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Evening star., 1949-10-23

PuOllollClS lulIlp ullucl Gilc 1lcdU-
ing of essays. For at least 81
years he has been a phenomenon
in the world of letters: A scru.
pulously honest writer whose work:
are best sellers despite character.
istic irony, cynicism and even bit.
terness. AS Mr.. Vaughan says, ir
the preface to his volume: by
some happy chance, what inter-
ests me seems to interest a great
many people"
All that Mr.. Vaughan has writ
ten has been based on notes he
began making in 1892. II have al
ways needed an incident or q
character as a starting point
he writes. and 81 years ago he
began making notes of all start
ing points," all raw material he
might be able to turn into fiction
by the use of Imagination, inven-
ton and a dramatic sense. "A
Writer'S Notebook" in 367 pages
contains all the notes Mr.. Maug-
ham thinks Of general interest
In addition, there is an explana-
tory preface on literary procedures
and postscripts on the authors
view Of the meanings of life and
death at the ages of 10 and IS.
Notes 0f Value-
Once again, it is inevitable that
what has interested Mr.. Vaughan
will interest a great many people.
"A Writer'S Notebook" packed
with literary observations, will be
a reference work for would be
writer's. It will attract any reader
who has ever admired the coolly
honest detachment of personality
evident in all Maugham's writing.
Besides these, the books will please
any one interested simply in life,
people and MISUNDERSTANDING
readers the illusion of intimate
conversations with an incredibly
worldly wise personality. It will
be disappointment only to those
anecdotes or gossip of
the celebrated. for, as Mr.. Maug-
ham says, it never occurred to him
to make notes of that sort of
thing.
In a sense. the volume might
be regarded as an autobiography
Of private impressions and
thoughts. Early entries, when
Vaughan was Is, are epigramma-
tic. The first note is this: Con
sidering how foolishly people act
and how pleasantly they prattle,
perhaps it would be better for the
world If they talked more and
did less" Again: There is moth
Evening star., 1949-10-23

AA SSSSN&
by men W h o
h a We worked
for, rather than
inherited, tn e
right to rule.
Because Brit
ish socialism, a
native product,
is ro W in G
W i t h in tn e
framework of
existing insti-
tutions, which
exert their own
mellowing in
fuenCe on the
Evening star., 1949-10-23

ing like love to make a man alter
his opinions. For new opinions
are mostly new emotions. They
are the result, not of thought,
but OF passion" Or: 1T goes hard
with a woman who fails to adapt
herself to the prevalent masculine
conception of her."
The early notes are lyrical. the
sort OF verbal manipulations
common to youth. 1t is interest,"
ing to observe that as Vaughan
matured as a creative writer his
notebook entries became more OBJ
jective. BY 1916, when he made
the notes that evolved three years
later into the short story called
Rain" he was simply setting
down bald jottings of people and
places that affected him, reserv-
ing putting his thoughts and
feelings into words until the day
when he used the inspiration of
the bald note for actual creation.
Then again. in more recent years,
as he neared old age, the entries
become more subjective, more like
the notes of his youth.
Notes on Russia.
The Far East is re-created in
notes of everyday personalities,
unusual scenes and curious Incl
dents. Except for an occasional
study of the authors own reac-
ton to such a sight as the Tai
Mahal. Mr.. Vaughan was little
interested in anything that might
have impressed a tourist. The
same is true of notes made during
his sojourn to Russia in 1917. In
this section there is a personality
study of Kerensky as Mr..
Vaughan observed him, one of
the few notes made on celebrated
persons.
Inough Mr.. Vaughan visited
America often during his wide
travels. notes on America are few
until the entries for 1941, when
the novelist came on an official
mission to this country and lived
here for a few years.
Note: Some American delu-
sions: Cd That there is no class
consciousness in the country.
dD That American coffee is good.
(liD That Americans are business
like. dv) That Americans are
highly sexed and that redheads
are more highly sexed than
others" In this section, Mr..
Maugham's notes are also highly
analytical on the rareness in
America Of true friendship and
of the relationship between the
American mother and her son.
Strangely enough, even in a
compilation of notes. that is nec-
|essarily a miscellany, Mr..
Vaughan has been able to exer-
else his dramatic sense and bring
the book to a climax with two
postscript essays. There is some
thing emotionally affecting in his
notes on his old age and his
summation of his own literary
career as containing only two or
three plays and a dozen short
stories of permanent interest.
1T is not in art that one may
hope to find some assuagement to
the pessimism that long ago
found immortal expression in the
Book of Ecclesiastes," he writes.
Il think there is, in the heroic
courage with which man con-
fronts the irrationality of the
world. a beauty greater than the
beauty of art. I find it in the
defiant gesture of Paddy Finucane
when. plunging to his death, he
transmitted the message to the
airmen in his squadron: This is
it, chaps"
Evening star., 1949-10-23

and a lynchlng,
t h a t stirred
both critical &C
claim and furi-
GUS denuncia-
ton. It has sold
more t h a n
$500, 900 copies.
killers of the
Dream" which
is not fiction.
but a series of
reflections based
on m e m o ries,
obser v a on S
and studies. is
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Here's a Report From England
That's Positively Cheerful!
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM
BY Virginia Cowles. (Harper G. Bros: $3.75J
Reviewed by MARY McGRORY.

Recent reports from England doef
hearts with
under cruel weight of social reform that mo Alarm
positively radical it's cheerfuness
The work of exceptionally intelligent American
M.
Evening star., 1949-10-23
Lillian Smith Takes Another
Hard Look at the South
KILLERS OF THE DREAM
BY Lillian Smith. Morton; $3.)

by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
the suffering sort of
xatons of white isolation and
she hopeful and she plead
eloqueny prsuavy understanding
would right would all her fellow Southerne
ham
Evening star., 1949-10-23
". Somerset Moughom's Autobiography
Of Private Impressions and Thoug hts
A WRITER'S NOTEBOOK
BY w. Somerset Vaughan.
am. doubleday, s4.)
Reviewed by I. WILLIAM HILL.

With this book at the age of u.s. W. Somerset Vaughan
nounces he will write The Human Bond
age himself mot uncomortaby on the shelf
Since the of 49, Vaughan 20 novels about
80 plays at least hundred short Stories books of trav
and five volumes Of critical and autobograpca comment his
Evening star., 1949-10-23

and buoyancy which remind us of
something we had almost been in
duced to forget; that is, that in
spite of everything, England is
still a pleasant place to live.
Why? Because the British char
acter is still the same. Because
British life still has form and con-
tinuity, even though it is now
hoi,r liroofal
Evening star., 1949-10-23

A SeIf-Effocing Personal Narrative
Composed Without Scream or Outcry
THE NATURAL BENT
BY Dr. Paul Barnger (Unuersty of Carona $780,
Reviewed by SCOTT HART
Author of Eight April Days."
Evening star., 1949-10-23
David Li|ienthoI RingingIy Confesses
His Faith in American Democracy

(Harper & Bros; $780,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
Batesyille And Sarahsville Advance
To Finals Of 7th-Sih Grade Tourney

28-12, The Batesville team led
throughout the entire game and
were never seriously threatened
by the shorter Forest Grove
team.
Ray Carpenter paced the win,
ners with three field goals and
two free throws to remain IN the
tournament scoring race along
with his teammate Myron Roe
and Russell Davis of Sarahsvll!e.
Carpenter has a total OF IL
points. -,
The Sarahsville team was hard
pressed by the Harriettsville five
but held the Elks to four points
in the last half to win 12-lO.
After trailing So in the first
quarter the Harriettsville team
team rallied to tie the score at
halftime, SeVen-alL.
Russell Davis continued to lead
in the tournament field goal scor--
inc when he dropped in four field
goals to lead his team to victory.
In two tournament games, young
Davis has racked up a total OF
26 points to remain in tie with
Mryon Roe of Batesville for
scoring honors. All of Davis.
points have come via the field
coal route and he has yet to sink
2 free throw,
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
RIDGE

CRUM RIDGE - Miss Martha
Morrison, Hester Ann Rossiter,
Charles and Richard RoSsiter
spent Sunday afternoon at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Parker
Crum.
Miss Irene Williams, Macks-
burg, spent few days last week
with her sister, Mrs. Rosetta
Crum.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Mallett
and sons spent Sunday with
friends at Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Crum at
tended the shower given in honor
or Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant Antill,
of Macksburg, Friday evening.
Several from here attended
the basketball games at Har-
riettsville, Friday night, and at
Caldwell Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Morri-
son and daughter, Nancy, Duane
Rossiter and Harley Crum spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
ROssiter, of Summerfield.
Those helping Mrs. Lottie
Crum quilt last week were Mrs.
Columbia Morrison, Mrs. Don
ella Archer and daughter, Alice,
Mrs. Rosetta Crum, Mrs. Iona
Morrison and Mrs Edith Crum.
Miss Hester Ann and Richard
Rossiter spent the weekend with
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Rossite1
and family.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
Summerfield Edges
Sarahsvine 45 AZ
In League Finale

Sarahsville almost pulled the
upset Of the season last Friday
night as they pushed Summer
field to the limit before the
GOphers won 45-42. Junior But
Ter and Harold Weston led the
uprising with 19 and 16 points
while Gene Cutler tailed II for
the winners.
Harriettsville, paced, by Oscar
Singers 19 points, defeated Dex-
ter City 47-27 to retain second
place behind the undefeated
Gophers as all teams closed out
their league season.
In the final game of the eve
ming, Batesville sWamped Forest
Grove 64-26 as Long and Lucas
netted II and Is points. The
Beavers led only 1911 at half
time but pulled away in the
second half.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

The finals of the second annual
Noble county seventh and eighth
grade tournament will be held
Friday evening, Feb. 25, at ZOO
when Batesville's little Beavers
and a scrappy Sarahsville quintet
meet.
The Batesville and Sarahsville
teams advanced to the finals Sat
urday night when they defeated
their opponents in the semi-final
round of the tournament at the
Caldwell high school gym.
At 7:30 BatesVille opened the
semi-final round by trouncing the
Forest Grove five by a score of
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

In a March of Dimes benefit
game at Athens last Friday night,
the Redskins defeated Albany At
"a. Caldwell pulled away in the
second half after a struggle to
remain in front during the first
two quarters. 1t was the fourth
loss in 19 games for Athens coun-
tvs leading class B team, coached
by Marvin Woods brother,
Marion. Craft led the scoring
with IS points. Caldwell re-
serves took the opener 1924.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

the final game of the season.
Hitting for 81 percent of
their shots, the Redskins looked
like a different team from that
which edged the Eagles 44-43 less
than a month ago. They hit for
eight out of 13 attempts in the
first quarter to roar into 1876
lead and were never threatened
as they led 22-11 at halftime.
1t was the most consistent scor-
ing display seen by the Redskins
all season, Craft and King netting
II points, Christopher and Potts
nine, and Shaw eight.
In the preliminary Caldwell
reserves bowed 24-19 to the once
defeated Belpre seconds.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
CLUB MEETS

A Valentine party was held on
Friday evening, Feb. II, in the
basement of the First Methodist
church for members of the Junior
S. 0. S. All club.
The evening was spent playing
games and refreshments were
served by Mrs. Steiner and Mrs.
Legraen, the club advisors. Reba
Lee Landaker served as the news
reporter for the group.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
Belle Valley Wins
Four Games During
Past Weeks PLAY

Belle Valley Merchants went
on a four-game winning spree
last week defeating Batesville
47-40, Old Washington 1858,
Beverly 76-46, and Pleasant City
1896. This week the Merchants
meet Haddad All Stars, Woods
field, Bozman Grocers and Camp
hell All Stars.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

The Redskins closed their
league season at McConnelsVille
last Saturday night by downing
the Big Reds 5l-41 to grab third
place in the standings. The two
teams matched points in the first
and fourth quarters, but the Red
skins scored the winning margin
in the second and third. ChristO-
pher and King netted 16 and Is
points. Caldwell reserves won
nacilU l1-1O
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
TO COLUMBUS

Sportsmen from all parts of
Ohio and a number of state and
national Wildlife officials will
meet at the Deshler- Wallick hotel
IN Columbus, Feb. Is, 19 and 20
for the annual convention of the
league of Ohio sportsmen, a
statewide federation of conserva-
ton and sportmen's clubs.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

Clarence Carter, superinten-
dent of the Sarahsville schools, is
the manager and has completed
plans for the annual Noble coun-
ty tournament, which opens
Tuesday night, Feb. p, in the
Caldwell gymnasium.
The tourney will continue each
evening thereafter until Saturday
night, when the championship
game. will be played.
Drawing for the annual event
was held Saturday morning at
the office of Superintendent H. c.
Secrest, with superintendents and
coaches of the various schools at
tending.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
StelIfOX EX-Hi'S
Bow To WOodSfield

Stellfox Ex-Hi's put up quite
a scrap at Woodsfield last week
before bowling to the Legion
team 62-59. Bill Hanes led both
teams in scoring with 20 points.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
Belle Valley Wins
Over Macksburg 47-33

Belle Valley closed out their
regular season with 47-33 win
over Macksburg, Tuesday night,
on the Victor's floor. Macksburg
won the reserve game 46-12.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
Redskins Win Three More
Albany, McConnelsville, Belpre
Are Defeated In Weekend Play

The Redskins hung up three victories over the past
weekend, trouncng Albany 47-24 Friday night McCon
nesville 5-41 Saturday. and Belpre 4827 Tuesday,
Caldwell has 3 wins against six losses and must face
touch BYesvile Falcons their floor Tuesday night in
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
NOBLE COUNTY LEAGUE
INFANT IMPROVES

Stanley, five months old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Wilson, Olive,
is recovering after being i'll with
pneumonia.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
S H 0 R IS
BY LONG

SSdSOIl dSdlilSL Tie always Qd1l-
gerous Byesville Falcons on the
latter's floor, Tuesday evening.
Byesville has had up and down
luck all year but the Falcons
have been winning several tough
games and will always be able
to give Caldwell a stiff battle.
These games are of considerable
interest and it is expected that
a large delegation will accomp-
any the team on the trip.
GAINESVILLE SHAMROCKS
are a cinch to break their all
time scoring record set in 1943
when the team, captained by
Dick Wehr, scored l140 points
while Wehr was leading the
states class A scorers with 464
points. This season the Sham
rocks have tailed 1040 points in
Is games with five yet to play.
KEN ALESSI, the Yorkville star,
did it again last week by racking
up 70 points as his team topped
Shadyside by a huge margin.
Alessi is averaging a mere "a
points per game and has already
amassed over 900 markers this
year.
WASHINGTON COUNTY seems
to have a crop of high-scOring
teams ready for action this year.
MatamoraS won the county title
for the third time in four years,
the Bulldogs boasting a record of
16 wins against three losses.
Lower Salem has won II
straight, 18 out of q, and the
Cardinals are averaging SO points
per game. Lawrence with a rec
ord of 1874 and Waterford 14-4
round out the hoop-happy teams
in Washington county.
BILL WEIR, "a, of Barnesville,
is climbing up in football circles
just as brother, Dick, is in bask- |
etball. According to a United |
Press release, this all-OhiO cen
ter from Denison University has
signed a 1949 contract with the
Detroit Lions of the National |
Football League. Wehr has been |
a stellar gridiron performer at |
Denison for several years and |
captained last years great team |
to its SECOND consecutive unde- |
feated season.
PLEASANT CITY was hit pretty
hard last week when H. w. Ems |
wiler, state athletic commission
er, barred the Tigers from furth-
er athletic competition until
March 26. The action grew out |
of an incident at ByesVille on
February / when Coach William
Jirles withdrew his team from |
the floor in the third quarter
with Byesville leading 1923. The
penalty, though severe, is justi-
fled in view of the fact that such
action could eventually ruin the
game, but to date Coach Jrles'
side of the case has not been
presented. Most fans will agree
that there are several officials |
in this area whose qualifications
could stand checking by the
state athletic commission.
THE MVL SCORING race is
practically over now with only
two games to play-NeW Lex at
Crooksville and McConnelSVille
at Glouster. Standings to date:
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

EUGENE GUILER is the new
scoring champ of Noble county,
finishing out the season with 232
points in II games, an average
of 19 per game. Top scorers:
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
GAMES THIS WEEK
FRIDAY February 12

FTIuay, FtDFuaTy TO
Kirch'S VS. StellfoX EXITS
HarriettSVille at Lower Salem
Tuesday, February %
Caldwell at Byesville
Noble county tournament
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
GAINESVILLE sHAMROCKs

are a cinch to break their all
time scoring record set in 1943
when the team, captained by
Dick Wehr, scored 1140 points
while Wehr was leading the
states class A scorers with 464
points. This season the Sham
rocks have tailed 104O points in
Is games with five yet to play.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
Consolation

d8h hGdF P M (Bahsvnlv SararvIu
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

KEN ALESSI, the Yorkville star,
did it again last week by racking
up 70 points as his team topped
Shadyside by huge margin.
Alessi is averaging a mere "a
points per game and has already
amassed over 900 markers this
year.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17

Officials-Yoachim & Schott
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
THE MVL SCORING race

practically over now with only
two games to play-NeW Lex at
Crooksville and McConnelsVille
at Glouster. Standings to date:
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-02-17
RESERVE GAME

Officials-Wilhelm & Shelley
Evening star., 1949-02-13

think it was a good idea. Must
be lots of girls trying it. and just
because people said you were good
in some amateur shows in Map
pawa Falls doesn't mean
Maybe, Vivian thought now,
maybe that was what had really
made up her mind for sure. But it
was nice to see Dan, even if his
visit was little contrived. Her
mother had written: Dan Branch
is going to New York on some
business, and your father has asked
him to see how you are. Please do
be nice to him and forget what he
said about your amateur theatri-
Gals, won't you?"
Dan was clearing his throat
politely. Il read your letters in the
Clarion" he said. Sounds like
you keep busy"
ooME of the phrases in her recent
letters to the weekly paper raced
through Vivian's mind. What a
th''A 1t was last Thursday TO pass
ks1 Harrison in the lobby of the
WaldoJ and TO haze him gipe me a
s"''le Of recognition as the girl who
lr'ed ont for one Of Anne's ladies'
'"-po't'ng! What a pity / ,oas too
iaH! -. Lnnched yesterday at the
S'ork right next TO a table occupied
BY Helen Hayes and her husband.
Laura Fotheringham says you
ought to be a columnist. maybe,
instead of an actress" Dan said.
oh" said Vivian. coloring. She
almost added. "She does, does
she!" Instead, she replied, Does
Evening star., 1949-02-13

she, indeed? And tell me, how have
you escaped little Laura until now?
Or have you?"
I'VE get along" Dan said prac-
tically, Il make it a point to get
along with people. 1t isn't always
easy. That reminds me - your
father thinks you ought to forget
this stuff and come home"
"CoME home!9 Why, that's i'm
possible, Dan. I've been here only
year, and things are just begin
ming to break for me. Only this
week turned down two really i'm
portant parts. One was a - a girl
of the streets. Mother would have
died and father would have gone
out of his mind. So l had to turn
1t down. lhe other was almost as
bad. A dipsomaniac."
"Dipsomaniac?" repeated Dan.
"Oh, sure. That's somebody who
can't keep from stealing stuff. Or
is it somebody who drinks too
much? l never remember"
Its somebody who drinks too
much. A perfectly marvellous part.
darling" Dan jumped a little.
Vivian had never before called him
darling, and now that she had
done it she had done it so care
lessly that he wasn't sure he liked
it. But I just couldn't do it,"
Vivian ratified on. Mother and
Father again. l do wish they were
more broadminded!"
well" Dan said. Il don't think
would have =" But the tele-
Continued on next page
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-03-18

had Jared during the past year And as businessmen
they equally interested IN the prospects of the
future of the Importance of integrated development
of the Missouri valley to their own welfare and the
welfare of their children. You have to have "know
how to operate a farm successfully today. These
folks have found they have the know how-not only
in farming proper but in working together through
their cooperatives to build better life for all who
live to the soil.
report such as this would be amss if it failed
to point out that these folks represented particular
race, creed color Rather, it should be emphasized
that in attendance people of all nationates,
all religons-all bound together through one great
peoples organization, the Farmers Union. They were
in attendance because they have faith in cooperatves
as an integral part of our way of living; because
co-operatves by their very makeup represent the
most democratic type of business organization in the
world because the greater the growth of Coops, the
greater the economic security for all participants,
and the stronger bulwark against the onsaughts of
ever-growing concentration of the nations
nomic wealth in the hands of few.
But though these folks were serious during each
days sessions, when the day over they relaxed.
Some went to shows others to hockey games-and,
as side note-others to of the gaiy decked
night spots the Twin Cities have to offer High spot
of evening entertainment the variety show pre-
sented Wednesday night in the st. Paul city audi
torium which arranged for by John Mckay
formerly of Farm Security with headquarters in Boze
man.
Another part of the convention which attracted
considerable attention the huge display of FUCE
merchandise in the Hotel Lowry fwhere all sessions
were heidi. This included everything from the very
latest IN Coop electric ranges to large display of
Coop brand livestock and poultry feeds-including
couple of dozen real-live duckngs enjoying inn
mensely Coop "duck mash" such epicurean
delight dear to the hearts of upn-coming duck citi-
of tomorrow
The above only few of the Impressions and
sldehghts of the 1949 stockholders meeting of the
Central Exchange, but they may to give some
thing OF an idea-and may hope, encourage even
more cooperators to attend in 1850 and future years
HARRY L. BILLINGS