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Evening star., 1948-01-18
H. P. Bailey Heads
Masonic Lodge

Howard P. Bailey was installed as
master of Temple-Noyes Masonic
Lodge. He Is the fourth employe OF
The Evening Star to have this
honor.
Other officers installed were
Frederick G. Macarow, senior war
den; Ernest F. Guide, Junior warden;
Ralph P. Barnard, P. NJ, secretary;
L. Whiting Ester, P. NJ, treasurer ;
Russell E. Pelot, senior deacon;
Lloyd Fletcher, jr, junior deacon; ;
George L. S. Scharf, senior steward
Charles E. Steidel, Junior steward;
Ernest Carlyn Guy, p. NJ, marshal i;
Rev. Charles Leslie Glenn, chaplain; /;
Richard Branson Thomas, P. NJ, as
sistant chaplain; Arthur A. Ridout.
tiler.
Special notices:
Samuel Gompers Lodge-Monday
annual birthday party, Shoteham
Hotel, o pm. for lodge members
only.
Takoma Lodge-Monday, Fellow
craft Club.
National Lodge-Tuesday, special
6 pm, F. G. degree.
Washington Centennial Lodge
Tuesday, officer instruction and de-
gree team rehearsal.
Barristers Lodge-WedneSday ,spe-
cial, F. G. degree.
Washington Centennial Lodge
Wednesday, initiation.
st. Johns Lodge-Friday, initia-
ton.
Benjamin B. French Lodge-Sat-
urday, Fellowcraft Club dance,
pm, 2400 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
By IsobeI Hockett

All my air-minded friends said
brightly, "Oh, you'll simply love
It'll" when I told them I was going
TO take my first airplane ride, and
to South America. at that. Up to
then, with determination and inde-
pendence, I had kept in close con-
tact with the ground when travel
ing, and cherished the distinction
of being middle-aged American
who had never flown.
When my husband invited me to
90 along on a short business trip
to South America I accepted the
offer on the spot and turned to the
advertisements Of cruise clothes.
You can't, said my husband firmly,
go to South America and back in
three weeks by ship, train, automo-
bile or hitch-hiking. Well fly, Of
course. Everybody flies.
Lots Of Advice.
The friends who said I'd simply
love flying would have been more
convincing If they hadn't kept call
ing me up to give advice. One we'll
travelled lady said 1t was always
bumpy over the Andes; she was
sending me a bottle of "airsick rem
edy" upon which she relied. An
other friend relayed a tip from a
former Army flyer; she advised me
to keep pillow firmly pressed to
my stomach when the air was
rough. This, she explained, prevents
Evening star., 1948-01-18

an expert that even one motor
would keep you up in a pinch. We'd
have fine view of the Andes, he
said, so let's get a seat near the back
where we can see everything.
The Andes are beautiful noun
tains, even better than the Blue
Ridge, with which I am more ia
miliar, though I had been misled
into thinking we would fly around
rather than through them. The
pilot steered expertly around sew
eral of the highest peaks, and I
stopped bracing myself for a COL
lision. The steward, a handsome
young man of the Latin type, asked
whether would like little oxygen.
I said I had never tried oxygen and
didn't know whether I'd like it or
not. Nobody wanted oxygen, so he
began passing around dinner on lap
trays. Everybody got large piece
of thick tenderloin steak, which
made me understand why the trip
was so expensive. I tried to divide
my attention between one of the
most glorious views in the world
and the steak, but gave 1t up. I
stopped looking at the Andes.
One Trip Does the Trick.
We got through that particular
group of Andes, and landed, took
off, and landed again. My chewing
gum collection grew steadily. I
found that a good yawn was better
than chewing to keep the ears
open. This doubtless gave me the
appearance of being an old hand
at flying, and slightly bored with
the whole business. When we ar
rived at our destination I looked
relaxed, casual, seasoned, and in
need of a bath. I could even think
about the plane trip home without
losing my appetite or breaking into
a cold sweat.
Soon after we got back home, I
met an old friend at market. She
was looking little pale, and said
she was going on trip with her
husband.
George says he wants to go by
plane, and I've never flown. I'm
scared to DEATH" she said.
"Oh, you'll simply love it," said
heartily.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Tales Of TenIeytown
By John closett Proctor

-7ENLEYTOWN. Like Bright
/ wood and some other places
around Washington, Is with
out It's metes and bounds
and yet most any one who
has resided within the District for
any length Of time can tell you just
where it is. It's center can be said
more definitely to be about where
the River road shoots of to the left
from Wisconsin avenue and the old
Brookville road diverges to the right
and is only short distance north
of Tenley Circle. But as recently as
1899 this settlement was designated
in the city directory as post vii
lage on the Rockville turnpike" !"
Today the general locality is referred
to as Friendship, the name Of its
postal station.
Tenleytown Is q very old place
with a very old name, derived from
the name OF John Tenley, who had
a tavern In Georgetown. But ac-
cording to the map there were rela-
lively few landowners hereabout
during the period Of the Civil War.
These included G. Conrad, B. s..
Shoemaker, Thomas w. Phillips,
j. Marshall, H. Blant, A. H. Lough-
borough, H. Boyer. H. H. Dent, Mrs.
Nourse, Mrs. Green, Dr.. Samuel
Clagett Busey and Joshua Peirce.
Mrs. p. Green was the owner OF
Forest Hill. She was q descendant
of Gen. Forrest. who built the old
residence still standing, and which
in 1878 was occupied by Nancy
Green, and the property to the south
by George Green.
It was the latter's property which
later became the summer home OF
President Cleveland. 1t was bought
shortly before his marriage, and
was then considered quite an item OF
interest. Among the many accounts
of the property given at the time
was the following taken from The
Star:
"It Is in this paradise of suburban
homes that the President has Sc
lected his country residence and the
people who drive out along the Ten
leytown road may see the two-story
stone house with its old-fashioned
hip roof, nestled among the old
forest trees where the Woodley lane
intersects with the Tenleytown road.
The house is now occupied by MIR.
A. r. Green and 1t has come to him
from his grandfather, Uriah Forrest,
who, In 1881, purchased large tract
of land known as Pretty Prospect.
This tract extended down nearly to
the city. limits and has since been
very much subdivided."
Retreat Route in 1874
Originally Wisconsin avenue, lead
ing from Georgetown, was known as
the Old Trails road and after that
portion of Braddock's army, under
Col. Dunbar, made his memorable
march from Georgetown to Fort
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Current Exhibitions
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con.

NATIONAL GALLERY or ART. Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
PAINTINGS and sculpture. BY great
masters. The Art OF France
NATIONAL MUSEUM, National Col
avenue and Tenth street-Ameri-
can paintings from private collec-
tons and other st sitts ana v1osia. Loans.
eH1f es1 ss. Coast Group through ''na-
Jefferson drive and Ninth street
Decorative arts collection. Photo
graphs BY John W. Gregory of
provincetown, Mass through Jan
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Division
Of Graphic Art, Independence
avenue and Tenth .street-Prints
by Louis schanker' throush Febru-
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive-ori-
ings and etchinss By whistler and
other American artists; changing
CoRcoRAN GALLERY OF ART,
Seventeenth street between New
York avenue and = street-Ameri,
the W "A. Clark collection. New
exhibitions Of water colors by ar
fists of Washington and vicinity.
Pepsi-Cola Annual, through Febru-
ary 22
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY.
inss and prints. Exhibitions BY
Maurice Sterne. Vaughn F1annery,
clsrssnce el1 Laushlin' through rseru-
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Cap:
itol and First streets-Division Of
t.etai. 81 fPances es e's
ARTS CLUB, 2o17 I street NV
dnSaR throush next ness Friday. u ''u' 'f''''''
WHITE GALLERY at United Ma
NV. Tibetan paintings throush
Mushai art to open tuesday.
Randolph % place N.W.MPaintinss
catlett. through January 20.
WATKINS GALLERY, American Uni-
versity carnpus-Watkins memorial
collection, through February Is.
PUBLIC LIBRARY, Eighth and Z
streets N;W&:-Prints & ana hs,Lsh paint1inss 1!n
uary 81.
DUMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION,
1908 Thirty-second street NV
Byzantise art. Closed Mondays.
Open daily, 8 am. to pm; Sun
days, 2 to 5 pm. -,-. ~. .,
BUSH q WEEKS GALLERY, 2010 g
street N.W-Oil paintings by Jack
Perlmutter, through February g.
PAN AMERICAN UNION, Constitu-
ton avenue and Seventeenth street
NV. Argentine landscapes by
Juan Sturla, through today.
C0NNoIsSEURs' CORNER, zoos @
street N.W.-DraWinss by Ernst,
Tanguay and Noguchi, through
January.
GEORGETOWN UNIvERSITY--,Por-
traits by Boleslaw Jan Czedekow-
ski in Copley Hall, through Janu-
ary 81.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Sixth street
and Howard place N.W.-Prints by
Negro artists. through February.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, Michigan
avenue NE, Salve Regina build
ine-Paintings and wood carvings
by Father Alexis Robertson, o. r.
NJ. through January 27.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
JWV Auxiliary

Wilmer Auxiliary, Jewish War
Veterans. had officers installed by
Mrs. Ethel Novak, national presi-
dent, as follows: President, Justine
F. Gubin; senior vice president,
Phyllis Fisher; junior vice presi-
dent, Bessie Cohen: treasurer,
Esther Kominers; chaplain, Henri
eta Fink; conductress, Rosalin
Manifold; guard, Rose Makova: cor
responding secretary, Esther Hoff-
man. and recording secretary, Elaine
Gewirz.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

ence OF q cardinal from Boston,
Mr.. Bosa's capture, with its Brue-
ghel-like people, is more medieval
than contemporary in atmosphere.
Mr.. Chavez Fishing Nets, Brazil"
has an interesting pattern OF. curves
and straight lines in brown and
gray. Mr.. Cikovsky's River Front
in st. Louis" is simplified and
stylized naturalism; 1t is one Of only
two prize winners tthe other being
Mr.. Teyral's Clown purchased by
the company for reproduction in its
calendar.
The exhibition as q whole seems
to have more examples of express
sionism than of any other modern
idiom. There are a few pure ab-
stractions, more semiabstract works
and a sufficient number of good
representational paintings to &C
count for about one-third Of the
show. It is thought-provoking to
note how little of the collection can
be termed happy" Artists are ira
ditionally considered to reflect their
eras, so it is hardly surprising that
a national selection of contempo-
rary work today suggests brood
ing disillusion, latent misgivings,
melancholy and other disquieting
facets of humanity's state of mind
since Hiroshima. Such excellent
painters as Carl Kaertner and the
Martinos, for example, are repre-
sented by "R. r. Lunch" Mana
yunk" and Snow" respectively:
dreary scenes of ugly buildings in
snow or sodden landscapes under
leaden skies $50 soundly constructed
and we'll done, however, as to ac-
quire a beauty in their own right).
As I have said, Pepsi Cola Co.
showed very sound judgment IN
holding itself free to select its cal
endar paintings from the entire
show. Since some $4,000 copies Of
the calendar are sent out for use
largely in homes, Offices and schools,
it certainly seems wise to reproduce
works the average person viii en-
JOY looking at for month. The
194s calendar Is the best have
seen, and some of its paintings will
be worth keeping long after the
weeks they adorn have passed.
Paintings of the Year" will re-
main at the Corcoran Gallery OF
Art through George Washington's
Birthday.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Daughters of America

The State deputy, Mrs. Edna Hay
ward, INSTALLED the following oficers
in Mizpah Council: Ann Estells
Milstead, councillor; Louise Talbot,
associate counclor Grace Trollin-
ger, vice councillor; Lulu Galleher,
associate vice councillor; Margaret
Wilson, outside sentinel; Mary
Cockrell, warden; William Thomp-
son, inside sentinel, and Katherine
Baum, trustee.
The next visitation will be 10
Golden Rule Council on January -
by State Councillor Agnes e. Barbour
and her staff.
The Past State Councillors Asso-
citation will meet ut Northeast Ma
sonic Temple January 81 at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

1.-THE marker unveiled In Bethes.
da was erected on q plot decided
to the society by Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter r. Tuckerman. Fashioned out
Of Algonite stone by A. Leimbach
of st. Louis, 1t depicts q pioneer
woman with infant In arms and
young child clutching at her long,
heavy dress. The head, covered by
the bonnet worn in her day, Is erect;
the left foot extended and In the
right hand heavy cane assists
her progress.
TT is of peculiar interest,"" said
Mrs. Moss in presenting the nonu-
ment to the town of Bethesda, TO
recall today that In the State of
Maryland, where our trail Is now
completed, the first road law was
passed in 1866, and the first mail
route was established In 1896"
Joseph Nourse, the Register Of
the Treasury at the time the depart
ments OF the Federal Government
moved to Washington In 1900, was
an owner of considerable land
along Wisconsin avenue, including
what Is now the Cathedral Close,
where now stands the beautiful
Washington Cathedral. still under
construction, and here once steod
the Nourse home, q large frans
house which was built by q Mr..
Harrison, who had sold the farm
to Mr.. Nourse and who had bought
it from John r. Platter, who In turn
took title from Gen. Forrest.
Nourses Built Mount Alban
Mr.. Nourse gave the place the
name Mount Alban, because, 1t
Is said, 'its sloping hillside reminded
him of descriptions Of the hill where
st. Alban was martyred in ancient
Britain"
Another tract of land on Wis
consin avenue, owned by Joseph
Nourse, and which contained about
100 acres, was given to his son,
Charles J. Nourse, who erected
thereon the familiar and attractive
residence in more recent years
owned by Rear Admiral Cary Gray
son. This property was purchased
by the senior Mr.. Nourse in 1917,
and the house-known as the High
lands-was built by the son, and
completed In 1927.
A few days ago the writer was
attracted to an old stone building
to the rear Of the Grayson home,
close to where is now a large public
school building. It had every ap-
pearance of being quite old, and 30
the writer sought out Miss Adelaide
Brown. whose people had once oc-
cupied the place, and from her
comes the information that 1t was
built by James. Nourse, another son
of the register, probably as a ten
ants quarters.
Mr.. Nourse. must have been o
most efficient public servant, for
he served the Government from its
beginning in 1889 to 1929, when he
was dismissed by President Andrew
Jackson for nepotism-or for show
ing too much favoritism to rela-
tives.
The shock of being fired" did
not kill Mr.. Nourse, for we find him
living IL years longer, when he
had nearly reached his 85th year.
and the old National Intelligencer
at the time Of his death, Septem-
ber /, 1941, spoke kindly and truth.
fully Of him in its obituary notice.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Local Ben Hur News

Potomac Court on Monday VIII
elect officers at Pythian Temple.
Mckinley Court meets Tuesday at
Pythian Temple and Congressional
Court on Wednesday at the home
of Elmer johnson.
President A. L. Saulmon of Craw-
fordsville, Ind, and A. s. Bradshaw,
Eastern supervisor. OF Philadelphia,
Pa, will install officers Of United
Court on January ~ at Pythian
Temple.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
You'll Love FIyinq'

(IsGbel Hdckett, who for a
,phiie conducted a column on The
Stars WontGn's Page headed
"Oper the Back Fence" recently
,Dent flying for the first time.
Like all first Fighters, she noto is
an aviation expert, as she er-
plains here
Evening star., 1948-01-18

I said, simply aren't enough. Look
at that crowd getting on, several Of
them distinctly overweight. I bet
Churchill and Marshall never tray-
eled on two-motored planes. bet
they wouldn't risk even Hollywood
extra on a two-motored plane. My
husband said there wasn't time to
check on this, but he had 1t from
Evening star., 1948-01-18

where it meets the shore, with bath
ers, piers and sailboats. He has
studied the infinite variety" Of its
moods, has noted It's subtle changes
in mist and rain, its soft opalescent
colors under varying lights OF sun
and moon. claire de Lune" is the
most romantic, Moment Musicale"
the happiest titled, and all Of them
beautifully done and wholly de-
nghtful. The show will remain
through February 8.
Brief Reviews
Howard University recently opened
an exhibition of graphic arts and
drawings by American Negro artists,
of such importance that 1t will re-
main through February 20. Bush a.
Weeks Gallery Is showing recent
paintings by Jack Perlmttter, their
first exhibition In Washington, to
remain through February S. Both
these shows will be reviewed at an
early date.
Several other exhibitions are on
view for such brief periods that
those who wish to see them had best
visit them soon. The United Ma
tions Club Is showing Tibetan
Thang- g-Kas (paintings) OF the 17th,
18th and 18th centuries only through
tomorrow. These have many figures,
richly painted on paper, mounted on
silk, with brocaded borders.
An exhibition of Hindu, Buddhist
and Mughal art will open at United
Nations Club Tuesday ut o'clock,
when his excellency, the Ambassa-
dor of India, and Nine. Asaf Ali will
be guests Of honor. The Pan Amer
ican Unions 11-day showing Of Ar
gentine landscapes by Juan Manuel
Sturla ends this evening; they de-
pict country scenes of his homeland,
the Province of Cordoba, Argentina.
The art department Of Catholic
University has just opened an exhi-
bition Of paintings and wood carv-
ings by Father Alexis Robertson,
o. F. NJ, in the Salve Regina Build
ing, open to the public daily from
2 to 5, through January n.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
By Florence S. Berrymon

Paintings Year. Pepsi-Coas exhibition
open public afternoon at the Cocoran Gallery
Art undoubtedly major opportunity for artists throughout the
l59 paintings final selection from than
States the District Of Columbia These
first by regional es each composed Of three artists
Chicago Atlanta City Their
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Guest Speaker

Lloyd Goodrich, associate curator
Of the Whitney Museum Of Ameri-
can Art, New York City, will lecture
at S o'clock today at the National
Gallery Of Art on Homer and
Eakins: Two Types of Realism" Mr..
Goodrich has carried out exhaustive
research on these 18th century
American masters, and has written
a definitive work on each.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Sterne Looks at the Sea

Maurice Sterne's one-man show
at Wildenstein Galleries, New York
City, last May was his first in IA
years. It was so different from his
big retrospective at the Museum of
Art in 1888, and from his occasional
contributions to group exhibitions,
that it aroused more than ordinary
interest. Mr.. Sterne was pioneer
modernist whose strongly patterned
paintings of Bali, shown during
World War I. and whose paintings
of the italian hill town, Antioch, in
the early 20s, placed him with the
progressive painters"
Now he is revealed in IL impress
sionistic interpretations of the sea,
at tie Phillips Memorial Gallery
(the paintings shown last spring In
New York City, supplemented with
few works belonging to the gal
lery-a conservative still life, two
of Bali (l910, and Afternoon at
Anticoli" (ca. 1929, which provide
interesting contrasts. In these ear
lier paintings, form and pattern are
stressed, while effects of light are
themes of the new marines.
Mr.. Sterne has painted the sea
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Two Chosen for Calendar

Louis Bosa's Blessing of the
Fleet" is a whimsical Interpretation
Of an old Italian custom revived
In Gloucester, Mass, at the begin
ming of each fishing season. AL
though this particular occasion was
In 1946, and, according to the Art
Digest, was signalized by the pres
Evening star., 1948-01-18
First Prize Disliked

Country Tenement" by Henry
Kallem of New York, which re-
ceived the top prize of $4,000, is an
incredible choice. 1t impresses me
as a smeary piece of expressionism
introducing kaleidoscope colors.
Surely very few people will consider
It the best work in the show. The
artist is said to have studied for
five years at the National Academy,
which would seem to have been
q waste of time both for him
and the institution. Why any art
student would select the academy,
If not interested in working in the
traditional mode, is mystery.
The prize of $4,000 went to THE
Breaker" by Lamar Dodd OF
Georgia; it Is a soundly constructed
marine, sem1-abstract, strong and
austere. Another seacoast paint
ing, Joseph De Martini's THE
Lighthouse" received third prize OF
$500; it, too, Is rugged and stark,
q truthful expression of the subject.
The fourth prize of $1,000 went to
Ethel Weiner of California for 1.-TWO
Lovers Over Frisco so obviously
inspired by Marc Chagall that one
wonders why it was considered
prizeworthy. Max Weber Of New
York won the fifth prize Of $75o
for his Flute Soloist," grotesque
figure whose attitude is nevertheless
familiarly that Of a man playing
on a flute.
Prizes of $500 went to each Of
Is other paintings, some admirable,
few incomprehensible choices
(among the latter, Henry Botkin's
Wandering Minstrel" for instance) /.
The best and most interesting OF
these, in my opinion, are Louis
Bosa's Blessing of The Fleet" Ed
ward Chavez's Fishing Nets,
Brazil" Nicolai Cikovsky's River
Front, st. Louis" and John Teyrals
1.-THE Clown" Perhaps all of us err
at times in reading more into a
painting than the artist intended 1t
to have. But to me THE Clown"
Reproduced herewith seems to
symbolize lonely man, dwarfed and
isolated by his environment, but
nevertheless wearing mask OF
CHEEKY insouciance.
Evening star., 1948-01-18
Gift of Old Masters

The National Gallery Of Art re-
vealed today a truly magnificent
gift of important paintings by 1tal-
ian and German masters OF the
18th and 18th centuries, from
the Ralph and Mary Booth col
lection of Detroit. David E. Fin
ley, director Of the gallery, de-
scribed these pictures as among the
most important works Of art pri-
vately owned Guntil now) In this
country. The gift includes a Ma
donna and Child" by Giovanni Bel
lini; portrait of a youth by Boil
trafit; two portraits representing
the Mayor of Memmingen and his
wife dated 1920 by Bernard Stri-
gel, court painter of Emperor Maxi
milan; portrait Of a German noble
man by Nicolaus Kremer, dated
1929 and two delightful portraits OF
children by Lucas Granach the ell
der, prince and princess Of Sax
ony. The little flaxen-haired boy,
wearing a jeweled floral crown at
a rakish angle, Is very familiar from
numerous reproductions. (See also
illustrated story elsewhere in to-
days Starr
Evening star., 1948-01-18

Se1SCLlOIlS WSIG SSI1b ORk W u 1ld-
tional jury Of five noted artists,
while still another Jury awarded the
cumpany's prizes.
Nevertheless, after all this sift-
ing and screening, the exhibition
contains large proportion of new
names" while many well-known ar
fists are not represented. Many OF
those whose names are generally
unfamiliar reside In far-f1ung States
where presumably some Of them
have well-established regulations.
But Pepsi -Cola's annual has pro-
vided a New York showing Cat the
National Academy last October)
followed by tour Of three impor-
tant museums: The Rochester Me-
mortal Art Gallery, whence 1t came
here, and the Toledo Museum Of
Art, where it will go from the
Corcoran.
Pepsi-Cola bestowed upon "a ex-
hibiting artists in this fourth an
nual, the largest sum given In a
1947 exhibition-$35 $50 in awards,
fellowships and purchases of paint
ings for the 1948 Pepsi-Cola cal
endar. The company was exemplary
In refraining sfrom any attempts to
influence the selection of entries
and awards; apparently it set only
one condition: That in choice OF
calendar reproductions, 1t would not
be bound by prize awards. This was
certainly a wise decision, as we shall
note later.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

The Elbow Benders Pup Tent No.
2, under the leadership of Seam
Squirrel Joe Martin, will hold their
annual Mite of Fun" at the Police
Fire Club, 935 g place NV. the
evening of January 30. Everyone is
invited.
Evening star., 1948-01-18

Originally Wisconsin avenue, lead
ing from Georgetown, was known as
the Old Trails road and after that
portion of Braddocks army, under
Col. Dunbar, made his memorable
march from Georgetown to Fort