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FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK. Dec. "a tP1. - Foreign
exchange rates follow: Great Britain in
less otherwise nctedl:
Canadian dollar in New York open
market 1882 per cent premium or
'1O4.21M United states cents. OF 1872.
s2.TSIs. up 1I32; 80 : day futures,
|2.77 25I32. up 1892: 6O-day futures.
2.76 81 L39: a0-day futures. 2.76n up
tfranc), .Ssss Of cent; Germany
(Wpsternl (deutsche mark, .3 so: Hol-
land tguildeD. "a. l2: Italy lira). l6h
10 fa cent; Portugal lescudol, 800;
Sweden tkronal 1894: Switzerland
tfrsnc) nree). 23.34; Denmark tkrone),
1880
Latin America: Argentina (free). . S.;
Brazil tfreel. 50; Mexico. sol: Vene-
zueia fbolivsrl. 30.O3
Far East; Hons Kong dollar l7.'5.
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New YOpk, n. Y. tSpeciall--
Fnr the first time science has
found q new healing substance
with the astonishing ability to
shrink hen orrhoids and TO relieve
psin-wiChout surgery.
4. In one lemorrhoid case after
anotter. very striking improve
ney.t" was reported and verified
BY doctors observations.
Pain WAS relieved promptly.
And, while gently relieving pain.
actual reduction or rets action
lshrinking, took place.
And most amazing Of all--this
tTnproveme nt was maintained in
cases where doctors observations
we're continued over a period Of
many monshsl
In fact, results were 80 thor
eugh that sufferers were able to
make such astonishing statements
Evening star., 1956-12-24
CHICAGOLIVESTOCK

tThe Agriculture Department Market
News Service is closed today. The follow
ing report on the livestock market has
been prepared by a private source.)
CHICAGO, Dec. "a R.--Salahle hogs
q. 500: very uneven; best hogs under 23O
ID. steady to 25 hisher: others very
1925; bulk l40-1sO ID. I4;75-l7. .75;
1a0-.4n ID. 17.OO-1S.n0: 250-300 10.
! 4 col z 90; top sows 1878; 30n-400 lb.
sows 15.0O-15.5O: 425-6"5 lb. sows
saiabie cattle 1000 steers and heifers
moderately active: mostly 50-75 higher;
higher; bulk high choice and prime
steers - .OO-2O..5: high choice and
prime heifers u .75-o3. Oc; bulk choice
heifers 1851 50: good to low choice
,;,, shoTS stesdy to. to S,TOne n
ESQ; standard Grade - Il Il 90 5e.la I,,,: 80:
steady to weak: utility. and commercial
bulls 13.SO-16.00 vealers steady. ton
"a 90; bulk good and choice ~. .D0-23 90.
Ss,abls sheep 200; lambs active. fully
STEADY to % higher: tor e1.25; bulk
good and nrime lambs J 8 S0-20,50 ewes
steady; bulk ewes 4.50-5.50.
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BALTIMORE
MARKETS

Quotations supplied the United states
Agriculture Department.:
Grain Market
Flour Receipts none.
| Wheat--Receipts I'll 32s bushels;
shipments, a90.37I bushels: stocks, 81
O05. 500 bushels.
corn-Receirts. 5O.72s bushels: ship
ments, 5000 bushels; stocks. 2.07S.514
bushels
Oats--Receipts. lO.622 bushels: ship
ments, none; stocks. 94.4l4 bushels.
Barley - Receipts, 3s.s95 bushels;
shipments, none; stocks, ilO.540 bushels
Rye-Reeeipts. none: shipments, none:
stocks 296 274 bushels.
Soybeans-Receipts 2O4 ,45s bushels;
shipments. 92,20f bushels; stocks. $685.
D67 bushels
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Life Insurance SoIes
Coin 4% in November

NEW YORK, Dec. "a tR)-Life
insurance amounting to $4,742,-
100000 was purchased in No
veInber. bringing the total for
the first II months of 1856 to
$47. .545,000. 600. the Life Insur-
ance Agency Management AS
sociation announced yesterday
The November figure was 4
per cent greater than in the like
month year ago and the IL
month aggregate was up IL. per
cent from a year ago.
Evening star., 1956-12-24

NEW YORK, Dec. "a R.-
Government bonds we're firm and
quiet today in the over-the-
counter market. Corporate bond
trading was at a standstill with
the New York Stock Exchange
closed on Christmas Eve.
Evening star., 1956-12-24

spond to the promotions that
you know are valid. And by
spending wisely, you'll save.
tcopyright. 1885, Han Syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
BRITISH NOVEL
rs STORY OF
LANDING CRAFT
FALCONER'S VOYAGE. BY

FALCONER'S VOYAGE. BY
Hugh Hickling. (Houghton
Miffiin; $3.50.)
This is a short novel of
life on British landing craft
up to and including the
Normandy invasion in 1914.
1t leaves much to be desired
as a tale even though it
holds some interest for
World War IL participants.
All revolves around a GER
tain flotilla and the reader
is given insight into the
brutal skipper, the insouciant
first Lieutenant, the kindly
pipe-smoker, the two homo
sexual commanders and the
Queeg-like fiotilla boss.
The main unbelievable
event here is that OF the will
Of the bearded 1t. Falconer
to join in wedlock the Brit
ish naval gal he has pre-
viously endowed with an IL
legitimate child.
Some Of the Williams die
in this one but all the nice
blokes survive for the rest
Of the war. 1t may be &C
curately written as far as
landing craft 60 but one
doubts If the cast could have
long endured in those times
and still held their COM
missions.
JERRY oLEARY, JR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
TESTAMENT OF ADOPTED LAND
Immigrant Who Won Fame
Writes of His Life Here

of a man who started the lad
der Of success in San Fran
cisco, working in a restaurant;
who opened his own famous
Omar Khayyam restaurant in
the midst of the depression
and made it a smashing sue
cess, specializing in the
recipes and foods of his fore
bears; who devoted all his
energies during the war to
selling war bonds and caring
for servicemen, who won the
Medal of Freedom for his
work in helping make Army
food more appetizing; who
rescued some 1000 Armen-
ians from displaced persons
camps after World War II and
helped give them a new start.
He has become one of the
leading citizens of San Fran
cisco, Of California and of the
United States. Thirty years
after his arrival, he was dining
in the White House with Presi-
dent Eisenhower.
Now 81. George Mardikian's
life story Is the American
dream. The book he has
written is an eloquent testi-
monial to that dream.
-SELWA ROOSEVELT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

metric or free forms (expres-
sionism and surrealism)
The show begins with a
historical approach, juxtapos-
ing the ornate facade of a
Florentine building of the
Renaissance, and a decorated
page of a 18th century manu-
script. both faithful mirrors
of their time. In like manner,
printing samples of later years
and today-books, book jack
cts, posters, advertisements.
trade publications, exhibit
catalogues, magazines and
other items-are displayed in
conjunction with paintings and
reproductions of influential
individual modern artists, such
as Braque, Picasso, Mondar-
ian, Dunchamp, Kandinsky,
Klee and others, as we'll as
groups (e.g., De Still and
BauhauS).
Everyone who has been in
trigued if not excited by some
dynamic example of printing,
and students of commercial
art and design who plan to
make it career, will be repaid
in great measure by contem-
plative visit to Modern Art
Influences on Printing Design"
during the next six weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Buder Prints

AS a reminder to the public
that original prints by inter-
nationally famous artists can
be had for prices that COM
pare favorably with color re-
productions. the Franz Bader
Gallery, 1705 G street NV. the
past week opened an exhibition
of etchlngS and Autographs
mostly by contemporary art
lists. 1t will remain through
August 5.
The show comprises about
Is prints, the majority in
colorS, by artists of IL nations
in Europe and the Western
hemisphere. Most of the
prints are in abstract or other
modern idioms, but there are
a few strong representational
works as we'll. Among the
latter are one of Kathe Kohl
Wits tragic figures, three
dimensional in its solidity:
Hans Ennis eagle and water
buffaloes, in white line on
textured dark ground; Georg
Grosz' head, a caustic char
acterization; and Terechko-
vitch's colorful, simplified
figures of girls in a garden.
The outstanding non-ob-
jective work to me, is Stanley
William Hayter's figure on a
ground Of varied textures,
technically superb as well as
pleasing in colors. Abstract
but still figurative are such
well-done prints as Dominguez'
Bull Fight" Campigli's con-
ventionalized women, Max
Ernst's owl" Henry Moore's
monolithic figures, Singers
leaves.
Marc Chagall, Chile's Malta
and England's John Piper are
other famous names repre-
sented in the Bader print show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Portrait Shown

A portrait of Mrs. Gordon
Duke by Thomas Heaton, was
unveiled" to a party of Mr..
and Mrs. Dukes friends last
Sunday at their apartment at
2l01 Connecticut avenue. Mrs.
Duke is portrayed nearly full
length, in a black Chantilly
lace dress over irideScent silk,
standing before a semi-antique
Chinese screen with floral
decorations. The dark cos.
tune and background con-
trast with the subjects color
ing. She is a brown-eyed
blond with reddish lights in
her hair.
Mr.. Heaton, English-born
portrait painter, has made his
home in Washington since the
early 1940S. He had a one
man show at the New George
town Galleries four years ago.
which was reviewed here at
the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Politics in Figures
AMERICA VOTES.

AMERICA VOTES. A hand
book of conte porary
American election statistics.
Compiled by Richard M.
Scammon. macmillan Co.;
$12.50.D
The Democratic candidate
for United States Senator from
Michigan in 1854 received S7.7
per cent Of the 1858 votes
cast in the 18th Ward in De-
troit. Because this book in
cludeS such off-beat, hard-to-
find election statistics. no
longer need politicians, cam
paign workers. professors.
writer's and political punditS
Of the press spend days in
going to the sources for the
figures and facts that tell so
much. 1t is all here in one
volume. For the political
writer, it is the best thing
since the telephone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
IN CASE SENATOR'S DRAFTED
Johnson, No Candidate,
Gets Campaign Biography

lied" biography, although it
could easily have been one.
Senator johnson comes right
out and says-and this is a
shattering break with prece-
dent which favors the WHO,
Me?" approach-that he read
the book and liked it. And
there is no reason why he
shouldn't.
Booth Mooney, described by
the Senator as "a one-time
political enemy" and until
more recently a member of his
staff, is a warm partisan.
Mr.. Mooney presents no new
material about the dynamic
Senator from Texas. He SYM
pathetically reworks the old,
beginning with the prophetic
anecdote that the day Lyndon
was born. his grandfather
went through the town pro-
claiming that a United States
Senator had been born.
The only sad thing about
all this is that few men on
Capitol Hill would stand UP
better to objective-that is
non campaign = biography
than the majority leader of
the Senate. He is a colorful,
complex man whose success in
reconciling divergent points Of
view-a success based, Incl
dentally, on a shrewd under
standing of mems one of the
most dazzling phenomena on
Capitol Hill.
But campaign biographies,
alas. are designed not to show
what men are like-but what
they would like to be.
-MAPV AHcGDOpV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Authors to Appear

-Four best-selling Washing
ton authors will make person.
al appearances during the Of
fetal opening of william Bal
lantyne g. Sons new bookshop
at COS Fifteenth street NV.
They will appear as follows:
Herblock, author Of Here
and Now" tomorrow, l-3
pm; Marguerite Higgins, au-
thor Of Red Plush and Black
Bread" noon to 2 pm, Tues
day; Leonard Kaufman, au-
thor of THE Color of Green"
Ia pm. Wednesday, and Rob-
ert Donovan, author of
Eisenhower: The Inside
Story" 1-3 pm, Tuesday,
,Jilly Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
How the PROSTATE South
Looked to Yankee Tourist

Fourth of July when the
Rebel invaders, beaten in the
three days previous fight,
stole away down the valleys
and behind the mountains in
their ignominious retreat"
From then on, Mr.. Trow-
bridge took only perfunctory
thrusts at the still-quivering
hulk Of the Confederacy.
But in all justice to Yankee
Trowbridge and Gordon Car
rolls editing, revival Of THE
Desolate South" from its
limited publication in 1866, it
is one Of the best single-pub-
lication portrayals OF its kind.
At least the North will still
think so.-CHARLES VAR
BEhOUdH.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
New Artists

Six artists, more or less on
the thresholds Of their careers,
are having a group exhibition
at the Silver Spring Art
Gallery, 9216 Flower avenue,
through July 30. The collec-
ton was assembled by Mari
ano Eckert, painter and art
teacher, who conducts some Of
his classes in the gallery's
studio.
All six artists studied at the
Corcoran School of Art, and
most of them studied elsewhere
earlier. Since the Corcoran's
training is their common de-
nominator, the competence of
the work on view reflects credit
on 1t.
Each artist is represented
with three or four paintings.
The best group, thought, is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

Twenty oils and 10 tempera
paintings give comprehensive
idea of the work of this artist,
now in his mid-thirties.
Picturesque subjects, inter-
preted in modern representa-
tional idiom. in a lighthearted
mood, occasionally humorous,
make this collection one which
the public should enjoy. Sr.
Behaves convention of paint
ing people and animals in a
somewhat wooden manner
seems to heighten their exotic
quality.
People, animals and birds
are his major themes. A ma
tive of Salto, Uruguay. he en-
joys painting the people of the
back country, trappers, horse
men, bird vendors, washwom-
en-, engaged in their respective
activities, and costumed for
carnivals. An entertaining,
styled painting of a man
breaking a horse depicts the
subject with a grip on his
mounts name which hints the
animal will soon be subdued.
Several paintings of costumed
men depict hobby horses APP
parently ridden" in the car
nivalS. Many natives are SELL
ing or wearing masks Cunning
these paintings into fantasies,
still others clutch Gagged birds.
The essence of foxhood is in
two paintings of these willy
animals, particularly the tenn
pera of one stalking a sitting
bird, while its mate hoverS
menacingly.
A self-taught painter, Sr.
Echave has participated in
group shows in his native
country and elsewhere in
South America and Europe,
has had several one-man
shows, won a number Of
awards. and is represented in
museum collections in Uru-
quay. AS a sideline to his
painting, he has been working
the past few years as a stage
and costume designer for the
Municipal Theater and other
dramatic enterprises in Monte
Vidio,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
THE LYNDON JOHNSON

THE LYNDON JOHNSON
STORY. BY Booth Mooney.
(Farrar, Straus IL Cudahy;
S3.75.)
The campaign biography is
form as highly stylized as
a Javanese temple dance. 1t
must present its subject in
glowing innocuous terms. 1t
must not probe the mans
motives too deeply, or, in fact,
even suggest that he has any
other but to serve his country.
1t must picture a family man,
torn from home and flreside
only. by the higher call of
duty. 1t must show a sue
cessful man, palpably worthy
of higher things.
The chief sources of the
campaign biography are. of
course, the prepared speeches
Of the candidate and the
tributes of other politicians.
THE Lyndon johnson Story"
faithfully observes these con-
ventions, although. in defer
ence to another unwritten rule,
it never proclaims itself a
campaign biography. The Won
der of it is why it should have
been written = in ample time
for pre-convention study
about a man who has indi-
Gated he is not a candidate
for either spot on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Senator Liked 1t
1t does have a dividend
unique in campaign biog-
raphies. that is a foreward by
the subject. In it, Senator
johnson is at pains to say
that this is not an "allthor-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Eqypt's Morals

GYPTIAN BELIEF AND
MODERN THOUGHT. BY
James Bonwick. Falcons
Wing Press; $50
Egyptians of high and low
degree possessed moral sys-
tenn surprising in scope and
old past reckoning. AS far
back as 5000 B. c. men of the
Nile valley held in common
most of the more ennobling
modern" concepts we have
inherited and which we are
pleased to clock with the
word civilization. The book is
meaty and scholarly yet most
revealing.
III. L.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Another Import

THE RED ROOM, by Fran
coise Mallet-Joris, translated
by HERNIA Briffault (Farrar,
Straus and Cudahy; $500 is
another new import altogether
different. Two novels hardly
could be less alike than "A
Dance in the Sun" and THE
Red Room"
Nine. Mallet-Joris is young
Flemish novelist who, like all
Belgian authors. writes in
French. But. as the trans
lator explains in a remarkably
perceptive foreword, this writer
is essentially Flemish, not
French. and there is something
of the Flemish painters in her
impressions. especially Breu-
ghel and Bosch.
THE Red Room" is a sort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
Novel of Kentucky
In '60s Is Lurid
KENTUCKY PRIDE. BY Gene
Marley. (Random House:

KENTUCKY PRIDE. BY Gene
Markey. random House;
$685.
Here Mr.. Marley wastes no
time being original or refined.
We have the same old hard
muscled. hot-blooded, put
upon hero striding through a
standard set of unlikely situa-
tons, distracted as usual by a
good girl with that fiery.
Southern something about
herr and a girl who's naughty.
Rounding out the east are
some incredibly trusty friends,
a Northern officer who's sur
prisingly nice the owns horses
too. a few faithful servants
and five venomous villains. =
If you care to pillow through
305 practicable pages not too
deeply concerned with post
Civil War conditions in Ken
lucky. you will come to this
stirring close: "Aidan felt the
warm pressure of Lacey's
hand. He turned. She was
smiling up at him. We're
home'l"
AMELIA YOUNG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
ART NEWS
Influence
Of Art on
Printing
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN

Earlier this year a num-
Der Of important exhibitions
opened. to remain for months
instead of weeks, and were
noted here only briefly at the
time. They deserve more space
than was available during the
crowded season. One of them
is Modern Art influences on
Printing Design" which con-
tinueS at the Library of Con-
gresS through August 81. Spon-
sored jointly by the Library
and the Washington chapter
of the American Institute Of
Graphic Arts, this exhibition
is on view in the north gall
cry. ground floor, main build
ing I
The casual visitor who fits
through this revelatory show
will get little or nothing out
of it. 1t deserves careful scru-
tiny. Visitors should read the
explanatory labels, study the
paintings and photographs of
architecture and sculpture, and
then observe how these orig
inal sources were adapted to
typography and design. An
admirable guide to the show is
the illustrated brochure COM
piled by Herbert J. Sanborn,
exhibits officer of the Library.
Although the main stream
OF printing continues to be
traditional, following the gen.
eral pattern established by Gu
tenberg, books and magazines,
and particularly publications
utilizing commercial arts, have
been strongly influenced in this
century by modern trends in
the three major spatial arts
fields.
Trends Explained
The visitor is oriented at the
exhibitions entrance by a
three-dimensional chart, which
presents the classical tradition
in printing as a mainstream
flowing through the various
modern art movements and
emerging unchanged. Side
streams filter through a par
ticular trend in art, emerging
along the way to carry printing
in new directions. On one
hand. these sidestreams flow
into printing affected by the
geometric forms of abstract
art (cubism, constructiviSm,
etc.. On the other hand, into
design influenced by non-geo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

that by Lloyd Lille, a native
Washingtonian who is entirely
a product of Corcoran School
training, from the late Eugen
WeisZ, John Lewis, Edmund
Archer, Richard Lahey and
most recently, sculpture with
Heinz Warneke. Mr.. Lille is
showing lively captures Of
Negro musicians playing vari-
GUS instruments, , and a con-
vincing portrait of his wife.
Varied Examples
Odell Wooten of Tennessee,
who served in the Navy during
World War II, and also in the
Korean War, has had the most
extensive art training. His
two figures and a still life are
done in an angular, colorful,
naturaliStic treatment.
Denis Bourland, who has
been a WaShingtonian since
he came here from Pittsburgh
at the age of 6, studied at the
Corcoran School and George
Washington University where
he obtained his B. A. two years
ago. The best of his group is
his large industrial scene,
which has a better compost
ton than his cluttered
Haunted Nave"
Winifred Rogers, who has
been painting for three years.
is represented with several
figures and a flower still life.
broadly handled, simplif1ed
and naturalistic. Mary Fields
still life is the best in her
group. Elizabeth Hecht is the
only water colorist, with four
landscapes. She was repre-
Sented in the Washington
Water Color Clubs annual last
month. A native New Yorker,
she received her B. A. from
New York University.
Lloyd Lille and Denis Bour-
land have both won scholar
ships to Skowhegan, Maine,
School of Painting and Sculp-
ture. Mr.. Bourland and Mr..
Wooten are represented in the
Corcoran's current Young
Talent" exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22
WHATS A SNOB?
THIS BOOK TRIES
TO INFORM YOU
NOBLESSE OBLIGE. Edited
by Nancy Milford. Harper
e. Bros. 49,

NObLESSE ObLIOE. Edited
by Nancy Milford. Harper
e. Bros; 49,
This little volume on the
anatomy of snobbery in
England is not quite so
funny as the furore its in
itial essay by Nancy Nit
ford caused, but still very
diverting.
That dispassionate study
Of what separates the men
from the boys in the deli
cate matter of who is to the
manor born and who not,
was not long enough to
make a book. So her enter
prising editors have dug up
five supporting essays, in
Guiding a stringent bit from
the redoubtab BILE Evelyn
Waugh.
BY now everyone knows
the difference between u
Upper Glass; and Non-U.
Non-U says "corsets"; u says
stays" Non-U says par
don" when not hearing) :
u says What; Non-U says
Pardon" also when STEP
ping on your toes: U says
Sorry: on hiccupping
Non-U says pardon" again,
u says nothing.
There is a great deal Of
that sort Of thing. writes the
scowling Mr.. Waugh; j.
II you are taken too seri-
ously you and Prof. Ross,
who kicked up the fuss
with his Essay in Sociology
cal Linguistics") may well
drive your readers to the
bin"
Maybe so, but well go
there laughing and gabblins.
~ M. MEG.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-22

of sequel to Nine. Mallet-Joris'
first novel, which appeared in
English as THE Illusionist."
Whether the influence is
Flemish or French or some
thing else, we enter in 1.-The
Red Room" and stay in an
atmosphere of decadence, of
almost complete depravity, in
fact. The scene is a small
city. presumably in Belgium,
and the heroine" who tells
the story, Helene, is an amoral
girl of 10 who goes from per-
versity to what she regards as
normal love but which actually
never becomes more esthetic
than a savage sort of lust.
SOrdid Situation
Helene's father is about to
be elected mayor of the town.
He has married his former
mistress, to whom Helene was
once unnaturally devoted and
whom she now hates or thinks
she does. Helene decides, on
impulse, to throw herself at a
famous Partisan stage de-
signer, a young man who is as
casual in his love affairs as
most Frenchmen are if we be-
lieve most French novelists.
Beyond question, Nine.
Mallet-Joris is a gifted writer.
Her characterizations and de-
scriptions are full of unusual
and subtle touches. In detail
she is never vulgar. But why
she chooses to devote her tai
ent to depicting persons who
are without standards or
scruples, situations which are
completely sordid, is her own
secret.
To most American readers
the little world of THE Red
Room" probably will be as
unreal as that of "A Dance in
the Sun" will be real.