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Evening star., 1945-11-18
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Evening star., 1945-11-18

Caesar Giovannini. pianist; William
Arsers, French horn; Harry Houde-
shel, futist, and Emanuel Vardi,
violist. the latter to give the first
Washington performance of a
Haydn suite.
c. Marvin Fewell, local composer
and organist, announces the OPEN
ing of his studio at s123 Macarthur
boulevard. Mr.. Fewell, a Peabody
scholarship award winner, will teach
composition, keyboard harmony and
improvisation.
Florence Manning, soprano, who
has sung on the General Motors
Hour and in Radio City Music Hall
and is now making a concert tour of
the East, will be soloist with the
Washington Choral Society's per-
formance of Handel's THE Mes
siah" in Constitution Hall on De-
cember II. Miss Manning is head of
the voice department of the Clarke
Conservatory of Music of Philadel-
phia.
AS the second production of its
season, the Columbia Light Opera
Company will stage Youman's Hit
the Deck" on December 5, 6 and 7
in Roosevelt Auditorium. The femi-
nine lead, Loo Loo, will be sung by
Connie Kruger with Paul Snyder
as Bilge Smith replacing Kerper
Propert, originally scheduled for
the part, who has left the city.
The Navy Band, 1t. Charles
Brendler, leader, will give a pro-
gram in the Departmental Audi
torium Friday, $3.50 pm, when the
band will play Dvorak's Carnival
Overture" Shostakovich's "Satiri-
cal Dance" from THE Bolt" and
Polka" from THE Golden Age
Grofe's Mississippi Suite" the
Dance of the Seven Wells" from
Strauss "Salome," Johann Strauss
Emperor Waltzes" and Rirnsky-
Korsakof's Caprice Espagnole. .
Carmen Parlante. cornetist, will be
heard in Vincent Bach's "Hungar-
ian Melodies" and Caesar Giovan-
mini in the first movement of Grieg's
piano Concerto in A minor"
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Guide to New Books
For Young Readers

st. Nicholas Travels, by Hertha
PAUL. (Houghton: $2)-How Nicho-
las Of Myra, after centuries Of travel
all over the world, became Santa
Claus.
Echo Of . Cry, by Mai-Mai SEE
(Harcourt: $2.50)-A Chinese diplo-
mats daughter tells the story of her
childhood, some Of which was spent
In Washington.
Gail Gardner: Junior Cadet Nurse,
by Margaret Sutton Dodd: Sd
Older girls should like this fast
moving story OF the Junior Cadet
Nurses.
Away We Go, by Laura Harris and
Jane Flory Garden City: 50c)--
Picture book on transportation for
the very young.
Where's My Baby? by H. A. Rey
Houghton: 50c) Novelty book for
the very young.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
IS Meetings Slated This Week

Public Library, Sixteenth and La
mont streets NV, 8 pm.
National Gateway - Church Of
Christ, Twenty eighth and Douglas
streets NE, 8 pm.
Shepherd Park-Shepherd School,
Thirteenth and Kalmia streets NV,
BIS pm.
Tuesday.
Lincoln Park-Epworth Methodist
Church, Thirteenth and North
Carolina avenue NE, 3 pm.
Petworth-Petworth Library, up
shur and Georgia avenue NV. 8
pm.
Takoma %. C.-Md.)-Takoma Ii
brary, Fifth and Cedar streets NV,
8 pm.
Wednesday.
Chevy Chase Lafayette School,
Northampton and Broad Branch
road NV, 8 pm, radio Aims.
Citizens Forum Of Columbia
Heights Powell Junior High School,
Lamont and Hiatt place NV. 8
pm, radio Aims.
Dahlgren Crosby Noyes
School. Tenth and Franklin streets
NV, 3 pm.
Friendship Janney School, Albe-
marie and Wisconsin avenue NV,
d pm.
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Brightwood School, Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV, 3 pm.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Safety Circus Talks
By Dick Mansfield

Inspector Dick Mansfield, director
Of The Stars school safety program
and former chief Of detectives, is
giving a Safety Circus" series OF
chalk talks to pupils of elementary
and junior and senior high schools.
The program Is sponsored by The
Junior Star in cooperation with
school authorities Of the District
and nearby Maryland and Virginia
This weeks schedule is as follows:
Monday, ASS pm. Gage; Tues
day, Ais pm. Noyes: Wednesday
|9:45 an, woodbridge. say
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Friday Club Program

Mozart's "Bastien ct Bastienne"
will be given on the second program
this season of the Friday Morning
Music Club in Barker Hall Friday
at 1880 am. sung by Vivian Barrett
and Virginia Houghton, sopranos;
Genevieve Hughes. contralto, and
directed by Ann McGuffey. Con-
stance Russell, pianist. will be assist
ing artist.
Additions for active membership
will be held following the program
and those interested in joining the
Iclub should communicate with Eliza
beth Butterfeld, chairman. Betty
Morris, Mary Jones Thiebaud, pian-
lists: Rita Nicholson and Mary
Elizabeth Roberts, singers, will give
the first program Of the newly
formed student membership In the
Florence Howard Studio on Tues
! day at pm.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Maryland Girl Tells of Life
In Small Town in Alaska

on the way up on the boat. T1s
butcher shops offered the same sc.
lection OF meat as found here,
During the hunting season, moose.
venison and ducks were served in
most homes. During the fishing sea.
son, we had fresh salmon, halibut.
clans and crabs.
There was only 80 miles of highway
where lived, but there were many
cars and all the grocery stores de-
livered by truck.
Activities for girls my age In.
cluded swimming in the summer.
skiing, sleigh-riding and skating in
the winter, and dancing all wear
round. Movies were popular, al
though the news was usually late
when it reached US. We listened to
all the national radio programs
when reception was clear at our
local stations.
1 enjoyed living In Alaska!
Evening star., 1945-11-18

by Bach: Sheep May Safely Craze
Il Step Before Thy Throne, Oh
Lord" and "Menuett." Four sonatas
by Scarlatti in B minor, E major
G major and the D major, known
as Tempo di Ballo," together with
Beethoven's "15 Variations and
Fugue, Op. 49," will form the first
part of the recital.
The impressionistic school will be
represented by Debussy's Reflects
dams l'Eau" and "Minstrels" fol-
lowed by Rachmaninoff's preludes
in G major and G minor, Chopin's
"Nocturne C Minor" and "Polonaise
in A Flat Major" Three selections
by Schubert in Liszt's arrange
ment, THE Trout" "Barcarolle'
and the "Erlking," will close the
program.
Evening star., 1945-11-18

delphia-La Scala Opera Company,
Miss Borzi has sung with the Gin
cinnati Summer Opera Company
and has appeared in leading
cities In Europe and the United
States in both opera and concert.
Lillian Marchetto will be heard in
the only other feminine role OF the
opera as the gypsy Maddalena.
Franco Perulli, lyric tenor. will
sing the part Of the debonair duke
and Nino Ruisi, bass, will imper-
senate the bandit Sparafucile. The
dance advertisement in the first act
of the opera will be presented by
members of the Philadelphia-La
Scala Opera Ballet. The choreg-
raphy is under the direction Of VIII
liam Sena. Giuseppe Bamboschek,
who, for the past six years, has been
connected with the organization,
will be again the orchestra conduc-
tor.
The role Of Rigoletto, as inter-
preted by Mr.. Tibbett, has wide ac-
ceptance as a classic standard. In
addition, he has triumphed at the
Metropolitan and other opera houses
of the world in French, Ger
man, italian and English character
parts that require genre acting as
Evening star., 1945-11-18

Australia led British firms to build
a great number of new clippers.
enough to transport 400, 900 persons
to the island continent.
Clipper ships were built with
long, sharp bows and often had
slanting masts. A few Of them still
sail the sea. Along with some other
sailing vessels, they carry the name
OF "windjammers."
Going back to ancient times, We
flnd that many vessels were pro-
PEELED chiefly by oars. One such
vessel was the galley and ths oars
were pulled by galley slaves
During the Middle Ages in FIirope.
Tor a period OF q thousand years,
the galley was the chief kind Of yes
sci employed as q warship. As q
rule there were two masts ard the
power OF the wind was uset;, but
the rowerS were the mainstay. They
worked so hard that sometimes thew
tainted under the strain. Calm
days were the worst, for then they
had no help from the sails.
Galleys of the Middle Ages diff.
fered . good deal In size. Some Of
the larger ones were more than $50
feet long, each carrying hundreds Of
men. The custom In Christian
countries was to make captive
Turks and Moors do the rowing.
Mohammedan galleys, on the other
hand. had Christian slaves, 50 far
as they could be obtained.
Often there were three or four
men to handle each long oar. The
food was only what was needed to
keep the slaves alive. A days ration
might be no more than few biscuits
and dish of porridge, along with
water in which drops of vinegar and
oil had been placed.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
7 lust Between
Yourselves
By PbiIib II. Lovs :

For high school students who are
good at drawing, here Is an oppor-
tunity to compete for cash prizes
ranging from $40 all the way up to
$500.
It is the Michael J. Dowling
Memorial Award contest. conducted
every year since 1912 by the Ma
tional Society for Crippled Children
and Adults, Inc. -Four national
prizes totaling $3.50. plus three local
awards. are offered for the best de-
signs for the organizations l948
Easter seals. The design for the
seals to be used next Easter was
chosen from the entries In the 1914
contest. It won a prize Of 500 for
Mary Snyder, Tech High School,
Memphis, Tenn.
This year, the first prize is five
times that amount, and there are
these additional awards: Second,
5000: third, 500, and fourth, $50.
The local prizes-first, $50; second,
SIS, and third, $10-are offered by
the District Society for Crippled
Children.
The contest is being conducted
in the public high schools, with the
approval of the Board Of Education,
and also in any private schools
whose students care to participate.
Any pupil of any secondary school
who Is not more than 10 years old is
eligible.
The design area of the seals is 81 1872
Of inch wide by u of an inch high:
hence, the drawing must be inches
wide by 8 inches high, centered on
sheet Of drawing board or paper
BIZ inches wide by II inches high
the same size, incidentally, as a
standard sheet Of typewriting paper.
Any drawing medium may be used.
The name, age and address of the
artist, and the name and address
of his school, must be placed on
the back of each design.
= 4 \
Fourteen-year-o -old Michael Dowl-
ing was lost in Minnesota blizzard.
After he had been thawed out, his
legs had to be amputated about 6
inches below the knees, his left arm
below the elbow and the fingers and
part of the thumb of his right
hand. Despite his handicaps, he
achieved success In education, busi-
ness and politics.
The purposes Of the contest are
to memorialize Mr.. Bowling, who
died in 1924; to interest young peo-
pie in the problems of the disabled,
and to find the Easter seal most ex-
pressive Of the aims of the society.
For further information about the
contest, inquire OF your teacher or
phone Executive 7450..
Junior jottings: Mary McClenon
Junior Star correspondent at Cool
idge High School, has been appoint
ed editor of the student newspaper,
the Courier. Western High
Schools paper, the Breeze, has
moved to larger quarters, and its
yearbook, the Brecky, has a new
editor, Susan Evans. Drawing
is the hobby of Eastern High
Schools Elizabeth Hermann. =.
June Sickels, j. S. reporter at Gen.
trail High School for several years,
reports that the Tripp twins, Sally
and Ruth, whom she wrote up" in
February. 1914. "are now Powers
models in New York and like it
very much" Polled by the In
stitute of Student Opinion, 100
Woodrow Wilson High School pupils
agreed that "the United Nations
Organization cannot prevent war
in our lifetime" Fifty-four per
cent Of the boys and As per cent of
the girls polled were in agreement
that another war is to be expected.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Uncle Rays Corner

Seventy-nine years ago a 10000
mile race took place. The rivals
were British clipper ships" or
clippers" which were taking tea
from China to Great Britain. There
was no steam engine on board any
OF them. All had to depend on the
wind-but they were fitted with
many sails.
AL told there were five vessels
which sailed out Of the Soochow
harbor within q period of two days,
but the most exciting race was be-
tween the Taeping and the Ariel,
which left port only 20 minutes
apart.
Through the China Sea, past
Borneo and Sumatra and clear
across the Indian Ocean sailed the
clipper ships. The Fiery Gross was
first to round the Cape of Good
Hope, her time that far being less
than seven weeks. She was, how
ever, overtaken by the Tapping and
the Ariel and those rivals fought il
out the rest Of the way, using all
the sails they could as they sped
northward on the Atlantic. They
were within sight of each other
when they entered the English
Channel and were side by side as
they went up the Thames River
They were just about tied when they
came to dock at London but the
Taeping came to anchor q few min
utes ahead and was called the victor
The time taken was 90 days
meaning an average speed Of little
more than 100 miles per day. BY
modern standards that was not very
fast, but 1t was great thing fo1
sailing vessels to do on such long
journey.
Credit for the first use Of clipper
ships is given to Americans, who
launched some of them more than
q century ago. During the Cali
fornia gold rush 160 clippers were
launched In four years to carry
goldseekers from the Eastern United
States around Cape Horn to Cali
fornia. The finding of gold 1
Evening star., 1945-11-18
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
By Carol Cochrane, Is
Surrattsville (Md.) School.

I have lived in Alaska most of nv
life, coming to the States for the
first time last December. lived In
small town called Douglas, 3 miles
from Juneau, the capital of Alaska
My school was similar to those in
the States.
My clothes resembled the clothes
worn by the girls here, but due to
the fact that the seasons were not
SO pronounced, during the winter We
just wore snow suits over our sum-
mer outfits. Our summers were cool
enough SO we could wear sweaters
and skirts.
Our houses were modern, with all
conveniences.
Most of our food was canned, but
some fruits and vegetables ripened
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Thanksgiving
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
y AnfoneUe Gresham

BY a Anf0neIe Gresham, Is,
Dunbar High School.
As the day of Thanksgiving ap-
proaches, let us ask ourselves, what
have to be thankful for?
There are many answers to this
question. I answer myself in this
manner:
First, I am thankful to be living,
living in a world almost in perfect
peace. A world which has been
devastated by men the world over
for six years. Longer than that In
China.
We are grateful that God made
1t possible for us to attain a great
military victory. Our struggle for
liberty began in ITS and through
the years we have been fighting to
preserve it.
One more gratifying fact: Our
leaders are capable of guiding
through any strife, great or small
And we had voice in placing
them where they are.
In one word I say what I am
thankful for: "America!" On
Thanksgiving and every day let us
thank God for all of our blessings.
Evening star., 1945-11-18

TO play their f1rst concert in Lin
coin Park.
Since then the Junior Optimist
Club Band has grown to go mem
bers of seasoned musicians and has
given IS concerts. Audiences aver
aging 800 to 900 people have lis
tened to the band in the Statler
and Mayflower Hotels, at Com
munity War Fund rallies, in schools
and in just about every public
square In town.
Admission Free.
Admission to these concerts is al
ways free. The band is supplied
with uniforms. music and other
equipment by the Washington Op-
timist Club, an organization Of
businessmen.
A beginners group, now number
ing 80. was started in 1943 to serve
as a feeder for the big band. Any
member of the Boys Club who is
interested in learning to play is
loaned an instrument and given
free instruction for Is weeks. Then,
if he shows talent, he can become
a member of the feeder band. A
boy 8 years old or older is eligible
to join.
AS soon as he can measure up
to the musical standards of the
Junior Optimist Club Band he gets
his uniform and starts playing with
the bigger boys. Members of this
unit are from IS to 18 years old.
Proud Of Letter.
The band plays mostly overtures,
suites and marches, rather specialize
ing in the music of John Philip
Sousa. Mr.. D'Urso treasures a
letter written to him by Sousa' s
daughter Priscilla after she and her
sister had attended one of the bands
concerts last year.
The letter, in part, says: ct had
thought that the concert last year
was splendid. but the one this year
was superb-the boys under your
direction gave marvellous per-
formance and, in spite of all the
hard work know it meant before
hand. you must be very proud and
satisfied with the brilliant results. -
Mr.. D'Urso is proud of his boys.
The walls Of his music studio are
lined with pictures Of members and
former members. He can tell you
all about most Of them because those
who have left still like to write to
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Concert Schedule

4o0hx.
Gladys swarthout, mezzo- soprano.
sons recital, Constitution Hall.
aauit' String Ensemble, Edward a.
Carey, director: soioists. music
nour, YMCA, 4:30 pm.
l' rssitsI " GahaFIss ph;in. Best baritone song
Yard, baritone. soioist. ali souis' S
Unitarian Church. s pm.
National Gallery sinfonietta. Richard
'hales:. conductor: National CAL
TOMORROW.
Wade N: Stephens. organ recital,
L. D. 8. Chapel. 8 pm.
TUESDAY.
Soldiers Home synphonette, Stanley
Hall. $3.50 pm.
Isen en- rstrt H.1, Pisno Pgso recital. constitu-
Werner GSbauer, violin recital. Phil
WEDNESDAY.
National Symphony Orchestra, DR..
Hans Kinder. conductor; Rudolf
Et,1rEgsnk t,nn Hak pianist, psn soloist. constitu-
Wade N. Stephens. organ recital, L.
d. 8. Chapel. 8 PIN.
THURSDAY.
''RiEoletto.'' Philadelphia Scala
Opera Company, Constitution Hail.
S:15 Pm.
FRIDAY.
Friday Morning Music Club. Con-
stance Russell, pianist: Mozart's
Bastien ct Bastienne,', Barker
Hall. YWCA. 1870 am.
Navy Band. Carmen Parlante, cornet;
Caesar Giovannini, piano. soloists:
Departmental Auditorium, $50
p.m.
National symphony Forum. II.
soloists, Phillips GALLERY. $50 DIM.
SATURDAY.
soldiers Home symphonstte. Stanley
Hall. $50 pm.
d. 8. ChapeL . pm.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Gebauer Recital

Werner Gebauer, former concert
master OF the National Symphony
Orchestra, will give a violin recital
Tuesday. $3.50 pm, in the Phillips
Gallery, accompanied by Paul ,Ula-
nowsky, who has appeared here as
accompanist of Lotte Lehman.
Mr.. Gebauer will give the first
performance to his own Variations
After Josef Joachim" and Antheirs
"Sonatlna' playing further the
Geminiani- -Ysaye Sonata in D."
the Schumann-Kreisler "Fantasie
IN G Major. Op. 131." Bach's Cha
come" for violin alone. the Chopin
Wilhelmj "Nocturne. Op. ~, No. a.
ana Sarasate's Carmen Fantasia. ,
Evening star., 1945-11-18

GLADYS > SWARIHOUT.
Stewart Willie, for many seasons
sccompanist for Lawrence Tibbett,
the Metropolitan Opera baritone.
Miss Swartout will open her pro-
gram with Mr.. Wille's arrangement
OF the Prayer" from Tschaikow-
sky's Moscow Cantata," and will
follow this with a group of songs
by Strozzi-"Amor, dormiglione"-
Venetian woman composer of the
18th century, and three Handel
selections. the air from Handel's
opera, "Rodelinda," The Birds
Shall Sing No More" and the aria,
"Sommi Del" from HandePs opera,
"Radamisto."
Miss Swarthout's third group will
consist of "Bailero," an Auvergne folk
song by Jean Joseph Canteloube. a
contemporary French composer and
pupil of Vincent d'Indy; Chausson's S
lie temps des Lilas," Clergue's
Carmen" "Cantiga de Ninar," by
Francisco Mignone, the Brazilian
composer, and Obradors' "Cancion
de Madrid, 1900"
After the intermission Mr.. Willie
will play Silotis arrangement of
Bach's Prelude From Cantata 35"
and two Schumann pieces, "At Eve
ming" and Soaring" Miss Swarth-
out viii close her program with
an English-language group, consist
ing of Chant of the Tribal Wom-
en-" by Anis Fuleihan; Grandma, .
by Theodore Chanler; three folk
songs arranged for Miss Swarthout
by John Jacob Niles, Go Way From
My Window" Carol of the Birds
and "The Gamblers Wife," and
Ernest Charles composition, THE
Night"
For the convenience of concert
eoers the box Office at Constitution
Hall will open this morning at Ii
o'clock,
Evening star., 1945-11-18
Music
Notes
Miss Swarthout
To Give Recital
This Afternoon

Gladys Swarthout, American
mezzo-soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera Association and star of con-
cert, radio and screen, appears in
full-length recital at Constitution
Hall this afternoon at o'clock un-
der the management, of Dorothy
Hodgkin Dorsey. This will be Miss
Swarthout's only appearance in
Washington this season.
Ranking Carmen of the Metro
politan, Chicago and San Francisco
Opera Companies, Miss Swarthout is
expected to include excerpts from
the Bizet opera in her recital here
today. probably as encores. She will
be accompanied at the piano by
Evening star., 1945-11-18

him and drop in to see him when
they are in town.
On to Success.
Many have gone on with music
professionally. There's Henry Jones,
one Of the first to join when the
band started. "Jonesy" played his
trombone out at Glen Echo last year.
He is in the Army now.
Edgar limbs, another trombonist,
went on from the Junior Optimist
Club Band to play with Sunny Dun
hams and Frankie Carries orches-
tras. Now he is in the Navy. Buddy
Rowel, drummer. just played a
season at the Roger Smith Hotel.
Twenty former members are ia
the armed services. Francis Shirley.
trumpet. and Johnny Lefier, from.
bone, are in the Air Forces Band.
A number Of others also are carry-
ing on their musical training in
service bands.
Evening star., 1945-11-18
To a Football Game
PRIZE CONTRIBUTION
Bv Judy Solomon. II

BY Judy SOl0mOn, II,
Calvin Coolidge High School.
Boy, what a game-our team Is good
Yeah. Coolidge won, I knew we
would!
I've sat and shrieked, but not In
vain,
Because we've won this football
game.
Confetti flying through the air
Oh, gosh, some landed in my hair
A splinter, ouch! I'll sit no more
The game is over. what's the score:
It's six to nothing, well all rect!
This Coolidge team will ne'er be
beat!
Evening star., 1945-11-18

G ze C h pianist,
Rudolf Firkusny.
Mr.. Fir k u S n y,
who has ap-
peared several
times with the
symphony u n
der Hans Kind
ler's direction,
will play the
Brahms Con-
certo No. ] in D
Minor" while the
principal num-
ber OF the or
chestral program
will be Rinlsky-
K ors k O # S