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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23
Twin Brook
News
Charles S. Hamm
Rockville 4525

Eddie Duncan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Duncan, has returned
from a visit with relatives in Pitts
burgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Washburn
and son, Billy, are home after
spending two weeks in Scituate,
Mass. and Pennington, Maine.
Teddy Cantrel, sister of Mrs.
Thomas Mccarthy, has returned to
her home after spending a few
weeks here.
Mr.. and Mrs Dickran Hovsepian
have returned from a weeks va
cation in the Poconos.
DR.. and Mrs. Robert Gibbs are
mentioning in Pennsylvania where
they are visiting friends in Allen
town and Philadelphia.
Mrs. w. C. Mitchell and daugh-
ter spent two days last week in
Trenton, n. j.
Mrs. Clarence Mawyer spent
few DAYS last week with friends
in Wheaton.
Mrs. Alice B. Huntington, for
merly of Twin Brook, will be leav-
ing soon to make her home in Ha-
waii.
Mrs. Clarence Mawyer of Ar
dennes Avenue was the guest of
honor on August 9 when Mrs. w.
H. Williams of Rockville was host
ess at a stork shower. Fifteen per-
sons were present. Clarence Nav
yer, A.O.U. &c is now stationed in
Norfolk, Va.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23

now on maneuvers in what is
known as Exercise Southern Pines,
near Fort Bragg, N. C.
Mrs. Conner, who is at present
at Ashland with Mikes parents,
will join him when the maneuvers
are over at the end of this month.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23

Butler at Headquarters in Rock
vile, Md.
Other openings announced By
the County Personnel Board in
clude: Personnel Aide, Engineers,
Public Health Nurses, Secretaries,
and Clerk-Typists.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23

series called
"Father Knows Best" in which he
has q radio wife and family. In
real life Bob and Betty Young
have four daughters and live in q
lovely home just outside of Holly
wood. However, when not on the
movie lot or radio set, Bob dons
the chefs hat and cooks many an
interesting meal - such as:
CHICKEN GIBLET-EGc
SPREAD
Il cup spread)>
u cup minced 0iblets
9 hard-eooked eggs, minced
2 tablespoons crisp bacon,
crumbled
I teaspoon grated onion
rs cup mGyonnuise
Il teaspoon Accent
(pUre rnOHosodium olutamateJ
u teaspoon S1lt
Is teaspoon pepper
teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
teaspoon lemon Juice or Vinegar
Combine ingredients. Mix well.
Chill.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23
1t. C. E. Conner Now
With Engineers Unit

1t. C. E. ("Mike"O Conner of
Sandy Spring has been assigned
to the 969th Engineer Construction
Battalion. This Reserve unit is
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23

H a n d s o m e
movie star Rob-
ert Young is
perhaps the only
m an in this
country who has
two wives and
gets away with
it. Bob does it
through the me-
dunn of radio,
via his popular
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23

The loon, vigilant, diving fisher
bird, has cry which sounds like
insane laughter; hence the express
sion, "crazy as a loom"
Evening star., 1951-12-23
England in the
18th Century
ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH

ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH
SOCIAL HISTORY: VOL. 8
By G. M. Trevelyan. (Lonq-
mans, Green; $4.50J
The present volume Of the
illustrated edition of Mr.. Ire
velyan's valuable English
Social History" deals with the
18th century. The illustrations,
selected by Ruth C. Wright after
obviously prodigious research fit
happily into the text and add
another dimension to the noted
work. The century under con-
sideration was. of course, before
photography. but Mrs. Wright
has reproduced many scenes
sketched on the spot by con-
temporary artists, some of
them afterward famous. These
sketches are not confined to such
conventional subjects as public
buildings. mansions and person.
alities. though there are plenty
OF those. but show street scenes
and casual interiors which give
you a visual idea of how people
lived. There are a few modern
photographs contrasting Sec
tions Of cities today with draw
ings Of the 170Os.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
-ChiIdren's Books
By SoIIy Greenland

ANN OF BETHANY. BY
Georgiana Dorcas Ceder with
illustrations by Helen Torrey.
abingdon Cokesbury Press.)
The story of a young girl liv-
ing at the time Of the Nativity
and the Wise Mems visit. $500.
HIRUM THE HLLBnLY. BY
Phil Stong with illustrations by
Kurt Wiese. (Dodd, Mead.) The
story of Hirum the sad gray
mule. $2.75.
THE BIRDMAN. BY Mitchell
(Stravon) A biography of
Leonardo Da Vinci. $1.O0.
ALL FALLING DOWN. BY
Gene Zion illustrated by Mar
garet Bloy Graham. (Harper.D
A profusely illustrated book
about all sorts of things that
fall down. like rain and stones.
SITS.
SAMANTHA. BY Anne West
Strawbridge with illustrations
by John Koomar. Dorrance)
The story of Samantha the
founding baby who was left in
the coal scuttle in Mr.. and Mrs.
Grey's kitchen. $2.00.
ANDREW JACKSON Nv
Genevieve Foster. (Scribner's.)
The life Of Andrew Jackson,
"The Peoples President" is por-
trayed. $3.50.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
A How to- Book
From EnqIond
THE ART OF BEING A
WOMAN

THE ART OF BEING A
WOMAN
BY Amabel Williams-EIlis.
(Longmdns, Green; $3.)
This is a typically British
book in the typically American
"how-to" field. 1t is interesting
to see how Mrs. Williams Ellis
deals with the universal prob
lem Of the woman who feels
that her place is in the home,
but gets awfully fed up with It
every now and then. Her solu-
tion, less racily stated, is SINH
lar to that offered by two sharp
tongued American ladies in the
recent "An Intelligent Mans
Guide to Women" The answer
is partnership in marriage:
Mothers given leisure to follow
their own bent. whether profess
sional or recreational: father
helping with the woman's work
OF taking care Of the children.
Apparently in England the
marriage VS.. career issue has
not been so sharply joined. The
most a mama aspires to there
is part-time work. Mrs. Will
liams-Ellis gives generous IL
lustrations from literature to
guide the ladies in deciding
what type they are and includes
a quiz or two to track down
personality traits. It is all very
gentle and ladylike. The sub
ject Of sex is mentioned, but
not discussed. Mrs. Williams
Ellis regards it as outside the
scope Of the problem.
MARY McGRoRY.
Evening star., 1951-12-23

was begun some five years ago
and has proceeded intermittent
ly. She and her collaboration,
Miss Mary Winslow. a former
colleague at the Woman's Bu-
reau. had long question and
answer sessions at the dicta-
phone.
It wasn't easy.
Miss Anderson just wouldn't
run on as directed about her
career as factory girl. union or
ganizer and labor leader. One
episode which took place just as
the book was going to press will
illustrate.
The University of Minnesota
Press sent back a set of galleys
with a note beside one para
graph: "One of our other books
has a chapter about this epi-
sode and says Miss Anderson
was In jail at the time"
Miss Winslow charged Miss
Anderson with this fact.
why, yes" said Miss Ander-
son comfortably. IT was in Jail,
I remember perfectly well.
During a strike"
"SwedeS don't talk much"
says Miss Winslow, summing up
the problem.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Medicine in Art

A friend remarked to me re-
Gently that apparently no physi-
clan can consider himself at the
top Of his profession. unless the
magazines in his office are at
least Is years old. It seems to
me that public discomfort with
doctors waiting room literature
could be matched by discomfort
with what hangs on the average
doctors walls. Consequently, I
would recommend that the med
ical profession visit the Army
Medical Library. where q small
but engaging theme show is on
view through December. This is
not to suggest that pictures in
their Offices must necessarily be
OF medical subject matter, but
merely that medicine has in
spired some great paintings, and
might draw a doctors interest
in art to a wider field.
This exhibition of Medicine
in Art was prepared by Joseph
Tucker. chief Of the administra-
tive division. Gle Is also an
artist and has exhibited here in
Washington) Comprising chief
ly color reproductions and half
tones Of famous paintings and
Evening star., 1951-12-23
The Real Pirates
Had a Hard Time
Mokinq a Liyinu
THE GREAT DAYS OF
PIRACY IN THE
WEST INDIES

4AAj S4b1IA4 LA - OT
PIRACY IN THE
WEST INDIES
BY George Woodbury.. Nor
ton: So
Pirates did not make their
victims walk the plank, except
in romantic novels.
At least, If they did, Mr..
Woodbury's diligent research in
to the ways Of West Indiesian
pirates, failed to reveal an au-
thentic record Of single in
stance.
Nor did the cutlassed gentle
men who sailed under the
black flag bury treasure. Or.
II they did, it happened too
rarely to have inspired a frac-
ton of the legends concerning
maps and treasure chests. For
one thing, the average pirate
crew made a bare living. if that
and whenever there was a rich
haul, they spent it as fast as
they could.
These and other pieces of
pirate lore are examined and
often debated in the course of
a highly interesting and enter
tainingly written book.
Pirates were not noted for
their benevolence, but usually.
after capturing a ship, they
tried to persuade their prisoners
to join them. Failing that. thew
often released the ship after
sacking it. The worst they did,
as a rule. was to maroon "a word
they coined) those in disfavor
which meant putting them
ashore on some bare island
which usually meant death from
starvation and exposure.
Mr.. Woodbury. describes Henry
Jennings and his followers. the
nrst West Indies pirates on a
grand scale, and the pirate re-
public" they established in the
bahamas-a harbor where anv
well-disposed pirate could put
IN for repairs and rest. The
great days of piracy in the New
world followed the Treaty Of
utrecht. which in 1713 ended
the War of Spanish Succession
Prlvateers and buccaneers, who
merely had preyed on Spanish
silips' began to engage in piracy
on a general scale. Most pirates
were scum" who had been de-
ported from their native coun-
trles, especially England
CARTER BROOKE JONES
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Reading and Writing
Mary Anderson, Champion Of the Working Gir|,
Writes Memoirs Of the Fight for Her Sisters
By Mory McGrory

After a lifetime spent in help
ing heaven to protect the work.
ing girl, Miss Mary Anderson,
eightyish, retired chief of the
Woman's Bureau, is still in
there fighting for her sisters.
Since she left the bureau in
1914 after Is years at the helm,
she has spent what could only
laughingly be called her leisure
campaigning for equal pay for
women. She has also been COM
posing her memoirs, Woman at
Work"
The book, just published. is
something of a novelty among
official "reminiscences in that 1t
is neither windy nor vindictive.
Nobody is particularly surprised,
though.
Miss Anderson came to this
country So years ago at the age
of 16. knowing not a word Of
English. She has always ex-
pressed herself briefly and to
the point. AS for paying of old
scores, she is reliably reported
to have made no enemies In her
long and useful life.
That's easy to understand.
too. For contrary to the notion
that feminists must be militant,
she is a restful personality,
round faced, matter of fact,
smiling. In service for five
presidents during two wars. she
never sought personal publicity,
never minded seeing other
women get ahead.
Once a Domestic.
When she first came to this
country as Swedish immigrant
in 1889. the only job she could
get was as a dishwasher at a
lumberjacks' boarding house at
$3.50 a week. In her lifetime
she has watched some 600 oc-
cupations open up to women.
She's still not satisfied.
though. Although she feels the
myth that women work only for
"pin-money" has been largely
exploded. she will not rest un-
til equal pay for equal work is
in effect.
I'm still working" she says
with a chuckle. Il just retired
from the pay"
The work on her memoirs
Evening star., 1951-12-23

ThlS novel is memorable, not
so much for the story, which is
rather conventional, as for the
magnificent descriptions of
mountains and the men who
climb them, passages which
come through untarnished In
translation.
Most of the wift-flowing mar
rative moves among the slopes.
peaks, valleys and glaciers of
the French Alps, Savoring their
unearthly beauty and shudder-
ing at their hazards Of weather,
avalanche and misstep. You can
fairly smell the pine forests and.
higher up. feel the lash of sud-
den blizzards and the bite Of
icy dawnS. Reading Mr.. Frison-
Roche, man who has known
these mountains from boyhood.
as he must have to be able to
write this book, it is not hard
to understand their lure and the
triumph Of conquering them
which seems worth any hardship
and peril.
The chief figure is Zian, a
French guide-a powerful young
man who has always lived in and
for the mountains. Among his
pupils at the Notwithstanding
school at Chamonix is Brigitte,
q Partisan girl, reared in a pro-
tected atmosphere of respectable
aff1uence. Somehow Brigitte,
during her brief stay, takes to
the mountains as few urban
visitors do. She is such an apt
student that zian accedes to her
plea to be taken for a real climb.
Climbing Mount Blanc.
Their trip is successful and
then they climb Mount Blanc.
The natural dangers of this trip
are doubled by a snowstorm
which sweeps over them near
the summit and they barely
reach the shelter Of the topmost
hut. In the face of their brush
with death, they realize that
they are in love. =
Zian turns away from his
peasant sweetheart, and he and
Brigitte are married. They
settle down at the foot Of the
mountains. But Zian, at his
best leading expeditions up
slopes that look impossible,
seems aground an awkard peas
ant. little understanding Brig
ttte's wider interests. When he
goes away to the Austrian Alps
with a wealthy client for a
month, she goes to visit her
family. who try by subtle means
to persuade her not to return.
But the girl misses Zian and his
mountains and determines to
go back to them. Meanwhile
Zian, back home and despond-
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Discovering God
WAITING FOR GOD

WAITING FOR GOD
by Simone Well. C. P. Put
mans; $780,
Slmone Well. a French mystic
VINO died at the age of "a in
england during the war, was
an extraordinary human being
VINO has left a unique record of
spiritual experience. Born into
a Jewish family, which for some
generations had been agnostic
she mad an acute social con-
seriousness from her earliest
years. During World War I
She would not eat sugar because
1t was denied the soldiers at the
'front.'. AS a school teacher, she
took a militant interest in labor
problems and left teaching to
work in a factory. During the
Spanish War she threw herself
into the fray by the side of the
Loyalists.
Without any formal religious
training. she suddenly discovered
Goo. Her closest confidant in
matters of faith was a French
priest. But despite her whole
souled acceptance of Christian
lty, she refused baptism. She
was, says Leslie Fielder, who in
PRODUCES this work, THE Out
slider as Saint"
These selections from her
work are remarkable for their
uncompromising quality, their
lofty thought. their absolute
clarity. to which q brief review
cannot do Justice. This is per-
haps the essence Of her method.
The attitude that brings about
salvation she compares to that
OF "the slave. who waits near
the door SO as to open immedi-
ately the master knocks. He
must be ready to die of hunger
and exhaustion rather than
change his attitude" That was
the way 1t was with her.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Cobey and Bromfield
In Collaboration

Mr.. Herbert Cobey came to
town last week to talk about his
book. "The Blond Corinthian.
A large, mildly spoken young
man, he explained that his un-
usual work is manufacturing
farm machinery in Galen, Ohio,
and that he could only take a
week of for promotion.
He was making every minute
count. In the encourage was
Miss Ilona Massey. who is also
blond. and who is helping to
promote the Blond Corinthian"
perfume and fashions which
some thoughtful manufacturers
have launched to coincide with
publication of the book.
Despite the big-city razzle-
dazzle that surrounded him, Mr..
Cobey explained that he has al
ways been q country boy. It
just so happens. though, that
his neighbor is farmer named
Louis Bromf1eld. Together they
are writing a musical called
Helen in Memphis" which Is
destined for Broadway one of
these days.
Mr.. Cobey also mentioned
that he has two other books
coming along very shortly. And
although he modestly averred
he knows very little about pub
fishing. he sold both of them,
personally. each to a different
publisher. one busy morning in
New York. One deals with farm
machinery, the other with coun-
try roads.
With Mr.. Cobey was Mrs.
Cobey, who looks as though
she might have been the in
spiration for THE Blond Co.
rinthian."
AS matter of fact. she did
have a lot to do with the book,
Mr.. Cobey said in his quiet way
as he headed for q television
broadcast.
~ Il Il
We aoish our readers a Merry
Christmas and trust that II they
find any books under the tree
on Christmas morning they tDill
be choice items like the biog-
raphy OF Florence Nightingale
or noUels like "The Caine
Mutiny" or 1.-THE Cruel Sea-" or
non-fction OF the caliber of
"Tte Sea Around Us" and "Ven-
ture to the Interior"
More aDe cannot aDish them.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Two Short-Story
Volumes Different t
AS Night and Day
rruY rAprn

FULL CARGO
BY Wilbur Daniel Steele.
Doubleday; 1885,
IN THE ABSENCE OF ANGELS
BY Hortense Calisher. little,
BroDn;; So
When you say that Mr.. Steele
and Miss Calisher both write
short stories, you have described
their whole resemblance to each
other. Mr.. Steele is a story
teller Of the o. Henry school.
She is mood merchant, whose
precision of phrasing and vague
ness of form show a strong New
Yorker influence.
Mr.. Steele's stories all follow
a pattern. The plot serves as a
kind Of strait-jacket into which
he tightly laces his characters.
They are all betrayed by some
fault in their nature. When
they have gotten pushed into a
corner. he applies a double
twist Of irony. Once. this way
to show how their plight was in
evitable; then that way. to give
them one last sour chance to
get out. They never do. Of
course. r...
Probably the tale that IL
lustrates Mr.. Steele's formula as
well as any is by Appoint
ment." This deals with a cock
ney 1andlady who dreams Of
exploiting a royal Russian refu-
gee who take over all her rooms.
But gradually as years and rent
days go by. the bright vision Of
the crested card in the window
bearing the legend by APP
pointment to the Imperial :"
fades. She ends up humbly as
housekeeper to els Ighness"
and his keeper as well. The
eternal commoner is no match
for the imperial manner.
Cover q Wide Range.
The 18 stories cover a wide
range Of geography and subject.
if not of method. They go back
in time of composition to 1918.
with the result that some of
the dialogue. and settings have
an old-fashioned air. Though
pat. and predictable, they are
readable.
Miss Calisher, on the other
hand, lives by the things Mr..
Steele spurns; carefully turned
sentences. intricate character
exposition. subtly rendered at
mosphere and the nuances Of
little moments. In only a few
is there a strong narrative line.
Miss Calisher is for the most
part concerned with lonely peo-
pie. and not much happens to
them except in their minds.
On the theme Of rejection
she rings many variations: the
rejection Of lovers, of parents
and children, Of one race and
another. The two most sharply
revealing stories are a pair on
anti-semitism, both deeply
ironic. One group of stories
deals with the same large Jew
tsh clan. and provides sensitive
explorations Of family customs
and crises. In most Of the
stories. the emotion is muted,
quietly delineated in literate
prose. The title story deals
with a terrible tomorrow for
liberals-although I get this
from the jacket and not the tale
itself. 1t is Miss Calisher at
her most yelled and subtle.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones

ent at being alone, goes on q
rash solitary climb to clear his
head and forget his troubles.
His adventures on this perilous
ascent bring the story to q
dramatic climax.
Zian is an appealing charac-
ter. Brigitte runs largely to
type. and the story is perhaps
an oversimplified solution OF a
predictable situation. But these
shortcomings do not alter the
suspense and excitement Of the
book.
If you love mountains, either
as an active explorer or a distant
observer, you won't want to miss
THE Grand Crevasse.
Evening star., 1951-12-23

drawings, the show is divided
into three categories-anatomy,
care of the sick (much the most
Interestingly and portraiture or
"the face Of the physician"
In section /. anatomy. there
are anatomical drawings by
such masters as Leonardo da
Vinci. Michelangelo and David,
prints of Rembrandt's. famous
Anatomy Lesson" and of Zof-
fany's Anatomy Glass Of DR..
Hunter" the work of Vasalius,
and figures by sculptors Houdon
and Rodin.
The second. most absorbing
section includes genre works
from various schools of six CEN
turies, with excellent labels by
Mr.. Tucker. explaining what is
going on in these famous sick
rooms. Jean Fouquet's charming
little Birth of John the Baptist"
actually shows a 18th century
interior with mother. baby,
nurses and eager visitors. "Sts.
Cosmos and Damien" by Pesel-
limo depicts a 18th century
Florentine doctors visit. Jan
Steen painted a 17th century
Dutch Physician" Eakins'
famous Gross Clinic" Q9th
century, depicts surgery before
Listers findings became wide
spread. The most touching work
of all Is THE Sick Child" at
tended by her grieving mother,
painted by Edward Munich. ex-
pressionist whose memorial re-
Prospective was shown at the
Phillips Gallery two years ago.
Portraits Of famous physi-
clans comprise the third cate
CORY. They represent such old
and modern masters as Titan,
Holbein, Van Scorel, Peale, Tou-
louse-Lautrec. Dix and Van
Gogh. The outstanding work in
this section Ito me) is Van Gogh's
portrait of DR.. Gachet, whose
expression as he gazes medi-
tatively at the artist, is COM
pounded Of pity and poignant
awareness of his inability to
help the poor doomed painter.
Evening star., 1951-12-23

rather than in inches. His
Images of Pompeii," for in
stance (the largest in the show,
is about 80 square feet, with life
size figures. The effect Of large
ness of the others is due more to
bigness of conception than &C.
tual dimensions.
Most of his themes are land
scapes, harbors, mountains and
forests, and I must say he gets
something Of the grandeur Of
these subjects better than any
artist whose work I have seen in
some months. After viewing this
show, was a trifle out Of
breath, as If had been climbing
a steep hill in a high wind.
The Phillips Gallery owns one
Of these paintings, Wood Inte-
rior," full of lush foliage, and
tree trunks and limbs done In
Slashing strokes.
Evening star., 1951-12-23
Chesapeake Boy
THE BAY

4x1G of1
BY Gilbert Klingel. fDodd,
Mead; $4J
A fascinating account Of na-
ture in and around the Chesa-
peake. by q naturalist who
watched 1t from the shore, from
the air and from diving rigs.
Mr.. Klingel is at his best when
describing his personal expert
ences. not so good when con-
stucting a chock-a-block phil
osophy from them.
SAM EASTMAN.
THE BRAVE LITTLE IN
DIAN. BY Bill and Bernard
Martin. (Tell-Well Dress.) The
little Indian wanted to go hunt
ing to find a grizzly bear. Beau
tifully illustrated by Charlene
Bisch. SALLY GREENLAND.