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Evening star., 1954-09-12

will be a rubber stamp for Mr..
Nuri's campaign to eradicate
Communism inside Iraq and
shore up Arab world defenses
against external Red aggression.
Tomorrow's election will be
Iraq's second in three months.
In last June's voting. Mr..
Nuri's party fell short Of a ma
jority largely because the pre-
mier was i'll in London and had
a rift with the palace which
Evening star., 1954-09-12

temporarily weakened his poll
tical grip.
After the elections. the palace
had to return to Mr.. Nuri when
lit was unable to find anyone
else to form a stable govern
ment. Nuri accepted on condi-
ton new elections be held to
give him a Parliament willing
to support his program.
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NEA officiul TO speuk

Roy <. Wilson. assistant press
director Of the National Educa-
tion Association. WIN address
members Of the American Public
Relations Association. National
Capital Forge. at 1875 pm. to-
morrow in the Burlington Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-09-12

Ebert Phelps of $500 Lowell place. Bethesda
and her daughter Mary Ann examine the face the
her0icsse figures Of the Two Jma Memorial Worlmen will
begin to erect the statue its site in Arlington
~ Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
DyIon Thomas Magic Book
A True Measure of His Art

uncle on a wild picnic
through the west Of Wales "an
choral with beer"
Here is q sample passage:
stop the bus MIR. Weaz-
ley cried. II left my teeth on
the mantelpiece.'
Never you mind" they said.
you're not going to bite no.
body
I might want to smile" he
said.
Not you.' they said,
In the second section. de-
voted to critical essays and
more sober reminiscence. he
writes a beautiful. humane
appreciation of the poetry Of
Sir Philip Sidney. of fellow
Welsh poets and the prose Of
Walter de La Mare.
And to round it all OF. here
is his description of the British
character: That stubborn.
stupid. seabound. lyrical, para
doxical dark farrago Of up
pishness and dering-do and
midsummer moonshine all
fluting. snug and copper bot
toned"
IN. MEG.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
to explore the nature or expe-

to explore the nature or expe-
rience."
And Mr.. Farrell denies that
he swallowed whole the method
Of zola. which. according to
Zola himself. was ito para
phrase and approximate a
sort Of theory that everything
people did was q physical or
chemical reaction to compo-
nents In their blood cells and
environment. Mr.. Farrell Is
no "monistic determinist." he
insists. He believes In free
viii. but he does not look on
it as q heritage. but rather
"as an achievement Of men,
gained individually and collec-
lively. through knowledge and
the acquisition Of control.
both over nature and over
self"
Evening star., 1954-12-12
QUITE EARLY ONE MORN

QUITE EARLY ONE MORN
ING. BY Dylan Thomas.
(New Directions: $3.50.l
When Dylan Thomas died
untimely last winter at the age
Of SO. the world knew it had
lost one of its best younger
poets. But from the evidence
of this magic book. We lost
more besides. q writer of more
than poetic prose, q fine critic.
and what Is perhaps saddest
of all. q great humorist.
Mr.. Thomas in several selec-
tions, is recalling his Welsh
childhood. and what q child
hood it was Bringing to bear
all his enormous poetic gifts. he
presses down sensations until
they run over. Exuherant.
gaudy, earthly, wildly fanciful
and unerringly accurate. IA
Child's Christmas in Wales"
and Holiday Memory. are not
just accounts of winter and
summer. They are the sea-
sons themselves.
My own favorite is "a
Story a side-splitting ac-
count of a boy who was taken
by. his "steaming bulk of an
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Reading and Writing
World Of jane Austen Revisited,
Literary Revival Long Overdue
By Mary McGrory

Miss Austen's gentle girls. 80
decorously seeking true love.
are truly charming. They diff
fer from today's model only
In that when crossed in love.
instead Of being sent to the
psycl1iatriSt they are advised
to take q turn In the shrub
berry" Or to have the best
seat by the fire.
In Mansfield Park are
two of Miss Austen's finest
older women. Lady Bertram
and Mrs. Norris. sloth and
husybody. respectively. Lady
Bertrarn is q comic MASTER
piece Of selfish Incidence.
But even she has her moment.
When Fanny, her poor rela-
tion and slave, returns to
Mansfield Park after q long.
disaster filed absence, Lady
Bertram rouses herself from
her sofa and her Pug and
goes to meet her. For this
exertion, Miss Austen outdid
herself with this perfect line.
my dear Fanny" says
Lady Bertram. Nov ! can
be comfortable"
Mokes You Like Them
It is Miss Austen's triumph
that she can make you like
the most trying people. Take
Mr.. Woodhouse. Emma's
father. He is a professional
inventor of difficulties. The
ground is wet, the air is damp.
THE sooner every party breaks
UP the better" Yet in spite
of this, Emma likes him.
her friends like him. You like
him.
Nothing Need Be Said
And so it goes. Miss Austen
does not need our Endorsement
of her excellences. And to
the person who disputes them,
we say nothing, as Elinor
Eastwood did when Robert
Ferrars began to rave about
cottages. agreeing with all
because she did not think
he deserved the compliment
of rational opposition"
We say of Miss Austen's
novels. as she said of some
one else's, that they have
"only genius wit and taste to
recommend them"
They seem by present-day
standards, too good. But
as Miss Austen herself says,
in Mansfield Park: Nobody
minds having what is too good
for them"
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Hodrion' S Memoirs

The year should not be al
lowed to wane without at least
a mention of Marguerite Your
cenar's highly intelligent and
artistic historical novel, Had
rian's Memoirs" (Farrar,
Straus g. Young; $4). The book
Is an imagined self-revelation
of the life of the Roman En-
peror Hadrian (76-138 ADJ. It
won the Prix Femina -Vacaresco
in France. The translation is by
Grace Frick in collaboration
with the author, who now has
a home at Mount Desert Is
land, Me-, where she can be
found when she is not travel
ing and lecturing in Europe.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Farrell at Fifty

The novelist James T. Far
rell, offering his observations
on literature and life In a col
lection Of essays, Reflections
ut Fifty" vanguard; $3.75)
says Of his novels: "I have
been called . naturalist and
I have never denied it. How
ever. my own conception of
naturalism Is not that which
Is usually attributed to me. BY
naturaliSm I mean that what
ever happens In this world
must ultimately be explainable
In terms Of events in this
world. ! assume or believe
that all events are explainable
in terms Of natural origins
rather than Of extra-natural
or supernatural origins. Al
though this assumption under
lies what I have written, I do
not write novels to prove or
dispfoye this assumption. ]
write novels to reveal what life
seems TO me to be like. I write
novels as part Of an attempt
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Recedinq Throne

There are critical touches,
but on the whole 1t is q COM
plimentary picture Of the
Duchess of Windsor which
Geoffrey Bocca gives us in
"The Woman Who Would Be
Queen" (Rinehart; 81. The
author, who wrote Elizabeth
and Philip" comments: "A
great love story never dies, and
Edward VIII will be a hero to
future centuries when ADLER
kings are mere names and
numerals. Mrs. Simpson will
certainly live as one Of the
great romantic figures Of his
tory" Maybe so.
Mr.. Bocca says the woman
who might have been Queen
Of England today, who came
close to the throne suffers
the fate Of an active woman
condemned to life Of mac
tion, an intelligent woman
with nothing except trivia on
which to apply her wit. a
kind-hearted woman who has
turned to steel in order to
survive" The story, the au-
thor feels, lends in a mirage" I"
The fiction Of royalty--the
social precedents, the manner
Of address-still is insisted on
by the Duke, but 1t is q rather
pathetic finale to a frustrated
dream
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Wright Influence
THE NATURAL HOUSE. B,

THE NATURAL HOUSE. BY
Frank Lloyd Wright. (Hort-
zon Press: $6.50.)
It is fortunate that Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright has lived
to be IS years old. as 1t has
taken about that time for him
to secure acceptance in his
own country.
Today, however. the infiu-
ence of MIR. Wright can be seen
in new homes all over the
Nation.
In this book. Mr.. Wright tells
the interesting story of how
and why he arrived at his new
concepts. -R. F.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

DESIGN OF THE UNIVERSE.
BY Fritz Kahn. Grown:
$4,000
Mr.. Kahn has written a
popular. encyclopedia descrip-
tion of the material universe
and what makes it tick. He
goes from the atom to the
heavens to the earth and into
the laws Of physics.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
The Fine Points Of Espionage

WAR OF WITS. BY Ladislas
Farago. (Funk B. Wagnalls;
So
Mr.. Farago, who obviously
knows quite a bit about the
spy business, has written what
amounts to a textbook on in
telligence work and allied
fields - counter intelligence,
Evening star., 1954-12-12

espionage, sabotage and prop
aganda.
His illustrations, taken from
World War II and earlier, be-
tray no current secrets Of the
trade, but add much interest
to an exciting explanation of
how a great nations intelli-
gence agencies function.
BELMONT FARES.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

We never knew how literary
revivals got started. We never
particularly cared. either. But
now we have Q candidate. and
we wish any one who had any
thing to do with putting Henry
James back on the map would
come forward and give us some
pointers. We want the same
thing to happen to Jane
Austen.
We sought out Miss Austen
during the incivilities Of the
recent censure debate. We
found 1t was q sure cure.
After q few pages the world
would gently right itself. But
1t was q relief that quickly
passed over into addiction. It
has reached 4 point where We
wonder how we got along
without Miss Austen. and We
don't think any one should.
'Proy. Compose Yourself
Even those who love only
how to" books can 60 un-
blushingly to Miss Austen. For
she is telling you how to be-
have In society and how to
get along with people. Her
advice Is never explicit, but
it is clear: Be rational. speak
civilly and pray, compose
yourself"
Is she dated? The answer
is no-no more dated than
the pursuit Of happiness.
She turned her back on an age
no better than our own-Na-
poleon was at large-to write
her novels, and people have
not changed at all.
For the escapist, Miss Austen
is a dream girl. She takes you
into another world--a world
complete, serene and real. She
introduces you to people about
whom she tells you everything
you need to know.
Satisfying Dialogue
And after today's side-of-
the-mouth exchange. her dia-
logue is most satisfying, not
just because every one speaks
a mouthful, but because what
is said comes from the only
person who could possibly
have said 1t.
Here Is Miss Austen's as
surance in Mansfield Park"
Let other pens dwell on
guilt and misery. ! quit such
odious subjects as soon as I
can. impatient to restore
everybody not greatly in fault
themselves, to tolerate COM
fort :"
Evening star., 1954-12-12
L-ost-Ditch Fight
THE DEATH OF HITLER'S
GERMANY. BY Georges
Blond. macmillan; $4.50J
Reviewed by Eod H. Voss


For any one who has missed
the postwar accounts OF the
last days Of Hitler's Reich, or
for those who want a short re-
fresher course, MIR. Blond's
book is the ticket.
It has the additional ad-
vantage Of having distilled all
previous studies of those last
hectic days under Hitler, in
cluding the exhaustive report
Of Britain's II. r. Trevor
Roper. Perhaps 1t should be
repeated for those who have
forgotten Cor those who never
did know that Hitler, through
sheer fanatic fighting to the
last man., cost Germany sew
eraI years in its economic
comeback.
Considering West Germany's
already phenomenal recovery.
it Is no doubt true that rival
European countries already
have thanked Hitler in their
prayers for setting Germany
back so far.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
The Universe in d Nutshell

His descriptions are clear,
even in the abstruce realms
where physics and philosophy
mix. The illustrations are
many and quite original. Mr..
Kahn has written an excellent
book for the average reader
who wants it all in a nutshell.
RICHARD FRYKLUND.
Evening star., 1954-12-12

less theme about some uncfaf
these are influenced. II only In
I approach or style. by the au-
thors' contemporary world.
While the scientific-minde
call this the atomic age. Just
as earlier periods In the cen
tury were called the motor or
the steel age. the years we are
experiencing could well be
termed, on the human level,
the age Of violence. The aver
age person may not be less
kind, less charitable. but we
have become. In the wake Of
two world wars within Is years,
callous TO murders Of peculiar
savagery and other acts Of
brutality. It is small wonder
that toughness pervades q lot
OF our fiction.
He Knew Them All
Hemingway did not create
out Of thin air the adyentur-
ers. soldiers, rum-rul1ners.
prize fighters and mobsters he
has written about. He knew
these persons, or some very
like them. But. at his best.
he turned them into literature.
which is the excuse and the
final justification for the tough
story.
II you should come across.
among the new paperbacks. a
book titled "The Tough Ones"
with a subtitle above 1t.
"Stories Of Life in the Raw"
you might assume, and who
could blame you, that this was
another attempt, cheap In
price and substance, to attract
the reader in search Of the
shocking and the vulgar. But
you couldn't be more wrong.
Works Of Literary Art
1.-THE Tough Ones" an an
thology of short stories edited
by Whit and Halle Burnett
"a Popular Library Eagle
Book: Is cents does not con-
tain a story which Is not. In
Its own way. q work Of literary
art. The opening story, "The
Green Palms." Is by Robert
Payne, q writer Of substance
and reputation, author Of such
'non-fiction books as "The Re-
volt Of Asia" and Forever
China" and of many fine
novels. "The Green Palms" is
. horror story set on an island
north of Borneo. It Is writ
ten with a quiet sense Of i'm
pending doom. 1t is a story
for which Poe or Maupassant
would have felt an affinity.
Another contributor is Stu
art Cloete. whose books on
South Africa have made him
widely known. His story
. "Congo" (and Congo is a gor-
illa) Is q matter-of fact, un-
. lderstated study in terror. "The
Greatest Thing In the World"
) was the first published story by
Norman Mailer, author Of the
. famous World War II novel.
. "The Naked and the Dead." "
In this early story, written
while he was in college, Mr..
!. Mailer tells, with firm grasp
of character and situation. of
a young hitch hiker who found
the ultimate elation is outwit-
: ting three pool sharks.
Fred E. Ross offers "The
= Unbowed Head" a story Of
North Carolina cock fighting
which grew into a popular
novel, Jackson Mahaffey."
Other Contributors
You may not have heard of
the other contributors, but
their places in this anthology
are fully as deserved -Freder-
ick Darling. James Wyckoff,
Vernon Loggins. Shepard Riff
kin. Arthur Foff and Mel
Dinelli. Mr.. Loggins, who is
represented by q deeply felt
story of race and fear In Texas.
teaches creative writing at Co
lumbia University.
These are not nice" stories.
Neither is y lot. Of life. The
Burnetts are the editors Of
: Story. and all the stories In
this collection appeared orig
inally In their magazine.
Evening star., 1954-12-12
Books in Review
Our Present -Doy Noyelists Hold
Mirror to On Age Of Violence
Dy Carter Brooke Jones

Writers often taken to task these days for deyng
tough stories with charactersas they had invented
this sort Of situation and this type Of character
fiction writers necessarily reflections of their times
forgetting the historical novel the occasional time
less theme about unchangng phase Of e though
Evening star., 1954-12-12

--Ph Wilcox.
THE GREATEST BIRD-WATCHER OF THEM ALL the
literary quarry this birdwatchng pair Margaret
and John Kieran authors Of the Landmark Book
Audubon Reports drifting down from New York indicate
Of this husband collaboration did
not always smooth But it productive and their
biography the gentle genius Audubon ready gladden.
Of and girls who find under their Christmas
trees.
Evening star., 1954-01-20
Woman on
White House
Staff Asked

The appointment of a quali-
fed woman as administrative
assistant On the White House
staff has been recommended to
President Eisenhower by the
American Association of Uni.
versity Women.
The suggestion was made in
a letter signed by Mrs. Gertrude
Houk Fariss, of Portland. Ore.
chairman Of the AAUW Status
Of Women Committee. She also
commended the President. on
the first anniversary of his
Inauguration. for his appoint
ments of able and qualified
women to high positions in his
administration.
The AAUW letter cited the
prominence Of women in politics
and the labor force. and stressed
their increasing awareness Of
their own economic role and the
way Government policies affect
their lives.
"A woman on your White
House staff" it continued. could
be exceedingly helpful in bring
ing to the attention of the exec
utive some of the problems Of
women and their attitudes to-
ward these problems, and in in
terpreting administrative poll
cies to the women of our coun-
try.
I'VE believe the creation of
such a post for a qualified
woman would be of real benefit
to the women of the United
States and to your administers
ton"
The letter also expressed the
associations hope that the Chief
Executive would urge Congress
to give thoughtful attention to
equal-pay-for- -equal-work legis-
lation.
Evening star., 1954-01-20
Price IsNo
Barrier to
Good Taste
BY EIeni
NEW YORK. N. Y.

A chance remark by a fellow
fashion editor at the recent
showing of the popular priced
fashions set us to thinking.
The remark: whats so new
about that. Saw it last year"
We've no argument with the
comment, but we have with the
idea that mass market should
only be of significance to a
F. Ed. when it comes up with
only the strikingly new.
If the garment industry can
put out pretty dress for $19.95
that will make a woman want to
add it to her wardrobe. we're in
favor of their making it regard
less of when the style trend was
launched. A good dress, priced
within the reach of millions of
women, in a fabric and style
that is obviously attractive is no
mean feat to perform for a
manufacturer. When he cuts
thousands of dresses at time
he can't afford fashion
dead end.
BY the time a silhouette filters
down into the popular-priced
lines it's fairly certain that that
fashion has made the grade.
Personally we're impressed with
the ability of the American gar
ment industry to give our
women clothes they are proud
to wear regardless of price. Dur
ing the passing years the trend
toward lower priced fashions pos
sessing great taste has been
strong. Regardless of where the
decimal point hits in the price
figures. good taste should be
apparent. There's no price eval-
uation in this premise.
So long as the manufacturers
satisfy the consumer who wants
something pretty. feminine. neat,
and suited to her way of life and
her budget, they can leave the
headline stuff to those who can
afford it. To translate, NOT
COPY, in good taste to our way
of thinking is the duty Of the
volume priced dress manu-
facturer. A pretty dress is what
women want. If he can supply
this-he's doing a terrific job for
all concerned.
There's not a current trend
evidenced in the couture col
lections we've seen the entire
last week that isn't reflected in
some manner in the popular
priced group.
Jumper dresses, coat and dress
and jacket and dress ensembles,
silk prints, pellon- Lined full
skirted dance dresses, short cut
toppings on linen sheathS, the
Empire lined dress. the princess
coat-dress. the shaped suit sill
houette. the magnificent fabric
mixtures of cotton and wool,
linen with silk. the cardigan
coats in all lengthS-all are noted
in the clothes most American
women can afford. They keep
company with past fashion sue
Evening star., 1954-01-20
Spring Term
Start

The Workshop Center Of the
Arts at 1900 New Hampshire
avenue N w. announces that reg
istration for the winter spring
semester will be held January
25, 26 and 27, from 2 to 4 pm,
and 7 to $50 pm. An informal
cooperative art center for
adults, the workshop offers q
wide variety of courses for the
beginner and the more advanced
students In painting, drawing.
ceramics, sculpture. jewelry.
writing, music appreciation and
poetry reading. Instruction is
under the direction of leading
Washington artists with special
emphasis on the personal devel-
opment of each student. Glasses
meet on a once-a-week basis and
are held evenings or during the
day. The winter-spring semester
begins February /.
Evening star., 1954-01-20
Col. HumbIet to Speak

Col. Julia Hamblet. director
of the Women Marines, will ad-
dress the Presidential Chapter
of the National Secretaries Asso-
citation at dinner meeting at
$3.50 o'clock tonight at the Wom-
ans National Democratic Club,
1925 New Hampshire avenue NV.
Miss Geneva McQuatters of
the National Federation of Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Clubs will also be an honor guest.
Evening star., 1954-01-20

ceSses, never losing sight OF the
fact that their existence depends
on their being in perfect taste.
The same is true of the jun
ior-sized fashions editors also
viewed recently. If you are pos
sessed of a Junior figure you
may well be the envy of any
number of your female friends.
In addition to wearing some of
the pertest designs around to-
day. you'll discover that many
Junior fashions duplicate pre-
vailing silhouetteS. So well, in
Evening star., 1954-01-20

'built-in," that is "built-i in"
caused one editor to comment.
Just about the only thing they
haven't built in for the working
girl is a shower"
Some coat shapes for the jun
iors are skillfully designed with
the straightness flowing into an
outward slope at the hem. Great
for going over full or slim skirts.
Cottons to be worn from spring
to summer in dark textured pat
terms are in plentitude. You'll
look like q little doll il YOU wear
Evening star., 1954-01-20

one of the full-skirted princess
lined coat-dresses of silk in navy
or black. You'll be considered a
chic doll if you take to the slim
straightness of the gay print
dress with the companion coat
of grey flannel in a barrel sill
houette. the lining matching
the dress. The majority of day
dresses have some kind of bow
interest or white collar touch.
Sleeveless camisole topped
sheaths with box jackets are
double duty fashion invest
Evening star., 1954-01-20

fact, that sometimes they look
even better in the scaling job
done for the timer figure. Junior
is a size and not necessarily a
young age. Sometimes the two
go together. Sometimes they
don't.
For you there are day-to-
dancing full-skirted charmers
in shantung, tussah surah and
twill sometimes brightly printed.
sometimes in solid colors. Built
in lining and petticoats for all.
The constant stresSing Of this is
Evening star., 1954-01-20
Red Cross Meetino

The Chevy Chase Branch Of
the Montgomery County Chapter
of the American Red Cross will
hold its second quarterly meet
ing at 1890 am. tomorrow in
the chapter headquarters In
Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1954-01-20

ments. All two-piece suits and
dresses in the junior group are
designed not to chop up a little
figure, but instead to make of
it a pretty unit.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-30

---Gracian.
The Key West citizen., 1954-10-30
Gods Infinite
Love Redeenls

How Gods infinite love for man
redeems man from sin by destroy
ing sin and revealing mans divine,
SlnleSs nature, will be explained
at Christian Science services to-
morrow. The Lesson Sermon s
entitled Everlasting Punishment. /"
Among the passages from the
Bible will be read the story of the
Prodigal Son, including his for
giveness and his welcome back to
his fathers house, as told in Chap
ter Is of Luke's gospel.
Reading Announced
The following selection on the
overcoming of sin viii be read
from Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker
Eddy. (327: 9 13):
EVIL is sometimes a mans high
est conception of right, until his
grasp on good grows stronger.
Then he loses pleasure in wicked
ness, and it becomes his torment.
The way to escape the misery OF
sin is to cease SHINING. There is
no other way
The Golden Text is from Psalms
(130:7): LET Israel hope in the
Lord: for with the Lord there is
mercy, and with him is plenteous
redemption"