davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1955-11-10
NEWS OF MUSIC
ColIowoy's 5 Choruses
Have Done Better

not hturgical mass at all. Il
is neither Protestant nor Cstho.
lie. It is more universal than Il
is Christian. It is q great ,musi.
clans ultimate attempt to in
terpret the grandeur of the un-
known, to transcend humanity
And in this grand and suinptuous
court oratorio on the subject oi
the Christian mass, Bach has
surely succeeded In achieving a;
much of the impossible as any
man can hope for.
The predominant quality oi
the B minor Mass is its extra
ordinarily expressive fiorid line
lIt is on occasion tender and In.
innate and at other times holt
Ior pathetic. but it always returns
i'm the spirited action Of its in
Idiyidual parts to a miraculously
eloquent polyphony. 1t is moi
THE massiveness of choral sound
lor the sensuous beauty OF sheet
musical sound that sets this
work apart from all others-it |:
1.-THE line. the horizontal march oi
1.-THE voices.
Yesterdays performance was
Ia remarkable one in many re.
Ispects. but so far as this review
Ter is concerned. it was a disap.
pointing one. BY actual count oi
names in the program booklet
MIR Callaway's chorus now con-
itains 242 members. This is toe
much of q good thing. Not ever
mr.. Galloway. for ali his I'm
Evening star., 1955-11-10

doubted genius with large groups
|of musicians, found it possible to
sustain the essential precision OF
his forces throughout the ia
hours required for the work.
The Mass got of to a solid
start with a majestic opening
Kyrie. but shortly afterwards,
things went aWry. Despite Mr..
|Callaway's most strenuous
efforts, orchestra and chorus
went their individual ways for
long. uncomfortable stretches Of
time.
To this reviewer. the whole
|first half Of the Mass sounded
|regrettahly earthbound: only
with the indescribably touching
I"Crucifixus' and the electrify-
ing sEt Resurrexit" did the per-
formance take on wings and
soar.
The chorus was not having
lone Of its best nights. Much OF
ithe trouble seemed to come from
Ithe tenor section. which was
weak and strained compared to
the others. On occasion, Mr.. Cali
llaway seemed unable to cope
with the enthusiasm Of his
|basses, who threatened several
times to blow the whole Cathe-
Idral down.
1t is extremely dangerous to
Idogmatize about questions of
balance in the Cathedral, q place
where acoustics are strange to
the point Of wonder. What
sounds fine in one spot sounds
dreadful in another. Neverthe-
less. this reviewer win venture
to say that yesterdays B minor
was not the best Of the six Mr..
Galloway has presented during
his years here.
OF the soloists, Donald Granam
singing at the Cathedral fol
the first time. was outstandingly
good. There is probably no bass
alive who can make listening tc
Evening star., 1955-11-10

Va, was taken to Memorial Hos
pital at Cumberland, Md, for
x-rays and observation for pos
sible back and chest injuries.
State troopers estimated the
damage at between $4,000 and
$4,000. They said the trucks
brakes had failed.
Evening star., 1955-11-10

The Washington and Catlle.
dral Choral Societies opened
their 1866 season last night
on Mount Saint Alban with that
stupendous masterpiece which
towers among the musical peaks
like Everest among the noun
tains, the Bach B minor Mass.
At his command. conductor
Paul Callaway had a small army
of choristers, instrumentalists
and soloists numbering well over
800. Every available inch Of
seating space at the Cathedral
was jammed with some 2.50t
rapt auditors. Many more thou
sands heard a live broadcast
sponsored by Peoples DRUG
stores. which is celebrating It'll
50th birthday this year in public
spirited fashion by giving WASH
in9tor1 music -lovers a wonderful
present.
The B minor Mass was 3
stkange act Of worship on the
part Of Bach. It is. Of course,
Evening star., 1955-11-10
Bio TruiIer-Truc
Rums Into Church

SPRINGFIELD. W. Va. Nov.
10 pa big tractor-trailer
truck loaded with II to IS tons
of live turkeys couldn't make
the sharp turn on West Virginia
Route 2s in the middle Of
Springfield and crashed into the
Presbyterian Church yesterday.
Carl Whitmer. 22-year-old
truck ,driver from Lazy Springs.
Evening star., 1955-11-10
BY IRVING LOWENS

sNashineton and Cathedral Choral
ieties, assisted by members 0f the
I&tionai symphony Orchestra. Paul
N5tlaway. conductor Soloists: Adele
A1ison, soprano. Beatrice Krens.
AID Gramm. bass; Werner Lywen, Pio-
AfE John Martin. eell0s Wallace Mann
&1a Ruth Wurstsr. dutes: Richard
WHite and Ernest Harrison, obpi
more; Abe Kniax, horn: Lloyd Gei-
al&t. Richard Smith and Jack john
S6fd Richard pirksen. organ. At
WNshinRotn CAthedTal ProGram. Mass
Ii b minor. Bach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

high egotistical self-assurance, unbudging
disregard Of conflicting opinion and SEEM
ing preference to be on the minority, and
usually the losing side, in any debate, But
with these characteristics, those who knew
him found him loyal in personal friend
ships, no matter where they existed. He
respected candor in others as much as he
practiced it himself. He was as straitlaced
in some of his concepts, and as humorless,
as his Scotch Presbyterian ancestors from
the upper Valley of Virginia, and he admired
above most things their honely virtues.
Colonel McCormick's death, following so
closely upon that of Joseph Pulitzer in St.
Louis prompted the President to remark
on the fact that these publishers frequently
on opposite sides Of public issues, both were
stanch champions of free press so essen
tial to our freedoms" There have doubtless
been times when the followers of Pulitzer's
Post-Dispatch would have welcomed the
muzzling of McCormick'S Tribune, and vice
versa. But without newspapers free to pre-
sent whatever they choose to believe in,
there would be no freedom of the press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Colonel Robert Mccormick

Some Of Colonel McCormick's closest
and longest personal friendships in the
newspaper world were with men who dis
agreed with him completely on almost
everything he stood for in national politics
and policies. They found something in his
personality with more depth to it, more
easily understandable, than his public pose,
and they will remember these discoveries
after they have forgotten other character
istics which made the colonel one Of the
most controversial figures in American pub
lie life.
There was no significant conflict be-
tween Colonel McCormick's conduct as
private individual and congenial companion,
and his posture as powerful and successful
newspaper publisher. In both roles there
was predominance Of the same qualities
Q certain austere pompousness, complete and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Again to the Antarctic

AS the White House has announced, the
new American expedition to the Antarctic
In November will be headed by man who
has profoundly knowing and unique per-
sonal acquaintanceship with that part of the
world. For Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
has led no fewer than four previous trips
down there Tin 1923, 1884, 1889 and 194O
and he has discovered more of the vast
region than have all of the explorers of all
other countries combined.
So the overall direction of the forth
coming expedition could hardly have been
placed in more experienced hands. As the
top officer in charge, Admiral Byrd will have
the responsibility of supervising the under
taking as the direct representative of the
Chief of Naval Operations and the Secretary
of the Navy. In that capacity, his task will
have to do not with xploration-though
that may be involved in an incidental fash
ion-but with establishing three observa-
ton sites needed to support the role that
the United States intends to play in con-
nection with the International GeophySical
Year of 1957-58
This role, like the November expedition
itself, will be purely scientific in character.
1t will be carried out in cooperation with
several other countries-including Russia
that have agreed to take part in an inter-
national effort in the Antarctic to CO.
ordinate and pool their findings regarding
numerous phenomena that lend themselves
to good observation in that region. In that
respect, as explained by the White House,
the sites to be set up under Admiral Byrd
will be used by our experts to conduct special
studies in such fields as meteorology, glaci-
ology, ionospheric physics, gravity and
cosmic rays.
On his earlier trips to the Antarctic,
Admiral Byrd has been interested princi-
pally in discovering and mapping territory
(more than l million square miles of it,.
But now his assignment will have differ
ent emphasis, being related solely to prep
arations for studies to be conducted later by
others specializing in rather abstruse scien-
.tihc subjects. Even so, as man who feels
at home in the polar regions, he can be
counted upon to discharge his new response
bility with the same sort of enthusiasm and
distinction as have marked his leadership
Of past expeditions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

An important supplement to the
first issue of The Sunday Star, March
&c, 1905, was the Wash
Sunday ington edition of the
MAGAZINES Associated Sunday
Magazine, opening with
) the initial installment of Souls on
Fire." by Louis Tracy. with illustrations
by w. T. Benda. and including an
article on 1.-The Secrets of Success"
by Henry Clews, discussion Of
Famous Clowns of Today" by Arthur
William Brown, true detective story
by Inspector Thomas Byrnes of New
Work, travelogue on Lonely Labra-
dor" by P. T. McGrath. recollections
of Thackeray by John Habberton and
a poem on daffodils by Wilbertine
Worden. The contents of the maya
zine section of the second Sunday Star,
issued April 2, 1905, embraced:
Journalism a School for Men High
in Public Life" by George B. Nc
Clelan, Mayor of New York City;
Cupid on Switchboard" Miriam
Cruikshank; "Trees of Historic interest,""
Mrs Herman j. Hall; My First Trip to
London" Marshall P. Wilder; THE
Stolen Valedictory," Edward G. Holden,
and a poem, "Ye Cheerfulle Ladye,"
Grace Stone Field. These supplements
were handsomely printed examples of
the artistry of the American Litho-
graphic Co. This Week Magazine Of
today Is descended from them.
On April 3. 1905. The Star reported
the, appointment Of the new Panama
Canal Commission as
Ponoma Conol follows: Theodore p.
Builders Shonts, chairman;
Judge Charles e. Ma
gon, Governor Of the Canal Zone: John
F, Wallace, chief engineer. Rear Ad-
miral M. T. Endicott, USN: Brig.
Gen. Peter q. Hams, USA retired:
Col, Oswald M. Ernst. Corps Of
Engineers. UsA, and Benjamin M.
Harrod. With the exception Of Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
President to His Porty'

At recent press conference. Presi-
dent Eisenhower advised Republicans
to abjure the temptation to seek politi-
cal advantage from the mistakes of the
New Dealers at Yalta. In the editorial.
President to His Party" March "a,
The Star, as usual. loyalty seconds the
Presidents suggestion but notes that
Mr.. Eisenhower said 1t is both possible
and desirable "to profit from a study
of the mistakes made at Yalta."
The all-important profit which should
be sought is insurance. against the re-
turn to political power of party whose
leaders are so naive and inept as to
make such mistakes. This objective can
be realized only by constantly reminding
the electorate of the potential perils to
their liberties in the election of such
individuals to positions of public trust
Therefore, the President is derelict in
his duty to the Nation and as party
leader when he advises Republicans to
remain silent on this subject. To do so
would be more deserving of condemns
ton than the quarter-century CAM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Pay Prospects Brighter

Chances of eventual passage of pay
increase legislation for Government en-
ployes have been improved by the agree
ment among six postal unions on a COM
promise SO per cent raise proposal. The
unions had been obdurate before that in
their demands for a 10 per cent increase, as
provided in a Senate approved bill. The
administration has been just as obdurate
against so large an increase, with implicit
threats of presidential veto If the Senate
measure were passed.
While President Eisenhower has opposed
any pay plan that would raise present rates
more than 7.6 per cent, congressional leaders
.of both parties are hopeful that he might
be persuaded to accept the compromise
plan. THERE'S differential of only 6 per
cent between the administration maximum
figure and the unions minimum proposal.
And the compromise postal measure would
be made more palatable to the adYinistra-
ton by inclusion of the controversial CLASH
fcation proviso.
Even if the President should refuse to
lift his 7.6 per cent ceiling on pay increases,
the prospects of overriding veto would be
materially enhanced by the compromise.
If the unions had persisted In their 10-per-
cent nothing attitude, it is possible that
their members would have gotten exactly
what they got last year-nothing. And
classified employees throughout the Federal
establishment would have been coyictims
. of the failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Fifty Years Ago in The Star -.

beginning November, 1903. Among
these were: Parts of Herodotus, all Of
Polybius, the Politics" of Aristotle,
Ridgeway's Early Age Of Greece" two
volumes by MaSpero on the Syrian,
Chaldean and Egyptian civilizations,
part of Froissart, the memoirs of Mar
bot, some Of Macauley, part of Gibbons
Decline and Fall of the Roman
Frederick the Great" all of Hay and
Nicolay's life Of Lincoln. Mahan's
TYPES of Naval Officers" most of Am
bassador Jusserand's books. Dickens
"Pickwick" and Nicolas Nickleby," four
of Thackeray's novels, Conan Doyle's
white Company" the romances of
Charles Broken Brown, poetry by
Keats, Poe. Longfellow, Browning,
Tennyson, Kipling and Bliss Carman,
stories by Thomas A. Janvier. Jack
London, Owen Wister, Hamlin Garland.
Booth Harrington, John Fox and the
American Winston Churchill, Bacon's
and Oliver Wendell Holmes essays,
Millions Paradise Lost" Dante's en-
ferno" and half q dozen Of Shake
speare's plays.
In The Star Of March %. 1905, it was
explained: 1.-THE Marchioness Oyama
came to the United
Morchioness States when girl Of IL
Oyomo and received 10 years Of
training In the family Of
the Rev. Leonard Bacon. Congrega-
tional clergyman in New Haven. Conn.
Her childhood in Japan was Of that
Spartan variety which has made the
spirit Of the Japanese soldiers and has
been the foundation Of the wonderful
self-sacriflce and devotion Of the women
at home that has been part Of the
secret Of the seemingly impossible feats
on the battlefield. The marchioness'
family were members Of the clan of
Aidzu. which long chung to the service
Of the Shotgun In his conflict with the
Emperor gradually forced the besieged
In the waA Of the restoration In 1883.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

scepter, BY clever schemes he plotted,
through slaughter, to climb to the
vacant throne. One, who as refugee
escaped the sword which cut down all
the rest. fleeing to the top of a neigh
boring hill faced the assembled multi
tude of people who were uncertain Of
their loyaltieS. their duties and their
future. He delivered q warning dis
course, which began: "Once upon
time the trees went forth to anoint a
king over them. They said to the olive
treel reign over us. But the olive tree
said unto them, should I leave my fat
ness and go and wave my branches
to and fro? Then the trees said to
the fig tree, come thou. and reign over
us. But the fig tree said. should leave
my sweetness and good fruit and go
and wave to and fro over the trees?"
A similar offer was made to the vine,
but it refused to abandon its red wine
for crown. "Then said all the trees
unto the bramble, come and reign over
us. And the bramble said. IL in truth
We anoint me king over you, then come
and put your trust in my shadow"
That is all the bramble had to offer.
a shadow, and the threat that 1t could
start a conflagration which would de-
stroy the very cedars Of Lebanon. the
emblems Of peoples faith. It offered
no substance. no fruit, but shadow
and threat. And, thus. the bramble
became king because the other trees
were busy at what they considered
things worthy Of their utter devotion
and dedication. the production Of
needed fruit and wine to cheer.
The deep meaning in the parable Of
the trees is that by the indifference and
preoccupation of honest men, the
bramble king climbed to power. That
bramble. when he is king, can wound,
he can burn the very fabric of our lib
critics; but he gets his way and his
sway only because Of the indifference
Of good men.
In the battle between the branches
and the brambles the bramble gets its.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

with the members of her clan and her
family. she was in the besieged city Of
Wakamatsu when the forces of the
Emperor who is now the ruler Of Japan.
to the innermost citadel. The women
made the cartridges and explosives, and
the children carried them to the fight
ing men, who resisted as long as pos
sible and then calmly committed
suicide rather than be taken. The
marchioness used often to recall how
as girl of 8 years she assisted
in the work of carrying the cartridges
and thought it great fun. :. From this
warlike life the girl was sent to Amer
lea. where she was educated. Being
graduated from Vassar in 1882, she re-
turned to her native land, where year
later she was married to the then Count
Oyama, a widower with three children.
Two boys and girl have been born to
her, and the boys are studying in the
army and navy schools" The mar
chioness' husband in 1905 was one of
the leaders Of the Japanese campaign
against the Russians in Manchuria.
4
The Star for March 81, 1905, featured
q cable dispatch telling of one of the
minor causes of World
Emperor War Ia visit paid to
In TonQier Tangier, Morocco. by
Kaiser Wilhelm. the
Emperor Of Germany. He arrived on
board the Hamburg american liner
Hamburg and was greeted by repre-
sentatives Of the Sultan, the diplomatic
corps and "a big crowd Of people" Ac-
companied by "a brilliant STAFF" he
rode on horseback through densely lined
streets to the German Legation. Flow
ers. rich Moorish embroideries, fine
rugs and bright Eastern costumes made
the scene unique. The Kaiser's visit
was interpreted by some commentators
as an interference with French colonial
affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Spires OF the Spirit
Branches and BronnbIes

The waving branches of acclaim and
the sharp brambles of blame were both
very much in the picture of Palm
Sunday All hands did not wave palms
on that hectic, excited day when the
entire city was moved and the curious
onlookers cried, Who is this?" as the
Galilean, riding on a lowly beast, en-
tered the nations capital. Some
answered that he was wonder worker.
a healer, teacher with strange power
Z to win mems hearts. But to others he
was an upstart innovator, a dangerous
blasphemer who at all costs. must be
silenced. So, while there were many
hands with welcoming branches, there
were other. cunning hands that very
day preparing scourge of bramble
briars and crown of thorns.
Measured by hours, the brambles
were to win: for when the branches
were but rubbish on Jerusalem's streets
thorns encircled the brow of the One
who had entered the gates as seeming
2 victor, but Who stumbled up to Calvary
as a reviled victim. Yet not nail
pierced His truth, not a hammer
touched the words which, as He said,
were spirit and life. The waiting tomb
was but thoroughfare through which
He passed to the growing victory Of
the ages.
For 20 centuries the struggle of Palm
Sunday has gone on. the strife twixt
light and darkness, love and hatred,
truth and error, others and self. The
issue of the branches versus the
hroy IaIac in Auno,iao'c ToYoitol fbic
latest Palm Sunday is the same as in
the Jewish capital when Calvary seemed
to be the end of the Master Whom a
cross could not stop.
Even our cherry branches Of amity
have faced the brambles of enmity.
We never can forget that these tinted
bushes af1ame with God were originally
sent as a gift Of good will from the
East to the West, from a great capital
Of the Orient to great capital Of the
Occident. as significant symbol that
the loveliest things Of one country are
to take root and draw life from another
land.
In the eternal struggle between
branches and brambles it came to
pass. for while. that in one of the
cruelest of wars. stained by the perfidy
of men of i'll will, the brambles over
ran the blossoms But now, again,
under unclouded skies the blossomed
banners speak of renewed friendship
and partnership in building a better
world where bombs and brambles give
way to blossoming boughs.
There is striking parable Of the
eternal duel between branches and
brambles in the Old Testament. 1t is
the story of an ambitious prince, bent
on feathering his own nest. who liqui-
dated all rightful heirs to the royal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03
Hord Look From Down Under

AS a native-born Washingtonian
was quite interested in The Stars
comment on Australian Prime Min
lister Menzies while he was there. and
thought you might be interested in
the reaction of the Australian press to
your story. The Melbourne Age had
this to say:
"A Washington newspapers discovery
that Mr.. Menzies is nothing like q
typical Aussie' because he doesn't drawl.
use slang, swear like trooper, tell dirty
jokes. or swig beer straight from the
bottle Is encouraging.
tits an odd coincidence that Presi-
dent Eisenhower is nothing like typi-
cal Yank He doesn't chew tobacco,
pack q couple of six-shooters, greet
visitors with WAL. stranger! or even
organize posses to go out and get them
thar gol-durned rustlers."
Barbara Al Smith.
Melbourne, Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-03

Wallace and Col. Ernst, the members
were sworn in by John Randolph and
then went into conference with Secre-
tary of War William Howard Taft.
Later the new Commissioners met in
their own quarters in The Star Build
ing and made the acquaintance OF the
office staff there.
Commenting editorially. The Star
of April 8, 1905, paid tribute to
Hans Christian Andersen,
Hans whose centennial then
Andersen was being celebrated. in
these words: "Andersen's
tales are peopled with characters whom
every child understands. The little
moral lessons they teach are everlast-
ing in their influence upon the young
mind. They cannot be forgotten. The
little lead soldier. standing erect in his
paper boat, to be swept into sewer
and swallowed by fish, is type of
fidelity everlasting in its significance.
A flood of memories rusheS upon the
adult mind when this long CLOSED gate
of recollection is opened. The mere
mention Of Andersen's name recalls
pictures of the past. of the swan girl,
the frog prince. the princess whose
sleep was disturbed by rose leaf, the
automatic nightingale. Life was the
sweeter in the days gone by for these
stories, for in every one of them runs
a tender quality Of beauty and truth
and uprightness. and the glamour of
the romantic and the supernatural Is
cast about them so artistically that the
little reader scarcely knows where the
possibilities cease and the impossible
ties begin. or which is narrative and
which is allegory."
President Theodore Roosevelt was q
bookman long before he became inter-
ested in politics. The Star
Roosevelt Of April /. 1905. gave EVIL
A Reoder dence Of his literary en-
terprise and taste in list
Of works he had perused In two years