The COMMONWEAL
,. . ., ,, . , . ,. vot.uum xxxv November 28, 1941 ~UMSmt 6 | . i | | THE WEEK 131 THE BONFIRES Albert Eisele 133 MANY ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE...
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The Bonfires
By Albert Eisele O LD HANK was sitting in a poolroom when a farmer opened the door, thrust in his head and said, "Anybody here want to husk corn ?" "Here I" cried Old Hank, and...
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November 28, I94I THE COMMONWEAL x35 last of the corn. The short December days passed swiftly, and at last the men came to the eve of that long-looked-for day of triumph. Only two loads of corn...
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French Army in Africa
Its makeup, officers, men, tradition, history. By J. Paar-~rera E ARLY in 1914--a few months before the outbreak of the World War---I became a lieutenant ~ itat...
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from private concerns and shipped to southern Morocco. But, thoughtlessly, it was distributed unmilled in sacks to the ravenous Mauritanians, who were unaccustomed to the food and didn't know how to...
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I42 T H E C O M ine that the repentance necessary for forgiveness means some easy pardoning and letting off of suf- fering. If it could be brought home to anyone responsible for deluging God's...
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November 28, z941 THE COMMONWEAL x43 Communications THE WAR Scranton, Pa. T O the Editors" One ancient and important truism war hysteria always tends to sweep out is" There are two sides to...
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x44 THE COMMONWEAL November z8, t94I ill i i !
The Stage 8j' Screen i "11 '11 Macbeth NCE AGAIN we are in Maurice Evans's debt for o his presentation of a Shakespearean tragedy, and...
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x44 THE COMMONWEAL November z8, t94I ill i i !
The Stage 8j' Screen i "11 '11 Macbeth NCE AGAIN we are in Maurice Evans's debt for o his presentation of a Shakespearean tragedy, and...
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x46 THE COMMONWEAL November 28, z94x Books of Week Three Novels All That Glitters. Frances Parkinson Keyes. Messner. $2.75. T HE FRAM_EW, ORK of this long and readable novd is...
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I48 THE COMMONWEAL November 28, x941 Other than this, we have a good book to hand to our policy formers. If nothing more, these photographs give us the fruits of human ignorance and...
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