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It is hard to realize now,
after Bishop Cannon's name
has been out Of the head
lines for two decades, the great
power he welded. He was q
lobbyist Of tremendous skill,
q great public speaker and or
ganizer. And he did not hesi-
tate to use the full weight of
the Methodist church, the
Anti-Saloon League and his
personal newspapers to back
up this point Of view.
Bishop Cannon wanted pro-
hibition. He started in vir.
ginia. rapidly becoming the
key to State politics there. He
got his prohibition law. Then
he performed the same trick
In the Nations Capital.
King Of the Drys
Bishop Cannon" was O
household word.
The bishop made many
enemies, Of course, and in his
later years much Of his great
energy was spent defending
himself before congressional
Investigations. in law courts
and before judicial bodies Of
his own church.
Grounds for the attacks
stemmed from the bishops
free-wheeling use OF money.
He was q great money raisers
investor and spender. But not
too good o record keeper.
Bishop Cannon was the
nominal victor in the disputes,
but the controversy gradually
undermined his influence.
During his declining years
he died In ls44--he wrote his
autobiography. which now has
been edited and annotated. Il
Is . fascinating picture Of the
times Of the Great Experiment
and Of the personality Of the
man who symbolized the
"drys."
RICHARD FRYKLUND.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Humble People
William Shirer AnuIyzes
Socialism in Scandinavia

with only good effect in Scan
dinavia. This does not make
socialism" workable In this
country. Of course, but 1t does
take it. out of the scatter
Drained class.
Foreign policy. on the other
hand, Is still q headache to
Norway, Sweden. Denmark and
Finland. All Of them live in
the shadow Of the dreaded
hammer and sickle. Norway
and Denmark have felt bold
enough to defy the Kremlin
and join NATO. Mr.. Shirer
obviously thinks Sweden should
follow suit. For Finland he
has mainly sympathy.
But chiefly the author has
admiration for the resource
fulness Of all the Scandinavian
countries. His principal idea,
apparently, is to embolden the
liberals Of America who have
lost heart when conservatives
have labeled them with that
dirty word: Socialist"
EARL H. vOsS.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
do YOU LIKE YOUR
SUMMER READING
WELL SEASONED?
ROGUE CAVALIER. BY Ros-
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: ROGUE CAVALIER. BY Ros-
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II you are . little added
with the heat and like your
summer reading seasoned
with sex to an alarming de-
gree, you might, just by
chance, 60 for this novel
about q man who never
lived. and countless con-
quests. He and his pals
frisk about Paris as con-
temporaries of Nine. du
Pompadour. Believe 1t Of
not, our rogue cavalier
spurns her.
Rosamond Marshall Is ex-
perienced In writing about
this sort Of philandering in
period settings. She wrote
Kitty" "The Duchess Hot
spur" "The Loving Med
dler" and many others. This
Is undisguisedly a picturesque
novel with fiimsy plot.
A typical situation might
be where our lover boy
barged into Mignon's room,
''knelt ut the bedside and
took her little hand and
covered 1t with kisses !.
She wakened as the lily
wakens.
II you didn't mind that,
you could try the whole
book. --H. A. LYON.
Evening star., 1955-07-03

THE CHALLENGE OF SCAN
DINAVIA. BY William L.
Shirer. Little, Brown; So
Scandinavians would have
been much happier II they had
been born in the South Pacific.
or in Antarctica. There they
would have been uninhibited by
the big power politics that sur
rounds them. and they could
have pursued their highly sue
cessful economic schemes un-
molested. Mr.. Shirer Is struck,
as are most men who have
been to Scandinavia, with the
success that socialistic free en-
terprise enjoys there.
Coming as 1t does In the
midst Of q long term political
campaign to discredit social
ism, this book could well serve
as q temporizer. Pragmatic
socialism, the Scandinavians
have proved, avoids sitting free
initiative. Housing. old-age
benefits. health insurance-all
these have been "socialized"
Evening star., 1955-07-03
How Some Southern Women
Lived Through Civil War

1t $125," Miss Morgan reported,
adding: 1T shows what q ma
ton In earnest is capable Of
doing" y
But the women were capable
Of doing more than that. Some
kept house in caves during the
siege Of vicksburg. Others were
almost continually hungry. A
soldiers wife from Virginia,
writing just before Christmas
in 1864, said: I'VE haven't got
anything in the house to eat
but q little bit o'meal. :. /
don't want you to stop tighten
them Yankees till you kill the
last one Of them. but try and
get of and come home and fix
US all up some and then you
can go back and fight them a
heap harder than you ever
fought them before my
dear, If you put of a-comin'
'twont be no use to come, for
well all hands Of US be out
there In the garden In the old
graveyard. J"
Even in those early days,
draftees and their women were
protesting the Governments
methods Of choosing men to
serve their country. Lucy
Smith, writing to President
Davis land the War Depart
ment" to protest the conscrip-
ton Of III men, said, -. the
surgeon merely thumps his
breast and grasps his arm, tells
him he has q good muscle,
wishes he had q regiment like
him and sends him on
through. -"
Many could not record the
fall Of the Confederacy. The
final entry of one, on May 4,
1866. said: Gen. Johnston
surrendered on the 26th Of
April. My native land, good
night" But Gen. Lees wife
expressed the thoughts of most
Of the "heroines Of Dixie"
when she wrote on April 23 Of
that final year:
For my part 1t viii always
be q source Of pride and con-
ISOLATION to me to know that
all mine have periled their
lives, fortune and even fame
In so holy q cause"
MARY PAINTER.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
The Noble Experiment
Become His Monument

BISHOP CANNON'S OWN
STORY. BY James Cannon,
jr. Duke University Press:
$3.50.)
When James Cannon, jr.,
was a boy he wanted to be o
Supreme Court justice. He
missed that mark by q wide
margin and became q Bishop
Of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South. instead. But
through the '20s and early sos
he had as much political power
as any handful Of Supreme
Court justices.
For 1t was Bishop Cannon
as much as any man who
brought prohibition to the
United States and who made
"the liquor trafiic" the for
most political issue Of the time.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
More I ime to Read Now
At Home and in Camp
BY BARBARA NOLEN

Now that school is over.
children have more time to
read. Parents often ask me:
what about summer read
ing?" "What books should my
boy-or girl-take to sum-
mer camp?"
Your child may seek some
secret corner where he can
read and dream. like the little
boy In A Little House Of Your
Own. By Beatrice De Regniers.
(Harcourt; $1.75.) It may be
o notch in q tree or q crude
playhouse of old boxes. A
cozy spot Of his own helps,
but the important thing is
books.
Some schools and libraries
provide reading lists, or story
hours, or book clubs. Best Of
all is the wise parent who pro-
vides transportation to library
or bookstore. or sets up some
kind Of neighborhood ex-
change. 50 that the boy or girl
will find it easy to reach for
. book" instead of q comic.
What Books for Camp?
One 15-year-old boy re-
calls the dreadfully dull "rest
period" in camp when there
was nothing to read" except
The Bobbsey Twins. On the
happy side is the boy whose
mother tucked q copy Of John
Hoke's First Book of Photog-
raphy In his duf1ie bag last
summer. He brought it home,
crammed with marginal notes,
positive evidence Of maximum
use.
Last week, another wise
mother CO m b e d her book
shelves for horse stories (she's
raised three horse-craZy
daughterO and sent her
youngest OF to camp armed
with two dozen of the best
horse stories Of the past 10
years. Lucky campers!
Not all boys ana girls choose
Evening star., 1955-07-03
The Eisenhowers

In "The Great American
Heritage: The Story Of the Five
Eisenhower Brothers" (Farrar,
Straus q Cudahy; So, Bella
Kornitzer gives the back
ground and distinguishing
characteristics of the Presi-
dent and his four brothers.
While naturally overshadowed
by the Presidents fame. his
brothers all could be accounted
successes in their fields. Mr..
Kornitzer has told his story
largely from interviews with
the brothers, quoting them at
length about their childhood,
school days and later life. The
President is quoted indirectly.
The Eisenhowers, we 1ind, have
been in this country q long
time. Hans Nicol Eisenhower
came here in 1741. On the
brothers maternal side, the
Stovers came over earlier,
then moved from Pennsylvania
to Virginia circa 1730.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
HEROINES OF DIXIE. Edi

by Katherine M. Jones.
(Bobbs- Merrill: So
This composite autobiogra-
ply Of Confederate women"
q collection Of excerpts from
diaries, letters and journals
kept during the years of the
Civil War. is the story Of that
war told by the Southern
women who lived through it.
Government girls or the wives
Of generals. they wrote out
their hearts in this quotable
record.
Just before Ger. Albert Sid
ney Johnston drove back the
Union Army at Shiloh Church,
Tennessee, when hC lost his
own life, he urged his men to
show themselves worthy Of
the women Of the South whose
noble devotion in this war has
never been exceeded in any
time"
The women themselves had
no doubt Of their own devotion
or spunk: Julia lie Grand. writ
ing from New Orleans in May
Of that year t1860 said: 'The
women only did not seem
afraid. They were all in
favor Of resistance. no matter
how hopeless that resistance
might be-"
And Sarah Morgan, writing
Of the Yankees landing at Bat
on Rouge the same month,
added: IT we girls had been
at the landing, instead Of the
men, that Yankee would never
have insulted us by flying his
nag in our facesl We would
have opposed his landing ex-
cept under q flag Of truce: but
the men let him alone. ="
Henceforth. she added, she
would wear q Confederate nag
pinned to my bosom; the man
who says take it OF viii have
to pull 1t on for himself. :. :"
A picturesque reporter. Miss
Morgan q month earlier had
told Of burning bales Of cotton
to keep the hated Yankees
from getting them. "A barrel
Of whisky was thrown on the
cotton, cost the man who gave
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Politics Unchunoino

Political history, too, has a
way Of repeating itself, giving
credence to the thought that
there are no new issues. but
only old ones refurbished.
Richard N. Current, in an
excellent study. Daniel Web
ster and the Rise Of National
Conservatism" little Brown;
$3), ends his book with this
opinion: AFTER more than O
century many Of webster's
speeches on public issues, with
only . word changed here and
there. would have served con-
servative politicians admirably
in speaking on the issues Of
their time. But these politi-
clans seldom quoted Webster
or even mentioned him. He
was the forgotten man Of
American conservatism"
AS Mr.. Current points out,
Webster. up to at least the
turn Of the century, used to be
ladled out to schoolchildren as
an example Of the power Of
oratory. But. with the decline
Of oratory as q force in ma
tional affairs, Webster's name
receded to the point that many
q student poorly grounded in
American history confused It
with that Of his distant cousin
Noah, the photographer.
More Than Orator
But Webster was more than
an orator. As q Representative,
then Q Senator from Massa-
chusetts finally q Secretary Of
State. he was . great influence
In the first half Of the 10th
Evening star., 1955-07-03

century. Mr.. Current Is fully
aware Of Webster's compro-
mlses. his Inconsistencies and
his inclination to represent
the shipowners and millcwn-
ers Of his State rather than
the whole people. And yet the
author Of this brief, pungent
biography Is sympathetic to
the great orator. Webster hon.
estly believed that In defend
ing business and property he
was helping the people. since
commercial prosperity was re-
fiected in more jobs, better
wages and more property own
ers. That. too, has q familiar
sound today.
Webster came In time, as
other conservatives did. to ad-
vocate q strong tariff and
other big Government meas
ures, to assume much the po-
sition OF Hamilton's Federal
lists, with notifications for
the times.
Other Side Of the Fence
What Mr.. Current has not
stressed, but which Is implicit
in the course Of this story, Is
that the Federalists In the
early days Of the republic and
in the middle period Of the
next century. were accounted
conservatives, while the Fed
eralists Of today. the advo-
Gates Of an all-powerful CEN
tral government, are the ar.
dent liberals. Business inter-
ests and other conservatives Of
our era are on the other side
Of the fence, deploring and
fearing Federalism. This is an
interesting irony Of our his
tory.
Webster, although he was q
national figure to be reck-
oned with by Presidents, tried
in vain to become President.
This book is a volume in
the Library Of American Biog-
raphy, edited by Oscar Hand
lin.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
SUMMER BOOKS NOT ALL FRoTH
Importont New Novels
For Vocation Reodinq
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

Contrary to general belief which had faca support In
tne past the publishers not combining themselves this
mer to light frothy novels.
No doubt theW be enough Of for porch-swng and
camp reading But the publishers also promise
IN the course Of the hot soce novels important
Evening star., 1955-07-03
ART NEWS
Photographs
On Display
AtCorcoron
% FLORkNCK S. BERRYlEAN


THE Family Of Man, .
monumental exhibition In
theme and presentation.
opened to the public yesterday
ct the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art. 70 remain through July
81. This tremendous show.
composed OF more than 500
photographs Of man through
out the world and throughout
his lifetime, Is the interna-
tional edition Of the exhibi-
ton. prepared BY the Museum
Of Modern Art, New York. for
the United States Information
Agency. and brought TO WASH
ington under sponsorship of
the Washington Post and
Times-Herald and the George
Washington University. Data
about the show and about Ed
ward Steichen. dean Of Amer
ican photographers. who cre-
ated 1t. were given In Alexan-
der Wedderburn's column.
Camera Angles" in last Sum
days Star.
"The Family Of Man" Is de-
picted by photography, the
most typical art form Of the
20th century. Primarily me-
chanical, photography never
theless gives tremendous scope
to the individual behind the
mechanism. The same camera
that takes q banal image Of q
dull subject for the average
snapshootW can produce q
memorable slice Of life for the
artist with skill, knowledge,
patience, perception and imag-
nation.
Captions are held to q min
imum; the pictures truly speak
for themselves. Invented q lit
tie over q century ago, pho
Biography began to take over
one Of the major functions of
painting up to that time-re-
fiecting life.
Artist Photographers
Today is Q time Of mass
activity, and the number Of
artist-pho otographers must be
incalculable. Steichen selected
the 500 photographs in '"The
Family Of Man" from two mil
lion submitted. Many he dis
carded would probably seem
to other people as significant,
perhaps more so, than some in
this collection. Il recall two
Of World War II, for instance,
that outstrip, to me, many Of
those on view: That Of the
Chinese baby crying alone on
q bomb shattered railway
platform and the CT pros
trate with gratitude on the
steps Of Q cathedral in France
just after the liberation.)
Photography considered good
today differs from much that
Evening star., 1955-07-03

was admired earlier this CEN
tury. 1t Is significant that
what the pioneers OF photog-
raphy did, established q stand
ard Of factual truthfulness to
which the best Of today's
photographers have returned.
Like the early men, they aim
to get q direct, STRAIGHTFORWARD
reflection Of a person or situa-
tion or incident. A photograph
by Matthew Brady Of q CEN
tury ago is included in "The
Family Of Man." along with
the great procession of con-
temporary photographers. The
attempts Of photographers of
half q century ago to make
photographs resemble etchings
or water colors or oil paintings
or whatever, are not included.
The net result is that in
viewing 1.-THE Family Of Man"
the visitor forgets the medium
and comes face to face with
man In his essential character,
In his inescapable activities, in
his joys and sorrows; and finds
him a brother. whether in the
jungles Of Africa, the canyons
of New York or the wastes Of
the Arctic. Some of the like
nesses between peoples of
great differences are breath
taking.
Humble People
Another thought-proyoking
aspect Of the show is the
emphasis on humble people.
In our own familiar social and
economic strata, we forget or
give little thought to the fact
that probably some 90-odd per
cent Of the worlds population
belongs to the class Of the
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Foreign Relations

THE INFLUENCE OF FORCE
IN FOREIGN RELATIONS.
BY Capt. w. d. Puleston.
U. s. N. Wan Nostrand;
$4.50.)
A Navy mans views on past
efforts to maintain peace. the
United Nations, and blunders
In American military policy.
plus q warning that In an
atomic age we cannot afford
to grant the enemy the ad-
vantage Of the first blow.
B. =.
Evening star., 1955-07-03

Nert Sunday Barbara Nolen
iDill report from Philadelphia
on current trends In children's
books. based on talks and dis
plays at the annual meeting
OF the American Library Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1955-07-03
Thomos at Mort


Howard Thomas. third Of
the trio Of artists now showing
work at The Artists Mart.
Georgetown, through July IS,
has been a Washington resi-
dent much longer that the
others. A native Of Troy, New
York. he came here in 1941,
and returned after his three
years Of Army service.
During that period, he
studied painting in Turkey.
and attended the Corcoran
School for q year after coming
home. He Is now studying with
q private instructor. Is also a
student Of foreign affairs at
George Washington University.
He Is employed as an econo-
mist in the Department Of
Commerce.
Mr.. Thomas is showing at
the Mart, paintings in oil,
watercolor. casein and ink.
They range from the naturalis-
tic Flower Vendor" alone on q
French street. and the semi
abstract Quarry" 10 the high
keyed abstraction Fragment
Of q City"
His variations In medium,
Evening star., 1955-07-03

SbAI1CCp Uub lew uOCtOIS, Jaw
yers, educators, statesmen.
Indeed I wondered at the near
absence Of the professional
class. for every race has 1t.
The African witch-doctor. for
example, Is now regarded with
respect for his intuitive knowl-
edge Of psychology and the
ways In which he helps his
patients. Photographs Of one
Of these, along with civiliza-
tion's great physicians, would
not be out Of place in the show.
But In the presence Of this
truly great Photographic pag-
cant Of life. 1t seems almost
shameful to quibble. From the
sections Of lovers and young
parents to the mourners be-
side Q snow-covered grave,
every visitor win be absorbed
and touched and fascinated.
The show win leave an indel-
ible memory.
But one does not have to
depend upon memory. The
whole show is available in
book form. published for the
Museum Of Modern Art: De
luxe edition, Simon & Schu-
ster SO; paper edition, Maco
Magazine Corp, 81. Both edi-
tions have prologue by Carl
Sandburg and an introduction
by Mr.. Steichen.
Panoramic Etchinqs
Limo Sigismund Lipinsky.
Polish-American artist whose
etchings were shown in the
assembly hall Of the Cosmos
Club the last week Of April, is
having an exhibition in the
Division Of Graphic Arts Gal
lery, Smithsonian Building.
The etchings, engravings and
drawings are all Of such beauty
and technical virtuoSity that
the show should be on every
art lovers program before 1t
closes July "a.
MIR. Lipinsky. born in Rome
t1908). son Of the eminent
Polish painter and etcher,
Sigmund Npinsky. received
much of his art training from
his father. He also graduated
from the Royal Academy in
Rome, and later served on its
fine arts faculty. In 1929 he
Travelled to Hungary. and made
q series OF drawings. which
constituted his first one-man
show In Rome in 1891.
Landscape Etchings
Two years later he began his
series Of large landscape etch-
ings, including panoramic
views Of Italy and Capri. five
or six Of which are in the
current exhibition. These are
superb in every respect. As
Jacob Kainen, curator of the
Division of Graphic Arts said
Of them, that although ex-
ecuted in minute detail, "they
have q grandiose sweep and q
feeling for decorative pattern.
From the standpoint Of etch-
ing technique they are exam
Piles Of fabulous craftsmanship.
but the skill Of the etcher is
not that Of the cold mechanic.
The prints are romantic.
picturesque, and have . clear
organization"
In addition to the above,
the exhibition includes o num-
Der Of beautifully engraved
book-plates, some handsome
armorials, others pictorial,
still others dainty and imagin-
ative in conception. There are
also original drawings, "Ces-
tellammare di Stabia," pressed
charcoal. "Old House, Rome"
gray and white wash, and
others. Etchings much smaller.
but no less admirably done
than the large panoramic
views. include one Of q mar
moset monkey on q Roman
lucerna, with skillful differen-
tiation between fur and metal:
little street scenes and land
capes, and several dramatic
little cloak -and-dagger Wig
nettes enacted against ancient
architecture.
-
Evening star., 1955-07-03

~
quality. which Is uneven. Sew.
eral works on view add moth.
ing to the show.
Outdoor Art Fair
A large outdoor art fair will
be held at the Chevy Chase
Shopping Center, Wisconsin
at Western avenue on Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday.
July IA, is and 16. It Is spon-
sored by the Chevy Chase
Center Merchants Association
and supervised by Ralph de
Burgos. Washington artist and
teacher.
All entries viii be protected
from the weather. and the ar
lists viii not have to stay with
their entries. Mr.. de Burgos
will be In attendance daily to
take charge of sales, entire
proceeds from which viii 60
to the artists.
Cash prizes will be awarded
for both professional and anna
teur entries by a jury COM
posed Of Rowland Lyon Of the
Smithsonian Institution, Les
lie Judd Portner, art critic Of
The Washington Post and
Times-Herald, and Florence
Bergman. art critic Of The
Evening Star.
Entry forms can be obtained
by writing to Chevy Chase
Center Merchants Association
or calling In person at any
member store. Each entrant
is limited to three pictures.
All entries must be delivered
to Tweeis N Things, 20 Wis
consin Circle, Chevy Chase,
Maryland, Oliver 6-6654, by
II am. Wednesday, July Is.
BeIivio and Spuin
Robert w. AIDES, . former
resident of Washington. re-
turned here last spring after
an absence Of is years. He In
having q one-man show Of
paintings Of Bolivia and Spain
at venable's. 1915 Connecticut
avenue, through next Thurs
day.
Twenty oils, water colors and
pastels. painted in an impress
sionistic technique, compose o
pleasing, show Of portraits.
landscapes, urban. scenes and
still life. Two beautiful young
Bolivian women are presented
advantageously with well-con-
>ceived color schemes. Pictur.
esque subjects and ancient
architecture show to advan.
tage in Mr.. AIDES light-filled
landscapes.
During his earlier years in
Washington he was both stu.
dent and instructor at the
Phillips Gallery School, also
taught art at Hood College,
Frederick. Nd, and to q group
organized by the Department
Of Agriculture. From 1899 to
II he worked with the Wash.
ington WPA art project.
Subsequently he was en-
ployed by the co-ordinator of
1nter-American Affairs In Boz
Mvia and continued to paint
in his spare time. He had one
man shows in Huenos Aires
and La Paz, Bolivia, the latter
show sponsored by the Amer
lean Embassy. After World
War II he Joined the State
Departments Foreign Service
and was transferred to Spain.
where he established informa-
ton centers in Barcelona and
Seville.
Three years ago MIR. AIDES re-
turned to the United States
to direct the Voice Of Amer
lea broadcasts to Spain and
Portugal. At present he In At.