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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
One Sailor Faints

OF course one sailor tainted
dead away when he discovered u
was Lamour he danced with and
a soldier came down with whis-
Ting hiccoughs when Iren
Dunno passed him the sand
wiches and Cregar got stuck for
two hours between tables, but
those things are expected.
ITO think" one sailor said as
he drank the coffee given him
by Bette Davis, the cantecn
president, "that I drifted In a
lifeboat out there on the Pa
cific for five days when j lost
my ship and now I'm sitting
here drinking coffee and look
ing at you. Boy. IL was worth
IT,"
To the establishment OF Jean
Cabin, elbow deep in dishwater,
both Bette and the sailor broke
down and wept
Brother, that's democracy for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
DETROIT STAGE. & SCREEN
By Charles Gentry
Film Attractions
Held Over by All
Leading Theaters

T'HE scene changes. supposedly.
= but not in the movie ser1se.e
Again. all Detroit's Leading
film houses are holding their
current attractions for a double
take, and all of them are pack
ing them in.
Few bills have proved so pop
ular as the present Michigan.
Fox, United Artists and Palnss-
State offerings, and couple of
them may hold even longer.e
Wake Island" is in its fourth
week at the Palms-State and
this dramatic saga of the stand
taken by our marines at that
tragic Pacific outpost has proven
one of the best Of the war pic.
lures to date. Despite the grim
subject, IL continues to draw
crowds at every showing. Z
II will be followed by q ga
triotic picture in a lighter vein
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Both Going Good

'Porgy and Bess" at the Cass
and Life of the Party" at the
Wilson are both doing tremend-
Gus business and the managers
of both houses are out busting
off their s. r. o. signs for the
first time in many theatrical
months. The Lafayette lights
which dimmed so sorrowfully for
the death of Joe E. Browns son,
will 60 up again this coming
Thursday on a play which ran
for almost all of last year on
Broadway.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
But There's More

Hut that isn't AL Hollywood
is doing. At the Hollywood
open house. women arc end
lessly toiling 10 prepare hot
meals Tor The fddS mat arc
broke and hungry and 10 pre-
pare beds for those who have no
place 20 sleep when the CSOs
and the cantcens are closed
Beds and hot food for the broke
and hungry. That's their motto.
Al the Beverly Wiltshire Hotel
every Saturday night, young d.
fcers weary-eyed from Il, u
and sometimes any more
hours training a day on deserts,
on ships, at flying fields and
from ferrying bombers find
music, laughter and beautiful
girls awaiting them on Satur-
days, their one night of.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Only One Luxury

The Jordans are like that
They are simple. home folk who
never forget their old friends.
They have lived in Hollywood
for four years, and although their
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Captain Gets Band

An interesting story a bout
that hospital is that a captain,
with whom he became friendly,
stayed in the service until two
years ago and is now back head
ing a hospital. The captain
wrote to him:
I'VE need instruments for the
band and we can't steal them rs
you and I used TO do"
So Jim bought is pieces for
an orchestra TO entertain the
sick soldiers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
War Gives Theater
Another Shot in Arm
as Chaos Threatens

WAR HAS given the theater
W another shot in the arm,
Just when we thought 1t might
really be going to pass out. Sick
nigh unto death Of sTuivoca-
tions, doubts and mdecision.
along comes chaos and out of
that chaos a certain order for
the stage.
The theater has in wartime
two definite obligations it must
fulfill. 1t must either become
escapist or it must be bellicose;
it must entertain for the sake
of entertainment alone or II
must celebrate a common cause.
Comedy Revived
So we find interest suddenly
revived in gay comedy, musical
farce as well as in deep and
stirring wartime drama.
AS This Is the Army which
is due here at the Masonic au-
ditorium December %. vowed
Broadway with its VIGOROUSLY
martial tread, now New York is
welcoming the first of the great
war plays. The Eve Of st.
Mark" Maxwell Anderson's lat
est drama. which will visit here
later in the season.
But we don't have 10 wait for
these visitors TO stir local inter-
est in the footlight parade.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Jane CowI Back

To fill the void left by. the
sudden departure of The Show
or" the Lafayette has been ex-
tremely fortunate in getting
Jane Cowl to play the lead in
the John Van Druten comedy.
"Old Acquaintance" opening
Thursday night.
With Miss Cowl will be Kath-
ryn Givney in the role which
Peggy Wood had, Miss Wood
at present being a "Blithe
Spirit" with Clifton Webb in
New York. Also in the cast are
Roy Roberts last here with
Helen Hayes in Ladies and
Gentlemen" Nancy Wiman. the
daughter of Producer Dwight
Dere Wiman; Edna West and
Ann Franklin. both of whom
were in the original company at
the Morosco.
Following "Porgy and BeSs,"
which starts its second week at
the Cass this evening, we will
have the tempestuous Katharine
Hepburn in the new Philip
Barry comedy, without Love.
This opens October rs with
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18

have known each otner from
childhood. We married just
FIVE days before he went
overseas and our marriage
has lasted over rs years. So,
while i am opposed to sudden
war marriages, I do think
that II people have known
each other and been sweet
hearts before the war, II Is
good for any soldier to know
that the girl he loves belongs
to him. Any one Of Uncle
Sans boys will fight harder
for the wife he left behind
than fer any enc else. -
jim has many stories TO tell OF
when he went overseas. He
made many friends in the medi-
cal unit when he was sick in a
hospital and entertained the
boys. not only W lie he was
there but later when he re-
turned 10 give shows.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-18
Just Wants TO Look

"No. thank you, lady one
desert burned young looey told
a hostess, I'D rather not dance
Just yet. You see. 1 haven't
seen a pretty girl for six
months and I'd rather just sit
and look. Kind OF get myself
adjusted" he apologized. AZ the
Ambassador Hotel both cadets
and officers are also greeted
each week.
And so into Hollywood they
pour from camps a hundred
miles away: from every state
in the union; from many coun-
tries, Poland. Holland, England
and Scotland homesick lads
who find an overwhelming vel
come in glamour town,
So parents all over the world,
speak kindly of our town that
has really earned medal. But
don't try 10 give it one. II would
only melt IL down for ammuni-
non for our boys.
That's the kind Of town VIC
are!
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Budapest Quartet
In Library Concert

The Gertrude Clarke WhittaIl
Foundation in the Library of Con-
gress will sponsor a concert of
chamber music in the Coolidge audi
torium Of the Library on Friday eve
ming. The world-famous Budapest
String Quartet, now well known to
Washington music lovers, will pre-
sent the following program: Quar-
tet in. B Flat Major, K. v. 458," by
Mozart; Quartet, Op. 49," by Ed
ward Elgar, and the autobiographi-
cal Quartet in E Minor" by Smet-
ana, entitled From My Life" The
artists in the Budapest String Quar-
tet, long closely associated with the
Whittan Foundation, are Josef Rois-
mann and Alexander Schneider, vio-
lins; Boris Kroyt, viola, and Mischa
Schneider, violoncello.
Tickets for the public will be dis
tributed on and after tomorrow
morning, at $50 o'clock at the Cap
pei Concert Bureau in Billiards..
1910 G street NV. A service charge
OF Is cents, tax included, Is placed
on each ticket. No more than two
tickets will be available to one per-
son.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

Although the National Symphony's
annual sustaining fund campaign
to provide the necessary funds for
next season will not open until
Wednesday, the orchestra's manage
ment has announced that it Is pro-
ceeding in full confidence with all
plans for 1923.
Not only has an agreement been
reached with the musicians union
that will permit a six weeks season
of three concerts a week at the
Water Gate-the budget for which
is included in the Sustaining-fund
goal Of $ll4,000-but soloiSts have
also been engaged for next winters
season in Constitution Hall. In
fact, Conductor Hans Kinder has
almost completed the entire roster
Of assisting artists, and the COM
plete and final announcement of So
loists, dates and season-ticket prices
awaits only the successful compile
ton of the sustaining-fund drive.
Six of the thirteen soloists so far
engaged are native-born Americans,
a proportion that would have been
unthinkable even two or three years
ago. The native contingent Is COM
prised of Astrid Varnay, this sea-
sons soprano discovery Of the Met
ropolitan Opera; Carroll Glenn, the
young violinist who went on from
winning the National Federation
of Music Clubs award last year to
appearances with the major orches-
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Gregor Recital

Henry Gregor, pianist-composer.
Will give the first of a series of four
piano recitals this evening at Phil
lips Memorial Gallery at s pm.
The program will be devoted to
works by modern French and Span
lsh composers and will include De-
oussy's "Bruyeres" and Les Collines
dAnacapri," Severac's "Elegie," lies
Muletiers devant lie Christ de Lliyia"
and lie Retour des Muletiers": De-
lannoy's Diner sur Peau," Poulenc,s
"Bourree dAuvergne" and 'cMouve-
ment Perpetual" Satie's "Gnos-
cienne No. 8" and Sur un Vais-
Seau," AlbeniZ's "Sevillanas" and
"Rumores de la Caleta," Turina's
En- Promenade. Duo Sentiment
tai" Fiesta" and lie Retour." and
Granados' La Maja ct lie Rossignor'
and Three Spanish Dances"
Subjects to be covered on success
Sive Sunday evenings are: The
Dance as an Inspiration to Mil
sical Composition" Piano Music
Today and Yesterday" and "Rich-
ard Wagner, the Composer and the
Dramatist." The programs will be
interspersed with illustrative COM
ment.
Evening star., 1942-04-12

duplicated in even more emphatic
measure its triumphs at home.
The program through which Con-
ductor Hokanson will lead the
chorus at today's concert will be
divided into three groups. The first
group is ecclesiastical in character
and consists of three numbers:
Song of the Pilgrims" a 18th CEN
tury church melody: Bach's 'Lento,"
and the same composers motet,
The Spirit Also Helpeth U.s."
The second group consists of seven
examples of nationalistic folk music,
including May Day Carol" tradi-
tional English: "Fjorton Aar," tradi-
tional Swedish: Carol of the Bells, u
Russian Oeontovich) "Se Solens
Skjonne Lys," traditional Norwe-
gian; "Dormi," traditional Italian;
Come Now, Together" traditional
Bavarian, and Garry Me Back to
OF Virginny," Foster-H -Hokanson. The
third group is season in character
and offers Sibelius' Song of the
Shepherd" the traditional Swedish
Ring Danse," Sigurd Lies Snow"
and Edward Grieg's "Sidste Var"
(Spring).
Evening star., 1942-04-12
National Symphony Makes
Plans for Next Season

tras Of the country; Albert Spalding,
known for years as Americas vio-
nnist; Frances Nash, one of the
Melton, radio and concert tenor,
and Evelyn Swarthout, who made
a most favorable impression as
piano soloist on the l-Gershwin
program last summer. Also to be
heard on one of the Sunday con-
certs is the young Brazilian pianist
who wins this years Guiomar No
vaes award.
OF the soloists who have never
before been heard in Washington,
probably most interest will attach
to Astrid Varnay, the 23year-old
soprano. For it was Miss Varnay
who, less than "a hours before Pearl
Harbor, made an unannounced but
sensational debut at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House. At short notice
she stepped into the role of the
veteran Lotte lehman in die
Walkure," and though she had never
before been on an operate stage
sang and acted like a seasoned
trouper. The following week she
followed this up with an equally
impressive last-minute Bruennhilde,
substituting for Helen Traubel, and
then gave her real, fully prepared
debut as Elsa in "Lohengrin." Re-
hearsed or unrehearsed. Miss Varnav
had the critics and public with her
all the way.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Pen W0men Hold
Repi0naL Exhibition TODAY.

In the congressional room of the
Willard Hotel will be held this after
noon ana evening an exhibition OF
paintings by artist members in the
South Atlantic region, which takes
place in the District of Columbia
Virginia, Maryland. West Virginia
North and South Carolina. 1t will
be formally opened at $50 pm, but
the works shown may be viewed by
the public from 3 to o'clock.
A unique feature OF both afternoon
and evening sessions will be the sale
of War savings bonds. For the first Is
purchasers pictures included in the
exhibition have been donated as
gifts. The first donor was Mrs.
Alfred Fivax, who presented an oil
painting Of Dallas" Other gener-
GUS givers are Minnie L. Briggs,
Helen F. Collision, Josephine F. Dan
forth, Florence A. Everhart, Chris
tine Fields, Rosamond Gaydash,
Pherne Miller, Eugene Deland
Saugstad, Alma Winningham and
Angie Weaver Wright.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Music of Americas
Marks Concert for
Pan.American Day
ELSIE HOUSTON.

American Day celebrations
throughout the United States Tues
day will be brought to a climax by
concert of music of the Americas
at the Pan-American Union. The
instrumental portion Of the program
will be provided by the United
States Marine Band Orchestra, un-
der the leadership of Capt. william
F. Santelmann. Elsie Houston, we'll
known Brazilian soprano, will be
guest vocal soloist, accompanied by
Vicente de Sola. Francisco Mig
none, one of Brazil's outstanding
composers and pianists, will accom-
pany Miss Houston in a Brazilian
Suite" which he composed and
dedicated to her. A third Brazilian
artist. Bernardo Segau, will play
Mignone's Fantasia Brasileira No.
l." Scheduled to begin at $3.50 pm.
the concert will be broadcast.
Miss Houston will be remembered
by local music circles because of her
appearance last summer with the
National Symphony Orchestra at
the Water Gate. Her first concert
tour was made in Europe where she
sang classical sonnets in the various
capitals. She was the first singer
to bring the folk music of Brazil to
the concert halls. And it is as in
terpreter Of Indian, Voodoo and folk
tunes that Miss Houston has
achieved considerable attention.
Francisco Mignone, the composer,
studied piano and composition In
! the Dramatic and Musical Con-
| servatory of Sac Paulo, Brazil, until
in 1920 the State awarded him a
scholarship to study at the Con-
servatory Of Milan under Prof. Fer
roni. A prolific composer, he has
been particularly successful in the
creation of symphonic works, while
his three operas, "Cantabria," %
Contractador dos Diamantes" and
20 Innocente," have been well re-
ceived. Mr.. Mignone at present is
professor Of conducting at the Ma
tional Conservatory in Brazil.
Bernardo Segan, also from Sac
Paulo. attracted the notice Of
Brazilian musicians and educators
when very young. After completing
his studies at the Conservatory in
Sac Paulo, at the age of IA, Mr..
Segall came to the United States to
study under the eminent Alexander
Siloti. His recent appearances here
include a concert at Town Hall in
New York.
The United States Marine Band
Orchestra has been pioneer organ
ization in the performance of music
OF the Americas. Descriptive COM
positions of nine nations, Cuba,
Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, Bolivia,
Peru, Uruguay and Mexico are in
cluded on the program.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Stained GLASS Window of
Rare Beauty Is Dedicated

orange, as well as the white grounds
of the seals. The window Is out
standing with regard to the fresh,
clear primary colors Of these panels.
Henry Lee Willet, jr., is presum-
ably the third generation Of family
noted in the field of stained glass
design and craftsmanship for 40
years or longer. William Willet
(who died in 1921 and his wife,
Anne Lee Willet, made many beauti-
full windows, among them those in
the Cadet Chapel at West Point. A
quarter century ago, William Willet
encouraged the younger stained
glass designers in this country in
their revolt against opalescent glass
which was popular at the time, and
against the pictorial windows which
initiate book Illustrations, and still
occupy much space in churches.
William Willet's son, Henry Lee Will
let, still in his early forties, has an
imposing list Of installations, includ-
ing in Washington, windows in the
Children's Chapel Of the National
Cathedral, Trinity Episcopal Church
and Chevy Chase Presbyterian
Church.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Exhibitions BY Three Artists
Obens at Arts Club.

Three out-of-town artists will ex-
hibit at the Arts Club from today
until May /. In the gallery will be
paintings in oil by Daisy E. Erb of
Palm Beach, Fla; Room Portraits, u
by Elaine Drake. interior designer
of New York, will be shown in the
reception rooms, and examples of
small sculpture by Elizabeth Ran
dolph Gardner of New York, who is
coming to Washington for an ex-
tended stay, will be shown in con-
nection with the latter, but as BELTS
work in plastic medium. All three
artists have distinguished works to
their credit.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
Review of Recordings

wields. He himself seems always
and to view it in that light, a re-
markable achievement for a man
who has conducted the same things
over and over again during a long
lifetime.
HeifetZ, of all the famous artists,
has contributed most continuously
to the best performances by indi-
viduals. His latest recordings are
very beautiful performance of the
Beethoven Sonata No. 2 in E Flat
Major, Op. II, No. 2" with Emanuel
Bay in his usual fine piano collab-
grafton, and the Chausson Con-
certo in D Minor, Op. d." for vio-
lin, piano and string quartet. both
Victor albums. The unusual in
strumental combination that the
concerto calls for is supplied by
Jesus Maria Sanroma. pianist, and
the Musical Art Quartet. Not quite
so suave as Mr.. Bay, Mr.. Sanroma
gives an excellent performance how
ever, brilliant and poetic The
group, led by Heifetz, gives a
splendid reading of this little known
work and brings out the peculiar in
dividual character Of Chausson's
writing.
Among the busiest artistic group is
the Budapest String Quartet, which
almost monthly has made perma-
nent in disc form some work of their
large repertoire. For Columbia this
outstanding group has recorded
Beethoven's Quartet No. 16 in F
Major, Op. 1885," and for Victor,
Haydn's Quartet in G Major, Op.
54, No. l." Both performances are
polished in style and beautifully
presented.
Evening star., 1942-04-12
By Florence S. Bergman.

The triumphant cross is the cen
trail feature of stained glass
window dedicated recently in St.
Margaret's Church, Connecticut
avenue at Bancroft place, the gift
of Col. and Mrs. Paul S. Bond, in
memory of her father, the late Col.
John Vasser White. 1t was designed
by Henry Lee Willet, jr, and made
by the Willet Stained Glass Co. Of
Philadelphia.
The window consists Of three small
panels In which the elements of de-
sign are almost symmetrically bal
anced. In the central panel is the
cross, and in the side panels the
coat of arms of the military acad-
emy at West Point, and the seal
of the United States, beneath which
is the insignia of the Coast Artillery.
The design is completed with folia-
ton and scrolls inscribed ITO the
Glory of God" and in loving memory
of Col. White, with his dates. The
panels have dominant blue and
green tonahty, although there are
areas Of Jewel-ike red and golden
Evening star., 1942-04-12
| In Local
| Music Circles

The Evansville College A Cappella
Choir of Evansville, Ind. will give
a concert this evening at Foundry
Methodist Church at 8 pm. This
mixed group of 40 voices, under the
direction of Prof. Carl Hjortsvang,
will present program made up OF
familiar numbers, spirituals and
works by Russian composers.
Director Hjortsvang will sing the
solo part in the Bach-Gounod's
ave Maria" with Clinton Purdue,
member Of the choir, playing
violin solo and obbligato. This is the
18th season the choir has toured
In concerts.
The Sligo Music Club will hold its
monthly meeting Tuesday at pm.
at the home of Vesta Anderson in
Takoma Park. The choral group
will sing under the direction Of La
Vergne Fairchild Jeffries.
Mabel Linton Williams, pianist,
has returned to the city after a
long absence and resumed her mu-
sical activities. On March 80 she
was heard in the Tschaikowsky
Concerto No. 1" and Saint-Saens'
'Danse Macabre," together with
Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee, as
assisting artists of the Chesapeake
g. Potomac Telephone Co. Glee
Clubs program at the Y. w. c. A.
Felicia Rybier, well-known con-
cert pianist of Baltimore and Wash
ington, will present 16-year-old
Morton Robert Steinberg in a re-
cital at the Washington Club on
Sunday, April 10, at $3.50 pm. Nor
ton is an honor pupil at Roosevelt
High and graduates in June. He
just received the Civitan Award
given to the most outstanding
graduating pupil of each high school
and last year received the Harvard
Junior Award He will enter the
university next fall and has chosen
medicine as his profession. The
concert Is by invitation.
The American Guild Of Organists
will again sponsor q week Of organ
music this spring, with three re-
citals at the Washington Chapel of
the Latter-Day Saints Church, Six
teenth street and Columbia road,
April 20, % and Is. The recitalists
inchde Robert Ruckman. Jean
Slater Appel of Washington and
c. Griffith Bratt of Baltimore. Vir-
gil Fox Of Baltimore will be heard
| on Wednesday, April 20, at the
National Cathedral of the Episcopal
Church, Mount st. Adams.
Robert Brown, for nine years Or
ganist at Minneola, Long Island,
and other New York churches, has
succeeded Mrs. William p. Nixon
as organist at the Episcopal Church
of the Ascension, Silver Spring, Md.
He studied with Roderick Dugan,
organist at Christ Episcopal Church.
Mrs. Nixon, well known in music
circles, is now in ST. Louis, where
Mr.. Nixon was transferred. The
Rev. Joseph A. Hauber, B. S., is
director of Ascension Choir.
'Erminie," the operetta in which
De Wolf Hopper scored one of his
greatest successes, Is announced for
production in Roosevelt Auditorium,
May 6, z, 8, by the Columbia Light
Opera Company. under the direc-
ton Of Ethyl Manning.