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Evening star., 1944-07-30
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART,
Constitution avenue and Sixth street
masters International loan collec-
tions from France and Belgium: also
private collectors. Special exhibition,
american. Battle Paintings" 1916
IN NSrIoNsFp' Ie NssptensfT niIsfirM i nat,on,,
Art Collection, Constitution avenue
and Tenth street N.W-Permanen
collection, gifts and loans, paintings
and other objects of art. Special ex-
the William T. Evans collection, july
"s Smithsonian BUILDING, pivi-
sion of Graphic Arts. Independence
avenue and Tenth street S.W.-Dry-
Rosenburg and Walter Title. Through
FREER GALLERY OF ART. Twelfth
street and Independence avenue S.W.
bronzes. ceramics and other works
from Near and Far East. Paintings
and etchinss by Whistler, also Pea
cock Room.
coRcoRAN GALLERY OF ART,
avenue and E street W.-Amer-
ican paintings and sculpture: the W.
A, Clark collection.
Pr PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY,
Raoul Duffy and by Arthur Dove.
water colors and tempera paintings
by Washington artists, July and
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Divi-
sion OF Prints and Photographs,
East Capitol and First reets-Orig-
inal prints by American print makers.
Special exhibition, American Battle
Prints" to September 4,
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth anC K
streets N.W.-Drawings by Helen
Catch Durston to August 81.
THE ARTS CLUB, 2017 I street
N.W.-Summer exhibition of paint
ings by members. to September.
WHYTE GALLERY, 1920 Connec-
ticut avenue N.W.-Exhibition Of
prints, -etchings, etc, by Argentine
Artist Mauricio Lasansky, through
July.
and D streets-Colonial silver by
American silversmiths, throughout
the summer. .
BARNETT-ADEN GALLERY. 1877
Randolph place NW.-Exhibition of
paintings for the home by American
artists open weekday evenings and
Sunday afternoons.
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A Refugees S Dream
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
3v Carol Gardner, Il

Montgomery Hill Junior High School,
Silver Spring, Nd.
I boarded this ship last night
That is bound for a land afar,
And I'm glad that I am going there
'Tis journey to star.
America will be new to me,
Though my father once knew II
we'll,
And I hear that bright land calling
to me,
Like the peal of distant bell.
The land that I left behind
Is pervaded by sadness and fear,
And the people there are crying
aloud
And shedding many a tear.
Those skies I had known were blue
But now they are darkened ano
gray,
BY the cloud OF war they are over
cast,
But they will be blue some day.
I am dreaming now of land o1
peace,
A land that is ruled but by God:
I am dreaming now of land that
is calm,
When homeward again I have
trod.
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Uncle Rays Corner .

In the world OF bees there are
some known as carpenters" The
reason for the name is simple-these
bees cut wood by biting into it and
make tunnels which they can use as
nests.
Carpenter bees differ a great deal
in size. Some, known as little car
penters," are only a quarter of an
inch long. Others are as large as
bumblebees and often are called
black carpenters because of their
dark coloring.
Carpenters are among the "soli-
tary bees" which live in small family
groups. They differ from the honey
bees, which gather in colonies with
thousands of members.
A large carpenter bee, a female
with eggs which soon are to be laid,
is likely to cut into a tree. 1t may
be a maple tree or it may be a tree
with soft wood. Sometimes 1t is a
fence post or a telephone pole.
If the wood is hard, the bee may
keep working her jaws for two days
before she cuts a hole an inch deep.
To make such hole in soft wood
is much more simple and it may
be finished in three or four hours.
The first hole only starts to pro-
vide a nest. After cutting it, the
bee works downward for a distance
of several inches. The whole task
of cutting a hole is likely to take
from one to three weeks, but this
bee Is a steady worker. She keeps
at it until she is through.
Then away goes the bee to visit
flowers. Bringing back pollen and
honey, she puts supply at the
bottom OF the nest. Then she lays
an egg on it.
The black carpenter next makes
a partition about three -fourths of
an inch above the egg. To form the
partition, she chews bits of wood
and mixes them with a kind of glue.
After the first cell Is finished,
this bee prepares another in the
same way, and then still another.
The whole nest Is likely to contain
from three to seven cells.
The lowermost egg matches first,
and from 1t comes grublike "larva"
which is hungry. It quickly sets to
work eating the honey and pollen.
Then it spins a silken coat for
itself and becomes "pupa" In this
stage 1t simply waits until 1t turns
into q be6
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TENT proVloe surprising amount OF
space. Two cot beds will not over
crowd 1t. There is less danger OF
rubbing the canvas and causing
leaks when moving inside during a
rain.
If it is desirable to close the front
of the tent. duck curtains can be
hung up at the opening. Many pre-
fer to leave the front open, and on
cool evenings enjoy the heat of a
fire built against backlogs in front
of the tent.
Some campers, who like to keep
the front of the tent open, throw
waterproof cover over the foot of
their beds to keep the rain off. Then
they can lie there at night and
watch the stars while they figure
out the strange noises of the night
woods.
No matter what ones preference
may be, the old Army pup tent can
be made to serve the purpose. 1t
will provide a quick shelter on a
trip and can be adapted as a more
permanent camp for a long vaca-
ton.
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for each building, square or street

for each building, square or street
scene is presented to the best ad-
vantage. In the present group of
drawings the Smithsonian Build
ing" in the rain, Looking East on
H Street from Sixteenth" George
Washington House, Bladensbure
Nd" and "St. Johns Church." with
its congregation at the entrance,
are the most appealing to the writer.
But Mrs. Durston's technical level
is so constant that any preferences
one may have among her drawings
will generally depend upon subject
matter. She apparently draws with
such ease that her medium has be-
come unobstrusive. She gives the
spectator a crystal-clear view of a
beloved landmark. yet at the same
time q view which is somehow
dainty and Aminine.
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employed.

Having become a bee, the insect
cuts a hole in the floor of the cell
above, which by this time contains
pupa almost ready to turn into a
bee. In time all the eggs have be-
come larvae, pupae and bees, and
are ready to make their first trip
into the outside world.
Little carpenters have much the
same story as. the big ones, but in
their case the mother chooses the
branch of a. shrub for her nest.
Often she cuts into the pith of q
branch Of sumac or bramble
bush.
Little carpenters are blue or
green. The mother bee waits
around for her children to pass
through their stages of growth.
Then, when they come from the
nest, she leads them in their first
flight. There may be as many as a
dozen little carpenter bees in a
brood.
One little carpenter is likely to
come back to the home in the shrub
and fill it with eggs, food and parti-
tionS, the same as her mother did
before. The other females in the
brood must find other branches
from which to dig out the soft pith.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
By Florence s. Bergman.

Many gifts have been made t.
the OAR Museum during the pas
year. They comprise a summer ex.
hibition of Recent Accessions
which will remain through Septem.
ber. 1t is sufficiently large to occupy
one-third of the gallery space still
remaining to the museum. Event
ually, these miscellaneous exhibit.
will be added to the many group.
which now compose the OAR Mu.
scum collection, and which, wher
exhibited in rotation, method O.
display, which has been the prac.
tice for some years, will include new
as we'll as familiar objects.
Some of the new accessions have
historic interest only; others have
esthetic value, and a good percent
age of these recent arrivals hav'
both qualities. In the first cate
CORY are farm implements and tool
and certain domestic objects used b.
our forebears, which might be re-
garded as ancestors" of the labor
saving devices of today. These ole
gadgets have no particular appea
in themselves for art lovers.
An outstanding accession is {
prayer rug about 3 feet square, EN-
broidered by Carlota Joaquina, wifi
of John vi of Portugal, who witt
his family escaped during the revolu
ton there, and found refuge il
Brazil. The rug is nicely designed
with a central medallion and {
border of floral motifs. 1t is needle
point done in plat stitch" with /.
color scheme of warm deep red, gra!
green, buff and black. Carlots
worked three years on it, and pre-.
sented it as a token of esteem tt
Mrs. Caesar Augustus Rodney, wifi
of the first Minister Plenipotentiar!
of the United States. sent by Presi.
dent Monroe to Argentina. A nephew
of Caesar Rodney, Delaware
signer of the Declaration of indie.
pendence, he served as attorney
general under Presidents Jefferson
and Madison, but he is best remem.
bered for his contribution to the
development of the Monroe Doc.
trine.
Two unusual quilts were given by
Mrs. C. Edward Murray, former
curator general of the OAR. They
are admirable examples of early
domestic handicrafts. One is 6
Friendship Quilt" so called becaus.
friends of the maker inscribed theil
names in indelible ink. Fortunately
they wrote small and dainty script
and placed it carefully, so as not +,
mar the appearance of the quilt. II
the present instance, the desigr
comprises wreaths and other flowers
peacocks, butterflies, etc., cut from
glazed chintz and appliqued on tn.
white quilt. Dates of the friends
are in the 1940s. The second quill
is a fringed white Marseilles, 9
wedding gift to q young coupl.
married in 1922.
Other textiles include two wover
Evening star., 1944-07-30

With but few exceptions prac-
tically all of the record prices
brought by works of art during
the past season are by acknowledged
masters of the past and not by
contemporaries of this or other
countries, the chief exception being
of works by the so-called modern
lists" now in vogue. But this should
not be regarded too seriously, the
market for masterpieces being linn
tied with respect to supply and also
established, evidencing to which
fact is the statement made lately
by the Netherlands Information Bu-
rear that outstanding commercial
firms in Holland are investing their
reserve funds in works of art by
acknowledged masters, which offer,
1t is thought, greatest assurance of
security. All of which is indicative
of present wartime conditions.
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PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Joan Cos, Is,
Montgomery Blair High schoo

montgomery Blair High School.
A tall, freckled-face soldier was
standing on the main street of his
home town. He wasn't what you
would call handsome, but he had a
kind and honest face. A stranger
stopped to talk awhile.
After bit, the stranger asked,
Soldier, what are you fighting for?"
The soldier turned and pointed
to a boy and girl, in their teens,
going into the corner drugstore.
He said. "You see those kids? I'm
fighting for them, so they can 70
to the corner drugstore for a soda
when they want, or maybe to q
movie.
I'm fighting for those people
going into the little church across
the way, so they can 60 to whatever
church they want, no matter what
the creed. You know. whenever ]
come to little church, / 60 in and
say 4 prayer or two. / ask God
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lit would subject the museums to
change in matters of merit with the
incoming of each new administra-
tive group. The only solution would
seem to behold to a high standard
upon the superiority Of which gen.
erationS have agreed and wait for
time to pronounce judgment-as it
invariably will
Increased Appreciation
But to return to the Parke-Bernet
report. The prices which well-known
prints have brought during the last
year confirms belief in the increased
appreciation of works by the mas
ters of the graphic arts. A fine
print of Rembrandt's Three Trees"
brought $4,000; Adam and Eve"
engraved by Durer, $4,000; while
Meryon's etching, "L'Abside de
Notre Dame de Paris sold for
$2,70 and Dawn, the Camel Pa
rade," by McBey, contemporary
British etcher, $3.50. Any one of
these at the time of publication
could have been purchased for little
more than a song.
English and American 18th century
furniture continued to be popular
judging from the prices brought.
but note should be taken also of
the fact that in this particular field
some fine examples were to be had
at moderate prices. The attendance
at these sales at which so much art
really fine changed hands is given
at upward of $4,000. What better
road to education than this could be
found?
Other Art Sales
In connection with this report,
note should be made of the fact
that also in other art auction sales
rooms in New York high prices
have been brought and an excep-
tionally fruitful season recorded.
The Plaza Art Galleries, for in
stance, published the statement that
from 68 sales of art, literature and
jeWelry the sum received was
$1,560,72495.
A large New York department
store, Gimbel Bros, has conducted
sales, both at public auction and
privately, comprising high-priced
works by old masters, strangely
enough certified" by no less an
authority than DR.. William r. VAL
entiner, director of the Detroit In
stitute of Fine Arts. listed at bar
gain prices and widely advertised, a
startling innovation in this field.
The majority of these are said to
have come from an English collec-
ton, the name of which is with
held, brought here, according to re-
port, before the war.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Wilson Girl Directs
Jangos in Show
For Servicemen
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Judy NJ. CLARK, II,
Woodrow Wilson High School.

Woodrow Wilson High School
You have probably heard lot
about the Jangos, so I won't have
to start with the history of the
Junior Army Navy Guild Organiza-
ton.
One Of my best girl friends hap
pens to be Jango, and I want to
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Eight and Forty Plans
10Th Annual Marche

The District of Columbia Salon
Departmental, Eight and Forty,
honor society of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary, is making plans for
its 18th annual marche depart
mental on the nights of August IS
and 16.
Mrs. Helen K. Ware, chapeau de-
partemental, last week announced
the following appointments for the
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Teacher-The trouble with the
younger generation is that many of
them want to grow up to be like
their fathers.
Willie-What's wrong with that?
Teacher-Iheir fathers are un-
employed.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

leH YOU OI HeI
work. She is
Phyllis Steece.
II, a student at
Woodrow Wilson
High S c h o o !.
She has been a
member of the
Jangos for al
most two years
and works as a
nurses aid at
both Doc tor S
Hospital and at
M o unit AL t o
Hospital. Right
now she is TAX
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Wanted! Political Status for D. c.;
No Reason to Attack Community Chest
By JESSE c. sUTER.

@ nsvs r : s.DDss . both s M
Of ss o hose s sn S s the "a
for S aaten s By the and such ratification
would has @ nspa BUY by s n i. @ seas
for the people the rights participation in
se p fay legislation hs no ss
s Ameesn s Of msn asnn before or the law
party G platform s1a,s1 declarations for its reoosniton
the United States Of America which the republic the world
M as es sn 1 are committed the peeuation
e. sa%S
I NOT say why after pat in the National
District % &c Columbia meet the equaty3
Columbia snd
the o1a % s and mt
and jailed jailed to produce satisfactory government
DSes sitn nes as s
s e the their sta Ss s couns nas
On s s
no part in the choice of their State and
either national local 0' ''''Ai 'l'e's
o @ S
n by G P a m Hsn no new ea sue such rel
M wnen 1t has been found that only small minority know what
rison said 100 follows blow
Of their subjects in the District Columbian
are no aseh e peop Of thu the ees e the % @
citizens Being the latter
them of that character principle
Independence
slavesof their former fellow citizens.
"n this be scarcely be
correct idea of his right czenthe
Congress exclusive jurisdiction the District of Columbia
far respects aggregate OF United
nothing allow Congress the controlling
safe exercise of the functions
assigned General by the Constitution In all other
should be adapted their peculiar
position opinions
interests"
said
ing denial equality the of the District of Columbia
political
really republic The SumnersCapper amendment
would political District people the citizens
the participating citizens the Government of the Nation
The Sumners-Capper amendment
on grounds deserves to be kept constantly before
the public that burned
ana nh reasonable nme form part OF the constitution OF the
States Here what 1t proposed TO add to the
THE Congress shall provide that there shall be
the Congress electors President President
elected by the people OF the District constituting the seat OF
the United
shall determine All legislation hereunder shall
be subject to amendment and repeal"
would the requisite
legislation voting membership
Columbia through would
national legislation well all legislation for the Ma
the exclusive jurisdiction all what
the of the citizens of
States.
their the nominating of
would importance And through the possession of
officials Columbia would
selected harmony with the desires of the local people
will what change will brought about
considered be
the local seup would be far line with the
than changes made by Congress in
which the District has voting members To deny challenge this
challenge the effectiveness of the normal operation OF
republican system OF government
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Good Reason

Boss-What made you oversleep
this morning?
Willie the Office Boy-There are
eight of us in the family and the
alarm was set for seven.
Evening star., 1944-07-30

Homing pigeons used by the Army
live about eight or nine years.
Evening star., 1944-07-30
Summer Exhibition at OAR Museum;
Durston Drawings on View at Library

coverlets, one blue and white, the
other more elaborate with a rose
design in dark blue, white and earth
red. 1t was one of IL woven by a
mother for her IL children.
Particularly interesting in a
group of old silver is a cup with a
handle. made by John David, Phila-
delphia silversmith. who worked
from 1853 to 1894. The cup was
originally owned by Caesar A. Rod
ney.
A superb copper luster pitcher
(Which appears to be large enough
to hold gallon has raised designs
of several groups. Outstanding also
is pair of Bennington pitchers,
with raised designs of white acorns
and oak leaves on ground of
bright fresh blue. Several Stafford
shire plates about 100 years old,
have historic decorations One
shows the landing of the Pilgrims,
another a log cabin about 1910
(William Henry Harrison Campaign
period and third has a little
view of Mount Vernon.
Doll collectors will covet two
Greiner dolls made about 1872, as
this line of dolls was the first pat
ented in the United States Q858)
Ludwig Greiners label is usually
pasted between the shoulders OF
each doll. One of the dolls given
to the OAR is three feet tall, and
dressed in an elaborate (though
later period gown of silver-bro-
caded pink taffeta.
Many books have been given to
the museum reference library. Miss
Wright, museum secretary, has ar
ranged some of these books with
groups of the subjects they cover.
Although one entire gallery of the
museum was turned over to the Red
Cross when the war started, the
museum staff welcomes the public
as usual in the south gallery. Not
only are visitors admitted free to
see the collections, they are also
welcome to use the library books to
check or study their own silver,
china, glass and other collections.
The museuem is open from 9 to 4:30
on weekdays; it is closed on Satur-
days and Sundays through Septem-
ber.
DnrsfOn Dra,0ines of d. G..
Helen Catch Durston's beautiful
drawings of Washington. which have
been reproduced in The Evening
Star. one every Saturday for several
years, are now to be seen at the
Central Public Library until the end
of August. There are % on view,
done since 1941. Last February
Mrs. Durston's work was shown at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and
she has also exhibited at the Arts
Club. Both exhibitions were re-
viewed on this page.
Her subjects are delightful in
themselves and are presented with
accuracy and admirable technique.
She obviously selects with care the
location from winch she sketches.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-07-08

have cooperated with Negroes to secure equality
of economic opportunity would almost make you
think they are Disseminated against in employ
ment as much as are colored Americans. Be that
as it may, the Jews regard the fight for FEPC as
a fight in behalf of all minorites
Another, even more powerful ally-without
whose help the cause would have been lost, is the
Congress Of Industrial Organizations. In fact,
the Clio represented beachhead upon which
colored workers found some freedom of economic
opportunity several years before the Executive
Order.
The Go is our most powerful ally. Everyone
knows how its Political Action Committee has
retired several Congressman to private hfe 1t
even fixed one Con- FRESHMAN in Texas so bad that
he chose not TO for reelecton-his health
couldn't stand it, he said. 1t has caused other
Congressman and Senators to shiver in their boots.
No wonder FEPC was saved with the help Of
this ally.
The stand that Mr. Thomas, president of the
UAW-CIO, has taken in this region where we
work and live, is known to everybody in Detroit.
Without Mr.. Thomas, without the JAW, and with
out its parent union, the CIO-FEPC would have
had no third anniversary to celebrate Our newest
beachhead, the Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment Practice, would be lost. we would
have had Dunkirk in Congress on May 26 when
the FEPC budget just got through by four votes.
There was no Dunkirk However, the enemy
made some inroads with their gripping amend
ments, reported elsewhere in the Chronicle.
From the beachhead we now hold the fight
must go on. There can be nc rest until permanent
federal agency to abolish discrimination in en-
ployment is set up under authority of Congress
sional legislation To wage this battle to a sue
cessful conclusion we have to keep our Senators
and Congressman on the fire line-on the Democ-
racy side of the firing line.
Helpful in this fight would be more allies. Right
now, for example. we should like to know if the
other wing of labor, the ALL, is going to come out
and fight actively, side by side with the Go, for
permanent FEPC. OF course we know that the
AFL is officially on record as opposed to discrm-
inationAWe also know that some AFL locals scat
tered through the country have gone to bat on
this We wonder, however, If President William
Green will actively come out and place the AFL
behind the fight for permanent FEPC. This
would be an indirect way Of condemning some Of
his own Jim Growing unions. such as the Boiler
makers.
Meanwhile we fight for the Dawson Scanon-La-
Toilette Bill for permanent FEPC. When that is
passed, beachhead will be considerably
widened-after which the fight will be little
easier.