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The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13
Travels To Durant & Kosciusk'

Mrs. Gordon Ashley and Mrs.
Ruth Roach visited in Durant
and Kosciusko Tuesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13
Returns Home

Returns Home
Miss Clara Ware, Mrs. We'll
born Eubanks and children re-
turned last Tuesday after a visit
to the Gulf Coast.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13
Returns To Memphis

Mrs. Bob LeCroix and little
Miss Karen Hooker returned to
their home in Memphis after
visiting Mrs. Necie Povall. Ka-
rem, Mrs. Povall's granddaugh-
ter, spent a week with her.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13
Visits Jackson

Miss Nancy Stephenson and
a number of friends spent Sat-
urday afternoon in Jackson.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13
Gulfport Visitor

Mr.. D. c. Lundy visited in
Gulfport Wednesday.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13
In Lexington

MI. Wheeler Smith, Principal
of the Lexington Grammar
School, is spending several days
in Lexington.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-07-13

Attend The Church Of Your
Choice This Sunday!
Evening star., 1961-02-05

(Houghton, Mifflin: $3.50,
proves without question that
one newspaper editor can
write for young readers with
out condescension.
Melville" is written for
the age that is entranced
with Treasure Island" and
Robinson Crusoe." 1t is the
true story Of a young Ameri-
can who has a series Of mar
row escapes from cannibals
and mutinous sailors in the
South Pacific. Unlike many
biographies Of literary men.
this book need not follow the
reading Of the authors great
novels. It should precede, for
1t can serve as an appetizer.
Other biographies Of ua-
usual merit for the 10 to IL
year oldS are:
HEROINES OF THE
EARLY WEST, by Nancy VIII
son Ross. (Random; $1.95.)
BATTLE OF THE ROCK,
the story Of Wolfe and Mont
calm, by Joseph Schulz. (Mac-
milan; $3.50
A GOOD FIGHT, the stor!
Of FDR's conquest Of polio,
by Jean Gould. (Dodd, Mead.
$40
Evening star., 1961-02-05
These Revenue Agents
Were Up to No Good

Because others in his office
were taking graft. he decided
to accept a payoff, too. It
was o painful decision. But
once the first dishonest step
was taken, the rest came
easily.
Assigned to gather evi-
dence against Vigel Is Bill
Wyman, an incorruptible spe-
cial agent in the intelligence
division. Every man has his
price, but Bill Wyman had
spurned not only money, but
even more appealing things
which would have made his
life much happier.
Quickly, Wyman gets on
Vogel's trail; Q new car; the
split-level in WestcheSter;
the bills from the costly
sanitarium. The final trip
ping-up Of Vogel and the ac-
companying emotional Inn
pact on the unbending Wy
man advance the story to an
exciting climax.
Max Ehrlich writes with
considerable familiarity of
the legal and human per.
plexitieS Of the tax problem.
But he leaves the impression
that sometimes the remedy
Is worse than the disease.
JOSEPH O'KEEFE.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

are governed by the same
methods. and on the same
principles. by which an in
dividual without authority Is
often able to govern those
who are his equals or his
superiors; by q knowledge Of
their temper. and by o Judi
cious management Of 1t; !
mean-when public affairs
are steadily and quietly con-
Quoted: not when govern
ment Is q continued scuffle
between the magistrate and
the multitude: in which
sometimes the one and
sometimes the other is up
permost: in which they al
ternately yield and prevail,
in q series Of contemplate
victories, and scandalous
submissions. The temper Of
the people amongst whom he
presides ought therefore to
be the first study Of Q states
man. And the knowledge of
this temper it Is by no means
impossible for him to attain,
If he has not an interest in
being ignorant Of what it Is
his duty to learn"
In the present anthology
the selections are grouped in
sections by subject; no COM
plete pieces Of Burke are
printed. Nevertheless, the ar
rangement encourages easy
continuous reading.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Diaries Solve Mystery
Of Greedy Expedition

lichens, seaweed, boots and
leather thongs.
The graphic story Of the
Greely Expedition, as it be-
came known, is Interestingly
and compelling recorded by
Author Alden Todd. Much Of
his material comes from
hitherto unpublished records,
papers and diaries long
thought by historians to have
disappeared.
Mr.. Todd has pieced to-
gether a fast-paced, unbiased
account Of some of the most
heroic = and cowardly - ac-
tions ever recorded in north
ern exploration.
Washington Author
A native of Washington,
Mr.. Todd, 43. now lives with
his wife and two sons at 4872
Chevy Chase boulevard,
Chevy Chase, Md. He was
graduated from Phillips Exc
ter and from Swarthmore
College in 1899.
Mr.. Todd is currently at
work on a second historical
book and has been a fire.
quent contributor to national
magazines.
-EDOUARD LANOUETTE
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Written for Movies
;IsNo Censure Here

terry. the neat convoIutions Of
its plot and the long-main.
tanned tension Of its suspense
recommend the same reti-
cence. II the reader will over
look the basic implausibility
Of q single link in the tale
that a woman would attempt
to deceive her husband. who
might intercept telephone
calls from her lover, by CIV
ing her lover the name Of o
familiar visitor to the house
he will be swept along In
high excitement.
The book has all the ele-
mentS Of q good yarn-a
setting in Italy, a woman
as beautiful as scheming, a
ne'er-do-well who is always
in love but who is attracted
only by hopeless attachments,
a wealthy owner Of inter-
national hotels, blackmaH,
and, If not the Orient Ex-
press. at least the tOdgon-
restaurant Of the Rome train
to Genoa. Wait for the movie
If you must. Better. read the
book and forget it quickly.
ID. +.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Documentary Drama

Many 10-year-olds. how
ever, reject the fact with
fiction" story in favor Of the
docunaentary approach. In
THE GREAT PROCLANTA-
TION (Bobbs, Merrill, $2.95)
Henry Steele Commager has
assembled relevant docu-
ments. diaries and contempo-
rary newspaper reports. In
small but significant compass,
he presents the ideas and con-
victions Of Lincoln and his
cabinet before and after the
Emancipation Proclamation.
A book like this would en-
hven any junior high school
discussion Of government.
Another type Of historical
book, both useful and popu-
lar, is definitely offered as
fiction, not fact. It doesn't
pretend to be biography. It's
main characters are ordinary
people, not big names.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
First and Always
ANewspopermon A
SKYLINE by Gene Fowler.

SKYLINE by Gene Fowler.
(Viking Press; So
Skyline" is the posthu-
NOUS last book Of the word
wise biographer Of the cele-
brated, O man who never
outgrew being o newspaper
man. Subtitled "a Reporters
"reminiscences Of the 20s,"
it's Just that-reminiscences
Of men, Of moods, Of New
York - the kind Of remi-
niscences q garrulouS man Of
10 might tell, warm side to
the fire.
The book was written with
Gene Fowler's favorite brown
fountain pen, the one he said
had written q phrase or two
he'd liked. The brown pen Is
still effective as its owner
traces his New York days and
his long friendship with the
late Damon Runyon.
There's all the Gene
Fowler ebullience in the tell
ing Of how he first got to
New York by serving. inef-
Evening star., 1961-02-05

| ject-impotence, physical and
psychical. incest and adultery.
The young Thoreau set fire
to a wood and spent the rest
Of his life brooding over the
incident; Mr.. Stevens hero, o
namesake Of Thoreau. and
like him hewing cleanly and
finding the bedrock Of exist
ence in the Maine woods, sets
fire to himself and never
cools off.
The trouble is that Mr..
Stevens usually does not have
a very firm grasp Of his sub
ject. His excitement runs
away with him and he loses
sight Of his objective. He
starts out with a man ana
his wife, both devoted to
Walden" seeking a good life
without the lendings and cor
ruptions of civilization, but
when we read that 80 years
later Henry, on rereading
Thoreau, finds him tire.
some, we suspect that Mr..
Stevens, somewhere in the
course Of his book, has him
self found q reincarnation Of
Thoreau impossible to create.
At its worst, Mr.. Stevens
style is atrocious ("The
lumbermen, more and more,
were breaking the necks off
the bottles and drinking sans
glasses"), but there are some
passages that throw off their
self-conscious rhetoric and
become direct, poetic, and
winning. AS Mr.. Stevens was
only 90 when he wrote the
book last year. while a senior
at Princeton, he still has time
to develop his unquestionable
talent, although not as much
time as he would like. We
learn from his book that he
considers q. person who
reaches the age Of SO an "oId
man." ID, r,
Evening star., 1961-02-05

Z cons, is q risky business for
aa modern statesman in a de-
inocracy, for the speaker or
@writer must appeal to all de-
rees Of prejudice, enlighten-
@snent, and intelligence at
@once, and 1t Is easier to excite
@univefsal enthusiasm than to
@achieve universal un d err
ssetanding and appreciation.
- Today few statesmen will
engage in Agenuine debate,
land none would ever defend
"~A position directly antagonis-
tic to his own openly-avowed
belief. although such skillful
arguing against himself could
SDe spectacular evidence Of his
adaptability, versatility and
depth. Thus today our poll
tics may be more dramatic
because more human. but In
Isearlief times, when political
appeals were not always di-
ssrectly to the people but to
: intelligent segments Of them,
AShe writing that was pro-
sduced was far more readable.
ssLiilcoln was, ! suppose, our
last President whose state
Spapers were not remaindered
"a month after publication.
OF all writer's or public
questions, none has been
more lucid. forcefulS pro-
osInd, or sublime than
trke. One is glad to be
able to include the adjec-
live sublime" for Sublimity
Ameant q great deal to Burke,
-. It did to many writers Of
waaiB century, and he wrote
s1ne Of his best tracts defin.
N1ag the quality.
Burke was certainly one
eSoa the, supreme masters Of
sEnglish prose style: you can
.open the present volume
where you win and find any
paragraph on which your
EYE lights not only immedi-
>ately comprehensive, but in
stilled with something even
rarer - hresistibility. Burke
was the Ancient Mariner Of
argumentatiVe writing. For
example:
Nations are not primarily
ruled by laws: less by vio-
lence. Whatever original en-
ergy may be supposed either
in force or regulation, the
operation Of both Is. in truth,
merely instrumental. Nations
Evening star., 1961-02-05

fectively. ~, o body escort.
how he was befriended in an
hour of need by Ben Hecht
and Charles Macarthur,
how he pranced through
scores Of escapades involv-
ing such oddly. assorted
characters as Theodore
Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Jack
Dempsey. Al Smith, william
Randolph Hearst, Jimmy
Walker. George McManus,
Victor Herbert and count
less editors and reporters.
There's no pattern to the
book beyond the pattern Of
recollection brought back by
association. It is q lyric
book and, beneath its high
frtvolity, O very personal one.
Gene Fowler has little to say
Of o reporters labors, much
TO say Of pranks and palav-
ers. Skyline" has the Gene
Fowler, hallmark, however:
the brown pens last word.
tracing was still acrobatic.
II. WILLIAM HILL
Evening star., 1961-02-05
History SimpIified

This question is often
asked: Is there q place for
simplified history in books
for young people? Is history
ever simple?
A recent attempt to sim
plify American history for
12-year-olds has been made
by Gerald Johnson. In three
volumes. he set out to ex-
plain how AMERICA is
BORN, AMERICA GROWS
UP and AMERICA MOVES
FORWARD (Harcourt, $3.95
each.)
Mr.. johnson is an able
writer but q weak historian.
His books are provoking to
those who know their his
tory. Was Mr.. johnson care
less or ignorant when he
wrote that four days before
the Declaration Of Independ-
ence was signed "no one had
thought Of denying" that the
King Of England had the
right to rule the American
colonies?
Hasn't Mr.. johnson heard
Of Patrick Henry, Of Sam
and John Adams? The Dec
laration Of independence
wasn't q sudden whim. It
was the elimination Of q
long struggle. full Of drama.
Mr.. johnson loses our re-
spect with such misleading
statements.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
THE TAKERS. BY M

4AAN AHAA0AS0s ny WdA
Ehrlich. Harper and
Brothers; $3.50
All the anguish in con-
nection with the income tax
doesn't lie in the hearts Of
the taxpayers. 1t is spread
freely among the men on the
opposite side Of the desk who
audit the 1040 forms and who
frown over excessive deduc-
tions for travel and enter
tainment.
The Takers" is a crisply
written novel about the peo-
pie and problems the Inter-
nal Revenue Service men
must contend with. The tax
agents commonest adversary
is the fortnight citizen who
wouldn't dream of defraud-
ing a fellow human. but who
tries persistently to cheat
the Government.
The two main characters
in THE Takers" exemplify,
perhaps, the two extremes
in the Revenue Service. One
is Ed Vogel. q Grade z. mar
ried, the father Of two chill
dren, and pinched by made.
quate income. His heaviest
burden Is the cost Of keep
ing his. senile mother in an
expensive institution.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BOYS AND GIRLS
Biography
Given New
Approach
By BARBARA NOLEN
Contributing Writer

Children watching tele-
vision often see history-in-
the making: A Presidents
press conference, q hurri-
cane. q new worlds record.
They see q documentary film
which uses on the = spot re-
porting, with direct quota
tons from great men and in
terviews with the man on the
street. This technique, which
makes history come alive
Is being used effectively in
many popular biographies
and historical books for chill
dren. The documentary ap-
proach, once considered
rather dull, is now accepted
Is one Of the best ways to
achieve dramatic reality.
Younger children may still
prefer the old-faShioned type
Of biography or biographical
anecdote in which 1t is hard
to tell how much Is fact and
how much is fiction. A good
example of this type is
ELIZABETH FOR LINCOLN
BY Jacqueline Morrell Nc
Nicol Longmans. $2.50
which is presented as q
efandmother's tale told to
the author when she was q
very little girl. It Is an ex-
citing book about . plot to
assassinate Lincoln on the
day after his election, before
he was guarded by secret
service men.
Evening star., 1961-02-05

little parts. The results were
exciting to the reader, and
satisfying to the most critical
historian.
Recently. q similar ap-
proach has been followed on
a larger scale by the Amer
lean Heritage Magazine,
which is now using its re-
search staff and its publish
ing resources for books as
well. Some Of these are
planned especially for young
readers: THOMAS JEFFER-
SON AND HIS WORLD
$3.50, NAVAL BATTLES
AND HEROES ($3.50) and
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLU-
TION ($4.95). These titles
are stimulating as well as in
formative. They open the
door to more reading explo-
ration,
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Oriental Grand Hotel
Five Centuries Old

replacement Of all the plaster
on the walls. And during his
stay. every iron in the place
will be put to work smoothing
his newspapers after they
have been disinfected. If
he is a commoner, he can
expect to be greeted by a
kneeling kimono-clad maid
crying you are welcome to
the Minaguchi-ya" and to
receive the finest service and
food throughout his stay.
That's the way things have
been at Minaguchi-ya'and the
way they have been for five
centuries.
Mr.. Statler has written O
biography of the inn. located
on the great Tokaido Road
between Tokyo, Japan's pres
ent capital. and Kyoto. the
ancient capital, and Of the
family that has operated 1t
for 20 generations. But as
his subtitle-"A Reconstruc-
ton of the Past"-indicates,
he has a much broader pur-
pose. From the entrance gate
Of the Minaguchi-ya. the
reader watches Japan's tur-
bulent history go by. He
meets some interesting trav-
elers-Hiroshige, the great
10th century printmaker, and
Jirocho of Shimizu, a gam
bier who became the To-
kaido's No. l boss, are stand
outs-and he learns some
fascinating facts-for exam
pie. that the Tokaido road
and its environS were
scrubbed and manicured me-
Evening star., 1961-02-05
OId-Tinne
.Fovorite
Is Back
BY MARY McGRORY
.- star Staff WYiter

P. q. Wodehouse has held
some Of US in thrall for
twenty years and more. Time
has brought no slackening Of
his hold since the days when
we used to slip copies Of
"JeeveS" UP in front Of
Caesars Commentaries on
the Gallo Wars"
What is this magic? Why
can he do no wrong? Why
does he shorten an endless
winter or brighten o dark
day. numbering to the rescue
Of the, downhearted like o
faithful st. Bernard, bring
ing warmth and comfort?
ICE IN THE BEDROOM.
the latest masterwork from
the master Is like all that
have preceded it. complicated
but predictahle, irrational
but satisfying. The big pic
ture. he does not illuminate.
He Is. as ever, generous with
those small touches that
make life worthwhile. @'-
Miracles Of Logic
Perhaps the psychiatrist
would say that It is because
: even the most Intellectual
reader becomes, o giant Of
intellect and purpose when
measured against q Wode-
{ house hero; because love al
ways triumphs In his pages
rs 1t rarely does In life: be-
cause WodehouSe characters
converse In Q welter Of ir-
relevancies and Inisunder-
standings which make our
own exchanges seem like
miracles Of logic and clarity.
Such musings are footless.
The important thing Is that
IN THE Ice In the Bedroom"
he is bumbling about in his
own Incompatible way, In
introducing us to marvellous
people behaving according to
their own dim lights.
American COckney
There Is Frederic Widgeon,
. miserable minion Of the
law. There is Leila Yorke, o
fabulously successful chroni-
cler Of gray-eyed girls with
wheat = colored hair. who
wishes to get her teeth into
q slice Of life. like other
novelists. There is q klepto-
maniac couple from America.
There Is Leila's errant hus-
band. who Is tied BY the
silver cord to his snake
charming mother. There is q
wide-eyed policeman inno-
Gently selling tickets for the
PoliceInen's Orphanage Con-
cert to felons. There Is O
rabbit feeding real estate
agent who Is writing o his
tory Of the suburb Of Valley
Fields. the scene Of the revels.
Mr.. Wodeheuse hasn't quite
graSped the American idiom
he has his Yankee crimi-
mails speaking cockney-but
which Of US IL perfect? Other
wise everything here Is quite
as 1t should be. in this world
Of perfect amiability dis
turhed only by Frederic Wild
geon emitting yelps "like q
stepped-on puppy" when peo-
pie wilfully misunderstand.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
JAPANESE 7

JAPANESE INN. BY Oliver
Statler. Brandon House:
$6.50.)
The inn called Minaguchi-
va knows how to take care
Of a guest. If he's the En-
peror, preparations for his
arrival will involve such
things as a complete redeco-
ration Of his suite, including
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Spirit Of the Duy

Yet sometimes these books
Of historical fiction capture
the emotional tension Of q
period, as Jean Fritz does in
BRADY Coward. McCann.
$3.50. The author herself
disclaims any factual basis
but does admit her intent to
reflect the spirit Of the
day" These four words are
the key. The spirit Of the
day can be very important.
Also outstanding for re-
vealing the spirit Of mid.
century Americans are JED
by Peter Burchard Coward,
McCann. $3) and Apo
MATTOX ROAD by Manly
Wade Wellman Qves, WASH
burn. $3.50.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
THE REAL SILVESTRI. BY
Mario Soldati. (Alfred A.
Kn0pf; $2.95J

The REAL S1LVESTR1. By
Mario Soldati. (Alfred A.
Knopf; $2.s5J
Sometimes it is no COM
xpliment to say Of q novel
attat apparently it was writ
Zen With the movie rights in
Rmind. but it is no disparage-
ment Of THE Real Silvestri"
shy Mario Soldati to guess
That its author, O prominent
sftAlian film director, was see
Ing what he was writing as
veil as hearing 1t with an
inner ear. The vivid visual
tality Of the book Is not
Nslae result Of Q compromise Of
me author in an effort to
snake his story pay off both
I'm print and on the screen.
sThe reader sees every mo-
sfbent Of the book-ocularly,
ssalmost-for whatever reflec-
sstion or comment there Is in
,stile story Is implicit In the
action.
It Is q proper custom not
20 divulge the plots Of detec-
tive stories. and while 'The
Real Siiyestri'' is not q mys-
Evening star., 1961-02-05
Selected Writings
of Edmund Burke
BY DAY THORPE
star Book Critic

THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDMUND BURKE: selection from
His Speeches and Writings edited with introduction by
Louis BredvOd and Ralph G. Ross Unversiy Of Michi-
: gan Press: $3.50
There many delights to be had from the anthol
Of the writings Of Edmund Burke the 18th century phi
loopher known American school children only through his
speech advocating concaon Of the Colonies but Of
whom Samuel Johnson said: take whatever topck you
please. he is ready to meet you" Ats 81" '.,.
Perhaps the keenest pleasure for today to observe
able political polemcst writing for audience he
siders theoretically at least made of his Intellectual
The definition of issues and consideration of their and
Evening star., 1961-02-05
First Try by q Young,
Imaginative Author

THE DOUBLE AXE. BY
sLauren r. Stevens.
asq (CharleS Scribner's Sons;
80 ~ $3.50
- There was a newspaper
tcry a few months ago about
IN English public librarian
rdWho, as an aid to his Gus
s.9omers, put q white spot
on all books In the L.
sbrary that were not con-
Acerned with the subject Of
ssex. When THE Double Axe"
Tho new Maxwell e. Perkins
commemorative Novel by
Lauren z. Stevens, Is placed
sa0n loan in this library. 1t
will be immaculate.
s Sex has always been q SUD
syect Of considerable interest
10 novelists. I suppose that
y all the novels in which the
ender passion plays a large
Npart were gathered together
31ey would practically fill
. whole shelf. Try to think
pf q famous novel in which
sex Is absent, and you will
doubtless come UP first with
"Moby Dick" for there would
seem to be little that is risque
q in whale-hunting. A wary
editor is not so easily taken
in. 1t may be q surprise to
the reader to learn that sew
eral editions Of ''Moby Dick"
among them the popular
Everyman's, are expurgated.
Recently there was even criti-
cal discussion that "Huckle-
berry Finn" is hardly q
proper book for children.
Since sex has been given
such extensive treatment by
expert and experienced hands,
Mr.. Stevens would have done
well to remember he was
up against strong competi-
sstion. His book treats many
saspects Of the notable sub
~.
Evening star., 1961-02-05
BY A. L.

y
$3.50
On the morning Of June
%. 1884, the American rescue
ships Thetis and Bear, solved
the mystery surrounding the
fate Of the Lady Franklin
Bay expedition.
Working northward in the
frigid waters which run be-
tween Ellesmere Island and
Greenland, the ships came
upon the emaciated half
dozen survivors of the Is
man party headed by Adolf
phuS Washington Greely,
then a lieutenant in the
Army Signal Corps.
What was to become one
Of the most controversial
chapters in American polar
exploration had been inauS-
piciouSly launched three years
earlier as this country's part
in the International Polar
Year.
The Rescue Missions
From the very beginning Of
this Inflated venture there
had been a great deal Of Off
cial opposition. Indeed. 1t
was only after an incredible
amount of wrangling by GER
tain parsimonious members
of Congress that the Thetis
and Bear were sent out on
their rescue mission at all.
The failure of two success
sive relief expeditions to
reach the marooned explor-
ers left them, eventually, in
a desperate situation. One
by one the men died of star
vatiop. Those who managed
to survive the third winter
did so on a steady diet Of
Evening star., 1961-02-05

could not be used extensively
against the Merrimac.
Still, on March 8. 1862, the
Monitor turned back the
South'S iron monster in the
Chesapeake Bay. Thanks to
Ericsson, Washington was
saved.
Writing simply enough for
teen-age readers. the biog-
rapher describes Ericsson's
youth In Sweden and his life
as q fuzzy checked Army
officer.
WILLIAM GRIGG.