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FATHERS by Meindert De
Jong (Harpers. $3.50.
LOST IN THE BARRENS by
Farley Mowat little Brown.
So.
RED FALCONS OF IRE
NONE by Hendry Peart
(Knopf. So.
TIME FOR THE STARS by
Robert Heinlein (Scribners.
$2.75).
TRAPPING THE SILVER
BEAVER by Charley Niehuis
(Dodd, Mead. So.
UP PERISCOPE by Robb
White doubleday. $2.75.
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Look-und-Listen

The best picture books for
the preschool child are strong
in rhythmic prose and indi-
vidual in illustration. These
are outstanding and well worth
trying on for size:
A farmyard fable. GONE is
MY GOOSE by Dorothy Koch
and Doris Lee Holiday House.
S2.25).
A postscript from Margaret
Wise Brown. under the pseu-
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A BETTY Guide

YOUR NATIONS CAPITAL.
BY Morgan Beatty. (Farrar.
5traus and Cudahy: paper
bound. $3.50.
A guide 70 Washington
which should be invaluable 70
tourists. The principal build
ings and historic shrines are
described and the hours listed
at which they are open 20 the
public. COLLEGES. universities
and leading churches also are
pointed out. Mr.. Beatty. .
former Associated Press re-
porter and editor, IA . widely
known commentator for NBC.
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Hard to Believe

Occasionally, even the most
ordinary boy or girl enjoys
an adventure which goes be-
yond the bounds of realism
and vet avoids any obvious
abracadabra. Two such books
are recommended uncondi-
tionally: THE ENORMOUS
EGG, by Oliver Butterworth
little, Brown: $685. and
STOWAWAY TO THE
MUSHROOM PLANET, by
Eleanor Cameron Little.
Brown; $275). Good fun, both
of them. and not limited to
the S-to-l2 year olds. either.
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Biography

The new look in biography
takes many forms. For the
younger children, one of the
best is RIDE ON THE WIND
(Scribners. $2.75) in which
Alice Dalgliesh tells the story
Of Charles Lindbergh's solo
flight to Paris. 1t is a capsule
story. which highlights the
young aviator's memorable
achievement.
Quite another approach is
used in the objective biogra-
ply. ABE LINCOLN. from log
cabin to White House. Ram
dom House. $3.50. In this
story Of young Abe. Sterling
North creates character and
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Adventure

Adventure is defined as IAN
undertaking OF uncertain OUT
come" That covers a lot Of
ground in the 1856 vintage of
adventure stories. Whatever
the scene-war-torn China. the
Arctic barrens. below decks in
a submarine. or besieged in a
medieval castle-these adven-
ture tales are action-p packed:
COLD HAZARD by Richard
Armstrong (Houghton Mifilin.
S2.50.
THE HOUSE OF SIXTY
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Short Stories
SELECTED SHORT STORIES

oEL1N A'ED OLhOhl - AOIAE0
OF JOHN O'HARA. Ran
dom House; $l.45).
SEIZE THE DAY. BY Saul
Below. Viking: So.
THE WHOLE VOYALD. BY
William Saroyan Little.
Brown: S375).
These are three volumes of
short stories. all by expert
enced writer's who have won a
measure of fame.
Mr.. O'Hara. better known as
a novelist. also is an expert
craftsman IN the short story,
tooling it simply and smoothly
to suit its theme. This coll
lection includes the stories he
likes best.
Fragments Of Life
Most of these stories might
be called fragments of life.
Their people seem actual, their
situations plausible. If, as a
whole. they lack dramatic de-
velopment, each of them makes
a point and makes its sharply.
Such stories as THE Deci-
sion." Every thing Satisfac-
tory" and Doctor and Mrs.
Parsons" sum up whole lives,
their triumphs and utilities,
with few deft strokes.
Lionel Trilling remarks per-
ceptively in his introduction:
1.-THE work of no other Ameri-
can writer tells us so precisely
and with such a sense of the
Importance OF the communica-
ton, how people look and how
they want to look, where they
buy their clothes and where
they wish they could buy their
clothes, how they speak and
how they think they ought
to speak"
Restrained Realism
It is worth noting that Mr..
O'Hara has managed to be
realistic in these stories with
out resorting to the coarse
ness of phrase and situation
which he feels he has to in
sert in his novels. Perhaps
this is because the magazines
for which most short stories
are primarily written are less
receptive to candor carried to
the point of vulgarity.
Saul Below wrote THE
Adventures of -Augie March,"
which won the National Book
Award. In "Seize the Day"
the title story is a long short
story or novelette-tiTe author
calls it a novella, the Italian
form - and there are three
other stories. each quite short,
and, a one-act play.
Less Effective
Perhaps Mr.. Below is better
at the novel. His shorter
pieces are less effective than
the longer one.
Seize the Day" is q first
rate study of a.weak man. Tom
my Wilhelm could never quite
make a go Of anything-his
jobs. his marriage. his adjust
ments to other people. He was
overshadowed by his father. a
retired doctor Of more than To-
cal fame. The story is con-
cerned with Tommy's not
embarrassing friendship with
a dubious man who is schol-
arly and plausible and calls
himself a professional psy-
chologist. The debt-ridden
Tommy was persuaded by this
friend TO invest his dwindling
funds in the commodity mar
ket. The friend, DR." Tam
kin. is as carefully developed
as Tommy. and the contrast
ing pair provide a narrative
in turn amusing and dramatic
Mr.. Saroyan's way with the
short story is too well known
10 require extensive comment.
The Whole voyald" contains
some Of his best.
The stories recalling persons
and episodes Of his childhood
years in Fresno. Calf. are all
appealing. In a classic sense,
they may not be short stories.
but each touches some one.
perhaps himself, perhaps a
youthful acquaintance. with q
verbal wand that bring him 70
az.
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run, they choose their own
books, But it is part Of the
adults responsibility to find
books which will please their
discriminating taste. Lucky
you, if you have a dozen nieces
and nephews, for you can en-
joy the search for the right
book for every youngster on
your Christmas list.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
A. B. Guthrie Broodens
His Western Panorama
BOOKS IN REVIEW
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

few years ago A. B. Guthrie, r, brought out novel
that was startling departure It novel about the Old
West and it far above the melodamat predlctable
Westerns Of several generations that could fairly be called
literature 1t about the mountain and called
The Big Sky He followed with fine story of typical migra
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Americana

Gradually, stories of pio-
neers and Indians have be-
come less Stereotyped in char
acter and plot. william Steele
is a leader in this field with
his spectacular story of THE
LONE HUNT CHarcourt;
s275). Starting with the usual
ingredients Of a boy and a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02
Christmas Books for Children
Johnny and Jane CAN Read
And You Can Please Them
BY BARBARA NOLEN

It wouldn't be Christmas without wonderful
DOCKS Fortunately statistics proving that Johnny Jane
not only read but like world full many
new interests and boys and girls shouting
happily. Look Ma. I'm reading!
Children by q captive audience In
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dog, he works up little mas
terpiece.
Indians are important people
in THE CORNHUSK DOLL by
Eleanor Wilcox (Dodd, Mead;
$2.75) and NAVAJO SISTER
by Evelyn Lampman Double
day; $2.75). All of these stories
are told from the inside out,
so that the young reader iden-
titles himself with the main
character, be it the young
hunter, Vance Caywood. who
wanted to kill the last buffalo,
or dainty Sally Redpath.
adopted by the scalp-happy
Shawnee.
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ton across the plains in the
l840s - THE Way West"
which won the Pulitzer Prize.
Now we have a third novel:
THESE THOUSAND HILLS.
(Houghton Mifiin: $3.50.
The new novel follows in
chronology the other two,
though the story is altogether
different.
West in Transition
In 1.-THE Big Sky" circa 1886.
the West was still inhabited
only by Indians and a few
white trappers and explorers
the mountain men. In 1.-THE
Way West" the great trek
across the plains was in full
swing. Now in These Thou
sand Hills" it is 1880. The
West is in transition, still wild.
still lawless, in spots, but rap
idly taking on the settled
ways, the effete copventionality
of the East-to the disgust of
many oldtimers.
Lat Evans, 20 that year. re-
verses the way his parents
(the Evans came into THE
Way West~ sought adventure
and a new life in AS. Weary
of the monotony of q, ranch in
Eastern Oregon, he starts
east, to Montana, hoping in
time to have his own ranch
and settle in a country still
developing, a territory destined
soon to be a State
Montana Winter
Lat goes to work for a man
rounding up cattle on the vast
open ranges of that day for
their owners. When the job
is over he's on his own and
must scrabble around for a
living. He and some of the
cowpuncher pals he has made
put in an arctic Montana
winter trapping wolves, whose
pelts bring a fair price, holing
I'D in a cabin during the worst
blizzards.
Lat is a likely young man,
an expert rider who can break
broncos or fight, as the case
may require, who is resource
full and handy-the sort Of
youth Westerners admired and
still do. He gets along. His
first love affair is with a blond
girl in a bawdy house-and it's
more than a passing fancy on
both sides-but the time comes
when his longing for security
and responsibility and his
Methodist upbringing prevail
and he turns away from
carousing and purchaSible
women. He acquires a ranch,
marrieS a school teacher from
Indiana and becomes a figure
in the church and the COM
His friends urge an
Office on him. and political
ambitions stir.
Despite the growing trend
of the little town and the sur
rounding ranches toward or
der and decency, more than a
trace of the old West fingers.
The ranch owners. losing too
many cattle and horses to rus
tiers, and weary Of the sketch
mess and indifference Of the
law form a group Of vigi-
lantes and enforce their own
Justice. Lat is among them.
though he insists on evidence
before punishment. But vigil
lantes. gunfighters and saloon
brawls are gradually passing.
If These Thousand Hills"
is less impressive than THE
Way West" and particularly
THE Big Sky" tthe latter in
retrospect seems. Mr.. Guthrle's
4~ae& A,,RN VNa,.LaV,e
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VILLAGE Random. $3.50
and Elizabeth Janeway has
combined anecdotes and facts
to produce THE EARLY DAYS
Of AUTOMOBILES random.
$3.50. Applying the same tech
nique to another field. Eric
Shipton in MEN AGAINST
EVEREST prentice Hall.
$2.75) tells how the attempt
that failed made possible the
final conquest Of Everest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-02

The Stcr's onnuOI book survey. o critical
analysis Of outstanding books pub
lished during the year 1856, will
oppeor in this section next Sunday.
December 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-19

Is citizen it's no wonder that businessmen forever
dreaming up fantastic new schemes for keeping the cash
register Ginning Study these lessons in competItion
Three dress shops right in row on the main street
Of an Alabama CITY, One morning the merchant on the
right put up a sign proclaiming, unprecedented FEe
Sale" The merchant the left countered with "AbsO-
utely Final Bankruptcy Clean Out Then the merchant
in the middle hung up his sign II read Main Entrance!
couple of adjoining barbershops in Miami Beach dld
a bit of sign posting too. One announced. why pay
dollar and half for haircut? Well do the job for fifty
cents % Later the other hung out this sign twice as Big
1--WE guarantee to repair dollar haircuts.
The ancient art of nvcnting is still another way OF
keeping step ahead Of the Internal Revenues For
instance consulting engineer in Washington has invented
an automatic headlight DINNER that operates for an
oncomng car but ignores street and house lights After
all says the inventor who has to be polite to an iluml-
mated hot dog stand?"
Chicago chemist has perfected a new liquid spray
which makes old automobiles smell new. He boasts: 1T
can make 1898 jalopy smell like 1886 Continental"
coscuttng storekeeper in New Hampshire raised the
paper-towe dispensers in his waShroCm foot and hall
above their former niche Now customer has to reach
so high that water down his sleeves He may cusS
bit but he uses only one towel instead Of three.
The last straw. But thank heaven there will always be
few comfortable folk who their wits for peaSanter
purposes than winning the for money Ingenuity need
not always be directed toward making or saving money
Will Rogers ma, for instance used her noRgin when
young viii consistently neglected TO tuck in his shrttals
before trudgng off to school, She simply sewed delicate
border around the bottoms. He never failed to tuck
them in after that! BENNETT CERT
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Super-Schemers

That steadily mounting national debt
isn't making things easier for us these
days. In 1913, it amounted to Sl2.27 for
every man, woman and child in the Us.
Today it stands at over 81, 623 per cap
tia! A man making $4,000 a year
would have to contribute years salary
to pay the interest for one minute!
Considering the high cost Of just being
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-12-27
Circles TO Meet

All circles of the Methodist
WSCS of St Pauls church Oak
land will meet Wednesday eve
ming, January ?, at o'clock
Circle one, Mrs f. Ray Jones.
leader, will meet at the church
with Mrs. Creigh Teets and Mrs.
c. A. Fleegle as assistant hostesses.
Circle two Mrs. Vernie Smousc.
leader, will meet at the home of
Mrs Merritt Feather, South Third
street with Mrs. ReaIord Purbaugh
and Mrs. Kenneth Hardesty as as
sistant hostesses.
Circle three Mrs, Robert Dewitt,
leader, will meet at the home of
Mrs. William Shirer with Mrs Har-
old Ashby as assistant hostess.
Circle four, Mrs F. A Thayer,
leader, will meet at the church for
a covered dish dinner
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SWALLOW FALLS

Sandra Skipper spent Friday eve
ming with Barbara Lipscomb. Oak
land.
Miss Maxine Ream, Beltsville,
spent the holidays with her par
cnts Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Ream.
Rev Gail dickson. Hancock, Wis
tied Rev. and Mrs. j. c Skipper
and family the past week.
Mrs Daley Lewis, Corinth, w.
Va. visited MIR. and Mrs. Peter II.
Spiker, Sunday
Glen Kope and John Kope, Car
michaels, Pa. visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Kope the past week
Mr. and Mrs. William Ream and
daughter. Bert Ream and Norman
Ream visited relatives in Cadiz
and New Athens, O.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Dewitt an
nounce the birth Of daughter at
the Garrett County Memorial hos
pital
Jimmy Bowman is confined to
his home with chicken poX.
Miss Elinor Sines, HagerstOwn,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Theodore Sines
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence w. Maybe
and family spent the holidays with
relatives and friends in Hancock.
Roger DeBerry Deer Park, and
Miss Patience Sines were visiting
relatives in Cumberland, on Christ
mas
c. B. Sines, former resident is
visiting his son Donald ana family
in Maitland, Fla
William George, Blasdale. N. Y,
is spending the week with his
family
Mr.. and Mrs. N. A. Ream spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Har-
land Ream and family, Deep Greek
Village
Mr.. and Mrs David George and
daughter, Barton, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. William George, Saturday
evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Frances and
daughter. of Hancock, spent the
past weekend with Mr. and Mrs
Clarence w. Maybe.
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Oakland Personals

William Yagle, of Morgantown.
w. Va. was Sunday guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cooper.
North Third street.
William Lantz, and John Hewitt,
of Wilmington, Del. were holiday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. c..
Lantz, Center street.
Fred Stemple, U. S. Naval School
of Music, Washington, d. c., is Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Stemple, while on leave.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Hanst,
New York City. visited over the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. d. r..
Sincell and Mr.. and Mrs. George
Hanst.
Rene Jones, eight-month-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Jones, underwent an operation yes
terday in Children's hospital in
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix C. Robinson
and daughter Monica, are in Phil
adelphia, Pa, visiting their son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs AL
bert Franc, Jr.
Among the students spending the
Christmas vacation at their homes
are Carolyn Lantz, University of
Delaware; Connie Savage, Univer-
sity of Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs Prentiss Porter
and two sons returned to their
homie at Pocomoke City on Tues
day after spending the Christmas
weekend here with relatives.
Mrs. Mckinley Stevens. Jr.. re-
mains seriously ill in a Baltimore
hospital where she has been a
patient for several weeks. Mr. and
Mrs, Stevens formerly resided in
Oakland.
Edgar Lemmert stationed at Fort
Dix, N. j., spent the Christmas
weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs James c. Lemmert. He eX-
poets to receive his honorable dis
charge this weekend after having
served in the armed forces for the
past two years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-12-27

Jack Wenzel was visiting in Anna
Maria Fla, recently
DR. and Mrs, William Graham. of
Baltimore, are visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Spencer Graham.
Mrs. Daniel Ingram is able to be
out again after having been con-
fined TO her home with an attack
of pneumonia.
Jacqueline Treacy. five-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Treacy is recuperating from an at
tack of pneumonia
Mr.. and Mrs David Full are
spending the holidays here with rel
atives. The former is a student at
West Virginia university, Morgan
town.
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BetrothoI Announced

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson lowering,
Jr., of Roland Park, Baltimore,
have announced the berothal of
their daughter, Miss Tacy Ann
lowering, to Second Lieut. viii
liam Richard Trippe Sd. USAF
son of Mr.. and Mrs William Rich
ard Trippe I'd, of ST Paul street
Baltimore.
MIR and Mrs. Levering and fami-
ly are summer residents of Mt
Lake Park
Miss lowering. a graduate OF
Bryn Mawr and Wellesley college
was presented to society at the
Bachelors Cotillion four years ago
She is a granddaughter of Mrs
Wilson Keyser Levering and the
late Mr. lowering and of Mrs. Au-
stin F. Robinson and the late Dr.
Robinson, all of Baltimore
Lieutenant Trippe is grandson
of the late Doctor and Mrs. Samuel
Chamberlaine Trippe, Of Royal
Oak and of the late Mr.. and Mrs
Edward Thomas Tubbs, of Denton
An alumnus of the Menlo school
Menlo Park, Cal, he was graduated
from Gilman School and Yale uni
versity where he was a member OF
the Arnold Air Society. Lieutenant
Trippe is stationed at Stallings
Air base in Kinston, \. c.
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Accident, W. Va.

Those visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Calcamp over the Christmas holi-
days were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Slau-
baugh of Washington, d. c.. Mr..
and Mrs. John Calcamp. Donald
and Cecil. all of Cleveland. o.; Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Kelly and Sharon
Kay, of Leadmine; Mr. and Mrs
Floyd Stemple and children. of
Horse Shoe Run; Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Calcamp and Connie
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-12-27

wilsonFidler Post Maryland plans
marker commemorative the memory of those who
Of their country. Therefore. will be
appreciated the of those who died while in military
died result of their military service
such as gas World l. World
will submitted H. j. Prs
placed this marker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-12-27

Lynn, and Mrs Daisy Harsh.
Those visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Charley Snyder were Mr.. and Mrs
Floyd Snyder and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Snyder and daughter
Mr. and Mrs Vie Rynehart and
children, Of Aurora.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Shafrer
were visiting Mrs. Sam Judy
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IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of Richard II.
Friend, who passed away three
years ago today, January II, 1854
You have taken your long journey
In a beautiful ship called Rest,
Away from this world of sorrows
To the land of Eternal Rest
Life is not so dear to us since
you went away.
Sadly missed by wife and children.
ADV II
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-12-27

Miss nellie Shaffer was in Bridge
port, W. Va. over the Christmas
holidays, visiting her sister, Mrs.
j. Edgar Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Fike were
in Berkeley Springs, w Va. yes
terday to attend the funeral of an
uncle William d Parks. who died
there Tuesday
Mrs. Carrie Shaffer Mr., and
Mrs. Ernest Shaffer, Elliott Shat
fer, Oakland. were in Keyser, on
Wednesday attending the funeral
of their uncle, Elliott Jenkins
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Lewis Sharps, Oak
land, on Tuesday, December 25,
Christmas day, in Garrett County
Memorial hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Behne and
son, and Mrs Elinor Hoye. Of
Washington, D. c., were guests Of
Mr. and Mrs Paul limbaugh over
Christmas.
James Murray and mother Mrs.
Violet Murray, returned to their
home yesterday after having spent
several days with Mrs Murray's
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs Leon Brown, in Circleville, o.