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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

although the battered
heroinesnarrator does not
really know why.
But N In Mr.. Moravia's
work the power OF positive
thinking Is not developed.
artistry is. He Is at the top
OF his bent In this FIRST
person narrative OF a petty
Roman shopkeeper who takes
her daughter home 70 her
mountains TO sit out the Al
lied advance. From the first
line to the last. the reader
is involved in this story OF
war and It's dehumaniEing
effects on people.
There is no London pride
here. The more ferocious the
lighting. the more brutal the
reaction. Cesira admits she
is in no special position to
judge. Her sense of ethics
is casual. her religion sketchy.
Neither she nor her chaste
and sanity daughter are at
all concerned with the merits
OF the contenders. They were
told that Mussolini was q
genius at least; but they an
ticjpate the arrival Of the
English because 1t means a
return TO Rome and q posi-
bility OF more to eat. Cesira
is above ell. like her creator.
O realist.
The portrait Of cesira is
superb. You are drawn into
the details Of her daily life
in Rome, her efforts to pre-
serve her own little world, her
careful arrangements for the
future when she has decided
to take flight. Gradually in
the mountain air. her outlook
and philosophy expand. She
watches the peasants and the
black marketers. She listens
to Michele. the embittered
young village intellectual.
rave against the Fascists. She
talks with. q Nazi oficer who
reveres Italy for her art and
beauty and treats her people
like pigs.
Wars True Devastation
And when it finally seems
that Cesira and Rosetta may
return as they have come.
they are oYertaken by Moroc-
cans who rape Rosetta In Q
church. In q tremendous
scene. cesira weeps and rails
over her violated daughter.
Rosetta becomes a prostitute.
Cesira to her own horror.
robS a dead man. Thus war
devastates the innocent.
Mr.. Moravia. working with
the raw stuff Of life. achieves
great power in his story.
Cesira with her acceptance
Of chaos, her humor. her
candor, her earthly wisdom,
is a marvellous creation. This.
unquestionably, is the way
1t was.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

add 4 TO 6. and each print
undergoes many stages In the
printing.
Season In Rome
Several OF his monotypes
and woodcuts are entitled
"Ostia Antica." with COM
positions of monolithic forms
in a close harmony Of warm
colors. Mr.. Yunkers spent
the season 1954-5 in Rome,
and was inspired by the ruins
Of the ancient port. with its
crumbling walls and worn
pavements.
Textural completely is more
obvious in the woodcuts OF
Louis Schanker. which have
variety in delicate linear
forms. as well as one or two
of the non-objective. geo.
metric compositions Of circles
which have absorbed his at
tention in the past S years.
both in his paintings and
prints.
Edmond Casarella's large
non-objective prints were
made by cardboard relief
cut techniques. The slashing.
generally vertical heavy black
strokes and contrasting lac
quer colors are attractive per
Sc. but the compositions are
less interesting than those
Of the other four artists.
Popular Appeal
The last two groups will
probably have more appeal
for the public. That by Paul
Shaub, the youngest artist,
is not only beautifully done,
but is representational. de-
voted to an ingratiating
theme, young men in boats.
One is Rowing" on a wood
land lake: "crewmen" are
obviously in q college race,
and images are superim-
posed. The grain Of the wood
plays an important role in
these prints.
Werner Drewes' semiab-
stract group is arresting. In
spired by a variety of sub
jects. "Ca mden Harbor,"
Forest" etc., he utilities
representations details in
an abstract overall pattern,
strong and varied in color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

sound work in both tradi-
tional and modern idioms. &
Several portraits include q
vivid one Of Beatriz Rodri-
guez. daughter Of the Do
minican Republics former
ambassador to the Organic
zation OF American States.
Outstanding among hial
religious paintings are An
nunciation" In mystic rose
and blue, and Madonna Of
the Sum-" in many blues: The
figures in the former are
elongated and stylized. and
both are handled in q man-
ner suggesting stained glass,
Mr.. Eckert also shows
landscapes and a number Of
still life paintings. His oil.
Blue Tablecloth." is color
full and naturalistic, whereas
two others (pastels) break
the fruit and background
into planes. and q fourth.
Marina" in q combined
pastel and wax medium,
stresses overall composition
and grayed colors.
A Washington Artist
Mr.. Eckert grew UP and
began to study art in his ma
tive Dominican Republic. He
came to the United States In
his early 20s, and has been Q
Washington area artist for
IL years, the first few when
he was in the United States
Marine Corps, stationed at
Quantico. He studied at the
Corcoran School; and for
several years has been an
instructor at the Silver
Spring Art Gallery, and this
summer will Join the art
faculty Of the YWCA.
Mr.. Eckert exhibited in the
biennial Of Sac Paulo, Bra
iii, last summer. and also
had d one-man show in the
Palacio Nacional de Bellas
Artes in the Dominican cap
ital, where he is represented
in the permanent collection.
He has won prizes there and
in this country. and partici-
pates actively in local exhi.
billions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Civil War
Prelude
Is Reviewed
THUNDER At HARPERS
FERRY. BY Allan Keller.

(Prentice-Hall: S49S.(
There was an eye-opener
to the Civil War: and in the
language Of Virginia and the
South. it was spelled "trea-
SON."
In 1901. the Negro slaves Of
Haiti, in a bloody uprising
marked by a general massa-
ere Of the white "colons." set
up their own Kingdom and at
the same time conditioned
the shareholders Of the Amer
lean South to an attitude Of
fear and repression. When in
1880 Nat Turner. a Negro
preacher in Tfdewater, Vir-
ginis. given to visions. led a
brief but murderous slave re-
bellion in Southampton Coun-
ty, the people Of Dixie were
tense with apprehension.
Focused Fears
John Browns raid on the
arsenal Of Harper's Ferry in
1883 brought to a focus all
the fears and terrors OF the
South. Old Brown. veteran
Of self-righteous wrath In
Kansas where he led q band
of direct-action anti-slavery
men in a merciless campaign
Of slaughter. had decided the
time was ripe for an uprising
of the slaves in Virginia. He
led his 81 jealous men, i'm
GLIDING his own three sons.
to Harper's Ferry in October
1859, in pious certainty that
the Negroes. given arms,
would join in a mass revolt.
Instead. he found himself
beleaguered by the armed
forces of Virginia and the
United States, defeated, cap
tured. tried. and hanged.
Allan Keller has done q thor
ough job of telling the fam
tastic story Of that unbeliev.
able attempt by one man to
end human slavery In the
United States. Mr.. Keller
has made a few minor errors
in the doing. but neverthe-
less he has captured the in
credible. almost weird atnios-
phere Of this prelude to the
war to preserve the Union.
Lives In Song
John "OSsawatomie" Brown,
so aptly called Gods Angry
Man." failed in his fanatical
task and died on q Charles
Town gallows. But his name
and his zeal remained to pro-
vide the armies Of the Union
with a battle song and a mis-
sionary cause. He died to be-
come a legend.
FRED THEROUX.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
MSUSPENSE
BY BETTY MILES
Star star Writer
THE HUSBAND. BY Vera

THE HUSBAND. BY Vera
Caspary. CHarper & Bros;
$500
The oldest plot In the
world. you'll say-the poor
little rich girl married by Q
scoundrel for her money. So
it is. but all is made new by
Vera Caspary's hand. The
author Of Laura has drawn
two fine portraits-of the
plain girl warmed and blind
ed by love. and the ambition
scared promoter she marries.
Suspense grows with their
respective doubt and despera-
ton. First rate.
ALL ACES. A Nero Wolfe
Omnibus. BY Rex Stout.
THE Viking Press; $3.50
Some Buried Caesar, writ
ten in 1898, reminds that
beer-drinking. orchid-grow-
ing Wolfe and brash Archie
Goodwin were an effective
team 20 years ago. as they
clear q national champion
bull OF murder. Also in the
collection are Too Many
Women and three NOVELTIES.
DESIGN FOR AN ACCI-
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lives Washburn, Inc;
$3.50
Chilled by the memory Of
a child he killed in an auto
mobile accident, and recently
released from prison after
serving a term for man
slaughter for the crime, Rich
ard Madden begins a new life
as a tutor on the Cote D'Azur.
Subsequent adventures show
him, however. what he dim
ly suspected in England
that the accident of bitter
memory was planned by
someone who wanted him
dead. A story Of action and
romance.
THE WHOEVER. BY Van
Siller. doubleday a. Co.,
Inc; $685.
Gossip corrodes the life Of
q young man whose wife's
death was ruled q suicide. but
family friends whisper MUIR
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widow the other women re-
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his own concern for her part
IN the tragedy. No hair raiser,
it's a good job or several resi-
dents Of glass houses who
make the proverbs point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Guest Speaker

Harry Bober Of the Insti-
tute Of, Fine Arts, New York
University, will be guest
speaker at the National CAL
lery Of Arts this afternoon
at 4. His subject is Space.
Time and Man: The Crea-
ton, Of the World in Medic
val rt." r. S. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
A Living Doll

SEIDMAN AND SON. BY
Flick Mol. &c. P. Put
mans Sens; $3.50
This you should know.
Morris Seidman OF Seventh
Avenue, Dior to the Masses"
is a living doll. His creator.
Flick Mol, plainly dotes on
him and you will. too. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Adventures Tells All
To Stort's |. Edgar Primo
THE POLITICAL VIRGIN.

BY Viola lima, as fathomed
by L. Edgar Prina. lDuell,
Sloan 81 Pearce: $500
The cosmopolitan Viola
lima has been careering
around the globe since the
l930s. piling up an incredible
number Of acquaintanceships
with the great and the OBJ
scure much in the manner Of
a bee collecting pollen.
What this brash adven-
tureSs with the fog horn voice
collected was: two husbands;
both the enmity and the i'm
primatur Of the Communists:
the gratitude Of thousands Of
paroled delinquentS and q
vast number of free trips to
almost everywhere.
Wis Adventures
Her story, as told to The
Star reporter. l.. Edgar Prina,
is a recital of Wis adventures
with Julian Huxley, Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Anne
Morgan. the Communists
and the Nazis, the American
Youth Congress and finally
the Emperor Of Ethiopia.
Her penchant for causes
although she deplores do
goodism--led her to become
a founder Of the American
Youth Congress. which the
Reds promptly stole from her
naive grip. Labeled q Fas-
ciSt by the Communists be-
cause Of her German birth
ana her acquaintance with
Putzi Hanfstaengl, Viola
promptly married Commu-
mist Theoretician Harry Car
isle. Before the party would
allow her to support him, she
had to be cleared as no Sc
curity risk to the Commu-
nists. This later gave her
some passport trouble before
she was cleared as no risk to
anybody She divorced
Harry when she decided
she'd rather have a radio
photograph.
; What Makes vi RUM
Husband Number Two was
q marfof muscle rather than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
nd-Printed Fubric

The cherry tree designers
have a beautiful exhibition of
hand-printed textiles at the
Arts Club, 20l7 Eye street.
through next Friday. Eighty
six swatches Of fabrics are
hung from the ceiling in
three galleries, The varied
textures, colors and designs
are enhanced by modern fur
niture by Harry Bertoia and
other designers, and some
decorative objects lent by
Ursell's in Georgetown,
which handles the Cherry
Tree designs here.
Silk screen and linoleum
block prints on linen, cotton,
burlaps, silk. nylon and
others include fabrics to
wear as well as fabrics for
draperies, upholstery and
other decorative uses. What
seems best among these we'll
executed textiles is q mat
ter Of personal taste. / pre-
fer small figures in, a close
pattern, consequently liked
such items by Edna Massey,
Elsie Blackjack. Doris Nc
Clelland and Beth Gardner,
and floral patterns by Esther
Moore. Margaret Bean and
Bertha Frederick. OF more
elaborate designs, Lyn Egg
bert's Little People" and
Ruth Poggenpohl's "Primi-
tive" seemed to me particu-
larry handsome.
The Clubs dining room
walls are hung with textiles
which would be especially APP
proprtate for chiidren's
rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

COulu nc nave IOu0Q more
effective characters than on
q faculty imaginary but
probably typical7
Ivy League Pattern
The story concerns an ivy
league university in the New
York area which the author
calls Enfield. When the edu-
Gator who has served as
president for 30 years an
nounces his retirement. a
faculty committee is named
to- help the trustees choose
a-successor. This. Of course.
is q major undertaking. with
the Geld of selection the
entire country. The trustees
are professional men or bust
ness executives. the chairman
an old Enfield quarterback.
The faculty committee is
told not TO overlook the pos
sibility that a teacher on the
campus might be selected.
and the committee suggests
several. though 1t is assumed
tie trustees viii go outside.
The events from month to
month leading to an eventual
decision are seen through
the eyes Of Ed Tyler. chair
man of modern languages.
H Is on the advisory COM
Iaittee, and he plugs hard for
q fellow professor. who
teaches biology.
suspehsefuI Story
This Tyler is a likeable
fellow. modest. able, with a
nice family. He is happy in
his position, and when a
small college in New England
offers him its presidency, he
has little hesitation in de-
clining. When the trustees.
after months of meetings,
examinations and discussions,
finally act, he is utterly
aStounded.
Such a novel might sound
az If 1t had q limited interest,
but the author, writing beau
tHully. manages to make the
faculty members who come
into focus interesting and to
breathe vitality into the
whole campus. There is even
suspense in the story.
It might be recalled that
Sir Charles p. Snow. the
English novelist. brought
out q few years ago a novel
called THE Masters" which
revolved around the selection
Of q new master for a college
at q great English univer-
sity. Not that there is any
similarity between the two
novels-the English system
Of choosing a master is uttef-
~ different-but both stories
show that a university cam
pus is fallow ground for a
novel. They disclose that it
need not be dryly academic
nor remote from what con-
Germs any other group trying
to get along with one another
and to make their way in a
world never too easy for any
profession or occupation.
Both Sir Charles and DR..
Baker turned out absorbing
novels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Life in Russiu
A VERY FAR COUNTRY

A VERY FAR COUNTRY
by E. M. Almedingen apple
ton Century-Crofts $4.50) is
the authors appealing story
of her grandmother. Ellen
Southee, an English girl who
in 1874 married q wealthy
Russian aristocrat.
Ellen and her younger sis
tiers. brought UP in England.
were taken to Paris and here
and there in Europe by a
father. then a widower. who
meant we'll but was addicted
to gambling and never quite
made a go Of anything. He
finally settled with the chill
dren in st. Petersburg, where
Ellen met and fell in love
with Serge de Poltoratzky. a
scholarly young Russian.
Serge spent his mature years
compiling a dictionary Of
Russian writer's and in other
literary pursuits. He owned
vast estates. which he man
aged in time to lose through
his own impractical nature
and the chicanery of man
ayers and overseers.
Happy Together
Ellen's story-book life in
Russia and her later, more
straitened years in Paris and
in Rome make an engaging,
II not always dramatic, mar
rative. She and Serge were
always happy together, what
ever the state Of their
finances. When their chill
dren were grown and scat
tered. they never were lonely
so long as they had each
other. But Ellen outlived
Serge by some 20 years.
The author. who was born.
in st. Petersburg and has
lived in England many years.
says the book lis a chronicle
and not a novel. The dia-
logue is largely based on
family tradition and avail
able sources" The sources
include letters and diaries.
While many details must
have been imagined. and I
would call it a biograph-
ical novel. the term does not
matter. 1t is written with
beauty and charm. Many
episodes are told in a way
that makes them. even. at
this istance, deeply moving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Admiral Lund

WINNING THE WAR
WITH SHIPS. BY Emory s.
Land Mcbride; $4.76 is
much more than the title
implies, vital as the role Of
our merchant marine was
In winning World War II.
Admiral Land. as chair
man Of the Maritime Com
mission and war shipping
administrator. tells the story
Of the phenomenal record
the country made in build
ing ships and sending them
all over the world with men
and supplies. He also tells
much more, about the war
and about his own life,
which has been deeply in
teresting.
Disliked Churchill
Admiral Land is refresh
ingly candid. Churchill
Is probably the greatest man
the world has produced In
this era. Having always had
the greatest admiration for
Sir Winston. I must quickly
add that I DO not like
nm. The resson is simple:
Churchill usually put one
over on my boss president
Roosevelt) in various Wash
ington conferences, at Quebec,
at Malta. even at press con-
ferences."
Admiral Land was at Yalta.
and an exchange Of quips
there with the President
made him realize that Mr..
R6sevelt had lost his keen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
eco ConoI Is Subject
Of Current Art Show
BY FLORENCE s. BERGMAN
star Art Critic

Every nature lover who hopes that the Gao Canal will
eventually become National Historical Park although the
legislation to make so still in committee pigeonhole
may that Prentss Taylors delightful show Along
the Gao Canal" at Franz Bader Gallery is propaganda.
Actually IL is nothing of the kind Native Washington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
NEW OPENINGS

PAINTINGS ny JoRoK cAAAcHo
AND HUGO RoDRIouEz OF cuhA.
Pan American Onion. curent-
June rs.
EXHIBITION BY FACULTY or TiIn
coRcoRAN SCHOOL or ART.
May 2A-september 81.
PAINTINGS ny BELLA scHwARTz.
Studio Gallery, e1A Prince street,
Alexandria, Va. Today-June Is.
EXHIBITION OF STUDENT PAINT
INC. st. Adams school. Waahinn-
ton Cathedral. Nay 23-june !,
PAINTINGS BY sruDENTs OF LOU
fsE CRAYEN Dyer Brothers, Ross
Ign. Va. current-May ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
BOOKS IN REVIEW
] An English Professor
! Looks at Campus Life
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
atar Book Critic

Carlos H. Baker is chairman of the English department
at Princeton His books include Shseys Major Poetry and
Hemingway the Writer Artist This his FIRST novel:
= A FRIEND IN POWER (Scribners: 1885,.
What could be natural than for DR. Baker to
To the campus life he knows well for themeG And where
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
A Disseminated Artist
Points War Picture
ny MARY MeGR0RY
atar ntan writer

OF all people the Italians probably have the least iu-
sons about the human having seen much OF II at
lis worst And Of all Italians Alberto Moravia must be
among the most dsenchanted When all Ia said and done IN
TWO WOMEN Fafrar Suauss a. Cudahy; t4e5. the best
he can say life that Is 70 be preferred 10 DEATH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18

schmAltz gets a little thick
from time 10 time. but that
won't keep you from having
. big yak over his enterprises
and misadventures for most
Of the show.
Morris Is q friend TO man.
He likes everyone. especially
his wife Sophie, even though
she's with the psyehoanalysis.
his daughter Jenny. even
though she's q fresh kid. and
his son Harold, even though
the boy wants 10 change the
world and ruin business in
the bargain.
Filled with Tigers
Morris is not afraid Of q
little honest sentiment. and
neither is the author. There's
a Christmas scene here that
makes Tiny Tim sound like
q Dead End Kid. But it's all
in the interest Of proving
that the only time Morris
goes wrong 10 when he is
walking around In the world
like 1t was filled with tigers"
He unworthily suspects his
partner Of having a fling
with q skinny model and his
son Of harboring . Korean
wife.
"Seidman and Son. is not
so much a novel as q series
Of episodes that could be put
on televiSion right now. They
are mostly involved with the
rehabilitation Of the veteran
Harold. It's full of good
cheer, applaudable senti-
ments and side-splitting lore
about the garment business.
OF the minor characters. my
favorites were the gloomy
presser. Rosenzweig and Seid-
mans sister Bessie. q havoc
cryer of the first order who
is on the telephone at the
first sign Of trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-05-18
Eckert's Fourth

Mariana Eckert's recent oil
paintings and pastels at Sill
yer Spring Art Gallery, 9216
Flower Avenue. through May
81. compose an exhibition OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28
WHY CROW oLD2
Care for Your Heart
Watch Diet, Exercise

do not give the valves Of the
heart a chance TO expand
gradually. but send sudden
large spurts OF blood 10 them
before they are prepared 70
handle them. This may In
jure the valves permanently.
Walk First
Always walk about the
room. FIRST slowly. and later
briskly. before you do your
exercises. When you have
finished, you can end by again
walking about the room
briskly at first and then grad
ually slowing down. Begin
easy and end easy" Is a good
slogan.
Remember too. that 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28

not q good idea 10 Jump out
Of bed and daAh about your
duties without first warming
up 10 the day with some
stretchings and walking or
mild exercise. You can take
some stretching exercises In
bed before arising.
Perhaps II we discipline our
emotions. exercise sanely and
avoid overweight and cut the
fats In our diet some. we may
miss heart disease. II also
seems 10 me 10 be a splendid
health measure 10 have a
cardlograph once a year.
Heart trouble can be man
aged today with the new
therapies II Il Is discovered
IN time.
II you would like 10 have
my leafiet Setting Up IN
Bed" send a stamped. self
addressed envelope with your
request for leafiet No. n 70
Josephine Lowman in care
OF this newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28
Fur Tops the
Prettiest Heads

Every milliner in New York
Is on the "fur standard"
This fall and winter, buy
ing a hat will be like max
ing an investment" one hat
designer announced at her
collection showing.
Every conceivable fur has
been used by the talented
matters. Emme has fluffy
globes of colored fox 80. .
John-Frederics has Tam
Dor" helmets in brilliant red
cross-fox fur.
Furred suits and costumes
as we'll as fur coats, jackets,
and jacket-stoles take to the
fur hat.
s0 There's a hat to match
every luxury fur in the line
up. Three mink mutations
frequently turn up in one
hat and there's a real
whose ZOO" in the use OF
oppossum, badger, lynx, civet
cat, and precious chinchilla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28
Plain PinwaIe Corduroy

Twenty-Five new autumn shades in washable
fast-color corduroy to use for everything from
jumpers and separates to an evening dress SO"
width. Yard -88c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-28
PinwaIe Corduroy Prints

Tweeds, plaids and stripes to coordinate in
matched effect or contrasted. Washable fast
colors. SO" wide. Yard %
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MaIIinSOn Tweed Blend

Blend of silk and rayon with tweedy effect
in multi-colors in autumn mist shades Wash
able. For dresses, suits, separates; AZ" wide.
Yard -------------- )Be