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Letting Yourself Go

One answer given by young peo-
pie themselves is that they are
after thrills. "a kick. /" Just being
young is not thrill enough they
have to Jazz it up with alcohol or
narcotics Let yourself GO they
say to themselves Go on, faster.
faster; when all the thrill nature
provides are stale. then go after
the artificial jolts you can get
from d bottle OF hypodermic syr-
inge This is not all the fault of
young people Older people often
lead them astray. Even teachers
may do it. for there is a philoSo-
ply of education that says. in eff
feet, that a child must never be
made to do what he doe snt want
to do What l want is supposed
to be the key to happiness. Now
this is precisely the opposite Of the
Christian way of living Self-con-
troll not letting yourself 20. is al
ways a mark Of the Christian life
in every New Testament descrip-
ton Of it Life without inner con-
troll is not only a weak life, it is
headed for a crash
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-03

The nations three leading com
me1cial producers of bituminous
coal dug almost $1,000 900 tons in
1885 or more than II per cent Of
the national total Of 40 900 900 tons
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of his long experience and
practice.
His watercolors are so strong,
large and admirably painte>
as to lose nothing in juxta-,
position to oils, Of which the
exhibition includes a few. They
are sufficiently realistic to
speak to the most concrete
minded layman, yet have much
more than the appearance of
nature: Excellent composition,
calligraphic pattern. romantic
mood, imaginative symbolism.
Not long after Mr.. Burchfield
had entered this third period
he said las quoted in a mono
graph published in 1945).
On Humble Reverence
Il am one who finds him.
self in an incredibly interest,"
ing world. The artist must
come to nature, not with a
ready-made formula, but in
humble reverence to learn.
The work of an artist is SUI
perior to the surface appear
ance of nature, but not its
basic laws"
Further heightening the
shows appeal are the artists
own comments on many of
his paintings, which are typed
on labels beside the paintings
they interpret.
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The RuciuI Line
THE WHIPpIN1. ROY i.

AhE WHIT EANO DOI Qe-
scribes the repercusions of a
friendship between two young
men who are students at a
New York college, one white,
the other a Negro. They are
so congenial that they share
an apartment. But when
Peters self-righteous elder
brother - Peter is the white
youth-and his parents in a
distant small town find out
about this friendship. there is,
as the saying goes. he'll to pay.
But Paul, the talented coll
ored boy, becomes more the
excuse for than the cause of
temperamental differences in
Peters family which often ex-
plode into violent quarrels.
Peters old girl in the home
town is mixed up in the brawls.
so is his new girl in New York.
Thus Paul is a sort Of whip
ping boy for all the troubles
on Peters horizon.
Peter fancies himself the
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Here's the Real Lowdown
On That Wild Train Ride

Sounds pretty deadly doesn't
it? But Mr.. O'Neill hasn't
merely plastered UP a flock Of
autobiographies. He has tied
them into a piece Of entertain
ment that races along without
showdown, tense as a tight
wire.
The railroad race. jsilbreaks
and other whodunit aspects
need no plugging for ex-
element. But the postwar
wrangling over which hero did
what is presented here COM
pletely for the first time, with
those Civil War personalities
shining through in sharp de-
tail.
There was reason for both
North and South 10 be proud
Of the rail- chase. And nov
Mr. ONeill has right 10 be
proud on two counts. as a
historian and as a teller Of
a marvelously exciting true
story. He demonstrates con-
vincingly there was no need
for Mr.. Disney's scenario de-
partment 70 hype up the yarn
with bridge arson that never
happened.
RICHARD RODGERS
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WILD TRAIN: The Story Of
the Andrews Raiders. BY

WILD TRAIN: The Story Of
the Andrews Raiders. BY
Charles ONeill. Brandon
House: S6)
The Georgia adventure of
% Union raiders who stole a
Confederate locomotive and
raced it North has been
written, rewritten and dis
torted ever since 1t happened
in 1852.
A recent version. and prob
ably the best-known one, was
Walt Disney's fine movie, star
ring the man childhood knows
as Davey Crockett, Trouble
was, the script didn't stick 10
the facts.
Mr.. ONeill's new report on
the railroad chase is the most
complete ever compiled. It is
an astonishing tour de force
with shears. almost entirely in
the participants own words.
He ,cissored their various tes-
timony free Of verbosity.
labeled each portion plainly
as to source. then retooled all
into a single narrative. bridg-
ing gaps with his own para
graphs.
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Thurber Furthers
His Funny Fables
OF Founo Folly
FURTHER FABLES FOR

FURTHER FABLES FOR
OUR TIME" BY James
Thurber. (Simon g. Schus-
ter; $500
Animals dressed in the pho
bias and follies of modern man
are not new to us, but the
Thurber members of this king
dom are perhaps the funniest
and most original. They
possess the same old human
qualities over which philoso-
piers have lamented, and they
exemplify the same old truths,
but they have the magic Of the
Thurber touch.
And in one fable the humble
old species of dinosaur, listen
ing to the new species of man
eXult triumphantly over a
brilliant future of war, death,
conquest, fall, blood, sweat,
tears, hell, heels and
whores." dies with a curiouSly
satisfied smile. Moral - says
Thurber-"The noblest study
of mankind is Man, says Man"
To wink at the wisdom of
Aesop and to twist the old with
broad new humor would mean
failure to most. But we have
the feeling that if Aesop were
to read Further a Fables for
Our Time" he would wink
right back at Thurber as if to
say. You can't improve on me,
but you can be just as de-
lightful."
MARTHA LIVDAHL.
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The New Look
In Red Russia
THE BIG THAW. By c. L.

EAN' ~ ~ ~
Sulzberger. Harper; $4)
This is another study of the
Kremlin'S new look" written
by the deep-thinkipg foreign
affairs columnist of the New
York Times. Unhappily some
of his material has been over
taken by events in Poland and
Hungary. There is much of
profit that remains, however.
His forceful reminders-with
copious quotes dating back to
Czarist times-that the So
Wet Union is as much a Rus
sian problem as a Communist
one, are helpful to give per-
Spective to the United States
struggle against Moscow. The
end of communism will not
usher in the happy days that
most casual students Of his
tory tend to expect. The Rus
SLAMS are ambitious and
expansioniSts first and Com
munist second, in Mr.. Sulz-
berger's view. He has history
to bear him out.
EARL H. VOSS.
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Abstructionists

The Institute of Contem-
porary Arts first exhibition of
the season, in its room Al at
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art
through December 2, COM
prises 20 paintings by five
Younger Americans" All
are abstract painters, three of
them abstract expressionists.
To what the comparative
younger" refers is hard to
say for Fritz Glarner, the best
known, is nearing so. Kien-
busch is AZ, and the ma jority
are experienced producers and
exhibitors.
Mr.. Glarner, native of
Switzerland, studied at the
Royal Institute of Fine Arts.
Naples, Italy, was Influenced
by Mondrian and the "Neo-
plasticiSts." His five works en-
titled 'relational paintings"
are all variations on a theme
relationships of colors and
rectilinear forms: Oblongs.
squares. narrow strips, ETC.,
all in the primary colors with
white, black and grays. There
are subtle differences in the
relationships; but it is hard to
escape the conclusion that Mr..
Giarner is in a rut.
Large Triptych
The same can be said of
several of the others. Ernest
Briggs shows an enormous
triptych (some 80 square feet
and a somewhat smaller paint
ing. in each of which paint in
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She's off to the Desert
With the Army Of Egypt

rent vogue only in the matter
of dialogue. Everyone, from
the coachman to N. Bona
parte, speaks a kind of Cab
lese with colloquialismS that
smack more Of Greenwich Viii
lage than Directoire, France. 1t
is arresting at first. but it pals.
Cropping for the sentimental
note in the boudoir, she runs
to such cloying adjectives as
"greeny," "bluey." smiley"
Sentiment. despite Miss Nc
Kenney's unremitting labors,
eludes her. The hero's great
love, the reigning beauty, CO.
rhine, unkissed bride of Gen
Rouvroy, mistress of the arch
villain, Jardinier. at heart
thinks that diamonds are a
girls best friend. RENTS other
girl, the sloe-eyed Princess
Zennoobehe, exhibits a doglike
devotion, but their union is as
hapless as that between France
and Egypt.
To the Last Gasp
Miss McKenney has done
home work, there is no question
of that. She exhibits re-
markable knowledge of such
diverse subjects as French tao
tics, Egyptian crocodile wor-
ship and barracks-room rev.
elry. The trouble is that. like
Napoleon. she has reached for
too much. A little less knowl-
edge would not have been q
dangerous thing for Miss Nc
Kenney here. 1t would have
made it unnecessary for her
to drag on the endless DALI
ance between Corinne and the
hero, Remi. the genius at
chemistry seduction. and the
secretary of Napoleon. Miss
McKenney stays with them lit
orally to the last gasp.
M. MEG.
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the Phillips Gallery for 81.
Mr.. Bauer's beautifully writ
ten biographical and interpre-
tive text, and the excellent
reproductions make the book
an addition of permanent in
terest for every library on
American art.
All Phases of Work
Forty paintings, mostly
watercolorS. and a few draw
ings, occupy the Phillips print
rooms, also gallery B and the
hall of the second floor. The
collection comprehends all
phases Of Mr.. Burchfield's
work, from 1915 to the past
year or so. 1t illustrates gen.
erously what Mr.. Baur calls
three Burchfields":: The art
ist in his early twenties, who
painted imaginative and fan
tastic watercolors which re-
created moods and feelings,
and visualized sounds such as
insect songs; the artist in his
early middle years, who aban-
doned fantasy for realism
and painted old houses and
other buildings and industrial
themes: and the artist of the
past IL years or more. who
gave up the realism of the
preceding period and turned
to "the changing moods and
aspects of nature" combining
his youthful imagination and
fantasy with the technical skill
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portant awards throughout
the United States, but also
honorary degrees from several
colleges, including Harvard.
Furthermore. his work is in
many permanent collections,
including the Phillips Gallery,
which has a large group Of his
paintings Gan exhibition until
The Phillips Gallery is the
sixth place on a circuit of
seven art museums showing
the Burchfield retrospective
which was organized by the
Whitney Museum of Ameri-
can Art, New York City, where
it had its first showing last
January. Just prior to the
opening, the museum pub
liShed the first comprehensive
book on the artist, by the
curator of the Whitney Mu-
seum-Charles Burchfield by
John I. H. Baur Macmillan
Company. So. A shorter ver-
sion of this book (the intro
ductory chapter and nearly 60
of the 95 illustrations) is the
shows catalogue, available at
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rich colors flows from upper
left to lower right. No matter
how much one likes paint,
there is too much here, and
too little conveyed.
Sam Francis several paint
ings, also running to colossal
sizes. are restful and har-
monious - Upper Air" d
cloud-like formation in pale
brown; RED in Red" light
and darker in a cobblestone
mass; and "All Yellow" COM
posed Of forms like footprints.
These would make pleasing
decorative textiles or wall
fabrics.
Franz Kline's 5 large paint
See. ART NEWS, Page Ell
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MIRAGE. BY Ruth Mckinney.

MIRAGE. BY Ruth McKenney.
Farrar, StrauS g. Cudahy;
$4.950
The author of MY Sister
Eileen" is of to the Napol-
comic wars, of to the desert
with the Army of Egypt, far,
far away from the Manhattan
apartment that brought her
fame.
What Is Miss McKenney do
ing among the pyramids? Well,
she is, for one thing, admir-
ing a boyish, lovesick, intel
lectually curious Napoleon.
And for another she is inves-
tigating bemusedly the misal-
lance between Egypt and
France, that grandioSe enter
prise which was supposed to
bring the blessings of Liberty.
Equality and Fraternity to the
oppressed infidels along the
Nile.
It's a Long Trek
How does she do among the
pyramids? She is. for one
thing, an age-about 200
pages-getting there. Once
arrived; she turns out to have
a surprising talent for the big
moments, for desert marches,
for sandy battles. for naval
engagements. for holy upris-
ings. But she has. woman like
overpacked for the expedition.
She drags in too many people,
too tangled intrigues. And in
complete difference to the
mode of the historical novel,
she has introduced two loves
one fair, one dark-stirred
in sex and violence in injudi-
cious measure and has written
the same love scene over and
over again.
She has departed from the
rigid conventions Of the cur
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Neglected General

~
A DIFFERENT VALOR: THE
STORY OF GEN. JOSEPH
E. JOHNSTON, C. S. A. BY
Gilbert E. Govan and James
w. Livingood. (Bobbs- Mer-
rill; So is
described as the first full
length biography of this
neglected Confederate chief
tain since 1893.
Gen. Johnston was one Of
the South's most able strate-
gists. That he also was one of
her most courageous fighting
men despite his reputation for
caution, is attested by the
severe wounds be suffered, as
an officer in the Mexican War
and in the Civil War. He had,
beyond question, the worst luck
of any Confederate general.
Felled by a Bullet
Joe Johnston was in COM
mand at the Seven Days be-
fore Richmond in 1862 and had
Mcclellan pretty we'll boxed in
and baffled when the Gray
general was felled by a bullet
and carried from the field I'M
conscious. 1t was then that
President Jefferson Davis
placed Lee in command of the
Army of Northern Virginia.
What might have happened
had Johnston escaped his
wound is a matter for historical
speculation. Not that Gen. Lee
did not take over with his usual
consummate skill.
Johnston also was unlucky in
the dislike President Davis felt
for him. When he recovered
from his wound, the general
was sent West. There he never
had the men and materiel he
needed. or else Richmond dis
approved his plans. Johnston's
retreats before the advance of
Sherman in north Georgia
have been pretty well vindi-
Gated by military historians.
An EgregiOuS BIunder
What happened when Davis
replaced Johnston as COM
mander with Hood and the
impetuous Hood attacked
Sherman headlong at Atlanta
was soon sad news in Rich
mond-the Army of the Ten
nessee was wrecked. No Won
der Gen. Richard Taylor, son
of Zachary Taylor. the Mexi-
can War hero who became
President. said mo more eyre
gious blunder was possible"
than the removal of Johnston
before Atlanta. Davis finally
restored Johnston to what was
left Of his command, and he
fought the last battle Of the
war in North Carolina and then
surrendered to Sherman, sew
eral days after Appomattox.
The authors have written a
sympathetic but objective BIZ
ography. carefully documented
and Interestingly expressed.
1t should do much to restore
the reputation Of a general
largely forgotten in the more
spectacular fame of other gen.
erals on both sides.
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given in the latest Mentor
New World Writing" by Wal
ter Allen. a compassionate
Englishman who performs both
as a book reviewer and a
literary critic. Here is what
he says:
Authors are like young
mothers: They are not inter-
eSted in criticism; what they
want is praise; and the more
fulsome the better. Publishers
don't like reviewers; publishers
have sunk money in a book.
AS for the reading public, as
soon as it commits the I'M
pardonable folly of reading
two reviewers on a book. it
doesn't know where it stands"
Readers and Reviewers
Mr.. Allen goes on to explain
the palpable difference of
opinion between readers and
reviewers, at least those who
do not simply copy of the
adjectives from the book
jackets of the newest epic of
the presses.
1.-THE development of Eng
lish as an academic study like
Greek or physics conceded
with the great assure in the
general public which may be
called the highbrow middle
brow-lowbrow split. At the
middle of the 10Th century, if
an English workingman read
novels he read the same novels
as anybody else: Dickens
Thackeray's, George Eliot's.
Nobody had thought of intro
ducing the notion of class into
reading tastes. But after the
Education Act of 1870, which
gave the English free and COM
pulsory education, clever men
decided that it was CONNER
cially worth their while to pro-
vide newspapers, magazines,
and later books for the special
pleasure of newly and barely
literate sections of the public.
Mass leadership came into ex-
istence. and while it is true
that the public will always
take what is given to them, it
also seems true that, by and
large-for there are many ex-
ceptionS-if offered the choice
between the good and the less
good, they will take the less
good"
There's a Difference
Mr.. Allen discourses illumi-
natingly on the difference be-
tween English and American
reviewers. The best of the
English he considers V. s.
Pritchett: of the Americans,
Edmund Wilson. The Ameri-
can reviewer he thinks to be
troubled by the lack of "a
common reader" a congenial,
literate soul who loves to read.
The more secure Englishman,
he says. addresses himself. in
conversational style to a like
minded fellow. There the gulf
between the book reviewer and
the literary critic is not wide.
Moreover-how knowing Mr..
Allen is-Americans are be-
deviled by avalanches OF pub
licity from publishers, and this
tends to make him either
timid or defiant. The literary
critic. by contrast, writing for
one of the little magazines"
takes a lofty view. regarding
each new publication as one
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only enlightened, emancipated
member Of his family. But
were the prejudices that were
instilled in him in childhood
dead or only sleeping. to awake
in a crisis? This is a matter
later explored.
The story is sexy and marred
by some pretty lurid melo-
drama. Nor is it always ef-
fectively written. But it makes
its point.
Mrs. Pfoutz lives in subur-
ban Cabin John, Md.
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OOOD DEEDS MUST BE
PUNISH D. BY Irving
Shulman. (Holt; $3.50
THE WHIPPING BOY. BY
s. e. Pfoutz. (Messner; So
Each story is effective in its
way, though Mr.. Shulman, an
experienced hand, turns out a
more expert example. 1.-THE
Whipping Boy" is a first novel.
SHULMAN TRILOGY
Mr.. Shulman wrote a tril-
ogy Of novels about a group
Of tough Brooklyn boys who
grew UP to be bigtime hoods.
This was a far better Job than
critics in general seemed to
realize. Then he wrote a good
study Of the prize ring, 1.-The
Square Trap" AS q friend of
mine remarked, Mr.. Shulman
has the capacity to toss you,
on the first page, into the
middle Of whatever he's tell
ing you about and keeping
you there until the final page.
This is, after all, a rare at
tribute.
Good Deeds Must Be Pun
ished" does not lack this quail
tty. It's extremely readable,
II at times hard to believe.
Unhappy Situation
Mr.. Shulman describes a
new form Of intolerance on
the campus of a small COL
lege in West Virginia he calls
Gresham. At least it's new to
me. 1t is prejudice against
Italian students which bars
them-unless they don't look
too Italian or are first-string
athletes-from the fraterni-
ties and hence from the So
cial varsity. The Italian boys
have retaliated by organizing
their own fraternity, which is
affiliated with a national So
ciety for boys of Italian de-
scent. They are not happy,
though, with the situation.
The period is just after the
big war, and the story is told
by a CT, an Italian boy who
is persuaded by his Uncle
Bruno. a successful New York
lawyer, to go to Gresham,
where a neighbor boy goes.
The narrator pledges to the
Italian fraternity and then
complexities his life by falling
in love with a coed who be-
longs to one Of the most ex-
elusive sororities. But she
goes around with him-she
doesn't care what her sorority
sisters think.
Other PrejudlceS
There are other forms of
intolerance on this campus,
including the typical post
distrust of ideas and fear of
radicals. And when a cowboy
evangelist noted for his TRADES
against Catholicism performs
in a tent in the town, the
hatred he stirs up particularly
affects the Italian students.
At times the story seems,
despite the Skillful character
izations and naturalistic dia-
logue, contrived to prove a
point. And it runs to long de-
scriptions, which could we'll
have been shortened. But it
holds the interest.
Why there should be any
prejudice against people as
gifted, handsome and kind as
Italians is hard to understand,
assuming Mr.. Shulman knows
what he's writing about. But
then 1t makes as much sense
as antisemitism or color
phobia.
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READING AND WRITING
Compassionate EngIishmon
Takes Reviewers to Task
BY MARY McGRORY

Book reviewers often feel themselves kind of nomans
land Their standards considered often high by public
rushing to the bookstore for the rash low by the
academicianS who know much about the subjects the
reviewers must make their own for the duration of book
most sympathetic consideration plight has been
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ARTISTS. AND EXHIBITIONS
Exceptional Show
At Phillips Gallery
By FLoRENCE 5. BERRYMAN

Charles Burchelds retrospective exhibition at the Phillips
Gallery through December II is exceptionally beautiful and
interesting show that should not be missed distinguished
American artist began to paint than years ago. has
hbted extensively both in and soe so
OF the latter since 1870 and has received not only
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Books
intolerance Is Theme
Of Two New Novels
By CARTER BROOKE ZONES

Two novels at hand this week DEAL in entirely different
ways with intolerance The theme which so agicay
large IN our contemporary world sounded in thousand
variations ALL though based common chord Of preudce
and Misunderstanding. The novels are: