Evening star., 1951-05-06
Drama News and Reviews
Its q Serene World
With the Right Book
And Brooks Atkinson Hos Written One
In q Volume of Essays on Everything
By Jay cormody

Atknsons book once Sum- the topic
at coffee in The Star 1unchroom.
This is Thoreau to Times Square, the most
dramatic thing that has happened in books this year. this
Atkinson enthusiast said.
that in the
York Herald Tribune" the city editor said
Gannett the Atkinson admrer went on
bu don't think the fact that he said it going keep me
from saying second 10th 57h matter fact said
it wife 10 days Harcour Brace sent
me my copy and before 20 deep in the book Who
who said it first long keeps saying
"A beautiful book. beautiful mind" the
breathed across her coffee
The Labor Expert Coneurs in q Woy
Il haven't read it. but what great reporters job Mr..
Atkinson did China and years ago." the labor
expert nterjeced holding lighted match like trying
draw out logical gesture to an illogical end.
The observation about Mr. Atkinson Thoreau
Square is one with large potential of happiness for
who reads books and the who do
once Around the SUM- is what book should
WISE witty kindly and hopeful whose affection
men and books is delight to share.
AS Of this Sunday morning this better because the
New York Times drama critic reflections on it in
"Once Around the Sum- 1t in which to be
serene not ecsatc and the volume seller
loss will be to the melancholy mass Of citizens and not Mr.
Atkinson
Theoter Cut Down to Its Proper Size
The theater which Mr. Atknsons professional beat cut
down to size in this civilized diary Of his
writing vastly larger and with eloquent simplicity here
Thomas Jefferson the Fourth of July visitors
country the who the Aknsons upstate lawn
coolies Henry Thoreau writing the paaa aspects
of small birds that ex in loneliness araway
The theater in here and there because Atkinson
respects it and it is occasionally newsworhy
and in critics book. this is especially delightful thing
explain this Every rediscover
of human activity It easier and satisfying
the hands than with the BRAIN" Mr.. Atkinson says.
Why Newspopermen Don't Get Rich
truthful such this give answer to the
question why remain that instead going
becoming brilliant bankers rich writer's of singing
commercials for radio and televsion Atkinson:
Don't tell the spend in the
office than is legal is hospitabe than
saloon the conversation funner glad
the office free and stay long like
the companionshp chatting the normal
working day"
But this talk readers Mr. Atkinson
deserves will find little of it "Once Around
writes well of all the other things planet the
delusion Of the Russians in the experiment
bolshevism or the goodness boboinks rapturous
His exaSperaonS admirable contagious
writes. THE cult of genlity thin con-
emptible of poiteness and respecaby
not creased they lubricaedD. Shakespeare
most passionate and tumutuous
y has turned him into intellectual that respectable
feel in his This spiritual swnde
of culture"
There's Poison in Modern Politics
contemporary politics: hackneyed
but the bitterness of enlightened disheartenng
thing in politics There something politics
poison judgment He member Congress
is writing believes that nothing
problems of today of stupidity
opposite He votes against which
believes because his political opponents sponsored Party
regularity is his platform His triumph peuan pleasures
acid He is polished than hack but useful
376 this
to the 36 cosmcay ranging entries Mr. Atknsons
diary If Harcourt. Co. just lot of
in the bank would offer them for sale
basis.
Since not the and have other shall
merely buy "Once Around the Sun" for every whom
presents due during the next year or Is.
This is splendid idea