Evening star., 1934-01-14

Dir Ronald Lindsay's broadcast last
Sunday night, which preceded q pro-
gram Of English music, was simply de-
1ightful and its too bad he cannot be
prevailed upon to broadcast oftener.
The timbre-or better, the smooth tone
color-in his voice and his CONVERSE
tional delivery were very pleasing. No
Southerner could drop his "g's" with
Mr. .na no 1t
man could drop them oftener.
After a few preliminary remarks. his
excellency said he would talk about
music instead Of gold and silver, be-
cause, while he knew very little about
music, he also knew little about gold
and silver. He spoke of the English
landscape as having much influence
over the music of England and, while
his country had not produced great
composers such as Haydn, Handel,
Beethoven, and great operate music, he
thought the English music was thor
oughly characteristic Of the life and
feeling of the people and, like them,
the sentiment often was modestly ex-
pressed, for an Englishman could not
wear his heart upon his sleeve. With
an Englishman's love Of the outdoor
life, Sir Ronald dwelled at some length
on the beauty and tranquility of the
landscape and said how much the
poetry of the country had to do with
Its music. He quoted Bacon, who said,
God Almightie planted a garden. And,
indeed, 1t Is the purest Of human
pleasure"
The British Ambassadors talk will
recall to those who are given to old
literature DR.. Burney's History of Mu-
Sic" The doctor was friend of DR..
Samuel johnson and was the father Of
Fanny Burney-Mme. d'Arblay. His
history of music, which was compre-
hensive in its time and often cited as
an authority. is doubtless as little read
nowadays as his daughters novels,
"Evelina" and Cecilia" 'Evelina" was
the thriller" of its time. being consid-
cred so risque that even married women
hid it under their pillows and would
surreptitiously bring it forth when
alone. Fanny Burney wrote 1t behind
locked doors and it was some time after
she knew the great DR.. johnson that
she confessed to its being her brain
child. 1t is recalled that during the
people read "Evelina," there were
shrieks of laughter at the heroine's
escapades In the park. and the con-
been awfully dumb"
Have you ever wondered what be-
came of the cases which framed your
treasured daguerreotypes and were sur
prised to find how many were lacking?
Miss Therese Bonney, whose exhibi-
ton of rare daguerreotypes is over in
the National Museum, could tell you
what became Of some of them since
smoking became so universal among
women These ornate cases - about
card photo size-make the swankiest
cigarette cases and fit nicely in ones
opera bag or purse ITO what base
uses"
When his excellency the French Am
hassador, Andre de Labouiaye, opened
this rather unique and charming exhi-
bition of daguerreotypes and photogra-
ply in the foyer of the National Mu-
scum q fortnight ago there was much
interest exhibited in an art that long
has remained dormant. Many people
who visited the rare display returned
home to search in the attic and chests
for the old likenesses which had been
packed away with the defunct photo
graph album. Nine. de Labouiaye ac-
con1panied the Ambassador and seemed
lures and their history. which Miss
Bonney made very interesting. She
seemed never to tire answering dues-
tions which were often so obvious to
her but which always brought forth q
bright, original answer.
The display is supplemented by the
National Museum, which, by the way.
owns two of the five daguerreotypes Of
Daguerre himself which are now in
existence. France owns the other three,
and all were made by Charles R.
Meade, for whom Daguerre posed. He
was very averse to sitting for picture
the museum opened this years art
season in Paris and was inaugurated
there by the minister of fine arts.
While the daguerreotypes were the
great attraction, the exhibition was
primarily to commemorate the CEN
tenary Of Nicephore Niepce, the inven-
tor Of photography, who. in close col
laboration with Daguerre, gave to the
world the first Photographic recording
formula. There we're several rare ex-
amples of his work. Also of the work
Of A. Brady, a well known official pho
tographer of Washington Of the SOS
and COS. There is one of Daniel
Webster, one of Audubon and another
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author This last received medal at
the London Crystal Palace in 1857
These daguerreotypes Of Brady's are
very valuable. There was charming
likeness Of the French poet Lamartine
which was lately discovered in Wash
tngton and which created a great deal
Of interest, also mystery, as to its for
mer owner and how it got across the
seas.
Miss Bonney, a Californian, is one Of
the four American women to receive
the degree Of doctor of philosophy from
the Sorbonne and one of the 10 Amer
leans to whom the Sorbonne has granted
the doctorate. Charles Dana Gibson
in his little foreword to the catalogue
says: II can view all this-the changes
Of time-with equanimity If only our
clothes, and our hobbies, and houses,
and popular heroes, and quaint, old
fashioned ways are granted a pictorial
historian as delightful as Miss Bonney."
To 60 over to the case containing
the African art display in the museum,
which Is just a few feet from the
daguerreotypes. is going from the sub
lime to the ridiculous-and yet in these