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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

jr., director of Brooklyn Botanic
Garden, and Edwin de T. Bechtel
of the New York Horticultural
Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Indian Pointer

Solomon McCombs, a Creek
Indian artist. is having a one
man show at Collectors Corner,
1926 NJ street, Georgetown,
through March 6 His series
of 20 tempera paintings are
similar in technique to those
in the large show of American
Indian paintings at the Ma.
tional Gallery last autumn.
j, Edward Davis manager of
the United States Department
of the Interiors Indian Arts
and Crafts Board, says:
The traditional technique
in Indian painting employs
fiat design and solid color areas
and the compositions are most
frequently arranged in formal.
often symmetrical. design. The
clean linear patterns are best
brought out in tempera. Mr..
McCombs. he continued, has
endeavored to make his paint
ings authentic to the last
eagle feather; and characters
and customs are faithfully de-
lineated."
The artist, born in Okla
homa Q913 is the grandson
of William McCombs. one Of
the founders of Bacone Indian
College, of whom the McCombs
Memorial art gallery on the
campus is named. In the ar
lists childhood he learned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Two Sessions Planned
For Garden Symposium
WILLIAMSBURG.

A color motion picture show
ing gardening and flower ar
ranging techniques in the days
of George Washington and
Thomas Jefferson will be fea-
tured at the Williamsburg Spring
Garden Symposium February "a
Is and March 3-5.
The film. Flower Arrange
ments Of williamsburg" will be
shown to Symposium registrants
here February "a and again on
March 3. Cameramen worked
for an entire year filming scenes
from Williamsburg's restored
18th century gardens in the
spring. summer. fall and winter
for the documentary.
Featured in the film is Mrs.
Louise B. Fisher of Colonial
Williamsburg staff, who revived
the 18th century floral art for
the historic exhibition buildings
and who is particularly noted
for colorful and authentic dried
flower arrangements.
Symposium speakers will in
clude Mrs. Gretchen Harsch-
barger. garden editor of House.
hold Magazine; George S. Avery,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Garden Sculpture

The Artists Mart, 1861 Wis
consin avenue, Georgetown, is
showing this month sculpture
for homes and gardens. Among
them are a number of works
from the last Corcoran area
show, including Marilee Sha-
piro's award winning terra
Gotta figure and a beautiful
head. Katherine Hobbs
Young Giraffe" which has
received several prizes; her
zebra and other wild and do
mestic animals, Russell Hous-
tons winsome sleeping puppy
and Florence Higgs' boy and
Horse" are all engaging works
that offer long-laSting appeal.
A number of small figures
are sketches that can be en-
larged and executed in perma-
nent materials. Such are
Florence Higgs mermaid and
baby, Mary Covers "Hebe" and
her relaxed little nude. Maxim
Elias clever "Kneeling Girl"
made of pieces of wood and
metal pipe, is f1irtatious
creature who requires less
imagination on the part of the
beholder than some of his
other creations.
A new artist Ito me- is Will
liam C. Carey. jr.. by whom is
a series of witty little figures
a few inches in dimensions.
made of heavy black wire.
Some of them are place-card
holders, which would undoubt-
edly be pocketed by the dinner
guests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

on Historical Paintings in
Washington" and at 1915.
Art and Your Child in the
Public School," by James w.
Jones. Each evenings pair Of
talks will be listed as hereto
fore in The Stars "Today's
Highlights" column on the
televiSion radio page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21

much about the customs and
ways of his forefathers. At
tending Bacone College, he
studied under the noted Indian
painter Acee Blue Eagle, and
later at Tulsa University. Such
was Mr.. McCombS' talent that
his work was exhibited while
he was still a student. It has
been shown previously in
Washington at the Corcoran
Gallery and the Smithsonian
Institution, and in art galleries
and museums from New York
to San Francisco. He has won
many awards in national In
dian art competitions, and has
painted a mural in the Mari
eta: Okla. post office.
Supplementing the paint
ings are Indian rugs, dolls.
beadwork, baskets. a war bon
net and other objects lent by
the Indian Arts and Crafts
Board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Garden Club
Activities

The Bethesda Community
Garden Club on Wednesday,
1890 am, at Battery Park Club
house. will discuss Staging and
Scheduling Flower Show. F"
Panel members: Mrs. Henry P.
Chandler. Mrs. John c. Bozie-
vich, Mrs Dale C. Cameron,
Mrs. c. D. Curtiss, Mrs. Robert
Gutheim. Luncheon chairman,
Mrs. William H. McCrillis.
The Takoma Horticultural
Club will hold it's annual dinner
in Emory Methodist Church
Wednesday. GAS pm. Speaker
Neils j. Hansen, president of
the American Rose Society.
The American University Park
Garden Club will meet Tuesday,
8 pm, with Miss Gladys Visel.
4619 Ellicott street NV. Pro-
gram: Illustrated lecture,
Trees and Shrubs for the Small
Garden" by DR.. Francis De Vos
of the National Arboretum.
The Chesapeake and Potomac
Iris Society will meet Thursday
at the National Museum. 8 pm.
Program: Discussion of merg-
ing iris show with shows of other
clubs; symposium discussion Of
Is bearded and 10 japanese iris
best adapted for this area; COL
ored slides accepted for viewing.
The NeighbOrhOOd Garden Club
Monday heard. Chris Mathisen,
member of the Audubon Society,
talk on attracting and housing
songbirds. Mrs. A. U. Krebs is
the newly elected president of
the club.
Hilltop Garden Club has
elected Mrs. Charles Leapley
president. Mrs. John Calarco
vice president, Mrs. Arthur
Curtis secretary, Mrs. Lawrence
Bailey treasurer and Mrs.
Charles Brun librarian. The
clubs display at the March Alto
10 show in the Armory will be
titled, Front Walk Planting"
The garden section of the
Woman's Community Club of
Kenslngton will meet with Mrs.
E. Foley, 9619 Glencrest lane to-
morrow at noon. Program:
Talk, Unusual Foliage of South
America and Australia Mrs.
Matilda Dordet.
GlenwoOd Road Garden Club
met with Mrs. G. Gusts Meade.
5513 Glenwood road, Tuesday.
New officers: Mrs. John H.
Sidebottom. president; Mrs. Will
liam Carroll, vice president; Mrs.
S. j. Weidenkopf, recording Sec
rotary; Mrs. Stuart Miller. cor
responding secretary: Mrs. r. B
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Seeding Trees Offered
MARYLAND Farmers

Nearly one-half million seed
ling trees will be available to
farmers in the seven Southern
Maryland counties this spring
for reforestation planting. &C
cording to A. j. Pickall, State
district forester.
The trees will be distributed
by the State Department of
Forests and Parks free to farm
ers who wish to plant idle acres
TO a tree crop. White and lob
Jolly pine are recommended for
reforestation purposes.
Farmers interested in obtain
ing tree seedlings should contact
Mr.. Pickall. SOB Main street.
Laurel. Md, or their county
agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Indonesiun Art

The Embassy of Indonesia
brought to the United States
in 1851 and opened at the Arts
Club that summer a large
exhibition of paintings. both
traditional and modern, tex
tiles and decorative arts. The
show later went on a national
tour. Paintings by two young
Indonesian artists who had
studied in Europe, were shown
at the Colony Lounge. and last
year the returning show was
installed at the Embassy, for
a number of weeks.
Eighteen paintings from the
original exhibition are on view
at the Dupont Theater gallery
through March /. in what may
be the last showing here. In
cluded are both modern ira
ditional and contemporary
works, and the latter can be
reclaSsified into two groups,
conservative and semiabstract.
Most interesting Gin my
opinion) are several modern
traditional" paintings: Rice
Fields by Tohdjiwa: Hunt
ing" by Poetoe Bedil, both
having beautiful all-over pat
terms of foliage, birds and fig
ures; an episode from the
Ramayana, and Snake Man.
anonymous, all carrying on the
old BalineSe idiOms.
Nearly all the paintings deal
with Indonesian subjects, the
conservative in tie + pretations
presenting them much as Occi-
dental conservative painters
probably would; the "moderns"
deal with them IMPRESSIONS
tically, eXpressionistically and,
in some instances obctroptlv
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Anderson treasurer; Mrs. K.
Hammond Mish, parliamentarian.

The National association Of
Gardeners will meet at Tregaron,
1929 Klingle road NV. Friday.
8 pm; Hugh McRae host. Pro-
gram: Talk on timely topics n
horticulture by William Steiner
BeltSville USDA station The
association will enter planned
garden in the flower show at
the Armory.
The BeltSville Garden Club
will meet Thursday. 3 pm. at
the Beltsville Elementary School,.
Carl N. johnson, University of
Maryland, will talk on Design
ing a Landscape Plan for the
Home Grounds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Religious Plaques

A special exhibition Of enarf-
els by Carlo Severa of Italy is
on view at UrSell's, 3243 Que
street, Georgetown. The enam-
els are mostly of religious
subjects, suitable for use as
wall plaques. They are made
by first etching the design on
copper with acid, then filling
the depreSSions with enamel
which is baked at a high temp
erture to a hard finish. The
copper has been used as an
integral part of the design,
outlining the figures, like the
leads in stained glass. The COL
ors are rich and mellow. ST.
gnor Severa has interpreted his
religious subjects in a modern
way.
Carlo Severa studied at the
Academy of Fine Arts in Flor
ence, Italy, where he is now
an assistant professor. His
paintings and enamelS have
been shown at several Venice
biennials. and at other exhibit
billions in Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Aronson's Circus

Etchings by Irene Aronson
comprise the February exhibit
ton in the print gallery of the
Division of Graphic Arts,
Smithsonian Building. Fea-
tured are eight etchings from
her portfolio. THE Circus"
along with prints from "Danse
Macabre" and other subjects.
Miss Aronson," says Jacob
kainen, curator of the divi-
sion. works in a deceptwely
chlldlike vein to capture her
subjects with the fresh eye of
the unsophisticated." In view
of the fact that Miss Aronson
left her native Germany in the
mid '30s, studied at several
outstanding English schools
CEastbourne. London Univer-
sity's Slade School and Oxford
University's Ruskin SCHOOL,,
then in 1910 at Hayter's ia
nous Atelier II in New York
City, one wonders why she
wants to draw like a child.
Her competent etching tech
nique makes the "childlike"
vision rather phony.
1t may. of course, be
change from her career as a
costume designer and illustra-
tor. She has been assistant
designer for Barnum g. Bailey's
Circus, for the Broadway show
Front Page" and other the
atrical productions. Her illus
trations have appeared in
Theatre Arts and other publ
cations, and her prints have
been widely exhibited and
acquired for permanent collec-
tionS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Art News
Portrait Prints
Of Washington
By Florence S. Berrymon

George Washington was a
man Of many visages. as is
obvious from the exhibition
of portrait prints of him on
view in the George Wash
ington University library. the
third annual February exhibit
ton -honoring the man whose
name the university bears.
This show comprises more
than so items, most of them
line or stipple engravings, with
a few mezzotints and prints
in other media, all from the
Berkeley collection of some 300
George Washington prints lent
by the Maryland Historical
Society. The show will remain
through next Sunday.
The prints are arranged in
type groups. according to the
original portraits from which
they were made: Portraits by
Charles Wilson Peale, Robert
Edge Pine. Houdon. Saint
Memin, Gilbert Stuart, Joseph
Wright. Edward Savage, James
Sharples, John Trumbull and
IL others. The university is
also showing its full-length
original Stuart portrait of
Washington, engravings, pho
tographs and other items from
its own collections.
Licensees Differ
Washington's family and
close friends would never have
recognized some of the "por-
traits" SO greatly do they diff
fer. But all have some degree
OF interest, giving evidence to
the mans greatness and hold
upon the imagination of sue
cessive generations.
The vigorous masculine por-
traits by Peale and Trumbull,
who were closely associated
with Washington during the
Revolution, and the sculptures
by Houdon. present the Father
of his Country in his physical
prime. The National Gallery's
Vaughan portrait of WASH
ington is probably the best by
Stuart, who painted Wash
ington in his later years. The
popularity of Stuart's Athe-
neum portrait has doubtless
given many Of us, from school
days on, an erroneous mental
concept of Washington as a
very old man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
National Art Center

The final week of WCFM
Radio Stations program of
talks on washington, the Ma
tional Art Center" begins to-
morrow evening at 10, George
Washington's Birthday, with
a talk by Mrs. McCook Knox
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
The Beltsville Garden Club
Cherry-Growinq Center

MILWAUKEE.-Largest cherry
producing center in the United
States is Door County. Wis,
which yields upward of 10 mil
lion or more pounds year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-21
Rinehort's Garden Library

Edited oy w. w. GoOdpaSture
(Rtnehart G. Co.; $3.50 q uot-
ume.J
February weather in Wash
ington usually is miserable
enough to drive Harold Home
owner to the solace of his how
to-garden books. This literary
opiate of the people has been
augmented in quality and con-
venience this year by Rine-
hart's siX-volume set of books
on: Animals, Roses. Vegetables.
Lawns, Evergreens and Small
Fruits.
Each book is a complete, il
Illustrated reference written by
experts specifically for the new
homeowner. The books are as
welcome as the first robin.
r. F.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
Pravda Hints
Reds May Join
European Pact

LONDON R-Pravda limited Fri.
day the Soviet Union might agree
to have the United States join in
the 50-year European collective Sc
curity pact Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov proposed at the Big
Four conference in Berlin.
The official Soviet Communist
party newspaper in an article
broadcast by Moscow radio, sug-
gested further discussion of the
proposed treaty, which the West
rejected.
Arguments are being advanced
concerning the undesirability of ex-
Guiding the United States from the
treaty of collective security in Eu-
rope" Pravda said. However, no
one at the Berlin conference denied
the possibility of considering re-
spective amendments to the draft
treaty."
Molotov had proposed in Febru-
airy at Berlin that the 81 nations
of Europe-Communist and non :
Communication in a security pact
that would exclude the Unite
States. Western diplomats protest
ed this would leave Russia tower
ing over its weaker European
neighbors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
Hal Boyle
Says

NEW YORK R - Sometimes a
homely girl will say defensively:
II wish l had the portrait Of
Whistler's mother tattooed on my
forehead. That might make me
more interesting to look at
This attitude is wrong.
Patricia Medina, a British &C.
tress, said the other day that home
ly men were much more fun on
dates than ''the pretty boys" She
found they had a better sense Of
humor, were more attentive, less
conceited and put more effort in
their wooing.
This, of course, is no news to us
homely Joes. We have known it
ever since the first caveman grew
a wart on his nose and then, by
sheer force of character, turned it
into a social and business asset.
A man with a wart on his nose
is bound to be remembered-and
being remembered is the biggest
problem in getting ahead in this
busy world.
What is true OF a homely man
is just as true of a homeiy girl.
She stands out from the crowd, and
this gives her a chance to demon
strate what real talent she may
have. Those who pause to laugh at
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20

her for the moment may remain
to admire her through the years.
A beautiful bachelor girl once
asked me, after looking around a
roomful of guests at a party:
why do so many successful men
seem to have such homely wives?"
The only tactful reply l could
think Of was:
Most successful men are prob
ably near-sighted."
But / doubt if she heard me.
She was studying herself in a wall
mirror.
That is the trouble with so many
lovely ladies. Being beautiful is a
career with them. But no girl
makes a full time job of being
homely. A homely girl has time
to listen to man tell his dreams,
time to help him achieve his
dreams, and that is probably why
men who are successful so often do
have charming homely wives.
A woman who has a face she
finds herself unable honestly to fall
in love with must, if she is normal,
express her human love in other
ways and other lives-and she
generally gets a richer reward, a
bigger payoff, in the end.
She will also probably find that
her ugly duckling face, that
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20

pared by an authority in the avia-
ton business-Harold A. Wilde.
Wilde knows the problems OF
| Key West and the Florida Keys
from personal experience. He en-
joys an excellent reputation among
aviation authorities. There seems
to be no reason why we cannot
place complete confidence in his
recommendations and plans.
I'll admit that this placing of
confidence is something that
couldn't do Fundamentally while
the County Commissioners were
attempting to solve the airport
problem by themselves. Not that
every Commissioner wasn't con-
scientious and attempting to do his
utmost in the matter. The trouble
was that they were up against a
technical situation which required
an expert with the background of
a man like Wilde.
Forwarding Of the Wilde report
to the South Florida Airport Plan
ming and Advisory Committee by
Gerald Saunders was also a wise
move. Any plan which we eventual
ly evolve must work tremendously
with that of every other commun-
ity in South Florida.
Studying the traffic growth pat
tern of National Airlines and Aero
Was @ makes it quite apparent
that the former company has not
kept in step with the times. There
Is too big difference between the
number OF passengers carried by
the two lines. What caused this?
Was National too preoccupied with
building up its long distance flights
to bother about servicing Key West
better?
In the past year or so, National
has gone in for a huge expansion
program. New ships have been
added to its fleet to service all
points North and West of Miami.
That Key West has not only been
left out OF this expansion program
but has been deliberately hurt by
curtailment of flights would seem
to make it apparent that National
Is adopting dog In the manger"
policy-they don't seem to be inter-
ested In helping our community
to grow through better air trans
portation but at the same time,
they desire to hold on to their
franchise and thus keep other air
lines out of town.
Up until now, this column has
maintained a more or less i'm
partial attitude but it can't con-
tinue to do so when National Air
lines shows nothing but enmity to-
ward our elected representatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

The 'City's new municipal fish.
ing pier will have an official open
ing in few days. Already, how
ever, fishermen have found the
site and are hocking down to the
docks in large numbers. Congratu-
lationS are in order for Ivan Rob-
erts, Director of Public Service,
and the other civic officials who
have helped develop this new re-
creation spot.
Birth Centred
Every once In awhile 4 new
argument springs up relative to
birth control. This Is rather pug
cling. Whether you're for or
against birth control, we seem to
be doing a good job of eliminating
the younger population by murder
ing them in motor vehicle acct
dents.
Key West was In an uproar last
year about polio. Did you know
that in the l to IA age group,
motor vehicle accidents kill four
times as many children as polio?
Nearly four thousand children
die each year in traffic accidents.
This is a far larger number than
the deaths caused by such highly
publicized diseases as tuberculo-
sis, pneumonia, cancer, leukemia.
etc. Don't you think it is time that
we began to consider this problem
seriously?
Perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if
this / to IL age group had any
choice in matter of their deaths.
However, they are entirely de-
pendent upon us adults-they are
trusting souls who haven't lived
long enough to learn that thought
less, selfish, egotistieal murderer
often turks behind the wheel of an
automobile. Surprisingly enough,
women show little more concern
about the Safety OF chndren than
men.
Most adults try to drive care
fully and 1t is true that many chill
dren are injured or killed unavoid.
ably. Unavoidably at the moment
Of the accident. However, proper
and instruction at home
might have saved these children.
How often do you sit down with
your boy or girl and attempt to
teach them safety? Do you ever
try to impress them by pointing
out the mistakes that are made
by other pedestrians, cycle riders,
or motorists? It might do some
good, you know.
Airport consvItant
This column is mighty glad to
see that reports concerning Mea-
cham Field are now being pre-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
DEATH, my DAR[I1G l

:. pede, you don't actually be-
iieve that do your" I demanded,
He passed his hand through hi
touseled hair. an
7 hardly know what -
heve." he answered YEARLY.
AN HOUR or 90 later. ne
IA sheriff came and asked ~
speak to Us all together.
y only wanted TO tell Won TIA,
the coroner's agreed 10 LET NJ
Raouls death pass as suicide g
when We hold the inquest
He got no further than that
Beau shot out Of his chair as
though 1t had been \ catapa,,H
What do yea mean. youll let
my fathers death pass as suicide.
jeff Wilkes!" he demanded cav
agely. at spos suicide"
The sheriff didn't answer d.
rectly.
after I left here this morn
ing, he began, II made some in
quiries about that will o. your
grandpas. ] found he'd left or
ders that III any o. You died. that
ones share o. the estate was Ia
go to his next o. male kin. In
your cousin Claude's case. that
was your father. In his own case
1t could ha' been both You an
your brother Lee; but aecordin'
to q strict readin' o. the law. Il
might ha' been Just Lee"
Beau stared at him for a min
laugh.
you fcol!" he exclaimed CON-
temptuousiy. you 9 0 mp lete.
damned fool!s
The sheriffs face famed.
rive tried 10 be decent about
this. he said. SRut if that's the
way You feel about IL Fn not
hush anything up. Wen see how
smart you are, Mr.. Beau Du-
mont at explainin' to q Jury why
your father an your brother
should ha' committed suicide"
That won't be necessary,
tell you.
Beau Is right she went on.
gently putting Lewis Haye aside
as ne attempted to stop her. my
father and my brother Lee both
did commit suicide. You see, they
both believed that ] had killed
Claude, the same az Beau did nj
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-03-20
Works Days; Steals Nights

ORLANDO IN - Three men
charged with theft have admitted
they worked as carpenters by day
and stole tools at night, Detective
1t. ]. R. Beach said here.
He identified them as Maynard
S. Moss, Barry NJ. Moss and James
EneS Of Charleston, W, Va, &C.
eused OF stealing 5000 to S., 200
worth of tools in Tampa, St.
Petersburg, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach
and Orlando.