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Evening star., 1954-12-27
Portland Five Wins
z Games in Hong Kong
BY the Associated Press


HONG KONG, Dec. 27.-Port-
land (Oreg.) State Colleges
basketball team played two
games in Hong Kong over the
Christmas holidays, winning
both.
The first was charity benefit
to aid victims of a disastrous
fire here December 20. Oregon
defeated a United States Navy
team from the destroyer George
Clymer, 64-40.
The second game saw Port
land defeat Hong Kong's Annoy
Canning team. 56-41. The
teams were tied, 24-24, at half
time.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
BY Goyle Talbot
Assoeiofed Press Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. n. The
Sugar Bowl, by sweet talking
Navy into making an appearance
at New Orleans, not only has
landed the outstanding attrac-
ton on the New Years Day pro-
gram but has scored q victory
over its bowl rivals which could
have q lasting and important
effect on the whole business of
post-season football.
BY going its own resolute way
and not tying itself up with any
athletic conference, Z as its prin-
cipal rivals have done, the
Sugar Bowl officials took q big
gamble. A year ago, 1t landed
them in trouble. They even had
difficulty selling tickets to their
West Virginia Georgia Tech at
traction. But they can forget
that sad experience now and look
forward with some confidence to
ruling the roost.
Since Navy, one of the most
glittering Of the independents,
has broken the ice in consenting
to play Mississippi Saturday, it
is the next thing to a mortal
cinch that Army and Notre
Dame will become receptive to
similar bids in short order.
Neither of the latter schools has
been quite as dead set against
bowl games as one might think.
All they needed was a little shov-
ing,. really.
Army Receptive in '46.
Army. as "a matter of fact,
would have gone : to the Rose
Bowl in 1946 if it had been
asked. That was the last year of
the great Davis-Blanchard COM
bination, and West Point officials
would have liked to exhibit their
wondrous scoring machine on the
West Coast. AS we recall, though,
the Pacific Coast Conference
already had committed itself to
its present Bowl pact with the
Big Ten and could not invite
the Cadets.
AS almost every one must be
aware by this time, there is con-
siderable rivalry between our two
service academies. Neither school
especially likes for the other to
receive more than its fair share
OF publicity, and there is no
question that Navy stole march
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Bow Outshoots Gun

SPILLVILLE, Iowa (R.-While
an outing with three friends and
his trusty bow and arrow, Gene
Hruska, z, shot at rabbit. The
arrow hit the animal in the
head, killing it. Genes older
brother Walter found out about
the straight shooting when he
came home that night. He'd been
rabbit hunting with a gun-and
didn't get a thing.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
AntoneIIi Likes RedIeos

NEW YORK (P.--Johnny An
tonelli of the Giants. the Ma
-tional Leagues top pitcher. loved
to pitch against Cincinnati dur
ing 1854. He beat the Redlegs
five times. Next on Johnny's
favorite list were the Phillies and
the Pirates. They were victims
four times.
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Graham
CONTINUED From Page A-12.)

the Lions in the last so seconds
OF the regular season. 14-10.
This time the Clevelanders
took a commanding lead in the
first half and then added two
quick touchdowns in the third
period. Brown said 1--WE planned
it that way" adding:
1--WE decided at half time to
keep on with our fire and fall
back system"
Parker, whose Lions were try
ing for an unprecedented third
straight championship. re-
marked:
"Our luck ran out. They got
every break in the world-we
just weren't supposed to win"
Bobby Layne, Detroit quarter
back, wrapped up his comment
in seven words:
"They just beat hell out of us"
Evening star., 1954-12-27
Orange Bowl Tennis Play
Goes Into Second Round
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Dec. 81.
The eighth annual Orange
Bowl junior tennis tournament
today swung into its second day
Of activity after AZ first-round
matches yesterday.
Roberto Portfolio of Havana,
second-seeded among the for
eign entries, was eliminated by
Bob Robe of the University of
Miami, 6-2, 8-6, in the collegiate
division yesterday.
Jean Noel Grinda, Nice,
France, f1nalist in the juniors at
Wimbledon last summer, got by
Ed Bennett Of Miami Beach,
60, 60.
The Washington area was not
represented in the first round
action. Joseph Jacinto, former
District resident now living in
New York and Hollywood, Fla,
defeated Nanny Sklaroff. Uni
versity Of Miami, GA. GA.
Evening star., 1954-12-27

- Deposit per tire win
hold them at these 2
for ! sale prices un-
I'll needed. No In
terest. no carrying
charge!
Evening star., 1954-11-08
Policy at Last Job Pays Off
With d Baby Banter Prize

!, of problem arose." Mrs. Porter
said.
Mrs. r. H. Helmintoller Of 2121
Virginia avenue NV, won the
second prize Of SO with her
entry: Yes I love you, now shut
up and 60 to Sleep"
Third prize. worth $5. was won
by Miss Doris z. Rettew, q 2l-
year-old Maryland University
student of 825 Hilltop terrace
Sc, who wrote: 'But Madam,
AM the manager"
Mrs. Porter told The Star she
could use the prize money of SIS
for materials she uses to make
Christmas gifts. Mrs. Porter is
one of those resourceful persons
who. with a few spangles and
some bright paint. can turn out
Imaginative gifts for her friends
and family. Just now she's busy
painting faces on dolls, sewing
sequined patterns on sweaters.
etc. She also spends some time
on growing stamp collection.
I'm glad I won, although to
be truthful, I'm not too sur
prised," she said. II took the
cut-out picture to work with me
and showed my friends some
samples Of captions / thought Of.
They all said they thought had
a good chance to win, and, !"
she said happily, $50 I did"
Evening star., 1954-11-08
Five Executed in Iran
AS Spies for Reds
By the Associated Pres,

TEHERAN, Iran, Nov. 8.-An
Army firing squad at dawn today
executed five more officers con-
victed Of spying for Soviet Rus
sia.
To date 20 officers of the army,
police or air force and one civil
ian have been executed in the
breakdown on the widespread Red
spy ring. An estimated $50 Of
ficers and civilians have been
arrested In the roundup.
Evening star., 1954-11-08

A clerk at the Pentagon looked
back to her job with a former
boss and came up with the win
ming caption in The Stars 18th
Baby Banter Contest.
There's no reason for it: It's
just our policy" was the phrase
that leaped into the mind OF
Mrs. E. Price Porter, who lives
at $3.50 South Abingdon street,
Arlington. Va.
I had a boss who used to say
that every time a particular kind
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
ocRAcoKE PERSONALS

The regular monthly meeting of
the WSCS will be held Monday af-
ternoon, April A, at the church.
The Sophia Williams Circle will
meet on Tuesday night at the home
of Mrs. Bertha O'Neal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Needham Simpson
are enjoying a visit with their son
Stacy and family in Wilmington,
Del, and plan to visit their daugh-
ter Elsie and family in Richmond,
Va, before returning home.
Miss Katharine Rondthaler of
Duke Graduate School spent her
spring holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Rondthaler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Garrish and
son, Danny, spent several days last
week in Norfolk, returning home in
new car.
Mrs. John Thomas O'Neal and
daughter are visiting her parents
in Windsor. Her niece, Fay Hog
gard, who has visited here, return
ed to Windsor with Mrs. O'Neal.
Robert Preston visited Mrs.
Preston last week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald O'Neal and
daughter of Delco, N. c., spent this
past week with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert O'Neal.
Harold Wahab and Murray Toll
son, with Rev. Robert L. Vickery,
Jr., attended a Methodist Youth
Fellowship meeting in Atlantic,
Monday night.
Miss Mary Byrum of Raleigh
spent seevral days at her summer
cottage here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Runyon
and children of Washington, D. c.,
came to Ocracoke this past week
for the spring holidays. Other re-
cent visitors included DIR. and Mrs.
G. H. Klink and son of Washing
ton, D. C. Both families had visited
the Island before and enjoyed COM
ing back again.
Mrs. Edward G. O'Neal and son,
Edward, spent last Saturday in
Beaufort. Miss Lizzie Scarborough
is back from a second trip to New
Bern.
In addition to Ernest Scarbor-
ough of Audubon, N. j. and Mr..
and Mrs. Alton Scarborough of
Pedricktown, N. j., several rela-
tives came to Ocracoke for the
funeral services of Mrs. Sue Scar
borough. These included Mrs. Fee
lix Flieg of Newport News, Mrs.
Stacy Simpson of Norfolk, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Bounds and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Parsons of Ocean
City, Nd, and Mrs. Vera Robinson
of Hatteras.
Several relatives and friends
from here went to Beaufort on
Monday to attend the funeral serv-
ices of E. A. Rush, among them
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Garrish, Mr..
and Mrs. Mace Gafrish, Mr.. and
Mrs. Van Henry O'Neal and fam
lily, Powers and Jules Garrish, Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey Wahab, Rev. Rob-
ert L. Vickery, Jr., and Mrs. T.
W. Howard.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
SUSAN G. SCARBOROUGH
DIES OCRACOKE MARCH Is

Ocracoke, March 20. - Friends
and relatives were saddened by
the death on Thursday, March 25,
of Mrs. Susan Gaskill Scarborough,
age 76, following several days of
illness caused by a second stroke
of paralysis. Mrs. Scarborough was
born at Ocracoke and had spent
most other life here. She was the
daughter of Sarah Owens and Ben
jamin Gaskill. In December 1897
she was married to Charles Scar
borough. Surviving besides hel
husband are three sons, Ernest
Scarborough of Audubon, N. J..
Alton Scarborough of Pedricktown
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
OCRACOKE ME. CIRCLE
PRESENTS ONE-ACT COMEDY

Observation-Disclosures of the So
phia Williams Circle of the Meth
odist Church will present one
act comedy on Friday night, April
at the school recreation hall. Ii
tie of the play, "The Jury was
Hung, explains the character of
the play. Mr.. Litel Quirt, hero of
the play, finds himself with jury
of eight women who refuse to
reach a verdict. This character is
played by Calvin O'Neal. That of
the court attendant is played by
Eph Esham.
Mrs. Bessie Howard plays the
part Of Mrs. Umbrage, who gets
into a fight with Mrs. Schneezer,
played by Mrs. Doris Garrish. Mrs.
Bertha O'Neal is Miss Abigail
Meek; Mrs. Elizabeth O'Neal How
ard is Miss Tattler; Mrs. Elsie
Tolson is Mrs. Lament; Mrs. Luz
cile Garrish is Mrs. Jolly, who
tries to cheer everyone up; Mrs.
Elizabeth G.. Howard is a newly
wed; Mrs. Selma Spencer is Miss
Spinster, doing her best to attract
Mr.. Lital Quirt.
Mrs. Rebecca Spencer, Mrs. Vir-
ginia Esham, and Mrs. Iva Garrish
are mattresses. In addition to the
play, there will be song selections
by members of the Circle and by
husbands of the Circle members.
The public is cordially invited.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02
E. A. RUSH, FORMER
C.G. OCRACOKE, DIES

A death that saddened the COM
munity of Ocracoke was that of
E. A. Rush, on Friday, March &c,
at the Veterans Hospital in Sails
bury. Mr.. Rush was the husband
of Aldinia Garrish Rush, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Garrish
of Ocfacoke. During World War
II he served at Ocracoke in the
us. Coast Guard. For the past
seevral years Mr.. and Mrs. Rush
had resided in Beaufort. Besides
the wife, a daughter, Bobbie Jean
Rush, survives the deceased. Flu
neral services were held on Mon
day afternoon at the Ann Street
Methodist Church in Beaufort.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

N. j., Charles Thomas Scarbor-
ough of New Orleans, three grand
children; and one brother, Lum
Gaskill of Ocracoke.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist Church with Rev.
Robert L. Vickery, Jr., officiating;
burial was in the community GEM
etery.
miss Sue", as she was affec-
tionately called, was a member of
the Methodist Church and active
in the Woman's Society of Chris
tan Service, as well as in all
types of community and civic
work.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

The marriage of Miss Marie Fuher daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Hayes Fucher of Buxton James Williams, Mr. and
Mrs Eddie Williams of Portsmouth, place Saturday March 20
Ezabes Catholic Church. Elizabeth City. The
performed by Father Carney of the church
The bride light virgin wool suit hat and veil
corsage sister, Peee
Hara of honor and Hayes Fuchr best
Williams
Present also at the wedding the brides mother Mrs Paula
Fuher the brdegroom Mrs Thelma Gray the brides sister,
Williams groom's brother
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

There are ITO million acres of
vacant public land still available
as homesteads in the United
States. Alaska has 270 million
additional acres. Changing
Times.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

Cattle prefer to lick salt while
eating not while drinking. And
for the same reason humans do
to flavor food. Keep the salt near
the feed instead of the water
trough.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

Never marry but for love; but
see that thou lowest what is
lovely. William Penn
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1954-04-02

First stamp issued by the
United States government was in
1847.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
HEAR

Dr.. Herbert N.
Shelton. Of San
Antonio, Texas,
" o II d re-
nowned oufhor-
iiy on health.
who will lee
fvrs on IRE.
coVERY ="
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Garfield, bassoon: John BarrOws.
horn; Philip Solar, contrabass. At the
Library OF Congress. $3.50 pm Septet
IN E fiat. Opus 20, Beethoven; Octet
in 3. Opus 166. Schubert Invitation
sANbfRA BELDEN. piano. YwcA Bar
ker Hall $50 pm. Well-Tempered
Clavier. Book One, Prelude and Fugue
No a. Bach: sonata in D minor.
can Tango. Carpenter; Water Nymphs,
Bridge; Rigudon. Opus 40. Mcdowell;
1ntermezzo, Tansman; Cavalier Fan
tastiuue, OPUS a. GODDARD
FOUNDRY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Glenn CarOw. conductor. Foundry Meth
odist Church, $50 pm. No program
FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON OPERA GUILD CON-
CERT. Antonio Senetta. tenor; Ming
Ming Tung, violin. Cosmos Club. $50
pm. Ideale. Tosti; 0cchi di Fata,
Denza: Sci miei bollenti spirit. Verdi;
Sonata in D. Handel; ia la Mama,
celle yuie, Falvo; Conzonetta. Sitson
Ma; Tibetan Folk Dance, Sitson Ma;
I'll voglio tanto bene. DeCurtiS; lorna
Surriento. DeCurtis; lucevan lie
stelle. Puccini.
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET. John
BarrOws, horn: Philip Solar, contra
bass: Bernhard Garfield, bassoon:
Of Congress, $40 pm. Repeating
Thursdays program.
SATURDAY.
THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND
MARY CHOIR. Carl A. Fehr. director
Lisner Auditorium, 500 pm. Program
not available
Evening star., 1954-04-25

DR.. Shelton
Sunday, April 25th, 3 Pm.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
18th & Q st. N.w.-PubIic Invited
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Elephant Habit
HOLLYWOOD.


When it came to shooting
the scenes of stampeding ele-
plants in Paramount's "Ele-
phant Walk" Producer Irving
Asher and Director William
Dieterle discovered that they
had to give the entire cast and
crew two. hours off for lunch.
All on account of the ele-
plants. The elephants. they
learned. could absorb only so
much heat during the fire and
stampede scenes. It then re-
quired an hour for them to
cool off before they could eat,
and a second hour to be
granted for actual lunch time.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

ton. and often melancholy.
Here. however, there are also
passages Of exultation. in
which the music pours forth
with for Delius - startling
vigor.
Sir Thomas infuses the per-
formance with all the zest and
delicate feeling of which he is
capable in q labor Of love.
Bruce Boyce. the baritone. has
the greatest portion of the
text to himself, and fortu-
nately he is a good singer.
The other vocal soloists,
though all unknown to me,
also do capably, and Colum-
bias engineers have faced a
challenging task quite cred
itably.
Not So Atonol
Those with whom Arnold
Schoenberg's, atonalism has a
bad reputation may incline to
pass up the Schoenberg
"Gurre-Lieder,". a recording
of which has come from the
Haydn Society Ca rather sur
prising institution to find dab
bling in Schoenberg, by the
way). The "Gurre-Lieder"
are not atonal. though. Writ
ten in the early 1900s when
Schoenberg was still under
the spell Of Wagner, Mailer
and Brahms, they belong spir-
itually to the 10th century, al
though Rene Leibowitz, the
Schoenberg disciple who con-
ducts this new performance,
argues forcibly that they also
contain seeds of the ''new
sound" to come. They are less
m odern than "Verklaerte
Nacht."
What "Gurre-Lieder" de-
notes is a series of songs set
to the poem Of the same title
which Jens Peter Jacobsen
based on Denmark's great ma
tional legend, the tale Of
Waldemar and Tove. Waldo
mar, the king. loves Tove, a
maiden, but Waldemar's queen.
Helvig has Tove murdered.
Thereafter Waldemar searches
for Tove endlessly, even after
his death. Schoenberg tells
this NEUROLOGICAL tale through
the voices of Waldemar and
Tove. a symbolical wood dove.
a satirical character called
Klaus-Narr (Klaus the fooD,
a speaker and finally a chorus,
in a formal not unlike that
used by Berloiz in 1.-THE Infant
Christ" though a much more
expansive one.
Gigantic Score
The score, in fact, is a gigan-
tic one calling for an orchestra
of 139 instruments, plus an
elaborate assortment of per-
cussion and a chorus of 96.
which is the chief reason it is
rarely performed.
MuSically the "Gurre-Lieder"
are potent stuff in much the
way that Wagner or Mailer
is potent, without ever sound
ing more than specifically
like either. They are not
opera on the one hand. nor
symphony on the other, but
rather, as Leibowitz points out,
a sort of fusion of the two
which he calls "drama-sym-
phony." And Leibowitz main
tains that both the dramatic
and symphonic elements are
developed more vigorously than
they were by either Wagner
or Mailer.
Evening star., 1954-04-25
Programs Of the Week

CHORAL CLUB OF THE YWcA. sara A.
Daniel, piano: Carol Klooster, piano:
YWcA. 400 pm. Come, let's Be
song. sehn%an: a3n na Ma Little ps Banjo pleh
rssn Hnt Shas3st0En sins Your fG6sGas s6sea CAM
NOcturne, Opus 81, No. /; Impromptu.
Rs:cts Reas o dans saaps fesu oDp pebSssey 9eax
d'ean, Rayel: At Sea. Bloch: Richard
de Castre's PRAYER to Jesus arr. Ter Ter
Let All the World in Every Corner
GALLERY ORCHESTRA.
National Gallery Of Art, 500 pm.
suite No. 11.,,,ssc for strinss; ,oT Opus snam 43
Concerto for string quartet and small
orchestra. Burrili Phillips; village
Music, Dougiss nIf,1sa MHCse; G1sTsf March for
PERRY THEW. piano. Philips Gallery.
Preludes: L'Isle Joyeuse: Children's
c14THEpRAL CHOIR:
Cathedral. 400 pm. soioists Janet
Hayes, soprano; Charles Dodslsy ley
ane piSistis SIsaa prsds s5sS: Ralleluis HSt
Praise God in His SANCTUARY, Maud
sewall: Nunc Dimittis, DiIksen; The
green Blaze sn1oS Riseth; searie tbs Wrifnr; nat
Long, Rodney Hansen: Prelude and
Fugue in @, Bach: sonatine. Sowerby;
Sarabande, Seth Bigham: Toceata on
prano. 6icut Moses. Buxtehude; Ac-
clamatio Langlais.
ANN HAMMOND. organ. New York Ave
, Rys t v.,s- Church h snsset EGO Pom
the third part Of the Ciayier Ubung.
Bach: Three Chorale Preiudes from
n Das minor flsn%s frsnee RhSthmic naIaa HG T9um
pet. Seth Bingham: The Palms. Jean
BUSINESS udfHhsss' AND PROFESSIONAL woM-
EMS dUB cHoRUs, Madame Glide
roy Scott. director. Shoreham Hotel,
400 pm; Invocation to st. Cecelia,
F.EFed R.EF psI syes McsaS saSe' The EYan T: Ma
Naomi and Ruth, Castelnuovo- -Tedesco:
W:,z X: SAris s1scsi vssna Hss9in NY Meisst ety o
Dreams. Sieczyinski: Singing in the
to Dream. RomberE: Medley from the
rAcUnffY AscS9nff s0eta; coNcERT HfEris OF THE DM1r-
pm. pisns. soloists: WiIli.m Holden.
TS%rs Ta%ars b%itriefi. eieiI BaPPes Pa Williams.
The sunken Cathedral. Debussy; What
the West Wind Saw. Debussy; Clair
de Lune, DsbusSy; Golliwogs .1sonI oIs Cake. Gske
on . theme. Of Handel. Brahms; At
Evening, schumann: Soaring, Schu-
mann; Tristan and Isolde. Wagner-
Liszt: Concerto No. 8. in e minor.
LuTHERAN EniEiss I, cHoRA1 HHoi1 FESTIVAL, Olaf
G. Christensen, director; Karl Hal
hude; Chorale Prelude. Sheep Nav
Safely Craze Bach; Komm, Heiliger
Tchaikovskv: / have Lifted Up nv
Spirit. Aibiinger: Giorihcation. Chris
isnssn' aadSeme kight ArkhSb Mpo
Shall Ascend. christensen: Hymn For
Our Time: Williams; My Jesus Lead
eth Me. Brahms.
TOMORROW.
UNIVERSITY STRING
%UARTEr AssistiPg artists M.ys9s 5snn
piano. The Music Department Audi
torium. $50 pm. Paratum Cor Meum,
Schultz; Kanarienvogel Kantata. Tele-
No. =. Beethoven: Quartet No s. Opus
"a. Eeon Wellesz: Four Sonnets by
Luis de Camoens, Jean Berger.
TUESDAY.
RICHARD ELLSASSER. organ Bethany
Baptist Church 500 pm. Christ Lag
, in Todesbanden. Bach; Toccata in F,
Bach; Scetches. Schumann; Study in
D minor. EllsaSser
WEDNESDAY.
No concerts scheduled.
THURSDAY.
BUDAPEST QUARTET. Assisting artists:
David Oppenheim. clarinet; Bernard
Evening star., 1954-04-25
TurntobIe Talk
TurntobIe Talk
Ber|ioz WeII-P|oyed
I'Enfonce du Christ Is Recorded
By Little Orchestra Society
By james G. Deone

For deicacy and intimate.
quite beauty Berlioz' LEN
fance du Christ" (The Infant
Christi has a place all its own
both among the works of its
composer and in music in gen.
eral.
This Berlioz masterpiece has
just been issued by Columbia
in a new recording by New
York's Little Orchestra Socie-
ty., conducted by Thomas
Scherman. which reveals it
anew as one of the choice
items in our legacy from the
10th century.
THE Infant Christ" con-
Germs itself with the fears of
Herod at the prophecy of his
downfall. the warning of an
gels to Mary and Joseph to
flee with their child to Egypt,
and their fight and arrival.
The story is told partly by
soloists, partly by a narrator
and partly by a choir. with the
orchestra always important
and occasionally taking over
for eloquent sequences of it's
own. The music is richly va
ried and expressive, but it is
always held within what for
Beflioz is a comparatively
modest frame. This is exem-
plified by the ending. which
must be the quietest cit is
marked pppp) in all music.
1t is a mastery score, and
Scherman's forces give it a
reverent and eloquent per-
formance. Leopold Simoneau
as the narrator and Martial
Singher as both Joseph and
Herod are outstanding, and
competent work is done by
Mary Davenport as Mary and
Donald Gramm in the two
bass roles. The Choral Art
Society, directed by William
Jonson, Is impressive whether
as angels, Egyptians, or Jewish
soothsayers. And the whole is
luxuriously reproduced. It is
especially appropriate that it
should be issued now, for not
only is this the year of the
Berlioz 150th anniversary cele-
bration, but THE Infant
Christ" is just 100 years old. =,
Loree Beeehom =.
The newest Beecham project
for the popularization of the
music of Frederick Delius has
moved a large step forward
with the issuance of a splen-
did Beecham recording of "A
Mass of Life" one of the big
geSt works of this composer,
who is better known for his
smaller ones. "A Mass of Life"
despite it's title, is in no sense
a liturgical work. It's inspira-
ton and text came from
THUS Spake Zarathustra" by
Friedrich Nietzsche, and its
subject matter consequently
has to do with Nietzschean
metaphysics, to which Delius
was pasSionately attracted. To
the more earthbound mortal
some of it is likely to seem
pretty obscure, but enjoyment
of the music fortunately
doesn't hinge on a full COM
prehension Of the text.
"A Mass Of Life" utilizes
orchestra, quartet and a large
chorus. The music has the
warmth of tone, continuous
flow and improvisatory char
acter that make Delius' more
familiar pieces so readily iden-
tifiable and so refreshing. The
dominant mood, as usual, is
one Of revery and contempla-
Evening star., 1954-04-25

Two of the most popular
larger pieces of chamber music
with strings. the Beethoven
septet and the Schubert octet,
will be heard at the Library of
Congress Thursday. with a
repeat performance Friday.
Hornist John Barrows, who
has played here several times
this season at the Library and
at Dumbarton Oaks, will be
back, and with him David OPP
Evening star., 1954-04-25
TOMORROW.

BUDAPEST QUARTET Assisting artists:
David Oppenheim, clarinet: Bernard