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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

In this selective approach
John Dos Passos has presented
a more human and appealing
aspect Of our third President
than some exhaustive bio
graphies and formal APP
praisals have been able to
convey.
Mr.. Dos PasSos is primar-
lily a journalist and one Of our
best-even his fiction is more
journalistic than creative-and
he has gone to many sources
usually ignored or only touched
on to give q clearer picture
of the influences that shaped
Thomas Jefferson. the events
and ideas that most affected
his life. The result seems to be
that facets Of q personality
that have .baf11ed some histor-
1ans stand out boldly, as If
highlighted for the first time.
While the author Of this SYM
pathetic study has not hest
tated to sum up conclusions
pointed to by the evidence.
there is an admirable element
of the objective about the
book. Rather than write para
graphs of rhapsody or critical
findings. Mr.. Dos Passos has
preferred to illustrate his
points by citing episodes. let
tiers or recorded conversations,
leaving the reader to form his
opinions.
His Mony ToIents
Jefferson's amazing versa
tility is evident from the ex-
cerpts of his letters and i'm
pressions of him from others
which are scattered through
the book. He emerges the
statesman, the diplomat. the
philosopher, the architect. the
naturalist. the agricultural
scientist, the linguist, but also
as an innately retiring and re-
Elective, even modest person
who often felt his way from
one situation to another. He
would have preferred, or so he
always felt. a quiet life of
reading and research and good
talk with congenial friends.
He was more thrust than self
pushed into the Searchlight of
history, but, once having &C
cepted a duty, he would never
evade its responsibilities or
shirk its most irksome details.
This Is not a conventional
biography, though it is ar
ranged more or less in chron-
ology. The narrative stops
short of Jefferson's great years
as President Of the young re-
public. But Mr.. Dos PaSsos
had made his points-de-
scribed as well as he could.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Photo From THE Conquest Of Ever
The Conquest Of Everest
BY Sir John Hunt. (Dutton: S6.)

The leader of the British ex-
petition that reached the un-
conquered summit of the
worlds highest mountain last
spring has described the
achievement in a glowing book
that should rank high among
the personal stories of his
toric exploration and adven-
ture.
The top of the Himalayan
peak. which for so many years
turned back the most intrepid
and skilled climbers. was
reached by two members of
the expedition-Edmund Hill
larry. since knighted. and the
native Sherpa Tenzing. Sir
Edmund wrote the chapter
telling of the final assault on
the 29,002-foot summit. It. is
a tense climax to Sir Johns
absorbing record. With the
simplicity of a letter or entry
in a diary. which somehow
adds to the dramatic effect.
Sir Edmund tells how he and
the brave. resourceful native
made their last camp in
weather below zero and, IN the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

morning. cut steps that led
them up the final ridge. NOV
ing with the utmost care, ra-
tioning their diminished sup
plies Of oxygen. When they
reached the summit, Sir Ed
mund threw of his oxygen
mask and took a lot Of photo
graphs.
It was not planned for
every one in the expedition to
try for the summit. It was
hoped to get at least two there.
All the others in the large
party had vital roles in estab-
fishing camps at the various
levels, carrying supplies nd
doing a hundred other things.
Sir John Hunt describes the
months Of preparation that
preceded the ascent-planning
that started in England and
continued with seasoning ex-
petitions in Switzerland. It
was, he observes. like a mill
tary invasion and required as
careful preparation.
The book is ,nagnificently IL
lustrated. Some of the pictures
are in color. &C. B. j.
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Soyonoro
BY James A. Michener Random House; $500

BY James A. Kitchener. IRA,
A first-rate teller of tales If
not exactly a first-rate novel;
list. MIR. Kitchener easily cap
lures your attention with this
readable. topical and deft story
Of an American jet ace who
falls in love with q beautiful
japanese actress. Shades Of
Madame Butterfly? Perhaps.
but these lovers face more than
social disapproval. Major
Gruver risks court-martial for
disobeying an order against
American soldiers consorting
with women Of indigenous
personnel; and Hana-Ogi can
be dismissed from her position
as star Of the most famous and
dedicated theatrical troupe in
Japan, for being seen with an
American.
Major Gruver, a generals
son, safely and tepidly engaged
to a generals daughter, ca
wonderful sport"D does his best
to talk Airman Kelly out. of
marrying dumpy, round-faced
Kitsumi. Hard as the military,
and the State Department
make it for him. Kelly, with
the help Of his congressman,
prevails. He tells Gruver:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Spear Still Lifes

Albert A.. Spear. Washing
ton area photographer. is hav-
ing a one-man show at Col
lectors' Corner. 3235 M street.
Georgetown. through next
Saturday. He is exhibiting
about so photographs of still
life arrangements, and a few
landscapes which have re-
ceived prizes at exhibitions of
photography. Many of the
actual objects are arranged as
in the photographs, and shown
in conjunction with them.
Mr.. Spear makes compost
tons of f1gurines, ceramics,
textiles and other objects. ar
ranging them not only for pic
torial appeal, but for tonal
values in black and white
photographs. then colors the
prints by hand in oils. He
limits the prints to 3 or 4
from each negative. and var
les the color schemes in these
prints. He enjoys working in
his combined painting and
Photographic medium, despite
the fact that purists do not
approve the combination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
New Technique

A new contribution to color
printing is represented in the
one-man show of Milton Gold
stein in the print gallery Of the
Division Of Graphic Arts,
Smithsonian building, through
January 81. This artist has
combined encaustic (hot wax
colors in aquatinted plates
with transparent films Of
printing inks which cover the
wax colors like a glaze.
Although some work was
done in the past with encaustic
Hcolors, says Jacob Kainen, Gu
rator Of the division. they were
not combined with printing
inks Mr.. Goldstein's new
technique allows for brilliant
and varied colors and tex
lures. A series Of plates on
view show successive steps in
the making Of one of the prints
in the exhibition.
The artist, now member Of
the art department at Adelphi
College, has exhibited widely,
is represented in several mu-
scum collections and has won
a number Of awards, including
a Guggenheim Fellowship in
1850 for research in printmak-
ing. Born in Holyoke, Mass.
in 1914. he studied at the Art
Students League of New York
under Harry Sternberg and
Morris Kantor. He served in
the Army from 1912 to As.
While stationed in Australia
and the Philippine Islands, he
received impressions that he
feels have Influenced to some
extent his later work,
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OHt 1VUSCS pJ.JV.J
Men with wives back In the
States talk about Juniors
braces and country club dances
and what kind Of car their
wife bought. But the men with
Japanese wives tell you one
thing only. What wonderful
wives they have" After meet
ing the exquisite Hama -Ogi.
the Major begins to under
stand about all this. They en-
joy an idyll in a paper house
on q canal before the heavy
pressure is applied to him.
Just as 1t is, "Sayonara"
could be put on stage or screen
tomorrow. 1t is the South
Pacific" formula Of romance
with message. expertly COM
pounded. Mr.. Kitchener obvi-
ously believes that people
should be allowed to be them
selves in their own country,
that American service wives
can be harrowingly ambitious
and that IL we are to under
stand Asia we must open our
minds and our hearts
The secondary lovers Of the
tale. Kelly and Kitsumi, are
incidentally, a most engaging
and pathetic pair. M. Meg.
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he calls Beacon between 1888
and 1850. from Louis Baron,
the owner and editor, through
a group of subordinate editors
and chief correspondents. The
lives of these men unfold
against the background Of the
war and the troubled peace.
with the theological waf be-
tween liberals of various
shades and conservatives Of as
many colors never ceasing.
There are q few Communists
on the staff, but these either
leave the magazine, in the end.
or turn anti - Communist.
Baron, starting as q progress
sive editor, admired by his
liberal executives, ends by
hating liberals. by becoming
what his more ardent left
wingers call q Fascist. But
much Of the country by then.
1850, had veered around to
conflicting camps-those who
felt that the security Of the
country was threatened by
Communists In and out Of
Government and those who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Duo at Friendship

A two-artist exhibition, oil
and water colors by Daniel c..
Marshall and Benjamin Rubin,
will open this afternoon with a
tea from 2 to 6 at Friendship
House. GIG D street Sc. It will
remain through February s,
open daily from 8 to and 3
to 10.
Mr.. Marshall, q commercial
artist and sculptor and author
of use Of Heads in CONNER
cial Art" obtained his art edu-
cation irf st. Paul. He has ex-
hibited extensively in the Mid
die West and here. Mr.. Rubin
studied at the National Acad-
envy of Design in New York.
He has exhibited in the me-
tropolis. and in the Washing
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periled their crops, planned
and puttered constantly while
his wife. who might have mar
ried the most eligible man in
her village, almost died of
inconsistencies. It was during
the depression. and there was
little chance Of a future In
England. Still. many times.
she thought they need not
have gone so far afleld in a
part Of the world where you
felt everything was happening
some place else.
Mrs. Simpson, no pioneer.
but a good wife, did her best,
although she was frequently
bewildered at her lot and hon.
estly wondered at times if 1t
was worth 1t. She bravely
bears her child on the Cod
forSaken farm and then must
make the decision whether to
stay on or go back with the
eligible and still importunate
bachelor.
A poetic soul. candid and not
given to self-pity. Mrs. Simp-
son writes with rare frank
ness a footnote to the usual
they lived happily ever after"
M. MEG.
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Books in Review
A More Human and Appealing
Biography Of Thomas jefferson
The Head and Heart Of Thomas Jefferson
BY John Dos Passos. Doubleday; $5J
Reviewed BY Carter Brooke Jones

he felt, what Jefferson was
like, taking leave Of him In
his maturity when his think
ing was shaped, his philosophy
formed.
The book opens with some
brief background chapters
about the government Of Eng
land by the landowners. the
condition Of the colonies and
the state Of the world In gen.
eral. There Is interesting de-
tail about the future state
mans father. Peter Jefferson.
who had little formal educa-
ton, but was an able man
who pushed the frontiers Of
Virginia into the wild noun
tains and acquired much land.
Public Career
Thomas was only ii years
old when his fathers death
freed him from childhood and
forced him to assume a mans
estate and responsibility"
There is much about the
youths education, at first with
private tutors. then at the COL
lege of william and Mary,
amid the political storms
whipping up in Williamsburg.
the Capital of Virginia.
Jefferson's public career be-
gan in the House of Burgesses.
led him into the Revolutionary
Congress and made him war;
time Governor of Virginia.
There is more about Jeffer-
sons stay in France as Minis
ter to Versailles, when he had
a grandstand seat at the
storming of the Bastille and
was consulted by the revolu-
tionists on the drafting Of a
new constitution.
He returned to become Wash
ington's Secretary of State and
the incessant political foe of
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary
of the Treasury. It is an irony
of political history that JET
ferson, who fought Hamilton's
Federalism. which would have
destroyed the State govern
ments, should have been
adopted in later years as
patron saint of the Democratic
Party. This was the party
which in the era of the New
Deal adopted a new form of
Federalism.
Sometimes Mr.. Dos Passes
side excursions into what
others were doing and think
ing while Jefferson faced his
problems seem too lavish, side
tracking the main story. But
the book, on the whole, Is well
balanced. It Is a distinguished
contribution to Jeffersoniana.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24

Children seem to some
adults like exquisite flower
buds, to be tenderly nurtured
to beautiful blossoms. Other
people regard children as
rough stones, to be chiseled by
dint of hard labor into civil
lied forms. But whatever ones
attitude toward children, no
one denies their. infinite ap-
peal and interest.
In recognition Of this the
National Gallery of Art re-
Gently published Portfolio No.
8. containing IL color repro
auctions of portraits Of chill
dren, accompanied by q folder
Of historical and descriptive
text by Marian King. These
handsome reproductions, IL
by II inches. are large enough
to be framed. Two or three
identical frames would enable
one to rotate the various
prints on the wall.
They range through i've
centuries. and represent mas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
cd Annual Coming

The 62d annual exhibition
of the Society of Washington
Artists will open in the foyer
of the Natural History Build
ing, Tenth and Constitution
avenue. on February S.
Works in oil and sculpture.
not previously exhibited in
Washington, by members Of
the Society of Washington
Artists and other artists with
in a 25-mile radius of WASH
ington are eligible. They may
enter three paintings or three
sculptures. The Evening Star
prize of 500 for the best
painting is the ANIMALS high
est award. There are also the
George E. Muth award of $50
for painting. the Frank r. Jel-
left award of $50 for sculpture
and a number Of medals and
mentions.
Non-members of the society
pay an entry fee of 81 for each
work entered. to help defray
expenses of the jury and to
publish 1000 catalogues dis
tributed free. Entry cards
can be obtained by writing to
Mrs. Eleanor Keller, 2019 Que
street NV. They are attached
to entries rather than mailed
separately. in advance.
All work will be received
next Saturday at the north
entrance Of the Natural His
tory Building from 8 to 4
o'clock.
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Red Dust Of Keny0
BY Alyse Simpson. (Thomas Y. CroUell; $780,


Even before the Maui Maus
began to rise UP. Kenya, for q
European woman, was some
thing to take. A1ySe Simpson,
q Swiss girl married to an
Englishman, has written no
Egg and r. Of Central Africa.
Instead this Is an honest, af-
fecting account Of the early
years Of her marriage on a re-
mote farm In q miserable lit
tie house crawling with bats
and scorpions. It was on a
dusty plain which by contrast
reminded her Of the snowy
mountains and m edieval
houses Of her homeland, where
the pattern Of living had been
set centuries ago and everyone
knew what was expected of
them.
Her husband. true Briton,
ignored the animal, life under
foot and outside. made light
Of the drouth which constantly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-24
Art News
American Works
At Phillips
By Florence S. Berrymon

An exhibition by contempt
rary American painters in the
Phillips Gallery's printrooms
through February % is a little
cross section OF current trends.
Twenty-six paintings, lent by
New York dealers galleries, af-
ford a glimpse Of recent work
by outstanding opponents of
contemporary idioms. ranging
from the superrealism of
Leonid through Josef Albers'
non-objective Mondrian-like
Homage to the Square"
Almost every taste will be
rewarded by something in this
show and, conversely. may be
repelled by something else in
1t. Having a blind spot, gener-
ally speaking, for the abstract
impressionists, ] found the ex-
hibits In printroom II the
better part Of the show.
Here is Leonid's bird's-eye
view. Of the Norman coast, Of
steep white cliffs. waves break
ing on the beach. a panoramic
expanse of seacoast with tell
ing effect Of height and dis
lance. Ben-Zion's gold-and-
turquoise Path in the Wheat
field" is striking. One can al
most smell the wheat and
separate the grain.
Outstanding Examples
Joseph Solman's two reticent
portrait heads of women, in
close tonal harmonies, are very
satisfying, and his Studio"
with dustpan, floor brush and
other unglamorous props. re-
calls the one-man show the
Phillips Gallery gave him sew
eral years ago. Lamar Dodd's
"City Canyon" is so true in its
capture of the feeling one
sometimes has in contemplate
ing the inclosed space between
towering walls that it pro-
duces claustrophobia in the
observer. Marjorie Phillips
handles forms in Orchid and
Palette" still life in a manner
approaching abstraction. Git
ford Beal, too. is closer to alb
stract painting in his "St. Au-
gustine Bay" which retains
the atmosphere of a bright.
sunny day with clear fresh air,
which he conveys so we'll.
James Mclaughlin shows a
semiabStract, Dark Land
scape," with marked carrying
quality.
In printroom I Spring"
with its hint Of Towering fruit
trees must have been one of
the last paintings by the late
John Marin. Other paintings
I particularly liked in this
group are Herman Maril's
clean, stream-lined Near the
Beach" and Morris Graves
vital "Gander Ready for
Flight"
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Random House; $685.

held that liberty Of speech
and thought was menaced by
Red hunters.
The tone of the novel Is mil
itantly liberal. This would be
more persuasive if the sup
posed idealists who edit and
write Beacon had more ideals
in their personal lives. Their
morals are opportunistic and
casual and they are not inhib-
tied by a sense Of honor from
liaisons with friends wives
when the women are willing.
Even Berkeley. the most i'm
portant character. has an af-
fair with a fellow staffer's
wife. There is a lot Of sex in
the story and very little love.
Perhaps Mr.. Wertenbaker
attempted too much for a
single novel. Many characters
are explored. and their rela-
tionships become as crisis
crossed and confused as their
half-baked PHILOSOPHERS.
&C. B. j.
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tiers of German. italian, Flem-
ish, Dutch, French, English
and American schools. They
include some Of the gallery's
most popular paintings leg.
Renoir's Girl With a Water
ing CAM, some of the most
important historically (Sav-
ages washington Family")
and some Of the outstanding
masterpieces (by Cranach and
titan.
Miss Kings text Is consist
emily interesting and read
able. She comments on the
specific portrait, pointing out
details that many laymen
would overlook, gives pertinent
biographical data on the artist,
and relates both the artist and
his subject to his times. Miss
King is a native and resident
WaShingtonian, who has writ
ten many books for children.
She also selected the text for
the National Gallery's Port
folio No. q, 1.-THE Life Of
Christ" IF. 8. B.
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Pogon Streak
Runs I trough
New England
Rainbow on the Road

4 N~~De
lHoughton Mi6lin;. s3.75J
Reviewed BY Mary McGrory
Miss Esther Forbes, New
England historian and novel;
LIST. long ago set herself the
stint Of humanizing her YAM
kee ancestors for modern-day
readers who picture them as
having been as cold as their
winters. They had a hayward.
even pagan streak in them. she
maintains. and they could ac-
tually relish the sight Of q
little law-breaking. IL IL was
done with the dash Of a Ruby
Lambkin, the Robin Hood who
cuts in and out of this most
fanciful and merry Of her
novels.
What she has really done
here Is to take her readers
on q long and loving ralnble
through the New England hills
q century ago, when. as soon
as mud was out. the hawk
ers and the walkers. the sing
ing men and the painting men.
took to the open road to sell
their wares and their tales to
inquisitive stay-at-home Her
hero is a travelling thinner"
who spends the winter paint
ing portraits complete except
for the faces. and spends the
summer daubing in the heads
at IS a throw. Jude Rebough
is an off-ox, married to a prim.
buttoned-up New England
girl named Submit Pratt. who
really never submitted to any
thing" particularly to the idea
that she had wed a peddler.
A Robin Hood Suspect
The summer that Jude set
out with his adopted nephew
and a chaise full of almost
finished portraits, the country
was buzzing with ballads and
stories Of the notorious Ruby
Lambkin, who tricked sheriffs.
kissed girls, robbed the rich to
give to the poor and in general
did everything that most men
wish they had the courage to
do. Few people had actually
seen Ruby, but his general
description tailed with that
of Jude Rebough.
Reol Active Minds
On this slender thread hangs
Miss Forbes tale. Jude rather
encouraged the confusion. be-
ing the kind of man who
yarned to Yankees on the
general principal that "they
had real active minds and
without enough to think about
they go sour as chokeberries."
Poor Eddy, only IA. even began
to subscribe in a nervous way
to Jude's idea that Rube was
really his other self.
Poeon Goddess
Jude and Eddy have a
happy summer. breaking up a
romance here. comforting q
bereaved mother with pic
lures Of her dead babies there.
until Jude sees again the yo-
luptuous pagan goddess Of
Northern Vermont he can't
really forget. The trouble Is
cnmaxed with the arrest of
Jude and his amazing tri-
umphal march to prison with
mill girls throwing flowers
and kisses at him and whole
towns turning out to see the
wonderful Ruby Lambkin."
Hoted to Admit II
Miss Forbes seems to want
you to wonder II Ruby and
Jude are two different faces
of the same man, but not too
much. as she doesn't apply
herself too seriously to the plot
at all times. What she really
wanted to do. and she has sue
ceeded brilliantly at this. is to
show you New England in
spring and summer. in all its
flinty, chaste beauty to tell
its legends and ghost stories.
introduce you to its mhab-
itants. They cherished beauty
and strangeness as much as
anybody else. but just hated
IN admit "A IN efro o0ore
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Whyte Gallery

Lucille Evans is having q solo
exhibition at the Whyte Gal
lery this month. showing 20
paintings in encaustic. ink and
wax. casein and wax, and two
or three other media or COM
binations. Wax is her favorite
medium, in which she began
working in the early 1940s,
more or less through necessity,
and soon came to prefer it.
Mrs. Evans has exhibited
regularly in Washington group
exhibitions since her arrival
here a little more than a dec
ade ago. Her first solo show
was in Dante Radice's gallery
on G place. Her most recent
was a two-artist exhibition at
the Corcoran three years ago
with her daughter, Barbara
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perience
not too it
orally, he
insists, in q
foreword -
for a long.
turoul e n t
and indeci-
sive story
a q o u y h
news maya
zine.
It Is the
story of the
m e n who
m a d e the