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Evening star., 1949-05-29
Education Plus Love
THE CAUTIOUS HUSBAND
BY Virginia Evans fcotnard-
McCanr, inc. s17sJ

McCdnn, Inc, sR7sJ
The first ioT pages Of this book
you loaths the husband and the
next i07 YOU loathe the esocentria
young wife: but. miracsiloslsiy. In
the last four pages you like them
both.
Virginia Evans has very skill
fully shown how wrong two people
can be about each othsr and how
wrong you can be about both Of
them.
The story concerns o young
veteran and his wife living In q
OF village while he eompistss
his education. II is Q good flrst
novel. Mrs. Evans has dealt ssnsi-
lively with the problems Of two
people deeply In love but not ses-
soned enough In marriage % ind
In Observation-Disclosures anything
but grounds for divorce. M. ID q.
Evening star., 1949-05-29

| legends OF modern letters. II Is as
| famous as his charm. which Is
conpouu I'D Of radiant friendli-
ness, restratped exuberance and a
sensitive curiosity about the peo-
pile around him.
! After winning the Pulitzer Prize
| for The Bridge Of San Luis Rey
Mr.. Wilder turned to the theaier,
With Our Town" he broke down
the conventional barriers OF the
drama. and in The Skin Of Our
Teeth" he pushed them further
back Both plays won him the
Pulitzer Prize.
| Likes 10 Work Here.
His new writing Job will take
shim to Italy. Meanwhile. he is
happily living in Washington.
which he considers an excellent
place to work. ensconced IN . suite
bearing his name at the Raleigh,
He stays at his desk every morn
ing from . to !.
II love 1t here" he said In an
interview the other day. 1T re-
minds me Of Vienna. with people
doing 20 much looking on and
talking walk over to the Ma
tionals Gallery and look over .
painting. Or ! walk around the
Tidal Basin. which ! adore"
Mr.. Wilder Is tall and heavy-set.
with graying hair and mustaehe,
He was dressed In . white linen
jacket and gray suit. He moves
about . great deal. gestures lib
orally and talks In hushed. hur-
ried tonee a. though he feared
his enthusiasm will run away with
him.
His obvious pleasure In life he
ascribes to being In hts Sos.
You know old Goethe said that
every one has one decade In HIS
life when he comes into his own,
With the SOS. I seem to have
arrived. Ibave found home base. +"
The Ides Of March," his most
recent novel. may be his last for
souoe TIME.
"Estranged" FrUm Novel.
"The novel and I are temporarily
estranged." he said smilingly.
"The novel presuppQses the author
knows everything. and that makes
ne uneasy"
10 At the moment Mr.. Wilder Is
working on Q play which he de-
scribes as p Horatio Alger theme
with overtones Of Kafka and Kier-
kegaard, .
"It viii be the conventional
American myth. with all the eles
perlts Of the typical success story.
But troubled BY the sense Of the
other What the world regards as
right has been taken for granted.
The ethical code becomes petrifled.
Il Is not enough to receive values.
bWe must create them"
Concurrently he Ii engaged In
ean intellectual labor OF love. .
study Of the plays Of Lope de Vega.
the Spanish dramatist. who he
says has been the excitement Of
my life for the past i've years"
Mr.. Wilder has recently returned
from Europe, where he taught at
Frankftirt-on-Mai and saw '"The
Skin Of Our Teeth" being acted in
England. France. Germany and
italy. While there. be thought Of
pressntips himself % Andre Glide
and George Santayana. Instead
| he walked around the block three
times and decided to 60 home"
He doesnct require the company
OF other writer's. He thinks they
can be friends but not As writer's
Evening star., 1949-05-29

Reviewed BY CARTE
Edgar Allan Poe has not lacked
biographers. interpreters. glamor-
1zers and detractors. No doubt
the books about the romantic
poet would I'LL enough shelves to
make o modest library. Now In
the centennial year Of his death
comes d study that Is decidedly
different. that follows no worn
biographical or critical paths,
but blazes new trail.
DR.. Fagin is associate professor
Of English and drama at the Johns
Hopkins University. He feels that
the mystery most writer's have
made Of Poe's personal life was
not justified by the known facts,
but was an acceptance Of Poe's own
attitude toward himself-a gentle.
reticent melancholy that limited
always of dreams frustrated and
tragedies untold. There was. DR.
Fagin comedies. unhappiness
enough in Poe's life. and yet 1t
was not as tragic as Poe made out,
nor as thwaFted and futile as his
work, his letters and his CONVEX
sations indicated.
As a matter of fact, this writer
4s convinced, Poe was consum-
mate actor, who dramatized his
life and his loves. not always con-
sciously perhapss His poems and
stories. also tended toward the
theatrical. They were dramatic.
sometimes melodramatic, and
strongly subjective. mostly the
antithesis Of realistic. DR.. Fagin
thinks the reason all attempts to
make plays or novels out Of Poe's
life-and there have been q good
many Of these-failed was be-
cause 1t was actually too dull and
ordinary to be good material for
drama or fiction. On the other
hand. the euthor points out,
dramatizations Of Poe's stories
rarely have tailed. whether the
medium was the theater, the NOV
les or radio. Thus DR.. Fagin con-
cludes that interest In Poe has
been sustained through his work
rather than through the man
himself. despite the picture Of an
enigmatic genius which usually Is
drawn.
It was more than IN interesting
circumstance. pr. Fagin con-
tends, that Poeb parents. whom
he lost in infancy. were actors.
He became, in the course Of ver-
satile literary career. q first-rate
dramatic critic, and he had q
scholarly knowledge Of classical
plays and q lifelong admiration
for the theaAer. He never lost a
chance to reply heatedly to the
low opinion Of players which was
current in genteel circles Of the
day and to express pride In the
mother and father he never knew.
Yet. Despite His plausible theory
Of what was back Of the "myste-
rious. unhappy" Poe. DR.. Fagin
admits that "' we are still
bafi1ed by the man. and the at
tempts Of some of the best minds
to explain him have intensified
rather than lessened our interest"
And the writer adds: 'Poe's
weaknesses and misfortunes have
contributed to his picturesque
ness" Poverty plagued him near
ly all his life. But he had IAN
unerrirg sense of romantic effec-
tiveness." and consciously or by
intuition, he turned his weak
nesses and msfortunes into as
sets"
Prof. Fagip is net among the
detractors o. Poe's work. There
have been many. before and since
Henry James carefully shaded
self-congratulation: An enthu-
siasm for Poe is the mark of a
decidedly primitive stage of re-
fection.'" The author Of this
book admires much that Poe
wrote. We shall be wise. says DR.
Evening star., 1949-05-29
SOVIET Arms AND SOVIET
POWER
By Gen. Augustin Ouiliaurne
ffafdufru Journal Press. - 50.I

BY Oen. Aux uALIu oulIIhuf1sF.
fTnfantry Journal Press; -
The noted commander Of French
troops In Africa and Europe an
aiyyes the Soviet victory over
Hitier's armies. the factors which
make Up Soviet power and the
Soviet armed forces as they exist
today. This military treatise.
though designed for the military
man. Is not too deeply military for
the layman. who VIII find some
serious causes for concern In these
pages. &c. H. M.
Evening star., 1949-05-29

Former spies whose eyes have
opened to the light Of democracy
are making o field day Of writing
and testifying about the darkness
Evening star., 1949-05-29

neGs. HAP
thus.am for
Italian movies
has led him 20
under take. N
S.. the writing
Of q sept 70
be produced by
Vittorio De Sca,
the ditectoral
MUS v h o
de Shoe
shine.
Mr.. wlder's
ca city for
growth has be-
coma nnA Of the
Evening star., 1949-05-29
BALKAN VILLAGE
BY Irwin T. Sanders. eUntp,
stty of Kentucky; 50

A sociological study Of a rural
village in Bulgaria as It was In
the 1930s and Of the changes
In peasant life under the impact
Of communism in the mid-1940s.
Interesting for its insight Into
economic and social force&at work
In the Balkans. B. +.
Evening star., 1949-05-29
Reading and Writing.
Wilder Is 'Estranged' From the Novel:
Lilienthal Too Harassed to Finish Book
es MaN MeGrosr

Thornton Wilder, that literary
pioneer whc has ssakec cut claims
TO greatness IN both cciaon and
drama, Is about venture into new
Evening star., 1949-05-29
liIienthois . New Sock

David =. Lilienthal. beleagueret
chairman OF the Atomic Energy
Commission. spoke to the book
sellers at their banquet. when I,
was announced that he Il the
author Of q forthcoming boob
which win be entitled This Dc
Believe"
Mr.. Lilienthal was questioned
about the progress Of the book q.
he hurried TO q Senate Approprta-
tions Committee hearing. Lookins
tired and harassed. he said. u
haven't had time to work on 1,
lately. It's In manuscript nov
and all finished except for thu
beginning and the end. No. /,
isn't an account Of my steward.
ship In public once. It's not auto
biographical. A series OF essays on
the principles Of democracy. ''''
One Of Mr.. LAlienthal's COM
panions tukged at his sleeve and
he started away. 80 and II.
practical application" he said owe,
his shoulder as he went of TO face
senatorial fire.
The author Of Democracy on
the March," the story Of the IVA.
Mr.. Ldlienthal won . reputation
as one Of the most eloquent men
In the Republic on another occa-
sion when his qualifications for
publicsofiice were being questioned
In q fervent and memorable state
ment Of his creed. he said In part.
Il viii be very glad TO be iynched
II In the process Of that lynchin9
this lesson about what our history
means H learned and what the
history Of the common las means
In the terms OF protection OF the
individual citizen against the
irresponsible charges of witch
hunters"
Harper's win publish This ]
Do Believe" In the fall.
Evening star., 1949-05-29
|Tennyson Biography,
First in 50 Years,
Is Complete Work
ALFRED TEEEYSOS
BY Charles .Tennyson- Mac
milan. $7.seJ
Reviewed By
EDWIN TRIBBI.E

II has been 80 years since q full
Scale life Of Tennyson has been
written. This new one is by his
grandson and II makes yse Of ma
Evening star., 1949-05-29
Former Spy Tells Tricks Of the Trade;
Thinks Soviet Net Exists Now in U. S.
lKEOR SPIES

HANDBOOK FOR SPIES
BY Alexander Foote. doubleday Co.; $5J
Reviewed by ROBERT K WALSH.
Evening star., 1949-05-29
Gambling Clientele Warned Thot Odds
Are Stacked TO Favor Only the House

YOU CAN'T WIN: FACTS AND PALACES ABOUT GAMBLING
BY Ernest e. Blanche public Affairs Press; ST.
Reviewed by HERMAN F. scHADEN.
Evening star., 1949-05-29

ceses with musicians hs "a az
accomplished pianist and q cSssn-
poser HIS fasorsIe musician :
You Do nos ask a raosss~r asseh
Is her !avor9te child
He considers william FaaIkrs
1he CREATES; liS,ng American
writer. whose Nalts are cersraer.
suraie with his ansness He taxes
enormous oelig sss In JAres joyce
for his 6epactio.l O. animal man
his gusio. his saytns yes
wh9h .Sat . bad CseScr I;g,;;ao aon 0.
Mr.. Wilder.
Evening star., 1949-05-29
Books and Possoee eeses

the fpst ozZsCt I've pa tgsicfN step
children have evidently fallen On
pathetic ears. The smart
money al the Capitol SAYS that the
new hike in book postage rates
sought By Postmaster General
Donaldson viii be revised down
ward"
An informal poll os House Clvil
Service and rossof!sce Committee
members, wso wound dp hearings
on the bill last Ahursaay revealed
a general sentiment tina, the pub
fishers who have seen book rates
so up 500 per cent since 1888 are
carrying a fair share Of the post
ase bill. Although book rates wese
boosted last January ! from 4
cents on the first pound and
cents on each additional pound
to Q cents for the first pound and
4 cents for each additional pound.
publishers have written In pro-
teS, against further increase In
very moderate vein to the COM
mittee and the hearings have been
mild and friendly.
witnesses. notably John o'con-
nor. Chairman q the Postal Com
mittee on Books. based their plea
for subsidy rates on the educa-
tional value Of books. Mr.. oCon-
nor also made the point that mag
azines. which frequently carry Sc
rializations Of books. enjoy sec
ond-class rates on reading mat
ter.
> Committee members agreed that
fixing Of preferential rates for
books Of proven cultural content
would require censorship on the
part Of the Post once Depart
ment. which nobody wants.
The march on the Capitol by
delegates to the American Book
sellers Association Convention
which vas urged by their presi-
dent, Robert Campbell Of Los An
geies. apparently never material
lied. No member reported receiv-
Ing any embattlcd bookseller. In
fact. the president himself. when
he went to call on Chairman Muir
ray Of Tennessee. made the visit
purely social. He brought Mr..
Murray greetings from . mutual
California friend. and the mum
dane subject Of postal rates. which
booksellers must pay. never came
up,
Evening star., 1949-05-29
Poe Sought to Dromotize Self,
But Failed to Do So, Writer Says
MR. POE

TdE dl6INIONIC MIX. POE
BY N. Bryllion Fagin. Gohns Hopkins Press; 50 =
Reviewed by CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Mortimer H. Mahony,
Dean Of Pari Mutual
Managers, Dies at Is
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 90
Mortimer M. Mahony, 76, dean of
American pari-mutuels managers,
died here today of a cerebral hem
orrhage.
Mutuels manager at Hialeah Park
since 1881, Mr.. Mahony previously
was widely known in Maryland rae
ing circles as manager of the
Laurel, Pimlico and other track
mutuels. He also served in the same
capacity at Belmont, Saratoga, At
lantic City, Monmouth Park and
Garden State tracks.
Mr.. Mahoney suffered the stroke
shortly after breakfast today and
died at his home a few minutes
later.
The son of former port director
of the City of New York, Mr.. Ma
hony was born in Brooklyn and
began his career as a Wall Street
runner.
In the early days he operated bet
ting rings around New York and
Canadian race tracks.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Louise Mahony; three sons, Morti-
mer, jr.. and Riggs of Baltimore and
Jack Mahony, Coral Gables. Fla.
and four daughters. Mrs. w. A.
Jones, Baltimore; Mrs. Eugene Ban
Eigan, Mrs. Aloysius McCloskey and
Mrs. Elmer Hartung, all of Brooklyn
Funeral services have not been
completed; but burial will take place
either in Brooklyn or Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Plumbers 10 Wind Up
Conference Toniqhf

A two-day conference of Wash
ington area plumbing and heating
industry representatives winds up
tonight after a round table discus
sion today and a dinner dance to-
night.
The round table was to feature
two wholesalers, two manufacturers
and two plumbers answering ques-
tions from the floor on the industry.
This session was to be held in the
Federal room at the Statler Hotel.
At 7 pm, a dinner will be held
at the Mayf1ower Hotel, followed by
entertainment and dancing, ac-
cording to Carl C. Lipp. past presi-
dent of the Master Plumbers Asso-
citation of the District.
At yesterdays session the plumb
ing and heating men heard talks by
Warren R. Forster, vice president
of the Hamilton National Bank: o.
F.. Erickson and w. F. Clucas. Mr..
Lipp presided.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
H.Wi||iam H.Cockrean, L.
Memorial Mass Today

Requiem mass was to be sung to-
day in st. Francis Xavier's Church
this morning in memory Of lst 1t
William H, Corkrean, jr.. Bit
bomber pilot. who was shot down
over Holland May II. 1914, on his
25th mission, the last before he was
to have been sent home on leave
1t. Corkrean came to Washington
from his native West Virginia shortly
before he entered service with the
26Oth Aircraft Regiment here
in 194l. He later transferred to
the Air Force, was commissioned in
September. 1943, and sent over
seas in December. He was killed
shortly before his 21st birthday.
1t. Corkrean was a member of the
Holy Name Society of st. Francis
Xavier's Church. Corkrean Post
No 226, Catholic War Veterans was
named for him.
Surviving are his father, William
H. Corkrean of 2514 Palmer place
Sc, and a sister, Miss Elizabeth
Ann Corkrean, registered nurse,
VINO lives in Coral Gables, Fla. His
mother, Mrs. Mary M. Corkrean. was
burned to death in fire at the
family home a. year ago.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Woman Dies One Month
After Head Injury in Fight

A 30-year-old woman died ir
Providence Hospital early today, ap-
parently from the effects of what
police said was an alteration In
her home a month ago.
The victim is Jessie Myers, col.
ored, 621 First street S.W., who was
first admitted to the hospital De-
cember 20 with a head injury she
said had been inflicted that day BY
James E. Wanzer, 35, of the same
address.
After treatment she was released
and told to return within few
days. She did not reappear until
January 10, police said, when it wa.
discovered that tetanus had de.
veloped.
At the time Of her injury, police
arrested Wanzer on a charge OF
assault with a dangerous weapon
No action had been taken and the
charge was reopened after the
woman appeared at the hospita
January 10.
He is held on $4,000 bond on the
assault charge and is to appear
before a coroner's inquest.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Store Here 10 Display Gifts
From French 'Merci Train

Gifts in the Washington car OF
the French "Merci Train" will be
displayed in the windows of Wood
ward & Lothrop, Salvind o. Olson
chairman of the National Capital
"Merci Train" Committee, an
nounced today.
The train, sent by the French
people as an expression Of gratitude
for the Friendship Train, will ar
rive here February S. 1t will be ex-
hibited on the Pennsylvania Rail-
road tracks opposite the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. A cere-
mony welcoming the train will be
held at 4 pm. Sunday.
The ''Merci Train" was organized
originally by French railroad vet
Grams. Later it was extended to all
veterans organizations and ulti-
mately included the entire nation,
with approximately 100000 per-
sons contributing gifts.
The train has 40 French boxcars
of the "40-men, 8 horses" type. One
car will be sent to the capital of
each State while the 49th car will be
divided between the District of Co.
lumbia and the Territory of Hawaii
Gifts on the train include 49
Sevres vases, a sword of Napoleon
and other historic arms from his
times, a coach Of Louis XIV and
many other famous articles.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Jersey Boy, IS, Given
Is Years in Staying
BY the Associofed Press

JERSEY CITY, N. j., Jan. 90
Fifteen-year-old Fred Smigelski, one
of the youngest murder defendants
in New Jerseys court history, was
sentenced Yesterday to Is to 80 years
in prison on a charge of Strangling
a playmate to show he was no
sissy
He sobbed as his attorney, An
thony Calandra, pleaded for lenien-
cy, and collapsed when sentence
was pronounced by Hudson County
Judge Thomas ]. Stanton. He was
carried bodily from the courtroom.
Assistant Prosecutor John J.
Grossi said that only the age Of
the defendant caused him to accept
plea OF no defense to the Staying
Of 11-year- -old Jackie Preston-sav-
ing Smigelski from a possible death
penalty.
Mr.. Grossi described the stran-
Cling of the slightly built, recently
i'll Jackie in an abandoned ware
house as "a vicious and premedi-
tated murder equal to first degree" 4"
Smigelski told police after admit
ting the killing that he had felt
inferior to other youngsters because
his mother made him wash dishes.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Pilots Name Latham Head
Of F|ight-Training Program

The Congressional Pilots ASso-
citation, Inc. have named Repre-
sentative Latham of Newt York as
president to launch a new flight
training program.
All members of Congress in the
association are either licensed pilots
or are in an active student-pilot
status.
Other officers named we're:
Representative Clair Engle, first
vice president: Representative Hen
ry Lacarde, second vice president;
Mrs. Evelyn HarTanft, secretary;
William Bennett, treasurer; 1t
Keaney Kopp, naval pilot, flight
training director, and j. B. Hart
ranft, jr., manager of the Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association,
ground training director.
The organization, which is not
limited solely to members of Con-
gress, owns an 85-horsepower Lus-
combe, based at Hybla Valley Air
port.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Mrs. Mary Kent Miller Dies;
Wife Of Retired Colonel

Mrs. Mary Kent Miller, wife OF
Col. Claude H. Miller, U. S. A., re-
tired, died yesterday at her home
1908 Cleveland avenue NV, after a
long illness.
Mrs. Miller was born at West
Point. N. Y, when her father, the
late Brig. Gen. j. Ford Kent, was
on duty there. She attended school
In Philadelphia.
The Millers were married As years
ago at Troy, N. Y. They had lived
in Washington since 1885. Mrs
Miller attended st. Adams Episcopal
Church.
Surviving, in addition to her hus-
band, are sister, Mrs. Elizabeth E
Kent. and her stepmother, Mrs. j
Ford Kent, both of Troy.
Funeral services will be held al
$50 am. Monday at West Point
where Mrs. Miller will be buried.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Funeral Rites Monday
For Roscoe Ridqway

Funeral services will be held at
9 am. Monday for Roscoe Alan
Ridgway, so, pharmacist here fol
many years. who died of heart all
ment Thursday in his home, 63l3
Broad Branch road, Chevy Chase
Md He had been Ill for six years
The services will be in the Shrine
of the Most Blessed Sacrament
Catholic Church, Chevy Chase
Circle. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
A native of the District, Mr.. Ridge
way was a graduate of Georgetown
Preparatory School and Georgetown
University and received his pharma-
cist's training at Emerson Institute,
Philadelphia He was a veteran of
World War I, having served as a
lieutenant in the 31st Machine-gun
Battalion of the 313th Infantry.
For about 10 years, Mr.. Ridgway
operated a pharmacy at the corner
Of Florida and Connecticut avenues
NV. Then he moved to Chevy
Chase, where he owned the r. A.
Ridgway Pharmacy in the Chevy
Chase Arcade for about IL years. He
was associated with the Alley Labor
atories, 1920 I street NV, at the
time of his death.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Gertrude Bradley Ridgway: three
sons, John Coleman Ridgway, 3616
Connecticut avenue NV, Alan F.
Ridgway. Silver Spring, and Richard
Creighton Ridgway of the home ad-
dress; brother, Franz H. Ridgway,
Washington attorney who lives at
1901 Cathedral avenue NV; four
sisters, Mrs. NJ r. English, Mrs.
j. H. Griesbauer and the Misses
Ethel and Ruth Ridgway, all of
Chevy Chase, Md, and two grand
children
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Rev. Vernon N. RidgeIy
Rites in Baltimore

Funeral services were to be held
at II am. today in Baltimore fol
the Rev. Vernon Norwood Ridgely
rs. who was pastor of Calvary
Methodist Church in Washington
from 1892 to 1896.
The Rev. Mr.. Ridgely died
Wednesday In Maryland General
Hospital, Baltimore, after an ILL
mes of two weeks.
He was born in Howard County,
Nd, and received his education at
Western Maryland University and
Drew Theological Seminary.
At the time of his death he was
assistant pastor of Grace-North
Baltimore Methodist Church in
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1949-01-29
Rites Set for {. A. Miller,
Government EmpIoye

Funeral services for Cyril A. Mil.
Ter, Sc, a former War Department
employe, will be held at 10 am
Tuesday at Fort Myer Chapel
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Mr.. Miller, native of Washing
ton, died THURSDAY at a Norfolk
(Va) hospital after an illness oi
four years. He had spent the last
two years in hospitals here and in
Norfolk.
He was the son Of the late Clar-
ence A. Miller and Elizabeth Becker
Miller, both natives of the District
He went to work for the War De-
partment after the japanese attack
on Pearl Harbor.
He attended st. AIMS Catholic
Church. His home was at 235t
Fortieth street NV.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Mildred E. Miller; two sons, John A
Miller, 81, student at the Uni.
versity of Oklahoma, and Richarc
E. Miller, lS, who is attending West.
crn High School; a brother, Marx
A. Miller, Salem. Va, and a sister
Mrs. Russell Woodward, Darien
Conn.