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sive works. Robert Brownies
golden-toned "Ebb Tide"
with q girl claiming; land
scapes by John Alexander,
Sibyl Bayne. Kathleen Brus-
kin and Gertrude Hamlin:
urban scenes by Jacob
Glushakow, William Good
man. Robert Sivard (in-
cluding lively little figures) i.
Josephine Terrill delicate
and linear, suggesting the
cubism Of Lyonel Feininger) /;
coast and harbor. william r.
Walter. Betty L. Zeiger. VIII
liam Kennedy unusually ira
ditional in execution), Her
man Maril (superb color:
Strickland (crisp and SPAR
kling). are all covetable.
Besides the winning Kara
beri head. ! liked in the
sculpture section, Peter de
Crafts abstract Embrace"
Katherine Hobbs lifelike
rhinoceros. portrait heads by
Pietro LAzzari, and Jimilu
Mason, Joseph LOnas' poll
ished brass Lar" Charlotte
Miller's standing figure. and
Bill Taylor's "Amadeo."
In the graphics section. out
standing items to me are
Lila Asher's strong simple
"Giver of Law: Ralph de
Burgos' animated patterned
Regatta: Richard Lahey's
superb Skating Under Null
berry Tree; Leonard Maui
rer's Garden: John Rogers
detailed pen drawing Of q
farm landscape. and Prentiss
Taylor's Lock T." in a beau
tiful. delicate. Subtly differ
entiated wash.
The hanging Of textiles in
this annual shows them very
effectively. Sophia Maginnis'
rug with Eternal Life" SYM
bols is bold and striking.
Among many fine ceramics.
! was particularly impressed
with Richard Abell's glowing
Condition Red" bowl.
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Burnett Alden

The l4th anniversary ex-
hibition at The Barnett Alden
Gallery. l27 Randolph place.
mentioned here in October,
befors it opened, has been
extended to January IL. As
sembled in memory of Naomi
Barnett Alden, the gallery di-
rector's mother, whose por-
trait by Laura Wheeler War
ing occupies a place Of honor.
the exhibition is composed of
II paintings. lent by New
York City dealers galleries,
private collectors and artists.
Nearly all Of the paintings
are in contemporary idioms.
except Hughie Lee Smiths
BLACK Cloth" its simplicity
giving it an abstract appear
ance. / liked best Mimi Du-
Bois Bottoms "Harbor" in
soft blues and grays; Ruth
Galoon's Wood Roses; I.
Rice Pereira's geometrical
rectilinear Golden Glow;
and Joe Summerford's color
ful Abstract Boxes"
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day: So,
Mrs. Lindop is q young
English writer who has had
seven previous novels pub
lished in this country. She
always does q skillful. pro-
fessional Job. and sometimes
q little more than that.
Mist Over Talla" Is q
brief. dramatic story. which
quietly builds up an atmos-
phere Of suspense that ex-
plodes into an effective, II
foreseen climax.
The young woman who
tells the story lives in Lon
don. She's out of work and
reduced to living at q hos
pitable friends apartment.
In desperation she answers
curious ad from q farmer in
Shropshire who wants q
companion for his wife.
Harriet is met at the train
by Mai. Lead" Stewart. q
retired regular. nicknamed
for the number Of bullets he
absorbed during the late war.
He is curiously reticent about
his wife. LANE. When they
reach the fine old country
house, she meets the majors
aunt. then an amazingly
lovely Irish girl of 20, who
Is Mrs. Stewart.
The major explains that
his wife. 20 years younger
than he. has had a bad shock.
q motor accident. and she
has spells during which she
may wander away. She is en-
tirely tractable, but must be
watched.
Lame turns out to be an in
telligent girl. but curiouSly
uninformed about many
things. Her father, the mar
rator learns. is a vagabond
Irish poet. a widower who
brought up his daughter in a
ruined house on top Of q
mountain in q remote Sec
ton Of Ireland. The girl has
an obSession. She wants 10
return to Talla, to the free
dom Of q girlhood when she
often was hungry. but led
an exhilirating life with her
gifted. alcoholic father.
From the manager Of the
village pub Harriet re-
ceives a different version Of
the brides trouble. The ac-
cident amounted to little.
she is told-Liane's trouble Is
deeper seated.
Then Harriet's life is COM
plicated by the realization
that she is In love with the
worried husband OF Lame.
the major.
While the story. particu-
larry the candor Of the char
acters with one another, Is
not always plausible, II never
lags in interest. And it is an
expert piece Of atmospheric
writing.
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tAAAk4AbLnh W0ahoe WASAA Asn
hard-cover book with text BY
Paul Mocsanyi. Duncan Phil
lips. Emanuel Benson and
Knaths himself. illustrated
with 81 black and white and
Q color plates, (S5.00). Moe
sanyi's is the leading bio
graphical and critical article,
with detailed analyses Of
paintings illustrated. Mr..
Phillips. the first and long
the only collector Of Knath's
works, has an appreciative
introduction.
Neutrality-suspicious. have prob
ably seen more Of Knath's
paintings than art lovers In
other cities. except the art
lists neighbors In Province.
town, where he has lived for
nearly four decades. Each
new collection seems to be Q
logical, II not inevitable.
development Of earlier work.
He continues 70 ring changes
on the simple subject matter
which surrounds him on Cape
Cod-ships and the ocean.
sea gulls. fishermen's shacks
and gear. occasionally the
fishermen themselves and
objects IN Knath's home. He
turns them all into abstract
patterns. predominantly an
gular, but counterpoised with
curves, in plangent blues. en-
erald green's. warm rich
orange. and other colors,
sometimes subtly grayed.
These are true distractions.
seldom carried beyond the
point Of recognition.
Six sales were made dur
ing the first fortnight Of this
exhibition.
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Intimate Paintings

Giorgio Morandi. an ltal-
ian painter in his seventh
decade. has just had a large
retrospective exhibition Of
paintings and prints at
World House, New York City.
from which the group Of is
small canvases at the Phil.
lips Gallery was drawn.
The artist Is a. retiring
and independent as Knaths;
but there any similarity
ends. A catalogue Of the
New York show. with q de-
liehtful text by iionello Ven-
turi, internationally known
art historian and critic, Is
attached to the show. and
should be read tit is not
available for distributionl as
Il introduces Morandi to the
visitor. Otherwise. the latter
might get the idea that this
Italian artist is frittering his
time away on foolish objects.
Small. ordinary bottles.
vases. jars and packages.
modest punches Of flowers
and landscape vignettes COM
prise his subject matter. All
are painted In rather fiat
blond colors. with little tonal
contrast. But the more one
contemplates them, the
greater their appeal. A few
Of the landscapes seemed
very thin and superficial to
me: but one, Landscape
1910" compensates for the
others. Morandi appears to
have painted q dream Of q
VILLAGE doZinR in the sun
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Eorly Seattle

Then there's SONG OF
THE AXE, by N. c. Nc
Donald (Ballantine: $500 q
well-realized tale Of the
country around Seattle early
in the century.
This. too. is a first-person
story. told by a tough. re-
sourceful young man who is
on his uppers. as they said
in that era. looking for the
FIRST job he can find. He
meets another youth who has
q deserted boat on his hands.
moored TO q dock in Seattle.
They sail the boat to the
outskirts Of the city. where
the narrator's new friend.
Sam. has q boarding house
and other connections.
They end up going to an
island in the sound where
Sans uncle owns q lot Of
timber. They are to cut a
sizable amount Of 1t into
shingle sizeS-for q good
price. But Sam and the mar
rator. Ed. don't get along,
and there are resulting COM
plications. Eds adventures
take him TO the city and
back to the island.
The story bogs down at
times in q surfeit Of detail
and dialogue and yet. on the
whole, It's quite interesting.
Perhaps its best feature Is the
feeling Of the country. which
the author, out Of an obvious
affection for 1t and deep
knowledge of 1t. conveys in
broad descriptions and more
subtle touches. It's q region
Of grandeur. with its noun
tains, forests more lush in
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Montana Artist
THE CHARLES NJ. RUS

THE CHARLES NJ. RUS
SELL BOOK. by Harold Nc
Cracken Doubleday: $23.50)
Is a splendidly designed book
containing a biography OF
the Montana artist and re-
productions Of a great many
Of his sketches. paintings
and sculptures. Mr.. Russell
was born In st. Louis in 1864
and went West at Is. He was
q wrangler for cattle .outfits
and grew up as tough and
rugged as any cowboy. While
he drew sketches from boy
hood, he never had any for
NAL training in art. His
paintings. in time. brought
him Nationwide fame.
&C. B. j,
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PEACoCKs AND AvARIcE.

BY Joyce Warren. CHarper;
$500
Amidst some Of the more
forced fiction and obscure
histories, larded with ibids.
II was most refreshing 10
come upon 'Peacocks and
Avarice."
In fact. Miss Waren's pic
ture Of life In q Derbyshire
village. possessing lucidity Of
phrase. humor and exquisite
Characterization. leaves one
feeling rather superior and
Infinitely fortunate In dis
covering 1t.
Take Ben Pancake, for ex-
ample. One day Ben. q bell
rinaer at the church. caused
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Corner Trio

The larger and better part
Of the group exhibition Of 40
works at Collectors Corner,
1925 Wisconsin avenue,
Georgetown, comprises paint
ings by Eugenia Woolman.
This afternoon is the last
for this show, 3 to 5 O'Clock.
Miss Woolman's figure
paintings. landscapes and
still life vary in quality, but
at their best they are vigor-
Gus and realistic. Among
them are those of a girl at
the piano. and a child on Q
carousel horse; Pink Road"
q landscape stronger than its
name implies; and q small
Crucifixion. simple and
reverant.
Miss Woolman obtained
her art education in Phila-
delphia and at the Barnes
Foundation. Merton, Pa. She
had her first solo show in
New York eight years ago and
has exhibited extensively
since then.
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our Smithsonian Institution,
Rochester Memorial Gallery,
John Heron Art Institute,
Indianapolis, Art Institute Of
Chicago. and Louisville's
Speed Museum. He has re-
ceived a number Of awards.
Variety of shapes and col
ors characterizes the current
collection, the most distinc-
tive feature Of which, to me,
is the ceramist's vertical
black abstract design on
white pieces
Evening star., 1957-12-29

somewhere on the Mediter-
ranean.
As Ventura points out. Mo-
randi Is not obsessed With q
fixation on small bottles. He
regroups and paints them
again and again; and their
insignificance as objects
should focus the observers
attention on them as Mo-
randi's conception Of forms,
space and color.
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Evening star., 1957-12-29

Undoubtedly some Of you
win be dissatisfied with the
selection Of books which
kindly but ill-informed rela-
tives and friends sent you for
Christmas. Aunt Ella. who
lives on the West Coast and
probably does not know you
live In an apartment on Con-
necticut avenue. sent you
something like The Prac-
tical Gardener. And maybe
Uncle Tom sent you a his
torical romance. not knowing
you abhor them. Perhaps
your friend Bill. mindful Of
your youth together. sent you
Winning at Poker" un-
aware that the little woman
prescribed the game-for you
years ago.
II you feel the need to look
up something new to read in
the post Christmas letdown.
there are many books which
may have been overlooked In
the year-end rush Of titles.
Here are a few;
THE OLD MAN AND THE
BOY. by Robert Ruark tHolt:
$4.s5). an appealing series Of
"reminiscences by the author
of the turbulent African
novel. Something Of Value"
These recollections center
around the writer's boyhood
in North Carolina and his
remarkable grandfather. who
used TO take him through the
woods and fields, hunting
and fishing. The old man. q
practical guide to the out
doors and a philosopher.
once told the boy: Don't be
noble - it's wrecking the
country"
FLYING HIGH. by Frank
lin w. Marsh Public Affairs
Press: s2.50). Mr.. Marsh.
who lives in Washington and
Is q chemist and bacteriolo-
gist. q Fellow of the Ameri-
can Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science. gath
cred a collection OF anec-
dotes about planes and fly-
ing. Most of them are on the
amusing side. Example:
Since Capital Airlines is en-
gagged essentially In flying
relatively short hauls in the
East and Midwest. 1t was an
extraordinary occasion when
q plane was chartered to
carry a group to Japan.
When Capt. Edward Couples
deplaned at the Tokyo air.
field. he came face TO face
with an old friend from the
States. The latter looked
with amazed disbelief at the
captain and then at the
plane with the familiar
legend. Capital Airlines. He
asked: What happened. Ed.
did you overshoot Minneap-
olis?'
SOUTHERN BELLE. by
Mary Craig Sinclair Grown:
So is the recollections Of the
wife Of the crusading polem-
list and novelist. Upton Sim
clair.
TALES OF SAN FRAN
CISCO, by Samuel Dickson
stamford University Press.
$685. is q series Of factual
stories (what IL some Of them
are apocryphal?) about ia
nous characters who. across
the years. lived for a time in
an incompatible city.
BEN THOMPSON: MAN
WITH A GUN, by Floyd Ben
jamin Street Frederick Fell:
$3.50 lis "the complete and
authentic life" Of one of the
Vests most famous (or noto-
rious. have it your own way)
gun fighters.
Then. II the West inter-
ests you. there's THIS IS
THE WEST, an original
anthology Of Western char
acters and stories, edited by
Robert West Howard (Signet;
35 cents.
A DANGEROUS WOMAN
is q new collection Of short
stories by James T. Farrell
Vanguard: $3.50. Mr.. Far
reil, Of course. is the author
Of the Studs Lonigan trilogy
and many other books which
have given him a place in
American literature.
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Audrey Lindop Writes
Her Eighth Novel
By CARTER BROOKE JONES

The publishers virtually quit releasing books for sale
and revew) two weeks before Christmas saving those fresh
from the printer and binder for January Yet there
always few srays that to aun their bright fresh
jackets during the holidays Some worth noting There G
MIST OVER ITALIA BY Audrey Erskne Lindop DOUBLE
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aRTlsfs AND EXHIBITIONS
Contrasting Shows !
At Phillips Gallery \
~ VI,ORENCE s. BERRYMAN

Contrast offered BY two exhibitions at the Phillips
Gallery through January g. Recent paintings by Karl Knahs
IN the print rooms and paintings by 0orgo Morandi in
Gallery B. second floor.
The Knaths show the major comprising large and
important works. with q handsome catalogue actually q
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Art Lecture

This afternoons lecture at
the National Gallery at I
O'Clock is a happy one for the
season. Leonardo da Vincis
Christmas Picture" is the
subject on which Raymond
S. Sites. the Gallery's cura-
tor Of education will speak.
Evening star., 1957-12-29

those days. vast stretches Of
water. Then there's the coll
orful younger Seattle. with
its amalgam OF influences
Alaska. the early West and
an emerging metropolis.
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Small Works

other paintings with more
than ordinary appeal include
some small and unobtru-
Arizona sun., 1957-09-05
IF A MAN IS STUPID ENOUGH. /"

Editor John Fischer of Har-
per's Magazine is not beguiled
by that curioS philosophy of life
which deifies the &C o m m o n
Man.. Writing in his Editors
Easy Chair" column, he says:
"Our whole way of life is now
based on the theory that only
the mediocre and Intellectual de-
serve to be especially cherished
by society,".
$50 if a man is stupid, lazy
and feckless enough, there is
nothing our society won't do
for him = particularly If he
comes from a long line of stupid,
lazy, and feckleSS ancestors.
When he has a job, the union
sees to it that he is never fired
for anything short of the most
outrageous SloppineSS and Shirk-
ing. When he, doesn't, a relief
check is always waiting. If he
absent-mindedly begetS more
children than he can support,
the state takes care of them.
For good measure, we ply him
with subsidized housing, free
medical care, and the tender
ministrations of social workers;
and we entertain him lavfshly
with free televiSion programs
carefully tailored to his slug
giSh wits.
"His children become the darl-
ings of the public schools, which
are primarily designed to keep
mediocre youngsters (and their
parents) happy. Here little Will
lie Jukes is taught life adjust
ment', including how to dance.
play the clarinet, and drive a
hot-rod-but rarely does any
teacher insist that he learn to
read and spell properly, because
the effort might bruise his frag-
lie SOUL"
Mr.. Fischer will make many
people angry. And, the reason
he will make them angry is a
sad and ominouS one = that
what he says is so largely and
increasingly true.
Arizona sun., 1957-09-05

Editors note The following
story is taken from an address
recently, by Hon. Frances P. Boil
ton (R-Ohio) at the Ninth An
nual Colgate Foreign Policy Con-
ference, Colgate University. =
Reprint from Africa Special Re-
port.
Africa is so vital, so personal
and yet so impersonal. There
are moments when one says
"she" unhesitaringly, so great
is the sense of maternity, of the
creative, passive, waiting forces
that seem to surround one, that
seem to well up out of the earth
one walks on. And then again
Africa. is all male-aggressive,
powerful, ruthless, invincible.
Above all else, Africa is a land
of extremes, of such beauty by
day and night that one stands
breathless before it; of such
ruthless cruelty that only the
bravest can support it.
Those of you who have been
to Africa know something of it's
vastneSs. You have felt it's myS-
terry, you have been stirred by
it's almost incredible pbSSibil-
tiles. You have, perhaps, found
your own emotions shaken, as
never before, by the power, the
force, that seems to well up
out of the very earth. You have
been faced with the reality OF
AfricaS awakening. It is as If a
great giant stirred for the first
time in many centuries, stretch
ing himself, opening his gentle
eyes upon an unknown and very
disturbing world. Perhaps you,
too, have found your own world
somewhat shaken by direct con-
Arizona sun., 1957-09-05

tact with this awakening, and
all it ca nmean to the future
of mankind.
What Is to be Africa'S role in
this amazing era of revolution
ary change? To what end, her
fabulous wealth in bauxite, CO.
bait, copper, gold, uranium, di-
amondS, rubber, cocoa, coffee,
and still undiscovered raw ma
terials? To what end her mar
ketS, though her needs are in
finite? To what end her term
ing millions? To what end the
many races within her borders,
deriving as they do from diff
ferent continents and separated
by long periods of their cultural
development, now thrown to-
gether to work out common
future?
There is no question but that
Africa today is suffering from
deep wounds inflicted by fear
and mistruSt between races and
between tribes. The immense
task of raising the masses from
poverty and ignorance demands
the exertion, in unity and fell
lowship, of all the talents that
the continent can provide. Past
achievements and plans for the
future toward this supreme aim
are alike endangered by the
threat-or the reality of in
ternal dissension and Commun-
ist penetration.
The urgent need is for a new
spirit, a patriotism stronger than
racial or tribal loyalty, and for
a policy suited to the true needs
of the people, of which the peo-
pie can be proud.
AS one looks at it all there,
Arizona sun., 1957-09-05
Africa "A Giant Stretches

seem to be three great forces
which, in interaction, will deter
mine the future of the African
Continent: Cd a growing Afri-
can nationaliSm, (2) western
civilization, and 90 increasing
Asian influence. Communism
will certainly do it's utmost to
take a hand in the game.
The growth of African nation
alisr cannot be stayed. Those
who wish to live conStructively
in Africa must work with this
tide, not against it. But it is not
a fearsome thing, rather is it
something to be cordially well
coined because of it's creative
possibilities.
Western civilization with it's
promise of better health and
ever-increasing opportunity to
share in the good things of the
world makes it's own very real
appeal.
Asian influence also has it's
contributions to make to the
emerging continent. The prob
lem of bringing these forces to-
gether is not an easy one, but
if the West and the East have
a true desire to prove to Africa
by their attitudes and actions
that they ask only to share in
the great task of equipping Af-
,rica to take her full part in
world affairs, the future will
hold unbelievable values not
just for Africa, but for all the
world.
Such an efforts is being made
in Central Africa within the
Tropic Of Capricorn (from the
Limpopo River to the Sahara)
by the Capricorn Africa Society.
This society was founded in Sa-
lisbury in Southern Rhodesia in
1949 by a group of people COM
posed of members of different
races, who believed that policy
for Africa must come from with
Continued on page 81
Arizona sun., 1957-09-05
GOLDEN STATE LIFE INSURANCE
TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY
SERVICE AWARD

Golden State Mutual Life In
Surance Company has been Sc
lected by the Hamilton Watch
Company, Lancaster, Pennsyl-
vania, to participate in it's 1857
Community Service Award Pro-
gram. Awards will be made to
five GSM employees for render
Ing outstanding community
service during the past year."
In making the announcement,
George A. Beavers, Jr., Chairman
of the Golden State Mutual
Board of Directors, said: "GSM
is the only firm west of the
Rockies participating in the
Hamilton Community Service
Award program. ;
1.-The awards are restricted to
personnel below the officer lev
el," GSM Board Chairman Bea-
vers said, adding that awardeeS
will be chosen by people in their
| communities for contributions
which serve to enrich cOmmun-
ity life and are seldom publicly
acknowledged.
Final selections will be made
by special award committee
representing a croSS-Section OF
the Los Angeles community.
Golden State Mutual is one
of three Negro companies in the
United States selected to par
ticipate in the Hamilton Award
program.
Arizona sun., 1957-09-05

An official of a major auto
movie manufacturing company
says that the use of seat belts
on all American cars would pre-
vent 21,OOO traffic fatalities a
year and reduce the number of
serious injuries by half.