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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-07
Teach Children
Fire Safety Rules

"A child plus match is a sure
fire combination" says A. V. Kre-
watch, agricultural engineer, Uni
versity Of Maryland Extension
Service.
Krewatch, who works with the
state fire prevention program,
says latest figures show that three
out of every ten fire fatalities are
children IA years old or younger.
One-third of such deaths occur on
farms.
Fire Prevention Week, October
3-9, is a good time to make sure
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-07
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dear
son, William Emerson Thomas, Jr.,
who departed this life seven years
ago today, October s, 1947.
Your memory is our keepsake,
With that we shall never part.
God has you in His keeping;
We have you in our hearts.
Sadly missed by Mother and Dad
ADV Ii
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-07

straw or underbrush, or near en-
gines or the fuel supply for farm
machinery. Children who are old
enough should be taught to use
fire extinguishers, and know how
to call the local volunteer fire de-
partment.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-07

Mr.. and Mrs. j. +. Kitzmiller, Oak
land; Mr. and Mrs. William Come
way, Albright, W. Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. G. H. kitzmiIler, Elkins, W.
Va. RileE Paugh. Mt. Storm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-10-07

Economic signposts pointed to a
modest squirt in the three remain
ing months of 1854.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12
Fire Department
Auxiliary Names
Committee Posts

The Ladies Auxiliary Of the
Farmville Fire Department met
IN the home Of Mrs. H. l.. Brink
ley. Wednesday night. MOI 10,
with Mrs Margie Stat2er! and
Mrs Maggie Butcher as co-host-
esSes.
Mrs. Irene Spurlock. president
announced the committee APP
continents as follows
Sick committee, Mrs. Elizabs TIL
Blair. chairman, with Mrs. Dor
othy Ferguson as committee
member. Refreshments, Mrs. Eliz-.
abeth Hamilton. chairman. and.
Mrs Eunice Redd Mrs Jane Gay.
and Mrs Kitty Brinkiey
Entertainment committee Mrs
Mabel Nosl, chairman, and Mrs.
Bunnie Covington, Mrs Dorothy
FereuSon. and Mrs. Margie Stat
ger. Publicity, Mrs Elizabeth.
Hamilton
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12

Mrs. Josephine Phillips and
son of Boston Mass. are spend
ing couple Of days with MIS-.
Janice Lemen this week MIS-
Phillips was formerly a member
of the mathematics department
at Longwood College Expected
guest Of MIS- Lemen also this
week is Mrs Vera Baron Rems-
burg, a former member Of INK BIZ
ology department here
Miss Susan HarWood will leave
Friday TO visit Miss Jean David
son Of Bedford for the week end,
and to attend the Farmvllle- Bed
ford football game and dance
NIL and Mrs william L Cash.
OF Emporia were the week end
guests Of Mr. and MIS- c l. Spur
lock. JI
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12

Personals

Mrs E Scott Martin is spend
ing a week with Nh. and Mrs.
James Blanton. Of Richmond. and
VIII attend the homecoming game
al William and Mary this week
end.
Mr. and Mrs George Price have
returned home after visiting their
son-in-law and daughter and
family in Parksley. Va They also
visited in Salisbury Md
Mrs J A. Vache Mrs. R. f.
Withers. Jr, and Miss Mary
Nichols attended the Educational
Institute of District 3 of the
Womans Auxiliary, Diocese of
Southern Virginia, which was held
Tuesday at St Michael's Episco-
pal Church in Bon Air.
1t. GEORGE Cotfman is expected
to return TO the United States
early next week from Iceland
where he has been stationed with
the Air Force for almost a year
He viii go TO Camp Kilmer. N. J..
to receive his discharge from the
service, and viii be joined there
by 2is wife who has been staying
WITH her parents, d. and Mrs w
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12

Miss Mary Alice Starkey, Bap-
fist student director Of Madison
college and MISS Media Long
Baptist student director Of Mary
Washington College. are he eX-
pected guests Of Miss Lucille Peak
on Monday, Nov IS All three
student directors will attend the
Virginia Baptist General Asso-
citation IN Norfolk Nov 1918
Mi and Mrs. II. L. Brmkley had
as their guests during the week
end, Mr. BrAnkley's mother from
Portsmouth, and Mr. and Mrs
William Brinkley. Of Richmond
DR.. and Mrs. H. &. HaIlock. Of
Twin Falls, Idaho, ate VISITING
THEN dauehter and -in-!aW
Mr. and Mrs Earl T Agee. and
Mr. and Mrs c T. Aeee.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12

Mrs. f NJ Terry. Of Pamplin.
has been staying with her nephew
Or W. P Terry ana Mrs. Terry.
while her husband is patient iii
the SouthS.dc Community Hos
pital. 1t is expected that Mr.. Terry
will be able 10 go home oil Satur-
day.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12

W. S. Hamilton left ThurSday
for Lake Cahoon. Suffolk, Va. 20
join his brother-in-law r. 49,.
Sheffield on flashing trip. While
ne Is away Mrs Hamilton anu
daughter Faye, VIII visit hcs
no.he. ATts w J. Duncanson. .4
Blackstone.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-11-12

Wed. Only - Nov II
Your first in series OF
Better Films" that will be pre-
scented during The months of
Nov. Jan. Feb, Mar, April
May
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Stephen Hustvedt'

Stephen Hustvedt is having
his first one-man show. at the
Artists Mart. 1861 Wisconsin
avenue, Georgetown, through
next Sunday. More than 20
paintings in oil. casein and
wax, and encaustic. include
both naturalistic paintings and
non-objective compositions. In
addition, there is portfolio
of 10 drawings and other
works in graphic arts media.
revealing his good craftsman
ship.
Mr.. Hustvedt is the son of
Vice Admiral Olaf NJ. Hust-
vedt. U. S. NJ, retired, who was
commander in chief Of the At
lantic Fleet in the early days
of World War II. The son
served in the Army four years.
entering as a private in 1913
and leaving as a lieutenant in
1947, after service in Germany.
A graduate of Bowdoin Col
lege. he studied art at the Bos-
ton Museum School and the
Moses Brown School in Boston
and subsequently here at the
Corcoran School. He has ex-
hibited in group shows in Bos-
ton. Providence and Newport.
Mr.. Hustvedt's landscapes,
such as Plum Island" Line
Storm" and "Peterboro Farm"
have varied skies with effec-
tive cloud forms. assuring in
terest throughout each paint
ing. In a few others. there is
too much flat space (the ex-
panse of sand in "Clamdig-
gers" for instance). He also is
showing several portraits. the
best rugged head of a wom-
an, and a Harnett-type
"Trompe With Dog Tags"
Some of his six -objectives
are done in heavy. pitted color,
including gold. The best of his
n-objective work. I thought.
was "Textural Non-Objective"
with strong colors and sharply
defined areas. His show indi-
Gates that he Is a young artist
with q future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Paul FeiIer Show

Another first" in Washing
ton is the exhibition of paint
irgs by Paul Feiler at the
Obelisk Gallery. 324l P street.
Georgetown. through next Sum-
day. Mr.. Feiler. whose home
is in Bristol. Somerset. was
born in England in 1918. He
studied at London's Slade
School and had his first one
man show in London only q
year ago.
Mr.. Feiler has an English
mans regard for the sea, par
ticularly as 1t touches har-
bors. coves and beaches. At
least. these are his point Of
departure for intellectual.
quiet distractions. His angu-
lar compositions are FREEDOM
inantly vertical, with a heavy
paint texture. and a cold color
scheme of black, white, grays
and icy blue. Other colors are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

otCC61iAul1Cl' fruIIuF, CLTuuS (
This is by far the most in
teresting volume in the Great
Letters series. AS q portrait
of the man as an artist, it
could hardly be more revealing.
Flaubert was the most ex-
IRENE advocate of the art for
arts sake" gospel and yet he
practiced the principle with
out any Of the attitudinizing
and simpering that marked
later members Of the frater-
nifty. He was a tough-minded
man. who sweated over his
literary labors as vigorously as
his Norman neighbors worked
the soil. With him. it was a
question of total immersion.
May I die like a dog rather
than hasten the ripening of a
sentence by single second"
Love Letters
His "deplorable mania for
analysis" dismayed his mis-
tress. Louise Colet. to whom he
sometimes wrote passionate
love-letters. but more often ex-
quistely detailed accounts of
his work and his mind. He
found it increasingly difficult
to stave of the importunate
Louise. He had told her
coolly very early in their liaison.
he doubted he would love her
forever" And so it turned
out.
No writer has left a more
vivid record of the creative
process. He warns Louise
against flights of inspiration"
He calls them these masked
balls Of the Imagination"
While he was working on
Madame Bovary," he spent
five days writing one page. He
describes his method. 1.-The less
you feel a thing, the filter you
are to express it as it is" Yet
he plainly lived the lives of his
characters, weeping and suf-
fering with them. Think of
me now: Having constantly to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Jurors for SWA

The Society of Washington
Artists 62d annual exhibit
ton. which will be inaugurated
Friday evening with a preview
and will be open to the public
Saturday, to remain through
February 26. will be selected
today by two distinguished
artists, Karl Zerbe, for paint
ing, and David Smith, for
sculpture. Mr.. Zerbe will
award The Evening Star Prize
of $500. The jurors will be
honor guests at the society's
annual dinner this evening at
the Watergate Inn.
Mr.. Zerbe has been head of
the department of painting at
the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts School since 1887. Born
in Berlin. Germany Q903). he
studied in his own country
and Italy. He has had many
one-man shows in the United
States, beginning with Har-
ward University in 1884. and
has received important awards.
He is represented in more
than 30 permanent collections.
Mr.. Smith. internationally
known sculptor. is an avant-
garde innovator. who works
in steel. iron and other metals.
He had a one-man show at
Catholic University in the
autumn of 1852.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

The Corcoran Gallery OF Art
is honoring Alice Acheson with
a solo exhibition Of her paint
ings, which opened last Tues
day with a reception and tea.
Forty-five oils are on view in
gallery 80 on the first floor.
through February. They con-
stitute a retrospective of about
10 years.
Mrs. Acheson has been an
active Washington artist for
about two decades, no mean
achievement considering the
social and official demands on
her as wife Of Dean Acheson.
whose public service antedates
his years as Secretary of State.
She studied at the Corcoran
and Phillips Gallery schools.
and has participated in group
exhibitions besides having solo
shows here and in New York
City and elsewhere. She had
one of water colors at the Cor
coran Gallery in 1889, and
in the same period was in a
trio exhibition in the National
Museum with her mother, a
water colorist, and her grand
father, John Mix Stanley,
we'll known painter Of Indians
and the Far West a century
ago. Many of his works are
owned by the Smithsonian In
stitution, although consider
able number were lost In a
disastrous fire there in the
u865) mid-19th century.
Landscapes Predominant
Mrs. Acheson is more inter-
ested as an artist in places
than in people. The great ma
jority of her paintings on view
are landscapes and urban
scenes. Most of her subjects
are scenes of interest or beauty
per Sc. interpreted in a manner
all her own. She handles her
paint rather loosely and with
animation. There is noticeable
difference between the near
naturalistic paintings OF six
or seven years ago and the
earlier and more recent work.
Some of her most beautiful
paintings are those of the late
'4Os-"Jasper Park" Cove.
Maligne Lake" Autumn
Corn" Georgetown Univer-
sity." pennsylvania Land
scape," with rich color and
close tonal harmonies.
The visitor will catch
glimpses in these paintings OF
Mrs. Acheson's extensive trav-
els: "Notre Dame de Paris"
THE Rhine at Bonn" and
other European subjects, and,
more recently, a number from
Antigua. broader in handling
sand more simplified. with in
cidental figures reduced to ex-
pressive outlines. Panoramas
of Innsbruck and Bavaria are
close to distractions. the latter
too much dominated by a
heavy green ribbon Of high
way presumably.
Mrs. Acheson also has a fair
for still life, the outstanding
item in this subject group be-
ing her large Candle in the
Window" a striking combina-
ton of interior and landscape.
in green's. yellow and subordi-
mated colors toning in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

This colorful newspaper BIZ
ography describes the first so
years of the London Daily
Mirror. the pioneer tabloid
that claims today the worlds
largest newspaper circulation
more than As million.
We are apt to think that all
journalistic enterprise started
in America. and to regard
British papers. with their con-
sentative headlines and dig
nif1ed ways, with a shade of
patronage. Whatever truth
is behind this condescension,
it does not apply to the Mirror.
It's more likely, in the light
of this history. that many of
our more sensational practices,
particularly the ways of our
tabloids. derived from the Mir
ror instead of the other way
around.
Denounced and Devoured
London's noisy. turbulent,
daring, denounced and de-
voured picture paper was start
ed in 1903 by Lord Northcliffe.
1t has had its ups and downs,
sometimes dropping in cir
culation until it faced extinc-
ton. but always bouncing back
with the dynamic force of a
new policy or a fresh editor.
Mr.. Cudlipp Joined the Mir
ror in 1885, became it's feature
editor and later editor of its
companion journal, the Sun
day Pictorial. He has squeezed
the most diverting episodes
out Of the papers stormy life.
Once. in 1949, the Mirrors
board Of directors met in Brix-
ton Prison. because it's editor.
Sylvester Bolan, was serving
three months for contempt of
court for publishing too many
details OF the London "vam-
pire" murders while a man
was held for trial. British law
goes far in preventing the cir
culation of news that NAV
tend to deprive an accused
person Of a fair trial.
Churchill Libel Suit
In a post World War II DO
litical campaign Sir Winston
Churchill sued the Mirror for
libel when on election day it
printed this question: Whose
finger do you want on the
trigger when the world situa-
ton is so delicate?" In view of
the papers anti-Tory attitude,
Sir Winston took it that he
was being depicted as a war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
The Untidy Pilgrim
BY Eugene Walter H. B. Lipptncott; $780,

Jacques Barzun, Bernard De
Voto and Diana Trilling, three
very exacting critics. awarded
this novel first prize in the
Lippincott Contest for Young
Novelists. What's good enough
for them ought to be quite
good enough for the rest Of
Us, and so 1t may be. How
ever. there were moments when
I thought the judges might
be applauding an idea as much
as the novel. The idea, that
is, that q book about Dixie
which Is funny instead Of sad
deserves three cheers.
This is not by way of say
ing that THE Untidy Pilgrim"
has no virtues at all. 1t starts
out as q merry ode to "the
green and crazy land" down
Mobile way. Mr.. Walter is
indeed a clever, young writer.
Trouble is he seems to know
1t, and an arch and complacent
tone now and then creeps into
his narrative and spoils the
fun.
Mr.. Walter apparently finds
himself irresistible when he
slips into a jargon all his own
which is an unusual, and even
bizarre. 1t is a combination of
Southern swet-talk and 1--WE
talk not always completely in
telligible to those not resident
in what he calls "the king
dom of monkeys, the land Of
clowns. ghosts and musicians"
'lunocy's County Seat
Still there is some fun in
this f1rst-person narrative Of
a young country lawyer who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
Reading and Writing
Rumblinqs Of Discomfort Mark Fiction
Award by National Book Conference
By Mary McGrory

NEW YORK.-The National
Book Awards celebrated its
fifth anniversary here last
week with a salute to two lit
erary indestructibles, a contro.
versial fiction award and a fine
dissertation on literature and
the law by Judge Curtis Box
AliStair Cooke, chairman OF
the awards ceremonies, hailed
Ernest Hemingway for surviv-
ing two African plane crashes
last week and Mr.. Vaughan
for reaching his 80th birthday.
A canny observer of our folk
ways for the Manchester
Guardian, Mr.. Cooke saw COR
siderable significance in the
breathless national concern for
Mr.. Hemingway's safety.
"A whole Nation which is
supposed to exile its writer's
and idolizes its Vice Presidents
in charge of efficiency hung on
the fate of 'Poppa. he said
approvingly.
A Controversial Choice
The rumblings of discomfort
over the fiction award to Saul
Bellows 1.-THE Adventures of
Augie March" were given full.
stern voice in an editorial COM
ment in America. the Jesuit
Weekly, which appeared the
day of the ceremonies.
Said America-and it's SEN
timents were echoed at many
a pow-wow at award festivi-
ties: ". The fiction awards
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

Z y III p lalIlS Us'e EAupeit'
Of being cruelty bored. At the
same time, he comments
shrewdly on events and per-
sonalities of his day. And no
one could be more generous in
praise of fellow-writers. His
letters to Victor Hugo. Ivan
Turgenev and the young De
Maupassant show the most
open-hearted admiration. He
writes feelingly of Shakes
peare. Cervantes, Mozart.
Flaubert was certainly not
a happy man: he was far too
complex for that. He suffered
a great deal: the trial of DO
vary" as an immoral book, the
Prussian occupation. the
deaths of almost every one he
loved. But he never gave way
to self-pity. and he always
knew exactly what he was
about. These lucid, eloquent
letters give ample testimony Of
that.
Francis Steegmuller's selec-
ton and translation is above
reproach. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

The new book is swift-rated
and exciting.
The story is told by a for
mer naval officer who is doing
some expert work as civilian
at the Pentagon. He finds
himself involved again with an
old friend, a much-decorated
former British officer whose
curious career of adventure
has always left a doubt of
where his loyalty lay, if any,
where. Looming large in the
intricate picture that unfolds
is a former cabinet officer and
Ex-Governor of a border State
who owns a vast tract in the
lower Potomac and is king of a
little empire. Elements of
love, too. are blended in the
mystery.
If the plot is hardly plau-
sble. Mr.. Wilkinson writes we'll
enough to make it persuasive
while you're in the middle
OF IL. &C. B. J.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
News of Artists and Exhibitions

resentatives of art museums,
school and college art depart
ments, libraries and newspa-
pers. to plan the art symposi-
UNI. with the objective of pre-
senting on the air a composite
picture of the art resources
of Washington. The program
will be heard at 10 pm. for
half an hour. each weekday
evening throughout February.
beginning tomorrow. This is
one of WCFM's cultural COM
munity projects. The music
world of Washington was ex-
plored in September and the
drama groups in December.
Virginia Penwomen
The Alexandria and the
Valley of Virginia Branch Of
the National League of Ameri-
can Pen Women are holding
their Virginia State art exhi-
ton at the P. J. Nee Furni-
ture Co.. 215 King street.
Alexandria, through next FRI
day. This is an elimination
show for the final national
exhibition to be shown at the
National Museum in Washing
ton in April. a feature of the
Pen Women's biennial con-
vention.
Two Washington artists
were judges for the current
exhibition: Robert Willis. pres.
ident of the Society of WASH
ington Artists. and Charles
Hoover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

monger. The suit was settled
out of court. with the paper
paying costs and contributing
1880 pounds to a favorite
Churchill charity.
Northcliffe's original idea
for the Mirror did not work
out. He started it as a paper
for women edited entirely by
women. This paper for gen.
tlewomen" proved a dud.
There were not enough gen.
tlewomen. or. if there were.
they were not interested in
what the gentlewomen who
wrote the Mirror had to tell
them" Northcliffe observed
that he had learned two things
and the quote is his. not
ours-"that women can't write
and don't want to read" The
feminine staff was replaced
with a ard-boiled crowd Of
men and the new paper pros
pered. An early editor was
Alexander Kenealy, who was
not only an inspired editor,
says the biographer. but a
barrooom gladiator of note,
which no doubt was a valuable
asset at times.
Flying Soucers
Flying Saucers, it seems, are
not new. Forty-three years
ago, a Mirror headline asked:
Are Airships lowering Over
Britain at Night?" There were
reports from seven districts of
"a mysterious cigar-shaped OBJ
ject hanging above the earth
and emitting whirring noises"
The paper rose to fresh
heights under the editorship of
Harry Guy Bartholomew, bril-
liant, truculent, mercurial."
1t shook Fleet street to its
foundations. bringing in pic
lures by air. later by radio,
pioneering in the comic strip,
which already was a success in
the United States.
On the honey side there were
prizes for the answers to cues
tons like these: Are you glad
you married or sorry? What
was the most embarrassing
moment of your life? Is your
family crazy, too? Tell us about
the worst nightmare you ever
experienced. Tell us about the
skeleton in your cupboard, the
mlsdeed you are ashamed Of.
Tell us about your greatest ad-
venture"
Mr.. Cudlipp's book is en-
tightening and amusing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31
franklin D. Roosevelt: The Ordeal
BY Frank Freidel little, Brown; $6J
Reviewed nv Froncis P Douulos

The reader not familiar with
the first volume of DR.. Frei-
del's work may conclude early
in this one that it is pretty
pedestrian stuff. But when he
gets into it he will realize that
the only connection with pc
destrianism is that here is a
sure-footed historian who may
be followed with the utmost
confidence. This is an excel
lent and judicious brand Of
biography.
This second Of DR.. Freidels
projected six volumes begins
with the end of World War I,
RooSevelt's final days as Assist
ant Secretary of the Navy and
then his nomination for the
vice presidency. He never in
dulged in the luxury C. being
consistent. DR.. Freidel writes,
but he made an excellent i'm
preston on the country in that
campaign.
The Polio Attock
The attack OF infantile
paralysis came in August, 1921.
Six months later Roosevelt was
slowly learning to stand again
with the aid of steel braces on
his legs.
His mother worked doggedly
but in vain-to get him to
accept invalidism and return
to Hyde Park and her care.
She also tried to undermine
Eleanor Roosevelt's relations
with her. children.
Here is matchless material
for the psychologist and the
dramatist. The same is true
for the relationship between
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-31

DIOOQeQ re-
cluse. Y e t
he seems to
have shown
the tender
est concern
for family
and friends.
M a n y
deaths in
is circle
C ontributed
to a fatalis-
tic attitude,
and he con-
S t a n t ! y
1As-