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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Offering Answers
To the Questions
About Dick Nixon

THIS Is NIXON (THE MAN
AND HIS WORK.. BY James
Keogh. &c. P. Putnam's
Sons; $2.75.)
Richard Nixon" says a
foreword, sis potentially the
most important figure on the
American political scene to-
day. He is also one Of the most
controversial and least UNDER
stood. Much has been written
and said about him in the
past; much more will be in
the months ahead. Now,
James Keogh, an associate
editor Of Time Magazine, has
written and edited this book to
unravel the true from the
false with a view toward pre-
senting an unbiased account
OF the man and what he
stands for"
Along with the usual bio
graphical material are ex-
cerpts from Nixon speeches
and writings designed to show
how the Vice President stands
on public issues. The Hiss
case is treated in some detail,
and there also is an account OF
the then CALIFORNIA; Senator's
well : remembered television
appearance during the 1852
campaign when he gave an
accounting Of his finances and
defended the expense account
contributed by friends which
had brought him under fire.
Mr.. Keogh's work offers the
answers to questions that
might be expected to arise in
another campaign.
JOSEPH A, FOX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

THE LAST VOYAGE OF
THE LUSITANIA, by A. A.
Hoehling and Mary Hoehling
(Holt; $3.75) is an excellent
example of a new way of re-
calling episodes that changed
history. This is a method of
describing these events in
vivid narrative style, in which
the Recommendation is implied
rather than lugged in tor
tuously and footnotes are
either omitted or printed at
the end of the book for those
who want them.
Perhaps the first book to
treat history in modern re-
portorial idiom was Jim Bish-
ops THE Day Lincoln Was
Shot" This was followed by
"A Night to Remember" by
Walter Lord, the story of the
sinking of the Titantic after
she struck an iceberg.
1t was only three years after
the loss of the Titanic stunned
America and England that the
luxury liner Lusitania of the
Cunard line was torpedoed
off the Irish coast May 8,
1915. Then Americans awoke
to find an era abruptly ended.
Something had happened
which would affect their i'm
mediate future and the destiny
of the world"
This display of German
ruthlessness eventually drew
us into the war. The wonder
is in view of the Indignation
aroused. that we waited two
years. There had been 1859
persons en- route from New
York to Queenstown and
Liverpool. And 1.l98 persisted.
OF 1853 Americans aboard, 124
were lost.
The sailing Of the Lusitania
from New York was strangely
ominous.
The day before, beside a
Cunard newspaper advertise
ment, was one signed by the
Imperial German Embassy
warning Americans away from
ships owned by belligerents
and venturing into the war
zone. There were murmurs
that this was to be the Lusi-
tania's last voyage, and a few
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Heaven Protects WORKING
Gals, But How About Guys?

brother-in-law on the police
force lends him moral sup
port in his troubles, even if
his wife will not listen to his
explanation that. according to
statistics, 1.-The average mature
American male has a point
seven affair" She counters
with a lawsuit for $65, which
she considers his true worth.
Mr.. DeVries, who is a really
comic writer, is also one of
endless invention. His story
is a little over-plotted in spots.
Still there's at least a smile
on every page and a guffaw a
chapter. M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

sculpture. stage sets, back
drops. designs for decor and
costumes and posters, is added
an outstanding series of in
formative labels, prepared by
PrentiSs Taylor.
Such old and modern mas
tiers are represented as Jacques
Cabot, Hogarth, DegaS, Dau-
mier, Manet, Bonnard, Tou-
louse-Lautrec, Matisse, Picasso,
Rouault. Bakst, Duffy, Calder,
and many another, in works
lent by the National, Corcor-
an and Phillips Galleries here,
Baltimore's Evergreen House
and Art Museum, New York's
Museum of Modern Art and
dealers galleries and private
collectors.
The glamour of the theater,
past and present. gives this
exhibition a romantic patina.
I left it. feeling as if 1 had
just seen a fine performance.
1t remains through next Sum-
day, open daily except Sat-
urday, 2 to 5.
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A Do Yourself Handbook
For Expectunt Candidates

In their zeal, as a candidate
would say, they have left no
stone unturned. Here is an
example of a connoisseur's
gimmick: IF you care to
bother. you may cast a lure
for the male cook vote, using
one of your favorite recipes
for bait. Here the standards
are turned upsidedown. Your
recipe must be incredibly COM
plicated, calling for endless
chopping. shredding and SIM
mering, and exotic, hard-to-
obtain condiments. In the
rush Of the campaign, nobody
will have the time to test it
out to your possible discredit."
The Typical American
The finished product of all
these efforts. is they counsel.
the picture of man who is
"typically American as the
home run. with common sense,
a keen but inoffensive intelli-
gence, and a simple taste in
food. clothes, art and litera-
ture."
AS for speeches. they eau
ton: "You are not trying to
win votes with speeches; you
are trying not to lose them"
And the heart of the jest is
this bitter truth: "A campaign
is not a Great Debate. 1t is
a Big Buildup."
In short. I'D Rather Be
President" is a campaign year
treat. The illustrations by
Walt Kelly, creator of Pogo"
add greatly to the acid fun.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

through May II. Thereafter,
it will begin a Nationwide tour
under auspices of the Smith
sonian Institution Travelling
Exhibition Service.
The large collection, shown
in a handsome eight-case in.
stallation designed by Mr..
Wirkkala, includes his plywood
sculptures, wood carvings,
metal, glass and silver designs,
and ceramics by Rut Bryk,
attached to the alcove walls.
Mr.. Wirkkala is a modern
designer: His starting point,
it is said. is always a natural
form-leaf, flower, shell, fish,
etc.-still discernible in the
finished work. but simplified,
light, with an airy grace, as
in his abstract plywood sculp-
lures, his soaring glass cam
panile, his exquisite silver
dish; or elegant and substan-
tial, as in his iceberg" hand
ground crystal vase. There
are free-form decorative OBJ
jects. covetable practical sets
of goblets and other table
glass, many with pure, beau
tiful colors.
Ceramic Paintings
Rut Bryk's trays and wall
plaques are ceramic paintings,
the tiles decorated with birds.
flowers, fish or people and
landscapes, done with glazes
mixed with pigments, result
ing in deep, rich colors which
fetched her a Grand Prix and
a Diplome d'Honneur in the
Milan Triennale since 1850.
The most remarkable of her
works in this show, to me, are
the entire facade of a cathe-
dral, several feet in dimen-
sions, and deliberately painted;
and a charming rose-bush
which climbs a tall, narrow,
plaque. Smaller items have
forms done with the simple
naivete of folk art.
An illustrated pamphlet is
available at the exhibition, with
an enthusiastic foreword by
Edgar Kaufman and bio
graphical notes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

shortly after Bart's birth. She
has admirers, some of them
eager to marry her, and yet
she has never gotten a di-
vorce. perhaps because of the
lingering influence of her
church, which she had not
gone near for years. Then she
learns that her husband has
left the world and become an
oblate in a monastery. De-
spite his clustered life, he has
an important role in straight
ening out the lives of his es-
tranged wife and his son.
Old Love Affair
This Bart is an interesting
character. He is far from the
conventional athlete of fiction
or life. He is highly intelli-
gent and looks farther ahead
than the brief career of a BALL
player who may never even
make the majors, but he is still
cropping, wondering what to
do. An old love affair which
resulted, so he was informed
when he was away in the army,
in the birth of his child, haunts
him, and he determines to
straighten out the past. Mean
while he falls in love with his
mothers secretary, Mary.
There is tense drama in the
development of the story.
Its worst fault is the slowness
of this development. 1t is
not so much that Mr.. Barrett
overwrites as that he fingers
over details. Even so, the
details illuminate the char
acters. And the narrative
packs quite q punch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

$500.
This sensitively written book
reminds us that a novel can
still have a religious faith as
one of its important themes
and lose neither drama nor
credibility.
1t also emphasizes that to be
absorbing a novel need not
wallow in literary dirt, as you
might suppose by picking up
the average novel today. THE
Sudden Strangers" will not
offend the moral or esthetic
sensibilities of any reader.
And yet by remaining clean it
does not become priggish nor
does it ever descend to the
cloyingly sentimental. 1t is
about real people, who are
average and fairly normal,
and the author, reverting to a
literary tradition that sur
rounds many of the great
novelistS of the past, did not
feel that he had to set down
everything his characters
thought or did; the reader
could be counted on to have
some intelligence, even a trace
of imagination.
Musical Comedy Star
The novel concerns a star
Of musical comedy, Dorinda;
her son, Bart. recently of an
Ivy league college where he
was a football star, now play
ing baseball in minor league;
her secretary, Mary, a frus-
trated actress, and Dorinda's
long estranged husband.
Dorinda and her husband
have been separated since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Symbolic Birds

Anyone who has not yet seen
the large retrospective exhibit
ton of paintings by Morris
Graves, at the Phillips Gallery,
should do so today or tomor-
row. This hauntingly beautiful
show is on a circuit of eight
important museums. 1t started
at the Whitney Museum, New
York City; the Phillips Gallery
is second on the tour, and it
will conclude at the Art Mu-
scum of Seattle, Wash, the
artists home area
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
18th PenneII

The 14th National Exhibi-
ton of Prints (popularly
known as the Pennell show
opened last Tuesday at the
Library of Congress, to re-
main through August. One of
the Nations largest print
shows, it is an annual event
of Importance to printmakers
not only because of the oppor-
tunity to show. but also be-
cause the Library always pur-
chases for its permanent coll
lection a good number
between 20 and 80.
The jury of selection this
year was composed Of Max
Kahn of Chicago. painter and
color photographer; Leo Meiss-
ner of Monhegan, Me. painter
and wood engraver, and Gabor
Peterdi of Rowayton. Conn.,.
who teaches painting and
graphic arts at Yale University
and Hunter College.
The committee for purchase
which met two days ago con-
sists of Arthur w. Heintzelman.
keeper of prints at the Boston
Public Library. Benton Spru-
ance director of the division Of
graphic arts at the Philadel-
phia Museum School, both Of
them outstand ding print
makers; and Alice Lee Parker.
head of the prints and photo
graphs division of the Library
of Congress.
This outstanding exhibition
will be reviewed in detail here
later,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
A Democratic
Picture Book

THE FABULOUS DEMO-
Gratis, by David Cohn put
nam; $4.95) is a party history
in text and pictures. with a
foreword by Speaker Ray
burn. The book should be
helpful to the party in a CAM
paign year, though Mr.. Cohn,
a skillful writer. has tried to
make his history more objec-
tive than partisan. When he
remarks, however. on page
Isl, that THE New Deal was
essentially conservative in
character" he is straining, if
not fracturing, a point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
I'd RATHER BE PRESIDENT.

u
BY Charles Ellis and Frank
Weir. Illustrated by Walt
Kelly. (Simon & Schuster;
$2.95.)
Tired of it all already? Had
enough four months before
"the-man-who" speeches even
begin?
Here is the perfect antidote.
"A Handbook for Expectant
Candidates" as 1t is subtitled.
is f1zzy. cynical, appallingly
accurate picture of a man
about to deliver. himself into
the hands of the voters -
from the moment he says
why not me?" until he goes
to bed on election night. with
two alternate kilograms
drafted.
Hilarious Harvest
A pair Of gleeful execution
ers, Mr.. Ellis and Mr.. Weir do
the candidate in in his own
words. The mind boggles at
the number of political
speeches and attitudes they
have ploughed through in or
der to reap this hilarious har-
vest of angles and cliches.
$50 long as you're under so.
you may offer yourself as the
young liberal of your party"
they dryly coach the hopeful
in an opening gambit. De-
nounce lack of preparedness,
oppressive taxes. corruption in
high Office, big business domi-
nation Of you're not in big
business this stirring UP of
class against class, impractical
idealists, cynical materialists
and the japanese beetle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
in Brief

Gilbert Stuart, our greatest
early portrait painter, whose
200th birthday anniversary was
last December. will be the sub
ject Of a lecture next Tuesday
evening at $40 at the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. The
speaker will be James T. Flex-.
ner, author and critic, an
authority on American art and
history.
A community art show will
be presented In the auditorium
of Woodward e. Lothrop's
Chevy Chase store next Thurs
day and Friday, open to all
amateur and professional ar
lists 10 years of age or more,
in the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area. The entire cost Of the
show is being underwritten by
the News Shopper; there is no
entrance fee for artists nor adj
mission fee for the public.
Ribbon awards will be pre-
sented to amateurs and pro-
fessionals in each Of four
classes. Each first prize vim
ner will receive a silver trophy
from the News Shopper; Sec
ond prize winners merchandise
gift certificates. from art sup
ply stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
BY BARBARA NOLEN

Dy DfAINDtAnA 1NOAA11N
You don't need to be a psy-
chologist to appreciate how
often the right book will help
a growing boy or girl to I'M
derstand himself, or his
friends, or his parents, This
is particularly true of family
stories. like Heidi or Tom
Sawyer or Cress Delehanty. 1t
is true of an increasing num-
Der of new books in which the
growing pains of childhood
and youth are handled with
humor and wisdom.
Lonely Boy
Take the case of Peter
Timpkins. At first, moving
from Washington to Blue
Ridge seems like a disaster to
Peter, age five and a quarter.
His family sniff the fresh air
of Blue Ridge with delight,
but not Peter. He has lost his
best friend.
To make matters worse, a
roaring lion appears in Peters
closet every night. How the
mayor and the butcher and
the fire department make the
lion disappear is the neatest
trick of the week.
THE CIRCUS IN PETERS
CLOSET (Crowell. $3.50 is a
choice bedtime story which
fathers will relish reading
time and again. 1t is told by
Jane Randolph and illustrated
in Don Freeman's gayest COL
ors.
Little girls will follow close
ly the story of Susan's birth
day wish in WHAT SUSAN
WANTED by Sally Scott (Har-
court. So This pleasant little
book is not only good for read
ing aloud but simple enough
for beginning readers. Not
many books can serve both
purposes so well, and turn the
tables on the parents so adroit-
ly. too.
Boys, Boys. Boys
TONY OF THE GHOST
TOWNS by Marie Halun Bloch
Coward. S2.75) is welcome
proof that the author knows
boys, inside and out.
A ghost town in Colorado
provides Tony with his treas
ures. A haunted cabin is his
secret hiding place. Both are
important to Tony when he
needs to escape from the rough
teasing of his older brothers.
The authors viewpoint never
intrudes in this unusual West
ern about a real boy.
George Messenger is the
youngest Of thirteen children,
the only one who hates farm
chores and likes to 60 fishing
with his father. Every spring,
Mr.. Messenger loads his tin
peddler's cart and takes to the
dusty roads. Isn't George lucky
the year his father invites him
to go along!
In THE PEDDLER'S CART
by Elizabeth Coatsworth
Macmillan. $2.75, George
and his father travel uphill
and down, meeting robbers
and gypsies, fair weather and
foul. Boys and girls will treas
ure the quiet wisdom of the
Yankee peddler as much as
the moments of quick suspense
and danger.
Ice-cream Cart
Stores on wheels are not as
common as they used to be but
still fascinating. American
children run into the street
when the Good Humor man
jangles his bells, and in Bel
GUM every one welcomes Papa
Goncourt's wonderful ice
cream cart, drawn by the
white horse, Bobo.
Licking ice cream cones to-
gether is an easy way to crash
the language barrier, as Jerry
and Jean Pierre discover in
THE WONDE RFUL ICE
CREAM CART by Alice
Rogers Hager Macmillan.
$3.50. Mrs. Hager is a WASH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Work of FirIond's Top
Craftsmen on View
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

Two of Fnlands finest and bestknown craftsmen Tapio
Wkkala and his wife Ru Byk responsible 1870
works which fill the foyer of the Natural History Building
Tenth street and Constitution Opened Sunday by
His Exceency the Finnish Ambassador John Nykopp and
Mrs Nykopp, and with Mr. WirkkaIa present it will remain
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

An Inspiring New Novel
Of Spiritual Conflict
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

William E. Barrett wrote THE Left Hand of Codr per-
cepve story of China which made into successful movie
He has written three other novels There often
religious interest in his Stories attribute unusual these
days of the tough novel in which spiritual values ignored
His novel is: THE SUDDEN STRANGERS Doubleday:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
!. Books About Growing Up
Teach Helpful Lessons

ington author and journalist
who saw the possibilities OF
ice cream as an international
language, while she was sta
toned in Brussels on a State
Department job.
Remarkable Lulu
Lulu is bound for trouble
from her first day in a fash
ionable girls school In New
York City. Envy and ambition
lead her into several esca-
pades, most embarrassing for q
minister's daughter. Her
ability to get out of scrapes.
as we'll as into them, earns her
the nickname of remarkable
Lulu"
LULU HERSELF (Crowell.
$3.50 is written by Elizabeth
Hubbard Lansing, author of
ten other books. most of them
about girls-and guess what
horses!
Maine Islands
Maine islands have a double
fascination for natives and for
summer visitors. In MRS.
WAPPINGER'S SECRET by
Florence Hightower (Hough-
ton. So. a devoted summer
visitor reveals the charms of a
Maine island summer through
the eyes of a ten-year-old boy
who digs for treasure. The
eccentric Mrs. Wappinger,
with her parrot and her SUI
perior jelly doughnuts. exerts
a magnetic attraction a for
Charlie which is likely to
spread to 3ther ten and twelve
year olds.
A boys quarrel over a
wrecked dinghy returns to
plague sixteen-year-old Linn
in ISLAND IN THE BAY by
Dorothy Simpson (Lippincott.
$3.50. Mrs. Simpson is an is
lander herself, we'll able to
convey the rugged life of the
lobster fisherman in vivid
scenes, sometimes humorous,
always absorbing.
War Orphans
War orphans have to grow
up in hurry. Unlike more
privileged children, who yearn
for independence, they have
adult problems thrust on them
at an early age.
A Greek orphan, cruelty
n kname ed Little Frozen
Heart, plays the part of big
sister in Constance Savery's
WELCOME SANTA Long
mans. $2.75). A slight mystery
and a happy ending make this
an appealing story for readers
under twelve.
For the mature teenager,
Mrs. Margot Benary-Isbert has
written a penetrating junior
novel about a group Of Ger
man and Austrian young
people. Without homes, with
out money, almost without
friends, these young people are
inspired to restore an old
castle and make it the center
of a travelling provincial thea
ter.
CASTLE ON THE BORDER
(Harcourt. So will be read
first for pure enjoyment. for
the courage and gaiety Of its
characters. It will be remem-
bered for its universal huma-
nifty.
Darapfe mill A,oI $1,000, a-,..
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Birds are his major theme;
but beautifully drawn and
painted as they are, these are
not naturaliSts' birds, but forms
with which Mr.. Graves ex-
presses mood and symbolism,
with deep emotional content
and subtle meanings. Many of
these paintings have a decora-
tive quality akin to Oriental
art and are painted in what
appears to be a fragile tech
nique.
'Hi-Fi' in Art
High Fidelity in Art" the
second show arranged in
Loew's Capitol Theater, Four
tenth and F streets, by the
I. F. A. Gallery, to remain
through next Saturday, is an
educational show of interest.
In a series of large color re-
productions and explanatory
panels, it demonstrates three
processes: Collotype, porchoir
and silk screen. by which repro
auctions of fine quality are
made. faithful to the original
paintings or drawings.
Pairs of good and bad repro
auctions of the same paintings
are shown, as well as pairs of
originals and the prints made
from them, almost indistin-
guishable from the originals"
Fortunately, people with nor
NAL eyesight will have no trou-
BILE distinguishing, which is as
it should be, if artists are to
continue selling their original
works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

Parents will find many COM
forting thoughts about a
family's pleasure in books in
LONGER FLIGHT by Annis
Duff Viking. So. There are
excellent chapters on the
classics. the Bible. poetry, and
teenage reading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06

Town" at Gadsby's Tavern,
Alexandria, was reproduced in
The Star Pictorial Magazine.
Stories appeared in The Star
in January, and on April 8, q
few days before the show
opened. 1t includes approxi-
mately $50 oils. watercolors,
miniatures. pastels. silhouettes,
graphics. and a few items Of
historic interest. needlework,
books. certificates, etc.
The catalogue ($1.50) ia
pages. with historical and BIZ
ographical material. and 56,
halftone cuts of as many por-
traits, is a worthy record of
the show. with particular APP
peal to those interested in
early American history and art.
Currier & Ives
The exhibition of 60 orig
inal Autographs in color by
Currier & Ives, at Philip
Bells Studio 1884 NJ street,
GEORGETOWN has been ex-
tended through next Sunday
(closed tomorrow Currier 81
Ives were the United States
documentary artists par ex-
cellence of the 10Th century.
Hundreds of prints were pro-
duced, all of interest as Amer
icana. and many of them, Gre
ated by the artists of talent,
nave esthetic merit. Some
particularly desirable items
fetch prices in four figures.
Mr.. Bells group has wide
variety of subject matter,
and the proofs are in good
condition. with prices beamed
to the collector of modest
means.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-06
Our Town

Only a week remains to
meet men, women and children
who lived in Alexandria be-
tween l749 and 1865. Last
Sunday a group Of outstanding
portraits from the exception
ally interesting exhibition Our
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