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MoIoyon Artist

Abdullah Ariff Of Penang,
Malaga, was the guest in
whose honor the Malayan
Ambassador and Datin Kamil
entertained at the Embassy
last May 20, when Mr.. Ariff
was here as a participant in
the Foreign Leaders Program
Of the United States Depart
ment Of State. A feature Of
the reception was q collec-
ton Of "a Of his watercolors,
a review of which was given
in these columns on June 7.
When a comprehensive ex-
hibition Of his work was on
view later at the National
Arts Cub, New York City, it
was seen by John Russell
Mason, librarian and curator
of art at George Washington
University, who made ar
rangements to show it here.
Seventy watercolors by Mr..
Arif are now at the library,
1923 G street NV, through
october 26. The collection re-
veals aspects of his art that
were not seen in the smaller
group at the Embassy last
spring.
A large majority Of his
paintings are representation
al transcribing the brilliant
colors, exuberant tropical
forests and picturesque build
ings, ships, people and ami
mails, with technical compe-
tence and intimate knowl-
edge. But in addition to these
detailed watercolors, there
are a few equally represent
ational, but somewhat light
er and simpler: e.g., Flower
ing Trees" and Morning
Sunlight" in the second floor
case.
Still another trend is ex-
emplified in the adroitly
handled met Drying" sum-
married. semi-abstract, eco
nomic of forms. Finally there
is a series of boldly colored.
all-over patterned paintings
in which the forms are heavi-
ly outlined in black: Ora
gon Procession" Carnival of
the Masks" and several 9TH
ers. It is obvious that Mr..
Ariff has many strings to his
bow, and some of the newer
Evening star., 1959-10-04
Noisette's 26th

w. Samuel Noisette's 26th
annual exhibition is on view
at the Phyllis Wheatley
YWCA through Tuesday, 901
Rhode Island avenue NV.
Twelve of the II canvaseS are
this years work, with the ad-
dition of a few of the more
popular Of his earlier paint
ings: e.g.. "Going Home"
Landscape continues to be
his forte, and he has intuitive
feeling for the beauty Of
woods, meadows and skies in
different seasons. Among the
new works I consider his
Back Road" ''Mid-Winter,"
Midsummer" and Swamp.
Water" the best.
The artist, still in his flfties,
has spent more than three
decades in the FBI and is
special agent and reception
ist for j. Edgar Hoover.
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At Collectors Corner

Paintings and sculptures
which received votes Of every
juror. are marked by blue
ribbons in the group show
at Collectors Corner, 1928
Wisconsin avenue, George
town, through October II.
This seems to me a better
way of Signalling quality,
than the awarding of speci-
fled numbers of blue, red and
yellow ribbons in various
categories, as is the practice
at so many regional shows.
The large numbers involved
practically cancel the value
Of those awards.
The jury included Lila
Asher. graphic artist; Kath-
leen Bruskin, art faculty Of
the National Cathedral
School; Gustav Trois, painter
and art critic; Theodore
Turner. professor of art at
the University of Virginia;
and Firman Wilson, director
Of the D. c, Public Library's
art division. They made their
selections independently, and
from 1874 entries. chose so.
Unanimous choices include
two by Delilah Pierce Of D. c.
Teachers College, Long
Bridge" and THE CITY," both
in her characteristic heavy
impasto and blond colors. on
which darker lines Of sub
jects create patterns; Mildred
Taylor's abstract, "Christ-
mas" good color and tonal
contrasts; Irwin Alleman'S
watercolor, Sunset Point"
which has a fine effect Of
evening light reflected in an
inlet; Ruth Meixner's gray
and gold landscape. Sunday
Morning; and two sculp-
lures by Lewis Elliott, Dixie"
8 musicians entwined in q
mahogany block, and Cello
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pressed me as the collections
best by far. His semi
abstract hear-lifesize Bath
ers." built UP with areas. Of
light colors, against a dark
blue sea, seem very much
alive, with strong carrying
quality. And his Desert
Evening appears to be the
reality Of canyon rock walls.
Shelby Shackelford's pair,
too, stands out for its we'll
organized color and compo-
sition of small horizontal
strokes varied at intervals
by other shapes. The shows
color tour-de-force is George
BayliSs' Hot" combining
related orange, yellow, brown.
cream, ETC., in rough. rectan-
gular and oval areas.
The ten or so exhibiting
artists selected from the
writings of 10Th and goth
century masters Gin most in
stances, selections which
reveal Cat least to the select
ors) something Of the philos-
ophies underlying their re-
spective works, or concepts
and ideas which have in
1luenced them. These selec-
tions are printed in the gall
lery's announcements, and are
also cut out and pasted on
the walls. One by Kandinsky
says:
"It is never literally true
that a form is meaningless
and says nothing Every
form in the world says some
thing. But its message often
fails to reach us; as when
what is said is not interest,"
ing in itself. :" This last
seems to be an "occupational
hazard" of abstract express
sionist painting.
In connection with the
above and future group
theme shows at Jefferson
Place Gallery, lectures or
minars or both are
planned. Persons or groups
interested should write to
Alice Denney, director Of the
gallery, 1915 Connecticut
avenue, or phone her, District
7-0956. Exhibition open
daily II to So
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NEWS OF MUSIC
!: Operate Presentation
4 Is Arduous Ordeal

eight hours, that proves the
incredible devotion Of the
singer to the art-form opera.
Long roles must be mem
orized for only a few per-
formances, whereas If the
singer prepares q season Of
recital engagements one or
two programs will suffice for
80 or 40 evenings of singing.
1t is not pay that tempts
them to opera, for a singer
can command as high a fee
for a stock lieder program as
he can for a role in opera.
Yet with opportunity for
operate singing in this
country greatly less than in
most foreign countries, we
have operate singers who on
average are in no way infe-
rior to their European coun-
terparts and who are willing
and glad to be on stage.
Precision Is Achieved
Finally come the last re-
hearsals with sets and with
orchestra. One unfamiliar
with the theater, or knowing
it only as audience. is prob
ably not aware of how pre-
else and in what extreme de-
tail every movement and bit
Of business is worked out and
drilled till it seems Spon-
taneous. In opera these de-
tails are Of even greater i'm
portance than in the spoken
theater, for the timbre of a
voice is changed the moment
a singer does not face front,
or the moment another
character walks in front of
him. (Thus opera-in-the-
round, unlike its spoken
counterpart, is unthinkable.)
In addition, there can not be
the histrionic luxury of per-
sonal timing, this having
been taken care of precisely
by the composer.
In these rehearsals .direc-
tor and conductor each
creates his vision, and each
singer likewise, in his more
circumscribed sphere. 1t is
interesting to see Nathaniel
Merrill. director Of the pres
ent Don Giovanni" and
Ralph Herbert, who directed
last years Figaro" at work.
Both are proficient and imag-
NATIVE directors, but they
achieve their ends with dis
similar means. Merrill knows
virtually every movement
and every situation he wants
before he starts with his
actors; Herbert is content
with general ideas and Is
adept at utilizing the minut-
est talent of an actor on the
spur of the moment. Each
method is good, for the result
of each can be entirely sue,
cessful. Merrill drives the
show; Herbert guides it.
The Opera Society has
been fortunate in that none
of its fifty or sixty singers
has not lacked in tempera-
ment, but has never confused
temperament with disdain
for teamwork. Soloists,
chorus and silent supers may
put in as much as an hours
preparation for every two
minutes on the stage, but
there is no opera-lover in
orchestra or balcony who is
more delighted with the end
result, the fusion of all the
audible and visible arts.
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than is the performer. In the
prese Don Giovanni,
Ellen Fault has sung the role
Of Donna Anna seventy times
while Maria di Gerlando has
never before appeared in a
Mozart opera. Her work is
no less fresh and vital to
the former than to the lat
ter.
Don Giovanni" ends its
run at Lisner Auditorium
this afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Tomorrow the revels all are
ended, the entire cast and
sets will disappear like Don
Giovanni in the grip of the
Stone Guest. The day after
tomorrow will start the in
cuoation of a new opera
"Pelleas ct Melisande," to be
given in November.
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Player" a slender figure in
California redwood.
Others which would have
been on my list are Dorothy
Leef's handsome Falls" in
wet paper technique; Sally
Osburn's S semi-ahstract It
white Sails" fresh and we'll
patterned: Sylvia Rosenberg'S
scratchboard drawing, Fig
ures";; a pastel still life by
Mariana Eckert;; Michigan
Avenue, Chicago" by Jules
Zugbee; Abbott GleaSon's
fresh flower painting; a
Haitian landscape by Edes
Talman, and May Martins
free form mosaic tile table.
Evening star., 1959-10-04
TURNTABLE TALK
Bach Disc Extends
Londowsko Legacy

heard in a.brief commentary
on the music. The gist is
contained in her gentle in
junction that the inventions
should not be regarded as
exercises. They are musical
food, full of poetry and full
of beauty" "counselS this lady
who did as much as anyone
to raise both Bach and the
harpsichord to their present
eminence. The playing
demonstrates her intimate,
personal and eloquent ap-
proach to matchmaking.
even with legacies like this
left behind, Nine. Landowska
will be missed. LM 2389O
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At Jefferson Place

The jefferson Place Gal
lery, 1915 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, embarked Septem-
ber "a on its third season
with an exhibition called
Approaches to Contempo-
rary Painting" to remain
through this week. Most Of
the exhibitors h have two
paintings each.
Robert Gates pair i'm
Evening star., 1959-10-04
MUSIC PROGRAMS
TODAY

OPERA SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
presents Don Giovanni by Mozart.
Lisner Auditorium, $40 pm. Cast:
Ralph Herbert, Donald Gramm, Will
liam Wildermann, Charles Bressler,
Richard Kuelling, Mildred Allen,
Maria di GerlandO, Ellen Faull. Ma
tional symphony Orchestra, Paul
Galloway, conductor. Nathaniel Mer-
rill, director; Robert 0'Hearn, scene
designer.
MARGARET WILLIAMS. piano: George
Hatton Harshaw, baritone. Barker
Hall, pm. Prelude and Clique in
E minor, Mendelssohn; Consider, o
Ny Soul. Bach; Silent Worship, Han
del; o God, Have Mercy. Mendels-
sohn; Two Preludes, Book One, De-
busy; El Puerto, AlbeniE; Fri Tu.
Verdi: Two Intermezzi, Opus 11S,
Verdi; Waldrauschen, Liszt; Moe
turne, Z major. Chopin: Fantasie-
Impromptu, Chopin.
HOWARD ABEL, piano. Phillips Gal
lery, pm. Prelude in B fat minor.
Bach; Waldstein Sonata, Beethoven;
Sonata, Barber; Carnival, Schumann.
RAY DUDLEY, piano. National Gallery
Of Art, 8 pm. Unser Dummer varia-
tions, Mozart: Sonata in B minor,
Liszt; Prelude, Deux Images, LIsle
Joyeuse, Debussy.
Evening star., 1959-10-04
ART NEWS
2Artists
Open nAU
Season
BY FLORENCE 8. BERGMAN
star Art Critic


star Art critic
American University's Wat
kins Gallery has opened It's
fall season most auspiciously
with an exhibition by WASH
ington area artists Betty
Beaumont Brown and Will
liam Woodward. Both have
studied at the university,
which calls them "realist
painters Of q high order"
and says further.
Their work offers proof
again Of the inherent posi-
bilities In the vein Of natural
tiles In the vein Of natural-
ism. even In an age Of abb
stract art"
Certainly the public needs
no such proof. What It needs
is some really persuasive and
Ineligible proof Of the "in-
herent possibilities in the
vein Of" abstract expression
list art.
Admirable Work
The public should derive
solid enjoyment from these
admirable works by Mrs.
Brown and Mr.. Woodward.
Each is represented with
about Is paintings, mostly
oils; and Mr.. Woodward also
shows as many pen and brush
drawings. Among the latter
there is q little gem Of q
panorama Of Toledo, Spain.
Mrs. Brown has already
=, achieved "a solid reputation"
as q portrait painter. says
the University. This is easy
to believe after seeing her
captures Of men, women and
children. These portraits in
dividuality suggests close
likenesses; and their color
harmonieS make them hand
some paintings. Her intuitive
feeling for color also en-
hances her still life with
grapes, her water color Of
Cello Mountain, her little in
terror, and her woodscape,
Bradley Hills Grove"
Mrs. Brown began her
study Of painting in the
South. and for the past three
years has worked under di-y
rection Of Joe Summerford.
chairman Of American Uni
versity's art department.
WoOdward's Europe
Most Of william Wood
wards paintings and draw
ings at Watkins Gallery are
fruits Of two seasons in Eu-
rope. In 1857 he received a
fellowship from the Leopold
Schepp Foundation, and has
recently returned from
studying in Florence at the
Academia de Belle Arti and
other European art centers.
From 1858 to 81 he studied
on a scholarship at Ameri-
can University under several
artist = teachers, of whom
Sarah Baker appears to
have had the greatest in
fluence. Now he has been
awarded a graduate teach
ing fellowship at American
University; it is richly de-
served, to Judge from this
excellent Introductory show.
Mr.. Woodward had beau
tiful and picturesque SUBJ
jects abroad; and he has
caught their flavor with be-
low-surface moods that give
them individuality. He shows
landscapes with figures. add
ing animation as well as coll
or, as in Afternoon along
the Arno," Flower Market
in Antwerp" and an appeal
ing glimpse of a little boy
playing absorbedly with cob
blestones.
Mr.. Woodward's straight
landscapes, marines and ur-
ban scenes too, have intrin-
sic beauty of subject. height
ened by his high-keyed. un-
inhibited colors: golden sun
light. violet shadows with
green and blue, "wine-dark
sea-" and all the rest,
worked into harmony. (Open
Sunday through Friday, 2 to
nm through October 19)
Evening star., 1959-10-04
Sonata in q minor. Tartini: Sonata,
Milhaud; Sonata No. 2, Pleyel.
-, TUESDAY
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY QUAR-

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY QUAR-
TET. Clendenin Hall, $3.50 pm.
Concerto da Camera, Martini;
Quartet in A minor. OPUS IS, Mem
delssohn; Quartet No. 2, Allanbrook:
Quartet No. 2, Bloch.
WEDNESDAY
PHILHARMONICA HUNGARICA. Con-
stitution Hall. $3.50 pm. Excerpts
from Harry Janos, Kodaly; Peacock
Variations, Kodaly: Dance Suite,
Bartok; Divertimento, Bartok.
THURSDAY
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET. Ii
brary Of Congress. $50 pm. Quar-
tet in D, Opus 20, No. 4, Haydn;
Quartet No. 9, Borodin: Quartet N
D minor, Schubert.
FRIDAY
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET. L.
brary Of Congress. $50 pm. Re-
peating Thursdays concert.
SATURDAY
JULIAN BREAM, lutte and guitar. Lis
ner Auditorium, $50 pm. A pro-
gram principally Of 18th and 18th
century niusio.
Evening star., 1959-10-04

disc of some chamber music
by Bartok and two other goth
century composers. Emanuel
Moor and Joseph Jongen, to
relieve that sort of situation.
The music Of Messrs. Moor
and Jongen is unfamiliar to
me, and I know nothing Of
their tastes in music by
others. Bartok thought
enough of Mozart's music to
edit some of it, however.
It would probably be in
teresting to sample Messrs.
Moor and Jongen's pieces,
which the commentary in
question suggests might. along
with the Bartok. be "pleas-
ant changes" for those bored,
presumably, by such items as
the ninth symphony or Don
Giovanni. There might be too
much Beethoven and Mozart
available, after all-there are
now some dozen editions Of
the ninth and almost two
dozen of Fine kleine Mach
musk. which by now is sort
Of an old warhorse. Anybody
want to try a few go-rounds
Of Mossolov's Iron Foundry"
Of Berg's Lulu. just for kicks?
Evening star., 1959-10-04
TRY SOME OLIVES

The same commentator also
suggests a bout with Vivaldi's
IL 'L'Estro Armonico" con-
certos. which he notes aren't
''as slow or dull as most pre-
Bach music" You'll like
Vivaldi If you like olives, the
reader Is assured.
Evening star., 1959-10-04
FLAsHBACK IN PAN

How can a record com.
pany with RCA victor's his
tory of distinguished, if not
always undertaking, service
to artistry fall on its face
when it starts getting rem
iniscent?
The answer is a two-dics
release promisingly titled
80 Years of Music America
Loves Best" which immedi-
ately dissolves into a mish-
mash a.. in which Caruso's
"Vesti la giubba" is encored
by Paul Whiteman's band, a
remarkable Toscanini per-
formance Of the Lohengrin
third act prelude is brack-
eted by Mario LAMA and
Perez Prado, a Latin cha
cha exponent, the '"Tchai-
kovsky Piano Concerto No.
/" is mutilated by Freddy
Martin, and so on and on.
This is not, contrary to
the album notes, a "distinc-
tive recorded documents
mirror of American musical
life dating back to the be-
ginning of the century" nor
is it a historical survey Of
RCA Victor and the develop
ment of recorded sound"
nor is it any testimonial to
the marriage of art and
science" to which the jacket
alleges responsibility for the
Little Nipper success story.
"a jacket-size little Nipper
is pictured on the album
cover.) Toscanini wouldn't
willingly have been caught
consorting with such a COM
pany, and somebody ought to
extract an apology on be-
half Of his less blunt but
equally Observed colleagues.
Victor ought to be ashamed
Of itself.
4 4 4
BEWARE OF MOZART
Mozart occupies more space
in the Schwann record cata-
log than any other composer.
Beethoven comes next, ap-
proximately tieing with ]. s.
Bach.
This makes it interesting to
come across a commentary on
recordings circulated widely
mot locally) which refers
casually to "those finding
Mozart and Beethoven tcdl-
ous." The writer suggests Q
Evening star., 1959-10-04
TOMORROW

GOTHAM BARooUE DUO. Phillips
gallery, $50 pm. Sonata in @
minor, Purcell: Sonata in A, Bach;
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ones should be increasingly
employed.
Evening star., 1959-10-04
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY

BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET. Ii
brary Of Congress. $50 pm. Re-
peating Thursdays concert.
The Nome nugget., 1959-07-08
3S Hostages Freed From COnvicts in
 Wash. Escape Try
By JOHN KOMEN

MONROE, Wash, LR Thirty eight hostages held for 1872 terror filled hours by four "kill crazy" young convicts were freed un- harmed at the State Reformatory yesterday in a surprise tear gas attack.
 Armed officers carried ou the rescue at 4:03 a.m., two hours before the third and latest dead line set by the rebelling prison CTS. Reformatory officials said it went "like clockwork."
 The reebls, who had armed themselves with butcher knives and long forks in the kitchen Tuesday afternoon in the abortive escape attempt, threatened vio- lence only to the three guards held hostage.
 One of the guards, Hugh De Walt, said the desperadoes told the officers to start praying be- cause they would be thrown out of the window dead if their de- mands for freedom were not met.
 Twenty visitors, many of them women and children, and II other prisoners who had been vis- iting relatives were seized along with the three guards
 One woman was released from the barricaded visitors room dur ing the night when she became ill. The others were held until the up- rising ended. All outsiders and the II hostage inmates were treated fairly well.
 The four rebels were quickly subdued as the tear gas sent the occupants stumbling, weeping and choking, from the room.
 The four were ordered placed in isolation.
 Lawrence Delmore, state super visor of adult correction, praised the reformatory staff for the smoothly executed rescue.
 'We picked the time; we picked the battlefield" he said.
 ''We knew from II pm. on what we were going to do. It was matter of allowing enough time so that the women and children would be down asleep. We didn't want anybody to get hurt.
 Mary Turner, "A, wife of one of II inmates held hostage, said she was asleep holding her baby when the officers rushed the door.
 Mrs. Turner said everyone was calm throughout the attack.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27
SNOW, FREEZE
HARASS ISRAEL

TEL AVN (JTA)-For the sec
ond day in row, areas of Israel
were pelted by snow, accompan-
led by sub-zero temperatures, that
blocked roads and highways and
forced the closing or schools. Three
settlements were cut off, and plans
were made to supply them by hell
copter if they could not be reached
by trucks.
A hailstorm swept the coastal re-
gion as far south as the Sde Bo-
ker hbbutz in the Negev, Prime
Minister David Ben Gurion's vaca-
ton retreat. The snow, falling
through the night and early morn
ming, covered large areas of the
hilly regions of the upper Galilee
and the Negev. Nearly 20 feet of
snow piled up in some areas of the
Galilee and the western region up
to the Lebanese border.
Farm crops were reported not to
have been severely damaged, ex-
cept for banana plantations which
were slightly hurt by the cold.
The snow reached storm proper
tons in the Jerusalem and LYDIA
areas. Thousands of parents and
their children continued to visit the
Safed area to show the youngsters
the blanket of snow covering the
town.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27

SAY YOU SAW 1T ADVERTISED IN
THE PHOENIX JEWISH NEWS
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27

PLANNERS Temple SsehoOd Donor Luncheon,
display and presentation of
left: Mrs Al Lagman,
Mrs Cal luncheon vice chairman and
1880
March KoKo Restaurant Gems from Rosenzegs
Lagman Mrs Levey GAM 69O1N accept
ingr
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27
BBYO Votes
To Aid
Immigrants

WASHINGTON - B'nai Birth
youth leaders have voted to 'allo-
cate 81, 900 in a Embarrassing drive
to help settle Rumanian immi-
grants in Israel.
The 80 national leaders of the
B'nai Birth Youth Organization
representing all sections of the
country-made the funds available
to the United Jewish Appeals
special drive for the Rumanian
Jews.
The executive committee indicat-
ed its action was designed to spur
local chapters to make their own
contributions to the special UJA
fund.
The youth leaders also voted
funds to help rebuild the dyna-
mite-destroyed Clinton, Tenn, high
school, and to aid the relief pro-
gram for the survivors of the
Springhill, Nova Scotia, mine dis
aSter.
ALI contributions came from the
organizations special Emergency
Fund, which is part of an overall
International Service Fund.
Regularly included in the Serv-
ice Fund are United States and Is
raei projects and scholarships for
outstanding B'nai Birth Youth Or
ganiZation members.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27

Young Judaean in Phoenix. Ex-
Young Judaeans are asked to con-
tact Mrs. Helen Cries, WI 1880,
or Mrs. Adele Levinson at the Jew
iSh Community Center.
THE YOUNG MARRIEDS of
Beth Hebrew Congregation will
hold a picnic from / to 5 pm.
March 8 at Encanto Park, with
games and other activities pro-
grammed. The picnic committee
will serve dessert and drinks. Res
ervations may be made at the syn
agogue office, AL 4-4375.
+
Beth Israel Temple Youth has
invited the North Congregational
Church youth group to participate
in a brotherhood program, featur-
ing a panel of Anytowners Mrs.
Mury Boek and Lewie Ataw, Sun
day at Temple Beth Israel. Norma
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27

Young Judaea, celebrating its
Golden Jubilee year, is conducting
a search for the oldest former
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-02-27
Iowa Governor Cites
Absorption Problem

BOSTON (JTA)-Gov. Herschel
c. Loveless of Iowa, principal
speaker at the annual landlords
rael dinner of the Jewish National
Fund of New England, declared
here that Israel will be called
upon to make greater and addition
al sacrifices, to provide land and
water resources for the settlement
of the mass exodus of Jews now
streaming into Israel from Ru-
mania"
Just returned from a visit to Is
rael, the governor stressed that his
observations stemmed from my
personal observation and meeting
the people during my recent visit
to Israel"