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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

HELL ON FRISCO BAY" A Warner
e. Bertholon. with screenplay BY Sidney
Boehm and Martin Rackin. based upon
q novel BY William p McGivern, and o
musical score By Max Steiner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20
HOLLY WOOD
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM
A Honeymoon for Ally Khan

TN be a honeymoon trip for
Prince Ally Khan and model
Bettina when they visit New
York next month. Bettina has
Ia date for lots Of frills and fur
bellows with her good friend,
Valia De Milly, New York cou-
|turiere. Saw Gloria De Ha-
ven on a double date with ex-
mate Marty Kimmel the other
night. But Gloria was with his
brother David and Marty was
with his new gal, Helene Taylor
On the flight to Dallas for the
opening Of Conrad Hilton's Stat
ler-H Hilton. Mary Castle was q
riot with her pretzel hip-wiggle
and a surprise when she emerged
from an old hankie around her
head upon entering the plane to
a sleek. gorgeous blond when
she walked down the plank in
Dallas. Ann Miller brought
her mother along. but it was
Hal Hayes. millionaire builder
|of Beverly Hills. who greeted
Ann on arrival. Virginia
Warren. pretty, IT year old
daughter OF Supreme Court
Chief Justice Earl Warren. was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

Ladd lays a vengeance seeking
ex-policeman tracking down a
water front racketeer VIII o
framed him on killing rap. 1t
Is the sort of braSs-knuckled
fable either star could play in his
sleep and there are times indeed
when this is what they seem to
be doing.
AS faint echo of the past Of
both, Hell On Frisco Bay"
reaches its climax in a scene in
which Faye Wray calls Robinson
a filthy peasant" an accusation
he confirms by knocking her
across the room. On the way to
this pale shadow Of Little Cae-
sar," the dialogue consists of ex-
changes in which the first
character says you do that" to
which the second responds, "I'll
do that"
This sort of thing can, and
does, become desperately monot-
onous as the story creeps to-
ward the fadeout Suggest be-
tween Stalker Laid and his
quarry.
The best thing about the pic
ture. directed by Frank Tuttle, Is
that San Francisco logically
enough serves as its backdrop.
In CinemaScope and the colors
that go with 1t, this'is an incred-
IDLY dramatic city whose hills,
bay. bridges. skyscrapers and wa
terfront tingle and TEEN with the
life the screenplay lacks.
A novel by William p. Nc
Givern, Serialized in a popular
weekly. provides the narrative
for Warner Bros. cameras here.
Its setting is the waterfront, that
portion Of it used by the fishing
fleet, and its creatures are the
gamey types that have always
appealed to the Warmers.
The major plot element, as
you guessed, is that involving
Ladd's slow pursuit of Robinson
as the pier boss who sent him up
for five years on a bum man
slaughter rap. Attempts have
been made to relieve the tedium
Of this quest by injecting a cou-
pie of romantic threads into the
tale. One Of these involves Laid
and jeanne Dru. she o night club
singer which occasions a couple
OF songs. The otner is the affair
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage
National-D'Oyly Carte Opera
Co., 1.-THE Pirates Of Penzance";;
$3.50 pm.
Shubert Dark, ''Kismet'
starts Monday.
Studio-"voice Of The Turtle;
$50 pm.
Screen
Ambassador-"Hell on Frisco
Bay: /, 1855, 1850. GAS, $40
and 1885 pm.
Capitol-"Diane"; 1l:15 am,
1:20. 1925, 5:35, TAO and $50
pm.
Colony = Marty; $780,. $40
and $50 pm. =
Columbia AT Gunpoint";;
1880 am. 1:40. $40, 5:45, 7:45
and $50 pm.
Dupont - "Diabolique";; 1880
an, 1880. $3.50. $50. 7:35, 9:4o
and 1925 pm.
Keith's - Guys and Dolls;
l1:20 am. q 4:40, tbs and 9:55
pm.
Little-"One Way Ticket to
He'll; l, 2:20. 3:45. $40. 6:45,
$40 and 9:55 pm.
MacArthur--"The Night My
Number Came Up; sos. 7:55
and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Hell on Frisco
Bay; 11:40 am. 1:40, $40, $40,
TAO and 9:45 pm.
Ontario-"The Man With the
Golden Arm; las. 3:45, sos,
8:15 and 1890 pm.
Palace-"Ransom"; ll:25 am.
1885. 3:45, 5:55, sos and 1915
pm.
Playhouse-"Artists and Mod
els: l1:10 am, lis. 3:15, $40
7:25, 9:35 and 1885 pm.
Plaza-"Dial M For Murder;
1910, 4 and 8 pm.
Trans-Lux-"Wages Of Fear;
11:l5 am, 1:20, 1928. $50. 7:3s
and $3.50 pm.
Warner-"Cinerama Holiday,
/ and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

at the opening to dance with
Hilton. and she was overheard
saying she might go into the
movie business II she doesn't get
married first. Are you listening,
Mr.. Hilton?
= 4
Barbara Whiting. ex Miss
Junior Miss, asked the American
Airlines pilot. where's the para
Ichute?" There's only one." he
grinned. land I have It." So,
naturally. she sat on his lap
ITO make sure come down
safely" Oil millionaire Tevis
Morrow told how ne knew
See GRAHAM, Page Ais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20

between Fay Wray and q hood
Paul Stewart, who gets religion
in a death cell and would like to
go straight after being sprung.
Whatever redeeming virtues
the picture has, however. are
those provided by San Fran
Icisco's landscape.
PEARL STAYS: The Howard
Theater is not one for hold
overs. was not at least until
Pearl Bailey hit the house last
Friday.
The demand for Miss Bailey
being what 1t Is, the tradition Of
a new show weekly goes by the
boards as Of today. Miss Bailey
and her associates win remain
through next Thursday, the most
popular attraction in the How
ards history.
BROADWAY REPORT: "Fall.
en- Angels" which played q list
less sort Of week at the Shubert
got a listless sort Of reception
from the Broadway critics this
week.
Not Miss Nancy Walker, how
ever. in the role Of the more
cynical Of Noel Coward's hero
ines in the 1927 farce. Such
raves no one else has had all
season: not indeed since Miss
Beatrice Lille. the only funnier
woman alive. made her might
With Beatrice Lille" appear
ance.
The rapture over Miss Walkers
performance counter balanced
the drubbing taken by Fallen
Angels" one Of the grayest OF
Coward's youthful indiscretions
4
THAT MAN GUTHRIE: The
Dig name In New York theater
this season is not that Of any
performer. Or playwright. It is
that Of Dr.. Tyrone Guthrie of
England, most recently q sensa-
ton on this continent for his
three-year's direction of the
Stratfofd. Ont. Shakespearian
festival.
DR.. Guthrie whose ''Tambur-
laine" opened last night is the
director behind two Of New
York's greatest hits, The
Matchmaker" an earlier Thorn
ton Wilder failure. and "Six
Characters In Search of An
Author" The latter which
opened for Admitted engagement
OF five weeks at the Phoenix
Theater on December II has Just
been extended. AS the most sue
cessful non-musical offering in
the history Of New York's liyest
on Broadway theater, it will
now go an additional three
weeks. Through February S.
At the moment. the English
speaking theater has no orna-
ment to match the brilliance Of
England's 6-feet. 4-inch DR..
Guthrie.
Israel and Australia are now
bidding for his services but he
will act as artistic overseer again
this summer of the Stratford
festival in Canada. where
Michael Langham will direct the
two Shakespearian plays, Merry
Wives Of Windsor" and
Henry ""
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-20
THE PASSING SHOW
We'll San Francisco
Is q Dramatic CITY
By JAY CARMODY

Hell On Frisco Bay" at the Metropolitan and Ambassador
theates film made exclusively for the hopeless
Alan Ladd and Edward G. Robinson.
Well perhaps exactly made this group
the way it will work
Its basis Of the most shopwon scripts which
Evening star., 1956-12-02
7-oxxie and Harriet. Gomez

7-oxxie and Horriet. Comedy.
Son Ricky decides It's time he
owned his own cor.
9-The Millionaire. Drama.
"The Story of Valerie Hunt"
A woman who remarked otter
her husband supposedly lost his
life in on oirplone mishop. faces
dilemma when he reoppeors
otter four years in q Red prison.
Anne Kimbell. Marshall Thomp-
son.
e:25
5-Motthew Warren. News.
$50
5-New Orleans Police Dept.
7-FoFd TheoteF. Drama.
Front Pooe Fother." A hot-tem-
pered newspaper publisher Iooses
merciIess editorial ottock on
his city's police force for coddling
young hoodlums, only TO learn
thot his own son is embroiled in
juvenile crime. ChorIes Bickford.
Robert Crosson.
olive Got O Secret. Panel.
1000
4-This Is Your Life.
5-Uneovered. Mystery.
BLOOD in the Sky"
7-Boxins. National.
Eddie Mochen VS.. Johnny Sum-
merlin. 10 rounds. Heovyweiehts.
Syracuse IN. ~ War Memorial.
gu. S. Steel Hour.
Hunted" The drama of on un-
employed burIesque entertainer
who Is suddenly confronted by o
Evening star., 1956-12-02

"The Ninth Hour" Dromo Of
prison breok, led by three pris-
oners, and the guards they hold
hostooe.
Evening star., 1956-12-02

-
situotion challenging her eour-
ooe os a woman. Ann Sheridan.
Theodore Bikel.
1880
4-Twenty One. Quiz.
5-The Hunter. Adventure.
lo:45
7-Fomous Fights.
Vince Martinez Vs. Al Andrews.
Madison Squore Gorden, Decem-
Der ~, 1854.
4-News and LoeoI News.
Horkness. Sproeus.
5-News.
Warren.
7-News. Weather. Sports.
Mccoffrey. Allen. Malone.
9-News. Weather. Sports.
Richards. Douolos. DonIsIs.
1870
5-FeofuFomG. Film Shorts.
1l:I5
4-WeotheF. Sports. Music.
Strinaer. Simpson. Les PsuI.
9-The Late Show. Movie.
ia Hours. "Nons Shcll Eseaps."
1914. An ex-Nezl c0narol
stands troI as wer eriRinel n
the very VilIooe where his etro-
cities were committed. Alexander
Knox. Mersho Hunt.
11:20
1.-THE Night Show. Movie.
"Operotion *" 1851. A wsaIthy
finoncier hos plan for con-
trolling the world. Edword 6.
Robinson. British.
1880.
4-TonishI. Steve Allen.
1910
5-ThouSht. lnspirotionol.
loo
9-WeofheF.
- 1us AsAnT or OoMNrOwv
~ OUTSTANDING
fov
DEPENDABILITY
Since 1876
DODGE pI4moufh
~MmmR~A
Evening star., 1956-12-02
December 5
100
TOO
4-GOIden Playhouse. Drama.

S-SOIoeu 6toyuouSes OT0fnQ.
THE AdoIescent." A school
teacher must investigate cose of
misconduct involving her own
nephew. lido Lupino.
5-Long John Silver. Adv'nt're.
"Turnobout. Robert Newton.
7-Jim Gibbons. R. RendeII.
Sports. News hiehIiohts.
9-Romor of the Jungle.
Voice of the Post" Jon Hall.
ISIS
7-JOhn DoIy. News.
7:so
4-Eddie Fisher. Songs.
5-FederoI Men. Police.
Lonely People," Walter Greozo.
7-DisneYIond. Fontosylond.
I Hour. tPor H. Treasure
lslond" Robert Newton oppeors
os the pirate Long John Silver,
Bobby DriscoIl os Goblin boy Jim
Hawkins.
9-Giont Step. Quiz.
Top prizes ore four yeor cot-
leoe education and trovei to for
eion countries for contestants
between 7 and ". Bert Parks
conducts.
7:45
4-NBc News.
Dovid BrinkIey. Chet HuntIey.
500
4-Hir0m Holiday. Comedy.
"Romontic Pigeon" Wolly Cox.
Josonne Morioni is feotured.
5-WoFner Brothers Premiere.
Hour, IS min. Dodge City,"
1889. ErroI Flynn.
9-AFthur Godfrey Show.
From Mioni Beach.
$3.50
4-Fothet Knows Best. C'm'dy.
Betty leorns lesson in self-reii-
once through her association with
o group thot think of themselves
os the college oristocrocy."
7-Novy Log. Dromo.
incident ot Formoso." A little
known incident in the Stroit of
Formoso on December 7, 1850.
wherein the olertness of q Navy
petrol plane wos responsible for
checking the spreod of the Ko-
reon conflict. Martin Miner.
james Lydon.
900
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Judge Hodge Here for
Court but Must Return
To Juneau January %

u. S. District Court convened
this morning with Judge Hodge,
who returned yesterday.
Three divorces were granted:
Fred Cavota was granted a di-
vorce from Theresa Cavota; Eliza
beth Spaulding from Travis
Spaulding of Kotzebue, and Nor
ma Nupowhakuk from Mark MI
poWhukuk of Gambell.
Judge Hodge plans to remain
here until the 23rd of January, at
which time he must return to the
First Division court in Juneau for
a month of criminal trials, after
which he will return to Nome.
Mrs. Hodge remained in Juneau
but will return with him in Feb
uruary.
Judge Hodge has had a very
heavy schedule while in southeast
Alaska, both in Juneau and in
Ketchikan.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Little Theater Group
Welcomes New Members;
Meeting Tomorrow Night

The Little Theater Group will
meet tomorrow evening at 800 at
. the C.A.A. Recreation Center to
appoint permanent committees
. and to choose a play. Rehearsals
are expected to be started imme-
diately.
About Is people have already
shown active interest in this new
group and any others are welcome
to attend this meeting if interested
in putting on plays. Experience is
not necessary and all are Welcode,
stated Mr. Carpenter, who is one
of the originators of the group.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Signaliers Play Hornets;
Air Force Plays Nanooks
Tonight at School Gym

This evening at 7::30 in the high
school gym the ACS Signahers
will line up against the Polar
Hornets. The SignalierS have inn
proved tremendously during the
past few games, so come and see
if they can out-score the first
place Hornets.
The second game, at 8:45, brings
together the Air Force team and
the Nome High Nanooks. This al
so should prove to be an interest
ing and exciting game.
After tonight's play, the first
half of the league schedule will
end. Team standings and individ-
ual statistics will be published.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Friday. January s, 1855
Bob Cannon Residence
Damaged by Fire
Al Children Safe

The Fire Department was called
TO answer an alarm early Wednes-
day morning at the Bob Cannon
residence.
The fire was caused by defec-
tive wiring in the attic of the
house. All five children were
asleep on the main floor when
aroused by the smoke.
The children are being cared
for by friends until the return of
their parents who have been in
the States for the past month.
The Nome Volunteer Firemen,
as usual, turned out in good num-
bers despite the early hour and
the weather which at the time was
very cold with a strong wind
blowing The Nome Field Fire
Department also answered the
alarm.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
THEATER TO REOPEN
WITH RAISED SCREEN

The management of the Theater
wishes to make the following an
nouncement:
The Theater will be closed on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
to really raise the roof, ceiling,
we mean. The new wide Cinema
scope screen will be installed, al
though it will not be used until flu
ture improvements and alterations
are made to yhe projection booth
which contains the very latest in
projection and sound equipment
The present screen will be
raised about five feet so as to af-
ford patrons a much better view,
although the remodelhng will not
be completed for few weeks.
The Theater will reopen next
Thursday with the life story Of
Will Rogers, which will run
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Serviceman Sentenced for
New Years Eve knitting

Lawrence Meyers, serviceman
who Slashed Aarnout Castel Jr.,
with a knife on New Years Eve,
was sentenced in Commissioner S
Court to 80 days in the Federal
jail and fined $50.
Castell, who works for Alaska
Airlines, was released from the
hospital Thursday after he was
treated for cuts on the side of
his face and neck.
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Grand Drawing Day
Nears at Calvin Stores

The Calvin Stores remind their
customers that the day of the
grand drawing is fast approach
ing but that there is still time 20
secure tickets for the four valu-
able prizes. The drawing will be
held at the Nome Hardware Store
at $50 pm. Tuesday, Jan. 10.
The four prizes are: johnson
10 h.p. cupboard motor, an Easy
washing machine, Zenith hi-fi
record player and a $500 credit
on new Dodge or Plymouth car
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
Nome Makes Top Story
I'm Saturday Evening Post

Nome makes the top story in
the Saturday Evening Post again
with a story by Mrs. Frank Du-
Fresno in the Jan. 20 issue.
The special feature, called II
Was a Daughter of the Gold
Rush." tells of the early life of
Mrs. DuFresne (Klondy Nelson to
NomeiteS) both at Nome and Phir
Creek.
Her family is a well-known pio-
neer family. Her husband is also
we'll known as a member of the
Alaska Game Commission.
Subscribe to the Nome Nuooet
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
WA y T A ID S

FOR SALE-9 Gu. it. GE. refrig-
orator and II Gu. fit. upright
freezer. Call Main lis after 6. i
The Nome nugget., 1956-01-06
wOMEN'S SOCIETY
MEETING POSTPONED

The Women's Society of the
Methodist Church, which was to
m Get at the residence of Mrs. w.
N1ecklenburg this evening, will
meet instead next Saturday, Jan.
IA, the at Robert Baldwin resi-
dence. The Baldwin residence is
the second cottage on the right
hand side of the road back of the
Us. Smelling office building.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
The Letters of Two Greet
OIympiuns to Each Other

self before she died, "they
are either so profound or so
elementary, and when one has
to spell out every word one
can't tell which,"
Or-"Please tell me what
merit you find in Henry James.
/ read and can't find anything
but family tinged rose water,
urbane and sleek. but vulgar"
Strachey was frequently the
enthusiastic one. He was
carried away with the ro-
mantle dash Of Rupert Brooke
and described him In detail.
II saw Rupert Brooke once"
was all Mrs. Woolf said in
reply.
There is a good hint of
Strachey at work creating
that wonderful biographical
style to which he gave his
name. He was obviously a
better creator than critic. "A
slightly pointlesS book . on
q distinctly depressing sub
iect" he said Of his matchless
Queen Victoria"
The good things in the let
ters are not too many but they
are good indeed.
EDWIN TRIBBLE.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Paul Bunyon Had Little
On McCorgo of Thunder Boy

Cargo in all manner Of won
drous fights, races and song
tests, are two other giants,
Red Massasauga and Black
Pompey. and a scrappy BAN
tam mariner named Spar
hawk.
Righting wrongs. freeing the
indentured, defeating the
blackhearted and unerringly
wooing the girls. Capt. Me-
Cargo sails through this novel
with delightful diligence. When
he defeats IL New Orleans
duelists In one morning. he
is the All-American boy OF the
Mississippi. When he trounces
the boss Of every mining shift
in northern Michigan, the
heart warns 70 him. Mccarao
never loses at anything.
The book sails as blitheiy as
. Great Lakes schooner when
II II realized that Mr.. Ratigan
Ia not taking his Capt. Nc
Cargo too seriously. But even II
there never was q McCargo.
one wishes there had been.
JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
Evening star., 1956-12-30

SIXTY YEARS OF BEST
SELLERS. BY Alice Payne
Hackett. (R. r. Bowker; So
From books what do most
Americans seek? In this
order; Spiritual uplift, nour-
ishment and baffilement.
The Bible and religious
books have outsold all others
in the past so years, the Good
Book having an annual sale of
approximately z million copies.
Next come cookbooks. One
hundred and twelve mysteries
have sold a half million copies
or more. The lamentable,
CORY trash of Mickey Spillane
lead all in this field with 81
million copies of his seven
works sold.
Just the Facts
This leads to the interesting
question of how good a guide
popularity is to merit. The
editor, Alice Payne Hackett,
firmly maintains that her in
telligent compilation is
merely to give the facts not
to stimulate further the sale
of books which may be m-
worthy.
Her book yields up many
interesting sidelights on pub
fishing and public taste. At
the turn of the century, people
liked best sentimental or west
ern novels, and fell happily on
a book like THE Winning Of
Barbara WORTH" by Harold
Bell Wright, which combined
both elements.
BY 1917, with war clouds
gathering, they turned to H.
G. Wells "Mr. Britling Sees It
Through" In 1910, another
English author, Jan Struther,
writing of war in England in
Mrs. Minniver" found favor.
During the 20's, a golden
period in American literature,
Sinclair Lewis satires were
popular. apparently even with
the people they satirized. But
F Scott Fitzgerald. who wrote
beautifully about the same Pc
riod. never made the best
seller list. It would seem,
however, that the public re-
sponded to good writing in
those days. Villa Gather sold
well; so did Ellen Glasgow
and John GalSworthy. Ern-
est Hemingway seems always
destined for success. Even
his vastly inferior Across the
River and Into the Trees" was
a hit.
By the 40's non action was
all the rage. In 1945, people
we're reading the lumpen,
sexy Forever Amber" Of
Kathleen Winsor ir fiction;
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Motovieh at DeI's

Esau Motovich who has a
one-man show at Del's CAL
lery. 8002 Wisconsin avenue,
Bethesda, has made noticeable
progress since his one-man
show at Roosevelt High School
q few years ago, when ne was
on its faculty. (He now
teaches art at the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School.)
This fact is demonstrated by
several paintings Of the same
theme in the current show: a
line Of trees. The monotonous
green Dancing Trees" dated
1853 is outclassed by two
painted this year: Winter
Ballet" with structural design
Of dark leafless trees contrast
ed with snow: and Morning
Light" a strong pattern.
Mr.. Motovich also shows
modern stiIl life compositions,
q portrait Of q vivacious girl,
pleasing representational land
scapes, luminous marine
Bright Haze" and Flight Of
Gulls" In which the light on
the water is particularly good.
There are Is TO 20 works on
view through next Saturday.
He studied at Columbia Uni
yerSity and the Art Students
League Of New York, at Amer
lean University and with Eliot
OHara here.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Churchill Traces Advance
Of PurIiument Over Crown

main foundation Of English
freedom-trial by jury and
only for offenses known to law.
The struggle for q constitu-
tional and limited monarchy
brought on the Puritan revo-
luton, with its appeal to the
sword which severed the Kings
head. The author maintains
that his death preserved Eng
lish liberties and the English
church.
Cromwell a Dictator
Sir Winston's judgment of
Cromwell is that with all his
qualities as soldier and states
man he was in lasting discord
with the genius of the English
people. In short, he was q
dictator.
Charles II was q merry mon
arch who scourged chastity
and faithfulness with ridi-
cule." With his restoration to
the throne it was taken for
granted that the crown was
an instrument Of Parliament.
The victory Of the Commons
and the common law were
permanent. This was clinched
BY the dismissal of James H.
he was permitted to fiee, not
beheaded-and the summon
ing Of william and Mary to
the throne.
The settlements in America
are given a chapter in this
volume. Under the lead Of
Roger Williams, Rhode Island
became the only place in the
world where there was COM
plete religious liberation, ac-
cording TO Sir Winston. And
this, he writes, was sustained
by the distilling and sale Of
spirits on which the colony
thrived.
Sir Winston's narrative
makes clear his devotion to
the monarchy as a stabilizing
institution through the years.
His devotion TO the monarchy
OF his day he has amply dem
onstrated.
FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
VIRGINIA WOOLF AND
LYTTON STRACHEY LET

VIRGINIA WOOLF AND
LYTTON STRACHEY LET
TERS. Selected and edited
by Leonard Woolf and
James Strachey. (Harcourt,
Brace g. Co.; $4.500
When they we're writing for
their admirers and for pos
terity Virginia Woolf and Lyt-
ton Strachey were among the
best stylists of their day. What
were they like when they we're
writing to each other? The
answer is in this sparse COL
lection of letters.
There wasn't much reason
why these two Olympians from
Bloomsbury should write to
each other at all. They we're
in close and constant associa-
ton in London. So, 1t is no
surprise that the letters are
few and sketchy. Mrs. Woolf's
husband and Mr.. Strachey's
brother, who are the editors Of
this volume. feel that perhaps
each Of the great writers was
a little Self-conscious writing
TO such a great writer! Per-
haps. but the tone Of the let
ters is quite casual. They have
TO do mainly with arrange
ments for social meetings.
Quite Earthly
They're intellectual. Of
course. but surprisingly earthly.
If a good stout Anglo Saxon
word seemed the proper word
10 either Of these elegant
writers he didn't hesitate
moment: He used 1t. Some Of
them are very surprising since
Bloomsbury and its two most
famous residents have come TO
mean a certain patrician
reticence.
OF the pair Mrs. Woolf
seems more outspoken. more
original The ancients pug
zle me" Hrote this novelist
who was almost Q classic her