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Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19
Book Club Reorganizes for New Season

Autumn Perkins, acting chat rman, announces an or
GAM rational meeting of the Book Club Tuesday Sep
temoer IL at 800 Pm. in Room 200 of the elementary
school. The club wi II decide what books it would
like to hear reviewed, and wi II dete1n Inc future
policies to be followed by the group. Everyone who
is interested is welcome to attend.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19
Monday, Wedne sday, Friday
Tuesday, Thursday
Saturday

number of books have been placed the Ii
brary shelves during the past several weeks. Those
listed below included In the recently acquired
lot.
I Go Horizontal, Gilfond; Through the House Door,
Hull; Rider of the Midnight Range, Ernine; The Bed
side Esquire, Gingrich, edo; Night in Bombay Bom-
Seld; Forty Years Country Preacher, Gilbert;
Southerner Discovers New England, Daniels; It's
Woman's Business, Hamburger; This Is Ne, Brush;
So YOU'RE Going to College, Lovejoy; Three's Crew,
Pnkerton; When Children Ask, Bros Your Federal Civ
il Service, o'Brien; Enber Lane, Kaye-smith; Full
Meridian, Jacob; The Technique of Pictorial Photo
graphy, Anderson; Directions in Modern Poetry Drew;
The Wind Circumstance, Dearden; The Orchid hunters,
Macdonald; Bouquets and Bitters, Meade; Canada A.
mericas Problem, MacCornac; White Water and Black
Magic, gill; Gaudy Night, Savers; Treasure Below,
Elsberg; Mother of the Smiths, Carr; When the Whip
poorwill, Rawlings; The Bird in the Tree, Goudge;
Amty Beardie, shearing; Cabbage Holiday, Thorne;
The Heart is q Lonely Hunter, McCullers; Masks and
Faces, Bottome; Quietly lily Captain Waits, Eaton; The
Loon FEATHER, Fuller; Lillian Russell, the Era of
Plush, Morrell; Masters of the Drama, Gassner; The
Mad Booths of Maryland, Kmnel; Married Adventure,
Johnson; The Birth and Death of the Sun, Gamow;
Fire and the Wood, Hutchinson The Mixture AS Before
Vaughan; Three Portraits, Hitler, Mussolint, Stain,
by Ludwig.
-Reba S. Harris.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19
PERSONALS

The Cooperator has been Informed that Phillip
John is the selected by Marion P. and Francis
J. Lynch for their born September 9.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19

ar. and hrs. Jesse S. Douglas, from the Buck ing
ham Community, Will arrive the latter part of the
month to share the Waalbnn house With the She1rod
Easts. The Tashburn place, old southern mansion,
Is situated the Branchv leGlendale Road beyond
the High School md was recently restored by the Ma
tt ona1 Youth Administration.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19

lave you heard? The Better Buyers are having a
series Of "galloPing coffees. Want tc get in enc?
Get in touch VI tn a Better Buyer.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19
MEAT PRICE RISE

The following announcement as been handed to the
cooperator, With the request for publication. by
Greenbelt Consumer Services, Incorporated
I'VE wish to call your attention to the fact that
the average Wholesale prices have gone up over
2oS in the past month. AS much hate to, we,
of course, in turn have had to go up retail
prices.
Mt Is opinion that the rise in prices is not
Justified, but there is nothing do about it
except to protest to the National Defense Council.
We believe that if you Will check yo, will find that
mat prices up in all stores. There has been
trend towards forcing frozen meat upon people which
in instances sells much 1Of pound less
than fresh meats. As a cooperative enterprise,
believe that it Is our duty to explain to
toners the reason for any sudden changes such
this in price,"
If the Better Buyers looking for fall pro-
gram, 1t to that this is the one, ready to
lead in investigating quality and price in foods,
with national effect. If Greenbe1t is to continue
to make itself felt in the economic world it must
not let opportunit ties like this pass from its
scope Of endeavor. Labelling foodstuffs quality
of desserts, standards and prices of milk all
these have felt the imprint Of Greenbelt initiative
of the Better Buyers would be wasted effort.
We appreciate Mr.. Iaakso's desire to inform US
as to the reason for the rise in prices Of meat.
Ne agree wi tn him that cooperative enterprise,
1t is the duty Of Consumer Services to explain any
sudden price rise, but 60 step further in main
tanning that as enterpr1sing cooperators it is
duty to investigate and protest such price rises.
As Greenbelt has made itself felt in the nation,
SO have the Better Buyers made themselves felt in
Greenbelt. Do take the lead again this time,
ladies, do calmly take the rap?
Through error the date for the canning deronstra-
t1on was wrong. The der onstration Will take place
next onday, September % at the Economics Room
at P. n. Mss Ethel Regan Will conduct the demon
stration. Everyone interested in canning fruits or
vegetables is welcome. Mis- Regan Will also show
how canned foods are rated for prizes.
Everyone Interested in learning how to make
Eulda Doll (7ike the one seen on the desk in the
Beauty Parlor) learn how by getting In touch
with Eva Laaso, 1881, any Of the Better buyers as
soon as possible. Material must be ordered in adj
vaEce.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1940-09-19

Of all the things you wear, your expression is the
most important.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Composers to Have
Prize Contest

Musiccraft Records, Inc, an
nounces a prize contest, open to
young American composers under
the age Of IS, for an original work
for solo voice and any combination
for five instruments to be based on
the text of an American children's
story to be selected by the composer.
The length of the composition must
not exceed 20 minutes in playing
time.
The Prize offered is 500 in cash
and royalties on the recording Of the
composition which will be issued by
Musicraft in December, 1910. Royal
ties on the sale of the recordings are
to 60 to the composer. The contest
will close on October l, 1910, and no
manuscript will be accepted unless a
proper entry blank is filled out. The
entry blank does not commit con-
testants to submit any compositions
If they do not choose to do so.
Entry blanks may be obtained
from the Contest Editor, Musicraft
Records, Inc, 10 West Forty-seventh
street, New York City. The judges
Of the contest will be announced
shortly.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Concert Schedule
TODAY.

Sunset Symphony" concert,
Frank Black. conductor; Harvey
Shapiro. cellist, soloist; Water
Gate, 8 pm.
John Marcellos. song recital,
Pythian Temple, 8 pm.
The Wesleyan Singers, Justin
Lawrie. director. Foundry Meth
odist Church. 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Navy Band, Sail Loft, Navy
Yard, 1::30 pm; Capitol, 7::30
pm.
Marine Band. Marine Bar
racks, S pm; Band Stand, 8
pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, or
gan recital, Washington Chapel
L. D. S., 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
All American Youth Orches-
ira. Leopold Stokowski, con-
ductor; Water Gate. 8 pm.
Navy Band, World War Me-
mortal, 7::30 pm.
Marine Band, Children's
Health Camp, Bald Eagle Hill,
6 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Sunset Symphony" concert.
Frank Black. conductor; Phillip
Frank. violinist, soloist; Water
Gate, pm.
Marine Band, Capitol, 7:30
pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, or
gan recital, Washington Chapel
L. D. S., 8 pm.
THURSDAY.
Navy Band. Sail Loft. Navy
Yard, 11:15 am; Naval Hos
pital, 3 pm.
Marine Band. Marine Bar
racks, l:30 pm: World War
Memorial. 7:30 pm.
FRIDAY.
Joseph Bentonelli, tenor. Lolita
Valdez joint recital, Water Gate,
8 pm.
D. Sterling Wheelwright, or
gan recital; Edna Wheelwright,
soprano. assisting; Washington
Chapel L. D. S.. 8 pm.
Marine Band. Naval Hospital,
3 pm; Marine Barracks, S pm.
SATURDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks, z pm.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

in Vienna. Massachusetts,, Mr.. Mil
let's native State, participated.
Charles Francis Adams was chair
man of the State commission, Frank
Millet, secretary. This was his in
PRODUCTION to expositions and it
served both him and others we'll.
Eighteen seventy-five saw Millet
back in the United States writing
for the Daily Advertiser of Bos-
ton. experimenting in lithography
through the courtesy of a CONNER
cial firm. Then came the Russo
Turkish War, to which Millet Sc
cured an assignment as special cor
respondent. More than once he
was decorated by the Gear for brav-
cry at the front in aid of the wound
ed. Because there was fighting in
the Philippines he returned, via
these islands. and was almost per-
suaded by William D. Howells, then
editor of the Atlantic Monthly, to
abandon art for literature. A volume
OF his short stories was published
about that time under the title Of
Capillary Crime and Other Stories" :"
but art continued to be his strongest
urge and he refused to set it aside.
in fact. from then on, he never
wavered in his allegiance thereto.
Paris Associations.
Seventy -eight saw him in Paris
associated with the Montmartre
group. Saint-Gaudens was working
there then and did portrait of him
in low relief which, when the fol-
lowing year Millet married Eliza
beth Greeley Merrill of Boston, sis
ter OF a college friend and a great
beauty. he gave it to them as
wedding present. A replica is now
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1t was after his marriage that
he established a home in the lovely
village of Broadway, Worcestershire,
England, where he first rented and
then bought Russell House, to which
he later added an old Priory on an
adjoining property. E. A. Abbey had
at that time home in Broadway,
and here also came Sargent and
others. Mrs. Millet had a gift for
garden and home making. Their
house and grounds, and later Mr..
Millet's studio in the Priory, were
much frequented by those concerned
with art in its various ramiflcations.
1t was in Broadway that Abbey re-
created, pictorally, the characters
OF Shakespeare's immortal plays;
and it was here that Millet set forth.
on canvas, pictures of England. in
the days of the Roundheads and
Cavaliers. This was the day of il
lustration and genre painting, a
day especially we'll represented now
in the cabinet of American illustra-
ton at the Library of Congress and
in the permanent collection of the
Corcoran Gallery of Art.
It seems quite reasonable that
with his Puritan ancestry and the
environment of Broadway, Millet
should have painted the kind of
pictures that he did, and that they
should have been popular. Best
among his paintings of this period
are THE Window Seat" probably
done in Russell House with Mrs.
Millet as model; Between Two
Fires" now in the Tate Gallery,
London; "At the Inn" and THE
Black Sheep" also most charming,
wandering Thoughts and The
Evening star., 1940-07-21

tinct from the orchestra's preview
program In Atlantic City this eve
ming, Is well As from its Baltimore
preview tomorrow evening and its
farewell concerts in the Lewisohn
Stadium in New York City on
Thursday and Friday evenings.
AS previously announced, lS Of
the leading members Of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra will be in the
ranks Of the new orchestra here
and will 60 along on the Latin
American tour as section leaders
and assistants to the conductor.
Saul CASTOR of the Philadelphia Or
chestra and John Bitter of Florida
will be assistant conductors to Mr..
Stokowski.
Tickets for this concert are on
sale at the Symphony box ONCE in
kits Music Store, 1880 G street
NV. c. c. Cappel is the local
manager.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Summer Art Exhibitions at Glance

Club, street Nw.-Works by members
Corcoan Gallery of Art, Seventeenth
nue. NwPermanent collection Of American paintings and scup
old and modern masters tapestries
bonzes prints recent loans members the faculty
Corcoran School of Art
D. A. r. Museum Memorial Continental Hail.
D streets N.W-Accessories to mladys costume
Gallery Mall SW-Oriental
paintings sculpture bronses pottery etc. Whistler paintings
prints American paintings
Interier Department Gallery Eighteenth ana
Nineteenth streets NW1ndan arts and crafts architectural works
by college students.
Library First street Capitol and
streets SELthographs by Joseph Penne etchngs
works prntmakers; original illustrations photo
graphs Of early American architecture
National Museum Constitution avenue at Tenth street NV
The National Collection Of Fine including Gelat
Johnston johnson and P collections porceans obes
Public Library Eighth and streets packagng
by Julien Winnemore: drawings water
Wesley Hail. NW-Works by regional painters
artists depicting the Washington
Womens City Club 736 jackson place NWPanngs
ings by Doris M Cochran.
W. p. Federal Project Independence sw-
Aocatons Gallery Paintings and ceramics artists
exhibition.
Chldrens Gallery: Paintings by children attending W. p
classes In and around Lnchbug v clay sculpture by students at
the Jewish Community Center Neshborhood the
Lincoln Temple Training Center
Evening star., 1940-07-21

violinist, appearing as soloist AL
though Frank Black, thanks to his
eminent position in radio, is known
throughout the country as few
other conductors are. it is doubtful
if many are aware of the extent of
his activities. In addition to a busy
schedule at his Office in the National
Broadcasting Co.'S Radio City
studios as musical director, Black
goes far afleld to give concerts in
Hollywood, Boston, Cleveland and
other points. He has published
several volumes of transcriptiohs
and original compositions-to make
every second count. much of his
composing is done while committing
by airplane.
Born in Philadelphia of Quaker
parents who wanted him to carry
on the dairy business they had
founded, upon graduation from COL
lege, he took up work as pianist
in Harrisburg Pa, hotel and con-
tinued his musical studies.
Harvey Shapiro, the soloist on to-
nights concert, was, this past win
ter, q member of the cello section of
the N. B. c. Symphony Orchestra
under Toscanini and this summer
has been playing in the Symphony
Orchestra at the New York Worlds
Fair which Edwin Macarthur is con-
ducting. Mr.. Macarthur will con-
duct the Flagstad concert on July
81, at the Water Gate.
The program for tonight's con-
cert will include the overture to
die Fledermaus," Strauss; Sym
phony No. 4, Op. 90 utalian), ;" Men
delssohn; 'Meistersinger Prelude u
Wagner; overture to "The Battered
Bride" Smetana; Concerto for
Cello in A Minor" Saint-Saens,
and Les Preludes," Liszt.
On wednesday nights concert,
DR.. Black will feature the New
World" symphony Of Dvorak. Be-
sides the overture to ''The Marriage
Of Figaro" by Mozart, the program
will consist Of Strauss BLUE Dam
ube waltz" Symphonic Espagrfble"
for violin and orchestra, by LAlo,
and MY Country" by Mortimer VIII
son. Violin soloist In the Lalo compo-
sion is Phillip Frank, another young
American artist. A member OF Tos-
canini's N. 3. G. Symphony Orches-
tra,.he will return from that organi-
zationS South American tour Just
in time for his Water Gate appear
ance, for which he was personally
selected by Frank Black.
Seats for tonight's concert win
Evening star., 1940-07-21

the albums considerably.
The most entertaining work of
this collection is Prokofeff's CLASH
cal Symphony in D Major, Op. 25,"
but then nearly every composition
from the noted Russian composers
pen Is entertaining. This time he
writes in the classical vein and does
an excellent job of it, only the
Prokofieff humor cannot be sup
pressed and every now and then
the classical style has to give way
to it. AS a writer in the idiom of
Mozart and Haydn and as an origi-
nal whose style is Distinctive and
thoroughly delightful. Prokofieff
shows himself superb craftsman.
This symphony, which is played
with fine understanding by the Min
neapolis Symphony Orchestra, di-
rected by Dimitri Mitropoulos, IS
full of fresh ideas and delightful
turns of phrases, sometimes very
lovely in the calm style of another
era and again in the radiant vitality
that is his own creation.
The symphony is short, occupy
ing only a disc and half, the final
side being given over to a recording
of the scherzo from Mendelssohn's
Octet"
Hadn Work.
As if to provide a comparison, the
list includes the Haydn Symphony
No. 104 in D Major" known as the
London" symphony. 1t is usually
catalogued as the last of the SYM
phonies commissioned by Solomon
for the London season, but. as the
arranging of Haydn's works is diff
ficult matter. some authorities place
it earlier in the list. At any rate, it
was first performed at the last bene-
fit concert given for Haydn In Lon
don, where it made an immediate
impression.
It is an excellent example of the
Evening star., 1940-07-21

Tie past IOrLnlgnC.
This policy of including the best
work OF modern American COM
posers, along with classic orchestral
compositions, is In line with the
ambition to show typical American
art at the hands of typical Amer
ican artists to the audiences in
South America and the West In
dies when the orchestra starts its
goodwill tour of Latin America at
midnight on Friday, and the pres
entation of such a program here
prior to sailing is also in line with
the conductors ambition to create
the first truly native American or
chestra.
Howe's "Stars" and Shure's 'L.o-
gan Circle" from his Circles of
Washington" will be the American
numbers In the program here, along
side Bach's shorter "Fugue in G
Minor" Brahms "First Symphony
in c Minor" and the Love Music"
from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde"
The Washington program is dis
Evening star., 1940-07-21
Black Makes
Water Gate
Debut Today
N. B. G.. Director
Conducts Twice
This Week

This week marks the first ap-
pearance of a guest conductor in
the current Sunset Symphonies at
the Potomac Water Gate. Frank
Black, general musical director of
the National Broadcasting Co.,
will make his Water Gate debut, as
well as his first conducting assign
ment with the National Symphony
Orchestra, this evening at 8 o'clock.
With Mr. Black on tonight's pro-
gram, will appear Harvey Shapiro.
young American cellist in the solo
part of Saint-Saens' "A Minor
Concerto"
Mr.. Black will also conduct the
National Symphony on Wednesday
evening. beginning at 8 O'Clock at
the Water Gate. with Phillip Frank
Evening star., 1940-07-21

Cozy Corner" the last owned by the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art.
Millet was instrumental In getting
Abbey and Sargent commissions for
mural paintings for the public IL
brary. Boston, he. in one Of his in
tervals at home. having assisted
John La Fargo in the epoch mark
ing decoration Of Trinity Church
in that city.
Chosen for Executive.
1t was because of this association
with La Fargo, and his earlier ex-
perience in connection with the
Vienna exposition, that, when plans
were made for the Chicago's World s
Fair in 1893, Millet was invited by
the architects not merely to con-
tribute some mural paintings him
self, but to become director of deco
rations. position that he filled
with utmost distinction. Frank Mil
let was very administrative, an Or
ganizer. and one who knew how to
choose his assistants and make them
work. He was strict, and, at times
arbitrary master, but he commanded
respect and loyalty. No one ever
had a greater gift for friendship
than he. The decorating of the
White City beside Lake Michigan in
1893 opened the way to mural paint
ing in this country as profess
sion. This Columbian Exposition
as it was called. was essentially a
collaborative work, and from 1t the
fires of creative effort in archi-
lecture, sculpture and painting were
lighted.
Some of the painters whom Millet
gathered around him in Chicago
men of talent. who went bravely
to meet opportunity and gave their
best, met again a few years later
in Washington to decorate the Ii
brary of Congress, a work which
brought very little remuneration to
the decorators but exerted a wide
influence on mural painting In
America. 1t was this which led to
the decoration of the State Capitol
of Minnesota and to that Of other
public buildings in various parts
Of the country.
In the painting Of easel pictures,
Frank Millet was illustrative, sub
jective, a bit meticulus, as was per-
haps his friend and associate, Sir
Alma Tadema, but when it came
to the painting of murals, he seemed
to launch his boat on a wider sea
and to reach out to broader hori-
IONS.
Work in Baltimore.
In 1909 he was commissioned,
carte blanche. to decorate the then
new Baltimore Custom House In
this project he developed COM
plete scheme of color for the walls
throughout the building, ornamen-
tation, woodwork, ETC., but he
painted only one pictorial canvas.
This was for the ceiling of the
main audience room and represents
a pageant of ships entering har-
Dor at dawn-the evolution Of navi-
cation. 1t is broadly rendered,
subtle, atmospheric, completely suit
able. Among Mr.. Millet's other out
standing mural paintings, in addi-
ton to those produced for the Lib
eral Arts Building and New York
State Building at the Chicago Fair,
were the Treaty of Traverse des
Sioux" in the Minnesota State Capt.
tol; two historical subjects, "Re.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

ternational, the set is less beer bar
rel polka-is than one might expect,
"Bartender's Polka" excepted. The
band is larger than usual, but the
same breezy accordion and general
polished musicianship prevails.
Other pieces: Hear My Song. Vio-
letta," and "Shore Leave Kisses" a
collection fit for any shelf.
Columbia takes an excursion to
Hawaii this week with a resulting
four-disk group by the LAM Nc
1ntyre, Andy Iona and Sol Hoopii
Orchestras. If you admire the en-
semble whine of steel guitars and
high-pitched singing that epitomizes
musical Hawaii, this is your buy. The
well-known bands that perform here
live up to regulations, Iona going
even one better by featuring a silken
voiced songstress named Miulan.
j. w. STEPP.
Evening star., 1940-07-21
BentOnelli Recital
A Water Gate Event

Joseph Bentoneln, Metropolitan
Opera tenor, will be heard here in
a song recital consisting of concert
and operate selections on Friday,
at the Water Gate, as announced.
This famous singer will stop over
in Washington on his way to New
York, returning from his tour with
the Cincinnati Opera Co. Lolita
Valdez will share Mr.. Bentonelli,s
program.
Tickets for the Bentonelli con-
cert are popularly priced and now
on sale at the Waters Travel Serv-
ice in the Trans Lux Building. the
Star Radio store in the National
Press Building and at the Chastle-
ton Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-07-21

dignified. pure style which HAYDN
knew how to utilize so expertly. Side
by side with the Prokofieff SYM
phony it seems little dull and
stolid even if it be considered heresy
to say so. Although Haydn had also
sense of humor, it did not flower
into the gay themes that Prokofeff
invents. Spirited writing makes the
finale a delightfully."- brisk portion
while the lyrical in musical thought
permeates the other movements
which are masterpieces of symphonic
creation. The recording is by the
London Philharmonic Orchestra
under the baton of Sir Thomas
Beecham.
Virtuoso of Harp.
| A new virtuoso of the harp is to
be heard in Ravels Introduction
and Allegro" with the assistance Of
the Stuyvesant String Quartet. John
Wummer, flute, and Ralph McLane,
. clarinet. Laura Newell was harpist
with the Cleveland Symphony Or
chestra and is well known to con-
cert audiences, are also her string
confreres in this number, who not
long ago recorded the Bloch Quartet.
She has artistry. power and bril-
liancy. and is ably aided in the en-
semble by the other players. AS
soloist she is heard in the Grand
jany transcription of Debussys
Maid With the Flaxen Hair"
A performance of Saint -Saen's
'rDanse Macabre" by the Chicago
Orchestra conducted by Frederick
Stock is another opportunity to hear
this old and fine organization in a
mastery reading of this popular
work. Technically polished to fine
degree. there is nonetheless much of
the mystery and weirdness missing
that should 60 into the imaginative
ness needed for the Interpretation Of
| the famous '.Danse."
Evening star., 1940-07-21

Madeline F. Amato presented a
group Of her students in a piano
recital last Wednesday evening in
the Pen Women's Studio, Grafton
Hotel. Those who participated in
the program were: Mary Bianchi.
Margaret Fox, Barbara Scruggs.
Teresa Cosimano, Frances Amato,
Abbye Edleman, Bernard DeMarco.
Frances HALEY, Frances Crimi,
Audrey and Dorothy Scheuring,
Anna Barbieri, Vera Erhardt, Joyce
Bitter, Yolanda DeMoro, Joan Kid
well, Joan Feole, Adele Feller,
Dorothy Perkins, Doris Jones, Edwin
Hardesty. Margaret Brown, Angela
Crimi and Roberta MacMorris.