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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-03
GEICO Earnings Climb
Sharply Above 1857

Net earnings OF Government Employees Insurance Co
jumped 10 e2i70e5o IN the FIRST six months OF 1888 compared
with 81 2e34e6 IN the 1857 period President Lorimer
Davidson announced In his sem-annua report mailed stock
Computed after taxes. the net represented gain Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
Alpine TruveIs
TWILIGHT IN ITALY. BY

TWILIGHT IN ITALY. BY
D. H. Lawrence. Viking;
$500
Mr.. Lawrence wrote this
book AZ years ago. It is still
worth reading because it is
written on the eternally
gripping notion that "if only
nations would realize that
they have certain natural
characteristics, if only they
could understand and agree
to each others particular
nature. how much simpler it
would all be-" Actually this
is a rambling. diffuse but
evocative account of travels
through the Bavarian, Swiss
and Italian Alps. Lawrence
can make a peasant live for
you; he can make you smell
q lemon grove. But he will
go of into these self-induced
frances about Phallic SYM
bols and such that seem to
hypnotic him but leave the
reader bewildered.
MARY McGRORY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30

stract but figurative, the rep.
resentational element near
naturalism in one Of the
Monument and Lincoln Me-
mortal, studies of old lamps
in a bay window, and several
others. In a few. such as
Nebraska Landscape" the
paintings approach nonob.
jectivity.
These paintings have good
spatial composition. and dis
tinguished color. Dunbar.
ton" is a handsome tapestry
of copper. russell and gold
foliage; lush green's dominate
Canal and soft rose and
warm grays, Hex" (Pennsyl-
Yania German barn signs.
William Walton was a pro.
feSsional writer, European
correspondent for Time Mag
azine, and in New York, he
was foreign news editor for
Life. In 1949 he gave UP this
exciting career to devote all
his time to painting. He had
his first one-man show at
the Corcoran Gallery in 1852,
after winning first prize In
the 5th Annual Area Show.
He has had two solos since
then, at the Obelisk Gallery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
Doris Cuesur

Sculptures by Doris Caesar
OF New York City. on view
in Howard University's Gal.
lery of Art through April 8,
represent her work Of the
past decade. With the excep-
ton of a few religious sub
jects (among them an
elongated. attenuated Cruz
cifixion"o these bronzes are
figures of women and nude
torsos, the majority distorted
in a repulsive manner.
Although the printed cata-
logue quotes John l. H. Baur.
curator of the Whitney Mu-
scum of American Art, New
York City. bestowing high
praise on Mrs. Caesars fig-
ures, which, be says despite
her use of extreme distor-
tlon," have so vivid an iIIl-
preston Of reality" it seems
to me that that is their major
drawback.
Since she pulls out some
torsos as II they we're taffy.
emphasizing breasts. thighs
and pelvis. their resemblance
to reality suggests chronic
disabilities rather than es-
thetics. Others may sec
these figures as victims Of
Procrustes. who found them
too short for his bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
The Bridge
To Victory
THE BRIDGE AT REM

NE DhADOE Al REM-
AGEN. BY Ken Hechler.
(Ballantine Books. Inc;
$4.5O.D
Since We have the bridges
of Andau, Toko-ri, the River
Kwai, San Luis Rey docu-
mented in fact and fiction,
there seems to be no reason
to ignore the history-making
bridge at Remagen.
Ken Hechler. who was q
special research assistant for
President Truman at the
White House for four years.
has done a masterful job Of
COMPRISING into book form
the capture of the bridge
over the Rhine. No one, not
the Germans and not the
Americans. expected there
would be a bridge left stand
ing over the Rhine in the
backwash of the Nazi retreat
in March. l945.
Therefore, neither side had
q plan either to exploit the
capture of the Ludendorff
bridge or to defend against
it. The Germans were the
victims of their own tangled
bureaucracy when they I'M
accountably failed to blow up
the bridge. That failure
shortened the war and saved
countless lives.
Mr.. Hechler's book has
been painstakingly re-
searched and reads like ex-
cellent fiction. 1t is one of
the better jobs of postwar
reporting.
JERRY OLEARY, Jr.
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Problems
With Our
Schools
SCHOOLS WITHOUT

8 G HI OOLS WITH o T
sc HOLARS. BY John
Keats. (Houghton Miffiin
Co.: 49,
Mr.. Keats, author Of The
Crack in the Picture Window.
takes pains to make it clear
to the reader that he has
no special experiences in the
field Of American education.
But he has three school,
age children, and the dispute
among educators over cur
ricula and techniques raises
many questions-which he
says is the duty Of the inter-
ested layman to understand.
He wonders, for instance. If
the AZ students graduated
annually in cosmetology at
Wheaton. Md, high school
are not greater than the an
nual demand for new beauti-
clans In Wheaton. Why is
this 1,500-hour course of.
fered? he asks. And, is this
education?
Homework
Because many high schools
offer studies that have no
business being on a public
school curricula (why can't
mothers teach their daugh-
tiers to cook and sew?), to-
days high school diploma
has less intellectual value
than the high school
diploma Of the 1920S. Mr..
'AeaLb COnLenoS.
The emphasis on social
values and democratic group
living" In the classroom is
made, he finds, at the ex-
pense Of fundamental learn
ing Of fundamental studies.
Middle Ground
Mr.. Keats believes the an
swer will be found by adopt
ing the best Of the modern"
methods and curricula and
retaining the best techniqueS
and curricula Of the little red
SchoOlhouse q middle
ground. SO to speak. Both.
he says. have much to offer.
But laymen are advised
first to accept this truism:
Better schools do not build
better communities. Better
communities have always
built better schools"
Perhaps the professionals
will argue with Mr.. Keats.
But many a parent will agree
with him.
DAVID KOONCE
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The For North

THE ARCTIC YEAR, by
Peter Freuchen and Finn
Salmonsen putnam; $685. /,
is a treasure store of infor-
nation about animal and
plant life in the Arctic re-
gions.
It's amazing to learn how
the creatures Of the Far
North adapt themselves to
the rigors of the climate. For
instance. Jennings (small
Arctic rodents) build Won
derful, small huts, under the
snow but on top of the
ground. These dwellings, con-
structed exactly like a clas-
sic Eskimo hut. are furnished
with sleeping places for fam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
THE GREENGAGE SUM-
MER. BY Runner Golden.
Viking: $500

Viking; $500
Subtlety and ,humor are a
marvellous means of making
an old subject seem new. So
it is with Runner Godden'S
study of the familiar theme
of adult and childish worlds
in collision. She has always
been something of a SPELL
binder, but never more than
in this heavily atmospheric
tale of a family of prim Eng
fish children who spend an
unchaperoned sum er in
France and acquire all sorts
Of disturbing knowledge.
With their mother In the
hospital, the flve carefully
sheltered children are flung
into the sophisticated life OF
a hotel. Their protector is a
mysterious but fascinating
Englishman nam I'd Eliot.
Could they possibly, they
muse among themselves, like
someone who is not good?
Eliot is plainly no scoutmas-
ter; and his loved one. Made
moiselle Zizi is formidable;
Paul, the kitchen boy. is saw
age; and the desk clerk would
set them on the street with
out of a seconds thought.
To complicate m a tiers
further, the oldest of the
children. joss. is growing into
a dazzling beauty. a fact not
long unnoticed by Zizi and
Eliot. But this is no story
of m turity tremblingly
achieved. 1t is a cracking
good m elodrama and
throughout a delicious study
of the literal English mind
coping with Gallo instincts
and Mysteries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
Southern Writer'S Novel
Written in Poetic Prose

Of Florida. He has written
three previous novels, the last
10 years ago. The present
volume is dedicated to John
Grove Ransom.
Set in the mountains OF a
Southern State shortly after
the Civil War, this novel un-
winds the mystery OF a young
mans parentage. In the
search to discover who was
his father, he finds his own
maturity.
The structure of the book is
masterful. although the end
comes abruptly. But the
language. sometimes terse.
sometimes fiorid. always
studded with brilliant images
and biting dialogue. is the
books most remarkable fea-
ture. HARRY BACAS
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Down to the Seq

Marlin Fenical's one-man
show at Roumanian Inn 1918
Thirteenth street N.W.) is so
appealing one regrets that
today is its last. The major
ity of the Is paintings are
representational, in oil, va
tercolor and gouache. His
favorite subjects are those
pertaining to the seacoast,
but there is no monotony, for
he varies his handling as well
as subjects.
The first two las one en-
ters) Sailing Marina" and
Boats" fill their spaces ad.
mirably. with an accent on
design. There are other ship
and harbor scenes. some nat
uralistic. fortified with fine
pen lines; a few simplified
and semi-abstract. Among
the best are his large
Rugged Coastline" with q
stormy sky; his mi-abstract
Sail and Mountain" and
Lighthouse" at night. Ship
yard" and several cityscapes
are rectilinear distractions.
mosaics of squares in fresh
bright colors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
Fine Literary Craftsmanship
Distinguishes Hartley Work

quality Of effortless verbal
fluency and perfect construc-
ton that tend to make Mr..
Hartley's characters seem
contrived and less than liv-
ing. The author has such
utter mastery of words and
language that the reader
cannot help but feel he has
the same control over his
characters as they move
within the symmetrical
framework of the tragedy he
has so carefully built. His
four characters lack vivid
ness and reality, seeming to
be nothing more than beauti-
fully manipulated puppets.
BARTON M. BIGGS
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UNcHAPERONED IN FRANCE
This Is Runner Golden
At Her LiveIiest Best

climactic week of the lenten
season than this lucid, heart
ening exposition of the true
meaning of penance. Dom
Van Zeller says at the outset
that True penance is the
surrender of the whole self to
God" 1t has its roots, he
states further lin charity. not
austerity." He reiterates this
need for the positive spirit
rather than the hair-shirt.
He writes with great felicity
and a full understanding Of
human frailty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
THE HIRELING. By L. p.

n ma 49,
Hartley. (Rinehart: $500
This is the eleventh novel
Of a distinguished English
author. 1t is the terse,
smoothly written, highly
polished work of an expert
enced literary craftsman.
The novel tells with COM
pelling force and intensity Of
the development and inter-
effect Of a superbly con-
structed emotional quadrant
gle. And the book is full Of
striking imagery that en-
hances the essentially tragic
theme and the resigned
despair Of its resolution.
However. it is this very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30

The fourth international
Hallmark Art Award COM
petition, just opened at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, to
remain through April 81. is
its first to give the artists
complete freedom of subject
and handling. The only re-
striction this time was me-
dium-watercolor and related
media, as the company ex-
poets to reproduce the win
ming paintings in large-size
color facsimile.
News stories in The Star on
Sundays. March 2 and %,
gave full data on the show:
Number of artists and their
nationalities. amount of COM
missions. top prize winners,
names of jurors, etc.
Prize Winners
The prize-winning paint
ings should prove generally
popular with the public.
Edward Hopper. whose beau
tiful California Hills" re-
ceived top prize $4,000, is
a realist whose work is adj
mired by modernists as well
as traditionalists. Charles
Shelters poster-like indus
rial abstraction I'D price !,
the romantic English and
French village scenes by John
Piper and Maurice Vlaminck,
which received Sd prize and
a special award. respectively,
are all meritorious.
There is more variation in
the quality of the seven
which received equal 5000
awards. Robert Vickrey's
exquisite Num-" Bernard
Bullets large ink and wash
drawing of a Paris canal,
which is almost a geometric
= study in perspective, and
Walter Stuempfig's realistic
"Breakwater" have immedi-
ate appeal.
Bernard Lorjou's pale
lemon Charities Cathedral"
is too large for the anaemic
wash. Loren MacIver's IA
cade of a wooden building
on a cobblestone foundation
has her precious" quality.
The melanges by Candida
Portinari and Gustavo Pop
PM did not impress me as
prizeworthy. Fortunately, the
show has many other paint
ings superior to these, which
will be discussed in a second
consideration of the show.
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NEW OPENINGS

PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM WALTON.
NV Current-April l.
PAINTINGS BY MYRA ELIAS.
Sculptors Studio. l'..25 Wisconsin
avenue NV Tooay-April 80.
DRAWINGS BY SAMUEL BooKATz.
The Artists Mart. 1881 Wisconsin
avenue NV Current April is
PAINTINGS FROM MONTGOMERY
MEMBERsHfP SHOW Roumanian
Inn, Sl5 Thirteenth street and Do
Sando's 1870 H street NV. April
lao
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William CuIfee

William Calfee'S first one
man show since returning to
Washington, is at Jefferson
Place Gallery, 1916 Connec-
ticut avenue. only through
next Saturday. a showing of
less than three weeks.
The collection of Is cata-
logued sculptures and almost
as many small bronzes is
composed of work in new
directions. Mr.. Calfee has
never been content to carve
out a comfortable niche and
remain there. He has had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
.WoIton's Latest

Recent paintings by Will
liam Walton, just opened at
Franz Bader Gallery, 1705 @
street. will remain only
through April IL mot the
l4th. as announced. This is
a short term for 30 good a
show.
Mr.. Walton's work IL alb
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30

is ICE PALACE Doubleday;
$3.50.
The popular author Of
"Show Boat" and Saratoga
Trunk" has written of Alas
kans as frankly as she wrote
Of big-rich Texans in Giant"
"Ice Palace" probably will stir
controversy in the Northern
territory which presumably
will become a State one of
these days. conceivably but by
no means certainly at the
present session of Congress.
Outside Interests
The thesis underlying her
story is that Alaska is being
exploited by Outside inter-
ests, who oppose statehood
because 1t would interfere
with their enrichment at the
expense Of Alaskans. These
interests have long been tap
ping the territory Of fish.
minerals and other resources
without having to compen-
safe the residents in any way.
From sumptuous offices in
Seattle. San Francisco and
New York these magnates
have blocked stated o cd
through the backstage ma
neuverings of lobbyists. Such
at least is Miss Ferber's con-
tention.
Her story is told through
some interesting characters.
particularly two aging men.
Thor Storm, a Norwegian
aristocrat, in Alaska so years.
Is an idealist who wants
statehood and an end to the
control of Alaska from Out
side. His closest friend and
most intimate enemy, Gear"
Kennedy. though he lives in
Alaska. is a big industrialist
and wants to continue the
status quo. They share the
upbringing of their orphaned
Granddaughter. Chris Storm.
Others Hold Key
This is largely the story of
Chris, torn between the con-
flicting ideas of her two
grandfatherS, a native daugh-
ter who loves Alaska but
naturally wants to see the
rest of the world.
Thor is writing a history of
"this Alaska, locked in her
ice palace, with Outsiders
holding the key" The au-
thor has created a town she
calls Baranof, far to the
north, probably somewhere
near Nome. 1t is modern
enough to have a History
apartment hotel and a lot of
cars which are not of much
use because there are not
many highways in Alaska.
But planes will take you
everywhere, to Seattle, to
any point in Alaska, even to
the North Pole. The young
generation is not different
from its counterpart any
where else. 1t is bored by
the old sourdoughs who in
sist on reminiscing about the
gold rush. The town is well
realized.
Visited Scenes
Miss Ferber obviously saw
a lot of Alaska before she
started writing. She has. un-
fortunately, felt she must use
most of her material. AS a
result, her story is overlong.
and sometimes the narrative
is swamped with details of
the crafts Of Eskimos at Point
Barrow or the way a cannery
is run in the southeast. There
seems. too, a surfeit of minor
characters and prolonged
conversations. On the whole,
though, the novel is a color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30

lilies and for bachelors and
maybe for old, lonesome
ones"
This collaboration was
completed shortly before the
death Of Peter Freuchen. who
was an authority on the Arc
tic and author of many
books. DR.. Finn Salmonsen is
q famous Danish ornitholo-
gist and lifelong student OF
Arctic life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
Busic Selections
From Hamilton
THE MIND OF ALEXANDER

THE MIND OF ALEXANDER
HAMILTON. BY Saul X.
Padover. Harper a. Bros,
$6.50O
Few men in public life
whose formal papers and in
formal writings are available
fail to disclose contradictions
in their policies and beliefs.
This is demonstrated in re-
spect to Hamilton in this
volume. At the same time it
makes available in convent
ent form selections from
Hamilton's basic writings.
Coupled with DR.. Padover's
thoughtful introduction. the
result is a worthwhile book.
FRANCIS p. DOUGLAS
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THE VELVET HORN. BY
Andrew Lyle. Mcdowell.
OhnlAnaLv. "a oSN


Obolensky; $685.
This novel is written In q
dense, poetry-like prose. That
shouldn't frighten the casual
reader. however. For the
words are hung on a high
tension dramatic framework.
complete with a series Of
powerful scenes, some fasci-
mating character revelation
and a good measure of sex
and violence.
Andrew Lyle is graduate
of the Agrarian Revival
among Southern writer's. He
has farmed, taught writing
at Southwestern College and
the University Of the South,
edited the "Sewanee Review"
and Is now at the University
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Hallmark Art Awards
At Corcoron Gallery

Patronage Of art by industry increased during the
to extent which raised hopes in observers that big
business would become the Medci of time of
industry patronage not always happy because
instances the artists crcumscrbed by conditions
specific themes.
Hallmark Cards was one of the Arms which inaupurated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30
The AL Smith Issue

Oscar Handlin. a Har-
ward history professor, whose
study of immigrants, THE
Uprooted," won a Pulitzer
Prize. raises some disturbing
questions in AL SMITH
AND HIS AMERICA little
Brown; $780,.
In this brief biography and
appraisal of the man who
was four times Governor of
New York and ran for Presi-
dent on the Democratic
ticket in 1928, Mr.. Handlin
says that long after Alfred
E. Smith had died the
country would still have to
deal with the question raised
in the campaigns of 1928
and 1882. Was a Catholic a
flrst-claSs citizen equal in
rights with every other
American? The significance
of the evasion of that ques-
ton had been submerged in
the 1930s by economic is
sues. But the annoyance
never died. There remained
a sense of irritating inferi-
ority, sometimes finding an
outlet in the reinsurance of
superpatriotism, sometimes
finding expression in resent
ment of the 'conspirators' in
Washington who had seized
control of the nation, only to
betray it."
Only a Dream?
A lifetime of effort had
brought AL Smith in 1928 Ito
a height from which he
glimpsed the promised land
Of equal opportunity about
which generations of Ameri-
cans had dreamed"
And the author adds:
From his downfall millions
of his countrymen concluded
that it had been only a
dream. BY 1914, the year of
his death, no Catholic or Jew
could aspire to be President,
whatever other avenues of
advance might be open. And,
more than a decade after AL
Smiths death, it is still a
question whether they had
truly read or enormously mis-
read the lesson of his
tragedy"
Mr.. Handiin has a vivid &C
count of AL Smiths rise from
an impoverished home on
New York's lower East Side
to the Governors chair. It's
a stirring American saga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-30

i the firms which inaugurated
an unusually eventful and
varied career.
Washington Artist
A native Washingtonian,
he studied sculpture at Paris
Beaux Arts and with Carl
Miles in Cranbrook Acad-
envy. Michigan. In his mid
twenties, he became an in
structor with the Resettle-
ment Administration in Ten
nessee. Later, he executed
eight murals and two sculp-
lures for the Treasury De-
partment'S Section of Fine
Arts. He was a founder of
the Artists Guild at the
beginning of World War II,
and in the early 1940s was
a pSychotherapy worker at
st. Elizabeths Hospital, also
taught at the Phillips Gallery
School.
After the war, he became
chairman of the art depart
ment of American Univer-
Sity, and for eight years not
only taught painting and
sculpture but inaugurated
the Watkins Memorial COL
lection and established Wat
kins Gallery. organized sew
eral distinguished theme ex-
hibitions. and launched an
art magazine, Right Angle"
During the same period, he
had leaves Of absence to
teach in Haiti, and at the
University Of California.
For Proper Insight
Mr.. Calfee exhibited both
paintings and sculptures dur
ing these years, but little in
his past work prepares one
for the present collection. An
experienced writer and
speaker, he has statement
in the current exhibition cat
alogue which should be read
by visitors for insight into
his new work.
One of the accepted earlier
attitudes to sculpture was
that the sculptor visualized
the work imprisoned in the
material, and modelled or cut
away the latter until the
| vision was released. Mr..
Calfee says that material
disciplineS the sculptor" and
that 1.-The work forms its Gre
ator." In reply to this writer's
inquiries. he had so much of
interest to say about his work
In the present show, as we'll
as sculpture in general, that
it deserves more space than
is available.
In Explanation
For example. his large plas-
ter figure. Invalid" is one
of the exhibitions works more
easily comprehended by the
layman. This figure (said Mr..
Calfee) seems to me a near
spectre-Lazarus a mummy
wound form of blankets. an
approach to DEATH" When
he contemplated the old
woman's mount, laying the
figure down. it suggested the
large pine and walnut
Island" in which the old
woman became the lid Of a
box. ''She looks enough like
a sarcophagus not to need
that name"
His series Of seated women
In the show is another Of the
most interesting and success
full projects, notes on which
appear in his catalogue state
ment.
In addition to his thought
provoking forms, visitors
should note the beautiful
surfaces Of his woods, the
variety Of polychrome, the
textured bronzes. cast from
wax.
Flow Of Ideas
Some Of these works are
not successful or ineligible.
But according to his own
statement, he feels the "ur-
gency Of q flow Of ideas"
which is in conflict with the
wish for perfection" Ger
tainly the exuberant variety
in these sculptures offsets the
fact that some do not meas
ure up to the original vision.
Next autumn Mr.. Calfee
will have a one-man show at
Duveen Graham Galleries,
New York City.
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Lenten Reading

APPROACH TO PENANCE.
BY Dom Hubert Van Zeller.
(Sheed az Ward; $2.50D
1t would be hard to find
more suitable reading for the