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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

fullest. Mr.. kenyon, auJnor OF
1.-THE Emperor's Lady" thus
tells the woeful tale of talent.
The best was a lifetime OF
travel, four beautiful women
who loved him to distraction
and poetry, so sweet, that 1t
might make one glad that
Shelley was a warrior, after
all.
But disappointments built
up. His father, a titled
Britisher, disenherited him;
Shelley was expelled from
oxford when it was discov-
cred he was the author Of
1.-THE Necessity of Atheism;
his first wife committed sui
eide and Mary Goodwin, Mrs.
Shelley No. 2, loathed the
golden years with the young
flrebrand.
Several Of Shelley's chill
dren preceded him in death
in Italy where he, too, died
when only 80, drowned while
on a sailing cruise.
"A love so sweet 1t could
not last" quoted Mary from
his Time Long Past" upon
hearing of his tragic death.
Much of the novel is set
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AFine Collection
OF Short Stories
THE DETACHABLE NOUN

THE DELECTABLE NOUN
TAINS and Other Nara
tives. BY Berton Roueche
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The art of looking to see
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And his writing suits them
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book Critic

the farm" near a town sew
eral hours drive away,
where her parents, her sis
ter and the latter's husband
live. Her people own a
paper company and are pre-
Sumed to be wealthy.
It's really her sister Peg
gy's husband. Barney CAL
lahan, who is the attraction.
Barbara has been fascinated
by Barney ever since he
married Peggy two years be-
fore the story opens. The
attraction is mutual, and the
only reason the two haven't
had an affair is the inter-
vention of some strange fate.
Every time they are about to
sin somebody interrupts or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Robert Paul Smith
Turns to Verse

Robert Paul Smith, the au-
thor Of Where Did You Coz"
out" "What Did You Do?"
Nothing" makes his debut
as a versifier in AND AN
OTHER THING. Nothing in
his rhmye scheme or meter is
likely to cause Wordsworth
or Byron or even Ogden Nash
to move over, but his little
volume, composed of rue and
nostalgia and sharp COM
ment. is charming all the
same.
Like many a modern man,
Mr.. Smith is bemused by
homogenization, conformity,
psychoanalysis and cello
plane. Some of his dittieS
are merely little essays on
these phenomena set in free
verse form. But now and
again he strikes the anthem
tic lyric note, as in First
Song.' which is dedicated to
his infant son. And then
there is a touching recital of
the certaintieS of his own
youth, which have given way
to this:
In the barber shop they talk
about the bomb.
The butchers don't wear
StrGD hats any more.
The Domen talk about shilling
riUalry.
The men smoke cigarettes
tDith filter tips.
The kids match teleuiSion.
And nobody knows 1Dho
anybody is any more.
\ y Il y
Forthcoming: Accent on
Hollywood Department:
Yes, Mr.. DeMille," by Phil
Koury; Hollywood Rajah:
The Life and Times of Louis
B. Mayer" by Bosley Crow
ther, and my Wicked,
Wicked Ways" by Enrol
Flynn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Private Wars Fought
In the South Pacific

men are true heroes and
others are the most remark
able frauds.
Perhaps everybody has
known a goldbricking CT like
Peter Claver Kenton who
spent his whole on TAD, so
to speak, and won promotions
just because he upset no
brass-bound applicants. An
other poignant characterize
ton is Gus Appleton, the
officer who got a strangle-
hold on his fellows by getting
into uniform just a little
sooner than they did. This
story is about how the new
Corners struck back, hilari-
ously but with feeling.
The colonel who arranged
to have WACS around him
throughout the war provides
Mr.. Love with grist for an
other humorous tale, and so
do the stories of the pro-
football player who was a
afraid of snakes and the
kleptomaniac who found
himself while souvenir
hunting on Saipan.
Everyone of these stories
hits hard where intended:
the heart or the funnybone.
They will make you wonder
on one hand how we ever
won World War II, or on the
other, why it took us so long.
j. OIL. Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Danish Childhood
AtCentury'sTu
OH SIR, YOU'VE SHOT HER.

BY Benjamin Jacobsen.
putnam; $500
Memories often become
more fond and exciting with
the act of remembering and
perhaps this is the case with
Benjamin Jacobsen's first
book.
At the age of 70, Mr.. ia
cobsen has set down the
story of his childhood in
Copenhagen. It is truly the
story of a most liberal-mind-
ed family, but the liberalnesS
exhibited in ooh Sir, You've
Shot Her" often heavily taxes
the imagination.
In many ways the story Of
the Jacobsen family at the
turn of the century falls with
a disheartening thud into the
pattern of all families of that
period, and reads like a 10Th
century housekeeper's diary.
This situation never lasts
long, for the author is soon
off again to another Ozzie
and Harriet type adventure,
sometimes stepping lightly
on the foot of imagination,
or-more often-pounding it
wildly in the head.
In spite of the authors
frequent tests of the read
er's credulity, the book has
its bright moments and
makes for a pleasant eve
ning'S reading. Mr.. Jacobsen
can spin a witty tale, but
often sounds as if he him
self is not certain of the
humor, or the infallibility of
his memory.-JAMES LEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

Drury deals with them with
a maturity and fluency that
people have almost stopped
looking for in political
novels.
The Vaccinations, the
craftsmanship, the pause
that means everything, have
been duly recorded. So have
the clamor of the caucus
room, the endless running
commentary of the press
table - Mr.. Drury is not
notably kind to his own
and the weighty words in
the midnight conference at
the White House, and those
jocular, meaningful ex-
changes at the glossy recep-
ton Of the ambitious hostess.
OF the four men who are
the principals, the Shrewd and
fiery Seab is the most deeply
realized. Some of the char
acters are merely names. But
the real hero of Advise and
Consent" is the United States
Senate, and Mr.. Drury has
made out a resounding case
for it in this gripping novel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
WAR is A PRIVATE AT

WAX 10 n FhANAA6 AT
FAIR. BY Edmund G.
Love. (Harcourt. Brace;
$3.75)
Anyone who was lucky
enough to have read Mr..
Loves prior work, Sub
ways Are For Sleeping" will
want to read his latest book
sight unseen and they are
not likely to be disappointed.
Although he is mainly a
historian, Mr.. Love writes
with compassion, knowledge
of the human animal and a
sly humor capable of max
ing the reader laugh up
roariously in a quiet room.
This rarely happens with the
written word.
This time, Mr.. Love has
written 10 true stories of the
private wars fought by men
he knew during the Pacific
campaigns. Some of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
KingArthur
As He Was?
THE PAGAN KING Nv r,

THE PAGAN KING. BY Edi-
son Marshall. Doubleday
& Co.; $3.50
King Arthur is now clothed
in alleged historical fact in
stead of magic as he marches
from bedroom to battlefield.
The author portrays fifth
century England as the rough
country it was in its early
birth after the departure of
the Romans. Merlin's schemes
are seen as the primary rea-
sons for England's rejuvena-
ton. Arthur is shown in his
early childhood and in his
youthful struggles as he grows
older and overcomeS the 9TH
er kingshipS to unite England.
Arthur is tempted by the
lovely witch Vivian, who later
brings drastic results to Ar
thurs life. One is led through
ample blood and gore battle
actions and also some unique
sword play scenes. Arthur f.
nally floats away with his
true love in the famous Morte
d'Arthur scene.
Being what they may, the
historical facts about this
legendary king have been ex-
aggerated by the author to
bring about a good plot. How
ever, instead of leaving the
reader with admiration for a
legendary or factual person,
the reaction is the opposite.
The gains of this famous king
are not seen as accomplish
mentS of a great man, but as
gains of guy who was a bit
stronger than the other guys
with bows, arrows and swords.
One feels this king was just
another puppet on a suspend
ed stage.
BETTE FADE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
A Bright New SeurchIieht Is Cast
On Genus Young Married America

the doorbell or phone rings
or something else breaks in.
Barney was accepted by
the sisters family. the proud
Woodcocks, reluctantly. He
was beyond their pale; from
a Boston Irish family of no
consequence whatever, even
Catholics, though Barney
years ago gave up his faith.
He goes to work for the
Woodcock paper plant.
Unexpected Tragedy
But Barney is not happy
with Peggy; it was, he finds,
really Barbara he wanted.
But he's not beyond sue
cumbing when Barbara's old
school friend, Nancy. an ac-
complished lush, makes a
play for him. Finally, I'M
expected, tragedy over
whelmS the unhappy Barney.
The sisters father is a
fairly amiable alcoholic.
Neither Peggy nor Barbara is
any bargain for anyone. 1t is
a little hard to understand
why Barbara's husband, Car
son. continues to love her
even when he learns of her
spotty past and her prefer
ence for the handsome but
looked = down on Barney.
Carson is perhaps the only
person in the novel who ap-
pears to have courage or
character. Well, there is, I
suppose, no accounting for
love.
The story has some fine
dramatic moments. There
would be more if the author
did not insist on bringing his
narrative to a dead halt so
often with long descriptions
of the architectural plans and
furnishings of houses and
apartments and other long
drawn descriptions of persons
and things. These are all
right in their place, but a
story, to be absorbing, must
move. The ending, a not
unhappy one, is hardly
plausible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
NovyCoreer
Can Be Hurt
ByMorrioge
STRAIN Frs ON THE

. N n ~ " y N > YIN 1hE
SHORE, by Douglas Kiker.
(Random House; $685.
II ever a man married into
a Screwball family, it was
Tom Mccullough, an amiable
young man trying to make a
career for himself in the Reg
ular Navy with no help at all
from his wife.
And as any Navy man can
tell you, the wife is as i'm
portant as the fitness report
or friend husband may find
himself passed over and into
life's backwaters before you
can say Annapolis"
Toms wife, Lauralee, for
reasons that are only limited
at, is frigid. Toms trouble is
that he is not, toward either
women or the Navy. His eff
forts to do his duty despite
his marital milestone brings
Tom in contact with Capt.
Arthur Sherman, whose wife
is all Navy and whose daugh-
ter is all-girl.
Daughter Caroline rather
blithely com mits adultery
with her flance's best friend
just before her marriage and
all the male principals end
up on the same ship. This
causes a witches brew of in
terlocking lives that author
Kiker handily solves with just
the right combination Of
deaths to bring Tom and
Caroline swirling together
like spoons in a sink.
Caroline's childlike pilot
husband is spared the need
for divorcing her by demol-
iShing himself in a carrier
accident and Toms madcap
wife diSposes of herself in a
Snowstorm. This clears the
decks for Tom and Carolyn,
both Navy to the core, to
carry out the processes Of
natural selection.
Able Mr.. Kiker, now a res
ideut of Alexandria, Va, has
done a f1rst-rate job of de-
lineating Navy life as the
regulars know it in peace
time and it is not entirely
unkind to the boys from
Canoe U. He lays bare ex-
pertly some of the insecur-
tiles the ring-bearerS develop
and he accurately makes the
point that it is not all beer
and skittleS in the regular
service.
This is the second fine
novel by the young former
newspaperman. His first was
the equally well-received,
THE Southerner." This is
especially recommended to
those who have ever worn
the Navy blue or wondered
what the next selection
board was going to do.
j. OIL, Jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09

They will tell you that at last
there is a novel about Wash
ington which is absolutely it.
Mr.. Drury is a quiet young
man who has been plying the
reporters trade in the Senate
gallery for the past is years.
He is, in the words of a New
York Times colleague. "as
silent as Calvin Coolidge"
But is is quite obvious from
these Suspenseful. knowledge
able pages. that while other
reporters were telling each
other what they knew, Mr..
Drury was soaking up every
last detail of the power-play
that goes on endlessly in this
beautiful, momentouS and
occasionally noble city.
MaSterfuI Job
advise and Consent" is
ambitious and mastery. 1t
is grand in design and metic-
ulous in its observation. II
some of its episodes require
the willing suspension of dis
belief, what novel doesn't?
If some Of the characters re-
mind you of men you have
known-F. D. r., Senator Nc
earthly and Senator Taft. for
instance-they are still pretty
much characters in their own
right, too. If it is OCCASION
ally wordy. it is more often
eloquent. If you f1dget dur
ing those passages taken up
with the utterly conventional
romance of two pallid young
people, you can comfort your
self that they take up very
little room in this massive
canvas.
Mr.. Drury's story, set some
time in the fairly near flu
ture, begins with the naming
of Robert E. Leffingwell to be
Secretary of State. He is the
perfect mid-20th century
symbol. 'The Equivocal Man"
His nomination by an equally
equivocal President sets into
play forces that reach all
over the world and up to the
moon. Immediately con-
cerned are four Senators
the majority leader, Bob Mum
son, a party wheelhorSe; a
Southern feudist, Seab
Cooley; a high-minded young
Mormon, Brigham Anderson,
and square cut, rough =
tongued Orrin Knox, who
wants the presidency almost
more than anything else in
the world.
Sermon for Today
With a cracking suspense
Mr.. Drury builds up the ter
rible, tragic clash between
the forces that the nominal
ton has unleashed. And the
tension builds against a su-
perbly realized theological
background that could be
taken as a sermon for to-
day when is accommoda-
ton appeasement, when is
it a time for change when
change means surrender?
And on the human level; is
one private lapse to be
equated against a public lie?
These are big questions. Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-09
Beethoven Is Cast
In q Different Role

be-Beethoven bullied and
scolded the boy constantly,
never believed what he said,
wouldn't even commend him
when he turned out to be a
brilliant student.
Beethoven's reputation for
Feasibility is well known. AS
he grew older and deafer,
although he was writing his
greatest compositions, he
was increasingly hard to get
along with.
The author of this little
book certainly has made
Karl a victim of his famous
uncle'S temperament. Karl
appears as a boy of good
will who never had much
chance. He was overShad-
owed by the greatness of an
uncle who professed to love
him but rarely showed it.
A Brutal Beethoven
On the other hand, Karl
is depicted as a moping,
whiny sort of boy who, when
he reached maturity, never
tried to break loose and 60
his own way. Karl preferred,
when he was Is or 10, to
attempt suicide, in which he
almost succeeded. It was
only after his uncle'S death
that the boy became what he
had always wanted to be,
an army officer, a career in
which he was fairly success
full.
This novel, while it tries
to rehabilitate KarPs reputa-
ton, does not make him a
very sympathetic character.
And it gives Beethoven prob
ably a worse disposition than
he had. It's hard to believe
a composer Of such great
and enduring music would
have been as unjust as he
was according to this story
to Karl and as unkind, as
really brutal to the boys
mother. CHI.