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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
These Were the Finger Exercises That Led
Proust to Remembrance of Things Past
PLEASURES AND REGRETS

PLEASURES AND REGRETS
BY Marcel Proust. (CroWn Put
These precious fragments, trans
lated into English for the first time
since their publication in 1896, are
rather languid f1nger-exercises by
that master chronicler OF French
society, Marcel Proust. For all their
studied cynicism and styled disen-
chantment, they are worth reading
mainly because their lucid style (ad-
mirably preserved in Louise Varese's
translation and brilliant wit fore
shadows his great accomplishment,
Remembrance of Things Past"
Almost as interesting as the deli
cate sketches themselves are Ana
tole Frances Introductory remarks,
in which he likens the young Proust
to "a depraved Bernardin de Saint
Pierre" and "a guileless Petronius. "
M. Proust's thesis-if so bulky a
word can be used in connection
with these gossamer illusions
would seem to be that society, like
power, corrupts. He disdainfully
impails such types as innocent debu-
tantes depraved by sensual dandies,
sneering dilettantes who despise
what they cannot achieve them
selves, stated ladies of fashion PIN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Crime and Mystery
By Miriom Gutenberg

thereafter, FELTON,, wartime traitor
lay dead on the mountainside. 1t
was up to Anthony Carne, onetime
intelligence officer, to find out what
FELTON, was up to in Scotland. Carne
suspected the upcoming British
American trade talks at Oban, Scot
land, might have been the attrac-
ton. But where did the beautiful
Swedish girl and the noncommu-
NEGATIVE British couple and the
loquacious American fit into the
picture? Carne found himself sus-
pected of the second murder, but
was extricated in time for hair
raising finale and an unexpected
denouement.
X
The Tortured Angel, by David Garth
&C. P. Putnams Sons; $500
We have come to that postwar
period where purveyors of adventure
fiction dream up World War II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

an eccentric recluSe.
Tanya was the gay, talented and
much-loved youngest daughter OF
a household much disrupted by the
34-year -old count. Her elder,
bluestocking sister Liza fancied that
Tolstoy was in love with her; but
it was the sentimental Sonya whom
he wooed while Tanya eavesdropped
from beneath the piano. The SYM
patfly between him and Tanya was
constant and long Lived. He called
her his scribe and friend" She in
turn describes him as her second
father" and the confidante of her
youthful loves and follies. Her own
father, a brilliant, humane court
physician, often chided his son-in-
law for his notions. The UNDER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Novel Reveals
Lost Chapter
.OfCWiI War

WOMAN WITH A SWORD
BY HOLSTER Noble. doubleday
& Co., Inc; 49,
Reviewed by
MARGARET BLAIR SHUMAKER.
Holster Noble calls his woman
With Sword" a biographical
novel. 1t is so we'll documented,
however, and testifles to such care
full research that one cannot help
but wish to distinguish it from the
common run of biographical novels
which seem to take the bare out
lines of a real career and distort
them until there remains very little
authentic biography couched in very
bad fiction.
Not only does Mr. Noble stick
close to historical sources for the
details of Anne CAROLS public
career, but even when he enters
the realm of personal relations, in
which the biographer is generally
untrammeled by recorded fact and
where SO many run wild, he recon-
structs his conversations from notes
left by Miss Carroll. and does not
attempt to explain history for the
sake of spicier plot.
A New Disclosure.
There is no need here for such
distortions. The story of Anne
Carroll is such a fascinating and
unusual one that it requires no
ballast. Not only can it stand on its
own weight as biographical novel
but it should add an Illuminating
chapter in the history of the Civil
War. History books do not record
that the Tennessee Plan" which
Grant and his armies followed as
they plunged from the West deep
into the South to pulverize Southern
resistance, was the inspiration OF a
young woman, Anne Carroll. His
tory makes little mention of this
delicate, blond woman whose bril-
liant legal mind reduced to ashes
John Breckenridge opposition to
the declaration of war against the
South, who went on to define for
the Nation the presidential powers
in time of war, and who finally
showed the unquestionable logic OF
the Emancipation Proclamation.
Here was the greatest course in
war. She found herself, got no pay,
and did the work that made others
famous" Those words of Edwin
Stanton, Secretary of War, show
that We here confronted by one of
those curious omissions of history
which appear to taunt us now and
again with the knowledge that all is
not true. Without Anne Carroll the
course of the Civil War would have
been entirely different. The western
armies were originally slated to go
down the Mississippi to New Orleans,
plan which pleased no one. but
which was a final resort at time
when there was no guiding strategy
in the Union, when chaos and
pessimism prevailed. Then came
Carroll with her plan. which when
finally effected, cut the South in
half. And yet, who has heard Of
Anne Carroll?
Who has heard of. this woman who
guided an army and inspired the
political leaders of warning Nation
to victory? A woman to whom
causes meant so much that she
could sacrifice happiness and love
because. although she might look
for the finish line of duty, she could
never find it. In presenting Anne
Carols story. HOLSTER Noble has
done a service both to history and
the reading public. His work should
correct factual delinquency in
history and at the same time GER
tainly brings to life for the reader
compelling and intensely inter-
esting chapter in our part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

A transplanted New Highlander
Marianne Wentworth, tells factual
story of fabulous Western char
acter, John Dalton -. cowboy
rodeo rider, professional boxer, bull
fighter, big-game hunter and globe
trotting soldier OF fortune.
Young Dalton, son of a successful
Texas rancher, struck out for him
self about. the turn of the century
to capitalize on his brilliant horse
manship and siX-gun Workmanship.
While still teen-ager, he beSted
most of the Vests best to win top
money at bronc riding and bull
doing. He liked glory-and gold!
Both came easy as reward for dar-
ing courage, and the amazing skill
with which to back it up.
He became a big-league pugilist
by accident, and fought his way
abroad to fantastic adventures in
Portugal, Morocco, India. the Orient
and even a prison stretch in Czarist
Russia!
Will Rogers taught him the in
tricacies of roping, to which Dalton
added his own f1ashy finesse, and
rounded out a repertoire which had
domestic and foreign turnstiles spin
ming at high speed.
Dalton had an overdeveloped
sense of appreciation for sparkling
diamonds and splendid clothes and
the sobriquet, Dude" was in
evitable. He made money fast, and
spent 1t the same way. He made
friends fast-but held on to them!
He was wined, dined and cheered by
rabble and royalty, toasted in
ale and Napoleon brandy.
Dalton was fortunately endowed
with an average sense of humor
along with that Unsuitable thirst for
adventure, and the saga's finale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
MIRABELLE.

MIRABELLE.
BY Ellen Caren. (Greenberg; 49,
This is the story of "Mirabelle,"
not to be confused with "Mirabeau."
The French actress, however, like
the French S-atesman. frequently.
found herself involved in grande
passion The one herein described
is that between her and the sculptor,
Parin. Theirs was "a consuming
love"-quoting the books subtitle
and like all such emotions it event.
ually consumed itself and some 800
pages of scarce book print.-M. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
THE NEGRO FAMILY IN THE
UNITED STATES

BY E. Franklin Frazier. DRY
den Press, $3.50
DR.. Frazier has written a compre-
henSive history of the Negro family
from capture and enslavement ir
Africa, through plantation life in
America to the modern complexities
of cities. He sees evidence that in
the urban environment. where
caste loses force, Negroes ano
whites in the same occupationa
classes are being drawn into closer
association than in the past" A
scholarly presentation. The author
is professor of sociology at Howard
! University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

&c. Confdante of her youth
tul loves and tollieS."
standing between Tanya and hel
sisters husband was only strength.
ened during her tragic romance
with his brother, Sergey Nikolaye-
Yich.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
ORPHEUS, A SYMPOSIUM
OF THE ARTS

Directions; 81
Lehman has ably selected an all
too-brief series of critical essays and
selections from various of modern
authors of England and Europe to
create a volume sampling the vision
airy and lyrical aspects Of the arts.
Literature, painting, tapestry, ballet,
all are represented. Embracing a
nearly impossibly large field, the
book speaks well for itself even
through its limitations. &C. G. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Young Manhood of ToIstoy Is Intimately
Depicted by His Fovorite Sister-in-Low
ToLsToY AS KNEW HIM
BY Tatoyana Kuzmtnskaya. (The Macmillan Co.; 49,
Reviewed bv MARY McGRORY

Quite apart from its vivid gmpses OF Leo Tostoy
as young the early happy of his marriage this
autobiography his Tanya Bers fascinating
potrait of the model for Natasha Rosova of War and
provides solid picture of society enjoyed by the
foremost novelist before his extreme views made him
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
A Tale of Dering- do, Tall but True,
From Out Arizona Way and Far Beyond

FORGED IN STRONG FIRES
BY NJ P Wentworth. (Carton Printers Ltd; So
Reviewed by JIM BERGMAN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Review by
FRED A. DE LUNA


Review by
FRED A. DE LUNA
Lest the title mislead, these are
tales OF the supernatural, yes, but
conventional horror stories, no. He
who would read of malignant ghosts
and of brutal Sayings must seek
elsewhere.
In horror of imagination Arthur
Machen has been far outdone by
such modern writer's as Clarke Ash
ton Smith and the late H. P. Love-
craft. But Machen, renowned as
a master of the macabre decades
before his death last winter, was
concerned not with how fantastic a
tale he could write, but of how cor
vlncingly he dealt with the super
natural.
Included among the IA tales in
this volume is The Bowmen,
which, published a few days after
the Battle of Mons in World War l,
so grasped the Imagination of the
British people with its theme OF
the ancient archers of Agincourt
routing the Germans with phan-
tom arrows. that many accepted it
as truth. Another well-known story
is The Great God Pan" which con-
Germs a daughter of the awe-inspir-
ing god of nature. Other tales deal
with a malevolent elder race OF
dwarves, the little people,: drug
used in the old witches Sabbath,
and the return of the Holy Graf
to present-day Wales.
Behind all of these tales is
Machen's mystic belief that things
are not what they seem, that be-
hind life as perceived with the
senses lies a great secret, the true
secret of life Born in Wales and
stepped all his life in the romance
of his birthplace, with its heritage
OF Roman legions and Arthurian
knights, Machen throughout his life
was true romanticist. whose
tongue. though often ominous and
sometimes witty, was never in his
cheek
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Berlin Before
The Blockade
THE BLACK LAUREL
by Storm Jameson. THE Mac
milan Co.: So
EDWIN TREBLE

The Berlin before the Russian
blockade is the setting Of this mys-
tery-like novel Of Storm Jameson's.
Her character are figures in the
occupation forces or the Russians.
Americans and British. Oddly, Miss
Jameson, who is British, has sue
ceeded in making her most effective
Characterization the Germans with
whom the conquerors deal. Her
American is a provincial type and
her British are almost without ex-
ception self-seeking.
The theme is the efforts Of these
various nationalities to grab out OF
the Berlin morass the things which
represent all the little wants and
likes of all their little lives. Some
succeed and some do not. It is an
interesting, disorganized moment of
history about which she is writing.
It's possible that the new and greater
tensions in Berlin since she wrote it
have already made it out of date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

up some sharp portraits, largely
through dialogue. There is irony and
mordant humor in her account OF
the gathering of the st. Bisbee clan
for the funeral and the expected
distribution of big estate. On the
other hand, the narrative wears too
thin to hold the interest for an en-
tire book, and Garrick's constant
meditations, interpretive and retro
spective, become in time merely
tlresome.
EVERYDAY MIRACLE
BY Gustav Eckstein. Harper,
-S2.75.)
The author, who is associate pro-
fessor of physiology at the Univer-
sity of Cincinnati, has studied the
ways of animals, birds and bugs and
cleaned from these observations
some profound truths about the ma
ture of life and death. Here he re-
lates examples of the sensory pc
culiarities of canaries, cats, mice
pigeons, apes, dogs, even cock
reaches. 1t is not that these anec-
dotes are so unusual, though some
of them are-like the one about the
cat that jumped on certain dis
tant windowsill every Monday night
at a fixed hour to watch bineC
game. 1t is more that Dr. EcksteiH
sheds universal light on them. He
often sees mans struggles duplicated
in that humber woodland some
times better managed. Written
conversationally, the book is fas-
cinating recital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01
Its All a Deep
Dark Secret

TALES OF HORROR AND THE
SUPERNATURAL
BY Arthur Machen. (AUred A
Knopf, Inc $685.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-01

By Virginia Hathaway Chapman.
(Ratsdom House; s275.J
Godfrey Garrick was q young doc
tor, stationed, in the summer OF
1916, Gin Germany. But Garrick
Kept looking back on a week end
Just q year ago. when he left his
duties at the New York hospital
10 60 to Weschester County for the
funeral of his rich Uncle Jacob.
The family was there, not sad, but
Worried over the will. Garrick was
more concerned with Antonio, back
IN the city. the girl he was fairly
certain he loved.
Mrs Chapman has written as her
arst novel variations on these two
shem@-the young mans routine
activities among American occupa-
don forces and his continuous effort
10 seesmore clearly the events Of the
PREVIOUS summer. The author turns
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Pearson to Address
CupituI Press Club

ColumniSt Drew Pearson will
speak at the fifth annual dinner
Of the Capital Press Club at 8
o'clock tonight at Howard Uni
versity.
Other speakers will be Mordecai
w. Johnson, Howard University
president, and Thomas w. Young,
president of the Negro Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
House Votes 10 Extend Life
OF RFC for -Four Years
BY the Associated Pres. y

Legislation extending the life OF
the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration for four more years was pass
ed by the House by voice vote late
yesterday.
1t goes back to the Senate, which
previously had voted a l2-year ex-
tension and had curbed the RIGS
borrowing and lending powers.
Under existing law, the RFC has
no authority to operate after June
80 of this year.
The House approved an amend
ment to allow the RFC to purchase
surplus war property for small busi-
nesses not qualified to make the
purchases themselves.
But it turned down, 80 to 40, a
proposal by Representative Combs,
Democrat of Texas, to allow the
RFC to purchase from local banks
and other lenders the mortgages
held on loans made to veterans un-
der the CT Bill of Rights.
Chairman Wolcott of the Banking
Committee opposed the Combs
amendment, saying banks then could
unload "all of their undesirable
paper on the Government" He said
many mortgages held by banks on
the basis Of CT loans, largely on
real estate, are becoming undesir-
able.
Evening star., 1948-05-07
Loundrymon's Sentence Put Off
After His English FoiIs in Court

Henry Chinn Bows ability to
speak English failed him yesterday
in Municipal Court, as he sought
to tell Judge Thomas D. Quinn he
is now attempting to comply with
District building regulations.
Bow, Chinese laundryman who
operates his business in the base
ment at 303 E street NV, was to
have been sentenced yesterday by
Judge Quinn, after being found
guilty of the charge Arpil 20. But
his English failed him as he was
being questioned.
The case was continued until Nav
l3. At that time an interpreter will
be present.
Bow previously had told Judge
Quinn and Building Inspector
Charles O'Connell that he works
% hours a day in his laundry to
support his children who live out of
town. Mr.. O'Connell said he had
found Bows place divided by high
ly inflammable cardboard partitions,
hoses used as gas mains and open
gas jets used to dry clothing hung
few feet above them.
Before losing command of his
Evening star., 1948-05-07

English yesterday. Bow told the
judge and Mr.. O"Connell he had
torn down the partitions and in
stalled pipe in place of the hose.
He said he has been unable to put
up new partitions, though, and that
he now is sleeping in a park Just
outside Municipal Court.
Asked by Judge Quinn how long
he slept in the park, he answered
"One hour" He indicated this
had been going on for some time
Further questioning was useless.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-15

Miss Betty Hardesty and Miss
Betty Gaskins, Cincinnati, Ohio, are
guests Of Mrs. Hardesty's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Hardesty.
Mrs. Martha Fike received a
phone call from her son, Pvt. Robert
Fike, Monday night, that he was on
his way to Puerto Rico.
Oaky Lewis, who spent the pass
month here with friends, returned to
his home at Morgantown, w. Va, on
Saturday.
Weekend guests at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Sisk were Mr.
and Mrs. w. h. Byron, Of Pittsburgh,
Pa. Mrs. Emma Grace Newman.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Mr.. and Mrs,
Walter c. Newman and son Charles,
Of Keyser, w. Va.
John II. Sisk motored to Parkers-
burg. w. Va, on Sunday, he was ac-
companied by his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Newman, who has spent the past
few weeks at the Sisk home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Moon and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Moon are visit
ing relatives in Charleston, W. Va.
Visitors at the home of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Harry Edwards, ST., include
Leonard Edwards, Randolph, n. ";
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bickel and
daughter, Philadelphia, Pa; Mr.. and
| Mrs. Allen Sliger and son, Gordon
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Remick
and daughter. Trout Run; Mrs.
George Haines, Mitflinburg; Mrs.
Chester Riggel and Stewart Bickel,
Jersey Shore; Mrs. Harry Thilo, Mrs.
William Prasch and daughter. Cam
den, ~ j.; Mr. and Mrs Tony DIV
ito and children, Star City; Mr..
Charles Nine and children, Newbmg;
| Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Edwards, Jr.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-15

Pfc. Wayne Bell and Pfc. Waugh
Weimer, Fort Richardson, Alaska,
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bell and Mr.. and Mrs.
.J. II. Weimer for brief furlough.
Guests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. +. Calls are Mr. and Mrs. John
d. Lish, New Jersey, and Mrs. Law
renee Schmidt and son Larry, of Bal
tmore.
Mrs. Ralph Beckman and sons,
who have been visiting relatives here
the past week, returned TO Hunting
ton, w. Va, on Sunday.
Jackie Rishell, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Rishell. is confined to his
home with measles.
Mrs. Martha Fike returned to her
home on Sunday after having spent
the past week with her sister, Mrs
Stanley Stahl. at Chambersburg, Pa
The Rummage Sale which was to
have been held July II in the Ne
lntire building, has been postponed
until a later date.
Miss Hellis Rathbun and Teddy
Ryan were visiting in Clarksburg and
Wheeling, last week
Mrs. Evelyn Pritchard Martin
former resident of the Park, is g
visitor here.
Miss Virginia Marshall. Union
town. Pa, is visiting Mrs. Frank
Murphy.
Mrs. Joseph Powers was visiting
in Parsons, w. Va, on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Right anC
sons Sheridan and Blaine were visit
ing friends at Deep Greek Lake on
Sunday.
Miss Florence Sisk is spending a
few days in Pittsburgh visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Roland Ready, Hagerstown, was d
recent guest of his mother, Mrs. Mar
tina Ready.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Calls and Mrs
Rose Anna Williams, Mt Carmel
Pa, are guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Bittinger. Mrs. VII
liams will celebrate her ninety-first
; birthday anniversary this week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-15
LEGEER

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bethel,
Washington, D. c.; Mr., and Mrs.
George Casa Bonnie, New York; Don
ME and Billy Bethel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis Bethel, Grantsville; Mrs. Sher-
man Bittinger and son Gerald, Ak
ron, o.; Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Conn, Nc
Keesport, Pa; Mrs. Thomas Platter,
Meyersdale, Pa; Roy Resi-, Canton,
o.; Elmer Snyder, Paul and Darrei
Bethel, Jennings; Mr.. and Mrs. vii
bur Harris and family, High Point,
n. c.: and Orvis Resi- were all wise
ing at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Brison Resi-.
Mrs. W. J. Harris is visiting Nh.
and Mrs. Jesse Conn at McKeesport,
Pa.
Ellis and Billy Bethel are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. George Bethel and
family at Accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fadley and Mr..
and Mrs Thomas Platter were visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bethel.
HolIie Bethel and jamie Bende.
spent the weekend at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-07-15
AURORA-EGLON

Mrs. Cora Harsh suffered a stroke
Saturday evening at her home at Eg-
lon. Two of her sisters, Mrs. Grace
VanSickle, of Hazelton, W. Va, and
Mrs. Belva Cerveny, Belwyn, ILL.,, are
at her bedside. Mrs CerVenY is a
trained nurse.
Mrs. Gertrude Snyder has been i'll
at the home Of her nephew and niece,
Mn and Mrs. Paul Dixon, at Gnegy
Church
Rev. and Mrs. Marshall Wolfe, of
Bridgewater Va, spent several days
recently with relatives and friends at
Red House and Eglon.
Rev. Desmond Bittinger left Sun
day night for his home at Elgin, ILL.,,
after speaking in the forenoon at
Maple Spring church prior to the in
stallation of the new pastor and
wife, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Byrd, and
also having part in the dedication
services in the afternoon Of the par
sonage in Eglon.
Mrs. Emma Henline, of the Acct
dent community, is a patient in a
Clarksburg hospital, after having
undergone an operation Monday for
a cataract. Her condition is reported
very satisfactory.
Mrs. Bertha Shaffer is visiting at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oda
Fike and family at Eglon.
Mrs. Nina Stemple and Mrs. Eva
Wotring, of Aurora, and Mrs. Lucy
Wilt, of Amboy, went Sunday as
cooks for the All camp which is be-
ing held at Camp Dawson, near
Kingwood.
A miscellaneous shower was given
Rev. and Mrs. Byrd Wednesday even
ing at the parsonage at Eglon. The
gifts were many and useful.
The B.Y.P.D. of the Maple Spring
church is sponsoring a birthday sup
per July IS, beginning at $3.50 p. m.
in the church basement. The admis-
sion will be one penny for every year
of your age. Also each one is being
asked to bring a covered dish. The
society will furnish dessert and
beverages. An excellent program IS
being planned for the evening. Every
one is cordially invited.