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GO CARNIVAL AT
ST. THOMAS WITH CARIBAIR

For your greater convenience, we are putting on four extra
Flights and running the special schedule below to enable you
to get to the Carnival in ST. Thomas whenever you want to go.
From April 23rd through April 30th the regular Summer
Flights 100, 101, 1O4, and 105 will operate as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

ISOLATION, meeting recently in
Miami, set aside three days
for a story-teller's festival. 1t
was dedicated to three great
story-tellers: Mary Gould
Davis, Gudrun Thorne-Thom-
sen. and Ruth Sawyer. Lucky
librarians able to attend this
festival were fired with new
zeal to make stories walk of
the page into the air.
The emphasis on story-tell-
ing has had a healthy effect
on the writing of picture
books. too. A story like THE
CHICKEN IN THE TUNNEL
by Jane Thayer Morrow. So
simply bees to be read aloud.
There's chicken in tn
tunnel said the little girl a
their car entered the Lincoln
Tunnel.
Nonsense said the little
girls father.
Nonsense" said the police
man.
But it wasn't nonsense. Read
it and see for. yourself.
More About Davy
William Steele also has a
gift for words, as glib and rib
tickling as that other famous
fellow from Tennessee. Davy
Crockett. If you think you've
heard enough about Davy,
you're wrong Don't miss this
yarn about DAVY CROCK
ETT'S EARTHQUAKE by Will
liam o. Steele (Harcourt.
$2.25).
The rhymes in WAS 1T A
GOOD TRADE? by Beatrice
Schenk de Regniers tHarcourt.
S1.95l practically bounce of
the page and sing themselves
over in your head after a single
reading. This odd-shaped and
original picture book is illus
trated in very droll fashion by
Irene Haas.
Story Teller'S Workshop
Another outgrowth OF the
current revival of interest in
storytelling is a workshop on
the Living Folk Arts of the
Appalachian Mountain People
to be held this summer at the
Appalachian State Teachers
College, Boone, N, C., from
July 23-August "a. Richard
Chase and other top story
tellers will demonstrate the
living uses of ballads, songs,
games and country dances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

A group show composed BY
the Barnett Alden Gallery is
on view for the summer at the
Dupont Theater Gallery. A
dozen or so artists. including
familiar local names, are rep
resented
The exhibition presents a
sampling of contemporary
paintings. some realistic, most
abstract An attractive semi
abstract work is Jack Perlmut-
ter's Flower Shop in colorful,
rectangular planes. Leonard
Maurer's "GiraffeS" is fanciful
and amusing, with the long
necked creatures merging into
a profusion of their black and
orange markings. Mimi Du-
bois Bottoms "Mazurka moves
in black, orange and green
planes.
!. Rice Pereira is represented
with her striking abstraction.
Column of Fire" and other
contributors include Theo-
doros Stamos, Richard Demp-
sey and Laura Douglas.
Ruth Galoon'S Winter
Berries is a very pleasing
member of the show, which is
varied further by Elizabeth
Catlett's Woman Cleaning"
and Joseph Kalfels Vendor. :"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
What Is Waiting for Us
On the Red Planet Mars?

$685.. Won Braun has scaled
down the size Of his project
and Ley has transformed the
result into readable popular
literature. Bonestell, the great
illustrator who specializes in
outer space, has provided
20 breathtaking paintings.
Mars shapes up as a place
where-given protective cloth
ing and equipment, plenty Of
oxygen and all the food and
water they need-hardy men
can exist for a time. This is
about the most that can be
said Of it. Though mainly
desert. Mars is no Palm
Springs.
There is much still unknown
about Mars. More will be
learned this coming September
IL, when the Red Planet comes
within a mere 35.4 million
miles OF the earth-one Of the
closest approaches possible.
But from what is known al
ready, it seems likely that some
venturesome souls one day will
set foot on its surface.
This book tells. in the light
Of present day knowledge, what
they will find.
WILLIAM HINES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Christine Arnothy Tells
An UnforqettobIe Story

Of his errands Of mercy The
spirit Of compassion, however.
survived. When the Soviets
broke through, a pair of Ger
man soldiers came to the
cellar jewellers and anxious
and faltering. asked for civil
ian clothes for their escape.
1t was MI. Radnai, wearing
the yellow star of David
pinned on him by the Nazis
who made the decision to help
them ito prove that human
kindness still exists"
The long awaited Soviets
proved to be brutal Liberia
tors" An old woman of %
was raped by 5 soldiers. A
new nightmare of atrocity had
begun. Three years later, the
gentle Christine and her par
ents made a dash for freedom.
She is now married and living
in Paris, where, one hopes, she
is enjoying the happiness she
deserves.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
1 AM FIFTEEN-AND
DON'T WANT TO DIE. B,

l AM FIFTEEN-AND l
DON'T WANT TO DIE. BY
Christine Arnothy. tE. P.
Dutton Co.; S2.75.D
This poignant vignette Of
war has something of the
emotional quality of THE
Diary OF Anne Frank" 1t is
the story of Christine Arnothy,
who at Is, when hopes ale
brightest, spent three months
in Budapest cellar With a
handful of frightened people
while the Nazi and Russian
armies clashed overhead out
side.
Miss Arnothy's account is
a model of simplicity and
brevity Its force comes from
sensitive adolescents quiv-
ering response to ruin, woe
and the occasional glimmers
Of nobility that lit up the
gloom.
The little group in the cell
lar had begun to get seriously
on each others nerves. when
Pista. a Hungarian soldier APP
peared. Pista S enterprise in
getting flour and sulta, his
compassion and good will
made the cellar a haven for a
while. But Pista died on one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

by Alice Dalgliesh CScribners.
$2.75). With engaging sim
plicity, Miss Dalgliesh tells
why Independence Day is
something more than fire
works and plcnics.
Using the message of the
Liberty Bell as refrain
Liberty throughout the land,
Liberty to all the people
she brings together only such
salient facts as will make the
day meaningful to children.
Her artist-collaborator Ma
RE Nonnast, is a specialist in
Americana. Her birthday is
the Fourth of July and she has
always taken a special in
terest in its history and cele-
bration.
Another beautifully printed
DOCK winch glorlfleS the theme
of liberty is THE SILVER
MACE by Maud and Miska
Petersham Macmillan. $2.25).
This is Colonial Williamsburg,
as it must have looked to the
children who lived there. The
story-teller sees history in
perspective and knows how
important were the words OF
Patric Henry and Thomas
Jefferson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Boil Bot or Sword

The emphasis on story-tell-
ing has improved eaSy-reading
books, too. Boys looking for a
good story with a limited vo-
cabulary may choose between
BASEBALL PALS by Matt
Christopher Little. Brown.
$3.50 and THE SWORD IN
THE TREE by Clyde Robert
Bulla CCrowell. $3.50. They
may we'll choose both, if their
interests switch from baseball
bats to robber barons.
The mystery of Grandma S
gold pin is enough to keep
girls reading about Kayla. the
little Cape Cod Cranberry
picker in Lois Lenski'S latest
regional story, BERRIES IN
THE SCOOP Lippincott.
$225l. An unusual h o b by
provides Mullel with fine
comeback to her brothers
teasing in MURILL SAVES
STRING by Dorothy Waugh
Mckay. S2.75).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
THE EXPLORATION

hi kAPLORAIION OF
MARS. BY Willy Ley and
Wernher Won Braun; paint
ings by Chesley Bonestell.
Viking; $4.95.D
The goals of atomic-age
pioneers get farther and far
ther away as progress con-
tinues in the fields OF COM
munication and transportation.
This latest book by Ley ct al
sets the pioneers sights on
the Red Planet, which was at
first an object of fear, then an
object Of mystery and now an
object Of ambition.
The appearance of this book
comedies roughly with studies
that definitely divert space
mems attention from the
planet Venus. These studies
show Venus surface to be hot
ter than boiling water. For
the moment granting the
conquest of the moon" which
has already been accomplished
in book form, there is no
place to go but Mars.
The Exploration of Mars"
is an outgrowth of a scientific
study made by Won Braun in
1858 under the title The Mars
Project University Of Illinois,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

private he could go up in an
utter blaze" over the Senator's
tactics.
Once, feeling that Senator
Mccarthy was impeding the
program to combat subversion,
the President told the cabinet,
but more in jest than seri-
ously," that 1T might be a
good idea for the Kremlin to
put Mccarthy on its payroll. "
Good, Straight Reporting
Mr.. Donovan's book is no
campaign document. On the
other hand, it is not unsympa-
thetic to Mr.. Eisenhower's
aims and plans. 1t is an ad-
mirable example Of objective
reporting And yet Mr.. Dono-
van never lodges an opinion
or a conclusion where it seems
tn him necessary to clarity a
situation or reconcile con-
flicting evidence.
A portion of Eisenhower:
the Inside Story" ran serially
in The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Welsh Version of
Seventeen Itch
Very Funny Book
THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING,
d., L;a0eIoV A,,,te IIar


court, Brace $500
This Welsh version of The
Seventeen Itch" is rather like
a March day, full of gusts.
changes, whims, sunshine and
shadow. Its hero is restless
librarian, who lives in a shabby
furnished apartment with a
violent wife who keeps saying
bloody all the time, John
Lewis. yearning for romance
and promotion, meets All OPP
portunity for both in the
formidably available Elizabeth
Gruifyd- Williams, who is not
at all uncertain about her feel
Ings for John and at the same
time the wife of the chairman
OF the library board.
John is resolutely frail. putt
ting up only the most token
resistance to the carnivorous
Elizabeth. Mr.. Amis cheerfully
follows his hero's hayward un-
certainties, writing of him with
a marvellous precision he does
not really deserve and involv-
ing him in some astonishing
farce. This is a very funny
book in spots. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
For the Visitor

WASHINGTON Is WON
DERFUL, by Dorothea Jones
Harper; S3.75l is a pleasantly
written guide. imparting in
easy doses enough history,
tradition and legend to make
the tourists stay more inter-
esting The author sums up
Washington as Capital ana
city with judicious comments.
There are summaries of res
taurantS and amusementS, and
separate chapters describing
10 different tours. Mrs. Jones
formerly was an editorial as
sistant on the National Geo
graphic Magazine. She has
published magazine articles.
Her book is illustrated with
pen and ink drawings by
Pietro Lazzari.
&C. B. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Grim and Horrible

BEA SITS AND MEN, by
Pierre Gascar Little, Brown I;
$3.50 translated from the
French by Jean Stewart con-
sists Of six short stories and a
short novel, all grim, several
tinged with horror Most OF
them bear in some way OH the
war, and the longest, THE
Season of the Dead describes
German camp for French
war prisoners in the Ukraine.
Here is atmospheric writing of
almost unbearable vividness.
The author was a prisoner at
such a camp AT his most
gusly moments. Mr.. Gascar
may remind you OF the Maui
PEASANT OF La Horla In
France Beasts and Men won
both the Concourt prize and
the Prix-des Critiques.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Pan American Union

A self taught primitive
artist, Amanda de Leon Of
Venezuela. is exhibiting until
July 9 at the gallery of art Of
the Pan American Union. The
daughter of Spanish portrait
painter Rafael Andrade, Miss
de Leon moved to New York
several years ago
She had several one-mAn
shows at the Carlebach Gal
lery in New York and in 1881
exhibited at the Galerie Well
in Paris. Her paintings may
be seen in 20 museums and
public collections in this coun-
try as well as in museums in
various countries abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

color, with much use of blue
and gray, and admirable ham
ding of illumination. A most
enjoyable example is Wicker
Love Seat and others are
Dying Dahlias," Interior
with Canvas Chairs" and
gray Woman Seated Before a
Window " His Interior Still
Life" is holder in color and like
mosaic. One is impressed with
the quiet strength of his "Por-
trait Of q Young Greek"
Mr. Wartofsky's paintings
have the flavor of the impress
slonlsts. He paints with a
lively, generous brush and a
penchant for red-the Seated
Gypsy" Two Seated Figures
and the imaginative Bird in
the Guise of Man" among
others. His Portrait of Max
Helfgott" has a great deal of
appeal and he includes also
one of Myself.
Won Many Awards
A native Of Brooklyn, N. Y,
he came to Washington in
1912. On completing high
school, he was awarded the
Strathmore Paper Co. none
tary prize. In 1858, he entered
American University, having
been granted a departmental
art scholarship. The same
year, he was granted a years
scholarship to the Art Students
League, where he studied with
George Grosz. He returned
to America in 1854, and studied
with Mr. Summerford and
again with Mr.. Gates.
He received an award in the
1854 Corcoran area show and
last year exhibited in that
show and with the Society Of
Washington Artists and the
Workshop Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Romance
BLUEBERRY SIMMER BY

BURBERRY SUMNER by
Elizabeth Ogilvie (Whlttlesey.
$3.50 is a refreshing leader in
teenage romances. The charm
lies partly IN the Maine set
ting, partly in Cass S reaction
to a family emergency which
ruins her first summer away
from home.
Other junior novels which
successfully get under the skin
of teenagers are KNOCK AT
THE DOOR. EMMY by Flor
ence Means cHoughton- Mif-
fin, S2.75). THE DAY AND
THE WAY WE MET by Mary
Stolz Harper, $3.50, and
SECOND MEETING BY Ka-
threne Plnkerton CHar-
court. So.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
At Buder Gallery

The first major show of two
impressive young artists who
have been recent students at
American University is on view
at the Franz Bader Gallery,
1905 G street NV, until July
10.
The exhibition offers an in
teresting contrast in the dis
tinctive styles of Harry George
Koursaros, who is %, and Ger
aid Wartofsky, 81.
Mr. Koursaros, native Of
Reading. Pa, entered AL
bright College there in 1915,
enlisted in the Army in 1916,
and returned to obtain his
bachelors degree in 1850. He
then came to Washington to
attend George Washington
University Law School, left in
1858. and enrolled in the
American University Art De-
partment. He received his
master of arts degree there
this month.
He studied at various peri
DDS with Robert Gates, Sarah
Baker and Joe Summerford
His work has been seen in
group shows in the area during
the last three years. He re-
ceiVed honorable mention in
the Society Of Washington Ar
lists exhibition last year. won
the American University Liter
airy Magazine award for paint
ing last April, and now has a
Fulbright grant to paint in
Paris.
Fine Illumination
In the current show. he ex-
hlbits several paintings exc
cuted in a wash effect of muted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

ton Tor the last 10 years. I'm
til a year ago. she engaged IN
duel careers as a dental n.y.
gienist and an artist. She now
devotes full time to her artistic
endeavors.
She has been concentrating
on silk screen work for about
four years now. previously hav-
ing worked great deal in oil
painting. Her work has been
seen in exhibitions of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art, the
Washington Water Color So
ciety, the Washington Print
makers, the Boston Print
makers. the Silverguild Society
OF Artists, New Canaan, Conn,
the Brooklyn Art Museum and
the Artists Mart.
Experimental Color
One Of the most attractive
pieces in the current show is
her Louisiana INSPIRED Bay
ou." five egrets against a SHIN
mering background with the
bright blue Of water hyacinths.
Another is "Vignette," a still
life with wine bottle. glass
and checked tablecloth,
one Of her experimental works
with color.
In the social series lin pro-
test against the use of the A
or H-bomb," subject on
which the artist feels strongly,
she turns to jagged planes and
blue to achieve the empty,
isolated mood of The Last
Bird on Earth" Others in the
series include The Clown"
his face Stroked in tragedy,
and the Atomic Scientist"
surrounded by chaos in the
symbols of his calling.
Turning to formal design,
Mrs. Gomersall captures ex-
citing motion in The Plea
dore, though she has only
read about and seen pictures
of the bullfight. Another
handsome work on a fiat gold
background is entitled "On
the Track Her work keeps
a hold on recognizable forms
throughout, and her compost
ton exhibits a satisfying bal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Center Market City

The Art and Artichokes"
exhibition and sale at Center
Market City, Fifth and K
streets NV. has been ex-
tended through July 9.
Robert Gates. director Of
American University's art de-
partment and head of the
selecting jury, announced that
the four works selected as the
best entries are Fishing Nets"
a Autograph by Jack Perlmut-
ter. first; Helene McKinsey's
Sun on the Water" an oil,
second: Jacob Kainen's Yer
ia" an etching. third, and
Melvin D. Buckner's oil, Bird
of the Nile" fourth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

lived in his native State, Il
self taught. He has had one
man shows al Dartmouth
College, St. Gauden's Gallery,
Cornish. N. H.. and at the
United Nations Club here.
His wattr colors on view at
the Fantasy are crisp and de-
cisive as he depicts the scenery
Of his area. His titles include
Sugar Hill. "Andover,"
Chester" "Claremont, Cav
endish, Barn, Shed" and
"Old Pump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Billy the Kindly

BILLY THE KID. by Frazier
Hunt Hastings House; So,
seeks to end another American
legend. This is the legend that
the youth known as Billy the
Kid was a ruthless killer.
Billy grew up on the New
Mexican frontier in the l870s.
Orphaned before he was 16, he
learned to ride and shoot with
the best of the men, but he
was content to work hard as
COW hand. According to Mr..
Hunts absorbing and we'll
documented account, Billy
never wanted to kill anybody.
On the other hand. there were
dozens of men who could and
did testify to the Kids gem
crosby and kind ways. The
role of killer was thrust on
him, Mr.. Hunt is convinced.
In Defense
Apparently the first man
Billy killed was a notorious
bully of powerful physique
who was torturing the slender,
Wiry lad. not yet 10, In a
saloon near Fort Grant. The
bully had overlooked the gun
the boy had strapped on him.
and Billy, though pinned to
the floor, managed to pull the
gun and shoot his tormentor.
Billy rode away. while the
bully's friends had the boy in
dicted for "willful murder"
Billy, as it happened, worked
for the men in eastern New
Mexico who were legitimate
settlers, owned large ranches
and hordes of cattle and were
being harassed by a lawless
group known as the Santa Fe
Ring. The ring had the sher-
if and prosecuting attorney.
even the territorial governor.
on its side, so that the settlers
could find no relief in the law
from the forays on their cattle.
Men who defended their
ranches were shot down. The
violence of 1873 is known as
the Lincoln County War"
The ranchers organized Reg
ulators." who were vigilantes,
and the Kid rode with them.
He Was Double Crossed
1t was the savage murder
Of John H. Tunstall, a young
Englishman who owned a
ranch and a store at Lincoln,
which stirred Washington. The
killers were known, but the
ring saw that no one was
prosecuted. Tunstall was Billy's
employer and devoted friend.
Tunstall's family in England.
wealthy and prominent. got
the British Minister to protest
and President Hayes sent
special commissioner to New
Mexico to investigate. Eventu-
ally the governor was replaced
by Gen. Lew Wallace. who
tried to clean up the mess.
Gen Wallace. at a dramatic
secret meeting with Billy the
Kid, by then a fugitive with a
price on his head. promised the
boy immunity if he would test
fly in another murder case.
Billy consented and did test
ify, but he was double-crossed
even the governor couldn t
stop that-ahd had to break
Jail to escape the galloWs.
The Kid was shot dead by
an enemy one night at a house
where he was living. He was
81.
1t is hard to doubt Mr..
Hunts story, so carefully is it
bolstered with court records,
letters and other documents.
But probably the Westerns
of the movies and TV and the
old-time paperback thrillers
which depicted Billy as what
we would call a psychopathic
killer will still be believed. The
public has always preferred a
colorful myth to a less CLAM
orouS fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Survival

If it is true that survival
stories are the most lasting
best-Sellers. then COLD HAZ-
ARD by Richard Armstrong
Houghton- Mlfflin, $3.50 is a
natural candidate. Like the
Titanic. the Drumlogan met
fog and ice in the North Allan
tic. Four apprentice seamen
and a tough old sailor reach a
desolate rocky island. When
jealousy is added to despair, it
seems impossible that these
five can survive.
Seventeen years at sea have
brought Richard Armstrong
close to human beings as well
as ships. He makes the strug-
gle for survival a vital expert
ence shared by all his readers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01

ance and sense of complete
ness.
The artists own Chang
Chez Chi serves as model for
the Siamese studies, including
a whirl of feline movement III
"ScherZo" and the wary lazi-
ness Of Cat Nap" in olive ano
yellow lines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Browsing

Beaches are a good place for
browsing as well as swimming
One resourceful mother of my
acquaintance always packs a
suitcase full of books to throw
in the trunk of their car along
with the swim suits and picnic
lunch. Any generous armful
from the nearest library or
home bookshelves will do.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
At Fantasy Gallery

There is a one-man show
by Joe Henry at the Fantasy
Gallery, 1865 Connecticut ave
nue. NV. continuing until
July g. The Vermont artist
had a show there last year
also.
Mr. Henry. who has always
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Story-T eIIer's Festival
Is Challenge to Authors
BY BARBARA NOLEN

OF the cheerful developments in the chidrens
book field today renewed emphasis the ancient art Of
storytelling This puts premium vigorous. rhythmic
language brevity and humor Authors and editors
nize and respond to the challenge.
For the first time years. the American Library As
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Politics

Added starters in the politi-
cal biographical race. THE
STORY OF LYNDON JOHN
SON" by Booth Mooney. a
former executive assistant of
the Democratic leader coming
in July; and THE KEFAU-
YER STORY" by Jack Ander-
son and Fred Blumenthal, a
May entry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
Books
Donovon's Eisenhower,
A Literary Hot Potato
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Robert j. Donovan's EISENHOWER: THE INSIDE STORY
Harper $495 literary hot potato which being juggled
between Congress and the White House Some members Of
reading advance found the book uncanny
apparently in its Of what at
cabinet meetings and what the President others
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-01
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Summer Art Shows
Offer Wide VARIETY
BY HARRIET GRIFFITHS

Lucy Gomesal contempates variety Of subjects from
stark commentary the potential of the atomic aec
onate study of the SameSe cat in her pleasing show of
graphs Dels Gallery 8002 Wisconsin avenue Bethesda
The artists first show comprising prints
is view until July IA.
native of PHILADELPHIA has in Arling-