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THE CHICAGO STAR, NOVEMBER 16, 191,6 13 tiooJz n&vtew-l: For 25 cents, Pocket Books offers fine fiction, biography, mysteries POCKET BOOKS, N.Y., 25c each. TRAIL. Blood and thunder he- School days Pocket Books were the first of man stuff can be found in Jack the modern pocket book series to London’s THE SEA WOLF; DIEN looking whether your artistic bent A** Worth into hit the market on a mass scale AGAINST THE SEA, by Nordulf I or appreciative side are the is on creative and become successful as a busi and Hall; or ACTION AT AtJUI- 4 4— arts and recreation activi- Y-tt'Ay tree classes in allied ness enterprise. For some strange LA by Harvey Allen. I 1 at Side Community Art ties’ ottered the South reason, prior to this event, the • • # Michigan Ave. children and 1 Center, 3831 S. for buying public of this coun- The day folks include book If you like historical novels the M y1- adults. classes for young try resisted the of I/ painting, clay purchase best in the series is Howard / : in drawing, finger cheap, V l instruction dancing and paper bound books. Fast’s FREEDODI ROAD. Other / modeling, ceramics, interpretative While this series is not gen- LJ' ferv classes for adults include novels include THE WALSH * little theater. Evening erally the high caliber at- f creative writ- of GIRLS by Janeway, a picture of 1 1 life drawing, sketching, painting, tained by Penguin Books, there * life in a New England mill town; ing, photography art appreciation forums. and are many fine fiction and non- CLUNY BROWN by Margery Yuletide fiction highlights in it. Here’s Sharp, which is a good satire on spirit a review of some of the best: you greetings year, you can the British aristocracy: and THE When send Christmas this also THE FIVE GREAT TRACE FEAR by help Charities Local 39, UOPWA a DIAKERS Darwin Tail- the union. United has season's DIES OF SHAKESPEARE in- het, a greetings at Washing- good anti-fascist work. concession in the third floor office 166 West clude King Lear, Romeo and Ju- of poetry ton with gay personalized cards available. And the Chicago Star has Collections include liet, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and THE POCKET BOOK OF POP purty Xmas messages ready to send with gift subs. Come out, come Hamlet. If you like classical li- out wherever you are Santa Claus. ULAR VERSE; THE POCKET terature you can choose from BOOK OF STORY POEMS WUTHERING HEIGHTS, NANA Cheerful note edited by Louis Untermeyer, “TOKYO ROSE” to Gls who or THE GREAT SHORT STO- which contempor- if you buy the proper AVC raffle tickets these days you contains both listened during the war in the And RIES of Guy De Maupassant. ary might fall heir to a new Sfudebaker or a glamorous radio-phono- and classic narrative Pacific, is free again. She was set. are homes, of Wars * # * poems; and a recent addition held on treason charges in coir graph Then there the the Veterans Foreign Perhaps biography intrigues are selling on. mister, a ROBERT FROST’S POEMS. nection with her wartime propa- chances Please how about raffle ticket tiiat you. If so, you can turn to THE us Practical books include ganda broadcasts, then freed for will win jobs, peace and security? AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJA- SPOCK’S BABY AND CHILD iaek of evidence on which to pro- The voter MIN FRANKLIN edited by Carl CARE, and THE POCKET COOK secute. confused Van Doren. This contains “Poor Heartbreak of the election campaign. ... In the SYLVIA BOOK. If you write or/and speak Richards Almanac,” and rrutnV a lot you can surely make of WOODS precincts, hardy pollwatchers braved the cold November 5 other papers containing the wi'. use weather from 5:30 a.m. until 6 passing out THE POCKET DICTIONARY and - - - p.m. sample ballots and wisdom of one of America’s We're reading marked to indicate how to split a vote to ROGET’S POCKET THESAUR how vote Democrat most versatile citizens. Or Irving I and still vote independent for MISS UE, which has synonnyms and FI C T O N WOODS. Stone’s exciting novel based on an- At the end of the day, pollwatchers warmed up indoors count- tonyms arranged according to THE HUCKSTERS by Fredo the life of Vincent Van Gogh, subject, the style in which the rick Wakeman ing ballots, saw the pitiful results most of SYLVIA WOODS’ LUST FOR LIFE. Then there is votes invalidated. Typical mistakes, instead of an X under her work was originally conceived by DAYS AND NIGHTS by that wonderful life of MADAME Roget, instead of alphabetically. Konstantine Simonov name, voters put check marks or yes. Those who tried to use a CURIE, written by her daughter, we come to a goodly BRIGHT bullet vote (one vote for one candidate to be counted as three votes) Eve Currie. Finally DAY by J. a were lot of who-dunits by Erie Stanley Priestly marked down 3 in the column. And then there those confused are some individuals who marked the sample ballot. There excellent hu- Gardner, Ellery Queen, Agatha OUR OWN KIND by Ed- merous books: TOPPER, THE Christie and the master, Dashiell ward McSoriey Do-re-me-fa-so-la-tee BISHOP’S JAEGERS, THE Hammett, who has written prac- RHUBARB by H. Allen PASSIONATE WITCH, THE Singing out for freedom is the People’s Chorus which under tically nothing in years. There Smith GLORIOUS POOL, all by Thor- are of organizer ROBERT JONES OMEGA KING nas been several that toughie Ray- and director ne Smith; (Hat gay NON-FICTION rehearsing for a concert in late November. and and mond Chandler and by the artist care-free folk classic, TAPS of intrigue, Eric Ambler. COLOR BLIND by Margaret FOR PRIVATE Halsey The Palestine problem TUSSIE by Jes At the price of 25 cents you se AS HE SAW IT by MARY HIMOFF, wife of WALTER NEFF, Abraham Lincoln Stuart. can hardly be prevented from Elhott School director and famous in her own right as journalist and for- For those that like horses and reading Roosevelt good books because of WHILE TIME REMAINS mer editor of the English Dept, at the Morning Freiheit will speak hot lead there is HOPALONG your pocketbook. course, by Os there Leland Stowe on “Palestine: problem and solution” at Roosevelt College, Novem- CASSIDY RETURNS; SPIDER is plenty of junk, but there is ber 17, under auspices of the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order. WEB TRAIL; THE EGG AND I by Betty GRINGO GUNS even more of it selling at ten MacDonald and Zane Grey’s THE LAST i times that figure! Maker of pageants THE CHICAGO CUBS by MILTON ROBERTSON, script author and dramatic director for Warren Brown the Jewish War Veterans’ pageant “The Unknown Soldier Speaks”, wrote more than 1,000 scripts which were broadcast over NBC and CBS and for which the Ohio State University Radio Institute (Pulit- zer of radio) granted him five awards. Book notes Duell, Sloan and Pearce have Stumpin' for students announced that they will publish RUSS AUSTIN, University of Chicago delegate to the Interna- the autobiography of Joe Louis. tional Student Conference in Prague last August is back on campus A few days before his recent after a tour of Jugoslavia at the invitation of the Jugoslavia Anti- fight, the champion signed the Fascist Youth. AUSTIN helped form the new International Union contracts. The publishers hope to of Students which plans to work closely with the World Federa- bring it out in late spring of 1947. tion of Democratic Youth. * # # patter Governor Ellis Gibbs Arnalt Palette of Georgia has just written an The Art Institute of Chicago, in its gallery of Art Interpretation, interesting book about his ex- is showing along with the great exhibition, “Masterpieces of English perience in state and national Painting,” a group of pictures displaying the influence CONSTA- affairs called THE SHORE BLE and TURNER had on the French impressionists. At the Asso- DIDILY SEEN. Governor Ar- ciated American Artists gallery, they’re exhibiting a group of Christ- nali is the man who has cham- mas gift canvasses by contemporary American artists. While the pioned long-needed reforms in prices are pretty high for the average family, it doesn't cost any- ~ the South and has led the fight thing . : to take a look and the AAA has a wonderful selection of vwm a pHH against the Ku Klux Klan in original etchings and lithographs which sell at $5 unframed, $8.75 his state. at play and Hal framed and color reproductions $7.50 unframed. “YOU’RE NEXT” Is the Simms, Shirley Under * # • and are in exciting by Lou “Gigi" Gilbert the players this one-acter PICASSO: THE RECENT Arthur Miller, of seller was author the best “Focus”. The show pre- YEARS 1939-1946, is being pub- ODYSSEY THROUGH HELL $2.50 miered by Stage for Action, at last Tuesday the 11th Street Theater, lished by Doubleday. are by RAYMOND too late for review. Next issue the There ARTHUR DAVIES STAR will review “You’re Next” 100 illustrations, six of them in A of the heroism which is available for bookings at organizational story of the Jews who fought back. Mr. union and other full color. partic- a The book is Davies’ travels took him “through Hell of Jewish Suffering. meetings and parties. For further information call Stage for Ac- ularly interesting because it adds, tion at DEArborn 0653. And yet,” he “the over all impression I carried away war years Picasso, me was covers the of with from Eastern Europe not of death but of life.” about which little is known of For Progressive Current and his creative activity.