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Evening star., 1953-08-16
Reading and Writing
Have an Ode With Your MiIkshuke;
There's Meter in the 'Mideets' Now
By Mary McGrory

most people decide that poets
are obscure very much as legis-
lators decide that books are
pornographic; by glancing at
a few fragments some one has
strung together to disgust
them"
We should like to point out
to Mr.. FARRELL that hope may
be just around the corner-in
the drugstore and the railway
station. The pocket-size books
are going poetic.
Just in the past few months
we have had two admirable
anthologies. THE Concise
Treasury OF Great POEMS"
edited by Louis Untermeyer,
and an Oscar Williams edition
of Palgrave's Golden Treas
ury" have made their appear
ance. Both are well produced
with no leering muses. on their
jackets. Who knows but what
some near-sighted, flurried
traveller, reaching for a Mickey
Spillane, may snatch one of
these collections from the
counter and then, with moth
ing else to read, actually try
a poem of two? Chances are
that if he doesn't have to scan
them, learn them or chop
them up in pieces as he had
to in high-school days, he will
actually enjoy them and be
restored by them. It Is not
too much to hope.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
White House Books

Come November the PreSi-
dent will have 200 new
books to claim his read
ing time. The American Book
sellers Association, as is their
quadrennial custom, will pre-
sent as q gift to the White
House that many books from
among the best that were pub
Iished from 1949-1952. A COM
mittee Of the ABA will work
from a basic list provided by
the booksellers Bible, Pub
fishers Weekly, and make
deletionS and amendments Of
their own.
Samuel Pocker Of Ballan-
tyne'S bookstore here is a
member Of the committee. He'd
like some help with his list
and invites any readers to send
him their ideas about what
volumes should be added to the
White House shelves. The
emphasis, he says, should be on
the American scene, our his
tory, lives and letters.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Art Critics Award

The art critic is the forgot
ten man or woman when jour-
nalistic awards are distributed.
Prizes have long been bestowed
on newspaper reporters, edi-
torial writer's, cartoonists, pho
tographers and others involved
in the production Of news
papers.
The College Art Association
OF America headquarters 625
Madison Avenue. New York
City, determined to remedy
this situation in its special
field. recently announced an
annual citation of merit for
the staff art critics of news
papers and other periodicals
of general circulation pub
Evening star., 1953-08-16

Sour note from Parnassus:
Randall farrell, author of
Poetry and the Age" due this
week from Knopf, makes some
disenchanted generalizations
on the great audiences great
poets do not seem to have at
the moment.
Herewith some examples:
Tomorrow morning, some
poet may, like Byron, wake up
to find himself famous-for
having written a novel, for
having killed his wife: it will
not be for having written a
poem.'
People who have inherited
the custom of not reading
poets justify it by referring
to the obscurity of the poems
they, have never read-since
Evening star., 1953-08-16
GoIoteo

A triangle in Southern Cali
fornia, James M. Gains usual
haunt, differs only in detail
from the same thing in South
ern Maryland. his native
ground and the setting of this
new novel. Hollywood. for all
its advantages, cannot boast
the ghost of John Wilkes Booth
nor the proud Colonial strain
that flows through this strange
saga Of lust and diet on farm
near Washington.
But the real innovation here
is Mr.. Gains heroine-or rath-
er her size. Holly Valenty has
an impeccable pedigree but a
figure like a whale. She should,
if Hollywood ever bucks the
Hays Office to tell her story.
provide quite a problem for the
casting Office and also take up
every inch Of that new wide
screen. Holly's husband is a
restaurant keeper - so much
her genealogical inferior she
and her family call him
"the bedbug"-whom she has
married for food. Along comes
Duke, a one time holdup case
mysteriously paroled to the
husband as a hired man. A
former 1ght-trainer, all his
professional instincts are
aroused at the thought of carv-
ing "a sweater girl" out Of all
that grease. Then the struggle
begins and the plot becomes
as complicated as a calory
chart.
"Glandular." walls Holly.
But Duke, stern as a woman's
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comes a missionary. He mar
ries Ruth, daughter Of fellow
missionaries, and presently
their daughter olivia falls in
love with an Indian youth.
However, this is not to be, and
the story of the millionaire
missionary MacArds ends with
Olivia being taken back to the
States by her parents.
Not Up to Stondord
Neither the skill nor the
moral Of this disappointing
novel is up to the standard Of
Nobel Prize winning Pearl
Buck. Characters are wooden.
motivation hazy; and for one
OF the few times on record,
India comes through her pages
a dull and uninteresting coun-
try. This is a rare accomplish
ment for an author dealing
with so fascinating o subject.
but 1t is not enough to recon-
mend this tedious pot-boiler.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

him not to '1et that sort Of
thing upset your appetite"
The good professor. whose
mission at life's brief carni-
val is to be in love with a few
answers-including a cute lit
tie thing on the high wire and
another with a wayward gar
ter-urges Johnny to seek love.
He does. And finds 1t in a
candy striped dress licking q
double delight. cone.
He has found an answer to
all the meaningless fury and
brutality of the place.
There is more, much more,
along the dizzy way, before
the grin-reaping clowns close
in upon him, too, now an old
man, seeking again the truth
he had found and then lost.
1.-THE Carnival" Is a Souped-
up Passion Play. A daring and
wonderful fantasy for today.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Haunted House?

Delicate, meaningful ex-
change on Capitol Hill: Any
reader curious about the inner
workings Of the Library Of
Congress is referred to the
legislative judiciary hearings
for 1854. The hearings are
most Informative and particu-
larly on one fine point. It has
long been one of the legends
of Washington that the liter
ary-minded legislator, anxious
to make a nod In the direction
of intellectual circles. simply
called the Library's Legislative
Reference Service (Which was
in no position to say no to
him). suggested a subject and
approximate length fora book,
collected the manuscript.
laboriously inscribed a byline
and. sent it OF to q name
conscious publisher.
1t appears, however, that all
this has been quietly changed.
The ghosts in Legislative Ref
erence have apparently been
exorcized. This is how it was
done:
Chairman Horan-I think
there have been cases, DR..
Griffith director Of Legisla-
tive Reference), without men
tioning any names, of members
who have written books and
asked you practically to write
them - that sort of thing
should stop.
DR.. Griffith-That did stop,
Mr.. Chairman. We found q
remedy in requiring that they
(the non-writing authors, ed.
note) obtain the approval Of
the Committee on House Ad-
ministration.
To Representative Busbey,
Republican Of Illinois, goes
credit for. the inspiration Of
slnaming them out Of 1t.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

her vibrant narrative great
richness of character, obServa-
tion and humor.
The romance, which is not
so affecting as the circum-
stances surrounding it, is
doomed on several counts.
Once the color line is crossed,
there is still the vast differ
ence between rich girl and
poor boy. Camilo is heiress to
the Treadway millions. Link.
a football star and honor
graduate Of Dartmouth. is the
adopted son Of Mrs. Abigail
Crunch. genteel member Of
the Negro community Of a
small New England town,
Evening star., 1953-08-16
News of Artists and Exhibitions

lished in the United States. its
possessions and Canada. The
first citation will be awarded
at the associations banquet
during its 42d annual meet
ing. to be held In Philadelphia
next January. Judges will be
Alfred Frankenstein (chair-
mani. art critic of the San
Francisco Chronicle and lee
turer In American art at the
University of California:
Creighton E. Gilbert Of the art
department, University Of
Louisville. and S. Lane Faison,
jr., chairman Of the Williams
College art department and
president of the College Art
Association.
1t seems q good idea II the
association can focus a little
beam on art critics, who con-
stitute so small a group nu-
merically (the last edition Of
the American Art Directory
lists 226 magazines and news
paper art critics in the United
StateS) that they are singu-
larly undramatic. A few critics
Of the past have achieved q
lasting reputation, as did Rus
kin. probably as much for his
famous tilt with Whistler as
for his writing. Virginia Wolff
succeeded in producing an ex-
citing biography of the Eng
ish critic Roger Fry. But II
there has been a drama, movie,
novel or murder mystery with
an art critic in the leading
role. this critic has never heard
Of it.
Nor are critics overly popu-
lar. Within my recollection,
two Washington critics have
been respectively sued for
libel and shot at. Possibly the
College Art Associations cita-
ton will raise art critics.
standing in the community.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

Modes and fashions in art
are as ephemeral as in other
phases of life; but style and
quality endure. Artists ex-
press themselves in the modes
of their times, which change
from one generation to an
other; but If they have some
thing individual, something
original and worth while to
say, their work will live and
take its permanent place in
art history. Such seems to be
the message Of the Phillips
Gallery's summer exhibition
Gin the print rooms, through
September 15) Of 26 paintings
drawn from the permanent
collection, by three great
American impressionists, Weir,
Twachtman and Lawson,
whose careers extended from
about 1875 to 1899 death Of
Lawson. the youngest). It's q
beautiful show, composed Of
paintings that reflect an era
of peace and security which
today seems long gone.
The three artists came
from markedly different back
grounds. Julian Alden Weir,
born 1852, was an aristocrat
in every sense of the word.
His father, Robert Weir. was a
painter and drawing master
at West Point; his brother,
John Weir, was head of Yale
University's art school. j.
Alden studied under Gerome
at the Beaux Arts, Paris. But
the French impressionists
were the most potent influence
on his subsequent work. He
returned to New York where
he had an apartment at Park
avenue and f1fty-eight street,
and a summer home in Con-
necticut.
Extensive Study
John r. Twachtman was
born in 1853 Of German par
entS In Cincinnati. where he
began his study of art under
Duveneck.> subsequently went
to Munich where he was ex-
posed to the rich brown soup
Of the German school Of
painting there. It did not ap-
peal to him and he, too,
adopted the high key Of
French impressionism.
Ernest Lawson. some 20
years their junior. was born
in California, a descendant
of many generations of New
England tradesmen in the cod
fisheries. At 18, Lawson
worked in Mexico City with
an engineering draughtsman;
shortly thereafter, he was
learning to stipple designs on
table cloths in Kansas City.
After studying at the Art Stu
dents League of New York, he
went to Cos Cob to attend q
new school of art organized by
Twachtman and Weir.
In the mid-'90s Lawson
worked in Paris and Moret-
Sur-Loing, returned to live in
Or eenwich, Conn, near
Twachtman. In 1898 Lawson
moved to Washington Heights,
New York City, which he made
his permanent home, taking
an occasional trip abroad, and
annually he went to Hunting
ton, Long Island, to paint the
coast and sea gulls, a number
Of which captures are in the
current show.
Near his Was hington
Heights home, Lawson paint
ed his Harlem River canvasses
now on view, lush with spring
and fall. white with winter.
Some 35 years ago, Duncan
Phillips wrote lyrically of Law
son in the American Magazine
of Art. "The mans vision"
said Mr.. Phillips. "has a magic
denied to other men; for who
but Lawson can bring beauty
out Of q region infested with
sQualid cabins, desolate trees.
dumping grounds and all the
other possible familiarities of
any suburban wilderness? He
seizes upon some cheerful as
pect Of the otherwise cheer
Evening star., 1953-08-16

this story
of a hand
some, bril-
liant Negro
and a beau
tiful, disSo-
lutte white
woman. Her
talent is the
. n .ubS4 dhG
kind be-
S pc a kin g
much to say,
and a JOY in
S ayin g 1t,
and she has
folded into
Evening star., 1953-08-16
By Florence S. Berrymon

By Florence S. Bergman
less scene. If there IS no re-
deeming feature, he invents
one"
'PoIette Of Crushed Jewels
Lawson was lavish with pig
ment, and applied it with pal
cite knife. thumb and brush
to so rich an effect that an
eminent critic Of some decades
ago, James Huneker, said,
Lawson has q palette Of
crushed Jewels" Lawson was
represented in the permanent
collections Of nearly every i'm
portant gallery and museum
in the United States, received
honors in all the national an
nuals and expositionS. He
was q National Academician
and q teacher, and gave a Sc
rieS Of study courses here in
Washington in the 1930S.
Weir was one Of the first to
adopt the palette Of impress
sionism. He was versatile in
choice Of subject, painting
landscapes, portraits, still life
and figures. He loved to paint
the New England Of quiet
places of the beaten path,
known best to those who have
lived in and loved them. He
painted the environS of his
summer home, the orchard, the
rocky pastures. Duncan Phil
lips called Weir'S landscape
subjects "just nice. fertile. liv-
able American farm lands"
usually in midsummer, near
noon with its overhead light,
its pale sky and great billowy
clouds.
His Masterpiece
Night, too, Weir painted
romantically. Mr.. Phillips said
he. was told Weir considered
Pan and the Wolf" Gin the
current show his masterpiece,
with its "silvery glamour Of
twilight. Of antique figures in
p dreamy dusk" Mr.. Phillips
also delights in Visiting
Neighbors," a little girl and a
donkey in q "sun-flecked mid
summer forest"
Weir was the subject Of the
first sumptuouS publication Of
the Phillips Gallery U922).
Medals and other honors be-
slowed on Weir'S work during
his lifetime form a long and
important list. He is repre-
sented in many outstanding
permanent collections, includ-
ing several mere.
The little group Of works by
Twachtman belonging to the
Phillips Gallery Is augmented
by several loans. Outstanding
to me is the large high-keyed
Summer" which has what
some one called "the transient
qualities Of q dream" Several
of the other works seem to me
slight and unintereSting, COM
pared to the paintings Of Weir
and Lawson. Two of Twatcht-'
mans paintings are almost in
diStinguishable. But Mr.. Phil
lips wrote warmly of such
works as these, with their "di-
aphanous charms" "Twacht-
man" Che Said) could touch
white canvas here and there
with delicate color and give re-
mote, far-Sought suggestions
and sensations.
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Alexandra .Orme

Alexandra Orme, beauteous
Polish author of Comes the
Comrade," will step out Of
rustic retirement at Clear
Spring, Md, to attend the
opening performance Of Red
Skies at Morning" at Olney on
August 26. The play is based
on her book, "By the Waters
Of the Danube" Miss Orme,
surrounded by cows and geese,
is hard at work on q new novel
Of fashion and passion in
Paris called "Haute Couture. 1"
Evening star., 1953-08-16

xCo4 Vi duOA
ic destruc-
tion, tn e
h e a rtbreak
Of sending
sons of to
war and the
o r din a ry
preSsures of
d q y-to-day
living.
M ar t h a
calls this the
a b ility Of
A m e can
authors to
y a ~ a 4
Evening star., 1953-08-16

(Houghton, Mt67in; paperbo
The authors Of what Martha
Foley selects as the best
American short stories Of 1853
aren't much concerned about
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Forthcominq:

Hartnett Kane. the prolific
author for whom a place ON
the best-seller list is annually
reserved, will have "The Lady
Of Arlington" ready for his
fans on September "a. It's a
novel based on the life Of
Gen. and Mrs. Robert z.
Lee.
Evening star., 1953-08-16

re m q n Martha Foley.
steady in a time Of turmoil.
But 1t would seem that writer's
as well as readers can seek
escape.
Fine Sompling
Just the same, this is an ex-|
cellent sampling of the best
short fiction Of 1853 and at 80
cents In the paper back edi-
Evening star., 1953-08-16
The Norrows

The first thing you notice
about Miss Petry is that she
can write. She can overwrite
too, and sometimes does so in
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Pearl Buck BIeuches the Color
Out of Kaleidoscope Indiu
Come, Ny Beloved

BY Pearl S. Buck. (John Day; $500
Reviewed by Allen S. Druy
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08
No Changes Made
AS School Board
ReOrganizes Here

With the exception of a few
changes in committee appointments
the organization of the Button
Board of Education will remain the
same for 1853 as it has been through
the past year, it was announced fol-
lowing the Monday evening reorgani-
Zation meeting.
Paul Stauffer was reelected presi-
dent of the board with the Rev. v.
C. Oppermann chosen vice president
for his second term. Miss Mary
Gratz was reappointed to serve as
board clerk and office secretary at
the school, for a three-year term,
and A. B. Murray, superintendent of
schools, was ~reappointed to act as
purchasing agent.
Committee appointments made by
President Stauffer place the Rev.
Mr.. Oppermann and DR.. B. w.
Travis on the finance committee;
Maurice Bell and Stautfer on the
building and grounds committee, and
Harvey Burkholder as the boards
member of the high school athletic
committee.
The Board designated the second
Tuesday of each month as it's official
meeting date at 8 p. m. in the board
office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08
Bluffton Grad Appointed To Seat
On Mennonite Central Committee

According to a report at last
weeks meeting, the Mennonite Gen.
trail Committee spent a total of
more than $1,400, 900 in cash and ma
terial aid during its 1862 operations.
Of this, more than 100000 was
devoted to the relief phase of its
operations Other phases of the
fMCC program include refugee aid,
mental hospital work, voluntary
service projects for youth, alternative
service programs for conscientious
DIRECTORS, etc.
Foreign relief programs are oper-
ated by the organization in Korea,
Japan, Formosa, Java, Kingdom of
Jorgan, Germany, Austria, France,
Paraguay and Greece. In these fields
more than three-fourths of a million
dollars worth of material aid was
provided in 1852 by the MCC.
Only three per cent of total ex-
penditures of the MCC, including
cash and material aid, are devoted
to the costs of administration, IL
was announced.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08

William T. Snyder, Button college
graduate in 1910 and whose wife is q
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Stein
er, Poplar street, has been appointed
to the en-man executive commit
tie of the Mennonite Central COM
mittee. Snyder also is assistant ex-
ecutive secretary of the MCC.
Announcement of Snyder's new
post came from DR.. Robert Kreider,
of the Button college faculty, who
attended the annual meeting of the
Mennonite Central Committee last
weekend in Chicago.
At the meeting, DR.. Krider was
n serving as alternate for DR.. III. A.
Fast, North Newton, Kansas, who is
now absent in Europe as director of
MCC operations on that continent.
Composed of % members, 16 from
the United States and six from Can
ada, the MCC annual meeting is held
to review the organizations program
of relief, refugee, youth, peace ac-
t~ivities and TO project plans for the
coming year, DR.. Kreider said.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08
Mayor Re-Appoints
Button FireI1en

Going into the New Year there
has been no change in Buttons ad-
ministrative setup, with all elective
and appointive officials continuing
in office until next Jan. / when a
new administration will be seated.
Appointments to the towns volun-
teer fire department, made annually
on Jan. /, were confirmed at a meet
ing of municipal council Monday
night, to take care of the only adj
ministrative action required in the
New Year.
Re-appointed to the fire depart
ment by Mayor w. A. Howe were c.
v. Stonehill, John Stonehill, Ed Bad
ertscher, Robert Dillman, Gene Mer-
icle, Lester Niswander, Aldine Wiss,
Charles Young, Robert Young and
Loren Steinman
Guy Corson was appointed chief
in 1852 for a two-year term.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08
234 Tree Lights
Missing From Main
st. Decorations

Nearly half of the 525 colored
light bulbs which DECORATED the
Main street Christmas trees dur
ing the holiday season were miss
ing last Friday when workmen
completed dismanteling the dec
orations erected by the Button
Business Mems Association.
The CHEEKY Main street lighting
diminished night by night through
the holidays until at final count
ga Of the little bulbs were either
broken or missing. At a cost Of
about Is cents each, the loss
amounts to about S42.
An average of IL bulbs were
missing from each tree, although
some trees were stripped entirely.
From the tree in front of the
post office Is bulbs were taken.
The decorations consisted of az
trees mounted two to each boule-
ward light standard through the
business district. Each unit car
ried a total Of rs lights.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08
Overall Weather
Picture Normal
During Last Year
Despite Summer Drought,
1852 Rainfall Nearly
Up To Normal

Weatherwise, 1852 came about as
near as possible to being an average
year, according to a report made this
week by Ray Burkholder, south of
Pandora, the district weather observ-
er.
Normal mean temperature, based
on all-time weather bureau averages,
is 50.7, and in 1852 the mean was
SIG.
Average snowfall per year is 27.A
inches and in 1862 snowfall amount
ed to 27.1 inches. The biggest diff
ference between the normal mean
and 1852 totals was in precipitation,
but despite the summer-long drought
there was a very marrow gap even
there, Burkholder pointed out. To-
tai rainfall for the past year
amounted to 31.35 inches in COMPARE
son with the normal precipitation of
34.87.
With total rainfall lacking only
three inches of being normal, 1862
cannot very handily be termed a
agonghe year, for the driest year on
recordKwas in 1884 when there were
only H.61 inches of rain. Wettest
year ! vas 1850, with 5000 inches.
Ankther record established COM
parathely recently vas the most
snowfall in a year, ATT inches in
1851. In comparison there was only
nearly half as much snow in 1862,
27.1 inches.
Burkholder's report showed that
the highest temperature recorded in
1852 was on June 20 when the Their
mometer hit a mark of 102. The all
time high was lot, on July %
and "a, 1884.
Continued on page 10)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1953-01-08
Sewage Contract
Awaits Signature
Of Page Dairy Co.
Council Ok's Terms PrOvid-
ing $4,000 Minimum
Annual Charge

A contract approved Monday night
by Bluffton municipal council is on
its way to the Page Dairy Co., in
what local administrative officials
hope will be the final phase of pro-
tracted negotiations over treating in
dustrial wastes of the local Page
plant in the new town sewage dis
posal system.
Under terms of the contract signed
by village officials, Page will pay a
minimum treatment charge of $500
per month, $500 annually.
Provision also is made for addi-
tional charges, if wastes of the dairy
plant exceed the present volume. All
wastes discharged by the plant will
be measured by a flow meter, to be
installed and maintained at Page ex-
pense, the contract provides.
Contract provisions are subject to
negotiation and adjustment annually,
in case there are changes in operat-
ing conditions at the plant.
Mayor w. A. Howe said that terms
of the contract are essentially the
same as those discussed with the
company as far back as January,
1852, and that at that time there
was substantial agreement between
the dairy concern and the village.