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Evening star., 1951-11-04
Books in Review
English Novelist Writes FIovorful
Story Dealing With London Orptonoqe
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones
CHILDREN OF THE ARCHBISHOP
BY Norman Collins. (DueA, Sloan d Pearce; 50

ton of Dame Eleanor, chairman
of the board. and its other
members. Trump, too, believes
in the cane. which Mallow did
not, and the main recipient of
this punishment seems to be a
lively waif known as Ginger,
whose imagination and daring
are always getting him into
trouble. Then there's girl
called Sweetie, who as an in
FAINT was left on the doorstep
of the gate house one rainy
night. Sweetie is soft on Gin
ger. which Ginger, being a boy,
naturally resents. though in
time he comes to tolerate this
strange girl. There is Margaret,
who works her way up from
Dame Eleanor's housemaid to
become her companion. and has
a particular interest in the or
phanage. There Is Mrs. Cur
nett, the matron. who cannot
take DR.. Trump and has to quit.
There are many other charac-
ters in the nearly 600 pages.
Dame Eleanor turns out to be
not so cold and parsimonious as
she appears at first. And other
characters develop unexpected
twists. Trump marries the
bishops daughter, which does
his ecclesiastical career no harm.
but a lot more than that hap
pens to him. There is a music
teacher and organist named
Prevarius. an unfrocked clergy
man with amorous tendencies
and a gift for writing song hits.
The plot. not so complicated it
worries you. ends in some sur
prises which you might have
expected all along If you'd
watched closely.
The story. despite its prolix-
ity, has captivating qualities.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Bridge
By Margaret L. Fisher

taking the Chess Clubs 1851
individual title. Totalling 374h
points, he finished 81 points
ahead of Mrs. M. r. Reddy at
the end Of two sessions of play.
David Murray in show position
scored 34812. Defending cham
pion j. G. Fletcher was fourth,
347; DR.. j. L. Vanderslice fifth,
343. George Black was top
scorer in the second session.
In the pair championship at
Andrews Air Force Base Officers
Bridge Club last Tuesday, Mai.
w. C. Woodworth-Capt. w. E.
Smith were the victors. Second
trophy fell to a last-minute
partnership, Mrs. Henry Narr-
1t. Col. H. A. Walker, while
third honors went to 1t. Col. and
Mrs. D. D. Brodie. Capt. Henry
Gilfillan-Lt. r. Meter were
fourth.
In another club championship
match, Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.
Campbell held a two-board lead
over Mrs. M. r. Reddy and 1t.
Col. H. A. Walker in the first
session of play for Arlington
Duplicate Clubs mixed pair title
On October 26. The Charles
Richters were third.
Local master point winners
last week included Virginia
Kinnard-Jo Kunkel, Hardee
Allen-Donn Dowling at the
Chess Club on October as, sec
onds to Mrs. T. M. Boyle-Mrs.
M. r. Reddy and Gary Arkoian-
E. r. Shepard who tied with
Mrs. Mildred Linderman-Lt.
Col. r. B. Carleton.
At the Agriculture Clubs
monthly matinee last Saturday,
Mrs. Robert Viner- William
Jacoby won the 15-pair Howell
match. the j. C. Kunkels tying
with Mrs. Harry Kaplan-Mrs.
Dora Schwartz. That night
Mrs. Margaret Rucker-Mrs. j.
G. Seabourne and E. A. Ward
Erwin M. Kenison took Mitchell
first honors in the Walsh Clubs
master point match. Grace
Eaton-Mrs. w. F. Stevenson
and Mrs. Lucy McConchie-
Thomas Snyder finished second.
Federal Bridge Leaguers di-
vided their October quota of
national awards in open pair
play last Monday. top scores
being credited to Mrs. Dora
Schwartz-Louis Fruitman N-S)
and Wallace Ashby-David MUIR
ray E-W. Lynn Carrier
Ralph Grant and Mr.. and Mrs.
S. l.. Sommer were runnersup.
Mrs. Dixie T. Wright, director
OF the La Sale Studio, an
nounces that the last game at
the present location will be held
tomorrow night. 1t will be q
master point match. Her new
Location will be announced
shortly. Winners last week
were Mrs. Bess Noland and Mrs.
Fred Staver, with the j. c,
Kunkels second.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

Every time an English writer
appears with gift for recording
the rninutiae of life in the Lon
don Slums or the struggles of the
middle class in more stable
times, say 1900 or even 1880,
he is placed quickly in the lit
erary card-index. He writes
like Dickens. Or, if his interests
run to the landed gentry. per-
haps he's another Trollope.
Mr.. Collins is a recorder Of
the humble and the in-between,
but he does not write like
Dickens or any one else. He
writes like himself, which is
good enough. There are Dick
ensian touches to the sort Of
characters he develops, but so
are there flavors of Conrad or
Melville or both in many sea
stories.
Mr.. Collins is vastly enter
tanning and that phrase may
be taken literally. In the de-
velopment of his novels he is Of
the j. B. Priestley school. Never
use one word when three will do.
Even so. Mr.. Collins can spin
out a very long story and hold
your unf1agging interest.
Children of the Archbishop"
has all the sharp observation
and amusing detail of "Dulcimer
Street." which found a large
American audience several years
ago, and is a better novel.
The archbishop in question
has been dead three centuries,
but his memory is perpetuated
in the Archbishop Bodkin Or
phan Hospital in a London sub
urb. The institution is run by
the Church Of England in gen.
eral accord with the donors
wishes. as modified by more
modern conditions. The events
take place in the 1920s and 30s.
The beloved warden of this
orphans refuge, Canon Mallow,
has reached go and must retire.
His successor is an ambitious,
go-getting cleric named Trump
"a name which Dickens might
have given himD. DR.. Trump
Is not interested in promoting
the happiness Of the children,
which was MalloW's chief con-
cern. but in keeping expenses
down and winning the approba-
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Civil WorCouId
Have Been Averted
If Both Sides Tried
YEARS OF MADNESS
BY w. E. Woodward.
n1mS. &1l

BY w. E. Woodward. put
mans; S4.J
The late w. E. Woodward
who wrote Meet General
Grant" and other books of biog-
raphy and several novels, COM
pleted Years of Madness"
shortly before his death in 1850.
1t is a reappraisal of the Civil
War.
Mr.. Woodward stated his
thesis on the opening page, that
the story Of this war, if truth
fully told, sounds like the
group experiences of a nation of
. madmen." There was, he in
sisted. nothing at stake that
could not have been adjusted"
and the proof was that the
Union did endure and differ
ences were adjusted"
Once the war did start, there
were many times In its four
year course. in Mr.. Woodward's
opinion, when a peace could
have been negotiated with salts
faction to both sides. Instead,
there was q fanatical deter
mination TO press it to the end,
with the result that intersec-
tional bitterness split the coun-
try spiritually for decades and
even fingers today. No type of
war can be worse. for "the
American people were at war
with themselves in a dual sense.
The North was fighting the
South. Also the North was at
war with itself; and so was the
South"
The author reviewed the high
points of strategic campaigns.
pointing to the frequent stale
mates - which might have led
to peace with honor-despite
the early Union victories along
the Mississippi.
I'm the South today" MIR.
Woodward added, "one will meet
citizens who still have contempt
for the damned Yankees and
their so-called efforts to man
age everything. And in the
North one may readily find peo-
pie who think the Southern
people are ignorant, backward
in their views on human affairs
and cruel in their treatment
of Negroes.
None of it is true. We are all
people Of the same kind, and
the differences in opinion and
motives that may be found here
and there are due only to local
circumstances.
1t is an unusual and provoca-
tive book.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Doctors Wife Caught in TrionqIe

Communist leanings. Peter is
not a Communist. but a profess
sional liberal, and his enthusi-
asm for minority rights and for
the underprivileged gets him
into difficulties. Jennet realizes,
meanwhile, that she loves him.
The author finds way
through this impasse a little
too patty. Her story Is weak
ened, not only by the old de-
vice used to make it come out
right, but by the tendency of
uppercase liberals to over
simplify life.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Bridge CoIendor

TON1GHT-Regency Club. Hotel Gordon
pair game, 1:30 tcall Republic 2b9D.
OMORROW-Barcroft Bridse Club, 634
8. Buchanan, Arlington; class instruc-
tion. a:45 (call Jackson 5-e015). Fed
eral Bridge League, 1900 New Hamp-
shire, tsam-of-four and pair game
CONNECTICUT; master point pair game
topen), 8.
TUEsDAY-Asriculture Club. 1855 Euclid
reir game tnuenl. 7:45 Andrews Air
Force Base Ofncers' Bridge Club, pair
game; 143. Count Club, 1914 Seven
teenth: master point pair game topen). s.
WEDNESDAY-Stepha Studio. 1858 Eu-
cid; pair game topen). 1890. wash
ington Bridge League. Willard Hotel;
master point pair game fopen). 7:45.
Observation-Disclosures Bridge Club 1900
North King: Ale1andria: pair game
Hotel; pair game. 7:45.
FR1DAY-District Of Columbia champion
ships. Willard Hotel: womens pairs, 2
and $50; mems pairs. $50.
SATURDAY-District Of Columbia cham.
pionships. mixed pairs, and $50.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Ex-Envoy to Spain
Defends Sponiords

THE UNITED STATES AND
SPAIN: AN INTERPRETATION
BY Carlton ]. H. Hayes. (Sheed
&Ward, $2.75.J
Mr.. Hayes was Ambassador to
Spain from 1912 to 1945. He is
a professor emeritus of history
at Columbia University. In this
book he attempts to correct some
of the historical and present.
day misconceptions regarding
Spain and Spaniards to which
he feels that great many
Americans cling. Historically
he holds that such qualities as
cruelty. persecution and enslave-
ment, attributed generally to
Spaniards. are greatly exagger-
ated. He points out, for exam
pie, that Indians virtually were
exterminated in English-speak-
ing North America, while they
still are an important factor
throughout Spanish-colonized
South America. He thinks the
Spanish civil war of the 1930s
"at a fearful price re-
stored domestic order and saved
Spain from becoming a satellite
of Moscow" He does not see
why we should not today CO.
operate with Spain in every way,
Those who have obtained their
information Of Spain from
left-wing propaganda, filtered
through various liberal organs,
and sometimes our own Govern
ment. may want to see the pic
ture from another angle. Here
the other side is presented per-
suasively from personal observa-
tion and a thorough study of
history.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Crime and
Mystery
By Miriom Ottenberq

The Case OF the Angry Mour-
ner, by Erie Stanley Gardner.
civilian Morrow & Co.. Inc;
$2.50D
One tiny slip by cunning
rather than courageous mur-
derer gives Perry Mason the
key he needs to unlock the door
on his latest baffier. OF course.
the weight of circumstantial
evidence hangs heavy over his
client, the whole town is ranged
against him and his reputation
is shaking when the murderer
makes a slip and key witness
is angered into startling admis-
sions. Paul Drake and Della
Street are around to complete
the cast and preserve the never
failing formula.
y
Dead March for Penelope
Blow, by George Bellairs. Mac.
milan Co.; $2.50.)
A sorry lot were Miss Blows
relatives - q Querulous invalid
sister, a pompous nephew COM
plete with resentful wife and
another nephew with nothing at
all to recommend him. And
before that was the senior Blow
whose vindictive will helped not
at all. Small wonder. then, that
Miss Blow should seek help
from Scotland yard-help that,
as it turned out. arrived too late.
Inspector Littlejohn at least
revenges her memory by the
judicious use of backstairs gos-
sip. This is typical Littlejohn
adventure-plodding, but sound
and logical.
n X 4
Kill and Tell, by Howard Rigs
by. William Morrow g. Co...
Inc; $2.50)
A jealous husband brought
Private Detective Timothy Wilde
to Jewel Bay but love of the
beautiful wife and a homicide
or two kept him there. Packed
into this one are torrid romance,
blackmail, phony suicide, arson
and fright murder. All of it is
smoothly sorted out into a taut
novel of crime and passion in
California fog.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

The authors have reviewed
the celebrated controversy be-
tween President Truman and
Gen. Macarthur and added
their conclusions.
One of their conclusions is
that our foreign policy has not
failed, has not lacked positive
direction. The failure, they feel,
has been in communicating the
aims and achievements of this
policy to a bewildered public.
caught between two streams Of
propaganda. "One clear result
Of the Macarthur hearings"
they add. was to improve pop
ular understanding not alone Of
the complexities of Far Eastern
policy. but Of the whole precise
and delicate course to which
the United States had COM
mitted itself"
The Government, from Pres
ident Truman down, seems to
know its own mind we'll
enough" they say at another
point. But the tragedy of the
administration is that SO few
other Americans understand
what it is up to-"
1t cannot be said that the
authors contribute anything
new to the cause Macarthur.
They write from the proadmin-
istration viewpoint Of most lib
erals. which can be as inf1exible
as the anti-administration bias
of isolationists. They have OBJ
viously made an effort to look
at Gen. MacArthur's career OBJ
jectively, but they cannot resist
sinking in the needle at every
opportunity. Both are highly
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Novel Describes
Effects of Fame
THE CELEBRITY
BY Laura z. Hobson. (Simon
& SchuSter; $780,

THE CELEBRITY
BY Laura z. Hobson. (Simon
& Schuster; $780,
Gregory Johns, the author in
this novel. had published sew
eral books, none of them finan-
cially successful. He and his
wife and their college-age
daughter lived in a small
apartment in Greenwich Viii
lage. One day the judges Of
the most important book club
were deadlocked on a new Sc
lection. They turned as a COM
promise to the manuscript of
Gregory's new novel. The Good
World" They chose it. Over
night Gregory became famous.
His brother Thornton, a dis
contented insurance man, was
Gregory's literary agent, and
Thornton leaped into action.
He wangled movie contract at
a thick figure. Soon the -four
Of them, the brothers and their
wives, were in Hollywood at
work on the picture. Fame did
nothing to Gregory Johns. He
was the same modest, retiring
man, refusing to lecture or to
compromise with public taste in
his next book. But what his
sudden renown did to Brother
Thornton!
Mrs. Hobson brought out the
runaway best-seller. Gentle
mems Agreement" in 1947, and
she uses effectively her knowl-
edge Of best sellers, publishers,
movie rights and the accom-
panying elements. The Ce-
lebrity" is an amusing story,
edged with satire. The writing
is slick II not distinguished.
CARTER pRoovr roNre
Evening star., 1951-11-04
THE DAY BEFORE
TOMORROW

BY Robert Waithman. (Scrib-
nerS; S2.75.)
Here is another book which
shows the persistence of pub
fishers in the belief that any,
thing a foreigner has to say
about the United States is in
and OF itself highly interesting
and that if the foreigner hap
pens to be British, his message
will be presented with crystal
clarity of style.
People who agree with the
publishers on this point may
f1nd Mr.. Waithman's book ex-
tremely worth while. Unhappily,
this reviewer does not agree.
WILLIAM HINES.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Reviewed by Mary MeGrory
THE RIDDLE OF EMILY
DICKINSON
Nv Rehecca Patterson HIM,

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ton, Mi6fin Co.; $4.50.J
Aory MeGrory
A piece Of literary detective
work, "The Riddle of Emily
Dickinson" seeks to explain that
great poets tragic and mystic
rious love. The explanation is
one which may distress her ad-
mirers and disturb her ghost,
for it is Miss Patterson's con-
tention that those piercing love
poems were written to another
woman, a beautiful widow
named Kate Scott Anthon.
Many hands tried to conceal
this fact. Miss Patterson de-
clares, including Emily's own.
In many poems she changed
feminine pronouns to mascu-
line ones, but not in enough to
derail Miss Patterson. Lavinia,
Emily's sister, did not realize
the full implication of some of
the poetry. although she sensed
Its unconventional address. Su-
san Gilbert Dickinson, Emily's
ister-in-law, and once fervently
loved by her. did understand.
Even more did Emily's niece,
Martha Dickinson Bianchi, who,
to the authors way of thinking,
distorted. lied and invented the
myth of the married man. That
is what lies behind the stormy
history of the publication Of
Emily's poems. So, at least,
goes this unpleasant thesis.
Miss Patterson disposes brisk
ly of the legend that Emily's
hopeless passion was fixed on a
married Philadelphia clergy
man named Charles Wadsworth.
She did correspond with him
for many years; but. says the
author, Her tributes to his
memory were of a nobleness
that would be stained by an
erotic interpretation" That
seems ironic in view OF the
ruthless Freudian scrutiny she
brought to bear on Emily's
poetry.
At any rate. there is, espe-
cially in the poetry. much to
make Miss Patterson's case
plausible. Emily, with a back
ground of intense attachments
to other girls. was ecstatically
happy when she first met Kate.
Two years later, after what
might have been a break be-
tween them. she Withdrew,
shattered and fearful of her
reason. into the seclusion that
enyeloped her for the remain
ing 80 years of her life. It
might have been that Emily,
highly emotional and habitu-
ally extravagant in expression,
conceived too intense a fond
ness for the vivacious Kate, and
that Kate, finding the regard
too much, disengaged herself.
Miss Patterson indicates, how
ever, that they were lin love"
with each other, and that Emily
at least knew it. 1t might be
argued that Emily, one of the
most imaginative women who
ever lived. needed only to have
sighted the experience to under
stand it.
Fully a third Of the book Is
devoted to the later history of
Kate Scott, mainly to prove that
she was a woman requiring the
friendship of other women, al
though she was twice married.
Miss Patterson has performed
her spiritual sleuthing in a most
lnexorable way. Lovers of Emily
Dickinson, thinking the solution
OF depressing, even dubious value.
may wish she had not gone to
the trouble.
Evening star., 1951-11-04

Championships hold the spot
light for local tournament fans
next weekend. The four-day
series will be held in the Con-
gressional Room of the Willard
Hotel. This 21st series will draw
hundreds of local aspirants con-
tending for the six major titles.
The usual influx of visiting lum-
inaries will further intensity
competition, challenging the To-
Gals to repeat their record chain
of victories in last years series.
Concurrently with the team
play, the Metropolitan Pair
match will attract newer bridge
recruits, entry being limited to
players holding less than SO
master points. Trophy for this
event is The Evening Star Cup,
now held by Capt. and Mrs. j.
L. Herlihy. who transferred to
New York last year.
Last Sunday the WBL Wom-
ems Auxiliary held its sixth
annual match for benefit of
Children's Hospital. A big turn
out netted over $500. A novel
victory will be recorded on the
Schwartz Cup. trophy for the
event. in that a three-man team
won. Alvin Roth, partnered by
Israel Cohen in the afternoon
session and Robert Viner at
night, scored combined 2721a
match points to take first honors.
Runnersup were Mrs. Edna
Evans and Michael Meyers,
scoring 268. Show honors went
to Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
Charles Lovenberg at 258, fourth
to Richard Freeman-Robert
Reynolds. Isl, and fifth to Mrs.
Jean Ellis William Jacoby,
24212. Session tops fell to Free
man-Reynolds and Fisher
Lovenberg. both scoring in the
10 per cent range.
A fabulous upset was recorded
last Wednesday in the semi
finals Of the Washington Bridge
Leagues knockout team play.
Kathleen McNutt. Henry Rau,
1t. Col. and Mrs D. D. Brodie
led the strong foursome of Mrs.
E. P. Cotter. Richard Freeman,
Charles Lovenberg. Robert Rey-
nolds by 1850 points. and Gary
Arkoian. Wallace Ashby. Ray
Fetzner. David Murray bested
the life master team of Mrs. M.
Boschan, William Poissant. j. G.
Stone. Lewis and Lloyd Tubbs by
4,200 points. The surviving
quartets will meet for the final
playoff later in the month.
In the concurrent pair
matches. disciples of the Roth
system Of bidding show bril-
liantly. Mrs. Israel Cohen Alvin
Roth topped MS in section A
with a II per cent game. I.
Cohen and Robert Jordan were
E-W winners with a 66 per cent
game. In section B, the John c.
Kunkels won Ms with another
Sc per cent score. Mrs. Agnes
Fischer-Fred George taking E.
w honors.
In Lynchburg last Saturday,
James G. Stone claimed his
seventh title honor out of eight
recent sectional tournament
tries. He paired with George
Dickerman in racking up two
81 per cent games in the open
match to claim a decisive VIC
tory. On Sunday Dickerman
and Stone teamed with David
Murray and Miller Roberts to
finish third in the team match.
Mr.. Stone added to his bridge
laurels last Tuesday night by
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Justice Douglas
Tells of Critical
Spots in Near East
Reviewed by Robert K. Welsh
STRANGE LANDS AND
FRIENDLY PEOPLE
BY William o. Douglas. (Har-
per; 81

Supreme Court Justice Doug
las Travelled far to find realities
by losing himself in remote ex-
plosive places and among peo-
pies We understand no better
than they understand us. He
explored peaks and depressions
Of human existence and aspira-
tions with the same eagerne8
and discernment he showed for
the forbidding no less than the
charming in scenery.
From those 1949 and 1850
summer trips to Iran and Iraq,
Israel. Syria, Lebanon, Jordan,
Greece and Cyprus and India he
has shaped an invigorating
book. 1t starts as disarmingly as
his earlier "Of Men and Noun
tains." But it comes to a climax
that makes the word "provoca-
tive" sound like an understate-
ment.
Persuasively and with ample
Recommendation he gives his
opinions on what the people of
Asia want and what the United
States must do to help them at
tain it. Holding no brief for
communism, Justice Douglas
warns that Western democracy
dare not let the Near East and
India go by default to Soviet
false promises, manipulation
and terrorism.
United States partnership or
Identification with corrupt, ex-
plotting, reactionary elements in
those countries, he holds. is the
surest way to spread Russian
propaganda and prevent those
peoples from achieving a stand
ard Of life based on freedom and
justice.
Specific points he suggests for
our foreign policy on Asia may
arouse dissents. Justice Douglas
did not escape criticism at home
and abroad for his excursions
from the bench. Readers, how
ever, cannot dismiss his book
as just another hurry hurry
tourist product. They will note
that Justice Douglas never was
in such a hurry that he couldn't
stop TO talk long and intimately
with every manner Of man in
those areas close to the cradle
Of civilization and so near to
modern threats to civilization.
For all the thought-stirring
and often disturbing reflections
it causes, the book is as vastly
entertaining and instructive as
the thousands of varied miles
and modes it covers. AS a
reporter-or a judge-Justice
Douglas understandingly sets
forth political, economic and
religious factors and deftly,
graphically describes the lands
and people he saw on his
friendly journeys.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
DIR. LOGAN'S WIFE

LIN. LOGAN 3 WIFE
BY Diana Gaines. (Random
House; $3J
In this novel Jennet has been
married for 10 years to an older
man. a doctor. At dinner
party she meets Peter Surinov,
a young scientist, whose par
ents emigrated from the Cars
Russia. Peter. working at uni
versity laboratory on a remedy
for atomic injuries, is suspected
by the snide lay superintendent
OF the university hospital of
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Saint With Wit Is
Subject of Study
TERESA OF AVILA
BY Kate O'Brien. Is
Ward; ST.

TERESA OF AV1LA
BY Kate O'Brien. (Sheed &
Ward; ST.
This is a brief, rather feminist
character study of the great
Spanish mystic by Ireland's
foremost woman novelist. st.
Teresa Of Avila was not only a
shining saint, she was a gifted
writer, a superb organizer and
q fighter of such skill and per-
sistence that she held the In
QUESTION at bay for more than
half Of her stormy and glorious
existence. Kate O'Brien finds
Teresa, for all her sanctity, the
most human of saints, gay,
tender and witty in her letters
and in all her writings . as
much impeded by small faults
and vanities as any saint dares
to be-"
IA MARY Mc6RORy i