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Evening star., 1949-03-06
Reading and Writing
Britain Presents a Doshing Answer
To Woshinqton's federal Prose-
By MoN McGroN

that kind of a person, whatever
you want will eventually come to
YOU"
Be Open Minded.
The while" in the title of her
book is the word to be emphasized,
Miss Van Evera said.
II have nothing against mar
riage, mind you," she went on.
But do think a good single life
like mine-is better than a
mediocre marriage. I honestly
think that women have been sold
bill of goods that marriage is the
be-all and the end-all of their
problems. I don't believe it is"
For the lonely girl with orange
blossoms on her mind, Miss Van
Evera recommends volunteer work.
Miss Unsought-After-in -in-Wash-
ington should take herself right
down to the Volunteer Placement
Bureau at 1101 M street NV. and
sign up for leisure time activity.
She can read to the blind, or
do any one of a number of useful
things which would make her
a more attractive person lin spite
of herself" and the kind whose
friends would inevitably introduce
her to their unmarried man
friends. says Miss Van Evera.
Ever since she left her native
Kansas City. where she worked as
a reporter for six years on the
Kansas City Star. Miss Van Evera
who figures out to be in her mid
30s, has had her thoughts on
the girl on her own "buzzing
around" in her head. She worked
in Tucson. Ariz., and from 1914 to
the end of the war, served as a
staff writer for the Red Cross in
San Francisco. She then made
her way back to New York, where
a publisher persuaded her to write
her views of being happy while
single" and she came here in
November, 1947. to settle down to
the book and to remain as a free
lance writer.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

The weeks most provocative
pronouncement on punctuation:
THE dash is seductive"
This piquant bit of grammati-
cal warning comes from Plain
Words" Britain's answer to our
own locally inspired Federal
Prose" Written by Sir Ernest
Covers and issued by his Maj
esty's Stationery Office. the man
ual is an elegant. not to say
Chesterfeldian, discourse on the
pitfalls of bureaucratic jargon.
Despite the promise of SIM
plicity in the title, Sir Ernest
himself writes a prose that is
unaustere. Also he re-
veals, perhaps unwittingly. an
almost parental fondness for
Albion's official scribes. And on
several occasions he rises to their
defense in rolling periods that
Churchill himself might envy.
For instance, he says ringingly:
Most officials write grammatical,
correct English. Their style is
untainted by the silly jargon OF
commentaries, the catchpenny
tricks of the worst sort Of journal
ism, the more nebulous nebulosi-
ties of politicians. or the recon-
dite distractions of Greek or Latin
origin in which men of science,
philosophers and economists too
often wrap their thoughts. Some
times it is very good but then no
one notices it. Occasionally it
reaches level Of rare excellence" "
Any one from the Pentagon
want to second the motion?
Evening star., 1949-03-06

study of the emotions of these
people who know that their coun-
try is about to be overrun and that
seven of them will not be able to
escape it.
Elegy of England.
Although the very subject of the
book seems to be an elegy of
England, in the end there is
strength and affirmation in the
characters. The plane leaves with
it's passengers. but the ones who
stay do so. not because the way
was barred, but because in con-
science they cannot leave England.
The last scene at the airf1ed as
the plane takes off is keynoted by
hope not despair, for three of the
men who watch it leave are about
to join in a resistance movement
already organized to combat the
invader.
All in a Day.
In this novel Miss Jameson has
stayed within the limits set by
Greek drama. The action takes
place in little over "a hours, with
the scene always the same. This
disciplining out of anything ex-
traneous heightenS the drama OF
the story and puts the characters
into such a sharp focus that one
is almost afraid to look at them
so exposed. for the same charac-
tiers who, in the end, stay to wres-
tie with destruction are those who
in the beginning. admitted it. This
novel contains extraordinarily
good writing and provocative
thinking. It should be read.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
This Is Warfare
Through the Eyes
OF Witness
TO HELL AND BACK
BY Audie Murphy. Henry Holt
& Co... So
& Co.,, S,
Reviewed by
JERRY OIEARY, Jr.

This simply told narrative of
an infantryman's day-to-day life
in the foxholes of World War II,
written by the United States
Army's most decorated soldier,
comes as a timely reminder to a
forgetful Nation of lot of boys
who never made it home.
Former Sd Division GI and
lieutenant. Murphy. writing en-
tirely in the present tense. achieves
human record that the novel;
lists, reporters and generals
haven't been able to touch in
their stories of how it was in
battle. The book is reminiscent
of Erich Maria Remarque's "All
Quiet on the Western Front" in
style, content and impact.
An account of the front-line
experiences Of Murphy and his
fellow rif1emen in the campaigns
from Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, South
ern France, the Vosges Mountains
and Germany. he manages to give
the limelight to the men who
fought beside him, most of them
now dead. despite his own as
founding feats.
Wounded several times, the
young soldier-who was only 18
when he got his first Bronze Star
is credited with killing, wound
ing or capturing 240 Germans and
Italians. He holds the Congress
Sional Medal of Honor.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Background Study
|Of the Current
Economic urmoiI
THE ECONOMIC REPORTS
OF THE PRESIDENT
(Harcourt, Brace & Co.,; $2.75.>
Reviewed by
CHALMERS ROBERTS.

Here in one volume is the basis
of the Truman administration s
thinking in this current, uncertain
period of the Nations economic
life. The reports over a two-year
period trace the economists con-
tinued conclusion that imitation is
still uppermost in our economy.
The arguments, of course, will
never end in such an inexact sci
ence as economics. Yet it has
become all important to every
phase of our national policy, both
domestic and foreign. A change
in the price level can alter a major
policy almost overnight. To un-
derstand much of what Mr.. Tru-
man wants Congress to do, 1t is
necessary to know his economic
thinking, thinking based, it is very
clear, on the work of his Council
of Economic Advisers.
1t is too bad, however. the pub
fishers did not include in this VOL
ume the councils third annual
report of last December. That re-
port gives in detail the underlying
philosophy of the council, and
states the premises on which the
economists are operating.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Going Back Home
Changed
EnqIond

ANOTHER SUN, ANOTHER
HOME
BY Rupert Croft Cooke. (Henry
Holt & Co.: S3)
One of the dreariest homecon1-
ings on record is described in this
story of colonel long and faithful
in Indian service who returns to
his native land and his son after
India is given back to its own. The
England of Wilkes youth has be-
come a waXworks of the gray
horrors of forced democracy" The
boy turns out to be a complete cad
involved in one of the mangiest
rackets fourishing in a country
where "every one is neatly dock
eted, registered and controlled. D
Courteous and fair-minded, Wilkie
gamely picks his way among the
swarming inspectors, the drab
sullen, officious bureaucracy. But
the colonel, who is no Blimp-
having, in fact. been a Fabian So
cialist in his youth-flnds his view
of things growing DINNER as he is
confronted with bleak evidence
that everything has changed past
recognizing. A displaced person,
a barely tolerated "non-productive
consumer" in the country he has
served so honorably and gallantly
he finds no comfort in reunion
with his son, who has also gone
beyond knowing.
Another Sun, Another Home
is chiefly interesting for its sour
disillusioned commentary on the
brave new world created by the
Labor government. 1t falls some
what short as fiction for the rea-
son that Mr.. Croft-Cooke has told
much of the story through two
characters who insist they are not
articulate, but who display such
f1neness of observation and round
ness of expression that they might
be the "writer-fellow" who does
the rest of the narrating. The
colonel, despite an almost super
human ability to keep his chin
up, is a thoroughly likable
man, and the tale of his welcome
home will probably prove one OF
the most controversial items to be
exported by his new government
M. Meg.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Back of the Lines
In the Russian
'CoIdWor
IN ANGER AND PITY
BY Robert Magidoff. double.
day; $685.
Reviewed by
CRESTON B. MULLINS.

The authentic story of Russia
today, caught in the grip of cold
war with the Western democra-
cies, is told here by a man who,
although one of the victims of
that cold war, writes sympathetic
cally of the Russians, and more in
pity than in anger.
Mr.. Magidof was expelled from
Russia last April, after IL years
as a correspondent in the Soviet
Union, on a charge of espionage
preferred against him ostensibly
by his Russian secretary, Cecilia
Nelson. With him he took his
Russian wife Mia, daughter of a
Russian peasant family, whom he
had married before the war. With
him also he took a deep knowledge
of and affection for Russia, where
he himself was born.
The former correspondent, whose
voice has been heard by millions
in this country in his broadcasts
from Moscow for the National
Broadcasting Co., learned the
Russian scene as few others have
succeeded in doing. Not just the
Metropole Hotel crowd and the
foreign circle. of which, of course,
he was a member in good stand
ing. but also the Russian citizen,
artist, writer and worker.
The fluidity of his writing is
matched only by the acute humor
of his anecdotes, his versatility in
discussing many phases of Russian
life and his keen Interpretation of
events in Russia. particularly in
their cause and effect. He is as
much at home discussing Soviet
art, literature and painting as he
is in narrating the shocking de-
tails of his chauffeur's love affairs
and the life and habitat Of the
''Mozhno" girl.
Without pomposity, without
burdensome literary effort, Mr..
Magidoff has produced in a COM
paratively short volume one of the
outstanding recent contributions
to American understanding of
Russia and the Russians.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

too. An ever-groWing circle OF
readers is increasingly grateful.
Miss Taylor has made rather a
speciality of creating appealing and
unusual heroines-whimsical, gen.
tie young women of delicate minds
and delightful conversation. who
are quite unequal to situations re-
quiring realistic action. The pres
ent one is Camilla Hill, a school
secretary of 80 who sees herself
"stiffening into an old maid
Much of the book is concerned
with her relationship to the two
women dearest to her. Elizabeth,
her schoolday friend and Frances,
Elizabeth's former governeSS whose
gentility Ill conceals her violent
creativeness. The crisis in Ca
millas life during a summer vaca-
ton with the two springs from her
sense of alienation from them be-
cause of LIS half-reluctant alb
sorption in marriage and mother
hood, because of Frances preoc-
cupation with her painting.
A Different Holiday.
From the beginning it is ap-
parent to Camilla that this holi-
day is going to be different from
all others. 1t is her pique and
resentment at unshared expert
ence that drives her to cultivate
a strange, commonly handsome
young man with whom she has
witnessed a suicide while waiting
to take the train to Frances viii
lage home. Impelled by dlstaste
for her own primness and remote
ness from life, she follows this
unsuitable fellow. inventing a
romantic background for him,
desperately invisioning his need
for her. Meantime, Liz and
Frances are coming to terms with
dilemmas of their own: Liz to
understand the worth of her mar
riage with the vicar husband
whom she and Camilla have de-
rided, and Frances to face the
twilight of her creative years.
The melodrama uncovered by
Camilla's laundering into an un-
accustomed world is only frame
for Miss Taylor's perceptive COM
ments about the quality of the
three women and their friendship.
She has the green thumb with her
characters. Each one springs to
life and grows on her pages. Mrs.
Parsons, the charwoman, who is
stalwart of the village ladies' dart
team, is a rightly comic figure. but
never a caricature. Even Frances
inconvenient dog Hotchkiss as
sumes personality in the mildly
charged atmosphere.
Miss Taylor's art has never been
fresher, more sensitive or more
enhancing than in this story Of
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Western Barbecue
Makes Things Hot
In Navajo Land
IN WINTER LIGHT
BY Edwin Corle. (Duell, Sloan &
Pearce, S2.75.J
Reviewed by
STANLEY BAITZ.

Edwin Corie, who has written
previous novels concerning life
in the Southwest, puts some of
his Navajo characters into this
story, which has as its central set
ting a remote desert trading post
in Arizona.
When Luke Stockwell, trader on
the Indian reservation, decides to
throw a Christmas Day barbecue
for the far-fung Navajos as q
business bait gesture the pot be-
gins to holland not only with
gravy.
Unsuspected undercurrents Of
life in this little populated and os-
tensibly serene section of the
country eddy right up to the bar
becue pits. The swirl of events
affects white man as we'll as red.
For romance-There is the
reunion of pretty Betty Squash
blossom, young Navajo nurse,
and Robert Two Crows, col
combat ex-staff
sergeant. For villainy there is
Ruby May Stockwell, young wife
of Trader Stockwell, and an un-
principled tart. And, naturally,
her shenanigans with besotted
young Government dentist. For
dignity and character there are
DR.. Walterhouse, the benevolent
reservation doctor, and the Navajo
chief, Sees Many People. And for
humor there is Big Talker, a phi
losophical Navajo moocher.
The book Is sensitively written;
there is much of beauty and dig
nifty. And there is enough pur-
pie for those readers who de-
manded the realistic paprika. On
the whole, an easy-to-read and
entertaining book
Evening star., 1949-03-06

in the end, that it's much the
same; he can't really escape Clyde.
And before he learns whether he's
to be promoted, he wonders
whether, after all, it matters so
much. He's tired of living accord
ing to a pattern, cultivating his
superiors. doing exactly what is
expected of him.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Virginia Novel
Destined to Please
ANY Horse Lover
THE VALLEY OF ST. IVES
BY Arthur Herbert Bryant. Far
rar, StrauS; $2.75.J
Reviewed by

1 Ill AALC VI o4 J.. 4tGo
BY Arthur Herbert Bryant. (Far-
rar, StrauS; S275J
Reviewed by
MALCOLM LAMBORNE, Jr.
This is Arthur Bryant's second
novel and his best. Readers of
his first, Double Image should
find that the former Virginian
continues to grow in stature as
a writer of uncluttered English
and an exceptional craftsman at
creating a mood. AS in the case
of the first novel, THE Valley
of st. Ives" cannot be termed a
jolly book.
For his plot Mr.. Bryant has
fashioned most unusual triangle
boy. girl and horse. The boy,
Clark Fuller. is a teacher at the
tradition-bound st. Ives School
for Boys, located in a horse coun-
try that could be Virginia, New
Jersey or Long Island. The girl,
Christine Warrington. is the
daughter of a rich widow, both
ardent riders in the very horsey
set of the valley. The horse,
named Pequo, belongs to the girl
and no one else. Christine and
Clark are married. But Pequo
remains in the picture as a sort
of devils advocate and constant
reminder to Fuller that he has
never quite made the first team
in anything he tried.
The book concludes in a shoot
ing scene in the stable where
Fuller had gone to end his own
life. The swift action there, as
the fear-maddened Pequo lunges
at him, provides, at last, the one
real triumph in Fuller's existence.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
It's a Tough World
For a Young Widow
WALK THROUGH THE
VALLEY
BY Zelda Popkin. (Lippin-
colt: $3.J
Reviewed by
NINA PEMBERTON.


Miss Popkin has written a prob
ing and intelligent novel woven
around the problems of a wife's
readjustment following the sud-
den death of her husband.
Katherine Brewer is still young
when she finds herself so tragical-
ly alone. Her young son Jack and
her daughter Barbara do not rally
to her side in quite the way that
might be expected. Instead they
are swept into the drift of war
time hysteria.
Kate finds herself being thrust
into the company of "the girls.
The girls in New York were all
smart, beautifully dressed, i'm
maculately groomed. They had,
for the greater part, always been
career women. The safe. cozy and
simple role of the happily married
woman was an anathema to
them. They took their pleasures
and their heartaches in stride.
This was a hard world for Kate
to get adjusted to.
Oddly enough, this essentially
decent and charming woman
finally finds the answer in the
form of a career and a man. A.
far as the man is concerned, she
doesn't have the slightest ides
where she stands with him. The
career, at least, she can control.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

three fanciful and unhappy
women.
"A Wreath of Roses" is full of
rueful wisdom and poignant sad
ness. 1t could not be more
charming. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Reviewing he New Books
Elizabeth Taylor Writes Charming Novel
Full of RuefuI Wisdom and Sadness
WREATH OF ROSES

A
By Elizabeth Taylor. (Aured A. Knopt; $3J
When comes to Taylor the English
writer novels which she turned
in the been consistently engaging perhaps
so because gifts
down audience ee how we'll write how
Evening star., 1949-03-06
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D.
SUNDAY, MARCH 8, le4o
Communist Invasion of England
Theme of Storm Jameson Novel

THE MOMENT TRUTH
BY Storm Jameson. (The Macmillan Co.; $780,
Reviewed by MARGARET BLAIR sHUMAKER.
chronicles of the
of her latest
England frightening thing
this the conclusion she has drawn from her
unwngy inclined think that does
this feel this is just
Evening star., 1949-03-06

imaginative plaything-the child
of H. G. Wells. On the contrary
the farther one reads, the more
natural the situation seems to be
"The Moment of Truth" is the
story of IL people waiting at a
desolate airfield in Northern Eng
land for a plane which will carry
five of them to America before
the invasion. 1t is an unrelenting
Evening star., 1949-03-06
J.P. .Morquond at His Best
Sinclair Lewis Has Done Better

BY Sinclair Lewis. (Random House; $500
POINT NO RETURN
BY John P. Marquand (Little, BroUn; $780,
Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Two leading novess books within four
days-noyeIs entirely theme and treatment
and yet ambitious uength chronicle The Lewis book
appeared Friday Marquands will be published tomorrow
Mr. Lewis historical romance dealing with mis-
the Indians wilderness
Evening star., 1949-03-06
charming.

The weeks most provocative
announcement on punctuation:
THE dash is seductive"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-01
DESIGN No. FH-7175

Keady for your inspection are six new farm
home designs-offering the best in modern
living comforts. Now farm families can
really enjoy pleasant, practical, convenient,
up-to-date homes.
Home planning authorities designed
these homes. Experienced architects work
ing with demonstration agents and home
economists have provided features that full
fill the desires for better living on the farm.
The kitchens have been thoughtfully
planned for brightness and step-saving
convenience. Everything is close at hand
. storage space is abundant . working
surfaces are of proper height and well
lighted . refrigerator, range and sink are
ideally POSTPONED.
These model kitchens are easy to keep
immaculate because an adjoining service
room provides needed space for laundering,
canning and other chores -. facilities for
the men t clean up and a place to leave
work clothes and boots. Halls leading to
bedrooms and bath keep family traffic out
of kitchen and living room.
The bathrooms are truly modem =. the
bedrooms are airy and cheerful with good
closet space and the living rooms are
planned for happy family life and pleasant
entertaining.
Your local 4-Square Lumber Dealer has
the six new homes, with illustrations and
floor plans ready for your study. He invites
you to use them freely. ~Blueprints are avail
able when you decide to build.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-01
Western Beet Growers
Meet Nov. 7

GREAT FALLS WILL become
headquarters for the Western Beet
Growers association Nov. 7 when the
group holds its annual convention.
Special pullmans will bring North
Dakota and Minnesota members to
the convention. Tours of the Butte
and Billings areas are scheduled for
the delegation Nov. 8 and 9 after
the convention.
The Red River valley group will
be guests at a pre-convention lunch
con at 1890 Nov. 7 at the Park hotel.
E. P. circuit, MISC extension live
stock specialist, will speak on Live
stock Programs for Beet Growers"
H. R. LEM, past association presi-
dent, will be POSTMASTER.
Association President Walter Ross,
Fisher, Mimi, will call the conven-
ton to order Nov. Z at 2:45 p. m. at
the Civic Center. Convention COM
mittees will be named and Secretary
Fred Sanborn, Great Falls, will give
his report.
Major speakers at the sessions will
be Bion Tolman, agricultural super
intendent, Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.;
M. P. Hansmeier, extension conser-
vationist, Montana State college,
Bozeman; E. w. Rising, Washington,
D. c.. executive vice president, and
DR.. R. R. Renne, president, Montana
State college.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-01
Apply Sterilants
In the Fall
By ROBERT WARDEN
Extension Weed Specialist

QUESTION: When should soil
sterilants be applied?
Soil sterilants should be applied
in the fall of the year in this area
of reduced rainfall. Right now is a
good time in almost all areas of the
state, except possibly in limited To-
c~alities where a very high winter
rainfall is expected.
The reasons why fall application
of borax and sodium chlorate, and
combinations of the two, is more
successful are based primarily on
rainfall. In many areas of the state
there is too little rainfall after the
May-June rainfall period to work
the material into the soil where it
will come in contact with the roots.
Application before the spring
rains may result in this material be-
ing washed down below the root
zone, and as a result, control will
not be complete.
Applications in the fall have been
the best because there is usually
enough moisture to work the chemi-
cal into the soil, and not enough to
wash it down too far. Also, the
chemical is down with the roots and
in a position to kill as soon as the
plants become active in the spring.
Soil sterilants still have a place
in weed control, and in many cases
they will be cheaper in the long run
than 2,4-D. This is because a good
job of soil sterilization requires only
n treatment with follow-up in a
few years to check for seedlings,
while 2,4-D will require continued
treatment for several years in most
cases on perennial noxious weeds.
When applying a soil sterilant be
sure the treated area extends at
least four feet beyond the last plant
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-11-01

Late fall, after growth has stopped,
is a good time to fertilize trees. Win
ter damage to evergreens can be re-
duced by soil aeration and fertiliza-
ton. A good mulch of leaf mold will
also cut winter loss.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-02-24

than those grown in the shade?
that we in the United States
eat about % times more ice
cream per capita than they do in
Argentina?
that there are at least Is
distinct varieties Of cheese and
over 400 individual kinds of
cheese?
that the public spends more
money on cigarettes than on
milk?
that / Us pounds of nut
meats are eaten by the average
American in a year?
that bakers are now using
more milk in bread making than
they did in 1899?
that the Eskimo gets his
tamin D from the organs of ami
mails and the eggs of birds?