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Evening star., 1953-06-22
Norwegions Decide
To Form Wool Pool

NARVIK. Norway Norwegian
wool-spinning mills and farmers
organizations have agreed to
establish q pool for the purchase
and sale Of Norwegian wool.
If prices and quality are COM
petitive with foreign offers, pri-
ority will be given to Norwegian
Evening star., 1953-06-22

SOUTH AMERICA! Many readers
have asked for special articles about
Ray hss pPepsreG d 'ns new les.
South American Republics" which he
will send without charge. Inclose Q
stamped envelope bearing y0ur own
nt and complete sddress. sen9
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Contract Bridge
BY EosIey BIockwood
Washington, D. G.
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1858

~ 6oSsSy OiOSNWOOU
Mr.. Muzzy's hand looked very
good to him in today's deal. A
six-card suit always goes to his
head. He couldn't bring himself
to rebid merely two clubs. In
stead, he made the overbid of
two no trump and Mr.. Heinsite
jutifably went on to three.
South dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
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(Mr. Heinsite)
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WEST EAST
(Mr. Ch'mpion) (Mr. Masters)
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SOUTH
(Mr. Muzzy)
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The bidding:
South West North East
club Pass 1spade Pass
2NT Pass 3NT All pass
The opening lead was the 10
Of hearts and Mr.. Muzzy ducked
in dummy. Mr.. Masters won
with the king and pushed the 10
Of diamonds through.
Mr.. Champion caShed the
queen and ace of diamonds and
led a third round of the suit.
After winning with the king Of
diamonds, Mr.. Muzzy went to
dummy with the king of spades.
He led back the jack Of clubs
and finessed it. Mr.. Champion
won with the king of clubs and
cashed a diamond for the setting
trick.
Mr.. Heinsite looked like man
who has just been stabbed.
Where did you get that two
no trump bid?" he screamed. I'm
the first place. you didn't have
q semblance of a heart stopper.
And you certainly didn't have
enough high cards in your hand.
IF you must overbid your
hand, jump to three clubs and
let me bid three no trump. From
my side of the table it was cold.
From your side there was no
play for it"
This irritated Mr.. Champion.
Not that he was against criti-
cizing a partner. He did that
himself. But at least Che told
himself) he was always right.
"It was cold from either side
Of the table," he remarked
coldly. "Just win the first trick
with the ace of hearts and take
the club flnesSe. Now you can't
lose more than a club, a heart
and two diamonds.
Mr.. Champion was right. Mr..
Muzzy didn't need to win three
heart tricks. The important
thing was to establish clubs
quickly-before the enemy had
a chance to set up their fourth
diamond for a winner.
Copyright. 1853. General Features
Corp.)
Evening star., 1953-06-22
ADVERTISEMENT.
New Discovery Makes
False Teeth
Look Natural Asa'"

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make old, dingy dentures look natural
again. era-Kleen, q discovery of Dr.
L. Sherwin, q practicing dentist, makes
false teeth as attractive as the day they
were first fitted.
Stera-K -Kleen, says Doctor Sherwin. Is
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bruShinK) in the Stera-Kleen solution for
o few minutek--then rinse. Teeth look
bright and Neural again---feel cool and
really clean. tPlates are free from any
odor or taste.
Evening star., 1953-06-22
Word Game
Find 20 or more words in
DLOCK,

THU GU OF LIUTE WUIUO III
EDLOCK,
meaning, "matrimony." Average
Is 18: time limit, 20 minutes.
Rules Of the game. Words must be
Of four or more letters. .. Words which
acquire four letters by the addition Of
IS" such as bats cats" are not
used. g. Only one form of a word is
used. Proper names are not used.
Answer to ROSACEOUS.
races, rase, roses. rouse, roue, ruSe,
oaSes, sauce, score, scare, scar, Scour,
scar source, soar, sour, sore. souSe. sure,
suer. across, acres, arose. arouse. assure,
cause, cares, case, careSS, carouSe, cess,
course, core, creSS, cruise. cruS, cross,
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Evening star., 1953-06-22

ample, may be called the upper
part of a mountain, which is
mainly under water. If we
counted the height of Mauna
Kea above sea level, (two and a
half m es) and added the dis
lance Il sea level to the ocean
Evening star., 1953-06-22

the tallest peak on the globe.
The measured height is a little
above $4,000 feet-it stands al
most exactly flve and a half miles
above sea level.
This mighty peak is north Of
India, in Nepal, q little country
with about the same area as the
State Of Iowa. It is near the
border Of Tibet.
Sir George Everest surveyed
the area 112 years ago. AS q re-
suit Of his work, the great peak
was named in his honor.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Washington Society in Civil War Days.

give rise to questioning Of
other facts in the book. Sen
ator John B. Henderson served
for many years in the upper
house and built the famous
Boundary Castle at the foot
of Meridian Hill, which in later
years was known as Hender-
son Castle, now torn down.
This Senator did not die un-
til 1908, and was a familiar
figure here. His wife was the
donor of the property which
now is Meridian Hill Park,
and built many of the impos-
ing mansions on Sixteenth
street from Florida avenue to
Columbia road. Mrs. Hender-
son was famous for her vege-
tartan and prohibition dinner
parties.
Another bit of the book not
very clear is the paragraph
Immediately following the de-
scription of Gen. Mcclellan.
This paragraph starts THE
ChaSeS were close friends
of the McDowells, :" and
it is not clear, even later in
the book, who these McDow-
ellis were.
These small discrepancies do
not destroy the pleasure in the
reading of the book, which
holds the interest to the end.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Six Weeks in March
BY Constance Robertson. CRandom House; S3J

and quarreling Of the Lamb
sons and daughters.
Meanwhile, when a troupe
OF gypsies is allowed, at the
insistence of old Meg, to camp
in the big shed below the hop
kiln until the weather mod
crates, the family is more
suspicious than ever. Some of
the children suspect that Meg
has the hoard and is giving
money to the handsome young
gypsy who is leader of the
nomadS.
A few persons stand out
in the story and these
you'll get to know. The
bleak story is unrelieved by a
light touch, but at least it is
never dull. It's mysterious
elements are followed with
growing suspense that breaks
into an unexpected climax.
Mrs. Robertson is an expert
enced and skillful writer. This
is her eighth book. &C. B. j.
Elizabeth Bowen
Coming event: Elizabeth
Bowen, the distinguished
Anglo-Irish novelist will lee
ture on THE Art of the
Novel" on Sunday. January
25, at $50 pm, at the Corcor-
an Auditorium. Sponsors are
the Institute of Contemporary
Art.
Evening star., 1953-01-18

Desiree's sister Julie is mar
rled to Napoleon's brother
Joseph, Desiree does not loose
touch with the first family of
France, and is from time to
time even called upon to per-
form delicate errands of inter-
cession when Napoleon gets
above himself-which is often.
Republican though she is, she
enjoys favor at the court of
the First Consul, and when
Napoleon crowns himself En-
peror. Desiree marches in the
procession carrying on a pill
low the lace handkerchief of
her erstwhile rival Josephine.
Meanwhile, the admirable
Bernadotte has become a mar
shal of France. and CONSOLE
dates Napoleon's victories
through civil administration of
conquered territories. During
his career he befriends some
imprisoned Swedish officers
who do not forget him when
their dynasty begins to
crumble.
Miss Sellinko has informed
herself we'll about the dress of
the day. She achieves some
fine comic effects in describing
the kingships so literally dis
tributed by Napoleon among
his sWarming, Intellectual fam
lily. But the level of character
ization never reaches above
that of the woman's magazine
and there simply isn't enough
conflict or suspense to main
tain the almost 600 pages Of
narrative. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1953-01-18

It's a grim story Mrs. Rob-
ertson tells in her new novel,
but she has told it extremely
we'll.
The setting is a farm in
Northern New York just after
the Civil War. The enormous
Lamb family-a dozen chill
dren and their children-has
gathered at the deathbed of
the clans head, old Elijah.
Elijah's wife Meg has been out
of her head for a year, since
her favorite son, the strange,
impetuous one, so unlike the
other children, was killed in
the closing days of the war.
Elijah has accumulated wealth,
but he is known to have hidden
his money. bonds and mort
cages somewhere on the place.
He never trusted banks after
he lost money in the panic of
ST. But. with Elijah unable
to talk and their mother mad.
the children despair of finding
the fortune soon to be theirs.
Ruth. Matt's young widow,
who has devoted herself to
nursing her parents-in-law, is
the central character. She was
once engaged to Adam, the
eldest son and Tilted him to
run away with Matt. A March
blizzard closes down on the
farm, adding to the discomfort
Evening star., 1953-01-18

her divorce became a scandal
carried in newspapers through
out the country. She died in
the summer of 1899 in poverty.
The Spragues' daughter. Por-
tia Chase Sprague, was a clerk
in the Treasury for some years
and we'll known here.
Miss Ross has given vivid
descriptions of places, events
and of the political intrigue of
those troublous times. This
political intrigue frequently
centered around Kate Chase.
The authors picturing of the
lavish entertaining in the
Capital following the Civil
War, the extravaganza in fur
niShing the Chase home on E
street at Sixth street, Proud
Kate's purchases abroad to
furnish her Rhode Island home
and to clothe herself sound
similar to the descriptions of
the life Of the very wealthy
women of today.
There is much in the book
of the friendship between Kate
Chase and Roscoe Conkling
which was the cause of the
scandal in the Sprague divorce.
But nothing that would prove
the charges or gossip true.
A reference to Senator B.
Henderson of Missouri" might
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Why Waterloo?
BY A. P. Herbert.
Doubleday: S4.)
Reviewed by WiIIiom Hines

Reviewed by William Hines
1t is Sir Alan Herbert's en-
gaging thesis that the. drama
of Napoleon would never have
been played out on the plain
of Waterloo if the great allied
powers had lived up to their
obligations under the 1914
treaty of Fontainebleau.
Instead of upholding the de-
feated Bonaparte in his island
kingdom of Elba-where he
might have been content to
remain till the end of his life
the powers cheated and
thwarted him at every turn.
That much is history. Sir
Alan goes on from there to
blame the vengeful allies for
Napoleon's second attempt at
conquest-the attempt that
brought him at last to lonely
st. Helena.
In q Gloss All Its Own
"Why Waterloo" is a his
torical novel. but it is not of
the Kathleen Winsor or even
the Thomas Costain genre.
1t is in a class of its own,
just as its author is in a class
of his own.
1t tells the story of Bona
parties 10 months on Elba.
and the events that led up to
the Hundred Days. The tale
is told as it was seen through
the eyes of Napoleon himself,
his Polish mistress, his
mother. his faithful followers
and the churlish. suspicious
English protector -turned-spy,
Col. Campbell. But through
out, the story is seen through
Sir Alan's eyes-and they are
eyes sympathetic to the great
Corsican.
"Why Waterloo" is none the
less entertaining for the fact
that it is basically a tract, a
preachment, in the form of a
novel. The wide-ranging
mind of the man who once
styled Guy FaWkes as "the only
man to enter Parliament with
a good idea" is thoroughly
capable of telling a fascinat-
ing tale and Offering a great
moral lesson at one and the
same time.
The lesson Herbert teaches
in Why Waterloo" is one
modern nations can well profit
by: Avoid, at all costs, the
Carthaginian peace.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Desiree


This novel of a French silk
merchants daughter who be-
comes Queen Desideria of
Sweden and co-foundress of
the Bernadotte dynasty has
had considerable success in
Europe. It is hard to see why.
The story of Desiree. the
tilted sweetheart of a shabby
young general named Napo-
leon, is true, and intriguing,
but as Miss Sellinko tells it.
1t becomes very uneXciting.
The author in trying to make
1t all seem cczy and everyday,
almost manages to make it
seem inconsequential.
Desiree, nee Bernadette Eu-
genie Desiree Clary, is no wan
ton. as are so many of the
ladies of current historical
fiction. She is pert and arch,
though, almost with a ven-
geance. Like the most dedi-
Gated antebellum Southern
belle. she is resolutely unin-
terested in politics. Even so,
she becomes a crucial figure in
French and European history.
An ardent little Republi-
can, Desiree tells her story in
a diary left her by a father
who believed firmly in good
quality silk and the rights of
man. AS Miss Sellinko tells
it, after Napoleon threw her
over for Josephine, she tried
to throw herself into the Seine.
She is stayed. however. by the
firm hand of Jean-Baptiste
Bernadotte, a general who has
risen from the ranks. Because
Evening star., 1953-01-18

Epstein; the painting "Toi-
lette," by Bhabesh Sanyal,
Matisse; "Myurakshi in VIM
ter" by Indra Dugar, Zsissly
(The last mentioned have
probably never heard Of each
other.)
Other Fine Works
To mention a few other
works in various styles and
media, I liked Haren Das' love-
ly color woodcuts; the breath
taking mountains in Satven
Ghosal's landscape, "On the
Way to Badrinath";; j. P. Gan
goly's Misty Morning on the
Ganges." 10Th century in ap-
pearance; two simplified nat
uralistic paintings. Mother
and Child" by Bhanu Smart,
with it's sinuous curves, and
Rathin Maitra's "Siesta";;
Rhythm of Life" a rugged
pair by v. D. Clinchalkar. and
Sheela Suberwal's In a
Circle"
The handicrafts add greatly
to the charm of the exhibition.
There are cases Of exquisite
ivory carvings, in some Of
which every inch has been
turned into a flower or animal
or figure; small bronzes equal
ly detailed; gorgeous fabrics,
including brocades of gold, sill
yer and rich harmonious COL
orS; trays, platters and bowls
of copper and brass intricately
inlaid with silver; covetable
jeWelry; beautiful lacquer with
miles fleurs decorations; orna-
mental leather work and many
other items.
Any one who fails to visit
this exhibition during the next
two weeks, will have cause for
regret.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Books in Review
The UnpredictobIe Walter Koriq
Reveals His Versatility Anew
Nicely
BY Walter Karig (Rinehart; $500
Reviewed hv Carte BYooke Iones
BY Walter Karig. (Rinehart;; $500
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

writer keys or no sound at all
when she was thinking"
When Stanfield was sent
away to a boarding school, he
had a better time-there were
the fellows to play with and
no mother constantly inter-
fering and yet Aurora's
shadow never was far away,
and she had a way of swooping
down on him when least ex-
pected. Even later, at the SWank
Virginia prep school, it was the
same. Mother still called him
"Buggles" and "Boysey" and
her influence was too deep to
extirpate, even though he was
growing up.
When Stanfield learned that
his mother had remarked
her second husband was
Hollywood producer whom the
boy dislikely intensely-he re-
volted for the first time in his
life. He ran away graduation
week and joined the Navy.
World War II was about to
enmesh the country. 1t was
hardly remarkable that he fell
in love with the first approach
able girl he encountered, who
happened to be a divorced
waitress. He thought he had
defled his mother once and for
all. And yet, taking leave of
him, we are extremely doubt
full that he will ever escape
her.
Nicely" is a great improve
ment over Mr.. Karig's last
novel, Caroline Hicks" which
dealt with Government girls.
The new story is well-de-
veloped and moves swiftly. 1t
also demonstrates this Wash
lngton authors versatility.
Nicely" is nothing like his
other books. These have in
cluded the noted series of Bat
tie Reports" a naval history of
the last war, which Capt. Ka-
rig wrote in collaboration with
various other naval officers.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Reading ond Writing
Lincoln Study, Is Years in Work,
Presents Much New Material
By Mary McGrory

Lincoln's Birthday this year
Will be suitably marked by
publication of The Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln"
nlne-volume edition that has
been 25 years in the making.
Roy P. Basler, now chief of
the reference department of
the Library of Congress, spent
five years Of intensive effort
in editing the work. The prof.
ect was instituted and carried
out by the Abraham Lincoln
Association of Springfield. Ill,
where DR.. Basler worked with
two assistant editors. Rutgers
University are the publishers.
Sought Original Sources
Dr.. Basler was a professor of
English in a Southern college
when tapped by the Abraham
Lincoln Association for edit
ing the definitive text of Lin
coins writings. AS author of
The Lincoln Legend" a study
OF Lincoln as he appeared in
American literature, he had
done a vast amount of re-
search on original Lincolniana.
In editing The Collected
Works. he and his staff
started from scratch. When
ever possible they held out
for original sources.
In rs per cent of the mate
rial appearing in the new
work they we're successful,
but it took two years of in
tensive travel. cajolery and
volumes of correspondence on
the part of DR.. BaSler to do
the job. Some owners of man.
uscripts were loath to have
them photostated and pub
lished for fear their value
would decrease. DR.. Basler was
able to reaSsure them that
Lincoln autographs, unlike
others, would increase in
worth after publication.
New Seward Letters
Greatest stumbling block in
arriving at "defnitive" pub
llcatlon was a collection of
Seward letters which were the
closely guarded possession of
Stewards grandson who lived
in Auburn, N. Y. After
letters, kilograms and tele-
phone calls proved fruitless,
DR.. Basler made the journey
to Auburn. The owner of the
Seward letters adamantly re-
fused to see him. and the work
went forward without them.
When volume V was in page
proof, the owner died. He be-
queathed his family papers to
the Emerson Foundation,
which made them available
to DR.. Basler. Upon investi-
eating, he found that The
Works" already included 20 of
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Binyon Retrospective

Thirty-five years RETROSPECT
tive exhibition Of paintings and
drawings by Caroline van H.
Bean (Mrs. Algernon Binyon)
is on view at the New George
town Gallery, 1924 Prospect
avenue, through January 81.
The show begins (chronolog-
ically) with her Parade" on
Fifth avenue, New York City,
July 4, 1918, and ends with
her triple portrait in red chalk.
just completed this month, of
Mrs. Harold B. Hinton.
Mrs. Binyon is a native and
now a resident Washingtonian,
although she has travelled ex-
Evening star., 1953-01-18

The ordeal of a well-dis-
posed boy who grows up
shackled to a dominant, vain,
self-centered mother is de-
scribed sensitively in Mr..
Karig's new novel.
The situation hardly is new
and yet the author has added
a few turns which give it a
sense of freshness.
The boys name is Stanfield
Bright. Nicely" is the alter
ego he invented early in his
boyhood. At first Nicely was
a teddy bear the child's father
gave him before he and the
mother separated. Stanfield
talked to Nicely constantly and
Nicely would reply-alwayS
promising the things the boy
wanted most and surmount-
ing the obstacles that stopped
him. Later, when his mother
discovered him talking to
Nicely and threw the toy in
the furnace, Stanfield acquired
a dog and he, too, became
Nicely, an inseparable COM
panion for years.
She Wos Just q Sound
Stanfield's mother was
gifted enough to write popu-
lar novels and later to become
a Hollywood writer. She was
always too busy to bother with
the boys little problems, but
always had time to dictate
the terms of his life and to
keep him from anything ap-
preaching a normal boyhood.
No wonder he could tell Neely
things he never could tell her.
AS Stan figured it out: any
how. mother spent so much
time being Aurora Stanfield
Bright that actually most of
the time she was just some
body who lived in the house
and couldn't be disturbed.
Most of the time she was just
q sound, the sound of type
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Peace Through Strength

BY Morris V. RoSenblOom.
(Fdrrar, Strauss & Young;
$685.
Anywhere but in Washing
ton, if an old man sat around
all day on a park bench. peo-
pie would call him a bum.
Here, however, where contro-
versial figures abound, park
bench" and "elder statesman"
have become synonymous as
designations for Bernard Ba-
ruch.
Many persons consider Mr..
Baruch to be one of the most
brilliant and influential men
of his time. Others, less char
itably disposed toward the
Sage of Hobcaw Barony, feel
that his imposing facade is
his chief asset.
Mr.. Rosenbloom, obviously,
belongs in the first category.
So does Mrs. Eleanor Roose-
welt, who writes a foreword,
and the former defense mo-
bilizer, Charles E. Electric
Charlie) Wilson, who provides
an afterWord. So. it would
seem from recent news stories,
do many highly placed people
in the incoming administra-
ton.
Obviously. then, what Ber-
nard Baruch says and thinks
is of Importance today. The
present book is a compilation
of Mr.. Baruch's ideas on ma
tional security. Regardless of
what one thinks about Mr..
Baruch personally, these views
are likely to have weight in
the immediate future.-W. H.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
From Falls Church

A novel that was 20 years
a-growing has recently been
published by Josephine Abbott
Peck of Falls Church, Va.
Mrs. Peck first began to think
of THE Flower of Light" a
story of college life when she
was student at Wellesley.
The actual writing had to be
put off until the authors
youngest child was 4.
Evening star., 1953-01-18
Reviewed by
Katharine M. Brooks

A Portrait OF an Ambitious
Woman" is the subtitle to this
book of Washington in Civil
War days and after. In fact,
Miss Ross in her portrait of
Kate Chase, daughter of Lin
coins Secretary of the Treas
ury, shows her to be consumed
with ambition to be a White
House hostess. Not until the
closing chapters of the book
does the writer picture Kate
Chase so as to invoke even
sympathy for her, much less
admiration.
Kate Chase was hostess for
her father during his cabinet
days and when he became
Chief Justice. Without doubt
she was the most important
hostess of official circles in
the Capital outside of Mrs.
Lincoln and the wives of the
other Presidents who followed
through the '70s.
AS the wife of Gov. William
Sprague of Rhode Island she
was of little Importance and
Evening star., 1953-01-18

tensively and has lived in Italy.
England and elsewhere in the
United States at intervals.
Her father. a distinguished
ichthyologist, was curator of
the department of fishes.
United States National Mu-
scum, for IS years. Some years
later he accepted the position
of New York State fish cultur-
ist. and lived in New York City.
which became home to his
daughter.
More than 80 works in the
current solo exhibition include
portraits in oil. color crayon
and charcoal. landscapes and
urban scenes in oil, gouache
and water color. Her work is
wholly traditional. Her por-
traits are close likenesses Of
the subjects.
Evening star., 1953-01-18

the 80 odd letters in the COL
lection. After editorial con-
ference, it was decided that
for the balance of the letters
it was worth while to reset all
of volume V and revise a con-
siderable portion of the index.
Revising Lincoln
The insistence on original
sources was not just scholarly
persnickitinesS. Earlier editors
often revised Lincoln. Nicolay
and Hay, for instance, did
not hesitate to change punctu-
alton or even a word or two.
DR.. Basler never corrected
Lincoln, and so the search for
sources.
1t was not easy. For in
stance, the manuscript of the
annual message of 1864 was
cut up by the public printer
and distributed among his
friends. 1t took some doing
to reassemble the fragments,
not all of which could be
found.
THE Collected Works" con-
tains 6.870 items of which
1872 have never before been
published in any collection.
None of these, however, &C
cording to Lincoln's newest
editor, change the basic pic
ture of a great man. They
Simply fill in more details.