Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01
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The Life ofa Modern Olympian, Thomas
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knowing every workman in the dale and spend
ing his holidays with the workmen in the mines
and smelling mills. At 10 he became research
chemist, but had to give up his laboratory work
because Of lead poisoning. Always interested in
Russia, he accidentally fell in with the Russian
jewelers. firm OF Faberge and was its foreign
representative for years. breakdown In
health caused his rejection for the Army during
the World War. but he put in the war years
directing woman workers in government fac
tories. After the war he went into business
with his wife, as her assistant. for invalid
cookery, teaching cooks and sending out dishes
for dinner parties. He does some cooking and
odd jobs about the place. ....
Then some one suggested that he write
book and he though. perhaps he might as well
The book Is q pOt-p0urri Of recollecti0ns Of
persons and experiences and of innate and
acquired ideas, written without the slightest
consideration fo- conventional organization Of
material. In London, where 1t was choice Of
the Book Society 1t has been frequently likened
to Axel Munthe's STORY of San Michele" which
it resembles only in its desultory. independent
style. "reminiscences of DR.. Mond, in whose
lead works laboratory he worked; Of Carl
Faberge; Of life In pre-war Russia; Of the
mysterious Corvo whom he met In Hampstead
and who told him strange stories about Russia.
blended with his untrammeled views
about everything, from the time when as a
child he asked himself: why I? Why they?"
until he lays down his pen after q solloquy
over his omelets and the Christmas cakes his
wife Is preparing from currants raisins, almond
paste and other good things. The title was
chosen because of the way the number seven
pursued him on his journey TO Russia and
twice seven Is fourteen"
JEAN DE RESZKE And the Great Days of
Opera. BY Clara Lesser New York: Min
ton Balch g. Co.
THE Polish family Of De Reszke contributed
in one generation three musicians to the
operate stage-the brothers Jean and Edouard
and the sister Josephine. This biography Of
Jean Is shared by his brother and sister. In the
preparation of the work Clara Lesser has con-
suited an extensive photography and may living
persons who were friends, colleagues. or pupils
in the unwillingne& Of those who knew him
to admit that he possessed even minor fault.
The Victorian age was rich in artists, but he
was pre-eminent in the Interpretation Of the
musical drama. His career is here considered
in three acts-the baritone, the tenor, the
teacher. There has been much discussion
about how his voice was changed from baritone
to tenor. Various theories are given fair state
ment, but Clara Lesser believes that he himself
became convinced that he was a tenor rather
than a baritone and directed his efforts toward
tenor roles All the facts of his fairy-tale life,
in which the other De Reszkes shared his
training his roles in all of which he won over
whelming plaudits; his success as a teacher.
accompanied by a long train of devoted pupils,
are related with enthusiasm. The book Is one
which has needed writing for long time, as no
other has existed which has covered the same
ground. 1t is at the same time a triple biog-
raphy and a history of the opera at its zenith.
It is perhaps too completely eulogistic, not
acutely critical, but that was also the attitude
Of Jean De Reszkes public during a quarter OF
a century. In 1888, 80 years after the great
tenor had last sung at the Covent Garden Opera
House In London, critic ended his review Of
a performance Of Tristan Und Isolde" with
the cry: Wanted a Jean De Reszke.'"
STOCK MARKET CONTROL. A Summary Of
the Research Findings and Recommended
lions of the Security Markets Survey Staff
of the Twentieth Century Fund Inc Edi-
tors: Evans Clark j. Frederic Dewhurst,
Alfred L. Bernheim, Margaret Grant
Schneider. New York: d. Appleton
Century Co.
THE Twentieth Century Fund, for economic
] research, was founded by Edward A. Filene
of Boston. Its director is Evans Clark, who
has already under the fund, written two books,
How to Budget Health" and Financing the
Consumer" and edited two others, The In
ternal Debts of the United States" and Boy
colts and Peace" The authors of this book
on the stock market, Gin dwelling on the evils
of the market have not been concerned
with assessing blame with the calculation Of
responsibility. They have concentrated on
shortcomings, not to castigate the markets,
but to contribute toward their more efficient
performance
The book ends with H-point program for
the regulation of the markets. The points are
nd
ton of security exchanges. CD Federal hcen-