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School for Hope
BY Michael McLaverty.
(Macmillan;; $500

Michael McLaverty, who
writes with his own special
fidelity and intensity Of the
lives Of Northern Irish Cath
olics, here describes a triangle
composed of a schoolmaster,
his delicate sweetheart and
his possessive sister.
The threat of tuberculosis
has always held a special ter
ror for the Irish, since preced-
ing generations suffered much
from it. So Nora Angela
Byrnes, a pretty schoolteach-
err coming new to a quiet viii
lage. carefully conceals from
the two sisters with whom she
boards and from her would
be sutton that the disease had
carried of her mother and her
sister.
Dubious Heritage
Because Of her dubious her
itage, Nora. at Is, feels that
life has passed her by and
that she has no right to pursue
happiness. She gently resists
the advances of Peter Lynch.
the admirable schoolmaster.
She is content to stay with
the two spinster sisters, Mary
and Elizabeth, who rejoice in
her wan youthfulness. One of
the sisters, Mary. encourages
the romance between Nora
and Peter, but the other,
Elizabeth, sides with Peters
sister Helen, O house-proud
shrew. who rules out Nora not
only for her weak stock" but
on the general principle that
she will disturb Helen's own
circumscribed existence.
No Celtic Philip Wylie, Mr..
McLaverty. nonetheless, draws
unblinkingly the Irish woman
at her worst. Helen is the very
picture of selfish vindictiye-
ness. The story as q whole
lacks force because Of the
lackluster quality of the
withdrawn heroine. Where
Mr.. McLaverty achieves true
pathos is in the two old maids.
one kind and meek. the other
peppery, who live out pa
tiently their marrow little
lives.
Mr.. McLaverty has written
better novels and doubtless
viii again. This one is q tribe
slum. IN. NEG.
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wonders Of white civilization
yet denied them the opportu-
nifty to make use Of these
wonders.
But this book is no indignant
harangue. !, 1t is often lyrical
as Mr.. Abrahams pictures the
grandeur Of the land, the
gentleness of his mother, his
f1eeting romance. It is in
tensely personal in its epic Of
struggle and yet universal in
its humanity.
Out of the slums of johann
nesburg, out Of incredible pow
erty. out of mass rejection
came q great talent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Inside Nantucket
BY Frank B. Gilbreth, jr.
Thomas Y. CrowelI. $50

Frank. one Of the Cheaper
by the Dozen" Gilbreths, writes
of the experiences of another
Gilbreth, Bob. and Bob's wife
in running an inn on the
beautiful island of Nantucket.
He tells these anecdotes
about odd guests and odd
neighbors from the vantage
point of Barbara, who luckily
realized when she married Bob
she had married q family and
also an island, too.
The trials of the young Gill
breths sound like those of most
innkeepers except maybe Con-
rad Hilton. who does not serve
as chambermaid like Barbara
or desk clerk and general fac
totum like Bob. The young
Gilbreths worked hard. COPIED
efficiently with eccentric guests
and loved Nantucket more all
the time. A mildly amusing
account. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Tell Freedom
BY Peter Abrahams. ALFRED A. Knopt;; 81
Reviewed by Miriam Gutenberg

II you want to reach the
heart Of the racial tragedy in
South Africa, you can bypass
the fast reporting jobs by
visiting journalists and the
intellectual approaches Of
South Africa's white liberals
and just read this simply told
autobiography by an author
who is colored-neither white
nor black but q mixture of
races.
The others. however WE'LL
meaning, are on the outside
looking in. Here is a man who
lived with it for 81 years
from birth to manhood-in an
atmosphere where he was a
creature to be kicked, beaten,
totally restricted and almost
always despised. He sums I'D
his whole life-until he left at
81 to find personal freedom
as dominated by q sign "re-
served for Europeans only"
Here is pictured the life of
the slums, the locations and
the weld for his people. Here
is described the first realiza-
ton that the colored and the
black emust always say. Eyes,
baas." to the white. Here, in
all its brutality. is the piling
up of one story after another
illustrating white attitudes
ranging from sheer cruelty to
at least indifference. But here.
too. are stories rejecting oc-
casional flashes of real kind
ness-like the white secretary
who read the 10-year-old Peter
the story of ''Othello" and
prompted in him q burning
desire to go to school so he
could read it himself. Here
are the puzzled discussions Of
the boy and his friend who
couldn't understand q pattern
that introduced them to all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

with the banker and virtually
everybody In the civic lunch
con club. Hugh collided with
his father-in-law. even his
wife. It did look as IL the
young editor had q chip on his
shoulder and was going out OF
his way to provoke trouble.
There were two acts Of vio-
1ence In one day which brought
the whole issue to q climax.
Distorted News
Hugh found himself strange
ly in agreement with the de-
mand Of the towns elite that
these items of news be sup-
pressed or, rather, distorted.
But his reasons were different
from theirs. He was willing to
call a suicide an accident out
of pity for the victim. not be-
cause she was the daughter Of
one of Creighton's founding
fathers. He agreed to disguise
a murder as a suicide because
printing the truth probably
would result in the lynching of
his mulatto printer. The bank
er demanded this journalistic
dishonesty because a lynching
would hurt the town, bring
down on it q horde OF North
ern newspapermen and prob
ably the FBI.
Mr.. Grifdth's novel is not
wholly successful. but it re-
veals a promising writer who
already shows q genuine gift
for that most vital ability Of
the novelist, Characterization.
When he is doing straight mar
rative. sticking to the story,
his writing is effective. His
vignettes Of several characters.
with flashbacks. get him into
some self -conSciouS and mud
died phrasing. He drags in
an occasional vulgarity, not
because it Is called for, but ap-
parently to indicate he is
pulling no punches.
Mabel Granny, the 60-year-
old spinster, Is a fugitive from
Winesburg, Ohio. somehow
overlooked by Sherwood Ander-
son. It is doubtful If any one
ever was quite so frustrated.
Dimple Newton, the UNDER
taker, who supplements his in
come by running bootleg liquor
in his ambulance for the sheriff
to sell, is much more per-
SuaSive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Reading and Writing
Congress Has New Librorion Looking
For Answers to Difficult Problem
By Mary McGrory

continued through its vast
network Of loans and its cata-
log card service Ca self-sup-
porting operation, by the way
to unite all the libraries Of the
country. President Theodore
Roosevelt, many years before.
had given his Endorsement to
these contributions to public
libraries. They naturally look
for assistance to the Federal
Library. which. though still
the Library Of Congress. and
so entitled, is the one National
Library Of the United States"
But the House Appropria-
tions Committee last spring
cut the Library budget request
by over 81 million due to its
feeling that the Library has
gone far beyond the functions
for which it was originally
created"
The committee also recon-
mended that lone of the fun
damental and principal duties
which should occupy the new
librarian is the matter Of
codification, simplif1cation and
completion of the statutes re-
lating to the Library
The Librorion's DiIemmo
1.-THE librarian" it added,
should be mindful that the
Library is the instrument and
creature of the Congress-"
Supposedly any attempts to
diminish the scope of the
Library would run into ener-
getic protests from professional
groups all over the country.
The largest Of these, Of course,
is the American Library As
ISOLATION Mr.. Mumford, the
new librariansysjs the newly
elected president Of the ALA.
This fact adds to the delicacy
Of his position, II Congress is
indeed serious about turning
the Library clock back $50
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

Herman Hagerdorn. tie wonder
that he idealized himself.
Not only is this an interest
ing book about family, it is
an interesting book about the
times. Mr.. Hagedorn, who has
written other books about
Roosevelt, is executive director
of the Theodore Roosevelt AS
ISOLATION. This volume is the
Book of -the-M Month Club Sc
lection for August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
News Of Artists and Exhibitions

The Division Of Graphic Arts
of the National Museum is
having an exhibition entitled
Lesser Known French Etchers
of the 10th Century" through
September 6 In the print gall
lery Of the Smithsonian Build
ing.
This is q pleasing selection
Of prints from the permanent
collection, by artists who were
outstanding in the field Of
printmaking but who did not
win the fame accorded some Of
their fellows. It represents Gre
alive etching by men who in
general also did reproductive
work
Beginning about 1850, a
notable revival in etching took
place" explains Jacob Kainen,
curator of the Division Of
Graphic Arts.
A Creative Medium
Printmaking had been as
ISOLATED largely with the re-
production of paintings until
this mid-19th century activ-
ity reflected the feeling of
some etchers that the medium
was used. too much as q re-
productive agent and should
become more of creative
medium.
while some English ar
fists, Seymour Haden in par
ticular, were leading spirits in
this revival, the great center
of the movement was in
France" Mr.. Kainen notes.
Encouraged by M. Cadart,
print publisher, and Felix
Bracquemond, accomplished
etcher, many of the finest
painters in France worked with
needle and acid.
Among them were Coross,
Millet, Delacroix and Dau-
bigny. and later Renoir, Pis-
sarro, Degas and Manet.
Other artists of note, among
them Meryon. Buhot and Lee
gros, were etchers almost ex-.
clusively.
Lesser Known Etchers
mo true picture of activity
in etching during this period
can be presented, however,
without some reference to
lesser known but outstanding
printmakers who participated
with equal enthusiasm. The
purpose Of this exhibition is
to show some examples of
work by these etchers."
Another revival in the field
of etching and line engraving
has been noted in the last Is
years, marked by experimental
ton with techniques stemming
from the development of COM
pletely accurate methods Of
reproduction.
18th Century Artists
Some of the 18th century
artists in the current show
ing, such as Jean Leon Ge-
rome, BENJAMIN Constant and
Leon Lhermitte, have repu-
tations as painters, but their
etchings are comparatively
unknown.
Others included are Adolphe
Appian, Theodore Aman,
Francois Bonvin, Chamfleury,
Nicholas Francois Chifflart,
Theophile Chauvel. Marcellin
Desboutins, Adolphe Hervier,
Jules Michelin, Alphonse Mas
son, Thiodule Ribot. Amedee
Ellie Servin, Victor Vignon,
Edmond Yon and Norbert
Goeneutte.
There are appealing figure
studies by Constant in the
showing and another attrac-
tive one is Gerome's "Negress
of Hedjas." Portraits include
Alexander Dumas by Desbou-
tins. Horace Vernet by Mas
son and M. A. Cadart by
Ribot.
The Landscapes
Fine landscape etchings are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Mrs. Kane Exhibits

Theodore Kane, visiting in
Caracas, Venezuela, was in
vited to show her work in q
weeks exhibition at the Gen.
tro Venezolano- Americana in
Altamira. Other spots this
Washington artist planned to
visit before returning here
early In September include
Curacao. Haiti and Jamaica.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Secretary Stimson: A Study in Stotecroft
BY Richard NJ Current fRutgers; $780,

There was more craft than
craftsmanship in Henry L.
Stimson's long career. accord
ing to Prof. Current. History
may agree with some of the
numerous counts in the au-
thor's criticisms Of the twists
and turns" and 'ironical con-
tradictions" In Stimson's pub
lie life. particularly In con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15

when mis-
hap befen
him also
conveys
picture Of q
starry eyed
author. But
there W e r e
many peo-
pie who felt
t h q t W a y
about T. r..
and when so
many idol
lied him
. there is lit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
The Best American Short
Stories. 1854
Edited by Martha Foley.
(Houghton Mi17i7,;. 81

Reading this collection Of
the years "best" short stories
is likely to leave the suscep-
tible reader a trifle morose.
Over half the stories deal with
death-by chance. violence or
suicide. BY any means Of
course, 1t is o legitimate sub
ject for writer's. But If their
treatment merely emphasizes
the known fact that life gets
dreary, then the effect is de-
pressing rather than illumi-
mating.
This years stories range far
afield. The first. and in many
ways the best, deals with Chris
topher Marlowe's murder. It
is called "a Great Reckoning
in a Little ROOM and is by
Godfrey Bush. In Ward Dor
RANGES atmospheric "A Stop
on the Way to Texas a young
post-Civil War teamster tries
to cross an ice-locked river.
There is a story about Mount
Everest and another about
Indo- China. B. Traven's story
about a Mexican woodcutter,
THE Third Guest" is one of
two rejecting any preoccupa-
ton with the supernatural.
The rest Of the characters are
brooding on their human sit
uation, not graphing with it,
just brooding.
ResoIutely Particular
For the most part they are
resolutely particular. A case in
point is "A Change Of Air."
by Ivan Gold, a sardonic ac-
count of a promiScuous girl who
is reformed in reform school.
Another is 'The Rock" by
Vurrel Yentzen, which con-
Germs a man who learns his
wife is to bear an abnormal
child. This causes him to re-
fleet on the perfect child
borne to him by a native
woman in the Philippines dur
ing the war. Most of the
themes are equally grim. The
only humorous entry is Ger
trude and Sidney" by Randall
FARRELL, an epigrammatic exer-
else which later formed q
chapter in his novel. Pictures
From an Institution"
AS usual, the smaller maya
zines have yielded up the lions
share of the selections. The
New Yorker contributes only
three entries. My Brother
Down There" by Steve Frazee.
q badly written but strongly
felt story about q manhunt
from Ellery Queens Mystery
Magazine. and Almet jerks
mo Way Down." a fictional
account of q previous unsuc-
cessful onslaught on Mount
Everest from the Saturday Eve
ming Post, make the only pre-
tense of narrative excitement.
This quality is notably lacking
in q collection of tales, which.
unlike those mentioned by Sir
Philip Sidney, are not likely to
hold children from play and
old men from the chimney
corner" IN. MEG.
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nection with the Pearl Harbor
warning and subsequent in
vestigation. What the final
balance sheet shows will de-
pend on evidence available to
other historians in the future.
In the meantime the probable
result of this book will be to
put Stimson on the list Of
controversial figures.
~. p. ..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
By Harriet Griffiths

plans "Une Mare" and "Un
"Soir"and Chauvel's Lies Bords
du LONG" There are two rem
behring's by Schifhart Of heroic
sculpture.
Hervier's small ''Farmyard
Scene" and his Village With
Pigs" are both exceptionally
commendable. Champfleury's
"Cat Drinking From a Plate"
and Aman's patient "Boufiies
de la Roumanie" are distin-
guished animal studies.
At Corcorun
A look back into the storied
past Of 1.-THE Stately Homes Of
England" is available at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art in q
summer-long exhibition Of
prints by Joseph Nash.
Nash, eminent English water
colorist of the last century,
was a master of lithography.
He is noted for his picturesque
views of late Gothic ediflces,
both in England and elsewhere.
His views of exteriors and
interiors of huge mansions
which echo the royal footsteps
of Queen Elizabeth ! or the
musings of the captive Mary.
Queen of Scots, are animated
by busy figures in the cos
tunes of the times.
A little boy plays with dogs
on the floor, his plumed hat
tossed on a chair. in the long
gallery of Aston Hall, War
wiekshire, which was opened
as museum in the 10th CEN
tury.
In. the Grond Manner
Other children, adults and
frisky pets make themselves
at home in the fairgrounds of
other mansions whose proper
tions exercise the imagination
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
ed Roosevelt
In d Foyorite
Family Role
The Roosevelt Family
OF Sycamore Hin
BY Herman Hagedorn.
fMacnilldn: So
Reviewed BY
Francis ?. Douglas

"Now, Theodore. z his
wife would begin. and Theo-
dore Roosevelt would revise
some indiscreet remark he
had impulsively made.
The picture Of the lovely and
level headed Edith Carow
Roosevelt. who studiously
avoided the limelight. is one
Of the contributions this book
makes. Mr.. Hagedorn writes
that had she been forwarned
Of her husbands pledge after
the 1904 election not to be
q candidate again-a pledge
that embarrassed him later
she would have prevented 1t.
The family that lived at
Sycamore Hill was the Ma
tons most famous family Of
the day. Here are intimate
details of the family's life
with all of the strenuousness
that T. r. advocated. SO
strenuous was 1t that young
Theodore. jr., was threatened
with a nervous breakdown and
the doctor warned T. r. he
had to relax his treatment Of
the boy.
Rompine in the White House
Young Ted Jared worse
than the three other boys In
the paternal "toughening"
program because as the years
went by the father had less
time. But he was always ready
to advise with the children
and to romp with them when
the opportunity offered. There
were frequent occasions when
they trooped in and out Of
his White House Office.
: Mrs. Roosevelt had misgiv-
ings about the presidency. At
McKinley's funeral at the
White House she burst out to
Grover Cleveland. "Oh. Mr..
Cleveland, my husband is SO
young" To her he was young
in more than years. The next
summer when the President
followed the rest of the family
from the White House to Oys-
ter Bay and arrived at the
house with some Of the boys
rain soaked and dripping. Mrs.
Roosevelt sent all upstairs to
change and remarked. II have
five boys now
A Starry Eyed Author
The picture drawn by Mr..
TYn nASA.~.a - the xrrhn K0finvA
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in today's era Of compact,
functional housing.
The exhibit includes several
views Of the Maybe, or black
and white houses. Little More
ton Hall, Cheshire. is consid-
cred lone Of the most perfect
examples" and Spoke, Lam
cashire. also one of the finest
according to the historical
notes.
The ornate woodwork Law
ished on the spacious interiors
and an example Of the topiary
art popular in Stuart times are
highly interesting features Of
these Illustrations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
A Storry-Eyed Author

The picture drawn by Mr..
Hagedorn Of the whole Nation
responding to Rooseyelt'S lead
ership or holding its breath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-15
Books in Review
The Bobbitts Brought Up to Date
In d Florida Muin-Street Town
A Long Time Since Morning
BY Leon Oden Grifhth. random House: 49,
Reviewed hy Carter Brooke Jones
A Long Time Since Morning

Reviewed BY Carter Brooke Jones
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-29
admosky-FaflicL

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Radomsky
of 1886 East 142nd ST., announce
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon R. Gudites of
14011 Castalia ave., announce the
engagement of their daughter, Jo-
anne, to John Sharp, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William w. Sharp of
14011 Bardwell ave., East Cleve-
land.
The bride-to-be will graduate in
June from Collinwood High School.
Her fiance' attended Shaw High
School and is now serving in the
United States Navy. A July we'd
ding is being planned.
LaPOrta-Iacano
Enjoying Miami Beach, Fla. are
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo LaPorta who
were married on Saturday, April
oath in Our Lady of Peace Church.
The bride is the former Mary Lena
Iacano, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Iacano, 2515 East 127th st.
and the groom is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Isadore LaPorta, ST.,
1924 Wadena ave.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-29

Present will be her son Paul,
and another son, X. L. Raven,
with his wife, and son, A &c
Lawrence, on furlough after serv-
ice in Japan.
Two grandsons, Arthur with his
wife and children, Kay and Bruce;
and Robert, with his wife and
daughter, Jane, will complete the
family circle. A granddaughter,
10 Ann of Denver, will not be able
to be present.
Four Camp Fire girls of Mrs.
Florence Bouffard's group last
night received their trail seekers
charm and certificate at a cere-
monial. So honored were Ellen
Ebbert, Edna Haag, Marilyn May
and Gail Button.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-29
MeddMg4- Engagements
'BalsOn-Kreckel

COhC1
Mrs. Lucie KreckIe of Gemunden,
Germany announces the marriage
of her daughter, Use Gertrud to
Frank Batson, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Batson, sr. of 14113
Elm ave. The ceremony took
place in Winchester, Va, on We'd
nesday, April 7th, the officiating
clergyman being the Rev. R. Whit
ten of the Christian Congregational
Church. The groom's parent accom-
panied their son to New York City
to greet Miss Kreckel upon her
arrival there, and served as the
couples attendants for the mar
riage ceremony.
The bride is a graduate of Ko-
blenz High School in Koblenz, Ger
many and the Medical College in
Koln, Germany. Mr.. Batson is
graduate of Shaw High School.
He served in the U. S. Army for
33 months, 27 months of which he
was stationed in Germany, return
ing home last November.
The couple will reside at 1905
Idarose ave., Cleveland.
De BOer-Murphy
Mr.. and Mrs. C. DeBoer, 1426
East 134th st., East Cleveland,
announce the engagement of their
daughter Virginia Eileen (Gini)
to Mr.. Eugene P. Murphy, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Murphy of
19401 Nyack.
Miss DeBoer, a graduate of
Shaw High School attended Bowl
ing Green State University and
Fem College where she is a mem
ber of Kappa Sigma Upsilon Sosor-
ity. She is a member of the faculty
of Mayfair School where she
teaches second grade.
Mr.. Murphy attended Shaw High
School and served three years with
the United States Marine Corps.
A July 10th wedding is being
planned.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-29
Personals

Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Collier,
Northfield, Ohio are the proud
parents of a baby girl, Christine
Rae, born April 4th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Reich and
son Hickey of 1923 Terrace rd. are
home from three weeks spent along
the Gulf of Florida.
Mrs. P. R. Slater, 1878 Third
ave. and Mrs. C. R. Baker, 1862
Graham rd., leave Sunday for q
14-day tour of Florida before
checking in at Miami Beach for
the Oriental Shrine convention.
They are joining a party of Cleve-
land lodge members for the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Blair and
son George will leave Saturday for
three weeks holiday to be spent
in Florida.
It's Z h., 6 OF. girl for Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Anna, born
March 9th. The baby has been
named Carol Lynn. Mrs. Anna is
the former Grace Mampel.
A family dinner on Saturday,
May 1st, will honor Mrs. Anna
Raven on her 80th birthday an
niversary. The party will be held
at the home of her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Greenwood, 1852 Graham rd.,
with whom she makes her home.