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DESK SPACE FOR RENT,

WOODWARD BLDG.--In attorneys suite;
sec. service available; reasonable. Elk.
pos
DESK SPACE including secretarial serv-
ice on st floor of downtown office bldg !.
reasonable rental. MRS. SIMMONS, ME.
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BAkK-pERsoAAl LOANS.

LOANS FOR SEASONAL NEEDS. Purchase
your winter fuel supply now and avoid the
rush, delays or possible scarcity later: Per,
soma! loan dept, LIBERTY NATIONAL
BANK, 18th and Eye SITS. NV ii
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INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WANTED
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR RENT

AND COMMERCIAL ground
or buildings wanted for sale or lease. A. NJ
ROTH Woodward Bldg. RE. 1880
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FRINGE GEORGES COUNTY

ADDISON CHAFEL Ri. Beaver HelghtS-
Poss at settlement de lrable .6-rn oct.
home. on lovely corner lot; fully furn
mel radio and va hing machine full
hSmt exec coud priced at only SO 500.
Mrs Philips, with CAMPANEI,LA & WOOD,
TX AIS ewes. and sun. AK 1906. 1t
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BRICK bldg with 1000 So IT. Of ground
and rr siding; excellent for fuel yard:
reas terms. A M. ROTH RE. 1870. -
FRACTION OF ACRE or larger, industrial
sites rr. siding available fast developing
industrial area direct from owner; 50c
per So TT. PEBBLES CHEMICAL CO,
Office UN 1925; res, CO. 49,
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PICTURESOUE RAMBLER

Wellington Park Estates - Army oficer
transferred; 3 bedrooms, healthful ,rad!-
ant heat: attached garage; beautiful all
electric kitchen; large living room with
fireplace ana picture window; large cor
ner lot Call RE $3.50, Q til g.
Colonial Investment Co.
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STORES FOR SALE.

GROCERY sToRE-stock, fixtures ana
equipment for sale. No reasonable offe-
refused neighborhood condemned HAAS
MARKET. 1ol4 LIST st. NV, Ma 1874.
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newly furn. throughout $50. 500
Aurora HllIS-6-rm brick Col 1880
Aurora Hills-Br.ck Col b. new II 900
Aurora Fills-Brick hedrms $4,000
: DedrmS.. estate. lear gar $4,000
Oakcrest-3 bedrms,, = b. - 20 600
2-hedrm. frame -- 1850
2-bedrm frame 5000
OakcreSt--Brick semidet corner $4,000
Va. HiEhlandS--4 br, b.. . apis:
income property, will pay for self 10000
6unsalow 81 ~ @'A''-N $3.50
For rsut--New bungalow 5 rms. 13S
D lots. Brsdock, Alex, 20 builder. at 1850
3S.euu SO. E. business prop. double
corner, n Harrington, next to
theateT. at s. 80 50 II.
3SnS Mt, Vernon ave. business IS 600
WoodbTidge business corner. 210 fl. So,
? houses one rms, one 5 rms, very suit
able for tourist trade, and cottages, at the
intersection of new Shirley hwy.
Other properties in n and S. Arlington
and Alex J. L PRICE, Realtor, 1903 S,
Arlington Ridge rd.. Oakcrest office. phone
OF 1909, OK 1900 IL
ARLINGTON. NEAR PENTAGON
Unusual opportunity to. purchase at very
low price a clean semidet. all-brick home
in 4 fine, convenient location. 5 rms tile
bath; entire basement asphalt tile foored;
recreation rm,. Ice. screened porch; oil
heat; inclosed rear yard. Easy financing.
Cali AID 1924. with
FRANK S PHILLIPS. DI 1911
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DOWNTOWN
OFFICES FOR RENT.

40 Bond Bldg. Desk space, TELEPHONY
and secretarial service available. Dl
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BUSINESS PROPERTY FOR RENT.

USED CAR LOT, excellent. Wisconsin ave
location Mr. Berger, KAss REALTY CO.
1000 Fl. in excellent
basement of fine commercial bldg; cen
trally located at 3l6 st ne. premises
and dry; gond front entrance Sl35 per
mo, tic substantial tenant Cali owner,
RAY MOORE OIL Abb -16
THREE WALKING BLOCKS to 9th and F
SITS. NV. Three connecting rooms and
private bath, kitchen facilities available
for business or Office. HOWENSTEIN
DOCTOR OR DENTIST; locate your home
and Office in first-clasS building, in 900
block of Eye st. NV, Full particulars
from BENJAMIN j. MILLS Realtor Me-
tropolitan 1900. 30
lilo 10Th ST. NV, 2nd comm zone;
will consider making alterations for bust
ness use GEORGE I. BORGER, W 643
Indiana ave NV -IS
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BRAND-NEW CAPE COD

Three large bedrooms, living room, DIN
ing room. large sunny equipped kitchen.
iGE bastE7cH' hardwood floors. all m
eulated: p Blk. from transp and con-
.rnlnuf 70 INV 10 Nd only $3.50
MADELINE Z. DALEY, WA 700 4rth
n
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Another Wonder HOllS
SIS PER MONTH RENT
LOTS FOR SALE,

Vail tUtU So. II. IN Langley
Farm, priced at a., sl 100 tor imgge IS se
2 R9sP,o an@ M,i.. Pm v. VIM H LAuoH ls
CALIFORNIA ST, near 24th-100-, loot
frcntage on grade: side and rear alleys.
l; v, GRo0MES; 18Th and Eye SITS
beautiful lot, 100 it. facing ColesvllLe
pike; l36-ft. deep; $500. ST. 5677.
Mr.. FALLS CHURCH. Ia blks. off Lee
protect Ali Utilities at prop. Site ap-
proved By, FLA, Reas. priced for invest
sWn Or sfaFf REs s2PP co NG
koLLiSGwooD AppToxim ateiy 5oxl q
t or F fq5 FueF 5 S1 paG lh2n p fa NO.
BLDG. LOT, 50xl5J, sewer, water, paved
street cleared next 10 corner; 10 min;
70 D. G. line; pigs, $1,000. District
Buy Buy ' YOUR r. fuTuRE HoMEsITE in Brook
haven, Il to "a acre lots, cleared and
wooded; tiehly restricted neishborhood,, 3
miles from Lee hwy. and G!ebe I'd miles
gas and elec, available priced at Sl;35C
up; 81 cash easy monthly terms. c. S
sHIILlMGTBURG, OK. 26s4: 46l5 L., Lee
hwy, Al II Va after pm Cali Mrs
TARA, 5RLiNGToN = Wooded corner
North Il. slewood and 18Th, ln2xl 5, Al
ulilitles, fIice, Ho'-oo' o"NGN' VI
CORNER leth AND SITS. s.E.-Lge lot
suitable for church or apt Mr.. Tolson
FIR. 0&90 O'BANNoN REALTY CO. FIR.
JUST OFF FIT. FooTE RID. near oxor
Hill Manor, prize view of majestic Potomac
fr1m eeiEh 1S;. 10 acre S9en Ext Ext
and Insurance: II. 2501. Realtori
WE HAVE SOME very lovely building lots;
both in Ar. and Fairfax Conntles Priced
6 i5Sm 5 S"2G, OK SEc os5 ,. lUPToN' ReaiiioF
BRADBURY PARK, MD. near Census and
Navy Bldes. and proposed new hlsn
school: wafer an and sewer IN front Oh ~
THE HERMIT, near Columbia Country Club;
lovely lot contsining l5,o4 So: ii bio q
BRILAcR1sroSE, Reaitor, 90 18th st, n W,
Ma $500. OIL 67O1. Id.
APARTMENT HOUSE LOTS. y #; wide
s'Ha and x1' Aver "4 rd. ne OWNER 81 sl5"
9, aso-se. TT. ALLEY LOT, airectly ac E0s
HE1BERG CO, 1900 Eye st, NV ma,
Would YOU LIKE TO BUILD your home
in Chevy Chase Md? Let US help YOU
chew Oh St CHASE, D. C., 5ath st. and Mil
tary I'd; lovely lot; reas.; all improve
IN DEvELoPING southeast community:
just over D. c. Maryland line; excellent
wooded homesites sold for as, little as
$3.50 down, balance monthly; should ap-
ployes. Can Nj, Altman, FIR. 1900.
MARSHALL J. MAPLE CO, 1224 / Attn st.
f fiEi Hills Hills MD.-Lovely lot for tia,
rambler Approx $4,000 So: #. on Fisher
rd pre-. frSp owner. pR n ss4o 4s m1s
Hills . miles from D. c. line, . bl&s from
bus 80 by 100, on corner; price, 81 ;3oo'
SILVER SPRING, -Four Corners-cornerr;;
g5xl20 TT, convenient to everything. Gan
HO 20O6 or DI. 9140. -ls
KENT-one of the finest lots in this de-
velopment, located on corner of Glenbrook
I'd. and Millwood lane fronting l :s fest
and containing Too square feet. Price:
EXCLUSIVE NV. RESIDESTIAL--1@3&
300 it.; curbing Sidewalk, sewer ssnd
water. WO. 5S36 Elk. 81 so. Iii
A LEVEL COR. LOT among fine homes
More than lG 600 So; TT, in ,Colebrook
Md. rust over D. c line. A bargaln al
ST $50. Owner leaving town. Du. 49,
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LOVELY LYON PARK

exceptionally nice bungalow, in lovely
neighborhood; one Of the few offered these
days at this price Of SI2,75o, 5 lee. and
cheerful rms. sarage, picturesque I'd:
must be sold quickly. NJ l. ALVIG, CH.
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81, 9otO untJ pm.
Only So. 95O-Garrett PIX.

A delightful home, for small family: mod
EN- bungalow with over, 2 acre Of ground
table garden, flower beds and bearing
tr,llt trees; a real gem OF a home, conv
% trauSp facilities, IN a community
O! cultured people, many will want TINS
20 act quickly.
CHARLES S. MUIR
nn2 Sn.I.re PlSp Ma 1l4n. Pr sL42
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FORESTVILLE. MD.

rm bungalow, electric stove ara re-
f,lserator, "nO%l 40 loI, chicken house and
'nolshad SGnIO terms HI 900; after
- pm Mr. Hamilton. HI 40.
WEST REAL ESTATE
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& ROOMS ON Il ACRE

o1n3 Warren st silver Spring. real
family home on lovely level corner lot,
CONTAINING Il rms ana bath large porch
ann fun dry nsmt de-. garage PT.eec AT
only 81 500 Cal SH. 1913 III " p m.
DENNY 4 PRICE Realtors liz
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SUITI.AND MD

New s-rm. bungalow. all modern improve
mentS. aluminium .ilcd bath. Venetian
binds oil h. 6eartifaI recr. .rm gar;
6 pm NJ Hamufou, III 471o '''
WEST REAL ESTATE
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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY FOR SALE.
APARTMENT SITES FOR SALE.

Mr.. FALLS CHURCH. on Lee blvd.-50
acres adj lge. apt. project; plans. specs.
and site FLA approved: 206 units; can be
expanded to 900 units: project compl incl
land. topo survey, plans and specs, ap-
prox l9c per # STATE REALTY CO ,
INC. FA 1749; ewes. and Sun, FA. a3I9.
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FIRST MORTGAGE on improved land, in
finest built-up subdivision In Bethesda /:
req loan is about 25Gs Of value Of land
brokers and agents invited. Box 373.M.
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NORTH ARLINGTON

Reduced to $4,000" easy terms Owner
must sell, Near Lee blvd, and Fort Myer
DR., 10 minutes TO downtown, Washington
Living room, dining room and fully equip
ped kitchen on first floor 3 BEDROOMS and
bath Oh md Lear detached garage
space Tor fruit trees and larse vegetable
garden. 2ndfl floor rooms rented for $50
month. Call Mr.. Boswell, MA $500
BOSS & PHELPS, INC.
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MONEY TO LOAN.
MONEY WANTED,

COMBINATIONS OF TITLE, 24-hour
service PUBLIC SERVICE TITLE co
gu9 9Th st NV, DI. 1915. IL
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ARLINGTON, VA.

50 750 near Shlrlngton shopping center
-Semldet. brick; > rms. and bath, full
bsmt., INV h . oil burner; about D Wis.
old; COW. trausp terms. F. NJ PRATT
CO. Ma. S6S2; ewes, IA. 1913 or RIA
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VIENNA, VA.

bedrooms, fun bsmt oil heat. laundry
trays bath stairway to lge. unfln. attic
u acre OF land; price. 50. 500 ELVAN R
THORPE. Agent, Vienna Va. Phone vi
emma 3IN-M is
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NEW CAPE COD
NEW LOCATION

Mr.. FAIRFAX COURTHOUSE
Bungalow, very spacious and in immacu-
late cond; stairs to huge eXpan. attic
which has end windows plus 2 lge. dormers;
attr. equipped kit, full dry bsmt,, tubs,
Bendix washer, oil &C, heat nicely land
81 500 down and bal. in one mortgage at
80, payable S65 per mo. incl. interest,
principal TAX and ms, Act fast on this
NJ TIobo
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EAST DEF, RAY AVE.

Two-story frame, 3 bedrms.. ~ baths,
llT. rm. din. rm. equipped kit. lge
screened porch. full bsmt recreation rm
oil h,-wh on lge lot: gar; $4,000
down; priced $4,000 Exclusive with
CURTIS E. MARTIN
I2o S. Royal st, Alex, Va. Alex. 81 3,
2F o54S is
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SUBURBAN. SAlE-MD. Cont
OF aDpD0vTn

3UhpEbhN SALE--MD. Cont
CT APPROVED
Open daily 2 until dark; Glen MAI. PIX
MD solo; $4,000. $500. S4.T50 down:
2 and 4 bedrms., living rm.. dining nm
equip KIT. SIDE porch, sarages,, : and
pa baths slate roof. copper plumbing
outside, ent.. to basement; lot 60xI20,
SlS.A0O SO, 500. S20.150; 90 years A.
loan, $4,000 LIST trust. Directions Out
Mass. ave extended l mile past District
hne to Barley Bros. sign. left . blocks
70 houses. Call DE. 2637., HUNT
REALTY CO
NEW DETACHED HOME
Silver Spring, Md-Custom built, alma
sonry construction and beautifully located,
facing Sligo parkway, close to schools and
transportation: seven rooms. including St
floor den and lavatory, quality features
throughout; screened porch, slate roof.
air-cJndltioned heat. electric refrigerator,
. fireplaees 9207 Sligo Greek parkway,
500 500. Open Sunday. Drive out 18th st.
10 Colesviile pike, right to Sligo Creek
parkway. right to home.
SHANNON & LUCHS co.
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RFNARKaBLE LARGE BRICK yALUE-
} ROOMS, BATH ana garage, Newly re-

; ROOMS. BATH ana garage Newly re-
finished with , acres Of .and; - o. a mile
of Baltimore blvd, al Murktrk Nd 10
wlles out :. 300 5000 cash. CAL NO
"G',3 or TR Hu39. IL
NEW 5-RM. CAPf COD BRICK homes, near
University of Md For sale by owner
builder All copper plumbing. flashing
GG'terine and SpGGtIng aIT-Cond gas
7eat, tU. osm' plenty OF IN for *
na0s.on EpSta rs also homes stir sYafl.
0 Bruemead. FLA financed Cal! JAMES
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MCLEAN AREA

Must sell immediately, Gil financed: 3-bed-
room home. with oil W h; z acre
anG vegetable garden ana beautiful shade
trees; Sl1350. Call OWNER at DalevieW
: o.
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AUTO SUPPLY & SERVICE

Corner building 230l M st. NV End
comm. This building can be arranged to
suit any automobile repair service. bat
and supply business New bays can be
added for service Parking facilities adj
jacent This loo alton in the heart of
automobile section of downtown Wash
ington For responsible concern we
will assist in remodeling to meet require
mentS Advertising values unlimited.
LOUIS BURMAN
Evening star., 1948-06-06
THE NAZAROVS

THE NAZAROVS
BY Markoosha Fischer. (Hdrper
& Bros: 49,
Several years ago, in my Lives
in Russia" Markoosha Fischer, wife
of Foreign Correspondent Louis
Fischer, made a notable contribu-
ton to what has aptly been called
"the literature of disenchantment."
It was an honest and arresting rec
ord of her experiences and ultimate
disillusionment in the Soviet regime.
Now in The Nazarovs" she has
attempted to novelize this first
hand knowledge of the great expert
ment, following the fortunes Of q
bourgeois family whose lives en-
compassed the exchange OF czarlst
for Stalinist oppression. Mrs. Fischer,
it is evident, is far more effective
reporter than she is a novelist. The
drama is always outside the char
acters. They are completely the
victims of history and in their per-
sonal lives they are wooden and
unconvincing. The background of
her story-the events of the last so
years in Russia-is presented in
authentic. minute detail, which is
consistently interesting, more so, In
fact than the numerous characters.
The transitions are abrupt: the pace,
Evening star., 1948-06-06
"A Mucobre Satire
|OfFuneroI Rockets
ABIDE. WITH ME

ABIDE, WITH ME
BY Cedric Belfrage. william
Sloane Associates; $500
Cedric Belfrage evidently believes
that he has found the answer to the
poets question, Death, where is
thy sting?" It is in the fees Of un-I
scrupulous undertakers who rob the
corpses of their gold filings and
high-pressure the family into an
expensive funeral. In this raucous,
slambang farce, he exhumes that
body of "morticians" who have
made a million-dollar good thing
out of the positive approach" to
death, by removing the word from
their clients vocabulary, substitut-
ing "slumber rooms" for funeral
parlors" and selling the public a
"pre-transition plan" whereby the
quick get their pick Of final rest
ing places" He centers his story
on Lincoln Hope, who, from The
Folksy Funeral Home" builds up a
fabulous empire, which finds its
final expression in supercolossal
cemetery called the Vale Of Hope,
where canned nightingale music
trills from the underbrush and pill
grims can wander through the Cor
ridor of the Cross and the Colon
made of Dreams to the strains OF
Abide With Me-
Mr.. Belfrage's treatment Of this
monopoly of vampires Is broad, to
say the least, and suffers for want
of a decent character to set on the
knavery of Lincoln Hope, who be-
lieves in his own publicity even
when 1t states his partnership with
God. A high point in ghoullsh
humor is provided by a gruesome
saturnalia at a mortician's conven-
ton, where the merrymakers play
a variation of musical chairs with
caskets.
American preoccupation with the
splendid sendoff and only Sleep
ing" point of view has been noted
by other observers, who seem sur
prised that go-getting methods
should prevail to the brink OF the
grave. It will be interesting to see
how Evelyn Waugh treats the sub
ject in his forthcoming novelette,,
THE Loved One" Meanwhile, Mr.
Belfrage's thorough postmortem is
gruesomely amusing. Funny as q
funeral, you might say.-M. McG.
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PROCEED AT WILL
BY Burke wilkinson.


. Burke wilkinson of Washington
has pulled off a neat trick in his
first novel, Proceed at WILL" which
is in the best tradition Of the ad-
venture story. Playing absolutely
fair with his readers, he is still able
to leave it entirely up to them
whether or not his central charac-
ter, who operates on a sliding scale
of conduct" is great hero or a
great fraud. At the end OF this
skillfully managed account OF a
fantastic pre-invasion mission of
the coast of France, it is impossible
to say whether Geoffrey Mildmay,
big-game hunter, lady killer and
grounded ace, has performed feat
of coolest nerve or been at the re-
ceiving end of series of lucky
breaks. Your Interpretation OF the
riddle will in no way interfere with
your pleasure in this excellently
written tale, which has some nice
comedy touches, shrewd sidelights
on the British character and two
deftly intertwined love affairs which
are as unpredictable as the next
move of Godfrey Mildmay.
The training period for Opera
ton Devious" inevitably takes on
something of the quality Of an Eng
lish country week end. for its set
ting is an old Scottish castle and
the staff is a congenial group of
British Navy personnel augmented
by Bill Stacey, an American engi-
neer, and the narrator. Their work
is to prepare the Stinser midget
submarine equipped with outboard
explosives, for its fateful dive
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ne lay at the foot Of a ladder and
smiled up at a tinsel moon at the
top Of the tent. But he lay there
longer and longer, enraptured by
an inner vision, until one day the
crowd, feeling it was sold, turned
on him. His career was ended. He
became q wanderer, a tramp, still
buoyed by the vision he had caught.
One day he wandered into a circus
and joined it as a roustabout. He
was recognized but his privacy was
respected. Then the chief clown, a
routine performer, fell i'll. and
Auguste volunteered to take his
place. Auguste was sensation and
the audience thought he was the
obscure clown. He could have gone
on, when the other clown died, as
that clown or as Auguste. But rep
utation and riches no longer meant
He left the circus, spent
what little money he had, slept in
a park-and met his ultimate fate.
What does the story mean? Au-
gustes struggle for spiritual en-
could have more than
one Interpretation. Read the book
and decide for yourself. =
The volume, artistic in its typog-
raphy, is handsomely illustrated
with reproductions Of circus pic
lures by some of the finer modern
artists, including Klee. Picasso,
Chagali, Roualt, Toulouse Lautrec
and Dunoyer de Segonzac.
u 7
Evening star., 1948-06-06

THE SMILE AT THE FOOT OF :
BY Henry Miller. (Dueu, Sloan
Henry Miller is a prophet of the
literary advance guard. Some OF
his earlier books ("The Tropic OF
Cancer" and the "Tropic OF Capri
corn) were published in Paris and
never have been offered for legiti-
mate sale in this country because
OF the extreme candor Of their
realism. Mr.. Miller denies that
they are obscene, and has argued
that no one can say accurately
what obscenity is. And Mr.. Miller,
who is living in California, pub
lished two later books in the United
States, THE Air Conditioned Night
mare" and Remember to Remem-
ber." Neither caused any great
stir, except perhaps in certain
circles. Those who bought them in
search of pornography or sensation
alism must have been disappointed.
And now Mr.. Miller comes out
with a little book likely to con-
found both his admirers and his
critics and almost certain to attract
many readers who wouldn't have
known what to make of his earlier
work. THE Smile at the Foot of
the Ladder" is the simple and af-
fecting story of clown. There Is
beauty and pathos in this allegory
of life and death, of fame and
failure. 1t contains. incidentally,
not a word or a suggestion that any
good nun couldn't read to a class
in a convent.
Auguste was a celebrated clown.
The climax of his act came when
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And what he had done was done
in the shadow of the 1860 Repub-
lcan platform which solemnly de-
clared that "the rights Of the
States must and shall be
preserved" But war changes
things.
How the Governors Of the States
had elected Lincoln in 1850 and had
themselves become dependent upon
him for election in 1864 Is the story
of how Lincoln saved the Repub-
lican Party and the Union.
He did this by working against
the Abolitionist drive to switch his
war aim of preserving the Union to
a crusade for freeing the slaves and
confiscating Southern property. This
would have lost all the border
States for the Union cause. When
the Governors needed help to raise
men for the armies the Federal
Government stepped in. When the
Governors needed help to keep
political control, the President lent
hand. True it may have been
necessary to resort to- consumption,
to use troops at the polls; to send
the Army home to vote; to ma
neuver the Army and civil patron
age; or even to suspend the writ OF
habeas corpus.
These factors, and doubtless many
others among which the author in
cludes Lincoln's superior intellect,
worked together to place the Re
publican Party in Lincoln's hands,
and to establish definitely the d1c-
trine Of national supremacy.
A preview of the volume may be
found in an article by the same
author in the Abraham Lincoln
Association Quarterly, ~: 153-2o0
1s46). The present volume OF
about 400 pages is written by an
advanced student and contains a
wealth Of well-documented infor-
nation.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
THE SUNDAY STAR Washington, D. G. C-S
SINDA &

by persons Of prominence, include
one headed: II Learned to Stop
Worrying by Watching My Wife
Wash Dishes"
Three million persons are reported
to have bought Mr.. Carnegie's secret
for winning friends and influencing
people. There is no accurate yard
stick for measuring the depth Of
this audiences friendship, nor for
calculating the sphere Of their
influence.
Neither will time tell how many
of the readers Of this new volume
achieve an enviable state Of bliss
and learn to accept q rap in ths
teeth with q smile.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Car
negie has written book that will
sell well.
Evening star., 1948-06-06
Public Library
MEN BEHIND
THE NEWS
By Ruth Mccoy
Adviser In Biography.

This month will see the staging
of one of our most important demo-
cratic processes-the political con-
ventions and choice of party can
didates for President and Vice Presi-
dent. In addition to the political
Importance of such meetings, many
people find an interest in the dra-
matte events which go on behind
the scenes and in the personalities
of those who make the news.
Henry L. Stoddard, one of Amer
ica's best-known journalism. has
covered every presidential conven-
ton and campaign from 1884. Some
years ago he wrote "It Costs to Be
President" and just published is
his autobiography, Being Around. u
DR.. Wilford Binckley's, American
Political Parties. Their Natural His
tory" is an analysis of the growth OF
Americas political party system and
furnishes background for an under
standing of the forces which pro-
duce various types of candidates
A study of the Vice Presidents is in
the new book Heirs Apparent by
K. Young and Z. Middleton.