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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27

LIE Clerc. (JALtdn MeSS11er; So
across the international scene In
the 1870s. She was the glamor-
Gus mistress Of a grand duke Of
Russia, a nephew Of the Gear, anc
she was the cause Of a diplomatic
incident" between the United
States and Russia. And yet hel
story has languished forgotten ir
the United States archives, in 6
suppressed volume of her rem.
iniscences and in the yellowec
files of newspapers.
Hattie Ely was the daughter oil
IA Presbyterian clergyman of some
note. but after his, death she anc
her mother. living in genteel pow.
|erty in Philadelphia, faced 9
bleak prospect. The Civil Wal
had started. The 16-year-old girl
pressed in by piety and dull rela.
tives. ran of and married thu
first attractive man she met, 9
railroad telegrapher, who turnec
out to be no good. When he dice
she returned to Philadelphia ane
discovered that an attractive CIR
could get along if she wasn't toe
particular. Eventually she had 6
salon, and it did not bother hel
that her old friends cut her.
In time she moved on to Pari.
and fresh conquests. In the early
'70s she went to st. Petersburg
where she met the Grand Duk,
Nicholas at a ball. They fell il
love. and it was the first time fol
them both, despite their RESPECTIVE,
|liaisons. The Duke set up Haiti,
in regal style. The court, used tt
such goings on, was not reall,
|scandalized until the Duke pro
posed to marry the bewitchin,
American. The Gear was furious
and. at his order. the secret polio,
went to work to discredit tn,
lovers. Both were arrested. HAITI,
was kept in solitary confinement
while the American Embassy, re-
buffed several times. finally tool
stern measures to obtain her re
lease. She was deported from
Russia. and her Duke was proved
insane and kept in isolation.
Mr.. Kane seems as much a
home among the palaces of the oil,
Russian capital. in the Paris O
the co-Prussian war and tn
Commune and in Italian cite
where the lovers wandered as h
was in New Orleans. Richmon,
and other scenes of his previou
biographical novels. His stor
never falters.
Hattie emerges as a sympatheti
character. more scandalized owe
than scandalous-a wise, witt
woman with engaging qualitie.
The Duke. with his fiery tempe
and generosity, is well imagined
Hattie's story is told appealingl
without a surfeit of sentimentality
Mr.. Kane has quoted at time
from some Of the Dukes letter
which Hattie smuggled out afte
the Russian police seized most @
her effects. The book is absorbins
| CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Jacques Moritoin Lecture

The distinguished French phil
|osopher Jacques Maritain will
speak tomorrow evening at $3.50
i'm the auditorium of the St
Anselm Priory, Fourteenth and
Webster streets NE. His subject
will be the relation Of literature
and art to philosophy and re-
Iligion. The lecture will be under
the auspices Of the Institute of
Contemporary Arts, 1922 New
York avenue NV. where tickets
may be purchased. No tickets will
'be sold at the door of the priory
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Reviewed BY Irving Lash

For the Regular Navy. the ca
reer men, this highly entertain
/ ing account of life aboard de-
stroyer in World War II will be
as unpalatable as sea water. But
/ the duration and six months
Navy, the civilians in uniform,
will swallow it with relish-for it
is their dish. and highly sea-
soned one.
Mr.. Wouk's work brings to mind
"Delilah," that other excellent
novel of destroyer on the high
seas which Marcus Goodrich made
a name on more than decade
ago. Delilah, however. was ir
the peactime Navy. The Caine
is given a go at the Pacific end
of the war.
The mutiny on the Game
while not so grim as that on the
Bounty, is grim enough. The
destroyer's first skipper. an easy
going but competent officer. es-
lpecially in action, is relieved by
a lieutenant commander who il
long on trivial details and short
ion ability. The new skipper
EQueeg, also is dishonest and cow
ardly. He rams another destroyer
by poor seamanship the first time
he takes his vessel out, Their
|weasels out of it when called or
the carpet to explain. He. cuts
his own towline while pulling 9
target and pins the blame on his
lhelmsman.
i He makes his officers and crew
miserable with ridiculous order.
that could come only from q petty
,|tyrant. making the most of hi,
first taste of authority.
The mutiny comes when the ex.
ecutive officer decides, during 6
|typhoon, that Queeg actually is of
his rocker and is endangering the
lives of all aboard by the way he's
handling the ship. The exec
takes command, knowing full. vel
he is sure to be court-martialed
i The finale. the court-martiai, is a.
i, dramatic as the rest of the story
and that's lot of drama.
Probably every man who put tt
sea in the last war will find some
. of his own personal experiences
mirrored here. Even Navy wives
|. will like it, because there's ro'
nance. too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Vermont in WutercoIor

The rugged charm of Vermont,
with its indominatable rurality, its
stark, lonely winter, it's gracious
summer, is conveyed in the water
colors by Joe Henry, an exhibition
of which opened at United Nations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Hornett Kane Digs Up a Forgotten
Incident Between the II. S. and Russia

THE SCANDALOUS MRS. BLAC
BY Harnett T. Kane with Victor
Mr.. Kane has a gift for digging
up the biographies of overlooked
and aforementioned figures Of his
tory and writing novels around
them.
Here he has turned up the ro-
mantle. story of an American girl
Harriet Blackboard, who flashed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27

different theme, would duplicate
the staccato vividness of 1.-THE
Naked and the Dead" And yet,
having made such success of
that book, it might have been
supposed that he would stick to
some form Of crashing realism.
He has not.
"Barbary Shore" starts prom
isingly. A subtle atmosphere Of
mystery pervades the early pages.
The narrator, Mickey. has lost his
memory. At least he does not
know who he is. From vague
recollections of fighting and from
scars on his body, he assumes he
served in the war, but he has no
clue which might lead to his
identity. He has saved some
money after working as an I'M
skilled laborer, and he takes al
cheap room in an old Brooklyn
Heights house and starts a novel.
Apparently he has education
enough to write, though it isl
never clear how an amnesic in
dividual goes about this. Anyway,
Mikey's literary efforts turn out
to be of no consequence to the
story.
Esoteric Melodrama.
The landlady is a promiscuous
woman who boasts of her DALI
ances. She has a daughter, a
child who expresses herself in a
species of baby talk never heard
even on television. There are two
men, roomers, whom Mickey comes
to know well. One is Mcleod, a
middle-aged man, who works as
a store window trimmer and ap-
pears on better acquaintance to be
more erudite than he seemed at
first. The other is Hollingsworth,
a youth who says he is clerk for
a stock broker and who ostensibly
is curious mixture of shrewdneSs
and naivete. Another character
comes in-Lannie. a girl who takes
o room.
It is not spelling the story for
any one to disclose more. since the
mysterious elements explode and
diSsipate into an esoteric melo-
drama which does not seem to the
author to matter much. Mcleod
turns out to be a former Soviet
agent Of once great Importance.
He has recanted and worked for
an American agency, perhaps the
FBI, perhaps Central Intelligence.
He has quit that, too. and gone
into hiding. Hollingsworth, we
learn, works for the agency in
question. He has traced Mcleod
and demands of him in the end a
certain secret he is supposed to
have.
What Happened to Mickey?
The narrator, Mickey, is lost
sight OF in the maze of left-wing
dialectics with which the story
closes. We never learn what
Mickey did about his identity or
lack of it or how he Strengthened
out the snarled threads of his life.
Mcleod becomes the important
character. He gives with page
after page of MARKHAM philosophy
as he parties the cross-examina-
ton of Hollingsworth in the
shabby roominghouse. Russia is
all wrong. But so is America.
Naturally. The world faces total
destruction. There is an alterna-
tive, revolutionary socialism, u
pure Marxism unperverted by Rus
sian ambitions. Says Mcleod: 1T
conceives of a society where the
multitude own and control the
means of production in opposition
to what exists everywhere today
It holds the true conception OF
equality where each works accord
ing to his ability and each is sup
piled according to his need"
Anyway Mcleod goes on fol
hours, in language that becomes
more stilted and less human all
the time. Hollingsworth turns out
to be a despicable person. What
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Books in Review
Mailer of The Naked and the Dead
Goes Far AfieId for His New Novel
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jone.
BARBARY SHORE
RY Norman Mailer,
(Rinehart;; 49,

Reviewed BY Carter Brooke Jones
three years published
the Dead his second novel has been awaited with natural interest
Here it is
perhaps intensity of its expression. Barbary
little resemblance authors
hardly expected that Mailer choosing entirely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Stephen Potter Finds Some
lifemen' on the Hilltop

Just one week in America has
been enough to convince Stephen
Potter that as gamesmen and life
men we have natural gifts which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-05-27
Here's a Mutiny
lin the Language
lOf Todoy,s Navy

THE GAME MUTINY.
lBy Herman Wouk. doubleday,
$685.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

100000 boys and girls. from is to
i18. =
2. Maintaining and training air
and ground units for patrol work
in 48 States and United States
possessions and to take part In
Air Rescue Service work.
3. Developing auxiliary radio
communications.
4. Aiding IN civilian disasters by
flying in supplies to places isolated
by storms or other reasons.
During the war, CAP f1iers were
credited with sighting 173 enemy
submarines along the coasts and
sinking six. Other subs were at
tackled by military aircraft called
by the CAP spoilers. The patrol
lost SO men and $50 planes in
flying volunteer air missions.
Saved by Arnold, spaatz.
Recognizing it's value as an
emergency air service and giant
training school. the late Gen. H.
H. Arnold and Gen. Carl A. Spaatz
saved it from appropriation
strangulation. Gen. Spaatz re-
mains chairman of CAPS national
executive board and Mai Gen.
Lucas v. Beau. who shares the
views of the patrols early cham
pions, is its national commander.
In the formulative stage i'm
mediately after World War II
started and emergency edicts took
all civilian planes back 40 miles
from the coasts, Washington
members drove to Fredericksburg,
Va, and other outlying points to
do their training flights.
Among them as charter mem
bers were Col. Donald Spiers, nov
training and operations officer of
the National Capital Wing and
Capt. Jean Ross Howard, now as
sistant public information officer
Of the wing. a-:
All members are volunteers, and
a central headquarters is main
tanned here, staffed by Air Force
personnel. Some equipment comes
from the Air Force: much of it
comes from private donations and
from pilots who use their own
aircraft.
10. Squadrons in Wing.
The National Capital Wing,
commanded by Col. Donald Web
ster, has 10 squadrons-Alexan-
dria, Anacostia, Arlington, Be-
thesda, Columbia. Fairfax-Falls
Church h-Herndon, Prince Georges,
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Seven at Fort Myer
To GET vaIor Awards

Decorations for heroism on the
Korean front and one for action
in World War II will go to seven
members Of the Sd Infantry Regi-
ment, during ceremonial review
at Fort Myer tomorrow.
Warrant Officer Samuel w. Put
erbaugh Of SO Fort Bedford street,
Arlington, who earned two Bronze
Stars within 40 days in the Ko-
rean fighting, will receive them in
one of the highlights Of the
In another presentation, a young
corporal, Donald H. Quimby, now
stationed at Fort McNair here,
will receive an Oak Leaf Cluster
for his Bronze Star.
The World War II award, a
Bronze Star, goes to M/Sergt.
John r. Mcnamara. stationed at
Fort Myer.
A Silver Star will be presented
to 1t. James r. Mccoy Of Fort
Myer for action with the I'd En-
gineer Combat Battalion near
Evening star., 1951-11-29
ICAPto FIy1New Mission To Marx 10th Anniversary

The Civil Air Patrol, born ol
"a handful OF volunteer pilots, be-
comes 10 years old Saturday
$4,000 strong with the status of ar
official auxiliary of the Air Force
In the Washington area, where
CAP was formed at meeting
held only six days before Pearl
Harbor. the present-day roster
lists more than, 800 senior and
cadet members who stand ready
to answer another emergency.
The call may be, as it4swaS 10
years ago. for volunteers to fly
anti-submarine and anti -sabo-
tage PATROLS 1t will be, as it
is now. continuingeduty of fly
ing search missions for downed
aircraft, ferrying whole blood to
hospitals in Virginia and Mary
land and maintaining a Wash
ington link in the patrols 1000
station radio network.
. -
AS one writer put it, the princi-
pal qualifications for membership
in the Civil Air Patrol are the
eager spirit of a volunteer fireman
and the patriotism of Paul Revere.
Varied Duties on Call.
Like volunteer firemen, CAP
members drop the civilian duties
on hand at the moment to rush to
the call. 1t may be a flying job,
it may be driving a truck. Congress
made it an Air Force auxiliary,
and its members wear the Air
force uniforms. with slight changes
in insignia.
AS an auxiliary, the patrol has
these duties:
l. Building a cadet corps of
Evening star., 1951-11-29

Yongsu-dong, Korea. almost a
year ago.
The others:
Bronze Star to Pvt. Lloyd W.
Burgess of Fort Myer and Purple
Hearts to Pvt. Conrad r. Noone
and Pfc. James M. Gruver. both
stationed at Fort McNair.
Warrant Officer Puterbaugh's s
first Bronze Star was earned at
Waegan In September. 1850, when
he directed a counter-attack to
recover valuable material after
being forced to withdraw from a
position.
Forty days later, he ran 200
yards under mortar fire and ar
tillery barrage to help carry
wounded men to safety. Then,
after helping three other wounded
to cover, he gave first aid and had
the wounded evacuated.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

intendent of the District Recrea-
tion Department. agreed on a plan
whereby the Recreation Depart
ment would provide a basketball
court, a baseball diamond and
backstop, and mark an area for
a touch-football field. Supervision
was to be provided by the Sixth
Precinct Police Boys Club and as
sociation members.
The citizens met in Brightwood
School, Thirteenth and Nichol-
son streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
plans Made for Playground At Luzon and Van Buren,

Preliminary plans for an i'm
provised playground on the eight
acres of Government property at
Luzon avenue and Van Buren
street NV. were made last night
at an informal discussion by
members Of the Sixteenth Street
Highlands Citizens Association.
Although a quorum was lacking
for official action, District Court
Judge James R. Kirkland and
Robert Andrews, assistant super
Evening star., 1951-11-29

help train spoilers in the Eastern
Air Defense Force Identification
test.
National Capital Wing pilots
pioneered a new phase Of the
Red Cross blood program by flying
whole blood to veterans hospitals.
In addition. senior members of
the wing staff and the 10 squad
rons observed CAPS 10th ami
versary last Monday by donating
blood to the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1951-11-29
Cooper RESIGNS State Post

RICHMOND. Nov. 20 (P.-Dr.
Weldon Cooper, executive assist
ant to Gov. Battle in charge of
the reorganization program, re-
signed yesterday to return to his
post in the department Of public
administration at the University
If Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-11-29

Silver Spring. Syphax and Ia
kona Park.
Saturday. after Col. Webster
and his staff join Boiling Air
Force Base commander. Col. Rog-
er M. Grew. IN reviewing an Air
Force ceremony honoring the pa
troll. members will fly their newest
mission.
At least IS planes will take to
the air in part of an exercise to
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
Parking Meters Soon
Due In Harrington
Continued from nrst page,

The devices will be installed on
the north side of Mechanic street
from Commerce street to Railroad
avenue with parking prohibited on
the south side Other meters will
be installed on both sides of Com
merce street from Mechanic to Mis-
pililon street; on the south side of
Gains Alley from the bakery to
Railroad avenue, and on west side
of DOrman street from Commerce
street to Evelyn's beauty shop.
Meters will also be installed on
both sides of Clark Boulevard from
Commerce street to the railroad.
Beyond the railroad 10 meters will
be placed at strategic points as far
as the Acme super market.
Engineers have been ordered to
check the foundation of the stand
pipe for reinforcement. The base
has not been repaired in the fifty
years of it's existence.
The Council agreed to boost the
price of water permits from $1075
to $12.
1t was agreed to permit City
Manager Grace Wanda Quillen to
appoint an assistant to aid in COM
piling the tax reports.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
Odd Fellows Attend
Church Meeting

A large group of Odd Fellows
from various parts of the state
went to Georgetown last Sunday
morning to attend church services
in Wesley Methodist Church. A
number of the present members of
the Grand Lodge as we'll as Past
Grand Lodge members were in the
group which made the visit as a
tribute to Rev. William o. Hackett
who has served the past two terms
as grand chaplain of the state. The
visit was a complete surprise to
Rev. Hackett. After the church
service, ladies of the church serv-
ed a luncheon to the visitors in
Jones Memorial Hall.
Among those attending were
Francis M. Clough, grand secre-
tary; Samuel L. McAllister, P. G..
M; and grand treasurer; John G..
Powell, AlonZO Johnson, Paul M.
Bowers, all of Fairfax Lodge No.
8, Wilmington; Carlton Money,
grand instructor and past deputy
grand master; Norman c. Waibel,
deputy grand master for Delaware;
Berman P. Melvin, P. G. NJ, James
Burton, Ralph r. Messick, George
E. Paley, all of Ocean Wave Lodge
at RehOboth; Harry c. Johnson,
grand representative and Mrs. john
son of Morning Star Lodge, Smyr-
ma; George Rodney, past grand pa
triarch, Clarence E. Jester, P. G.
NJ, Paris c. Kirby, P. G. M. and
grand representative to the SOver-
eign Grand Lodge and Neal WiIk-
ins, past grand representative, all
of Crystal FOunt Lodge, Milford; !;
from Amity Lodge No. 20 of Cam
den were Edward w. J. Cooper and
Mrs. Cooper, Woodrow Haas and
Mrs. Haas, G. r. and Mrs. Come
gys, James TarburtOn; from Cen
terville Lodge No. 81, were John
Tapie and Mrs. Tapie Of Centerville
and Elmer Calhoun of Georgetown.
Paul Schuller, past grand patri-
arch, from Asylum Lodge No. 23:
from Union Lodge No. 8, of George
town, were Thomas r. Purnel, p.
G.. M. of Delaware, Russell Lewis
and George Barr, of Easton, who
is a member of Union Lodge.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
First Baptist Church
"The Little White Church"
Sidney Rowland, Pastor
SUNDAY, MARCH Is

SUNDAY, MARCH Is
10 a. m.-Sunday School, under
the direction of Charles Thomas.
Don't just send your youngsters;
you come with them
II a. m.-Morning Worship. Come
join US in Prayer and Praise. The
topic will be: 'The Cost Of Disci-
pleship" and will be based on Luke
14:25-33.
$3.50 D. m.-Baptist Youth Fell
lOWship. A chance for youth to ex-
press their problems and views.
Come join US.
1880 p. m.-Eveni1g Service. The
topic for the evening viii be: my
Brothers Burden" using Galations
6:1-5 as reference.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23rd
II nOOn-3 p. m.-GOOd- Friday
Services at the Pres byterian
Church. For a real Spiritual uplift,
join together to commemorate this
day.
1880 p. m.-Prayer and Praise
Service. We ere studying the SYM
bolism of the Revelations. We will
meet at 1901 S. E. Second Street at
the home of Mrs. Edith Draper.
$3.50 p. m.-ChOir practice. All
members of Choir please be pres
ent.
Jesus said: "I am the Way, the
Truth, and the Life"
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
DR.. w. E. Gordon To
Head Cancer Drive.
leonLinued from arst pagel

"The society carries on its work
throughout the year, of course, but
during April we try to reach every
Delaware family with d message on
cancer control. If that message is
needed it can save lives. The edu-
catiOnal aspect of the April cru
sade is easily as important as the
financial side," DR.. Prickett said.
He pointed out that 60 cents of
every dollar contributed to the
crusade will remain in Delaware to
finance the sOciety's local cancer
control efforts and service to can
Ger patients.
The local programs, he explain
ed, include the operation of the
Delaware cancer detection centers,
financial aid to needy cancer pa
tients, various other services to
cancer patients, and cancer educa-
tiOn.
DR.. PricketI also pointed out that
70 cents out of every dollar con-
tributed to the crusade will 20 into
natiOnally-cOOrdinated cancer re-
search. The other Is cents, he con-
tinued, will be used for nationally
directed education and service pro
grams.
DR.. Gordon, who lives in Will
mlngton, is assistant director of
sales in the Grasselli chemicals de-
partment of the DUPONT Company.
He was a research chemist at the
Experimental Station for four
years before becoming a sales tech
nolOgist in the Grasselli chemicals
department. In 1943 he became as
sistant manager of specially sales,
and the following year was named
sales manager for agricultural
chemicals.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
81 Red Cross Fund
DTiUe INGUgWTGted
At Dinner Meeting
Continued from nrst pase1

Rogers Deats, boy scout leader,
was present to offer the help of his
organization. There will be meet
ings on March 20 and 27, with Mr..
McFaul, to hear the progress of
the campaign, and the final settle
ment of all workers will take place
on March 80. Beside Mr.. Heisler,
the Area chairmen are Mrs. Geo.
DerricksOn, vice chairman; A. e.
Humes, disaster; Mrs. William A.
Berry, Junior Red Cross; Mrs. Carl
Colell, sewing; Miss Bessie War
ren, treasurer; Mrs. George Bay
mum, home service; Mrs. Charles
Swain, area secretary, and Mrs. G.
Marshall Townsend, publicity.
Milford chronicle., 1951-03-16
Coolies Are Planning
Local "SIUimnlin' Hole"
Continued from hrst page)

ASOAtAAuGu rum AASt pdeGJ
and wading area, solicited and Sc
cured the Coolies support Of such a
project; Clem Nevins, presiding
officer of the pUptent, subsequently
appointed Manlove, Paul Duphily,
Charlie MulhOlland and Ed Burl-
ingame as a committee to work out
details of the project. This group
has been most active of late, having
tests made of the Haven Lake wa
ter, investigating possible sites on
the western shore of the lake, get
ting estimates on cost of materials
needed for RATS, small piers, fen
ces and lighthouses, and planning
the financing of the project.
The committee has tentatively
selected a sandy y-bOttOmed site bor-
dering the Blue Hen Post property
on the west shore of the lake.
Funds needed for equipment are
being obtained through the collect
ing and selling of scrap paper and
scrap metal, and the public is be-
ing invited to participate in this
worthy cause by donating saivag-
able paper and metals to the Coot-
les; persons having paper and met
ais that they wish to dispose of,
may call either Milford 4S7S or
Milford 1851, and arrangements
will be made to have it promptly
collected.
A report of the "Swimmin' Hole
committee will highlight the regu-
lar meeting of the puptent, sched-
uled for next Tuesday evening
March goth, at Blue Hen Post
Home, Milford.