Evening star., 1938-04-17
Manhattan Mirror
Marian AndersOn's Concert
Heads Musical Evenings.
Strange Sculpture.
By GRACE HENDRICK EUsTIs.

the chi-chi side, but 1t is an ANUS
ing enough experiment to report.
This winter Vernon Duke talias
Vladimir Dukelsky), who wrote
some Of the music for the Cold
wyn Follies," and Sam Barlow, who
composed the orchestral accom-
paniment for "Amphitryon." de-
cided to start in New York what
the serenade concerts did for Paris
and the Kourtalk-Sargent con-
certs accomplished In London.
These two enterprises offer to
musical-social patrons a combina-
ton Of swing rhythm and extreme-
ly modern classic music. The high
low concerts added one dash Of
paprika to this. They supply musi-
clans at 500 a crack to write
musical portraits. The circular
they sent out begins thus:
You have received Picasso's for
Christmas. you have called in Be-
rard to do portraits OF your pet
Siamese cat, there is head Of
your offspring by Epstein In the
corner. But how many serenades
has Stravinsky been commissioned
to write for your birthday?"
This was the general tone Of
Sam Barlow's discourse at the con-
cert where he acted as master Of
ceremonies. However, his audi
ence got completely out Of hand
when Maxine Sullivan Of Loeb Lo-
mond fame, who had come over
from the Onyx Club with John
Kirby's Swing Band. sang in the
middle Of the program instead Of
at the end, as had been announced.
Her simplicity and superb timing
and the rich jazz music brought
the elegants to their feet, scream
ing for more After the intermis-
sion. when they had rushed to the
bar. humming Scotch songs. Sam
Barlow had a bad time getting
them back and keeping them quiet
while musical portraits Of Muriel
Draper and the Marx brothers and
Prince Serge Obelensky were being
played.
ELY CULBERTSON. Who is no
fool and knows as we'll as any
one the value Of publicity. called
his thousands Of teachers together
in a hurried convention this week
to discuss five-suit bridge. He told
them he was finishing complete
book on the game which would be
published In April and that dur
ing the convention. which lasted
two days. prepared lessons by Mrs.
Culbertson would be available Also
he gave them QUESTIONABLE to
All out from which We have culled
some Of the questions We found
pertinent and Of interest to all
bridge players:
When you have played five-suit
bridge for awhile. please answer
these questions: Do you like the
idea Of widow card? In general
do you think the hands are evenly
balanced and dull or were there
many freak and exciting hands?
Were your games played mostly at
trump contracts or in no trumps?
Should honors be scored or dropped
entirely? Should distinction be-
tween major tricks and minor
tricks remain or should the same
number Of tricks be game in any
suit? For instance. 120 points for
game, 40 points for no trumps and
20 points for all suits, etc.?"
nOROTHY RODGERS, wife of
49, Dick Rodgers. of Rodgers e.
Hart, who runs Repairs, Inc,
broadcast the other night for q
popular medicine. During the
course of her time the announcer
asked her whether anything had
ever been brought to her in state
beyond repair.
She replied that recently Fred
erick March sent around a clock
which ro,1st bcyo hoor rIo rod