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Evening star., 1959-12-03
Arts Showcase
Urged for D. c.

NEW YORK tAPD-Repre-
sentative Mcdowell. Democrat
OF Delaware. today proposed
creation Of q national fine arts
showcase in Washington to en-
courage the development of the
arts in American colleges.
The national showcase would
display the fine arts programs
Of colleges and universities, Mr..
Mcdowell said. adding:
The time is right to estab-
lish q permanent program for
encouraging our young people
with interest and talent in the
arts. and not leave their dis
covery-as in the case Of Van
Cliburn-to the USSR."
Mr.. Cliburn was virtually un-
known In this country until he
won first prize in a Moscow
music festival.
Mr.. Mcdowell made the re-
marks in a talk prepared for a
Evening star., 1959-12-03
BonsuI to Return
From Cubu for
Consultations

The United States Ambassa-
dor to Cuba, Philip w. BonSal
will return to Washington next
week for consultations at the
State Department.
This will be the second trip
here by Mr.. Bonsal this fall.
His previous recall was clear
ly a rebuff to Prime Minister
Fidel Castro, who had refused
to receive the Ambassador de-
spite frequent requests for an
audience. Later, Mr.. Bonsal did
confer with the revolutionary
leader.
Relations between Washing
ton and Havana are still strain
ed but the State Department
declined to put any interpre-
tation upon Ambassador Bon
sails December trip.
After the consultations the
Ambassador is expected to visit
relatives and friends in the
United States, rem aiming
through the holidays.
Evening star., 1959-12-03

front-page editorial attacking
what it termed anti-Cuban
sentiments in certain United
States quarters.
1t also published a full page
of photographs showing Pan
amaians claiming their legal
rights" from bayonet-wielding
United States soldiers holding
them of from recent Pana-
manian 1ag-planting attempts
in the Canal Zone.
Hits Britain
Revolution also said today
that Britain acted against Gu
ban interests in refusing to
supply jet planes to Prime Min
lister Fidel Castro. But, it added
that the United States is really
to blame.
The newspaper said the Brit
ish government pretended its
refusal was due to tension in
the Caribbean, but if the
phrase didn't have the trade
mark Made in U. S. A it might
surprise anyone who knew
nothing about conditions in this
area"
There's something about the
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Inipulation charges. He was
captured in Pinar del Rio Prov
ince and accused Of leading ar
armed band Of debels. He de.
MED the charge. The prosecu-
ton asked the death sentence
Rafael del Pine, 80, Miami
Cuban-born, naturalized Amer
ican captured last July wher
he landed a light plane on q
highway near Havana. He is
accused Of trying to help anti
Castro Cubans flee the country
The prosecution asked the
death sentence.
Peter John Lambton, "a, Mas
sau. Bahamas, London-born
naturalized American captured
with Young. Lambton said he
came to Cuba to take picture:
of Observation-Disclosures 70:
sale to American magazines
The prosecution asked a 30
year prison term.
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Cubuns Still Weighing
Fate of 3 Americans

HAVANA, Dec. 3 (AP)-
Military tribunals are still
weighing the fate of three
Americans caught in a roundup
Of suspected foes of Premier
Fidel Castro's regime.
A military spokesman said
today there is no indication
when verdicts viii be an
nounced.
Accused Of counter-revolu-
tionary activity, two face death
sentences demanded by the
prosecution. But there was
speculation that deportation,
not the firing squad. awaited
them. A long prison term has
been demanded for the third.
The three. all pilots. are:
Frank Austin Young, 38,
Miami, who returned to Cuba
last September, three weeks
after his release from a Ha-
vana prison on currency ma
Evening star., 1959-12-03

cases of armed robbery in two
weeks at the United States Air
Forces huge Clark base north
Of Manila.
MIR. Serrano conferred with
Philippine military authorities
this morning and later told re-
porters he had asked them to
work out details of co-ordi-
nation" between American base
police and the Philippine Ma
tional Police Force.
But he added, cit is clear 1t
will not be possible for our ma
tional police to continue in this
task indefinitely" He sug-
gested base authorities them
selves work out more effective
means Of protecting base areas. /"
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Norfolk Girl Wins

RICHMOND, Dec. 3 (AP).-
Marie-Reine Thatcher, a l6-
year-old high school junior
from Norfolk, won the State
Voice Of Democracy contest
here yesterday.
A Hermitage High School
senior of Richmond, Martha
Shaw, II, placed second. Third
place went to Lynne Guerin,
l6, a junior at Fairfax High
School.
Evening star., 1959-12-03
U.S.ToId toGuurd
Philippine Bases

MANILA. Dec. 3 (AP) For
eign Secretary Felixberto Ser
rano said today the main
responsibility for protecting
United States military bases in
the Philippines rests with the
Americans themselves.
His comment to newsmen
came after the United States
Embassy appealed to the
Philippine government for
better protection Of American
servicemen following a spate
OF assaults on them.
There have been five major
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Cubon Paper Hits U. S.
Foreign Affairs 'Fiosco'

HAVANA, Dec (AP).-Revolucon said today President
Eisenhower has made asco of international affairs his
met is completely dsorganzed Mr. Eisenhower himself
military bueaucrat who finds golf important than
geopoltcs"
The semi-oficial newspaper made the statements in
Evening star., 1959-12-03

general meeting Of the Ma
tional Music Council at the
Kosciuszko Foundation. Mr.,
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Mcdowell is now in Europe.
J but his speech was scheduled
to be read to the meeting.
Evening star., 1959-12-29
Reception
Is Held

Continuing the series Of
events in celebration Of the
groups 25th anniversary,
the American Society of
Music and Fine Arts held a
Christmas reception Sunday
at the Church of the Holy
City.
Famous scenes from grand
opera, including Tschaikow-
sky's Eugene Onegin" were
presented in costume by
members of the Potomac
Opera Company. Mrs. I. ".
Mishtowt, a grand-niece Of
the composer and charter
member of the society. was
among the guests. The per-
formance was staged and di-
rected by Mr.. and Mrs. DON
aid Kerne.
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Re-Armonnent
Group Feted
At Reception

An international guest list
marked yesterdays reception
for the Moral Re-Armament
given by Miss Chloe Clifford,
president Of the General Fed
eratio.i Of Women's Clubs.
Mrs. John Henry Ham
mond Of New York and Mrs.
John Alden Carpenter of Chi
cago headed the American
delegation, which included
Mrs. Charles l.. Slattery, one
of the founders Of the Jun
ior League Of Boston.
Other guests at the recep-
ton included Mr.. Rajmohan
Gandhi. grandson Of the late
Mahatma Gandhi. and Bish-
op George West, formerly of
Rangoon, Burma, with Mrs.
West.
Evening star., 1959-12-29
Points for Parents " ''''' r''-~ "'n's.

Jean-Please let me go to
the midnight show.
Mother-I haven't made up
my mind yet, but if you don't
quit pestering me, I know
I'll say no.
Evening star., 1959-12-29

Beoo School children and yesterday watching
the to toe performance Of Honse Woshnoon School
OF Boet and the National Symphony Orchestra Constitution Ho
Joseph Westerhorstmonn the performance
with his brother Mark and Susan Hubbard The SoDoo
annual oor will benefit Beooir SchooSor So Photos
Evening star., 1959-12-29

Mother-Dad and I have
talked it over and we agree
that is not a good show for
a girl your age to see and
that you should not stay up
that late.
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Orieo Gallery

The Origo Gallery opened
February is in its own town
house. with the first two
floors for changing exhibit
lions. Its inaugural show
(through March 81 is a group
exhibition by the 10 artist
owners. each Of whom will
have a scheduled three
weeks solo during the coming
year. In the member-owner-
ship by Washington-B alti-
more area artists and in the
type of work the Origo group
appears to duplicate the
Jefferson Place Gallery. with
considerably more room.
Great space is needed, for
some Of the abstract express
sionist paintings in the cur
rent show are among the
largest I have yet seen; GA
square feet or more. too much
for what covers them. Almost
any show Of abstract express
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sionist paintings stirs anew
in some Of US. speculation as
to what final destination the
artists envision for these
works, outside of museums, of
which there are not enough
to absorb the current output
in this country, let alone
Europe and Latin America,
whose contemporary art is
heavily purchased here, by
museums.
Several Of the Origo artists,
Thomas Downing. John Kofler
and Howard Mehring. If /
recall correctly. have been in
the Sculptors' Studio group.
Lowell Nesbitt and Alice Nav
rogordato have also been seen
In local group and one-man
shows. Mrs. Mavrogordato's
paintings are not the strong
est in the current collection
but they are the best in their
harmonious colors and swirl
ing patterns. (Open Tuesday
through Saturday, II to S;
Sunday, 2 to g.
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figures in landscape and in
teriors. and still life, well
executed.
Chris Karras shows fresh
and colorful landscapes. OBJ
viously influenced by Cez-
anne, and figure studies in
ink wash. Chicago-born
1924 he studied extensively
has won awards. and has
had several one-man shows
IN the Middle West. Joseph
Shannon is the groups
youngest member. Is. shows
heads and overblown. static
figures.
This group. who call them
selves independent realists."
invites artists working in q
similar vein, to bring work
to the gallery for considera-
ton. 1t is planned to have
a group showing Of four or
i've others to begin about
the middle of March. tOpen
Monday through Saturday. Q
to 6: Thursday to o: Sunday
2 to s.
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Ancient-Modern

This afternoon, / to 5, is
the last to see an exhibition
of drawings by Rodolfo Abul-
arach Of Guatemala at the
Pan American Union. his first
one-man show in the United
States. A young man in his
mid-twenties. he has had q
triumphant career since he
began seriously to study art
In 1858.
The comprehensive biog-
raphy of him in the cata-
logue of his show at the Pan
American, describes Abul-
arach as following the path
of his eminent fellow count
tryman and artist. Carlos
Merida. in linking modern
expression with the ancient
Mayan heritage"
Abularach's pen technique
is fabulous. More than 20
black and white drawings,
all large, some mural sized,
are executed in beautiful,
clean pen and ink lines of
such finenesS that contem-
plating the number in a
single drawing staggers the
imagination. He runs a
gamut of tonal values by the
degree and intensity of his
crosS-hatching. His subjects,
heads, figures. animals, gods,
birds and NEUROLOGICAL crea-
lures. are indeed combina-
tons of contemporary abb
stract and ancient Magyar
forms.
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Israeli Artists

Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation. 1886 Macomb
street NV. has an exhibi-
ton today and tomorrow.
10 am. to 9 pm. of works by
a group Of modern Israel
artists. 1t was opened with a
preview Friday evening by
Mrs. Abba Eban. The three
day showing is part of a tour
of this collection. which was
assembled and brought to
the United States by Her.
bert Goldman of the Gold.
man Gallery. Haifa. Israel.
The collection includes
work by four internationally
eminent artists. and a port
folio of autographs by young
residents Of the Israel art
lists colony Elm Hod." Jakob
Stelnhardt is best known
here of the four artists men,
toned. Widely acclaimed for
his wood cuts. he is repre-
sented in museum collec-
tons throughout the world,
including our National GAL
lery. Library of Congress
and Smithsonian Institution.
But Nahum Gutman, Miron
Sima and Xvi Mairowitz have
also exhibited earlier in the
United States. and all are
represented in New York's
Metropolitan or Museum of
Modern Art or both. as well
as permanent collections in
other cities.
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Russo's 'PogIiocci'

Mario Russo's clowns APP
pear closer to the distin-
guished pierrot Of centuries
tradition, than to the broader.
more exaggerated buffoon of
our own era. At any rate, the
public can see for themselves.
at the Obelisk Gallery. 3241
p street. Georgetown, where
Russo's third one-man show
remains through next Sun
day. TUESDAY through Sat-
urday, IL to 6; Sunday, 3
to 6.l
This Italian painter. whose
works have been shown in
periodic group exhibitions at
the Obelisk, is popular with
the public. Nine of the Is
works were sold the first
four days Of the current
presentation. Most of the
exhibits are oil paintings. but
there are also pen and ink
wash drawings. the latter
depicting clowns, peasants
and others in native costumes
topped by the tall black hat
OF Naples.
Russo's painting is repre-
Sensational. with economy of
detail, and muted color pre-
dominantly gray blue. black
and white in tonality. His
subjects include. besides
clowns. a landscape stretch
ing to a distant village, "St.
Peters" on a snowy night,
men with religious standards,
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objective Of the Origo Gal
lery, occupying an entire
building at zoos r street
NV. just west Of Connecti-
cut avenue. is "for showing
advance guard work with
large space especially for this
purpose"
The Capitol opened Feb
ruary 8 with an exhibition
by the inaugural group;
Seymour Gresser and VIII
liam Taylor. sculptors. for
merly attached to the Sculp-
tors Studio: Peter De Anna,
Chris Karras and Joseph
Shannon. painters: the last
three are all exhibition TECH
nicians at the Smithsonian
Institution. Ming Wang Is
the gallery's director.
Mr.. Gresser, who also
works for the Government
Justice Department. has
the best group at the Capt.
toll: Direct carvings in stone
and wool, such as were seen
in his one-man show at
Sculptors' Studio last year
and In local group shows.
including the Corcoran area
annual. Among other OBJ
jects are an over-life-size
head In cocobolo. q beautiful
red wood with black mark
ings: q sirnplified head in
white marble. and q torso in
the same, sufficiently abb
stract to be q new form,
and figures in oak and cherry
styled 10 adapt to the ma
terials. William Taylor is
represented with mother and
child sculptures from his
one-man show at the Sculp-
tors Studio last year.
Young Artists
The artists are young. in
their twenties and thirties.
Peter De Anna. the groups
senior. 81. studied at the
Corcoran and elsewhere be-
fore World War II. worked
as q mural painter in Gov
ernment projects under the
PWA. His paintings present
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Two at Arts Club

Garnet Jex and Sheffield
Kagy have one-man shows Of
more than 20 works each. at
the Arts Club. 20l7 / street
NV. through March Is.
DAILY, IL to S. Persons in
terested in Microscopy might
see significance in the facts
that both artists. long resi-
dents of Washington, were
born in Ohio. and both have
October birthdays.
The sun always shines in
Garnet Jex' paintings, and he
has an unerring instinct for
places beautiful in themselves.
Consequently, his landscapes.
villages and harbor scenes
make an ensnaring display in
the Arts Clubs gallery. His
colors are fresh and high.
keyed, and his compositions
are interesting throughout
with no blank areas.
Twenty three paintings
represent extensive travel in
this country and Canada.
which have provided subject
variety. But none are more
beautiful than the places near
Washington. seen through
Mr.. Jex's eyes: the serene
majesty of the Upper Poto-
mac" autumn on a sun-dap-
pied street in "Harper'S
Ferry" churches at "Capon
Bridge, West Virginia" the
gently rolling hills of Lou
doun County, old houses in
Waterford. Lush green Of
summer and gorgeous cop
pers of autumn make these
Mr.. Jex' favorite painting
seasons. to Judge from this
show.
Mr.. Jex studied at the Cor
coran School and got his
ALB. and MA. degrees from
George Washington Univer-
sity. which owns one of his
murals. He is visual informa-
ton presentation specialist
for the United States Public
Health Service and art direc-
tor and illustrator for numer-
GUS Federal publications.
Mr.. Kagy's exhibition will
be reviewed next Sunday,
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most all the cast of Lucia"
came from New York. The
music In a Ponselle opera Is
the main thing-every other
consideration is secondary.
In Lucia" the sets were can
vas drops that had undoubt-
eddy graced scores Of stages
for many years. the costumes
were commonplace, the di-
rection was static. But the
music was good. The Balti-
more Symphony. under igor
Chicagov. played smoothly
and accurately. and the en-
tire cast sang well.
Outstanding was Joan Car
roll. who accomplished the
difficult bravura Of the mad"
scene with ease. accuracy, q
clear and very pleasant voice,
and with good stage presence.
Spelios Constantine, Chester
Ludgin. Howard Fried and
Frank Poretta. all added to
the delights Of an opera
which. If it is not wei sung,
has very little to recommend
it. Washington music was
represented in our Mezzo-
Soprano Hope Haley, who
took the role Of Alisa.
1t was a lively and enjoy
able evening, and II my at
tention was not solely on the
music 1t was because as q
Washingtonian l revel in
envy of Baltimore's wonder
fA opera house. To build the
Lyric Theater was an act of
Congress necessary, or SIS
million?
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Acting in q Play
Is O Challenge
To Eurthu Kilt

NEW YORK tAP,,-Hav-
ing q reputation for temper
ament. Eartha Kilt feels. is
Just the result Of misunder-
standing.
The girl who skyrocketed
as q singer and Is now aim
ing for more roles az q dra-
matte actress. explains fur
ther.
When someone fears me,
I resent II and 80 ] show II
Who wants TO be treated
with kid gloves? I get O little
hard with nervous people be-
cause there's no reason for
them TO be that way. Some
times they take directness as
an offense "
Miss Kilt Is currently on the
Nation 8 screens In Anna Luz
casta." q film to which she
was finally persuaded after
COMPLEX and extended skir-
mishing.
Acting Is what I want
most" she says Of present OBJ
jectives i've been floating
around clubs singing about rs
per cent of my career. It's
one kind Of a challenge to see
how much ] can get involved
with an audience in a As
minute act, doing Is songs in
which TN is different people.
But the strongest chal-
lenge is to become one char
acter-and to sustain and
build that part for two hours"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-01

Win Ver0lS nlgOleGtO, AMI
"Tosca." Nathaniel Merrill
will be the director Of all
three operas,
"Falstaff" has not been
heard here since 1896, shortly
after it was written. The
story. a skillful amalgam Of
Henry "" and THE Merry
Wives of Windsor" tempted
the ageing Verdi to yet
one final opera. He had
ended his career with his
masterpiece, "OteIlo." but
''Falstaff" turned out. in its
way to be no less a MASTER
piece. It is a work Of many
-orchestration, mel
ody, characterization. and
never-fiagging movement. q
nerve-tingling presto-opera-
and perhaps the most won
drous miracle is that 1t is a
comedy by Verdi. a composer
who had never essayed the
comic art since a failure at
the very beginning Of his ap-
premiership. 1t was neces-
sary each great dramatist
break once with the tragic,
melodramatic muse. to show
that his mistress had him not
completely in thrall-Eugene
O'Neill In "Ah. wilderness"
Verdi in "Falstaff."
"Rigoletto." in which the
leads in the Nets production
win he Robert Merrill. Ro-
berta Peters. and Giorgio
Tozzi. is. it goes without say
ing, another masterpiece. a
masterpiece Of an entirely
different kind. 1.-THE public
viii always prefer 'Rigo-
letto, said Verdi, "the con-
noisseur will find "Traviata'
my greatest opera" Il won
der If today Verdi's public"
and "connoisseurs" have not
hopelessly lost their identities
in the melting pot of time.
At any rate. it must be re-
membered that Verdi's re-
mark was made long before
"Otello" or "Falstaff"). But
where is the opera lover to-
day, however blase, who does
not admire the fascinating
theatricality of the libretto.
the unerring dramatic sense
with which Verdi fitted the
music to the requirements Of
the stage business and the in
spiration of the melodies.
those tunes which can endow
q barrel-organ with refine
ment and appeal to the vul-
gar with the directness Of q
nursery rhyme?
Conviction Lacking
There is today only one
thing wrong with "Rigoletto,"
and that is not its fault. It is
no longer produced with con-
viction, it is exploited. 1t is
a great work of art. but it is
no Eroica symphony or a
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Esterhazi's retainers. The
music, also, written in the
1920s. is ahead of its time
at least. Alban Berg so far
has few successful disciples.
I went to Baltimore last
week end to hear Rosa Pom
selle's Lucia di Lammer-
moor" Really. 1t was the
production Of the Baltimore
Civic Opera Company. but
that enterprising organiza-
ton along with every Balti-
morean is quite happy to
have the identity Of the
troupe merge with the glor-
ious personality Of the be-
loved Ponselle. The old Met
ropolitaA Opera prima donna
says that she never leaves
Baltimore because she gets
car. airplane-, train, and
bicycle-sick. but the truth
is she never can tear herself
away from the singers she is
always finding in Baltimore.
or those who come from all
over the country to Balti-
more to find her.
Baltimore's Progress
Opera in Baltimore is
Ponselle reliving vicariously
each Of her old triumphs at
the Met. At first the casts
were chosen from Baltimore
singers: then singers were
allowed to appear II they had
once lived in Baltimore or
even II they had eaten Q
meal in Miller's: broad
mindedness has now pro-
crossed to the point that al
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First by Pierce

Delilah Pierce, on the art
faculty Of D. c. Teachers
College. 18th and Harvard
streets NV, has her first
solo exhibition of oils there
in the Dickey Gallery,
through Wednesday "a show
ing of under a fortnight),
open tomorrow and Wednes-
day, 8 am. to 9 pm, Tues
day to 5 pm.
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NEWS OF MUSIC
3 More Top Operas
To Round Out Season
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

Opera in Washington will end the season with three
next month April TO- IL and Is will bring the Opera
Societys production of Verds "Falsa with Ralph
bert starring the fat knight On April 81 the comes
with verds Rigoletto" and the following night Puccinis
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NEW OPENINGS

Exhibition By FuIbright Painters and
DESIGNERS. Natural History build
ing, 18th street and Constitution
avenue NV. Opened yesterday,
through March 81.
Paintings by Luis Martinez Pedro.
Ores Gallery. 1929 Twentieth
street NV. current-March IL.
PAINTINGS BY Howard Thomas. The
Artists Mart, 1891 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV. Today through March 81.
-Four American Printmakers. liza.
Galleries. 1928 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. Current through March
z.
Crayen Paintings BY Gladys Lewrey.
Collectors Corner. 1928 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV Reception this
evening, 5 to 2: through March Is.
Paintings BY MicheIangelo Alloeea.
The Gallery Coffee House. 1918 o
street NV Current through March.