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Evans studied at the Otis Art
Institute in Los Angeles. later
with George Biddle. She has had
solo exhibitions on the West coast.
at the Bonestell Gallery. New York
City, and at the G Place Gallery
of the I'm Transit" group when
she first came to Washington.
Miss Evans aim. in her own
words, is ito reach the inner
meaning of each of life's phases"
an objective which will doubtless
seem to the average person as
elusive as her paintings. The
present exhibition includes paint
ings by her, in wax, casein, tenn
pera and oil.
Barbara Ferrell works almost
entirely in oils, and paints alb
stractions in subtle, sophisticated
color schemes. Both artists have
exhibited in many local shows,
such as Corcoran area exhibitions
and Art Guild ANIMALS.
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UNITED STATES: A Study ir
ghoorn. (RGrcourt, Brace; S4.)
is characterized by deception anc
aggression"
The ironical part is that this
is a pretty good description of the
Soviet government, viewed by any
detached observer.
Had we, says the author, 'in-
dulged in the folly of permitting
our wartime policy of accommo-
dation to degenerate into appease-
ment of Soviet Imperialism, the
kremlin would in all probability
now enjoy the hegemony of Eu.
rope, Asia and Africa which eludec
the grasp of Napoleon and Hit
ler."
So, he feels, if we simply builc
a wall around ourselves and re-
treat within it, turn isolationist
we will become eventually "a
garrison state" which will re.
quire "the surrender of the demo
cratic values it sought to pre-
serve"
DR.. Barghoorn feels that "the
Soviet theological challenge i.
likely to prove more troublesome
IN the long run than Moscow's
armed might" The ruling Com.
munist Party might be called al
ideology in arms" and it's peculiar
weapons of propaganda and or.
ganization capture 'the ignorant
the gullible and the discontentec
OF all lands and cultures"
The book is worth a careful
study.
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colleagues. he eventually returned

colleagues. he eventually returned
to representation.
His representation is not natu-
ralistic in the sense the public
regards it. His colors are sombre
grays, yellowish browns, chalky
white, with occasional flashes of
brighter colors; and his forms are
simplif1ed. His scenes have a weird
illumination, reminding one of
f1ood-lighting, or a bright band
of sunlight through stormy skies.
This very personal approach gives
his paintings an overall at
mosphere of the patina of time,
of damage from many conflicts,
not only the devastating wars of
this century, but those of earlier
periods, and of many vicissitudes.
Furthermore, the visitor will get
the impression that Mr.. Piper's
real enthusiasm is for Stonehenge
(rather than for later, more
sophisticated structures), for the
very bones of Britain's land.
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authors personal history since
the war.
OF Skorzeny's incredible expert
ence since an American war
crimes court freed him for his
part in the Battle of the Bulge
the jacket gives no hint. News
paper files reveal that he has
escaped from a West German
prison camp, where he was be-
ing held for appearance before a
rehabilitation court. in 1948 He
has been variously reported in
Argentina and in Paris. More re-
cent dispatches have him secure
in an Alpine hideout forming the
tough core of a new German ma
tionalist movement - called De1
Spinne, the spider - sparked by
intransigeant ex-Nazis. He has
also been reported as the object
OF courtship by the Soviets in
their drive to recruit top Nazi
officers.
OF this, as I say, the book
jacket gives no hint. The pub
fishers, with undue reticence, dc
not mention. either the fact that
publication of the memoirs in g
conservative French newspaper
touched off the bloodiest street
riot Communist-inspired) Paris
has seen since the war. More
over. Skorzeny is said to be using
proceeds from the book to finance
his new Nazi movement, factor
which makes its appearance in
this country at this time contro-
versial, to stay the least.
The jacket calls him merely
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"A Lincoln Portrait
In His Own Words

THE LINCOLN TREASURY
Compiled by Caroline Thomas
Harnsberger (Wilcor & FoHett:
So
Mrs. Harnsberger's purpose in
this handsome book is to present
a portrait of Lincoln in his own
words. Her efforts have been sue
cessful.
She has arranged the quotations
according to subject matter. The
reader can find quickly Lincoln's
ideas on certain matter, wheth-
er peace or politics, prohibition or
women. The circumstances under
which the Lincoln statement was
made is given briefly. making the
work much more valuable than if
1t were merely a collection of say
ngS.
Lincoln's style, now salty and
humorous, now with reverence
and cadence almost biblical, make
for good reading in this form.
1t is an eminently ''browsable'
book. FRANCIS DOUGLAS.
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dict. John R. Moore, Lewis and
Lloyd Tubbs.
In the concurrent 14-table
Mitchell game, DR.. Short kept up
his winning streak, taking MS
top honorS paired with John Lut-
trell, seconds to Lassise and T.
Patterson. Highest score among
their E-W opponents fell to Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Rosson, with
Mrs. Fisher and J. G.. Stone,
second.
Arlington Farms regulars turned
their December % match into a
Christmas party, exchange of gifts,
refreshments competing with
bridge. Mrs. E. A. st. John-Lt
Col. H. A. Walker were Ms win
ners. Representative John C,
Kunkel of Pennsylvania and Mrs
Kunkel tying with the Frank E
Moores for high score E-W.
Mrs. Elizabeth Count, director
OF the Count Club, was hostess at
a post-Christmas party last Tues
day night, when Henry Sheitel-
man and Manfred Sobernheim
were winners in the Howell con-
test. runnerup awards going to Mr.
and Mrs. r. w. Byrns.
More rating points to Mrs. Alma
Byrne-M. E. Sheedy, first, and
John C. Kunkel. second, in the
Chess Clubs December 81 Howell
match. Mrs. j. C. Fletcher Wal
lace Ashby topped the Howell field
at the same club on Saturday
night, while over at the Walsh
Club, Mitchell winners were David
Kandel-Wilson Satterfield and
Mrs. L. j. Terry-John Savage.
First new book of 1851 to bid
for the attention of bridge fans,
connoisseur and novice alike, is
SLAM Bidding and Point Count, u
which makes its debut January 2
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whom he had encountered in a
little huddle of hopeless sur
vivors in an alehouse. They met
again at the Goose Fair, and he
promptly married her. 1t seemed
to run in the family to marry
casual girls who came from here
and there. Doll told him frankly
that she was reared in a London
bordello. though she never prac-
ticed the profession and did no
more than entertain with her
songs.
But Will wasn't entirely happy
with his charming, ballad d-singing
bride. He was downright un-
happy when he encountered Nan
in London. She had come to
marry dour, non-conformist
preacher. and how she dreaded
it! Will discovered he loved Nan,
had all along. When the great
London fire broke out and Doll
disappeared, it looks as if their
problem was solved. Not too
secretly, they hoped so. But
the little troubadour turned up,
slightly singed, her lutte charred.
So Will took her back to New
Hampshire. And Nan, deciding
she simply couldn't take the
pleasure hating preacher, later
drifted back to the settlement of
Portsmouth. 1t then became a
question of which girl would sur
vive and have Will to herself
Well, the author had to work it
out. If she hadn't the trade
edition would have suffered, and
it's extremely doubtful if the
Literary Guild would have been
interested.
The chief merit of Rivers
Parting" is in the atmosphere
customs and opinions of England
and the colonies, with their
religious and moral cleavages
The book runs to long descrip-
tions, but some are very effective.
The plague and the fire are ably
pictured. The story is less per-
suasive. Will, who is supposed to
be a strong man. seems be-
wildered and Intellectual most of
the time. Nan is SNUG in her
superiority. I found Doll the
most appealing character.
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Bringing the Court
To the PEOPLE

COURT is In SESSION
Compiled by Isaac D. Levy and
Bernard ]. Smolens.) (CroDn
Publishers; $780,
Reviewed by
Robert K. Welsh
Former Supreme Court Justice
Owen j. Roberts, in a foreword
for this treatment of is typical
trials, cites the need for bringing
the courts to the people. The
average citizens experience with
the courts is generally the other
way around.
The actual cases covered here
have had television program ver-
sions. They should be equally in
teresting and perhaps even more
instructive in print. The reader
can study pertinent parts of the
question and answer record, exact
charges in indictments, conflict
ing evidence as we'll as rules of
evidence, opposing summations,
and instructions by judges to
juries.
The book reveals no official ver-
diets. It nevertheless presents the
material in such a way that the
reader, sitting somewhat as a jury
of one, will get much more than
a guessing game out of it.
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Contemporary Ceramics

Accompanying the exhibition OF
Pipers paintings is another OF
ceramics. the majority by Ameri-
can artists, most of whom are rep
resented by several pieces. Fred
Farr has a handsome large gray
stoneware bowl and platter. with
crackle glaze and vermillion dec
orations. Helen Clark Phillips
sturdy jug and bowl, black and
grey. appear useful as well as dec
orative.
Henry Varnum Poor, best known
as painter, has been interested
in pottery for more than a quarter
century, and his works in this
medium have long been collectors
items. His platters and bowls are
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Quebec to Mexico

MerWyn Eaton of New York
University'S art faculty, is showing
paintings at United Nations Club.
They are the fruit of his sojourns
in Quebec, Maine and Mexico, and
the fact that he has interpreted
these extremely varied places as
very much akin, gives an idea of
the personal nature of his ap-
proach.
His forms are much simplifled,
but not beyond easy recognition.
He favors heavy black outlines
and bold color schemes which may
seem bright and cheerful to some
visitors. raw and garish to others
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Fleming. doubleday & Co.,
Inc: $250.)
Crime Club.
A woman as evil as she is beau
tiful spreads her sinister spell over
sundry innocents in this unassum-
ing tale of an elderly gentleman
who tries to pit his wits against
the scheming wife of his beloved
nephew. He can sense her wick
edness even before he suspects
her Of murder. After that, he
feels the full fury of it when she
tries to prove him insane. Some
nimble clue-planting makes the
denouement both unexpected and
satisfying.
Dangerous by Nature. BY Man
ming Coles. doubleday G. Co.,
Inc; $2.50.)
Crime Club.
Eight men repeatedly dead of
Ia dread disease are seen much
alive on Central American
mountain trail. Curious about
this reincarnation, the British
government sends Tommy Ham,
bledon to investigate. Sinister
Russians wander about, a local
dictator tosses his weight around
and some of the natives are oddly
cooperative. What makes this
one of the better Manning Coles
productions is an impudent bit of
masquerading by a very clever
fellow.
The Frightened Fiancee. By
George Harmon Coke. (Alfred
A. Knopf, Inc; S2.50D
Getting engaged to Tracy
Lawrence was like signing a death
warrant. Both engagements and
f1ances were short Lived. John
Holland, also marriage-minded,
had to convince Tracy she wasn't
just naturally a jinx. Enough
clues are scattered about to give
John-and the reader-consider-
able help.
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CotoIon SurreoIist

The Institute of Contemporary
Arts opened three days ago an
exhibition of work by Joan Miro,
a leading surrealist, with consid-
cradle influence. The exhibition
includes the latest of the Spanish
artists drawings and paintings. 1t
will remain through January "a
and will be reviewed here later.
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4 rt
Exhibitions Of Major
Importance Feature
Years Opening
By Florence S. Berrymon

BY Florence 5. Berrymon
On the threshold of brand new
year, two new exhibitions are pre-
sented to the public, and several
others opened before Christmas
deserve more attention than space
has permitted in the past fort
night.
Bedrock Britain
Paintings by John Piper at the
Phillips Gallery afford further ac-
quaintance with an outstanding
neo-romanticist of Great Britain.
His first one-man show was held
here two years ago, and he was
represented in the, British paint
ing exhibition which closed earlier
this month.
Born at EPSON, near London
G903), he began at the age of IL
to take an interest in visiting
churches. Their manifold at
fractions are known to large
proportion of Americans who have
toured England. Architectural
elements of some of them date
back to Roman and Saxon times,
and the historic facets of many of
them are the major charm for
American tourists.
Mr.. Piper seems from the out
set to have been drawn by their
esthetic aspects: Architecture,
stone and plasterwork. windows
and sculptured monuments, and
the felicitous placement of the
churches in the landscape. He
made photographs of many choice
places and prepared a guide to
Oxfordshire, published by the Shell
Oil Co. The artist has written a
number of books. among them
one of poems. THE Wind in the
Trees" when he was but 81, and
nearly 90 years later. one on Eng
lish romantic painting. In fact
he began to earn his living as a
journalist, for although trained to
be a solicitor, he never practiced
At 25. he decided to become q
professional artist. Early in the
1930s he visited Paris, became &C
quainted with Braque. Leger and
other members of the Paris
School" Mr.. Piper was sufficient
ly impressed to take fling at alb
stract painting, and soon had a
reputation as one of England s
best experimental artists. But
through various detours, including
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N~~e@@S~S y
month.
Miss Barker deals with 17th cen
tury England and the fledgling
colony of New Hampshire. She
does pretty good job Of imagin-
ing those distant days, however
her romance must conform at
times to mass-circulation de-
mands.
John Scarlock came of sturdy
yeoman stock and owned farm
on the edge of Sherwood Forest.
Legends of Robin Hood and of the
more recent Spanish armada
mingled in tavern lore. 1t was
1923. and John decided to marry
a willing barmaid named Joan, an
orphan of ambiguous paternity,
who hadn't insisted on marriage.
Before this ceremony could be per-
formed, John agreed to accompany
an adventurous captain to the new
colony. But John, man of his
word, did send for the lass. and
they were duly married, and
settled down to the bitter climate
and the hard life and brought up
a family. Mostly there were
daughters, but there was one son,
Will.
Girls From Here and There.
Most of the story is devoted to
Will. Like his father, he hated
the puritans of Massachusetts, and
their Cromwell and rejoiced hen
Charles II restored the monarchy.
The New Hampshire men didn't
mind little fun when they could
have it and felt that church going
was their own affair. Wills father
sent him to Harvard, but it didn't
seem to make much impression on
the land-loving, trade-wise son.
On his death bed John urged Will
to return to England and decide
for himself whether he wanted to
settle down on the Nottingham
farm they still owned. Nan, an
adopted daughter who grew up
with the Scarloek children, OBJ
viously loved Will. but Will
couldn't make up his mind and
he went to England alone. There
he ran headlong into the great
plague of the 1660s. But he man
aged to get out of London before
1t struck him down. So did Doll
the ute-playing tavern singer.
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Bridge CoIendor

TONIGHT. Arthur Walker Club. 1911
lcall GIL 3347 for reservations).
lTOMORROW-La Sale Studio 1923 Con-
necticut; rating point (open). s.
TUESDAY-Andrews Air Force Base OF.
f1cers' Bridge Club, rating point, 7:45.
Count Club, 1914 Seventeenth rating
point (open) g.
Hotel Roosevelt; master point (open),
7:45
THURsDAY-Chess Club, Hotel Gordon;
rating point, 7:45
FRIDAY-Northern Virginia tournament,
Shoreham Hotel; mems pairs. women'S Q
pairs 2:15; mixed pairs, S:15.
ment, Shoreham Hotel; open pairs,
qualifying session, 2:15. open pairs.
final session. s:15; special open pair
game S:15
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Two-Artist Show

Just opened at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art is the first joint
exhibition by Washington artists
Lucille Evans and her daughter,
Barbara Ferrell. The show, to
remain through January 10, COM
prises works done since 1947.
Originally a Californian, Lucille
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Life Among the Reds
In Our Own America
RED MASQUERADE

kEED Ma0kX ~ OE1LAbE
BY Angela Calomiris. II. B.}Lip-
pincott Co.; $3)
The girl photographer who
masqueraded for seven years as a
Communist Party member while
reporting to the FBI and be-
came Government witness at
the trial of the II top Commu-
nists in New York tells her story
of life behind the domestic iron
curtain. Her flrst-hand account
not only makes a readable human
document but also reveals much
Of the day-to-day strategy of the
Red comrades.
MIRIAM oTTNNBERd.
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a duck, a fish and other items
are naturalistic in some instances,
stylized in others. His hippopota-
mus recalls Egyptian faience hip
pos several milleniums old.
Two platters by Picasso are
doubtless regarded as the high
lights of the exhibition, and carry
price tags Enthusiastically nigh com
pared to the others works, a situa-
ton due wholly Git seems to me)
to his name.
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There are many paintings of rocks
and mountains. Some are in oil,
others in watercolor and gouache,
with calligraphic pen tracery.
1t is an interesting show, but
not one promising easy &C
ceptance. A taste for this work
has to be acquired.
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decorated with portraits. figures
and other elaborate motifs. The
reticence of Bernard Leachs
works tshown near Mr.. Poor's)
seems heightened by comparison
Carl Walters ceramic sculptures
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Books In Review
Giving the New Year Historical Start
With q Standardized Book Club Choice
RIVERS PARTING
arker. (Crown;; $3.)
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

Tomorrow another but the book business much
the Here at the dawn of 1851 selection
Literary Guild What species of novel? Right the guess.
Historical.
At least though Rivers Parting is better written
of the historical novels which subscribers
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Reviewed by Mory McGrory

These memoirs of the chief of the Naz Commands whose
most famous exploit the kidnapping of Musson 943
interesting what they leave unsaid
Skorzeny his pansang
which preceded them worthwhile addition
literature What fascinating, the
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Crime and
Mystery
By Miriam Ottenbero

A Daisy Chain for Satan, by Joan
Fleming. doubleday & Co.,
Inc; $2.50.)
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How the Russians Are Seeking to Turn
World Public Opinion Against Us

THE SOVIET IMAGE THE UNITED STATES A Study in '
Distortion. By Frederick Barghoon lRarcout Brace 81
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The Real Menace That Turks Behind
The Most Dangerous Man in Europe

SKORZENY'S SECRET MISSIONS
By Otto Skorzeny. Translated from the Frenc
Clercq. (E. P. Dutton; S3J
Evening star., 1950-06-30

cial issue in his successful cam
paign as was done in neighboring
North Carolina to defeat Senator
Frank Graham, outstanding Sou
thern progressive leader, in the
run-off primary.
This upsurge Of racial dema-
gogy. which played its part also
in the defeat of Senator Claude
Pepper in Florida, is sad and
discouraging trend for the South
and the Nation. For, aside from
it's evil effects, it was used, as so
often before, by powerful special
interests to check the advance of
social and economic progressivism.
Unit Vote Decides.
This new and heavily financed
onslaught in the South was not
taken lying down. In Georgia, for
instance, former Governor M. E.
Thompson, Herman's opponent,
ran neck and neck in Statewide
popular vote to surprise the Tai
madgeites. although late reports
indicate that the Governor may
win a slight majority Of the popu-
lar vote. But the popular vote
is not always the deciding factor
in Georgia. 1t is county unit votes
which decide elections under the
antique county unit system, the
only one left in our States. Her.
man piled up a big majority of
county unit votes by concentrating
his campaign. as did his father, In
the rural counties for which the
system is heavily weighted against
the cities, and where his special
type of demagogy appeals.
Under the system counties are
arbitrarily divided into three
classes by population categories
two unit-vote counties, four,
and six, so that the most thinly
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Coalition to Trade Votes
Two Truman Nominees for Posts
Likely to Be Put Out in Double.Play

detractors. Perhaps their wound
ed feelings viii be somewhat as
suaged by a humiliating defeat
for his second man.
Two anti-Pike voters-Senators
Millikin and johnson Of Colorado
ARE technically only of opposite
parties: they are always taking In
each others washing. In atomic
matters they have a further tie.
Colorado has uranium mines and
Senator Millikin admits the Col
orado Senators had argued with
the Acc that it was not expand
ing those mines and paying high
enough prices for their output.
Greedy Metals Bloc.
Congress sees many formidable
voting blocs. None Is more ten
acious or more greedy than the
metals bloc composed of Senators
from the mining States. Their
major triunphs are in silver but
they win many others.
Mr.. Pike has filled q position
which the statute reserves for q
Republican. 1t gals conservative
Republicans when the President
picks out liberals for such spots
as he. Of course. does as often as
possible. The Senate reports that
Brewster Of Maine has been
especially irked by Presidential
favor for a Maine liberal.
When Republicans dwell on
what they say is Mr.. Pixies lack
Of the high brilliance and out
standing competence an Atomic
Commissioner should have, they
are on somewhat firmer ground.
Mr.. Pike Is no Lilienthal. Whether
he deserves such public humilia-
ton is another question. Nor are
his foes making 1t easier for the
President to attract the finest type
Of men into public service.
Chairman Mcmahon conveyed
warnings last week to the White
House that the Republicans were
after Mr.. Pixies scalp and could
probably get it. No Democrat needs
to be told that Harry Truman does
not withdraw nominees unless the
nominees request it. So word also
went to MIR. Pike that he was in
trouble. MIR. Pike chose not to
run out.
Truman Democrats will do their
utmost for their Presidents
choices. Paradoxically their task
is harder because Messrs. Pike
and Hutchinson are not very con-
troversial characters, not symbols
of the liberal cause.