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Evening star., 1955-11-15

the Postmaster General repre-
sented the group In the an
tique hunting. Her finding ID
an English papier-mache tray
which was made about 1895
and has q scene Of King street
in Oxford, England. on 1t.
The donors had 1t mounted
on q stand 50 that 1t can serve
as q tea table or be folded UP
as q decorative piece. Each Of
the wives wrote Mrs. Eisen-
hover . personal note Of good
wishes.
Sends League , Gift
A switch In the usual BIRTH
day procedure took place when
the League Of Republican
Women Of the District had q
tea yesterday for new members
and Mrs. Eisenhower sent the
group Q present.
This was Q photograph Of the
Thomas e. Stephens painting
Of Mrs. Eisenhower IN her In
augural gown.
Members Of the Organiza-
tion. however, did not let Mrs,
Eisenhower 60 without q birth
day remembrance from them.
They sent her three handker-
chiefs, two small white ones
and D large evening E1andker-
chief IN '.Mamie pink"
Evening star., 1955-11-15
BuZddr
Features
Recipes

President Eisenhower's
recipe for old fashioned beef
stew win be q feature sale item
Of the seventh annual bazaar
on Saturday Of the National
Presbyterian Church. 'Eigh-
Evening star., 1955-11-15
WEDDINGS
OiColIddhun-He Hennessey

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis j.
Hennessey Of Ridgefield, N. j..
announce the marriage Of
their daughter Doris Alma to
Mr.. Timothy j. C'Cailaghan,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. wilton r.
OCailaghan Of Silver Spring.
The wedding took place NO
vember 5 IN st. Matthews
Church In Ridgefield. The
ccuple win live in Hackensack,
N. j.
Evening star., 1955-11-15
MurrcY-Hurst

Murrny-Hursf
Mrs. Helen Hurst Of salina,
Kans., announces the mar
riage Of her daughter Frances
to 1t. Richard D. Murray.
USN. Of Miami. Fla. The we'd
ding took place on November
5 In the Naval Chapel here.
The couple win live In SAN
ford. Fla.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-10-06
McHENRY

Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Cuppett and
Sharon were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. w. r. Savage, Sunday.
Rev and Mrs Council CLANCY,
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Earle COddington
and Mrs w. r. Savage were Sun
day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Farley
Savage,
Mrs. Orval Butler and family
were guests of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. J. Ferguson, and son,
Sunday
Mrs. w. r. Savage, Miss Naomi
Savage, Denise Savage, Mrs. James
Wagner and two sons were shop
ping in Cumberland last Wednes-
day.
Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. |. Wright were Mr.. and Mrs.
Orland Wright and family, Somer-
set, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs G.. j Fergu-
son and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Orval
Butler and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
w, r. Savage, Pete Guard, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. A. Savage and son, Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Rodeheaver.
Miss Naomi Savage and Mrs.
Heise were shopping in Uniontown
on FRIDAY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-10-06
Senate Cloakroom
By J. GLENN BEALL
United States Senator from
Maryland

AS new bulletins from Denver
traced the progress eff the Presi-
dents recuperation, the commune
cations cables of the world con-
tinued to hum with messages
promising the Chief Executive
prayers and hopes for a speedy re-
covery.
A tone of genuine sincerity was
readily apparent in the kilograms
and letters. Although plans for the
1856 elections were making front
page news each day, partisanship
was forgotten. The nation had sick
ness in its own personal family, it
felt, and responded accordingly.
Typical of the messages sent to
Mr.. Eisenhower was the one for
warded from Senator Beall, who
is still in Geneva. The Senator
wired:
1--WE are praying that your re-
covery will be early and complete.
1T is a privilege and an honor to
serve with you, and our sincere
hope is that you will be back with
us soon.
Mrs. Beall joins me in wishing
you the very best of everything"
Meanwhile, the country took a
quick survey of the position into
which the President had led it be-
fore he was confined to a hospital
bed. What it found, in part, was
this:
DEFENSE = The average fire
power of an American Army di-
vision is 80 percent higher today
than in World War II, according to
Army Secretary Wilbur M. Bruck-
err.
Three million men are now under
arms in all branches of the de-
Tense organization, he added, and
the national security which they
represent is backed up by the men
and women in the various reserve
programs.
In the guided missile program,
funds which will be spent during
the coming year will exceed last
years expenditures by % percent.
INCOME-An all-time high in the
per capita disposable income of
the American people was reached
in the second quarter of this year,
according to the Presidents Coun-
Gil of Economic Advisers.
On the basis of an estimated
population of 1914 .911 900, the aver
age spendable income for every
man, woman and child was S162O
in current prices and $1,627 in 1854
prices, compared with S1,569 in
spendable income a year ago
POSTAL FINANCING-The Post
Office Department reported that
despite pay raises for postal en-
ployees and heavier mail, the de-
partment's deficit for fiscal 1855
had dropped.
The year ended with deficit of
1852, 00,000-an Improvement of
S29, 100000 over the previous fiscal
year. The 1855 figure was also AZ
percent below the all-time record
for fiscal 1852.
During the period that we on
Senator Bealls staff have been
handling his weekly Senate Cloak
room" messages, we have received
numerous letters from him.
Apparently, judging from mis- re-
port, he has been scurrying around
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-10-06
New Attendance
Policy Enacted

Recently at a meeting of the
school advisory council, Of
Southern High school, a new
policy regarding student at
tendance was presented. This
policy was voted on by the
teaching faculty and immedi-
ately brought into effect.
This new ruling states in effect,
that all pupils who are absent
from school total of 25 or more
days prior to May Is of any given
year, will be required to take spe-
cial tests in all subjects at this
time. From the results of these
exams and upon consideration of
various other factors, it will be de-
termined whether the student
should be promoted or graduated"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-10-06
Seniors To Be Given
Aptitude Tests Soon

General Aptitude Battery Tests
will be given to all senior classmen
of Southern High at Oakland
desiring to take them on October
10. II, and ~ in the cafeteria The
exams will be given by Mr. Charles
Briner and Mrs. Mary Browning
from the State Employment Office
in Oakland. Mr.. Spoerlein will as
Sist them.
The purpose of these tests is to
determine the type of employment
for which a students abilities are
best suited The results of the va
rious exams, which will include
both hand manipulation and the
paper and pencil variety, will class
the student in one or more occupa-
tional ratings out of possible
twenty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-10-06

Geneva as actively as if he were
attending to home-front affairs in
Washington and Maryland. His per-
sonal comments on his trip will be
written following his return on Oc-
tober 18th.
One particularly interesting Incl
dent which he mentioned in one of
his letters concerned his tour of a
cigarette factory While visiting
the plant the Senator was inter
viewed by newspaper reporters and
was photographed next to truck
load of tobacco.
The tobacco, wrote the Senator,
was from Maryland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-10-06

Subscribe for The Republican
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Bui Boheme

The Latin American theme
of the Arts Clubs Bal Boheme.
to take place next Friday eve
ming, Is carried out in the ex-
hibition which will open this
afternoon at the club Ito re-
main through March ~ in
connection with a tea honor
ing the Balls patrons. 1t is q
particularly appropriate theme
this year in Washington, as
the Pan American Union will
celebrate on April IA the 65th
anniversary of the modern
Pan American movement.
All paintings in the exhibi-
ton are by members of the
Bal Boheme Committee. Theo-
dora Kane, chairman for the
third consecutive year. has a
solo exhibition in the clubs
gallery. Her 20 paintings in
different media have been done
in the last few years, and few
Evening star., 1955-02-13

ject of the. decline of current
fiction, said one of the reasons
was the shortage of heroes.
People would rather iden-
tify themselves with heroes
than with victims" said Mr..
Fischer, who went on to point
out that the central figures in
today's novels are people to
whom things happen. They do
not struggle against fate, and
without struggle there is no
story.
The novelist fails to dis
charge his responsibility to So
ciety, Mr.. Fischer says by fail
ing to show heroes in a con-
flict that has implicit moral
values. People used to look to
novels to pick up a few
pointers on how to behave in
the world. They can't any
more, and maybe. said Mr..
Fischer, that's why they're not
storming the bookstores for
the current crop.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
News of Artists and Exhibitions

of them have been shown pre-
viously.
However, they will look IA
miliar to gallery-goers. for
Mrs. Kane has fallen in love
with the countries south OF
the border, and has had many
trips to Latin America. Her
paintings are naturalistic.
though simplified, and capture
picturesque features of cities
in Mexico (e.g). Sunday in
Taxco" with its famous ca
thedraD, Venezuela c"Cara-
cas- Hillside"), Haiti, the Do
minican Republic and others.
Eight other committee men,
bers have one to three paint
ings each, in the reception
rooms. Some have travelled to
the countries which inspired
their works; others relied on
CQelr lmaglndIlOIl.
Eleanor Van Swearingen has
made decorative use Of tro-
pical flowers. There are other
still life and flower paintings
by Edna Culbreth. Bette Hart
nell Smith and Charles Miller,
figure paintings by Bobbie
Kerr and Ray Niche. Marshall
Kathan shows a formidable
"Senorita" and a colorful
Cock Fight. Harry Zichter-
mans "Siesta" painted in fat
pattern, is the shows only
work land a good one) in q
modern idiom,
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Cuban Druftsmun

Tony Ximenez. a Cuban art
list who has spent much time
in Mexico, has a lively one
man show at Collectors Corner.
Georgetown, through Feb
ruary. A large number of draw
ings, watercolors and oils are
on view; the majority depict
figures: native dancers, bull
fighters and others drawn with
skill and verve. There is con-
vincing movement in these. the
feeling of action due not only
to the attitude of the figures.
but also to the arrangements
with diagonal and swirling
lines.
Sr. Ximenez Is equally adept
at drawing street scenes and
Landscapes in pen and ink.
Outstanding among these is
his very large Gale de
Guanajuato," with its telling
effect of textures. This was
reproduced with others Of his
works. in the American Ar
tist, and received high praise
from Arthur Guptill, who said
in part:
I'm this subject, his frequent
use of a diagonal cross hatch
creates in the ancient walls
and pavement, a feeling Of
age, weight and solidity, at
the same time giving US
painter-like values which ef-
fectively express the contrast
ing relationships of sunlight.
luminous shadow and reflected
light"
Evening star., 1955-02-13

some pointed observation from
Mr.. Trilling'S book:
OF John Keats: "And so we
have the first of the vital con-
tradictions which make the
fascination of Keats mind
we have the wisdom Of matu-
rity arising from the preoccu-
pations of youth"
An Excellent Boxer
Did you know that the poet.
although doomed to die Of
tuberculosis at IS, was an ex-
cellent boxer who did not
hesitate to engage a heavier
opponent in earnest and with
bare fists?
Mr.. Trilling, seeking to res
cue Little Dorritt" from un-
deserved oblivion among Dick
ems novels, calls it "one of the
most profound Of Dickens
novels and one of the most
significant works of the 10th
century"
If Tolstoi is not the greatest
Of noveists ut is he who
gives the novel its norm and
standard, the norm and stand-'
ard not Of art but of reality"
In commenting on Jane Aus
ten: Most people either value
Evening star., 1955-02-13
A Dissident Voice

Eugene w. Castle objects to
our large gifts overseas and
spells out his reasons in
Billions, Blunders and Ba-
lOney" Devin-Adair; $3.50.
He warns that "we are fast
exhausting our patrimony,"
adding that "The tremendous
outgo of American minerals,
lumber, foodstuffs and fin
ished products in two success
sive world wars has torn vast
holes in our irreplaceable nat
ural capital. We have been en-
gagged in a nonstop perform
ance of self-improvement in
the Korean war and in all the
give-away ECA, MSA and FOA
programs through which we
are asked to subsidize foreign
nations"
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Womun's Place
THE DOWRY. BY Margar'

THE DOWRY. BY Margaret
Culkin Banning. (Harper;
$500
Mrs. Banning steps into the
career woman VS.. housewife
controversy in "The Dowry."
Kay Ryland is a successful
interior decorator. bringing
home more money than her
lawyer politician husband
Stephen. Before the happy
ending, Stephen falls into the
hands of another woman "a
non-working type), leaves his
wife's bed and board and
nearly loses the nomination
for Governor.
In spite of Mrs. Banning's
many and long discussions on
the working wife, the issue Is
as dead as slavery.
SALLY GREENLAND.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
First Exploration of the Amazon

story, with little of personali-
ties. you should enjoy it for its
austere excellence and its in
tegrity. The story is re-
lated by a crossbowman, a
doughty bachelor Of arts. who
pauses to remark every evi-
dence of discipline or organ
ization in the new world, be 1t
of IncaS or ants.
This exploit Of conquista-
dores was, like so many of the
time, undertaken in quest Of
gold. 1t was led by Gonzalo
Pizzaro, a scion of that re-
markable family. The one
eyed Orellana broke off from
the main expedition on a food
hunting foray. He was pre-
vailed upon by his men not to
turn back, however, and they
inadvertently explored t h e
Amazon, amid incredible hard
ships and fierce fighting with
the Indians. Orellana was a
humane and enlightened man,
who preferred to question the
natives in their own language,
rather than to roast them
alive, as was Pizzaro's custom.
He was the finest kind of con-
quistador devout, valiant, and
a stranger to self-pity. Mr..
Millar vindicates him hand
somely for his separate expedi-
ton.
1t is the empire seeking
Spaniards, confident in God
and in themselves, who come
marching bravely off these
unusual pages. M. McG.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
WotercoIors by Air

Daniel Millsaps, art editor
Of U. S. Air Force Publications
in Washington, is having a
one-man show of watercolors
at the Circulating Gallery,
Georgetown (16l0 Wisconsin
avenue) through next Thurs
day. CTuesday through Thurs
day. 2 to 6 p.mO
Twenty-four paintings on
view are all work of the past
three years, during which the
artist travelled extensively.
mostly by air, both in the
United States and around Pa
cific islands. Some of these
watercolors are aerial views.
The first was developed during
fight to San Antonio, since
when Millsaps' concern with
vision from the air has strongly
influenced his work. Carrying
his aerial viewpoint still fur
ther, is a group of "radar-
scope" studies.
Naturally, these aerial and
radarscope watercolors are
personal interpretations. some
nonobjective, others semiab-
stract, with familiar landmark
details rearranged. The quality
varies considerably. A number
Of them impressed me as thin
and diffused, but such success
full air views as Jefferson Me-
mortal No. l" show what Mr..
Millsaps can do at his best.
The exhibition also includes
naturalistic representations.
one of the best being Tokyo
Bridge"
Evening star., 1955-02-13
History yRepeots in Red Russia,
SuIisbury's Memoirs Reveal
Reviewed BY EorI H. Voss

.OTb Ts VVSS
powerful background role since
the death of Stain.
This book is an expansion Of
the series Mr.. Salisbury wrote
for the New York Times soon
after he returned from a five-
year stint as that newspapers
correspondent in Russia. Per-
sonalized detail Is presented
here that was not included
in the newspaper series.
But the broad conclusions
are unchanged. It is Mr.. Sails
bury's theory that Josef Stain
had embarked on a new and
terrible purge at the time Of
his death. If the men sur
rounding him did not conspire
to put the aging Stain out Of
the way, the stroke came at 8
most opportune time, in the
authors judgment.
Mr.. Salisbury obviously
thinks Malenkov-Kh -Khrushchev-
Molotov rule was preferable to
the Stain era, and he is sure
ordinary Russians agree.
He also expects Red China
to give Moscow increasing
trouble as the years wear on.
Mr.. Salisbury has done a
masterful job. Like all cor
respondents who have spent
much time in Moscow. he
makes no claim to understand
ing Russia. All his conclusions.
therefore, are tentative, but
nonetheleSS valuable.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
A CROSSBOWMAN'S STORY
nE TIE FIRST EXpI ORA

A CROSSBOWMAN'S STORY
OF THE FIRST EXPLORA-
TION OF THE AMAZON.
BY George Millar. (Alfred
A. Knopf; $685.
Having tasted some of the
worst trials of the goth cen
tury as a German prisoner Of
war and a leader Of the French
underground, George Millar,
an Englishman, has turned to
the 18th century for the sub
ject of his first novel. 1t is a
story of men under pressure
but more from nature rather
than man. His hero is a Span
lard, one Francisco de Orel-
lana, who led a group of men
as hardy as himself on the
first exploration of the ANA
zon.
The word novel is applied
here only from courtesy and
Mr.. Millar's scrupulosity. Ac-
tually, this is more of a docu-
mentary. Uncompromising and
unorthodox, it relates spec
tacular events in matter-of-
fact chronology, with no con-
cessions to the current rage
for superimposed romance and
remarkable coincidence. There
are no tender moments. The
only women who figure in the
story are Amazons. who come
to the river bank in a shower
of arrows.
Once you are reconciled to
the fact that this is a narra-
tive rather than a plotted
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Historic Papers

Louis L. Snyder has collected
"Fifty Major Documents Of the
Twentieth Century" Can Anvil
Original published by Van
Nostrand; $1.25). Among the
best known: President Wilson's
IA Points, the Covenant Of the
League Of Nations, the abdica-
tion letter Of King Edward
VIII, the Munich agreement.
Winston Churchill's blood,
sweat and tears" speech, the
opening chapter OF the Soviet
constitution Of 1896, President
Roosevelt's four freedoms
speech, the Japanese instru-
ment of surrender, the Nurem-l
berg trial judgments, the Tru-
man doctrine, the Marshall
Plan, the North Atlantic
treaty. the charter Of the
United Nations.
Evening star., 1955-02-13

George Washington Univer-
sity inaugurated several years
ago an annual exhibition in
February, commemorating the
great American whose name
the university bears. This years
exhibition is a loan from the
National Gallery of Art. COM
posed of 40 original water
colors from the Index of Amer
ican Design, selected by Erwin
o. Christensen, curator.
Although there have been
many exhibitions in the Ma
tional Gallery and elsewhere OF
selections from the Index's 49,
600 water color renderings OF
the popular arts in the United
States, in the 18th and 10Th
centuries, this is the first show
I have seen, of all-Washington
items. They depict an extern
sive variety of original objects:
figures and busts Of Washing
ton carved from wood (sculp-
lures and ships flgureheads) or
cast in metal; printed and
woven fabrics, metal work.
wallpaper. and glass. all OF
them commemorating Wash
ing, his associates, or made
during the Revolutionary War.
Everyone acquainted with
the Index of American Design
will recall the exceptional
technical excellence of these
renderings, the reproductions
of the objects being so close
that in some cases, they can
deceive the unwary (e.g.. No.
IS in the present show, a scrap
of handwoven coverlet).
Besides the 40 Index water
colors, George Washington
University is calling attention
(in its free catalog OF the
exhibition) to IA other items,
in its own collection, including
its full-length Stuart portrait
and other paintings and sculp-
lures permanently on view.
Among several works acquired
last year is a marble bust Of
Washington presented by Ben
jamin S. Bell. Executed about
a century ago. it was for many
years in the Union League.
Philadelphia. It has just been
installed in the university IL
hrarY.
Evening star., 1955-02-13

AMERICAN IN RUSSIA. By
Harrison E. Salisbury. (Har-
per & Bros: 81
When Nikita Khrushchev
stood up and nominated Mar
shall Nikolai A. Bu!ganin to
succeed Georgi Malenkov as
the new Soviet Premier in the
great hall of the great Krem-
lin Palace last Tuesday, it was
not the first time the army
and Khrushchev had collabo-
rated.
Mr.. Salisbury recalls that
they were the twin powers be-
hind the purge Of Secret Police
Chief Lavrenti Beria, just after
the Berlin riots of June, 1858.
Like many another observer
on the scene, Mr.. Salisbury has
been impressed by the army's
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Victorian Trends

"The Late Victorians," a
short history by Herman Au-
subel (Van Nostrand, an Anvil
Original; $l.25) goes briefly
into the state Of agriculture,
industrial and commercial de-
preston, the condition Of the
working class, the state as an
enemy and a friend, Socialist
dissension, Irish agitation and
the clamor for empire in the
last years of the Victorian era
in England. Mr.. Ausubel is on
the faculty of Columbia Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Some Essays

: Now and then some one de-
plores the demise of the essay.
And yet we still have essayists
of broad learning and sure ex-
preston. One of them is Lionel
Trilling, whose new collection
of observations is called "The
Opposing Self" viking;
$3.50. In these essays he dis
cusses novelists and poets.
While out-of-context quota
tions are not always fair
public figures are always OBJ
jecting to the practice-how
else are epigrams garnered,
pungent comments pointed up2
You haven't always the space
to quote paragraphs, perhaps
whole pages. Anyway here are
Evening star., 1955-02-13

THE LIFE OF JOHN ].
KEANE. BY Patrick Henry
Ahern. (Bruce Publishing
Co.: $6.50D
The first rector of Catholic
University, the Most Rev. John
]. Keane, fifth Bishop Of Rich
mond and first Archbishop of
Dubuque, was a man remark
able for his oratory, persever-
ance and devotion.
Bishop Keane needed all
these qualities to establish
what has grown to be one Of
the Nations great universities.
Scholars and others today ac-
cept Catholic University with
out thinking too much about
its stormy beginnings. But
those interested in the institu-
tion would gain another per-
spective If they read this ac-
count, relating the many OPP
posing as well as favorable
winds that beat about the
schools start So years ago.
Personal as well as other
considerations entered into
university beginnings. The
two were intertwined and found
Bishop Keane as the man
endeavoring to get the school
under way. as the focal point.
He was in the center-some
seemed to think he was caught
between two inexorably op-
posing forces-of the contro-
versy between Catholic liberals
ana conservatives. On the
liberal side, advocating a
Catholic approach that took
the American scene into con-
sideration. were James Car
dinal Gibbons of Baltimore and
Archbishop John Ireland Of st.
Evening star., 1955-02-13

e.. Strange words when we
think about them a little"
irony too much or fear 1t too
much"
Mr.. Trilling, an influential
professor of English literature
at Columbia, is one Of the
most lucid and least pedantic
of present critics.
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Books in Review
Lillian Smith Presents Her Case
Against the Evil Of Segregation
Ry corter Brooke Jones

Lillian Smith Southerner who speaks her mind to the
of some answered all the questions
raised by Supreme Court decision ending segregation in
the schools
Her answers contained brief book called Nov Is
the clothbound Viking $2 paperbound Dell rs cents
Not everyone with accept all her and
Evening star., 1955-02-13
Reading and Writing
New Book Catalogues Hold Promise
Of Many Fine Blooms for Spring
By Moy McGrory

Spring air along Publishers Row. The catalogues
are Sprouting like eager croclses L.,
Many fine things promised for cherry blossom time
considerable of biography in prospect masses OF
historical fiction also last how not to- oooK Inat
Not Write Play" BY onetme Washngtonlan