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Navy Investigates Crash
Fatal to 9 at Quonset

QUONSET POINT. R. l., June 2
R.-Navy investigators sought
today to determine the cause of
a patrol bomber crash which cost
the lives of nine men.
The long-range twin-engine ship
was transformed into a flaming
death trap as it burst afire in an
emergency landing yesterday at
this naval air base.
The plane developed engine
trouble % minutes after taking
off on the last leg of a fight from
Jacksonville, Fla, to Argentia,
Newfoundland.
The pilot and co-piiot were
pulled from the plane by an alert
ed rescue crew. The other nine
men were burned to death in their
seats as the fierce fire kept the
rescue crew at distance.
The pilot of the craft was
Comdr. G. E. Frauenheim of
Washington, D. c., commanding
~~~ANNA Va D, JdCkSOI-
vile. The co-pilot was 1t. q. g.
H. A. HaD Hamberg of Lonoke,
Ark. former star athlete at the
Naval Academy.
The Navy identified the dead as:
Ensign c. r. Plank. Jacksonville :;
Ensign D. H. Arter, Jacksonville :;
MldSh1pman G. A. Payne, Denver.
Colo; Chief Aviation Machinist's S
Mate j. A. Seger, Jacksonville;
Aviation Ordnanceman 1/c Rap
anlck. Jacksonville.
Chief Aviation Electricians
Mate H. E. Fountain, Birming-
ham, Ala: Chief Aviation Elec-
tricianS Mate H. D. Thomas,
Jacksonville; Chief Aviation Ma
chinist's Mate F. j. McSwigigan,
Camden, N. j., and Chief Aviation
Structural Mechanic c. A. Thor
son, SpOOner. Wis.
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; Air Force Men Die,
-Four Escape in Crash
OF Super Fortress
BY the Assoeiofed Press

ROSWELL, N. Mex. June a.
A B-29 bomber from the Walker
Air Base at Roswell crashed and
burned yesterday killing three OF
its crew of seven.
The plane became uncontrol-
liable at 5000 feet. an Air Force
announcement said, and four
flyers parachuted safely.
The Air Force said the plane
exploded after it struck the
ground.
The plane had been on a test
flight. Another B-29 flying near
by reported the accident. The
crash was in the Bottomless Lakes
area near Dexter, 18 miles south
east of Roswell.
The dead:
First 1t. Homer William Filing.
ton, 81, Seminole, Okla; S/Sergt
Herman o. FrantZ, 81, Clinton
N. Y, and S/Sergt. Charles e
Simpson. %. Williamsport. Pa.
Walker Air Force Base said the
survivors are Capt. Joseph G
Liebich, pilot, Springfield. Mo-;
1t. Cletus T. Hord. co-pilot
Raleigh. N. c.; T/Sergt. Leslie F.
Coleman, flight engineer, Water
Valley. Miss, and S/Sergt. Will
liam F. De Avilla, the scanner,
Maiden, Mass.
The air base said the three men
who died were in the tail section.
Sergt. De Avilla parachuted
from that part of the plane. He
couldn't tell investigators why the
other three didn't follow him.
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DAUGHTER UNVEILS BRIGHAM YOUNG STATUE-Mrs. Mabel
Young Sanborn 3d. the only living daughter of Brigham Young
the Mormon church leader unveils the statue her father
ceremonies at the Capitol With her other
of Young Dr. Orson Whitney Young Oef) great
and Mahonr Young, grandson, who carved the statue
Photo.
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Americans Can Buy More

The average American workers
wage will buy 81 pounds of beef
compared to the Russians eight.
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Puerto Ricuns Are Citizens

In 1917 the people Of Puerto
Rico were declared citizens of the
United States.
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Foreign Visitors
To Woshinqton

THE VISITOR SPEAKS
BY Andor Klay and Walter Kam-
prad. Williams & Heints,
Washington; so cents.)
This little book contains Wig
nettes of SO foreign visitors to
Washington during $50 years who
were considered important enough
to address Congress.
The first was the Marquis de
Lafayette, hero of the Revolu-
tion, who returned in 1924 to the
country he helped free and spoke
before Congress. Others included
Louis Kossuth, exiled governor of
Hungary, hero of a peoples fight
for independence; David Kala-
kaua I, King of Hawaii; King AL
bert I of Belgium. Others, of
more recent times. are better
known or better remembered
kings, prime ministers, special en-
voys. Two were women-Hol-
lands Queen Wilhelmina and
Nine. Chang Kai-shek of China.
The authors, who work for the
State Department and collected
this material in their spare time,
have given brief sketches of the
visitors, related the circumstances
of their visits and quoted excerpts
from their speeches. It is an in.
teresting addition to the litera-
| ture of our Sesquicentennial year
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long time. She is not what an
earlier generation would have
called a Pollyanna-optimistic be-
cause she refuses to face evil or to
admit the existence of an enemy
who goes around with a simpering
smile-she is simply normal girl
with a shrewd and resourceful
mind and calm, unyielding cour-
age. If she has an inhibition in
her system, you'll never discover it.
Part of Jeans childhood had
been spent in Malaga. and she re-
membered the language when she
went back to England to go to
school. She got business educa-
ton. and returned to Malaga as a
young woman to work for rubber
company. The war broke out. and
early in 1912 the Japs invaded the
Malay Peninsula. Jean was with
some 80 women and children who
were rounded up by the invaders
The enemy officers didn't know
what to do with the group-there
we're no women's prison camps in
the whole area-and so they were
shunted from place to place fol
months. made to walk through
fever infested jungles in blisterine
heat. Many of them died. 1t was
on these tragic tricks that Jeans
qualities of bravery and Leadership
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"A Tale of Three
Men and uGHI

TROY AND THE MAYPOLE
BY Winston Clewes. (Altred A.
Knopt; $3.)
Another English novel of change,
"Troy and the Maypole." is a
psychological study of four lives,
intertwined in childhood and set
at odds in maturity. It has a
gently elegiac note sounding soft
ly throughout.
In their youth, Dirk and
Charlie Warren and Barney
Douglas were inseparable. But as
they grew and all fell in love with
their playmate, Sybil the perfec-
ton of their comradeship was
shattered. Dirk. the clever one,
who was always finding money
and lording it ovefsthe others, got
Sybil, and Charlie and Barney
had to take it as best they could
Mr.. IClewes has had in mind
much more than sensitive study
of boyhood friendship gone sour.
In Dirk. he has drawn an excel
lent portrait of British Fascist.
And in Charlie, his brother who
turns to Catholicism, he has
shown the other side of the coin
of one family. Mr.. Clewes has
done f1rst-rate job which could
only have been improved by a
more careful presentation of Sybil,
who never seems more than an
agent of the plot.
MARY McGRORY.
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What Was Good About the Good Old Days
Asks Mr.. Davis in Book About Today
THE AGE OF INDISCRETION

THE AGE OF INDISCRETION
BY Clyde Brion Davis. (Lippin.
cott;: So
At least the rebuttal is entitled
to be heard.
After reading a whole shelf o1
nostaiglc novels, autobiographies
and factual fiashbacks In recent
years, books deploring the passing
of the 1905 and the early 1900s
we should give dissenter respect
full attention.
MI. Davis, who was small boy
when the century turned, does
not believe that he grew up in the
good old days. He prefers by far
the rat race of today to the leis-
urely pace of his boyhood. And
he explains why in chapters filled
with the humor and color which
have made his novels pleasant
reading. He feels that his home
town, Chillicothe, Mo-, a small
town near the center of the coun-
try, is a pretty good yardstick
He can remember when its schools
were meager and ill-equipped
their teachers sadistic; when
there were no recreational facili-
ties, no library. no amusements
except ridiculous melodramas
virtually no music; when farmers
considered it an achievement to
drive in from six miles away in
bad weather.
He is completely convinced
that there is more happiness pei
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way" he said. Evidence of his
success is indicated in the ap-
proval voiced by Protestant,
Jewish and Catholic readers.
"MonumentaI' and "def1nitive"
have been freely applied to the
history which was 13 years in the
making.
Study Began Here.
The idea for a study of reli-
glous freedom guaranteed by the
Constitution grew in DR.. Stokes
mind during an Oxford Confer
ence on Church and State which
was held in England in 1887 and
attended by members of all de-
nominations except the Roman
Catholic and German Lutherans
(the latter forbidden to partici-
pate by the Nazi government)
Charged by the head of the
American delegation, John r.
Mott, to hold himself in readiness
to answer questions about the
situation in this country, DR..
Stokes made the preliminary in
vestigations which led to the ex-
haustive study which was begun
here and completed in his retire
ment at Lenox, Mass.
Current controversy in the
House Labor and Education Com
mlttee. on the question of auxil-
lary aid to parochial schools, has
given new timeliness to his his
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Reading and Wiring
DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes Sees Problem
Of Religion in Schools os Our Greatest
By MoN MeGrory

tory Of the separation Of church
and state in this country.
I'VE can't understand the prob
lens Of today unless we know the
historical background" he says.
Biggest Problem.
The most difficult part of the
gigantic book to write and the
most difficult problem facing us
today. DR.. Stokes thinks, is 1.-The
problem of the relation of religion
to the state in connection with
public schools. where it is impor-
tant to retain the spiritual at
mosphere but where definite re-
ligious instruction cannot be
given"
On his return from Europe, DR.
Stokes, who is now rs. will resume
work on another gigantic history
that of the universities of the
world.
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Picturesque Scum
|Of the Riviera
THE MAN DORMANT

1f1E MAN DORMANT
BY John Lodwick. (Dueu, Sloan
& Pearce; $2.75.)
One of those brittle novels about
"the picturesque scum of the
Riviera" whom the end of the
war has brought back floating to
the surface, this is composed of
equal parts of sex and conspiracy
in the villas of Nice. Mr.. Lodwick
takes a good deal of time to as
semble large and disorderly band
OF characters, writes about them
with good deal of wit, non
sequiturs and sophisticated allu-
sions and shows them to be of
such contagious decadence that
even their dogs need a shot of
adrenalin to get started in the
morning. The central figure, Dor
mant, reluctant British intelli-
gence agent, is charged with con-
founding a Soviet intrigue that
involves the kidnapping of a Brit
ish admiral a mission which he
accomplishes amid a welter Of
wicked distractions.
MARY McGRoRY.
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In his Is years as canon resi-
dentiary of the National Cathe-
dral, DR.. Anson Phelps Stokes
won a place in the hearts OF
Washingtonians not only as an
outstanding prelate but as a tire
less worker in the cause of inter-
racial understanding and numer-
Gus other civic and welfare enter
prises. Now as the author OF
Church and State in the United
States he has become a figure of
national Importance.
Interviewed by telephone In
Cambridge, Mass. where he made
a brief stopover en- route to New
York, where he will embark on
three-month visit with his son
Isaac N. P. Stokes, general counsei
of the ECA in Paris, DR.. Stokes
expressed his great pleasure al
the cordial reception that has
greeted his three-volume work.
Il tried to treat controversial
subject in 2 controversial
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developed. She finally led the
survivors to native village where
they found refuge the rest of the
war, forgotten by the Japanese.
Life i'm Australia.
But the war episode is only a
sort of prelude. This Is not eS-
sentially a war novel. 1t Is con-
cerned mostly with jeans life in
Australia after the war. Not to
spoil the story for you, it may be
said that she went to a remote
Australian cattle country for a
compelling reason. She had,
meanwhile, inherited a consider
able fortune. though she would re-
ceive only the income from it for
some years. She faced living near
a primitive village without'a con-
venience or an amusement. Since
her romantic destiny lay in this
spot. there was only one thing to
do-build up the village into an
attractive place. And this pro-
vided Jean with her greatest op-
portunity and led to her most
conspicuous achievement.
The book employs cumber-
some device. The story is told by
London lawyer, who is trustee
for the estate of jeans uncle and
must dole out portions of her in
heritance. He necessarily comes to
know Jean well, and when she is
out of the country she writes him
constantly. But he must go into
her life in intimate detail and
into the thoughts of other char
acters. which is confusing when
you stop to think about it. Even
so, the narrative manages to be
persuasive and appealing. The
scenes in the Australian "out-
back" region of vast distances
and few settlements, made more
civilized by two-way radios and
airplane milk routes" are ex-
cellent.
THE Legacy" is we'll worth
reading. And I think you'll re-
member Jean long time.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Tibet Is Far Cry
From ShongriIo
HIGH VALLEY

HUH VALLEY
BY Chairman Cliff and George
Johnston. obbS-Merriu; $3D
The isolated community of
Tibet described in this novel Is
far different from the Tibetan
utopia imagined by James Hilton
in Lost Horizon" The high val
ley which slopes down from sky
towering Himalayan peaks is set
tied sparsely by an ignorant. dirty,
superstitious tribe, hating the un-
known outside world. Probably
this picture is closer to reality.
A lonely Chinese youth. Salon,
orphaned as a baby and reared
by kindly Tibetans in another
part of the rugged country, comes
into the valley in search of a
new home. He is taken into the
tent of the headman and joins
his family. But the boy is a for
eigner, although he speaks their
language, and the rest of the tribe
is suspicious of him. A mad wom-
an calls Salon demon. The
people are stirred to violence, and
Salon must go. His story reaches
a climax as a late-summer bliz-
zard sweeps out of the mountains
This story is written with con-
sistent beauty of phrase and SHARP
perception of the magnificence oi
the surroundings and the con.
trasting squalor of the people. Il
lags at times, lost in profusion ol
detail. The ending. though power
fully dramatic. does not seen
plausible.
CARTER BROOKE JONES.
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capita today than in 1900" Amer
leans are healthier, he thinks,
partly because of enlightened So
cial legislation. partly because of
a growing consideration for our
fellow mans welfare, and even
more because of unbelievable in
ventions and discoveries.
There is no refuting the effect
of inventions on comfort. There
is no denying the startling ad-
vances in medicine and the spread
of education. Mr.. Davis. is on
more debatable ground when he
cites the movies, radio and tele-
vision as agencies of culture. This
is not to ignore the small pro-
portion of good music and artistic
drama they have brought. When
he says people are happier,
he simply expresses an opinipn.
which can be neither confirmed
nor disproved. 1t is. however,
highly questionable whether the
I1UlDClA Va AOOO 10 AliOl z COllUCI1Ucu
than his counterpart was in 1900.
The latter at least was allowed to
draw whatever salary he earned;
he didn't have one-fifth of it or
some larger portion extracted in
advance by a paternalistic gov
ernment. And he could buy de-
cent food and ADEQUATE shelter on
very moderate income. He can't
now. Such easy abundance has
gone with the free lunch. the five
cent trolley fare and a lot more
fine Americana. Life was not so
highly organized half a century
ago; it was not such a strain, nor
was it surrounded by the terri
flying possibilities of the atomic
era. 1t seems fair to conclude
that living was more tranquil, less
harassed.
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New Books

FICTION.
COAT OF MANY CoLoRs. BY Bulds
Peterson PutZke. Dorrance A novel
of racial prejudice and intolerance
set in Milwaukee during the pro
hibition era. S3
NON-FICTION.
INDIA AND THE UNITED STATES. Nv
Lawrence K. Rosinger Macmillsr1.
An Institute Of Pacific Relations book,
S2.75. June 13.
TAXES AND ECONOMIC INvENTIyEs
By Lewis H. Kimmel The Brookines
Institution. $3.50.
THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRATIC cAPJ.
TALISM. BY Thurman Arnold; Adolf
A Berle, tr.; Lloyd K. Garrison;
Morris L. Ernst and Sir Alfred Zim-
norman. University of Pennsylvania
Press
WILLIAM HENRY BELK: MERCHANT
OF THE SOUTH. By LeGette Blythe.
The University of North Carolina
Press. A biography. S2.75.
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Owen Lottimore Discusses
His forthcoming Book

None of his previous Is books
have stirred up quite the advance
interest being displayed in his
forthcoming Ordeal by Slander, >
Owen baltimore reports. Maybe
that is because the autobiography
cal fragment which covers "twe
months out of my life" from the
time he first heard Senator Nc
Carthy's charges in Afghanistan
to his second appearance before
a Senate subcommittee on Nav :
is, In a sense, a command per.
formance.
During those hectic weeks in
Washington while he prepared his
voluminous replies to the Junior
Senator from Wisconsin, aided by
Mrs. baltimore and a volunteer
research crew from Johns Hop
kins, DR.. baltimore received q
tremendous number of suggestions
from all over the place, from
friends and strangers" that he
write down his experiences in the
limelight.
THE letters were a kind OF
combination of it might happer
to you and 1t can happen here,''
DR.. baltimore said. '..t1 Inns
Although he didn't keep a Jour-
nal Of the period. events anc
indignation are so fresh in hi
mind, that Dr.. baltimore has hac
little or no trouble in recallins
the changes that were made In
his daily life by Senator Nc.
Carthy's accusations.
In his book, to be published JULY
81. he has not improved on his
epithets for the Senator. Nor la.
he included the full text of those
painstaking answers which some.
times ran to ~ pages. They have
been digested, and supplemented by
a general discussion of what il
means ito have your whole private
life invaded with total lack oi
justification by the most reckless
and unscrupulous charges"
X y \ y
Whitaker Chambers will give
his side of the Hiss-Chambers
controversy in an autobiography
to be called Witness" which i.
scheduled for October publication
Evening star., 1950-06-11
Art in Little

More than 200 paintings, sculp-
lures. prints. hand-bound books.
illuminations and other works
compose the 17th annual exhibi-
tion Of the Miniature Painters.
Sculptors and Gravers' Society Of
Washington. D. c.. opened last
Sunday in the foyer Of the Nat
ural History Building. This show
adjoins that Of DR.. Smiths Egyp-
tian paintings.
The society. founded in 1888
by c. Allyn Williams of Great
Britain's Royal Miniature Society,
has limited membership. cur
rently II Washington artists. 1t
suffered grievous loss in the
death of two members this spring
Elizabeth Muhlhofer and Edwin
G. Cassidy. Each is commemo-
rated with small group show in
the annual.
BY Miss Mulhofer are 10 ex-
quisite little Oil paintings of the
flower arrangements and still life
she depicted with such meticulous
precision. fresh colors and pleas
ing composition. Mr.. Cassidy s
group of is works includes sew
eral charming little landscape
paintings in oils. and etchings OF
Landscape and architectural SUBJ
jects.
This annual exhibition, open to
I all miniaturists in the United
States, has drawn work from 80
artists representing 10 States and
the District Of Columbia, rang
ing from New England and New
York to California. Texas and
| Michigan. One third of the ex-
hibitors are Washington residents.
The Elizabeth Muhlhofer prize
OF $25 for the best painting was
awarded by Thomas M. Beggs,
director of the National Collec-
tlon OF Fine Arts. to Rosina Cox
Boardman of Huntington, N. Y,
for her portrait miniature, "The
Green Coat" exquisitely painted
The miniature annual, as in
former years, is predominantly
conservative. Technical skill is
high, subjects are pleasing, and
sizes ideal for the shrinking liv-
Ing quarters of most people tAese
days. Consequently, it was not
surprising to see that sales were
brisk the opening day.
The large number Of good
things precludes detailed mention.
Among the many attractions are
miniatures on ivory by Jack Grue,
John Lear. Virginia Stout, Nelly
NICK. Tolman and Ida M. Wilde
Engaging little paintings in oils
are the work of Muriel Alvord.
Martha Bache, Natalie S. Hill ION
satin), Minor Jameson. Benson B.
Moore, Wells M. Sawyer, Ruel P.
Tolman president of the society
and Grace Van Solver. Ruth
Stafford, Ruth Osgood, Roy Clark
and Frances Combs have contrib
uted ingratiating little water
colors. Marian U. M. Lane has
an impressive group of ilumina-
tions and beautiful lettering. John
Taylor Arms exquisite etchings
guarantee distinction to any group
in this medium; others are by
Margaret q. Longacre, Minnie
Raul. Wuanita Smith. Reynold
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in spite OF the
difficulties that
always b e S e t
e cry worth
" hile under
taking.
Jean Paget is
an English girl
you'll like. and
admire fro m
the start. She
is, IN facC, one
of the most low
able and heart
ening persons
to come out OF
a nnue1 in a
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Current Exhibitions

NAIlONAL GALLERY OF ART, Con-
Stifntion pdtntioas avenue and sixth street
Gulbenkian collection Of Egyptian
sculpture and French 18th century
collection.
NATIONAL MUSEUM. National Col
lection of Fine Arts Constructor,
avenre and Tenth street-Ameri-
can paintings and old masters;
l1th annual OF the Miniature So
eiety to open today. Paintings Of
ffSn fEEfyptlan Monuments by Joseph
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. Division
OF Graphic Arts, Independence ave-
nue. and Tenth street-Exhibition
ny John Galloway. through June 8.
FREER GALLERY OF ART. Twelfth
street and Jefferson drive-Orien-
tai tai. and nd Far Eastern arts. Paint;
other American artists; changing
CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. Sew
enteenth street between New York
avenue and Z street-AmeIi ican
W. A. Clark collection.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY,
1000 Twenty-f1rst street-Paint-
ings and prints-Retrospecti ex-
hibition of Edward Munich through
June 90.
ARTS CLUB. eo17, I street-Paint-
ms nss oy Betty Baker and Margaret
DUMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION,
1903 Thirty-second street NV
Byzantine art.
PUBLIC LIBRARY. Eighth and K
streets N.W.-Exhibition BY Jes-
sic Walsh through June.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. East Cap
itol and First streets-Pennell
fuA Nn,. s~Tn
TEXTILE MUSEUM. 1920 8 street.
PAN AMERICAN IN UNION. iSi5S.l Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue
N.W;-caricatures by simon Ar
boleda through June.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIvER-
SiIY ~ LIBRARY. 2o23 q street
UNiTED NATIONS CLUE. 1901 Nine
tenth street N.W.-serisraphs BY
DUPONT THEATER GALLERY, 1882
Connecticut svenue N.W.IPaint-
9aix inSs 9S 1S. Omar caFrins'0n thr0ush
FOUR HILLYKR COURT GALLERY
Group show of paintings and
HoWARD, UNIVERSITY GALLER9
Grephic Arts: Medieval miniatures
anu ltiul1iH1Llouss ebuucut NUIk
through June 80.
WHYTE GALLERY, 1918 Connecticut
avenue N.W.-Paintings of WASH
ington By local artists.
Watkins GALLERY. Massachusetts
and Nebraska avenues N.W,-Croup
show by faculty and students.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHI-
TECTS. 1741 New York avenue
N.W.--Exhibition by. Washington
Sculptors Group through July s.
URSELLS. 3243 q street NV
Ceramics by the Stills.
CENTER MARKET. Fifth and X
streets H.w.-Third annual exhi-
bition.
PLAYHOUSE GALLERY. 727 Fif-
teenth street. N.W.-PaintinEs By
Charlotte KimbaH, sculpture b.
Russell Houston.
ON-DECATUR NAVAL MT
scum, Jackson place and n street
NV, Opening exhibition through
September IL, 4:3o Pm.