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Evening star., 1959-12-14
Salvation Army Opens
Toy Shop Thursday

The Salvation Army will open
its free toy shop at 429 Seventh
street NV. Thursday.
Mothers of needy families
will be able to obtain toys there
for their children. Last year
the Salvation Army distributed
toys to l0.803 children through
their mothers.
Another Yuletide activity of
the Salvation Army will be the
distribution of Christmas food
baskets to impoverished fam
lilies.
In the District, the baskets
will be given out on December
% and "a at 433 Third street
NV. Last year the Salvation
Army gave baskets to 1856
families in the metropolitan
area and this year the organi-
Evening star., 1959-12-14

downpour. WaStebasketS are
placed strategically to catch
the drips.
The children live in various
sections of the county and are
brought to Norwood by school
bus from gathering points.
There is a long waiting line
for admission.
Several are in their late
teens, but most range from s
to IL. Generalizations are diff
flcult, but Mrs. Ronayne ex-
planned that the mental age of
severely retarded children fire.
quently is about half their
actual age.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

legitimate theater. The latter
group included Elsie Rizer, who
began as a dancer in the old
Columbia and went on to star
as the lead in Beyond the
Horizon" and Helen Goodhue,
once a leading comedienne.
George Preston Marshall,
president of the Washington
Redskins and former assistant
stage manager of the old Co.
lumbia. presided over the
ground-breaking ceremonies.
Orville Crouch. Eastern divi-
sion manager of Loew's Thea
terS, said the 81 million the
ater is an expression Of his
firms confidence in the future
Of downtown Washington.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

SAAUO NNSA Ga oAN 10 IlCCuCu W
avoid dumping additional sew
age into the river from Dulles
International Airport.
Gen. yelling said over the
week end that key members
Of Congress" agree that Federal
help "is a fair way of getting
at the dilemma which con-
fronts u.s."
Home Areas a Problem
The general noted that the
problem stems from the sewage
in residential developments in
Northern Virginia.
The residential boom has
caused headaches in Fairfax
County. Loudoun County, too,
is expected to feel the pressure
of development around Dulles
Airport. Fairfax County has
recommended a $40 million
sewer plan to serve a large area
of Fairfax and part of Loudoun.
Effluent would be dumped
into Belmont Bay, far below
the Districts water supply in
take on the Potomac.
Fairfax for some time has
hoped for a plan that would
avoid dumping treated sewage
into the upper Potomac above
the water intake. The county
wants the Federal Government
to back revenue bonds for the
proposed project.
FAA Receptive
Mrs. wilkins said her hope
for the project came in part
from indication by the Federal
Aviation Agency that FAA of
flcials "are willing to consider
our proposal"
She said this was the first
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Virginia Fund
Aids 6o5 Negroes

RICHMOND, Dec. IA (AP)-
Virginia's graduate aid fund
helped sos Negroes pursue post
graduate studies last year in so
colleges and universities.
DR.. Robert P. Daniel, who
administers the fund as pres
ident of Virginia State College,
said another 1876 applicants
qualified for grants but can
celed them before receiving
assistance. Thirty-seven other
applicants were ineligible.
Outlays from the fund to-
tailed $225,211 in the fiscal year
ended June 80. The money
comes largely from general
fund appropriations. 1t is
spent to help Negro students
attend colleges outside the
State to take courses that are
not available to Negro college
students in Virginia.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

time the FAA had considered
any plan proposed by the
county.
The FAA'S interest, she said.
also might be an indication
that the agency does not ap-
prove of the proposed Potomac
interceptor sewer.
Mrs. wilkins said the inter-
ceptor sewer. which would 60
from Chain Bridge up Difficult
Run, would not serve any of
the county's immediate sewer
needs.
The interceptor would go
through the county's estate
area, where such a sewer line
is not necessary, she added.
If the interceptor line were
installed. the county still would
need interim treatment plants,
she said.
Evening star., 1959-12-14

theater as a luxurious theater
showcase "
The original Columbia Thea
ter, which was torn down this
fall to make room for the
new one. opened as Metzerott's
Music Hall in 1891. 1t was
named Columbia in 1909 and
offered legitimate shows, star
ring such theater greats as
Helen Hayes, who made her
debut there as a child actress.
Loew'S purchased the theater in
1914 and turned it into a movie
house.
On hand today were Kirk
A. Metzerott, nephew of the
founder of the theater, and
many of the actors who played
there when the Columbia was
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Gets Dystrophy Post

Mrs. E. Morgan Pryse of 4613
Albemarle street NV. has been
elected to the national board of
directors of the Muscular Dys-
trophy Association of America.
Mrs. Pryse is chairman of pa
tient services for the Washing
ton area chapter.
Evening star., 1959-12-14
FIRE-TRAP SCHOOL
Norwood Promised Sofety
By ANNE H. CHRISTMAS
Star Stan Writer

The small, busy world of 81
retarded children at Norwood
Special School, Chevy Chase, is
housed in old frame buildings
at 4700 Norwood drive which
are regarded by parents, teach
ers and public officials as clap
board fire traps.
The Norwood PTA for years
has considered its building a
"stepchild" in the Montgomery
County school system but there
is some cause for rejoicing in
Forthcoming budget requests. If
Norwood can trough it" until
September, 1861, in its present
quarters, the frame cottages will
be- abandoned and the school
shifted to Sandy Spring Ele-
mentary School.
Schools COntraSted
Norwood'S present home,
rented from the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission on a tract of
land west of Wisconsin avenue,
is a surprising contrast to
other schools in progressive
Montgomery County.
No elaborate site plans and
architects fees grace the
budget for these buildings.
They are two simple cottages,
the main one a four-room, two
story affairs in which the visi-
tor must pass through one
classroom to get to another.
The inner stairway is a
dark. steep, narrow one on
which the paSSerby instinc-
lively ducks to avoid humping
his head. One classroom and a
makeShift Office occupy the
upper story, where Norwood's
teaching principal, Mrs. Ann
M. Ronayne, has a class of
children ranging from 8 to IL
years old. Two are physically
handicapped, and one of them
must wear a helmet to protect
his head in case of a fall.
Their fire exit from the sec
ond floor is steep frame STAIR
case down the outside of the
building. A piece of ragged
gutterspouting ju.5 cut from
the roof across the stairway. /!
There is no fire alarm system
for drills: Mrs. Ronayne clangs
on a square piece of metal to
spread the alarm.
In this building there are
three other classes, instructed
by staff regarded as top
notch by experts. Several of the
teachers were selected by the
University of Maryland as DEM
onStration instructors in a /
workshop on retarded children.
The fifth class is in another I
frame cottage just a few feet
away from the two-story Struc-
ture.
Priority on Staff
In addition to Mrs. Ronayne, /
the teachers are Mrs. Marianne 1
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Ground Is Broken
For Columbia Theoter

Commissioner Robert Mclaughlin hailed construction of
the new Loews Columbia Theater ground breaking
monies today the beginning f the enhancement of the
downtown of Washington"
The theater at Twelfth and streets NV is scheduled
for completion spring describes the 5Oseat
Evening star., 1959-12-14

The manufacturers list prices referred 10 in
this advertisement ore inserted 10 ossisi you
in identification OF the products and 10 allow
you 10 eompore occUrotely the selling prices
offered here and elsewhere. The use Of the
term manufacturers list or similar terminoIoqy
in our advertising is not 10 imply thot Ciont
hos ever sold the advertised products at such
list prices, or ihot the products ore being
offered for sole generoly in the oreo al such
list prices. Many reputable noionoI brond
manufacturers issue 10 reioilsrs, from time 10
time, suggested Tstoil list prices thot ore
intended 10 afford reasonable profits 10 oil
rstoilsrs bosed upon their irudiiionol costs Of
morksiin9 Giants employment Of self-series
sVPermorket teehniqUes snobleS il usually 10
sell below such suggested list prices. Con.
sumerS however. hove come 10 recognize most
erond merchondise by the list prices rother
thon model numbers. Consequently ciont
includes these manufacturers list prices so
thot you nay moks simple. intelligent com.
Per'sons between our selling prices end those
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Virginia Sewer Plan
Arouses New Hope

New hope for plan to solve Northern Virgnias sewer
problem without poutng the Potomac River was expressed
today by the vice chairman of the Board of County
supervisors. - ''
supervisor Anne wilkins voiced her optimism in comment
ing on District Engineer Commissioner c. Wenps assertion
Evening star., 1959-12-14
Priority on Staff

In addition to Mrs. Ronayne,
the teachers are Mrs. Marianne
L. Erler, Mrs. Louise Holley,
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Hotel Exhibitions

Knud Hougart, Danish
born portrait painter, is
showing 20 portraits in oil
and pastel, at the Hotel
Roosevelt, front lobby, 210l
SiXtee h street NV,
through this month. He has
painted many Service officers
and their wives; the present
show includes wives of Sena-
tors, among others. The
portrait of Mrs. Joel Broyhill
seemed to me one of the most
successful as a painting; a
double portrait of Mrs. John
Holman and son most in
dividual.
Hildegarde Hamilton, a New
York member of the Wash
ington Arts Club, where she
has exhibited in the past, is
concluding today 90 am. to
9 p.m.D in Suite 628, Hotel
Willard, an exhibition of
paintings she executed in
Scandinavia and elsewhere in
Europe where she painted
seven months in 1858; and
various countries of the
Caribbean area. this year.
Her paintings are natural
istic, well composed, with the
added appeal of picturesque
subject matter,
Evening star., 1959-11-22

Sea and other marches (Fen-
nell, Eastman Wind Ensem-
BILE; Mercury MIG 5020O.
The Fennell forces in more
customary and suitable ter
ritory. The contents except
for the Sousa item are i'm
ported.
BACH Suite in C John
Williams, guitar; Washing
ton WR 424). An accom-
plished performer in a tran
scription of Bach's third cello
suite. The balance of the
disc is devoted to pieces by
Albeniz, Ponce, Villa LoboS,
Duarte and the Argentinian
Composer Gomez Crespo.
WALTON Facade and Le-
coco Mamzelle Angot (Ana-
tole Fistoulari, Royal Opera
House Orchestra; RCA Victor
LIN 2285). Sprightly ballet
type playing.
VERDI march from Aida
Band and trumpeteers of
the Royal Horse Guards;
Washington WR 415). Schu-
bert, Elgar, Offenbach, Sousa
and a horse squadron are
also in evidence in this in
tentionally windy British Of
fering.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Luzzuri's Latest

Pietro Lazzari has put
flowers, horses and George
town into cement in two
thirds of his exhibition of
nearly 80 works at The Art
lists Mart, 1851 Wisconsin
avenue. Georgetown, through
next Saturday. Open week
days $50 to $50.
He achieves the seemingly
impossible by translating the
short-lived fragility of color
ful blossoms into such a long
lived and ponderous medium
as polychrome concrete. Al
though these and other
paintings" in the same ma
terial, of horses and riders
more abstract in handling)
are hanging on the mart's
walls (which demonstrate re-
assuring Solidity to stand up
with so much weight it still
seems to me that these
paintings" should be a part
of any wall, interior or gar
den; in other words,
cemented into the walls, as
done with large cement
murals he has made for the
Congressional Club and other
public places.
A small group of Mr.. Laz-
zari's sculptures illustrates
his versatility. Several por-
Evening star., 1959-11-22
DISCAPSULES
Worth noting:

Worth noting:
BARTOK divertimento and
WIENER suite, Op. 10
Oorati, Philharmonica Hun
garica; Epic LC 35lS). A
stimulating coupling. Weiner
d885-), a Bartok compatriot,
writes conservatively but
with flair. The suite is based
on Hungarian folk dances.
ARENSKY variations on a
Tchalkovsky theme \and
TCHAIKOVSKY serenade in
G (Dorati, Philharmonic
Hungarica; Mercury MG
$4,000. Pleasant music and
performances. The familiar
Arensky, oddly, is billed as a
first LIP edition.
PISTON The Incredible
Flutist and MOORE Pageant
of P. T. Barnum (Hanson,
Eastman Rochester Orches-
ira; Mercury MIG 502O6).
The aging (1926) but ne
elected score by Douglas
Moore is hardly weighty but
is fun to hear and a useful
addition to the excellent Ro-
chester Americana series.
WEINBERGER polka and
fugue from Schwanda, and
other pieces by other au-
thors Frederick Fennell.
EaStman-R Rochester Pops;
Mercury MIG 50222). A light
weight assortment punningly
titled "Pop-Overs."
SOUSA Hands Across the
Evening star., 1959-11-22
SATURDAY
TODAY'S GOOD
MUSIC DIAL
1905 AM, WGMs AM-FM
No concerts scheduled.

1905 AM, WGMS AM-FM
$50 Kc. and 1885 Mel
Sunday Morning Symphony:
Johannesburg Festival Over
ture by Walton; Symphony
No. 4 in G by Dvorak.
ll:OO AM, WASH-FM and
WDON (97.1 Nc. and l54O
Kc.D Music of Distinction
(Stereo): La Boutique Fan
tasque by Rossini: Sympho-
ny No. 4 by Tchaikovsky.
1880, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc
and 1875 Me- The Con-
cert Hall: Symphony No. 80
in E Flat, K. 543, by Mozart;
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F
Minor by Chopin.
$500, WASH-FM and WDON
lS7.l Nc. and 154O KcD-
Sunday Symphony: SYM
pIIoLly NO. 40 IN F Minor by
Haydn; The Four Seasons
by Vivaldi.
4:O5, WGMS AM-FM $50 Kc.
and 1885 Mc.)-Ballet The
ater: The Nutcracker, Act II,
by Tchaikovsky.
500, WASH-FM and WDON
(97.1 Nc. and 154O KcD-
Organ Recital: Music of Ju-
bilee by Bach.
500, WMAL-FM (1O7.3 Mc)
-Concert Stage: Violin Con-
certo No. 3 in B Minor, Opus
81, by Saint-Saens; Lieuten-
ant Kije Suite, Opus so, by
Prokofleff.
$500, WASH-FM and WDON
t97.1 Nc. and 1910 KcD-
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Alden Quartet

Four Washington artists
have a joint exhibition cele-
brating the 18th anniversary
of the Barnett Alden GAL
lery's founding, at 127 Ran
dolph place NV. 1t remains
through this month, open
daily noon to 7, Sunday 2 to 5.
Pietro Lazzari's five paint
ings are all abstract ex-
preSSioniSt works, cold and
uncommunicative compared
to his engaging show at the
Artists Mart. The best
painting in Alma Thomas
group is Georgetown Ca
nal" owned by the Barnett
Alden Gallery.
Helen Rennie has an inter-
esting pair of paintings en-
titled Homage to Bosch"
No. l has "naturalistic" bats,
fish, snakes, ETC., floating in
a blue sky, faithful to the
unpleasant apparitions in
Bosch'S pictures. No. 2 re-
duces these elements to cal
ligraphic black shapes on
gray.
Andrea Zerega's group
comprises five compost
tions reduced to poster-like
simplicity, which neverthe-
less convey their subjects.
(Open weekdays noon to Z;
Sunday 2 tn 5)
Evening star., 1959-11-22

painter. a winner in the last
CorcUan Biennial. Washing
ton sculptor Lothar Braban-
ski selected 81 sculptures;
Richard Lahey, painter and
principal of the Corcoran
School, chose IS prints and
drawings, and Bruce Etchi-
son, director of the Washing
ton County Museum of Fine
Arts, 81 works in ceramics,
silver and textiles. This jury
had to winnow 1853 entries
submitted by artists of the
Washington area. The exhi-
bition will be reviewed next
Sunday,
Evening star., 1959-11-22

personal record of joint de-
votion to quality, aural,
visual and managerial, which
imprinted its mark on the
entire industry.
1t was inevitable that all
this should turn out not to
fit in with commercial view
points. The Sorias a while
ago retired from the record
m a king and distributing
scene. and Angel went over
to join the Capitol label.
The Sorias are now back in
the swing of things, however.
RCA, recognizing a good OPP
portunity, hired them to
produce a series of discs
under the familiar Victor
red seal.
The first issue has now
arrived. and the Soria stamp
is readily visible. The album,
a two-disc assortment of bal
let excerpts led by Ernest
AnSermet,. is a handsome
book-like affair with a pull
out box for the discs and an
equally handsome illustrated
booklet containing photo
graphs and color reproduc-
tions of set and costume de-
signs for several of the ball
lets.
AS a sampler the album is
highly attractive. Ansermet
is as expert a ballet man as
there is, and the engineers
have done a neat job. Any
one doting on ballet music is
apt to be slightly disap-
pointed in the failure to in
clude full-length perform
ances, however. The four
bits Of the orcheStration of
Schumann'S Carnaval that
are included, for instance, are
over almost as soon as they
begin-hardly more than a
way of whetting the appetite.
The SoriaS know how to do
the whetting, but this hearer
will be awaiting some of the
more substantial offerings on
the agenda. It's good to have
the Soria partnership back in
working status, however.
The other titles in the al
bum: Nutcracker, La Bou-
-tique Fantasque, Coppelia,
Giselle, Swan Lake, Sleeping
Beauty and Les Sylphides.
CID $685.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Buder's Xmas Show

WaShingtonians who wish
to give for Christmas, paint
ings by artists of the Bader
group, will have to do their
Christmas shopping early.
Franz Bader Gallery'S Christ
mas gift exhibition opened
November IL, will close
December 2. Twenty-four
paintings and a sculpture by
as many artists, on view at
l705 G street NV, offer
good choices to those looking
for either representational or
abstract. and the latter COM
prise about two-thirds of
the show.
The outstanding painting
Ito me) is Herman Maril's
Moon" making a golden
path on the water. Other
covetable paintings are John
Chapman Lewis abstract
Flight" in soft tones of blue,
brown and white, with shapes
suggesting wings. Prentiss
Taylor's beautiful Cotton
woods and Mt. Aspen;
Mitchell Jamieson's Andes"
and Alice Acheson's delicate
gray linear Roman Ruins"
(both sold); Leonard Maui
rer'S handsome Bouquet"
orange and green; Dunes"
by Margaret Appich; Here
ward Lester Cookies large pen
and sepia ink drawing
Italy" a panoramic Renais-
Sance roof-scape; Winifred
Mobiles impressionistic little
Storm Clouds; and Harold
Giese's unpretentious still
life.
The Franz Bader group of
artists largely represented
Washington in the first ex-
hibition of contemporary art
which opened the new
Twentieth Century Gallery"
in Williamsburg, Virginia,
four weeks. ago. 1t is located
in a Colonial structure known
locally as the Redwood Ordi-
nary, now being renovated,
near the restored capitol.
The main section of the
building probably dates back
to the 18th century.
CBader Christmas show is
open weekdays 9 to g.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
Messiah

Mykola Shramchenko's 81
tempera paintings on the
Messiah" theme, including
scenes and personages from
the creation of the world to
the Last Judgment, were Sc
lected for the November eX-
hibition at George Washing
ton University Library this
month, in conjunction with
its annually held Religion
in Life Week" Mr.. Shram-
chenko, the Ukrainian-born
artist. is now an American
citizen and a Washington
artist and art teacher for the
past decade. He has had other
one-man shows here, and
participates in group exhibi-
tionS.
Inspired by eastern icons,
Mr.. Shramchenko based his
Messiah" series on the old
Byzantine style, modernized.
Unhappily, undermining reli-
gious art generally seems to
be Instantaneous. Express
sionist, Cubist, Surrealist and
Abstract religious paintings
and sculpture are revolving
more often than not; and Of
fer little if anything to wor-
shippers.
Mr.. Shramchenko's tempera
paintings are Byzantine" in
having one or a few figures
in rich. simple colors, against
neutral backgrounds. But
while he retained Byzantine
distortions and out-of-scale
drawing, he abandoned the
meticulouS Byzantine define
alton. Consequently, many of
his figures seem merely
hastily or badly drawn, some
of them to the point of ap-
pearing comical (e.g., "Crea-
ton" and Fall of Man"
"St. Michael" and the pop
eyed Moses in Ten Com
mandments.~ Furthermore,
the spotty application of gold
leaf, instead of being impress
sionistic, as assume he in
tended, has the appearance
of being the remnant not yet
worn of the paintings.
The most successful paint
ings are those which adhere
most faithfully to the By
zantine style; Madonna"
"Pancrator," Angel of the
Eucharist" and Our Lady"
(Open 9 am. to 10 pm.
Monday through Friday, to
5 Saturday; Sunday 2 to g.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
By JAMES G. DEANE
Star Record Critic

The signal standard of ex-
.cellence which came rapidly
to be identified several years
ago with the Angel record
label is we'll known to ex-
perienced collectors.
Angel was established and
directed by Dorle and Dario
Soria. The fact that the
basic Angel product emanated'
from Hayes, MiddleseX, Eng
Evening star., 1959-11-22
NEW OPENINGS

14TH ANNUAL AREA EXHIBITION.
Corcoran Gallery of Art. Just
opened, through December 20.
PAINTINGS BY ROBERT D. KAUFF-
MANN. IF.A. Galleries, 2623
Connecticut avenue NV. To-
morrow through December 5.
PAINTINGS BY ROBERT NEU-
MANN. Ores Gallery, 1929 Twenr
tieth street NV. Tuesday, through
December -.
PAINTINGS BY YARI LEVINE
Washington Hebrew Congregation,
Massachusetts Avenue and Ma
comb Street INV. Current throIgh
December Is.
WOODCUTs BY JOHN BERNHARDT.
Watkins Gallery. American Uni
ye-sity. Today through December
IL.
BIRD ANNUAL MASTERS OF OUR
IlME.' Obelisk Gallery, 324l P
street NV; Just opened, through
December g.
GRAPHICs BY LILA OLIVER
ASHER. Collectors Corner, 1925
Wisconsin avenue NV. Wednes-
day through December l3.
Evening star., 1959-11-22
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

AS one who has spent a
lot of time writing about the
Budapest Quartet, ! know the
difficulties involved, and have
great admiration for Joseph
Wechsberg's profile of Wash
ington's most famous musical
organization in last weeks
New Yorker. 1t is the second
profile the magazine has
published on the same sub
jeet, and as the Budapest
Quartet, except when it is
actually playing in public,
suffers from four-way Schizo-
phrenia, the years to come
will undoubtedly bring two
more.
The color and narrative
charm of Wechsberg will at
tract every reader; if l enter
two objections to the writer's
picture of the string quartet
it is an attempt to correct
only details. Wechsberg is a
lifelong musical amateur and
a good violiniSt. 1t seems to
me odd that he does not find
dramatic interest and biting
rhythms in chamber music.
There are few operas more
dramatic than any one of a
number Of Haydn's later
quartets or than, for example,
the last movement Of the
Beethoven A minor. That
only four instruments are in
volved has nothing to do with
it: dramatic tension and
rhythm are not a question
of decibels any more than
motion, which can be created
in an etching as well as in
oils. is a question of pigment.
The other astonishing view
of Wechsberg is that the sec
ond fiddle is an easier, less
rewarding, less demanding
part than the first. ITO play
second fiddle" is a figure Of
speech derived from some
other source than the string
quartet-from, perhaps, mu-
sic like the dance pieces of
Johann Strauss.
Consideration of the Buda-
pests style is a better subject
for WechSberg than for me,
who, hearing the quartet
week after week, year after
year, never sees the hair grow
until after the haircut. I have
records made by the Buda-
pest in the early 1930s-the
Mozart c major and the
Beethoven Opus 100 (there
are probably others) as
Wechsberg pointed out there
are many versions of the
standard works made at fire.
quent intervals during the
last 80 years. There are also
thousands of miles of tape at
the Library of Congress. If
someone had the time and
inclination it would be a great
service to that imprecise art,