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has been sporadic and short-lived.
A 14-year-old lad at Boise COM
mented: THE curfew doesn't
bother me. What's the difference?
My folks wouldn't let me stay out
that late anyway"
Thirteen-year-old Allan Booth
said of San Diego'S 10 pm. ordi-
nance: I'VE have all day to do
what we want to do, except on Fri
day nights when we go to the show
or on Thursday dance nights. 1t
might be okay if we could stay out
little later on those nights"
Bessemer, Ala, a town of 10000
imposed a 9 pm. curfew earlier
this year. There was dismay among
teen-agers until they discovered
that police invoked the law only
against obvious loiterers.
Said 17-year-old Linda Stubs,
a Bessemer High School student:
Its not the law that we have to
go home by 8 O'Clock. It's against
lettering, so those of us who have
a definite place to go are not af-
fected. I wouldn't mind if the
curfew were at o'clock"
While officials in Charleston,
w. Va; Bremerton, Wash; De-
troit; albuquerque, N. M; Omaha,
Nebr.; Salt Lake City, Philadelphia
and other cities consider their cur
few legislation highly effective,
Massachusetts, juvenile authority
believes such measures may aggra-
vate rather than ease delinquency
problems.
At Boston, which doesn't have a
curfew, Carmen B. Pizzuto of the
Massachusetts Youth Service Divi-
sion, explained that curfew regu-
lations may act as challenge"
to delinquent groups. increase
their belligerency," and actually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-07
School Hearing Record Contains
Some Heortening Testimony

he thought this year he had had
1.-The best and smoothest opening
of school that we have had during
all the years" he had been there.
This is his 26th. Jefferson now
has a colored majority.
There was even encouragement
on the vexing achievement prob
lem. Mrs. May T. Vermillion.
principal of the one-fourth colored
Stanton Elementary School in the
Southeast, told of Negro girl who
accelerated her reading from third
grade level to sixth grade in
single year and went on to junior
high school. Miss Trip told Of
two colored boys who won American
Legion scholastic awards.
Negroes in Honor Group
Mr.. Gerber himself disclosed that
so Negro children are among the
top-notch youngsters selected for
a tough new high school honors
course, fact of definite encourage
ment even though the white total
is 315.
There was also much testimony
that colored children with back
ground and advantages similar to
white children can come close to or
match white achievement records.
Miss Margaret Moore of Cooke Ele-
mentary School in the Northwest
said that after checking her tests
she could report no significant
racial achievement difference.
Mrs. Bessie w. Crawer, elemen-
tary instruction director, said she
had not lowered her standards and
did not think any good teachers had
done SO. Mrs. Vermillion stated
definitely her school had not. And
numerous principals and teachers
told of new special classes already
organized to speed children who are
behind, and predicted they would
help hold standards for the future.
A Negro principal, Ernest S.
Jenkyns of Randall Junior High
School in the Southwest, credited
Indignation with improving the
morale of colored students by ire
moving resentment" and stirring
incentive.
Hopeful Principal
Hugh Smith, the principal at Mr..
Jenkyn's neighboring school, JEFF
ferSon, spoke perhaps the most
hOpafi,l onetuar ~ NGr GarhoY n.d
to the whole present question mark
attached to Washingtons transi-
tional school situation.
Mr.. Smith outlined in detail the
problems of the last two years
transition-Seeing his school jump
from 300 to 600 children, finding a
need to cope with many new home
problems as well as those Of the
classroom, finding many youngsters
needing extra teaching help.
He also told of how he used to
watch on winter days as Negro
school children trudged past his
half-empty building to attend Mr..
Jenkyns' over-filled one.
Mr.. Gerber asked him:
Mr.. Smith, believe you origi-
nally thought we'll of integration,
did you not?"
Il still do" the veteran principal
replied.
Later, he said:
The problems have told you of
are big problems, but they will be
conquered if we get time and money
and little bit of faith"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16

Fifty Years
AT His Task
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW:

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW:
MAN OF THE CENTURY.
BY Archibald Henderson.
(Appleton. Century, Croft,
Inc; $12)
The story of how an obscure
North Carolina mathematics
professor became the official
biographer of the greatest
modern playwright and kept
the job for so years is one
George Bernard Shaw might
have told on the staee-if it
hadn't happened to him in real
life. And it might have made
a good play.
Both Show and Prof. Hem
derson took odd relationship
very seriously and it resulted
in not one comedy but three
biographies. The first was
published in 1911 and the ma
terial in 1t was revised and
brought up to date in 1882.
Now in the centennial year of
Shaw's birth it is once again
revised, more material added,
and becomes The Centennial
Biography. It is indeed worthy
Of the inclusiveness implied in
that designation. However, it
must be said that Man of the
Century" as a subtitle de-
serves a vehement Shaw
"Posh!" 1t would be a ludi-
crous thing to say Of any one
man.
The book is a very long one
nearly half a million words
and includes just about every
thing you can think of about
Shaw. 1t has some interpre-
tation and explanation but not
much genuine literary criti-
cism. st. John { Ervine's
sprightly biography. published
this year. contains more.
Naturally the parts wherein
the master himself speaks are
Of greatest interest. Mr.. Hem
derson has included some new
letters and one section which
describes the trip which
sharp-tongued Shaw made to
Russia with sharper -tongued
Lady Aston. It should settle
once and for all what really
happened on that controversial
journey.
Because Of Its great size and
Mr.. Henderson's calm and
reasonableness about q man
who was neither calm nor
reasonable. this book assumes
at once almost the stature Of
. reference book. That, of
course. is unfair. II couldn't
help being more readable than
that-and 1t Is. After all, 1t
Ia about Shaw.
EDWIN TREBLE.
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"A Look at the Funny Side
OF the Christmas Crush
MERRY CHRISTMAS. MR.

MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR..
BAXTER. BY Edward
Streeter. With drawings by
Dorothea Warren Fox. (Har-
per; 49,
Mr.. Streeter, author of the
popular Father Of the Bride"
and others. has again put the
finger on what's comic about
a common situation - in this
case. preparing for Christmas.
Grandparents. and all who
know some, should especially
appreciate this study Of George
Barton Baxter. a likeable
grandfather who puts up q
lonely and futile fight to
bring Christmas-buying down
to size. ruefully suspecting all
the while that his sentimental
wife and the not-so-senti-
mental shopkeepers will win
out in the end.
This picture Of the Christ
mas crush is not only anus
ing; it is also alarmingly true.
Mr.. Streeter isn't the first to
point out that the Christian
holiday has been usurped and
exploited by t-hungry
merchants to the point where
the feast itself is almost OBJ
scured. But it does no harm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Surprise Attacks

Washington's Burke Wilkin-
son, a naval commander on in
active status. at present in an
important post in the State
Department offers: BY SEA
AND BY STEALTH Coward
Mccain; $500.
This is the complete story
Of daring sneak attacks on
naval and merchant ships by
midget submarines and vari-
GUS one-man and two-man de-
vices during World War II.
Mr.. wilkinson, who has
written such novels Of suspense
as Run, Mongoose" and Last
Clear Chance" makes an ex-
citing story out of this factual
account. He examined the
records, some of which he pub
fishes for the first time, and he
talked to all the survivors Of
these heroic feats he could find.
An Italian Development
1t was the Italians who first
developed the piloted torpedo
and explosive motorboat.
Such intrepid navy officers as
Luigi De La Penne and VAL
eric Borghese proved a brief
terror to British ships in the
Mediterranean early in the
war. De La Penne and his me-
chanic, both wearing diving
masks and respirators. rode
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these absorbing discussions Is
how 1t happens that Trans
greatest contemporary tradi-
tional artist has the same name
as Trans greatest miniature
painter Of 500 years ago, Bib
zad.. master Of the last Timurid
court at Herat.
Fifty Paintings
The exhibition is composed
Of so paintings. illustrating as
many Quatrains. This tour de
force was the inspiration of
the distinguished diplomat,
DR.. Hossein Ali N. Esfandiary,
cultural counselor Of the En-
bassy Of Iran. also physician,
general in the Persian Army,
and a member of the present
Shah's family. He invited
Behzad to his home to paint
these pictures, a project which
occupied eight years 1889 to
1870.
Behzad's Rubaiyat paintings
are Examinations Of the rich
est colors and cleaning gold,
the most minute details ex-
quisitely rendered, depicting
ensnaring girls. handsome
youths and philosophical ell
ders. not to mention appari-
tionS, inanimate objects made
animate, in palaces, gardens
and landscapes which are
dreams Of beauty. To achieve
perfection, Behzad was as
sisted by specialists for some
Of his compositions: The we'll
known flower painter Letfi for
the fiower-spangled garden
and landscape scenes, and the
distinguished illumina tor
Youssefl for the decorative
units doors, carpets, etc..
They counted neither time nor
effort; the gold Of the skies,
for instance, was polished for
two months and exposed to
the sun to acquire the right
depth and texture.
Each painting is accom-
panied by the corresponding
rubai. gwen in English. French
and Persian versions (the lat
ter written in six different
types of calligraphy Of such
beauty that they make the
typed verse in English and
French look drab).
This is the first time these
miniatures have been publicly
exhibited anywhere. 1t seems
a pity that they must disap-
pear so soon from the museum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16

NeNANeSo AAASS eAAS krA@@S ~ Se@ee0 .
opened only last Sunday, and
win close Christmas eva
display period Of such brevity
that the only excuse for 1t
would appear to be that it
comedies with Omar's phi
losophy Of here today and
gone tomorrow"
The exhibition opened under
the sponsorship Of H. E. the
Ambassador Of Iran and Nine.
Amin. DR.. Amin gave an in
troductory speech in which he
told something about the con-
temporary painter. .Hossein
Behzad. who created these ex-
quisite illustrations: discussed
the "Rubaiyat" and Fitzger-
AIDS translation, and answered
explicitly and to everyone's
satisfaction, two questions:
Why is Khayyam not consid-
cred primarily a great poet in
his own country. Iran, and
why did 1t take the world near
ly 800 years to recognize his
genius? 1t is hoped that the
speech in its entirety, also the
thousand-word essay on the
same subject by DR.. Richard
Ettinghausen of the Freer Gal
lery, distinguished scholar in
the field Of Near Eastern art
and literature, will be made
available to the public. The
only question not answered in
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an diversified torpedo into
Alexandria harbor and blew
up the battleships Queen
Elizabeth and Valiant, dis
abling them. The Italians
lived to tell about it-they
were captured.
Mr.. wilkinson describes the
thriller which is the saga Of
British Comdr. Donald Cam
eron and his comrades. They
manned X-boats. a sort Of
canoe. These were carried by
submarines into Norwegian
waters. where the tiny craft
tracked to its lair in a remote
ford the German battleship
Tirpitz. Cameron placed
under her hull the explosive
that wrecked the raider
which had preyed on shipping
all over the North Sea. He,
too. survived. and Mr.. Wilkin-
son heard his story.
japanese Subs
The japanese used q one
man submarine. They got a
few into Pearl Harbor before
the air attack. but were not
able TO operate them effec-
lively. Later they attacked
with suicide torpedo craft.
These individual assaults on
enemy shipping were not for
us. though. When plans for
tiny subs we're discussed with
our chief of naval operations.
Admiral King. he said "the
element of surprise has been
dissipated." BY the time we
got into the war such attacks
we're rare and harbor nets had
been improved to the point
where they we're virtually
impenetrable.
Mr.. Wilkinson's story re-
cites q chapter in the annals
Of naval heroism that will
not soon be forgotten.
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The Newest

Other new books this month
are:
THE GELIGNITE GANG. BY
John Creasey. (Harper and
Bros: $685.
The excellent Inspector West
Of Scotland Yard pursues the
gang who have blown their
way to a fortune in jewels with
explosive gelignite in a series
of London robberies. The loot
came from a chain Of depart
ment stores owned by Sir Ger
aid Sarkey. who earlier dis
owned his elder son and who
has himself been threatened.
All the fine Characterization
that is Mr.. Creasey's hallmark
Is here. First rate.
So -
COP KILLER. BY George Bag
by. Doubleday a. Co., Inc:
S2.759
All cops were good cops to
Capt. Feeley. Inspector
Schmidt knew Ofncer Black
was a black sheep. But Ofncer
Black was dead. and the in
spector was determined TO use
his knowledge Of Blacks
rackets, gained after his death.
to find his murderer. Fifteen
year-old Steve Andrew was a
cop hater; Blacks father was
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ton to this book, had a large
part in obtaining Johns re-
lease. Years have gone by
since he was freed. and he has
made good. He makes his liv-
ing as a painter and an illus
traitor.
John Resko's book not only
is a significant description Of
a mans salvation through pur-
gatorial years. It is a thrill
ing piece of writing. filled with
suspense-taut episodes and
colorful descriptions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16

to remind. And If this timely
item serves Though uninten-
tionally) to get some shoppers
in and out Of the stores early,
it will have done fine thing.
The free-and-eaSy drawings
by Dorothea Fox give pickup
to the pages and definitely add
to the charm of the book.
AMY YOUNG
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Miss Prescott
Knows Middle
Ages byHeort
SON OF DUST. By H. F. M.

SON OF DUST. BY H. F. M.
Prescott. macmillan: $3.75.)
H. F. M. Prescott is the
great chronicler who writes as
If she knew the Middle Ages
by heart. The pageantry Of
medieval society neither es-
capes nor diverts her; but it is
the structure and meaning of
that life-with its powerful
securities and its spaSms Of
violence that she searches out.
In this novel, first published
almost rs years ago in Eng
land, she is writing of two
lovers. whose lives brings
them within range of the
wrath Of God and the wrath
of their own little world of
18th century Normandy. 1t is
primarily q gravely beautiful
study of loyalty-the loyalty
demanded by family. by fealty.
by God.
Sinful Bliss
Fulcun Geroys. the hero Of
this poignant tale is a knight
at arms, moody. unpredictable.
troubled by the flesh. uncer-
tain of his place in his dwin-
ding, but still powerful clan.
When he meets Aide, the wife
Of Mauger of Fervacques, they
fall in love at once, and it APP
pears, forever. After a clash by
night between Fulcun and
Mauger. the two lovers run
away to his family strong
hold. Their life is bliss; but
1t is sin, they both know.
Finally Aide. knowing that the
whole family will suffer and
more blood will be shed for
their passion. fees by night
back to Mauger.
Thereafter Fulcun, fearing
not the wrath Of God. but His
love, Unsuitable as fire, un-
appeasable as hate. relentless
as the tide Of the sea" tries to
reconcile his unquenchable
feeling for Aide with his
knowledge that she does not
and cannot belong to him. But
already he has plunged the
Geroys into hostility with the
powerful Duke; there are bat
ties. sieges. duels. flights and
castle-stormings.
And time and again he
breaches the great bulwark Of
his time. that Of loyalty. In
his torment. he seeks some
certainty from an abbott Of
another. hostile family. Ready
to kill one Of his own kinsman,
all Of whom are hot for the
abbott's blood, Fulcun asks him
for help in his trouble. THE
more creatures we love the
better They're all His" says
the abbott. And Fulcun is
somewhat comforted although
IL 80 be a long time before
more consolation comes.
They Come 70 Life
Miss Prescott, as readers Of
The Man on Q Donkey" need
not be told. writes with q rare
combination Of freshness and
distinction. She brings every
character on whom she bends
her cain. compassionate eyes.
easily TO life. A quirk is noted.
a grievance lightly sketched in.
and there is Emma. the young
housewife aglow at the thought
Of Fulcun's great love: or
there is the infinitely kind
Robert Geroys and his bitter
wife Aelis: or the children who
play around the IRE in the
great hall and somehow al
ways are drawn TO Fulcun.
Miss Prescott unobtrusiyeiy
tells you . great deal about
that long ago world: and she
peoples It with human beings
accountable IN any age.
-NARY NcoRqRY
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River" should please more
conservative tastes.
Orsini's sea Change"
enamel on steel, gives the Of.
feet of an underwater view Of
q beautiful figure. Among the
prints are Rudolph Won Huhn'i
admirably designed block print
Celtic Cross" and Lucy Com
See ART NEWS, Page E-7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
CRIME AND MYSTERY
It's Been a Lively Year
For the Whodunit Set
BY BETTY MILES

Cops and commssars take honors this mystery
Good books have been written about policemen
bad specialized like postal inspectors and this month";
railroad inspectors And they written
who West German leaders, Paria-
ment who Communists.
Kidnapping old in distress have been favor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
ARTISTS. AND EXHIBITIONS
First Public Showing
Of Persian Miniatures
By FLORENCE 5. BERGMAN

Contemporary Persian Miniature Paintings of Selected
Quarans the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam National
Museum arranged by the National Collection Arts
exhibition Of such heartouchng beauty viewing should
be imperative though gallon
tyes into the pint Of time left before
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walls. AS one Of Omar's illus
trated Quatrains says, II came
like Water, and like Wind
I co."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
Christmas Shows

Annual Christmas exhibit
tions In various Washington
galleries which have become
an established feature of the
festive season, are planned far
in advance. Paintings, sculp-
lures and prints Of fine quality
by artists of recognized talents
are secured IN a wide range of
prices to afford opportunities
for collectors of modest means
as well as those with larger
budgets.
4 M
THE ARTISTS MART, 1861
Wisconsin avenue, impressed
me as having the largest selec-
ton of artists, styles and
themes in lower price ranges.
1t offers works in oil, water
color. gouache, casein and
enamel, as well as small sculp-
lures in several materials.
There are characteristic
paintings by George Bayliss,
jr. Gin both his styles, deriva-
tive but competently done),
Samuel Bookatz. several semi
abstract panels with good
structural design, and Jack
Berkman. all of whom received
awards in the current 18th
Corcoran area annual.
Marguerite Burgess shows
several radiant angels;
Omar Darlington, a romantic
winter landscape; Carver Mil
Ter, old houses at Harpers Fer
ny, painted in a high key, and
Howard Thomas. isles DIES
Pecheurs," semi abstract,
strongly patterned. Katherine
Claude's tonefuIs watercolor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
An Altogether Different
Story of Life in Prison
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Personal stories Of prison life tend to sefpty at least
and most understandable to completely sefcenered cata
ogue Of thoughts perhaps Of evade the monotony Of
such existence Caryl Cheeseman's two books about his in
credible eight in death cell in San Quentin Calf
account his previous and record the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16

a Jaguar-driving dandy. They
are two of q lineup Of vivid
suspects in a fast-moving
story.
CRIME OUT OF MIND. BY
Delano Ames. lives WASH
burn. Inc; $2.750
When titillating lilly fell
from a Tyrolean inn into the
gorge below, the signs of re-
lief echoed like a yodel. Jane
and Dagobert Brown, on hand
to protect a nephew from
lilly, find he needs protec-
ton from arrest instead. The
story babbles along like the
babbling Gugrl into which
lilly fell. Dagobert loses in
terest in the solution. So did
we.
DEAD INDEED. BY M. r..
Hodgkin. (The Macmillan
Co.: $3.50
A children's book depart
ment of a publishing house,
of all places, is the setting for
murder as q highly unpopular
artist has an early demise.
That Mrs. Hodgkin has worked
in this milieu herself is quite
apparent. The characters are
authentic. the conversation
good. the book fine.
y 4
ONE WAY TICKET. BY Bert
and Dolores Kitchens. (Dou-
bleday & Co.; $685.
Another on-the-spot report
the 4 husband of this team
was once a railroad detective.
Forged freight claims lead
young Vic Nome, a railroad
investigator. to the murder Of
good friend and a family
where a baby is in dam
ger. Well done, particularly
the quartet of wrong-doers.
REBECCA'S PRIDE. BY Dom
aid McNutt Douglass. (Har-
per g. Bro; $3.50
Rebecca's Pride is a place,
and well named 1t Is. 1t is
the family home of the Won
Schools, a proud family who
behave like characters In an
opera. Unfortunately. there
are no arias to save the day.
Bolivar Machenil, officer Of
the law. solves the mystery Of
the missing tycoon outsider on
this Caribbean island.
80 Il
MARKED DOWN FOR MUIR
DER. BY Spencer Dean.
Doubleday g. Co.. Inc;
$2.750
Don Cadee. chief Of protec-
ton at exclusive Amblett's,
knows all the shop lifters'
tricks. But when q teen-age
booster" is murdered, and an
other disappears, he's in q
new element. The plot is
slightly preposterous but the
setting is fresh. Good enough.
$50
THE ENORMOUS SHADOW.
BY Robert Harling Harper
and Co.: $500
A Fleet Street journalist,
home on leave from his post
as Washington correspondent.
Is assigned to do a series on
young men in Parliament. An
anonymous letter suggests he
look further into the connec-
ton Of one with q mathemati-
clan In top-secret missile
See MYSTERIES, Page Ell
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