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Current Exhibitions
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. G.,

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con.
stitton avenue and Sixth street
.IsIa :ns Hsaon!D senDtq5s 9a n.. Sy sfsss e.
lection. Index Of American De-
sign, opening Thursday.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. National Col
lection Of Fine Arts, Constitution
avenue and Tenth street--Amer-
ican paintings. from private col
lections and other gifts and loans.
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING, Division
nue @ and Ten.h aTs ss
Ruel P. Tolman. through August 1.
FREER GALLERY OF ART, Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive--Ori-
entail and Far Eastern arts. Paint-
ings and etchinas by Whistler and
other American artists; changing
exhibits
CoRCORAN GALLERY OF ART, Sew
avenue and e street-American
painting and sculpture and the W.
A. Clark collection. New ,exhibi,
tions of water colors by artists OF
Washnston and tbrVan Vieinity AmeI
-Four one-artist exhibitions, Gates.
Gath. Bookatz and Calfee, throush
September II.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY.
1900 Twenty-first street-Paint-
1ngS ana prlntS. contemporary
American paintings. alternating
through the summer.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, East Cap
itol and First streets-Division OF
Prints. Sixth Annual Print Exhibi-
tion. through August 15. Fourth
annual of rare books from Rosen.
wald collection Paintings and
drawings by Hector Poleo, through
today.
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. Saliva Re-
gina Gallery, Michigan avenue
N.E.-Paintings by Ernesto Lothar.
through next Saturday. Daily to
6 pm.
PUBLIC LIBRARY-Eighth and K
streets N.W-Exhibition by Mar
saret Hill, through July.
PAN AMERICAN UNION. Constitu-
ton avenue and Seventeenth street
N.W.-Water colors and drawings
from Arsentina, through today.
halaaihss throuah july Ss 81. Jose Aefm0'in"'
WHYTE GALLERY. 1913 .Connecti-
cut avenue N.W-Exihibttion by
Washington painters.
BARNET ADEN galley. 127
rary American paintings. through
5 August. 49,. .-,
PLAYHOUSE LoNGE, 727- rfteenth
street N.W.-Paintings by Winoid
Reiss. --.-
ARTS CLUB, 2o17 ! street NV
Members show, through septem-
Der "a.
WATKINS American
University Campus-Palntings by
Tworkov; exhibition by faculty
members.
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nomination of Henry Clay and T.
Frelinguysen as the choice for
President and Vice President, re-
spectively,' by the Wing Party.
On the 14th of May a further mes
sage came from the Relay House,
and finally. on May "a, was flashed
over the wire the celebrated message,
What hath God wrought" the
words of which were chosen by Miss
Annie G. Ellsworth, the daughter
of the Commissioner of Patents, a
friend of Prof. Morse and who had
brought the inventor the joyful
news that the appropriation had
been granted just before midnight
on March 3, 1843. That session of
Congress closed just a few minutes
later.
Morse had given up all hope of
the bill going through at that ses-
sion, and he felt so grateful for the
welcome news that he promised to
let Miss Ellsworth dictate the first
official message, which she so clev-
erly did.
Station at Capitol
As is well known, the Washington
station was first located in the Capt.
tol, and it was this station which
was soon afterward removed to the
west side Of Seventh street between
E and F streets. In 1845 Congress
appropriated 5000 for operating
the hne between here and Balti-
more. Morse was named as super
intendent and Alfred Vail and Hen
ry j. Rogers as assistant superin-
tendents. Vail, whose services Morse
appreciated as an early partner,
generally looked after the Wash
ington end and Rogers the Balti-
more station, while Morse filled in
when 1t became necessary to do 50.
Public ownership in this case proved
poor business, and the next year the
Government made no appropriation.
The telegraph ceased to be operated
under Government supervision.
The idea of sending messages by
wire was slow in taking root, and
Morse himself thought 100000
would be as much as he ever hoped
to realize out of it. He offered to
sell his invention to the Government
for this amount, but since the Post
master General did not think the
telegraph could ever be made profit
able, he refused to recommend its
purchase even at so low q figure.
Under private control, wire con-
nections between New York and
Baltimore were early completed by
a company that had been formed
by Amos Kendall, who was made
president. BY the spring Of 1847,
the operation of the line between
Washington and Baltimore was also
taken over by the Magnetic Electric
Telegraph Co., which had been in
corporated in Maryland and which
had its Offices on the second floor
of the Towers Printing Office, at the
southeast corner OF Sixth street and
Louisiana avenue NV, in this city.
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the end Of . long line. which had
been declared to be impossible by
Barlow.
He actually set up in the hall Of
the Albany Academy a line more
than mile in length, through which
signals were transmitted without
difficulty, and the principles in
volved were so well understood by
Henry that even then, in 1882, he
confidently declared that transmits
sion through any reasonable dis
tance was possible. This system was
the germ of all modern telegraphy.
Provided with the Morse code, or
a similar code, any operator would,
by the use of Henry's apparatus
have transmitted in 1881 messages
of unlimited length, though, Of
course, at slow speed.
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topped the Ms field in section A
and Martin May and 1t. Col. T. j.
Willis led E-W opponents. High
scorers in Section B were Mrs. j. G.
Seabourne-Mrs. Catherine Murray
and Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Mantle.
The Federal Bridge League fea-
tured a scrambled Mitchell contest
Tuesday. James G. Stone and Lewis
Tubbs tying George L. Kathan and
DR.. A. ]. Steinberg for first honors.
Mrs. Marianne Boschan and Mrs.
Theresa Pestell placed. Mrs. Pestell,
a former Washington resident, is
visiting here from Palo Alto, Calf.
Chalk up another victory for Oft
times champion James G. Stone.
The Chess Clubs Thursday plaque
was won by him July 8 when he
paired with Mrs. Margaret L. Fisher
to score high in Ms position and
break his three-way tie with DR..
J. B. Gregg Curtis and Charles c..
johnson. Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Byrns
were E-W winners in the same
match.
National awards for the Chess
Clubs Saturday series July 10 were
claimed by DR.. Curtis and DR.. j. v.
Waits (N-S) and Mrs. T. w. Brough
and Clarence thinner (E-W). Mr..
and Mrs. J. D. Boyd, Mrs. T. M.
Boyle and Mrs. M. r. Reddy were
runnersup.
At the La Sale Studio July 8,
master point awards went to Mrs.
T. M. Boyle and Mrs. M. r. Reddy
(N-S) and Mrs. Elizabeth Count
and Mrs. Florence Millspaugh (E-
w. Second high went to Mrs.
Clarence Zimmer-Col. E. B. Gray
and Don Observation-Disclosures Solo
mon. Mrs. Patty Vetter and Mrs.
Jessie Cruise topped Mondays How
ell at the La Sale, Mrs. Catherine
Murray and J. F. Overend placing
July 9 was master point night at
the Stephan Studio, Mrs. Irene Sur
guy pairing with DR.. A. F. O'Donnell
to win Ms awards, followed by
c. F. Fueschel and r. I. Mckay.
Mrs. Dixie T. Wright and Mrs. Clar-
ence thinner led E-W, Mrs. Gladys
Moran and Mrs. Alice Beasley trail
ing.
On Saturday afternoon, 1855
Euclid street was again the scene
of a nationally awarded contest,
Mrs. J. B. Gregg Custis-Arthur E.
Lane and Mrs. Howard Campbell
Mrs. william Poissant scoring high.
Runnerup positions were held by
Mrs. D. E. Stephan-Harold Mayer
and Mrs. Florence Millspaugh-D. G.
Spellman.
Initial master point match at the
Count Club Tuesday boosted the
national rating of Mrs. John M.
Coffee, DR.. A. F. O'Donnell, Mrs.
Elizabeth Count and Harry Shin
nick, while Mrs. Ann Scruggs, Col.
H. A. Walker, Mrs. Edward st. John
and Mrs. Alma Byrnes each received
"a point for second place.
Mrs. Alma Byrnes, Charles Geier
and 1t. Col. and Mrs. John Geddes
added another master point each
for high scores at the Arlington
Farms Duplicate contest July Q.
Master points are offered this
week at the Connecticut Bridge
Club tomorrow night, the Washing
ton Bridge League on Wednesday,
Chess Club on Thursday, F. Arthur
Walker Club Friday night and the
Womens Auxiliary Saturday matt
nee at the Stephan Studio.
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longed to Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, who
had acquired them more than 50
years ago, from washington col
lector and art patron Charles M.
Ffoulke. Eleven other fine tapes
tries from different collections
fetched high prices. One cannot
but speculate on the role played by
the magnificent exhibition of tapes
tries sent over by the French gov
eminent last November, in making
art lovers more tapestry-c conscious.
High prices were paid for old
English and Continental silver in
many sales, high lighted by the SUI
perb pieces in the j. P. Morgan COL
lection, which fetched a total OF
1854, 1872. Highest individual price
was $3l 900 paid for IL Elizabethan
parcel -gilded silver dessert plates
engraved with the labors of Her.
cules by Pieter Mas. A complete
set of James I silver apostle spoons
went for $15,50O, record price for
America.
Sculptures Sell Well.
Two sculptures fetched top prices
in the record: David with the
Head of Goliath" a gilded bronze
group by Bartolommeo Bellano,
$11 500; and marble bust Of VOL
taire by Houdon, $1,000.
English and Amerieans las esp-
ttry furniture, was as popular al in
past years: an 18th century break
front knee-hole desk from Newport,
r. l., for example, fetched $1,000.
Modern French and American
paintings did fairly well, although
they fetched no sensational sums.
A Stuart portrait of George Wash
ington brought $4,000 as did also a
Western subject by Remington.
Modern pastels and drawings and
Dutch masters from the H. L.
Larsen collection did better. Two
pastels by Degas went for $1,000 and
IS 800, respectively.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Wandering Children
Of q Wurtorn World
LENT CHILDREN

SILENT CHILDREN
BY Mai Mai SEE. (Harcourt, Brace
& Co.; $z.50J
Reviewed by
MARGARET BLAIR SHUMAKER.
Silent Children" is the story OF Q
group Of the wars dispossessed chill
dren, whose preoccupying activity IL
trying to steal enough food TO en-
able them to maintain their sub
human existence.
The children have come together
by chance and stick together out OF
the dire necessity Of eating, neces-
sity met more easily by group raids
on the towns meager food supplies
than by individual sallies against
the hostile townsfolk. II child Is
caught pillaging, he Is beaten to
death by irate citizens who fear the
little rats" II one happily man.
ages to obtain food and bring 1t
back to his anxious, half-starved
companions, it Is never enough to
do more than whet their appetites
and arouse memories Of once sump-
tuous meals.
Despite starvation and death, per.
secution and rout, the little rats"
who survive somehow 60 on "for
their animation Of life was extra
ordinarily pure and simple, 30 direct
in its drive to act that they did not
ask how long their strength would
last or how far they could proceed
without nourishment."
Mai Mai SEE tells the story with
an intensity and drama worthy Of
the content. There are o few mo-
ments, however, when she seems to
doubt her own ability and stops to
explain the meaning from an adult
point OF view. These moments
somewhat mar the otherwise elo.
quent description that requires no
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jects, with results entirely devoid
OF religious sentiment. so far as I
can see. Homer Pfeiffer, an archi-
tect and a pupil Of John Marin, is
represented with two water colors.
showing little trace Of his teacher.
Mr.. Pfeiffer's "Blue Bowl" OF bright
red flowers Is painted in a broadly
realistic manner, but tilted into an
abstract background. Some women
visitors are going to ache to straight
en- this out.
Joe summerford's Met" a stark
and economic treatment of the
subject, in somber colors, is semi
abstraction of promising character.
A portrait OF girl named AIDE
laide" interprets her most unf1at-
teringly as an over life size. egg
shaped, dark brown mournful face.
The visitor is relieved to learn that
the artist, Miller, is only II, and a
pupil at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts. He has plenty OF
time ahead of him to experiment.
One may hope that he will eventu-
ally find some significant mode Of
expression.
y X
Market to Show Glass
Center Market City was so graft
fed with the results of its initial
excursion into the display and sale
of fine arts (May and June) that it
is opening second exhibition
Thursday evening with an invita-
ton preview. The show, to COM
prise sculpture in glass and ceramics,
will remain through August %.
It will include one-man show
of sculptured glass by Willis Lowry
and a group of ceramics, sponsored
by the Winthrop School of Ceramic
Art. Fifteen per cent Of the pro-
ceeds from any sales will 60 to the
Police Athletic League of the Dis
trict.
Mr.. Lowry, who now resides in
Silver Spring. designed his own
sand blower nozzleS, which are said
to be unusually fine and delicate
and so arranged that his manipula-
ton of streams of sand and air are
said to be "as finely controlled as is
the flow of music by great orches-
tra." He made glass furniture for
the Worlds Fair in New York City
and for the Golden Gate Exposition.
I regret that I missed this exhibi-
ton at the fair. Glass furniture
sounds like a misuse of materials
clever but impractical.
Mr.. Lowry was given a special
award by the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts. He has exhibited his
works in Europe, Asia and South
America, which extensive travel in
dicates that he succeeds in making
sturdy objects out Of an essentially
frangible substance. Among other
things, he makes decorated mirrors
sculptured windows and portraits
in glass" On commission from the
Toledo (Ohio) Blade he made such
portraits of outstanding football
players. I have heard football
coaches lament that some of The
young men sent to them at the be.
ginning of a season seemed to bt
made of glass and had to bs
whipped into more resistant ma
terial. Mr.. Lowry, 1t seems, ha.
reversed the process.
During the exhibition, the Win
throp Studios will demonstrate
techniques of making ceramics ir
a large room directly behind the
gallery display at the Center Mar.
ket, Fifth and K streets, each Friday
and Saturday from 2 to 6 pm. Theil
exhibition will comprise over Isl
pieces by more than 80 ceramists
DR.. Sites and Erwin O. Christensen
both of the National Gallery Of Art
will form q two-man jury to select
| the outstandi1g work Of this show.
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September, 1947, to the end OF June,
was s5.2282l8, the first total under
$4,000 900 since 1943 (The total for
the season ending that summer was
S3,611.S47.) The next seasons total
was we'll over $6,000,000 and the
1856 season set an all-time record
of S6.684,045. In view of the con-
tinued ascent of prices in other
fields at present, the auction drop
can be adequately explained only by
a trained economist.
The annual total covers sales Of
paintings, sculpture, furniture, sill
yer, rugs, prints, books, jewelry, lit
erary and personal property. The
drop in fine arts prices Is not so
simple a matter as mere economics
Not every season brings out a COL
lection of such quality as the Ia
nous WHY'S old master paintings,
including Rembrandt, Halls, Velas-
ouez and many others which fetched
more than $4,000 each, over two
years ago.
The highest prices for paintings
during the past season were S15,500
for "A View in Delft: The Dude
Kerk," by Jan van der Heyden;
portrait of Young Girl" by
Gainsborough. $13,500; $8,700 for
Malvern Hall, Warwickshire," by
Constable, and $1,000 each for paint
ings by Greuze and Murillo. OBJ
viously, this drop in top prices IS
due to the less distinguished quality
and raritygof the offerings, as cona-
pared with earlier years.
A Diffusion of Art Treasures.
Hiram H. Parke, president Of
Parke-Bernet Galleries, said that
there was no change or drop IN
prices paid during the past season,
for choice and rare items in the
collectors class, but a reduction OF
between 10 and 20 per cent average
In prices paid for the more utilita-
rian type of property. "A trend that
has been discerned for many years"
he continued. "the widening
distribution of artistic and literary
property among larger numbers OF
collectors, was reflected in the In
creased number of buyers. Art and
book collections are no longer con-
centrated in the hands of a few
prominent families. This is a salu-
tary change and one which follows
the general trend of modern So
ciety." Every one will agree as to
the desirability of having art more
widely distributed.
Parke-Bernet Galleries conducted
104 sales, comprising 1856 sessions,
between September II, 1947, and
June Is last. when property liqui-
dated for victims of Nazi action
attracted record crowds and real
ized 1884 The proceeds will be
used for the resettlement and re-
habilitation OF these pitiful people.
From the Mclean Estate.
A Washington collection supplied
the individual items which brought
the highest price of the season:
The series of 10 Barberini-F -Ffoulke
Paris Pre-Gobelins tapestries en-
titled THE story of Artemisia" from
the Mclean estate, which fetched
S28,500 Previously this set had be-
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Lincoln
fContinued From Page C-l.)
those Southern members Of the

those Southern members Of the
Democratic National Committee who
remained in Philadelphia to take
part in the reelection of the COM
mittee's officers, privately predicted
that the Truman ticket will have
hard shedding in their section of the
country. They talk publicly in a
more hopeful manner.
The second part of the Truman
gamble-the recall of the Republi-
controlled Congress on July 26
is equally measure of despera-
ton. AS Mr.. Truman and mis- advis-
ers visualize it, Truman will have a
target in Washington at which he
can hurl his campaign attacks all
through the campaign. They fail to
take into consideration the pos
sibility that the Republicans will
have a sounding board-the Con-
gress-in which to attack the Presi-
dent. Further, the Congress will be
in position to enact legislation which
the President does not approve, and
if he vetoes 1t, will leave him open
to attack.
Republicans Seem Safe
The President called again for
passage by the Congress of his civil
rights program. The Republicans, it
may be expected, will go right to it.
The country will then have presented
the spectacle of Democratic
filibuster in the Senate against a
program proposed by a Democratic
President. If this legislation is finally
forced through, the Republicans will
win the credit in the North and
President Truman, who signs the
measures, will take the blame in the
South. The Southern Democrats are
not likely to forget that had not Mr..
Truman called the Congress back
into session this summer this legisla-
ton could not have been acted upon.
The Republicans have been chal-
lenged by President Truman to &c
ahead and enact legislation to carry
out their platform promises, includ.
| ing housing. That seems challenge
which the Republicans can accept
without losing any ground what
ever. If the legislation goes through
it will not be Truman legislation
but Republican. If the President
vetoes it, he will have to take the
responsibility, as he has had to dc
for his vetoes of the Republican tax
bills and the Taft-Hartley labor bill
Both have become law over the
presidential veto-and they have not
lost the Republicans any votes The
Democrats have placed In their new
platform a demand for the outright
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and
the President will follow 1t up with
demand that the Republican Con-
gress take such action.
1 The Taft Hartley labor law was
! passed over the Presidents veto
with majority of the House DEM
ocrats voting to override the veto
and almost as many Democratic
Senators supporting the law as op-
posed it. There is, Of course, not
the slightest chance of Congress
repeating the new labor law. which
on the whole has worked well. The
demand for its repeal by the DEM
locratic convention and by the Pres
lident, indeed, Is losing Mr.. Truman
some Democratic votes already.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
By John cIosett Proctor

Both Vail and Rogers were members
Of this company, the president then
being B. B. French. who had served
as clerk of the House and at one
time as commissioner of public
buildings. The price of messages
Evening star., 1948-07-18
Whyte Shows Washingtonians

The Whyte Gallery opened last
week an exhibition of paintings by
Washington artists, most of them
recent works, and none shown be-
fore at this gallery. A few have
been exhibited elsewhere. Some
time in August, this group will be
replaced by another, also by local
artists.
The Gallery's 1948-9 program
will begin the middle of Septem-
ber with an exhibition OF paintings
done this summer. In October,
there will be a group on "A Musical
Theme; in November, Kenneth
Stubbs will have a one-man show,
and, in December, Fantasy" will
be the motif Of another group
display.
The present collection OF 1s oils,
water colors and gouaches Is largely
progressive" Twelve artists are
represented with one to three works
each. The merits of some of them
are easily discerned; Of others.
very dubious.
Harold Giese gives a good account
of himself with Clearing" depict
ing men chopping down trees, and
Morning Moon" a beach scene,
romantic in mood, of a boy asleep
beside his boat. This and John
Gernand's decorative "Bluebird"
have been shown before at the
Phillips Gallery. Marguerite Bur-
CESS and Ernesto Lothar sent paint
ings entitled Meditation. Both
are distractions. Heavy thought
has turned Miss Burgess mediator
into a creature of circles and angles,
in light greens and blues; Mr..
Lothar's head appears to have been
inspired by stained glass window.
He is Latin American artist who
was introduced to Washington in
one-man show at Whyte Gallery
in 1e45. His three paintings in the
present group differ considerably
from the early works, which dealt
with figures in an experimental
way. Those now on view are near
distractions.
Carter's String Ensemble" woulc
fit nicely into the Musical Theme
show next autumn. In Christ In
the Tomb" w. T. Carnelli is still
experimenting with religious sub.
Evening star., 1948-07-18
New York Firm Shows Sharp Decline
In Total Proceeds From Auctions
By Florence S. Berrymon

Public auction collectors
longestablhed
New York City summarized in The Star and esewhere
factu Of the respective auction
seasons usually significant reflections economic trends
Consequently surprising learn from the latest Of these
the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-17
Dept. Of Parks
Sponsors Learn
To-Swim Drive

An opportunity for the men,
women and children of Detroit
10 learn TO swim will be avall.,
able when the Department OF
Parks and Recreation Launches
its i948 Learn to Swim" cam.
paign on Monday. Jan. 10, at 70
city operated swimming pools.
II is the aim of the DPR, in
offering these instructions, &c
help cut down on the number
of Summer drownings due TO
the victims inability TO swim
and to enable the non-swimmer
10 participate in the many water
games and activities he is now
excluded from because he cannot
SWIM.
The swimming staff OF the
DPR has been almost doubled
for the eight week campaign
to insure proper instruction for
the many people who will at
tend the classes. All classes are
free.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-17
LEcsL NOTICE

On motion of Alonzo d. Petit
ford, attorney for plaintiff,
II is ORDERED that the said
defendant, William Morris, enter
his appearance in this cause on
or before three months from the
date Of this order. or that the
Bill of Complaint filed therein be
taken as confessed. and that the
said order be served and publish
ed as required by law.
THOMAS J. MURPHY,
Circuit Judge.
A True Copy,
EDGAR NJ. BRANIGIN,
Clerk
BY A. f. NADER,
Deputy Clerk lilo; 2-l4'
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-01-17

/ their sausage in stores that sell
same. They must be older
women with a pleasing person
allty. The job pays a half a
century note a week.
Congratulations to Stephanie
and Harry Moore for the ele-
CANT down TO earth party they
gave for their many friends
last weekend. Among those en-
joying themselves in their mo.
deSt new home in Conant Gar
dcns were: Eva Horn. Clarence
Walverdon. Jettie Byrd Wibbs
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Cowan, Mr..
and Mrs Alfonso Parrish Mr..
and Mrs George Byrd. MI and
Mrs. Kirk Noble. Rcddick Will
liams, Mr.. and Mrs Edward Hol-
land, and William Carter.
Herman Lorenzo will make
his exit from Detroit come Feb
rualy He is now in the pro-