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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

This new volume gives for the
first time the complete poems
and plays of T. S. Eliot, one of
the few giants in modern writ
ing. The achievement is great.
It has often been said that Mr..
Eliot's influence has been
greater than his production.
This is true: but it is so be-
cause his influence has been so
tremendously widespread rather
than because his output has
been meager.
There are only a few more
than 60 poems in all but their
range is so wide and their depth
so profound that they say much.
From the opening words, in
Prufrock. the reader knows that
he is in the presence of an
original mind:
Let US 90 then, you and I,
When the evening is spread
out against the sky
Like a patient etherised upon
q table
Read continuously, there is
an almost numbing sense of in
tensity in these pioneering
poems. From the earlier satiric
verse through the middle
achievement of the Waste Land
with it's cadences and flashes
of the noble and the trivial, the
elegant and the burlesque, to
the final sweep of the Quartets,
there's meaning and revealment.
That there's been nothing like
1t in our time is a truism.
Mr.. Eliot has indeed spoken
in the freshest accent in goth
century poetry. He is some
times obscure and his innumer-
able illusions may often seem
pedantic but how many of his
phrases illuminate our modern
landscape which may not yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

Newman. a business failure but
irreparable optimist, ana his
valiant mother gave their first
son an emotional security that
stood him in good stead during
his later trials in finding q
faith. Throughout his lifetime,
though withdrawn, Newman ex-
hibited exemplary loyalty and
devotion to his family.
Mr.. O'Faolain's account of
Newman's conversion to Cathol-
icism is not quite so successful.
His achievement is that he has
shown the lofty intellectual,
tortured by doubts, heroically
coping with practical family
problems. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Newmon's Woy
DeDin- Adair; S4.5O.)
BY Sean O'Faolain.

The distinguished Irish novel;
list and gadf1y has here studied
the family circle of Cardinal
Newman. On his fathers side,
NeWman's ancestry included a
humble shopkeeper, not much
stressed in previous biographies.
One of six widely diversified
children, Newman had the hap
piest of childhoods. His doc
trinal differences with his
brother Frank and his diff
culties with his eccentric brother
Charles did not arise until New
man was an oxford don.
With scarcely a trace Of his
usual sardonic note, Mr.. O'Fao-
lain limns the interplay of per-
sonalities in the clan. The elder
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
By Florence S. Berrymon


with the German Army during
World War I. later participated
in the rise of the German ex-
pressionist movement. The cur
rent show extends back to that
period leg. Prayer Meeting"
1920. In recent years, he has
lived in Israel, and is director
of the graphic arts department
of the Bezalel Art School.
Jerusalem.
Jacob Kainen. curator of the
Division OF Graphic Arts, says
"Mr. Steinhardt's subjects are
drawn from the Old Testament.
from medieval bestiaries. and
from the experiences of the
Jewish people. 1t is a somber,
tragic art, except for the fan
tastic subjects which are allied
with the approximate mammals
of medieval manuscripts and
early Renaissance books. These
color woodcuts, representing his
latest work. are brighter in col
or and more decorative in treat
ment but are nevertheless
charged with an ominous quail
. ity." Zone is illustrated above.)
The artists procedure is I'M
orthodox, a method occasionally
used by some of the German
expressionists. Instead of print
ing in color from several blocks.
he paints with tempera colors
directly on the paper, then
prints his one key block over
this colored ground.
Besides the fantastic and
grotesque subjects, with swirling
patterns, there are interpreta-
tions of Jewish life and types,
and depictions of old sections of
Jerusalem, with it's ancient
houses and narrow lanes. Sew
eral Biblical themes such as
''Hagar" and Jonah" are pow
erfully imagined. and there is
a sensitive portrait of DR.. Chain
Weizman. Mr.. Steinhardt gets
a Jewish racial quality into his
work that is not often seen,
except in the works of such
artists as Max Weber and Marc
Chagall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
The Fon and His Hundred Wives
BY Rebecca Reyher. doubleday; $685.
Reviewed hv Mary McGrnrv

This is a kind Of Kinsey re-
port on an African chieftain, said
to be married to q hundred
wives. Rebecca Reyher, a Wash
tngton native, journeyed to his
compound high in the British
Cameroons in Nigeria, and while
she never counted his wives, did
quiz them very searchingly
about their private lives.
The Fon's polygamy was
brought to the attention of the
Western world by a Catholic
sister, who was shocked and
disguised by the marriage prac-
tees that took mere children out
Of her classroom and plunged
them into the intrigue and ter
ror Of multiple marriage. A duly
appointed Human Rights Com
mission Of the u. N. made tour
of inspection, read with salts
faction q petition signed by 80
wives attesting to their content
ment with the status quo and
washed their hands of the mat
ter.
Unconvinced by the q. MS
comfortable conclusions, Miss
Reyher went to see for herself.
The Fon she discovered to be
an impotent drunkard who be-
came very amiable when she
painted his fingernails. He even
offered to marry her. The wives,
despite some direct and even
embarrassing questions, gave
her little information. Fifty
four Mrs. Fons had departed
the compound when the British
district officer announced they
could leave at will.
Deprived of motherhood,
which for them is a synonym
for love. many of the Fon's
! queens Che lived in an atmos-
where of Gilbert and Sullivan
; royalty had sought lovers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

among other men. They worked
hard on the Fon's farm, and, as
is inevitable among many wom-
en- all vying for the attention Of
the same man, quarreled fierce
ly. Miss Reyher found out more
about the cruelty of the older
wives to the young favorites
when she tracked down two
runaways.
Miss Reyher's report is writ
ten at the popular-science level,
and is pieced out with accounts
of meetings with British officials
who turned a blind eye to the
situation and missionaries who
were trying to rectify 1t through
revision of certain marital Gus
toms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
AppIiseope Paintings

Frances Tinney Moran is hav-
ing a solo exhibition of "ap-
pliscape" paintings through next
Saturday at the Shirlington CAL
lery. sponsored by the Custom
ers' Advisory Council of the
Shirlington Cooperative De-
partment Store. Arlington. The
Washington Star Pictorial Mag
azine carried an article about
these paintings in September.
1851.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

banker. Carlton said. the bank
couldn't approve a loan, out he
personally believed in Solo Soda
and would advance $4,000 out of
his pocket. With that start,
Pop went on to become, in the
course of years, a millionaire.
He bought other Solo bottling
plants and was a magnate in
the field. A son, then a daugE-
ter came along. and Bertha
tried hard to implant in Pop
what she considered culture. He
was receptive. but he could
never entirely shake his old
manners or lose his refreshing
talent for mauling the English
language.
Selfish and Grosping
Unfortunately, as he got rich
er. Pop got more grasping. While
he would fling money away in
meaningless extravagances, he
would squeeze out old friends
who had helped him when he
had nothing, even Carlton, who
gave him his start. All this he
realized in later years when it
was too late to undo anything.
He had been lucky, but he per-
suaded himself, as his bootlick-
ing chief aide was always telling
him, that he had succeeded
because he was a great man.
AS he became the leading citi-
zen of his region, the inner
hollowness Of his character was
increasingly apparent.
The story moves with an easy
flow. It's almost as if somebody
were telling it in a country
store around the traditional
cracker barrel. There is plenty
of rowdy humor. I commend the
account of the amateur variety
show, one Of the funniest I've
read IN years. Sharp editing
would have helped the manu-
script. There are too many
long-winded conversations and
unrestrained descriptions. But
let's be grateful for the book
as it is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Attenuation
BY John Diebold.
wan NoStrdnd;: 49,

The process that Mr.. Diebold
calls automation is the spread
Of the automatic factory. The
machines that turned out pro-
ducts now have been supple
mented by automatic account
ing devices which have reached
almost incredible proportions.
II he can afford to buy the
latest computing machine, the
manufacturer can obtain auto
matically a complete report of
cost, production and profit. The
gradual mechanization of
plants naturally will result in
fewer employees. Mr.. Diebold
discusses the possible economic
and sociological results of this
trend. Where" he asks. "does
the responsibility lie for training
workers whose skills have been
surpassed by machines? Will
labor unions demand more gov
eminent control of business and
a more important role in poll
tics as automatlon progresses?
What changes will occur in our
cities as industry moves to less
populated areas?" A highly in
formative book. &C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
News of Artists and Exhibitions
international Holiday New Show Now on Display
At ObeIsk Gallery, Draws Enthusiastic Crowds

The Obelisk Gallery. which
had it's inaugural opening Oc-
tober 20, presented its second
exhibition on December 8.
week earlier than planned. This
was due to the happy circum-
stance that the gallery sold
more than 80 paintings from its
first show. and had an attend
ance of about 800 in its first
five weeks of existence. Located
at 3241 P street. it IS open
Tuesday through Saturday from
II to 6. Sunday from 3 to 6.
The current show, to remain
through January, is entitled
international Holiday" to en-
brace a variety of subjects by
Italian, French, German.
Dutch, Lithuanian and Amer
lean artists, including two
Washington ians, Richard
Dempsey and William Walton.
Among the best paintings in
the show are two architectural
scenes by Carlo Canevari, a
young Italian whose popularity
in his own country is based on
such meticulous]y executed Ro-
man themes.
Italian Landscapes
Quite different in their misty,
dissolving outlines are two
landscapes by Carlo Quaglia.
another young Italian, and the
simplified landscapes by Franco
de Vito, a self-taught painter
who also teaches art in an
academy in Rome.
lie de la Cite" by Olivier
Foss, is a dramatic interpreta-
ton of the heart of Paris by a
gifted French painter.
Variety is present, too. in the
handling of figure and genre
themes. BY Costanza Mennyey.
who was represented in the
Obelisk's opening show, are
three new paintings, most in
teresting being 1.-THE Nativity"
a secular Interpretation, repre-
senting the curiosity of an
Italian peasant group in a new
born babe.
Two figure paintings by Vyau-
tas Kasiulis. a Lithuanian now
working in Paris. are chic in
their slender forms and spotty
application of paint. their gen.
eral appearance suggesting they
would be we'll adapted to con-
temporary advertising illustra-
ton.
In addition to the exhibition
of paintings, there is on view a
collection of original Autographs
and etchings by 18th century
French masters and the con-
temporary school of Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
The Juniper Tree
By Faith Baldwin.

(Rinehart G. Co., Inc; 49,
This recent addition to Miss
Baldwin's vast collection is a
story of q mans grief over
the death of his teen-age son.
His wife, his work, his drinking
fail to help him overcome his
sorrow. However, near the end
of the book when it's time for
something to happen, a young
girl enters and leads him back
in the right direction.
Miss Baldwin'S stories con-
centrate on the human interest
element. This novel is of the
same category. 1t is not a great
book, nor did she, in all proba-
bility intend for it to be so.
However. she still seems to
maintain much popularity, but
then so do soap operas. At any
rate, one is read while the other
is heard. That seems to con-
stitute the only difference.
CYNTHIA MEDLEY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Combat Artist

Many people assume that the
combat artist was a develop
ment of World War II, even
though they are acquainted
with John Trumbull's paint
ings of the Revolutionary War,
Winslow Homer's of the Civil
War. and quite number Of
World War I. But the exhibit
tons of paintings. drawings and
other works done by artists in
the services beginning 10 years
ago, are fresh in our memories,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Books in Review
A Rowdy Story Of Sudden Wealth
And Its Effect on One Family
Big Beverage
BY William T. Campbell. (Tupper G. Love; $685.
Reviewed BY Corter Brooke Jones
Big Beverage

Mr.. Campbell'S first novel is
q rolhcking saga of small
time soda-pop bother in a
Southern town who rode to
dazzling success on the popu-
larity of new brand of soft
drink.
The book is overwritten,
blown up to 429 pages. And the
author has his literary faults,
such as awkward sentences and
overweight figures of speech.
But he has something a lot of
writer's with a surer professional
touch never do achieve. He has
created in Lonnie Pop) Butts
a character you're likely to re-
member long after you've for
gotten the pale figures that
fit across the pages of many
more polished novels. Mr..
Campbell has, too, scattered
through his novel a number of
other men and women quite as
plausible and, within their
scope, as memorable.
He has another virtue not a
few highly praised novelists
lack. He can hold your inter-
est-at least he held mine
even when he is going into great
detail. He has a story to tell
he never forgets that. He writes
with gusty sweep that some
how carries you along with him.
Soft Drink Empire
Hardly any one could fail to
guess what soft drink inspired
the story, though the author
calls 1t Solo Soda. It may be left
to those who live in the deep
South to ponder how much
truth he has woven into his
fiction concerning the city he
names Atlas. Probably he has
changed things around enough
for no one to be too offended.
Lonnie Butts started his ca
reer as a train butcher. He
branched into the small bottling
business in Atlas around the
turn of the century. He was a
strong, rather handsome, deter
mined young man, but he was
called Pop" because he sold
pop. When two strangers cor
nered him one day and wanted
HIM to take a 30-year franchise
in the territory for a new bot
ting strip called Solo Soda, he
was dubious. Finally he was
persuaded. Solo Soda caught
on quickly, as 1t was doing
everywhere.
Pop Butts is no young fellow
out of Horatio Alger. He has a
certain capacity for making
friends and for getting along.
but he also is ignorant and
vulgar. with a cold, selfish
streak hidden In him. He is a
man you can like at times, but
hardly admire.
Culture Come Hord
Pop married a girl who had
been exposed to college a short
time and was dripping with
small quantities Of learning and
fragments of culture. While
they lived precariously in i'm
provised rooms over the little
bottling plant, Bertha played a
piano he had bought on time,
composing music that sounded
strangely like Chopin's.
They were at the end Of the
tether, facing bankruptcy, when
he went to see Carlton. the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Woodcuts From Israel

An unusually impressive exhi-
bition of woodcuts by Jakob
Steinhardt is on view in the
Division of Graphic Arts Print
Gallery. Smithsonian Building,
through January IL. Twenty
two large prints, many in colors,
reveal the range Of the artists
talent.
Born in Prussia in 1887, he
began his career In 1907 with
Lows Corinth and Hermann
Struck in Berlin, went on to
Paris in 1909 and studied with
Steinlen and Matisse. He served
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Element of Risk
BY Mark Derby. Viking; 49,
Reviewed by Frank SortweII, Jr

"A novel Of danger and in
trigue" says the dust jacket. A
rather intriguing novel Of spies,
their works and pomps, says this
reviewer.
John Wrax. successful West
End actor, is. stricken by inability
to memorize. a vile death for any
thespian. Overwork and an in
constant woman have brought
him to this pass. So of he goes
for weeks rest in the country.
Ensconced in a quiet cottage,
he promptly falls for the local
woman of mystery-a drunkard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

popularity believed to have slain
her spouse. While trying to clear
up the lady's habits and reputa-
ton, John runs afoul of the
Communist spy machinery. and,
OF course. England's anti-spy
spies. Both are agin him.
People start shooting at him in
public places. His search takes
him to nasty affairs in Brussels
and sticky pass in the bowels
of a French coal mine. In the
face of death his memory re-
turns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

zone OF the te1D giants In
modern Writing."
know entirely where the terrible
light comes from. Such as the
often quoted:
This is the UGy the Uorld
ends.
This is the Day the tUorld
ends,
This is the Wdy the World
ends,
Not With a bang but a
1Ohimper.
Mr.. Eliot has had consider
able success as a playwright and
this book includes Murder in
the Cathedral. 1.-The Family Re-
union" and The Cocktail Party"
They are good plays. They might
conceivably have been written
by some one else. But not the
poems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

Crisps radio prize and is en-
titled to one week of luxury.
Then Joe's and Rawlins'
troubles begin. Rawlins is
warned by the unsuccessful
poets. novelists and artists who
write copy to get out of adj
vertising, that their jobs are
not what they seem. II pre-
fer" the young man observes,
"a job that looks comfortable
and isn't to one that doesn't
look comfortable and isn't"
It's hard to sustain humor for
$50 pages, but the author makes
a valiant effort and succeeds
part of the time. r. Taylor's
% illustrations help.
&C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Half a Dollar Is Better Than None
BY Nicholas Di Minno. (Doubledau: So

1t says on the front cover
of this book, under the title,
"A Funny Novel" That's a
brash claim these days, and yet
it is funny-within moderation.
It's another satire on the bat
tered advertising business-or
Professionalism is it? This
one deals with an advertising
agency whose chief account is
the fabricator of a cereal called
CriSps. The hero is young
man named Rawlins who goes
to work as an Office boy for the
agency, hoping to become an
executive. In the course of
time he is entrusted with pilot
ing one Joe Rovino, a stone
mason. who has won the weekly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Artists Hundwritino'

Trends in American Draw.
ing" an exhibition of more than
so, assembled by James v. Her.
ring, head of the art depart
ment at Howard University, has
been on view there for some
weeks. Three more days re-
main to view this admirable
show, comprising loans from the
Corcoran Gallery of Art. the
Smithsonian Institution and the
Kraushaar Galleries of New
York City, along with items from
Towards permanent collection.
The catalogue has an informa-
tive foreword by David A. Will
kie, professor of art history,
which is actually a little critique
of the show. and something to
keep. for although he describes
specific drawings, his comments
have a wider application.
The drawings range over q
century and a half, beginning
chronologically with 18th CEN
tury West and Copley. early 10th
century Cole, Neagle, Church;
those whose careers spanned the
late 10th and early Goth. Ellis
hemius, Sargent, Tanner, Pen
nell. Glackens, and a little later,
Luks, Sloan and Pascin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

hence we think Of them when
we think of combat artists.
Charles johnson Post, q SOL
dier artist of our war with
Spain, made sketches ION the
spot" of the Santiago campaign
Of 1898, in two sketch books.
From these and his own vivid
memories of that famous Mill
tary action, he has painted dur
ing the past half century. a long
series of detailed. naturalistic
records. More than so of them
are on view in the foyer of the
Natural History Building. Ma
tional Museum, through January
4, under sponsorship of the chief
OF military history, Department
of the Army.
An illustrated catalogue Is
available. through the courtesy
of William Francis Gibbs, naval
architect of New York City,
which not only lists the paint
ings with brief notes on many
Of them but also has a FORE
word on the value of such real
istic visual documents as these.
and a biography of Mr.. Post,
who has had an eventful life.
Before the Maine blew up
in Havana Harbor. Mr.. Post had
studied under several outstand-
ing artists of the period, and had
worked on several important
newspapers. He enlisted in the
list Infantry Regiment, N. Y. ",
and served in the Santiago cam
palgn. He has had an inter-
esting and varied career since
then. His daughter Phyllis has
inherited his talent, is now
painting portraits of executives
OF the United Nations. Her por-
trait of her distinguished father
is in the current exhibition.
Evening star., 1952-08-13
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Evening star., 1952-01-31
Theuter Unit
|MeetinqSet

The Advisory Council Of the
Children's Theater Of Washington
will meet at a 1890 luncheon
February 8 at 1884 ] street NV.
to discuss plans for presentation
Of the premiere of the play
Simon Big Ears"
Plans now are to present the
play-written by Aurand Harris
especially to mark International
Theater Month-February 40 and
March ! at the Roosevelt High
School auditorium. It will be
produced by Mrs. Rose Robinson
Cowen and directed by her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Evelyn Cowen Resnick,
using q cast Of 20 children.
Originally the Children's The
ater play for February had been
announced as Cradle OF Glory
but this production has been can
celled In favor Of Simon Big
Ears"
The Advisory Council for the
Children's Theater Is headed by
Mrs. Cowen and Mrs. Seymour
JeseIsohn is vice chairman. Mem
bers include Mr.. Donald Baruch
Mr.. Glenn o. Blough, Mrs. Ben
nett Champ Clark. Mrs. John
Couture, MRS. p. c. Elicit, Mr.
Frank La Falce, Mrs. E. G. Mag.
|deburger. Mrs. John r. Murdock
Mrs. Newbold Noyes. jr., Mrs. Lee
Raywid, Miss Bess Davis Schrein.
Ter and Mrs. Lorton Sims.
Evening star., 1952-01-31
|Sub-Ghoirnaen
Named for
Llnd Drive
- -. -, 80 ~

sub-chairmen Of the reslden.
ltial and suburban areas for the
National symphony orchestra's
lcurrent sustaining fund drive
have been appointed. General
lchairmen Is Mrs. Alan Valeutine
land Mrs. Tracy Barnes b vice
lchairman.
| Mr.. Eugene Barnwell win head
1.-THE drive IN Alexandria: Mrs.
winthrop q. Brown In Fairfax:
mrs. s. &. Eaton In Arlington and
mrs. Joseph Matthews In Falls
lChurch.
| Maryland's Montgomery Coun-
lty Is being canvassed by MFR. Har-
Iold Prizes. Mrs. George Q. Spen-
lCer, Mrs. John joss, Mrs. Freder-
lick Cullen. Mrs. Stedman Pres.
lcott, jr., Mrs. E. Brooke Lee. jr.
land Mr.. Harrison T. Meserole
working In Prince Georges Coun-
lty are Mrs. George Durham. jr.
MRS. Arthur Turner and Mrs
ICharles Kirtley.
Chairmen In the residential
lareas Of Washington are Mrs. Ev-
lerett Corey, Mrs. w. Tapley Ben
lnett, jr.. Mrs. Philip Amrana. Mrs
lGordon Loud, Mrs. Irwin Geiger
mrs. w. John Kenney, Mrs. John
ferguson and Mrs. q. A. Nuerm-
IhergeT.