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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
A Quick Picture
Of q Quick Victory
IBy Israeli Forces
loo HOURS TO SIJEZ. ?

lOO HOURS 10 SUEZ. BY
Robert Henriques. (The
Viking Press; 49,
Books seem to be coming out
sooner and sooner after mo-
mentous world events, and the
latest of these is a quasi-mili-
tary study of the whirlwind
campaign Of the Israeli army
into the Sinai Peninsula.
Col. Henriques, a British
born descendant OF Spanish
Jews and a professional soldier
and novelist, gives the first
good roundup of the defeat of
Egypt. 1t may be that Col.
Henriques' antecedents have
colored his account somewhat.
He leaves no doubt that he
thinks the Israeli cause was
just and that the military
prowess of Gen. Moshe Dayans
forces, man-for-man, is I'M
equaled.
Israeli Army censorship re-
quires him to use pseudonyms
for the commanders who hum
bled Nassers army in 100
hours. But the account Of the
desert victory is a clear and
interesting one.
JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
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Artists Invited

The Georgetown Artists
Group. in conjunction with the
Old Georgetown house tour
under auspices of st. Johns
Church. will hold an exhibition
of members work in the Parish
Hall. 3240 o street. on April
5 and 6. Members may submit
work April 4 evening, or April
5 morning to II am. For
further information, call Helen
O'Brien, AID. 4-4227.
The Montgomery County Art
Association will have an open
show April 8 through May 4
at the Wheaton Public Library
of paintings in oil and water
color, and graphic arts. Work
should be delivered April 5 and
6 to 3703 Farragut avenue.
Kensington. Entry blanks and
further information can be
obtained at the library and
at Del'S Gallery, Bethesda.
The Artists Mart hopes that
Washington artists will plan
to submit work for a May
theme show THE Circus" and
an exhibition of garden sculp-
ture. both TO open Saturday,
MAY 4.
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MEN AND MONUMENTS. BY
Janet Flanner. Harper g.
Bros: So


Janet Flanner. Harper g.
Bros: So
1t is a question If the meticu-
lous. dispasSionate, densely de-
tailed New Yorker profile is
the ideal vehicle for presenting
three dominating, explosive
modern painters. Matisse,
prague and PicaSso.
1t seems to US that a little
Subjectivity in this instance
might be more welcome than
the guarded expoSitionS of
Miss Flanner. Not claiming to
be an art expert. she respect
fully presents their ideas of
their northumberland to
some, still disquieting-art,
rather than her own. While
this is the ultimate in fair
play. it Is not particularly re-
warding to the unlettered art
lover in a discussion of such
matters as hermetic cubism.
Artists are used TO expressing
themselves with their brushes
and the most Miss Flanner
gets in the way of a verbaliza-
ton of their curious theory
and techniques was this from
prague: You paint not what
you see but what you know is
there" This is a rather meager
explanation of the modernism
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First Group

Gallery 3l3 1892 I street
NV is having its first group
show since its opening last
autumn. "27 Painters" are rep
resented with 80 oils, water
colors. pastels and ink and
wash drawings. more than half
of them loans from four New
York dealers galleries Dab
cock, REIN. Alan and Knoed-
ler) and Franz Bader Gal
lery here.
Although small, this note
worthy show has variety in
themes and treatments. and
includes nationally famous
names. Washington artist
Richard Lahey shows his
balanced landscape Lost VAL
ley; Edmund Archer. a char
acterful portrait; and Prentiss
Taylor his beautiful Might
Still Life" Also here is one
work by each artist who has
had a one-man show at Gallery
3l3: Charles eagle, Morris
Blackburn, the late John Ath-
erton, and Olga Raymond.
Other Portraits
Other good portraits are
Alexander Brooks quiet medi-
tative Elsie" hung in a place
OF honor. and John CAROLS
romantic head "Ena." Jean
Liberties vigorous. simplified
Rough Surf" and Quarry"
Sol Wilson's rugged Beach,"
John Costigan's sun-dappled
"Bathers" and Gladys Rock
more Davis three drawings of
Indonesian dancers are meri-
torious works.
D OF a number of abstract
paintings in the show. con-
slider best Belisario Contreras'
"Pieta" in which the outline
of the figures is conventional.
and mood emphasized by the
mauve and purple tonality;
Martin Friedman's "Ramparts"
with its wonderfully rich blues;
and Jean de Bottoms Life of
the Bee its honeycomp pat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
BRITISH NOVELS
Stars Fail
To Shine
Over Isle
BY MARY McGRORY

The slight blight that has
afflicted so many British en-
terprises since the autumn
seems also to have overtaken
one of her most reliable prod
ucts, the English novel. We
are sure it is only momentary,
but che fact is that three new
ones from a trio of usually
star performers fall short of
the high mark set for fiction
in the tight little isle.
Pamela Frankau, for in
stance. is a name to conjure
up feelings of delight and
gratitude in the hearts of
English novel addicts. Her
ripping writing. her on-target
dialogue, her wry rightness
about people made 1.-THE Will
low Cabin" and ITO the Mo-
ment of Triumph" very special
indeed. But in THE BRIDGE
(Harper: $3.75) she is, alas,
outward bound.
Miss Frankau, who is so at
home in this world, has re-
grettably assayed a foray into
the other world, attempting
that most perilous of themes,
the soul suspended between
the here and the hereafter.
Not At Her Best
Her David Nelson is the
soul. He seems to have had the
trouble all mortals do in find
ing the road to heaven. He has
failed people-his mother, his
wife. his daughter. But not
maliciously. He believes in
God, If a little fuzzily. His wife
does not, and this estranges
them and ultimately brings her
to the contour chair of the
apostle Of the central nervous
system.
In her usual haunts.
the Riviera, the drawing
room. Miss Frankau is her
usual scintillating self. But on
The Bridge" and in the
ethical arguments. often pre-
sented In a maudlin tone en-
tirely alien to her, she is not.
When she returns to this world,
we are sure she will resume
her old magic.
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.CuItivutino
The Farmers
WHO'S BEHIND OUR FARM
POLICY? BY Wesley Nc


Cune. tPraeger: $3.50.)
Mr.. McCune, who knows
farming from peas to parity.
has carefully identified and
described the dozens of Or
CARNATIONS that. more often
than not with selfish design.
have had a big hand in making
our farm policy what it is.
The modern nonagriculturist
looking over the farmers
shoulder. If he lis not farming
the farmers is certainly
cultivating them" the author
declares.
Many, If not most Of the
declarations, councils. founda-
tons, Institutes, associations
and committees with the word
farm" or its equivalent some
where in their names are the
work of industrialists whose
aim it is to align the farmer
against organized labor. Mr..
McCune writes. And he makes
a substantial case to support
these and similar charges.
He believes the farmers are
being taken for a ride by such
groups as the American Farm
Bureau Federation, the Cham
bers of Commerce, the Ma
tional Association OF Manu-
facturers, the National Cotton
Council and many others.
Some of them, the author
points out, were in earlier and
more difficult times the de-
clared enemies of farmers, and
have since become tremen-
dously influential in the Agri-
culture Department.
It's fascinating reading as
Mr.. McCune. blowing a
straight furrow, turns up the
homberged hayseeds who, he
says, have been eminently sue
cessful in equating the farm
ers' interests with their own.
1t should raise a few painful
howls from along Madison
avenue.
DAVID KooNCE
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rescued and pulled inside as
the opened wall closed behind
them. The dog, too, was saved.
What They Found
The yacht people searched
for two days and then, i'm
periled by pounding seas, had
TO sail away, assuming the
children drowned.
Inside the rock. Judy and
Nicky found an amazing series
of apartments, several stories
Of them, with electricity. air.
conditioning and all the other
latest gadgets. There were
strange laboratories, even a
small hospital. where the chill
dren were taken to recuperate
and attended by a doctor.
Eventually they were ush-
cred into the presence of the
head man. known as the Mas
ter. In the course of time,
they learned that the Master
had devised something which.
for the sake of simplicity, his
associates called vibrators,
which were capable of i'm
modifying everything within
a range of several thousand
miles. even atomic power. His
object was. of course. to con-
quer the world. He was more
than $50 years old. and he
wanted, he indicated. to stop
wars and unity the world. 1t
was, he conceded, unfortunate
but necessary that a good
many people would have to be
killed before he could achieve
his purpose.
Conspiracy
The rock was supplied by a
helicopter and a trawler. The
pilot of the 'copter was willing
to conspire with the very in
telligent twins to do away with
the Master. but the trouble
was he could read their minds
and forestall them. The Mas
ter also had the power Of
making the handful of men
who worked for him weak and
subservient whenever they APP
preached him. Little Nicky
was the only one immune to
this mental mastery. What use
the conspirators made of him
leads to the story's climax.
It's a first-rate fantasy Of
its kind. The author describes
1t as a simple adventure story
with a suppressed moral.
Young or Old
I hope no adult will be de-
TERED from reading The Mas
ter" by thinking it's for the
kiddies, and that no children
reaching the age of enlighten-
mentor is it the age Of dis
illusionment?-will be fright
ened off. After all, Treasure
Island" has delighted several
generations who have read it
at IA and, l should guess, 81.
was a little surprised to learn
the other day that Fred B.
Gipson's fine story Of dog,
"Old Yeller," was a runnerup
for the Newberry Medal for the
best children's book OF 1856. l
reviewed 1t as an adult book
and found it truly moving, and
II has been quite a while since
] was an adolescent.
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ANoNNAo SACAA VA AAAopOAAS OAAAA-
ings.
Significant collections of
American primitive paintings,
such as Col. and Mrs. Gar
bisch have assembled, and the
Rockefeller collection in Will
liamsburg. have several facets
worth polishing. Perhaps of
most interest TO the layman is
the open door" to the past,
the glimpses offered of social
strata apart from the official,
very wealthy, aristocratic, and
leaders in various fields, who
were painted by well-trained
artists: revelations of lives,
activities and possessions, and
insights into customs and
beliefs.
National characteristics
Although many Of the por-
traits on view could not have
been close likenesses, they
were as close as the artists
could get to the subjects ap-
pearances. and their earnest,
direct expressions certainly re-
veal national characteristics.
Furthermore. these people
were gentlefolk, educated,
financially comfortable, some
obviously wealthy. to judge by
the circumstantial evidence Of
these paintings.
They were proud of their
possessions; very few in these
portraits are empty-handed
Children whose doting par
entS had them painted from
infancy to the teens) are
holding rattles. flowers and
fruit, dolls and other toys, and
many pets. Books and fans
are favorites with the ladies;
books. newspapers. and swords
are clutched by the gentlemen,
and many are surrounded with
more objects. or are seated
before bookshelveS, handsome
furniture, and impressive views
from fhaiY. ursvNIAu.e
Many Subjects
The exhibition has many
other subjects besides early
Americans. There are provoc-
alive views Of cities, villages,
single houses; of prosperous
farms with well-tended live
stock. Handsome ships in full
sail. impressive panoramas OF
the Far West, quaint recon-
structions of historic events
such as the landing of Column
bus. and battle scenes: lively
captures of outdoor sports. all
these will intrigue the visitor,
OF the aforementioned theme,
the Skating Scene by John
Toole. with its many individual
figures recalls PETER Breughel's
landscapes with many charac-
tiers.
Imaginative scenes from the
Bible, mythology and other
sources amuse us today. and
they also reveal mental atti-
tudes of their time. The
Prodigal Son Gambling" for
instance, painted by an un-
known artist of the 18th
century. seems to today's eyes,
to be sowing his wild oats in
the most decorouS manner.
But rewarding and fasci-
mating as is this door to the
past" facet, the major facets
which make these primitive
paintings worthy of the Ma
tional Gallery of Art. are their
eSthetic virtues and their WELL
merited place in the history Of
American art. Those unframed
artists had authentic talents,
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and solved their problems in
ingenious ways, with intuitive
feeling for pattern, decorative
quality and color balance.
I confess that there are some
works in the exhibition which
seem to me very poor: Portrait
Of a sailor. and Little Girl
and the Cat" to mention but
two. On the other hand, there
are some close to the dividing
line between primitive and
trained talents: e.g., portraits
by Benjamin West while still
in his teens; and one by
Joseph Badger.
The Catalogue
National Gallery director
John Walker in his foreword
to the catalogue, gives a brief
resume of the shows character
and quality. William P. Camp
bell, curator Of paintings. pro-
vides lh the introduction a
remarkably comprehensive &C
count of the rise and decline
Of the primitive artist in about
a century and a half. The
catalogue, ($l25) American
Primitive Paintings From the
Collection of Edgar William
and Bernice Chrysler GarbiSch,
Part H. (augmenting Part /
published three years ago. has
100 half-tone reproductions of
paintings in the show.
This exhibition will remain
through April %.
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centered around the segrega-
ton issue in a small Southern
town.
In the course of a dramatic
story, a young school teacher,
in her first job, is forced to
leave town and lucky to get
out unframed, because, under
pressure, she blurts out to her
sixth graders that she thinks
desegregation has come to
stay. A man who once was the
towns favorite son - football
star at the university, war
hero-is impelled to suicide
after being made a pariah for
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"A Wife's Story

DEATH OF A MAN, by Lael
Tucker Wertenbacker IRAN
dom House; $500 is a wife's
story Of the final months of a
man who was dying of cancer.
The man was Charles Chris
tian Wertenbaker, a widely
known novelist and journalist,
once a reporter on The Star.
Mrs. Wertenbaker. herself a
novelist. who writes under the
name of Lael Tucker, has writ
ten her account extremely well.
She describes wildly Mr.. Wer-
tenbaker's courage in insisting
on knowing the truth when an
operation in New York re-
vealed him a condemned man,
with a short time to live: their
return to their home in CT
boure, in the Basque country
on the Spanish border OF
France: their children; his last
days. The story, with its clint
cal details. remains, though,
one of unrelieved horror, and
1t is questionable what good
such a narrative can do, how
it can hearten anyone SINH
larly afflicted.
Euthanasia?
Then, too. the wife's CO.
operation in his decision to
forestall further suffering and
end his own life, her active
help, in fact--a form of eu-
thanasia--is bound to be ques-
toned by many on ethical and
religious grounds II condoned
by others. 1t is, aside from
how you may feel about eu-
thanasia, debatable whether
the wife's role in this tragic
death was as unselfish and
noble as she seems to feel it
was,
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Stirring Account
OF Aerial Combat
Over the Pacific
SAMURAI. BY Saburo Sakai
with Martin Cabin and Fred
Saito. (Dutton; $4.95)

SAMURAI. BY Sabur0 Sakai
with Martin Cabin and Fred
Saito. (Dutton; $4.95.)
With Japan's greatest living
fighter pilot as their source,
coauthors Cabin and Saito
give one OF the most stirring
accounts Of aerial combat ever
written. Pride which rises from
knowledge of being one of the
best pilots his nation had
sometimes carries the narrator
away of in the blue again, but
his is an entirely new perspec-
tive OF the Pacific air war.
This was the man who shot
down Colin Kelly, who, early
war reports later proved err
roneousl said, plunged his
plane down the funnel of a
Japanese battleship.
This was the man who sur
vived over 200 aerial combats
and never lost a wingman. He
ended his flying career without
a medal and never rose higher
than warrant officer.
CHARLES YARBROUGH.
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The Gulf Cost

In THE CURvING SHORE
Harper; $50 by Leonard Orm-
erod is a closely observed. at
tractively written story OF the
Gulf coast from Brownsville,
Tex. to Key West, Fla. This
coastline, measuring 1907
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
Art Lectures

The sixth annual series Of
Andrew w. Mellon lectures in
the fine arts will begin next
Sunday at the National Gall
lery of Art. and it is necessary
for those who expect to attend
to secure cards of admission at
the Gallery one week before
each respective lecture. The
series will be given by DR.. Sig
fried Giedion. professor of art
history at the Swiss National
Technical University. His sub
ject will be "Constancy and
Change in Art and Architec-
ture," to be given seven con-
secutive Sundays through April
and most of May.
An English guest speaker
will give the National Gallery
lecture this afternoon at 4.
Helen Kapp, director of the
City Art Gallery. Wakefield,
England. will speak on Eng
lish Watercolorists."
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ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
American Primitive
Pointing Collections
By FLORENCE S. BERRYMAN

The opening of the exhibition at the National
Gallery OF Art Of than 100 American primitive paintings
from the collection of Edgar William and Chryser
Garbsch reported The Sunday Star March II page
A20 with article about the and bene-
factions not only in but also preservation and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
Books
Here's Plain Adventure
Without an Age Limit
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

1t might be said at the outset that the novel about to be
discussed concerning two children and their astonishing adj
venture Juvenile That is it is not addressed to
readers to particular class of readers Adoescen
children may appreciate it, just they still read hope)
"David Copperfed "Huckleberry Finn" though they'll
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miles, is not all Of a piece. geo.
graphically or historically, Mr..
Ormerod points out. It's cul-
ture lis underlaid with a mo-
safe of varied Influences
Spanish, English, French, early
American--each of which left
its fingerprints on this cup that
holds the warm waters OF a
Southern sea-" The author
goes into the history and
varied physical and CONNER
cial aspects of each stretch Of
the long shore. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31
Race in q Minor Kew

BIRTHRIGHT, by Lettie
Hamlet Rogers (Simon and
Schuster; $500 is q novel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-31

tern and other details in q
sound construction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-11

Runs batted in Mathews go. Aaron
Tore. Crandall Two-base hits Bauer.
Mathews Home run--Crandali Sac
rihces -Coyington, Burdette. Mathews
Double play McDougald to Coleman,
to SkowIon Left on Milwaukee
M, > New York a. a. Bases on balls
or Larsen. fTorrel on Byrne, .
CIorfe' Burdettfl; Burdette tBcrral
Struck out BY Larsen. . iHazle
Mathews Dhmar tBurdcttel. by
Sturdivant, ! tAaTonl By Burdette. i
f iS2iiins h N n h0Ssrd shhitS.on
IN u inning of Ditmar ! In . in
ninss. OF Sturdlvant . in . Innings;
Oh Byrne, ! IN 2 innings. Runs and
earned runs--On Larsen 3-9: on
5hantg, % of Ditmar 90. of Sturdi-
want. go: OF Byrne. IL. on Burdette
go, Winning Burdette, Losing
pitcher = Larsen Mckinley
tA, plate; Donatelli M. FIRST base
Paparqella tAl second base; conlan
lN third base, Secory M left field
Chaylgk "a. right held Time "a +.
S4O5, l02.07.
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Women Golfers
Playing Today
For Poyne Cup

BALTIMORE. Oct. IL (Spe-
ciah.-Mary Ann Downey and
Mrs. Maurice Click, both four
time winners Of the Payne Cup,
figured to break the tie in the
final round of the 54-hole
medal play tournament today.
barring a fast finish by WASH
ington'S Mrs. John Barry.
Miss Downey. winner the last
four years. including a tourna-
ment record score of 224 last
October at Congressional c. c..
had a one stroke lead over Mrs
Click going into the final round
Miss Downey had 77-8l-158
to 80-79-l59 for Mrs. Click.
recent winner of the Maryland
womens championship for the
ninth time. Miss Downey is the
Middle Atlantic champion.
Mrs. Barry is four strokes
back with a pair of Bis for 1862.
followed by Betty CARRIER of
Argyle with 86-78-154. Miss
CAREERS rs was the best score
of the second round yesterday
at Bonnie View.
Other low scorers were Mrs.
Frank Cush of Argyle. 1867: Mrs.
c. M. Mes Of Elkridge. 1863. and
Georgia Mae McKeever of Ar
gyle, 1863.
The Payne Cup is the only
three-round medal play tour
nament for the women golfers
OF the District and Maryland.
and is a Maryland State Golf
Association sponsored event.
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YOU BE THE
QUARTERBACK
BY WARREN GAER
Drake Head Football Coach

The Furman line features a
158-pound left guard, whose
brilliant play has been the key
to the Hurricanes defense.
You are the South Carolina
quarterback. and have opposite
the Furman star, a 6-foot-3.
235-pound lineman who is a
bit slow. AS you plan your
offense against Furman, you
check all the plays that you
feel will have a chance against
the guard.
Rate these calls /. 2, 3 and 4:
Quick opener by your 190-
pound right half who starts
fast.
Counter play starts in one
direction. then hits back by
your compound fullback, who
is very strong. 4
Option play Quarterback
runs parallel 10 scrimmage line,
either going off tackle or pitch
ing TO trailing back.
Quarterback sneak (quaFter-
back takes ball and moves
straight ahead.
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