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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Comic Novel?
LIKE 1T HERE. B

l LIKE 1T HERE. BY Kings
ley Amis. (Harcourt, Brace;
$3.75)
Kingsley Amis is one OF the
leaders of the Angry Young
Men" school Of young Eng
lish writer's. He does not, in
this account of a sojourn in
Portugal. appear particularly
angry, just a bit grumpy now
and then as the flies and
plumbing troubles multiply,
and his efforts at seduction
are frustrated. This is billed
as "a comic novel," but to
this reviewer 1t seemed not
killingly comic and moi
really a novel at all.
Like the author, the hero
OF the piece. a free-lance
writer, who hates abroad"
takes his wife and three
children for a holiday IN
Portugal. He has a self-im-
posed mission OF writing q
play, and another. foggier.
enc Of determining the true
Identity Of an elderly ex-
patriate who considers him.
self the finest novelist of the
10th century. The first
project comes to naught; the
second, which involves him
In a number OF drinking
bouts and weird encounters,
is somewhat more resolved.
Mostly. however, Mr.. Amis
seems intent on revealing a
good deal Of trivia about his
hero. his literary likes and
dislikes, his little quirks Of
character. his sex life. All
this is stated in a rather res
olutely commonplace style
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Eust and West

Frank Dorm. Brigadier Gen.
eral USA ret, has had q life
eventful enough to have oc-
cupied several people, yet he
is still in his SOS. A one
man show of his dry-brush
watercolors at d'Amecourt,
Inc, 2110 Bancroft place,
through next Saturday, DEM
onstrates his mastery in one
field of his endeavor.
These exquisite paintings,
done with superb draughts-
manship. precision Of detail.
and clean brushwork in glow
ing color, depict famous
architecture, landscape. peo-
pie and scenes in several
countries of the Far East
where Gen. Dorm spent
more than IL years.. Of Mex
leo and of Spanish California
in the series of old missions
along the Canine Real.
During 80 years in the
United States Army, his ac-
tive service before and during
World War II brought him
the Distinguished Service
Medal and other awards. He
has had one-man shows of
paintings in the United
States. Mexico and Europe,
has a number of books to his
credit (anthropology, fiction
and cookery: and he has
written for and acted in the
movies. He now lives in Car
mel. Calf.
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Cunudiun Art

Thirty paintings and draw
ings by 20 Canadian artists
at the Art Rental Gallery,
sos Eighteenth street NV. to
remain through March 2, in
PRODUCES q comparatively
young group to Washington.
The Oldest represented is in
his 40s. the youngest. "a. The
show was assembled by Helen
Stern. a former resident Of
Montreal. now a director Of
the Rental Gallery.
These are artists of expe-
rience. who have exhibited in
Canada. Europe and the
United States. are repre-
scented in permanent collec-
tons, have won prizes and
scholarships. Some teach,
or direct university art de-
partments.
The group show ranges
from representational to
non-objective and abstract
expressionist work. I liked
best paintings by Goodridge
Roberts. John Fox. Helen
Piddington and Paul Beau
lieu, and drawings by Pierre
Boisvert link and water
color and Louise Fox (black
and white).
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drama. This decade was also
the climax Of a vogue for
posters which had become
possible with the invention Of
photography.
Some Of the excitement Of
the plays and the fame Of
big names - David Belasco,
William Gillette. Anna Held.
Charles Frohmann, Florenz
ziegfield. Julia Arthur. John
Drew, Francis Wilson and
others-iS reflected In these
posters. Approximately so are
in the show organized by the
Library's Prints and Photo
graphs Division for the
Smithsonian Institution Trav.
cling Exhibition Service. An
Introductory plaque and In
formative labels add greatly
to the interest Of the coll
lections.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

NOW MI. 1dIlIld ID n man
have bored him for some
time. He knows he should tell
the police about the jewels.
But he doesn't. And thereby
hangs a sometime Robin
Hood tale.
49,
THE GALLOWS GARDEN,
by M. E. Chaber (Rhinehart
q Co.; $2.95). Insurance in
vestigator Milo March is dis
patched to a Caribbean die
tatorship to find a professor
who disappeared in New York
after writing an unpleasant
book about the ruler. The
American pilot believed to
have flown the kidnapped pro-
lessor has since been killed
in q fight. Any relation be-
tween these characters and
any persons living or dead is
Of course coincidental. With
dash and esprit suggestive of
Douglas Fairbanks, ST., March
outwits the gullible dictator
and his henchmen in situa-
tons that cry for swirling
capes and flashing swords.
It's a fast-moving story-too
good to be true.
49,
THE DREAMERs by
Roger Maxwell (Simon and
Schuster, $3.50. One night
Miss Jane FettaS had q dream.
1t haunted her for days until
she told 1t TO q friend. Then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

Otto Demus, president Of
the Austrian Monuments and
Fine Arts Service, will be
guest speaker at the National
Gallery this afternoon at 4
O'Clock. He will discuss two
masterpieces Of Byzantine
painting in the Gallery's
collection. Free to the pub
lie.
George Boas. professor
emeritus Of Johns Hopkins
University. viii give q lee
ture on THE Painter and His
Time" in the auditorium Of
the Corcoran Gallery Of Art
next Thursday at $40 pm.
members Of the Gallery and
one guest each.)
Mykola Schramchenko will
give a lecture and demonstra-
ton Of portrait painting at.
the Art Shop and Gallery.
8433 Georgia avenue, Silver
Spring, this afternoon at 3.
Invitations may be obtained
without charge by request Of.
the Art Shop.
Ralph de Burgos. painter.
teacher and president Of the
Society Of Washington
Artists, will give a lecture
next Wednesday evening at
$3.50 on Principles Of Art:
A Personal Approach" in the
auditorium Of the Maryland
National Capital Park and
Planning Commission Build
ing. 8787 Georgia avenue.
Silver Spring. It is under
auspices of the Montgomery
County Art Association. and
county residents are invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Visit to Russia

MINK IN MOSCOW, by
Mary Mcdowell Hill (printed
by the author, is a Wash
ington woman's account of
her visit to Russia in the
spring of 1856. She was the
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Newly
WalmSley. Mr.. Walmsley was
Minister : Counselor of the
United States Embassy. The
author met most Of the then
top figures in the Soviet gov
eminent. though some of
them, like Malenkov and Mo-
lotov. were soon to retire to
oblivion. She was impressed
with the gaiety Of diplomatic
life In Moscow and was sur
prised at the crowds jam
ming churches of various
faiths. The writer Is Mrs.
Arthur w. Hill, of 2818 Nc
Gill terrace NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Moods Expressed

Helen Rennie's Is paint
ings at the Franz Bader CAL
lery, 1705 G street NV.
through February 26, ex-
press her moods, feelings and
reactions to sights. sounds,
contacts and thoughts. They
are done in an abstract idiom.
The turbulent woods Hole"
for instance, reflects her
fears in navigating a sloop
through the rock-studded
channel: the golden Nam
jemoy Greek, Sunset" the
magnifcence of q gorgeous
evening; Celestial Horizon, "
an infinite sky. There are also
two Of her elegant Siamese
cats, for the paintings Of
which she is best known to
some art lovers.
That Mrs. Rennie Is q skill
full draughtsman Is obvious
from series Of naturalistic
figure drawings and cats in a
portfolio with the exhibition.
But she has become increas-
ingly interested in speaking
through color in movement,
space and light. rather than
in representational delinea-
ton.
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Librettist
First Novel Introduces
Lily Jay Silver, Author
SHADOW IN THE sun. BY

0AAkAOO" AAN AAAA oOANs ~
Lily j. Silver. (Duell, Sloan
& Pearce: $3.50
This is one Of those books
that fail to engender much
interest because the twists Of
the plot seem too incredible
to countenance.
Nicole is a beautiful
Frenchwoman who becomes a
refugee. with her daughter,
Monique, from the Nazis.
She arrives in Cuba on one
of those boats that is shunt-
ed from port to port but may
never land any of its state
less. paperless wanderers.
Nicole solves that by SWIM
mining ashore to a primitive
Cuban village where she is
raped graphically by the
Town policeman while WORK.
ing as a seamstreSs.
After that things look UP
for her. She becomes the
mistress Of a wealthy Cuban
named Manuel, who is, after
all. much better looking than
the village cop-and richer.
The will to survive becomes
so much stronger than the
lingering remnants of her
moral code that she pays no
heed to the fact that Man.
uel has a live and lovely wife.
Soon. Nicole herself has
become wealthy as the own
er Of a chi-chi Havana dress
shop. and Monique is safely
ensconced in a convent. Then
the problem arises of what to
do about Monique's vocation
to become a nun. Faced with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

tides of passion and history.
Elizabeth's vicissitudes are
so snarled and extensive that
one might be tempted to
think that a suggestive au-
thor had sketched in a few.
But no. the most implausi-
BILE troubles which attended
beautiful, warm-blooded Bess
are all detailed in dusty ar
chives. Miss Seton has rather
too much than too little fac
tual material to go on. and
If the reader feels credibility
strained by still another In
dian raid. still another witch
hunt, he will have to take his
complaint to life, not art.
Miss Seton has apparently
contented herself in the way
Of establishment with the
touches Of dark curls" and
smoldering eyes that are al
most inevitable in recltals Of
this kind.
Three Husbands
A wayward Puritan, entirely
bereft Of the meekness and
God-fearing that was sup
posed to mark the breed, Bess
cut a wide swath across the
new world. She had three
husbands. The first was
hare Drained Harry Win
throp, Johns son; the second.
weak-witted Robert Feake;
and the third, a lusty yeo-
man named Will Hallett,
whom she took without bene-
fit Of bell, book and candle,
a circumstance that did not
long go unnoted among her
cody neighbors. In the sober
company she kept it is no
wonder that the folk of
Watertown mistook her for a
witch and drove her into exile
in Connecticut, where she
matter of factly switched her
allegiance to the Dutch.
There, she Jared better for q
while, but in time, her old
accident proneness overlook
her. In New York. her home
stead fell before Indian fury.
Incontestably, Elizabeth was
one of those people things
happen to. Miss Seton does
not bring her into absolutely
clear focus as a person. She
fares much better with John
Winthrop. that curious mix
ture Of self-righteousness and
kindness. the prosecutor of
Anne Hutchinson, who was
the tenderest of husbands.
And she rises to the great
moments in her chronicle:
the arrival Of the Governors
wife in the bleak colony; the
trial Of Anne Hutchinson, the
Watertown witch hunt. II
her account lacks a real dis
tinction of style, it has the
great virtue of reliability.
1t is certainly a lively way
to read history.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
French Russiun

A gentle, orderly and en-
gaging world is reflected in
the paintings Of Ossip Luz
bitch at Fantasy Gallery.
1865 Connecticut avenue
NV. through March /. Rus
sian born, he went to Paris
after the revolution. and has
lived there ever since.
His paintings are impress
sionist. concerned with flow
ers and still life, landscapes
and circuses. His lovely, har-
moniouS color schemes make
his flower paintings covetable,
yet no more so than his near
monochromatic rs nowy
Roofs" under q gray sky.
Cannes" shows what he
does with sunshine on bright
colors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

the friend dreamed the
dream, but when farther
along in 1t. and was left even
more disturbed. The friend
told her husband and he, too,
dreamed the dream. He told
his doctor. who told his
flancee-each dreamed the
dream. more complete and
horrible every time, until the
doctors flancee was found
apparently dead of fright.
Where did 1t come from, why
did 1t travel? DR.. Amenu
King Of Africa. q psychiatrist
who once was a witch doctor,
is called in to handle a case
Of black magic-in England.
Different and imaginative.
go
THE NARROW SEARCH
by Andrew Carve Harper
d Bros. $2.95. Arnold
Hunter hit on a very simple
scheme to force his estranged
wife Clare to return to him.
He kidnapped their baby. Ar
rested after his failure to
obey q court order giving
Clare custody Of the little
girl, Arnold swore he would
never tell where the child
was. For his temporary inn
prisonment meant he was q
sitting duck when the au-
thorities came TO discuss
See MYSTERIES. Page Ell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

the choice of talking her
daughter out of a postu-
lant's habit or giving up her
own habit, Nicole sadly
ponders that she has nothing
left in the world-except a
wealthy sponsor and a fancy
dress shop.
Having decided that the
mother of a nun cannot be
a prostitute, Nicole gives up
her wealthy lover. but pre-
sumably retains the wealth.
The dustjacket says Mrs. Sill
yer writes like Balzac-mainly
at night. The similarity ends
there.
JERRY oLEARY, Jr.
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problems and with some
difficulties that less adult
minds probably escape.
Mr.. Buechner has drawn
these characters without
taking whole pages to de-
scribe them and list their Cd
dities, but more memorably
with subtle touches here and
there. An oblique, JameSian
way of writing detracted
from his earlier novels. The
indirect approach is less
evident in the new story; it is
more straight forward, more
absorbing. 1t is, I think. on
all counts his best novel, and
1t points to a talent which
should continue to develop.
Key Post
Ansel Gibbs, a lawyer of
wealth and what is called
background, has served the
Government in important
capacities, especially in Eu-
rope. But he has been vir-
tually retired lately on his
ranch in Montana. He has
returned to New York, in
tending to accept the key
cabinet post" obviously Sec
rotary of State) to which the
President has appointed him.
A widower for many years. he
joins his daughter Anne and
a distant cousin and the
lawyer friend who has been
his confidant through the
years.
Anne, her father discovers.
Is in love with young Trip.
q television celebrity and the
son of Gibbs one-time de-
voted friend, who committed
suicide. This long-ago sui
eide has haunted Gibbs. who
has always felt that he was
largely to blame for it. What
will his friends son think of
him? But it seems that young
Trip takes q civilized view
of the distant tragedy and
does not blame Gibbs. But
when Gibbs consents to APP
pear on Trips television
show with Q Senator who is
sure to oppose Gibbs confir-
nation, another problem de-
velops. And Gibbs is not at
all sure he even wants the
cabinet post.
The Answers
This Gibbs is an unusual
man to be in public life at
al. he - TOO lnCellecCually
honest to evade or simplify
the questions the convention
al minded Senator hurls at
him, even though q vast au-
dience is looking and listen
ing. Nor will Gibbs admit
there are easy answers to
these platitudinous questions.
Will his integrity cost him
the job? Or will he decide
that the post does not mean
enough to him even to allow
his name to go to the Sem
ate?
These questions are an
swered in the closing pages
Of a very interesting book.
Mr.. Buechner's previous
novels were "A Long Days
Dying" and THE Seasons
Difference"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Unusual History

The new issue of AMERI-
CAN HERITAGE published
in book form six times a
year; $2.95 a copy contains
some unusual historical ma
terial, including a full-length
article on Charleston, S. c.,
and a story about Americas
forgotten war" in the Philip
pines. Funston Captures
Aguinaldo."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
The Jurymun

A Few years ago Donald
Mackenzie told what his
publishers described as the
story of his own former life
in Occupation: Thief" He
appears now with a book
which is fiction but probably
is based on observation dur
ing the career he abandoned:
THE JURYMAN CHoughton
Mlf1in; 49,
THE Juryman" is an ex-
citing story Of a trial in Lon
don.
Gerry Steel, once a squad
ron leader in the Royal Ca
madam Air Force and a dec
Grated war veteran, had an
unfortunate criminal record
in civil life. But for two
years he had gone straight as
he worked for his best
friend, Danny Sullivan, also
q onetime gangster, who was
engaged in a legitimate busi-
ness. Unluckily Danny's
enemy. a bookmaker, tried to
kill him. and Danny, pre-
ferring to settle account out
side the law, tried to even the
score with a pistol. but Sue
ceeded only in wounding his
rival. Danny is up charged
with attempted murder. but
also faces worse-a long
sentence as an habitual
criminal.
Gerry feels he must do
something to save his best
friend. who has done a great
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

that is occasionally vulgar. 1t
is all quite opinionated, brash
and not good enough. Anger
is all very well but mere
grousing is not all that
worthwhile.
\ 4 \ 4
Librettist
GILBERT, HIS LIFE AND
STRIFE. BY HeSketh Pear
son. (Harper q Bros;
$4.50)
Mr.. Pearson here clasps the
thorny person of w. S. Gil
bert, the bristly librettist Of
the Gilbert and Sullivan
operas. The exquisite air.
mess Of his dittieS notwith-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
NEW OPENINGS

TWELVE YEARS or. ITALIAN
PAINTING. Cofeoran Gallery Of Art.
Seventeenth street and New YoFK
avenue. February 22-Mareh 16.
TURKEY IMAGINED BY WASH
ington Artists Gallery. Once of the
Press Atteche, 1928 Massachusetts,
avenue NV. February 17-MaFeh 8.
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY
MARY NAE "a Afodl .ES., sAA s1sa TIE ., AZ
avenue. Silver Sprine. Current
Februafy 2e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
CRIME AND MYSTERY
BY BETTY MILES
star stan Writer

An lily hero Is Gerald Hanna, who drives unwttngly
onto the scene Of robbery and finds himself holding
bag-hled with jewels-when thief forces his way into
his car and dies All this launches INVITATION VIO-
LENCE by Lionel White (E. p. Dutton e. Co.. Inc; $295).
Now Mr. Hanna is a man whose lob and way of life
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

serene abstraction Garden
Gate Glow" and to Alice
Acheson's admirable land
scape "Schoonhaven." Many
other works deserve specific
mention for excellence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16

March 8. daily from 10 to
6 o'clock. This afternoon
there will be a private YER
nissage at which the winners
of three prizes will be an
nounced. The judges are H.
E. Stat Hayri Urgublu. Turk
ish Ambassador to the United
States; Franz Bader Of the
Bader Gallery. and H. Lester
Cooke, curator. National Gal
lery of Art. 4t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Three Good Novels Add
Interest to New List
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Hnnk Criiin

This week there several novels worth than
mention particularly Frederick Buechners book At 80
Mr.. Buechner is bringing out his third novel:
THE RETURN OF ANSEL GIBBS Knopf $3:75).
This Is intelligent story about handful Of persons
minds These minds twisted with the usual
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
NoIund's Tenth

Kenneth hollands tenth
one-man show in as many
years. is at the jefferson
Place Gallery through next
Saturday. Each of the Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
AND EXHIBITIONS
Turkish Embassy Show
On View I omorroW /
BY FLORENCE s. BERGMAN
Star Art critic

Turkey Imagined" in SO paintings drawings BY 2s
Washington artists invited by the Turkish Embassy TO
depict its nation though they have visited it,
promises to be provocative exhibition win open to the
public at the gallery Once Of the Turkish Press
Atache Massachusetts NV thrnllr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Coy Nineties

Theatrical Posters Of the
Gay Nineties" in the main
building Of the Library of.
Congress, north gallery,
ground floor, through next
Sunday, is a colorful facet Of
q decade which from this
distance seems q veritable
golden age. The Broadway
stage sparkled those days
with melodrama, 'compli-
Gated farcical extravaganza"
musical comedy, burlesque.
fantastic spectacle" and
vaudeville, as well as with
Shakespeare and substantial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
The Lively Adventures
OF o.Woyword Puritan
BY MARY McGRORY
Star STAFF Writer

The heroine of THE WINTHROP WOMAN by Anya
Seton Houghton Milin $495) is historical novelists
dream girl Elizabeth winthrop unregenerate niece of the
redotab Governor of Massachusetts, Bay Colony sounds
in fact like the central figure of soap opera Joan
Crawford movie unremittngly bufeted she the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-16
Polish Family

A GLASS ROSE, by Rich
ard Bankowsky BRANDON
House; $3.75) is a curious
novel about a Polish family
in this country. We meet
them grouped around the
coffin of Stanislaw. the father,
after a Seven-day wake in
which they have waited for
one daughter, Stella. who I'm
ally comes, bringing her af-
fluent husband, a stranger to
them all.
In succeeding chapters we
are taken into the thoughts
and memories of each Of the
five daughters, of the mother,
Rozalja. whose mind S gone:
Uncle Pyotr, Uncle Jozef, and
the others. We are told of
their dreary sins and their
drearier Illustrations. Mr..
Bankowsky may turn out to
be a f1rst-rate talent-it's
hard to tell from a first novel
that it tries so self conscious
ly to be different-but his
style at this stage might sug-
gest that he has read Faux
ner not wisely bit too well.
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deal for him. The evidence
is pretty damning. Gerry
decides the only way Is to
fix a juryman. This he sets
out to do.
Mr.. Mackenzie writes yell.
This story should make you
forget the approaching in
come-tax deadline, at least
for an evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-30

hearts and minds win mold
the shape Of things 10 come.
Your responsibilities win be
tremendous. Your success can
be glorious. your failures dis
aSlrOus.
1T Is vital" she said. shat
you recognize the urgency Of
Americas need for and adj
hercnce 70 the policy Of seek
ing divine guidance. And
you must understand the
basic purpose OF government,
which Is 10 protect the lndl-
vidual IN the exercise Of HIS
0od-given rights."
This revolutionary prlnci-
pie" has been the basis OF
Americas success. Mrs. Kelly
said. and Is IS hateful an
idea 10 the tyrants Of today's
world as II was 10 King
George III"
This morning MRS. Arleieh
Burke. wife Of the Chief Of
Naval Operations. had her
husbands Girls Nation coun-
terpart over for breakfast.
Karen Z. Clark Of West
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-30

man Of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
A District girl, Mary Beth
Reed OF s5l0 r street NV.
was appointed Chairman OF
the Joint Chiefs Of staii. and
Jane Krause OF 223 Roger
drive. Fails Church. the sec
ond District delegate. Is chief
Of the Small Business Ad-
ministration.
The two Virginia delegates.
Claire Ritchle Of Mclean
and Patsy Ann Ramsey Of
Martinsville, are Marshal OF
the Supreme Court and head
OF the Federal communlca-
tons Commission. respec-
lively.
After the Inauguration. the
girls were addressed by Mira.
J. Pat Kelly Of Atlanta. Ga.
national president Of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Can BE Glorious
MRS. Kelly told them. "You
are the FIRST generation
Of the atomic age. Your