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British Lecturer

English Cathedrals" is the
subject Of a lecture at the Ma
tional Gallery of Art at 4
O'Clock this afternoon, to be
given by guest speaker Alec
Clifton-Taylor, British lee
turer on art at the University
Of London. This Is free to the
public.
Mr.. Clifton-Taylor will also
lecture next Wednesday at the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art on
English Country Houses" the
second in a series sponsored by
the Women Of the Council and
the Women's Committee Of the
Corcoran Gallery. which has
been a complete sell-out for
the available seats.
This is Mr.. Clifton Taylor's
first visit to the United States;
he has planned a tour Of near
ly four months, to take him
from Boston to Los Angeles
and from Chicago to New Or
leans. He will also lecture at
the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. New York.
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New Gallery Show

Eleanor Chapman Mrs. FL
mer Klein, a Washington
resident Of a quarter century.
is director Of Gallery 313"
each summer In Arlington, VT.
Just before Thanksgiving, she
opened a Washington branch
at 1922 I street with an exhi-
bition Of paintings by Charles
eagle, which extends through
this week. open Tuesday
through Sunday, IL to S; closed
Monday
This is Mr.. eagles first one
man show in Washington, al
though he has been painting
for 80 years. and had his first
one-man show in 1897 in New
York City. Born in Tennessee
in 1907. he began his study Of
art in Nashville at Watkins
Institute. later attended the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts in Philadelphia. He sup.
plemented this sound tradi-
tional training by study at the
nearby Barnes Foundation
with its famous collection of
modern masters. A scholar
ship from each place in the
early 1906 took him to Europe
for independent study. Re-
turning to the United States,
he settled in New York City
where he continues to live,
going 10 Arlington. VT. each
summer to direct a school OF
painting. He has received
awards and is represented in
a number Of public collections.
Mr.. eagles exhibition at
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Popular Appeal

That precocious French girl.
FRANCHISE SaRan, who stirred
up a literary tempest last year
with "Bonjour Tristesse
brought out her second novel.
A CERTAIN SMILE (Dutton:
S2.95). Of certain appeal to
these who like a story which
is immoral but little else. A
best-seller that describes the
sordid side Of a small town is
PEYTON PLACE, by Grace
Metalious tMeSSner; $500.
OF the personal experience
books one Of the most appeal
ing and popular is THE NUNS
STORY, by Kathryn Hulme
little. Brown; 50 Others in
this field which have found an
appreciative public are MY
LORD, WHAT A MORNING,
by Marian Anderson viking:
So: THE HEART HAS ITS
REASONS, by the Duchess Of
Windsor mckay; So, and
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Continued From Page E-6
called 1.-THE Harm Good People
Do" Said Mr.. Fischer, and
he had reference to an organi-
cation called NODL National
Organization for Decent Liter
ature:1
"A little band Of Catholics
is now conducting a shocking
attack on the rights of their
fellow citizens. They are en-
gagged in an un-American &C
tivity which is as fragrant as
anything the Communist Party
ever attempted-and which is,
in fact. very similar to Com
munist tactics. They are harm
ing their country, their church,
and the cause of freedom"
Mr.. Fischer then went on
to detail the Campaign of in
timidation" by which NODL
attempted to put pressure on
news dealers, drug stores and
booksellers to remove from
their stocks every item on the
NODL blacklist. Indeed, he
concludes, ''it seems that the
National Organization for De-
cent Literature deliberately
prefers to ignore the estab-
lished legal channels for pro-
ceedings against books which
it thinks improper. It's chosen
weapons are boycott and liter
airy lynching."
Father Murray answered this
protest in an article in Amer
lea, entitled 1.-THE Bad Argu-
mentS Intelligent Men Make"
Said he: Il take a rather
broader view. I see a large
band Of people of all faiths,
who are conducting a shock
ing attack on the reason Of
their fellow citizens through
the medium of passionately
irrational argument about i'm
portant public issues"
Voluntary Reform
He chided Mr.. Fischer fur
ther: II further hold to my
previous position that private
agencies such as the NODL can
perform an indispensable pub
lie function In the promotion
Of public morality = provided
they understand what their
function is. It is not to sup
plant the coercive function Of
the agencies Of public law. 1t
is to represent. soberly and
honestly, the principle Of VOL
untary reform, to be accom-
plished on the basis Of social
cooperation which in America
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something prepared for news
paper publication. He knew
Madison had supplied editorial
pieces to the National Intelli-
gencer, the administrations
organ in Washington. After
Monroe became Secretary Of
State he took over the writing
for the newspaper. So Mr.,
Brant turned to the National
Intelligencer and found the
piece Monroe had written pub
lished there on April IA.
Declaration Of War
Let war therefore be forth
with proclaimed against Eng
land" it said. with her
there can be no motive for
delay. Any further discussion.
any new attempt at negotia-
ton. would be as fruitless as it
would be dishonorable."
Publication of this in the
Intelligencer produced q SEN
Sation. The editorial was at
tributed to Henry Clay. Speak
er Of the House and leader
of the War Hawks in Con-
gress,. If this we're true. then
Clay and Madison were at
odds. But, Mr., Brant writes,
it is evident Madison was in
full agreement with Clay and
the other militant leaders.
They were convinced Of the
necessity Of war If Britain did
not lift her Orders in Council
which were running the sea-
borne commerce of the United
States.
This is the fifth volume Of
Mr.. Brant's magnificent work
on Madison; the sixth Is In
preparation. So thoroughly has
the author sifted all the
material on Madison and his
times that one cannot imagine
anyone in the future consider
ing it worth while to 60 over
the same field. Both in schol-
arship and writing this is q
monumental work.
FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS
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Art Collection
For Christmas

IRAN PERSIAN NINA
TURES: IMPERIAL L.
BRARY. UNESCO World
Art Series. Vol. VI. New
York Graphic Society:
sl6.50.l
One of the worlds most ex-
quisite art legacies from the
past is the Persian miniature.
Washingtonians can see superb
examples in the Freer Gallery.
And the Ambassador Of Iran
will open this afternoon an
exhibition OF contemporary
Persian miniatures at the Ma
tional Museum.
Art lovers can have a "col-
lection" in thar own homes:
for the latest volume Of
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|Bioeropher Bront Casts
Madison in d New Role
JAMES MADI.

JAMES MADISON: THE
PRESIDENT, 1SO9-lS12. BY
Irving Brant. CBoobs- Mer-
rill; $6.50.)
Mr.. Brant demolishes a long
held opinion Of historians that
President Madison, faced by
War Hawks in Congress, was
pushed into the War of 1912
against his will. Part of the
evidence the author marshaIS,
is an 1912 document in the
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
in Hyde Park, its significance
hitherto unrealized.
It was the Federalist story,
adopted by writers later, that
Madison weakly succumbed to
Congressional pressure.
According to Mr.. Brant,
however, Madison himself ex-
erted pressure on Congress and
the country. His purpose was
to unity the Nation either for
war against Britain or to pre-
serve the peace by shattering
Britain's reliance on Ameri-
can diSunity. The British were
persuaded of that disunity by
the Federalists whose partisan
opposition to the President
"overran the border of dis
loyalty" according to the au-
thor.
A Real Find
Mr.. Brant found at the Uni
versity Of Virginia a photo
stat Of the document Mr..
Roosevelt had owned. It had
been sent by the Roosevelt
Library to the National Ar
chiveS which. in turn. had for
warded it to Charlottesville.
In an upper corner there is
penciled in Mr.. RooSevelt's
hand. "FDR 1914 $500" Mr..
Brant said the other day it was
one Of nine documents in
James Monroe's handwriting
which Mr.. Roosevelt had pur-
chased. But the purchaser did
not relaize its Importance.
Mr.. Brant recognized it as
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Philadelphia Artist

Stewart Wheeler, q native
and resident Of Philadelphia,
is having a one-man show at
Collectors Corner, 1925 Wis
consin avenue, through De-
cember Is. 1t includes more
than so watercolors and seri-
graphs.
Mr.. Wheeler studied nearly
6 years at the Pennsylvania
Museum School and the Penn
sylvania Academy Of Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, also engraving
with Stanley William Hayter
at the Philadelphia Print Club.
He has exhibited frequently in
Philadelphia. New York and
elsewhere, and at the Library
Of Congress here. He was
trained and worked in New
York City as . decorative
painter. and has also painted
murals. He won the Leasing
j. Rosenwald Prize at the Print
Club several years ago. He
has taught painting and seri-
graphy and is now on the fac
ulty of the Main Line School
night at Wayne, Pa.
Despite his extensive train
ing and experience, it seems
to me that his show at Collec-
tors Corner is very uneven in
quality. His most consistently
good work is in gouache, in
GLIDING one Of an old house
and ancient tree, also a piano.
rama of "Bellefonte, Pa" Some
of his work is traditional, some
abstract. Pattern is empha-
sized in many of the seri-
graphs but it seems in some
instances vague and indefinite
in color. Among the best of
these prints are Atlantic
City" a tapestry of miscel-
laneous elements. "City Gar
den" with its good compost
ton and rich color scheme.
and "Combo." a group of mu-
Slclans done in a high key.
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Reuben's Third

Isidore Reuben is having his
third one-man show in Wash
ington since 1850. He has also
had one in New York City. and
has been represented in group
shows in both cities for the
past decade.
The present group Of 20 oil
paintings is in the Margaret
Dickey Gallery of D. c., Teach
ers College, Harvard and Elev-
enth streets NV. through De-
cember 20. Mr.. Reuben paints
semi distractions with fiat COL
ors and geometric patterns
sometimes pointed up with cal
ligraphic accents; his points Of
departure are landscapes and
flowers.
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itself an original way to 60
about it and it is successful.
INVITATION TO POETRY.
arranged with comments by
Lloyd Frankenberg Double
day., is a guided tour through
a lot Of good poems. The poems
are mainly well known ones
and not too difficult. This is a
book for the man who says he
doesn't like poetry.
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a collection Of contemporary
Persian miniature paintings of
selected quatrains Of the Rub
aiyat Of Omar Khayyam by
Behzad will be opened to the
public by H. E. The Ambassa-
dor Of Iran and Madame
Amin. Both shows will re-
main through December "a.
The Persian miniatures are
enchanting jewel-like paint
ings. In the ancient tradition
Of that country; they will be
reviewed here next week.
Mr.. KokotSiS' exhibition is
composed of II large oil paint
ings, and IS sketches. They
comprise a Retrospective, most
ly Of his work in the 1920s
and l930s. Place Of honor is
given to a life-size portrait Of
President Eisenhower, which
with another of him as Gen.
eral, were shown at Republic
can headquarters before Elec-
ton Day. Those, however,
were done from photographs,
whereas most Of Mr.. Kokotsis'
paintings are done from life,
which method will always have
a great advantage over use Of
the photograph as a model.
The artist. Cretan born, was
trained in Athens. He won q
scholarship which enabled him
to study there for 8 years: and
he had an additional 4 years
Of travel In Italy, Spain,
France and other countries Of
western Europe. He received
awards in international and
other exhibitions there as well
as in the United States, which
he first visited as an exhibitor
at the New York's Worlds
Fair. Not long afterward, he
decorated the Greek class
room in the Cathedral of
Learning at the University of
Pittsburgh and has since
painted many religious sub
jects for church decoration. In
our country, he has held many
one-man shows in New York,
Pittsburgh, Chicago, and other
eastern and southern cities.
Portraits and figure paint
ingS are Mr.. Kokotsis' special
ty. He has the technical
competence of the well-trained
academic painter. which has
brought out the beauty of
young women. good looks and
vitality of young men, charac-
ter and personality of old peo-
pie. their attractiveness en-
HANGED by their picturesque
national costumes in many in
stances. There are peasants
not only of Greece but also
Of Spain and Germany Not a
few of these paintings tell a
story In|addition. Mr.. Kokot-
sis SHOWS portraits of notables
of several countries.
Heads and Figures
The heads and figures in his
sketches in pen. pencil and
waSh.b are equally well done.
Eleven paintings hung in one
bay which Mr.. Kokotsis calls
the exhibitions Chapel" fall
below the other work in
interest Just as well done
technically, these figures Of
the Virgin. Christ and Saints
have the excess of sweetness
and lack Of character which
spanked a movement in the
Roman Catholic Church at
least a quarter century ago,
to improve the quality of re-
ligious art. Presumably, Mr..
kokotsis' religious paintings
are for the Greek Orthodox
Church.
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For Young Readers

Books for young boys and
girls included THE COMING
OF THE KING, by Norman
Vincent Peale, and THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS and THE
STORY OF JESUS, both by
Lorenz Graham.
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The Literory Scene
In the Year 1856

Continued From Page E-e
the contrast between the Aus
tralian sheep country and q
small town in Oregon.
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Fred Aliens posthumous au-
photography, MUCH ADO
ABOUT ME little Brown;
So.
A LetdOWn
Nelson Algreen, a highly re-
garded Chicago author, who
won the first National Book
Award for THE Man With the
Golden Arm" did not, in my
opinion. help his reputation
with his new novel, A WALK
ON THE WILD SIDE (Farrar.
Straus a. Cudahy: $3.50.
This is a squalid narrative Of
a redlight district Of New Or
leans during the depression.
without any easily discernible
point.
Many more books interest
ing for one reason or another
have appeared during the
year. but 1t would take great
many columns to mention
them all. and enough have
been touched on. 1t is hoped.
10 give at least a cross-section.
with suggestions for varying
tastes.
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ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Embossy-Sponsored Art
Shows on View Here
BY FLORENCE 5. BERGMAN

Two exhibitions each under sponsorship Embassy
have opened in the foyer Of the Natural History building
street and Constitution avenue galleries National
Collection of Fine Arts Last Sunday afternoon large
hibtion by Demetrios Kokotss naugurated by E.
The Ambassador Of Greece George Meas afternoon
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ADAM A. WEsCHLER q SON
Auctiene -AppraiseTg
Estate sale
of
BOOKS
LARGE collection Of Charles L. Lued-
IKE, former FOREIGN Service OmeeF,
Department Of State.
By PUBLIC AUCTION
1t WesehIer's. 0O5 Z 81. NV.
MONDAY
December ~. lg56--1O AM.
Pertaining 10 IN Dart-Lstin AmeFi-
can countries, including Panama and
the CanaI Zone. covering various sub
jects. Dictionaries. Aliases and pub-
locations Of the U. 9. and foreign
countries. Rare and limited editions;
large quantity In French, German and
spaniHh.
also
Law, poetry, biosraphiek fiction,
health, diet. food, physical culture,
Tuesday, December 18th
Household furniture, fuggage, franks,
pictures, stems. china, glass, copper,
ornaments. classical ph0nograph rec
srds, leather binders, filing devices,
BOOKS on VIEW DEC. Ie. . TO 8
DAVID X. wOLvERToN. Executor
1880 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda. Md.
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Gallery 3l3 comprises 20 paint
.ings, portraits and figures. still
life and flowers and landscape.
His form is naturalistic but
simplified, with strong struc-
tural patterns, and a predomi-
nant gray-blue tonality, en-
livened with red and other
colors.
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Religious Books
In Great Number
Contlnuell From Page E-6

Continues From rage Ed
the Scriptural stories as told
and retold in the ancient East.
They are fanciful and fasci-
mating. A Jesuit, Father John
L. Mckenzie, explains the
place the Old Testament has
in modern Catholic belief and
writing in THE TWO-EDGED
SWORD.
A CATHOLIC COMNIEN-
TARY ON HOLY SCRIP
TURE, edited by Dom Bernard
Orchard, is a one-volume work
giving the Catholic explana-
ton Of the sacred books.
THE BIBLE FOR FAMILY
READING, prepared by Jo-
Seph Gaer and Chester c. Nc
Gown, is self-explanatory in
purpose, as are HOW TO
READ THE BIBLE, by Fred
erick c. Grant, and THE
HEIRLOOM BIBLE, o new IL
lustrated family edition Of the
Authorized King James YER
sion. The distaff side in the
Scriptures are treated in ALL
THE WOMEN OF THE
BIBLE, by Edith Deem. and
PORTRAITS OF BIBLE
WOMEN, by Ethel C. Lewis.
Biographies
Several noteworthy biogra-
phies appeared during the
year. The one having the most
popular appeal was BILLY
GRAHAM, by Stanley High.
Others included LUTHER. by
Rudolf Thiel, translated from
the German by Gustav K.
Wiencke: BISHOP LANCE
LOT ANDREWS, by Maurice
F. Reidy: THE LIFE OF MAT
THEW SIMPSON, by Robert
D. Clark. the story Of the
Methodist Bishop who gave
Lincoln's funeral grafton, and
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF
PETER CARTWRIGHT, one
Of the early circuit-riding
Methodist preachers.
Among the avalanche Of
books having special value are
THE CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR
IN THE AGE OF THE REF
CREMATION, by E. Harris
HARRISON: THE PAPAL EN-
CYCLICALS IN THEIR HIS
TORICAL CONTEXT. edited
by Anne Fremantle: THE
CATHOLIC IN SECULAR
EDUCATION, by ]. NJ. O'Neill:
THE WISDOM OF THE TO-
RAH. edited by Dagobert D.
Runes. and GREAT AGES
AND IDEAS OF THE JEWISH
PEOPLE, edited by Leo w.
Schwarz.
Denominational works pos
sessing general appeal include
WHY I AM A LUTHERAN, BY
Victor E. Beck: CHRISTIAN
PERFECTION AND AMERI-
CAN METHODISM. BY John
L. Peters. and THE EPIsCO-
PAL CHURCH AND ITS
WORKS. by Powell NJ. Dawley.
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Sports

The best novel on a sports
theme which l have read is
Mark Harris baseball story.
BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY
Knopf: $3.50. Donald Elder
is author Of RING LARDNER
doubleday; $4.75). the life of
a famous sports writer.
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AnthoIoqies

There are two flrst-rate
anthologies. The first, FROM
DARKNESS TO LIGHT, by
Victor Gollancz (Harpep. is a
splendid compilation Of quota
tons including a lot Of poetry
from out of the ordinary
sources. linked into chapters
according to subject. The idea
is to give a picture of mans in
tellectual growth in the words
of some very great and very
original thinkers. This is in
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New Interest Seen
In Cultural Work

Continued From Page E-6
st John Perse. too little known
in this country. His ELOGES
AND OTHER POEMS PAN
theon) appeared in French as
long ago as 1911. It was not
until 1914 that it was trans
lated by Louise Varese and
published in the United States.
Now Mrs. Varese has revised
her translation and has added
to the volume. and it appears
as one Of the Bollingen Four-
dalton books The French text
appears beside the transla-
ton. This modern, impress
sionistic verse is worth the
careful study 1t has received.
Collections
To go from the esuteric to
the popular. we find what
should prove to be the most
widely read of the years COL
lections: THE COLLECTED
POEMS OF EDNA ST. VIM
CENT MILLAY. edited by
Norma Millay (Harper). The
wide variety here is sur
prising since most Of Miss
Millay's best remembered
poems are in a strictly roman
tic mood. The verse on public
events holds up extremely we'll
despite the passage of time.
THE COMPLETE POETI-
CAL WORKS OF AMY
LOWELL, with an intro
duction by Louis INTER
meyer, (Houghton Mifflin
Company. presents a very
much out Of vogue poet in her
entirety. She was an amazing
writer, proving that poet can
be both precious and ponder
Gus at the same time.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-10
Report of Meeting
OF Ministerial
Association

The May meeting of the Evan
gelical Ministerial Association of
Richland County was held at the
Assembly of God church in Sid
ney. Rev. R. A. Gilster presided
opening the meeting with pray
er by Rev. Bruce Leastman. Ten
pastors were in attendance.
The schedules of the various
Daily Vacation Bible schools
were reported. There was a dis
cussion concerning Memorial
Day observances and also in re-
gard to having a display of re-
ligious literature at the Fair.
Election of officers was held
which resulted in Rev. L. I. La
Nance, president; Reuben Dut-
ton, vice president; and Rev. ia
cob Ehman, secretary and treas
urer.
On June 4, there is to be a
picnic supper meeting in Rich
land Park, of the pastors and
their families. This will be a
farewell for the Gilsters who are
leaving in June.
Mrs. Don Fish, Sec.
The Sidney herald., 1956-05-10

Mrs. I. c. Phelps has sold her
Sidney residence to MT. and Mrs.
l.. c. Sissel of Girard Rt. and
will hold an auction sale Satur-
day, May rs, preparatory to NOV
ing to California to make her
home. The auction ad will appear
in the next issue of The Herald.
Mrs. Phelps son-in-law, Leo Will
liams, will arrive in Sidney May
81 for a few days visit with his
mother and other relatives and
will be accompanied back to his
home at Fullerton by Mrs.
Phelps, who plans to locate there.
Mrs. /. c. Phelps of Sidney,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Berk-
lund, Joyce and Brenda of Fair
view, were guests of Mrs. E.
Hinman of Alexander recently.
Mrs. L. c. Phelps and sister
Sylvia Berklund of Sidney were
dinner guests at the home of
Nh. and Mrs. Frank Thurman
Friday evening.
MI. and Mrs. Carl Herman left
Tuesday by car for Phoenix,
Arizona, where they will enjoy
a two weeks vacation visit at
the home of their son Devert and
family, and with their daughter
Beverley.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F Searles e
turned last week from a delight
full six weeks vacation trip on