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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-21
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-21

A solid-brass curtain frame
that measures 31"x38"-a pair
Of turned, highly-polished,
Solid-braSs andirons-and a
four-piece, solid-brass fire set
with brush, poker, shovel and
stand. Choice Of black or
brassine pull chain curtain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Saints and Sinners

Among the Mayhower pas
sengers were those whom the
Pilgrims called strangers" be-
cause they were more interest,"
ed in economic than in reli-
giouS freedom. Two recent
books for younger children are
concerned with the conflicts
which arose between these two
groups, the Saints and the
Sinners.
In CHRISTMAS ON THE
MAYFLOWER by Wilma
Pitchford Hays tCoward-Mc-
Cam. $3.50, conflict arises
over the celebration of Christ
mas. Was it wrong. as the
Pilgrims thought. to feast and
make merry on Christmas
Day? To light candles and
sing carols? The author has
searched the records and
written a heart-warming story
OF Christmas Day, 1920. when
Saints and Sinners sat down
together to Christmas dinner.
Less convincing is the story
Of JOHN ELLINGTON by
Clyde Bulla (Crowell. $3.50.
The elder Ellington was
hanged for murder in 1880.
His son was q constant trouble
maker who nearly blew up the
Mayhower by dropping a
match among the powder kegs.
/ cannot help wondering
whether his pranks and tricks
should be CLOSED over as they
are in this book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

bowl Of eggs in q simple,
beautiful color scheme; Leon
ard Maurer's Autumn Snow"
a montage with Oriental deli
cacy: Melvin Buckner'S lusty,
expressionistic Crusaders;
Alfred McAdams' Terrace, 4"
which demonstrates his skill in
balancing on the brink of nat
uralism without actually fall
ing in; Helen Rennie's abstract
expressionist Burning Bush"
all Pickering flames; James
Cupoli's parade of Sand
pipers"; Lois Mailou Jones'
elongated, patterned market
women in Haiti; and Martha
Bache's snowy street scene
with actively moving figures.
The few sculptures include
direct carvings in stone and
wood and modelled works.
Florence Higgs' styled pink
alabaster head with a cockatoo,
Kate Krainer's emotional fig
ure Defeat" Katherine Hobbs
naturalistic LipiZzan horse and
rider. are meritorious. Two
wood sculptures placed to-
gether offer interesting con-
trast: G. B. Chiltoskey's nat
uralistic giraffe and Mary
Covers winged abstraction
"Flipht
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
A Lincoln Closeup

MIR. LINCOLN, by j. q.
Randall. edited by Richard N.
Current (Dodd, Mead. $500
is a condensation Of Prof.
Randall's monumental four
volume history biography,
Lincoln the President" In
this book Mr.. Current has
picked out and stressed the
biographical, leaving out much
Of the general picture of the
times. The result is a close
up Of Lincoln, concentrated
on his tenure as President and
yet with enough touches of his
earlier life to make the picture
complete. Mr.. Current ex-
plains in a preface: THE book
does not contain the whole
Of Lincoln. Indeed, as Prof.
Randall believed, the subject
is far too big even for four
volumes. Nor does the book
give a narrative summary Of
Lincoln's life. These pages do
provide. however. a succession
OF word pictures and verbal
x-rays which comes as close
to revealing the real Lincoln
as any biography has done.
Prof. Randall succeeded admir-
ably In what he set out to do.
His purpose was to revise a
distorted image or. rather. TO
restore the hidden reality I'M
der the popular image"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Young Mike Fink

Those were the days of
heroes: mountain men like
Jim Bridger, or rivermen like
Mike Fink. who went singing
and fighting from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico.
Mike Fink was a young cock
a-doodle. without a whisker on
his chin, when he asked Capt.
Billy Earthquake for a Job
on his keelboat. But young
Mike could hold his own with
the brawniest rivermen. His
fighting was clean and sharp
as a razor blade and deadlier
than a mules heel" He could
pick of a grizzly bear with his
trusty rifle, Bang All, or tickle
the ribs Of a river bandit with
a flick Of his knife.
James Cloyd Bowman has
reconstructed other American
folk heroes in his vigorous,
earthly prose. Surely, the lust
lest of them all, the most
blatantly American, is Mike
Fink, whose only love was that
tickle mistress, the Mississippi.
MIKE FINK by James Cloyd
Bowman Little Brown. So
will be published on Febru-
airy 4,
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claimed that research Is not
enough. that he always spends
some time living where his hero
or heroine lived: looking at the
same mountains or prairies,
breathing the same air. SMELL
ing the same smells. walking
over the same roads, listening
to the same sounds of birds,
or sea, or wind.
This technique is not new,
but it is increasingly popular.
One of its outstanding expo
nents is Samuel Eliot Morrison,
who followed the voyages Of
Columbus in a sailing vessel
before he wrote Admiral of
the Ocean-Sea."
He Was There
The Pilgrims took twice as
long to cross the Atlantic as
Columbus did. and no exact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
The Treasure Dumas
Found in His Attic .
BY /. WILLIAM HILL

THE ROAD TO MONTE
CRISTO. The Memoirs Of
Alexandra Dumas. Edited
by Jules Eckert Goodman.
(Scribners; $3.50
In 1917 France. q 15-year-
old law clerk burrowed into an
attic chest. He was hoping
his dead grandfather's clothes
would provide something to
make him look the dashing.
fiamboyant cavalier for a vii
lage dance. Instead, he found
four books wrapped in red
paper: Adventures Of the
Chevalier de Faublas."
The law clerk: Alexandra
Dumas. The result Of that
moment: birth Of the deter
mination that produced the
greatest Of historical ro-
mancers-the author Of 1.-THE
Three Musketeers" and 1.-THE
Count Of Monte Cristo". the
writer glorified today in a
best-selling novel King of
Paris"
First 81 Years
It's all told in THE Road to
Monte Cristo." a 395-page ver-
sion of the voluminous menu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
First Novel Proves Work
OF Dazzling Distinction

about the comfortable Merzes.
Miss Bedford's prose takes on
the languor. elegance and lei
sure of the VoSs Strausse house.
hold. When the maddened boy
is on view. the whole tone
changes to urgency. terror and
intrigue. and scandal.
With Johannes fate clumsily
sealed. she resumes the chron-
icle of julius. delicate but
worldly. who marries Melanie
Merz. and after her death,
continues to receive his allow
ance from her rich family.
1t is increased when he re-
marries a beautiful. reckless
Englishwoman named Caroline
Trafford. 1t is their child,
Francesca. who tells the story
Of her bizarre legacy.
Compelling Reading
Superb portraits are limned
in Miss Bedford's brilliantly
realized interiors: Sarah and
Edu Merz. who have in COM
mon only "a belief in the
Importance of society and the
habit of being RICH: Clara
Bernin. a dreaded and de-
rided rock: old Baron Felden,
who only wanted to be
happy: and old Count Ber-
min. who only wanted to be
powerful; Julius Felden, the
apathetic sybarite. whom
death, madness and desertion
touched not at all.
Possibly "A Legacy" is Moth
ing to rave about structurally,
you may fleetingly note as
you are dragged along. It's
time sequences are confusing;
some things are never quite
explained. But it is rich, COM
pelling reading. which in
wolves you. as only flrst-class
fiction can. in another world.
MARY McGRORY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Magic ReuIist'

In memory of John Ather-
ton, who died FIVE years ago,
aged SO, Gallery 313, 1922 1
street NV, is showing a large
exhibition Of his work in sew
eral media-paintings, prints
and drawings, also copies Of a
book he wrote and illustrated,
1.-THE Fly and the Fish" Mac
milan, 1851, and a number
Of publications concerning him.
He participated in group ex-
hibitions in Washington, but
this is his first one-man show
here, in my recollection.
His beautiful precision, and
fine craftsmanship make the
show a delight. 1t varies con-
siderably in theme and ham
ding. There are realistic
paintings. one Of a barn with
q wood Are in the foreground,
another of q muscular girl
acrobat; surrealistic, such as
"Foggy Day" juxtaposing un-
related objects: trompe l'oeil
Umbrella" expresSionistic, and
semiabstract still-life arrange
ments, landscapes and urban
scenes, the subjects broken into
planes.
Mr.. Anterior was a WELL
known commercial artist, and
illustrator. Still used annually
is his Benjamin Franklin bust
cover for the Saturday Eve
ming Post. In addition to many
superb pencil drawings hang
ing in the show. is a still
larger number in portfolio
which will be shown on request.
Minnesota born. Anterior
obtained his general and art
education on the Pacific Coast,
in Washington State and Cali
fornia schools and colleges. He
won a number of awards and
is represented in museums
here and abroad. Among many
important exhibitions in which
his work was included was
"Realists and Magic Realists"
at the Museum of Modern Art,
New York City, in the early
1940S.
Atherton was a man Of
many interests. He loved mu-
sic. was a hunter and fisher
man, and his aforementioned
book for anglers. deals with
the technique of modern fly
fishing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Doring Young Men

The history OF the American
frontier is the history Of dar-
ing young men who. for one
reason or another. endured
hunger. cold. torture. and
death. In YOUNG MEN SO
DARING (Bobbs, Merrill.
$2.75) Vera Kelsey relates the
adventures Of four important
frontiersmen. whose paths
crossed and recrossed. in pur-
suit Of a small furbearing ami
NAL. the beaver. Each made
one important mistake, which
changed his own career and
helped to determine the OPEN
ing Of the continent from coast
to coast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Members Annual

The Society Of Washington
Artists annual juried mem
bers' show has replaced the
Arts Club members juried
winter show in the gallery and
reception rooms there. The
society's exhibition Of Al
paintings and 8 sculptures pre-
sents considerable contrast
because of its predominant
proportion Of work in mod
ern idioms. The officers and
executive board selected one
work by each member who
submitted entries.
George Hamilton, art his
torian and teacher. made the
awards, all but one to abb
stractions. He bestowed the
first prize on Samuel Bookatz'
Cathedral" q tall narrow
painting with vertical forms.
stained glass colors and out
line suggestions of worship
pers. Mimi Dubois Bottoms
pines" received second prize:
dark shapes looming in a
misty setting of soft-edged
cool colors. Third prize went
to Ralph de Burgos' Dis
integration," another large
vertical canvas, with leaf-like
shapes, varied textures and
subtle color changes. over
laid with calligraphic veining.
Honorable Mentions
Three honorable mentions
were given to John Chapman
Lewis Burgundy" abstract
forms suggesting ships and
masts in a brown. gray and
blue color scheme; to Jack
Perlmutter's "Semidetached."
a forceful, Standardization Of
a house with a square and
trees beyond: and to Celine
Tabary's Sunny Cabris." with
its red-roofed hill town and
picturesque figures, done in
faceted naturalism.
This is a varied and lively
show with many good works.
I liked a trio Of bridges, in
Guiding VILLA m Walters
strong. simple one over a
Canal" Henry Olson'S old
covered bridge in Pennsylva-
mia. and Carl Nyquist's arch
Of one in Georgetown; Jack
Berkman's direct. modern cap
ture Of a meditative girl: Rich
ard Lahey's balanced, natur-
alistic landscape. Lost VAL
ley: still life and flowers by
Theodore Kane and Caroline
Bean: and Marcella Comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
A LEGACY. BY Sybille Bed

A LEGACY. BY Sybllle Bed
ford. (Simon a. Schuster;
S3.50.)
This is a first novel Of daz-
zling distinction. Miss Bedford.
an Englishwoman, has written
one previous book. THE Sud-
den View" which was like
no travelogue before or since.
She is a magical writer. whose
style is compounded Of deli
cacy, force and originality.
She has brought her full gifts
to bear on this picture OF
German society in the last
century.
Miss Bedford writes about
the Merzes. the Feldens and
the Bernins with irony. not
satire. with a wit that stops
this side Of derision. The
Merzes are a rich. Jewish
family Of Berlin, swathed in
comfort. stuffed with food,
insulated from life by thick
upholstery and thicker walls.
The Feldens, live gracefully
and happily in Southern Ger
man feudal bounty. The mill
tant Bernins burn with the
idea Of reuniting all of Europe
in Catholic federation.
Through several alliances
they are all joined together.
They perpetrate a tragedy.
Johannes Felden. one Of the
young lords Of the manor, runs
away from a Prussian mill
tary school.
Forceful Writing
Miss Bedford's great power
is demonstrated in these
scenes. Young Johannes, who
is fine animal. young gentle
man and happy child" becomes
to the militarists a spoiled
child, to the Catholics, a re-
markable opportunity, and to
his father. a nuisance. Writing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

replica Of the Mayfiower is
available. but Admiral Mori-
son makes you feel that "he
was there" His account of the
Pilgrim Fathers includes the
mothers and children, too. He
makes them human, tells of
their follies and foibles. in
memorable character sketches.
Humor lightens the story of
THE OLD COLONY OF NEW
PLYMOUTH tKnopf. $500 to
redeem what might have been
very grim adventure. AS Mr..
Morrison points out: mo peo-
pie who went out 70 form a
colony we're ever so Ili-trained
or SO poorly provided with ma
terials yet none came
through so triumphantly."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

chess. walk, hunt or fish per-
haps? We do not know. Nor
do we ever learn much about
his wife and two sons, his
home life.
Perhaps NJ. Jean-Aubry felt
that these were matters irrele-
want to his purpose of explain
ing the sailor, the adventurer
and the writer. But I do not
agree. Surely M. Jean-Aubry
knew a great deal about Con-
rad which he has left out. And
yet we should be grateful for
what We have-a biography
written with beauty and dig
nifty worthy of its subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

oirs Dumas began when he
was As. The book covers his
first 81 dramatic years. the
years leading up to the day he
ceased writing plays by the
handful to pen historical
novels by the hundred.
Some highlights follow:
OF first loue-"First love is
a realm wherein every man
imprisoned in this world in
turn imprisons the whole
world within himself"
OF Shakespeare Eth the
theater. everything emanates
from Shakespeare" cat Is,
Dumas saw his first play,
Hamlet" bought a copy,
memorized the title role in
three days..
OF delicdcy In iDritinO-
There are not four out Of
the 600 books I have written
that the most scrupulous
mother would hide from her
daughter" (This from a man
whose love affairs were the
talk Of Paris.
OF triends-"They open up
vistas." cat Is. Dumas first
writing was collaboration on a
comedy with a friend. The
influence of his friends is re-
current throughout his life).
His Plan Of Work
Method OF tDorkino-"I begin
by making up a story :.
tender. romantic and drama
tic. I hunt through history for
a setting SO perfect that 1t
seems as If the frame had been
made to fit the picture"
SelJ-GsSeSSment - Dialogue
is the groundwork of drama:
the gift Of narrative is the
foundation Of romance. These
qualifications have to q SUI
perior degree. I have two
others: gaiety and q lively
Imagination"
THE Road to Monte Cristo"
Is gusty. lively. sprawling and
Ito a Dumas fan-enchanting.
It's at its best telling anecdotes
Of a 18th century dramatist;
at its worst recounting topical
details of the French politics
in which Dumas loved to en-
gage. At one point. Dumas
writes: 1T is with great plea
sure that l abandon the liter
airy side of my life to take up
again the thread Of political
events" With these words
Dumas. the great romancer.
proves himself no critic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Duncun at Funtusv

Landscapes and a few flower
paintings by Frank Duncan
are at Fantasy Gallery, 1865
Connecticut avenue through
next Saturday. His work is
semiabstract, simplified and
summarized. painted in fiat
color areas with emphasis on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
THE LAST ANGRY MAN

AIG AAO4 tAlNURI MAN.
by Gerald Green (Scribners;
$4.50) is a novel that depicts
with voluminous fidelity a
Brooklyn doctor who practiced
for 40 years in a modest neigh
borhood t hat degenerated
through the years into a slum.
This Jewish doctor, Samuel
Abelman, is a character worth
knowing. Profane. vulgar.
irreverent, he complains con-
stantly to and about his pa
tientS - tenement jewellers,
hard workers. deadbeats, hood
lums. And yet he works I'M
counted hours to help them,
for meager fees or none at all.
He lives in a crumbling old
house, and yet manages, in
back. a flower garden, and for
such diversion as he has he
reads Troreau.
The heroic-size portrait
which the author has painted
might seem enough for one
novel. But Mr.. Green has
brought in many other char
acters. two of prime impor-
lance. He often turns aside
from the doctor to develop
the other two leading char
acters. for page after page.
The 494 pages provide too
long and diverse a story for
one novel.
Put ON the Air
The other characters are
a young advertising agency
genius-what the Madison
Avenue boys call a genius
who devises television pro-
grams for the agency's big
client, a manufacturer of lax
atiyes and deodorants. Then
there's a 17-year-old Negro
hoodlum who Is developed
fully. Both these characters
impinge on DR.. Abelman'S life.
The agency man. Woodrow
Thrasher, has an. idea for a
'TV series called Americans,
q. S. A." in which typical but
significant citizens will go
about their daily rounds.
The doctor. made known
through a newspaper feature,
is selected as the first subject,
and Woody" sets about to
persuade the crabid general
practitioner. who hides his
selfless generosity under a
hard exterior. to air his story
on a network. Herman, the
colored boy. leader of a gang
Of young hoodlums, is brought
10 the doctor by his mother
after showing alarming symp-
toms Of some deep-seated trou-
BILE.
Into His Past
While the agency man is
talking to the doctor, we pause
for numerous fiashbacks. long
excursions into the doctors
past. his wretchedly poor inn
migrant family. his struggle to
get through the medical school
at Bellevue, his early practice.
the flu epidemic of 1918 and
so on. The agency stuff in
Rockefeller Plaza is like a lot
Of stories about advertising
agencies. and you may wonder
how it is the executives are
so dumb and corners like
Thrasher so brilliant.
My comment on the unnec-
essary length. the immense
detail of the story is not
meant TO overlook Mr.. Green's
remarkable skill in keeping
this oversize story going. He
holds it together. somehow.
despite its discursiveness. The
writing is effective. and there
are many rewarding episodes
and descriptions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03

Washington author. Catherine
Coblentz.
Is there room for another
book about him? think so.
SEQUOYAH, LEADER OF
THE CHEROKEES by Alice
Marriott random. $3.50
should reach the inbetween
age group. Miss Marriott's
Sequoyah emphasizes the hui
man side of this lofty charac-
ter. The author. formerly a
specialist with the Office of
Indian Affairs. makes you feel
in tune with Indian thoughts
and feelings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Argentine Painters

Jose Antonio Fernandez
Muro and Sarah Grilo. Argen-
tine artists who in private life
are husband and wife. are hay-
ing a Joint exhibition at the
Pan American Union through
next Thursday. 1t is the first
show that either has had in.
dividually in the United States,
although both were repre-
sented in the contemporary
section of the large exhibition
of Argentine artists at the
National Gallery last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
jamestown Festival

The jamestown festival to
be celebrated this year reminds
us that the jamestown colony
antedated Plymouth by 10
years. Soon. replicas of the
three Jamestown ships will
ride at anchor in the Potomac.
1t is hoped that this stirring
Of ancient records will produce
some lively. authentic litera-
ture TO match the books about
the Plymouth colony.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
February Heroes

New light on old records
is always welcome. In OUT
OF THE ERNIE S s
(Dodd. Mead. $3) Virginia
Eifert contributes a fresh app
proach to the background Of
Lincoln's boyhood. Brought UP
In the heart OF the Lincoln
country. Mrs. Eifert and her
young son tramped the scenes
Of Eincoln's early life. her goal
to recreate those years from
Q boys viewpoint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Princess Of MARYLAND

Legend and history are
Joined by Nan Hayden Agile.
staff member OF the Baltimore
Museum Of Art. in PRINCESS
MARY OF MARYLAND
tScribners. $2.50). At FIRST,
Little Girl. daughter Of Kit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
What Makes Biography
And History Popular?
BY BARBARA NOLEN

What the secret Of the popularity biography and
history among boys and girls today? effect Of con-
querng space which makes easier to time
or it because modern authors all senses-lookng
listening touching tasting and smelng-to historical
characters come alive?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Joseph Conrod, Master
Of Romantic Prose
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Jozef Konrad Kozenowki was born in Poland in
the fall of 1857 He destined under the of Joseph
Conrad to became of England-and the words-geat
novests Since his death 1924 his reputation only
been made 1t particularly appropriate
in the centennial Of his BIRTH to find this book
THE SEA DREAMER: A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF
XOSEPH CONRAD by Gerard JeanAubry translated from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
ART NEWS
Modern Art
Of Britain
On Display
BY FLORENCE BERGMAN

Important exhibitions are
opening in rapid succession
this season at the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art. A collection
Of Contemporary British Art"
was inaugurated, Friday after
noon with a members preview
and tea under patronage of
the Ambassador of Great Brit
ain and Lady Caccia. Next
Thursday a Retrospective ex-
hibition of works by Heinz
Warneke will open; both, will
remain through March 8, and
will be reviewed !, here next
week. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-03
Two at De Sundo's

A two-artist exhibition at
De Sando's restaurant, 172O
H street NV. is mostly
Dorothy Leef's. She is show.
ing IL watercolors, compe-
tently executed, of flowers and
still life, decorative fish, a
large landscape November"
particularly appealing. and a
modern treatment of bridge
arches entitled Patterns"
A native Washingtonian,
Mrs. Leef has been painting
only three years. but has de-
voted much of her time dur
ing this period, to study and
work. which accounts in part,
for her surprising progress.
She has had two previous solo
exhibitions and has also par
ticipated in juried group shows.
She studied with well-known
Washington artist-teachers
Eliot O'Hara. Rowland Lyon
and Gustav Trois, also with
the Chinese artist Wang Chi
Yuen.
Corinne Dunmore is show.
ing five oils at De Sando'S.
Her large flower and still life
composition near the entrance
is much the best of her group.