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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Case Of Charles Lee

Was British-born General
Charles Lee a traitor? The
question has been debated
ever since the Battle of Mon
mouth, when General WASH
ington relieved Lee Of field
command for disobeying or
ders and retreating before the
enemy. Lee declared he was
reforming his men to with
stand attack by a superior
force. British papers disclosed
10 years later that Lees &C
ton may have been justified.
DR.. Benjamin Rush, a sign
er of the Declaration Of In
dependence, wrote Lee, time
and posterity will do you
justice" So does Samuel
White Patterson in KNIGHT
ERRANT OF LIBERTY, The
Triumph and Tragedy Of
General Charles Lee. Lam
tern Press. N. W Well writ
ten.
CHARLES FARMER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20

those by Pietro Lazzari,
Robert Willis, Jacob Kainen
and Helen Rennie. in
strongly contrasted black
and white. Richard Dempsey
and Alfred McAdams show
distractions in warm colors.
Mr.. Dempsey's in vertical
and angular lines and forms,
Mr.. McAdams' a collage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Robins Second

Ed Robins has his second
one-man show at Silver
Spring Art Gallery. 92l6
Flower avenue. through July.
A Washington area resi-
dent only 10 months, he had
his first show here last
August.
native of Rochester, N. Y,
Mr.. Robins served in the.
Navy from 1924. stationed
at the Naval Air Station,
Jacksonville, Florida. during
which Anne he painted
muralS. He obtained his
BFA from the University
of Florida at Gainesville.
and was certified as a
teacher. He now is doing free
lance commercial work and
murals in Silver Sprlllg,
Washington and Virginia.
and is studying with Joe
Summerford and Robert
Gates at American Univer-
sity, toward his MA.
Fruits of the last mem
toned activity are abstract
oil paintings and charcoal
drawings in the Silver Spring
show and several near
abstract still life compose
tions with lively color
schemes. The remainder OF
the show is composed OF
representational work: por-
trait heads. figure studies
and a coast scene.
During the past year. Mr..
Robins Nlso has painted a
large number of murals for
private homes, ofiices, restau-
rants and other business
See ART, Page Ell
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Irish Without Lit
MRS. o.. BY Claude, Rine

MRS. O.. BY Claude. Rine-
hart g. Co.; $500
Do not be taken in by the
title. This is no darlin'.
smilin' book about the old
sod from some homesick or
doting native. Rather it is a
tart appreciation of an IRA
tional race wrung from a
representative Of the rational
French. who saw them
through love and exaSpera-
ton over the counter of her
pub.
IF this were an entirely
accurate account of my life
In Cork" writes the author,
who has taken the further
precaution Of a one-name
pseudonym, II should prob
ably be writing it behind
bars. So ! should say that it
is impressionalistically true
when not always factually
So"
A delighted reader will not
bubble. Claude. or Mrs. o..
whoever she is, has a true
ear, a sharp eye and an en-
tirely fetching style. If Daisy
and Sean and Paddy Dono-
van and the others who
moved through her story
never drank and sang in her
bar. they live at least in
these pages. From the mo-
ment she stepped into that
cozy. murky. gamey interior.
they reached out gently and
inexorably involved her in
their splendid, miserable lives.
When in Cork, Mrs. O. did
as the Corkonians 'do. Thus
1t was that although what
the Irish call a "fallen-away"
Catholic, she went to mass
because she was told by a
rival, but friendly publican.
"Ye, won't have a single Gus
toner in a month II ye're not
seen going to mass" And
in church she fatally met
again her most Economically
mysterious patron, who
turned out to be a spoiled
priest"
There is much rich bar
lore here. advice on how to
deal with the drunk, the
scrounger. the glaSs-snatcher.
Mrs. o.. with great temerity.
acted as her own bouncer.
She was small but made up
the difference in gamesman-
ship. an art much-applauded
in Ireland.
Underlying this light &C
count is the dark tragedy of
the existence of her regulars:
The tragi-comic plight of the
gentle burglar who finally
was transformed into a
watch man; the abrasive
marriage of the Phelans;
the terrible illnesses and
deaths which were accepted
as 1.-The will Of God" Mrs.
O. deplores the passive Irish
attitude towards health, par
ticularly tuberculosis. More
sanitation and less resigna-
ton Is what she counSels.
Kindness, meannqks. stu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Buder Group

A small but excellent group
show of more than 20 draw
ings in various media by
Washington area artists who
regularly exhibit at Franz
Bader Gallery. 1705 @ street
NV, is on view there
through August 4.
At the conservative pole of
this show are such admirable
items as Marjorie Phillips
charcoal self-portrait. a close
likeness; Prentiss Taylor's
beautiful pen drawing Arch
es and Tangle," a glimpse of
the C. and o. Canal; Lester
Cookies two large pen draw
ings outlining architectural
panoramas of Old World
cities. Also traditional in
technique and approach are
Sarah Bakers exquisite little
pastel bouquet; a small still
life Of fruit by Dominic Spa
daro; Harold Giese's Fish"
(these last three in colors)
and Andrea Zerega's land
Scape illustrated on this
page.
Modern figurative draw
ings include Herman Maril's
excellent "Harbor" done
with a minimum of line;
figures by William Walton
and Kulkarni; Lucille Evans
BLACK Tulip" and Mitchell
Jamieson's 'Precarious City,"
inciSed on Switchboard.
Several striking abstrac-
tons balance the exhibition:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Wild West Side
HELL'S KITCHEN. by

HELL'S KITCHEN. by
Richard O'Connor (Lippin-
colt; $4.95), is described by
the author as IAN informal
account of some Of the lively.
the deadly. the sanity. the
mischievous people" who have
lived in this section of New
York's West Side. A century
ago. Mr.. O'Connor points out,
wealthy New Workers still
maintained summer estates
along the cobbled streets Of
this area. With the coming
of the Civil War. with vast
migrations from Europe and
rapid industrialization, the
countrifled charm of the sec
ton vanished forever, and
Its streets were invaded by
jerry-built rows of tenements.
grog shops, slaughterhouSes,
railroad yards, warehouses.
gas reservoirs. Gangs of
hoodlums battled police for
supremacy in its streets. Riots
and disorders we're fomented
along its noisome thorough
fares !" A most interesting
and colorful chronicle.
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half an hour later. Inspector
Mallett. also retired. works
with Pettigrew to solve the
mystery, related to q large
and perpetually feuding fam
lily. For character. atmos-
phere, interest and surprise,
thoroughly top flight.
y
THE LORELEI by Law
renee Bachmann. Doubleday
and Co.. $685. The Rhine
itself is an enchantress. as
Mr.. Bachmann proved when
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Bringing Down
The japanese
BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP. By

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP. BY
"Pappy" Boyington. Put.
nam, $4.500
Marine Fighter Ace Col.
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington
had problems before he start
ed knocking japanese planes
out Of the skies.
With a proper mixture Of
modesty and humility. he
talks of all Of them in his
confiict-filled autobiography
and uses evaSive tactics only
IN the air. Unashamedly,
properly punctuated with
anecdotes. he relates his con-
quests of women, whiskey
and Japanese pilots. At the
time of writing. he was hap
PLY married, hadn't had a
drink in three years and was
flying again.
His accounts of aerial bat
ties are among the best of
World War II. In one, after
he has become separated from
his wingman in bad weather,
the wingman radios a query
wanting to know Ia where
Boyington is and (b) where
the Japanese planes are.
You silly - =" Boying-
ton replies. Come on down
here, I have FIVE Of 'em cor
nered."
CHARLES YARBPUGH
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he allowed himself to believe
that a cliche-ridden story
would have vitality in this
setting. His picture Of life
on the river is quite divert
ing, but the group assem-
blage on one river boat, in
GLIDING a young thing who
is a brute's slave and the
strong, silent man who will
save her, makes this trip as
exciting as our daily ride in
the sstreetcar down Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
4
HEAT WAVE by Caesar
Smith. (Ballantine Books.
$3.50 Richard Talent
didn't realize how much he
hated his wife until she lay
dead at his feet Haunted by
fear Of discovery. Richard
attracts a girl at the resort
he has been visiting shortly
after the murder. He tries to
forget that for them times
boundary is the moment his
wife's body is discovered. Mr..
Smith has made Richard
Talent convincing and SYM
pathetic in this bitter-sweet
story Of a murderer.
THE DISA
CORPSE by James Warren.
ives Washburn. Inc: S2.95.)
The trouble with Harry was
the trouble with Ernest,
too-he was a corpse that
would not stay put. Private
Eye Weston, in Torpiddle at
the request of Ernest's
dowager, navy-blue-haired
sister, himself saw Ernest
dead, or thought he did. But
then. Ernest had a reputa-
ton as a practical joker. It's
all quite blithe. with the sis
ter's missing antiques q fac
tor, and a twist ending that
can be believed. We found
the comic relief provided by
a servant who speaks a
quaint and obtuse tongue a
sprag to the plot, but others
may not share our aversion
to dialect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Those Islands
OF the Fubled
Outer Banks
THE HATTERAsMAN. BY

THE HATTERASMAN. BY
Ben Dixon MacNeill. John
F. Blair. Publisher, Win
ston-Salem, N. c.
Mr.. MacNeill. q former
Raleigh newSpaperman. has
written the story Of North
Cardinals storied. but I'M
published. Outer Banks is
lands: Hatteras and Ocra-
coke. 1t is an informal. RAM
bling and personal picture
of two outposts Of individual
ism.
The islands are now a part
of oursonly Seashore National
park and are attracting more
tourists and more attention.
This is their story and 1t is
a good one. 1t ranges all the
way from the curious mill
tary occupation which they
underwent during the Civil
War to such comic episodes
as the wreck Of a cargo Of
10000 beaver hats. Mr.. Mac
Neill has an eye for a good
story and is not above the
trivial but revealing detail.
The HatteraSman is the
first thing of its kind in print
for popular consumption and
it is good to have it.
EDWIN TREBLE.
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sobriety since his marriage.
Happily he is not a princi-
pal in these demanded pro-
ceedings. He merely offers
his Uncle Fred Gord Icken-
ham to you) the hospitality
Of his club (The Drones, of
course1, whence Uncle Fred
beans his old friend Sir Ray
mond Bastable. the terror OF
witnesses and the absolute
despair of his rabbity sister.
Phoebe. who not only trem-
bles with fear at his frown,
but breaks down and sobs.
Mr.. Wodehouse has more
people scrambling through
his book than Mr.. Goldfine
has lawyers. But he is a very
old hand at this sort of thing
and everything bubbles along
beautifully: romance, black
mail. smuggling. novel-writing.
auctions. Uncle Fred man
ages all with q minimum Of
fuss. He is a combination of
Mary Worth, Superman,
Robin Hood and the Morris
Plan, and you will, if you
love nonsense, take him to
your heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
In Different Beet
A BATON FOR THE con-

A BATON FOR THE con-
DUCTOR, by T. L. w. Hub
hard tHoughton Mifiiin: So,
is described on the dustjacket
as "a ridiculous novel,"
It's just that, but 1t also
is highly amusing and is told
with sharp suspense.
A London psychiatrist is
consulted by the wife Of an
able and respected civil serv-
ant who has a strange OBJ
session. The husband is de-
termined to become a SYM
phony conductor, though he
has had no formal training
in music. At home. in secret,
he spends his spare time pre-
tending to direct the orches-
tras he plays on records. He
studies scores by the hour.
The wife says her husband
would never consent to con-
suit a psychiatrist; he doesn't
realize anything's wrong with
him. The doctor agrees that
the patient should be treated
without his knowledge.
The Psychiatrist's Plot
II the civil servant could
once conduct a live orches-
ira, he would discover his
inadequacy and his passion
would subside, the doctor
thinks. There is to be a
music festival in a foreign
capital. The pSychiatriSt's
plot includes kidnapping the
English conductor who has
been engaged for one con-
cert and substituting the
patient"
It's all carried QUITO an
extent.
1t couldn't happen, Of
course. But who cares? You'll
be willing to believe it while
you surrender to an evening
Of light diversion.
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NEW OPENINGS

TEcHNIoUEs IN WATER COLOR. BY
MARION oRTOLL BAQLEY. Dupont
rheater Gallery, 1882 Connecticut
avenue. current-September A.
SIX MODERN MASTERS OF PHoTOo-
RAPHY. l. p. A. Gallery, s623 Con-
neeticut avenue. current-Ausust ?.
=.
PAINTINGS BY JOHN BRYANs. Hun
road NV. current-July 81.
AND MIMI WILLOW. Roth's Silver
Sprine Theater. Current-August y.
PAINTINGS BY FATHER ISOTTA.
Vienna tvaD Barn, 32s Maple ave-
nue.. W. current-July 81.
WORKS BY THREE POTOMAC
ARTISTS Glen Gallery OF Art.
South Glen road. Potomac. Md.
Current-July 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20

with naming II. Is q leading
spokesman. This week a
young friend Of his offers a
striking novel. II Is: THE
HORN. by John Clellon
Holmes. random House;
S3.75)
But 1.-THE Horn" is not so
much q story Of young
people today, though some
come into II, as 1t Is an ex-
PLANTATION Of a common pas
sion which has bound to-
gether each upcoming gen.
Grafton for 40 years. This is
Jazz.
II Was All JAM
True. jazz has changed
somewhat through these
years of cosmic upheavals.
Once, long ago land some Of
us can remember when), it
started with the more melo-
dious rhythms Of ragtime.
Then there were the blues.
still fevered. Then swing and
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buildings at the waters edge.
boats, people. animals and a
flight OF birds. all beautifully
captured "in little"
Heinz Warneke. interna-
tionally known sculptor. has
been so occupied with his
work for Washington Cathe-
dral. that he is showing a few
small works seen before, but
always worth seeing again,
and several photographs Of
larger work. The original
sculptures in the current show
demonstrate his facility in
use of materials. and his mas
terry Of form.
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bop and rock-and-roll. But 1t
was all. at least in its more
recent forms. jazz.
Mr.. Holmes writes about
some colored jazz players,
especially one, whose name
is Edgar Pool but who is
famous as The Horn. When
we meet him. The Horn is
middle aged. but looking
older, beaten down with
blowing his heart out
through uncounted hours,
wrecked from lack Of sleep,
from liquor and drugs and
from losing interest in food.
He can't play as he once
could, but he still holds the
deep respect of real addicts;
he has a place in the history
of this mad music.
Blown Down
We follow The Horn as he
realizes one night that he is
through, that a young horn
player has shown him up in
public, played as well as he
ever could. better than he
can now. We watch him,
drunk, broke, diSheveled, as
he wanders about the jazz
beat of upper Manhattan,
trying to cage enough money
to get back to his native
Kansas City.
At first Mr.. Holmes style
seemed to me difficult, preten-
tious. But when l got used to
it. it seemed to fit his subject
admirably. 1t has something
of the frenetic exaggeration,
the raw power, the cacopho-
nous pulsation Of jazz itself.
A Look Inside
Jack Kerouac wrote in "On
the Road" about young per-
sons under a compulsion TO
wander, to see and feel every
thing, and to these boys and
girls jazz bands were more
necessary than food and
drink. Mr.. Holmes has delved
inside those who provide jazz.
exposed something Of what
they think and feel.
Some Of us may not agree
with the author that jazz is a
great art. We may feel it a
chaotic distortion of music.
But who can say what its
final form will be, its ultimate
contribution to music? Mean
while, whatever we may think
of it. Jazz remains, an ines
capable part Of our life. And
Mr., Holmes has explored 1t,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
CRIME AND MYSTERY
BY BETTY MILES
Star stan Writer

beautifully constructed story, complete with mysteries
within mysteries and most tastefully written is UNTIMELY
DEATH by Cyril Hare (The Macmillan Co.. $3.50 Vaca
tonng in Exmoor which he knew boy retired attorney
Francis Pettgew relives shocking childhood experience
when discovers a body the moor-ony to find it gone
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Wodehouse Is Back
...And Never Better
BY MARY McGRORY
star star Writer

COCKTAIL TIME. BY p G. wodehouse. Doubleday: $500
For Wodehouse buffs sentence is sufficient He is
back. And might add, he better The
plot could hardly be intricate, mad The char
acters while simpler, equally daft Our old friend
Pongo Twsteton is here sadly altered on the side of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Novel Digs Deep Into
The World of jazz
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Boot Critic

The new generation of the moment whatever II Ia called
however Il regarded lacked Spokesman For the
lost generation Of the 2os had Fitzgerald Hemingway
Sherwood Anderson others For the children OF the depres
sion IN the 3s Senbeck Farrell Dos Passo For the
heat generation who credited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Hammock Reading


DOCTOR. BY Una Troy.
Dutton; $3.50
Slip of your shoes and
flop in a hammock to read
this one by the author of
1--WE Are Seven" The scene
is Ballybeg. Irish seaside viii
lage, and it's all about the
quaint folk who live there
abouts. Miss Maggie is not
only servant and house,
keeper for the young doctor:
her heart warns the hamlet.
H. A. LYON.
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ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Corcoron Faculty
Covers Wide Range
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN
star Art Critic

Paintings, sculpture and drawings by the Corcoran
Schools faculty occupy Room 80 at the Cocoran Gallery Of
Art through September 81 varied and interesting show
illustrates the Of technques at the service Of students
from the conservative poratre Of Edmund Archer to the
distractions of John Chapman Lewis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20

Each artist Is represented
with several works. each
group (although the exhibits
are not hung as groups) be-
ing retrospective Of FIVE years
or more. A number Of the
artists demonstrate consider
able change within this
period.
The two largest paintings
by Richard Lahey principal
of the Corcoran SCHOOL, of
Perkins Cove Bridge, seem
to me his best: strong in de-
sign and color, and semi
abstract.
Edmund Archer shows 5
portraits and figure paint
ings. approximately life-size.
with convincing individuality
in the former. and sound
knowledge of anatomy in his
figure paintings.
Good Versatility
Jessalee Sickman's sim
plified "Moonlit Landscape"
her caricatured genre, her
near-abstract figures in
strong sunlight, and her most
recent painting, a still-life
composition. speak well of
her versatility.
Leonard Maurer's Dog
wood" an all-over tapestry of
leaves and petals. appears at
a little distance, to be the
tree itself; a beautiful work.
as is also his Winter Sea"
dark and stormy, with a de-
sign OF styled white caps.
Two drawing techniques are
we'll illustrated in his Greek
Fleet" charcoal and chalk
on brown paper, emphasizing
the graceful lines of the
triremes. and his Vertical
OWL" in which the bird
emerges from a closely knit
mesh of ink lines.
John Chapman Lewis
work has become largely abb
stract in recent years. His
design is excellent and his
color pleasing; but the
paintings no longer commu-
nicate to the layman as did
Mr.. Lewis earlier work. ro-
mantle harbor and seaport
paintings. There is a faint
echo of those in his near
abstract "Harker's Island"
in the current show.
william Walton shows his
admirable Unfinished Ca
thedral," emphasizing archi-
tectural structures with his
fiat. rectangular treatment.
and strong tonal contrast.
His End of Summer" too.
is outstanding. with stress
on color.
vVafar C0IOra
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
an unhurried view of
EROTICA
book written by Ralph Ginzburg
introduction by DR.. Theodor Reik
preface by George Jean Nathan

This Of the few books published with the basic facts about
eroic literature.
includes lengthy excerpts from leading works of classical ercte
literature library Rare Book Rooms and Restricted Shelves
tells about the collections Of the late Morgan the British Mu
the Vatican Library the Bbohcquc Rationale the Library
Of Congress- the New York Public Library the late DR. KnScy and
the Ivy League college libraries
Dr. Theodor Rek Of the worlds renowned pchoanasts
of VIEW ERoTcA The material here presented
will be of great interest the psychologist and the pcast to
the socoogs and historian Of civilization and last but not least to
the of literature Also the bblophe will find many
data unknown ALL about publications and collections of eroca
We welcome this courageous book that presents valuable piece Of
conscientious research George Jean Nathan the eminent critic
the Preface this book just before his death
Beautifully designed handsomely printed elegantly bound
and boxed In a permanent slip case, AN UNHURRIED
VIEW OF ERoTICA in Connoisseurs Edition offered at
$495 postage paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20

and traced something Of its
history. In a novel which has
q moving appeal and q force
that sometimes Is terrifying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
A PuzzIer

BY Stanley Baron. little,
Brown; $40
Mr.. Baron's hero. like so
many of today, suffers from
a case of galloping apathy.
When we meet him ne is
just emerging from prison.
having served a short term
on a bum dope rap. Seems
his lady love was waiting for
the stuff and he delivered it
into the hands Of the Feds.
Scarcely have the gates
changed shut behind him,
when he falls into the hands
Of a member of the beat"
generation. Fleeing her
clutches, he seeks refuge with
a cousin in the Virginia hunt
country. There he has a life
less affairSwith a handsome
social outcast. whose views
on race relations he finds in
tolerable. Having proved
himself an unassailable lib
ersl in an ugly incident of
the countryside. he gropes
his way back to New York
and the bedside Of the was
trel, who is herself just cas-
ing off dope, making one
think the whole dreary round
is about to start again.
Mr.. Baron seems to write
well, although in the total
absence of emotion which
blights his wry tale. it's hard
to tell.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20
Water COlOrs

Hereward Lester Cooke,
most recent addition to the
Corcoran School faculty. is
showing three water colors.
miniatures in size and treat
ment. Particularly engag-
ing is Porto Polenza," with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-20

pidity. mystery-"the beast
illness Of humanity"-fi
it was too much for her. and
she fed. This is a haunting
memorial to il all.