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Evening star., 1944-06-18
VFW Auxiliary
Annual Encanpment

The annual department encamp-
ment Of the District Of Columbia
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
will convene at $50 o'clock today at
Northeast Masonic Temple, with
Mrs. Ethel Sendlak, chief Of stat,
presiding. ID
Jack Holiday, department post
commander and his stan and heads
Of other patriotic organizations will
be honored at ceremonies conducted
at 3 o'clock. Registrations Of dele
gates and alternates will be held at
4 o'clock.
At the afternoon session memorial
services for members who died dur
ing the past year will be held. Gold
and blue stars will be placed on the
service flag.
Peter johnson, woodrow Wilson
High School; Carolyn E.. Cobb,
Banneker Junior High School, and
Lorraine. Amsterdam, Kramer Junior
High School, prize winners in the
recent essay contest, will be guests.
The department banquet was held
Thursday night at the Broadmoor.
Meetings this week are:
Monday-Federal Auxiliary, Thom-
as Circle Club.
Friday-National Capital Auxil-
iary, 7l3 D street NV.
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Concert Schedule
TODAY.

TODAY.
Water Gate symphony Orchestra,
Stanley Chapple. conductor; oscar
Shumsky. violin soloist. Water Gate,
Jeanne Therrien, piano recital.
National Gallery of Art, pm.
Piano recital, 5 pm, and annual
Of Music. Clifford Mccormick. y. S.
N, vocalist, Navy School OF Music
Chorus assisting, Phillips Gallery.
$50 pm.
TOMORROW.
Navy Band, Gordon Finlay, cornet
soloist, east front Capitol, I pm.
Marine Band. John Burroughs.
Euphonium: Charles Owen. xylophone.
soloists; band stand, Marine Bar
The oamins OF San Luis" Jessie
M. olin. director. Friendship House.
Fifth War Loan drive concert tfor
only. Departmental Auditorium,
National symphony Forum, The
Concert Hall Versus the Opera
House" Stanley Chapple, speaker;
Phillips Gallery, $50 pm.
TUESDAY.
Marine Band, Marine Barracks,
The Cathedral Twilight Hour"
Washinston Cathedral. Pilgrim steps,
7:30 pm
Navy School of Music Concert
Band; Victor Borse, piano soloist;
Monument Grounds. s pm.
WEDNESDAY.
Marine Band John Burroughs
Euphonium: Charles owen, xylophone.
soloists; east front Capitol. Z pm
Darwin, baritone soloist; Monument
Grounds. 8 pm.
Coolidge Quartet. Starlight Cham
Der Music Series. Meridian Hill Park,
water Gate Symphony orch.str.,
Stanley Chspple, conducto-; Doro-
thy Msynor. soprano soloist; Water
Gate, $50 pm.
THURSDAY.
Rey de la Tore, guitar recital
Dumbarton Oaks, $50 pm
FRIDAY.
Army Air Force, Band; Gordon NJ
Pulls. trombone soloist; Capitol steps,
Marine Band. Marine Barracks.
Water Gate symphony Orchestra,
Stanley Chapple, conductor; Ameri-
can Ballad Singers, Ellie 6iegmeister.
directing: Water Gate, $50 pm.
SATURDAY.
THE Marriage OF Flearo'' starIisht
concerts. Meridian Hill Park. $50
pm
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College to Award
Music Degrees

The 39th annual commencement
of the Washington College of Music
will be held this evening at the
Phillips Memorial Gallery at $3.50
O'Clock. The honorary degree OF
doctor of music will be given 1t.
q. g. James M. Thurmond, United
States Navy, ofiicer in charge of the
United States Navy School of Music.
Clifford Mccormick, musician, third
class, United States Navy, assisted
by chorus from the Navy School of
Music, will sing 'Fire Down Below, "
''Lowlands Away" "Hullabaloo Be-
lay" and Leave Her, Johnny" all
sea chanties.
The degree of bachelor of music in
piano will be given Sylvia Rudisall
Thomas, teachers diplomas in piano
to Dolores Walters and Alice Ander-
son and college certificate in piano
to Meta Jho Wheeler. Mrs. Ander-
son and Mrs. Walters will be heard
this afternoon in the Debussy-
Critics program at the gallery in
company with George Tolley, Mar
garet Ann Brooks, Virginia Shafroth
Newton and Yang Hwei-ru WI.
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InL Local Music Circles

The summer series Of programs
at the washington Cathedral en-
titled "The Cathedral Twilight
Hour" will begin Tuesday, 7.30 pm,
on the Pilgrim steps. There will be
community singing and special
music by WAVES.
Jeanne Therrien, pianist, will be
heard In recital at the National
Gallery of Art tonight at 8 O'Clock,
her program including a first per-
formance in this city Of her own
Suite" and Daniel Gregory Mason's
1.-TWO Silhouettes.' Miss Therrien
is the winner this year of the
Naumburg Foundation Award and
will make her Town Hall debut
next. season.
1.-THE Gamins of San Luis" an
operetta written for the Honor
Music Workshop of Friendship
House by Edward Trip, will be
presented by that group tomorrow
at 8 pm. in the parish hall of st.
Johns Church, 324o o street NV.
The operetta will be directed by
Jessie M. Olin, head Of the music
department Of Friendship House.
Piano solos between the acts will
be played by John Eccleston.
The Army Air Forces Band, Capt.
George S. Howard, conductor, will
play on the Capitol steps every FRI
day at Z pm. during the summer.
The 100-piece band of musicians
from 80 different symphony orches-
tras and SO top" bands, has played
for royalties and ENJOYS from foreign
countries and is the only baud to
travel BY air. a.ds
The final concert Of the season
by the Postal Service Orchestra,
George Heisley, director, was given
June IL. The orchestra will, disband
for the summer.
Through the courtesy of the Har-
ward University, four concerts will
take place at Dumbarton Oaks
under the auspices Of the United
Nations Club. Rey de Ia Tore,
Cuban guitarist, will be heard
Thursday, Corpl. Gyorgy Sander,
pianist, will give recital August Is
and PFC. Emo valasek, violinist, is
scheduled to appear September II.
The artist for the second concert,
July II, will be announced later.
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Catholic University's speech and
drama department, as narrator;
Gould,s salute to the U. S. A." and
"Red Cavalry March" in his
arrangement, Goldmark's Negro
Rhapsody," Herbert's American
FANTASY" and Tribute to the Serv-
ices" arranged by Harold Walters.
Assisting the orchestra will be the
American Ballad Singers led by Ellie
Siegmeister, in two groups, Music
of Early America" and Songs OF
Today" Together with Olin
Downes, Mr.. Siegmeister is the
author OF "A Treasury of American
Song"
Tonieht's program, with Mr.. Chap
pie conducting, will have as soloist,
oscar Shumsky, musician, first class,
of the Navy Band Symphony Orches-
ira and a violinist of distinction
who will be heard in WieniaWskrs
Concerto No. in D Minor" The
orchestra will give the Washington
premiere of Gustav Holst's Suite in
z Flat" Mendelssohn's symphony
No. 4" (Italian) the suite, "Amaryl-
lis" Handel and "Varia-
tions on a Theme From the Third
Suite of Tschaikowsky."
Dorothy Maynor, celebrated Negro
soprano, will be the soloist on We'd
nesday nights program under Mr..
Chapple's direction. singing Handel's S
Branches Bend Low" the aria
"Vissi d'Arte," from Puccini's
"Tosca";; Mozart's "Aneluja," Schu-
bert's "Hark, Hark the Lark, y
Brahms "Wiegenlied" and Strauss
Tales From the Vienna Woods. "
Orchestrally, the program will COM
prise Mozart's Prague Symphony, -
Dvorak's Carnival Overture, -
Brahms Variations on Theme by
Haydn" and the overture to Strauss
Die Fledermaus"
Evening star., 1944-06-18

new adhesive must be applied to
every letter and parcel passing
through the Haitian postal system.
The design includes groups Of ref
ugees, building, the Cross and the
" sign for victory.
According to the philatenc editor
Of the Tulsa World, the 1914 con-
vention Of the Society Of Philatelic
Americans will be held at Chicago,
not Milwaukee; August 10 to issz
The Precancel Stamp Society will
have its annual meeting at. uthe
Cornish Arms Hotel, New York
City, August as.
Contributors of papers to be read
at the 10th American Philatelic
Congress, Philadelphia. December
/ to 3, inclusive, viii be: DR.. Mario
de Sanctis, Brazil: Robert Brinton,
West Chester, Pa; Louis J. Heiz-
mann, Reading; Harvey Bounds,
Newark, Del; Michael Miller, Raltt-
more; Horace w. Barr, Reading;
Stanley E. Grifnth,, Palmyra, N. j.;
Mrs. Gerardine Van Urk, New York
City; H. Bedford-Jones, Palm
Springs, Calf; Fred Noll, Lans-
downe, Pa, and DR.. John A. Buch-
ness, Catonsville, Md.
China is reported to have brought
out series Of six military stamps,
but it Is indicated that they are
overprints of old designs rather than
anything really new.
Curacao will have eight new Red
Cross stamps on August 16, yet the
much desired Red Cross issue of the
United States still remains unauth-
orized.
The International Stamp Review
for June reproduces The Stars edi-
torial on Violated Stamps; also its
tribute to the late Eugene Klein, CO.
founder of the American Philatelic
Congress.
Recent stamps of Germany are
inscribed Gross Deutsches Reich"
Stamp Collecting Magazine, Lon
don, reports third post-invasion
stamp issue for Southern Italy-a
SOC violet and pink provisional al
legedly manufactured at Naples and
placed on sale at Bari on February
IL. The design features Romulus
and Remus with the mother wolf.
John E. Smith, husband Of Mrs.
Julia E. Smith, we'll known in local
philatelic circles, died after only
few minutes illness, Sunday morn
ing, June IL.
The Star is attempting to COM
pile a check list of stamp collectors
from Washington, nearby Maryland
and Virginia now in service outside
the continental area of the United
States. Please send data to the
Stamp Editor.
The Woodbridge Stamp Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. Miller
H Hickerson, 1902 Twenty-fourth
street NE, tomorrow evening at 4,
and the Collectors Club of Wash
ington will meet at the Thomson
School, Twelfth and K streets NV,
Tuesday evening at 8.
Evening star., 1944-06-18

ton audiences. The personnel OF
the quartet underwent change
since last year, william Kroll, first
violinist and leader, being the only
member of the former group re-
naming. Associated with him will
be Louis Graeler, violinist; Jascha
Veissi, violist. and Daniel Saiden-
berg. cellist, each Of whom has at
tanned renown as chamber music
artist.
Following the plan of having at
least one American work on the
program, the group will play Quincy
Porter's Seventh Quartet" Other
numbers will be Beethoven's IF
Minor Quartet, op. 95" and Haydn's
Quartet in D Major. op. 64," known
as The Lark Quartet"
Evening star., 1944-06-18

OtamPs
By James Waldo Fa,cceff

Iceland yesterday again became
an independent republic. The last
formal bonds which linked ''the
worlds oldest democracy" to captive
Denmark were severed by the de-
liberate choice of the Icelandic peo-
pie. Obviously, new postage stamps
are indicated. They probably al
ready have been released at Reyk-
javik. American soldiers and q few
American civilians are in the neigh
borhood. Perhaps they will remem-
ber their collecting friends at
home.
Hjalmar ]. Procope, Minister of
Finland since 1899. has been re.
quested to leave the United States.
To his philatelic acquaintance espe-
cially the news of his dismissal will
be a blow. He was the principal
speaker at the Hotel Mayfiower May
4, 1910.
Increase in airpost rates suggests
the likelihood that an 18-cent air.
mail-special delivery stamp will be
issued to take the place Of the cur
rent 16-cent.
Criticism of the proposed "over-
run nations" stamps for the Philip
pines and Korea appears to be dying
out. The idea of ''honoring" those
countries is at least as logical as
that for paying tribute to Albania
and Luxembourg. 1t happens, also,
that such adhesives would be Of
fensive to the Japs, and a lot of
Americans approve anything that
has that effect.
Philip H. Ward, jr., of Phila-
delphia has sold the famous Gibson
collection OF classic covers at auction
in New York. The sum realized is
reported as $55,2l3.
| Mrs. Edward B. Martin Of South
River, N. j., Is back in Washine-
ton for a brief-too brief-visit with
philatelic friends.
The republic of Haiti has issued
a special 1-penny charity stamp, the
proceeds from the sale OF which
are to be turned over to the Ma
tional War Fund, 46 Cedar street,
New York City. to aid In financing
is relief agencies, USo, War Pris-
oners' Aid and the United Seamen's
Service. It Is understood that the
Evening star., 1944-06-18

easiest. Attempting to cultivate
after the soil has become crusted
and baked Is hard work. Only hoe
will work IN 4 hard soil, but .
rake or one Of the speedy culti-
vators may be used II the ctlltivA.
titon u started IN time.
Some gardeners have advocated
the use Of . mulch o. . means Of
avoiding cultivation during the heat
Of summer. Mulches do offer m ef-
fective substitute, although most
Victory gardeners will find It dim
cult to obtain srfncient materials ct
q reasonable cost. The usual mate
rials- compost, straw, pest moss,
grass clippings, leaves, stc. are not
often available In sll4c3ert q,ianti-
Enss to do much good, A mich tosbe
Fsnective should be from I 10 tnthes
thick. = s3s'3ia3fs
However, II suitable material Il
available it should be applied Is soon
as the crops are well started. It il
advisable to thoroughly stir the soil
leaving 1t rough, before spreading
the mulch. Apply fertilizer at the
same time, as it is difficult to work 1t
| into the soil afterward III exposed
situations the mulchlnx material
should be weighted down With poles
or brush until it has become more or
less matted. -
Most gardeners, however, will de-
pend upon the hoe to keep their
gardens free from weeds and the soil
loose. Whether the common garden
hoe is used or one Of the hand cult
vators, it is wise to avoid packing
the soil any more than necessary
after it has been stirred. Those tools
that loosen the soil as they are
pulled are the most satisfactory, but
1t is simple matter to pull the rake
over the freshly hoed ground to
loosen the soil where 1t has been
tramped upon.
Most Victory gardeners viii find,
under present working conditions,
that it is dif1cult to work their gar
dens as thoroughly and as often as
they would like to, but in spite OF
the lack Of time for this job, If it
is to be neither too difficult nor too
time consuming, it should be done
with as much regularity as possible
If crops are to thrive and produce
worth while harvests.
Evening star., 1944-06-18
With the Bridge Players
Rv Frank B. Lord

indicates that the selected suit Of
the partnership is clubs, and the
response to the four club bid shows
an ace holding by partner. which
causes the inquiring party to reject
slam possibilities, he bids four no.
trump, in which event his partner
automatically bids five clubs, which
closes the bidding.
Should your partner bid four dia-
monds. four hearts or four spades
before you have had an opportunity
to bid four clubs, then the Black
wood convention applies.
Maj. r. H. Skinner. president of
the American Contract Bridge
League and captain Of the Army
team that won the Luther Stewart
Cup, the capital prize of the Federal
Bridge League. in the season Of team
games recently closed, has been
transferred to Camp Sibert, Ala, In
the 14th Chemical Warfare Battery.
In the event of his failure to return
here next fall, 1t will be necessary
to reorganize the personnel Of the
victorious Army foursome.
Col. E. B. Gray, vino for several
months was confined to Walter
Reed Hospital, signalized his return
to bridge Tuesday night by winning
second place in the Federal Bridge
Leagues pair game at the Wardman
Park Hotel. He played with his
favorite partner, Mrs. Catharine
Tidball. The North and South win
ners were: Tow Wallace and Joseph
Topper, first; Col. Gray and Mrs
Tidball, second. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Hamlin, third. East and West
leaders were: Mrs. Jack Bennett and
Mrs. A. J. Steinberg. first; Mr.. and
Mrs. B. Rossen, second, and Ray
Laughton and Mrs. H. B. Green,
third.
Miss L. G. B. asks a question which
often troubles reasonably good play
ers. She says: when make . bid
and my partner jumps in another
suit, is that necessarily forcing to
a game bid? The chances are that
a game will be bid, but does the
jump in another suit say. Partner,
you can't stop bidding regardless,
until q game has been reached?'"
A Jump bid in q new suit may ind-i
cate Jump support for partners bid
and generally does, but 1t might not,
provided the hand Is sufnciently
strong in distribution and high cards
to insure q game at the Jump bid
der's declaration. The responder to
q Jump bid must wait until she re-
ceives more information before as
suming her partner has support for
her suit. If the partner has sup
port he will let her know, probably
on the next round. A Jump bid Is
forcing to game and the partner is
expected to continue bidding until
a game contract is reached, or .
suitable penalty equivalent is pos
sible through doubling an adver-
sary's bid. ,a-4
Evening star., 1944-06-18

Reading, Pa, provided the tourna-
ment entertainment last week for
the Eastern bridge players. and To-
cal experts who attended report
that the town put on an enthusiast
tic contract show. 1t has long been
an aspirant for bridge honors. and
the American Contract Bridge
League has recognized it for a
regional meet.
In the team game the Washing
ton foursome consisting Of Mrs r.
H. Skinner, Eugene Smith and the
Misses Jacoby took third place in
field of 13. First place was cap
tured by the Goren team of Phila-
delphia, one of the strongest in
the area, with the Sally Young
team, also of Philadelphia, gaining
second honors.
Programs will be out this week
for the Annapolis tournament,
which this year. at least, will be
played at the Wardman Park Ho-
tel. The players. are anxious to re-
turn to the Maryland capital for
this event, for they always have en-
joyed the naval atmosphere OF the
meet, and the management has
promised that it will be taken back
there the first year that there are
adequate transportation facilities.
Numerous persons in Washing
ton and elsewhere who have en-
countered the Albus slam conven-
ton employed by many advanced
players and are desirous OF IA
miiarizing themselves with it have
asked that 1t be restated. Here it
is:
The four-club bid:
The basis of this convention is
that the partnership has no normal
four-club bid except in the case
where four clubs Is obviously q de-
fensive bid over a three bid by
opponents. In all other games the
four-club bid is an artificial bid
asking for aces.
The response to four clubs:
With no aces, the response OF the
partner is four diamonds; with one
ace, the response is four hearts; with
two aces, the response is four spades,
and with three aces the response Is
four no-trump.
The flve-club bid:
If, after getting the information
regarding aces, the inqpiring part
ner bids i've clubs, he IS asking for
kings.
The response to five clubs:
With no kings, the response is five
diamonds; with one king, it is five
hearts: with two kings, 1t Is five
spades, and with three kings, IL Is
five no-trump.
When the hand is to be played at
clubs:
In o case where the early bidding
Evening star., 1944-06-18
Local Clubs
Activities
Officers Elected

Mrs. Lewis Z. Ryan Of $3.50 Glen
brook road <aesisted BY Mrs. Samuel
Keery and 1Exs. z. r. Haskell. en-
tertained members Of the Chevy
Chase ID. C.) Garden Club at
luncheon on the occasion OF their
June meeting, when ofncers for
lo44-5 were elected.
Mrs. Percy q. Nutting Is the
clubs new president ! and her CO.
ofhcers include MRS. jay e. Fitsser-
aid, first vice president; Mrs. Eber
e. woodruff, second vice president;
Mrs. n. Claude Wright, correspond
inx secretary; Mrs. Frank =. Meloy,
recording seeretary; Mrs. Joseph Z.
0alliher, NtDu1sr, and Mrs. Bessie
g. Kennedy parliamentarian.
Annual awards for the best ex-
hihits shoMn during the season
went to Nh. Nutttng, frst; Mrs.
Ryan, second and Mrs. Charles II.
Gross. third. The club had the dis
ttnction Of winning first prize at the
home Of MRS. George Garrett for
the most artistic exhibit displayed
In the recent garden tour for the
benefit Of the Home for Incurables.
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r &AsSsis ~. \,
Music
Notes
DR.. Kinder Plans
Future Checkup
Of New Works
By Alice Epsrsm an.

The problems of the modern Amer
lean composer and the work he has
been turning out has been receiving
more and more attention the past
years and will continue to do so
still more vitally in the future. Con-
ductors have been conscientious
about including new American works
in their programs and the public has
been receptive. However, besides the
piecemeal hearings and the effort
made by the New York critics an
nual forum to estimate the best of
the output according to certain
standards of worth, each individuals
opinion of q composition has been as
good as another.
DR.. Hans Kinder, conductor OF the
National Symphony Orchestra, has
formulated recently plan designed
for periodic checkup of American
works of lasting value" Briefly
stated, his idea is that every four or
five years conductors of prominent
orchestras and the critics of leading
newspapers should come together
and discuss their impression of the
new works heard in that period,
thereby wedding out what, at the
moment of hearing. seemed worth
while, and bringing forward for fur
ther consideration good works that
may have been overlooked. BY this
Joint effort of the people most inter-
ested in and most critically alive to
the development of American music.
the artistic formula will be upheld
and encouragement given the most
talented.
In letter sent out widely through
the country, DR.. Kinder desires the
bringing to mutual attention those
works which, In the stress OF the
times, might otherwise vanish from
view. Exchange of ideas and dis
cussion should ensue. Works ap-
proved jointly by both conductors
and critics should be performed,
preferably more than once, by each
conductor during the subsequent
four or five years. At the second
days meeting there should be a
careful hearing Of recordings of the
more controversial works. Such ac-
tion would, 1t seems to me, give the
best possible chance to each COM
poser"
Concerts This Week
Quite in the line of these en-
deavors, will be the all-American
program scheduled at the Water
Gate for Friday night which will