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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
TURNTABLE TALK
Repertoire Grows
On Stereo Discs

reason often seems to elude
artist-and-repertoire direc-
tors. And a thorough survey
Of the current stereo inven-
tory shows what stereo has
showed ever since it was
launched hardly a year ago
a striking affinity for the
conventional.
Presently listed, for in
stance, are 10 issues of the
1912 overture. nine Of
orchestral music from Car
men and of Ravel's Bolero,
another nine of Mussorgsky's
Night on Bald Mountain,
eight of the Nutcracker Suite
and the Sorcerer's Apprentice,
seven each of Gate Pari-
sienne, Borodin's Polovtsian
dances and the Warsaw Con-
certo, and half dozens of the
March Slave, Dvorak'S New
World, Tchaikovsky's Capric-
clio Italien and kindred war
horses for which sales man
ayers seem to have generated
new glows Of enthusiasm.
Contrasting by their scar
city are Beethoven and Schu-
bert quartets, Bach cantatas
(thus far seemingly stereo-
phonically nonexisten t.,
Mozart and Haydn SYM
phonies and quantities of
other compositions m a d e
happily accessible by the
holder forays of the past de-
cade but now relegated, tenn
porarily anyway, to the back
corner while sonic technicians
electronically juggle ping
pong balls and throttle loco
motives. The sine qua non OF
stereo at the moment seems
to be (a) familiarity and (b)
noise.
The standard repertoire,
of course, has its proper place
in the picture, however, The
catalog reveals Roadway. The
column and three-quarters or
so Of Beethoven, for example,
while short on quartets and
sonatas, lists all the concer-
tos, all the symphonies but
the second and, among mis-
cellaneous items. a Beecham-
led performance of the sell
dom heard mass in C..
Brahms items include the
four symphonies, two piano
concertos, double concerto,
violin concerto, string quin-
tets and the Song Of Destiny,
the last also Beecham-led.
Listed Bach works include a
number not only by Johann
Sebastian but rarities by two
of his sons and two grand
sons. In a growing number Of
more substantial works there
is now a choice of performers
(ranging up to eight on
Beethoven's Fifth.
And there is a gratifying
beginning in opera, although
vast territory remains. OF
some 20 more or less full
length stereo operate record
ings. one could hardly be
considered less than fortu-
nate to be able to pick
such handsomely enterpris-
ing items as Angels Rosen-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

kavalier and Falstaff, the
pioneer Mercury edition of
Cherubinis Medea. Epic's
Tales of Hoffman,. or vir-
tually the whole list of Lon
don's magnificent ventures
including Figaro and Don
Giovanni. Strauss Arabella;
Puccini's Butterfly and the
brand-new Girl of the Gold
en- West and Verdi'S La
Fora del Destino, all STAR
ring Tebaldi; and the imper-
ishable Flagstad Walkuere
recordings which Stereo has
made that much more his
toric.
As a matter Of fact the
stereo beginning, despite er-
rors of repertoire and certain
continuing chronological un-
certainties, can claim more
than a few credits. The time
is approaching when it will
reward exploration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
At the Playhouse

Prize prints by Washing
ton area artists are deco
rating the walls of the
Playhouse Theatre Gallery,
727 Fifteenth street NV.
through June. Award-win-
ming works over the last five
years have been donated by
such transcendent local stars
as Samuel Bookatz, Jack
Perlmutter and Prentiss Tay-
lor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
Art Foirs

The Downtown Silver
Spring Business Association
announces a three-day Out
door Art Fair to be held from
June 1920 on Georgia avenue
between Ellsworth drive and
Sligo avenue. Open to all
professional and amateur
artists within a 50-mile
radius of Montgomery
County. Trophies and cash
awards up to $75 will be
presented. Entry blanks may
be obtained from any of the
art or hobby shops in Mont
gomery County. as we'll as the
Artists Mart, Kesto's and
the Collectors Corner in
Georgetown.
The annual Capitol Hill and
Southeast Art Fair is sched-
uled for June 6 and Z in
Wallach Park, Pennsylvania
avenue between Seventh and
Eight streets Sc. Open to
all amateur and professional
artists working on the Hill,
as well as to residents of the
Capitol Hill and Southeast
area. Entry blanks are avail
able at the Capitol Hill Art
and Frame Co. and Friend.
ship House.
An outdoor art fair, spon-
sored by the District Recrea-
ton Department, will be held
June ST. at the Commerce
Department Plaza, Fifteenth
and E streets NV. The fair
will combine exhibits from
the fields of music, sculpture,
ceramics and painting. The
United States Navy Band will
be featured. Open to anyone
free of charge. Registration
will take place at the Plaza
on the dates of the fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
NEWS or MUSIC
New. Critical Method
Moy Be Emerging

strous claim that wine and
liquor stores are unwelcome
in a residential community,
whereas in what other way
can our children so surely get
a taste for culture as by OBJ
serving the beauty of a VAL
policella bottle or the charm
Of a Chartreuse label in a
shop window?
Nevertheless. music and
the culinary art are remark
ably similar in the delight
they afford their votaries,
and while those of the latter
are today few in number it
is possible that we may live
to see a less obtuse and mis-
guided age. Meanwhile we
can well leave writing about
eating to Mr.. Liebling and at
tempt to profit by his method
in stimulating a joy, vica-
rious and perhaps insignifi-
cant, in writing about con-
certs.
The Liebling technique is
first to tell something about
the eater-how he gets
money to live on and why he
is living. Then he describes
the quarter of Paris to
which the eater goes for food
and drink. The very street is
next drawn in with a few OBJ
lique strokes, then the outside
appearance of the restaurant.
The door is opened, the con-
dition of the tablecloths
noted, other diners, if any,
observed. The daughter Of
the restaurateur is pictured
in three words, then his wife,
and finally the man himself.
The nub of the review, its
marrow, is brief to the point
Of abruptness, consisting only
of what on the menu the
diner declines. and why, and
a complete catalog Of what
he eats and drinks - soup,
fish, meat, entremets, coffee
and cognac Cor in Liebling's
case, Calvados), and the
wines. Almost nothing is &C
tually said, but you can taste
everything that is served.
Now cannot this same
technique be applied to mu-
sic? The difficulties are
enormous, the prime one be-
ing a subtle difference in
the materials. No gourmand
criticizes any but good din
ners, the bad. ones are dis
missed with a shudder or a
reference to Englishmen. On
the contrary, it is virtually
impossible to write about a
good sonata or recital - all
memorable music criticism
is ridicule.
l bring to my own atten-
ton and to that of my COL
leagues the Liebling method
in the hope that we can to
some extent improve our
wares. To write about what
music is is obviously an inn
possibility and a waste of
time; to tell where music
finds itself, and what it does
when there, feel sure, could
be not improbable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
Sonq-PIoy on Friday

The Bradford School of Music
will present "Rumpelstiltskin, "
q song-play in two acts by
Berta Elsmith and Charles
Repper. at 8 pm. Friday at
Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Har-
ward streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
Noche Crist

Whatever may be said
about serigraphist Noche
Crisis ghoulish devotion to
bloated birds, Cheshire cats
and Misunderstanding men
and women, her work is GER
tainly not dull. 1t can be
seen through May 80 at the
Artists Mart, 1861 Wisconsin
avenue NV.
Miss Crist, who was born
in Rumania and whose work
seems suspiciously imbued
With the gypsy lore of that
country, has on display seven
paintings done on plaster,
two colleges, two drawings
and two combination ink
wash-collage works. The plas-
ter executions, including the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music critic

I have been reading with
keen delight four articles in
the New Yorker by A. J.
Liebling. The stories con-
Germ how, why, and what the
author has eaten In France
during the past quarter CEN
fury. and constitute an indi-
cation, If / am not mistaken,
that really good writing
about music is not an impos-
sibility, although the only
direct evidence Of the truth
of that contention is fur
nished solely by Bernard
Shaw, Hector Berlioz and
James Huneker. Still, if it
is possible to write we'll
about cuisine, it should be
possible to say something en-
tertaining about sympho-
MES.
The two arts have much
in common. Above the level
Of sheer incompetence music
is not subject to dogmatic
praise or censure because
talk Of good or bad music is
at best nonsense and at
worst unbearably pontifical.
Likewise, no one will deny
that a cup of coffee should
be hot, but you can't with
reason ridicule a person who
likes the taste of pork chops,
and my wife, VINO cooks the
best rognons de peau sdutes
BddoiSe ever created, can
not bear to eat them at
table or even sample them
over the stove.
On the other hand there
are certain differences be-
tween music and cookery.
The most conspicuous is that
music is U. while food shows
a lamentable decline in pres
tige. 1t is becoming, God save
the mark the concern of
doctors rather than chefs, an
absurdity comparable to
quadruple he a dlights or
guided tours of Yellowstone
Park. Citizens committees now
and again make the mon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
St. Adams Show

A three-part show cele-
brating the Fiftieth Anniver-
sary of st. Adams School
opened Thursday and will
continue through June 8. The
exhibit contains so paintings
spanning 100 years of Amer
lean art; a special section
devoted to the work of artist
Mark Tobey; and so paint
ings by st. Adams alumni in
the classes of 1929. The
exhibition will be open daily
from IL am. to 6 pm. in the
Activities Building, 1851 Gar
field street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
TUESDAY

CHORAL DEPARTMENT OF WHEATON
HIGH SCHOOL, Pauline Holcomb
director. Wheaton High School
Wheaton, Nd, 8 pm. Ave Maria
Arcadelt: He watching over Israel
Smaie: Let Us Break Bread Together
arr. Ryder: Set Down Servant. arr
Shaw: Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring
Bach: Let Thy Holy Presence, Tsches.
nokoff: Balm in Gllead, arr. Wilson
Songs MY Mother Taught Me, Dvorak
Allah,s Holday' Frimt; Non Noni'
onward Ye Peoples. Sibelius; SHOW
Boat Medley, Kern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
japanese Paintings

Something special awaits
the visitor to the Hiratsuka
Nippon Gallery at 3144 N
street NV.
The little gallery atop Fish
er's Grocery is run by 20
year-old Heiko HirutSaka
Moore, and revels in atmos-
phere. Not the least of which
are the rhapsodic Japanese
traditional paintings that
comprise the current exhibit
continuing through May 80.
No one can paint the cool
dawn in valleys, the evening
mist on a mountain lake, like
the Japanese. Nine artists
have sent their exports to
Mrs. Moore for this exhibit
Of traditional silk screen art
and calligraphy.
Best of these sylvan scenes,
hung on JapaneSe-style panel
partitions, are Kokan Sato's
Mountain Lake." Enkyu
Segawa's Three Maikos,"
young GeishaS as richly var
iegated as Mandarin Ducks:
and YuSei Shimizu's Noun
tain Stream After RAIN"
with its tiny figures picking
their way over dripping rocks
and moss.
Some idea of the timeIess-
ness of Japan's landscape
can be felt in each scene:
The minuteness of the fig
ures versus the overpowering
bigness of the dark forests
and hills.
We especially liked the CO.
quettish girl in Segawa's
Dance" with her classic
hair style, lowered kimono
and dexterous hand move
mentS with fan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

FANNY INGoLD, piano. Phillips CAL
lery, $40 pm. Sonata in r. Haydn;
"a PFeludes, Opus 20, Chopin; On
dine, Ravel: Toccata, Ravel: Plantio
do caboelo, Villa -Lobos; Dance Gre
ole, Tosar: Sonata No. 8, Finney.
VIVIAN SCOTT. piano. Metropolitan
Baptist Church, $50 pm. Three
Organ ChoFale Preludes, Bach-Buso-
nj: Sonata in B fat, K. 315. Mozart;
Sonata II, Opus 35, Chopin: Three
Intermezzi, Brahms: Three Etudes.
Chopin; Sonata, No. z, Prokoieff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
Art Lecture

Francis Watson. director
of the Wallace Collection in
London, will give the Ma
tional Gallery's weekly lee
ture at 4 pm. today in the
Lecture Hall. His subject:
18th Century Venetian
Painting and English Pa
tronage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
Michel Freinek

The oil and water color COL
lection Of this German born
wife Of an Annapolis doctor
is sophisticated and bright
enough to merit a visit to
the Franz Bader Gallery at
l7O5 G street NV. if you're
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
FRIDAY

KENNETH WOLF, piano. Clinical Gen.
ter Auditorium, National Institutes
of Health, $3.50 pm. Sonata in B
fiat. Opus %. Beethoven; Sonata in
minor, K. 310, Mozart: Four Piano
Pieces, Opus 119. Brahms: Sonata
No. 2, Wolf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

will be resumed when she returns.
the smell Of death in a Mex
lean bull ring. He knew the
sands of TuniSia, the GOODNESS
of a Siamese temple and the
savageness of South Pacific
cannibals.
He has taken them all and
painstakingly needed them
on the copper plates of his
drypoint method and from
there, via roller presses, trans
fixed them on paper. The
consummate skill Of his tech
nique was never better ex-
emplif1ed than in the detailed
baroque facades of Mexican
cathedrals or in the contrast
ing shadows of California
landscapes which he has cap
tured splendidly.
Equal GriSt
The strong-faced poems
with their zarapeS and the
fragile gardens of Japan, are
equal grist for Mr.. Wash
burns delicate needle. His
bucolic scenes, "Ripples" in
a Maine stream or Road to
Cuernavaca" in Mexico, are
velvety compositions that
seem almost to melt before
the viewer.
Less inspiring are his i'm
pressionistic oils, though even
these convey the rugged beau
ty Of the New England coast
with a Van Gogh-like touch.
His etchings of heads
from Manufactured Mallor-
can mugglers to high
checked Singalese girls-por-
tray an abundance of express
sion. His studies of human
physiognomy in the natives
Of Barbados or the fisherman
Of France are fragments Of
poetry, profoundly moving.
In the exhibitions climac-
tic bull fight series, Mr.. WASH
burn echoes Goya. His pi-
rouetting matadors and ram
paging bulls lend just the
right aura of action to set
OF the lovely, but immobile,
scenes that mostly comprise
this worthwhile show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
ART NEWS OF D. c. AREA
Woshburn Etchinqs
In GoIIoudet Show
BY LANSING LAMONT
Star star Writer

Cadwallader Washburn. indefatgible 80, has been
called the worlds greatest etcher. For all his age and
prolifcacy, Mr.. Washburn hold more unique
position in the art world former correspond
ent and therefore member of what is legend
tive breed Of man.
He dsassociated himself from the legend years ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
MUSIC PROGRAMS
TOMORROW

GABRIEL: The Shepherds had an
Angel, Besley; To Saint Cecilia,
Della Joio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

SCIENTIST-MUSICIAN- Kenneth Wolf, re-
search scientist at the National Institutes of
Health, and also piano pupil of Artur
Schnabel, will be heard in recital at the in
stitute this Friday. There are very few anna
teur concert virtuoSo pianiStS; Mr.. Wolf is
possibly the only one in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
NEW OPENINGS

EXHIBITION or CONTEMPORARY
ART. Works from Holm Hills,
Va, and Washlneton, At the Bar
nett Alden Gallery, ic7 Randolph
place NV. Current through
RUTH wEsTERGREN. studio CAL
lery. s14 Prince street. Alexan-
dria. Va, one-man exhibition
q PAINTINGS. Current through
May 30.
GARDEN or CONTEMPORARY
SCULPTURE. Special exhipW
from 20 q pm. today at Timber
lane, Pikesviile. Nd. Presented
by the Baltimore Museum OF Art.
AGE or ELEGANCE. Spring exhibit
ton At the Baltimore Museum OF
Art. Featuring 18th century Ro-
coco art from France. Italy, Ger
many, Austria, ENGLAND and the
American Colonies. cure I
through June IA
PAINTINGS OF SAMUEL ROSEN-
BERG, Baltimore Museum OF Art.
Current through June 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

His current collection of soul
full etchings, oils and dry
points at Gallaudet College
are no less a tribute to Mr..
Washburn's journalistic eye
than to the man and his art.
The exhibition remains in
Gallaudet's Hall Memorial
Building through June 2.
Widely Travelled
In his well-traveled life
time, the Minneapolis-born
Washburn, a graduate of
Gallaudet, savored the gar
denS Of Kyoto, the saltwater
breezes Of the Riviera and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24

Florence BerYmon, Stor ort critic,
is owoy on vacation. Her column
will be resumed when she returns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-24
LOOK
TO
YOUR
HEART"
Frank Sinatra

There is no ooinsoyino
Frank Sinotro's popuIor-
lily, and oooin we hove
selected an album Of his
for our Record of the
Week. The intimate
style that b e longs TO
Sinotro alone is firmly in
evidence in this portieu-
lor recording by Capitol.
Twelve of Franks worm-
est essays in heartfelt
singing ore presented in
this one album.
And behind Sinotro are
synpotheticolly fashioned
backgrounds thot compile
ment him os he evokes
the many moods of love
in this extremely we'll ex-
ecuted recording. Hear
IT on hi-fi at wei. Mon
ourol only. 4.98
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Entertainment Center
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Holmes County herald., 1959-05-07
By Trading In
Lexington

there are savings to be scooPed up daily in Lexing-
ton. The merchants of Lexington have qone all out to
supply you with the finest Of quality at the lowest rea-
sonable prices. The merchandise is attractively display
ed to make shopping a plea sure rather than a task. You
will also be able to rely on what you are told and what you
purchase, for the merchants have to stand behind every
thing they sell.
When you trade in a place you are not known or &C
customed to they will sell you on the one shot basis and
hope to hit a different perso1 the next day. These out
of-town merchants are not geared to serve your needs as
the Merchants of Lexington are.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

3. In which direction does crab waikiki
O. Everyone knows that the moon doesn't
really go around the earth in calendar
month. But it does go around the earth IN
lunar month; how many days would that
be?
2. Which could be most dangerous: to be
bitten by mosquito, wasp or tarantulaP
q. How is the word "dilettante" pro-
nounced?
q to rhyme with 'tauntie"?
b. to rhyme with want?
Q. to rhyme with ''ant'?
9. In what year did the Stock Markets
biggest drop in history take place?
10. What is meant by ''fulsome praise?
q. Scant praise?
b. generous praise?
Q. inSincere praise?
Turn TO Page for answers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05
Here we 90 againI
ANeWCuSSed Quiz"
By CHARLES D. RICE

Oon't lose your temper yet y you'll have
plenty Of time for that when you turn to the
answers. For here are 10 simple questions
that seem as easy as pie, but well bet you
can't get many right. In fact, when we pre-
tested this quiz among large number of
well-read people, we found that the average
score was bit shy of three correct. If you
can do better than that, then you're a real
brain.
So grab pencil and dive in. The an
swers, which may make you cuSS a bit,
are on Page 7.
.. On what day does an American citizen
reach legal majority?
z. What is the principal metal in a five
cent piece?
.. Those white things you write on the
blackboard with - what are they made of?
=. Who was the John Brown celebrated
in the song, John Browns Body Lies-a-
Wondering in the Grave?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

Relax! Drive wory-free on B.EGoodich SiIvertowns
They're Iabtested, roadtested, timetested We do the
worrying for you! So have fun. Enjoy troubefree mile
age on the quality tires chosen for new cars year after
year. Get top value. get Smieage! a tires, 81 down!
BEGoOdriCh snn..g. dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-05

TINS WEEK Mouo1Ins ! April $. is9s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10

They turn into the gate. Dan and Kitty wait until
the door is opened and closed behind the guys.
Then they run across the street. They crouch in
front Of the window, which Is wide open. Mrs.
MacCregOr. aioIIy-looking white-hared old DAME Is
facing them The two guys have their backs turned
MY partner and would like to ask you . few
questions, ma'am," they hear the big guy say.
Here is my police shield"
Certainly. Officer" Mrs. MaeCregOr says pleas
antly. PLEASE sit down."
TITS about the robbery here, ma'am."
But told everything to the police yesterday"
Dan whispers to - Continued on ners page
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10

know where shoe box full of ewelry is waiting to
be lifted. You have to fash your shield
Mrs. MacCregOr You say you're a cop making a
follow-up investigation yesterday robbery. Isn't
that the way your mind would work?"
ENC" Dan says. "But maybe that's because my
mind doesn't work."
He might figure it that way Kitty says. II
think we should stake out Mrs. MacCregOrs house"
81 could waste lot of time. If l tour around the
bars and clip joints again ="
''You can work the joints tonight" Kitty says.
Try my stakeout now"
well, Dan says, maybe for while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10

They park opposite Mrs. MacCregOr's small bun
gaow at ten o'clock 1t the hottest day of the year
= ninety in the shade. At noon Kitty goes to the
nearest drugstore for sandwiches and cold drinks.
By three o'clock the mercury climbs to ninetytwO.
cts too hot for the guy" Dan says. "Even for
fifteen grand it's too darn hot Let's get out Of here"
Ire starts the motor and is pulling away from the
II curb when Kitty grabs his arm. Look she
cries.
Two guys, one heavyweight and the other
stringbean, ambling down the street toward
Mrs. MacCregor's house.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-04-17
No Substitute For Reading

ONE Of the most alarming things about
- the United States, and our people, is the
fact that they read less and less. apparent
ly, of the serious, informative and educa-
tional things As the latest example, a wide
spread poll recently revealed that almost
forty per cent Of those interviewed did not
know that Berlin lay within Red-ruled East
Germany.
AS has been pointed out so often, the
trash which makes the best-seler list. and
lars for it's authors, reflects a melancholy
picture of what the American people think
about, read, and do with their leisure time.
Two courses " h h every American
youngster should study, and which most of
them do, are L. S. history and the history
of the Communist movement And, T. s.
history should certainly cover the years up
to the present, since the international pic
ture changes SO frequently these days, it is
mandatory to give our youngsters an up-to-
date history Of events up to now
OF equal Importance, and a more urgent
problem, is the challenge which faces each
citizen - the challenge of keeping himself
somewhat informed. Rather than watching
television for endless hours, reading sex
novels, and bidding away all ones life with
leisure, in various forms, each Of us should
devote some time, daily, to keeping abreast
of the news, and the issues of the day, in
order that we might be better citizens.