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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-29
Bruce Barton Saws

me. 1t had never occurred to me
that l should ever own a watch I'M
til / was twenty-one.
l remember how my wife and
saved up patiently to buy our first
ara secondhand Ford. l re-
member our first antique, which
we loved for months before we
could finally acquire it. And the
joy of seeing a savings account
grow slowly; and the thrill of
building a library, one book at a
time.
Now the kids smash up a dozen
watches before they are six. And
they start life with cars, and with
furniture; and at twenty they have
rushed through all the emotional
experiences that lasted US leisurely
through forty years.
Don't mistake me. l am a boost
er for the new generation. They are
healthy, direct, and fine. Only
sometimes l wonder
l wonder when, on my way
home at night, 1 pass a big house
in which lives one of New Yerk's
famsus neurologists. It's In expen-
sive house, paid for by nerves.
Limousines are always stacked up
in front of it.
1t would seem almost as if the
prize Of life in America is to own
Limousine AMI park it in front of
a nerve specialists door. Every one
SENS TO be racing to get there.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-29
THE AIR PILOTS
RESPO NSIBILTTY

The recent succession of fatal
airplane accidents in which the pi-
lots of commercial planes were tax
ing their direction guidance from
Government radio beams, brings up
the question how far navigation
can safely be controlled by orders
and rules which, if they do not &C
tual1y deprive the pilot of author
ity, at least give him an "out" if
anything happens when he is flying
by rule.
: If there is one position in which
the highest degree of technical skill
should be coupled with the fullest
personal responsibility, it would
seem to be that of the commanding
officer of a passenger airplane. Up
on his individual ability to think
clearly and act quickly in emergen-
cies depend the lives of his passen-
gers. He should not be required to
take orders from the ground, yet
the tendency is increasing to de-
prive air pilots of authority to use
their own judgment, and compel
them to follow rules and orders
which may or may not be appro-
pirate at the moment.
All of the aids to navigation, for
ships at sea and ships Of the air, are
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-29
POPULATION DATA
(193O Census)
NGLE-BARRELLE
LEGISLATURE

The political world is watching
with interest the novel experiment
which is being tried out in Nebras-
ka. This is a legislature with only
one house. Instead of the tradition
al House" and Senate" Nebras-
ka this year began to put all its
legislators into one room and let
them work out the states problems
without having to- get the approval
{ some other bunch
The new idea seems to have
caught the fancy of political refor-
mers. Seven Of eight other states are
reported to be- considering consti-
tutional amendments to eliminate
;: one branch Of their bi-cameral leg
=. islatures. And when anybody asks
why not?" it is difficult to think
up a convincing reason why two
branches Of a legislature are better
than one.
t There is nothing particularly
sacred in a two-barrelled legislative
body. Most of the states which have
them simply copied the see-up Of
the United States Congress. In the.
beginning there were good reasons
: for dividing Congress into two de-.
; partments to check each other. The
House Of Representatives was sup.
posed to represent the common
,people and the Senate stood for
wealth and properly. But with the
change in the method of electing
SENATORS, the old distinction has
vanished, and it is not easy to think
'of any good reason why n Of the
two houses of Congress itself
should not be abolished.
The idea of two branches Of leg
islative bodies harks back to the
time when there were two Or more
distinct and recognized classes of
people, with opposing interests. The
British Parliament is an example,;
but 50 many privileges have been
taken, one by one, from the House
of Lords, that it counts now for
nothing. 1t hasen't even the power
to vote any measure adopted by the
Commons.
That is as it should be in a dem
ocracy. Where there is only one
class of people, what need is there
for two classes of lawmakers?
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-29
| BELIEVE IN ME


There are numerous creeds to meet
everyone's needs,
That l meet with as l go my
way,
These creeds, / accept, or maybe
reject,
I may not believe, or I may.
But whatever l do, just between
you and me,
To be happy, successful and free
Here's all that / need-just a
short little creed
I believe-I believe in me-"
Just to have confidence in your
self is immense,
Just a feeling of know l
Puts a spring in your step, gives
you abundance of pep,
Makes a difference-ask any
man.
For without this belief your at
tack will be brief,
You will fail when you ought
to succeed;
So to make for success-and you
wish for no less
Believe in this short little creed.
If you think you will fail, that's
the end Of the trail,
As you think in your heart, SO
are you.
If you think you'll succeed, that's
all that you need,
If you follow your program
right through.
Oh belief, that's the thing-as you
work you can sing,
For you're confident, that's how
to be.
You'll be happy and bright, in you
you'll delight,
When you say, II believe in me-
Take a mirror some day, look right
in it, then say
"Just size up the man that you
Do you think I can win? If he mods
with a grin,
Then he's with you, successful
you'll be.
But if he droops his eyes, and he
just kind of signs,
Then you're licked, for with
him you've agreed.
For the man in this case, whom
you looked in the face,
Can cause you to fail or succeed.
When the man in the mirror who
gazes at you
Is with you one hundred per cent
There isn't a thing that you can't
go and do,
Beneath this entire armament.
So talk to him, plead with him,
get down and pray,
That he'll be what you want him
to be.
And then when you look in his eyes
you can say
Thank Cod believe in me.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1937-01-29

useful only if regarded as emergen-
cy devices. When commanders get
the habit of relying upon them, in
stead of upon their own technical
skill and judgment, they tend to
become machines instead of men.
No set of rules, no mechanical
devices Or electrical gadgets, can
ever take the place of trained, hui
man intelligence, and that is par.
ticularly the case in flying,
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ONLY ONE BIG CONTEST

Last summer there was a water
shortage in a town where | was
visiting. I happened to be chatting
with my host, while he was shaw
ing, and / noticed how careful he
was to use very little, water.
cit seems sort of silly for you
to be so Conscientious" | remarked
"They don't make any difference
in the final result" he said, "bu,
they make a lot of difference to
me-"
He. said that when he graduated
from college, a quarter of a cen
fury ago, there was a great deal OF
popular emphasis upon so-callec
"social-service." Science had begun
to introduce wonderful new inven-
lions for increasing human happi-
ness. Men were stirred by the hope
of a quick millennium. Young peo-
pie graduated with the notion that
a few years of earnest effort would
transform the world.
My friend was one of the most
eager reformers. He organized, and
voted, and agitated, and did all the
things that he should. But nothing
happened. The good causes for
which he cast his vote were de-
feated. Human nature showed a
discouraging unwillingness to
change. II went through a period
of deep disillusionment," he said.
81 thought to myself, what's the
use of doing anything when ones
single effort seems so futile? One
day while l was in this mood I dis
covered these words of Socrates:
I, therefore consider how |
may exhibit my soul before the
Judge in. a healthy condition.
Whereas, disreoardins the honor.
that most men value, and looking
to the truth, / shall endeavor in
reality to live as virtuously as
can; and when I die, to die 50. And
I invite all other men, to the ut.
most of my power; . to this
contest, which, I affirm, surpasses
all contests here
"That flashed across nv mind
like a bolt of lightning" my
everything. I realized that I am not
friend continued. ut clarified ev-
responsible for the success or fail
ure Of any good cause. All I am
responsible for is my own best ef-
fort in that cause. Whether my
vote be effective or not; whether
the amount of water ] can save
will make any difference-these
are not the questions.
1.-THE only question is: Am
doing my best?
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THIS CAN'T BE THE GOAL
/ remember the Christmas when
my father presented me my first
watch-a big silver affair that he
himself had carried for years. I wa,
ten years old, and the gift amazed
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Symphony
Schedule
Notable
Great Soloists to
Be Offered by
Orchestra.

WITH the successful completion Of
its Beethoven festival last week,
when q capacity audience in Consti-
tuition Hall heard the performance Of
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" under
DR.. Hans Kindler's baton, the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra played its
final concert of 1887 and now faces
the heaviest part of its season during
the first three months of the New
Year. OF the total of 80 concerts to
be played in Washington and on tour,
only ~ have been played to date.
The first concert of 1888 will be
given on Sunday afternoon, January
8, when Percy Granger, one of the
outstanding pianist composers of to-
day, will appear as soloist with the
orchestra in Tschaikowsky's Piano
Concerto in B-Flat Minor" Among
other works to be presented by Dr.
Kinder on the same program will be
Dvorak's Carnival Overture" and
Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto No. g."
The debut of new conductor in
Washington will mark the concert Of
Sunday, January %. Sir Ernest Mac
MILAN, conductor of the Toronto SYM
phony Orchestra, will be guest leader
Of the National Symphony on that
date. Ruth Posselt, distinguished
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Christmas
Music in
Opera
Local Singers Are
Cast for Two
Roles Here.

FOLLOWING the Yuletide custom of
most opera companies throughout
the country. the Washington Popular
Opera Association presents this after
noon the Christmas opera, "Haensel
und Gretel," at the Rialto Theater
at $3.50 o'clock.
Three Of the leading roles will be
taken by Bernice Schalker, Elvira
Helal and Philine Falco, who scored
ovations last Sunday In this opera at
the Hippodrome Opera in New York.
They take the parts of Haensel, Gretel
and the mother-Miss Falco also TAX
ing the part Of the witch. Stephen
Kozakevitch, baritone of the San
Carlo and Cincinnati Summer Opera,
will sing the role of the father.
In keeping with its policy to give
local singers an opportunity for op-
cratic debuts, the cast includes two
welf-known Washington sopranos-Ina
Holtzscheiter as the dew fairy and
Helen McLachlen as the sandman.
DR.. Walter Bauer will direct the
performance, which will feature a full
symphony orchestra. Tickets for the
performance may be secured at the
Rialto.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
MISS SPEAKS SINGS
EARLY In JANUARY

MARGARET SPEAKS, young Amer
A ican soprano, known via the radio
Is "The Voice Of Firestone," is sched-
uled to give her postponed recital ''in
person." under auspices Of the Com
munity Center Department Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Public Schools
Wednesday evening, January S, at
Roosevelt High School at 8:l6 pm.
This will be the second in the series
Of four events sponsored by the Com
munity Center Department in new
professional series. Originally, Miss
Speak was to have opened the series in
November, but q conflict in dates made
it necessary to postpone her local ap-
pearance until January.
This young singer, whose father was
. Congressman and whose uncle Is the
famous song writer, Obey Speaks, Is
planning . program combining the
best in song literature with familiar
American numbers.
Reservations for this concert can
be made now ct the q. Arthur Smith
Concert Bureau, 90 q street NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
.Orrnandy's
Return in
January
Third Philadelphia
Concert Offers
Novelty.

THE third concert by the Phila-
delphia Orchestra, scheduled in
Constitution Hall on Tuesday evening.
January II, will bring back Eugene
Ormandy as conductor and will offer
symphonic novelty by Harl McDon-
aid which presents Selma Amansky.
dramatic soprano, as soloist, and
brings the Choral Society Of the
University Of Pennsylvania in the
same work.
The composition is Prof. McDonald's s
"Symphony No. "a Tragic Cycle) ;"
which was given its first performance
anywhere under Leopold Stokowski at
the Philadelphia Orchestra concerts
Of January 3, 4, Z, 1887.
The program opens with a "Passa-
caglia" by Buxtehude. This year
marks the 300th anniversary of the
birth Of Dietrich Buxtehude Q637-
170D, the Danish musician who was
one Of the celebrated founders Of the
organ and choral styles which cul-
minated in Bach. During the 18th
century Buxtehude made the town
Of Lubbock famous for the remarkable
series of performances which he gave
yearly on the five Sundays before
Christmas at the Marienkirche where
he held the post Of organist. 1t was
to hear one of these concerts in the
year 1705 that the 20-year-old Bach
walked 20 miles. At these concerts
incidentally, appeared the earliest
program books were used for thu
first time known in musical his.
tory. It was the custom to have
the books with the words Of all five
concerts bound together, and these
Lubbock, were the source Of adequate
honorariums."
The "Passacaglia" in the orchestra
ton Of Lucien Cailliet Is hardly
known to the general music lover 1t
consists of % variations upon q four
measure theme.
Debussy's Afternoon Of q Faun"
will also be presented. The lovely
vaporous web of sound devised by
Claude Debussy as a musical illus
tration of the poem THE Afternoon
of . Faun" by Stephane Mallarme Is
mysterious and magical. The dream
ing, sensuous faun recaptures the
visions of yesterday in the lovely
sounds expressive of nameless long
ings and fleet, fantastic visions.
The closing number will be Lucier
Cailliet's version Of Moussorgsky'i
Pictures at an Exhibition"
As in previous seasons the Phila-
delphia Orchestra Is presented under
the local management of the T. Ar
thur Smith Concert Bureau, 9l0 g
street NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
"OTHER WISE MAN"
AT LUTHER PLACE

WELL known choral groups and
w clubs, as well as prominent
church choirs, will take part in the
four evening presentations Of The
Other Wise Men" at Luther Place Me-
mortal Church, Fourteenth and N streets
NV, tomorrow through Thursday, the
choral service to begin at 7:30 pm. To-
morrow evening the Schubert Singers
will be heard in a program of Christ
mas carols, followed at 8 o'clock by an
organ prelude played by Mrs. Chester
Adair, director Of the Schubert Singers.
The music for "The Other Wise
Man" was arranged by Katherine
Riggs, Washington harpist, several
years ago, and played by her each sea-
son. Miss Riggs likewise appears in
the role Of 1.-THE Narrator" Compost
tions based upon Oriental and Persian
themes, old German carols and tradi-
tional Hebrew melodies from the
musical background of the earlier cpl
sodes in the dream legend, later taking
on = more somber tone rs the drama
approaches its climax. The opening
number, an old French melody Draw
Nigh, Immanuel," will this year be
sung for the first time by Helen Tlr-
ley, contralto, Of the National City
Christian Church.
The singers in the actual drama
itself are five; all of them have ap-
peared in their roles for the pasts six
years or more; the role of the Hebrew
Mother Is taken by Nina Norman; and
that Of the Beggar at the Temple
Gates by Christine Irish. The Three
Wise Men will be acted and sung by
the same trio, j. Edmond Veitch, tenor,
as Caspar; Elliott Button, baritone, ~
Melchior, and Eugene Ktessin, basso
as Balthasar.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
Reviews of
Recordings
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

DESPITE the fact that one Of his
closest and dearest friends was
the violinist, Joachim. and that he
knew his first taste of public fame
in company with another violinist,
Remenyi, Brahms wrote but one con-
certo for the violin. He had lost sight
Of Remenyi by the time he wrote the
concerto but his friendship for
Joachim was at its height. This beau
tiful composition has remained the
goal of all violinists since it was first
performed and most of them feel they
have definitely arrived" if they can
play it. But it takes Kreisler with
his unsurpassable understanding Of
music to show how weak are their
attempts and how wanting in depth
of spirit. The Victor Company has re-
leased this month superb recording
of the Brahms violin Concerto in D
Major, Op. IT," by Fritz Kreisler and
the London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by John Barbirolle.
When Brahms wrote the concerto
he was busy working out his orchestral
style and the influence of this pre-
occupation is evident in the concerto.
He has given the violin fulsome Or
chestral background which assumes
prominence from the first note of the
introduction and is kept to position
of accompanying with difficulty. After
this outburst in his grandest manner
the composer allows his gift of song
full sway to make way for q third
favorite Of his, the swing and melody
Of the Hungarian gypsies. Both Of
Brahms violinist friends were Hun
garians and as the concerto was writ
ten for Joachim, he complimented him
by introducing this native touch.
What the concerto requires and
what few violinists have, is the au-
thority which Kreisler brings to his
Interpretation. It is not merely the
authority Of one who Is positive of his
technical mastery but that which
comes from ripeness of musical under
standing as well as grasp Of style and
mood. Throughout the three move
ments the differentiation is not only
marked but superbly developed.
The world is familiar by this time
with the many aspects Of Kreisler's s
superiority as An artist, his beauti-
fully expressive tone, the crispness Of
his accents, the clarity Of his utter
ances and the sharp definition Of his
rhythms. When applied to such .
monumental work as this concerto.
the result Is artistry Of the highest
sort. The festive atmosphere Of the
first movement Is played with dazzling
vigor, and Is grandiose In its sweep.
1t finishes with Kreislers own cadenza.
The style, II bit more snowy than
what Brahms would have written, Is
still in keeping with his mode Of ex-
preston.
The second and the third movements
reveal the two extremes Of Kreisler's
art to the utmost. The lovely lyricism
Of Brahms, in full flower In the Sec
ond movement, could have no finer
medium Of transmission than the
poignantly beautiful purity Of Kreis-
ler's tone, while his perfect sense Of
rhythm and fiery brilliancy Of delivery
sweep through the final movement to
an overwhelming climax. It Is mag
niflcent presentation Of magnificent
work. In the Musical Aasterpiece
Series It u numbered M-4o2.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
FESTIVAL TO AID
CHILDREN'S LUNCH
| SPRING festiya

\ SPRING festival for the benefit
Of the children's lunch fund will
be the first ajor activity of l00-piece
mandolin. guitar and banjo orchestra
which is being organized by Sophocles
Papas, well-known local teacher. Mr..
Papas has been conducting various
orchestras composed of his students
since 1925 and has been experiment.
ing for the purpose Of combining all
the fretted instruments in an effective
symphonic ensemble. A small group
of his students performed at the Cot
tage City School auditorium recently
There will be two groups, juniors
and adults, which will be rehearsins
separately and will be combined for
the festival. Rehearsals are sched-
uled to begin the middle Of next
month. There will be no dues, and
the orchestra services will be given
gratis for charity and civic purposes
Mrs. John Boyle, jr., executive chair
man of the velvet ball to be given
January for the childrens lunch
fund, is sponsoring the festival. Man.
dolinists, guitarists, banjoists and bass
players who are interested in join
ing the orchestra and wishing fur
ther information may apply to Mr.
Papas, 1903 Nineteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1937-12-26
In Local Music Circles

and Katherine Mcmillan, contralto.
Mr.. Carbauh was accompanied by Mrs.
Carbauh, and Miss Mcmillan by Marie
Humphreys Little.
Following their custom, the Chevy
Chase Chanters. under the direction
of J. Horace Smithey, will give q
Christmas concert at the Home for
Incurables on Wednesday evening.
From the waiting list several new
members have recently been admitted
to membership in the Chanters: E. E.
Condron, tenor soloist at the National
Christian Church; Earle Ferguson,
former college orchestra conductor,
who will act as associate accompanist
IN addition to joining the baritone
section. and William H. Garner and
Russell E. Singer.
The Northern Virginia Choral So
ciety meets every Thursday evening at
the Jefferson High School, Cherry
street, near Broad, Falls Church, Va.
Rehearsals are called promptly at 8
pm. and terminate at 10 pm. Christ
mas music is now in preparation for
several engagements Christmas week.
Trained voices are desired DR.. Thomas
P. Martin is director and Prentiss A.
Shreve. Dunn Loring, Va. is secretary.