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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

AAAu tAACA NAACAC WNANg vi
hearts who at the first whis-
per Of trouble fed to the mir
vana Of the novel.
For the fiinchers. Vicki
Baum came along like the
United States Marines. Miss
Baum. is an old and knowing
hand in the mixing up and
serving of escape fiction, as
readers Of such sagas as
Grand Hotel" well know.
THEME FOR BALLET
Doubleday; $3.50 Is in
her finest vein. The plot
boils along with nary a
pause; the dialogue is to the
point; the characters are
broadly but boldly stroked.
There is Of course. a touch
of schmalz-Miss Baum is
from Vienna. There is also
a good deal of theatre,
whichSis entirely permissible.
because she is dealing here
with ballet.
Bravura Stuff
Her heroine, Katja Milen-
kaya, turns out to be our old
friend, the working wife, in
tights. The core of the story
is a familiar dilemma, home
or career. Should she, an
aging ballerina carry on with
the troupe or shall she chuck
it all for twilit peace and
routine with her biochemist
husband and her loving
grandson?
Miss Baum plays this
variation for all it is worth.
There are more intrigues
possibly than in Carlo; there
are tantrums, tears, phobias
and fights. Miss Baum sails
into her big scenes with the
assurance of a champion or
a prima ballerina. She
knows every nuance of rise
and fall in the artists life.
She brings you the blood,
sweat and tears that go into
the vision Of enchantment
that unfolds behind the fool
lights. It's bravura stuff.
absolutely guaranteed to dis
tract you from affairs of
state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

Not all the writer's in Eng
land today are. angry young
men, praise be. Anthony Pow
ell, for instance, harks back
to an older, less abrasive
tradition AT MOLLY'S
(Atlantic-Little Brown; $3.75)
stirs memories of such mas
tiers of the ironic social COM
edy as Jane Austen, anthony
Trollope. Evelyn Waugh. 1t
has its own distinctive flavor,
too, very dry and redolent of
"a decent respect for &C.
centricity," which has always
been one of the glories Of
the English character, al
though less celebrated Of
late.
AS in the English drawing
room, no allowances are
made for newcomers. The
conversation is in full swing
at Lady Molly's when the
reader. so to speak. joins
the company. 1t is his job,
not the authors, to find his
place. Rather a chore it is,
too, what with the armchairs
all occupied by members of
several huge, county families,
to have intermarried at a
rate that would be alarming
to all save a sure-footed
traveller through Burke's
Peerage.
"An Amusing Tour
The narrator, a correct,
unobtrusive chap. has met
just about everybody who is
anybody, at first through q
hanger-on of the interlock-
ing directorates of the Toll
land and SleafordS, later face
to face at Lady Molly's
catch-all parties. Lady
Molly. not too important. is
the link between the clans.
She's a raff1sh lady. a bit too
hospitable. Her quiet hus-
band land Mr.. Powell is con-
stantly counseling against a
dismissal of the quiet onesl
turns out to be much more
interesting.
Actually, what goes on at
Lady Molly's doesn't matter
too much. Her ill-aSSorted
lovers are simply a reservoir
for the numerous little brooks
that make up the plot. And
before it's done, you will have
had a wonderfully amusing
tour through the inter-war
upper class world in all the
phases that make the angry
young men so mad.
Sheer Farce
The heart of the story re-
lates to the bizarre romance
between Mildred Haydock. a
veteran mad young thing,
who started kicking up her
heels in World War I, and a
much younger. fearfully fat
headed schoolmate of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Hungarian Drawings

The first presentation in
the United States Of work by
Lajos Szalay. is the exhibit
ton Of drawings at the Pan
American Union through
August IA. Hungarian born,
$1,000 Mr.. Szalay studied art
in his native Budapest. later
in France. and about 10 years
ago, settled in Argentina, Of
which country he Is now q
citizen. He has been on the
faculty Of the Argentine Uni
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
owsIey at Corner

Lowell Owsley. mentioned
here briefly two Sundays ago
as one Of two artists with
one-man shows at Collectors
Corner through July 81, has
q group Of IA paintings done
in lacquer and glue. plastic
enamels. etc. He has a fair
for color. and has obtained
some striking effects. Partic-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

versity at Tucuman, and has
illustrated six books.
Forty-flve ink drawings in
the current show range over
many subjects, nearly all of
figures. AS the introduction
to the shows catalogue points
out. frequent motifs are the
tragedy and horror Of war
and the desperate brutalities
Of totalitarianism." There
are also many subjects from
the Bible, classical mythol-
ogy. and everyday life.
Modern Technique
Mr.. Szalay employs q mod
ern technique. composed Of
an expressive outline Of vary
ing width, distortion and dis
regard Of natural proportions.
and occasionally Of appear
ance. Nevertheless, all the
drawings communicate ideas
and situations, even though
the artists symbolism is OBJ
scure If not baf11ing at times.
But despite such irritations
to the lay observer. as the
drawing (for example) of q
circus horse that could never
get OF the ground, Mr.. Szalay
can convey expressions with
the ring Of truth. One of the
best is No. IS in his Saint
John and Herod" series, in
which the faces strike one as
being exactly right from the
psychological standpof {.
Equally effective are the char
acters in Odyssey" in which
Odysseus is being dashed to
the mast, to keep him from
the sweet-singing siren.
Photographs have captured
so much horror in the past
two decades, that only the
rare artist surpasses' them in
that field. Goya and Orozco
are two in the graphics field
who come quickly to mind.
OF Mr.. Szalay's Hungarian
Tragedy" series, the -Four
Horsemen" is the best. He
undoubtedly felt deeply about
the tragedy to his home land:
but 1t does not seem to me
to come through most Of his
drawings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Strangely Unreal

John Barth. a native of
Maryland's Eastern Shore
and author of a highly
praised novel, The Float
ing Opera" appears with q
new novel: THE END OF
THE ROAD Doubleday;
$3.50.
This is a strange novel,
competently written and filled
with suspense, but peculiarly
unreal and built on O nihil-
istic philosophy.
Young Jake Horner, who
tells hts story, is, to begin
with. mentally disturbed. but
not to the extent of being
unable to carry on an ordi-
nary life. at least most Of the
time. His doctor. an odd sort.
If there ever was one, runs a
convalescent farm on the
Eastern Shore and lacks
medical standing. He advises
Jake to take a job teaching,
for which the young man is
qualified by education. He
does obtain such a post at a
teachers college nearby.
Grim Triangle
Jake does pretty we'll in the
classroom. but he cutters UP
his life by having an affaii
with a fellow teachers wife
This woman's husband finds
out, and the three Of them dis
cuss the matter endlesSly. with
the wronged husband threat
ening alternately to kill some
body or forget the whole thing
Indeed, the erring wife and
her husband seem less stable
mentally than Jake, who is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
A Remarkable Novel
Of Ancient Greece
by CARTER BROOKE JONES
star Book Critic

Midsummer is bringing novels than usual and
for the most part. interesting There's OF
the customary light froh but also good solid reading
Among the latter Is very remarkable novel Of ancient
legendary Greece:
THE KING MUST DIE, by Mary Renault pantheon:
$3.50
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Lively History
THE GREAT AGE OF DIS.
COvERY. BY Paul Herr.

THE GREAT AGE OF DIS.
COvERY. BY Paul Herr.
mann. CHarper; So
History can be as dry as
last years fallen leaf, or as
lively as life If enriched with
anecdotal material and docu-
ments. The great characters
Of geographical conquest
breathe in this work and
readers understand the think
ing of the times. Excellent
chapters tell Of SPANS SUBJ
jugation OF the American
Indians. and not the least,
interesting is a section that
tells how fortunes were made
in peddling a quack remedy
for the great wave Of disease
that swept Europe at the
time--most certainly a re-
verse gift to civilization from
the Indians.-H. A. LYON
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

supposed 10 have what psy-
chiatrists call a manic-depres-
sive psychosis.
The characters are inter-
esting. but wholly lack re-
atty. at least as ! see them.
Whatever symbolic Signifi-
canoe, II any. the author in
tended TO give the story !
am unable TO say.
Mr.. Barth is an assistant
professor Of English at Penn
sylvania State University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27

Our Way of Life

For the more serious
minded, who may wish to
re-examine the whole way of
life which seems so darkly
menaced now there is THE
DEMOCRATIC VISTA by
Richard Chase Doubleday:
$3.50, which is billed,
loftily but accurately as "A
Dialogue on Life and Let
tiers in Contemporary
America"
It should be said straight
of that Mr.. Chase's book is
pretentious and at its worst
grandiloquent. It's chief
speakers are Ralph Head
strong, a middle-aged pro-
fessor and George Middleby,
q teacher who thinks of 60
ing into business. The two
men exchange ideas. not
with the easy flow Of old
friends over a glass of beer
or the lively inconsequential-
tiles of the literary tea, but
ponderously and exhaustive
ly. After every go-round,
Ralph summarizes their
views.
intoxicating Truths
For instance. Ralph says
TO George at one point, 1T
is odd, but commendable.
that you are intoxicated by
the simple truths of demo-
cratic civilization" No idle
chatter. as you see.
Dearly earnest, and oc-
casionally deadly dull, the
two men consider life and
letters, their literary summit
meeting. They speak to the
initiated. They discuss in
detail books the reader may
not have read. But they also
say some wonderful things
about conformity" and to-
getherness" and American
writing. that light up the
academic dusk of their dis
cussion like fireflies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Art Lecture

Margaret Bouton, staff
lecturer at the National Gal
lery of Art, will give there
this afternoon at 4. another
in the film lectures series on
Paths Of Art" Her subject
Is High Renaissance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
READING AND WRITING
Vicki Baum Digs In
Like the Marines
BY MARY McGRORY
Star stan Writer

People who went reading during the crisis had unlike
their leaders, fairly simple choices to make.
There those who devoured every last syllable
Of disaster the headlines then back the books that
would give them the history of the region in which
unhapply involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
NEW OPENINGS

DRAWINGS by LAJos szALAY. Pan
American Union. Constitution ave-
nue. and. 18th street NV. Current.
August Ia.
TECHNIoUEs IN WATER COLOR. BY
MARION OH,rOLL BAqLEY. Dupont
Theater Gallery, 1882 Connectieut
avenue. Current-September 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
Out Of Poland

And finally, for a view of
the nature of the enemy.
a back-stiffening reminder
of what happens to the mind
and the heart under Soviet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27
ARTISTS AND EXHIBITIONS
Rore Books on View
In Library Show
BY FLORENCE S. BERGMAN
Star Art Critic

Books subject from the presses each year
In such staggering numbers that few Of get atten-
ton they deserve The Western world has had such
embarrassment Of riches In book publishing that
them for granted and thought TO the decades
after the invention Of movable type 1--WE centuries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-27


embarrassment Of riches In
them for granted: and II we
after the invention Of nova
may wonder what there was
TO read those days outside OF
religious treatises.
A fascinating exhibition at
the Library Of Congress gives
a specific answer. It opened
during the height of the
spring season. and was no
ticed only briefly on this
page because it was due to
remain for five months. But
little over a month remains
now to see the 200 rare 18th
and 18th century printed
books Of the Low Countries,
on the main floor, main
building, all of them col
lected by Leasing ]. Rosen-
valid.
18th Anniversary
This show marks the 18th
anniversary Of Mr.. Rosen-
wald's presentation to the
Library of Congress. of the
first in a series of gifts now
forming the Rosenwald COL
lection. But it should be
stressed that 160 Of the books
in this exhibition do not be-
long to the library. and will
return to Mr.. Rosenwald's
collection in Jenkintown. He
purchased this group In q
single lot from the library
assembled by the Dukes Of
Arenberg, and the volumes
arrived in this country only
recently.
OF particular interest to
art lovers is the fact that at
least half Of the volumes are
illustrated with woodcuts or
engravings. And among early
illustrated books, the Dutch
and Flemish examples oc-
cupy a position Of preemi-
nence if not predominance.
They had a tremendous in
fiuence in France and Eng
land where the illustrations
were frequently copied or at
least initiated in style.
Catalogue Available
1t is unnecessary to men,
ton here the rarest and most
outstanding volumes, for
that is done in Frederick
COTS preface to an attrac-
tive catalogue of the show, in
which every book is described
in detail. and ~ Of the illus
trations are reproduced. This
catalogue is an outstanding
bargain at soc at the library's
sales stand. or from the Gov
eminent Printing once.
What impressed me in
studying this enchanting
collection is the wide variety
Of subjects in these Dutch
and Flemish books. The
literate person those days
could get books on religion.
history. biography. geography
and cosmography; on the
law, medicine and health,
pharmacology; education,
politics, science, prophecy
and Microscopy; numismatics,
mathematics. finance, natural
history, dictionaries and
languages. He could read
ancient classic authors and
contemporary fiction (such
as Italian Renaissance
writer's: ancient mythology,
drama. poetry. romances;
books on games. hunting,
fishing. household hints, and
cookery.
The woodcuts in these
books are ensnaring. They
range from some of the finest
work Of the respective
periods. to the quaint, anna
flourish cuts such as that Of
the successful fisherman with
a flsh In hand, and several
more in the sea. And as the
library points out, the wood
cuts reveal a close relation
ship between the miniature
artist and the early painters
Of the Low Countries.
(Through August.)
4 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-17
BY BERNICE wNEcK

Getting caught in . rainstorm after fore
casting sunny weather being plagued by M
quiries for weather month from now tsome-
bodys vacation time) !. :. getting calls from folks
who are never quite satisfied with natures In
tended choice for the day :. AL this John
Douglas WTOP's weatherman, takes In MS
stride At just do my job" he says ~
What are his vacation plans? John and
family are heading for Rye Beach N. H. for two
weeks. tits simple" he says "I1l be at the beach
If it's sunny and I'll catch up on my reading II
it rains"
John was born in England to a show bust
ness family He moved to Boston at the age OF o.
Began his radio career in Portland, Me. Came
to WTOP via the sister Tv station in Florida.
Acting would have been his second choice Sum
mer stock, Hollywood, Aims and legitimate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-17
News Of D. G. Studios
Weather's just A Job

stage) but he likes what he's doing now Don
Richards win be at the weather map until Sep
TENDER !.
Pages from the memory book Mary Lou
Brewer, the new Queen of the Red Hot Mamas,
as she was tabled by Arthur Godfrey, recalls
bit of spoofing she and Les Sand did on one OF
his shows Coincidentally it was a take-of on
the Talent Scouts Mary Lou sang and lost. But
Les, impersonating A. c., felt something would
have to be done. And that's how it actually hap
pened later Mary Lou appeared on Talent
Scouts, lost, but was signed by Godfrey anyway
Eddie GalIaher CwTOP) mentioning on the
West Coast has visit to the Redskin training
camp on his agenda Don GaynoF suDping
Alice Hudders new assistant to Ed Roberts,
WToP advertising director It's boy for the
Charles Won Friends (CBS news correspondent,
the Bill SpFagues CWRC news) and the Ed
Cayins (she'S Patty Gavin, WRc radio person.
alityl.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25

about Appomattox and trace its progress
on down the line until it ran across car
bridge and disappeared in the cut.
NO more will we be able to predict the
weather tomorrow by the way the giant
steam engine with 20 cars crossed the "car
bridge. There was a certain rumble to in
dlcate rain or dry weather which every old
farmvllllan has recognized for generations
The dinky little diesel has replaced the iron
morse and we enter a new era
The last Norfolk & Western steam en-
glne On passenger trains finished it's run
last week. Children will never have the
same love for these new dinky little diesel
engines. There IS nothing about them to in
splre awe, or attract affection The big old
steam giants would puff and blow wv power
was Just IN the air when they moved. And
the melodous whistles and the deem tone ~
the bell as it changed through town was in
class by itself. There is nothing about a
diesel to kindle a spark Of admiration or
affection. There is no melody in the whistle.
there is no beauty in its lines, there is lust
nothing to inspire. The Norfolk & Western.
our largest taxpayer, has found the change
an economy. and we must accept change.
we viii still be peeved every time we hear
the dlnky little engine whistle, but we'll
get accustomed to it, like lots of others.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25


The Virginia Commission on Constitu
tional Government must come to grips with
the school problem. 1t is the one fragrant
and palpable attack upon the Constitution
Of the United States which affects every
citizen, white or Negro alike. in the United
States. Lack Of leadership together with in
decision, brought $4,000 troops 10 Little
Rock, Arkansas. last September and It cost
the taxpayers over $4 million to keep five
Negroes in the Arkansas school for nine
months Tensions and lack of understand
ing between the races have produced un-
bearabe conditions in the schools Of Wash
ington. D. c., Philadelphia. Pa. Clinton,
Tenn, and others This must not happen in
Virginia.
The Virginia Commission can recognize
and provide leadership on the highest
plane, namely, defense Of the Constitution,
w swift action Time is Of the essence If
Virginia schools are integrated in Septem-
Der the cause Of the Virginia Commission
on Constitutional Government wil have
been lost and 50 will the sovereignty Of Vir-
ginia and the rights Of All Of the people in
the AS states Of the Union The e. S. Su-
preme Court will have amended the Const-
tuition by illegal encroachment" and Vir-
ginia will have fallen under the heel Of fed
eral tyranny
Those who push for desegregation use
every means = legal, sociological, politca ,
etc. to force federal Intervention in the
rights and powers Of the states. Established
law has been set aside for the new sociologi-
cal theory by court Of nine men. whose de-
ciSions threaten 10 make the AZ states Of the
Union. by this precedent. subservient to a
central government, growing stronger and
stronger through continual usurpaton of
the rights and powers retained by the peo-
pie under the Constitution
Yes, Virginia must keep its defense upon
high plane. but may it be remembered
that this plane can not be lifted above the
smoke of battle" where no field or means
has been overlooked in pressures for forced
racial lntegration in schools.
Constitutional government IL threatened
today
Tomorrow, if the cause is lost. will be
100 late and never again will the people Of
the AZ states whose rights are being us,lrped
ny illegal encroachment' find the oppor-
tunitv to defend themselves
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Funeral Rites For
i. a. Coleman, 50,
Held In Petersburg

Funeral services for Lewis Ash
ton Coleman. So. OF Mannboro. who
died In a Richmond hospital Sun
day. July TO- after a long illness.
were held Tuesday at pm. in
Blandford Cemetery. Petersburg.
Mr. Coleman had been Amelia
county Game Warden for thirty
five years until his retirement last
year
He is survived BY son. Captain
W. Emerson Coleman. Of TT. Bragg
N Gil; one daughter, Mrs. Robert
Melvin OF Petersburg, two sisters.
Mrs Louise Coleman. OF Chester,
and Miss Beulah Coleman, OF Mann
boro brother, G. e. Coleman. Of
Daytona Beach. Fla: and three
grandchildren.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1958-07-25
Double Check

The Reds want to go the Summit
again. UN Chief and Nations were
invited Khrushchev bets on five S.
They want to cool the red hot at
mosphere to at least boiling point
and not To bring no atomic, hydro
gen and intercontinental weapons to
the cite although at least two Of the
five have them. This five would be
the top men
To some extent this splurge has
brought some nations closer tOgeth-
err It's as yet big guess as to who
wins what Russia has SO far not
been hurt and will not likely wage
any all out war Just yet. y S. and
Great Britain have and are relying
on applying the brakes should
they not hold VIC could skid into one.
Nobody has yet invented instant
war. Iraq seceeded from Jordan
Virginia Republicans enthusiasm
went down to par and is still de-
clining as the bubbles break. Demo
Gratis are fence straddled and skeer-
ed to hollow and they cant even say
I'VE dood it" because like lot
more | didn't
This Is trying time on a mixed
up situation II we come out OF this
one hardly anything will look or be
the same. Russia has the power
even the U N may be lost in the
struggle it's such mixed up
situation. America is wide open for
total destruction and We are do
ing NOTHING TO protect the people
Yours and thanks for reading
j. Marvin Brown