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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-30
Funds for Three
Stream Valley
Parks Sought
House Unit to Hear
Plea by Maryland
Agency Tuesday
By Harold B. Rogers

An appeal will be made to
Congress Tuesday for $4,000
in Federal funds toward pur-
chase of three stream valley
parks in nearby Maryland, esti-
mated to cost a total of $402, 900.
The request will be presented
to a House Appropriations SUBJ
committee by officials of the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
For three years in a row, Con-
gresS has refused to appropriate
funds authorized under the Cap
per-Cramton Act for such park
development in the nearby State.
Unless Congress grants money
this session, officials of the COM
mission predicted, it will be nee
eSsary to re-examine the whole
program for park purchase in
the area.
Land Costs Rising.
Jesse F. Nicholson, commission
secretary treasurer. said the pro-
gram is faced with rising land
costs to the point where it is
difficult to buy property for even
the appraised price. New Subdi-
visions are being developed so
fast, he stressed, that the longer
it takes to purchase park lands.
the more it will cost the tax
payers.
Spokesman for the Maryland
commission will testify Tuesday
morning before House Appro-
priations subcommittee handling
the Independent Offices Appro-
priation bill. The estimate Of
$134, 900 is expected to be con-
sidered for inclusion in the next
years budget for the National
Capital Planning Commission.
Bonds to Finance Part.
This item would be one-third
of the estimated total cost of the
three projects The other two
thirds would be provided by the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission
through issue of bonds based on
the credit of Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties.
Congress turned a cold
shoulder last session to a plea
for Capper- Cramton funds need
ed for such nearby parks. The
original request for $4,000 was
cut out by the Budget Bureau.
The House refused to appropriate
any funds after a plea by Mary
land officials. The Senate re-
stored $685., 900 of the amount,
but even this was lost in the
Senate House conference which
ironed out differences between
House and Senate versions of the
funds bill.
Two In Montgomery.
The three stream valley parks
involved include two in Mont
gomery County and one in Prince
Georges County.
The Montgomery projects are:
Rock Greek Park Unit Number
S, of "A acres, estimated to cost
a total of $4,000. west Of Viers
Mill Village; and Little Falls
Branch Park Unit Number /, of
IS acres, estimated to cost a total
of $135,00O. This runs from Mas
sachusetts avenue to Macarthur
boulevard, between the subdi-
vision of Sumner and Westmore-
land Hills.
The Prince Georges project is
known as Paint Branch Park
Unit Number 2, of 281 acres, esti-
mated to cost 1925, 900. It runs
from Metzerott road to Calvert
road.
Maryland officials planning to
testify include: Robert M. Wat
kins, chairman: Mr.. Nicholson,
j. Bond Smith. general counsel;
William c. Burrage, director of
planning, and c. Warren
Giauque, planning engineer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-30
County Raises Tex Rute

WESTMINSTER, Md, Dec. 30
P.-A tax rate of STAT, up 2
cents, was approved yesterday by
the Carroll County commission
| erS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-30
Kiwunis Pick Man of Year

WAYNESBORO, Va, Dec. 80
(R.-Paul w. Freed, Waynes-
boro auto dealer, Vice Mayor
and civic leader, last night was
presented an award as citizen
of the year for 1858" by the
Waynesboro Kiwanis Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-30

AVIATION QUEEN FINALIST
Miss Bette Jensen of 4424
North Seventeenth street,
Arlington, has been chosen a
finaliSt in the contest for
Miss Jaycee Aviation of 1854.
Miss Jensen, sponsored by
Trans World Airlines, is one
of five finaliStS who will COM
pete for the title at the Junior
Chamber of Commerce New
Years eve ball at the Hotel
24O0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-12-30

LOCATION OF HOSPITAL
This map shows the site of
the Hospital Center on the
grounds of the Soldiers Home
property.
ton awarded the first conStruc-
ton contract of $224,970.
Bids for the construction of
the actual hospital buildings are
expected to be taken this spring.
Cost of construction is estimated
at SITS million.
The center itself will be stated
by the doctors and nurses of the
three hospitals. 1t will consist
of three buildings-the main
Evening star., 1953-04-14
KaIorama Citizens Back
Bill for D. {. DELEGATE

The Kalorama Citizens Asso-
citation last night supported the
Case bill, which would provide
for a delegate to represent the
District in the House.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. Secre-
tary of the association, said:
II have been working for ma
tional representation for 40 years
and this bill is step in the right
direction. . The delegate would
be in the nature of a public re-
lations man for the people OF
the District looking out for their
interests"
The association also urged
higher wages for firemen and
policemen.
The meeting was held in the
Adams School, Nineteenth and
California streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
News Of Music
By Elena de Soyn

In the course of years the
Phillips Gallery has performed
a real service to the enlisted
musicians by providing an out
let for their talents. Last nights
concert by the Chamber Orches-
ira, directed by Paul Olefsky,
featured two Soloists from the
service bands: William Berman,
violist, and Daniel MajeSke,
violinist. They were heard with
the orchestra in Hindemith' S
Music of Mourning" and Bach's
Concerto in E Major" respec-
lively.
Accomplished tonally, they
never fail to give a musicianly
reading which shows the solidity
of their equipment. However,
the star of the performance was
Thelma Stein, pianist, who col
laborated with Richard Adams,
violinist; Mr.. Berman, and Mr..
Olefsky, as cellist, in the per-
formance of Brahms piano
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25."
Her playing mirrored through
out an uncommon polish Of
technical details. The attention
she paid to each individual note
in the score, the clarity of sound
attained in most elaborate and
tricky passages and the lowell
ness of her touch brought out
the inherent beauty of this un-
usual composition. She was
simply terrific in the fiery Ron
do ALA Zingarese, one of the
authentic portrayals in existence
of Hungarian gypsy music, ir
spirit and effect. There were
many opportunities in the ro-
mantle passages of the score to
display the tonal splendor OF
the strings, opportunities which
were not passed by.
The performance of Mozart's
Evening star., 1953-04-14
Brook|and Group Opposes
Transit Commission Plan

The Brookland Citizens Asso-
citation last night opposed tran
sit commission for the Metro
politan Area.
The group also asked that
Congress appropriate money to
pay substitute teachers for the
rest of the year.
Robert Faulkner was recon-
mended for appointment to a
full term on the Board of Educa-
tion when his present term ex-
pires.
The association also favored
the bills before Congress to in
crease police and f1remen's pay.
The meeting was held in the
Brookland School. Tenth and
Monroe streets NE.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
ADVERTISEMENT.
Perfume That cIings

Q.-Dear Penny: / adore per-
fume, but for some reason or other
its fragrance just does not last on
me. 1 have told several of smy
friends that 1 want a new perfume,
but first I must find out about a
lasting One.-MrS. A. w.
"A particularly good idea for
women who claim that perfume
does not stay with them" is a
Liquid Skin Sachet. 1t smooths on
the skin very easily, and fingers
longer because of its sachet base.
1t has a slower rate of diffusion
and evaporation than any other
type of fragrance. Try this Houbi-
CANT Chantilly Liquid Skin Sachet.
Only $1.85 plus tax at better stores.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
TheImo Stein, Pianist, Stars
AtChomberOrchest Concert

"Serenade, K $685." otherwise
called Zine Kleine Nachtmusik, "
is known to be a favorite of
former President Truman. Only
extreme daintiness lends that
special charm to the composers
music which has earned him
Immortality. Without lightness
and a great deal of nuance, mis-
music sounds repetitiouS and
uninteresting. To play Mozart
we'll is, possibly, one of the most
difficult assignments a musician
can set for himself, and in the
case of the Chamber Orchestra it
is worth trying.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Time and Time Again
BY James Hilton. (Atlantic- Little, Bro1On; s375J
Reviewed by Allen DuY

cockney girl who just won't
do, but his eccentric old pater
speedily rescues him from that
situation and presently he
makes a suitable match and
settles into his own little
groove in the diplomatic corps.
holding down a number Of
minor consular posts but never
quite making ambassador. His
sole distinction, in fact, is to
attend an international confer
ence and act as intermediary
when the principal spokesman
of the opposing government,
evidently Russian, decides to
fly the coop and seek haven
with the West. In this crisis
Stuffy stands by.
Occasionally through h out
these adventures he fingers
moodily by a window looking
down on London and reflects
that certain things happen
time and time again-al-
though even here Mr.. Hilton
robs him of effectiveness by
having him reflect that on
the other hand, maybe they
don't happen in exactly the
same way each time, at that.
Mr.. Hilton is facile and en-
tertaining, and his latest won't
offend anybody. But it won't
excite anybody much, either.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Crime
Reviewed by
Miriom Ottenbero

SpinsterS in Jeopardy. BY
Ngaio Marsh. Little, Brown
& Co. So
Certainly. you'll remember
this plot: The Riviera cult
fronting for a brisk trade in
heroin, the young girl help
lessly entangled, the smooth
Oriental maestro. But with
Chief Detective Inspector
Roderick Alleyn and family
mixing with the villains 1t all
looks fresh-or at least fresher
than it would be in less capa-
bic hands than Miss Marsh's.
Nevertheless, it's a bit surpris-
ing to find her ploughing such
well-tilled ground.
None Shall Sleep Tonight. BY
Hugh McCutcheon. E. P.
Dutton & Co. $2.500
Guilt-Edged.
Town Planner Latimer de-
votes his first night in town
to rescuing o woman pitched
into the sea, mink coat and
all. The question her beauty
impelS him to answer: Who
pushed her2 Then some one
knifes her fiance and incon-
siderately leaves the corpse An
Latimer's car. Does he report
this to police? Don't be silly.
Murder methods range from q
runaway car to the venom Of
q fer-de-lance. The charac-
ters are stock but the plot
moves In double quick time.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

This detailed analysis Of the
philosophy, operations, weak
neSses and future of the Unit
ed States foreign assistance
program brings together un-
der one cover most of the ma
terial any one interested could
need. Like most Brookings
Institution jobs, it ought to
he required reading for Gov
eminent policy makers in both
the executive and legislative
departments, as a balance
wheel to offset the pleadings
of special groups.
One basic conclusion:
American aid must not be
founded on do-goodism, which
degrades the receiver and
makes enemies for the giver.
We must understand and
make sure that all aid we
give is in our own selfish in
tereSt.
Reconstruction of the in
ternational economic system
is essential to the United
States future, and one Of
two basic reasons we give for
elgn aid. The United States
can push forward with the
rest Of the world along these
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Sculpture
Competition

A competition for the de-
sign of a new kind Of play
ground equipment that will all
low children to exercise their
imaginations as well as their
bodies, is being co-sponsored
by Parents Magazine, the
Museum of Modern Art and
Creative Playthings, Inc.
Prizes totaling $4,000 plus
additional royalties, will be
awarded to the winning de-
signs to be exhibited at the
Museum Of Modern Art in
June, 1854. Entries must be
postmarked not later than
January Is, 1854.
The purpose of the compe-
tition is to encourage the de-
sign and manufacture Of
sculptural playground equip
ment not only akin to swings.
jungle gyms, See-saws and
slides, but which also suggest
to children a world of fantasy:
and recreates, for example,
mountains, caves, airplanes,
ships or animals.
Entry blanks and official
programs can be obtained
from Miss Greta Daniel, Mu-
scum of Modern Art. IL West
Fifty-third street, New York
City 10.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

Here, slightly less ponder
Gus by sheer weight of pages
than House Divided" is the
late, prolific Ben Ames Will
liams' sequel to one of modern
days better novels of the
Civil War. It also is one of
his final works before his
death in New England last
February.
The author was the first to
realize that continued tracing
Of the colorful Currains would
run to more length than the
reading and publishing traffic
would bear. 1t was revised
when II suddenly realized that
with almost three Thousand
pages of manuscript in hand,
I had gone far enough"
A Polished Job
Some readers probably will
enjoy it from mere realization
that 20 years of research went
into the two books. 1t is a
polished writing job, meticu-
lous in its historical detail of
Reconstruction and wicked,
bawdy New Orleans.
Through it all, after the
steady. sensible Trav Currain
plods home from Appomattox
to knit his family back to-
gether is the story of a Ma
ton trying to knit itself back
together.
There is hardly a dull page
in its $50 and his accounts of
the political and racial riots
surging through New Orleans
streets are written as though
he were reporting it, Rebecca
West style, for a daily news
paper.
One inconsistency may stand
out to some readers: How a
man with the reasoning pow
ers. the open-mindedness and
the altruism of long-suffering
Trav Currain could offer no
more than mental wriSt-slaps
to Son Peter, who goes about
killing OF Freedmen and
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Robert Penn Warren Now Chants
"A Tale in Verse and Voices
Brother to Dragons
ALAN PATTON

WiIIiom Hill
thought has when squeezed
into the meter of verse. We
have Lucy Lewis speaking:
The human curse is simply to
love and sometimes to
love well,
But never well enough.
And Thomas Jefferson:
We must always be betrayed
by the most dear.
BY what has taken food at
our hands, and offered
It's silken self to our fingers.
and laid its head
In some sweet crook of the
arm, or heart.
And Writer Warren, speak
ing to Jefferson:
We must remember that al
ways the destroyer
It is who has most need Of
love: therefore destroys.
And in the unity Of life re-
member
That distinctions but crea-
ton gone aStray.
Brother to Dragons" is
aimed at the mind, not the
heart. Poet Warren is willing
to sacrifice the narrative quail
ity of Novelist Warren WAll
the Kings Menu to leisurely
probing Of such concepts as
virtue. happiness and justice.
For the general reader, the
result makes interest uneven;
the more contemplative reader
will find many mind-stirring
Oscillations.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Paris Is for Lovers
BY Evelyn Herbert.
(Dodd, Mead; $3.)

The real heroine Of this
novel is Paris beautiful,
worldly wise and tolerant of
love that is not marriage-type
love. This is the kind that is
enjoyed by an English COVER
ness and a French youth, each
OF whom has a more suitable
partner in the wings. They
gambol joyously through the
City of Light, avidly watched
by the whole Left Bank and
the girls landlady, one of those
formidably practical French
women who thinks that civil
lization stops at the borders of
France and that outside there
is only a bowling wilderness.
Miss Herbert's inconsequen-
tial little romance is given sub
stance by her charming style
and ripping humor. AS in a
good British film, the minor
characters are much more in
teresting than the principals.
The action is improbable, but
the dialogue and the atmos-
phere are fine. M. Meg.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
American Foreign Assistance
BY w. A. Brown, jr., and RedverS Opie.
(BrookingS Institution; $6)
Reviewed by EorI H. Voss

four paths to international
economic stability: Cd Keep
exports and imports in bal
ance; (2) keep trade barriers
down: 90 help countries in
crease their reserves in prep
aration for restoring complete
convertibility of currencies
around the world; "a help
rebuild the network of inter-
national investment.
The other basic aim of for
eign assistance is free world
security, which we improve by
military aid to other coun-
tries. The authors conclude
that postwar America has
been mistaken in not main
tanning good balance between
military and economic aid.
They criticize both our for
mer policy of stressing eco
nomic aid. during the Mar
shall plan period, and our pres
ent attitude of emphasizing
military aid while just about
losing sight of the Importance
of economic assistance. Nor
do they see an early end to
foreign aid if we are to pur-
sue the goal of international
economic stability.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Brother to Dragons

Reviewed by
For what I say :. nO1D
Is true, but true now only, not
true then.
Truth is the afterthought,
the reflection on the event
when it is passed, Poet-Novel-
ist Robert Penn Warren would
have us believe.
The quotation above comes
early in his new work, Brother
to Dragons" philosophic
tale in verse dialogue. Mr..
Warren'S tale concerns the
butchering of slave by his
master in 1911. The atrocity
is taken from historical rec
ords revealing the butcher
was Thomas Jefferson's
nephew, the son of his sister
Lucy and DR.. Charles Lewis.
The murder took place in
Kentucky and was immedi-
ately motivated by the slaves
breaking a pitcher that had
been a favorite possession Of
Lucy Lewis before her death.
What intrigued Mr.. Warren is
the fact that, so far as he could
discover, Thomas Jefferson
never commented on the crime,
never said anything to square
the deed with his belief in the
innate goodness of man.
Brother to Dragons" takes
all the characters out of space
and time to discuss and re-
create the tragedy with the
writer and Thomas Jefferson.
The approach is philosophic,
with all the concentration
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Oqunquit Museum

Richard Lahey, principal Of
the Corcoran School of Art,
who is summering in Ogunquit,
which is popular with many
Washington artists, writes en-
Enthusiastically of the new mu-
scum dedicated there early
this month. 1t will be open
through Labor Day.
II believe it to be the finest
museum in any art colony in
New England" wrote Mr.. La
hey. "It is typical of some
thing spreading throughout
these United States, which
means that the works of ar
fists, especially contemporaries,
Evening star., 1953-08-23

The trio wanders happily
through France, Switzerland
and Italy. with Barbara de-
ploring the sleeping pill set
and narcotics squad" and her
father observing them with his
usual enjoyment. Says the Sc
we're daughter, "You make
them all too charming and ut
terly divine. You always fall
in love with your character"
Barbara has her off moments,
too, in her resolute cultivation
of plain people" On Capri,
she scratches an acquaintance
with an awfully nice man who
turns out to be Lucky Luciano.
In Naples she picks up a duke.
Father, Dear Father" has
everything for the Bemelmans
fan including illustrations by
himself and a delectable post
script in the form of a Christ
mas story. It's a very nice
way to go to Europe without
the burden of passport and
vaccination. M. MEG.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
LC Exhibitions

There is much information
of interest in the annual re-
port of the Library of Con-
gress for the fiscal year 1923.
Twenty-three major exhibi-
tions were held there and.
in addition, II exhibits of the
month and SIS exhibits ar
ranged by various divisions Of
the Library. Also, 20 displays
were prepared for exhibition
by other governmental agen-
cies, libraries and institutions.
five for exhibition at national
conventions throughout the
country and several to be
shown abroad.
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Art Lending Service

The District of Columbia Is
one of eight States in which
nonresident members of the
Museum of Modern Art, New
York, may now rent original
paintings and sculptures by
well-known American artists,
through the Museums Art
Lending Service.
Rental fees are based on the
insurance value of the works
of art, available, and range
from 81 to $35 for a two
month period. This fee is de-
Quoted from the purchase
price if the member decides
to buy the painting or sculp-
ture.
Full information can be had
from the Art Lending Service.
81 West Fifty-third street, New
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Father. Dear Father
BY Ludwig Bemelmans. Viking: $780,

BemelmanS is, of course, the
perfect travelling companion.
Inn-bred, he came at an early
age to accept the foibleS and
follies of humankind. and he
regards all with debonair
amusement. Even his idea Of
the supernatural has a mum
dane polish. To the dying Lady
Mendl he says, Perhaps for
people of courage and spirit
a small table is reserved in the
ballroom above"
Now Bemelmans has found
himself a travelling companion,
his daughter Barbara, a kind
of 13-year-old Eleanor Roose-
welt, who considers herself a
lighthouse far from American
shores which sends out con-
slant flashes. Barbara's COM
panion is Little Bit, a French
poodle whose concealment
from the kennel-keeper on the
U. S. S. America accounts for
one of the books most exciting
passages.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

days when he struck a univer-
sal human chord in Lost
Horizon" Too many Mar
quand echoes interfere, and
the character of Charles An
derson is not strong enough to
drown them out.
Charles is in the British
Foreign Service and his nick
name is "Stuffy." Having
given him this handicap, Mr..
Hilton proceeds to justify it.
1t Is true that Charles does
have his fling as a student,
falling in love with a simple
Evening star., 1953-08-23
Books in Review
Potion Novel q Mountain Among
Foothills Of Current Fiction
Too Late the Ph0I0Fope
BY Alan Patton. (CharIes Scribners Sons; $500
Reviewed by Murv McGroy

rator. Tante Sophie. who tells
you she Is not as other women,
being disf1gured, is a watcher.
And from his boyhood. she
has loved Pieter beyond wis
dom. She had seen Stephanie,
who would go with any man
and yet was a tigresS for her
child, and the look she had
given Pieter.
And from the book that
Pieter wrote in the pit of his
torment, she knows that he
was never quite easy with
his stern father, who, baffled
by a sensitive son, was "proud
of the boy with the wild horse
and ashamed of the girl with
the wild flower" And she
knew that Pieter was not safe
in love because his timid wife
Nella mistook his pleas as "the
coarseness of man."
1t Is Too Lote
Sophie's lament strikes
through the story like a deep
chord. "And how great is
Gods gift of love, that love
which is of body and mind
and soul, and why should she
who had it not understand
and why should I understand
who never had it," And Sophie
reproaches herself for not
hammering and hammering on
her nephew's heart although
he had closed the door on her
twice, and terribly. When the
Bible-reading father, who
growlS like a lion so that no
one knows whether he is angry
or pleased, finally steps to-
ward his son and offers to
show him the rare bird, the
phalarope, on the weld, it is
too late. Pieter cannot speak
to any man.
TOO Late the Phalarope."
is shattering but restoring, too.
For as the police captain tells
Nell'S father. If man takes
upon himself Gods right to
punish, then he must also take
upon himself Gods promise to
restore" Mr.. Patton is a writer
in whom compassion, integrity
and art are perfectly met. His
novel is mountain among
the foothills Of other current
fiction.
Evening star., 1953-08-23

friend and her sister retrieves
and falls in love with him. The
third falls from grace, but they
accept that, too, because they're
a nice, loving family. "Over
and over and over" says the
bouncy matriarch Vicky.
Mr.. Sullivan tells their story
with verve and affection, and
q nice eye for homely detail.
M. Meg.