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Brace & Co.; $500
of such intangibles as "the su-
pernatural discretion of the
soul" Even for the understand
ing of certain terms at least
some grasp of scholastic philoso-
ply is needed.
Popular Misconceptions.
The reader who perseveres in
The Ascent of Truth" may not
know completely what a mysti-
cal experience is. when he is
done, but he will at least know
what it is not. Father Merton
gives a highly amusing descrip-
ton of popular misconceptions
and shows that what is under
stood to be a spectacular and
spontaneous process is actually
a high art, whose votarieS must
be trained, by modification of
both body and spirit, until they
are spiritual athletes"
Father Merton does not ex-
plain what these exercises are,
contenting himself with de-
scription of their philosophy and
their goal. He shows the deli
cate and dangerous path which
must be taken by the contem-
plative; how love, faith and
reason, forged by carefully
graded meditation, prayer and
passive receptivity must be
watched over by a spiritual di-
rector. While God appears to
the simple soul unframed in
theology, which is the scientific
basis of mysticism, such mani
festations are very rare, and not
to be looked for, in the opinion
of st. John of the Cross, the
auStere 18th century mystic
whom Father Merton takes for
his guide.
In this arduous program, with
its intermingling of the natural
and the supernatural. the
progress to ''the dark cloud
which ENLIGHTENMENT the night" is
accomplished through the most
stringent disciplines.
The perils are great, but so
is the reward. The essence of
the art, as with any art, is diff
ficult to communicate. Father
Merton has written a study
which everyday readers may find
taxing but generally illuminat-
ing.
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rator on the book, the late E. F.
Ricketts,.
In 1948 Mr.. Ricketts, was IA
tally hurt in an accident near
his laboratory-home at Monte
rey, Calf. Mr.. Steinbeck here
tells something of what he re-
members of Ed Ricketts, during
18 years of close association.
This is particularly interesting
because Ed turns out to have
been the DOC" of Mr.. Stein
beck's "Cannery Row." which
some of us consider one of his
most delightful books. Doc"
you'll remember if you read
that tour-de- force, which was
equalled in charm only by TOR
tilla Flat" ran the biological
laboratory which raised and sold
marine creatures and other
specimens. Even in this pref
ace Mr.. Steinbeck picks up some
of the humor and affection with
which he described Doc and his
friends. Most of these friends
rated in the town as buns, but
Mr.. Steinbeck, with his under
standing of the lowly and the
nonconforming, made them fac
cinating.
You realize now how closely
Mr.. Steinbeck's fiction was
Transcribed from life. The real
Doc was almost exactly as he
appeared in the novel, and we
find that Mac. Dora and some
of the others stepped out of Mr..
Steinbeck's memories. Even the
literary pundits who did not
seem to understand "Cannery
Row and so denounced it
should enjoy reading in this
long preface of such a distinc-
tive character as Ed Ricketts,.
He was beloved in Monterey,
despite his iconoclasm and his
refusal to conform to any con-
vention which did not appeal to
him, and when he died gloom
fell over the whole community.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
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Far Down the Road
Att Cents q Mile

SIX IN A FORD
BY Marion C. Holmes. fFal-
mouth Publishing House,
$2.75.J
Marion and Cecil Holmes and
their four children. jump into
their Al Ford and take an ex-
tended tour of the country, from
Maine to California and back
to Maine, travelling 1926 miles
and spending $2.356. Here is
practical information for those
contemplating a similar trip.
SALLY GREENLAND
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(rIme
BY Miriom Gutenberg

The Under Dog and Other
Stories, by Agatha Christie;
Dodd. Mead & Co.; $2.50J
Red Badge
Out of the era of her classic
1.-THE Murder of Roger Ack-
royd" (cira 1926 comes this
collection from the queen of
whodunitS. In the title piece, a
novelette,. her incompatible
Hercule Poirot sets out to show
the police Solution-despite its
neat explanation of means, mo-
tive and opportunities not the
only one for the murder. Arm
chair SleuthS will like the de-
vice in some of the stories of
a midway pause to challenge
the readers to their own solu-
ton. If they're lucky and in
terpret the leading clue cor
rectly, they might come up with
the killer, but Miss Christie is
too fine a craftsman to give
them an advance peek at all
the ratiocination of Poirot's
little gray cells"
X x r 4
The Body on Page One, by Della
no AmeS. (Rhinehart & Co.;
$2.50.)
Jane and Dagobert Ames,
those engaging if peripatetic
sleuths, find murder in the least
likely place-home. The Browns,
that is, share an uneasy feel
ing that the coroner's theory of
Tom Todd killing his wife and
then committing suicide is the
wrong one. They suspect some
one else carried a lethal dislike
for the specifically innocuous
Hilda Todd. Since the Browns
chef knife was used for the
stabbing, naturally they have to
cope with the murder before
taking off for foreign parts. By
play involving a lady known as
Lilith and a brat called Apol-
linaire prompts some of the
brighter dialogue in this in
tricate riddle.
x X II
Man Dead, by Selwyn Jepson.
Doubleday & Co.; $2.50D
Crime Club
Sarah Grey had to get rid of
the body. After all, what would
England think if it's Deputy
Prime Minister, a married man,
were found dead in her home as
the aftermath of an obvious
weekend rendezvous? The act
of moving the body produces
emotional blackmail from one
source and financial blackmail
from another. Our harassed
heroine performs with that Curl
GUS blend of stupidity and craft
mess best exemplified by soap
opera queens, but there's a fine
chase to lift the action out of
the doldrums.
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an characters than the men.
The portrayal of Faiths mother,
a querulous but not unkind
woman. who dotes en- her worth
less son and takes her sterling
daugllter for granted. is espe-
cially fine. 1t is only too bad
that the author chose to NOR
alize aud address asides to the
reader, beginning think not /.
These give the story such a de-
libefstely archaic air that when
an automobile is mentioned it
sounds like an anachronism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
John Steinbeck
Takes q New Look
At an Old Lou

THE LOG FROM THE SEA OF
CORTEZ
BY John Steinbeck. Viking
Press; 81
While this book is a reprint
OF the narrative portion of The
Sea of Cortez," published 10
years ago. with much of the sci
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

p e rs u a S i've
stories.
"Requ i e m
for a Nun" is
a drama. des-
tined for pro-
d u c tion in
New York at
an early date.
but in this
literary" edi-
ton it is pre-
scented partly
as play, part
~ as nara
tive. Each act
is Drec q de d
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entifc data
and detailed
plates elm
in a t e d, it
contains one
new feature.
This is a pre-
face W ic h
Mr.. S t e in
beck wrot e
a b ut his
com p a n on
on the expe-
dition to the
Gulf of Low
er California
and collabo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

most deserv-
ing of recog-
milton, yet up
to now viz
tually unrec-
o g nize d, is
j a m e S A.
B ] a n d, who
died in pow
erty 40 years
ago a I t e I
CO ntributing
| m m e aSuf-
ably to the
" e a ! t h of
A m e rio a n
music.
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ChiIdren's Books
BY SoIIy Greenland

By SoIIy Greenland
PRAIRIE SCHOOL
BY Lois Lenski. II. B. Lippen-
colt; $2.75.l
The story of the children liv-
ing on the Dakota plains, and
their school. When the great
blizzard of 1949 isolates the
schoolhouse, the children sleep
and eat there, waiting for res
cue to come. Illustrated by the
author.
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Books in Review
Sequel to Sanctuary New Faulkner
Novel One of His Most Persuasive Stories
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones
REQUIEM FOR A NUN
BY william Faulkner. Random House; 49,

This new novel, published a
little less than a year after Mr..
Faulkner won the Nobel Prize,
is one of his most powerful and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Jack Days Book
Is q Fine Tribute
ToNegro Compose
A SONG IN HIS HEART:
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
JAMES A. BLAND
BY John Jay Daily. fJohn C.
Winston Co., So.
Reviewed by WilIiom Hines

AS history unfolds. it becomes
more and more apparent how
much the United States owes to
its Negro citizens. One of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
Business GROUPS
Restuuruteurs Hear
Defense Spokesman

Brockman Horne. chairman OF
Speakers Bureau of the District
of Columbia Office of Civil De-
Tense. will speak on emergency
mass feeding at a meeting of the
Washington Restaurant Associa-
ton at $50 pm. tomorrow. The
group will meet in the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. auditorium
Other groups meeting this week
are:
-, Ae Tomorrow.
The Electric Motor Service As
ISOLATION will hold dinner meet
ing at $50 pm. in the Burlington
Hotel.
Wednesday.
The Washington Hardware As
ISOLATION will hear q talk on price
controls by Vincent A. Holmes,
District price control director, at
8 pm. in the Hamilton Hotel.
The Northeast Businessmen 3
Association win meet at $3.50 pm.
in the Northeast branch Of the
American Security and Trust Co.,
1872 II street NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
BY james BirchfieId-

that the corner Is right in from
of us. =.
II the robins are careful the,
will be all right. II they happier
out in my barn lot, though, they
are in for more trouble than they
would have had If they had re-
manned in the South. For II they
go wandering about my barn lot
they will be sure to get mired
down and that would be the end
Of the robins.
Pierre Parker has a road lead
ing in to his farm with no bottom
in it. He put 1t there to fool me
I think. And to make 1t worse
Pierre covered this road with
shale. It is floating shale, and
when, all unsuspecting, you drive
on to it. you and the shale to-
gether just sink in.
I went up to see Pierre's farm
sunk into his road and stayed
there until a kind neighbol
brought over his tractor and
pulled me out. Pierre does moth
ing but laugh, because I told the
story about him getting his trac-
tor hitched to a post hole. Oh
well. tit for tat. I say. 49,.
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.DAV Activities
Meetings this week are

Meetings this week are:
Post Office Chapter, Monday.
Washington Dugout. National
Order of Trench Rehabilitation
Tuesday.
Interior Auxiliary-Wed nesday.
Edward B. Tucker Chapter
Thursday.
Interior Chapter-Friday.
All the above are at 170l Eight
zenith street NV.
National Service Chapter-Fri-
day. 419 Seventh street NV.
National Capital Auxiliary will
give a tea today at 2:45 pm. at
1701 Eighteenth street NV.
/ On Saturday, National Service
Auxiliary will give a party for
patients in Ward E at Mount
Alto Hospital from 8 to 5 pm,
with Comdr. Zula Fem in charge,
assisted by Mildred Grigg, Dolores
Beauchamp and Marguerite Joel.
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Parent Teacher
Activities

Founders day celebration of
the District of Columbia Congress
of Parents and Teachers will be
held at Mckinley High School,
Second and T streets NE, at Ills
pm. on Tuesday.
DR.. Robert w. Eaves, executive
secretary of the NEA Department
of Elementary School Principals.
viii speak on the future of the
PTA.
Mrs. Arthur Watkins, parlia-
mentarian Of the D. c. Congress
and past president, will give a
brief history of the founding of
the PTA movement.
The director of the Mckinley
High School Chorus has arranged
q number of musical selections.
After the program. the meeting
will, adjourn to the memorial
room for tea.
This birthday celebration COM
memorating the founding of the
National Congress Of Parents and
Teachers is held each year in
memory of its founders. Alice Nc
Lellan Birney and Phoebe Apper-
son Hearst. Gifts made on this
day are for the extension Of par
ent-teacher work.
Ketcham PTA will hold its
regular meeting ON Monday at
1880 pm. in the school audi
torium at Fifteenth and U streets
Sc. The program will honor
founders day. with past presi-
dents of the organization as
guests.
Emery PTA will hold its regu-
lar meeting Thursday at 3 pm.
at the school. A nutritionist from
the Red Cross will be the guest
speaker.
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Civic Calendar
Bomb Shelter Topic
OF Mrs. Aft Heiberg

Mrs. ALI Heiberg. Georgetown
socialite, will tell the George.
town Citizens Association "HoW
Not to Build a Bomb Shelter" al
its meeting tomorrow in the st
Johns Parish Hall, Potomac anc
o streets NV.
Mrs. Heiberg recently received
publicity on project to builc
ia shelter in a newly discovered
SUBJ basement under her home
Federal House. $500 o street NV
She has since given 1t up.
The group will also witness the
District civil defense Aim. "Pat-
tern for Survival"
Other groups discussing civil
defense this week will be the
Mid City Association tomorrow In
the Thomson School. and the Six
tenth Street Highlands group
Wednesday in the Brightwood
School.
The Connecticut avenue citi-
zens will make educational rec
concentrations regarding the
school system here at its meeting
Thursday in the All Souls Epis-
copal Memorial Church.
The weeks schedule follows:
TOMORROW.
Georgetown-St. Johns Parish
Hall, Potomac and O streets NV,
Is pm.
Mid City - Thomson School
Twelfth and L streets NV. Bpm
North Capitol-Luther Rice Me-
mortal Church. North Capitol
street and Rhode Island avenue
Is pm.
Northwest Council-Home OF
Mrs. Joseph L. Miller, 1901 High
land place NV. 8 pm.
Society of Observation-Disclosures
Hotel, 8 pm.
Shipley Terrace-Oxon Park
Apartments, 1903 Southern ave-
nue. Sc. 8 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Sixteenth Street Highlands -
Brightwood School, Thirteenth
ard Nicholson streets NV, 81 pm.
River Terrace-River Terrace
Church, Anacostia avenue and
Clay street NE, 8 pm.
THURSDAY.
Connecticut Avenue-All Souls
Episcopal Memorial Church. Ca
thedral avenue and Woodley place
NV, 8 pm.
Northeast Council-No. IL Po-
lice Precinct. Seventeenth street
and Rhode Island avenue NE,
s pm.
SATURDAY.
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions-Board room of the District
Building & nm
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|4-HAdopts Thrift Program

Maryland Alters who hav'
long been encouraged to take gooe
care of their farm animals ane
other projects. are now being en-.
couraged to take good care Of
their money. Club members ir
the State, according to Mylo S
Downey, State boys club leader
have adopted All thrift pro-
gram.
The project, which is being
made a part Of the All Club pro-
gram throughout the Nation. has
as its slogan, Earn. Save and
Serve" Its sponsors are the Agri-
culture Department, the American
Bankers Association and the
Treasury Department.
Each Of the 1890 Alters in
Maryland Is being urged to prac-
tice thrift to insure his opportu-
nifty to own farm, home and bust
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Life in the Country
These Robins Are Smart, They Prefer
Virqinio to Florida in February

am not quite sure whether it
is because we are to have an early
spring after a very bad winter, or
whether it is because of the ter
rible weather the people down in
Florida have been having.
Anyway. the robins are back.
They arrived at our place one day
last week. and I am told they
arrived at other places that day
also. Dick Downs said he saw a
whole field full" on the day they
came to The 20, Acres.
Dick said he was considerably
puzzled by the robins. He couldn't.
he said, understand why any bird
in its right mind would leave a
warm, sunny climate to come back
to what we've been having.
said thought birds had more
sense, generally. than people. and
there must be some good reason
why the robins arrived the middle
Of February.
OF course. jumped to the con-
clusion that we are to have an
early. pleasant spring. I'm sure
we could use a little good weather
now. After all, it has been con-
sistently cold and blustery since
the Thanksgiving week end. I
jumped to this conclusion because
I am ready for little spring
weather and a little sunshine that
will dry up some of our mud. On
The 40 Acres February is mud
month.
But, on thinking it over, the
robins could have gotten disguised
with Florida and other points in
the so-called sunny South" after
what they have been having down
there. What with cattle dying
from pneumonia brought on by
freezing rains, smart robin just
might consider his chances better
UP here.
The robins are running about
The 40 Acres, feeding with the
chickens. and they act as though
they are home for the summer.
It is a good sign, because any
way you take it spring just can't
be far away. I'm betting spring
is just around the corner, and
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ness and for an advanced educa
ton. Suggested forms Of thrift
include a regular form Of saving
better money management. saw
ings through improving healtl
habits, better care Of clothing ant
economical operation and care d
equipment.
According to Mr.. Downey. a Ar
thrift committee is being named
in each county to launch the pro.
gram. The committee will bl
made up Of approximately eight
persons who are interested In thu
All Club and the savings pro.
grams.
Achievement certificates viii bl
awarded later In the year to the
clubs In the country that have
more than 81 per cent Of their
membership participating In the
program.
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POWER PUMPING

Pump water from stream or
pond to irrigate lawn and gar
den. Also for fire fighting, or to
fill cisterns early or late in year
when regular supply is shut off.
V-Belfs are, also readily avail
able for POWER TAKE-OFF
for other uses OF Rofo-Ette.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
Gold Is Cure
For Tree Scale
By Dr.. Floyd r. Smith


y
In 1850 almost every tulip tret
and magnolia in this area wa.
infested with the tulip tree scale
pinkish brown tortoise like bodies
which exude a reddish fluid wher
forcibly torn from the twig. In
tested branches are weakened OF
killed and the nearby foliage Is
coated with honeydew and sooty
mold.
The general prevalence Of this
throughout the Eastern United
States Is thought to be due to
greater survival because Of the
mild temperatures In the winter
1949-50. The insect has one gen.
GRAFTON q year.
Young scales were observed as
early as September 2, 1850. and
additional young were being born
throughout September and Octo-
Der. The young scales, known as
crawlers. move about actively
after they emerge from beneath
the mother scale, then settle down
for the rest OF their life. These
craWlers can be readily carried
to other trees on feet Of birds.
BY winter. the old scales will have
died and the young. recognized as
dull brown fat bodies. will be
fairly covering the twigs.
If we should have severe win
ter few Of these young scales will
survive and we might find little
damage next summer. However,
it seems unwise to hope for cold
weather. but to give the trees a
thorough spraying with 4 per cent
nursery Volck oil emulsion on a
mild day. According to r. A. st.
George at the Beltsville Research
Center. any of the dormant oil
emulsions prepared according to
the manufacturers directions may
be used.
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POWER sCYTHINc

Nothing else like it for cutting
hay, tall weeds, trash. even
rough lawn moving. Cuts full
80" wide. Does not clog in
heavy growth. Unbelievably
low in price, easy and practical
to use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25

Cuts velvet-smooth IS" swath.
Leaves no untrimmed edges.
(No castors or overhanging
wheels). Follows contour of
ground perfectly. BEST power
mower built" users say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25

dlffcu1t position when the wide Variation between
our preaching and practice Is noted. The Charter
abounds In solcitude and promise of participation
by all peoples In the governments of their respec
tive countries # they have not yet attained q con-
dition for such participation, the promise is to
prepare them for the ultimate enjoyment Of such
rights and privileges. The voteless and unrepre-
sented Americans Of the District see In such
promises bright ray of hope Our country is now
definitely committed to putting these high ideals
into practice for all peoples.
Under such conditions. how can one explain
why large community of American citizens ex-
ceeding in population each of l3 States and the
combined population of three States Is denied the
laast ,estine Of narticinatinn in the Government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
POWER MUlCHINC

Cut hay and weeds from idle
land with field mower attach
ment. Use Roto-Ette motor to
run power shedding attach
ment. Have quantities of ideal
mulch for your garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
Local Ben Hur News

Warren G.. rding-Tuesday,
associate night with the associate
grand matron and patron as honor
quests,
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POWER WOOD SAVING

Cuts logs like butter-any kind
Of wood up to IA" in diameter.
VIII pay for itself over and
over again if you have wood
lot. Low-cost, practical, easy,
safe to operate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25
The Revolutionary New
ROTO-MILLER
for Power Composing

Not on1y has this new science of power gardening
made it easy practical and inexpensive for family to
produce large quantities of food for home USE it has also
made possible and practical to reclaim SOIL TO
improve greatly the fertility and productivity OF garden
soils and actually build topso at the rate OF an
inch more year!
This revolutionary step forward in the science of
denng has been brought about by the invention OF the
inexpensive Roto Miller attachment now available TOR use
with the Roto Etc This wonder working Roto- Milling
attachment is simply set of shaped blades rotated
by power which dig and chop into the soil they move
forward Gently but forciby, they shred and chew up
the vegetation mixing it with the soil 1t is now possible
for the first time to incorporate large quantities OF organic
matter in the soil with lowcost garden machine and as
all soil scientists emphasize putting plenty OF organic
matter in the soil is the most important step to soil pro-
ductivity, and the building OF new topsoi
This revolutionary Roto- Milling attachment does away
with all the work of hauling turning, and watering of
compost heaps makes possible composing by machine
right in your garden itself It makes possible the utiza
ton of organic wastes of all animal and vege
table It makes possible the growing of green manure
crops after another to be incorporated in the SOIL
It turns weeds into blessing for in the process of cul
tivatng with the Roto Miller, you are chewing up and
shedding the weeds and mixing them into the top few
inches Of SOIL where they provide ideal food for the bac
terial life earthworns and other soil organisms Thus,
leaves weeds old hay mulch materials, and even gar
bage, become of real value to the home gardener.
Now Many Other Perfected,
Labor-Saving Attachments
With the perfection of other attachments for the Roto
Elite possible to apply power to dozens of other
Jobs and around the home grounds These include
power lawn moving power scythng power grading and
light bulldozng; power mulchng; power plowng;
power busting and spraying; power saving.
And by using the Roto Elite portable power plant,
numerous other chores easy There available
from various all of the following attachments
corn shelter grst MILL air compressor, spray gun, water
pump table saw small cement mixer leaf mill and grind
err rotary weed cutter buck rake seede and by
least important, electricity generator
fact things have progressed to the point where