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Evening star., 1946-10-20
Ormandy to Play
New Arrangement
Of BaCh's Theme

A sold-out house will greet the
Philadelphia Orchestra Tuesday
night in Constitution Hall when the
annual subscription series will open
with Eugene Ormandy conducting.
The program will be confined to the
works of Bach, Beethoven and
Brahms, the only novelty being the
first performance here of Ormandys
transcription of Bach's "Passacaglia
and Fugue in c Minor"
The popular conductor returned
recently from a strenuous tour in
South America. The tour, consist
ing of some 20 concerts in Chile and
Brazil was so successful that upon
his return in late August. he was
urged, over long distance telephone,
to come Immediately to Argentina
for a three-week stay. Allowing
himself two-day rest, he few to
Argentina, where he remained until
after the middle of September.
There have been changes in the
orchestra's personnel during the
summer, with four returning vet
erans welcomed along with nine new
members. The resignation of Edna
Phillips, first harpist for is years.
left a vacancy for which Marilyn
Costello, who occupied the second
chair last season, was chosen. Ma
than Snader, violinist. formerly of
the National Symphony. but more
recently captain Of artillery, is
among the newcomers. and Ralph
McCombs, back from four years in
the Navy. is resuming his work as
program annotator.
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Arlington Symphony
To oOpen Nov. |

The Arlington Civic Symphony
will give it's first concert in a series
of four on Friday, November l, in
the Washington-Lee High School
Arlington. The other concerts will
be held January 10. March IA and
May 16. Season tickets will be
placed on sale at various points in
the shopping district of Arlington.
Ludwig Diehn's Introduction and
Allegro" will have its world pre-
miere on this occasion. The wood
wind quartet of the Army band will
play Mozart's "Concertante' for
four woodwind instruments and or
chestra. Brahms symphony No.
A. will complete the program. Num-
bers in preparation are by Berlioz,
Rimsky Korsakov, Weinberger,
Wagner and Liszt, which will be
heard later iq the season.
Formed under the direction Of
Van Lier Lanning, music supervisor
for Arlington County schools, the
orchestra grew from a membership
of 40 to rs. Sponsored by the Ar
lington Civic. Symphony Associa-
ton, scholarship fund was estab-
lished from which awards will be
given to music students in the local
a
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Latin American Presidents
Painted bv Mary BURGER

The Pan American Union cele-
brated Columbus Day by inaugural
ing an exhibition of portraits OF
presidents of the Latin American
republics. painted by Mary Burger
of California. The show will re-
main until the end of this month.
Painting the chiefs of 20 different
nations within period, of 10 conse-
cutive months October, 1945, to
July, 1946) is a Herculean under
taking which would give pause to
a gifted and experienced artist. One
suspects that only a young person
with supreme confidence and an
abundance of physical energy, would
embark on it. Miss Burger is OBJ
viously young, says she is largely
self taught and has had only few
years experience except Tor pre-
viously painting for recreationD.
1t was no small accomplishment
to obtain sittings from these busy
executives. But the portraits are
about what one would expect them
to be. Only persons acquainted with
the men can tell whether these are
reasonably good likenesses. There
is variety in the faces, but all are
superficial. Each has the pleasant
expression Tin some cases rather
wooden) that courteous man would
present to a visitor. There is no
hint of character or personality
From the technical standpoint, too
the paintings are undistinguished
Some of the heads are very badly
placed upon the canvases; some are
over-lifesize, and similarity OF
color runs through the series with
predominance of browns and blue
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Bows Town Choir

Father Flanagan's Boys Town !.
Choir will make it's local debut No
vember in Constitution Hall under
the auspices of c. C. Cappel's Con-
cert Bureau. This ensemble, which
has been building steadily for the
past IL years, will tour the country
this season.
There are 1876 members in the
choir, divided into two groups. For
the tour, 40 singers have been chos-
en- comprising boys between II to
is with a vocal range from boy
soprano to bass. The boys have
been adopted by Msgr. Flanagan
and given special training under
the choir's musical director, Father
Francis Schmitt.
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Milan Baritone
To Sing Opera Role

Giuseppe Valdengo, baritone, who
will make his local debut in the
title role of "Rigoletto' with the
Philadelphia La Scala Opera Com
pany Tuesday night, October 20, in
Constitution Hall. arrived in this
country only recently from Italy.
Connected with the famed La
Scala Theater in Milan, the singer
remained there until the war called
a halt to his operate performances.
As soon as the hostilities ceased he
was back on the stage. Bruno
Landi, tenor now with the Metro
politan Opera, but formerly vet
eran of La Scala in Milan, will sing
the part of the duke.
Elena Danese, as Gilda, will be
the third artist to make her local
debut on that night. Lillian Mar
Ghetto, contralto, and Nino Ruisi
bass, heard here before, will be in
the cast with Mildred Ippolito, Les
ter Englander and Lloyd Harris.
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Native Daily Life
Is Constant Subject

Portraits of types and individuals
reveal considerable variety in ap-
proach. Anguiano's fairly large
tempera painting of little Indian
girl in blue is Straightforward and
appealing. Tamayo's water color OF
Water Girls" emphasizes the classic
draping of their robes and shawls.
Jesus Guerrero Galvan's water color
of women and children makes them
a part of the earth-red and deep
blue landscape in which they move.
Roberto Montenegro's silver points
in outline on black, of various types,
recall the friezes on Mayan temples.
Mexicans and Indians occupied
with their daily chores, enjoying
carnivals, dances and other activi-
ties, are subjects of many OF the
works on view. Charlot's Indian
mother making tortillas has the
architectonic appearance associated
with his figures. Jose Gutierrez S
lithograph, The Little Bull" a carni-
val group, and Jose Morado's Dance
of Death" in which the dancers are
masked and armed with knives and
axes, are among the prints depict
ing activities which seem very exotic
to our eyes.
: Alfredo Zalce's Autographs and
eouache have considerable interest
of subject matter and versatility in
handling; his Garden of Yucatan,
In which the figures are dwafted by
the giant vegetation; his heavily
pigmented Tropical Landscapes .
the curious Parade of Shoeshine
Evening star., 1946-10-20
News About Stamps
By Jones Waldo Fowcett

transportation-and Of postal prog
reSs."
First-day sales reports for the
scent airmail stamp and stamped
envelope, September rs, have been
released as follows: 306,669 covers
Cancelled; 906.661 stamps sold, $45,-
48305: 1o1,3 1881 stamped envelopes
sold, $5,380.42.
Neat and clear cancellations may
be had at the Post Office at Waldorf,
Md. Send postmaster covers self
addressed, stuffed, ready to go, with
3 cents for stamp for each marking
wanted. Inclose clipping of this
notice.
A stamp to mark the 125th ami
versary of the admission of Missouri
President Truman's State-to the
Union may be authorized.
Plate numbers for the Kearny-
New Mexico commemorative are:
23511- 1854, 23519-23522.
Walter Kaner. in Adventures In
Stamps" on the back cover Of
Philately, st. Louis, recalls that:
"A stamp started the American
Revolution"-the British tax stamp
of 1865.
H. E. Harris g. Co., 10S Massachu-
sets avenue, Boston, Mass, has
brought out a 1916 edition of its
catalogue of the postage stamps of
modern Europe Send 10 cents to
meet costs of packing and mailing.
Airmail collectors especially are
invited to attend the Library Of
Congress exhibition of Army Air
Forces photographs and AAF squad
ron insignia drawings, 9 to 10 Mon
days to Fridays, 9 to 6 Saturdays
and 2 to 10 Sundays.
Paul and Frank Mudd, 16-year-
old twin sons of T. Paul Mudd and
grandsons of DR.. Samuel Mudd,
famous prisoner of Shark Island"
are ardent first-day cover collectors.
Their home Is at 2318 Minnesota
avenue Sc.
Drawings by Josephine Danforth
which may be of interest to stamp
collectors are on display at the
| Public Library, Seventh and K
streets NV. and may be inspected
from to Mondays to Fridays and
8 to Saturdays.
The Capital Precancel Club has
voted to hold two meetings each
month until the Precancel Stamp
Society convention at the Shoreham
Hotel next August. On second
Monday evenings the place Of as
sembly will be the home of Rolston
Lyon, 217 Rittenhouse street NV:
on fourth Monday evenings 1t will
be the Weeks Stamp Shop, 1929 New
York avenue NV. Visitors always
are welcome. Ask for George w.
Hawes.
The Washington Philatelic So
ciety will meet at the Sheraton
Hotel, Wednesday evening at g..
1t. Cob Crawford L. Donohugh will
exhibit and discuss his collection
! of British war medals.
Harry P. Jones, president. an
nounces that the Silver Spring
Philatelic Society will meet in the
hearing room of the County Build
ing, Silver Spring. Md, Thursday
evening. Public invited.
The fourth Silver Spring Hobby
Show will be held at the State
Armory, Silver Spring, Friday, Sat-
urday and Sunday. Exhibits are
to include: Foreign and domestic
stamps and covers, wood carvings,
model planes. photographs. arts and
craft productions of many varieties
Evening star., 1946-10-20

at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
under Philip Hale. and at the Art
Students League of New York under
Charles Locke and Harry Wickeg
Mr.. Barnet subsequently became an
instructor in hthography at the
league, also technical supervisor and
printer, and further worked with
the New York School for Social
Research. Is.
He has exhibited at the Art Al
lance and the Print Club, Phila-
deIphia, both of which have given
him awards, and in many other ex-
hibitions. He also also been repre-
sented since 1884 in Fifty American
Prints, and his work is included in
the permanent collections OF seven
museums.
In view of this background, his
exhibition at the Smithsonian is
disappointing. There is work in
woodcut, etching, aquatint, litho-
graph, serigraphy and other media
generally executed with marked
simplification. Some of the prints
struck me as so badly done that
it was surprising to find them on
view; Baby and Rattle" "August"
and Early Morning" for examples
On the other hand, few prints
and certain details stand out as
successful and effective in their
transmission of emotion or char
acter. Mr.. Barnet's subject matter
comprises intimate family portraits
and figures, few examples of social
genre and one or two urban scenes.
Presumably the little boy named
Peter" in several prints must be
his own child. A serigraph of this
youngster sitting on bed playing
with a toy pigeon, is very winsome.
The majority of the prints i'm
pressed me as being in sort of
esthetic limbo. The few "stars"
demonstrate Mr.. Barnet's capabili-
ties and set standard to which
one hopes he will repair.
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Applicants for membership listed
in the Society of Philatelic Ameri-
cans Journal for october include:
A chemical engineer, produce
trucker, q groceryman, an industrial
engineer, marine craftsman, a
janitor. an employment manager, a
welder, q supervisor accountant, a
a salesman, an attorney,
a housewife, an Army officer, a
county treasurer, railway mail
clerk, a jewelry store proprietor, a
teacher with PHI. D. degree, hair
stylist, a civil servant, a YMCA
physical instructor, a bank clerk, a
management analyst, an auto me-
chanic, a waste material dealer, a
public welfare officer, a carpenter, a
musician, tourist court operator, a
dry cleaner, furrier, a woodcarver,
a radio engineer, a pharmacist,
circulation manager and q naval
officer.
1t has been denied officially that
Soviet Russia is reprinting all issues
of stamps brought out since the
Bolshevik revolution.
The republic of Austria has issued
q series of eight anti-Fascist propa-
ganda stamps, one of which shows
st. Stephens Cathedral, Vienna, in
flames with a crown of thorns as
frame for the central motif.
Ecuador is bringing out set of
six stamps to call attention to an
adult education drive.
The Faroes Islands are to be an
independent nation, if the wish of
the people as expressed in a ref
erendum is fulfilled. New stamps,
naturally, are indicated.
Fires Parnell-Davitt stamps show
a field with a plowman at work,
cottage in the background, the arms
of the four provinces and a Gaelic
inscription which signifies: "Coun-
try and Homestead" Denominations
are 2hp and 3p, red and blue, re-
spectively.
Finland has a new stamp to mark
the 250th anniversary of the begin
ming of it's lighthouse system-value,
om, color, violet.
The Central Federation Of Stamp
Clubs, 6136 Addison street, Chicago
Ill, announces the production of a
gummed label about 2 inches square
bearing an attractive drawing of a
stamp collector and a prospective
Evening star., 1946-10-20

The Columbia Light Opera Co.
will mark the opening Of its 10th
season with four consecutive per-
formances of Romberg's The New
Moon in the Lisner Auditorium,
beginning November 20. Ethyl
Manning, director, announces that
mail orders for tickets will be ac-
cepted beginning Wednesday. Mail
orders should be addressed to the
new box Office, 300 Eye street NV.
David Soyer, cellist, will make his
temperance in the Phillips Gallery
at S O'Clock this afternoon assisted
by Stanley Friedman at the piano.
The major offering of his recital will
be Strauss Sonata in F. Major" and
Stravinsky's Suite"
Harold Ronk. baritone soloist at
Covenant First Presbyterian Church,
will give program of songs tomor-
row night at $3.50 o'clock in the GAL
lery, accompanied by Theodore
Schaefer, pianist-organist The viola
recital by Burt Fischer. scheduled
for Monday October %, has been
Cancelled.
J. Russell McKeever has been ap-
pointed organist at st, Luke's Metho-
dist Church, Thirty fifth street and
Wisconsin avenue, newly formed by
the merger of Mount Tabor, Con-
gress street and Aldergate congrega-
tions. Mr.. McKeever served as ac-
companist and organist for the
Washington Choral Society for
several seasons and was formerly
organist at Hamline Methodist
Church. Rowland Snyder will be
choir director. Rehearsals are being
held Fridays from to 10 pm, open
to new members.
William Watkins, organist of First
Congregational Church, will give two
recitals in the church this month,
the first on Wednesday at Sis pm.
and the second on Thursday. Octo-
Der 81. His program Wednesday
will include Dupre's "Poeme Hero
ique" and Purcell's Two Trumpet
Voluntaries," in which he viii be as
sisted by a brass sextet from the
Army Air Forces Band.
Elizabeth Merz Butterfeld was
presented at the meeting of the
Political Study Club Saturday, at
which Lucille Cipriano,. mezzo-
soprano, was heard in a group of
her songs. accompanied at the piano
by the composer.
The first of the National Sym
phony Forums this season will be
held in the Phillips Gallery on Fri
day at $50 pm. Charles Dana
Beaschler, minister of music at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church, will be the speaker.
Marie Cook, soprano soloist at st.
Patrick,s Church, will be the assist
ing artist on Gene Stewart's organ
recital programs, to be presented
every Sunday at 7 pm, beginning
tonight.
The Scott Mayo Choral Society,
Edward Worthington, director. hold
rehearsals Mondays at 8 pm. in
preparation for a performance of
Brahms Requiem" Old and new
members are invited to attend.
Frances o. Robinson. who recent
ly graduated from. the University
of Redlands, Calf, left the city to
take up her new duties as instructor
in fine arts at William and Mary
College in Williamsburg, Va.
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to pay 1Or music lessons.
Roland Hayes whole hearted en-
dorsement won Mr.. Spencer a
scholarship at the Eastman School
of Music in Rochester Completing
his course with a Bachelor of Mu-
sic degree and a special citation,
he was later awarded a $4,000 fell
lowship from the Julius Rosenwald
Fund, which enabled him to COM
plete his musical education in voice
and languages under private instruc-
tors. The singer made transconti-
mental tours in the United States
and Canada, sang as soloist with
several orchestras and was narrator
soloist with the New York Philhar-
monic Symphony in Copeland's "A
Lincoln Portrait" recordings.
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New Director

DR.. Oliver S. Belta will be the new
director of the Washington Mission
ary College a capella choir. He has
been engaged to succeed Minnie
Iverson Woods as head of the vocal
department of the college and to
teach theory and musical history.
A member of the Northwestern
University for % years, DR.. Belt2
obtained from this institution his
Phi. D. degree in the field of medi-
eval church music, after a course
of study at Harvard.
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Westminster Choir

The Westminster Choir, DR.. John
Finley Williamson. director, will
give a concert Wednesday, Novem-
Der 13, at $3.50 pm. in Constitution
Hall, sponsored by the Washington
Federation of Churches.
This year marks the 25th ami
versary of the 40-voice group. max
ing their transcontinenta1 tour for
the first time since the war.
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Concerts Arranged

The Howard University School OF
Music lists the following artists for
its 1867 series of concerts: Carol
Brice, contralto, November Z: Will
liam Schatzkamer, pianist, Decem-
ber IL: Tossy Spivakovsky, violinist,
January 8; Helen Penn, soprano,
February II; katherine Bacon,
March 10; Howard Mitchell. cellist,
April 10. All recitals will be held
In the Andrew Rankin Memorial
Chapel on the university campus:
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Collection of Mexican
Works at Corcoran
Is Rich Commentary
On:Life and Customs
By Florence S. Bergman
By Florence S. Bergman

Contemporary art of Mexico is
better known in the United States
thas that of any other Of our neigh
bors of the Western Hemisphere.
There is good reason for this; IN
the last quarter century, the art OF
Mexico has been dynamic and revo-
lutionary, expressing the spirit OF
the country since the revolution OF
1910. It has held the attention OF
artists. collectors, museum STATS
and others in the art world, as well
as of sociologists, historians and po-
litical radicals. Consequently, we
have had more opportunities to see
and study collections of contem-
porary Mexican art
Another opportunity is presented
to Washington by the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, which opened last
Sunday an exhibition of water COL
ors and prints by Mexican artists,
lent by the International Business
Machines Corp, through the cour-
tesy of Thomas j. Watson. This is
the first showing here of this par
ticular group, a fact which must
be stressed, since IBM has made
extensive collections of Latin Amer
lean art, and has lent various other
groups for exhibitions at the Cor
coran in past years.
The present collection comprises
so prints and 10 water colors, by
36 artists. 1t has several relief etch-
ings by Jose Guadalupe Posada,
late 18th and early Goth century
illustrator, who was forerunner OF
Mexican artists of today. The lead
ers of the contemporary movement,
Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros are
also represented, the first men
toned with two Autographs OF
nearly IS years ago, so familiar that
they seem almost as old as Po-
sada's prints. Although these three
men have become nearly legendary,
they are actually only middle aged.
Other names, too, in this collec-
ton are familiar, as they have been
represented in earlier shows at the
Corcoran, also at the Pan American
Union Whyte Gallery and, most
recently, at Howard University. The
works range from naturalistic to-
a few abstract The large majority
are storytelling pictures, transcript
tions of Mexican and Indian types
and customs, social comment, Carl
catures and cartoons, and symbolic
ideas. The artists have simplified,
stylized, distorted or otherwise va
ried their presentation of subjects
from straightforward naturalism.
Nevertheless, the prints are COM
pletely intelligible, in nearly all
cases.
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branch, Nation
al Alliance Post
al Employees.
A native of
California. Mr..
Spencer won a
debating contest
on the constitu-
ton and Shake
Spearean award
as a high school
boy before his
graduation. He
loved to sing at
the age of six
and worked hard
in his spare time
to earn enough
Evening star., 1946-10-20
PHlLATELIC WEEK

convert" and the inscription: Phi
lately Makes Friends" Readers OF
The Star may obtain copies at Is
cents a 100. Inclose self addressed,
stamped envelopes with orders.
Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Joseph J. Lawler. in an address
delivered at Washington National
Airport, October /, said: Eighty
five years ago it took two weeks
by railroad and pony express-to
deliver a letter across the country.
at a cost of IS. Today-18 hours
by air-for a nickel. That, briefly,
Is the history of the progress in
Evening star., 1946-10-20


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WEDNESDAY.
ARMY BAND, Capt. Hugh Curry, lead
er; auditorium, Fort Myer, pm.
WADE N, STEPHENS, organ recital.
LID. s. Chapel, 8 pm.
WILLIAM WATKINS. organ recital:
pm, Melody" from olusks SI ..t .or; !,
eae an purssffs 'TxesTra@pst sf1Hi yeiiun;
Simonds' Dorian Prelude on Dies
bs.i,,, Iras;n Reubke's Sonata on the cath
land, soprano; Kenneth Gordon. vio-
linist; Doris Webster; pianist: as
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sohn's Concerto. E Minor" Mr..
THURSDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME SYMfHONETTE,
Franklin 3. Charles; leader Stanley a,y
Echoes. Echo; Keler-Bela "comiaue." De
libes' LA Source" selections from
Romberg's 1.-The Student Prince"
Levine's Desert Dreams" Nuss-
baum's "Chinese Moon" Shtlkrets
Down the River OF Golden
Dreams" Panella's "Civic Pride"
FRIDAY.
ARMY BAND, Capt Hugh Curry, lead.
er; auditorium, Fort Myer, 12:3o
pm.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY FORUM,
Charles Dana Beaschler. speaker;
Phillips Gallery, $3.50 pm.
SATURDAY.
SOLDIERS HOME sYMPHONETTE,
Franklin, B. Charles, leader; Stan.
ley Hall, $50 pm. Moret,'s "A Deed
Of the Pen. Bergenholtz's "Bo-
hemian Life" BENEFITS ."From
Africa to Harlem" selections from
Offenbach's Tales OF Hoffman,.
Uranga's EN- Ell Rancho Grande,
Roses Havana" Weiss "Luft..
schwaermer,D Costa's "A Fransesa.
WADE N. STEPHENS, organ recitab
LID. 8. Chapel pm.
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Prints by Will Barnet
At Smithsonian Building

The Division of Graphic Arts,
United States National Museum, is
showing in the Smithsonian Build
ing, through October 27, a ten
years retrospective of prints by
Will Barnet. He was born in Bev-
erly, Mass, "a years ago; studied
Evening star., 1946-10-20
Recital to Be Given
Bv Bass.BaritOne

Kenneth Spencer, bass-baritone,
will give a recital in the Asbury M.
E. Church at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow,
sponsored by the Washington