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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
The Autobiography
Of Gertrude Stein.

was a group Of children who
were becoming an annoy
ance. One little girl was pre-
pairing to go into the cathe-
oral with us, having put on
her head a little veil. She
had green eyes and asked me
Tor some money. I pretended
not to hear her. In the
cathedral she followed us
about and said, A penny, kind
sir2 We finally got out of
the cathedral by a side door
without her seeing us. Her
green eyes and her WAYS
suggested Becky Sharp"
A couple more. Now we
went South. With Carl Van
Vechten we went to Rich
mond, where we were intro
duced to Ellen Glasgow. At
dinner I sat next to James
Branch Cabell who asked me.
Is Gertrude Stein serious?
Desperately. ! replied. That
puts a different light on It.
he said. For you. I said, not
for me-"
Shortly before her death
Gertrude Stein bought her
self a new car. zone day,
driving 1t along the rue des
Grands Augustus, we met at
the door Of his home Picasso.
Is this the car you have
bought? he said. She said.
It's not the car you wanted
me TO buy. and he said, Oh
dear no, and she said, I don't
ike second hand cars and
that's what you proposed.
one tnen looked up at Picasso
and said. Why are you so
CROSSE He said, I'm not cross.
Oh yes you are, she said. and
he said TO me. What's the
matter with Gertrude? Moth
ing. I said, she simply doesn't
agree with you about the
kind Of car she should buy.
Gertrude Stein said, It's what
l wanted and I've gotten II.
SO good-by Pablo. And he
said rather sullenly. Good-by,
and they never saw each
other again."
The book. so tender and
nostalgia, so clean cut and
uncluttered. closes with Ger
trude STEMS two questions
that have become as famous
as her statement about a
rose. In the hospital, says
Miss Toklas. Il sat next 10
her, and she said 10 me early
In the afternoon. What Is
the answer I was silent.
In that case. she said. what Is
the question: Then the whole
afternoon was troubled, con-
fused and very uncertain. and
later In the afternoon they
took her away on q wheeled
stretcher 10 the operating
room and ! never saw her
again."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

between 1929 and 1861 and
specifically translated for
this edition, have been
chosen for their interest as
contemporary Soviet lit
erature and for the light
they throw on Soviet atti-
tudes toward such subjects
as officialdom. youth, art,
and recent history. It In
cludes the Russian text on
the facing pages.
CONTEMPORARY AMERI-
CAN POETRY. Selected
and introduced by Donald
Hall. "a Penguin Poet
Original; $3.50 Twenty
five postwar American
poets are represented in
this collection. Among
them are Snodgrass. Mer-
win, Wilbur and Lowell.
COMMON SENSE ABOUT
SMOKING. BY C. M.
Fletcher. ct al. "a Penguin
Special; 65 cents) An ac-
count based on q recent
government report In
Great Britain which
proved the connection be-
tween smoking and cancer.
Besides the medical EVIL
dence II includes commen-
tary on the economic.
social and psychological
aspects OF smoking.
ZEN COMBAT. BY Jay oluck.
Can Original Ballantine
Book; rs cents) A guide 10
the oriental arts OF attack
and defense. with over 100
Illustrations.
SICK, SICK, SICK. BY Jules
Feiffer. "a Signet Book;
so cents) Cartoons. pale,
sickly and psychic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
WHAT is REMEMBERED.


By Alice B. Toklas. (Holt
Rinehart & Winston: So
Gertrude Stein obligingly
wrote Alice B. Toklas' auto
biography for her. Thus was
her companion Of many years
free to concentrate on what
is remembered" Polished
and alembicated, these mem
cries now appear in print,
the autobiography Of Ger
trude Stein.
Readers, culinary and
otherwise, of The Cookbook
Of Alice B. Toklas" will recall
that Miss Toklas is q master
Of the recipe" style-tarts a
Ia Raqueneau connected to
perfection in a single para
graph, or at most two
paragraphs. In a way, the
present book is a sequel to
the cookbook. It Is not
a continuous. and only
roughly q chronological,
story. 1t is not really a story
at all. but rather a collection
Of wildly recaptured mo-
ments-and ones admiration
increases page after page with
the discovery that Miss
Toklas seldom fails. Her tiny
measure Of quiet delight in
each anecdote or picture is
always present and always
piquant.
Miss Toklas was born in
California and studied TO be
a concert pianist. Life went
on calmly until one morning
we and our home were vio-
lently shaken by an earth
quake. Gas was escaping. I
hurried TO my fathers bed
room. pulled up the shades,
pulled back the curtains and
opened the windows. My
father was asleep. Do get up,
I said to him. The city is on
fire. That, said he with his
usual calm, will give us q
black eye IN the East"
The reader who does not
react 10 Mr.. Toklas his
daughters book is not for.
The first meeting with
Gertrude Stein In Paris Is
remembered with touching
pathos. I'm the room were
Mr.. and Mrs. Stein and
Gertrude Stein. II was Ger
trude Stein who held my
complete attention. as she
did for all the many years /
knew her until her death,
and all these empty ones
since then"
Miss Toklas and Miss Stein
once arrived in their travels
at Burgos, the home OF Don
Giovanni's faded mistress,
Elvira. The beautiful
Gothic cathedral there was
my first introduction 10
6paniards and things Span
ish. Outside the cathedral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

ity involved is universal, the
people are everywhere.
Jakob Abs, a young and
capable train-dispatcher in
Jerichow. an important rail-
road junction in East Ger
many, Is killed one day while
cutting across tracks in the
yard. Is he a suicide, or the
victim OF an accident? For
one reader, at least, the an
Swer is never established, but
If the speculations about
Jakob, which make up the
matter Of the book, were so
unambiguous that the ques-
ton became clear, Mr.. John
sons novel would lose its
point and its appeal.
Jakob's life is involved with
Rohlfs, a secret service agent
who is trying to enlist him
as a go-between with the
West, with Gesine, a girl
brought up with Jakob almost
as a sister, now detected to
the West and on the staff Of
NATO; with Jonas, a young
philologist, a university asso-
ciate professor, with his
mother who escapes to the
West, and with Cresspahl, an
artist In woodworking and
his foster father. The time
is that Of the Hungarian up
rising and of the French and
English attack on Egypt.
49,
The story as 1t unfolds is
a difficult one for the reader,
1t Is not to be read off-hand.
1t Is made UP Of q mixture
Of third-person narrative, di-
rect statements Of the indi-
viduals involved, overheard
and largely unidentified con-
versations. phone calls, tele-
grams, memories and reflec-
tons.
Jakob and Rohlfs, both
sympathetic characters, are,
although protagonist and an
tagonist. curiously identical
in their morality, their be-
liefs and the ordering of their
lives. Identical, that is, up to
the breaking point, to the
pitch where each goes his way
Communism. at least its es-
sence, is q religion for both
Of them; neither is impressed
by its trappings. The slogans,
the bureaucracy, the dispir-
tied, abject humanity are
recognized by both, approved
or apologized for by neither.
Like the sin, sacraments, con-
triton and absclution of the
church, they are the neces-
sary adjuncts Of the grace
of communism. Rohlfs, how
ever, Is more successful in
insulating himself with his
home, his child, the difficult
details Of his job, than is
Jakob, no less intelligent and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
BOOKS IN REVIEW
In Communistic
East Germany
BY DAY THORPE
Star Book Critic

SPECULATIONS ABOUT JAKOB. novel by 1--WE johnson.
(Grove Press; $4.50)
"Specuations About Jakob" the first novel by native
OF Pomerania East Germany born in 1884 published in
It's original German in 1859 1t has since then become Of
the most discussed books in Germany has translated
into Italian and English and scheduled for publication in
eight other languages Its appearance in the United
an excellent translation by Ursue Monaro shows that its
impact abroad due not entirely to its themethe social
intellectual position Of the German the socialism
Of the sefcalled German Democratic Republic The human
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
The Cubo Query
Still Unanswered
THE GREAT nECEPTInN.

THE GREAT DECEPTION:
The Inside Story Of How
the Kremlin Took Over
Cuba. BY James Monahan
- and Kenneth o. Gilmore!
CFarTar, Straus & Cuda-
ny; $3.50
The Readers Digest assigned
a special task force to inter-
view more than q hundred
Cubans = most of whom had
emigrated from Castroland.
The result is this very dra-
matte book, an attempt to
tell the history Of Castro's
rise to power. and his grow
ing Involvement with the
Communists, through Cuban
eyes.
AS might be expected, the
results have been mixed. The
great virtue of the book is
that it supplies excellent first
person accounts of some as
poets Of the Cuban revolu-
ton, reports that will serve
a future historian quite well
when he tries. to evaluate the
revolution. The debts, how
ever, are heavy. The authors
have not presented history,
much less an inside story"
on the rise of communism
in Cuba. Put altogether, the
accounts Of these eyewit-
nesses do not answer the ma
jor questions of why and how
communism came to Cuba.
For this, the authors would
have had to interview some
other Cubans: Namely, Fidel
Castro, Che Guevara, and
Raul Castro, as well as the
leaders Of the Cuban Com
munist Party. Moreover, the
authors do not challenge
their witnesses testimony
at all. What we have is raw,
but stimulating material.
Good to read; but poor for
history.
BERNARD GWERTZAIAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
Frank O'Connor Turns
I clients to Criticism
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

THE LONELY VOICE. BY Frank o'connor Cworld So
Frank oCOnnor, generally reckOned the greatest liv-
ing short story writer has lately turned to criticism This
is the second volume of his thoughts on other writer's to be
published In the last few it will not please his
fanatcal admirers For them who have wept and laughed
over Mr. OConnor stories Of his native Ireland his present
preoccupaon is sad It is almost great magician had
suddenly become professor Of magic in State university
Mr. OConnor, as matter Of fact appears to be teach
ing short story writing surely to people who will turn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31

tenths Of the whole. This
whole of only TIC pages, is
rather slim fare for binding
into four volumes, but this is
undoubtedly one case where
quality is dominant over
quantity.
SmOrgasbOrd
There are no commentaries
for individual selections; this
is different from Newman
and is probably q drawback.
The introductions to the six
sections seek to define each
Of the major movements and
to place each writer in the
appropriate movement by
giving some biographical in
formation and an indication
Of his salient characteristics.
The selections do not always
demonstrate these charac-
teristics, which the editors
admit in most such cases.
AS a whole, this is smorgas-
bord. but inevitably so.
Newman, in his World Of
Mathematics" had q double
advantage over Barrett and
Aiken. Mathematicians are
in general agreement on most
Of their subject so that it has
objective, accepted features
which can be presented to a
student.
Moreover, portions Of math-
ematics. especially proofs, can
be presented in brief and ele-
CANT fragments which have
significance as isolated enti-
ties. Philosophy lacks both Of
these features.
Philosophers agree on al
most nothing significant, and
each philosophers system"
is a boundless and subjective
whole from which no brief
fragments can be detached
without violating the spirit Of
the whole.
This personal and subjective
nature Of a mans "philoso-
ply" is so true that each Of
the present editors had to
write his own introduction to
the work as a whole. They
could agree on the introduce
tons to the six parts but
could not see eye to eye on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
Other Books Of the Week in Brief Review

American reform from our
historic beginnings to the
present. DR.. Louis Filler Is
president Of American Civ
tlization at Antioch Col
lege.
EFFECTIVE TIVE
PRACTICES. BY Nicely d.
Gardner. "a Tudor Text,
Doubleday; $3.50 A teach
yourself book designed TO
help you learn the princi-
Piles Of what makes a good
executive and how to be-
come one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
This Baltimore Belle
Becomes q Bonoporte
THE AMAZING MRS.
Doubleday; $4.50.)

THE AMAZING MRS. BONAPARTE. BY Harnett Kane
Doubleday; $4.50)
Betsy Patterson Baltimore belle who married
Jerome Bonapare In 1903 when the cadet Of the notable
clan touring the United States Jerome knew perfectly
well that unsanconed American alliance would
aterna GOODNESS but he could have anticipated
the stubborn peness and cruelty displayed by Napoleon
the subject of this marriage After exhausng all prudent
Of persuasion, Jerome finally stopped arguing and
married the dumpy Queen Of WesphaIa leaving beautiful
Betsy and the had shift for themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
TO BE REVIEWED

The following books will be
reviewed on the editorial poss Of
The StoF this week:
MoNDAY-"courtroom Wor.
rior." by Richard o'connor. lit
tie, Brown.D
WEDNESDAY-"The World Of
Psychology" edited by G. 3. Lev
itos. tBroxiller.l
FRIDAY "ouiberOn Boy" by
Godfrey Marcus. (Bone.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
GENERAL
JOHN MULHOLLAND's

JOHN MULHOLLAND's
BOOK OF MAGIC. (Scrib-
ner; s6.50) John Mulhol-
land has long been recog-
nized as one OF the top
magicians Of the world. In
this, his latest book. he
teaches effective magic
which can be easily
learned. Some OF his tricks
can be performed min
utes after reading the text.
Other tricks he reveals can
be learned in an hour or
so Of rehearsal. There are
tricks Of magic 10 hold any
audience spellbound.
INK ON PAPER: A Hand
book for the Graphic Arts.
By Edmund c. Arnold.
Harper a. Row; $3.50 A
book for both the student
Of Journalism and the
newspaperman. II Is a pic
ture Of the development OF
printing from ancient TO
modern times.
GUNS: The Development Of
Firearms, Air Guns and
Cartridges. BY warren
Moore. (0rosset a. Dun
lap: $3.50 For those who
feel a fascination for guns
this book. by a noted coll
lector, tells the whole story
OF the evolution OF arms
from the first hand cam
non 10 the modern repeat
ing arms-and tells II In
both text and pictures.
A DICTIONARY OF AMERI-
CAN SOCIAL REFORM.
BY Louis Filler. CPhilosoph-
ical Library: $50 The
first modern dictionary 10
provide q synthesis Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
PAPERBAcKS

THE NATURAL HOUSE. BY
Frank Lloyd Wright. "a
Mentor Book; rs cents.)
The convictions Of one Of
the greatest architects Of
the Goth century are
set down in this lavishly
illustrated book. (Reprint0
SOVIET SHORT STORIES.
Edited by Richard Newn-
ham. "a Penguin Book: 95
cents) The eight stories in
this collection. all written
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-03-31
A Fine Literary Feast
Of Dietary SompIinqs

PHILOSOPHY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Edited by
William Barrett and Henry D. Aiken Random House.
volumes boxed; $16.95O
Six years ago. Simon g. Schuster published THE World
OF Mathematcs in four volumes edited by Chevy Chase
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
CORDOVA WILL HOST STATE SCHOOL SUFFERS

CORDOVA R - School Super intendents from all sections of the state will gather here next week for the annual conference of the SuperintendentS Advisory Commis- sion, Oct. 15-17.
 The commission meets each year to consider current educa- tional problems and to make rec concentrations and suggestions fer consideration by the State Depart ment of Education.
 During their meeting, the super intendents are scheduled to discuss the effect of borough organization on school districts, implementation of the public school foundation program and legislative rec3m- mendatiOns.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
Nome Clothing Donations Ready for Barrow

The people of Nome have re- sponded in most reWarding man. her to the call for donations of surplus clothing. The women vol unteers, Mrs. Roscoe Wilke, Mrs. Elmer Straub, Mrs. Bill Brown, Mrs. Jim Cary, Mrs. Don Lyle and Mrs. Jim O'Sullivan worked on the afternoons of Tuesday, We'd nesday and Thursday. It is re- ported that some 50 boxes, contain ing easily 1000 pounds of good clothing, are ready to go. The do- nations will travel to Barrow via the courtesy of Wien Airlines, who are making a special effort 70 deliver the clothing speedily and without charge.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
Nome Cheerleaders Give their All to Accompany Team

Nome High School CheerleaderS recently elected are planning money raising project that they may accompany the basketball team on two trips during this coming basketball season. The Purpose Room will be con- verted into a book store October l4, during the noon hour and after school.
 Students are requested to bring books to school Monday, Oct 14, and any persons in Nome wishing to contribute used paper backs will please call Alice Arnold at 2631. She will see that the paper backs are picked up and taken to the school book store. By selling the books at 10 cents and 15 cents each, it is hoped that enough funds will be raised for at least one trip with the basketball team. Bake sales, mixers, and novelty activi- ties will be other projects in the near future
 The five cheerleaders elected recently are Alice Arnold, Mary Lou Couch, Jean Foster, Betty Ann Hoogendorn and Dolores Johanson- Sally Ailak is the alternate for the group.
 Mrs. Sharon Bell is the sponsor for the cheerleaders and pep club who are practicing cheers and rou- tines and planning uniforms.
 Nome High Shool Pep Club off CTS elected were: June Oman, President, and Dorothy Ball, Sec l retary-TleaSurer.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
TELLER VOTES YES! WILL RUN ITS OWN
 AFFAIRS AS A CITY

Teller is now officially a fourth class city. An official tally of g to 4 has set forth the wishes of the majority A five man council was also elected
 They include Johnny Kakaruk, Harold Tweet, Maggie Garnie, Phyllis Dickman and Steven Ok boak. These five will elect mayor from their group and decide on legislation which will later permit public elections of officials. They will also set up the city ordinances according to the state laws gov erning cities of the fourth class.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
Thousands Buried In Italy Disaster

BELLUNO, Italy LR - More than 10000 men worked feverishly to- day to collect bodies of the dead in the Vaiont Dam disaster and bury them in a gigantic mass grave to prevent outbreaks of disease.
 Premier Giovanni Leone came from Rome to the stricken area for a first-hand view of the dis aster as police moved out more than 200 persons whose villages are endangered by the threat of new landslides.
 Estimates of the dead ranged up to 5000 believed killed when a mountain landslide crashed into the dams reservoir Wednesday night and sent flood waters roar ing over the dam and down the Piave River Valley,
 Most of the victims were still buried under the tons of mud and rock that turned the lovely Alpine valley 60 miles north of Venice into Wasteland. Many of the bod ies may never be recoveled.
 Deputy Mayor Terenzio Arduin of LOngerone. whose town of 4,600 was wiped out, said at least 1900 of the towns residents were under the debris.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11

occasion"
 Attending the presentation was, in addition to Col. Sawyer, District Engineer; Major Fredrick Hamlln Jr., Resident Engineer, Fairbanks Office; Capt Howard Cuba, As sistant Resident Engineer; Robert Prescott, Construction Division Chief; David J. Nichols, Assistant Chief, Construction Division; Don aid Joslin, Division office in Port land, and Gordon F. TidWell, Con- struction Division of Engineers i'll Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11

General Lapsley, was inscribed:
 ''The Division of Engineers, US. Army. 1952-1962. For sus- tained superior achievement ill accident prevention. Awarded by the US. Army Engineer Divi- sion, North Pacific Corps of En- gineers to Nome Project - Alaska District"
 Tn presenting the plaque, Saw yer stated, "This is for your out standing record of accident pre- vention in your years of service in the Nome project. This is the only 10-year award given for some time now, and it is a very rare
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
SMALL BUSINESS
 ADMIN. OFFERS AID IN BARROW REBUILDING

Associated Press Special Service)
 WASHINGTON tR - The Small Business Administration designated Point Barrow. Alaska, a disaster area today as a result of damage from an arctic storm on Oct. i.
 The action permits owners of homes, businesses, churches and charitable institutions to apply to the agency for repair loans.
 Applications may be filed With the agency's Anchorage office.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
Fairbanks Lathrop High
 Yearbook Takes 2d Prize

NEW YORK R - The Cache offset yearbook published by La throp High School in Fairbanks, was awarded a second place Fri day in the Columbia Scholastic Press Associations 18th Annual Yearbook Contest.
 The Cache was competing with yearbooks published by schools with from 9O1 to 1,5OO pupils. A second place is the third highest rating given the contest.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
WEATHER REPORT

Continued fair with little change in temperature.
 Nome data last 24 hours as of ' a.m today: Temperatures: high est 31, lowest 20. Maximum wind 16 miles an hour from the North. Sunrise at 6:41 a.m., sunset at 4:55 pm.
 Comparative data: Temperatures year ago today - high 32, low IT. Extremes on this date since 1907 - Highest 48 in 1926, lowest 8 in 1861.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
NOrthstar Here for Trip to King Island

The S.S. NORTHSTAR arrived in the Nome roadstead at about 3 am. today. She will be here un,ll about midnight, according to Bill Wanser, the purser. While hele, gre will discharge some 10 cubic tons consisting of cargo picked up at Diomede Island, Kotzebue, P1. Hope, Wales, and Deering.
 From here she will sail for King Island with some five families which are being transported back to their village for the winter. There will be approximately 30 tons offloaded there.
 The NORTHSTAR will then steam toward Mekoryuk, where she will load about 80,00O pounds of reindeer meat. This will be dis tributed along the Aleutian chain and at Kodiak Island as the vessel makes it's Is more ports of call. From there she heads for her home port at Seattle.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
Army Engineers Honor Bill Brown

4 GROUP OF REPRESENTATIVES, of the US. Army Corp,
 of Engineers from the Anchorage Fairbanks and Northwest division of the Corps visited Nome Tuesday While here they presented William (Bil) Brown with plaque honoring his service with the Corps
 The paque presented by Col K. T. Sawyer behalf of
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
MIR. BILL BARBER.
former

VIII. DILL DAIlbhTs IUINlET Nome F.A.A. station manager, ar rived today for short visit. MT. Barber was station manager here for many years and was replaced by Dusty Rhodes. While in Nome he was very active in civic affairs and palticularly in the Boy Scouts and School Board. He is now sta toned in Anchorage in the Admin istrative Management Branch of the Systems Maintenance Division of the F.A.A
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11

The Hon. Judge Hubert Gilbert will be in Nome this coming week and plans to have the Superior Court in session Monday or Tues day through Wednesday. He plans to return to Anchorage on Thurs day.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
Where's the Fire

The Fire Department was called out at 5:43 am. today behind the residence of Maurice Kelliher. There was no fire.
The Nome nugget., 1963-10-11
THE AVIK. B&R's tug, left at

THE AVIK. B&R's tug, left at about 10 am. Thursday for Kotze- bue towing a full barge of cargo from the TALKEETNA.
 It is rumored that she will re- turn with construction equipment from Kotzebue and if so, due to the lateness of the season, will be forced to winter in the Snake River.