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Portraits and Essays
By Oliver Gogorty
IINTIMATIONS.


BY Oliver st. John Gogarty.
(Abelard Press; $3.J
Mr.. Gogarty, the celebrated
raconteur of the Joyce circle. is
one Irishman who seems to have
been mellowed by sea-change. At
least this present volume shows
him being quite acid recalling the
old days in Dublin and as bland as
butter in Manhattan. An inter-
esting reversal. surely.
The author Of "As I Was Going
Down Sackville Street" seems to
take q certain pleasure in running
down his fellow writer's and makes
point of showing Joyce and
George Moore at some disadvan-
tage In several slight, but wittily
written anecdotes Of those years.
He is surprisingly generous,
though, In writing of American
Patrons and Irish Poets" He says:
"It would be a truism to say that
no one can estimate all that
Americans have done. morally,
politically and militarily for Ire
land through the centuries, nor
can one picture what the present
state of the country would be
without such aid"
II X
Washington Fricassee," a light
hearted picture collection Of local
fora and fauna by M. B. Schnap-
per of the Public Affairs Press, is
evidently finding its way into
many Christmas stockings. A
second printing of 10000 copies
has already gone to press.
MARY McGRORY.
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Claude G. Bowers, our most
prolific diplomat and author of
several books about Jefferson. has
now turned his attention to q
French revolutionary leader whom
he considers a soulmate of Jeffer-
son-Pierre Vergniaud.
Surprisingly enough, this is the
first biography in English of q
pre- e-eminent figure in the revo-
luton who was also the finest
orator of his day and an irrepres-
sible advocate of the course of
moderation.
In his presentation Of Ver-
gniaud's career as a parliament
tartan orator and outstanding
member of the Girondists (the
most brilliant and temperate party
in the Assembly,, Mr.. Bowers is
fiercely partisan. In transmitting
Vergniaud's fiery philippics against
the new tyranny which threatened
to engulf the infant republic, he
is moved to an eloquence of his
own. In fact, on occasion, his
style becomes quite fiorid, and
reads as if translated from the
Latin.
Mr.. Bowers makes no attempt
to "popularize" Vergniaud. or even
to interpret his personality. In
his Introductory remarks, which
reveal the full measure of his
admiration for the Bordeaux law
yer who was to speed the fall of
the throne and to preside over
the trial Of Louis. he gives a
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Landscape Club

Oil paintings. water colors. draw.
ings and prints by the Landscape
Club are on view at the Arts Club
through January 5. Landscapes
and urban scenes constitute the
great majority of subjects. But
the club now includes more mem.
bers who work in modern idioms
and hence its exhibitions have
more variety in treatments thar
did earlier shows.
The silver medal, top award, was
bestowed on Eliot O'Hara's ad-
mirable water color, From Notre
Danes Towers" a beautiful per-
formance, with values just right
to indicate a feeling of height and
misty distance.
Bronze medals were awarded to
John Chapman Lewis Midtown
Gothic" nocturne of blues
grays and stained glass; and tc
Sheffield Kagy's rugged block
print, Men at Work" Honorable
mentions went to Kenneth Stubbs
water color, House on a HILL
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glowing account Of Vergniaud's
gifts and achievements. There
after, throughout the body Of his
massive book, he relies on the
record and gives In exhaustive
detail the picture Of Vergniaud
in the assembly laundering
against Robespierre, the totali-
tartan of those bloody years.
Vergniaud understood and put
into words better than any other
champion Of liberty and democ-
racy during 1791-1793 the threat
of anarchy and dictatorship which
the conspiracies and assassina-
tions menaced for France. He pre-
dicted that "the revolution. like
Saturn, would devour her own
children" In this he foresaw his
own death at the hands of the
extremists. After a mock triaI
he went to the guillotine, gallant
to the last, with his followers and
friends.
Mr.. Bowers prodigious re-
searches will undoubtedly be ap-
preciated by scholars, although he
shows little mercy-when tracing
the Vaccinations of the various
factions-for the uninitiated ir
the field of French history, and the
everyday reader may find his study
on the ponderous side. His point
about the relevance of Vergniauc
to modern times, as victim OF
terror, is not particularly striking
We have but to look around us
today.
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National Gallery Fellowship

DR.. Edward r. Weidlein, direc-
tor of Mellon Institute, Pitts
burgh, recently announced the
inception of a fellowship spon-
sored by the National Gallery of
Art. The objectives of the long
range research program Of this
fellowship will be to develop new
materials and techniques for
the fine arts, both for use in
original work and for restoration,
with a special view toward per-
manence.
DR.. Robert I. Feller has been
appointed the incumbent of this
fellowship on artists materials.
An alumnus of Dartmouth Col
lege, he recently completed his
graduate studies at Rutgers Uni
versity in the field of physical
organic chemistry (M. S. 1943,
Phi. D. 1850. For many years he
has been actively interested in
drawing and painting.
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VoIIord, Connoisseur

Testifying to the connoisseur-
ship Of one man. Ambrose VOL
lard, is an exhibition of nearly 100
prints which opened last Sunday
at the National Gallery of Art, and
will remain through February s.
The selection was made from the
Lessing j. Rosenwald collection.
Vollard. son of a French CO.
lonial. was born on the island OF
Reunion in the Indian Ocean In
1867. AS a young man he went
to Paris to study law. but shortly
became a picture dealer, with q
shop in the Rue Lafitte.
He lived during one of the great
periods Of French art, and played
an important role. He became
celebrated because of his espousal
Of the impressionists and post
impressionists. But the major
preoccupation of his life was the
publication of fine illustrated
books and portfolios of contempo-
rary prints. He had definite ideas
about publication, although he
accepted guidance as to choice of
artists. Books had to be issued
in accordance with the French
tradition of craftsmanship. The
albums of prints contained the
work of artists primarily painters
and sculptors rather than profess
sional engravers.
Vollard's reach exceeded his
grasp, for his plans and contracts
extended far beyond what he
could hope to complete. His ego
tism led to commissioned portraits
Of himself by Cezanne. Forains,
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derings of South Sea islanders,
recalls the long literary career of
the author.
Mr.. Hall has lived in Tahiti for
80 years. It was long step from
his native town of Colfax, Iowa.
After graduating from Grinnell
College in 1910 he began his
travels. He was in England when
the First World War broke out
and he enlisted in Kitchener's
first 100000" After serving in
the Battle of Loos as q machine
gunner, he transferred to the
French Foreign Legion and be-
came a flyer in the famous Esca-
drille Lafayette. Later he was a
captain in the old American Air
Service and was shot down behind
the German lines and taken
prisoner.
His friendship with his later
collaboration. Charles Nordof.
started while both were flying in
the Escadrille. In 1925 Mr.. Hall
married the half-Tahitian daugh-
ter of British sea captain. They
have a son and a daughter. The
Hall -Nordoff combination pro-
duced the trilogy of the ship
Bounty. The collaboration ended
in 1947 with the death of Mr..
Nordoff. Mr.. Hall wrote alone
'Dr. Dogbody's Leg" a narrative
poem; "A Word for His Sponsor"
and many essays published in the
literary magazines. He is a
stylist Of rare discernment.
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Chess
By DonoId H. Mueridee

During the holiday season the
weekly rapid transit Journeys Of
the Washington Chess Divan.
usually on Monday evenings, viii
take place on Wednesday, Decenl-
Der 27 and Wednesday. January 3.
Non-members are invited, for
these two occasions, to 2445 Fif-
teenth street NV. The Divan's
annual meeting will be held at
$3.50 pm. on Friday evening. JAM
uary IL and every one interested
in the future of the Districts only
full-time chess club is invited to
attend. On January 10, Israel A.
Horowitz, international master
and editor of the Chess Review,
will repeat the simultaneous ex-
hibition which he gave last year
and which proved so popular.
There will be a maximum of 80
boards and the fee will be 81 Play
ers will receive the bonus OF q
bound volume of the Chess Re-
view. The event is in the charge
of Philip D. Bell and reservations
should be made with him Q32
Irvington street S.W.. 10. 3-6258.
Matches in the District Chess
League have been completed
through the 9Th round, with the
exception of one in that round be-
tween the Divan's A and B teams.
Naval Communications defeated
Georgetown University by 81, and
thereby took the lead with a match
score of 81 and a point score Of
49h-191a. H. N. Arnould has the
best record of the Navcom team.
He has beaten Kraft of Maryland.
Gishman of Bald Eagle, Tuthill
of George Washington, Howard,
sr. of Paragon, and Carr Of
Georgetown, and drawn with
Stetzer of Divan A. G.. Crabtree.
playing in matches, has 41a-z,
and r. Chauvenet and M. Seidel-
man have 5-1. Bald Eagle evened
it's match score by a good win
from Maryland University, 7-3.
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RevivoI Of Interest
In F. Scott FitzqeroId

The current revival of interest
in the works of F. Scott Fitz-
gerald is viewed with some detach-
ment by his daughter. Mrs. Samuel
J. Lanahan of Chevy Chase, Md.
The former Frances Scott FitZ-
gerald, who recently presented her
fathers books and papers to
Princeton University, gives this
rage about six months. It springs,
she has decided, from the young
men who would like to be for
their generation" what Scott Fitz-
gerald was for his.
1.-THE point is," she says, that
every generation has got to nave
its own person. People aren't
going to get anywhere trying to
be the same thing"
An average of three dozen re-
quests year for papers and per-
sonal "reminiscences come to Mrs
Lanahan at her home at Gill
Brookville road.
The papers which she formally
presented to her fathers alma
mater last month have actually
been at the university since his
death in 1910.
Mrs. Lanahan also turned over
to Princeton all her fathers letters
to her. For her three children
she kept scrapbooks and photo
graph albums.
About Budd Schulberg's f1ashy
novel, "The Disenchanted," which
was obviously based on Fitz-
gerald's life, Mrs. Lanahan de-
clined to comment. She did give
some assistance to Arthur Mizener
who has prepared a Fitzgerald
biography for spring publication.
She admires the introduction
which Malcolm Cowley has written
for a new edition of Fitzgerald's s
short stories.
Mrs. Lanahan has lived here
since last February when her
husband went to work for the
Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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Wit at the Ala

People who enjoy caricatures
should not miss the incisive ex-
hibition of Albert Bendiner (only
through Thursday in the gallery
of the American Institute of
Architects Office building, next to
the Octagon House, 1741 New York
avenue.
Mr.. Bendiner, an architect, is
now president of the Philadelphia
chapter of the ALA. He used to
be a staff cartoonist of the Phila-
delphia Evening Bulletin and still
produces drawings. prints and
water colors when he has the time.
The present show of nearly so
Autographs represents more than
two decades of his work in the
medium. In these, he pays his
disrespects to a large number of
orchestra conductors and musi-
clans Il liked best Toscanini,
Rachmaninoff and Kreisler); to
overstuffed operatic stars singing
spirituelle roles; to bullfighters,
Mexicans, tourists and foxhunters,
not to mention all.
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peace on earth. First published
in France in 1888, it was hailed by
the eminent biblical scholar. Pere
La Grange, as "the best life OF
Christ in existence" Although ii
went through 16 editions and 1e
printings, it was never translated
because of Father Prat's perfec-
zionist desire to revise it further
At the time of his death in 1888 at
the age Of 81. he was still making
additions and changes.
Father Heenan, a member Of the
faculty at Georgetown. was as
signed the task OF translating this
/ 1,200-page work some three years
ago. A native Of Washington and
a graduate Of Gonzaga College, he
entered the Jesuit order in 1910
After completing his studies in
philosophy and theology at the
Jesuit Seminary at Woodstock,
Md, he went to the Gregorian
University in Rome. where he was
awarded the degree of doctor of
sacred theology and magister
agregatus in theology. His studies,
in addition to European travels
and several years of teaching in
Montreal and Toronto gave him
the needed facility in French.
A Notable Work.
Father Prat, who won the cross
of the Legion of Honor for his
services as a chaplain with the
French Army in World War I. Is
also the author of THE Theology
of st. Paul." which was consid-
cred milestone in Pauline schol-
arship.
His life of Christ, says Father
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Art
The Ambrose Vollurd
Collection on View
At National Gallery
By Florence S. Berrymon

The National Gallery's beautiful
and important Alteration Of the
Shepherds" by Giorgione, is a
happy choice for the Picture of
the Week.
The traditional incidents in the
life Of the Madonna and Blessed
Saviour have been treated by
artists of many centuries. In three
ways: AS historic events. as mys-
teries and as combinations Of
both. Giorgione's Alteration" is
closer In treatment to a mystery
than to q historic event.
AS an event, the Nativity took
place in winter. at midnight. In
Giorgione's painting, it is summer;
the feathery trees are in full leaf.
It is early morning. Dawn's clear
light touches a tower and other
buildings in the distance, and
illumines the heads of cherubs
over the entrance of the cave.
singing Gloria in Excelsis Deo."
According to some authorities,
the poor stable was rocky cavern.
as in this painting. Such a place
was shown in Bethlehem until
very recently (and still may be
shown as the actual locality.
The blond young Madonna, serene
and beautiful, and st. Joseph
are kneeling in alteration. Rem
aissance theologians disapproved
of earlier representations Greek,
Byzantine, and their followers) of
the Madonna reclining on a couch
as if exhausted. They insisted
that the birth of the Infant Christ
was as pure and miraculous as His
conception. Bishop Taylor said,
Not in sorrow, not in pain, but
in the posture and guise of wor-
shippers did Mary bring her Son
into the world"
The shepherds have brought no
gifts except their reverence. The
younger one is about to kneel.
His pose is strikingly graceful,
and his back repeats the arc of
the cave entrance.
The indispensable OK and ass
are placed unobtrusively in the
cave. 1t is said that, for a thou
sand years at least. no painted
Nativity ever lacked these animals,
which were indicated in Isaiah:
THE OK knoweth his owner, and
the ass his masters crib" They
are interpreted as symbols-the
OK, OF the Jews; the ass. Of the
Gentlles.
The rich, toneful colors. the far
reaching landscape. the little fig
ures in the middle distance, are
Giorgione's own lyrical touches.
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Renoir. Rouault and Picasso I'm
cluded in the exhibition.

Renoir, Rouault and Picasso I'm
cluded in the exhibition.
The show gives a comprehensive
idea of Vollard's personal taste.
Three prints of the few made by
Cezanne, which were issued by
Vollard Cbathers and a self-por-
trait) are here. Renoir and Redon
were Vollard's especial favorites,
and three bays are devoted to their
Autographs and etchings. They
demonstrate the range Of Vol
lard's appreciation. Renoir's lusty,
happy prints of generously pro-
portioned women, and bright
faced children are akin to his
paintings. Redon's mysticism is
reflected in both his choices of
subjects, and his treatment of
them.
Vollard was also quick to recog-
nize the subtle charm of the COL
ored Autographs of Bonnard and
WILLARD. Not appreciated when
they first appeared in 1899, these
prints are now recognized as
among the highest developments
of French color lithography. Later
Vollard became interested in Pi-
casso's work and brought out in
1913 the early series of the SAL
timbanques." The show also in
cludes Maurice Denis romantic in
terpretations Of young girls; one
or more prints by Sisley, Gauguin,
Carriere, Besnard and a number
Of rare prints by Duffy, Bonnard
and Roussel, which were never
formally published. BY Roussel
are Dancing Cupids" and several
others, as elusive as shadows.
Finally. there are a few unusual
prints from Vollard's private col
lection, such as the large mono
type by Degas, "The Dancing Mas
ter"
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rendered in dry wash, and to Row.
land Lyons fluid water color, 1.-The
Glass" Figures painting on a
beach,.
William r. Walters George
town Canal" is a straightforward
statement Of place. Eugene Eel
tons City" and Carl Nyquist's s
Dead End" (street) convey moods
of despair and mediocrity, respec-
lively. Lee Atkyns' Moonlight" Ii
definitely romantic.
Among the few graphic arts
entries I liked Herbert Hicks neal
pen drawing by the Seaside" ano
John Rogers "Hockman's Farm.
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HIS LIFE AND WORK

Count Bernadotte's early life in
Sweden and his interest in the Boy
Scout movement are described in
some detail, as are his wartime
Red Cross efforts for the exchange
of prisoners of war, the rescue of
approximately 10000 inmates of
Nazi concentration camps, and his
peace negotiations with Himmler.
The section on his assassination
by Jewish terrorists suffers from
Mr.. Hewins' obvious bias against
the Israeli government. American
Zionists and the United Nations.
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Reading and Writing
Father Heenon Of Georgetown Deeply Moved
By Work Of TronsIoting Biography Of Christ
By Mory McGrory

The moving experience life is the Father John
three work translation of
Teaching and His Work" from the French
of Father Ferdinand Prat. S. j.
timely appearance
good will striving desperately for
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A British Correspondents Life Portrait
Of the Extraordinary Count Bernodotte
Reviewed by Belmont Fories
An illustration from 'Ct
COUNT FOLKE BERNADOTTE:
Rv Ralnh HeWinS (DeniSOn. 81

COUNT FOLKE BERNADOTTE:
BY Ralph Hewins. (Denison; So.
Reviewed by
AN ordinary man who made
good" is the way Mr.. HeWinS,
British correspondent in Scandi-
navia, sums up Count Bernadotte,
the United Nations mediator slain
in Palestine. One may question
the "ordinary"-Bernadotte was
the nephew Of the King of
Sweden, educated as a nobleman
and married to an American
heiress. But there can be little
doubt that he made good in his
work on an inter-
national scale.
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keenan,. combines scientific pre-
cision with simple and vivid mar
rative, Illuminated by complete.
ly spiritual outlook.
Early readers of Father Heenan'!
translation report that he ha!
perfectly preserved the spirit ol
the original.
II 4 Il Il
The Government Turns Out
Another Best Seller
Not a seasonal note. but certainly
a sign of the times, Is the enor.
nous sale of a new Government
publication called Survival Under
Atomic Attack"
Since its publication on October
81, Survival" which was prepared
by the National Securities Re.
sources Board, has sold some $751;.
900 copies. This Is over and above
the thousands of copies which
have been reprinted by one com.
mercial publishing firm and thost
reprinted by private companie.
for the use of their employees.
Despite its tremendous sale.
record. Survival" according II
the superintendent Of public doc.
uments, has not even begun tt
challenge the Governments all
time best-seller, Infant Care,
the demand for which. it Is heart
ening to note. continues unabated
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Books In Review
The DissoIute De TouIouse-Loutrec
And a WeN-Meoninq Queen of Scots

MOULIN ROUGE NOVEL BASED THE LIFE HENRI
DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
BY Pierra La Mure. (Random House; $780,
QUEEN OF PARADOX: A STUART TRAGEDY
BY Katherine Breezy fBruce; $3J
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones
persons could o than the
mprns history,
ways that hardly could be divergent.
thread destiny that alike through
the lives of the devout and wmeanng Queen of Scots
the dissolue Bohemian of
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Claude Bowers Views French RevoIutionist
Vergnioud in the Light Of Modern Times

PIERRE VERGNIAUD. Voice of the French Revolution
BY Claude G. Bowers. 1.-THE Macmillan Co.; $6.50J
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sure the unimpeded march of al
peoples toward goals that recog-
nize the dignity of man and his
civil rights and, further, definitely
provide the opportunity to express
freely how and by whom they will
be governed.
Those goals and the lofty aims
of freedom-loving peoples are jeo-
pardized today by forces as sinister
as those that operated in Europe
and Asia during the ten years
leading to World War II. The
pattern is familiar-employment OF
subversive agents; infiltration tao
tics; Indictment of disorder and
chaos to disrupt normal economy
and thereby to undermine popular
confidence in government and
leaders; seizure of authority with
out reference to the will of the
people-all the techniques skN-
fully designed and ruthlessly I'M
plemented in order to create fav-
orable conditions for the impos-
ition of totalitarian ideologies.
This pattern is present in the Far
East, particularly in the areas con-
tiguous to Siberia"
There is a tenGency aJroaG, I'M
doubtedly stimulated and acceler-
ated by the friends of Dean Ache
son, to blame our unreadineSs to
meet the onslaught in Korea on
the Department of Defense, on
Louis johnson, and on General
Douglas Macarthur
This attack is obviously unfair
and even dishonest and for these
reasons:
l. The foreign policy of the
United States is composed by TIE
President and supplemented by the
Secretary of State. From Teheran
(943) until Soviet Russia attacked
us in Korea June 1880, that
policy was one of AFFECT appease-
ment of Soviet Russia.
The Secretary of Defense does
not make the foreign policy. 1t
has been known ever since he took
office that Louis Johnsn has been
opposed to the general policy on
the Far East pursued by the State
Department.
That policy supported the Com
munists in China; insisted upon
the withdrawal of our forces from
Korea and our eventual withdraw
al of General Douglas Macarthur
and his forces from Japan. 1t
practically proposed the abandon
ment of the Japan Okinawa-P Phil
ippines line.
Louis Johnson and the Depart
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