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Evening star., 1950-04-02

"Of Men and Mountains, lald
him low. Although he had al
ready sent the manuscript to his
publishers, he set out on check
ing expedition to Mount Crystal,
a peak of the Cascades range,
which he has clambered over man
and boy for 40 years. He had seen
it in summer and winter but never
in the fall.
THAT was when I had my en-
counter with the horse" said the
dy-haired justice, showing alb
solutely no malice for the mount
who rolled over him and caused
him such grave injuries.
The idea for "Of Men and
Mountains" which will be pub
lished on April 10, came to Mr.
Douglas during a previous illness
Four years ago a serious bout of
virus pneumonia left him so weak
that mountain climbing was out
of the question for the summer
recess.
Il just decided to do the next
best thing and write about it," he
said.
He Rode the Trails.
BY way of background he bur-
rowed through a 17-volume &C
count of the Lewis and Clark ex-
pedition. He enlisted the aid of
DR.. William Dayton of the Forest
Service and of Naturalist-Author
Donald Culross Peattie in his re-
search in botany and geology. AS
soon as he was quite himself
again he met with old mountain
eering comrades to ride over the
trails which they had walked as
boys in the Cascades and the Wal
loWas of Washington.
Mr.. Douglas began climbing
those peaks when he was IL years
old to strengthen his legs after
bout of polio. In no time at all
he was doing as much as 40 miles
a day. 1t was on these wind
swept heights that he gained his
perspective on men and events.
Mr.. Douglas revealed that he
had suffered another injury in the
course of composing his mountain
eering autobiography. He was
bitten by the writing bug, and is
now deep in his second book. an
account of a trip made last sum-
mer to the Middle East with his
17-year-old son William, jr.
Everybody hopes this will be
less dangerous one to write.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

English life and men like Bob
until she met Philip Calgary, the
young surgeon. He was a de-
Scendant of slaves-a handsome,
able half-caste. scornful of the
white owners of the island who ex-
plotted his deprived people.
1t may seem that this girl
adapted herself too readily to an
alien atmosphere, that she could
hardly have brought herself, in
less than a year, to be willing to
turn her back on all she had
known and share Philips hard,
uncertain life. But, as she ex-
planned to Philip. she had wanted
to get away from a life that didn t
seem real after the war" Some
how the author makes Lucy's
transition not incredible. There is
a 15-year-old girl named Myra
half Chinese, half African, who
utters aphorisms worthy of an
elderly philosopher. But most OF
the characters are plausible, and
several are fine portrayals.
There have been many books
about racial tensions in recent
years, but few as understanding
few as artistically written as
Under the Skin"
Evening star., 1950-04-02
New Senator Thomos
Book Is His Sixth

The learned gentleman from
Utah, Senator Thomas, saw publi-
cation last Wednesday of his sixth
book, This Nation Under God"
He began his writing career with
a book in japanese over two de-
cades ago. This latest deals with
the flourishing of religion in this
fortunate land where church and
state are separated. Mr.. Thomas
also gives a brief history of the
United States as seen through
four dominating chief executives,
Jefferson, Lincoln. Wilson and
Roosevelt, and capsule biography
of each President with a quotation
from each mentioning God. "These
weren't hard to find" he said. Its
a job to make man say his
prayers.
A Mormon missionary in his
youth who had his greatest lesson
in faith when he was led through
the darkness of a Japanese temple
by a Buddhist priest, Mr.. Thomas
decided to write This Nation
Under God" in 1914 when as a
delegate to the ILO conference
he was refused permission to make
reference to the Deity in the
Evening star., 1950-04-02
New Books

THE LOST LAMP. By Sara Jenkins:
The story Of preacher who found
BIG AS LIFE. BY John. Pleasant Nc
Coy. Harper. Life in a Virginia
mountain town two decades ago.
S2.75. April IL.
DON GAUCHO. BY Alyce Pollock and
Ruth Goode. Whittlesey House Ro-
nance and adventure in the Argentine
Of the early 10Th century. So.
THE BIZARRE SISTERS. By Jay and
Audrey Walz. Duell, Sloan e. Pearce.
A historical novel $500 April 10.
NON-FICTION.
GREAT EXPRESSIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS. Edited by R. NJ. Mac
1ver. A publication of the Institute
Tor Religious and Social Studies.
THE STORY OF OUR NAMES. BY
Elson c. Smith, Harper. The origin.
DEVELOPMENT and meaning of our
surnames; Christian names and nick
names. S375
CONGO EDEN. By Mary L. Jobe Akeley.
FEDERAL RESERVE POLICY-MAKING.
By G. L. Bach. Knopf study in
Government economic policy forma-
ZION. Apr1l 10
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Owen Lottimore's Latest Book
MAY Be Scanned for Angles

Asian seminar at Johns Hopkins
University. bears the stamp Of
high-grade scholarship.
1t woulo be possible. perhaps.
to contend that Mr., baltimore
serves Russia and communism by
the very oblectivity of his work.
He is thoroughly detached III his
interests. for instance. when he
says that from the standpoint Of
efficiency parts of Sinkiang could
well be annexed TO some of. the
Soviet republics, but that there
are real material and sentimental
links between Sinkiang and China.
Mr.. baltimore regards Sinkiang
as the new center of gravity in the
struggle between East and West.
with Russia holding the advantage
of proximity to this most western
Of Chinese provinces. He deals
with the territory from demo-
graphic, geographic and economic
as we'll as political standpoints
Evening star., 1950-04-02

out that Mexico broke off negotia-
tions. refusing fatty to accept
United States annexation of the
Texas Republic, which Texans had
petitioned for.
The author also allies himself
with more recent historians who
have been trying to build up James
K. Polk into the semblance of
great President and to minimize
the fame of Gen. Zachary Taylor,
winner of the decisive Battle of
Buena Vista, the turning point of
the war. Mr.. Henry states that
Taylor's impatience with Wash
ington for failing to send him
adequate equipment and sup
plies was particularly true
after repeated suggestions that
he would make a good Whig
nominee for the presidency had
taken root in his mind and per-
suaded him to the extraordinary
idea that the President and the
Secretary of War and later the
general commanding the Army
'+' were sacrificing him and his
army for reasons of political
jealousy" There is ample evi-
dence that Taylor's grievances
were justified. Silas B. Mckinley
and Silas Bent said in their recent
biography. "Old Rough and
Ready" that Taylor hoped up to
the time of the Wing convention
that Henry Clay would be nomi-
mated. It may well be that Presi-
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Many in Washington
Mystery Writer'S Ranks

Progress Report, Sudden Death
Division: Washington runs to
mystery writer's only slightly less
than to writer's of juveniles. Rou-
tine investigation reveals that
this industrious band has been
hard at it dreaming up foul play.
Richard Starnes, makeup editor
OF the Washington Daily News,
who got off to a wonderful start
with And When She Was Bad,
She Was Murdered" has already
polished off his second with the
same characters, including, nota-
bly, DR.. st. George Peachey, and
different victims. Untitled as yet,
1t took only month to do. Mr..
Starnes, who thinks people want
to be amused more than puzzled
is under contract for two more.
Mrs. Jay Walz who went on be-
ing Francis Bonnamy while she
collaborated with her husband on
The Bizarre Sisters" a forthcom-
ing story of dark doings. among
the Randolphs of Virginia, reas-
sures Bonnamy fanciers that
Francis will keep on going all the
while the Wales continue to re.
construct true life tragedies out Of
americas past. Mr.. Walz is a New
YORK Times Washington CORE
SpOndent.
Dorothy Cameron Disney (Mrs
Milton MacKaye) of Explosion
fame is three weeks away on
Come to Judgment"
And Pat McGerr, with Follow
as the Night" all set for June pub
llcation, has upped and off tc
Italy for six weeks.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
James 7. Farrell
Gives You Fooortv
THE NAME is FOGARTY

THE NAME is FOGARTY
Private Papers on Public Mat
tiers, by Jonathan Titulescu Fo-
garty, Esq. THE VANGUARD
Press; $780,
Mr.. Jonathan Titulescu Fogarty
secretary for the Society for the
Discovery of the World Brain. is
the brain child of James r. Far
rell, man not usually regarded
as a card in literary circles. Here
however, Mr.. Farrell leaves off his
oaleful consideration of the con-
temporary social scene, to present
the f1orid figure of this man in
a mans world" who is "a gentle
man IN a ladies' world" this
admirer of Senator Taft. Fogarty
thinks in ancient cliches, ex-
presses himself in gassy meta
phors, never heard of Studs Lon
gan" and makes a mighty fine alter
ego for Mr.. Farrell.
MARY McGRORY
Evening star., 1950-04-02
How Seriously Does
Henry Green Want
Us to axe Him

NOTHING
BY Henry Green. (The Viking
Press; $3.)
The second Of Mr.. Green's dis
tinctively favored novels to be
published in this country, Moth
ing" is as antic and wayward
as a March wind-and just as
unsettling. The first, Loving" :"
caused a great critical commotion,
but this one poses different
problem because it is hard to know
how seriously Mr.. Green wants to
be taken.
Loving" was bare enough, but
it had a Dickensian richness of
detail compared with Nothing" !"
This one has no exposition at all,
no descriptions of characters, no
scenery and no props. 1t is just
series of conversations between
succession of couples who give
themselves away, libel each other,
talk at cross purposes and manage
to upset the marriage plans of a
nice young girl named Mary Pom
fret and nice young man named
Philip Weatherby.
The thing that distinguishes
Philip and Mary from other en-
gagged couples is the fact that his
mother and her father were once
lovers, although the young people
are assured that they are not
half-brother and sister. His
mother. incidentally, is an arch
villainess, vain, silly and conniv-
ing, achieving her ends in a most
outrageous fashion.
MIR. Green. with apparently no
trouble at all, characterizes her
entirely out of her own mouth
and moreover slyly contrasts
throughout the solemnity of the
youngsters with the wickedness of
their unregenerate elders. Another
thing about Mr.. Green is that his
Whlmsy extends to punctuation.
he is niggardly with commas, and
an absolute spendthrift with ex-
ciamation marks, a factor increas-
ing the difficulties of the readers
OF his unusual book, which is,
however. charming. although it is
almost impossible to say exactly
why.
| MARY MeCRnRy
Evening star., 1950-04-02

somewhat when she tells us of
Elizabethan impatience with COM
position. Ben johnson who
wrote one play in five weeks was
publicly jeered at because he was
so slow an inventor"
Miss, Chute's study is as ere
laxed and happy" as she contends
was it's inspiration. 1t is a de-
lightful answer to the scholars
who would take him away both
from his profession and from the
daily life of his own century," She
has put him back where he be-
longs without detracting one iota
from his greatness.
MARY McGRORY
Evening star., 1950-04-02

Declaration of Philadelphia. The
other delegates stubborness on
this point set him to inquiring If
the belief in the United States as
land of destiny. specially selected
by God for the accomplishment of
his purpose, has played an i'm
portant part in our development. "
In addition to his initial Japa-
nese effort, the chairman of the
Senate Labor Committee has also
written Chinese Politics
Thought" Thomas jefferson
World Citizen. The Four Fears
and World Unity Through Study
of History"
Evening star., 1950-04-02

iva sASSN Uoei4AA oA1a u5ol1l G1l1
the years, they report. The first
step toward restoring this faith,
they have found, "is to exercise
the devils of submerged emotion
al conflict. Once the psychia-
trist with his specialized skills be-
gins the task of removing these
neurotic barriers built of hate, re-
sentiment, fear and anxiety, re-
ligious guidance then stimulates
an influx of healing faith in the
ultimate power and rightness of
God"
The authors cite many case his
tories and explain the remedies
applied, in the hope that this
book may bring soul-sick readers
something of the reinsurance and
hope they have been able to i'm
part at the clinic. The book
makes its points with concise
clarity; it never resorts to plati-
tude.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

was never any doubt, because you
knew the families and could place
each person on the proper side
of the color line. But then Lucy,
who was intelligent and without
racial prejudice, discovered there
were qualities under the skin
which you couldn't find on a
genealogical chart.
Her experiences in the West
Indies make a penetrating novel.
Miss Bottome is a gifted English
novelist who looks deeply into her
characters and draws them with
sure strokes, who writes sharply
without time-worn tricks.
Lucy's story is absorbing be-
cause. primarily, she is interesting
For her the war had been a series
of personal tragedies. Her hus-
band had been killed in action. her
parents had perished in the blitZ,
and even the man who later be-
came her fiance had been lost at
sea. She emerged a heroine for
her exploits at an RAF operations
center. but desperately in need of
some activity that would give her
life a purpose. She jumped at the
offer of the distant island school,
She found herself resented, par
ticularly by two women on the
faculty who were rivals for power
in the school, one Chinese, the
other part Negro. Even the older
girl students were involved in the
rivalry as they adhered to one OF
the other of the two highly attrac-
tive women. The girls were a
melange of racial strains. Lucys
kindness and understanding won
most of them over. She learned
the hard way that though she had
gained the respect, if not the lik-
ing, of the Chinese teacher, she
still was hated relentlessly by the
other rival, Elvira, who masked
her feeling with flattery. Aside
from the school, there were per-
sonal reasons for the hostility that
turned secretly toward the head
mistress with a violence that
threatened her life. Meanwhile,
Lucy was besieged by Bob An
struther, scion of an old planter
family. to marry him. She did
not realize how far the war had
taken her from the snobbishness
and superf1ciality of uppercrust
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Bridge Calendar

TOMORROW - Federal Bridge League
! 1900 New Hampshire avenue NV;
team-ol-1our and open-pair rating
point, pm. La Sale Studio, IO2S
| Connecticut avenue NV; open-pair rat.
ing point, pm.
DISQUALIFICATION Club, 1855 Euclid
| street NV: open-pair rating point 7:45
pm: Buckingham Duplicate Club, 3l3
| North Glebe road, Arlington; open-pair
master point, 7:45 pm. Count Club
1914 Seventeenth street NV: open-pair
rating point, 8 pm.
WEDNESDAY-Stepha Studio, 1855 Eu-
cid street NV; open-pair rating point
| l pm. Washington Bridge League, Ho-
tel Roosevelt open-pair master point
THURsDAYLchess Club, Hotel Gordon;
rating point 1:45 pm. Press Club,
! National Press Building; rating point,
| pm. Riverside Bridge Club. Arlington
Farms 1nal session, club pair cham
pionship, 7.46 pm.
FRIDAY: Arthur Walker Club Della
ware Hall. Arlington Farms; final ses-
sion. club pair championship, 7:45 pm.
ArmyNavy Duplicate Club. Army Navy
Country Club, Arlington; rating point. i
pm. Stephan Studio, open-pair rating
sATuRDAYWstephen Studio, open-pair
master point, l pm. Chess Club, mas
ter point, s pm. Walsh Club. Twenty
second and P streets NV; open-pair
rating point, 1880 pm.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

tifully trained London audience.
There is no room here for the
tortured genius. Miss Chute also
leaves the Indifferent husband
and father strictly alone. 1t is
the respectable actor, the digni-
fed property-holder. the gentle
poet with whom even the con-
tentious Ben Jonson could never
pick a quarrel. that comes alive
brilliantly on these pages.
And the man, she maintains, is
inseparable from his age. Miss
Chute has been extremely sue
cessful in bringing back that
Evening star., 1950-04-02

VCCA4AlAlS WOl III
OF olitic a ]
conspiracy and
poetic exuber-
ance of queru-
louS que e n S
a n d gre e d Y,
g rou n d lings.
S he includes
fascinating de-
t ii S a b ou t
court life and
p r o d u c t on
problems. Even
S h a k espeare'S S
miraculous out
put is cllt down
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Blue Ribbons for Meg, by Adele

Blue Ribbons for Meg, by Adele
De Leeuw. Little. Brown; $2.50.)
Young Meg. from Boston, is a
timid girl who is thrown into the
hardy life of United States Army
cavalry post on the Dakota plains
about the turn of the century.
The process of adapting herself
to this new life leads her into
many humorous and dangerous
adventures which provide good
reading for both boys and girls.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

dent Folks contemporaries under
rated him. On the other hand
Taylor's brilliant series of VIC
tories under the most adverse
conditions never have lacked the
appreciation of military experts
Mr.. Henry's effort to make a
greater hero of Gen. Winfield
Scott, who led the expedition from
Veracruz into Mexico City, is moi
based on an impartial look al
history. Of course, the author is
entitled to his own Interpretation
1.-The Story of the Mexican War
shows wide research and is vel.
enough written. Mr.. Henry lives
in Alexandria and is the author
of THE Story of the Confederacy.'
Evening star., 1950-04-02

The World at Six, by Johan
Fabricius. Westminster; S2.75D
The author has done a nice job
in attempting the difficult task of
depicting the strange and exciting
world which is seen through the
eyes of the very young citizen of
6 years.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
1st Book to Appear
On AIger Hiss Trial
Is ForcefuI Job
SEEDS OF TREASON
BY Ralph de Toledano and Victor
Lasky. Funk G. WagnallS Co.,
$500


BY Ralph de Toledano and Victor
Lasky. (Funk G. Wagnalls Co.,
$780,
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH
The Alger Hiss Whitaker
Chambers case is still so cloudy
and controversial that any ac-
count calling itself "the true
story" heaps fuel on the, flames.
Accordingly, this first book on
the tragedy of those men, and OF
the times, will arouse tempera-
lures and tongues.
But it also will cause SOUL
searching as we'll as eye-rubbing
1t puts the pieces-not all but
certainly enough-into an expert
ly knit and forcefully written mar
rative. Better than many a fiction
detective mystery or psychological
puzzler, it can hold readers to the
last page, though it isn't the. last
word on the subject.
1t provides shock and suspense
along with some more surprises
even for those who watched the
events and personages at fairly
close hand. And it places every
thing in far better perspective for
public and press that necessarily
had to follow the strange happen
ings, almost incredible disclosures
and the complex, conflicting char
acters on a day-to-day basis.
Within Limits.
Seeds of Treason" is not SC
deep as to give profound treat
ment or so wide as to offer a
wholly unbiased presentation. But
it will serve within limits and de.
spite serious shortcomings.
Mr.. de Toledano, an assistant
editor of Newsweek, and MIR
Lasky, a New York World-Tele.
gram and Sun staff writer, made
Whitaker Chambers the hero
They make no bones about damn.
ing Mr.. Hiss as much worse thar
a convicted perjurer. Their de.
scrpition of various phases of tn,
proceedings might provoke reader.
to list them as assistant prose.
cutorS."
Notwithstanding impressive evi.
dence' of leg-work reporting ane
difficult digging. they sometime.
move on thin if not dangerou.
ground. This is evident in recon.
structing personal relationships
conSpiratorial incidents and sub.
versive tie-inS that have yet t,
be proved conclusively, if indeed
they ever can be proved at all.
The authors stand on stronges
ground when they let MIR. Hiss anc
MIR. Chambers speak for them.
selves in the records of Hous,
Committee on Un-American Acti.
vities hearings and two trials ir
Federal Court. Those records art
fascinating and immensely reveal.
ing. The writer's wisely have MOI
tried to paint the lily-or the
weed.
Evening star., 1950-04-02

uldhCO lllIll SCClIl d llulIldIl UcIlS /,
not only plausible. but amiable,
too.
1t might be said that the need
of a new life of Shakespeare is
not exactly a crying one, the few
known facts about him having
long since been served in every
possible fashion. But new
biographer like Miss Chute, who
works entirely from contempo-
rary sources, scarcely speculates
and builds no little affairs of foot
notes. is most welcome. Some
biographers in recent years have
shown an offending familiarity
with their subjects, stepping deep
into their souls. putting words in
their mouths. outf1tting them
completely with motives and COM
plexes. Miss Chute is not one
of your throbbing must have"
writer's. Might have" comes most
readily to her pen, and it is re-
freShing.
Loved His Work.
The theme of Miss Chute's SEN
sible and sunny appreciation is
that Shakespeare was entirely at
home in his bustling, circum-
scribed era. "a relaxed and happy
man in his profession" an actor
who loved his work and his COL
leagues. playwright who knew
intelligent and affectionate friends
would give his work the best pos
sible production before a beau
Evening star., 1950-04-02

which c a m e
out two years
ago and is still
in steady de-
mand. Here he
and DR.. Blan-
ton d e scr | b e
the clinic for
p e r p ] e x e d
m in ds q n d
troubled lives
WHICH INey eS-
tabliShed a t
the hurc h
more than 10
years ago.
Evening star., 1950-04-02
Bridge Players
By Margaret |. Fisher

'9S''
Local team-o of -four fans are off
to Warrenton today for a shot at
the first annual Fauquier title,
The one session foursome match,
final event of the two-day sched-
ule, starts at l:30 pm. at the
Warren Green Hotel. Paul Golden
is directing the tournament.
Still in the same winning form
that two weeks ago netted them
the Richmond open title, former
Quiz Kid" Richard Freeman and
81 Katz last Sunday teamed with
another promising young bridge
duo. Raymond Fetzner and Mi
chael Michaels to take the City of
Washington foursome title. Top
ping the field in both sessions of
play. the new champions won by
3 p boards over one of the favored
foursomes comprising Mrs. r. C.
Young and David Warner of Phil
adelphia, ACBL President r. L.
Miles of Norfolk. all of whom are
life masters. and the District S
top-rapking senior master, LIE Roy
Thurtell. Another local quartet,
Gary Arkoian, E. G. Harris, jr.:
Charles Lovenberg and David
Murray. shared in the three-way
tie with Baltimore team for
runnerup awards.
Winning all events of locally
held tournaments is fast becom-
ing tradition with our stars.
Such was the case last October
in the District of Columbia cham
pionships: again in January when
the Northern Virginia annual was
held here and again last week end
in the City of Washington series.
On Saturday, R. A. Ashton and
Fred George triumphed over the
66-duo field to win the open-pair
title. Finishing II points behind
the champs. Katz and Michaels
again were runnerSup' George
Dickerman and Miller Roberts
took third.
Charles Johnson-Vic Zeve, tieine
the Walter O'Loughlins, divided
master point awards for fourth
and fifth places. Paul Blasangame
and Jesse Duke, whose top per-
centage in the three-section Mitch
ell gave them the largest carry
over score going into the finals,
finished sixth. overall.
Other top scores in the qualify
ing round went to Dickerman and
Roberts. KatZ and Michaels, Mrs.
c. w. Zimmer-Lt. Col. r. S. Garlic
ton. In the consolation-special
pair game held simultaneously
with the championship flight, Mrs.
Marian Barre-Mrs. E. r. Shepard,
James G. Stone-Lewis G. Tubbs,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. M. Lingley
earned top scores. H. G. Neebe-
William Poissant, Mrs. Robert Du
Bois-Mrs. Kathryn johnson and
the Howard G. Campbells shared
second awards in their sections.
Posting 219.5 matcn points out
Of possible 312-an amazing
10 per cent game-John r. Moore
in a f1rst-time partnership VEN
ture with Mrs. j. Slabey of Phila-
delphia, walked off with the
mixed-pair title.
Runnerup trophies in the March
"a contest again went to a WASH
ington duo-Mrs. Daisy Mott and
Paul Kibler, whose score of 204
points would ordinarily more than