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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Small World

The latest stories from
other lands seem to under
line another trend. the amaz-
ing discovery that books
from abroad need not be
either stereotyped or con-
descending. It's a small
world for the child who reads
about an orphan dog in
Jamaica. with all the SYM
pathy which Marguerite
Henry brings to the story of
MULEY-EARS, NOBODY'S
DOG Ran DIN C Nalley;
$2.75).
The Pacific area is well
represented. Joji, the famous
Japanese scarecrow. appears
again in JOJI AND THE FOG
by Betty Jean Lifton Nor
row; $3.50. Chasing dragon
flies. called tom hos in
Japan, is the summer sport
described in Tom Halls story
of THE GOLDEN TOMBO
Knopf: So. In THE POINT
ED BRUSH by Patricia Miles
Martin Lothrop; $2.75), a
small Chinese boy, youngest
of six brothers, rescues his
uncle from Jail and earns a
chance to go to school.
Europe, too. has its quota
Of new picture stories. The
6-year-old can share a Dam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
This Is the FIomboyunt
Greenwich Village Of Old

THE IMPROPER BOHE-
MANS, by Allen Churchill
Dutton; So is a brightly
colored account Of New
York's Greenwich Village in
its most fiamboyant years,
from 1912 to 1880.
Mr.. Churchill, who wrote
Park Row." the story Of
New York's oldtime news
paper center, has portrayed
in his new book the most
arresting personalities and
many Of the most bizarre
episodes that livened the
Village in its great days.
At MabeI's
The curtain rises on the
famous salon established in
1912 by the present Mabel
Dodge Luhan of Taos,
N. Mex, then Mabel Dodge,
wife of a wealthy man. She
took over the house at %
Fifth avenue which had been
occupied by Gen. Daniel E.
Sickles, one of the most
colorful and controversial
figures to emerge from the
Civil War. Mrs. Dodge, who
has described her life in New
York and in New Mexico in
a half dozen books, began to
entertain diverse celebrities
of the day. There were Max
Eastman, Carl Van Vechten;
the sculptor, 10 Davidson,
and Lincoln Stefens. Many
others, including Walter
Lippmann, were later to be
widely known and there were
others who never got beyond
promise.
The term Bohemian had
been used for a long time and
was glorified in the 1905 by
George Du Maurier's best
seller, "Trilby." One Ida
Glare, known to New York
as the Queen of Bohemia in
pre-Civil War days, stated in
1860 that a Bohemian was
''by nature. If not by habit.
a cosmopolite, with a general
sympathy for the fine arts,
and for all things above and
beyond convention" Edgar
Allan Poe, who died in 1849,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
GENERAL
John D. RocKEFELLER.

JOHN d. ROCKEFELLER.
BY Allen Nevins. (Charles
Scribner's; $685. An
abridgement of the 1858
two volume Rockefeller,
biography, Study in
Power"
THE SEVEN YEARS. BY Earl
Weinstock and Herbert
Wilmer. (Dutton; $3.50
An autobiography of
young Rumanian boy and
his mother who dared come
to America following World
War II.
w. E. B. DU BOIS: NEGRO
LEADER IN A TIME OF
CRISIS. BY Francis L.
Broderick. stamford Uni
versity; So Biography of
one of the founders Of the
National Association for
the Advancement of Col
ored People. by a history
professor at Phillips Elk
eter Academy.
THE ZIONIST IDEA. BY
Arthur Hertzberg. Dou-
bleday; $500 Religious
and secular writings col
lected by a Columbia Uni
versity professor.
CHALLENGES OF THE
DEEP. BY Wilbur Cross.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
PAPERBAcKs

ASK ANY GIRL. BY Wini-
fred Wolfe. Bantam: 35c.)
Based on the book and
movie of the same name
starring David Niven and
Gig Young.
THE BEAT GENERATION.
BY Albert Zugsmith. (Ban-
tam; 25c.) Based on the
movie of the same name
starring Mamie Van Doren.
THE BOOK OF JAZZ. BY
Leonard Feather. (Meri-
dian; $3.50 A guide to
instruments, sounds and
performers.
THE CRUCIBLE. BY Arthur
Miller. Bantam: 35c0
Playwright Miller's we'll
known play based on Salem
witch trials.
THE FEATHER MER-
CHANTS. BY Max Shul-
man. bantam: 35c0 A
rfotous novel Of one SER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
BY CHARLES b. SEIB
Star Stad Writer

THE STATUS SEEKERS, by
Vance Packard. David Nc
Kay Co., Inc: $4.50).
Now comes Vance Packard.
who told us all about the
manipulators of the public
taste in The Hidden Per-
suaders, to dispell any idea
that here in America we have
achieyed-or are achieving
a classics society.
Mr.. Packard, who has a
knack for balloon puncturing,
feels that our society is be-
coming more stratified rather
than less, that upward
mobility" Che has a weakness
for such terms is dying, that
status SYMBOL proper
job. a good address, a fancy
car, a degree from the right
college-are becoming in
creasingly important.
Status Symbols
The availability to all of
luxuries beyond the dreams of
the richest princess of an
earlier era have not torn away
social barriers and distinc-
lions, he finds. Rather, the
merchandising of those luxur-
les as status symbols lis play
ing a major role in intensity
ing status consciousness"
Further, this prosperous Ma
ton lis undergoing a signifl-
cant hardening of the arteries
of its social system at some
critical points"
Mr.. Packard goes on to
describe the qualification.
subtle but rigid, that he has
found: THE Diploma Elite"
made up Of the real upper
class" and the "semi-upper
class" and THE Supporting
Classes" made up of the
"limited-success class" the
working class" the real
lower class"
The successful people who
pretty much run things are
in the diploma elite. The
more passive remainder of
society, the people who keep
the machinery going, are in
the supporting classes. And,
Mr.. Packard declares, there
is nightly little travel be-
tween these two major classes
much less than there was
in the Horatio Alger days.
This book presents no pref
tier a picture of American
life than did The Hidden Per-
suaders. Materialism. oppor-
tunism, snobbism, self-satis-
fled bigotry-these are ma
jor ingredients in the society
Mr.. Packard dissects. De
mocracy," he reports, lis still
more Of an ideal than a
reality"
In some ways this is a more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

&0N&&*@fAA*AF $50 - -
BY Pearl s. Buck. sJohn
Day: Sf.50J
Another popular novelist
has turned 70 the nuclear
menace for a theme.
But Pearl Buck has not,
like a number Of other novel;
lists. written an imagined
destruction OF the world or
part Of II. She has turned
back to the early 1o40s when
an international team Of
scientists was working fever
ishly in America to develop
an atomic bomb and stop the
war.
Her imaginary characters
are some Of these scientists.
She probes into their lives.
their problems. particularly
their dread of turning the
fission of the atom into an
agent Of humiliation.
Principal Characters
Three persons have lead
ing roles in this cast. Burton
Hall. the middle-aged scient-
list heads the costly and in
tricate enterprise Of develop
ing the atom into a war
weapon. (She never calls 1t
the Manhattan Project, the
code name Of the period. but
she describes the plant set
up in Tennessee and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
ToIes of the U.S.. Postal
Inspection Service

unsung deeds, Mr.. Makris
describes dozens Of cases,
some of them exciting but
all of them illustrative of
thorough, capable investi-
eating.
Fast and Thorough
He points out, for example.
that within minutes after an
airliner exploded over Colo
RADIO in November, 1855,
killing A persons aboard,
postal inspectors were at the
scene, searching for widely
scattered mail the plane had
been carrying. They worked
all night over an area cover
ing several miles. and by
morning had recovered most
of the correspondence. When
they satisfied themselves no
postal violation was involved,
they left the field to the FBI.
which arrested Jack Gilbert
Graham for mass murder
two weeks later.
Mr.. Makris also explodes
some myths about the mails.
Contrary to general belief"
he writes, opening letters to
track down criminals is done
only in the movies, TV crime
dramas and detective maya
zines. No one, not even the
Postmaster General may
open a letter that is in Gus
tody of the Post ONCE De-
partment. The only excep-
lions are those employed in
the Division of Dead Letters. "
"A. L. SINGLETON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
FICTION

A DREAM OF FALLING. BY
Mary o. Rank. (Houghton
Mif1in Co.; $3.50 A Uni
versity of Missouri English
Department professor tells
a horror story of a house
wife who daydreamed Of
killing her husband.
HOBBLEDEHOY'S HERO.
BY Curtis L. Johnson.
bennington Press, $50 A
lengthy novel of a sixteen
year-old boy growing into
manhood in a small Iowa
town. A first novel by a
recent University of Iowa
graduate.
JUST OFF FIFTH. BY Edith
P. Begner. CRinehart &
Co.: $3.50. An assortment
of tenants find what it is
like to live in a fashionable
New York apartm e mt
house.
THREE-SCORE AND TEN.
BY Walter Allen. civilian
Morrow & Co.; $3.50.
An old man thinks back on
the highlights Of his life,
by the assistant literary
editor of the British news
paper New Statesman"
THE BUTTERFLY TREE. BY
Robert Bell. q. B. Lippin-
colt Co.: 1880 A boy visits
a strange little Alabama
Gulf Coast town. The first
novel of a Fort Worth.
Tex, librarian.
THE CHINESE BOX. BY
Katherine Wigmore Eyre.
tAppleton-C entury-Crofts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

with THE Magic Bed-Knob,
now is best known as the
creator of those busy little
characters. the borrowers.
who scramble around within
the walls of an English cot
tage or roam the English
countryside. Sequels often
offer diminishing returns to
the reader. but Mary Nor
tons books get better and
better. THE BORROWERS
AFLOAT (Harcourt; $2.75) is
just as merry and, mysteri-
GUS as anyone could wish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
The Only Autobiography
Left to us by d Pope

mat. He was interested par
ticularly in art, architecture
and antiquity. When he died
he was organizing an expedi-
ton against the Turks
which he planned to lead in
person.
The Pope wrote his story in
the third person, a device
which, the editor says, he
presumably borrowed from
Julius Caesar. without the
aid of contemporary bio
graphers," Leona c. Gabel
adds, I'VE recognize in him a
vibrant, genial. Self-aware
personality, a man of elo-
quent speech and facile pen"
An unusual and interesting
book. &C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
No Magic Wunds

No old-fashioned gadgets
like magic wands are needed
to create the spell of magic
in several new picture books
which are rooted in reality
but still have a DELIGHTFUL
imaginative fair. Call it a
trend, if you wish, these pic
ture books step lightly from
the real to the unreal: THE
BRAVE COWBOY by Joan
Walsh Anglund (Harcourt;
$1.95); JUST LIKE EVERY
ONE ELSE, by Karla Kuskin
(Harpers: S1.50). and THE
MOON JUMPERS (Harpers;
50 5fll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

Jane. are passionately de-
voted 10 science. and even
their love life must always
be secondary.
Stephen. the son Of q
Quaker, was reluctant 10 so
into the project at all. Bur-
ton Is more easily convinced
that the bomb Is necessary
to win the war and save fur
ther lives. The foreign scien-
fists are split. But, as Mrs.
Buck has II, a petition cir
culated among leading Amer
lean scientists musters a ma
jority In favor Of using the
bomb after a warning.
The arguments against us
ing the bomb are developed
skillfully: The facts Of the
moment, Germany out Of the
war. Japan pretty well de-
feated. the precedent Of in
itiating such a terrible
weapon. the wanton loss OF
innocent lives. The author
Of THE Good Earth" who
has won the Nobel Prize, is
well known for her sympathy
with the Oriental people, and
you feel 1t here.
She writes with her usual
fluent skill. The scientists
seem a little too dedicated TO
their research to be quite
human. Their poor, neglected
wives appear on the dumb
sides: surely they could have
grasped at least the basic
ideas their husbands we're
working on. One Of them
actually doesn't know until
afterward that her husband
was a key figure in Develop
ing the bomb. The "love in
terest," too, seems lugged in
to make a better-rounded
story.
Scientific Accuracy
Mrs. Buck mentions in her
dedication gratitude to many
scientists who helped her,
and no doubt the scientific
part is accurate.
Sir Charles P. Snow, the
English novelist, brought out
several years ago a book
called 1.-THE New Men" This
was about a group Of British
scientists working on nuclear
flsSion. The authors protag-
onist quit rather than have
any responsibility for an
atomic bomb. Sir Charles
characters appeared more au-
thentic, both as scientists and
people. But the author. who
also is a physicist. was at
home with the theme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
MEMOIRS or A RENAIs.

MEMOIRS OF A RENAIS-
SANCE POPE. the Common
taries of Plus II, translated
by Florence A. Gragg. edited
with introduction by Leona
c. Gabel putnam; So is
said to be the only autobio-
graphy left by a Pope. The
present volume is an abridge-
ment of an earlier book taken
from an original Vatican
manuscript.
Plus II assembled the papal
throne in 1853. He was born
in Siena in 1405, of a noble
but impoverished family. Be-
fore he took holy orders he
had achieved a measure of
fame as a writer and a diplo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

THE SILENT INVESTI-
GATORS. BY John N. Max
ris. (E. P. Dutton g. Co.,
Inc: $4.95.)
It's about time someone
wrote a definitive book on
the Postal Inspection Serv-
ice, and Mr.. Makris, a for
mer newspaperman, has
come through in fine style.
This is the Oldest law en-
forcement agency in the ma
ton cit dates back to the
appointment of Benjamin
Franklin as a surveyor" in
1737) and its efforts have
made the mails remarkably
safe.
Although Mr.. Makris
doesn't mention it, many
jewel Observation-Disclosures
Harry Winston, the man who
gave the Hope Diamond to
the Smithsonian-ship most
of their previous stones via
the postal system. sometimes
without even registering
them. Such trust is a rare
testimonial.
Opened Its Files
The Post Office Depart
ment, according to D. H.
Stephens, the chief postal
inspector, opened its files
to Mr.. Makris and was re-
warded with a faithfully ac-
curate job of reporting the
facts"
To dramatic his story of
postal inspectors and their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
PULITZER PRIZE
TheseAre
Destined
Live

In THE PULITZER PRIZE
STORY. edited. with COM
mentaries. BY John Hohen-
berg columbia University;
$3.50 the record Of these
awards for distinguished
achievements IN journalism Is
described fully for the hrst
time.
Mr.. Hohenberg, a professor
In columbia's graduate school
OF journalism and secretary
Of the advisory board on the
Pulitzer prizes. traces the way
the prizes In various cate
Rories have been distributed
since 1917. Those honored in
clude os newspapers tfor dis
tinguished services TO their
communities): 1877 individ-
uals. seven entire newspaper
stafis, three wire services.
three syndicates and one
group Of war correspondents
cited collectively.
A DificuIt Choice
with so large a collection
TO choose from" Mr.. Hohen-
berg explains. 1T became
obvious from the iirst that
not everyone could be repre-
sented: nor was 1t possible
even to choose the best. Try
ing to pick the best OF the
Pulitzer Prizes would be like
trying to select the best gold
from the vaults Of Fort Knox,
KY. It can't be done"
Mr.. Hohenberg has solved
the problem by citing typical
examples Of the work Of re-
porters, editors. photographs
and cartoonists. and listing
the rest.
The Metro Series
Those that receive a par
ticular play in his account
include the achievement OF
George Beveridge, Star re-
porter, who received last
year the prize for local re-
porting not under deadline
pressure. Mr.. Beyeridge was
honored for his series:
Metro, City of Tomorrow"
Generous citations from the
series are given.
The editor of this collec-
ton reproduces the prize
winning cartoon Of James T.
Bergman, Star cartoonist,
in 1850 entitled "All Set for
a Super Secret Session in
Washington"
It's an inspiring record OF
excellence in making news
papers which Mr.. Hohenberg
traces in his book. &C. B. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Other Books of the Week in Brief

civilian Sloane; So Sub
marines and the adven-
lures of the men who build
and sail them, by a Life
Magazine advertising man.
Illustrated.
THE DEVILS REPERTOIRE
OR NUCLEAR BOMBING
AND THE LIFE OF MAN.
BY Victor Gollancz. (Dou-
bleday; $2.509 An inn
FASHIONED plea for nuclear
sanity by a British pub
Usher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Private Lives Of Atomic Scientists
Are ProbedinNewPeorI Buck Novel

By CARTER BROOKE JONES
star pock Critic
proving ground established
In New Mexico) The others
are Buttons youthful aide.
the brilliant stephen Coast,
and Jane Earl. a very attrac-
tive young scientist. who be-
comes personal assistant 10
Burton Han.
Buttons wife Mollie and
Stephens wife Helen like
wise are important 10 the
story. So Is a general. who
technically is IN command
OF the project. but who ac-
tually is bafled by the knowl-
edge and temperaments Of
the scientists and is COM
PEELED TO give them ieeway. to
leave them pretty much
alone.
A Complex Affair
Both Burton and Stephen
find themselves attracted in
creasingly to Jane. Jane in
time finds herself in love
with Steve, but does not
want to take him away from
his wife. Helen. however. left
so much alone. is carrying on
what may be an innocent
dallience with Percy. the
English scientist. The threat
ened affair between Stephen
and Jane thus takes on COM
plexity.
But these persons, even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

. geant's private war with
the U. S. Army.
FOUR GREAT PLAYS BY
IBSEN. Introduced by John
Gassner. Bantam; 50c.)
Including "A Dolls House."
Ghosts" IAN Enemy of
the People" and 1.-The Void
Duck"
FOUR VERSE PLAYS BY
MAXWELL ANDERSON.
(Harcourt, Brace: S2.250
Including Elizabeth the
Queen" "Winterset t."
MARY Of Scotland" and
High Tor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
World Of Childhood
Presents Two Faces
BY BARBARA NOLEN
ContrihutinR Writer

world Of childhood has two faces the real and the
unreal and sometimes the line between is slight as to be
almost invisible When authors bridge this invisible line sue
cessfuy their books to cast magic spell growing
circle Of readers.
Mary Norton who first appeared on the American scene
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

$685. A Chinese box helps
solve the secret of a wom-
ans love affair. Also the
author of THE Lutte and
the Glove" Miss Eyre sets
this story in San Francisco,
1880s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Real Problems

Stories with too obvious a
moral often fall fiat on their
faces, unless the author is
clever enough to handle a
moral as lightly as if he we're
juggling a hot potato. That's
the saving grace of three new
books for the 7-9 year olds,
all concerned one way or
another with jealousy or in
security. These are: BAD
TROUBLE IN MISS AL
CORN'S CLASS by Alice
Rothschild civilian r. Scott;
S2.75); LITTLE BROTHER
by Charlotte Baker David
Mckay. $3.50; THE
REALLY REAL FAMILY by
Helen Doss little Brown;
$2.75.
Reel Adventure
The two brothers in
HUNTERS HIDEOUT by
Mebane Burgwyn (Lippin-
colt; $2.75) started playing
hockey from school almost as
a lark. 1t seemed a shame to
stay indoors and study when
everyone in the new school
was so unfriendly, and there
were so many interesting
things to do along the river
bank. For a while, they en-
joyed their hideout and even
convinced themselves that
they could learn more out
side of school then in. The
complications pile up grad
ually until Cal and Mike
find themselves trapped by
a dangerous thief. Both boys
and the countryside are gen.
uine in HUNTERS HIDE
OUT.
Boys and girls with spirit
enough to outwit an Indian,
tame a wild colt, or trail a
bank robber are found i'll ;
three other adventure stories
for the 9 to lis. These
are: ONE WEEK OF
DANGER by Cateau de Leeuw
NELSON; $3.50; THE COLT
FROM THE DARK FOREST
by Anna Belle Loken 10th
rop; So; and THE BLUE
MARSHMALL0W NOUN
TAINS by Lucille Mulcahy
Nelson: $2.95).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03

From the jacket of
1.-THE Brave Cowboy"
by Joan Walsh Ang-
lund.
ish boys joy in a biz thday
bicycle in LARS-PETER'S
BIRTHDAY by Virginia Jen-
sen abingdon; $1.75). Eight
to 10 year olds will cherish
the little black runaway raD-
bit who upsets the peace and
quiet of a French village in
JANNOT by Mireille Marok-
via Lippincott; So or ex-
plore the fiords in MY VII
LACE IN NORWAY by
Sonia and Tim Gidal PAN
kl.a1,a. 90 E0A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
Miss Hawkes.
New Novel Reeds
More Like q Truct
BY MARY McGRORY
star stan Writer

Jacquette Hawkes., wife Of
the British novelist J. B.
Priestley, has herself written
a novel that is something of
a tract in PROVIDENCE
ISLAND random House
$500
It is plain from the first
that she is about much more
than recounting one of those
tales of proper Britons going
to pieces under the influence
of a seductive tropical isle.
But her account of a scienti-
f1c expedition mustered at
oxford to study a Pacific
paradise. which has yielded
up remarkable evidences of
an ancient culture, gets off
to a slow start.
Perhaps it is inevitable
that a donniSh note should
creep into the writing about
an academic trio who carry
their tensions and hairsplit-
tingS into the lush extrav-
agant setting of Providence
Island. In any case. it is quite
a while before she brings the
story to its most dramatic
point-the discovery that the
island is the home of a race
of noble savages who COM
bine extraordinary beauty
with rare psychic powers.
New Lease on Life
DR.. Alice Cutter, a cultural
anthropologist disappointed
in love, is given to strange
swoonings. John Lynd, the
most militantly scientific
member of the group locks
gianceS with an equisite ma
tive maiden, soon throws
away his calipers and in time
seeks to throw away his life
for this jungle idyll. And
Professor Pennycuick, who
has been whitening away in
mis- hideous study takes a
new lease on life.
Enter the villains Of the
piece. Who are they? Amer
leans. of course-insensitive
uncultured, destructive Doors
coming to buy up the island.
buy of the islanders and
blow the place to bits in an
H-bomb test. Miss Hawkes.
makes the lethal crew seem
like true savages in contrast
to the primitive people they
wish to wipe of the face of
the earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
More the Preacher

With the help of a crew
member who is an American
citizen who docs not belong
to that particular American
world the British set about
foiling the viilainous Yanks.
Miss Hawkes. story is not
distinguished for its CHAR
acterization or dialogue. She
is ever much more the
preacher than the story-tel-
Ter. But her recreation of a
lost. perfectly preserved civ
ilization is imaginative and
makes her book worth read
ing despite her low opinion
OF us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-03
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