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MAY Lectures

The National Gallery Of Art
series of lectures for this
month is exceptionally inter-
esting. Films will be presented
in conjunction with the lee
lures today and May Is. Gods
and Devils in Art" will be this
afternoons subject, to be given
by Grose Evans; the film, IL
Demoniaco nell-Arte."
Next Sunday. in connection
with the opening of the large
exhibition of American Primi-
tive Paintings from the coll
lection Of Edgar William and
Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, a
lecture on American Primi-
tive Paintings" will be given
twice: 4 and Sis pm. by
Raymond 8. Sites, curator in
charge Of educational work at
the National Gallery.
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they were the best he was
master Of and he suggested
their stiffness might be
ascribed to age rather than to
pride.
One Of Mr.. Tebbel's diff
culties arises from the fact
that President Washington
had no golfing companions
who furnished anecdotes.
About the best in this direc-
tion is brief reference to a
three-day fishing trip the
President and Jefferson made
off Sandy Hook. Washington
hauled in "a great number" of
bass and blackfish.
The Washington marble has
def1ed many chisels. Mr.. Teb-
bells has produced a more
human likeness than those of
many Of his predecessors.
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Why Dictotors?
BY George W. F. Hallgarten. (Macmtlan; $500
Reviewed BY Richard Fryklund

Persons who like to argue
whether the United States is or
isn't headed for a dictatorship
might read Mr.. Hallgarten's
book for some of the basic facts
about when and why dictators
appear. CThe who" is rela-
lively unimportant, Mr.. Hall
garten points out. as there is
always a likely candidate
standing by for the CALI
The classical dictatorship.
according to the author, arises
when a new money-making
class gains enough strength
to engineer a mass movement
against the entrenched ruling
class and the masses begin to
get out Of hand. Then, TO
protect its own position. the
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Lights Across the Delaware
BY David Taylor. (Lippincott; $3.75.)

Mr.. Taylor is shown in the
above photograph before a re-
production of Luetze's famous
picture of Washington Cross
ing the Delaware, a picture
known to every Schoolboy and
sometimes criticized for it's
anachronisms and concept.
The author, who did extensive
research on the Battle of
Trenton for his book, feels
that the canvas is filled with
authentic detail" and that
Americans can we'll be proud
of this spirited and imagina-
tive" national heirloom.
The point is made by Mr..
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business class makes an agree
ment with a strong man."
frequently the leader Of the
mass. to give him political
power in return for protection
and stability.
Variations on the dictator
theme also occur when the
mobility" moneyed class and
masses refuse, successfully, to
accept their original roles.
But at any rate. conditions
make the dictator; a strong
man without the proper con-
ditlons dies unnoticed.
Mr.. Hallgarten has studied
relationships as far back as
600 BIC. to write this his
torical, sociological. political
study. It u . valuable book.
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tits an astonishing document.
1t is remarkably phrased. 1t is
absorbing and diSturbing-it
raises questions which society,
with it's glib codes, has never
quite answered.
A Brilliant Psychopoth
Chessman, who says he is a
direct descendant Of John
Greenleaf Whittier, that
gentle poet" has emerged from
q career of crime, a youth
loaded with violence, with an
excellent education, a gift for
words, a logical mind. His bril-
lance has been recognized,
even by police and prison Off
cials who hate him and his
kind. Some of them call him
q brilliant psychopath, and he
plays with the term sardon-
ically.
Caryl. like many another
criminal, had fine parents. He
dedicates his book to the men,
ory of "the gentle Halle, my
mother, who dreamed a death
less dream" The dream was
that her boy, her only child.
would achieve distinction. He
did. but never in the way she
imagined. He was almost a
prodigy as little boy. He
took to music instinctively,
played the piano beautifully.
Then a bout with encepha-
litiS left him tone deaf and
he turned to other things. A
series of illnesses made him
a delicate adoleScent He was
bullied, afraid. Anything, he
decided, was better than fear
anything. He developed into
o strong. tough young man.
Petty crime was to prove his
mettle. Reform schools gave
him a smoldering hatred that
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And Have Not Love
BY Anne Parrish. (Harper & Bros. $3.5O)

~ Oo., pOO
one of those durable beldames
who fancies every man in love
with her and every woman a
rival.
Miss Parrish seems in two
minds about Clara. In the
beginning she seems aiming at
a caricature of a femme fatale
of the high-button-shoe era.
Later, though, she seems to
want Clara to be an arch-vil-
lainess. But in either case. a
little bit of Clara goes a long
way. And in fairness it must
be added that any woman mar
ried to a simpering man who
calls her Little Woman" to
her face is likely to get out OF
hand. M. McQ.
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New Exhibitions

The Workshop Center of the
Arts, 1900 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV, will hold an open
house this afternoon from 8
to 6. featuring an exhibition
of paintings, sculpture. cera-
mics and jewelry by Workshop
students and staff. 1t will con-
tinue through May IL. Monday
through Thursday from IL to
8 and Z to 8 pm.
Collectors Corner. 3235 M
street. Georgetown. Is showing
an exhibition of children's
paintings, drawings and sculp-
lures by the students of Kathe-
rine Hobbs and Ruth Galoon,
through next Saturday. It Is
open daily from 10 to 6, Friday
from 10 to 9pm.
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Anne Parrish, usually the
most meticulouS artist, has let
her pen run away with her a
little in this indictment of an
emotional glutton. Clara Be-
linda LeStrange is undoubtedly
a blight on the lives of her
husband and children, but. to
the detriment of Miss Parrish's
novel, she is really not very
interesting.
A greedy, beau-snatching
girl. Clara marrieS sensitive,
spineless Albert Moore, whom
she devours forthwith. Her
little daughters she either ig-
noreS or wounds with coarse
laughter. With age she be-
comes loud. sloppy and vulgar,
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Area Notes

The Landscape Club OF
Washington opened two exhi-
bitions in the past 10 days.
One Is at Hamlin Art Craft
House. 1923 N. Washington
boulevard. Arlington, through
May IA. The second Is at Dells
Gallery, 5000 Wisconsin ave-
nue., Bethesda, through May
%.
Roth's Silver Spring Theater
on Georgia avenue is show
ing oil paintings by Patricia
Packard.
The Silver Spring Art Gall
lery. 9216 Flower avenue, will
hold its annual arts fair May
20. Artists. both professional
and amateur. painters. sculp-
tors, ceramists and craftsmen.
are invited to participate. They
should register two weeks be-
fore the day. II possible. Call
at the Gallery or telephone
Juniper 9-1793.
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A kusterfuI
And Tragic
Portrayal
The DoNmoker
BY Harriette Arrow.
Macmillan; So
Reviewed by Mary McGrory

Reviewed by Mary McGrory
In a novel that is sometimes
as ungainly as its wonderful
heroine, Harriette Arrow tells
the story Of a noble primitive
crushed almost to the break
ing point by the pressures of
industrial society.
Miss Arrows Gertie Novels
is a woman of heroic proper
tions. Her tragedy is that she
is uprooted from her home in
the Kentucky hills and
plunged into the miserable
squalor of wartime Detroit.
Gertie is a dollmaker, a
whiting woman, who has a
masterwork in progress, a fig
ure of Christ. When her hus-
band lured by easy money,
takes a job in a factory,
Gertie, who has dreamed of
her own farm, takes her five
children to a mean alley home
in a housing project.
Persecution
Her resources are her Bible,
her pure heart. and her whit
tling knife. In Detroit, she
quails before the naked pref
udice L h a L
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fore he
House Com
NIT t e e on
Un Ameri-
can Activi-
ties.
The in
former" " he
writes, "is
ulHlLraLl II z
Anne ric a n
life at the
n a ion q |.
st a tie and
local level.
He invadeS
the privacy
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tensive description. No visitor
should fail to read each label.
for Mr.. Laughlin's imagination
seems almost limitless. and he
uses language as skillfully as
he does the camera. His
thoughts are on the romantic.
macabre side. and not a few Of
them. along with the photo
graphs, are guaranteed to pro-
duce chills.
He calls his show Camera
as a Third Eye" and with dou-
BILE exposures, draped figures,
a microscopic attention to tex
lures. as well as an in
tense awareness of subtleties,
nuances, implications, odd nat
ural shapes. startling juxta-
positions and creepy view
points, he can make the visi-
tors hair rise.
The titles Of some Of his
groups give a hint as to their
character: Poems Of DeSola-
ton; Lost New Orleans"
Fantasy in New Orleans"
"details of cemetery architec-
ture and sculpture), plant
forms, still life. glass magic.
and various others.
One group Of color photo
grams" may have the most in
terest for artists. as Mr..
Laughlin has experimented
with distractions. photograph
ic blacks and color flown in,
brushed on, or otherwise ap-
piled. Combinations Of media
are common today. But 1T
seems to me that Mr.. Laughl1n
is most successful and effective
when he accepts the limita-
tjonS of nhotOgraphy.
Evening star., 1954-05-02

nOC quite up
to S n u +.
Moments of
c h a m it
has, and the
presence of
Clara Blow.
a blow sy.
amiable girl
after Julia's
heart. But
the central
character is
q Victorian
vixen in a
"declin e."
-
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tageous. She had a solo ex-
hibition in Bethesda the fol-
lowing year and has exhibited
elsewhere in the Washington
area.
Her paintings hung in the
Arts Clubs reception rooms
include flower studies (the
best Of her work, with a feel
ing for color and pattern.
birds and animals, figures,
landscapes, coast and sea, il
Illustrative genre and symbolic
pictures. She undertakes all
these subjects with enthu-
siasm. She said, What my
painting has given me of con-
Stant company and interest is
more than enough"
Evening star., 1954-05-02

QeaCn TO W
q t S q n
@ u e n t i n
P on in
Calf mia,
will die in
the States
gas cham
Der in a lit
tie less than
two weeks.
If he dies
he will leave
a testament
TO the world
this story
of his life.
Evening star., 1954-05-02

Taylor that many of the pic
lures critics have been too
literal in their attacks, that
Washington's unlikely pose
standing erect. the hodge,
podge of different types of
Colonial troops in one boat,
and many other elements,
were imposed by mural con-
ventionS. In small details like
Washington's spyglass and his
servants earrings, Luetze'S
picture Is unusually accurate.
At present, it hangs at Wash
ington's Crossing, Pa, within
a stones throw of where the
crossing took place.
H. G..
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addition to a tangled telling
keeps it from being A-Sharp.
THE Gipsy in the Parlor"
is a conniving little milliner's
assistant who catches the
eye of Stephen, youngest and
gentlest of the hulking Sylves-
ter brothers. Stephens BROTH
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is unleashed
upon er
+ a m / ! y .
H ill billy"
and &C o M
muniSt" be-
come famil-
lar W ords S.
She is con-
frOnted with
the ra dio.
the refrig-
orator, the
tim e pay
mentS. Her
c h ii d r e n,
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The Gipsy in the PorIor
BY Margary Sharp. little, BroDn; $780,

AS a Sharp fan who goes
back to Julia of THE Nutmeg
Tree" it pains me to report
that the present Offering is
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Cell PASS, Death Row

Unless there is another last
minute reprieve, Caryl Whit
tier Chessman, 33, who has
spent almost six years in the
Evening star., 1954-05-02

the privacy
Of the home, reports on class
room discussions and library
accessions and summons his
colleagues to challenge the
Sanctity Of the church. He
Evening star., 1954-05-02
! Protest
BY G. Bromley Oman. LHarper; s2.50J

Bishop Oman, the Meth
odist prelate. objects vigorous
ly in this book to his treat
ment when he was called be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

telephone numbers-to back up
your serious attempt to see
whether a civilized art can be
revived, using a mass commune
cation medium to do it"
My list is ready for you, and
I'm glad to say that it has more
women than men on it. It's not
very long. but that's because you
asked for good conversationalists,
not good takers. I agree that
there is a big difference. I left
off my list several men and
women who are great fun to lis
ten to for awhile because they
are smart and gay and make all
the points in telling story, but
after awhile when you want to
tell one. too-or at least COM
ment on what they have said
they simply won't stop to let you.
They are monopolists and down.
right selfish. They spark your
mind and then aren't interested
enough to hear the results.
At the top of the list ! sent
you, Mr.. Fadiman, is Robert
Frost. the poet, not than I've ever
had the good fortune to talk with
him but because of what I've
been told about memorable
dinner that I missed. The hostess
on that occasion, Mary Scandrett,
declares that Mr.. Frost held
spellbound 20 diners, all sitting
In the usual uncomfortable din
ing-room chairs from $3.50 one
night until the next morning.
Somebody asked the-to me
unnecessary question: did he
talk all the time?" OF course he
didn't-otherwise first one and
then another of the 20 would
have sneaked out and pretty soon
Robert Frost would have found
himself pontificating to an empty
room.
Also on my list is John Mason
Brown. the critic and lecturer, be-
cause I enjoy his choice of words
and the beautifully clear way his
mind works. Among my women
nominees are Fannie Hurst, Faith
Baldwin, Gladys Taber, all writ
ers, and Lucille Watson and Faye
Emerson, both actresses. I am
not ashamed to put them up
against the best male competi-
ton. They have ideas, courage,
northumberland they believe
In conversational reciprocity.
If your request had come a
few years back, my list would
have been two notable names
longer: the late Carl Van Dozen
and the late Hendrix Willem
Van Loon. Carl would be my
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Fashion Definition

Tunic: This word, which orig
inally meant a sleeveless under
garment, in fashion generally
describes a jacket or overdress
that reaches to just below hip
level, over a slim skirt. It's a
line that's been out of favor for
some time, but recently it showed
up in American fashion in some
high-style daytime dresses, with
tunics belted in to give a peplum
effect. The tunic look was
heavily Endorsed by Paris this
season for suits These new suit
jackets may be cut almost
straight, double-breaSted and
with an untitled waist, or they
may have the nearly-fitted and
fared look of a riding jacket. but
in any case they reach. tunic-
fashion, to just below the hip
line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Miss AIInutt
Weds Here

The Franklin Street Presby-
terrain Church was the scene Of
the September II wedding Of
Miss Harriette Erskine Allnutt,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. william
Baker Allnutt. to Mr.. william
First Curry III. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Curry Of Casper. Wyo.
Given in marriage by her ia
Their. the bride wore q gown Of
oh-white satin with a lace ber-
tina. Her finger tip length veil
OF Illusion was held in place BY
q Juliet cap. She carried a bou-
quet Of white gardenias, steph-
aaotis and chrysanthemums.
After their wedding trip. the
couple will reside in DURANGO.
Colo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Mory Morgoret Mcbride Soys
, ak, and Let 7 ak

candidate for the best CONVEX
sationalist I've ever listened to.
At so, this writer's memory
always functioned perfectly. He
never had to search his mind
for names or details the way
most Of us do. His store of in
teresting information about
almost everything didn't make
him pedantic and he never be-
haved as If he knew more than
the person he was talking to.
He was genuinely interested in
what others thought and laughed
with deep pleasure at other
peoples wit.
Just being with Mr.. Van Loon
had the effect of making my
mind work faster and better
than it ever did at ordinary
times with ordinary humans.
When I talked to him ! could
actually see him think of some
thing that had never occurred
to him before. And somehow,
I felt that ] was partly re-
sponsible.
Even though I believe you
haven't been half looking if you
think women conversationalists
are more rare than the male
species. I hope your noble ex-
pertinent will succeed. And in
cidentally, it was a woman
Marcelline Cox-who dashed off
a fine capsule formula for the
good conversationalist:: Zone
who does not hold the floor
longer than three minutes at a
time and who never talks about
himself for more than one"
Any one for stopwatches, Mr..
Fadinapo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
PovIoff
IS Engoged

Mr.. George G. Pavloff an
nounces the engagement Of his
sister. Elaine, to Commander
Edward NJ. Higgins. U. S. N, son
Of Mrs. John L. Higgins and the
late Mr.. Higgins. Of Sharon,
Mass.
Miss Pavloff received her MA.
degree from Catholic University.
Commander Higgins, is presently
head of Field Activities, Adj
ministrative Unit, in the Bureau
of Naval Personnel. The we'd
ding will take place December 90.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Underskirt Pinninos

An abbreviated version Of your
tapered pants resembling tight
hitting shorts-under q kiltie
skirt or by themselves. They're
made IN jersey or velveteen, and
the above-the-knee cuffs are
generally trimmed with bows or
flowers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12

DoQy That you
W er e having
difficulty find
ing good fe-
male CONVEX
S a t | o n a ] =
lists. And then
r / g h t away
came a letter
from you with
t h e request
that I write
d o W n t h e
names of the
best converSa-
t i o n a Ii S t S
I knnW---with
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WOODY" Cottons

Cottons with a wool look,
achieved through color, pattern
or the hand of the fabric itself
are new for fall dresses. Tweed
prints and covert weaves, alone
or IN combination, add depth to
cotton. Flannels and twills have
q worSted or knitted appearance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
New Fur Shapes

New shapes in fur stoles. One,
by a prominent dress designer. is
called a 'swhatnota it's two tri-
angles OF fur, with points falling
in front and at back, and each
point tipped by a fur pompom.
You can wear it as is. or loop
the triangles over for q cowl
effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-12
Dear Clifton Fadiman:

guess I'd better confess right
away that ! overheard you the
other night when you told some
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-06-24

Martin Luther Nail MacCinnisl
the 10th century monk who split
church and empire through his de-
mand for religious reform, nails
his fame-destined "95 Theses" to
the door of the Wittenburg church.
The scene is from the dramatic
feature film Martin Luther" pro-
duced on location in Western Ger
many, being shown in Garrett
county next week, both at the
Grand Theatre in FriendsvlIle and
the Maryland Theatre in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-06-24

was estimated at more tum Sis.
GOO
Smyrna times., 1954-04-01
OPPOSE SALE
OF TOWN PARK
Offer Made To Purchase Site
for Erection of Modern
Business Places
PETITION CIRCULATED

The proposal of Town Council
to grant an option to three local
businessmen to purchase the
municipal park property on Mar
ket Street Plaza has caused quite
a stir in the village this week. Ed
ward Wootten appeared before
council last Friday evening on be-
half of himself, James Rodney and
Guy Edmondson, Jr., requesting
an option on the land. Council
had planned to quote price to
this group at a special meeting
this Friday afternoon. However,
this action has been postponed in
definitely. Residents of the Plaza
are circulating a petition and it
is believed that the school board
also opposes this action. Mr..
Wootten and his associates had
planned the construction of three
modern one-story store units on
the site with the possibility of
adding others at latter date.
Smyrna times., 1954-04-01
co. TEACHERS
HEAR DIR. GIVAN
Educational Reform Is Key to
French Problem of Today
Kent Teachers Told
FORMER AUTHOR

Speaking on the subject. What
Future France, DR.. Catherine
Givan, United States correspond
ent for The Bulletin, Glasgow,
Scotland, and former author, teach
er, and war correspondent, talked
before the Kent County Education
Association here last Thursday.
She attempted to correct false
impressions Americans have of the
French, believing them to be light,
frivolous, not friendly toward
Americans, irresolute about their
army, and isolationists. This is not
a true picture, she said, as she
drew the background of their life
during the time the nations was
occupied by the enemy, when they
knew only propaganda. The French
are acutely aware of the nearness
of the Russians, and of the Ger
mans, their traditional enemy of
the past. The American attitude
battles the French, she continued,
as she told of their cyncism, and
the talented and industrious they
reminded her hearers that their
foreign policy has never faltered
as an ally of the West. "Educa-
tional reform is the key to the
French problem of today, the
speaker state, and France can be-
come great "if the young are set
upon a new idea of life" There is
need for American ideas as there
was need for American dollars.
American teachers can do good by
visiting France, by inviting French
youth to this country. In this was
a tremendous objective in life can
be fulfilled and a bridge built be-
tween the two countries, she said
in conclusion. At the morning ses-
/ CONTINUED on Page Four,
Smyrna times., 1954-04-01
WESLEY PLANS
FLOWER SHOW
Faculty and Students of Wes'
ley Junior College Plan
Antique, Flower Show
APRIL 9

An Antique and flower show
will be given at Wesley Junior
College on April Z, 8, 9 according
to Mrs. ]. Paul Slaybaugh, and
Mrs. Richard Titus, Co-chairman
of the committee for the show.
This show is under the sponsor
ship of the women faculty mem
bers and students of Wesley Jun
ior College. Fourteen antique
dealers from as far away as Balti-
more, Washington, and Philadel-
phia will have displays with items
to be Offered for sale at this show.
A new feature of this show to
make it even bigger and better
than last years show will be
flower exhibit by the three Dover
florists, Vane's, Greenhouses, Cool
and Smith, and Edgehil florists.
Hours of the show at Wesley
Junior College will be from noon
until 9 PM, Wednesday, April z;
10 am. to 10 pm. Thursday, April
g.; and 10 am. to 6 pm. Friday,
April 9. A snack bar will be set up
next to the college gymnasium
where the show will take place.
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1954-04-01
HOMEMAKERS MEET
Clayton Home Demonstration Club
Holds Group Meeting

Clayton Home Demonstration Club
Holds Group Meeting
The Clayton Home Demonstra-
tion Club met recently at a group
meeting in Cowgills Corner Com
munity Hall with Oak Grove, Ken
ton and Cowgills Clubs. Following
the business meetings of each
group, the entire meeting was
turned over to Miss Charlotte l..
Swanson, who gave a talk on
making over old lamps and using
vases, jugs and bottles for lamps.
She also discussed using soaps and
synthetic detergents in hard and
soft water. Mrs. John Tarburton
gave report on the history of
the old octagonal building and
named a number of the teachers
that taught school there a number
of years ago. There was All Club
work carried on there and also
Sunday school. Mrs. Earl ]. Hurd
has six year All pin which she
had won there. The Cowgills Club
acted as hostess and the refresh
ments were served. The next meet
ing will be held Friday, April 9
at the home of Mrs. Earl ]. Hurd.