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By Morooret l. Fisher

For the 23d annual session Of
the Summer Nationals. July 80
through August 7, Chicago will
lure thousands of tournament
fans from all corners of the Ma
ton to the Hotel Stevens. Rep
resmting Washington will be
Mrs. Elizabeth Count, Mrs. j. B..
Gregg Custis. DR.. w. H. Gorton,
Mrs. George Kathan. DR.. Neil
McHugh. Kathleen McNutt. Will
liam Million, Mrs. Florence Mills
paugh, the William Poissants,
DR.. and Mrs. A. j. Steinberg,
James G. Stone and possibly
several others.
BY striving to win the Wash
ington Bridge Leagues semi
monthly quota of master points,
124 duplicate fans Wednesday
night found a way to beat the
heat. Topping Ms players in the
three section Mitchell were DR..
w. S. Benedict-A. E. Lane. Gary
Arkoian-C. c. Lovenberg and L.
Fruitman-J. L. Roster, while DR..
C. c. McDonnell-Miller Roberts,
Mrs. Howard Campbell-John Nc
Dermott and Mrs. Jennie Bryant
David Murray were their vic
torious E-W opponents.
Runnersup rating the customary
half points were Mrs. T. M.
Boyle Mrs. H. S. Klein, j. G..
Fletcher Simon Gerber, Mrs. Mar
garet Myrtle Charles johnson,
Robert Jordan-Vic zeve, Paul
Kalavski-P. Shafer and Mrs. Jack
Bennett and American Contract
Bridge League Tournament Di-
rector Col. Russell Baldwin Of
New York.
Who has the lead in the Chess
Clubs mixed-pair annual is the
big mystery of the moment for II
duos who entered the race July 10.
Director J. G. Fletcher assures no
clues will be forthcoming until
just before starting time G:45
p.m.) of the final session next
Tuesday. Added incentive to vic
tory in this and future mixed-pair
title matches is the attainment Of
the new DR.. J. B. Gregg Custis
Memorial Trophy.
Arlington Farms Duplicate Club,
back on regular schedule after a
months inactivity. drew 13 tables
on July IS in competition Of mas
ter point awards. First honors
Ms to Mrs. Elizabeth Land-Mrs.
Florence Millspaugh. second to
Mrs. Marian Barre-Mrs. C. w.
Zimmer. In E-W position Mrs. T.
M. Boyle-Mrs. Paul Blasangame
shared awards with Maj. Ciccone-
Capt. Joseph L. Herlihy with
identical high scores. Dates for
the clubs annual two-session
mems and women's pair cham
pionships have now been set
July 20 and August S.
Initial duplicate contest in the
new F. Arthur Walker Club Sun
day series last week netted rating
points to Mrs. Elizabeth Count
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OES Plans Assembly

Members of the Order of the
Eastern Star are making prepara-
tions to attend the international
assembly of the General Grand
Chapter at Toronto, Canada
August 7-12. The assembly will
be presided over by the Most
Worthy Grand Matron. Mrs. Eva
Holland Hamilton of Chicago. and
the Grand Patron, R. Donald
Stewart Of New Brunswick, Can
ada.
The District delegation, headed
by Grand Matron Elsie M. Mat
tern and Grand Patron John S.
Nichols, will leave by special rail-
road cars August 6 and will stop
over at Niagara Falls.
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mary stages in the awarding OF
commissions aggregating $4,000
to the 10 sculptors who have col
laborated in the creation of the
Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial
on the East River Drive, Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia. They
completed two of the three Sec
tions in which the memorial has
been designed.
From this Third International,
four to six sculptors will be select
ed to complete the memorial, with
works to symbolic the history of
America during the 10th and goth
centuries. These commissions will
total about $4,000. In addition.
the Association has made avail
able the discretionary use of $40
600 for the purchase OF works
from the show. Commissions
awarded and purchases made, will
be announced at its close.
Five Washington sculptors are
among the ZIG Americans repre-
sented (each with a single work.
and 80 sculptors from 10 countries
of Europe and 2 of Latin America
(Mexico and BrazilD In addition,
there are several sculptors who
lived in Washington for some
years and others who. are well
known here.
Washington Sculptures
Heinz Warneke's colossal Nit
tany Lion" enjoys one of the most
effective placements in the exhibi-
ton. The Washington sculptor's s
giant cat, crouched on a boulder,
is at the top of the grand stairway
leading up to the museum court
yard before the front entrance,
and is the first work seen by visi-
tors approaching from the boule-
ward. Those acquainted with the
museum will recall its superb To-
cation on a height overlooking the
city. Mr.. Warneke's lion, facing
the distant skyline, reminded me
of the animal-headed gargoyles
looking down on Paris from the
gallery of Notre Dame Cathedral.
Incidentally, Mr.. Warneke was one
of the 10 sculptors previously COM
missioned for the Samuel Memori-
al. He has been on the Corcoran
School of Art faculty since 1912.
The exhibition is admirably in
stalled. The larger part is dis
played in the Museums great hall,
with a number of the works on
the indoor grand stairway to the
second floor. In the spacious
Museum courtyard is the outdoor
section, with plenty of room be-
tween individual works for visitors
to walk around them. Despite
the impressive variety in treat
ments. sizes, materials and sub
jects, of these $50 sculptures (and
in addition, four heroic bronze
statues of generals of the Revo-
lutionary War made for the Reilly
MemoriaD, they are far enough
apart not to fight" each other.
William Calfee's marble Deity. "
q reclining seminude somewhat
Oriental in type, which has been
exhibited in Washington, also has
an effective placement, as one of
a number of figures surrounding
the large courtyard pool. Out
doors, too, is Alice Decker's lime
stone figure of a young woman
entitled Release" Indoors are
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arresting attention for time be-
cause of their novelty, appear to
be at disadvantage from the
standpoint of enduring interest
and appeal.
On the basis of this exhibition,
I would say there is a far greater
amount of competent work in the
small intimate sculpture field,
than in that of monumental
sculpture.
1t is impossible to deal ade-
quately in a brief space, with the
work of $50 individuals. The ex-
hibition can be roughly divided
into many classifications of ap-
proach. First. there is traditional,
naturalistic work by such we'll
known and gifted sculptors as
Salvatore Bilotti ("LedaD. 70
Davidson (heroic, vigorous figure
of Walt Whitman), Walker Han
cock difesiZe young NAM, Ceci1
Howard ,cAmerican Youth"),
Anna Hyatt Huntingdon C"Don
Quixote." gaunt. visionary and
pathetic) c. Paul Jennewein
Girls" figure of a young woman
Henry Kreis r'Reclining Half
Nude"), Bruce Moore cGirl and
Deer"). Adolph Weinman Grid
ers of the DAWN, and many 9TH
ers. William zorach's Victory
ard Ivan Mestrovic's Madonna
and Child" the tenderest. most
naturalistic work I have seen by
him. belong in this group. So do
Adam and Eve" realistic little
bronze by Gino Poidimani. and
Francesca Messina's punchdrunk
young pugilist, from Italy.
A smaller group comprises semi
naturalistic work. A good ex-
ample is Sidney Loeb's abraham
Lincoln" with a naturalistic, de-
tailed portrait head, on a col
umnar near-abstract figure.
A fairly large class comprises
works conceived as chunks or
blocks of stone. with subjects only
partially emerging. These are
compact works; no slender arms
and legs or other details protrude
to be broken off. Glenn Chamber
lain's Mother and Child" and
Mario Cooper's Cycling Primates"
(both marbles) are among the
many good examples in this group.
At the opposite pole is another
large group of greatly attenuated
figures, that look as if they would
be shattered by light wind. Peter
Abate's Lehmbruckish nude couple
exemplifies this group. An ex-
treme example is the Swiss sculp-
tor Alberto Giacometto's Man
Walking" about IA heads tall,
which looks like a badly propor-
toned armature.
Other eXpressionistic and alb
stract works in sculpture show
tremendous variety. They range
from British sculptor Henry
Moore's colossal reclining figure
of wood with it's effect of being a
prehistoric deity, to Leo Amino's
Mothers Vigil" made of plastic
in several colors and resembling
a gigantic hard candy. Some
metal constructions are clever and
effective Robert Fosters Hippo
potamus" made of bronze sheets,
for instance; others appear to
the layman's eye to be collections
of assorted junk metal riveted
together.
But whatever ones reactions to
individual works may be, the show
is exceptionally interesting and
stimulating. and I regret that it
cannot be sent on a national cir
cult, to acquaint more Americans
with what our living sculptors are
| doing.
Evening star., 1949-07-24

BY the slim margin Of 0.00138
match point, Thomas Snyder July
16 became the new individual
champion at the Walsh Club.
Loser in the near tie was Mrs.
Charles Richter,
Evening star., 1949-07-24
By John CIoeett Proctor

weeping willow, silver-leafed will
low, magnolia grandif1ora. Pride
Of China. common laurel, tulip
tree, dogwood, holly, hawthorn,
horse-chestnut, Spanish chest
nut, walnut. hickory. mountain
ash, lime tree, evergreens (includ-
ing the several varieties of pines ,
aspen and sycamore.
In the report of the Smith
sonian Institution for 1848 it is
said:
During the past year the COM
mittee has entered into contract,
amounting to $1,05O, with Mr..
John Douglass Of Washington,
for ipclosing the grounds of
the institution with a hedge,
and for planting trees and
shrubbery. The architect, hav-
ing marked out the paths and
roads and indicated the positions
of the trees and shrubs, these.
comprising about 100 species,
principally American. have al
ready, for the greater part, been
planted, as we'll as the surround
ing hedges. which are to consist
of pyrocanthus. Usage orange,
Cherokee rose and hawthorn. re-
spectively, on the four sides of
the lot"
Casualties of War
The superintendent Of public
buildings and grounds, in his an
nual report for 1900, did not
enumerate half so many species
Quite likely a number died after
being planted and others later
gave way for the two museum
buildings and the Freer Gallery
of Art.
During the First World War, in
order to prepare sites for build
ings for military purposes, it be-
came necessary to remove from
the Mall some of the finest trees
| in the world, and it brought tears
into the eyes of many to see such
handsome and rare specimens
subjected to the ak.
From what knowledge we have
of the condition of the Mall in
1851 when Mr.. Downing was in
vited by the commissioner of pub
lie buildings to lay it ouD, it was
anything but picturesque stretch
of land. The invitation to Mr.
Downing, extended in the latter
part of 1850 by President Fillmore
was brought about by the regents
of Smithsonian Institution and by
several prominent citizens o1
Washington, who saw the neces-
sity of securing the aid of an ef-
fcient landscape gardener.
Downing Immediately set tc
work designing and perfectine
plans for a succession of connect
ing parks, with continuous walks
and drives, the area to be treated
by him approximately 100 acres
the largest grounds. to this extent
up to that time. laid out accord
ing to the rules of art in this
country.
Lost on Boat Trip
In May, 1851, Mr.. Downing
came to Washington and began
his labors, taking personal charge
of the grounds between Seventh
and Twelfth streets, near the CEN
/ ter of which his memorial now
stands. Besides the Mall, he also
designed the improvements to
the square south Of the White
House and Lafayette Square"
| Downing's end was sudden and
tragic, and occurred at the PIN
nacle of his fame. His death was
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Wnen the Government IOOk
title to the Mall in 1871. Tiber
Creek flowed along the northern
boundary for practically its en-
tire length. The portion east of
Twelfth street and nearest the
Capitol appears to have been
more or less heavily wooded. while
from Twelfth street westward to
the river was large marsh.
Squatter sovereignty seems to
have prevailed, for in 1902 or
1904, Christian Hines says, a
colored man called Old Jack had
his house on the south side of the
Tiber, not more than two or three
hundred feet from where he and
his brother were catching drift
wood, in the vicinity of Seventh
street. He also says that Old
Jack was buried on the south side
of the Tiber, between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, now a
part of the Department of Agri-
culture grounds.
About this same period. Hines
days, what is now the Smithson-
ian grounds was the scene of a
fair for the amusement of the
country folks and to draw custom
to the city.
The same author also states
that. prior to the War of 1872
there was a rope-walk on the
Mall opposite the Center Market
carried on by Ringgold and
Heath.
Trees Disappeared
AS soon as the early inhabitants
began to arrive to take up theil
residence in the new Capital, 6
mania seems to have seized then
to cut down all the trees in sight
and the Mall, in this respect, suf.
fered with the other parts of the
embryo city. So thoroughly wa:
this destruction carried on that
by 1850. scarcely any timber wa:
left standing.
The following article was pub
lished in the early 70s:
"Old inhabitants may remem-
Der the condition of this part of
the Mall prior to 1850 as a large
common, stretching from Seventh
10 Twelfth streets, and from the
canal to B street, south, present.
ing surface of yellow or white
clay. cut into by deep gullies, and
without trees except one or two
scraggly and dying sycamores. The
streets named were mud roads,
along which an omnibus scram-
bled once a day to the steamboat
wharf. and foot travel paced its
muddy or dusty way over the
bleak, unhospitable common In
zig-zag meanderings."
The first real awakening in car
ing for these grounds. did not
come until after Congress had
conveyed to the Smithsonian In
stitution the south half of the
Mall between Ninth and Twelfth
streets, said to contain about 19
acres.
The cornerstone Of the Smith
sonian Building was laid May l
1847. and naturally improvements
to the grounds followed. Prior
to this event, however, on March
26 of the same year, the Board Of
Regents, in anticipation of the
necessary setting which the build
ing would require, adopted the
following resolution:
Resolved, That among the
trees to be planted within the
grounds of the institution there
be included the following: Elm
birch, oak. osage-orange, pecan
sugar maple. silyer-leafed maple
Evening star., 1949-07-24

France has commemorated the
250th anniversary of the death
of Jean Racine Q639-1699), tragic
dramatist, with handsome 12fr
portrait stamp in sepia.
Evening star., 1949-07-24
Art and Artists
Five Washington Sculptors Represented
In Third International at Philadelphia
By Florence S. Bergman

Every going to Philadelphia between now and September H.
Third Sculpture International view at
Philadelphia of Art Seldom does have oppor-
tuny sculpture exhibition the size and of this The
by the Paramount Park Art
second 1910 They prem
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AWARDED Lne WTlgnC DTOLIleTS.
Readers interested should send Csc
for three sets, addressing orders
to James E. Humphrey, 6424 North
Fairfield, Chicago.
The 1949 Christmas Seal has
been designed by Herbert w
Myers, 81, of Leonia, N. j. 1t viii.
show the dove of peace and q
sprig of holy with the wore
"Greetings."
Rev. Florian Mccarthy. O.
Carm., asks the cooperation of
friends whose business or profess
sional activities bring them guam
titles of mail. The Carmelite mis-
sions, for which he speaks are
supported in large part by the sale
of stamps contributed for that
purpose. Our main problem" he
writes, "is getting enough sources
from which we can obtain steady
flow of stamps in either large or
small quantities. 1t takes quite a
lot of stamps to make this venture
worth while. Any help that you
can give will be greatly appre-
ciated." Stamps for Father Nc
Carthy's philanthropy should be
forwarded to him directly at
Whitefriars Hall, 1900 Webster
street NE.
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ga levu no katakata O M core
agio." said pretty Lillian Jackson
Is. born in the Fill Islands. THAT
means this city is warm"
go dina" answered equally
pretty Elaine Hoefiich. also as, and
born In FIJI. "You said It,"
After the comparative GOODNESS
of the Pacific islands, the heat Of
Washington Is one of the things
the two girls have to get used to,
now that they have decided. to
stay In the Nations Capital O
while.
Other things they'll have to get
used to are trains. dial telephones,
escalators and taxicabs.
Until they move to their new
apartment in Takoma Park, Md,
the pretty island misses are stay
ing with 1t. Comdr. and Mrs. C..
A. Lenz at Fort Washington. Md.
They all met on Guam last year.
Try Out Escalators.
The girls tried the escalators
for the first time at Union Station
under the tutelage Of Assistant
Station Master Chester H. Lee.
After the first few timid mo-
ments, they began to like the
electric stairways so much that
Elaine said she is going to ride
them after work Just for fun.
The dial telephones are o big
headache to the young ladies. Un-
til the other day, Lillian put q
quarter In the telephone slot every.
time she made q call on the theory
that she might talk too long and
the operator wouldn't be able to-
collect any more tariff.
AS TO cabs, Elaine was under
the impression every automobile
sporting more than one color was
a taxicab. She learned differently
when she hailed down janitor's
service car.
But they're getting used tol
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i things very fast, even II it's some
what different from Suva. the Fiji
capital which they left In ls46 on
what turned out to be a prolonged
hitchhike across the Pacific.
First they went to Noumea. New
Caledonia. to work for the Ameri-
can Army when help was scarce.
They subsequently went to Guam
for the State Department. After q
vacation in Suva. they hitchhiked
over the Pacific by plane. touching
Johnson and Canton Islands be-
fore coming here.
Find Texas Ii True.
Both girls speak excellent Eng
fish, possessing the equivalent Of
q junior college education. An ex-
aminer from Cambridge Univer-
sity, dispatched regularly from
England to the crown colonies.
gave them high marks.
Americans are so hospitable. I"
said Elaine, especially in Texas.
We heard 50 much about Texas.
And when we went there, 1t all
was the truthznot just propa-
ganda." 49,
THAT is really So" added
Lillian. Those cowboys have such
wonderful accents. And they are
so well dressed"
Parents of auburn haired Lillian
are British. Her father is q copra
planter ON Vanualevu. Fiji, where
she was born. She starts clerical
work this week with the agents
for the British Colonies here.
Elaine, whose hair is Jet black,
Is q private secretary with the
Joint Services Mission Of the
British Army Staff In Warrington.
Her father is q German engineer
and her mother Is British.
Lillian still wanted to talk about
Texas.
Yes. everybody Is 90 hospit-
able" she repeated. "Ail the sales
men In Texas call you honey"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13
Trial Of Police Private
With Broken Arm DELAYED

A police trial board today post
poned until 10 am. next Friday
the case Of Eighth Precinct Pvt
Frank Bones, who faces -four
charges as result Of a fractured
arm he suffered last month.
The policeman's attorney. Eu-
gene Ditto, requested the continu-
ance. He said the officer Is In
pain from the injury and also Is
In q nervous condition.
Pvt. Bones is charged with fall
ing to report an injury, failing to
report to the police surgeon. re-
fusing to answer questions of a
superior officer and with making
an untruthful statement to a
superior officer. No explanation
has been made publicly Of the
manner in which he was injured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13

his brother Joseph. 80. Of 5l6 Hol-
brook place NE. The brothers.
who are colored, were taken to
Casualty Hospital.
The accident occurred ct q storm
sewer excavation on Dubois place
near Thirty-fourth street Be.
Michael DoboSh, 5000 Eastern
avenue. Silver Spring. said one Of
the men was knocked unconscious
for about 10 minutes and that he
revived him with artificial respira-
ton. Mr.. Dobosh Ia foreman Of
the Vance N. Vivadeln Contracting
Co.. Falls Church. employer Of
the workmen. The mems condition
Is undetermined, the hospital
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13
Brothers Injured as Crane
Hits Overhead Power Line

Two workmen suffered electric
shocks this morning when a crane
they were guiding into position hit
. power line. They were John Al
ston. 40, Of HOS o street NV. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-13
Sunday. May 18th

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Continued:

window there is a view of the
majestic dome of St. Peters. De-
signed by Michelangelo, its grace
full curves are awe-inspiring from
any angle, at any time. If the pro-
posed canonization of saints takes
place during the Holy Year, the
great dome will be lighted with
thousands of oil torches to cele-
brate the event. The crowds will
spend the greater part of the night
in St. Peters Square watching the
aureole of blazing silver burn out
with the dawn.
The Sistine Chapel, with Michel
angeles ceiling fresco of the crea-
ton and fall of man, the NINA
ture chapel of Nicholas v decorat-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-20
ROME AWAITS

ed by the sanity Fra Angelica, the
tapestries of Leonardo da Vinci,
the madonnas of Raphael in the
rooms set aside for his work, the
mosaic studio, the post office for
souvenir buyers, and, if possible,
an audience with the Pope are
"musts" on almost every list.
Candlelight Ceremony
BUT it is beneath the dome, in
the basilica of St. Peter. that most
of the Holy Year activity and the
Vatican's greatest treasures are
conferred.
Beginning Christmas Eve with
a candlelight ceremony that dates
back to the first Jubilee or Holy