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Lincoln Memorial Unsurpassed
In Simple, Impressive Beauty
By Alexander R. George
-Hsrris-Ewins Photo.
By Alexander R. George
Associated Press STAFF writsr.

"The color OF the ground pas IN
him, the red earth,
The smack and tang OF elemental
things,
The rectitude and patience OF the
cliff"
Designed by Henry Bacon.
The memorial was designed by
Henry Bacon, New York architect
who died in 1924. He was particu-
larly pleased because the memorial
commission decided to place it on
the city's main axis, in line with
the Capitol and the Washington
Monument, instead of on site near
the Union Station, at first pro-
posed because of accessibility to
visitors. ...
Mr.. Bacon said: 1.-THE Capitol Is a
monument to the Government, the
Washington Monument is a memo
rial to one of the founders of the
Government, and the Lincoln Me-
mortal will be a monument to the
man who saved the Government.
The memorial cost $2,949, 900. AL
though the Lincoln statue is rated
one of the worlds masterpieces and
a priceless heritage of the American
people, it cost only $4,000. Six
years were spent in its creation and
execution.
Six Brothers Made Statue.
Members of the family of Daniel
Chester French, who designed and
modelled the statue, have said he
made no profit on it. French also
designed the Minute Man at Con-
cord, Mass, starting that work when
he was % years old. He modelled the
statue of John Harvard at Cam
bridge and the colossal figure of the
Republic in Chicago. He, died in
1881. NJ o-aea s A. ~ syt.-5
The carving of the Lincoln statue
was done by the six Picciriln BROTH
ers in their shops in New York,
where Mr.. French also worked. 1t
was carved out of % blocks of
Georgia white marble so adroitly
joined together they appear as one
huge monolith. The gifted Piccirilli
brothers often worked in relays on
the same part of the statue. For a
year and a half 27 highly trained
men of the Piccirilli staff were con-
stantly on the job.
Human Chunk of Stone"
Memorial visitors are greatly i'm
pressed by the strength and kindn-
ness expressed in the face and hands
of the statue.
More people visit the Lincoln Me-
mortal than any other monument In
the Capital. The Washington Mon
ument is second in popularity. The
peak number of visitors to the me-
mortal was 1,l86,327 in the travel
year of 1941. In the same period
some $4,000 people visited the
Washington Monument
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IE6VISWVU Uy
GARNETT D. HORNER.

With deadly conciseness the foot
notes in this book tell what hap
pened to most of the Germans who
had the courage to oppose Hitler.
On page after page occur the
names of men, some of them leading
German military figures, who took
part in the abortive plan to kill
Hitler and overthrow the Nazi re-
gime in the summer of 1914. Most
of the names are followed by aster-
isks. referring to footnotes that
read: Executed by the Nazis" or
committed suicide"
Fabian Won Schlabrendorff, whose
personal experiences as one of the
leaders in the fight against Hitler
are related in this book, is one of the
handful of survivors of the struggle
for freedom within Germany. He
was among group of special Ges-
tapo prisoners liberated by Amer
lean troops before they could be
executed. He told his story to Mr..
Gaevernitz, who worked during the
war with the Office of Strategic
Services in Switzerland, and relates
the tense narrative here.
The book is valuable for the first
hand detail 1t provides about the
anti-Nazi movement within Ger
many, eliminating in the explo-
sion Of the bomb on July 20, 1914,
that wounded but failed to kill Hit
Ter. The Gestapo tracked down
nearly every one who had anything
to do with that, and most of them
died. As one of his friends told Won
Schlabrendorff: Whoever Joined
the resistance movement had to
realize that his life was doomed"
An interesting sidelight is thrown
on a major incident of the war-the
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HIS country's finest monu-
ment will be Is years old on
Memorial Day.

Memorial Day.
-. The Lincoln Memorial,
widely regarded as unsurpassed the
world over in simple, impressive
beauty, was dedicated May 80, 1922.
Chief Justice Taft, chairman of the
Memorial Commission, presented 1t
to President Harding for the Amer
lean people as "a shrine where all
can worship"
/. Since then 1t has been visited by
some 100000 persons. They have
come from all of the States and
virtually every country in the world.
Young and old, poor and prosperous,
notables and little people have spok-
en- of "the lift" they got at the
shrine, especially from the great
lifelike statue of Lincoln.
Markham Read Poem.
Among $4,000 witnessing the dedi-
cation were Robert T. Lincoln, son
of the President, and veterans who
had fought on both sides in the
Civil War. Men in Confederate
gray, watching men in Federal blue
present the colors at the dedication,
could see the mansion of Robert E.
Lee in Arlington National Cemetery
across the Potomac
Edwin Markham read a poem he
had written for the occasion. Two
stanzas ran like this:
when the Morn Mother sdD the
D. 1UhirlaDind hour
Greatening and darkening as 1t
hurried ON
She left the heaven of heroes and
came dolOn
To make a man to meet the mortal
need.
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By copt. Lucius c. Dunn,
U. S. Mary (Retiredl.

Dating from pre-Revolutionary
times historic Alexandria, Va, has
ever been intimately associated with
the sea and the development Of the
maritime affairs Of our Nation. In
days gone by proud sailing ships,
laden with American products, have
cleared from her docks outward
bound down the classic Potomac
into blue water to fly the Stars and
Stripes over the Seven Seas.
And particularly has Alexandria
been intimately connected with the
history and growth of the United
States Navy since its earliest days.
The unwarranted capture and
conf1scation Of American merchant
vessels by French privateers during
the hectic days of the Napoleonic
wars was one Of the contributory
factors which induced Congress to
pass the act, approved July l, 1897,
authorizing the fitting-ou manning
and employment of our three
frigates-United States, Constella-
ton and Constitution-which were
then on the ways. Shortly there
after followed additional legislation
to build up our Navy, as well as
authorizing American naval vessels
TO capture French vessels preying
upon our commerce, and the arming
and commissioning of American
merchantmen. This resulted in the
undeclared Franco-American Naval
War Of 1798-1S01.
American Ships Captured.
Furthermore mention of an Alex
andria vessel is included in the ex-
tracts from consular letters, respect
Ing capture Of American merchant
vessels by the French, which Secre-
tary Of State Pickering submitted to
Congress with his letter on that
subject dated December 27, 1877:
The Sally, Of Alexandria, Capt.
James Crawdhill, owned by M.
Hodgson, bound for Rotterdam to
Norden, was carried into Morlaix
Evening star., 1947-05-25
If You re frightened
BY Freud or Jared
By Joyce, Read This
THE CONFESSIONS OF ZENO
BY Italo Svevo. (Ne1u Directions
Books, $780,
Reviewed by
ROBERT K. WALSH,

Taken simply as a story, this
novel is refreshingly natural, witty
and human. Far from showing it's
age, it was ahead of its time when
published In Italy more than 20
years ago.
The book, however, is neither SIM
pie nor story as such. It's Italian
title, La Coscienza de Zeno," has
been appropriately translated. But
for q better understanding of Svevo's
method and purpose, the American
reader must be told that "coscienza"
means both conscience and con-
sciousneSs. H6S i--
Two of the most interesting and
valuable features of this edition
might seem to have little direct con-
nection with the narrative "in
pseudo-biographical form" These
are the authors final chapter 'on
psychoanalysis and an Introductory
essay by Prof. Renato Poggioli of
Brown University.
Italo SveVo was the pen-name Of
Ettore Schmitz, Trieste business
man, who died in 1923. He studied
English under no less mentor than
James Joyce. He never posed as a
polished writer, but he had unusual
creative ability. keen perception of
character and adroitness in explor-
ing the recesses of the mind and
heart.
AS Prof Poggioli notes, he used
zeno to psychoanalyze, If not parody,
psychoanalysis. The result is faS-
cinating, especially because Svevo
skillfully glides along the stream Of
consciousness without swamping
every one concerned.
zeno, a curious creation of imag.
mary ills, remains always a realistic
one, whether in the field of f1ctional
personality or in the psychological
no-mans land between the sane
and irrational" Few of his pre-
dicanents are funnier than the one
in which he is maneuvered into
marrying the wrong girl after being
rejected by her two sisters.
For the reader who is frightened
by Freud or Jared by Joyce, the
story can still be the thing to catch
his undivided attention, If not his
conscience.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
PARIS WAS OUR MISTRESS
BY Samuel Putnam. (The Vik.
ing Press; S3.)
Reviewed by
HARRY MACARTHUR.


Writers who appraised life in the
United States after World War I
and found 1t wanting, fell into two
categories. One group stayed to
slug it out on the home grounds.
The other fled to Paris and became
the "lost" generation. 1t is of the
latter group that Mr. Putnam writes,
and writes Interestingly for the most
part.
Seekers after another Last Time
I Saw Paris" will be misled by the
title of Mr.. Putnams book, however.
He is not dealing with Paris and
Parisians but rather with artists at
work and play in the French capital.
In the course of his examinations of
literary trends during the years be-
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Alexandra Helped Navy Grow Up

and making final preparations for
putting to sea. While at Hampton
Roads the merchants of Norfolk ap-
piled to him for convoy protection
for some of their vessels then ready
to sail, bound for Europe and the
West Indies: Capt. Truxtun granted
this request and agreed to convoy
them out for a distance OF about 20
or 30 leagues at most from Cape
Henry" The Constellation and her
convoy Of about 16 vessels got under
way from Lynnhayen Bay on June
26, 1888, or in the words of Capt.
Truxtun as recorded in his journal
of that date: "At II am. made the
Signal for the Fleet to get under
Way-hove up Immediately, and at
Noon abreast the Light House,
standing out to Sea, East by Com
pass; the whole Fleet being under
Sail, and in Order"
Thus the proud Constellation,
under the capable Truxtun, carved
for herself an epocflal place in the
history Of the United States Navy,
she being the first of our three
celebrated frigates to get to sea.
Moreover, Alexandria was repre-
sented by at least one vessel In that
famous convoy, for among the list
OF vessels which Capt. Truxtun
records as having been issued copies
OF his convoy signals on that occa-
sion we find: ship Ann, 224 tons
burthen; David Black, Master;
Owner. Robert Hambleton of Alex
andria; bound to Rotterdam"
Protective Patrol Started.
"At PM" continues Capt. Trux-
tun in his journal on June ~, fired
a Gun to Leeward, and hoisted the
Ensign at the Ensign Staff, as a
Signal for parting with the Fleet,
there being no strange Sail in Sight,
and my Promise being performed
of conveying those Vessels about
Twenty or Thirty Leagues at most
from Cape Henry. Being in Twenty
Fathoms Water, and at the Distance
of Twenty -one Leagues from Cape
Henry, when I left the Fleet, with
the Wind at East, bore to the
Southwark, in order to pass Cape
Hatteras as soon as possible, and so
proceed on as far as the Southern
limits of my Station"
The Constellation thus began her
first patrol of protecting American
shipping from the depredations of
French privateers; the area of this
patrol extended from Cape Henry
to the extreme southern limits of
our Atlantic seaboard, which at
that time was the middle of the
River ST. Marys, in Georgia.
Built by her sea captains and
still standing are some of Alexan-
dria's most beautiful old colonial
intrinsically linking the
present with those golden days
Of her commerce on great waters.
And, finally. be 1t said that Alex
andria's most distinguished and
revered citizens-from his Mount
Vernon heights--was ever an inter-
ested spectator Of the seaborne
business and ships which passed in
and out of the Potomac's principal
Virginia City.
Protection of that shipping has
ever been major role of the United
States Navy.
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eA4AS4 C04ASACA4144
by the Com
m ercial e Tri-
bunal." /"
Following the
launching Of the
Constellation, on
S e pte m ber 7,
1877, at the
Baltimore Navy
Yard, it became
necessary in due
course to open
recruiting sta
tons for enlist
ing the frigate's
rr1x1t nna ro
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cruiting rendez- Capt. Thomas Truxtun.
vous in charge of 1t. John Rodgers,
u. S. N. was opened at Baltimore,
and another one in charge of the
Marine officer of the Constellation,
1t. James Triplett; Corps of Artil-
lery was opened at Alexandria, Va.
In letter written on board the
Constellation, at Baltimore, dated
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DIsPosING OF HENRY

BY Roger Bax. (Harper & Bros;
S250.)
This will give you a chance to
watch murder in action, the
thoughts of the murderers, as well as
of those who succeed in solving what
was almost perfect crime. All Of
it centers around one Daisy Waters,
who travelled q long way from a
London slum, but wound up facing
the gallows. .r
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appointment as secretary OF the
Navy was forwarded to him, at
Georgetown, by Secretary of State
Timothy Pickering in Philadelphia
in a letter dated May %, 1913, the
identical date of Capt. Truxtun' s
foregoing orders to 1t. Triplett.
Another interesting feature of the
above directive to 1t. Triplett is
Capt. Trlxtun's reference to "a
number of men having been put on
board a vessel bound to Alexandria
by a French privateer has induced
me to order you to make this expedi-
ton In this regard the Boston
newspaper, Columbian Sentinel, of
May 80, 1893, published an extract of
q letter presumably from merchant
skipper, Capt. John Pittman, dated
Baltimore May %, 1898, which reads
as follows:
Last Monday, being In the Bay,
beating up, with the wind from the
northward, fell in with Capt. Very,
of Salem, off New Point Comfort.
He informed of his being boarded
by a French privateer sloop of 16
guns, on his passage, which put on
board Of him the masters and crews
Of five American vessels which they
had taken on our coast belonging
to Boston and New York, who were
then all on board. 48 in number, as
I understood. Having fresh breeze
and passing by him quick, could not
get particulars, but understood they
were all outward bound. Expect the
particulars by tomorrow's post from
Alexandria, as I think Capt. v. must
have arrived there on Friday or
Saturday last"
Alexandrians Recruited.
The French privateer in this in
stance proved to be the Jean Bart,
as indicated by the following marine
intelligence item published in the
Salem Gazette of June /, 1898:
Capt, Isaac Very arrived at Alex
andria from this port (Salem). In
Latitude 1890 n, Longitude 70o30'
W., he was brought to by the priva-
teer Jean Bart, Peter Lafitte, mount.
ing IA guns az of which were 8
pounders) and $50 men. She put on
board him 27 men belonging to
prizes she had taken, and then
steered Sc, with the Diana under
her lee. The ships she had taken
were the Merchant, Rosseter, from
New York for Bristol, taken when "a
hours out; Ship Thomas, Holland,
10 days from Liverpool; Ship Diana,
from New York, mounting 8 guns,
bound to Demarara, taken when 48
hours out, (The Captain & Steward
remained In their ship. The per-
sons put on board Capt. Very ex-
press their thanks for his kind and
polite attention to them"
It is thus clear that when news
of Capt. Very's experience with the
Jean Bart became known along the
Baltimore waterfront, the resource
full Capt. Truxtun Immediately dis
patched 1t. Triplett to Alexandria
with the view of recruiting for the
Constellation as many of those cap
tured seamen landed by Capt. Very
in that port as might desire to enlist
for the frigate's crew.
Consultations Shake Down.
After dispatching 1t. Triplett to
Alexandria, Capt. Truxton, in Con-
stellation, sailed from Baltimore the
end of May and made leisurely
shake-down passage down Chesa-
peake Bay, anchoring in Hampton
Roads on June II, where he con-
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Bridge Players
By Frank B. Lord

third and Mrs. Paul E. Golden and
Mrs. r. S. Du Bois were fourth.
The Federal, 2, Bridge League
played the first game of its sum-
inner pair series last Tuesday night
at Pierce Hall. In the first section
Miss Paris Keener and Mrs. Mabel
Dubois were first north and south; !;
Mrs. Florence Stein and Rush
Buckley were first east and west.
In the second section the north and
south winners were Mrs. F.. w.
Norman and Capt. j. H. McGhee;
Comdr. VIM. A. Poissant and Mrs.
George L. Kathan were first east
and west.
The league will play its monthly
master point game next Tuesday
night and on the following Tuesday
there will be the final game between
the season leaders for the Luther
c. Stewart Cup. There will also be
a pair game at the same time. This
will be open for the participation
of members of the league. S..
Miss Virginia Kinnard and w. r,
Garrett were first in the La Sale
duplicate game last Monday eve
ming.
Thirty-tWo players are listed as
eligible for the grand prize offered
by the Public Buildings Administra-
ton Bridge League and which will
be awarded at the close of the sea-
son. E. R. Koth at present heads
the list, although he is less than
half point higher than his closest
rival.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
SO LONG AT THE FAIR

so LONG AT THE FAIR
BY Anthony Thorne. Random
House; $3.50.
One OF the fables that has long
attracted tellers OF tall tales has to
do with the mother and daughter
who came to Paris for the exposi-
ton. The mother disappears, leav-
Ing behind no tracenot even the
hotel room her daughter Is sure she
occupied. In some versions Of the
tale, you're supposed to guess what
happened. In others, 1t is whispered
the mother developed a dread disease
and was whisked away in the dead
Of night.
With some variations, including
the substitution OF brother for the
mother, that is the tale Mr.. Thorne
chooses to tell again, admitting in
la note that the curious legend has
been told before. While he gives the
story its full measure Of suspense,
the author really justifies the re-
telling by his adroit character de-
lineations and his rich descriptions
Of Paris at exposition time. He takes
you to the fair, to the embattled
British consul,s Office, to market. to
the cafes and to the artists quarter.
One delightful scene features q con-
versation between the most famous
courtesan in Paris and the pure
young maiden whose brother has
disappeared. Mr.. Thorne's adroit
balance between q basically tragic
situation and the gayety Of Paris
gone mad makes an old tale fresh
again.
X 4 ~
DON'T EVER LOVE ME
BY Octavus Roy Cohen. Mac
milan Co.,; $2.50.)
Lynn Sheridan, successful career
girl, is happily taking shower after
a long, hard day at the Office, when
a hand thrusts aside the shower cur
tain and 1t. Max Gold of the Homi-
eide Squad wants to know where the
dead body Of one Lynn Sheridan is
to be found. Later, an ambulance
In response to an emergency call,
comes to the Sheridan apartment to
cart away the body. Still later, a
paid notice in the obituary column
reports the death of Miss Sheridan.
This is the sort Of thing that can
get on your nerves, particularly
when your opera escort drops dead
beside you, victim Of a bullet that
might have been meant for you.
The question: Is some one trying to
frighten the girl or is she marked
for death? OF course, there's the
time she is knocked out in a strange
hotel room. Was the killer scared
away before he completed the job
or did he mean to kill her? You
should be able to guess the answer
even before the prime suspect is
disposed of by the explosion of a
seemingly innocent package.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
Crime and Mistery
By Miriom Gutenberg

story In coy fashion. not neglecting
to mention such honly details as
whipping up a ham with mustard
and molasses for dinner. Obviously,
Miss Tyler is a handy person to
have around In time Of murder, and
pleasant company, too.
y y 4
THE UNWELCoME CORPSE
BY Barbara Frost. (CoDGrd-Mc-
Cam, Inc; $780,
Jane MacDevitt, girl reporter, re-
luctantly sets out to interview an
obscure mystery story writer, only
to discover that corpse Is reclining
in the lady's bathtub. This Is as
much surprise to the author as 1t
is to Jane-or so she says. Getting
in on the ground floor of murder
should make Jane happy. but she's
never covered a murder before and
isn't quite sure how to go about it.
She likes the French artist and
hates the janitor, noting miserably
the while that the artist Is much
more likely suspect than the jani-
tor. BY means Of cooperation with
another reporter-a practice frown-
ed on in better newspaper circles
Jane tracks down the killer.
Miss Frost has written a first
mystery with more than the usual
amount Of nnystiflcation. Perhaps
one shouldn't carp, but this girl re-
porter does perform amazing feats-
not the least Of which is her ability
to keep her city desk from knowing
what is going on.
Evening star., 1947-05-25
CONSULTATIONS Shake-Down.

After dispatching 1t. Triplett to
Alexandria, Capt. Truxton, in Con-
stellation, sailed from Baltimore the
end of May and made a leisure1y
shake-down passage down Chesa-
peake Bay, anchoring in Hampton
Roads on June II, where he con-
tinued taking on stores and water
Evening star., 1947-05-25
THE LADY REGRETS
BY James M. Fox. (Coward-Mc-

OuItH, lHC., 9G.0UJ
Mai. John Marshall, Just out of
the Army and not averse to a bit
of adventure. accepts an invitation
to spend some time on q California
magnate's mammoth estate with
Mrs. Marshall. They decide the in
vitation has unsavory overtones and
pull out-but not soon enough to
prevent getting involved in kidnap-
ing and murder. Before their util-
mate rescue by hound that likes
Mrs. Marshalps Southern accent,
they have resisted arrest, made off
with the ransom money. found
themselves threatened with slow
starvation by a maniac who likes
red-haired women and unmasked
the guilty party.
Mr.. Fox introduces the Marshalls
as a detecting team in this one and
very good they are, too. More earthly
than the Norths, approximately as
sophisticated as Andy and Arabella
Blake, they should shortly earn as
devoted a following as their pre-
decessors. incidentally, they are in
clined to be trusting. They should
have been suspicious long before
they were.
THE BUS STATION MURDERS
BY Louisa Revell. (Macmillan
Co.; $2.J
Miss Julia Tyler Of Rossville, Va,
sets out by bus to visit her grand
niece in Annapolis and has a murder
to worry about before she gets there.
The nicely dressed woman sitting
behind the driver simply won't wake
up. Miss Tyler gives her a tiny
shake and discovers a long silver
knitting needle in the lady's heart.
At 81, Miss Tyler is reluctant to mix
in murder but when she discovers an
old pupil is assigned to the case, she
offers to help. She learns that most
of those pleasant fellow bus pas
sengers had a motive for numbering
the admirals widow, but as the
murderer strikes again, Miss Tyler
turns her schoolmarm's understand
ing of human nature to good ac-
count.
Miss Tyler tells her first-person
Evening star., 1947-05-25
THEY ALMOST KILLED

THEY ALMOST KILLED
HITLER
Prepared and edited by Gero
Iv. S. Gaevernitz. (The Macmil-
Ian Co.. $2.50J
Reviewed by
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DEADLINE

DEADLTNE
BY Alexander Irving. (Dodd,
Mead & Co.; $780,
The formula for success in adver-
tising-perfect timing and a touch
of the dramatic-is applied to mur-
der in a department stores adver-
tising department, but 1t. Sinclair
of the homicide squad discovers the
timing Is not quite perfect.
Evening star., 1947-05-25

third and Mrs. Paul E. Golden and
Mrs. r. S. Du Bois were fourth. q
Evening star., 1947-05-25

Miss Virginia Kinnard and w. r,
Garrett were first in the La Sale
duplicate game last Monday eve
ming.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-07-05
Sherwin School.

The following pupils received
the Samuel Gross Davis awards:
Wendell Beach, Joseph Pima,
Kenneth Smith, James Veasley,