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...called the distinguished Prime Minister of that friendly state "poor Jaspar."* Careless of affront to Japan, he spoke of Dr. Mine- ichira Adachi, Chief of the Japanese Delegation, as "the quiet, plaintive Adachi." The whole speech bristled with that same humoring superiority?that air of considering other statesmen mere children??? which infuriated the Latin statesmen at The Hague to the point of tantrums and tears...
SATURDAY'S CHILDREN???The poor, with us again in a true love story. Ruth Gordon playing brilliantly...
Saturday's Children???An altogether lovely, brilliant comedy of marriage without money...
...score of years later. There are the same children???grown up? at a house party. There is Phyllis, the wife; there is George, her husband (and who is he but little Martin grown up?); there is Joyce, the little girl whom Martin liked? and besides there is Martin, in body a man but really little Martin never-grown-up. Then begins the game of "Spies." Martin, the child, sees them, their petty annoyances, troubles of the spirit and of the flesh brought on by the loss of childhood's simplicity, and his meeting them with that simplicity puts them...
...GALLERY OF CHILDREN???A. A. Milne?McKay ($3.50). The author of When We Were Very Young (TIME, Jan. 19) recaptures hearts with these diverting stories for children. The book is one of those big, square, thin books, meant to be read while lying on your tummy, on the floor, in the flicker of firelight. Exquisite pictures, in color, by H. Willebeek Le Maire perfect its charm. There are twelve tales. You like each one best, as you read it, and re-reading them repeats the experience?either backward or forward. Typical verse...