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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
Catherine Gown
AT Her Best

MADELEINE. BY Catherine
Gavin. (St. Martins;
$4.500
France declared the war,
embittered by the news that
a Hohenzollern prince was to
occupy the throne of Spain.
Napoleon III had no allies,
no plan of campaign. Krupps
guns soon gave Bismarck and
Won Moltke the edge and the
siege Of Paris and the COL
lapse of the Second Empire
followed rapidly. Heroine Of
this great novel is Madeleine
d'Arbonne. ambulance driver
and hospital aide. Novelist
Gavin paints here with the
same verve as did Delacroix
when he made the oil paint
ing of the Spirit of France
that now resides in the
Louvre. Like all such stories.
the net effect is to impress
the reader with how much
has been compressed in the
short space of time since
1870. HENRY A. LYON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
Life, Love and Adventure
OF Marion Mill Preminqer

Hungarian life that began to
pass with World War I. There
is her grandmother. for in
stance, with her own code of
morality and her certainty
that God spent the better
part of the six days of crea-
ton on Hungary-"to make
1t so good"
II did not grow up. I got
married instead"
So begins a chapter cover
ing her first marriage and,
later. her career on the
Vienna stage. Marion Mill
Preminger, whatever else
emerges from these 1913 pages,
holds the rank Of Personality
with the capital p. And,
whatever else she may be,
she is not one Of the worlds
dull women.
DORIS KANTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
CRIME AND MYSTERY
BY BETTY MILES.

A JOHN DICKSON CARR
TRIO. Harper & Bros;
$3.50 .
Three early Cars starring
DR.. Gideon Fell, all winners,
with the first two grand. The
Three Coffins was written in
1885, The Crooked Hinge in
1888, and The Case Of the
Constant Suicides in 1941.
Here are murders in the
locked room, hint of witch
craft, fantastic forgotten
crimes. and castles called
haunted. The incredible plots
are handled with stunning
dizziness. Not to be missed by
readers who enjoy being re-
duced to quaking towards to
whom the most homespun
sound spells doom.
4 4 \ y
FOR LOVE OR MONEY. the
1857 Anthology of the Mys-
terry Writers of America,
selected by Dorothy Gar
diner. doubleday g. Co.;
$3.50.)
Short stories-17 of them
revolving around crimes
inspired by-love or money.
The range is wide, the stories
good, from the straight
from-the-snoulder to the
studieS-in-sadism school. In
teresting is a mood piece by
Craig Rice. about a witness
for the prosecution whose
days are numbered. Also rep
resented, among others, are
Margery Allingham, Law
renee G.. Blochman, Chris
tianna Brand, George Har-
mon Coke, Ellery Queen and
Georges Simenon. One Of the
most effective is "A Roof in
Manhattan" by Hilda Law
renee, about a woman with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

discovery of a copy Of Dahl
gren's orders to a captain
whom Dahlgren sent on q
special mission. These orders.
repeating the plan to purn
the city and kill the Con-
federacy's highest officials,
gave the exact route the
captain was to take. How
could any Confederate alter
ing these orders have known
exactly where the captain
was supposed to go and what
he was to do? The memoran-
dunn, identified as in Dahl
gren's writing. was all in the
same hand. The captain es-
capped and rejoined Fitzpatrick.
Well DOcumented
Eight Hours Before Rich
mond" is a beautifully
evoked story, carefully doc
umented. and an original
contribution to the history
Of q war in which interest
never has waned.
The authors previous books
were Ranger Mosby." Gray
Ghosts and Rebel Raiders"
and 1.-THE Hatfields and the
McCoys." Mr.. Jones for
merly was a reporter on The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
Swiggett
Presents New
Transactions

SONNETS FROM FOREIGN
LANDS: TRANSACTIONS. BY
Glen Levin Swiggett. (The
University Press. Sewanee,
Tenn; 49,
In this little volume, DR..
Swiggett ranges widely among
the worlds greatest of his
favorite verse form: The
sonnet. He presents transla-
tons from the French, Ger
man, Italian, Portuguese and
Spanish, all with the original
versions on facing pages. In
time they are from the
Thirteenth century (Dante)
well into the Twentieth. To
achieve versatility he includes
both the standard classic
writer's and such compare
lively little-popularized as
Leconte de Lisle and Sully-
Prudhomme.
Rejecting DR.. Swiggett's
great interest in Latin-Amer-
lean affairs is inclusion of a
large section of modern writ
ers in Spanish and many Of
these. he tells us in a preface,
are appearing for the first
time in English.
1t would take knowledge as
wide as DR.. Swiggett's to pass
judgment on the accuracy
and spirit of the various
translations but the results
are interesting and enlight-
ening.
DR.. Swiggett, who was 80
recently. is having a busy
literary year. This is the
third new book of his
noted on this page this
year and he has an
nounced a fourth-Sonnets
to Remember-for publica-
ton soon after Thanksgiving.
With Mrs. Swiggett he lives
at 1920 Twentieth street
NV, and they will celebrate
their 65th wedding anniver-
sary next Friday.
EDWIN TREBLE
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ALL I WANT is EVERY

ALL I WANT is EVERY
THING. BY Marion Mill
Preminger. (Funk & Wag-
nails; $3.50
Marion Mill Preminger has
had wealthy and famous ad-
mirers; closets full Of minks:
elegant homes; glamorous
rounds in the international
arena - and DR.. Albert
Schweitzer for a friend.
Her elegantly checkered
career has taken her places
in a style most women would
like to become accustomed to.
"All I Want Is Everything"
is an account Of her life,
loves and adventures.
A simple list Of things she's
done and people she's known
would make lively reading.
But over and above choice
material, Mrs. Preminger has
a touch of the good CONVEX
sationalist's gift: the ability
to turn oneself into an inter-
esting story.
In easy, conversational
tones, touched with wit and
humor, Mrs. Preminger be-
gins her story in Hungary
where she was born, not with
a silver but with a gold
spoon" in her mouth. Later
descriptions-of life in Holly
wood as the wife Of director
otto Preminger from whom
she was later divorced; Of
her annual visits with DR.,
Albert Schweitzer at the hos
pital In French Equatorial
Africa-are not without their
appealing moments. But most
engaging are descrintions Of
her family and away Of
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-oeorss cserna Photo

q broken leg who eavesdrops
on evil In the next apart
ment, and must guess at her
neighbors' game sight UNI
seen.
ODDS AGAINST TOMOR-
ROW. BY william P. Nc
Givern. (Dodd. Mead q
Co.; $500
Two men escape from the
scene of a bank robbery that
failed, leaving a dead man
behind. One is white, with
deep prejudices and self
misgivings, the other a quick
witted Negro he never &C.
cepted as his partner in
crime. Hunted, hiding out
together, dependent on each
other yet distrusting each
other, their story is a thriller
and a psychological study.
An exciting book.
Il X 4
THE DEATH OF HUMPTY
DUMPTY. BY David Alex
ander, (Random House;
$3.50
When Bart Hardin, Broad
way editor, sees Humpty
Dumpty Hughes, nightclub
comedian, fall to his death,
the curtain is raised on a
brisk Hardin adventure.
4 X
END OF THE LINE. BY Bert
and Dolores Kitchens.
Doubleday & Co., Inc;
$2.950
Another solid story of de-
lection by railroad police
men, as young Saunders and
aging Farrell investigate a
six-year-old wreck that may
have led to extortion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
David Dubinsky's Role
In the Labor Movement

on history of world and
domestic events.
Max d. Danish. the au-
thor, has been for IS years
a close Dubinsky associate.
Quite naturally, what he has
written about Mr.. Dubinsky
lacks something in objectiv-
ity. 1t is overly weighted on
the side Of Mr.. Dubinsky and
the role he has played. But
it remains an informative
and interesting chronicle Of a
vital period in the history Of
American labor.
CECIL HOLLAND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

the derisive reporter, Miss
Wright. the rueful common
tator.
Mrs. Kerr frightened the
local scene until her hus-
bands appointment as drama
critic of the Herald Tribune
took her to New York. She
writes with the broad. slash
ing strokes of a woman much
involved in life. She could
hardly be more so, being the
mother of four boys who lives
in a ramshackle rocco palace
overlooking Long Island
Sound. The little lads provide
her with much material, but
to set it down she must re-
tire to the family car, where
there is nothing to read but
the gauges. Mrs. Kerr is not
a sentimental mother. She
says her children will know
why they have been rejected
- because they're impos-
sible, that's why" She limns
a happy, crowded landscape
in droll fashion.
From Literature
Where Mrs. Kerr works
from life, Miss Wright, a
spinster who lives alone and
doesn't like it all that much.
works from literature. She
iS a highly suggestible ar
fist. one who is driven to
morbid speculations on the
state of things by the sight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

OF the country's top labor
leaders few are more color
full or have made a more
lasting impression than David
Dubinsky. the president Of
the International Ladies
Garment Workers Union. In
this book, THE WORLD OF
DAVID DUBINSKY 9Th,
World Publishing Co.; $4.75),
we have the story of the inn
migrant boy who has be-
come one of the leading fig
ures in the present labor
movement.
The world Of David Dublin
sky is more than just the
world Of one union. His in
terests have encompassed the
whole labor movement in the
last rs years and the impact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

Of a tag on a pillow reading
DO NOT REMOVE THIS
TAG UNDER PENALTY OF
THE LAW" She has a
strong, almost literal-minded
fancy, which I sometimes
think takes her too far. For
instance, she has an en-
chanting description of clean
ing her apartment every
Saturday to the accompani-
ment of the opera broad
cast. C'Mozart's operas are
full Of fine bed-making
arias"). But like the opera,
it goes on just a little too
long.
On the Diet
Miss Wright also takes up
such contemporary phenom-
ena as the diet "a Kerr SUBJ
ject, tool, the modern Amer
lean woman the modern
kitchen, the Christmas pres
ent that is the personalized
monkey wrench you can
plant ivy in.
Actually, she is at her
most felicitous writing about
an old-fashioned, or rather,
timeless subject. unrequited
love. Most gracefully. she
gives the prescriptions from
Ovid to Thomas Browne, in
terspersing her own wilted
comments on the subject to
disarming effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
ALeqoI Hundb book
THE FAMILY LEGAL AD-
wyWCrD Ilsk.l -. gf1t.o. H.

WISER. Edited by Theodore
r. Kupferman. (Greystone
Hawthorn, revised; $4.950
In clear and concise Lam
guage, the layman is pre-
sented here with a handbook
on everyday legal problems.
It deals with such fields as
tenant-landlord problems, &C
cidents, wills, installment
buying, libel and Islander.
civil rights, marriage and
divorce.
Mr.. Kupferman is presi-
dent emeritus Of the Federal
Bar Association Of New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut.
SAM EASTMAN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

DEATH OF A POSTWAR.
By John Creasey. Harper
g. Bros: $2.95.)
Mr.. Creasey is a master,
and it takes one to tell this
improbable tale. The fine be-
ginning bears the Creasey
mark. as Chief Inspector
Roger West of Scotland Yard
gathers courage to tell the
postman's wife Of her hus-
bands death. Alas, the de-
nouement seems born of des-
peration. Inspector West de-
serves better assignments.
B. M.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17

called THE BRIDGE (Hough-
ton. $2.75). Its original title,
STORM GIRL, was even bet
ter suited to the emotional
strain and intensity Sof this
revealing story of a 14-year-
old girl and her grandfather.
CHRISTOPHER GOES TO
THE CASTLE, by Janice Hol-
land (Scribner's; $2.75), de-
scribes the life Of a young
page, from his initiation in
q thunderstorm to the dra-
matte accident which makes
him a hero. Carefully docu-
mented and deliberately IL
Illustrated, Miss Holland has
brought to life in a medieval
castle the same fidelity Of
detail and artistic magma
ton she showed in THEY
BUILT A CITY," her story Of
Washington, D. c.
Medieval Life
Another side Of medieval
life is portrayed in THE
PERILOUS JOURNEY Holt;
$3.50, by a mother-and-son
team, Iris and Humphrey
johnson. Iris johnson has
illustrated many children's
books; her son is a newcomer
to the field who became fas-
cinated by the robber barons
on the Rhine and the haz-
ards Of medieval trade. He
tells q good story, too.
Glenn Blough has written
so many science books-all
excellent-that I have lost
count. The latest is called
WHO LIVES IN THIS
HOUSE? (Whittlesey; $3.50.
DR.. Blough is both teacher
and entertainer. He has no
need to sugar-coat his infor-
nation, as he unfolds the
story Of animal families who
live in an abandoned house
on Highway IL.
Picture Book
In the picture-book field,
John Longstaff presents his
version of the nursery rhyme,
OVER IN THE MEADOW,
with Illustrations, by Rojan-
kovsky (Harcourt; $2.75):
Marion Holland has written
and illustrated a Christmas
story in A TREE FOR
TEDDY (Knopf; so; Mar
jorie Fribourg's first book,
CHING TING AND THE
DUCKS (Sterling; $3.50,
concerns a small boys chores
in Formosa.
Nor is this all. Ferdinand
Kuhn, Washington corre-
spondent, chose a popular
subject. THE STORY OF
THE SECRET SERVICE
(Random House; $3.50.
Harry Neal, a veteran of the
Secret Service. has written
about careers in other Gov
eminent departments in
PATHFINDERS, U. S. A.
(Messner; $3.50. And Lucia
Borski announces a new
edition of her Polish folk
tales, THE JOLLY TAILOR
Oongmans; $2.75e
All these authors have
made good use of Washington
resources. in and out of Gov
eminent. and especially in
the Library of Congress. So
rewarding and stimulating
are these resources that one
experienced author. Frances
Cavanah, is moving here
from Chicago, mainly because
of the research facilities. For
her, at least. it will not be a
hardship post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
cHILDREN,s BOOK WEEK
Washington Authors
|. Of Books for Children
By BARBARA NOLEN

Chidren's Book Week. beginning today. brings many
visiting authors to Washington At the tme must
salute hometown authors with at least dozen dsn-
gushed titles the fall lists.
Not Lafayette himself but his devoted wife Adrenne is
the figure in the timely biography Of THE LITTLE MAR
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QUISE, by Hazel Wilson
(Knopf;; So. A child bride at
IA, Adrienne did not hesitate
to follow her husband in
politics as a good wife should.
And what a charmer she must
have been, to talk her way
out of one prison and into
another, for her dear hus-
bands sake.
Hazel Wilson creates lively
dialogue for intimate social
affairs and important mo-
ments in history, inspired by
actual phrases in diaries, let
tiers and other contemporary
sources. Even more impor-
tant, she has conveyed the
tender thoughts and feelings
Of a young wife and mother,
who survived the angry years
of the French Revolution,
with friends on both sides Of
the guillotine.
FoIkwoys
Young girls may enjoy
comparing the folkways Of
counting in THE LITTLE
MARQUISE with those of an
American college girl in I'LL
FIND MY LOVE, by Joan
Dirksen (Messner; $2.95).
Mrs. Dirksen, wife Of the as
sociate organist at the Ma
tional Cathedral, knows mod
ern teen-agers and her young
characters are pleasantly
natural.
The dreams and near
heartbreak of an adolescent
girl are wrapped up in q
novelette, about q hurricane
by Charlton Ogburn. jr., now
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ADVERTISEMENT

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
The Lady Essoyists
Bring q Light Touch
BY MARY McGRORY

The burden of the familiar essay being borne by the
ladies this and credtaby too Jean Kerr In
PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES Doubleday, $500 and
Sylvia Wright in GET AWAY FROM ME WITH THOSE
CHRISTMAS GIFTS (McGrawH SO $50 bring the required
light baleful eye the task Mrs. Kerr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
LittIe-Known Episode
OF Civil War Revived
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Virgil Darlington (Pat Jones, of Washington an able
historical writer revves in his little
known Civil War episode but of great signcanceone
of those amostforgotten incidents which within
eyeash changing history And the author only made
made the Fitzpatrick raid Richmond in 1864 vivid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
BIS Confirms
Is Pct. Drop in
Home Outout

The bureau of Labor statistics
his week made official an es-
innate of 100000 homes and
apartment units in non-farm
areas as the Nations housing
production last year.
This figure represents a drop
OF Is per cent from the 1928 900
hat were begun during, 1855. the
bureau said but. at the same
time. 1856 was the eighth sue
cessive year in which housing
starts passed the million mark.
the agency noted.
The 1856 total of housing
starts also was about the same as
the annual totals for the 1851
70 1858 period. However, the
bureau pointed out that when
allowance is rnade for popula-
ton growth. the 1855 rate of
home building was the lowest
sircn ito e"r'v postwar years.
Almost all of the decrease
from 1855 occurred in metro
politan areas. the bureau said.
and in units started under Fed
cral HOUSING Administration and
veterans Administration pro-
grams. which tend to be con-
centrated in metropolitan sub
urbs.
In addition. more public hous-
ing was started in 1856 than in
either 1855 or 1854, but the 1856
total of 23,400 public units was
still less than half the annual
average for the period 1949
through 1883 The increase in
public housing during 1856 over
1855 was chiefly in FeIcrally-
owned housing at military bases
on projects popularlv known as
Capehart housing, the bureau
said.
Inc rate OF building in the
privately-owned field reached q
low point during September and
has been STRONGER in thu final
quarter of the year, the bureau
noted.
The F. w. Dodge Corp. con-
struction news firm, found a
similar situation in its reports
on contract awards for future
construction in 81 States East
OF the Rockies. The number of
housing units covered by con-
tracts was down IL per cent
from 1855. the firm said.
At the sana time, the finn
found that floor area covered BY
the contract awards was down
only z per cent from 1855 Dollar
volume, s9.326,OO0 900 during
1856, was down per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
Sanding Machine Can Clear
Paint rom Concrete Floor

the exceptionally heavy type and
the earth was of a low density
they might have contributed to
the development of the crack. 1t
is also possible that the floor
above the defective ceiling was
subjected to an exceptionally
heavy load. such as a piano or
some other heavy piece of furni-
ture The crack can be repaired
with patching plaster.
Draft for Fireplace
QuestiOn-We have an at
tached garage and plan to re-
model it into a family room. We
would prefer a fiat roof over this
area, but are wondering if fire.
place would draw properly if the
main house roof is higher. 1t is
gabled,
Answer-The draft may not
work satisfactorily unless the
chimney extends at least two
feet above the highest point of
the gable roof on the house
Down drafts would be very
likely.
Cork Tile
Question would like in
formation on whether Ut would
be wise to put cork tile on my
living and dining room floors.
I do not own the house but am
on a three-year lease. l
have spoken to several floor
covering dealers and some made
me feel it wasn't too difficult. to
remove such tile. but others said
1t was impractical to try it.
am sure the owners would want
me to assume the responsibility
Of restoring the floors to their
original condition.
Answer - If the tile is put
down over a linoleum felt, it
should not be too difficult to re-
move it when the time comes.
The felt and adhesive that
would adhere to the floor after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
1866 Units
Now Insured
By FHLBB

Albert j. Robertson. chairman
OF the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board, announced today that
143 savings and loan aSsocia-
tons, with combined assets of
about S256 million. became
members of the Federal Savings
and Loan Insurance Corp.
during 1856.
These admissions brought the
total number of insured associa-
tons up to 1866 at the end of
last year. Their combined assets
amounted to $685. billion, Mr..
Robertson said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
Montgomery Units
Receive Approval
Recent hpildinp nermits iss,,n

Recent building permits issued
by Montgomery County follow:
Balduino Gianco!a. 1928 River I'd !,
Bethesda owner. dwelling at 56O6 Abba
I'd, Bethesda; cost. $4,000 architect.
Warren Shoemaker
Robert P. Tiffey. 100 Fort DIR. ne.
WASHINGTON. owner: two dwellings at
56uS and 56l2 Lamar I'd, Bethesda !:
cost $4,000 each: architect. William
II. Shoemaker.
The Jeffrey Allen Corp, 44n6 4Sth st
a.w, Washinston, owner: two dwellings
At Blackjack I'd and Selkirk St. Be-
fhesda; cost. S20,Na0 each: architect.
William H. Shoemaker
Robert Craver Olnev. owner; dwelling
at Georgia ave. Olney. cost, $4,000
Bert NJ. Tracy, 1907, NJ ST. NV, Wash
ington, owner. four DWELLINGS at Kath-
IN I'd and Tracy dr.. silver Spring;
cost. $4,000 each: architect, Norman
-ke-tzraan.
F, soueid, Inc. 3625 18th st. NV.
Washing ton. owner two dwellings at
70o4 and snU9 Winslow St. Bethesda:
cost, $4,000 each.
Thomas H. Ryon, 340s Wisconsin ave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
Crack in Ceiling

IN W. Washington, owner: two dwellings
at sos and $500 Lenox I'd. Bethesda
cost, $4,000 each: architect. John A
ID Epagnier
Daniel F Quigley. 2O11 Woodreve dr.
Avondale. owner dwelling at 2025 Forest
Hill dr., Silver Spring: cost, $4,000.
Barclay Homes. Inc, 7lslz Maplewood
ave. Takoma Park, owner: dwelling at
l0n13 Kinross ave. Silver Spring. cost
100000 architect. II. J. Korzendorfer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19

removal of tiles could be easily
taken of with a fioor-sandine
machine.
Cold Air Duct
Question-We recently moved
into an apartment which orig
inally had a coal furnace that
was later converted to gas. AS a
consequence, there is a large
cold air duct in the corner OF
the living room. 1t is quite I'M
slightly and / would like to know
if there is any way of concealine
it to a degree that would not
interfere with the function OF
the heating system.
Answer-Since you speak OF
moving into an apartment. ]
assume you are not the owner of
the building. If you were. ! would
suggest having a heating con-
tractor relocate the duct. / have
an idea you. were attempting 10
do away with the appearance Of
the register face on the outlet
of the duct. l cannot think OF
anything which you could use
that would make the register less
obvious. other than possibly plac-
ing a chair or a piece Of furni-
ture in front of it.
Paint Spots on Brick
Question: have painted the
trim on my brick veneer home
and would appreciate it if you
would inform me what l could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-19
First Manhattan Tuyern

NEW YORK.-The first tav-
ern on Manhattan Island was
opened in 1912 by Willem Kieft,
Governor of New Amsterdam.