Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 April 1948 — Page 8

Page PDF (8.65 MB)

Back to issue view

ATTIRE, pS

“att IR RS

‘THE ERS? | READER oy Harry Hansen ‘The Time Is ‘Noon’ Portrays Young Collegians

In Roaring Twenties “THE TIME IS NOON." A novels By Hiram Haydn. New York,

Crown, $3.50.

AMERICA'S jazz decade, the 1920s, was the time when the younger generation broke away from all restraints. The

World War had brought only

made guzzling fashionable, and country lanes were lined with pint bottles tossed out of the motor cars. Half-baked Freudianism routed sex reticences and encouraged easy alli-

disillusion. Prohibition had

ances. Literary standards: broke down practically everybody was poet. But many college gradu-

ates still preferred Wall Street

to Grub Street.

You must admit that

y : {lives exciting or tire of their likewise and |talkativeness. For myself, there a were times when I was willing to {take them for granted.

But there was no doubt that | r. Haydn had thought deeply |

‘about the period and its young! a Americans.

He comes from a|

thoughtful author would find this scholarly family—his grandfather | period ready-made for his pur- was president of Western Reserve

poses.

have tackled it, and none with professor there—and he attended | much success, Hiram Haydn,|Amherst, Western Reserve and novelist and teacher of writing, (Columbia, getting his degree at gets a prety strong grip on the|the last. He has lately given up period in his latest story, “Thelhis work as editor at Crown in For in these order to write.

New 'Race’ Story Out

Time Is Noon.” 561 pages he has built convincing, full-length portraits of half a dozen young Americans of| college age, and kept the story| going at a rapid pace. ; » > » IT IS REALLY REMARK-| ABLE how much activity and, talk Mr. Haydn has packed into] this novel, for most stories about! college students get pretty thin. | He also manages to portray convincing backgrounds in Florida, Boston, Greenwich Village, Paris, Harlem and Gastonia, N. C,, and to convey the air of the times when girls * were unsettled by rowdy attentions, rich young men considered the world their doormat, broken men became bootleggers, and one or two serious ones threw themselves into social and economic causes. The latter give Mr. Haydn a chance to portray a young man who works for the underdog. Sol

Stone and Charley Hoyt at Emerson College, is an outsider who

ttacks Christian school paper. Sol is expelled because he won't apologize, and soon thereafter is abused by antiSemites among the students. Ld » » SOL BECOMES the chief protester against the abuses in American democracy. He gets into the fight to free the Gastonia mill workers, who, with Fred Beals in the lead, were accused of murder. Sol clashes with Communist cr-

Sua enables Mr. Haydn to give a

Yet only a few writers University and his father is a|

“LOST BOUNDARIES." By W, L.| White. New York, Harcourt, Brace, $1.50.

W. L. WHITE'S little document, | “Lost Boundaries,” contributes a

race relations.

in Keene, N. H., which long has passed for white but is actually Negro. Dr. Albert Johnston, a graduate of the University of Chicago and Rush Medical School, said nothing about his race until he was turned down by the Navy; then he told his 17-year-old son. The subsequent testimony tells how it affected the Johnstons and their friends. » » » THE SON took it earnestly, but needed 'a period pf readjustment. During part of that time he made a trip across the United States, visiting relatives. He learned that many members of their family had crossed the color line, and that it. was customary for a light-colored Negro to disappear among the whites. The Johnstons feel better

cheerful note to the ‘writings on|man’s |father, Samuel, and his mother, Mr. White has found a family |

now that they are in the open as “colored people.”

lent affronts that make up so much of current fiction. Thus Mr. Whité's sy bears testimony that some communities are

A generous and free from bias.

» » = BUT! IT SHOULD always he remembered that the Johnstons are very light-colored, and therefore “easy to take.” Their attitude, one of pride. in the Negro race, is to be commended.—H. H.

2h)

if]

1 !

}

{

liChoose From Largest Selection I Indienapolis

Also Available m Our Neighborhood Stoves © 4217 Sollege © 5839 E. Wash. ® {08 E. 34th t Mail Orders Prompt

Filled

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

| son Myers, whose "Handel's: | Messiah: A Touchstone of { Taste" is a history of the crit- | ical reputation and the influ- | ence of the great -oratorio —{Macmiltan—$5}):

Annwer fo 'revioun Vussle

Musician 3 " | HORIZONTAL - VERTICAL oo 19 Pictured “1 Invisible EDWARD 3 Latin vapors 4 [American 2 Assamese Cowen / musician tribe = ; 12 Endure 3 Lady Literate 13 Individual in Art (ab.) a4 Whirlwind 4 Sell 19 Boat paddle 38 Harden 15 Against 3 Skills — 21 He is a -=—— 40 Alleged force 16 Work unit 6 Platform from 41 Tatters 70n time (ab,) Guatemala 42 Equal ! 18 Behold! 8 Bamboolike 24 Worshipers 43 Fish sauce 20'’Knock grass 26 Stage play 44 Narrow way

22 Doctor of Holy 9 Ship's record Scripture (ab.) 10 Half-em 23 Accomplish 11 Color 24 Winglike part !3 British 25 Among +27 Spell 28 Hindu garment « 30In a row 31 Burmese wood sprite 32 Gibbon 133 !34 Roman road 36 Genus of vines

17 Universal language

45 Sainte (ab.) 46 Parent 47 Harem room 48 High notes of Guido’s scale 50 Near 51 Sesame 53 Least ripe $6 Conclusion Desist

account money 33 Give

27 Harangue 29 Belongs to it 49 Ocean 30 Fourth 52 Preposition Arabian caliph 54 Symbol for ruthenium $5 Steamship (ab.)

47 Aged

35 Revolve 36 Male sheep

HANDELIAN—Robert Man- |

FIVE-INCH BOOKSHELF — This set of 12 miniature volumes with its colorf little bookshelf is "Tiny Animal Stories," by Dorothy Kunhardt, first of a new Simon & Schuster children's series called the Tiny Golden Library. Each; little book has stories of different animals with illustrations by Garth Williams ($1 the set).

. i

autobiography. By Max Eastman. New York, Harper, $5. By HENRY BUTLER ? MAX EASTMAN'S autobiog-? raphy, “Enjoyment of Living,” is one of the frankest recent accounts of the harm virtue can do. £ That statement is not a per-

verse paradox. Both Mr. Eastparents — his preacher-

Annis Ford Eastman, probably the most eminent woman preacher of her generation—were distinguished for high moral principles, active conscience, both personal and social, and genuine kindliness. a » M » MAX'S MOTHER, far more gifted and imaginative than her

husband, particularly exemplified

the best liberal-Christian tradi- whose autobiography, "The Ention of her time. And yet her joyment of Living," is a candid account of his first 33 years.

blighted by the very moral|childhood, she found some comearnestness which 40 or 50 years|fort for her anguish in turning ago was supposed to make peo-{to Max for understanding. The mother-son In such forceful and successful|closer with the years, not without major American autobiographies books as “The Literary Mind” conflict and sometimes cruel re-of the generation. and “Enjoyment of Laughter,” volt on Max's side, :

life, and by subtle influence her son's life, both were somehow

ple not only good but happy.

Mr. Eastman impressed me as a vigorous personality — sensitive, no doubt, but not neurotic. Now comes his autobiography with a

Mr. Eastman’'s trouble in adolescence and young manhood was the familiar conflict between normal attractions and puritanical inhibitions. Deapite all the loud frankness of recent decades, the conflict still persists and psychiatrists make a good living from it. =

WE MAY HAVE to wait for the second installment of the Kinsey Report to find out with some accuracy what the ideal of saintly purity has done to Amerfean womanhood. Writers like Philip Wylie and more recently Geoffrey Gorer (“The American People: A Study in National Character”—Norton, $3) have attacked that ideal as gravely harmful. It seems to have made Max Eastman’s mother unhappy. Marriage and the facts of life seem somehow to have given her a pro-

Max Eastman's Autobiography. Is a Frank Account of the Harm Virtue Can Do

"ENJOYMENT OF LIVING." An

undergraduate, Max began to feel S \ ® Apparently they have not been (confession as candid as Rous-|Keenly the frustration of being tar Pitcher victims of hysteria or of the vio- seau's of personality difficulties, |attracted by girls and simultaneously assailed by guilt and a|

sense "6f inhdequacy. = After. one especially

j } ment of Living” ends in 1917, in ) Mr. Eastman’s 33d year, following the gradual collapse of his unfortunate marriage and his finding a new love. It’s a personal rather than a mainly literary chronicle, although, Mr. Eastman includes a good bit of material on his work as editor of the Masses, a preWorld War I radical magazine not to be confused with the more recent Stalinist New Masses. I think other readers will agree that Mr. Eastman should bring his story up to date in another : volume, Now that the personal difficulties have been described at length, there should be a book ¢ -about the further development of his ideas, particularly during the past 30 years. » ” . SOME OF THE BOOK is profoundly moving — the passages about Mr, Eastman's mother especially. Some of it may be embarrassing, since any honest, expHcit account ‘of a man's struggle with inhibitions comes too ‘close to common experience to be pleasant. But the Wook certainly is ingrew| teresting. It will rank among the

CANDID—Max Eastman,

relationship

INO TRAGEDY—

Has Unusual | Happy Ending

"PILGRIM'S INN." A novel. By, Elizabeth Goudge. New York, Coward-McCann, $3. THERE WAS a time when the;

happy ending was so overworked | in all kinds of stories that novel-|

‘Pilgrim's Inn" |

ists tried hard to avoid it. They]

turned to violence, bitterness,| crime and succeeded so well that) a strange phenomenon must be recorded this day of 1948 The happy ending is news. Without giving away any plot I may say that the happy ending is a welcome visitor to the book world, appearing in Elizabeth Goudge’s new story, “Gilgrim’s Inn.” Miss Goudge is the English author who won the first MGM capital prize of $125,000 plus, and who invariably starts a run on lending libraries when she publishes a new book. ” » » 80 IF YOU ENJOY READING 4a novel that recognizes the milk} of human knidness as an article of nutrition, here’s your order. “I am not a serious chronicler of the very terrible contemporary scene, but just a story-teller,” says’ Miss Goudge. “There is so much tragedy about us everywhere today that we surely don’t want it in the story books to which we turn when we are ill,

or unhappy, or can’t go to sleep at night.”

"CA Grandma, drawings reproduced in April Omnibook’s condensation of Bill

SATURDAY, APR. 3, 194

- 9

UL, GRANDMA!" —With the caption: "“Careful, at's the first step toward fascism,” this is one of the

Mauldin's "Back Home.” Other condensations in the same issue include: "Red Plush,” by Guy McCrone; "The Proper Bostonians," by Cleveland’ Amory, and "Jim Farley's Story,” by James A. Farley.

I can hear Arthur Koestler exclaim: “Escapist!” And toss his cigaret aside. The escapist novel is not beloved by those who tackle the woes of the world and the individual fiction. That's all right in its place; it just happens that today’s prescription is escapist—and, soothing. I suspect many readers will welcome it. ® x = hy

MISS GOUDGE'S CHARACTERS have their failings, too; they have tempers and misgivings and temptations. But they also have love of kin, respect for the claims of close ‘association and gentleness in their dealings with one another. In “Pilgrim’s Inn,” the general, George Eliot, who isn’t quite sure that he can make his wife contented and happy, comes across an old house that was once a house of God, or inn on the pilgrim road. ' His youngsters are

"Zulu Woman' to Be Published Apr: 30

Columbia University Press announces that “Zulu Woman,” by Rebecca Hourwich Reyher,. will be published Apr. 30. ) The book is described as the H. Block Co. tea room. “story of a modern woman's re-| bellion against “polygamy.” concerns Christina, a missionarytaught girl, who became the first wife of King Solomon. of the Zulus, who subsequently married 64 other wives.

Christina was the first Zulu $ woman to obtain a divorce. Miss Names Publishing Date Reyher’s book, based on the story] On Apr. 12 A . opt

she got in 1935 in Africa from Christina herself, through interpreters, deals with the problem of a woman's feelings under a primitive polygameus system, acenthusiastic about it and he pro-|cording to the publisher.

Author to Be Guest At Block Tea Room

Miss Mary B. Orvis, author of “The Art of Writing Fiction” (Prentice-Hall), will be guest of

honor at an authors tea at 4 p. m. next Saturday in the Wm.

Block’s book shop will sponsor {the tea for Miss Orvis, whose new It hook was reviewed on this page last Saturday, Miss Orvis is assistant professor in Indiana University’s Indianapolis Extension Center.

will publish Arne Skouen's “Stokers’ Mess,” winner of both the Norwegian and the allScandinavia prizes in recent competition among 150 Norwegian, Swedish and Danish novels.

might be called an abberration for cousin David Eliot, a young actor, agrees, and the Eliots take over. The inn was called Herb of Grace. » = »

JOHN ADAIR, the portrait|

Tells Story of

AS A WILLIAMS COLLEGE

4 JHE PITC thwarting romance, Treat. New York,

dive like a fiend, but he couldn't

he developed an obscure back pain which defied all medical, “new thought” and psychiatric prescription for years. He could play tennis, he could swim and

get through a day without psyhical suffering and need for rest.

Neurotic semi-invalidism did not interfere too much with achievement, however. His literary activity, stari®g with the college magazine, expanded into lecturing, especially when he grew interested in the then radical cause of woman suffrage. For some years subsequently, he padded #n otherwise inadequate income as teacher and writer by traveling as propagandist speaker.

found shock from which she never fully recovered. She felt guilty. She felt that she had failed her husband, and tried to compensate for her sense of fail-

ly devoted to her four children. { When her eldest son died in

Book Due Out On Kinsey Report

Protestant, Catholic and Jewish authorities will comment on the | religious implications of the Kin-

| sey Report in a symposium on the {report to be published by Pren- | Cader next month.

Under the title “Sex Habits of —— | American Men,” the forthcoming

book will present views of Dr. {Seward Hiltner, executive secretary of the Department of Pas(toral Service, Federal Council of |Churches, representing Protesant thought; Dr. Charles Wilber, professor of physiology at Fordham University, representing the Catholic, and Dr. Louis I. Newman, {rabbi of New York's Temple |Rodeph Sholom, representing the Jewish view.

ure by being tenderly, passionate-|,

Mr, Eastman's account of his jearly years in New York revives |a long-forgotten spaciousness and hopefulness of outlook among intellectuals of the pre-World War I period. That was the “muck-raking” era described in Lincoln Steffens’ autobiography.

[It was a time not.yet blighted by

$2.75.

By FRANK WILSON

IN HIS FIRST BOOK, Roger L. Treat, sports writer for the Chicago Herald American, sketches a warm, human picture of Walter Perry Johnson. often called the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball.

T say sketches because Treat does not delve into the artful drawing of a solid picture of the career of “The Big Train.” Rather he shows the lovable farm boy from Kansas who came from the obscurity of the fun-loving sandlot game to the greatness of baseball’s Hall of Fame. He gives the impression that Johnson was {always nothing but a big carefree (kid. . Johnson's speed as a pitcher won him the admiration of a nation of sports lovers in the early days of the'20th century His record of 21 years as an active pitcher for the Washington Senators is tops. During that time he won 414 games in 802 times out. These

the two wars which have made nations fear-ridden and bent on mutual destruction.

two accomplishments are also {major league records. And the! {list of his accomplishments goes,

‘on and on. {

s = TREAT KNOWS his subject

As the book jacket states: “He| has known Walter Johnson all]

cere appreciation of the man...” But his treatment is unusual for the type of story expected. The entire thing is more of a charac-

because he has lived with him. |

his life and has a deep and sin-|

painter, who also has taken ‘a! great liking to Nadine, with his daughter Sally to live at the inn. Sally is a lively, attractive gir who has been al-|

AE PITCHERS 3 Regu L Cum a shepherdess in the! essner,

Cumberlands and caretaker ‘of

are a numi-2r of other interesting characters: Lucilla, the matriarch, now 86; Hilary, her eldest son, |

aged 66, and the five children of the general's, including Ben, an artistic lad of 15 who appeals mightily to John ‘Adair.

{ With such a family group to] write about, Miss Goudge quickly |

intertwines their fortunes with|

life in the inn, which gradually| casts its spell upon its inmates. The spell is not sinister, but friendly. Two characters have known violence in the past, and suffered for it, but their feet are on the path to health. With this! hint as a guide, you may explore the Book to your own satisfac-: tion. Those who need a heady! draught of the wine of bitterness, may ignore it. Those who want the warmth of friendship may drive in. . —H. H!

her fzther’s Chelsea flat. Present ;

The soaring popularity of this book by a famous minister, Joshua Losh Liebman, ai tests its great helpfulness in these troubled times. May it bring you serenity. 2 # fe

= lock: ¢

Bookshop, South Mezzanine

Mencken's Final Book In Series Due Apr. 5

| The final volume (Mencken's “The American Language” series, to be called “Sun{plement Two: The American Language,” will be published Monday by Knopf. The forthcoming hook covers

in H. L.|

American spelling and pronuncia-!

{tion, the wvulgar speech, proper names both - personal and |geographical and slang, embodyling new material gathered by Mr. Mencken since 1936, according to the publisher.

Beauty Softens Sorrow

Leve and Sym. pathy in the Mont Understandable Way

% The ALLIED | FLORISTS Assn.

-of Indianapolis

| |

Don’t misunderstand. The boo!

human side of one of the game immortals.

'Foolish Gentlewoman' Book-of-Month Pick

A new novel by Margery Shar {“The

of-the-Month Club.

OF SEATTLE Mary Brinker It is described as

Post, whose new novel, "Annie Jordan," is a story of the turbulent, reckless days of early

Seattle (Doubleday, $2.50). lish people.”

ter study, or analysis, of the man.

is beseball from cover to cover. But it is a look at the other side of baseball. It is a look at the

Foolish Gentlewoman” | (Little, Brown), has been chosen | {as the June selection of the Book-|

“the story of what happens one summer to! an oddly assorted, but perfectly normal, group of modern Eng-|

Start Monday, April 5 Day or Evening

You may enter now and attend, without interruption, until your course is completed, as the school is in continuous session. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll be ready to take your place as a beginner in the business world. The opportunities in this field for competent, ambitious,

success-seeking young people are numerous and promising. This is the

Indiana Business College

of Indianapolis. The others are at Marion, Muncie, Logansport, Anderson, Kokomo, Lafayette, Columbus, Richmond and Vincennes--all approved for G. I. Training. Interested persons may contact the schools of their respective preferences, or Fred W. Case, Principal

Central Business College

Indiana Business College Building 802 N. Meridian (St. Clair Entrance)

LIL. 8387

INDIANAPOLIS ;

iectric Building, 17 N. Men

dion -

[J (bg 1 4 4 [4 NLT CA ‘ [ ‘ 5603 £. Washi on - |R {0

YY [

New Psyc|

Vivec

‘Ideal A NE at the Ind She's in a mome ON THE Wall,” a cc mystery, sta and Herbert “An Ideal ¥ of Oscar Wi ette Goddare ww. The Circ April Show and Ann So “To the ° for accurate war blaek-m ors is o-s dentally, on Plugs says t] Beach again a dubious re the thick of

THE TH] Bentleman : High Waly’ Mr, Taylor i the psyehiat Mr. Tay] his ‘wife, A from reconst tragedy, but

Anal ‘a He Veis‘at 1