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Evening star., 1937-12-08
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

The collector who decides on orchestral
music as his basic material will do well
to build his collection on the great
symphonies.
If possible, only those recorded within
the last year or two should be selected.
Great strides have been made by all
the recording companies and most Of
them are reissuing old favorites.
The nine symphonies of Beethoven
may be selected as the ground work,
with the possible exception of the ninth,
not because of any lack in it, truly, but
because the nature Of work scarce fits
1t for home use, in our estimation.
A rough homemade classification of
orchestra music will include the SYM
phonies, overtures, selections and tone
poems.
All records available may be fitted into
a one OF two classif1cations, classical and
light. There will be many interlappngs
and overlappings. One person might
call the waltzes Of Strauss classical, an
other put them into the light classif1ca-
ton.
These are homemade divisions for the
home collector
The word selection" for instance,
covers great deal of musical ground.
Selections from the great operas meet
in this group on an equal footing with
the best from the light or comic operas.
All sorts OF musical ideas, as done for
orchestra, come into the classification.
Rightly selected, such music has as
much place as the symphonies, for good
orchestration is at the base of all of
them.
One may feel sorry for these people
who keep their music in such water
tight mental compartments that they
are not able to turn from Beethovens
fifth to "The Organ Grinders Swing"
We have an idea that the great COM
poser would have enjoyed the latter
folk tune immensely, none more, be-
cause he understood the latitude of
music.
He was able, in light moment, to
make catchy round" for the inventor
OF the metronome, and later to incor-
porate the same tune in his eighth
symphony.
He saw no wrong in that and there
was none.
The listener today may take heed,
then; let him have his favorite classical
selections, but not to the exclusion of
the good light and popular music
Many excellent performers tend to
work up musical snobbery They feel,
evidently, that to admit a liking for
the light and popular might prejudice
them with certain people, and that is
true but what of it?
There is world of difference between
the good light and the cheap light, be-
tween the good popular and the COM
mon popular.
To know the difference and to observe
it is one of the real joys of music.
This is to have musical perspective, in
a mental sense, too.
We see that light little tunes occupy
place farther back, but none the less
sure, and are able to make themselves
heard, in hours of ease and happiness,
with surprising effect and richness.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Saving Decatur's House.

The Professional Writers Club, spon-
sorlng campaign designed to prevent
destruction of the home of Commodore
Stephen Decatur at jackson place and
H street, deserves commendation for its
interest in the preservation of a relic
of the Washington Of long ago.
1t was in 1919 that the house was
built. Benjamin H. Latrobe was the
architect. and his original drawings in
water color-eleven OF them-still are
extant. The rugged exterior lines offer
little indication Of the charm and grace
Evening star., 1937-12-08
And Now, Nanking!

Peiping, Tientsin, Shanghai-and now
Nanking Almost exactly five months
to. the day since the North China"
incident at Marco Polo Bridge gave
Japan her long-cherished pretext for
launching the campaign which was to
subjugate, if not conquer, China, Man.
king, citadel and symbol of the repub-
hes independence and will to resist.
has fallen to the invader. That Chang
kal-shek's capital was doomed has long
been foreshadowed. The government
ned weeks ago, in the face of imminent
events.
The occupation of Shanghai made
Markings fate only question of the
speed with which the Japanese forces
would press on through the Yangtze
valley to the towering walls surround
Ing the seat of Nationalist government
two hundred miles to the north and
west. More or less stubborn resistance
by Chiangs hard-pressed troops slowed
up Matsui's advance and enabled the
bulk of the Chinese army to retire in
relatively good order. But its strength
was spent in the gallant fighting
around Shanghai and the eventual sur
render of Marking without a major
defensive operation became certainty.
Full Of tragedy and pathos as China's
fate at the hands of the island jugger-
naut has been from the outset of her
ordeal, the loss of Marking fills her
cup of bitterness to overflowing. Within
its far-dung walls, the greatest in the
country, are the material and senti-
mental tokens of the Chinese Renais-
sance-the superb $s,0O0,OO0 tomb of Sun
Vat Sen, picturesquely dominating stor-
led Purple Mountain and constituting
the nations most sacred modern shrine
Surrounding it are the many imposing
government buildings erected as monu-
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Musical perspective has a new mean
ing, as applied to the newer recordings
and Photographs.
On the old acoustical machines, op-
Grated solely by the laws Of physics,
the music which issued from the tone
chamber, although often most pleasing,
was fiat.
This word "f1at" is used in a linear,
not musical, sense.
The sounds seemed to come all from
the same plane, as If the members of
the orchestra were seated in q straight
line.
Actually, some of the most weird
groupings were necessary, in the older
recording, to get some instruments to
register at all.
No matter how fantastically seated,
however, the players sounded in plane.
All that is different on the new records
played on new machine.
A feeling Of depth and width is con-
veyed to the listener.
He hears one instrument from the
right, another from the left, a third
as II up close and fourth as If back
farther.
If he shuts his eyes, taking his sight
from the speaker grille, this sense OF
perspective becomes even more defined.
The sound of the drummer tapping
his stick on the metal rim of his drum
comes from the right place.
1t will be noticed that we have spoken
OF the orchestra alone
This sort Of musical perspective is
felt best from orchestral selections.
1t is partly accountable for the fact
that these records are the most satisfac-
tory of all to many listeners.
This blending of notes and tonal
values, giving the hearer the sense Of
listening to something widespread, front
and back, and side to side is exactly
what he gets in the concert hall, only
at home he gets it at his ease, without
any coughing accompaniment or other
distraction.
He realizes here, better than elsewhere,
that 1T is this dimensional quality Of
orchestra music which helps give it the
charm it possesses.
An organ, in sense, can duplicate
an orchestra, but the music is not the
same.
Part, at least, of what is lacking is
this sense of being spread out, of notes
and tones coming from different places
and distances.
On the operate stage they sometimes
attempt to get this same effect with
voices by having the tenor sing from
behind the scenes.
A notable instance of this occurs in
"Cavalleria Rusticana," when the IA
nous song to Lola is sung off-stage.
Choral singing has the same effect
on the better and newer records, as it
always has had on the stage.
Orchestral discs give everything in
the way of tonal values, and listeners
who particularly enjoy this sort of music
are well advised to stick to it in making
their personal collection.
In this way they get something added
musical perspective-Which is not so
easily felt in smaller combinations, the
voice and the like
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Games and Stunts
For the HOLIDAYS.

Your party will be jolly and stimulat-
ing if you have a copy of Lets Play a
Game" Here is booklet that answers
the questions so often asked by anxious
hostesses who are giving parties that are
not primarily for cards or dancing, and
who are worried about the entertain
ment they can provide for their guests
In this challenging 32-page publication
will be found descriptions of more than
one hundred exciting diversions-for
young and old. Games for the holidays,
stunts for every mood. Order your COPY
now Inclose ten cents to cover cost and
handling.
Use This Order Blank.
The Washington Evening Star
Information Bureau,
Frederic j. Haskin, Director,
Washington, D. c.
inclose herewith TEN CENTS In coin
Carefully wrapped for a copy of the
booklet, Lets Play Game"
Name
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Evening star., 1937-12-08
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Woes of Others,

Woes of Others.
My sorrows cause me grief intense;
1 wonder at their size immense.
1 magnify each pain or ache,
And every loss I have to take.
OF sympathy I need lot
My troubles cannot be forgot.
say, as cruel Fate I blame,
This life is an internal shamel"
But when another would profess
His wrath at life's unloveliness,
And show its record so replete
With thefts and fires and deep deceit.
I try to tell him it's a joke
To be half sick and wholly broke.
I said, "We know it's just too bad
But smile, my friend, and don't be sad!"
Evening star., 1937-12-08

1t doubtless encourages J. Edgar
Hoover to be reminded of the money
that can be saved for this Government
when criminals can be prevented from
wasting a billion or so of dollars per
annum.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

When that Christmas classic assuring
the youngster that there is a Santa
Claus is repeated the name of the
author is not demanded 1t is one of
the gifts contributed by the genius of
anonymity with the compliments of the
season.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Mayor La Guardia is being talked of
as a possible presidential candidate,
and preserves genial manner, realizing
that the best intentioned of men may
get themselves into position to be talked
about.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Stocks have behaved with eccentricity
In some situations, always carrying, how
ever, the reminder that the eccentricity
Will under changed conditions very fire.
quently be analyzed as manifestation
of "normalcy."
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Establishment of another political
party in New Jersey is to be discussed,
with itemized comment from New York
City and Philadelphia to contribute to
the excitement.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

AS Jack Garner filings a deer across
his shoulders he looks back on the old
days when he had plenty of time to
tell hunting stories without stopping
for political conferences.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Nobody speaks Japanese or Chinese,
excepting those accustomed to the Ian
guages. 1t is unfortunate to find the
cannon more and more trained to speak
all languages.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
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Evening star., 1937-12-08

Buses are fired upon by phantom
snlpers from thicket, but, while inter-
esting, this is generally admitted to be
no Kind Of news for holiday season.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Banking was once simple problem.
1t began to get hard only when the
constant debtors explained it to the
habitual creditors.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
MelOdi0uS Publicity,

MelOdious Publicity.
1--WE get some fine classical music by
radio"
"And yet most of the classical writer's
died poor"
Luck broke against them. They got
into action before they could command
the compensation that would now be
due them as ad writer's"
There is one word" said Hi Ho. the
sage of Chinatown, that means more
than fortune or even life That is
the word honor"
Note to Explorers.
When man has roamed the tropics
through
And scanned the polar snow
Both north and south, what will he do
With nowhere else to 60?
de man dat only knows one joke" !"
said Uncle Eben, 'is better dan de one
dat keeps comm around Wit q bunch
o new hard luck stories"
Evening star., 1937-12-08

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Evening star., 1937-12-08
No DisappOintments.

From the BURLINGTON Hawkeye Gazette.
Political parties expect each other
to spoil everything-aud they usually do.
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Obsolete Sleigh.

The question we must ask again
In persistent way
"Oh, what's the use of snowflakes wher
There isn't any sleigh?"
Evening star., 1937-12-08
Poetry and Prose.

Poetry and Prose.
Dancing is the poetry of motion"
Maybe it is" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But give me the solid prose of
a march up the Avenue to an old
fashioned patriotic tune"
Jud Tunkins says most folks are like
doctors who like to give advice without
taking any themselves.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

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Evening star., 1937-12-08

Q. How many people come Of voting
age each year in the United States?-
r. A. M.
"A: About 100000 reach their 21st
olrtnday anniversary each year.
Evening star., 1937-12-08

Men," under demagogic leadership, sud-
denly crashed in on his small world.
abolished the freedom Of the press and
destroyed him.
Copyright, 1879
Evening star., 1937-12-08
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question OF fact By prtting The Epentng
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
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Please tnclose stamp TOR reply.
La gaceta., 1937-04-01
direction de Burgos las Milicias leales
. han avanzadodoce millas
10 AEel rebeldes volaron con sus aparatos
Asncia Y Sc incorporation a Ia
ayiacion republicans
1000 bajas sufrieron los facciosos
len ell frente del Norte

Madrid, Abril 4. kos faccit
sos espanoles han siddssAatidos
| Sn todos los frentes y TODD 1ndi-
ca que 81 general Franco mar.
chara a una pronta derrota s.
no consigre que Mussolini Ii
mande en- su auxilio de 200
100000 hombres mas, del tipc
de los que no corren, 10 que e.
ldiffciI encontrar en- las descon'
tentas tropas ~fascistas.
Eel mande leal informa que
las milicias avanzaroa aver Il
millas on direction de Bwrgos.
FL Quartet general rebeade, cap
!turamdo varias poblaciones, en-.
tire elias Sargentes.
Las tropas de la Repdblica re
chazaron IN formidable contra
ataiaus en- ell frente vasco, cerca
de Eiber, y los facciosos tuyie-
ron mas de 1000 bajas, inciu-
yendo muertos y heridos
En- el sector de Poxoblanso,
EN- Fl sur, las milicias han domi-
nado a Ell Soldado y marchan
hasia Belmez. Los aviadores d.
cen que moros, italianos y ale :
names se retiran q 10 q IL mi
Has al oeste de Pozoblaneo. De-
|lante de los lesles que marchan
|hacia nenarroya los fasoioses
en- des6rden.
Los expeEtos militares ex :
La gaceta., 1937-04-01

Ell restablecimiento de Ia peiicia
de carreteras, abolida por Ell go
bernador Cone cuando ton6 po-
session.
mo quiero. yo criticar al go
bernador, dijo, pero tengo mu-
chas razones para suponer que
la legislature pondra de nusvo
en- servicio a esa poli.fa, y espe-
70 que sean puestos a TRAFALGAR
tantos hombres como habla an
tes."
Lands propone una ley que
requiera de TODD automovilista
Ell pagan una s ia de uA Pc
so, al ano, y que la licencia no
Sc extienda a las personas de-
claradas rulpable de homicidio
por imprudencia, embriaguez Y
dejar la escena del accidente.
La licencia solo Sc otorgara
despues de una dsmostraci6n
de eompetencia y IN examen
en- Ell case de drivers de is
anss.
La gaceta., 1937-04-01

tranjeros dicen que a Franco NO
lie qreda otro rscurso de possible
salvation que Mussolini inter :
venga directamente en- su favor
10 que produciria la guerra mun
dial.
I'm militar perteneciente a u
ma potencia neutral dscia aver
en- Gibraltar, segdn un despa-
cho del Pen6n: "Todo depende
ahora de Mussolini."
Franco ha destituido q todos
los jefes que ejercfan Ell mando
an Algeciras, creando puevas
fuentss de descontento.
BESIDE CaSablanca comuniOan
que arabes llegados ALI dieron
la noticia de que mas de 100 sol
dados e~spaAoles, inconformes
con la Intervention extranjera,
fueron fusilados en- Ceuta poE
Forden de un consejo de guerra.
BESIDE Gibraltar De ha e@do ii
roteo de rifle en- direction de
Malaga y La Linea. Entire los
detenidos en- La Lfnea figura un
Official de alta graduation v un
exjuez. Aparece en- Ell grupo de
encarcelados ell militar que era
jefe en- La Linea.
Diez aeroTaanos de los rebel
des despegaron en- Tetuan, Ma
rruecos, y volaron ell Lures has
La gaceta., 1937-04-01
ia Valeneia, incorporandose
los leales.

ia Valeneia, iAcorporandose
los leales.
Sc ha confirmado la noticis
de que tsopas coleniales italia.
mas, trafdas de la Somalia, des,
embarI aron en- MarrueCos la nc
ahe del Is de MARIO. Tecnicos j
aviadores italianos han sustitNi
do a los voluntarios alemanes
en- csc lugar. Los alemanes han
sido mandados . Algeciras v
Malaga.
En- ell frente vasco, en- ell pue-
bio de Durango, perecieron $50
personals, la mayor parte mule
res, cuando una bomba faeeiosa
cay6 en- una iglesia, y cuando
los aeroplanos iHsurgentes des-
truyeron Ell convenio de San A :
gustin.
A pocas millas de Santander
Ell acorazado rebelde Espana se
Ihabia apcderado de tres vapo-
res mercantes de los leales, pero
tuvo que dejarlos y huir al ser
La gaceta., 1937-04-01
LAMBS PIDE UNA LEY PA
RIA CONTROLAR Al LOS
own

81 abogado general Eandis
habl6 aver en- esta ciudad ante
Ell Consejo de Seguridad de la
Florida, recomendando una IL
cencia para los automovilis-
tas, de medo que sean retirados
de las Gales y carreteras los
ch6feres borrachos, anormaEes
. incompetentes.
70 r~ecomendarla ademas. a.
gregg, como ciudadano privado,
La gaceta., 1937-04-01

atacado por la aviaci6n republi-
cana.
lnforman desde Barcelona
que el nueve gabinete de la &C.
neralidad Ina side tornado bajo,
Ia presidential de Don Jose Ia
rradellas. un republican, de ia
guierda. La mission del nuevo ga
binete es lograr una a~venencia
entire comunistas y anarquistas.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
D'OyIy Cortes
Are Heard in
"Yeomen"

Among the delighted gentry in
the audience at the National The
ater last night was an elderly
lady.
She declared audib,y to her es-
cort that she liked The Yeo-
men Of the Guard" as compounded
by Gilbert and Sullivan and pre-
sented by the D'Oyly Carte Opera
Company of London, England.
Furthermore, she revealed her be-
lief that "The Yeomen Of the
Guard" differs from most of the
Savoy operettas because it is "leSS
strenuous"
Thus another criterion of this
tuneful operetta'S difference"
came into being. The elderly
lady's opinion is herewith added
to the lengthy roster Of differ
enceS," including the beloved
standby about its "non-satiricar'
quality"
Admitting that ''The Yeomen Of
the Guard" plunges fewer daggers
into bloated boSoms than PA
tience" or H. M. S. Pinafore"; |;
and admitting that its presumably
straight" libretto was written by
Sir William after months Of plead
ing by Sir Arthur for a Sc$Scity
of babies changed at birth and
other elfin notions in their next
effort - nevertheless, '"The Yeo-
men of the Guard" is Satirical.
In it's creation, Gilbert appar-
emily was helpless before the urge
to lanpoon the opera buffe Of his
day. He also found in the char.
acter Of Jack Point a chance to
deflate himself and yet at the
same time to state his credo: Il
ply my craft know no fear-I
aim my shaft-At prince or peer. "
On the well-known other hand
Sullivan produced in the score OF
THE Yeomen of the Guard" a
medley of melody almost lacking
such musical mimicry as the
Johann Strauss burleSque in the
waltz, Poor Wandering One," of
"The Pirates Of Penzance," or the
various pokes at Italian opera in
other of his scores.
But enough of such discourse
The meat of the matter is the
obvious truth that The Yeomen
of the Guard" is certainly as
beautiful musically as any other
Gilbert and Sullivan product and
also a merry farce whose lines,
written half a century ago, still
bear repetition.
However, it might be Sagacious
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
"Stowowoy" to
Open Friday

The combination OF Shirley
Temple in "Stowaway," the hap
piest of all of her screen hits, ana
Blackstone, worlds greatest magl'
clan with a stage full of battling
tricks, will serve to entice amuse,
ment seekers to Loew's Capltol
Theater for the week starting
Friday.
In "stowaway," Shirley is a
homeless, parentlesS waif who be-
comes lost in China. There she
meets a rich young American
hides in his car which is to be
shipped to this country and aboard
the ship she is discovered
adopted" and turns out to be
the agent of romance in bringing
Robert Young and Alice Faye TO-
gether. Shirley does new dances
sings new songs in her engaging
fashion, spouts Chinese proverbs
that would even do a Charlie
Chan much credit, and even speaks
Chinese.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21


ten that Martyr Green. a sort
of Gilbertian maid-of-allwork,
augments his list of roles with
curiously pleasing Interpretation
of Jack Point. Let it be written
that Sydney Granville proves his
versatility in the pseudo-hideous
role of Shadbolt.
Sylvia Cecil was in great voice
as Elsie; Marjorie Eyre's Phoebe
left the proverbial nothing to be
desired; Evelyn GARDENERS Dame
Carruthers was piquantly majes-
tic and better than her Ruth;
Leslie Rands was brave as Sir
Richard and Darrell Fancourt
brave as Leonard Merryll. What
more to say? j. D. M.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21

to mention the reason for the dis
course noted above; it is caused by
the fact that proper review of
THE Yeomen of the Guard" as
cultivated by the D'Oyly Carte
players would state just that
with an additional statement on
the super-excellence of the COM
pany. What more could a Savoy
ard ask in review? What more
could be said?
Flouting the Savoyards mo-
mentarily, so that individual per-
formances can be lectured upon,
let it be written that Derek Old
ham astonished his hearers with
his suitably romantic singing of
Colonel Fairfax. Let it be writ
The Washington times., 1937-01-21

A happy melange Of music, wit,
beauty and dancing, will bring
Gladys Swarthout and Fred Mac
Murray to the Loew's Palace screen
at 10 o'clock Friday night for the
international press premiere OF
Champagne Waltz"
Jack Oakie and Herman Bing
enliven the film with their comedy,
while others who add to the blithe.
ness are Vivienne Osborne, Veloz
and Yolanda, Frank Forest, Benny
Baker and Ernest CoSSart.
The music in Champagne
Waltz" is said to cover the entire
gamut Of light and popular music.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
Gala 0 Deninq At LoeWs Palace

Miss Swarthout'S voice makes 1t
a real treat to the musically in
clined of all shades.
Tickets are now on sale for the
premiere showing which is being
sponsored by the White House Cor.
respondents Association.
Also on the same program will
be the world premiere showing of
M-G-M's Servant Of the People. u
- -,u--.anrDn rv
The Washington times., 1937-01-21
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.

WEST PALM BEACH No exorbitsnt
prices-visitors are guests. Golf, Fishing,
Park Sports, Sailing. Tennis-all winter
long. Write for Booklet 10, Chamber OF
Commerce.
The Washington times., 1937-01-21

ST. PETERSBURG, fla
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1937-05-20
H. D. MEETING

The Home Demonstration Club
met in the home of Mrs. G.. ID.
Thornton with seven members
and two visitors present. The
club members answered roll call
with the name of a vegetable
they had trouble canning. Mrs.
A. 1. Campbell displayed a love-
ly rag rug she had made Of old
silk garments. Miss Gilmore gave
an interesting program and pre-
scented each member with some
recipes and cleaning supplies.
The hostess showed the club over
her newly repaired kitchen, and
afterwards served a delicious
plate. The club meets next with
Mrs. A. G. Aubrey.