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Evening star., 1948-05-22
MARYLAND

MARYLAND
CHEVY CHASE F I r S T
CHURCH: 5sO8 Conn. Ave.
. Sunday School. Chevy Cpase
Elementary School, Rosemary
St. Reading Room, 7 Wilson
Lane, Bethesda. Weekdays, l
to 5. Closed Sundays and Hoh-
days.
YATTSV VILE FIR S T
CHURCH: 1921 43d Ave. mo
Sunday Eve. Service.
Wednesday meeting, 8:l5 PM.
Reading Room 622l 43d Ave.
Weekdays, l to 4; Mon. and Fri.
Eve, Z to 9. Closed Sundays and
Holidays.
SILVER SPRING SOCIETY: Sill
yer Spring intermediate Sch,
Chicago and Philadelphia
Aves. (No Sun. Eve. Service)
VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA FIRST CHURCH:
l09 Russell Rd. (No Sun. Eve.
Service.) Reading Room, 108 N.
Patrick, Alex. weekdays, 9 TO
$50. Closed Sun. and Holidays.
ARLINGTON FIRST CHURCH:
6843 Little Falls Road. East
Falls Church. (No Sun. Eve.
Serv) Wed. meeting, a:15 PM.
Reading Room, 3248 Wilson
Blvd. weekdays, II to S. Closed
Sundays and Holidays.
A r LIN G T O N SECOND
CHURCH: 1918 Wilson Blvd.
Colonial Viii. Ballroom.) (No
Sun. Eve. Serv). r. Rm., 1880
N. 18th St. Weekdays ii to
4 except Wed. to 1880 and Fri.
Eve, 7 to 8. Closed Sunday
and Holidays.
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A Lesson
For the Week
n NAl.II. Rlts
By WiIIiom T. Ellis

In the core of the new excava-
tions of the now famous "tell' OF
Beisan, in Northeastern Palestine,
I found the archaeologists carefully
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FIRST CHURCH: Columbia Road
and Euclid st. NV Reading
Room, 914 17th st. NV. Week
DAYS, 9 to 8 (Wed. to y, SUM-
day and Holidays. 2 to 6.
SECOND CHURCH: Ill c st.
NE. Reading Room, Ill c st.
NE. Weekdays. 10 to 9 WED. to
y; Sun. and Hol., 2:30 to $50.
THIRD CHURCH: 18th and l.
SITS. NV tSun., II Am. and
S PM Reading Room, Col
orado Bldg. 14th and G SITS.
Weekdays. 8 to 9. WED. to
1900 Sunday and Holidays, 2
to 6.
FOURTH CHURCH: 18th and
Oak SITS. NV. Reading Room.
Riggs Bank Bldg, 14th and
Park Rd. NV. Weekdays, 9 to
8 WED. to y; Sunday and
Holidays. 2:3o to $50.
FIFTH CHURCH: 1888 3lst st.
NV. mo Sun. Eve. Service).
Reading Room. 1926 Wisconsin
Ave. NV. Weekdays. 1890, to
s (wed. to 1900. Closed SUM-
days and Holidays.
SOCIETY: 1877 r st. NV. mo
Sun. Eve. Service). Reading
Room 1877 r ST., Wed. $50
to 7:50..
SOCIETY: 1853 Mass. Ave. NV.
Sun. IL A. M. No Sun. School.
Wed. 8 PM.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
About Waiting GIs
ALL THE GIRLS WE LOVED

BY Prudencio de Pereda. (Far-
rdr, Strdus & Co.; $2.75D
Although this is described as q
novel, 1t really is a series of short
stories, bound loosely by similar set
tings and themes at least in the
same general category and further
unified by the fact that all the cpl
sodes concern GIs. A soldier called
AL Figueira is in a number of the
stories, sometimes as narrator,
sometimes as a third-person char
acter.
The events occur at camps in this
country or on furloughs. The jump
overseas is always in the offing,
often right at hand. Love troubles
beset the GIs in various forms.
Some have romantic adventures
Several of the more ambitious
stories, like the one involving the
Joe who went to New York on fur
Tough and appropriated another
GI's girl. with the aid of a magic
drug, seem strained and implaus-
ible. The simpler tales are more
effective. The sardonic one about
Figueira's detail to accompany the
body Of CT he didn't know to q
town in Pennsylvania is unusual
and comes OF. The piece about
the major who ordered the goat, q
company mascot, shot is q savage
vignette.
Mr.. de Pereda Is of Spanish de-
scent and was born In Brooklyn. He
has had short stories In anthologies
This Il his first book. &C. b. J.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Help on Caribbean
| At Public Library
By Ruth Mccoy
Adviser In Trevel, Control Washington
Public librory

Adviser In Trevel, Control Washington
Public librory
Of recent years the Caribbean
zone has gained in political and
economic Importance. Our vague and
romantic notions Of sugar, spice,
rum running, galley ships and
pirates are gradually being replaced
by a growing awareness of people
demanding better life, education,
economic opportunities and efficient
civil administration.
For the traveller there are variety
Of guides and most of them give at
least sketchy history that will help
put meaning in ones trip. Such
authors as Eleanor Early, H. L.
Foster, H. c. Lanks, Amy Oakley
E. A. Roberts, George Seaver and
Hudson Strobe (specific titles may
be identified at the Library write
with a flair and enthusiasm that
make you want to take the next
boat out.
The relaxed vacationer Is urged
to look about him with under
standing and sympathy. To this end
is recommended Paul Blanshards
Democracy and Empire in the
Caribbean" Also, there are excellent
books on the individual islands.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
World Of Stamps
By james WoIdo Fowcett

Postmaster Vincent c. Burke,
weH-known and popular among
stamp collectors throughout the
Nation, has been promoted to be
First Assistant Postmaster General
in succession to Jesse M. Donaldson
who recently. was appointed Post
master General. This means that
further recognition of the principle
of career advancement has been
given. 1t also signifies a strengthen
ing of official interest in philately
Mr.. Burke has been employed in the
postal system since 1906. He came
to Washington from Louisville, KY.
in 1888 and has been city postmaster
since 1886.
Donald L. Lybarger, president OF
the American Philatelic Society, was
in town Wednesday and Thursday
He addressed meetings of the WASH
ington Philatelic Society and the
Pentagon Philateic Society, outlin-
ing the activities of "the largest or
ganization of stamp collectors in the
world"
The Washington Press, Newark,
N. j., manufacturers of White Ace
stamp albums and Aircraft first-day
covers, will sponsor "All about
Stamps" radio feature to be
broadcast from Station WOR, New
York, weekly beginning next Satur-
day at 1915 am. Bandleader VIM
cent Lopez will be guest speaker on
the first program.
The Forest Service, represented
by L. F. Watts, has asked the Post
Office Department to authorize the
use of cancellation dies carrying slo-
Evening star., 1948-01-18

to explain. With this Setup, MI.
Austin can't lose. He pitches Sui
tan and his "harem" into legal
tangle involving a disputed heir, a
missing toe and q large quantity Of
murder. Sultan and his trio of
bright beauties do the untangling,
of course, but how they do it is told
with such tongue-in-cheek fair
that this one shouldn't be missed.
The red-head's impersonation OF
a Scotch Irish Bronx Romanian-
Southern maid is inspired.
\ 4 X X
The Case of the Second Chance,
by Christopher Bush. (Macmil-
Ian; $2.5o)
Ludovic Travers, ever-dignified
British sleuth, reluctantly tags as
unsolved the murder of Charles
Manfrey, an actor producer with
several good enemies. But he gets
second chance Chence, the title)
when Manfrey,s stage-struck secre-
tary seeks protection from a myste-
rious blackmailer, approximately
three years later.
Ludovic, the narrator, relies on de-
duction in the classic tradition. Re-
fusing to give an inch to the ma
chine gun school Of detective fiction,
Mr.. Bush rambles along with high
degree of literacy. Typical is this
sentence ending: ~ Then all !
could say was that he'd shown an
organization and prescience - and
his collaborators had shown an
amenability and verliality-beyond
all reasonable experience"
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Fantasy
THE WELL OF THE UNICORN
BY George U. Fletcher. (Wtlltdn1
Sloane Associates; $780,

x1G w Fc4Al Sf AA42 SANAS~S
BY George U. Fletcher. William
Sloane Associates; $780,
That wonderful sense of anticipa-
ton that is aroused by the prospect
of high romance in mythical king
dom slowly sinks to rest about mid
way in this fantasy, which Is con-
scientious in its recreation OF the
details of a never-never land, but
never quite inspired. AS mythical
kingdoms go, Darlana, perhaps be-
cause it is occupied by the oppres-
sive Vulkings, is a rather bleak and
businesslike place and its inhabi-
tants, although they believe in magic
and conjure spells, are a cheerless.
even churlish, lot.
The hero, Airar Alvarson, who re-
fuses to collaborate with the con-
querors Of his country, is ultimately,
through trickery and kidnap, in
duced to take arms against them.
In hardening from dispossessed
outcast to a trusted underground
leader, Airar,< searches his soul for
the true meaning OF liberty and
seeks to understand how tyranny
can produce perfect discipline and
accord in the enemy ranks while
his own men are always subject to
their erratic individuality.
This timelessly interesting dilem-
ma, which, If properly exploited,
would have given the story pointed
relevance for today, Is rather lost
in welter Of battles. a1arums, war
councils, ambushes and rather joy
less love scenes. Further hampering
the readers progress are the new
and unwieldy proper names (Dar-
lana has more subdivisions than a
Federal bureau) which crop up on
almost every page.
In keeping with It's austere atmos-
phere, 1.-THE Well of the Unicorn
closes on a rather depressing note.
The well, held sacred by both fac
tions and said to have the power to
bring peace to those who drink its
waters, inspires the now bellicose
Airar only to the conclusion that
peace can only be found in the
heart of each man, not in all the
world.
If it's irony had been little less
blunt-edged and its campaigns less
minutely described, this first novel
by George U. Fletcher (pseudonym
for a well-known writer of non
fiction) might have been one of the
pleasanter, events of the opening
year. AS it Is, 1t is an impressive
piece Of work, but not much fun.
M. Meg.
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Individual Freedom
A FLASK FOR THE JOURNEY
BY F. L. Green. (Reynal &
Hitchcock; 49,
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH.

Individual freedom is the subject
Of this probing human study writ
ten in a story STORY design
and a moody counterpoint method
The often talky and sometimes
cloudy manner Of its telling make
for a slow pace and shortage Of
action. This may disappoint read
ers expecting the young English
author to provide another "odd
Man Out"
Yet, he provides an interesting
and subtle book, more imaginative
emotional and observant than most
novels of the type. It is the story
of people not strong enough in
most cases to accept the idea OF
true liberty or not stable enough
to take the realities of life.
It relates the journey, physical
and spiritual, Of Jack Kaspan as a
British prisoner of the Nazis to his
satisfying goal Of freedom which
can only be experienced in the re-
cesses of the mind" It tells also
the tragic story of Jane Gellsor
and Bernard Meddow, prisoners oi
another kind, to point up the domi-
nart theme.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
The SchooImuster
Takes q Wife
TEN O'CLOCK SCHOLAR
BY Marjorie Holmes. ~. B. Lip
pincott Co.; $3.)
Reviewed by
GARNET D. HORNER.
Reviewed by
FRANCIS DOUGLAS.

The "Ten O'Clock Scholar" OF
this book is Jan, who had trouble
getting through high school but
who married a school superintend-
ent. He makes it quite clear to
her he did not marry her for her
intellect.
Miss Holmes moves her story
down two parallel tracks. One car
ries the tale of Jana sort of con-
slant nymph-and the reluctance Of
her husband, Ralph Madison, to see
anything more in her than her
physical attractions. She was SO
attractive that wherever Madison
gets a job some one pops up to
fall in love with Jan.
Down the other track goes the
story Of Madison, the school super
intendent with ideals and ideas. 1t
is told with considerable convic-
ton but Miss Holmes seems to have
difficulty keeping the two main ele-
ments of her plot on the same
schedule. She also wrote World
by the Tail" published in 1943.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

that he has kept himself sheltered
eager TO graduate from the univer-
sity, avoiding the experience with
women that most boys Of his age
have had. He dreams Of being
tempted and finally Is, by Bill
Boone's estranged wife Blackie
who is not assuming the role for the
first time. Johnny succumbs, but
not without misgivings. He Is
meeting Blackie frequently in secret
when suddenly his father dies
Shock and self-disgust merge in
the weeks that follow. He breaks
off, not only with Blackie, but with
every one else. The town wonders
what's the matter with him, until
he whispering that goes the rounds
makes 1t fairly clear.
There Is a clamor from some OF
he more self righteous wives for
Johnny's head, though no one can
oroye anything, and he appears to
rave given up whatever he was do
ng. But Johnny becomes almost q
'ase for q psychiatrist. Finally the
lealthy tissues of youth gain con-
,ol, helped by certain circum-
tanoes.
Speech Rings True.
Mr.. Gibbons has an unfailing ear
for the speech Of such q town-the
way 1t Is spoken, not the way 1t is
imagined by Iowans and New York.
ers. There are many streams OF
consciousness in this novel, flowing
from various characters, especially
from Johnny. The author manages
this sort of thing adroitly, but
there's Just too much Of it. And In
his efforts to avoid cliches, to find
crisp, unusual way e. expressing
Evening star., 1948-01-18

everything. he often turns out
labored phrases, sometimes whole
passages that call attention to the
way they're written rather than to
what they're describing. But these
faults do not detract too much from
a document Of power and under
standing. Mr.. Gibbons writes SIM
ply and clearly when he forgets
that he's composing phrases. Prob
ably, as he advances in literary ma
turity, he'll realize that words are
not, as Wolfe and others seemed to
think, an end in themselves.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
SONGS OF MANY MOODS >
BY Harriet Lyon Leonard. (Torch
'D~aso. %

These works mark complete SUBJ
mission to providential directive and
sense of being In tune with nature
in all her mysterious ways. Rev
erence and humility in every line
Slightly 'hepped" on hills and the
blueness of the waters Of Galilee
One wonders If Christ would en-
counter anything around Miami to
remind Him of the Holy Land.
II T.,
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Diplomats in Spots'
No Longer Decorate
III. S. Offices Abroad
AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE
BY J. Rives Childs. Henry Holt
& Co..

BY J. Rives Childs. Henry Hol1
& Co..
Reviewed by
GARNET D. HORNER.
Mr.. Childs, veteran caree,
diplomat himself, explains in this
book just what the American
Foreign Service is and how it has
developed.
The service has changed con-
siderably from the time before
World War I when an ambassador
telegraphed the State Department
he had urgent need of the services
of a polo-playing diplomatic secre-
tary."
1t is small wonder, Mr.. Childs
writes, that the legend of white
spatted," "cookie-pushing" officers
attached itself to the foreign service
in those days, adding: This was the
kind of officer which the Nation, in
effect, asked for by closing the serv-
ice to men who had to work for
living"
Much of the book is devoted to a
description of the changes brought
in the service by a 1916 law raising
salaries and allowances sufficiently
to make it possible for men without
private incomes to work up to some
of the highest posts.
To give detailed picture Of the
kind of work a foreign service officer
has to do, Mr.. Childs analyses the
operations of the American En-
bassy in Paris under Ambassador
jefferson Caffery, in all its postwar
complexity. Specialists in such
matters as labor agriculture, finance
and public information as well as
political affairs have replaced the
"polo-playing secretary"
A foreign service officer now, Mr.
Childs sums up, "has to work his
hardest in situations which offer
every temptation to play. He can
not be either q dilettante or q
bureaucrat.
Mr.. Childs writes from personal
experience of rising through the
ranks Of the service to his present
post as Minister to Saudi Arabia.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

about what they your conclusions
Since Pneboo Southern particular
have suffered from the mnraons sociological novel
who have them Of all remarkable that
this young Alabaman has looked at it effectively.
Johnny Somers the important though the others
perhaps is of them coming until thoroughly
with the arrival Johnny
other history
IL Is He
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posed impartially; presented without malice or
mercy; explored psychologically, almost patho-
logically.
It's unlikely you'll remember much of
what Pineboro looks like. But I doubt that
you'll soon forget Johnny Somers, the youthful
high school teacher; or Bill Boone, the peren-
nial quarterback, who found alcohol the only
substitute for his lost schoolboy glory; or
Blackie Boone, the small-time siren; or Lur-
lene the forlorn waitress, who couldn't with
stand temptation or escape its consequences, or
Louie Cobb, the bush-league political boss; or
some of the others
Too often novelists write about small towns
o prove something or other-perhaps social or
-acial or economic injustice. Mr.. Gibbons is
too busy living with his characters to Worr,
Evening star., 1948-01-18
ECONOMIC POLICY FOR A
FREE SOCIETY

BY Henry Simons. (UniUersity
OF Chicago Press; $3.75.)
This is a compilation Of the essays
of a University Of Chicago pro-
fessor who, prior to his recent death,
was a disciple of the great 18th
century free-trade tradition. How
he managed to clear himself of the
charge Of negativism is made espe-
cially clear in his chapter titled:
"A positive program for Laissez
Fare" Most recent is the intro
ductory chapter: "A Political Credo,"
written in 1945 in an endeavor to
formulate specifically the political
predispositions implicit In his think
ing. H. L.
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esting page whether the bearded one Is trying
to tell poignant story of humanity in misery,
striving with all its might to recover, or is try
ing to sell bill Of goods Yugoslavia
as democracy (Which every one knows it is
not.
Much of the worlds great literaure, it is
true, was written with political or social pur-
pose, and perhaps Mr. st. John feels that he has
delivered himself of shining example Of writ
ing with a purpose, but if that is true he is
likely to be disappointed with the response he
receives, for the principal reaction of most in
formed American readers is going to be that
Mr.. ST. John has lent himself to the purposes OF
communism, way of life which is not pop
ular-and becoming less so-in 1948 America.
But 1t would be just as much OF an In
i,,stica To the author to stigmatiZe the book as
Evening star., 1948-01-18
The Seomy Side
OF Our Sports
SAY TT AMT so, JOE
Edited by Thomas L. Stix. (Boni
& GGerJ
Reviewed by
LEWIS r. ATCHISON.

sportswriting, whether by a dis
ciple OF the Gee Whiz" school or
by the contrary Jaw Nuts" group,
usually always makes good reading,
and this is true of the collection of
sports stories packed into this 300
odd page book. Some years ago, the
author published a collection of
stories In which the athletes were
heroes, but the current collection
gives the sordid side of sports. Some
of the stories are pure fiction, ex-
cellently written, and others are
factual accounts Of disgusting epi-
sodes in the sporting world.
One Of the outstanding features
is Ring Lardners unforgettable
yarn, THE Champion" while an
other is the chapter from Gerald
Kersh's Might and the City," about
wrestling. A portion Of Joel Sayre's
hilarious "Rackety Rax" adds to the
pleasure afforded by this book. It's
recommended reading for any sports
fan.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
British in China

SxxA( S4444N11 44&14NoS 6A&ND A4I
FOREIGN OFFICE
BY Nathan A. Pelcovits. (King'a
CroDn Press; $3.75.)
Reviewed by
BELMONT FAIRIES.
Why did Britain, which domi-
mated China for more than half OF
the 18th century, stop short OF
making another India Of the
Manchu empire? Mr.. Pelcovits, in
scholarly study published for the
American Institute of Pacific Rela-
tions, finds the answer in the sharp
difference of opinion between COM
mercial interests and policymakers
on China trade prospects. The
British foreign Office, skeptical Of
the old China hands dream Of q
great export market, was convinced
Mr.. Pelcovits says, that the possible
gain to Britain was not worth the
imperialistic effort.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Crime and Nystery
By Miriom Ottenbera

Drink the Green Water by Hugh Austin Scbnes Sons $25Oo
William Sultan being other than decoous
surviving member august law
fact that his mpeccabe office decorated with brunette
secretary recepion edheaded file clerkal
those things that Sultan attempts
Evening star., 1948-01-18

Armchair In He'll, by Henry
Kane. (Simon & Schuster, Inc. !;
$2.)'
There's dead woman in the
bedroom. q stabbed art dealer in
the dining room and a bodyguard
with a slit throat in the kitchen.
That's where Peter Chambers, a
private detective with shortage
Of scruples and a large yen for
beautiful women, gets into the act.
At stake in all the mayhem is a
suitcase full of stolen French tap
estries. A government and several
big-time gangsters are competing
for the loot. It's a fast-paced job,
distinguished by one particularly
bright bit of dialogue on the SUBJ
ject of the trend in mystery stories
*&*
Tall, Dark and Dead, by Kermit
Jaediker. (Mystery House; $2.)
Hired to retrieve some indiscreet
letters from a blackmailing gossip
columnist, Lou Lait dispatches his
safe-cracking chum to do the chore
gets weary Of waiting outside and
finds his pal lying before the open
safe In a drunken stupor and the
columnist dead on the study floor
Lait keeps several jumps ahead OF
sundry policemen and helps the
FBI uncover the projects Of some
Latin American revolutionists. A
mouse helps capture the murderer
which is the only thing that makes
this saga different.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
St. John New Work on Life in YugosIovio
Suffers From Too Much Political Bias
THE SILENT PEOPLE SPEAK
nu Dohart Cf Tnt,p (n01thIod01 n ra 4

SILENT PEOPLE SPEAK
BY Robert st. John. Doubleday & Co.; $4)
by CREsToN MULLINS :.
st. sequel great book Land Of
Silent narrative his
before might in 194 heavily overad with
making that Communist satellite paaab
public.
his volume with political
purpose will
Evening star., 1948-01-18

is stupid to Ignore the parry
practically Except for couple
much that Is really
reading discouraged pungng into the 400
recognizing Communist hand that
lies learning the rest of the way just how severely
Yugoslavia beaten up in the war .,..-
With Germans Uash Chetniks and Partsans ngnng
on the American planes in the at not TOO
that villages changed hands
as many during the Towns hitherto unhara o
eveled in manner which rlVaed 1oce Inc
ufngs people Yugosavia have been so intense t no
civilized people turn deaf ear or refuse 70 e' 'ee " ~
visited Yugosavia-Bosnia, Dalmatia
the Vovodna Serbia Sovna and
his making under Tito
1t is pity that one with whom ne
akeda practically quoeeher IN the
family most which with Tito
lack balance which converts what
could have postwar piece political
hunnrnR
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Rs~ts~<Aes- onIyyou con
y PREVENT
E1 FOREST FIRES

should be used in large cities rather
than in small towns. Mr.. Watts
saws: Most forest fires are caused
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Island in a Storm
HJJNGARY-THE UNWILLING

dUNIAh II he UN W1ILINI
SATELLITE
BY John F. Montgomery. (Deuin-
Adair;; $3J
The former United States Min
lister to Budapest here sets forth
the record of Hungary's difficult
course during the last Is years. AT
first an oasis in Hitler's desert, then
an island in a Soviet sea, she has
been in the helpless position of
other small, weak countries. Mr.
Montgomery gives her A for effort
The responsibility for her future
he SAYS, rests with the U. s. IF. I
Evening star., 1948-01-18

SCARCE AIRMAIL TRIANGLE
issued in 1881 by Getherland.
Also Peace and Victory issues.
Roosevelt. Hitler. Coronations.
Jubilees. Kings. Rulers. Mint. WIN
Stamps are included in this offer.
Of special events. airmails. etc.
including a valuable Zeppelin stamp.
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SPECIAL - INSTEAD OF szee -
ONLY 58e to Introduce ouf
Approval Service to you. Dont
delay. supply limited. Write fodsy:
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?. .. Ss4 80 : sss Y5aseises /. css<s'
Evening star., 1948-01-18

The Collectors Club of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV, Tuesday evening at 8.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Characters of Unusual Reality
Abound in Small Town Novel
Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JON
THE PATCHWORK TIME
,bert Gibbons. (Altrsd A. Knopt; $3J

by
We've had, by this time. penetrating studies OF American
the habits
Of peope these
visited Others centered
q typical characters
of streets furniture
gives distinction the