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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
o. Henry's Best Portrait
ALIAS n. HENRY. nv Ger.

ALIAS o. HENRY, by Ger
aid Langford Macmillan; So
is not Just another biography
Of the short story writer whose
real name was William Sidney
Porter. It seems to me by far
the best Of several biographies,
including the authorized"
one which c. Alphonso Smith
published in 1916.
At least Mr.. Langford's
book brings the most COM
plete. credible portrait Of q
writer whose extreme reti-
cence all his life, even before
the prison term he tried so
hard TO conceal. has made
him something Of an enigma.
Mr.. Langford has had ac-
cess TO some new material. He
also has used much that Mr..
Smith and other biographers
rejected. The o. Henry who
energies from Mr.. Langford's
book is more complex, more
interesting person. less a VIC
tim OF the world than Of his
own peculiar character. This
biographer feels that win
Porter was guilty Of the en-
bezzlement in the bank at
Austin, Tex, where he was a
teller in the 1905. though Mr..
Langford comedies that the
gifted young man always had
the best intentions and never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Bleak Island Life
OFF New England

SPEAK TO THE WINDS. BY
Ruth Moore. civilian Nor
row e. Co.: $500
This is the beautifully told,
almost geographically re-
ported. story Of 10 years Of life
on a bleak island on the New
England coast and the feud
that nearly destroyed It's peo-
pie.
The author of Candlemas
Bay catches the character Of
these salty. generous people
with a creative power that
puts taste in the mouth and
pictures In the mind. The
Chin Islanders split into two
factions over nothing more
than the ownership Of some
fiotsam and the vixenish ma
ture OF an envelope -steaming
postmistress. II took two
deaths to heal the wounds on
an insular people.
AS Miss Moore puts 1t. Chin
Island-and allegorically. the
world-could survive only II
its people continued 10 take in
one another's laundry.
u. o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

WILLIAM SIDNEY PORTER
A photograph Of the author
as a young bachelor in
Austin, Texas (Macmillan).
over-lavish, efforts Of critics
since to read this writer out
Of American letters entirely
was equally unjustified.
His Just Due
He points out: People still
read o. Henry and there is
good reason why they should
continue to do so. 1t is true
that there is hardly q single
one Of his stories which is not
to some degree marred by sem
timentality or farfetched coin
cidence or triyiality of concep-
ton. Yet in spite of all the
charges which can so easily be
adduced against his work,
what We have to do with in
o. Henry is a kind Of minor
classic The time has come
to grant him the niche to
which he is entitled among the
permanent figures in American
literature"
This book, in addition to be-
ing a well-rounded picture, is
so deity written that it is al
ways absorbing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
First Annual

Washington artists have
played major roles in the Port
Tobacco Art Guild. organized
only last August. which will
have its first annual sidewalk
exhibition at the Charles
County Courthouse. La Plata,
next Friday from 10 to Z.
The guild grew from an art
class begun through the in
terest Of Ralph de Burgos, who
volunteered his talent and
painted all the building setups
for the Charles County Fair
in 1858. Invited to teach in
Southern Maryland. he has
been going every week since
Rowland Lyon and Pietro Laz-
zari have lectured and dem
onstrated methods.
The guild now has 20 mem
bers in Charles, st. Marys.
Calvert. Anne Arundel and
Prince Georges Counties. The
one-day exhibition is open to
residents Of that section only.
Ofhcers expect to hang about
so paintings. and have SO in
prizes to be awarded. Jules
Eboh win judge the show, and
Mr.. de Burgos will be q spe-
cial guest exhibitor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Art Book Review
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. IN

MASACCIO -FRESCOES IN
FLORENCE. Introduction
by Philip Hendy. Vol. VII
UNESCO World Art Series.
New York Graphic Society
by arrang EN- ent with
UNESCO; $16.50.)
Masaccio. Florence's great
master Of the Renaissance, who
lived a brief 81 years at the
beginning of the 18th CEN
tury. is the first artist to
whom a volume of UNESCO's
world art series is devoted. His
Importance in the history Of
art. as the key figure of Re-
naissance painting, made this
book the exception to the rule
that each volume must deal
with the largest possible aspect
Of a nations artistic express
sion. This was the case with
others reviewed here during
the past year-India, Norway
and Iran.)
Dead at an age when some
Of the greatest masters "had
made scarcely a mark" Mas
accio was "the first to make
the painting Of the Renais-
sance what it was in the hands
Of its greatest men: the COM
plete expression Of the age and
its ideals, a balanced synthe-
sis Of observation, thought and
emotion, such as painting has
rarely been at any other time"
in the words of Sir Philip
Hendy. director of London's
National Gallery. in his infor-
native introduction.
Thirty-two superb full color
reproductions. most of them
is by IL inches. provide a tour
Of the Brancacci Chapel
(which has Masaccio's most
mature work. and the Church
Of Santa Maria Novella, which
gives the reader more of the
original color and form than is
visible now to one standing in
the Chapel, according to Mr..
Hendy. All the plates we're
made from new transparencies
in Milan. Italy; it would seem
impossible to have any more
faithful to the originals. OF
course. after nearly five and a
half centuries. Masaccio's fres-
Goes have suffered from time,
remodeling Of the buildings,
fire, repainting and touching
up. But still they are magnifi-
cent. noble and moving.
Mr.. Hendy's appreciation
calls the readers attention to
details and significance he
might otherwise miss. and
analyses Masaccio's impor-
lance. This great masters idea
Of how a picture should be con-
structed, he reminds us. lasted
to the goth century. The coll
lapse of Humanism in our era
has conceded with the coll
lapse Of that idea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

intended to keep the small
sums he borrowed" Book
keeping at this bank was
casual. and its officers often
took money, asking the teller
to make q note Of it. Mr.. Lang
ford disputes the claim Of
others that Will did not have
a fair trial.
Prison Aftermath
But the sense of disgrace
which the writer carried to
New York after his three years
in the Ohio State Prison as a
Federal convict never left him.
and accounts for the heavy
drinking that shortened his
life.
Mr.. Langford realizes that
while the encomiums heaped
on o. Henry at the time Of his
death in 1910. at Al. were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

tells of the intellectual climate
in which he creates. Friend
ships with musicians like Da-
RUS Milhaud. Georges Auric.
Francis Poulenc: artists like
the late Christian Berard are
tied into his statement "All I
need for happiness Is the adj
miration and friendship Of
talented people" And in
France the couture Is admired
as an art, Celia Berlin In
sists.
No Longer Shocked
Her perceptive writing tells
you that Schiaparelli's retire.
ment from couture creation
may not be because mo one
takes a pride in their work
any longer" Celia Berlin says,
THE truth is, her function
was to shock. Today people
can no longer be shocked by
the methods used in 1880.
and Madame Schiaparelli
knows it,"
The changing parade Of
couturier names is touched
upon. What their houses rep
resented to each generation
and to the French couture is
outlined. Today's continued
busting business Of fashion in
France with its chic inter-
national clientele; photography
for fashion magazines: the
relationship between the press.
foreign buyers and American
manufacturers makes fascinat-
ing reading.
Paris q Ia Mode" hits all
the high spots Of the glamor
that is fashion in France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Scientists Quest
For Mons Origin
Is Fully Reported
IN SEARCH OF ADAM. BY

~ DShASOhA ~ hkhNAs ~
Herbert Wendt. (Houghton
Mifflin Co.: $685.
In this remarkable descrip-
ton of the long, unceasing eff
fort Of mankind to know the
truth Of his shadowy begin
nings. q German journalist
and veteran OF the World War
II German Navy tells. in lay
mans language the stories Of
the scientists. the philoso-
pliers. the explorers and writ
ers who over the years have
sought to explain the origins
Of man.
Mr.. Wendt's work is pri-
marily one of reporting. He
leaves no major highway or
minor byway UNEMPLOYED in
his skillful presentation Of the
persons and the ideas. the
great discoveries and foolish
myths Of anthropology from
earliest times 10 the present.
p. T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Why-Whys Of Fashions
In France Explained
BY ELEM SAKES
(Fashion Editor Of The starr


The world Of fashion is hit
ting a new high In interest
these days.
Films galore exploring the
remotest corners Of the world
Of fancy frills keep fashion,
able company these days with
scores of books being written
about the subject.
In PARIS A La MODE
(Harpers; $D Celia Berlin
writes about the French haut
couture in terms Of wonder
ment, appreciation and down.
to-earth facts. The drawings
by Martial Deans are in the
same vein.
Haut Couture
The ephemeral quality Of
French fashion, its personali-
ties and its great hold on the
worlds women is explained.
Her technique smacks more of
a novelist's approach than the
strict reportorial coverage given
the haut couture at collection
time in newspapers. She hav-
ing authored five novels and
lectured widely on the novel
ist and his characters" we can
understand 1t.
The why. why. why's Of
fashion in the French capital
are given answers by the
young French author.
A Fascinating Climate
Celia Berth is frankly in
fatuated with her country's
couture. In q sophisticated
manner she pursues the sub
ject. Not content merely to
sing Dior's praises as q real
tour de force in fashion she
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

Of fighting bulls. nor Of the
art, the mystique Of toreros--
though all this information is
there, in one form or another.
It Is essentially q literary piano.
rama Of a fiesta which is deep
" rooted in the folkways Of
Spain and of other Spanish.
speaking countries. The views
excepted from novels, stories
and poems and from reports Of
bullfight critics are by some
Of the greatest writers. from
Cervantes to Hemingway, from
Byron to Tom Lea.
The Fiesta Bravo
Rex Smith knows his way
around the corrda. A foreign
correspondent for many years,
he served in Spain. Mexico and
Peru, and he saw bullfights
regularly as part Of his duties.
He sat beside Hemingway in
the Plaza de Toros in Madrid.
Mr.. Smith realizes the appeal
which the fiesta bravo has had
for writers, not so much as a
sport or an art. but q drama
involving matadors and spec
tators which Spaniards and
aliens have tried to explain in
various ways, symbolic and
otherwise.
II do not pose as an apollo
eist for the fiesta" Mr.. Smith
writes. II. do not consider my
self an informed observer.
An Expert
Here, as one who has seen
bullfights and some pretty good
ones, / must differ with an old
friend. Mr.. Smith is an in
formed observer - decidedly.
He can explain the pass called
. veronica or any other detail
Of the strange, ancient battle
between man and bull as
clearly as any expert.
The bull. from ancient times,
since the beginning Of history
was Q symbol Of power and
fertility. AS Mr.. Smith ex-
plains In q brief history Of the
bulls significance. the animal
once was . god. The Persians
believed 1t contained the life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Cowboy and Gunsmoke Fans
Will Find This One Loaded

full sideline characters such as
Grandfather Hammett who
dispenses enviable wisdom
such as:
Listen, when I've once odd
a woman what I've got to tell
her. she can have as many last
words as she wants. She's
told"
JERRY oLEARY, JR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
RIDERS OF JUDGEMENT.
BY Frederick Manfred.
(Random House: $685.

AtSdIluOIu rlOuoc' @osoOJ
Here is a high-hearted.
lusty novel Of the old West
with some rich prose stitching
together as much adventure
as any cowboy and gunsmoke
fan could wish.
It is the time of the range
wars in the Wyoming noun
tain country with little beef
men pitted against cattle
barons, and a sprinkling Of
detested sheep breeders thrown
in.
Cowboy Hamlet
The hero is Cain Hammett.
who might be a sort Of cowboy
Hamlet-torn by conflicts from
within, a law-abiding man who
takes the law into his own
hands. And his hands are the
most capable. 1t appears, ever
to leather or ran o hammer.
Hunt, the badman who has
a never satisfactorily explained
bone to pick with the three
Hammett brothers, is as deep
a villain as the West has
spawned. He kills with vast
pleasure and remains alive by
the simple stratagem Of refus-
ing to draw when called upon
to do so.
Stir the Wanderlust
Mr.. Manfred, who has writ
ten other successful novels
under the name Of Feike Fei-
kema, has a good one in Riders
of judgement. The descrip-
tions of Wyoming kindle an
urge to travel and the char
acters are alive with anthem
tiQty. There are also delight
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
CLOSE TO COLETTTE: AN
INTIMATE PORTRAIT. BY

Maurice Gouoeket. tFarraf,
Straus and Cudahy; 50
This memoir describing 80
years Of life with Colette is
by her third husband.
She was a fascinating mix
ture of French peasant. hilari-
Gus canine. great lady. and
great writer. With SO many
paradoxes something read
able would be inevitable in
such a book. And here we
have a thoroughly delightful
portrait by q writer who is
himself both wise and witty.
His role is a very modest one
and 1t is his recounting Of
the personality of Colette
which is Of Importance.
Just TO Be Alive
Trying to capture Colette on
paper-it couldn't be done--is
Mr.. Goudeket's aim. He at
tempts it with such interpre-
tations as this one:
"Colette lived so intensely,
her curiosity and her enthu-
siasm found such sustenance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Silver Spring OPENING

A one-man show of oils,
watercolors and drawings by
John O'Mara will open this
afternoon at four. at the Silver
Spring Art Gallery, 92l6 Flower
Avenue, to remain through July
10. A special feature will be a
tour" Of castles in France with
colored slides. by Carmen Sas-
more. The public is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

eeeaae@AANA1 A@A0gt
method. He fuses these diff
ferent techniques into a uni
fed whole.
In addition to his mastery Of
graphic teehniques, Mr.. Fried
laender has much. to say. ac-
cording to noted Swiss critic
and art publisher. Nesto Jaco-
imetti, who describes his work
in part as ''shadowy cryptic
grams where the trace Of
anguish weaves through the
ruins Of terror"
Language Of Images
Philip r. Adams, director Of
the Cincinnati Art Museum,
who inaugurated this American
tour of Friedlaender's work.
adds that there is no de-
liberate obscurity in the deli
cate nuances Of Friedlaender's
prints. rather :. and explicit
language of images which
needs only to be seen to be
understood" 49, 81
Mr.. Adams must have much
sharper psychic vision than
most Of us. To me, Fried
laender's technical virtuosity is
the major attraction Of his
prints. He also creates inge-
NOUS linear patterns of female
nudes illustrated, birds, fish,
animals and landscape. The
images are abstract with close
tonal values, and backgrounds
lined, spotted or stained so
that they are reminiscent Of
very old paper.
Final Catalogue
I do not see any secret
poetry" ardent visions" or
any OF the other brilliant
esoteric facets described in the
lyrical remarks quoted above,
and many more in the illu-
strated catalogue Of the show.
which Is nevertheless well
worth the price (35c) For ia
cometti and Mr.. Adams, in
volved in the foreword, and
Gustave Won Groschwitz, cur
rator of prints at the Cincin-
natti Museum. are authorities
on graphic arts. and one does
not lightly dismiss the opinions
Of such. Mr.. Won Groschwitz.
In his introduction, tells Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Kuhn Sole

Robert Kuhn. Washington
sculptor whose work is con-
tinuously ON view at the Artists
Mart. Georgetown. and Franz
Bader Gallery, and is regularly
included in group shows here,
is having a one-man show Of
more than 35 sculptures in
wood and metal this month at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

Rena Rosenthal. Inc. New
York City.
Mr.. Kuhn is in the unusual
position Of having sold every
sculpture he has made in the
past six years. an impressive
record. as he averages more
than 100 works annually. He
has had more than 20 one
man shows. and next autumn
will have one at the Baltimore
Museum Of Art.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Open to Public

Art and Religion" is the
topic on which Raymond S.
Sites. curator Of education at
the National Gallery of Art,
will lecture there this after
noon at 1.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Work Of Noted German
Artists on View Here
By FLORENCE s. BERRYMAN

The FIRST comprehensive exhibition the United States
work by Johnny Fredaender distinguished German graphic
artist is at the Franz Bader Gallery l7O5 street NV Through
July H. Lauded zone of the finest graphic artists
day. Friedaender works directly the plate without pre-
minary drawings in etching drypont aquatint and sugar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

Friedlaender's life (chiefiy
during the Hitler era) which is
wholly admirable, and much
about his methods and ideas.
\ ~
Guucho Scenes
An exhibition Of paintings
by the late Tito Saubidet
Cache (1891-l955) was opened
early this month in the mem
bers' room at the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art by the Am
bassador of Argentina and
Sonora de Garcia. It will re-
main through July 8.
Cache, an architect, painter
and illustrator. was born in
Buenos Aires where he began
his art training. later studying
IN Paris. AS an architect, he
was both designer and instruc-
tor; he was professor at the
Special School of Architecture
in Paris for IL years. He
designed the Argentine pavil-
ions in Paris and at the Seville
exposition and decorated them
with paintings. He received
outstanding prizes and other
honors in exhibitions in France
where he had one-man shows
as well as in Spain. Belgium
and England, and his native
land.
Sixteen paintings at the
Corcoran, in oil. tempera and
watercolor. small in size and
meticulously executed. depict
the pastoral life Of the gaucho,
with his horses and herds, in
far-reaching landscapes. The
Argentine cowboy" was a pic
turesque figure. and as roman
tic as our own Of the Old
West.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
The Classic Bull Ring
In Literature and Art

Regardless Of attitude toward bullghng whether
are ancionado simply stranger to the
spanish spectacle you nd much that is fascinating this
book It is:
BIOGRAPHY OF THE BULLS. Anthology Of Spanish
BuIlhghting, edited by Rex Smith 0ainehart $685..
For this technical description the breeding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
Hungarian Solo

The one-man show of paint
ings by Louis Bara will be on
view at the Riverdale Presby-
terrain Church. 6513 Queens
Chapel road, University Park,
Md, today, 1890 to 2 pm,
and tomorrow. Z to $3.50 pm.
The artist is a 35-year-old
Hungarian who fought for his
country's freedom and with
his wife and two children
arrived in Hyattsville three
months ago, sponsored by this
church.
Mr.. Bara had many years
Of study and experience in
graphics. The show todsv rn----
prises paintings In oil and
tempera, landscapes C. .-.-
gary. Austria and the Azores.
Funds derived from the sale
Of his paintings at the church
tomorrow evening will be used
toward the re-establishment Of
his career here. He is now ON
the stan Of the Creative Arts
Studios in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

nights and paint in the open.
Concerning the painting given
to Randolph Macon, Mrs. Le-
roy Sawyer. a Washington
alumna, said you have seen
such a soft, shadowy summer
evening in the country when
the moon carries you into Q
dream world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23
History Of BuIIfIghtIng

Historians differ about when
or where bullfighting started
as q prearranged pageant, but
most Spanish historians be-
lieve 1t started in Spain and
spread TO Rome and elsewhere.
There are impressions Of the
greatest bullflghters from
Romero to Belmonte. The
book is magnificently Illus
trated with black-and-white
sketches by many fine artists.
The bull on the cover is from
a painting by Tom Lea, author
Of The Brave Bulls"
The anthologist. now a vice
president of American Air
lines, has turned out a book
beautiful in form and varied in
substance from the lyrical to
the imprisoned. 1t should be
q valuable addition to the IL
brary Of those interested not
only in bullfighting. but in the
history and mores Of Spanish
peoples.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

Illustrations by John
Groth for Rex Smiths
Biography of the
Bulls"
forces Of plants. animals and
man. Mythology Is filled with
stories Of bulls. one Of the most
familiar Of which is the abduc-
ton Of Europa by zeus. who
appeared in the form Of a bull
and persuaded the girl to climb
on his back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-23

Friedlaender's life (chiefiy
during the Hitler era) which is
wholly admirable, and much
about his methods and ideas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13

give blood at these locations
Garfield Hospital from 8 am. to
5 pm. Monday through Friday:
Freedmen's Hospital from 9 am
to 4:45 pm. and from 6 to 8 pm.
Monday through Friday and on
Sunday from 2 to S pm; Walter
Reed Hospital from 9 am. to 4
pm. Monday through Friday and
from to 9 pm. Tuesday; WASH
ington Regional Blood Center
from to 8 pm. Monday and 8
am. to S pm. Tuesday through
Friday; the Clinical Center blood
bank. National Institutes of
Health from 7:30 am. to $3.50
pm. Monday through Friday, by
calling for appointment.
The Fairfax County bloodmo-
bile will be at the Vienna, Va.
Presbyterian Church this week
for donors convenience. In ad-
dition, a bloodmobile stop at the
Silver Spring Armory is being
sponsored by the Silver Spring
Lions Club from 2 to 8 pm. Mon
day.
Bloodmobiles are scheduled to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-13
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