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cott, $2.75. HE USED to be the talk o

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ing that raises their hats. Once he spoké a piece in

it today without a permit and see what happens. His name? George Washington. And now a fellow Virginian, | Douglas Southall Freeman, editor | of a Richmond newspaper, tries to get him back into the spot-| light by publishing the first two volumes of a new biography, “George Washington: Young » Washington.” | Maybe Dr, Freeman, who won ‘ the Pulitzer prize for .his “R. E.

tion these days. What a thorough workman this man Freeman is! Two solid volumes, $15, and he takes you only far 1758, when Washington

olonél of a Virginia regimens. the afpe-of 27. But when you read these hooks you will understand more about the immortal George than you will ever get contemplating the . mtern features of the Gilbert Stuart portrait that hangs in every

trouble with his teeth. . » . DR. FREEMAN, an experi- ¢ enced news) in, is not in- . - orl. him 3 as hin 5 ’ on, or eis . after the facts. '

% . What he learned about George's + first 27 years verifies some of the

get along, possibly because she wasted the money he gave her.

THE FIRST READER—By Harry Hansen | Virginia's Dr. Freeman | Does Workmanlike Job On Washington Biography

"GEORGE WASHINGTON: YOUNG WASHINGTON." By Douglas Southall Freeman. Two volumes. New York, Scribner, $15.

"THE PLAGUE AND L." By Betty MacDonald. Philadelphia, Lippin-| only New Yorkers who have to drive into New Jersey men-| At one time people bared theif heads when he came

down Broadway and stepped into St. Paul's Church at, Vesey St., but today it's the wind at the Woolworth Build-|

City Hall Park, but try doing than she could get out of a whale

Lee,” regrets that Abraham Lin- moments. Against all expectacoln is getting most of the atten-|tions she has made “The Plague

SHE HAD just been o. k.'d for USE ko

schoolroom, whose jaws are cure is going to be dificult for i : Tai : Tr nn walk | Richar _ |who takes honors away from| clenched because he always had | you. You have red hair—Ilots of | dwelling depicted n The Lightning Rod House.” a water color by ichard Gen

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"HOLLYWOOD WITHOUT MAKE-UP." By Pete Martin. - Philadelphia, Lippincott, $3. | ONE OF the satisfying things about Pete Martin's articles on Hollywood is that he has found new people to talk about. Not just the stars who are in the big k hour, hut.-so cab AA fellows who do the hard work. | In “Hollywood Without Make-

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a RA eras 3 eves, Ath. NPB 'had told the doctor about her cough and he laughed and said 8 | Ta he. rach discovered un) 3 | the specialist discovered an | " [Area in the left lung and sent her GCROL| WORK—An example of the scrollwork style in American architecture [nom producer-director. © Mike|~: {to the Pines, a sanitarium. And| HE ple of the scroliwork style In American arChiteciur® |noprn producer-director, Mikel”

(there the doctor said: “Taking the| discussed in John A. Kouwenhoven's "Made in America” is this Alabama St. frame |Curtiz, as a prize word-scrambler|

r Samuel Goldwyn. { energy, you're quick; active, im-| ders, advanced student in Herron Art School. | When Mike wants to see his fajiont, ' Discipline will be hard] . 8» ,.n-.8 LL jaaukiat Re Phones: thre Jou you.” : | * . . |vacant?” en he wants extras, It was going to be hard for = Machines and Masterpieces Played Roles {to scatfer into small groups he

staff, too, but he didn’t know that. pot “Séparate together in a unch.

wens Ang mrs from sel Hit-Run History of American Culture TO A STAR HE vaplained tho) anita.” ©*periences in the| 4, ne IN AMERICA: THE ARTS IN MODERN CIVILIZATION.” | THE ERA OF our worst tastelsituation: “It is morning and a

He seems to have seen little of her, after he grew to maturity. | He gave “her money, as a dutiful

Je TN 1 ANOTHER is George's realistic - attitude toward marriage. Martha Custis was “the widow Custis,”

George, in March 1758, “looked at ‘the lovely Martha and across! the ad, fields of level land,” and her a few : assured. He was still mildly in

when he engaged. Dr. Freeman says: “His was the quenchless ambition of an or-

love with thé wife of a neighbor)! became ;

Be irae mimeremar ri i fi) os I ea pti a TL in design culminated in the 1876 ra { hata: May please have my By John A. Kouwenhoven. trtroduction by-Mark Van-Doren. Centennial Exposition in Phila- haystack and lots of. sunlight. “What are the women of distinction drinking’ filled? Granite New York, Doubleday, $5. " writes.|Turn over on your stomach and ewm—; se Eyes (the n ) sald: It 18'a RY BUTLER delphia, Mr. Kouwenhoven writes. . . | rule o urse . 3 y HEN That's when buildings had to be/look sex.” ‘ Cg . . ne fhe Nmiarium that mot BOTH critics and apologists always have given America credit covered with ornament—and not| For a battle scene he needed FROM CARTOON ALBUM—A typical Helen Hokinson beefy til Oct. 1.’ and left | for innovations like mass production. only buildings. Washstands,|a riderless horse. “Bring me an| matron hands. the liquor cealer a puzzler in this drawing from Miss “There's one thing to be said! Pere has been Eb AgTesment on Wiiat Juries haa contributed in deliors, Bree, Jarier empty horse!” he ordered. Hokinson's “When Were You Buiit?", hew collection of cartoons, in fave ; a \ to the arts. e've n ca a “materialistic” people, more con- organs—a inds of objects for! . + of which | e in the N 1 “It's a i the Pines, dyin uBhL | cerned with the almighty dollar than with the finer things. {home use and decor. were tortured Woy Diying 08 Nas flmed 30d Jom ot wn . have ppes ed | " * Now Yorker iDution . $2.75). - ike a Jot of mau 8 seem’ As recently as 20 years ago. it was fashionable to decry Amer- inte busy shapes. | “The dog should bark from right ! . [EE } ¢ lea 35 2 nation of Babbitts, Apt] rrr eye] ut the Centennial saw also the , ft,” ) L ht CC t Wh aovka alan wore len and culture this side of the At-illustrated history compiled from huge Corliss steam engine, wha: me a4 DER Was Rin au g ers on agiou S en

: m es Harper's Weekly, has sought his |argest in its time. Its design was, a time, outing flannel pajamas lanti¢ struck many esthetes of the were amused. : * » , wi 8,1 1020s as at best feeble imitations answers in unusual places.. Not simple and effective. / | two, three and four sweaters, 1 > ‘content. with essays. histories and| One appalling contrast in mod- Jp ISNT oa " . / mon e pins ami y ] a e

3 abe Surope iginals. gi ...but Actually.shs asa. 28-year0ld, d jackets, mittens, woolen of European or ral i { 1 literature. he . D grammer. e - ; / . -old |, 3 : , |... The... question of America's otherwise formal literature. ern eyes is the difference-between " ‘ rman’ Woman, hose. a died in oode- and scarves until we er Rr ibtions {0 modern has” COnSUIted ~ catATORS, trade] the cleamlooking-machines- ot plains Pete Martin. "LAUGHTER FROM DOWN. profits, and Mama, who wasn't y, 1757, leaving her ne.

1 : 2 fo asm cer send Fe of I — on por 3 - ies bundles bf oid clothes, but we. ie occupies John A. Kouwen- publications. and even medicine- the ‘70s and ‘80s and the absurdly) It's “a new idiomatic” slant; a STAIRS." 8; C wnzt Or oy YisE 10 keep dp ad e time. ‘hoven in his excellent new book, vendors’ almanacs for material. |ornate gadgets of wood and redeployment of the language.” monae. New. York, Farrar, » ‘

“At first: § a { , i " Tr . every time- h 500, rassed aE ateo a ms S*Nhde in @Bmerica: The Arts in| It has been a mistake to re- metal those machines turned out,'Some actors enjoy it so much Straus, $2.75. Uncle Zdenek ee Ta ty noe. . oni, "It ispe- gard art as solely the product Mr. Kouwenhoven observes ) ) ! . ' BMY Pho hips, bit no tops to my pajamas, Modern Ciyilization.” It's an éspe 52 rant tioure. - Lolaure. and) WED alton lope ves. that they “talk Curtiz’ among A BOHEMIAN family of first opher. and Uncle Jarosiav. who be t.and left. cially interesting. question since 0 8a ¢ : illustrations and om eaves. . generation Americans living in had a voice like a sick bull yet

orang Xigh band | and» I8I 1 y- fierry- previous writers .have| Wealth inthe 19th. century|admirable bibliography and notes,

3 rr hn pre y Mike Curtiz can be extremel q " insisted on singing in the church soon got used to it, however. aj answered it without examining|stocked our museums With Eu</ Mr. Kouwenhoven traces the Kacey the: Pacific Northwest provide

pat, tod. To an adtress with a:

fatic t res. Butiparallel development of Czenzi Ormonde’s “Lai er ’ fon ‘ She s Pines nobody cared about any|*10USh evidence. er ays not art. Initative art. in America. Hig Rely acquired Oxford accent he oo . Do o i. wh SN'°T| Add u sprinkling of aunts and Of your body but your lungs.| yp KOUWENHOVEN, for- While Wall -St. - millionaires/book should = greatly hearten|sgamoon serio “ih 100 i wnstalrs,” and It's con" cousins, and you have the whole “Motion pictures wird : . v . rnoon tea.” [tagious. |uproarious clan, who seem bound Pp were shown merly associate editor of Harper's/were buying Rembrandts, engi-(readers who have hitherto under- « = =» °° | Most of the laughs come from'to win a favored place on the

once a month (for ambulant pa- “ timated America’ . : magazine and author of “Adven-|/neers and craftsmen engaged in estima merica’s artistic im : . § | tients). 1 sat in back of Dolores oi of America, 1857-1900,” an|industry were evolving new|portance. . MR. CURTIZ believes a film S-year-old Lida, who eo aly bookshelf.

ingratiating,” was jealous of his

punishment by the lash and the noose. Washington had a lack of facil-

to his family and church, and no strong religious beliefs in these 27 years, though he believed in

.Dr. Freeman is not a dramatic writer, but a conscientious historian, who makes his text as readable as possible, adding one detail to another. One of the highlights is the account of Braddock’s campaign and defeat with-

burgh in 1755. how plants of

dock and North Braddock now occupy the famous site add interest to the chronicle. In this connection- it is worth remembering that “Basic Writri ings of George Washington,” o edited by Saxe Cummings, is a Jy handy one-volume ° compilation published by Random House. ($4.50). . . »

BETTY MacDONALD had a wo ohicken: farm in the state of ; _ Washington and enough hectic fA experience. to give ody else a a Jeni gtroke. But Betty a cheerful disposition and could laugh at her troubles. She even wrote about them in a book called “The "“Hgg ana 1 HR ROA Se Bn il The public, which likes a laugh, too, discovered it and to

rank. had no understanding of haath. the private soldier and believed inwag oner

ity in. Speech. also Jacked Me Hes that people with t. b, were “un- until now. ‘This is “The Seven! represent triumphs of vernacular, ¥orked in small towns and cross-| he no strong grateful, stupid, unco-operative Storey Mountain,” by Thomas! Motor cars are “functional” in roads stations along the C. & .

Providence. So says Dr. Freeman. |

in the present environs of Pitts- is

d tine funny.

Was a synonym atipitions at my one movk, Victoria, the forms, bending new materials to should be made on the stage, not that Thay o Sould Sork Titaces — “an oF energy” but he Jue ;n, sipping en Yictoeis X was Vi T » 4 new uses. And from their work R il S . in the cutting room. other means which kept the fam-| calculated every risk boidly.|sherry, Dolores gave me a mnet iews ira PPIs in our expanding esonomy Sere al tory | “A right director cuts on thelily in Kot water. A Religious Center With a “Ambition for wealth made him|and said in a very hoarse, audible|f © . some starting developmen |set,” he explains. He knows what| Running Lida a close second is| * Cinie Circumference acquisitive and "sometimes con-| nd " 81 design and architecture. : 1s the iron-willed Grandma, a stubtentious.” Yet he lent money Whisper: ‘Gee, Betty, how would | e on nsi e . 8." S Fi er : he waits and demands ‘fi. Is porn old lady who refused to| EH -- recklessly. which ‘Dr. Freeman Bm, to be hoisting a few ; & = THROUGHOUT OUR history| hard work, but it pays in the ..rn English just to- irritate J Hey calls “a dangerous practice.” nn “THE -SEVEN STOREY MOUN- as a nation, a popular creativity] “SINGING RAILS." By Herbert |fine films he has made. Grandpa. i ; ARRAY | BETTY'S BOOK fs’ TAIN." By Thomas Merton. New has been at work—the ingenuity L. Pease. New York, Crowell, | Nunnally Johnson writes a nice *» =» [ i WASHINGTON was rigidly hilarious reading. but It a exactly! york Harcourt, Brace, $3. of the toolmaker, the jmaging- $3. . boost for the author in the front THEN THERE is Papa. who honest, was “neither arrogant nor 8. 8 A cet. ' tion of the builder of barns—| yppRERT L. PEASE wasn't of the book, and Jack Alexander O%¥N®d a restaurant and com-|

{tain amount of appeal becatise itt ALTHOUGH allusion is made o¢- whose product Mr. Kouwenhoven

/ : ine ; ate’ ; {describes patients on the way to casipnally to the existence of calls “vernacular.” Vernacular is quite 17 when he went to work writes one at the end. Plained that the family ale * his,

; i for the Chicago & Alton railroad! It's like the credit-lines in. the TT B A he Siscipline Trappist monasteries in the United ate art. honest and unsophistl-iin a small town near Blooming- movies, before and after the film. ak | ] often frozen-faced, Betty re. States. no intimate story of the yy v0 or European tradition. 0%: Ill. a% night telegraph oper- In between Pete Martin writes F550 | —— |spected them and made progress. spiritual experience of a man Who Some" of the best things we've 07 and station agent. lively lales. He used to pe ar Beaut WFBM—9:15 A. M. SUN, | She heard the director complain entered one has been published produced. like motor-car design, FOr about three years he ‘Corregidor” and. one author ° Softens | Dr. E. Burdette Backus

Speaks on “The Garden of Eden”

11 A. M. AT THE CHURCH “A Declaration of

and unworthy” and then observed Merton, a young poet, student at|design—or at least were until the Pourishing the great ambition of | 'that he lent them money, cloth- Columbia University in the 1930s. recent fad of making them hard S0me day rising to the ‘post of

{ing and took care of their fam-iwho entered the Trappist monas- to see out of, hard to park, easy train dispatcher. PRepalE (Illes and children, and even helped tery at Gethsemane, Ky., in 1941, to injure and expensive to repair., But he fell victim to an occu-

{them get work. when he was 26. Although as late as 25 years ago, pational hazard telegrapher’'s V7 {017744 Vy 7a Fd

Miss MacDonald got rid of her, Familiar with the writings of You could see expensive custom- arm-—and turned to ticket selling, Interdependence” spot in eight and a half months,|James Joyce and T. 8. Eliot, a built town cars with bodies and instead. ) but it took some time to adjust student of literature under Mark side lamps imitating horse-drawn| 2.2.2 i ALL SOULS herself to regular living and even|yan Doren, and a Communist by carriages, stock cars generally, ‘HE WRITES a rollicking chrona longer time for friends to stop sympathy in his early days, the have been designed with economy icle of a railroader’s life — the UNITARIAN CHURCH

fearing contagion. Betty's story author, now Frater M. Louis, [and good sense. wrecks, the dangers of attacks easy to take, but those more found himself drawn to the or- " ~ - Iby vagrants and hold-up men in seriously ill may not find the rou-|ger, At one time he assisted the| Writer, Poet Looks lonely night stations and the {Baroness de Hueck in her Friend- For ,Jthrill of handling complicated A A 'ship House in Harlem. : “IAL Country ife’ trafic situations. nother s = =. Elliott Merrick’s “Green Moun-| He caps these with stories of M other War Book ul THIS BOOK discloses the wide tain Farm,” which Macmillan|his career as a traveling passenThe House Without a Roof,” intellectual interests of the au-|will bring out Nov. 1, is a story|ger agent and the fight for the by Joel Sayre, the story of a half-

A thor, and his skill in presenting |of country life as it appears to/business of carnivals, Elks’ conJewish family who lived in Berlinithe journey of his mind and heart a writer and poet who has also|ventions, migrating landseekers under Hitler, has heen published|,ntii he found solace in con- been an explorer. For $1000 the land others in the cut-throat days by Farrar, Straus, Parts of Mr.|templation and praying with the Merricks bought a farm in Ver-|before-the Interstate Commerce {Sayre’s book, which “contains a rrappists. mont, and what they learned{Commission moved in to curb the {vivid account of the effect of war| But while they withdrew from about the art of savoring life in |wild-and-wooly competition of the

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