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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-18
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Convention Reflections

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Istraining these women remained
sweet and pleasant.
Who were the ladies" who
staged the near battle royal in
the front hall on Friday morning
before the election? No local
women represented. thank good
ness.
Mrs. sallie Steward gave a won
derful address at the Sunday mass
meeting at Plymouth Church.
which included a history OF Seat
tie as most of us have never
heard before. Her delivery was
perfect. her message inspiring.
And wasn't our own little Mrs.
Edith Steinmetz a pride and a joy?
She is always a source of inspira-
ton.
The ushers had a difficult job.
They did 1t well and looked very
nice In their black skirts and
white blouses. accented by small
black bow ties Mrs. Beatrice
Lewis was chairman of Ushers
Committee.
Too bad Washington and Ore
gon delegates did not campaign
little for Mrs. Pollyanna Reed of
Portland who lost. by a small
margin, being elected National
Vice President.
Why were some of the Land
Tour cars turned away at the gate
of FIT. Lawton? Those who did
enter enjoyed a delightful tea at
the Officers Club. Those TT. Law
ton fellows really went all out to
entertain our visitors.
Mrs. Adele Dixon did a magnan-
imous job as post mistress, in
formation please and "This is my
problem, Mr.. Anthony" She was
called upon at the last minute
to fill the position of Mrs. Hope
Ward who is confined in the hos
pital. We hope Mrs. Ward is much
improved and that Mrs. Dixon will
not have to take her place in the
hospital as result of over-work-
ing at the convention.
At the opening of the Mass
Meeting, the moderator asked for
the singing of our National An
them. Low and behold the pianist
and voices began Lift Every Voice
and Sing" 1t was a trifle embar-
RAISING to have to be cut off and
begin again with THE star
Spangled Banner" Won't it be
nice when it is clear to all of us
that our national anthem is "The
Star Spangled Banner" . one
nation, one national anthem.
Too bad we didn't have across
town bus service on Twenty-third
Avenue during the convention.
The pay telephone at the school
was out of order for a part of one
day because 1t was overloaded
with nickles =. something to be
remembered when we want the
Telephone Company to do some
thing for us.
The Seattle Park Board did
beautiful job of decorating the
lstage That in itself should have
created lasting impression upon
visitors of the natural beauty of
Seattle.
1t was nice to see fresh flowers
on the lunch room tables every
lday. The Decorations Committee,
headed by Mrs Eva Stokes, gets
1.-THE credit. Decorate yourselves
with orchids girls. You deserve
them.
Three hundred women went on
a Boat Sightseeing Trip. This trip
was sponsored (and paid for) by
local organizations. See the SOU
venir program for a list of organi-
cations which contributed The
Entertainment Committee, headed
Iby Mrs. Jessie Shields, made all
arrangements. Take a bow, COM
mittee.
Speaking of souvenir programs
-. Praises to Mrs. Lillian Gideon,
Mrs. Margaretta Hardin, Mrs.
Ethel Tucker and their fine COM
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1948-08-18

ley began his journey to the
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
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novel. The development of the
middle portion is slow and overlong
Most of the characters are con-
vincing. But a few are given to a
candor more insolent than refresh
ing and rarely encountered in or
out of a church-going society.
\ X X X
THE LAST FRESHET
BY Ben Field. doubleday; So
Mr.. Field has written a novel
around people he knows well, the
loggers of the upper Delaware River
Valley. This is the story of Virge
Doggity, a tough, seasoned woods
man, whose two sons have been lost
in the war. He is confronted with
the problem of how to look after
their young widows. One of them
runs off with a sawmill worker. But
the other, Ellen-well. that's a diff
ferent matter. Mr.. Field writes with
an intimate perception of the woods
and the men who work in them and
the nearby towns. But the story
moves pretty slowly.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Behavior Books
Becoming a Trend
ADAMS RIB, a Defense OF Mod
ern Woman
BY Ruth Herschberger. (Pelle-
qrini G. Cudahy, NeD York.
S3.50l - 49,
NEVlGWEU Uy
BETSY CASWELL.


Any literary field that is allowed
to lie fallow over a period of time
may be worked by the skilled hand
to produce a best seller-which, in
turn, is followed by bumper crop
of books and articles on the same
subject. In writing circles this is
known as trend" and, it would
appear that such trend is decided
ly in the making behind the surpris-
ing success of the Kinsey report on
Sexual Behavior of the Human
Male" In the vanguard is Adam S
Rib in which the author presents
the case for women. She takes issue
with those writers who have recently
been accusing women of causing
many of the worlds troubles and
lays directly at the feet of puri-
tanical and bigoted society the blame
for the physical dissatisfactions and
Illustrations that lead to feminine
unhappiness, neuroses and even
more serious mental ills.
While literally appended with notes
and photographed references,
Adams Rib" is far from the usual
scientific text book that deals with
such matters. Miss Herschberger
writes with wit, a sense of humor,
and a clarity that should leave
nothing misunderstood by the aver
age reader, no matter how un-
familiar he or she may be with medi-
cal and scientific terms. The book
should be read by every thoughtful
Woman--and man,
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Nothing Horsher
Than the Minuet
THE FOUNDING
BY Georgette Heyer. (Putnam,
So
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH.
Reviewed by
NINA PEMBERTON,

Once again Georgette Heyer has
come up with a rascally regency
novel. She appears to be entirely in
her element when writing in this
particular vein. Those who are in
terested in the gay and colorful
dialogue Of the regency bucks will
remember Miss Heyer's Fridays
Child" and "The Reluctant Widow" "
both published within the last two
years. The only fly in the ointment
seems to be repetitiousness. Miss
Heyer has a habit of turning one
individual in particular into a rebel,
in the midst of an atmosphere ex-
tremely rarified and genteel. The
rebel is always one of the upper
crust of English society and is
always taken back into the fold,
there to bask once more in sherry
and biscuits, numerous servants,
and the sounds of nothing more
harsh than the minuet.
The Founding" does not vary
from the Heyer formula. Those
who read it. will follow the esca-
pades of the Most Hon. Adolphus
Gillespie Vernon Ware, Duke of
Sale and owner of several minor
titles. Adolphus is hemmed in by
footmen, buffers, tutors, a tyranical
guardian, and the thought of the
dutiful and dull marriage he is
about to. embark. upon. Circum-
stances lead him for a brief span
of days to an unknown life under
the guise of plain Mr.. Dash of No
where. Part of this extraneous en-
tourage is the founding, Belinda;
beautiful beyond measure. but de-
cidedly not the right cup of tea for
the Duke of Sale.
A charming and light piece of
literature of days gone by.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Answering All
The Questions
About India
TUMULT IN INDIA
BY George E. Jones. fDodd
Mead Co..
Reviewed by
ALLEN MOORE.

This book by an able reporter OF
the New York Times answers all the
what, where, how and why and who
questions about India that any rea-
sonable person could ask. But it is
not just q cstalog of facts: it is an
understanding, sympathetic account
of the problems facing the teeming
n illions of India who have so re-
Gently been launched into the tur-
bulent seas of self-government. Mr..
Jones will not be wholly popular
with any of the three principal
parties concerned, the British, the
Hindus or the Moslems, for in no
case does he hesitate to paint the
warts. On the whole. the Moslems
fare the worst. with the British and
the Hindus maintaining a fairly
even balance.
Mutual misunderstanding. divided
loyalties and, above all, abject pow
erty have combined to produce the
India of today which Mr.. Jones
calls a workshop of agitation. In
part the problems that plague India
are common to all of Asia. The
coming of western institutions such
as the railway and the factory have
not changed the basic food-and-
clothing economy in India, says Mr..
Jones. But this is true of all Asia
with the possible exception of
Japan, and the realization that it
is true is probably one of the rea-
sons the Indians, the Chinese and
the Filipinos are so insistent in
their demands that Japan not be
permitted to restore her prewar in
dustry.
Fascinating Reading.
Mr.. Jones account of India's
leaders, the growth of the Pakistan
movement and the parts played by
Nehru and Jinnah make fascinating
reading. The influence of Gandhi
pervades the whole story and there
is prologue and epilogue added
after receiving news Of his death.
Mr.. Jones believes that the par
tition of India was not a settle
ment but an expedient. and he gives
some indication of how he thinks
this expedient will work out in the
India of tomorrow. The book
closes with a plea for western un-
derstanding Of India on rational
and concrete bases of knowledge,
not the condescending or "fervid
interest of 'do-gooders' who have
vague ideals about the 'downtrod-
den and our brown brothers, 4"
and with an affirmation or belief in
the capacity Of the Indians to solve
their problems for themselves.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Maybe Hank Had
Better Go Back
ToHis CornfieId

The RISE AND FALL OF THIRD
PARTIES
BY William B. HeSseltine. pub
Tic Affairs Press, S2.50.)
Reviewed by
J. A. O'LEARY.
If Henry Wallace reads this book,
he will realize that establishing a
successful third party in this coun-
try is harder than developing hybrid
corn.
The author. a history professor at
the University of Wisconsin, has
compiled a concise and interesting
account of the many third parties
that have blossomed and died in
the past. He concludes the Wallace
movement isn't going anywhere,
either, because it has no genuine
program, but, in the authors opin-
ion, is merely seeking to capitalize
on a current situation.
Prof. Hesseltine recognizes and
lists the difficulties that lie in the
path of those who would build a
Evening star., 1948-03-21

from desire to love In return
Even maternal love Is conditional
on the child's success in the compe-
tition that begins in the cradle
Frantic joiners, American mer
form friendships of the lowest in.
tensity, Mr.. Gorer notes, and at.
tributes this to their panic fear oil
homosexuality" Other paradoxica
aspects of our makeup he notes are
relentless acquisition of money anc
needless retention of it, epic gen.
erosity and fear of being taken,
dog-eat-dog competition and in
sistence on Standardization. 1t i.
this weakness for uniformity which
has contributed to the racial ten.
sions in the country, Mr.. Gorer be-
lieves.
Incidentally, the Un-Americar
Committee might be interested
to know that he thinks that com.
munism and fascism are not nearly
so much a menace to the American
way of life as are the low caliber Of
American career politicians ano
civic apathy.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
You'd Better Believe
In Leprechouns,
Come What May
THERE WAS A LITTLE MAN
BY Guy and Constance Jones
(Randon1 House; s2.50.)
Reviewed by
IRVING F.. LASH.

You don't believe in leprechauns,
you say? Neither did Steve Fitz-
gerald until a little man who WASH t
supposed to be there came into his
life-and what life after that.
The story, and it's a good one,
starts in Ballynabun Qreland, OF
course). Fitz, a New York news
paperman tired of making a living
the hard way, flies to London to see
man about> an advertising job in
New York. That makes sense,
doesn't it?
The plane puts down for repairs
near Ballynabun, and while the
crew doctors a sick engine Fitz
tosses off couple at a friendly inn
and goes for a walk in the hills.
There he meets the leprechaun.
maneuvers him out of his pot OF
gold and Immediately gives it back.
Astonished at such unself1shness,
the little chap resolves to do some
thing nice for FitZ.
Indeed, he rearranges Fitz's life
so thoroughly that Fitz becomes very
happy. Fitz lands the big job in
New York, makes lot of money, is
Tilted by a jade he thought he
loved, and then returns to Ballyna-
bun. He marries the innkeeper, one
of those blue-eyed, raven-haired
colleens, pours his own funds into
the business, and they prosper amid
bliss.
Where does the little man come
in after that? He doesn't. He gets
one on the house every night, but
it's left on the doorstep for him.
So, if you ever get to Ballynabun
and stop at the Kittywake Inn, don't
tell the bartender you don't believe
in leprechauns. The bartender
might be Fitz and he might not
like that kind of talk.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
An Eloquent Appeal
For UNDERSTANDING
MdrshoH's Problems
PUT YOURSELF IN
MARSHALL'S PLACE
BY James P. Warburg. (Simon
& SchuSter, NeW York;
Reviewed by
GARNETT D. HORNER.


GARNETT D. HORNER.
The appendix to this booklet pre-
sents handy compilation of some
speeches by President Truman. Sec
Iretary OF State Marshall and others
bearing on current foreign policy
problems.
The other part of the book is
mostly a glib review of this back
ground, written in a way to support
the authors contentious that the
Truman doctrine" involved in aid
to Greece and Turkey is "the road
to war;" and that the United States
should give up attempts to promote
the free enterprise system in in
ternational trade relations.
Mr.. Warburg, one of the original
brain trusters' as financial ad-
wiser to the late President Roosevelt,
makes an eloquent appeal for greater
efforts by American voters to un-
derStand the, problems confronting
Secretary of State Marshall.
He admits that In reaching his
own conclusions and recommends
tions lit may well be that I have
overlooked certain factors of impor-
tance or failed to see others in their
right perspective" but urges that
the important thing is the factual
background study out of which they
grew" There can be little quarrel
with either point.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
In Choucer's Day
CHAUCER'S WORLD


BY Rickert, Olson and Grow
columbia University Press;
$6.75J
The motives of men have changed
little with the ages. The world ir
which Chaucer lived had curfews
customs governing splitting, prob
lens with hit-and-run drivers.
This selection and compilation o1
ancient records, of facts drawn from
letters and of the writings of nearly
lost bards is scholarly presenta-
ton of 14th century human life
1t is a supplement for the student
of human affairs as we'll as for the
litterateur.-C. B..
Evening star., 1948-03-21
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY al, le4s.

permanent new liberal party-such
as getting on the ballot under 48
different State laws. But he holds as
far more important the task Of
shaping a program that would unite
farmers and laborers, and also make
allowance for the basic regionalism
OF American life. In closing, he
holds out to liberals the hope that
they may some day succeed In es-
tablishing lasting new party il
they plan it properly.
1t is a timely election-year dis
course, compressed into Ill pages.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

BY Godfrey Gorer. Nv. W. Nor
ton & Co.; So
This latest psychoanalysis Of the
composite American personality is
the work of a British cultural an
thropologist who took our measure
during a seven-year stay here, spent
largely in Washington. 1t is most
witty and beguiling report, although
not flatteri;ng. AS diplomatic as he
is acute, MIR. Gorer never raises his
voice, although his tone is notably
level when he discusses such a dis
concerting subject as race prejudice.
And he is positively gallant in his
attitude toward the American
mother, that favorite scapegoat OF
other social critics. He grants that
Madam Chairman, painting pell-mell
after culture, is an unloved and un-
lovable figure, but he insists that she
is the great bulwark against the
hedonism and cynicism which might
we'll otherwise engulf the country.
1t is her position as undisputed
head of the house which is the key
stone of Mr.. Gorers provocative
theory that the Importance of f1out-
ing authority cannot be overesti-
mated in the consideration of the
modern American character. The
second generation in this country
rejected the foreign-born father as
model and guide, although the
mother retained her historic role in
the family. The contempt for par
entail authority is reflected, accord
ing to Mr.. Gorer, in the Americans
contempt for his government, his
suspicion of politicians, his hatred
of power. The maternal domina-
tion has resulted also in what Mr..
Gorer calls "the feminine con-
science" of America, which clashes
head-on with masculine privilege"
in business, where anything, ethi-
cally speaking, goes.
Everything in the fluid American
life, Mr.. Gorer notes bemusedly, is
relative; wealth, social standing,
success, even love. Americans seek
love with a special urgency, but as
a means of reinsurance and not
Evening star., 1948-03-21
Fontosy That
Rides High
And Handsome
GREAT MISCHIEF
BY Josephine Pinckney. THE
Viking Press, S2.75.)
Reviewed by
MARY McGRORY.

NIA1b1 SlC1IboES
If 1948 brings a finer fantasy
than Great Mischief" then it will
be more notable year than any
body has a right to expect. For this
enchanting fable which is set in the
Charleston of the 1880s flies as high
and as steadily as a perfectly fash
ioned kite-with bold fancy to keep
it aloft and a proper tail of psyche
logical realism and stern morality
to KEEP it in sight of credibility and
relevance. All the insight that made
Miss Pinckney's previous novel,
Three O'Clock Dinner" such a sub
stantial social comedy has been put
to superb use in this deft and won
derfully imaginative tale of gentle,
duty driven apothecary who liter
ally goes to the devil, and even in
hell remains Southern gentleman
while arguing tactfully with a genial
Old Scratch about the need of a
moral code.
Miss Pinckney's real concern here
is with the problem of evil and her
handling of the subject is a model
of sauvity and subtlest irony. She
makes the fantastic flights of this
story of 36-year-old Timothy Part
ridge perfectly believable so that at
any minute that they can be brought
to earth as the projections of a
troubled mind. 1t could very well
be that Timothy Partridge, whose
negligence has caused the burning
of his house while it was occupied
by his oppressively philanthropic
sister Penny and their tiresome
guest of 20 years, Mr.. Dombie, is
being haunted by sense of guilt
when he feels the hag Sinkinda on
his back and the "low, pleasureful
whistling of her breath on his neck
as they ride through the Charleston
nights. And Lucy Farr, Sinkinda' S
human counterpart, is a most be-
witching creature, the embodiment
for Timothy Of the attraction of
evil.
The f1endish events Of "Great
Mischief" arise quite naturally from
Timothy's childhood conditioning
by a nanny who knew all about
ghosts to the world of spirits, his
adult dabbling in occult tones, his
everyday druggists contact with
potentially magic potions, and his
endless moralizing. Throughout his
noctural debates with Sinkinda and
his daytime parleys with Lucy Farr,
who most temptingly lure him with
the sophistry that good and evil are
interactive and just a matter, of
choice, the reader is dragged to the
inevitable climax with Lucy and
Timothy riding in a sky jammed
with hobgobblins and witches to an
interview with Satan, who looks like
Charlestonian and complains
about the atheists who deny his
existence.
It takes the famous Charleston
earthquake Of 1885 to shake Tim
othy's confused moral values into
perspective, and here Miss Pinckney
achieves q really remarkable syn
thesis of her natural and super
natural themes. Timothy is from
first to last in this morality play a
most engaging Southern-style Faust
who keeps one foot in the door Of
righteousness. Great Mischief" is
great fun, a very heady witches
brew; but more than high comedy,
it is an artful consideration of man S
abiding preoccupation with the
problem of evil.
Evening star., 1948-03-21
It's Due Time
To Head OFF
Communism
COMMUNISM AND THE CON-
SCIENCE OF THE WEST
BY Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen.
Bobbs-MerriH;; $2.50.)


BY Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen.
(Bobbs- s-MerriH;: $2.50.)
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH.
Events make 1t easier to see the
directions and dangers of COM
munism. 1t is still hard to admit
how much we of the western world
are to blame for its start and
spread.
Msgr. Sheen, philosopher and
orator. holds up the mirror to the
tainted nature of our own material
istic civilization. He shows why
communism has gained headway
and how it can be headed off. All
his views may not meet universal
agreement, but they prove the
struggle is deeper than a propa-
ganda battle and wider than a ter
ritorial race between dictatorship
and democracy.
The problem, as he probes it, is
not mainly political or economic. It
is s&philosophical. The need, as he
cites it, is mot a change in edi-
torial policy, a shift in political
moods or an occasional change in a
cabinet member" 1t is for moral
resurgence where man can be free
and live as a human being"
Neither the extreme left nor the
far right will like his book. 1t re-
veals more weaknesses than they
dream exist in their ideologies. But,
with clear thinking and strong writ
ing, Msgr. Sheen points to straight
road and means of staying on it..
He has charity for Communists and
hope for the people of Russia. He
has faith that the conscience of the
west can be moved from cowardice
and confusion.
Evening star., 1948-10-18

800, WMAL-Conrad Thibault Is
guest soloist.
900. WTOP Ida Lupino and
Mark Stevens In THE Razor's
Edge"
900, WRC Gladys Swarthout's
songs include "You Are Heartless"
from Handel's opera, "Amadigi."
$3.50, VIOLA special broadcast
which features dramatic vignettes
showing how the Community
Chests aid local citizens and re-
marks by Gov. Dewey and Henry
Ford II.
Evening star., 1948-10-18

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HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT.

HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT.
Radio.
800, WMAL-"The Cat and the
Fiddle" with Rise Stevens. Gordon
MacRae, Adolphe Menjou and For
tunio Bonanova.
500, WRC plot to kidnar
Thomas Jefferson is foiled In 1.-The
Darkest Hour" with Burt Lancaster
8:45, WMAL Bernard Baruch
delivers the keynote address at the
18th annual rald-Tribune Forum
on current problems.
Evening star., 1948-10-18

10:45, WMAL - Paul Hoffman
head Of the Economic Cooperation
Administration, speaks an "The
ECA and q Long Term Interna-
tional Resources Policy"
Television.
100, WMAL - Bill Coyle inter.
views Photographer Zarra at The
Star snapshot contest.
500, WNBW-A comedy, "Whis-
tie. Daughter, Whistle" with Ger
trude Berg and Minerva Pious.
Evening star., 1948-10-18
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