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LLOYD KIRK SPEAKS BEFORE
CAPACITY CROWD At CANVAS
CATHEDRAL MEETING SUNDAY

Lloyd Kirk preached to capacity crowd from Minneapo
Liz and st. Sunday Night Aug at the Canvas Cathedral
Genwood Ave and Fremont North Before the the
"Coming World Dictator Mr. Kirk presented Miss Mar.
aha OF $40 Grard Ave No with beautiful GOOD Shepherd
Mss Mnrha received this gift for inviting and bring
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-08-11
Twin City Flashes
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probably be Of the shortest and
written date because there
really anything exciting happening fair cities
able little and there and you1l
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-08-11

ing the most people with her To
ths tent on Sunday night Other
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Beloved Memoirs
OF Anton Chekov
CHEKOV IN MY LIFE

CHEKOV IN MY LIFE
BY Lydia Avilov. (Harcoart
Brace & Co.; $2.75.)
When Anton Chekov, the Rus
sian writer who was also a great
humanitarian and q skilled doc
tor, was having troubles of one
kind or another, he wrote to q
friend: "All I want now is an un-
happy love affair" It came tc
him in the person of Lydia Avilov
st. Petersburg matron and as
piring writer who returned his
hopeless love for 10 years. In this
brief memoir, which is full Of the
Russian soul and as charming as
the man whom it concerns, she
describes their unsatisfactory
meetings. in st. Petersburg and
Moscow, his generous advice on
her stories. and the fiasco of the
opening night of '"The Seagull. !"
one of his most celebrated plays.
Chekov appears through these
pages to have been man in
capable Of meanness. Despite
illness, acute sensitivity and the
unhappy romance, he retained his
wit, his humor and his tender
concern for the people around
him. Mime. Avilov admired him
with all her heart and writes
about him with both taste and
understanding. Both the preface
and translation by David Mag
arshack are excellent.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Cameron Rogers
Tells the Story
OF oFomous Poppy
TRODDEN GLORY.

4UO00EN ILOn1.
BY Cameron Rogers. wallace
Hebberd;; $780,
This is. in q way. the story of
the discovery" of the California
poppy by European explorers Of
the late 18th and early 18TH CEN
turies. though Mr.. Rogers color
full narrative is a lot more than
that. We have way of account
ing nothing discovered until some
one Of our race and time finds it.
The native poppy had, of course,
famed across California meadows
for quite while, just as the Pa
cific Ocean had been surging at
its shores for some time when
Balboa came across it. But two
Scots. Archibald Menzies and
David Douglas, and a Lorraine
Frenchman. Adelbert Won Cha
misso, all learned botanists, were
responsible, In ther separate ways,
for spreading the lovely flower
nearly all over the world. Mr..
Rogers has written something Of
their histories and times. He has
written books about Walt Whit
man. Robert Ingersoll, Drake and
Calvin Coolidge-diverse figures,
If any there ever were. He was iii
Washington for several years doing
war work, and he, has many
friends here. The beautiful cover
of "Trodden Glory" is only one of
its many felicities. There is a
forward by Stanley Walker.
Evening star., 1950-07-02

they passively resist. The Ameri-
cans. who come later, are exotic
in a different way. but just as
much intruders. in a life that is
completely dominated by the high
cross on the mountain side.
The novel falls into two distinct
parts. The first deals with the
efforts Of the local Nazi boss to
replace the high cross with a
standard bearing the insignia of
the crooked cross. That all par
ticipants in this outrage meet
violent deaths is proof to the pious
villagers that God is not
nocked."
The second part is a rather
protracted portrayal of the long
deferred reunion between num-
like Lucia Freyer. briefly the
f1ancee of an Irish-born CT, and
sanity Gabriel Freyer, the church
organist who had been dragged
of to Dachau as IAN enemy Of the
state"
Miss Mannin writes with obvi-
Gus sympathy for the Bavarians,
but her heroine is a bit too prim
and one-dimensional.
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blue trousers and jacket. q
brimmed hat and wool cape de-
void of the insignia of other high.
ranking military men of his day.
Thus the statue represents him.
1t was created by John Manuel
Blanes, an outstanding Uruguayan
artist of last century. who first
painted the hero at the. doorway
of a fortress in Montevideo, and
reproduced this portrait with some
variations, In his statue. It was
cast at the Costa foundry In Flor
ence, Italy. In 1898. The statue
just unveiled here is a replica Of
that first monument Of Artigas in
Uruguay, and was cast In Mon
tevideo.
Those who wish to acquaina
themselves with Artigas. can OBJ.
tain at the Pan American Union,
a little booklet for 10 cents, which
provides a comprehensive biog-
raphy. It has IL illustrations, q
number of which. including the
cover, were the work of Washing.
ton artist Pietro Lazzari.
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ton they considered America
next to paradise" But his 90
odd-year-old Aunt Sarafina, who
had braved bombs to greet the
first American troops entering her
benighted town summed up the
real grievance: why did they
bother defeating us if they had
mo intention of governing us?"
Aunt Sarafina thought the Amer
leans 1.-THE only people on earth
who know how to be strong and
kind"
Within the ranks of Mon
larcf1ists. Christian Democrats,
| Separatists, Communists and Fas-
Icists, he found many paradoxes.
The most extreme radicals still
wanted the women kept within the
narrow confines of church and
kitchen. Lovers of both left and
rigt wing totalitarianism wept
openly at the Good Friday pro-
cession. Good Catholics looked to
communism to provide economic
security. rs their religion pro-
vided spiritual security. Ardent
Christian Democrats fiercely re-
sented clerical participation in the
campaign.
without Bias.
Mr.. Mangione. no would-be
pundit, sets down his findings
with no bias or second-guessing.
His likable story is interlarded
with an amusing account Of
his relatives attempts to marry
him off, and his own tenta-
tive, pathetic romance with an
American girl he met on the way
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Bad Girl Authoress
Is on Sunday School
7 Teachers S Side
ABOUT MRS I,ESTIE

ABOUT MRS. LESLIE
BY Vina Delmar. fHarcourt
Brace & Co.; $2.75.J
Vina Delmar and bad Girl''
are as closely allied in the public
mind as Amos N Andy. Any.
body who only heard Of that SEN
sational shocker Of the 20.
and meets Miss Delmar for the
first time in this present opus, will
probably be surprised to find that
she is clearly on the side Of the
Sunday school teachers, although
she never talks like one. She gets
in some salty cracks at such cur
rent problems as juvenile de-
Iliquency and progressive educa-
tion in the course of this COM
Ipetently tailored story of one day
in the lives of the people in Mrs.
Leslie's boarding house on the
questionable side of Beverly
Hills. All of the characters have
either been around or been pushed
around, but Mrs. Leslie, like the
author, believes in their essential
decency. Mrs. Leslie has been a
rather bad girl in her time, but
she knows true love when she sees
1t, and understands that wealth
isn't necessarily happiness. She
tries to be cynical as she watches
them floundering in their various
dilemmas, but beneath that negli-
gee there beats a heart of the
usual. Miss Delmar's dialogue is
good and very much to the point.
MARY MCGRORY
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every magazine in the country.
He has written scenarios for sew
eral studios and lives in Holly
wood.
Mr.. Woodford is accounted a
successful writer. But he is an
angry one. His anger is directed
largely at the publishers. with a
little left for book reviewers and
magazine editors. Publishers edi-
tors. he charges, do not give the
public what it wants to read, but
what they think 1t ought to read.
and they use the advertising
pressure Of cigarette and soap
manufacturers to force their
product on unwilling readers. He
calls these editors weird charac-
ters." who can't write. but can
always tell authors how to write
and insist on rewriting their books
and making them conform to some
strange standard of their own.
Just Middle Men.
The only remedy he sees is for
authors to publish their own books
and let the public Judge them un-
swayed by the cries Of hucksters
and bonuses in the form of extra
Evening star., 1950-07-02

were as progressive as those he
had for Russia. and he found them
quite as hard to carry out. He
was the first to suggest a league
| of nations to prevent such ag-
gressions as Napoleon's. William
Pitt in England, Metternich in
Austria and Tallyrand in France
received the young cars sugges-
tions politely and turned away to
hide their laughter. Alexander got
nowhere with his grandiose plans
He arrayed himself magnificently
and reviewed his army at AuSter-
litz. but found he knew as little
of war as he did of Metternich's s
willy diplomacy. He had to gallop
away before Napoleon's legions,
When his truce with Bonaparte
failed and Russia was invaded in
1912, winter and the desertion OF
allies stopped the French, though
Alexander always boasted that he
halted Napoleon.
Accepts Legend.
Mr.. Blake has stuck pretty
close to history, in the larger
aspects of his story. yet at the
end he has accepted a legend
that Alexander did not die at
Taganrog in 1925, but had a
double" placed in the imperial
coffin while he slipped away in
the guise of a monk. Historians
have discredited the legend. but,
like most legends, it persists. The
final chapters, describing Alex
ander's self-imposed exile to ST.
IBERIA, where he became deeply
religious, a revered holy man. are
the least plausible. Not because
of the doubtful authenticity of
this coda to his life, but because
the aging Alexander is made into
an unbelievable hermit, who re-
nounced the world and yet kept
in constant touch with his brother,
now the Car Nicholas. through
a secret cipher. and still followed
affairs of state.
The historical sequences OF
Alexander's era are set down in
too lavish detail to be digested
easily. and summarizing at the
expense Of episode often slows the
narrative. On the whole, though
"The Angel" is highly creditable
Evening star., 1950-07-02

books or bedroom lamps. He re-
CARDS publishers as unnecessary
middle men. He cites the late
Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of
'Tarzan," as an author who was
turned down by every publisher.
put out his own books and made
millions.
It is hoped that Mr.. Woodford's
other statements are more ac-
ctrate than his assertion that a
reviewer praises or damns q book
according to the amount of money
its publisher spends on advertising
in the critics publication. Mr..
Woodford hints that he published
this book at his own expense.
There are eight blank pages
toward the back, with the con-
Meeting pages breaking of in the
middle of sentences. Did some
body censor the contents of those
pages? Or did Mr.. Woodford
plant them in this edition in an
effort to prove that critics also
do not bother to read the books
they review?
Evening star., 1950-07-02
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trigues of state and the czar's un-
inhibited Ito put it mildly per-
sonal life are emphasized equally.
Alexander was a grandson OF
Catherine the Great. The bril-
liant, enlightened empress knew
that the heir apparent, Alexan-
der's father, Paul. was half-mad,
unfit to rule, and she tried to ar
range for her grandson to sue
ceed her. She had him educated,
meanwhile. by liberal Swiss
tutor. and Alexander grew up
stepped in voltaire and Rosseau
and sympathetic to the French
Revolution. When the aged en-
press died, Alexander refused to
carry out her wishes and swore
allegiance to his father. But Paul,
after ruling a few years and in
spring general hatred, was assas-
sinated. Alexander, though he
had nothing to do with the regi-
eide, had sensed that it was to
happen and knew of the futile
efforts afterward to disguise it as
q natural death. He felt a sense
of guilt which weighed on his
conscience all his life.
Russia Was Not Ready.
The youthful Alexander took
the throne vowing to free the
serfs, end the flogging Of soldiers
and peasants and improve the
condition Of everyone. He had
the gallows, which were such a
conspicuous object of Petersburg
torn down-1o longer needed, he
said. There was wild enthusiasm
for the tall, blond young man,
whom people called as handsome
as Appolo. They named him "the
Angel" and the savior of Russia.
He drew up all sorts Of DEGREES.
But he found there was no prac.
tical machinery for carrying out
many of them. And other matters
cluttered his life the foreign
situation, love affairs. Gradually
the incredible corruption Of the
court closed about him. He told
himself that Russia was not ready
for such radical reforms. He be-
came like the other czars. an
autocrat, hated too. though some
times when he would appear.
handsome and'magnetic. he would
stir q ghost Of the old popularity.
Alexander's international ideas
Evening star., 1950-07-02

over. He commends our informa-
tion service for sending over
American films, which Sicilians
adore, but he questions the tact
and taste of some of the selections.
Curiously enough. the most popu-
lar offering was q documentary on
the IVA, which only goes to show
that foreigners are interested in
our way of life, not necessarily as
lit is represented by Lana Turner
in a million dollar extravaganza.
Evening star., 1950-07-02

them have been
published by
t h e SO = called
standard pub
fishers, who as
su m e the ex-
pense Of pro-
ducing q book
q n d p ay tn e
author q roy
atty. He has
written four
books on writ
ing. He has
had at least one
story or article
L. .laAaa1IN
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W1ilCn oWCCp
t h r ou g h the
mountain town
Of WeisSlingen
and recede to
leave the VII
layers to their
eternal after
noon" To the
devoutly Cath
olic Bavarians
NaZism, with
its blasphemies
and jack boots.
is a totally un-
congenial phe-
nounennra which
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an unforgiv-
able interrupt
ton of h eir
orderly ! l t e
with Mussolini.
Others regard
ed him hope
fully as an
agent sounding
out the pros
poets Of max
ing Sicily the
49th state. AL
expected linn
Tn he rich and
open > handed.
without eycan.
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able confusion about contempo-
rary issues. But a tour of the
island at the height of the cam
paign showed him amazingly
little despair" which he attributes
to the basic harmony between
(Sicilians) and the experience we
call living"
AS an American. Mr.. Mangione
was pretty steadily under fire.
A number Of his kinfolk regarded
the Yankee liberation OF Sicily as
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Travellers Art Calendar

The American Federation of
Arts recently issued an "Interna-
tional Summer Exhibition Calen-
dar" which should prove very use
full to art lovers looking forward
to travel in Canada, Latin Amer
lea, Europe and the British Isles.
It was compiled with the aid of
Foreign Service officers, Govern
ment tourist agencies. museum Of
ficials and others. Although the
information is not exhaustively
complete, the editors hope it will
be Of assistance, and that it will
encourage travellers abroad to seek
further information in the respec-
tive countries. Copies are obtain
able on request by sending a
stamped. self-addressed envelope
to the Magazine of Art. 1862 New
Hampshire Avenue NV.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Artigos Memorial

Washington has a new men,
orial. a heroic statue of Jose Ger.
vasio Artigas, father of Uruguayan
independence. It was unveiled
June 10 with simple but impress
sive ceremonies, in which H. E.
Alberto Dominguez- Campora. AM
bassador of Uruguay, made the
presentation, and the Hon. Dean
Acheson, Secretary of State, ac-
cepted it on behalf Of the U. s. A.
The press habitually reports
such events in full, with the sur
prising exception Of information
on the works of art with which
the ceremonies are concerned. In
response to inquiry Of the En-
bassy Of Uruguay, I obtained the
following data. General Artigas
was essentially direct and unpre-
tentious, snd dressed plainly in
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Crime and
Mystery
BY Miriam ottenberq
The Csae Of the Demented Spiy
by George Bellairs. fMacmillal

&SSAsoSAA
CO.; $2.00.)
There lay Ambrose Barrow, late
secretary Of the Fenning mill and
hardly the type to smear his face
with greasepaint and plaster O
false moustache under his nose.
But that's the way he looked and
that was the beginning Of the
mystery. Why, for instance, would
q genuine Whistler repose on the
wall Of Barrow's otherwise middle
class home? And what did the
Illicit romances Of Mrs. Barrow
have to do with the strangling Of
her husband? Inspector Little
john does the sleuthing In this
neatly plotted puzzler.
\ X ~
The Curious Custard Pie, by
Margaret Scherf. doubleday q
Co.; $2.25.)
Crime Club
The Rev. Martin Buell., chosen
to lecture at an "uplift" camp
where the dietitian believes soy
beans will save the world, cooks
up two custard pies to uplift the
menu. And some of the campers
promptly drop dead. Naturally,
the Rev. Buell. has to prove his
cooking isn't that lethal, even If
his housekeeper and the arch
deacon consider sleuthing undig-
nified for a clergyman. This isn't
quite as funny as some OF the
cleric's earlier adventures but a
visiting English vicar makes a
choice added starter.
The Gentle Hangman, by James
M. Fox. Little, Brown & Co.;
ESQ.,
A bit of radio whimsy-to give
a contestant a $1,000 diamond
ring and let her try to peddle 1t
for $l0-turns out fatally. Detec-
tive Johnny Marshall, hired to To-
cate the girl and the ring, finds a
dead blonde. Just to complicate
matters. some local thugs seem to
be taking an unhealthy interest
and a movie writer dripping MY
Sin" slithers in and out of the act.
This puzzle has too many pieces
but the climax is understandable
enough in its rough and tumble
way.
Kill 'Em With Kindness, by Fred
Dickinson. BELL Publishing Co. !;
S2.5O.)
Ronald Tompkins, who could af-
ford to pay for his eccentricities:
made q hobby of marrying and
rapidly discarding lovely ladies.
A bullet stopped him just before
his seventh dip into the sea of
matrimony. Private Detective
Mack McGann, who was supposed
to prevent just that sort of thing.
must go clue-hunting among the
beautiful dolls and their current
men. Easy humor and an eve for
the ridiculous keep this one NOV
ing at a pleasant pace.
Murder Makes the Mare Go, by
Jack Dolph. doubleday q Co,
Inc; S2.25.)
Crime Club
Doc Connor, a man Of many in
terests. wants to investigate the
murder Of a bay filly but the
horses owner tries to discourage
him. That would be challenge
enough. even if some rough char
acters hadn't decided to slug the
good doctor. Gunplay In a blacked-
out nightclub and fisticuffs on a
horse farm contribute to the rapid
tempo Of this racing yarn.
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Sketch Club Show

The Sketch Group of the Arts
Club. which was started in 1916.
and Is open to members and non
members. is having an exhibition
through next Friday. More than
so, drawings, paintings and pastels
I'LL the lower floor exhibition
space. The gallery is given over
to life drawings of professional
models. The reception rooms
have landscapes, portraits and
other subjects. Those whose work
seemed best to me are T. M.
Heaton. ]. r. Lowendahl. Jack
Ocenasek. r. Minick, George
Woods. r. Wardell and Henning
Helms.
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and deservedly so. Were it not
for the fame of the sitters. their
portraits would have no distinc-
ton.
Gilbert Stuart and George P. A.
Healy are two of the most ex-
tensively represented artists, be-
cause they had what amounted tc
artistic monopolies in painting
the great of their respective per-
iods (early Federal and mid
nineteenth century, There are
four or five each of Anders Zorr
and John Singer Sargent, .vir.
tuosos Of portraiture whose work
have the double charm of depict
ing famous people, in a brilliant
way.
David e. Finley, director of the
National Gallery Of Art, en-
phasized q significant aspect OF
the show. "The exhibition gives
in microcosm." he said. "a pre-
view of what a National Portrait
Gallery should be If present plans
are carried out. The trustees OF
the National Gallery of Art now
hold a collection Of portraits of
historical personages as the nu-
cleus of what. it is hoped, will
some day become a National Por-
trait Gallery. Since it is i'm
portant for the coming generation
to have an understanding Of our
history and of those who created
the civilization we now enjoy, a
National Portrait Gallery would
be an educational force Of the
greatest value. with a potential
influence on future generations
that could not possibly be
measured"
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Books h Review
Alexander | Of Russia, NopoIeon's Chief
Antagonist, Was d Well-Meonine Ruler
THE ANGEL
BY william J. Blake. Doubleday; $500
Reviewed BY Corter Brooke Jones

Alexander who ruled Russia from 1901 1925 and had
leading the explosive of
the that followed the
glamoous wemeanng confused parodoxcal figure he probably
obviously saturated himself history
period He has made Aexands story fascinating chronicle in
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Some Thought Mr.. Mongione Was Toking
SiciIy's Measure for the 18th State
REUNION IN SICILY
BY Mangone fHoughton, MifAn Co.; s2.75J
Reviewed by Mary MeGroy
REUNION IN SICILY.
Ru .Torre AfcnCiona
Reviewed by Mary McGrory

Jre Mangone paid his second visit to his ancestral home
land 1947 of the first election
observations explosive little island unpreten-
tiou warmly travelogue still
vant-and disheartenng be sort his excable
relatives homesckness fascsm
Evening star., 1950-07-02
Story of a Bovorion
Family in a Land
OF Two Invosions
BAVARIAN STORY

BAVARlAN STORY
BY Ethel Mannin. (Appleton-
Centnry-Crofts; $3.)
A placid. rather sentimental
novel about q Bavarian family
this book describes with two in
vasions-one Nazi, one American
Evening star., 1950-07-02
An Author Takes the Publishers to Task
And Fires d Few Blanks at the Critics
.RY LAMAS OF NEW YORK
VANTAGE Press: $780,

THE LOUD LITERARY LANAS
BY Jack Woodford. Vantage p
Mr.. Woodford Is widely known
author. He is reported to have
written So novels. Many of them
have sold very well, and most of