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terpretations Of cities and VII
lagos, to figures. landscape
and still life, many in dark
colors with well-distributed
iridescent flashes of red,
green, blue and yellow. There
are others. e.g.. Stone Quarry
Valley" with linear tree
forms making a pattern over
light fresh colors and chalky
white.
His figures range from the
rhythmic abstract Dancers"
in the window. to the poetic,
linear nudes in q background
Of blues. A particularly in
terested group of three paint
ings includes classic heads
carefully modelled Greek
sculptures); the same elon-
gated and simplif1ed. and still
another painting of heads
metamorphosed into diamond
and square shapes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Gotes Retrospective

More than 20 years Of
Robert F. Gates achieve
ment are represented in the
retrospective exhibition oc-
cupying Watkins Gallery.
American University, through
Friday. Former chairman of
the department of art. he is
now on sabbatical leave. The
show is open 2 to 5 each
afternoon.
Thirty paintings not only
trace his development as an
artist since he came to WASH
ington a quarter century
ago, but also demonstrate
his versatility in the use
of media. Many Of these
paintings were borrowed from
the Phillips and Corcoran
Galleries and other collec-
lions.
The show begins with his
comparatively naturalistic but
simplified watercolors of 1885,
depicting Washington scenes,
landscape and architecture.
These are strong, admirably
designed, with good tonal
values. His career was inter-
rupted during World War II.
as visitors will see by reading
the impressive biography
mounted in the first gallery.
When he resumed his paint
ing after the war, he became
increasingly abstract. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Ubiquitous Bulls

Apparently this is a year
for the bulls. Several books
on bulls and bullfighting have
come out, including Rex
Smiths fine Biography of
the Bulls" Now we have THE
HORN AND THE SWORD,
the History of the Bull as
a Symbol of Power and Fer
tility, by Jack Randolph
Conrad tDutton: $5). Mr..
Conrad develops fully a theme
which Mr.. Smith touched on
in the early chapters of his
book-the bull in history,
folklore and mythology.
Even in the Stone Age, Mr..
Conrad brings out, the bull
was credited with a magical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
THE RETURN OF LADY

HE NE ORIN VT bhDA
BRACE. BY Nancy Wilson
Ross. Random House;
$3.75.D
Nancy Wilson Ross, author
of that distinguished novel.
The Left Hand Is the
Dreamer" is writing rather
prosaically here of a lost
iady, Lady Caroline Brace.
who returns to her ancestral
Long Island home on the
eve Of its sale. to muse on
the past.
There Lady Brace, a widow.
rediscovers her brother, now
a terrible cripple, home from
the Far East in the company
Of Venerable Sir. a cheerful.
inscrutable priest come to
evangeliZe the West. There.
too, she finds her rackety
elder daughter, and her
beautiful. rebellious younger
daughter who is about to run
off with a health crank old
enough to be her grand
father.
Signing. Lady Brace dis
cusses their problems with
various members of her fam
lily. She discovers a great
deal about them and some
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jefferson GoIIey

The new Jefferson Place
Gallery, 1916 Connecticut
avenue NV, is a beautiful
place to display work to the
best advantage. A long pre-
liminary story about its Or
ganization was given here
october 6, before the opening
four days later. White walls
and strong overhead light.
not to mention large windows
with several exposures. en-
able the visitor to see each
work clearly. The inaugural
group show remains through
this week, to be followed by
one-artist shows by each of
the II painters and sculptors
to whom the gallery is dedi-
Gated.
Each artist is showing here
one or more works. Robert
Gates neutrality-suspicious.
Sea" is captured in subtle
variations of blue. The visitor
feels as if he we're looking
directly into Leonard Maur-
er's wild Cherry" tree, and
Mary Orwen's colorful Holly
hooks" There are abstract
expressionist paintings also,
by Helene McKinsey, Kenneth
holland, Joe Summerford and
Colin Greenly. George Bay
liss shows another of his de
Stael-like compositions of
rectangles, this one mono
chromatic. Shelby Shackle-
ford's Erosion" is a mosaic
of many colors.
The two sculptors are well
represented, William Calfee
with a handsome heroic-sized
marble head, Lothar Braban-
ski with a group of his en-
sharing little bronze figures.
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him cold. Katharine Cornell,
for instance. and William
Gaxton can Indifferent
dancer and singer, he had
the nerve of Willie Sutton
and an excellent set of
teeth."O And some produc-
tons for which he has beat
the drum did not engage his
whole enthusiasm. His first.
33 years ago "Frivolities," he
remembers thus: las dreary
a carouse as ever affronted
the nose of an usher" An
other was "a gruesome char
ade." While full of generous
admiration for the great of
his world, he recalls members
of a musical comedy troupe
who lin a crisis behaved like
Piutes full of vanilla extract"
Still despite the pettiness,
the egomania and the perse-
cution completes of stage
folk, they are more amusing.
more generous and more
stimulating than any other
professional group"
Full of Life
Fanfare" is full of Won
derful stage lore, of the
fallibilities of producers and
the foibles of stars. the last
mile" excitements of first
nights and the subsequent
celebrations or wakes in
"cast-crazed saloons"
Mr.. Nancy makes no scam
dalous revelations. He is even
honestly critical of the critics.
He says that the present
Broadway breed, whose in
dustry. integrity and judg-
ment he respects write prose
that lacks salt, style and
irreverence." No one. but no
one could ever say that about
Mr.. Maney's.
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The Irish Question

1t is surprising to reflect
that despite the affection and
admiration which the Irish
have inspired in this country
and our traditional sympathy
for captive and held-down
people, officially, we sided so
long with England in her
long fight against allowing
the Irish to cut loose and
govern themselves.
Charles Callan Tansill,
professor of American history
at Georgetown University,
has analysed this phase of
recent Irish history in cogent
detail in AMERICA AND
THE FIGHT FOR IRISH
FREEDOM (Devin Adair;
$3.50.
Such Presidents as Theo-
dore Roosevelt and Wood
row Wilson were implac-
ably opposed to Irish free
dom, or at least toward our
helping it in any way.
Well DOcumented
Apparently, Prof. Tansill's
material suggests. most of
our Presidents and other
high officials forgot that the
United States, too, once was
a British colony wanting its
independence, and they often
placed obstacles in the way
of movements in this coun-
try to raise funds and other
wise help the Irish toward
the independence they even
tually achieved-at least for
the South of Ireland.
The book is rich in source
material, and Prof. Tansill,
himself the grandson of an
ardent Fenian. makes a
persuasive argument against
policies that seem strange in
retrospect.
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to develop more slowly, to
find their mature expression
in later years. But there
have always been exceptions.
This week, for instance. we
have two novels by writers in
their EOS:
THOSE WITHOUT SHA-
BOWS, by FRANCHISE Sagan
Dutton: $3.50. She is the
22-year-old French author
of two earlier best-sellers.
"Bonjour Tristesse" and "A
Certain Smile"
CORNER BOY, a first
novel (Houghton Mifflin;
$500 by Herbert A. Sim
mons. who is 26. This novel
was written under a Hough-
ton Mifflin Literary Fellow
ship Award.
Those novels could hardly
be less alike. Their respec-
tive characters are half a
world apart. not only geo.
graphically, but in nearly
every other conceivable way.
! And yet. both groups. since
they are persons placed on
the contemporary scene, are
bound to share certain ambi-
tons. tastes. Illustrations.
emotions. And both are
looked at by the fresh eyes of
youthful authors.
Mr.. Simmons Corner
Boy" concerns some teen
ayers in an unnamed city
which could be Chicago or
any Middle Western city.
Most of them are Negroes.
Miss Sagan writes, in her
spare and flashy way, of
some world-weary Partisan
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Sagan's book is the way she
develops situations W / h
sparse, subtle phrases. Her
brevity certainly is to be COM
mended, but she can hardly
draw recognizable portraits of
so many characters within
the space she has set herself
lbs small pages.
Thus the nine characters
she brings in are apt to talk
and think and even look alike.
The situations in which they
find themselves are true to
French novelists in general.
Whether they are true to
French life / wouldn't know.
In Love With Others
Most of the men are
married and in love with
women other than their
wives. For instance, Ber-
nard, the critic, is married
to Nicole, but in love with
Josee, a wealthy girl, who
is having an affair with
Jacques, a medical student.
And Beatrice, the aspiring
actress, is the ex-mistress of
Bernard, but is ready to settle
for any producer who will
give her a leading role. AS
usual, Miss Sagan is not con-.
cerned with morals; expedi-
ency, or the impulse of the
moment, governs her char
acters.
Even Edouard, described
as a "pure-hearted young
man" from the country, who
has just come to Paris, has
had, we find, a mistress-the
wife Of a Caen notary. :
If Miss Sagan ever finds
a theme worthy of her pre-
cocious gifts, she may yet
write a notable novel. Thus
far her books have been
superficial glimpses of super
fetal persons. The transla-
ton of Those Without
Shadows" is by Frances
Frenaye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03


once dubbed a client, Billy
Rose. "a basement Belasco."
In FANFARE CHarper's:
$4.95), writing of himself, his
trade, and the theater he
loves, he has presented one of
the seasons raciest and most
readable literary productions.
Mr.. Maney's prose style is
known and loved by drama
editors from coast to coast.
1t has, he admits, a rocco
quality. And indeed the
Gothic flavor is strong, but
so is that of leprechaun and
hot trumpeter. Even his pro-
gram notes have a real beat.
Mr.. Nancy has nothing but
jeers for others of his calling
who refer to themselves as
public relations counselors"
and communications advis-
ors." He needs no such masks.
no such crutch for Self-es-
TEEN. He has in his time and
within the world of the thea
ter, received as many plaud-
its as the stars he has been
"hymning."
Enormously Cornwall
Up from the ranch near
Chinook, Montana. Mr..
Nancy struggled to such
heights that Tallulah Bank
head will not step before the
footlights until Mr.. Nancy
has gone before. His heart
belongs to Tallulah with her
panther-like walk, her meZzo-
baSso voice, her explosive
laughter, her conversation,
her scorn for convention, her
tawny name. her off-beat
department when exhilarated
by the grape" He is himself,
enormously convivial.
Others whose virtues he
has touted to the press leave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
ART NEWS
Nineteen
One-Mon
Shows
BY FLORENCE BERGMAN

Nineteen one-man shows
are currently on view in
Washington galleries. Some
have been reviewed here.
others which close during
the coming week are pre-
sented below; and still others
will be given later. Alfred
Van Loen, Dutch-born sculp-
tor. who has been living in
New York City this past dec
ade. will be present at a re-
ception opening his first
Washington one-man show
this afternoon from 4 to Z
at Collectors Corner. 1925
Wisconsin avenue. Yuen Yuey
Chinn is at Bader Gallery
only through November II.
and Lydia Duff at the Du-
pont through next Sunday.
Not q few of the shows are
on view only for q fortnight
or Whereabouts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
The Bonner Purty

Historians have touched
lightly on the grim story Of
the Bonner Party and their
desperate measures against
starvation. Now Margaret
Sutton has stepped herself in
flrst-hand records and writ
ten the story of these hardy
pioneers in PALACE-WAGON
FAMILY (Knopf. So. More
fact than fiction, it brings
out the faith and courage of
the leaders. 1t was a Pill
grim's Progress Of the West.
with many valleys of despair.
before the survivors reached
the promised land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
worked on q larger scale. He
rang experimental changes

worked on q larger scale. He
rang experimental changes
on q number Of themes,
among them dead sunflowers,
the subjects linear and CALI
graphic on gouache. Another
series was trees. Outstanding
is his Branch in Snow" of
1913. A few large oils, abb
stract but still flgurative,
complete the earlier work in
the first gallery.
Watkins central gallery is
given over to Mr.. Gates
work Of the last few years.
large abstract expressionist
paintings and colleges, the
latter combining net. paper
and canvas. with impressive
color organization. 1t is an
interesting and thought
provoking exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Bookutz' Latest

Recent work, mostly OF this
year. by Samuel Boz tz,
composes an arresting eAnibi-
ton at I. F. A. Galleries,
1928 Connecticut avenue,
where it has been extended
through this week. About Is
paintings in oil. gouache. red
chalk and black crayon il
lustrate a number of direc-
tons in his work, all, how
ever, closely related.
The sound construction of
his abstract paintings is car
ried over from his cubistic in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Art Book Review
THREE HUNDRED YEARS

1HKNEE HUNDNEU IEAhS
OF AMERICAN PAINT
ING. BY Alexander Eliot.
Time, Inc; $13.50.)
The outstanding virtue of
this panoramic survey Of
American painting is the way
it is presented. Three centu-
ries Of achievement are
See ART NEWS, Page Ell
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sophisticates: a publisher, q
critic trying to write novels,
an actress. a theatrical pro-
ducer, a few others who do
nothing of special interest.
Actually I think Corner
Boy" is much the better
novel, despite the reputation
which Miss Sagan has made
on two continents for her in
sight into the life of at least
some of those about her.
These Are Alive
Mr.. Simmons. a native Of
st. Louis, who attended Lin
coin University. then WASH
ington University in st. Louis.
turns up characters who live
and breathe, whatever you
may think of their morals
and their outlook on life.
His lie ading character,
Jake, a shrewd youth of 10
who has graduated from high
school and tries college for a
while, pushes dope in the
colored district of his city. He
hardly stops to think things
out, but his cynical conclu-
sion seems to be that if he
doesn't sell drugs to addicts.
some one else will, and he
might as we'll make the fine
income that assures him new
cars and all the girls he
wants. But when. to his sur
prise. he falls in love with
one girl. of a wealthy family
from the West Indies. his
whole unthinking philosophy
is upset.
Vividly Sketched
While Jake does not take
the dope he peddles, his best
friend, Scar. does. and an
other friend, Red, has the
habit. And the inevitable
reckoning sh a dows Jake,
Scar and Red until. in vary
ing ways. it catches up with
them.
Mr.. Simmons sketches with
rare vividness the atmosphere
of the SUNNY area where
most of these young Negroes
live-the way the streets and
alleys look and smell. the
flashy luke joints. the live
spots where the teen-agers
meet to dance and drink, the
young gangs. the high school
where some of them. despite
their unpromis Using back
ground, are brilliant students
destined to go on to college.
The Sex Angle
There is sex in the story,
quite a lot. How could 1t be
otherwise in a realistic ac-
count of such a milieu? But
sex never seems dragged in
to pad out and help sell the
book, as in so many modern
novels. but always is part of
the story and never is spun
out in pornographic detail
This sort of story has been
done often in recent years
the inside of problem iuve-
niles-and yet Mr., Simmons
brings it a fresh, even poetic
touch. Sometimes his dia-
logue seems too pat. too like
the argot we've come to ex-
pect. But perhaps that's the
way such young people real
ly talk.
The author is a young man
Of unmistakable talent.
The best thing about Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Adventures in LOOKING

In the field of science,
there is a continual see-saw
between knowledge acquired
at first hand and from
books. Some of the best
books send the inquiring
youngsters straight out to do
his own exploring. This is
the excellent message" of
WHAT COULD YOU SEE? by
Jeanne Bendick CWhittle-
sey. So.
In the same vain, but on
a more sophisticated level,
SWAMP LIFE by Glen
Rounds prentice Hall. So
describes the ways of swamp
critters along Little Fiery
Gizzard Greek. launched in
his kayak, with a poncho to
keep off the rain and some
insect repellent to discourage
the mosquitoes, the author
artist watched and waited
until the animals accepted
him as a harmless part of
the landscape. Later. he was
able to set down in the same
vivid language he has used to
describe buffalo hunters and
cowpunchers. equally unfor-
gettable portraits of the
proving possum, clownish
herons. hungry hawks and
squirrel acrobats.
Glen Rounds isn't the only
one fascinated by swamps.
Jim Kjelgaard has also fallen
under the spell and produced
a most satisfying villain in
SWAMP CAT. (Dodd Mead.
So. This trend toward
greater realism in teen-age
books adds that extra punch
which will capture and hold
the discriminating reader.
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fertility which with his favor
assured better crops. There
are interesting chapters on
the Overpowering OK of
Mesopotamia; the Bull of
India: Creator and De-
stroyer; the wild Bull"
Kings of Egypt; the Storm
Bulls of the Levant; Crete
and the Horns of Plenty; the
Noble Bull" of Greece; the
Arenas of Rome. and the
Spanish Bullfight; Symbolic
Drama. Mr.. Conrad is a
Pho in anthropology from
Duke University and since
1855 has been professor of
anthropology and sociology
at Southwestern University.
Memphis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Jumping the Barriers
Of Time and Space
BY BARBARA NOLEN

Explore with books" the slogan for Chdren's Book
Week. November 18th to oath has scientific flavor match
the headlines but exploring with books is not limited to
science and satellites Chrens books this have great
imagination, jumping barriers of time and space
JEXIUM ISLAND by Madeline Grattan viking. $2.75)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
A Master Press Agent
Shoots the Works
BY MARY McGRORY

Some people complain that press agents too bras
others that they too serle All such generalzaons
crumble the of Richard Nancy the theaters
number herald. who has seldom slapped back and
licked AS matter of fact he unique in
his tribe for biting deeply of the hands that feed him having
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
All the Answers

Parents wanting to know
more about what children
read and @hy will find all
the answers in Phyllis Fem
ner's PROOF OF THE PUD-
DING John Day. $3.50 /.
It's good bedtime reading.
guaranteed not to put you to
sleep.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Can Reed

Ia LIZ DGAn NY G1SC
Minarik (Harpers. $3.50 is
the best among new easy
readers" Even the redundant
label, Il can read" does not
spoil the genuine charm of
Little Bears adventures with
snow and birthday soup. The
words have the rhythm of a
folk tale, as good for reading
aloud as for first readers.
Best of all, Maurice Sendak
is in top form as illustrator,
creating characters as en-
dearing as Pooh and Piglet.
THE SNAKE THAT WENT
TO SCHOOL by Lillian Moore
Random House. $3.50 is the
next step in book bait for
8 and 9 year Odds. Most boys
with snakes in their pockets
aren't as lucky as Hank. but
who says it couldn't happen
this way? It's fun to dream.
Another must" on the
easy-reading list is HENRY
AND THE PAPER ROUTE
by Beverly Cleary Morrow.
S2.75), in which some of
Henry's neatest ideas develop
an unexpected boomerang.
Henry is plagued by the
boy next door as we'll as
the neighborhood nuisance,
Ramona.
Following Henry Higgins,
boys will be asking for Marion
Renick's YOUNG MR.. FOOT
BALL (Scribners. $2.75). A
mysterious, invisible football
coach adds zest to Mrs.
Renick's popular treatment
of Craftsmanship. And her
cigar-store Indian is a touch
of genius.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Through the Fresh Eyes
Of Youthful Authors
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES

Not always but probably most Of the time youth has
found publishers and readers when sufficiently arcu
late when had something decided to Thus than
$50 Jane Austen writing of her best novels
at the advanced of TO- Poets have been tradtonay
such Shelley Byronl Noveists
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

difference is that his adven-
lures have been a little slow
in getting into print. They
are available now, thanks to
Harold FELTON, in BOWLEG
BILL, SEAGOING cow
PUNCHER prentice Hall.
$2.95.
Bowleg was a travelling
man by force of circum-
stances. He made things
lively wherever he went, rid
ing a bucking tuna fish,
lassoing whales. and outwit-
ting sea serpents and water
witches. It's all in good fun,
and some of the slickest
yarns you ever heard.
If you're in the mood for
whoppers. there's a whole
book full in TALL TALES
FROM THE HIGH HILLS
by Ellis Creole Nelson.
s2.75). Down in the Blue
Ridge Mountains. the neigh
bors say that Hank Higgins
would even tell a whopper
when the truth would do as
we'll.
For reading aloud to young
wigglers, without boredom for
any age, the perfect answer
is BEDKNOB AND BROOM
STICK by Mary Norton liar
court. So. 1t isn't even neces-
sary to believe in magic to
enjoy Miss Prices expert
ments in witchcraft. OF
course. she was only an anna
teur and willing enough to
share some of her magic
with the three children, but
not the secrets of her trade.
There were dreadful penal
ties; A fine OF 200 pounds
and recurring attacks of Co.'S
mick Creepus. No wonder
Paul said, IT'S cheaper to
spit in a bus"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

ing this Washington show.
she will have one in New
York City.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

is an original adventure in
time and space, with a touch
of the gruesome. It's too
realistic to be dismissed as
science fiction. too mysterious
to be accepted as real. Long
after the book is finished,
any reader will keep remem-
bering that strange island in
the fog where children and
dogs were cut off from the
rest of the world.
Another lively tale is Esther
Averill's JENNY GOES TO
SEA (Harpers. $3.50 all
about three cats who take a
trip around the world, meet
ing a new adventure in every
port of call. Like a younger
version of THE THREE
MUSKETEERS, they stand
shoulder to shoulder. full of
courage and loyalty in every
emergency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03
Tall Tales

Ever hear of Bowleg Bill?
Few people have, although
he's as genuine as Pecos Bill
and Mike Fink. The only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-03

Biography Of Byron Is
Reviewed on Page E-2
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Kindly cossock

Some time ago, Jimmy
Payne. an AB&W bus OPP
orator, reported he had seen
a Park policeman changing
a tire for a woman driver
during the morning rush
hour on Memorial Bridge.
II suppose he thought that
was the quickest way to get
the car. OF the bridge and
relieve traffic" Jimmy said.
Just the other morning,
the Rambler saw one that
tops that. About 8 am, on
the turf we'll to the right Of
the George Washington Me-
mortal boulevard, was a
police car and a sedan.
There was no problem
OF relieving traffic. 1t was
nobleSse obltge. The woman
was leaning over with great
interest watching the police
man on his knees Jack up
her left front wheel. The
tire on 1t had collapsed.