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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04

law which curbs medical quack.
cry and the adulteration Of foods
Mrs. Wiley shipped a red rib
bon opening the display. DR.
Leonard Carmichael, secretary
|of the Smithsonian, paid tribute
to her crusading husband.
Others in Ceremony
Also participating in the cere-
mony were Bradshaw Mintner
Assistant Secretary of Health
Education and Welfare; Commits.
sioner George P. Larrick of thu
Food and Drug Administration
and Mrs. Grace Drexler Nichols
executor director of the Genera
Federation Of Women's Clubs
which supported DR.. Wiley's %.
year crusade for the law.
Mrs. Wiley expressed admira-
ton for the three-panel display
in the gallery Of medical history
Remembering an out-of print
biography of her celebrated hus-
band. she promised to give q
copy to George Griffenhagen
curator of the Institutions di-
vision of medicine and public
health.
The exhibit itself includes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04

appealing to college and high
school students.
The society announced the
election of Charles M. Seibel,
chief engineer Of the helicopter
department of Cessna Aircraft
Co., Wichita, Kans., as president.
Mr.. Seibel succeeds Col. William
Bunker Of the Army TranSpor-
tation Corps in st. Louis. Mo.
Col. Robert R. Williams, presi-
dent of the Army Aviation Test
Board, Fort Rucker, Ala, and
Prof. Rene H. Miller, of Massa-
chusettS Institute Of Technology,
were elected treasurer and secre-
tary. respectively. Comdr. Will
liam G. Knapp, of the plans CO.
ordination division, Bureau of
Aeronautics of the Navy Depart
ment here, was elected vice presi-
dent of the society's southeast
region.
COnvertiplane Described
The newly developed "converti-
plane" which can take of like
a helicopter and be converted to
a conventional aircraft, was des-
cribed to society members at q
session yesterday.
The plane, described by Bel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04

some Of the old-time evils that
DR.. Wiley's law helped restrict
and prevent.
"KickapoO Cure" Shown
One item is a bottle labeled
''Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Cures. u
This apparently was a tonic to
remedy everything from corns
to cancer. On display also is
Warmers Safe Cure" ostensibly
for the gamut of human all
ments, and the once well-known
"Jayne's Expectorant," which
was advertised as good for con-
sumption as well as the common
cough.
A large photo of DR.. Wiley
looks across an original copy
of the scientists celebrated
Agriculture Department Bulle-
tin No. IS which was instru-
mental in passage of the act.
A facsimile of the original
law bearing President Theodore
Roosevelt's signature under date
of January 80, 1906, is displayed.
Another panel graphically out
lines how the Food and Drug
Administration protects the pub
lie health and welfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04
HeIicopter Development
|Bv Zimmerman Cited

A local pioneer in the vertical
takeoff field was honored here
last night by the American He'll
copter Society as the man who
has contributed the most during
the past year to the helicopter
industry.
Charles H. Zimmerman of
the Aeronautical Laboratory at
Langley Field, Va. was awarded
the Alexander Klemin Award at
the society banquet at the Sher-
atom Park Hotel.
The banquet, attended by $50
persons, highlighted the four
day 18th annual forum, which
ends Saturday.
Developed Takeoffs
Mr.. Zimmerman, head of the
dynamic stability branch of the
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronautics, is credited with de-
Iveloping the concept of vertical
takeoffs by aircraft. Perfection
of the idea is generally agreed
to have revolutionized military
aircraft development.
Mr.. Zimmerman also origi-
mated and helped develop the
idea that led to the perfection
of flying platforms" another
revolutionary development in
aircraft.
Awards also were made to each
of the military services, includ-
ing the Coast Guard, and the
helicopter industry for "out-
standing helicopter rescue work
n disaster areas last year."
Two honorary fellowshipS, pre-
scented each year to outstanding
men of the industry, were award
ed to Jackson E. Beighle, sales
manager of the Sikorsky Aircraft
Division, United Aircraft Corp,
and Fred L. Doblhoff, chief hell
copter engineer, Mcdonnell Air
craft Corp.
Speaks for Science
Rear Admiral L. B. Richard
son, USN (retired), addressed the
banquet gathering. He called
on the Nations scientific societies
to find ways to make a career
lin science or engineering more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04
F104A Will Have
Newt pe Eiector

LOS ANGELES, May 4 Dr.
A new-type safety election seat
is being readied for the worlds
fastest fighter plane, a Lockheed
test pilot says.
Tony LEVER said the seat is
"top secret" but added that 1.-The
pilot will have a protective cover
ing" when he elects himself
from the F104A Starfighter.
The test pilot spoke to a group
OF Air Force, Navy and Marine
pilots yesterday at the Univer-
Isity Of Southern California.
The Starflghter has been flown
by Mr.. LEVER at speeds in ex-
cess of 1000 miles an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04
Food, Drug Act
Birthday Noted

Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, widow
of the father" of the Federal
Pure Food and Drug Act, joined
today in ceremonies commence
rating passage of the measure.
The scene was the Arts and
Industries Building of the Smith.
sonian Institution which opened
an exhibit honoring DR.. Wiley
and the 50th anniversary of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-04

Aircraft Co. engineers Robert L
Lichten and j. Robert Mertens
Is on display at the society ex.
hibit. Developed jointly undel
Army Air Force sponsorship, the
machine is scheduled for in.
tenSive tests this summer.
The forum will end with a hell.
copter display at Anacostis
Naval Air Station at 1890 am
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Art Book Review
A Catalogue of French Paint

A Catalogue of French Paint
ingS XV-XNIII Centuries, in
the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art. BY Charles Sterling oHar-
ward University Press, cloth
$3.50, paper So
The best way for the layman
to use this third volume of the
definltlve catalogue of paint
lngS in the Metropolitan Muse
UNI of Art. New York City,
would be TO visit the museum
over a long period. studying
each original painting with the
scholarly and authoritative
notes provided here. Every
painting is illustrated in half
tone none larger than SIX
inches or five inches wide. most
OF them smaller with a single
color illustration on the Jacket.
The volume should prove most
valuable TO the student and
scholar who will find detailed
consideration of each work.
technical and photographed
notes, reasons for changes of
attributlon, and opinions of
other authorities.
The paintings are in chron-
illogical order, beginning with
an unknown painter of 1850,
ending with Prud hon, a total
OF 80 French masters. Biogra-
phies Of the painters. general
analyses of their work, identi-
flcatlon Of portrait subjects,
and stories of themes, should
be of interest to the lay reader,
who is bound to absorb con-
sldera BILE history of the French
school of these centuries. but
in the form of a procession of
individuals, rather than a pam
oramic survey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Sculpture Prices

A bronze figure of a dancer
by Edgar DegaS realized the
highest price for a single work
in sculpture, $4,000. Bran
Gusts marble bust The Muse"
$1,000; Houdon's marble por-
trait of the Marquis de Mir
omesnil. $4,000. A pair of terra
Gotta portrait medallions (ce-
ramic sculptures by Luca della
Robbia went for $4,000.
One Of the unusual cate
gories" mentioned by Mr..
Hyam was the cigar store In
dian, once an object Of deri-
sion. but in recent decades.
recognized as a noteworthy
example Of American folk
sculpture and acquired by
museums. The Haftenreffer
collection of these figures. 100
catalogue lots, fetched S54. 700
with an average of almost $3.50
per lot. and top prices of 81
050 for a rare thin Indian
profile figure and 81 900
each for an Indian princess
and a Gentleman of Fashion. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Museum SuIes

Among art institutions which
dispersed property during the
season were the Metropolitan
New York City, and Phila-
delphia Museum of Art. Such
outstanding institutions accu-
mulate over a long period,
more examples in some cate
CORES than they need or can
exhibit The Metropolitans
1926 catalogue lots. which in
cluded 10th and 18th century
Dutch, Flemish and other old
masters. Barbizon School and
other 18th century paintings,
as we'll as decorative arts. real
lied Sl79.895. The Philadel-
phia Museums old master and
18th century paintings, Eng
hsh furniture and silver
brought 1886.
The past several seasons
totals at Parke- Bernet Gall
leries approach the record
breaking totals of more than
Sc million attained during four
or more consecutive seasons in
the 1940s. when many impor-
tant estates were liquidated.
Sensational individual items.
such as Lawrence "Pinkie" of
the l920s, are few and far be-
tween.
The major lesson from wide
spread collecting is, purchase
the work produced today. 1t
may or NAV not be the senSa-
ton Of future art auctions.
but in the meantime. will be
enjoyed by the adventurous
owner who buys what he likes.
whether the artist is famous, or
young and little known.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Decorative Arts

A number of sales of Early
American furniture ana art
objects brought high totals
as we'll as such individual
prices as three 18th century
Philadelphia pieces, a carved
walnut lowboy by William
Slavery, $1,000; a sheh-caryed
mahogany lowboy, attributed
to Thomas Affleck, $4,000: and
a mahogany camel-back set
tee. $4,000. Early American
silver items. too, attained
prices topped by $500 for
pair of octagonal candlesticks
by Edward Wlnslow of Bos-
ton.
English and French furni-
ture and objects of art. mostly
18th century. realized good
prices. But English furniture
prices were surpassed by the
sum of $1,000 paid for a
George III Administer hand
tufted carpet; and $1,000,
which purchased Regency
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

niture. sculptures, paintings
and other works of art from
the Baron 'Cassel van Doom
collection, and $287.062 for the
English XVIII century furni-
ture, paintings and objects of
art from the palatial Georgian
mansion at Sc East Ninety
third street. New York City.
Leslie A. Hyam. president
of the Galleries, said in part,
las in previous seasons, the
finest items in almost every
category continued in
great demand. AS for collect
ing trends the season was
notable for the appearance of
some unusual categories of
material. The striking success
Of such sales suggests the
widening of areas of collect
ing in America, a good thing
to contemplate in view of the
scarcity of fine material in
established categories.
Two other elements APP
parent in the past season are
worth noting again: The
everbroadening audiences in
America. interested in arts
and crafts as reflected in a
20fo increase in. attendance at
our exhibitions and sales; and
increase in numbers of COL
lectors outside the New York
area as evidenced by the
larger percentage of buying
from the West, Middle West
and South"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

building on the campus, ex-
tends through next Saturday.
IT is open to the public week.
days from 8 to 5.
Clare Fontanini, head Of the
art department, recently re-
ceived the first award in sculp-
ture for her wood carving
The Visitation" at the annual
Christian Art Exhibit at the
University of Wisconsin. This
is the second prize bestowed
upon the 30-inch walnut statue
interpreting the meeting be-
tween the Virgin and Eliza
beth. In the 1852 annual of the
Society of Washington Artists.
1t was given second place and
a bronze medal by interna-
tionally famous sculptor JAG
cues Lipschitz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
ONE OF THE TRULY
GREAT FIGURES IN
AMERICAN HISTORY
CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
AND AMERICAN DEMO-
CRATIC STATESMAN

CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
AND AMERICAN DEMO-
CRATIC STATESMAN
SHIP. BY Dexter Perkins.
Little, Brown g. Co.;
$3.50.
Few who have been Chief
Justice, Secretary of State,
or Governor. achieved-as
Charles Evans Hughes did in
all three-the genuine name
OF statesman. This newest
volume in the Library OF
American Biography sue
ceedS, not merely in giving
an adequate and authorita-
tive account of his achieve
ments as we'll as defeats and
SHORTCOMINGS out, more I'M
poftantly. relates him to the
tide and temper of his time.
Already he is regarded as
one of the great figures Of
American history. A distin-
gulshed American historian,
Dr. Perkins. does justice to
hlm-occasionally in en-
thusiastic measure but al
ways well-reasoned and
within the title theme of
this 200-page biography.
ROBERT K. WALSH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Almost Brucing Guided Tour
Through the Realm of Cold

These gentlemen he does not
so much analyze as pulverlze.
Nor does he hesitate to carry
the argument TO the man.
Nothing, as readers of some
OF his curious novels know.
is sacred to him. His de-
scrlption Of I. S. Eliot's Gently
neutral company" during
World War l is soaring. But
on second thought. he is
equally hard on "zinc-bright"
w. H. Auden. He is almost
KIND to another modern idol,
"Dylan Thomas. who, he saws
never pretended TO be any
thlng more than young
doe-Witty, charming, irres-
ponslble ana lmpenitent.
Much of what Mr.. Graves
says IS true, and practically
all Of it-eXcept those por-
tons weighted down by a
show of his formidable erudi-
TONS pungent and provoc-
alive. His book is. at the
very least, lovely change
from all the back scratching
that goes on among contem-
porary rhymers, M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Pointers of Promise

THE I. F. A. Gallery, 1923
Connecticut avenue. now in
stalled in large well-lighted
ground-floor rooms. one of
which will be devoted to chang
ing exhibitions Of original
works, has recently opened
Through July 21l group of
young Painters Of Promise"
from the Little Studio. New
York City. This was estab-
hshed four years ago by Rich
ard HOLMAN to provide Young
artists with an uptown New
York gallery in which to ex-
hibit. On its opening day.
every painting was sold. 1t
now has five affiliates. includ-
ing the I. F. A. Gallery.
The show comprises IS paint
ings by II artists. American
and European. There are repre-
Sensational. primitives and
modernS, but no nonobjective
works. Two whimsical paint
ings are by David Berger, ac-
claimed as one of the outstand-
ing young painters of the past
season. He is assistant profess
Sor Of art at State Teachers
College. Framingham, Mass,
and IS already represented in
seven permanent collections.
Robert Anderson. a resident
Of New Jersey, paints New
York City. He has managed to
say something different and
distinctive. treating his theme
in a large way, as masses OF
light and dark, over which the
famous skyline broods. Peter
Hayward. on the other hand,
has painted short stretch of
East 62nd Street" in detailed
appreciation of by-gone charm.
George Russin'S two paint
ings have brilliant color in a
faceted application. His MeXi-
can subject Bite Pottery is
particularly good. ST Lewins
Nocturnal Harbor' presents
its subject criSply styled to a
maze of vertical white lines
Cmasts) and curved bows in a
golden tonality.
Jean F a bert, a young
Frenchman who lives in a Paris
suburb, shows landscapes and
harbors OF Brittany, and Paris
street scenes. His broad ham
ding summarizes picturesque
themes, and approaches a pos
ter-like treatment of skies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

September and end in June.
The annual report, Just re-
leased by the Parke-Bernet
Galleries. New York City, the
United States foremost art and
book auction firm, is here di-
gested for the benefit of Wash
ington area collectors, whether
they have art objects suffi-
Gent to constitute a small
museum. or whether they are
owners Of a few priced items.
The Star has been publishing
these Parke- Bernet report di-
geStS for many years.
The galleries 1954-5 season
total was exceeded by more
than 100000. Eighty-tWo
sales held from September,
1855. to mid-June, 1856, at
tanned a gross total of S.
567,538. Fifteen sales achieved
six-figure totals. The top
three were $2O7,175 for the
Oliver B. James collection of
modern paintings; $27l 900 for
the French XVIII century fur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08

the character Uncle Tom: "a
sense of this well-meant false
ness, this treacherous help,
may underlie the fact that
American Negroes have made
her titular hero a kissing and
a byword. Many of them
would rather be called niger
than Uncle Tom"
This is because Uncle Tom
was depicted as an old slave
who was loyal to his master
even When sold to a brutal
man and beaten fatally. In
fact. Mr.. FurnaS contends
Mrs. Stowe knew nothing
about the South or slavery and
her whole conception Of the
Negro race was based on false
premises which got into the
public mind and linger to
this day.
Right State of Mind
But fastening is not caus-
ing" Mr.. FurnaS argues.
Hence it cannot be said that
even though her sins of IT.
responsibility were great, Mrs.
Stoves book did more good
than harm. The Civil War
was probably inevitable. At
least the slaves were going to
be freed somehow some time
and that, with or without
formalized shooting, would
precipitate a cataclysmic crisis.
What Mrs. Stowe-and John
BroWn-did was not create
the forces that would free the
slaves, but to make sure that
North and South went into
their crisis in the least prom
Using state of mind
Mr.. Furnas tries to break
down the idea that there is
any such thing as Negro
blood" He maintains that this
stupid old idea readily extends
to good blood, blue blood,
peasant blood as devices to
think with-if thinking it be-"
The Caste System
He attacks the caste system
and the idea that one drop Of
the blood of an alien race Of a
different color is dangerous to
a white persons racial in
tegrity. He asks how many Of
US know the racial origin and
identity of all the 300 ances-
tors each of us had few
generations back.
Goodbye to Uncle Tom is
a Book of the Month Club Sc
lection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
HitIer's Secret Police
GESTAPO: INSTRUMENT

OF TYRANNY, by Edward
Crankshaw Viking; $3.75) is
a history of Hitler's secret po-
lice. The Gestapo was, as the
author points out, a small,
compact and highly profess
sional corps which took part
directly in only part of the
atrocities which Mortified the
world. Its activities, for in
stance. ended more or less at
the gates of concentration
camps. While the Gestapo
directed investigations for
Hitler's Reich and did enough
IN the way of tormenting and
prosecuting, other, larger or
CARNATIONS carried out many
OF the mass measures, like
liquidation of Jews. and
sought, after Germany was
defeated, mot always unsuc-
ceSSfully, to saddle the Gestapo
with their crimes. Mr.. Crank
shaW's story is a careful, docu-
mented record, all the more
terrifying because of his judi
clal restraint in assessing the
exact role of these undercover
police in carrying out the
Nazis ruthless measures.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
THEO DORE ROOSEVELT.
THE NATI'RAIIST ~

- DDNb hOOSEN I'll
TIL I NATURALIST. BY
Paul Russell Outright. liar
per 81 Bros; So
If only for contributions to
Washingtoniana, DR.. Cutright's
dlli9ent character study should
be read. AS never before T. r.
is presented in proper perspec-
tive as the towering spokesman
OF those devoted to nature and
the conservation principle. He
was the inspiration for Star
cartoonist Cliff Berryman's ia
nous bear.
First dynamic champion Of
irrigation and foreStation, he
did more to aid Wlldlife than
all his predecessors in the
presidency He foiled the de-
spoilers Of Yosemite who
Wangled development conces-
sionS. When he took Office the
Nation had lost halt its orig
NAL Nllion acres of forests
and four-fitths Of the remain
ing stand was IN private hands.
He added five national parks
and created the first is ma
tional monuments of which
there are now 100.
A delightfully."- readable quail
ity bellies the prodigious re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Psychic Power

BEYOND DOUBT, by Mary
LeBeau Harper; So is a per-
sonal record of psychic powers.
The author is described by the
publisher as a teacher. poet
and psychologist who writes
under a pseudonym because
of her husbands position in
the Government" The book is
well written. Miss LeBeau"
tells how she learned early in
life that she had powers which
could not be explained in
earthly logic. She had mes
sages from persons who were
dead and warnings of impend-
ing events. Her experiences
are persuasive until she begins
to recount conversations on the
ouija board. No one knows,
Of course, but it is hard to be-
lieve that this favorite go
between of fake mediums
would be used for authentic
messages beyond life.
&C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
THE GROWING PRIVI-

LEGE. BY Robert Graves.
Doubleday; $50
Robert Graves is the
Charles f. Wilson Of the
poetry world. If he thinks
something is "phoney," he
does not hesitate to apply
the English equivalent of the
term. Such virility is rare
in what John Keats. a poet
Mr.. Graves honors rot, called
the realms of gold" the
result is a most bracing tour.
Nj Graves, an inside idol
smasheI whose poetic license
IS IN good order. believes that
bards should be moved by
worship of poetrys patron
goddess. Calliope. He does
not, however, believe it is
necessary to lower ones voice
IN her presence. Mr.. Graves
bellows and roars. 1t is great
fun.
Among those poets in whom
Mi Graves finds little to
praise are Milton. Tennyson,
Keats. Yeats and Ezra Pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
Crime and Suspense
THE CORPSE ~ THE ELE-
NATOR. BY NJ NJ. Mannon,

NAIUh. BY NJ NJ MannOn.
Arcadia House: $3.50.
A neophyte Jane Arden does
the sleuthine here Sent to get
a story on dentist who was
tried for murder Is years be-
fore. she soon runs into a
brand-new mayhem tied in
with the old There are several
more bodies about before the
secret is extracted. Good
enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
I. r., Champion of WiIdIife,
Shown in Full Perspective

search that built the book
Here are reviewed the early
years at Harvard and before.
the alliances formed in the
Boone and Crockett Club. mis-
progressive leadership in legis-
latlon and thought while
President, the Smithsonian
sponsored expedition to Africa
the Scribner articles. the
books, and the life shortening
fve-months trip to discover
the South American river that
became Rio Roosevelt.
DR.: Outright is professor Of
zoology at Beaver College in
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
H a Won
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-08
A Survey of the Attitudes
Of Indiu's Privileged Class

hope of gain but out of convic-
ton His central character Is
rich Brahmin patriarch who
holds aloof from the political
storm, being chiefly concerned
with the conflict between the
consultations of philosophy and
the pleasures Of the flesh.
Although almost a total loss
from the narrative point OF
view, The House at Adam
pur' is an interesting study of
the. attitudes Of wealthy and
privileged India in time of
stress. M. MEG.