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Stamp Design Contest t

A leaf1et carrying complete
details of the fourth annual
contest to select the 1854
Federal duck stamp" now is
available from the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Washington Is.
D. c.
This public contest is open to
all interested artists, amateur
and professional. Entries SUBJ
mitted in accordance with con-
test rules must reach the serv-
ices headquarters Office in
Washington on or before next
January IL.
The migratory bird hunting
stamp has become familiar to
waterfowl hunters and to philat-
elistS and conservationists since
the first issue went on sale in
1884. Every one over 16 years
OF age who hunts migratory
waterfowl is required to have
the stamp, about twice as big
as a special delivery stamp.
Each year the design is chosen
by a judging committee Of
waterfowl authorities. The win
ming artist will receive no direct
compensation.
There is a wide latitude in the
choice of medium. The subject
must be a true-to-life portrait
of of wild waterfowl. The birds
should be in position and plum
age "as the hunter sees them"
Paintings by Eugen Weisz are
being shown through tomorrow
at the Loudoun Community Col
lege, LeeSburg, Va.
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IFA Galleries

The IFA Galleries will open
a group exhibit of serigraphs
on September 8.
Meanwhile, the galleries
group exhibition Of portrait
painting by area artists contin-
ues through September Z. All
fairly representational, it in
cludes 13 works by eight we'll
known and proficient artists.
OF Bruno Beran, there are a
piquant self portrait, a realistic
and pretty painting of young
woman, and a very light and
rather impressionistic pastel
portrait of a woman. Mr.. Beran
presently is represented also in
the show at the Dupont Theater
gallery.
Edith McCartney's appealing
boy and dog in pastel is almost
Photographic. Another of her
works included is a charming
study Of a blond girl in blue.
Samuel Bookatz, known for
his semi-abstract and archi-
tectural style, contributes a very
solid and representational sepia
drawing. Recent works of Mr..
Bookatz, together with one Of
two Of his prize winners, are
on display through September
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News of Artists and Exhibitions
Increasing Interest in Serigrophy Is Shown in New
Exhibitions at Smithsonian and IFA Galleries

20 at the Flame Restaurant.
1929 Connecticut avenue NV.
The IFA exhibit includes
a quite Photographic oil por-
trait of a woman by Alberto
Duce, here from Spain on a
fellowship. Mr.. Duce produces
delicately modulated flesh tones,
while using his brush freely else
where in the portrait.
There is a Stylized self-por-
trait of Boris MescherSky, who
uses his oils in fiat planes.
Rather more interpretive than
the rest Of the portraits is one
of a young woman by Carl
Nyquist.
Lloyd Embry, who recently
painted Gen. Marshall, shows a
portrait of his wife, very ef-
fectively done in a free tech
nique. Mr.. Embry also has
on display a striking portrait
done from a photograph of a
man, his face flooded with light.
Marcella Comes contributes an
oil painting of a girl and a
miniature Of a boy which is
rich in quality and freely treated
despite its small size.
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Current Exhibitions

NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Consti-
iI.ss, SCULPTURES by masters. Gulben-
and European paintings, American
paintings from the permanent coll
IdNs lsStddSn; thTEngh, 2Ish,, the N,II summer ,,,,
nue. and Tenth street-American
sMITas9NlAN ao BSiipSs Sif EaS.ei5; Division o,
through September /. serigraphs by
Dorr Boutwell,, September 2 through
FRFER GALLERY. Twelfth street and
Jefferson drive s:W-oriental art,
paintings and prints by American
artists shGwng T oTifnts nuenee
1" and First M 'f; streets@Tenth ifS' annual annual
Pennell show, historic, campaign
posters. cartoons, etc. through Au-
TEXTILE MUsUEM, $500 street NV.
DuMBARTON OAKS collection. 1736
Thirty-second street N.W.-Early
SaE'ia sags hnosS sHs sgnaas iS cS:s Tass
CoRcokaS SHt1b ssS'en0ifE eGna0IifEE1RY OF ART. Seven
teenth street between. New York ave-
inss and sculpture. Clark collection.
Sculpture by Lilli Gettinger. through
September %; water colors by six
artist members. through September
s seph XsSs NssS Ct hruFS %ndsF sepssmssr Sss 0z 0
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, 1900
Twenty-flrst street-Paintinss. Group
Of washington painters, through sum-
ARTS CLUB, 2o17 I street-Annual
members, exhibition. through Sep
GroRGE .eResE u WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY, 2O2O G street NV
Paintings from the permanent collec-
PAN on AMERghN thTSTgh sepss%ossr 1pNIoN Seventeenth
street and Constitution. avenue-New
exhibition; Seven Cuban painters,
vaYTEs s6YFEEsh GsnsPS GsfGtsRSer if;s 15 Connection.
France and Switzerland. through
BARNETT. ADEN GALLERY, 1877 Ran
temporary % Americans. Mna1ros through S' sum. sDn
THI NEW GEORGETOWN GALLERY,
3224 Prospect ayenue-"The Circus"
MA GALLERIES, 262O Connecticut ave-
nut N.W.-Exhibition Of portrait
PLHYaoussE LGHaYifatHss tAhEEGpTG AET agkY SsPtsYRbeT
tsenth street N.W.--Paintings by four
DuPoNT THEATER GALLERY. 1882
by Washington art teachers, through
September 80
SILVER SPRiNG ART GALLERY, a21e
Flower avenue, Silver Spring-Group
exhibition. paintings and ceramics,
through September 18.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Constitution
avenue at Seventh street N.W.-His-
torical exhibits, through September.
WICK BYRON GALLERY, 1914 Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring-Paintings by
Marguerite Burgess and Milton Davis
through September 8.
TRUXTON DECATUR NAVAL MU.
scum, 1910 H street NW.-United
States submarines in action. through
September 2i.
HOWARD university, Sixth street
and Howard place-Selections from
the permanent collection, through
summer.
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still standard source books for
all students of the period.
Mr.. Olmstead is about to be
rescued from his current obscur-
ity by a Georgetown matron,
Laura Wood Roper (Mrs. w.
Crosby Roper), who is engaged
in research on the first biogra-
ply Of the man. The volumi-
nous Olmstead papers, housed
in the Library, have been put at
her disposal by Olmstead's son,
now a gentleman in his 80s.
Mrs. Roper came to her Curl
osity about Olmstead through
work on a biography for teen
ayers Of Walter Reed, who like
most personalities of Olmstead's
time knew and admired the
man. Olmstead served as Sec
retary of the Sanitary Commis-
sion (forerunner of the Red
Cross during the Civil War.
OlmStead was commissioned to
lay out the Capitol Grounds in
1874 after his design (made with
Calvert Vaux) had been accept
ed for Central Park.
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SeoNoy Square


BY Pearl Schiff. (Rinehart G.
Co.; $3.)
At the bottom of Beacon Hill
lies Scollay Square. a wilderness
Of bars, burlesque houses and
shooting galleries. where not so
proper Bostonians entertain
their guests. It is, as the author
notes. the stamping ground of
sailors on leave and girls in
tight black dresses. The time of
her story is the early postwar
period. but the pace has not
slowed a bit.
The point that Miss Schiff
wants to make about Scollay
Square is that it gets in your
blood. Beth Prentiss and Emily
Lazarro approach the square
from opposite sides of the city,
Beth from a Beacon Hill
mansion and Emily from a
North End tenement. They both
pick up sailors - introductions
are considered an affectation on
the square. Beth's is strictly of
the "love 'em and leave 'em
school," and Emily's the nice,
marrying kind. In neither case
does the course of true love run
smooth; and, in fact, Beth finds
out the hard way that it isn't
even true love. Both girls have
a crummy time and Miss
Schiff spares you none of the
details-before they get squared
away. You might say.
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By Horriet Griffiths

Examples of technical innova-
ton in the increasingly popular
medium Of serigraphy for fine
art may be seen in the exhibit
to open Tuesday in the Division
of Graphic Arts Of the Smith
sonian Institution.
The exhibit, which continues
through September %. is COM
posed Of Is serigraphs by Dorr
Boutwell,, a Californian. She is
recognized for her experimental
work in this field of silk screen
stencil printing.
Her work shows a high degree
of versatility and she produces
graduated tones that belle the
cut-out look of most stencil
work. The colors seem rather
to merge softly into one an
other.
She puts intricate lacy pat
terms in Comment on Fashion"
and the valentinelike heart in
closure of Memory Machine"
Both of these were executed in
1947. The artist becomes in
creaSingly abstract in her ex-
preston as encompassed in the
current exhibit. the earliest
examples, 1.-TWO Corbies" and
Camping by the Shore" done
in 1914, being the most repre-
Sensational.
Troined in Oregon
Miss Boutwell, was trained at
the University of Oregon, the
Rudolph Schaeffer School of
Design and the California
School of Fine Arts. She started
working in serigraphy in 1910.
after achieving recognition as
a painter and textile designer.
She was awarded the Abra-
ham Rosenberg Travelling Fel-
lowship for study abroad in 1949.
Among organizations which
have given her prizes and
awards are the San Diego Art
Guild, the Brooklyn Museum
and the National Serigraph So
ciety. It is through the courtesy
of the latter society that the
current exhibit is being pre-
Sented.
Her serigraphs are in the
permanent collections of the
Crocker Gallery, the Museum Of
Modern Art, the American Asso-
citation of University Women,
the Brooklyn Museum and other
institutions.
Recently. Miss Boutwell, was
appointed to the staff of the
Parsons School of Design in New
York City.
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The Letters of Theodore RooseveIt-VoIs V and VI
Edited by Elng E. Morrison. University Press t,oo
Uolumes, $2OJ
Reviewed by Froncis Douoos

II do not believe any one else
has ever enjoyed the White
House as we have enjoyed it,"
Roosevelt wrote in June, 1908.
Later on, he wrote to his son
Kermit, who was away at school:
II have had a great run for my
money. and I should have liked
to have stayed in as President
If I had felt it was right for me
to do so."
These two volumes cover the
period from September, 1905, to
the end of Roosevelt's term Of
office in March, 1909. They are
the fifth and sixth to be pub
lished, and are to be followed by
two more.
The letters make quite clear
that the presidency was not the
crushing burden it later was to
become. The White House was
not the prison Mr.. Truman
later found it. Secret Service
surveillance was nowise as strict,
although the memory Of McKin-
ley's assassination was still clear.
Roosevelt wrote of walking to
church with Sloan, a Secret
Service man, trailing him at Is
feet.
Power of Office
Roosevelt enjoyed the power
the Office gave him, and believed
in a powerful Executive. II have
used every ounce of power there
was in the Office" he wrote
Sir George Trevelyan, land I did
not care rap for the criticisms
of those who spoke of my 'usur-
patton Of power ., / believe
that the efficiency of this Gov
ernment depends upon its pos
sesSing a strong central execu-
tive, and whenever I could estab-
lish a precedent for strength in
the Executive I felt I
was establishing precedent Of
value"
Earlier he had written that If
1t became necessary to intervene
in Cuba he would not dream of
asking the permission of Con-
gress. And his final legacy Of
advice to Taft was never to di-
vide the feet between the two
oceans even If it meant diSre-
garding directions Of Congress.
Congress usually adjourned in
June in those days. That made
1t possible for the President to
spend long summers at Oyster
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Bay. In 1907, for example. he
left Washington June IL and
did not return from his Long
Island home until September Is.
He transacted business while
there, of course.
Even when he wrote Of hav-
ing rough and tumble fights"
with Congress he had time for
reading. for writing prodigious
number of letters. for looking
into the labelling of blended
whisky and raising the question
whether Army examinations for
its chaplains were too difficult.
II cannot imagine any neces-
sity for a chaplain to know any,
thing whatever about mathe-
maticS," he wrote.
He had time for scramble"
walks along Rock Greek, some
times with unsuspecting guests.
In good weather he and Mrs.
Roosevelt breakfasted and
lunched on the south portico
and then strolled around the
grounds. They dined on the
west terrace. Frequently he and
Mrs. Roosevelt went horseback
riding in the afternoon or he
played tennis.
Had Mony Interests
AS his period in Office was
drawing to a close he had time
to plan his game-hunting trip
to Africa, practice rifle shoot
ing at a target in the attic,
write articles for the outlook
magazine to be published in
his absence. and write lectures
to be given about a year later
at Oxford, the Sorbonne and
Berlin University. And at the
same time he was "in the thick
of the fight as usual" with Con-
greSS.
It was a time when the
United States, under Roosevelt's
leadership, was taking a more
important role in world affairs.
There was speculation on the
possibility of war with Japan.
Roosevelt's answer was to build
up the Navy.
In the foreword to these vol
umes Prof. Morrison notes signs
that. in the Judgment Of his
tory, the stature Of Roosevelt Is
diminishing. But that does not
prevent the editor from carry
ing on his work with the same
high standard Of scholarship
the earlier volumes showed.
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The Mccarthy Record

So far in the campaign, the
Democrats have been more &C
tive in promoting books than the
Republicans. Publishers hearts
leaped up when at the Demo-
cratic convention Gov. Dever
brandished Gov. Dewey's "Jour-
ney to the Far Pacific" dur
ing his keynote speech. He
gave it an unfavorable review,
but he pronounced the name
right, which is the important
thing.
More recently, Gov. Steven
: son recommended some read
ing matter to his followers,
specifically his friends in Wis
consin. That was '"The Nc
Carthy Record" by the Wis
consin Citizens Committee on
McCarthy's Record.
An examination Of the book
shows that it is an extremely
professional and readable Job,
presented in q Readers Digest
formal. It Is printed In two
columns, has photostats of the
Congressional Record and other
pertinent documents and pen
and-ink sketches of some of
those who have taken issue with
the Senator. Throughout are
sprinkled quotes from editorials
in secular and religious papers
which condemn McCarthy's
methods.
One Of the most interesting
illustrations is a photostat of a
Wisconsin primary ballot of
1896, which shows the Senator
running for district attorney
on the Democratic ticket.
Evening star., 1952-08-31
Woodstock Show

The Muhlenburg Post of the
American Legion is sponsoring
an art show october 3, 4 and S
in conjunction with the bicen-
tennial celebration of the found
ing of Woodstock, Va. Artists
exhibiting are John H. Copp of
Strasburg and Robert MaphiS
Wick of Woodstock.
Mr.. Copp studied at the Cor
coran School of Art. His work is
largely still life and landscapes.
Mr.. Wick will exhibit drawings
and oils of scenes of local in
terest and connected with the
early history of the country.
The show will be in the Legion
Hall on Main street in Wood
stock.
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Ellen Cupo Conner

The first one-Woman show Of
Ellen Capo Conner, composed
of Is paintings in oil, water
color and tempera, continues
through September at the
Shirlington Gallery of Art in
the Shirlington Cooperative
Department Store.
A graduate in fine arts of
George Washington University,
Mrs. Conner is continuing her
art education at the Corcoran
School of Art under Eugen
WeiSz. She also studied under
Mr.. Weisz at George Washing
ton.
For the last five years, she
has engaged in architectural
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the boat. The greater battle is
to come. The old man, mean
while, is unwavering in his cour-
age. but. utterly exhausted, his
hands torn in his struggle with
the giant fish, his back aching
from the weight Of the heavy
line. But surrender is a word
he never seems to have heard of.
"The Old Man and the Sea" is
a very short novel. Every word
is important, as in a lyric, and
not one seems unnecessary or re-
placeable. Only a master of mar
rative could have maintained
mood and action without false
touch. Hemingway has written
many more intricate books.
Think of For Whom the Bell
Tolls" He has done nothing
that was better written than
"The Old Man and the Sea-"
Here Is q New Hemingway
I'm curious to see what the
anti-Hemingway clique will say
about the new book. Some
critics, in assailing his last
novel, Across the River and
Under the Trees" said it
was obvious Hemingway was
through. Why didn't he rest
on the reputation of "a Fare
we'll to Arms" and "The Sun
Also Rises? They were so
fascinated by the frankly pic
tured love affair in Across the
River" that they didn't even
see the main point, the poign-
ant story of O. soldier living his
last days. It is interesting to
observe that sex is not mem
toned in "The Old Man and
the Sea-" There is not even
any profanity, unless you count
the old mans appeals to the
Deity, which are more prayers
L1au 1MpTecaC1OIlS.
Those who regard Heming-
way as a hard-boiled realiSt
who won renown out Of tough
characters who Swore fluently
and talked from the side Of
their mouths are in for a shock
when they read the quiet tale
of the old man. They'll find a
side of the novelist they never
guessed. There are those who
insist on reading symbolism into
any story, especially one that
is easy to understand and un-
complicated. I suppose they'll
have the big fish life's handi-
caps and difficulties and the
sharks fate or perhaps death.
Let it mean for you what it
may, it remains a masterpiece
of it's kind.
THE Old Man and the Sea"
was published at the week end
in single issue of Life Maga-
zine. It will be put out in book
form by Scribner's on Septem-
ber 8.
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The Jungle and the
Damned

BY Hassoldt Davis. (DueH,
Sloan G. Pearce-Little, Brown;;
$4.5O.J
Mr.. Davis writes of his ad-
ventures which occur during an
exploration through French
Guiana. The beginning of the
narrative contains interesting
accounts of Devils Island and
other penal islands off Cayenne.
The author, with his wife and
native guides, begin their
travels through precarious
French Guiana territory. The
experiences that confront the
group make Informative read
ing, particularly the anecdotes
which stem from the customs of
the Indians.
The book is worth an eve
ning's time. Photographs are
included to further enlighten
the laymen and the weird de-
Scriptions and tales told of
Devils Island bring to the
present that terrifying past in
which so many criminals had
to nve.-CYNTHIA MEDLEY.
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OImsteud Letters

II the Congressman who sit
out on the porches Of the Capt.
tol in fine weather are edited by
the noble slope and fine sylvan
scenery that lies before them, it
is precisely what the architect
Of the grounds, Frederic Law
Olmstead, had in mind.
MIR. Olmstead, q park planner
and landscape architect from
Connecticut. had very definite
views as to what grass and trees
can do for people. He thought
their proper Arrangement
should increase health, happi-
ness and the moral well-being.
A high-minded Yankee of the
versatile and tireless type that
the 10th century produced, Mr..
OlmStead cut a considerable
figure in his day not just as a
park planner, but as an author
and welfare worker.
His remarkably acute studies
OF the pre-Civil War South, "A
Journey in the Seaboard Slave
States" "A Journey Through
Texas" and "A Journey in the
Back Country" were devoured
by his contemporaries and are
Evening star., 1952-08-31
Woshington's Manners

Our first President took seri-
ously the matter of being a
gentleman. Every one knows
how his concern paid off, for
George Washington was con-
sidered the first gentleman Of
his day and a model for all who
came after.
At the age Of Is, he began
the work of molding himself in
the proper form. His guide was
a book found at Mount Vernon,
youths Behavior. or Decency
in Conversation Amongst Men,"
by an English author, Francis
Hawkins. He wrote out in his
copybook in his neat hand
writing ITO "Don'ts" which con-
stituted his idea of the proper
thing. "
These precepts have now been
reproduced in a handsome little
volume in beautiful goosequill
calligraphy by Robert Gillian
Scott and illustrated with pen
and-ink drawings by Leo S.
StoutSenberger, a native and
former resident of Washington.
George Washington's Rules Of
Civility" has been published by
Lewis Glaser, Box 1913, New
Haven, Conn.
Some of the admonitions have
an antique flavor, for instance:
Spit not in the fire-especially
If there be meat before it,"
On the other hand, many
others could be reinforced in
contemporary society with great
gain to all. Especially do they
seem adapted to life in WASH
ington.
This particularly might be re-
vivifled in official circles: BE
not hasty to believe flying re-
ports to the disparagement of
any," "Be not apt to relate
news If you know not the truth
thereof" might make a nicely
framed maxim for Senator Nc
Carthy'S wall.
A gentle reminder for the
cocktail set: Let your CONVEX
sation be without malice or
envy, for it's a sign of a tracta-
BILE and commendable nature"
And another that cannot be
repeated too often in view of
the unfortunate disclosures of
careleSsness in the handling of
public responsibilities: Labor to
keep alive in your breast that
little spark of celestial fire
called conscience"
Evening star., 1952-08-31
Books in Review
Hemingway Has Done His Finest
Writing in This Simple Fable
The Old Man and the Sea
BY Ernest Hemingway IScribners; $3J
Reviewed by Corter Brooke Jones
The Old Man and the Sea

This simple fable opens on
scenes that touch the heart as
surely as those magic easements
that looked out for us long ago
on perilous seas in fairy lands
forlorn.
Indeed, Hemingway has shaped
his little story with the flawless
expression that Keats found in
a different way for his lode to
a Nightingale" and Conrad in
his own way put into the prose
Of youth"
There is no Self-conSciouS
striving for lyricism in 1.-THE Old
Man and the Sea-" The phNlses
are as lean and primitive as the
thoughts of a man who has had
little education and has never
tried to think deeply. And yet,
the effect is the unostentatious
beauty Of a landscape by one Of
the older masters or a theme by
Schubert. The story is elemental
in its simplicity. and yet as COM
plex in its implications, if you
want to ponder it. as life itself.
Only Two Characters
There are only two charac-
ter-the old man, a Cuban fish
erman, and the boy who loves
him. Others are only mentioned,
and very little at that. The old
Cuban has been a great fisher
man in his day, but his day is
ending. He is old and his great
strength is waning. But still he
goes far into the Caribbean Gulf
stream to fish. It is all he knows.
The other fishermen and the
nearby tavern keeper are not un-
kind to him. But the only per-
son who really cares about him
is the boy. The old man is not
related to him. but the boy has
been fishing with him often and
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boy sees somehow that the old
man never wants for coffee and
o bite to eat.
But there comes a time when
the boys parents forbid him to
go out in the old mans boat. Not
that they have anything against
the old man, but he never seems
to catch much any more and the
boy should go out with younger
and more successful fishermen,
they point out. You must obey
your parents, the old man says
sadly, and goes out alone.
Miles from shore. beyond the
sight Of it, he hooks a colossal
swordf1Sh and Is involved in an
epic fight with it that lasts for
days. Finally. when he wears it
out and kills it. and laShes it to
the side of the boat-it is far too
big to take inside-and starts
homeward in triumph. there is a
fresh menace. Sharks begin to
follow him for the feast tied to