davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1960-05-29

common error, one of them
said, to suppose ghosts
haunted people-it was the
other way around.
And Mr.. Rebeck. who
sometimes wondered what
his status was in vital statis-
tics. came also to know a liv-
ing woman, a widow. who
came to visit her husbands
elaborate mausoleum.
All this may sound morbid
or macabre. Somehow it is
neither. Their is subtle
humor in the narrative and
there is pathoS. The situation,
of course, gives the author a
chance to express some of
his philosophy of life. And
you may. if you insist. regard
the various characters, living
and dead, as symbols of some
thing or other.
But nothing is lugged in,
humor or pathos or philoS-
ophy. The narrative moves,
with silken SmoothneSs, keep
ing the interest taut. even
Tightening it into suspense.
Perhaps Mr.. Rebeck here
gives a clue to what mott
Yates him: Man searches
constantly for identity, he
thought as he trotted along
the gravel path. He has no
real proof of his existence,
except for the reaction of
other people to the fact. So
he listens very closely to
what other people say to one
another about him, whether
it's good or bad, because it
indicates that he lives in the
same world they do, and that
all his fears about being in
visible, impotent, lacking
some mysterious dimension
that other people have, is
groundlesS."
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Civil War Thriller
Takes q Look
At Bottle He'll
HELL IN GEORGIA. BY John
D. Odom. (Corlies. Macy
g. Co.: S3.50.)

HELL IN GEORGIA. BY John
D. Odom. (Corlies. Macy
g. Co.; $500
Mr.. Odom, a Georgia poll
tician and short-Story writer,
displays in his novel an un-
questioned sympathy for the
soldiers of both North and
South who had to face wars
hell, vintage 1876. He is
not the first, however, to
deplore war and feel sorry
for the mostly bewildered
contestants.
His publisher compares Mr..
Odom's style to Stephen
Cranes in writing on this
theme, but the comparison
is audacious. For one thing,
the Georgian's characters are
too prone to make long
winded speeches in unlikely
situations-such as in mid
battlefield with shot and
shell flying around vividly
manning the troops.
Added to the clutter of
speeches and CORY detail are
a couple of Southern bellies,
both of whom have loves
gleam in their eyes and one
of whom lets indiscretion get
the better part of malheur
The contents would go
well with a paperback edi-
ton cover showing one soldier
sorrowfully Sabering another
while a bosomy damSel in the
foreground simpers for her
lover.
JOHN w. STEPP.
Evening star., 1960-05-29

Yankee position and wealth.
Said Mr.. Chafee: Il come of
a family that have been in
America from the beginning
of time. My people have
been business people for
generations. My people have
been people of substance.
They have made money. My
family is a family that has
money. I believe in property
and I believe in making
money, but 1 want my crowd
to fight fair" To Justice
Frankfurter that is one of
the most impressive state
mentS he has ever heard.
Ultimate Wisdom
Philosophy: Il don't be-
lieve that poor fallible man,
however great, wise and deep
his insight, is endowed with
ultimate wisdom :"
Pleasant memories: A con-
Evening star., 1960-05-29
THE 1856 PRESIDENTIAL

IHE 1896 PRESIDENTIAL l.
CAMPAIGN. BY Charles
A. H. Thomson and Frances
M. Shattuck. (The Brook
ings Institution; So
The 1856 presidential cam
paign was not a great cam
paign by any means; in fact
in some respects ii was a
particularly dull and unre-
warding one. Yet the great
quadrennial race for the
White House is so inherently
dramatic that any reader in
terested in politics is certain
to find it gripping.
Here are all the events we
remember and some we'd al
most forgotten-Estes Ke-
fauver's primary triumphs,
the uncertainties over Presi-
dent Eisenhower's health and
whether he really wanted
Richard Nixon as his running
mate. the Truman indorse-
ment of Hartman, the
strange Republican conven-
ton and its Joe Smith
episode and, finally, Adlai
Stevenson's frantic, almost
tragic cropping for a way to
overcome the massive ad-
vantages of his opponent.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Suburbunites
Live-It-Up
LET THE CRABGRASS

LET THE CRABGRASS
GROW, by H. Allen Smith.
(Geiss Associates, distrib-
uted by Random House;
$3.95) is subtitled a Subur-
an Almanac.
The humorist writes about
himself, his household and
his neighbors in Mt. Kisco,
Westchester County, N. Y.
Nature, Mr.. Smith long ago
decided, is perverse. Subur-
banites get toothaches on
Sunday, when all the dentists
are on the golf course; try to
paint ceilings and have most
of the paint run down their
armpitS and try futilely to
rid their gardens of crab
grass.
The author of "Rhubard"
and other extravaganzaS,
writes about suburban liv-
ing in his usual amusing way.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Polish FortuneteIIer
Gets All the Answers

investigated fraudule n t
soothsayers in her native
Poland. Moreover, she had an
alert confederate in Guido,
a former Italian Fascist SOL
dier. He was about the age of
the countess son who had
been killed in the war.
Guido chatted with visitors
at the fair, in hotels, aboard
trains and ships and learned
about their backgrounds and
habits. All these bits of in
formation augmented the
disclosures" of the seereSS.
William Fifield weaves an
atmosphere of mysticism
about the countess, but
balances it with a back
ground of everyday materi-
alism. His description of the
end of a foredoomed bull
fighter catches the tragic ex-
citement of the event.
When Guido neglected his
work for a love affair the
countess found she possessed
an apparent bridge to the
occult. The crystal ball she
carried as a mere theatrical
trapping foretold the death
of the bullf1ghter. During a
seance she heard the voice of
her dead son.
But she could also envision
Guido's trystS, and she was
driven to compulsive spying.
Eventually she grew resigned
to the realization that her
strange talents brought her
only torment.
JOSEPH O'KEEFE.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Other Books of the Week in Brief

tween father and son. Their
estate extends more than
a million acres.
GENERAL
PARTY FUN. BY Margaret
E. Mulac. CHarper, $4.95).
For holidays and special
occasions.
REFLECTIONS WITH Ed
MUND BURKE. By Tim
othy P. Sheehan. Vantage,
So. Aphorisms from the
works of Edmund Burke.
THE MAD WORLD OF
BRIDGE. BY Jack Olsen.
(Holt, Rinehart & Winston,
$3.95). A sprightly dag
nosis of Americas favorite
social evil.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
The Marines
Have Made
New History
THE COMPACT HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS Rv Philin

THE COMPACT HISTORY
OF THE UNITED STATES
MARINE CORPS. BY Philip
N. Pierce and Frank o.
Hough. (Hawthorn Books;
$4.95O
1t is refreshing to encoun-
ter a pair of Marines who are
prepared to admit that
Americas elite military corps
didn't win all the Nations
wars single-handed.
But if the authors are
candid about the limited
participation of the Leather
neckS in the wars before 1917,
they are equally prepared to
prove in this excellent his
tory that since World War I
the Marines have been second
to no troops on earth in
feats of arms.
Planning and training,
they indicate, have meta
morphosed the Marine Corps
from a motley of tavern
recruited sea-going musket-
eers in the American Revo-
luton to the modern instru-
ment of warfare it is today.
The training begins at Paris
Island and San Diego with
the powerful drill instructor.
The planning goes on con-
tinuously.
The Marines, they write,
were prepared with amphibi-
Gus tractors long before the
first Leathernecks set foot on
the reefs of Tarawa. Now,
they are prepared for atomic
war with the helicopter and
other weapons not yet fired
in anger.
This book, which 1t. Col.
Frank o. Hough did not live
to see published, is largely
the work of 1t. Col. Philip
N. Pierce, currently stationed
in Washington. 1t is a must
for all students of warfare.
JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Natures Ferocity
Is Arch Villain
OF Greenland
NIGHT WITHOUT END.

NlUHI WIIHOUI END.
By Alistair MacLean.
Doubleday & Co., Inc:
$685.
The author of H. M. S.
Ulysses once more uses the
ferocity of nature as the
prime villain of the piece.
He has to make his human
villains abnormally villainous
even to compete.
The setting this time is the
Greenland ice cap where an
ICY team is interrupted in
its scientific research by a
plane crash. Help cannot
be summoned from civiliza-
ton because the radio mys-
teriously gets smashed. The
leader of the ICY group is
Immediately aware of two
problems-the rescued pas
sengers cannot survive long
in his icy home and at least
one of them is a murderer.
So he starts out with them
in an ancient tractor on a
trek to the coast.
The Vaccinations Of men
thereupon are as nothing to
the Vaccinations of nature
night around the clock,
thunderous glaciers, wind
driven snow and death-deal-
ing cold.
The cold war plot is as
timely as today's headlines,
but it's the cold of nature
that gives this thriller its
vitality. The ideal place to
read this one is beside a
roaring fire.
MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Shupiro's 1st
Collection
OF Essays
IN DEFENSE OF IGNO-
RANCE. BY Karl Shapiro.

MAMIE DJ nail Olld pAIOs
(Random House, $4O
There is a maxim of poll
tics which applies equally
we'll to criticism: 1t is this:
when you strike at a king,
kill him" Karl Shapiro, the
poet, in his first volume of
critical essays, depicts T. S.
Eliot as the villain of mod
ern poetry. the man respon-
sible for "the seizure of po-
etry by cultural theorists"
The difficulty is that Mr..
Shapiro makes the point
over and over again through
all his essays. Thus he some
times seems to be nagging,
which is not the best stance
in such a situation.
Mr.. Shapiro is candid and
subjective, which gives his
criticism a different tone
from the superior or blood
less kind. He is neither as
savage nor as witty as one
would hope, but he does bring
a poets insight to the poets
he admires, who are William
Carlos Williams and Walt
Whitman. He calls Henry
Miller the greatest living
author"
His remarks about the
awarding of the Bolligen
Prize to Ezra Pound sums
up as we'll as anything his
feelings towards the modern
culture-vultureS.
The intellectual critic has
it both ways: He can dictate
to society about it's ills and
he can regard a poem as a
pure exercise of language, at
his convenience"
M. MEG.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
THE SIGN OF TAURUS. B,

THE SIGN OF TAURUS. BY
William Fifield. CHG t,
Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
$4.95.)
Wearing her bright BAN
danna and peering into a
crystal ball the Countess
PotolSka was a convincing
fortuneteller. Her unusually
acute perception awed the
clients who came to her tent
on the dusty Mexican fair
grounds.
But this refugee, who is
the principal character of
THE Sign of Taurus" had
learned all the devices for
creating illusion while she
Evening star., 1960-05-29
IN JUSTICE FRANKFURTER's OPINION
ASupreme Court Justice
Speaks F rom Memory
FELIX FRANKFURTER RE-

FELIX FRANKFURTER RE-
MINISCENCES: Recorded
in talks with DR.. Harlan B.
Phillips. (Reynal & Co.,
$5.75D
The publishers have gone
to considerable pains to point
out that this is not Justice
Frankfurter's autobiography.
A few years ago the history
department of Columbia Uni
versity embarked on project
to have outstanding men rec
ord on tape "reminiscences
about their lives. Justice
Frankfurter made some rec
ordings and he has now given
permission for their publica-
ton in book form. This proves
to have been one of his wiSest
decisions.
1t is doubtful if any SINH
lar book has been issued by a
Supreme Court justice. It's
an intensely personal anthol-
ogy of random anecdotes,
quotations, philosophy, pleas
ant memories, personalities,
epigrams and confessions.
Trip With Morgenthau
There couldn't be a better
anecdote than Mr.. Frankfurt
ter's account of his voyage to
Europe with Henry Morgen-
thau, ST., on a World War I
mission to get Turkey out of
the war. 1t is as hilarious
as a sketch in a musical COM
edy, as full of darts as a
pub board.
For a quotation Justice
Frankfurter turns to Har-
ward Professor Zachariah
Chafee. He was criticized
as too liberal" in a sedition
case fight. especially by men
who represented entrenched
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Absorbing New Novel
BY Pietro di Donate
THREE CIRCLES OFLIGHT.

BY Pietro di Donate.
(MeSSner; $3,95O
This is a new novel by the
author of a widely acclaimed
novella, Christ in Concrete"
In Three Circles of Light"
Mr.. di Donate tells of a boy
hood in West Hoboken. It's
a community of Italians who
have little or no money. but
a great gusto for living. Most
of the men are artisans.
The period is before, dur
ing and in the years follow
ing World War I. Some of
the husbands and fathers
make good wages, but they
can't work at their trades all
year - there is the hard
winter when building work
must suspend-and some
drink up their pay in Tony's
saloon. We meet some rare
and wonderful characters,
especially the Paolino's (the
narrator's) father. Geremio.
a master bricklayer, some
times foreman. There is. too,
Paolino'S long suffering
mother who tries to take her
husbands infidelities in stride
but sometimes blows up and
tells him off.
There is the parish priest,
who tries so hard to keep
his flock from mortal sins
and succeeds pretty well
with the women, barring oc-
casional exceptions, but finds
the men a battling problem.
Ihere are others who color
the story.
Nearly all are from the
area of Vasto and they speak
the same dialect. Some, like
Geremio. learn to speak Eng
lish quite well. especially its
profanity, and others never
bother to master three words
of the new language. Other
nationalities surround them,
Germans, Poles, Irish, Turks,
Armenians, but the Italians,
many of them immigrants,
cling to the customs of the
old country.
The story has it's proper
Evening star., 1960-05-29
PAPERBACKS

~ |NS~SINS
A TASTE OF BLOOD. By
John B. West. (Signet,
35c). One of the Rocky
Steele series.
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN
NDERL ND AND
THROUGH THE LOOK
ING GLASS. BY Lewis
Carroll. (Signet. Soc. A
Signet classic.
EDITOR TO AUTHOR: THE
LETTERS OF MAXWELL
E. PERKINS. BY John Hall
Wheelock. Universal,
$1.45). Reprint.
THE ART OF DRAMATIC
WRITING. BY Lagos Egri.
(Simon & Schuster, $l.75).
Reprint.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
A BRILLIANT BIOGRAPHY
Most Superior Person
Was Viscount Curzon
By MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer

THE GLORIOUS FAULT. The Life of Lord CurzOn. BY
Leonard Mosey. Harcourt Brace; $685.
The biography of Viscount Cu1zon, who was great
Vceroy in the days of the empire is en-
thralling study of particularly domneerng member of
the ruling class
Lord Curzon was. not to put too fine a point on it.
Evening star., 1960-05-29

tionate share of sex, but it
is earthly rather than vulgar,
never pornographic. Humor
and pathos, sometimes trag-
edy, share the scene as the
years pass. The community
comes vividly to life, as a
whole and in its delightful
individuals, "paeSanoS," as
they call themselves.
Three Circles of Light"
is, indeed, a moving, absorb
ing novel. &C. B. ].
Evening star., 1960-05-29
For World Peace
THE FOURTH KING. BY

THE FOURTH KING. BY
Norbert Coulehan. (Lippin-
colt; $685.
The fourth king is Jesus.
The story concerns a Rome
inspired summit conference"
to insure world peace. The
three kings of the outlanders.
once brought together, make
private arrangements to visit
Bethlehem when the presence
of the star becomes known.
Biblical events are not re-
told in this story. We leave
the three kings as they are
about to visit King Herod.
H. A. LYON.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
FICTION
THE FAN TIC UNI
VERSE OMNTRTTS Pv

THE + A N L A 5 TIC UNI
VERSE OMNIBUS. BY
Hans Stefan Santesson.
(Prentice-Hall, $3.50. Sci
ence fiction stories from
the magazine Fantastic
Universe.
TOO MUCH SUN. By Lee
Olds. Vanguard, 1885,. A
novel of foot-loose youth
in Alaska.
THE RING OF THE NIBE-
LUNG. BY Richard Wag-
ner. Dutton, $4.50). New
translation of Wagner's
immortal Ring cycle.
WHEN THE OWL CRIES.
By Paul Bartlett. Mac
milan, $4.5O). The story of
a family revolution be-
Evening star., 1960-05-29
The Sea Islands
PORT ROYAL UNDER SIX

4 Wv u NV u M CANDAAs SAzA
FLAGS. BY katharine M.
Jones. (Bobbs-Merrill $5).
The tense history of the
Port Royal Islands is SEN
sitively recounted in letters
and reprints in this latest
work by Miss Jones, already
recognized as a most COM
petent historian. Discovered
in 1920 by Spaniards, the
Sea Islands which lie north
east of Savannah and south
west of Charleston have en-
dured a strange mixture Of
conflict and serenity-war
storms on the one hand and
the peace of plantation life
on the other. Well illustrated
and packed with action.
H. A. LYON.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
Public Relations

DEVELOPING THE COR
PORATE IMAGE. Edited
by Lee H. Bristol, jr.
(Scribner, $3.50. How to
launch or improve your
company's public relations
program a symposium
of experiences by 80 lead
ing specialists.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
What Every
Boss Needs
To Know
THE MEN FROM THE
BOYS. By Perrin Stryker.
CHarper; $685.


(Harper; $3.50
Nowadays, it's the business
executive who's often under
the microscope of the ana
lytical psychologist. Business
magazines ballyhoo studies Of
executive traits; seminars
probe the workings of the
executive mind; there's an
occasional book telling you
how to be an executive in IL
easy lessons. Not this one. In
flctional form, Perrin Stryker
prof1les the exact workings Of
the modern executive in fic-
tional form, through a collec-
ton of imaginary dialogues
and diaries, letters and mem
oranda. Mr.. Stryker knows
his executives. He's especially
penetrating in his Initiative
Ambition-Drive study.
Il. WILLIAM HILL.
Evening star., 1960-05-29
A WHIMSICAL NOVEL
In the eWorId
OF fFontosyv
By CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book Critic

FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE, by Peter s. Beagle (viking;
$3.50
The whimsical is one of the most difficult veins for
novelist to follow.
1t easily lead the literary prospector unwanted
turns and pnto buresque precioy senmentality.
Even such master Of the mood as Sir James M. Barrie
Evening star., 1960-05-29

versation with Franklin D.
Roosevelt in January 4, 1889
Roosevelt-"You know. I
told you I don't want to ap-
point you to the Supreme
Court of the United States"
Frankfurter Yes, you
told me that :"
RooSevelt-"But unless you
give me an unsurmountable
objection I'm going to send
your name in for the Court
tomorrow at II o'clock"
Frankfurter-"All I can say
is that I wish my mother
were alive"
Personalities: Of Herbert
Hoover, Really he had no
touch at all for politics, in
the best sense of the term"
Epigrams: OF Lindley M.
Garrison, Secretary of War
under Wilson He was a
man of limited imagination
and that always helps toward
accuracy"
Confessions: "HuckleberIy
Finn, I haven't read to this
day."
EarlN Memories
There is an autobiography
ical quality to this book.
There is a little about his
youth as the son of Austrian
immigrants. One of the most
delightful scenes shows his
father trying to convince the
young Felix that Mckinley
was a sounder man than
Bryan. Felix. at IA, was a
Bryan man.
We go through memories
Of his schooling but it is not
until we reach the Harvard
Law School that these rem
inisenceS really come alive.
That was the beginning of a
career which was to take him
through the years with the
happy climax of his appoint
ment to the Supreme Court.
They are all here, teachers,
students, friends and critics.
For each the narrator-author
has a revealing, entertain
ing expression; for each event
an enlightening human inter-
probation.
1t has long been a kind of
well authenticated rumor
that Justice Frankfurter is
the best talker in Washington,
Now we have proof that he is.
EDWIN TREBLE.
Evening star., 1960-05-29

ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1960-12-18

see any easy solution to
Christmas shopping for my
wife. It's not that she's hard
to please. it's Just that her
tastes and mine are differ
ent.
Regardless of what I give
her she is ecstatic over 1t
Christmas morning. That
afternoon finds it behind the
Christmas tree and two
weeks hence the closet, ex-
cept in the case of the elec-
trio logs because they were
too big.
II I could only get her to
60 along with a nice Christ
maSsy exchange Of cash or
money orders, this would
solve everything. But no.
she says this would take the
fun out Of Christmas.
I suppose, like the income
tax. Christmas shopping for
my wife is something I can
look forward to every year.
Maybe someday civilization
will reach a peak where mar
ried people don't have to
show their affection for
each other by trying to outdo
the other in gift buying.
Somehow I doubt this will
ever happen, but it's o pos
sibility.
Evening star., 1960-12-18
Miss Mary Martin
Wed to Mr.. Hunke

Miss Mary Vincent Martin,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Williams Swift Martin Of
Georgetown. was married
yesterday to Mr.. George
Frederick Robert Hanke, the
adopted son Of Mrs. Ricardo
c. Gonzales Of Rye, N. Y,
and Palm Beach, Fla. and
the son Of Mr.. Ralph
Frederick Herman Hanke Of
Bogota, Colombia.
The ceremony took place
at 4 pm. In Christ Church,
Georgetown. Officiating was
the Right Rev. Henry L. Lout-
tit, Bishop Of the Diocese Of
South Florida, assisted by the
Rev. John r. Anschutz, rector
Of Christ Church.
Inc Weo0lng reception was
held at Anderson House
where Miss Martin made her
debut In 1857.
Her attendants included
her sister, Miss Ann Eliza
beth Martin, who was maid
Of honor; Mrs. William Swift
Martin, jr., Mrs. George G..
Matthews. sister-in-law Of
the bridegroom; Miss Marcia
Brown, Miss Judith VanNest
Hover, Miss Jane Gillespie,
Miss DeVismes r. Middleton
and Mrs. March Chase War
ing.
Evening star., 1960-12-18
.AGiHorthe ForeignLegion?
One Husband Faces the Week Before Christmas

on its hands without another
crisis.
So now it comes. the
crowded department store
elevators. the temporary sales
girl who never filled out a
sales slip before, the nice
gray-haired old lady in the
information booth who di-
reefs you to the wrong de-
partment, wrong floor and in
some cases the wrong store
dts her first day on the job
also). All the joys Of the
holiday season coupled with
the knowledge this Is only
bringing bankruptcy on that
much faster.
There are several ap-
proaches to Christmas shop
ping for the little woman,
each one more unpleasant
than the other, and believe
me ] tried them all. Maybe
this year il I'm philosophic
Evening star., 1960-12-18

Mr.. George Gregory Mat
thews Of Palm Beach was his
brothers best man. The
ushers were the Mr.. William
Tripler Seed, a cousin Of the
bridegroom; Mr.. Frederick A.
Terry. jr.. Mr.. Anthony D. M.
s. Pell, Mr.. Anthony j. Forst-
mann. Mr.. Frank E. Ball, MIR.
Benjamin A. Balme, Mr.. Peter
Hallock Seed. Mr.. Scott l..
Wakefield, and Mr.. Harry A.
Olivar.
Master William Morrison
Gonzales. younger brother of
the bridegroom, was an
Acolyte.
Miss Martin is an alumna
Of Holton Arms School and
Pine Manor Junior College
and also studied at the Yale
School Of Design.
Mr.. Hanke, who attended
Phillips Academy and North
Wood School. was graduated
this year from Yale Univer-
sity where he was a member
Of Delta Kappa Epsilon and
Sigma Delta Psi. He also is
q member Of the Yale Club Of
New York City.
He is an officer In the
United States Marine Corps
and the couple will live in
Pensacola, Fla. where 1t.
Hanke will attend Flight
School.
Evening star., 1960-12-18
Cancer Institute Slated

speakers and panelists dis
cussing the latest develop
ments in the care Of cancer
patients.
The institute win begin
with registration at $50
am. and continue through
to $3.50 pm. with the excep-
ton Of a mid-morning coffee
break and a noon luncheon
to be served at the church.
Mrs. Isabel Zimmerman, exc
cutive secretary Of the Alex
andria Unit, is in charge of
luncheon reservations.
Committee chairmen for
the event include: Mrs. Joan
DeStefano, secretary for the
institute planning commit
tee: Miss Joyce Fletcher.
speakers and panel commit
tee; Mrs. Eunice Morde,
kit committee; Miss Melody
Marshall, literature; Miss
Emily Mugford, exhibits:
Mrs. Olivia Lee, invitation
committee, and Miss Barbara
Burkhardt and Miss Beatrice
Courtenay, evaluation.