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traordinarily equipped with la
bor-saving devices and ma
chimes. What MIR. Jefferson did
not himself invent he i'm
proved. His mold board for. q
plow still is used.
He foresaw that the balloons
Of his day would eventually be
propelled and guided and sug-
gested a screw propellor-blimps
use them. He had seen one,
working against the air in this
case, propel a boat across the
Seine and suggested it might
be better applied in the water.
He advocated a "mothball"
fleet and designed a drydock
where vessels might be kept.
He was interested in subma-
rines and correctly saw their
value in protecting a country
with q small navy.
His political enemies may
have ridiculed him but so great
was his fame that as years went
by the world seemed to beat a
path to his door. At one time
his daughter had to provide
beds for so guests. A fine beef
lasted two days and the guests
horses in the 26 extra stalls ate
q load of hay q day. IF. p. D.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Art Glasses to Open

The Arlington County Depart
ment of Recreation has an
nounced one sculpture and eight
art classes for adults, one art
and one sculpture class for teen
ayers and 10 art classes for
school-age children in its pro-
gram beginning the week Of
September Is.
Art instructors are Ellen Capo
Conner, Ernest Lothar and
Harry q. Kousaros. The sculp-
ture instructor is Lilli Gettinger.
Daytime classes are scheduled
at yorktown, Mckinley and
Oakridge Schools and the Main
Center. Evening classes will be
at Walter. Reed, Oakridge and
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Midcentuy Journey
BY William L. shrer fFarar, Straus G Young: $500

MIR. shirer's Berlin Diary"
established him as one of the
finest foreign correspondents of
our day. Few men wrote more
wisely or prophetically Of the
events Of the '20s and '3Os which
brought on the long nightmare
Of the Second World War. Now,
at the midcentury mark, he has
revisited the scenes of those
tragedies and assesses the fu-
ture Of Europe as it is indicated
in the life of Vienna, Berlin,
Paris, London and NATO
Actually, Mr.. Shirer is more
enlightening about the past than
about the future. His review of
European history during the
years following World War I is
a mastery analysis of how des-
pots and dupes connived to kill
the peace. He writes lovingly
OF Vienna, whose "indestructi-
bic spirit" he sees rising again.
Regretfully he surveys the in
ertia Of France, threatened by
tyranny at home and abroad.
England, recovered from the
idiot complacency that nearly
ruined her in the '30s, he sees
Evening star., 1952-09-07

coping gamely with socialized
equality.
Mr.. Shirer departs sharply
from the generally moderate
tone of his report in discussing
Germany, where. he says, the
new Nazis are fiourishing under
the eyes Of the democracies.
About the only thing they have
learned from their two dis
astrouS adventures in war is
that they were not quite strong
enough to conquer Europe by
themselves"
Greater surprises awaited him
at home. The sight of the giant
America shivering in its boots,
frantically playing it SAFE"
appalled, him. "Were we so dis
united and weak that we had to
silence criticism, and make
every one conform, and smear
and ruin those who did not,
those who still insisted on
speaking their honest thoughts,
however erroneous?" Mr.. Shirer
refuses to believe it. He is
hopeful that the maturity that
fostered NATO and shaped our
Intervention in Korea will see
us through. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Sam Clemens in Hannibal
BY Dixon Wecter. (Houghton, Mi6ain; So
Reviewed by Froncis P. DougIos

his mother. Jane Clemens. Mr..
Wecter cites another important
source-the Negro slaves. Jane
Clemens, her son said, had q
gift Of IAN unstudied and un-
conscious pathos," an eloquence
and an unschooled command Of
the story-teller's art.
Mr.. Wecter says that young
= Sans first lessons. however,
came from his fathers slave
of-all-work and from the slaves
on his uncle's farm, where he
spent several summers. The
author cites 'Huckleberry Finn"
as showing the effect Of the
Negroes stories with their UNDER
lying basis Of insecurity and fear.
Fear. violence and tragedy,
Mr.. Wecter notes, always re-
manned curiouSly interviewer
with Sam Clemens Hal.ibal."
The fact is, they are ever present
in any community but it is only
in a small town that a boy. roam
ing from one end of the town
to the other as Sam did, meets
them.
Between young Sam and his
father there was what Twain
later described as IAN armed
neutrality" Mr.. Wecter made a
careful study Of the father. In
the results psychologists may
be expected to find pay dirt
in their quest for complexes.
MIR. Wecter had completed the
first draft of the manuscript Of
this book at the time Of his
death in 1850. Mrs. Wecter pre-
pared it for publication.
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odd brother who beats up David
and charges him with wanting
the freedom Of children and the
responsibility of adults. His
mother. q Irishwoman, lectures
him reproachfully on his lapse
from Christian duties. and Miss
Mary Desmond. a former Car
melite, with a voice like an angel
and a horSy face, also lectures
him at every opportunity. David
goes off by himself for a stren-
uous fling at the f1eshpots be-
fore he makes up his mind
about any Of them.
"a. Cry of Children" is re-
markably overwritten from the
first page when the author
speaks of the arches of a bridge
that look like Swans in prayer
If swans ever need to pray"
All the characters speak alike,
from David's mother to Isabel's
gamey friends. What they are
talking about and why any Of it
matters at all is never made
clear for an instant. Maybe
Mr.. Burns just wanted to in
dulge in wild, maniacal laugh
ter and forgot to let us in on
the joke. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Thomas Jefferson: Scientist
BY Edwin T. Martin. (Henry Schunan, Inc; $4J

To be a scientist and philos-
opher in the White House is to
invite the jibeS of political op-
ponents. Mr.. Martin makes this
clear in his book.
Mr.. Jefferson's swivel chair
was called his "whirligig" and
was said to permit the inventor
Ito look all ways at once" The
White House lawn was called a
bear garden when young grizzlies
were kept there for a time after
being brought back from the
Far West by Meriwether Lewis
of the Lewis and Clark expe-
dition.
The unfinished east room,
where Abigail Adams had hung
the wash, was Mr.. Jefferson's
workshop. He had his tools
there and spread on the floor
were mammoth bones dug up in
Kentucky.
Mr.. Jefferson's interests. were
almost boundless. Mr.. Martin
brings together information on
them in convenient form.
Sometimes the reader feels the
author might have supplied
more information.
Monticello apparently was ex-
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Books in Review
Moybe We Really Are Not 'Virtuous
Defenders Beset by ScoundreIs'
81 H. Il E~:A
4 Declaration of Faith
BY Herbert Agar. (Houghton, Mi1iin; So
Reviewed by Mary McGrory

has been added. 'The harness.
ing Of democratic enthusiasm
to the new nationalism Is one Of
the most grievous events Of our
time," says Mr.. Agar.
Our own civilization was
born when the distinction be-
tween God and Caesar was
added to the classical concept
Of the law" Mr.. Agar says. The
law includes natural law, which
Is true because it reflects the
will of Cod" Justice Holmes
cynical dictum that it is not
wisdom but authority that
makes a law" he refutes. When
God becomes an excuse for
atrocious. religious wars or en-
visioned as "a celestial social
worker" Ca 18th century idea)
the natural law is weakened.
1t Is only when man clearly
understands his distinct duties
toward God, his family, his en-
ployer and his government that
a healthy society free of hys-
terical nationalism can flourish.
A Christian Analysis
From self-criticism we need
not fall into despair, he con-
cludes. If we accept RESPONSE
bility. If we ally foreign policy
to national policy. relearn ire
spect and sympathy and fellow
feeling for those who live with
in the wall of the classical
Christian world, we shall dis
cover that almost without effort
we extend the same feelings to
mankind"
Mr.. Agar, a distinguished
former editor of the Louis
vile Courier-Journal now liv-
ing in England. has written a
searching. Illuminating, pro-
foundly Christian analysis of
our dilemma. It makes espe-
cially bracing reading during q
campaign year when comforting
generalities about our own
righteousness fill the air.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Morning in Kansas
BY Kenneth S. Davis. doubleday & Co.: $685.
Reviewed by Fronk SortweII, Jr.

The second is well told, al
most absorbing. In describing
the self-imposed isolation of
Mrs. Laura Harcourt Baldridge,
in a hideous mansion" built to
house festivity: about her COM
plete enfolding of her slave-son:
about his futile attempts to
break away, the writing becomes
less adjectival. the story moves
vividly.
But even here. Mr.. Davis in
terrupts himself to draw in full
backgrounds of almost every
character, even minor ones. All
interesting enough, but stum-
bling blocks to the story.
What this novel most needs
is q cruel editor.
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s. Mr.. Agar's Declaration of
Faith" is q bold book for our
times, as refreshing as it is un-
expected. We think Of ourselves
today. as men are ever prone
to do in times Of crisis. as "vir-
tuous defenders beset by Scoun-
drels." He sees peril from a
different quarter. however. "The
West" he says, sis gravely
menaced by self-esteem." His
book Is an admirable effort to
restore our sense Of proportion
and our humility.
We have. naturally. much to
be proud of in our Western
heritage. But Mr.. Agar feels it
would be salutary to investigate
few of its mistakes before as
suming that all the virtue is on
one side. He suggests we EMU
late the Hebrew prophets and
in the gathering gloom ask our
selves What have we done
wrong?"
Our Own Borborions
After all. he points out, it
was the West that authored the
years Of slaughter since 1912.
And Marx did not invent the
Goddess materialism which has
become the cult of the hapless
Russians: he simply perfected
our Western handiwork. Eng
lands Jeremy Betham laid down
the dictum that there could be
no absolute laws and no final
truths in his world of utili-
tartan liberalism.
I'VE breed our own barbar-
ianS." says Mr.. Agar, and on
that melancholy premise reviews
the failures Of the ancient, the
medieval and the modern world
to achieve peaceful unity. Civili-
nations begin to crumble when
tyrants dictate on matters of
conscience, when the state is
transformed from a public util-
1ty into a GODDESS. A new peril
Evening star., 1952-09-07

The downfall of many a good
story teller is that each point
in one story will launch him
into another complete tale.
running the risk of losing his
audience before he finishes.
This is what has happened to
Mr.. Davis.
He has two main stories-a IT.
year-old boy growing up in
Kansas in 1882, and the twisted
life of a socially disgraced
woman.
The first is rather like a tale
from "The Open Road for
Boys" laced with some Freud.
much bitter introspection and
fruity prose.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
A Cry Of Children
BY John Horne Burns. (Harper: s3J

MIR. Burns novel, his second
since the memorable Gallery"
Is a shrill, strident, feverish re-
cital of sacred and profane love.
The hero. a concert pianist, is
rather a ridiculous figure as his
unstable emotions are success
sively. played upon by a bad
woman, a good woman and his
mother. The bad girl. a vicious
little snip named Isabel, debau-
ches him rather completely,
taunts him and takes him for
most Of his money. She has an
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Classic Art

BY Heinrich Wolflin. (Phai-
don Edition, Doubleday G. Co.,;
$780,
This finest work by the in
fiuential German art-historian
was first published fifty-four
years ago. and translated into
English in 1908. The present
edition is q careful new transia-
ton from the eighth German
edition (Basle. 1948) with go
illustrations. 8 In full color, re-
producing every work discussed
in detail. To be reviewed more
fully later.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
In PhiIudeIphiu

Through cooperation Of the
Catherwood Foundation, the
Pennsylvania Academy Of the
Fine Arts and the Philadelphia
Water Color Club announce re-
sumption of their international
exhibition of water colors and
graphics (part invited, part
juried) in the galleries of the
academy in Philadelphia from
october 10 through November
%.
The exhibitions were held an.
nually for 48 years until 1851,
when only q small invited ex.
hibition of water colors was
presented. The prospectus with
full details will be ready for
mailing soon.
Evening star., 1952-09-07

VAdl n WALL
never outgrew Hannibal. If he
did not return to the town, his
thoughts did. enabling him,
''like some banished ADAM"
to revisit "his half forgotten
paradise"
This being so, 1t Is. necessary
to know Sam Clemens in Hanni-
bal in order to know his writings
and their sources. Mr.. Wecter
has done a thorough job of re-
creating young Sam in his early
environment. Readers of Mark
Twain-one has the impression
that, unfortunately, they are
comparatively few nowadays
will want to read this book, too.
Unstudied Pothos
While Mark Twain the story
teller acknowledged his debt to
Evening star., 1952-09-07

Stratford Schools and the Main
Center. Information may be
obtained by calling jackson
1888.
Miss Gettinger also will teach
a course in sculpture for the
Graduate School Of the De-,
partment of Agriculture this
fall. The class will be limited
to IL students, meeting Tues
day evenings from z to $50
o'clock at the instructors studio.
Registration dates for the fall
semester are September l3
through 20. Those interested
may obtain more information
by calling Republic 4142, extern
sion 6337.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Prescription.
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MentoIity
The Gi4ot, Enterprise

$5.5OJ
Reviewed BY Robert K. Walsh
Relating, ourselves to our
world is 1.-THE Great Enterprise"
which DR.. Overstreet presents
as q challenging and; inspiring
enlargement of his work, 1.-THE
Mature Mind" The same clarity
of expression, sympathetic un-
derstanding, penetrating analy-
sis and hopeful promise found
in his earlier book abound in
this one. The second - much
more than q sequel or philo-
Sophical follow up should be as
eagerly read as was that. first
best seller.
1.-THE Mature Mind" dealt
primarily with the psychological.
rational. spiritual and emotional
factors and balances which an
individual must have II he Is to
be genuinely mature. In "The
Great Enterpriseg DR.. Over
street proposes to show whysand
how the mature Development of
a person necessarily depends on
his Giving relationships" with
fellow men and his actions or
reactions in situations especially
in this time Of world 'crisis.
"Of the making of human
relationships - friendly and
hostile. encouraging and in
hibiting-there is no end" he
writes. "The process goes on
whenever we speak or act. Our
greatest problem in life is to
create those relationships Of
confidence and good will that
promote our living together as
human beings. Growth toward
maturity, in short, involves in a
very special and necessary way
growth toward social maturity"
Mental Equipment and Use
The first seven chapters ex-
plain the psychological equip
ment DR.. Overstreet regards as
essential for a person to grow
into livable relationships with
others. The other nine chap
ters examine the use Of that
equipment of maturity" in re-
lation to world tensions, spirit
ual and scientific frontiers"
and particularly in attacking
the problem of hate that per-
meates the world and afflicts
and affects SO many people to-
day. t
No book Of this type, Of course,
can escape attack at some
points.
Some governmental experts
may complain that in his honest
denunciation of governmental
loyalty program methods and
congressional Investigations Dr..
Overstreet did not discuss, in
proportion, the extremely diff
ficult problem of safeguarding
the country against subversives.
Moreover, some religious leaders
may complain that DR.. Over
street. as a philosopher, did not
adequately define terms or
sharply distinguish premises
when broadly using such terms
as totalitarian. liberal. authori-
tartan and orthodox.
DR.. Overstreet seems far too
mature and full of good will to
impute mental hostility" to
those who are thus critical. Not
the least virtue of "The Great
Enterprise" is that it promotes
rather than proyokes discussion.
It will speed the search for
straighter thinking and clearer
heads which the world so greatly
needs.
Evening star., 1952-09-07
clay, Sun-baked and oVen-baI
and then painted.
Music and Dance

clay, Sun-DaKeQ ana OVeu-pakeU
and then painted.
Music and Dance
'Music and Dance" Is the
title Of the new exhibition at the
Artists Mart, 1861 wisconsin
avenue NV. The showing,
though not large, samples a
pleasing variety of the move
ment and color of its subjects.
The classic lines of the ballet
are frequently expressed, in a
number Of moods. Katherine B.
Hobbs catches the action in a
wet brush drawing in water
color. lie Danseur." Helen B.
Niles abstracts the spirit in
"Classic Ballet" and "Pas
Deux." She also includes two
appealing child paintings.
Ralph de Burgos presents the
thoughtful ballerina in "PenSive
Moment" oil on gesso. and Miss
Hobbs sculptures her grace IN
terra Gotta. A monotype by
Richard Laney depicts the BAL
let Rehearsal"
Ballroom Doncers in
Voter Color
Ballroom dancers are the sub
ject of Kenneth Stubbs' intrigu-
ing and colorful abstraction with
angular lines. 10 Danforth cap
lures the. swirling tempo Of
'Rondo" in water color and ink.
A very handsome work is Mr..
de Burgos' Harmony" his first
q; work in oil on paper, a compos-
ite of musical media in exquisite
colorS.
Miss Hobbs. an admirer of
the circus horse, also shows her
terra Gotta sculpture, Circus
Horse and Rider"
Aline Fruhauf contributes de-
lightful caricature in her ink
and-wash drawing Of Mischa Ell
man and a gouache of Maurice
Ravel.
Evening star., 1952-09-07

Yankee"
Mr.. Wecter,
as did his
predecessor as
editor of the
papers in the
Mark Twain
estate, Ber-
nard De Voto.
points out
that the roots
of Twaln's ar
tistic crea-
tiveneSS go
back to his
boyhood.
Evening star., 1952-09-07

love with a lovely farm wife.
They never speak their love.
Mr.. Pugh is a gentleman, a
thoughtful, kindly. almost in
efectual, man who does his
best in clumsy fashion at un-
accustomed chores. She, Bron-
wen, lives a difficult life among
Evening star., 1952-09-07
Art News
Washington Kiln
Club Exhibition
By Harriet Griffiths

Work Of outstanding Ameri-
can and foreign contemporaries
in an ancient art may be seen
in the third annual exhibition Of
Ceramic Art by the Kiln Club
Of Washington through Sep
tember 28 under auspices Of
the National Collection Of Fine
Arts at the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition.
The exhibition is in the foyer
of the Natural History Building
at Constitution avenue and
Tenth street NV.
It is in three sections: A Sc
1ect number of works by we'll
known American potters invited
to participate. a loan display
from foreign ceramistS through
the courtesy Of their Washing
ton embassies and the competi.
tive section. composed of works
by artists of the District. Mary
land and Virginia.
Artists In Nearby Areas
This year, the competitive
group for the first time is taking
in artists residing outside the
Metropolitan Area.
A glimpse of early arrivals for
the non-competitive section the
other day assured the showing
of something for virtually every
artistic taste to SAVIOR in the
collection Of pottery and sculp-
ture.
It also disclosed American
ceramic artists offering their
redoubtable foreign colleagues
an impressive answer. The
scope ranges from the prosaic
and traditional to the imagina-
tive. An outstanding example
Of the latter is the head Of
"Judas." by viktor Schrecken-
gost of Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland also sends the saucy
"Cat and Canary" by M. E.
Goslee, guaranteed to set
tongues wagging. Through the
eye and ear apertureS Of this
smug-looking feline may be
seen the Inflated yellow birdl
An unusual and imposing
American work is q Stoneware
sculpture of Joseph in his coat
of many colors by William M.
McVey of the Cranbrook Acad-
emy of Art. Broomfield Hills,
Mich. The many colors are in
laid tile, or tesserae. The sculp-
ture is about 2 feet high, cut
of above the knees and hollow.
Stonewore From EneIond
From England comes some Of
the famous stoneware work Of
Bernard Leach, and sculpture
by Arnold Machin, a member
of the Royal Academy and a
designer for Wedgwood.
Japanese skill is represented
in works by Shoji Hamada and
Totaro Sakuma, who studied
with Hamada. Egyptian art
includes work Of Youssuf Sida.
now returned to Cairo after be-
ing here on a Fulbright fellow
ship.
Charming little brooches dis
tinguish the display from Israel,
which includes work of A. Ka-
hanna and Wolfgang Meir-
Michael. There is a rich-look-
ing flagon in luster and green
by Prof. Hilda Soltz Of the
University of Brazil.
A doll by Birger Kaipiainen
is part Of Finland's work; and
there are Italian pieces by
Gamboni, and a realistic full
fledged lobster by an artisan Of
West Bengal. India.
Indonesion Fieurines
OF special interest from In
donesia is a series Of Wajang-
Wong dancer f1gurines by a
young man who had no training
in the arts and only four years.
schooling. Laborer in a batik
factory, he came to know the
features and roles of the
dancers through regular per-
formances in the city park Of
Solo in Central Java.
The f1gurines are modelled in
Evening star., 1952-09-07

love and un-
d e c ! a r e d
e m o tion al
warfare. His
ne is in
perfect keep
ing with his
tale.
S ct in a
b e a u tif ul
m o u n Z q ] n
will a G e in
Wales, "Tes-
t i onie S"
tells of an
oxford don
Evening star., 1952-09-07

Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry
Finn, clothed in medieval dress.
are even in "The Prince and the
Pauper" and "A Connecticut
Evening star., 1952-09-07
American Trees

BY Rutherford Platt. [Dodd,
Mead; $780,
A thoroughly illustrated
glove-compartment guide for
laymen, shot through. alas,
with sentimentality. IF. S.
Evening star., 1952-09-07

Pieces from the Sd Annual Exhibition of Ceramic Art by
the of Washington at the National Museum include
sgrafto platter by John and Ester Ss Redwood City,
Caht "Cat and Canary" by Gosee of Cleveland Ohio:
vuse bu Youssu Sda of Egyp the motted glaze
pitcher By Nathalie Krebs of Denmark Star Stat Photo
Evening star., 1952-09-07

A quiet voice Is speaking
here. Mr.. O'Brian's story lies
in hidden things. dark currents
in the human spirit. unspoken
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