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lNationale. After numerous viciSsi-
tudes. and two years when it was
closed. 1t was reorganized in 1900
with such outstanding men as
Icherubini, Auber. Thomas and Du-
bois on its board. Its first direc-
tor, Bernard Sarrette, instituted
the Prix de Rome which has fig
ured so strongly in the lives Of
Frances great composers.
France, with Paris leading, has
been famous in other branches Of
music. In the village of La Cou-
ture- Boussey. its 800 inhabitants
have been devoted to the manu-
facture of wind instruments since
medieval days, the secrets of the
trade being passed from father to
son. The cradle of French violin
making is in Mirecourt where the
Duke de Lorraine encouraged the
|luthiers by granting a charter in
1882. Medard, the first of the
famous Mirecourt makers, worked
first with Amati, and his instru-
|ments, today, are often taken for
those Of the Italian master. The
schools of Cremona and Brescia
are no more but the Mirecourt fac
tory still fourisheS and develops.
From the beginning France has
led in the making Of bows for
string instruments, the renowned
Francois Tourte being known as
the Stradivarius of the bow.
In Paris also is located two of
the greatest piano firms in the
world. Oldest of these is the
Erard, whose founder, Sebastien,
made the first pianoforte con-
structed in France in 1777. His
inventions and improvements did
much to bring about the present
perfection of the instrument. Fol-
lowing him came Ignaz Pleyel,
composer and pupil of Haydn, who
established the Pleyel firm in
1907. All the celebrated pianists
of the day used his pianos and
it was in the Pleyel rooms that
Chopin made his Paris debut.
Since the founder. the heads of
the firm have all been musicians.
The bare outline OF the must
cal history of Paris cannot convey
the emotional depths swirlins in
the French capital for centuries.
In that other story lies the hopes,
ambitions and successes, the dis
couragements and defeats of
countless musicians from the
struggling student to the inter-
nationally known artist and COM
poser. Those who rose to eminence
in the last half century have
left their imprint on American
musical tastes and Influenced the
trend, to a great extent, of must
cal progress in this country. To-
day, many French artists Of diff
ferent branches are domiciled
here, helping in the furtherance
of music in the United States.
If not actually participating in
the anniversary celebration of the
city of Paris, the eyes of the musi-
cal world will turn to it and the
mind will follow through the CEN
Ituries the brilliant personalities Of
music who have passed across its
stage to our lasting benefit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08

Mrs. Bertha w. Fichthorn, D. c.
Department, American Legion
Auxiliary president. will be hon
ored at the annual pre-convention
dinner at the Willard Hotel, July
%. Mrs. Willis Reed, national
president, will be an honor guest.
Mrs. Coda Comann is general
chairman. Reservations should be
made on or before July %, with
either Mrs. Sarah Deery. Hobart
1905, or Mrs. Lillian M. Judd, Lin
coin 3-6610. There will be cock
tail party from $3.50 to $50 pm.
Mrs. Sarah Deery. a candidate
for department president, has Sc
lected the following to serve on
her ticket: Vice presidents, Mrs.
Eleanor Asher, Mrs. Charlotte
Lancaster and Mrs. Mable Pug
|liese; chaplain, Mrs. Esther Car
rico: sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Beu-
Ilah LaScola; historian, Mrs. Ada
Riley; property custodian, Mrs
Marie Keyser; color bearers, Mrs
Hazel LeFoe and Mrs. Edna
Moerdyk.
Newly elected officers Of Bunker
Hill Unit are: President, Mrs
Grayce Overton; vice presidents
Mrs. Lillian O'Neill, Mrs. Mildred
Dodson and Mrs. Bertha Fitch
thorn; chaplain, Mrs. Rose Brad
ley; sergeant-at-arms, Mrs. Cora
Stokes; historian, Mrs. Josephine
Koelkebeck; color bearers, Mrs
Martha Dawson and Mrs. Agnes
Stubbs.
July II has been set as the date
for the close of books for the cur
rent year at the auxiliary. head
quarters in the Willard Hotel.
James E. Walker Unit will hold
It's monthly meeting Friday at q
pm, in the YWCA Annex,
|1719 18th street NV. Mrs. Ger
trude Humbes Smith, president
will preside.
Selection of officers as well as
delegates and alternates to the
department convention, will take
place.
Awards and trophies will be pre-
sented to unit members who have
performed outstanding work ir
the various phases Of unit activi.
ties:
AL other units have suspended
meetings until September.
T14a f0llovrinR cfY1cAfg have hAeY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08
Singing Actors
At LuthersviIIe

The Hilltop Musical Co., a group
OF singing actors, will stage four
productions in English at the Hill
top Theater In Luthersville, Md.
beginning this afternoon at 4:30
with Kupferman's I'm a Garden
and Wolf-Ferrari's 1.-THE Secret OF
Suzanne"
The performers are former stu
dents of the Peabody Institute and
include Ernest Paul Suit of Alex
andria. who will appear in three
of the four afternoons scheduled
Other members come from the
Baltimore area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08

G. Tubbs, 1t. Col. and Mrs. r. H.
Skinner, who tied with defending
champions. Clagett Bowie, Gen.
Robert Gill, Irwin Fisher. Joseph
Grinsfelder, all of Baltimore, to
claim the team title. Each team
scored 80 wins out of 60 matches,
the Washington foursome also
holding matinee top honors. This
victory credited Loyenberg with
his fourth team title in the past
two months. OLoughlin again
rated honors, together with j. D.
Boyd, when their team finished
fifth among % foursomes.
At the Washington Bridge
League last Wednesday, Charles
Lovenberg-David Murray topped
Ms section A with a 651a per cent
game. Their runnersup were Mrs.
T. M. Boyle-Mrs. M. r. Reddy. Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Salvatorel won E-W
master point awards, H. Rau-Mil-
Ter Roberts, second. In section B,
w. OLaughlin-Dr. E. M. Short in
E-W position topped the entire
field with a Sc per cent game, fin
|ishing 20 match points ahead of
Mrs. Florence Millspaugh-Dr. Jer-
aid Wooley. Master point awards
Ms ended in a tie between Mrs.
j. G. Fletcher-Mrs. William Pois-
SAINT and Sue E. Gantt-Frieda
Kenyon.
Other master point winners of
the week included Mrs. Lester
Gibson-J. G. Fletcher and David
Murray-Larry Reynolds at the
Chess Club on June %; half points
to Mrs. c. w. Zimmer-A. E. Lane
and G. p. Graham-A. C. Rayner.
At the Walsh Club last Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Phillips Mrs. L. j. Ter
Iry and Edythe Decker-Hamilton
Stillwell won the Mitchell master
points. seconds to Mrs. George
King, jr.-William Cole and Mrs.
Margaret Moskowitz-A. C. Rayner.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. John Ged-
des, recently returned to Washing
ton. captured runnerup score E-W
at the La Sale Studio last Mon
day, losing to Sue CAN'T Henry
Sheitelman. Ms winners were
Hardee Allen Frank Hoffman
with Frieda Kenyon-E. ]. Early
placing.
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New Choral Group

The Little Choral Society, a
newly formed group sponsored by
the Theater Lobby, will hold its
first rehearsal Tuesday at 8 pm.
at Theater Lobby, II st. Mat
thew's court. Additions will be
held at that time. Those who can
|sight-read, have some musical
background and experience and
are interested in devoting a num-
Der of evenings this summer to
ensemble work are invited to at
tend.
Philip Lesser, who studied di-
recting at the Juiliiard School Of
Music, and who has been in
charge of several choral and
chamber music groups in this city
and in New York. will conduct.
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Chess
By DonoId n. Muaridqe

The open tournament Of the
Southern Chess Association was
held at Asheville, N. c., July to-
4. 1t was something of q car
petbagger event. OF the % en-
trants, II came from north Of
the Potomac, and six of the IL
from the District of Columbia.
Two came from Annapolis. New
York, Massachusetts,. Vermont and
Ohio were all represented. For
the first time in the history OF
these events, w. A. Scott, a Negro,
of Nashville, Tenn, participated.
First and third prizes went to
Washington players. The open
championship, a handsome trophy.
and first prize were carried of
by Martin c. Stark. who now adds
the Southern title to his numerous
holdings of the District, Capital
City and Washington Chess Divan
titles. After drawing in the first
round against the second-prize
winner, Stark won the next six
games in succession, and finished
a point ahead of his nearest COM
|petitor. Two of his games are
given below: The one against Sci
delman Is a real Fourth of July
flrecracker, even if 1t was played
one day in advance, and would
certainly have received the bril-
Iliancy prize, if one had been Of
fered. Edmund Nash, former Fed
|eral Club champion. took third
price with So. He played several
good attacking games, and would
have stood even higher If he had
not blundered away a rock against
Stark in a position in which he
had none the worst OF it.
The other Washington entries
were Vincent Saporito and Mrs.
Jane Stokes. each scoring 3-4;
Morton l.. Seidelman, who did
not seem to recover from the shock
Of his game with Stark, and nm
ished weakly with 22-41a, and
billiard Stokes, Is. Mrs. Stokes
played very steadily and continues
to show regular improvement.
Second prize went to r. C.
Simpson Of Annapolis, who dis
posed of Joseph G. Derry Sui
Ivan Of Knoxville, Tenn, in the
last round, and reached 5a-1h.
Sullivan remained at 4h-21z, but
took 4th prize ahead of Robert
Coveyou OF Oak Ridge because of
his superior Sonneborn-B Berger
standing. Coyeyou received 5th
prize.
The remaining scores without
S.-B. differentiation: E. Lipinsky
Asheville. N. c., 4A-21a: w. C.
Adikes, jr., Asheville; B. L. Ilsley,
Rock Hill, s. c.; Myron Fleischer,
New York City; and Martin
Southern. Knoxville. Tenn. all
4-3; A. H. Hobson, Montpelier
VT; G. A. Lyle, Annapolis, Md;
w. A. Scott. Nashville, Tenn; all
l3h-31a; c. E. Sponagle, Atlanta,
Ga, and G. H. B. Terry. Asheville,
3-4; w. M. p. Mitchell, Brookline,
Mass, 21a-41a; S. L. Trumbull,
Columbus, Ohio, Us; and e. E.
Shaffer. Asheville. 0-6. George
is. Thomas Of Burtonsville, Md,
directed the Swiss system event
with his customary precision. and
the writer acted as principal kib-
Iitzer and occasional adjudicator
j Stark's scores against Seidls-
man and w. M. p. Mitchell:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08

National Educatlon ASS0clatI0nS annuaI c0nVen-
tion Frank L. We'll of New York referred effec-
lively to the great danger to the Nation of the
existing apathy toward the duties of citizenship
He told that lin 1850 there were IS million Amer
leans eligible to vote. but only 40 million voted
Consequently candidates were elected to Office by
small minority of the total potential vote"
He also called attention to the fact that num-
bers of citizens, particularly community business
leaders. shirk jury duty neglecting one Of the
great fundamental guarantees of liberty in the
Constitution and that competent men often dislike
to serve in public Office. The astounding disclo-
sures in the recent Senate crime investigation
produced many concrete examples of corruption
clearly resulting from neglect by citizens in doing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Shall General Apathy or Duty Rule?
Some Unfinished District Business
By Jesse c. Suffer-
Be Our Conqueror?

VIII General Apathy Be Our ConqueroT?
Abraham Lincoln said There free Government
without the startling fact that large majority
qualified fail their duty election day how long
the United free Government Late available
tendency beloved
try Apathy" and his rapidly increasing
Independence Day in San Francisco before
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08
Bridge coIendor

ToMORRoW-La Sale Studio, 1928
,r Connecticut; pair game topenf. s.
pair game (open), 7:45. Andrews AR
Force Base Officers Bridge Club. pair
game, 7:45
Euclid; pair game (openl. l. Washing
ton Bridge League willard Hotel;
monthly winners games. pair game
THURsDAY-chess Club. Hotel Gordon:
pair game. 7:45. Penthouse Bridge
League, Federal Security Building: pair
FRIDAY-Arlington Duplicate Club, 1911
n. Quincy. Arlington; pair game. g.
S onens S'uoio' master point pair game
SATURDAY-WBL women's Auxiliary.
1855 Euclid; master point pair game
pair game. 7:45 Walsh Club, 1928
Twenty-second; pair game, 7:45.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08

part country Nation
entitled 1.-The of Humiliation and his other writings
giving the polling places absent treatment election day
noted that ION national election day the air is
filled with appeals to and denuncaton of the millions Of voters
"The patriotic who of right
participate the exercise of American sovereignty the
the pearls of voting opportunity
Uncle Sam appeals the patriotism of
threatens them But how
Uncle denounce threaten them with efc
when he himself the - seat eat Of sets the
How the stayat-home potential when
himself arbitrarily possibility participation
community Of Americans who vote
tive and progressive communities in the Republic?"
continue be free Government the duties of
citizenship be performed by the people Citizens willingly
various official capacities the several
commendable stand with the right hand
heart and repeat in concert the pledge OF ALLEGIANCE to
Of the Republic
stands ndivisible with liberty justice for ALL
and fail vote on election day. pledge less than
ngess BY word of mouth declare allegiance which implies
to duty and failure to vote
election day nothing short Of treason.
to note the recent tendency to eawaken the
Independence the Constitution and the great
the times But founding
with Divine guidance drafted chart for great Nation
devised by And beautifully those closing
spangled which seldom sung
oh! Thus be it eue when treemen shall stand
Between their oDed homes and the VARS desolation!
slsst Ot victory and peace the land
Praise the PotDer that hath made and preserved US nation
Then conquer must. for it is Just.
And this be motto: an God is trust"
And the star-spanoled banner in triumph shall waue
Ger the land of the free and the home OF the braue!
Congress and Unfinished District Business
fiscal year 1852 begins with the having
unfinished business important affecting the voe and
Of the District Columbia the
District appropriation bill has not been passed continuing esou
late Saturday night June go to take Of
penditures during July.
District budget like all appropriation bills, originates in
and then
Subcommittee of the Senate Committee Appropriations
the bill sundy amendments
amended be written for final consideration action
subcommittee the full committee The
after consideration action will
delay the illness of clerk
|of subcommittee.
Among uch-needed legislation the BILL which
the and before Judiciary Sub
the Senate District Committee The chairman this
Senator Johnston Of South Carolina been
Panama business Of another committee.
mostwaned District bills before Congress thai
proposing the personal household effects This
bill is before the Subcommittee
condition of District indicates that enactment
impose financial hardship District taxpayers at hi
time.
an which should repealed without
be used for reduction in thu
obligation Federal Government to its Capital ORGANIZED
civic Washington untedy supports the repeal
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Uncle Rays Corner

If some one asked you to tell the
difference between a rabbit and 9
hare, what would you reply?
One answer might be that they
are the same. 1t is true, at least
that people usually mix them up
Certain hares are called "jack rab-
bits" and it is likely that they will
keep the name for centuries to come
in the same way people speak Of
certain true rabbits as Belgian
|hares."
Scientists say that rabbits are
hares OF special kinds. True rap-
bits (for example, cottontails) are
born without any hair on their
bodies. Another difference is that
true rabbits tend to be small.
Our so-called jack rabbits are big
hares. They have very long legs,
and their ears are nearly the size
of the ears of donkey.
Jack rabbits run with great speed
Few dogs except greyhounds can
overtake them. Their long ears
point backward as these hares race
over the ground.
AS winter comes near in north
erly parts, jack rabbits slowly shed
their gray or brown coats. Al
length they have white coats
matching with snow. They are al
Evening star., 1951-10-03

In todays hand Miss Brash had
no more business insisting on three
no-trump than the man in the moon.
But like many overbidders she plays
her cards well and is a shreWd judge
of the whims and weaknesses of her
opponents.
Notice how Mr.. Masters plays
down his cards when Miss BraSh is
his partner. For every one of his
bids today he had little left over" !"
And yet Miss BraSh still reached a
highly speculative contract.
West opened the six of diamonds
and Miss Brash looked the situation
over. She knew West was deliber-
ate player-and not too quick a
thinker. So she won the first trick
with the ace of diamonds and with
out wasting "a second banged down
the queen of clubs. West did not
vince, frown or squirm but played
the deuce of clubs calmly and with
out delay.
He can't have the king" thought
Miss Brash. So she bounced up with
the ace in dummy and dropped
East's singleton. Both East and
West were considerably upset by this
play-so much so that when the
next club was led West revoked,
playing a small spade.
Thus Miss Brash won six clubs,
three spades and the ace of dia-
monds for 10 tricks. To this she
added two more tricks as the pen
atty for the revoke-12 tricks in all.
"A small slam, partner" said Miss
Brash brightly.
And I'm very surprised" said
West sarcastically, that you didn't
bid it."
(Copyright. 1881. General Features Corp)
Evening star., 1951-10-03

Isea-god Pharcys. BY their sweet
singing from the rocks of their
island home, they lured mariners to
their destruction. But Odysseus
sailed safely past, for he had
stopped up his sailors ears with
wax, and had bound himself tightly
to the mast.
Siren is correctly pronounced:
SY-ren, first syllable accented and
the second rhyming with "hen."
Be sure to avoid the all-too-com-
mon mispronunciation "sy-REEN.' y
Worditorial for today: "A diction-
ary Is about as exclusive as Grand
Central Station. 1t does not pre-
tend to report on the way words
might advisedly be used. 1t con-
tents itself with telling you the way
in which words ARE used."-Alex-
ander Woollcott.
Why 1t Is correct to use the definite
article "a" instead Of IAN" before words
beginning with III" such as "histori-
cal" is explained in Mr.. Colby's leafiet.
Gig. To obtain q copy. send 10 cents
to Mrs. Frank Colby. care of The Star.
2; 9; Box 80. Station G. New York 10.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
A-38 THE EVENING STAR
Contract Bridge
Washington, D. C.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3, 1851
By EasleN BIockWood

When Miss Lucy Brash sits down
at the bridge table things begin tc
happen. Bright and spry-and you
can guess her age yoursef-Miss
Brash always expects everything to
turn out for the best. Because OF
this she almost never passes. Give
her a few picture cards and little
distribution and she'll bid her head
off.
Neither side vulnerable; North
dealer.
NORTH (Mr. Masters
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The bidding:
North East South West
1spade Pass 2clubS Pass
2spades Pass 2NT Pass
8 clubs Pass 3NT All pass
Evening star., 1951-10-03
I TukeMyWordfo forIt ,, f'e"1 ce'b,

What is the origin, please, of tn
name Of the musical number, "Tar
antella"?
The tarantella Is lively Nea
politan folk dance. The name hae
its origin in tarantola, the Italia1
word for tarantula.
Now the tarantula was named fol
the Italian city of laramie, where
the fearful spiders are said to bt
more than usually plentiful. II
days past it was believed that per.
son poisoned by the bite of tar.
antula could be cured by being forced
to dance to fast music until he fel
exhausted. Such dances were giver
the name "tarantella.'
The word is pronounced: TAR-un-
TELL'uh, the "a" in the first syl-
liable having the short sound, as In
carrot"
A siren is a device which sends
forth a Shrill wall of warning. How
did it get its name?
In Homer's Odyssey" the sirens
were sea-nymphs, daughters of the
Evening star., 1951-10-03
By Romon coffmon
Iof them. They eat many kinds Of
plants, including cotton and alfalfa.

Magic tricks and games appear in
the new Uncle Ray leafiet entitled "Puz-
zleS, Tricks and Fun" This is mailed
without charge to any reader who sends
Uncle Ray in care of The Star.
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Clay Is Cold Treatment

DAKAR. - Natives of French
West Africa ordinarily treat a cold
by finger-painting their faces and
the upper parts Of their bodies
with white clay, the Africans
equivalent Of a rabbits foot. They
believe that evil spirits won't dare
to penetrate a mask Of white clay.
Evening star., 1951-10-03

white in winter except for the black
tips of their ears.
Jack rabbits are found on prai-
ries, also in the midst of noun
tains and in deserts. Those which
live in hot desert areas fail to &c
through the same color changes as
the Others.
1t Is common for jack rabbits tc
be seen in groups. In q single
group there may be from 10 to q
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Answer to NYsTAGMUs.

nasty, sang, SNUG, smut, snug, snag, stag,
stay. tuna, stung, stun, gamy, tangy,
aunt, gamut, gnats, gaunt. gasSy, gusty,
Evening star., 1951-10-03
Come
Find % or more words in
MONIES,

Monies,
meaning, "the art of improving
the efficiency Of the memory" )"
Average is 26; limit, Is minutes.
Rules-Words must be of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letters
by the addition OF IS" such as bats"
word is used. Proper names are not used.
A list will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-10-20

crippled condition. but he hopes
by some miracle to shake of the
slump that has ridden the Red.
skins since the start Of the cam.
|paign.
Ball Becomes Chief Scout.
Meanwhile, Ball was scheduled
to fly to Chicago today to resume
(See REDSKINS. Page R-17.l
Evening star., 1951-10-20
Win, Lose, or Draw
BY GRAkTLAND RICE

WRITING ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES of Joe Louis and Jer
sey Walcot gets the feeling that he still writing
about the active days of Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunne
mavbe of Bob FitZsimmons
Evening star., 1951-10-20

Suppose Louis reach Marcano with greater ease?
He has lost his old punch He has been betting
third raters around without knocking Joe will find
Marciano the first hard hitter he has faced in years
THE RAW FACTS are that Louis must locate punch
he lost three four Also Joe able
rougher beating than he has been take
Marciano hasn't Charles boxing skill experience But
he far more damaging hitter Marcano handled Layne
with far effectiveness than Charles showed.
don't believe Joe Louis would against
Ezzard Charles time although the latter great
heavyweight Just pretty good Marcano with his
more effective punching power be the good heavy
weight champion At least he has his chance he has
heart and the ability to take his share of punishment
NOW THAT LAYNE has blown up, partly from bad ham
ding and instruction. the heavyweight field only
ciano and Harry Matthews left at the moment
Wacott who will be still older by next June miracle
man beating Charles after having lost to Lane maybe
he the miracle in losing to one-handed fighter
Certainly when you have such venerable as
Louis and Wacott in the main picture there little you
to about the situation. There chance course that
find them in title fight where their combined years
would be close to 8D
1T so HAPPENS that both Louis and Wacett are most
exemplary characters They decent citizens game
has so little decency doesn't bother to look for
Even Eddie Eagan former New boxing commissioner
finally the foolish pursuit of wlo -wisp There
is little in looking for something that existedand
probably will.
The fight game needs faces younger blood greater
skill and complete change from the story we've
1941
1t has been dull story Louis lost punch
hand speed and his reflex actions in the ring.
Maybe Marciano bring of the old back But
fthat is still maybe.
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