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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
Silver Spring Petitions
Ask Vote on Hospital
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN

Silver Spring Wheaton today closer to having
other time in the 13year fight for It, but an
opponent they circulating petitions to get referendum
on the project.
Montgomery County Council yesterday voted 4-to-3
to pass hospital bill sponsored by Council President Robert
Snure.
The measure the first enacted in Memorial Day leg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
DC. Schools Study
Part-Time Classes
1st, I'd Grades
May Be Affected,
Corning Says
By JAMES ID. DEANE

Some Washington public school
pupils may go on a part-time
basis next September, School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning said
today.
Split schedules are under
study for some schools to relieve
diversified classes. DR..
Corning said. He said the move
would depend on the availability
of enough teachers, however.
Congress currently is consid-
ering a Board of Education plea
for $50 additional elementary
teachers. The school superin-
tendent said the fate of this re-
quest would have bearing on
the part-time proposal.
Part-time classes ordinarily
are a last resort in the District
schools. But DR.. Corning told
reporters they are considered
preferable to very large classes.
Space Problem Told
At the schools where the
emergency schedule is under
study, space is short. At some,
classes are now in the 40s, and
they may 60 as high as so next
fall unless a split schedule is
adopted.
Dr. Corning said part time, If
adopted, will be limited to first
and second graders. He said only
a few schools are involved. He
did not name them, explaining
that the plans at present are too
tentative.
In some cases, the split sched-
Iule would last for only few
months. until new construction
is completed.
Assistant Supt. Edith A. Lyons
said she plans to discuss crowd
ing problem with parents at one
school = Young Elementary,
Twenty-fourth street and Ben
ming road NE. = at meeting
tonight. Young might be one
school affected.
Senators Visit School
Young was visited recently by
members of the Senate District
Appropriations Subcommittee.
The Senators said afterWard
they felt the crowding there was
serious.
An eight-room temporary an
mex recently was opened there,
and a permanent addition is
due for completion next year.
But most classes already are
over 40, and a new enrolment
jump is expected in the fall,
Miss Lyons said.
Miss Lyons said she also will
meet tonight with parents of
Garfield and Turner schools. But
crowding there is expected to
be met by the opening of addi-
tional classes at the old Birney
School, now operated as an an
mex to Turner. she said.
There are no part-time classes
in District schools at present.
Parents Objected
Parents at Richardson Ele.
mentary School, where there
were some last fall, objected to
the split schedule. But DR.. Corn
ing said parents generally don't
object when the situation has
been explained to them. The
part-time arrangement provides
more individual attention from
teachers, he pointed out.
The Senate subcommittee has
finished its report on the city'S
appropriation bill, including the
teacher request, an aide said to-
day. The bill is scheduled to
be taken up by the full Appropri-
atoms Committee tomorrow.
Subcommittee sources already
have indicated that the group
is recommending an increase in
teacher funds voted by the
House. At least 116 new teacher
salaries repeatedly will be sup
ported, compared to rs in the
use-approved bill. The exact
total hasn't been revealed. how
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
The
Rambler
Some New Woys to
Hoodwink Voters?
BY JACK JONAS

The Library of Congress
hasn't exactly built a better
mousetrap, but with this
being an election year and all,
it may find an even deeper
congressional path beaten to
its door.
The reason for this is a gift
to the Library-a collection of
books giving helpful hints on
sleight of hand, conjuring,
witchcraft, parlor tricks and
riddles for all occasions.
The candidate bent on fool
ing all of the people some of
the time might consult, for
example, THE Gentle Art of
Taxing"
One intent on digging up an
opponents past might delve
into THE Biography of a
Ghost Hunter"
In this era of televiSion, the
candidates might break up
their speeches and debates
Win a little legerdemain,
after consulting "Parlor
Tricks" or Easy Magic for
Evening Parties"
And what better book can
there be for both parties than
300 Things a Bright Boy Can
Do"
There's a gold mine, too, for
political punditS, in such
items as How to Tell For
tunes With Cards"
n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31

THESE ARE but a few of
the between $4,000 and 10000
items in the magic collection
just received by the Library.
The librarians still aren't sure
how many they have.
The books, papers and
posters line four tiers of
shelves in the Gifts and Ex-
change Division. The librar-
ianS are busy sorting them
to find out what's there.
They represent the collec-
lions of John j. and Hanna M.
McManus and Morris N. and
Chesley v. Young. Mr.. Nc
Manus and DR.. Young put
their collections together CO.
operatively with the idea of
donating them eventually for
public use.
Many of the books are
raritieS and many curiosities.
The Oldest concerns witch
craft. 1t was printed in Ger
man in 1484 under the title
Hammer of Witches" Two
monks wrote it for use in in
quirieS into witchcraft.
A century and a half later,
another writer was exposing
witchcraft. The collections
include several fine volumes
of Scots Discovery of Witch
craft" The subtitle points to
the purpose:
Proving the common opin-
ions of witches contracting
with Divels, spirits or famil-
lars; and their power to kill,
torment, and consume the
bodies of men, women and
children or other creatures by
disease or otherwise; and fly
ing in the air, &c, to be
imaginary, erroneous concep-
tons and novelties"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-31
Boost to Area Projects
Seen in Highway Bill
Engineers Expect 2-3Yeor Speedup
In Construction of Expresswuys

A dream of held out today to the
harred motorists of the District nearby Maryland and Vr
gnia the result Senate Of the $25 billion 3year
Federal-aid highway BILL
final form be worked out in Senate
inspired hopes Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Duplicate Bridge Calendar

TO-DAY: Northern yirginis Champien-
ships, SherRton-Park Hotel: teams-of-
four topen)s non-master pair game
o sDs,.vs R Rg A. sT:s
Air Force Base .oflcers Club: MP
pairs, 7:45. Federal, Sheraton-P Park
Hotel; annual meeting, election. teams
pairs topenl, 7:15. Thomas circle,
Apt, Al, 1928 Vermont; pairs topen),
TUESDAY,: silver Spring, Knights Of
Rosensteel; pairs (open). 12. Airing
tor; 1850 North Pollard; pairs topen),
WEDNESDAY,: Montgomery. 1924 Beech
iSs, oT Harva Hsii' p SUPsn topsn, iaso
washington Bridge LeaEue (ACBI
unit, shsraton-Park Hotel MP pairs
THURSDAY: Alexandria, 1890 King;
pairs (open), IL. Goren, Dupont
circle; pairs topenl' 1850 Chess
sionaI Secretaries, House Once Build.
eoant! 9s't Club pairs 'T:9s. fisSfSis'
l43l Harvard: MP pairs. 7:45, Pent-
honss Health, Ednestion 4 Welfare
Knights OF Columbus Hall. Forest Glen
road at Rosensteel: pairs (open). TAB.
FRIDAY: Lyon village, 1904 Lee high
| way; pairs topen). 1890. Playfair'
l43i Harvard; pairs, 1890: Alex
f neH,i RS Spo Kinf fses vermont. gaf Mr
pairs topen). ,7:45. GOren, 8 Dupont
| circle; MP pairs, Sis.
SATURDAY: Agriculture. Apt. Al, 1928
Gordon Hotel; Mr.. pairs. ,7:46. walsh,
] 1872 Massachusetts: pairs. 7:tP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

BENJAMIN Franklin. amateur
scientist. was a very ingenious
man.
The possibility that light
ming might be electrical had
occurred to others. But Frank
lin proposed to prove it by
placing metallic points" -
lightning rods-in a high place
to draw electricity from storm
clouds.
While awaiting the compile
ton Of a church steeple where
he could conduct the experi-
ment, he hit upon a better idea
using a silken kite to carry
his point" skyward, with q
metallic key on the cord for
testing.
On a stormy day in June,
1852, accompanied only by his
22-year-old son, he sent up his
kite in q field near Philadel-
phia.
One cloud passed over with
out result. Franklin was about
ready to give up when he no.
ticed loose strands standing
out from the kites hempen
cord. AS he reached toward
the key. an electrical spark
leaped from it to his knuckles.
His theory was proved.
Benjamin Vests highly ro-
manticized painting Of that
dramatic moment appears on
the Scent red commemorative
stamp to be issued in Phila-
delphia Tuesday to mark the
250th anniversary Of Frank
Inns birth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
IBermudez at Buder

Jose Bermudez is having an
exhibition of Is oils. drawings
and colleges, at the Franz
Bader Gallery. l705 G street,
through January %. A native
Of Havana. Cuba l822), Mr..
Bermudez was introduced to
Washington two years ago in a
one-man show at the Fantasy
Gallery. He has participated
in local group shows. includ-
ing two Corcoran area an
nuals.
Mr.. Bermudez' paintings
and drawings are all abstrac-
tons. The former are done
mostly in browns and white,
the latter in black and white.
The artist is a skillful tech
nician, with a fair for intrigu-
ing titles, which with the
paintings communicate very
little to the layman.
Mr.. Bader's program for the
next few months includes
shows by Edward Rosenfeld.
Andrea Zerega and Prentiss
Taylor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Redoute Returns

Roses in January are a spe-
cial treat, which should make
the return to Washington of
the charming exhibition Of
watercolors and prints by Pierre
Joseph Redoute, Raphael Of
Roses" very popular. Spon-
sored by the Ambassador OF
Luxembourg, Hughes LIE GAL
lais, and circulated by the
Smithsonian Institution Trav-
cling Exhibition Service, the
show opens this afternoon in
the foyer Of the Natural His
tory Building, Constitution ave-
nue. at Tenth street. to re-
main only through February 2.
The great majority Of more
than 40 original watercolors
and beautifully colored engrav-
ings were lent by the Luxem-
bourg State Museum. the Lux
embourg Society and the Am
bassador. More than half OF
them depict roses. rendered
with such minute perfection
that the delighted visitor can
we'll believe that Audubon
called Redoute "the flower
painter par excellence"
Redoute was born 1859 into
O family of artists at st. HUI
bert, then belonging to Luxem-
bourg, but later annexed to
Belgium. In his teens he was
decorating churches and
castles and painting portraits.
Later in Paris, he became in
terested in sketching flowers
and developed new techniques
in watercolor as well as print
ing engraved plates in color.
He was official flower painter
to Marie Antoinette at Irl-
anon, and to Josephine Bona
parte at Malmaison. under
whose munificent patronage
much of his work was pub
lished. Napoleon presented Re-
doute's works in luxurious
bindings to the crowned heads
Of Europe.
Besides painting roses, Re-
doute also grew them and in
troduced many plants to cul-
tivation.
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Continued From Page E-5
equally strong contrast in
color from blazes of white and
yellow to the exploding blacks
and reds. Some of the works
are very large. a few small and
intimate. Among the best, /
thought, are one with Chinese
characters. and two entitled
Dance"
In reply to my inquiry as
to his detectives. Mr.. Savelli
said. MY essential reason in
painting is to express myself
in order to communicate with
people, not literally, but in
color and line connected by
tension. equilibrium and move
ment."
Also on view is a varied
group of contemporary paint
ings and drawings in the draw
ing room and hall. to remain
indefinitely. 1t includes works
by Milton Avery. abstract ex-
pressionist James Ernst, ro-
mantle realist Robert Vickrey,
Reuben Rubin, dean of Pales-
tine artists. and others. Out
standing to me are Gabor
Peterdis beautiful large Roll
ing Sanddunes" and William
Thon's delicate. reticent Misty
Swamp"
The gallery is open Tuesday
through Saturday from II to
6. The Savelli exhibition will
remain through January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Snow Scenes Present
Unusual Difficulties

and much more shadow de-
tail than will be found after
the sun reaches q high posi-
ton.
Late afternoon Is suggested
as the second best time for
snow photography for the
same reasons. We say second
best because after a full day
the snow will have acquired q
coat of SCOT and dirt that will
lessen Its original pristine
beauty.
There will be times when
there will be no sun to give
the sparkle and snap to snow
pictures. On sunless days
there will be the problem Of
blank highlights and blank
shadows cast by dark objects.
Since this condition will
prevent us from getting the
crisp. snappy snow pictures
that are preferable we can
take advantage of the situa-
ton by working for compost
ton of masses, soft tonal
gradations and an expression
of mood that may be sug-
gested by the haziness and diff
fusion Of the day.
Exposure Hard to Fix
Since snow is a condition
not met with daily by the pho
tographer, there is apt to be
an amount Of uncertainty
about exposure under this
condition even II an exposure
meter is used. To make sure
you hit the exposure right, we
suggest taking three shots OF
each scene. one at what you
believe to be the right expo
sure, another at one full stop
less and another at one full
stop greater. One will almost
certainly be right on the nose.
If you prefer to take your
chances with one shot. we Sug-
gest that you err. If at all, on
the side of underexpoSure.
Overexposure will always re-
suit in a fiat negative that
cannot be remedied in the
printing.
Another important point:
Since we are dealing with ex-
tremely delicate halftones in
snow photography. it is i'm
perative that development OF
both negatives and prints be
given the same exacting care
that is given when exposing
the film. Otherwise. over
development Of the film may
easily wipe out all the fine
detail that you secured at the
time of exposure. The same
applies to the print.
Also handle snow negatives
with great Care when process
ing. A scratch will result in
a black line across the snow in
the print. Any other abra-
sions or marks will also show
I'D very plainly on the print.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
BY ALEXANDER J.
WEDDERBURN
Curator Of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution

Curator OF Photograpny
The Smithsonian Institution
When snow falls, one is faced
with several Photographic fac
tors not generally encountered.
1t is suggested this article be
clipped and referred to when
snow problems exist.
To make snapshots in and
Of the snow we will make de-.
partures from normal shooting
habits. Ordinarily without
snow, we have a wide range OF
tones from black through all
the tones of the gray scale to
absolute white. This makes 1t
possible to come up with fairly
well balanced negative with
even the most casually COM
puted exposures.
When snow covers the land
scape. however, more exact
methods must be used or the
pictures will be extremely con-
TRASHY and fat. Actually there
is no need for our snow scenes
to be monotonous expanses OF
blank white areas broken oc-
casionally by a few black blobs.
If lighting and exposure prob
lens are aptly handled, the
snow can be reproduced pic
torially in all the fine grada-
tions of tone that actually exist.
Try for Side or Back Light
It is the delicate shadows
that exist in the texture OF the
snow that is the making Of
snow pictures. To record these
fine tone gradations on film we
must take full advantage Of
the available light and make
every effort to obtain a fault
less exposure.
II the sun is directly behind
you, its light viii strike the
snow and the reflected light
bouncing back into the lens
will record a dead-white scene.
Obviously, then, the thing to
do is to make your snapshots
with the sunlight striking the
snow from the side or from be-
hind the subject. This will pro-
duce a side or back lighting
that will pick out the fine tex
ture of the snow. And If the
exposure is Just right your film
will record full range OF deli
cate shadows as well as the
blacks and whites.
If the back lighting is used.
some object in the scene should
be between the sun and the
camera lens. A person. tree.
or other object will serve this
purpose and prevent the di-
rect rays of the sun from fog
ging the film. Glare from ice
and snow can also be con-
trolled by using q sunshade
over the lens.
Filter Sharpens Highlights
A medium yellow filter is an
other helping hand in snow
photography. While requiring
a somewhat increased expo
sure, the yellow filter will not
only help to reduce the glare
but will aid in highlight rendi-
ton, and also help in securing
the proper amount Of detail In
the shadows. 1t you don't hap
hen to have a yellow filter.
q piece OF yellow cellophane
will perform much the same
service.
With a brilliant sun. the best
time of day to take snow pic
lures is in the early morning.
With the sun in a low posi-
ton. there will be less glare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Print Opportunity

The first national print ex-
hibition Of the Silvermine
Guild of Artists, Norwalk,
Conn, will be held February
5-29. 1t is open to printmakers
throughout the United States.
Entry blanks may be had from
the guild, and prints must ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
SONG SLEUTH
ANSWERS
See Quiz, Page E-4

l. "Too-ra -loo-ra-loo-r
Chats an Irish Lullaby"
by James Royce Shannon.
2. Russian Lullaby" by
Irving Berlin.
3. "Chi-Baba Chi-Baba
(My Bambino Go to Sleep"
by Mack David, Al Hoffman
and Jerry Livingston.
4. Lullaby of the Leaves"
by Joe Young and Bernice
Petkere.
s. Lullaby of Broadway"
by AL Dublin and Harry War;
rem.
Most famous Of all go-to-
sleep melodies, Of course, is
the Brahms Lullaby, of which
there are SO separate arrange
ments in the catalogue of the
American Society Of Com
posers, Authors and Pub
fishers (ASCAP).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Contemporary Artists

The Barnett Alden Gallery,
1877 Randolph place NV" Is
showing through this month
and February more than 20
paintings by contemporary
artists, most Of them Wash
ingtonians. and nearly all OF
them abstract and abstract
expressionist painters.
Outstanding is Irene Rice
Pereira's Column of Fire"
which has been acquired by
the Barnett Alden Gallery. 1t
is a vertical geometric compo-
sition Of heavy black bars and
light-filled planes Of primary
colors.
Joe Summerford's beautiful
"Marsh Grass" is a seminat-
uralistic painting, high keyed
in color and soft with a sum-
mer haze. Leonard Maurer has
made IN amusing pattern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
New Art Gallery Is Now Open
With Work of Young Italian

CRATES long necks and spot
ted warm colors.
Mr.. Alden has drawn his ex-
hibition from various sources
in Washington, obtaining loans
from such well-known paint
ers as Mimi Dubois Bolton,
Robert Gates. Pietro LaZZari.
Richard Dempsey. Workshop
faculty members Morris Louis
and Kenneth holland. and
others.
The Barnett Alden Gallery
is open Sundays from 2 to 5.
and other times by appoint
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
CAMERA CLUB
MEETINGS

Prizes totaling SITS are to
be awarded in A and B classes
of the Washington Society Of
Cinematographers' ann ua !
movie contest. Rules and
awards will be explained at a
meeting tomorrow at 8 pm.
at the General Services audi
forum, Eighteenth and F
streets NV. Program: Sun
set Salute" by Howard john
son; Let's Go to Oklahoma"
by Sanford Rogers: Effect" "
an instruction film.
Charles Brun Of the Naval
Laboratory Instrument Shop
will show color slides Of his
trip to Europe Wednesday at
BIS pm. featuring a meeting
of the National Photographic
Society in the Natural History
Building. The locale will be
Switzerland. He will also judge
slides made by members. NPs
mourns the passing Of Harry
B. Shaw.
The Foto-Craft Club Of the
Twelfth Street YMCA will
meet Tuesday at 8 pm. The
beginners group will meet for
separate instruction.
Alexandria Camera Club
will meet Tuesday at 8 pm.
at the Abingdon Community
Center. Hints for Darkroom
Procedure" is the theme. with
the audience participating with
experience data.
The Bethesda Chevy Chase
Camera Club is offering its
ninth annual exhibition Of
members prints at the Be-
thesda Library. SOLO Moor
land lane through January 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
BY MARGARET L. FISHER

Sharing the local bridge
spotlight today are the team
match and the intermediate
pair contest, final title events
Of the 10Th annual Northern
Virginia championships. The
tournament, Endorsed by the
American Contract Bridge
League, has been in progress
at the Sheraton-Park Hotel
since Friday.
Both Of today's contests
start at 1890 pm, evening
sessions approximately at $50.
The team event. old-time
fayorite of top bridge talent,
will feature board-a-match
play. Competitors in this, as
in the pair contest, must play
both afternoon and evening
sessions.
The pair event is for players
with rs master points or less,
thereby giving newcomers to
duplicate competition a fairer
chance to win master points
and prizes. Winners this time
will be the first to receive the
newly awarded Rose Robins
Trophy.
Also. for the first time, many
OF the areas duplicate clubs
affiliated with the Washington
Bridge League will enter teams
in today's foursome match.
The registered club team win
ming the highest board-a-
match total. regardless of
whether 1t holds the highest
overall score. will win a prize
for its club.
The Washington Bridge
League is sponsoring the
Northern Virginia tourney,
Paul E. Golden and jerome
S. Machlin directing.
Two Journeys Scheduled
Upcoming out-of-town tour
neys that annually attract
many Washington bridge fans
are the City of Richmond meet
at the John Marshall Hotel,
and the Berks-M Montgomery
tournament at the Abraham
Lincoln Hotel in Reading, Pa,
both series slated for next week
end. The popular Maryland
State championships will be
held at the Emerson Hotel in
Baltimore. January 27-29.
Other Bridge News
December duplicate winners
last Wednesday battled it out
for the Washington Bridge
Leagues monthly winners
awards. Leaders in the two
Mitchell sections comprising
this contest were:
Section A: l--Mr. and Mrs
Andrew Gabrilovitch. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jerome S. Machlin. 3
Frieda Kenyon Mrs. Ann
Scruggs, Charles c. Johnson
Michael Michaels.
Section B: Robert S
Boyer-Maj. Thomas Laughlin
Henry Rau-Miller Roberts. Q
Mrs. Freda Bentley-Lew Leven.
son. 1t. Raymond j. Fetzner-
Temple Hollcroft.
In the nonwinners' contest
top scores fell to Mrs. Glynn
Skipper-Joseph w. O'Brien,
Mrs. Rose Robins-John Peck;
seconds to Arthur H. Fribourg-
Marvin Wofsey. Mrs. Arthur
Becker-Mrs. Mary Haddad.
Jerome S. Machlin has been
appointed secretary pro tenn
of the Washington Bridge
League, pending the annual
meeting March %. The APP
pointment was made last
Tuesday at the monthly meet
ing Of the executive board fol-
lowing the resignation of Paul
E. Golden. who has served the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15

rive there by January IS; fee.
So for one print, 81 for each
additional entry. Selection OF
prints and award of 5000 in
cash prizes will be by a jury
composed of William S. Lieber-
man, Museum of Modern Art.
New York City; Ralph Fabri.
art department, College Of the
City of New York. and Fred
erick Robinson, director OF the
Springfield (Mass.) Museum Of
Fine Arts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-15
Art Lecture

Seymour Slive. professor Of
fine arts. Fogg Art Museum,
Harvard University, will be
guest lecturer this afternoon
at at the National Gallery
of Art. He will speak on
What Is Dutch in Painting2"
Free to the public.