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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
A Feast for the Forgiven
BY Vurrel Yentzen (Appleton- Century-C rottS; 49,
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones

comprised by violence. Her
mother died when thrown from
a horse. The mother had not
been married in the church
until after Clotilla was born;
hence the child was regarded
as not quite legitimate. The
father had deserted. Clotilla
was being brought up by two
auntS on a plantation, one an
auStere mystic. the other q
gentle soul.
The story opens with their
brother, the child'S idolized
Uncle Nunc, laid out in the
parlor, a Cajun Casanova. shot
by a righteous husband. An
other murder is sprung late
in the story.
Cause for Wonder
No wonder the girl thinks
killing is an everyday part Of
life. She is Mortified when she
learns the meaning Of sex.
Meanwhile, she talks to God
and wonders why He allows
so much fury and cruelty on
His earth. It seems unlikely
that she can grow up with
anything like q normal con-
ception Of life.
But Mr.. Yentzen writes well
and the hope might be eX-
pressed that he will do another
Cajun novel. perhaps one less
violent, which might do greater
justice to his people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
ReOding and Writing
Both Sides Liked Will Shakespeare
And ]. Edgar Hoover at Hearings
u Mary McGrorY

FOR almost the fun distance
Of the long hard fu1row. the
gentlemen Of the Army-Mc-
Carthy hearings seemed will
ing TO 90 it alone. Go it.
that Is. without supporting
quotations from the classics.
Special Committee Counsel
lor Ray Jenkins did, at the
outset, make q Scriptural ref
erence TO- q time where the
memory Of man runneth not.
but that was his sole cCntribu-
ton, and for weeks thereafter
every one spoke his own lan-
guage.
It was Acting Chairman
Mundt, speaking on his BIRTH
day, June 8. who broke the
deadlock. Trying to shake out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Art Book Review

ZuFb0Hdn
BY Martin s. Soria.
(Phdidot Garden City Books:
$12.5O.J
SPANS great master, Fran
cisco de Zurbaran, is more ex-
tensively presented in this
handsome volume than in any
earlier studies. DR.. Soria, an
international authority on
Spanish art, now professor Of
art history at Michigan State
College, is q recent Guggen-
helm fellow who devoted IL
years of research to zurbar-
ans work. He examined at
first hand, nearly all the mas
ter's paintings except those
east of the Rhine, and dis
covered a number heretofore
unknown.
On this foundation, he has
compiled the first catalog
raisonne of Zurbaran's art
(224 works., Incorporating
nearly 40 for the first time.
More than 100 of the $50 IL.
Illustrations (some of paintings
never before reproduced are
full-page plates, nine in colors.
revealing what DR.. Soria calls
the =, disciplined design OF
his compositions" and the
"bold application of deep rich
colors." Sboth akin to contem.
porary art. Of which zurbaran
was a precursor.
DR.. Soria discusses the
sources of Zurbaran'S art:
Earlier masters. both painters
and printmakers, and his great
contemporaries VelasqueZ,
Ribera and Murillo; the
changes in Zurbaran's style
during nearly half century:
Realism, mysticism, classiciSm
and his final mellow Softening:
his themes, the majority reli.
gious, and also still lifes, por-
traits, NEUROLOGICAL and his
torical scenes.
Although beautifully written,
the book is nevertheless one
for scholars and serious stu.
dents, as DR.. Soria discusses
paintings in detail, with refer
ences to the photography. the
catalog, illustrations in the
text, and the plates. There is
also a list Of many cities in Is
countries of Europe and the
Western Hemisphere, where
Zurbaran's paintings are To-
Gated. The National Gallery
here owns one Of the earliest.
saint Lucy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
The End of Innocence

Jonathan Daniels, who al
ways writes entertainingly, has
drawn deity a picture Of
Washington in the World War
I era, which is essentially a
tribute to the labors Of his
father. Josephus Daniels. as
Woodrow Wilson's controver-
sial Secretary Of the Navy.
AS q schoolboy up from Ra-
leigh, North Carolina, where
he now edits the family's long
established News and Observer
after White House service UNI
der Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Truman, the young Daniels
saw new pages Of history
turned, as this country began
to retreat from traditional
isolationism. to play q major
role in world affairs. If he was
more interested then in the
wonders Of Rock Greek Park
than. for instance, the peace
loving William Jennings Bryan
or the aggressive Theodore
Roosevelt, the lasting impress
SionS Of the men-and women
and the times, bolstered by
extensive memorabilia includ-
ing private papers, have con-
tributed to an interesting and
often gossipy account of those
earlier days.
The Roosevelt He Knew
Although he served as a
highly valued member Of the
Secretarial staff of Franklin
D. Roosevelt in the final days
Of the New Deal, the author Is
sharp in his treatment Of the
Roosevelt he first knew as a
self-assertive Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy who had no
hesitancy at all in bucking
Secretary Daniels, thus living
UP to a profound observation
by Elihu Root:
Whenever a Roosevelt rides,
he wishes to ride in front"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Boy Meets Girl

An item for the Never-Say-
Die and also You-Never-Know
Department: The Ladies Home
Journal in a series devoted to
helping old maids to change
their status reports that "a
group Of young men, asked
where they thought it was
easiest to meet young women,
replied, The Public library
because the surroundings are
respectable. and they could
very naturally ask a girl a
question about books"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

Here Is q timely, detailed
review Of the political and
military development Of Wet
Nam, Cambodia and Laos.
There is much in the back
ground Of Wet Mans CEN
turies-old struggle for indie
pendence. first from the Chi
neSe and later from. the
French, that explains things
happening there today. Some
Of the opportunities the West
France in particular-haS
missed to untangle the mess
there stand out distinctly in
DR.. Hammers history.
Reasons for general Wet
Namese resistance to the idea
Of partitioning their country
are more readily understand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

sador: Janice Lester, star Of
the play; her manager and
nephew. and an American
writer and his wife. One Of
these elegant persons murders
Ambassador Castle and the
novel concerns itself with who
and why.
The small amount of suS-
penSe engendered by Mrs.
Keyes' narrative hardly seems
to justify use of a murder
plot. However. the revela-
tons of the suspects under
questioning by Scotland Yard
enable the author to easily
sketch the characters past
lives and relationships.
Though the nature of the
story seems trivial, Mrs. Keyes'
fans will probably like 1.-THE
Royal Box"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

an incurable drunkard had
failed. She prospered so well
in her chosen profession that
she ultimately became the
mistress Of Frederick, Duke OF
York.
Despite the royal patron
age, she was always hard put
to maintain herself in the
style to which she had be-
come accustomed. In order to
keep her four children IN
school and herself in luxurieS,
she struck up q brisk trade
In peddling commissions. This
was done with the royal con-
nivance. The Duke was COM
mander in chief Of the army.
Mary Anne was charming
and vivacious. but, oh, how
she lied. And the Duke found
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

but determined on
this day to break away from
him forever.
Into the day Of each Of them
comes some aspect Of life in
Johannesburg-and here the
author is more skillful than in
his tortuouS attempts to get
to the root Of their character
through endless and frequently
unnecessary detail.
AS a novel, this one could
have proflted by a heavily ap-
piled blue pencil. AS a re-
porting job on life in johann
neSburg as a resident sees it,
it is quietly revealing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

There was not anything
evil about Franklin Roosevelt"
Mr.. Daniels says. Ellis fault
as q young man was only that
of one so Self-confldent that
It did not seem necessary for
him to be troubled by fidelity
to anybody or anything but
himself"
The author obviously Is de-
termined, however, that the
DSniels-Roosevelt relationship
be put in its proper perspec-
tive, and that it be made clear
that it was the North Caro-
lima Daniels who shaped war
time naval policies rather
than the Duchess County as
sistant for whom the office
was a stepping-stone to the
top.
FDR's Lost Dogs
Mr.. Daniels also diScloses a
bit of hitherto unrecorded-
or unnoticed-history in con-
nection with FDR's last days
which he compares to the Pc
Rod in the White House after
Woodrow Wilson was stricken
while fighting for the League
of Nations.
Back from Yalta, President
Roosevelt''s condition was rec
ognized by those about him
and "the suggestion was made
apparently with RooSevelt's
approval-that more and more
matters which had received
his attention before. be ham
died and briefed by others be-
fore they were brought to his
attention. It was an imposSi-
BILE plap. Roosevelt must have
known that from Wilson's day.
The most blessed thing that
happened to Roosevelt and the
country was that when he was
struck down, he was struck
down forever. Fate dealt less
kindly with Wilson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Books in Review
Miss Du Muurier Tells the Tale
Of q Notorious British Vixen
Mary Anne
By Daphne DuMaurier. Doubleday; $500

her out In o bad one. A series
Of blacknailing letters from
her sodden husband exploded
her tale Of widowhood. and
the Duke, finding it was not so
worthwhile after al, betook
himself from her boudoir.
But No TeIevision
The fury Of the woman
scorned thereafter enveloped
Mary Anne, and she had the
last word. Several thousand Of
them. in fact. in q public hear
ing that without benefit Of
television struck terror through
the British peerage. Mary
Anne had her say. sassy as
ever, before the House Of
Commons, to which she con-
flded her entire tale Of royal
love and military bargaining.
She also did q little blackmail-
ing on the side.
Mary Anne Is o forbear of
Daphne Du Maurier, who may
have been moved by ancestral
piety to tell her tale. For this
is not Miss Du Maurier's dish.
Her forte Is plot. not charac-
ter, and she has reduced q
woman who must have been
quite racy and amusing to a
kind Of woman's magazine
type heroine, who did what she
did for her children'S sake.
The story Of Mary Anne is
intrinsically interesting, but
from Miss Du Maurier's cliche-
ridden pages she steps out as
a vindictive and on the whole
rather dreary creature, less
colorful than sordid.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
The Royal Box
The Royal Box
BY Frances Parkinson Keyes Juan Messner Inc $780,
Reviewed by Lee Lorck Primo

A theater party which re-
suits in a murder is the raison
d'etre for Mrs. Keyes' latest
novel.
Baldwin Castle, the new
American Ambassador to OIL
rich Aristan, and his wife are
entertained at the theater in
London by Hillary Thorpe.
Counselor Of the American
Embassy. Joining Thorpe and
the Castles are: Althea, the
girl he loves; Jacques de Val
court, wealthy Frenchman
who is also her sutton, and
Lady Laura, Altha's mother,
who obtains for the occasion
the royal box at a hit play.
At an intermission party,
others attending the theater
meet Thorpe's guests, among
them the Aristanian Ambas-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Senator Tuft

Now available in book form
is Eight Weeks to Live" the
story of the last days Of SEN
ator Robert A. Taft. This
poignantly written account,
the work of Jhan and June
Robbins, first appeared in
This Week Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

tne clOu OF leglSlaClVe-cXeCu~
tive conflict, he recalled his
part in the Hiss case.
Advice From the Bard
He went to Shakespeare for
advice to the Government
worker. who has been told by
Senator Mccarthy to bring
him documents. and by Presi-
dent Eisenhower not to.
IF thou are privy to thy
country's fate. which happily
for knowing may avoid. oh
speak"
It was especially apt because
it made no reference to CLASH
fed documents and at the same
time encouraged those nursing
secret knowledge to tell all.
Harriet Beecher Stowe was
the next author to be tapped.
Senator Mccarthy called on
her to explain how the inveSti-
cations Of Fort Monmouth
grew. He said it was like
Topsy.
Army Counsellor WEIGH also
used Topsy. To him, the con-
troversial collection Of memoes
which form the foundation of
the Mccarthy countercharges,
just growed. He referred to
the file as "her."
Unanimous Approval
Shakespeare proved to be
as unanimously approved a
figure as J. Edgar Hoover, the
absent figure with the crowded
coattails at the hearings.
Senator Mccarthy had re-
course to him to describe Sec
rotary Stevens formulating Of
the Army charges. The quote
referred to Macbeth, $50
stepped in blood" There were
those in the caucus room who
felt that the quiyering Sec
retary's resemblance to the
bloodthirsty Highland chief
was not exactly striking.
Special Committee Counse-
lor Jenkins quickly countered
with a quotation from "Othel-
To-" the one referring to who
steals my purse steals trash"
and encompasSing the theft Of
a mans good name, a really
pressing issue at the hearings.
No Help to the Cause
In general. whatever else
they have accomplished, the
hearings did not notably adj
vance the cause of English
prose. Senator McCarthy'S
rather inflammatory choice of
woros is already well known
and was particularly well illus
trated in his reference to the
enemy holding a razor blade
poised at the jugular vein OF
the Nation" He mentioned
it several weeks ago, so when
he renewed the terrifying met
aphor, there were those who
sought comfort in the thought
that perhaps the arm had fall
len to sleep or the razor had
grown rusty in the interim.
The most distinctive style
revealed was that of Army
Counsellor WEIGH, who main
tanned a steadily 10Th century
mien. but spoke in an engag-
ing combination of simple
words arreStingly combined to
make up what might be called
overstated advertisements.
For instance, in speaking of
the need for getting Mr.. Nc
Carthy's alleged list of subver-
Siyes in defense plants to the
Pentagon, he besought sex
IRENE suddenness."
Acting ( Chairman Mundt
probably carried of all honors
in the flowery field of the ele-
CANT variation. He was vir-
tually carried away one day
when he called Fort Mon
mouth IAN inStrumentality."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

lea, the Ca
jun country
Of Louisiana
remains one
of the few
holdouts
q re gion
rich in folk
lore, S till
clinging to
some Of the
old customs.
The author
Of this nov
Ell about the
C q ] u n S
1z,aAxxyC fha
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

lSn GupHS
into q per-
feet Snit for
q couple Of
years.
A cock
ney girl
W nth an
e arly de-
veloped ap-
titude for
gossip and
intrig ue,
she became
O prostitute
after her
wnorY.ia0a fn
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johannesburg Friday
BY Albert segal. (McGraw-HiH Book Co, Inc; $3.50
Reviewed BY Mrom OttenbeFa

Inevitably. today's novel with
Q South African scene comes
TO grips with racial conflict.
Frequently, the native struggle
for recognition or the white
mans determination to resist
tntegration in any form is the
dominant note. In this novel,
racial tension is simply q part
Of the picture of life in the
vibrant gold capital of the
world.
Basically. this is the story
Of a day in the life of q
Jewish family. the Leventhals.
There is the mother. wrapped
up in her children and her
house. There is the father,
who has turned his back on
fortune to embrace the schol-
arly life and the wisdom of the
Talmud. There is the son, a
pharmacy clerk who wants to
be q novelist but whose prob
lem on this Friday is the pos
sible pregnancy Of his girl.
There is the daughter, beloved
by the son Of her non-Jewish
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Art News
Norwegian
Art Show
By Florence S. Berymon

Per Krogh. one Of Norway's
most important living artists.
is being honored with his flrst
one-man ex hi bition in the
United States. This large
retrospective, covering four
decades. opened in the foyer
of the Natural History Build
ing, National Museum, last
Tuesday, under the patronage
Of the Embassy of Norway,
where a reception was held by
the Norwegian Ambassador
and Mrs. Munthe de Morgen-
stierne. after the opening.
This exhibition began a tour
Of five galleries and museums
in April. at the Gallerie st.
Etienne. New York City; went
from there to the Pennsylvania
Academy Of the Fine Arts.
Philadelphia, on the initiative
Of whose president, John F..
Lewis. jr., and DR.. Olaf T.
Messelt of Oslo. the exhibition
was arranged. The National
Collection of Fine Arts is its
host in Washington Through
July ID. From here 1t will go
to Seattle and San Francisco.
-Four museums in Norway,
Sweden and Denmark and the
Phillips Gallery here, along
with many private collectors
in Norway, lent paintings to
the exhibition. The Phillips
Gallery lent 1.-THE Blacksmith"
Cabaret" and q self-portrait.
Fine Catalogue
A generously illustrated ca
dialogue, with information
about the show. biographical
data on the artist and q
chronological and critical dis
cussion Of his life and work,
by Odd Holaas, cultural coun-
selor of the Norwegian EN-
bassy, is available at the mu-
scum. From this, we learn of
an outstanding aspect of Per
Krogh's art, his fresco muralS
in Oslo buildings, which could
not be represented in the ex-
hibition. His most recent major
work is the monumental can
vas in the U. N. Security
Council chamber in New York,
given by the government Of
Norway.
That Krogh's major interest
is man is quickly learned from
a visit to the exhibition. Por-
traits, street scenes, genre and
satirical commentary account
for about 80 of the AZ paint
ings. One superb landscape,
'Frogner," great flower
starred meadow, demonstrates
WAAuV AAC Coll w Will O1I1S
theme class. There are two or
three paintings in each of such
categories as animal subjects,
architecture. the sea and
flowers. But people, their ac-
tivities and foibles, dominate
the show.
Per Krogh uses a forceful,
expressive line, sometimes ex-
aggerated and distorted, and
brilliant color. His painting is
realistic and intensely inter-
esting. He emphasizes design,
and effectively conveys move
ment, and in every painting
his characterizationS, meaning
or message is crystal clear.
This is an exhibition that.
should not be overlooked dur
ing the next three weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

In an era Of conformity,
where one town looks like an
other and ways of living vary
little as you travel over Amer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
The Struggle for Indo-Chind
BY Ellen J. Hammer. (StGntord U. Press; So
Reviewed by Earl n. Voss

able after one has some
glimpse Of the Wet Namese
historical perspective. Parti-
ton, Wet Namese fear, would
be mainly a sort of double
colonialiSm, with the Com
muniStS setting up their CO.
: lonial empire in the north and
the French hanging on to
half Of theirs in the south.
There is much of the Nehru-
type plague on both your
houses" among Wet Namese
who dare speak their minds.
In the tragic world Of big
power politics, however, the
human problems Of the Wet
Namese could well be subordi-
mated again to the broader
interests Of the militarily
stronger nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Forthcoming

Coming attractions in the
book world: On July IL, Paris
Original" q novel about the
world behind the scenes of
high fashion, by Alexandra
Orme, author Of Comes the
Comrade."
From Barbara Ward, bril-
liant author of 1.-The West at
Bay, there will be Faith and
Freedom, a study of the ex-
pansion of freedom as it is
related to Christian faith.
Nobel Prize winner. william
Faulker, a recent Washington
visitor, by the way, is the
author of one Forthcoming
book and subject of another.
"A Fable" his newest novel,
has been nine years in the
writing. It is set in France in
1918, and is promised for Au-
gust.
THE Private World Of VIII
liam Faulkner" is q biography
Of the man from Oxford, Miss,
by Life editor Robert Cough
Ian. It is due in the autumn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
New Faces

ArC, an eXn1DlClOn IN TWO IN
stallmentS, opened June 10 at
Franz Bader's Gallery, 1705 G
street. The first part will re-
main through July /: the
second will be on view July 10
through the 26th. Each Sec
ton comprises about 20 paint.
ings by S artists.
Mr.. Bader'S objective Is to
show lesser known Washing
ton artists who have not had
one-man shows, and those who
have been residing in WASH
ington for q comparatively
short time. A few have had
solo exhibitions, most recently
Jose Bermudez at the Fantasy
Gallery last March.
Artists Of the current group
have had good training in art.
Four of them, in their late
20s or early sos, have exhibited
extensively and some have re-
ceived awards. The fifth, Jona-
than Rickert, aged II, is still a
student at st. Adams School
and a pupil of Dean SIAM
baugh. A placard or biograph-
ical data about each artist can
be seen in the Bader Gallery.
Water Color Group,
Frances Cecchini's five water
colors impressed me as the
most interesting group. These
expressionistic interpretations
Of Washington street scenes,
done in fluid color and a ner-
vouS, shifting line, capture the
character of the places.
Jonathan Rickert likes to
paint subjects seen through
open doors or windows. His
oils are done in nat. fresh
colors. Despite their careful
perspective. they have a two
dimensional effect, somewhat
like posters. and a similar
quick appeal. Across the Bay
seemed to me his best.
Jeanne Taylor's group Of oils
includes three near-abStrac-
tions, and one, "Trees," which
Is pleasantly naturalistic. Jose
Bermudez' group Is the most
varied: two abstract compost
tons in oil, with overtones Of
cubism; and two figure sub
jectS, done in ink and wash,
with rounded and angular
forms. Don Lynn, a graduate
Of American University'S Fine
Arts Department. Is smitten
with greens. Two mountain
landscapes and a marine are
masses of green, with Scanty
details added in ink outline.
It is a monotonous group save
for a king-sized crab in his
fourth painting.
Mr.. Bader's gallery sur
passed even his own hopes
during its first two months. :
with sales Of about $1,000
worth of paintings by WASH
ington artists.
Freer Gallery
The Freer Gallery Of Art
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20
Mary Anne

Despite the occurrences Of
her name. Mary Anne Clark
was an extremely forward sort
Of Q girl who threw the Brit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-20

vines: Dean Dallin adroitly
handles Little Parrot" with
humor. Roger Hollenbeck
makes q neat still life out Of
playing cards and other game
pieces. Ralph Peplow. also
known on the West Coast rs q
sculptor Of distinction. is
showing q Hunt" reminiscent
of South African rock paint
ings.
Robert Browns "Mycro-
mystic" is an arresting alb
straction Of swirling lights
against a darker ground. forth
fed with a net of heavy lines.
Somewhere at Night" by
Thomas Laursen has the ro-
mantle unreality Of a carnival,
graceful, clean-cut ARCHITECT
ture" in rich colors on dark
blue.
These original silk screen
prints make excellent decora-
tionS.