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Evening star., 1946-05-26
Send Them Summer
By HanSfOrd Martin. (Har-
court, Brace & Co..
Reviewed by
MIRIAM GUTENBERG.


In an earnest first novel, Mr..
Martin attempts to put across the
idea that every one has some guilt
in what happens to himself, to
the people around him and to the
world Applying that theory to the
war. Mr.. Martin has his hero believe
that by killing in the war and taking
a chance on being killed. you at
least admitted your guilt in the way
the war was"
His hero, an air cadet named
Banjo. has to meet some strange
people before he arrives at that
conclusion. There was Prof. Ames,
who preached against evil but did
nothing about it. There was Charley,
a mammals boy who drowned his
rebellion against the silver cord in
alcohol. There was Irene, who
blamed everything and every one
but herself for her own promiscuity.
and Van Brunt, who hated Banjo
for being normal.
To draw his moral, Mr.. Martin
has fallen into the common fault
of caricature rather than character
portrayal. He piles anecdote on
anecdote, indulges in frequently con-
fusing fashbacks and. finally. de-
votes the last seven pages to think
ing about the way things are" For
all that, Mr. Martin is a man with
something to say. Next time, he
may say it more effectively.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Black Ships Off
Japan
By Arthur WalWorth (AlTed
A. KnOpt, Mc.; So
Reviewed by
OIIENTIN p MOTT,

Commodore Matthew Calbraith
Perry of the United States Navy
officially ruptured the two-century
isolation policy of Japan in 1853 by
going there with a small feet of
warships and securing a trade
treaty. 1t was 1856 before his men,
oirs were palnstakingly recorded in
"a three-volume edition. financed by
Congress and known as the Mar
rative."
Any one who perused it probably
has been impressed with the
thought that Navy expedition
hardly could have been so faultlessly
expedited. Author Walworth ap-
parently had the same idea and his
book has taken into consideration
the Japanese reaction before and
after theafamous visit as we'll as the
comments of other members of the
expedition besides the rheumatic
Perry.
AS result. he presents complete
picture of old Japan, its fears, in
ternal troubles and the march of
progress to its doors. He presents
the humorous and tragic happen
ings of the visit and details the
diplomatic fencing which took
place.
Had such a picture been avail
able in preWar days, it is possible
that lot of misunderstanding
might never have been encountered.
Mr.. Walworth quotes literally from
the narrative and from unimpeach-
able authorities on Far Eastern
history.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
AGE of Assossins
BIZ Philippe SoupauH. (Kno
81
Reviewed by
NINA PFMBERTON

On the 18th of March, 1912, Philippe
Soupault, French journalist and
poet, was arrested and imprisoned
by officials of the Vichy government
on charges of high treason. He
served a siX-month term in French
North Africa.
Many people have probably Won
dered what would be their imme-
diate reaction were they suddenly to
find themselves behind bars Would
they feel lost to the world OF the liv-
ing, would they experience dark de-
spair, would they instantly lay out
a plan Of escape? All these queS-
tionS are answered in minute and
vivid detail by Prisoner No. 1884
His suffering was not of a physical
nature, it was the mind of this man
that bore the brunt of imprison-
ment. He did not resort to violence
as an outlet to his Illustration, but
learned to impose rigid control OH
his mind and nerves. When panic
gripped him he would put the length
of the cell block between himself
and his fellow prisoners. The peace
and quiet of seclusion were invalu-
able aids.
1t may be asked why attach any
literary importance to the prison
experience of a man who has only
served SiX-month term. when
there are thousands upon thousands
Of more unfortunate people who
have been in captivity for four, five,
six years and more whose sins have
ranged from seditious activity
against the Fascist regime to merely
having been born to the Jewish
faith The value of this autobiog-
raphv is its psychological empha-
sis 1t is not a story of adventure
and escapes. 1t portrays strength
of mind in a fight where brute force
is designed to subdue the victim.
One point of criticism: AS is so
often the case in translationS, the
style of this book has suffered some
what. Some of the meaning has
been lost for lack of that precision
to be found only in the French Ian
Evening star., 1946-05-26


page to page.
Then and Now" makes news in
the book world because its author
w. Somerset Vaughan, the leading
literary craftsman of his time, turns
his urbane and realistic eye to his
toly-notably tale of Niccolo
Machiavelli and Italy in the year
1900
Mr.. Vaughan is always ready to
remind you that he is first of all an
entertainer, and it is with story
teller's selectivity that he bases his
novel on a single political mission
performed by Machiavelli. 1t is the
occasion when MachiaVelli was serv-
ing as envoy from Florence to seek
to MAINTAIN peace with CeSare Bor-
gia. who was ambitious to become
ruler of all the states into which
Italy was then divided.
It is. Of course. necessary that Mr.,
Vaughan present from time to time
multiplicity of both characters
and events He is well aware, how
ever. that this makes difficult read
ing and in this he is, at least.
smarter than the average historian
His method is to handle his dull
matter as briefly and corcisely as
possible in between developments
in his story.
The story he has to tell is
Vaughan in his most typically
ironic vein. Machiavelli, between
conferences with Cesare Borgia to
insure the peace of Florence, tries
to use the Machiavellian principles
of statecraft to have an affair with
the young wife of a middle-aged
citizen of Imola. The sardonic
Florentines experiences in this
1rl7olouS campaign provide the
most sophisticated comedy imagin-
able.
1t is to Mr., Maugham's credit,
both as researcher and storNteller.
that he has arranged the pattern Of
his novel to present what We know
now as the Machiavellian princi-
pies of statecraft in a scene of
dialogue made unforgettable by the
suspense of his risque story. Mr..
Vaughan, incidentally. believes
his amorous anecdote true He
found the idea for it in a play of
Machiavelli's which, he reasons,
must have been based on the
Florentine's own experience.
Nevertheless Then and Now is
minor Vaughan. 1t will have a
place among his works probably
comparable to that of The Merry
Wives of Windsor among those of
Shakespeare, and for much the
same reason. 1t is deft, suave and
worldly wise, but Mr.. Vaughan
himself admits he might never have
written it had it not been for the
rise Of srch recent totalitarian
figures as Hitler and Mussolini.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Variations Displayed
In Converse Prints

Lithographs by Lily S. Converse,
exhibited in the Division of Graphic
Arts, Smithsonian Building, display
drastic variations in quality as we'll
as subject matter. The group of
more than 80 prints includes flower
and tree studies, landscape with
architecture, figures. birds and SYM
bolic conceptions. In the last-men-
toned subject class is one OF her
best works. Aurora Borealis." mani
Testing lofty imagination and bal
anced design.
Such prints as Live Oak, Florida, -
are successful and unusual in the
presentation of theme, while others,
notably "Pouter Pigeon" and "Old
Glory in Africa" fall far short of
what she probably intended. "Pout-
ter Pigeon" for instance, has a tail
resembling the crinkly. fan folded
paper some people put in cold fire.
places.
This exhibition closes tomorrow.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

tells the story
of two sisters of
e X traordinarily
unWorldly b u t
altogether gen.
tie training who
C a m e to live
among the gen.
try of an ordi-
n airy m e a n =
minded Midwest
city, and how
the ordin a + V
mean = minded
ness of the city's
supposedly nice
. people drives
the girls into
Evening star., 1946-05-26
POEMS.

Prayers and Poems, by Francis
Cardinal Spellman. (Scribners.l
A little volume in which Cardinal
Spellman offers poem-prayers for
many occasions. Very fine.
Reaching Upward, by Max Rubin.
National Publishing Coz Collec-
fon of verse of the newspaper levell
Evening star., 1946-05-26

-
from the Russian by Edith
Bone. (Knopt; $780,
Nearly 900 pages long and print
ed IN small type at that, this Stain
Novel Prize winner is a thinly flc-
tionalized history of the early years
of the Russian revolution. 1t is q
good history. 1t brings the tumult
the misery and the hope of its time
into it's pages. 1t does an excellent
Job in getting hold of the hatred OF
the Russian people for their privi-
legged classes. 1t deliberately eX-
tends its large cast Of characters tC
bring in examples OF many types OF
thinkers on the subject of the revo-
luton. The reader who has gone
through it will finish with a sense OF
fullness and reality toward Rus
sias early revolutionary period. But
the human aspect of the work, as
distinguished from the historical, is
weak. Precisely because the author
has used most of his characters tc
illustrate types, he has robbed his
book of living men and women.
The work is divided into three
parts. The first presents picture
of the prerevolutionary scene in
St. Petersburg, with bourgeois So
ciety talking .of the need of in
creased liberalism and even of revO-
luton but actually expecting moth
a,cg whatever to happen. EditOrlally
Mr. Tolstoy bears down hard on the
Corruption-good old Word-of the
bourgeoiSie and assures us that the
life of his middle-claSs characters is
ihdefensible The American reader
however, will hardly see the group
which he introduces as near to Grim
lnallty. He gives us the family of a
successful attorney. Husband and
wife are mildly unfaithful to one an
other and are conscientiously tax
Ing an interest" in artistic and
cultural developments. Admitting
that they frequently behave fool
ishly, it is still hard to see that
either of them is anything that
might be called corrupt. But MI
TolStoy points to their average mis-
conduct and snobberies with a loud
cry Of proletarian triumph.
Two sisters of the family survive
the revolution and are left to adjust
themselves to the change Their
adventures carry the slender story
through the other two parts of the
novel. The background against
which they move is the military
action of the entire civil war with
a good deal of social and political
action included The sisters small
figures become still smaller by con-
trast to the enormous backdrop
Whether they are ever united with
their husbands. or whether their
husbands prove to be good revo-
lutionaries become trifiing questions
to the reader. But they are the
only human questions with which
the book is furnished.
But the utter breakdown OF all
normal life, the assorted varieties
OF lawlessness, the starvation. the
violence, the lack of understanding
Oh the part Of large sections Of the
people that a revolution might be
anything but a glorious chance to
loot and take yengeance-all this is
brought before the reader vividly
and massively. l have not read any
work of fiction in which the saw
agery of the early revolutionary
years has been so clearly drawn.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

with modern age problems I'VE need
both better liberals and more wide
spread liberalism,' he says.
The author breaches at All Souls
Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and
Harvard streets, to capacity con-
gregations which have come to ap-
preciate Mr.. Davies slant on an
expectant universal religion of the
future. The 10 sermons have been
chosen as best dealing with its fun
damentals.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
News About Stamps
By jones Waldo Fowcett.

A stamp to publicize the 50th an
niversary of the admission of Utah
to the Union may be authorized
shortly
Associated Press NeWsfeatureS re-
ports: From Hungary has come
an attractively designed eight-stamp
set picturing a post rider blowing his
Evening star., 1946-05-26

By James w. cam. fhUOpt :,
s2.50.)
One has the feeling about this
new Cain novel that its Individually
accomplished author dictated it in
about two afternoons. 1t is a thriller
of the old West built up in a frall
structure around the ime-honored
thesis that love conquers all
A young Confederate spy has been
sent to California to report on
Union activities there. He meets
beautiful prostitute of the silver
camps. He deserts his duty to fol-
low the young woman and, in keep
ing up his courtship of her, be-
comes a murderer and thief. His
conscience torments him, he knows
that the girl is worthless, but still
he loves her. He is finally hunted
down by a posse and shoots him.
self after accidentally shooting her.
There is no conviction in it, in spite
of the famous Cain baroness of
style. 1t is gaudy commercial fc-
ton and that is all you can say
of it. NC. R.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

cannot help but
think they wrote
history only be-
cause they lack
ed the talent to
compose m ore
popular works.
Secondly, histo-
rians are forced
to deal with a
multiplicity of
characters a n d
events. and then
find it impos-
sible to create
the story thread
t h a t ! e a d S a
Evening star., 1946-05-26
BEST SELLERS
NATION WIDE

according to Publishers weekly
FICTION.
lst-This Side of Innocence. TAYLOR
Caldwell.
2d-The Snake Pit, Mary Jane
Ward
3d-Arch of Triumph. Erich Maria
RGmarq
4th--The Kings General, Daphne
Du MauTier
5th-David the King. Gladys Schmltt.
NONFICTION.
1st-The EGG and j, Betty Mac
Donald
2d-Top Secret. Ralph 1ngersoll.
3d-Starling of the White House,
Thomas Sugrue and Col. Ed
mund Starllne.
4th-Peace of Mind, Joshua L. Lleb-
man
5th-The Autobiography of William
Allen White.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

says IN pfelac-
ing his book of
10 sermons, all
d e a Ii n g with
modern concepts
of religion and
life.
In the same
fortnight vein,
he proceeds III
ensuing chap
tiers to eSpousc
the cause OF nD-
eralism, defend
it's adher e n t S
and fire a few
barbs at hypoc-
Evening star., 1946-05-26
SMELLS,

The Subtle Sense, by Ralph Bien-
fang. university of Oklahoma) A
work on the sense of smell, its physi-
ology, psychology and enjoyment.
SCIENCE.
Science Yearbook OF 1916, edited
by j. D. Ratcliff. Doubleday The
new edition of useful work.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

extremes of unhappiness. Rescue
arrives. however, in the person of
an understanding artist. and the
herolnes shake the dust of St. Cyr
from their feet. 1t is perfectly
harmless stuff.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
The Charity Ball

By Jessie Scott. (MacmiUan,
S275.)
A mild little first novel on the
contrast between youths innocence
and ages evil, this book falls into
the warm weather reading class. 1t
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Paintings by Wyeth
AT Corcoran Gallery

| The Corcoran Gallery of Art
opened last Sunday memorial eX-
hibltion of paintings by Newell Con-
vers Wyeth, noted American IL
illustrator and mural painter, whose
death occurred last October. A pu-
pil of Howard Pyle. Mr.. Wyeth car
ried on the tradition Pyle estab-
lished of sound, fortnight lllustra-
ton, beautifully drawn, broadly
comprehensive and admirably in
terpreting the respective subjects.
Many people today look back upon
the work of Pyle and his followers
as having constituted golden age
Iof American illustration. Whatever
the moderns may say in disparage-
ment of their kind of work as pho
Itograpnic," antiquarian" and lack
ing in emotion" it doubtless will live
as long as any one can get hold OF
an edition of it. The people loved
! Wyeth's lllustra tionS, and only last
year voted the popular prize at the
Corcoran Gallery's biennial to Mr..
! Wyeth spring house.
! AS for emotion, I am tempted to
challenge any one who ever loved
one of the books represented in the
illustrations" in this exhibition, to
view Wyeth's Interpretation and re-
main unmoved. For example, I had
not thought for years Of Jane Por-
! ter's classic, The Scottish Chiefs
but Wyeth's truly noble painting in
this show, of Lord Douglas lying
dead in the Tower of London, con-
jured up the early thrills.
The Duel on the Beach" owned
and lent to the exhibition by DR.
John Oliver La Gorce. vice president
of the National Geographic Society
has been selected for reproduction
here, as it admirably represents
Wyeth's fair for cloak and sword
romance and the sWashbuckling life
Of the Spanish Main. The artist
was an authority on buccaneerin2
history. costumes of the 18th and
18th centuries and the magnificent
ships of that period. The Duel or
the Beach," illustrating Sabatini's
novel, depicts the stirring moment
when a pirate captain crosses swords
with mutinous member of his
crew over the disposition of a cap
tive maid in the background. The
captains cruel, arrogant face, his
poised equilibrium, leave no doubt
as to the outcome. In contrast tc
the deadly Swordplay is the sun
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Then and Now
By w. Somerset Mauoham
Doubleday. $500
Reviewed BY
|. WILLIAM HILL.

1t is defect of history that it IS
often unreadable. This is probably
due to two things. The first is that
most historians write so duly you
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Art of americas
Remains for Week

Modern Art of the Americas. an
exhibition of approximately so works
in oil, water color and sculpture.
which was opened at Howard Uni
versity in connection with it's second
annual Festival of Fine Arts the
first week of May, will remain on
view through next Friday. Every
nation in the Western Hemisphere
is represented with from one to
three works. The Latin American
art collection was lent by Interna-
tional Business Machines Corp. from
its permanent collection, the paint
ings representing Canada and Mex
leo were lent by Duncan Phillips
and H. O. McCurry of the National
Gallery of Canada. respectively.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Prescott Holden Thorp of Net
cong. N. j., has been awarded the
Crawford medal for his book, The
Stamped Envelopes and Wrappers
of the United States and Possess
Sions." published in 1914. The
award is the first by the Royal
Philatelic Society of London given
since 1885,
Evening star., 1946-05-26
By Florence S. Berrymon

Washington's cultural centers
have been increased by the open
ing last Sunday of American Uni
versity's art gallery on the campus
at Nebraska and Massachusetts, ave-
nues, with inaugural exhibitions
having a total of about 100 works in
oil, water color, graphic mediums
and sculpture.
In connection with the Washing
ton Cathedral festival, which begins
today. the National Gallery of Art
organized an exhibition of etchings
by Rembrandt dealing with the life
of Christ. Many of these are rare
and not ordinarily seen in public
exhibitions.
Also at the National Gallery of
Art, only through next Sunday, is a
special Photographic exhibition,
Fine Arts Under Fire" of unusual
interest, illustrating the work of the
Allied armies in preserving and sal
vaging historic monuments and
works of art in the combat areas
of Western Europe.
Paintings by Louis Schanker and
Lee Catch, which were on view at
the Phillips Memorial Gallery, in
time for the sessions held there the
middle of May by the American
Federation of Arts, the American
Association of Museums and the
Aesocia ton of Art Museum directors
will remain through June 3.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
The Faith of an
Unrepentont
Liberal
By A. Po1UeH DaDieS. (The
Beacon Press, S1.25.)
DouiouoI bu
QUENTIN r. MOTT

Any one who publishes book of
sermons nowadays is supposed to
make some apology. I make none
whatever" the Rev. A. Powell Davies
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Summer Art Glass

Andrea Pietro Zerega will open
his summer school tomorrow. to
continue through July g. There will
be morning, afternoon and evening
classes, each lasting for three hours,
and criticism will be given twice
weekly in each class. Registration
entities students to attend all
classes. Detailed information may be
obtained upon application to the
artist at 1911 Twenty-N Ninth street
NV. !
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Collectors should obtain supplies
OF the 3-cent Discharge Emblem
stamp now. while the plates are new
and unwoIn. Later printings will be
less desirable
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Collectors desiring copies of the
exhibition seals produced by the
Polonius tPolish Philatelic Society
are referred to Adam Kloskowski,
1923 North Drake avenue Chicago
II. Ill The 1946 issue is Is cents.
Send stamped self-addressed en-
ve.ope with order.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

The 1947 Centenary international
Philatelic Exhibition will be held at
Grand Central Palace, New York,
May II to May 25. At least one
new stsmp-possibly several Of
them-will be authorized to ad-
vertise the most important event
of its kind since the Centenary Of
the Penny Black of Great Britain
the first postal adhesive ever
brought out by any government-in
1910
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt. writing
about the late Presidents philateIc
activities, says: Everything my
husband did, everywhere he went
and every position he held served
the purpose of increasing his COL
lection
Evening star., 1946-05-26

H. E. Harris e. Co.. 105 Massa-
'chusetts avenue, Boston II, Mass.
has published a new illustrated
catalogue of the postage stamps of
modern Europe Copies are avail
able at 10 cents each. postpaid.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

The Portland Rose Festival Asso-
citation will Sponsor a special cachet
for the 36th annual rose festival.
June to s. Send covers stamped,
self addressed, stuffed with filters.
ready to go with plenty of room on
the lefthard side for markines) to
Myron F. McCamley, 2135 North Al
berta street. Portland. Oreg All
packets must be fully prepaid In
courtesy, please use commemorative
stamps.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

The saith annual convention Of
the International Plate Printers,
Die Stampers and Engravers Union
OF North America has been in ses-
sion at the Hotel Hamilton during
the past week. 1t brought together
artists and craftsmen who create
not only the stamps of the United
States and Canada, but likewise
their currencies. A full report of
the proceedings, including an &C
count of banquet at the Hotel
Willard last evening, will be printed
in The Star next Sunday.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
! James M. Cain Does
A Speedy Thriller
OF the Old West
PAST ALL DISHONOR

BIZ James NJ. Cain. (Kuopf.
S2.50)
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Ralph E. Smith. well-knoWn in
Washington philatelic circles be-
fore the war. has returned from
California with his wife and the
three OF their children who have not
married and set up homes of their
own.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Franklin R. Bruins, ir.. writing in
the New York Sun, says that IS
French colonies are to issue Victory
stamps, some of the unnecessary
labels running to as much as francs
face value. If collectors are willing
to absorb such waste paper" they
will have only themselves to blame
for their unW.sdom.
Evening star., 1946-05-26
ToIstoy's TriIogy
An Achievement
Of Soviet Fiction
pnAn V'n
ROAD TO CALVARY

By AIerei TolStoy. Translated
from the Russian by Edith
Bone. (Knopt; S4,50J
Evening star., 1946-05-26
Stephen Bonsofs
New Memoirs
OF Versailles
SUITORS AND sUPPLIANTs

By Stephen Bonsal. prentice
HGU:: $780,
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Add to the list of Navv officers
who are stamp collectors the rame
of Capt. Sheriff. A. Parsons, 1901
Connecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

Rear Admiral George C. Dyer,
U. S. N. exhibited and described
his distinctive collection OF Hong
Kong stamps and covers before the
Washington Philatelic Society,
Hotel Sheraton, Wednesday even-
ing last.
Evening star., 1946-05-26

The 3-cent Al Smith stamp Is
being used so commonly for ordinary
mail that stocks may soon be ex-
hausted. A similar observation ap-
plies to the Two Jima fag-raising
stamp. The Scent Army stamp
with the planes that never flew in
Europe almost never is seen on
letters in transit through the postal
system Another rarity" is the s.
cent San Francisco, F. D. R.. stamp.
Whether these last two issues really
are scarce is anybodys guess. They
appear to be, but another con-
ceivable explanation is that they
are unpopular.