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SHEPHERD PARK
4 BEDROOMS, 21a BATHS
det. Colonial brk. home
containing reception hall, attract.
liy. rm. with firepl.. din. rrn., today's
kit. with dishwasher and disposal,
breakfast rm. and powder rm. on
lst a. A lew steps up to ATTRAC-
3 lge. bedrms.. 2 mod. tiled baths;
paneled rec. rm.; stairs to be nm
ished 3rd a.; 2-car built-in garage.
FIRST OFFERING, so ACT FAST
ON THIS ONE. w. B. WRIGHT, EN-.
3-6(30O It'll q nm.
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BETHESDA RAMBLER
$1,000 CASH

CHEVY CHASE, MD.
MUST SELL THIS WEEK
bedrms., 2 baths, finished game
room, quiet street. Reasonably
priced, under $4,000. a.m.-9
pm. call EN-. 2-7400.
METZLER REALTOR
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CT APPROVED
NEW HOME ONLY S14,95O
S75O DOWN

other terms considered. Lovely g
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powder rn., full din. rm.. lge: kit.
garbage disp.. full bsmt.. soded lots.
open Sun. / to 3. Ewes. RA 3-6552.
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NORTH CHEVY CHASE

4-bedroom rambler with 2 baths
Large kitchen, separate dining room,
basement, carport: shaded lot.
H. J. Korzendorfer Co., Inc.
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Stone and brick; 8 lee. bedrms,, III
baths, dining L." modern Kitchen
with. breakfast rm, full bsmt.. nm
ished recr. rm. AZ CT loan, S3. 600
cash payment to responsible party.
To see these properties call Mr..
Herman OF, 0-7RR1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

divert her attention from sex
to Catullus. Everything Is
against him: Beautiful Lady
Katherine and her sutton,
Jimmie; naSty-minded Mrs.
Brock: the pregnant but still
f1irtatious Vicomtesse. and the
terrible trio Of teen-agers, two
French boys and one Italian
girl who roam around all night.
talking and talking, ignorant
but so avid. For one harrow
ing week Mr.. Twining thinks
that the monStrous Cecile real
ly knows what she Is talking
about and conspires to scatter
the house party.
The author has many gifts
besides the aforementioned
fluency. He knows for one
thing. how to make you keep
turning the pages. and to think
you are there on the Riviera.
But he keeps letting you know
how much he knows and how
well he writes, instead Of get
ting on with the story. Mr..
Twining, completely himself. is
a sympathetic figure. but too
slight to carry the burden Of
all those words. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
BY Timothy Angus Jones. (Altred A. Knopt; $780,


Mr.. Jones writes with q ia
cility that is not so surprising
when you consider he is the son
of the novelist. Enid Bagnold.
AS a matter Of fact his novel is
too long for what he has
to say-and there could be
some discussion as to just what
that is. For he has worked
endless, erudition and several
underlined conclusions into
this lively but diffuse first
novel.
Mr.. Jones' hero Is q Latin
teacher who learns about life
in the course Of a delirious
summer on the French Riviera.
Earnestly seeking atmosphere
with his knapsack on his back,
Mr.. Twining. fat. 20 and, inno-
cent. runs out Of funds. Brief
ly. and for want Of laundry. a
nudist. he finally washes up
on the shore of a luxurious
villa. the home Of a scholarly
tycoon with a house full of
guests and a juvenile delin-
Quent niece named Cecile.
Mr.. Twining, engaged as a
tutor to Cecile. tried vainly to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
BY Davis Grubb Harper G. Bros; 49,

styled revivalist who carves
crosses on women's bodies. The
father has made John swear
never to tell where the money
is hidden and also to take
care of his little sister Pearl.
When Preacher comes to mar
ry Johns mother and to BRAIN
wash the children. the atmos-
phere Of evil-and of heavily
stacked cards - thickens OPP
pressively. Finally, the children,
hugging their secret and each
other, take to flight on the
river. and eventually make their
way to Rachel Cooper, "a
strong tree with many birds"
and an adversary who can
stand up to the loathsome
Preacher.
In contrast to the harrow
ing realism Of the events por-
trayed, Mr.. Grubb's style is
fanciful and elaborate. Even
the children think in a kind
OF incoming blank verse. AS a
parable of innocence in peril,
it does not seem to me to be
as effective as Helen Eustis'
honest and unpretentious story
OF another runaway child, "The
Fool Killer" M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Instead, he stirs UP mess Of
murder. gets his long suffering
employe on the receiving end
OF much mayhem and collects
four clients in the same case.
Everybody seems to have a
hand in variations of the
badger game. Beagle sorts out
some intricacies of the plot
but one murder is left totally
unexplained. It's all very con-
fuSing.
Dead by Now. BY Margaret
Erskine. doubleday & Co.,
Inc; $2.75.)
Crime Club
A Scotland Yard inspector
has to deal with a lethal ghost.
He Is satisfied the murderous
creature is more substantial
than a wrath. but he practi
cally has to take a course in
genealogy to figure out which
descendant of the lovely Ro-
settle might be masquerading
as her suicidal husband. The
action finally centers on Ro-
settles crumbling theater-an
eerie setting which compen-
safes for a plot Of endless
complications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
BY Norman D. Ford

If there is anything I have found
out in travelling up and down
this country and throughout the
rest Of the world, it is this: 1t
costs less to.retire than you may
think it doeS-proptded you
kn0W HON to discover those
places ,DIlere it costs less to tue
the kind OF life you like.
AS founder of the Globetrot-
tiers Club I made it my business
to find low-cost beauty spots all
over the world. Right here in
the U. S.. found places where
the cost of living is surprisingly
low-and you can get a part
time or seasonal job If you must
pad out your income. Here are
just a few of these first-rate
retirement spots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Could you suggest quiet modest
and inexpensive seacoast town
with good beach and fishing
where I could retire within 100
miles of New York City?
Is 1t possible to buy rural s.
room cottage on an acre OF ground
near the southern Gulf Coast of
Florida for $4,000?
Where can find a clean, friendly
city with a climate that's mild and
it's sunny the year around?
I have a highly strung. nervous
type of constitution. / also suffer
from pleurisy. I would like to re-
tire in a medium sized city with
plenty of cultural opportunity.
What can you suggest?
Is 1t true that you can live like a
king in Majorca for less than S35
a week for two? How do you
reach Majorca?
Do you know of any city in Mex
leo where prices have not risen,
and I can find other retired
Americans?
The facts to answer these typical
questions and hundreds more are
given in Norman ID. FOrd's won
derful books. Where to Retire on
Small Income and BarEain
Paradises Of the World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

make Me an Offer" the
story of a collector, exposed
with whimsical humor some of
the more devious tricks of the
trade.
"a Kid for Two Paintings"
is the story of Joe, a small boy.
and his adult friends in the
Aldgate section of London.
There are Joe's mother,
Mr.. Kandinsky, a pants maker
and presser, and his assistant,
Mr.. Schmule, a promising
wrestler, and Mr.. Schmule's
muscle-bound fiancee, Sonia,
and lot of others. Joe knows
from Mr.. Kandinsky what uni
cornS are and that they live
somewhere in Africa. When
the boy is able to buy for two
farthingS an animal with a
single budding horn, he knows
it's a unicorn. What if others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
The Conquest of Fatigue and Fear
BY Edward Spencer Cowles, M. D. (Holt; $685.

must be relieved by proper
medication at the same time
that the patients idea system is
being treated psychiatrically."
You can not cure yourself,
DR.. Cowles emphasizes, by
reading inspiring or encourag-
ing books. including this one,
though you can help yourself
by understanding your prob
lem better. He proceeds to
explore some common fears
and anxieties and their devas-
tating effects and to outline
cures. He was a pioneer in
lumbar punctures for chronic
alcoholics and he still feels it
is the only scientific remedy
that works. &C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Mystery and Suspense
By Miriom Offenders

Diamonds for Danger. BY D.
E. Walker. (Harper & Bros;
$2.50.)
This Is a zany satire on the
diplomatic service centers
around intrigue-laden Lisbon.
It starts out with a famboy-
ant professional smuggler Of
fering his services to a pain
fully proper but sometimes
wistful British businessman
turned diplomat. The SNUG,
gler, with a touching devotion
to the crown, wants to block
ingle-handed the illicit flow
of industrial diamonds to the
Reds. Some much glamorized
journalists get in the act, too.
You might have trouble sort
ing out heroes, clowns and
villains but it's much easier
just to relax and enjoy it.
The Lonesome Badger. BY
Frank Gruber. (Rhinehart
& Co.; $2.50.)
Murray Hill
Private Detective Otis Bea-
gle, ever the glib phony, de-
cides he might stir up a case
out Of a lonely hearts club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

DR.. Cowles, q psychiatrist
with many years of practice.
has used successfully and adj
vocates a middle course in the
treatment of neuroses. bodily
ailments originating in the
mind. He uses medicine to
treat these psychosomatic dis
orders. psychiatry to root out
the basic causes.
He writes: There is nothing
mysterious or occult about my
method of curing a fear neu-
rosis. It does not depend upon
psychoanalysis. 1t is counter to
the basic theories of DR.. Freud,
but it does depend upon
knowledge of the central nerv-
Gus system. It recognizes that
the originating cause of all
pathological fears and of many
physical ills is in the body and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
The Sounding Brass
BY Edythe Latham.
little, Bro1Dn:. s4.5O.)

little, BrotDn;: $780,
This relentlessly detailed
first novel tells of three gen.
erations of a paternalistic
Southern family. The founder
Of the Dunmead dynasty is
Marcus Chadley. a cold ty-
coon who has ground the life
out of an artistic wife and also
scotches the talent Of a son.
The burden Of the second gen.
Grafton falls on Fenton. a pain
fully correct gentleman who
wraps his little stepdaughter
August in layers of cottonwood,
tries to buy her popularity with
her schoolmates and nervously
nurtures her artistic bent. Au-
gust, imperious and a little
cross-grained. fights her way
out Of the sitting confines Of
this world. 1.-The Sounding
Brass" reads as though it owes
as much to industry as to-
imagination. It is utterly hui
morlesS and, I am afraid,
rather dull. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
The People Of South Africa
BY Sarah Gertrude Millin (Knopf;; $4.QJ
Reviewed by Richard Fyklund

South Africans are living in
an impossible situation. Their
economy is based on cheap Ne
gro and colored labor, and
the white people. both Boer
and British, will have it no
other way. But the dark
skinned South Africans are
becoming increasingly con-
scious of their second-class
status and are demanding a
better break. The whites,
however, believe political, eco
nomic or social equality for
the numerically dominant Ne
groes would mean destruc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Van Gogh
BY Charles Estienna. (SkirG.
Inc; $685.
L0utrec
BY Jacques Lassaigne. (Sktra,
Irc.;; $4.95J
Van Gogh
BY Robert Goldwater. (The
Pocket Library of Great Art;
so centS.)
'Toulouse-Loutrec
BY Sam Hunter. 1.-THE Pocket
Library OF Great Art; so
centS.)
Reviewed by Florence Berrymon
Vincent Van Gogh. son of
a Dutch pastor Of an ancient
Calvinist family. and Henri de
Toulouse Lautrec, French
nobleman of ancient lineage,
are "naturals" for popular art
books. Not only were they
great artists, they also lived
short lives full of drama and
tragedy. Van Gogh was born
in 1853. IL years earlier than
Lautrec. Each died at the age
of 81.
Notwithstanding the large
libraries" already published
about these two ill-starred
masters. two new pairs Of
books have just appeared. one
by Skira d Switzerland, the
more elaborate; the other by
Harry N. Abrams in collabora-
ton with Pocket Books, Inc.
Actually, in the latter edition,
IL titles are due to make
their appearance in the mass
distribution outlets of pocket
books. Readers of contempo-
rary fiction and murder mys-
teries will know where to find
these worthwhile new pocket
books. Each is written by
an authoritative commentator,
the authors roster including
museum and gallery directors,
art editors. critics and uni
versity art faculty members.
"ToulouSe-Lautrec." by Sam
. Hunter, associate editor, the
Pocket Library of Great Art.
has a concise text (about 1000
words) giving a biographical
outline and brief critique, 80
plates in color and more than
20 black-and-white illustra-
tions of Lautrec's paintings.
drawings. Autographs and
posters. A concise comment on
each color plate deals primar-
lily with the characters depict
ed and social aspects of the
theme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
The Night of the Hunter

This is a strange story about
greed and hypocrisy in the
Ohio Valley during the depres-
sion. It has the form of the
suspense story, the language
of the ballad and the trappingS
of symbolism. 1t concerns the
heartbreaking efforts of a small
boy to keep some stolen money,
and also his own soul, out of
the clutches of sex psyche
path named Preacher, who has
Love" tattooed across the fin
gers of one hand and Hate"
across the other.
The money has been stolen
by little Johns father, who
before being hanged, was the
cellmate of Preacher. a self
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

The Azores or the CnnarieS-
tropical flowers, sandy
beaches, and the charm of
Old Spain are combined here
with rents of about $40 a
month, groceries for a couple
at $40 a week, and servants
S. a month each.
. The lotus-covered mountain
lakes OF KGShmtr, where a
furnished houSeboat with four
turbanned servants rents for
$40 a month. Total costs for
a couple run about SITS a
month-in the most beautit u
spot on earth.
. The South Seas? Tahiti has
found out about the Yankee
dollar. But there's brilliant
Sigatoka Beach at Suva or
reefgirt Norfolk or Lord Howe
Island, the Bargain Paradise
of the South Seas today.
So I say again-you can retire
now, while still young enough to
enjoy tiff you know where it
costs less to live the kind of life
you like.
I'm the merit column, read about
two books by Norman D. Ford
which tell you Just this.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

Me an Of
f e r." M r.
Mankowi t z
went from
a second
hand shop
in London
to a univer-
sity, later
became an
art collector
and wrote
a b o u t
Wedgw God
and other
items in his
early books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

in the East End call it a kid?
The unicorn, Schmule's for
tunes as a wrestler and Mr..
Kandinsky's future as a tailor
are wrapped together in the
events that follow.
But you can't outline this
little novel: it has to be read.
If you like odd characters.
fully realized with a phrase
here and there. and a quiet
humor that flows without eff
fort over a sequence of in
congruous scenes, you'll want
to get hold of this short book.
It's a book to be read slowly.
savored, because it has a lot
packed into its few pages.
C. B. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Do you know where to find

the greatest retirement bar
gain in Florida?
the most beautiful town in
all California?
. the three tOp-nOtch retire.
ment towns in the Southwest?
. the one place in America
where university experts have
found the most healthful
climate in the world?
. that marvellous Maine island,
where it's 10-15 degrees
warmer in winter than on
the mainland, and living
costs are SO low they attract
many who otherwise could
not afford to retire?
Q a health spa, with wonderful
facilities for recreation, sur
rounded by a national park?
the ideal island for retire.
ment In the South, with cool
summers and warm winters?
the most cultural small
town in America, with .
Little Theatre, art and music
clubs, . cosmopolitan at
m0sphere?
OF course, these are only a hand
full of the hundreds of beauty
spots, hideaways, and larger
communities in the U. S., where
you can retire now on little
money and enjoy yourself COM
pletely.
And In the rest Of the world,
there are hundreds more be-
sides. Just Q few Of them;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

ton of their white civilization.
This they will not accept.
What the showdown will be
no one can predict, but Mrs.
Millin has done what surely
is the definitive job of ex-
planning why a showdown is
coming. The why's" are
wrapped up in South Africa's
history and in the natures OF
the people who live there.
Mrs. Millin's handling Of
this story of potential violence
is at all times delicate. per-
ceptive, sometimes almost po-
etic-and always calm and
seemingly objective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

We see none Of the answers,
but the letters from Martha
and Oscar convey what the
recipients of their confidence
say from time to time.
The island takes clear shape
under the casual descriptions
in the letters. It is a barren
place, all rocks, no trees and
few flowers, but, with its
cleaning cliffs. strange forma-
tons. beaches and caves, dashed
by the "marvelously blue"
sea. it has a strange, COM
polling beauty. The inhabi-
tants, naturally kindly and hos
pitable. have also the super
stitions and prejudices Of a
seclusion broken only by the
arrival of the mail boat every
few days. They can change
overnight from admiration to
suspicion and hate.
Toword Tragedy
Almost from the first it Is
clear that the idyll of Martha
and Oscar will be brief. Oscar
has come to the island to
finish a novel, but he is unable
to write. After a time Martha
gets on his nerves. While his
contact with the boy appar-
emily does not develop beyond
what Freudians call a wish
fantasy, what is happening
finally become obvious to the
girl, who is a peculiar mixture
of naivete, and shrewdness.
With the death of the boy
from a sudden illness, events
move swiftly to a climax. The
ultimate tragedy seems, in ret
respect, to have been newt
able all along.
Altogether the novel, what
ever its shortcomings, Is quite
an achievement. The publish
ers compare it to Thomas
Mann's Death in Venice" and
Henry James Daisy Miller"
There is not much in Mr.. RAN
dolph's method to suggest
either Mann or James. There
is the hint of perversion which
is touched on subtly in both
Death in Venice" and 1.-The
Mail Boat" and there is a
strong atmospheric flavor in
both stories.
Mr. Randolph was born in
Czechoslovakia in 1922 and now
lives in Arizona. He wrote The
Mail Boat" in Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Mrs. Seorwoods Secret Weapons
Rv Leonard Wihherlev little Rrolpn & Co. 81 SOL


Mr.. Wibberley's little fantasy
reads like a scenario for one
of those mildly cock-eyed Brit
ish movies every one enjoys so
much. 1t is a happy ghost
story about a nice fluttery old
widow who has to dodge a
managing daughter along with
the bombs. and who finds her
self haunted by a red Indian
left from Pocahontas' London
encourage.
She and the shade make a
nice pair when transplanted to
one of those small amusing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

English villages. The neighbors
think for a while she is the
wife of Rudolph Hess, and no
body knows what to think
when she takes off in a stolen
British fighter and photo
graphs some rocket installa-
tions in France. However, the
Prime Minister understands.
Mr.. Wibberley recounts these
doings with the proper atten-
ton to detail and dialogue
that makes them if not exactly
plausible at least entirely pain
less. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

This brief first novel Is a
curious, exotic and strangely
haunting story.
It is told entirely in letters
and has not escaped the arti-
fetal quality which such a de-
vice is apt to impose. Yet, as
it goes on, it takes on a cumu-
lative reality and enlists
sympathy for two characters
who are not essentially appeal
ing.
The story concerns a girl
and a somewhat older man,
both Americans, who meet by
appointment on remote Ital-
ian island in the Tyrrhenian
Sea and live there together
during a summer.
Martha has been touring
Europe alone. She does not,
above all things, want her
mother in New York to know
she has gone to the island to
keep a romantic rendezvous,
and she is hard put to explain
in her letters why she stays
there so long. Nor is her
mother fooled, as Martha's
later letters show.
We See Mortho's Letters
The girls letters alternate
with letters which her lover
writes to a male friend, who at
first is in Paris and later in
Venice. Martha'S brief, devious
letters to her mother are sup
plemented by longer, candid
letters to a girl friend in New
York and to a man she has
known for years, now a pro-
fessor at Yale. Martha quits
writing to her girl friend be-
cause, it becomes obvious, Janet
has talked too much and wor-
ried Martha'S mother even
more than Mamma already
was. Martha keeps on with
her frank letters to the profess
sor. who, as it happens, knows
her lover very well.
Martha's lover. Oscar Tower,
is a novelist-a completely
self-centered man who has a
homosexual tendency which
he has suppressed but which
threatens to become active
when he meets an Italian boy
of great charm. Oscars let
tiers to his friend are as con-
fesSional as Martha's account
of their adventure to the young
professor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Where TO RETIRE TODAY
land ENJOY 1T

|Mr. Ford has
helped thou
sands to md
the right place
to retire on
their present
income. Hun
dreds come to
him for advice.
Typical lie t.
tiers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
A Kid for Two Forthinos

Mr.. Mankowitz' second ex-
cursion into fiction to reach
this country is even more de-
lightful than his first, Make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
TO RETIRE YOUNG
ENOUGH TO ENJOY IT
WHERE" TO RETIRE ON A
SMALL INCOME
read these books by
Norman d. Ford

WHERE" TO RETIRE ON A
SMALL INCOME
This book selects out of the hun.
dreds Of thousands of communi-
ties in the U. S. and it's island
territories only those places
where living costs are less, where
the surroundings are pleasant,
and where nature and the COM
munity get together to guaran-
tee a good time from fishing,
boating, gardening, concerts, or
the like. The book never over
looks the fact that some people
must get part-time or seasonal
work to pad out their incomes.
1t covers cities. towns and
farms throughout America
from New England south to
Florida, west to California and
north to the Pacific Northwest.
1t includes Hawaii, Puerto Rico,
and the American Virgin
Islands. Some people spend
hundreds of dollars trying to get
information like this by travel
ing around the country. FIRE.
quently they fail-there is Just
too much of America to explore.
Where to Retire on Small
Income saves you from that
danger. Yet the big 1854 edition
costs only 81.
BARGAIN PARADISES
OF THE WORLD
This is a book on how to double
what your money can buy. For
that is what spending a few
weeks or months, or even retir-
ing, in the worlds Bargain Par
adises amounts to.
Throughout you learn where
to spend a while in the West
Indies, Mexico, Central and
South America. the healthful
islands of the South Seas, the
wonderlands of New Zealand,
the Balearic Islands, the Ca
naries, Madeira, etc.
You read about Lands of
Eternal Springtime," "Califcr-
MAS Abroad" Islands in the
Wind -Four Modern Shangri-
Las" about mountain hide
Always, tropical islands as color
full as Tahiti but nearer home,
about modern cities where you
san live for less, about quiet
country lanes and surf washed
coastal resorts.
About 100 photos. 4 maps.
1854 edition. Price. $3.50.
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