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THE ADVENTURES OF CAP

THE ADVENTURES OF CAP
TAIN MeCARGO. BY VIII
liam Ratigan. (Random
House: $500
II Capt. Thunder Bay Nc
Cargo Is a lesser man than
Paul Bunyan. IL is only be-
cause the principal Of this
swashbuckling novel performs
feats Of derring-do that are
slightly credible II not terribly
likely
An unattractiye cover and a
slow start 10 the tale caused
this reviewer 10 expect an in
ferior book. But as the
fabulous friends and enemies
and Capt. McCargo begin TO
perform according TO their
natures. 1t is perceived that
the vigorous backdrop Of the
Great Lakes in the is50s Ia
more arreSting than any in
dividual who sailed them.
McCarRo himself Is q giant
earrot-top with o giant wolf
hound named Cormsc who
obeys Gaelic. Abettins Nc
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The First Bishop
In the Far, Frozen
'Lund of Eskimos
ARCHIBALD THE ARCTIC.

ARCHIBALD THE ARCTIC.
BY Archibald Lang Fleming.
Appleton Century Crofts;
So
Chance plays a strange role
In many lives. 1t chanced that
when Archibald Fleming was
a youngster in Scotland that
his new boarding school was
closer to an Episcopal church
than to the Presbyterian
church, so. in due time, he
became a communicate Of the
former.
About that time, too, an
Eskimo named Shoudlo came
TO q nearby town and planted
in Archibald Fleming's mind
the idea that bore fruit many
years later when he left q
promising career as q naval
architect to become a mis-
sionary in, and later the first
bishop Of. the Diocese Of the
Arctic.
This book is a factual ac-
count Of Bishop Fleming's life
(he died in 1859 In the frozen
North. Of his trips by boat.
plane and sledge, Of his un-
ceasing labors in bringing
Christianity to Eskimo and
Indian. Of his trips TO England
and the United States to raise
funds for his work. and OF the
modern hospital built at Pang-
nirtung.
HENRY A. LYON.
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WHAT MAKES A BEST SELLER
How Can Popularity
Measure True Merit?
BY MARY McGRORY

but what they began to turn
towards were self help or "how
to" books.
Good and Obvious
Public taste seems to veer
between the very good and the
very obvious. For instance in
poetry THE Pocket Book of
Verses" is at the top: but it
is followed closely by "a Heap
of Livin'" by Edgar Guest.
And since 1895, it seems to
have been going down hill.
Here are the six best-sellers,
less scientifically ascertained
before:
THE Holy Bible; 1.-THE Pill
grim's Progress" by John Bum
yam; Mother Goose; "Aesop's
Fables; "The Vicar of Wake
field" by Oliver Goldsmith;
and Robinson Crusoe," by
Daniel DeFoe.
Here they are since 1895:
I'm His Steps," by Charles
Monroe Sheldon; THE Com
mon Sense Book of Baby and
Child Care" by Benjamin
Spock; Gods Little Acre" by
Erskine Caldwell; Better
Homes and Gardens Cook
book; Gone with the Wind, "
by Margaret Mitchell; and
How to Win Friends and In
f1uence People," by Dale Car
negie.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Colombian Pointer

Gomez Jaramillo, now in
his -forties, began his
study of art in his native city
Of Maddellin; in his late teens
he began several years of study
in Spain and Paris, and has
travelled extensively both in
Europe and the western hemis-
phere.
Nearly all of his 25 works on
view have been done in the last
few years. One catches a
glimpse of his early student
days in the gray Utrillo-like
Rue Saint Rustique" Paris;
and in the later thirties, a
large painting of two hand
some figures.
His work varies considerably
N themes, treatment and
quality. Outstanding is his
large, a admirably painted
Saint Sebastian in t he
Trenches" symbolic and NOV
ing. On the other hand, his
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A HISTORY OF THE ENG-

- AAA0 \ OAe4 VT 11G ElNOS
LISH SPEAKING PEO-
PIES. Volume II, The New
World. BY Winston S.
Churchill. (Dodd, Mead &
Co.; $6.)
While the American con-
tinent was discovered in the
200 years which is this
volumes period. Sir Winston's
chief concern is with the ad-
vance of Parliament toward
supremacy over the crown,
and the decisive actions which
made England and Scotland
Protestant.
The pageant of English his
tory. so much of which is also
the history of our institutions,
is unrolled in Sir Winston's
brilliant style. The incisive
transformations of the actors
In the successive dramas, the
vivid descriptions Of the
action, create the illusion
that the author was actually
present.
The period runs from the
time Of Henry VIII, jovial In
company. cold and secretive in
council, to the accession of
William of Orange.
Henry's Reign
The succession Of executions
queens. councillors and
clerics-stands as q "hideous
blot" on Henry's reign. But.
according to Sir Winston,
Henry succeeded in maintain
ing order in the turmoil Of
Europe without army or police,
and he strengthened a popular
monarchy.
Good Queen Bess, succeed
ing to a hazardous inheritance,
maintained a relationship with
her subjects which was one
long Irritation" And after the
miracle of the armada's de-
feat her country emerged as a
flrst-class power.
The struggle between King
and Parliament in the time
OF Charles / saw the insistence
on what Sir Winston calls the
Evening star., 1956-12-30
ART NEWS
Important
Solo Shows
Open Here
ART NEWS
BY FLORENCE BERRYMAN


Artists from Brazil and Co
lombia are having their first
one-man shows in Washing
ton simultaneously at the Pan
American Union. They are an
interesting pair. Aloisio Ma
galhaes Of Brazil is a lyric
abstract impressionist, while
Ignacio Gomez Jaramillo of
Colombia is a modern realist
on the verge Of taking of along
two other paths.
Magalhaes' exhibition, which
ends next Saturday, is one of
the most ensnaring collections
of abstract paintings / have
seen in a long time. Still un-
der 80, the artist was born in
Recife, whittier he returned in
1858 after two years in Paris,
studying art on a French gov
ernment scholarship.
Recife is the theme Of his
paintings. which indicate that
he loves it profoundly and
knows its subtleties and nu-
ances, as well as its visual as
poets. Yet the last are not
spelled out. but suggested, in
abstract terms. In several in
stances. the city is seen under
a lovely luminous sky, reflected
in the water below. Serenity
is implicit in his generally ho-
rizontal compositions. Some Of
his paintings approach an alb
stract expressionist idiom, but
he vouchsafes palm trees,
glimpses Of buildings, Of the
sky. Of banana plants and oth-
er details in glowing colors,
thus eschewing the esoteric
and unintelligible.
There is nothing improvised
about Magalhaes' paintings
no planned accidents" no
'rivers of paint" overflowing
their banks, no smears or
daubs. In short, it is good
painting.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Maryland Artists

The Montgomery County Art
Associations ninth exhibition
Of paintings and graphic arts
on view at the Wheaton Public
Library through next Saturday,
is a vigorously winnowed show.
From approximately $50 works
submitted by So artists. 20 were
selected. In some instances, two
by the same artist. Joe Sum-
merford Of American Univer-
sity. was Juror Of selection and
award.
He bestowed 10 ribbon
awards. Some Of the winners
it seemed to me, were less
meritorious than some non
winners. Bernard Loiselle's
semiabstract blue Venice"
honorable m ention) with
buildings and canal in angu-
lar design, seemed to me the
best Of the five award-winners
In oil. Elizabeth Guinn's
"Schizophrenic House" first
award) has balanced design.
naturalistic form and abstract
color. Lowell Green's "Still
Life" (third award Is an all
over pattern of white lines and
areas on black.
Vaughn jackson shows two
watercolors. His Morning
Mist" an abstraction Of dag
onal black lines on white and
golden brown, received first
award In this medium class.
His crisp River Haven" i'm
pressed me as superior. David
Campbell's fine pen and ink
drawing Of Key Bridge" de-
served its award In the graphic
medium.
Among the shows best paint
ings in my opinion, are Ann
Edelman's abstract Fishing
Boats" with swagged lines.
brown and blue tonality. and
clean execution: Dorothy Leef's
panoramic watercolor Rolling
Country" its sky as varied and
interesting as the landscape;
Charlotte Miller's poetic little
Silently Snow" and Dorothy
van H. Harrison's impression
istic Baby In Sunshine"
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many media. acquired by the
committee during the past
year. 1t is an impressive
demonstration Of the commit
tees efforts to make the PEN
nell collection as comprehen-
sive as possible.
The prints are not arranged
chronologically. nor are all the
acquisitions by one artist
shown together. But q study
Of the exhibition reveals that
1t begins with a series Of
Flemish engravings of the 10th
century. 18th and 18th CEN
tury British engravings and
color aquatints Of genre sub
jectS and several prints by
Spanish master Goya.
The greater part Of the
exhibition is composed Of the
work Of European and Ameri-
can printmakers Of the past
100 years. Daumier and Manet,
Pissarro, Cezanne and Gau-
guin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Redon,
Bonnard and WILLARD, Ma
tisse, Picasso, Rouault and
other outstanding representa-
tiveS of successive French
movements; German express
sionists; and noted print
makers from other nations;
the Russian Kandinsky. Dutch
Maurits .Escher, Swiss Hans
Erni. Italian Campigli, Mexi-
cans Rivera and Orozco, Nor
wegian Edward Munich, and
others too numerous to men,
ton, including many contem-
porary Americans. This i'm
pressive show will shortly close.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Jesse Stuurt's Heart

In THE YEAR OF MY RE-
BIRTH McGraw-Hill; $4.75)
Jesse Stuart. the poet and
novelist Of the Kentucky
mountains. tells of a near
fatal heart attack and his slow
recovery. Once his world was
the whole continent and
beyond. as he dashed about
lecturing, sightseeing. renew
ing and making friendships.
Now my world was reduced to
my home. my farm. my hills.
lived more closely with my
wife, my daughter, my animal
friends. l thought more
deeply Of my God :" 1t is
an encouraging book for all
who have been through such
an experience or have loved
ones who have been so
stricken.
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heroic head Of Christ fails in
expression, looking merely dis
illusioned.
Figure Studies
Gomez Jaramillo Is most
interested In figures. Two
thirds Of the paintings are
portraits, figure studies or
figures dominating landscape
and still life. Among the best
Of these is Triple of the VII
lage," both in design and color.
An intriguing juxtaposition is
Woman with q Mask" the
latter having the more express
sive face, which reminds one
Of the classic joke about the
banker with a glass eye.
The two paths along which
the artist has taken definite
steps are design (seen in such
stylized figure compositions as
Indian Mother" and woman
Selling Fish~: and abstrac-
tion, into which the artist has
exploded in Cry in the
Wilderness"
Gomez Jaramillo's exhibi-
tion extends through January
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Escape on q ComeI
OCEAN OF FIRE. By Robert

OCEHN UF FIHE. BY kODeTt
Christopher. (Rand Nc
Nally: $685.
An escape book that takes
readers from Algiers 10 Tim
buktu by camel, this travelogue
moves briskly and is well IL
lustrated. Christopher made
his mark with Around the
World on $50" He Is another
Richard Halliburton.-H. A. L.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
This Book Could
Suve Your Life
On the Highway
I DRIVE THE TURNPIKES
:. AND SURVIVE. BY Paul

w. Kearney. (Ballantine
Books; IS cents and $2.75)
The 703 motorists who
died in traffic accidents over
the Christmas holidays lethal
period might have proflted by
this great bundle of driving ad-
vice. Mr.. Kearney, obviously
a veteran behind the wheel,
comes up with scores of sug-
gestions of good driving prac-
tices. Some of them may save
some of the lives on the New
Years holiday doom list.
After an awesome job Of re-
search. he concludes that the
"driver Is driving a 1857 car in
q way that was suitable for q
1927 car, with its limited po-
tentialities and limited haz-
ards"
It doesn't take long to read It
and Mr.. Kearney has some ex-
cellent advice. Death can be
mighty permanent.
CHARLES YARBROUGH,
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H. Allen Smith
In WRITE ME- 4

In WRITE ME A POEM.
BABY, by H. Allen Smith
Little. Brown: $685.. the
humorist has compiled a pot
pourri of verses. little dramas,
essays and other stray writings
by children. At least, Mr..
Smith purports to have made
such a collection. 1t may be
wondered how many received
more than collaboration from
the always amusing author Of
"Rhubarb."
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Fine Prints

All Washington art lovers
are familiar with the annual
National Exhibition of Prints
held each May through August
at the Library of Congress,
financed by the bequest to
the library from Joseph Pen
nell. From this annual the
library regularly purchases
80 or more prints to add to
the Pennell collection. Less
well known. perhaps, is the
Pennell Fund Committees
continuing acquisition of
prints from other sources.
Now in the library's second
floor south gallery is an ex-
hibition of l60 fine prints in
Evening star., 1956-12-30
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF
PET CARE. By Howard i

THE COMPLETE BOOK OF
PET CARE. By Howard j.
Lewis. Random House;
S2.95.)
How to buy. feed, house,
handle and instruct most pop
ular household pets. including
just about every creature from
parakeets 70 Pomeranians is
neatly packaged here by an
animal lover who obviously
knows what he is talking about
the little volume Is approved
BY the SPCA). The pictures
viii warm the heart Of any
animal fancter: the breezy text
Is worth quite q few ehuckles.
ID. K.
Evening star., 1956-12-30

KAROLYI, translated by Cath
crime Karolyi (Dutton; $500
takes on a particular interest
because of the current tragedy
in Hungary.
The late Count Karolyi, who
completed this book in Venice
at the age of 79 in 1854, long
exiled from his native country,
had an important role in the
modern history of Hungary.
After World War I, he be-
came Prime Minister and after
the Emperor Charles was
forced to abdicate, Karolyi was
the first President of the new
Hungarian Republic.
The year 1918 as A. j. p.
Taylor points out in an intro
duction, was Karolyi's historic
moment = the five months
which will give him q place in
every textbook. He brought
the Hapsburg monarchy to an
end. became the first President
Of independent Hungary and
tried to reform Central Europe
on Wilsonian principles. He
failed. but the fault did not lie
in him. 1t lay with the VIC
torious statesmen of England,
France and the United States,
who refused to see that a truly
democratic Hungary could be
a dependable ally. Their
policy first drove Hungary to
Bolshevism and then forced on
her a reactionary tyranny that
was equally detestable."
Communist Views
Karolyi, from one of his
country's wealthiest families,
was an ardent socialist most of
his life. He was sympathetic to
Russia, but he came to be dis
lllusioned with Stalinism. He
clung, however, to a Tito form
OF communism. 1t is hard to
understand his reasoning when,
after all his hard experiences,
he wrote, only two years ago:
1T is not a reason for those
who have enormously taken
Stalinism for communism to
commit the even greater error
of believing that under the
leadership of the USA as it
exists today (after turning
away from the great RooSe-
veltian conception), propagat-
ing hatred and reinforcing re-
dictionary elements in Ger
many and all over the world,
anything worth while and last
ing can be achieved. Under the
disguise of fighting BolShe-
vism, America is now hosting
back into the saddle the Nazis
and Fascists of yesterday. her.
self using the same methods
against which she is launch
ing her crusade, and trying to
make the world forget the 6
million victims destroyed in
gas chambers. I refuse to be-
lieve that the only alternative
to this is the slave camps of
Russia or a third world war"
And yet Count Karolyi's
story of his many years of
exile is always interesting. es-
pecially his impressions of per-
sons who had leading parts in
government and in the arts
and sciences in the United
States, in England and France
between the wars.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Chinese Prints

Movements In art succeed
each other 20 rapidly today that
Il b difhcult 70 realize how long
traditions lasted In past eTss.
In the small Gulbenkian Col
lection Of Egyptian sculpture
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Open to Public

Wylie Sypher, chairman, Di-
vision of Language, Literature
and the Arts, of Simmons Col
lege. will be guest speaker this
afternoon at 4 at the National
Gallery Of Art. His subject is
"Mannerisn."
Evening star., 1956-12-30
A Picturesque Novel,
Rore in Fiction
By CARTER BROOKE ZONES

Here as another year slips imperceptby into the past
type OF fiction which, surprisingly enough American
rarely turn out This is the truly picturesque novel,
classic meaning picturesque novel the
pcareSco originated in Spain Goodness knows enough
rogues in the United States interesting
Evening star., 1956-12-30

at the National Gallery, for
instance, more time passed be-
tween the creation of the ear
liest and latest works, similar
though they look to us, than
has passed from the birth of
Christ to the present moment.
One gets a kindred impress
sion from the small collection
Of Chinese wood block prints
at the Asian Art Gallery,
opened last month by T. C.
Tang at GOT G street. These
little black and white prints
represent many centuries. Mr..
Tang said that after the Chi
nese invented paper during
the Han dynasty first CEN
tury ADJ the making Of bas-
relief rubbings from stone
carvings led to the invention
of printing. In his show of
about 40 selected wood block
prints the visitor can study
technical progress and varia-
tions in esthetic treatment in
prints of the Tan (618-906
ADD, Sung (960-1126). Yuen
Ql26-136D. Ming and Ching
dynaSties.
Evening star., 1956-12-30
Profit Show


A one-man show Of paint
1ngs in oil by Samuel B. Pratt
is nearing its conclusion at
Dyer Brothers, 1921 North
Fort Myer drive, Rosslyn. Vir-
ginia-born. Mr.. Pratt was
educated in Washington, at
tended the Washington and
Corcoran Schools of Art He
has long been a member Of
the Society of Washington
Artists, Miniature Painters,
Sculptors and Gravers Soci-
ETY., and the Corcoran Alumni.
The Corcoran Gallery owns
his Moonlight"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1956-02-18
Solid South, Border States
Eraaigranat Forbears

The following editorial of last weeks issue is reprinted
owing to typographical errors that were not inserted
according to prOOfreader'S corrections.
1t is Iamentabe and far.reaching drawback in the
White Supremacy debate reaching its peak in the
solid south and border states sad discovery has been
made that scores of Undergraduates originate from
foreign emgrants who came to America to gain Free
dom, which was denied them in their home lands
If true, this is shameful and regretable The above
descendants whose f0rbearS came to nation with the
understanding when they sailed passed the Statue Of
Liberty, the yoke of TOtalitarinism behind them
Yet with stoIid indifference, those who settled down i'll
Dixie bided their time to incuIcate all of the fends
Recommendations and spleen of White Supremacy against
millions of native Americans of color in nation their
fOrbears sought Freedom!
Members of Congress representing the solid south
and border states among the ringleaders, whose
forbears to America for protection from frantic
mis-gOverned nations to a land where Law and Order
prevailed Read the record whereby to date OF the
rebrands of emigrant anecedants the chief insti
gators of racial hate in the solid south and border
states
y One, will not have to go far to obtain the back
grounds of these racial muckrakers in order to
birth statistics in respective localities where they reside
also Congressional documents in Washington Most
of them are political leaders, whose forbears came to
America to become citizens and IN turn their descend
ents their forbears by denying this first class
privilege upheld by the Federal Constitution to millions
of native COlored Americans!
fOrfather's plight in seeking nation of Freedom
should have gained profound gratitude from those who
decry the color of neighbours skin to advance White
Supremacy. The heritage of immigration now mpart-
ed in the solid south and border states becomes dpOr
able dream antagOnistc to the Federal Constitution
who granted Freedom, Justice, Democracy and Loyalty
Ito all human beings without restrictions.
a demoraIized conception of Equal Rights by des-
cendents of emigrants in the solid south border
states, is bitter pill for 100000 of CoOred Ameri-
to swallow when the other hand their forebears
enslaved and starved in respective home lands
which they escaped to enter America!
Read the record of u. S. Senator Strom Thurmond
s. c. and go from there to catch up with the progate
race haers of the solid south and border states who
are debating States Rights for their Jurisdictions in
hanee of the u s. Supreme Court, also demanding
their constituents to bindy sanction Interposton as
retribut0n to awakened nation whose beliefs in Ra-
cia Equality has reached the age that the United
States as Democracy must combat Communism from
all angles!
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1956-02-18
Votes

Continued From Page One
self the nationwide colored
American vital vote bloc which
appears likely to shift over to
the popular Senator KefauVer
Of Tennessee whose strong
stand on civil rights gained
the popular support of colored
leaders at a Fresno meeting
last week. One Of Kefauver's
chief boosters at this meeting
was one of CALIFORNIA; two
colored state legislative mem
bers, William Byron Rumford.
The pastor of one of Calf
ornia'S largest colored church
congregations, the Rev. L.
Sglvcstar Odom, pastor Of
the Park Chapel African Me-
thodist Episcopal church at
Oakland, announced he had
snapped his Stevenson button
for that of Kefauver following
Adlai's surprising speech here.
There is now an increasing
national opinion that Colored
voters will favor the Democra-
tic Presidential candidate
from the south.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1956-02-18

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The Skim Boat incorporates de-
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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1956-02-18
CAMBRIDGE
81. Paul AME Church
Rev. c. B. Barrow, Pastor

wv ~ %. DATUM TaSLOE
Last Sunday was eMn's Day
and the men, piloted by Co
Chairnen Joseph G. Bourne.
and Lee Robinson, made a
successful day of it in all
ways, Pastor Barron reached
on Call to Christian Con-
stancy" the text in i Cor, Is.
Is, an ideal sermon for the
occasion. The music was by
a chorus of II men. G. Ben
nett, Joseph Bourne, Rufus
Haynes, Alexander Headley,
Everton Johnson, Archie Lowe,
William r. Paris, Weldon G..
Paris, Sr., Weldon g. Par
ris, Jr., Eugene Phillips, Re-
ginald Weems, Eleazer Wilkey,
and their singing was inspir-
ing, AT night the Pastor
preached from Proverbs. 4:23,
and emphasized the strength
required Of men, in another
instructive sermon. Finan-
cisl reports showed success,
with further gleanings yet to
be made. Men on the COM
mittee were: George B. Ben
nett, Joseph G. Bourne, Sci
bert Bynoe. DE-. Crawford,
John T. Goodrum, Alfred
Green, Joseph Hurley, Ever
ton Johnson, Aubrey Layne
thonrary), William Lewis. Ed
mund Lynch, 7rnest G. O'Ban-
youn, William aPris, Lee Ro-
binson, Murray Thames, Re-
ginald Weems, Eleazer Wilkey.
An outstanding feature was a
solo by Everton Johnson. Rev.
Elmo eBan assisted in the
service.