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Greet Humanitarian

Kaethe Kollwitz. great
hearted German artist who
died In l945. in her eighth
decade, 10 esteemed through
out Europe and the United
States, for the high esthetic
standards OF her prints and
drawings and even more i'm
portant. for their content.
From her youth. she was so
deeply touched by the victims
Of poverty and suffering. that
she devoted her life to depict
ing them. chiefly mothers
and children. many OF whom
came TO her husbands clinic
in a poor section of Berlin.
More than 40 Of her litho-
graphs. woodcuts and etch-
ings are on view in George
Washington University's Ii
brary. 2023 @ street NV.
tClosed the gath through
26th.) So sure is her express
sive line. so penetrating her
observation. so deep her COM
passion. that 1t is the mes
sage WHICH impresses. rather
than the art. It is impossible
to see how anyone can re-
main unmoved by the i'm
ploring face Of the child in
Bread" or the uncompre-
hending fear in Death
Reaches Into q Group OF
Children"
Visitors should not fail to
read Howard Devree's appre-
citation. and critique in the
catalogue. II is reprinted
from the New York Times Of
November lS. l945.
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Life and Fun
In the Navy
WARM BODIES. BY Donald
y AH0r,fo fCs,..o. o.

n. MOTIFS. NSlmOn ~
Schuster: $500
This latest In the Isn't
the-service-a scream" books
we have always with us is
most engaging. Mr.. Morris
material Is not startling for
its novelty. nor is his prose
Of stunning distinction. But
his air OF indomitable good
humor, his strong sense OF
fun and his affection for the
Navy and its men all combine
to make this a winsome and
from time to time. hilarious
book.
Mr.. Morris hero Is the ex-
ecutive ofiicer OF a LIST In
peacetime. The ship is
clumsy. but happy. The
most colorful member OF the
crew is a Chickasaw named
Shrieking Eagle. its problem
child but most gifted natural
hand.
Our hero's romance with a
girl from Little Hominy mot
TO be confused with Big
HominyD, North Carolina, is
the background for a series
OF anecdotes about life on the
Evening star., 1957-12-22

justice as he saw It. Yet
the law and the lawyers were
to him reactionary forces.
There faces were usually
backward. Great reforms
came not from within the
law but from without. It was
not the judges and barristers
who made the significant adj
vances toward social justice.
They were made in conven-
tions Of the people and in
legislative halls Yet Darrow.
working through the law.
brought prestige and honor
to i during q long era Of in
tolerance"
Mr.. weinberg has brought
back Mr.. Darrow's pleas to
the juries in the Leopold-Leob
case, the Massie case In Hon.
olulu. the Chicago Commu-
mist trial Of 1920. the race
riot murder case in Detroit
in 1926 and in q number OF
cases involving labor unions.
The most diverting chap
ter is Mr.. Darrow's examina-
tion Of william Jennings
Bryan in the Scopes evolu-
ton case in Tennessee u925) .
The two noted men got into
an argument. while Mr..
Bryan was on the witness
stand. over numerous doc
trines in the Bible. compara-
tive religions and many other
things.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
kiIvert Honcock

THE CITY OF SACRED
APES: A Capital Rhymed
Review by Kilvert Han
cock. Exposition Press,
New York. $2.50O
Pleasant. lightly cynical
verse mainly on the foibles
OF modern-day Government.
The author pursues. as q vo-
cation, a Job as director Of
finance OF Montgomery
County, Maryland.
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Christmas Shows

Franz Bader Gallery. 17o5
G street NV, has % paint
ings by artists who regularly
exhibit there. and three not
previously shown. This is an
exceptionally satisfying COL
lection. to please many tastes.
at modest prices considering
the offerings. Most covetable
to me. are John Lewis beau
tiful Blue Harbor." Herman
Maril's Bridge" Lester
Cookies ''Rockport Fog" and
Toni Bader's romantic Fly
ing Dutchman";; fresh and
lovely flower paintings by
Marjorie Phillips and Sarah
Baker. and Mitchell jamie
sons fruit in a formal ar
bor' arrangement: Margaret
Appich'S golden Autumn"
PrentiSS Taylor's sunny IN
dian Point Farm" and Mimi
Dubois Bottoms abstract
Moonlight Woods. The
I. r. A. Galleries. 1923 Con-
necticut Avenue. is showing
this month 20 new color lith-
ographS by Jack Perlmutter,
q successful Christmas show,
as 35 prints were sold during
the first fortnight.
Mr.. Perlmutter's paintings
have become increasingly abb
Stract. So it is gratifying
that this gifted Washington
artist makes prints sufh-
ciently representational to
appeal to the layman. as well
as to the connoiSSeur.
My favoriteS in the current
show Through December 2SO
are Sea Gulls" gold and
brown. Push Cart" with
its colorful fruits. Elevated
Station" Summer Rain"
vertical and diagonal lines)
and River Currents. The
Artists Mart, 1851 Wis
consin avenue, Georgetown.
has much the widest range
Of work. including paintings.
sculpture. ceramics, prints.
jewelry and cards. And while
important works by WE'LL
known local artists are priced
accordingly. there are plenty
OF original crafts and small
prints for Christmas shop
pers whose budgets start
below 81.
1t would be delightful to
find under ones Christmas
tree Robert Kuhn's Sculp-
tured Angel" and Knight:
Florence Higgs' prize-win-
ming owls; Gwen Ander-
Evening star., 1957-12-22

sons little enamel "Madon.
ma: Rudolf Won Huhn's
crisp. colorful collage; and
Frederick Fields stained
glass trees and snow fakes,
to mention but a few Of many
admirable works. The Art
Shop and Gallery. opened
this autumn by Shirley and
Edgar Lipman at S433 Geor-
gia avenue. Silver Spring, has
original paintings by such
outstanding Washington area
artists as Lila Asher. John A.
Bryans, Theodore Kane and
Mykola Shramchenko.
Evening star., 1957-12-22

diplomatic career that began
in 1919.
The Roman Way" was
FIRST published IS years ago.
but nothing comparable has
come along since. A history
OF Rome from the Republic
TO the fall. told from the
works Of its greatest writers,
it combines literary history.
criticism. social commentary
and biography in brilliant
fashion. The writing is as
pellucid as the Mediterra-
mean air.
The foremost classicist Of
our time journeyed to Greece
last August. to be honored by
the Greeks. whose ancient
glory she has recreated in
The Greek Way" and
"Mythology." A performance
Of her translation OF PRO
metheus' was given at the
theater Of the Aeropolis on
August 8. four days before
her Goth birthday. She was
made an honorary citizen Of
Athens.
Classical Education
Still pursuing the classical
studies she began as . girl.
and hard at the writing
which has busted her since
her retirement from the
teaching field In 1880. Miss
Hamilton Is at work on q
book about Plato.
She couldn't be feeling
better. II anyone doubts 1t.
she has accepted to lecture
for the Institute Of Contem-
porary Arts on January 81.
Her topsc9 What We have
lost by giving up classical
education and studies in our
schools"
Current Events
While Miss Hamilton has
been preoccupied in antiqui-
ties. Mrs. Hartman, three
years younger. has been for
most Of her life deeply m
volved in current events.
In IS years. she has
scarcely missed a Democratic
Convention. A staunch fem
mist. she marched in suffra-
gette parades. She was the
only woman 10 serve on
President Wilson's Federal
Industrial Relations Commit
tee. One Of the FIRST Amer
lean woman diplomats. she
was appointed by President
Roosevelt as Minister TO Nor
way in 1887. a post she held
for four years in a period
that saw the Nazi invasion
OF that country.
OF the 1000 papers the
Library asked her for. those
relating 10 that experience
are probably Of the greatest
historical significance. But
there are other riches as
we'll: Correspondence with
such diverse figures as Elm
stein. FDR, Gen. Pershing
and Duke Ellington.
A full-hearted Democrat,
Mrs. Hartman Is no blind
partisan. In an autoeraphi-
cal fragment. prepared for
the Columbia University His
torical series. she records her
admiration Of a Republican.
George Norris Of Nebraska.
THE biggest man / have
Evening star., 1957-12-22
IN VERSE
Dr.. Swigeett
Offers Book
Of Sonnets
sONNETs TO REMEMBER:

A selection by Glen Levin
Swiggett. (The University
Press. Sewanee. Tenn. $3.D
DR.. Swiggett's fourth book
Of 1857 is a small selection Of
sonnets tested by time and
good taste" They range from
Dante to a few contemporary
authors such as William e.
lery Leonard and Lisette
Woodwork Reese. DR.. Swig-
gett has included one OF his
own sonnets and a very brief
history Of the sonnet.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Bobette Deutsch
POETRY HANDBOOK. b.

POETkY HANDBOOK, by
Babette Deutsch. Funk
and Wagnalls. $500
This is q useful book Of
criticism and information.
Designed mainly as q die
tionary Of prosody (and so
arranged. 1t goes beyond
that in its informative criti-
cism Of modern methods. It's
the book for the beginner in
poetry appreciation and for
the man who has to keep
looking up the exact rhyming
pattern Of the viIlanelle.
--E +
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Washington Sculptor

William Taylor. on the
faculty Of Sculptors Studio
and Gallery. 1927 Wisconsin
avenue. Georgetown. several
OF whose works in its group
show last month were men,
toned in these columns. is
Evening star., 1957-12-22
NEW EXHIBITIONS

GLASS PROM THE ANCIENT WORLD.
Natural History Building, constltu-
bsr 9s-janusrs is. 1883 D'eem-
photographs BY YoIcHI 4, Okla
MQfOs Arts Club. 2OI7 Il street
NV. Today-January 10.
PAINTINGS BY ADELE HAppAp
Irans-Lux TheateT, I4th and II
streeM law. Current. closina date
PAgTEI& BY MARIANo EcKERr.
Dyer Bros. Roasyin. Va Current,
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Art Lecture

Sir Herbert Read. art critic,
author and lecturer. will be
guest speaker this afternoon
at 4 at the National Gallery.
His subject is The Renais-
sance Of Sculpture in Britain
in Our Time"
Evening star., 1957-12-22

unefalS no little Win ln0 =
on the Middle East she
spares neither liberals nor
conservatives In her analysis
Of the situation and her sug-
gestions for & possible soltl-
ton.
In any event. she is q per-
ceptive, thoughtful journal
ist, and she deserves q hear
Ing. whichever way she leans.
Don't Know the Score
She writes that she was
appalled,. II not surprised. on
returning to the United
States after . survey Of the
Middle East. to find that
most American newspapers.
columnists and commentators
appeared not to know the
score. Toward the realities
Of the dangerous situation in
the Middle East they were
displaying the same sort Of
indifference or prejudice that
most of them had formerly
shown concerning China.
when they believed that the
Communists there were lib
eral 'agrarian reformers.'
She adds that yesterday.
liberals paved the way for
the Communist conquest Of
China. either by their igno-
rance or their sneaking SYM
pathy for Moscow's China
puppets. Today conservative
and Old Guard Republicans
have taken the lead in advo-
eating . policy on the Middle
East as misconceived and
misinfcrfned as the policy Of
President Truman. Gen. Mar
shall and Dean Acheson on
China"
Here TO Stay
Miss Utley Is frankly SYM
pathetic with the Arabs in
their struggle against Israel
and the French and British.
But she feels that Israel has
come to stay and must be
considered. though she thinks
It would do better to restrict
immigration and limit plans
for expansion.
She sees the Arab coun-
tries as naturally suspicious
Of everything Western since
"the great betrayal" by the
British after World War I.
The Arabs had fought VAL
iantly on the side Of the
Allies and had been promised
independence for their sew
eral nations promise which
the British promptly repudi-
ated when the war was won.
THE Arab lands in the
rectangle between the Medi-
terrain and the Persian
frontier" sfe recalls. "in-
stead Of being given the
freedom promised them. were
TO be placed under League
Of Nations mandates - q
euphemism for Western CO.
lonial rule"
The Danger
Miss Utley sees 1t as "only
too obvious that we are in
danger Of alternating not only
the Arabs. but also the
far-larger Islamic world. be-
cause our most-favored-na-
ton treatment Of Israel does
give grounds for the accusa-
tion that she is the spear
head Of Western imperialism
which still endeayors to di-
vide and rule"
What's her remedy? She
says: IF England and
America would get together
again. unhampered by Tory
dreams Of re-establishing the
power and the glory Of the
British Empire. or by Zionist
influences in America, or by
the pun Of loyalty to France
In her futile endeavor to
suppress the Algerian lib
/ Grafton movement, we might
together be successful in
formulating and implements
ing a policy beneficial to
! both Arabs and Jews and
even to France :"
She adds that "the Is
raehs and the Arabs to-
gether could make the des-
ert bloom and supply q liveli-
hood for both peoples IL they
could be brought to CO.
operate in utilizing the
waters Of the Jordan River
TO their mutual advantage
instead Of letting them 60
to waste"
n
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Clarence Dorrow
ATTORNEY FOR I

AIIOhNEI FOk TH Y
DAMNED, edited by Arthur
Weinberg. (Simon a. Schu-
ster: $500. Consists of
addresses. most Of them to
juries. which the late Clar-
ence Darrow made in a
wide variety Of trials and
issues.
The man whose passion
was TO help the helpless,
however black the evidence
against them looked, emerges
clearly from his own words.
His philosophy Of life can
be CLEANED here and there In
these eloquent summations.
ReactiOnary Forces
"Darrow." writes Supreme
Court Justice william o.
Douglas in a foreword. used
the law TO promote social
Evening star., 1957-12-22
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Show at Cathedral
Has Seasonal Theme
BY FLORENCE s. BERRYMAN

Washington Cathedrals large exhibition Of paintings
and sculpture entitled Religion and Man Contemporary
Art" the last show Of series presented this year In
braon Of Its 60h anniversary is the ctys appropriate
exhibition for this being the only display OF religious
art outside OF collections list Of subjects and
Evening star., 1957-12-22
READING AND WRITING
Washington Ladies'
Make Literary News
BY MARY McGRoRY

Two white haired Washington ladies' whom nobody Is
about to call old. in the literary this week.
Miss Edith Hamilton. just past co. publication Of
paper backed edition OF "THE ROMAN Way" And Mrs J.
Borden Hartman Daisy" to lots OF peope has given
Evening star., 1957-12-22
Fredo Utley Surveys
Worlds Trouble Spot
By.CARTER BROOKE JONES

Freda Utley the widely known foreign correspondent
author OF China story English by BIRTH American
by adoption Now she turns her sights another simmering
area in the worlds troubled spots Her book U.s.
WILL THE MIDDLE EAST GO WEST. cResnery: So
Utey considered right-winger and she annoyed
Evening star., 1957-12-22

"@"N"@ -
artists represented. was given
In The Sunday Star. Novem-
Der 3. along with other facts.
Just before the opening. The
exhibition win remain
through this week.
Composed Of nearly 30
works. this collection was
assembled by the Jacques
Seligmann Galleries, New
York City. with loans from
Is churches. museums lin.
cluding the Phillips Gallery,
private collectors and dealers
galleries. All the works be-
long TO what the catalogue
introduction describes as the
third category Of religious
art--works created by artists
who maintain complete inde-
pendence In choice Of subject.
and manner Of rendering, as
distinguished from those exc
cuted for specific commits
slons, or work for CONNER
cial reproduction. In past
centuries. artists Of the sec
ond group created the great
est religious art the Western
world possesses.
Sombcr or Tragic
There are several Interest,"
ing facets Of the Cathedral's
exhibition. In the irst place.
It does not include a single
Nativity or Alteration. and
only two or three works rep
resenttng joyous aspects. The
great majority are somber
or tragic: They interpret the
last days Of Christ's life. the
Crucifixion and the Entomb-
ment. One wonders why so
many contemporary artists
have not been inspired to
paint Christ's birth, the most
hopeful subject.
The greatest painting In
this show ito mel Is Ray
mond Breinin's He Walks
Alone" from the Herman
Shulman collection In Chi
cago. and the greatest
sculpture. Heinz Warneke's
"Prodigal Son." Both are
masterfuily executed. both
have strong religious feeling
and emotional appeal. and
both are completely INTEL
lieible TO the layman, An
other deeply moving painting,
akin to the Breinin in its
qualities. is Paul Mommer's
Betrayal"
Many IdiOms
The second facet OF interest
in the Cathedral's exhibition
is its wide representation Of
painting idioms. including
abstract and nonobjective.
Since these paintings were
done primarily to express
the artists own emotions.
confronted By the respective
subjects. the artists had every
right to paint as they chose.
But despite the esthetic
triumph Of contemporary
idioms. their acceptance by
church congregations con-
tinues TO be limited. Modern
interpretations OF religious
themes are not new: they
date from the post-impres-
sionists. But as recently as
Is or 20 years ago. when the
first large exhibition OF
avant-garde religious paint
ings was shown. the museum
directors who assembled 1t
expressed doubts as TO the
works values II acquired by
Evening star., 1957-12-22

For cat loyers--an increas-
ing group. judging from the
number Of cat books which
appear-there are two ex-
cellent new volumes In the
book stores:
OF CATS AND MEN, com.
piled by Francis Z. Clark.
Macmillan: $3.50
HER MAJESTY THE CAT,
by Fernand Merry. trans
lated from the French BY
Elizabeth and John Rosen-
berg. tCriterion Books;
$3.50
"Of Cats and Men" is an
anthology Of cat stories, fac
tual and apocryphal. There
is Elmer Davis famous article
"On Being Kept by a Cat" in
the course Of which he asks
pertinently:
The cat is condemned for
not being q successful hu-
man being. How many hu-
man beings could be success
ful cats?"
Noted Pens
Contributions come from
such illustrious writer's as
Walter de Ia Mare. T. S. Eliot,
Hilaire Belloc. Lafcadio
Hearn, Pierre Lott, Mark
Twain, Roy Chapman An
drews. William Lyon Phelps,
w. w. Jacobs. Christopher
Morley-and. Of course, that
pioneer in restoring the cat
to his proper niche in the
scheme Of things, Carl Van
Vechten.
M. Mery's book, all OF
which he wrote, is more a
history Of cats from the time
they were worshipped in the
Egypt Of the Pharaohs,
through the Middle Ages,
when they were hunted down
as evil spirits. to modern
times. There are Informative
chapters on different breeds
OF cats and on their nature
in general.
Both books are well illus
trated. There are some par
ticularly fine photographs In
Her Majesty the Cat"
Evening star., 1957-12-22

bounding main. The high
lights are the visit Of an ad-
ministrative inspector named
Commander Oliver Bintle
and a sequence on an Arctic
cruise when our hero,
garroted In a new expert
mental type of foul-weather
gear. sets FIRE 10 himself.
M. McQ.
Evening star., 1957-12-22
THE PARENT FROM ZERO

TO TEN. BY Anne Cleve-
land. (Simon a. Schuster;
$500
Here Is the ideal Christmas
gift book for those harried
mummies and daddies on
your list who think that mo-
body knows what they are
going through. II is sub-titled
AN Elementary Guide to
Family Group Behavior. Pin
pointed in Terms OF a Mini
mum Parent-Survival Quo
tient."
The author, a woman who
Evening star., 1957-12-22

known in the Senate in my
day." she wrote in 1850. was
the Republican. George w.
Norris. He was extraordi-
nary. He was completely
self-effacing and to him We
owe much"
The Novel
The Library. Of Congress
has just published THREE
VIEWS OF THE NOVEL, lee
lures delivered under the au-
spices Of the Gertrude Clarke
Whittall Fund last winter.
Irving Stone. John O'Hara
and McKinlay Kantor were
the lecturers. The booklet is
available at the Government
Printing once for rs cents.
Evening star., 1957-08-25

7-oxxie and HoFriet. C'medy.
Ozzie's doctor friend visits the
Nelson's for few doys, giving
Ozzie O chance to noke with the
oches. tRepeotl
o-The Millionaire. Dromo.
THE Story Of Or. OIivio Groin
ger" Frances Rofferty stors.
tRepeot.l
$50
7-Moment Of Decision.
"Stooe to Yumo." A cynicol
eowhond is torn between O mis-
sion to old in the escope OF a
condemned man or help sove the
passengers ottocked by Indions.
Robert Young stors
Give Got q Secret. Ponel.
1000
4-This Is Your Life.
Lou Costello. tRepeot.l
7-boxinq. National
lsidro Martinez vs.. Harold Comes.
Ten rounds. Feotherweiohts. Bos-
ton Arena.
9-U. s. Steel Hour.
"Up Above the World So High"
jack Worden. Carmen Mathews
Dennis kohler.
1890
4-StoE and the Story. Dromo,
l0:45
Stop Secret. Science Fiction.
7-Sports Time.
Filmed series with Harry Wismer.
ll:0O
4-News and loeol News.
Horkness. Word.
5-News.
Matthew Warren.
7-News. WeotheF. Sports.
MeCoffrey. Allen. Pickett.
S-News. Weothev. Sports.
Richards. Douglas. Doniels.
1910
5-WeotheS. Romsey.
/
Evening star., 1957-03-04

Of the show. and Mrs. James
Dawson. chairman of the gar
den club section.
They presented Mrs. Eisen-
hover with an old-fashioned
bouquet OF pink roses complete
with lacy paper and pink rib
bon streamers. One of the
streamers had Mamie" on it.
Again the photographers had
their requests-this time for
Mrs. Eisenhower to smell the
roses over and over.
The Presidents wife followed
their directions to the letter
and finally quipped. "I'll have
rose fever in a minute" Mrs.
Eisenhower was also given
passes to the show.
Another Presentation
The last group were members
OF the Capitol Hill Club headed
by Representative James Au-
chincloss. president of the club,
who came up to Mrs. Eisen-
hover and said, I'VE have
something for you. too."
The others in the group were
Mrs William Culbertson and
Representative Richard Wig
ellsworth. They gave Mrs.
Eisenhower life membership
Continued on Page B-7. Col.
Evening star., 1957-03-04
Sorority Marks
Founders Dow

Washington and Northern
Virginia alumnae of Phi Mu,
second oldest Panhellenic
sorority in the United States,
celebrated the sorority'S l05th
anniversary in ceremonies held
here and in Richmond, Va.
over the weekend.
The Northern Virginia Phi
Mu chapter sponsored a spe-
cial State Day program on
Saturday at the John Marshall
Hotel which featured a num-
ber Of activities including
skits. singing, a panel discus
sion. luncheon address by
Richmond lawyer David
Meade White. and a founders
day service at the end of the
day.
Yesterday, the Washington
and Northern Virginia Alum
nae Chapters joined with the
Gamma Delta Chapter from
American University in at
tending a founders day re-
ception at the home Of Mrs.
r. Kelvin Shivers in Bethesda.
Evening star., 1957-03-04
TEACHER DEARTH
is TV TOPIC

How can women help to
alleviate the widening gap
between teacher supply and
the population growth in
their own communities?
The answer to this and
other questions on the ma
tional teacher shortage will
be given at 10 am. WedneS-
day over MICS televised
Home Show" in the third
of a series Of monthly net
work TV programs based on
the aims and activities Of
the General Federation of
Women's Clubs.
Mrs. r. I. c. Prout, GFWC
president. will appear on the
show with Miss Arlene
Francis, mistress OF cere-
monies. The program will
deal with three aspects of
the teacher shortage: SAL
aries. recognition and better
utilization of our trained
teachers.
Other program particle
pants will include Mrs. Les
ter Bangsten. CIVIC mem
ber from Willmar, MINI. who
will tell how her COM
munity successfully brought
pressure to raise teachers
salaries. a West Virginia
school teacher winner Of the
CIVIC Oscars for Teach
ers" contest. and a spokes-
man from the National
Education Association.