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hlreQ men ana Sheha haSe-S""h'
the friends he meets at the pub a
few miles away in, the evenings.
He has lived in the stanch farm
house all his life, and now he
realizes how empty q place can be
after all its familiar voices are
hushed.
Kemp Silverden is an honest,
decent man, the last to expect
himself to fall in love with a mar
ried woman. But 1t happens.
What comes of this tangled sit
uation is nothing remotely like
what occurs in the average con-
temporary novel Of triangular
love. with its sexy scenes, its
scorn of obligation and honor. In
Kemp's forbidden love and his at
titude toward the Illustration he
faces there is something of the
austere beauty of the countryside
that winter of unprecedented
snow. He is q man you can like
and admire.
There is an underlying theme
IN 1.-THE Happy Tree" which is
developed with this novelist's
subtle touch and turns out to be
the point of the whole story. This
is the difference between persons
bound by ties Of obligation and
even affection. This difference
sometimes is fundamental, form
ing q gap too wide for either to
cross. Wife or husband may give
UP what is dearest-books or
music or some other compelling
interest-because it means moth
ing to the other. It's all very
well to ask why each does not
go hts way. live his own inner
life. But it does not always work
out that way, and there can be,
as Miss Kaye-Smith suggests, q
hidden heartbreak in such o re-
nunciation.
She writes Of the ancient soil
Of England. titled for centuries
reaching back to the Normans
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stories lie vivid pictures Of other
rexursens Far Fasteners In Cal.
cufta. Saigoa and Manila. each
pretace6 with a hrie! sketch O.
the authors own impressions Of
the place.
But The greatest promise Of the
writer that We may hope Mr.
Shaplen will continue to be lies IN
The Love- Making Of Max-Roa-
erf. o beautifully sensitive tale Of
young Frenchman. q veteran Of
the resistance In his native land
who tries confusedly 10 pierce the
ofrcial attitude which denies free
dom 70 the natives Of Indo-Chtna
Mr.. Shaplen's characters are for
the most part extraordinarily
bibulous and lustful But in the
German doctor and the youthful
Max Robert he has created two
men who understand the passing
Of the old order In the East and
the part that the West must play
in its new day.
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and his operatives Of their under
cover investigations in Baltimore
in February. 1861.
1t cannot be said that they prove
there would have been an attempt
on Lincoln's life had he gone
through Baltimore as planned
riding from one railroad station to
another in an open carriage. But
there was sufficient evidence to
dictate the utmost caution. at
any rate Linconl thought so. Ac-
companied by Pinkerton and Col.
w. H. Lamon he slipped through
Baltimore at night in a through
sleeper.
Pinkerton's testimony has been
given before. of course. After Lin
coins death the Baltimore plot
was recalled and credit for dis
covering it was given New York
detectives. Pinkerton replied with
his story. but 1t was q statement
in q dispute and without the
weight of original reports written
for Pinkerton's records and not
for publication.
He also wrote the plot In THE
Spy of the Rebellion"
Strictly speaking. however. the
ones now reproduced are not the
originals-they were destroyed in
the Chicago fire of 1871. These
are from copies made for William
H. Herndon. Lincoln's law partner.
after Lincoln's death. The copies
were part of large quantity of
Lincolniana Herndon gathered and
sold to Lamon in 1869, to become
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and the earlier 0axons, with
something of the sympathic un-
derstanding of Hardy. And she
knows the people who work this
land and whose ancestors
wrestled with it. The Happy
Tree" is q good example of the
art Of evoking character and At
mosphere which has given us
many fine Kaye-Smith novels
Who that read them can forget
the poignant drama of "Tama-
risk Town" or the life sized por-
trait OF jeanne Godden," or the
people and situations In other
books?
NEVER AGAIN
BY Adela Rogers st. Johns.
Doubleday; $3J
This Is a collection of short
stories by q noted newspaper
woman and writer Of popular f1c-
ton. These are what is known
as slick paper" stories, and Mrs.
st. Johns concocts them with the
appearance of careless ease with
which a French chef throws to-
gether a souff1e. No doubt, both
are harder to produce than they
seem. At least they require a
certain expertness.
The stories have just the right
mixture of drama, sentiment and
humor demanded by Cosmopoli-
tan and the Saturday Evening
Post, in which most of them first
appeared. At least the title story.
Never Again" which Cosmopoli-
tan took after long cogitation.
probably never would have made
the Post. 1t deals with a woman
alcoholic and has an unhappy
ending. Mrs. st. Johns, who
writes like the super Hearst re-
porter she is, acknowledges in a
foreword her debt to various
Hearst editors, whom she still
seems to regard with the rever-
ence of her cub days.
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descriptions bring scenes right OF
the page into a readers senses
He is a first-rate writer with q
tough core OF political awareness
that gives his sure flowing mar
ratives an innediacy and rele-
vance rare In present-day fiction
OF his handful OF tales. the frst.
Young Man With g Future. IS
the weakest. II tells Of the carnal
spree OF an ex-GI turned en-
gineer. who wavers between the
resumed decadence OF the Svag-
gertng. fearful country club set Of
Shanghai and a stern group Of
Chinese in a cellar who tell him
that 1T Is not so important wheth-
er we are Communists or not 50
long as We desire the end Of the
civil war. the giving Of the coun-
try's land 10 the peasants. a re-
turn OF the civil liberties that are
gone and a free government for
all Chinese Mackenzie. how
ever, oeSotteQ bS WHISKY and @on-
en-. is beyond comprehending and
leaves more confused than ne
came.
Shows Great Promise.
The best OF the collection is A
Corner Of the World" which re-
counts the bravery OF q German
doctor who casts his lot with the
oppressed peoples Of Macao. DR.
Richter. tired of persecution and
suffering. had thought to await
death with an "emasculated soul. !"
But the sight Of q blood stained
native striker recalls him to his
sense Of the universal brother
hood Of man. Between these two
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elements of the heritage and traits
Of the Italians. To understand
them. he says. 1t must be realized
that every Italian city SIS still a
nation" as 1t was in ancient times
and up through the Renaissance.
Mussolini's attack on local pa
triotism Ought to have been
enough to expose how contrary all
Fascist action was to the italian
character"
The author maintains that "the
abyss between Italians and Ger
mans was always profound save
during the German intellectual
awakening Of the first half of the
10Th century" And he contends
that "the racialism Of Hitler finds
its prototype in Luther" who
said there was such thing as
German nature" which alone
had certain fine attributes. Sforza
does not condone the conciliation
of 1929 between the Vatican and
the Fascist state, though he ex-
plains that such treaty was in
the making long before the
triumph of fascism. And fascism,
while pretending to support the
church, in reality wished to en-
slave and compromise her" fact
which Pope Plus XI. though he
had wanted the Lateran treaties,
realized and acknowledged later.
Sforza adds: "In too many Catho-
lie circles through baseness or
Incidence fascism was applauded
as an intrument of social reaction;
and they have not cared to admit
the error they committed"
Some chapters, especially those
In which Italy's artistic history is
analyzed, are difficult reading.
perhaps partly because the trans
lation is awkward. The chapter
on Italians in the United States is
interesting. The author is glad
to note that the prejudice against
Italian immigrants has disap-
peared. He makes one or two
rather ridiculous statements. as.
when he points to Joe Di Maggie
as a champion and adds: Il for
get whether of football or base
ball" There can be no doubt of
the important part Italians have
taken in the development of
America.
OF his countrymen, at home, the
count remarks: I'VE are a living
people, full of vitality, sure of our
future. Why should we allow
rhetoricians to represent us as
noble decadents?"
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THE HAPPY TREE
BY Sheila Kaye-Smith. (Har-
per; 49,
This seems to be Sheila Kaye
Smiths 9th novel. At least her
American publisher lists that
many. And, while her books vary
in Importance and degree of ex-
cellence-what novelist's do not?
she has turned out enough mem
orable stories to give her a place
among the distinguished writer's
Of her time.
THE Happy Tree" is the quiet
story of a simple, unpretentiousI
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free to present
all the con-
Trajectory ele-
ments of the
man and the
artist without
explaining all
the mysteries
which remain.
Mr.. Van Doren
includes Haw-
thorne's senti-
mental account
of ose 13
years when he
sat down by
the WaYside of
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Evening star., 1949-05-15
New Source Book of Lincoln Material
Reads Like q True Detective Thriller

LINCOLN AND THE BALTIMORE PLOT
Edited by Cuthbert. Huntington Library So
Reviewed by FRANCIS DOUGLAS.
detective thriller added the material
history Lincoln the Baltimore Plot" And
evidence weigh considering
there really asassnae Lincoln passed
through Washington Inauguration
by Detective Allan Pnkerton
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man. He is a
farmer in the
south of Eng
land, a young
man left lonely
by the death of
his bride of a
year. His par
ents are gone.
There is no one
cl ose to him
ept tn e
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An Underestimotion
By Bernard Berenson
SKETCH FOR A SELF
noE- aF-

SKI TIa FOR 4 S8LF
PORTRAIT
By Bernard Befet.Asn Pc r.
tksos scokt, i~r 50
Reviewed nv
MARGARET b ssIMAEEg
Bernard ReTvasca ggaeFvst2-
mates alISxlt ny eut1lllag t.s
book Sketch for Q Sell G'ogtgAls
!; Is q rich sksscfseesok @. self Ycs
traits, Mr. BersnSon. n cultured
mar. IN ar Age wsaegw culture 80
generally has given way 10 ks~-
ciallga ton. here shows aArase,t as
o witty Cscnolog q SERIOUS
thinker. q eoEne2S~rar and cgstAS
O! men ard art. and &s sensitive
human being soEaew Ia, c&sAp-
pointed by h3EaSxl! ard osten very
hurt by others This is no sGstea
O. single pase Al 81 Mr. Bsrwis-
Evening star., 1949-05-15
A Panoramic View
Of the Strategic
World Crossroads
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE
MIDDLE WEST
BY George E. Kirk. fPublic
Affairs Press, $685.

M1bbLc WGo4
| BY George E. Kirk. (Publtc
Affairs Press; S3.75J
Reviewed by
JOHN c. HENRY
To the American public at large
the Near and Middle East became
a newsworthy part of the world in
the early portion of World War II
when it became evident that both
the Axis and antiAxis powers Of
the day considered 1t a prize worth
desperate and bloody fighting. In
the immediate postwar years 1t
has been a center of news largely
because of the bitter controversy
over what is broadly known as
"the Palestine situation"
To the students of history and
the strategists of both military
and economic planning that same
area has always been in the fore
front of interest and Importance
1t is not a mere use of words that
it is so often called a crossroads
Of the globe; it is indeed the juno
ton point for the three great con-
tinents of Europe, Asia and Africa.
Emerging as the spearhead for
the Western world. the United
States today has a tremendous
stake in the political stability. the
military friendship and the eco
nomic prosperity Of the Middle
East. To evaluate that stake and
to participate in the formulation
of sound public policy for our
own Government 1t Is unques-
tionably desirable that there be a
greater understanding and know
ledge on the part Of the American
people about the Middle East.
Mr.. Kinks book contributes
much in that direction. AS a men,
ber of the faculty Of the Middle
East Center for Arab Studies, the
author is a qualified and fluent
commentator on Middle East his
tory. Dealing with an area that
has been for centuries q living
force. he has compressed in this
volume an informative and au-
thentic background with the
greatest emphasis on a calm dis
cussion of the developments of re-
cent years. BY this means of in.
terpreting the present in terms OF
the significant past. Mr.. Kinks
effort stands as one Of the best
and most valuable of its kind.
FIRST TIME IN AMERICA
Edited by John Arlott. (DueH,
Sloan & Peayce; So
This Is an anthology Of con-
temporary British poems. the
rather curious requirement for
admission being that they have
not been published in America be-
fore. There are some short and
rather routine entries by such
well-known writer's as Walter de la
Mare, Edmund Blunden, Edith
|Sitwell and Stephen Spender. But
the book is of interest for the work
of its lesser-known writer's Gin this
country at least) such, as John
|Betjeman, who has an original ap-
proach to nature poetry: Terence
Delaney, one Of several profess
sional radio script writers repre-
sented, and william Plomer. who
writes delightfully."-. -E. T.
Evening star., 1949-05-15
Count Sforzu Gives Promise
Of q Vital Future for ItoIy
ITALY AND ITALIANS
BY Count Carlo Sforza. (Dutton; $3J

BY Count Carlo Sforza. (Dutton; so
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
author Foreign Washington
Gently to the North Atlantic pact scholar and historian OF
distinguished the oldest families
Italy the
He fought Mussolini opposition
country to escape prison
this Count Sforza has summed In brief pace
Evening star., 1949-05-15

life like q man under enchant-
ment." He balances 1t with q
facetious passage. written later.
when Hawthorne derided his own
seclusion and his heart-breaking
Evening star., 1949-05-15
Robert ShopIen Stories Reveal
Talent Rore in Modern Fiction
A CORNEP OF TEE WOEID

Reviewed By MARY McGROEY
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Shsplen brilliant
excellent
atmosphere
Msugham.
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Men of Letters Series. William
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07

committees. The officers for the coming year were elected. Those elected were: George c. Gordon, Springfield, Mass, president; Mrs. Elizabeth Carter Brooks, New Bed- ford, Mass, vice-president emeri- tus; Mrs. Bernice Napper, Green wich, Conn, first vice-president; Charles Morehead, New Britain, Conn, second vice-president; Dr. James T. Parham, Waterbury, Conn, third vice-president; John F. Lopez, Providence, R. l., secretary; Martin l.. Canavan, Providence, R. l., treasurer and William M. Newsom, Providence, R. l., assis- tant secretary.
 The Sunday afternoon public meeting was opened by an invoca- tion by Rev. Charles W. Lee, pas tor of the church. Welcoming ad- dresses were made by Mayor Irv- ing c. Freese of Norwa1k and Se- lectman Clarence Costales of New Canaan. Gov. Chester Bowles, scheduled to appear, was unable to attend. The youth program of the organization was outlined by Miss Carolyn McDew of New Bri- tain, Conn.
 Charles Raysor, director of Car yer House, made an appeal for memberships. Mrs. Florence Burke sang "Thees''.
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07
ARSENAL PTA ELECTS:
 WISH TO ADDRESS MEET

The second organizational meet ing of the Arsenal School Parent Teachers Association was held at the North End Community Gen. ter recently.
 Officers elected for the current term include Mrs. Freddie borden, president; Mrs. Benjamin Brom- berg, first vice-president; Mrs. Sarah M. Brown, second vice-pres- ident; Mrs. Alton Smith, recording secretary; Mrs. Arthur Dickens, corresponding secretary and James Grant, treasurer.
 Committee chairmen include Mrs. Melanie Newkirk, program; Mrs. John Pignone, membership; Mrs. Sarah M. Brown, publicity and Mrs. Martha Easier, hospital ity.
 Fred Wish, superintendent of schools, will be the guest speaker at the next regular meeting to be held Wednesday evening, May Il at 8:30 at the Arsenal School Au- ditorium. His topic will be, "So You Are A New PTA."
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07
Democracy Lives
 (COntinued From Page Four)

were called by the defense and one was called by the prosecuting at torney due to the fact that the defendant wanted to change his plea from not guilty to guilty.
 The. last of the two internis- sions called by the judge was used by himself so that he might de- eide ample punishment for the crime. When Judge Phillip Sulli- van returned to pass sentence he said that this trial warranted com ment from himself as to what was the ideas that the legislature of the state of Connecticut had in mind when they made the law in section 86O7 of the General Sta tutes. He then went on to say that if we will be broadminded then we can say that there are people who operate places of business who dis crininate against others. These people must be made to realize he went on, that they are committing criminal act. Some do realize and know it is against the law but do not believe that anyone will pros ecute them. As a citizen of the State of Connecticut he made it clear that he was shocked that men still persisted in forming prej- udices after living in civilization for thousands of years.
 Equality For All
 Everyone in the State of Con- necticut shall have the right to ac- commodation in any public place regardless of race color or creed.
 Having noticed that James Beth ca wore veterans service pin signifying service to his country during World War II, the judge was particularly moved and he praised the courage of the group of fine young colored and white citizens. And when the had fin ished, the defendant rose to re- ceive sentence. As the judge looked sternly at the convicted man he said "1 sentence you to pay one hundred dollars in fines and to serve not more than five days in
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07
the Fairfield County Jail"

the Fairfield County Jai1."
 This was the end of the trial but the talk of this trial has just begun for we here in Bridgeport know that by constant good works our nation will one day be a pleasant place for both Negro and white.
 Among the vast crowd that at tended the trial were such we'll known and respected people as Frank T. Simpson, executive secre- tary of the Connecticut Interracial Commission; MT. Thomas F. Henry supervisor of the Fair Employ ment Practices Act; Miss Marietta Dabney, YWCA secretary, Miss Madge Phillips, Miss Anne Covin, both teen age advisors of the YWCA, and MT. and Mrs. Homer J. Tucker of 55 Highland Ave. (More details on page seven.)
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07
NAACP Regional
 CContinued from Page p

something about it. Solemnly re- solve to be a person to be counted upon. Be something in your homes so that your children will catch some sense of democracy"
 Democracy must become a dy- mamie force which will send people out to build better world. The contagion of democracy must spread until we are really broth ers," he concluded.
 Award Presented
 Following Prof. Harlow's ad- dress, the Harry Smith Oswel award was presented to the Phi Alpha Psi fraternity of Amherst College. The award was received for the organization by Harry Barnes of St. Paul, Minn., vice president. Accompanying him were Thomas Gibbs, Evanston, H., the Negro who was admitted to mem bership and Richard Quaintance, Johannesburg, South Africa, an- other chapter member.
 Barnes stated that Gibbs had been inducted because he was ssgreat guy" and i've weren't in- terested in his race, color or any thing else"
 In making the award, Raymond E. Parker, principal of the Buck. ingham Junior High School of Springfield, Mass, described the fraternity's action as another i'm portant signpost on the road to true democracy"
 Dr. G. Ivison Johnson, Jr., local president, welcomed the delegates at the opening session. He stated that the issues which confront all of us, first as American citizens and secondly, as members Of the Negro race, require the kind of thoughtful consideration of the thinking people of our group as never before. ',
 "It is regretable that Norwalk has not made as much progress along inter-racial lines as some of the other communities but the con vening of the conference in Nor walk, it is hoped, will serve as an inspiration to the citizenry and create an awakening to the cause of better human relations" Dr. Johnson said.
 The morning session on Sunday concerned itself with the business of the conference. The resolutions of the conference were adopted. These dealt with the abolition of discrimination in Washington, D. G.: opposition to the establishment of discriminatory educational sys- tenn in programs for so-called high CT and professional education for Negroes; opposition to housing leg islation by the federal government which does not contain anti-dis- crimination safeguards; encourage efforts to establish state and fed eral FEPC legislation and commen- dation of Defense Secretary Louis Johnson for demanding that Presi- dent Truman's order to erase race bias and discrimination in the Armed Forces be enforced.
 Perhaps the most controversial resolution dealt with Paul Robeson. The resolution stated that Paul Robeson in his speech at the recent Paris "Peace Conference" did not speak for the majority of loyal Ne groes in this country and they un- equivocally condemn these utter ances.
 The regional officers made their as we'll as the standing
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07

HARTFORDS BELLEVUE SQUARE DRUM AND BUGLE the Bellevue for Bulletin Lensman James both standing Miller Airline Jones' Carol Jeffer founder and director of the Juana Jackson Shirley Walker, Nancy Walker and Loreene
New England bulletin., 1949-05-07

were called by the defense and one was called by the prosecuting at torney due to the fact that the defendant wanted to change his plea from not guilty to guilty.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14
Just Engaged In Spring Construction

Paul Barnett, elderly pros pector feared by friends to have met a violent death on his lonely claim, was just building another cabin to ease any possible housing shortage on the Little Nelchina, mem bers of a Tenth Rescue trail crew learned last week. They found the old prospector in excellent health, but too busy to pursue the wandering dogs that appeared at Sheep Noun tain Inn and caused friends to instigate a search.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-07-14
School Superintendent Is On The Way

School board members learned this week that Superintendent Zahradnicek is on his way north. He is expected to arrive in the Valley in the very near future.
 Francis Malcolm, superinten- dent for the past year, left last week by boat for the States. MT. Malcolm expects to spend a lei surely vacation in the States and then hopes to drive to South America where he will be prin- cipal of boys high school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, next year. The new school term in the Argentine does not open until March.