Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...World-Helen C. White - Macmillan ($2.50). The vicissitudes of an idealistic young Catholic priest in the French Revolution. Studious and devout, it will most interest Roman Catholic readers...
...Charlie appears only twice (a total of about 15 minutes) during the hour: the rest is usually orchestra music, songs by Contralto Dorothy Lamour and Baritone Donald Dickson, effervescences by guest stars and a master of ceremonies. Between Charlie's turns at the mike, the interest of his vast audience wavers. Many tune in on other programs, others mix drinks, woolgather, miss commercials until Charlie returns...
Most library exhibitions are the englassed sort which chiefly interest bibliophiles-rare first editions, original manuscripts, fine bindings, and such. Of a different sort is an exhibition now showing at Chicago's Newberry Library...
...being shown on the first floor of the museum, are primarily humorous and satirical renditions of the actors who lived during the time of the artist. The subject matter is handled so skillfully that it is not necessary to know anything about the characters who are portrayed; depth and interest are implicit in the technique. In certain of the pieces, for example, especially the few which represent the comedians, the systematic repetition of line motifs is exaggerated to such a marked degree that even a person who knows comparatively little about Oriental art cannot help but see the technical precepts...
...however, Japanese art holds no interest for you, it is possible to enter the museum library and spend a little time with the four watercolors which are now being shown, one by Hopper and the remaining three by Sargent. The Hopper landscape serves only to heighten my belief in the excellence of the artist; the solid buildings, the clear pigment, and the clean spaciousness within which each part of the painting exists, are the work of a master painter. No element in Hopper's piece is created "in vacuo"; the houses, mountains, and the water are each related...