davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1954-08-01
There's q GOULDS Wofer System
for every form end home need

Illustrated here the Gouds BoncedFow Jet Voter System
adjusting and will deliver the
steady continuous uctuoting
cessfu complete ITSELF
ming voter all times toubeee sepimng easy
to install small sink
designed for shallow wells
equally system pumping requirements
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Ed Sullivan
Bio | en- Football
In1presses d Man

brother Sadri dancing with the
eyefuls In their party.
%H*
Lunt and Fontanne advance
sale approaching $500, 900.
The Budd Schulbergs acting
silly. The Ron Nicholsons
Susan Zeckendorfl named her
Leslie. Dick Contino and
Betty Lee q twosonle. Motion
Picture Pioneers honoring 81
FabriaIl. Jack Silverman.
after 80 years. thinking OF selling
his famed east side place. Old
Romanian. v. Richard n. Flynn.
son Of the late Democratic Natl.
Committee chairman. elected to
NYU student government rost.
/. S. Jane Withers' current steady
is concert pianist Loren Tindall
]. Frances Yvonne Menard,
shapely star of the Fc.ies
Bergere. arrives here on lie de
Evening star., 1954-11-16

France. for Lou Walters engage
ment. Donald Richards,
widow. Marjorie. and Jerome
Taishofi, IN . huddle at Gil
smore's.
City Hall has men in the
Adirondacks picking 5O-footers
for the rs N. Y. municipal
Christmas tree locations around
town. Edgar Bergen wants to
move his radio show from WASH
ington to N. Y. His sponsors
can't decide. Pearl Bailey
wowing them at rehearsals for
House Of Flowers. q. Warner
exec Charles Steinberg received
q Ph.D. at NYU. 20. Eleanor
Holm and Tommy Whelan max
ing it q habit. UJA's Night
Of Stars" next Monday to be
hatoned by Sammy Fidler. 8. !.
Nat King Cole killing them at
the Copa.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
British Films
To Be Shown

The British Information Serv-
ices will show . series Of British
films At $50 p m. next Tuesday
IN the Department of Interior
auditorium. G street between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth
streets NV.
Included win be The Way to
Wimbledon" on tennis: White
Frontier on the British North
ern Greenland Expedition;
.sBannister's Four Minute Mile;
They Planted . Stone" on the
desert Of the Sudan. and Bee
fore the Wind" the story Of q
Malayan fisherman.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
Shaw Ploy Enters
.Fi1uI Arena Week

''Androcles and the Lion, y
Bernard Shaw's treatment Of
the trials of the early Christians
enters its fifth and final week
at $40 o'clock tonight at Arena
Stage. The closing performance
will be Sunday night.
The next production, Golden
Boy" by Clifford Odets, will open,
November ~.
Evening star., 1954-11-16
NEW YORK.

NEW Y0RK
rr..s- S...~. .
Meh anu enaius' Anu Ssu
It's been 2 long, long time since
this reporter attended d Big
Ten football rar,1e. SO he was
-..,-.. 49,. 1,l..
sas 1 - -
state Team y one q she Teal
bone crushers Of the season, with
onlv Michigan imneainr 4 shot
Al t,,e Pnse Howl Behind I
line averagi,I0 20s Rounds from,
tip Ia tia s,Ich breakaway rms
ners as Howard Cassady make
| life miserable for Opposition
purdue ,,nset Metre name die
To the forward passes Of Young
Leonard Dawson. but Ohio
State throttled the aerial wiz
ardry of the sophomore peggine
star by bottling up his 6-foot-7
receiver Lamar Lundy. They
did it without extension lad
ders. too. II Michigan can beat
Ohio State next Saturday, and
thus gain a Big Ten tie. it
will have to be q lot of football
team.
~ ~
4 visit to Purdue ;s o,,;ta on
experience for 4 Broadway re-
porter. We staged our show in
Purdue's Music Hall. which has
q seating capacity of 6.l46.
20 seats bigger than Radio Citv
Music Hall The purdue Clee
Club. under Albert p Stewart
is world famous. having sung
before long line OF white House
occupants. the ROYALTY of Europe
and frequently used by the state
| Department IN pood-w;lj mis-
sions abFoad so far as 7
| know. il IS the only American
university with an airfield Of its
Town, and a fleet of DC-3 planes.
/ After the Ohio State game.
the winners were flown back to
Columbus by p,,rdue,s air feet
And not a single oh;o state
player was dropned overheard
"savar yeor 1tchY ,,aor s..o,,. !,
arn,v hos grosssd 20 : r,;,,;a,, =
THE st TOW, So,rsns - - vanl-aa
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
axe VILLAGE

Ea.r5t county council held its
election oil officers for this year
which are as follows. president
Mrs Victoria Sanders Wee prea-
dent Mrs Anna Williams seere-
tafy Mrs Easter Taylor asst
seeretgy Mrs Roebcrta Hymes;
treasurer Mrs. Matte Smiley;
chairman of ways and means
committee. Mrs Olivia Higgins,
chaplain. Mrs Lottfe Frazier; re-
porter Miss Ethel e. Green,
chairman of social committee.
Mrs. Lou Easter Banker The
officers were Installed by the
agent, Mrs. Jennie B Wright
T h principal Of Central hi
school Mr. and Mrs Preston
Mattison. spent the holidays in
Conway The early morning
of Jan. 4, the home of Mrs. Hat.
tie Parker and family was de-
sTaved by fire Miss Ethel
q. Green and Gloria Jean An
derson, Larry Johnson and Ben
ny D. Cox, spent New Years day
i'm GreeHviIle. Miss. visiting rein
tiVes and friends Mrs Laura
Clanton and Willie S. cIanton
spent the weekend in Derm8tt
visiting relatives and friends -
Mrs Annie Mae Turner and her
little son, Jesse, Los Angeles are
visiting her parents, Mr. md Mrs.
Silas Neal Picken Neal, Oak
land, Calf, IS visiting relatives
and friends here On the sick
List are Mrs. Susie williams and
Mrs Laura CIanton MFR and
Mrs Henry Sanders are tae
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

ed In "A ear wreck Christmas
day c. A. Moss. q very dear
friend Of Mr. Steps was trying
10 teach Inn how 20 drive when
The ear left the highway No u.s.,
about 3 miles from the city The
funeral services ol Mr. Steps
were held Mt Greater St James
AME church. Dee. 30 Rev L. r.
Williams gave the aulogy He
was survived by his wife. Mrs.
K. l.. Steps. three children. Mrs
Alonza Wilder, Flint Michigan;
Mrs, Geneva Miller, Antioch,
Michigan; CARMEL Steps, Los
Angeles, Calf, two sisters, Mrs
Cora Hampton. TngaI; Mrs Vas
tie King. Detroit, Michigan; eight
brothers: Ira and {. d, Warren;
Harrison, Moro; Charlie Los An.
geles. Richard Skaters, and
Roosevelt, Ingalls,; eleven grand
children and a host Of relatives
and friends W. A. Jones and
Trina M Williams and son Flint
spent the holidays with
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
AUGUSTA


-#HH m.
News Was received by the
alspberrys Of this city of thc
Rassrna of their brother the late
Oscar Raspberry uno moved a-
ssy several years ago 30 make
his home 4n ST. Louis whore joe
operated ed service station Fun
araI -rausemonts are not aam-
eIsta q This writing ear-
yer high school Bearcats mat the
BrukIey nigh school team Id a
game aE Basketball Carver prov
ed again That it was 200 good
for los foe Mrs. D C. Me
CIendon invited some friends 80
help Der surprise ana celebrate
her husbands birthday MIR Mo
CIpndan is associated uith the
Peoples funeral hame Mrs
Lena Jackson is still very i'll at
Ter home AIRS. Ardelia
Barnes. Mrs Moretta Davis of
this city We're called To Madison.
Illinois to attend the funeral of
their brother Mamon Jones. Mrs
Rosie Hampton Of Newport ac.
campanied her mother. Mrs
Barnes The Service and
Pleasure club held its regular
meeting recently at the nome of
the president Mrs Vastory Rasp-
berry. Miss Berlina Hutchinson
was hostess The house was dec
grated tbruout wtfh aa .0wgrF
Gifts we're exchanged by secret
pals. Two names were added to |
the membership A delicious saI- /
nd plate was served aud averv
one had wonderful time
The Saving social club members
Of this city entertained with q
saIa affair al Cars service cen
ter party room honorfng Miss
Franchell and Mrs. Mary Reed !
Carter Of Flint formerly OF this
city. Pictures we're made during /
the affair and everyone had am /
enjoyable time AHeustfans /
witnessed some winter weather /
here last week about thee inch
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
ones Hi School


y n. Porch
anior girls team was defeated 10y
ne senior girls team Of Merrill
IGN school. Pine Bluff. while IN
tuft scramble Jan ID at Jones
gymnasium. Rose. Katie, and
lbertude (Tubby) Jackson were
God supporters Of the game but
aey couldn't stop that kid from
Ier~lfl from throwing that over
cad hook shot. The scores
rere 1894 In favor of Merrill
enior girls.
The senior boys at one Of the
uffest games of "a and one Of
he closest games Of the season
tere lightly defeated 81 -48 by
1errill high senior boys Charles
thompson, Frank Brisco, George
wanson, along with other fell
wv players had the crowd eX-
ted When team faces the
lragons, it faces a Light hard to
ut out. Hurrah for the dear Gle
ragons The best is still to come
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

their parents Pvt 5arnos
Watson and Pvt Claude Russell.
are here for few days
Lee Otis Ross. Arton Ohio. spent
the Christmas holidays here .
Lee Andrew Smith Milwaukee
spent last week with his parents
.. Mrs. l. r. Hayes spent the
holidays i'm Milwaukee, witt her
husband p " Feaster and
family spent two days In Hodge
La Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
johnson ST. spent the holidays in
Chicago Rev. and Mrs q S
Wilson spent the holidays in Eu-
dora - Mr. and Mrs. Hose Cot
ledge and family from Arkadel-
phia. spent the week end with
the Faaster family Mr. and
Mrs D D Steps. announced
the marriage OF their daughter
Ira Mae, to Emmett Ptekens .
Mrs, Lottie Elliott is on the sick
List The two year cid son Of
Mrs. Geraldine Phillips. is in the
hospital suffering from bad
burn.
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

Jan 10 was the regular meet
ing day at Bethel CAIE church.
Rev. j W Dunn, pastor. The Il
am. services were very inspiring
In the afternoon of the same
day. 2 pm funeral services were
held for Lemual BIedsoe. age 53
who died January s at his home
Survivors include his wife. five
children Margaret Banks. Mag
nolia Moore, LemueI G.. Bledsoe
lalI Of Los Angeles. Cdlif1+
Etyae BIedsoe. Detroit n d
Ethel Clark, of this city, nine
grandchildren, two sisters and
three brother Mr. Bledsoe was
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

endowed Win It's necessary GEM
pts'He'it oil 7tLftoutes ana powers.
Inc mineral possesses inherent
virtues oil It's own Nnsaom IN
-i4s scale oil existence. +Ha NasH-
'7pie possesses he aaaAttes OF tae
mineral Plua a virtue OF growth
J. 'ts 1i''itl'l Rs endowed WIN lie
IL sues 4L ''4 mineral 7aa veg
.sa2'" 4ttaL''s Plus t1a power o.
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

FOR LIVING

Man. i'm relation to the Universe
According to the words Of the
old Testament God has said Let
as make man IN QUIZ image. after
our likeness" This indicates that
man is Of the image and like
ness of Cod, that is to say the
perfections OF God, the divine
virtues are reflected or revealed
in the human reality Just as
The light and effulgence Of the
sun when cast upon a polished
mirror are reflected fully. alori-
ouslY. so likewise the qualities
and attributes of divinity are RAJ
dated from the dents Of q pure
human heart This is an evidence
that man is the most noble of
Gods creatures
Each kingdom of creation is
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

responsibilities in the mainstresm
8f American business %
Freeope IS a graduate of Nor
gan state College, with q bach
elor's degree in business admini-
stration He is a member of the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and
theNAmeriean Marketing Assoeia-
ion His father. John Prncope,
Sr, is administrator Of the PraVi,
dent Hospital in Baltimore
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
/. .arver School

LONOKE - The Carver nigh
igers at pay visit to England,
ere very much disappointed at
ie Wildcats Of that city, who
ere not in a good mood to tao
e them The Tigers waited a
ariod of time, but the Wildcats
lied to come out Of school The
ildcats are expected to come to
is city soon to run the Tigers
way from home.
The game Of the Tigers and
ildcats in 1853 ended with a
ad score Of 1918 in favor of
Tigers. The Tigers made a
eat 60 in the 1858 district tour
ment al Airport,
The past game Of January T.
Carlisle, the Tigers were de-
ated 3l-21 by Blakely high SEN
T boys. Three Of the Tigers
ere MI The poor boys are
orrying themselves sick think
4 Of the coming Of the Wild
It's.
One Of the main stars on the
teers was q guest visitor at the
asst game of Jones, North Lit
e Rock, and Merrill high,
inc Bluff. He was Charles Hen
\ Longs jr. School name is
DO Jack" His slang name is
Bud" He is the great basket
an captain of the Tigers
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
Another NEGRO Joins BBDO

John 7, Praeope. Jr. Of New
York City, became the second
Negro within the past lg months
10 Join the staff Of the Marketing
Department Of Batten. Barton
Durstine and Osborn. Inc. advef-
Using agency which has Offices
in = cities across the country.
pFncone assumed his position
on January lIth as assistant to
Clarence l. Halte, marketing gpe=
Cialtst the first Negro 10 be named
10 m executive post by q major
ADVERTISING agency
HoltelsunerVises an agency Op-
Grafton which an8lezas and in
terpFet7 Negro markets and de-
velaps marketing and merehan=
IIslng programs for the clients
Of BBD0 This agency is enc of
the largest In America Included
among its 1853 clients are many Of
the outstanding corporations In
the country.
PFocopei who is single and &
32-Year-old veteran af World War
III, has been in the advertising and
sales field for the past ten years
He worked for five years as sales
representative for the Afro Amer /
lcan newspapers with headauar- F
ters In Baltimore, Md. and for
more than two years with Asso-
eiated Publishers Inc. New York
Proeope's other business expert
ences have also been with insti-
tutions owned and operated by
Negroes, This experience, he said I
has equipped me with a broader
perspective and foundation upon
which I hone 10 assume greater
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
NO MONTHLY CRANES.
nor even on fhe VERY FIRST DAY.


. Women ard girls who
suffer from the Junction.
ally-cauSed cramps. back
aches and headaches due
60 mrnstruatiou--who feel
upset and irritable on GER
tain particular DAYS"
every mOnth-may be yuf-
Jerf71 cutie nerdfeSelyJ
Such is the conclusion
from tests bv doctors I'M
which Lydia n Pinkham'g
Vegetable Compound
stopped or gave amazing
relief Of such distress IN q
out Of q Of the cases
ereu on The UerV first and
1DorSt dnV of The Derfo1t
EeGi Medical evidence
proves Lydia Pinkham'smod-
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
|. ". Daniels

dUsrC:
The Daniel high school choir,
directed by Mrs villa M Gibbs
ave a concert at the Interme-
hate school last Thursday morn
ne.
ATHLETICS;
The Tigers and Tigerettes
played Star City in Daniel high
school gym last Friday night and
Dernott, Saturday night here
cores for the Star City game
were 1853 in favor OF the Tig-
1ers. Scores were 54-20 in favor
Of Star City for the Tigcrettes.
The Tigers defeated Dermott
54-44 Scores for the Tigercttes
were 1913 in favor Of Dermott.
The Tigers played The Catholic
high school from Bastrop, La,
last Tuesday night IN Daniel high
school gymnasium, They also
played Monticello last Friday
night and Der1nctt Saturday
night
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL -.
The 7. W Daniel elementary
school enrolled ten new students
at the end OF the Christmas va
cation.
The intermediate dept. VIII
present a program on Negro his
tory Week February 8, over
Radio station KAGH
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

IS Of snow Fura.zt
were conducted prf5. al aeryiea,
for the late. Gus Hollis ''a9oa
Salem NIB church as,. ~ New
Brown pastor, gave tia
Mr. Hollis had been
At New Salem far a nun5 ssaeoa
years 81
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
hare Your Wisdonl-

Z D. Thomas r. Gaines
To be alive may reflect chaos To be alive may be ST.
experience Of Joy If life proving inadequate there is
hidden which be uprooed before change for
better can manifest Always know, your habits swing
wards the light yoa a benesctor 70 those whom you
nuenee life is potentially important Make i actually
BY higher thought and action Your life is your
es work as it Is your work 70 good live
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
rx'.Aslr
Uatn
Lou LUoue

iha II VIE plump has problem when &c comes 20
Ioe#e wardrobe hur wiki just little dshcraton She
uEE The #aTt one First of ALL she should
zee a.a# u weeds and heavy fabrics which viii only add
Tx her appearance size needs smoother materials select
patterns that not big such large checks large
pwefs Then, fo1 color important The dazzling shades
ne shiny snSy black things viii never do the bsst for
heavier than-avoraee Girl Soft eolors such blue green
ige viii do the trick. aa
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

we are all conscious of the need
Ga balance income and expenses.
It's not too difficult to keep
budEet-balancing resolutions so
fer as food goes, if you learn a
few tricks about serving mex
pensive meat dishes A dinner
menu, for instance, based on
Chef Boy-ar-dee spaghetti and
meat balls, in which the meat
dish costs only about fourteen
cents o serving is truly delicious.
II Is easy 10 prepare, because
the tender spaghetti, the plump
and aluicy meat balls. and the
delicious sauce they're prepared
bro, are all ready to heat and
serve Just as they come from the
can An easy and attractive way
20 speed up serving and 10 give
Importance 90 the mainstav ia
90 dish 1T up in Individual rana-
Elns or casseroles.
Here are menus that suggest
ways Of teaming mp Chef Boy
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
ANN PiNkHAM' reports doctors findings on
What every girl should know about
siCkGRIng MONTHLY CRAMPS!

Tests show they con often be stopped
even the very agsf d5yi
Here s wonderful news fer women
md Girls who suffer the fortunes
ri bad DAYS" Of funettOnally-
caused menstrual pain - head
aches bacEaches and those mo
.uod- Iragged-aut feelings.
It's news about "a medicine --
famous for relieving such suffer
ing o.. even on the very first.
horst day Of your period
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

proud parents Of their second
child. q boy born Jan S. whose
name Is Samuel For your
weekly state Press, see Hrs
laura GlantgH.
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22
Warren

Thomas n. Fesster
Calvin Steps age 90, was XIII
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

ar-1ee spaghetti and meat balls
with other tempting and mex.
pensive foods so that you will
have a real dinner treat---nes-
thetically, dietetically, and A.
nanciallyl
Il
Spaghetti and Meat Balls
Spinach Baked Squash
Tossed Salad
with Cheese Dressing
Crisp Crusted Rolls
Apple Crunch
Coffee Milk
IL
Fruit Cup
Spaghetti and Meat Balls
Hard Rolls
Canned or Frozen PeAs
Celery = Carrot sticks
Green Pepper Rings Al
Cottage Pudding
with Hot Maple SyruB
Coffee Min
Arkansas State press., 1954-01-22

HOW IT WORKS; piHkhau's benef-
ctIt action includes Il quiettug effect
7sTTEyxsFwMaz3zEE on C0ntrdcttoHS
s.Al HayIxg.tylFGes uarindtcf pains
Evening star., 1954-10-13

American Service Center
5S5 N. Glebe Rd.
IA. 7-7722
Anderson G Tew Sunoeo
5501 Lee Highway
JE. 2-9610
Bausermon's Service, Inc.
columbio Pike and S. Glebe Rd
IA. 10000
Columbia Pike Sunoco
343l columbio Pike
IA. 8-95l8
Firestone Stores
4o43 2Sth Street South
N. 8-6840
Firesto1e Stores
100 N. HighIand Street
IA. 4-1lel
Hecht Co.
Wilson Blvd. and Glebe Rd.
MA. $500
Burr Heishmon's
1903 Lee Hishway
IA. 2-0024
Burr Heishmonss
10Th and North Irving Sis.
IA. 7-7442
Livensood's Service
5z3z Wilson Boulevard
IA. 8-9717
Seott's Shell SsFviee
III N. Glebe I'd.
IA. 8-955S
Evening star., 1954-10-13
NORTHWEST

NVN
Arcade Pontiac Co.
1887 Irving Street NV.
AD. 4-s5oo
crosstown Auto Supply
18th and S Sis. NV.
Ho. z-9565
FiEsstons Stores
18th and K Streets NV.
Ma. S-3323
FoIIin's Texoeo
Wis. Ave. and @ ST. NV.
Ho. 1919
Heeht Co.
2 at 7th NV.
Ma. $500
Johnny's Texaeo Service Station
10th end New York Ave. NV.
ST. 1884
Jones Texaeo Service
1900 n. n. Ave. NV.
EX. 3-9070
Kennedy Service Station
$40 N. n. Ave. at Kennedy ST. NV.
RA. $3.50
Merchonts Tire Co.
zil7 N Street NV.
Dl. 7-4z8S
PauI's Tire Shop
2Sfh snd N Streets NV.
AD. 1861
Petworth Shell Service Center
0ssssis Ave. and Upshur 81. NV.
"A. e-0e7S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14

NEW YORK.
Zizi Jeanmaire. the tiny
vibrant package of Gallo ex-
element who has suddenly
become this towns new the
atrical sensation, was a "veree
scared" little girl clutching a
glass of milk just seven days
ago.
Guiding up in a green arm
chair in her apartment. Broad
ways new darling bit into a
chocolate cherry, took a deep
breath and talked about the
opening of 1.-THE Girl in Pink
Tights" a show that has sky
rocketed Jeanmaire higher
than the Paramount clock
over the Great White Way.
Il was dying, you know. to
do a musical comedy. because
I never had seen one before !
came here. At the opening
I was so scared. New York is
a big city and if you miss the
boat here"
She's O Dynamo
Zizi-that's easier to pro-
nounce than Jeanmaire (pro-
nouced roughly: John Mare)
opened wide her dark brown
eyes in mock CONSERVATION,
flashed about with the swift
ness of a bird, buried her head
in her arms, then peeked
forth miSchievously and threw
her head back in a throaty
laugh of triumph.
The 5-foot-2, 100-pound dy-
namo from Paris is not one to
save her magic animation only
for the fortunate pewholders
over at the Mark Hellinger
Theater.
That's where 1.-THE Girl In
Pink Tights" has gone on
view. a show that today is SELL
ing tickets 20 weeks in adj
vance strictly because of Zizi
and her firecracker proceed
ings.
The show, which boasts
music by the late Sigmund
Romberg and dances devised
by the great Agnes DeMille,
got only a 3 yes-2 no. 2 may
be verdict from the daily
critics for overall charm, but
there were uninhibited raves
for its feminine star, a baller-
ina who also sings and exhib-
its high comic talent.
The daily press went all out
with everything from "ador-
able" to "zeSty." But until the
verdict was in. Zizi sat up,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-14
TurntobIe Talk

The magnificent recorded
performance Arturo Toscanini
has just given us Of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis (any lesser
word than magnificent would
be entirely inadequate to de-
scribe it, may well have a spe-
cial destiny in our era.
OF all Beethoven's master
pieces. the great Mass in D
is assuredly the least appre-
ciated. In a way. this is quite
understandable, for it is per-
haps the most neglected. Com
pared to the nine symphonies,
the sonatas and quartetS, or
even "Fidelio," 1t is rarely per-
formed. Many conductors are
scarcely acquainted with it.
Toscanini himself. until the
present recording. had con-
Quoted it during his long career
1nly half a dozen times.
Unfamiliarity is not the sole
problem, however. For the
Missa is not universally ad-
mired among those who
know it.
You can pick up a popular
Beethoven biography Vintage
about 1890, for instance, and
read that half the MiSsa is
comparatively weak and the
whole below the composers
best. One noted contemporary
critic will tell you Gas he &C
tually wrote after Toscanini's
latest public performance
that he prefers reading the
score or thinking about it to
hearing ia rather remark
able approach to music. when
one comes to analyze it.
LoeicoI Portner
Well, every one is entitled to
his own approach. even a
soundleSS one. but I am willing
to wager that those who expose
themselves to the new record,
ing without preconceptions
(Which is the way most, per-
force. are likely to- will form
a different opinion. The trouble
with even those few perform
ances of the mass that have
been accessible, I suspect, is
that most of them haven't been
good enough. And this one
makes one understand why.
The order of inspiration rep
resented in the MiSsa is closely
akin to that of the Ninth Sym
phony. just as the idiom is
that of the Ninth's finale. The
easiest way to suggest the i'm
pact of this new recording.
therefore, is to recall its prede-
cessor. In every way, the Tos-
canini MiSsa is the ToScanini
Ninth's logical partner.
What is so compelling about
Toscanini's approach to the
Ninth? Is it the incisiveness
of his beat? Is it the clarity
of detail on which he insists?
Is it the expressiveness of
phrasing. or the drama, the log
ical growth. the explosive eli
max? Or is it the irrepressible
vitality that seems to suffuse
all Toscanini performances.
whatever the music?
It is no doubt all these