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Evening star., 1951-09-02

The Scottish version Of Grand
Hotel" is a deft and entertain
ing comedy about a number Of
emotional refugees who take a
new lease on life, in a genteel
boarding house. Miss Mathe-
son is a witty observer, a rip
pling writer and a tolerant
judge of her fellow man.
The people she collects at
Mrs. Maudslie's house after that
lady has been deserted by her
embezzling husband are not at
first glance a particularly at
tractive lot, but they are in
teresting. They are all under
some cloud or other, but with
plenty of cups of tea. good fires
and the scent of heather in
their nostrils, they begin to get
a grip on themselves. Without
making too much of a point Of
it, Miss MatheSon shows the
theory of community living on
all the little group save the
baleful Miss Calvert.
Miss Matheson's dialogue is
splendid, as crisp as the sconeS
which Mrs. Vecquerie, the dash
ing ex-thief, bakes for the
Evening star., 1951-09-02
New Books

FICTION.
TIE SOUND OF SPANISH VOICES. BY
1onnie Coleman. CDutton-) Adventure
Central America on the verge Of q
THE sHEPHERD'S CROOK. By Paul
the insurEsnt Aasuenots in in the a days
THE SPIRIT, AND THE BRIDE. p
il the life Of an American in Paris.
THE STRANGE CHILDREN. By Caro-
thOrsss who believes, that all of US
IN this modern world are strange
SorS sround mas tSiS TSVfh theme s0'slsqa aie
THE TWIN COUSINS. BY oriana Atkin.
son; Robbs-Merrill) A novel Of the
s s1y Ssss asss Il IL. the GstSss at & the
CA1t6 CAfE6 TSf HfinE fHE lssf sN1rsise TURTLE.
ess9 julien tale Lee Of fas6ssq ana a0foEd ilon
pFNS%!g MiSSegri Iayta Riysrs s,rE 1915; No., :.
fh soche Dteiien eAtiantic, Little. IL nat8 Brown Ss
Ths The. stcSEy of the light to preserve
THE FABGIoUs WINK. By KEN Ben
nett, PelliErini & Cudahy3 Eternal
problems handled with Teverent mirth
to..a in y watering Na1ms place on the cli1y
LEFTY LANDoN. By Helen. Ashton.
CDodd Mead.l. The strange Victori-
an romance Of q lovely moth which
nuttered too close to the literary
heme. So.
NON-FICTION.
THE GILA. BY Edward Corle. crime.
hartl One Of the Rivers Of Ameri-
WASA- -WASA. BY Harry Macfie. Cw. w.
yre IL the Far North, SS:
ROMAN LAW. By Hans Julius Wolf
university Of Oklahoma Press) A
THE BETTER HALF OF YOUR LIFE.
By Charles H. Lerrigo, M D. John
DayO How to live in health and hap
piness from 40 to 90. $3.50.
CAPITALISM IN AMERICA. BY Freder-
lex Martin Stern. CRinehart) An au-
thoritative and fresh analysis of the
social and economic structure of the
United States. So.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Star Stan Photo.
l.. A. d.nA.y

"Water Babies" by Florence
BeSSom Higgs OF HyattsOille,
Nd, ,Dhich tDon the ceramic
sculpture dtDdrd in the Second
Annual Exhibition OF Ceramic
Art at the Smithsonian I7lSti-
tuition.
by Fox, who is editor of the
series.
Art lovers are always free to
quarrel about which paintings
are masterpieces, or great mas
terpieces, but by and large these
are unhackneyed selections
from the artists works. The
writing is slanted perhaps more
to popular taste than the choice
of pictures, and people who read
a lot about art will no doubt
begin to wish that Van Gogh did
not cut off his ear in every book.
that Renoir did not strap his
brush to his arthritic fingers,
that the Mona Lisa smile did
not eternally require explana-
ton. But the books really fill
a need and should reach a large
audience.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Snake Pit Author
Writes New Novel

A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
BY Mary Jane Ward. (Randonl
House, $3.J
The author of THE Snake
Pit" examines q ruinous father
daughter relationship in this
brittle novel. 1t is the story of
Elizabeth Chaplin on her 40th
birthday. A music teacher with
uncertain prospects and meager
memories, she finally learns in
the course of a two-day visit
from her aunt that her life has
been overshadowed by her
adored father, a great wit who
managed to belittle the only
man she ever loved, to sneer and
goad until her Self-conf1dence
and her chance for happiness
had fed. With enlightenment
comes a new appreciation of her
mother. The burden of the book
is carried in staccato, high
pitched conversations among
the three women. 1t is undeni-
ably perceptive but somehow
harsh.
MARY McGRoRY.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Msgr. Sheehy of Catholic University
Writes A Guide for the Better Self

biased man in the world about
the United States Navy" To
him COB means Gods own
boys" and many of the anec-
dotes in his book hark back to
his years with the Navy, when
he won the Bronze Star and
six Battle Stars.
Through such chapters as
Progress Through Pain" 1.-The
Incense of Friendship" and
"Jet-Motored Virtue" he leads
the reader to an understanding
of mans duty and destiny. He
uses examples of boys he knew,
both as friend and as a priest,
who exemplif1ed the Christian
virtues he believes all can attain.
It is a straightforward, opti-
mistic book. which promises that
when purpose and virtuous ac-
ton are welded. the better self
takes over" In a letter to the
reader which closes the lesson,
Father Sheehy gives his def1ni-
tion Of religion: Its just fall
ing head over heels in love with
God"
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Nostalgia Tales
Of Mountoineers
And River Folk
THE CHILDREN OF NOAH
BY Ben Lucian Burman. (Ju
liam Messner, me-. $780,

THE CHILDREN OF NOAH
BY Ben Lucian Burman. (Ju-
liam Messner, me-: $780,
Reviewed by Margaret S. Dickey
For a delightful reading ex-
perience nothing could be better
than "The Children of Noah"
It's a collection of rambling
anecdotes of contemporary
Mississippi River folk and Ken
lucky mountaineers, punctuated
with several memorable ballads.
The story Of Capt. Bill Menke,
last Of the showboat men, and
Of Uncle William, whose civic
pride brought the post Office to
Pine Ridge, rival Mark Twain in
their richness. And the fact
that these people exist now.
when the pioneering spirit often
seems all but lost, gives added
zest to the telling.
Ben Lucien Burman as a
chronicler of the homely, little
known facets of American life
is without peer. He has known
these people. lived among them
and leaves the reader wanting
to do the same.
The sketches by Alice Caddy
throughout the book accent its
charm and spice.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Con-
stitution avenue and Sixth street
benkian collection of Egyptian sculp-
ture and European paintings Paint
ings and sculpture acquired by Kress
SATToNsa EHSassfl0 musEGS National coee-
tion Of Fine Arts. Constitution avenue
and Tenth street-American paintings
and old masters. Second Annual, The
Kiln Club o Of WashiaestSni fourth than an
SMITHSONIAN BUILDING. Division of
Graphic, Arts. Tenth street and JET
sented by Sun Chemical Corp. to
FRERR GALLERY fVSFn Of ART, iRd'' Twelfth
and Far Eastern arts. PAINTINGS and
etchings by whistler and other Ameri-
can artists, changing exhibits.
CoRCORAN GALLERY OF ART. sey-
avenue and street--American paint
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, 1900
prss ERSbton Sy BsTncs cross ana
modern French and American paint
DuMBARTON OAKS COLLECTION. 1903
Christian and Byzantine art. Tuesdays
through Sundays. 2-5.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. East Capitol
and First streets-Artist reporters in
s1SFs sss sf sfRNa arG1sR aRf
Flower avenue, Silver Spring-Sum-
mer exhibition. paintings and sculp-
INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY
ARTS. 1922 New York avenue NV
Exhibition by students.
BARNETT. ADEN GALLERY. 1877 RAN
dolph place N.W.-Summer group ex-
PAN AMERICAN UNION, Seventeenth
street and Constitution avenue NV.
Paintings and sculpture by Malo
Lopez Ecuadorean Children's Art.
THE NEW GEORGETOWN GALLERY,
1928 Prospect avenue N.W.-Summer
group show.
COLONY RESTAURANT, 1887 De Sales
street N.W.---Exhibition by students Of
James Cupoli.
THE WHYTE GALLERY. 1918 Connecti-
cut avenue NV. Exhibition by group
Of Washington-area artists.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES EXHIBITION
HALL, Pennsylvania avenue at Sth
N.W.-Exhibition Of Brady Civil War
Photographs and Revolutionary War
Exhibit. Weekdays. 9-5; Sundays and
holidays, 1905.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
a IT
Ceramic Art
Exhibition Opens
AT Smithsonian

Seventy-five pieces. out of
the $50 submitted by local
Washington artists to the Sec
ond Annual Exhibition of Ce-
ramic Art held by the Kiln
Club and the Washington Sculp-
tors Group at the Smithsonian
Institution, National Collection
of Fine Arts, have been accepted
by the jury of admission and
awards.
Award winners were: For pot
terry; Ollie Palmore Long, Lisle
Miss Florence Bergman.
art critic of The Star. is on
Dacation. Her column tDill be
resumed on September %.
M. Pursel, Mary Tilton Bran
nell, Kathleen p. Lewis and
Alta C. Fuller. For ceramic
sculpture; Florence Bessom
Higgs for her "Water-BabieS." :"
For stoneware; Helen O'Brien;
for enamels. Frank D. Fousek.
Honorable mentions in the
pottery class were won by Alta
C. Fuller. Vally Possony, Eliza
Weeks and Judith Simmons;
and for sculpture by Anthony
A. Cortizas.
Jury of Awards.
The jury consisted of Perry
B. Cott, assistant chief curator
of the National Gallery of Art;
John A. Pope, assistant director
of the Freer Gallery of Art, and
Frances Wright of New York
City's America House.
The exhibition, which will be
open to the public until Sep
tember % % to 4:30 daily,
comprises three phases of con-
temporary ceramics: Cd A jury
selected show of ceramic art
produced in the Washington
area by local artists in competi-
ton; co works of outstanding
ceramists in the United States
outside the Washington area,
and (3) contemporary ceramics
of foreign countries.
The sixteen countries partici-
pating through their Embassies
and Legations here are, Argen-
tina, England, Denmark. Fin
land. Haiti, Iceland. Japan,
Luxembourg, Mexico, The Meth
erlands. Norway, Sweden, Thai
land, Yugoslavia. Switzerland,
New Zealand and France.
Demonstrations on the pot
ter's wheel and lectures on
glazing techniques will be given
during the exhibition by Judy
Simmons, Helen O'Brien, Flor
ence Everhart, Audrey Hayden,
Jane O'Brien, Vally Possony
and Janice Simpson.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

fastidious. Maria, with equivo-
cal feelings about sex, and re-
Gently bereaved of her only
child. believes she sees in Ray
mond "the magic of childhood"
not knowing, as Mauriac says,
that Spring is often the season
of mud"
A Memorable Study.
Rationalizing her feelings for
the boy, she arranges a rendez-
vous. At the first she brings
out photographs of her dead
child, much as she would have
summoned him in life to break
up a perilous duo. But there is
a second meeting, and it marks
Raymond for life as a relentless
purSuer of women, eternally
avenging himself for this first
humiliation. Years later, when
circumstances bring him and his
father together with Maria,
Raymond says bleakly. What
power has God over passion?" A
shaft of wintry sunlight in the
form of possible religious con-
ISOLATION shines at the end Of
this somber tale.
The characterizations in "A
Desert of Love" would alone
make it memorable. The pic
ture of the doctor, patiently
bearing the burden of his OBJ
session. is a marvellous study of
unrequited love. But M. Maui
riac does not present static por-
traits. He shows the relation
ship between father and son,
who are utter strangers to each
other, and between a husband
and wife who do not communi-
cate at all. Throughout are the
subtle, telling comments on the
nature of adolescence, on love
and women and life, that add
depth to a novel that is a work
of art. The translation is ex-
cellent.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Crime Reporters
Claim Costello
Is Real Boss
THIS rs COSTEILO

THIS is COSTELLO
BY Robert H. Prall and Norton
Mockridge. (FGlDcett PublicG-
tons, INC; rs centS,l
Reviewed by 'Miriom Gutenberg
In a mildly hopped-up ver-
sion Of a thrice told tale. two
crime reporters dutifuliy record
what has already been thrashed
out in the Senate Crime In
vestigating Committees big in
terim report and in Crime in
America" by the committees
ex-chairman.
The authors borrow liber-
ally from the testimony taken
by the crime committee. but
differ with its conclusions that
American crime is dictated by
two syndicates with Lucky"
Luciano in the role of arbiter.
They contend there's only one
syndicate. headed by Frank
CoStello-the 'hoodlum in silk"
with Joe Adonis as executive
officer. They rate Luciano, the
exiled vice king, as the No. 3 or
4 man in the cartel of crime.
And they emphasize that the
whole sinister mess was doped
out by Costello at an Atlantic
City conclave in 1929.
The title is misleading in that
Costello is the central figure in
only about a quarter of the
volume with the rest devoted to
his lieutenants and alleged syn
dicate partners. The authors
swing from glamorizing to de-
bunking the crime overlords,
but their summary is compe-
tently done for those who came
in late.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Reading and Writing
Professional Indexer, One Of Unsune Heroes
Of Book World, Reveals ABCs of Trude

pleasure to come upon a writer
like Roger Tory Peterson, who
finds our city beautiful, whole
some and full of congenial COM
pany.
"a city in the woods" is how
the ornithologist-nature writer
describes it. He appreciates the
Zoo, the Herbarium and Rock
Creek Park, not to mention the
Wildlife Service and the Gov
ernment bureaus which yield
him all sorts of lore. What
makes it practically irresistible
to this native of New York
State is the fact that the Po-
tomac Valley has a density of
nesting birds as great as any
area you could mention. More
over, the local Audubon Society
some 800 members strong
provides company for the bird
walks which Mr.. Peterson
takes in line of duty and pleas
ure. All sorts of birds frequent
the backyard of his Glen Echo
home.
Incidentally, bird-watching is
on the rise here and elsewhere.
Mr.. Peterson is happy to report.
His Field Guide to Birds" first
published in 1886, had its high
est sale last year.
Now finishing his work on
wild Life in Color" a review
of outdoor America, which will
be illustrated with the famous
National Wildlife Service full
color postage stamps, he is about
to embark on a Field Guide to
Birds of Europe" in collabora-
ton with two Englishmen. This
project will take him to England
next winter.
Upcoming: A biography of DR..
Samuel johnson. called "Mr.
Oddity," by Charles Norman,
author of THE Muses. Darling"
Christopher Marlowe) and $50
Worthy Friend" civilian
Shakespeare.
From Karl SchriftgieSser we
will have THE Art and Business
of Influencing Lawmakers" an
expose of the Third House of
Congress-" by the onetime book
review editor of Newsweek
magazine.
Henry Green Of the pseudony-
nous name and the cryptic titles
will be around again this fall.
This time it's Party Going" a
fairly long title for the man who
runs to things like "Conclud-
ing" Loving" Nothing"
Falls Church Library, the
little library with the big circu-
lation, hit an all-time high in
circulation during the month of
July. Some 10,388 volumes were
checked out to avid readers.
Their children's summer read
ing program also enjoyed its
greatest success. Over 800 chill
dren participated. of whom 230
read more than 3 books apiece
and SO read 10 or more.
MARY McGRoRY.
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Vacation in Museums

Do you know that somebody
has already made a picture of
you having fun this week end?
The artist went on vacation
first>and museum walls are COW
cred with his paintings of people
doing just what you are doing
this three-day Labor-Day holi-
day: Going on picnics. wander
ing through the county fair
grounds, resting in the noun
tains or at the shore, playing
golf or baseball, hiking, hunting,
swimming, boating.
In the classical field, the most
delightful and best known IL
E lustration Of the fun-making
spirit is Watteau's "Embarca-
ton for the Island Of Cytherea,"
the island of the goddess of love;
lords and ladies in court dress
are getting ready for a good
time.
But shirt-sleeved Americans,
provided they escape the bad
weather in Charles E. Burch-
fields Rainy Night" and a
scene with the same title by
Aaron Bohrod, have two choices:
Stay in town and go to the park,
bar or dance hall, or hop into
the car and head for the coun-
try.
For the MOtorist.
The autoiStS may take Margit
Vargas "The Road to DAN
bury" they may go to Rissell
Cowles' Connecticut Rocks"
Winslow Homer's Long Branch,
New Jersey" Frederick Edwin
Church's Scene in the Cats
kill Mountains.
They may be planning a day
at the County Fair" painted
by Waldo Peirce. or they may
remember the older one visited
by John A. Woodside about a
century ago and called "Coun-
try Fair" They will no doubt
enjoy a ride on Clarence Car
ter's "Carousel by the Sea-"
and while the kids may spin
TOPS" with Doris Rosenthal.
they'd probably better not get
into the game with Julien Bin
ford's THE Crap Shooter"
Perhaps they want to go Eel
Evening star., 1951-09-02

Spearing at Setauket" with Will
liam Sidney Mount. or Sculling
with Thomas Eakins. or hunting
with Leon Kroll, or polo playing
with Peter Hurd. Before they
come home they will have a
meal of Maurice Freedman's
"Pemaquid Lobsters."
Before the American artist
turned to sports baseball,
by Paul Clemens and Waldo
Pierce, and golf. by William A.
Palmer the Europeans did
sports: Skittles. by Jan Steen;
bowls. by David Teniers; the
Longchamp races, by Manet.
There are Renoir's holiday boat
ers at lunch, circus pictures by
Seurat and a menagerie by Jan
Steen.
Stay at Homes.
But for those who stay in
town there were artists who
stayed, too. The city-dweller
may go to the Terrace, Central
Park" with Clifford Beal, or to
dance halls or merry-go-round
with Reginald Marsh. If the
mans home town is Paris there
are the music halls, with Tou-
louse-Lautrec, and the ballet,
with DegaS.
Canaletto painted the re-
gatta on Venice's Grand Canal.
Cruickshank painted the drink
ing picture, called worship Of
Bacchus, or the Drinking Gus
toms of Society; it shows sew
eral hundred people, all small
scale, bending the elbow.
ASSOCIATED PresB)
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Brilliant Picture
Of Early Pioneer
Dnys in America
Reviewed by Froneis P. Douglas
LIBERTY AND PROPERTY
BY r. v. Coleman. (Scribner'S;
$50

$5.)
Reviewed by Froneis P. Douglas
Here is a comprehensive ac-
count of the development of the
country and it's people in the
hundred years from 1864. Those
who came to these shores
sought not only liberty but
property as well. Mr.. Coleman
ably treats the interplay Of
forces represented by these
quests.
He does not confine himself
to the strip of country along
the Atlantic but also covers
the westward expansion of the
French, developments in the
Mississippi Valley and the
Southwest and even the en-
counters between French and
Spanish in the Valley of the
Missouri.
Here also are portrayed the
living conditions and customs of
the people. And even their cuss
words.
Mr.. Coleman is author of
THE First Frontier" His book
is well illustrated and, what is
more. supplied with numerous
useful maps, perhaps accounted
for by the fact he is managing
editor Of the ATLAS of Ameri-
can History" as well as of the
Dictionary of American His
tory" and the Album Of Ameri-
can History"
Evening star., 1951-09-02
Asiotic Reformers
Grist for Red Mil
RED STORM OVER ASIA
BY Robert Payne. (Macmil-
Ian; S5.J


BY Robert Payne. fMacmil-
Ian; S5.J
Reviewed by Belmont Fories
The prolific Mr.. Payne is not
objective about Asia, as he is
careful to point out. He is
prejudiced in favor of "the stu
dents, the peasants. and the
soldiers, who between them con-
stitute some 80 per cent of the
ASiatic population"
In his survey of the major
nations Of the Far East since the
end of the war, he finds COM
munism gaining because it is
making the most of the social
revolution that is sweeping Asia.
The West has lost the initiative
in the struggle for the mind of
Asia. he says, because it has
failed to offer on human and
social terms the advantages
promised by the Communists.
His plea is for a positive pro-
gram of aggressive American
leadership based on the needs
and hopes of the great masses
of ASia's people.
Evening star., 1951-09-02

The temperance of this
26-year-old novel, first issued in
this country in 1929, is still a
leading literary event. To read
it is to be reminded what good
fiction can be. AS a student of
the human heart, M. Mauriac
has few peers among contempo-
rary writer's; and he tells what
he knows in lucid. luminous
prose that proves again how few
words are needed to express true
wisdom.
THE Desert of Love" does not
have the spiritual message of
M. Mauriac's later novels, which
coincide with his own religious
experience. But it is a magnifi-
cent and moving account of
human beings in the grip of
passion. The subject matter
the love of a father and son for
the same woman-is potentially
sensational. Under M. Mauriac'S
meticulous, dispassionate han
ding, it becomes Illuminating
instead.
Woman of Mystery.
To the CourregeS. Maria
Cross is a woman of mystery,
infinitely desirable. For the
father, sanity doctor, mired
in a routine of research and
family gossip, she is a secret
oasis. To Courreges' 17-year-
old son. the grubby Raymond,
the towns notorious kept wom-
an is a prize Unexpectedly
brought within reach. Vainly
seeking to reach his son, Cour-
reyes never realizes that Maria
is the one bond between them.
Maria first sees Raymond on
the streetcar of their provincial
town. Under her warm glance
the grubby adolescent, whose
particular curse is to feel him
self the center Of a universal
derision," becomes proud, then
Evening star., 1951-09-02

Indexers, like most useful
people, are apt to be taken for
granted by the rest OF us.
People just expect them to do
a good job and never bother to
praise them. Even authors
don't always remember to thank
them.
An unsung handful in the
market place of bookmaking.
career indexers in this country
number a scant dozen. One of
them, who prefers not to be
anonymous. is now in Washing
ton. He is John Asking, a
professional indexer imported
from New York to beat path
through the great printed terri
tory of the Pace Committee
Report on Agriculture, a three
volume, 3,000-page affair. The
Job will take nine months.
Mr.. Asking is a native Of
Denver who cut his indexing
teeth on a 14-volume French
encyclopedia, a task which kept
him busy for two years. He did
Gen. Bradley's memoirs and
also Gen. Eisenhower's. An
animated, white-haired man, he
has no illusions about the value
other people put on his life's
work.
Classifying Fluid knowledge.
He realizes that among those
who don't know, it is a common
saying that "any fool can make
an index" To him, however. it
IS a high calling requiring the
classifying Of fluid knowledge"
and to quote another expert,
the painstaking perusal Of
petty detail, coupled with rapid
reading, concentration and
spontaneous comprehension"
The making of an index, it
turns out. requires something
more than a knowledge of the
alphabet and the ability to pick
another's work apart. A good
indexer always reads around his
subject before he goes to work.
Sometimes this preparatory
work is in vain if he doesn't get
specific information from his
publishers. For instance, Mr..
Asking contracted over the
telephone to do Ancestors
Brocades,s by Millicent Todd
Bingham. All he had to go on
was the author and title. Armed
with these facts, he went to the
library and boned up on
genealogy and textiles-inter-
esting, perhaps, but not too use
full when he discovered the book
was a biography of Emily Dick
inSon.
How He Goes About His Task.
Needless to say, the Pace Re
port, which covers every phase
of mans struggle to wrest food
from nature since the Depart
ment of Agriculture was founded
in 1862. presented no such diff
flculties. With the page proofs
in hand, he examined first the
Library of Congress subject en-
tries on agriculture, refreshed
himself on Minnie Sears List
of Subject Headings for Small
Libraries" studied the Agri-
cultural Index and the Bibli-
ography of Agriculture, and
browsed around in textbook in
dexes in the field of insects,
fertilizers and the like.
With this background, Mr..
Asking goes to work. He reads
each page carefully. underlining
each new subject discussed with
a colored pencil. The sub
entry is noted in the margin
with a pencil marking of an
other color. Then his assistant
goes through gathering up the
subjects to be discussed on
cards. noting the page num-
bers and filing them IN aipha-
betical order. The same thing
is done for names and places.
X X X Il
Naturalist Coils Washington
"A City in the Woods