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The Ii. S. Marine Band

ION September 10, 1905, arrived at
the Navy Yard in this city.
Gaetano Carusi, in writing OF his
arrival here, said: "" arrived
in a desert, in fact q place contain
ing some two or three taverns, with
a few scattering cottages or log
huts, called the City Of Washington,
the Metropolis of the United States
of America"
Carusi's Ballroom
Gaetano "Caruso" - changed to
"Carusi' by the American branch
Of this family-has had a number
of well-known descendants who
made Washington their home.
OF the earlier branch, three OF
the sons OF Gaetano, the emigrant
Lewis, Samuel and Nathaniel
were lifelong residents Of this city,
and were made members Of the As
ISOLATION Of the Oldest Inhabitants
on February %, 1867. OF this gener-
ation-the second in this country
Lewis Carusi, the famous dancing
teacher of 4 hundred years ago, is
the best known. His saloon, or
Washington City Assembly Rooms,
stood on the site of the old theater
at Eleventh and c streets NV,
where once stood the first building
erected for a theater in this city,
which was destroyed by fire April
10, 1920.
Mr.. Carusi bought the site and
what remained Of the structure and
opened his assembly rooms there in
1922, and it was here that were
held the inaugural balls of Presi-
dents John Quincy Adams, Andrew
jackson, Martin Van Buren, James
K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin
Pierce and James Buchanan. It Is
said that the waltz was first intro
duced in Carusi's saloon in 1926 by
Baron Steckelburg.
Among the early Washingtonians
who took dancing lessons from Mr..
Carusi was the writer's mother, and
during her lifetime she often talked
of her childhood days and the old
colored slave-Hary White-who
played the violin for the children to
dance by. Later she married, and
after number Of years had passed
she moved her family to the SOUTH
west corner of Florida avenue (then
called Boundary and w street NV.
This was in 1871.
Band Leaders
OF the leaders or principal musi-
clans Of the band, in addition to
those mentioned, were John l..
Club, Eutine Friquet, Francis
Schenig, Joseph Curvellier, Antonio
Pons, Francis Scala, Antonio Pons,
again; Francis Scala, again; Henry
Tries, Louis Schneider, John Philip
Sousa, Francisco Fanciulli, William
H. Santelmann, Taylor BranSon and
the present leader, Maj. William F..
Santelmann.
1t was in 1854, and under Prof
Scala's leadership, that the OPEN air
concerts at the White House and the
Capitol were inaugurated, and by
1856 they grew In such favor that
Col. Harris, Commandant Of the
Marine Corps, recommended to Con-
gress that the drum and fife corps
be rated as band, providing for a
principal musician and 80 members,
and an increase in salaries along
the line.
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he is going through a transitional
period. His paintings of 1947 and
'4S, mostly distractions, constitute
logical evolution from his earlier
work. Profound quietude character
lied that. whereas the distractions
have a strong sense Of movement.
Ever since have been acquainted
with Mr.. Stubbs' work, he has ap-
parently been testing the validity OF
a 10th century French masters IA
nous remark, that he could paint
human flesh with ditch mud II he
were allowed to choose the other
tones. Mr.. Stubbs' figures are
painted mostly in muddy browns,
but look all right because of his
choice of surrounding colors. He
has introduced fresher and purer
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Crime and
Mystery
By Miriom Gutenberg

Catch Me If You Can, by Pat
McGerr; doubleday & Co., Inc;
So
Crime Club
Fearing his beautiful wife has
lethal intentions, Phil Weatherby
warns her a detective named Rocky
Rhodes is on the way to the noun
tain inn where they are staying
That doesn't save Phil, but it gives
Margot Weatherby no end OF un'
certainty when three men and q
woman arrive at the inn. The
detective must be silenced before
the truth of phil's death can be
revealed, but which is the detec-
tive? Margot's panic mounts with
the number of corpses she strews
around the inn. The detective, IN
fact, permits an awful lot OF may
hem before coming forward, but
that's the way things are in mystery
stories where the killer stands re-
vealed in Chapter One and sus-
pense must be distilled from Sec
ondary sources.
X 4 4 4
The Corpse in the Corner Saloon, by
Hampton Stone: (Simon q
Schuster, Inc; $2)
Inner Sanctum
It had all the earmarks OF a
routine suicide, but Gibson
of the District attorneys oft1ce
wasn't satisfied. Four witnesses saw
the well-known checked coat OF one
Hubert Won Mond, alias Heinie, de-
parting from Fleurette Val's apart
ment. And short time later
Hubert was dead of cyanide in his
beer in the corner saloon. But the
man who said he saw Hubert
couldn't have seen him from his
window. And what was Val's former
husband doing with an order for five
wards of the checked material SINH
lar to Hubert's coat? Gibson and his
latter-day Watson find enough
suspects for three murders when
they really start digging. Their
solution climaxes neat puzzler.
So Cold the Night, by Ruth L.
Yorck; (Harper e. Bros; $2.50o
John Phineas Drum, secluded
scholar, writes the story of his life
and its great romance as he waits
for the police to come for him in
this painfully penetrating psyche
logical study of an unusual muir
derer.
Death Of Jezebel, by Christianna
Brand. Dodd, Mead g. Co.;
S2.50)
Inspector Cockrill, late Of Green
for Danger copes with such evil
dence as a bit of verse, diamond
brooch, two short lengths Of rope
and the problems presented by
sealed room to solve the murder OF
q modern Jezebel flung from a stage
tower in full view Of the audience
at . pageant of knights in armor
The Case of the Eight Brothers
doubleday & Co.; $2D
Crime Club
Blood is spilled by the bucketful
in Desmond Shannon's latest ad
venture in crime. Brothers abound
and all Of them are concerned over
the murder of an inoffensive little
man. Shannon can be counted on
to trap the killer, expose q racket
and successfully dodge bullets
amidst general mayhem.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
By John Closett Proctor

this amount the Marines of a
mechanical turn would have to help.
According to Ben Perley Poore, in
an early article in the Boston Bud
get, the Marine Band originated
on the frigate Constitution in COM
mand of Capt. Hall, when cruis-
ing in the Mediterranean in 1905
Several italian musicians, including
Gaetano Carusi, Giaccome Gaetano
Michael Sardo, Carolus Masi, Fran
cisco Pulizzi came to Washington
and formed a band that was at
tached to the Marine Barracks. Ca
rusi was the leader from 1905 to
1915, Pulizzi from 1915 to 1926, and
then Michael Sardo. These Italians
and their descendants formed bet
ter portion Of the band for many
years and adhered to the old school
clarinets, hautboys or oboes and
bassoons long after the introduction
Of brass instruments. Indeed, they
were then regarded at Washington,
as they regarded themselves, as the
best band in the world, until the
Boston Brass Band, with the famous
bugler Kendall as its leader, came
here with . military company many
years ago. The descendants in
Washington Of Venerando Pulizzi
include among others, Miss Blanche
l.. Pulizzi and Talbot o. Pulizzi.
But another account. in fuller de-
tail, says that when President JET
ferson came into Office, he did not
take kindly to the Marine musicians,
who were, apparently, still playing
their f1fes and beating their drums,
and 50, upon one occasion, We are
told, when Mr.. Jefferson and Col
Burrows were horseback riding to-
gether, the President suggested that
it might be q good idea to enlist
some musicians in Italy as Marines
and bring them back to the United
States and thus have two bands
one American and the other italian.
Naturally the commandant was anx-
ious to please the President, and 50,
in 1908, he directed Capt. John Hall,
who went out with Prebles Squad
ron, to enlist some musicians and
to bring them home.
Recruits from Italy
Capt. Hall, upon arriving in the
Mediterranean, met an italian pro-
fessor named Gaetano Varano
whom he tried to induce to come to
America, but this he declined to do
suggesting rs q likely substitute,
Gaetano Carusi at Catania, italy.
The captain, we are told, visited
Catania, and on February II. 1905,
enlisted Gaetano Carusi, regarded
as captain Of the band" his two
sons Samuel and Ignazio, aged 8
and 10 years, respectively; Franciso
Pulizzi, Felizzi (Felix) Pulizzi, Ven
erando Pulizzi, aged IL; Michael
Sardo, Gaetano Sardo, and 10 others.
Lewis Carusi. very young son of
Gaetano Carusi, was also brought
along, though not enlisted.
This band Of Italians and their
wives and children-which included
besides those mentioned, Dominica
Guarnacias, Joseph Papa, Salvado-
mia Sauria, Pasquale Sauria, Gia-
coma Sando, 1gnazio De Mauro. An
tonic Paterno and Corano Signo-
ulle-immediately went aboard the
frigate Chesapeake and participated
in the war with Tripoli, and finally
Evening star., 1948-11-21
A 34-Yeor-OId
Football Legend
ARMY VS.. NOTRE DAME
BY Jim Beach and Daniel Moore.
random House, Inc; $3.)
Reviewed by
CHARLES M. EGAN.

Reviewed by
CHARLES M. EGAN.
Two diligent researchers. Wild,
like several million just plain foot
ball fans, were disappointed when
Notre Dame and Army stopped
playing each other after "a years.
have done q swell job in their his
tory of what they term THE Big
Game, 1913-1947."
The book is completeness itself.
with 80 pages of illustrations and a
colorful, accurate account of each
game. There are forewords by the
rival coaches, Earl Blaik of Army
and Frank Leahy of Notre Dame.
and Leahy writes in his that the
authors were SO thorough that
when they interviewed me found
that they were telling me things
about the series instead of my tell
ing them"
AS a result of this thoroughness.
mistakes are held to a minimum.
Beach is the professional sports
writing half OF the team, while
Moore, undoubtedly a football bug
writes for the movies and radio.
If the book doesn't do anything
else, it refutes popular notio.
that before the first game with
Army, in 1918, Notre Dame was "un-
known and unheralded." After all,
the Irish had beaten both Michigan
and Pittsburgh in 1909.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
The III
conducting.

The history Of the United States
Marine Band II . story that GER
tsinly cannot bs adequately told
in q few columns, since its existence
covers . period Of = century and
a half. The act Of Congress au-
thoridng the establishing OF the
Marine Corps was not approved by
President John Adams until July
Ii, 1898, and the act at this time
also provided for Is drummers and
1e fifers. II these two instruments
could bs called . band, then Will
liam FAR was the first leader from
January Il, 17ss, to November a.
1904. But it would be hard to con-
ceive that Just fifes and drums,
even at that date, would constitute
. band.
However, the Marines had some
sort Of music to march by shortly
after November 10, ITS, when the
Continental Congress authorized
the recruiting Of Marines, which
was done with fife and drum, the
latter bearing . picture Of . rattle
snake, and under 1t the well-known
motto, Don't Tread on Me-" Just
what sort Of music, If any, the
Original Eight" Marines had when
they marched from Hartford to
Ticonderosa, we know not. But
after the official birth Of the corps,
as stated. 1t is shown supporting
Gen. Washington in the crossing
Of the Delaware and engaging in
the Battle Of Princeton, January ;,
1777.
Marines Camped Here
The first Marines to come to the
District Of Columbia arrived In
Georgetown on Friday, July 1s, 1900,
and they remained here only a
short while when, on July 81, they
came to Washington and pitched
their tents on beautiful hill over
looking the Potomac" q reservation
later selected for the National Uni
versity, which never materialized,
and where was subsequently placed
the Naval Observatory, and later the
Naval Hospital was removed here.
1t. Col. William Ward Burrows, the
commandant Of the corps, had ar
rived in Georgetown on July Is,
and two weeks later proceeded with
the men to the temporary site Sc
lected.
Washington Is = nice place to
camp out in the summer, but not
so good in winter, and 50 as early
as July 3. 1900, we find Col. Bur
rows urging the Secretary of the
Navy to commence the construction
of barracks. Evidently the Secre-
tary did his best to speed the mat
ter along, and finally secured an
appropriation through Congress,
approved March 8, 1901, for the
sum Of $4,000. It was understood
that to do the work required for
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Truman, 351; Dewey. 277; Seat
Pleasant (Hillside), Truman, 207:
Dewey, 1855; spaldings 3 Brad
bury Heights-Boulevard Heights.
Truman, 2e5; Dewey, 238; Spald-
ings 2 (Suitland- Silver Hill, Tru-
man, 1876; Dewey, 275, and Oxon
Hill, Truman, 457; Dewey, 440.
Absentee Count
Another factor that might be
considered in seeking to determine
whether Federal employees always
support the administration Is this:
Republican and Democratic head
quarters here released preliminary
figures on the number of absentee
ballots they had processed during
the recent campaign. The result
was not a landslide either for the
Truman administration or the
then-anticipated Dewey regime.
The Democrats notarized $4,000
absentee ballots and "serviced"
about $1,000 more. The Repub-
licans handled more than 10000,
according to incomplete reports.
Almost without exception, poll
ticians in nearby areas are OF the
opinion that Government workers
will vote their own convictions,
regardless of the party in control.
Some admitted they could not un-
derstand why this was so and said
they had expected precincts DOM
mated or largely influenced by
Federal eemployes to support the
Truman administration instead OF
voting for Gov. Dewey.
Healthy Differences
After examining the returns, this
is the picture that emerges:
Nearby communities reflected .
healthy difference Of opinion when
one areas returns are compared
against the other
Arlington, where there are more
Government workers per capita
than elsewhere in the suburban
Washington Metropolitan district.
voted Republican regardless of ths
Democratic administration. Alex
andria, with an estimated second
highest proportion of Federal en-
ployes. gave President Truman only
a 14-vote lead out of more than
1900 ballots.
Specific precincts in Arlington
where Government workers are
known to predominate or to be q
ma jor voting factor. voted Republic
can. The one comparable precinct
in nearby Maryland (Greenbelt.
did vote for President Truman, 454
to 321, but this does not reflect the
az -to-1 majority Of Democratic
registration in Prince Georges
County.
The Average Vote
The Montgomery County precincts
touching on Washington voted for
Gov. Dewey and the county gave
the Republican candidate sub
stantial 8,83S majority. Their vote
was typical Of the views of the rest
Of the citizens.
Prince Georges County precincts
touching on Washington were di-
vided in a county which gave Presi-
dent Truman only a 156-vote mar
gin out of more than 10000. Similarly,
these were "in STEP with the aver
age voter in that county.
The populations IN these border
precincts are substantially the same,
in proportion of Government work.
ers, as corresponding Washington
areas Immediately across the Dis
trict line.
Absentee ballots handled by party
headquarters within the District DO
not indicate a completely one-sided
vote for either. These ballots pre-
sumably were cast almost entirely
by Government workers.
Despite often-heard remarks to
the contrary, the Government work.
er is a surprisingly Independent
voter, regardless OF the party In !
power.
Evening star., 1948-11-21

sassembled by the Washington
Sculptors' Group, and includes work
suitable for gardens and terraces.
6. w. Winter Program
George Washington University will
have q series of exhibitions during
the winter, arranged by John Russell
Mason, librarian and curator OF art.
The first of these displays, now on
view in the university library, 2023
G street NV. (through today
Is composed OF l.. Helen Fowler's
beautiful pastels Of water lilies and
lotus. The show is open this after
noon from 2 to 6, tomorrow from 8
am. to 10 pm.
Mrs. Fowler is well-known
authority on the culture and breed
ing OF these exquisite flowers, which
she began to paint in the gardens
founded by her father in 1882, now
known as the Kenilworth Aquatic
Gardens of the National Capital
Parks System. She has home and
studio adjoining them.
Mr.. Mason has an interesting pro-
gram of one-man and group ex-
hibitions, which will be announced
as they open.
Beginning tomorrow, 10 water
colors by the late Hugo linden,
Washington artist who died in 1941,
will be exhibited through December
13. It will comprise local and New
England landscapes.
IChildren's Illustrators
For "Childrens Book Week" and
continuing through November 20,
the central Public Library put on a
really charming show Of original
drawings by outstanding artists.
The library is displaying for the
first time a group of original draw
ings by James Dougherty, which he
has given to the library. In addi-
ton, there are on loan from DR..
Irwin Kerlan of this city original
drawings and paintings by Valenti
Angelo, Hardie Gramatky (who used
to be a Disney animator, and also
WTOUG dllu lllQSI1 0UCN @ SCiASAASAoA "a
book about a little tugboaO, Fritz
Kredel, a Washington area artist,
and several others.
Supplementing the exhibition are
childrens books of the 18th century
with illustrations by several "old
masters" in this field-Kate Green
away, Tenniel, Cruikshank, Walter
Crane and others whose books are
now collectors items.
HEAVEN FACES WEST
(Appleton- -Century-CrottS, Inc.;'
S3J
The author Of Mother Wore
Tights" uses the San Francisco Bay
area at the turn of the century as
the scene for her first novel. The
story concerns the reorientation OF
the divorced wife of fanatic
preacher. Mrs. Young's characters
are convincing; her handling OF
dramatic situations is not. w. H.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-02-28

Miss Josie Crawford and q
group Of student nurses from Har-
lem hospital discussed American
Women in Nursing" by Edna
Yost at the Harlem library. The
book review hour is: in charge Of
Anne Judge, librarian at the 135th
street branch.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-02-28

it is asserted that bringing up the
matter at this time will disrupt
the local unions in their 1913 wage
demands.
The council is divided between
the larger UE unions for Sims and
the smaller unions like the United
Rubber workers, the United Auto
workers, and the Utility workers,
against him. The Frigidaire local
8O1, additionally conservative, has
not yet taken a stand. It is the
largest local in the council, and
it's stand can very well decide the
issue. This union is about to en-
ter wage negotiations with Frigid-
aire, so it's silence may result from
a desire not to enter into a dis
rupting controversy at this time.
At the root of the controversy,
nationally (and locality, is an
theological difference between ele-
ments in the CLIO. Reuther is high
ly influenced by the socialists, who
it is generally recognized, are
sheer opportunities. He YIELDS con-
siderable influence in the high
council. On the other hand, men
like Gold and Fitzgerald are in
their tactical thoughts more in
| clined toward orthodox Marxism.
It is too bad at this time when
unity is urgently needed to stem
the rising tide Of reaction that
this controversy has come up to
| disrupt the working people. The
source of all the strength of pro-
| gressivism is in the workers and
| farmers. How that strength is util-
lied depends on the advanced van
/ guard, the intellectual leadership
| at the helm. There is not the
| slightest doubt that the inexor-
| able movement of the people to
a real peoples democracy will
reach its goal. It is only a matter
of "when?" and that depends on
the solidarity and unity Of the
leadership.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-02-28
Telephone
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for fixed charges and
was $12, 146,33O, a re-
duction of Ill per cent despite
an increase of more than 10 per
cent in the number Of telephones.
Since 1910, operating revenues
per telephone have increased Is
per cent whereas operating ex-
penses per telephone have in
creased A per cent and income
available for fixed charges and
dividends per telephone has de-
creased 40 per cent according to
the report.
At the beginning of the year
there were on hand 36,148 un-
filled orders, but the continuing
demand was SO great that even
with the addition of over 100000
new telephones there were still
22,730 new orders awaiting serv-
ice at the close of the year. There
we're at the end of the year, L.
432,559 telephones in service
which represented an increase of
34O,353 telephones since the end
Of the war.
"The services of the company
improved substantially during
1947 Notwithstanding the con-
tinued overlooking of facilities and
equipment" said Mr.. Eide.
practically every item Of addi-
tional plant placed in service dur
ing the year was used promptly
and fully to provide at least a
minimum of service for those who
were waiting for telephones.
"Little or no progress could me
made in providing the better clas-
SEES of service currently desired by
many customers. This service re-
quirement must be met and then
the company must proceed to add
the plant required in order that
once again anyone, anywhere in
the territory Of the company may
secure on demand the service that
is desired.
"The company is alert to it's re-
sponsibility and has plans under
way to provide sufficient plant
and equipment to meet customer
requirements"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-02-28

jim croWed while enroute to visit
her husband in an army camp in
1912, finally struck pay dirt. The
suit against the Atlantic Coast
Line was settled out Of court.
Mrs. Lees attorney told q federal
court Judge in Brooklyn that the
company's claim that Negroes and
whites are forbidden to ride to-
gether by Virginia and North Car
DINA statutes was unconstitutional
insofar as they affected inter-
state travel.
Beatrice Finkin, Hunter college
student, was crowned "Queen of
the Harlem YMCA here Sunday.
Johnny of Philip Horris will do
the honors. Sharing the program
will be Dick Contino, accordian-
list and Halyard Patterson, pianist,
both of Horace Heidt's orchestra.
Canada Lee, Lawrence Winters,
Muriel Smith and Charles Holland
are among the many on the star
ring program. The ceremonies
mark the close o fthe Harlem Y
drive at which some $4,000 was
raised. The appearance of the
Heidi stars and Johnny Of radio
fame was arranged by Herbert
H. Wright, salesman for Philip
Morris in the Harlem area.
Students at Columbia r blow
ing their tops and massing into
action to keep from paying the
new $40 a point voted by the trus-
ees. Barnard fees are going up
and most Of the colleges here are
crying over new financial diff
culties and high cost Of maintain
ence.
The institute for Religious and
Social studies concluded after IS
Weekly meetings during the year.
The ministers educators, and Of
all major faiths have heard "Cost
Of Discrfms 10 -Me1rhYtJ
States" sifd other stimulatin,
lectures on ''ARecent Trends in Re
ligious Thought. and Culture
Organization y
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local council in line. Some of those
now cr~iticizing him were them
selves on the Taft picket line. And
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-02-28
Between the Lines
By Dean G. B. Hancock for AM

by lean ~. -.
AT the invitation o fthe social
science club sponsored by Prot.
Troas L. Latimer, it was my happy
fortune to visit Albany State col
lege, at Albany, Ga, on the oc-
casion o ftheir Negro History
week.
There are three things that
stirred me deeply. The first was
the team work that seemed to
characterize the activities of the
college. 1t is sometimes charged
that where all Negro faculties pre-
vail there is always the subtle cur
rent of discords and jealousies and
disturbing Vaccinations, that SER
iously hamper the larger program.
l spent enough time on the cam
pus to note that President Asron
Brown knows that it is all about;
and that he is in no sense a teach
er driver. He seems to sense the
fact that driven" teacher cannot
deliver in due course
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