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LADIES

Free gifts to your friends. Games
prizes, gifts. Have plastic party OF
become our demonstrator. Book
hour. MRS. FREY, HO, 2-1O44
Plastics. 23l4 r. |. ave. ne. 81
LADY, unemployed unencombered
with good personality wanted to Al
q, responsible position. Remunera-
ton commensurate with ability
Call to see MR.. p. C. TULLY, Rm
924, 1916 Conn. ave, between 80
and 4:30. No telephone calls.
YOUNG LADY to train as billing
clerk in optical wholesale house; D.
day week. Apply HILBERT OPTI-
CAL CO., 1416 Eye st. NV. s
YOUNG LADY, recent high school
graduate, or one with college educa =
tion, to train for retail store; 81
day week; semiannual vacation with
pay. Call ME. S-6461.
WOMAN, to assist in merchandising
of food stores. "a days per week.
Box 1925. Star. s
WOMAN, middle-age. white, to OPP
crate and manage small roomine
house: apt. and utilities furnished.
Box. 249-X, Star. -
WOMEN t2J-S40 guaranteed salary
plus bonus. for 5-day week; no SELL
ing; pleasant outdoor work making
appointments for baby photogrA-
pher I'll 14th st. NV. Suite ql7,
IA"
WOMEN (5), needed at once for
Xmas promotion; you may qualify.
RE 7-UTQ5 "A
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'TYPIST

Young girl, 1926 yrs. of age. for
permanent position with The Star
Must be accurate. Some clerical eX-
perience is desired. Fiye-dsy, 40-hr.
Open weekdays, S:30-5, and Sat.
81. No phone calls.
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HELP---WoMEN

SILK PRESSER, experienced. good.
piece rate and guaranteed hourly
rate. Apply MONTICELLO CLEAN.
ERS, 4223 N. Fairfax dr.. Arl.. ia
T-4222. -S
STENOGRAPHER for high-class rea
estate office in Alexandria; mature
woman, not tied down by family
responsibilities; insurance experience
helpful. Give age, reference anc
experience. Box 246-X, Star. -
ISTENOGRAPHERS f2l. exper.; 5-daS
wk., pleasant working conditions
opportunities for advancement. ME-
S-Ol6U, MR.. AMAN. IS
STENOGRAPHER, experienced. UNI.
VERSITY HOSPITAL. Baltimore
Md. Write director stating educa.
tion and experience -
STENOGRAPHER, for gen. office work
(mostly stenography1 by national
trade assn, age in 2oS; 5-day Wa.
8 am. to 4:30 pm; starting salary.
$$264 90 mo: Hospitslization; Re
between and pm. 10
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PAY ROLL CLERK
PIX
AND DESK CIERT

AppIy
Alban Towers, 300 Mass. Ave. NV
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SHOW BUSINESS

Girls with ballet and tap experience
wanted for chorus work; minimum
height 3 it.. in; show girl with
modelling experience, minimum
height IT,, in, to work locally
and Las Vegas, Nevada; salary up
to S1l6 per week. Call MA. S-2245,
m Il "a
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Airline ReServationistS

Also communications and hostesses.
See ad under instruction courses.
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STENOGRAPHER

Prefer graduate of high school be.
tween the ages of 90 and 30. Pre-
viouS eXper. not necessary but desir-
able. Good opportunity for advance
ment. Permanent position with
pleasant conditions and employt
benefits. Apply
Stone Paper Tube Co.
900 FRANKLIN ST. NE.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17

they tourned the AZalea Garden al
Norfolk The garden was IN full
bloom and very beautiful. A few
camellias were still III bloom, also,
and other flowers were just be-
ginning to bloom These gardens
should still be n bloom fol- Sry-
eral weeks
Sunday dinner guests OF Mr.
and Mrs Monroe Easter Mere Pvt
Blake Rector. Of I't. Meade, Md
Mrs. Blake Rector, Of GalaX. MI
and Mrs Clyde Easter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Easter and MI and
Mrs. Thomas Easter and son
WSCS OF Salem Church met
Thursday in the home of Mrs.
Harry Midkif
Sunda- Guests
Mr.. and Mrs Olan Morris. OF
Midlothian. and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Smith called on Mr. and Mrs.
Ned Morris, Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Alferd Payne, of Richmond
and Mrs P d. Easter are visit
ing their sister. Mrs. Sarah Easter.
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs Mar
vim Burcham
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
Nlorven

Mrs. Olan BardelI of Rich
rloNd, is spending a few weeks
WITH her daughter. Mrs. Thomas
MOTIFS.
Nj and Mrs. P H. VandeReit
and family visited M and Mrs.
enry Bultii and family satur-
Day night
Mo Iris PattigreH spen. last
week end with Miss Margaret Bull
ii at the home Of her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry bultji-
Those visiting Sunday IN the
home of Mr. and Mrs Fl ward
Easter were Cpl and Mrs. Joe Eas-
ter Of Fl Brace, n c. Mrs Tuck
err. Misses Mildred and IaVerne
Tlcker. OF South Hi MI and
MIS-. G. L. Speas ana M. ana .1rs
E eiV 0Oi "~pae - Cumberland.
Visit In AmeAa
Miss Margaret l3Ult5. and Miss
I.ls Fottigrev called on Miss Ha-
zcl Clarke and Miss Jean Dicker-
s,n At Amelia Saturday after
noon
Mr. and Mrs. J. r. Smith and
Nancy. James. and Alvin visit
cd relatives IN Newport News
during she week end While there
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
Amelia

Mrs. H. A Holmes and son,
Aubrey. spent Thursday in Vic
toria while Mr. Holmes accom-
panied the An Club to Bugs Is
land
Mrs. r. r. Arlington is a pat
rent at SouthSidc Community
Hospital in FarmVuc
Miss Sally Taylor Of Silver
SPRINGS. Md. spent last week
with her parents, Nh and Mrs.
G. X. Taylor. She and Mrs Tay-
lor spent Sunday and Monday
with the Rev. and Mrs Richard
=. Taylor in Weems.
Visit In Amelia
The Rev. and Mrs. John J.
Howard ana daughter Mary
Meade. OF Blackstone, and Mrs.
w b Murray. of Richmond, We're
guests OF MIS-. P. T. Southall sev-
cral days last week
Mrs. r. D Hardy has returned
home after spending two weeks III
Newport News with Mr.. ana Mrs
St. Julian Shelton
X w Lindsay spent several
days recently with his mother At
larton
d. Gregory spent The Easter
holidays IN New York
Mrs Lily c, Vaughan and her
daughter. Miss Edith Vaughan, Of
Blackstone, are SPENDING two
weeks in New Orleans and Baton
Rouge
Recent Guests
MI and Mrs Linton B. Ward
and children. Of Raleigh. and Mr.
and Mrs Donald Ward n d
daughter. OF Newport News. were
recent guests OF MI and Mrs L.
B Ward
Mr.. and Mrs. R II Potts and
son. Joe of Durham, and Miss
Frances Evans. Of Petersburg,
were recent guests OF MIR. and
Mrs. Joseph K. Irving and Mrs.
A NJ Evans
Misses Courtney Mary Byrd
and Sally TAYLOR spent several
Gays. last week. with Mrs Richard
taylor IN Martnsvllle
Richmond Guests
The Rev and Mrs. Charles w.
Keenan and children, Lynn and
Tom. Of Richm nd, visited friends
in Amelia. Monday
Chain Hundley Of Washington.
D G.. spen, thet week end with
his father. c. Y Hundley
Mr. and Mrs. J G D.ckerSon
spent Sunday n Richmond with
Nh ana Mrs. J Ct Dickerson. Jr
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
Deatonyille

Mrs Witt Borum is spending
some time with her daug liter. Mrs
Waverly Reams. OF Amelia.
Mi and Mrs Garfield Barden,
Mrs. Alma jenkins, Mrs. Carrie
Wingo. Mrs. Ruben Price and Mrs.
Luther Offers and children visited
Mrs VeSter jenkins last Friday
afternoon Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs Leslie Meador and
Mrs. Esther Parker called TO see
Mrs. jenkins
Mrs Harry Jenkins and Mrs
Esther Parker called to see Mrs
Eddie Rucker. Monday afternoon
Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Jenkins
and Mrs Parker called to see Mrs
John Olgers and D. Berry, OF
Rice
At Group Meeting
Mrs Albert EiAsman attended
the Elsie Murdock Group Meet
-nE A. Arbor Baptist Church. FIJI
day.
Mrs. A c. Mann is enjoying
riding a sadie horse MI Mann
purchased last week
Mr. and MIS- winston Garter
and family and Nh and Mrs Har-
vey 2 rum spent Sunday at Bugs
Island Dam
Mr.. and Mrs George N Parker
and son of Hampton, spent the
v eek emf with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
jenkins MgS Esther Parker and
WIS. Ella Meador returned with
them after spending week here
Mrs. Ella Meador spent Satur-
day night with MIS- Henry Nash
Miss SnIthey Carter. who is
laying with her brother and sis
eru-laW MI and Mrs, Jake
rartel Of FarnYlle. while conva-
e~c.nq. spent Saturday and Sun
/" at home With her mother.
ars. Bette Carter.
Attend n'.v
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Joyce and
family attended play at Amelia
sch oil Friday night
Nj ana Mrs Gordon Estes and
two sons and Mrs Stanley GillS
srent the week end in Portsmouth
and NeWpor; News with Mr.. and
Mrs. Tommy Calls and Nh and
MIS-. Niles GIlls
Weldon King spent the week end
n Maryland with his aunt
Pauline Oliver spent the week
end with Ms weldon KING
Among The Guests
AIre John Dav.,. MIS- Nelia
avis and Mn ana Mrs Tommy
Roberts d CreWe, called II the
home Of Harry Jenkins, Satur-
Gay afternoon
Nh ana MIS- Albert Hllsman
and daughters visited Mr. and
Mrs j r. Bruce. Of Sandy River
Gunday afternoon
Mir and Mrs Buster Bolum and
n and Mrs Henry Nash visited
III and Mrs Waverly Reams. OF
Inelga Tuesday afternoon
Mrs Harvey Rucker called to
see Mrs Vcster jenkins Saturday
fterno n
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17

and Clinton Daulton. Of this com
munity also attended the game.
Hilton Morgan is having water
and bath installed in his home.
Mrs Melvin Scruggs. Gloria
Jane, Mrs. Harvey Tharpe anG
Mrs. Dillard ScruggS visited Mrs.
Preston Hickman. who Is i'll. We'd
neSdav evening
Mr.. and Mrs. r. f. Dennis visit
ed Mr. and Mrs, A r Leech and
Mrs. w A. Leech in Richmond.
last Tuesday.
MI. and Mrs. Harvey Tharpe
spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs
Preston Hickman In the after
neon, Mrs Tharpe called on Mrs.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17

Henry Hickman
Mr. and Mrs d r ScruEgs and
family visited Nh. and Mrs H
O. Hickman. Sunday night
Mr.. and Mrs N L. Mcbride ana
children. of HopeWell. spent the
week end With their aunt ana
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. r. F. Dennis.
Harvey 1harpe spent the week
end in Richmond with relatives
and went fishing
Donnie Lynch. Of Amelia. was q
visitor OF Miss Edna Dennis, sun
day Other visitors in the same
home were Beverley Bowen anc
Harry Scruges
Mr., and Mrs. BootsIe Miller. D.
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Eur ,eyilIe, RID

Mrs Alverta Scruggs and Miss
ROBERTA Simpon. Of Rice. were
dinner guests Of Mr. and Mrs
Melvin Scruggs. last Tuesday MI
and Mrs Fl G Hickman were
5 lpper guests IN the same home
he occasion was Mr. Scruggs
t.rthday.
Ch9r'oe Harnlett, Harvey Tharpe
and Melvin and James Scruggs
attended the ball game between
II "oc.on Ped Socks and the
Z = eS. Wednesday. at Moore s
''ohwond Herman c ok.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17
CROP PROSPECTS

The Agriculture Department re-
port That farm In. IL plans M
dictate possible wicat crop Of
92l.000000 bushels, ana a cora
crop of 5000. 100000 this year.
both loss than the 1852 prodUc-
tlon Burley tobacco growers plan
q rcCura tner rtnoGlg acreae !,
about z Ter cent this year. florl
1852 700 acres to 429 500 No fore
cast was made for cotton plant
ings 81 for products
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-04-17

Richmond spent the week END
With the Hilton Morgan family
Evening star., 1953-10-28

Our November End price will be dollars
more! 1t looks like it's just handsome,
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Step and Cocktail Styles! Handsome
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Only more days to buy them at this saving low
price! From Italy beautiful black Carrara marble,
veined in white and gold From Portugal, exquisite
rose Mandoraleta marble. And only few tables
left for this price, so hurry for yours.
The Hecht Co., Fourth Floor Washington PARKington:
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Handsome, decorated poneI bed!
The same handsome fine modern Sovereign" bedroom
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it for the saving Hecht Month prce Each piece Of
finely seasoned sturdy lifetime mahogany the aristo-
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Third Floor, Slver Spring
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ObeIisk Plans

The Obelisk Gallery, 3241
P street, Georgetown, will be
closed from July / through
Labor Day. The directors,
Kathryn Eichholz and Janet
Rubin, have planned nine
shows for next season. For the
last fortnight of this month,
there will be a retrospective
show of the best they have ex-
hibited during this first season.
Aldo Pagliacci. biographical
data or whom was given here
last Sunday. is an artist with
an arresting, individual gift.
His tempera paintings are
meticulously naturalistic in de-
tail and beautiful in crafts
manship. Yet many of them
do not seem realistic, but more
like dreams or reverieS. Tie
figures in them appear mo-
tionless, the atmosphere sharp
and clear. Part of this effect,
no doubt, is due to the remote
ness Ito us) of his subject
matter. A few paintings. for
example, are fruits of his So
journ in Ethiopia. Others were
painted on the island of Ischia
where he now lives.
Besides the 10 paintings,
there are nearly as many chalk
drawings on black paper, beau
tifully executed studies of
nude and draped figures, the
folds of the draperies having
a classic sculptured effect.
This exhibition will remain
through next Sunday.
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The Alaskan
(John Day.: $4.)

In this novel Mr.. Lund
gives an enlightening picture
of Southern Alaska, particu-
larly of Seward, with some
excursions into the interior.
Alaska still is a little-known
land, though a good many GIs
have spread more information
about it in recent years. The
author also has a good story
to tell and he does not let
interest in it lag.
Wade Carlson. 81. running
away from the depression
outside" slows away on a
ship and reaches Seward in the
spring of 1884. He has a
quarter in his pocket and no
prospects. But he's soon
working on the docks unload
ing ships. He falls in with
some sourdoughs who like the
husky youth and offer him
several opportunities. He
goes trapping with Mitch"
the older man who is like the
father Wade never knew.
Wade puts in several months
on a little coastal steamer.
works one summer in a can
merry and finally joins Mitch
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Dempsey at Whyte

Recent paintings by Richard
Dempsey are on view at the
Whyte Gallery through Tues
day. His work is already known
in Washington. as he has ex-
hibited in Corcoran Area an
nualS (receiving an award in
1949). in the Corcoran 1851
Biennial, and eight other local
art galleries.
He has also exhibited at San
Francisco winning an award
at the Golden Gate Exposition
in 194O and other galleries in
California, where he lived for
his first three decades. He
graduated from Sacramento
Junior College in 1881, studied
at the California School of Arts
and Crafts. the Student Art
Center, and under private in
structorS. He was awarded a
julius Rosenwald fellowship in
1916, to paint portraits of out
standing American Negroes. In
1851, he was commissioned by
the government of Haiti to
execute a series of paintings of
Haitian Life" and held an
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PosteIs by PieIoee

A beautiful exhibition OF
paStelS by JoZef Pielage re-
Gently opened at the Dupont
Theater lounge art gallery.
Portraits, still life and flowers.
executed in a naturalistic tech
nique, reveal the artists mas
terry of this medium Zone of
several in which he is skilled).
The 81 pastels include IA
still and flower subjects, and
seven portraits, including the
artist himself, an excellent
likeness against a tropical
background. The other por-
traits demonstrate his versa
tility in handling subjects, all
of whose individualities are
emphasized.
The flower and still life pas
tells depict mostly objects
beautiful in themSelveS-color-
full old ceramics, bright flow-
ers, luscious fruit and vege-
tables. The fresh colors, bloom
of the medium and pleasing
combinations give these works
decorative appeal.
Mr.. Pielage has been on the
art faculty of the YWCA for
some years. He has had earlier
one-man shows in Washing
ton, and also participates in
group exhibitions. The pres
ent exhibition will remain
through July 8.
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Jus q IOUHy, SJJ
THE Moon and the Bonfires,"
his last novel, was published
in Italy shortly before he took
his life. 1t is the self told
story of an Italian youth who
was brought up in poverty by
foster parents and did not
know who his own parents
were. He had emigrated to
America, but could not adjust
himself to the new life and
eventually returned to Italy.
He tells of going back to the
PiedmonteSe village where he
grew up, seeing a boyhood
friend and trying to piece to-
gether the scattered threads
of his life. 1t is a sensitive
story, often poetic, and yet
the focus turns so often and
sometimes so vaguely between
present and past, the narra-
tors experiences in Italy and
America, that the most care
full reader is apt to be con-
fused, even bewildered. Some
hint Of the authors tragic de-
ciSion might be read in the
profound pessimism of the
man in this novel. The trans
lation is by Marianne Ceconi
and there is a foreword by
Paolo Milano. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
American University

American University art de-
partment's fun days" have
come and gone; but two exhib-
itions remain on view through
this week; the annual of stu
dents work in Watkins Gal
lery, and the tWo-man show Of
works by the University's Full
bright scholars in the foyer Of
Mary Grayden Hall.
Joe Summerford was
awarded a fellowship to France
in 1949-50, and Richard Mil
Ter. a recent graduate. has just
been awarded one for 1943-54.
Some of Mr.. Summerford's
works are non-objective. 9TH
ers (e.g. Landscape" of noun
tains and valley) expression
istic. His work is more color
full and more varied in inspira-
ton than that of Mr.. Miller.
Richard Miller concentrates
largely on the problems pre-
sented by still life arrange
ments, which he manipulateS
into elaborate designs, some
with the outlines 1ncised in
black. His colors are sombre.
emphasizing the solidity of his
forms.
The students show fills two
rooms of Watkins gallery, and
contains some very promising
works. Those which consid-
cred among the better items
are Bill Delorme's large city,
Scape. Lucy Morton's land.
scape. Sylvia Humm's still life.
June Mosburg's green church.
Lucille Firey's studio interior,
a pen and wash drawing of a
walled city by Dominic Spa
daro. and Jackie Hoffecker's
Sculptured portrait buSt.
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The Face Beside the Fire


This new novel by Laurens
Van Der Post must be set
down as a particular disap-
pointment because of the eX-
cellence of his first book,
Venture to the Interior"
That story of an African expe-
dition had a lyric quality that
lifted it out of the realm of
travel literature into the
higher realms of spiritual ex-
perience.
The present story is also laid
in Africa, but there resem-
blance ends. Mr.. Van Der Post,
a native of that continent, has
got between his characters
and the reader in such a way
that his graceful asides are of
more interest than the for
tunes Of his hero, an enor-
mously talented painter who
runs away from domineer-
ing mother to England. There
he repeats an old family pat
tern by marrying the wrong
woman, fees back to Africa
and finds the right woman.
After psychoanalyzing himself,
he claims her. Somehow, the
Evening star., 1953-06-07

and two other men in a sue
cessful prospecting venture.
The boy learns. meanwhile,
that the gentry of Seward are
not for him and that he pre-
fers the pugnacious. generous,
hard-drinking outdoor men
and the despised "Klootches,"
the Indians and mixed breeds.
He has a disillusioninig love
affair with a pretty half
breed. whom he is unwise
enough to marry. but Wade
learns fast and there is every
indication that in a few years
he will be a solid citizen of
Alaska, wealthy, respected
even by the white-collar men
who tried to tame him.
Wade's adventure in the
North is a little too profitable
in a short time to be per-
suasive. Mr.. Lund is better at
describing the magnificent
scenery and some of the odd
characters than at depicting
Wade's love life. Sometimes
the writing is awkward, but on
the whole it is effective. The
author published a previous
novel, Hour of Glory"
&C. B. J.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

son, to back him until he could
make enough as a writer to
support himself. II know moth
ing of such things" he added,
"but do know that money is
constantly being invested in
schools, magazines, young
singers, in a thousand things of
the sort. It seems to me that
I have proven my ability as a
writer. -. And yet I make no
money.
Magazine editors, he added,
praised his fine work." but
refused to buy his stories. AS
it turned out. his novel. Dark
Laughter" was his only best
seller and he was destined to
struggle with the financial
problem all his literary life.
Anderson always was able
to talk to and understand the
average workingman or clerk
he came across. Once he wrote
his brother Karl, a painter:
The artisan and the me-
chanic talk with fair intelli-
gence. The average pro-
feSSional intellectual talks, of
course, like a silly. puzzled
child"
His Terrible Confession
Taking notice of the term
confused" which became a
critical cliche in discussions of
his work, he said to his editor
at his publishing house: II
think the critics have been up
to their old trick of thinking
that a writer who writes of a
confused and puzzled man is
necessarily himself confused"
He felt that "Winesburg"
was classic, and yet he could
be modest enough to say to
the literary historian, Van
Wyck Brooks, a friend to
whom he was devoted: when
in speaking of 'Winesburg' you
used the word adolescence
you struck more nearly than
you know on the whole note of
me. I am immature, will live
and die immature. A quite
terrible confession that would
be if I did not represent so
much"
His most candid earlier let
terS were to Waldo Frank,
the novelist and critic. There
are letters to Gertrude Stein,
Thomas Wolfe, Herbert
Hoover, Hart Crane, Eugene
ONeill, Roman ROLAND,
William Faulkner and many
others, some as eminent,
others prominent only in An
derSon's life.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Polly Adler was the most no.
torious madam in the New
York of the 1920s-a woman
whose name got into the
Broadway columns and night
club quips almost as often as
those of Mayor Jimmy Walker,
Texas Guinan, Peggy Joyce
and F. Scott Fitzgerald. She
was described in the papers as
a central figure in the Seabury
vice investigation at the be-
ginning of the '30s and she
often testified, but she always
eluded conviction of any crime
and she never informed on
others. Even when, later,
Thomas E. Dewey started to
clean up the rackets, the most
she got was 80 days. Finally
) she retired from her business,
went to the West Coast and
actually, under an assumed
name, went to college. She
wrote these "reminiscences
herself, she insists.
Those who pick up this book
looking for sensational or vul-
gar details will be disappointed.
Polly's story is breezily but
tactfully written and adds up
to more of a sociological docu-
ment than a tabloid-type eX.
pose. Polly came over from
Poland as a young girl. After
trying to make a living legiti-
mately for several years and
finding only poverty, she be-
gan, through accidental cir
cumstances, running a bordel-
10. She never was a prostitute.
she says. She came to conduct
the most expensive and CLAM
orous establishments in New
York, but she has not tried to
glamorize the business. She
describes what happened to
some of her girls - usually
tragic death. She knew many
mobsters, among them Dutch
Schultz. Al Capone. Costello