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Elliott Arnold Beautifully Produced French Art History For Home Or Tour FRENCH CATHEDRALS by Martin Hurlimaas Jean Bony (Viking Press $14.00, 229 pages) By CATHERINE W1LLEFORD Like so many of the "collections de arte, this revised edition of is unlike the average. Here is presented a consistency of style, origin, and background iri a sequence of historial artistry. The authors have assimilated an art appreciation course in their detailed explanations, commentary and plates of a period in history which holds a prominent position in the ultimately influential Gothic era. These beautiful gravure plates are the essence of the lile de Franc (exactly area in which the 12th cen tury, the great classic works of the cathedrals began. Professor Bony has shown that the architectural features of these twenty massive structures is, indeed, important; but he has also included the other facets of wholeness which give the cathedrals their final touches of fineness the stained glass window, the intricately carved wood, the paintings in their splendor and the awesome sculptured masterpiece.

Color prints help to enliven the spirit of the rose window at Amiens, and the print of Notre Dame is one of the finest I have ever seen exposing the flying buttresses from the South-East view. Not only is a preface written as a prelude to understanding. but the volume goes fllMiil so far as to include the ground plans of all the included cathedrals. The book is so alive and so non-monotonous. that if you are taking a tour of the Cathedral country, you would have little need of a guide, if study was given.

If you plan to stay at home and have need of a certain amount of French art history, just read this and have a cognizant and detailed repertoire for discussion. Anyone who is especially interested in this period would do well to give this volume considerable thought for there is a lifetime of information within the pages. Beautifully and exquisitely produced, for a trip to France through breathtaking i and an extravaganza of not able information: just read this volume and be the most well-educated French Cathedral tourist abroad A must for a library! Sellers Fiction THE ARRANGEMENT Ella Kazan THE EIGHTH DAY Thornton Wilder WASHINGTON, Vidal THE Potok TALES OB' Louis Auchincloss THE Wallace BABY Ira Levin THE SECRET OF SANTA Crichton THE CANDLESTICKS AND THE Freeman Solomon CAPABLE OF Drurv WHEN SHE WAS Roth GO TO THE WIDOW Jame? Jones Gold IT ork Madonna Lilies Now By Cora A. Harris Independent Garden Editor Madonna lilies can be transplanted or divided now. This is not an annual job but it is one that should be done when these lilies become crowded and actually need dividing.

The Madonna lily likes an early planting. Most lilies are planted in October to Decem her. But you can't delay planting the madonna lilies. You may not be in the mood for fall planting as early as this date, but this is one job that will not wait if you expect success. Its tops have died down and this, is a signal they are ready to be transplanted.

The donna likes early planting so it can develop bright green rnsettrs in the fall and early 'ter. To be safe, apply Bordeaux m'Xlur? fresh Bordeaux) when Kants are three inches high. Spray stems and leaves. This will help in preventing the virus that plagues madonnas. Now there are madonna of another strain.

These vsre developed by the famous Graft expert. Bv now. there should be plenty of them avail- 3 ve. These are vigorous th7ii most If you are dividing and transplanting madonna lilies, never leave clumps out of the ground. Ail lilies like to be planted at and the madonna is no exception Plant it immediately after digging.

Prepare the holes before planting so you can hurry and set these bulbs You can dig the holes deeply and return some of the soil and step it back to firm it. This promotes good drainage. Firming also prevents sinking of thp bulbs. Add some sand in the hole and you can cover the top of the hole with sandy soil, if you wish. Locate the bed in full sun If possible raised beds should be made to encourage better drainage.

The madonna should have excellent drainage at all times. Slightly tilt the bulb when you set in the hole This lets water run out among the scales. It big help in moting health. The madonna bulbs should never be set more than four inches deep. It is important to remember that its tips are shallowly covered.

This is not true with all bulbs because there are different types. The madonna lily is base rooting which means that the best quality blooms require two seasons. The regal lily illustrates a typical stern- rooting type requiring only one season for good bloom. So you can see that the base rooters need a bit of patience. give up on them the first season.

You can feed the madonna lilies at planting time if you do the job carefully and thoroughly. Here is how you feed them at planting time: Mix about one tablespoon or a more of bonemeal with the bottom soil. After mixing it with the soil, place a cushion of sand over it to prevent the bulb touching plant food or if you don't have sand, place unfertilized soil over the mixed soil. Bring up the soil where the bulb will be covered with no more than about four inches. The madonna bulb requires only one inch of soil over its tip Shallow planting is essential.

Boneniea! is recommended because it is slow acting. Avoid using commercial fertilizer in the bottom of the holes. A complete commercial fertilizer is applied only once in the spring. It should not be used again until the following spring. Avoid smothering the pretty rosettes when you mulch beds in which these bulbs are planted.

Never mulch around them They need full sun and plenty of air circulation. These rosettes add beauty in the winter garden. While transplanting is done very early, you may not be able to buy new bulbs until later Buy them as soon as possible. Ask garden stores when they expect new na lily bulbs. Remember: Madonna lilies are sun lovers and resent low where water stands.

A Real Look At Life In A Country That Tolerated German Occupation A NIGHT OF WATCHING, a novel by Elliott Arnold. (Charles Sons, New York. N.Y. 441 pages. $5.95) By MARVIN El RY Everytime you go to a movie.

you might ask yourself if there is possibly a new story, a new plot, there has not been previously written about or portrayed in the movies. Perhaps Elliott Arnold after 30 years finds it hard to come up with new ideas, too. He says on the jacket of the book. Night of that the reason he was drawn to the story of how 8,000 Danish Jews were smuggled to Sweden by the Danish underground in 1943, was "that this story is quite different from all the others and it had never been dramatized Arnold wrote one of the best novels of modern time, and readers of Night of will be disappointed in the latter, hoping that the author has duplicated the genius shown in But the story of the Danes and Jews just does not lend itself to the telling, as did the story told in and even A 1 knack for character portrayal does not produce the desired effect. This is not to say Night for is not a good book.

It is. There are times it is downright interesting. The reader is given a real look at life in a country that tolerated German occupation while at thp same time hating the Germans. There are heroes, likp thp man Hansen who stands up the Germans and is one of those Danes responsible for smuggling the Jews to safety in Sweden. wrhile at the same time admitting that hp ppr- sonallv had no great love for Jews either.

We meet Germans of every description: the Heil willing to give his very life if a superior so ordered; the German official who had been in Denmark long enough to know and love the country and its people and who would like nothing better than to be accepted; and even a few Germans who oppose the Nazi plan of exterminating Jews. The reader is introduced to a number of characters: Anders and Ellen who pick the middle of a war to fall in love and to discover life; Georg Siebcrt. who learns too late that a man has to pick a side; Captain Erik Mclchoir. a Jewish policeman who finds his greatest attribute is a willingness to die heroically and he does by taking to death with him four Germans determined lo stop the fleeing Jews: Niels Rider, one of the first to put country over life; and Arne Johansen, who held off a whole German brigade for five, hours until his building was blasted from under him and then ended his own life with a grenade. There is also some intrigue such as Ian Fleming may have written.

For instance, Hansen slips the wanted Rider through enemy lines by putting him, drugged, into a taxi with expecting wife and passing him off as an exhausted expectant father. One passage is hard to understand. A women suspected of having turned in several ite Finds Tropical Excursion Into Wonderland men was carried on the fishing trawler used to transport the Jews to Sweden as a and halfway across it came time to dump her overboard. She is shot and dumped, leaving a mixed reaction among the crew- and to the reader: Why would a group of people fleeing ruthless people bent on extermination judge the guilt of even a person of low repute and kill her on the high seas? The only answer is that it was WAR and odd things happened. Biology Late Summer Forecasts A NATURALIST IN TRINIDAD by C.

Brooke Worth, illustrated by Don Eckelberry By NORMA C. HOWARD Dr. C. Brooke Worth, a graduate of the University Pennsylvania School of Medicine, describes himself as an invetereate list maker and as a biologist with an insatiable curiosity. When in 1960 went to Trinidad as a member of the Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory, he entered into one of the most exciting periods of his life.

As an employe of the Rockefeller Foundation he assisted in the discovery of new viruses, and chose as his province birds and small animals. He set up housekeeping in a prefabricated house that would have been a nightmare in Bush Bush Forrest ton the eastern side of Trinidad, and life was so relaxed at the hut, dubbed Wee House, that no living creature was killed. Roaches were permitted to wander about freely and a nest of house mice discovered in the author's woolen robe went undisturbed until thp baby mice were old enough to make their way out of doors. One of the greatest delights was observ i spiders weaving their intricate webs just outside 1 study window, much of the beauty he found in their handiwork is conveyed in his many vivid descriptions. Frequent jaunts over the island to observe animals in their natural habitats were madp, and among the creatures he discusses are bats, bugs, butterflies, snakes and ants.

A bit of information that was of particular interest to me concerned the Cebus Monkeys the Capuchin companions of organ grinders that so delight, children at fairs, I had often wondered why only this species was used. The author explains that they are omnivorous, while the howler must have certain leaves that cannot be duplicated in captivity. Although Dr. Brook's area of concentration was essentially that of animal life, his curiosity extended to all varieties of plant life. even to the weeds that were allowed to grow in his garden.

And after nurturing and improving an avocado tree that grew just outside his study window, he came to feel a real friendship for it, His obvious joy in his surroundings can be seen in this very descriptive passage: I would not get much farther than the kitchen door In my rambles before my eyes were the pigeons, the avocado tree, the everbearing lime, the compost pit, the rain gauge and the vegetable garden. Yet it took only a right- angle turn and a few more steps to reach the orchids and the papaya This book also contains some very fine drawings by Don R. Eckel berry who is noted for his paintings of North and Central American birds. Whether you prefer fiction or non-fiction there is something thatt will surely appeal to you in late summer publications; for publishers seem to be making an all out effort to furnish good reading. And if you are not trying to build a library and do not wish to pay hardcover prices, just be patient.

The book you want win almost certainly apepar soon in paperback. A most unusual novel wirtten by Jane White (Harcourt, Brace World, $4,95) is scheduled for release August 30 titled QUARRY. The scene is England and the story evolves around three teenage boys who take a younger boy off to a cave in a nearby quarry that is their special hideaway. As summer comes to an end, the three conspirators take their hostage to the quarry and hold a strange ritual. Suddenly, terrifying, the reader realizes the point of the they have all been playing and what the savage punishment is going to be This is a spellbinder that haunts the memory.

Also set in England is THE PEOPLE OF PROVIDENCE STREET by John Gooding (Viking Press, In it the central figure is a lonely, haunted young woman wrho is having a mental breakdown. She wanders to Providence Street and becomes the pawn in a serio-comic tug of war between two competing The story is a highly original treatment of mental illness, compassionate, yet at times madly funny in its depiction. Above all, it makes horribly clear the damage one human being can do another. STRADELLA by James Sherwood (Grove Press) stars an aging, yet still sexually attractive actress who controls a small circle of admirers and lovers in Hollywood shadow- world of hopeful starlets and those who exist on the periphery of the motion-picture and television industries. Into her life comes a native Angeleno that rare breed- named Archilmedes Slum whom she treats with the consideration one gives a door mat.

He takes everything she has to give, tortured by jealousy and uncertainty: for although Stradella is cruel to him, she does, in her frenetic way, love him. The story is interlaced with a wild and crazy humor. HIDE-AND-SEEK by Charles H. Knickerbocker (Douleday) may appeal to those who fer more serious reading. The book treats adult behavior patterns, especially those considered abnormal, and is written in a language for the layman.

Dr. Knickerbocker narrates 50 case histories of patients who have psychiatric problems masked under physical symptoms. Masterpieces In Paperback An important collection of short novels has just been published by Popular Library and sells in paperback for 95e. It is titled SEVEN RUSSIAN SHORT NOVEL MASTERPIECES and includes writings of seven of the Russian literary giants. In it you will find Story of how Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled With Ivan Mikiforo- by Gogol; by Turgenev; Childhood of Zhenya by Pasternak; by Dostoevsky; and stories by Chekhov, Tolstoy and Andreyev.

The Daily Independent Sunday Aug. 13,1967 Page 1 wo-C C. BROOKE WORTH 'Petticoat Star Likes Activity By EDNA MAE HERMAN Independent Staff Writer WASHINGTON, D. C. An accomplished dialectician, comedienne, and character actress, all rolled into one busy Bea Benaderet, star of This fall she begins her fifth season on the CBS program as Kate Bradley, proprietress of the Shady Rest Hotel.

Beginning Sept, 9 the show moves from Tuesday night to Saturday night at 9:30. But TV viewers may also remember her as Cousin Pearl Bodine on Beverly BEA BENADERET and company on move to Saturday nights on CBS this fall. Signs Of The Zodiaci Monday and Tuesday will fall under the sign of Sagittarius, or Bowman, which is a fiery, mascu- line sign and things will not do well, as it is not a 2 very favorable time to plant or transplant. nesday and Thursday will he governed by the sign I of Taurus, or Bull, which is a fixed earthly sign, I governed by Mercury, and i will do good for all root crops of quick growth. Friday and Saturday will come under the sign of Aquarius, or Waterman, which is an airy, masculine sign and things are only thrown awav as they wili not grow well during this sign.

The Air Signs are the best to harvest in and the Fire Signs are second best. Never gather fruit, grain or vegetables in lhe watery signs or I new of the moon as they will surely decay or 5 sprout. Just before full moon is the best lime to gather for shipping. SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC Talking to reporters on a weekend junket, she admitted, Cousin Pearl role was the one I liked best. I just loved In fact, her successful characterization of Cousin Pearl was responsible in great measure for her starring role on Miss Benaderet also was known on television for eight years as Blanche Morton, the next-door neighbor of George Burns and Gracie Allen on Burns and Allen Before the days of television.

her voice was well known on radio, especially on Jack Benny on which she created the character of Gertrude Gearshift, the Brooklynese. telephone operator. More recently on television, she did two or three voices on year I could see myself on Junction, Beverly and and and hear myself on the actress remarked. Talking about her current role of Kate Bradley, she said, is the first time ever played a straight role. Kate is this of necessity.

the of the family. Before always played character spend sleepless nights trying to think of ways to improve Kate. If you have anything to offer as an actress, you have to grow. a be no new characters on the show this year, just guest stars. Smiley Burnette will not be replaced, which I think is a nice gesture to this wonderful Miss Benaderet said.

One exciting event which is coming up this fall on the show is the marriage of one of Kate's girls to Steve Elliott, played by Mike Minor. But which one of the three girls will be walking down the aisle with Steve not even Miss Benaderet knows. told me it would be best if I The first shows of the new season will be devoted to building up to the engagement and wedding. show appeals to all she believes. have the train and dog for the children, the girls for the young people and the middle age characters for the middle aged people, All of us love I think this is one reason for the success of the Starring in a regular television series keeps the actress busy so that she have a lot of time for other acting sidelines.

During the summer hiatus she feels she needs to rest. Miss Benaderet originally started her career in the theatre and like to do some plays again, especially in summer theatre, The only time been back to the theatre in recent years wras in Go give anything to play the role of the mother in in the Id also love to do small parts in movies. Television work is much more accelerated. Movie work seems like a she said. The actress is married to Gene Twombly, a motion- picture sound technician and lives in Studio City.

She is very proud of her actor son, Jack Bannon, whose father played Red Ryder for many years. Only five feet, three and one-half inches tall, she has lovely silver hair which is covered up with a wig on people don't know me on the street unless wearing my she explained. always hid hind the character I play. In fact most actors I know are sensitive, introverted people who hide behind the characters they are playing. In answer to the question, do you think about she quipped, then stated she thought that miniskirts were for the very young, that some women had gone too far with the vogue.

potlight 1968 special of NBC will Berkshire Aug. 13- and Ans- NEW YORK (UP1) ABC- TV has specials on Thursday and Friday that, respectively, review the 19fi8 presidential possibilities and report on the World Boy Scout Jamboree in Idaho, offer a two-hour On Thursday, music from the Festival. Highlight, details 19: Sunday will interview A m. Ulysses S. Grant Sharp, com- mender-in-chief, Pacific, at headquarters in Pearl Harbor.

Play on late holes of the final round of the American Golf Classic At Akron, Ohio, will be carried live by ABC. Versatile Broadway star Joel Grey is the guest on for CBS. ABC Sunday Night screens starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger (R). a Russian Simon Templar gets mixed up in the attempted defection of a Russian professor. Monday In Help on the CBS the ghost of a magazine late wife returns to help him find a new mate.

Barry Nelson stars. Road offers Ben Pride recognizes a deputy as one of the men responsible for his death (R). In Months to on for CBS, the hero is drawn into participating in a hazardous space experiment. Four ex-Confederate soldiers capture the Barkeley home in on Big (R). Paul Bryan tries to help a teen age girl runaway in Hang Down Your Head and on for Your (R), Tuesday The stars on the CBS variety hour will be singer Eddie Fisher and his actress fiancee, Connie Stevens.

Night at the starts a half hour earlier than usual is preempted), to accomodate the length of Place in the starring Elizabeth Taylor Montgomery Cliff and Shelley Winters (R). In on six top scientists disappear and a seventh thinks he will be next (R). In to on Kimble is involved in the struggle between a racist and a Negro sheriff (R). Wednesday In the in episode on CBS, the Robinson's robot needs recharging but there is no power available (R). Chrysler prsents for with Cliff Robertson.

An attorney is accused of using a murder conviction to advance himself politically (R). ABC Wednesday Night screens starring Elvis Presley (R). Guests on Steve Allen Comedy on CBS will be comedian John Byner, singer Lou Rawls and the comedy team of Stiller and Meara. Thursday Evening at a concert by the Boston Symphony Orchestra presented live from the Berkshire Festival in Lenox, is on NBC. and are preempted.

Lucy-Desi Comedy on CBS offers Summer with Ida Lupino and Howard Duff as guest stars (R). The maneuvering now going on in behali of potential publican president candidates and the divisions within the amined in in an ABC spe- program will be Eisenhower, Nixon, Rornney and Reagan. Guests on NBC's summer replacement hour for Dean Martin will be singer Don Cherry, the comedy team of Clair and McMahon and comedian Flip Wilson. Friday The Wild Wild on CBS has an episode in which agent West is put on trial by a of cutthroats for the murder of his agent partner, with West doomed to die if he is found innocent (R). Tn on Tarzan tries to guide a little girl to safety through a ring of hostile tribes (R).

ABC news has a one-hour special, Boy Scout covering activities at this annual international gathering of Boy Scouts, held for the first time in the U.S.. at Farragut State Park. Actor James Stewart is the narrator. and Phyllis program are preempted. Nasty in the is on Three prominent men are suspects in the theft of defense secrets.

Saturday Wide World covers live and tape the AAU outdoor swimming and diving championships at Philadelphia. Singer Sallie Balir and pianist-comedian Pete Barbutti are the guests on We for CBS. The CBS offering is an episode in which a contortionist is added to the undercover team to meet a special need in apprehending a defector possessing nuclear secrets (TO. Night at the screens Pounds of starring Tony Curtis (R)..