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...Writers' Project (WPA) gathered 25 well-chawed, well-whittled anecdotes from the Great Smokies to the levees in God Bless the Devil-(University of North Carolina Press; $2). Their themes are lady-killing fiddlers, horse races, knife duels, preachers, hunting dogs, log-cabin adultery, possums, milk snakes, the witch of Red River who chased brave Andy Jackson back to Nashville...
Maestro Stokowski brought home 300 records which he made of South American music, among them some tunes played by Indian witch doctors. At Stokowski's request, 150 Indians were taken to Rio de Janeiro by busses, from which they emerged mother-naked. Ensued a lively discussion about whether their instruments were clothing enough. The answer was no. So Youth Orchestra members rustled up some garments...
...very comprehensible poem, all of which may be due to the "New Yorker" influence. William Abrahams lacks it. His "Laughing Sonatinc" has a superb feel for rhythm, and I really like it without trying to pin it down to actual meaning. But how can one reconcile "The daft witch tittered a tattered prophecy" with a poem about Marguerite Lewis? I don't know her, but certainly should like to now. I. A. Richards has a career cut out for him at the Advocate House...
Also on the program is a soothing little job called "Maryland." It's all very horsy, very colorful, and there's Brenda Joyce in a sweater and Fay Bainter being a witch about the whole thing. A pleasant oil to pour over the ruffled waters whipped up by the first feature...
Seabrook's theory: witchcraft (black magic) is potent, can kill by autosuggestion, just as psychotherapy (white magic) can rid folk of fancy-induced but very real ills. Corollaries: 1) the witch's victim must fear, perhaps unconsciously, the power of magic; 2) witchcraft can affect only human beings...