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Evening star., 1950-11-12

The diffiulty of transplanting
people to alien environments long
has been a favorite theme of
novelists. Carol Kennecott's ef-
forts to adapt herself to Main
street were described. in one form
or another. a literary age before
Sinclair Lewis wrote his famous
novel. There has been no indica-
ton since that writer's have lost
interest in the situation. Perhaps
1t is one of the basic dramatic
conflicts that must recur again
and again as lives are scrutiniZed
Certainly it happens often enough
to persons we know.
In sycamore" Miss Wagner
deals with a New York girl who
marries into a small town in the
Ozarks of Arkansas. Immediately
after their marriage in New York,
Jane and her husband go to Syca-
more, where Walter takes over the
weekly paper his father owns.
Walters parents, the Knowles, are
the great family of the town
they run everything. The we'll
disposed Jane, determined to like
everybody. finds inevitably that
her mother-in-law, beneath her
surface sweetness. is the dominant
one. Mrs. Knowles controls her
husband by holding years-old
indiscretion over him, and her
Evening star., 1950-11-12

cry" in the streets and under the
bridges of London. After his fatal
meeting with DR.. johnson, he
seemed bit steadied in this re-
gard. But hear him: "Promiscu-
Gus concubinage is certainly
wrong. >. Notwithstanding these
reflections, I have stopped to mean
prof1igacy even yesterday"
Self -indulgent Boswell certainly
was, and frequently self-satisf1ed
CUpon my soul, not a bad Speci-
men of a man!"D. But he was cer-
tainly not self-righteous. In these
most candid revelations, he does
not spare himself. He confessed
to a friend that "he was running
up and down the town like the
widest colt" Even when he was
most carried away, Boswell knew
what he was doing; and it is this
blend of passion and perspective
that gives his journal its unique
quality.
Two main threads run through
these sparkling, uninhibited pages.
One is Boswell's tireless attempts
to promote himself a commission
in the Guards. Eventually he
gave way to his fathers wishes
to study law. At the time, how
ever, he spent hours tryingsto in
gratiate himself with noble &C
quaintances, meetings which show
him at his snobbish, preening
worst. The other preoccupation-
sandWiched in between endless
teas, suppers. philosophical To-
runs, theater trips and casual
amours-was Louisa, a delectable
actress whom he pursued trium-
phantly and lived to regret.
The Boswell Journals, in their
facility and precision. clearly fore
cast the rampaging young Scots
great accomplishment in the Life
of johnson. And Boswell already
had intimations of immortality.
Also, in the privacy of his lodgings,
he realized. as his present editor,
Frederick A. Pottle, says. that "he
was really a raw, loud, romping,
over-eager boy: Greedy, stingy
and with brutal tastes" Boswell
never completely outgrew that boy,
either.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Cominqs and Goinqs

PadrIc Gregory OF Belfast, Ire
land. a self-styled architect by
profession and poet by inclination, -
came to give his views on Anqlo-
Irish literature. A delightful little
old man with an aureole of cottony
white hair and soothing soft
speech. he praised fellow Ulster
men who are concerning them
selves with the simple elementary
things of life. He thanked a large
audience at the Mayfower to
remember that these writer's were
in no way deliberately assisting
the decadence now obvious in so
much writing today"
y X y
His handkerchief still bearing
the marks of his television make
up. Harnett T. Kane bounded into
town, fresh from grueling round
of II radio and TV appearances
that heralded the publication of
his ninth and newest book, path
way to the Stars"
Mr.. Kane was en- route back to
New Orleans, locale of Pathway" !"
which tells the story of Joiln Nc
Donogh, who was branded as a
skinfint while he lived and yet
bequeathed his huge fortune to
the founding of schools that are
the basis of the city's educational
system.
Immediately on his return, Mr..
Kane, who is on a rigid program
of book a year, will plunge into
research for a projected biograph-
ical novel about Mrs. Robert E.
| Lee.
James T. Farrell. who spent the
summer in Europe, briefly came to
rest here. A participant in the
recent Congress for Cultural Free
dom in Berlin, Mr.. Farrell tray
eled all over the continent and the
British Isles. He found Berlin "a
beleaguered fortress" the place
most full of hope and spirit. He
talked to many iron curtain ref
ugees and expects to describe some
of them in short stories he intends
to write about Europe today.
MARY MccRORY.
Evening star., 1950-11-12

ten. The towns Constance Wagner.
characters emerge-the inf1uen-
tial. the poor hill folk, the sharp
traders who hover between gen.
tility and untouchability. The
smoldering feuds are uncovered,
and the ignored but fully known
liaisons and misalliances are ex-
posed. Some of these people, like
Col. Blake, the professional South
erner, and the old doctor who has
had two generations of the town
under his wing, are a little too
carefully typed. They seem to
have stepped out of many other
books. But Miss Wagner has some
deft touches, for instance. the way
the Sycamore women take them
selves so seriously that they resent
James ood-humored but sophisti-
Gated quips.
A Chastened Woman.
The ending is not persuasive.
In a local election the poor
whites, led by a man who typif1es
evil, have taken control of the
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Chess
By DonoId H. Muqridqe

The chess community of Wash
ington has suffered a grievous loss
by the death of Maj. Anthony B.
C. Graves, So. last Wednesday.
His retirement, as the result of
"a heart attack incurred while
training troops early in the last
war, allowed him much time for
chess, and, in the last six years
he gave the Washington Chess
Divan invaluable service as presi-
dent, vice president, treasurer or
permanent member of the Board
of Directors. While his health
permitted he was regular par
ticipant in the Divan's activities
and one most welcome for his
perfect courtesy and sportsman
ship. His death hardly comes as
surprise, for his health had
always been precarious and of late
had failed badly. but it will >occa-
sion no less deep regret. and espe-
cially to the writer, who has not
been privileged to know a finer
gentleman than Tony Graves.
The annual championship tour
ney Of the Washington Chess
Divan, which begins this week end.
has attracted the following strong
field of IL entries: Hans Berliner,
F. M. Campomanes, Russell Chau-
venet. Ernest M. Knapp. Comdr.
Charles D. Mott, Edmund Nash,
John r. Rice, Nathan Robins, E
SadoWski, Martin C. Stark (de-
Tending champion. George S.
Thomas and Hugh c. Underwood
The Divan's weekly rapid-translt
tourney on November 6 was a
walkaway for Hans Berliner. who
gave up only one draw in II
games. The remaining leaders:
F. M. 'Campomanes, s1a-2a; H
v. Klein, 71a-3R; P. D. Bell and
S. Naidel, IA; D. F. Stetzer, 6-5
In the District League. the
Divan's A team gave another ex-
hibtion of power when it won its
second match on November 3 from
the Library of Congress. The
Library salvaged just two half
points on the top boards and the
Divan has now rolled up a total
point score of 22-5. Capt. Wig
ginton, with 80, is the Divan' s
best individual performer.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Reading and Writing
Can Little Willie Tear Himself Away From
Teievision Long Enough to Pick Up Book?

her own and her family's favorites.
Finding the original illustrations
was more of a chore and took her
to libraries in New York and the
Library OF Congress. 1t was we'll
worth it, though. She feels that
the person who was first to illus
trate a story usually captured the
intent of the author better than
any one who followed.
Il have no quarrel with modern
illustrators" says Mrs. O'Connor,
but I don't want the stamp of
one illustrator on all children's S
stories. It's like when I was a
child seeing George Arliss in his
torical movies. I visualize all the
great men of the past as looking
exactly like him"
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Bridge Players
By Margaret l. Fisher

no more games will be held by
the darlington Club until the
first week in January.
On Saturday at the Walsh
Club high scores went to Jean
Darling-D. N. Anderson and Mrs.
Lessie Terry George Robertson.
Mrs. Martin Costello paired with
1t. Col. H. A. Walker to top the
Howell field at F. Arthur Walker
Club last Sunday. First hon
the following night to Virginia
Kinndard-Stanley Berman and
Mrs. Gregg Cust:s-Lynn Carrier
at the La Sale Studio.
The Army Navy Duplicate Club
reconvened last month, Capt. and
Mrs. G. w. Bains tying Capt. and
Mrs. R. B. Ellis to share Mitchell
honors with Mrs. R. T. Schlosberg-
Col. Bert H. White for top scores
in the first contest of the 1950-51
season. The Ellises and Gen. and
Mrs. C. B. Magruder were the
winners in the second match. The
club, affiliated with the American
Contract Bridge League. meets at
the Army Navy Country Club in
Arlington on the second and
fourth Fridays OF each month,
October through June.
Beginning tomorrow. the Off
GERS Bridge Club at Andrews Air
Force Ease changes its wec.17ly
duplicate to Monday nights. TIE
clubs November quota of master
points will be up for competition
at that time. On October 81
Thomas Lafey became the clubs
first individual titlist. Runnerup
honors we're split between Capt.
Harold Pcsner and Capt. E. w.
Wheeler who yielded identical
scores. Maj. Nathan Reiss was
fourth.
During the next few weeks.
three other local duplicate clubs
will schedule title matches. F.
Arthur Walkers two-session open
pair event has been set for No
vember 19 and 26; the Chess
Clubs individual, November 81
end %; Walsh Clubs open on De-
cember 2 and 9. Directors of each
jclub have requested advance reg
istrations. participation being linn
tied to club members and regular
guests.
Bridge Calendar
ToDAY-Distriet of Columbia champion
ships. .shorehan Hotel: tenn of four
and Metropolitan pairs, first session,
/; second session, g.
ofaeerss bridge Club. master ,o6 point: a
Hampshire; team of four and open.rat-
ing polns g. La Sale Sale STUD Studio 1oSs
TUESDAY-CaVendsh Club. 1921 K; lee
ture and supervised play. 30 open-
rating point, s. Agriculture Club. 1895
Club 1914 Seventeenth; open master
wFRDSiNSfEs;sDSAiY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Studio, 1855 Euc-
R Bridse League - Hotel Hotel Roosevelt; open
rHGssbA9@chess Hassa5 2's Club Club. Hotel Gordon,
FRiDAY-Ariington Farms Duplicate Club.
1911 North Quincy, Arlington; master
point. 6. tCall Gil. 3%47 for reserva-
sions). Stephan Studio generating
sATTURDtAY-wBL women's Auxiliary.
Hotel Burlington; business meeting.
beis ;;.Vt onV iHHi; Chess H Cub. mas master Point.
7:45. Walsh club. Twenty-second and
P: rating point, 7:45.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
New Books
FICTION

~ l. 4N1Ns
THE BEST OF LIFE. Selected and edite5
by Willis Thornton. Houghton Mifiin
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THE NORA DRAKE STORY. By Cornelia
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THE YELLOW BOOK. selection COM
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Louis H: Hertz. Mark Haber e. Co. The
sass sa OF Americas greatest toymakerS.
THE SENSE OF INJUSTICE. BY Edmond
N Calm New York University Press.
An anthropocentric view of the law.
PHYS XII By PiesG Barsslini -o The Good o,
of the Pope. S2.25.
CRY OF THE THUNDERBIRD. Edited by
Charles Hamilton. Macmillan The
American Indians own story. S4.
NORTHWEST ANGLING. By Enos Brad
Psed Psf NerthWest s. RsFnss = So Co. Fishing in the
ANTIsEMITIsM IN MODERN FRANCE.
Vol. l BY Robert !; Byrnes. Rutsers
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CONFEDERATE LEADERS IN THE NEW
Louisiana State University Press $3.50
THE AMERICAN PRONOUNCJNG DC
TIONARY OF TROUBLESOME WORDS.
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A HISTORY OF MEXICO. BY Henry
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HOW TO BE A CRACK SHOT. BY Claude
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ouAKERs IN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
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SQUARE DANCES OF TODAY AND HOW
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Evening star., 1950-11-12

Children's Book Week, 1850
finds many a might-be young
reader transfiXed before his tele-
vision set, feasting his eyes on
puppets and cowboys and dane
ing cigarettes.
What will happen to the young
ster constantly distracted by Wis
ual entertainment? Will he ever
curl up with BLACK Beauty" or
"The Jungle Book?
We put the question to Mrs
Betty O'Connor, who is an expert
on three counts. A grandmother
and a bookseller DEITY O'Con-
nor's Bookshop. Des Moines
Iowa., she is also the editor of
one of the seasons most enchant-
ing children's books, THE Better
Homes and Gardens Story Book, "
collection of so children's clas-
sizes, with illustrations by the first
or most famous artists.
Mrs. O'Connor was firm and
heartening on the subject.
It's just an excuse on the part
of the parents to turn on the
television instead of reading to
them. It's the easy way out.
Keep a Good Book Handy.
Eventually television will drop
into it's proper place. The chill
dren may hang on long after you
are sick unto death of it, but
they will wear themselves out.
You have to be there with the
book handy for the time the tele-
vision breaks down or they are
sick of it.
I'm every home" Mrs. O'Connor
went on, there should be an
hour when the radio and the
television are turned off. That
should be the hour when the chill
dren and parents sit down with
book they all like and share it.
Right now the problem is to
offer children something compa-
rable in movement and excite
ment and interest to the westerns
they see on the TV. You can find
it in children's book. But you
must have something that inter-
ests the child. You can't make
him enjoy Bible stories just be-
cause you think he should be
reading them when he wants cow
boy stories.
People come into my store anc
say to me, What should I gel
for Willy?' They ought to know
what Willie's interests are ano
what he would like.
"a child faces lifetime of mo-
ments when he will be waiting fol-
streetcars or sitting in a dentists
waiting room when he won't have
anything outside of himself tc
entertain him. He can't always
have visual entertainment. Chill
dren are not being brought up to
have any resources in themselves
Reading is one of the things that
will give him resources.
"The idea seems to be now that
children like only things. It's
true they adore steamshovels and
trains and love to know how they
work. But sometimes I think chill
dren'S books overdo this. A child
never lived who didn't like poetry
if he got the chance"
They Lock for Pictures.
A quarter of a century of pre-
occupation with children's books
and several years of research went
into Mrs. O'Connor's preparation
Iof her story book. Selecting the
stories wasn't so hard. She picked
Evening star., 1950-11-12

In addition to her numerous
other novels, two of them juvenile
books, Mrs. Carroll has written
many articles ON child psychology
in collaboration with her author
husband. She is a member of the
Board of Advisory Editors of the
Child Family Digest. and a re-
Gently elected trustee of B. les
College. She is also an active
member of the Parent Teacher
Association of South Berwick. Me-,
where she makes her home.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Meetings this week:

Mcnday-Esther and Deborah,
419 Seventh street NV: ami
yersary.
Tuesday-Schuyler ColfaX, 822
Twentieth street NV.
Thursday-Dorcas and Mount
Pleasant. 419 Seventh street NV.
Saturday-Inspection of L. A. P.
M. by Maj. John j. Kelly, 419
Seventh street NV.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Chi|dren's
Books

,Schusters 81 .50)-A whole zoo-full
Of yuletide-spirited animals have
a happy holiday in these 30 new
stories. poems and songs. A Giant
Golden Book, illustrated on all
pages with full-color pictures by
Richard Scarry.
Teen-Age Cowboy Stories, by
Stephen Payne tGosset & Dunlap;
$D-In this Teen-Age Library
Book are stories OF the American
West, dealing with actual people
and a way of life still found in
this region, complete with illustra-
tions and a glossary of Western
terms.
Lee and Grant at Appomattox,
by MacKinlay Kantor (Random;
$1.5O-A vivid picture of Gems.
Lee and Grant as they move step
by step to the Mclean house at
Appomattox, for readers to II.
Illustrated.
The Flowered Donkey, by Mar
garet Mackay Day; $2.25)-The
adventures of an eccentrically
colored donkey and two Chinese
children, for readers to 10.
Illustrated.
Caboose, by Edith Thacher Hurd
Uothrop. Lee & Shepard; $125)
What happens when a caboose,
tired Of slow trains, gets behind
one of the fastest freights in the
yard. Here is plenty of train lore
for reacers 4 to 8. Illustrated.
The New Singing Time, by Salts
N. Coleman DAY; $2.50-The
songs contained here are suitable
for children from 3 to 8, without
piano or with the accompaniments
provided. Illustrated. ~
The Kitten Who Listened, by
Nura Harper: $1.5O-A kitten
that listens to his mothers sage
advice solves a problem for an
eccentric family and thus finds
for himself a satisfactory home.
Illustrated by the author, for very
young readers.
Noah and His Ark, by George
Holt Little, Browne: $2)-An
elaboration of the Bible story,
with special emphasis on ship
board life during the cruise. Illus
trated.
The Landing Of the Pilgrims,
by James Daugherty (Random;
$1.50)-The story of the settle
ment by Plymouth, for readers 9
to IL. Illustrated by the author.
Prebge's Boys, by Fletcher Pratt
(Sloane; $5)-A biography of an
almost forgotten man who. laid
the foundation for our country's
Navy, with the early battles of
the fleet illustrated by a map and
IA diagrams.
The California Gold Rush, by
May McNeer (Random; $3.50
For readers 9 to IL, here is an
account of the 1849 gold rush and
the colorful personalities of this
era. Illustrated.
Idaho sprout, by John Bau-
mann Morrow; $2.5O-The ed
ventures of a boy on an Idaho
ranch shortly before the turn of
the century.
The Runaway Elephant, by
Ellen Tarry Viking; $1.5O-
Modoc. a circus elephant, escapes
outside New York City and leads
his pursuers a merry chase in the
Wilds of Westchester. Illustrated,
for children 5 to 8.
Magic Money, by Ann Nolan
Clark Viking; s2.5O-A charm
ing tale of Costa Rican lad
who attempts to earn money
for a gift to his grandfather.
Illustrated, for very young readers.
Our Independence and the Con-
stitution, by Dorothy Garfield
Fisher (Random: $1.50)-The
story of Americas great men and
stirring events in the years from
l776 to 1887. for boys and girls
9 to IL.
SAM EASTMAN.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
|GIodys Carroll Gives Her Readers New
Understanding of the World of a Child
CHRISTMAS WITHOUT JOHNNY
BY Gladys Hasty Carroll. (Macmtuan Co.; s2.5oJ
Reviewed by Sam Eostmon

Gladys Hasty Carroll writes here
of an imaginative boy who suffers
from the preoccupation and blind
ness of the adults around him,
and of the change which comes
over these peoples lives during the
Christmas season. 1t is a moving
story and a perceptive study of
the troubled world of a lonely g.
year-old where the line between
reality and fantasy is easily
crossed, and it is written out of
a background of experience and
deep understanding.
Evening star., 1950-11-12

son through his
long habit of
timi d compli-
ance. Jane is
expected to con-
form to t h e
ideas and ways
of Sycamore.
which naturally
are those of
Mrs. Knowles.
She rebels, and
for a time she
seems alone.
The story is
pungently writ
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Books In Review
Boswell Diary Reveals SeIf-Portroit
Of Literoture's Greatest Biogropher
Reviewed by Mary McGrory

BosWELL's LONDON JOURNAL,
1762-1763
Published from the original
manuscript with introduction
and notes by Frederick A. Pottle.
Preface by Christopher Morley.
(McGraW-HiI Book Co.; So
James Boswell was in his life
time most contradictory man.
Posterity has made him all the
more so. The greatest biographer
in literary history is now coming
into new glory-thanks to some
incredible discoveries in various
attics around the British Isles-as
one of the worlds most striking
self -biographers.
The circumstances which led to
the unearthing of Boswell's me-
mentoes in Malahide Castle in
Ireland and Fettercairn House in
Scotland made front-page news
two years ago. Christopher Nor
ley remarks in his lively, lip
smacking preface to the present
volume, sit would be impossible
to invent any detective story so
frntastic as the history Of the
Boswell papers," This first INSTALL
nlent of great horde stuffed in
BAGS, bundles, and beansacks in
Fettercairn, covers Boswell's first
year in London on his own.
Happily, the journal turns out
to be by no means for scholars
only. Any one who has been
young, left the parental roof-tree
for the first time and come to
great city to carve out his fortune,
will relish Boswells delighted dis
covery of brave new world and
all the people in it.
A Problem Child.
Not that the heir of Auchinleck,
q problem child if ever there was
one. was a dewy innocent at %.
Back in Edinburgh he left an il
legitimate son. and he was, he
says frankly, "of complexion ex-
ceeding amorous." A church goer
who listened with edification to
uplifting sermons, he nevertheless
had innumerable occasions to
chide himself for slow deoauch-
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Women Of the Moose

Columbia Chapter. Women OF
| the Moose. announce the follow
ing activities:
Tuesday-Committee chairman,
$3.50 pm, Moose Home.
Friday-Spaghetti dinner, $50
pm, Moose Home.
November 19-Greek dinner,
1888 Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, Md.
Evening star., 1950-11-12

In the following game played
on top board Phil Bell was agrees
sive. according to his custom, and
worked up to a nice rook sacrifice,
but missed the strongest continual
ton. 80 QxB CHI. which would have
led to mate in a few moves.