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Alexandria's Studio CAL
lery. 814 Prince street, re-
Gently opened a three-artist
exhibition Of paintings by
Eleanore Van Swearingen,
Ruth Westergren and Theo-
dore McCann. to remain
through September is. All
three have recently completed
study under artist teachers
they had not had. heretofore.
Mrs. Van Swearingen has
been studying at American
University under Robert
Gates and Joe Summerford.
A graduate Of Bryn Mawr
College. she is an inveterate
student Of art. having in
earlier years attended the
Abbott School here, Stanford
University. the University Of
Hawaii, and also worked with
Andre l'Hote in Paris, and
Washington Artists Eliot
O'Hara and Benjamin Abra-
mowitz. Her far-f1ung studies
were due Tin part. at least) to
the fact that she is the
daughter and granddaughter
Of Army officers. and the wife
Of Capt. Earl K. Van Swear
ingen. USN, retired. and has
Travelled extensively. She has
also exhibited widely, has had
several solo exhibitions, and
in the past five years has re-
ceived 81 awards in Washing
ton area shows.
Six new painting compose
her group at the Studio CAL
lery. All are more broadly
treated. more abstract than
her earlier work, and several
are considerably larger. Out
standing is one of five still
life arrangements. Straw
Flowers" in gray and warm
colors with excellent balance
Of color and forms. Two
phases" deal with the same
subject in different tonali-
ties,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
Mixed Blood
In the South
Novel Theme
SOJOURN OF A STRANGER.

SOJOUhN Ut a SThANGEh.
BY Walter Sullivan. Henry
Holt; $3.50
The theme OF this first
novel is self-acceptance. The
problem Of Allen Hendrick is
acute, since he is of mixed
blood in Middle Tennessee
Just before the war. Son Of
an idealistic lawyer and an
exquisite octaroon. he wins
the affections Of his grand
father. He becomes the lord
Of an ancestral manor. the
successful sutton of q beauti-
full neighbor. But his fan
GEES refusal to marry him
during her aging fathers
lifetime embitters Allen. and
he uses his service in the
Civil War as an instrument
for personal vengeance.
Mr.. Sullivan examines the
problem of the outcast who
institutionalizes his trouble
gravely and sensitively. But
his characters speak to each
other in such high-flown
prose for the most part that
they merely seem formal rep
resentatives of a point Of
view. The novel is very long,
and certain sympathetic mi
nor characters just seem to
fade away or drop out with
out any particular explana-
ton. M. Meg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

fair and true perspective
Even as their profiles are de-
picted together on the plaque
in Westminster Abbey, 90
they belong side by side in
any account Of the generals
Of the spiritual Renaissance
which bears their name.
Head and Heart
1t will come a. quite q
surprising revelation that in
any critical appraisal of the
preaching ability Of the two,
Charles is rated as the
greater. If John was the
head Charles was the heart.
His judgment Of persons
was more accurate than that
Of his brother who was more
likely to be taken in by mis-
taken estimates. Charles was
more at ease with all kinds
and classes Of people, both
the high and the lowly. Ger
tainly he was more humble
and self-effacing than his
more aggressive brother. Ills
gifts were Of a higher order.
Not much has been made
about his constant travelling
but for many years until his
strength began to fail. he
matched John in this respect
as on horseback he followed
the long and lonely trails Of
18th century England. Even
as John continued to ride on
the brother whose body was
never robust made most val
liable contributions in the
development of local situa-
tons. His unfailing loyalty
to the Church of England
and his high Guardianship
which his Methodism never
diminished is indicated by
the fact that he was carried
to his grave not by Meth
odists but by clergymen of
the established church.
Charles Wesley and His
Colleagues" which ought
to be required reading for
all entering our ministry
and which will be eagerly
devoured by the people
called Methodists every
where, makes it crystal
clear that standing at the
springs Of the Methodist
Revival is not just one COM
handing figure but two. The
name of the one is John
and the other Charles.
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Five Artists Show

A group exhibition of oils
and watercolors by five art
lists who have been painting
together for several years. is
shown through August. in
the art department Of Dyer
Brothers. 1921 North Fort
Myer Drive, RoSslyn, Va.
These artists have ex-
hibited and won awards in
exhibitions in the United
States and abroad. They are
Merle Foshag. an officer Of
the Washington Water Color
Club: Constance White,
Marion Zimmerman, Betty
Beaumont Brown and Ger
trude Hamlin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

light thrown on the ever
moving form Of John Wesley,
who is hailed as the founder
Of Methodism. OF him, a
secular historian. with no
exaggeration, has written
1.-THE epic Of John Wesley's
more than SO years Of serv-
ice is the most amazing story
of human exertion ever pen
ned or endured" He was in
deed the organizing genius
and almost the dictator Of
early Methodism. But the
blazing light in which he
moves blurs to a great degree
his colleagues. His brother
Charles is given a lower niche
in the growing temple of
Wesleyanism. Even though
Charles is acclaimed as the
one who set the great awak-
ening to kindling verse, 1t
was chiefly the music Of re-
demption which his brother
John had heard and inter-
preted from the high hour he
had felt his. heart strangely
warmed. In the popular con,
ception. Charles is a sort Of
poetic satellite, revolving
around the one whose image
and superscription was in
delibly stamped upon the
plastic movement.
Two WesIey's
But at last here is q book
which does not spotlight one
Wesley but two. Without dis
counting John one iota or
taking from his brow any Of
the deserved laurels the testi-
mony is piled UP from jour-
mails and letters and con-
temporary witnesses that
Charles belongs in no Sec
ondary place. All is told
about the colleagues
their weaknesses and foibles,
as well as qualities which it
takes superlatives to portray.
In this total picture one Of
the colleagues" George
Whitfield, with his amazing
gifts as a proclaimer of the
Evangel. is given credit for
his immense contribution.
The Wesley tradition is not
a solo but a duet. Bishop
Flint has rendered a signal
service as with skill and
scholarship and a thorough
knowledge Of the times in
which Methodism was born,
he has linked the brothers in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

The Italian periodical Oggt
announces a novel contest
to be called the Oggi-Lacco
AMEND Contest. The judges
will meet at Lacco-Ameno on
the Island Of Ischia to an
nounce the winner who will
receive a prize Of. $4,000 on
Easter Day, 1858. All entries
must be unpublished. and the
protagonist must be a woman.
Entrants should submit
three copies Of each novel,
typewriter double spaced,
addressed to the Secretary Of
Oggi-Lacco AMEND Literary
Contest. Piazza Carlo Erba 8,
Milan. Italy.
The deadline is December
81, 1857.
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Sand and Seq

The August theme show at
the Artists Mart. 1861 Wis
consin avenue, Georgetown,
is the most avant-garde
group yet displayed there, in
my recollection. The mart
has always represented vari-
Gus modern movements as
well as naturalistic work in
its shows. But this one has
a larger proportion of alb
stract painting.
Several new artists have
been added to the mart's
roster. and one Of them, Kay
Kerst. has the outstanding
Ito mel abstract expressionist
painting. her large Song Of
the Sea" in which swirling
strokes Of green's, white. ETC.,
remind the observer of the
swell and crash Of white
capped waves against rocks.
Other good paintings are
Ann E elma ms abstract
"Sailboats," H. Thomas geo.
metric Naval Marker, Tidal
Flats" Ralph de Burgos'
patterned "FlotSam and Jet
SAM" Jack Berkman's rich
expressionistic Wharf" and
Grace Gorlitz' "Harbor" with
its circular patterns Of ships
and shore.
There is also ample good
work to please devotees of
natlralism: Theodore Kane's
illustrative Gathering
Storm" Katherine Claude's
"Watergate." Beryl CARROTS
robust "Gulls," Mary Eta
Sharpe's Beach at Aca-
pulco," Pauline Billings
Home Port" Kathleen Brus-
kin's view Of Camden, Me-;
jane O'Neill's small. dainty
beach scene; Helen Duvall's
"Harbor." James Cupoli's
"Sandpipers" Of Oriental SIM
plicity, and Andrew Pizzini's
Brittany" Florence Higgs'
bewitching merbabies in the
mart's window and Kath-
crime Hobbs blue-glazed
tropical fish are engaging
SCULPTURES.
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Federal Architecture

The American Institute of
Architects second show ar
ranged in conjunction with
its centennial celebration last
May, will close early in Sep
TENDER. Supplementing the
superb exhibition of zone
Hundred Years Of American
Architecture" at the National
Gallery Of Art. the show now
at the Octagon. 1741 New
York avenue, is composed of
representative designs Of
buildings constructed by our
Federal Government during
the past century.
The Nations Capital and
environs are represented in
nearly one-third of the show.
"One Hundred Years of Fed
eral Architecture" was pre-
pared and mounted by the
Public Buildings Service Of
General Services Administra-
ton. which with its predeces-
sor agencies extending back
to 1886. was responsible for
the construction OF the 40
buildings illustrated, four Of
which are still to be built.
Washington Landmarks
A panel OF Washington
ID. c. architects, Louis
Justement. Leon Brown and
Nicholas Satterlee. all insti-
> tute members, chose the ma
terial shown as the most truly
representative Of each Of the
decades (since 1857. date of
the institutes founding. The
jury 5 comments on a NUMBER
Of panels in the show. inter-
pref It. The show begins with
"A Look TO the Past" COM
prising four buildings (three
Of them Washington land
marks, by Robert Mills, first
Federal Architect Of the
Treasury, who worked in the
classical tradition. Another
interesting detail Of the show
is a set Of beautifully exc
cuted drawings bearing the
signature Of G. T. Beaure-
gard, best known as a general
of the Confederate Army,
who prior to 1861 was super
intendent Of construction for
the New orleans Custom
House and Post Office.
Primarily historic al in
theme, the exhibition outlines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
Two by Westerqren

Ruth Westergren, who has
the largest exhibition at
Studio Gallery, will open an
other solo this afternoon at
the Silver Spring Art Gal
lery, 96l6 Flower Avenue. 1t
will comprise water colors
and pastels. She will demon
strate there at 4 o'clock to-
day, modern silk screen
printing, a revival Of ancient
Chinese and Japanese art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
READING AND WRITING
AWord Of Suggestion
To q Visiting Queen
BY MARY McGRORY

The art of saying nothing at some length has been
considerably refined through the ages particularly by
politicians 1t left to Anthony Dora the labor cheftan
to bring the business to perhaps its highest point
held senatorial committee tansxed for days without
imparting any information to speak Of
But still doing so we feel deeply for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

A HISTORY OF AMERI-
CAN MAGAZINES, VOL. Nv.
1885-1905. by Frank Luther
Mott (Belknap Press Of Har-
ward University; $12.50).
continues the authors colos-
sal story Of periodicals. His
volumes II and III won q
Pulitzer Prize.
Mr.. Mott is reviewing not
only the general magazines
but the best Of the technical
and specialized publications.
1t is interesting TO be re-
minded Of such forgotten
general magazines as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

royal speechwriters in whose
backs are quivering the
javelinS Of Lord Altrincham,
the peer who likened Queen
Elizabeth's speeches to the
utterances Of "a priggish
schoolgirl"
A Royal Dilemma
In the British-type uproar
that followed we did not
hear Of anyone who sprang
to the defense Of the Queens
prose style. But we did read
in the New York Times mag
azine q sympathetic. in
telligent analysis Of the
Queens dilemma by PEREZ
CRIME Worsethorne. a Lon
don journalist who pointed
out that due to the demands
of the British. there is prac-
tically nothing Her Majesty
can say. The neutral and
impressive quality" Of the
monarchy is by command Of
her subjects.
The Queen cannot come
out unequivocally for brus-
sells sprouts which inevitably
accompany every British
roast, or for white nylon
gloves, their unhappy equiv
alent in British fashion.
The Queen does not even
have recourse to the refuge
of all other British takers,
the weather. She must MUIR
muir acceptable sentiments to
all. And since they are pat
entity not memorable, she
does not even attempt to
memorize them, but must
read, as Lord Altrincham
pointed out, even such
phrases as II am deeply
moved"
A New Era?
Now what effect this has
had on the royal scribes we
do not know. II they are
trembling at their type
writer's, nothing has been
said. But we are also Won
dering If the impending
American visit, which will
involve inumerable speeches,
will spell the beginning Of q
new era in royal speech
making.
II such q change Is IN
the works we should like to
prefer a suggestion. Brit
ish prose is full Of noble
utterances. From Chaucer
to Churchill, the right word
has been found, times with
out number; the sinuous sem
tence has been superbly UNI
wound. Could not Her Maj
esty. without fear Of Offend
ing anyone, comb the great
works Of her country's
literary giants and find
there, over and over again,
statements Of unexception-
al grandeur to At every
occasion? She would at one
thrust turn back the COM
plants that her speeches
are fiat, that her interests
are strictly county and at
the same time revive an in
terest In the art Of reading
which in the country Of her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
Valuable Reference
A DICTIONARY OF CON-
rrnrDOn ADu ANHrDTHAN

A DICTIONARY OF CON-
TEMPORARY AMERICAN
USAGE. BY Bergen Evans
and Cornelia Evans. IRAN
dom House; $3.50
This is q comprehensive
reference book dealing with
questions Of grammar. word
preferences. punctuation,
idiomatic phases and related
matters involving the use Of
the English language. 1t
places emphasis on current
usage In the United States.
j, H,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
Art Gallery
Visitor Has
Companion
COMPARIsONS I'M ARR. ny

COMPARISONS IN ART. BY
Fern Rusk and John Shap.
ley. (Phaidon- Garden City;
$3.50
Visitors to the National
Gallery Of Art have . new
companion to take along-a
lively. extensively informed
companion who can tell them
q great deal about many Of
the masterpieces there. This
companion" is q new volume
Just published. written by
Fern Rusk shapley, assistant
chief curator Of the National
Gallery. and her husband.
DR.. John Shapley, professor
Of art and archaeology Of
Catholic University.
The small. handy volume
(easily carried in a handbag
or coat pocket is never
theless a rich one, with
100 illustrations, reproducing
masterpieces of art in the
National Gallery-paintings,
sculpture. prints and deco
rative arts. Each occupies o
page with accompanying text.
They are preceded by 10
pages of Introductory essays
with 80 more illustrations)
dealing with 6 categories in
which the plates are grouped:
religious art. mythology and
allegory, portraiture, genre,
still life and landscape. The
plates in the gallery" are
paired, placing side by side
works widely separated In
exhibition rooms, to point out
details, reveal similarities,
and contrasts Of which the
layman would seldom II ever
think. 1t is the first art book
I have seen using the COM
parative method, since one
by Charles Cafiin many years
ago, which was q classic In
its day. sl1
Fine Illustrations
The Shapleys' new book Is
Just as interesting to read
5000 miles from the National
Gallery; for the halftone IL
Illustrations, while small, are
sharp. Past visitors who
read it. will recall the paint
ings with added interest:
future visitors will have more
to look for.
The Shapleys are not only
art scholars, they also know
how to write in a manner
calculated to transfer lucidly
their own enthusiasm and
knowledge. But one word Of
advice: a dictionary is a
handy companion for this
book. Scholars use words that
are not in the vocabularies Of
most of us: and while this
text is generally crystal clear,
at intervals the authors come
through with phraseology
that will send the inquisitive
reader cropping for his trusty
Webster. For example. the
Shapleys describe Apollo'S
pursuit Of Daphne as causing
her relapse into dendroid
immobility." Elsewhere, they
mention as the major goal Of
portraiture. "the isolation Of
the individual from his
ambient" and so forth.
Certainly the prospect Of
inadvertently enriching his
vocabulary should not daunt
the laymen who seeks to
heighten his appreciation Of
art. 1t might even be consid-
cred unearned increment.
F. s. q.
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Visitor
Lid Liftino

Good news from Ireland:
We hear that censorship,
which was for a while some
thing Of a national pastime
in Ireland and resulted in
the banning Of some of the
best Irish authors. is dying
odt. There were two resig-
nations from the banning
board, and no one would
come forward to take the
empty places. Constant read
ers are hoping for better
times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
Crime and Mystery

THE STAIRWAY. BY Ursula
Curtiss (Dodd. Mead e.
Co, $685.
Entertainingly run Of the
mill. the story revolves
around the death Of a sadist
who just possibly did not fall
but was pushed down the
stairs. The secret, shared by
the two women in his house,
eventually leads to black
mail and further violence.
We didn't lose interest.
a B. M.
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Honor Deserved

1t is now Sir Fitzroy Mac
lean. He is the British author
Of Escape to Adventure" one
Of the best personal-adven-
ture stories Of World War II
we have read. His biography
Of Marshal Tito. THE
HERETO, will be published
on October 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Show at Artists Mart
In Modernistic Genre
By FLORENCE 5. RERRYMAN

The Kiln Club Of Washington several years. has been
usherng in each art with its annual
the National Museum in late August early September The
sixth annual Exhibition Of Ceramic Art will open Tuesay
evening at preview In the foyer the Natural History
Building This large and important exhibition will be reviewed
here ext
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
The Wesleyan Revival
Is Brought Into Focus
BY Rev. FREDERICK BROWN HARRIS
chaplain Of the United states Senate

Charles Wesley Flint has set Charles Wesley riding and
preaching and singing and md2Oth century roads
this Forthcoming l5Oth anniversary Of his BIRTH In his
CHARLES WESLEY AND HIS COLLEAGUES public Affairs
Press $375 Bishop Flint brings the principal figures Of the
Wesleyan Revival into sharp focus Usually there search
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25
Cozzens Novel Is Work
Of Literary Artistry
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

James Gould Cozzens is distinguished American
novelist His last novel, Guard Of Honor" story.
q Pulitzer Prize. This published in 1948. and
have his first novel in nine years:
BY LOVE POSSESSED (Harcourt Brace; So.
This extremely long novel. closely with detailed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

octogenarian. also is anti,
Semitic.
My attitude toward the
element Of bigotry in this
book would be the same If
the attack were directed at
Episcopalians or Presbyteri-
ans or Baptists or believers
in any other faith.
by Love Possessed" q
Book of-the-Month Club Sc
lection, depicts more lust
than love and little tolerance.
Lack Of Culture
Arthur, so highly respected
In the town as a lawyer, a
churchman, a father and a
citizen, does not emerge as a
man of true culture. His
interminable musings go
around and around a track
Of narrow interests. 1t is to
be wondered that such a
gifted novelist as Mr.. Cozzens
could lavish so much on a
character so essentially medi-
OGRE. so often dull.
The comment on the pub
fishers dust jacket that this
is lone of the finest novels
Of this century" also is
puzzling.
Segregation Issue
THE DEEP SOUTH SAYS
NEVER, (Balantine; hard
bound, $3.50; paperbound,
IS cents by John Barlow
Martin, an able Journalist,
sums up impressions of a
careful llrsthand survey of
States below the Mason
Dixon Line. His observa-
tons on the segregation
issue are fair and temperate.
Except for such border
States as Maryland, Ken
lucky and Missouri, where
Indignation is pretty well es-
tablished, he found an ada
mant attitude toward aban-
doning segregation.
Resistance Hardening
"In recent months" Mr..
Martin writes, resistance
has been hardening in the
mid-South - in Virginia,
North Carolina, Arkansas and
Tennessee. A few cities there
may desegragate voluntarily
Charlotte and Winston
Salem, for example-and four
are under court order to do
50, Little Rock. Norfolk. New
port News and Nashville. But
in large sections of the rural
mid-South the PROJECTS for
desegragation are poor and
getting worse. In the Deep
South several cities. such as
Columbia and Atlanta, prob
ably could be desegragated
today without violence if they
were not in South Carolina
and Georgia; but since they
are. their schools would be
shorn Of State funds and
they could not operate. Else
where in the Deep South
there is no prospect of school
Indignation In the foresee-
able future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-25

American cousins has fallen
into sad disuse.
Visitor
A recent Washington viSi-
tor was Yukio Mishima. the
Japanese novelist, whose
THE Sound Of Waves" sold
100000 copies in his native
country.
A young and smiling man,
he has just completed work
on a second novel which
Knopf will publish in trans
lation next year.
He reports that Western
writer's enjoy a great popu-
larity in Japan. with Faux
ner and Hemingway by far
the favorites.
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|Sensuous Tale
|OfAIexundriu
JUSTINE. BY Lawrence Dur
rell. &c. P. Dutton; $500

JUSTINE. BY Lawrence Dur-
rel. &c. P. Dutton; $500
This is a pretentiously
written novel about a woman
who embodies a city. The
woman is Justine; the city Is
Alexandria. Justine, says the
narrator, an Irish school,
teacher who Is her lover.
could not help but remind
me Of that race Of terrific
queens which left behind
them the ammoniac smell
Of their inoestuous loves to
hover like a cloud over the
Alexandrian subconscious."
Justine has explored the
senses completely, but suffers
from IAN involuntary check
Of the psyche. =" The pSychia-
trists call her a nympho-
maniac, but to her cult in
Alexandria, she is a goddess.
For her, the Irish school,
master forsakes his tubercu-
lar mistress; and she. as
ever, deceives her handsome,
rich, indulgent husband.
What happens does not
matter especially. The narra-
tor seems permanently SPELL
bound, and says he does not
want to record experiences
in the order in which they
took place but in the order
in which they became signif-
icant to him. The chances
Of these events becoming
significant to the reader are
rather slim, since the novel
seems like a miasma, the
characters float about as in
a hashish- dream.-M. MEG.
Forum, once noted for its
stories. Mr.. Mott has. prop
erly, a long chapter on the
amazing development Of the
Saturday Evening Post in the
early years of the century.
He barely mentioned the
Smart Set, which was better
known after 1905 and, in its
last years was edited by
Henry Mencken and George
Jean Nathan, but was a bril-
liant fiction magazine from
its earliest days. Perhaps he
will deal with it in a later
volume.
1t is sad to recall that
with the wealth Of literary
periodicals we once had, there
are no more, or almost none.
except the campus quarter
lies and the little magazines
Of limited appeal.