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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29
Orchestra Plans
Extra Concerts
This Winter

Shows Concert Bureau, 721 Elev-
enth street NV, will reopen on
Wednesday for sale of tickets for
the Philadelphia Orchestra's regular
series of five concerts. No single
tickets will be sold till October /,
but series seats are available at all
prices, although not in every section
of Constitution Hall.
The Philadelphians' first appear
ance will be on October 10. Eugene
Ormandy will probably conduct all
five concerts. with November 30,
February /, February % and March
% scheduled for the remaining per-
formances. Rudolph Serkin, pianist,
will play with the orchestra on Feb
ruary /. Extra nonseries concerts
will be held on December % with
Oscar Levant and April Is, guest
artist to be announced.
Following his usual custom, Con-
ductor Ormandy has spent the sum-
mer reviewing and recognizing old
programs and trying out new
scores, in which he takes keen
interest. One new composition that
the orchestra will probably present
next season is Harl McDonalds vio-
lin concerto, recently completed.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who is manager
of the Philadelphia Orchestra, is
one of only two Americans listed
among the big ten contemporary
composers of the entire world. A
survey Of the repertoires of 10 lead
ing symphony orchestras through
out the country, recently completed,
reveals that Mcdonald rates second
only to the late George Gershwin
among all American composers in
the number of performances of his
works in the course of a year.
From his summer home in Bris-
toll, Maine, comes the announcement
that he is rapidly completing his
four-part symphonic suite inspired
by events of the war. The first two
movements, "Overture-1941" and
"Bataan," have already been per-
formed by a number of the Ma
TONS leading orchestras. The cycle
will be completed with "Interlude"
and Battle Hymn"
At the request of the United
States Army Ordnance Department,
Mr.. Mcdonald has written an off,
cial march, Ordnance for Victory"
for them. In coast-to-coast hook
up July % the Ordnance Depart
ment Band of the Aberdeen Prov
ing Grounds broadcast the march
for its first hearing.
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For Summer Sport
That's Different, Try
Water Baseball
BY ID. HI. ELSOM,

If you are looking for some new
fun this summer, try water baseball.
We have diamond laid out in the
water at the sandy bottomed beach
at the lake, and every afternoon we
have some exciting games.
Our diamond is laid out so that
home plate is nearest to shore. The
catcher and the batter stand in wa
ter about knee-deep. From there
out it gets gradually deeper, so that
the pitcher is standing in water up
to his waist, and all you can see OF
the second baseman Is his head and
shoulders. The outfielders are SWIM
ming around in water which is over
their heads.
We play the game according to
regular baseball rules. The bases
are floating boards which are an
chored in place with a stone and a
piece Of rope. We use a regular
bat, and water-tight rubber ball
which floats, and Is easy to see be-
cause it is white.
You can imagine that the game is
rather amusing, played on such q
diamond. When the batter knocks
out long hit, he starts out running
toward first base, but, of course, he
can't run very fast through the wa
ter, although he puts out a great
deal of energy. From first base to
second, and between second and
third, the water is too deep to per-
init running. so the runner must
become swimmer" When he gets
to third base, however, the water is
shallower, and he can start running
again.
Under these conditions a home
run is rather slow work. But the
batter doesn't have all the hard
work. The poor fielders who are
thrashing about in deep water chas-
ing fly balls have troubles all their
own. And did you every try to throw
ball when you were in water over
your head?
Well, try water baseball-it's great
sport!
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Rays Corner /.

The Civil War left both North
and South in sad condition. There
was mourning for those who had
been killed, and there were hard
times" for those who were alive.
Into the South from northern
states came fortune hunters-men
who were nicknamed "carpetbag-
gers" because they were said to
carry nothing but small travelling
bags made from carpet cloth. Some
Of them were not honest, and OBJ
tanned public money to use for their
own ends. A secret society called
the Ku KluX Khan drove some of
the carpetbaggers from the South
and kept negroes from voting.
Twelve years passed before af-
fairs became quiet in the South, but
in 1877 period of progress set in.
About two-thirds of the land of
the United States is west of the
Mississippi. Before the Civil War,
there were dozens of railroad lines
east of the river, but very few miles
of track existed in the West. To
travel to the Pacific Coast people
used stagecoaches.
There was pony express" line
which carried letters from st.
Joseph, Mo, to California. The
riders changed horses at different
places along the route. After 60
ing a certain distance, the rider
would pause and give his mail sack
to another rider. About 40 riders
were riding west and an equal num-
Der east all the time-day and night.
A distance of 1000 miles was
covered in nine days, an average of
more than 200 miles day. The
charge for sending letter by pony
express was IS.
Besides the pony express, there
was freight service, and also a
stagecoach service. Mark Twain, the
famous author, made a stagecoach
journey from Missouri to Nevada in
1861. He paid $3.50 for his ticket,
and found the trip long and firing.
Eight years later, two railroads
were completed. One ran from
Sacramento, Calf, to Ogden, Utah,
the other from Omaha, Neb., to
Ogden.
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BY ELENA DE SAYN.

The startling news about an un-
known Beethoven symphony which
contradicts the accepted number of
nine, has excited the world since
1909. However, it is only now, due
to Victor's recent release, that the
public at large can become
acquainted with it, This incident
reminds us that there might be
other symphonies to follow, since
Beethoven's sketch book contained
material for at least two or three
more.
The new find is known as Jena"
Symphony, uncovered in the Jena
archives of the Academic Concerts,
Oldest in Germany. 1t is recorded
by Walter Jansen and the Jansen
Symphony of Los Angeles. Alive
with healthy vigor, the work is un-
conventional in incubation and CHI
matte effects. 1t is supposedly Bee
thoven's first attempt in this form,
possibly composed II or IA years be-
fore his first official opus.
Although this symphony does not
resemble the other nine, it is the
unmistakable Beethovenesoue STYLE
which finally won the concurring
opinion OF musicologists as to it's
identity. The symphony has a
stately beginning. A free use of a
German folk song, Il Watch at
Darkest Midnight" constitutes its
second movement. The third, origi-
nal in character, is in a minuet
form. Especially pleasing is the
theme introduced by a solo violin
and later repeated by the whole
section. A sturdy finale is full of
miniature climaxes, which reach a
eliminating point at the end, max
ing a fine display. The symphony
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house taking form. At flrst 1t was
rather queer looking, but as time
went on 1t began to look more and
more like respectable home should.
Finally came the DAY when it was
all complete except putting shingles
over the raw looking tar paper, and
inside finish. Then the bombshell
hit! To every ones CONSERVATION
we found that the schools were to-
open iii less than week, and we
thought good two weeks hence.
After some debate 1t was decided
that the best plan was to move
into the house just as 1t was, and 6
finish it while living there. What
an adventure, thought the younger
members, to live in an unfinished 4
house. 1t turned out to be one, all
right, but not one We bargained for.
Tuesday morning dawned bright
and clear, though hot. All that
morning was devoted to packing
and numerous other things that are
essential when it comes to moving.
About noon the van came and an
other hour or two was spent in
watching the men carry the furni-
ture to the van. At last everything
was in readiness, the van was raring
to go, the house vas locked up and
every one was in the car, piled higl,
with blankets and such things. We
drove away, keenly looking forward
to our new home.
We went by different route than
the Van, so we soon lost track of it.
Arriving before the moving truck.
we settled down to wait for it. And
what a long wait we did have! It
seemed that 1t had become lost
and no one could direct them to
where we were to live. Half
heartedly, a search in the car was
made, but to no avail. BY this time
everybody was extremely worried for
fear OF an accident These fears
were Quilted some two hours later
when into the yard it drove, bearing
shame-faced crew mumbling some
poor excuses. BY this time it was
too dark to do anything but put
the furniture into the house and
go to bed. 1t was voted that for
our beds we would have a mattress
spread out on the floor.
The next morning, with the sun
brightly shining, my father went
! to work, leaving the rest of us to
try to straighten up the place.
Added to our already queer plight,
the. new stove we had ordered had
not come, so the only thing we had
to cook on was a small oil heater,
We tried to cook on this, finding
that, while we could, 1t was a very
slow process, taking about three or
four times as long as usual. When
| the new stove came the next day
every one was extremely relieved.
The next week end every one but
my father went to spend the time
out at the home of my grand
parents, thus giving my father a
chance to complete the house as
| best he could in the little time.
Now the house is finished and I
don't believe it could be recog-
nlzed as the unfinished house
that we so hurriedly moved into.
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Have You Seen?

Anne Rails, Is, of Calvin Coolidge
High School, and Henry Funk
houser, ID, Paul Junior High School,
are responsible for this item. They
ask If any reader of The Junior
Star has ever seem
A fire escape? A tuna fish? A barn
dance? A door step? A house fly? A
water pitcher? A kitchen sink? An
orange peel? A ball park? A lamb
chop? A milkshake? An ice skate?
A salad dressing? A meat loaf?
A cigar box? A Venetian blind?
A tooth pick? A cow hide? A board
walk? A back fence? A paper clip?
A vegetable stand? A nose drop?
A diamond ring? A bedspread? A
cantaloupe? A fish bowl? A choco-
late Sunday? A footprint? A rubber
band? A bubble dance? A sales slip?
A Jolly pop? A cash register? A
tootsie roll? A cigarette smoke?
A tennis court? A sandwich? A
chicken neck? A living room? A
pen point? An egg plant? A CHM
ney sweep? An ocean tide? A
feathercut? A raindrop? A nose
run? A screwdriver? A fire fly? A
wrist watch?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29

When those. railroads were COM
pleted, it was possible to make a
trip from California to New York
by rail. Passengers had to change
cars several times along the way,
but the journey was much faster and
not nearly so tiresome as the old
time ways of travel.
The owners of the railroads re-
ceived an average of $32, 900 of public
money for each mile of track which
was laid. In addition. thev were
given more than $4,000, 900 acres of
public land. This land was nearly
equal in area to the State of Penn
sylvania.
In the early years of western
settlement, most of the settlers made
their homes in California or Oregon.
The people of the plains were chiefly
Indians, who obtained food by hunt
ing buffaloes.
The sport of hunting buffaloes
caught the fancy of a great number
OF white men. Journeying westward
by train, they shot vast numbers of
the beasts. The hides were usually
taken off to be shipped east. while
the flesh went to waste. +
The Indians felt that their game,
supply was being taken from them.
as, indeed, it was. BY 1890, there
were few buffaloes left.
From time to time, the Indian
tribes went on the warpath against
the few white settlers in the prairie
region. Soldiers were sent to nut
them down. Here and there, the
Indians won battle. The fierce
warriors OF the Sioux tribe met and
defeated a small army under Gen.
Custer. killing every soldier. The
general result of the fighting, how
ever. was to drive the Indians where
the whites wanted them to 90,
Efforts were made toe set aside
districts where the Indians could
live at peace. Tribes from east of
the Mississippi had been placed on
the western plains. Later-when thu
whites found that the plains would
serve well for cattle grazing-the In
dams were shipped to the Bad Lands
OF Dakota and to the Rocky Noun
tain region.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29

sweden and England, told us that
the American flyers he saw in Eng
land did not talk much because they
were too busy and too engrossed in
their job.
He noticed that Sweden and
England are far ahead of us In
building cheap, one-unit homes for
the lower classes. The slurns are dis
appearing fast, it seems. "An you
ever know WELL" he said, lis what
you yourself have seen"
Mr.. Childs related how. at the
fall OF France, his friends and he
thought their world was collapsing:
they could no longer feel secure
because England and France had
long been our bastion in the
Atlantic.
He found link between the past
ana the present in the former
Chinese Ambassador, DR.. HUI Shi.
At IL, HUI Shi was betrothed to
a Chlnese peasant girl. When he
was 30 he was faced with the
problem of marrying the girl or
falling to observe an old Chinese
custom. He was already famous all
over the world, and the girl could
neither read nor write. But he
married her because, like his fore
fathers, he had to be faithful to a
Chinese tradition,
HUI Shi says everything we do
everything we say is immortal The
past lives IN all of us. For instance
nine centuries ago Chinese author
wrote an essay which the Emperor
didn't like. The Emperor had 70
famous scholars declare it untrue
The author of the essay was killed
the essay lost.
But three centuries later another
scholar found it, condensed it into
81 words, and was beheaded by the
Emperor for it.
Then, 500 years later, a boy 9 wears
Old found it in an old dried-un
cistern. The boy was HUI shi 4
thought 300 years old was living
again.
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Music
Notes
Financial Cost
Big Item in
Music Scheme
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

1t Is definitely recognized by now
that music should belong and be
made accessible to all classes OF
people. There has been made every
effort to acquaint the uneducated
with the better music, to explain
the manner of acquiring apprecia-
ton and to urge the personal study
Of music and the attendance at
concerts as cultural necessity
toward a better spiritual and ideal
istic manner of living. Yet with all
this talk about how every one,
from the lowest to the highest in
the social scale, should be given a
chance to incorporate it into their
scheme of living, there is men
toned rarely one important item.
This is money.
With only a few exceptions, the
enjoyment of music means spending
money. The ABC of music study
cannot be thought of independent
of its cost. Instruments must be
bought, teachers paid and music &C
CURED at the very outset. This
continues in increasing proportions
as study progresses. A musical
career costs fortune in managers
fees, advertising, coaching, clothes,
etc. This Is from the students
or aspiring professionals angle.
For the layman, prices of vary
Ing amounts must be paid for every
concert he listens to- He cannot
hear a great artist in person or a
symphonic program, other than
those on the radio, without paying
for II amply. Music schools, con-
servatories, orchestras or chamber
music groups can be kept alive in
most cases only by contributions
from the generous minded. Com
posers are dependent on the selling
OF their works for living. There
Is never moment from the time
a work is conceived in a composers
mind until 1t is heard by the public
Through the medium of an artist
or ensemble, that money is not con-
cerned.
In the main, this is as 1t should
be. The making of music is a pro-
fession and the listening to it is at
the discretion of the individual. But
is the profession of music always &C.
corded the respect and the recogni-
ton OF financial obligation by the
outsiders. Can the spiritual and
cultural value of music be dissemi-
mated far and wide when its cost
must be considered.
1t would seem that in the future
when the musical life of all coun-
tries will be f1ourishing again that
this condition should be given some
consideration. Either music must
De made accessible with little money
barrier to its enjoyment or 1t must
be accepted generally and officially
as a profession for the benefits OF
which the public will be willing to
pay any reasonable price. The for
mer can be realized probably only
through governmental help and the
latter by the firm determination
never to expect to hear music with
out paying for 1t.
All that has been said about how
VITAL music is to every community
anu individual has born fruit in a
more widespread knowledge and
hking OF the art. But the cost has
neen kept In the background. Soon
the time will come when a further
seep must be taken to widen the
sphere OF enjoyment by regulation
OF the financial outlay.
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Posers

Some people are Just natural
seekers after knowledge" and
they're the ones who most enjoy
quizzes of all kinds. Are you one
of the seekers?
l. What river is famous for it's
salmon fishing?
2. What is the meaning of mill
tant"?
3. What is a Spanish don?
4. What instrument is used to
measure temperature?
5. What does amphibian mean?
8. What two gases unite to form
common liquid?
7. What NEUROLOGICAL character
was killed by being struck on the
heel?
8. What British legislative body
corresponds to the United States
House of Representatives?
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very good schools. American boys
and girls are very lucky, he says,
because they have free education
through high school, whereas in
Italy students have to pay after the
fifth grade.
Attilio finished elementary school
in Italy. All boys are required to
take military education there.
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Concert Schedule

TODAY.
Navy School of Music Chorus, Mar
vn Maher, director. National Gallery
of Art. 8 pm.
Washington Civic Orchestra, DR..
Kurt Hetzel, director, Walter Reed
hospital, 7:30 pm.
Milton Schwartz. violinist. Phyllis
SchwartZ, soprano, joint recital, Phil
lips Gallery, pm
TOMORROW.
Navy Band, Gordon Finlay, cor
net, soloist, East Front. Capitol,
Marine Band, Joseph Leo, clar,-
net, Robert Isele, trombone, soloists
Marine Barracks, 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
Marine Band. Marine Barracks
1870 .. m.
Soldiers Home Military Band.
Bandstand, $3.50 pm.
WEDNESDAY.
!. Marine Band, Marine Barracks.
lao Pm, Capitol Plaza, pm.
THURSDAY.
Soldiers Home Military Band,
bandstand, 8 pm
FRIDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
l pm.
SATURDAY.
Soldiers Home Military Band,
bandstand, 6 pm.
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in the Gulf OF
Naples, OF the
coast of Italy.
The inhabitants
depend mostly
on agriculture
for their living.
The products are
wine, 6 r a ! n,
oranges, vege-
tables and hay.
A ttilio left
Italy on Deem
Der 8, 1888, and
arrived in Wash
1ngton on the
18th. He thinks
A m lea has
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material for the
house from g.
building concern
which had to be
shipped to the
town where we
planned to con-
struct. After the
material had ar
rived worknen
were hired and
the new house
began to rise
Every one in the
family used to
come and spend
enjoyable hours
watching tn e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29

mess at an Eng
lish b m b e r
station. In the
Raj 1t is COM
mon to find COLO
nels in their
early 20s.
At the gradual
ton exercises of
the Bethesda
Chevy Oh a S e
Summer High
5 c n o oil, M r
C h ! S, noted
author and cor
respondent, re-
Gently returned
from a trim ~
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Poser A ns,Ders

Poser Ansvers
/. The Columbia. 2. Engaged in
warfare, fighting, combative, etc. 3.
A Spanish nobleman or gentleman.
4. The thermometer. 5. Something
which lives or travels both on land
and water. 6. Hydrogen and oxygen
unite to form. water. 7. Achilles.
8. The House of Commons.
Teacher: You're a pretty sharp
boy, Billy.
Billy: I oughta be; pa strops me
three or four times a day.
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Correspondent
Tells of Trip
To Europe
Prize Contribution
BY DANIEL FENDRICK, l3,

Leland Junior High School.
observation-disclosures under 81 not
admitted without parents" This is
the sign Marquis w. Childs first
noticed when he visited the officers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-08-29

MY plate is damp" complained
a traveller who was dining in an
expensive restaurant.
HUSH" said his wife, that's your
soup"
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Just to Remind You
By EDNA DOLORES CATCHER, 10

Brown Junior High School.
A word of blame will make you mad;
A word of praise will make you glad.
Since words mean so much today,
Be careful with the ones you say.
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Bad Error

Bad Error
Eve sold everything out of that
room," said the helper at the rum
mage sale proudly
Dear, dear" cried the minister's
wife, that was the cloakroom!"