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Evening star., 1948-12-05


his father. And 20. from 164b to
1846, the city residence was occupied
by George Bancroft, then Secretary
of the Navy, who succeeded IN estab-
fishing the United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
From 1s46 to 1s4s John YsMason,
Secretary Of the Navy, resided here.
to be succeeded by Thomas Ewing,
whose daughter married here vii.
liam T. Sherman, and here, also,
was offered the command OF the
Union forces in the field to Gen.
Robert E. Lee, through the medium
of the elder Blair. Then came
Tom Corwin, Secretary OF the
Treasury. as tenant, after which
Montgomery Blair, Lincoln's Post
master General, took over, followed
by his son, Maj. Gist Blair, who
died q few years ago.
Farragut's Choice
OF more than passing interest Is
the statement that here was held
the conference which resulted in
the selection Of David Farragut to
command the fleet at New Orleans,
under whom the then Comdr.
Samuel Phillips Lee served. In
l843 he had married Elizabeth,
Editor Blair's daughter. For this
event 1000 invitations were issued.
and as to point of number and dis
tinction of guests, the affair is said
to have been one of the most
magnificent ever given In the
Capital. In attendance on this
occasion was Mrs. Levi woodbury..
the mother of Montgomery Blair.
Comdr. Lee, who married the witty
Betty Blair, and whose home ad-
Joins the Blair house to the west,
with seven vessels under his COM
mand. had the distinction of COM
manding Faragut's advance at
Vicksburg. Today he lies buried In
Arlington National Cemetery among
the Nations heroes.
Francis Preston Blair died at his
home at Silver Spring. Nd, Oc-
tober 18, 1876. He was born in
Abingdon, Washington County, Vir-
ginia. April II, 1891. He was edu-
Gated at Transylvania University.
Kentucky, and studied law, but
from Ill health and weakness OF
voice, never engaged In the prac-
tice Of that profession.
Montgomery Blair. son Of Francis
Preston Blair, and who became
Postmaster General in Lincoln's
cabinet, died at Falkland. his coun-
try residence at Silver Spring, Md
July q, 1883.
At the time Of his death he was
10 years of age, and besides his wife,
Mary Elizabeth Blair, he left three
sons and a daughter: Woodbury..
Gist, Montgomery and Minna Blair.
Montgomery Blair, sr., was coun-
sci for the plaintiff in the famous
Dred Scott case in 1887, and re-
presented Samuel j. Tilden before
the electoral commission Of 1867.
As Postmaster General he was the
first to, advance the idea Of the
free delivery system.
The Blair tomb is In Rock Greek
Cemetery, and here rest members
of the Blair family, including.
among others, Francis Preston Blair
and the son, Montgomery Blair.
The funeral of the latter took place
July 20, 1888, the pallbearers being
Joseph H. Bradley. Fred Pilling.
Spencer Watkins, z. P. Jones.
julius E. NARROW, DR.. James II.
Davidson and ]. G. s. Carroll.
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five weeks or more. 1t had its pre-
miere in Boston's Institute Of Gen.
temporary Art in October; it will
remain here until January. II.
Thereafter it will go to the Museum
of Modern Art, New York, the City
Art Museum of St. Louis and the
M. H. De Young Memorial Museum,
San Francisco.
In connection with this exhibit
ton, a catalogue has been published
COskar Kokoschka", Chanticleer
Press, $3.50 which is comprehen-
sive monograph on the artist, COM
plete in itself. A two-page letter
from Kokoschka in his London resi-
dence, contains revealing comment
on his own work, on modern art
generally, and the milieu. The
major part of the text by James
S. Plaut, director Of the Boston
Institute, comprises a lively concise
account of Kokoschka's eventful life,
and a discussion of his work IN its
several categories.
The book is illustrated with 4S
plates in photo2ravure, s in full
colors, several lire cuts in the text
and two Autographs especially done
for this exhibition, along with a
descriptive catalogue of 126 paint
ings, Autographs and illustrated
books. 1t should be sufficient to
give the average person WELL
rounded acquaintance with lead
ing expressionist. But those who
wish to 60 into Kokoschka's work
and career more deeply, can use
rs a guide, the selected photography
of books, articles and notes about
him, as well as a list of his own
writings.
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A portrait of Tiradentes, an 18th
century patriot and martyr, is re-
produced on new 40-centavos
orange stamp of Brazil. The hero
is shown with a rope around his
neck, symbolizing the manner Of
his execution,
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Ecuador has released set Of
stamps in homage to Pedro Vincente
Maldonado, scientist, teacher and
educational reformer The occasion
is the bicentenary of his birth.
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BY John cIosett Proctor

BY John cIosett Proctor
in the lots to allow the family to
keep . COW, some horses, and later
to sell q part of the land just to the
west to w. w. Corcoran-the build
ing now being occupied by the Court
of Claims, though originally built
for an art gallery by Mr.. Corcoran.
From 1861 to 1869 1t was occupied
by the Quartermaster General of
the United States Army.
Erected Printing Plant
The Congressional Globe, as the
Blair & Rives paper later became
known as, began in 1888, and even
after the sale of the paper, during
the Polk administration, for s35, 900.
the firm of Blair & Rives continued
to print the congressional proceed
ings, and for this purpose a suitable
building was erected in 1845 on the
north side Of Pennsylvania avenue
between Third street and John Mar
shall place. In the rear of the build
ing was the printing ofilce, the front
being occupied by stores on the first
floor, and the upper floors being de-
voted to bathrooms. This hall was
called jackson Hail." and it was
here that q ball for the benefit OF
the poor was held on the occasion OF
the Inauguration of President Zach
ary Taylor in 1s49 The building
until removed in recent years, was
known as 339-341 Pennsylvania
avenue.
Francis p. Blair knew how to en-
Joy the money he made from edit
ing and printing the Globe, and a
few years after President Andrew
Jackson's second election, a circum-
stance transpired that caused him
TO buy a large tract Of land lying
just to the north Of the District. 1t
happened in this way:
Upon one occasion when Mr.. Blair
was out horseback riding through
the country, on his horse Selem, an
exercise he frequently indulged in,
he was thrown by the animal, q
spirited horse he had purchased
from Gen. william Lingan Gather,
after whose family Gaithersburg, in
Montgomery County was named.
The incident happened just outside
the boundary OF the District, to the
north, and the horse ran away
among the thick growth of pines
in the valley to the west Of the road,
which is now known as Georgia
avenue, formerly Seventh pike or
Seventh Street road.
Place Called Silver Spring
Mr.. Blair followed his horse into
the woods and found him shared by
the dangling reins held fast by
bush, and. nearby, to his amaze
ment, he saw beautiful spring full
Of white sand and mica, which the
gush of the water from the earth
forced into q small column, spar
king as it rose and fell like silver. In
deed, 80 charmed was he with the
spot that he purchased the property
and named the place Silver Spring
the center Of which area Is now a
thriving community. Blair Lee, son
of Rear Admiral s. p. Lee, and
grandson of F. P. Blair, inherited
his grandfather's suburban home
and resided there until his death.
To return to Mr.. Blairs town.
house, he enlarged and improved It,
and in 1854 he moved to Silver
Spring and gave the Avenue resi-
dence to his son, Montgomery Blair
who also had q country home near
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glimpses of old castles, bridges and
houses.
Mr.. OHara has won important
awards for his water color5, and is
represented in number of out
standing musum coi'e"'ions.
Washinstonians at Arts Club
The Arts Club has opened two
solo exhibitions by Washington art
lists, both of whom studied at the
Corcoran School of Art. More than
20 oil paintings and watercolors by
Bette Hartnell Smith occupy the
gallery, and a smaller group of oils
by william +, Walter is In the
reception room. These shows re-
main through December II.
Miss Smith has exhibited with
groups here and in Miami. Florida
but this is her first solo show. Her
work indicates that she is expert
menting along many lines. essaying
many types of subject matter, In
both traditional and modern idioms
and she even has a few paintings
that might be classified as "primi'
tives." Since she is a young artist
this is all to the good; but the
paintings are noticeably uneven ir
quality.
Among her better works are ar
engaging little water color, Snow.
time" a gay genre in oil, Circus
Interim; large colorful view o1
Gloucester; and an interesting
Interpretation of a Storm Coming,
with clouds rolling up In abstract
swirls.
William r. Walter, formerly or
the art staff of The Star, who
entered the camoufiage section o1
the Navy at the beginning of the wal
and later was sent to the Arctic or
a special project. is showing IL oils
All were done during his years o1
service, mostly in far northern
waters. These paintings, depicting
icy bays with large berss, or har.
bors near jutting, snow-coveree
headlands, under dark, menacins
skies over strangely illuminated
water in melancholy solitude, con-
| vey a stark sort Of beauty and al
authentic chill.
! Mr.. Walter said the chill wa
genuine; that the biggest drawbacl
to painting In those remote north
ern places was the fact that hi
| hands soon became numb will
cold: he also said he grew abysmal'
Evening star., 1948-12-05
Austrian Expressionist's Exhibition Opens
This Afternoon at Phillips Gallery
By Florence S. Berrmon
BY Florence S. Berrymon

The Phillips Memorial Gallery to open this afternoon the nrst
representative retrospective exhibition America of by Oskar
publicly achieved international
Gallery institutions which sponsored
for
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The Washington Philatelic So
ciety will have an auction and
bourse of foreign and domestic
stamps and covers at the Cosmos
Club, II street and Madison place
NV, Wednesday evening at 8.
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Sold for $1,000

Evidently property was not selling
rapidly Just about this time, for this
"ad" continued to be run daily up to
March 2S. 1887. and 1t Is assumed
that about this time 1t became the
property of Francis Preston Blair,
who bought 1t for $500. At any
rate, the senior Blair was making
his home here in 1S43, as evidenced
by the City Directory Of that date,
which gives his address as m. side
Executive Way btw. Lafayette So.
and II n; nr. cent"
Francis Preston Blair, the new
owner. is said to have been a farmer
and banker of Frankfort, KY, and
came to Washington at the request
of President Andrew Jackson to
establish a paper in "Old Hickory's"
interest, and this brought about the
establishing of the Globe newspaper
in January. 1881, at first . weekly,
but o few years later becoming q
daily. Blair proved q vigorous edi-
tor, and, with the able assistance OF
John c. Rives Of Virginia, who re-
signed as a clerk in the Treasury
Department to become associated
with him as manager of the Globe.
the paper became prosperous. Be-
ing a picturesque writer, Rives also
contributed to the columns of his
paper when not managing its
affairs.
When Editor Blair purchased the
Lowell home, there was enough space
Evening star., 1948-12-05

Volume II of Scott's Standard
Postage Stamp Catalogue for 1949
shows price changes in thousands of
instances. Under Germany alone
719 are reported; Iceland, 448.
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The Blair and Lee houses, almost
opposite the White House, at 1861
and 1858 Pennsylvania avenue, now
being temporarily occupied by
President and Mrs. Truman and
their daughter Margaret while the
White House is undergoing repairs,
are certainly two Of the most his
toric residences in Washington, the
Blair house having been erected be-
tween 1924 and 1927 and the Ad-
miral Lee house some time between
1860 and 1865. OF course, both OF
these buildings have been added to
and modified since they were
erected.
DR.. Joseph Lowell, original occu-
pant of the Blair house, was born in
Boston, Mass, December %, 1888,
and received his M. D. from Har-
ward in 1911. In 1912 he entered
the United States Army as sur
geon and rose to the rank Of Sur
geon General. He died on October
II, 1886.
After DR.. Lovell's death this prop
erty was advertised in the Globe, a.
follows:
valuable property for sale, The
subscriber being duly authorized
offers at private sale all the real
; estate of the late DR.. Joseph Lowell
in and adjoining the City of Wash
ington, as follows:
Lot No. 3 in square No. 1877
fronting 50 feet inches on Penn
sylvania avenue, extending back llC
feet inches to an alley Is feet
wide. On this lot stands the dwell
ing of the late Surgeon General
fronting the War Department. 1t Is
a spacious two-story brick dwelling
with a basement; was built under
the eye Of the late proprietor for his
permanent residence and has every
convenience for q family In. and
about it: q well of excellent water
in the yard. brick stable and car
riage house adjoining the alley,
flower and fruit garden tastefully
laid out and high cultivated"
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Fortnight Exhibitions

Paintings by Lee Catch and a
selection of pictures from the COL
lection of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence j
Heller opened yesterday in Watkins
Gallery. American University, to run
only a fortnight.
Mr.. Heller, Washington lawyer
not only studied painting himself
but also began q collection which
Is still growing. 1t includes paint
ings by local artists as we'll as by
Knaths, Rather, Baziotes and
others, mostly In advanced modern
idioms.
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Rising Star, Tex, has neat, clear
machine cancellation which the
postmaster gladly will apply to
stamped and self addressed covers
sent by collectors for that purpose.
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An official press release from the
American Osteopathic Association,
212 East Ohio street, Chicago II,
ILL.,, announces Osteopathic Student
Loan Fund Christmas Seals at ST a
sheet of 100. This is the 18th year OF
annual issue.
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The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet at 1918 Rhode Island avenue
NE. tomorrow evening at 8. Wis.,
itors invited.
Evening star., 1948-06-20
BURMA RUBIES
Continued from page nine

Continued from page nine
they would say. by denying
yourself food, drink, clothes and
tobacco for the past ninety-six
years you have erased your debt.
Here, have sandwich, Gamble.
How old are you now, sir? One
hundred and forty-hve? Well,
well. You did it for some native,
didn't you, Mr.. Gamble? And he
was dead anyway when you ar
rived with the loot? What a PITY"
No, Kung would not kill Eau.
Kung was ruthless but not wan
ton. Mr.. Gamble decided that a
successful Colonel would keep his
word. A losing Colonel would de-
stroy everything in his way, in
cluding Mr.. Gamble. But right
now the Colonel was successful.
Itwas afternoon when Mr.. Gam
bic walked into the clearing again.
The Colonel greeted him in a
friendly way, without flourishes,
without gloating. They went into
the Colonel's tent and he asked
how it had gone and Mr.. Gamble
told him. Mr.. Gamble noted that
the bristle had gone out of their
conversation. The differences be-
tween them seemed to have les
sened, hostility seemed to have
burned out, the stiff lances of
form, protocol, title and rank were
broken. Mr.. Gamble unhappily
watched the Colonel inspect the
rubies, but Kung was quick about
it, dropped them in his pocket and
simply said thank you, as though
he meant it. Mr.. Gamble felt a
melancholy admiration for the
Colonel and coddled his own rueful
sense of defeat.
'WELL, sir, he said finally, 'our
bargain has been struck. should
now like Eau released and, with
your permission, we shall CO."
Il will keep my promise, MIR.
Gamble" answered the Colonel,
but l must detain you and your
man until the morning. My troops
travel poorly at night and there is
still time for you to give US trouble
between now and tomorrow noon"
Stubborn anger began to seep
through Mr.. Gamble. Il don't
like this, Colonel Kung."
"You have no choice" the
Colonel snapped impatiently.
MIR. Gamble realized that some
one stood behind him and held
in monstrous impulse to leap up,
fighting. He was jostled to his
feet. Two of the blank-faced peas
ant soldiers bound his arms swift
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time fencing with you, Mr.. Gam
ble," he said at last. "You have
guessed the purpose of my expedi-
ton. Now l must complete it and
return to China before l am
missed. / did not want to find you
here, but you are here. You are
an obstacle. l must either destroy
you or use you. / prefer you alive,
so you shall get the rubies for mel"
MIR. Gamble sat rigid. The
Colonel went on:
I'm THE morning you will go to
Kaba. l assume that you know
the mine superintendent? Good.
On some pretext you must get him
to give you his stock of stones.
When the rubies are in my hand
you and your guide may go free
and l will retreat to China"
And if l refuse?" growled Mr..
Gamble.
"Your guide will die in extreme
fashion ard you will be on hand
to see what mean"
And the 'pretext'? A man Just
doesn't fork over a bundle of
rubies, you know"
"Of course not. You can tell
him that a marauding band is in
the area and that you can take
the stones to safety over a back
trail. Later, having lost them, you
can say that the villainous bandits
caught up with you and took
them from you. Now what could
be neater than that? Your supe-
riors will probably say, You were
lucky to get off with your life,
old boy and they'll be right, too"
The Colonel was in very good
spirits. Mr.. Gamble looked at him
glumly while his mind searched
for loophole in the plan. He was
forced to admit there was none.
He ached. What a botch! 1t had
been ridiculous to think of bot
ting up. the Colonel and his
grubby troops single-handed. He'd
just walked right into kung's
arms and dragged Eau with him.
why hesitate, Mr.. Gamble?
I'm sure the life of your heather
means more to you than some
rubies. All, you think l am taunt-
ing you? Not so. We are differ
ent men, Mr.. Gamble. do not
share your concern for the native
but l know it is there. I simply
capitalize on things as you see
them. Will you 60 to Kaba?"
III CO." said Mr.. Gamble.
1T WAS absurdly easy. Harrison
was a good man with a mine but
he didn't like border skirmishes
and the literal truth of the situa-
ton made Mr.. Gamble fairly elo-
quent. Harrison emptied a double
handful of uncut rubies into a
small silk bag and handed it over
to Mr.. Gamble without much ar
gument. Mr.. Gamble signed a re-
ceint for them and tried fo esfi.
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MIN OUT. AS ne OOWeu uIlucl tllC
tent flap, the Colonel said: Good
night, Mr.. Gamble"
The Chinese showed him into a
small basha and left. His arms
were pinioned, his legs hobbled.
He was not blindfolded or gagged.
Nothing to see, no one to yell for,
he thought sourly. Where was
Eau? Had the Colonel stalled be-
cause he couldn't produce Eau?
Why not? The Colonel would
MT kill Eau unless he intended to
kill Mr.. Gamble, too. And if he
intended to kill Mr.. Gamble why
would he wait until morning? But
if Eau had escaped? OF course!
The Colonel would simply reverse
the positions: Mr.. Gamble would
be the hostage or the bait -
for Zau's return.
lHE grating sound that reused
him seemed far away. He listened
to it, coming awake. His hands
were free. He sat up abruptly.
"Duwa!" 1t was warning whis-
per.
Mr.. Candles brain surged. He
chafed his wrists and arms and
smiled at Eau in the darkness. Eau
had not only given these fellows
the slip but had got away with
his dab. A double loss for the
Colonel. A Burma native with
his machete-short sword was five
times the man without. Mr.. Gam
ble's feet fell free. Together they
crept to the basha entrance. Dawn
was perhaps half an hour away;
already the morning fog hung
heavily over the camp. 1t was
silent. They looked and then ran,
crouched, into the jungle.
An hour later Mr.. Gamble burst
through the underbrush and sagged
onto a small blanket of grass,
breathing convulsively. Eau had
led him a stiff pace over trails,
fragments of trails, and even into
the unmarked jungle. The few
Chinese who had taken out after
them had wilted fast and for some
time now there had been no sign
of pursuit. Mr.. Gamble sat up
and looked around him. The fog
had lifted but the sky was dark
and light rain was falling. A
steady roaring reached him from
the east. That could only be the
river. He hadn't thought it was so
close. Mr.. Gamble jumped up.
THE bridge?" he asked. Eau
nodded. Come on" said Mr..
Gamble. Let's look at the
bridge"
1T WAS little more than a cat
walk of ropes and vines, but not
bad engineering job at that. 1t
swung in a loose little arc, SPAN
ming the steep-sided gorge, a dis
tance of about ten yards. Far
below, the tumbling waters surged
Evening star., 1948-10-15
New Diaries 10 Supply Milk
For Far Eastern Command

Beverage milk in place of the dry
whole powdered variety soon will be
provided for troops Of the Far East
ern command, when seven diaries
in Japan, Guam and Okinawa begin
production about November Is, the
Navy announced today.
The plants, five Of them in Japan
and one each on Guam and Oki-
nawa, will produce recombined milk
and recombined chocolate-fia favored
drink. They will be operated by the
International Dairy Supply Co. OF
Oakland, Calf, under q contract
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through June, 1s4s, at q cost Of
S.. .000, 900.
Besides armed forces personnel
andstheir dependents, licensed COM
mercial entrants, missionaries and
others authorized by the Far East
ern command will be sold q por-
ton of the milk produced.
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Women S Group Formed
To View Travel Films

A group Of Washington's women
soon will begin a 10-year world tour
by means of travel pictures.
They are members of the Explor-
ers' Club, which Is being formed
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here. There are six similar clubs in
major cities. Miss Barbara Giboney,
registrar of the national organiza-
ton, is here from New York to form
the club, under the sponsorship of
the Grolier Society. Inc, publishers.
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will take about 10 years to tour every
country in the world by pictures.
Membership is for life. The first
meeting will be held at $50 pm,
October Is, in the Roger Smith
Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-05-14

| firemen's union presented q resolu-
ton to the Commissioners urging
continued segregation. Capt Joseph
w. Conroy, union president, who
opposed the resolution, failed to win
recollection this ueek
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cially wasteful" as we'll as undemo-
cratic.
The question Of segregation VS..
integration arose April 16 when the