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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Art News
Phillips Has
Avery Show
By Florence S. Berrymon

The retrospective exhibition
Of paintings by Milton Avery
which opened at the Phillips
Gallery last Sunday, to remain
through February %, is a
major event Of this season.
Comparatively few one-man
shows by contemporary Amer
leans are organized on such q
scale; when five important
museums collaborate to pro-
duce a full-length survey, the
public can be sure that the
artist sis wholly deserving of
such a presentation" to quote
Adelyn Breeskin, director Of
the Baltimore Museum, where
the show had its initial dis
play in December.
From the Phillips, the Avery
exhibition will go to the Wads-
worth Atheneum, Hartford,
Conn. (the artists boyhood
home city; the Lowe Gallery.
Coral Gables, Fla. and will
conclude its tour at the 1nsti-
tute Of Contemporary Art,
Boston.
The Baltimore and Boston
institutions organized the ex-
hibition. which represents "a
years Of Mr.. Avery's career.
The directors looked at 400
paintings in his studio, the
homes Of New York City col
lectors, dealers galleries and
other collections. public and
private, throughout the United
States. From Is Of these, they
selected IS paintings for the
opening show. 40 Of which are
on tour. The Phillips Gallery
has given Washington earlier
opportunities to see paintings
by Mr.. Avery, but none so
comprehensive as this.
Mr.. Avery is Spectacularly
prolific in his painting. He has
sold more than TOO, 80 Of
which are now in museums,
including the Phillips Gal
lery, here and abroad. Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Neuberger Of
New York City, major lenders
to the show. have bought near
ly 100. simultaneously with
the Baltimore retrospective
opening. a smaller RETROSPECT
tive of Mr.. Avery's work since
1929, opened at the Grace Bor-
genicht Gallery, New York
City.
The Art Digest for Deem
Der l reviewed both Avery ex-
hibitions, and also published
a long profile" in which the
artist said that his work has
always stressed pattern, that
he designs a canvas carefully
before he begins to paint. con-
siders the Importance of two
dimenSional design, does not
use linear perspective, but
achieves depth by color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

The plight Of most Italians
when World War II swept over
them is brought into sharp
focus in this novel by one OF
the new italian writer's.
He writes particularly OF
fishermen on the Adriatic-
men who went through daily
hardship to make barely
enough to keep their families
fed and their small homes
more or less solvent. But no
doubt the same situation would
have applied to a great seq
ment of the populace, shop
keepers, artisans, clerks. Most
of them hated the Fascist gov
eminent, but few did anything
about it. Some, like a number
of Mr.. Arfelli's fishermen,
Joined underground move
ments, most Of them manipu-
lated by Communists. Taxes
were high, the government was
oppressive. When it chose to
90 to war there was no surge
of patriotic response, only
such outward showings OF
compliance as the people felt
they had to make to escape
suspicion.
What Was the Use?
The author has brought out
the ways of the older people,
fathers and grandfathers OF
the children. Then he has
traced the effect on those who
were growing up as the war
approached. There are. In
particular, Claudio and his
friend Berto. They lacked
ambition and stability in their
adolescence. What was the
use of working hard or even
staying honest? they reasoned.
Nobody had anything to say
about what happened to him.
Who wanted to fight for Mus
solini and Hitler? Their fam
lilies were hard-pressed. There
was almost no spending money
for them: so they took stolen
pleasures when they could.
They even robbed the poor box
at the church.
Somebody informed on the
underground to which their
fathers belonged. A red flag
was found in Berto's home.
The fathers were taken to
prison, and the boys. too, were
jailed for a while. Released,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

they were old enough Tor the
army, and they felt II they
volunteered they'd escape fur
ther suspicion. But they man
aged to slip out Of the service
after perfunctory duty. Berto
got into black market and
smuggling operations and
made money. Claudio drifted.
When the British drove close
to his village, he escaped to
the mountains. Returning, he
found he'd lost interest in both
the girls he once had made
love to. He had been engaged
to Carla, but he knew he no
longer loved her and never
would marry her. As for Elena,
with whom he'd been more in
innate, there was no longer
anything that held them.
Berto turned respectable after
the war. investing his illegal
profits in fishing boats and be-
coming something Of q village
magnate.
Feeling and Atmosphere
"The Fifth Generation" is a
perceptive story Of feeling and
atmosphere. It is not much of
a novel. The sense Of helpless
ness, confusion and futility
which pervaded the people is
depicted completely. And yet
this captive quality which re-
stricts the fishing village seems
to prevent any Of the charac-
tiers from taking on sharp
reality. Even the three per-
sons dealt with in most detail
Claudio, his mother Marta
and Berto-move in a sort Of
haze. apparently not caring
much whether things go one
way or another. Little dramas
within the narrative start
promisingly, then are dropped
or become unimportant. A good
novel can hardly be concerned
entirely with puppets, however
powerful the forces that propel
them, however pitiful they
may be in their bondage.
Somebody must try to do some
thing, even If he fails.
AS an impressionistic picture
of a time and a place the book
is an artistic achievement. The
very readable translation is by
Adrienne Foulke. This is the
second novel by Mr.. Arfelli to
reach this country. The first
was THE Unwanted."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
The Little Review Anthology
Hermitage House; $685.

tHeTHLILugE~ house; $780,
lea which would accept his
work and, indeed, the only one
there in which he cared to
appear. The anthology con-
tains what the publishers of
this book say Is Mr.. EIiot's
only published short story
"Eeldrop and Appleplex." It
is more interesting as a curl
osity than intrinSically.
Ezra Pound, who served as
foreign editor, frequently con-
tributed poems. So did Will
liam Butler Yeats, Amy Low
ell, Vachel Lindsay. Hart
Crane and William Carlos
Williams. The anthology re-
prints one of Ernest Heming-
ways earliest stories.
Interesting Fragments
There are some interesting
fragments, such as the time
Emma Goldman, the anar-
chist. wrote of her disillusion-
ment with Russia, where the
revolution "has been crushed
by the Communist state. :"
The items which Miss ALI
derson has preserved vary
from significant discussions Of
the arts to such a piece Of
trivia as Jane Heaps ill
tempered attack on Henry
Mencken and his magazine,
then the Smart Set. At least
the old Smart Set encouraged
unknown writer's to offer man
uScripts and often printed
them. Miss Anderson reprints
a poem which she describes
as lone of the two or three
unsolicited manuscripts we
printed in all the years"
&C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

In her lifetime. Mary Lin
coin made many enemies, and
up until now they have had
things pretty much their own.
way. The picture drawn by
Herndon, Hay and others Of a
shrew inflicting her impor-
tunities and follies upon q
savagely burdened President
has persisted with great vital
ity. Mrs. Randall, wife Of
Lincoln expert j. G. Randall,
in a sympathetic and scholarly
book, sets forth the thesis that
Mary Lincoln was a good
woman and a good wife.
The Lincoln family was
not, Mrs. Randall says, a house
divided against itself. Mary
Lincoln shared, with the full
intensity of a high-strung
nature, her husbands inter-
ests, ambitions and. despite
her Confederate relatives,
passionate devotion to the
cause of the Union. Both
happily fatuous parents"
they were united in alteration
Of their four sons. If she tried
her husband with her emphatic
meddling in political affairs
and appointments, she also
took her place with great dig
nifty, charm and grace as the
first lady. Mrs. Randall
quotes a contemporary lady
journalist who said of Mary
Lincoln: Her plumbers an
noyed her husband but made
her not less dear to him."
Mrs. Randall disposes eff
GENTLY Of the Ann Rutledge
legend, attributing it to the
fancies Of the vengeful Hern-
don, the villain Of this piece.
The feud between the two
went back to Springfield days
when Mary refused to enter
tain her husbands bibulous
law partner. The characteri-
cation Of Mary by Lincoln's
secretary John Hay, as hell
cat" Mrs. Randall ascribes to
a young mans failure to UNI
derstand a middle-aged wom-
ans Ealing forties," her sick
headaches and the mad grief
which overlook her at the
death Of the beloved son
Willie.
Captivating Belle
The author is most convinc-
ing in her portrait of the
young Mary, the Kentucky
born belle of frontier Spring.
field, who captivated the back
woods lawyer with her airs and
graces, intelligence and wit.
The Herndon story that Lin
coin was so dubious about
Mary he actually left her wait
ing at the altar Mrs. Ran
dali discredits. The engage
ment once was broken, but be-
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Art Book Review

MllCOn avery, q mono
graph catalogue Baltimore
Museum Of Art: 81, is avail
able at the Phillips Gallery in
connection with the show. It
has an ecstatic essay on the
artist by Frederick Wight of
the Institute of Contemporary
Art, Boston, and II color re-
productions. I warmly recon-
mend this publication to every
one who wants to get as
much as possible out of a visit
to the exhibition. Mr.. Wight'S
essay Is as full Of quotable SEN
fences as q good Christmas
pudding is full Of plums. I
could not possibly make such
lyric remarks about Mr.. Az
ery's paintings, as they do not
stir me to burning enthusiasm;
quite the contrary.
Mr.. Wight likens Avery to
Thoreau, to Paul Klee, to Ma
tisse; calls Avery a lyric poet,
a humoriSt, a romantic mystic.
He has startling things to say
about the artists ability to
get to the essence Of a subject.
For example, avery can paint
chickens from such proximity
to chickenhood that the be-
holder almost grows feathers"
Whether or not the average
Washington gallery-goer is ca
pable of such dubious reac-
tions, he certainly should not
miss this opportunity to be-
come well acquainted with a
contemporary American artist
whom authoritative people
consider great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Fan Mail Is.
Penunce to
Famed Monk
The Sign Of Jonas
BY Thomas Merton.

BY Thomas Merton.
(Harcourt, Brace; $500
To be an author in q Trap
pist monastery is. says Thomas
Merton, Ito be like q duck
in o chicken COOP" He de-
plores the incongruity Of his
situation. He writes his mar
velously successful books only
because his superiors In re-
ligion have directed him to,
ana opening his floods of fan
mail is "a penance." He longs
for the life Of solitude lived
by the Carthusians%his VOW
Of stability Is for him the belly
Of the whale. The intense &C
tivity Of the monastery Of
GethSemani Bonuses him.
1--WE seem to think that God
will not be satisfied with q
monastery that does not be-
} have In every way like a NUM-
/: tons factory under wartime
conditions"
The enormous popularity Of
Thomas Merton's books must
surely be one Of the phenome-
ma of our time. He has not
popularized mysticism in any
sense, for that would imply a
descent or softening of some
kind. What he does do is to
explain the monastic life-its
routine and its purpose-in
terms Of candor. fervor and
joy.
The journal has for its core
the search for intimate union
with God which is the reason
for being Of the contemplative
life. That note deepens In the
flve years between solemn pro-
fession and ordination. The
record aboundS in paradoxeS.
especially dear to the heart Of
the mystic. The great para
dox is the problem Of losing
oneself to seek God, but with
in that there are the ludicrous
trivialities which charm the
author. He notes the public
address system, the steam
heat, the monstrous machines
his books have helped earn for
the abbey. After a visit to the
Louisville, he says, Cant I
ever escape from being some
thing comfortable and pros
porous and smug"-a sum-
mary Of the Cistercian life
that falls strangely on worldly
ears.
Father Merton records the
feasts of the seasons, the de-
velopment Of his interior life,
his readings both sacred and
profane, his attempts to escape
the world which followed him
into the cloister, his final de-
ciSion to resist the lure of the
less active Carthusian regime.
The decision brought peace.
The journal is calmer, hum
bier, more humorous than his
previous books-but no less
informed with the sense of
wonder at having found God.
IN. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

cause Of the poverty Of Lin
coins prospects and the dis
parity between his back
ground and Mary's.
Her well-documented tan
trums began early in the mar
riage. Her less publicized re-
morse Is also presented. Wrote
Mary: II doubtless tres
passed many times and oft
upon his great tenderness and
amiability Of character"
Still, she could be an excel
lent neighbor and so warm
hearted a friend that when
Tad was born, she nursed
along with him the baby of q
sick mother. Already, however,
the terrible twin drives to-
ward stinginess and extrava-
gance cropped up. In the
White House-goaded by an
irrational fear Of poverty and
a simultaneous fear of making
a poor show before Supercil-
lous EaSterners-her demean-
ing economies and PATHOLOGY
cal expenditures reached the
proportions of a national scan
dial.
Lost Yeors Trogic
Mrs. Randall thinks it I'M
fair that Mary'S one dreadful
display Of jealousy - enacted
before the high command Of
the Union Army-Should have
come down while the general
harmony of the Lincoln home
has been ignored. Even with
so good q will, Mrs. Randall
Is sometimes hard put to de-
fend her heroine. For in
stance, Mary overspent o
congressional appropriation for
White House refurbishing and
didn't tell her husband. A
woman's province, says Mrs.
Randall. At the same time.
Mary never hesitated to step
into the mans world of poll
tics.
After Lincoln's death, Mary
lived on in unrelieved misery.
She was certified insane by
her son Robert, although Mrs.
Randall has found letters
showing the poor woman had.
in spite Of her money-mania.
a clear mind and good heart to
the end.
Mrs. Randall. in her over
long book. does not deny Mary
was imprudent. indiscreet. ir-
rational and difficult. She in
sists, though. that she was still
much maligned. Her repre-
sensations of Lineoln'S unfail-
ing devotion are most easily
believed. That great compass
sion would inevitably encom-
pass the whims and scenes Of
a nervous wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Edited by Margaret Andersc

Margaret Anderson started
the Little Review in Chicago
in 1914. In later years the
magazine was published in
New York. This monthly sur
vived, in it's final phase a
quarterly, until 1929. with Miss
Anderson's associate, j a ne
Heap, in active control the last
few years.
It probably was the first, GER
tainly it was the most inf1uen-
tial. of the little" magazines.
Even after all these years, it
often is referred to and quoted.
It became something Of a leg
end while it was still published.
A number of writer's now ia
nous had their early work
printed here; in some in
stances 1t was their only out
let at the time.
The Case Against Ulysses
James Joyce's ulysses" was
published serially. One INSTALL
ment brought charges from a
New York anti-vice society. A
three-judge Court Of General
Sessions fined the Little Re-
view. Later, when ulysses"
came out in book form, a Fed
eral judge, in a celebrated
decision, exonerated it. We
also find in this anthology a
story by Wyndom Lewis
(Which seems very tame to-
day. that caused the issue in
which it appeared to be sup
pressed.
T. S. Eliot wrote in when
the valedictory issue was being
prepared that in its early
years the Little Review was
the only periodical in Amer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
discovery
Edited by John w. Aldridge and Vance Bourjaily


discovery" with a small d,
like the transatlantic "transi-
ton" of a generation ago. is
another literary magazine IN
book form, to appear twice a
year. This is an original paper
cover edition. The Burnetts'
STORY" also semiannual, is
appearing in hard covers.
Mr.. Aldridge is author of
"After the Lost Generation"
q literary study of the '30s
and '40s. Mr.. Bourjaily is a
novelist. In planning "discov-
cry" the editors say in
preface, they began by re-
jecting the cynical portrait
of the American reader as a
juvenile oaf." They also re-
jected "the timorous assump-
ton that pressure groups can
put an honest magazine out
of business" They further
discarded the idea that the
contents of a Experimentation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
aa4z
Mrs. HuIett-
BY Bertram Bloch.
Doubleday: So

Again we have the Washing
ton hostess as heroine. In this
loosely constructed novel about
loose people, Mrs. Hulett. q
self-righteouS busybody, busily
manipulates politicians and
diplomats in her husbands be-
half while deceiving him with
q theatrical producer. Mrs.
Hulett is bossy, greedy and ap-
parently q reader Of inferior
Victorian novels. At one point
she says: What a foul pit the
human heart is" At another:
why can't this love get out
from us and fertilize the world
with love and put an end to
strife and terror"
Which gives you an idea.
M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
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Andrew and Louise Parker. son
and daughter of the president
Of Woodward & Lothrop.
Besides being close like
nesses, Miss Burdette's por-
traits are also admirable for
color and composition. Many
of them have been reproduced
in the art columns of The Star
during several decades.
Understutement
The Whyte Gallery is pre-
Senting through February 16
its third one-man show in
nine years, of work by Her.
man Maril of Baltimore.
A master of understatement
from the beginning of his ca
reer about 20 years ago, Mr..
Maril is never so cryptic that
one fails to get his message.
He has always painted with
an economy of line and de-
tail, with simplified, solid
forms and a feeling of space.
no matter how small his can
vas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

Jefferson Reader: Treasury of Writings About
Thomas Jefferson
Edited by Francis Coleman Rosenberger (Dutton So
Reviewed BY Donald Michael Rouh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Books in Review
Dante ArfeIIi's Second Novel
Is an Artistic Achievement

The Fifth Generation
BY Dante Arfeli. (Scribner'S; $500
Reviewed BY Carter Brooke Jone
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Senator Daniel to Speak

Senator Daniel. Democrat. of
Texas will address the 151St an
niversary banquet of the First
Baptist Church at 7 pm. tomor-
row in the church, Sixteenth
and o streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Mrs. Bolton Offers Bill
To Aid Student Nurses

Representative Frances P.
Bolton. Republican, of Ohio, has
introduced a bill to provide
financial assistance to students
of nursing.
"It is being proved more
conclusively each day that many
young people wanting to make
contribution of themselves to
the nursing profession and to
the teaching of health methods
are unable to do so because they
cannot meet the cost of such
training" Mrs. Bolton said.
cit is becoming more and
more a common experience to
find whole wards of hospitals
closed for lack of trained per-
sonnel. The nurse is the key
that will unlock those closed
DOORS"
The bill would authorize linn
tied grants of Federal funds to
states to assist nursing schools
and to provide scholarships for
worthy nursing students. The
bill calls for $5 million the first
year, $40 million the second and
$l5 million the third year.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Dr.. Jordan to Speak

"The Challenge Of Christian
ity Today" is the subject Of an
address to be given by the Rev.
DR.. Max Jordan at the final lee
ture of the Charles Carroll
Forum series at 8:15 pm. to-
morrow in the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Evening star., 1953-03-11
Superintendent Reelected

MONTRoSS, Va. Mar. IL (R.
Blake T. Newton of Hague,
president Of the, State Board Of
Education, has been reelected
superintendent Of schools in
Richmond and Westmoreland
Counties for a four-year term
beginning July /.
Evening star., 1953-04-19

Miss Jacqueline Bouvier was
her sisters maid of honor. The
bridesmaids were the Misses Rue
Hill Of New York, Miss Grayson
Beach Of Washington, Miss Eliz-
abeth Brady Of Far Hills, N. j.,
and Miss Nina Auchincloss of
Mclean. Young Miss Janet Jen-
nings Auchincloss and Master
James Lee AuchincloSs were also
attendants.
The bridesmaids wore ankle
length dresses Of yellow chiffon
Their headdresses were stiff wells
of yellow tulle with a circlet o1
green fern and they carried fern
Serving as his brothers best
man was Mr.. Cass Canf1eld, jr.
of New York. The uShers were
Mr.. Blair F. Fuller, Mr.. Lewis T
Preston, Mr.. Grenville T. Emmett
Mr.. Joseph M. Fox, Mr.. Jona'
than H. Churchill, all Of New
York, and Mr.. Thomas G. Au'
chincloss Of Mclean.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Canfleld will re-
side in New York.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
FirstLody
Heads List
For Benefit

The former Hungarian Lega-
ton will be the scene for the
4 to 7 o'clock benefit garden
party to be given on May l for
st. Johns Orphanage. Mrs.
Eisenhower heads the list Of
patronesses for the annual gar
den party.
Among several sponsors who
will take turns at the tea table
and the punch bowl are Nine.
Munthe de Morgenstierne, Nine.
Henri Bonnet, Nine. Eric Bohe-
man, Lady Corea and Lady
Makins, all wives Of foreign en-
voys.
Others are Mrs. Leverett Sal
tonstall, Mrs. Stanley Reed,
Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth, Mrs. L.
Corrin Strong, Mrs. Richard B.
Wigglesworth, Mrs. Philip M.
Rhinelander. Mrs. Orme Wilson,
Mrs. George Angus Garrett.
Mrs. James Lawrence Houghtel-
ing, Nine. Draper Boncompagni.
Mrs. Emory Scott Land, Mrs.
Paul H. Bastedo, Mrs. Keith
Merrill, Mrs. John Foster Dulles
and Mrs. Armistead Peter III.
Mrs. Herbert Seymour Howard
is the chairman of the garden
party. On her committee are
the members of the Ladies Board
of st. Johns Church Orphan
age. Included are Mrs. William
Dugald MacDougal, Mrs. Albert
j. Redway, Mrs. Charles Ray
Peck, Mrs. Sewers White, Mrs.
John o. Henderson. Mrs. Will
liam Mckee Dunn, Mrs. Nelson
E. Perrin, Mrs. William Sewers
and Mrs. Franklin H. Ellis.
Tickets can be purchased in
advance by calling Mrs. John o.
Henderson at Elmwood 1927 or
at the door of the residence
1929 Massachusetts, avenue, the
afternoon Of the party.
Evening star., 1953-04-19
John Bruner
ToBeWed

Comdr. and Mrs. Russell Bur-
ton Jones of Portsmouth. Va,
announce the engagement of
their daughter Margaret Yvonne
to 1t. q. g. John Willis Bruner,
q. S. NJ. son of Capt. Roy Will
liam Bruner, U. S. NJ, and Mrs.
Bruner of Silver Spring.
The bride-elect is a graduate
of the University of Maryland
where she was affiliated with the
Beta Phi Chapter of the Alpha
Delta ri Sorority. She is on the
faculty of the Greenbelt Junior
High School while continuing
with graduate work at the uni
versity.
1t. Bruner was graduated from
the United States Naval Acad-
emy and is stationed at the
Naval Ordnance Laboratory at
White Oak.