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Evening star., 1960-02-19
BY JOSEPHINE LOWMAN

ANNhAoNtA nhA
If you have determined to
add exercise to your health
and beauty care. you can
and should begin with easy
ones. AS a matter of fact
stretching and an awareness
of posture are two splendid
exercises in themselves.
If you will think of the
way you are holding yourself
many times a day. and make
a real effort TO keep your
spine straight and your rib
cage lifted, to tuck your hips
under and pull your abdomi'
nal muscles in. you will be
indulging in one of the best
exercises possible.
Don't think you will not
know it, If you have been
Evening star., 1960-02-19
New Outlook

A harlequin bag may tempt
you. Black and white straw
worked in diamond pattern
give a staccato freshness to
a holiday handbag. 1t is in
a deep fiat pouch shape with
double handles.
Evening star., 1960-02-19

The Halo Hats make news
for spring with fresh, off-the- foce sill
houettes in hoIo bretons, hoIo berets and
halo pilIboxes It's young, crisp look
to frame your foce beautifully -. to top
the newest fashions Immediately Pick
yours from many styles and coIors
Halo Breton shown in sewn strow, $50
Jeleffs F Street, Main Floor,
and selections OF oil Jeeff bronch stores
Evening star., 1960-05-15

Beach, Bemberg, Lassen, Jen-
sen, Massenet. Some are no
longer remembered - Ries,
Hiedel, Heuselt. Bohen,
Kucken, Orth, and Of course,
there are many that strike
no note Of familiarity at all.
One composer, +. Clay, seems
to have been represented
only by the song ''I1l Sing
Thee Songs Of Araby" which
was first surg on o program
in 1890 by Mrs. Goldsborough,
an original member, who
loved to sing this song to
all Of her friends. Another Of
her favorites was ANGELS
Serenade' by Brasa, in which
she was accompanied on the
violin by Master Colds
borough" one Of her seven
children.
Throughout the years the
works Of Chopin have been
played more than those of
any other composer, two Of
his works appearing on the
program first listed. his
"Valse in A Flat" and Moe
turne in C Sharp Minor"
Beethoven was also on the
first program with AN
dante" and Bach appeared
shortly afterward with The
Echo" The three Bs have
been part Of the steady diet
Of musical listening over the
years, with Bach being es-
pecially favored. His Peasant
and Coffee Cantatas have
been presented in their en-
tirety, the latter in costume.
Choral numbers Of q variety
Of composers. plus ensem-
bles, duets, trios. two-piano
and piano for eight hands
added variety to the pro-
grams.
A study period was begun
in 1890 which included es-
says, program notes, and the
reading Of excerpts from
various musical publications
subscribed to by the Club.
The stories of composers
were told with musical Sc
lections illustrating their
works and theories. Other
programs were devoted to the
music Of nations, and there
was one that told Of Shake
speare in Music" and an
other devoted to Relation Of
Story and Song" in which
the music of the American
Indian was used. At every
Evening star., 1960-05-15

and door ornamentation, pre-
sented at the National Hous-
ing Center, 1925 L street NV.
through next Sunday (open
daily, 10 to 6; Sunday, / to
g.. 1t Is on a national circuit
under auspices of the Amer
ican Federation of Arts.
Several hundred exhibits
are displayed in two sections
with admirable labelling. The
historical section includes
locks Of a type used in 1000
BIC; Egyptian, ancient Ro-
man, one used by Persian
King Darius about 800 BIC,
and many handsome Eu-
ropean and English examples
Of several centuries, all au.
thenticated by Leonard Helm
rich, lock and armor expert
Of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
The exhibitions contem-
porary design section COM
prises door ornamentation by
leading contemporary artists.
among them Fernand Leger,
Jacques Lipchitz, Ibram Las
saw, Philip johnson and Isa-
mu Noguchi.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
NEW OPENINGS

TIE NEW wIDENER 18th CEN
TURY ROOMS At the National
Gallery Of Art, Constitution ave-
nue. at Sixth street NV. Open to
the public next Saturday.
YOUNG BRITISH PAINTERS. Gres
Gallery, 1929 Twentieth st. NV.
Next Tuesday through June is.
GROUP SHOW. Jefferson Place Gall
saT. Si%: 4. Next Tuesday through
SCHOOL BUILDINGS, The octason
House, l741 New York avenue
NV. Today throush June 26.
PAINTINGS BY THREE WOMEN
ARTISTS FROM COLOMBIA. Pan
American Union. Current through
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Woodcuts
by Alexander and Shaub. LoewE
Capitol Theater. Current through
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS By
JENNIE LEA KNIGHT. The
studio Gallery, S14 Prince street,
Alexandria. Today through June 8.
fAsT6iGds sT6kFks. MusS's, S9 ,sss Nsr YSrP 2
avenue NV. Current through
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY STU-
DENTS SHOW. watkins Gallery,
Massachusetts and Nebraska ave-
nueS NV. Next Wednesday
through June 5.
ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
Howard University, 240l Sixth
street NV. Tuesday through
May 81.
PAINTINGS BIZ ABRAMOWITZ,
Studio. 21B6 Florida avenue NV.
This afternoon only, 2 to 3.
WESTMORELAND HILLS ART AND
CRAFTS FAIR, Westmoreland
Congresational Church, Massachu-
setts and western avenues NV.
Next Friday and Saturday. Entry
blanks and information by CALI
ing OIL. 2-5073 or EN-. 3-s101.
THIRD ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL
ART SHOW. st. Luke'S Methodist
Church, Wisconsin avenue and
Calvert street NV. Next Saturday.
For Information re entries. call
EN-. 2-3s35 or the Church once.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Members Annual

The Society of washington
Artists members annual
juried show, at the Arts
Club, 2017 I street NV,
through next Thursday, is
composed of nearly so paint
inss and a few sculptures.
Abstract and non-objective
work predominates.
First award went to Frances
Ferry's Portuguese Fisher
man." in q semiabstract fac
eted composition Of nets and
boats in close tonal harmony.
Second was bestowed on
Marguerite Burgess First
Spring Green" mentioned in
these columns last month
when it was shown at The
Artists Mart. Third was
given to q sculpture, I'm the
Park" q little genre by Flor
ence Higgs, which received a
Kiln Club award in last sum-
mer's ceramic international
at the Natural History Mu-
scum.
Four mentions were award
ed, to Theodore Kane's "Chi-
neSe New Year" q shining
tapestry Of color and move
ment; to Inez Leinbach's
heavy landscape "Autumn's
Kiss" and to abstract still
life paintings by Ruth Ca
loon and Edith Namias.
Other paintings which I
Evening star., 1960-05-15
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
star Music Critic

OF all the varied activities
Of the National Symphony
its series concerts, its tours,
its concerts in outlying areas,
its children's concerts and its
spring concerts for the great
myriad Of school children
that descend on Washington
In conveys Of jauntily in
scribed buses from all over the
country, none Is more valu-
able, interesting, and gener-
ally laudable than its contest
for young pianists and string
players.
The fifth contest last week
ended in q tie - not an
astounding eventuiality to
anybody who has heard q
large number Of the con.
testants over the years. for
virtually all the f1nalistS have
been exceptionally able play.
ers. BY "able" / mean truly
technically proficient execu.
tants and musicians Of ex.
traordinary polish and flnesse.
Finals Always Close
Sylvia Meyers. the harpist
Of the National Symphony.
remarked the other night that
In all the iive years contests
she does not remember q
player who broke down or
who was seriously ct odds
with the orchestra.
The IL hnalists are elm.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
NEW5 OF MUSIC
Fifth Contestfor Young Musicians
Prompts Critical Suggestions

mated in successive heats In
which they repeat the same
concerto over and over again.
I argued with q friend Of
mine the other night that q
better method would be to
stipulate set pieces for all
contestants and in the final
rounds TO demand the three
or four remaining players to
show their ability with works
Of an entirely different style
If they had been playing
Brahms, have them play q
Mendelssohn or Mozart con-
certo; let q man like young
Harrell. who played the vir-
tuoso Tchaikovsky cello var
iations all last week. change
his pace at the crucial climax
Of the contest and prove him.
self with the Schumann' con-
certo. Thus q new and
determining factor would be
the versatility Of contestants
who have already shown
themselves exactly equal in
the performance Of their
chosen pieces. Not one single
Post contest has ever been
won by a walk-away-by q
player who clearly outclassed
the competition. In the final
rounds q new and difficult
challenge should be added.
My friend. who has had
long experience. both as
judge and contestant, in
many similar contests, dis
agrees. He feels that the ale
Evening star., 1960-05-15

opportunity outsiders were
included to add richness and
variety to the programs. Lee
turers included, among 9TH
ers, Mr.. H. E. Krehbiel and
the Rev. Frank Sewall who
appeared many times, and
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell,
the cousin of a member,
Eileen Bell, who came to
speak on Sound" DR.. Hans
Kinder often appeared as q
cellist before he was encour-
aged by members of the club
and others to move to Wash
tngton and start The Ma
tional Symphony.
New composers have al
ways been given q hearing,
including members Of the
club. The reaction to new
music has rarely been mild,
but Is often explosive. When
q Tschaikowsky number first
appeared, the musicians were
criticized for playing so many
wrong notes" After q read
ing Of excerpts from Anton
Rubenstein's "a Conversa-
ton on Music" it is recorded
that most Of us" took ex-
ception to his opposition to
members of The Romantic
School. But" the secretary
added, "Mr. Rubenstein Is
q very great musician, so he
must have some good rea-
sons for his opinions" These
reactions are still going on
for during the current season
when Copland's Quartet for
Piano and Strings" was per.
formed on q special 18th an
niversary program, not even
the performers, who gave ex-
cellent readings, could be sure
they understood or even liked
this music which they worked
so hard to perfect.
The musical climate Of
Washington has improved
greatly since 1885 and people
are no longer dependent on
themselves or limited resource
es for their contacts with
great music. Indeed, it may
be wondered why The Friday
Morning Music Club. now
SIS strong, should still have
the appeal that is evidenced
by its constantly increasing
membership. The answer
must surely lie in the con-
tinuing devotion Of its mem
bers to the single purpose
which has been theirs from
the beginning, ITO promote
musical culture among them
selves and in the community"
and to their determination
TO present always the best
in music for themselves and
for others.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
TODAY

WAUGH METHODIST CHURCH CHOIR,
Methodist Church, lo:160 an. Sole
st; sS, Mrs .h,t Mssr It.: 5s.sAs dsis ssrSAs, I,
Psrss;r, PSHS; Us Msndelssonis,' S" Msiotte,, i1sc
o'Hara, Coenen, MacFariane, Jacob,
Lutkin and Handel.
ENID VERONiCA DALE. piano. Cor
coran Gallery Of Art, 8 pm. Tee
ssa opa, u i1o Boy.n Bssh SDn''s socsuIh. nii Il
c minor, Opus 4e.- No. 1, Chopin;
Polonais Fantaisie, Opus 81, Chopin;
st. Francis Of Paol0 Watkins on the
Waters, Lisst; Toceata, Opus II,
D. {. 0fYasRi FfYeaDsRRRATIoN OF MUSIC CLUBS:
Biennial Choral and orsan FESTIVAL.
Church of the Epiphany, pm,
steven Prgssing. conductor: Evan
gellne 9. Everett, Festival Director
and orgar,lst; MarsSerits Bries. guest
Sherwood Presbytefian Church. Reek-
vile Christian Church, Cisredon
Presbyterian Church Of Arlington.
Ruth Tr5 e e. rscysssaI,N; ry.ssa,s;; sre Sss,2 sprinr-
SsI Sasscns. .vssoS K PsSs FrsSeoii ICSs SiS
Bach: By Wstsrside in Babylon.
ten FrysinseE; chorals No. in
Grace Gssasii. . : e piai,o. isPsGpis Bsrksr Haii, sH
wv xwch Pm n.ft 2 dsI ..s,ss, NE ssso a.s
sbubssssssp bssspishhii Rs iSsss ,f.SD: HSnn:
Won ewife liess. Brahms: Stride ID
vampa, Verdi; Le The, Koeehlin; Le
Temps des Liias. Chaussor: Guitares
e Mandclines. eaint-saens; Rain
NAf1oNAE Eff Eesr ssrysPE65EYS' "a E65S' o5sssnSasIfsraA.
Constituticn Hall. 2 pm. University
N 3 cSaslTTshosi & 1 q r MISTER PRESBYTERIAN
fsssH SsgRH sE2 RSn'R srs.Sss.ran Mi. e.
Church. pm. soloists: BssaaT
Olsen, .oreani Clara O'Dette. So
Alfred Ntunann. tenor: WiiIiam MSf.
Ss;c.,.ssrriHto a ssritons s,r,ps wi:Sn ,o TsEnssssS
Noeturne, Fiure: Messe Passe. Fsnre:
Matniflcat, Marc-Antoine Charperl-
tier: Pie Jesu. Charpentier: Second
Movement from Sonata for Vioiin
sSG and. Piano. rtsr s, FS,ure; Pie Jssu: LII
Andrews, plane. Philips Gallery, 5
pm: Sonata in q. Opus az, Brahms:
sonata, Debussy; Sonata In +, Opus
OLGA COELHO. soprano Euitarist
Pierce Hail, 18th and Harvard streets
NATioNAL m msYMpHoNY ORCHESTRA.
Reward Mitchell. conductor. pan
Amsriean Union, 7:4S pm. Music for
ALL SOULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH
CHOIR, Jehn MeCreary, .ereariisi
and director. AL Souls Tpiseopal
Church, 8 pm. soloist: MARY Anr
Stable, soprano; Paul Dester. bari.
tone, Reitehes REQUIEM, Brahms.
NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA
Richard Bales, conductor. Nationa
Gallery Of Art, 8 pm. NateheE-on.
the Hi, John Powell; Elegy, CiaF'
P. 7. Barnum, Douglas Moore: Polk
Evening star., 1960-05-15

preferred to some of the VIM
ners are (abstract) Mimi
Bottoms "Recitative Melody"
fluid glistening subtle color
areas; Mary Shows Garden
Flames; lively little compo-
sitions by Ralph de Burgos
and Lee Atkyns. and Gladys
Milligan's "Harbor Fantasy;
(representationaD landscapes
and wharf scenes by William
F. Walter, Rowland Lyon and
George johnson; Marcella
Comes graceful golden figure
study, and Leila Asher's wire
sculpture giraffe,
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Encore utI.

Richard Schmid's second
one-man show is at the I. F. A.
Galleries, 2623 Connecticut
avenue NV, through next
Saturday. (Open daily, $50
to g.
This young Chicago artist,
now only IS, paints intimate
landscapes and interiors with
figures In q competent i'm
pressionist technique that
should assure his work q
welcome from home owners.
Houses and old barns framed
by trees, woods and streams
under snow. and q delicate
portrait sketch Of a young
woman are responsible for
the pictorial appeal Of more
than 20 paintings.
Mr.. Schmid has won five
awards in three years, has
exhibited in Chicago and New
York City. He now lives and
works In Connecticut.
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Persian Arts

Persian arts and crafts
from the collection of H. E.
DR.. Ali Khuli Khan Nabil are
on display at Middle East
House, 1907 New Hampshire
avenue NV. through next
Friday. The show could not
have been presented at a
better time than during the
recent visit here of the
Fourth International Con-
gress Of Iranian Art and
Archaeology.
The Nabil collection repre-
sents many centuries, from
about 1900 B. c. to the pres
ent day. The selection on
view covers the various fields
in which Persian artists have
been pre-eminent. 1t includes
Persian rugs both of silk and
wool: tapestries embroidered
in gold and silver on purple
velvet and other fabrics;
wood block prints: lacquer
work which had various uses;
and miniature painting.
The selections rarest items
are several famous manu-
scripts pronounced the finest
Of their kind by authorities
on the subject. One volume
comprises the f1ve books Of
Jami, the mystic poet, illus
trated with miniature paint
ings by Behzaz, "the Raphael
Of the East" These and other
rare objects, and some of
much greater antiquity, COM
pose a fascinating exhibition,
open daily, 8 to S, to the
r1t1h1ia
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Friday Morning Club
Reviews Its IS Years

(The Friday Morning Mu-
sic Club is rs years old. No
musical group in totDn has
been at It longer than these
devoted and talented tDomen
tDho every Friday at 1880
create music for their mem
bers and for those iDhose ears
can funnel In the hedUeflly
art before the sun begins to
descend In his tDestern track.
Ruth Redden Markmann, a
member of the club, tUrites OF
one OF the most interesting
features OF its long hfe-the
Development Of its programs
through the years.
The Friday Morning Music
Club has preserved the rec
ords Of its programs and ac-
tivities for 70 of the IS years
Of its existence. These were
on display at The Columbia
Historical Society in the
Heurich Mansion last Friday.
when members Of both or
ganizations gathered for Q
garden party and tea In
honor Of The Friday Morning
Music Clubs 18th birthday.
Back in 1885 Miss Made
leine Beckwith deplored the
dearth Of opportunity in
Washington to play or listen
to good music. So she invited
her musical friends to meet
together to play and sing
for each other. This they did.
meeting In each others
homes, with q membership of
Is, until 1894 when they
moved to the Old Washington
Club at ITO ! street NV. in
order to have larger quarters
and increase their member.
ship.
Program listines first ap-
peared in 1890 when the first
secretary was elected and
records were started. A casual
glance at an early program
would lead one to believe he
was reading the program Of
q contemporary concert Of
old masters. The names Of
Bach, Beethoven, Chopin,
Schubert, Greig, Wagner,
Gounod, Schumann, Liszt,
Dvorak, Scarlatti. Mendels-
sohn and Rubenstein appear
with great frequency during
the seasons Of 1890 and $780,
1891. Other names are seen
less frequently now such Is
Pergolesi, Chaminade, Mos
kowski, Nevin, Mcdowell,
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Art Lecture

Professor Colin Eisler Of
New York University's Insti-
tute of Fine Arts, will be
guest speaker at the National
Gallery Of Art this after:
noon at 1. His subject Is
Gothic Origins Of the Ro-
mantle Style"
Evening star., 1960-05-15

tons as well as persons and
machines, should prove to be
o favorite with the public.
Available in the foyer are
catalogues with forewords by
Air Force Secretary Dudley
Sharp and Gen. Thomas D.
White. Chief of staff, and
. comprehensive introduction
giving o history of the coll
lection, which was begun only
10 years ago.
Many of the exhibits have
been donated to the collec-
ton by the Society Of Illus
traitors Of New York City.
whose members are invited
to visit worldwide operations
Of the Air Force under its
current art program. Conse-
Quently, the exhibition is pri-
marily an illustrators show.
largely composed of detailed,
cleanly and competently ex-
ecuted representations. There
are paintings by such we'll
known artists as Peter Hurd,
Ogden Pleissner, Julian
Block, Hardie Gramatky,
John Groth. John Pike, Ray
Prohaska. Ken Riley. Millard
Sheets. Thornton Utz and
CODY Whitmore.
It seems at times as II es-
thetic quality is in inverse
ratio to documentary guam
tity in such paintings as
these. For instance, Presi-
dent Eisenhower's meeting
with Premier Khrushchev at
Andrews Air Force Base last
September was momentous,
but the painting of this
event, crowded with tiny fig-
ures and portraits, is not pic
torially satisfying as is (for
example) Eric Won Schmidt's
large 'F-104s Over the Rice
Paddles Of Taiwan," one of
the shows most impressive
works. It is q collage of thin
uneven textured and wrinkled
cream -colored and brown pa
pers, composed so that fis-
ures and shadows as well as
landscape are strikingly de-
picted.
This selection has other
appeals than art and Air
Force history. The forces
global activities are reflected
in landscapes from ice-locked
Greenland to tropical rain
junsles Of Latin America,
and world famous landmarks
such as Westminster Abbey,
st. Marks. Venice and
Greeces Temple of Posei-
don" (painted by Ray Pro-
haska, one Of the shows best
works.. Many other paint
ings on display are concerned
with people-natives Of In
dia, Korea, Thailand, Japan,
Spain. Germany, picturesque
in their distinctive dress.
An opportunity to see the
Air Force art collection may
not be presented again for
some time. Most Of the paint
ings will eventually be moved
to the Air Force Academy at
Colorado Springs. (Open
daily and Sunday, Q to 1900
Evening star., 1960-05-15
BY JAMES G. DEANE
Star Record Critic

The fortunes Of the pres
ent generation are many.
Once upon a time a record
collector would have felt
generously served to gain ac-
cess in a given year to a
single recording conducted,
say. by Weingartner or Tos-
canini, or Beecham.
Now half of Haydn's Lon
don symphonies led by Sir
Thomas arrive in a single
box. (The other half arrived
In similar packaging a year
or so ago. The cup of Haydn
admirers runneth over. And
there are half a dozen other
virtually current Beecham
releases lying around in the
nearest record shop, lust to
swell the overflow.
In addition to which these
riches now can be had, for a
slight extra consideration,
clothed in the exotic beguile-
ments Of stereo. I have not
made any comparisons, in
and out of the two-channel
medium, of symphonies 80
through 104, but the general
impression from the stereo
copies is that there is a good
deal here that has not previ-
ously been available for audi
tion in living rooms.
StereO Adds Dimension
There is more to No. 100,
It is made abundantly clear,
than the simple presence of
the bass drum, cymbals and
triangle which make some
thing Of q practicable dis
turbance in movements 2
and 4, for example. For
perhaps the first time, stereo
makes 1t possible to register
clearly the difference be-
tween a drum hit fortissimo
and one hit pianissimo.
Countless other subtleties
having to do with not only
dynamlcs but all the other
elements of musical express
siveness affecting all the in
struments Of the classic
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Outer Mongolia

George Washington Uni
versity Library. 2023 G street
NV. currently has the first
showing of an exhibition of
photographs Of "Outer Mon
golia" by Lisa Larsen,
through May ~. Organized
by the Asia Society Of New
York, 1t is being circulated
by The Smithsonian Institu-
ton Travelling Exhibition
Service.
The photographs show the
romantic. forbidding land
scape. the life and activities
OF the people. ruins of the
ancient capital and other
S~SR~NeOs
Evening star., 1960-05-15
Eckert Solo

Mariana Eckert's current
one-man show at silver
Spring Art Gallery, 9216
Flower avenue. is his best to
date. More than 80 oil paint
ings, pastels and drawings,
most Of them done in the
past two years, are on display
and the level Of quality is
high. About q third of the
show is modern flgurative to
abstract.
Mr.. Eckert's versatility in
use Of media and techniques
Is matched by his handling
Of themes. He is showing por-
traits, landscape, still life
and religious subjects. The
presence of Mrs. Mario Rod
riguez at the exhibitions
opening reception demon
strated the close likeness Of
her portrait. A particularly
appealing child portrait is
that of the artists nephew
Johnny.
Landscapes include tradi-
tional panoramas of George
towns "Old Canal" and
winter at Rock Greek" and
the modern Docks at Rock
Creek" faceted and angular.
Two Of the five religious sub
jects won for Mr.. Eckert first
prize in the Washington Post
Christmas painting project
two years in succession.
Just over half the works
are still life, the most. elabo-
rate being his large TAU
rina," q picture within a pic
ture. His still life compost
tions are notable for beauty
and interest Of subjects, and
fine color combinations,
around some Of which dec
orators could plan q room.
(Through Tuesday: open to-
day 5 to S; daily 10 to s.