The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-05-29
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Eleanor Roosevelt
YOUNG ARTISTS

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YOUNG ARTISTS
NEW YORK CITY, heard four
young American artists one night,
Mr.. Maurice Wilk, violinist; Miss
Virginia Lewis, mezzo-soprano, Mr..
Emanuel Vardi, viola, and Miss Wv
ian Rivkin, pianist; in concert at
Town Hall, arranged and conducted
by Mr.. Dean Dixon with the New
York Chamber orchestra.
All the artists were excellent and
the program was delightful. We
should be thankful that, in our coun-
try, we can still give young artists
an opportunity to be heard. The
arts are the one avenue not blocked
by the hate which comes with war.
/ think we should give every art
expression our support whenever we
possibly can.
The weather lately has been per-
fectly delightful. The voices Of the
children playing in Washington
square float in our windows to add
pleasant background to our
thoughts.
One day was pleasant for many
reasons besides the weather. Elliott
and his wife, and Franklin Junior
spent many hours Of the day with
me and we were able to catch up
on months Of separation.
PORT PROTECTION.
To enter and leave our ports to-
day is dangerous proceeding. We
citizens along the seacoasts should
be deeply grateful for the safety
which the air patrols bring us. The
blimps and the small patrol planes
sight many submarine. One by
one, as they pick them off, it is SAT-
er for the ships to 60 in and out
and there is less likelihood that our
coast towns will wake up to find
themselves being shelled.
One morning looked at the photo
graph of the new air raid warden's
coverall, as shown in the newspa-
pers, and it certainly seems practi-
cal and easy to identify. / still
pray that we shall not be put to the
test Of severe air raid, and yet !
am sure that if the day comes, we
shall take it calmly.
WINGS OVER NORWAY
! have just been reading of an ef-
fort which is being made by small
group of Swedish-Americans to help
raise funds for wings Over Nor
way, Inc" For years the Scandina-
Wan countries have been admired
so much here because of their ac-
complishments in science, art and
social reform.
These countries - Finland, Nor
way, Denmark-are now under the
heel of the conqueror. The Scandi-
navians in this country want to join
together to assist their compatriots
here who are still fighting for the
United Nations.
Under Title Two of the Second
War Powers act, the secretary of
the treasury may receive gifts for
certain purposes, and so he has CIV
en- permission to this group to raise
funds to be turned over to him as
gift to the United States, ear
marked to the lease lend admins
tration, through which planes may
be obtained and delivered to Camp
Little Norway" and other camps in
Canada where Norwegians are in
training.
NEW YORK CITY, went to a
pleasant dinner one night with my
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Tay-
lor and met some interesting people.
Present were Madame Wellington
Koo, Mr.. baltimore, the financial
adviser of Generalissimo Chang
Kai-shek; Miss Bonney, who has
been able to take such remarkable
photographs in France since the
war, and who told me of the chill
dren in the concentration camps.
cannot bear to think Of chill
dren behind barbed wire looking
out at a free world-only, of
course, the world they live in
is not free. We can only hope
that out Of this period of chaos
will come again a free world
where children will not starve
or be confined against their will.
A group of people gathered in
New York recently to discuss the
whole question of better racial I'M
Outstanding in the world, both now
and at the end of the war. In this
connection, a number of institutions,
doing various kinds of work and
needing financial support, came up
for discussion.
Bethune-C Goodman college, for in
stance, in Daytona, Fla, finds that
it must increase its standards Of
training if it is to provide accepta-
BILE teachers for the South and send
out colored workers to other parts
of the country. They must have