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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-08-13

Since Gershwin's death it has won
the David Bispham Silver Medal
as the most important American
achievement in the field of opera,
it has been revived on Broadway
to enjoy the longest run ever
known by any revival in America
and it was singled out by the
Music Critics Circle in New York
as the most important musical
revival of the year.
The truth is that, when he was
alive, we accepted the fact that
he was a force in music-partic-
ularly for his successful pioneer
effort in using the jazz idiom in
larger forms of serious music.
But it is since his death that we
have learned that his music is
important in it's own right, that it
has outlived its pioneer usefulness
to become music Of lasting value.
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definitely over. The success with
which it has used the jazz idiom
seriously has inspired conscious
ly or otherwise) many other, and
in some cases, more famous COM
posers to follow under his ban
ner: Ravel, Krenek, Kurt WE'LL,
Constant Lambert, John Alden
Carpenter, Aaron COPELAND and
many, many others. Jazz is now
officially accepted as an idiom
worthy of the most serious artis-
! tic consideration. GerShWin'S
music has no further cause to
plead. Yet it remains with us, as
vibrantly alive, as youthfully
fresh as it was the day it was
written.
Success Comes Early
His ambitions made it impos-
sible for him to yield to the temp
tation to which so many other
popular song composers succumb-
ed satisfying himself with for
mulas and clinches. He had a
, chieved great success early in
life. He published his first song
when he was eighteen years old.
In his nineteenth year he already
had composed the score for a
Broadway revue and for a musical
comedy. By the time he was
twenty he had produced a smash
hit" SWanee'- which sold mil
lions of copies of sheet music and
records. When he was twenty
two, he was writing the music
for George White Scandals Zone
of the most desirable assignments
on Broadway, and his songs were
interpolated in numerous other
Broadway productions, some of
them featuring such stars as
Irene Bordoni and Ed Wynn.
Such immediate recognition
and the wealth it brought with
it-might have turned many
heads and sent into discard more
than one ideal. But Gershwin
never lost sobriety, nor the capac-
ity to analyze himself and his pur-
pose. He did not forget the goal
he had set for himself and for
jazz. Other composers, in the
face of such successes, might have
been tempted into initiating and
repeating the manner and style
which had caught the nations
fancy But the public's acclaim
pleasurable though it was-was
with Gershwin a lesser consider
Evening star., 1943-11-21

! 1t looked as though Europe would
be free from worries about Napoleon,
but in 10 months the Little Corporal
was back. He had escaped from
Elba! Quickly raising an army in
Southern France, he reached Paris
and was hailed once more as the
ruler of France.
The former allies now gathered
their strength as fast as possible.
and made ready to meet Napoleon
on the continent. Wellington man
aged the forces which fought Napo-
leon at the Battle of Waterloo.
Waterloo was a little-known viii
iage In Belgium, but it was to grow
famous because of the battle fought
IN nearby field. In that field. on
June 18, 1915, Wellington,s army
met Napoleon's. During most OF thu
nghtlng, Napoleon HAD a slightly
larger force, out in the evening manv
thousands of troops led by Bluecher.
a Prusslan general, arrived and NIT
the French to fight.
Soon after the Battle of Waterloo
Napoleon was captured and sent to
st. Helena, an island in the South
Atlantic. This time he did not
escape.
Evening star., 1943-11-21
Judas Maccabaeus'
Enlists VOcalists
OF Opera Fame

Corpl. Glenn Darwin, Metropolitan
Opera baritone until he went to work
for Uncle Sam, and Victor Lader-
QUITE, leading tenor of the Phila-
delphia Opera Co., have been en-
gagged as the two male soloists for
the Washington Choral Society's
presentation of Handel's Judas
Maccabaeus" on December IA in
Constitution Hall, it was announced
this week by Conductor Louis A.
Potter. The great oratorio, which
Potter has subtitled Song of Vic
tory" because of its present-day
pertinence, will be presented with
the Choral Society's $50 voices,
chorus of $50 from the Districts
public schools and full orchestra.
Corpl. Darwin will sing the role
OF Simon, the high priest, and
Laderoute will be heard in the title
role of Judas Maccabaeus. Soprano
and contralto soloists have not been
engaged at this writing, but will be
singers OF comparable distinction to
Darwin and Laderoute.
Both Darwin and Laderoute be-
gan their careers as boy sopranos.
Darwin at the age of 9 in his
native Kansas City. Mo: Laderoute
at 5 in his equally native Nova
Scotia in a tour with the Paulist
Choristers. At the age of II Dar-
win made series of recordings
for Victor, which are still considered
models of the perfect boy soprano
voice
After becoming successfully a
contralto and tenor, Darwin ended
up as baritone and entered the
Eastman School of Music, Rochester,
N. Y. A three-year scholarship at
Juilliard followed and during this
period he sang the leading roles OF
that institutions operatic produc-
tions, concertized throughout the
East and Middle West, and ap-
peared in numerous oratorio per-
formances. His Metropolitan debut
was made in 1938-in the role of
Aaron Burr in Damrosch's The
Man Without a Country" A New
York recital debut followed in 1910.
He was inducted into the Army
early in l943 and is now stationed
at Boiling Field.
Laderoute, French-Canadian
born in Sault Sainte-Marie, has
sung widely both in recital and as
soloist with symphony orchestras.
This season he was engaged as lead
ing tenor with the Philadelphia
Opera Co.
Evening star., 1943-11-21
Guide to New Books
For Boys and Girls
FICTION.

Top Lineman, by William Hey
Tiger (Appleton-Century) Larry
Kane is 4-F in the draft. but he
turns in a IA performance in out
whiting saboteur. For boys from
II up.
The Swish Of the Curtain. by
Pamela Brown. illustrated by Otti-
lie Foy tWinston)-A 15-vear-old
girls story of a group Of English
children who form their own the
tatrical company. For girls and boys
from II up.
Missouri Canary. by Phil Stong,
Illustrated by Kurt Wiese (Dodd,
Mead Adventures of two boys
with an ornery mule. Boys and
girls from to IL.
Mountain Born, by Elizabeth
Yates, illustrated by Nora S. Unwin
(Coward-McCann Story of a
little boy and his black cosset. For
other little boys and girls.
All About Oscar. the Trained
Seal. by Mabel Neikirk. illustrated
by William OBrian (Winston)-
Collection of six funny stories about
Oscar. For younger girls and boys
Augustus Helps the Marines, by
lie Grand (Bobbs- -MerrilD - More
about Augustus, who previously
helped the Army and Navy. For
boys and girls of all ages.
Alexander's Vacation. by Mar
jorie knight, illustrated bv Howard
Simon Dutton)-Story of a little
spotted toy horse. Christmas story
for the very young
Santa Claus in Santa Land. by
Harold w. Trott (Crossett Il Will
liams)-Christmas story for the very
young.
The First Christmas, by Florida
r. Glover. Illustrated by Susanne
Suba CDutton)-The story of the
Nativity. For the very young.
Mocha and Djuka, by Frances Full
lerton Nelson, illustrated by Avery
Johnson Dutton)-A white boy and
black one meet in the Dutch
Guiana jungle. For younger boys
and girls.
NON-FlCTlON.
The Life and Times of Simon Boil
ivar, by Hendrix Willem Van Loon
(Dodd, Mead)-The story of the lib
orator of Venezuela, who had a vi
sion of United States for all the
Americas All ages.
b Juan Y Maria, by Emilia and Au-
relia (CroweiD-Simple Spanish
lessons for boys and girls from 4
to II.
VERSE.
Leaning On the Wind, by Helen
Campbell, illustrated by Ruth
Creighton Campbell Dorrance)-A
gay collection of verses on subjects
in which younger children are in
terested.
MOSTLY PICTURES.
Telltime the Rabbit, by William
Hall, illustrated by Charlotte
Steiner (CrowelD-An interesting
way for the very young to learn to
tell time.
The Pirates Apprentice, by Peter
Wells (Wilnston)-Story of bad boy
who wants to be a pirate. Fort the
very young.
Evening star., 1943-11-21
Uncle Rays Corner

1t proved a fairly simple matter
for the British to drive the French
out of Portugal in 1908. but the fight
ing in Spain was far harder. II
dragged on year after year. The
British, under command of 1t. Gen
Wellesley. won some of the battles
but the soldiers of Napoleon kept
much of the territory.
Napoleon was not in direct charge
of the French troops He was busy
in Paris and on other fronts. 1t was
in 1872 that he made his greatest
mistake. At the head of an army OF
soc, 900 men, he invaded Russia. The
Russian winter and the Russian
Army drove him out, with only
pitiful remnants of his invasion
forces.
Meanwhile, the British had been
making slow but sure progress in
Spain. If Napoleon had gathered a
new army and marched into Spain,
he might have halted the British
advance.
AS it was, Napoleon did raise a
new army. but ne had to use it in
Central Europe. Prussia and Sweden
had joined Russia in that area, and
they seemed to offer the worst threat
to his power. Those three countries,
along with Great Britain, were
called "the Allies" They lost battles
with the French at Bautzen and
Dresden, but in the autumn of 1919
they won a great victory at Leipzig,
in what was called the Battle of the
Nations"
Suffering from that defeat, Napo-
leon saw the end coming close. News
of the victories by the British was
brought to him, and he could see
that he was about to be crushed from
both sides.
The British were still under the
command Of Wellesley, but he was
known as Viscount Wellington. The
new title had come because of his
successes in Spain, and from this
point onward he was most often
called wellington"
Early in 1914, wellington was in
Southern France, pressing toward
Paris. Before he got there, Napo-
leon gave up the throne, and was
sent as a prisoner to the Island of
Elba in the Mediterranean Sea.
For the important part he played
In the downfall Of Napoleon, We'll
linston was honored. He was raised
to the rank Of field marshal and was
made Duke Of wellington"
Evening star., 1943-11-21
You Can Vim Cash
Prizes as Wrifer
For Junior Star

Five prizes Of 81 each are awarded
in every issue of The Junior Star for
the best ORIGINAL stories, articles
poems and cartoons by boys and
girls of high school age and under
All contributions must bear the
name, age, address, telephone num-
Der If any and school of the
author.
Written contributions must be on
one side Of the paper and. if type
written, double-spaced Drawings
must be in black and white and
mailed fat.
The editors choice of winners Will
be final, and he reserves the right
to use any contribution in whatever
form he may deem advisable re-
gardless Of whether it is awarded
prize. Checks will be mailed to
winners during the week following
publication of their contributions
No contribution will be returned.
Writers Of stories and article.
which. in the opinion of the editor
are of sufficient merit, will be giver
cards identifying them as reporter
for The Junior Star. The edito
reserves the right, however. to de-
cline to issue reporters cards or t.
revoke those already issued when
ever such action appears advisa BILE
Address contributions 10 Tht
Junior Star. 727 Star Building
Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1943-11-21
Violinist, Singer
Here This Week
With Symphony

Nathan MilStein, one of the
greatest violinists of the world, re-
turns to Washington this afternoon
for his third appearance with the
National Symphony Orchestra under
Hans Kindler's direction in as many
seasons. Milstein will be heard on
today's concert, beginning at four
o'clock in Constitution Hall, in the
Brahms ID Major Violin Concerto" 4"
On this seasons second midweek
all-subscription concert on Wednes-
day evening, the glamorous mezzo-
soprano, Gladys SWarthout, will ap-
pear as soloist with the National
Symphony.
Milstein, who was born in Odessa,
Russia, concertized throughout Eu-
rope and South America before
making his North American debut
in 1929 with the Philadelphia Or
chestra under StokoWski. but it was
the United States that he chose for
his adopted country. He became a
citizen less than a year ago. Not
only has his career been continually
successful since his first appearance
here, but he has continued to grow
as an artist.
In addition to the Brahms "Vio-
lin Concerto the National SYM
phony. under DR.. Kinder, will play
this afternoon Respighi's Pines of
Rome" Prelude and Toccata," by
Gardner Read, 30-year-old native
OF Evanston, Ill, the Corelli Suite
for Strings" in DR.. Kindler's ar
rangement, and the Entr' Acte from
"khovanstchina," by Moussorgsky.
Last year Gladys Swarthout made
her first appearance with the Ma
tlonal Symphony, DR.. Kinder con-
Quoting, in a benefit concert for
the Community War Fund. This
year her name on the list of Soloists
has helped to account for selling out
the Wednesday evening all-subscrip-
tlon series The Deepwater MOI
girl has had career that embraces
almost every medium open to
singer-her Sunday afternoon hour
is one of radios favorite programs:
she is one of the stars of the Metro
politan; her concert appearances
are inordinately successful, and her
good looks have made it possible
for her to be seen to advantage in
the talking pictures. Recently she
has added to her laurels by playing,
with five different opera companies
the title role of Carmen.
Miss Swarthout will sing the aria
from Gluck's "Orfeo," Che faro.
Euridice" and -Four Songs of the
Auvergne," arranged by J. Can
teloube-the "Bailero," "Malurous
quo uno fenno," "Brezirola" and
"L'Antoueno.' The major orches-
trail work will be Brahms Sym
phony No 2 in D. Major" and the
program will be completed by
Ovorak's "Carnaval Overture" and
'Gymnopedies One and Two"
(Satie- ie-Debussy).
Evening star., 1943-11-21

time drawing and painting She
specializes in oil paintings. which
she prefers doing on heavy board
canvas. For a palette she uses a
slab of plate glass, as it is easy to
remove the paint from the slick sur
face.
Her favorite oil painting, The
Swan" is kept hanging in her bed
room, while water-color painting
from a silver dollar Is shown to
advantage in the living room.
Although she prefers oil paintings,
Mildred also works in charcoal and
crayon. Most Of her paintings are
scenes of outdoor life, and she strives
for texture color and movement.
Last winter Mildred attended the
Corcoran School of Art. At the end
Of the year she was awarded a prize
Of IS for having done the best paint
ing Of the year in a class of pupils
from IL to 16 Inspired by this. she
is now majoring in art at Calvin
Coolidge High School, where she is
also very active in the Art Club.
She hopes to become either a COM
mercial artist or an interior decora-
tor
Evening star., 1943-11-21

A shortage of waste paper faced
our Nation,
Threatening to slow down wal
preparation.
The emergency message was an
nounced on the air;
A network program ran a contest
rare.
The schools responded, as they al
ways do,
And the community Joined in the
contest, too
ANY papers today?" rang from door
to door;
Sights we beheld, as never before
Papers and magazines, and books
galore
Mounted high from ceiling to floor
A mountain Of papers, just one week
old.
To our arsenals, worth its weight
in gold.
Higher and higher it grew by the
hour;
Up to the sky it seemed to tower
Then of to the factory's crying
need,
In great trucks tons of paper
speed.
We heard our country's call to serve,
To save the Nation We deserve.
We Joined in to aid the fight
For America-Land Of the Right!
Evening star., 1943-11-21
Safety Chalk Talks
BY Dick Mansfield

inspector Dick Mansfield. d.
rector Of The Stars school safe
ty program and former chief
OF detectives. is giving q series
OF chalk talks on safety to pu-
pills OF elementary and Junior
high schools of the District and
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
The talks are presented under
sponsorship of The Junior Star,
in cooperation with school au-
thorities of Washington and Al
exandria, and Arlington, Mont
gomery and Prince Georges
Counties.
This weeks schedule:
Monday, 1890 am, Cottage
City Elementary School; lis
pm, Bradbury Heights Ele-
mentary School.
Tuesday, $50 am, Riverdale
Elementary School: 2:30 pm,
Hyattsville Elementary School.
Wednesday, 11:15 am, Mount
Rainier Elementary School.
Evening star., 1943-11-21
In Local Music Circles

The opening program of the 58th
season OF the Friday Morning Mu-
sic Club will occur on Friday at
l1:30 am, at the YWCA, 18th and
K streets, NV. A two-piano re-
cital will be given by Irene Lerch
and Ethel Garrett Kaspar, assisted
by Erno Valasek, violinist of the
Army Air Force Band. Miss Lerch
and Mrs. Kaspar will play the Fan
tasia and Fugue in A Minor" of
Bach, arranged by Bauer, and the
Concerto in G Minor" Of Saint
Saens. This program is open to
members of the Services.
The Carow Piano Studios, 400
New Hampshire avenue NV, will
present Earle Donoho, the 13-year-
old pianist, this afternoon, we'll
known to radio audiences through
a sustaining program of 70 weeks
on the air. He first attracted at
tention as piano prodigy and
was invited three times to perform
at the New York Worlds Fair. His
program this afternoon will consist
of works by Bach, Mozart, Bee
thoven. Chopin, Debussy and Liszt.
He will close with Mendelssohn's
&c Minor Concerto" assisted by
Glenn Carow at the second piano.
There will be no admission charge.
Charlton Meyer, pianist, will play
several groups Of solos at Friend
ship House, 619 D street Sc, Hour
OF Music today at 5 o'clock. There
will be readings by Thelma Schmidt.
The Honor Music Group, under the
direction of Jessie M. Olin, will sing
Thanksgiving numbers. The public
is cordially invited.
Gertrude Lyons will present Lu-
cille Wallace in a farewell recital
for her friends and members of
the Arizona Society at the Musical
Art Center. 1925 G street NV.
this afternoon at 3:15. The singer
is returning to Phoenix, Ariz., in
December. Saida Selby will con-
tribute piano soil and will accom-
pany Miss Wallace.
At the Musical Service at Calvary
Methodist Church tonight at 8
o'clock musical program will be
presented by the chorus and the fol-
lowing soloists: Mary Long. Ruby
Potter, sopranos; Bertha Morgan,
guest contralto; Finley Cheston,
tenor; Frank Abeel, baritone; Louise
Potter. organist, and Eunice Muir
ray, pianist.
The November meeting of Sigma
Alpha Iota. national professional
music fraternity for women, will be
held tomorrow at the Thompson
School, 18th and L Streets, NV.
The musical program will include
piano soil by Marguerite Randell,
Betsy Santleman and Betty Belle
Elliott. Groups of songs will be
presented by Ruth Schauffler, Stan
ley Garthoff and Flo-Ann Cafke.
with vocal duets by 10 Anne and
jeanette Poole and by Ruth and
Jacqueline Whitner.
Eva Whitford Lovette who has
been III for the last two months re.
Evening star., 1943-11-21

We managed to get there a uttle
after 7 and while the farmers wife
was rounding up some tools for us
we ambled around among the ami
mails. 1 spotted a 2-year-old colt
and, wishing to make his acouaint-
ance, strolled over to him and began
petting his head. 1 wondered why
he kept trying to get ahead OF me
but l found out soon enough when
his left hind leg suddenly darted
out and caught me just above the
knee. Since then the colt and
haven't been on very good terms.
About this time the farmers wife
returned with four axes and led
us to heavily wooded strip of land
which We had to clear for plowing.
Most OF the trees were pine so we
didn't have too much trouble and
had worked up quite an appetite
after a few hours of such labor.
We went into Herndon to eat our
noon meal and I don't think I've
ever been hungrier. I managed to
bum a full lunch off Doug, whose
mother had given him twice as
much as he could eat. and we all
went into the town drugstore where
I packed away two milkshakes be-
fore we left for the farm again.
During the afternoon we tried an
interesting experiment All four OF
us went to work on a large 120-foot
oak tree fully 5 feet in circum-
ference. After we had gotten half
way through Doug and Dean climbed
to the top of the tree as Ken and
l cut it the rest of the way down.
Just as it started to fall the wind
shifted and the tree dropped in the
wrong direction. Doug and Dean
emerged from a mass of leaves and
branches. each with only one slight
scratch but pretty badly shaken.
We worked until about $3.50 and
then decided to quit for the day.
Afer picking up our checks. which
amounted to Sl50 apiece, We dropped
of at Herndon for another milk
shake each. Then We headed
toward home, resolved to come back
as many times as We could this
winter and fully convinced that farm
labor isn't as bad as we had ex-
pected it to be.
Evening star., 1943-11-21

turns to the direction of the Low
ette Choral Club tomorrow night
when the group will commence re-
hearsals for the seasons presen-
tatlons of The Shrine of the Star"
which will be sung at the Stage
Door Canteen on Christmas Eve.
During the directors absence the
club has been directed by the as
slstant, Francise Bass Wilson. Nav
Eyre, president, receives applicants
TOR membership. Rehearsals are held
on Monday evenings at the Thom-
son Community Center, 18th and L
SITS. NV.
Two works by Frances Hannah
Tramum, Il Left My Heart in Sunny
tennessee and My Tennessee" the
latter orchestrated by Emo Rapee
were presented at the meeting of
the Tennessee State Society Satur-
day, November 13, at Wardman Park
Hotel. Mrs. Tramum is a singer
and vocal teacher.
Martha B. Madison, accordionist
mas lett for a three week training
course with unit of United States
Camp Shows, Inc, prior to leaving
Tor overseas where she will appear
during a four months stay on their
entertainment programs. Miss Mad
ison was formerly a teacher for
ployed by the District Unemploy-
ment Compensation Board.
The Washington Missionary Col
iege music department presented a
faculty recital Saturday, Novem-
Der 13, featuring Harold Doering.
organ; Yvonne Caro- Howard, piano; :;
George Wargo, viola, and Minnie
1verson-Wood, soprano.
Evening star., 1943-11-21

father met the travellers, who then
proceeded down the Rhine River
to her aunts home near Basel.
While in Switzerland, Mitzi attended
a school where she learned the Ger
man language.
When the strangers visited the
village stores, the statesmen always
asked the two young girls to sing
songs or recite poems in the Ger
man language, since they spoke with
such quaint accent.
. One year Mitzi's aunt dressed up
as Santa Claus for the benefit of
the young Americans. although in
Switzerland the children call him
Kris Kringle." Nearly every one
there opens their presents on Christ
mas Eve, instead of early Christmas
morning, as is the general custom
among Americans. Another custom
which is different is that, just be-
fore Lent. every one dresses up as
we do in this country on Halloween.
In this part of Switzerland the
people lived in villages. but owned
small plots Of land not far away.
There the people grew vegetables,
had small orchards and raised
chickens. THE Swiss don't picture
Americans as eating fresh vege-
tables, but rather as eating every
thing out Of cans" said Mitzi.
One day Mitzi was nowhere to be
found. Her mother, who was very
anxious. started a search for the
youngster, but to no avail. The
searchers continued hunting and at
last found Mitzi in a tree, eating
cherries.
The town where Mitzi stayed was
located in valley with mountains
on nearly all sides. These noun
tains didn't have much snow.
although there was enough for
skiing in winter.
When the time came for the trav-
elers to depart, a nun from the
school and other friends gave them
various farewell gifts. Arriving in
New York, the first thing Mitzi
wanted was an ice-cream cone, for
she hadn't had one for more than
year. Her father had to ask for
it. because Mitzi couldn't remember
what to call it in English.