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Evening star., 1951-11-30
Births Reported
From tn. D. C. Bureau Of Vital statisti

From the D. C. Bureau Of Vital Statistics
! BOYS.
Claude and Rosella Bailey.
Marvin and Audrey Bortz.
James and Lug Burnett.
James and Anna Curry. sr.
Nicholas and Dorothea De Lollis.
Robert and Josephine Donaldson.
Lewis and Margaret Earl.
Arthur and Marie Federico.
! Ford and virginia HARRINGTON.
Frank and Christina Lewis.
samH!e ssa.'l. and md Rosalie Ahs LIsombardo. IsIao.
Gordon and Julia Phillips.
Donald and Carolyn Prender.
Harry and Charlotte Riley.
Joseph and Ida Rodgers
Harold and Elizabeth Scholzen.
Carl and Irene Shank.
Eugene and Kathleen Smith.
William and Beatrice stapler.
clayton and Virginia Vert.
John and Doris Wise.
Linwood and Rosemarie Elliott.
Roscoe and Louise Ferguson.
Clifton and Dorothy Jones.
Earl and Helen Nash
William and Edna Shands.
GIRLS.
Chaloner and Nora Barnes.
Charles and Carol Barnett.
James and Mary Brisbane.
Thomas and Phyllis Cease
Walter and Patricia Chambers.
Thomas and Melva Conley.
Louis and Alice Cross
Gabriel and Irene Davis.
Webster and Helen Dawson
Ernest and Margaret Fortner.
George and Muriel Gross.
James and Hettie Hays.
Walter and Mary Jacoby.
anthony and Rose Nara.
David and Margaret Marrash
norman and Josephine MURRAY.
William and Virginia Osterhoitz.
Charlie and Mildred Owens.
Arthur and Dorothy Palmer.
Elmer and Charlotte Parker.
Leonard and Helen Perkins
George and Elizabeth Presson.
Edwin and Doris Pugh
Delmar and Shirley Reid.
Robert and Rose RoSenblum.
Karl and Martha Schleith
Donald and Marjorie Schruhl
Louis and Mary sondheimer.
Louis and Blanche Thomas
Carlyle and Mildred Thompson.
George and Rose Tipp
William and Freda Torres.
Donald and Phyllis Vogel
Donald and Ila Watson
Vivian and Lois Wright,
Joseph and Helen Bowie
Oliver and Mabra Brown sr.
Georse and Cornelia Cole
Thomas and Annie Greasy
Jesse and Helen Dougherty.
Joseph and Edna Jenifer.
HORACE and Esther Littlejohn.
virsil and poorthy Roberts
TWINS.
Harold and Lillian Kronstadt. tsirls).
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Marriage License Applications

Joseph Clark. 81, Wilmington. N c.. and
Marion Maultsby. 23, 1908 Connecticut
ave. NV
Robert Walker "a. 1923 Trinidad ave
ne. and Julia Glymp, "A. 1920 9th
St ne.
Everett Eynon. A. Wardman Park Hotel,
and Marjorie Knott, AZ, 2101 Connect
lcut ave. NV.
Joe Tomlinson, 81, Naval Receiving Sta
| ton. and Dorothy McGreevy. 2S, Val
| leio. Calf.
Bobby Lowe. 21, Winter Park. Fla, and
Rita Delorme. 21, 1909 Shepherd st
| NV.
Francis shechtman. 26, 5114 North Capt.
| tol st., and Carol Katz, "A. 1447 East
Douglas Mason. 20, and Charlotte Minor
>, 22, both Of Chapel Oak, Md.
Herman Campbell, 80. 1923 Corcoran st
NV: NV: and Thelma Monroe. 2l. 1910
Edward Estep. ai. and Louise Mccarthy
,Is. both Of 939 K St NV.
Edmund Chaplin, jr.. 81, 1899 Jackson st
ne: and Hattie Daniels, 26. 6l9 14tf
Edward Pinch, 23. Longwood, Fla. anc
Anita Porro. 81. COL 2Ist st. NV.
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Deaths Reported

| From the D. c. Bureau Of vital Statistic,
Matte A. Robinson. so, S42e Macarthur,
MelTina A. shiDman. rs. Mount Raini.,
Timothy o'connor, rs. ego H At NJ.
,11 1ohn R Boiling, rs. 234o st NV.
Louis Elbe. IS, Soldiers Home. ''' -"
Mabel c. Smith. 20, 5I4 Iath at nv
E.. Ev. Smith. 81, 1890 2lst st NV.
Rea B. Ford. so $500 Wisconsin az.
John Gheen. 40 Vienna. Va. a."
eSoert So eIt, N.Isn GIrissoy 10 SILVER Spring, Nd
Alexander Wright. rs. aO7 9Th q nv
Arthur Simms. 76. 35 Fenton st NV
Edl,h Iohn Webb WEBB: 65 157ss54 Monticello ave ne.
Elette Miller. 81. o435 Ontario ID -
Wade r. Acker 46 Washington.
Sorrine Howard, 40, Il3i 4Sth sf ne
Norvelle Anderson, IT.. Nokesyille, Va
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Music Clubs Proorum

1 The Junior Division Of the Dis
tr1ct Federation of Music Clubs
will hold its first program Of the
season at the Church Of the Holy
City. 1911 Sixteenth street NV.
at 8 pm. tomorrow. Music of diff
ferent periods will be presented.
Evening star., 1951-11-30
Buke Sole in School

The Martha Tana Circle. Moth
ers' Club Of st. Aloysius School,
Will hold a bake sale and breakfast
from z am. to 1:30 pm. Sunday
in the school hall, North Capt.
tol and K streets.
Evening star., 1951-11-30

Under D. c. latD, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, t0ait three full days and
receiDe the license on the fifth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
George Fuller. 81, 4576 Macarthur blvd
NV. and Mary Roy. 10. 1890 SIMPLE!
Robert .C1aybrook. 25, .4419 Q st. NV
and Jane Clark, 25, 4s16 46th st. NV
Robert Westfall. %. Fort McNair. and j.
Ann Roberts. II. 1905 25th st. Sc.
Charles Mitchell. 81. and Maude Stump
50. both OF POI D st. ne.
Herbert Samuels. 10. 1124 Eaton rd. Sc
and Eugenia Coley, II. 1925 Eaton I'd
William Ford, 81. 1241 Oates ST. ne. an,
Willies Macklin 10, Rocky Mount. N. C
10, both Of Ft. Myer, Va.
John Dierks "A. Kingston. Pa, and Nanc.
Olafson; 20, 4l0O Minnssota ave. ne
Mary Ellis. 20, 634 East Capitol st.
Arista Cowan III 30 Browns Mill N j
and Helen Barr. 20. Chatham. N. J.
Raymond a,as. Brown; Tn, x College d Park Nd
Gerald Wentworth. 10. Naval Gun Fac
tory, and Patricia Mitchell. 10. 60i
2ond st. NV.
Evening star., 1951-11-30

Righ Misses a
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classic dress with
new diagonal but
ton front. Sizes l2
TO ~ and 1914 to
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Evening star., 1951-12-09
In the Realm Of Wit and Humor

Annual" edited by Louis Unter-
meyer and Ralph E. Shikes. is q
good example. containing the
works not only of old reliables like
Sullivan, Nash and Thurber, but
lot of pieces by new boys as well.
Anyone who missed the story of
Millard the Mallard, the duck that
flew backwards, when it ran in
the Saturday Evening Post, can
find it here. Millard's tale, by
Don Tracy. is true folklore, and
deserves niche on the shelf with
Paul Bunyan and John Henry.
Satire was rather weak this
year, possibly because there is
no point in satire in favor Of
the status quo and no current
receptivity for satire against it.
Not that there is lack of things
to satirize; not that there isn't
a place for another Orwellian
"1984"-but was 1884" funny?
thought it was more on the
Scary side.
And So 1t Isn't Really
Funny Alter All
A valuable work in the humor
field wasn't even funny. 1t was
Albert Rapp's Origins of Wit
and Humor." which takes humor
apart and shows you that when
you laugh you are simply par
roting the scream of triumph
uttered by your caveman an
cestor after a bitter battle.
Finally. the jokebook. We pride
ourselves today on being too So
phisticated for Joe Miller, but
Evan ESar has seen fit to publish
a Comic Dictionary" which is
a compilation of gags in definition
form. Mr. Esar admits he is do
ing what has been done before
and then goes ahead and does
it. And when you see that he
defines a philanthropist as "a
man whose purse is his personal
ity," you can't help recalling that
Ambrose Bierce did the same sort
of thing in his Devils Dictionary"
and ever so much better.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
BY WiIliom Hines

The thing that saved Mr.. Prices
book from mediocrity was the fact
that 1t dealt with eternal truths.
A later 1851 Offering. Parke Cum
mings' I'm Telling You Kids for
the Last Time" was one of the
best of the year because it dis
cussed the parent-child relation
ship-a narrowing one at best, at
least for the parent.
Nonsense is b-phylum of the
humor kingdom that cannot be
overlooked. OF course, nonsense
is the most easily loused-up of all
types of humor. which explains
the difference between the bright
and shining Second Indoor Bird
Watchers Manual" and the dismal
Cooking to Kill: The Poison
Cook Book"
Some old reliables are back this
year. William Hazlitt Upson's
supersalesman returned in a COL
lection. mo Rest for Bolts" and
Mary Lasswell brought back her
beer drinking biddies in Wait for
the Wagon" Books such as these
are always welcome because the
central character bear(s) the
weight of the book instead of the
onus being carried by the imper-
sonal funniness of the subject
matter. In this respect such books
as those of Upson and Mrs. Lass
well are primarily works of f1c-
ton, like Forever Amber (pretty
funny, tooD and only secondarily
humorous pieces.
The Beloved Anthologies
And the Collections
Sustained humor is difficult to
achieve, and except for few
masters most humorous writer's
operate in an area between the
paragraph and the novel. This
fact makes anthologies popular.
Again this year, collections have
been published. The Best Humor
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Here Are the Years Outstanding Picture Books

Rejected Lovers" by william
Steig tSchuman; Geography
Can Be Fun" by Munro Leaf
aippincott); THE Portable
Hamlet" by George Haimsohn
tCoward-McCann) THE World
That Isn't" by Frank Tashlin
(Simon & Schuster), and "TI
Lighter Side" by Al Vim M
positiono All these gentlemen
have their followings, suppose.
That brings us to the books
for persons interested in photog-
raphy There are only three
(books. that isl, SO far as I
have been able to discover: How
to Make Good Pictures" EAST
man Kodak Coz, a new revision
of an old favorite; There's Money
in Pictures" by Leo Solomon
Funk g. Wagnalls), and pic
ture Editing" by Stanley E.
Kalish and Clifton c. Edom
(RhineharD. If you are an
amateur photographer and want
to improve your technique. =
Eastman book is for you. If you
wish to try to turn some of your
photos into cash, you'll find Mr..
Solomon quite helpful. And if
you're a photographer ambitious
to get into the editorial handling
of pictures, or an editor eager to
broaden your knowledge. you
couldn't find better tutor than
Stan Kalish. He was, for years.
picture editor of the Milwaukee
Journal, a paper noted for its ef-
fective handling of photographs
Evening star., 1951-12-09

photography is excellent. and the
text well written and informative.
Father PaSchal is superior of the
Franciscan Monastery.
Most ambitious of the cartoon
books is THE New Yorker 25th
Anniversary Album" (Harper), a
collection of the best humorous
drawings published in that maga-
zine from its establishment in
1925 to 1850. New Yorker fans
will certainly want to own it.
New Yorker Represented
In Three Other Volumes
The New Yorker also is repre-
sented in three other cartoon
books, Geo. Prices Ice Cold War"
(Schuman); I'VE Buy Old Gold, I"
also by George Price (Schuman), i,
and Slightly Underwritten,"
edited by Thomas L. Stix and
Evening star., 1951-12-09

Thomas L. Stix, jr. tSimon
& Schuster). The first two are
collections of MIR. Prices many
drawings of the American scene:
the third is selection of equally
dizzy cartoons pertaining to in
surance by such artists as Gluyas
Williams, Gardner Rea, James
Thurber. Fred Neher, Eric Ericc-
son, Richard Decker, Hoff, Chon
Day and Robert Day. Both vol
umes are funny. (Wouldnt it be
funny if they weren't?)
Favorite Comics
In Gift Book Form
If you are one of the many
readers of The Star who share my
enthusiasm for "Pogo," you'll be
delighted to learn that Wait
Kelly's wonderful comic has been
collected into a book (Simon g.
Schuster). For Pogo fans, moth
ing more need be said. For Star
readers who are not Pogo fans, I
can only drop a tear-they are,
alas and, as the saying is. alack,
missing so much!
Another excellent newspaper
comic now available in book form
is Prince Valiant" by Harold
Foster and Max Trell CHastingS).
Few newspaper artists can COM
pete with Mr.. Foster in the matter
of craftsmanship, and no reader
familiar with his work will want
to miss his book.
Only five other cartoon books
have come to my attention: THE
Evening star., 1951-12-09

volumes may be regarded as a
trilogy. Readers would be well
advised to read all three-the Life
book first, the The Presidency"
and finally, Look At America"
Photographs of Animals
In a Handsome Volume
Animals" is, of course, some
thing else again. It's just a col
lection of excellent photographs
of animals. enhanced by an intro
duction by Julian Huxley. 1t is Of
no particular Importance or sig
nificance, but it is interesting and
worthwhile just the same. If you
like animals. or if you enjoy first
rate photography, this hand
some volume is definitely for you.
The book on the Holy Land will
interest all Catholics and many
other Christians as well. The
Evening star., 1951-12-09
By Philip H. Love
Feature Editor OF The Star

VT WOULD be nice if this sup
plement could contain sepa-
rate articles on picture books
of general interest, cartoon
books, and technical books fol-
persons interested in photog-
raphy. But this years output in
each group has been SO scant thai
it has been decided to cover all OF
them in single article Even
SO. the article will not be long.
In the field of picture books OF
general interest. only four worthy
Of note have come to my atten-
ton: The Presidency" by Stefan
Lorant (Macmillan); Look at
America" by the editors of Look
Magazine CHoughton, Miff1in);
"Life's Picture History of Western
Man" by the editors of Life Mag
aZine (Time), and Animals" by
Ylla Hastings). OF the same
general type, but of narrower in
terest, is The Catholic Shrines of
the Holy Land" by the Very Rev.
Paschal Kinsel. the Rev. Leonard
Henry and Alfred Wagg (Farrar,
Strauss & Young.
Washington to Truman
A Pictorial History
The Presidency" (Which was
reviewed at length in The Star
Pictorial Magazine of october 2D
is, as it's subtitle says. "A Pictorial
History of Presidential Elections
from Washington to Truman" 1t
is interesting, comprehensive and
authoritative. and contains more
than 1000 illustrations old
prints. cartoons and photographs.
1t deserves to be read by every
American. native and foreign
born. And for politicians espe-
cially. it should be required read
ing.
In full color as well as black
and-white, Look at America"
covers the principal regions of the
United States as they have never
been covered before. The pictures
and text add up to just what the
jacket blurb promises. an "un-
sentimental appraisal balanced by
the warmth of tribute. a guide
book in the very fullest sense" to
what the subtitle aptly describes
as THE Country You Know-And
Don't Know"
Life's book on Western man is
not only interesting and import
ant on its own account. but pro-
vides an Illuminating background
for THE Presidency" and Look
At America" Actually. although
not planned as such, these three
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Literary Ponoromu of 1851

stirred no little controversy.
Books on the conflict between
communism and the free world
continued to stream of the
presses, with the emphasis turned
from Europe to Asia.
Five First Novels
Merit High Praise
Back to the novels. 1t is worth
noting that out Of the 81 already
listed as superior achievements,
five were first novels. The five
books I chose as my favorites
of the years fiction contained two
first novels-James Jones' From
Here to Eternity" and WilhD
Styron's Lie Down in Darkness" y"
Mr.. Jones' book probably stirred
more discussion than any novel
during the year. 1t is a brutally
candid picture of the old peace
time Army in Hawaii during the
months before Pearl Harbor. It
probably contains more once-taboo
words, mostly of four letters each,
than any book over printed for
general distribution. The test is,
though. that you could delete
every such word and still have
. gripping story. AS it is. the
characters simply talk the way
soldiers. unfortunately, do. e. :
they mean no more by it t.. il
would two pious elderly spin
sters discussing the weather: it's
simply a habit. But this young
novelist has something to say and
manages, despite a fearful pro-
lixity and certain crudeness Of
expression, to- say it. He brings to
fiction, beyond doubt, a major talent.
There is nothing crude or fum-
bling about the other first novel
on my personal list. "Lie Down
in Darkness" is mature work of
art. The fact that it was written
by youth of 26 and was his fr~'Ae
book merely makes the phenom- v
enon more amazing. MIR. Styron
has told a poignant story of a
girl, the unhappy product of a
family with tendencies ranging
from the neurotic to the psychotic
of her futile effort to adjust her
self to ordinary living. Few who
have read this novel will soon for
get it.
Mr.. Marquand has done nothing
finer, perhaps nothing quite so
good, as his portrait of a Regular
Army general in Melville Good
win, u. S. A." The general Is
complete, from childhood to latest
conference at the Pentagon, az
while there are satiric touches In
his exclusive interest in the Serv-
ice and his naivete toward out
side life and love, it is sympa-
thetic picture and, on the whole,
realistic.
This Is William Faulkner
AT His Very Best
Mr. Faulkner's first novel since
he won the Nobel Prize is one of
his best. Even the Faulknerian
sentences sweeping on and on in
the introductions to the scenes in
dramatic form are clear, often
lyrical. The drama of "Requieru
for Nun" is sharp and motsaaM
The play is sequel to the authors
early shocker, Sanctuary"
am aware that Sinclair Lewis
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(Continued From First Page)

NCOnLulucO FTOm Cuot 4 d6C'I
would be: 1.-The Holy Sinner" by
Thomas Mann (KnopD: Time
and the Wind" by Erico Verissimo
tMacmillan) 1.-THE Weight of the
Cross" by Robert Q: Bowen
Snow (Macmillan) THE Catch
er in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
Uittle, Brown: Troubled Sleep"
by Jean-Paul Sartre KnopD:
"The Emigrants." by Wilhelm Mo-
berg (Simon g. Schuster): "The
End Of the Affair" by Graham
Greene (Viking): "The Heart OF a
Man." by Georges Simenon Pren-
tice-Hall): "This Man and This
woman" by James T. Farrell
{Vanguard); 1.-THE Big Brokers,
by Irving Schulman DiaD; "The
Farmers Hotel" by John O'Hara
(Random House,: "The Grand
Portage" Walter O'Meara Bobbs-
MerrilD: "River of the Sum-" by
James Ramsey Ullman dippin-
cott).
These Non-Fiction Titles
Would Stand Out in Amy Year
Our growing list already num-
bers II. Others could be added
without impairing the quality per-
ceptibly. But before getting en-
meshed in a discussion Of these
novels, I want to mention some
of the non fiction books OF 1851
which stand out and would any
year. Biographies. foreign af1alrs
and other divisions into which
books fall are dealt with more fully
ON other pages of this Christmas
Book Section. / merely touch on
some of the more prominent OF
these books.
The year brought some excel
lent biographies. Douglas SouthaA
Freeman continued his deflnltive
series of books on George Wash
ington, publishing Vols. III and
Nv (Scribner's), covering the years
between 1853 and 1778 There are
to be eight volumes. Other hne
biographies were Florence Night
ingale," by Cecil Workmanship
(McGraw-HilD: THE Far Side OF
Paradise" biography of F. Scott
Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizener
(Houghton Miff1in): two bio
graphies of Sherwood Anderson.
written, respectively, by James
Schevill university of Denver)
and Irving Howe (William Sloane
Associates): the second biography
of Henry L. Mencken to appear
within a year "Disturber OF
the Peace" by William Man
chester (Harper); Ambrose
Bierce, the Devils Lexioco-
grapher," by Paul Fatout tUniver-
sity of Oklahoma Zachary Tay-
lor: Soldier in the White House"
by Holman Hamilton (Bobbs-
MerrilD.
In the field of autobiography,
there were absorbing reminis-
cences by conspicuous figures. Gen.
Omar N. Bradley's "A Soldiers
Story" CHolt) is an informal and
unbrassy account In "A Kings
Story" (Putnam's) the Duke of
Windsor writes with disarming
simplicity and candor of the years
of childhood to abdication. THE
Forrestal Diaries" (Viking) are of
historic consequence and have
Evening star., 1951-12-09
And Now We Have
A New Word for 1t
are two things that
initiate against a strictly
humor books becoming q

Annus Domini 1851 started out
on slow trot across the humor
field, but picked up speed as it ran
it's course. A notable early starter
was Roger Prices In One Head
and Out the Other" published in
January. What dragged this book
out of the slough of mediocrity was
a new word and new philosophy.
Theword-"copelessness"-fills The a
vacuum in describing that vaguely
helpless feeling most of us have
The philosophy. enabling man to
realize his wish that he didn't have
to face up to things, is known as
"Avoidism." So ardent an avoid
list have I become that this piece
almost didn't get written.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

-HERE are two things that
initiate against a strictly
humor books becoming q
best seller despite the fact
that hearty laugh is the thera-
peutic equivalent OF two martins.
First. there is the point that
humorous works usually assay out
to low Inspiration content-and
so many people these days are
looking for a Message.
Second. there is what was de-
fined in a particularly unaccept-
able pun as the Law of the Medes
and the Persians: What's one
mans mede is another mans
persian.
Nevertheless. no publisher but
the most socially conscious one
would be caught dead holding
spring or fall list that didn't con-
tain at least a smattering OF
humor. And in 1851. publishers
didn't deviate sharply from the
norm,
It's just as well. We need yuks
and boffoS as much as we need
thoughts and messages-and If
humorists found that their stuff
wouldn't sell, they might start
writing Think Pieces. and most
publishers are overSet already.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
This Is William Faulkner
AT His Very Best

Continued on Page 12.)
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1951-11-10

Bi6enet rift i'm @alopp an oem
Huloermaga5in ser Stabt, eineu
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Most Reds EIude Net
OF Japanese Police
BY the ASsocioied Press

TOKYO, Sept. 4.-Police through
out Japan staged raids today seek
ing Reds suspected of activity
against a peace treaty-but most
suspects eluded the net.
Seven of 18 men, for whom war
rants had been issued. were in
custody. First reports erroneous
ly placed the total arrested at 20.
One warrant was for Etsuro
Shinno, chairman of the Japan
Communist Party's temporary CEN
trail guiding division. At noon he
still was free.
Two Red party publications were
ordered banned. One, Party Ac-
tivity Directive. was Issued in To-
kyo. The other, Kansai Party
Activity Directive, was published
in southern Honshu.
Among the seven in custody
were Ichiro Sunama and Susumu
Kamimura, both Diet represent
ativeS.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Builders Here 10 Inspect
Rifienhouse Street Home

A new home at 2608 Ritten-
house street NV. will be visited
by Engineer Commissioner Ber-
nard C. Robinson and group Of
local builders at 10 am. tomorrow
to start observance of National
Home Week.
In story yesterday The Star
inadvertently gave Taylor street.
Chevy Chase. address as that of
the house to be inspected.
The home on Rittenhouse street
is one of 60 that will be open to
the public during the observance
that begins on September 8.
Among those to accompany Col.
Robinson on the inspection will
be Frank Calcara, chairman of
the National Home Week Com
mittee, and Alvin L. Aubinoe.
president of the Home Builders
Association of Metropolitan Wash
ington.