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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Mystery and Suspense
BY Miriam Gutenberg

Gridley Nelson. The writing is
cast in the if-only pattern with
painfully pat characters but
the puzzle Is not too obvious.
The Bad Step. BY Mark Derby.
Viking Press; So
Martindale, exhausted from
his long career in the Secret
Service, seeks only the peace of
his farm but en- route home
from the Far East he comes
upon the man whose life is
dedicated to revenge on Mar
tindale. Thus, the villain starts
chipping at all Martindale
holds dear. He Is out to make
Martindale's life a hell on
earth until he chooses to kill.
But Martindale, clinging to all
the old-fashioned virtues. re-
siStS the role of killer himself
even when his new wife is
kidnapped and doped. I'm
patience with Martindale and
his heroics may overwhelm all
other feelings but there is con-
siderable suspense in a groggy
sort of way and the Far East
ern background is attractive.
Dead Mans Shoes. BY Michael
Innes. Dodd, Mead 81 Co.;
$2.75.)
Red Badge
The creator of Inspector
Appleby pulls some fancy
sleight-of -hand In this bright
collection OF % detective
stories. The erudite sleuth
stars In all Of them. His case
book Is replete with the culti-
waited illusions one expects Of
Appleby but In the milieu of
the short story they are deftlys
made part Of the distraction,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
The Crazy Doctor
BY Arie van der Lugt. (Random House: So

Earthly and exuberant hui
NOR rolls through this ex-
tremely hkable novel Of q
Dutch doctor. Tom de Geus
looks like an ape. behaves
clownishly except when doc
toring. and argues with God.
He dresses like his peasant pa
tients. visits them on q fiery
motorcycle, mixes it up with
the local yokels and fees the
Hound Of Heaven.
DR.. De Geus battles the in
habitants of his desolate little
village. but he serves them
well. He takes no fees from
the poor and squeezes them
from the rich. A happy.
heather, he lives In his uncle's
haunted house. He Is not.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

afraid of ghosts, but he shunS
his memories OF his childless
wife, abandoned when he aban-
doned God. Only the gentle
priest knows the lonelipess Of
the explosive barbarian and
understands that when the
doctor brings a mistress to the
house 1t is in melancholy and
Illustration.
Arie van der Lugt writes
Of the doctor and the villagers
with q kind of smiling ferocity.
He presents them in their UNI
1oveliness and in their human
ity, too. He pounces joyfully
on any little incident which
reveals the better nature of
man, which is really the theme
Of his buoyant. engaging novel.
~ M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

The Glass Village. BY Enery
Queen. little. Brown & Co.;
$500
Queen assays a serious novel
in this story of a village gone
berserk after the murder Of its
best-loved citizen. There is a
message here. underlined and
reiterated through the words
and deeds of an elderly judge.
He would remind us that once
the rights guaranteed under
the Constitution are bypassed
in a single case. the rights of
all are threatened. Witch
hunts in old Salem and certain
congressional hearings in
Washington are noted in pass
ing. Queen has something to
say here - something felt
strongly-but he also comes
up with q fine trayesty of a
murder trial and his usual
neatly GRATED element Of mys-
terry.
Miscast for Murder. BY Ruth
Fenisong. doubleday g. Co.;
$2.75.),
Crime Club
A girl is found dead in the
hotel room Of an aging singer
and the old man has disap-
peared. The large cast Of prin-
cipals with varying conyic-
lions as to his guilt includes
the suspects ex-wife, estranged
daughter. understanding sister
in-law, daughters newly &C
quired beau and ex-wife's new
husband. The case is strictly
a ''meatball" obvious guilty
Martyr to the underlings Of,
! pmicids West. but not % It.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

1t has been established by !
friends and foes alike that she
was q hot-tempered, sharp
tongued woman, but one also
capable Of devotion. generosity
and true contrition. II she
could be difdcult, Mr.. Stone
suggests, so could her remark
able. but moody husband. who,
moreover shared his domestic
difficulties with Mrs. Lincoln's
greatest detractor. Billy Hern-
don.
AS o mother, Mrs. Lincoln
suffered the loss Of two Of her
four sons. As First Lady, she
was subject to cruel vilifica-
ton. Suspected by the North
of Southern sympathies because
of her numerous Confederate
kin. It was inhuman pressure,
and no one could Judge her
too severely II she occasion
ally gave way beneath it,
Cause Of Her Jealousy
Mr.. Stone rather CLOSES over
the spendthrift and pinch
penny impulses by which Mrs.
Lincoln was alternately racked
during her stay at the White
House. And he indicates that
her frantic jealousy Of other
women. publicly expressed on
at least one disastrous official
occasion. was caused not only
by q slight conclusion she
suffered in an accident, but al
so by the intimation from an
anonymous informant that her
husband loved Anne Rutledge,
before and better than her.
"Oh. Abraham. tell me 1t
isn't true, tell me it's all q lie.
about that girl back in New
Salem. Tell me I'm the only
woman you ever loved" This
gives you some idea Of the style
of the book, which is often
laborious and sometimes SEN
timental.
Lincoln scholars will have to
/, Judge Of its accuracy. Novel
readers may And it a lumpy
and humorless retelling Of a
more than twice-told tale, in
teresting mostly for the In
herent fascination Of the prin-
cipal characters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

Edwin Lanham has presented
some authentic newspaper
types in his novel about the
New York Record-Star. They
don't do much newspapering,
though. Too busy with sex,
psychiatry and Office politics.
The title character, Carolyn
Brown. writes a good story, but
she's q man-eater. Serious
about her work, she nonethe-
less looks like a brunette Mari
lyn Monroe and walks Just like
her. Several Of her ex-lovers
on the STAFF have some nervous
moments when she marries the
boss. the editor-owner. who In
herited the newspaper from his
grandfather. but not the old
boys good sense In letting the
competent professionals run it.
Carolyn sees to that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

4IlC A4D1dIy VI NUAASACoc 10
showing q travelling exhibition
of japanese Ukiyo-e woodcuts,
representing a significant
school OF art which arose late
in the 18th century TO meet
the interests of the new bour-
geoisie.
The exhibit was prepared by
the United Nations Education
al, Scientific and Cultural Or
ganization with the co-opera-
ton of the Japanese National
Commission for UNESCO. 1t
will be on view until October
80.
Nearly 200 years of work are
covered by the prints, selected
to represent all the principal
artists of the Ukiyo-e school.
Priced Throughout World
This art for commoners, &C.
cording to a description by
Seiichiro Takahashi, chairman
of the Commission for Protec-
ton of Cultural Properties at
Tokyo, ''is highly priced not
only by the Japanese but by
people in other parts of the
world. and even had an i'm
portant influence in the i'm
pressionists, in Europe"
The school attained greatest
popularity after the invention
of Nishiki-e, the bright poly
chrome woodcut printing, in
the second half Of the
18th century.
From woodblock to final
printing processes, the prints
on display were made entirely
in the traditional manner
used since the beginning Of
Ukiyo-e prints in Japan.
Mostly in color, they compose
a show of unusual attraction.
An introduction to the cat
alog by Basil Gray, keeper Of
the Department of Oriental
Antiquities of the British Mu-
scum, explains that Ukiyo-e
means the passing world
with all the connotations, Of
that term-terrestrial, fleet
ing. contemporary. fashionable,
everyday, popular.
Revolt Against Tradition
GAS SUCH" he points out, "it
was in revolt against the linn
itations of the traditional
schools Of painting in Japan,
which had served the Bud
dhist monasteries, the great
lords and now the new mill
tary dictators who had
achieved power late in the
18th century.
The new school represented
a difference of theme, how
ever, rather than a revolution
in style. The life of Edo, now
Tokyo. and its surroundings
provided the subjects. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Books in Review.
Mary Todd Lincoln Is Once Again
Re-eyuluuted in Biographical Novel
Love Is Eternal
Doubleday; $685.
Reviewed by Mary McGror

The task Of re-evaluating
the character Of Mary Todd
Lincoln was brilliantly under
taken last year In MARY
Lincoln: Biography Of o Mar
riage" by Ruth Painter RAN
dali, wife Of Lincoln biographer
j. G. Randall. Irving Stones
king size biographical novel;
Is dedicated to the same propo-
sition, namely that Mrs. Lin
coin was o woman much
maligned.
Actually, the fictional form
offers little advantage in such
reconstruction Of q reputation.
Using the novelist's license,
Mr.. Stone affects the intimate
approach" Thus he can say,
as he does on one occasion
(upon the sale Of a house she
had coveted that Mrs. Lincoln
forced back the hot, singing
tears which came instantly to
her eyes," Maybe she did.
And maybe she didn't. The
skeptical reader wonders, and
also can ponder on the rewards
of such touches. From the
photography, one gathers Mr..
Stone did a conscientious job
Of research. But as q novelist
his job is to select and shape
his material into o form that
offers suspense, style and
Characterization. His book,
rich in details Of social occa-
sions and political background,
lacks these elements. II ID hard
to be advocate and spellbinder
ut the same time, and he does
not succeed.
A Catch for Lincoln
In the matter Of interpreta-
ton, he agrees with Mrs.
Randall. Mary Todd, a Ken
lucky belle, was well-born and
well-bred, handsome. high
spirited and intelligent-in
sum, quite q catch for the
lanky, clumsy backwoods law
yer, who wooed her with
doubtful ardor. She loved
Abrahap Lincoln more than
her own pride. and took him
back after he Tilted her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
A True-Life
Supernnun
Of the Air
Reach for the Sky

+ . Il p. b i
BY Paul Brickhill.
Morton; $3.75.)
Reviewed by William Hines
Like 90 many Of Winston
Churchill's phrases. the words,
Never In the field Of human
conflict has 50 MUCH been
owed by 20 many to 50 few"
have become q part OF the
English language. Reach for
the Sky" Is q book about one
OF the handful Of men con-
corning whom Churchill was
speaking IA years ago at the
close Of the battle Of Britain.
This man. Douglas Rader.
is-almost miraculously still
alive. BY all rules he should
have died in 1881, when his
airplane crashed and de-
Stroyed both his legs. Surviv-
ing this accident, he should
have persisted at any one of a
number Of junctures in the
battle Of Britain in 1910, after
the Raj had accepted him
back. false legs or no. Or he
should have died when a
Luftwaffe fighter smashed
into his Spitf1re in midair over
France in 1941. Or on any of
a score of occasions during
long years as a prisoner of
war.
But Douglas Bader lived
through 1t all. This single
fact makes everything else in
Brickhill's somewhat idolatrous
biography quite believable.
Brickhill. an old Raj type
and POW himself, obviously
believes Doug Bader to be q
superman. And, reading
Brickhill's careful and WELL
written story, who can say he
is not?
Parts Of Reach for the
Sky" are a bit tedious-for
instance, those parts . that
almost (but not quite) de-
velop Bader's character. But
few battle scenes have been
better written than Brickhill's
descriptions of dogfights over
the North Weald. And few
military commentators have
done a better job of describing
the development of the fighter
tactics that enabled a pitiful
Raj to drive back the over
whelming power of Hitler's
air fleet.
Were it not for Brickhill's
IaWnlng adulatlon OF Bader--
which crops up, passim-this
would be the best of the fine
crop Of war-cum- prison-camp
tales to come out Of England
in the last eight years. AS 1t
is. 1t must place merely close
to the top-behind Oliver
Philpot's Stolen Journey" for
example.
Incidentally. Philpot and
Bader were fellow Kriegies at
Sagan, which tends to show
that 1T twas q small war,
wasn't it?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22

Ills II d y i v e
country, pro-
duced his
first book in
E n glis h in
"The w a y
o u t." the
story Of his
wartime ex-
periences. He
W a S c a p
tured by the
Germans and
three years
later escaped.
The author,
NJ, 1on uyritnS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
News Of Artists and Exhibitions

with their recent works. and
further attractions at the mart
include paintings by Ann
Baum. Marguerite Sauer. John
Dundin, Juichi Kamikawa,
Constance Lawson and James
ZuZuki,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Don cumiiio's Dilemma
BY Giovanni Guareschi Farrar, Straus Young; 49,
Reviewed by Lee Lorick Primo

don Camillo's Dilemma" is
the third book about the
spunky Italian priest and his
opponent. the Communist
Mayor, Peppone.
In a Pc River Valley village
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the Reds. led by the Mayor.
tend to harrass and embarrass
the priest. However. Don
Camille not only opposes them,
but tries to save their souls.
A book depicting the prob
lens of dealing with the Com
munists is certainly timely.
On the other hand, the char
acter Of Don Camille belongs
to no particular age.
Like Don Quixote or Fall
staff the battling, self fright
eous, well meaning priest
would be endearing In any age.
The story Is developed In a
series Of incidents each com
prising q chapter. Various
residents Of the village-men,
women and children Of all
ages and economic status
encounter the indomitable
Don Camille. Whether the is
sue is political or religious the
willy priest is usually the win
ner.
Guareschi has a highly de-
veloped storytelling gift, as
well as q rich sense Of the
comical. His writing is as
simple and direct as his favor
lite character. Small sketches
by the author further enliven
the narrative.
Nightmare I'm Copenhagen. BY
Martha Albrand. (Random
House. Inc: So
An urgent cable from an OLD
friend and fellow scientist
takes Whitney Parker to Dem
markedly to find that the
friend is reported drowned on
the very day Of his arrival.
Soon. he is forced into the
position Of choosing between
the life of one man and the
possible death of thousands If
q new invention falls into the
wrong hands. This, Of course,
Is a classic situation but Miss
Albrand is adept at playing 1t
for all It's worth. You prob
~ .
bly, won't be bored.
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BEAUTIFUL AND STORED SCENES such as this
Veccho with the tower Of the Palazzo Veccho in the
background dazzle the beh0er Of Florence The exquisite
Renaissance city the subject Florenee" by Edmond Rene
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Sister David

Four oil paintings by Sister
Marie David, who took her
masters degree in art from
Catholic University in June.
1858, have been selected for
the annual exhibition in Rome
of works by American artists
in Italy, according to Miss
Glare Fontanini. head of the
university's art department.
Sister Marie David, who
went to Italy lin 1858 on "a
Fulbright scholarship grant
after completing her work ut
Catholic University, Is chair
: man of the art department at
st. Catherine College, st. Paul,
MINI.
The show is in the United
States Information Service
Building, sponsored by the
American commission for the
exchange of cultural works
with Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
The Dream and
The Desert
BY Uys Krige.
/H1..~I 49, HTi a.

N11VUVTtIOF WtUttFtt pU"
Articulate South Africa in
PRODUCES with this book of
stories the fiction of another
able writer.
Mr.. Krige, widely known in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Artists Mart

There is much Of interest to
be seen in the work Of local
artists at the Artists Mart.
whose current group showing
continues through September
10. The mart is closed Mon
days until fall.
A newcomer to the group
show is 22-year-old George
Bayliss. Navy veteran and
Maryland University student
who is majoring in economics.
His oil painting of a solemn
procession of monks and his
handsome "Boatyard" are par
ticularly appealing among his
several inclusions.
The young artist reports he
is preparing a one-man show
for q future date at the mart.
He has received awards locally
and has been represented in
exhibitions in Baltimore and,
while in the Navy, at Key
West, Fla.
Among the pleasing water
colors in the show are marine
scenes by Duncan Cook, Kitty
Claude and Beryl CARROT.
Samuel Bookatz. Omar Car
rington and Marguerite Bur-
CESS enhance the exhibition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Young English Novelist Makes News
BY Domning a British Colonial

The Unsuitable Engfshnon
by Desmond Stewart (Farrar, Straus Young; $500
Reviewed by Carter Brooke Jones
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
Du Vinci Models

An exhibit OF models at the
Smithsonian Institutions Arts
and Industries Building DEM
onstrates the inventive genius
of Leonardo da VlncI.
Leonardo's notebooks con-
tain notes and sketches Of
many different mechanical de-
vices, some of which are
thought to have been used
with success in his time.
Among them was his steam
gun. which discharged a pro-
jectile by pressure created
when water flowed into a bar
rel kept at red heat by live
Goals. It is said to have fred
a projectile two miles.
Others which might have
seen actual use are an ex-
cavating machine consisting
of a large crane with a series
of pivoting arms, a printing
press carrying a movable bed
Of type under the plate and
an "air conditioning" unit
built for the boudoir Of Bea-
trice d'Este, wife of Leonar-
dos patron. His Pyramid
shaped parachute may have
been tested during his life
time.
Dr.. GuoteIIi Supervision
The models are from the
Fine Arts Department of In
ternational Business Machines
Corp, and were constructed
by a Da Vinci authority. DR..
Roberto Guatelli.
Models originally construc-
ted under DR.. Guatelli's su.
pervision for the 1888 exhibi-
ton of Leonardo'S work in Mi
Ian were destroyed by bombs
during the war, in Tokyo. DR..
Guatelli, who had accompa-
MED the exhibit to Japan, was
confined to a concentration
camp. He began work on an
other set when he returned
to the United States.
The exhibit of models from
this set will continue at the
Smithsonian until Septem-
Der "a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-22
By Harriet Griffiths

school closely reflected its cul-
tural interests. which centered
around the theater and the
Yoshiwara, or geisha quarter.
Many of the subjects there
fore, are actors In their formal
makeup and characterize
tons. Other prints depict
courtesans of the Yoshiwara
in their elaborate costumes.
The designs. of the rich cloth
are of exceptional interest.
Brought Greet Fome
There are six prints of Ich-
iryusai Hiroshige. whose series.
"Fifty-three Stages on the
Tokaido Highway" one of
which is included in the cur
rent showing, brought him
sudden and great fame. An
other work from the series.
"Sixty-nine Stages on Kiso-
Kaido Highway" is lovely in
striking blues and green's. His
"Peach-blossom and Swallows
in Moonlight" is as exquisite
as its title sounds.
Mt. Fugi comes in for at
tention, of course. The stored
mountain is the subject of two
of Katsushika Hokusai's prints,
one Of them "seen through
wave-tops of Kanagawa Coast.
Another view is by Totoya
Hokkei, who had kept a fish
shop, and who studied under
Katsushika Hokusai.
The library reports that this
exhibition is drawing much in
terest, as it well deserves to do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
Famous Fables
Bv (. {. Edoor

FIRST THINGS FIRST
Author Mary Chase was a
Denver newspaper reporter
before she turned to writing
playa conscientious re-
porter, devoted to her work.
Once she was on a story. she
followed it to the end, per-
hitting nothing to divert
her.
One afternoon, she was In
the courtroom awaiting the
verdict in a murder case
when an attendant in
formed her that she was
wanted on the telephone.
She went outside to the
booth.
She returned in a few
minutes and resumed her
seat in the press row.
who was it?" whispered
a fellow reporter. who was
also a. close friend.
"It was my father" she
whispered back.
| In q little while the ver-
dict. was announced, and
she finished her story. AS
she was about to leave, her
friend asked:
What did your father
want? Was it anything i'm
portant?"
Il guess So" replied the
future playwright. "Our
house Is on fire."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07

Question: What Is meant by
the expression, playing the adj
vantage? ~. D. c.
Answer: It's an old Mississippi
River gamblers expression and
means to cheat. The full term
| is, playing the advantage over
him."
Question: It strikes me odd
that the word cashier should
have two such widely divergent
meanings. VIII you please ex-
plain why the person who keeps
the cash and d person dis
missed from q post in disgrace
should mean the same. P. B. E.
Answer: They stem from diff
ferent roots. The word cash is
generally supposed to come from
the French caisse, which gives us
q cashier who handles money,
Cashier, to dismiss from q post
In disgrace. comes from the Latin
caSsus, meaning empty and void
| which probably comes from o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-07
Nature 5. Children

furnishing the crew with tender
steaks when the ship was far At
sea. His custom Of collecting
these great creatures finally de-
pleted the supply.
These elephant tortoise were
neither dangerous nor difiicult
to capture. Never having had
to cope with the cruelty OF man,
they ignored his presence when
he came among them. Their
knife-like jaws could easily crush
q mans hand. All you had to
do was to pat his horny head
and the instruments Of defense
were quickly withdrawn with an
ominous hiss.
Though clumsy In appearance
due to their weight, they are not
stupid. They soon learn to recog-
nize their keeper and q whistle
from him turns their footsteps
in his direction.
The male stalks his lady love
/ In q circle like walk. His love
pats made By his appraised stubby