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What the Negro Has Added
To Americas Way Of Life

championing of the spiritual,
which actually is white in orig
in. Certainly Vincent Lopez
and Ferdi Grofe deserve no
mention in any work that ne
elects Buddy Bolden, Fate
Marable. Kid Dry, Benny Mo-
ten and Jimmy Lunceford IAN
other whose name is misspelled
in the book.
1t also is puzzling that a Ne
gro writer can describe the
Paul Whiteman 1924 concert
as "epoch-making," and yet
ignore King divers triumphs
in Chicago. the pioneering of
Pinetop Smith. the honesty Of
Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith,
and the explosive impact Ito
white consciences) Of Strange
Fruit" sung by Billie Holiday.
These peccadilloes. however,
do not detract terribly from
the whole book. and If the
reader will skip Chapters on
Negro music, he will find the
remaining chapters on the Ne
gro in drama. art. fiction, poe
try and folklore well worth his
time.
DAVID KOONCE.
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Museum School. He is studying
under the CT bill.
Denis Bourland's brightly
colored paintings have archi-
tectural patterns and strongly
defined detail. A graduate of
George Washington University,
he has studied since 1851 at
the Corcoran. and has won
many awards. In May he won
first prize in the Lahey class
of drawing and painting. He
also won first prize in the COM
mercial art class and a schol-
arship to the Skowhegan Sum-
mer School for the best over
all work.
Mcdonald Smiths compost
tionS are soft of color and
definition, including two still
lifes and a forceful study en-
titled Fish Market" He
studied at Corcoran during
the last year under Mr.. Lewis
after previous training. He won
second prize in drawing and
painting in May, and the Eu-
gen Weisz memorial scholar
ship for 1861. Mr.. Smith is
a medical illustrator at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Unusual Texture
An unusual texture acquired
through the use of underpaint
marks Harry Tschudina's alb
stractions, the most striking Of
which is THE Birth of Life"
A native of Hawaii. he studied
briefly in Honolulu before COM
ing to this country, He at
tended the National School of
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NeAeAeo1f N|f ~ NAAN ~@e0eeeE@ee
with another novel which
should please as many readers,
If not more.
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER
DIE (Atlantic-Little, Brown;
$500 explores amusingly and
yet with more than touch Of
pathos another nest of cock
ney characters.
No one has assayed this rich
field so well since w. w. Jacobs
wrote about the tenants of
sailors boarding houses and
the clients of waterfront pubs.
In "Old Soldiers Never Die"
most Of the action---and there
Is action. take 1t from me-
occurs in a public dump,
which. with its bordering
buildings, is administered by
the town council. The period
is Just after the second war,
and the damage wrought by
the blitz is still evident every
where. The Waterman Of the
dump and its environ. a World
War / veteran, is known To-
cally as the Old Cock.
valuable Junk
Now the Old Cock may have
his failings. He's apt to take
a pint too many when he's in
funds, and sometimes he gets
into arguments, rather heated
ones. over-well, most any,
thing. But he has a generous
heart. See how he looked after
the mysterious fellow they
called Arp (after Air Raid
Precautions), who had been
smashed up in the blitz. Poor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
THE NEGRO In AMERICAN

THE NEGRO IN AMERICAN
CULTURE. BY Margaret
Just Butcher. (Alfred A.
Knopf; $4.5O.)
The story, as Mrs. Butcher
tells it, of how Negro music,
dance and folklore came to us,
Of the Negroes struggle to rep
resent himself In art, litera-
ture. music and drama, despite
prejudices both subtle and
openly vicious. has a fascinat-
ing, epic quality about it.
There are only two things
that mar this otherwise excep-
tional work. The first is only
annoying. 1t is a carelessness
with small details: the double
miSspelling of names-Cy Olli-
yer for Sy Oliver, Jack Stacey
for Jess Stacy-and the small
confusions such as the origin
of songs-ThereIl Be a Hot
Time in (the) Old Town To-
night, and st. James Infirmary
Blues.
The authors most serious
failing is when she reveals a
classic ignorance of jazz-her
races greatest single contribu-
ton to our culture. despite her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

capacity for concise descrip-
tive writing-invaluable traits
in a novelist.
Racial Theme
Her story is concerned with
a Negro family in a Southern
town. The Blakes are admired
by most of the colored people
because they manage so well
and their children are rising
within their limited world
the oldest daughter is a coll
lege graduate and a teacher.
The white people like the
Blakes because they are indus
trious. pleasant and never step
out of bounds. The father,
Asa. is what some liberals
would call an Uncle Tom"
He works as chauffeur and all
around man for a white fam
lily. He has no use for colored
people who try to take over
the prerogatives Of white peo-
pie. Unfortunately his eldest
son. Caleb, has grown up with
radical ideas. He won't be a
servant for whites, but prefers
the Understanding toll of hus-
ting freight for the railroad.
When the Supreme Courts
decision outlawing segregation
is announced, Caleb forms an
organization of young coll
ored men dedicated to seeing
that the decree is enforced.
He sinks deeper and deeper
into a secret life of radical
plotting, carrying his ideas to
the point of going around with
a willing tramp of white girl.
Asa disapproves deeply and
tries to change his sons ways,
but succeeds only in arousing
Caleb's anger.
Implausible Ending
The denouement is not what
you might guess. Caleb and
friends are not waylaid and
mistreated by white people.
Except for some brief glimpses,
there are no white persons in
the story. But, in the climax,
the father. Asa. does a GER
tain thing which seemed to
me completely incredible.
There was nothing in his char
acter. as developed carefully
by the author, to suggest that
he ever would have or could
have done such a thing. Nat
urally an ending that strikes
you as something that never
could have happened detracts
from your belief in the whole
story and impairs to an I'M
fortunate extent its effective
ness.
But I'm convinced that Miss
Daniels will do a better novel.
She has the ability. She is the
daughter of Jonathan Daniels,
editor of the Raleigh News and
Observer, and the granddaugh-
ter of Josephus Daniels. who
edited the paper and was Sec
rotary of the Navy under Pres
ident Wilson.
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attended the Art Institute in
Chicago in the early 1905,
While her husband was in
medical school and in service
she did commercial art work
in Chicago. San Francisco and
San Antonio, including fashion
illustration.
In Many Area Shows
After coming to this area,
she was engaged in medical
illustration work, including
medical exhibit design for the
Army Medical Service. She
also studied with Robert Gates
at American University. Her
work has been seen in a num-
Der Of area shows.
The Weyls joined the
Georgetown church after COM
ing here, and 1t was at the sug-
gestion Of the Rev. DR.. Russell
Cartwright Stroup, the minis
ter, after ne saw some Of Mrs.
Weyl's sketches, that she I'M
dertook the murals.
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Arp can't remember who he
is, and he can no longer talk,
but he can hear and under
stand what's said to him, you
can just bet.
The Old Cock showed Arp
how to salvage the more valu-
able pieces of junk. The two of
them made a good thing out of
selling these assorted treasures
to dealer. 1t kept them in
food, with an occasional bot
tie to make them feel better
about an ungrateful world.
Then when an American
movie producer, down on his
luck, rented what was. left of
the fine old buildings and
started to shoot a cheap
quickie for a fast buck, there
really was excitement around
the dump. And about that
time the Old Cock met a Wild
der woman who was a marvel
Gus cook and things looked
glowing-for a while.
The Old Cocks bette noir,
and he could have called him
just that-he had fragments of
an amazing vocabulary-was
Mr.. Bates, the town councils
inspector. The old soldier and
Mr.. Bates enjoyed a mutual
dislike. Each thought of the
other as an old CRATER, and
neither was reticent in ex-
pressing this view. So there
was trouble for the Old Cock
here and there, but he was a
hard man to keep down.
A Neglected Field
And what did this genera
ton OF young upstairs know
about real men who had been
through Mons and lived to
tell about It?
Mr.. Mankowitz may never
appeal to quite so large a pub
lie as w. w. Jacobs had in his
day The Mankowitz method
is more subtle and perhaps re-.
quires closer attention to ex-
tract all the amusing sugges-
lions lurking in the text. But
the new author should amaSs
an increasing number Of CRATE
tul readers as he prods on
through a field largely neg
lected in recent years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Young Talent

The Corcoran Gallery of
Arts exhibition, Young Tai
ent." running through october
Z, is designed to show a cross
section Of the work Of a few
promising students, rather than
a selection of the best single
works Of the years Art School
production.
Five painters and two sculp-
tors. students at the Corcoran
School of Art and residents of
the Washington area, are rep
resented in the showing, which
covers a wide range of style.
Jurors were Mrs. Alice
Grseme Korff of the American
Institute of Architects; Miss
Florence Bergman, art critic
of The Star; Hermann War
ner Williams, director of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art. and
Horace Hotchkiss, keeper of
the Clark Collection.
Figure Paintings
There is a group Of figure
paintings by Alyse Koylan, who
has studied during the last
year at the Corcoran with John
Chapman Lewis. She previ-
ously studied at the Jepson
Art School. Colorado School OF
Fine Arts. and the Art Stu
dents League in New York. She
won first prize in the Lewis
class of drawing and painting
last May.
In contrast to her simplified
realism are the colorful abb
stractions of Odell Wooten,
who entered the Corcoran
school in March. 1855, and
studied with Heinz Warneke
and Jessalee Sickman. Previ-
ously. he spent a year and a
half at the Worcester Art
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possible, enlivened by school,
boys. soldiers, strolling pedes-
TRANS and horses, to avoid the
appearance Of architectural
drawings.
Georgian Design
The panels promise to At
happily into the original Geor-
gian design Of the newly re-
stored church. planned under
the direction of Lorenzo S.
Winslow. former architect Of
the White House.
Mrs. Weyl began planning
the muralS to represent the
four corners as seen from the
intersection Of M and Thirtieth
streets at the time the first
church was built. Research
failed to develop the appear
ance Of one of the corners,
however, so Mrs. Weyl took
some license with location in
presenting some buildings con-
nected with the church's his
tory.
She shows the former house
at Thirty-third and N streets
of the first minister, DR.. Balch,
who had been Capt. Balch of
the Maryland Volunteers and
who was a friend and corre-
spondept of Washington. The
boys in this painting might
well be the nephews of WASH
ingtor who attended the school
established by the church and
known as Columbia Academy.
Lincoln-DunlOp House
In the same panel is the So
called incoln-Dunlop house,
occupied at the time of the
church construction by fore
bears of the Walker Dunlop
family, members of which still
are in the church today.
Another panel depicts the
church as it stood in 1921 on
Bridge street-now M street.
The church was moved in 1871
to the 3100 block of P street,
. where it is now located.
Churchgoers stroll through the
scene, against the background
of the harbor.
The next scene presents
buildings restored about three
years ago diagonally across
from where the church for
merly was located at Thirtieth
and M streets. Mrs. Weyl's re-
search indicated they origi-
nally were pre-Revolutionary
buildings, and she pictures
them as the shops they might
have been about 1920. The
Old Stone House on M street,
the object of a Government
restoration effort promoted by
civic and patriotic groups, also
appears in this mural.
Old Union House Inn
The fourth panel is of the
old inn called the Union House
or Union Hotel. which stood
until recent years as an apart
ment building. Mrs. Weyl
found a front view picture and
changed the perspective with
the help of a street plan.
There is a parade of soldiers
going by, dressed in the uni
form Of the War of 1912.
The artist is using fiat wall
enamel, mixed with a great
deal Of white in order to keep
the murals light and bright,
but not so prominent as to
overpower the room.
She expects that by the time
the paintings are finished
about December-she will have
spent more than $50 hours at
the task.
The wife of surgeon, DR..
Leonard Weyl. the artist has
been a resident of the WASH
ington area since 1919. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
CRIME AND MYSTERY
By BETTY MILES

eighth sense, along with an
amazing sense Of smell, to
interpret the most prepos-
ferrous clues. The story is out
landish and an insult to the
intelligence. We enjoyed every
minute of it.
THE MAN WHO DIDN'T FLY.
BY Margot Bennett. liar
pers; So
Deaths must be documented,
the author reminds, and in
this case there we're three
deaths to be shared out
among four men. Where was
the fourth, who should have
been on the doomed plane to
Ireland but wasn't? Each had
his reason for leaving.
Charles Wade and his two
daughters. who knew all four
men, reconstruct the events
that led to the flight to help
police solve the riddle. A COM
plicated. unusual story -
really, a web of stories-with
well-developed characters and
wit.
f.
THE VOICE OF MURDER. BY
Margaret Erskine. Double
day 81 Co.: $2.75.)
The widowed heireSs lies
dead of poison, her relatives
act peculiarly and her neice
struggles to recall what she
heard on the murder night
so shocking she can't remem-
Der it. From a slow start, ten
sions and corpses pile up to a
hectic finale. complete with
murderer stalking distressed
damsel through empty house.
So many players you need a
Scorecard, but otherwise
smoothly executed. M. o.
WILDFIRE AT MIDNIGHT.
BY Mary Stewart. (Apple-
ton : Century Crofts, Inc;
$500
Like a fantastic dream is
this tale of murder to propi-
tate a mountain on the Isle Of
Skye. A gigantic bonfire, a
column of fire. attracts men
on Blaven Mountain. BY the
TIME they reach the scene, the
fire has died, but a young girl
lies in the charred remains
with her throat cut, hands
crossed. and ashes scattered
over her. One of the civilized
guests at the hotel is obviously
mad and a murderer. There
are other sacrifices to Blaven
before heroine Gianetta Brooke
helps find the killer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Fine First Novel

CALEB. MY. SON, by Lucy
Daniels Lippincott; $2.75), a
first novel by a 22-year -old
North Carolinian. is interest
ing more for its promise than
for what it achieves.
In this brief novel. Miss
Daniels shows a decided flair
for Characterization and a fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16

1NCPAiCA 0AOOlnCi DdlCll ME-
mortal Hall. She is painting
them, as she puts it, "a little
bit primitive looking = as
though they might have been
done in 1920. The perspective
is quite fiat, not very intense.
At the same time. the art
list is working to make the
paintings as unmechanical as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
IOne-VoIume Education
THE NEW OUTLINE OF
MODERN KNOWLEDGE. ed-

Aub VIEW w lLANE Of
MODERN KNOWLEDGE, ed
tied by Alan Pryce-Jones
F.. (Simon and Schuster: So ex-
amines for the layman, in
readable form. the arts and
sciences Of the goth century.
The subjects, each dealt with
by an authoritative writer,
are subdivided into philosophy
and metaphysics, science, art,
politics and economics and
law. The contributors have
managed to present their COM
pick subjects in a lucid way.
Mr.. Pryce-Jones is editor of
the London Times Literary
Supplemental, B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
MuroIs Are Landmarks
In Church Restoration
By HARRIET GRIFFITHs

Scenes from the days Of its FIRST construction in 1921 are
being recreaed In mas at the handsomely restored George
town Presbyterian Church by young artist the
congregation.
Nancy Weyl turning from her abstract style of
painting is brushing the muras the walls the churchs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
STATE OF SIEGE. B,

STATE OF SIEGE. BY Eric
Amber. (Knopf; $500
The day is saved by Mr..
Ambler'S ability to tell a story
ANY story. This particular
one just possibly originated
around one Of the first camp
fires known to man. It's oft
told enough. All about revo-
luton and betrayal and the
people in the middle. Dateline:
Southeast Asia.
4 X 4
ANGELS RANSOM. BY David
Dodge. (Random House;
$500
Mundane mystery in Monaco.
The new book by the author of
ITO Catch a Thief" hangs on
the well-worn peg Of the arro-
CANT rich man and his guests
who are kidnapped on his
yacht by a psycopathic crimi-
nal. The Angel is the yacht,
and Sam Blake its captain and
hero. All the usual things hap
pen in the war of nerves before
it's land no! again.
\ \ 4
A MATTER OF FACT. BY
Herbert Brean. Morrow;
$500
A well done story with a
ring of reality about a young
police officer who allows him.
self to be talked into an un-
ethical arrest. Lauded for the
capture of infamous Harry
Derby for the murder of an
elderly woman, O'Neill Ryan
can't stifle doubts that finally
drive him to prove. in spite Of
the most damaging evidence,
that Derby, sentenced to die,
did not commit the crime.
Good Characterization. good
pace. and a fine wedding Of
style and story.
+ y = \
DEATH TO SLOW MUSIC.
BY Beverley Nichols. &c. p.
Dutton; $685.
Sherry did strange things
to Horatio Green. It made
him feel like Sherlock Holmes.
He should have been abashed,
but he wasn't, because after
all he was like Sherlock
Holmes. His talent for mys-
terry was incredible. After
opening on a tabloid note-a
"ghost train" in an English
amusement park emerges
from the tunnel with a MUIR
dered young woman aboard
the story shifts to the band
of suspects. leading lights all
in an operetta. Mr.. Green en-
ploys a sixth, seventh and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-16
Books
Exploring q New Nest
Of Cockney Characters
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Wolf Mankowtz the Oxford British antique dealer
and ceramics authority turned writer had readers in Eng
land andsAmerica chuckng wstfuy "A Kid for Two
things" is moment a new movie Now he appears
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SEAT
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Summers light green gaiety is
ebbing into the browns, red and
yellows of autumn, and nature
seems to be turning its efforts to
one last colorful panorama before
the winter sleep. The mellow sun
of Indian summer-harbinger of
cold wintery winds and icicleS on
the eves-warmS right through
your shirt. Many of the people you
know, friends and neighbors, will
be sure to journey into the back
country to see as much as possible
of the autumn hueS.
So, come Saturday or Sunday on
a day described above, you will
wheel the old bus out of the gar
age and join your neighbors in the
trek to the fall nature show. There
is no particular destination; just
a drive in the country and a little
sightseeing tour for the family.
There will be a great tenpta-
tion to start that sightseeing tour
on the streets right outside your
driveway streets where many
children are playing in a gay
weekend respite from school ses-
sionS. There will be a great temp
tation to start that sightseeing
tour on the main highway - the
highway where autumn vacation
ers speed on their way without
taking the time to see other motor
lists or autumn's colors.
Don't be tempted. The National
Safety Council reports that 6 of 10
fatal accidents occur within 25
miles of the fatally injured per-
sons home. Deaths that occur on
quiet streets where children play
and the highway near the city
limits.
Remember, those things with
which we are most familiar are Of
ten the most dangerous because we
have lost our respect for the de-
structive qualities they inherit
when misused.
The trip to the country is won
derful, relaxing way to spend the
weekend. 1t is a way to have fun
and forget the cares of the day.
But when you get into your car,
don't Immediately relax. Be alert
on your drive to the country, and
when you arrive, pull well off the
road, step out and enjoy the view.
It feels good to stretch your legs
after drive out from town. Take
a brief stroll up the nearest hill
side. The rustic of dry grass and
leaves underfoot is part of enjoy
ing autumn. The stroll brings you
closer to nature and is much safer
than dividing your attention be-
tween the road and the scenery.
And try to be home before dark.