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Evening star., 1954-10-17
Art News
Sculptor's Group
In Exhibition
BY Florence S. Bergman

The washington Sculptors'
Group opened its fourth bien-
nial exhibition last Wednesday
evening at the Natural History
building. Tenth street and Con-
stitution avenue NV. to re-
main only through October 20.
A fortnight seems too short q
display period for so important
a show. It comprises Is works
in stone. metal, wood clay.
plaster and cement, about
evenly divided between tradi-
tional and modern; there are
also sculptors' drawings. and
photographs.
The Jurors who selected the
exhibition and awarded the
prizes were Perry B. Cott,
curator Of sculpture at the Ma
tional Gallery of Art. and
James Breckenridge of the Cor
coran Gallery. The little bronze
standing Woman by Reuben
Kramer of Baltimore, which
won The Evening Star prize Of
500 (given for the third time)
was illustrated in last WedneS-
days Star.
Winning Ways
Mr.. Kramer'S women Ger
tainly seem to have winning
ways; they are practically ire
sistible to jurors. A seated
woman won The Evening Star
prize for him two years ago and
he has received other awards
for these variations on a theme.
Standing, sitting or reclining,
she is the same woman, heavy
legged, thin-torsoed, rough
textured. When she is standing,
one foot is usually advanced.
Mr.. Kramer Is a talented sculp-
tor; it would be interesting to
see what he could do with some
other subject. But one cannot
blame him for being faithful to
his Galatea, under the circum-
stances. The figure which won
this years Star prize is SO like
one which was in his solo show
at Watkins Gallery last season,
that I thought it was identical.
But no sculpture previously ex-
hibited in Washington was eli-
gible for this biennial, SO I must
have been mistaken. At any
rate, since the improbable has
happened, the Washington
SculptorS Group should have q
ruling that a sculptor who wins
the top prize is hors de con-
cours for the same prize later.
The admirable near-life-size
torso in pink Georgia marble,
by Katharine Safer (pictured
above) which received the
Georgetown Merchants prize Of
$50, has a place of honor in the
foyer. Pietro Lazzari's "Pro-
testing Mask" in polychrome
cement ($45 Friends of the
Sculptors Group prizeN is an
other example of his versatile
ity and inventiveness in use
of new media.
Two heads of men and two
animals, which fetched the
remaining awards. are all ma
turalistic: Fanny Kadic's
"Medic's Prayer (title baf-
fling to me) and Helen Rem
sens handsome head of a
Negro entitled young Proph-
et," $25 certificates from (re-
spectively) the Franz Bader,
Inc, Bookshop, and the
George F. Muth Co.; Kath-
crime B. Hobbs little ALPACA, I"
the Whyte Bookshop $25 Ger
tificate, and Lucy Collins
"Armadillo and Young" the
Small's Flowers garden acces-
sorry certificate.
Further comment will be
Evening star., 1954-10-17

"44JO4 SA4AN
1t is not at all improbable that
she will be remembered more
for her contribution to this
unencouraged form of art than
for the novels she has written
and may write.
Almost Perfect Stories
In an introduction written
for an earlier book of Miss
Welty's stories and reprinted
in this expanded volume,
Katherine Anne Porter, her
self a short-story writer Of
rare gifts, wrote that the
young Southerner !"can very
well become a master of the
short story. there are almost
perfect stories in this book"
1t is by no means essential for
the short-story writer to yield
to the pressure of publishers
and write novels, Miss Porter
contends. Miss Welty's prog
ress in a field in which she
is so proficient should not be
retarded by perfectly artif1i-
cial demand upon her to do
the conventional thing"
1--WE might" Miss Porter
wrote. compare the novel to
a symphony, and a collection
Of short stories to a good con-
cert recital. In any case, this
complainant against the short
story is not our reader, yet
our reader does exist, and there
would be more of him If more
and better short stories were
offered"
The new book contains all
the stories which previously
appeared in "a Curtain Of
Green and Other Stories" and
"The Wide Net and Other
Stories"
Of Regional Interest
These are regional stories
in the most creative sense.
They have the flavor of Miss
Welty's Mississippi, but most
of them touch some point of
inner longing, hope or dream
ing which is universal, which
might have happened to any
one, anywhere.
Sometimes the drama in these
stories is more implicit than ex-
Evening star., 1954-10-17

q 1T a VeLug
Sal e S m a n"
q nd "Th e
Hikers." /" are
highly dra-
matte. There
is pathos in
q sketch like
"Clytie" and
robust hurnor
IN Sucn Sto-
ries as pet
rihed M a n"
and uyITIhu r
Live at the
P. o." An d
Wnlfu SrrrifaS
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Books in Review
IS the once-Populur Short Story
Going the Woy Of Modern Poetry?
BY corter Brooke Jones

r the present trend cortin-
ues, the art of writing short
stories-and I don't mean the
trade of turning out copy in
this form-will be as little re-
warded, materially. as the art
Of writing poetry.
Time was when a writer Of
the stature of Stephen Crane
or o. Henry or Frank r. Stock
ton or F. Scott Fitzgerald
could make q fairish living
of the literary magazines,
which used a great many short
stories. Now these magazines
use an average Of one each
month. Stories have sagged to
the lamentable level of maga-
zine poetry-both are used as
filters. Even the slick-paper,
mass circulation magazines
which still print a lot of fiction
have diminished in numbers:
they are, moreover, only for
writers who are able and will
ing to follow their formulas.
They Don't Sell
Publishers are reluctant to
put out books of short stories:
they don't sell very well. The
honest author. who writes of
life as he sees and feels it, is
driven to lavishing his stories
on little" magazines. which
can afford to pay little or moth
ing, or ,else turning to the
novel. Now some writers of
the front rank have been much
better at the short story than
the novel. Citation: Chekov.
Kipling, Maupassant. Poe,
Crane, Mansfield. It would,
indeed, be a pity if the form
should disappear for want OF
an outlet.
It is comforting, at least, to
see an occasional volume like
this one: Selected Stories Of
EudOra Welty." (R a n d o m
Evening star., 1954-10-17
Reoding and Writing
Author Coils Chinese>Si Situation
Serious but Not Hopeless
BY Mary McGrory

longtime associate, Philip
Fugh, and Mr.. Fugh's family.
He still misses China, he
said, particularly the people,
although II am q virginian
and ] glory in it."
Preaching in Virginia
It was his youthful dream
during Is American years to
preach and teach in Virginia.
Born and brought UP In China,
the son Of q missionary, he
remembered his father preach
ing at temple fairs to jeering
crowds, and he had "a very
great aversion to becoming
a missionary in China him
self.
"But Immediately I had
made the rei1unciation I real
lied 1t was not that at all.
I had a very full and rich
life in China and I have never
regretted the decision"
DR.. Stuart, founder and
president Of Yenching Uni
versity, taught the New Testa-
ment at Marking Theological
School for 10 years.
With Christion Chority
In the light of this it is
perhaps not so surprising that
he is able to speak and write
of those who participated in
the events which led to the
communication of China in q
spirit of Christian charity.
st believe our mistakes in
China were only mistakes.
They were costly. But what
we did in China was sincere,
friendly and well-meaning."
Upon his return to this
country in 1949, after the gov
ernment Of Chang Kai-shek
had fallen, he was appalled, at
the ignorance and misunder-
standing about the situation
in China. Particularly was he
disturbed by what he con-
sidered the failure among
those then in power to appre-
ciate what had happened.
Still, he feels that their views
in strong conflict with his
own-were not dictated by dis
loyalty.
No Simple Truth
Rather, they completely mis-
understood the nature of Chi
nese Communist leaders-"rig-
id Bolshevists," DR.. Stuart
calls them and in their White
Paper, they tried very hard to
make a case for the complete
failure of the Nationalist gov
ernment and for the complete
absence of responsibility on
the part of America. DR..
Stuart does not believe the
truth to be as simple as that.
"At first I was myself taken
in by the Chinese Communist
leaders before they came into
power.
"And it was a long time be-
fore I realized the bigness of
the Bolshevist element"
Now he thinks that America
should back with material and
technical aid, an invasion Of
the mainland by the Nation
alist troops under Chang. He
believes that Chang would be
much more amenable to ad-
vice.
Says DR.. Stuart, who has
known the Nationalist leader
longer and better than any
American, II think he has
learned more and more. and I
believe that he is capable of
learning from his mistakes"
Beyond that. why is he
hopeful that the situation in
China will be reversed?
Because I am a Christian
and an American" said DR..
Stuart Serenely.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

y oOAA1
O'Hara wrote for the book page
of the Trenton Times-Adver-
tiser - "Sweet and Sour"
(Random House; $3). The nov
elist refers to many books and
authors, but never writes q for
NAL review and never fails to
be amusing. He made it clear
at the beginning of his six
month term that his policy
would be "to. give my friends
all the best Of it and blast the
incompetentS I don't like"
There is a comprehensive
biography which should inter-
est not only journalists, but a
wider public, "Bovard Of the
Post-Dispatch," by James w.
Markham louisiana State
University Press: $4). The
subject is, Of course, Oliver
Kirby Bovard, for many years
crusading managing editor Of
the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mr.. Bovard was One Of our
great editors.
Several new novels are worth
notice and I hope that some of
them, at least, may be exam
ined in more detail later.
A m n n q
Evening star., 1954-10-17

A1StduCc, u
b oy W h o
W in tn e
foundations
c o v e t e d
prize for
young vio-
linists.
Non - fc-
tion tn is
W e e k n
cl u d e S an
e x t r e mely
r e a d q b ] e
ou n d u D
Of some coll
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A Though
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one full
length novel
and tw o
short nov
els, S h e
seems to be
a ma t u raj
short story
urifer and
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plicit. yet few are static. mere
moods. Some. like Death Of
Evening star., 1954-10-17
The Stors at Noon
BY Jacqueline Cochran.

The term "self-made" might
have been invented for Jac-
queline Cochran. Fate allowed
her to be born and then let
it go at that. She did not
even know who her parents
were. She grew up in a family
that knew nothing but drudg-
cry and misery. Miss Coch-
ran, with interim help from a
priest. fought back almost
from the moment she started
to walk.
The hungry family was on
the sawdust trail. They went
from sawmill to sawmill in
Northern Florida, living in
company houses when they
could, and between times in
shacks. At the age of Z, Miss
Cochran was a mothers helper
who could, if need be, act as
midwife. At eight, she was
self-supporting. For 8 cents an
hour. she worked the 12-hour
shift in a cotton mill, delivering
bobbins. At 13. she was one Of
the few permanent-wave oper-
ators In the country, and much
In demand.
Without benefit Of any edu-
cation except for the books
she avidly read, she studied to
be q nurse. She thought, how
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given on the exhibition next
Sunday.
Evening star., 1954-10-17

writer and Eudora "elty.
1t is not at all improbable that
she will be remembered more
for her contribution to this
unencouraged form of art than
for the novels she has written
and may write.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-13

required before being judged
for beauty. Sharon won second
in her division, which was
for girls between ages of four
and 512. She was given a screen
test May 4, but the results have
not yet been announced.
Garden Bazaar
On Friday, May IA, the Per-
ennial Gardeners will hold a
Garden Bazaar in the gymnaS-
ium of the Chester S C h o o /
building. The sale will start at
$50 with an auction at 800
pm. and prizes will be award
ed at 900. The sale of plants,
bulbs, shrubs and evergreens,
will continue until 1000 pm.
Club members have m a d e
bird houses, planters, signs and
many other articles for sale.
To interest the children, a
Pirates treasure chest" will
have surprises at 10 each. A
silver tea will be served. The
Chester Garden club is also
helping with this sale. All pro-
ceeds will be used to la n d.
scape the new high C h 90
grounds.
Notice
The Baptist Sunday school
will now open at GAS am,
and close at 10:45. The wor-
ship service will be at HOO
am. .
Chester Players
The Chester Players have an
nounced that they are planning
to present three one act plays
on May 81 %. Balcony
Scene" Goodnight Caroline"
and Her Fatal Shooting or
a Shop Girls Honor" Adult ad-
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Whiting. On
May I'd twin daughters, Cathy
and Carol, were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Wayne w hitting .
Each little lady weighed over
five pounds.
O. KI VA Campfire
The o Ki va Campfire
Girls, under the leadership of
Mrs. Quentin Groth, met at
the Community church on May
4th. The meeting was in
charge of the vice president,
Barbara Olson. The group has
been organized for one year,
and has accomplished m a n y
things. These include making
dolls for hospitals, marching in
paradeS, a P. T. A. program,
a program for mothers when
beadeS were awarded, an d
other projects. The last meet
ing was for sewing. The girls
crocheted, knitted or did en-
broidery work. Mrs. Geisler
was present and assisted. There
was a discussion about going
into Cleveland on May Is. Re-
freShmentS were served by
Mrs. Groth. Judy Lewis, report
er.
Wins Beauty Contest
Sharon DeGreen, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald DeGreen,
Mayfield Rd., entered a beauty
contest, sponsored by the Pyth-
ian Women of Cleveland. This
was open to all children up
to 512 years of. age in Cleve-
land and suburbs. It was held
May l at the Cleveland Public
Auditorium and approximately
1900 children entered. A COM
plete physical examination was
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-13
CHESTER

Peter Rub, vice president. The
club voted to pay for ingredi-
entS for punch which was sold
at an Opportunity school enter
tainment. Mrs. G. B. Eddy, who
has charge of arrangements for
the June luncheon, stated that
the date now set was June 16.
Among those present was Mrs.
I. Hoegstrom of East Cleveland
Next meeting May 10, at the
home of Mrs. Kenneth Sperry.
Garden Club
The last meeting of the Ches-
ter Garden club was held at
the home of Mrs. A. 10 h n
Rose, Woodside Drive. Assistant
hoSteSseS were Mrs. Cart Har-
land and Mrs. D. j. O'Brien.
The program was given by
Mrs. R. o. Stone, who talked
on the preparation of flowers
for the County Fair. P a n S
were made for the part this
club will have in the Garden
Bazaar. A course in flower ar
ranging is now being given to
members of the club by Mrs.
George Spargrove and M r &.
BurWell Abbott.
Winner at May Show
Wray Manning, local artist,
some of whose work was &C
cepted for exhibit at the May
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Detroit to the home of friends
and came by auto from there.
She went to the west by plane.
Personals
Mrs. Lena Schumacher, aged
90, formerly of Chester is i'll
at the home of her daughter,
4518 Rainbow Road, S. Euclid
81, Ohio. Mrs. Schumacher is
confined to the home and to
her bed a part, of the time.
Mrs. John Dalgleish is in
Woman's hospital, where h e
had an operation on Thursday.
She is recovering satisfactorily
and is expected home this week.
Russell Ryan is recovering
from a tonsilectomy perform
ed at Woman's hospital.
Mrs. E. M. Ferry arrived
home from Angola, Indiana, on
Sunday for a visit with h er
brother and sister in law,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Naples.
Mrs. Mapes entertained in her
honor on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Virgil Mills gave a din
ner on May 5th in honor of the
18th birthday of her son,
Michael. Eight members of
the family were present.
The Adam Horton a m il y
called on relatives in Andover,
Ohio, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Evans
and sons, David and R o b i n
visited relatives here over the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Benfer
are visiting relatives at Niagara
Falls and other points.
Mrs Ida Patton of Chagrin
Falls was calling on Geauga
county friends on Wednesday.
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mission, .65, children, .35.
Mother Daughter Banquet
The Mother Daughter ban
quet held at the Baptist church
on May 7, was attended by ap-
proximately $50. The men of
the church served the dinner
and WASHED THE DISHES.
The program in charge of Mrs.
Thomas Butz, was opened and
closed by Mrs. Allan McGaw.
Mrs. Butz and Mrs. Carl Whit
mer gave "reminiscences of
mother and home. Mrs. John
McNaughton also the Country
Gentlemen sang. Mrs. McGaw
was presented with a gif t
from the Sunday school.
Fellowship Class
The Fellowship class former
ly the Young Adult class of the
Baptist Sunday school, met at
the William Barnum home, Ce-
dar Road, on Monday evening,
May 3. Plans for remodeling
the church kitchen were dis
cussed. Refreshments were
served by Mr.. and Mrs. Gail
McCleary and Mr.. and Mrs.
Vaughn Fulton.
Those In Service
Sgt. Clyde Cottrell, who is
stationed for duty at Walter
Reed hospital in Washington, D.
c., is at his home on leave.
He must return on May %.
Returns from California
Mrs. C. A. Bierman return
ed to her home here on Tues
day after spending the winter
in Bakersfield, Calf, with her
son in : law, and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Mills and
family. She came by plane to
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NEWS from
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Study Club
The topic for the c h st e r
Study club program which was
presented on Wednesday eve
ming at the home of Mrs. Ray
mond Richmond, was 1.-THE
United States Postal Service" "
Mrs. Murray LaMoreaux talk
ed on the advantages of mail
service, postal rates, classes of
mail, etc. Also the development
of the mail service. She brought
to the meeting an atlas pub
hshed in 1900, which had been
in the LaMoreaux family since
that time. In it were shown
the local post offices in Ge-
auga county at that time. There
were two in Chester Mulberry
Corners, and Chester x Roads.
Mrs. Sam Patterson had OBJ
tanned a film from the Cleve-
land postmaster, pigeon Holes
and Progress" This was shown
by Bernard Horton. The motion
picture showed the expeditions
handling of the mail in the
present day and the rapidity
with which it can reach it's
destination. The business meet
ing was in charge of Mrs.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Burwell Abbott
have returned from a southern
trip of seven weeks. They first
went to Natchez, Mississippi,
for the Garden club tours
there. They visited at the home
of their son in Baton R o u g e,
Louisiana, and continued to Bel
lingrath Gardens. The remain
der of the time was spent on
Singer Island on the Atlantic
Coast at Palm Beach Shores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wray Manning
are expected home this week
from trip to Boston and New
York.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Meyer
and children, Linda Lee, and
Billy, of Columbus, spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Meyer and the BarnumS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Dennis
and children of Coldwater, Mich
visited Mrs. Dennis parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Vorel and
other relatives here over the
weekend.
The Donald Gould a mily
was called to Warren, Ohio,
last week by the sudden and
unexpected death of Mrs.
Gould's eight year old niece.
Anyone wishing to see field
of oats growing in Chester this
very wet year may drive
down Sperry Road and see a
fine looking field on the Sam
Whiting farm. These were plant
ed on April II.
Heir Ways
Mr.. and Mrs. Dallas Bierman
are the parents of an 8 and
12 pound son, Brian Lee, born
in Woman's hospital on May 6.
Geauga record. [volume] (Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio) 1952-1962, 1954-05-13

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03
kenper0 Quitting Soon
As Envoy 10 Brazil,
White House Says

The White House today dis
closed the impending resignation
as Ambassador to Brazil Of
James S. Kemper, who has been
under fire from Brazilian growers
for predicting a fall in coffee
prices.
The unusual White House
statement said Mr.. Kemper had
served notice while in Washing
ton on consultation during Octo-
Der that he would have to return
to private business soon, al
though he agreed to stay on the
job until some pending matters
had been resolved in Brazil.
Not Yet Cleared Up.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said those
matters were not yet cleared up
but that the Ambassador ex-
pected to resign shortly.
The formal White House state
ment was unusual because am
bassadorial designations usually
are not announced until they
occur.
Mr.. Hagerty said he knew
nothing about reported demands
for Mr.. Kemper's resignation by
Brazilian coffee growers.
The Brazilian Coffee Insti-
tute was especially critical of a
statement attributed to Mr.
Kemper in a Boston news con-
ference during October to the
effect that Brazil would have to
cut prices for its coffee in order
to sell it.
At Great Sacrifice.
The White House statement
said Mr.. Kemper, in private life
a Chicago insurance company
executive, has been serving as
Ambassador to Brazil during the
past Is months lat very great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-03

essential way to react is to "have
the courage to be patient" be-
cause I'VE owe it to ourselves and
to the world to explore every
possible means of settling diff
ferences before we even think
Of such a thing as war"
Gen. Eisenhower emphasized
that he considers a blockade as
an act in war. He declared that
if he ever feels such step is
necessary, he would go to Con-
gress with recommendations
rather than take any impulsive
action on his own.
In response to a question, he
made 1t clear that he is welded
to a progressive but moderate
policy for the Republican Party
in domestic as well as foreign
matters.
He emphasized his belief that
any political party must be a
progressive, dynamic force. and
must promote a moderate pro-
gram that avoids either extremes
OF right or left If it is to be a
useful agency. He added that he
believes the Republican Party
must be that or it won't be a
force in American life for long.