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Other Books of the Week in Brief

may be cooked weeks in
advance and stored in the
freezer, a real joy.
THE ODERN FAMILY
GUIDE TO EDUCATION.
BY Benjamin Fine, PhD.
Doubleday: $7.50D DR..
Benjamin Fine, syndicated
columnist for this paper.
explores the diverse prob
lens in today's school SyS-
tenn that have so great a
bearing on the future of
our Nation.
THE MASKS OF GOD.
Oriental Mythology. BY
Joseph Campbell. Viking:
$7.50D The second volume
in the study of man S
myths.
VICTORY AT YORKTOWN.
BY Donald Barr Chidsey.
Grown; $685. The events
leading up TO the surrender
of CORVALLIS and the end
of the Revolution.
EpANCISCAO NTVSTIC Pv
Raphael Brown. Hanover
House: So 95.) The life Of
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Forster's Praise
Herulds Stories
THE WARM COUNTRY, Bv

Donald Windham. (Charles
Scribner's; $500
E. M. Forster was so greatly
impressed by these stories
that, he says, he himself re-
quested that he be asked to
write an introduction to the
volume. 1t is curious that
Mr.. Forster. a perfectioniSt,
did not vince at Donald
Windham'S occasional inele-
gancies. In a book as we'll
written as The Warm Coun-
try" they are conspicuous.
For example: g. No one,
except he himself had been
true to him." I'm sorry he's
dead. He was as good as
those S. o. BIS CO."
But what Mr.. Forster does
like is not difficult to per-
ceive. The stories, laid mostly
in the South. some in Italy,
are natural, unhurried,
warmly human and always
devoid of artificiality. A good
short story must be simple
without being trivial. The
best of Mr.. Windham S
achieve this ideal.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
Author Tells
Why rumun
Is So Alive
THE MAN FROM MIS-

THE MAN FROM MIS-
SOURI,: The Life and
Times of Harry S. Truman.
BY Alfred Steinberg. &c. P.
Putnam g. Sons; $6.500
1t is a tribute to Harry S.
Truman's enduring qualities,
whatever ones political bias.
that nearly 10 years after
leaving the White House he is
still a subject of lively inter-
est. Also it is a tribute to AL
fred Steinberg's skill as a
writer that The Man From
Missouri" going over much
that is still fresh in memory.
is as readable and interesting
biography that has come
along in a long time.
1t would not be fair to Mr..
Steinberg's painstaking la
bors to say that he has writ
ten entertainingly of the for
mer President. With what
evidently has been a vast
amount of research, he has
filled in many of the gaps in
the information nearly every
one has had about Mr.. Tru-
man. And he has done this
in a fashion within the 434
pages of one volume some
thing of the ebullient nature
of Mr.. Truman and the viciS-
situdes which marked his tur-
bulent years as Chief Execu-
tive.
Perhaps as important a
contribution as any that Mr..
Steinberg, who lives in Silver
Spring. Md, has made to an
understanding of Mr.. Tru-
mans life and times is the
background he has provided
on the former Presidents
early life. He has traced this
in detail as especially of in
terest to historians of the fu-
ture will be the information
he has provided about the
entry of Mr.. Truman, incor-
ruptible himself, into politics
under the banner of MisSou-
ri's corrupt Pendergast ma
chine. Even with the machine
the author shows. Mr.. Tru-
man displayed those traits OF
independence which marked
his years in the White House
The book has some minor
faults. 1t lacks any documen-
tation whatever and for some
this will be regretable. Per-
haps the events Of Mr.. Tru-
mans years in the White
House might have been treat
ed with more perception. But
that, if valid at all. is a small
thing. Mr.. Steinberg has
given a splendid portrait of a
man who faced as difficult
decisions as any President in
history and made them. in
the words Of Gen. George
Marshall, lin the best inter-
est of his country. 1t is not
only the courage Of those
decisions that will live. but
the integrity of them"
CECIL HOLLAND
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to finding work as a movie
or radio scenario writer, but
is greatly disturbed when he
runs across an old friend of
his days of exile who has
come to happy terms with
himself. life. and govern
ment, and is contentedly do
ing productive manual labor
in a factory. Perhaps he,
Vadim, should do the same.
There is, however, a more
pressing problem. Maria,
with whom in exile he has
lived for five years, turns up
with has 4-year-old son.
He goes to Kiev to meet her,
and there is a scene in which
the two women, the intel
lectual artist and the sober
mother meet-a scene the
surface amicability of which
is marred only by the child.
who doesn't like "auntie" and
tells her to go away.
A telegram from Moscow
brings the news that Nikolai
has suffered a serious heart
attack, and Kira returns
home, perhaps forever, to
nurse him back to health.
She is so capable at this that
the doctor suggests that she
should join the staff of the
hospital. When the book
ends. she has been waiting
in her studio for Yurochka,
her young lover. He is late
for his rendezvous, and Kira
suddenly realizes how empty
is her life of art and sophisti-
cation. She decides to leave
it all, presumably to become
a trained nurse. She slips
out of her studio, afraid to
encounter Yurochka at the
last minute, unaware that he
will never come that night.
He has simply forgotten the
designation.
When the reader becomes
accustomed to the abrupt
and flaShy style of Mr.. Ne
krasov he finds the story
rather enjoyable. and the
characters winning. That
those who have spent 20
years in prison and exile are
basically better equipped for
a happy life than those who
have been corroded by the
Stain regime is perhaps less
convincing.
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SHUT UP, HE EXPLAINED,

SHUT UP, HE EXPLAINED,
a Ring Lardner selection.
Edited by Babette Ros-
mond and Henry Morgan.
Charles Scribner's Sons;
$4.50D
AS a longtime Lardner fan
who first began reading Rings
stuff when he was writing
sports for the South Bend
Times in 1907. this reviewer
fervently wishes the satirist
from Niles, Mich. were alive
today to help Mr.. Minow in
form the world on what's
wrong with American tele-
vision.
For as the RoSmond-Mor-
gan combination of Lardner
buffs brings out so effec-
lively. the man who looked
more like an undertaken than
an author really did a job
on such earlier radio person.
alties as Tony Wons. Lum
and Abner and quite a few
Evening star., 1962-04-29

The account is only marred
by a slightly dated quality.
since the trip was made al
most two years ago during
the Khrushchev visit. The
last half of the book is al
most unrelated to the first,
since it is a lecture on Mr..
Matthews findings on the
American character.
These are interesting. but
not startling. His conclusion:
The United States is in the
process of becoming con-
formist. reactionary. the be-
leaguered champion of the
status quo ante-the very op-
posite Of the kind Of nation
it set out to be-"
Evening star., 1962-04-29
GENERAL

JAPANESE FLOWER AR
RANGEMENT FOR Be
GINNERS. BY Nina Clark
Powell. (Scribners; $780,
An introduction to the prin-
ciples and tecnniques of
making flower arrange
ments in one of the tradi-
tional japanese styles-the
low bowl arrangements
known as Ohara School
Moribana.
THE CORPORTION IN THE
EMERGENT AMERICAN
SOCIETY. BY w. Lloyd
Warner. Harper; So A
picture of the interplay
between community and
corporation. showing how
each has affected the other.
PARTIES FROM THE
FREEZER. BY Marian
Tracy. tScribners; S450D
Anyone who would like to
entertain without effort or
on the spur of the moment
will find this cook book.
specializing in dishes that
Evening star., 1962-04-29
The Russian
Theuterin
Later Study
RETURN ENGAGEMENT.
BY Norris Houghton. Holt,
Rlnehart g. Winston; So

Ir 1884 Norris Houghton
went TO Moscow for seven
months to study the Russian
theater. His book. Mos
COW Rehearsals." was the
result. In 1860 he went
back, this time for three
months. to see what changes
had occurred in the 25 inter-
vening years: this new look
records the impressions and
ideas that he received there.
The first visit came at the
end of a great creative period
IN Russian theater. Through
the efforts of StaniSlavSkl,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Mel
erhold, and many others.
Russian directing. staging.
and acting had become pre-
eminent in the world. Soon
after this the party line
changed, and the theater was
strangled in a series Of dull
and ta6teless plays about
social realism.
This second visit conceded
with the beginnings of a new
,reative period. After the de-
nunciation Of Stain and The
resultant looSening OF gov
ernmental restrictions, the
people in the theater began
to experiment once more.
Mr.. Houghton's book pro-
vides a comprehensive and
penetrating ANALYSIS of this
incipient renaissance by de-
scribing all aspects of the
theater as it is today and
contrasting them with what
he saw on his previous visit
1t is interesting to note that
he concludes that the forces
at work are virtually the
same now as they were 25
years ago.
During the StaliniSt era
all development came to a
halt. and where once the
ussians were copied
throughout the world, now il
is they VINO are behind th'
times.
The significant part of tn,
book to the layman is tn,
concluding chapter, "Homr
Thoughts From Abroad.
Here Mr.. Houghton draw!
some conclusions about the
American theater as seer
from his Moscow vantage
point. Despite the many un-
favorable comparisons that
he makes with the Russian
method Of repertory lhcaters,
he ends with a strong state
ment of faith in American
freedom of expression as a
source of strength which
cannot ever be matched in a
totalitarian country.
Though the book is pri-
marily Of interest 20 people
in the theater. it contains
much that is of value to the
ordinary reader and it is we'll
written.
C. s. UNDERHILL.
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FICTION
THE BEST FROM FANTASY

THE BEST FROM FANTASY
AND SCIENCE FICTION.
Edited by Robert P. Mills.
Doubleday; $685. The
eleventh annual edition of
an anthology of the best
stories of the year from
Fantasy and Science Fic-
ton" magazine.
SAN JUAN HILL. BY Will
Henry. (Random; $685.
The story of an Arizona
cowboy with Teddy Roose-
velt's Rough Riders in
Cuba.
THE CASE AGAINST SA-
TAN. BY Ray Russell.
(Obolensky; $685. A first
novel about a beautiful
and pious young American
girl believed to be pos
sessed by the devil.
ONE CLEAR CALL. BY Ed
win Ryan. Macmillan:
$685. A first novel about
a kindly. dedicated water
front priest confronted by
his last challenge.
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PAPER BACKS
THE PUBLIC YEARS. BY

THE PUBLIC YEARS. BY
Bernard M. Beruch.
Pocket Books: so centsD
Autobiography OF a distin-
guished American. RE
print.)
SPAIN IN AMERICA, 1850
1880. BY Edward Gaylord
Bourne. university Paper
backs. Barnes & Noble;
$2.25.) Originally published
in 1904. this is a history Of
the discovery and the eX-
ploration of the New World
and an account of the
Spanish colonial system
and of the first transmits
sion of European culture to
America.
SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH.
By Tennessee Williams. "a
Signet Book. New Ameri-
can Library; so cents
reprint.
CORIOLANUS. BY William
Shakespeare. Edited by
Louis B. Wright and Vir-
ginia A. Lamar. wash
ington Square; As cents
New edition in the "Folger
Library General Readers S
Shakespeare" series. with
the text printed on right
hand pages and all notes
placed on pages opposite
the text they explain.
Evening star., 1962-04-29
CONTEMPORARIES, a vol.

CONTEMPORARIES, a VOL
ume of essays. BY Alfred
KAHN. (Atlantic Little,
Brown; $7.50O
Several years ago. when
the Institute for Contempo-
rary Arts gave a considerable
sum of money for a produc-
ton of Monteverdi's opera
"Orfeo," written in 1900,
Robert Richman, the insti-
tute's director. was asked
how he could reconcile the
money and the "contempo-
rary" of the foundation.
THE shows being given
today, isn't it?" he replied.
Alfred KAHN, in his large
collection of essays, mostly
literary criticism. takes the
same Humpty-Dumpty view
of the word that is his
title-"Contemporaries es"-for
his material is not only what
has been written today, it
includes anything of the past
that interests him and is still
alive today.
Contemporaries" collects
Mr.. Kazin'S published obser-
vations of the past six or
eight years. and is for me
who had known him, so far
as I can remember, only
through his masterful essay
on Blake in the Portable Lii
brary), a volume that never
lags. Mr.. KAHN is always OBJ
servant, now and then con-
tentiouS and never merely a
regurgitator of standard
cliches. He is always inter-
eSting even when writing
about uninteresting books;
he invests the work of John
O'Hara, whom he calls "the
great American bore" with
a clinical appeal that almost
persuades the reader to re-
turn to the subject.
= 4
He starts off with "Moby
Dick" contributing a Just
and perceptive essay that is
not swallowed up in the
great NAV of our gigantic
Melville criticism started by
F. o. Matthiessen 20 years
ago and continues with
pieces about Emerson, Tho
reau, Dickinson, Howells,
Crane, Chapman, and the
effect of the war on South
ern literary style. He distin-
guisheS between Lawrence
Durrell, the user of words,
and the novelist of the same
name; he wonders in what
manner Adlai Stevenson be-
came the world champion
intellectual; he explains
Sholom Aleichem, who called
himself the Jewish Mark
Twain" Twain responded
happily that he was the
Christian AleichemD; he
asks, How good is Norman
Mailer?" (answer: pretty
good; he is enthusiastic
about Dwight Macdonald Gin
my opinion one of the most
curiously under-appreciated
writer's now on the job; he
writes a moving eulogy OF
Albert Camus, the con-
demned man." and of course
he has a fine chapter on
Stendahl. Nobody, but no
body. could today publish a
book of literary musings
without Stendahl. The happy
few have never been SO
philoprogenitive.
President Kennedy is for
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blood-preSSue scarcely at
alb and in its contempla-
tive contrast of the Stain
era with the present, leaves
the uninvolved reader free
to choose a utopia suitable to
his own temperament.
In 1859, Kira Georgievna,
IL, still attractive, with
scarcely a trace of wrinkle
or grey hair. is a highly sue
ceSSful Moscow sculptresS
married to Nikolai Ivanovich,
a painter and professor of
art 20 years her senior. Her
lover is % year old Yurochka.
an electrician with a physi-
que, who is her model for
the state commissioned stat
ue of Youth" Life at home
with her aging husband al
ternateS comfortably with
life in her studio with
juveneScence, since Nikolai is
understanding and kind and
Yurochka adoring and i'm
petuous.
There returns upon the
scene at this point Vadim,
her first husband, who 20
years before had disappeared
overnight. the victim CT un-
founded charges by the secret
police. and who has spent
the past two decades in exile
and incarceration. His home
coming is never revealed to
Nikolai. but Vadim makes a
deep and favorable impress
sion on young Yurochka, who
sees in him a real man, sin
cere, dedicated, unembit-
tered; in short, uncorrupted
by the deceit and retrograde
humanity that have infected
free Russians during the
years he has been away. For
Kira, too. VadiIn is still the
only man she has ever loved,
and she goes away with him,
telling her husband that she
needs a vacation after her
strenuous work on Youth"
AS the train pulls out Of the
station. Yurochka shyly gives
her a present for Vadim-
some fresh batteries for the
family radio.
The couple goes to Yareski,
near Kiev, and lives with
Vadim's mother and sister.
the latter of whom. a hard
working girl, sees little ad-
mirable in the artistic Kira.
Vadim devotes his energies
Evening star., 1962-04-29
7. S. Matthews Blasts
The TroveIogue Rap
BY MARY McGRORY
Star staff Writer

$3.50
T. S. Matthews a onetime editor Time who lives
in England has out to lick the traveogue In the
first half of 20 My American he plainly has succeeded His
account of cross-couny rambe is casual lowkey and
replet with the small details that make of
peoples travels not only bearabe but vivid.
MI. Matthews accompanied his excursion by two
Evening star., 1962-04-29

var ana wrote ABOUT II.
Among these titles:
PATRIOTIC GORE, by Ed
mund Wilson. tOxford
University Press. $3.50
The eminent literary critic
plays his keen analytical
powers upon the writings
of a wide variety of Ameri-
cans ranging from states
men and soldiers to propa-
gandiSts. poets. diariStS and
novelistS. Under eXamina-
ton is Lincoln'S capacity
for direct. simple express
sion. which broke away
from the florid oratory of
his predecessor and con-
temporary political and
church leaders; the clear
and matter-of-fact men,
oirS of Grant and Sher-
man: the lively, magma
tive diary Of Mary Ches-
nut; the new realism Of the
American novel as put
forth however Spottily by
John w. de Forest; the
brilliantly intellectual, un-
Shakably moral views of
Alexander H. Stephens and
Oliver Wendell Holmes. In
evaluating we'll over a score
of the war era'S more sig
nificant writing, Mr.. Will
son is often provocative.
always interesting as he
deeply probes his subjects.
THE TRAGIC CONFLICT,
Edited by William B. Hes
Seltine. George Brazlller.
$780, An outstanding
Scholor of the war rounds
up representative works of
four-Score individuals and
periodicals and let's the
original writings speak for
themselves. The selections
are mostly taken from the
lesSer-known principals Of
the war and "reconstruc-
ton" The compilation,
though following a time
tested pattern. affords a
satisfying peek into some
of the relatively unpubli-
ciZed crannies of the era.
TRUE TALES OF THE
SOUTH AT WAR. Edited
by Clarence Poe. tUniver
slty of North Carolina
Press; $2.95D Mr.. Poe!
compilation Is similar Il
Mr.. Hesseltine's, though
its field is restricted to tn
people who fought for O
lived in the South durin
the conflict, and the nun
Der of selections is smalle
Evening star., 1962-04-29
BOOKS IN REVIEW
The StoIin Era
Is Novels Theme
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic
KIRA GEORGI

$3.500
The prospective reader Of this book finds its jacket
that it is the damnng attack the Stain
printed inside the Soviet Union He therefore expects.
naturally enough, vtuperaon of high order of merit,
some other kind of dengration applied with the brush of
devastating sweet Modern history be ex-
ceengy gentee and unprovocatve occupation in Russia
these days propaganda Georgevna" raises the
Evening star., 1962-04-29
To Be Reviewed

The following books will be
reviewed on the editorial
page of The Star this week:
MONDAY-"The secret
War" by Sanche de Gra-
mont. Putnam
WEDNESDAY-"The Muir
der Trial of Judge Peel by
Jim Bishop. Simon and
SChuster).
FRIDAY-"The Rivers Of
Canada" by Hugh MacLen-
nan. ,Schribner's.D
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CIVIL WAR BOOKSHELF
These Lived the War
And Wrote About 1t

The lives and words of intelligent influential people
the revealing reflection Of historical
the Civil War probably than others large bulk
Of the Recommendation of that warhe wr1ttenabout
all time-has been the published and repubshed
literature participants themselves the
ton those later of historians and
critics
That source seems endless demonstrated by
spate OF with people who lived the
Evening star., 1962-04-29

Here again. a first rate
collection Of first-hand ex-
perienceS.
Evening star., 1962-04-29

Blessed Giles Of Assist, the
most famous of st. Fran
els Of Assists companions.
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the eve Of the dance, and
working through the next
day.
81 don't expect to get TO
the (pre-balD concert" he
said.
The slim, dapper decorator.
q quick thinker with . slow
drawl, loves history and
sticks strictly to period de-
signing.
His great great grandfather
was John Tayloe, who owned
Mount Airy estate and Oc-
tagon House here.
Mr.. Munford has planned
numerous weddings and 81
debuts in the last IL years.
He used to design for the
theater, an occupation he
loved, and he approaches
parties in the same spirit.
The cost Of q soiree for
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Russians
Give Order
For Couts

LONDON. Aug. IS (AP).-
The Russians have decreed an
ample look in ladies coat fash
ions.
A British firm said yesterday
It Is filling an order Of 1000
autumn coats, valued at $28, 900,
for the Soviet State Trading
Corp. and the hip sizes specified
are SO. 40. and a inches.
The Cooperative Wholesale
Society expects to complete de-
livery in November. The coats
are to retail at about $29. They
are described as a loose fitting.
stroller coat Of wool cloth with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
Decorator Has Big Plans
For Gala Symphony Ball

about 750 guests IL from
$4,000 to $4,000 "and up,
depending on whether I
could have danced al night"
he said.
For the symphony ball.
however, he and the ball
committee viii seek contri-
buttons of material and
labor.
Mr.. Munford's main aim
is elegance and anything that
detracts from 1t (such as
whisky bottles on the
tables) Is ruled out.
This year the drinks viii
be served from bars by
walters. To make sure the
finished picture IL perfect,
he sometimes holds dress
rehearsals" Of the lighting.
Asked what he thinks are
the essential ingredients Of
o good party. he replied:
Two things. primarily.
Number one IL the people.
Number two L. the initial
impact, the first thing that
greets the guests as they
arrive" And that, Of course,
takes In the decor.
Praises First Lady
He praised Mrs. Kennedy's
style Of White House enter
tanning. BY doing away with
receiving lines and adding
soft music, he said, she has
rid official occasions Of that
tenseness" that kills gayety.
Mr.. Munford doesn't be-
lieve In receiving lines at
all. not even for weddings.
He thinks it's far more
gracious for the hosts to
circulate and spare their
guests the boredom Of
waiting and waiting and
waiting" If you must have
q receiving line at q wedding,
he advises. at least keep the
bridesmaids out Of it.
The decorator observed
that he's attended and given
q good many parties in his
time, that he couldn't very
well avoid it: He has four
daughters and one grand
daughter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
Color Rules

nyou doubt your Judgment
on flower color combinations,
follow these general rules:
It's always safe to combine
pink with lavender. white,
lime or blue; blue with white,
dark green. shrimp or yellow.
Green goes well with any
flower color because most
flowers have green foliage.
Deep shades Of any color look
well with light shades Of any
directly contrasting color. a.
deep blue with pale green.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15
To Revive Flowers

To revive weary flower
blossoms. try using Q house.
hold detergent. Mix q level
teaspoonful Of detergent In
Q quart Of water, and let
the flower stems soak In It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

low mock belt and deep In
verted pleat at the back"
A collar Of shaded Lucca lamb
is detachable. The coats are
to be in two shades, q sea blue
and green mixture, and O blue
and chocolate effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

preservative has been added,
or six teaspoonsful Of sugar
and one Of vinegar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-15

for an hour. Then place the
stems In q quart Of fresh
water, into which q chemical