davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1961-01-25
Town in Australia
Is Ruzed by Fire

PERTH. Australia, Jan. IS
(AP) A bushfire razed the
town Of Dwellingup, go miles
south Of Perth, and for a time
today surrounded the 1000
residents.
The flames leveled 40 shops
and homes, a hospital. the
police station and q timber
mill. Firemen fought their way
through a ring of flames around
the town to rescue the towns
people, nearly all Of whom suf-
fered from exposure and heat
exhaustion after the night of
terror.
Evening star., 1961-01-25

President-elect just as a Presi-
dent is accompanied by the
White House doctor.
DR.. Travell. SO, a woman OF
patrician dignity and looks and
with little time for such femi-
nine avocations as fashions and
beauty parlors, comes from q
medical family.
Her father, DR.. Willard Ira
veil, 81, is now retired; a sister,
DR.. Virginia Weeks, practices
in Brooklyn, and step-brother
See DOCTOR, Page At
Evening star., 1961-01-25
Picture on Pase 81


official low Of 8 degrees at the
Weather Bureaus National Air
port station at 7:35 am. today,
but official readings of 3 above
at Rockville and / below at
Sterling, Va. were reported.
To complete the frigid pic
ture, no immediate relief is in
sight and there is a possibility
Of "some snow" on Friday, FORE
casters said
Although some sunshine was
due today, a brisk wind COM
bined with a temperature no
higher than 20 was expected
to keep things miserable all day.
A sampling of unofficial read
ings early today showed 5 de-
grees in Chevy Chase, Md;
Fairfax, Va, and College Park,
Md.
Record Use of Gas
Between z and 8 am, when
the temperature reached its
lowest point, the Washington
Gas Light Co. reported q new
record output Of gas for one
hour - 81 million cubic feet.
The previous high Of 20 million
was set just last December II.
Company officials expected
that by 8 am. tomorrow. an
other record - this for con-
sumption over q 24-hour period
--w0s3d be set, with . predicted
output Of 42e million cubic feet,
eclipsing the old record of 381
million.
The company was aug.
menting its supply of natural
gas with Q high BTU oil gas"
manufactured at It's East
Station at Eleventh and M
streets Sc.
Reserve supplies Of gas at
the firms Rockville plant were
also being tapped, but company
officials said they had a suf-
ficient reserve to keep CUSTOM
ers warm.
The Oil Heat Institute re-
ported that fuel companies
here had an ample supply"
for their 10000 customers.
One big company said its truck
drivers were working six-day
weeks to keep up with the de-
tnand, which was 80 per cent
above normal for January.
Batteries Go Dead
The icy air put hundreds of
cars out of commission. The
American Automobile Associa-
tion's emergency road service
had Is operators on duty, re-
ceiving an estimated $50 calls
an hour from motorists whose
Batteries were dead or gas lines
frozen.
An AAA official said several
road service trucks had to re-
turn for repairs after wearing
out their boosters while start
ing hundreds of dead batteries.
The 8 degrees recorded here
this morning equaled the 1861
low set last Sunday, forecasters
said.
The cold wave blew in yes
terday with gusts up to % miles
an hour at the airport and up
to 40 miles an hour in Fauquier
County, Va.
The blasts drifted snow
See WEATHER, Page AS
Evening star., 1961-01-25
TRAFFIC BLOCKS
IN AREA LISTED

TRAFFIC delays at Washington
oreo rood building points ore listed
in The Stor's monthly roundup Of
construction projects. appearing to-
doy on Pose D-5.
VENEZUELA YES, costro No." is
on attitude soinins ground in vene-
zuelo, according to WiIIiom l. Ryon,
Associated Press news onoIyst, who
writes from coroeos on Pose Alb.
NEW FACES ore filling the hollis
Of Congress these days. For on in
sediment in The Stor's continuing
series Of short biographical sketches
Of the new members, see Pose D-l3.
Evening star., 1961-01-25
NEWS PARLN
ON AIR TONIGHT

President Kennedy's first
news conference at 6
o'clock tonight will be
seen on television stations
WRC (Channel A., WMAL
(Channel y and WTOP
C annel o.. WTTG
(Channel 81 will carry a
delayed telecast at II pm.
Radio stations carrying
the conference Tive" are
WMAL, WTOP, WRC,
WWDC and WGMS.
"Details on Page A-6)
Evening star., 1961-01-25
Judge Lays Court Jams
To Judges Themselves
Burger Says Federal Benches Need
Vieor More Than They Need Numbers
BY CHARLES G. BROOKS
star staff Writer

Federa judges throughout the country would do more
to solve their problems, only half the proposed
judgeships would be needed Judge Warren Burger Of
the United States Court of Appeals here charged today
He referred to an Eisenhower administration proposal
for 40 Federal judges.
Federal judges should stop blaming others for their
Evening star., 1961-01-25
STILL TIME TO PLACE
YOUR OUT-OF-TOWN
MAIL ORDERS
For
Uhr Euentng Star
SOUVENIR
INAUGURAL
EDITIONS

The Stars eolofuI Souvenir Edi-
tions Of Jonuory 10, 20. Il, will
provide o full stort.to- finish story
Of the Inousurotion.
Limited number Of copies ovuiIubls
for moilins anywhere in the U.S.A.
ond possessions. For handy coupons
see todcy's Stor. pose D-S.
Evening star., 1961-01-25
Shorp Quoke Felt

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Jan. Is
;AP).-A sharp earthquake
vas recorded at 11:18 Pacific
Standard Time) last night in
San Diego. No damage was
Nported.
Evening star., 1961-01-25
SchIesinger Appointed
As Aide to Kennedy
3 Assistant Secretaries of Stote
Also Nomed; Wirth Retains Park Post
BY CECIL HOLLAND
Star staff Writer

President Kennedy announced today the appointment
of Arthur Schesinger jr Harvard historian special
White House assistant and named three Assistant Secretaries
of State
He also announced that Conrad L. Wrth will continue
as director of the National Park Service. Mr.. Wirth
Evening star., 1961-01-25
Stolen Ship Races Toward Africa
Co|dlingers,
New Sub-zero
Readings Due
No Relief Sighted,
Some Snow Seen
Possible Friday

The numbing cold wave grip
ping the Washington area will
get worse before it gets better.
Readings Of zero to S above in
the city and 5 to 10 below in
suburban areas are expected to-
night, the Weather Bureau said.
A frigid air mass from Canada
pushed the mercury down to an
Evening star., 1961-01-25
Guide for Readers

Amusements B-6-7 Features -----B.7
Business B-ll-l3 Lost, Found ---A-3
Classified o-6-l3 Obituary ----B-4
Comics C-l5-l7 Society,"
Crossword Gil Home ---c-l-ll
Editorial Alb Sports -----D-l-4
Edit'l Articles A. 10 TV-Rodio c-lS-l9
Hove The Stor Delivered to
Your Home Daily and Sunday
Dial Lincoln $4,000
Evening star., 1961-01-25
THE WEATHER.:

District and sicinity-Fair, colder, light
winds tonight. low zero to above in city.
to 10 below in suburbs. Cloudy, cold to-
morrow. High and low Of last a hours:
High, SO, at 1870 pm. yesterday; low, 9.
at 7:SS am. today.
Evening star., 1961-10-13

FURNITURE UNCLAIMED-oate-
leg table; $l6; night tables, 81;
Hollywood bed, S22: desk, SO;
wardrobe; SO; dinette set, $50;
table, S5; china closet, S10; sofa
bed, $50; club chair, $40; bedrm.
set, S6S; sofa and chair. $50;
hideaway bed; marble-top vanity
with mirror, $50: loveseat. $50;
Victorian. chair, $25 Many inter-
esting. items at HOFFMANN'S.
We We 40 upnoistering. draperies;
TERMS. First payment In No
Vember Free parking.
HOFFMAN,
UPHOLSTERERs
2447 18th ST. NV co. $500
Ewes. til Saturday Til 9
SUNDAY, 12 TO 8
Evening star., 1961-10-13
h 6A " b00O BoG
(CONTINUEDl

DIAMONDS - Mans Gets, excep-
tional fiery color and q terrific
buy. Set in brand new lax y.g.
florentine finish mtg. From our
loan dept. Only $525. LIVING
SToN 4 CO.. 1923 H st. NV,
Evening star., 1961-10-13

FURN.-Must remove 3 compl.
rms. Of walnut Contemporary
furn. from model display. Retail
over 81 800; will sell for less than
"a price. Terms available. AID, q
4l16 NO. 7-030O
Evening star., 1961-10-13

FURN. = Bedrm. set, twin beds
night table and dresser; Wilton
numerous other items. No reas
offer refused. EN-. 3-5S46.
Evening star., 1961-10-13
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

ACCORDION, LaTosca: excellent
HU. 1-9397.
ADDING MACHINE, S35: also late
model cleo, good cond., and new
l0-key elec. OIL. 2-0313.
AIR COMPRESSORS - Elec., l-75
h.p.: gas COMP. POS. 35S. 60s and
1O5-ft. mach: new and used. 1884
23rd st. NV.
AIR CONDITIONER-Chrysier. IA
ton easement: excel. cond. Cost,
$50. asking SIS. JE. 4-33lS.
Evening star., 1961-10-13
FURNITURE

One Thousand Dollars
worth Of furniture,
Danish in style. Top in
quality and All Brand
new, has been left in
this warehouse for
ninety days by young
couple who have for
feited their large down
paym e n t. Now the
furniture, which is 3
complete rooms, can
be sold for much less
than the original
price. Credit terms
may be obtained. This
will be shown by ap-
pointment only. Call
Mr.. Gilbert at DE. q
2764. Available Sat.
and Sun. til 6.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-11-24
NC Scores First
"Capture" In
Kodiak War Games

Thirteen members of the Kodiak
National Guard took part in the
King Crab II military maneuver
over the weekend and earned the
distinction of capturing the first
enemy soldier in the maneuver.
One mortar squad, one 106MM
rifle squad, and platoon headquar-
tiers section were attached to the
Marines from the Kodiak Naval
Base and took up positions for the
maneuver Friday morning.
First action in which the local
unit took part occurred Friday eve
ming when enemy forces attacked
a Naval Ground Forces defense
unit encamped next to the guards
men. In the action, PFC Neil Beres-
toff met one of the agressors and
took him prisoner after wrestling
match. Navy ground forces and
guardsmen later repulsed the at
tack.
The mortar squad, under S/Sgt.
Charles Pemberton, fired several
rounds of Illuminating shells to as
sist the Marines in an attack on
Saturday evening before being re-
ieved on Sunday morning.
Capt Arnold S. Bjerken, Guard
company commander, praised the
performance of his men in the ma
neuver. These enthusiastic guards
men did a very good job of apply
ing knowledge in the field that
they have gained in armory train
ing. They performed as good as the
regular army troops participating
in the exercise
Besides Capt. Bjerken, Sgt. Penn
berton, and PFC Berestoff, other
guardsmen participating were Sgts.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-11-24

and it is most helpful to have cards
rubber-banded by states and cities
if more than ten each.
Please hand Christmas card mail
ings in at the service windows as
putting them in the mail drop only
mixes them up and requires extra
hours of facing by the clerks.
GIFT PACKAGES
Use heavy wrapping paper, ex-
ira strong cartons, paper tape and
Scotch tape, but always tie also
with cord heavy enough to be used
in handling the package. 1t is wise
to put slip of paper inside with
both return and sending address
on it in case labels become torn.
Christmas cards and letters may
be enclosed in packages with LET
ter Enclosed written on the pack
age and 4 cents Will be charged TOT
it. Address and return on one side
only, address on lower right and
return in upper left only!
CHRISTMAS SEALS
Christmas Seals. and other stick
ers must not be placed on the front
of packages, letters or cards in any
circumstances.
STAMPS
Stock up on postage stamps early
to avoid standing in line.
MAILING DATES
The following are suggested
headlines for Christmas mailingS:
Christmas cards: Surface, Dec.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-11-24
KODIAK, ALASKA, NOVEMBER IA, 1861

Robert King, Edmund Hall, and
Raymond Shively, Cpl. Ronald
Chase, Privates First Class Wilbur
Fuller, and James Loe, and Pri-
Yates Laurence Davenport, Willie
Hall, Richard Smith and Lars
Tunohun.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-11-24
Christmas Mail
Hints Outlined

with next weeks Alaska Steam
ship vessel the last direct ship to
Seattle before Christmas, it's time
to start planning your Christmas
card and gift mailings", Postmaster
William Lamme said today as he
launched the 1861 Mail Early For
Christmas" campaign.
Looking ahead to what may be
the biggest Christmas season ever,
the Postmaster said further, Here
are the things to watch to help in
getting every Christmas card and
package delivered before December
25."
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Check your card and gifts lists
carefully. Be sure to use full names,
streets and numbers, city, zones
and state. Avoid authorizations.
Unsealed cards with no messages
may be sent for 3 cents but is not
recommended for individuals as
they will not be forwarded or re-
turned if unbelievable but will be
discarded. Four cent mail is rec
commended, with airmail for those
who always put their mailings off
too long.
The post office will have a sup
ply of labels Cali For Local De-
livery and "All For Out of Town"
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-11-24

8; airmail, Dec. IS; local cards one
week before Christmas.
Packages: Surface, Dec. 5; air
mail, Dec. 10.
Westward mail on Expansion:
Dec. 5.
Remember: SHOP early, Mail
early for Merry Christmas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05

textures and its manner of
application can be called lus-
cious and out of its great
broad strokes are struck the
great breads themselves.
Occasionally a juicy leg APP
pears, its foot high-heeled.
Sometimes there is the sug-
gestion of a boiled shirt and
a black tie, as If the lady had
a partner. Generally, though,
the forms that emerge from
the swirl of red and orange
paint are Enthusiastically
those of bosoms and but
tocks, thighs and bellies.
There is the distinct feeling
that this kind of thing would
never be permitted in Mont
gomery County.
Like so many shows at the
Ores, this one comes COM
plete with mystique, courtesy
of DR.. Peter SELF of the Mu-
scum of Modern Art. DR.. SELF
manages for several pages to
ignore the obvious and talk
about spatial concepts and
the centrifugal composition,
seemingly totally unaware of
what was going on upstairs.
It's a good trick, happily be-
yond most Of us. but we can
all agree when DR.. SELF notes,
These appendages are an
integral part of the paint
ing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05

The range is from a straight
forward and very effective
conventionally painted La
borer" to Picassoid distor-
tions and stick figures that
look as If they're painted in
rust. Yet nowhere in this
range is there the least sug-
geStion of an artist in search
of an identity. Mr.. Elmikkl
knows who he is and is in
terested in exploring what he
can do in how many tongues.
The sense of being on top of
the work carries through all
his varied manners.
Stamp-making
Some Of his stamps are
also on view and the critic
mentioned above is absolutely
right. While this Tunisian
artist is in town, the United
States government would be
well advised to sign him up
for a few new treatments of
our old denominations. He
has an elegant line, a rich
sense of color and is one Of
the very men in this field
who shows an awareneSs that
a postage stamp, after all, is
a very small piece of paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05

ings and water colors by Raj.
Current at the stud e n t
Union, University of Mary
land, paintings by Mrs. Ay-
lett L. Wood.
Opening Tuesday at the
H e nri Gallery, Alexandria,
paintings by George CasSapi-
dis of Greece.
Current at Associated Ar
lists Gallery, paintings by
two post retirement age
painters, Bonnie Harris of
Chicago and Israel Balper,
Cleveland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05

the middle range in today's
spectrum of art manners.
There are no examples of
thoroughgoing old-style rep
resentational painting and
none of the last cry from
the lofts of Tenth street,
New York. Everyone in the
show is aware of abstrac-
ton. but most are aware of
it as a way of looking, which
is all to the good.
Particularly worth seeking
out in the large exhibition
are a bronze Portrait With
Medallion" by Harvey Moore
and paintings by, in addition
to the prize winners, Dale
Faust Shenk, Nancy Weyl,
Antonio Bader, Lowell Mes
bitt and Leonard Maurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05
Art Notes

Opening today at the Phil
lips Collection is an exhibit
ton of early works by Wash
ington ana Baltimore artists
in the collection.
Current at the Arts Club,
an exhibition of work by
members of the Washington
Water Color Association.
Opening today at the Mil
licent Chatel Gallery, paint
ings by Nancy Weyl.
Current at the VeerhOff
Galleries, paintings of
Georgetown by Caroline van
H. Bean.
Current at the Collectors
Gallery, drawings, water
colors, distractions" by Ber-
nard Leclerq.
Opening today at VenabIe's,
new paintings by Melvin
Buckner, winner of the first
prize, 500 donated by The
Star, at the current 68th an
nual show of the Society of
Washington Artists.
Opening today at the Ar
lists Mart, water colors by
Kitty Claude and sculpture
by Katherine B. Hobbs.
Current at the Gallery Cof-
fee House, oils and water
colors by Gail Mercy.
Current at the West End
Gallery, oils and drawings by
Jose Perez.
Opening today at the Rock
vile Art Gallery in the Rock
vile Civic Center, oils, draw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05
TODAY'S GOOD.
MUSIC DIAL

$3.50, WMAL-FM u07.S Mc.)-
Divertimento. Haydn's Trio
in D, Opus 80.
1905, WGMS AM-FM-Sunday
Morning Symphony. Mahler's
Symphony No. 10 in F
Sharp.
1880, WASH-FM (97.1 Mc.)-
Music Of Distinction. Gersh-
wins An American in Paris.
1890, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mel
Recital Stage. Andor Foldes.
piano. Works by Bach,
Beethoven. List, Stravinsky
and Kodaly.
2:O5, WGMS AMIN $50 -Ke.
and 1888 Mc.)-Boston
Symphony Orchestra.
Charles Munich, conductor:
Joseph Silverstein. violin.
Works by Brahms, Prokofiev
and Franck.
$500, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mel
Berlin Philharmonic Orches-
ira. MendelsSohn's A Md
summer Nights Dream.
Opus 81: Overture; .Hinde-
mith's Symphonic Dances.
3:O6, WASH-FM (97.1 MOI
Opera House. Puccini's
"Manon Lescaut." So
$500, WAMU-FM 1855 Mel
Phillips Collection Concerts.
Piano recital by Emerson
Meyers. Works by Mozart,
Meyers, Ravel. Beethoven
and Debussy. .r
Sis WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mc.l-
Masterworks from France.
Lully's Repands, Charmante
Mutt.
1900, WMAL-FM (1O7.S Mc.)-
Great Moments from Opera.
Excerpts from Samson and
Delilah, The Battered Bride,
Lucia di Lammermoor and
Medea. 49,.
$500, WGMS AMIN $50 Kc.
and 1888 Mc.)-National
Gallery of Art Concert.
Evelyn Mccarthy. soprano;
Charles Lawrie; piano.
Songs by Mozart, Schuma1n,
Weber, Giordano, Debussy,
Chausson and others.
sos, WASH-FM 1911 Mc.)-
Symphony Hall. Dvorak's
Symphony No. 5 in E Minor
9:45, WAMU-FM 1855 Mel
Sacred Note. Religious
Choral Music from the Uni
versity Of Chicago.
10:05, .WGMS AMIN $50 Kc,
and 1898 Mc.)-ArchiEe
Hour. Cannabich,s Svm-
phonia Pastorale in F.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05
Ores Gallery

When we were very young
about 17-many of us en-
joyed an adolescent's day
dream of a kind of sensual
paradise lurking somewhere
behind the Can-Can music Of
Offenbach. The girls behind
the brass and strings we're
all roly-polies, generously en-
dowed by nature and gener-
ously endowing themselves
upon any adolescent lucky
enough to break through the
teasing transparency of the
music.
Well we all grew up and
we never did find the golden,
fleshy world behind the raZ-
zle-dazzle music. The Folies
Bergeres turned out to be
MGM in French, and
Toulouse Lautrec's eye-wit-
ness reports of Offenbach's
pleasure palaces we're hor-
rifyingly different. At last,
however, the connection has
been made. For the benefit
of any long-delayed Adde'S
cents in the crowd, 1t is a
pleasure to report that the
Ores Gallery, in its present
exhibition of recent paintings
by New York artist Reva Ur-
ban, is showing the anthem
tic, deliriously sexy world be-
hind the Can-Can.
This effective translation
Of Offenbach into paint prob
ably had to await the arrival
Of abstraction; the music it
self is abstract and no num-
Der of actual. living ladies of
the ensemble could generate
the libidinous energy the mu-
sic does. Nor could their
painted representations.
Their painted distractions
could, however, and, at the
Ores, they do.
The paintings are big and
bright and bouncy, so bouncy
that in almost every canvas
a king-size - or queen-size
- stroke of paint or two
bursts beyond the edge and
has to be carried by an at
tached piece Of wood. The
paint, both in its rich smooth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05
TODAY'S RADIO
HIGHLIGHTS

1880, WWDC-Mass for Shut
ms. Father Daniel Power
celebrates the service from
Georgetown University.
s:35, WOL-Ethical Society.
Edward l.. Erickson is
speaker.
9:45, WAVA-Vistas Of Israel.
A discussion with Isaac
Stern and Marian Anderson.
1880, WAVA - Georgetown
University Forum. A discus
sion on the Twenty-Second
Communist Party Congress.
DR.. John Hart, Research
Analysis Corporation; Leon
Herman, Library Of Con-
gress; DR.. Lev Dobriansky,
Georgetown University.
100, WQMR-Matinee at One.
The songs and story Of Noel
Coward's Broadway musical,
Sail Away"
loo, WAVA-Milt Grant Teen
Show. Students report on
news of high school activi-
ties, sports, fashion and
music.
2:0O, WOL-Football. Balti-
more Colts VS.. the Green
Bay Packers.
200, WTOP-Football. WASH
ington Redskins VS.. the New
York Giants.
4:30, WAMU-FM 1885 McO-
Stories n Stuff. Children's
variety program from the
University Of Illinois. Edu-
cation, entertainment.
$3.50, WRC-Meet the Press
Prime Minister Nehru Of
India is interviewed.
$3.50, WMAL - Navy Hour.
Selections by the U. S. Navy
Band include the Folk Suite
Overture" and Holiday for
Trombones."
$500, WWDC-District Round
table. Poverty and Grim
inal Justice" is discussed by
Joseph Goldstein, Yale Law
School; George Ney. men,
Der of the California Bal
and Daniel Freed. Depart
ment Of Justice.
$3.50, WGMS - Radio News
Conference. DR.. Alan T
Waterman, director of the
National Science Founda-
ton, Is interviewed.
1000, WMAL-Issues and An
swers. Guest is George
Meany, president Of the
AFL-CIO.
HOO, WMAL-A Nation in
Prison. The weekly program
produced by the District
Catholic Prison Chaplains
moves to a new time. New
and interviews dealing with
crime and social problems.
1880, WTOP-City Side. H
Clyde Pearson, Republican
candidate for Governor OF
Virginia.
1880, WMAL Comment, Ar
lington County Board Can
didates Julius Bremen, Roye
L. Lowry, Kenneth B. Lud-
wig and William F. Wet
more, jr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-11-05
Washington Artists

If you've ever been of two
minds about the best kind of
jury to have for an art show,
you can get a forceful argu-
ment for the one-man kind
right now at the 68th annual
exhibition Of the Society Of
Washington Artists, in the
National Collection of Fin e
Arts, Natural History Build
ing of the Smithsonian.
The single juror was Kath-
arine Kuh, one-time art dealer
and curator at the Art In
Stitute of Chicago, now au-
thor and critic on the Satur-
day Review. 1t is not an easy
thing to select a good exhibit
ton from a completely open
invitation to participate.
Some professional artists
wouldn't be caught dead in
the company of painters they
regard as amateur and their
attitude is understandable, if
not very sociable. Hence, au-
tomatically, such a show loses
the important presence of
some Of the better artists
available. On the other hand,
because such a show is open,
the rankeSt amateurs tend to
flock in and a group jury
tends to get involved in dis
cuSsion, leading to negotia-
ton, leading to admitting a
certain amount of inferior
work.
Competent Selection
The amazing thing about
the 68th is the genuinely high
level of achievement in every
single piece on view. There
are few pictures that leap off
the wall and command your
attention, but there are none
that provoke establishment at
their being there. Mrs. Kuh
has done an extraordinary
job in finding authentic COM
petence in IA paintings and
20 pieces of sculpture.
The painting all occupies