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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-10
ALONG PARTY ROW
Parties Follow
Opera Finule

The Opera Society Of
Washington's CLOSING per.
Torrance Of "Ariadne auf
Naxos" yesterday was the oc-
easion for several post-epera
supper parties.
Among those entertaining
were Mr.. and Mrs. Neil Ca
rothers (she is q member Of
the Women's Board Of the
Opera Society," Among the
guests attending a buffet sup.
per in their home were Mr..
and Mrs. James Hurd, Nine.
Thibaud. Mr.. Charles Nor.
berg, Count and Countess
Carracciolo and Count and
Countess Lucioli.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel jack
son Lanahan were also hosts
at a supper party in their
Georgetown home. Guests in
cluded Mr.. Arthur Gardner,
jr., Assistant Secretary Of the
Air Force David Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. John Keller, Mrs.
Mary Weaver and Mr.. Clai-
borne Pell.
Another post-opera party
was that given by Mr.. and
Mrs. G. McMurtrie Cooley.
Mr.. Cooley, now assistant to
the Counselor Of the State
Department, Is the former
Counselor of the United
States Mission to Cambodia.
Among the Godleys' guests
were DR.. Carl Fisher, Mr..
and Mrs. Gerald Strauss, and
their daughter, Miss Marilyn
Strauss, and Mr.. and Mrs.
James Wilson.
y \ \ +
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Martin,
who were out Of town during
the festive Christmas holi.
days. caught UP with many
Of their friends last night at
q party in their Woodley
road home.
Over 200 persons were in
Vited to the pre-Lenten cock.
tail party, including a num-
Der from the diplomatic
corps. top Government on
Gals and dignitaries from
Capitol Hill.
To herald st. Valentines
Day, red and white tulips,
carnations and snapdragons
decorated the scene and, in
addition to a buffet spread
featuring ham, turkey and
pate, there was an oyster bar
to linger over.
4 4 4
A goodly number of WASH
ington's news g a herring
corps from press, radio and
TV, were on hand yesterday
to bid adieu to Griffing and
Jane (Eads) Bancroft at an
informal reception in their
honor.
Miss Dorothy williams,
longtime friend Of the couple,
was hostess for the event,
which took place in the
American Newspaper Wom-
ems Club on Twentieth street
NV.
The popular Bancrofts win
leave for the new home they
are building on Captiva Is
land in the Gulf Of Mexico
after "Griff's" final CHS |
broadcast Saturday night. He |
is taking a leave Of absence
as a news commentator to
write a history book, follow
ing in the footsteps Of his
grandfather. the late Hubert
Howe Bancroft, noted histo- |
rian Of the West.
Mr.. Bancroft was formerly
with International News
Service and the Chicago Sun
Bureau here, served as chair
man Of the Standing Com
mittee Of Correspondents and
is also past president Of the
w a shington Professional
Chapter, Sigma Delta Chi,
national journalistic fratern-
ity. Many Of yesterdays
guests we're former associates
n those areas. He recently
resigned as a member of the
National Press Club Board,
and other party guests in
cluded his fellow officers and
their wives.
His wife. Jane Eads. has
resigned as a special feature
writer with the Associated
Press to accompany her hus-
band. Jane first came to
We cl,i,,0fa,, a., 1oaR 80 aooo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-10

Three groups Of the Alex
andria Branch, AAUW, have
planned meetings this week.
The Observation-Disclosures
group will meet tonight at
8 pm. at the home Of Mrs.
Robert Tracy, 428 Argyle
drive and the music group
will meet tomorrow at 8 pm.
at the home Of Mrs. James
Dean, 347l-A South Stafford
street. South darlington.
The bridge group win meet
Wednesday at 8 pm. at the
home Of Miss Lucy williams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-10
Author TO Give Talk

The Arts Club will hold q
club dinner on Thursday at
1880 pm. Patricia McGerr,
well known as a writer of
mystery stories. will speak
on the research she did in
the Holy Land for her new
book. Martha, Martha"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-10

The commission she now
heads is one of six specialized
organizations Of the Organi-
zation Of American States.
It works for the extension Of
civil, political, economic and
social rights Of women.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-10
ENGAGEMEN

announce the engagement Of
their daughter Rita to Mr..
Irwyn NJ. Mondschein, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Mond-
schein.
Wilson-Ioenicke
Mr.. and Mrs. william q.
Wilson announce the engage
ment Of their daughter Carol
w. to Mr.. Walter K. Jaenicke,
son Of Mrs. Paul j. Rich Of
Bethesda, Md. A June we'd
ding is planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Traditional Prints

The exhibition Of original
prints, all in black and white,
arranged by /. F. A. Galleries
in the lounge of Loew's Capt.
tol Theater, mentioned here
briefly when 1t opened, is a
superior group. by 10 out
standing printmakers. The
traditional character Of these
prints makes them a wise
choice for the location.
Edward Ferguson has six
Autographs of unusu ally
beautiful landscapes and
coast scenes, superbly drawn.
A group of 10 aqnatints and
etchings by George 10 Mess
of mountains, villages under
snow and kindred subjects.
have fine tonal values as well
as pictorial appeal. Jay j.
McVicker, too, works in aqua
tint to good effect in his
conservative Quiet Evening"
and more modern Horses in
a Wood"
Richard A. FlorSheim (who
is represented in 81 perma-
nent collectionS) has made
interesting patterns Of cac-
tus and trees. Ruth Starr
Roses sailing vessels, Anne
Steele Marsh's "CarouSel" and
Robert Won Neumann's mus
cular figure subjects, farm
ers, loggers and others. con-
tribute variety of theme as
well as fine craftsmanship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Alaska at Turn
Of the Century

PRINCESS SOPHIA. BY EdI-
son Marshall. Doubleday,
$685.
This novel of Alaska at the
turn Of the century should
be of interest to the present
day reader. Because Of its
vivid description'and detailed
account of the history, ira
dition and geography Of that
vast territory. 1t is clear
that the author has made a
minute study Of Alaska. and
for this reason is able to give
a realistic treatment to the
setting of his story. The
novel itself. concerning a
young "sourdough's" adven-
lures from the time of his
III fated marriage in 1898
until the latter part of 1918
is pedestrian in its telling,
and much less realistic than
the authors impressive por-
trayal of the land which is
about to become our 49th
state.-GENE MAYHALL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
The Newspaper Business
And the Bull Fight Game

surely be of little interest to
any but members Of the AP
and UPI STATS. Mr.. Grayson
may have needed q vehicle to
get his story over TO Spain
for the paso dobles but the
vagaries of foreign corre-
spondents serve only to slow
down the knowledgeably-
written bull ring sequences.
When he devotes his pages
to Rodrigo Andrade and his
encourage, Mr.. Grayson's
writing is splendid. He makes
the spectacle more interesting
and less brutal than the re-
viewers memory Of an after
noon in Tijuana called to
mind.
However, the characterize
ton Of a First Family Of Vir-
ginia sportswriter, miracu-
lousy speaking perfect Span
ish and being groomed for the
top spot in his news service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
How the Mass Killer
Of the Mountains Moves

its path. 1t is senseless en-
ergy, blind destruction and
a perpetual danger to those
who live in the mountains
and know not where else to
go.
Joseph Wechsberg recon-
Structs the disaster with ali
the impact and suspense of
a novel. In fact, he recap
lures the life and character
of the Grosswalsertal people
so thoroughly that one gen.
timely believes he must have
been there when the terror
struck.
In addition to the human
tragedy, Mr.. Wechsbere also
has probed deeply into the
Scanty knowledge possessed
by science about the phe-
nomenom called avalanche.
1t is a fascinating story of
the people who lived through
two of them on one day
and of many who did not.
JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
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panorama Of art exemplifled
in superb original works from
the major schools and peri
DDS: Egypt, Greece and Rome,
Early Christian, Byzantine,
Romanesque, Italian Renais-
sance, European fine and dec
orative arts from medieval to
modern, the Far East, Pre-
Columbian American, and
others.
In addition, the Cleveland
Museum has an active educa-
tional program, and an en-
during interest in the city's
own artists. For nearly four
decades the museum has held
a May show" (This years
edition was on view in the new
wing when we were there)
which includes not only
paintings and sculpture, but
crafts of many kinds. The
sales records from these
shows have been impressive
from the start. (The Cor
coran Gallery of Art is Civ
ing a similar opportunity to
Washington area artists in
its annual area shows.)
In every respect, the Mu-
scum of Art impressed US as
Cleveland's greatest attrac.
ton for visitors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
For Children

Original Prints for Chill
dren, Young and Old" which
takes in a lot of territory,
opened last Monday at the
I. F. A. Galleries, 1928 Con-
necticut avenue, to remain
only through next Saturday.
Approximately so serigraphs,
autographs, wood block
prints and etchings, bright
with color, by nationally
known printmakers, have
sufficient variety to please
children" in every age group.
If I were in my first decade,
I think I would prefer prints
which look as If they had
been made by very talented
children-12 by Helen Siegl,
depicting gay animals and
birds and other subjects; q
smaller group by Joan Drew,
bright, light-hearted whim-
sizes, including House of the
Gnome";; Hildegard Rath's
Horses Under Apple Tree"
and Barbara McLeod's near
abstract "Camels."
Mervin Jules Seal and
Penguins" and "Peter and
the Wolf" should also appeal
to tots, while his prints de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
AVALANCHE!

AVALANCHE! BY Joseph
Wechsberg. alfred A.
Knopf; S4.)
This is a spine chilling
true story of mass murder in
an idyllic Alpine setting
when at 9:36 am. on Janu-
airy II, 1854, two avslanches
of snow practically oblit-
Grated the village of Blons.
Essentially a great job Of
reporting, "Avalanchel" is
the actual story of the Aus
trian peasants who reacted
each in his own way to the
terror which killed every
sixth one of them.
An avalanche is more than
Just a snow slide. 1t is the
force of six express trains
roaring irreSistably and un-
predictably down a noun
tainside. 1t slams a volume
of compressed air ahead Of
it which flattens houses and
sucks the inhabitants into
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
CoIorfuI Yankee

Joel Barlow was born in
New England in 1854, into
a family Of puritan farmers.
He attended a small college
and later became an Army
chaplain. Still later, toward
the end Of the 18th century,
he wrote satiric verse and
was known as one Of the
Hartford wits" And yet a
far more adventurous career
awaited him. He went to
France on a brief business
trip soon after the American
Revolution. He stayed II
years, had a box seat for the
French Revolution and was
one of the few Americans to
see heads roll of the guillo-
tine during the Terror. He
was to have wide experience
as a diplomat. He helped
Robert Fulton launch his
steamboat on the Seine. His
colorful life is fully and
faScinatingly presented in
A YANKEES ODYSSEY, by
James Woodress (Lippincott;
$3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Up to the Women
Of Puerto Rico
THE SINS or MARIA. INV

THE SINS OF MARIA. BY
Bruce Cameron. (Duell,
Sloan and Pearce, $3.50.
Americans go home. Let
Puerto RicanS have their
dreams of a better life. That
is what the author, a former
U. S. Counter Intelligence
agent, bitterly proposes in a
lusty novel of the sins Of
womanhood.
Maria, the prototype of the
uneducated unwed Puerto
Rican woman, passes her life
between four men, all, but
one, who fear the burdens
of marriage.
This one tells her that it's
the American rich who rob
the Puerto Rican poor Of
their dreams and that hope
will come only when Q Puerto
Rican woman finally bears q
savior among their own
working men.
Mr.. Cameron presents q
well-ploted but gloomy novel.
ROSANNA NOVAK
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

ADVENTURES IN THE
WORLD OF SCIENCE. BY
Charles G. Abbot. public
Affairs Press; $500
For half a century, DR.. Alb
bot was intimately associated
with the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition. In the last Is years
of his tenure-from 1928 to
1944-he served as its secre-
tary.
Out of his long and varied
experience, DR.. Abbot cullS a
wealth of Renaissance. Much
Of his book has to do with
scientific advances in which
he had a part-solar energy
studies, weather forecasting,
and the like. But at least an
equal part concerns his mem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
What Really Goes On
Behind the Counter
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Staff Writer

SHOWCASE. BY Martin
Dibner. doubleday: $685.
People in the market for
absorbing hot-weather fare,
should snatch up Martin
Dinners fast-moving, knowl-
edgeable novel about the de-
cline and fall Of a Manhattan
department store and its
revival at the hands of a
tough young troubleshooter.
Like Casey Lands, his hero.
Mr.. Dibner knows his way
around the advertising de-
partment, the Better Dresses
and the board meeting. II
his novel seems to derive a
little more from sales psy-
chology than the human
kind, it is still quite a bar
gain.
Mr.. Dibner tells the story
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

British, through an agreement
with spain herself, may seize
such ships If they are at sea.
free the slaves and pocket
the pending bounties. True,
there are a lot of little wars
going on. Bolivar is fighting
for the independence of
Venezuela from Spain, and
other South American coun-
tries have Joined in the battle
for freedom. But the British
are officially neutral, if pri-
vately inclined to applaud the
insurgents. True, a few stray
pirates are still around the
West Indies, but piracy is
pretty well obsolete by now,
at least in the New World,
and the few left should not
be a problem.
But if you've read the ear
lier Hornblower books or even
some of them, you'll be aware
that this naval hero always
had a propensity for getting
himself into difficulties,
whether In peace or war, and
almost a genius for wiggling
out of them at the last
minute.
HOrnblOwer Strategy
Well, his stay in the West
Indies is no exception. When
he arrives in New Orleans on
a ceremonious visit, he en-
counters q French general
who is going to pick up 500
veterans of Napoleon's famous
Old Guard at Corpus Christi
and take them-where and
why2 The general, who COM
manded them at Waterloo,
has leased an American ship.
Admiral Hornblower deduces
finally that the general and
his men are bound for st.
Helena to rescue Napoleon
from exile and once again
plunge the world into a major
war. What can Hornblower
do? You'll find out in due
course. One of those in
credible condolences is in
volved, but Mr.. Forester seems
able to bring 1t of.
There is a series of dis
parate episodes in the West
Indies, touching on piracy,
the wars for independence
against the Spanish and a
marine private facing pos
Sible execution because in the
British Governors band he
diSobeyed an order Of the
bandleader and played a
B-natural instead Of a B-f1at.
Adventures enough for any
hot week. And spun out with
all Mr.. Forester's skillful
suspense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
A Smithsonian Scientist
Retruces Long Career

cries and impressions Of
great men in science and pol
itics.
Particularly timely is DR..
Abbot's recollection of the
struggles of DR.. Robert H.
Goddard, who is hailed today
as the father of the liquid
fuel rocket. DR.. Abbot
championed the missile engi-
neer and got him what little
official help could be OBJ
tanned.
AS a footnote to this side
light on history, incidentally,
it might be mentioned that
the liquid-fuel rocket which
DR.. Abbot supported appears
to stand now on the thres-
hold Of obsolescence.
w. H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

of the rejuvenation Of gen.
teel, creaking Aintree's, an
old family store ankle-deep
in old family retainers, with
much lore about the dry
goods business that to q
local audience recently ed
ucated by Mr.. Bernard Gold
fine, will sound like the
genuine article. The second
layer of the story-Casey's
caddishneSS as his success
drive lashes him harder--is
a trifle old hat. But Mr..
Dibner's dialogue is as fast
as the turnover in the glove
department. and he ham
dies his large cast with exec
utive skill. This is a real
find for the shopper who has
always wondered what goes
on behind the counter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Art Book Review
THE HISTORY AND TECH.

THE HISTORY AND TECH
NIQUE OF LETTERING.
BY Alexander Nesbit. (Do-
yer Publications, Inc.
$1,000
This survey of the devel-
opment of letter forms with
special emphasis on their de-
sign value, is a republication
of an earlier edition, with
corrections. 1t ranges from
the earliest photographs and
hieroglyphics (Sumerians,
Egyptians, Chinese, American
Indians, etc. through Greece,
Rome, the medieval period
and later centuries to the
present
The second part Of the
book provides a practical
course in lettering along with
layout and indignation, and
poster design. More than $50
specimens Of printing and
complete alphabets show the
beauty and variety through
the ages. The book should be
invaluable for artists and
craftsmen and a temptation
t Dart lovers to take up letter.
ing as a hobby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

plotting children. several play.
ing musical instruments, are
: more likely to ensnare Chill
dren" who have reached mid
die age and beyond. The
same is true Of Jack PERL
mutter's two color litho-
graphs entitled "Corousel";;
and Danny Pierce's Cow"
bothered by q swooping bee.
My favorites in the show
are Ruth Starr Roses bright,
sunny serigraph I'm the Cor
ral," its calves and pony
penned in by white fences
which make q pleasing de-
sign; and another of her
barnyard subjects.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
ARENA. By Charles Grayson.

(Rinehart Co.: $685.
When it comes to tau
romachy, the Latin spectacle
Uplifting swordsman against
bull on the floor of an arena
in the afternoon, nobody is
neutral. Some like it; some
don't.
That segment of the popu-
lation which deplores the
blood, the noise and the
one-sidedness will relegate
Arena" to the bottom Of the
book stack. Aficionados. on
the other hand. probably win
applaud the writing Of
Charles Grayson when he
hews to the bulls and award
him something less than the
ears and tail for linking the
newspaper business with the
bull ring.
The ms and outs Of wire
service poSition-joekeying can
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Three New Books Reveal
Greek Life in Pictures

others: Greece from Homer to
the fall of Athens in 404
B. C. He defines and judges
the Greek essence, the char
acter, the experience" in
terms of not only philosophy,
poetry and sculpture. but
also law, religion, science and
politics
Their land was a chal-
lenge, beautiful. but by no
means a soft mother nature,
Stingily yielding only a sparse
livelihood. Its chief quality
is its Highland here lies the
emphasis in Greece in Col
our" where the brief text
summons such eloquent wit
nesses as Holderlein. Rilke.
Goethe. Burckhardt and Hof-
mannsthal.
Paths to knowledge
The Greeks were first to
open many paths to knowl-
edge; they pioneered in as
tronomy, trigonometry. an
thropology, and knew about
an atom, II not the atom.
Above all they believed In
deeds as well as words: they
trusted their emotions as well
as their minds; they got the
most out Of. and put the
most into, life on earth with
little worry about a hereafter.
Immersing us in the great
ancient land, Bowra makes
the Greek experience" a
vivid, enthralling experience
for US. too.
Greece in Colour" is the
Greece to be seen today, the
people, the olive, the ruined
temple set in lonely splendor
on some promontory. Asia
Minor" is a rich mixture Of
Hittite, Rom an Christian,
Saracen. Turk and, particu-
larry along the Aegean.
Greek.
w. @. ROGERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

tribute to his creator, C. 8.
Forester. This week we have
O stirring new adventure:
ADMIRAL HORNBLOWER
IN THE WEST INDIES (Lit-
tie. Brown: So.
The year is 1921. Horn
blower, now is In middle 40s
quite an advanced age. It
seems to him, looking back
on his long career, starting
as a spindling midshipman
in his teens-has a new as
signment. A peer of the
realm, a rear admiral, he
has stepped out Of the lean
years since Waterloo, when
he was q half-pay officer
awaiting q command, and
assumed command of His
Majesty's West Indies station,
its ships and installations.
No Quiet Waters
This sounds to him like a
quiet, peaceful assignment.
True, the Spaniards are still
running slaves, though the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
In q Purisiun Hotel

Richard Llewellyn, the
Welsh author Of How Green
Was My Valley" has writ
ten a long novel about q
Partisan hotel in CHEZ PA
VAN doubleday; $4.96. Mr..
Llewellyn is a very skillful
writer, and he has kept his
complex story moving despite
its too-great length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31
Lamp in the Jungle
SHADOW OF THE AL
MIGHTY. BY Elisabeth

s. A DOW OF THE AL
MIGHTY. BY Elisabeth
Elliot. Harper; $3.50
Jim Elliot and four other
young male missionaries
were slain by ignorant saw
ages in South America. The
massacre on the Curaray in
Ecuador by the Aucas in
January of 1856 shocked the
Christian world and the
magazines and newspapers
were full of the dramatic.
willing self-exposure to sud-
den death.
Callous readers of this COL
lection of Elliot's writings may
say why, he asked for it,"
which in all truth, and with
a prayer on his lips, he en-
phatically did. His constant
plea to be a door and a lamp
for others could scarcely be
understood except by mar
tyrs who have gone before.
H. A. L.
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Art Mort

The sixth annual Harvest
Art Mart will be presented
by Alexandria branch. Ma
tional League of American
Pen Women and Woodward
& Lothrop at the latter's
Alexandria store on North
Washington street, on Satur.
day, September 27, or in case
of rain, October 4. The show
will be hung on the white
fence surrounding thu store.
Anyone in the Washing
ton Virginia Metropolitan
Area is eligible to enter. Two
classes, adults and children
under Is, comprise 9 media
categories each. Prizes will
be given by Woodward g.
Lothrop, to be awarded by
a jury composed of Mitchell
Jameson. Franz Bader and
Ruth Lee. Detailed infor-
nation can be obtained by
calling Mary Eta Sharpe,
TIE. 6-7618 or Juanita How
iSon, OV, 3-0101.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

talent in several books, Of
fers SOUTHERN WILD,
Doubleday; $4.50, a novel
about a Southern family
over several generations. The
destiny of the Merediths,
leading citizens of a small
city, becomes, over the years,
intermingled with that of
their Negro retainers. There
are some violent and tragic
repercussionS. The story is
well told. but spun out at
such length that it loses some
of its dramatic force.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-31

because Of his track meet
coverage, just doesn't cut the
chill sauce.
Bull fighters emerge well
ahead of the newspapermen
In this haf-excellent, half
boring novel. j. OIL, Jr.