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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-04-29
Franklin Street Notes
By Betsy Brunk

tabloid size, tissue-paper appearance
and weight, and the brief book, movie,
and play reviews it carries.
Tomorrow Saturday is the last
day of the Spring appliance show at
the Johnson Strowd-W Ward Furniture
company. A drawing Of names to de-
termine the winner of the home
freezer to be given away will be made
at o'clock that night by Yates
Parker Of Raleigh, secretary-treasurer
of the General Electric Distributing
company in North Carolina. Refresh
ments will be served probably in the
nature of ice cream.
, Eubanks drugstore, in honor Of Ma
tional Pharmacy week (April 24-S0),
has made an interesting window dis
play of pharmacy equipment and raw
drug ingredients. Included in the
display are solid brass mortar and
pestle awarded to Clyde Eubanks this
year by the North Carolina Pharma-
ceutical Association for his "long and
constructive work. as druggist.
The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco COM
pany's new king-size cigarettes,
Cavaliers, went on sale in Chapel Hill
for the first time Wednesday. The
salesman for the new product, J. o.
Pickard of Greensboro, said Chapel
Hill was the eighth town in the ma
ton to be stocked with the new cigaf-
cite discovery. The Reynolds company,
accustomed to having customers
walk mile for a Camel" may con-
slider it worthwhile to have them
walk even farther for the longer
Cavalier.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-04-29
Costello Visits Philadelphia

D. P. Costello, head of the Uni
yersity's zoology department, was re-
Gently in Philadelphia to attend q
meeting of the editorial board of the
Journal of Morphology" and the an
nual sessions of the American Asso-
citation of Anatomists.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-04-29

TIE WIVES Va r1AmcES Oat1y employ
ees and all the young ladies employed
there (all Of whom are married and
most of whom are married to dairy
workers), Dairy Manager George B.
Cline presided at the first meeting
and introduced as speakers H. Fl.
Cobb, assistant manager; Mrs. Cobb
and Mrs. Everett Shadt, the labora-
tory technician. About 25 wives were
present for the meeting and a round
of ice cream sundaes. Mrs. Cobb was
elected chairman of q committee
composed of Mrs. Cline, Mrs. Charles
Phillips, and Mrs. Huff, who have ar
ranged for the club to meet once a
month in, the assembly room of the
dairy plant
Another Farmers Dairy news item:
Howard p Benton of Fuquay Springs
has Joined the staff as chief mainten-
ance engineer. He previously worked
in Raleigh.
"Gone with the Wind" starring
Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, will
sweep through town again Wednes-
day and Thursday, stopping off at
the Village theatre.
l
No sooner had l written last week
about the strings of flags around the
University service station than they
were yanked down some time Friday
night. Before that they had waved
undisturbed for about two weeks.
Speaking of business property dis
turbances, frequent target is the
globe atop the Tar Heel barbershop
pole at the entrance to Amber alley.
Manager Jack Douthit accepts the
vandalism philosophically but wishes
students would realize it isn't orig
inal and possibly not quite so much
fun as they might think
The University's recently formed
Thomas Wolfe Club is sponsoring the
sale of art postcards at Abs book
shop. The first card in the series is
a photograph Of the bust of George
Bernard Shaw done by Louis Sc
govia, Chapel Hills newest artist
discovery. The money from the sale
will be used to have Segovia dc
bust of Wolfe.
Souvenir hunters heaven: Danzig-
er's and the Buccaneer, which re-
Gently had paper place mats designed
to suit the spirit and character of
those restaurants. The motif of the
Danziger design is dogwood blossoms
around drawing of the old we'll; of
the Buccaneer design, treasure
chest-like map of Chapel Hill
Two cartons of cigarettes will be
awarded to the person who comes
closest to guessing the number of
cigarettes in the large jar in the
window of the University restaurant.
The guessing is done inside on paper
which has space for the contes-
tant's name and the date and hour
of his guess.
The new man" operating the gas
pumps at the Hazard Motor COM
pany is none other than football star
Hosea Rodgers. He started work
there the first of the month.
Doug Slicer, graduate instructor
in the University's English depart
ment who did the football murals in
Bob Smiths place of business next
to the bus station, may be talked into
putting up some more out there soon.
For several weeks Sutton's drug
store has been selling the Manches
ter Guardian Weekly, British news
paper published in Manchester every
Thursday and flown to this country
in time to reach the stands at SUIT
tons early Monday morning. The
papers chief appeal for me is it's
Evening star., 1949-01-30
News About Stamps
By jones Woido Faweett

NV, is back from Europe, declar-
ing: Il am glad to be home!"
In order to meet q deficit exceed.
ing half a billion dollars, legislation
soon may be introduced in Congress
designed to raise f1rst-class postage
to four or even to five cents. Post.
master General Jesse M. Donaldson
wholeheartedly believes in the prin.
ciple of "quid pro quo" under which
the postal system would charge its
patrons directly for service render.
ed and not be forced to rely on SUBJ
sides from Congress.
Airmail service on Route FAM "a
from Houston, Tex, to La Paz,
Bolivia, will be inaugurated on or
about Thursday next.
Elmer r. Long, 112 Market street
Harrisburg, Pa, wants to buy old
Christmas Seals
William M. Stuart, philatelic
writer for the Washington Post, will
be guest OF honor and speaker at a
meeting of the Friendship Stamp
Club at Eldbrooke Methodist
Church, Wisconsin avenue and River
road NV, Wednesday evening at 8.
Public invited.
The Government Printing Office
Stamp Club will meet in the &C"
conference room, eighth floor,
GPO, Thursday afternoon at 4:40.
William Dahl, foreman, postcard
section, will discuss the new Accent
airmail postcard and will present a
copy Of the card, autographed by the
Public Printer, to every one at
tending.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

lane (now Columbia road about
where is Quarry road.
For a number of years, prior and
subsequent to 1887, the writer recalls
a cottage-like dwelling which stood
about where the French Embassy
was located, and which might have
been Commodore Porter's tenant
house. From about 1882 to 1887 this
dwelling was occupied by Maj.
Charles Newbold, who came to
Washington about 1881 as clerk
in the Census Once, and soon after
ward took up dairy farming on
Meridian Hill. He had as a near
neighbor Joaquin Miller, Poet of
the Sierras," who erected a log
house on Crescent street about 1883.
This rustic cabin, now in Rock Creek
Park, had as visitor in 1884, Eugene
Field, humorist and poet. It then
stood somewhat to the rear Of the
Meridian Mansions. and In 1887 was
sold to Richard C. Dubois for $5, 100,
and rented In June of that year to
A. A. Adee, Assistant Secretary Of
State. who resided there for some
time afterward.
Troops Camped There
During the Civil War. Meridian
Hill was regarded as an appropriate
place for the temporary encamping
of troops and the Massachusetts,
soldiers first stopped here before
moving farther out in the country
to what is now Fort Stevens, erected
in October. 1861. and first named
Fort Massachusetts, Later the 77th
New York encamped on Meridian
Hill, an account of which is given
by Surgeon George T. Stevens OF
that regiment, who says:
1--WE encamped on Meridian Hill
December !, 1861. Meridian Hill is
the most delightful locality in the
vicinity of Washington. The plain
on which the city stands extends
back some miles from the river
and Is terminated by line OF hills.
Along the margin of these hills were
some fine old suburban mansions.
On our right, toward Georgetown,
was Kalorama, once the home of
Joel Barlow, author of the famous
poems, 'Hasty Pudding and The
Columbiad.' - The Porter man.
sion became our hospital and also
for a time served as headquarters.
Close by Sixteenth street. on the
south bank of where was once Slash
Run. about where the French En-
bassy was located until 1885. could
be seen. for many years. the merid-
ian stone. which was placed on
direct line with the initial stone
erected at Jones Point on April Is,
1871. and from which the longi-
tudinal and meridian center Of the
District was located by Andrew El-
licott. Subsequently this stone Is
said to have served as a carriage
step. after which 1t seems to have
been lost. A bronze tablet in the
wall at the northwest corner OF
Meridian Park tells Of this historic
stone,
Evening star., 1949-01-30
DAUGHTERS of America

Past State Councillors Association
Monday, Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie.
Fidelity Council-Tuesday, official
visitation Of State Councillor Mrs.
Mary l.. Hansen.
Martha Dandridee Council-Tues-
day. February Q. of1icial visitation Of
stats councillor.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
|Mulder to Head PISA

John G. Mulder of Rochester
N. Y, vice president of the Photo
graphic Society Of America, sue
ceeds to the presidency at the next
annual meeting. October 1922, at
st. Louis. President Charles B
Phelps, jr., who headed PISA since
1945, died this month at Crosse
POinte. Mich,
Evening star., 1949-01-30
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Egyptian Sculpture
Exhibition on View
AtNational Gallery
By Florence S. Berrmon

Egypt, civilizations most remote
horizon" continues to fascinate
every one whose attention is arrested
by some authentic evidence of it.
Washington art lovers have an ex-
ceptional opportunity with the
opening today at the National Gal
lery OF Art, of the exhibition of the
Gulbenkian collection of ancient
Egyptian sculpture David E. Finley,
director. said that in response to
Evening star., 1949-01-30

4C4ACoI VA VIC O1l1UCO kOtd GCS
Government, Mr.. c. S. Gulbenkian
an eminent European collector, has
generously lent for an indefinite
period, these works Of the greatest
beauty and Importance, which were
exhibited at the British Museum in
London both before and after the
Second World War
These 28 very fine examples oi
carving and modelling in different
media, illustrate about 5000 years
of artistic activity" John Walker,
chief curator of the gallery, says in
his introduction to the catalogue,
reminding us that the time ranse
between the earliest and latest
works in this one group Is longer
than the time between the earliest
records Of the Acropolis and the
building" of cur National Gallery
of AIT. For some of Us who have
seen such drastic changes in the
past so years it is almost impossible
to comprehend that fact.
Every object is described and il
lustrated. some in two or more views,
In the excellent catalogue. and
hieroglyphiC inscriptions are repro
duced and translated. Mr.. Walker s
introduction, discussing these works,
is in effect a comprehensive little
survey of the artistic trends they
illustrate.
The collections earliest piece, a
relief fragment, depicting two girls.
is dated about 2700-2560 BIC. The
next objects in time are two painted
limestone statuettes of officials, very
lifelike and alert, ard a vigorcu:
stridjng figure of man of painted
wood.
The most important single wor.;
In the Gulberkien colleetion is tie
portrait head of Amenemhat III
which Mr.. Walker declared one OF
the greatest examples of portraiture
in the history of sculpture. This
head is SO strong and characterful
80 monumental in its conception
that after seeing it first in repro.
duction, I was surprised that it Is
only about AZ inches high. Mr.
Walker said that well-known Eng.
lish critic applied to this head
Shelley's well-known lines:
MY name Is Osymandias. King
OF Kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty,
and despair"
The brooding pride, austerity ane
suspicion in this face give 1t ar
almost hypnotic reality.
The Egyptian portraitists obtained
such penetrating Characterization!
in their portrait heads that the sub.
jects, several thousand years old
seem as familiar as some one we ma,
have seen asst week on penneylva''is
avenue. The dark granite head of 9
Nubian official expresses sullen re-
sentiment and unwilling submission
And the green schist head of 9
priest has extraordinary individual.
ity. One would not care to rur
afoul of this stern-eyed, tight Tipped
uncompromising old man.
Several enchanting statuettes art
among the 8 objects dating from
the New Kingdom J0580-1090 B.CJ
The finest is a little lady, slender
and lovely, of polychromed wood, II
a pleated gown. with an elaborate
wig and handsome necklace ant
bracelets covered with gold leaf
Such representations as this one
along with the world famous hea,
of Nofretete formerly in Berlin
make Cleopatra plausible. An out
standing item is the elaborated,
carved ivory toilet spoon, giving
glimpse of the luxurious persona
tastes of that period. Another beau
tiful piece is the limestone funerar.
stele Of the scribe AIRY, with traces o
delicate color, earth red and tur
0uoise green.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
John Quincy Adams Tenant

In 1929 the mansion and grounds
were leased by John Quincy Adams
who dispensed with the formality OF
personally turning over to his sue
cessor. Andrew Jackson, the White
House. and left the Executive Man.
sion in the evening of March and
walked out to Meridian Hill, where
for q while he resided.
In 1880 the property was decided
by Porter to Philip Lansdale for life,
remainder to Eliza Cox.
Prior to the Civil War, Boschke's
map shows G. L. Thompson as living
In the old mansion, and another
residence is indicated as standing q
short distance to the northwest,
which might have been the over
seer's house referred to. A road,
which accommodated both resi-
'dences. had its outlet on Taylor's
Evening star., 1949-01-30
By John CIogett Proctor

ingly, purchased farm Of 157 acres
on the heights about l mile due
north Of the Presidents House,
which, being directly on the meridian
of Washington, he called Meridian
Hill. Here he erected a large and
elegant mansion overlooking the
city Of Washington and the broad
Potomac"
During his residence at Meridian
Hill, Comdr. Porter became much
interested in farming. His friend,
John Skinner, was the editor of an
agricultural paper and various hints
in regard to the proper cultivation
of the soil the captain endeavored
to put in practice on his gravelly
land, where crops did not seem to
thrive. Although an excellent sailor,
he was no judge of land for farm
ing purposes. If he had suspected
the existence Of that deposit Of
white sand under his estate, which
since the establishment of the Board
of Public Works has been made
manifest. he might have made the
place pay good dividends.
Farm Was a Failure
Porter imported English bulls at
81 200 apiece; people would not pa
tronize him. He had the finest pig
ge.y in the country, but, alas, it did
not pay. Thousands of carloads OF
manure were hauled upon the farm,
only to be washed away by the spring
rains; the place was in beautiful
order, highly satisfactory to the
casual observer, but it yielded abso-
lutely nothing.
Evidently the commodore went in
for farming too deeply, for in 1920
he mortgaged the property to Comdr
John Rodgers, and, although he had
sold off nearly half the land in the
next few years, yet in 1928, we find
Richard Smith offering the property
for sale, according to an announce
ment appearing in the National In
telligencer Of October 13, as follows
MERIDIAN HILL FOR SALE.
oCA2AS d04y duUllN lLCu ny OUIIl-
modore Porter, the subscriber offers
Meridian Hill for sale. This prop
.erty, the last residence Of Commo-
Idore Porter while In this country,
commands beautiful and extensive
view Of the District and of the sur
rounding country and is one of the
most desirable places in the District.
The land contains about so acres
and Is highly improved, and has a
number Of valuable young fruit trees
now bearing.
THE buildings consist Of q large
dwelling house finished In the best
style and Of necessary outhouses, in.
cluding an overseer's house and sub
stantial barn. The house lies / mile
north Of the Presidents House.
"A part Of the purchase money
will be required IN hand and for
the residence a liberal credit will be
given. Persons disposed to purchase
will apply to the subscriber. A
great bargain may be had In this
property"
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Religious Books

Books about Abraham Lincoln
are legion. To this number must
now be added Lincoln and the
Preachers, by Edgar De Witt Jones
Harper g. Bros; $2.50). It is .
contribution that the general pub
lie as we'll as Lincoln admirers may
we'll add to their libraries. 1t gives
a phase of Lincoln's life and in
fluence not fully explored until
now.
Selected words Of Jesus are
brought together in The Way, The
Truth, The Life, chosen from the
Gospels by ]. s. Nollen (the Beacon
Press; SD.
Christ and His many interpreters
are studied In witness to the Truth
Nv. w. Norton g. Co.; So, by Edith
Hamilton.
Evening star., 1949-01-30
Local Masonic News

Local Masonic News
Blue Lodges:
Anacostia-Monday special, M. M
degree.
National-Tuesday, F. c. degree
Washington Centennial-Wednes
day, masonic education.
King olomon-Wednesday, p m.
Homecoming Day; F. c. degree.
Mt. Pleasant-Wednesday, Fellow.
craft Club.
Osiris-Wednesday, r. G. degree.
Anacostia - Wednesday, Fellow.
craft Club, 8 pm.
Joseph H. Milans-Friday, initia.
ton.
Barristers-Friday, goth anniver.
sary banquet and entertainment
Hotel 2400, 8 pm.
Columbia-Friday, initiation.
Chevy Chase-Friday, entertain.
ment.
Justice-Masonic education under
direction of Gregor MACPHERSON
senior grand steward of the eranc
lodge.
Knights Templar:
Brightwood Commandery-Tues.
day.
Columbia Comandery-Friday, On.
tertainmenk,
Evening star., 1949-01-30

Three ancient Egyptian sculptures from the Gulbenan
Collection to be exhibited to the public beginning this after
noon at the National Gallery of ART Center head of Aenem
hat Ill., Middle Kingdom the most important ,oork in the COL
lection Lett Ka figure of stidng man, also representative
of the Ogor of that period Right stauette of lady, finest
seUera such funerary figures of the Ne,o Kingdom.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

as Edwin A. Abbey, and Frank D
Millet, and such writers as Sil
Walter Scott.
His paintings are meticulously ex-
ecuted. The water colors appear
to be matted. but a close examina-
-tion reveals that the artist painted
them with white margin, giving ar
illusion of mat.
Born in Germany in 1872, Mr.
Ernst has been an American citizen
since 1907, and a resident of Wash
..ington for 90 years. He has a unique
studio at 1852 Thirty-third street
few blocks from the university
1t is a restoration of a Georgetown
church, $50 years old, which he re-
built; he designed and made the
wood paneling. copper hardware,
chandeliers, lamps and f1replaces
and also built an ivy-covered patio
inclosed with brick wall.
Social Comment
This afternoon is the last to see
the January offering at the Division
Of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Build
ing, National Museum. an exhibition
of rs woodcuts, nearly all of them
figure subjects, by Irving Amen.
Jacob Kainen, curator of the divi-
sion, says of the show. "Mr. Amen's
work reveals strong feeling for
the dispossessed and underprivi.
legged. and the impact of his subjects
is heightened by the bold, almost
brutal, attack of his woodcutter's
gouge. The artist combines bold
thick line with gouged-out textural
effects to create an atmosphere ot
emotional intensity"
regret to say that I cannot
s"e the show that way. Mr.. Amen's
/ res a'e too chunky, sharp ang.ec
and wooden to arouse any emotion
They are not human enough to
stir sympathy, not abstract enough
to be regarded as detached esthetie
forms, not bitter enough to raise
ones" blood pressure Artists whit
specialize in social commentary pre-.
sumably want to rouse all beholders
to do something about the prob.
lens depicted. Mr.. Amen's wood.
cuts aroused in me no other emotion
than respect for his industry.
However, he is still young 600
and he had thorough training. Borr
in New York City, he studied al
the Art Students League. Pratt
Institute, Da Vinci Art School anc
the New School for Social Research
He has exhibited in national print
shows and is represented in severa'
permanent collections, including the
Library of Congress.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

The beautiful little bronze ushebti
figure of Hes-merif is a striking ex-
ample of the magical statuettes In
tended to perform menial tasks in
the underworld. This one is a
cuneiform representation, with hi
eroglyphic inscription from the
Book Of the Dead, stating that If
Hes-merif is called upon to do
various tasks, the ushebti Is to say,
Here am I, what Is required Of thee
will I perform"
One felicitous aspect of this ex-
hibition Is that 1t is composed of
small and comparatively intimate
works. should imagine that the
colossal figures in Egypt would be
overpowering to behold, whereas one
can approach these statuettes and
bas-reliefs with the expectation OF
knowing them.
1t is not possible to mention here
today all of these superb items. But
the generosity of Mr.. GulbenNan, in
depriving himself of his treasures
for an indefinite period, makes it
possible for us to study at leisure
and become intimately acquainted
with these original sculptures from
far-gone past that has infinite
enchantme1t.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

NV, is back from Europe, declar-
ing: II am glad to be home!"
Evening star., 1949-01-30

Brazil has issued stamp In be-
half of adult education. 1t shows
a man with a book, presumably
studying the alphabet. The value is
60c, the color mauve.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

A set of IA pictorials has been re-
leased by the postal authorities Of
Burma, the denominations running
from pies to 10 rupees.
Charles Kohen, proprietor of the
Hobby Shop, 716 Seventeenth street
Evening star., 1949-01-30

Turkey has produced six beautiful
airmail stamps showing planes in
flight over land and sea. The de-
nominations are: 5, 20, 80, 40 and
50k and ! Ira.
Evening star., 1949-01-30

A. G. Gilbert, 1856 st. Augustine
road, Southsea, Hampshire, England,
would like to correspond with Amer
ican stamp collectors. :.
The Valley settler., 1949-02-18
ROADS BLOCKED AGAIN

On Monday of this week the Alaskn Road Con- mission announced that all roads were open including roads to the Coal Mines. l.. two days just tho reverse vos truo--o1l roads were closed and blocked vi tn snou again. On Wednesday of this week tho Valley vas hit vi tn one Of tho worst storns of the winter with winds sweep ing the Valley iron one si do to tho other which docs not happen very often. For the first inc in years roads Uore blocked in tho Butte aroo Uith drifts four and five foot deep.
 Wednesday and T'wnsday found very feu people in tovn. A few school bussos mana god to get through to school which vas open for the few who could got to school. Milk trucks as usual struggled into the Creamery all day long--espoc ially on Thurs day. HoUover, only Is of tho 36 milk pro- ducers were able to got their milk into the Pa1Iaer plant. T..o Tlito Maid loft at 4:3o p.n. for Anchorage on Thursday with only half load Of milk.
 Both Todn esday and Thursday havo been re- ported by Palmer. Merchants as being very. sl or bus mess days. FcU people von tured out in tho storm Uodne sday and on Thurs day most of then cou1 dn't get out.
 Ono car vas reported stuck in a drift noar the CG'etary and the ovmor simply ur1ed up and vent to sleep in his car. When morn ing arr ived he found hir1sblf prot ty we'll banked up vi tn snoU.f ". '@
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-07-01
CITY TRIES NEW
TRAFFIC SIGNS

A new experiment in traffic
signs for Seward will be tried this
year, Police Chief Leonard J. Clark
announced yesterday.
Clark expressed appreciation to
the American Legion for new
metal traffic signs for the school
and hospital zones. The city has
bought a few other signs for place
ment at various places on the city
streets. They are a standard type
of traffic sign used frequently.
Fireworks on Beach
Clark said that permission had
been given to sell fire crackers on
the beach at the foot of Third Ave
Only small fire crackers will be
sold and they must be used on the
beach. No fireworks may be set
off in town and police will con-
fiscate them from anyone caught
setting them off in town.