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Evening star., 1951-11-18
Pianist Solomon
In Full Recital at
Lisner Auditorium

The famous British pianist,
Solomon. will give his first full
length recital in Washington this
afternoon at 4 in Lisner Audi
torium. Twenty-flrst and H
streets NV.
Forty years ago, at the age of
8, Solomon made his professional
debut playing with the Queens
Hall Orchestra under DR.. Muller
Reuter- in London. A year later
he was summoned for a COM
Imand performance at Bucking-
ham Palace for King George v
and Queen Mary.
At his debut concert, the boy
was billed simply as Solomon
and the practice of using one
name only has continued, Not
only is it a habit. but a decided
preference. and the pianist meets
all curious questioning with the
request that his decision be re-
spected.
At the age Of IA. Solomon re-
tired for five years for study, first
with DIR. Rumschisky in London
and later in Paris with Lazare
Levy. He returned to professiona.
life in 1921 and concertized ir
Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia
New Zealand. North and South
America.
During the war the pianist Of.
fered his services as AFRAID war.
den in his London district anc
as performer for the troops. Hi,
concerts for the soldiers in the
Far East involved . 10000 mile
flight. In 1889 he gave the worlc
premiere Of Sir Arthur Bliss piano
concerto. at the New York World.
Fair and as he comments, "sailec
the Atlantic for IS minutes o1
playing"
Evening star., 1951-11-18

Doucet, 4 rue Marboeuf. pleasant,
excellent and about $1.50; Rech,
62 avenue des Ternes. magnificent
snails, Holsters. mussels, shrimp
at about 81 for q complete din
ner; Jour ct Mutt. 2 rue de Berri,
large, roisterous. good and mex
pensive; A la Grenouille. % rue
des Grand Augustins, frogs legs
and most anything else In a
cavern: Brasserie Lipp, Isl boule-
ward st. German, famous for
sauerkraut and beer among 10th
century fixtures.
After dinner at the Lipp you
ought to drop around the corner
to a night spot called La Librairie.
It's dingy corner crawling with
intellectuals and types. and the
walls are lined with books. There
is indeed library with books for
sale on a balcony. which can be
reached by a ladder.
Wild West in Vogue.
The Wild West spirit Of the
American plains seems somehow
to be in vogue in Paris. and there
is hardly a night club which isn't
draping a showgirls in a 10-gallon
hat and little else. Even the fa-
nous Folies Bergere has a man.
moth production number in which
the entire company is done up in
white boots and pink chaps. and
gats are fired all over the place.
The craze has inspired a new
night club, which goes under the
singularly un-Gallic appellation Of
the Crazy Horse Saloon, which
features Slim Briggs and His
Texas Boys. Anybody who is
hungry after dancing at the Crazy
Horse can pop over to Toni's Bar
B @ at 400 rue st. Honore.
Although the tourist can shop
for restaurants and even hotels
and night clubs, the prices are
inescapable for those who want to
take home some of the chic crea-
tions for which Paris Is noted. 1t
is hardly possible in small shops
or department stores to buy any
but the most traditional blouses
for less than $18. Most run be-
tween $40 and $50.
Good suede gloves start about
$40. Perfume remains the ladies'
best friend and the mans best
purchase. The overall saving
comes to about SO per cent.
The winter visitor will be pleased
to hear that the Paris racing sea-
son seems never to close. The
tracks are located in the Bois de
Boulogne. which is quite like hav-
ing the course in your own city
park.
1t costs. for example, about rs
cents to take a cab out to Long
champs. a dollar will get you in
the gate. and you can bet as little
as 100 francs on a race-about q
quarter on the free rate.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

Postmaster General Jesse NJ
Donaldson announced on Wednes-
day that he has authorized the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
to print 20-cent special delivery
stamps on rotary presses in
stead of flat-bed. This means
that a. new variety is be-
ing created. perforated II by
10H2. Each impression will be q
trifle larger than the original
printings. The new edition will &C
on sale at the Philatelic Agency
on November 80 and flrst-day COW
ers will be processed by the Post
master, Washington. D. c.. pro-
vided a 3-cent stamp as well
as the new 20-cent special delivery
stamp is affixed to each envelope
submitted for marking.
Joseph Mandos Of Philadelphia
will be guest of honor and princi-
pal speaker at q meeting Of the
Washington Philatelic Society al
the Arts Club Of 20l7 I street NV.
Wednesday evening November 2s
at 8 o'clock. He will discuss the
early postal history of Guatemala
illustrating his talk by display
ing stamps. proofs and essays
The public Is invited to attend.
The Maximum Card Society OF
America will stage its first all
maximum card exhibition al
the Collectors Club, ~ East 35th
street. New York City, Satur-
day, December /, from noon un-
til 6 pm. Information and pos
ter labels advertising the show
may be obtained from Agnes
Burlingame, $500 Fillmore ave-
nue.. Brooklyn "a, N. Y, the
labels selling at for Is cents
Enclose self f-addressed stamped
envelope.
Prize winners in the recent Sill.
yer Spring Philatelic Society ex.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Effenbach Duo
In Eridoy Proqrom.

Leah and Shirley Efenbach,
pianists. formerly of this city. will
give a duo piano recital at the
Peabody Conservatory in Balti-
more Friday at 4 pm. Their pro-
gram will include the first per-
Ifofmance of South Shore Suite"
by Thor Serly. .
The sisters, who have played
here frequently in solo recital,
made their debut as piano team
last October. in Los Angeles, and
a month later gave their first
New York program in Town Hall.
During the winter and spring,
Leah Effenbach had a weekly half
hour TV program.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Off-Seoson Paris Is Chilly,
Also Cheap if You Shop
By Horoce Sutton

PARIS.-Yellow leaves are drip.
ping from the trees in the Tuil.
cries gardens, and the wind bites
through the topcoat that kept you
warm and snug in the States just
a week ago. but nobody seems tC
mind.
Autumn here is bit chilly. but
it is no less pulsating than Pari:
in the spring. an annual interlude
which has been celebrated in story
and music.
The sidewalk cafes are all boxeC
in glass now, like sun porches
along the Champs Elysees. The
cops have donned their short blue
capes, the traffic is a hopeless
snarl beginning az each after
noon, and Paris has plainly settled
down to enjoy the winter season
For the tourist these off-seasor
days. while climatically not a.
comfortable. offer an opportunity
to get aboard the carousal of Pari.
life as it spins normally for thu
Partisan.
In the summer. when the Amer
leans are fond of coming ovel
in regimental waves, the French
take to the hills and the sea.
shore. Yank-talk is the jargon Of
the streets and the dollar all but
becomes the official legal tender
Time Of Savings.
Aside from the opportunity tt
become part Of a more Partisan
kind Of Paris life, the off season
does provide substantial saving,
in transportation and hotel prices
The airlines have a fare-and-a
tenth excursion fare, the steam
ship lines have pared their tariffs
and the rates in a top-rank lux
ury hotel like the George v start
at about $3.50 a day for a single
On the other hand, an old-fash-
ioned and elegant hotel like the
Continental. which sits in q handy
location near the Concorde, will
be less than So a day for two
A small. quiet residential hotel
like the Tremoille, in the fashion
able George v sector. charges
about $3.50 a day for two, includ-
ing continental breakfast.
Travellers who will put up only
at the famous hotels, dine only
at the renowned restaurants and
frequent none but the glittering
night spots will find Paris an ex-
pensive city. The secret Of Paris
summer or winter. is to shop care
fully before committing yourself
to suite, a dinner or q bucket OF
champagne. Excellent meals are
available all over town for less
than 81, and I have before me
the menu of La Petite Alsacienne
a tiny place complete with red
checked tablecloths. where small
but tender. steak costs SIS cents
Among some of the other res
taurants from my own list are
Evening star., 1951-11-18
ArIinqton Concert

! The first Young Peoples con-
cert of the season by the Airing
ton Civic Symphony will be given
at 3 this afternoon in the Wash
ington-Lee High School. Bernard
Rosenthal will direct and COM
ment on the music and the in
Struments.
| Additional Young Peoples con-
certs will be given on January l3
and March 81. 1852. The first
symphony concert will take place
on Thursday. November 20 at $3.50
pm. The 80 piece orchestra, made
up of business men, housewives,
and young people, is sponsored by
the Arlington Civic Symphony
Association.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

An American composer, William
Schuman, provides the news in
terest Of the Philadelphia Orches-
tra's program Tuesday night in
Constitution Hall. Eugene Or
mandy will give first local hear
ing to Schuman's one movement
rSymphony No. s" which he has
presented already in Copenhagen
during his summer tour, and to
his audience in Philadelphia two
weeks ago. To Offset whatever
feelings there may be against con-
temporary music by his Washing
ton patrons, the greater part Of
the program will be devoted to
Handel, Chopin and Liszt. Alex
ander Brailowsky will be the So
loist performing Chopin'S Con-
certo No. l" and Liszt's Concerto
No. g."
The half lf-hour- long symphony
was commissioned by the Dallas
Symphony Orchestra and given its
world premiere there last season
under the direction of Antol Do
Irati. The conductor claims that
Schuman's form in this symphony
strikes a new note, uninfluenced
by past styles. Ormandy admits
it is difficult and has given a great
deal Of time to the study Of it.
The only other major work by
this composer heard here was his
symphony No. g." played by the
Philadelphians last March. His
third and fourth quartet have been
programmed in the Library OF
Congress and in the National Gal
lery but Of his orchestral works
the American Festival Overture
and 'Newsreel." have remained
the favorites with the National
Symphony. The composer is now
at work on a comic opera which
should be ready by next season
Its subject Is taken from the
immortal poem. Casey at the
Bat" formed into a nbretto b.
Jeremy Curry.
Contrasting Background.
/ Choosing such a theme for hi
stage creation shows how thor
oughly American is Schuman
When his background is con
trasted with those of the grea
composers listed with him on th'
program, one marvels anew at tn,
strength and perseverance O.
American talent. With no specia
guidance in childhood or contac
with great music in his earlier
years, Schuman nevertheless.
forged ahead as a composer unit
the performance of a new sym.
phony by him becomes news.
| He played around with music a!
a youngster. composing popular
songs and organizing a jazz band
His first manifestation of interes
in music came when he decided Il
join a school orchestra and la
bored to perform Beethoven
"Minuet in G" on the violin. o.
his vacations at boys camp hi
wrote some music for a minstre
show that didn't turn out so well
Not knowing exactly what h
wanted to do with music. he start
ed studying business administra
ton at New York University an
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Third Division

The Society of the Sd Infantry
Division has not only opened its
doors to Sd Division veterans of
the Korean War, but has also
made all veterans who have seen
combat service with the Sd in
Korea honorary members of the
society.
This announcement was made
by Dean Atwood of Lansing, Mich,
national president of the society.
Membership cards will be for
warded to members of the division
through division headquarters. No
dues will be charged these honor
ary members,
Evening star., 1951-11-18

nloltlon included Jan M. Morrel,
John Magnus. Mike Lehey, Billy
Selby, Jimmy Puryear and Ray
mond Thompson.
The Lutheran Memorial Hospital
Association has presented to
President Truman an album of
red buckram containing full panes
|of the Cuban stamp In homage to
Nurse Clara Louise Mass and the
hospitals Christmas Seals for
1948 to 1851, inclusive.
Luxembourg has announced a
set of six propaganda stamps for
"a united Europe" The new issues
are being released to coincide with
the reconvening Of the European
Assembly at Strassbourg. France.
Official descriptions . are: soc,
green. and 2.50fr. magenta, SYM
bolic representation of economic
and social progress through a un-
ion Of Europe: 2fr, violet, and 3fr
brown, advancement of human
rights: Afr. blue, and SIR, dark
brown. scale balanced between q
united Europe and peace.
Cuba has issued a series of
stamps for the 3Oth anniversary
of Jose Paul Capablanca's victory
over Emmanuel Lasker for the
chess championship of the world
in 1881. One design features the
board and chess pieces as. they
were at the end of the match.
Birds are the subjects of three
semi-postal stamps Of Finland
produced in aid of the anti
tuberculosis campaign.
AuguStin Vanegas p, director
of the Philatelic Bureau Of the
Government of Nicaragua, was q
visitor In Washington during the
past week. He came to town on
his way to the National Philatelic
Exhibition in New York, where he
is representing the organizers and
sponsors Of the Second Central
American Philatelic Exhibition, te
be held next year.
While here. Mr.. Vanegas toured
the Post Once Department. the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
the Smithsonian Institution. the
Library of Congress and the Ma
tional Gallery Of Art. He attend
Evening star., 1951-11-18

Choir College Summer School and
worked with Alexander McCurdy
at the Curtis Institute of Music.
He was graduated with B. NJ.
degree.
While studying he held posi-
ton of organist at the Bryn Mawr
Presbyterian Church. Prior to
that he was connected with sew
eral churches in California, in
addition to his concert work. Since
his return to the West Coast, Mr..
Craighead became a faculty men,
Der OF the Occidental College in
Los Angeles and is organist at the
Pasadena Presbyterian Church.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
TODAY.

4oDAI.
arlington CIVIC SYMPHONY Or
WasRington-Iee High School '?Hi1. pm
Overture, to Nicolafs, The Merry
ven,s Wlyss .symphnny q Wlndsor No hnsls geetho.
Pc Falla's Spanish Dance, No. l.:
Brahms ~Hunearian Dances, Nos.
6.,5 kabalevsky's Comedians
Wooden ohs sodess arr pleaae pfaaee TO OF Aes set
III" from Wagner's 'LohenErin
SOLOMON. piano recital, Lisner Audi
E,ls EEusae, e Minor: Book r.; Prelude,
."sonata. Minor, Op 81; Ravei's
"Une Baraue sur l'Ocean." Debussy's
General Layine-eccentric." ''Ce qua
WI lie vent doueSt" Les sons ct les
parfums tournent dams Fair du soir."
"L'1sle Joyeuse."
RONALD X. ARNATT. organist; PHYL-
LIS HARRISON soprano; Calvary
Methodist Church, 4 pm. Du Mage's
Grand .Grande Jeu," Frescobaldrs 'Partite
Faithful" from Baeh's SPentecost
Need" from my spirit was in
Hss.,,,ss Asay,insss," Miss Harrison; Bach,s
sowerbys Air With Variations
Alain's lie. Jardin suspendu." Ar
natt's ".Adoramus te Christie;
"saSany' "sonafs mss Ms s;o, Haar5is99ssi. Elgars
ST. MARGARET.S rpTscnp.,
CHURCH CHOIR. Robert Ruckman,
director; Virsinia Lee Bell, soprano
Lorraine Russell, contralto; Philip
Baxter, tenor; Edgar Kidwen. bass.
HIs's Haiss's "fhe fhs seatitndes sealan D'm Van
DOROTHY PROFANT ARTAUD, piano
recital m BARK Barker Hall; Hall; YWcA: 4:3o
Ma3oT'' MMlnoT" bsSa.sys bsyans "Esntssls sTtnas {
d5S!, MiRSF ps ,Rsiistsi ID, dams lssa.S ylla: :
Punch; RsveTs "Jeax desa,'
".Ai6orads ..AlHaa e. del GIaeioso"; chopin's
10 'aSe So e. 20 Bsfc.use. N1 use Et4as preluae 4e
e. e No IS - No. a.; Prelude, o.:
MARY APPLE. contralto: LEWIS AT
mAaak; ts1,an cbmrrh borssnist; Ail,souls, Uni,
ef % Zach hnurde musie Come nm Most FfafFhm aiFs'n
TEy Hands. from "aod's Time e" Is
Best; ,"Et Exaltavit." from Mag
5ees to eod MISS Ariaso Agpe; ~ anfasie GlsEy 3
Minor" Mr.. Atwater.
MICHAEL PONTI, piano recital Barker
Hall, YWcA. 7 pm. Bach's "Pre-
lIdes dss an and ..5, 5Fusues, Nes; -. 60 2s":
Bsethoven's Les Adieux Sonata;
Chopins 'Etudes A Flat, OPP 25 No.
|: G Flat. Op. 10. No. 81 "Ballade,
Op. 3S: Major; Debussy's "On-
dine" Ravers "Ondine" Rachman-
inof's Prelude Op. %, No. A.;
MacDowelrs Novelette,. Op. 46,
No. l."
CANDLELIGHT MUSICAL vEsPERS,
Lutheran Church Of the Reformation,
s:3O pm Bach program. Fan
TASTE. Fugue. 6 Minor: "Erbarm'
Dich mein o HERE Gott." George
Koehler. oreanist; GLADLY Would t.
from "St. Matthew Passion" julie
zahawa, baritone.
JAMES SYKES, piano recital, National
= Gallery Of Art s pm. Bach's
French Suite No. 5, g Major;
MoZart's Variations on 'Unser
Evening star., 1951-11-18

pm.
! The son of q
Pre- s b y t erian
minister and Of
a church organ
ist mother, he
! was trained by
| her. beginning
| with his fifth
I year. At the age
of II he already
pldySu IcS uldI
church services.
Ten years ago
| Mr.. Craighead
enrolled in the
LtM ncf x,ni ctor
Evening star., 1951-11-18

The Sunday Afternoon Music
Hour in Barker Hall. YWCA. will
present piano recital by Doro-
thy Profant Artaud this afternoon
at 4:30.
There will be a piano recital BY
Carol Klooster in the Phillips Gal
lery tomorrow night at $50
o'clock.
The Washington Opera Guild
Chorus, Dorothy Remington, di-
rector. will give a program for
patients of the National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Friday
night. The concert is sponsored
by the Disabled American Vet
Grams.
Wilson Ewart, baritone, and
Betty EWart. soprano, will be
heard in Joint program at Pierce
Hall Wednesday at $50 pm. The
Unitarian Business and Profess
soinal Women's Club for Over
seas Unitarian Service sponsors
the concert.
An All-Beethoven program will
be given by the Budapest String
Quartet on Friday at 8:15 pm.
in the Library Of Congress. The
concert is open to the public, tick
cts being distributed through the
Snow Concert Bureau in Camp
bells Music Store.
Patricia Griffin. pianist. daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. N. Griffin
Of Chevy Chase. Md. will be- the
soloist with the Conservatory
Symphony Orchestra at the Gin
cinnati Conservatory of Music to-
morrow night.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Choral Festival

I The Choral Music Festival o1
Children's and Youths Choirs
sponsored by the D. c. Federation
of Music Clubs. will take place in
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church, this afternoon at 4. Choirs
from Woodside Methodist, Chew
erly Community, Mount Vernon
Methodist and First Baptist
Churches, and from John Nevin
Andrews Church School will par
ticipate.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Music
Composer With Jazz Band Background
Gets on Program With Handel and Liszt
By Alice Eversmon

worked part time at preparing
copy for an advertising agency.
Soon he made up his mind. His
lack of knowledge of the mechan-
les of composing had bothered him
for years so he finally decided to
devote himself exclusively to this
study. Although he continued to
write songs and numbers for
dance orchestra. winning a certain
amount of fame with them. he
turned to serious creation after
winning his bachelors and mas
ter's degree at Columbia Univer-
Isity. From there he went to the
Mozarteum in Salzberg to study
conducting and later joined the
faculty Of Sarah Lawrence College
in Bronxville, N. Y.
Schuman is now head Of the
Juilliard School of Music. Before
taking this post he was director
Iof publications of Shirmer's and
had won the Pulitzer prize, the
Koussevitzky award and a Gug-
genheim fellowship. In his pres
ent responsible position. he is guid-
ing the budding American talent.
How strongly he feels the gravity
Of his duties has been seen many
times. At the convocation cere-
monies last year at the school, he
warned the students against die
tators who have cunningly har-
messed the talents of composers
and performers to suit their own
Iobjectives" and who realize that
music. like the other arts, Is a
useful tool in the propagation Of
their ideologies.'
! Baseball Compared.
! He struck a popular note at this
years ceremonies. He spoke Of
the interest in baseball-it being
baseball week in New York-which
might be the envy of the music
profession" Should the day
come" he continued, when the
subscribers to the Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra of New York
rush down to a North River pier
to greet as heroes their orchestra
returning from triumphs abroad;
i. should the day come when spar
king passages in double octaves
are reported on the front page;
should the day come when every
concert-goer has the knowledge of
, music that every fan has of base
ball; should that day come, then
| we will have begun to approach.
, in our musical life. vitality COM
: parable to that Of our national
!; sport"
! What a contrast is this life
history to those of Handel, Chopin,
and Liszt. All three of these COM
posers had advantages of musical
surroundings and encouragement
:. from infancy. They lived music,
always on a high level. But the
'iyoung American boy, who rose
> from Tin Pan Alley success to the
Philadelphia Orchestra and the
head of the Juilliard School, il
typical of what native talent can
/ accomplish. He had no poverty
. background to win sympathy, no
tears and stress in his young years
-iJust an American boy who be-
: lieved in his talent and forged his
! own way to the front ranks.
Evening star., 1951-11-18

tlon cnleny at
the D alcroze e
School, N e "
York; the Aus
tro = American
Conservatory Of
Music. Mond-
see, Au S t r | a,
and the East
man School Of
Music. He also
studied private
ly with E. Rob-
ert SchmitZ and
others.
A pre-l a W
Evening star., 1951-11-18

ed meetings Of several local stamp
societies and was entertained at
luncheon by Albert F. Kunze. di-
rector of the Stamp Division OF
the Pan American Union, and
Franklin r. Burns, jr., philatelic
curator Of the Smithsonian.
! From New York Mr.. Vanegas
will 60 to Quebec, then to Chicago,
returning East in December. He
explained that he had been in
England last year to supervise de-
struction Of plates Of Nicaraguan
stamps printed there and in New
York more recently on a similar
errand to assure destruction Of
what remained Of the Seebeck dies
and plates at the Hamilton Bank
Note Co.
Mr.. Vanegas said that Nicaragua
soon will bring out new airmail
and regular postage stamps hon.
oring all presidents of his cdun-
try from 1925 to date. Some of
these adhesives will be six-sided
some eight-sided.
Philately is booming among the
Nicaraguan people, Mr.. Vanegas
declared. The government is help
ing the hobby by maintaining a
special Office in the National Pal
ace at Managua for the sale of
albums. catalogues, manuals and
stamps.
Lorne Bentham, Ottawa philat-
elist and radio speaker. now is in
Washington with the Canadian
Joint Staff and is continuing his
stamp broadcasts through CKOY
on Mondays at 1905 p. m. Among
local stamp collectors he has in
terviewed have been r. C. Clinite
and Joseph A. Herbert, jr., as well
as Mr.. Bruins of the Smithsonian
DR.. H. Novoa Spade recently ha!
exhibited at the Department OF
Commerce and the Smithsonian
Institution a comprehensive col.
lection of covers bearing the auto.
graphs Of United Nations leaders
BY courtesy of Robert A. L,
Roux, the stamp editor of TIL,
Star has received an interesting
royal train cover. bearing the spe.
cial cancellation used during tn.
tour of Princess Elizabeth and hel
husband, the Duke Of Edinburgh
1t reads: Train Royal-Bureau de
Poste-Canada" and shows The
date above two maple leaf symbols
Weeks Stamp Shop. 1872 Seven.
teenth street, NV. is selling al
daily auction the 18th and early
Goth century portions of the inter.
national collection of a we'll
known philatelic author.
Evening star., 1951-11-18
Gallery Presents
Pianist Sykes

James Sykes. pianist. professor
of music at Colgate University
will give a recital in the Nationa
Gallery of Art tonight at 8. He
received his musical educa-