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low School, Bethesda. and in
her studio, and still finds
time for her own painting.
Last December she and her
husband took a three-week
Caribbean cruise, from which
she returned with lively, inn
pressionistic, colorful cap
lures Of well-known places. I
like best her village pano-
rama French Town. st.
TIL o m a S" and Charlotte
Amalie" from a height.
She spent the autumn Of
1856 in France. Portugal.
Austria and Italy. painting
places which generations
have agreed to admire. But
as visitors will see from her
American group Of paintings.
she finds New York City Just
as glamorous.
She is also showing por-
traits of Nine. Altemur Kilic,
wife Of the press attache Of
the Turkish Embassy; Mrs.
George Webster, Lois Reed
Dahlgren and others, and Q
number Of flower and still
life arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
BIoodiest
War Book
THE DAM NED WEAR

THE DAM NED WEAR
WINGS. BY David Cam
erer. Doubleday g. Co.:
$685.
Every man who few in
World War II probably be-
lieves his missions we're the
hairiest ever experienced in
the air; 1t all depends on
whom you've been remi-
niscing with lately. This book,
however. will swing a lot Of
votes to Ploesti.
This is about the bloodiest
book to come along since
Agatha Christie killed of
nearly the entire cast Of her
And Then There Were
None" 1t develops a picture
of the Army Air Forces as
possibly more moribund than
a Marine rifle outfit.
AS a description Of the
dangers faced by the B-24s
over Romania's Nazi-held
Ploesti oil-fields. Mr.. Cam
erer's book is first class writ
ing. The need for a love-story
in occupied Italy is not so
striking. 1t stretches credence
that an Italian peasant girl
could envision Ploesti as o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
The UnIovubIe
VICTORIA AND ALBERT. BY

Evelyn Anthony. Thomas
Y. Crowell; $3.50
This is a sentimental re-
counting of a well-known.
one-sided love. Miss An
thongs much-belabored the
sis is that Victoria dotted on
Albert. which all the world
well knows. but that Albert
did not love her. The reason
is equally obvious and
famous: Victoria. a humor-
less. undermining. autocratic
woman, was not lovable.
1t is hard to see exactly
what purpose Miss Anthony's
novelized retelling contributes
to our knowledge or under
standing of the situation.
The dialogue is stilted: his
tory has limned the charac-
tiers. Victoria was an inde-
fatYgable diary-keeper. "Vic-
toria Regina" has already
spotlighted that celebrated
moment when the Queen
realized she would rather be
wife. Lytton Strachey has
said all that needed saying
about the gimlet-eyed maj
esty who reduced prime min
listers to sweating terror.
It is a bit late in the day
to try to break the news that
the Queen was mean. She
was miserable to the Irish.
to the poor Of her own
country: jealous Of her own
daughter, and abusive to her
own son. She adored Albert;
but she overdid that as she
did everything else.
Miss Anthony lacks a point
of view. She obviously doesn't
like her subject any better
than Albert did. In fact. she
seems to share his mixed
guilt and admiration for the
doughty little monarch who
never loved anyone in her life
but him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Two CoIombions

Two young artists have
one man shows at Pan
American Union through
next Friday. Enrique Grau
exhibits large paintings and
drawings in the gallery. and
Guillermo Silva has more
than 80 works, mostly en-.
cravings in color. in the
arcade. Both. despite their
youth (they are still in their
30s) have studied extensively,
travelled widely in Europe
and the Western Hemisphere
and have exhibited fire.
quently. But this is the first
presentation Of each in
Washington.
Grau's Is paintings and
nearly as many drawings
have a curious serenity, the
figures with large goblet
shaped heads on slender
stem like necks, the still-life
objects (some in compart.
mentsI having q convincing
solidity. without being rec.
ognizable in most instances.
Familiar Themes
Silva's engravings, gen.
orally small sized, are whim-
steal distractions, meticu-
lousy executed, and have
considerable charm. Mr..
Sicre considers this work
reminiscent Of Klee. But
Silva's seems to me more
substantial and ineligible
to the layman with an en-
gaging wit and lightness Of
touch. His subjects are
metamorphoses of familiar
themes: Birds and vendors.
ships. boats and fishermen.
and fantastic little prints Of
a girl looking down a wall.
and a beauty parlor. Many
women doubtless have the
depressing conviction that
they look just this way when
they are being groomed to
face the world.
The illustrated folders OF
these shows have extensive
biographical and critical data
on the artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

That you and ] shall meet
in a better world I have no
more doubt than I have that
we now exist on the same
globe"
Thomas Jefferson. who was
unable to accept the Holy
Trinity Of Christian faiths.
was convinced Of the pure
and simple unity Of the Gre
ator Of the universe" He was
strongly drawn to Unitarian
ism.
George Washington's faith
is well known.
Mr.. Cousins has compiled
an enlightening book.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Sprinetime

There's a touch Of spring
in several picture books. al
though no one title is as. full
Of holiday feeling as last
years THE EASTER BUNNY
THAT OVERSIGHT. The
lively young lady who swims
and swings through l CAN
FLY by Ruth Krauss (Simon
g. Schuster. $l.25). is printed
on sturdy boards" to with
stand constant loving use by
small hands. LITTLE BEARS
SUNDAY BREAKFAST by
Janice and Mariana 10th
rop. $2.75, combines food
and fun as Little Bear waits
impatiently for the first signs
of spring. And THE WIDE
WAKE OWL by Louis Slo-
bodkin Macmillan. $3.50. is
a perfect sleepy-time book for
bedtime reading as the days
grow longer.
Poems rejecting a child's
JOY in park. playground. and
zoo. are collected in WHIS-
PERS, a small book Of init
mate word-pictures by Myra
Livingston (Harcourt; S2.25.
The title poem first appeared
in STORY Parade" when the
author was a student at
Sarah Lawrence. Mrs. Liv-
ingston, now the mother Of
small children. recalls those
days as her piece Of good
fortune. Her book is a piece
of good fortune for other
mothers and small children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

BELOVED CHURCH.
The best days OF all are
the Sundays, for then
everyone goes inside to
worship God in the little
church on the big rock"
Drawing by Roger
Duvoisin.
tiful and interesting Japa-
nese picture books. Now We
can add an excellent modern
story and an outstanding
hero-legend.
Takao is like boys of 10
the world over. He feels big
enough to help in his fathers
workshop. especially to take
over the job of lighting the
fire in the big black kiln.
Also. like other boys. he can't
help Boosting a bit about his
treasure. the samurai sword
which belonged to his grand
father. When Mr.. Kato. with
his false smile and his fash
ing gold teeth. offers to buy
the sword, Takao answers
swiftly: I'm never going to
sell it," Simply and beau
tifully told, TAKAO AND
GRANDFATHER'S SWORD
by Yoshiko Uchida combines
the old and new culture of
Japan (Harcourt: $3.50.
NKEI THE BOY
GIANT, by Marjorie Fribourg
(Sterling: $3.50, is a legend
Of Japan, as old as the leg
ends of Robin Hood. BY the
time he was 8 years old.
Benkei was the biggest and
strongest boy in the village.
He was a boaster, too, who
offered to stand on the Colo
Bridge until he captured a
thousand swords. For several
days he terrified the city. as
he fought with police. rob-
bers and lordly knights until
he had captured 900 swords.
Then came a young man with
a bamboo flute who taught
Benkei that there are more
ways Of winning a battle than
brute strength.
Mrs. Fridourg found the
first clue to the Benkei leg
end in a book Of japanese
prints. Later she found other
prints in the Freer Gallery,
and scraps and clues in the
Library Of Congress which
helped her recreate this ex-
citing legend which goes back
over 800 years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
YESTERDAY
AndTodoy
In Review
BY MARY McGRORY
Star Stan Writer

MEN AND EVENTS. BY H. r.
evor-Roper. (Harper;
$4.500
Mr.. Trevor-Roper is not so
much interested in men and
events as he is in ideas and
events. Especially is he in
terested in religious ideas as
they produce great cata-
clysms Of history. Person.
atty, the great province Of
Lytton Strachey. whom he
distrusts, he leaves to others.
The author Of THE Last
Days of Hitler" says in one Of
these short essays (there are
43 in alb that all history is
contemporary. BY this I
gather he means it repeats
itself. His one unreserved
admiration seems to be for
Erasmus, the great uncom-
mitted humanist Of the 18th
century who was frantically
courted by both the church
and Luther. and who, having
refused to sanction either
side. was discredited by both.
Mr.. Trevor-Roper, who
thinks little of Catholicism
and less of Rome. pays his
only tribute to the RATIONAL
ism, enlightenment and toll
erance of Erasmus.
A POrcupine
Mr.. Trevor-Roper is no
bookworm. He is rather a
porcupine. bristly and ready
for all corners. Since many
Of these pieces are book re-
views. one can see his opin-
ions Of his colleagues in the
history field. He has special
animus towards Jesuit his
torians. whom he accuses
of intellectual dishonesty in
their studies of the Jesuit
martyrs who attempted to
reconvert England to the
faith. It is Mr.. Trevor
Roper's view that they really
wanted to reconquer Eng
land for Rome. He applauds
their failure Gin the intel
lectual emptiness Of modern
English Catholicism only the
snob-appeal is left").
But his feeling about
them is almost affectionate
compared with the derisive
scorn that rises in him on
reading Toynbee. He finds
Mr.. Toynbee's Study of
History" to be untrue. illogi-
cal and dogmatic." Toynbee
himself he sees as "the Mes
siah of the New Mish-MaSh."
In a devastating chapter he
annotates Toynbee's mon
strous self-adulation" as a
kind of scripture for the re
ligion of masochism" which
Toynbee has founded.
Only an expert could chal-
lenge many of Mr.. Trevor
Roper's historical interpre-
tations. But anyone can see
at a glance how abrasive and
opinionated he is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

A solo exhibition Of more
than 30 oils. watercolors and
pastels, by Theodore Kane.
all done in the past three
years. will open this after
noon at the Arts Club, 2017
l street NV. to remain
through April rs.
A Washington artist since
the l930s, Mrs. Kane has
travelled extensively. partici-
pates in several professional
art organizations, teaches art
at the YWCA, at Longfel-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Abstract Mature

THE Relation of Abstract
Painting to Nature in Twen-
tieth Century American Art"
was organized by the Whit
ney Museum of American Art,
New York City. where 1t
was shown for two months
ito March 49,. The Phillips
Gallery is the first of six
major museums in the United
States which the show will
visit in the next 10 months.
The original show had 48
paintings and 10 sculptures
by So artists. But since alb
stract expressionists gener-
ally require enormous areas
Of square feet for their paint
ings. approximately 20 will
be shown here. The entire
show would do nicely in the
Armory.
Visitors with serious inter-
est in understanding this ex-
hibition should obtain the
catalogue ($1.50) with the
above mentioned extensive
introduction by Mr.. Baur,
curator of the Whitney: an
illustration of every work ZIG
in colors) and biographies OF
the artists. Mr.. Baur'S essay
was based largely on answers
to inquiries made of all the
living artists represented. 1t
further confirms the impress
sion that some of the most
intellectual writing today is
by or on behalf Of. abstrac-
tionists. Readers will gain
some understanding from
this introduction. If they keep
their minds from wandering.
Self Sufficient
Mr.. Baur reminds the
reader that the attitude of
abstract expressionists and
pure abstractionists toward a
work Of art is that 1t must be
self-sufiicient: they insist on
preserving the character Of
the medium (paint) rather
than using 1t as a tool for
illusion. But the layman is
prone to prefer visual "il-
luSions" to the egocentric
self-searchings and emo
tional INSCRIPTIONS of the alb
stractionists. To many of us
concrete-minded persons. alb
stract painters are akin to
acquaintance who tell us all
about their dreams. Unless
they are good. they are
crashing bores.
But even concrete-minded
art lovers will find some of
these paintings moving and
Ineligible. Those I liked are
Vermont Autumn" by Hyde
Solomon more impressionist
than ABSTRACT: Georgia
O'Keeffe's From the Plains"
with its sharp edged clouds;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

rival to her love for the
handsome American flyer. It
also strains the intelligence
to believe that q regular
Army Air Corps colonel. a
West Pointer and a squadron
commander, could be such q
palpable coward and still re-
tain his command.
You'll Feel Smaller
But II these constituent
issues are skipped over-just
avoid pages where the names
Col. Royson and Zoe appear
the combat sequences will
make you try to feel smaller
in your chair as you fly over
Ploesti with the crews.
The attrition Is so great
amongst the characters that
Mr.. Camerer pretty much
had to pick out a ground
offcer-fairly sure Of sur
viving-through whom to tell
his story. But when he sticks
to the air war, he tells 1t well.
The experiences. the publisher
says. are largely his own.
JERRY OLEARY, JR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

Children Will like the Wig
orous. rhythmic prose in THE
LITTLE CHURCH ON THE
BIG ROCK by Hazel Allen
(Scribners, $3.50, with pic
lures by Roger Duvoisin
which match the rhythm and
action of the story. They will
like the way the little church
survived the giant spring
flood that came "dashing and
thrash-crashing down the
river bed. washing everything
out to sea-" Everything but
the little white-Steep,ed
church! Children will treas
ure every vivid word about
the winter storms and the
angry roar of the bulldozer.
Washington Author
"THE LITTLE CHURCH
ON THE BIG ROCK" is the
first book by a Washington
author. The story is half
fact. half legend. based on
several years in Alaska. where
another church on a rock
served as a homecoming
beacon for ships at sea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

The Pen Women's Bien-
NAL exhibition is composed
of more than 200 works in
many media. representing
cream SKINNED OF twice.
Last autumn. exhibitions at
local levels throughout the
United States were judged
generally by non-member
juries) and the winning
works sent to 10 regional ex-
hibitions. from which works
were selected for this ma
tional presentation. Here, a
third jurying has winnowed
81 selections for cash awards,
and IL for recognitions OF
unusual merit. The exhibit
ton opened two weeks ago;
but as the convention is this
week end Through Tuesday,
there will be a reception this
afternoon in the foyer Of the
Natural History Museum by
DR.. Dorothy Belts Marvin OF
Washington, national presi-
dent. and national chairmen.
The awards and recognition
will be given at>the art din
ner tonight, and will doubt
less be published in full in
the news columns as hereto
fore.
The jury of awards, named
in The Stars news columns
March 81, divided the awards
and recognitions fairly evenly
between traditional and COM
paratively modern work, as
specified by the league.
OF Special Interest
There is so much compe-
tent painting of pleasing sub
jects that any specific men
ton seems invidious. With
out distinguishing between
winners and others, particu-
larlv liked the following:
Paintings: Toll. tempera, en-
caustic) Flowers" by Nance
Hall Asher: portrait Of Me-
LISA, by Jane Crunik; Ger
trude Dorrelle's Stormy
Harbor":: Banks of the
Seine" Theodore Kane;
Flowers" Patricia Man.
gione: "Ezekial." Mallie Nc
Aninch: Bouquet" Pearl
Van Solver. Watercolors:
Rock Creek Park" Dorothy
Leef; Smiths Farm" by
Marion Simpson; Morning
in Alexandria" Virginia
Somerville. PastelS: "Au-
tumn. New Hampshire" Ros-
amund Coolidge; BUS Ride
Home" Louise Young. Sculp-
ture: Both works by Eleanor
Cox; head of a boy by jeanette
Hare; seated figure by Stella
Massine. Graphics: "Hutty's
Place." Edna Andrews;
They're on" Lucy Conner
sail; "St. Ives Rooftops."
Maxine Carter; "Mauricio."
Helen Wood. Ceramics: ~
Days Of Christmas" (enamel-
on-copper trays, each differ
ent): blue bowl, Adele Way
land: goat. Ella Winteroll.
Textile. by Ella Bolster; silver
by Mabel Dubois; tole tray by
Ann Anderson. This exhibit
ton remains through next
Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
Sure Signs Of Spring
InChiIdren's Books
BY BARBARA NOLEN
Special Writer for The Star

What's for Easter? This question is being asked in
Libraries and bookstores we'll in hat shops and haber
dasheries There are signs of spring in the flower decked
jackets Of picture books and inside the stories
of Dummies and baseball of crcuses and churches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Links With Jupun

Cherry blossoms and circus
acrobats are not our only
link with Japan these days.
Among the encouraging by
products of the American
occupation are several beau
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

can Pen Women in the Nat
ural History Museums foyer
has more than 100 paintings
which reflect nature. man
and man-made objects as ac-
curately as the artists can
transcribe them Gin most in
stances. Observers need only
one guess as to which Of
these is going to be the most
popular with the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Contemporary Art
In Opposite Poles
By FLORENCE s. BERGMAN
Star Art Critic

Two new exhibitions currently provide Washington
gallery with the opportunity to study opposite poles
Of contemporary painting Nature in Abstraction at the
Phillips Gallery composed of paintings which exempfy
"distrust Of imagery John H. Baur
it in his long introduction to the catalogue.
Jubilee exhibition Of the National League of Amer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
The End of on Era
Warfare
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
Star Book Critic

It may be that World War with Korea) was the last
full which responsibility devoved the indi-
vidua soldier especially the infantry private and
Military opinion differs but it seems obvious that atomic
which ushered in at the very close Of the last
war after all the battles were fought change picture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

Gabor Peterdi's Tidal;
From February" by Boris
Mango. which conjures up a
bas-relief tree branch in
grays; Irene Pereira's geo.
metric Spring: James Pen
ney's romantic Pines.
Night: and Karl Knaths'
strong Winter Wharf.
This exhibition will remain
Through Nav &.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06

men fought, you can under
stand why we've won our
wars . so far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-06
Pen Women

through May
Milford chronicle., 1958-05-16
M erch a nj S
Are Planning
Store Hours
Majority Will Be Open
All Day Wednesday
May %; Thurs d a y
Night, May 10Th Till 8.

The majority of the stores in Mil
ord, will be open all day Wednes-
lay, May 28th and they will also
be open Thursday evening, May 18th
ill nine o'clock. They will be closed
all day Decoration Day, Friday, May
Both. The aforementioned hours
were agreed on following survey
conducted this week by the Milford
Chamber of Commerce. The sur
vey was conducted at the request
of several Milford merchants.
The Merchants of Milford are
also planning at the present time
for June Days, according to infor-
nation made available by Courtney
Burch, who is chairman of the Mer-
camille Division of the Milford
Chamber of Commerce, the sales
fete will~be held the first weekend
in June, namely June 6-7 More
details about this popular sales
event will be carried in the next
issue of the Milford Chronicle.
Another sales fete being planned
by several of the city's leading
merchants will be Friday the
18th sale to be held on Friday
Iune 18th, more about this sales
fete will be Carried in the next issue
Of the Chronicle
Milford chronicle., 1958-05-16
New Social Security
Office Is Opened
VIII Be Located On West LOCKER
man Street. Dover

The opening of new social Sc
curity office in Dover was an
nounced this week by Joseph b.
O'Connor, Regional Director of the
United States Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare for
the four-state area of Delaware,
New York, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania. The Dover office is To-
Gated at 230 West Loockerman
Street, Dover. O'Connor officially
opened the office Monday with
ceremonies an open house attend
ed by Governor J. Caleb Boggs and
many officials and representatives
of commerce, industry, government
and social welfare agencies
throughout the Kent and Sussex
County areas.
Edward F. Sullivan, formerly dis
trict manager of the social securi-
ty office in New Castle, Pennsyl-
vania, has been appointed district
manager of the new office. Mr.. Sui
livan has haG nearly Is years SER
vice with the Social Security Ad-
ministration, and resided in Dover
several years ago, when he SER
viced this area.
CONTINUED on PAGE sikh
Milford chronicle., 1958-05-16
City Council
Deeds Local
Lake To State
Silver Lake OF 35 Acres
Is Voted To The State
Board Of Game And
Fish Commissioners.

Milford City Council has un.
animously voted to deed Silver Lake
to the State Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners.
The 35-acre lake, draining about
1900 acres, is in Milford and is
considered one of the beauty spots
of the state. =
Jay L. Harmic, chief of fish and
game division, of the Board oi
Game and Fish Commissioners, said
the state board will accept the lake
clean and improve it, but is seeking
a public access to it.
The lake is surrounded by private
properties except for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad right of way at one
end. Usually property owners per-
NIT access over their land for those
who want to fish or boat.
Mr.. Harmic said that while the
public access at some point is be-
ing sought as condition of transfer
the lake probably will be accepted
anyhow as it is gift with the
understanding that it will be clean
ed and improved
1t will be used for public fishing
as a game refuge, and probably as
a stop by migrating wildfowl. 1t is
also one of the lakes that is used
by swans of Milford, which are con-
fined to the Milford area.
The lake is owned by the city
Mr.. Harmic and Austin ID. Smith
assistant to the coordinator, Game
and Fish Commission, attended a
Milford city Council meeting last
week. William r. Murphy, Mayor
presided.
Silver Lake is one of a chain OF
kes of the upper Mispillion River
which includes Blair's Pond, Grif-
fith's Pond, and Haven Lake, partly
in Milford.
1t is almost two large lakes sepa-
rated by peninsulas. Griffith's Pond
tcontinued on page sixI