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Evening star., 1954-04-18
Seduction of the Innocent
BY Frederic Wertham, M. D.
(Rinehdrt:: $4.)

by c1cucI1C WEI IAIdIIl, M. -.
(Rinehart;; S4.)
The title is strong. you must
agree. The jacket calls it the
most shocking book of recent
years" Obviously, this defini-
tive account of the comic book
menace is not being presented
in any spirit of temperate
inquiry.
The author, Of course. does
not pretend to be objective
about the matter. DR.. Vert
ham is a real crusader against
the CORY, sexy, .mirthless comic
books - not to be confused
with newspaper comic strips
which he feels threaten the
morals of normal as we'll as
abnormal youngsters. He over
states his case in a good many
particulars. For instance the
chapter Il Want To Be a Sex
Maniac" succeeds in being al
most as taStelesS as the comic
books themselves. And he at
tributes a precocious SuggeSti-
bility of homosexuality and
leSbianism to five and six year
OldS. He admits that on the
matter of influence, many ex-
perts disagree with him. Some,
he says bitterly. are in the pay
of the comic-book industry.
He has not forgiven Senator
Kefauver for pooh-poohing in
his crime committees report
the effect of comic books, nor
Governor Dewey for vetoing a
bill that would have curbed
their circulation in New York.
Like many people obsessed by
a subject, DR.. Wertham is very
articulate. He is also. it must
be said, ong-winded.
Leaving all this aside, and
also all considerations of DR..
Wertham's findings on the
seduction of the innocent"
certain shocking facts remain:
These crime and Western
books glorify sex, violence and
sadism. They keep children
from reading better books.
They positively mangle the
classics in that sub-literate
language of theirs and most
certainly do not-as pro-comic
advocates Say-lead children
to the original.
Senator Hendrickson, in his
forthcoming investigation. may
shed further light on the
comic-book situation. Nobody
would deny they are horrible,
and absurd. And II they are
doing the harm insisted on
by DR.. Wertham. his proposals
for legislation are in order,
censorship or not.
M. McG.
Evening star., 1954-04-18
News
Pen Women S
Art Show
By Florence S. Berrymon

4Ile BIENNIAL convention OF
the National League of Ameri-
can Pen Women closed last
Wednesday, but its art exhibi-
ton which opened last Sun
day in the foyer of the Natural
History Building, National
Museum, will remain through
April %. Judges were Thomas
M. BeggS, director of the
National Collection of Fine
Arts, former director Ruel P.
Tolman, painter and etcher;
Andrea zerega, painter; Alex
ander Giampietro, ceramist,
art faculty of Catholic Uni
versity, and Harry Lewis Raul.
sculptor and administrator,
Museum of the Department of
the Interior.
The League has members in
every State, territory and
possession. A large proportion
are artists, working in many
media. Each biennial exhibi-
ton is composed of new work,
yet the character of the shows
remain the same. Technical
competence is high. most of
the work is representational or
naturalistic, rejecting the
beauty of landscapes, city and
sea coast in many regions;
the charm of flowers and
decorative objects, the interest
of peoples appearances and
characters.
The 1854 biennial has 248
exhibits, oil paintings, water
colors, sculptures, graphic arts.
textiles, ceramics, and various
crafts. AS may be expected in
a show of this size, there are
some works primitive, or inept,
or otherwise not worthy of
inclusion.
Eleven Awards
Eleven awards, each carry
ing a cash prize of $50, and
18 mentions were given for
various classes of subjects and
media. A complete list can be
seen in the exhibition gallery.
Anne r. Baird of Baltimore
had the distinction of receiv-
ing two for her woods in
Winter" simplified and mod
ern in handling-best entry
in fine arts and best land
Scape in oils.
Washington area artists won
several mentions: ~Theodora
Kane for her oil landscape of
a Mexican village, Eleanor
Cox for her vital sculptured
head of a young woman, and
Nance Hall Asher (Alexan-
dria) for her oil portrait
Joe" (to which a jury, in
Guiding the writer. gave a first
prize in Bethesda last Septem-
ber). Another mention went to
Proof Reading" an etched
portrait of a man by Emily
Burling Waite Manchester of
Massachusetts,, a former WASH
ingtonian.
Despite the traditional char
acter of the leagues biennials,
one award is given for best
entry in abstract or non-ob-
jective art. which went to Ella
M. Witter (Minnesota) for her
still life. well composed and
good in color.
Nearly every visitor will
probably find paintings and
other works which seem su-
perior to some Of the judges
choices. Family Album" a
still life admirable in color
(predominantly dark red) and
arrangement by Virginia
Wo olley California; and
Elaine Michelson's (Utah)
strong, modern ''Dynamics of
a Canyon" impressed me as
the tops in these subject and
medium categories.
To judge from the show,
the leagues artist members
find life has many pleasant
aspects despite the daily news,
and they are content to mir
ror them. Their happy outlook
Is expressed in their work.
and the public will find 1t
pleasing.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

The complete record of the
trial of the Lincoln conSpira-
tors by a military commission
was published in 1865, as COM
piled by Benn Pitman, recorder
to the commission. 1t has been
out of print for three quarters
of a century. The new edition
reproduces the original edition
photographically.
There is an introduction by
Philip Van Doren Stern. Lin
coin authority and author of
THE Man Who Killed Lin
Evening star., 1954-04-18

and ultimate liberation.
In working all this out,
Tom relieves an old ro-
nance and resolves a new one.
Neither is particularly con-
vincing. Young Mr.. Brooks
best characterizations are the
two old "toothless lions" fight
ing their futile battle for a
doomed tradition. But even
they can't make this novel
much more than a delicate ex-
ercise in nostalgia. Now that
Mr.. Brooks has paid his re-
spectS to the previous genera
ton. let us hope he will get
back to observing his own. as
he so brilliantly did in THE
Big Wheel"
Evening star., 1954-04-18
ItoIy and the U. S.

When two-thirdS Of an art
lists one-man show is sold dur
ing it's opening week, he may
be considered a success by any
tangible yardstick. Such is the
case with the second exhibi-
ton in 13 months, of paintings
Evening star., 1954-04-18

out OF the Albert Kesselring.
war. Britain proved too much
for his airmen alone. The
Russians proved too much for
the ground forces he support
ed on their drive toward
Moscow.
Transferred to the Mediter-
ranean as top German COM
mander, he was on the defen-
sive almost from the start,
despite Rommel's brilliant op-
erations In the desert. German
Evening star., 1954-04-18
This Is Norman Brokenshire

4AAA SAAN Ga AAAOAASA oNAA HO4 VI O4t
(DGUid Mckay; $780,
A pioneer Of radio, Norman
Brookenshire was one of its
earliest and most popular an
nouncers. But his autobiog-
raphy Is more than a sentiment
tai history of those days when
talent wandered in off the
street and faced the micro
phone unafraid. With young
Brokenshire's youthful sue
cess came a compulsive desire
to drink. Thereafter he hit
the skids with monotonous
regularity. He tells about it
here with a frankness that
should throw the fear of alco-
hol into anybody. He lost an
awesome number of bouts with
the bottle. Every time. though,
some one who remembered his
Evening star., 1954-04-18

- ~ a -
country on
the border
of Georgia
and Florida.
But the ride,
along back
roads, past
+ a m lila
cabins and
sWampS, is
only the en-
trance to a
VaSter land
of memory
and rehec-
fiOn in the
Evening star., 1954-04-18

firm grip on
p r i n c j.
pie. Despite
the essen
tial folly Of
his position,
hisfather,at
least Toms
m o t h e r
says, sis true
to himself
and what he
believes in"
T h u S be-
gins Toms
accepta n c e
Evening star., 1954-04-18

terneSS.
Few Ger
man generals
saw more of
World w a +
II. AS a Luft-
waffle COM
mander, he
contrib u t e d
to the blitz
attacks that
took Poland
and Holland
nIIt nf thu
Evening star., 1954-04-18

Field Marshal Kesselring,
who served Hitler faithfully to
the end and then went to
prison for war crimes, tells his
story without apology and
without blt-
Evening star., 1954-04-18
The Journey
BY Lillian Smith. (World; $500

This articulate and coura-
geous Georgian describes an
actual journey into the scenes
of her childhood in the
OkefenOke
Evening star., 1954-04-18

garet Appich is quiet in color
and treated with dignity. Ber-
nice Cross Angel" has an
other-worldly look. Sarah
Baker and Harold Giese are
represented with little inte-
riors. Jean Taylor's Still Life
with Lines" subtle in color.
and Helen Rennie's aristo-
cratic "Siamese Cat" are 9TH
ers that would be pleasing to
live With.
Evening star., 1954-04-18

The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial
OF the Conspirotors:
Courtroom Testimony Compiled by Pitman (Funk
WdgndHS; $780,
Evening star., 1954-04-18
The Only American Soldier Shot
For Desertion Since Appomuttox

The Execution of Private SIovik
BY William Bradford HUE editions: Hardcouer by
Due Sloan PearceLittle BroDn; $780, Sgnet book By
Nelo American Library Is centSJ
Reviewed by William Hines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
A Word to the Wise 8, Mr.. ftoo1 Cobb,

Los Angeles: Will you please
tell me whether the cliche, 1T
goes without saying" has any
authoritative standing in correct
English usage? Why not substi-
tue the word "obviously"?-B. M.
You've answered your own
question, sir. If it goes without
saying, why say it? Pronounce
cliche: klee-SHAY.
Pittsburgh: How do you pro-
nounce operative and operator?
Are they "OP-er-a-tor" and
"OP-er-a-tiv"? Or is the accent
on the first and third syllables?
B. A. j.
Say: OP-er-AY-tiv. An i'm
portant characteristic Of Amer
lean speech is the utterance of
all syllables in most words of
four or more syllables. Britons
smother the "a" before tive, or
drop the syllable entirely; and
some Americans affect the Brit
ish telescoping. But consider
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Uncle Rays Corner

Animals have several ways Of
grasping, but the most common
one is with the teeth. All furry
animals are able to take a bite
in one way or another, and nearly
all have teeth which are well
fitted for the purpose.
Besides the power of biting,
certain animals have special
ways Of grasping. The elephant
can pick up a log with his trunk
which is so sensitive that it also
can be used to pick up pin.
Many South American mon
keys can grasp with their tail.
At the end of each forelimb of
an ape is a hand" which can be
used to a certain extent for
grasping. A gorilla's hand may
be as large as a mans, or larger.
but the gorilla's thumb is Of poor
quality.
The human hand Is a thing Of
which we can be proud. We have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15

speculative, initiative, generative.
legislative. Operative is in the
same class: OPERATIVE: OP-
er-AY-ter; SPEK-yoo-LAY- tiv;
IM-uh-TAY-tiv; GEN-er-AY-tiv
If you're an American, sound
your CAS-"
Little Rock: Please give me
the correct pronunciation of the
word philatelist.-L. D. S.
PhilateliSt-"one who collects
and studies postage stamps, rev.
enue stamps, postmarks, ETC., -
is pronounced: f1-LAT-uh-l list
(short "a" in the second syllable)
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15

To obtain O free copy Of the illus
trated leafiet on Stamps and Stamp
.nvs ss1s 70 uncle Rss n
care Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Famous Fables
By (. {. Eduor

SYMPATHY - Playwright
Sir James M. Barrie expert
enced extreme poverty in
his youth and was forced to
watch his pennies closely.
He found it impossible to
break himself of this habit
even during his af1luent
years.
Once, after he was an es-
tablished and wealthy play
wright. his secretary had
put in extra hours preparing
a script for rehearsal. To
show his appreciation, the
producer offered her two
box seats for opening night,
but she turned down the Of
fer because she did not own
a dress suitable for wear in
a box seat.
The producer suggested
to Barrie that the two of
them buy the girl a gown.
II have another idea,"
Barrie suggested. why not
give her two seats in the
balcony?"
OVERSIGHT-Poet Eugene
Field was introduced one
evening to a wealthy pub
Usher who spent the night
Boosting of his accomplish
ments.
I'm a self-made man."
Dragged the publisher.
Field, unimpressed, eyed
the mans bald head.
What a pity" he muir
INJURED, that you didn't
think Of making some hair
for your head" .:s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Our Presidents
By Honore M. CotudoI

/. The definitive treaty of
peace with Great Britain at
the end of the American War
of independence was signed by
a famous printer. a future
Chief Justice and a future
President. Who were they?
2. In 1852. the famous
writer, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
received an appointment as
American consul in England as
a result Of having written a
campaign biography for a Sue
cessful candidate for the presi-
dency. Which President?
3. Which Presidents picture
Is on the ordinary 1-cent
stamp?
ANSWERS on opposite page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
By Romon Coffmon

The wrist has eight bones in
it. They are close together and
are fastened to one another. They
act almost as if they were a
single bone, but since they are
really separate, they make the
wrist elastic.
The rest Of the bones are in
the hand between the wrist and
the tips of the fingers. Five
bones run through the central
part of the hand. until they join
the bones of the fingers. A hand
has five fingers, but one of them
has the special name of thumb,
and differs from the rest. The
thumb has only two bones in 1t.
Each of the other fingers has
three bones.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15

Diagram of wrist and finger
bones forming the human hand.
better powers Of grasping and
holding than any animal.
Twenty-seven bones are to be
found in the human hand, count
ing those in the wrist. This is
nine times as many as there are
in the arm, between shoulder and
wrist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
U. S. Wheat Exports

BOSTON. - In normal times
the United States exports one
third Of its wheat crop. half its
cotton, and more than one
fourth of its tobacco. dried peas,
peanut oil, and soybeanS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-15
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood


The end-play is based on the
simple theory that when it is
more advantageous for the enemy
to lead, put one of them in and
let him lead. OF course, it is
not quite as easy as it sounds.
The element of timing is i'm
portant.
North dealer, neither side vul-
nerable.
NORTH.
(Mr. Dale)
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(Mr. AbeD (Mrs. Keen)
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(Mr Masters)
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The bidding:
North. East. South. West.
! club 1d'm'd / spade Pass
2 spades Pass 3NT All pass
In today's deal. for example.
Mr.. Abel led the seven of dia-
monds against the final con-
tract of three no-trump. Mr..
Masters ducked the first dia-
mond but had to win the second
and he noted that Mr.. Abel dis
carded the deuce of clubs.
Now how convenient it would
be if. by some magic, it could be
arranged for Mrs. Keen to make
the first club lead. In that case
dummy would play last to the
trick and obviously both the ace
and queen would win.
But Mrs. Keen has all Of her
mental faculties. If she were
put into the lead. she would not
lead a club. She would lead
something else. 1t follows. then.
that the thing to do would be to
take away from her all Of her
cards in the other suits so that
she would have to lead clubs.
Mr.. Masters did just that. He
cashed the ace, king and queen
Of spades and on the third spade
Mrs. Keen discarded the eight
of clubs.
Next he caShed three heart
tricks, ending on the board, and
on the third heart Mrs. Keen
dropped a small diamond. Now,
and only now, did Mr.. Masters
put Mrs. Keen into the lead. He
led a diamond from the board
and discarded a small club from
his hand.
Mrs. Keen cashed her three
remaining diamonds but then
had nothing left but the king
and jack of clubs. Her club lead
gave Mr.. Masters his contract.
Timing. then, is another i'm
portant element in the end-play.
1t is helpful to make an OPP
ponent lead only if he will lead
what you want him to. There
fore it is essential that he be
given the lead at exactly the
right time-that is. after all of
his safe leads have been taken
away from him, leaving only the
lead which will gain a trick for
you.
Copyright. 1854. General Features Corp.)
Evening star., 1954-01-17

AFTER bedroom scene, Joan, who appears
to be wearing down bit now, dons a coat
for scene in office of her lawyer (played
by Roland Winter). For this small costume
change joan allowed herself just 10 seconds
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-15

BRICK AND STONE RANCH
On Sycamore Dr.. Indian Hills,
spacious 8 rooms, attached garage,
fireplace, picture window, dining
room, large kitchen, rear cement
patio, 3 large bedrooms, twin
closets. space for 2 bedrooms up,
recreation room. gas. Calcinator,
shower and lavatory. aluminium
storms and screens; $4,000.
HOLY CROSS PARISH
Off Blvd. East 208th ST., in excel
lent condition, English colonial,
spacious rooms. sun porch, vesti-
bule. fireplace, tile kitchen. dis
posal, nook, lavatory. enclosed
rear porch. gas, 2 car garage, fenced
in lot, 280 feet deep; $19.500.
VERA L. SULAK
764 East 185th ~. l-3413
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-15
Single $4,000

Neor Eost Cleveland. off Eost l3lst
ST.: 5 rooms. gas heot. Modem
kitchen. 1854. lot Well mointoined.
Com be bought with low down pGY-
ment.
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1954-04-15

Or retiring couple. This Is the
dreom house; 5-room ronch near
Lake Shore Blvd. years old. You
must see the many attractive feo-
lures to appreciate them. Attached
garage. soft. front lot. Act quickly
on this genuine borgoin Of
Evening star., 1954-04-02
Area Schools Prepare
To Register Pupils
For First Grade

Many Washington area schools
will register new first-graders
and undergraduates this month.
Parent teacher associations
and school stats are co-operat-
ing in sponsoring preschool
conferences for parents of pros
pective pupils who start school
in the fall. At these conferences,
parents are asked to submit birth
certificates, evidence Of vaccina-
tions and other information.
Parents also are told about
school policies and programs
and encouraged to have their
children examined by physicians
and dentists before fall.
Only the Washington and
Montgomery County school sys-
TENS now operate kindergartens.
but Arlington is hoping to obtain
funds to set up kindergartens
next fall. Arlington will not
register prospective kindergar-
teners, however, until after the
county decides whether to make
the funds available. This de-
cision might come by next
month.
Some schools already have
held preschool conferences and
others have scheduled them
either this month or next. Fu-
ture conferences so far an
nounced are listed below. For
additional information, parents
may consult school system Offices
or individual schools.
WASHINGTON.
A child may enter, Kindergarten if
his fifth birthday falls on or before
January H. 1855. or first Erade if his
s1 ss aUa yin abe be held IN all schools hd
ALEXANDRIA.
A child may enter first grade II his
sixth birthday falls on or before October
!. Conference dates have not yet been
announced.
ARLINGTON.
child may enter first grade If his
sixth birthday falls on or before Octo-
ber l. If kinderRartenS are, established
conference dates for kindergarteners
will be announced later. The nrst-grade
conference schedule follows:
Today, Woodmont; Tuesday, Reed
and Clay-Fillmore Cat FillmoEel: We'd
nesday. Reed and Fairlington: next
Thursday. Wilson and Woodlawn.
Also April 13, Monroe: April IA. PAGE
and Cherrydale; April Is. Page; April 20.
Barrett; April 21, Jackson (at Bon Air
Church, 70S North Illinois st).
April 22: N9ttingham: April 26. goff-
ridge: April 2S. jamestown and Madison
lat Madison; April 30. -Custis and
Henry: May 4. Tuckahoe; May 8. Nc
Kinley; May 6. Langston and Taylor.
May Z. Glencaryln: May IL. Lee cat
Christ Methodist Church, 800 Lee high
wayl; May II, Drew-Kemper: May 13,
Randolph; May Is. Claremont; May 49,
Yorktown; May 20. Bancroft: May 81,
Barcrroft: May 26. Abingdon, and May
FAIRFAX
child may enter first grade II his
sixth birthday falls on or before October
Most schools already have held con-
Yerences: Remaining dates follow:
Tuesday, Woodburn: Wednesday,
Evening star., 1954-04-02
Fringe Parking LOT
Near 5. Capitol Span
Backed by Planners

The general location of an ex-
perimental 1,000-car fringe
parking lot near the Anacostia
approaches to the South Capt.
tol street bridge was approved
today by the National Capital
Planning Commission.
In other actions, the Commits
sion:
/. Instructed it's staff to try to
get two changes in a bill by Rep
resentative Broyhill, Republican
of Virginia, calling for a COM
mission to study orderly re-
moval of temporary buildings in
Washington and to propose their
rehousing in other buildings.
The changes would extend scope
of the proposal to tempos in
nearby Virginia and also leave
open the possibility that some
employees could be dispersed out
side the city limits.
2. Endorsed a Senate bill Civ
ing Interior Secretary Mckay
power to locate a gift carlton
from the Netherlands on park
property. Park officials plan to
have it placed on the Nevius
tract near Arlington boulevard
and Arlington Ridge road.
3. Heard a report on the
status of land acquisition under
the Capper-Cramton Act, and
instructed its staff to draw up a
more complete data on the pro-
gram. The House Appropria-
tionS Committee had proposed
that money for the park and
parkway land acquisition pro-
gram this year would be the
final appropriation" under the
act, but this language was struck
from the appropriation bill on
the House floor this week.
The fringe parking proposal
was submitted by the District
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency,
whose funds would be used to
build the lot. Gen. Prentiss said
he hoped the District Commits
sioners would consider the prof.
ect next week along with the
question of requesting a supple
mental appropriation needed to
make use of the agency funds.
The initial fringe parking pro-
posal would be a pilot project
but eventually District officials
hope to develop lot to hold
about 1000 cars in the South
Capitol bridge area. Gen. Prem
tiss said discussions have been
held with the Capital Transit
Co. about providing bus service
from the lot and that the tran
sit firm wants the service to be
on a full fare basis.