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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15

Just as the present war has been
carried on from the air, England,
which has undergone so many air
raids received a surprise air visi-
tor, Rudolph Hess, head of the
German Nazi party and one of
the oldest and closest confidents
of Adolf Hitler.
Hess who made a parachute
landing in Scotland is now in a
hospital being treated for brok-
en- ankle. He is to be questioned
by Winston Churchill this week.
VIII e t h er Hitler's longtime
friend and turncoat deputy will
describe the real inside story Of
Germany to the veteran iourna-
list, Churchill, was a matter of
high speculation.
But highly placed Britons al
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15
West Jefferson Will Play =. -.
<IvanhOe Club Here Saturday
Opening Home Game of Sea-
SON. Large Crowd Expec-
ted. Prospects Good.
By TOMMY WILLIAMS

The West Jefferson baseball
club will play Ivanhoe here Sat
urday afternoon in the first home
game of the season.
The game will start at $3.50 o.
clock on the local diamond and
large crowd of spectators is ex-
pected to be present for the open
ing of the New River Semi-Pro
league season in Ashe county.
This is the first time in several
years that West Jefferson has had
team in an organized league
and a great deal of interest has
already been shown in the club
The teams squad is composed
of twenty-five of the best play
ers in the county and it is be-
lieved that the club will have a
successful season.
When the team takes the field
Saturday afternoon, each player
will be dressed up in a brand new
suit. Last night Manager Perkins
said he did not know who would
be on the starting lineup, but de-
clared that ''we'll have a real
team with plenty of substitutes"
Opening Ceremony Planned
Before the game starts, a lit
tie opening ceremony will be held
Ira T. Johnston, mayor Ct JEFF
ferson, will preside. Words OF
welcome will be extended by
Dean Mcmillan, secretary of the
West Jefferson club and DR.. Hun
ter, club director, will bring
words of greetings. Judge H. c.
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15
FAIR COMMITTEE TO
MEET TUESDAY NIGHT

A meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Ashe County Fair
will be held in the office of The
Skyland Post next Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock. A financial state
ment will be reported and plans
made for this year.
Members of this committee are:
w. B. Austin, Carl Coward Mrs.
A. B. Hurt, Mrs. Ed M. An arson,
j. B. Hash, Levern Johnson, Mrs.
James Mcneil, Gale Mcmillan,
H. D. Quessenberry, c. J. Rich,
Jack Rhodes, Langdon Scott, P.
G. Wright, Mrs. Wright and Ed
Anderson. All members are urged
to be present.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15
NYA Girls Are
Mending Books

Mrs. Carlos Thomas, Ashe coun-
ty NYA director announced this
week that there were now 80 girls
at work on the book-mending
project at Jefferson.
She asked that all high school
principals check over their school
libraries and bring in at once all
books that need repairing, during
the vacation period, in order that
they may be ready for use when
school opens next fall.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15

A slight rise in the national
average of farm real estate val
ues during the past year has been
revealed by the U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15

ASHE COUNTY NEEDS
large industrial plant, agricul-
tural departments in its high
schools, rural telephone lines, a
soil conservation project, a coun-
ty recreation center, and more
hard surfaced highways. Let's get
them!
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-05-15
AsHE COUNTY

is the air-conditioned section Of
North Carolina whose altitude
ranges from 5000 to $500 feet
above sea level. twenty-five miles
Of the PARKWAY run through
the county.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Review of Recordings

servatory than in subsequent crea-
tions where sharp criticism had
affected his style. There is less Of
the bizarre and more Of youthful
enthusiasm and conviction. 1t
varies between startling effects.
weird harmonies. strict rhythns
and beautifully conceived melodies.
By far the most appealing OF the
Soviet composers output and well
presented by the conductor and his
men.
SchOenberg'S "PierrOt Lunaire.
Arnold Schoenberg. conducting Co
lumbla) Sponsored by the League
Of Composers. this work is recorded
with several OF the artists Of the
first production in 1912, namely.
Rudolf KoliSch yioliniSt. Eduard
Steuermann, pianist. and Erika
Stiedry- Wagner. recita ton. Special
tribute is paid Hans Kinder by the
composer as one Of the few cellists
able TO master the part. The 2l
poems are recited in varying tonal
infections against strangely har-
monized instrumental backgrounds.
This is not the Schoenberg of "Verk-
larte Nacht," but the modernist in
full exercise of his searching for new
musical paths.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Popular Music

Victors Around the Campfire" is
! a group of cowboy ditties hefted
about with deep-voiced sentiment
tality by Texas Jim Robertson, male
quartet and Barb @ band accom-
panying. Included are standbys
Home on the Range" Bury Me
Not, Red River Valley" and "Ridin'
Old Paint" and others lesser known
to round out four discs.
keynote Recordings presents s
Joshua White in a collection (three
discs of Jim Grow Blues" in which
Mr.. White, giving himself ornate
guitar accompaniment. voices the
'citifled spiritual in smooth fashion.
Notable single records:
Decca offers one of those prize
sessions of Carmen Cavallaro's Or
chestra, Latin American eScapade
with "Erollo" CVoodoo Noon =,
which occupies both sides of a r.
inch disc. Marked an afro" the
piece reveals the facile. inventive
Cavallaro in his most glowing per-
formance, and his well-knit little
band is generous with the ryhthm.
Others on Decca: Carol Bruce sing
ing most pleasantly the exotic, me-
lodious Egyptian derivative, 'Misir-
lou; Aurora with the Banda da Lua
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Landscape Club Prizes

The Arts Club has begun the sea-
son by showing the fall exhibition
OF the Washington Landscape Club
which opened to the public last
Monday, to continue to the oath
of the month.
At the opening tea on Sunday
the following awards. made by vote
of club members, were announced :
For oil paintingS-F'irst prize,
"Along the Ohio by Garnet Jex:
honorable mention, odd Mill" by
Roger Rittase.
For water ColorS-First prize,
"Crisfield Boats by Henry W. Oh
son; honorable mention. China
Town" by the same artist.
For prints or drawings-First
prize, Sea Captain" by William F
Walter: honorable mention. Rot
ting Hulk" by Newman S. Sudduth.
A popular prize will be voted dur
ing the course of the exhibition and
awarded at its close.
AS rule. the Landscape Clubs
fall exhibition shows works done
during the preceding summer. The
times today, however, are very much
out of joint. and many of the club
members had limited opportunity
for work pursued primarily as avo-
cation. For this reason. there is. in
this exhibition, less new work than
usual, and also less spirit and fresh
ness. These are dark days for art,
and hard times for artists: there
fore, hats off to those who. like the
members Of the Arts Club, keep on
searching for fine expression.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Bv Alice EverSman.

Mahler's symphony No. l in ID
Major Minneapolis Symphony Or
chestra r Dimitri Mitropoulos, con-
Quoting Columbia. A highly in
tereSting work on six double discs
! from the composers youthful years.
The treatment of the symphonic
form is original. particularly in the
first movement. where the reiterated
and sustained A creates an atmos-
phere aptly in keeping with Mailer S
program explanation. The Awaken
ing of Nature at Dawn Although
the third movement is of more ordi-
nary thematic material. the remain
der has melodic foundation con-
Cluding with tremendous Climax in
the fourth handled in individual and
unique manner The orchestra S
playing has tinge of lifelessness,
but the main effect is satisfying. In
spite of many arreSting high lights,
the work seems long drawn out.
ShostakOvitch's symphony No.
in F Major" Cleveland Orchestra,
Artur Rodzinski, conductor (Colum-
bia). The composer is more him
self in this work written as gradu-
alton piece for the Leningrad Con-
Evening star., 1941-10-12

This portrait. of which there are
replicaS. was painted in the Hermit
age. When jackson was President
of the United States, Earl accom-
panied him TO Washington and
lived in the White House. 1t was
probably at that time that the Ma
tlonal Institute of this city, which
first conceived the upbuilding of a
national collection, acquired this
work.
Less well known than any Of these
painters is Henry Inman, whose
portraits of Col. and Mrs. Robert
c. Wetmore have come to our Ma
tionel Collection through the be-
quest of Miss Florence Wetmore
and whose art was, during the first
half of the last century, outstand-
ing, as 1t still is. There is some
thing remarkable about the facility
OF these early American portrait
painters and the success they
achieved. The best explanation may
be that they were wanted and that
they took their art seriously, think
ing less of self-eXpression than of
recording truth with utmost skill
The same may be said of the
minlaturiSts of whose works there
Is. IN this exhibition. most excellent
showing, due, in part. to the benefi-
cence of the Catherine Walden
Myer Purchasing Fund and still
+4 Ha
enthusiasm of Ruel P. Tolman. di-
rector Of the National Collection of
Fine Arts. Included are miniatures
by Copley. Malbone, Fraser, Trott,
Peale, Charles Wilson and James
and Rembrandt. Ramage, Field and
others, all exquisitely rendered and
we'll arranged in fiat table case.
Only two pieces of sculpture are
shown. These are bustS by Clark
Mills, sculptor of the Jackson statue
in Lafayette Square and the Wash
ington in Washington Circle-the
former a Landmark in the develop
ment of American sculpture, being
the first equestrian statue by an
American erected in this country
and also a local Landmark of real
distinction. despite the many Jocose
statements made about it. The
busts are of Daniel Webster and
an unknown gentleman-no great,
but obviously sincere.
MeZzOtint Portrait.
In the book section an interesting
mezzotint is shown of a portrait of
Benjamin Franklin painted by
Scottish artist, David Martin. and
engraved by Edward Savage, which
was published in London in 1913;
also, a photographic portrait of DR..
William P Devices, drawn on stone
by M. E. D. Brown from an original
painting by Neagle and published
in Philadelphia in 1888.
Printing was perhaps more of an
art in those days than these. Ger
tainly, utmost care was taken with
page design and type handling.
With other early books in this ex-
hibition are copies of Bibles which
have been much used by celebrated
perSonS-thoSe which jefferson cut
Evening star., 1941-10-12
KreiSler'S
Injuries
Alter Plans
But ViOlinist Will
Appear Twice
Here Later

Fritz Kreisler's injury in a traffic
accident last spring has caused a
number Of changes in the concert
series which had booked him. The
beloved violinist is one of the great
est drawing cards of the season and
his two appearances here, one in
recital under Dorothy Dorsey's man.
agement. and one as soloiSt with the
Philadelphia Orchestra, are prime
attractions. Mrs. Dorsey already has
experienced the difficulties of shift
ing her artists so as to allow Kreis-
Ter more time for recovery and has
placed him for recital March "a.
Now comes the announcement that
his appearance as soloiSt with the
Philadelphia Orchestra January 13
must be postponed The orchestra
canini as guest conductor for that
concert, dispensing with a soloist.
The Philadelphia Orchestra Is plan
ming an extra concert in which
KreiSler will be featured following
the scheduled five of the season here.
That leaves the first appearance of
the dean of violinistS to be under the
Dorsey banner in March.
Symphony Program.
Jose Iturbi, pianist, and the world
premiere of a work written for the
National Symphony Orchestra by
Roy Harris will share the spotlight
on the opening concert of the or
chestra's 18th season Sunday after
noon, November 2. in Constitution
Hall, it was announced this week by
Hans Kinder, permanent conductor.
The Oklahoma-b born Mr.. Harris,
whose works have been played by
every major American symphony
Orchestra, recently heard the or
chestra's recording of William
Howard Schuman'S American FeS-
tival Overture" and became so en-
thusiastic that he Immediately wrote
a number especially for the National
Symphony. Called "AccelerationS," "
it will be played on the November 2
concert with DR.. Kinder conducting.
Mrs. Dorsey's Series.
Mrs. Dorsey announces tndt llcKeIS
for the Sunday aftegnoon recital
of Artur Rubinstein. pianist, Will be
available Wednesday morning Mr..
Rubinstein, who plays at Constltu-
ton Hall two weeks from today, will
open the series of six Sunday after
noon concerts. Mrs. Dorsey will
present this season at Constitution
Hall.
Tickets for the entire series will
be available through October "a.
Series tickets are available for the
two series of evening events Mrs.
Dorsey is presenting at Constitution
Hall. One of these opens November
IL with a performance of DoniZetti's
opera, Don Pasquale," with
Metropolitan Opera cast, in costume,
with scenery and orchestra.
Another evening series opens No
vember l8 with a joint recital by
Lottie Lehman. soprano. and Lau-
ritz Melchior. tenor, both OF the
Metropolitan Opera.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
BY Florence S. Berrrman.

An exhibition of etchings and dry
points by American printmakers.
lent by a private collector, was
opened recently at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, to remain until Oc-
tober 26. 1t should be a must" on
every local art lovers program, for
several reasons.
These prints are admirable ex-
ampIes OF the media; they are nearly
all the work of Americans, and are
predominantly contemporary. They
constitute an impressive demonstra-
ton of what private collector of
discriminating taste, confident judg-
ment and an eye for beauty and
fine craftsmanship can assemble
during two decades or so. This COL
lector did not have the means to
acquire such expensive Old Master
raritieS as Rembrandt'S Three
Trees" or Van Dyck's etched por-
traits. which fetch prices in four and
five figures. But she has what is
far more important to the develop
ment of living art-faith in contem-
porary artists. 1t has been more
than justified, for prints of many
of these same etchings have been
acquired for permanent museum and
library collections, and a few COM
mand prices several times what they
cost originally.
Because of the nature of etching,
demanding knowledge, skill, pre-
cision and patience in those who
employ it, this exhibition is pre-
dominantly traditional in character
Etching is not a medium for i'm
provisation, but examination of
these prints will reveal much va
riety of handling. as well as of SUBJ
ject matter. There are portraits.
figure studies, landscapes, marines,
harbor scenes, architecture. indus
try, wildlife and genre.
Italy, France and Spain were
Evening star., 1941-10-12

up and repasted to produce his
Life and Morals of Jesus of Naz-
areth," and the New Testament
carried by Francis ASbury, of whom.
as great missionary, we have a
statue in Washington.
The textile art is especially we'll
represented. There are. for instance.
interesting old samplers beautifully
stitched by young fingers. One,
dating from 1853, sets forth the
Ten Commandments in Well-formed
letters. There are also needleWork
pictures of pleasing type. Beautiful,
indeed, in pattern and stitchery is
quilt in perfect condition. COM
bination of needle quilting and
patchwork which puts machine work
of today much to shame. Then
there are woven bedspreads of wool
en-, done on simple looms and some
also in what is known as double
weave. These, in pattern and work
manShip, are outstanding as works
of artistic craft.
Mechanical Devices.
With these are shown spinning
wheels and other mechanical de-
vices for the spinning, carding and
other preparation of wool and flax.
Here, too. may be seen a special
case exhibit of the Art of the
Thread which includes specimens
of drawn work. cut work, tatting,
crocheting and embroidery. with the
implements employed therein In
the center OF this case is shoulder
cape of the sheerest organdy. ex-
quiSitely embroidered in finest white
thread and trimmed with the most
flmy lace from Maline, the work
of a young matron of New York
made to wear at her first New
Year reception with gray and
rose-colored silk gown.
There is one case of silver and
one of glass, both witnessing to the
artistic achievement of our crafts
men and manufacturers in early
days. The silver includes pieces
by the leading silversmiths of New
York. Philadelphia and Baltimore
articles of utility very simple in
form, but beautifully shaped and
finely wrought-monuments to the
good taste of the makers and their
patrons.
The case Of glass has a special
local interest, as it includes speci-
men made at The Old Glass House"
in this city which was active in
production from 1907 to 1851. Here,
also are examples of glass made
at the glass factory built by Albert
Gallatin at New Geneva, Pa, in
1897. and of some Of the Stiegel glass
made still earlier at Mannheim, as
well as that in other parts of the
country. Dutchmen and Poles, and
later Italians. initiated glaSsmaking
in this country, but the work was
carried on by American workmen
as well as American capital.
Earthen Teapot.
The pottery section is less stable
but noteworthy. showing specimens
from Pennsylvania, West Virginia.
MARYLAND and Vermont - pIazed
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Cantata to Be Given

Christ Lutheran Choir announces
the performance of the cantata "The
City OF Coo" by H Alexander
Matthews at 8 pm. next Sunday.
Edwin c. Steffe, baritone sololst
of the National Cathedral Choir
has been engaged to sing the three
principal solos. Other solo parts
will be sustained by Bertha Kryz,
soprano, and Ralph Norton, tenor,
both members of Christ Lutheran
Choir. John B. Wilson. A. A. G. O,
organlst and choirmaster of Christ
Lutheran Church, Will direct the
performance from the console Of the
organ.
The City Of God" was written
in commemoration of the 4O0th an
niversary of the Protestant Refor-
nation and was officially approved
by the Joint Lutheran Committee
as a feature celebration held In
1917
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Corcoran Displays Fine Print Collection
Etchngs and Drypoins Were Assembled
By Owner Over 20 Year Period

, happy hunting grounds for many
American artists before and after
the World War. About one-third of
the present collection represents
architecture or village scenes in
these countries, yet each etching is
an individual Interpretation.
- John Taylor Arms, native WASH
ingtonian and one of this countrys
foremost etchers, is thrice repre-
Sented with prints of Old World
architecture. He seems to have a
microscopic vision, for his delicate
lines are often difficult to distin-
guish in the tonality of the finished
work. One does not think of lines
at all, but sees instead the many
textures they represent-in "Palazzo
del Angelo" for instance. the
crumbling old facade OF Venetian
palace, marble lions in the en-
trance, gondola at its mooring and
reflections of all these in the canal.
Samuel Chamberlain is another
graphic artist who has devoted his
extraordinary technical facility to
depicting architecture. His Bell
Tower, Moulins," is an exquisite ex-
ample. In the '20s he had rowing
commissions from two magazines to
travel through Europe and sketch
what pleased him. He also has
gift for writing, and his books of
travel, illustrated with his own
beautiful work, preserve the pic
turesque charm of many places now
destroyed.
Martin Lewis has a consummate
gift for handling shadows. Such
night scenes as Chance Meeting"
display his virtuosity in dealing
with graded dark areas near to and
away from harsh illuminations, such
as lighted shop windows and the
softer glow of street lamps. All these
shadows are luminous, and one can
see through them clearly, for they
are meticulously done with line, in
stead Of q mere black smudge.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

Still another night scene-and
incidentally. one of the outstanding
prints in this collection-is Kerr
Eby'S Shadows" one of his World
War series. Soon after the United
States entered the war he enlisted
in the Army Ambulance Corps. He
was later transferred to the 4Oth
Engineers, with which regiment he
served in France until the armi-
Stlce. The admirable plates he made
of American troops are not only
faithful in their outward aspects
but are deeply significant of spir-
itual and psychological nuances dis
cerned by a sensitive imagination.
One sees in Shadows" for in
stance, great deal more than ex-
hauSted troops marching by bomb
shattered building in the alternate
glare and deep shadow of flares.
Several beautiful prints featuring
trees are here, by Benjamin Brown,
Alfred Hutty and Robert NiSbet. A
Towering tree unifles every element
in Spring" by Abbo Ostrowsky-
women sewing on sunny terrace
Sloping to charming country house.
Vigorous representations of the
ocean. by Charles Woodbury., STAN
ley Woodward and Reynolds Beal,
and excellent portraits by Cadwal-
lader Washburn and Arthur Heintz-
elman also are to be seen.
One will derive much pleasure
from study of this collection.
But the observer also should ponder
its implications. American artists
today are producing work as worthy
of attention as that done in past
centuries. Art lovers who take the
trouble to seek out such work in
the welter of mediocrity, and to ac-
quire it, will have. in years to come,
collections of which they can justly
be proud. At the same time they
will have contributed to the en-
couragement and stimulation of liv-
ing artists.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Friday.

The Gertrude Clarke Whittal
Foundation in the Library of Con-
gress will sponsor two concerts of
chamber music in the Coolidge
Auditorium of the Library at 8:45
pm, Friday and 3 pm. Saturday.
The artists will be the Budapest
String Quartet, which consists of
Josef RoiSmann and Alexander
Schneider, violins; Boris Kroyt,
viola. and Mischa Schneider,
violoncello.
The program to be presented will
be the same on both Friday night
and Saturday afternoon. The re-
petition of the program is planned
to give the greatest number of
people an opportunity of enjoying
the music and will include Mozart's
quartet in B Flat Major, K. V. 458,"
Schubert's Quartet Movement in C
Minor" Mendelssohn's "Andante
and Scherzo. Op. 81" and Rogers
Quartet In Z Flat Major, Op. 1o9."
Evening star., 1941-10-12
Choir Masters Club
Announces Meetings

The Washington Choir Masters
Club announces the schedule OF
meetings which Will take place the
third Tuesday of each month in the
Childrens Chapel Of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church. The club
which is patterned after those OF
other musical groups has been or
ganized recently in response TO many
requests. The meetings will be pre-
sided over by different choir mas
ters and will be conducted as open
forums. There are no dues.
Evening star., 1941-10-12

stoneware and pottery. heavy and
very simply decorated in a manner
suggesting Mexican decorative de-
sign, but, at the same time, native
An old earthen teapot decorated
with raised pictorial design which
is included in this section was a
familiar sight on American break
fast tables half century ago.
The musical instruments also have
their charm and, at the same time
recall the time when music was
made In the home even more than
in the concert hall. In fact, the
effect of this exhibition as a whole
is to encourage not only pride in
our American past, but discomfort
in the present How much better is
that wrought by the hand Of man
than by his invention and the
machine.
Evening star., 1941-10-12
By J. ". Sfetb

displaying bit OF the Miranda ung
with two marches, Aurora" and
"Pastortnhas"; Bing Crosby with
Irombonist-Vocalist Jack Teagar-
den and band collaborating on
variegated Birth of the Blues" and
with Mary Martin on the reverse for
Waiter, Porter and Upstairs Maid "
The potent King Cole Trio grooves
Hit the Ramp" and This VIII
Make You Laugh"