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Evening star., 1948-04-04
Queens Gambit Declined, Laskev nef.ns.
White: Kmoch. BLACK: stark
Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
Paintings ana sculpture by great
masters. Booth gift Of paintings by
Italian and German masters. Mas
terpieces from Germany to April 1s.
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National collec-
tion Of Fine Arts, Constitution ave-
nue. and Tenth street-American
paintings pal ins from @ private COLLECTIONS
of Washington Artists Annual to
open today.
ARTS AND INDUSTRIES BUILDING,
Jefferson drive and Ninth street
Decorative arts collection. Section
81 ersphs. hnn0'0eraDnS-Dl''0ria' Dn0'o-
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Division of
Graphic Arts, Independence avenue
and Tenth street-Prints BY James
L. Wells, through April 25.
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
and Far. Eastern arts Paintings
and etchings by Whistler and other
American artists; charging exhibits.
cORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. Sew
enteenth street between New York
painting and sculpture and the W. 4.
water colors by artists of Washing
drawings, through April II. wash
Sculptor's Exhibition.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY. 1900
Twsnty-f,rst & &strsst-Paintinss and
sTnt ana pDeT ahronah = aassn' Cross
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Capitol
and First streets-Division-of Prints.
through May IL.
ARTS CLUB. 2ol7 ! street NV
ton Prints through April 16.
% tenth % street %N.W.%Hxhibition We ibid nine 81
Marcella Comes, through today.
WATKINS GALLERY, American UNI
versity campus-Painttngs BY Ed
ward Bruce, through next Sunday.
PUBLIC kIgRARY, Ei.h.h ans z
clinord K. Bergman, through April.
DUMBART0N OAKS COLLECTION.
1908 Thirty-second street NV
Byzantine art. Closed Mondays.
0rsn d.yI DAILY y Z 2 am. m to 4 pm; Sur
RUSH o WEEKS GALLERY. 2oIo 8
street N.W.-Work by Tom bryce,
through Friday.
PAN AMERICAN UNION, Constitution
avenue and Seventeenth street NV.
Paintings by cundo Bermudez,
CoNNOIsSEURs' CORNER. zoos O
street N.W---Graphic arts.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. sixth street
and Howard place N.W.-Japanese
prints. through April.
wHYTE GALLERY. 1918 Connecticut
avenue N.W.-Exhibiticn by Lois
Mailou Jones.
ARTISTS COOPERATIVE, 1903 X
street N.W.-New group show by
artists Of Washington and vicinity,
through Saturday.
BARNETT ADEN GALLERY, 127 Ran.
dolph street
dolph place N.W.-paintings BY Ben.
5afnin Abramowitz. April and May.
Evening star., 1948-04-04
News About Stamps
By jones WoIdo Fowcett

Similar homage is to be paid to
the memory Of the celebrated paint
er Frederick Won Amerling, fol
whom 60gr., red violet adhesive
has been ordered.
| Mahatma Gandhi Is to be por-
trayed on a stamp soon to be is
sued by India.
Reservations for the banquet to
be rendered by the Pentagon Phil
atelic Society to Mr.. Lindquist in
the generals lounge at the Pentagon
Building. Thursday evening, April
Is, are available at Sits from James
H. Bower, 1920 Fort Stevens drive.
Beginning tomorrow evening
meetings of the Woodbridge Stamp
Club will be held on the first and
third Mondays of each month at
1918 Rhode Island avenue NE.
The Collectors Club Of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV. Tuesday evening at 8.
All readers of The Star stamp
column are invited to attend a meet.
ing OF the Washington Numismatic
Society at the National Museum,
Constitution avenue at Tenth street
NV, tomorrow evening at 8. A
ladies night" program will be pre-
sented, and all members of the
organization are asked to bring
mothers. wives, daughters and
friends as well as exhibits of coins
or stamps bearing portraits OF
ladies',
Evening star., 1948-04-04

The Sumner House later was oc.
cupied by the Metropolitan Club,
and here Walter @. Gresham also
resided. and passed away, as did
Postmaster General Henry c. Payne.
member of President Theodore
Roosevelt's cabinet.
Houses Became Entrance
Adjoining the Sumner residence
to the west was the home of Samuel
c. Pomeroy Of Kansas, and from
here Grover Cleveland went to his
first Inauguration. Sometime after
the Arlington Hotel was built these
two residences were combined and
formed the H street entrance,
though they were not part of the
main building.
Next to the Veterans Bureau on
the H street side Of the block
facing Lafayette Park, is q large
double mansion, built by Matthew
st. Clair Clarke, clerk of the House
Of Representatives from 1922 to
1884. Subsequently 1t became the
home of Joseph Gales, editor Of
the National Intelligencer, and later
the Lord Alexandra Barring ASH
burton, when the Webster r-Ashbur-
ton treaty was drafted, defining the
present Canadian boundary. This
treaty was later signed In the old
State Department, which stood at
the north end Of the Treasury
Building, the site of which was
recently marked with a bronze tab
let by the Kiwanis Club, under the
auspices of the Permanent Com
mittee on Marking Points of His
toric Interest in the District Of
Columbia.
The house was also the home Of
the British Legation while Lord
Dalling, otherwise known as Sir
Henry Bulwer-Lytton, was Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to the United States,
l849-1852. There his talented neph-
ew and secretary, Edward Robert
Bulwer-Lytton, later Lord Lytton,
whose pen name was Owen Mer-
edith" began his celebrated poem
Lucille"
1t was during Lord Dalling's term
OF office that the Bulwer- Clayton
treaty was negotiated between
Great Britain and America, in which
j. M. Clayton represented our own
country. and which pledged the
two countries to respect the neu-
trality of the proposed ship canal
across Central America.
John Helson, Attorney General
under President Tyler, resided in
this house In 1843, as did other
persons of note. Later It passed to
a member of the Coleman family.
Evening star., 1948-04-04
Men of Annapolis
kDMIRALS OF AMERICAN

kDMIRALS OF AMERICAN
EMPIRE
Ey Richard S. West, jr. fBobbs-
Merrill; s4J
-Four men OF Annapolis changed
the map Of the world half century
ago and charted course which the
American Navy follows today.
Dewey, Mahan. Schley and Samp-
son; big names to head the chapters
Of our deep-water history: four Of
it's most brilliant chapters. They
are full of lessons, full of informa-
ton, and full of problems in striking
parallel to the enigmas Of this ad-
vanced age West, an associate pro-
fessor at Annapolis, has woven the
chapters Of these men and their
times into a narrative of scholarly
authenticity. He skaters lusty
legends, analyzes unsolved dilemmas
Qike the Sampson -Schley dispute)
and brings up forgotten cargoes
buried in the mildewed holds of his
tory. The book is a tribute to ex-
tensive and clarifying research.
H. g.
Evening star., 1948-04-04
\-1hess
BY Donold n. Muqridqe

The first two-fifths Of the worlds
championship tournament, contest.
ed at The Hague, has come to ar
end, and play will be resumed a,
Moscow April II. In the last rounc
at The Hague the United State.
champion, Samuel Reshevsky, pro.
vided a sensation by saving game
against DR.. Euwe in which he hac
been piece down at adjournment
and was expected to lose. The
extra half point enabled Reshevsky
to retain his hold on second place
by just that margin. Botvinnik
who beat Keres in the last round
has increased his lead to a point
and half: Botvinnik, So: Reshev-
sky, 4h-3a; Keres and Smyslov
A; Euwe, IL -61z. In the first
cycle, only two games were drawn;
in the second, only two games were
decided!
AT Mar del Plata, Arnold Denker
has gone from bad to worse, and
after IA rounds was in a tie for
18th place, with points to 8. Ellis
kases continued to lead with 11-3
while the Spanish champion, Me-
dina, was tied for second with
9A-41a, and has revealed himself
as q master Of exceptional ability.
Chess has this advantage over
other games, in that any game
which has been recorded can be
replayed again and again, and the
inner logic OF its struggle re-created
in other minds. Today we are able
to replay the games of Philidor
Andersen and Morphy, originally
contested from 80 to $50 years ago
and appreciate both the individual
genius and insight of those old
masters, and the enormous progress
which chess technique has, made
since their time. ..s...,. 49,.
The following game was played
in the simultaneous exhibition
which the Austrian master lately
removed to this country, Hans
Kmoch, gave at the WASHINGTON
Chess Divan on January 10 last
He met 10 selected players, and each
game was played with clocks, at
the standard time limit of 36 moves
In two hours. The present game
is fine example of the precise
and logical play Of Martin c. Stark
and shows how the first-class club
player OF today has technique
comparable to the master OF a gen.
Grafton ago. White loses time from
mis- 18th to 18th moves, and there
after Is given no chance to eaten
his breath.
9ueen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
White. Kmoch placL. Ct.ri,
Evening star., 1948-04-04

81 An artists drawings are more
significant than the average person
realizes. They often reveal more OF
bis thoughts aims and development
than do the completed paintings
which may be museum treasures
Indeed, an artists work cannot be
properly evaluated without some
knowledge of the techniques Of his
time.
GWashingtonians are now having
ample opportunity to study old mas
ter drawings. The Corcoran Gallery
Of Art opened several weeks ago
mentioned here briefly at the time)
an exhibition of European old mas
ter drawings. In the belief that fine
drawings merit wider general atten-
tton. for the reasons suggested
above. 1t will remain through next
Sunday.
AThe United Nations Club will
open next Tuesday evening with a
preview, an exhibition of nearly 100
old master drawings, an outstand-
ing collection from the Schaeffer
Galleries in New York City. It con-
tains fine examples of the work Of
Brueghel, Rhbens, Van Dyck,
Boucher, Vatican, Tiepolo, Cezanne
and many other Dutch, Flemish,
italian, English, French and Ger
man artists of the 18th, 18th and
10th centuries. Patrons for this ex-
hibition, who will be guests of honor
q
sador of the Netherlands and
Nine van Kleffens, and the AM
bassador of Italy and Signora
Tarchiani
The Corcoran Gallery's exhibition
Is part of a New York private COL
lection, not exhibited heretofore in
this. country. The majority of the
so drawings are by Italian$ Flem-
ish. Dutch and French masters,
from the 10Th through the 10Th CEN
turies. They range from spontane-
GUS sketches to carefully finished
studies, some OF them for known
paintings.
Haneings Unclassihed
The drawings are not hung chron-
ologically or by schools. The casual
visitor can enjoy each drawing as an
end in itself. Students and others
seriously interested In the develop
ment of drawing along one line or
another will have to ferret out for
themselves the various steps.
The earliest masters represented
are the Italian Giovanni Battista
Franco, by whom there is a study
Of an old man and kneeling
woman, and Hans Sebald Beham,
German, whose architectural study
with mounted knights in the fore
ground is glimpse of the Middle
Ages. Both masters lived during
the first half Of the 18th century.
BY Tintoretto, whose life spanned
three-quarters Of that century, Is
one Of the most important drawings
on view, rough sketch of the
Last Supper" related to the paint
ing In st. Trovaso, Venice.
Veronese, a decade younger than
Tintoretto. Is represented by Ma
donna and Child" beautifully fin
ished on blue paper.
Nine other, masters In the COL
lection, Italian, Dutch and Flemish,
who worked after the mid-1500s,
include such famous names as Ami
Evening star., 1948-04-04
By John CIoeett Proctor

By John cIosett Proctor
-HERE have been many
changes in Washington in the
last so years, among them
- the removal of number of
early landmarks, including the old
Arlington Hotel on Vermont avenue,
between H and I streets, where now
stands the Veterans Administrax
ton building. This palatial hotel
was one of the finest hostelries in its
day. 1t was built by w. w. Corcoran
in 1869, and many prominent per-
sons stopped there or made 1t their
home. Such, for instance, as Sena-
tors Reuben E. Fenton of New York,
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, New
Jersey; John w. Stevenson. Ken
lucky; Simon Cameron, Pennsylva-
mia; Henry Cooper, Tennessee; Cor
nelius Cole, California; Thomas M.
Norwood, Georgia; Jerome B. Chat
fee, Colorado; Benjamin H. Hill,
Georgia; George E. Spencer, Ala
bama; Henry B. Anthony, Rhode Is
land; T. H. N. Mcpherson, New Jer-
sey; Henry P. Baldwin, Michigan;
William w. Eaton, Connecticut;
James T. Farley, California; john
son N. Camden. Kentucky; Eldridge
G. Dapham, New York; John P.
Jones, Nevada; Orville H. Platt,
Connecticut, and James Smith, jr.,
New Jersey.
Nathaniel P. Banks, war Governor
(1858-1860) Of Massachusetts,, also
stopped at the Arlington toward the
latter part of his service as a men,
ber of Congress, which began in
1853. In 1855 he was elected to the
House Of Representative on the
American Party, or "Know-Noth-
ing" ticket, and served as Speaker
until 1857. At the beginning of the
Civil War he was appointed a major
general of volunteers and remained
with the Army until mustered out
August "a, 1865.
Another well-known member Of
Congress who made this his home
was the famous TON" Platt, who
resigned his seat in the Senate,
along with Roscoe Conkling, on ac-
count of disagreement with Presi-
dent Garfield over Federal appoint
.ments in New York. Samuel Sulli-
van Cox of New York, otherwise
known as Sunset" Cox, for while
lived at the Arlington while serving
in the House of Representatives,
where he presided upon a number
of occasions as Speaker pro tenn
pore. He was one of the famous
wits Of Congress, and President
Cleveland honored him with ap-
pointment as Ambassador to Tur-
key. ss..s
REGISTRY of Notables
Henry G. Davis made the Airing
ton his stopping place when he was
serving as one of the Senators from
West Virginia. He Is well remem-
bered as the running mate Of Alton
B. Parker in the campaign Of 1904,
when Theodore Roosevelt and
Charles w. Fairbanks received 1856
electoral votes to lao for their prin-
cipal opponents.
Davis was a remarkable man.
Until he was 20 years old he worked
on farm, and for IA years follow
ing this he served as brakeman
and conductor on the Baltimore 81
Ohio Railroad before beginning his
successful career.
William ("Billy') Mahene, the
readjuster Senator from Virginia
and able Confederate major general,
lived at the Arlington, as did Sena-
tor Nelson w. Aldrich Of Rhode
Island. who was a stanch friend
and supporter of the District of CO.
lumbia. His son, Richard s. AID
rich, born in this city February 20,
1884, served Rhode Island for sew
eral terms in the lower house of
Congress. Mark" Hanna, who was
accused of being the power behind
Evening star., 1948-04-04

The New York Herald Tribune
says: THE Romanian government is
offering the great Of Hollywood a
choice opportunity to be enshrined
in the philatelic gallery of fame. On
payment of $25,000. any star, d.
rector, producer or technician of
international repute' can be nomi-
mated to have his or her picture on
a new set Of eight postage stamps
which Romania is introducing to
commemorate the motion picture
industry"
Evening star., 1948-04-04

Creative Arts Club OF Arlington
County is exhibiting members works
at the Alexandra Library through
April IL, n
Evening star., 1948-04-04

DR.. Albert w. Clafiin, president
OF the Rhode Island College of
Pharmacy, has been named a mem
Der OF the Knight Collection Main
tenance Committee, filling a vacancy
caused by the death of Prof. Robert
F. Chambers several months ago.
Evening star., 1948-04-04

'of varied experience, designing
banks and Office buildings in New
York City, prior to World War II
During the war, he was in Govern.
ment service, first in cnarge Of town
and-airport planning in the Bra.
lillian jungle for the rubber develop.
ment corporation, later chief Of
airield planning and design fol
the Army Air Forces.
More than 20 years ago, Mr.. Dryc,
became interested in contemporary
art in all its avant-garde expires.
sions. Not content to use the estab.
lished media, he has developed
original methods Of painting In
tempera and gouache and print.
maSng, to which he has given the
name "gonzo," utilizing a form
Of collage material and chemicals
to produce works in monotones and
full color. Naturally, he is not
divulging his method, as he intends
to continue his explorations in 1t.
Mr.. bryce has also written poems
as accompaninsents for some ,ot
these works, with the aim of either
complementing or amplifying their
themes. Most of the 40 paintings
and prints on view are distractions,
and the color schemes of some OF
them are stimulating. But the COM
panion poems seemed to me cynical,
disillusiOned or soul-sick. AS one
would expect, they, too, are modern
in form, but not unintelligible. The
most startling innovation to me,
howeysr, in Mr.. Dryce's show, is a
fairly large painting that turns a
corner, i. e.. is bent in the middle
at right angles, so one can hang it
in corner.
Evening star., 1948-04-04
iCommemoratins
| Edward Bruce

Thousands OF artists venerate the
memory of Edward Bruce: and
many Washingtonians who were
privileged to know him, remember
his stimulating personality. From
1888, when he entered the Treasury
Department to organize the Public
Works of Art Project, until his death
10 year later, when he was head
of the Governments Section of Fine
Arts. in the development of which
he had played so important role,
he was a dynamic leader In the
art world.
An exhibition OF about 80 Of his
paintings Is on view in the Wat
kins Gallery. American University,
through next Sunday (two days
before the 69th anniversary OF his
BIRTH. 1t is an outstandingly beau
tiful show. with extensive appeal.
These oils cover wide range of
place and period in his career.
Although he began to paint at the
age Of IA, he did not make paint
ing his profession until he was
nearly 40, by which time he had
achieved success in law and business.
Serenity" is the word which
best sums up Bruce's work. Far
reaching, wide-spreading landscapes,
intimate views Of villages, majestic
transcriptions of great cities like
New York and San Francisco, all
have in common an atmosphere of
optimism and confidence. The works
on view include admirable examples
of those done in Italy. where he
went in the early 1920s to devote
all his time to painting: charming
glimpses of France, where he spent
summers during the same period
(mostly in Provence; California's s
gorgeous country, New York's man
made grandeur. a single portrait,
and few still life arrangements.
This Is an exhibition no one should
miss,
Evening star., 1948-04-04
By Florence S. BerYmon

bale Caracci, Italian: the Brue-
ghels, Jan and Pieter II. and Frans
Snyders, Flemish, the last men
toned seen in a characteristic
animal study of greyhounds and a
boar's head. BY Johan Wierix
(Dutch) is a beautiful Madonna
and Child on a Crescent"
The 17th century is even more
fully represented, with masters of
seven countries. including besides
the above mentioned. France, Eng
land, Spain and Switzerland. Most
important are the Italian Guercino
(an excellent study Of eight heads
Flemish Jordaens ("Holy Family')
Teniers CFigures in a Village Fes-
tivalO. French Claude Lorrain "a
drawing similar in spirit to his fa-
nous landscapes) and Dutch Nice-
laes Macs. BY an unidentified Eng
lish artist of the period is a water
color study of three birds, exquis-
,itely finished.
epolo-Watteau-M Maulbertsch
Adjoining the little group of draw
ings from the 18th century are the
great names of Tiepolo (two works,
a superb Madonna and a curious
study Of a boy holding an open
psalm book on his head. and Wat
teau (red chalk drawing of a bib
lical or historical scene). Demon
Stating tl.at there are many ad-
mirable works by artists of lesser
fare is an Ascension of the V1r-
gin" in the grand manner, by An
to-. Franz Maulbertsch. an Austrian.
Dominating the 10Th century
group are six drawings by Della
croiX, the largest representation in
the (show-several of tigers and a
lion, horses and men and a fine
study for "Medea." We catch
glimpses of people Of 10Th CEN
FURY France In Daumier's Doctor
Visiting Patient" and in Gavarnfs
charming studies Of a mother and
child, and his caricature Of Napo-
leon III. A blue chalk drawing by
Forain, cynical In its implications,
brings US almost to the present, for
although the artist was born in the
mid-l9th century. he lived and
worked until 1881.
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Dryce's 'Gonzoworks'

A new method of printmaking,
originated by Tom bryce, is demon
strated by his one-man show at
Bush g. Weeks Gallery through next
Friday. The artist, native of Ohio,
has made Washington his head
quarters during the past seven years
for his activities as an architect and
airfield planning consultant. He is
a partner of "Airtec" with Joseph
Wertz, whose one-man show was
held at the same gallery last month.
After studying architecture both
in the United States and France,
Mr.. bryce embarked on q career
Evening star., 1948-04-04

Carl Michael ziehrer, composer
OF 70 operettas and more than 600
miscellaneous works, including pop
ular waltzes and military marches,
is honored in 20gr., deep green
stamp Of the Austrian republic
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-24
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. Mag Ronning came
Monday from Bozeman to visit al
the /. G. Ronning home. Mr.. Ron
ming graduated from the Montana
State College last week getting a
B.A. in Agriculture.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. R. Denny of
Salmon, Ida, visited Mrs. Nellie
McGrew and other relatives over
the weekend. Mrs. Denny and Mrs.
McGrew are sisters.
Mrs. Oliver Phillips and Mrs. c.
E. Swimley were honored Satur-
day evening with a birthday party
at Mrs. Phillips home. Sixteen
members of the West Libby Birth
day Club were present. The even
ing was spent playing card games
and Chinese checkers.
Billy McGrew returned from
Yakima Sunday to spend a two
week vacation visiting relatives. Mr..
McGrew is attending the Perry
Trade School where he is taking
mechanics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Finfrock and
Mrs. Josephine Arnold of Roman
drove to Libby Saturday accom-
panied by Mrs. Clay Parker who
has been visiting in Roman. The
Finfrocks returned to their home
Sunday. Mrs. Arnold, Mrs. Park
er's mother, is remaining for the
summer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1948-06-24

Editor and Mrs. F. J. Scott and
son, Willard, of Mcintosh. So. Oak,
spent the weekend visiting at the
Carl Wiedenheft home. Mrs. Scott
Is a sister of Mr.. Wiedenheft.
The Scots went to Stevensville the
first part of this week where Will
lard took over the management of
a drugstore which Mr.. Scott re-
Gently purchased.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
Union No. 1881 meets the 2nd and
4th Tuesday of each month.
Miss Beverly Goodwin of Ed
monds, Wash, and Sharon Niccolai
Of Renton, Wash, came Friday
Sharon is the granddaughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Smith and viii
spend few weeks visiting them.
Miss Goodwin returned Monday to
her home after spending the week
end at the Leonard Homann home.
Shirley Homann returned to Ed
monds with her for a visit.
The Libby Garden Club is hav-
ing Plant and Food Sale at Clay
Parker's Studio, Friday, June IS.
beginning at II o'clock. lc
Mrs. M. c. Holbrook of the Park
Drive Cottages and Gift Shop. Troy
was a Libby visitor Monday.
Bob Jaqueth returned home from
Montana State University last week
Mr.. Jaqueth is a junior in the school
of business.