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STORES FOR RENT

GEORGIA AVE. silver 6pring-Air-
conditioned store in Silver Springs
busiest retail area: Very Teas. rental.
A. J. KESSINGER g. CO., JU. O.
4544, "a
DOWNTOWN AREA-Good- size. suit.
wholesale business; heat; very low
rent. LISS REALTY, ME. S-666S,
STORE AND WAREHOUSE - VIM
equip to suit tenant: 1921 14th st.
NV. OWNER, CO. $4,000.
.1IOO BLOCK 18th ST. N.W.--1st
commercial store; suitable any type
small business: $50. BASILIKO
REALTY Co. S1o 1928 Vermont ave,
$500 CONN. AVE-, mr.. Uptown the
alter, busy shop. ctr, bus at door.
Lease. Resp. tenant. WO. 6-3S16.
316S MT. PLEAS. ST. NV. Mr.. Park
re. cross town bus, 2 shcw windows.
Immed. poss. Reas., WO. 0-3S16.
EXCELLENT LOCATION-Lease store
or bldg with it. For facts see man
aver. 1884 Columbia I'd NV. 10
SEVERAL STORES-Were $3.50 to
$500 per mo-; now 500 per mo.
GROCERY. beer. license avail. BOX
40 it.. fully equipped; $3.50 or high
est offer. desirable lease. Ii. ALL 100.
wHEAToN-store or once. 15x45;
on Price St., blk. on Georgia ave,
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CHEVROLET '53 "2l0 Series" cdr;
Powerglide; new-car cond.: Sl,495,
Written guarantee. TRIANGLE MO-
IORS, 3O1O R. /. ave. ne. DE. O.
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TRAlLERs tcon.. ~

LATE Ie4s CASTLE COACH-3 rms,
Temple Trailer Village. ov. 3-627O.
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FLORIDA PROPERTY

LUXURY APT.-Completely furn.;
available Sept. L; exclusive. Victoria
Park. Fort Lauderdale. Fla; refs.
OWNER. tn. 10000 It'll 8 pm.
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sEAsHoRE PROPERTY
WATERFRONT PROP FOR sALf

BEVERLY BEACH, MD.-Lge. corner
lot, 70x15O; 2 blks. from bay: excel.
loo. BY OWNER, ST. 3-5369; IS
KENT ISLAND ESTATES brand
new homes; 3 bedrms.. liy. rm.. din.
hot-air heat: large lots, adjacent
to excel. swimming. fishing, and
duck hunting, For immed. sale.
Actual cost Of construction. TIDE
WATER 'BpnDERs- For furtner
DEALE AREA-Here Is another Of
those hard to find bargains, with
100 It. OF waterfront; nice, 2-bedrm.
home, expansible attic. liv. rm., fire.
place, porch. pier. bulkhead, sandy
SS,95O; terms. B. M. ODUM, RE. =
5216, or Mr.. RICE, West River
6703 for appointment. IS
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CHEVROLET 40 stylemaster :

coupe; fully equip, r, n, seat COW
ers and GOOD tires ali around. This
is our super special at only S265
with nothing down Also one 4-dr.
for $3.50. FRANK SMALL JR.. INC.
1875 Good Hope I'd. s.e.l LII. 4-510O.
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CO., 4UUU Ga. ave. d
. to choose from. Radio. heate-.
automatic transmission; Chrysler's
famous 1S0-h,p. VS.. A test drive in
one Of these luxury cars will assure
YOU of the value YOU get of the low
price Of 81 1896. AIS MOTORS, INC,
sler- Plymouth Dealer, 1911 VIII
son blvd Arl., Va. ia. 2-41O2.
Open till Q pm: Sat. till 8. Closed
Sun. 3
CNRYsLER little de luxe; splendid,
Sacrifice, S67, full price. ROPER"
CHRYSLER so "6" hit; excel cond. |:
priced for immed. sale: 1st owner.
RE. $4,000. Ext. $3.50, $3.50.
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TRUCKS FOR SALE tcon,. !,

81 is-ton pickup; one
Of the incest '51s In the city. this
low-mileage truck shows very little
wear; S745; loW-cost GMAC terms
il desired. SToHLMAN CHEVRo-
LET, INC, 1888 "A St. NV. AD.
2-162S; SSrd and M SITS. NV, AD.
40 l-ton Boyertown;
paint. You'll agree this truck is
an outstanding value for S495;
low-cost GMAC terms If desired
SToHLMAN CHEVROLET. INC,
$3.50 NJ st. NV, AID. 2-162S; 33rd
c fnd Y SIS mo I'd A sD1s g16f Suburban
It's in tip-top condition from
bumper to bumper. Practically. new
tires; excellent motor; equipped
with radio and heater; only. S74b.
LoT;eqst GMAC terms 4 desired.
ssss y :, s. NV AZ AZ, s-lsss; ssra
.52 M-ton panel; heater;
dark blue; carries our Ok war
ranty: $S95. WISSINGER CHEV-
FORD F-s dump truck, 1851. 4-yard
body. Excel: cond. Price. $2.150
STUDEBAKER 40 a-ton pickup with
canopy and bu1lt-up sides: IN eX-
tremely good cond. and has never
haluled heavy loads; motor recently
oyerhauled; special at S495. FRANK
SMALL JR,; INC. 1736 Good Hope
USED TRUCK SALE
Compare before you buy. Visit our
display - you'll see the difference.
PICK-UPS
80 Dodge u ton; very clean SS45
81 Chew. A-ton; ready to 60 - 745
'46 Chevrolet 1-ton; top cond. 495
PANELS
so International acton; excel
lent condition S795
81 Ford H2-ton; immaculate 745
so Chev. acton; sold and serv-
iced by us since new Gas
so Chev. sedan delivery; recon-
ditioned and guaranteed Gas
F4S Ford R-ton panel; clean in
side and out - 345
l'47 Chevrolet sedan delivery 245
AS Chevrolet A-ton Boyertown;
FLAT BEDS
SO Chevrolet 1Ha-ton; just turned
10000 miles; 1 owner. Save hun
dreds of dollars at 1895
Chevy Chase ChevroletS
7725 Wisconsin Ave. OIL. 4-61OO
HOME OF COUNTRY CLUB
USED CARS"
Open Evenings Till 3
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40 Fleetline de luxe
2-dr.; a 1-owner car with low mile
age Beaut. forest yreen finish and
ranteed s mos. or 5000 mi. Today
only $545. FRANK SMALL, ,TR.,
INC: 1885 Good Hope I'd. sc. LIZ.
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CHEVROLET 40 2-dr.; serviceman
going overseas; one owner; see at
1923 E. Capitol st.
CHEVROLET little de 'uxe; sacrifice,
$63 cash, full price. ROPER"
18th and r. I. ave. ne.
CHEVROLET '52 sedan; 1900
mi; new Sc; mech. peri; like new,
Sacrifice, $975. NO. 7-4379.
CHEVROLET 1851 styleline 2-door;
beautiful gray finish l owner;
matching seat. covers. Must be seen
to Pc apprrsSe APPRECIATE pTieed to sell
CHEVROLET. 2638 Wilson blvd,
ARLINGTON, VA. ia. 10000. Open
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MOTORCYCLES

HARLEY-DAvIDSON 1868 model "A;
de luxe overhead-valve engine. Like
brand-new. Fully equipped. Actual
miles. 2,100. Special $3.50. LOGAN
MOTOR CO. 2017 Virginia ave. NV
1850 BSx MOTORcYCLE-Excellen
running cond.; only 10000 miles.
Has been used only for transp. to
and from work; almost-new tires;
must sell. will take best offer made
by Aug. 10, 1854. CIR 3-6031. -
MOTOR SCOOTER. 1853 Cushman.
fully equip. 5000 or best offer
10. 2-6976. -
WEEK END SPECIALS
BSA, 1947, 250cc bargain Sl5Q
Ariel So. 4. 1852. $500 mi, bar. 795
BSA, B-34, 1852, real BARGAIN 425
Triumph, 1859 Tiger, bargain 450
BSA. Flash 1854, $500 mi. like
Triumph, 1854, Tito. $500 mi. 79S
Haraley-D. 1854, XII, 1900 NIL 950
BSA, Flash. 1862, bargain 495
BSA, Flash. 1853. good cond. $50
Highest trade ms. low financing
Repairs all makes: accessories.
BLALOCK CYCLE CO., SHY Ga. Ave.
Silver Spring, JU. 9-6O50 ID
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BOATS

FISHING PARTIEs-Deale. Md. Can
CAPT. KING. WA. 7-4iS2 after 8
lift snf ~e eLY sRssi runabout. choice
Of 8 Or IA h.p. Elgin motors
s " 4- sSEis CRUISER. bay G 5silt
See Club Steward. coRfNTHfAN
FRREEE DEMoSNsrRArloN ON Your
boat, any where. New Eyinrudes: all
models. ROBERT g. THOMAS. au-
siiVsr sprlne ND S'U il. f 5soso 81
wAGEMAKER Aft. runabout; wind
shield, remote control. all Access
series, 25-h.p., Evinrude engine, new
trailer: Can be seen at 4817 Dorset
aves Chevy Chase, Md. Ewes. after
lift. STAINLESS STEEL. unsink-
cond. Will sell for less than v
Of cost price. so. 5.705! 10
CUPBOARD BOAT. 13x4h IT,, ma
rins plywood. lust painted; oars,
Dt,dd vo anchors a%sos etc; si6o or best
l EFT T SHHRI SEA- .ss Ship. Evin-
rude motor BILLS MKT, Makley's
Corner, Va. Browning S-96S1. 8.
loft. INBOARD CRUISER, built
1908. 4o-n.p. universal Marine en-
glne; non-corrosjve material used
throughout. incl over &c gross of
brass wood screws. bunks in cabin,
access. incl. new Danfartn anchor,
life preservers, 10-lb. coz fire ex-
tinguisher, snap-on cockpit cover,
and Q pair Of ex30 binoculars.
e EASTERN III PoWER w s1A d.m CduH Or
OUTBOARD MOTOR. OwNERs-Get
q KB boat bailer. Jumps gals. per
min. Attaches IN seconds to any
motor. Works independent Of cool
ing system pump. avoids heating
and clogging. Balls while tied to
dock. Works automatically in heavy
season storms. A work saver, Q life
saver. MAGROGEN ESQ SERVICE
CENTER. LII. 4-9444. 10
S275 cash. LENNY. LA. $1,000.
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ST0RAGE SpACE

Approximately LOO "a. IT.. west half
Of 1st and End u.s.. known IS 1145I
Vermont Court In rear OF 1426 MI
S125 PER MONTH
B. f. SAUL co.
925 18th st. NV. MA. s-2l00
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LOTS AND ACREAGE FOR SALE

FRANCONIA--1-acre lot, mr.. Beulah
I'd; very reasonable. AL SMITH
REALTY. XII. $685.; eyes,. TIE. g.
LINCOiLNIA-5 acres. ideal for de-
g gs3R!Rs sE4 Fl S III sse6aS By? eyss
H IA fsSaiz; 5000 blk. of AND
FERNS fssApt SITES T. zAs s9zl1Si G 5R
WA. 7-1s19 or UN. 4-OO25.
n Cultural Dept. 8. B. zAN VIZ GER
JR.. WA. 7-1819 or UN 4-0025.
p. g. co. reduced to. 81 1000 per acre
sh level acres With Commanding a,nn din
junction. important roads. 3h mi:
east Burtonville, ideal for sub or
country estates, city water. HE. 4
$500. ewes. UN. 4-9321. W. W.
BUILDERS, D. c. apt. land, room for
four 12-family bldgs., ample space
for parking and Fairgrounds. MR.
BENNETT, MA. 8-6344. WO. 6-4946
p. G. Co.. contee I'd: small choice
mo-. 10 mi. D. c. paved road; " mi
west Rte. transp.: 81 200 per acre
just few left. HE. 4-3500. ewes
HA. 2-707O. w. W. LEWIS.
ACRE HOMEsITES near Norbeck In
Msontgomery. Co, E $I;220 e. and up
HIGGINS AND HARRISON;
sabaiysdn s15s se6e s HaR4M AZ
Really INC. u. oS.5s76. MAI
10 ACRES-P. 9. Co; abut 5 mi.
D. c.; hard road frontage. $3.50;
more available, EN-. 3-20S9. A.
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OFFICES 8 STUDIOS FOR RENT
(continued.)

1929 Vermont Ave. NV.
Single ofices, S35 and up. suites also
available. Will decorate to suit. Mod
Near transp.: al services furn.: as
phalt tiled floors.
BASILTCO REALTY co.
1925 Vermont Ave. NV. DI. 7-S724
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REAL ESTATE

house in Akron, Ohio,
for 2-bedroom house on 2 wooded
acres near Alexandria, only 3 yrs.
old. Call XII. S-0775. %
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LOTS AND ACREAGE WANTED
REAL ESTATE WANTED

WILL BUY PROPERTY
Quick settlement. Call MR.. MILLER,
ME-. S-122O; evenings. La. 6-5l94.
sale or long-term
lease, commercial downtown building
sites; or modernly improved real es-
tate. Also needed. residential prop
erty in NV. section.
JOHN H. MILLER, Jr.
Realtor. ma. S-2557.
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919 18th ST. NV.
Choice store, 2Ox52 #. in 1O-story
office bldg. Excellent business To-
cation
CAFRITZ Dl. 7-90oO
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CASH FOR CARS
ANY MAKE OR MODEL
PENNY MOTORS SALES
1920 r. /. Ave. NE. LA. $4,000
WILL PAY UP TO

DAILY TILL . PIN. sun. TILL 5
CALL AID. 1882
BLASS & CLARK
No. / Florida ave. NE.
(cor. of N. Capitol and Florida N.E)
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1920 18th ST. NV.

FIREPRooP BUILDING on permanent
ne. corner. ar. Union Station, 1oned
9nd comml,, $4,000 square feet with
elevator. loading doors. suitable tor
warehousinE, manufacturing, laun-
dry, autos, etc. Attrac. once area,
heavy oil burner. DREYFuSs BROS,
Ma. Syps2.
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Perfect Setting
HOUSES TO BUILD

YOUR HOME BUILT on your lot.
$1,000 and up. Remodeling, adj
ditions, repairs. r. z. WIEDEMAN,
Phone OV. 3-1775. "A
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CHRYSLER '52 Windsor de luxe A.
door; Radio. heater. automatic trans
of those carefully driven cream
puts. Look at the extras on this
Windsor: has beautiful blue finish
plus custom seat covers to match.
One drive in this one is all you'll
need to convince you OF big saw
ings. $1,695. AIS MOTORS. INC,
sler-Plymouth Dealer. 39II Wilson
blvd, Arl., Va. IA. 2-4102. Open till
8 pm; Sat. till 9. Closed Sun.
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WATERFRONT PROP. FOR SAIL
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CHEVROLET ''52 de luxe 2-dr. This
car has had extremely good care
and has been garaged at all times.
Beaut. Killarney green finish with
matching interior. Warranted g mos,
or 5000 mi. Weekend special az
S1,045. FRANK SMALL JR., INC,
1885 Good Hope I'd. Sc. LU. 4-570O.
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AREA--Good-size. suit.
rent. LISS REALTY, ME. s-666S.
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AUToMoBILEs FOR SALE

ANGLIA 1851 2-dr. sedan: r., H.;
green; brown leather upholstery: up
to 35 miles per GAL: S495; 4-month
. written guarantee. HILL a. SAM
DERS, WASH Oldest Ford Dealer.
lila Vermont ave. NV. AID. 4-4300.
Open until 8 pm. weekdays; 6 pm.
Sat. Closed Sunday. Customer park
ing. -5
ANGLIA 1853 2-dr.: black; red
leather upholstery; heater: up to 35
miles per GAL; only $685.: 4-month
DERS, Wash.'s Oldest Ford Dealer,
TIA Vermont ave. NV. AID. 4-4300.
Open until pm. weekdays; 6 pm.
Sat. Closed Sunday. Customer park
ing. %
ANGLIA 1913 British Ford); splen-
did; sacrifice; $167 full price;
ROPER" 18th and r. l. ave. ne.
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FRANC lot, mr.. Beulah
I'd; very reasonable. AL SMITH
REALTY. XII. $685.; eyes,. TE.- g.
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so Imperial; 3 to choose
from; all fully equipped; low mile
age; one-owner cars. Test drive
these specially priced good buys.
ern Virginia's Largest Chrysler-
Plymouth Dealer. 3911 Wilson
blvd, Arl.. Va, IA. 2-4102. Open
till q pm; Sat till g. Closed Sun.
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Sproy Fruit Tree Trunks
It is time to spray the fruit
tree trunks with DOT. All of
the stone fruits cherries, peach
es, apricots, etc. are subject to
attack by the peach borer and
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Coast Editor Here
For 3 More Talks

Herbert c. White, expert from
Los Angeles and gardens editor
Of Let's Live magazine, will give
the last three in q series of lee
lures delivered at Washington
Sanitarium chapel tomorrow.
Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30
pm. He has helped launch the
new Takoma Park Soil Builders
Club with Ben Glanzer president,
c. S. Herschberger. vice presi-
dent. Mrs. Mabel Towery, sec
retary-treasurer; Mrs. A. r..
Klug, librarian; and Mrs. E. w.
Dunbar. publicity secretary.
Detectives are to build soil
fertility by the addition of hu-
mus and organic minerals and
by increasing soil activation;
also, ito raise disease-free fruits
and vegetables in these days of
hidden hunger"
Treatments for an apple tree
owned by Mrs. Towery are show
ing results. In addition to feed
ing through holes bored in the
soil, some 500 earthworms were
introduced and leaf-mold an
chored by rocks to the soil with
in the trees drip area.
The new club has a charter
membership of more than 800.
No charge is made for the three
remaining lectures by Mr.. White.
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Stake Chrysonthemums

Sfoke IhrySonfhemumS
The tall-growing chrysanthe-
NUNS should be staked before
they topple over. Even the
smaller bushy types do best
when given some support but
they are likely to make the best
show If they grow up through
pieces of brush. and, of course.
it is too late now to use that
method. Bamboo stakes are like
~ to be most practicable now.
House plants that have. been
enjoying a summer vacation
out-of- doors should be started
on their return journey. It is
too late to repot if a severe
shock is to be avoided. The pots
should be given a thorough
cleaning and moved indoors in
gradual steps. A sheltered porch
is an ideal intermediate step.
But get them indoors before the
windows are closed and the
heat is turned on. If the plants
can get accustomed to the dry
air indoors before the windows
are closed it will reduce the
shock. An application of liquid
fertilizer is advisable at the time
OF the move. Leggy plants might
well be pruned even though it
may make them look "tacky"
at first.
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Many Forms Lack

BY the Assoeiotsd Press
BLACKSBURG.

oAaNAO6OfL\J.
Approximately 10000 farms in
Virginia still pump and carry
water by hand, VPI specialists
estimate.
The countless hours spent in
carrying water for livestock and
farm consumption could be put
to far more efficient use by the
simple installation of an electric
pump and piping system, the ex-
perts say.
About IS per cent of Virginia
farms have electricity now, but
less than half of these have
water under pressure, according
to recent estimates. Automatic
electric pumps bring water at
the turn of a faucet-at a cost
OF about 81 per month for cleo
tricity.
A family spending only 500
hours per year hauling water is
using up a lot Of valuable man
hours, experts say. Those 500
hours are enough to care for 10
steers, 100 laying hens, and
grow and harvest 10 acres Of
hay
Other advantages Of a pres
surized water system: More eggs,
more milk and faster gains for
hogs and beef cattle. It makes
possible a modern kitchen sink,
a bathroom and laundry.
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Book Shelf

The Brooklyn Botanic Gar
den's quarterly publication.
Plants 81 Gardens, departed this
summer from the usual horticul-
tural formal to offer o practical
handbook on garden construc-
ton.
The guidebook. edited by Mary
Deputy Cattell. landscape archi-
tect and author, contains en-.
tightening information for those
anxious to enhance the beauty
of their gardens, terraces and
walks.
Among the subjects dealt with
in the 76-page, handsomely il
Illustrated handbook are terrace
paving, walks and paths, steps
for grounds or gardens, walls.
fences, garden pools. warehouses,
tool sheds and benches.
Copies of the latest Plants &
Gardens handbook are available
for 81 postpaid, at the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden, 1000 Washing
ton avenue, Brooklyn Is. New
York,
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= John Berkman, who plays
piano, violin and flute, will
limit himself to the second of
these instruments when he
appears today with the Ma
rine Band at the Watergate.
1t is not unusual for Mr..
Berkman to play two con-
cert0S, each on a different
instrument, in a single con-
cert.
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News of Music
It's q Real Inside Job
Composer CoweII Says It's Just as Easy
To PIoy in Piano as Out Of 1t
By Doy Thorpe

Henry Cowell has written
piano music. the performer Of
which Is instructed to get in
side an open concert grand
piano. Bodily inside. that is.
like Jonah in the whale or
Little Black Sambo in the tiger.
Mr.. Cowell is announced as
soloist in his concerto for piano
and band. a composition with
the idiosyncrasies of which I
am not familiar, with the Ma
rine Band Thursday at the
Pan American Union.
If you do things like that. I
suppose you must be reconciled
to having people wonder
whether the pianist must keep
one foot on the floor like a
billiard player, rather than to
consider your artistic life and
effort as a whole, probably a
less sensational If more re-
warding field of inquiry. Co
well, however is a man whose
abilities have impressed many
not given to being taken in by
the charlatan. Virgil Thorn
son, for example, has said that
CoWell's music covers wider
range of both expression and
technique than that OF any
other living composer
No other composer Of our time
has produced a body Of work
so radical and so normal, so
penetrating and so comprehen-
sive." When Bella Bartok met
him in 1928, he was much in
terested in the tone-clusters
Cowell produced on the piano
with his forearm. and later in
corporated similar devices in
his own music.
1--WE done a lot Of new
things; not just to do some
thing new, but because imag-
ined that that was the way to
find out about music" Mr..
Cowell said in an interview
in the New York Herald Trib-
une last year. For example,
in the 1920s it struck me that
q person could play inside a
piano, on the strings, just as
easily as he could play on the
keys. So I developed a number
of systems to prove my thesis.
First I wrote pieces for
plucked tones, plucking the
strings as you would a violin.
Later I worked with swept
tones, running your fingers
over the strings while some
one kept his foot on the
damper pedal.
After that I found my
self using mechanical imple-
ments to produce different
kinds of tones. Once l used
an egg. a darning egg, to make
the strings sound. And on
other occasions I've used paper
cutters and ordinary spoons
and pencils placed between the
strings and vibrated. 1t Gre
ates a sorority like this
Drrrrrr."
Mr.. Cowell's first instrument
was a mandolin harp, given
him at the age of 5 by his par
ents. my mother. by the way,
was a folk singer from the
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Ozarks; my father was an
Irishman who also sang. Soon
I began to improvise and they
thought I had talent. You
know what that means. If you
have gifts when you're young.
parents always imagine that
they're for playing en- an in
strument rather than compos-
ing for one. At any rate. T was
given a violin.
'At 8. presented a program
of pieces by Brahms. Beetho-
ven and Mozart in San Fran
cisco. And at 8. I retired. My
career as a violinist had fin-
ished. I decided to become a
composer"
Look, No Elbows
Mr.. Cowell studied at the
University of California, at
the Institute of Musical Art in
New York, and at the Univer-
sity of Berlin, where he went
on a Guggenheim Fellowship.
when I returned from Eu-
rope land even before) I be-
gan working ON something
called tone clusters. These are
massed sounds produced by
striking the keyboard with the
forearm rather than the fin
gers. You have to train the
forearm TO do it, too. You must
not, for example, use the elbow
or you'll accent one Of the
notes and separate 1t from the
others. I never use my elbow.
despite rumors to the con-
trary."
His experiments with the
piano are only one Of many
facets of Mr.. Cowell's music.
the catalog of which dates
from 1912 to the present, and
which includes all manner Of
pieces for many combinations
of instruments. 1.-THE Ban
shee." played inside a piano
by the composer. has become
photograph record of some
little popularity. but his nine
symphonies of comparatively
conventional cut are no less
the true Henry Cowell. The
fifth symphony was commits
stoned by Hans Kinder and
had it's premiere with the Ma
tional Symphony on January
S, 1949. and his nine Hymns
and Fuguing Tunes" which
are inspired by early Ameri-
can music, are frequently
played.
While in the Cowell catalog
there are pieces entitled
REST" and Sunset" there are.
others with more arresting
names-"Six Ings for Piano:
Floating. Fleeing. Waiting,
Settling, Existing. Scooting."
1.-TWO Woofs for Piano"
Hilarious Curtain Opener and
Ritournelle for Piano." 1.-TWO
Bits for Flute and Piano." and
Saturday Night at the Fire
house"
The concerto the composer
plays with the Marine Band
this week was written in 1943.