New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 14, 1929, Page 13

FEARS BOGK CLUBS EFFECTS ONTASTE M. L T. Professor Says They ¥ill Standardize Literary Likes and Dislikes CONCENTRATE ATTENTION Many Good Books Are Being Neglected, Speaker Says Boston, May 14 (UP)—Standard- fzation of the nation's literary tastes through book clubs which mail a se- lected book monthly to each of their subscribers. was deplored by Robert E. Rogers, professor of literature at Massachusetts Lnstitute of Technolo- &Y. in & radio address here today. His speech, made in connection with the American Booksellers' asso- ciation convention, dealt indirectly with the present book club war which has excited widespread dis- cussion in literary circles. “Increasingly the attention of the reading public is being focussed on two dozens books a year,” he declar- ed, “and the remaining thousands by an inevitable process are practi- cally excluded. “It would be idle, of course, to attempt to say that the book clubs have done no good. They have got many people hitherto non-readers into the habit of reading. They have served many and many people who would like to know books but who are afraid to show their ignorance in & book store; people who only need a start at serious reading; the in- telligent but not cultivated reader. I emphasize the word.” Since this was the case, Professor TRogers said, “It is all the more pity that the book club selections do not always conform better to the needs and wishes of this great body.” Professor Rogers described the hook club system as “false selectiv- ity.” “These are not the best books,” he asserted. “The chairman of one hoard admits that they do not pre- tend to be the hest. They are, in mAany cases, not even an approxima- tion to what the average intelligent reader wants. “But the thing will grow. The American public is so used to stand- ardization that there is no end to the poesibilities. Already. we have our detective stories chosen for us. ‘We are threatened with having a children’s book club with books se- lected by experts in children's read- ing. Can you, as parents, think of anything more ghastly? 8o the chil- dren are to fall into the lock-step the younger the better. “Do you know there is even a car-of-the-month advertised? Why not the suit-of-the-month? Why not the hooch-of-the-month? At that it couldn't be worse than some of the stuff mailed to us between covers. Some day we shall reach the logical goal of the whole business, the non- literary guild for the worst book of the month—and then perhaps the American people will wake up.” Resolutions Condemn Resolutions condemning the “best- hook-of-the-month™ idea will be con- nidered at Thursday's session of the American Booksellers’ association. now in convention here. The resolutions, introduced yes- terday by Frank L. Magel. chairm:n of the assoclation’s board of trade, state that there is no “best book of the month;” that six or seven professional writers constituting the selection committee are incapable of covering the whole feld; that the judgment of such a committee is ex- pected to produce a commercial re- sult; and that books distributed un- der this plan receive fictitious adver- tising detrimental to other books of equal or greater merit, It was further pointed out that the hook club weans people away from the practice of reading book reviews and “browsing” in book shops. Artiiur Brentano, Jr., president of the association, devoted much of his address to the growing encroach- ments of the book clubs. Brentano's Views “It is no secret,”” Brentano said, Corns Stop Hurting Instantly then Lift Right Off! Drop “Freezone” on that aching corn. Instantly it stops hurting; then shortly you lift the corn right off with your fingers. = You'll laugh, really! It is so easy and doesn't hurt one bit! Works like a charm, every time. A tiny bottle of ‘Freezon<’ conts only a few cents any drug store, and is su ficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn and callouses. Trv I NEW BRITAIN HERALD [rere= | NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1920. “that generally speaking, and with but few exceptions, the retail trade of the country has not had a pros- perous year, has not even had the normal increase that any healthy in- dustry should have in a prosperous period, as indicated by the reports of banks, department stores and other retail organizations. It is of course difficult for any individual to place his finger on the weakened pulse of the book trade. “It is my owm personal opinion that the book clubs and their meth- ods of publicity, advertising and dis- tribution have played an important part in this depression.” Brentano said that “when you have 100,000 or more book buyers sitting tight in the smug satisfaction of getting the so-called ‘best book' each month, which someone else has chesen for them, you are undermin- ing the book-browsing habit; yon are taking sales away from many titles that are of equal value to the prescribed diet.” TWO DAYS OF PRACTICE United States Davis Cup Team Will Meet Canada on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Montreal, May 14 (UP)—The days of practice remained today for the United States Davis Cup team before meeting Canada in first American Zone Davis Cup match here Thurs- day, Friday and Saturday. In practice yesterday John Hen- nessey and Fritz Mercur, who was brought along to practice with the team, beat Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn, 6-2, 10-8. Captain Fitz Eugene-Dixon of Canada ex®ects to name the singles | personnel tomorrow. Baldwinsville Bank Finds $11,000 Shortage Baldwinsville, Mass.,, May 14 (®— Clesson A. Stevens, treasurer of the Baldwinsville Cooperative Bank re- signed last night following the al- leged discovery of a shortage of $11,000 in his accounts by state bank examiners. The shortage was not made public until last night although the exam- iners had been here since Friday. The board of directors appointed ‘Walter P. Abbot to fill the vacancy until a new treasurer was elected. According to Charles W. Nichols, vice president of the bank, Stevens was bonded. The bank's guaranty fund was more than enough to meet the deficit, he said. Booze Found on Tr}in, Conductor Is Arrested Newport, Vt., May 14 (P—T. A. 8mith, Pullman conductor aboard the Red Wing, south bound Boston and Maine express, was taken off his train here carly today and lodged In the local jail after the discovery of 13 bottles of champagne and thre: of whiskey by Maurice Walsh, an assistant customs collector. The train, bound from Montreal to Boston over the tracks of the Canadian-Pacific railroad, continued with its Pullman section under charge of a porter. READ HERALD CLASSIFTED AD# FOR BEST RESULTS R Sick stomachs, sour stomachs and indigestion usually mean excess acid. | The stomach nerves are over-stimu- lated. Too much acid makes the stomach and intestines sour. Alkali kills acid instantly. The best form is Phillips’ Milk of Mag- nesia, because one harmiess, taste- less dose neutralizes many times i's volume in acid. S8ince its invention, 50 years ago, it has remained the standard with physicians every- where, | Take a spoonful in water and your unhappy condition will proo- TORETIRE IN 1922 German President Will With-|, draw From Public Life at ! End of Present Term HAS HAD LONG CARRERI| Le Nonarely in War, Guies|§ Republic in Peace ‘ By FREDERICK KUH United Press Staff Correspondent. Berlin, May 14 (UP)—Presi Paul Von Hindenburg will reti from public life at the expiration of his present term of office in 1932 and spend the remainder of his days on his country estate, it was learned today. Called out of retirement in 1914 to command Germany's armies on the eastern front and ultimately on ali fronts, recalled again after the war to take the presidency of the | republic and thus, for the time be- ing, settle internal political strife, Hindenburg, now 81, feels that the would like to spend the remainder of his life in tranquility. The United Press today is in a po- sition to state authoritatively that the president already has communi- cated his intention to retire to his friends and political advisers. He has confided that under no condi- tion would he accept a second term of the presidency. “As soon as 1 am relieved of the | 8 burden of office,”” he told friends, [ “I shall retire to my country estate in Hanover and pass my last days there. I hope still to be able to sally forth for an occasional hunt after || my retirement. But once I have set- tled down in Hanover I shall never again across the Vistula. 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