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emotional content felt. Ocean
Idyl," by Brooks Smith, who was the
accompanist for both artists, was
included in an English group, to-
gether with Sibelius' "Tryst" and
Carpenters when I Bring to You
Colored Toys" which was quite the
loveliest number of the three as Miss
hampton sang it.
The difficulty of voice adjustment
which this artist has undergone since
she began her career as a coloratura,
then changed to contralto and
finally to dramatic soprano, is still
noticeable in passing through the
vocal registers but her manner of
handling it yesterday was smoother
than formerly. Only in the arias,
III est doux" from MasSenets He
rodiade" and the Nile scene aria
from Aida" "Cieli Azzuri," did the
voice take on stridency and effort.
Her best singing was not done here
but in the songs, where her poetic
feeling for the text was superb and
matched by emotional color in her
tones. AS an interpretive artist
conscious of every infection she
stands supreme.
The program began and ended
with the duets, the first being La
dove brende" from Mozart's THE
Magic Flute" and the last the
"Dungue 10 son" from Ressini's "The
Barber of Seville Both were
charmingly given. In the agility
passages of the Rossini aria, Miss
Bampton's light runs revealed an
other quality in her voice, one Of
great purity and freshness. 1t made
one regretful that she has aban-
doned coloratura singing for the
most part, for it seemed to disclose
more natural tone than was heard
in the rest Of the program as fine
as was her performance The IA
nous Donkey duet was given as
encore.
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Coburn to Repose
In Luxurious Bed
In Next Picture
BY the Associated Press
HOLLYWOOD.

HOLLYWOOD.
Charles Coburn's next movie bed
will weigh GIL pounds. Not only
that, in it's 19-year history it's been
occupied but once before-by Mary
Pickford.
Coburn plays a multi-millionaire
in The Devil and Miss Jones" and
so fantastic luxury is required.
The bed had Director William
Cameron Menzies puzzled until he
remembered the massive and rich
creation in which Pickford slept in
Little Lord Fauntleroy." He found
it, buried in a warehouse.
Designer Steve Gooson built 1t, 6
feet wide and ~ feet long, 50 that
Miss Pickford would appear small
and fragile.
Patterned after Jacobean an
tiQue, it is four feet off the floor
with three steps leading up to it.
The headboard Is a three-t -tiered
panel, carved with medieval scenes.
The headboard and foot posts rise
Evening star., 1941-01-28


Rose hampton, soprano of the Met
ropolitan Opera. is we'll known, but
that of Leonard Stokes, baritone
who shared yesterdays program
with her, is new to the Monday
musicales patrons. Today both are
associated with a delightful concert
which achieved unique success.
1t would seem that the artists had
determined that this concert would
take on more of the style of a draw
ing room affair and that all the
glitter and pomp of the stage should
be discarded. Mr. Stokes, who has
a modest bearing, is not an operate
singer nor does he have the voice or
characteristics of one. His easy
natural way of singing grew on his
listeners as did his sincerity which
had no pretense about it. His voice
Is pleasant and possesses all the ear
marks of good training and he is
musical in all that he does. While
not a great voice for dramatic ex-
preston, it is softly modulated and
as such pleased as much as those
whose robustness belongs to the
operate stage.
He sang two arias, however, the
serenade Och vieni ALA flnestra
from MoZart's Don Giovanni" and
the Vision Fugitive" from Masse-
nets "Herodiade," the former with
supreme charm. The "Herodiade'
aria was also finely depicted if with
less of the emotional force with
which others have sung it on this
same stage. But give Mr.. Stokes a
simple song like La MaiSon Grise"
from Messengers "Fortunio" and he
has all the art to make it most ef-
fective. He has a fine feeling for
Mozart also, and knows how to give
his music the grace and refinement
that it needs.
A group of English songs which
included Horseman's The Evening
Cloud" Hely- y-Hutchinson's popular
"Old Mother Hubbard" Gin the man
ner of HandeD and Burleigh's ar
rangement of the Negro spiritual, Il
Don't Feel No-ways Tired" carried
a general appeal, and when he an
nounced that for encore he would
sing Strickland's "Lindy Lou" the
applause bespoke great pleasure. He
sang it gently and tenderly and the
audience enjoyed it. Earlier in the
program he gave delightful num-
Der. "Chanson a Manger," a 18th
century French song by Lemaire, of
which he gave a synopsis for the
greater appreciation of his listeners.
With two exceptions, Miss Bamp-
ton confined her selections also to
songs but chose those that we're un-
familiar and which after their hear
ing proved to be unusually inter-
esting. Her great voice, which is
capable of so wide a range and color,
was held in fine restraint for the
songs, so that the beauty Of its
quality excelled its usual brilliancy.
Three Spanish works, Granados'
La Maja doloroSa," Obradors' Del
ca bello mas sutil" and de Falla's
"Seguidille" were particularly out
standing and Miss hampton was
most successful in making their
Evening star., 1941-01-28
New Assignment

As q result Of his direction Of
Flight From Destiny for Warner
Bros, the studio has assigned Vim
Mitchell and Geraldine Fitzgerald
m the forthcoming One Hour of
Glory" Both players were directed
by him also in Flight From
Destiny"
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Cast in Sunny
Edward Everett Horton, outsta

Edward Everett Horton, outstand-
ing comedian and one of the most
popular players of stage and screen,
has been signed for feature role
in Anna Neagle's next starring We
hicle, sunny film version of the
Broadway hit which Herbert Wilcox
will produce and direct for R-K-O
Radio.
Also signed to the cast of the pic
ture are Ray Bolger and Paul and
Grace Hartman This will be the
third consecutive filmusical by Miss
Neagle for R-K-O.
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creased to permit a greater number
of persons to view them.
Vocal selections were sung at the
meeting by Wiley Marshall, accom-
Evening star., 1941-01-28

panied by Mrs. Marie Little. The
society elected two new members.
They are Mrs. Rose C. Thompson
and Albert j. Hendley, jr., grandson
Evening star., 1941-01-28
Morning Musicale Artists
Give Delightful Concert
Rose hampton and Stokes Drop
Glitter and Pomp of Stage for
Drawing Room Atmosphere
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

The effect OF Yesterdays program Mrs Lawrence Townsends
morning musicale at the MayfoWer Hotel
friendly atmosphere
intimacy that
artists
edy be remembered
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of Mrs. Anna e. Hendley, founder
of the society.
John M. Howard, president, pre-
sided.
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eight feet. Topping 1t all is canopy
of solid carved wood, weighing 384
pounds.
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..GOOD TIMES IN
THE EVENING".

Music. movies. bridge. binso.
or dancing. make the evening
hours go flying BY. You'll
sleep deeply, IulIed by tho
peace and quiet Of
AoKh., N1.a
Evening star., 1941-02-23
5O%,' BIGGER 4. A!
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

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Evening star., 1941-09-27
A Hard Diet

America is so naturally peace
loving that it is difficult for her
soldiers to acquire on short notice
the true military spirit In only one
department do they seem to learn
almost instantaneously. They do not
have to be taught to kick about the
chow.
Right from the start they all show
this mark of good soldier, whether
in civilian life they dined on night
ingales' tongues and champagne, or
turnips and sowbelly. There may
be just a shade of doubt, however, in
the case of Private Enoch Keshishian
of Detroit. Enoch, before induction,
was a food specialist with rather
peculiar ideas. From a circus per-
former he learned to eat fire, electric
light bulbs, razor blades, nails and
other iron rations, and still indulges
in his hobby. The temptation for
him to approve of Army chow must
be almost overwhelming, but let him
remember that these are desperate
times and that Uncle Sam expects
every draftee to be a good soldier.
With this in mind, he is strongly
urged to lay aside his personal feel
ings, get patriotic and growl at the
mess sergeant.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
MARYLAND. Taxes

Governor O'Conor'S announcement
that Maryland's property tax rate
will be cut eight cents is welcome
news to the States taxpayers. The
reduction, to be effective in 1912 and
1943, cuts the amount of the State
tax about 40 per cent. Further
more, the Governor indicated that a
a reduction can be expected in the
State income tax rate, applicable on
1941 earnings.
With the cost of living on the in
crease and new and additional Fed
eral taxes being imposed, the Mary
land rate reduction is particularly
timely. 1t was not altogether unex-
pected, some members of the State
Legislature having foreseen an al
most certain rise in revenues when
the Maryland budget was enacted last
winter. Accordingly, at the legisla-
tive session which ended in March,
a law was enacted giving the Cover
nor power to cut the State real and
personal property levies if revenues
produced a surplus in excess OF ST.
100000. 1t is estimated that at the
close of the 1941 fiscal year, on Sep
tember 80, Maryland will have a sur
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Liberty Fleet Day

Fourteen vessels, constructed I'M
der the auspices of the United
States Maritime Commission, will
be launched in eleven ports on two
oceans and the Gulf of Mexico today.
The first of these appropriately has
been named for Patrick Henry of
Virginia who, at Richmond on March
20, ITS, proclaimed the great ideal
of patriotism which prefers death to
any concession of freedom. His faith
and his aspiration now as at the start
of the War of independence are
justified by a Providence which en-
dows men with the instinct to resist
tyranny wherever it may appear in
any age.
The achievement of Liberty Fleet
Day prompts recollection Of the fact
that when America joined in the
first conflict with Germany in 1917
1t was necessary to initiate naval
and maritime building program en-
bracing a thousand different ships.
Vessels completed in that campaign
included 267 destroyers, AL sub
marine chasers, 40 submarines and
40 eagle boats The destroyer Ward,
assembled at Mare Island, was put
afloat seventeen days after her keel
was laid. She was commissioned ten
weeks after her blueprints were
finished. A sister ship. the destroyer
Reid, was made ready for her trials
IN forty-five working days. Through
the development of such speed in
construction the German attempt to
gain a conclusive victory by means
of unrestricted marine operations
was frustrated.
The fourteen ships today represent
the advance guard of a great fleet
Evening star., 1941-09-27
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trnce1DeH.

This kinglet is only AZ inches long,
making 1t the smallest bird which will
come to local garden, with the single
exception Of the ruby-throated hum
mingbird This latter, by the way, is the
only species of hummlngbird to be found
In this section of the country.
The kinglet is distinct olive green on
the back, turning to yellowish on the
underparts.
1t was John Burroughs who dubbed
this bird "Hop-o-MyT Thumb" From
Far and Near" we quote the following:
How does the ruby-crowned kinglet
know he has bit of color on his crown
which he can uncover at will, and that
this has great charms for the female?
During the rivalries of the males in
the mating season, and in autumn also,
they flash this brilliant ruby at each
other. witnessed what seemed to be a
competitive display of this kind one
evening in November.
II was walking along the road, when
my ear was attracted by the fine, shrill
lisping and piping Of small band of
these birds in an apple tree.
Il paused to see what was the oc-
among these tiny bodies There were
four or five of them, all more or less
excited, and two of them especially so.
Il think the excitement of the others
was only reflection of that of these
two. They were hopping around each
other, apparently peering down upon
something beneath them. I suspected
cat concealed behind the wall, and so
looked over, but there was nothing there.
observing them more closely, I saw
that the two birds were entirely occupied
with each other. They behaved exactly
as if they were comparing crowns, and
each extolling his own. Their heads were
bent forward, the red crown patch un-
covered, and showing as a large brilliant
cap, their tails were spread and the side
feathers below the wings were fluffed
out. They did not come to blows, but
followed each other about amid the
branches. uttering their thin, shrill notes
and displaying their ruby crowns to the
utmost"
Whether We had palm warbler or a
yellow palm warbler we are not sure,
but think it must have been the former.
According to the experts, the line over
the eye is always yellow in the yellow
palm warbler. but in the palm warbler
it is yellow in the spring but white in
the fall
The stronger yellow underparts of the
yellow palm are said to be distinctive
mark at any season. We needed binocu-
lars to see that our specimen was yellow
at all
Of these two, May Thatcher Cook
says, in Birds of the Washington
Region"
The palm warbler probably occurs
every year in migration, but is not often
distinguished from the commoner yellow
palm warbler"
She says that the yellow palm warbler
is common in migration here, and is
usually found outside the woods. Along
the canal" this authority states, lis
good place to find this bird"
Evening star., 1941-09-27

plus of $8,350,00O. State officials
believe the 1912 revenues will equal,
if not surpasS, those of 1941. The
States growing revenues have come
principally from corporation and
liquor taxes and the levy on income.
The indicated substantial reduction
in the latter levy would have to be
made at special session of the Gen.
eral Assembly. The Legislators, as
well as Governor O'Conor, are acutely
conscious of the tax burden the pub
lie is carrying and can be expected
to enact as sharp a reduction as
possible.
Maryland's tax cuts focus attention
on what Governor O'Conor has de-
scribed as the healthy" condition Of
the States finances. When he took
office the State tax rate was 1885
cents per $100. At the end of 1943
the rate will be 13 cents. Indications
also are that at the end of his four
year term the State debt will have
been reduced from about $49,000,0O0
to about $32,000O00.
The Governor has stressed the i'm
portance of economy in the State
administration. Efforts to reduce
non-defense expenditures are bound
to be intensified with ever-increasing
public support. Some governmental
units already have succeeded in abol-
ishing real estate taxes altogether.
In Maryland the State tax reduction
should encourage counties and towns
to make every effort to cut both the
tax rate and bonded indebtedness.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Enchanted Interval

This time so brief, this brittle
moment when
From each once quiet hill and slum-
bering glen
Bright banners faunt and Uariegated
hueS
Echo and then re-echo, then trans
fuse
Into the far horizon! Ho,o the heart
Is humping, lunging so to leap
dthUdrt
The bosom, and Uith shouts go run
ming free
To Whirl Uith each bright leaty
gayetyi
In this enchanted Intervening span
OF time, / lose identity lDith man.
haze become a maple cloaked in
gold -.
Yea, all the. scarlet that the hills
can hold;
And I, the Sttmmering ornaments
blue girth,
Encircle ,pith my arms autumndl
earth.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1941-09-27

A palm warbler and a ruby-crowned
kinglet are the latest birds to visit our
yard in migration.
This is the month Of the little birds
heading south
If close watch is kept on the lawn,
from about $50 of the clock in the
evening to dusk, many new ones will be
seen in almost any suburban yard.
That "of the clock" by the way, is
the complete spelling out of the usual
$50 o'clock, that is ALL But it does look
odd!
The ruby-crowned kinglet was the
greatest catch" of our garden for the
season.
This is small one, the smallest of ALL
except the ruby-throated hummingbird.
The kinglet Is chubby bird.
There is no other way to describe it.
A woman observer would call it cute"
or "cuddly."
1t seemed absolutely fearless, as it flew
from the false starwort in the peony bed
to the rhododendrons just outside the
dining room window.
We have always been glad that our
home has low dining room windows, so
that one may look out' into the garden
easily.
Thefe was fashion around Washing
ton, for several years, of building the
first floor room overlooking the back
yard in such way that it was next to
impossible to look out.
II
The fat kinglet flew into the rhodo-
dendrons and as close to the window as
he could get.
He was not in the least concerned
with the watcher, but went about his
usual duty of trying to find something to
eat.
This small king of bird peered into
the room and Immediately went back to
rustling through the stiff leaves of the
rhodes.
If you want to see a beautiful colored
picture of it, look up Thomas Sadler Rob-
erts' Bird Portraits in Color" issued by
the University of Minnesota Press.
There, in plate 81, by Allan Brooks.
you will see both male and female of
this kinglet. as well as male and female
of the golden-crowned kinglet. There
the ruby crown is shown in all its splen-
dor, but in ordinary life the bird does
not display it except when it is courting
or angry.
How it conceals it at other times, we
do not know, except that it must be
through some placing of side feathers
which permits it to be unseen unless the
bird drops these side feathers.
The kinglet is called the ruby
wren in some parts of the country.
MANY observers tend to call any very
small bird a wren)
In other sections it is called simply
the ruby-crown. In others, the ruby
crowned warbler, although it is not
warbler. Still, it MARBLES as well as any
warbler
We did not see the ruby crown dis
played, so do not know whether 1t was
male or female We rather suspect the
latter, since it was extremely round
Usually male birds of any species are
bit more angular.
Evening star., 1941-09-27

of merchant vessels that will typify
not only the productive resources of
the Nation, but its determination to
keep the American flag flying on the
seven seas. The current emergency,
every citizen should know, gives the
United States another opportunity to
fulfill her destiny as an influence for
civilization in this troubled earth.
Her ships, as the poet Longfellow
visioned them, are sailing
with all the hopes of future years."
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Thinks Dissolution of Congress
May Be "Next STEP"
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Speaking from Topeka over network
anent the shoot on sight" edict, said
Senator Arthur Capper: THE President
having acted, the Congress of the United
States and the people of the United
States must and will support that ac-
tion. There is no other course of action
open to U.S."
Hitler himself could ask no greater
obedience than that. In other words,
"ours not to reason why" etc.
One disturbing little thought, however,
intrudes Gf individual thinking still be
permitted in "the only course of action
open to us') and that is: If we are now
governed by one-man edicts, why main
tain the Congress at all?
The next logical step in the totalitarian
pattern that is being followed so faith
fully probably will be to dissolve the
Congress, and no doubt Senator Capper
will be among the first to retire meekly
and dutifully at the word of command.
THERESA H. RUSSELL.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Unsound Tax Plan

Donald NJ Nelson, director of de-
Tense priorities, has given the House
Banking and Currency Committee
some sound and convincing argu-
ments against the proposal advanced
by Secretary Morgenthau that
corporation profits, during the pres
ent emergency, be limited to per
cent of their invested capital. That
q bill providing for limit on profits
will soon come before Congress seems
likely, for Treasury experts are now
drafting a measure embodying Mr..
Morgenthau's suggestion.
-.- Since it proposes a ceiling on the
profits of all companies, based on
their invested capital, the plan can
not properly be considered measure
to control profits arising out OF the
production of war materials. Mr..
Morgenthau does not propose to take
away from a corporation all that it
may earn above its profit level of the
years preceding the armament pro-
gram. Instead, he suggests that a
limit be placed on earnings above
6 per cent of a corporations invested
capital. 1t is thus a plan to place an
arbitrary ceiling on all business
profits.
AS Mr.. Nelson pointed out,
acceptance of this principle would
deal a body blow at the profit motive,
which is essential to our system of
free enterprise. If profits are sub
1ected to an arbitrary limit of this
kind, capital would be denied the
incentive to enter armament produc-
tion, where it is badly needed, and
would tend to flow into other indus
tries where the hazards are less. To
meet the Nations war needs, Ameri-
can industry has been called upon to
invest vast sums in the construction
of new plants, and the purchase of
additional equipment. 1t has no as
surance that these plants can be put
to profitable use after the present
emergency. Unless capital has an
opportunity to make enough profit to
compensate it for the risk that it
inevitably must take in building
plants for the manufacture of war
materials, it will be drawn into other
fields and defense production will
fail to achieve the volume that is
required to assure the defeat of Hit
lerism. Imposition of rigid profit
limitation, therefore, would hinder
the defense effort.
Though some companies would not
be affected seriously, the proposal
would impose severe hardShipS on
many corporations. In appearing
before the House Banking Commit
tee, Mr.. Morgenthau admitted that
his plan would hurt some concerns.
Because of the cyclical nature of
business trends, the earnings of COM
panies manufacturing durable goods
are subject to sharp fluctuations. To
offset lean periods, they require sub
Stantial profits in other years.
Though Mr. Morgenthau advocates
ceiling of per cent, his plan, of
course, carries no guarantee that
corporations will earn this maximum.
The proposal would also bear down
heavily on small business concerns,
whose continued operation and pros
perity are of vital Importance in
maintaining our free economy.
Evening star., 1941-09-27
Asks About Delays
In Emergency Production.

To the Editor Of The Star:
For over two years the world has
been in the throes of another great con-
flict. Though actual fighting has not
reached the North or South American
continents as yet, we are none the less
enmeshed in the struggle.
Leaders of Britain and of the United
States have called for speed and still
more speed in the production of arms
and other materials vital to the conduct
of modern warfare
Yet men of authority who are in posi-
ton to know whereof they speak inform
us production is tagging.
No doubt many factors are to be con-
sidered as causing the drop in produc-
ton. Shortage of materials and disputes
between capital and labor usually end
ing in a strike with its consequent delay
are perhaps the main reasons
In recent days we have read of con-
gressional discussion of erection of Fed
eral Government buildings on Virginia's
side Of the Potomac River, also the in
corporation into the District of that por-
ton of Federal territory in Virginia
Meanwhile, the isolationist group in Con-
gress is conducting another time killing
investigation-the movie industry is
being charged with melting citizens to
clamor for war.
A national emergency has been de-
clared. vet little action has been taken
regarding strikes.
Why doesn't the Government take
action removing the constant threat of
strikes in industries vital to production
of war materials, yet taking measures to
protect labor from unscrupulous exploi-
tation? LOUIS r. MARSTON.
Woodstock, Va.