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Evening star., 1946-05-19
In Locul
Art Circles
By Florence S. Berrymon

Water colors by artists Of the
United States, assembled by the
National Gallery Of Art for . six
month tour OF Latin American re-
are on view at the Pan
American Union (Han Of the Amer
icas) only through next Saturday.
The exhibition was organized by tho
Inter-American ONCE Of the Ma
tional Gallery, mounted and assem-
bled by the Walker Art Center.
Minneapolis, from list Of paintings
in public and private collections.
proposed by the Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York.
The exhibition is emphatically
worth while. The paintings are
large in conception as well IS sizs
and in most instances have consid-
erable substanceand vitality. They
constitute brief history Of Ameri-
can water color painting during the
past half century, as seen In IS ex-
amples by 18 artists, who were and
are leading exponents Of the me-
dium.
The show begins with two paint.
ings by Winslow Homer, who pio.
neered in working much in the open.
transcribing what he saw In out-
door light and color. Sargent, brill.
liant technician, and Maurice Prem
dergast, an independent American
|modernist, follow chronologically.
George Pop" Hart's lively impress
sions OF exotic subjects, George
Luks' realistic handling OF COM
monplace scenes, Edward Hopper's
and Charles Burchfield's uncompro-
missing captures Of the physical
aspects Of cities and villages add
earthly flavor and q strong native
quality to the show.
John Marin, working in q modern
idiom all his own; Lyonel Feininger.
cubist, and Stuart Davis. employing
recognizable objects in abstract pat
terms, are several who represent the
esthetically radical element in
American art. Reginald Marsh, pri-
marily interested in the human hg.
ure dominating its sordid setting:
Adolf Dehn, alternately satirist and
iQcCOIdt1 hklOoNdPAot, dlN 1AdAOAA
Bohrod, who gives his urban
scenes in gouache the richness and
depth of oil paintings, are among
the youngest artists represented, and
are outstanding interpreters Of the
American scene.
i A novel feature Of the exhibition
is the framing. a new method de-
vised by the Walker Art Center.
The ir-sealed, nonshatterable plexi-
glass frame Is guaranteed to protect
the paintings on their tour against
the destructive effects of humidity
and temperature. In addition ia
these virtues, the frames are good
looking and unobtrusive. being col-
| orless with opaque edges, resem.
! bling glycerin glass. .r.
The exhibition will travel by air
. express. The itinerary for the
showings will include Rio de Janeiro
Iand Sac Paulo, Brazil; Buenos Aires
Argentina; Monteyideo, Uruguay
Santiago, Chile; Lima. Peru, and
, Mexico City.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

in interest and strength was George
Bellows, one given to leadership,
strong and talented-one Of the first
to reach out to modernism based
on clear seeing and strong painting.
One of his best known works-"Stag
at Sharkey's"-has been lent by tbs
Cleveland Museum.
Ryder's Rhine Maidens
Lent by National Gallery
In the rather dull sos and the
gay '90s the British influence on
American art wore of and was re-
placed again by the French. This
influence at its best will be exempli.
fed in the Tate exhibition by q very
charming painting by Ernest Law.
son-a nocturne, Spring Night
Harlem River"-lent by the Phillips
Gallery and long one Of its treas
|ures. Another landscape painter
well represented will be the roman
ticist, Albert Ryder. How he
mingled poetry with his painting
will be shown by his "Siegfried and
the Rhine Maidens," recently
acquired by the National Gallery.
Certain American artists have
been claimed by both American and
Britain, because while American by
birth they have long lived in Eng
land. Among these are Sargent
and Whistler, both brilliant tech
nicians and sincere artists. Tho
Tate Gallery owns Sargent's por-
traits of Lord Ribblesdale and Asher
Wertheimer, both Of which will be
included in the exhibitors .ofncial
catalogue. The Louvre has con-
sented to lending Whistler's portrait
of his mother, and from Glasgow
will come his portrait of Thomas
Carlyle, in addition to which will
be "Battersea Bridge"-bearing wit
ness to Japanese influence-and tho
simple figure of Miss Alexander"
also Tate owned.
Obviously many noteworthy works
cannot be mentioned. The modern
school, for instance, is 50 extensive
and varied that it must be COM
pletely passed by. None will like all
the exhibits but every one, it would
seem, must admit that the showing
is representative. 1t is neither
Main Street" nor Castle Hill' but
a little of both well calculated to
lead to better understanding among
our neighbors overseas. This obvi.
ously was the intention of the or.
ganizers Of the exhibition.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

william r. Cody may yet be au-
thorized, even though the ami
versary passed on February 26. The
commemorative for the
Tooth birthday" of Thomas Alva
Edison should be released at Milan,
Ohio, and East Orange, N. j.. on
February II next year.
The Smithsonian Institution stamp
probably will 60 on sale in WASH
ington exclusively on August 10.
As 1t stands now the design repre-
sents the north side of the originall
building on the Mall. Changes,
however, are conceivable right up
to the last minute before approval.
The color ought to be the natural
color of the structure depicted-a
brown-purple-red.
Several designs for the Victory
stamp, If it ever Is commissioned,
are ready and waiting in the Bureau
OF Engraving and Printing. But it
is unlikely that any issue marking
the end of World War II will be re-
leased so long as there is danger of
World War III breaking out.
Stamps from the collections Of the
late e. Irving Fulton, Mrs. Edward
B. Martin, Gerard Ten Eyck Beck
man, Albert F. Kunze, Alexander
Weland, the philatelic editor OF
The Star, and others will be on dis
play at the second annual spring
festival at Washington Cathedral,
May 26 to June 2. It also has been
announced that special postal
meter insigne will be provided for
covers mailed at the curator's office,
Mount st. Alban, during the cele-
bration. Readers should send their
material self-addressed and ready
to go. Inclose cents In coins for
each marking wanted. Cathedral
view cards in natural colors will be
sent postfree to all persons ordering
them at 10 cents each.
George A. Scott, writing for the
Associated Press, says: Bulgaria
has issued four stamps to mark the
Evening star., 1946-05-19

others whose Indebtedness to the
British school was great and whose
works are held today in high esteem.
West and Copley did not return to
the United States, settling in Lon
don, then at its peak in interest and
influence culturally and being gen.
erously patronized. Others, among
them Gilbert Stuart and Sully, went
back to share their acquired knowl-
edge and profit in the sharing.
Copley will be seen at his best
in Children of George III" from
Buckingham Palace; 'The Boy With
Squirrel" a portrait of his brother
anonymously lent; Watson and the
Shark" owned by Christ's Hospital.
London. and perhaps most notable,
Portrait of Mrs. Fort" owned and
lent by the Wadsworth Atheneum,
Hartford, Conn. Gilbert Stuart
(who, by the way, occupied for some
months a studio in Washington
will be seen at his best in his por-
traits Of George Washington known
as the Vaughan Portrait'D and that
Of Mrs. Richard Yates, both lent by
the National Gallery Of Art, and his
portrait Of West, lent by the Tate
Gallery. s.s, a..
As time went on, the British in.
fuence on American art lessenee
and was replaced by that of Ital,
and France. This marked the up.
springing of the landscape school
Of which, for many years.. George
Inness was leader. Inness will, bt
represented in the Tate Gallery8ex.
hibition by his painting entitled
1.-THE Lackawanna Valley" lately
acquired by our National Gallery o.
Art, and by "a Passing Shower,
privately owned and lent. For ont
so gifted and influential, this show.
ing would seem inadequate. Un.
fortunately in the field of land.
scape painting, the collection i.
rather weak The Hudson Rivel
school has small representation BY
American artists although it un.
doubtedly opened the way to the so.
called discovery of America" Bier.
stadt as well as Moran painted tn.
scenery Of our majestic West
Church as well as Inness, Niagara.
Simultaneous with the develop
ment of our American Landscape
school came our development ol
genre painting which gave us in.
teresting and authentic pictures o.
American life in all its seriousness.
in pioneer days. This phase o.
American painting is represented b.
''Raftsmen Playing Cards." by
George Caleb Bingham, lent by ths
st. Louis Museum.
One of the most American of al
our painters and at the same time
most gifted was Winslow Homer
lover of the outdoor world, the ses
and the forest streams, New Eng.
land. In this well-selected exhibition
for the Tate Gallery will be six o1
Homer's best canvaseS and four oI
his delightful water colors. Among
the oil paintings will be Eight
Bells" Fox Hunt" '"The Gull
Stream" and 'Breezing Up"
Belonging also to about the same
category is a group of paintings BY
Thomas Eakins of Philadelphia, who
delighted in picturing sports ano
was at the same time an excellent
portrait painter. The Phillips Me.
mortal has lent his portrait of Miss
Van Buren,, the Pennsylvania Acad-
emy his portrait of Walt Whitman
Much later in date but closely akin
Evening star., 1946-05-19
REPRINT.

&tA1x 4t4&N4
Adventures Of Buffalo Bill. by Col.
Prentiss Ingraham. One of the
facsimile reprints Of old-time dime
novels gotten out by the interesting
Dime Novel Club of Brooklyn. N. Y.
Originally published 1881.
PLAYS.
And He Hid Himself, by Ignazio
Silone. HarpersD The characters
of Silone's novel, Bread and Wine, !"
are used In play which is not, how
ever, dramatization OF the novel
but new story.
EDUCATION.
Unfinished Business in American
Education, by John X. Norton and
Eugene S. Lawler. (National Edu-
cation Association.) An inventory
of public school expenditures in the
United States. Illustrated with
charts and diagrams.
The History Of Phi Beta Kappa
by Oscar M. Voorhees,. Grown J
The authorized history Of the great
scholastic fraternity.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

WOIlQ famous Maiceim DinSsy.
personalities is conceded. Many Of
the better anecdotes about these
celebrities are told here for the
first time. too, although one can
suspect that some are slightly
apocryphal.
But the reader is all too likely
to get the impression that Mr..
Bingay believes the hub Of the uni
verse Is the Detroit Athletic Club
and that the big automobile manu-
facturers can do no wrong. The
author seems to take the view that
the frenzied financial operations Of
w. G. Durant were just boyish
pranks, and he defends Henry Ford
to such an extent that he extols
the Ford peace ship mission Of 1915.
Perhaps Mr.. Bingay's philosophy
can best be summed up in this
paragraph from a chapter on Gen.
eral Motors:
IF we could have a Federal Gov
ernment that would be, to any de-
gree, as efncient and still would
keep the power in the hands Of the
stockholders, most Of the problems
Of democracy might be solved"
Presumably this was written be-
fore the recent General Motors
strike.
Mr.. Bingay writes interestingly
and at length on the 1888 bank crisis,
giving the late Senator James Couz-
ems none the better Of it. He also
devotes a brief chapter to Detroit's
race riot Of few years ago. But
he ignores almost completely the
rise of the United Auto Workers
despite the Importance Of its role
in Detroit in recent years.
Despite his prominent place in
Detroit journalism, Mr.. Bingay is
best known nationally as q baseball
writer under the name Of Iffy the
Dopester, a character patterned
after Ring Lardner.
my the Dopester was q sensation
back in the depression ridden 1906
when the Detroit Tigers were win
ming pennants. Then the city was
so hysterical about baseball that
during the 1884 World Series one
of the Detroit papers carried in its
noon edition the list Of Tigers who
had shaved before breakfast that
morning. lily couldn't have hap
pened anywhere else, but he reany
clicked In Detroit and several OF
his stories appeared later In the
Saturday EWING Post.
Perhaps the best Of these is Base
balls Troubadour," which is re-
published In Mr.. Bingay's book. Al
any ba9eball fan would s,irmise, IL
concerns Germany Schaefer, who
ended his baseball days In Wash.
ington, where he and Nick Altrock
comprised the first great coach.
comedian team.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
This Sideof
By Taylor Caldpell. (Scrib.
ner's, $3.)
Reviewed by
RENA LEVANDER,

The influence OF the motion pic
ture on the modern novel is nc
longer a matter of surmise. The
lure of Hollywood has created q
host of writer's who are able to turn
out novels easily adapted to screen
use with little or no alterations. Tay.
lor Caldwell's latest book, This Side
II Innocence" obviously designed fol
film purposes, is already scheduled
for movie production.
Against q roccoco setting of the
late 1860s, Miss Caldwell has placed
as technicolorful an assortment o1
heroes, heroines and semivillain.
as ever delighted the heart of q
movie magnate. Jerome Lindsey
the depraved Byronic hero, combine.
the external virtues Of a fine" ane
careless gentleman with a modern
flair for self-conscious introspection
Pitted against him is his cousin, q
rival not only in business but in love
for passion, lust, and insane desire
had come late" to Alfred Lindsey
And when the irresistible force that
was Jerome met the immovable OBJ.
ject that was Amalie "a purple
eyed heroine whose voice was deer
and low with great potential
ities'D, 1t was only q question Of time
till they fell hopelessly in love. II
takes generation to iron out the
complications caused by this turbu-
lent triangle.
Although Miss Caldwell's emo
tional characters could not be called
politically or socially conscious, they
are burdened with q good deal Of
confused thinking along the lines o1
old hat humanitarianism. The mar
rative moves swiftly, almost in spite
Of Miss Caldwells adverb-loaded
style.
There may be some who will OBJ
ject to the abrupt violence with
which some Of the chapters end. But
they need to be reminded that "This
Side Of Innocence" was first written
for serial publication In one Of the
women's magazines.
The large following who enjoyed
Miss Caldwell's earlier books will nc
doubt enjoy This Side Of In
nocence."
Evening star., 1946-05-19
THE ENGLISH WAY
By Pierre Maillaud. fOrtord
University Press; $3.75.)
NINAyPEMBERToN.

NINAsPEMBERToN.
Without a shadow Of doubt the
England Of today is very different,
politically and economically, from
the England Of the 1930s.
Pierre Maillaud, a Frenchman
who has We'd for more than 10
years In thu British Isles, has made
an extensive study of the English
people and their way of life. Un-
biased anq unprejudiced, he has
set out her to explain just what
1t is that makes England tick
from the traditional cup Of tea
custom to the delicate Vaccinations
and complexities Of an empire in
the tllroe& of political transition.
His solution would seem to be
that there should be developed a
plan of living somewhat less i'm
perialistic but geared more to Eng
lish participation in the European
community of nations.
A high light of this book is the
subtly writtGn chapter headed THE
Dropping TIP Hats and the Busi-
nessman's ra," wherein Maillaud
examines w4h literary skill the in
decision of reaction to the fast
growing clouds of war and the
threats to European security in the
early 1930s. When most of Europe
was then. drawing toward a plane
Of social equality Maillaud writes
that Eng| and continued to hold
the torch of hierarchy" The re-
ward for this policy was a rude
awakenina and a CONFUSION Of the
empire wi itch cost it high in both
blood and gold and left even the
British tradition severely shaken.
With cold objectivity Maillaud
traces the British pacif1st mood
Evening star., 1946-05-19

a railroad locomotive in a symbolical
design. while 10-l dark olive fea-
lures the reproduction of a bank
note. A girl dropping a coin in a
savings bank Is depicted on a 20-l
blue, and a SOL slate pictures what
apparently is banking building"
Readers who have not obtained
all the Two Jima flag raising)
stamps they want are advised to
act at once. The Navy stamp also
is apt to be taken of the Philatelic
Agency sales list shortly.
The Standard Oil Co. Of New
Jersey, 80 Rockefeller Plaza, New
York City, has published booklet
entitled Petroleum in the World"
which should be invaluable to col
lectors specializing in stamps relat-
ing to the oil industry. Copies gratis
on application. Inclose Sc postage.
In reply to inquiries about phi
latelic magazines, the following are
listed: Stamps, weekly, West
Forty-sixth- street, New York City
Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, 20
Temple street, Portland, Me;
Weekly Philatelic Gossip, Holton,
Kans.; Linn's Weekly Stamp News,
Sidney, Ohio; International Stamp
Review, monthly, st. Joseph, Mo.
Philip n. Ward, jr., writes that
only one Chief Justice ever has had
his portrait used in stamp design
John Marshall, IS issues of 1894,
1895 and 1902. William Howard
Taft, Of course, was head of the
highest tribunal in the land after
having served as President, but it
was his term in the White House
that qualified him for the philatelic
gallery, not his tenure OF Office as
Chief Justice.
Copies Of "Your Postal Service -
the 24-page illustrated pamphlet
publicizing the work done by the
postal system Of the United States,
still are available. Address requests
to Issac Gregg, chief OF the Informa-
ton Bureau Of the Post ONCE De-
partment.
The designer of the SC Tennessee
commemorative, scheduled for first
day sale at Nashville on June !,
was Victor s. McCloskey, jr. The
engravers were: Charles A. Brooks,
portrait Of jackson; Carl T. Arlt,
portrait Of Sewer and State Capitol; /;
Axel w. Christensen, border, letter.
ing and numerals.
The Sc telegraph centenary stamp
was withdrawn by the Philatelic
Agency on May 10.
The Poster Stamp Bulletin gives
front-page space to a story about
"a colorful poster labels recently
produced by patriots in Denmark
paying tributes to their King and
rejoicing in the survival of their
national institutions. Artists of
genius made the designs. The COM
plete set may be had at cost ESQ
cents) from the Poster Stamp Pub
fishing Co., 2445 South Damen ave-
nue, Chicago 8, Ill.
A meeting of the Collectors Club
of Washington will be held at 1912
Ninth street NV. Tuesday evening
Evening star., 1946-05-19

the Detroit Free
Press and for
D-odd years q
working n e " s.
paperman In the
Motor City. Yet
his book falls
con sid e ra b ly
short OF expecta-
tions.
That 1t con-
tain as its
Jacket blur b
8 t = t e s Z
"sprightly col.
lection of stories
and portraits" Of
uor1d fo~aa,,s
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Art and Artists
Best of American Artists Work
Lent to Tate Gallery in London
By leiIo" Mechlin

than March, 945 made by
David Finley director Of the National Gallery Of Art Of the
director trustees Of
Gallery assemble comprehensive collection
American paintings produced during the last 200 be shown
Gallery possible cessation hosies
project
finding
Evening star., 1946-05-19

NAMES,
Treasury Of Names, by Evelyn
Wells. Dueu, Sloan & Pearce). A
dictionary Of Christian names, their
origins and meanings.
FITNESS.
Six Factors Of Physical Fitness, by
Nicholas Kounovsky. u. J. Angus
TIM A book of exercises with pho
tographs and detailed directions.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

OUt11 dIlkASCI od1 y
Of savings banks
in that country.
E a c h features
the dates 1885,
1916 and scenes
connected with
savings or bank
ing. A 4-leva
red pictures a
beehive, q motor
cycle rider, agri-
cultural imple-
ments and in
the background
Evening star., 1946-05-19
MALCOLM w. Binquy
Writes His Story
OF Detroit
DETROIT is MY
OWN HOME TOWN
Reviewed by
CHARLES NJ. EGAN.

By Malcolm W. Bingay. (Bobbs-
Merrill Co.,; $3.75J
Few persons know the full story
Of Detroit and the automobile In
dustry as well as Malcolm w.
Bingay, now editorial director OF
Evening star., 1946-05-19
British Ties Reflected
In Chosen Art Works

Special interest will attach to the
exhibition when shown in London
because it was from the British art
of the 18th century that our early
American art stemmed. Among the
works shown will be quite a number
painted by American artists in Lon
don studios, such as vividly recalled
by Matthew Pratt's American
School," lent by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York. This
shows Benjamin West in his Lon
don studio instructing four young
men from America intent on learn
ing to paint in the style then
current.
Benjamin West himself will be
twice represented, the Philadelphia
Museum lending his Death on a
Pale Horse" and the National Gal
lery Of Canada, his Death of Gen.
eral Wolfe
From this same school came Cop
ley, Stuart, Sully and a score of
Evening star., 1946-05-19

A meeting of the Collectors Club
Of Washington will be held at 1912
Ninth street NV, Tuesday evening
at 8.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

collection Delng on lCS way 10, II HOI
already in, London. The original in
tention was to limit the display to
$50 works, but that number was in
creased before shipment to more
than 230, of which Ito are oil paint
ings and the remainder water colors.
The exhibition will open early in
June and continue for six weeks or
more.
The task Of assembling so i'm
portant an exhibition was assigned
to two committees, appointed and
duly authorized by the National
Gallery, under sanction Of the De-
partment of State. The first OF
these, dealing with works of artists
of the 18th and 18th centuries, was
headed by John Walker, chief
curator, with George H. Edgell,
director of the Museum of Fine
Arts. Boston; Fiske Kimball, di-
rector of the Philadelphia Museum
| of Art, and Francis Henry Taylor,
director of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum of Art, New York.
The second committee was headed
by Duncan Phillips, director of tho
Phillips Memorial Gallery of Wash-
| ington, who had serving with him
Alfred n. Barr, jr., director Of re-
search at the Museum of Modern
Art, New York; Mrs. Juliana Force,
director Of the Whitney Museum Of
American Art, New York; William
M :. Miiiiken, director OF the Cleve-
land Museum Of Art, and Daniel
Cation Rich, director OF the Chicago
Art Institute. Paintings by artists
Of the 18th and 2oth centuries were
chosen by this committee. That a
considerable number OF these artists
are still living and producing made
the task exceptionally difficult. The
division Of responsibility, however,
seems to have worked to great ad-
vantage. All in all the collection
to be shown is found exceptionally
representative.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

The Sc telegraph centenary stamp
was withdrawn by the Philatelic
Agency on May 10.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

Copies Of "Your Postal Service" !"
the 24-page illustrated pamphlet
publicizing the work done by the
postal system Of the United States,
still are available. Address requests
to Issac Gregg, chief OF the Informa-
ton Bureau Of the Post Once De-
partment.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

George A. Scott, writing for the
Associated Press, says: Bulgaria
has issued four stamps to mark the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-14

In SIX weeks Of 1916. eight
,rt.Jitj., have occurred in trail
Ng. IN vance and Warren
counti,. highway pltroimrn
aid ;oday. ard p~rcusctru ire
,iar would set Z record ia high
way ,i.ltnS in this are: II the
iY.srrt rate continues.
-Four ii the victims met m
start death IL Warren county.
?uj Il ii,tfi. Injured IN uhat
c,uutv. die ~ = "olcr"a h"Spi-
IA IN Henderson. ihr ether
t'trrc fatalities were ~ Vance
,,un:y.
J.! Vance alone there were
,iv traffic fatalities IN 1915. the
c~.ii"ar, eaid.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-14
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