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Evening star., 1952-06-29

ING" 4O4b1As
The entire Nation, as usual,
will help celebrate Pat Rooney's
birthday this year. It will be a
holiday. flags will be unfurled.
orators will declaim and pa
rades will be held in even the
smallest communities.
Rooney will be 72 years old
and in show business for so
years. For the purposes of this
story we will ignore the fact
that his birthday. falls on July 4.
AS it happens, July 4 is a fine
date for a birthday, demon
strated by the fact that
Rooney's old friend, the late
George M. Cohan. had the mis-
fortune to be born on July 8,
and quietly pushed the date back
"a hours.
Cohon q Foker
I'VE always used to exchange
birthday messages on the
Fourth" said Rooney, executing
a deft little clog step absent
mindedly. "Of course, it was
really my birthday, but I never
objected"
If any person around Broad
way is entitled to the "Mr. Show
Business" handle it's this spry,
full-haired. slender little man
with the map Of Ireland on his
gentle face.
His father was the famous
and original Pat Rooney. sing
ing and dancing star of Ameri-
cas- gaslight era. His mother
was Josie Granger, the ballet
dancer in Rooney's touring mu-
sical shows.
They had five children-four
girls and Pat-and the whole
family had theater careers. The
young Pat married into another
old theater family. Marion Bent.
with whom he was teamed in
private life and IN one of
vaudeville's perennial acts, had
the same born-in-a-trunk back
ground.
With so many Pat Rooneys in
the family act, sometimes it's
hard to keep them straight.
The Pat Rooney who is the July
4 birthday man called himself
pat Rooney, jr." After his
fathers death and until his own
son, also Pat, was born. The
older one then simply became
Pat Rooney. and his son took on
the junior. The current Pat
Rooney. jr., his father says,
does the best limitations of the
much initiated original Pat
Rooney.
Right now, gray-haired Pat
Rooney is a hit as featured
performer in the musical Guys
and Dolls" playing the part of
q slum missionary whose daugh-
ter falls in love with an under
world character. He's one of the
few actors who has accepted
with good nature the elimina-
ton of a show-stopping bit,
just because it stopped the show
at the wrong time.
I'm the tryouts," Rooney ex-
planned, II started to hum a
pretty tune, stuck my hands in
my pants pockets and went into
Evening star., 1952-06-29
Todoy's Schedule

Stage.
ARENA-"The Hasty Heart:
$3.50 pm.
Screen.
AMBASSADOR - Scandal
Sheet: 1885, 3::5. 5:35, 1885
and 9:35 pm.
CAPITOL-"Outcasts of Pok-
er Flat: LAS. 4:30, 7:15
and 10 pm. Stage: $3.50.
6:15 and 900 pm.
COLUMBIA "Scara-
mouche":: 1890, 2::50, $40,
7:30 and $50 pm.
DUPONT-"Never Take No
for an Answer. 1:35, S:35,
SIS, TAO and $40 pm.
KEITH'S-"Just This Once:
1885, 3:35, $40. TAO and
9:45 pm.
LITTLE-"Secret of Mayer
ling: /. 2:45. 4::30. $40,
$40 and 10 pm.
METROPOLITAN - "The
Fighter: lis, 2:50, ABS,
6:20, sos and 9:55 pm.
ONTARIO-"Time for Men
Only: 1:25. 3:35. 5:45,
1850 and 9:55 pm.
PALACE-"The Washington
Story: 1:40. 3:45. 5:45,
7:50, 9:55 and 1855 pm.
PIX-"Confessions of a Mod
el": 2:20, 5, 7::45 and
1910 pm.
PLAYHOUSE 1.-THE Marry
ing Kind: 1:25, $3.50, $40,
7:45 and $50 pm.
PLAZA-"The Man in the
White Suit: /, 2::55, 4:50
6:45. $40 and 10:40 pm.
TRANS LUX Encore:
los. 2:55, 4:40. $3.50, 8:20
and 1910 pm.
WARNER-"Scandal Sheet: !:
1:50, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
TurntobIe Talk:
By jones 6. Deone

The iron curtain may be i'm
penetrable but music seems able
to breach it. Russian music direct
from Russia increasingly is max
ing its way to American shops. It
is certainly an interesting Develop
ment. And the musical product
frequently is of a quality proving
that standards of performance, at
least, still are respected by the
commisSars.
Three recent discs are cases in
point. Each contains music from
Moscow. First is Dmitri Kabalev-
sky'S violin concerto, Op. 48,
paired with Tikhon Khrennikov's
Much Ado About Nothing" q
suite of incidental music for
Shakespeare's comedy. The State
Orchestra of che U. S. S. r. is the
ensemble. Alexander Stassevich
conducts the suite and Kabalev-
sky himself the concerto. The
violin soloist is David Oistrakh,
who from reports must be re-
garded as the Soviet Heifetz.
It's a first-rate disc. Vanguard
Evening star., 1952-06-29
TUESDAY.

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY STRING
QUARTET. EMERSON MEYERS,
pianist; music auditorium the uni
oasrtst. osnslttst o. O@ =. No! aaydn 6 Msior Msioin;
Brahms Piano Quartet C Minor.
Op. 60''; Milhaud's String Quar-
Evening star., 1952-06-29

Koussevitsky. This is an LIP re-
issue. and q worthy one.
HMV CAPITULATES. - The
most exciting record news since
the advent of LIP became official
last week with the announcement
that the Gramaphone Co., RCA
Victor's British affiliate, has joined
the long playing bandwagon.
Records bearing the label "Iis
Masters Voice"-the Gramaphone
Co.'S trade mark-over the years
have come to command extraord-
mary prestige. Both musically
and in engineering they have set
a standard, recognized by collec-
tors outside England who long
have preferred HMV imports to
domestic discs.
Exactly why HMV was so long
coming to LIP Is obscure. One
report had it the engineers wanted
to do LIP better. If so, the forth
coming evidence will be interest,"
ing, indeed. Or maybe Victor's
reluctant acceptance of 331s had
its influence. In any event, Vic
tors highbrow cousin now is en-
tering the lists with q will. Twenty
LIP records and 80 titles are in
the initial release and they should
be available in Washington shops
July z. Prices will be standard
$5.95 for 12-inch LIPS. Albums at
IS rpm. also will be available.
Several Of the recordings are
brand new; most are recent per-
formances issued on HMV TBS.
Here are some of the eyecatchers:
Mozart. Concertos No. 20 and "a,
played by Artur Schnabel; Mozart.
highlights from "Idomeneo," sung
by Glyndebourne soloists with
Fritz Busch; Purcell, dido and
Aeneas," sung by Flagstad ano
Schwartzkopf; Haydn, Symphony
No. SO, and Mozart, Symphony
No. SO, played by the Danish
State Radio Symphony under
Busch; Debussy, Preludes, and
S c h u m ann, "Kinderscenen,"
played by Alfred Cortot; Beetho-
ven. Symphony No. Z, played by
the Vienna Philharmonic under
Fuertwaengler.
Evening star., 1952-06-29

State Radio Orchestra Of the
u. s. s. r. under Samuel Samosud
plays. Recording is excellent
Westminster, 12-inch).
The First Symphony of Kahn
nikov is music Of a different order.
Kalinnikov died in 1901, and his
musical bent was toward Ger
many and 10th century ro-
manticiSm. This symphony y
suggests Rachmaninoff, Tschai-
kowsky, Bruckner, even Schubert
in parts. It is a spirited, easily
assimilated work, with plenty of
sweep, and the State Radio Or
chestra led by N. Rachlin gives
it full treatment. Excellent re-
cording Westminster. 12-inch).
Poland. of course, is practically
the same as the Soviet Union
geographically these days, so a
disc called Music Of Poland" be-
longs properly with this group.
Berlin Contribution
Moving westward, the orches-
ira OF Radio Berlin contributes
more Russian music-this time
a suite from Rimsky- Korsakov's
opera, Christmas Eve" and the
same composers "Sinfonietta, Op.
81" based on folk themes. The
music is colorful and Leopold
Ludwig conducts it effectively.
Recording is good Urania, 12-
inch).
Rachmaninoff's opera, 1.-THE Mi
serly Knight" one of three he
composed. is quite unfamiliar. But
I it contains exciting music. Cesare
Siepi, basso. joins with New York's
Little Orchestra Society under
Thomas Scherman in presenting
the second act. On the other side
of the 12-inch Columbia disc Mr.
Scherman leads Arensky's familiar
variations on a Tschaikowsky
theme. For Rachmaninoff ad-
mirers. this record is a must.
On a Victor 12-inch disc is an
other Rachmaninoff work, regard
ed by some as his finest for
orcheStra-"Isle of the Dead" The
Boston Symphony performs il
along with Prokof1eff's Classical
symphony under the late Serge
Evening star., 1952-06-29
News of Music:
Another MusicIess Season
Finds Wotergote Forsoken
Risk Of Staging Performances With No .
Weather Protection Is Main Drawback
BY Alice Eversmon

The month Of July is almost
here and no special music on the
schedule. This is the second year
the National Symphony Orchestra
has decided against summer con-
certs and no one from outside the
city has ventured to present any
kind Of entertainment. The two
presidential conventions will alb
sorb the attention this year,
so it is just as we'll that no money
has been risked for performances
at the Watergate or elsewhere
this month. At the same time,
it is tragic to think that music is
dismissed so lightly and without
much demonstration.
From experience extending over
many seasons, it seems that the
apathy shown toward music of
the higher class in summer is
indicative Of a widespread atti-
tude toward the art in this city.
There are many who want to hear
concerts at the Watergate but
they are not patrons of the most
expensive seats. While the
crowded steps at the Watergate
make a wonderful showing as to
attendance and interest, the
money represented is small in
comparison. There was q time
when socialites waited until the
symphony season was over before
leaving the city, but that was long
ago and most Of the well-known
music patrons are conspicuous
now by their absence.
The District has q choice SPOT
for summer entertainment in the
Watergate, and another in the
Carter Barron Amphitheater.
Neither is very accessible to those
not having cars, and there is no
protection in case of rain. Both
places have extraneous noises, the
Watergate from passing planes
and the Amphitheater from resi-
dent crickets. While the crickets
present a problem which some
governmental agency will have to
solve. something could be done
about the planes.
More Thon a Pleasant Site
1t is this disinterest to remedy-
ing drawbacks that retards all ef-
forts toward bigger things in
Washington. The Watergate is
more than a pleasant site for lis
tening to music. 1t carries a halo
OF historical remembrance not to
be found anywhere in the United
States. The beauty of the sur
roundings can be matched, per-
haps. but never the inspiration
that comes from the Lincoln Me-
mortal and the sleeping heroes
across the river in Arlington Gem
etery. All this territory was set
apart originally as a place for
people to gather in the summer
time. right in the midst of vistas
that reminded them of their heri-
tage.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
WEDNESDAY.

MARINE BAND. Albert schoepper. con-
ducting; east front. Capitol, s pm
Grand March," from Wasner's
sprinetims'" pinto's oIf "frish Rhapa
sody.F Claude Pedicord, harpist;
selections from Herbert's The Fire
fly Mantia's Original Fantasy"
grims' March" and "salterelio."
from from :. MendelssOhn's "symphony
Evening star., 1952-06-29

The Little Choral Society. Philip
Lesser, director. opens its second
summer season tomorrow. Audi
tions and rehearsal will be held
at 8 pm. in the third-floo music
room of Cardozo High School.
Study will begin on Pedestrians
"Stabat Mater" a motet by
Vaughan Williams and Montever-
dis "Lamento d'Arianna." Per-
mission for performance of the
latter was received by the society
from the editor and copyright
owner in Italy. Singers who can
sight-read, have musical back
ground and experience are invited
to join.
The Catholic University of
America will sponsor q series of
five Tuesday night concerts in
the auditorium beginning Tues
day at 8 pm. The Catholic Uni
versity String Quartet and Emer-
son Meyers, pianist, will give the
first program.
David Bradshaw is the winner
OF the Helen Miller Hudson Studio
piano scholarship. The judge was
Virginia Wilson. The Saturday
additions concluded a series Of five
spring programs.
The Air Forces Headquarters
Command Band, stationed at An
drews Air Force Base, will make
its local debut at the Capitol steps
tonight at 8. Conductor is WO
Willard I. Shepherd and the solo,
lists will be WO Harry Meuser, bas-
SooniSt; A/2c James Davis, tenor,
and A/3c Hermon Troppe, ac-
cordioniSt.
The Kristen School of Voice
and Piano will hold its annual
recital in Barker Hall, YWCA, to-
morrow night at 1880 o'clock.
Certificates will be presented to
advanced students.
Suzanne Lundgren. meZzo-
soprano, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Lundgren of 2700 @ street
NV, recently was awarded the
Henriette Ries Memorial prize by
the Peabody Conservatory for out
standing scholarship and achieve
ment in public performance. Miss
Lundgren was soloist with the
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
and sang in Weisgall's 1.-THE
Tenor" and Mozart's Don Gio-
vanni."
At the commencement exercises
Of the New England Conservatory
Of Music on June II, a master of
music degree in piano was awarded
Susan Jean Wooten, 713 North
Fillmore street, Arlington. Va, and
a diploma in piano with honors
to Nancy Ruth Sullivan, 800 Eli
colt street NV.
The Chamber Orchestra, Paul
Olefsky, conductor. will give a
concert this afternoon at 3 in the
Phillips Gallery.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
u. S. Older Than Pat
But Both Have July a os Birthday and
Some Spirit of Enthusiasm
BY Cynthio Lowry

q buck and wing. The crowd
started to clap as soon as I
stuck my hands in my pockets
to dance. They cut the bit out
because 1t really wasn't in the
character of the missionary"
Wotches His Wind
Pat Rooney still sings. and he
still does plenty of dancing-but
not in the show. He has done his
most famous waltz clog, to the
tune Of "The Daughter of Rosie
O'Grady," as a turn on all the
top television variety shows.
Il never practice" he said.
And I'm glad I have these tele-
vision shows, because it gives me
a chance to keep my wind in
shape. I had a physical exam
1nation q couple of weeks ago,
and the doctor told me I had
the pulse and muscles of a boy of
49,"
Rooney and his second wife
a non-professional-live in an
apartment in a Broadway hotel.
Its walls are picture gallery of
show business history since the
turn of the century.
Since Guys and Dolls" opened
Rooney has missed only three
shows. He lives rather quietly.
never drinks, smokth IL or IA
cigars a day and for relaxation
plays golf and goes to the the
aters-special Sunday perform
anceS or matinees which don't
conflict with his own show.
"Retire?" he asked. II won't
retire as long as I can walk"
He stuck his hands in his pock-
cts and did little clog, smiling.
Evening star., 1952-06-29

1t is not unreasonable to be-
lieve that some degree of shelter
could be devised at the Watergate
from the sudden storms that de-
Scend upon it SO frequently on
concert nights. This would lie in
the power Of the park commits
sion and would be worth the
money it would cost. It is an ex-
pensive proposition to give opera
or concerts at the Watergate.
The outlay for chairs, lights and
all that pertains to turning the
site into an auditorium, also the
cost OF guarding the property at
night is considerable. Could that
outlay be reduced. both the Ma
tional Symphony and outside COM
panies could be heard there. But
one rainy night can dissolve the
profits and few can afford to take
that risk now.
There has been little evidence
or cooperation from the airport
IN rerouting incoming planes.
Ihey pass directly over the audi
ence. sometimes so low as to be
frightening. This is surely not nee
eSsary. The noise browns out the
music. besides being very distract
ing. Were a few political meet
lngs to be held there when a dis
tlngulshed orators words could
not be heard. a change would
be ordered at once. Music Is an
other matter. apparently.
Bills Aim for opero House
The situation as regards off.
door entertainment has existed
Tor many years. No one has done
anything about it. It is costly.
hazardous and uncomfortable.
Right now. bills are being intro
duced in Congress for an opera
mouse. all prefaced by disserta-
tlons on the value of such an ad-
dltlon to the cultural life and on
the disgrace Of the Capital being
without such building. Nothing
IS said about bettering what is
already here. The cost of an
opera house would be in the mil
tlons; much less would be needed
to erect shelter over a summer
audience.
A mistaken idea exists that
symphonic music or opera belong
TO winter months. There is no
such thing as summer music.
Good music holds it's appeal in
zero or high-temperature weather
allke. 1t is no great strain for tho
brain or nerves to listen to tho
pest music in summer, even II
the body is fatigued from heat.
NOR IS there any time of the year
when efforts toward cultural ad-
vancement for a community can
De relaxed. This is especially
true If places for its ENJOYMENT
can be made suitable. There will
De no audiences large enough to
support an expensive opera house
and what it might offer. if liking
Tor music is not stimulated the
year round. Apparently none of
1T. except what the service bands
Will present, can be heard here
this summer.
Evening star., 1952-06-29

The Chamber Orchestra, Paul
Olefsky, conductor. will give a
concert this afternoon at 3 in the
Phillips Gallery.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
Programs
of the
Week
TODAY.

THE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA p.,,
olefsky, conductor; Phillips 6alIerS.
ser5o No: sn g. BsFaneensErE Brshms TIio. 0ea- On.
tata i4 ;; MS@s MM0zarTS oi.t.tv ttFreimsurer Can
Isncs %sonata 'iftg' for' scSlRranei clsrnet r0nd and
Bassoon," Anthony checchia, bas-
Ssea6ov.o'so fSSn; Georss gs,. siltss. o. clarinet;
d. c. FEDERATION OF MUSIC CIUBs.
SSEMI0K SWIuK DIVISION, Barker Hall,
aerd conductor; east front. Capitol.
MsTsh;| Nsnsh.n BaSh'S %Iii,. IF Thou Pc Near"
saite aHensn 20 wpiillsSs pa1sdis FSlk ,Io Song
beers "L'Africaine"; Lehar's YOURS
Is My Heart Alone" Acc James
Ravis' tenSr: Morrissey,,s Carnival
sassoon; Elsa" "" Procession assie Meuifr te ths
Cathedral" from Waener's "Lohene
erin": Anderson Fiddle Faddie.'
h.Te A.i;Sss Herman .l%sI., TroppDe, accordion: ;:
Fantasy"
MARINE BAND, Albert Schoepper, con-
Quoting; jefferson Memorial, s pm.
sFEensh ssig4vaa.rs Militasy asy, March" from
0dAiL-odCHS 0ulCc AlReTlenne'. :.
Beethoven's "Egmont' overture
"Andalucia," Pinto's Irish Rhap-
sody." Claude Pedicord, harpist: Sc
lections from Rodgers "The King
ana l." Mantia's Original Fantasy"
Arthur Lehman. euphonium; Afford 5
Colonel Bogey on Parade, Tschai-
kowskys "Capriccio, Italien.''
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH CHOIR,
soloists; Robert Allan Guy. director:
the church, 8 pm. Mendelssohn's
MARCO. SEDERHOLM. soprano. song
recital; International Student House
"A ccAlcsst.s.;, Alnst.;,. A!Enatt,s Love SONG: ):
Church's ."I Heard a Lady Sigh. e"
Groendahl's "Bluebells," "Ack Vaer-
si6elins' "A "fdes@sr Piece of Wood yIe1s; Flosts
Downstream" Klemetti's Home
less" Kilpinen's "a Walk" Sibelius'
To the Starry Night" Summer
Evening: Grieg's Hope First
Tryst." Thanks for Your Counsel. !"
Evening star., 1952-06-29

%TAMTMM 9Th ond Sts. NE.
OAAW AVN Il. 4-s46e, Aif Cond.
MARLENE DIETRICH. RANCHO NoTo-
RIOUS": ERROL FLYNN. MARA MARU.
Evening star., 1952-06-29
TOMORROW.

NAVY BAND, Cwo Richard Z. Town.
send. conducting; east front, Capitol,
pm. Rossini's "Stabat Mater
overture, Two Guitars Dark
Eyes; selection from Strauss Die
Fledermaus." Benefits La Roug-
MoszkoWsks Nos Wilsm t wsita Cameron csits; saTpSt
Pop Goes the Weasel" walter 5
Prize Song" from Waener's Die
Meistersinger"; Youmans' Without
tasia'
Evening star., 1952-11-16

WHlRL AWAY
-Mr. Earl Por-
ter and Mis- S
Elizabeth Nor
ris, both men,
bers of the Ice
Club Of WASH
ineton, execute
q fancy spiral
on the ice at
UIine Arena,
where the club
meets twice q
week. This Or
gonizotion en-
phosizes fomiIy
groups. ond
concentrates on
general rother
th an foney
skating.
The guardian., 1952-08-09

cal career. His son, Eddie Ken
nell, Jr. is a social worker. His
married daughter, Fisk graduate,
now resides in Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mort Judson of
% Fort Ave, Roxbury, motored
to New York last week to get
Mr. Judson's mother, Mrs. Min
ME Judson of Laurel Hill, Flori-
da, who gave her two daughters
and son the surprise of their lives.
It was a grand meeting for Mr..
Judson who had not seen his mo-
ther for 20 years. In Brooklyn,
NY, Mrs. Judson visited her
daughter and son-in-law, Elvenia
and Lawrence Nelson and her
son and daughter-in-law, Mort
and Ida Judson. The visitor is
now in Washington, DC. with her
youngest daughter Mrs. Cassie J.
Brown. The visitor had a grand
time in Boston where she met
many of the Judson's friends.
From DC. she will return home
/ to Florida.
Grand master Ernest D. Cooke
of Odd Fellows was in Puerto
Rico the last week in July. He
was accompanied by Deputy
Grand Master Robert T. Thomas
of Jacksonville, Fla. and Grand
Secretary Jesse L. Nicholas of
Phila. They installed officers in
the recently created supreme
council for Puerto Ric oand jur-
isdiction.
The S. Coleridge-Tay musi-
cal Association, unlike some other
organizations, holds its monthly
business meetings right through
| the summer. Those who attended
Tuesday evening in spite of the
threatened storm, were well re-
paid especially when it came to
the party" after the business ses-
sion. The meeting was held at the
picturesque home of member
Minnie Driver 81 Bower st, Pres
ident Ella Martin in her brisk
way, dispatched a lot Of business,
chief of which was the choosing
of two delegates to the conven-
ton of the National Association
of Colored musicians. Pres. Mar
tin and V. Pres. Maude Woodruff
were voted and they will motor
with Mrs. Martin at the wheel OF
her car. And then such a treat as
Mrs. Driver had prepared in her
cosy dining room - a cold plate
of ham, salad and tomatoe with
piping hot rolls and hot peas in q
little cup and a bottle of tonic set
at each plate, topped off with hot
apple pie and ice cream and choc-
olate layer and plain cake. There
were candies and nuts and pop
corn and a grab bag which caus-
ed much merriment Mrs. Mar
tindrew one of a pair Of silk hose
and John Powell was found with
the mate in his pocket which Ella
grabbed. II was a very merry
occasion.
The guardian., 1952-08-09

that no one who is currently re-
ceiving benefits needs to apply for
the increased payments "The
Social Security Administration is
already changing the amounts, "
he explained. eve expect to get
them changed in time to have
them in the mail October 3, the
regular delivery date, but if in a
few cases we don't meet that
schedule we'll send the present
payment and make up the differ
ence in a later check"
Under terms of the law most
families will get an increase of
about $500; some will get less,
some will get more. Mr.. Murphy
The guardian., 1952-08-09

pointed out that while every
family receiving payments would
get an increase, the additional
amount would not always be di-
vided among all members of the
family receiving monthly checks,
depending on the size of the fam
lily unit. In some cases the en-
tire increase will 60 to the re-
tired worker.
Beginning September 1, the
new law also increased to $75 a
month instead of $50 the amount
Of money a beneficiary may earn
and still receive the monthly
benefits.
The guardian., 1952-08-09
SOCIAL
SECURITY

About 10000 people in Dor
chester, Roxbury, West Roxbury,
Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park and
Mattapan who are drawing social
security insurance payments will
receive increased benefits early
in October. These increases are
provided in the amendments to
the Social Security Act which the
President signed into law, July
Is.
Gerald Murphy, manager of
the social security office at 80
Warren st., Roxbury, emphasized