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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
ART BOOK REVIEWS
GREAT PAINTINGS BY OLD
ara STEDS I'M AMERTCA

MASTERS IN AMERICA.
BY John D. Morse. Grand
Mentally & Co.: $3.50 hard
board, $1.95 paper.)
Forty of the Western
Worlds greatest old masters
are presented accurately, yet
with a light, intimate touch in
this comprehensive guide to
more than 1000 original mas
terpieces in museum collec-
tons in the United States and
Canada.
Enchanting" is not an adj
jective commonly associated
with anything so prosaic as a
guide book. But it applies to
this one. For while the paint
ings are listed under individual
masters and again in a geo.
graphical index. each master is
introduced in a brief biog-
raphy, giving essential details
and a few memorable incidents
or characteristics; a single
work illustrated is discussed
from the esthetic standpoint.
admirably calculated to dem
onstrate to the lay reader why
the master is considered great.
The book is truly "multum
In parvo." With all its COM
prehensive data and concise.
lively commentary. it is small
enough to fit into handbag.
The traveller should find it in
dispensable in seeking out a
few great masterpieces in his
brief visit to each of many
cities.
The stay-at-home art lover
will find this guide valuable as
an introduction to these great
masters; and art teachers
should find it helpful in class
work.
Washingtonians do not need
to be told how extensive are
our capital city's art treasures.
This guide indicates the fact
once again, as Washington's
listing in the geographical
index is equalled only by New
York City's. F. S. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Too Much Stiff Upper Lip
In New Hutchinson Book

Catherine, absorbing the
idolatry Of her predecessor,
finds out that her husbands
first wife was paralyzed for
most Of her lifetime. And
through her rigid gallantry
she has paralyzed the men
around her.
Mr.. Hutchinson, one of the
deftest English novelists of
the old school, tells the
story with great skill. but with
such constraint that very lit
tie feeling comes through. The
stiff upper lip has been cult
waited to such an extent in
the family that one can
scarcely hear what is being
said. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
ReuI-Life Stories

Real-life stories for the I'M
der-tens. told with humor and
skill, are not as rare as they
used to be. Beverly Cleary, for
instance, has begun to build up
a following for such charac-
tiers as Henry Higgins, Ellen
TebbitS, and Beezus (short for
Beatrice.
In the latest Beverly Cleary
story, BeezuS and Ramona
tMorrow. $3.50 the villain of
the piece is four-year-old
Ramona. Ramona would be
nothing but headache in your
own family. In an expert au-
thor's hands, she is the in
spiration for some very funny
situations. The book will not
be published until September
Z. but it's worth watching for.
So is Catherine Woolley's
story of EHie'S Problem Dog
Morrow. $2.50). Ellie's prob
lens with the stray dog,
Brownie. soon became prob
lens for her whole family.
They were not ready to be pa
tient and loving with a dog
that barked too much, that was
always hungry, that ran away
at the wrong time. However.
as Ellie pointed out to her
father. you kept on loving
me when I was a baby and
made lots of trouble, didn't
you?"
For the younger child, eager
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Very Very English

Another family story Of chill
dren who make interesting
things happen is wrapped up
in a package called The Fam
ily at Dopbiogins by Elfrida
Vipont (Bobbs, Merrill, $2.75),
It's a very. very English story,
by an English author who has
already won their Carnegie
Medal like our Newbery
MedaD for an earlier book,
Lark on the Wing. The home
spun English characters are so
true-to-life and thoroughly
delightful they will win many
friends for our English cousins.
The only sour notes are the
two stock American characters
"a movie actress and her OBJ
noxious manager-who appear
briefly.
Dowbiggins is the name Of
the old farmhouse which the
Conyers family inherited.
Father wasn't much good as a
farmer. He preferred to paint
pictures in the old barn and
fuss with seedlings in the
nursery garden.
Paying Guests? Horrors!
1t was mother who suggested
paying guests. The children
were Mortified. But how else
could they save Dowbiggins?
They couldn't sell the old
place, could they?
Make no mistake. This is no
trite story of saving the family
homestead. The paying guests
were of all sorts, commercial,
musical, suspicious, patroniz-
ing. Every new lot brought
on a crisis of some sort. There
was never a dull moment as
the five children found that
paying guests. even at their
best, could never be ignored.
In the end, they found out that
Mrs. Wilson was right; it
wasn't fair to keep mother and
her wonderful apple pies
strictly for themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04

angular. combining naturalist
tic houses with abstract forms.
Peter Robinson's Tenement
Row" manages to look shabby
despite the blue and violet
color scheme. "Harper's Ferry"
by George Bayliss portrays .
facade of an ugly brown dere-
lict house. very effectively.
Paul Stevens "Decoys" IL
the best Of several still life
paintings. Marcella Comes
BLUE Cloth" is more modern
than usual with her work.
while Beryl CARROTS colorful
still life Is more naturalistic.
Helen Lambert's high-keyed
Quiet Anchor" and Ralph do
Burgos' Mare Nostrum," q
wave-like abstraction with
calligraphic ripples, are arrest
ing interpretations of harbor
and sea,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04

has less interference from
other work in the Mart. AS in
earlier group shows. each
painting Is to be viewed for
itself, there being no common
theme.
Father Alexis Robertson Of
Catholic University. is showing
another abstract Madonna,
painted in black. with a few
essential lines incised. His
ideas about contemporary re-
ligious art. are so sound and
persuasive. that one regrets
their concrete application. as
in this instance, is so unsatis-
flying.
Architectural themes offer
variety. Samuel Bookatz'
Tower Corner" sends sky
scrapers in irridescent colors.
soaring to new heights. Helen
Kirtland's collage" is wholly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
The Past Decade
In Modern Art

THE NEW DECADE: % EU-
ROPEAN PAINTERS AND
SCULPTORS. Edited by An
drew Carnduff Richie. (The
Museum of Modern Art. New
York; SO boards, SITS papero
The artists whose state
ments and works illustrated in
more than 100 black and
white plates, compose this
book, have become prominent
since the end of World War
II. The volume was prepared
in conjunction with an exhi-
bition shown at the Museum
of Modern Art until August,
and soon to open at the
Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
the second of four museums
collaborating in the project.
But as is habitually the case
with such Museum of Modern
Art publications. the book is
complete in itself as an intro
duction to these contemporary
artists.
In his foreword. Mr.. Ritchie
discusses the political back
ground of Europe's past decade
and it's influence upon artists.
He further comments on the
% artists concerned, and the
points in common revealed in
their statements. particularly
the exploration of space.
Mr.. Ritchie considers nine of
the IA painters and one of the
eight sculptors abstract, the
others figuratiVe. From the lay
standpoint. all but three of
them are purely or nearly abb
stract. Statements by a ma
jority Of the artists are as alb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
The Story Of jake Enrich,
Attorney Extruordinoire

led with each case. which gives
the story Of his exploits variety.
He has fought delaying actions
to let public tempers cool,
successfully used bscure
points of law to get his clients
of, done his own detective
work and applied courtroom
pyrotechnics with devastating
effect.
The authors don't make the
mistake Of making all the
prosecutors appear to be fools.
They set up real obstacles for
Mr.. Ehrlich to knock down.
At the same time. they have
been so bemused by their hero
that objectivity is left far be-
hind. They frequently resort
to the naturalization that the
crime itself leaves the perpe-
traitor dead inside and what
use then the gas chamber.
AS authors, they excuse, they
exaggerate, they make their
man a cross between Perry
Mason and Clarence Darrow.
MIRIAM GUTENBERG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
NEYER PLEAD GUILTY. Ry

NEVER PLEAD GUILTY. BY
John Wesley Noble and Ber-
nard ,,Ayerhuch. Farrar,
Strauss q Cudahy; $500
Jake Ehrlich. whose brothers
are in the law, advertising and
the automobile business here.
began practicing law in San
Francisco "a years ago. Ac-
cording to the newspapermen-
authors Of this biography. he
has become a legend. 1.-THE
Master" who has saved from
the hangman or the gas cham
Der Sc persons charged with
taking the lives Of others.
His non-murdering clients
have included such names as
Gene Krupa, Billie Holiday,
Sally Rand. Madge Bellamy
and Alexander Pantages. He
has tangled with Fritz Weide-
mann Of the Nazis, with vice
investigators. with the district
attorney who tried unsuccess-
fully to get him indicted.
His defense tactics have var
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
DIVE. by Rick and Barbara

DIVE. BY Rick and Barbara
Carrier. (Wilfred Funk, Inc. !;
$3.50
1t was a little more than 10
years ago when a Frenchman
named Jacques Y. Cousteau
developed the aqua lung and
opened a whole new world to
man.
His breathing device per-
mitted people for the first time
to dive under water and stay
there at length without con-
tact with the surface. Instead
Of wearing a heavy diving
suit and helmet, one merely
strapped the aqua-lung on
ones back and swan free as
the fishes for an hour or more
under water.
Sweeping the Nation
Two things followed Mr..
Cousteau's invention: First,
man began to rediscover a lost
world-the ocean. which covers
four-fifths OF the globe. And,
second, a new sport, skim
diving, was born.
The newly accessible ocean
is a frontier of unlimited pos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Complete Edition
OF Montesno's Art

MANTEGNA - PAINTINGS,
DRAWING ENGRAV.
INGS. BY E. Tietze-Conrat.
(Phaidon Garden City:
$500
Mantegna was the greatest
North Italian painter of the
18th century, and one Of the
two supremely gifted fresco
painters Of the early Renais-
sance. He had incalculable in
fluence on his contemporaries.
This volume is the first COM
plete edition of his work. re-
producing in 220 illustrations
(S'in colors) all Of his paint
ings, including many inaccess-
ible works and details not re-
produced before, and all his
drawings and engravings. The
monumental wall paintings in
Padua, most of which were de-
stroyed during World War
II, are presented here. along
with many controversial works.
Our National Gallery owns
seven works, some of which
attributions are questioned in
tthiS book.
The catalogue is much more
than a list Of paintings with
the customary data. Descrip-
ton. esthetic appraisal and
conflicting attributions with
the authors own opinions add
to the exhaustive considera-
ton. which will be of interest
only to scholars. students and
other special groups. But the
large gallery of excellent re-
productions recommends the
book to every art lover.
Fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Labor Day Derby

How often have you heard
q youngster say. Nothing
interesting ever happens to
mel" That's Just what Nancy
had been saying the day be-
fore her father read aloud from
the evening paper the an
nouncement of a new event
at the State Fair. a Plug
Horse Derby.
THE unglamorous work.
horse" he, read, will race a
quarter-mile at the Fair
Grounds on Labor Day after
noon. The winner will receive
a prize OF $3.50. Only horses
weighing 1900 pounds or more
will be eligible"
I'm entering Pillow Boy right
here and now" shouted Nancy.
"Plow Boys more than 1900
pounds.
From that moment, Nancy
never complained about the
dizziness Of life on a farm. She
was too busy grooming Pillow
Boy for the big race. She was
sure he could win a Kentucky
Derby If he wanted. Hadn't
he beaten a whole pack OF
riding horses one day? a Be-
sides, Nancy had a secret word
she whispered in his ear when
she wanted him to go really
fast.
Plug-Horse Derby by Emma
Brock (Knopf. $2.50) is a good
story, exciting even for young
sters who are not mad about
horses. The dialogue is so nat
ural, 1t makes easy-reading,
too.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Lively Family Stories
Aid Emotional Security
By BARBARA NOLEN

When the manuscript Of
Little Women was submitted
to a publisher over 80 years
ago. the editor nearly turned it
down because he thought chill
dren would not like to read
about an ordinary family like
themselves. Fortunately. he
tried out the manuscript on
his own children and their
enthusiasm prompted him to
publish the book.
And so Little Women an
swered a need. and started a
trend which has produced
many mediocre limitations and
some enduring favorites like
the MoftGts and the Little
House books. For children
and young people get a feeling
OF emotional satisfaction from
reading about other families,
II the characters are convinc-
ing, II the brothers and sisters
quarrel occasionally. If the
parents are sometimes cross
and absent-niinded.
1t takes "a gifted author
and we have some good, mod
ern ones-to write about ordi-
nary people and dramatic
their daily happenings without
dragging In a rich uncle or a
hidden treasure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
A Gently Written Narrative
Of Southern Shorecroppers
THE LOVED AND THE UN.

THE LOVED AND THE UN-
LOVED. BY Thomas Hal
Phillips. (Harper g. Bros;
So
This is a rare and lovely
thing. a gentle novel about
Southern sharecroppers. Mr..
Phillips writes Of his people
with compassion and under
standing, and without the
eerie melodramatics that have
become almost a hallmark of
Southern fiction.
Childhood Nightmare
Mr.. Phillips never makes an
outright bid for your gym
patty in this steadily moving
story Of q boy with Q club foot,
whose childhood is q night
mare Of suffering and depri-
walton. You are, however,
steadily involved from the
first. Sparely told. but with
an underlying note of tender
ness, lyricism, 1t follows Max
through his youthful ordeals:
the death Of his nice little
brother. Rudy, Ids mi-bond-
age to an inmate Of the old
folks home where his mother
Is cook. his efforts to have his
twisted foot made straight.
A New Vision
Throughout there is the
fatal antagonism between him
and the squire's son, Vance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Richard Avsdon Photo.

Drawing by Emma Brock.
HIGH HOPES-"Who'n win
the workhorse derby?"
Nancy pinned her faith on
Pillow Boy. that weighed in
at 1,s40 pounds.
for real-life stories touched
with Imagination. Catherine
Woolley also writes under the
pen-name. Jane Thayer. Sandy
and the Seventeen Balloons
Morrow. so is good to the
last balloon.
Brother and Sister
The four Carey children
lived in . house without a
mother. But there was family
solidarity, in spite Of brother
and. sister feuds. They lived
in the Red House. "A big,
rambling place. with servants
in the kitchen and rabbits in
the back yard. During the long
summer days, when father
was at the ONCE, the children
were busy stirring up adven-
lures.
For instance. take the day
Theodore had to be nurse
maid to 5-year-old Edie. Or
the time Hubert caught a fox.
Or the time Jane found a gold
piece and they spent 1t all In
one magnificent splurge, with
planked steak and a trip to
the theater.
The story Of the motherless
Carey children, who attacked
each new day with energetic
imagination. Is told with gusto
by a new author. E. C. Spyk-
man. In a book with the pro-
voking title A Lemon and a
Star (Harcourt, $2.75),
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Ceramic BiennioI
Is Placed on View
BY FLORENCE s. BERGMAN

shows most colorful paint
ings. But better than this In
its perceptive capture is the
drawing Of the same baby
coming out Of q nap.
Jewish FoIkwuys
"Folkways In Retrospect"
an exhibition Of paintings by
Abraham Blustein, win open
next Thursday at the Franz
Bader Gallery. 1705 @ street
NV, to remain through Sep
tember 20. It is the artists
first one-man show. Last
autumn. he was represented in
the Baltimore Museums fas-
cinating exhibition Man and
His Years"
Mr.. Blustein was born in
1893 in Biala, Poland. He
came to the United States and
settled in Washington in 1918.
Several years ago he retired
from business at the age Of So
and now devotes himself to
painting. He Is a painstakii1g
artist, and the 20 paintings in
the Bader show are all he has
done in about 2 years. All are
concerned with his memories
Of his native city, It's people
and their customs.
These paintings are prim-
itives, with virtues and limita-
tons commonly found in such
work. But they are sincere
and full Of interest. Further
more, they have an authentic
Jewish quality which is more
than the representation Of
Jewish themes. Mr.. Blustein's
capture Of physiognomies and
facial expressions in some in
stances is striking.
The outstanding work in the
show. to me. is Rabbi with
Golem," the latter q frighten-
ing apparition. beside which
the rabbi appears bowed down
with regret. his posture and
expression tellingly revealed. A
large panorama Of Biala, filled
with people. houses, land
scapes. animals and other de-
tails. and many other group
themes, transcribed wildly and
colorfully, as well as smaller
paintings Of single figures,
were all done from memories
of 40 years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
THE sTEPMoTHER. BY r. c

THE STEPMOTHER. BY r. c.
Hutchinson. (Rinehart g.
Co.; $500
The mood here is autumn
nal. Catherine de Lauzun, at
46. married an upright British
civil servant in the twilight Of
their lives. He is the widower
Of a remarkable woman. q
paragon Of beauty and cour-
age, who In a very real sense
haunts the house to which he
brings his middle-aged bride.
There are other problems.
Stephen. his son. In o mood
Of quixotic gallantry. proposes
to marry the widow Of q SOL
der whom he has killed in a
At Of rage at the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
MARJORIE MORNINGSTAR


BY Herman. Wouk. (Dou-
bleday; $3.50
One thing is very clear this
morning. Nobody Is going to
have to write a novel about
middle-class Jewish life in
Manhattan again in a hurry.
Herman Wouk has composed q
veritable "War and Peace"
about that warm, special world.
right here.
A pageant Of festivals,
funerals, and folkways wind
ing through kosher hotels,
borscht-circuit camps. bar
mitzvahs. seders and engage
ment parties unfolds as o back
drop to this long. loving novel
about a pretty Jewish girls
search for a husband. Mr..
Wouk has firmly turned his
back on the stormy. gold seas
of 1.-THE Game Mutiny" to
chronicle - and not always
sparing the schmalz-the en-
folding ritual Of Jewish fam
lily life.
Jumping With Joy
From this background comes
his heroine, radiant as q lilac.
ordinary as a daisy and slightly
stage struck. This is Marjorie
Morgenstern, who wants the
name In lights to be Marjorie
Morningstar. Marjorie, when
we meet her in the gilded
towers of FL Dorado Cher i'm
migrant family has trium-
phantly moved from the Bronx
to Central Park Vest is II.
She Is, you will be happy to
hear, one adolescent heroine
over whom the reader is not ex-
pected to brood and Groom.
Marjorie is no blossom finch
ing and cringing at each new
slight Of the rawhide whip Of
life. No. indeed; she is. when
we meet her, fairly jumping
with Joy.
Marjorie is the dream girl
Of Sandy Goldstone. Of Neil
Vein, and Of George Drobes. q
2l-year-old graduate Of c. C.
Ny. A sophomore at Hunter
"a drawback, but not insur-
mountable). sho knocks them
dead at Columbia. All that
anyone In the clan from the
highest to the lowest expects
of Marjorie is for her to be
married. Mr.. Wouk, rightly
impressed with the seriousness
of the problem, devotes almost
six hundred pages to it. His
book is epic in length. if not
always in content.
Marjorie's mother MASTER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
HERMAN WoUK CONES ASHORE
Novel Of Jewish Family
Is Valentine to Virtue

minds the project. She is
q wonderful character, sar-
donic. searching, unshameable.
Mammals creed is simply ex-
pressed: Sometimes one little
push makes all the difference"
Mama has some Of the quail
ties Of q great general, others
Of q demon cross-examiner.
The mother daughter bicker-
ings that run through the tale
have an Enthusiastically uni
versal quality. Marjorie's
father, the tired businessman.
Just dotes.
Marjorie. pursued by o host
Of eligibles. works out rules for
necking while Mama mentally
composes wedding invitations.
Unerringly she sets her heart
on Noel Airman (nee Saul
Ehrmann, acceptable only be-
cause he Is Judge Ehrmann's
SOM. whom she meets at a
summer camp rightly called
"Sodom" by her mama. Noel
is not the marrying kind. He
has left a wake Of destruction
through West Side maiden
hood. He is resolved to be
trapped by no Shirley what
soever into suburban respec-
liability. Marjorie being. as he
says. "a good little Jewish
beauty" has a terrible time
trying to make up her mind
whether she should or she
shouldn't accept the half a
loaf Frankly offered by Noel.
She wavers for almost 400
pages while Noel. the candid
cad, the fltful genius. the elu-
sive wolf that every girl viii
recognize, dazzles and dizzies
her.
/. Labored Episode
Once that Hateful question
is decided. the rest Of Mar
jorie's story is q bit anti-cli-
mactic-a rather labored cpl
sode to awaken her to the
plight Of Jews in Hitler's Ger
many. We see Marjorie at last
as we always knew we would.
as the central figure In the
Lowenstein Catering Co.'S
No. l $500 wedding.
Women should like MAR
jorie Morningstar" as much as
men liked The Game Mutiny."
It is q Valentine to virtue, to
responsibility, to the impor-
lance Of being married. THE
Voice of the Turtle" and the
Kinsey report notwithstand-
ing, Mr.. Wouk has come out
solidly on the side of good
girls. and they win be CRATE
full. MARY McGRORY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
ART BOOK REVIEWS
Valuable New Handbook
For American Art Lovers

stract as their paintings or
sculpture. Although some Of
them emphasize the necessity
Of contact with nature, they
seem essentially introverted In
their intellectuality.-F. S. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Summer Group

The Artists Mart. 1861 Wis
consin avenue, Georgetown,
opened its second summer
show two weeks ago, which
will run only through Tues
day. 1t is smalle. and better
hung than the first group. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Pan American Show

An exhibition Of paintings
by Luce TURNER was opened
last month at the Pan Ameri-
can Union by the Ambassador
Representative Of Haiti on
the Council Of the Organiza-
ton Of American States. and
Nine. Love Leger. The show
will close next Friday.
Nearly 80 paintings and
drawings reveal her indi-
viduality and command Of her
media. Her work is character
tied as neither traditional nor
modern. She shows portraits.
figures. landscapes, interiors,
flowers and still life. But the
most arresting and numerous
are her studies of old French
people. mostly women. in
meager circumstances, whom
she portrays both as indi-
viduals and as types of an age
group. Many Of these portrait
heads are heroic in size. One
Of the best is No. 4, q search
ing study Of old age: The
craggy features, gentle. rather
vacant eyes, huddled shoul-
ders. gesture Of hands. Nine.
TURNER studied in France on
a grant. The catalogue gives
biographical data about her.
Her interior and flower
paintings are also well done.
the latter held to quiet sim
pie color schemes, mostly
green's, white and gray, which
have subtle decorative appeal.
The landscapes are. the least
interesting of her works. being
much simplified and somewhat
sketchy. Obviously people are
Nine. Turner's major interest.
A portrait of her infant
daughter asleep is one of the