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sity and college museums, $50
art schools and college and uni.
versity art departments. all al
phabetically arranged BY States,
cities and names. For the flrst
time the index includes o list.
ing Of museum collections un.
der specific headings.
Canadian and Latin American
art museums. societies and
schools. are likewise listed. IN
addition there are directories Of
art magazines, museum publica-
tions, and newspapers carrying
art notes, with names Of critics:
travelling exhibitions, with book.
ing agencies, and sources Of
various types Of shows. :
OF particular interest TO stu.
dents Ito judge from the many
inquiries I receive) Is the art
school directory. with informa-
ton on courses. degrees III Of
fereO. also scholarships and
fellowships. =
A copy Of the new American
Art Directory" will be sent on
approval to readers who mention
The Octagol1. Address n. n.
Bowker Co.. 81 West Forty-hfth
street. New York SO. N. Y.
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By Florence S. Berrymon

and elsewhere. He has his own
art school and exhibition gallery
on Wisconsin avenue.
Mr.. Atkyns went to rural
Pennsylvania in the late '40s
and organized and directed the
Artists Guild in Puzzletown,
Pa, which movement spread to
the surrounding area.
In his own painting, he ranges
from abstract to naturalistic
work. In considering his pres
ent show, I feel that he would
do well to stick to uncomplicated
themes. His naturalistic Ca
thedral" interior, "Picnic in the
Forest" and such landscapes as
Near Indiana, Pennsylvania"
also his abstract "Sails in Moon
light" are among his most Sue
cessful works.
But when he tackles such
symbolic subjects as Korea"
he finds it necessary to supple
ment his violent, crowded can
vas with a long explanatory
label. The same is true Of
Judgment Day." It is unlikely
that any one not provided with
a chart would comprehend
these messages" AS for his
Freudian "Nocturne" and ,"As-
sault," these stir only derision
in the beholder. Esthetically
they are nil.
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Members Room

simultaneously with the
opening of Mr.. Atkyns' show,
the Arts Club inaugurated q
plan whereby it is hoped, If
space permits. each artist mem
ber not otherwise exhibiting in
the club this year. may exhibit
at least one picture. Both re-
ception rooms are so used at
present, containing 1S paint
ings. The rear room is to be
reserved for members work
whenever possible.
Among longtime members
and well-known artists show
ing there now are Marjorie
Phillips. Charles Bittinger, Row
land Lyon, Robert Motley and
Madison Leary. Several paint
ings by Marie Barnhart make
q good showing among works
by new members.
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to wrestle with the gargantuan
tasks assigned him by the pro-
letarian dictatorship. With
some misgivings. he watches
prisoners laboring under sub
human conditions in the coal
mines, the drumhead justice
meted out to peasants resisting
collectivization.
Once assigned to the Kremlin,
however. he is forced to see
that such brutality is the Of
fetal and, indeed, inevitable rule
of the high command. Jailed
for his friendship with a dis
sident Communist who commits
suicide. he is released in exile.
With the Nazi invasionj he takes,
command of a task force work.
ing behind the lines. Briefly
he considers the invaders as
possible liberators, and when
that hope fails, he organizes q
guerrilla force which works
against both relationships.
Mark, unlike author Soloviev,
elects to stay behind sto fight
for Russia on Russian soil.
Mr.. Soloviev, after many near
misses. escaped to the United
States in 1851.
when the Gods Are Silent"
is no literary masterpiece. But
it tells horrible, familiar story
with an impressive weight Of
detail. M. Meg.
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Miss RuwIinqs
Writes uStory
OfLoneIiness
The Soiourner

Inc SoIourner
BY Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
(Scribners;; $780,
Asahel Linden. hero Of Mar
jorie Kinnan Rawlings pastoral
novel. takes his direction from
the Biblical verse which tells
us, eve are strangers before
thee and sojourners." He treats
the earth and it's creatures ten
derly, mindful of those who
have come before and those
who will come after. Ase plods
this one furrow in a lifetime Of
loneliness, harvesting little but
rejection and betrayal.
Asses mother adores his alb
sconding elder brother Ben and
Ase humbly accepts her con-
tempt. Just so. he bears with
the teasing Of his wife Nellie,
his brothers castof sweetheart,
an earthly mink who sets a fine
table and bears him five chill
dren and tells him at 80, he
has been q good husband. Ex-
cept for q daughter killed in
early childhood by her malevo-
lent grandmother, Asses chill
dren give him neither love nor
comfort. AS he stands silently
by. they grow up to be like the
little foxes, spelling the new
West.
Even his few friends, a dis
reputable Irishman, an Indian
and q pack Of gypsies, who come
to the farm now and then. are
begrudged him by his wife and
mother. The very land he works
so diligently is held in fief for
the wandering brother.
"The Sojourner" moves stead
fly along like its exemplary.
forbearing main character, its
course interrupted by births and
deaths and bucolic feastings.
Actually, there is little drama
unless you count the melo-
dramatic snowstorm in which
Asses little daughter dies-and
little change. The relationship
between Nellie and Ase is the
same from the day of their
wedding until the day Of her
death. In fact, the novel is
strangely static. Ase does i'm
part some of his values to an
immigrant farm boy, and he
manages to keep himself whole
souled and unembittered. In
general, the story is a much
more doleful one than would
have been expected from the
author of Gross Creek"
IN. MEG.
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Atkyns at Arts Club

A one-man exhibition by Lee
Atkyns opened in the Arts Clubs
gallery three weeks ago. to re-
main through next Friday. The
artist. a longtime Washing
tonian, is now president of the
Washington Water Color Club.
and a member also Of the So
ciety of Washington Artists and
the Landscape Club. He ex-
hibits regularly with them and
other professional groups here
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News of Artists and Exhibitions
Forty Paintings by Georges Rouou|t, Noted French
Artist, in Special Show at the Phillips Gallery

The Phillips Gallery is show
ing through next Wednesday an
exhibition of 40 small paint
ings by Georges Rouault for lie
Cirque de L'Etoile Filante," pub
lished by Ambrose Vollard in
Paris in 1888. (The paintings
are a loan from Wilstach Gal
leries. New York City, The
Phillips Gallery owns a copy of
this handsome volume, in which
these paintings are reproduced
in wood engravings. Rouault
also made a series Of aquatints
in color. which were removed
from the book and exhibited at
the Gallery some years ago.
Rouault is classed with the
tragic painters. all strong indi-
vidualists: Van Gogh, Soutine
and Modigliani, to mention a
few. For a brief period in his
youth Rouault was a Fauve, but
since then his art has had little
to do with any modern move
ment. Early in his career he
worked in stained glass, a me-
dium which permanently in
f1uenced his painting. which has
simplif1ed, monumental figures,
a few jewel-like colors and
"leaded glass lines" so to speak.
His somber art is romantic in
feeling, and his subject matter
is emotional. His clowns, dancers
and other figures are often gro
tesque and macabre, like the
creatures Of nightmares. At the
same time Rouault is deeply re-
ligious and compassionate in his
sympathy for the downtrodden,
the underprivileged, the victims
Of social injustice, meanness
and oppression.
Rouault was born in Paris in
1871. durng the bombardment
Of the city in the Franco-Prus-
sian War. The first 10 or more
years of his career were un-
happy. When he realized on
his canvases the expression Of
his own world, he is said to have
exclaimed, "Is it I who painted
this? Is it possible? It is ter
rifying!"
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Good Little Book

One pocket-sized book that
the Gathings COMMITTEES should
have seen 80 they could see how
good such books can be Is ''The
Wonderful World Of Books"
which will be available IN Feb
ruary. Edited by Alfred Stef-
ferud Of the Department Of
Agriculture, it will be published
simultaneously in q 35c paper
bound edition by Mentor and in
q So cloth-bound edition by
Houghton Mifflin.
It's high purpose is to encour-
age people to read more and to
encourage efforts to make books
more available to more people.
the book was inspired by the
conference on Rural Reading
which was held here in the fan
Of 1851 under the auspices Of
the Department Of Agriculture
Extension Services. with the CO.
operation Of the American Book
Publishers Council and other
na tional organizations con-
cerned with the promotion Of
reading.
* - h. -
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The Worm Ouroboros
BY E. r. EddiSol1.

ny r.. n. GQQlSOu.
(Dutton; So
The publishers. E. p. Dutton
& Co., close the firms centen-
nial year appropriately with
the republication of this epic
romance.
Since 1.-THE Worm Ouroboros"
was first published 80 years ago.
a devoted band Of readers. some
Of them eminent critics, have
continued to hail 1t as a MASTER
piece Of imaginative prose. But
the book has long been out of
print. Mr.. Eddison. an English
civil servant who held important
posts. died in 1945 after pub
fishing two other romances Of
similar theme and scope. "The
Worm Ouroboros" is generally
considered the most readable
and the finest. Because Of the
admiration which many readers
hold FOR this strange novel and
because Of the hope that the
general public will thus redis-
cover Mr.. Eddison, far more
than ordinary interest attaches
to the reissue Of this book.
1.-THE Worm Ouroboros" con-
Germs the adventures of people
on the planet Mercury. This is
not, as it may sound. science
fiction, for there is no effort to
make the story plausible or
connected with our world. The
characters live in a medieval
splendor. with kings, mobiles,
castles and something of the
chivalry of King Arthur's court.
There are incessant wars and
duels. The prose is Elizabethan.
but, once you get into the at
mosphere, 1t never seems stilted.
1t rolls with a majestic music
and the narrative sweeps on
with never a halt.
There is an introduction by
Orville Prescott. the critic, and
the publishers have reprinted an
introduction which James Ste
phens, the Irish writer, wrote
for an earlier edition.
&C. B. J.
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Books in Review
Edward. Grierson's Novel Is a Deep
And SkiIlfuI Study Of Character
Reputation for Song
BY Edward Grierson (Knopf: $500
Reviewed BY Corter Brooke Jones

Around a murder trial at an
English county seat the author
has written q penetrating novel
Of character.
It is neither a mystery story
nor of that kindred species, a
novel Of suspense. And yet. there
is an element of mystery that
unfolds gradually as the narra-
tive progresses. And, especially
in the later chapters. there Is
breathless suspense.
The theme is stated. full Or
chestra, on the opening page.
The trial of Rupert Anderson.
18, for the murder Of his father
Robert is about to begin. The
youth pleads not guilty. The
prosecutor starts his opening
statement.
Bitter Words
Then we turn back to the An
derson home some months be-
fore. Robert Anderson. his wife,
Laura and their three children
lived in pleasant Queen Anne
house in a suburban area. Robert
was a solicitor, neither affluent
nor pressed for money. On the
surface, all seemed well with the
Andersons. It was soon appar-
ent that Laura had come to
hate Robert, and that the chief
point Of friction was their
youngest child, Rupert. The
father, a kindly man, conven-
tional. set in his ways, felt that
Rupert was falling into indo-
lence at school and probably
worse ways, and that his mother
was encouraging him in this
course. There were bitter words
between the parents.
The father was closest to, his
elder daughter, Margaret, and
she and her mother never got
along. Margaret was past 80,
and when her father found evi-
dence that her mother had tried
to break up her romance with
q handsome young curate at the
cathedral, there was a more vio-
lent quarrel. The mother. Laura,
tossed at her husband her most
venomous secret-Rupert was
not his child. The father left
home.
When her wealthy cousin and
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onetime lover refused to take
Rupert into his business. Laura,
always practical. wrote her hus-.
band suggesting a reconcilia-
ton. Robert refused. Then
Rupert, dominated by his mother
and stirred into passion, went
to his fathers. Office to argue
the matter. When the boy re-
turned that night, terrified. his
clothes bloodstained, his mother
knew what had happened. The
police came. and Laura corrobo-
rated Rupert's alibi-he had
been at home when his father
was murdered. Later the
wealthy cousin persuaded mother
and son that their story was
absurd-no jury would be-
lieve 1t.
The boy had been seen near
his fathers Office and Rupert's
initiated handkerchief had been
found there. So they decided to
tell what they called the truth.
that Rupert. attacked by his
father and fearing for his life.
had struck back with the Office
poker several times.
Secretly q Brute
It was nothing to Laura or
Rupert or to the unscrupulous
cousin that their defense rested
on tearing down the good char
acter of a dead man. Mother
and son, to bolster up their
case, had to make 1t appear that
the man who enjoyed such good
repute in the small town was
secretly a brute and a drunkard.
Would the jury believe Rupert
or the theory Of the prosecu-
ton? The suspense is in the
outcome of the trial. That you'll
have to discover by reading the
book, which I suggest that you
do.
Mr.. Grierson, who studied law
and practiced 1t a while, has
sketched in all the nuances Of
a hard-fought British trial. with
eminent counsel on both sides.
He knows that even such a de-
tachedS symbol of justice as the
British courts is dependent,
after all, on the truth-and the
lies-of witnesses. He writes
crisply and wastes few words.
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LocuI Artist Abroad

Mary Lindsay Oliver, portrait
and landscape painter. q long
time resident of Washington at
intervals, sailed for Europe on
the Queen Elizabeth the middle
OF December to execute q
number Of portrait commissions.
Miss Oliver returned to
Washington in November after
several months in California,
where her portrait Of the. late
Hans Kinder Is now being ex-
hibited. She has been invited
to exhibit her work on the
West Coast when she returns
from Europe in about four
months.
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Inc worst Chlng CnaC the
Gathings Committee on Current
Topographic materials said
about pocket-size books in its
majority report, it had made up
it's mind about before the hear
ings began.
The majority report, which
made its official appearance last
Wednesday. after being leaked
twice to wire services, said:
"The so-called pock e t-size
books. which started out orig
inally as cheap paper-bound
reprints of standard works.
have to a great extent deteri-
Grated during the past decade
into media for the dissemination
of artful appeals to sensuality.
immortality, filth. perversion and
degeneracy."
Said a press release issued by
the Committee on December. /.
the morning the $ hearings
opened: The very same thing.
verbatim. =
This might indicate that the
members sat down to listen to
witnesses in something less than
a mood of open-minded impair
tiality. Or at least it indicates
that it heard nothing to change
its opinion during the week.
long hearings. This in spite Of
heroic efforts on the part of
such publishers as Victor Wey-
bright of the New American
Library to show that spirit ac-
lively is guided by critical and
public response to hard-coyer
books.
The majority report turned
out to be stronger in its con-
demnation but. weaker in its
recommendations than had been
expected. Also, as was ex-
pected. Representative Celler.
Democrat, of New York filed q
sizzling minority report. It was
signed by Representative Wal
ter, Democrat of Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Celler said he thought the
pocket-size book industry de-
served better treatment from
the committee, and cited its
service In bringing ancient and
modern classics within the
reach Of low-inconae readers.
The committees citation Of q
letter written by q soldier in
Korea which charged that most
Of the reading provided fighting
men by the Army was filth and
adultery" brought forth a coun-
ter-charge Of ridiculous" from
an Episcopalian chaplain. 1t.
Col. James H. Terry of Alexan-
dria. Said Col. Terry: "A mans
imagination can make any pic
ture or story obscene, If his
mind runs In that direction"
The minority report did criti-
cize lascivious covers which
sometimes belle contents Of a
worthy book. The industry, it
might be noted has been more
taken TO task on this score be-
fore. The Army fatty refuses
to buy any sensationally jack
eted book. regardless Of its in
trinsic merit. Publishers de-
tense Is that their wares don't
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Edited by Dorothy B. Gilbert.
(R. r. BotDker Co.; $l7.50.)
The American Art Annual has
been a unique. indispensable ref
erence work since it was founded
in 1898. For 40 years 1t has
been published by the American
Federation Of Arts. Since its last
issue. in 194e, 1t has become O
triennial, and this year has made
its appearance with o new title;
American Art Directory, edited
by Dorothy B. Gilbert as was
its predecessor.
The directory. like the an
n,ial, is crammed with inforfaa-
tion-nearly 200 pages LISTING,
with necessary data, 266 art mu-
seums, 470 art organizations. 50
historical museums. 81 univer-
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Formoso Under Chinese
Nationalist Rule

by FRED W. Riggs. (MdcnliL-
Ian; $2.75.)
A report on internal Develop
ments in the strategic island of
Formosa since the Chinese Ma
tionalists took over at the end
Of World War II. DR.. Riggs
finds that much progress has
been made in strengthening the
island economically and i'm
proving the lot Of its people.
But he believes the Nationalist
government has a long road to
travel before 1t can create the
basis for a return to the main
land. The book is issued under
the auspices Of the American
Institute Of Pacific Relations.
B. F.
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Contest Closing

Washington water colorists
planning to show their work
in the national water color ex-
hibition to be held at the Balti-
more Museum Of Art from Feb
ruary 8 to March 8, are re-
minded that entry cards and
fees must be received at the
museum tomorrow. Works are
due there next Thursday, Friday
and Saturday.
The exhibition will be CO.
sponsored by the museum and
the Baltimore Water Color Club.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
More Judiciols Study

A body that should, II all goes
well. bring forth q more judi
cious study of the same subject
is the Criminal section Of the
American Bar Association. They
have embarked on a project de-
signed to assess "the influence
of mass media crime portrayals
on the administration of law
and criminal behavior" Their
object is to measure this in
fluence In scientific fashion
rather than merely to accept
the opinion evidence and judg-
ment Of individual observers.
At the moment, they are at
tempting to interest some we'll
endowed foun d alton which
would subject the thesis to sci-
entific research. Foundations,
however, require a carefully
drawn-up design before under
taking such research. Several
book publishers. through the
American Book publishers
Council. have contributed to the
financing of the design.
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Reading and Writing
Committee Calling Little Books
Wicked Still Has Same Opinion
By Mory McGrory

sell half so well in decent bind
ingS.
Representative Celler not only
1ambasted the majority report
for "wrenching statements by
evil characters in good books
out of context" but charged
that it's direct unfavorable COM
ment on ideas themselves comes
dangerously close to book
burning"
Publishers Weekly. bible Of
the book trade. commenting on
the hearings said in an edi-
torial-apparently more in sor-
row than In anger-"An indus
try which now produces nearly
1,e0O titles annually and is dis
tributing 260 million books or
more this year could not pos
sibly be given q fair appraisal by
the committees sketchy and at
times clearly hostile methods Of
indIiirv."
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Art Book Reviews
American Art DIRECTORY

Edited by Dorothy B. Gilbert.
(R. r. Bowker Co.; $17.50.)
Evening star., 1953-06-16
1900 Maryland Women Meet
For Homemukers' Course

the lectures on constructing hot
beds, selecting pots and pans,
using a potter's wheel and all
the other subjects offered at the
session.
Mrs. Bennett got her diploma
from the course years ago, but
She keeps coming back for more
Il can do more here than I can
at home" she said.
She's especially anxious to take
the foWer-arranging course. She
has a big flower garden around
her Seven-room house and she
wants to know what to do with
the flowers after she's grown
them, besides giving them away.
Studied Public Speaking.
Last year Mrs. Bennett took
public speaking and parliament
tary law so she could keep on her
toes at her Homemakers' Club
IN Deal Island.
While Mrs. Bennett and Mrs
Webster were getting settled, the
other women were searching
wildly for wire hangers as they
unpacked. Others were busy re-
hearsing ways of springing into
the top Of bunk beds.
Today through Friday the
women will listen. learn and en-
joy recreation. At 10:3O am
Friday, DR.. H. c. Byrd. univer.
sity president, will present di-
plomaS to about 100 homemakers
who have completed four years
Of attendance at the short
course.
Evening star., 1953-06-16
Fenwick Campaigns
In Loudoun County

State Senator Charles r. Fen
wick headed into Loudoun
County today in his campaign
for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Virginia.
After addressing the Women's S
Democratic Club of Arlington
shortly after noon, he, was to at
tend a rally in his behalf at Oak
Hill. one-time home of Presi-
dent James Monroe, near Lees
burg. The showplace now is
owned by Thomas DeLashmutt,
formerly of Arlington.
Last night, in a television
address over Station WTTG, he
said he had asked supporters of
his opponent. former Repre-
sentative Thomas B. Stanley.
why they are backing their man.
I'm most cases." he declared,
"they replied: Tom is a nice
fellow. and it is his turn" This
prompted Mr.. Fenwick to ask:
when did the great State of
Virginia elect Governors on
turns?"
Mr.. Stanley. after a trip
through Prince George and
Surry Counties yesterday, re-
turned to Richmond to address
State pharmacists convention
tonight.
Evening star., 1953-06-16
BaItimorean Gets
12O Years for Thefts
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE. June l6.-Sen.
tences totaling 120 years in prison
were imposed yesterday on q
young Baltimorean accused Of
burglary. and the judge told the
man his future "is up to you"
David Lee Clark, %, accused in
19 burglaries and two larcencies,
pied guilty in IL cases. Judge
Joseph L. Carter imposed con-
secutive 10-year terms in the IL
cases. The present Maryland law
permits release on parole when
ever a prisoner is deemed worthy
of clemency.
Clark. on parole when he was
arrested. pied not guilty in nine
cases. These were dropped.
Clark had been sentenced for
larcency and false pretense in
1947. was paroled in 1949 and
sentenced again in May, 1850. for
two burglaries. He was paroled
again last october.
His lawyer told the court Clark
lost his job at a steel plant when
he failed to report for work but
was afraid to tell his mother and
i'll father. whom he supported.
and instead, turned to theft.