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Evening star., 1960-10-31
GEORGIA DAVIS
SHINES ~ LIEDER
By DONALD L. LEAVTTT
Contributing Critic

III contributing Critic
II GeorgiA Davis. contralto: Kelly
Wyatt. piano. National Gallery Of
/ Art. Program: Hark the Echoing Air,
l Purcell; Atalanta: Like as . LoVelorn
! Turtle. Handel; Amour d'antan, Les
| Papillons. Chanson perpetuelle, Chau-
son; Die Porelle, N9eht und Treeume.
Schubert: Neue .Liebe. Mendelssohn;
| Die Liebende sehreibt, Mendelssohn:
In the FIELDS, John Duke: The Bal
SSp %sy Man .Ir kihrSn srtsS psVd SST we.Us W1 tS
Absalom. Diamond; Po' Moaner Got
q Home. o Glory, Let's Have Q
Union. johnson.
A richly colored contralto
voice with a bright upper
range, an uncommon eleS-
ITCHY and control and, at times,
a still more uncommon flash
of musical artistry we're some
of the good qualities Georgia
Davis brought to the National
Gallery last night.
Except for two superb Men
delssohn songs, heard far too
seldom, Miss Davis program
looked pretty routine on paper
which may account in part
for an audience which was
smaller than it should have
been. It must be admitted that
in the ChauSson and modern
groups, the singing was some
what routine too. for Miss
Davis brought little to these
but her very lovely voice.
1t was in the German songs
Of Schubert and Mendelssohn
that Miss Davis added to that
glowingly FURNISHED tone the
i musical sympathy and 'dra-
matte projection which made
for exciting listening. The
sustained beauty Of her Nacht
und Traeltrne compared favor
ably with the best 1ieder sing
ing I have ever, heard. Die
Forelle and Mendelssohn's
Neue Liebe were sung with
such ease that one almost
didn't think about the singers
remarkably supple control.
Perhaps Miss Davis greatest
weakness is an insuff1ciently
wide-ranging taste in song lit
erature. Her modern group
was, for the most part, made
up Of pretty inconsequential
stuff. and the one contempo-
rary song with real merit, Dia-
mond'S David Weeps for Alb
salon." betrayed a lack of rap
port between the singer and
the music. With her splendid
vocal equipment and the dra-
matte sense evidenced4n Schu-
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1T. After a few minutes Of &C.
climatization, I did. What we
all need is to hear the work
many more times. perhaps twice
on the same program. Like it
or not, the quartet had q Ger
tain feeling Of Importance (not
self Importance about it.
The Juilliard quartet played
all three works on the program
beautifully. It's style is differ
ent from that Of Washington's
old favorite, the Budapesters,
but none the less valid.
Late afternoon is an uncoYl1-
Portable time for a concert, and
the ticket distribution system is
anything but convenient. New
ertheleSs, one would have
thought that the Capital Of the
United States could have filled
a small hall for an event Of
this cultural Importance.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

For many years Eileen Far
rell, an American soprano high
ly thought Of by both her col
leagues and her public, has
found a rewarding repertoire in
the fields Of lieder and oratorio,
and particularly the music of
Bach. Until recently she has
turned down requests to sing
opera in staged performances.
In the last year or so, how
ever, she has sung roles with
the opera companies of Chicago
and San Francisco. That she
will have all the showmanship
necessary for her newest career
seems indicated by the descrip-
ton in her program yesterday
in Constitution Hall and in
promotional material sent to
newspapers earlier in the week
-Leading soprano, Metropoli-
tan Opera Association" Since
Miss Farrell's debut with the
Met is still to come. it Is obvi-
Gus she has a start on even
Callas. k
That Miss Farrell has an ex-
traordinarily fine voice there
is no question. Startling power
alternates with the softest pi-
anissimos, and the tone is
pleasant except at the top OF
the voices dynamic range. The
diction is clear. the phrasine
careful, the intonation accu-
rate. One clearly must speak
Of Miss Farrell as q very fine
singer.
i Having thus established hel
in the company Of the best
one must add that her projec-
ton, the sense Of immediacy
and personality she imparts tc
her music, are not very impres'
sive. I feel that she is success
full in a hard task, but that shG
lis not always convincing in thu
inevitability Of the solution.
Also, so capable q music.
maker should refrain from
piano arrangements Of gooc
orchestral music, which ineyi.
tably lower the best music Il
mere vocal display, and thu
singer to the level Of the op'
cratic parrot-where certainly
Miss Farrell does not belong
Furthermore, such anti-musi
cal exhibits as the Doughert!
songs are a disgrace to an,
serious recital.
In a word, Miss Farrell hal
a fine voice which she ShoulC
learn to use better and put Il
better use.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

ter is how she is billed in the
move verson Of ''The World ot
Suzie Wong" - Is currently
planning a night-club appear.
ance in London and hoping II
lose her label. Former Friend
of Antony Armstrong Jones'
She's very good in "Suzie." 81
is Suzie, Nancy Kwan.
Anita Ekberg believes that
lady does not use q gun wher
she fights: she uses a bow anc
arrow! Also her fists, on the
photographers Of Rome who
give her no peace, following her
wherever she goes, and clicking
their cameras. It was much
more peaceful for Anita in
Hollywood where a bust is a
bust is q bust.
4 = &H
I'm glad that Sam BronStOn
will cut his king Of Kings"
movie to under three hours
two and three-quarters to be
exact. To have q picture long
just for the sake of length is
ridiculous. All the recent big
gies-"Ben-Hur," "Spartacus, u
1.-THE Alamo"-would have been
even better, if anything from 30
minutes to one hour Of Aim had
been left on the cutting room
floor.
With the help Of readers of
this column, Ralph Edwards
has o category for his This
Is Your Life" TV show-"The
one most suggested as Q result
Of your story" Ralph writes, is
Human Relations" All he has
to do now is sell this idea to the
Television Academy. And then.
to win an Emmy.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

Musical vespers at the
Georgetown Presbyterian
Church yesterday afternoon
featured q brief but interest
ing organ recital by William
Watkins and q performance
Of four Of the rarely heard
Dvorak Biblical Songs by bari
tone Paul Erickson.
The 10 Dvorak songs, now
only rarely encountered in con-
cert. are a product Of the same
period in the composers life
that saw the creation Of the
New World" Symphony and
the American" Quartet. To
me, they have always suffered
because they are invariably
sung in English translations
which make q shambles Of
Dvorak'S careful proSidy.
would not advocate that they
be done in the original Czech,
but surely someone can do bet
ter than the clumsy versions
heard yesterday "a product,
If I am not mistaken, of DR..
Baker,. or the only slightly
better translations by Desmond
used in England. 1t would be
worth a try, because the music
is certainly worth saving.
Mr.. Erickson sang with sin.
cerity and with evident sym
pathy for the Biblical Songs,
and made the best Of his pleas
ing light baritone.
Among Mr.. Watkins selec-
tions. I found a little flute solo
by T. A. Arne very fetching,
and I enjoyed hearing the
imaginative Sweelinck Echo
Fantasia. BY and large, the
vespers had a rather flute-like
aura, what with Leo Sowerby's
Fantasy for Flute Stops added
to the rest.
Mr.. Watkins registrations
were chaste and appropriate
and for the most part his play
ing was very grateful. although
I must confess that I found
his occasional inability to keep
a steady tempo mildly distress
ing.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

The benefactions to modern
music Of the late Elizabeth
sprague Coolidge and the Cool
idge Foundation are many. Yes
terday was the anniversary Of
Mrs. Coolidge's birth, and the
Library Of Congress commemo-
rated the event with a Found
er's Day concert by the Juilliard
Quartet. Appropriately enough
Mozart and Debussy. were used
as foils to the work of an i'm
Evening star., 1960-10-31
BuIIerinu Leslie Curon
Returning to Stuqe

LONDON, Oct. 81 (AP).-
Leslie Caron. the French bal
lerina who became a Hollywood
star, is returning to the stage
after a four-year absence.
She will make her comeback
as the water nymph heroine in
a London production of ON
dine" a fantasy by Jean Gira-
doux.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
portant and relatively new com

portant and relatively new COM
poser. Elliot Carter.
The Carter quartet is serious,
complex, dissonant and GER
tainly not very tonal. 1t is not
twelve tone, however, and this
may make some listeners feel
better. Most of its thematic
material is supposed to be re-
lated, but this is fact which
is not audible-not to me, any,
way-on a single hearing. The
rhythmic independence of the
parts is astounding and the
melodic independence almost
equally great.
The audience, for all its polite
applause. obviously didn't like
Evening star., 1960-10-31
CARTER QUARTET
SEEN IMPORTANT
BY DONALD MINTZ
Contributing Critic
Contributing Critic

Juilliard String Quartet Robert
Mann and Isadore Cohen. violinS:
Raphael Hillyer.- viola; Claus Adam,
cello). Library Of congress. Program:
Quartet g, H in e tS 3 4e5 Mozart: Guar, +
@ minor, Op. 10. Debussy.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
NEWS OF MUSIC ,E.,.g
Eileen ForrelI 5 Voice
Capable Of Better Use

bertss die hoese Farbe," " David
Diamonds eloquent work
should have been thrilling. but
it was sung hesitantly, almost
apologetically. This impress
sion was furthered by Kelly
Wyatt's accompaniment which,
despite its obvious competence,
was too self-effacing.
Such flaws would go un-
noticed in the work Of less
gifted singers, but Georgia
Davis has too rare a talent to
fan short of the highest mark.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
BIBLICAL SONGS
NEED TRANSLATOR
BY IRVING LOWENS
Contributing Critic

william Watkins. organ, Assist
ing artist: Paul Erickson. baritone.
Program: Prelude, Fusuo and Cha-
come In O, Buxtehude; Cantilene,
from Suite Breve. Langlais: Fantasy
for Flute Stops, Sowerby; Agin-
court Hymn, Dunstable; Chorale
Prelude, When Adam Fell, Homi-
nus; Flute Solo, Arne: Fantasy in
Echo Style. Sveelinck; Four Bibli.
cal Songs, Dvorak.
Evening star., 1960-10-31

WVV1A Ample Rockville, Nd.
Sss Porking pOplor 1887
hP / LdNO W TAXI 6,1a and A..,pt
"DEF1L's DISCIPLE" 81 Q.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
NEWS OF MUSIC
BY DAY THORPE
Star Music Critic

Eileen Farrell. soprano; George
Troviiio, piano, Constitution Hall.
Program: ich liebe dich, Beethoven: /:
All. Perfido, Beethoven; An die Leier,
An die Laute. Du liebst mich nicht,
Fischerweise, Schubert; Ozean, du
Ungeheuer, Weber; Air de LA. Pleur
mouettes, Hotel. Voyage de Paris,
Poulenc: The Lamb, shaw: Linstead
Market, Benjamin.; Where Is dis
Road -. ? Arlen; The Winds, Dough-
erty; Thank You, God, Dougherty.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
Films of More Than Routine Merit

"ELMER GANTRY"-Burt Lancaster in IuSy form Sim
clair Lewis fire and birthstone evangelist.
"IT STARTED IN NAPLES"-ROmantic comedy NeapOIitan
STYLE deftly played by Clark Gable, Sophia Loren.
"ROOM AT THE TOP"-SmOne signoret, Laurence Harvey
in the soaring story of a ruthless success-seeker.
"THE 80 STEPS"-Kenneth More Tana Eg In a slick
remake Of the old Alfred Hitchcock thriller classic.
"TIGER BAY"-YOung HayIey Mills sCintIIates small
girl aiding and abetting murderer.
"THE TIME MACHINE"-IntO the future the route
mapped by H. G. Wells, for science fiction fans.
Evening star., 1960-10-31
COLONY INTERNATIONAL

Theotre- e--Georeia 8 Forroavt NV. +
Doors Open $3.50 p. M. Adult. Policy
All New, Direct From Broadway JEAN
CABIN, DAN1ELE DELORME in
"Deadlier Than The Male"
At $40. Plus q Cannes Film Festival
Aword winner. Best Directed, Best
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

1t will be colder tonight in the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi
Valley from Northwestern Florida to Illinois Indiana
Snow forecast for the Central Mississippi and Ohio Valleys with
Valley Northern
Texas and Northern Maine while rain predicted from Southeastern
through Northern Louisiana Mssispp-AP WephOta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
Senate Group SIoshes
Commerce Funds Bill

told to make a request later
for the money for these roads
out of general revenues.
Aside from this cut. the real
effect of the committees action
was to restore about $18 million
of reductions made by the
House.
Senator Holland said the
biggest of these reservations,
about SIG million, was for
aviation weather services in
connection with airways mod
ernization.
Sea Study Funds Restored
The Senators also put back
$2.1 million for ocean surveys
and about $1,250,000 for Com
merce Department business
services connected with exports
The total recommended by
the Senate committee was
$342, 709,600 under the $1,081.-
097,900 voted by Congress in
the same bill last year.
Senator Holland said this
was explained by the inclusion
in last years measure of money
to finance the l0-year census
being taken this spring and
also of $3.50 million in repay
able advances to the Highway
Trust Fund as compared with
the $3.50 million allowed by
the committee in the pending
measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity - Fair
and cold tonight with the low
near 25;- increasing cloudiness
and continued cold tomorrow.
Maryland-Fair and cold to-
night with lows IL to 20 in the
mountains and in the 20s else
where; mostly cloudy in the
mountains tomorrow with light
snow by afternoon and increas-
ing cloudiness in the east with
some light snow likely by n4gnt.
Virginia-Fair and cold to-
night with the lows near 20 on
the coast, 10 to IS in the interi-
Or and IL to 18 in the noun
tains; increasing cloudiness and
cold tomorrow with some snow
likely in the west by afternoon
spreading over the east by
night.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-North to north
west winds 10 to Is miles per
hour tonight shifting to north
eaSterly by tomorrow; visibility
10 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
By the Associated Press

The Senate Appropriations
Committee has cut $22,133, 1886
deeper than the House in ap-
proving its first new money
bill Of the session.
The committee voted $685.
$4,000 for the Commerce De-
partment and some related
agencies as compared with
S760.522,235 allowed by the
House and $7s9,615,ooO asked
by President Eisenhower.
Senator Holland, Democrat
Of Florida. whose subcommit-
tee handled the bill, said he
understood it would come up
on the Senate floor later this
week.
The Senate group achieved
the reduction below the House
allowance by chopping $40
million Of the 5000 million
asked by Mr.. Eisenhower and
approved by the House for re-
payable advances to the High
way Trust Fund.
The advances are needed to
keep the trust fund solvent in
fiscal 1861 which begins thi:
July /. They are to be paid
back to the Treasury out OF
the fund by the end of the
fiscal year. June 81 1861.
Senator Holland told report
ers the $40 million cut I'M
doubtedly would have to be
restored before the session
ends.
He explained that the cut
was made because the admin
stration had recommended
taking money for forest and
public lands highways out OF
the trust fund although the
basic highway act forbids this.
The Florida Senator said
the Budget Bureau would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
Bargain Buyers Hurt

ROME, N. Y, Feb. % ZAP.
"A crowd waiting for bargains
broke a plate-glasS display WIN
dow yesterday at a Montgom-
cry Ward store. Five women
were cut by flying glass, but
even the most seriously injured
returned to the sale after hos
pital treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

consent before the automatic
checkoff would apply to him.
The Federal classification
white collar and blue collar
employe unions are the ones
most particularly interested in
the automatic checkoff system.
Poastal workers are already
heavily organized, and while
the automatic dues checkoff
system would benefit postal
employe unions. it would work
to even greater advantage for
classified and blue collar
unions.
Federal employee leaders feel
the heavy turnover in Govern
ment employe union member
ship would be greatly reduced
under an automatic dues
checkoff system. and thereby
result in great membership
gains for Government unions.
This is because new members
are constantly being added in
great numbers, but the gains
are now more or less Offset by
the departure of members who
fall behind in their dues and
drop out.
Employe leaders point out
that the union dues checkoff
system is prevalent in most Of
private industry.
They also declare it will ben
eft Federal employees because
it will spare them the trouble
of falling months behind in
their dues and having to make
large sum payments to catch
up in their dues payment.
| One encouraging factor to
employe groups is that the ad-
ministration favored the bill
approved last week by the
House which provides for Gov
eminent deduction of municipal
taxes from the paychecks Of
Federal employees. The admin
iStration said the Government
could do this without any signif-
icant increase in bookkeeping
or payroll costs.
Government employee union
lists declare that If this is the
case, then there is no valid rea-
son for the Government not
deducting the union dues of
Federal employees.
The unionists also point out
that the Government already.
without any difficulty. is de-
Quoting from the paychecks Of
its employees such things as
Federal income taxes, retire
ment, life insurance, defense
bonds, ETC., and in July will
start deducting for the new
health insurance program.
y
AGRICULTURE HOURS -
Agriculture Department is
considering changes in its work.
day. with employees coming to
work earlier and leaving earlier
at the end Of the day. No
decision has yet been reached.
/ y
UNAUTHORIZED USE-The
House has passed and sent to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

the Senate a bill to waive the
30-day mandatory minimum
suspension penalty against Gov
eminent and postal workers in
minor cases of unauthorized
use Of Government vehicles.
Federal agencies feel that
the present 30-day minimum
penalty is too drastic in many
cases and that they should
be allowed more leeway in as
sessing lighter penalties or just
issuing a reprimand. The
House-passed bill would allow
them to do this.
=
Observation-Disclosures
tative Landlord. Democrat of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

For high and low tides at the fol-
lowing points subtract times indicated
from the above
Annapolis, 9 hours: Bloody Point
Light, 3 hours; Colonial Beach, 534
hours; Deale, 3 hours; Solomons Is
land, 5 hours: Point Lookout. hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

I, Maryland. has sponsored a bill
to relieve 1894 employees Of the
Naval Weapons Plant of the
obligation Of repaying erron-
eous payments that occurred
between 1854 and 1858. The
overpayments occurred through
no fault Of the employees but
through a misinterpretation of
the Federal Employees Pay Act.
The bill has been referred to
the House Judiciary Committee.
50
ANNUITIES- Representative
Aspinall. Democrat of Colorado,
has sponsored a bill to provide
annuities for surviving spouSes
Of retired Federal employees
without any deduction from
the original annuity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
u. S. Dues Checkoff
Sought by Unions
BY JOSEPH YOUNG
Star STAFF Writer

voluntary union dues checkof system in Government is
being eyed by Federal empoye unions.
The various considering intensive drive to
have Congress such legislation whereby the Govern
ment would automatically deduct union from the
checks from Federal employees belonging to unions
Under such system, the employee would to give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23

tional clinics covering such essential subjects
as color co-ordnating decorating with color
and fabric flower arranging Liquid embroid-
cry" modern cooking, table settings, spring
gardening and numerous others. You will find
it more than worth your while to attend as
many of these clinics as you can find time for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
So in Miami

MIAMI, Fla, Feb. % (AP)
temperature reached IS
degrees in Miami yesterday
afternoon, the warmeSt for this
date on record. The old record
of 80 degrees was set in 1949.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
River Report


Potomac River muddy at Harperi
andoah muddy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-02-23
AAA Road Report

West: D. C. to Pa turnpike, clear
Pa. turnpike. light snow falling from
Blue Mountains tunnel to West Gate
partially snow covered in the noun.
tainS; Ohio turnpike, wet; u. s. AZ
West to Ohio, slippery spots west o!
FrcStbur". Md: U. s. so West to Ohio
slippery spots west OF Romney, W. Va
.. g.. so through W Va, slippery spots
South: Shirley highway and U. s. / Il
Richmond, clear; Richmond south
clear;' D. c. to Charlottesville, clear
North and east: D. c. to Harrisburg
Pa, clear: D. C.. to Delaware Memoria
Bridge. clear; New JERSEY turnpike Il
New York City. clear: New England
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight 5000 80 Noon AZ
am. ----- 81 4 pm $780, A.
Sam 80 SPIN. - 81
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest. SO, on February 10.
Lowest, 20, on January %. Febru.
airy IL.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
High - 4:5l am 5:5S am
Ley EIEb ---- 1884 E:34 am. 1899 1899 a m n,
Low ----.-- am. 1912 p m
Evening star., 1960-06-17
Miss Bessie Dinowitz, 81,
Justice Department Aide

Miss Bessie R. Dinowitz, 81,
a secretary with the Justice
Department, died Wednesday
at the Hebrew Home for the
Aged after a long illness.
Miss Dinowitz was born in
Baltimore and came to Wash
lngton as an orphan in 1920.
The following year, she was
stricken with polio and re-
quired artificial respiration for
II days to survive.
After extensive hospital
treatment, including a five
year stay in the Home for In"
curables, Miss Dinowitz en-
tered the Hebrew Home for
the Aged while she was still a
young woman.
She designed and built her
own body brace during the two
years she stayed at the home.
She also taught the elderly
patients and residents various
crafts and coached dozens of
immigrants in receiving their
citizenship papers.
With the aid of the body
brace, Miss DinoWitZ was able
to take a secretarial job with
the Justice Department in the
early l930s. She recently re-
turned to the Hebrew home
after being injured in a street
fall. She previously had lived
at 3725 Macomb street. NV.
She was the founder of the
Business and Professional
Group and a member of the
Evening star., 1960-06-17
DR.. Herbert Borchordt,
Unionist, Dies at 81

DR.. Herbert Borchardt, 81,
long active in the trade union
movement here and a leader in
civic affairs, died yesterday in
Mount Alto Hospital.
DR.. Borchardt retired several
years ago as the labor infor-
nation specialist with the De-
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare.
A delegate to the Central
Labor Union for Is years, he
represented the interests of
labor on the District Commits
sionerS' Citizens Advisory
Council.
He also served as a trustee
OF the public library.
A retired Army major and
combat veteran of World War
I. DR.. Borchardt was active in
veterans organizations locally
and nationally. He was COM
mander of the District Depart
ment Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, and past command
er OF the Army and Navy
Union.
Born in Washington, DR..
Borchardt was a graduate of
Central High School and
Georgetown University. He took
a degree in dentistry and en-
gagged in research until World
War l. He entered Government
service after the war and be-