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years as a prisoner of war. He was
as it happened, man of letters, a
novelist and an editor. He was
hardy and lucky enough to survive
his experiences, articulate enough
to set them down for his fellow
countrymen and for the world. APP
parently the France of today was
grateful for what he had to say as
spokesman for a million and half
French prisoners of war, since "The
Long Holiday" was awarded the
Goncourt Prize in 1916, and Mr..
Ambriere was named to the Order
of the Legion of Honor. American
readers now have their first oppor-
tunity to read his epic of captivity.
Mr.. Ambriere left his wife and two
children and his desk at Nouvelle
Literaires, the Partisan literary
weekly, gladly, proudly in the sum-
mer of 1899. He thought he was de-
Tending his country. So did his
comrades who went to the front and
waited futilely during the months OF
the "phony' war for something to
happen.
He tells something of the "phony"
war. His detachment was on Ger
man soil. The French seemed to
have every advantage. 1t seemed
incredible that the high command
was not awaiting the right moment
to attack. But as time went on
without action and their reports OF
easy artillery targets were never
needed, the men began to sense that
something was wrong. When they
went home on furlough, they heard
disquieting reports that the war was
not being taken seriously; they
heard Hitler praised, themselves
laughed at.
But it was ony after they had
been taken to German prison camps,
and the tactics of Vichy became
clear to them through letters and
propaganda that they realized fully
how they had been betrayed from
the day of their mobilization.
1--WE had thought" Mr.. Ambriere
writes, that we were fighting war
and had thrown ourselves into the
fray with the enthusiasm of con-
ouerors. We finally came to realize
that we were merely putting on
a show for the sake OF public opin-
ion. In our disillusionment, we felt
alone with our dead, our fatigue and
our sense of humiliation"
The whole world has been shocked
at the horror and bestiality OF Ger
man prison camps. The worst OF
these, of course, held political pris-
oners. Prisoners of war received
distinctly better treatment, as Mr..
Ambrlere makes clear. While the
Nazis did not live up to the Geneva
convention, they did at least grant
their French captives some privi-
leges. The author is scrupulously
fair: he mentions kindness as
readily as a. brutality.
They were allowed to receive
French newspapers, their captors
stupidity thinking these sheets would
encourage collaboration. But Mr..
Ambriere explains: "Obedient to
Hitler, the French press was so vile,
its servility so revolving, its lies SO
blatant, that the common sense OF
the prisoners Immediately. saw
through it,
Mr.. Ambriere minimizes his own
role, preferring to tell the expert
ences of others preserved in notes
he somehow kept. He escaped with
three comrades. They were caught
a few days later. He was among a
minority of French officers who, in
accord with the Geneva rules, re-
fused to work for the Nazis. They
were threatened, cajoled, finally
sent to an exile camp in Poland,
where conditions were dreadful. To-
ward the end of the war he served
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.Godivo Rides Again
In New Fdure 7 ext
LADY GODIVA AND MASTER


LADY GODIvA AND MASTER
TOM
BY Raoul C. Faure. (Harper; $3J
Legends have had an irresistible
appeal for a number of modern
writer's with a satirical fair. Mr..
Faure has rewritten this one with
penetrating irony and sharp ply
Geological insight.
He would have done an even better
job if he hadn't devoted so much
space to the sensuous fancies and
bored reflections of dull woman.
No doubt Tennyson, from whose
pious version of Godiva's famous
bareback ride Mr.. Faure quotes in
a forepage, would be deeply shocked
at the new Interpretation.
According to Mr.. Faure's novel,
it was the lady herself who insisted
on riding unclothed through the
streets of Coventry on that medic
val day. Her husband, Leofric,
Lord of Coventry, already had agreed
to her plea that he reduce taxes.
But she didn't like her husband
anyway, and he had infuriated her
during their argument, and she
knew her plan would upset him
completely.
But Mr.. Faure has invented q
character who runs away with the
story-Ezra, the treasurer Of the
domain and close adviser to Sir
Leofric. Ezra tells his lord that
he must let it be known that he
insisted on Lady Godiva's ride, ex-
planning: Your memory will be
stained forever if you stoutly hold
that woman, especially of rank
can be improper because she likes
it."
AS for Tom, the tailor, who, dis
regarding the ordinance that all
/ shutters be closed, peered out at
the unclad horsewoman-peeped-
he was a half-mad dreamer, who
adored lovely fabrics, and didn't
even know what he saw.
Unfortunately the description OF
the ride is tedious. In fact, the book
almost falls apart in page after page
of well-phrased but meaningless
detail of what went on outwardly
and what was going on in the super
fetal, selfish and iil-bent mind OF
Godiva. But then the scene shifts
to Ezra, and the story picks up, end
ing in a wittily profound dialogue
with Leofric.
This is Mr.. Faure's third novel
His previous books, THE Spear ir
the Sand" and Mister St. John,
were decidedly unusual. He is one
of the most stimulating of the new
writer's. &C. B. j.
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ALEXANDER WHEY. volume, WnlCn
will be called Little Journeys to
the Fountain of Living Waters he
frequently gets ideas curing the
weekly meetings of the Senate
Breakfast Group, which meets in
formally every Wednesday to dis
cuss spiritual matters. AS chair
man of the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee, he is in close touch with
the Constitution and is thus pro-
vided with inspiration for Little
Journeys to the Constitution"
Laughing With Congress is the
first book to be reviewed in the Con-
gressional Record in 1948. A very
laudatory notice from the Amer
ican Bar Association Journal was
placed therein by Senator Owen
Brewster,
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By Florence S. Berrymon

Inc National COllectlOn OF Fine
Arts, Smithsonian Institution, has
just opened the 46th annual exhibi-
ton from the Pennsylvania Society
Of Miniature Painters, to remain
through February Is. More than
125 little paintings are on view in a
series of glass covered panels on the
first floor of the Natural History
Building. They are the work of 81
miniaturists, in many States; but
the larger number live in Pennsyl-
vania and New York. No Washing
tonians are represented this year,
which is a pity, as local art groups
include some highly gifted ex-
ponents of this medium.
The great majority of the minia-
lures shown are portraits on ivory,
few inches in dimensions. They
are predominantly traditional, ex-
quisite as jewels, ranking high In
technique and craftsmanship; they
stand up under the closest inspec-
ton. A few still life paintings, and
larger number of landscapes in oil
and water color are a little broader
in handling, but still carefully
wrought.
Although miniature painting is
an old art and strongly conservative
lit should arouse fresh interest today
which is certainly an era of shrink
ing wall space for most people.
Ghosts in Louisiana
Clarence J. Laughlin is romantic
who sees ghosts and enables others
to see them. Being gifted ant
imaginative pictorial photographer
he is able by means of double expo.
sure, to materialize disembodiet
spirits in a way to make most me-
diums envious. !. However, Mr.
Laughlin's ewraiths do not frighter
the beholder; they are poetic spirits
who hover around old plantation
houses in Louisiana. More than 81
photographs of these mansions
some well preserved, others il
ruins, but still magnificent, are or
view in the printrooms at the
Phillips Memorial Gallery through
February 3.
While employed as civil service
photographed with the United States
engineers office in New Orleans
1936-1941, he made over 1000 mega.
tives of all the outstanding iron.
work designs, statues and old build
ings there, mostly during week ends
He has also worked with Vogue anc
with the United States Nationa
Archives here. He spent four wal
years in the Army (Signal Corps
during three of which he specialized
in color photography. Practically
all of his own work in photography
is an outgrowth of his previous ano
continuing interest in poetry, paint
ing and metaphysics.
He has had more than 20 one
man shows in art galleries and mu
seums in the last II years, including
one at the Phillips Gallery in tn:
summer of 1943, not to mention his
representation in a large number
of group shows. Furthermore, his
photographs have been published in
many well-known periodicals. He
has to his credit book of photo
graphs of the Vieux Care, New Or.
leans (Houghton Miflin l94D anc
new book, Ghosts Along the
Mississippi including some of the
photographs in the present show
will be published by Scribner's ir
March.
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midway IN ltS
composition the
Legislation Re-.
organi 2 a t ! o n
Act, which en-
a C t e d a b o u t
one-quarter OF
the refor m S
which he and.
his CO. author.
DR.. Jack Levin,
had advocated,
was p a S S e d ,
This first frank
ly critical ap-
praisal of the
legislative body
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students Of po-
litical history to
ere eive the
analogy between
t b a t e a r y
struggle and the
ordeal through
which the world
is passing today
in its efforts to
achieve a more
perfect union OF
p e o p j e S ana
governments for
the sake of a
lasting p e a C e =.
They are un-
do11htadlu I b q
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listens IN Curn
to three mono
logues from as
many members
of the family.
First is Stafy
Brady, a gossipy
cousin, who tells
Of the apprehen-
sive h m e S ! ok
greenhorns set
ting in a strange
Midwestern city
in a brogue so
thick the way 1t
is a bit wearing
after a while.
Christy Fogarty,
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first book, a his
tory of the
Chinese, W h e n
he was about Z
and has at last
yielded to en-
treaties that he
write the story
Of his full life
in the course OF
which he has
had sew e r a ]
careers as a
c hild &C t o r.
songwriter, bust
nessman, show
man and legis-
lofnr
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thing of a strain, they say, alter a
full day in committee and on the
floor, but since all three are writing
about their own experiences and
each new day provides fresh ma
terial, it's really just question OF
finding the time to set it all down
and knowing when to stop.
The dean of the trio in point OF
years of congressional experience
and authorship is Representative
Bloom of New York, who wrote his
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several months in solitary confine-
ment for his fortnight complaints
to Nazi officers. Fortunately, he
was allowed books. During the dark
hours-he was denied lights-he
sang, composed verses and planned
this absorbing book.
"The Long Holiday" grew out OF
bitterness and compassion, disillu-
sion and understanding; it is written
straight from the heart. The trans
lation by Elaine P. Halperin is par
ticularly effective.
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Federal Employees Art Glass

Pietro La5zari has been conduct
ing a class in portraiture and illus
tration Mondays and Wednesdays,
6 to S. in the Department of Agri-
culture Graduate School, Nineteenth
and D streets NV, room 2016, The
first semester has just ended, the
next begins in February, for which
registration Is now open to Federal
employees.
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weeks after the calf" was as near
as they could ever place it.
X X X
Another writing Democratic Rep
resentative, Estes Mfauver of Ten
nessee, had to write twentieth
Century Congress" twice, since
Evening star., 1948-01-25
A SURVEY OF WESTERN
CIVILIZATION

BY Harry Elmer Barnes. fCToDeH
Co..
Over 900 pages in extent and
carefully indexed, this book is more
than a history of mankind's awak-
ened intellect. It is challenge
to further extend political, social
and technical development. The
author sees the world in a fourth
stage of revolution and does not
find it difficult to discard or depre-
cate much that supports modern,
time-honored institutions. The four
stages: From the dawn to pagan
civilizations; 20 the disintegra-
ton of Rome: 80 the supplanting
of medieval civilization by modern
concepts; "a what lies beyond the
political crisis involving the atoms
power. y
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clpleS OF nuIHoT,
prayer and love
of country. IT.
one down and
two to 60 since
Laughing With
Congress- a
jolly Ii t t ! c
catch = all OF
jibes at Con-
gress, appeared
last fall. The
jovial Senator is
working on the
others stimuli =
taneously. For
the inspirational
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Stirring Epic of Captivity
Defends French War Effort
THE LONG HOLIDAY
BY Francis Ambriere. (zi6-Dauis; 81

Reviewed by BROOKE JONES.
particularly those who think
France in 94o and the bect attitude of her Vhy
indifference
a Pickering patriotic of the past
sincere patriot captured
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tator as to their inspirations; never
theless, he Is an experimenter who
doesn't pull his punches.
Those of us who are prone to
study contemporary paintings from
the standpoint of the home owner
(who Is certainly the greatest pa
tronage potentiaD are frequently
scolded by the modernists for our
stuffy viewpoint. Contemporary
painters, they tell us, should not be
circumscribed by attempting to tone
down their experiments to suit the
academic tastes of the laymsn. The
artist must remain untrammelled,
they say, in order to reflect the vio-
lent era in which he lives, etc, for
only thus will he produce "impor-
tant' works destined for permanent
placement in museums. In view OF
all this, it is interesting to learn
that Mr.. Perlmutter has had the
average home owner in mind; for
Bush & Weeks Gallery announces
that, these paintings can be rented
to hang in the home"
Frankly, I find them hare to fit
into such an environment. 1t seems
to me they demand special decor
neutral walls, leather-fitted metal
furniture Cor very simple blond
woods, bright-colored. coarse-tex-
tured weaves for draperies, etc. But
the average home is not furnished
thus. 1t is likely to have furniture
reproductions in traditional styles.
or perhaps family heirlooms ranging
from fine early American through
the golden oak of the COS, and later
styles. Mr.. Perlmutter's paintings
would knock such interiors galley
west. Furthermore, he shows some
strange subjects for daily contem-
plation: Train Wreck" Churtling
cars), '.Fire" Gin a skyscrapeD Coal
Mine Disaster" "a cross-section
showing searchers in mine shafts
Flowers for Graves" with back.
ground of assorted headstones(.
OF course. he shows some serene
and even cheerful paintings: Wash
ington at Night "a pattern of lights
on Monument and Capitol, against
a black and deep blue ground)
Moonlight Over the City" ttene-
ments with lighted windows and
lines of wash) and several others In
similar vein. But after careful con-
sideration, one concludes that these
paintings are best suited to strong
vigorous optinlists with hack-slap-
ping personalities, wherever they
may live.
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"A CONCISE HISTORY OF
THE LAW OF NATIONS
BY Arthur Nussbaum. (Mdcmil-
ldn,. $2.75J
Well-outlined history Of the law
Of nations. Concise.
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Reading and Writing
Three Grotified Congressional Authors
Are Renewing Their Literary Efforts
By Mary MeGrory

members of the Eghtiet Congress who nave tasted
the literary hard at work new BOOKS
are Kefauver Senator
Alexander wiley that the books they had published
brought in splendid response from
coaees constituents large Authorship some
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Club, 1871 I street NV, to remain
through next Friday.
The paintings are impressionistic
landscapes and street scenes, done
in a high key. mostly in a fresh light
green, blue and pale brownish yell
low. They depict historic cities and
country: Jerusalem, Jaffa, the Mount
of Olives, along the Jordan and
waterway to Smyrna.
Miss Gaul, who paints portraits,
flowers and marines as well as land
scapes, has studied and painted
extensively in Europe, the Near East
and Canada. as well as in this
country. She was the sole official
artist of the Sesouicentennial F,x-
POSITION in Philadelphia in 1926; the
first woman to he'd a solo exhibition
st the Pki,sdslr','e Art Glib and
lie first Philadelphia woman to have
a solo in London. For 13 consecutive
wears. she has had an annual
show at the Women's City Club OF
Philadelphia.
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PAINTINGS of Palestine

Palestine in peaceful years is the
theme of a small group of paintings
by Arrah Lee Gaul of Philadelphia
lust opened at the Women's City
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Animated Block Prints


Variety is the keynote of the sea-
sons program at the Division Of
Graphic Arts, United States Ma
tional Museum. 1t would be difficult
to imagine a, greater contrast than
that between the naturalistic Dahl
green etchings last month, and the
abstract block prints in color oy
Louis Schanker this month Through
next Sunday. Mr.. Schanker must
be fairly familiar to some Wash
ingtonians, as he has had in recent
years a one man show at the Phil
lips Gallery Tin whose permanent
collection he is represented and
also an extensive group of his prints
was displayed at the Arts Club.
He sucerimposes abstract black
calligraphy on areas of related
colors. These abstract figures are
based on natural forms lin most
instances), but have gotten so far
away they are practically out of
hailing distance. His emphasis is
on movement, and in his graphic
skirmishes, such as polo Players. -
Hockey Flayere,' Men Running"
etc. his figures ere Ito tine lay
eye) little more than amorphous
olockil-ad1. Eowere", they co sug-
se1.t r7cvcrIczz..:, Ee i>2s gone to
great teal CT tlca,,-c to obtain
these results, U-i-,g IS many a5
Ave blocks for some prints. One
large print "a second Polo Play
ers') voucnsafes the he!lol6er
recognizable faces on men and
horses and successfully conveys a
feeling Of the complete scramble
they sometimes get into In fast
game.
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Walker to Lecture

The Phillips Memorial Gallery has
sent out special notices of lecture
to be given there at o'clock this
afternoon, when John Walker, chief
curator of the National Gallery Of
Art, will tell of Giovanni Bellini and
Titan at Ferrara, the discovery of
a forgotten competition.
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DR.. Beard were OF single mlno IN
presenting their stories Of the max
ing of the American Constitution
and of the struggle to effect a more
perfect Union
The two authors are not the first
Evening star., 1948-01-25
Reviewed by REX COLLIER.

that Van Dorens and Charles Boards latest
books published almost simultaneously should be conoeeo IN one
independently timely and
appearance been produced IN concert by
deliberate collaboration apparent the significant titles
the PREDATORY notes Mr. Doren and
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Michel Portrait Hung


A pastel portrait of Kate Scott
Brooks, by Jean Henri Michel, was
hung yesterday in the American
Newspaper Women's Club, 1904
Twentieth street NV, of which,
Mrs. Brooks is honorary president.
It impresses me as good likeness,
catching something of her vvacity
and charm.
! M. Michel opened a studio early
this month at 1884 Connecticut ave.
nue., with an exhibition Of recent
portraits, among which was that of
Mrs. Brooks. Most of them are in
pastel or crayon, but there are also
q few in oil. A large number depict
children, of which subjects he makes
a speciality. He endeavors to capture
likeness in a single sitting, If pos
sible, otherwise to hold sittings Of
/ little ones to minimum. so that
their hveliness will not evaporate
from tedium.
M. Michel was born in Caen, Nor
mandy. Self-taught in drawing and
painting, he began at the age of 90,
to do portraits Of children in La
Baule. He entered the service Of
France at the beginning Of the war,
was captured and held prisoner
for Is months at BuchenWald. He
came to Canada in December, l946.
entered the United States soon after
ward, and has been in Washington
since last July. He expects to re-
main here until April.
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Debates Over Our Constitution
Found Analogous to U.N. Quest
THE GREAT REHEARSAL

THE GREAT REHEARSAL y, ., =
BY Carl Van Doren. fViking Press; S3.75)
THE ENDURING FEDERALIST
BY Charles A. Beard. doubleday & Co.; 81
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-11-06

civil rights laws, and other pro-
gresSive measures.
Recalling the smashing defeat
of Democrat Al Smith in the
1928 Presidential contestant
the even more smashing victory
of the Democrats under ROOse-
welt four years later, Wallace
predicted future victory for his
party.
THE cup of iniquity of both
of the old parties will overflow"
and one of them will dis
appear, swallowed up by the
other, he prophesied.
There is now a greater need
for the Progressive Party than
ever before he said. 1t will
grow into the dominant party. !"
Wallace called on his follow
ers to work and build in every
precinct in the nation in the
next four years.
Go on it probably will, but
one peculiar variety of homo
sapiens is not likely to play any
important part in 1.-THE public
opinion pollsters.
They had fIubbed all down
the line. Dewey and most of his
national, state, county, and city
tickets would sweep into office,
possibly in a landslide, they had
said. Truman would lose badly.
Wallace would draw at least ~
million.
The results were so certain, the
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-11-06

pollsters felt, that Elmo Roper
of Fortune magazine, one of the
most respected of the lot, re
tired from the field more than
month before the elections.
There was no point in wasting
time on future samplings, he
held; Dewey was a snap.
The Gallup poll, the Chicago
Sun-Times straw vote, and most
other polls agreed with him.
Which leaves most Americans
asking: Whittier now, pollsters?
In the 1895, when the Liter
airy Digest incorrectly predicted
a Republican Uandon) victory
over the Democrats lied by
ROosevelD, it was so discredited
that it went out of existence.
Will that happen to the 194S
crystal-baIl gazers?
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-11-06
UPW protests
city loyalty fest

The Buermeister resolution,
which would require all elected
and appointed city employees to
sign non-Communist affidavits,
has been criticized by the Unit
ed Public Workers of America
(CIO) as a further threat to
our civil liberties. -
. The executive board of UPW'S
Local 2 sent letter opposing
the BurmeiSter resolution to all
members of the City Council
and Mayor Kennedy.
The resolution is now in the
City Councils rules committee.
1t would affect more than 90
00J city employees and officials.