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Evening star., 1954-02-28

such a family was necessary to
the story.
It was exactly the kind of
family Griffin wanted - to
move in on. Glenn and his
kid brother Hank and a burly
lifer named Robish had es-
capped from a Federal prison.
Glenn. the leader, the brains
of the trio, wanted to go back
to his home town to await
money from his girl, who had
gone to Pittsburgh to escape
surveillance. But. Glenn knew
the usual underworld hide
aways would be searched. In
a respectable home they would
be safe till they got ready to
move out. So they drove into
the billiards driveway in their
stolen car and moved in.
Glenn had the only gun,
but it was enough. The father
and daughter Cindy were to
go to their jobs, act as if moth
ing had happened. The little
boy would be kept home from
school. reported sick. The
mother would stick around.
Why, you may ask, couldn't
Hilliard call in the police? He
could, but what would happen
to his wife and small son?
The convicts were killers
they'd threatened to take
mother and boy as hostages
or kill them If they were
douhl crossed. They were ca
pable of this; such things did
happen.
The billiards. courageous
people. found themselves help
less and drawn deeper and
deeper into the convicts' plans.
Meanwhile. there was a deputy
sheriff, leading one of several
agencies of the law searching
for the fugitives, and there
was Cindy's boy friend. a young
lawyer, an ex-Marine. Both
had leading roles in what even
tually happened.
Mr.. Hayes shows mastery at
drawing the threads of a story
taut. The spotlight shifts con-
stantly from one to another of
the persons involved and yet
the focus is never blurred. The
plot is a labyrinth of ingenuity.
I've read nothing so exciting
since Ernest K. Cams The
High and the Mighty" which
accounted the most suspen-
sive novel of 1853. In some
ways, The Desperate Hours"
is better job. Mr.. Hayes novel
is Literary Guild selection.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
The Easter Eqq Hunt
BY Speed Lamkin. III

oy OPCCO AIdillhIlA. iHCuyItLO
Speed Lamkin, whose first
novel. THE Tiger in the Gar
den," was an early. exotic
bloom in the Southern literary
conservatory, has transplanted
his talents to Hollywood for
THE Easter Egg Hunt" In
this new setting he seems to be
masquerading as F. Scott
Fitzgerald. but I do not believe
any one will be very much
taken in.
To be sure, his theme Is a
Fitzgerald favorite, the disin-
tegration of personality amid
false standards; but the prime
ingredient in such a situation
is. of course. personality, a
commodity notably lacking in
the cast of Mr.. Lamkins
rather feyerish effort.
This novel has two heroines.
One is a moronic. platinum
blond lush, whose husband.
an oil king. Is determined to
make her great star. To this
end, he holds elaborate par
ties to which legions Of locals
Evening star., 1954-02-28

Mi67in; $780,
repair to eat, drink and sneer.
The other leading lady is
Angelica. a Southern belle.
who also hits the bottle. What
the girls share is Angelica
husband, a producer with
slate-gray eyes. The narrator
and hero is another exiled
Southerner. Charley Thayer,
a writer for Life magazine,
who cherishes a boyhood pas
sion for Angelica, and who
doesn't know what to make of
it all.
Mr.. Lamkin makes little
lists of what his characters
are eating. carrying or remem-
bering, but somehow 1t never
adds up to anything much.
The idea of THE Easter Egg
Hunt" we are given to under
stand, is that these people are
scrambling around madly in
search of something. Mr..
Lamkin, I think, should him.
self start looking hard for q
point Of view. A novelist is
nothing, but nothing. without
that. M Meg.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
She Came to Stoy
BY Simone de Beauvoir. (World;: So

The complicating figure here
is a diSagreeable blond from
Rouen, a crosS-grained, touchy
creature named Xaviere who
starts hanging around Fran
coise, a noble novelist who for
10 years has been the mis-
tress of Pierre, an actor-pro-
ducer. From sheer perversity,
these two extend their ar
rangement to provide a de-
sign for living which will in
clude Xaviere. What this
mostly involves is the three
of them sitting around in
cafes, each trying to guess
what thoughts of hostility
and jealousy the others are
harboring. During one such
session, Xaviere deliberately
burns herself with a cigarette.
This does not rouse her from
her apathy.
In time, the triangle is en-
larged to include Xaviere's
lover, with whom Francoise
goes on a walking tour. The
war comes to end these aim
less goings-on and a murder,
apparently, is committed that
should have taken place on the
first page.
"She Came to Stay" strikes
this reviewer as a monument
Of inconclusivenesS. If this Is
the mental fare being offered
the French, then they have
come upon thin times indeed.
M. McGa
Evening star., 1954-02-28

Ireland is a song in many
hearts and a romantic mental
concept. But certain facets of
it's culture are not very well
known here-its contemporary
painting, for instance. A few
groups of works by living Irish
artists have been brought over
to Boston and other cities in
the past decade and individual
Irish painters have been seen
in one-man shows - among
them a large display of Jack
Yeats paintings at The Phil
lips Gallery few seasons ago.
Consequently, the ObeliSk Gal
lery's introduction to Wash
ington this month. Of five
Painters from Ireland" to re-
main through March 81, is
very welcome.
But without some idea, even
superficial. of the panorama of
painting in Ireland today, by
which to measure these artists
at the Obelisk t3241 P street,
Georgetown it is difficult to
do more than regard them as
five individual painters. All
are self-taught. a situation
which would seem to limit
their representatives..
George Campbell and Ne
Will johnson impressed me as
the best of the five. from the
standpoint of technical COM
petence. Mr.. Campbell's four
landscapes are romantic,
moody. impressionistic, exc
cuted with unobtrusive brush
work, in simplified forms, and
grayed colors. They have con-
siderable appeal.
A Surreolist
Mr.. johnson is a surrealist.
whose Autumn Sunf1ower"
seems to me the best of his
four paintings, beautiful in
composition and color.
Daniel O'Neill is my favorite
on the score of Imagination
and verve. He is represented
with two quite different paint
ingS: Donegal Coast" dark
with rocks and a stormy sky;
and Minstrel a figure
painted in warm colors. Lut
who is, one is sure, singing a
plaintive song. Gerard Dillon,
a friend of O'Neill, shows a
primitive's sense of pattern in
his several works.
Gretta Bowen has the larg-
est collection-seven urban
scenes and interiors. done in
raw Scolors and gay, amateur
ish compositions. She is a
sort Of Irish Grandma Moses
(although less talented being
now over 70, and having
painted only four years. She
undoubtedly has fun paint
ing. and those who like un-
sophisticated, untutored vi
sions. probably enjoy these
pictures.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
News of Artists and Exhibitions

the reception rooms. A brief
notice appeared here Febru-
ary IA about the show of this
Indian artist, an exchange
representative in fine arts. Be-
cause Of his early departure
for home, his exhibition re-
mained only one week.
Mr.. Wenner, who lived in
Washington for three years
during World War II, was
chosen to represent an Ameri-
can college-Teachers' College
Of Connecticut in New Britain.
where he has been teaching
for the past seven years, as
we'll as at New York University.
He is also a theatrical de-
signer, collector and educator.
His exhibition (Which re-
mains through next Friday
comprises 16 paintings, chiefly
flowers, still life and landscape.
1t shows few variations in
styles as well as media. Sew
eral New England landscapes
are conservative, nicely done
and pleasing as to subject.
There is more variety in his
flower paintings, ranging from
the heroic sized "Geraniums,"
several feet in dimensions, to
small panels. Weeds" and
Tulips" which, it seems to me,
are rather overpowered by
their frames. His bright and
decorative water colors, Spring
Flowers" is one of his best.
Mr.. Wenner has exhibited
extensively and has won sew
eral awards.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
World Traveller

Francisco Otta. Bohemian
born citizen of Chile. is having
his first one-man show in the
United States, at the Pan
American Union. through next
Saturday. He began his trav-
els throughout the world in
1926, and has exhibited his
work in countries of South
America. Europe and Aus
tralia. For some years now
he has been a teacher and
artist in Santiago, Chile.
His present show Of 80 prints
and water colors reveals his
mastery of etching. aquatint.
burin engraving and drypoint
in some 20 prints. Most of his
water colors have details drawn
in ink. His prints and water
colors range from naturalistic
C"Sitting Nude" and certain
Of his series of "faceS~ to alb
stract, with the great majority
in between. I like best his
whimsical print (burin and
aquatint) of "St. Francis and
the Birds"
Evening star., 1954-02-28
A New Language
For Scientists

Interlinguo a Prime Vista
Per Alexander Code.
(Storm;, S2.)
Revide per WilIiom Hines
Hic es un parve libro pro per-
sonas qui vole parlar un altere
lingua, sed qui non anna nj stu
diar nj pensar. Interlingua, es
un lingua belle. como francese
o espaniol, e plus facile que am
bes. Sin multo travalio on pote
parlar e serbian interlingua
como I'm native. Sed ha un
grande difficultate: Ubi sc trova
un altere pals en- quail existe
nativos qui parla interlingua?
Hmmmm -.
Evening star., 1954-02-28

country next
f all, W on
En- g / a n DIS
James TAFT
Black Me-
mortal Prize.
Young Men
Waiting" is
his ir d
n ov e l.. ! t
tells, in a
S ira n G ely
obliQue way.
a S t ory of
some artists
in Paris in
the '20S. The
Evening star., 1954-02-28

Mt6ttn; $j.5OJ
underground contacts. With
Pape cursing and Mieteck
praying. they broke out.
Ingenious Escape
In Czestowa, they were taken
in by Sisters Of Mercy. but
half way to Cracow. Pape, sick
with pleurisy, knew he could
not go on. Half crazy with
Illustration and pain. he stag
gered into a cafe. stood
up shouting "Achtung" and
launched into vilification of
Hitler. He withstood capture
and torture by the Gestapo.
and was returned to POW
camp. From a Czechoslovak-
ian farm. he fled to Hungary,
where he cracked up with
meningitis. During his third
detention in POW he tor
mented his captorS by black
mailing a German carpenter
out of a radio set. manufac-
turing message rings out Of
old toothbrushes and writing
the "Kreigie Edition" of "the
Yorkshire Post" a 30,O00-word
book that came to the atten-
ton of Churchill himself. His
final escape, through medical
channels. was a triumph of
earthly ingenuity.
"Boldness Be My Friend"
seems to this reviewer the best
and boldest of the escape
chronicals. Completely unvar-
nished. it has no dramatics.
no heroicS. no light touches
and no loose ends. Mr.. Pape
was a tough customer in a
tough war. a worthy member
of a valiant breed. who de-
served the help rendered him
by self-sacriflcing Europeans.
Nj. MEG.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Morton; S3.75)

'A'O SNftB YO'fON
The mind alive, in this
thesis. is one that is able to
adjust itself normally to the
griefs. perplexities and frus-
trations of ordinary living. The
neurotic mind or one worse
disordered is unable to make
these adjustments and must
have help.
Unfortunately, the authors
point out. direct efforts to
achieve emotional residence
are not more effective than
are direct efforts to achieve
happiness" What we call hap
piness is the result of a rea-
sonably adjusted personality.
Much may be learned, the book
explains, from those whose
lives have become twisted,
especially If they have been
Strengthened out. After exam
lining various types of person.
ality disorders, the authors
turn to remedies. They stress
the interdependence of people
and point out that Ito ex-
tend tenderness broadly and
deeply is not to pamper people
or condone evil. It is, rather, to
establish the only condition
we know under which growth
can continuously take place
among us and under which
our awareness of our own lin
itationS will not generate
destructive inner conflict"
Both of the authors are
widely known in the fields of
education and human relations
and each has written a number
of books. Harry Overstreet
wrote THE Mature Mind" an
influential best-seller.
&C. B. j.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
In Philadelphia

. Six Washington artists are
represented in the 149th an
nual exhibition of the Penn
sylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts in Philadelphia. through
this month. They are Samuel
Bookatz, Ken holland, Marjorie
Phillips, Don Robertson. Rob-
erta Shute and Jeanne Tay-
lor. This oldest annual ex-
hibition in the United States
is composed (this year, of 458
paintings and sculptures. rep
resenting artists of "a States.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Primitive Sculpture

The art department Of
American University opened
last Sunday an exhibition of
Primitive Sculpture" as.
sembled from all over the
world and from all times. But
whatever its geographical
source or period. every work
bears what the university
calls that indeflnable touch
of naivete in either style,
technique or concept that has
come to be known as 'primi-
tive. The exhibition in
cludes such widely diverse
works as tiny Hittite pieces
believed to be over 1000 years
old, grotesque Eskimo masks
of a few decades ago. Ger
man woodcarvings of the
Middle Ages, a merry-go-
round horse, ivory pieces from
the Congo, Peruvian and
Mayan sculptures, ceremonial
trappings of the American
Indian.
The show will run through
March 81 and will be reviewed
in detail here later. q
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Reading and Writing
CotoIoes Disclose q Pleasant Spring
Season BIossominq in Book World
By Mary McGrory

With the hounds of spring
straining at the leash this way,
the reader, like the gardener
repairs to his catalogs. It
promises to be a pleasant sea-
son in the book world. with
something for everybody and
some noteworthy changes of
pace from some notable writer's.
Perhaps the most intriguing
and ominous item on the forth
coming lists is a completely
retold" version of Ira WOlfert's
five-year-old novel. "An Act of
Love-" Writers always wish
they had said it differently
when they see it in print, but
in the past strong men have
held them down with laconic
too late" AS we remember
it. "An Act of Love" was a
turgid affair, and we respect
fully submit Mr.. Wolfert might
have spent the time put into
"retelling" it in thinking up a
whole new novel. Americans
are notorius tinkerers, and we
don't want this to start a
trend of "retold" versions of
novels that weren't anything
wonderful to begin with. Fic-
tion writer's should know bet
ter than any one that you
don't get second chances.
Chonee Of Poce
In the change of pace de-
partment. the most interesting
is that of HI. F. M. Prescott.
Author of Man on a Donkey"
the finest historical novel Of
Evening star., 1954-02-28

Simone de Beauvoir, high
priestess of the Existentialist
cult, has written a long novel
about a triangle in Paris.
This might sound intriguing,
but in Mile. de Beauvoir's limp
monotone, it has all the i'm
pact of an underwater ballet
performed by three weary
people. "She Came to Stay"
has my enthusiastic indorse-
ment as the years most list
less novel.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
The Mind Alive
BY Harry and Bona

BY Harry and Bonaro rOverstre'
The Overstreets can give
valuable advice to the troubled
because they do not deal out
vague inspirational platitudes,
but analyze problems with the
utmost clarity and, in the
most practical way, show how
these discordS may be resolved.
Evening star., 1954-02-28

OUT 10 De q
m a n W h o
actually did
n o t h ing
else. They
n e ed have
no S u c h
fears about
r i c h a r d
Pape. His
b n a fdeS
are in eX-
cellent or
der and his
edible
re cit al is
vouched for
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Elizabeth Bowen

Elizabeth Bowen. disting-
uished Anglo-Irish novelist
will speak on modern liter
ature in the Corcoran Audi
torium at $3.50 pm. on
March 7. For reservations
call Hudson 3-4440.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
The Postal Bill

Publishers, somewhat sad
dened by the appointment of
Senator Mccarthy to the Lii
brary Committee, were glad
dened by an unexpected break
in the House of Representa-
tives recently. The Post Office
Committee threw out of the
postal bill a book rate increase
that had been hanging over
the book world like a dark
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Arts Club

On February 13. two one
man shows were opened si-
multaneously at the Arts Club
oils and water colors by L.
John G. Wenner in the gal
lery, and tempera paintings by
Sushil Kumar Mukherjee in
Evening star., 1954-02-28

one called Paco Barcelona. the
one known as Bull, Mario,
O'Connell and the stranger
with the dog they call Lord
Fanny are silhouettes seen
against a vague background.
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Young Men Waiting

The author was born in
Scotland IS years ago. His
second novel. Father Goose"
which is to be published in this
Evening star., 1954-02-28
By Florence S. Berrymon

BY Florence ). Berrymon
more interesting. too, uncon-
ventional characters. Among
those in her show are a ball
player and umpire in an ar,
gument. clowns. acrobats and
other circus performers. a
pin-ball boy. She Is showing
both oils and watercolors. In
the latter group are several
sketches, such as the Art
Student" with overtones Of
caricature.
Mrs. Sickman paints other
types Of subject occasionally,
as witness her flaming land
scape Autumn Colors," her
still life arrangement. and
portraits" of two cats.
She has been on the Cor
coran Schools art faculty
since 1916. Previously. she
had attended the University
of Colorado, where she got a
degree in journalism, and
some experience writing for
the Associated Press, small
town newspapers and the COL
lege magazine. During sew
eral years in New York. she
was a free lance illustrator
and reporter. Subsequently
she took graduate courses in
Oriental art at Goucher Col
lege. Baltimore, then came to
Washington to attend the
COrcoran Srho01
Evening star., 1954-02-28
BoIdness Be Ny Friend
BY Richard Pape. Il

Many readers have become
burnt children about personal
war stories since The Man
Who Never Talked" turned
Evening star., 1954-02-28
The Incompatible Allies

BY Gustav Hilger and Alfred
G Meyer. fMdcmillan, So
This first-hand report of
German-Soviet relations be-
tween 1918 and 194l tells the
story as seen by German dip
lomat in the embassy at Mos
COW who was an active partici-
pant in practically all nego-
tiations between the two coun-
tries in the years between the
two world wars. B. F.
Evening star., 1954-02-28

They are shadows rather than
f1eSh-and-blood persons. We
get fragments of what each in
turn is thinking, but never
really learn what they are like.
mentally or physically. Where
they came from and what they
hope for are equally obscure.
It's a hard book to read. And
it's not easy to figure out what
the author was driving at.
C p L
Evening star., 1954-02-28

The art of story telling Is
apt to be lost by the modern
novelist in his effort to turn
out significant characters or
perhaps to try out experiments
in writing or form. In the
same way the composer drops
melody in his search for some
new kind of musical express
sion. So the painter, in a
feverish attempt to do some
thing the old masters never
did. produces a painting not
easily recognized by unschooled
lookerS-on as anything seen
asleep or awake.
The result, in any of these
cases, may be a contribution
to its particular creative
branch. D." 1t is, on the other
hand. too apt to be merely dull.
This is not an argument
against the new or the expert
mental, but it is to say that
a writer need not discard all
the techniqueS that have en-
chanted people in the past,
especially when he has moth
ing enthralling to offer as a
substitute.
A Reol ChiIIer
"The Desperate Hours" is
billed as a novel of suspense.
1t is chiller, all right-a mar
rative that walks a tight ,
rope over a chasm. But why
paste a label on it which may
cause readers of the more
serious books to dismiss it
without a reading as a trivial
excursion into the merely ex-
citing? The story may not be
literature. but it is not trivial.
1t explores some twisted minds
and shows how criminals can
enmesh decent citizens in
their schemes.
More pretentious novelists,
too, could learn something
about telling a story from Jo-
Seph Hayes first novel. It is
a penalty which such stories.
with their swift twists and
turns, usually exact that the
characters are types rather
than individuals. Mr.. Hayes
people are to a large extent
nodded into patterns. The Hill
liards-Dan and his wife, the
boy of 10, the girl of 19-are
typical. Their home is in IN
dianapolis. Dan Hilliard has.
a good job. they have a nice
house in a pleasant suburb.
two cars, the usual life. But
Evening star., 1954-02-28
Books in Review
Here Is q Narrative Thut Walks
A Tight Rope Over q Deep Chusm

The Desperate Hours
BY Joseph Hayes Random House; $780,
Reviewed bV Corfer Brooke Jones
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Error In Addition Alter
Anne Arundel Result

ANNAPOLIS. Nd. July ~
Veteran legislator John r. Nc
Nulty. who served two terms Ia
the Anne Arundel County dele
CATION in the House Of Delegates,
lost in his bid for . third term
In Mondays primary. the board
Of election supervisors said yes
terday.
Sixth place on the Democratic
slate for the November general
election was given Lewis Selby
TaWney jr., of Glen Burnie, after
q recheck Of the unofilcial figures.
The first report from the
courthouse had given Nc. Nc
Nulty, chairman Of the delega-
ton, 1890 votes and Mr.. Tawney
4,234. The supervisors Office said
the mistake was in addition. The
latest figures are 4,234 for Mr..
Tawney and 1850 for Mr.. Nc
Nulty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-01
Admiral Joy Retiring Today,
But Will Aid Academy Drive

the thinking and psychology Of
our enemy. ] have tried to get
lectures here who are authors
ties on what makes Communists
tick"
Some Of the Nays highest
ranking officers are coming here
for the retirement ceremonies.
Rear Admiral Walter r. Boone.
Naval aviator. win succeed Ad-
miral Joy.
The 59-year-old native Of st.
Louis is not exactly taking leave
Of the Navy when he goes on
inactive status for medical
reasons.
Drive for Stadium.
From his home at LaJolla,
Calf, Admiral Joy hopes to
spark q drive for funds to build
a new war memorial stadium
at the Academy.
The Admiral is going on q
Canadian vacation. patiently and
firmly intending to fish. eat,
sleep, and swim but nothing else.
Then he and Mrs. Joy will
visit their two sons on the way
to LaJolla. First 1t. David D.
JOY, q 1850 graduate Of West
Point. is presently stationed at
Seattle, 1t. q 90 Charles T. JOY,
jr.. Naval Academy class Of 1916,
is at San Francisco. The joys
also have a daughter, Martha.
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