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Evening star., 1954-05-23
Anti-Strotfordiuns

Louis Wright in his divert
ing newsletter understandably
takes to task what he calls
'snobbery among the anti
Stratfordians," the people who
think Shakespeare was not
good enough to have written,
Shakespeare's plays.
Significantly enough, he goes
on, supposedly democratic
Americans are the most dog
matte about the whole matter.
What Of Gettysburg?
For the author of Hamlet
to have sprung from the
Stratford Grammar School Of
tends the senSibilitieS of Amer
leans who boast that the
author Of the Gettysburg Ad-
dress was born in q log cabin
and learned all he knew by
reading In front Of a pineknot
fire"
DR.. Wright concludes he
couldn't care less who wrote
Shakespeare's plays so long as
we have them.
"If by using honest evidence
anybody can prove that Derby,
or Verulam. or Queen Eliza
beth herself wrote the plays,
we give them GodSpeed. But
we wish they would learn the
craft Of scholarship and have
q regard for the laws Of
evidence"
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Modern Masters

The Whyte Gallery is show
ing through Memorial Day, an
exhibition Of about 80 signed
original prints by eight recent
and contemporary m odern
European masters, lent by
Gallery Curt Valentin of New
York City. Mr.. Whyte consid-
ers this the most important
show i4 his gallery this season.
BY Henri Matisse are a
lithograph Of an odalisque as
rich in color as a painting; a
delicate linear Reclining
Nude" and two etched heads
Of girls. Several Autographs by
PicasSo show him in consider
able variety as to subject.
Fernand Leger'S color litho-
graphs deal mechanistically
with the port of Troville. Three
linear abstract etchings by
Georges Braque include an
early (191D composition.
Ernst Barlach's woodcuts for
der Tote Tag" have q strong
medieval flavor. Lyonel Fein-
inger'S delicate handling Of
architectural themes in a
linear, cubist manner is ad-
mirable. Marino Marini rings
changes on his favorite theme
Of primitive horses and riders,
while Henry Moore'S color
Autographs, too, are typical Of
his absorption in monolithic
sometimes monStrous) figures
with infiniteSimal heads.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Weddige ot !. F. A.

A one-man show Of color
Autographs by Emil Weddige
is on view at the I. F. A. Gal
leries through next Saturday.
The artist. an associate pro-
fessor of design at the Univer-
sity Of Michigan, has exhibited
extensively in this country
and abroad. He has also COLI.
lected an impressive list Of
awards, mentions and other
honors, averaging about one
a year since he began to exhi-
bit in 1885. He received one
of the last Library of Congress
print awards, in the 1851 Pen
nell show. and Is represented
IN the Libfary's collection.
His autographs are large and
range from abstract to near
naturalistic, with as rich a
variety in color schemes as in
subjects and handling. One Of
the gayest is the. nicely pat
termed "Children's Story"
Others I particularly liked are
Fisherman's Wharf," nautical
in details and rich color, and
'Notre Dame," impressive in
its restraint and simplicity.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

relaxed SELL" He peeped into
soapland and discovered its
lofty, frosty monarchs, the
Hummerts. He spent some
time on a TV space show. He
looked on enthralled while the
magic Of the camera turned
a little turtle in a bowl Of
cereal into an antediluvian
monster in q prehistoric
swamp. Then he takes you
around the breathless circuit
often traversed by Milton
Reynolds, the amphibiouS pen
king.
Mr.. Whiteside tells you a lit
tie more than you strictly
need to know about his par
ticipation in thingS-the door
openings and handshakings.
What he conveys wonderfully
and without appearing to
lift q finger to do so--is the
frenzied humorlessness Of this
particular corner of the world,
where the relaxed Sell'' is
achieved. IN. Meg.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Israel and I!toty

The Obelisk's current exhi-
bition by two artists, Shim-
shon Holman Of Israel and
Bontadi Of Amalfi, to remain
through next Sunday, is the
final presentation for this
season. The gallery Cat 3241
p street, Georgetown) will re-
main open through June and
Mrs. Rubin will see visitors by
appointment.
For the past Is years, Mr..
Holman has been painting
landscapes Of Gallilee. 10 of
which compose his group. He
paints watercolors very broadly
in a fluid wash, much simpli-
fed urban and rural scenes,
harbors and interiors. Mosque
at Acre" is one Of the best of
his display. Some Of them ape
pear such hasty sketches that
one imagines he captured them
while going by In q moving
vehicle. Nor is there, in some
Of them, anything that makes
them eloquent Of Gallilee. any
more than Of California or
New England.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Edited by Walter Lord. little, Brown: 81

Gettysburg. His diary was
published the same year. but
has been out Of print SO years.
It is simply, clearly written
and makes an absorbing rec
ord. Col. Fremantle arrived
in this country with no great
feeling about the war. He went
away strongly pro-Confeder-
ate and predicting the South
would win, despite the current
decisive defeats at Gettysburg
and Vicksburg.
The British visitor met many
of the South's leading soldiers,
among them the elegant Gen.
John B. Magruder, Gems. Jo-
seph E. Johnston, Leonidas
Polk and others. He also be-
came well acquainted with
Beauregard and Longstreet.
Although he was watching
the forming Battle Of Gettys-,
burg from a tree, while d
council of war was going on
underneath, he seems to have
gathered nothing of the sharp
disagreement between Lee and
Longstreet over strategy. He
formed a great admiration for
both generals. He quotes
Longstreet as saying after the
battle, during the retreat to
Virginia, that ''the mistake
they had made was in not con-
concentrating the army more
and in failing to make the
attack yesterday with 10000
instead of $4,000" Historians
have blamed Longstreet for
waiting until afternoon to at
tack instead of striking at
dawn as Lee had ordered.
Mr.. Lord has written many
explanatory notes at the end.
These are helpful In outlin-
ing situations and personali-
ties not always clear from the
diary. &C. B. j.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

through him. he realized that
all was one, departure and re-,
turn, possession and loss, life
and death. past and future,
and that always and every
where the Interchangeable coun-.
tenance of eternity was there
and nothing could be oblit-
Grated"
The narrative is not all the
unrelieyed horror Of modern
war. There are interludes Of
tenderness and beauty, like
flowers blossoming among the
dead and the wreckage.
The book is a selection Of
the Book-of- he-Month Club.
The unobtrusively excellent
translation Is by Denver Lind
ley.
"A Time to Love and a Time
to Die" is a powerful, moving
novel.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

the essentials that beguile.
Mr.. de Vries' description of q
chi-chi Manhattan bistro is en-
chanting on its own. And he
is at his best when describing
the Walter Mitty-type romantic
dreams Of the narrator, who,
like the author, works on q
magazine. has four children
and lives in Connecticut. While
he tries with the one hand to
get the free-loving Augie into
some presentable shape for the
social workers, he works equally
diligently to get some repre-
sentation for himself as q neu-
rotic no less tense than his
psychonalyzed neighbors. 81
was fed up with being branded
as levelheaded," he reports"
Much Of Mr.. de vries' charm
comes from the fact that he
laughs at himself. Whether or
not he is to be identified with
the "I' Of the story. he is
plainly the kind Of man who
can see something slightly
askew in all Of creation. A
pleasant view. IN. MEG.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Inside Lincoln's Cabinet:
The Civil War Diories of
Solmon p. Chase
Edited by David Donald.
(Longn1GnS, Green; $6.5O.)

Edited by David Donald.
(Longmans, Green: $6.5O.)
Reviewed by Francis P. Douglas
Lincoln's Secretary of the
Treasury was q stuffy indivi-
dual whom no sense Of
humor or modesty prevented
from recording his high opin-
ions of himself and his low
opinions of others. Probably
those qualities in Lincoln
a sense of humor and fhodesty
prevented Chase from ap-
preciating the President he
served.
If publication Of these dia-
ries had followed events as
closely as publication of Har-
old Ickes' diaries, the Chase
diaries probably would have
provided the same kind of
shocks. Chase's opinions of
men and events were put down
with candor.
Sometimes, but rarely. he
displayed wit If not humor.
To q woman who sought his
backing for the promotion Of
q colonel he replied he thought
the prospects Of promotion
mot desperate as no man is
safe nowadays from being
made q brigadier-not even
q man Of merit"
The high point Of the dia-
ries. Of course. Is Chase's ac-
count Of Lincoln's presenta-
ton of the Emancipation
Proclamation to the cabinet,
after reading to the members
q chapter from Artemus Ward
which the President thought
very funny"
Chase was q man Of sub
stantial ability. Lincoln rec
ognized this despite his remark
that Chase was "a little. in
sane" in his ambitions to be
President. And it can be rec
ognized despite Chase's self
esteem which permitted him
to record in October, 1862.
that "if Mcclellan had acted
in concert with me the rebel
lion would be ended now"
Much Of the material here
has been published before in
separate places. Here. fortu-
nately. it has been brought
together in one book with able
editing by Mr.. Donald.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
BY Charles A. Fenton. (Farrar. Straus & Youno

1cIl1LlSWay DlaZGQ OuC SO
surely. with\ "The Sun Also
Rises" and "a Farewell to
Arms" when he, like the CEN
tury. was In his 20s, that it
probably is not generally real
lied that he served his years
Of apprenticeship. He wrote
well, for a boy Of his age. when
he was in Oak Park GILL; High
School, and the school maga-
zines published many Of these
early exercises in composition.
Mr.. Fenton explains that, al
though Hemingway never
went to college, an Oak Park
graduate was considered, espe-
cially in English, to have had
the equivalent Of two years Of
college.
Mr.. Fenton has traced all
the influences on the youthful
Hemingway, starting at Oak
Park. On graduation, he went
to work as a cub reporter for
the Kansas City Star, a paper
with high standards which
gave. him excellent training.
Then he managed, after sew
eral thwarted attempts, to get
into the war as an ambulance
: driver on the Italian front,
later as an infantry lieutenant.
He was seriously wounded and,
after the armiStice, returned
home. He was restless and
didn't stay long in one place.
He formed a connection with
the Toronto Star which lasted
for years. First he contributed
features to its weekly maga-
zines regularly, later he went
to Europe as a special corre-
spondent. Meanwhile he lived.
In Chicago for a time and met
Sherwood Anderson and
others. When he went to Paris
with his bride he soon came
under the tutelage of Gertrude
Stein and Ezra Pound. All
these contacts Hemingway
absorbed and went his own,
way. grateful for them at the
time if inclined to discount
some of them later.
Mr.. Fenton has written a
careful and etrating
analysis OF the people and ex-
periences that helped shape
Hemingway's literary career.
The author is an instructor in
English at Yale.-C. B. j.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Eueen Weisz

The Corcoran Gallery of Art
is organizing an exhibition Of
the work of the late Eugen
Weisz. The ownership Of
many paintings is unknown.
Hermann w. Williams, junior
director, and his staff are
eager to trace these paintings.
and would appreciate hearing
from anyone owning or know
ing the whereabouts Of Weisz's
pictures. Communications
should be addressed to. Mr..
Williams at the Corcoran Gal
lery Of Art. Washington 6,
D. G.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

izing on the strength Of two
cousins. rob a bank to finance
their worldly stay. tangle with
the underworld. demoralize the
patrons Of a Paris bar. pitch q
ghost >hunting society into to-
tai confusion and generally
have q rare old time on their
visit to the Goth century.
The Coles partners always
manage at least one hilarious
episode in their spy thrillers.
Now. they splurge In . whole
novel Of urbane nonsense.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Reading and Whiting
Author Of We Chose to Stay Tells
IOfLife IN Germany Under Russians
By Mary McGfory

Lali Horstman Is Q German
lady who enjoyed the good
cosmopolitan Life before the
war with her husband. . Dip
lomat who resigned from the
Foreign once upon the adj
vent Of Hitler.
The less good life, during the
war, they bore with good grace.
They even tried to preserve
something of their existence
when the Russians came to
Kerzendorf, their country es-
tate east Of Berlin. It was her
husbands decision to remain
and she has told Of 1t and the
consequences in 1--WE Chose to
Stay"
Mrs. Horstman was recently
in Washington. visiting friends
Of happier days, Danish AM
bassador and Mime. de Kauff-
man.
Meets Old Friends Here
While she was here she had
o telephone call from O man
nearing 70, who had known
her husband. who was 20 years
her senior, when he was here
before World War I. The old
gentleman told Mrs. Horst
man he had taken care Of her
husbands polo ponies during
Mr.. Horstman's tour Of duty
here. Mrs. Horstman remem-
bers her husbands tales Of
pleasant evenings Of dancing
in the city.
Curiously enough, 1t was in
1946 at q dance that he re-
ceived from q woman friend
what was to be a final warn
ing to quit the Russian zone.
His reply was characteristic:
my heart, my books. my
clothes, warmth and food are
there and nowhere else," he
said. do not spoil this eve
ning's charm-a lovely woman
should not utter ugly warn
ings."
Seized by the Reds
Upon his return from Ker-
zendorf he was seized by the
Russians and carried of to o
concentration camp. He in
sisted on taking a book with
him. It was Tolstoy's "War
and Peace" Mrs. Hortsman
never saw him again.
Shortly after that she made
her way to the American zone
Of Berlin. Throughout the
years of the Russian occupa-
ton and EQUALIZATION, she
says. the most fantastic thing
was the fact that three-quar-
ters of a mile away were the
Americans.
Mrs. Horstman says that the
traditional idealism Of the East
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Lyon Retrospective

George Washington Univer-
sity is honoring a gifted alum
nus this month. Rowland Lyon,
native Washington artist, who
received his A. B. from the
university in 1929, and A. M.
three years later, is having a
one-man show in the library.
1923 G street. through June 8.
Since 1851, Mr.. Lyon has been
preparator of exhibits, Ma
tional Collection of Fine Arts,
Smithsonian Institution. Ear
lier, he was on the art staff
Of The Evening Star, of which
his father, Gideon A. Lyon, was
associate editor for many
years.
The exhibition, q ten-year
retrospective, is composed Of
so oils. watercolors. block
prints and wood sculptures. Mr..
Lyon has mastered the various
media, and handles his subjects
enthusiastically. with a mimi
mum Of detail. particularly in
his block prints. Incidentally.
he is leaving a one-man show
of Is prints during this last
fortnight in May, at the Gall
eria clan in Madrid, Spain.
His watercolors are high
keyed, full Of sunshine and
fresh air. His excellent Grab
Boats" (illustrated) is one Of
the best. Most of the 10 on
view have been painted in sum-
mer at seacoast cities; bat
there is a pictorially charm
ing view of Harper's Ferry in
autumn. Boats and harbors
supply some of the subjects Of
his block prints as well. He
uses both palette knife and
brush in oil paintings. white
House in the Dunes" is out
standing, and there are several
gay circus scenes.
When he turns to- wood, Mr..
Lyon seems to prefer elephants
to other themes. He treats
these sometimes with humor;
again, deals with them in an
abstract manner, baking adj
vantage of the color and grain
,of different woods.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Books in Review
Erich Mario Remorque's NevNoveI
Extraordinary Literoy Document
A Time to Love and Time to Die
BY Erich Maria Remarque. (Harconrt, Brace; $685.
Reviewed by CorteT Brooke Jones
Time to Love and o Time to BE

No more extraordinary liter
ary document has come out
Of the Second World War than
this almost unbearably vivid
novel Of the final phase Of
Germany's frustrated march Of
conquest.
The German-born author Of
the World War I novel. "All
Quiet on the Western Front"
now an American citizen, has.
in my opinion, surpassed his
other books. ably done as they.
were. In this somber pageant
Of the last months Of the war.
The spotlight of terror and
confusion which the author
has thrown on typical scenes
in the German Army as it re-
treated from Russia and in a
German city which was a ia
vorite sky target is narrow,
easily followed. This has
proved much more effective
than If Mr.. RenarQue had att
tempted a diffuse picture, with
the focus turned from one
character to another constant
ly. AS it is, the very simplicity
Of the novels design adds to
its cumulative drama.
No Hope, No Refuge
Thus Pvt. Ernst Graeber
typifies all the young soldiers
who have been at the front
for years and know Germany
Is through, who can do moth
ing about it. His sweetheart,
Elisabeth, represents all the
women at home who long ago
have learned that there is no
refuge from this war any,
where. Not that they lack in
dividuality-these and a few
subordinate characters are
etched on the memory
The action Of the story is
centered on Graeber'S two
week furlough, the first he
has had in two years. He has
fought in France, Africa and
now the diminishing Russian
front-he is a hardened vet
eran, wounded and decorated.
He has thought of his home
town as a haven from the
death, the mangling, the :
dreadful cold and the mud
which have been daily COM
panions in Russia. When he
reaches the city he finds it
partly a rubble Of bomb dam
age, with new raids every day.
His home is in ruins, but he
cannot discover whether his
parents escaped. He keeps
searching for some news of
them. Meanwhile. he encoun-
ters Elisabeth, an old school,
mate, never a particular friend.
They are lonely. He has no.
where to go; she has an apart
ment and a job in a factory.
They go about together, drift
into love. Then, with Ernst'S
furlough nearing a close, they
are married.
When Elisabeth's place is
burned. they go wherever they
can find a shelter. sometimes
sleeping outdoors. for it is
spring, and sharing what light
they can find in the universal
gloom.
The Countenonce of Eternity
EliSabeth'S father is in a
concentration camp for speak
ing out of turn. She and
Ernst are intelligent young
people. They know they have
been betrayed by Hitler and
his bloodluSty Nazis. But there
Is nothing they can do except
endure and hope for an end
to all this. Inevitably Ernst
must return to his retreating
outfit; there is no escape. For
an instant something like an
unbearable white light famed
Evening star., 1954-05-23

m o n t n s.
lie a We in
1868, de-
cided to see
SOL m ething
Of the Civil
War. Land
ing in Ha-
van q, he
sailed to
MatamoroS,
on the Mex
lean border
of Texas,
q nd from
there en-
entered the
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Brief Candles
By Manning Coles. Doubleday & Co., Inc; So
Reviewed by Miriom Gutenberg

The Coles combine deserts
international intrigue to have
fun with two ectoplasmic char
acters and their ine-bibbing
monkey. The ghosts, material
Evening star., 1954-05-23

q MEMBER
Of the New
Y o r k e r
S t a If, re-
ports his
+ i n d / ngs
W ith tn e
light touch
consistently
exerted by
that maga-
in e. H e
isn't trying
to make a
c a S e o u t
a g a l n S t
anybody. it
would Seem
Evening star., 1954-05-23
Robert Richmun

Robert Richman Of George
town is the editor Of and q
contributor to The Arts at
Midcentury." This anthology
is a collection of essays which
comprises a long look around
at the state Of sculpture.
music, painting and poetry all
over the world. Mr.. Richman
is in q particular position to
know about such matters.
being director of the Institute
Of Contemporary Arts and q
former literary editor of the
New Republic.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
The Deluge
A Novel by Leonardo da vinci.
(TDayne;; $3.J

The most intelligent man the
world has ever seen left. among
other tremendous mementoes.
notes for q novel. For reasons
which escape me. the prolific
Mr.. Payne has woven these
fragments together, making q
connected narrative Of Da-
Vinci's curious vision Of an
other deluge overcoming the
Goddess. A mildly interesting
curiousity. more Payne than
.Da Vinci. IN. NEG.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
News Of Artists and Exhibitions

Important openings this af-
ternoon include Forty Years
Of Work by Pietro Lazzari" at
the Workshop Art Center Gal
lery. from 8 to 6 o'clock; and
two at the Phillips Gallery:
Recent paintings by Morris
Graves. and contemporary Es-
kimo carvings. In conjunction
with the last, James A. Hous-
ton, head of Arctic Projects,
Department of Northern At
fairs, Canada, will give a lee
ture at the Gallery at S O'Clock.
Evening star., 1954-05-23

Mr.. Whiteside> wandere d
into an advertising agency
and watched the bright young
men blow smoke at each other
until one of them achieved "a
Evening star., 1954-05-23

enCercu the "AlSeF LoFu'
Confederate States. He made
9 grand tour of the Confed-
eracy, winding up as the guest
Of Gen. Lee at the Battle Of
Evening star., 1954-05-23

Guest speakers Of particu-
lar interest to Washingtonians
will give the National Gallery's
Sunday lectures at 4 o'clock
this afternoon and next Sum
day. Charles Seymour. pro-
feSsor Of art, Yale University,
well known here as the Ma
tional Gallery's first curator Of
sculpture, will speak today on
"A Voyage of Discovery in the
Field Of Early Italian Paint
ing" Next Sundayg, Richard
Lahey, principal of the Corco-
ran School Of Art, will discuss
Great Masters of the Chester
Dale Collection.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
On q Wide-Eyed Excursion Through
The Wonderful World of Advertising
The Reloxed Sell
BY Thomas Whiteside.
(ortord University; $780,

This is a very relaxed book
about a wide-eyed tour
through the wonderful world
OF advertising. The author,
Evening star., 1954-05-23

under communism has 'sbe-
come bureaucracy and COM
plete unlivability."
Moy Write Of America
Now Mrs. Horstman lives in
New York. where she has
picked up somewhat the
threads Of q former kfe, NOV
ing much In the company Of
artists and writer's.
Encouraged by advance re-
ports about the excellent lit
erary quality Of her factual
report on ''how people get
through violent events" she
plans to write fiction, possibly
about American life. Some
hint Of their subject matter
and style may lie in her adj
mission that Henry James Is
her favorite author.
Evening star., 1954-05-23
The FremontIe Diary

The British officer, 1t. Col.
Arthur James Lyon Fremantle
of the Coldstream Guards,
finding himself with three
Evening star., 1954-05-23

hibitions from the Phillips
Gallery and recent paintings
by the same artists, is nearing
the end of its showing at the
Playhouse Gallery (through
May SD. This is a very at
tractive group.
All of Sybil Bonbright's still
life paintings are beautiful in
color schemes and well COM
posed. Andrea Zerega's
"Storming" (sea coast scene)
and Jacob Kainen's semi
abstract "Old Canal" both
from the Phillips Collection,
seem to me the better Of their
paintings on view.
In the case Of the other
four artists represented, the
recent paintings stand out:
Sarah Bakers admirable still
life arrangements; Margaret
Gates Empty Chairs" on q
porch overlooking q beautiful
landscape; Kenneth Noland's
abstract expressionistic "Tiger
Lilies" and Samuel Bookatz'
Cathedral"
Evening star., 1954-05-23

5000 Nonfiction Toe, 25c soc
Poetry and Plays 25c or 6 for
81. Biographies Pocket Books
Sc Ea. New Stock Oriental
Rugs, reas. Frames for Artists.
lO-6 Suns., Sats. Otherwise
Closed. 32Os K (foot Wise.
Ave..
Evening star., 1954-05-23
By Florence S. Berrymon


riors in water color, Ruel p.
Tolman's water-color land
scapes, etchings by Margaret
Longacre and Reynold Wied-
enaar and George Scheirer's
books "a complete set Of
Shakespeare, each tiny volume
differently bound).
An exhibition of Is etchings
by the late John Taylor Arms,
commemorating this distin-
guiShed associate member Of
the society, demonstrates his
microscopic vision, in prints
rangings from approximately
half an inch square to several
inches in dimensions, his tech
nique flawless to the lay eye.