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Arizona sun., 1953-08-14
0kEMAH 0UTGR0WS WATER SUPPLY
Citizens Circulate Petitions
For Better Service

Okemah, suburban -commu-
nifty, bordering the city OF Phoenix
on the East, depends on private
water company for it's supply OF
water. This small company, few
years ago, was able to supply SUI
ficient amount of water, but due
to rapid growth of the community,
the two-inch water main which
supplies water at the present time
is inadequate according to the
petition being circulated.
The flow of water through the
small two-inch pipes does not af-
ford enough to take care of the
average home use, such as bathing
and cooling purposes. The SUN has
been informed that the only ones
who are able to use these facili-
ties are those who have their own
private wells.
1t is reported that the system is
giving such poor services that it
takes from two to four hours DUR
ing parts Of the day to draw one
gallon of water. 1t is further re-
ported that the flow of water is
fair until about 9 o'clock in the
forenoon, and then begins to slow
down to nothing.
One man said, unless he gets
water early in the morning he can
get only about 10 gallons per day.
Mothers with small children have
to carry water from neighbors who
have private wells in order to sup
ply their needs. Some claim for as
long as four hours day, they are
unable to get drop of water
through their hydrants.
It is understood that the water
users were supposed to get 100
gallons of water a day, according
to agreement, at flat rate cost of
$3.50 month.
This fight in Okemah, recalls the
struggle for water on the West side
of Phoenix, five years ago, in 1943,
before it was annexed to the city.
The same identical thing was hap
pening there. A picture appeared
on the front page of the SUN, show
ing Milton MeDuffe carrying water
for five blocks in order to water
his chickens.
The situation in Okemah is quite
similar, if not more serious. Some
residents with children, are con-
sidering selling their homes and
moving where they can at least
have water for their families.
1t is true water is scarce in Ari-
zona, but not SO much SO people
can't have it for bare necessities.
Something will have to be done for
Okemah to assure adequate supply
of water for the sanitary living Of
its people.
Evening star., 1953-01-11

used it as mark to identify his work,
much as Whistler used the butterfly.
The man with the brief case already
has been mentioned. He Is one of about
so figures on sculptured panel flank
ing the south entrance Of the new
General Accounting ONCE Building.
It is the first time. 80 far as is known,
Evening star., 1953-01-11

that one of the brief case boys" GER
tainly familiar figures in Washington,
has been immortalized in stone. He
symbolizes the business activities of
Government and Governments rela-
tions with business. The panels are
the work of Joseph Nselewski, q New
York SCULPTOR.
Evening star., 1953-01-11
MORE Than MEETS THE EYE
By Francis p. Douglas

THE WASHINGTONIAN who has an
i eye for the unusual probably gets
a lot Of enjoyment out Of sculptured
details Of Government buildings
the drab structures. These details
carved In stone may range from the
cornstalk columns in the Capitol, the
most ancient examples which may be
cited, to the stone carving Of the man
t0ting brief case, the latest example
The cornstalk columns are only one
of the many features Of the Capitol
which contribute to the visitors en-
joyment. They are In small entrance
foyer on the ground floor of the Senate
wing Of the original building. They
appear at first glance to be fiuted
columns. Inspection reveals they are
carved so that the column seems to be
bundle of cornstalks.
The capitals of the columns are
formed of ears of corn, each ear nest
ling in the opened husks Where the
capital rests on the column, instead
Of a molding is carved rope.
These columns are the work of Ben
JouAA1l II. AatkOOC, WItO was pldCGQ III
charge of the Capitol's construction by
President Jefferson in 1903. Latrobe
later wrote the President that the
columns won him more applause from
members of Congress than all the works
of magnitude or difaculty that surround
them"
Also dating from Latrobes time are
the tobacco leaf columns in the small
rotunda near the old Supreme Court
chamber. Latrobe reasoned, no doubt,
that instead Of using the classical
acanthus leaf from the Mediterranean
area for Corinthian capitals it would
be appropriate to use a leaf familiar
to Americans. And what more familiar
or important leaf than that of the
tobacco plant? The capitals, there
fore, are formed Of two tiers of tobacco
leaves. The tobacco flower separates
the leaves Of the upper tier.
There are other tobacco capitals in
the wings constructed when the
Capitol was enlarged.
PAGE 7-IHE WASHINGTON STAR PICTORIAL MAcA
Evening star., 1953-01-11

Many q WaShingtonian has vowed
when passing the old Pension Once
that If the building is ever razed and
the frieze depicting the Union forces
in the Civil War disposed of, he would
try to acquire yard or 50 of 1t to
embellish garden wall. There ought
to be enough of that frieze to 60
around, for it stretches almost quarter
of mile.
Infantry. artillery, cavalry, naval
forces in boats and quartermaster's and
medical forces all move around the big
structure at Fifth and F streets NV.
There are many duplicate sections in
the yard-high terra Gotta work, as
would be expected from a work Of its
length.
The American eagle has appeared in
various forms carved on Government
buildings. There is quaint one above
the Seventeenth street entrance to the
Executive Office Building, formerly the
State, War and Navy Building. There
the eagle looks toward the left and
toward the olive branch in the left
talon.
At the Pennsylvania avenue entrance,
the carved eagle looks toward the right
That entrance was the chief entrance
to the Army's part of the building and
1t may be for that reason that the eagle
there also looks toward the arrows in
the right talon.
It was left to President Truman to
set some order in representations Of
the eagle. In the book, "Mr President"
he speaks Of redesigning the presiden-
tial seal and flag Not in these days
should the eagle look to the left; Mr..
Trumans' eagle looks to the right. And
the olive branch and arrows have been
shifted so that the eagle looks also
toward the symbol of peace
Coming down to recent times there
is the lizard carved on the keystone
of an arch in the north court of the
Post ONCE Building. Some people have
thought the lizard alive and tossed
stones at 1t. The explanation for 1t
Is that the architect, william A. Delano,
NE. JANUARY II. 1883
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Southeast Art Fair

The third annual Southeast
and Capitol Hill Art Fair will
open at Friendship House, 619
D street Sc, this afternoon,
to remain through next Fri
day. 1t will feature arts and
crafts produced by professional
and amateur artists who live
or work in the Southeast and
Capitol Hill section of Wash
ington. Exhibits will include
painting, drawing, ceramics,
weaving, woodworking, pho
Biography, jewelry, metal crafts
and original prints.
While the shows main OBJ
iective is recognition for art
lists in this section, many of
the works on display will be
for sale. Helen O'Brien,
Georgetown ceramist; Robert
Gates, assistant professor of
art at American University,
and Norma Bose. art instructor
at Roosevelt High School, were
the committee for entries.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
First in Wushinqton

Paintings in the contem-
porary vein" constitute Peter
Kerr's first one-man show in
Washington. They are on
view through next Friday in
the gallery of the Arts Club,
2017 Eye street, of which the
artist is a relatively new men,
ber. He is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. Harry Kerr of Washing
ton, and since his return last
season, he has participated in
local group exhibitions.
Peter Kerr is director Of
art instruction at the Maret
School, supervising the art
curriculum for students in
primary through high school
grades. He has also estab-
lished his own Kerr School of
Art here, which moves to Nam
tucket each summer. He is
represented by the Obelisk
Gallery, Georgetown.
Mr.. Kerr studied at Prince
ton and the Pennsylvania Aca-
DENY of the Fine Arts, holds
degrees of B. F.. A. and B. S.
Ed. from the Tyler School of
Fine Arts. He has painted and
travelled extensively in Europe,
and has observed teaching
methods in art schools in Italy,
France and Germany. He has
exhibited in several New York
City galleries. also in Philadel-
phia and Nantucket.
Mr.. Kerr's Is oils at the
Arts Club exemplify various
contemporary idiomS, from his
calligraphic non objective
Line and Splendor" and his
Evening star., 1953-11-29

To rewrite an old saying,
history, as told by writers like
Bruce Cation. can be more
colorful than historical novels.
This is, the third and final
volume of Mr.. Cations saga
Of the Army of the Potomac.
It is a story Of American ad-
venture, filled with hardship,
heartbreak, despair, but no
less aglow with stubbornness.
Standardization. It began
in the more leisurely days of
1862, when the cautious
strategist Mcclellan began
planning the capture of Rich
mond. It went on through the
fateful weeks Of Antietam and
Gettysburg. 1t closes now with
the Army's last bitter year.
which was to bring victory, but
to thousands in its ranks only
death or crippling wounds.
When the firing finally
stopped in the miles around
Appomattox and an unearthly
silence fell over the trampled
fields, the victorS were too
numbed for shouting, too
weary for elation. The cheers
would come later when those
lucky enough to have survived
unscathed would start home.
For all the books written
about the Civil War, fiction
and history, for all the ia
miliarity which such names
as the Wilderness, Cold Har-
Dor and the Crater bring, Mr..
Cations story actually seems
fresh. He has written it in
narrative form, skipping here
and there wherever anything
interesting was going on, shift
ing the view from general to
private and back to sergeant.
The narrative is as factual as
the recollections of human
beings-each with his partial
vision, his prejudices. his emo
tionS-can make it. His sources
are letters from soldiers, his
tories of regiments, official re-
ports. autobiographies, every
shred Of writing the author
could find that seemed to
throw an authentic light on
the final campaign in Vir-
ginia.
Mr.. Cation has used his
imagination, surely, but only
to fill in scenes or personali-
ties outlined clearly in credible
sources. Unlike the historical
or biographical novelist, he
never lets his imagination close
up a factual gap. If he quotes
a conversation. you can bet he
has authority for it, and if you
care to you can trace it to the
chapter notes. The historian
may use it in a different way,
but he, too, must have imagi-
nation if his writing is to be
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Crime
By Miriam Gutenberg

Another Mans Life. BY Mat
thew Head. (Simon & Schus-
ter; $2.50D
Inner SGnctum.
All the elements of a serious
psychological novel are evident
here without any loss of myS-
terry and suspense. The
mystery is not the identity of
the killer but of his intended
victim. Four fully drawn
characters are involved "a
middle-aged patron Of the arts
who tells the story, a poet de-
voted to cold form, his not
so-cold wife and robust
author who changes all their
lives. Mr.. Head deals in char
acter with the same sensitivity
that he dealt with atmosphere
in his rich African stories.
Kill With Care. BY Hugh
Lawrence Nelson. CRinehart
& Co.; $2.50.)
Colorado City'S police chief
is fatally stabbed on a crowded
street by two characters wear
ing wigs and false fangs. Was
the chief slain by a personal
enemy or the victim of a mon
strous impersonal plot? Pri-
vate Detective Jim Dunn steps
in to find out what's worrying
the town banker, to soothe the
chiefs bereft daughter and to
uncover an ingenious piece of
murder apparatus. It's all
quite deft and slickly told.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

effectively. The liberal will
fail because man Is not by
nature perfectible nor is the
path of mankind necessarily
one OF progress. The Commu-
mist will fail because private
property is not the only root
of evil. The one-worlders
will fail because the world is
not a community of similar
interests.
Let us be realistic, MIR. Nei-
buhr pleads. Let us strive to
patch up the world with US
able tools taken from all phi
losophies. Within the frame
work of the Christian law of
love let us search for what is
workable and be always pre-
pared to admit our fallibility.
Mr.. Neibuhr's book shows
excellent insight and a calm,
thoughtful realism. It could
be recommended especially to
persons who feel they know
most of the answers.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Margaret of Austria
BY Jane De Iongh.

BY Jane De 1Ongh. Morton
Like any other 18th century
princess, Margaret Of Austria
was from birth destined to be
a pawn of dynaStic ambitions.
Daughter Of the Emperor
Maximilian, she was three
times a bride, first at the age
of 3 to the Dauphin of France,
who discarded her at IS for a
better lowered bride. Her
second marriage took her to
the court of Ferdinand and
Isabella of Spain, where she
enjoyed a brief idyll with the
gentle Juan of CASTLE. After
his death, Philibert the Hand
some of Savoy became her be-
loved husband, but she was
widowed again at 26.
It was then that she came
into her own. Named Regent
OF the Netherlands, she showed
an uncommon pertinacity and
force in furthering the inter-
estS Of her country. She be-
came one Of Europe's most ac-
complished diplomats. The
height Of her achievement was
the negotiation with fhe OlleeY
Mother of France of the La
dies Peace, which secured for
her nephew, the Emperor
Charles v, unprecedented Sc
curity and range of power.
The biography, skillfully and
scrupulously written, is the
work Of another Dutch woman
Evening star., 1953-11-29
The End of the Week
Macmillan: S3.5O.)

In this deft, down-to-earth
novel about school teachers,
Miss Chase briskly examines
their Illustrations, their loneli-
ness and their little triumphs.
The Is ladies of the P. S.
Elementary School %, on
that Friday in spring, would
have said that teaching was
not worth the record-keeping.
the insolence, the pressure
from the principal, and the
sheer. grinding drudgery of
pounding things into chill
dren's heads. Yet, before the
night is over, to the best of
them some small reward is
given and pride in profession.
hope for the future is revived.
Miss Chase, a teacher her
self, writes sympathetically
but not sentimentally about
these estimable women. Each
one Of the characters is sharp
ly realized, and the plot neat
ly organized. Not profound.
but very skillful. THE End Of
the Week" is an entertaining
and knowledgeable inspection
Of the teachers room.
M. Nc0.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

Several one-man shows
which opened the middle of
November. will be on view but
a few more days. Mitchell
JamieSon'S fourth solo exhi-
bition at the Whyte Gallery
remains only through Thurs
day. 1t comprises % recent
paintings, mostly tempera.
Mr.. Jameson, born in Kens-
ington, graduate Of Central
High School, is one of WASH
ington's leading contemporary
painters. He began his ca
reer in Government projects
during the 1930s. was a combat
artist in the Navy during
World War II. in which period
he visited every war theater
and brought back a large col
lection of paintings and graph
ic arts. Many of these we're
shown in his large one-man
exhibition at the Corcoran
Gallery in the mid-'40s. He
has had subsequent one-man
shows in Washington. as well
as New York City and else
where, has participated in
group exhibitions and has re-
ceived many honors. He won
the top oil award in last years
Corcoran area exhibition and
one of 35 equal awards this
year.
Not content with his achieve
ments. Mr.. Jameson continues
to experiment. In recent years
he has been painting mystical,
elusive subjects, limiting of
various influences. in color
schemes so subtle in some in
stances as to have monochro-
matte effect. There are several
paintings in the current show,
involving reclining or standing
nudes enmeshed in threadlike
lines and inclosed spaces suffi-
cient to give the observer
clauStrophobia. One of these
is called "Divina Commedia,"
with the mass of linear figures
in a writhing stream.
There is plenty of variety in
the current collection. There
are two poetic flower paintings
in subtle grayed colors. Great
Sail of Creation" and a few
other works are inspired by
shells with their intricate con-
volutions. The most covetable
work Ito mel is the small sim
pie landscape, Dark Wood
and Crest" Horse and Rider"
(encauStic) is composition
with repeated curves, in which
the horse is nobler and hand
somer than the rider, who re-
sembles the late Mussolini.
Mad Ahab" is an arresting
Interpretation Of Herman Mel
ville's dedicated hero.
Evening star., 1953-11-29

livelier than an auditors re-
port. The unimaginative are
dull. They dislike travel and
to them a great piece Of music
is only an intricately arranged
volume of notes. The histo-
rian, like the novelist. must be
able to fit the pieces into a
picture. though he is not un-
der compulsion to develop a
drama, a plot or a character.
He can let the facts lead
where they will.
Unwonted Recruits
Aside from the color and
strength of Mr.. Cations writ
ing, there is much of interest
that he has dredged up in his
research. He has stressed some
things which have been ig-
nored or hurried over in other
histories. BY 1854 replacements
were hard to get. The draft
had worn thin. The bountieS
offered for voluntary enlist
ment brought in some of the
country's worst thieves and
thugs, and they made a prac-
tice of deserting as soon as
possible and enlisting some
where else for a new bounty.
Physically and mentally unfit
men, sent by substitute bro
kers. paid by citizens lodging
the draft, further haraSsed the
army. Combat troops dreaded
to see recruits. An artilleriSt
wrote that he preferred to
go into an engagement with
the enemy rather than guard
such a rabble."
Mr.. Cation set out, above
everything. to show how the
long, costly campaign felt to
soldiers taking part-generals
and privateS. Always, in the
background, there is the small,
cool figure of Grant, the Su-
preme commander, who sat on
a stump, smoked cigars and
whitfield during the battle of
the Wilderness. Always, be-
yond the smoke, there is the
fierce, unyielding courage of
the Confederates. I don't
think a better account of the
Wilderness has been, written.
You can see and feel the con-
fused fighting in almost in
visibility, with a dreadful toll,
followed by the fearful slaugh-
ter in the Bloody Angle at
Spotsylvania, when the two
armies were yards apart.
"A Stiffness at Appomattox"
is a distinguished example of
a new sort of historical writ
ing. 1t closes dramatically the
trilogy which began with "Mr.
Lincoln'S Army" and contin-
ued with GLORY Road" Mr..
Cation makes the reading of
history an absorbing expert
ence, never a chore.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
New England

Only tomorrow remains to
see the appealing exhibition
by Agnes Stone at George
Washington University library,
1923 G street NV. There is
nothing esoteric about Mrs.
Stones water colors. She
paints what she sees, she has
a perceptive eye for pictorial
beauty, and spends her sum-
mers where it abounds: In the
White Mountains, New Hamp-
shire, whence she visits Maine
and other New England States.
She paints the mountain
landscapes of that endearing
region in sun and shadow,
summer and autumn. She
points out farmhouses in gen.
tie, rolling hills, colorful bou-
quets from New England gar
dens, the highlights Of birches,
the decorative patterns of
trees against clouds and fog,
and the sea washing against
the rocky Maine coast.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Streets of Puris'

An art festival, streets of
Paris" will be held next Sun
day. from 2 to 8 pm, at the
Workshop Art Center, 1900
New Hampshire avenue NV,
as part of a campaign to raise
funds for emergency building
repairs.
Features of the festival will
include a flea market" bene-
fit sale of original works Of
art and other gift items, DEM
onstrations by prominent art
lists in five media and an exhi-
bition of contributed painting
and sculpture by leading
Washington artists and from
private collections. The works
in the exhibition will be Of
fered at a benefit auction on
December IL.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
BuIeoric Isles

Paintings and paStelS by
Bruno Beran, of the Old World
towns and picturesque natives
of the Balearic Isles, are on
view at the Veerhof Galleries,
1912 Connecticut avenue NV,
through next Thursday. There
are II works in the collection,
some of which were shown in
Mr.. Beran's one-man exhibi-
ton at the New Georgetown
Gallery a season or two ago.
But the majority of his pastels
now at Veerhoff'S have not
been shown before in Wash
ington. The ancient city of
Ibitza and the handsome,
black-haired, dark-eyed ma
tiveS of the Spanish province
in the Mediterranean have
much pictorial charm.
Mr.. Beran, a native of Aus
tria. % years a resident of
Paris, is now an American
citizen, a Washingtonian. He
has had a number of one
man shows here, and has ex-
hibited with local groups. He
won The Evening Star Award
at a Metropolitan State Art
Contest a few seasons ago.
Also on view is Mr.. Beran's
oil portrait of M. Camille
Chautemps, painted in Paris.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Third Autumn Show

The third autumn exhibit
ton Of the Silver Spring Art
Gallery opens this afternoon
at 9216 Flower avenue, Silver
Spring, with paintings by q
group of artists in Maryland.
Virginia and Washington, and
ceramics by Elizabeth Drop
kin CMarylandD. A talk will
be given by Nuzhet Baba,
Press Attache of the Turkish
Embassy, which will be illus
trated by a film, Introducing
Turkey" The exhibition will
continue through December 80.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Jeff
BY Paul Hughes.
John Day; $500
Reviewed by Betty Murphy

Paul Hughes, author of two
war novels. now gives US in
JEFF" a delightful and reveal
ing study of a small boys i'm
pressions Of life.
jeff Nelson, the 9-year-old
son of a high school teacher,
is an average, likable boy, liv-
ing in a Southwestern town in
the early 1930s. There is Moth
ing extraordinary about his
experiences, such as his eff.
forts to prove to the world and
to a certain bully that he
isn't sissy, his Short-lived af-
fection for pretty 10 Parrish,
his friendship with a funny
old man and his numerous
escapades with his playmates.
But the author, with a
genuine and sympathetic un-
derStanding of children, pre-
sentS these and other incidents
simply as JEFF sees them. The
result is a refreshing and
heartwarming novel.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Harold Ickes' Diory

On the eve of publication
day Of "The Secret Diary. of
Harold L. Ickes: The First
Thousand Days, 1933-1936,"
Mrs. IckeS, who edited the
book, will autograph copies at
the Whyte Rookshop, 1918
Connecticut avenue NV,
from S to 7 pm. tomorrow.
The book, published by Simon
d Schuster. is sure to attract
national attention.
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Restaurant Gallery

The Roumanian Inn, 815
Thirteenth street NV, is the
latest to join the ranks of
theaters, stores. restaurants
and other commercial estab-
lishments providing space for
changing exhibitions. Theo-
dora Kane, Washington artist
and art instructor with her
own school. was the first in
vited to exhibit there. Her
exhibition of Is oils and water
colors will remain until shortly
before Christmas,
Evening star., 1953-11-29

better on II
people did
not cling so
hard to their
favorlte po-
litical a n d
e C on m ic
t h eorie S.
The endless
c o m p ! eX-
tiles of the
mind a n d
spirit pre-
vent human
affairs from
conforming
fn anu Hi~
Evening star., 1953-11-29
Art Lecture

A. Hyatt Mayor, curator of
prints. the Metropolitan Mu-
scum Of Art, and an eminent
authority and writer on the
graphic arts, will be guest lee
turer at the National Gallery
Evening star., 1953-11-29

to any rig KeinhOld Niebuhr.
i'd body of dogma, Mr.. Niebuhr
writes.
The world will not fit the
conservatives dream because
his own urge to keep what he
has prevents him from acting