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involved. That letter, . long one.
took the playful form Of dialogue
between my head and my heart"
The head counseled him against
forming new attachments; the
heart advised him contrarily. 1t
could be considered a love letter
without any great effort. But no
other item of the long correspond
ence repeats its fervor. Indeed, as
II regretting his impulsiveness, the
widower allowed very long period
to follow and number of the lady's
letters to go unanswered before he
wrote again.
He left France in 1889 and never
saw Maria again. His letters became
those of a kind friend, devoted
mainly to Offering helpful counsel.
Her life turned toward religion; she
went to Lyon and founded there .
convent for the education Of young
ladies. Subsequently she established
a similar institution in Lodi, where
she died, a revered old lady, sur
rounded by nuns and pupils. The
published letters have great ele-
gance and charm.
| additional ReUie1Ds, Pages ca
/ and C-5J
Evening star., 1945-12-09
Portrait of a Marriage

By Pearl S. Buck. fJohn Day.
$780,
In shortened form and under the
title of "A Mans Daily Bread" this
novel has already had magazine
serial publication. Reading it for
the first time, I found myself hard
put to it to remember that the
author is one who was once singled
out from all the other authors OF
the western world to receive that
worlds most august literary award.
The book Is not even up to the level
of good trade fiction. Had it not
had Pearl Bucks name on it, one
feels certain that any magazine
editor would have rejected it.
1t is in its idea a restatement Of
the famous theme that If the world
is lost for love it is we'll lost. This,
to be sure, Is in the best trade tradi-
ton, but Mrs. Buck abandons the
tradition just there. She develops
her theme with a pulpit-pounding
didacticism which forces one to
conclude that she has not written
for pure commerce after all, but is
convinced that she has something
of Importance to conflde to the
listening world.
In the best emotional manner of
the lecturer, she gives us little
tale about an aristocratic young
American who marries an illiterate
farm girl and Is madly happy In
consequence for the remainder OF
his long life. To the reader, the
circumstances of his bliss will seem
dubious-he loses his artistic genius
in the profundity of his content
and, though he moves into his wife's
farm world, he is never able to be
part of that world. Without any
occupation of his own, perpetual
stranger in an environment ir
which he feels no interest-thus he
lives out his years, but his condition
as purposeless stray never op-
presses him. On the contrary, he
is simply frantic with delight every
minute. He is married to the gir
he loves and that is enough for him
When he gets to be an old man, hi
duly dies. The epitaph which an ir.
reverent mind might suggest fol
him can be left to the reader.
Pearl Buck has come long wa,
since she wrote The Good Earth.
She was an artist then-she is no
even a good craftsman at the pres
ent hearing. 2
Evening star., 1945-12-09

are seven nationalities besides our
own, represented in this exhibition.
Pink Flower Hat" portrait of
q girl by Stephen McNeely, is the
work of a trained artist who joined
the merchant marine after the
United States entered the war. This
painting was shown at Carnegie In
stitute in 1941. william Spinka s
Pink Pants" a breezy watercolor Of
big city backyards, Is the work of a
professional art teacher with sew
eral college degrees.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
Ny Head and My Heart
BY Helen Duprey Bulloc K
Putnam: $3.)

fFHLUUHt, $J.J
Maria Cosway was the beautiful
young wife OF the fashionable min
iature painter. Richard Cosway,
r.. A., and a. composer Of music In
her own tight Sne was born of
English parents in Italy in 1859.
When the recently widowed Thomas
Jefferson came to France as Amer
ican Minister in 1874 she was living
with her husband in Paris and oc-
cupying a prominent place in the
city's smart society Mr.. Jefferson
met her and was charmed. She
shortly left for England, and their
meetings thereafter were brief, but
the pair carried on a correspond
ence, although with long lapses
which lasted until Jefferson's death
Helen Duprey Bullock, going ovel
this old friendship, obviously wishe.
to imply that there was a romance
in it. The evidence which she sub
mits, however. is slight. In on
letter, written Immediately after thu
first acquaintance, Jefferson dit
seem to say that his emotions wer'
Evening star., 1945-12-09
Merchant Seaman Enhibit
At G. orc oran Gallery

Paintings by merchant seamen OF
the United Nations are on view at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art in the
fourth annual exhibition, to remain
Through December rs. This is spon-
sored by the United Seamen's Serv-
ice and the War Shipping Adminis-
trAtion.
~.>As was the case with earlier
shows in this series (thef second
annual was shown at the Corcoran
Evening star., 1945-12-09
New Books

She Came Back, Patricia Wentworth
December IL.
A Grammar Of Motives, Kenneth Burke
December 10.
The Short Novels Of Dostoevsky, Decem.
her TO-
cennber II
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COLUMNS.

Molders Of Opinion, edited by
David Bulman. Bruce, $1.75D Brief
biographies of IA of the popular
columnists. Illuminating.
Evening star., 1945-12-09
By Florence S. Berryman

The National Gallery of Art has
received an important and charming
gift in the portrait of Elizabeth
Ridgely, sometimes called Lady
With a Harp" by Thomas Sully.
Owned by the Ridgely family Of
Hampton, Md, for more than a
century, it has been acquired through
the generosity of Mrs. Georg Vet
lesen of New York.
The reproduction cannot do justice
to the mellow and tender color
scheme: The girls fresh complexion,
deep gray-blue eyes, chestnut
brown hair; her ivory satin gown
set off by the turquoise blue scarf
which extends from her shoulder
and falls over the rose-upholstered
chair seat. The hilly landscape seen
through the open window has dark
green trees in the middle distance
and warm brownish greens near the
horizon. The harp is a light golden
brown.
The girls face is sweet and rather
vacant, as one would expect OF
child of Is, her age when the por-
trait was painted in May, 1918. The
date and the artists initials 1T. S.
are on the harp's base. 1t will be
noted that Miss Ridgely's height is
emphasized. She Is portrayed as
having. what fashion illustrators to-
day call a "mannequin. figure" nine
heads tall instead Of the normal
seven. Exaggerated height gives
grace, chic and sophistication to the
figure, and early artists employed
the convention just as fashionable
portrait painters have done in our
times. (Sargent, for example)
Life Of the Artist
Thomas Sully was one of the
United States most gifted early por.
trait painters. Although he was
born in England d783), his parents
who were actors, brought him tt
this country eight years later, ane
he grew up in Charleston, S. G.
where he became acquainted with
Charles Fraser, destined to become
a foremost American miniaturist
At Is, Sully joined an elder brother
Lawrence, who was living in Norfolk
Va, and supporting his family aftel
q fashion, by painting miniatures
When he died few years later
Thomas assumed responsibility TO
the family, and subsequently mar
ried Lawrence's widow.
Thomas Sully's early dream o
going to London had necessaril.
been postponed by his brother
death; but he made his first tril
to England in 1909, and was i'm
pressed with the decorative style o
Sir Thomas Lawrence, Great Bri
tain's most popular portrait painte
at that time. Sully had earle
studied the work of Gilbert Stuar
and had been influenced by it; henc
Sully's best work has good qualitie
of both older painters, along witt
his own individuality.
~ The portrait of Elizabeth Ridgel
is well known from frequent exhibi
1tions. It has been shown in recen
years at Carnegie Institute, Pitts
burgh (Survey Of American Paint
ing. 1940) and at the Baltimore Mu
scum Of Art (250 Years of Paintin
-ia Maryland, 1S40. It is not ye
on view at the National Gallery, bu
may be hung before the end of thi
month.
David E. Finley, director of tn
National Gallery of Art, character
'1zed it as q superb portrait. gen
orally recognized as outstanding b
.connoisseurs and students Of Amer
lean painting"
+ 4 \
Evening star., 1945-12-09
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

Ollie Griffin home discharge New
matted milk Fields Drugs Sunday night and said he had dreamed
many times of doing just that Ollie Oklahoma,
Thanksgiving dinner with his mother Alex veteran
conducted that chorus Europe
the wealthy English girl false
voices which fame Europe appeared
England Harris running Mayor of Bronze
ve got the hearty Richard Wright they
together Saturday He also bought ballots from Gene
the Of the book Lee Turp another candidate
seem to get from the starting post Lee is
-Four N walters went deer hunting Friday Hncey
Mnn and returned home Sunday game
Didn't want and bear
flows The four hunters Claibourne
Irwin Hisbon and Phil Payne They fish, party given
Saturday night for the
Jordan grand Fine time (including
ourse Harvey Harris called his sister, Esther
ne is doing fine and likes his job much Harvey working
Hollywood and seeing the celebrities coming going
the large establishment where works
OF Mrs Epps both Russell
Charles has been with the Navy
next He is leaving Friday The
Pragmatea Sorority received demonstration Stencng
graphing Friday November through Dick
Powell Junaud Brown Virginia Jackson Luce
Hazel Butler Bertha King Laura Mae Smith,
guests were DeVema Newman Doris Wheeler ee Luc Betty
Dodd Acenya McEwain Kinney Harriet Brown
esng and will quite helpful the
Tiny Bellamy is home with discharge all
be home in time
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will need no ones sympathy-and
should they come through with the
conference championship, twill be
hard for the experts to overlook
Taliafero as the "most Valuable"
first-year man.
The boys around the Twin Cities
and other localities, are getting set
for basketball season. We person.
ally believe basketball this year
will come back to almost prewar
standards. Many of the boys who
served in the Armed Forces, have
returned and many will return to
hardwood floors. Prospects for
high schools in st. Paul were bright,
as the coaches called for "Men out"
They (the experts) are already
picking Mechanics Arts to win the
championship in st. Paul. Coach
Adams will have: Louis White,
Frank Brown, and Freshman Melvin
Goss. All these boys with their
added height and weight are sup
posed to go places. At Marshall
high, Coach Monaugh will rely on
reliable Percy Zachary and Sher-
man Harper; at Manchester col
lege, the Bowman brothers as
nucleus.
Coaches Louis House and Ken
meth Wilson tell US the Halle @.
Brown will have three teams in the
Municipal leagues, plus a strong
Independent team built around such
veterans as: Dan (Budha) Taylor,
"Pete" Buford and Stanley Tabor.
Plans are to bring several out of
States teams in.
Promoter Stecker of Minneapolis
is trying to rematch Jackie Graves
with Jimmy Joyce. Joyce is the
young fellow, who last week K Oed
Graves in the second round. Graves
was badly cut up in his fight last
Friday night, SO he probably won't
fight for at least three weeks.
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Adams OF Me- LEE
chanics, Frank Zucco of Monroe,
and Hubert Keiffer of Murray, and
of course, E. C. Primrose and D. C.
Mitchell Of Manchester. Each
coach made short talks, after cheers
and songs for their various schools,
had almost raised the auditorium
roof-We again say, the Major
and his committee should be COM
plimented. Knowing the coach who
coaches your boys, is a good thing.
Indiana goes merrily along like
a well-oiled machine. Saturday
they knocked off Pittsburgh 1910,
with Freshman, George Taliafero,
again grabbing part of the starring
role. Indiana has but one more
hurdle, b tween themselves and
their first Western conference, and
that will be eleven boys from Pur-
due university, next Saturday after
noon. Sympathy naturally goes
with Indiana, but we are assured
if they play the brand of football
they have displayed all along, they
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home town. And just when so
many girls hopes were beginning
to rise, too. Ho! Ho! Ho!
Our birthday greetings, or should
1 say, belated birthday greetings
for this week, go to Virginia
Robinson and Dorothy Woodford.
Last Tuesday, November 10, Vir-
GINA Robinson celebrated her birth
day by a small home party. Lea
trice Dodd, Phyllis Payne, Loretta
Davis, Milton Combs, Percy Zach
airy, Ernie Johnson were some of
the many present. Lorraine White
and Buddy" who are both noted
for their dancing, gave sort of a
floor show; last but not least, was
luscious Betty Lewis who came
beautifully dressed in form fitting
jacket dress. The hostess looked
very pretty in white linen dress.
Lovely Dorothy Woodford cele-
brated her birthday by a party,
given at the Sterling club, Fri
day Is. Many lovely gifts were
received. The guests included Lor-
raine White, Theresa Bailey, Paul
inc Ray, Loretta Davis, Edith
Price, Pat Cartwright, Carmitta
Hits, Boyd Crawford, Gene Goss,
Luther Johnson, Willie Nesbitt and
many more. U. B. who looked very
nice, had the Willie Nesbitt situa-
ton we'll under hand, until G. H.
took over-Mercy me! Lois Milsap
was looking lost, and so sad, could
it have been because her beloved
Joe Patterson wasn't there? No
wonder she still loves the song.
"Happines Is Just a Thing Called
joe" Donald Gates was there look
ing fine, but acting silly as ever
(tee-hee). Well, so much for the
party.
Sunday was the dinner guest at
the lovely home of the Davises on
Avon Avenue, and was it ever a
dinner. After dinner we gathered
around and sang some of our old
favorites, told jokes and ended up
by taking in a Movie.
By demand, the song of the week
is "Soothe Me-" which was continu-
ally played at the Halle Lounge,
Sunday, with the crowd going wild.
1t brought that dreamy, lost look
into so many eyes.
1 had couple of the week, but
it happened to be just my luck that
they're on one of their not-speaking
terms, so just in case they happen
to be together again, I'll give the
initials, which are C. M. and B. C.
Well, that's all for this week.
Be seeing you aroun' town.
Bye now!
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had as his guests
all the local High
school stars, plus
t h e Manchester
b o y S t h e i RI
Coaches, and the
following Hi g h
school coaches:I
Rollie MaynaughI
of M a r S h ALL
Frank O'Rourk
a n d "B i if"
Adams of Me-
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WheotleY Whizz Kids
To Meet Hollie Q.
In Come. Dec. ]

The Phyllis Wheatley Whizz
Kids will play the Halle Q. team
in basketball game, Saturday eve
ming, December 1.
The preliminary game will be
played between the girls team at
Wheatley, "The Wheatley Ramb-
lers," and the Halle @. Girls team.
Dancing will follow the basketball
game, which begins at 7:15 p. M,
at WheatleY.
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Halle @. Brown
Notes

Wilder swimming pool going full
blast, and Halle @. Brown is
participating. Come on in, the
water is fine! Swim for a nickel,
but be on time. Go directly to
Wilder Bath House at Seven Cor
ners, or meet at Halle on any of
the scheduled periods. Swimmers
must be ready to go into the water
at the time designated on this
schedule, allow half hour before
scheduled time to prepare for pool.
No physicals necessary.
No one will be admitted to pool
who has ring-worm of the feet or
head. Anyone with any other skin
infection should not come out for
swimming.
Schedule
Thursday-Boys, 7:45, $3.50 p. m.
(actual swimming time).
Saturday-Girls, 1:OO-1:45 p. m.
(actual swimming time).
End and 4th Tuesdays - Girls,
6:45-7:30 p. m. (actual swimming
time).
Swimming suits will be furnished
if you have none, and a cap can be
rented at 4Oc for the season, if it
is used each night and returned;
at the end of the season 25c will be
refunded.
Swimming parties can be ar
ranged at any Of these periods.
Arrange for a splash party through
Mrs. Hazel Mann at Halle @.
Brown, Dale 927S. Adults, boys
and girls! Pool open to, any age
group. Come on, let's take a dip.
Well-heated showers and dressing
rooms.-I, MYRTLE Garden.
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what is your tale? Have any of
you cats picked upon a solid frail
or is that the coolest 1--WE in town.
But l know what cats are doing,
because, Jake and get around.
No doubt all you frantic hens are
beginning to catch sight of those
hard cats, Kenny Robinson and
Kenny Mckinney. Well, chicks,
there you go, both are great jivers
and are red hot dressers. But be
careful, they are the shy type of
wolf. So keep remembering
your S. o. S. when with them. .
And it doesn't mean "Save Our
Ship" but means remember your
Safety Over Shyness."
Here is something that has a lot
of US boys wondering, "what do lit
tie girls talk about, what is their
mystic theme, though still too
young for puppy love, yet old
enough to dream" "Williams."
know plenty little girls that are
still dreaming, J. C. - C. H. -
]. A. - ]. E. j. C. e L. -
L. G. - B. ]. X. M. - and P. C.
Wake up, girls, you're old
enough to make your dreams come
true. Take tip, chicks, get hep.
There was mad jumping glad
stomping party at the great hep
stepping Sterling Club. Some
of the hens there who were in check
were Lucille Hobbs, Jean Cannon
and Jewel Beck. Say, Jewel,
you sure can knock out some mad
music on the piano, such as "After
Hours" and some of those red hot
tunes you let go on. J.. Some other
fine, fair and fascinating chicks
were Evelyn Lewis, alias chang,
bang" because she has a bang in
front that is really a bang and
needs to be shot at. Also the Iaryn-
gifts kid or Leach" Graham, who
was looking, we'll, just looking.
Lorraine White was looking; quite
right. Also Pauline Ray, the
ice cream and cake eater, and many
more fine as quinine.
Skirts, that great cat, Chuck
Mccoy, was really Fostering some,
one at the party about the way she
looked. The party was for that fine
hen, Dorothy Woodford.
OF David Allen is really tracking
back with Cora Mae Richie,
hear. Keep it up, lover.
also hear OF Merle Young is or
time with E. M. I mean that cal
really runs the wheels off the axles
Arthur Graham is his buddy anG
they are heck in the high chair
e. mean with the chicks.
Well, fine hens and jolly cats
the dance at the C. I. o. Thanksgiv,
ing was really mad with dancing
riders and prancing divers.
Lovers will be there, hens great
so don't be a dilapidated scum
worm. :. But be real thrill filler
-. 1 mean a killer diller. Say,
know bill that was so worried
about CT coming home. Well,
that great cat is home now, so treat
him right.
So all you hep, fine, fair and
famous hens with eyes that plead,
and all you five-foot cats, single,
IF and built for speed, here is
something that applies to many of
you cats. Haven't got much
money, good things are hard to find,
now you're crazy about some one
else, amt paying me no mind" Am
1 right, Jack? Then that's great!
Say, do you hepsters remember
Deloris (Do Do) Childress; we'll,
she is really hep chick and really
slick, so they tell me.
Well, so long till next time. I
will just have to close because I
can't think of any rhyme. So
dig all that 1--WE and then boiler,
Owooo, Be-Baba, Leba. Check?
Duke Don.
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was c o m in G is
full of m u S h.
There was a dance
t h GU g h at the
CLIO for Thanks.
giving. Digging
up some solid 1--WE
is really on the
tough side wher
that mad, glad
feet beating can
teen is closed.
w ell uatarc
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-23

doubt, Minneapo-..
lis, too), that TALL.
dark and hand.
some man about
town, that just
smiles and sends
all the girls in a.
swoon, is not only
leaving town, but.
to top it off, is.
engaged to a very
lovely girl in his
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Sport Light
By Jimmie Lee

Hats off to the Pilgrim church
and Major Sam Ransom, for the
staging of their Annual "Bean
Feed" Major
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Juvenile 1--WE
By DONALD GATES

Back again this week with daz-
ing rush, found out that the band
leader that said Jimmie Lunceford
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Teen Age
Chatter

You know, life is just full of
little surprises. 1t seems as though
the one and only "creeper" of st.
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You get a good deal" from
in this paper.
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o. THIS lis I'M
VI KfkMAx G60yhGocs
Thanksgiving DoY

Over the river and through the woods;
To grandfather's house We'll go;
The horse knows the way
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Partners of every reader of this
paper are the firms who advertise
in these pages.-Advt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10

Der OF colored residents Of the area.
who said the passage Of trucks
through the narrow alley would en-
danger children and damage prop
erty.
See Fire Hazard.
Residents also protested storage OF
tar would result in a fire hazard and
the storage place would draw rats
and mice. Mr.. Gichner said he would
stop trucks damaging property, as
alleged, and pointed out he painted
and improved the building.
The Juanita K. Nye Council
House, Inc, was granted permission
to convert a two-story garage into a
gymnasium and assembly hall in
connection with its house at 53C
Eighth street S.W.
The appeal of Mildred B. Barbour
for permission to establish tenn
porary rooming house for nine per-
sons at 5237 Nebraska avenue NV
was allowed, with the stipulation
that she board only seven persons
Several residents of the area pro.
tested against the rooming house
saying it would change the resi-.
Dental character of the neighbor
hood. They said they had no OBJ
lection to four persons rooming al
the house, as permitted during the
war emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-10
Dorothy Jordan
Gives Recital Here
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

Dorothy Jordan, Negro soprano Of
Chicago, was presented in recital
last night In the Metropolitan A.
M. E. Church by the Most Worship
full Prince Hall Grand Lodge F. and
A. M. of the District Of Columbia.
A recipient of two scholarships, one
awarded on the recommendation OF
Abbie Mitchell and the other by
Elnora Franklin, Miss Jordan also
studied at the Chicago Conserva-
tory of Music and was soloist for
four years at st. Thomas Episcopal
Church. At present. she is a stu
dent of Robert Macdonald, who ac-
companied her at the piano.
Her program consisted of Secchis
"Lungi dial caro- bene," Haydn's "She
Never Told Her Love-" Purcells
when I Am Laid In Earth" the
Elizabethan What If Day." Hop
kinson's MY Days Have Been So
Wondrous Free" Schuberts "Du
Dist die Rub" and "Wohin," Schu-
mann's der Nussbaum" and Wild
mung," Mednikoff's THE Hills of