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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
War Of 1872
THE PATH OF DESTINY.
uv ThnT,aa IT naAAnii

The PATH OF DESTINY.
BY Thomas H. Raddall.
Doubleday: So
The Canadian viewpoint Of
the War Of 1912 apparently Is
that 1t was a tumble Of comic
military miscalculatiohs. The
author AYERS that the British
swept in. from Bladensburg
and put Washington 10 the
torch partly to avenge the
looting OF Upper Canada's
Parliament House. For a his
tory this is a lively. illumi-
mating volume, number three
In the Canadian series edited
by Thomas b. Costain. The
book covers the years 1858 to
1850. from British conquest
to home rule.
HENRY A. LYON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
Cloak and Dagger
Civil War Tale
WEEP NO MoRE. BY Janet

WEEP NO MORE. BY Janet
Stevenson. Viking: $500
Janet Stevenson has taken
one Of the few little-known
facts about the Civil War
the existence of q Southern
woman who hated slavery.
loved the Union and risked
her life as q spy for the
North-and made q first-
rate. historical "whodunnit."
will the escaped Union
prisoners be found in the
attic? Will the North cap
ture Richmond? Civil War
buffs may pass 1t by. and the
South point q finger Of scorn
ct the traitor, Crazy Bet. but
the flctionalized story Of
Elizabeth VanLew makes
fascinating reading.
MARY PAINTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

Two distinguished WASH
ington psychologists have Just
had published . master
work In the field. THE
SHAKE SEE AR Z A N
OTHERS EXAMINED. They
are william and Elizebeth
Friedman. who have done
yeoman service for their
country.
Mr.. Friedman was in
charge Of the cryptanalytic
bureau that cracked the Jap
anese cipher machine system.
In 1888 Mrs. Friedman was
made an honorary doctor Of
laws for her outstanding
work for the United States
and Canadian governments.
She was chosen by the Inter-
national Monetary Fund to
establish its system Of secret
communications and to serve
as consultant.
Proof Of Authorship
In scholarly fashion they
have demolished the theories
Of those who through the
centuries, and through tor
tuous studies Of various ci-
pliers, insisted that Shakes
speare did not write Shake
speare's plays.
I'VE urge" they conclude
gently to these people. that
they should acuuaint them
selves at least with the basic
principles Of the subject. and
that they conduct their argu-
ments with some standards
Of rigour. II all this Is
done the argument will be
raised TO q higher plane.
There is even the possibility
that 1t would cease alto
gether."
That second alternative Is
certainly q contamination
devoutly to be wished for. as
Hamlet. hhoever created him.
said. - IN. Mc0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
On Biography

For those who like, in this
high tide Of the publishing
year. to fall back and read
books about books, there Is
an excellent one in THE
NATURE OF BIOGRAPHY,
by John A. Garraty. CKnopf:
45l. Mr.. Garraty's creden.
tials are unimpeachable.
since he Is the author Of
Henry Cabot Lodge" and
Woodrow wilson His ap
proach Is academic, but not
stuffy. His book might serve
as q handbook for the aspir-
ing biographer. as q good deal
Of 1t contains sound advice
on how to pick q subject and
how to discover It: but it
also makes good general
reading for people who like
to know how these things
are done.
In his thoroughly knowl-
edgeable history Of biography
as q literary form. Mr.. Gar
raty's estimate Of biogra-
pliers who have gone before.
from Plutarch to Irving
Stone. are generous. His
analysis Of Lytton Strachey
Is especially apt. "(Stracheyl
stimulated the reading Of
: lives and convinced the
public that heroworship was
not only stupid. but--far
4. worse--dull. He ushered In
Q movement that corrupted
the biographer's love Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

LOUISE. BY Joan Derins.
lives Washburn. Inc;
$3.50
A romantic tale about one
young girls Disappearance
through what her family
believes to be suicide-and
her sisters search for the
truth so the survivors can rest
In peace. The headmaster Of
q boys school near the Eng
lish seaside village Is the
man the lasses love. Pleasant
enough but you won't be
surprised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

large and heavy, which In
yariably suggests to me the
ornaments whereby women
Of q savage tribe (seen in
National Geographic movies)
enlarged their ears several
sizes "A condition which
seems undesirable for our
civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

The IFA Galleries re-
Gently opened in the lobby Of
Loew's Capitol Theater q new
group show Of original prints
Artists on the Arts" to re-
main only through this week.
Literature. music and the
dance are interpreted BY
American printmakers, among
them such well known names
as Dean Meeker. Emil Wed.
dige. Mervin Jules and Ralph
Fabri. Admission to the art
show is free TO the public.
Before she left for Europe
in mid September, Bette
Hartnell Smith opened a solo
exhibition at De Sando's,
1720 H Street NV. It In
cludes some of the paintings
which were shown last sum-
mer at Roumanian Inn. and
several new works. The show
viii remain until Mrs. Smith
returns at the end Of this
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

old saying. 'soh. that mine
enemy would write 9 book"
sought the shelter Of the
pen- name. His publishers
prevailed upon him to allow
them to list him in their
catalogue as - prominent
elected Democratic Otiicial,"
which gave guessers q wide
field. But by publication time
he had relented 10 the point
whore he agreed to the de-
segregation zone Of the New
England governors" q mar
rowing Of the range which
led TO the Boston Globes dis
closure Of his true identity.
A Cautionary Tale
As Is 50 often the case in
these matters the wonder is
not that II Is done well but
that II Is done at all. And so 1t
Is with our novelizlng Gov
ernor. Professional authors
need have no fear. In the set
ting Of the scene. IN the
delineation Of character. in
the advancement Of q plot.
the Governor Is not about to
assume the mantle Of Henry
James or even Rudyard Kip
ling. Let George DO It" Is
something Of a cautionary
tale told In comic book style.
The story Is Of the simplest.
the hero. q candidate for
State Representative even
more 50. There Is just one
toke-the utter unsuitability
Of Peter Martin. eatspaw Of
an INSCRIPTIONS smart alec
named George. to hold any
ofice-and that Is belahored
heavily. The moral is sim
pie: Don't let George do II.
Gov. Furcolo plainly writes
from hitter knowledge Of
searny ward politics. The
Last Hurrah" and the auto
biography Of James Michael
CtIrley and other unvarnished
chronicles Of political skull
duggery in the Common
wealth bear him out. Per-
haps candidates are not quite
50 chancily picked George
Is studying q racing form
when his eye falls on simple
Peter. But the mechanics
are al appallingly familiar:
The candidates cards with
fraudulent information. the
Unattended rallies, the buy
ing Of votes and drinks. His
Excellency apparently meant
It 70 Be funny in q hair
raising way. Il isn't. though.
II Took Courage
Peters leaky ship Of state
seems sunk twice: once when
he gets involved In q bar
room hrawl: once when q
candidates cousin threatens
TO name him Is the father
Of her unborn child. But Q
slick lawyer bales him out
and he sails into safe harbor.
the victor over q highly
qualified rival.
No one alas, can quarrel
with the accuracy Of Gov.
Flrcolo's sordid material.
And even those who question
his style in dramatizing the
facts cannot gainsay his
courage In presenting them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
In Vuriution

Monica Baldwin's Il Leap
Over the Wall" was the first
book Of recent memory to
record the exodus Of q nun
herself-from q convent after
many years devoted to q mis-
taken vocation. Now In THE
CALLED AND THE CHOSEN
(FarTar. Straus a Cudahy;
1885, she has cast the same
material into fictional form.
It lacks the urgency and mo-
ment Of her first book, and
seems merely q variation on
O theme.
The called and the
Chosen" takes the form Of Q
diary written by q homesick
English girl in an enclosed
Belgian convent. A rather
spineless creature. last flower
Of q distinguished Protestant
family. Ursula was evidently
crowded into the clolster
by an overbearing aunt. who
was converted to Catholicism.
Aunt Sarah conceived the
chilling thought that Ursula
should be offered as living
reparation for the recanting
Of the Auberons at the time
Of Henry VIII.
A Dreary Heroine
Ursula bears the rigors Of
convent life well enough, but
pines INCREASINGLY for the
splendors Of Stokesy. the
ancestral home. She suffers
from the chatting relation
ships with other sisters. and
goes down under the antip-
athies and finally the out
right hostility Of another
nun. The whole miserable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
NeighbOrs Fearful

business Is brought to a crisis
by Aunt Sarah's bequeathing
Stokesy to the order.
Miss B al d win describes
conventual existance. and its
occasional spiritual spIendors
convincingly. But her novel
fails on the character Of
Sister Ursula. who seems as
unsympathetic as any Of the
nuns she criticizes In her
diary. Something Of q sniv-
eler. I feel. and struggling
to q life for which she has no
real vocation. she makes at
best a rather dreary heroine.
THE Called and the
Chosen" lacks the fevor and
life Of Kathryn Hulme's "A
Nuns Story" which describes
a similar situation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
Piper at Fontusy

Jonn ripper, Engiien painter
represented In the Phillips
Collection. Is having q small
one-man show Of recent work
at Fantasy Gallery, 1865
Connecticut avenue, through
next Saturday. It is COM
posed Of gouaches. oils. ink
and wash paintings depicting
in q semi-abstract manner,
villages and landscapes in
Britain and France.
Mr.. Piper Is a romanticist,
who used to paint dark, al
most monochromatic inter-
pretations Of ancient Eng
lish architecture and coun-
tryside. such as shown in his
One-man exhibition at the
Phillips Gallery a few years
ago. Works in the current
show continue dark. but with
flashes Of jewel-like color,
Illuminating Port Holland,
Cornwall" Port Mort" and
others. Some Of these vii
lagos are seen from q height.
with roofs and chimneys
glimpsed in elose-knit COM
positions.
Born IN Epson, Surrey. in
1908. Mr.. Piper had q thor
ough education in art. Dur
ing w. w. II he was employed
to paint pictures of bomb
damage: was commissioned
BY her majesty the Queen TO
make drawings of Windsor
Castle and later by Sir Osbert
Sitwell TO do q series Of Rem
ishaw Hail. Derbyshire. Mr..
Piper has also designed sets
for Sadlers' Wells Ballet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
-Four OF Mort

The Artists Mart. 1881
wisconsin avenue. Is showing
through wednesday. paint
ings, silver and metalcraft by
four washington area artists.
Each painter has . group Of
seven works. OF Jack Berk-
mans expressionist heads,
three are angular and elon-
gated. such treatment en-
phasizine. for example. the
awkwardness Of his Farm
Boy" Mr.. Berkman. o native
Washingtonian. obtained
most Of his education In To-
cal schools. including the
Corcoran. He received two
Tiffany Foundation scholar
ships. and has won eight 9TH
er prizes. mostly firsts. He Is
employed by the Government
as chief project planner for
the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority. also conducts
the art program for the Adult
Evening School. Alexandria.
Lois Jones, Of Howard Uni
versity's art faculty since
1890. q member Of outstand-
ing professional art organiza-
lions here In which she ac-
lively participates. Is show
ing both naturalistic and abb
stract work. ! liked best her
large "Fisherman's Cove,
Haiti" which country also In
spired the poster-like coli
lagos. She studied in France
and Italy. has returned to
France TO paint. most sum-
mefs.
French born. CGlIne Tabary
has lived in washington at
intervals for nearly two dec
AIDES. was on Towards facul-
" for i've years. and belongs
TO Washington art organiza-
lions, with which she exhib-
its regularly. She is repre-
scented In the Mart show with
q group Of faceted. simplified
naturalistic urban scenes with
figures. some done in France,
others in Haiti. Outstanding
are sSt. SEVERN by Moon
Hight" and Rue John Brown"
In Silver and Metal
Barbara Bloom has q large
case Of silver and metal OBJ
jects. most Of them jewelry--
brooches. earrings, pendants.
Of original design. some abb
stract, others amusing styl-
izations Of cats. masks and
faces, the last with blue en-
amel eyes. Semi-precious
stones. shells and wood COM
bined with silver add inter-
est and variety. But like so
much modern original jew
elry. the earrings appear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

When he goes back 70 Great
Britain he viii make his
home with Kingsley, his
wife and three children.
The "enfant terrible" Of
British letters Is. accord
ing to his doting father,
"a very kind fellow" and q
very democratic one. who
lives quietly in his post as .
teacher In Swansea. has kept
an even keel In the face Of
acclaim and Is. In his on
hours. devoted to the mildest
Of all British traditional en-
joyment. cricket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
Artists Invited

The Montgomery County
Art Association and the Be.
thesda Chevy Chase Cham-
Der Of Commerce win sponsor
am art exhibition November
4 through IL. in the windows
Of participating merchants.
Entry blanks are at art
supply shops in the county.
and additional information
can be had from Betty Keto.
Oliver 4-i666.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

for the presentation Of 10 ~
llminary news story was IN
page A-3l) and an iliustra-
ton Of wet Dusk" water
color BY Marian Zimmerman.
which received The Evening
Star prize, and complete list
Of awards IN The Star last
Tuesday.
This IL the FIRST annual
since the d. G. Chapter was
reorganized last winter. A.
heretofore. II IL the largest
local annual Of conservative
work. and Is composed Of
com p e tent. knoWledgeable
paintings. sculpture, eraphics
and crafts. II Is free Of primi-
tiyes and what appeared TO
be copies OF photographs,
which dimmed the ilister Of
some earlier editions.
selected Works
The Metropolitan has an
average Of TOO 70 1000 en-
tries each year. From such
q total. 2eO works were Sc
lected for the current display.
These are well hung and arr
ranged. respectively. and do
not appear crowded. as some
former shows did. Entries In
modern idi0ms were few. and
the proportion Of such in
the show Is correspondingly
infinitesimal. But two Of the
three award-winning scuip-
lures are distractions: linda
Lepson's man and woman
"Equivocal" first award
and Thelma simns' compact
little head Of q girl. with In
cised features (second mem
toni. In J. Ernest Beavins'
little kneeling nude (ist
mention) the grain Of the
wood Is beautifully brought
out.
Ralph de Bnrgos turned
sHenderson's Castle" ruin
list oil award into q pleas
ing rose and green pattern
with variegated textures Of
foliage and old brick. a
rosy glow also suffuses his
.'Driftwood" still life which
fetched him ist watercolor
mentionD The two mentions
in oil seemed TO me excep-
tionally good: Elaine Ou-
dimes Cathedral" allover,
pattern semi-abstract In eff
feet, Of architectural forms
with the subdued glow Of
stained glass and linear over
lay Of tree branches: and
Dan Marshall's Marble
Players" their diagonal posi-
ton giving the absorbed boys
q dynamic quality. Another
outstanding figure painting
with q strong sense Of imme-
diacy Is v. H. Leguey-Feil-
leux' Sunday Fishing on the
Potomac"
Well-Deserved Honors
The second and third
watercolor prize winners. too.
obviously deserved their hon.
ors. Mary Eta Sharpe em-
phasized in her naturalistic
FEELING Trees" the vertical
and diagonal lines Of trunks
into an effective design.
Marlin renical's High Tide"
Is distinguished because Of
the hravura Of its execution.
The craft section. ] regret
TO note. IS the smallest !
have seen In any Of these
ANIMALS. It's size. however.
was set by the comparatively
small proportion Of entries
In craft media. First award
in crafts went to veteran
bookbinder George A. Scheir-
er's Don Quixote." exqui-
sitely bound IN warm tan
morocco with elaborate gold
and color tooling In an ivy
leaf and foliated pattern. An
other book by him, and two
by Annette Metcalfe are gems
in this beautiful craft which
today has so few practition-
ers. The art Of Illumination
is still another with few ex-
ponents: it Is gratifying to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

lily tAAtlAtly 1tu1ttANN W tAtc
truth. but in time. good
sense. reasserted itself.
Then. purged Of deceits. his
method and his point Of view
were put 10 proper use"
The Fictlonlzers
He Is particularly reward
ing ON the 'siictionizers' In
the iield, those industrious
ladies' who make Of George
Washington . woman's mag
azine hero. He reduces TO
absurdity some Of the ex-
cesses the ''intuitive" or ''un-
DERIVING motif" school. the
debunkers. and the psycho-
analysts. He thinks at the
present moment that "biog-
raphy having passed through
q period Of growing pains
after World War !. and hav-
ing then endured Q conse-
quent slump. seems 70 be
achieving q new degree Of
maturity
He has words Of warning
about sources: About auto
biographies. diaries. personal
"reminiscences Of old friends.
widows memories. He de-
scribes the diinculties Of
achieving likeness" In q por-
trait. The biographer's role.
he makes II plain is no easy
one. He may never be able
to know his man as Boswell
knew johnson. But he must
try to do 50. The end Is un-
derstanding: the means are
sympathy. scholarship. and
sensitivity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
Guest Speaker

s. Foster Damon, professor
Of English at Brown Univer-
sity. win be guest speaker at
( o'clock this afternoon at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
How-to-Do-It Books Now
Include Art of Living
By MARTHA LIVDAHL

The "How-To" field providing formuae for victory
building small talk writing novels and English
mar expanded to include the conquest Of life itself
However, after the debates Of poets and prophets kings
and laymen on the mystery Of existence It still
n tn To fnd A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS y
American Art League
10th AnniversoryS Show

The 2oth anniversary exhibition Of the D. G. Chapter
American Artists Professional League opened last Sunday
afternoon IN the foyer Of the Natural History Building Tenth
street and Constitution avenue with large audience on hand
Tor the presentation Of 10 awards Ii various classes pre-
llnary news story IN The Sunday Star eeptemher 2o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

the National Gallery Of Art.
He will lecture on The Art
Of William Blake in connec-
ton with the large bicenten-
NAL exhibition there cele-
brating Blake's birth.
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! Books
Massachusetts, Governor
Is Revealed as Author

The news this week i that the Governor Of Massachusetts,
has written book and novel At that Review copies Of
LET GEORGE DO III UHarcourt, Brace $500 have the
author John Foster but do not be med John Foster u
other than Foster Fcoo who does his days work under
the golden dome Of the state House In the Hubs Of the un
verse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

the DOCK world, as tney are
called. But william r. Aniis
the father Of the founder Of
the school. Kingsley Amis.
came around the other day.
Amis. pere. was one Of the
mildest men we ever met.
From what he told US about
the author Of LUCKY JIM.
young Kingsley Amis did not
whet the antagonism he dis
plays in his famous novel In
struggling against Philistlne
parents in his London boy
hood home. The senior Mr..
Amis reports that young
Kingsley showed q literary
bent from the FIRST. He was
always spelling out the names
on the gateposts when taken
for walks around London: he
apparently never wanted to
do anything but write.
Believed In HIS Talent
Mr.. Amis himself was in
business all his life until his
recent retirement. but It was
perfectly all right with him
that his son and heir wanted
something different.
I'VE pushed him as Tar a.
he could TO-" he said modest
". I'VE believed IN his tai
ent.S
Nor was Kingsley's abra-
sive talent sharpened through
long obscurity. After he had
been graduated with honors
from Oxford. and done his
stint in the forces Che landed
In France on D-plus 20)
young Mr.. Amis won the
Somerset Vaughan. award,
which made it possible for
him to spend q year In Portu-
gal.
A Smash In England
Lucky jim" the first Of
the novels to sneer at the
prevailing postwar social
order-which gave the poor
education but no social Sc
curity. was a smash In Eng
land. Kingsley inscribed q
copy to his parents thus: ITO
Dad and Mum, with thanks
for suggesting many Of the
jokes"
Mr.. Amis read his sons
work with complete approval.
although some bewilderment.
On being asked for an opin-
ion about it. he said, well,
some Of the language Is q bit
modern for my taste. But II
people like it. what am ! to
say"
Neighbors Fearful
Some Of their neighbors
apparently received the book
with less equanimity. They
said, I'VE are only afraid we
win be the next TO be carl
catured."
Mr.. Amis senior came here
to visit with his sister. Mrs.
Gladys Case. In Georgetown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27
READING AND WRITING
Father of Amis. ToIks
About His Sons Work

You hear great deal these about the angry young
men Of English literature those snaring conoclasts who
kick ct the caste system which still sratines English
cley John Osborne's LOOK BACK IN ANGER Is currently
burning the boards Broadway and John Branes ROOM
AT THE tor has Just been imported
We haven't encountered any Of these sneddv boyss Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-27

see two fiawless examples b.
Marian u. N. Lane, wb0se
illumination for the Cathe-
dral each year Ii IT'S most
popular Christmas card.
AppeaIIng SHOW
The public should md
something TO enjoy III every
alcove In this exhibition.
There Is Old World warmth,
for instance. to the unpre-
tentious bay Shack By
Francis Peters tpresident OF
the ID. c. chaptef) In the
first aIcove. the IA paintings
which include landscapes
and urban scenes, harbor and
waterfront themes, figures,
6till life and flowers. While
the catalogue includes prices
OF most OF the exhibits. those
In charge Of the show have
instituted q silent auction"
whereby q visitor may de-
post In q box at the en-
trance. the top price he
would pay for q chosen work.
The exhibition remains
through November II.
Evening star., 1957-11-24
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sleek, modern lines, its beautiful colors !.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-17
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and you can't taste the difference

Now you can enjoy luscious canned fruits. in all
their sweet, natural goodness, even though you
are watching your weight.
If you are counting calories or must restrict
your sugar intake for any reason check the labels
when you're shopping and pick the canned fruits
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