own.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse, 5000; claim
ing; 4-year-olds and upward ia. miles
Flaming Chance Knapp $50 4.60 SOC
Unknown Reward (PrevosD 44O 3.4C
Quonset tHartwick) TAO
Time, :55.
Also ran-Brown Appel, Lees Jacopo
Flare Path. Valdiyia SOapsudS
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Business Groups Elections

Two business groups will meet
Tuesday:
Chevy Chase Business Association,
1890 pm. at Barnhart's Restaurant,
$50 Connecticut avenue NV.
Electrical Contractors Association
Board of Directors, $3.50 pm. at the
home of Clifton r. Harper, 331i Le-
CATION street NV.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Gunsnith Glass

TRINIDAD, Colo. (P. Thirty
States are represented by 100 stu
dents enrolled at Trinidad Junior
College in what officials say is the
only gunsmith class in an American
institution of higher learning.
Dean o. C. Banta said more than
800 applications were received for
the class.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Noise Abatement Campaign Overdue;
Knowing the Unknown About WASHINGTON
BY Jesse c. Suter
ed to Become se.Conscious

WashlngtOnians Need to Become Noise. Conscious
m % m caun 2h oes oate o. OCTOBER 1885 there appeared
Washington to Compete With Other quote
Maj (thn chief police gotten Districts
noise regulations carefully
regulations right
have replaced noisy have discovered the
OF varieties
1.-THE medical society
particularly interested the suppression
noises Radios owned souls
machine entire
gives long repeated blasts attract attention
building before which he
annoyance and the subjects Of vigorous protest
At that time the noabatement campaign in New City
publicity generally
that rapidly
signal index placed lips reported
which met with At that time
held that street safety helped materially by abatement
This agtated for several months and, like most
gradually
the nuisance is recognized.
whistles
complaints
the citizen
has realistic imitation living beside
the railroads that citizens entered vigorous
protests.
nuisance Through of favori the
ment of this heavy freight almost constant from early morning until
the weight of these loaded trucks frequently
which felt distinctly the buildings they
which feel proud there be taking
special pride in being sixth American cities in the racket field
" cities audible discord according study of 300
sound laboratory Phla
dephia is second and Boston Is third
City, which we'll planned welustained noise
place in the list of 300 cities.
sleep interrupted
citizens increased another annse campaign would
appear timely.
people
understood largely due to such approach.
abatement campaign which will
be continuous.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Sailing Is Fun, Boy
Reports After Trip
To South River
Prize Contribution
By Joseph {. Kostonek, II
St. MiehaeI's School, Silver Spring

Sailing is swell We have a friend
who owns a beautiful sailboat. It's
like a big, wide rowboat, but 1t does
not have oars, and has a big sail.
Since 1t is real safe kind of boat,
my pop let the whole family 60 for
a ride.
We sailed down to South River
and back again. 1t sure was fun.
The thing I can't get figured out
is how you can 60 one way and then
turn around and go back and not
use motor, but just move the big
sail around to go in different direc-
tions.
When we saw q bridge ahead, I
blew whistle, and the man In charge
of the bridge stopped traffic and
turned the bridge around so we could
get through.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
lust Between
Ourselves 80.
.By PhiIip n. Love-

He was a scraggly little fellow.
obviously down on his luck, but
you could see that he had known
better times.
He came along as we were getting
out Of our car, and he stood staring
at us as we went up the walk to
the front porch.
Look, Daddy" my daughter said
as I fumbled with my keys. isn't
he cute?"
Yes, he was cute.
Hes thoroughbred police dog"
she went on. Look at those ears
and that nose-and the color. He
wants to come In
HE can't come in," said firmly.
"He belongs to somebody - he's
wearing a collar. And besides,
Butch would eat him up. Just
ignore him, and he'll go away"
But he didn't 60 away.
About a half hour later, when
my daughter finally thought up an
excuse to go to the door. he was
still standing out front. staring at
the house. Only now, he was
shivering.
Look" she said. Hes cold.
Poor little fellow!'
He wagged his tail and took a few
hesitating steps toward the house.
X X X X
Well, to skip the details. We
wound up with two dogs-our own
4-year -old Belgian police dog and
this German shepherd puppy.
Butch tolerated the newcomer, but
that was all. 1t was clear that.
given a choice, he'd rather be alone.
The puppy appeared to be about
months old. His tan collar was
new-looking. but 1t bore no tags.
His nose was cut. and there was a
sore place on the back Of his neck,
under the collar. His gray-and-
black coat was dirty and he had
more heas than any other dog I
ever saw. He was so hungry that
the first time we fed him he
tainted.
But he was valuable dog-intel.
ligent, affectionate and, at his best,
beautiful. He was we'll worth car
ing for until his owner could be
found.
The first few nights. because OF
the fleas, he slept In the backyard.
under the porch. But he wasn't
happy; he refused to eat and, as a
result, became weaker and scrawnier.
Then we gave him a flea bath and
brought him into the house. Evil
dently, this convinced him he was.
at last, a member Of the family and
not a mere outsider. He began to
eat and even to play. He gained
weight, his coat began to glisten and
he was no longer unhappy. Finally,
he took to barking at the garbage
collectors-a sure sign he felt at
home and meant to do his duty as
a watchdog.
Meanwhile, we had, Of course.
watched the "lost" advertisements
In The Star every day. but without
results. We would have liked to
keep him, he was such a fine dog
in every way, but couldn't, because
of Butch There was nothing to do
but to find a good home for him.
X + y T.
Now the scraggly stranger is no
longer scraggly and no longer a
stranger. He's the beloved pet Of
q little boy in Southeast Washing
ton, and of the little boys mother,
father, grandmother and two older
brothers. He's fat and sleek, flealess
and happy, and so fond of his new
home that he's rapidly developing
into a grade-A watchdog. The little
boy has named him Prince-because.
he says, that's what he is"
The other night, my daughter
went out to see Prince.
Since dogs can't talk, which Is q
pity, she couldn't tell whether he
remembered her or not. He just
wagged his tail and made a funny
kind of noise" she reported. 1T
sounded Just like a baby crying"
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Prize Contribution
By Shirley Abbott, IS
Ceolidas Hiah Sehee

My hobby raising started last March
pair Of canaes that had sent for from bird South
Bend Ind. They shipped
It cold afternoon ground
arrived thought they
they jumping happily
Evening star., 1947-10-19
About 'Scarsdale's Wonderful Schools


heading Wonderful Schools the Bulletin
1947
Scarsdae N Y Maj A. Fries u S.
bulletin The reading this sounds like
oldme which the Nation Home which
generation such bugaboo,
the teaching geaed to the level OF the
children by step instead Of the so-caed
trying Interpretation of histories and
children who have capacity for taking in
wonders they teaching the
table They teaching and SPELL
history instead scramble
ccs anhropoog mixed with socialsc
sauce"
profound starting teaching back
Continuing states "They
method dagraming identify the
phonetic method in spelling
this school, according the Authorities told the
Pathfinder September TO- the
higher than the national
Smith, claims the best points
conservative casc method Of the soaed progressive
system
group parents Mathematics is
physical
Continuing MANY school districts
taken
correcting what They still inclined to
curousy enough usually that
unable direction to education
demanding
school standard the Scarsdale
schools"
is submitted possible subject for discussion
committees dealing with the schools and
educational problems generally
Evening star., 1947-10-19

CONVENIENTLY LOCATED
Opposite Garfield Hospitol, !
block from Central High and
Georgia Avenue, north Of Florido
Avenue. AIwoys a pioce to pork.
Evening star., 1947-01-05
The Life Story
OF q Juvenile
/Tndoermon'

BURIAL OF THE FRUIT
By David Dortort. (Crown;
S2.75.)
Apparently aiming to carry the
tough novel to a degree of tough
ness not yet attained by any of its
practitioners, and at the same time
touch the medium with the tender
hand of pity, David Dortort tells us
here the affecting little life story
of young triggerman for Brook
lyn gang. He gives us all the hor.
rors of the slum environment where
what is elsewhere known as juve.
nile delinquency is, one gathers, the
polite convention, and has his
young man grow out of this fetio
social soil into full-bloom mobster
quite naturally. But he spoils his
effect by halting his narrative fre.
quently to weep over his hero.
Honey Halpern, the killer, muir
ders his way to prosperity but, says
Mr.. Dortort, at heart he is sensi-
tive. tender child longing for under
standing. The proposition is not
necessarily ruled out; it could be
so. But the author destroys his
readers sympathy with it by his
insistence.
Mr.. Dortort could learn something
from James Farrell, who never edi-
torializes. Material as dreadful as
they both use can speak quite ade-
quately for itself. Comment only
weakens it, or tends to make it
maudlin.
Evening star., 1947-01-05

Among
the Authors
By CoroIyn Coqqins

The Literary Fellowships offered
by Houghton- -Miffiin are open fol-
the coming year, which means
50, 400 is available to a writer Of 8
nonfiction book and also to ar
author working on novel con-
sidered worthy of this support. Eyre
g. Spottiswoode of England have
now added an additional sum to be
awarded for publication in the
British Empire, which means the
total is now around $1,000. half ir
outright payments and half ir
advance against royalties.
r Il X X
For the twenty fifth year Harper.
are announcing their $4,000 prize
novel contest. 1t is to give recogni.
ton to fiction Of outstanding merit
or to a new and probably unknown
author, although both new and old.
timers among writers are invited tt
submit manuscripts. Stories mus
be in by June next year.
X 4 II X
John M. Stahl, former director oi
the interrupted Forever Amber,
is going to direct the film version
of Walls of Jericho" Paul I. Well
mans novel due next month.
Evening star., 1947-01-05
Public Library
WINTER SKIES
By Elizobeth M. Cole

Assistant. Technology Division, Washington
Public Library.
At this time of year, the story OF
the star that led the Magi to Bethle-
hem turns the eyes of both city and
country dwellers to the bright dis
/ play IN the skies each evening
For. amateur observers the urge tc
know more about the stars is
adequately met by referring to the
simple text and many drawings
in Astronomy; What Every One
Should Know" by John S. Allen. A
chapter on fall and winter constel-
latiors" describes each contellation,
tells its position, the myths connect
ed with it, and accompanies this with
a diagram indicating the important
star. The use of this book along
with the monthly star maps in the
magazine Sky and Telescope will
prove both possible and entertain
ing for the beginner.
Another recent book which has
many charts, drawings and photo
graphs is Henry NJ. Neely's Primer
for -Gazers." The author aims
to eliminate the necessity for know
ing mathematics and physics as a
basis for astronomy; he describes
the principal stars and constel-
lations for those who wish to study
them as a hobby.
Among other books on astronomy
which may be borrowed from the
Public Library are the following
well-known guides to the stars:
Field Book of the Skies,' by Will
liam T. Olcott;; "A Beginners Star
Book by Edgar G. Murphy, and
"a Guide to the Consultations" by
Samuel G. Barton.
Evening star., 1947-01-05
Bridge Players
By Frank B. Lord

women's pairs, the women's teams
and the Eastern mixed teams. Miss
Sherman made her record in the
difficult masters and open pairs
championships, finishing second
and fourth. Mrs Seligman had two
firsts to her credit, the open teams
and the women's pairs.
Social bridge, or what Is often
called family bridge, not infrequent-
| ly develops irregularities in play,
most of which could be readily ad-
justed if the players were familiar
with the rules. In organized units
of duplicate play the director makes
final decisions. In other games.
however, an outside authority is
sometimes asked for an opinion.
This case was submitted to me for
determination under the rules by
Miss j. G.:
South is the declarer at three no.
| trump. but East inadvertently
makes the opening lead instead OF
West. He lays down a spade. De-
clarer calls attention to the error
and has him replace the card in his
hand. He then directs West to
lead heart. West has no heart
and so states. Declarer then tells
him to lead diamond. West pro-
tests and claims that he may now
lead any card he wishes"
Declarer has no right to direct
West to lead a diamond after he
discovers that he has no heart. The
rule is that if an opponent is unable
to lead or play as required to COM
ply with the penalty, he may play
any legal card and the penalty
lapses except in the case of a penal
/ ty card.
Evening star., 1947-01-05

From the record of 1946 accom-
plishments statisticians have COM
piled list of 10 leading players.
Among the number is one Wash
ingtonian, AL Roth.
First place is given Sidney Silidor
of Philadelphia. He won two OF the
American Bridge Leagues. major
tournament events and was highly
placed in three others. He finished
first in the masters and open pairs
tournaments. both four-session con-
tests; was second in the mems and
masters mixed team championships,
and fifth in the mixed pair games.
Second on the hst is another
Philadelphian, John r. Crawford, a
one-time protege of Oswald Jacoby.
Mr.. Crawford's record was made in
six events. He won in the Wander
bilt and the open teams, was third
in the mixed pairs, and placed fifth
in the masters pairs and masters
individual.
A. Mitchell Barnes is rated third.
He won the mems pairs and was one
of the winners in the open team
matches. He was second in the
mems teams and finished fourth in
the masters pairs.
AL Roth is ranked as tied for
fourth place with Sam Katz of Mil
burn, N. j. Mr.. Roth won the mixed
pairs, open teams and Eastern open
teams and tied for fifth place in the
masters individual. Mr.. Katz won
the masters mixed and Eastern
mixed teams, was runner up in the
Vanderbilt teams, third in the mems
pairs and fourth in the masters in
dividual
In sixth place is Waldermar vor
Zedtwitz, the Austrian noblenar
who came to American where h,
could find and play better bridge
Many regard h.n as the greatest
player. He won the mems pairs
took second in the Vanderbilt teams
and finished third in the masters
pairs.
Completing the list are four
women, all of them holding the title
of champion in various events. They
are Mrs. Wilkinson Wager of At
lanta, Mrs. r. C. Young of Phila-
delphia, Miss Ruth Sherman of
Cleveland and Mrs. E. J. Seligman
of New York.
Mrs. Wager was the outstanding
player of 1945. Last year she scored
a remarkable victory in the masters
team-of -four championships. Her
team outlasted all the favorites and
took first place after six consecu-
tive nights of knockout play. She
also won the women's team game
and finished third in the mixed
pairs.
Mrs. Young, another life master
captured three first places, the
Evening star., 1947-01-05
Why the New Deal Failed in Puerto Rico
Is Openly Told by Its Liberal Governor

ticular mass psychology he says he
found there, of the islanders at
titude toward his colonial masters,
including Tugwell. He does not tell
his American readers what he
thinks should be done about Puerto
Rico.
The only solution of colonialism is
freedom. In Puerto Rico's case ii
could be independence or statehood
But islanders are divided as to what
type of freedom they should have
one faction is strongly in favor OF
independence; another for state
hood. Tugwell brands both groups
as reactionary in his book.
The independence advocates are
to him the reactionaries of dignity
the statehood advocates are de-
Scribed as the economic spectators
who are not sincere in their de-
mandS.
Brands Them Reaetionaries.
Tugwell calls those who opposed
him reactionary. This may have
accounted for much of his troubles
and failures in Puerto Rico, a place
where pride and dignity play an i'm
portant part in the individuals be-
havior. The people with whom he
was dealing treasure those words OF
Don Quixote when he made his
squire, Sancho PanZa, governor OF
the island of Barataria:
IF perchance the cause of thine
enemy come before thee, forget thy
injuries, and think. on the merits
of the case. Let no private affection
blind thee in another mans cause;
for the errors thou shalt there
by commit are often without rem
edy, and at the expense both of thy
reputation and fortune" tt
Evening star., 1947-01-05

after the Nazis assumed the power.
She is non-Jewish and was brought
up in prosperity. Her espousal OF
liberalism came about not through
inheritance or economic discrimin-
alton, but through conviction arriv-
ed at during the inter-war years.
She found the whole structure of
German society inimicable to the
natural growth of life and took her
stand accordingly.
In her talks with Mrs. Buck she
reviews the inter-war years up to
1888, her aim being to show us what
conditions in Germany led to the
Nazi triumph. Little that she tells
has not been told many times be-
fore; in the main she sketches the
disorganization of German life
which followed the 1918 defeat
Presumably the retelling is meant to
serve as warning for the present
What is not told is how to keep
Germany from starting these wars
which leave her in SO dangerously
sensitive a state of mind.
Evening star., 1947-01-05
Private Lives
Are Not for
Doctors Wives
DARK DOMINION

DARK DOMINION
By Marianne Hauser. fRan.
dom House; $780,
AS in Guy Endore's "Methinks the
Lady" Of a year ago, it is the hard
lot, Of the psychiatrist's wife which
gives this novel its theme. And
one has to admit, the private lives
of the ladies who share the private
lives of the scientists to whom there
is no privacy do present an engag-
ing, if rather fearsome, field for the
|fictioneer. Omniscience is always
hard to bear. Omniscience in GER
tain matters could be wholly un-
bearable.
The novelists seem to hold that
opinion, at any rate. The psychi-
artists wives whom they have pre-
sented so far have had pretty bad
times. The one in the Endore book
escaped destruction, but only by the
skin of her teeth. The one in the
present story does not escape. Her
husbands life profession is the
death of her.
1t is a gruesome little tale. The
healthy, athletic Swiss girl marries
the ascetic mind doctor and, striv-
ing to please him, goes SO deeply
into her own dream life that she
loses her reality. She goes to sleep
mainly in order to be able to have
a dream to report to her lord and
master. Eventually she realizes that
she has no waking life left, makes
4 desperate effort to save herself and
commits suicide. That Is all.
Alas for the antiseptic conscious
ness! Like the old granny wise
women, our novelists seem to feel
that every one should consume a
certain amount of dirt, just for the
orit of II
Evening star., 1947-01-05
The Old Master
Racket Laid Bare
THE RAPE OF LA BELLE

i LAX ASfAA IL oA Ah DGAAG
By Harry Hahn, 1Uith an in
troduct,o:. :. by Thomas Hart
Benton. Frank Glenn Pub
fishing Co., Inc; So.
Reviewed by
FLORENCE S. BERGMAN.
The basis of this book was a
famous lawsuit which began quar-
ter century ago. To the authors
wife, a Frenchwoman, had been
given as a wedding gift a painting,
La Belle Ferronniere," long consid-
cred as by Leonardo da Vinci, with
a clearly traceable history. In 1920
she offered 1t for sale. Sir Joseph
Duveen, head of the international
firm of Duveen Bros. art deal
ers, publicly stated that her paint
ing was. copy, that the original
was in the Louvre. Yet he had seen
neither her painting nor photo
graph of it, and the Louvre version
was doubted by many authorities.
Nevertheless, his comment destroyed
the value of Mrs. Hahn's painting,
and sales negotiations were terni-
mated.
She brought suit against Duveen.
The case, tried in the Supreme
Court of New York State, lasted
four weeks, during which the testi-
monies of 10 art experts of estab-
lished regulations were heard. The
jury, unable to agreed, stood 9 to 3
in favor of Mrs. Hahn. A second
hearing of the case was set, but be-
fore it was held, Sir Joseph paid
her 5000 to settle it out Of court.
Much of the book deals with the
Inconsistencies and vagueness OF
the experts" most of whom the
author accuses of perjury and
yenalty. His major objective, ap-
parently, is to expose "the old mas
ters racket" In my opinion, he
makes his point with regard to the
genuineness of his Belle Ferron-
Mere" But I feel that his book
lacks the force and directness it
might have had. because his pres
entation is not effectively organ
ized. 1t impresses me as diffused,
repetitious and vituperative. Also,
in addition to his carefully docu-
mented proofs of claims and
charges, he indulges in extravagant
statements not supported by specific
evidence, as for example:
''It is well-established fact that
the dubious and counterfeit works
of art hanging in honored inches
in some of our best public museums
and private collections vastly out
number the genuine works" AT the
risk of being considered foolishly
naive and trusting, will say that
I do not believe this statement.
Evening star., 1947-01-05

Der, 1871, ana
t his book is
based on expert
ence and knowl-
e d 6 e G a i n e d
there.
THE Stricken
Land" is a per-
SON al history
Of Tug W e IL S
fl G h t S, his ef-
forts, his ideas
and his failures
as Governor of
Puerto Rico. He
a lso discusses
briefly some of
his early exnpri-