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majority of the exhibits are being
shown for the first time.
The prevailing character OF the
show is traditional, although there
are quite a number of modern works
and distractions. Among the fairly
large pieces on view in the garden
are Josef Pere Herzbrun's granite
head, "Thais," with the simplicity
of an archaic Greek head; Sarah
Silberman's handsome limestone
Siamese head; Florence Bessom
Higgs' engaging head of Nor
wegian girl, all lifesize. An artist
identified only as "Adella' is show
ing jungle Queen" competently
modelled lively nude.
The garden also has a small
menagerie, including Katherine
Hobbs macaque. Katharine Sater's
pigeons, simplified and very well
done, and Louise Knowlton's black
bear mother and cubs in cast stone
with high glaze. If popular vote
were taken, this bear group would
be a strong competitor. Elsewhere
Miss Knowlton has a mother and
baby llama, likewise appealing And
several of Miss Hobbs winsome lit
tie cocker spaniels, in glazed terra
Gotta enthusiastically colored, are
shown in still another room in the
gallery. On the stair landing is
Chloe Millions stylized colt in
plaster; it would be good in glazed
stone.
Edward Bush's semi abstraction
OF long-legged marsh bird done in
ebony and stainless steel is a clever
performance which would be good
in a garden. He shows second
work, semi abstract nude torso
of Argentine quebracho wood. new
to ME, with a rich dark color. The
pleasing curves and beautiful finish
of this piece tempt the touch. In
contrast to its fine surface are the
rough and deeply split surfaces of
a number of exhibits by other
sculptors whose conceptions are
otherwise praiseworthy. Many con-
temporary sculptors' works in wood
are marred by splitting, which
seems to me serious inperfection.
Gothic and other early woodcarvers,
also primitive tribes, managed to
cut elaborate figures and other OBJ
jects out of wood without damag-
ing 1t in this way. One wonders
why some of today's wood carvers
do not handle this material with
more skill
In the main gallery at Chequire
House 10 or IL large sculptures
make good showing. Russell
Houston's placid torso in wood
would be admirable were it not for
the above mentioned splitting.
Jane Loves dubious head of ham
mered lead is entitled April" a
name possibly suggested by its bur-
geoning features. Anthony Laucke's
Street Crash" Is also head, eX-
pressing shock. Hazel Van Matters
might Unfolding" is successful
abstraction with gentle upsweeping
planes, in holly, an oyster white
wood.
Portrait of Lillian" by Adella is
. life-size naturalistic bust Of a
graceful. pleasing subject. Josephine
Cary's two exhibits, in Italian wal
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j D streets, was the first Unitarian
Church in this city, dedicated June
o, 1922. Prior to this. the congre.
CATION met in 1919 at r. shaer's
schoolroom, on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. near Eleventh street, and later
over the baths on the north side
of G street between John Marshall
place and sixth street.
Lafayette at Church
Like many places in washington,
the old church was visited by the
Revolutionary patriot, the Marquis
de Lafayette, when he returned to
Washington for the last time, In
1S24-5. Referring to this incident.
Mrs. Seaton In . letter to her
parents in 1924, said:
Lafayette goes with us next Sun.
day to the Unitarian Church, being
desirous Of hearing Mr.. Little. of
whose fervid eloquence he has
heard so much"
While in Congress, Horace Greeley
was an attendant of the First
Church. He was present wnen
Mr.. Conway preached his decisive
sermon on slavery. and reported 1t
to the New York Tribune.
The old church is we'll within the
memory of many who may still be
considered as not much over middle
age, and during its 80 years OF ex-
istence underwent but slight change.
It was of brick, with smooth
plaster-finish exterior and steeple
in which was placed the first bell
erected In the city, except for the
one used at the Capitol to announce
the hour for starting and ceasing
work on the building. At the time
of the execution of John Brown at
Charles Town, Va, In 1859, it was
the only bell in the city to toll Its
mournful sympathy, which, however,
was resented by the city government
to such an extent that from that
time on its use for official announce
ments was discontinued. -,.
The history of the Police Court is
one of the most interesting pha<es
of Washington life.
The origin Of this court dates
from the first administration OF
Gen. Grant, when, in accordance
with the act Of Congress approved
June II, 1870, he signed the commits
sion appointing William B. Smell
Judge of the newly created court on
June 80 of that year. President
Grant appointed many good men to
office, but none more thorough and
efflcient than Judge Smell. Indeed.
he took Office just at time when q
man of his caliber was needed and
required, and until the day OF his
retirement from the bench, l8 years
later, he faithfully performed every
duty to the entire satisfaction OF the
citizens of the District and Federal
officials.
Before the Police Court came into
existence justices Of the peace ap-
pointed by the President. performed
not only civil duties, but handled
criminal matters to q certain extent
as well. One Of these, who had his
once above Florida avenue on
Seventh street, was o. s. B. Wall, .
colored man, whose first name was
Orindatus. Many distinguished men
served as justices Of the peace in the
District and it Is not unusual to run
across such names as Robert Brents
the first Mayor of the city.
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\->hess.
By Donald n. Muoridoe

practical Chess Openings" the
latest of Reuben Fines valuable
contributions to chess literature, is
bibliographically considered, some
thing of puzzle. Modern Chess
Openings" originally compiled over
IS years ago by two Englishmen, r
C. Griffith and j. H. White, has
been periodically brought up to date
and has remained the standard
guide to the openings in English
speaking countries. The sixth edi-
ton of "MCO" was prepared by
Mr.. Fine and published in 1899
In 1946 a seventh edition was pre-
pared by Walter Korn, a compare
lively unknown correspondence
player who had first attracted at
tention by series Of critical notes
on the sixth edition C"Korn Com
ments') published. in the British
Chess Magazine.
T Now we have, from the American
publisher. Mckay, book with a
different title, Practical g.. Chess
Openings" A little inspection is
sufficient to show that it is not an
independent work, but constitutes
another revision of the sixth edition
Of MOO" 1t is a considerably more
radical revision, and it apparently
owes nothing whatever to the sew
enth edition. Korn's revision.
Somewhat astonishingly, "Practi-
oa1 rhocc nnoripocD ~, a La - - ~ az,
ton of its predecessor. However,
nobody is likely to go to law about
it, for the Messrs. Mckay also con-
troll the American rights Of Korn S
seventh edition, and presently carry
both books upon their list. Mr..
Fines revision has been rather long
in the press, and I have found no
variation later than Hastings 1867,
but it is still more up-to-date
than Korn's, which has nothing
later than the Journeys of 1945.
In any respect which one chooses
for comparison, the superiority of
Practical Chess Openings" to
Korn's seventh edition is both
manifest and great. 1t is the bigger
book: Fine has 470 pages to Korn's
800. The pages are larger, en-
abling better and more legible type,
and more contrasting types, to be
used. The layout is better; whereas
in Korn one has to seek for the
overflow notes either backward or
forward "a complete nuisance - in
Fine they are always forward. The
diagrams in Korn are practically
useless, since they are grouped, to
a page, far from the lines to which
they refer; but in Fine they are
usefully disposed, either on the
relevant page or in the preface.
Practical Chess Openings" in
short, is a typographical delight.
Whereas in Korn these prefaces
have a minimum of revision from
the sixth edition, and many pas
sages date further back than that,
in Fine they are completely re-
written, and provide a splendid sur
vey of the present state Of opening
theory, comparable to THE Ideas
Behind the Chess Openings" which
Fine wrote as companion volume
to his sixth edition.
Practical Chess Openings" will
cause mingled JOY and pain to the
aspiring match player in the United
States. Joy, because 1t is the best
guide to the openings in English
with which he has ever been pro-
vided Pain. because he can neither
afford it nor afford to be without
lit, and will doubtless end by tear
fully parting with the largest sum
he has ever paid for chess book
($750).
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QueenReodyto Retire

morning shortly after her return to
Holland at the end of the war.
Bernhard and his staff of officers
had taken up residence in her palace
at Het Loo. So the Queen was liv-
ing in a small villa nearby. She
pedaled up to the gates of Het Loo.
The guard did not recognize her.
He stopped her and said sharply,
You cannot come in here"
The Queen replied, But these are
my grounds. Don't you know who
am?" 1.
With that, 1t dawned on the guard
that he had reprimanded the Queen.
And he tainted dead away. The
Queen, they say, could not imagine
why the poor man tainted and sent
around the next day to ask how he
was.
Wilhelmina often leaves bicycle
and cars at home and goes shopping
on foot. One Dutchman told Of see.
ing her, accompanied only by lady
in waiting, standing patiently be-
fore a department store in The
Hague early one morning waiting
for the shop to open so she could
do her Christmas shopping.
Wilhelmina never has been one
to bother much about clothes. Juli-
ana has gone in for the new look
and gets dressed to the teeth when
important visitors such as Mrs
Roosevelt come to town.
Wilhelmina goes completely rustic
in the privacy of her country gar
dens and wanders about in q gray
garden smock, tennis sneakers and
an old-fashioned long-billed tennis
cap.
| People cried openly when WAhel-
nina announced that she was Civ
ing up the throne.
I'VE hate to see her CO." Dutch
man I met on the street told me.
She's a character"
But then they dried their tears.
For they love Juliana and they know
they are lucky to have some one like
her to take over from the tired old
lady.
tChicaso Daily News Foreign service)
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glass Of white wine. He has not been
drinking anything stronger than
wine or beer lately for he is just
recovering from an attack of yellow
jaundice which he got in Switzer-
land.
Mr.. often came in and ordered
lunch from the menu the waiter
held out for his inspection. The
Prince, looking over Otten's shoulder,
begged OF of fat foods in considera-
ton of his jaundiced liver. II think
I'll have a lobster cocktail" said the
Prince. Then he observed. laugh
ingly, "Oh. that's expensive, isn't 1t.
I'll cost you a lot of money today,
Franz"
I asked the Prince If he drove
himself much any more. I knew
that he had q reputation as a wild
driver. He answered, mo. Only on
my days or" He explained that it
takes an hour to come to The
Hague, Hollands capital city, from
"our house" at soestdijk and with
the chauffeur driving he can use
this hour to good advantage in read
ing his papers.
Then, with little prompting from
Mr.. Huyler, he laughingly told how
he got his reputation for being a
wild driver.
Il once took a British reporte,
on a deliberately fast ride through
Paris" he said. II was Is then"
The Prince did not refer to auto
escapades he had had at later
dates. The day we lunched together
he was using a black Cadillac con.
vertible. Usually, however, his cars
are robin's-egg blue, color reserved
exclusively in Holland for his high
ness.
We talked about Wilhelmina
briefly before the lunch broke up
Bernhard called her "the Queen
and remarked about the terrific load
she had carried for so years, see
Ing her country through two wars
Then he added. well, anyway, now
she can paint"
Wilhelmina has other hobbies, too
She loves to ride a bicycle-even at
ST. She was on her bicycle one
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center to convert 1t into q doubl'
house.
"A night or two after the nomi
nation of Gen. Scott, in 1882" we ar
told, there was q Whig ratification
meeting in this city and a large pro-
cession was formed which callet
upon Gen. Scott, who was theI
residing in the Chain Building. q
it was called, on H street neal
Fourteenth. After congratulator!
speeches had been made. to which
the general responded, the process
sion called upon Mr.. Webster
though the move was commented
on as being in very bad taste. Mr.
Webster responded to the cheers o
the large crowd, and appeared OF
the porch of his house"
His short speech, rs reported II
the National Intelligencer, follows
You fellow citizens. with many
others, have been engaged in thu
performance of an arduous and pro-
tracted duty at Baltimore in making
a selection Of a fit person to b<
the candidate for the Office Of Presi'
dent OF the United States. 1t sc
happened that my name was usec
before that assembly, and the con.
vention, I dare say, did its best
exercised its wisest and soundest
discretion. and, for my part. I have
no personal feeling in the matter
I remain the same in opinion, ir
principle and in position that
have always been. You may bs
assured that there is not one among
you who will sleep better tonight
than I shall. I tender to you my
thanks for this call Of friendly re-
gard. I wish you we'll. Beneath
these brilliant stars and in the en-
ioynent of the beautiful evening
l take my leave Of you with hearty
good wishes for your health anc
happiness" .. s~o .-
Slave Escape Plot '."-f
It was in front of Mr. Webster's
home in 1848 that the plan was laie
by Paul Jennings, Daniel Bell anc
Samuel Edmonson, colored men, to
smuggle out OF washington rs men
women and children slaves. Jen-
nings was Mr.. Webster's butler
and had been given his freedom
by the famous commoner. He ma
teriauy aided in getting the slaves
aboard the schooner Pearl, which
however, due to a lull in the wind
was overhauled down the river by
the pursuing party and the run
awavs returned to Washington
Daniel Drayton, captain of the ship
and Sayres, one OF the officers. were
fined $4,000 each, to remain in jail
until the amount was paid. Aftel
being incarcerated more than fou1
wears they were pardoned by Presi-
dent Fillmore.
This was about the Districts mos'
famous slave case and occurred
while President Lincoln was serv'
ing as a member Of the House o1
Representatives. Mr.. Lincoln toie
the House when, Congress con.
vened again that he believed i
abolition of slavery In the District
were submitted to a popular vote
of the people the decision wouie
favor abolition. Following TINS
Congress passed a bill stopping tne
slave trade in the District.
The original structure. erected OF
the northeast corner OF Sixth ane
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nut, seem to emphasize balance.
The Mother and Child" is so posed
that it could be reduced to perfectly
balanced lines. Florence Bessom
Higgs shows an early work, Farmer
Takes q Wife," which won the
sculpture medal Of the Society Of
Washington Artists in 1910.
Shirley Lichtman shows two wood
sculptures (walnut) which i'm
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An auction of foreign and domes-
tic stamps and covers will feature
a meeting Of the Washington Phil
atelic Society at the Cosmos Club
Wednesday evening at 8.
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Many complaints have been re-
ceived from collectors whose first
day covers were spoiled in handling
in New York and other offices,
Blocks of four Cancelled by machine
instead of by hand have been
ruined for legitimate collection pur-
poses. Some single stamps were ap-
piled inverted and others at de-
plorable angles. Collectors using
expensive engraved envelopes which
cannot be replaced are especially
disturbed.
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The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home OF Clement H.
Evans, 8l10 Hartford avenue, Sill
yer Spring, Md, tomorrow evening
at 8.
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Russell Houston. a member OF the
Washington Sculptors Group and
an exhibitor, will give a short talk
on sculpture Wednesday evening,
8 o'clock, at Chequire House, 202
King street, Alexandria. The public
Is invited. '.-
Broodins Bolivian
The Pan American Union has just
opened an exhibition of paintings
by Armando Pacheco, biographical
data on whom was given here last
Sunday. This first American show
comprises some of the paintings
completed in this country on
scholarships from his own govern
ment BOLIVIA and the Guggenheim
Foundation. Although Yasuo Kuni-
yoshi has been one of his instructors
in New York City, his influence is
not discernible to me in Sr. Pache-
cos work.
Indians of Bolivia supply much
of his subject matter. They are
interpreted as massive, heavy-set,
short people, nearly as wide as they
are tall, with impassive faces. SO
strong is the feeling of bulk and
weight in these figures, that were
they human, they would be unable
to lift their feet of the ground.
Besides his plodding, phlegmatic
natives, Sr. Pacheco also has painted
a few landscapes, one reduced to
angular shapes, another gently curv-
ing forms: and few varied sub
iects. such as Terror" a we'll
named mask calculated to startle
any one who comes upon 1t un-
swares. Then there are few sub
jects which have significances too
subtle for ordinary intelligence.
Dawn" for example, appears to
be an elephantine human being,
with the strange anatomy Of which
I became so preoccupied that I
failed to penetrate its meaning.
Another mysterious subject, the
"Toiler." is not doing stroke OF
work, but is sitting with head on
fists, and a rope about his wrist.
The general atmosphere Of the
show Is heavy and unhappy. but
entirely individual. It will remain
through August.
Bookatz's Progress
Samuel Bookat4, the fourth Wash
ington painter considered worthy
the distinction of a one-man show
at the Corcoran Gallery Of Art this
summer, has the most varied of the
collections on view. tThe others
have been reviewed in these COL
umns.) Mr.. Bookatz began his
career as a conservative. as demon
strated by the paintings dating
from 1896 through 1916 in the cur
rent display. But recently he has
turned away from traditional ap-
proaches. towards experimentation.
in which category belong seven
paintings done this year.
In view of the fact that he has
won very favorable recognition for
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Memorial stamps should be
brought out as promptly as possible
Any unnecessary delay constitutes
disrespect. The Pershing commem-
orative ought not to be confused
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The Sc Clara Barton stamp, to go
on sale at oxford, Mass, September
u, probably will be a double-size
issue with Miss Bartons portrait
on one side of the design and the
Red Cross-in red-on the other.
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The Collectors Club Of Washing
ton will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV. Tuesday evening at 8.
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Date of release Of the Sc Juliette
Low Girl Scouts stamp has been
changed from November Is to
October 20 at Savannah, Ga.
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The stamps which Congress has
authorized and directed" the Post
master General to issue are certain
to be rarities in years to come. Col
lectors are sorry that they have
been added to the list of new ad-
hesives, but if they desire complete
ness in their albums they perforce
must buy them-and spectators
already are stocking quantities OF
them in anticipation of exceptional
profits in a not-too-distant future.
To illustrate what is happening
the number of the SC DR.. George
Washington Carver commemorative
ordered from the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing was 10000, 900
while the number of the &c William
Allen White commemorative ordered
was only 100000.
Post Office Department orders for
the SC California Gold Centennial
stamp totaled 125, 100000, but only
so 900, 900 Of the SC oregon Centen-
nial stamp have been requisitioned
Other comparative figures indicat
ing the prevailing trend are: &c
Mississippi Territory, III, 0,ooo, 900; &c
Salute to Youth Ito, be placed on
sale in Washington exclusively on
Wednesday,, 75,000,000; SC -Four
Chaplains, 115,000,000; Sc Palomar
Mountain Observatory Ounless the
order is increased while the press
is running), 50,000,000.
The SC Francis Scott Key stamp
Ito be- released. at, Frederick, Nd,
tomorrow Will be more than twice
as common as the SC Harlan Fiske
Stone stamp. Respective requisi-
lions are 115,000,000 and 50,000,000.
Even more striking is the differ
ence between printing orders for
the SC Swedish Pioneer commemo-
rative and the SC New York Bor-
oughs centenary airmail. OF the
former, 100000 copies were man
ufactured; of the latter only 29,-
100000.
The Sc Progress of Women, the
&c Wisconsin and the &c United
States-C Canada Friendship labels
are available in editions of $4,000, :
900 each.
Some of the other stamps de-
manded by Congress may be scarcer
than those thus far scheduled al
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. Smaller editions are imperative
unless up-to-date machinery and
increased personnel are provided.
Meanwhile, the Philatelic Agency,
already swamped with work, antici-
pates an absolute logjam by De-
cember 8 when % extra" issues
will have been added to the reg
ular list.
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The color of the Sc Palomar
Mountain Observatory stamp will
be blue. Slated for first-day sale
August 30, 1t is sure to be popular
Item with foreign as we'll as Amer
ican collectors because of its scien-
tific significance. Send self ad-
dressed envelopes and remittances
TO postmaster at Palomar Mountain,
Calf, now.
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Mekeels Weekly Stamp News,
Portland, Me. reached its 3,000th
issue July 5. 1t has been published
uninterruptedly since January Z,
1891.
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News About Stamps
By jones Waldo Fowcett

with ordinary issues. 1t symbolizes
the Nations mourning.
Deputy Second Assistant Post
master General John D. Hardy has
retired after 46 years of service. He
is stamp collector and will carry
on the hobby at his leisure.
Gerard T. Beeckman has finished
his appraisal of the stamp collec-
ton of former Secretary of the
Interior Harold L. Ickes and has
sent the last of the albums to New
York. The date of the auction will
be announced shortly.
The official announcement of the
Forest Fire campaign cancellation
dies was given out yesterday. II
explains that so dies will be used in
IS different cities.
An editorial on Slogan Markings
appeared in The Star on Thursday
Add to the list Of active junior
stamp collectors the name of Donald
Leroy Sherling, 13l Webster street
NV. Thirteen years old, he is a
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sherling
attends Mcfarland Junior High
School and specializes in the postal
issues of the United States, thus
following the example Of his father
when he was a boy. rt
Former President Herbert Hoover
will celebrate his 74th birthday an
niversary at his old home in West
Branch, Iowa, Tuesday. Cover col
lectors might add some interesting
items to their albums by sending
self addressed, stamped envelopes
to the postmaster there for post
marking. The use of airmail in the
circumstances is recommended.
Mekeels Weekly Stamp News,
Portland, Me, reached its 3,000th
issue July 5. 1t has been published
uninterruptedly since January Z,
1891.
The Capital Precancel Club will
meet at the home OF Clement H.
Evans, 8l10 Hartford avenue, Sill
yer Spring, Md, tomorrow evening
at 8.
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pressed me as earicatures, the only
humorous works in the collection.
Russell Houston. a member Of the
Washington Sculptors Group and
an exhibitor, will give short talk
on sculpture Wednesday evening,
8 o'clock, at Chequire House. 2o2
King street, Alexandria. The public
Is invited.