Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-03

We have always gotten peculiar
satisfaction from the musical interludf
In an otherwise vocal number, not only
because we like instrumental music IN
hest but largely due tn the TACT. nc
doubt that everything needs foil
foil as every one knows, is any
thing that serves by contrast OF toio'
or ouaIitv to sdorn or set of another
thing To advantage. The Toll. on the
vtaoe is a character who tends To brine
into relief the GOOD qualities Of the nero
a, heroine In the old melodrama the
villain sometimes tunctioncu IN ms
capacity. .,...... =,
The fol in music may be change IN
tep,no or as stated, a SWitChlnG rom
vocal 10 instrumental OF vice versa. nc
coydipc to the original inteut os inc
program ,,. .,.o.;,,o i,
This seems particularly StflEinG III
tho plsving Of modern FOX .ttol numbers
over the radio. In the old Gays Soc',
dance numbers were inVariaoIF pis4..'
IN one way. an Introductory paSSHI,
the verse. then the choruS' '''c'' '''N
whole thing over again ,.,r -,
Ahou, 10 years ago the leaders ci
60. orchestras realizing that the
chorIses were always the best part q
s,ch songs. began repeating the catcn2
norton three or four times Hi''c"" u
nlavine the verse over again
Sometimes they played. ABOUT mo
,,av the chorus Of some other popular
soro This acted as tol 70 u't
cboTus NJ the moment, since II INC
,attey was Snappv in character the m
,,,Guced song was smooth, ana II INT
80, rno,,e was sedate .ha introd tced
80. was SIRE 10 be live," mum yer
The latest trick Of The dance or
onnstrss both on the air ana ON ING
records Is to boldly begin WIN ne
chorus. introducing the verse iatet - +"
incidental, as. indeed, IL Is.
The next step will be to play nothing
but chorus
Contrast is the secret Of success IN
many A department Of life, ano IN many
life itself. ,,..,. u,u
His friends observe these little sig.
culsritie As foilS thai rather Sol OH
than blemish his ofh@r 5000 ouaiitleS,
50 id Joseph Addison. speaking 81 IA
nous character.
The noint Is. OF cOurS' that there
,,us, he other good qualities, II is
common belief that every one has some
GOOD quality or other and probably that
is true enough.
The balance. however between the
GOOD and bad or the normal ana the
peculiar must be kept. II the truth oil
Addison's statement is to weigh In the
scale
There must be- too a certain dlSpo>i-
ton on the part of the beholder TO De
fair in judgments. Often enough TINS
rests solely on whether one likes or does
not like another As To what that rests
upon--that is another discussion en-
tirely,
The we'll written novel invariably
secures some OF its charm by its con-
trastine Of one character with another.
The plav OF these diverse persons, one
good. one bad, one mediumly good, an
other halfway bad brings all OF them
into sharp reli2f. One Is foil to an
other, and so on down the line.
The touch given by certain articles ot
furniture or colors In interior decoration
acts as a foil. although the term is not
used in that connection. perhaps. we'll
chosen Oriental rug, for instance, hung
at certain point on a wall, 2i"es exact
" the right note in some rooms.
Sharp bits of color which would prove
intolerable IN the mass become eN-