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...those who people his beautifully evoked scenes with a grasp of the complexity in human relationships that is almost painful. He realizes that motives are never clear, be they involved in buying a cap or loving someone. His art skillfully builds up the tense situation of Rufus trying to select a cap that will not offend his Aunt's tastes, and yet satisfy his own preference for gaudy colors. She is equally concerned about not intimidating him in the choice, and the result is a scene of touching humor...
...make completely sure of the study's nonpartisan character, the C.E.D. and the Ford Foundation announced elaborate measures. A special committee of ten chief executives of educational, research and philanthropic organizations will be formed first to select the nine to 18 representatives of business, labor, agriculture and education who will carry out the study. The study will take a full three years, and it will not be completed until January 1960 -after the next presidential election...
...Jersey Republican H. Alexander Smith: redhaired, boutonniered Bernard Michael Shanley, 54, who resigned as President Eisenhower's Appointments Secretary to go home and run. Shanley's plan infuriated New Jersey Republicans, who knew that Alex Smith was anxious to retire after 2½ terms, hoped to select his successor without a bloodletting primary. Irritating them also was Shanley's lightweight claim to political fame. In four years at the White House, the onetime Stassen-for-President strategist has tried to influence patronage, has riled Smith and Senator .Clifford Case by interfering with their federal appointments. His announcement...
...going to be a major event in the art world. The catalogue, under the terms of Lurcy's will, was printed in two handsome, hardbound volumes, sold for $7.50. On hand to compete for 65 choice paintings ranging from Bonnard to Vuillard. and other treasures, Was a select list that included top U.S., British and European dealers plus no less than 250 U.S. millionaire art collectors. The results at Manhattan's Parke-Bernet Galleries last week staggered even old-hand auctioneers. The first night, bids for paintings rolled up an alltime high of $1,708,500.* Total...
...second play of the evening, The King of The Great Clock Tower, is the shortest and least satisfactory of the three. This selection is from a group of works which Yeats called "plays for dancers," an exceedingly condensed and ritualistic form which owes much to the influence of Japanese Noh drama. At first glance, this play would seem to be ideally suited for the purposes of the tiny Poets' Theatre, since it was written for intimate production before a select audience. But the difficulties of the play, which would probably remain obscure in the best of productions...