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touchdown to Minnesota, by one
point to Iowa and tied Wisconsin
and Illinois-the last the only
team to beat Michigan State
this season.
Purdue staged good 55-yard
drive when threatening in the
third period. The Boilermakers
went down to the one but were
penalized back to the six. Bob
|Spoo just missed on an end-zone
pass to Kenny Mikes on fourth
down.
Purdue was threatening again
in the fourth quarter when the
|Boilermakers picked up their
safety. Michigan States Blanche
Martin grabbed an end-zone pass
out Of Tom Fletcher's grasp and
Fletcher downed him for the two
points.
With four seconds to go. Pur-
due tried a field goal from its
40 but it fell short to end a story
of Illustration.
RHsSIs stat. -,----- 8 { 9 "a
Purdue scoring: Touchdown-Dillarc
o. pass from Krzeczowski1, Safety
Fletcher tackled Martin in end zone
Observation-Disclosures.
Michigan State scoring: Touchdowni
Dukes (27. pass from NinowskD: Ko.
lodziej recovered tumble in end Sone)
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|Sportons RepeI Threats
To Shade Purdue, 12-9

EAST LANSING. MICH. Nov.
10 B.--Michigan State scored
two first-half touchdowns today
and fought of persistent and
hard-hitting Purdue, 1879, in a
Big Ten struggle.
Purdue, operating without
Quarterback Len Dawson. the
top passer in the conference,
was within a foot of tying or
winning the game in the third
quarter.
Michigan State also just
missed two touchdowns in the
first. one by a tumble on the
Purdue two. and the other by a
valiant fourth down stand by
the Boilermakers a foot from the
goal.
Dawson. bothered by his ach-
ing shoulder, didn't even dress
for tha game.
Both Spartan touchdowns
came after short drives. One was
on a 27-yard pass by Jim Nj
nowski to Harold Dukes in the
end zone. On the other, Don
Arend carried over from the
eight. He fumbled but Tony Ko-
loziej jumped on the ball for
the score.
Quarterback Ted Krzeczowski
in for Dawson, hit Mil billiard
in the end zone from nine yards
out for the Purdue touchdown
with As seconds left in the first
half.
The game was typical Of the
way Purdue. now with a 2-3-2
overall record. has looked good
losing in the Big Ten.
The Boilermakers lost by one
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Coliseum, with the temperature
l02 on the playing field at the
start of the game.
Southern California had a
scare in the first half when Cali
fornia dominated the action and
took a TO lead.
But the Trojan power won out
in the second half. The games
most spectacular display came
in the third quarter, when Mike
Henry, use tackle, blocked a
Bear punt. The ball bounced
backwards and c. r. Roberts,
Trojan fullback. picked it up
and ran 7 yards for a touch
down to tie the score.
The Trojans went ahead early
in the fourth quarter when Half
back Ernie zampese intercepted
a California pass and ran il
back 30'yards to set up a touch
down. zampese plunged over
from the l. A pass play from
zampeSe to Tony Ortega was
good for So yards and the final
use score.
The first time the Bears got
the ball in the first quarter they
drove 80 yards in IL plays for a
touchdown. Halfback Darrell
Roberts plunged two yards for
the six points and also kicked
the conversion.
California. z O o. ?
use q q 40
California scoring-Touchdown Oar.
rel Roberts e, plunse). Conversion;
use scoring - Touchodwns: C. r.
Roberts a, runback OF blocked punt
zampese q, plunge); Ortega (5s. pass
run from Zampese). Conversions: Kiss
niger. Zampese.
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umph with a field goal from the
|22-yard line in the final four
minutes, then Quarterback Jim
Maddox intercepted a pass to
snuff out Illinois final touch
down bid.
The fighting Illini controlled
all the offensive action until the
last few minutes of the second
half. but four quarterbacks could
not instill a scoring punch into
their attack.
Illinois, suffering its third Big
Ten setback. charged 81 yards
in seven plays with the opening
kickoff before the partisa n
throng of 1910 had settled in
the seats of spacious Michigan
Stadium. The Michigan defense
was woefully slow afoot as Half
back Dale Smith took a pitchout
and skipped a tight wire for the
final 81 yards down the sidelines
for an Illinois touchdown in the
first period.
But the Wolverines barrelled
back after Abe Woodson punted
out beautifully on the Michigan
2, tie Wolverines turned loose
Jim Pace for 81 yards and Terry
Barr for 81 in a 98-yard drive
that consumed IL plays. Pace
jumped across from the one.
The Illini had the ball for just
three running plays before
Woodson kicked again. Michigan
promptly moved So yards in 10
plays-all Of them on the ground
for a second touchdown.
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Two Funb|es
Help Colorado
Tie Missouri
washington, D. G. E*%
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER II, 1859

COLUMBIA. Mo-, Nov. 10 (E).
Colorado turned two Missouri
fumbleS into touchdowns today
on passes from Boyd Dowler to
Frank Clarke and came of with
Ia l4-14 tie that virtually clinched
an Orange Bowl trip for the
Bluffs as a Big Seven substitute
for Oklahoma.
Missouri still has a chance to
make the trip, but would have
to upset Oklahoma--the Ma
tons No. team, which is bar
red from a repeat performance
in the Miami New Years Day
classic.
Playing in crisp weather before
Is. 900 fans, Missouri stunned the
Coloradoans with touchdowns in
the second and third quarters.
The Tiger forwards had stopped
Colorado and appeared to have
the Buffaloes on the run. Then
came the fumbles.
Colorado recovered a Missouri
bobble on the Tiger SO in the
third period. Seven plays later
Quarterback Dowler tossed the
first of his touchdown passes to
Clarke. 1t was a 19-yarder from
la buck lateral.
Colorado got another oppor-
itunity early in the fourth when
the Tigers again muffed the ball
ion their SO. Dowler pitched 10
yards to Clarke for the second
Colorado score.
Ellwin Indorf kicked both Coli
orado conversions.
Twice rebuffed deep in Colo
RADIO territory. Missouri opened
the scoring with a 53-yard drive
in the first quarter. Fullback Joe
Wynn plunged the last yard.
Charlie Rash converted and the
score stood TO at the half.
The Tigers moved So yards in
10 plays for their second touch
down, with Hank Kuhlmann
hammering the last 2. Rash
again converted.
Colorado, which only a week
ago held mighty Oklahoma. 1T
10, got a scare in the closing
minutes when Missouri threat
ened to the 10-yard line before
stalling A 52-yard run by Wynn
on a screen pass provided the
spark in that threat.
S GIloos1f -------- 9 9 I III
Colorado scoring: Touchdowns-Clarlse
. (19, pass from Dowler; Is, pass and
run from Dowler). Conversions-Indorf
Missouri scoring: Touchdowns--wynn
Il. rush.; Kuhlmann g, rush.. Con-
verstons--Rash .
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Air Force Rally
Ties Whittier

LOS ANGELES. Nov. 10 (R.-
Air Force Academy's undefeated
team ran into passing attack
it couldn't handle today. and
had to come from behind to gain
a l4-14 tie with Whittier College.
The tie ended the Academy's
winning streak this season at six
games.
Gary Campbell, Whittier tall
back, riddled the Air Force de-
Tense for a total of 1919 yards
gained on passing, and accounted
for both his teams touchdowns
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Northwestern
Beats Badgers

MADISON, Wis, Nov. 10 up
Northwestern capitalized or
the breaks provided by Wiscon.
sin errors today to score its first
Big Ten football victory of the
season, 17-7.
1t was the first win for North
western over the Badgers since
1913 and lifted Northwestern out
of the conference CELLAR spot
held by Wisconsin. 1t also was
Northwestern's first conference
victory since 1854.
After a scorelesS first half, the
Wildcats took advantage of Q
Wisconsin tumble to score their
first touchdown in the third
quarter. Tom Ringer recovered
a loose ball in the end zone for
the score after Wilmer Fowler
carried to the goal line before
the ball squirted out Of his
hands.
The Wildcats added three
points on a 24-yard field goal by
Bob McKiever after interceptlng
a pass early in the fourth period,
and got their final touchdown on
a 44-yard run by Fowler on a
reverse around end.
Wisconsin scored on a 34-yard
pass from Dick Simonson to
Dave Howard.
Northwestern .- O o z 1917
Wisconsin 0 o O =
Northwestern scoring: Touchdowns--
Ringer tell on free ball in end zone)
Fowler IA, rum. Observation-Disclosures
2. Field goal-McKiever t24).
Wisconsin scoring; Touchdown-How.
ard t34, pass-run from Simonson). Con-
version-Hobbs.
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Michigan Beats
I||ini 10 Keep
Bowl HopeA|ive

ANN ARBOR. Mich. Nov. 10
iR.-Michigan's sluggish VOL
yerines bolted from behind with
a pair of second-period touch
downs and held of continuous
Illinois threats today for a TIT
football victory that kept alive
the Wolverines Pickering Rose
Bowl hopes.
End Ron Kramer iced the
wolverines third Big Ten tri-
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with throws to End Dick Beam

with throws to End Dick Beam.
After Whittier had taken a
10 lead in the third quarter. the
Air Force drove So yards to tie
the score. with Halfback Mickey
Gouyd scoring from the IL
Campbell promptly connected
with his second touchdown pass
to regain the lead for Whittier
Then, the Air Force again
turned on its solid ground attack
to move So yards for the tying
points. Fullback Larry Thomson
scored on a short plunge.
Az roree ------- Q Q 14-14
whittier " q o I'll
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CHARLOTTE, N. c., Nov. 10
R.-The Charlotte Clippers de-
feated New Haven. 80, in an
Eastern Hockey League game at
the Coliseum tonight fort heir
third straight victory over the
Blades.
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Sugar Roy Scores
Decision in Wurmup

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Nov. 10
R.-Sugar Ray Robinson. world
middleweight champion. OUT
pointed Bob Provizzi Of Free
land, Pa, in a hereunder here
tonight.
Robinson knocked his OPP
ponent down twice in the final
round. The fight was warm
up for Robinson's title fight with
Gene Fullmer in December.
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TrOjans Whip
California, 2O-7.
In "a Degrees

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 [R.-
Southern California downe d
California, 20-7, today, main
tanning a record of never having
lost to the Bears since Jess Hill
became the use coach in 1851.
1t was the sixth time that
Hills Trojans have trounced
Coach Lynn Waldorf's teams.
A crowd Of 41.628 sat in o.
degree heat in the Los Angeles
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.UCLA PurIuys
Passes to Win
.OverHuskies

SEATTLE, Nov. 10 (P.-The
UCLA Bruins parlayed a way
ward Washington punt and two
sharp passes into a pair Of
second-quarter touchdowns to-
day, then fought of a last
minute challenge to win. 1879.
The Huskies. helped by a punt
that rolled dead on the UCLA 2,
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and recovered a tumble to pave
the way for three first-half
touchdowns as the Bucks broke
away for a 21-0 lead at the in
Permission. Indiana scored in
each of the final periods, going
u yards in IL plays for one
counter and IA in nine for the
other. with Fullback Bob Fee
scoring each time on a 1-foot
plunge.
The Bucks matched the last
half Indiana scores with drives
of u yards in II plays and SO
in 10, with Quarterback Frank
Ellwood scoring the markers on
a 1-foot plunge and a 4-yard run.
Indiana - o o 7 ia
Ohio State --------7 IA Z 7-3I
Indiana scoring: Touchdowns-Fee 2
tl-foot plunge 1-foot plunge). CONVEX
sions-Cichowski q
Ohio State scoring: Toucndowns-
Brown % yard pass from EllwoodD: Clark
t73-yard rum; Roseboro i3-yard rum
Ellwood 1-foot plunge: Award run).
ConVersions-Ellwood 3. Kremblas 2.
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Jets Hand Lions
|5th Straight Loss

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, Nov. 10
(SpeciaD. The Washington
Lions hockey team went down
to their fifth straight defeat here
tonight as the Johnstown Jets
won, 5-1.
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Kansas Stute Pins
Eighth Defeat on
Marquette, ALA

MILWAUKEE,, Nov. 10 (P1.-
Kansas State. which is having
its troubles in the Big Seven
football conference. breezed to
ae41-14 victory today over Mar
quette, which now has dropped
eight in a row and nine straight
over a two-year span.
Gene Ready, who switched
from quarterback to halfback
and End Don zadnik each
scored two touchdowns in the
Wildcats rout.
Quarterback Dick Corbin, a
southpaw, passed for two scores
and plunged for a third.
k KsPsa: state ----5 ~ 1T Ill
Kansas state scoring; Touchdown
Ready, 2 (16. pass-run from Wilson; IS,
rum; zadnik. as, pass-run from
Corbin; 20, pass from Corbin); Corbin
q, plungeD. Crosse 90. run). CONVEX
sions-Nesmith, 4; Crosse, !.
Marquette scoring: Touchdowns-Su-
rance, 2 q, plunge /, plunge). Con-
versions-O Conner, / Stracka, /.
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VARIED SPORTS
CROSS COUNTRY

CROSS COUNTRY
6ow Score Wins)
Catholic Univ. IS -- -Towson 81
Johns Hopkins 20 - Wash. College 20
Mt. st. Marys 25 American Univ. 80
| Navy Plebes 23 -. Maryland FrOsh 81
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G SGiSGaqP ---------- 9 2 I III Ill
Colorado scoring: Touchdowns-cla
. (19, pass from Dowler; Is. pass and
run from Dowler). ConversionS-Indorf
IL.
Missouri scoring: Touchdowns--Wynn
Il, .rushl; Kuhlmann e, rush.. Con-
lversions--Rash ..
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Coliseum, with the temperature
l02 on the playing field at the
start of the game.
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September 7

8. Guiding Light. Scroll.
100
4-Feoture Playhouse. Movie.
lH Hours. "Son OF Monte
Cristo." 1870 Louis HoYword.
Joan Bennett.
1.-The Russles. Dromo.
9-Theoter Of StoFs. Drama.
The Pipe" Peter Lore.
l:3o
7-Roeket Squod. Crime.
9-AS the World Turns. Serial.
200
5-Lcdies Be Seated. Movie
IA Hours. Snow Dog" 1880.
Kirby Gront.
7-Lodies' TheoteT. Dramas.
! Hour. 'Stors Don't Shine"
Teresa Wright Sword Strikes.
9-Donno Dou9los. Women.
2:l5
9-Johnny corson. Variety.
2:30
4-Tennessee Ernie Show.
800
4-Motinee Theoter. Color.
Hour. "Gromercy Ghost" Story
Of an engaged girl who is eourted
by charming ghost. Soreh
Churchill.
7-Film Festival. Movie.
2 Hours. ~ Place Of Ones
Own" le45. A spirit from the
post Pevedes the Greenhouse Of
retired couple. Mereeret Lock
wood. Jones Mosen.
9-The Big PaYoff. Quiz.
$3.50
5-Teo Time Theoter. Drama.
"Sire de MoIetrolt's Door," Dan
O'HerIihy.
9-Bob Crosby. Music.
400
4-Queen for q Doy. Giveowoy.
5-Yesterdoy's Newsreel.
9-Piek Temple. Kids.
Hour. Movie. "OutIow Army"
AIS
5-Seeret Storm. Serial.
4:3O
5-AIl StoF TheoteF. Dromo.
Beneath These Waters" Ronald
Reooon.
4:4S
4-ModeFn RomoneeS. Seriol.
500
4-Comsdy Time.
ITS AIWoys jan" Janis Poioe.
Ell-k Ease:~~ No1;nk,,
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FRIDAY

6:35
4-Todoy on The Farm. News.
$50
4-Look TO This Doy. Prayer.
6:55
9-Meditotion. lnspirotionol.
TOO
4-Todoy. Voriety.
9-Good Morning. Voriety.
500
9-coptoin Kangaroo. Kids.
s:55
4-lneo. Cooking
900
4-Little Roseels. Our 6onq.
5-Thousht. lnspirotionol.
9-Mork Evans. Variety.
9:lo
5-kortoon Klub. Kids.
$50
4-Romper Room. Kids.
1000
4-Dins- Dong School. Kids.
Kaleidoscope. Shorts.
9-GoFrY Moore. Variety.
1890
4-eondstond. Music.
Bert Perks is host.
Il:0O
4-Homs. Arlene Francis.
1880
9-StFike II Rich. Quiz.
1900
4-Tie Toe Dough. Quiz.
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VernoI Equinox

The Playhouse, 727 Fiji
tenth street. has been abloom
with. fading flowers for
some weeks. Entitled "Vernal
Equinox" this charming ex-
hibition of paintings by 10
Washington artists, has only
one more week to run. Some
of the paintings are loans
from the Phillips Gallery:
Marjorie Phillips "Violets and
Gardenias" in a luster jug:
James McLaughlin's Flowers
and Chessmen." brown and
grey in tonality; Window to
a Landscape" with an amber
glass pitcher of spring flowers
on the sill, one Of John Ger
hands most lyrical paintings;
and Sarah Bakers decorative
Summer Flowers" against
patterned wall paper.
A larger number Of paint
ings have been lent by the
artists. Particularly success
full are Alice Acheson's "Flow-
ers in Blue Glass" set of with
lilac; Prentiss Taylor's Pear
and African Violet: Clare
Ferriter's New Growth" sug-
costing Oriental influence in
its treatment; Pietro Lazzari's
two polychrome cement
plaques of flowers: Vaughn
Winslow's blue Vase with
Red and White Flowers" 1.-TWO
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Howard Students

Howard University's art de-
partment is showing its 32nd
annual student exhibition.
through tomorrow. Nearly 200
items in many media fill the
gallery with a promising
show. Howard has SO art ma
jors, and it is obvious that a
number of them would seem
justified in making art a
career.
Many Of the students are
represented with work in
several media units: painting,
graphic arts. design and draw
ing. ceramics. silk screen print
ing and various crafts. Among
these students is Mildred
Thompson, who has received a
scholarship for study at the
SkoWhegan School of Painting
and Sculpture this summer.
Another is Catherine Parker,
who won a first prize in the
Washington-Post Times Her.
aid Christmas painting contest
last December. Other Howard
art students who received
honorable mention in the same
contest are William Bland,
James Stone, Warren Gregory
and Raymond Baker. Some OF
the best work by the last three
is in various branches OF de-
sign.
Serigraphy was introduced
at Howard only this past sea-
son. One Of the shows best
prints in this medium is
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A Master StoryteIIer
Full Of Vitality and Power

gether for the first time or
doing their first spring sowing
experience a little fierce Joy.
But it is short-lived. Drudg-
cry will bow them down: their
children will go into exile: if
they seek to rise in the world,
their neighbors reproach them;
if they succeed, they will be
reviled.
Mr.. O'Flaherty, the author
of The Informer," comes
from the Aran Isles, where life
is harsh. His view of the peo-
pie who endure it is never
sentimental even if his prose
sometimes is. Above all, in
the tradition of the Irish. he
is a master storyteller, full of
vitality and power. There are
here several stories of animals,
which he tells from their point
Of view. He does better with
men M. Meg,
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Only the Beginning

MONA LISA, by Tiffany
Thayer: Vols 1-3. The Prince
Of laramie dial Press; $3.50
begins another virtually in
terminable series of novels. of
which these three books are
only the beginning. The
theme is. as might be guessed,
Renaissance Italy. The enig-
matte lady. Mona Lisa, how
ever. will not appear until
later volumes. The hero of
these three volumes in the
Prince Of laramie. We follow
him through the court intri-
CUES of various little Italian
kingdoms and through his
amatory adventures, particu-
larry the latter. Indeed, the
pornography of the period
seems to be MIR. Thayer's chief
concern. Sometimes modern
slang is used to embellish the
archaic atmosphere. though
why only Mr.. Thayer knows.
The publishers call this book
which is unlike any other
written in our time" Probably
they are right.
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Outdoor Art Fair

The Montgomery County Art
Association announces an out
door art fair to be held in the
5000 block of Wisconsin ave-
nue.. Bethesda. on July 4 from
4 pm. until dark. One to 8
pictures in any medium. may
be submitted by a resident of
Montgomery County, for an
entrance fee of 81. Gustav
Trois will be the judge for
awards, and will also select a
group of paintings that will
compos&o gallery show in the
Wheatoe Library July 9 to Au-
gust 4. Entry blanks can be
obtained at Dels Gallery,
Wheaton Public Library and
Wick Byron's. Silver Spring.
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AMERICAN POLITICS IN A
REVOLUTIONARY WORLD.

BY Chester BowleS. liar
ward University Press; $2.25.l
The challenging theme of
Chester Bowles in this thought
full little volume is that in this
country we are approaching
the threshold of a new political
alignment-the fourth major
realignment in American his
tory.
The crisis confronting the
free world, according to Mr..
BowleS, has been met by
neither the Republican nor the
Democratic Party. The result
has been that through our
own lack of Imagination and
faith and the boldneSS of our
adversary democracy has been
placed on the defensive" This
calls for a redefinition of
Americas national purpose
winch Mr.. Bowles believes is
not only overdue but which
"once articulated will elicit
a deeply felt nationwide re-
Spouse which will cut across
party lines"
Failure Of Leadership
The inadequate approach to
present-day problems and pub
lie questions, $ Mr.. Bowles
stresses, is not the failure of
democracy as a system of gov
eminent. Rather it is regarded
as the failure Of American po-
litical leadership ''to recognize
the requirements of our fast
changing world" and use demo-
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Cronin at His Best
A THING OF BEAUTY, BY

A THING OF BEAUTY, py
A. j. Cronin Little. Brown;
$4) is a long novel about
Stephen Desmonde, son Of an
English rural clergyman and
destined by his father to sue
coed to the parish. Stephen
had always wanted to paint.
but he obeyed his father to al
point. went through oxford
and was engaged in the final
apprenticeship. at a London
settlement house, before his
ordination when he realized ne
couldn't go on. He fed to
Paris, where he stayed to study
and paint. This is the story Of
his struggle between his I'M
sympathetic family and his
passion for art, between all his
discouragements and his will
to go on. "A Thing OF Beauty"
should be one of Mr.. Cronin's
most popular novels. 1t has all
the elements, including an
ample seasoning Of sentiment.
c. B. J.
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CHARMED CIRCLE. By Susan

CHAhMED CIRCLE. BY Susan
Ertz. Harper e. Bros; $685.
Miss Ertz has worked a vari-
alton on the theme Of the
silver cord. Only here. it is of
gold and of double strength.
Ruth and Myron Prentiss are
dedicated to gracious living and
bring up their three children in
that tradition. Father collects
pictures, mother deity ar
ranges them. and the lives Of
the children so they will never
want to leave home. Tutors
and trips TO Europe, faithful
family retainers. devoted fam
lily friends and a seemingly in
exhaustible fortune ease the
children into a supposedly
cloudless future.
But Clarisse. the black-eyed
blond beauty Of the family, be-
comes runaway bride. Julian,
a hypochondriac deprived Of
a dog. turns to Communists.
HALEY. the. eldest. who tells
the story, becomes Pygmalion
to a pretty cockney.
Miss Ertz recounts these
events in smoothly readable
style. but without the bite or
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quered the theater, despite
his musical talent and his
concern with shows since
boyhood.
A Losing Battle
Ring Lardner personally was
a paradox. Around most peo-
pie he was curiously reticent,
withdrawn. But with friends
he could be convivial-too con-
vivial for his good. His drink
ing did not help his battle
with tuberculosis. which he
finally lost in 1888 at the age
of AZ.
Mr.. Elders biography is
written at a lively tempo. He
is perhaps too prolix in quot
ing from Lardner. While many
letters are opposite to points in
the writer's life, many of the
verses quoted are doggerel and
contribute nothing toward ex-
planning Lardner or his great
literary gifts. The columns.
similarly, often were too topical
to have much point after all
these years.