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I I OS THC NEW MEXICAN $. fV SimJ.y, Mry 21, If 47 New Mexico Writers Series Frances Crane Born With GADFLY by Spud -Johoson By BETTY LIND long In one place a kind to. Mabel Dodge Luhan. 1 Author Are Bridge Players Psychotic Neurotics and Bridge Players in spec or In another! An Interesting observation is that In Hong 'ong, Shanghai, or Cairo the police department is of the country, but still Scotland Yard in structure and training. Travel for Frances Crane is a break, 'She first came to New Mexico in 1938 to do a factual article on Taos for The New Yorker.

Certain feuds were going very strong, and she realized she could not do It. sne begin to -flow asked Spud Johnson to write It. and gradual- He said he would NOT because she stays too the New Yorker had been so un- "Boxcar Annie at the Brldgetable CONTIXENTWIDE INTERNATIONAL FUND GAME 1967 The winning tactics in duplicate bridge should be audacious 4-ph to make low level doubles, sometimes you make these hair raising doubles just to keep your partner out of trouble-Shut up Partner." NORTH 1 8 73 H-K 10 5 I J6 A EAST S-4 8 3 D-A 10 9 9 7 5 4 3 WEST S-A 10 6 5 A 9 4 2 3 2 C-2 dont think Spud likes me even Mrs. Crane says. London Is still her favorite abode, though New Mexico became home base In 1954.

She spent six months In London four years ago, and took a Trip around the world a year later, Now she is eyeing Australia. Something about the smallest continent is her, and sooner or later she will respond. She finds It more profitable to publish abroad first at Jhe present time, since her agent in London is better situated to take care of translations for the con- tlnent. Her books are now in 10 languages. She is now finishing a detective, novel, with a background jn Taos.

NeW Mexican readers qre of 'course familiar with her reviews on detective and suspense novels. She has, during her Career, also done reviewing lor the Scripps-Howard appers. Her latest book, A Very QuleMiir-, der was Issued In London in November, and has not yet come out in the States. Mrs. Crane has one daughter, who with her husband and two daughters, lives in Los Alamos.

This is a major factor in keeping her In Santa Fe. She lived In Taos for quite some but finds housing accommodations In short supply when she has been traveling for months and returns. Not even she. knows when (he hoarse call of. a fog-hom, the keening of a jet takeoff, will be too insistent to be ignored.

The far places, the smell of heathqr or banana boats, somehow assuages the loneliness of one who must see what is beyond the curve of the horizon the restless ones. By ALICE BULLOCK Book Editor Nothing in her family ba. ground explains why Frances Crane should have been bdm with wanderlust, but it is there. Her family had settled ln the laurencevllle, Illinois, area in the early 1800s, and it was there she was born and at-, tended grade and high schools. The University of Illinois, where she was a Phi Beta Kappa stu-dehr, was followed by graduate work at the University of Chicago.

Her marriage to a J. Walter Thompson Advertising Agency executiye took her abroad. His work led them to homes In London, Berlin, Munich, Paris. Where ever they lived Frances Crane explored in ever widening circles, long trips by car on the continent, adventures leading them all sorts of complications- with covered roads and languages they did not understand. She had majored-In Gejrman and English in college, but this Was not too much help in finding shelter in Czechoslovakia when (hey made a midwinter trip down to the Balkans in a canvas-topped Bulck roadster which- was quite some car at that time! Living itself was a vibrant adventure.

It was in London that she first began to write. Their home was a large one, and servants readily available and compara- tively cheap. She had to communicate and she had plenty of time. She began putting bits of satire on paper through' a fictional Character, a Mrs. Craig--Higgs.

The New Yorker used these clever casuals for 13 years, and Frances Crane learned to write. When the war came along, and we were allies, they were no longer appropriate. She started writing mysteries when she couldnt get a passport to Europe after the war began. She does not like the term mysteiy stories. Mystery, to her, carries connotations of the inexplicable, the unknowable.

The genre ordinarily called mystery stories in her stimulator. Ideas when she travels, ly dimmish when On the West For GALLERY OF SOUTH' 9 2 i HJ 7 D-4 7 3 4 C-A 10 6 Board 19 Dealer: East Vul: Both ANALYSIS BY THE EXPERTS Thu fcand could be disaster for either side, especially if East opens an aggressive 3 chibs. If West responds, E-W will get too high and might be doubled; if West passes. North will probably balance into trouble. A double will almost certainly be- left in, but East can take nine tricks with a wanning view in diamonds, while a suit takeout will be cheerfully wacked by West for a significant number.

But if East chooses to pass on the first round, fts unlikely either side will get Into any serious difficul: ties. The auction might go, W-l spade, E-2 clubs, W-2 hearts, E-3 dubs. The contract hinges on what declarer does in the diamond suit The only line that will succeed against any defense Is for East to lead a diamond from dummy, win Norths jack with the ace. thetv drive out Norths diamond king. If East fails to knock out Norths entry.

North can later promote Souths club 6 into a winner with a heart return. At our table East bid three clubs, I passed. West passed and my partner, Mary Soktow, jaM double. EasJ passed, was happy to pass. West passed.

We set the contract one for a score of 200--. IlG BUILdInGS A few days ago, some of were talking about Big New Buildings and wondering whether they ever COULD successfully conform to Style southwestern architecture they cohsciously aped early ecclesiastical structures such as the Ranchos Mission, the Acoma church, and the like. The Santa Fe Museum isjs noteworthy example of, such an, adaptation, A new REA building in Taos, it was noted, has a great clr- cular, windbwless, cement-block bastion at one end, suggesting a' large klvj arid this, turn, reminded us of the new Capital Building, which has also been likened to an Iridian Council Cham ber qr Ceremonial Holy of Holies, but which, alas, only succeeds In being just another1 Great Big Round Modem Building. Oddly Enough, to go rather far afield, the most striking resemblance to typical southwestern architecture which bas achieved in an out-sized modern structure, seems to bo going pp on an Island In the St Lawrence river in Canada 1 I refeg to a prefabricated, -multiple-apartment housing com-, plex (a qpndominlum?) In which the units are piled one upon the other; at first glance seemingly higgledy-piggledy, but ob- -viously cleverly fitted together, roughly hi the form of a pyramid, like a construction of differenj-sized and different-shaped blocks-r-the aggregate looking, to ones amazement, remarkably like a slightly disorganized Taos Pueblo. This, I believe, is called The Habitat, and Is an experimental affair dreamed up by the architects of Expo 67, Canadas Worlds Fairi due to open in a couple of months.

The various World Powers are as usual vying with one another to see which can produce the- most original and eccentric building, from Inverted resting on their apexes, to plastic and glass bubbles the size of football fields. But in spite of all these other triumphs of modem engineering, the Habitat Intrigues me most, and I'm looking forward to seeing' more detailed descriptions and photographs In -newspapers and magazines, as well as on TV. 11 architects plat of the water-system alone, In this complicated Jig-saw-puzzle of a habitation will. Im sure, be the most confusing plumbers nightmare of the century. MYSTERIOUS INNARDB.

And, among other things, It may explain what New Mexico tourists are always asking, and which no one, so far as 1 know, has satisfactorily answered: What Is INSIDE Taos Js It -built on a man-made earthen hill on which the countless contiguous dwellings are superimposed? Or is the whole thing ac- tually one building, with the interior a maze of dark storage- chambers, piled one upon the other, the Innermost used formerly as horrible prisons or torture chambers, like a medieval oubliette. Im sure It must be solid dirt Inside, since mere vigas and posts, no matter of what dimensions, could not possibly support such a pyramid of bouses. But, even assuming this as a hypothetical must, no one will -deny the mysterious possibilities of at least a few subterranean passages and rooms in which' the light of day has never penetrated or living eye beheld. 1 Since, It Is that anyone will be allowed to penetrate Into the Interior of Taos Pueblo, I hereby appoint the first New Mexican to attend Expo 67 as my personal envoy to report on this extraordinary Canadian apartment house and bring back a first-hand account, which I shall be delighted to publish in this column. Meantime, Im writing to the governor of Taos Pueblo suggesting that the tribe might reap a monetary reward and the state invaluable publicity, by suing Expo 67 tor what should one can it? Infringement of copyright? Invasion of privacy? Surely Its a clear case, not only of stealing an idea without permission or acknowledgment, but not even admitting an Indirect debt.

POSTSCRIPT Speaking of architecture but also of the other arts the First Annual Report of the New Mexico Arts Commission is an extraordinarily handsome brochure, full of beautiful Painting, sculpture, architecture', music, the dance, the theater and crafts, all are represented with examples of both ancient and modern arts, showing what a wealth our. state offers. My one complaint: not all the photographs are sufficiently Identified. For Instance, on page 18 Is a fascinating photograph of a monumental sculpture situated on a barren knoll, and of such proportions and bulk, that It might very well be a building and therefore considered architecture. It Is unidentified, but from the photographic credits Inside the front cover, I gather that It must be The Henge-Modem, Dick 4 Kent.

But WHERE Is ft? Im a tourist I want to SEE It examine It from all sides. Please let me knoWI FRANCES CRANE '(from, portrait by Bettina Steinke) Old West Board 29 West Vul: Both Held Strange Appeal Several Fabulous Dudes NORTH S-A 10 4 H-4843 D-A 10 7 7 2 8 7 2 JSS D-J 2. C-J 10 8 WEST 9 3 H-K 10 D-K 9 4 3 3 3 lexicon would be better detective or suspense. She has written 28 detective stories (book length) in the Pat Abbott series, alone all a color In the title. (Thirteen White Tulips, Murder in Bright Red, The Man In Gray, etc.) The scenes of these stories are all over the world Paris, London, Tangiers, San Francis- SOUTH S-K 4 3 H-A72 D-445 C-A 4 4 ANALYSIS BY THE EXPERTS: Nugent, whom people called humbug, fourflusher, scoundrel and braggart and she fell In love.

Her letters to Henrietta are included the Impossibility of the whole situation. She climbs Pikes Peak, she rides, she inends her clothing, she listens to Mountain Jims ballads, for he loves her too, but In the end she left. Not before she had become a part of the Estes Park legend just as Jim Nugent has become. Other profiles ificlude Capt. William Stewart, Prince Alexander Maximilian, William Fitz-wlUlam and the good Dr.

Chea-die; Grand Duke Alexis of Russia; the Earl of Dunraven, from Limerick; the extremely handsome Marquis do Mores and the founding of Medora; Theodore Roosevelt and founder of Broadmoor, Count James Pourtales. Sprauge has a witty way of writing that provides an entertaining book with more than ordinary vitality and verve. Alice Bullock A few Wests may open their hand in first-seat but, with no co, Taos, etc. aces, this gamble win tosemore often than it gains, especially) When she writes about these when vulnerable. If West doesn't open.

South will probably bid places, she writes from knowi-1 did), and most N-S pain will end up in 1 NT making one providing declarer attacks dubs instead of Dying to split the hearts. This is the superior play tor If West holds two of the three miss-tog honors doubleton, the suit can still produce three winners. A deviant result will be 100, 200 or 500 tor N-S If West balances with 2 diamonds after an auction of 1 club, W-Pass, N-1NT, E-Pass, S-Pass. Perfect defense will defeat this contract two via a trump promotion. Even a one trick set, undoubted, will probably be worth an average-plus.

edge. She has been there. Because she wanted to write with a Hong Kong background she visited that city. Where ever she places her characters for detective yarns, she visits their police departments for background feel and terminology. A captain in one place may be diately locks herns with James McLaughlin, the Indian agent, and makes friends with Bean Lane, a half-breed Sioux.

Actual and fictional charact era are so skillfully mixed Hn this story that It Is difficult, without referring to the list of characters, to determine la historical and which Is' fictional If fault be found In this account of the Plains Indians last fight for survival as a people, it lies in the introduction of too many people. It Is as though finding so many Interesting connected people in his research of the period the author cannot bear to leave them out. Examples are Anglos John J. Pershing and Frederic Remington, plus a host of colorful Indians. McLaughlin forbids Chance to talk to any of the Indians on the reservation, but Beau Lane comes to his fescue helps him, In a hall of bullets, to corf-tact the camp of Sitting Bull.

Chance develops a real respect and admiration for this old Indian warrior and his problems, and in turn Is accepted by Sitting Bull. v. Rations Issued by the government are cut back and of such Inferior quality that the' Indian, whose land and hunting grounds hli very way of life has been se eroded by white men, faces virtual extinction. It Is easy to understand why the hope they, so desperately needed was clutched at when Wovoka, a Palute Indian messlas, arose. Chance and Beau are sent as DUDES by Marshall Sprague.

Little, Brown ft Co, $8.75 296 pp. A dude for the purposes of this book is defined as a fop or exquisite, seeking new experiences in American West. Sprague, a resident of Colorado Springs, has chosen nine colorful dude characters for study and presentation In his gallery. Greatly to be commended is the inclusion of maps of the area for each dude for orientation of the reader. Place names have changed a great deal, though the natural geographic features have not.

Black and white illustrations done in the period give flavor to the accounts. Eight of these dudes were, men, and one a woman, Isabella Lucy Bird. She Is the most interesting of the outfit, perhaps a despite being puny she was not just traveling along with a husband, or parents, but her own. fe 1872 ft took a great deal of intestinal fortitude for a woman to travel unaccompanied. This English woman had It a 1 with backache, headache, lasom-mit, bad teeth and nervous tension, to the extent that her doctors advised this 40-year-old spinster to take a sea change.

She was also sick of nursing tho poor, teaching Sunday School, and lecturing on the evils of drink. First cane New Zealand, then Hawaii. Here she was threatened with her sister Joining her. She adored Henrietta, but that would never do! She headed for Colorado Springs, heard about through one Rose Kingsley. Here the not only feund Estes' Park, but Mountain Jim AGAfN By Popular Demand! EDITORS NOTE: The Henge Is by sculptor Herb Goldman, and Is located somewhere in the state off the beaten pxth.

The reason the Arts Commission did not give Its location Is (hat tho owner, who commissioned It privately to odorn his homo grounds, does not enjoy having busloads of tourists like Spud trumping across his lawn and Invading his privacy! 7- 'Mystery and Suspense ARCHER IN HOLLYWOOD by Ross Macdonald. Knopn. $1.95. Three detective novels featur-lngLew Archer, which add up tb an. omnibus of 528 closely the time.

The author Is tha Netherlands ambassador to Jap-' an and an authority on ancient China. A beautifully bound book quaintly Illustrated by the author. A course' of Instruction using the Larry McGinnis SPEEDIAGRAM1C METHOD A GOOD DAY TO DIE by Thomas Wakefield Blackburn. David McKay $5.50 289 pp. If a writer is born In New Mexico we claim him as If he chooses to live here, we also assert our claim- by adoption.

Tom Blackburn was born on the old T. O. Ranch In Colfax County, south of Raton on the old Dedman road, before Dedman was renamed Capulln. He Is a native son. In this book he demonstrates his skill as a WRITER, as opposed to wordsmlth.

The opens with Chance Easterbrook, a freelance newspaperman, arriving at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Ha Imme printed pages. These are "The Moving Target, made Into the RUNAWAY HOME, by Kago Sitting Bulls emmlssarles ootionr picture. "Harper, "The Booton. Crime Club.

$1.93. and Most the Nevada Ga-lllee to meet Way Some People Die with representatives of thei'The Barbarous Coast.1 A well-to-do couple in a small American town are first puzzled It's FUN to play Folk Guitar! Doctors, lawyers, taach-art, businessman all say that playing Folk Guitar is a great way to "unwino and relax after a hard other Plains Indian tribes anj Interesting Is a short autobiog-thls mtsslah, Wovoka. Like the raphy of the author telling of and then alartpe by an anonymous letter saytng their daugh hi: ups and downs with hi earl-1 ter Is keeping bad company, ler works and how Lew Archer; And so she Is, but it takes a days work. Housewives find Folk Guitar is gaod relaxation away from household chores and enjoy the ability to entertain musically at parties. Soma teenagers, after taking this course, are entertaining professionally.

This course teaches the use of tho guitar as an accompaniment to singing folk songs. No previous musical training is necessary. Complete ARTIST esffgHftsw while before 'iey find out who sent the letter. Nice story for all the family. SLY A A SERPENT, by Kyle Hunt (John Creasey) Macmillan, $3.93.

A mother-dominate English boy (age 24) goes on the town, leams the facts of Ufe and comes home and wrings Mummys neck. Now, really Mr. C.f Frances Crane Enrollment Fee $18.00 Last 2 Days OFF Monday Tuesday 1 Feb. 27-21 10 AM ta I PM ANCIENT CITY BOOK SHOP le leee Pleie fetie Fee Includes: Acrylic 9 Cmvm BaerO Olw by er manynt Plmit God of the blackrobes, Wovoka Was supposed to ha vedted. Journeyed to the Spirit World, and returned to life.

He brings back the message, Make the dance I will show you and Jt new world will soon cover the old. The buffalo and the game to and your friends and relations who are dead will live again. Do no harm to anyone. Make no Quarrel with whites. You must not fighfii The dance Is the ghonr dance, and it spread! rapidly.

Government officials feel In a threat and attempt ti stamp It out. The massacre at Wounded Knee Is a power-i fully written account of one ofj the results, as Is the murder' of Sitting BuO. -Alice Bullock GUITAR RENTAL Taka Guitar home to practice. 4-WEEK COURSE For both Adults and Taanagars Komac Paint Store Cereeede Center 711-1111 rescued him. WANTED FOR KILLING, by John Welcome, Holt, Rlnehfrt, Winston.

$3.95. Richard Graham, one time scret agent, leaves England illegally and fetches up In the home of an old friend on the Corsican Coast. This famous birthplace of Napoleon has re? cently become a posh winter re-' sort but Is also a base for For elgn Legionnaires who'va been exiled from Algeria; The center of the Island Is as Wild and mountainous as ever and Graham htfs many miraculous escapes before he finds out who are his enemies and why. Good suspense. THE PHANTOM OF THE TEM-PLE, by Robert van Gullk.

Scribners, $3.95. On more charming and unique report on Judge Dee, the Forty for Bill Tate The Los Alamos Sinfonletta Registration: Tuesday, February 28th :00 to 9:00 P.M. Classes begin March 7th THIRD CONCERT An autographing party for Bill Tate of Truchas has been scheduled for next Sunday from-3-3 p.m, at the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Center In Po-Joaque. Tates new book, The Penetentes of the Sangre de Cristos, went on sale In local 1 966-67 Staton John Ward, director Hector Garcia, guitar Sunday, March 5 8:15 P.M. Barranca Auditorium Staton Ticket Holden or Adulit $1.50, Student 7Se Senta Fe Woman's Club 1616 Old Pecos Trail PAPER BOOK GALLERY 0l HIT IN IOOXS CAROL GAPPA INSTRUCTOR Chinese Judge who lived In the bookshops recently.

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