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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

wide range Of expression and in
dividual Interpretation of Mary the
Mother. The one in the Creche is
stained in life-like colors.
The Last Supper" in its case
is a fine example of the painstak-
ing care of the creator. 1t is hard
to believe it could be carved on
such a small scale, and still depict
the characteristics of the different
individuals.
Saint Anthony" the "Crucifix"
and tiny angels in their bright
robes, tell their own story.
These artists are the people who
give the Passion Pla--' every II
years at Oberammerga1. They are
the teachers in the school of cary
ing which is one of tlse most I'm
usual in the world, though one O
the smallest. The director of thu
school takes the part Of the Higf
Priest in the Passion Play, and i
is not strange that these people
put into their carvings a sense o
peace and tranquility. S ever
groups of animals are included il
the exhibition. Doves with startled
eyes, horses and colts, dogs, sheel
and amusing little donkeys maxi
this an interesting collection.
Also in the first floor gallery i
a collection of Autographs, done
by the members of the Fedora
Art Project in New York and Ohio
The second floor gallery presents
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
Charles Woods First Novel ProDes
Something New On Tobacco Road

Igence is pitied vainly against
Something bigger than himself, the
age-old matter of self-respecting
survival in a competitive world
where money and the lack OF it
frequently defeats finer instincts
thought of as cultural and roman
tic essentials to life.
Mr.. Wood, who was born on one
of his fathers Person county
farms in 1906, has incorporated in
to his book such of the contrast
|ingly astringent and open-handed
Person manner of living. He him
self later moved to Roxboro with
Ibis family, where he has lived fol
twenty years, except for a five
Iyear venture north with an i
company, and is a graduate Of
tRoxboro high school and the Uni
versity of North Carolina, at Chap
lei Hill, but in telling the story Of
Hugh Winton, whose life is a con-
tinuation OF what the authors
might have been, MI. Woods pre-
sents another problem, the course
of life for a farmer whose father
and grandfather had more proper
ty and education than he himself
can hold or attain.
Not Of Decadence
"First, the Fields" is not how
ever, and thank Heaven for it, a
tale of Southern baronial decad'
ence. It is better than that, and
as one prevue reader has succinct'
ly said: 1T has CUTS" This is ap.
parent ever in the boy and girl ro-
nance which proceeds the more
tragic mature matrimonial exper-
fence. It is also to be observed in
the realistic treatment of minor
characters, including Negroes and
the near-poor-whites who are
neighbors of the Wintons. Those
who must have romantic atmos-
phere will find it, judiciously
spaced, in descriptions Of the ''Sli-
GO" country where Mr.. Woods
1OAho oA1o t1C PCOPAS VI lib OOOA
have lived for generations.
Both in the story and in the au-
thor's own life there is the clean
air of the fields and woods and
streams known only to those whose
pleasure lies in hunting and fish
ing. Seated on a divan in the re-
porter's living room, Mr.. Wood; to.
day wore hunting boots, duck-back
trousers and the blue-checkered
lining Of a jacket. Fresh from a
day in ''Sligo," although quail had
not been plentiful, he was pleased
to dig back into those half-forgot-
ten experiences common to a
men, even those who can't or won't
write novels.
Reared in Person
AS the oldest of four children,
two brothers now dead, and a SIS
ter, who with his mother now lives
with him in a house on Lemar
street, MI. Wood grew up in the
Person country. His first school,
at Ceffo, was the familiar one
room variety now given way to
the octopus, consolidation" With
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
BY THOMAS J. SHAW, JR.

ID A44O3N48Ao -
ROXBORO, Dec. z. - Meeting
North Cardinals newest novelist
Charles Barnette Wood, who tnls
week signed a contract with tne
University of North Carolina Press
for publication early next spring
Of his First, the Fields" is not
q new experience to Roxooro
friends and neighbors, who nave
for three decades known MN WIN
the easy familiarity accoroeo "
q native son, but thinking OF MIN
rs an author opens up for many
of them a different Charles Wooo'
whose quiet genius for recordlng
their ways of life may make nun
known to people who never hearo
of Roxboro or Person county.
Out of what would appear to the
uninitiated as the unpromlslng ter
rain and folkways of a ptrth cen
trail Carolina county bordering VIZ
einia. a county where growing and
marketing of tobacco was and stll
is of vital importance to nine out
of ten inhabitants, however far-re-
moved some of them may be from
it's cultivation or the money de-
rived, Mr.. Wood in First, tn e
Fields has created a story evolv-
ing out of the never ending ques-
ton of supply and demand.
Ill-Fated Movement
Although the account of Hugh
Winton's progress from boyhood to
mans estate is not autobiography
cal any more than a story spring
ing from native country has to be,
the sociological impact of Mr..
Woods description of the ill-fated
Tobacco Coop movement of two
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
0BERAMMERCAU'S
CARVINGS SHOWN
Passion Play Exhibit Opens
At Wilmington Museum
Of Art

The woodcarvings from Oberam'
mergau on exhibition at the VII
mington Museum of Art are in the
true Christmas spirit.
These figures which range from
the incredibly life-like figures II
the Christmas Creche to the sim
nile animals Shout. be seen by
everyone in Wilmington.
That they were created by sim
pie and unworthy people is evi
dent. There is something spiritua
in the face of the Regensburge1
Madonna, and one feels she vii
almost speak. This figure has ;
beautiful simplicity of face ane
carriage. The wood had beer
rubbed to exquisite texture ane
the gown falls in graceful folds.
There are several Madonnas, {
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

decades ago may startle even
those readers who know nothing
from actual experience of the gull
between agriculture and the big
business" tobacco companies.
Being an artist as well as an OBJ
server, the author attempts no So
luton to the problem presented.
He is, instead, concerned with
presentation of cause and effect
as it is felt by a well-born middle
class young man, whose intelll-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

reproductions of paintings by Van
Gogh, which are colorful and I'm
usual in technique. Ali in all there
is something of interest t. every
one this month at the Museum.
The galleries will be open Sun
day afternoon from 3 to S under
the auspices of the Social Service
league, and during the week from
10 to s..
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08
SNUFED nIrr

BAY CITY, MICH, De- ,
Fire that blazed from the , mas,
OF Michigan's deepest tes- m mouth
for nearly three days wac :" Vel
guished today by a crew avs e. eStin
Myron M. Kinley, of Tey. iso .!
plosion of three quart If k
glycerlne snuffed out the fur, a,,fo
at the Bateson well in no lame
Bay county, which had bcSn 'leFl
led to a depth of TITS tet Q'l.
Vltamin A is considered essou.
all ages. ''ss Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 7.-PA
Roger Rocks, %, of Portsmouth,
died today of injuries suffered Sun.
day night when he was struck by
an automobile.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

in Wilmington, where he visits fire.
quently, both with friends and bus
mess associates. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-08

Charles B. Wood, author of
''First, the Fields" is well-known
The Valley settler., 1940-05-24

,1 ,oaTAL DAY sZRVIC1s On Decoration Dcy, -cy 5oth, tho l2 tcnuaka Vclloy Post No. IS, Tho Amoridcn Legion will hold Homoriol Dcy Services et tho Loc2l como tory. Tho entire Velloy folks ITO invited to unite in Comm2morc tion end honor of our docd. l.ay 3Oth is n1 tion- ally ognizod cs ( dcy whom tho nction remembers their loved ones wi tn spociCl services. It is woll thct oVory community honor end TO- mombor thoir docd on this day. So mfl-o it z point to cttond thoso services on Mcy 5Oth.
The Valley settler., 1940-05-24

GROUP ATTENDS OPZT HoUGE
 Fourteen represents tives of the
 various Dis tricts, Homemakers Clubd and other Valley orgoniza tions met as guests of lr. Stock, Sa turday, Fay l8th to visit the vorious
 units of the Co-oporct tive.
 The trip stcrt8d in I'r. Stocks office where finencial reports T of the units for the pest three | months wero reGd and exp1a inad. I From there the Coop office wes visited. Here courteous employees explCinad how various na chimes for carrying on the office work wore operc ted. The office force was introduced and the duties of O. ch explained.
 The 'cosritel visit was ox3ronaly int2ras sting. Or. Llb1acht end Ii ss Parkinson ecco1rani3d tho rr0un throUCl tho building explaining demons trCting cn} answering quos- tions. Dr.. A1brocht ~cVo t. lE on pneumonia, the valuo and use of X-7Gy Gnd thor E-+}cv room equipment. Tho surgery had boon set up for cn opacl tion and : minor1 opera tion WIS actually porforrod. Several visitors Cbnouptly left this period, to agcin join the group in the entrance hall. George Small and the now"ra atcnus}c Ncfd" truck were watting outside the hospitfl cnd tool. the visitors on z tour of tho slcu~htor house. Greet r91i3f wos oxpros ossod upon learning thGt tho butcher didn't intend to demons trc te. It wcs not difficult to unders tend some of theI problems which mus t confront tho workers thoro, especially in cold
The Valley settler., 1940-05-24

INFArTILE PARALYSIS CHAPTER TETS A mo.5tng of tho rctcnus1cc Wiley Chapter Of tho Nction~1 Foundation for Infcntflo F rclysis, Inc. WIS hold Ny 22, l9AO tt 3:0O P... tt
 the r. tenuskr Vc1lcy Lod@c. Tho .2o.abors of tho Ch1ptor woro cs1<cd
 to invite othors who woro intcro5t- cd in this work to corao to tho m1o ting.
 ITS. Victor Johnson, Vice Pr.siaont, told z ltttlo about tho history end work of the lIctionc1 Founda tion md Of tho organization of tho ~ot6 cnuskc Vc11oy Chapter undor ITS. J. V. Chcpnt0n. Yrs. Boil. Pros- id1nt, 1xplCinod briefly the Pur- pose of this Ch@ptor, nu2bor of me otinGs ( y0Ir end amount of duos. Shg clso showod thoso pr3s- cnt th5 frcmod Chr t1r for this orCGniz tion. Dr. Elbrocnt gov3 z vory intoro ting tc1k on inf ntilo @- pcrclvsis. At thu Ind of the proCrs H cll thoso who vi shod to
 join tho Ec tCnuskc Vcl1oy Ch5 ptor > w2r1 c5kod to bo chertor nlcmbors md to sign 2 shoot to bo plCcod in tho bcck of tn. Chcrtor. Th3ro Wcs m attendance of twenty; cl- toGcth3r thar0 gro thirty chc rt0r mombors. Rofro shmonts woro served.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

famous artists before the public
today IL still . matter Of concern.
In whatever branch Of music We
consider there are few Of the new
names that can instantly take the
place Of those that have been be-
loved Of the music lovers for many
years. In the matter Of box-omce
attraction and in the perfection Of
performance there are not many
who can rival the worth Of the
older artists. It is not simply that
the technical proficiency Of these
leaders is greater, but that they
have 50 much more to give Of ripe
musicianship and experience. as we'll
as the last vestiges Of the finest
traditions.
The time is not far distant when
those musicians who constitute the
younger generation win come into
their own. The way will be cleared
for them to show what they can do.
They will not feel any longer the
injustice Of having An older artist
preferred to their fresh and more
vital outlook. But when that time
does arrive they must be ready to
give, not only ~ much, but more
than those who occupy the limelight
today, and expertness and glamour
are but incidental accompaniments
of what will be demanded Of them.
It Is for them to make themselves
ready now for the many openings
that there Is every indication will
be waiting for them In the near
future.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Scandinavian Star
To Appear Here
Next Sunday

When sigurd Rascher, distingu-
ished Scandinavian concert saxo-
phonest. heard throughout the world
with orchestra and In recitals, plays
with the National Symphony Or
chestra, DR.. Hans Kinder conduct
ing, next Sunday afternoon, March
;, tn Constitution Hall. he will mark
not only the first solo appearance
Of = saxophonist With that organi-
xation, but also the centennial of
the saxophone itself. Earlier this
season Mr.. Rascher made his Amer
ican debut, playing as soloist with
the Boston Symphony Orchestra and
the New York Philharmonic-Sym
phony Orchestra, and, ~ with the
National Symphony, it was the first
time . saxophonist had been solo,
list with these orchestras.
In 1910 Adolph Sax, head OF .
family noted for its development
and manufacture Of wind and brass
instruments, invented the instru-
ment called after him-the saxo-
phone. Hector Berlioz conducted 4
concert in 1874 in which, for the
first time, the completed model Of
the saxophone was played. In the
following year saxophones were OH
cially included in the Instruments
ton Of French Army bands. In 1846
the house Of Sax patented the in
strument and the reaction Of con-
temporary composers to the new in
strument was decidedly enthusiastic.
Berlioz. Bizet, Meyerbeer, Aubert and
Rossini were among those who wrote
its praises and included music for
It In their works.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Choir to Present
Russian Music

Some Of the best compositions Of
Russian church music viii be pre-
sented this afternoon at 4 O'Clock in
the Washington Club, 170l K street
NV, by the choir Of the Russian
Church Of st. Nicholas in Washing
ton. The program Tin three parts)
comprises both church hymns and
folk songs. The following soloists
will also be heard at the concert:
Anna Sablukova, meHo-soprano,
formerly with the Moscow Art
Theater; Lubov Wolkonsly. meuo-
soprano, and Anatole 0roshen.
basso. The choir Is under the dsrec-
ton OF Alexander piAnko6.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Tibbett to Sing
In Annual Recital

Lawrence Tibbett, distinguished
American baritone Of the Metro
politan Opera and an outstanding
star Of concert, radio and the screen,
comes to Washington on Tuesday
evening, March s, at $50 o'clock
for his ninth consecutive annual
recital in this city, the last seven
Of which have been under the man.
agement Of Dorothy Hodgkins Dor
sey.
For al Of Z decade. Lawrence Tib-
bett has been one Of the greatest
Of AL concert favorites before the
American public and his radio ap-
pearances are among the highest
priced In America. It was Tib-
bett who started. some half dozen
years ago, . veritable hegira Of
operatic stars to Hollywood when
his "Rogue Song" scored . tre-
mendous success on the scresn.
Seat for the performance, the
drst evening concert he has ever
given under Mrs. Dorsey's manage
ment, are on sale at Mrs. Dorsey's
concert bureau In DroopS, 1900 q
street NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Miss Jepson Sings
This Afternoon

The major event on today's
music calendar In Washington
will be the appearance In FULL
length recital Of Helen Jepson,
the glamorous American prima
donna soprano of the Metro
politan Opera. who comes to
Constitution Hall this afternoon
at 4 O'Clock in her only appear
ance Of the season in this city.
The recital will be given under
the auspices of Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorsey.
Miss Jepson will be assisted
at the piano by Robert Wallen-
born, who will contribute q
group Of three piano selections
to the program. Miss Jepson
has selected three famous arias,
from "Pagliacci." Faust" and
'Thais," in addition to . pro-
gram Of English. French and
German songs. The entire pro-
gram follows:
Air, ,..s "so More ALONG the Dais, .
Two English Felksongs:
"Ths g Tn:t That k.D: At '
Arranged by VAUGHAN williams
Ar; Hist Hist" ,, from The
Ar!i; Ar.:l'.ss;.! IlS':,!;t.!ell.'" from r..,..,.,,o
"und Whilst du aeinsn Lasssten
Sterben sehen."
I'm dem echatten meinsr Loeksn."
..Mienon;,"
".
1artok
"Tsiemsnn sin rusue" Sss:r ss
Mr.. Wailsnborn.
Aria "Kins Of Thule and Jewel
SONG iiST fSfrRn9ss1oN. TfrRnnsa9ss.s1oN N''0h'a
vi.
lie Aatin" -Koeehlin
lie Nelumbo" Nofet
Aria, Mirror song" iron 'aThais."
AaSsenat
WI.
when I Bring to Yos colored
20, Thou Billovy Harvest Field"
Naehmanino6
"Pastorale" 0travinSky
Seats may be obtained at the
Constitution Hall box ONCE
after 10 O'Clock this morning.
Evening star., 1940-02-25

has not been heard re-
Gently in Washington. He will play
Chopin's second piano Concerto in
+ Minor"
It is perhaps coincidence that
at the time Chopin wrote this con-
certo, Poland was reduced to misery
when the Russian government bru-
tally put down an attempt on the
part Of the Poles to regain their
freedom. As the young Artur Ru-
binstein was making his debut in
Philadelphia, February %, 1906. the
program notes mentioned-"Artur
Rubinstein, the young pianist, who
will be heard on the next two con-
certs, was born in the ill-fated town
Of Lodz. which, during the past year,
has been the scene Of 80 many
sanguinary tragedies. His brother
Is exiled to Siberia"
Famous Works.
The two other works to be played
Tuesday are Johannes Brahms
symphony No. 3 in p Major" and
Jan Sibelius' patriotic tone-poem-
'Tinlandia." Reservations for this
concert can be made at Jordan's
box Office. 1889 @ NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Macdonald
Concert Her
First Here
Classics and Folk
Melodies Included
In Her Program

Jeanette Macdonald, glamorous
star Of stage and screen, will sing
her first concert program in Wash
ington Wednesday night at Con-
stitution Hall at $50 o'clock. Ex-
cept for appearance in q musical
comedy here before she became q
motion picture star, this will be Miss
MacDonald's first personal appear
ance" in the Capital.
She will be accompanied at the
piano by the distinguished con-
ductor-pianist, Giuseppe Bambo-
schek. who also will play two groups
Of solos. Her program will include
both classics Of concert and opera
and also folk melodies and lighter
numbers which are familiar to Miss
MacDonalds motion picture public.
She will sing:
..Pu pi.t VIE Fine Biume" schum.nn
IN, Old x.ntuct, = Home" Foster
FL ira La Ia Fl Punteado.
..'Maman pites.Mor' ttrans) -Weferiin
''Chapelle sistine List
Mr.. Bamboschek.
Jewel Song from ;.r.ust" -oounod
Intermission.
"
'Jai Pleure en- Rsve'' Georges Hue
Romance" DehusSy
waits sons" from Romeo ct juliet
Oounod
"ser.n.d." :" Ro..,n,-I,..t
Mr. s.%9o'chek. 1!9
TIL wake Amy Woodforde- -Finden
b.das, Me Av:yi av:;ss.9if snf Gene ne. Raymond
DO Not 90. Ny Love"
Love. I H.v. Won T'ens!a Yon. Aa'e"an
Landon Ronald
It will be noticed that In her last
group of American and British COM
posers Miss Macdonald includes q
song written by her husband, Gene
Raymond. The lighter, popular
numbers from her pictures, not
listed here, it Is anticipated, viii be
included among her encores.
Reservations can be had for the
few seats remaining ut the box
Office In Jordan's Music Store, 1880
@ street NV.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Review of Recordings

"L'Amico Fritz" the duet "Of the
Cherries" which Is the climax of q
courtship Of Fritz Kobus.
'L'Amico Fritz" is an opera In
three acts. first produced in 1891 In
Rome. based upon q story Of q con-
hrmed bachelor who Is led unsus-
pectingly by . matchmaker into
marrying Susel, the girl he loves.
There are some lovely harmonies in
the interwinding passages of the
two voices and both singers sing
with fervor. Nine. Favero's voice is
beautiful and remarkable for its
range
Another single record made in Eu-
rope also. but by the Columbia COM
pany, gives an example OF the Rus
sian art through the famous Don
Cossack Choir, under Serge Jarof1,
and offers a sacred song. we Sing
for Three" by Rachmaninoff. and a
traditional one. "Stenka Rain" ar
ranged by Dubrowen. This group
Of some 40 voices commands a color
scheme which exceeds the limita-
tions Of usual men organizations.
Through the use of the falsetto the
listener is given often the illusion
that he hears a mixed chorus. This
particular tone is used in the sacred
song to very good advantage.
Symphonic Sketches.
Debussys The Sea" cLa Mer'o,
another Victor Album, consists Of
three symphonic sketches. Prom
Dawn Till Noon on the Sea" Sport
Of the Waves" and THE Dialogue
Of the Wind and the Sea-" and is
another attempt to capture land
scaping in sound. Under Serge
Koussevitzky's expert baton. the
Boston Symphony Orchestra gives q
subtle Interpretation to the work,
which once perplexed the critics to
the utmost. A revolutionary of his
time. because Of his new ideas and
ideals, one who preached that dis
cipline must be sought in freedom
and not in the formula of a decayed
philosophy which is of no value ex-
cept for the weak" Debussy was as
sailed by his contemporaries for
many innovations and especially for
his versatility in creating ever new
sound structures unlike his preced-
ing ones. Aside from its object to
depict the sea, La Mar" offers also
ingenious harmonic combinations
which In Koussevitzky's hands ac-
quires new meaning
ELENA DE SAYN.
Evening star., 1940-02-25
Works
Be Played
At Library
Coolidge Festival
To Be Marked by
World Premieres

The Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation in the Library of Con-
sress will hold its ninth festival of
chamber music on April 1874. The
f1ve concerts to be presented will
include several world premieres OF
new works commissioned by the
Coolidge Foundation as well As some
presented for the first time in this
country.
The first concert, which will take
place on Friday evening, April II,
will include . new cantata for solo
voices, chorus and orchestra by
Ildebrando Pizzetti, as well as Loef-
her's "Canticle to the Sun" The
concert will be under the direction
Of Hans Kinder, conductor of the
National Symphony Orchestra in
Washington. Olga Averino will be
the soprano soloist in both these
works. The other artists who will
participate in this concert will be
announced later.
The second concert, to take place
on Saturday morning, April Is. will
consist of q recital by Joseph Szigeti,
violinist, and Bella Bartok, pianist.
The program will be made up of
works by Beethoven, Debussy and
Bartok.
The artists and ensembles appear
ing at the third concert on Satur-
day evening, April Is. will be the
Coolidge Quartet, Bartlett and Rob-
ertson. piano duo, and Marcel
Grandjany. The program will in
clude . new work for harp and
organ by Marcel Grandjany, as we'll
as compositions BY Handel, Brahms
and jerry Fitelberg.
On Sunday afternoon, April IA,
the Coolidge Quartet will be assisted
by Eudice Shapiro, violinist, and
william Primrose. violist, in q pro-
gram which will feature . new
quintet by Roy Harris and . new
sextet by Nicolai Berezowsky.
The final concert, which will take
place on Sunday evening, will con-
sist of an octet by Arnold Bax, q
wind quartet by Frank Bridge and
the Schubert octet. The performers
will be Harriet Cohen, pianist. and
the members Of the Kolisch Quar-
tet. Admission to the festival, which
will be held in the Coolidge Audito-
rum in the Library Of Congress, Is
by invitation only. The concerts
will be broadcast In part over the
networks Of the National Broadcast-
ing Co.