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ART NEWS
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chronicled in an informal,
personal. chatty, colloquial,
vivid manner that is as easy
to read as a fast-paced sum-
mer novel. One can't LAY it
down." But unlike light fic-
ton, this book is one the
reader will want to use for
reference, and re-read for
pleasure and entertainment.
Mr.. Eliot has developed the
implications of his theme. He
tells not only about Ameri-
can painters from the Puri-
tans to the abstract express
sionists, but also about Amer
lean history, the conquest Of
a continent; and about the
Importance of the individual.
From earliest times, Ameri-
cans have been temperament
ally independent, and artists
are conspicuous individual
lists. So Mr.. Eliot has shrewd-
ly told the story of American
paintings developm emit
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through the stories of lat in
dividual artists. He not only
provides a telling capture of
each. he also quotes charac-
teristic utterances, sketches
the personal life and career,
and trenchantly appraises
the achievement. For exam
pie, he introduces John Marin
(vividly remembered by many
WaShingtonians and abun-
dainty represented in the
Phillips Gallery as follows:
In First Rank
John Marin was in
the first rank Of American
painting. A spindly. sharp
beaked. draggle feathered
crow Of a man, Marin was as
pithy and angular in speech
and gesture as in his paint
ings. T guess he once wrote
Stieglitz, a picture is good
when it just don't irritate
the eye. Poetry, imagination,
intellect, temperament, oh,
they can come in on a later
train"
These profiles have the
spontaneity of personal rem
iniscences. And yet, as John
Walker, director of the Ma
tional Gallery. says in his
introduction, THE author
must have carried out i'm
mense research in forgotten
memoirs and dusty reviews.
to catch so many illuminate
ing remarks"
Illustrating the absorbing
text are $50 full-color repro
auctions, ranging from Cop
ley's self-portrait miniature
Slightly over an inch) to
full-page plates approxi-
mately 8 by IL inches, and
a number of double-page
plates. OF these, 81 are in
Washington's National, Cor
coran, Phillips and Freer
Galleries, the National Mu-
scum and the Supreme Court.
Hence. in this volume. the
reader meets the artists and
visits a gallery full of their
works.
Knowledgeable readers will
differ with Eliot in some re-
spects, perhaps-artists in
cluded and omitted, paint
ings selected. biographical
details. critical conclusions.
But all Of this is quibbling
in the face of such an i'm
pressive performance. Text
and reproductions reveal the
outstanding strength of our
art Ito quote Mr.. Walker
again: 1.-THE great unifying
quality Of American painting,
and the ultimate source of its
strength. has always been its
devotion to America and
Americans"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
CAMERA ANGLES
Gun, Dog and Game
/ Are Good Photo Props

hunting any type of birds.
Quail go up with a whir that
will startle anyone while
ducks and geese will be wing
ing on their way from the
first gun shot. A rabbit
jumped from its nest will run
at high speed. So will most
other varieties of game. You
will not have time to adjust
camera settings before the
birds will be way out of eff
fective camera range.
HOW ABOUT EXPOS
URES? On clear bright days
when out in the open try f/8
or FIJI at a shutter speed of
1/100. In lightly shaded
woods with quite a bit of sun
coming through the trees,
try f/5.6 or SO at 1/100.
Heavily shaded areas may re-
quire a greater lens opening.
Practice bracing the camera
against some part Of your
body so that it will not move
during the exposure. Also
try to release the shutter
gently. though quickly, so
you won't jar the camera.
Finally. whenever you are
carrying camera or equip
ment out of the case, or when
you are hiking with the lens
cap removed, prepared for a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
CAMERA ANGLES
BY A. J. WEDDERBURN
Curator of Photography
The Smithsonian Institution

; When you head for the
hunting grounds this year
:don't take only your gun and
.dog-remember your camera
sand plenty of film. During
:the hunt you will find as
:much to shoot with a camera
las with a gun. and whether
you bag the limit or not you
should have a picture record
of your day in the field.
Some of the pictures you
:can count on include hounds
in pursuit Cor dogs at point
If you are a bird hunteD,
shots of other hunters with
appraised guns against the
sky, and, if you are quick on
the camera trigger, snapshots
of nearby birds and game.
Other subjects that will
make excellent pictures are
scenes around the camp site
OR hunting lodge. Steaming
cups of coffee-breakfasts of
pancakes and sausage-proud
hunters exhibiting the days
.bag-these and many others
will be pictures that will be
welcomed by your hunting
companions.
/. IF YOU PLAN your trip
with several others try to in
sclude at least one other
photographer in the group
land that shouldn't be hard
TO accomplish because virtu-
ALLY everyone uses a camera
these days. From time to time
exchange hunting equipment
for Photographic equipment
so that each gets a turn with
gun and camera.
When carrying the camera
-be set to shoot at all times,
with the shutter cooked and
camera set at infinity. Lens
:and shutter settings should
/. be preset to catch action
. and detail so you are ready
ito shoot fast if you have to.
This is usually the case when
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fast shot, be careful that
branches don't brush against
your camera, or that you
don't drop it and cause Sc
rious damage.
Back at camp, also be sure
that all photo equipment is
protected from dirt and
dampness. If you have an
empty coffee can. it's a good
place to store film.
And keep this in mind:
whenever game is scarce for
your gun, camera pictures
are bountiful in all kinds Of
weather.
WHY NOT MAKE this
school year a Photographic
year. too? Take your camera
to class, and with the teach
er's permission, make record
shots that will be suitable for
the school paper or simply for
your own photo album or
scrap book of schoolday ac-
tivities.
Make picures of team
sports. the dramatic club in
rehearsal, chorus events,
camera club meetings, and
other activities. Try out some
glamor photography, too, at
informal dances and proms-
you'll be a favorite if you can
come up with flattering pic
lures of your friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

Designs by Jan Van Noten
show Patton'S grave and an
American flag, plans for the
Memorial. Patton awarding
the Distinguished Service
Cross to Gen. Anthony Mac
Auliffe, a portrait of Patton
and a tank scene showing
Patton's Renaults attacking
at st. Mihiel in 1918 and his
Shermans in the Ardennes
offensive.
WEST GERMANY - DR..
Leo Back, Jewish theo-
logan prosecuted and i'm
prisoned in a concentration
camp in Hitler's Germany, is
honored as a religious phi
losopher by a stamp issued
yesterday by the Federal
Republic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
NUMiSMATIC NOTES
U. S. Silver Dollars: |

The large silver coin we
call the dollar originated back
in the 18th century. In the
Austrian Tyrol in Joachim
sthal, Bohemia; in what is
now Germany: and in various
other European countries. a
coin like it in size was minted,
circulated, and known by
many names. When it first
appeared in Joachimsthal 1t
bore an efiigy of st. Joachim
and was called the Joachim
sthaler.
The coin became a model
for later taller or dollar"
size coins. A similar coin
struck in the Netherlands
was called the Rijksdaler; in
Denmark, the Rigsdale; and
IN Italy. the Tallero-all
names that were derived
from the earlier Joachim
sthaler.
The thaler (now taler),
an abbreviation of Joachim
sthaler, was widely used in
old Germany. and by Eng
disappearing people was sub
sequently called dollar, a
word derived from daler, Low
German form of thaler.
In the early American Col
onies the popular Spanish
pillar dollars were widely
used. These large silver coins.
having on them a represen-
tation Of the famous Medi-
terranean rocks called Pillars
of Hercules, were also known
as pieces Of eight. the fabu-
lous pirate coin Of the early
buccaneers who made life
so colorful on the Spanish
Main. These pillar dollars
came from the Spanish minis
in Spain and later from the
minis of Mexico. In the
early days of America they
were called peso duro in
Spanish and hard dollar in
in English.
These early coins were all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

have resulted in 80 major
numbers changes, most of
them caused by breaking
down the 1909-2l oyerprints
into five separate sets. Ed
ward S. Conger and George
w. Brett of Washington and
William j. Philler Of Phila-
delphia led the successful
effort to improve the Canal
Zone listings.
Volume I of the Scott cat
alogue, which covers United
States, United Nations, Brit
ish and Latin American list
ings, has nearly 10000 price
revisions or additions. Most
United States price increases
are moderate, but the 24-cent
air mail invert has jumped
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Rejecting the years mar
ket trend, United Nations
prices have been increased
throughout. The souvenir
sheet is listed at $24.
" \ NJ
Caspary's Europe
One Of the largest Of the
Caspary auctions will be held
November 1921 when classic
issues of Switzerland, Ro-
mania, Belgium, Luxem-
hourg, Scandinavia, Nether-
lands and Indies and France
and colonies will be sold.
One Belgian lot, complete
mint panes Of the 1850 10
cent and 20-cent, is listed at
$4,000 in the Belasse cata-
logue. A 176-page richly
illustrated catalogue is avail
able at 81 from H. r. Hermer,
Inc, 6 West 48th street, New
York SO, N. Y.
4 X X
New Issues
BELGIUM - Five semi
postals honoring Gen. George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Life of Byron Is Literary
Biography Of the Year
BYRON: A Biography. BY
Leslie A. Marchand. alfred
A. Knopf; 500

BYRON: A Biography. BY
Leslie A. Marchand. alfred
A. Knopf; 500
This three-volume life of
Byron is the literary biog-
raphy Of the year. 1t is the
work of a professor of Eng
lish in Rutgers University
and has been in preparation
for 10 years. Testimonial to
Mr.. Marchand's exhaustive
scholarship is a note in his
preface that the original size
of the work was more than a
million words. 1t has been
cut to about half that size in
its present three-volume pub
LEGATION. Laborious in COM
pilation and writing as it
must have been. it is by no
means laborious in reading.
Mr.. Marchand belongs to
the school of scholars and
biographers who believe that
nothing tells the truth so we'll
as all the facts. Thus he
writes a cradle-to-grave &C
count Of the life of one of
the last century's most ro-
mantle men. The picture
that energies is not greatly
different from the popular
conception: An English no.
bleman, dashing and reck-
less personally, phenomenally
gifted as a poet, and destined
for immortality far beyond
his literary gifts or his moral
deserts.
Step by Step
But along the way we 90
step by step (Mr. Marchand
is a good traveller as we'll as a
good reader and has traversed
the long Byron travels in Eu-
rope every mile Of the way
himselD with the excessively
handsome young poet. We
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are kept fully informed Of his
minutest financial difficulties,
his numerous emotional in
Movements and his literary
adventure. It's a journey
which tells almost everything
about Byron, a lot about his
times. and a lot about human
nature.
The scandalous aspects Of
Byron's life Mr.. Marchand
neither skips nor skimps. He
deals as frankly with the re-
lationship of Byron and his
half-sister as he feels the
evidence allows and he
stresses perhaps more than
any other biographer the
highly emotional character of
the involvement of the great
romantic post with his
friends. both men and women.
A Lasting Study
So comprehensive a biog-
raphy must have some view
point to give 1t unity. What
is it?
The author states it thus:
My only thesis is that
Byron was a human being,
shaped by the strange COM
bination of his inherited
traits and his unnatural
upbringing, but essentially
likeable. disarmingly frank
in his confessions OF his
own peccadilloes, with a
delightfully."- fresh observa-
ton of human character
and human frailties and a
unique facility for lucid
and concrete expression.
Because it Is so WELL
reasoned and so complete,
this biography will be read
and studied for years to come.
EDWIN TREBLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
PHILATELIc NEWS
Frank Bruins Named
ToSucceed FeIIers

Minnesota Statehood CEN
tennial. May IL.
Mackinac Straits Bridge.
June.
Atlantic Gable centenary.
August Is.
Overland Mail centenary.
September 16.
University of Missouri
School of Journalism 50th
anniversary. honoring jour-
nalism and freedom Of the
press, September.
Noah Webster bicenten-
NAL, in Famous Americans
formal. October is.
International Geophysical
Year, Decmeber 81.
New Orleans First Day
The Whooping Crane
stamp will be placed on first
day sale November % at New
Orleans, La, as well as the
previously announced Corpus
Christi, Tex, and New York
City. New Orleans was added
because its Audubon Park
Zoo is the place where the
first whooping crane chicks
were raised in captivity.
Special Handling Stamps
Special handling stamps
are being withdrawn, the Post
Office Department reports.
Excess stock of the 10, IS
and 20 cent stamps will be
destroyed.
Similar orders have been
issued for the 10, IS and 20
cent special delivery stamps
and the 15-cent certified mail
stamp.
All of the special mail
services will continue at the
rates put into effect last July
/, but only special delivery
will have a distinctive stamp,
the new 30-cent denomina-
ton issued September 8.
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Scott Volume I
The result of several years.
work by a small group of
specialists here appears in
the extensively revised Canal
Zone section of the 1858
SCOTS Standard Stamp Cat
alogue, Volume (Scott Pub
locations: So.
improvements proposed by
the Canal Zone Study Group
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
STAMP AND COIN
CLUB MEETINGS
MONDAY

MONDAY
Washington Numismatic
Society, 7:45 PM. Natural
History Museum, Constitution
avenue and Tenth street NV.
Auction.
TUESDAY
TakOma Park Philatelic As
ISOLATION, 1880 pm. 1901
Flower avenue, Silver Spring,
Md.
WEDNESDAY
Collectors Club Of WASH
ingt0n, 8 pm, 419 Seventh
street NV. Paul Plant will
discuss and show Brazilian
Bulls Eyes.
Arlington Stamp Club, 8
PM, County Recreation Gen.
ter, 440 North George Mason
drive. Arlington, Va.
THURSDAY
Silver Spring Philatelic So
ciety, 8 pm, County Build,
ing, $500 Colesville road, Sill
yer Spring, Md. Turky Hash
Night. meeting night
changed.)
SUNDAY, NOV. 10
Associated Stamp Clubs Of
the Chesapeake Area, 2 pm,
Collectors Club of Washing
ton host, 419 Seventh street
NV. Election of officers.
Notes of club programs
should reach The Star BY
Wednesday for publication
the Sunday before the meet
inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
CAMERA CLUBS

Bethesda Chevy Chase
Club will meet at 8 pm.
Tuesday at Lynnbrook Rec
reation Center. Roger Du-
rant will show color slides
made in Egypt and tell how
he made them. General
monochrome and color slide
competitions. Last results
in monochrome: Everett
Hurlburt %, Hamilton Poole
90.
Foto-Craft Club will meet
at 1916 Twelfth street NV.
Tuesday at 8 pm. On Thurs
day, same time, the beginners
will meet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
PHILATELIc NEWS
BY BELMONT FAIRIES

Franklin R. Bruins. jr..
has been named director Of
the Division of Philately eff
fective November 10, Post
master General Summerfeld
announced last week.
Mr.. Bruins, who has been
curator of the Smithsonian
Institutions Division of PHI
lately and Postal History
since early 1851, will fill the
vacancy left by the retire.
ment September 30 of Robert
E. Fellers.
Before coming to the
Smithsonian, Mr.. Bruins was
philatelic editor of the New
York Sun from 1882 to 1850
and Of the New York World
Telegram and Sun from 1850
to 1851.
AS a philatelic member Of
the Stamp Advisory Commit
tee. Mr.. Bruins has taken an
active part in formulating
the Post ONCE Departments
stamp policy.
\ 4 \ 4
1858 Stamp Program
Approval of ten comment
orative stamps for next year
was announced yesterday by
the Post Once Department.
They are:
Garden and Horticultural
Clubs of America, March Is,
centenary of the birth Of
Liberty Hyde Bailey, noted
horticulturist.
Brussels Universal and In
ternational Exhibition, April
IS.
James Monroe bicenten-
nail, April %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

s. Patton, jr., and carrying a
surcharge for a Patton Me-
mortal at Bastogne we're
issued last Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

links in the historical chain
of events leading to the
United States silver dollar
that Congress authorized by
the act of April 2, 1892. when
it specified that our monetary
unit of value would be the
dollar, that we would have a
silver dollar with a weight Of
4l6 grains and 1924 fine.
A phase in numismatic
history had ended and
another had begun. when, in
the latter part of 1894. in
Philadelphia. on Seventh
street below Arch street. in q
crude shack-like house, the
Mint of the United States"
struck its first silver dollar.
JAMES H. COLE !,
The Washington Numis-
matte Society, whose mems
bers haze prepared this series
OF articles, wiH dnSDer Ques-
ti0ns on coins addressed to
NumismGtic Notes. The Sum
day Star. Washington 4. D. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

The Berlin rabbi and
teacher died in London No
vember 2, 1856. The stamp
is a 20-pfennig value printed
in red.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28
Don't Put All Science Eggs In One Basket,
Berky Opinion OF Competition With Russia

Is it worthwhile to sacrifice Amer
ican leadership in the many social
sciences to keep pace with Russia s
recent rapid advance sin the physi-
cal sciences?
This was one of the questions posed
by Prof. H. w. Berky in his talk
Wednesday evening of last week on
THE implications of Sputnik" before
the Bluffton Business Mems associa-
ton.
After outlining the sensation coup
of the Russians in launching the first
man-made satellite, Prof. Berk ex-
planned how Russia has worked qui-
city the past few years to forge ahead
in the physical sciences.
Russia makes sure that those with
an aptitude for science get ali the
advanced training they can absorb.
A Russian student is paid by the gov
ernment until he gets his Ph. D. Sci
ence teachers rank at the top in Rus
sian prestige
In the u. S. the average full pro-
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28

There appears to be no bitterness
or hatred for America among jap
anese students since the end of World
War II. They are free to admit that
their country was utterly defeated in
the war and they are willing to be-
gin building new Japan, DR.. Roy
Wenger, Kent State university pro-
fessor, who returned recently from
three years of teaching in Japan,
stated Monday evening in his talk at
the Patterson banquet in Founders
hall.
The banquet was sponsored by the
Mennonite Mems Brotherhood.
DR.. Wenger went on to say that
the Japanese people, naturally, are
not back of the movement to have
their country re-arm. They were di-
vested of all military power follow
ing the war, and they see no logical
reason why they should resume a
race for arms which brought them
defeat previously.
DR.. Wenger taught at the Interna-
tional Christian university at Tok-
yo where DR.. Maurice Troyer, form
er professor at Bluffton college, is the
vice president The university is sup
ported by tuition and by IA major
protestant denominations in the
United States. The university has
600 international students Japan
ese, Chinese, Americans, Arabi-
ans, and Europeans.
DR.. Wenger and his wife and daugh-
ter returned to the states by way of
Southern Asia and Europe which add
ed another four months of travel to
the three-year teaching term. He
stated last night that he took total
of 5000 colored slides. .ga
The pictures shown by DR.. Wenger
were those showing the life of the
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fessor receives a pay rate two and
a half times that of the pay of the
laborer. In Russia the differential is
eight times. Russia is turning out
10000 doctors year as compared
with the United States 1000.
Prof. Berky told the auGIence that
it is time to re-think our system of
education. While the Russians have
been concentrating the past 10 years
on physical sciences, we have been
teaching religion, history and philos-
ophy. IF we must make a choice.
is it worthwhile to sacrifice our many
other sciences to match Russia in her
concentration" he asked.
The Bluffton college professor
feels it is better to stay ahead of the
Russians in other cultural things in
stead of trying to beat them in their
selected field. I'VE must learn to
pool our resources nation by nation,
he said, land we have not been us
ing the scientific resources in our
own country to full intelligence"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28

131 ACRES
For some excellent quality land, ask
about this farm. Modern home has
rooms. Barn is large. Other good
buildings. It's near Rawson.
199 ACRES
Two-story brick home is modern, has
good furnace, water under pressure.
Complete set of buildings includes
large, bank barn. good size poultry
house. Good Jenera dirt. Investigate.
120 ACRES
in good farm area. Lovely,
4-bedroom home is completely mod
ern. Tenant home. Give us call.
HOUSE.
Good Main street location with ad-
diional lots. Priced to sell.
Richard J. Boehr, Salesman
Bluffton Phone $3.50
Arthur w. Gnagi, Realtor
Lima, Ohio Phone CA 5-1931
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1957-11-28

Ray Stauffer, brother of Emnet
and Howard Stauffer, OF this place.
visited here on Saturday. Ray lives
at Canton, Ohio, where he was form
erly an employee of the Ohio Power
Company. He recently retired. He
knows Paul Martinka who was form
erly associated with the Central Ohio
Light and Power Company here.
Paul is now associated with Ohio
Power Company in New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kohler have
returned to their home after spending
two months with their daughter and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Elliott
in Fresno. Calf. During their stay
they also visited with other relatives
and friends in that vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Tschiegg and
son Gerald and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Hochstettler were Sunday dinner
guests of Mrs. Richard Settler and
Mrs. Lydia Lora of Columbus Grove,
Ohio. Afternoon callers were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jess Steiner, Mr.. and Mrs. Hay
den Basinger, Pandora, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Sousley and family of
Bluffton.
Mr. Benjamin Daily and Mrs.
Corda Oehrli visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Jay Henry of CoIun1bir City. Indiana,
last week end.
Mrs. David L. Steiner and Mrs. E.
c. Steiner of Lima spent Wednesday
with Miss Alice Ludwig of Poplar
street.
Sp2 Richard Daily Of Ft Eustis, Va.
visited his brother Benjamin of Pop
lar street on Sunday He leaves for
Panama soon for two years which will
complete his 20 years service in the
army.
A. D. Graz, local insurance agent,
attended the opening of the new office
of the Beacon Insurance company in
Columbus last Wednesday.
Thanksgiving Travellers: Once all
roads led to- Rome, at Thanksgiving
time they lead to home.
There has been a general exodus Of
college students to their homes for
the holiday from Wednesday noon tct
Monday morning The foreign stu
dents here are to experience the ira
ditional American feast, as all have
been invited home by their room
mates.
Among the Bluffton young people
attending college at Bowling Green
Dorothy Stratton and Ronald Geiser
will be home, as will Barry Corson
and Raymond Curnmins from Ohio
at Athens.
Dr. and Mrs. J.. S. Schultz are
visiting DR.. and Mrs. Russell Oyer
and family in Chenoa, Illinois.