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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
OUTSPOKEN CROW,
BIG AS CHICKEN,
PESTERS FAMILY

ST. PAUL, MINI. (R.-
From out of nowhere a voice
said. Damn you. shut up!"
Ray Sonnee, talking over
the back fence to a neigh
Dor, looked up and sure
enough it was the big black
crow that has been Fostering
the family for days.
Hes as big as a chicken"
Mr.. Sonnee said Tuesday
night at his north st. Paul
home.
This afternoon he
sneaked up behind my wife
and scared the wits out of
her. She was going to turn
the hose on him, but he OPP
ened his mouth and it was
about two inches wide. She
dropped the hose and ran"
The crow established resi-
dence in a tree behind the
Sonnee home several weeks
ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
Toeliotti Hinted
Seriously Sick

TRIESTE, Italy. May S (R.-
Conflicting reports on the con-
dition of Italian Communist
chief Palmiro Togliatti. victim of
a sunstroke during a May day
speech. led some Italian papers
to speculate today he is in more
serious condition than has been
admitted.
Vittorio Vidal, Trieste Com
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C. % Ass
s.

munist leader, told reporters the
62-year-old Communist chiefs
condition was unchanged"
Later, DR.. Laura Weiss, a Com
munist Party member who has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
Cows Stop Drinking

WARREN, Ohio R.-Farmer
Ralph Gallant wondered why the
milk output of his big dairy herd
had been dropping off. He found
out when seven cows were cleo
.trocuted. A short Circuit had
charged the water bowls along
side each stanchion. Apparently
enough of the current had been
reaching the COWS for some time
before they were killed to make
them leery of drinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

been attending Mr.. Togliatti.
said he was much better"
Still later. a telephone call was
booked from the Togliatti villa
to DR.. Pietro Valdoni. noted
Italian surgeon, in Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

member of the Daughters of
America and the Eastern Star.
Ten-year gold service pins will
be presented to william s. Evans,
Mrs. Mildred Kochan, Mrs. Fran
ces Louden and Mrs. Margaret
Lynott at the dance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
New Knitting Machine

Three new knitting machines,
each so feet long. have been in
stalled by a plant in Newtown-
ards, Northern Ireland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05
Boot Use Urqed

Jean Auburtin, a municipal
counselor of Paris. proposes the
use of the Seine for fast boat
traffic to relieve traffic conges-
ton on land,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-05

Certified laboratory tests prove Bell-ans
stomach acid in one minute as many
leading digestive tablets. Get .Bell-ans
today for the fastest known relief. Use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
THE TRAIL OF THE DINO

THE TRAIL OF THE DINO
SAUR, by Arthur Koestler
Macmillan; $3.50, is a new
collection Of essays by the
versatile author Of Darkness
At Noon" and other powerful
novels.
Here Mr.. .Koestler roams
with his customary penetra-
ton over number of topics
pertinent to the day. One of
the most significant essays is
called "A Guide to Political
Neuroses." In the course of it
he speaks Of the present atti-
tude Of the German people
toward such war atrocities as
the gas chambers at Auchwitz
and Belsen. -
The average German, Mr..
Koestler contends, manages to
ignore these mass murders.
1.-THE truth has not penetrated
the nations consciousness and
probably never will - because
1t Is too terrifying to face
Many intelligent and we'll
meaning Germans react, when
Auscfwitz and Belsen are
mentioned in their presence,
with a stony silence and the
panied expression of a VIC
torian lady confronted with a
rude reminder of the Facts
Of Life: That they happen to
be facts never enters her head;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
KoestIer Sees Neurosis
Of National Dimensions

they are just uncomfortable.
and that is all there is to
them i. To make a nation
collectively responsible for the
deeds OF q criminal minority
is both legally and morally TN
just. But the political subcon-
scious' approaches-the matter
in a different, way. 1t auto
matically assumes a shared coll
lective responsibility in the ma
TONS triumphs and defeats,
in its honor and guilt Now
when this unconscious ten
dency towards identification
produces pleasurable results.
they are willingly admitted to
the conscious self: Every Ger
man feels proud of our
Goethe as If he had a share
in creating him. every Ameri-
can feels satisfaction in the
War of Independence as If he
had fought in it. But the less
pleasurable products of the
tendency towards identif1ca-
ton occupy no such place of
honor in the conscious ego.
The essay sure to stir up
the greatest controversy is
Judah at the Crossroads" in
which Mr.. Koestler, himself a
Jew, advises Jews either to
emigrate to Israel or else give
UP their differences" and in
tegrate themselves completely
with the countries Of their
adoption.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Library Cards

The beautiful Christmas
cards published by the WASH
ington Cathedral and the Ma
tional Gallery of Art are well
known throughout the coun-
try. The Library of Congress
also publishes Christmas cards
which deserve to be equally
we'll known.
The Library offers a series
OF is, most Of them reproduce
tons Of Illustrations from 18th
century books in the rare
book collection. One contains
the text of the Christmas
story duke ii, 1-S) as it ap-
pears in the Library's unique
copy of the Gutenberg Bible.
Some Of the Illustrations are
sacred Nativity, Flight into
Egypt, etc., others secular "a
chess game, a scholar in his
library, and the cards may be
obtained with seasons greet
ings or without, for use as cor
respondence cards throughout
the year.
Printed in black and blue,
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and black and red. on light tan
paper with matching enve-
lopes. they sell for 10 cents
each, at the sales desk in the
Main Library Building, or at
the .Whyte Book Shop and Gal
lery. Mail orders are accepted,
for not less than 81 worth, plus
Is cents postage and handling.
Orders and payment to Chief.
Photoduplication Service.)
Last Lecture for 1855
The last lecture Of 1855 at
the National Gallery of Art
viii be given at 4 this after
noon.. Guest speaker Robert
Richman, director of the Insti-
tute of Contemporary Arts. will
talk on Man in Modern Art"
Silver Spring Sextet
An exhibition by six WASH
ington area artists at the Sill
yer Spring Art Gallery. 9216
Flower avenue. through De-
cember, is one Of its three best
shows for the year 1855. Six
landscapes and three studies in
watercolor by Eleanore Van
Swearingen of Alexandria are
strong in color, deep in tone.
broadly handled. and several
of them, done in Hawaii, dra-
matte in their subjects.
Knud Hougart, a native Of
Denmark. has been painting in
the Washington area just over
a year. His three portraits. in
oil and pastel, are excellent IN
technique. with vitality and
individuality. Educated In
Copenhagen, he was employed
as an artist for the Fredericks-
burg Theater, later designed
jewelry. In 1943 he began
seriously to paint portraits.
painted most of the American
Embassy attaches and military
advisory group. He has lately
portrayed some at the Penta-
gon.
Two large oil portraits Of
men by Loiselle are also strong
and competent. Marlin Fenical
shows work in both oil and
watercolor, the latter much
| the better. The best Of Col
Inns three paintings is one en-
| titled witch" driftwood on Q
beach, with emphasis on tex
ture.
John organs Is represented
| with six watercolors, which
have the same charms and
virtues as those In his Studio
| 80 one-man show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
|Ruid on Mexico
Described by
Army Officer
MACKENZIE RAID. BY Ru

MACKENZIE RAID. BY Rus
sell Potter Reeder. (Bal-
lantine; SD
This is the exciting story Of
o raid on Mexico in 1873 which
was not authorized by Wash
ington, but was suggested by
Gen. Phil Sheridan. Col.
.Ranald Mackenzie led the raid
to wipe out marauders who
had been plaguing their Texan
neighbors for a generation.
While official Washington took
no notice of the little expedi-
ton, the Texas Legislature ex-
pressed its thanks to the col
onel and his intrepid band.
The bandits had disappeared.
The author. Col. Red"
Reeder. now retired from the
Regular Army, was a football
star at West Point and a
World War II hero. He was
the first American soldier in
the invasion of Europe to win
the Distinguished Service
Cross. Since his retirement
Col. Reeder has been serving
as assistant graduate manager
Of athletics at the Military
Academy. OBJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
First Crusade
Topic of Novel
SILVER LEOPARD. BY F.
van Wyck Mason. (Double-
day; $685.

SILVER LEOPARD. BY r.
van Wyck Mason. Double
day: $685.
The fact that Normans.
Saxons, Lombards and Turks
were disposed to fight at the
drop OF a helmet keeps this
semifactual. semifictional tale
of the First Crusade moving
rapidly most of the time. What
sometimes slows 1t down are
wooden one-dimensional char
acters: Heroes, heroInes and
villains too full Of goodness
and beauty or flashing, DASH
ing evil.
In the books better pas
sages-Such as a description
Of the call to arms of Chris
tians by an emissary of Pope
Urban lit becomes almost
compelling. The author gives
many details of life at the
turn OF the 9th century which
are colorful and interesting.
Unfortunately, these are too
often presented in a contrived
way. making the conversation
of squire to knight or brother
to sister illogical--and the
story less convincing.
.~ AMY YOUNG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Book Awarded
Canada Prize
DUST OVER THE CITY.
Nv Andre I,anpayin. &C. p.

DUST OVER THE CITY.
BY Andre Langevin. &C. p.
Putnam's Sons; $500
Maybe in French this novel
has something. 1t won a
French Canadian literary
prize. II the original French
version has anything at all.
though, it's lost in translation.
Almost alphabetically. the
jacket comedies that the story
is mot in itself novel" The
central figure is a young Cana
dian doctor who gives an auto
biographical account of his
first few months OF marriage
and how marital troubles af-
feet his practice in a small
town. 1t becomes a monoto-
nous recital. You get better
stories in most potboilers.
The wife. presented as a
beautiful but frantic and love-
less woman with an abiding
need for new adventures, is
one of the most unbelievable
characters we've met in fiction
in a long time. After what
seems a total disregard and
lack Of consideration for
hubby's feelings dncluding an
affair conducted before his
very eyes, she suddenly
changes. She tells HMM
an indirect way-she loves him
and commits suicide.
Why? It's as much a mys-
terry as how the novel won a
prize. DORIS KANT'ER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Cervontes' Life Reflects
His Hero, Don Quiixote

he cooled his heels In the
ante-room of many q noble
man, with whom he had
shared the horrors Of capti-
witty. His family was in its
usual state Of financial disar-
ray. In an effort to help out
he married an uncongenial
heiress. 1t was no more salts
factory than his other VEN
lures. In a triumph of mis-
casting. he was made a tax
collector for levies imposed to
finance the disastrous Arma-
ola. He was too compassionate
and absent-minded for the
role and was constantly in hot
water with the higher reach
es of Spanish bureaucracy.
Even the composition of
Don Quixote de la Mancha"
did not bring him, despite its
immediate popular success,
unmitigated satisfaction. Feck-
less as usual in money mat
tiers. he sold the rights for a
fraction of their subsequent
worth. He was involved in law
suits. He died, as he had been
born, poor.
Ceramics countryman, Sc
nor Arbo. does full justice to
the rich tapestried background
of his life, and the historical
figures whose fate was bound
up in his: Philip II of Spain.
Don Juan Of Austria, Antonio
Perez, Philips willy secretary
OF state. the one-eyed. impe-
rious Princess of Eboli. lisa
Barea's translation preserves
what must have been the old
fashioned flavor of the original.
And the figure of Cervantes.
high hearted and foolhardy rs
Don Quixote. comes through
triunphantly.
MARY McGRORY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

pict him as the great intellect
Mr.. Winkler regards him. Mr..
Hearst's influence on journal
ism cannot be denied and was
of permanent effect. whether
for good or i'll. He certainly
ran his own newspapers, maya
zines and syndicates, and made
his own mistakes, never fall
ing to come up with ideas Of
certain appeal to large num-
bers Of people, never evading
a stand in any crisis.
Mr.. Winkler does not duck
such issues as Mr.. Hearst's
lingo patriotism, which had its
fullest fruition in the Spanish
American War.
Political Career
Mr.. Wipkler's detailed ac-
count of Mr.. Hearst's political
fortunes is particularly inter-
esting and, strangely enough,
fairly detached. Not everyone.
probably, remembers that the
publisher, in 1904, was doomed
for the Democratic presiden-
tial nomination and actually
received in the convention 1853
votes on one ballot. 1t has been
pretty well forgotten that he
ran for Governor of New York
in 1905 and lost to Charles
Evans Hughes by less than
$4,000; that Mr.. Hearst came
within 5000 votes of being
Mayor of New York and prob
ably was robbed in that cleo
ton; that he was elected to
Congress from a New York
City district and served two
terms. ..'
Mr.. Winkler, who has writ
ten biographies of Rockefeller,
Morgan, Carnegie. Woodrow
Wilson and others, starts off
this one as if he planned to
compile. along with his story,
a lexicon of cliches. But there
are fewer as he goes on and
settles down to less self icon
SciouS writing. 1t probably is
the best documented Hearst
biography that is likely to be
written. and, despite a fire.
quent bias in its subjects IA
vor. a well-rounded and very
readable book. There is an en-
Tightening account of Mr..
Hearst's parents, the colorful
George Hearst, a forty miner
who died in 1891 as a Senator
from California and amassed a
great fortune from mining,
and Mrs. Phoebe Apperson
Hearst. who did so much for
the public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
ORIGIN of Folk SONGS
THE BALLAD ROCK.

THE BALLAD BOOK. Edited
by MacEdward Leach. Har-
per g. Bros; $7.50.)
An important anthology OF
hundreds OF English. Scottish
and American ballads, with
variations in the cases of the
most important. II you want
to know how all that frankie
and Johnnie" business started.
this Is the book. -E. T.
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Georgetown Facets

Georgetown, dear 10 the
hearts of those who dwell
there, and also to many Of us
outside it's environs, is the
source Of John organs exhi-
bition of recent watercolors,
at Philip Bells Studio SO 1884
M street, through December.
tOpen l-6 Tuesday through
Saturday, 2 Sunday, closed
Monday
The impressive Landmark Of
Georgetown University towers
is the dominant note in sew
eral of these sparkling. repre-
Sensational captures of famil-
lar scenes, seen with an artists
eye for their unfamiliar as
poets. Georgetown Towers" in
summer. with sharp shadows
from a descending sun. Sill
houetted In twilight. and seen
across the Potomac in late
winter. are particularly good.
Among the artists fayorite
subjects" said Mr.. Bell, ARE
unrestored buildings. He feels
that these. lived in by many
generations, have taken on a
personality of their own, and
he tries to capture feeling of
nostalgia when he paints their
ancient brick and fnellowed
woodwork"
A number of these old build
ings, on their tree-shaded
streets, also boatyards, sailing
marinas. and other themes,
give the show a variety. It is
Mr.. Bryans' third one-man
show in Washington. He has
had others in New York City
and elsewhere. He won The
Evening Star Prize at the Met
ropolitan State Art Contest in
1858, and has since received
other awards.
This nyhthttior is mot nlih-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Essays Of Negro Writer
Are Brilliantly Bitter

A bitter and brilliant analy-
sis Of the position of the Negro
Is contained In another group
Of essays. NOTES OF A Ma
TIVE SON, by James Baldwin,
Deacon Press; $2.75). The
author published O successful
novel. Go Tell 1t on the
Mountain"
OF the traditional attitudes
toward the so-called Negro
problem. there are only two
for or against-he relates, add
ing: II personally find it din
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

cult to say which attitude has
caused me the most pain"
Mr.. Baldwin does not like
Uncle Toms Cabin" OF. any Of
the protest novels which
have followed 1t. Such novels
emerge q. a mirror Of our
confusion, dishonesty, panic.
trapped and immobilized in
the sunlit prison Of the Ameri-
can dream" Uncle Toms
Cabin" Is "a very bad novel,
having. in Its self-righteous.
virtuous sentimentality. much
In com m on with Little
Women"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18


Juan Arbo. Vanguard: So
The life of Cervantes is a
hard-luck story. He was as
hapless as his immortal hero,
Don Quixote. Nothing came
right for him-as courtier,
soldier, husband and writer.
In his ability to transcend an
untidy and discouraging ex-
istence and to transform hard
won wisdom into luminous Sc
renity through his art, he re-
minds US Of Mozart.
A knightly figure, Cervantes
lived in an age when the flower
of knighthood was beginning
to grow brown at the edges.
Despite the poverty of his
family, he came to manhood.
full of hopes that his talent
and good will could overcome
all. He went to Italy as a
courtier. but was soon bored.
He joined the gallant Don Juan
of Austria in the blazing vic
tory of Lepanto. He lost q
hand in that engagement. but
won a reputation for bravery.
Soon after, he was overtaken
by a fate that was in many
ways worse than death: He
was captured by the Moors.
For five years, Cervantes
was imprisoned in Algiers.
at the mercy of captors who
knew nothing of justice or
mercy. Despite the unspeak-
able reprisals visited on un-
successful escapes, he was
the ringleader of numerous
plots to escape and on two
occasions when caught, took
upon himself the full respon-
sibility. Finally, In an anti
climax, he was released.
TTpon his return tn Spain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Joan of Arcs Retriur
In First English ext

THE RETRIAL OF Joan
OF ARC, by Regime Pernoud,
translated from the French
by J. M. Cohen (Harcourt.
Brace; $4.75) is an account
Of the little-known second trial
of the Maid Of Orleans, held
20 years after she was put to
death. At the second trial
she was acquitted. her men,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
How America Went
Into World Arena
WOODROW WILSON AND
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
BY Edward H. Buehrig. I'm

WOODROW WILSON AND
THE BALANCE OF POWER.
BY Edward H. Buehrig. I'm
diana University Press; So
Common conceptions today
are that Woodrow Wilson went
into World War out of q mis-
taken idealism and that there
was no real reason for a dec
laration of war. Mr.. Buehrig.
formerly of the State Depart
ment, has made an exhaustive
study of the agonizing re-
appraisals that preceding our
entry into the war and finds
that the final decision hinged
on many factors.
The interplay of idealism,
legalism. moralism and mill
tarism is a fascinating one.
But ne significance is that
Wilson took America for the
first time into the balance-of-
power game.
The book Is especially valu-
able for the insight 1t gives
in today's balance-of-power
world politics.--RICHARD
FRYKLUND.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18


licized as a Christmas art
show; but it deserves notice as
such, on two most important
qualifications.
Pocket-size paintings and
sculpture for the gift-seeking
art lover are again offered at
the Obelisk Gallery, 3241 P
street. Georgetown. through
next Friday. when the gallery
will close through New Years
Day. Most Of the, works on
view are by contemporary
Italian artists. Most arresting
to me are Indrimi's regatta of
ships with brightly colored
sails, Mosca's flower studies
and seacoast captures, Lam
francois meticulously painted
surrealist miniatures with little
nude figures turning into i'm
probable objects, Canevari's
charming little works. and
Fantuzzi's gay crowds, bicy-
cling and having refreshments
al fresco. N
In addition. the Obelisk has
a series Of sevensgr eight paint
ings of 1.-The obelisks in Rome, !.
by Fabio Failla. and another se-
ries of jotlsting knights painted
on Sicilian cart panels. These.
knight frescoes are being
viewed by modern figures, and
the implanted portions Of
wood, with decorative worm
holes. afford interesting tex
| tural contrasts.
so Works In Exhibition
A juried exhibition of paint
ings by Washington area artists
| is at Collectors Corner, 1926
M street through December.
| A complete roster of awards
| and winners, and the shows
judges, was published in The
Stars news columns Decem-
Der 7.
Approximately so works by
40 artists were accepted from
more than twice as many en-
| tries. The show is predomi-
nantly abstract, as are the
awards. June Harris Glass
/ Blower" (first award) is a
| diagonal succession of rounded
| forms contrasted with straight
lines and sharp angles in a
blue tonality. Dorothy Callers
Canyon" (second) is also abb
stract with emphasis on color
organization. David Roelof's
Composition No. 81 lthirdl
seemed to me less meritorious
than his other abstraction OF
his beautiful Virginia Land
scape."
| One of the mentions was
also abstract-Milton Gold
mans mosaic of nude figures
and heads. Esau Motovicht
watercolor Blacks Barn" cfirst
mentionl is a naturalistic
study in subtle tints of gray
and green. Kathryn Devine's
Station" (second) has satiri-
cal captures of representative
travellers.
The show has paintings as
we'll as prints ranging from
naturalistic through various
modern movements. Outstand-
ing in the first category are
Janelle Hellman's clean, fresh
Back Window Dorot h y
Leafs broadly handled Roll
ing Countryside" Elizabeth
Houghton's impressionistic
Summer" and Sally Moulton's
Roof Patterns. Deer Isle"
| My choice of best abstract
paintings are Ralph de Burgos
fragments From a Dream
and Lucille Sanders Blue Alb.
stract." The best prints are
three by Lila Asher, all figures
and John Rogers Wharf.
black line on red. Solomon
McCombs' Little Chief" is in 9
class by itself, with the simple
naturalistic charm of contem.
porary American Indian water.
7