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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1956-03-02
PLAIN TALK
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tianity that the Christ concept is
almost inherent" in those who
have been brought up to know
Jesus as deity God was one
who filled us with awe, fear and
reverence in our childhood, but
Christ was someone we could put
our finger on who helped sick
and blind people by working mir
acleS (Which we thoroughly be-
heved in)." To people born into
Christianity the Christ idea is as
evident as the trees and flowers
around u.s." Mrs. Rosenthal says.
'"This concept of Christ is, as l
understand it, the only major
obstacle confronting religious diff
ferenceS, insofar as husband and
wife of mixed marriage are con-
cerned."
Mrs. Rosenthal believes she has
found the way to meet and over
come this obstacle. Her children
will be JewishlY brought up but
they will know something. too. Of
their mothers religion II am
going to tell them how their
mother was taught. I certainly
will not attempt TO confuse them.
or even have them believe what I
believe. I merely want them TO
know what many other people
believe about Christ.
~ could readily embrace the
Jewish faith and follow it's teach
ings and beliefs. However, no
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l2-FT. Wolverine boat, and accessories;
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Artist From Turkey

Mhemed Nejad Melih Dew
rim, a distinguished Turkish
painter, came to Washington a
fortnight ago for a brief So
journ, and showed a small COL
lection of his paintings at the
Offices of the Turkish Embassy.
He has travelled extensively and
has exhibited throughout Eu-
rope also in New York City.
In 1916 he was one of rs
painters selected to represent
Turkey in the International
UNESCO exhibition in Paris.
He has lived there for the past
decade. has participated ac-
lively. and is represented in the
Musee dart Moderne. He is
the subject Of a monograph by
Georges Boudaille, published in
Paris.
Nejad's work is abstract ex-
pressionist. He has turned
against geometrical abstract
painting, seeks a point of
junction between the art Of
the Middle East and that of
the School of Paris. One of
the most interesting Of the
paintings he showed, employs
calligraphy as a bridge to abb
straction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Artist Eye Views

Julie Halloran Rush, who
had her first washington solo
exhibition at the American
Newspaper Women's Club in
1858, is having her second at
George Washington Univer-
sity Library, 1923 G street.
through December 81. (Closed
today through Wednesday,
Mrs. Rush has travelled ex-
tensively, and her watercolors
reflect the beauty and pictur-
sequences Of the many places
in which she has lived or visit
ed. Among her best in the
current show are Approach
ing Storm" panoramic views
of Taxco, Mexico. and PAN
ANA City" and THE Queen
Ann"
At least a quarter of this
show of 66 watercolors is de-
voted TO washington. There
are portraits" of the Lin
coin Memorial and other mon
uments, Of busy streets, parks
and the waterfront. and old
Georgetown houses. Other
cheerful captures range from
Panama and Mexico to India;
and in the United States, from
Vermont to Michigan.
Julie has a flexible repre-
Sensational technique, gener-
ally crisp and sparkling; some
times she obtains her effects
on wet paper, again with a
dry brush, using ink lines to
emphasize details,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

Domino Gallery, 1923 Wiscon-
sin avenue. Georgeto W n,
through Thursday. The artist.
now on the faculty OF the
Brooklyn Museum School, has
been the recipient here of the
Washington Printmakers'
BEST of Year" award in 1854,
and purchases in the Pennell
exhibitions at the Library Of
Congress in 1855 and last
spring.
More than 20 etchings and
aquatints. and few water
colors, are hanging in the
Domino Gallery, while as many
more items are in portfolios.
which are shown on request.
They include heads and fig
ures, landscapes and urban
scenes, the last mostly of New
York and Brooklyn. Hester
Street" is my preference of his
black-and-white prints. Most
are in colors. which he paints
on the plate at one time. so
that a single impression regis
tiers all of them.
His watercolors are loosely
handled, and have a casual
charm, we'll Sexemplified in
Mexico" a glimpse of rocky
coast, with the rocks embel-
lished with calligraphic ink
lines.
Mr.. Bilander was born in
Poland G919), came to the
United States in his late teens,
and studied at the National
Academy, Columbia University
and the Art Students League
Of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Adams Biography Considered
One of the Years Finest

years-there is talk about what
to do with ex-Presidents.
Adams solved that one more
than 100 years ago. He came
back as a member Of the House
from Massachusetts. He served
term after term and with con-
siderable distinction. He was
inclined. says Prof. Bemis. TO
be q little self-righteous and
the reader will see between the
lines here that he was often,
too. more than a little pomp-
Gus. He was conscientious, II
cumbersome, intellectually, but
as a public figure he was not
without appealing qualities.
His biographer is fair but
frank. He had about as much
sense Of humor as his great
patron. George Washington,
and that was precious little"
Prof. Bemis first volume won
the Pulitzer Prize for bioera-
ply In 1850. This one u q
worthy successor.
EDWIN TREBLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

for his outstanding ability in
his field.
Although only 81 years have
passed since the death Of John
Singer Sargent, he has long
seemed a figure Of the past,
who portrayed an era that died
with World War I.
The author Of this biogra-
ply, himself a portraitist,
spent five years Of continuous
effort to uncover the facts Of
a mans existence" Since
Mr.. Mount assembled a mass
of material not available to
earlier writer's on Sargent
diaries, private papers. hum
dreds Of letters, ETC.. and per-
sonal interviews with people
who had known Sargent, the
claim that this is the definitive
life Of the portraitist seems
valid. The volumes most val
liable feature as a reference,
it seems to me. is its most COM
plete catalogue of Sargent's
works in oil. to date.
FactuaI Evaluati0n
Writing a biography Of q
subject, not personally known,
has disadvantages. but also
compensations, such as de-
tachment and reliance on facts.
Without troubling the reader
with numbers or footnotes, the
author has isolated a mass of
corroborative data as an APP
pendix.
The dominant impression Of
Sargent's life is the procession
through it of important peo-
pie. These personality vignettes
hold the readers attention
throughout what might seem
otherwise an overlong account.
Sargent himself energies para
doxically as somewhat pathetic,
frustrated and dissatisfied with
his achievements other than
his murals. Indeed, while 1t is
obvious that Mr.. Mount wrote
with admiration and enthusi-
asm. he actually cut almost
everyone down to lifesize or
less. Or perhaps it just seems
so to those of US who never
knew personally these artists,
social leaders, financial en-
perors, royalty. nobility, states
men and all the rest. but heard
Of them as remote and CLAM
orous people.
And Sargent himself, to re-
call the comment on Monet,
seems to have been chiefly q
remarkably penetrating eye
and a marvelously skillful hand.
Washington has good num-
Der Of portraits and other
paintings by Sargent: In the
White House, the United States
Capitol. the National Gallery,
National Collection Of Fine
Arts, Freer Gallery. Corcoran
Gallery and private homes. 1t
is regrettable that some, at
least. have not been brought
together in a memorial show
this wear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

er's bright "Pansies," and sew
eral others.
Pleasing to conservative
tastes are Margaret Appich's
sunny view of 20 Street
Bridge" Marjorie Phillips
lush Garden" Margaret
Gates decorative "Flowering
Meadow" John Gernand's
moody "Thistles" and Prentiss
Taylor's charming watercolor
of boats under the arch Of
a bridge. Leonard Maurer's
green and gold tapestry Sun
and Apples" should captivate
everyone who has spent a late
summer afternoon in an or
chard full of color and
fragrance.
Art lovers who prefer mod
ern movements ought to like
Mitchell Jamieson's Rock
Section" with its pattern OF
qualification in gold and
brown; Robert Gates abstract
expressionist 81 dsca p e."
with nuances of orange. yell
low and green; Alfred Nc
Adams still Life" which
though abstract, give a fig
urative impression; Mobiles
Roof Tops" and (my prefer
ence Of all the modern paint
ings) Mary Orwen's "Berk-
shire Lake" with its fiat color
areas and serene atmosphere.
This show will be open
through December for the
benefit of recipients Of Christ
mas checks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
"A Soldiers Letters
Fail to Give True
Picture of War
REBEL BOAST. BY Manly
Wade Wellman. Henry Holt
g. Co.; $685.

REBEL BOAST. BY Manly
Wade Wellman. Henry Holt
g. Co.; $685.
First at Bethel, last at
Appomattox" is the rebel boast
of the title of this Civil War
study, based on the personal
letters and diaries of some
stalwart North Carolinians of
the literate persuasion. They
fought at Big Bethel-some-
thing of a minor skirmish-on
the Peninsula in 1861, then
went home when their six
months enlistments were up.
confident that the war was
over. 1t wasn't.
This is an interesting but
hardly fascinating work on
the doings. goings. comings,
sayings and thinkings Of a
few upper crust" soldiers Of
the Confederacy. AS a window
on the motivations of the mid
dling-wealthy planter class Of
the Old North State, it has its
value. But as any accurate in
dication of the personality Of
the shoeless Johnnys of the
South's hard-bitten armies, it
lacks almost everything.
And it may be doubted, as
men living today who have
served in the ranks of our
Nations armies we'll known,
that the letters Of a soldier to
his father and brother and
sweetheart reveal very much
of what war is really like.
FRED THEROUX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Qualified Teacher
THE CITY OF THE LIVING.

THE CITY OF THE LIVING.
BY Wallace Steener. tHough-
ton Mifiin: So
If there is one thing the
prolific Mr.. Stegner's new coll
lection Of short stories will do
II Is TO establish beyond a rea-
sonable doubt that he Is en-
minently qualified TO teach
creative writing at Stanford
University - which he does.
Master Of the well-turned
phrase, the author moves
swiftly through eight short
stories, dipping sometimes into
seamy depths. sometimes lift
ing to stark realism on higher
levels. He tends In all OF
them 10 arrive at no partlc-
ularly gratifying closing--but
they're GOOD. &C. X.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

Joseph tNaylor; $40
Mr.. Joseph is no novice, but
has produced four previous
novels, at least two of them
healthy sellers. In "Lud
Daingerf1eld" he has written
an appealing novel. 1t has fine
qualities and few important
faults. 1t is, at its best mo-
ments, moving.
1t is concerned with neither
clarifying nor belittling Texas
land how, after all, can you
belittle TexasO, efforts which
Texas authors apparently leave
to outside writer's. 1t is es-
sentially a character study and
an excellent one. Most of the
story takes place in San An
tonic, no parvenu of a city, but
one in which old Spanish and
American frontier traditions
are woven charmingly.
Stays on Course
In these days when novels
are written backwards. OBJ
liquely, any way but straight
forward, it's pleasant to find
one that starts at the begin
ming and moves ahead to the
end. without q single fash
back or sidelook.
We meet Ludwell DANGER
field. who prefers to be called
Lud and usually is, when he is
7 and he arrives in San An
tonic with his mother. They
have come from Virginia,
where Lud's father died before
he could remember. The Wild
ow is well-heeled, beautiful
and INSCRIPTIONS. Just as she
hated Lud's father, she de-
tests the boy She soon I'M
loads him on her estranged
father. a wealthy rancher near
San Angelo. Lud's happiest
boyhood years take place on
this ranch, where his grand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND
THE UNION. BY Samuel
Flagg Bemis. ALFRED A.
Knopf; s8.75.
This book must take a place
among the most distinguished
biographies Of 1856. It is long
and scholarly. but 1t has both
brilliant perception and careful
analysis.
John Quincy Adams had al
ready had a distinguished ca
reer as diplomat and Secretary
Of State when he was elected
President. This volume, the
second In Prof. Bemis' basic
biography" Of Adams. begins
with the presidential term. 1t
covers the relationships be-
tween Adams and Clay and
Jackson. and goes in dramatic
detail into the building Of
Adams slow but determined
and inevitable position on
slavery.
Often in Washington-espe.
eially in certain Inauguration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

you heard the Bulgarian dele
gate describing how the mis-
guided" Hungarian refugees
were clamoring to return to the
homeland. telling of the pres
sure" to which they were being
subjected in the camps of i'm
perialistic international adven-
turers" to stay away from the
happy homeland.
1t is at moments like these
that words lose their meaning.
X y \ X
Singing Words
People elsewhere, however,
are still fashioning phrases of
an aptpess and vivid truth that
makes them leap of the print
ed page. We give you as an
example of peerless felicity the
three words used by drama
critic Walter Kerr of the New
York Herald Tribune to de-
scribe Miss Ethel Norman. He
called her in a recent review
1.-THE living bugle."
Such things restore ones
faith in the alphabet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Gift Paintings

Variety of techniques and
themes gives the Christmas
exhibition at Franz Bader CAL
lery Q705 G street N.W.) APP
peal for many tastes, within
its range of q oils and water
coloS. Sold within the first
days were Mimi Bottoms lu-
minous abstract "Harbor,"
Alice Acheson's little blue Ma
donna with Saints, Sarah Bak-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
SPSC Is Needed

SYMBOLISM AND FIG
TON, by Harry Levin CUni-
versity Of Virginia Press; $2)
is an erudite but clear dis
cussion of a topic with which
literary criticism is much con-
cerned these days.
While well aware Of the
symbolic significance many
novels have always had, Mr..
Levin feels that the subject
has been beaten over the head
lately. What is needed today
perhaps" he explains, what
readers and writer's might
well join in forming, would be
a Society for the Protection
of Symbols From Critics"
Generally speaking, he later
observes. art seems to oscil-
late between two poles, the
symbolistic and the realistic
or. we might say, the typi-
cal and the individual"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23

father. a sternly religious but
bighearted Scot. lives with a
single companion. This COM
panion is a fabulous young
Frenchman. brilliant. talented.
a combination cook, general
factotum and friend. From the
two contrasting men Lud
learns a great deal.
A Poisonous Atmosphere
But when his grandfather
dies, he must return to his
mother in San Antonio, much
as they both dislike the idea.
He finds his mother has Just
married an older lawyer, a
widower with a grown daugh-
ter who cordially hates her new
stepmother, feeling recipro-
Gated. Lud, thrust into the
poisonous atmosphere of the
big house. would like to get
away, but he can't. He grows
UP a handsome. powerfully
built youth, yet impeded by a
lameness in one foot.
Lud has come into a fortune
from his grandfather. The
danger is. though. that the
defect in his foot which causes
him to limp slightly and the
sense Of insecurity and self
doubt which his mother has
instilled will warp his whole
life. Indeed. he emerges into
manhood without much pur-
pose except to enjoy himself.
But worthier qualities are
dormant in him. and how
these are awakened is brought
out in a well-developed de-
nouement.
A True Vixen
There are, of course. other
characters important to the
story. and several will be hard
for the reader to forget. Lud's
mother. Ada. is one OF the
better vixens Of recent litera-
ture.
"Lud Daingerfleld" is, in a
way, an old-fashioned novel.
aside from the period: 1912
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
THE OUNTAIN OVER
FLOWS. Rv Rphecca Vast


Viking: So
Rebecca Vests towering
reputation as a reporter nat
urally precedes her as a novel;
list. 1t is at first curious to
see the woman who reduced
the moral chaos Of the post
war world to a series Of bril-
liant epigrams being blown
hither and yon by the UNI
charitable winds of an Ed
wardian family chronicle, re-
cording the whimsical babble
of children. 1t is a little like
seeing a lioness being kitten
ish. But the strangeness soon
passes and the reader can
settle down to a feast of rich
leisurely old-fashioned fare.
Miss West has told the
story OF the AubreyS-musical,
literary, down-at-the- heel -
through the eyes Of one of the
twin daughters. Rose. looking
back. And this she has done
with great art. The children
are aware Of trouble but only
to the degree that Il filters
through their imperfect but
growing comprehension.
Mama's a Masterpiece
Trouble the Aubreys have:
1t fills their lives like their
music. Papa is a gifted writer,
but a compulsive gambler. a
willing martyr for odd causes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Rich, OId-Foshioned Fare
From the Pen of Rebeccu West

and maddeningly unaware of
the material needs of his fam
lily. Mama is a musician,
careworn, nerve-jerked, plain,
badly dressed, imperfectly COL
lected: a loving mother with
the applicability of the true
artist. She is Miss Vests
masterpiece. Mama's most
fetching quality is her ability
to be diverted in crisis by
beauty or incongruity. Pur-
sued by a bill collector,
she muses.: "Garnishee, that
sounds like a man who has
been crowned with parsley,
but I am beginning to talk
like Ophelia." The children
can never understand why
Mamma and Papa are so con-
cerned with each other as
they are not related.
In that high-strung house,
hold, another problem besides
the endless procession of duns
and cranks to see Papa, presses
hard. That is the insistence
of Cordelia on playing the
violin. although she manifestly
cannot do SO. The twin sisters.
both gifted and trained within
an inch of their lives by
Mamma, suffer agonies of en-
barrassment over Cordelia's
greasy" tone. The twins do
not mind being disliked at
School--they think 1t is some
what TO their credit. But they
have been taught not 10 be
sentimental particularly about
music. and everyone tells Cor
della at every opportunity that
she Is a musical idiot.
First OF a TrilOgy
That is really what the story
is about: The tides Of like
and dislike, forgiveness and
resentment that flow through
the threadbare house; the alll-
snces and counteralliances:
the children and their mother
standing together against their
improvident father: yet sep
arately idolizing him: the
twins against Cordelia, but all
united in their alteration OF
their little brother; the whole
family except conventional
cordelia together against out
siders and scandal.
Happily this Is the first Of
a triIogy about the remarkable
Aubreys. As far as we are
concerned. Miss West can write
as many novels as she likes In
this vein. warm hearted, fan
ciful. arbitrary. Although
The Fountain OverfioWs" "a
about . particular and even
peculiar family. everyone will
find something Of his own
childhood In II. M. MeG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Indiun Arts

India has been foremost in
the international scene in
Washington lately, with the
visit of her Prime Minister
Nehru. Anticipating this event,
the Arts Club opened on De-
cember 8 a comprehensive ex-
hibition Of traditional and
contemporary arts and crafts
Of India, through the courtesy
of the Embassy Of India and
the Government Of India
Trade Center in New York
City. On December 10 H. E.
the Ambassador of India and
Mrs. Mehta were honor guests
at the club, and the Ambassa-
dor gave a talk about the
work of midas artists and
artisans.
The exhibition fills the
clubs gallery and reception
rooms, reviving memories of
the large exhibition Of midas
fine arts shown at the Ma
tional Museum nearly four
years ago, and the exhibition
of arts and crafts at the
Institute of Contemporary
Arts (Corcoran Gallery last
April and May.
Atlanta Caves
The Arts Club show opens
with a series of plans, photo
graphs and color reproductions
of the Atlanta Caves and their
frescoes (see book review on
this page). Represented also
are paintings by the Tagores.
Roy Chowdhury. Nandalal
Bose and others who a quar-
ter century or so ago, spanked
an Indian renaissance in paint
ing.
The Arts Clubs gallery is q
blaze of beauty with gorgeous
gold brocades, silks in brilliant
colors, and a series of ceiling
high Grapes of hand-blocked,
hand-woven cotton fabrics in
a great variety of designs, some
floral. or geometric, others ma
turalistic, such as the little
elephant and bird patterns.
A superb ivory sculpture of
Sarasvati, goddess of arts, in
tricately carved; handmade
brassware displayed on exqui-
site blue and gold tissue, wood
sculptures, silver bowls, pitch
ers and platters. carved and
enameled; needlework, bright
ly painted papier mache toys,
and many other objects COM
pose an exhibition worth vis-
iting before it closes Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-23
Pictorial History

YEARS PICTORIAL HIS
TORY OF THE WORLD. by
the editors of Year (Simon
and Schuster: $12.95) briefs
history in 1000 pictures and
100000 words. There are
portfolios Of so full color
plates and many historical
maps. There is a foreword by
Henry Steele Commsger. The
book falfills its purpose i'm
pressiyely.