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Evening star., 1943-07-25

A colorful picture with players
in service uniforms was presented
at the Cairo last Monday night
when the newly formed Officers
Club inaugurated its first duplicate
bridge game. Those participating
were officers of the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps, both men and women,
and their invited guests First prize
was won by Vic Zeve, the manager
of the club, and his partner, Henry
Stearman. There was a close con-
test for second place between 1t.
R. R. Porter and 1t. D. T. Perkins
and Maj and Mrs. R. c. Davis.
The former, only one board behind
the winners. were one-half a point
above Mr.. and Mrs. Davis. William
Cheeks acted as director and score
keeper The club intends to play
every Monday night throughout the
summer.
The Cumberland Valley tourna-
ment which has heretofore been
played at Frederick, Md, has been
transferred to Washington and will
be held September "a, Is and 26 at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
1t will be under the management
of William Cheeks and Capt. Rus
sell J. Baldwin will act as director.
Death invaded the Washington
bridge circle last week and removed
two of itc r,oct r,ror,,ipapt ,,1oyerc
w. Reginald Lewis, the dean of all
local devotees of the game, was
found dead in his bed on Thursday
morning when maid went to his
room to summon him to breakfast.
Mr. Lewis had been a bridge player
in Washington for almost SO years,
beginning as schoolboy when the
game was old-fashioned whist. AS
he grew to manhood there developed
social element in the city which
devoted itself largely to the game,
holding meetings at regular inter-
walls at the home of members.
Mr.. Lewis soon became an expert
and was recognized for his skill SO
that he received challenges from
players in other cities.
He played in every local and
many regional and national tourna-
ments and his home on Van Ness
street is stocked with prizes and
trophies that he won. His last
marked success was in winning the
big June pair game of the Wash
ington Bridge League less than a
month ago at the Hotel Shoreham.
Mrs. Louise c. Chase, the wife of
Grant F. Chase, died on Thursday
after an illness of two weeks. She
was a regular player in the bridge
game at the Capital City Chess Club
where her husband is a member.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Timely Books on Ireland
BY Edith Ray Saul.
Petworth Branch, Public Library,

ONeill," by Sean OFaolain, is a re-
eValuation of the career of that
great Ulster chieftain. Hugh ONeill
Two moving studies of the 18th
century, the bad century" fer Ire
land, have been put into popular
form. Liam OFlaherty's novel.
Famine y depicts the degrading suf-
ferings of the people under economic
exploitation. and OFaolains King
of the Beggars" is a life of Daniel
O'Conneu who won Catholic eman-
clpatlon for his countrymen and
whose work gave promise of hap
pier day.
The new, authorized life Of Yeats
by Joseph Hone throws light on
movements which were the logical
forerunnerS Of The Easter week re-
belllon. In "Army Without Ban
ners'' Ernie OMaIley, who was him.
sell volunteer, writes with poetic
insight description of his adven-
lures fighting. This book. together
with Death in Dublin" Frank
OConneH's sober lite of Michael Col
Inns, shows how Irish revolutionists
maintained an underground civil
administration.
The course pursued by Fire in the
present war is puzzling and disap-
pointing to most Americans. A spe-
clal supplement of The Nation for
January 81, 1912. contains articles
by writer's sympathetic to Eire's
dilemma, many of whom were active
IN her behalf in the dark DAYS of
l9l6-1921.
Only time Will tell what future
forces will shape the policies of
EIre's government, but the average
American can gain insight into the
problems involved through reading
some of these books, most of which
can be found in the Public Ii
brary. Eighth and K streets NV,
and its branches
Evening star., 1943-07-25

the enthusiasm with which he threw
himself into experimentation while
looking for something even better
than his best-which, by the way,
he was not slow in appreciating
"A beautiful thing" he was known
to say of one of his own works, not
seen for some time-WhiCh. after all.
may have been astonished modesty
rather than vanity, as it would seem.
Painted While III
"L'Andalouse" was painted about
80 years after The White Girl"
1t is a portrait of Whistler's sister
in-law, Mrs Charles whitley, who
before her marriage was Ethel Bir-
ME Philip. After Mrs. Whistlers
death in 1896 the artist went to live
with her mother and sisters by
whom he was shown the utmost
kindness, they nursing him tenderly
during his final long illness.
1t was during this period that this
portrait was painted, together with
a number of others of persons whom
he knew MISUNDERSTANDING Incl
dentally, full-length of himself
first in white jacket and then in
long black overcoat. L'Andalouse'
had its inception in 1894, but was
not completed until several years
later. 1t combines the subtleties of
tone and color values, nicely ad-
justed, and certain spiritual quail
ity, derived from personality, as a
rule not found in earlier works. The
White Girl is. for example not. as
portrayed, a forceful, much less
dominant personality-which she
certainly must have been-but
rather as one serving an end in
wearing certain gown and eff
fectively dressing her hair. and
taking a prescribed pose, all to
further the artists symphonic COM
position. Mrs. whitley, on the other
hand, is definitely personality,
active in mind and body, some one
to know as we'll as to see.
In announcing the gift of this
Evening star., 1943-07-25
In Local Bridge Circles -.
BY Frank B. Lord.

The Lynchburg open-pair cham
pionship of 1943 was played last
week and resulted in victory for
W. C. Elicit of Roanoke and R. B.
Smith of Lynchburg. James G.
Stone and John Darsev of Wash
ington were runners-up. BY ar
rangement with the American Con-
tract Bridge League the match was
in combination with an "On to New
York" special master point game,
with a provision that the net pro-
ceeds 60 to the two players finish
ing nearest to the top and who
attend the summer session of the
national championships to be held
the first week in New York City.
Under this plan the money will be
given to Mr.. Elicit and Mr.. Smith
in case they go to the New York
meet or to Mr.. Stone and Mr.. Dar-
sey if they fail to do so.
The winners we're also awarded 4
master points and the second pair
2 master points, with l convertible
and so rating points going to the
third and fourth pairs, respectively.
Last year the trophy which the con-
test carries was won by Louis New
man and Mrs. Ruth KaVanaugh of
Washington, neither of whom was
present at the event last week.
Other Washingtonians aattendlng
the Lynchburg meet were DR.. w. H.
Gorton and Sergt. Dingle.
A formidable delegation from the
Capital will take part in the sum-
mer tournament in New York. 1t
will include among others Mr.. and
Mrs. James H. Lemon. Dr. and
Mrs. A. j. Steinberg, Mrs. w. S.
Athey, Mrs. Catherine Cotter, Mrs.
R. H. Skinner, Capt. Russell j.,
Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin, DR.. w.
H. Gorton, DR.. N. j. McHugh, Mrs.
Dora Schwartz, Mrs. Violet thinner,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cheeks and
Mrs. Henry Wolfe. A strong team
is engaging in practice in an effort
to capture the miXed-pair cham
pionship, which is for the Shepard
Barclay Trophy. Those who have
been designated to represent Wash
ington in this event are DR.. and Mrs.
A, j. Stelnberg and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cheeks.
Mrs. Dora Schwartz will sponsor
a Red Cross benefit game at Mrs.
D. E. Stephan's studio, 1855 Euclid
street, on Monday evening, July 26,
under the auspices of the Woman's
Auxiliary of the Washington Bridge
League. The entire proceeds will be
donated to the Red Cross toward the
purchase of an auto ambulance.
Man and woman players, regardless
OF membership in the auxiliary, will
be eligible to play.
Evening star., 1943-07-25

pseudo-Great Man in a series of
bizarre experiences. Among these
are his befuddled efforts to WOO a
pretty girl who turns out to be the
sweetheart of a notorious gangster,
his blundering involvement in kid
naping. and his accidental contacts
with murderous crew Of black mar
ket tire thieves and an outfit of
statesmen for an abandoned gold
mine.
The story-ideal for light summer
comedy relief-is as infectiously
funny and delightfully."- told as any
thing Mr.. Kelland ever has written.
GLADYS WOOD DANIEL.
Evening star., 1943-07-25

Among the few neutral nations
in the world today Ireland is prob
ably of the greatest interest to
most Americans, not only because
thousands of our soldiers are en-
camped on her northern shores. but
also because of the strong blood
ties felt by many American citizens
for this isle of scholars, saints and
rebels
Two well-illustrated descriptions
Of the land itself are found in
Michael Floyds Face of Ireland"
and Thomas Mason's Islands of
Ireland Il Follow ST. Patrick" by
Oliver st. John Gogarty. is a geo.
graphic history describing places
visited by the saint in ancient Ulster
and Connaught and conveying an
intimate feeling for Irish rivers, har-
bors and hills.
Sean OFaolain in "An Irish Jour-
ney'' produces a gossipy, informal
travel book giving his personal i'm
presSonS of both Fire and the Six
Counties.
The myriad facets of Irish life are
Illuminated in hundreds of books.
Maura Laverty's autobiograp phical
novel, "Never No More" portrays
rural life and good cooking with a
robust cheerfulness. Kate OBrien,
probably the most talented of cur
rent Irish novelists, writes of we'll
to-do merchant families Pray for
the Wanderer" points up conflict
ing PHILOSOPHERS under the present
regime in Fire. The Last of Sum-
mer" shows the distress of mind
caused by the impact of war. Call
My Brother Back" by Michael Law
erty. is a warm, sad tale of rural
family settled in Belfast.
A guide to Ireland and to her
critics may be found in some of the
splendid historical work which her
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Archibald the Great
By Clarence Burlington Kel-
land. (HdrDer.

By Clarence Burlington Kel-
land. (Harper)
1t would be interesting to observe
what might happen if Napoleon
Bonaparte should return to life and
become affiliated with Hollywood.
In his archibald the Great" Clar-
ence Burlington Kelland does not
exactly answer this question, but he
gets into the fringes of it with his
uproariously funny story of one
Archibald Cloyd, who, because he
happens to look like Napoleon, be-
comes imbued with the idea that
he is a reincarnatio of the Little
Corporal. He wears lock of hair
down the middle of his forehead,
strikes a dramatic pose-right hand
on chest-and the author assures
us that, with his austere five-feet-
four, he can strut standing still
But there are some who take him
seriously. He writes books about
Napoleon, lectures before womens
clubs and finally is engaged as tech
nical director in the filming of
Hollywood picture on Napoleons
private life. Archibald engages as
his secretary-c chauffeur smart
wise cracking. resourceful young
man named Wilson Page whose gift
of CAB and nimble wit rescues the
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Guide to Art

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART,
W-PalntlngS and sculptures by
great masters as represented in the
MeIlon, kreSS and Widener collections,
Ghester tjirs sro;In Pale collection Of 10Th cen;
CRAVINGS by 10Th century French
artists loaned by French museums
me Wldener collection of decorative
ar,S' atai;o ohlnese porcelains; eel amics and
century furniture; paintings loaned
by Belsian government. Weekdays, 10
am. to ) pm; Sunday, to 10 pm
by Life.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. Natural His
tory Building, Constitution avenue at
Tenth. street N.W-National collec-
Iion OF flne artS--paintingS, sculpture.
ete,, Evans, Gellatly, johnson and
olner collections. Special exhibitions.
Arts and Industries Building, Ma
tionai raIn, Musegm, Division ci, Photog-
raphy, rapt sundays and weekdays lex
sept Mondays. Q am. to 80 pm:
Mondays, 80 to 4:30 pm.
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART.
Seventeenth S,,e street and New York ave
artists, also by 10th century foreign
artists. casts from antique: Barye
hronzes. works of contemporary sculp-
ture. Clark collection, old masters
pdIIllHsSs luSS' ldCtS'
scerames, etc. Exhibition of cartoons
by Clifford X. Bergman, to July 81.
SMITHSONIAN ms STITU TON.
main building, south side of Mall at
Tenth street N.W.-Division Of
Graphic Arts, u S. National Museum.
Collection of prints and Illustrations
of technical processes. Exhibition of
contemporary prints from perma-
nent collection, through July.
FREER GALLERY. south side of
Mall at Twelfth street NW-Orien-
tai art; paintings and prints by j. A.
McNeill whistler also other American
artists. Daily except Mondays. 8
am. to 4: 80 pm.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, First
street between East Capitol and 3
streets SE.-Division of Fine Arts.
Exhibition Of prints, American illus
trations, architectural photographs.
Jefferson Bicentennial exhibitions.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY,
1901 Twenty-first street NV
Paintings of contemporary artists,
chiefly OF French and American
schools; also prints. weekdays, IL
a m to 6 pm; Sundays. 3 to Z pm.
PAINTINGS by Julio de Diego: drawings
by Augustus John, to July IS.
wHYTE GALLERY. 1920 connecti-
cut ave un NW.-"Faces From An
other World" by Julia Eckel.
PUBLIC LIBRARY. Eighth and X
streets N.W.-Photosraphs Of naval
Board throush July.
Evening star., 1943-07-25

pianist by the time he is 20. At
the height of his glory, the boy
meets with an accident which Grip
pies his hand. His playing days
are over. He does not despair, but
turns his genius toward conduct
ing All the steps of his career and
personal development are related
with deadliest gravity and much
detail, but, with the best will in
the world, the reader will not be
able to find anything in the book
beyond the events, and none of the
characters stand for anything ex-
cept themselves. The solemnity, the
portentousness, therefore, seem to
be out of place.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
The Senator'S Last Niqht
By Francis Hackett. double
601L D0rn1l

By Francis Hackett. Double
day, DOrdn)
Novels of Washington in wartime
are certain of a public-beyond that
consideration, there seems to be no
reason whatsoever for the writing
OF this book. 1t is the story of an
lrate old gentleman who walks home
from work one evening, plays host
to dinner party in a quarrelsome
manner, disinherits a legitimate
son, condemns an illegitimate one
to lnternment, has an attack of
Sciatica and is unostentatiously
murdered by housemaid who does
not like him.
The old gentleman is a Senator
Gsolationist, and it may be that
Mr.. Hackett has had some profound
significance in mind in making him
die so unpleasantly. But the re-
viewer missed it. What did i'm
press her was the magnificent
courage of Mr.. Hackett's assault on
the native American idiom. He has
evidently made up his mind to
write slang or die. Somebody seems
to have told him, too. what slang is
He writes as if he had a definition
well fixed in his mind.
Evening star., 1943-07-25

painting the National Gallery of Art
has quoted from a letter written by
Whistler in defense of the quiet
coloring that he used for this and
other portraits, as follows: Gould
the people be induced to turn their
eyes for a moment upon
their fellow-creatures as they pass
in the gallery they might be made
dlmly to perceive how little
they resemble the impudent images
on the walls-how quiet in color
they are-how grey-how low in
tone" Whether this is true today
as when written is a matter of con-
lecture only, but certainly in the
subdued colors that he has portrayed
his sister -in-law Whistler has fully
demonstrated the charm of such
arrangement. Also in this portrait
he has expressed motion. Mrs. Whib-
ley is leaving not entering room
1t is her back we see and her face
but in profile. About us she is not
concerned. That the Whistler sig
nature-the butterfiy-appears on
this canvas as painted on the wall
is interesting. How marvelously
clever was this son of an Army
officer who in his youth could not
make the grade at West Point!
Exhibited at Paris
"L'Andalouse" was exhibited In
the Paris Exposition of 1900 with
Brown and Gold "a portrait of
Lady Eden. full-length self-por-
trait, and The Little White Girl"-
the last, at the committees request
together with collection of his
etchings. And much to his salts
faction and surprise, on these
Whistler was awarded a grand prize
for painting and the same for en-
craving meaning etchings). In
1863 The White Girl" had not been
accepted for the Paris Salon and
was shown with Manet's eieuner
sur lHerbe' in the Salon des
Refuses and the works of other
early impressionist painters, ridi-
culed by the public but finding IA
vor with some of the leading critics.
BY 1900 is Was-thanks to Mr.. Whit
temore-safe in this country, where
now among the greatest it will re-
main.
1t is in this connection interest,"
ing to note that these recent gifts
supplement and do not duplicate
paintings in the Freer Gallery of
Art-also a national institution. 1t
should be remembered likewise in
the same connection that through
the Pennell bequest the Library
of Congress is richly endowed with
Whistleriana, including letters, per-
sonal memoranda and prints. In
fact, no artist is so fully represented
in any city Of the world as is James
Abbot McNeill Whistler in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
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Winters Tales, by Isak Din
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Capricornia, by Xavier Her
bert.
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Doug
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Western Star, by Stephen
Vincent Benet.
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One World, by Wendell L.
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L. S. Foreign Policy, by Wal
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80 Seconds Over Toxic, by
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Combined Operations, by Hill
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Journey Among Warriors, by
Eve Curie.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
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enormous cast OF characters and
great wealth of scattered episodes,
but no one plot beyond the growth
Of conflict between the three sys-
TENS and the eventual fight in which
the Carpenters win.
1t is novel distinctly from the
Right. This amuses the reviewer
very much. For when has anyone
dared to write against the labelling
of the poor, the pauperization of the
worker and the insulting of the un-
fortunate? Not in many years, for
these activities have been urged with
practically unanimous uproar by the
leftists since the present dispensa-
ton began. 1t IS a good thing to
read a work-and an adult and sig
niflcant work-in which men are
set down as men, not as mere con-
SumerS.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Wildcats Over CosobIoncu

BIZ 1t. Malcolm WordeH and
1t. Ed1Din Norton Seller, as
told to Keith AyHng. little,
BrO1Un)
American landing operations at
Casablanca last November were
protected by an umbrella of fighter
planes. An important part of this
protection was provided by Grum-
man Wildcat fighter squadron from
an aircraft carrier. and two of its
members-"Mac Wordell, its lead
er, and Ed Seller, one of his men
here tell the exciting story of what
happened. The purpose of the
book, as 1t. Seller explains, is ito
bring to the public a better under
standing of how their ships and
men are cooking with gas" And
that purpose is accomplished better
than satisfactorily, thanks to the
writing skill of Keith AyGng, au-
thor of "R. A. F.: The Story of a
Fighter Pilot" PHILIP H. LOVE.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Among the New Novels

Brief ReUie1Us OF Current
Fiction in Various Fields.
The Synthetic Philanthropist, by
J. H. Wallis Duton)-Local boy
makes good. and all that sort of
thing. Amusing.
Windmill Circle, by Jennings Rice
Harpero-Satirical account of petty
jealousies among natives of a we'll
to-do New England community.
Clever.
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Storbuck
By John Selby. (Farrdr &
Rinehdrt.)


RinehdrtD
This is an insignificant story,
told as with significance. BY in
significant" let it be understood,
the reviewer does not mean trifing
or uninteresting. She simply means
a story which is no more than a
story, a story which casts no shadow
against the screen Of life. The form
is perfectly legitimate; indeed, some
of the worlds best novels are mere
stories. But the technique of tell
ing the story without significance
is not the same as that required for
the story which has meaning be-
yond itself John Selby here has
used the latter technique for the
former kind of material.
He has written the tale of boy
genius who becomes a world famous
Evening star., 1943-07-25
Between Tears and Laughter
By Lin Yutang. (John Day.

By Lin Yutang. (John Day.
In this book on war problems, DR..
Lin Yutang makes it plain that he
can throw a tough, hard punch as
well as cast forgiving smile. Up to
now, to be sure, even DR.. Lin's for
giveness has not been commodity
that one would want to win; it has
been too terribly tolerant. But here,
entering the arena IN frankly ag-
gressive mood, he shows himself
startlingly formidable as an at
tacker. He believes that the war
is being fought according to politics,
and he believes that politics repre-
sents the lowest level of mentality
possible to the human kind. In the
fields, lives are being tossed away,
and in the capitals of the world,
schemers are throwing small-time
dice, asleep to the real issues. DR..
Lin slams into the business with
Vigor and precision.
He writes, of course, as a Chinese.
And as a Chinese, he defends all
the fighters of the Orient who are
on the side of the democracies. He
asserts that the awakening of Asia
is the great fact of the war. that
the Indians, the Chinese and the
Russians have been made to feel, in
varying degrees, that England and
America plan to run the world as
a white mans club after the war.
and that the Indians, Chinese and
Russians just will not stand for that
same. And if they decide to stand
against it, what, inquiries DR.. Lin,
are the western democracies going
to do. if anything? What, indeed,
will they be able. to Go? Count up
the numbers and think it over.
He considers now that the western
powers are doing about everything
possible to make the Orientals thor
oughly mad. He charges President
Roosevelt with giving the public a
cynical Misrepresentation of the
facts about war supplies sent to
China. He sees a strong likeness
between Mr.. Churchill, who is
democratic England's leader, and
Pericles, who. through imperialism,
led democratic Athens to its doom.
1t is perhaps not without signih-
canoe, he thinks, that Mr.. Churchill
got low marks in Ceek at school.
Economists, statiSticians, tech
nologists and, of course, the ubiq-
uitous politicians are the only pea
pie, so far, who have tried to solve
the war problems. says the angry
doctor Away with them Good
will toward men is the answer. as
he sees it. In his own pungent
phrasing, ut boils down almost to
this: Jesus. the Prince of Peace.
was liar or He was not. We've got
to make up our minds
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-22
Stinson Workers
Celebrate Mark

The Stnson family got together
yesterday - thousands of them.
They were the workers of the
Stinson division of the Consoli-
dated Vultee Aircraft Corp, who
brought their wives and children
with them 20 open house in the
plant at Wayne 10 celebrate the
production record they brought
about during the past seven
months.
Men, women and children wan
dered past the entire line of Stin-
son products. They saw the famed
Flying JeepS. which can take off
so abruptly that the tail is still on
the ground when the nose is well
into the air; they saw dive bomb
ers, and planes built for the
British Navy.
Almost the entire plant was
thrown open to inspection. with
The workers themselves acting as
proud guides for their families.
Only the quarters of the Ferry
Command. still busy flying away
Saturdays production, was closed
10 the visitors.