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Evening star., 1943-02-21
Sings
In Concert Here
This Afternoon
Noted Soprano
VIII Present
Fine Program

Gladys Swarthout, American-born
soprano of the Metropolitan Opera
and a singer who is weekly heard
by millions throughout the Ameri-
cas- as the vocal star Of THE Fami-
ly Hour" radio program, temporarily
forsakeS radio for single afternoon
to appear in recital at Constitution
Hall today at 4 o'clock under the
management of Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorsey, who is presenting Swarth-
out as the third major vocal at
traction Of her concert and re-
cital series of 1923.
Opening her program with two
songs by Handel - "Lascia chic
pianga" from "Rinaldo," and La
Speranza," from "Ottone"-Miss
Swarthout will sing the famous
Amour viens alder" aria from
Samson ct Delilah," before Offer
ing two songs of the Auvergne--
'Bailero (pastorale)" and "Malurous
quo uno fenno Unhappy he who
has wife," both arranged by J.
Canteloube. The same group will
include three Spanish songs: Can
tiga de Ninar" (Mignone), "El Maio
Discreto' (Granados) and eel Vito"
(Nln). Clarence Olmstead's suite
for voice and piano, Time" will
be an outstanding feature of Miss
SWarthout's program, which will
close with group of songs in Eng
lish: Sing, o My Heart" CKings-
forO, The Linden Tree" etGriffes),
"The Pasture" (NaginskD and "Alle.
luiah" (O'Connor- Norris.
Miss SWarthout is now the princi-
pal interpreter of mezzo-soprano
roles at the Metropolitan, having
been heard last Monday night in
Carmen" her greatest Metropol-
itan success, in which she assidu-
ously studied Mary Gardens per-
formances in former years from the
wings, just as she learned breath
control from John Mccormack.
Swarthout long was famous as op-
era's greatest interpreter of boy"
roles-the shepherd in "Tosca," and
"Tannhaeuser," Siebel in Faust"
Frederick in "Mignon" and Ste
piano in Romeo and Juliet"-be-
fore assuming her present vocal en-
inence at the Metropolitan.
Mrs. Dorsey announces that John
Charles Thomas, American baritone,
who was scheduled to appear in re-
cltal at Constitution Hall two weeks
from today, on Sunday, March T. at
4 o'clock, will be unable to appear,
owing to radio commitments which
require his presence in California at
that time, and that his place will be
taken by Ezio Pima, celebrated
basso of the Metropolitan Opera.
Tickets for the Thomas recital will
be honored for the PIMA recital
without exchange Of any kind.
Wartime transportation difficult
ties have made necessary the cancel
lation of the announced second con-
cert here this season of the Don
Cossack Russian Male Chorus,
Serge Jaroff, conductor, who first
appeared here on Sunday after
noon, November /, and were sched-
uled to reappear on Tuesday eve
ming, March 9, at $3.50 o'clock. Per-
sons holding tickets for this per-
formance are requested, to return
same to Mrs. Dorsey's bureau and
receive refund as the performances
cannot be given.
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Junior Scholarship
Plans Announced

Announcement of the fourth an
nual additions for the Edgar Still
man Kelley Junior scholarship of
the National Federation of Music
Clubs, which consists of a $3.50
scholarship for advanced study, was
made by Etelka E. Evans, national
chairman for these events. The
additions are open to native-born
lnstrumentaliSts or vocaists who
shall not have reached the age of
16 before March l, 1943
District additions have been
abandoned because of gasoline and
tire rationing, but State additions
will be held as usual in the 25 States
comprising the Eastern region. For
the District of Columbia and vi
cinity application blanks may be
obtained from Mrs. Kathryn Law
renee, 1914 North Taylor street, Ar
lington.
Patriotic Song Contest.
Inauguration of Nationwide con-
test to obtain a patriotic song of
outstanding merit for premiere on
the NBC network during National
Music Week has been announced
by Mrs. Guy Patterson Gannett
president of the National Federation
of Music Clubs.
Judges will be Leopold Stokowski
orchestral conductor; Fred Waring
band leader and glee club conductor;
Lawrence Tibbett, baritone; Mai
Howard Bronson, music officer, Spe-
cial Service Division, War Depart
ment; and Ernest La Prade, director
musical research, NBC. Miss Rhea
Siberia, 200 West Fifty-seventh
street, New York City, will serve as
chairman of a committee to receive
the manuscripts by March 81, 1943
Beside the air premiere, the win
ner will have his music published or
a royalty basis by the Mills Music
Co., provided manuscript OF
sufficient merit is secured.
There ave no stipulations as tC
age or racial background. Manu-
scripts, including both words and
music, are to be sent under a nom
de plume, but accompanied by a
sealed envelope containing the full
name and address of the composer
and a brief biography. A song OF
two or three minutes length Is
| sought.
Evening star., 1943-02-21
'Daphnis and Chloe

The revival of "Daphnis and
Chloe" Second suite) by the Cleve-
land Orchestra under Artur Rodzin-
ski (Columbia). once commissioned
of Ravel by Diaghilev for his spec
tacular ballet productions in Paris,
enables one to hear this lovely work
and enjoy it as an orchestral COM
position. The ripping sound of
violins, the melancholy tune of the
flute, the whirl of tambourines and
the climaxing appassionato of the
finale with its sparkling chromatics
and crash of cymbals give the Or
chestra and Mr.. Rodzinski an op-
portunity to show their virtuosity
to the fullest.
Evening star., 1943-02-21

The Friday Morning Music Club
will present Dorothy Spencer Rem
sen, harpist; Charlotte Schuster.
singer, and Catherine Tinsman
Speh, pianist, at its meeting Friday
at Barker Hall, YWCA, at 1880
am. s.
Desire Defauw, one of the worlds
most distinguished musical person.
alities, has been appointed musical
director and conductor of the Chi
cago Symphony Orchestra for the
season beginning next fall. He sue
ceeds the late Frederick Stock, who
died on October 20, 1912.
The Bethlehem Bach Choir an
nounces its forthcoming 36th fes-
tival to take place Friday and Sat-
urday, May IA and IS, In Packer
Memorial Chapel on the campus Of
Lehigh University.
Helen Limon Baldwin presents
members of the Baldwin Music Club.
a Federated Junior Music Club of
the DCFMC in recital on Friday,
7:30 pm, in the Musical Art Center.
1925 G street NV, when Joan
Conger, Catherine Emery, Janet
Howe, Natalie Frankie, Bobby Kales,
Jane Kales, Eleanor Moran. Eileen
Mund, Amelita Perez, Mary Louise
Rippey and Janet Wilson will par
ticipate.
Thelma Callahan will present a
group of her pupils in a piano recital
Friday at 8:l5 pm. in the Petworth
Methodist Church, Grant Circle and
New Hampshire avenue NV. Com
positions of Bach, Mozart, Beetho-
ven, Schubert, Schumann. Tschai-
koWsky, Chopin and MacDowell will
be played by Ellen Deck, Peter
Maserick, Dianne Hogan, Jon Pow
ell, Joanne Nelson, Dottie Nav
Drayer, Ann Sterling, Elizabeth Cor
pening, Barbarba Benner, Myrtle
Marie Sweeney, Shirley Ward, Mari
lyn Laschalt, Phyllis Ann Kettner,
Barbara Browning, Helen Loudon.
Barbara Phillips, Truman Ward,
Marion Black, Myra Minnoyitz, Bill
Clampitt, Donald Mallorey, Beatrice
Keating, Gloria Slovensky, Shirley
Malorey, Jan Durward, Richard
Hill and Virginia Bradford.
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Art
New Water Color
Exhibitions Among
Seasons Finest
By Florence S. Bergman.

BY Florence S. Bergman.
Washington has seen number of
excellent water color shows during
the past four months, beginning
with the Washington Water Color
Clubs annual at the Corcoran Gal
lery in October. This month Leo
nora Quarterman's solo display in
the foyer Of the National History
Building and L. Gerard Paine's
group at the Arts Club, reviewed
last Sunday, introduce two compe-
tent aquarellists, who bring ref1ec-
tions of their sharply contrasted
regions.
Savannah, Ga, is the theme of
Miss Quarterman's exhibition. Com
posed Of 70 large water colors. the
majority done in the past year or
two, it is also a demonstration of
her industry. She generally uses a
pure transparent wash, with depth
of tone giving strength to her
paintings, and handles her sub
jects in broad but naturalistic
manner. Some of the works are
executed wholly or partly in gouache.
One derives the impression that
the show as a whole constitutes
faithful likeness Of Savannah-its
old houses, many with handsome
iron balconies and grilles and 18th
century flavor; its trees and parks
with their semi-tropical vegetation;
its important water front and eX-
tensive Wharves, with ships, and
finally its squalid ledge Of town"
neighborhoods. There are also
few interiors, ranging in variety
from the Telfair Academy to an o.u
mill. One of the city market is par
ticularly effective. crowded with Ne
groes from the country, with fruits
and vegetables for sale. The only
disappointing feature of the land
scape and city paintings is the ar
lists handling Of skies, some of
which seem pale and Intellectual.
while few appear too oppressiyely
gray for the sunny scenes indi-
Gated.
Miss Quarterman also shows por-
traits and figure paintings. those |
of Christine" and Corpl. William
Cassius being especially good. So, |
too, is one of young Negress with |
handsome thoughtful face, entitled |
Pure Gold"
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Barney Portraits at
Hoicard University.

Anent the exhibition of oil and
pastel paintings by Alice Barney
which opened last month at Howard
University, a biographical note was
given here on January II. Only
one more week remains to see this
arresting show.
More than so portraits fill the art
gallery and overflow into the foyer
and founders library on the second
floor. They are deeper-toned, lower
in key than todays portraits, yet
they are vital and strong and full
Of individuality. 1t is easy to un-
derstand the artists popularity with
prominent people of her day.
Furthermore, these portraits are
not only likenesses Of interesting
personalities but also of a whole
period. To those of us who grew
up after World War I the gay COS"
and the first ID years of this CEN
tury seem veritable golden age.
Life appeared to hold unlimited op-
portunities; every father looked for
ward to a better life for his chill
dren than he had enjoyed The
world was apparently moving up
ward as well as onward. 1t must
have been wonderful time to have
lived.
One is not surprised, then, to
zee so much confidence, such lit
ing assurance in the men and wom-
en- who look out of Alice Barney's
portraits. OF outstanding interest
are the paStels of George Bernard
Shaw in l918-youthful looking,
with his red beard, although he
was then over so; of Mrs. Patrick
Campbell, with an expression of
dramatic intensity, and of Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth when she was
Alice Roosevelt living in the White
House.
Several self-rortraits reveal Alice
Barney to have been herself a
glamorous figure. Her two beautiful
daughters, blond Natalie and dark
haired Laura, appear in several por-
traits each. Anita Hunt" full
length in black, reminds one of
WhiStler's famous portrait of Rosa
Corder, legitimate influence. for
Mrs. Barney studied under Whistler.
This exhibition closes at Howard
University next Saturday.
Virginia Court Houses.
An exhibition Of paintings and a
few drawings by Sarah Baker is the
last show at the Whyte Gallery be-
fore it moves to its new location
on Connecticut avenue next month
More than 20 works On view are in
most instances small, intimate
paintings. They record quick i'm
pressions Of the circus. street scenes
and horses in fresh colors set in a
generally warm gray or tan tonal-
ity.
Miss Baker, a native Of Memphis
Tenn has been q Washin2tonian
for several years. She studied under
three artists of sharply different
gifts: Hugh Breckenridge. Arthur
Carries and Andre L'hote. None OF
them seems to have Influenced her
or perhaps she Synthesized then
diverse influences into a style en-
tirely her own.
Evening star., 1943-02-21

WARREN IHIEHc F. JOHNSON; ORGANIsr
22nd and SITS. NV,
7:3O O'CLOCK
Sing Unto Him
New Song" Herbert HoweaIs
psalm Prelude No. IT'D
Evening star., 1943-02-21

or 10 of Virginia's hundred coun-
ties, and planned to make an etch-
ing of every courthouse still in use.
He started in July, l941, and be-
tween that time and April last year
he had travelled more than 1000
miles by auto and had material for
40 etchings. Gas rationing has post
poned until after the war his COM
pletion of the series.
The primary interests of these
etchings are historical and arcfi-
tectural. Among the best plates are
those of Saluda, Floyd, Green,
Goochland, Albemarle and Kappa
hammock County Courthouses. Arch
itectural similarity between many of
these, which are red brick buildings
with white columns, gives the plates
a corresponding similarity in general
appearance. Only 8 of the 40 de-
picted are 18th century; the oldest
is that of King William County, built
about 100. This, and those of
Charles City County, 1880; Hanover
County, 1875, and Richmond County,
1748, follow an older rural tradition.
ard hence have a more individual
appearance.
Informative labels acquaint the
visitor with interesting historical
items. The Fairfax County Court
house, one learns, contains the wills
Of George and Martha Washington;
( Thomas jefferson was consulting
architect for Charlotte County
/ Courthouse, and Patrick Henry pied
! the Parsons Cause IN Hanover
County Courthouse.
III the Civil War period, Nottoway
| Countys records were destroyed by
| Federal Troopers; but the presence
Of mind of Brunswick County's clerk
| saved its records from a similar fate.
| AS the Union troops approached, he
/ spread his Masonic apron over the
| records, and they were not moleSted.
I Some of the old court records pre-
/ serve quaint cases. such as that of
/ the woman who sWore rs oaths in
4 Essex County.
Mr.. Milh0llen was president of the
/ Society of Washington Etchers three
. years ago.
'Ihe Greet Month Of Narch.'
+ The Greek War Relief Association,
Inc, cooperating with the District
Of Columbia Community War Chest,
is to have an exhibition at the
United War Relief Center, 1918 Con-
necticut avenue, during March. A
/ selection Of Greek Island embroid-
cries from the collection of George
Hewitt Myers. will be shown from
March 6 to IL There will also be
two 4th century 3. C. Greek marble
heads and other antiquities.
Animm Sh0aO at 1rfs club.
Mabel Greer's engaging llitho-
/ graphic drawings of animals in the
+ reception room at the Arts Club, in
clude a series of Dogs for Defense"
/ in which many dog lovers will find
their tavorite breeds of larger dogs.
/ The winsome cocker and Wire-haired
/ terrier are subjects of other por-
/ traits, as well as horses and cats of
many kinds, to which the artist is
! especially devoted Her house is re-
puted to be overrun with handsome
specimens, whose excellent condi-
ton testifies to her devotion. They
obviously repay her as models.
Evening star., 1943-02-21
Sarah Baker
At Whyte Gallery.

Hirst Milhollen, Virginia artist on
the staff Of the fine arts division, Ii
brary Of Congress-, recently has
made an etching-suryey Of court
houses in his native State. Forty
prints are now or view at the Lii
brary in glass cases outside of the
north gallery on the second floor.
MIR. Milhollcn has visited all but
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-01

James Conaway, student at the.
University Of Virginia, Charlotteszl
Vile. has been visiting his mother,
Mrs. Annie G.. Conaway. Y
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Perry Graves
have had as their guest for teW
DAYS the formers brother, Malors
Edmund S. Graves, of Dennam's
Mass. -
Pfc. Vernon Hill, who was wound
ed by shrapnel in the Tunisian
campaign on March 80. this year.
and was awarded the Purple Heart
for "singularly meritorious brave,
ry.,' has arrived here, and viii
spend two weeks with his PARENTS
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hill, near here.
After being at their home, COR
ner West Pine and South Front
streets, for the past month, Mrs
G. M. VanValkenburg and two chif-i
dren have returned to Virginia
Beach where her husband, Doctor
VanValkenburg, is in the armed
forces.
Raymond Moore, who for over a
year has been with the armed
forces in Greenland, is spending
some time with his parents. Mr.:
and Mrs. James Moore, at Mills?
bOrO.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-01

emissary or a correspondent, bu
also properly she should not bl
both. A representative of the Pres
ident has privileges and access t.
information not available to a wal
correspondent or reporter. Ger,
tainly the facts open to her for pub
| lication should be equally open tC
the journalistic profession as q
whole. Fair play and respect fol
the rights of the press suggests
that she should have cast. aside
her journalistic privileges when
she took up the responsibilities oi
being the Presidents emissary, ii
such she be.
However. laying aside any con-
fusion over the status of Mrs.
Roosevelt in her fitting about the
South Pacific, there is one cold out
standing fact that should begin to
permeate the skulls of some of
those connected with this admins
tration. That is the effect ON public
morale of costly jaunts that re-
quire gas, grease, manpower, mill
tary protection and money while
the nation strains every muscle and
nerve to meet war calls. 1t takes
three and one-half gallons of gas
oline a minute to fly a bomber at
$50 miles an hour-almOst a gallon
to the mile. This is a half gallon
more than the weeks supply of a
Delaware A card holder. The trans
port plane which carried her could
have done better service over Italy
or over the swamps of the South
Pacific where brave soldiers are
suffering and dying. The convoy
which protected her on her flights
could have done better service
hunting out Jap subs or troop ships
in the Pacific.
There must have been a convoy
for we read in one of her letters
that every time she returned to the
air transport command ship she
got a thrill of pride as she looked
at the ship and realized its speed |
and capacity" She names high
officers of the military and naval
forces who attended the functions |
5lNEn anu WIN
tesies to her. She tells that NJ. p
were constantly on the jump wher-
ever we went" Why should hours
of these leaders and military forces
be thus taken up when time is so
precious. and materials are so bad
Iy needed to support the men who
are fighting and dying in the
swamps of Guadalcanal?
From Hyde Park. weeks ago,
Mrs. Roosevelt called attention to
he fact that the war right now
S costing the American taxpayer
about one billion dollars every
hree days" Yes, and the taxpayer
would feel better about it if those
iollars were not being spent for
gas and conveys for such trips as
Mrs Roosevelt made to the South
Pacific.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-01

Mrs. Deborah Farrow, North
Race street, spent part of the week
\ with her son-in-law and daughter
Lieut. and Mrs. Edgar F. Isaaes
Jr., in Milford. Lieut.. Isaacs is
connected with the Delaware State
Highway Police. e ssr'e p
/ Corp. Clarence r. Pase, one OF
the Eve sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal.
ter Pase, this town, who Is in the
armed forces. is spending a few
days with hts parents. Corp. sPase,
who enlisted in the Army Air Corps
in December, 194I, Is now station
ed at Duhnellon Field, Florida. He
graduated from the local high
school; class Al.
Mrs. Eveleah G. Barr has ac-
cepted a position with the Della
ware Sand Company. 'e'"
Corp. Daniel L. Blokeley, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph r. Blakeley,
who is stationed at the Army Air
field at Loredo, Texas. is spending
a few days with his parents.
Felmail A. Littleton, who for
some time has been located with
the armed forces at Waco, Texas,
has been transferred to the Ad-
vanced Pilot Training School at
Lamesa, Texas.
Miss Jane Mathis, who for the
past Ave years has been at the
head of the Home Economics De-
partmeht Of the local high school,
has accepted like position in the
Mount Holly school in New Jersey.
Miss Virginia Walls. daughter Of
MIR. and Mrs. George 2. Wallis, and
a graduate Of the local high school,
class '43, has entered the Harcum
Junior College in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Mrs. Harry Thomas is suffering
from fracture of both wrists as
result Of falling from the back
steps of her home while sweeping. |
Misses Eleanor Townsend and
June McDermott left yesterday for
the fall and winter term at Con-
necticut College for Women. They
both are members of the senior
class.
William Walls. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Walls. who is sta
toned at Camp Grant. ILL.,, recent
Iy sustained three broken ribs.
Wellington Bramhall and Thom-
rs FoOks have entered st. Andrews
School for Boys. near Middletown.
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-01

WHEN A SHIP wANDERS into
shoal water and goes aground, the
skipper is held responsible. No
one thinks Of reprimandihg the
subordinates and giving the cap
tain a medal.
When a business is fioundering
the board of directors and stock
holders look for new president.
And when we look at the night
mare Naziism has brought to Eu-
rope we do not blame Goebbels and
Goering and Himmler and hold
Hitler blameless. @ :''e
Yet those are the types Of para
doxes that the palace guard" of
the New Deal is trying today to
palm of on the America people.
Surely, they admit. the battle of
Washington goes merrily on its
way, possibly prolonging the war
for weeks, months or even years.
Bureaucrats fight bureaucrats for
power. Radical New Dealers use
the necessary regimentations of
the war to attain the designs upon
enterprise and republican govern
ment which began with the NRA.
OPA breaks down. Manpower is
in a tang1e. The food program
breaks down. Over the world ex-
perienced foreign observers report
that OWL, BEW, Lend-Iease, the
State Department and other agen-
cies battle each other for preced-
ence.
Through the whole runs the
eternal thread that the New Deal
ers never lose sight of-Franklin
D. Roosevelt must be reelected
President. /
But, they say it is Hopkins. and
Elmer Davis, and McNutt, and Wal
lace, and Byrnes who are respon-
sible. Don't blame the President.
He really doesn't want to run for
the presidency again.
Nothing that anyone today can
write about Washington can be
more descriptive than the words of
D. Roosevelt spoken in
w. Va, in 1882.
"If this nation wants to know
what is wrong with it's national
Mr. Roosevelt said,
I will give them the answer in
me word: that word is 'misman-
Milford chronicle., 1943-10-01

SURELY WE CANNOT be ex-
pected to go farther into the au-
tumn without some authentic pro-
phecies of the winter. Usually by
this time the men who read the
signs are ready with definite prog
nostications. 1t is one of the things
we have come to depend upon.
Weather prophets are not retiring
personalities; they may be wrong,
for weather has traits of rugged in
dividualism. But each fall we ex-
pect to read what these authori-
ties foresee. The fact that one
school sees a mild. open winter and
another predicts a plethora of
billiards. and zero spells casts no
shadow on the enjoyment.
OF course, one can qualify with
a little study. Take the simple
weather-vane of the thickness of
the fur on gray squirrels tails. A
bushy tail can mean a hard win
ter. If you prefer, it can also mean
a light one. The reasoning in the
latter instance is that the winter
will be so easy that Kaolah will
spend much time out of doors and
wants hris caudal appendage we'll
protected.
The experts are presumably
studying the cattails and dogwood
buds; they scan the moss on the
north side of trees; they watch the
and red squirrels. Have
the woodchucks gone to bed early?
Isn't some hardy woodsman ready
with a report on whether his whis-
kers are curling unduly on these
crisp fall mornings?
Meanwhile time is flying. The
autumn moon will soon be here.
rhe milky way makes a pear1y
path through the myriad stars.
Nights are still and frosty and
,risp. The corn shucks stand in
he fields and pumpkins are piled
n the farmyard. Come, come. wea-
her prophets! We are awaiting
our verdicts.