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Evening star., 1953-09-13

leon is invincible on land, but
he and his Spanish allies have
been stopped cold by the Brit
iSh Navy at Trafalgar. Horn
blower is still young, one Of
the new captains. and he has
been given command of the
sloop of war Atropos. She is
the smallest fighting ship in
the navy but a trim vessel cal
culated to challenge the pride
and ingenuity of Capt. Horn
blower. The captains first duty
is as grand marshal and COM
mander of the escort up the
Thames at the funeral of Lord
Nelson an exacting task.
Then Hornblower's ship is de-
tailed to retrieve a treasure
in gold from Turkish waters.
The Turks are allies, but they
will not stand by and see a
treasure salvaged from one of
their harborS - not If they
know it. Naturally. numerous
perils await our friend. in
cluding an encounter with a
Spanish man of war three
times the size of the Atropos.
If you belong to the minor
ity that hasn't read Horn
blower, this book offers you
an excellent introduction. Old
readers will need no invita-
ton. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
About Books and Children
By BeSs Porter Adams
(Henry Holt & Co.; s6.)

About Books and L hHdFef
BY Bess Porter Adams
(Henry Holt & Co.; $6J
Reviewed by Betty Miles
"Our days begin with trouble
here.
Our life is but a span;
And cruel death is al,DayS near,
So trail a thing is man."
Poems like this in "The New
England Primer" taught little
Puritans the facts OF life-and
death. How vivid Is the con-
trast between these words Of
woe and those of Robert Louis
Stevenson:
"Hop do you like to 90 up IN a
StDing,
Up in the air 80 blue?
Oh. / do think it the pleasant
est thing
EUer q child can dol"
Or this picture of everyday
life by Rachel Field:
"Ho, for tdriS green or blue,
Hi, for tdTiS red,
They roll along the ADenue
Like spools OF colored
thread"
Am amazing concept, grow
ing through the years. brought
about this change. The moral
istic, didactic works Of earlier
times lost favor before the
feeling that Q ehild's book
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Loudoun Annual

The Loudoun Sketch Club
will open next Friday it's sew
enth annual members exhibi-
ton in the Loudoun County
Courthouse. Leesburg, Va.
The show will remain through
September % and will be open
to the public daily from 1890
to 9.
The clubs ANIMALS are
neither juried nor free for
all" It's officers annually Sc
lect the best work of each
member, whether a profess
sional artist or an amateur
with only a limited amount Of
time available for painting.
The shows naturally include
a variety of talent. Beside a
painting by an artist of estab-
lished name, there may be one
by a college student or q
housewife who has had little
or no instruction. Works ex-
hibited have all been done
since the last annual, or have
not previously been exhibited
in Loudoun County.
Thirteen Members
The club now has 13 men,
bers, most of whom are repre-
sented, with from five to
seven works each. Katharine
Slappey, who has exhibited in
the Corcoran Biennial, also
the Corcoran area shows, in
cludes in her group a colorful
oil of Autumn Woods" and
two decorative large water
colors of unusual flowers.
Col. and Mrs. Robert Pick
ems, who left early this month
for a years painting trip
around the world, turned in
their groups before departure.
Vinton Pickens. one of the
clubs most gifted artists, is
represented with oils and
water colorS, mostly landscapes.
Her best, to me, is Our Lady of
Fatima," with effective use Of
line, and Gray Day." balanc-
ing the landscape and it's re-
Election in a pond.
Jane Pohl has a varied
group. including q lively cap
ture Of Great Falls, and a still
life, with a nice balance of red,
black and white. Dolores
Phillips prefers graphic media;
she shows a characterful head,
and several architectural sub
jects in crayon drawings. Mrs.
Phillips is well known to Star
readers as a regular contribu-
tor Of news Of Loudoun County.
The best of Elizabeth Beers
seven oils, mostly landscapes,
is one Of swirling lines, red
rooted houses and wind-blown
trees, with a harmonious color
scheme. Esther Thomas, a
new member, has been paint
ing only one year. The SIM
plest and best of her group is
THE Clowns Trailer" Eve
lyn MarShall's Trailer Camp"
is reminiscent of HarperS
Ferry.
Washington artists Laura
Douglas and Joe Sumerford
taught painting classes at the
Evening star., 1953-09-13

Mr.. Ullman has climbed
mountains and explored jun
giles and turned his experiences
into such novels of adventure
as THE White Tower" and
River of the Sun" But his
new novel is strikinglv differ.
ent from anything he has writ
ten
The Sands Of Karakorum"
is a remarkable achievement
by any literary standard. 1t
has a lofty and compelling
concept. 1t should hold the
absorbed interest of any reader
who is not lost entirely to the
spell of strange, remote lands
and the lure of romantic mys-
ticiSm. It is written with
beauty and yet its phrases are
spare, never expanding into
WordinesS.
Kingdom OF Genohis Khan
Karakorim lies in the mid
die of Mongolian desert. 1t
is only a sand-swept huddle of
ruins. but seven centuries ago
it was the capital OF the king
dom of Genghis Khan, the
Mongol conqueror.
The story is told by Frank
Knight, a foreign correspond
ent. He is in Shanghai in
1850, after the Communist
conquest of China, and he is
unable to get any significant
news dispatches past the CEN
Sor. He meets a train Of
American and European refu-
gees from the interior, not ex-
pecting to be able to write
much about it, but hoping to
find John and Eleanor Bickel
and their 12-year-old daugh-
ter. The Bickels are mission
aries and in recent years Frank
has come to be known to them
intimately and to feel for
them a singular admiration
and devotion.
But the Bickels are not
among the passengers. After
considerable difficulty and
some bribing, Frank learns that
they have gone westward, to a
town called SanchoW. He
feels impelled to follow them,
to learn their fate. This in
wolves obtaining a forged pass
port. since no correspondent
is allowed to go into the in
terror. He finally reaches
Sanchow. only to find the
Bickels have left. But in San
chow he discovers the grave
Of little Jean Bickel. barba-
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Medical Humor

Physicians received the high
est number of votes in q ma
tional poll a few years ago, to
determine which profession was
the most popular with the
public. Physicians are also
popular with cartoonistS, as
any one has noticed. who looks
at the cartoons which enliven
many popular magazines.
Joseph Tucker. chief of the
administrative division, Armed
Forces Medical Library (also
an artist who has exhibited in
Washington and elSewhere), re-
Gently culled more than 30
such cartoons from various
publications. and. with the CO.
operation of Frances Corrigan.
photo-duplication section. had
them enlarged, mounted on
colored cards and installed in
two cases on the second floor
of the library at Seventh street
and independence avenue S.W.
Among the nationally known
cartoonists represented are
Arno, Thurber. Price, Cobean.
Darrow and Addanls Of the
New Yorker: Kaufman and
Schade of Medical Economics.
Pont of London Punch. others
from lei Paris Hebdomidaire.
and several books: This Is
Anne. by Munro Leaf; George
Price in I'VE Buy Old Gold."
Marcel Vertes in, ITS All Mem
tai" and others.
Evening star., 1953-09-13

rously murdered by some OF
the people her father had
worked for SO heroically.
Hos Not Turned Communist
Frank cannot believe, as he
is told, that John Bickel has
become a Communist and is
cooperating with the new re-
gine. The trail leads to Ming
sia, a distant spot on the
northwestern frontier of China.
Frank must go by river boat.
a journey that takes weeks.
At Ningsia he is directed to the
village of Borba in Mongolia.
He rides there with a caravan
"a tortuous journey. In Borba
he suddenly comes across
Eleanor Bickel. But her hus-
band is away, presumably Wis
iting nearby villages. He has
not, Frank learns, gone Red,
but since his daughters death,
he has given up preaching and
devoted himself to helping his
wife with her medical clinics.
Finally the troubled Flea
nor shows Frank a note from
John. John has felt COM
PEELED to find out what lies
beyond the sands of Karako-
rum" Frank feels that his old
friend is quite mad. But when,
after an incredible ride on
Mongolian ponies into the un-
mapped heart Of Asia, Frank
and Eleanor reach John, in
company with several lamas,
in the mountain pass that
leads toward the ruins Of
Karakorum, they find the
missionary sane enough. He
has not become a lama, nor
has he lost his faith, but his
faith has taken new direc-
ton. What happens you must
let Mr.. Ullman tell.
There are two characters
who can be only mentioned
Khitai. the Mongolian boy the
BickelS adopted, and Yeng,
their devoted helper. The clos
ing chapters touch the eerie
mystery of the black sands.
1t is a region caravans always
avoid, for are not these the
sands of death, formed of the
disintegrated bodies of Gen
ghis Khan's millions of victims?
Only death awaits the living
who dare enter that vast, for
lorn stretch, where the mourn
full voice Of the sands speaks
through the wind.
Beyond question, 1.-THE Sands
Of Karakorum" is one Of the
seasons distinguished novels.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Kinsey Casts New Light on Female
Psychology in Detailed Report

necessarily to be considered
more moral than men!
Responsiveness
Another commentary regards
the development and mainte-
nance of sexual responsiveness
in the two sexes. The maxi
mum for the male is in the
late teens and early 2Os, with
a subsequent steady decline,
whereas in the female the
maximum is in the late 20s,
with maintenance of q level
throughout most of her life.
This difference is not explicable
on anatomic, physiologic or
psychologist grounds. There is
no evidence of substantial diff
ference in speed or intensity
of response as between males
and females.
Many other points Of inter-
est are developed in the vol
ume-the section on homo
Sexuality deserves study, for
example. This form of activity
is apparently only about one
half as common in females as
males: much of it is tranSitory.
DR.. Kinsey points out, how
ever, that very few females
are exclusively homosexual:
rather there is a continuum,
so that he divides his subjects
into seven groups running
from completely heterosexual
and bisexual to completely
homosexual.
DR.. Kinsey has some inter-
esting data, too, on the age
at first erotic response. He
found that in 80 per cent Of his
cases such response was expe-
rienced before adolescence. and
in So per cent before Is years
of age. Only 2 per cent Of the
cases claimed never to have
had any sexual arouSal; "a per
cent of the women had expert
enced climax (not necessarily
coitaD before marriage. as
compared with 100 per cent OF
the males
Again, the authors report
that 26 per cent Of the sample
reported some extra-marital
coitus by age 40. usually irreg-
ularly and not infreQuently
only on rare occasions.
Clothing Note
Finally a note for manufac-
turers of night clothing: Fifty
nine per cent Of the women
born since 1920 reported that
they sleep au naturel, as
against 81 per cent Of those
born before 1900.
Many readers Of the book
will be disturbed for one reason
or another; facts sometimes
are disturbing! But If. gentle
lady, you are one Of those
who object to the data which
DR.. Kinsey has collected so
thoroughly, take heart. The
author says that the most i'm
portant fact which he and his
collaboratorS can report is that
they have (p.543 never found
any individual who was a COM
posite of all the averages on all
of the aspects Of sexual re-
sponse and overt activity"
which they have analyzed. In
other words, if you wish, you
are an If not the exception to
all that DR.. Kinsey has re-
portedl
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Mission With
Mountbdtten
BY Alan Campbell johnson
(Dutton;; $5.)

BY Alan Campbell johnson.
. (Dutton;; $5.)
Lord Mountbatten's mission
to India was q momentouS
one-to arrange the grant Of
independence to a subconti-
nent Of warning religions, races
and castes held together only
by the British Raj.
Convinced of the value Of
good staff work, Mountbatten
took along high-powered
group of advisers including the
author. who served as the first
and last press attache to q
Viceroy of India.
Mountbatten's handling Of
the delicate political negotia-
tions is described in day-by-
day entries from Mr.. Camp
bell-Johnson's journal. There
are revealing sketches Of the
Indian leaderS-Gandhi, Neh-
ri Jinnah and many others.
-BF.
Evening star., 1953-09-13

Freedom is more than q po-
litical concept in the United
States-it Is a constitutional
reality. Sir Arthur Zimmern,
emeritus professor of interna-
tional relations at oxford and
a resident of the United States
since 1947, has been impressed
that a union of free societies
linked by a constitutional
framework has become the
greatest world power. An un-
derstanding of the United
States, he says, is the worlds
best insurance of peace.
AS might be expected, the
American approach to world
order has been through con-
Evening star., 1953-09-13

around the Porter home. The
spotlight shifts every few
pages from one character to
another-MrS. Porter, Kath-
crime, Webb. the grandmother
and Parsons, the hired man.
A Motriorchy
This house, 1t soon becomes
obvious, Is q matriarchy.
Judge Porter might have had
influence, in the city, but at
home he took orders from his
wife. Webb was really
fond Of his father-in-law, who
liked him, but Webb knows
the score and he tries, with
the help Of a few drinks. to
settle down to, the ordeal Of
obeying the commands Of
three women for a few days.
At first the small chapters
that swing between members
of this household may seem
too commonplace to hold the
interest. But gradually they
take a cumulative hold and
you know the cast intimately.
The Deep Sleep" lacks the
haunting, poignant quality Of
Mr.. Morris last novel, THE
Works Of Love-" but. after all,
1t Is a different sort of story.
The humor of the new novel
is subtler than that Of the
hilarious earlier book, Man
and Boy" but nonetheless
effective In its way. THE
Deep Sleep" Is as surely a
slice Of life as anything Mr..
Morris has written.-C. B. j.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
The Return of Germany
BY Norbert Mullen.
(Reoneru: $4.5O.J

For the first time in history,
Mr.. Muhlen says, democracy
and totalitarianism are being
tested under almost exactly
equal conditions. with Ger
many, sharply divided by the
Iron Curtain, as the labora-
tory.
Born and educated in Ger
many. Mr.. Mullen is under no
illusions about West Germany's
weaknesses in comparison with
the democratic ideal. But the
Soviet Russian experiment in
East Germany has failed COM
pletely. he says-So completely
that communism has disap-
peared as a political force in
the federal republic. where a
ballot still represents a free
choice.
The final success or failure
Of free and independent Ger
many. Of course, depends more
on the United States and Rus
Sia than on the Germans
themselves, but that is an
other story. -B.F.
Evening star., 1953-09-13

and readers who lack that.
who read him literally, will
merely wonder why his books
were written.
All in q Doy
Judge Porter, a man in up
per middle age with quite a
reputation in Philadelphia,
has died at his home in a
Main Line suburb. His wife
and his active, centenarian
mother survive, as the papers
say. So does his daughter
Katherine. who, with her art
tgt husband, Paul Webb, has
come from Boston for the
funeral. The incidents de-
scribed In The Deep Sleep"
take place IN q day In and
Evening star., 1953-09-13
HornbIower and the Atropos
BY c. s. Forester (Ltttle, Bro,Dn; $780,

All the books describing the
adventures Of this British ma
val officer of $50 years ago
have not worn off any of the
ZeSt with which Mr.. Forester
continues to relate episodes
from Hornblower's career. The
new story Is as exciting as any
of them.
The year is 1906, and Napo-
Evening star., 1953-09-13
The American Road to- Peace
BY Sir Alfred Zimmern. (Dutton; 81
Reviewed hv Belmont forie!

stitutional means. The Con-
stitution worked. The q. N.
Charter can be made to work,
the author believes.
The U. MS great failure has
been the frequent inability OF
the Security Council to func-
ton because of great power
rivalries. What is needed, Sir
Alfred says, is an executive set
up like the Swiss Federal
Council with real authority to
meet international problems.
Sir Alfred'S book IS an OPP
timistic one. His hopes for
American leadership in world
affairs are high, let us hope
not too high.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Gen. Sheridan
The Legend
And the Man
Sheridan the InevitobIe

Sheridan the Inevitable
BY Richard O'Connor.
(Bobbs- Merrill: $4.50.)
Reviewed by John w. Stepp
A top commander with that
rare combination of dash,
courage and competence was
a long time coming to the
Union Army. 1t is small won
der that. when a runty,
bullet headed fighting Irish
man named Phil Sheridan
Joined Grant in the East. and
achieved even more conspicu-
Gus success than he had in
the West, a legend was born.
A poet of the time swooned
In Star-spangled stanzas over
the celebrated gallop from
winchester to Cedar Greek
that turned Union rout into
victory. A sculptor created for
the Nations Capital a piece Of
statuary most heroic of all in
the city Of statues. Soldiers
and citizens added to the idyl
by word of mouth.
A Sound Assessment
Author Richard O'Connor is
entirely sympathetic to these
manifestations. Still his OBJ
vious admiration for the gen.
eral does not keep him from
giving a sound assessment of
Sheridan's character and &C
compliShmentS-aS we'll as his
shortcomings.
Mr.. O'Connor has produced
a carefully annotated, but
thoroughly readable biogra-
ply. 1t is a brisk presenta-
ton Of factual material ham
died with imagination.
To the author, Phil Sheridan
was just about the complete
battle leader. In a fight, one
observer reported, the general
brought "forked lightnings"
to the field. But his ability
to lead rested more on solder
foundations than personal
electricity.
Sheridan had dash and
daring. He was a careful plan
ner. meticulously attentive to
details, and. perhaps above
all. he made decisions and
acted on them decisively.
1t is no fault of the author
that Sheridan's postwar life
behind high-command desks
and basking TRANQUILITY on the
front porch with his devoted
family seems anti-climactic
after the banging carbines
and laundering hooves that
became so horribly inevitable
to the Confederate troops.
Evening star., 1953-09-13


of q change in attitudes to-
ward sex since the early
1800s-Dr. Kinsey enumer-
ates several factors, such as
increased emancipation of the
female, the work of Freud
and Havelock Ellis. increased
urbanization, among others.
These changes. he points
out, are still with us. Petting,
for example mot a modern
invention, and found in other
mammals as we'll as in hu-
mans, is more frequent since
the '20s, is begun younger, and
is oftener carried to climax
than was the case earlier; pre-
marital coituS is found more
commonly as sexual outlet
in the younger group than
among women born before
1900.
Incidentally, DR.. Kinsey finds
that in So per cent of the cases
some of the relations took
place in the girls home, and
in 48 per cent in the partners
home.
There is, Of course, a rela-
ton between this activity and
age at marriage, but in the
sample nearly so per cent of
the women married before Is
years of age had had rela-
tions: in about 81 per cent of
these cases the flance had been
a partner. Nor is there biologi-
cal evidence of serious disturb
ance Of the marriage as a re-
suit Of this activity.
Morals and Religion
Throughout the book, two
factors are emphasized as i'm
portant in producing conform
ity to conventional sexual
conduct. One is the moral
code as expressed in religious
teachings; this is noted par
ticularly among the devout
Catholic and devout Jews.
The other is the general stand
ards of the group. In sexual
matters particularly, both Of
these factors are always more
effective than the law as ex-
pressed in statutes. Indeed, 1t
is pointed out that in Is
States fornication u not Q
crime at all!
The volume presents some
very interesting data on the
differences between mems and
women's psychology. Reports
from the women interrogated
indicate that In general women
are much less responsive to
psychologist stimuli of a sexual
nature than men-they resort
to fantasy during sex activity
less, they have fewer sex
dreams, they are more easily
distracted during sex activity
(this is true of some lower
animals as welD, they are less
interested in erotic stories or
in observing portrayals of the
nude figure Of persons Of the
opposite sex. Indeed, DR.. Kin
sey suggests (p.66D that "hu-
man females are more often
inclined to accept the social
proprieties because they are
stimulated psychologically and
respond sympathetically less
often than most males do
in other words, they are not
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Ceramic Show
Is Decorative

AAAO AO0A O4A a4l1IudA CA1lIOl"
ton of the Kiln Club of Wash
ington gives the foyer of the
Natural History Building. Con-
stitution avenue at Tenth
street. a gay appearance. The
attractive, imaginative install
lation is pleasing in effect, and
many individual pieces are
covetable. The exhibits are
displayed on pieces Of drift
wood attached to the walls or
set up as tables (this sounds
delirious but looks charming,
also on and in painted wooden
boxes and shelves. Ornamental
iron work Cent by Fred S.
Gichner. Inc0 and a large
floral setting Contributed by
A. Guide Sons Coz add to the
decorative appeal of the show.
The Exhibition Committee was
headed by Mrs. Elizabeth Fast.
The show is composed of
three sections: A juried one
for artists and craftsmen Of
the District of Columbia,
Maryland and Virginia; an
invited group Of outstanding
Americans. and exhibits from
foreign artists, selected through
their Washington embassies.
Naturally, the second and
third sections are more i'm
pressive and varied than the
local, since they are top selec-
tions made from large fields.
The Kiln Club deserves appre-
citation for assembling these
arresring collections.
Mony LocoI Artists
Nearly 70 works by local
artists include many interest
ing items, attractive in form
and craftsmanship. I wonder,
however, why so much con-
temporary ceramic art Is in
tones of brown and gray. good
colors per Sc, but a trif1e
somber when so predominant.
Welcome departures in the
current show are George
Beishlag's vivid burnt-orange
bowl, Chloe Curtiss' feather
combed plate, Alexander Gil
ampietro's turquoise oval ash
tray "a smokers dream, large
enough to hold weeks
ashes), Katherine Hobbs col
orful little tiles, Arthur Raj
mier's yellow free form dish.
not to mention all. Marllee
Shapiro's life-Size bust, Gar
den Nymph," and Alice Hes
mer's llama" add the appeal
OF ceramic sculpture.
In the foreign section, rep
resenting 20 nations. was
impressed with the beautiful
traditional groups from Aus
tria and Denmark. a trio OF
pictorial platters from Latvia.
miniature Celadon wares from
Korea, engaging little figures
from italy, modern pieces from
Sweden, large. handsome Jars
with colorful decoration from
Spain, and f1gurines Of ma
tives from South Africa.
Among many impressive
works in the invited section
are some brilliant bowls. plates.
plaques, ETC., enamel on cop
per by Arthur Ames, Karl
Drerup, Virginia Dudley, Jo-
seph Jankowski and Kathrine
Winckler; also a large picto-
rial plaque done in enamel on
steel by Edward Winter. and
a painting in the same medium
by James Carey, who had a
one-man show at the Arts Club
last spring. Betty Feves' ce-
ramic sculpture. Two Musi-
Clans" is outstanding, and M.
E. Goslee's white mottled
ram and w. Swallows stylized
young black ram are deserv-
edly given prominent place.
ment. Items decorated with
sgraffito designs add to the
interest Of this section: bottles
by Paul Hatf1l and Paul Holle-
man and a stoneware dish by
Frans Wildenhain seemed to
me particularly good:
A major attraction Of the
Evening star., 1953-09-13
The New Era in ChiIdren's Literature

kinds of books for children Of
various ages. The appendix
also lists the Newbery (for
writing excellence) and Calde-
colt for quality of .illustra-
tionS award winners.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
By Florence S. Bergman

exhibition is a workshop set
up in one alcove. Every after
noon through September 27,
at l, 2 and 3 o'clock, a
member of the Kiln Club will
demonstrate basic steps in pro-
ducing pottery and other types
of ceramic art.