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Evening star., 1943-12-12
By Florence s. Berrvman,

Enameling is an ancient art
practiced by the Egyptians and
Assyrians, and it has been revived
and improved in many later civili-
cations. Yet to the average person
it is probably one of the least
familiar arts.
This fact adds interest to the
Corcoran Gallery's latest Offering
a special exhibition through Janu-
ary 2 of enamels by Ruth Raemisch
Her husband, Waldemar Raemisch,
sculptor on the faculty of the
Berlin Academy of Art, was invited
before the war to become instruc-
tor of sculpture at the Rhode Island
School of Design in Providence. He
accepted, and with his wife, came
to the United States in the spring
of 80.
Ruth Raemisch's enamels are
modern In conception and handling,
but are executed in a technique
adapted from Byzantine and me-
diaeval enamel techniques which
she learned at the State School of
Arts and Crafts in Berlin, from
Professor Bastannier, of French
Huguenot descent and one of the
foremost enamelers of his time.
Paradoxically, the contemporary
idiom in which her paintings are
done, two-dimensional to a large ex-
tent, makes them appear more in the
tradition of Byzantine and other
early enamels than would be the case
If she handled her subjects in what
we regard as a conservative tech
nique. The outstanding feature of
her work Is its rich and beautiful
color, including most frequently
blues ranging from turquoise to CO.
bait, greens from acid yellow to en-
erald, purple and plum. In addition
to these (the oldest enamel colors to
judge by Egyptian enamels) Mrs.
Raemisch has also a warm red Gas
IN the fruit of "Harvest') and true
yellow Gin Newport Harbor," for in
stance) and other mellow tints.
Any one who acquaints himself
with the complexities of fusing the
glass enamel substance upon metal
usually gold, silver or copper and
hence derives some idea of the pa
tlen!ce and expertness necessary, will
appreciate more readily the achieve
ments Of Mrs. Raemisch. There is
much variety in her work. Out
standing are Queen Esther in
which the two heads have the archaic
simplicity of early stained glass, the
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Snoot If You Must
BY Lucius Beebe. (Appleton.
Centuru.)

By Lucius Beebe. (Appleton-
Century,
Any one familiar with Lucius
Beebes newspaper and magazine
work will know what to expect from
this volume. Indeed, a good part of
the contents has already been pub
llshed in those media. 1t is a COL
lection of what the publisher is
pleased to call "vignettes" about big
time performers in various big-time
walks of American life, all done
with an irony which seems to have
descended to the author from
George Jean Nathan, but which
ne nonetheless handles very neatly.
The Nations night clubs, theaters,
hotels, resorts and certain of its
dubious (but, of course, famous)
characters make up Mr.. Beebe's ma
terial, taste for the scandalously
and sensationally amusing makes
the approach and the rest is Mr..
Beebe himself. The formula should
be sure-fire for the beSt-seller list.
Devotees take notice.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Exhibition Sponsored BY
National Ge0qrabhic Society

The National Geographic Society
has issued invitations to its men,
bers to the opening tomorrow after
noon, December 13, in Explorers
Hall, of an exhibition consisting of
groups of paintings by Thornton
Oakley and 1t. william F. Draper
U. S. N. r., both having to do
with war activities, and a group of
paintings OF dogs by Walter Weber
all of which have been recently re-
produced in full color in the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine.
The paintings by Thornton Oak
ley illustrate wartime transporta-
ton; are large, strong and colorful
To do them the artist travelled by
automobile across the continent and
back. They took months to do, and
now bear forceful witness to the
tstupendous achievement along these
lines without which the war would
have been already lost. Mr.. Oakley
| is president of the Philadelphia
Water Color Club, we'll known as
illustrator and mural painter.
1t. Draper's group, also consist
ing of 16 paintings, made for the
Navy, under commission of the art
section of the ONCE of Public Re-
lations, Navy Department, and
shows, impressively, naval activities
In Alaskan and Aleutian waters
1t. Draper is carrying on at pres
ent in the South Pacific. Before
joining the Navy he had attained
enviable standing as an artist.
Walter Weber's water colors of
dogs are widely known and popular
Those on view were reproduced in
the November number of the Geo.
graphic Magazine.
The exhibition will continue
through December 80 and will be
open to the public after tomorrow
Evening star., 1943-12-12
A Ship to Remember
By Alexander r. Griffin. (Ho,p
ell, Soskin.J

By Alexander r. Griffin. (Ho,p-
ell, Soskin.J
This is another heart-lifting
heart-breaking war book-the story
of the airplane carrier Hornet, a
ship with a fighting spirit. She was
in most of the active war in the
Paciflc-372 days of it-and in the
final fight, off the Santa Cruz Is
lands, when overwhelming Japa-
nese forces got her. she knocked SO
enemy planes out of the air before
she had to be abandoned.
Her story, heroic and ennobling
takes in the exploits of the famous
torpedo 8" group, the battle of
Midway, the death of the Wasp and
much more. 1t also includes MANY
OF those acts of sheer hell-bendinp
courage which become familiar tc
readers Of our Nays annals-as. TO,
instance, the act of Ensign Cresto
who dived his plane at a torpedo
speeding toward the carrier and
When only a few feet above water
blew the missile to bits with a
depth charge, though his plane
hardly survived the conclusion.
1t Is big, bold, fighting tale. and
lew Will be the armchair readers
who can go through it and stav
planted. The reviewer commends ii
without reservation,
Evening star., 1943-12-12
What Democracy
Means to Peoples
OF the Far East
Mother America


By Carlos P. Romulo. Double
day, Doran.)
Col. Romulo champions the
cause OF all the Far Eastern peo-
Piles long under the sway Of West
ern imperialism. In his best-sell-
ing book, Il Saw the Fall OF the
Philippines" he portrayed Filipino
vindication OF Americas altruistic
policy toward a subject people. He
now advocates that a similar policy
be extended to all the peoples who
temporarily will be returned to
European powers after the war.
The Filipino author presents a
clear and forceful exposition of
what the Filipinos' neighbors, In
donesians. Malayans, Burmese,
1ndo-Chinese and Indians, are
fighting fora chance to share the
democracy and freedom which the
United Nations have been so ar
ticulate about since the promul-
CATION Of the Atlantic Charter. The
Filipinos had had democracy and
freedom under Mother America,
and no people has shown more
eagerness to fight for democracy
and freedom than the Filipinos.
Col. Romulo pleads that the
other peoples of the Far East be
given the opportunity that the Fill
pinos enjoyed as soon as they are
freed from japanese domination.
He believes that the old-fashioned
Western imperialism would be an
unwelcomed and poor substitute for
even Nipponese imperialism, much
more so for the concessions astutely
granted by Toxic.
He makes it crystal clear that the
somewhat benevolent policy OF
keeping the natives stomachs full
and their heads empty will not be
sufficient. Economic advantages
alone will not satisfy the wants
and needs of the Far Fasteners.
The paramount issue is the preser-
walton land vindication of the idea
that sanctity of the human soul,
white or nonwhite. must be kept
inviolable. JAMES G. W1NGO.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Best Sellers
FICTION.


So Little Time, by John p.
Marquand.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn,
by Betty Smith.
The Valley q Decision, by
Marcia Davenport.
The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
Thunderhead, d, by Mary
O'Hara.
NONFICTION.
Under Cover. by John Roy
Carlson.
Here Is Your War, by Ernie
Pyle.
Paris Underground, by Eta
Shiber.
c/o Postmaster, by Corpl.
Thomas r. st. George.
Burma Surgeon, by Gordon
s. Seagrave.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

quAoC 1dtc4y. AIlcyy dllu plCGOTldl
works by other artists Gncluding
the etchings by then completed by
Mr.. Arms, will be exhibited under
Navy Department sponsorship in the
Corcoran Gallery the last of Janu-
ary.
Prints by a Wyomine
Print Maker
The little exhibitions of prints set
forth monthly during the season II,
the Smithsonian Building, the Mall
and Jefferson drive, between Ninth
and Twelfth streets, have in recent
years, under the direction of Ruel
p. Tolman, curator, division OF
graphic arts, become a recognized
feature of Washington's art pro-
gram. These, as a rule, are one
man shows, and specially invited
with the purpose of broadening the
knowledge of activities in this par
ticular field.
The artist whose work Is on view
this month is Hans Kleioer of Day
ton Wyoming. who, though self
taught, has attained to very envi-
able reputation. An Austrian by
parentage, he was brought to this
country as a boy of 13, in 1900.
1t was not until the 1920s that he
took up etching. and his first ex-
hibition was held at Goodspeed's, in
Boston, in 1929 Meanwhile, he had
been working for the Forest Serv-
ice in our great Northwest, which
explains his home in Wyoming, and
his choice of Western subjects when
he turned to etching.
The AZ prints which comprise his
current exhibition are diverse both
in subject matter and treatment;
some are of the great plains COW
cred with snow, others of snow
capped mountains; many are OF
birds-chicadees, wrens, cedar wax
wings, yellowlegs and others: there
is group of wild fowls in flight
such as Geese Crossing Wyoming
and others; not few are of animals
Cow and Calf, Range Horses
and Virginia Deer" the last done
in the South where swamps and
forests give protection to such wild
life. As to- treatment. he, seems to
handle with equal skill pure etch-
ing, dry point and aquatint. some
times In a single plate combining
two of the three.
What patience these print makers
have, dealing with these difficult
and exacting media, and to what
remarkable success many such as
Mr.. Kleiber attain! It is to the
graphic arts that we turn today for
assurance that the light of art,
seemingly grown so dim, will not
fade out completely, even while the
shadows of war lie heavily upon us
and those Of other nations.
For the past 10 or more years,
Mr.. Kleiber has exhibited with the
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Rare Eman7els on Exhibition
1t C0rc0ram Gallery OF Art

effect being heightened by their
heavy black outlines; college
Girls" against a background OF
Manhattan skyscrapers, the whole
done in several lovely blues, and
"Springtime," comprising a group of
girls in park.
John Gernand Exhibition
At Whyfe Gallery
The world which John Gernand
reflects in his canvases is a quiet,
poetic, contemplative place, of soft
grayed colors and a misty atmo-
sphere. His latest interpretations
compose the Whyte Gallery's De-
cember exhibition. They are paint
ed in the manner which has been
his own since the beginning of his
career.
He continues to be at his best
in still life, and shows several such
subjects: April Flowers" in a
pewter tankard, "Peony Blossoms, I"
and Seaside Still Life" composed
of flowers. driftwood, shells, etc
One of his larger paintings, Sand
and Ocean," with its golden tonal-
ity, Afternoon Play" of boys CATCH
ing ball in a park, and Girl With
Field Flowers" leave an agreeable
impression.
He has made excursions into
mythology in 'his new paintings
"The Fall of Icarus," whose figure
plunges headlong into formless
world, and The Voyage of Bacchus,
in which two ancient ships are the
only definite shapes in a vague
setting.
FBI Artist
At Phyllis Wheafley YWCA
William Samuel Noisette had a
one-man exhibition of landscape
paintings at the Phyllis Wheatley
|YWCA year ago. In the past -
months he has painted with such in
dustry as to be able to hold another
solo show at the same place. Minia-
ture landscapes are feature of the
new collection. Unfortunately, it
opened too late for review this
Sunday, and it closes next Thursday.
Visitors are welcome from 8 to 10
pm. for the remaining three
evenings.
Mr.. Noisette has been employed
at the Federal Bureau of Investi-
CATION for Is years, and for about
10 OF them, he has been special mes
senger to J. Edgar Hoover. In view
OF this full-time employment, Mr..
Noisette's success in painting enough
work for an annual one-man show
is no mean achievement.
He has an eye and q memory for
beauty, and a particular fondness
for skies and cloud effects, which he
paints with marked verisimilitude.
He comes from North Carolina, and
the charms of that State are the
theme OF many Of his Landscapes.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Music on My Beat
By Harold Taubman.
O.

e. Schuster.)
This Is a collection Of anecdotes
mostly amusing, about the foibles
and peculiarities of the great mu-
sicians whom Harold Taubman, New
York Times music critic, has met
IN his professional life. How
Toscannini breaks batons, how
Stokowski diets, how Ponselle and
Martinelli quarreled about the tenn
perature of the theater, what
Stravinsky said to GershWin when
Evening star., 1943-12-12


Century Fund.-
In his usual manner Of slapping
the reader on the back and making
him freely welcome in his own home
the ebullient Stuart Chase here puts
out the forecast that the American
people are headed for a great big
spell OF prosperity. come peace, with
the Government depriving the citi-
zenry of its traditional independence
and doing it out security instead
Won't we all be happy, beams Mr..
Chase, gloating over the enchanting
picture, and isn't it worth fighting
for? The reviewer would say
well, no.
What Mr.. Chase outlines is a
period of compensatory economy. "
In this rosy future every one will
spend as much as he earns, so that
the dollar circuit will be kept NOV
ing, and no money will go into
bank accounts, there to contribute
to depressions-for, of course, de-
pressions come about as the result
OF every one having too much cash
(Remember?) If every one does not
spend all he earns, then the Gov
ernment can make "levies." The
public debt will stick at around
300 billions and there will be enor-
nous taxes for all, except, as Mr..
Chase says with great business, for
those who have nothing. This. OF
course. will clinch the radiant times
Can you bear to wait?
Evening star., 1943-12-12
Current Books
n. M~.. 1.<. .
Tsehoikowsky
By Herbert Weinstock.
/KnOnf
By Marv-C Cayfer Roberts.

Despite the fact that this Is the
first full-length English biography
Of Tschaikowsky and that its author
has drawn on hitherto unpublished
sources for his material, the work
does not materially alter the char
acter which the great Russian has
acquired in the public mind. It pre-
sents much information which has
not been generally available. but it
Is conf1rmatory, not contradictory
Of the popular Tschaikowsky legend.
That does not mean that the work
is not valuable and that it is not
an important addition to biograph-
ical annals.
The method which Mr.. Wein-
stock follows is, as near as is possible
the day-by-day one. He has drawn
on a great volume Of letters, jour-
nails and other contemporary doc
uments which have made this pos
sible. So the volume follows Tschai-
kowsky's through his life, reporting
his moves and the work he had in
progress in chronological order.
There Is very little editorializing,
very little attempt to make "por-
trait" in the interpretative bio
graphical style. Instead, Mr.. Vein
stock has put down the facts. Out
OF them appears the only possible
portrait" of a man whose name
Is synonymous with creative labor
In music-that of worker in his
chosen art to whom all other phe-
nomena OF life were mere inciden-
tails. The work of the author, that
Is to say, has gone to establish his
subjects fame and not his own.
One commends the method heartily.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
| leading print societies and in 1881
he was awarded a silver medal by
the California Print Makers for his
dry point, Leaving the High Coun-
try" which is included in the pres
ent exhibition.
Marguerite Knmm Wins
Mnch-Covefed Prise

: The Henry B. Shope Prize given
by the Society Of American Etchers
to the best etching shown in It's
annual exhibition was awarded this
year to Marguerite Kumm of vi
emma, Va, for print entitled "Har-
vest. 1943," three of New York's
leading architects making up the
jury Of award.
Miss Kumm has exhibited here
for some years with local societies
showing in her work, from the first
exceptional ability. She received
her instruction in the Corcoran
School of Art, joining class in
etching which was organized there
in 1888. Earlier in the present year
one of her prints was purchased
from the Pennell fund for the Lii
brary of Congress, exhibited with
other prize purchases under the
auspices of the Division of Fine Arts,
and later sent out on circuit with a
group selected by the American Fed
Grafton of Arts.
Evening star., 1943-12-12
The Art World
John Taylor Arms Etchings for the Navy
Print Exhibitions at the Smithsonian

quite lately. They, and pictorial
works by other artists dncluding
the etchings by then completed by
Mr.. Arms. will be exhibited under
Navy Department sponsorship in the
Corcoran Gallery the last of Janu-
ary.
Evening star., 1943-12-12

George wanted composition lessons
and SO on. That is the main part
OF the work. There are also some
remarks about changing musical
fashions, the place Of the radio and
the movie in the musical world
and the other fairly obvious current
musical topics. But people will read
the volume for its amiable gossip.
They will not be wrong in doing so,
either.
Where's the Money Coming
From?
By Stuart Chase. (TUentieth
Century Fund.-
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-06

The convoy in. weatherbeaten transports and grim
looking American desoyers anchored off the shores Of
Guadalcana.
Men and materials being brought ashore in bages
manned by u S Coast Guardsmen One barge which the
Guardsmen handled with very special care loaded with
badly needed instruments.
was aboufo feet shore when flock often Japzeros
roared of the with guns blazing and bombs crashing
miss Jagged hole in the starboard side Of the
precious barge, just at the water line
Leapng into up their necks the crew of Coast
Guards quickly tilted the barge the hole clear and
pushed it up into shallow
Dahing ashore oblvious bullets and bombs they
work Palm feled and their trunks used form
skdway. trench dug between the logs down TO the
waters edge.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-06

N hibme 10 oay gallant U. S.
CoaJt Guard, baJed ApOn an
actual incident during AmsT.
eaF oberafiOnI at Gaaaaltanak.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-06

end of one of the eeps that blazing away
the Jap zeros from the shore.
Then thrilling demonstration of the amazing pulling
Poper of the Jeep
With its "Go-Devil" Engine roaring and its four power
wheels digging into the sand like giant claws
that migby Jeep from WHY'S Overland steadily and surely
hauled the barge and its cargo Of instruments up of the
water to the skdway oflogs and thence the beach
And all the while the Jap planes literally sprayed the
with screaming bombs and suafers whsting bullets.
The pulling boner Of the Wys-built Jeep we'll known and
widely used every fighting front and in every American
training camp in the world 1t does jobs you'd expect only
from heavy duty truck
Speed eeOnomy, agility and durability other qualities of
the Wlysbut JeeP that aiding fighting and
Allies on every front.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-06

No other mechanical unit
many yAmyin theworld CON-
bines them. Willys- Overland
Motors, Inc.
Detroit evening times., 1943-06-06

Block, tackle and Pulleys
were then hitched TO a
stump on shore, to the Prov
of the barge and to the rear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Dismissed Workers Suit
Held Under Amusement

District Court Justice Daniel w.
ODonoghue today took under ad-
visement arguments heard in a suit
challenging the right of the Govern
ment 70 dismiss an employe on the
basis of low efficiency ratings with
out allowing the dismissed worker a
hearing.
The complaint was filed by STAN
ley H. Borack, dismissed New York
City Bureau of immigration and
Naturalization examiner, who is
asking reinstatement and back pay.
Mr.. Borack alleges his low rating
was determined by officials who were
biased against him and was &C
cepted by his superiors without a
hearing.
He challenges the legality of a
Government order which extended
the probationary period of his posi-
ton from six months to one year,
on the grounds that the amendment
to the regulations was not published
in the Federal Register as required
by law.
The Government argued that, as
a probationary employe, Mr. Borack
was subject to dismissal without a
hearing. Defendant in the suit is
Attorney General Francis Biddle,
who is represented by Jerome C.
Strumpf, Justice Department attor-
ney, and Assistant United States At
torney Bernard Long.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Randolph 10 Head
Wage Group
Subcommittee to Draft
Bill for U. S. Workers

Chairman Ramspeck of the House
Civil Service Committee today an
nounced the appointment of a sub
committee, headed by Representa-
tive Randolph of West Virginia, to
handle legislation which must be
made effective by May l on wages
and salaries Of Federal employees.
Mr.. Ramspeck said:
THE members of this subcommit-
tee were on the Civil Service Com
mittee last year. They are familiar
with this problem. They will, I am
sure, do good job in considering
this important matter
The other members of this sub
committee are Representatives Nc
MILAN (South Carolina. Jackson
Washington and Manasco ala
bama), Democrats, and Reese Exam
sas), Kilburn New York; and Gale
(Minnesota, Republicans.
In the closing days of the last
Congress, Senate joint resolution
was passed as result of which all
Federal employees, with few eXcep-
tons. were placed on 48-hour week
with pay for the eight hours of over
time. The provisions of the resolu-
ton expire April 80, 1913. Congress
must now consider new legislation
which will become effective by
May /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-16
Home Gamers Will Get
Sugar, Senator Says
BY the Associated Press.


Home Gamers will be given "rea-
Sonable amounts" Of sugar this year
and a program for dealing out the
rations will be announced early
enough so that Gamers and grow
ers can lay their plans.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton has assured Senator Mcclellan,
Democrat, of Arkansas of this, he
said today.
Last year much food was lest
and wasted" Senator Mcclellan de-
clared, because sugar was not made
available or because no program
with respect to it was announced in
time SO that the people were fully
advised and knew how to acquire
sugar for that purpose"
Because of last year, he said, many
officials, associations and individuals
have been asking him about plans
for the coming season.
Details of plan to make proper
provisions" for rationing sugar for
canning and processing now are
being worked out, the OPA told the
Senator, and will be announced
within a few weeks"