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Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield B.
Heinz Of Menlo Park, Calf,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Elise Brook
field to Mr.. James Edwin
Clayton. son Of the late Judge
and Mrs. John H. Clayton Of
Johnston City, III. An early
June wedding is planned.
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Shoonon-Bossin

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Shoe
man Of Silver Spring an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Shirley Lois to
Mr.. Robert Harris Basin,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Max Bas-
sin Of Chevy Chase, Md.
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Robinowitz-Stern

Mr.. and Mrs. Baruch
Rabinowitz Of Kensington,
Nd, announce the engage
ment Of their daughter
Sharon Lea t. Mr.. Sheldon
Stern, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Stern of Brooklyn.
N. Y. A June wedding is
planned.
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strout-DuIoney

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lee
strout announce the engage
naent of. their daughter
Nancy Ewing to Mr.. George
DuRelle Dulaney. son Of Mr..
and. Mrs. Woodford Hector
Dulaney Of Louisville, KY.
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Brown-Joffe

Mr.. and Mrs. Myer Brown
Of Philadelphia announce
the engagement Of their
daughter Roslyn to Mr.. Nor
man Joffe, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sol Joffe. A June Is
wedding is planned.
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TOMORROW .


Woman's Club Of Chevy
ChaSe-Meeting of the art
section at $3.50 am.
WOman's Club Of Bethesda
Meeting Of the literature
department ct II am. at the
home of Mrs. Foster Black
burn. Mrs. Arthur T. Daven-
port viii review two Broad
way plays.
Georgetown University
Hospital Ladies Board
Meeting at noon in the
auditorium Of the Nursing
School. The Rev. Francis M.
Tobey. Sd. will speak on
MY Conversion" Rev. Tobey
is chaplain of the Maryland
Penitentiary.
WOman's Club Of Lyon
Village-Meeting Of the exec
utive committee at 1880 pm.
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By DOLORES PHILLIPS

MDDLEBURG, Va.-The
only thing more unsettled
than the weather are point
to-point dates, which area
hunts have already picked.
Casanova was the first to
fall by the wayside, in a
melted snow bank. Slated for
yesterday, Casanova. which
hunts the territory to the
southeast of Warrenton, has
postponed its races until
Sunday, April Is. the day
after the first Middleburg
race meeting.
The cancellation came not
only because Of the footing
and the parking of hundreds
Of cars on hilltops around
Charlie Tompkin'S Spring
Hill Farm but because no.
body, but nobody, has had q
chance to get their horses in
condition. The most strenu-
Gus exercise that most of
them have had has been pull
ling q sled or hacking
around in q snow-covered
field.
Weather Permitting
The Rappahannock Hunt
still expects to hold its
point to point Saturday.
weather permitting. The Vir-
ginia ground is higher
around Sperryville, where
the races are run over jim
Bill Fletcher's land and snow
patches should have drained
off. Rappahannock cards q
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TODAY

National Secretaries Assoc
citation - Executive chapter
members are giving party for
bosses from 3 to S pm. at
the BPW Club.
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sc ELECTIONS MONDAY,
SEPTEMBER IL, IN HYDE

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MAINS tiARBoR PERSONALS

49,
Mrs. Vivian Basnight and son AL,
and Dickie Mitchell Of Princess
Anne, Va, and Sharon and Donna
Jordan Of Norfolk were recent
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs 7. y. Brat
ten.
Mrs. Arland Strong and sons
Donald and Mark who have been in
Canada this summer where Mr..
Strong was employed, returned
here last week and were GUESTS Of
her sister, Mrs. Richard Rowe. On
Friday they left for Vienna, Ohio
where they viii now make their
home.
DIR. and Mrs. John ]. Wright Of
Chapel Hill and DR.. Wright's moth
er, Mrs. Eleanor II. Wright Of
Phoenix, Arizona, who have been
mentioning the past month at the
Wright's home here, left Wednes-
day for Chapel Hill, where DR..
Wright will resume his work in the
Medical Department at the Univer-
sity of N. C.
Miss Peggy Ann Taylor of Nor
folk spent the holiday week end
here with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wallace Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Twiddy and
children, Glenn, Janet and Charles
of Portsmouth, Va, visited his
mother, Mr.. Mary Greet and his
brother Melvin Twiddy during the
week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Armstrong
and children Lynn and Lois of
Norfolk were here for the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Z. O. Sutton.
Their son Tommy who had beer
here with his grand parents fol
two weeks accompanied them home
Monday.
Mrs. e. H. Armstrong and child.
rem Billy and Bette have returned
to their home at Virginia Beach
after spending last week here with
Mrs. Armstrong; mother, Mrs. w.
S. Primer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Green and
daughter Carol Ann of Elizabeth
City were week end guests Of Mrs
Green's parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Cal
win Beasley.
Miss Cherylene Duva1l daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Duvall
has returned after vacationing in
Canada, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania,
with her sister, Mrs. Arland Strong.
Calvert Duvall Of Baltimore,
spent Monday here with Mr.. and
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WiITTY-PRlcE VOWS
SPOKEN IN Mass HEAD
Lost Colony Cast Members Are Wed
Il Sunday Afternoon Ceremony
Ia Episcopal Church

Described as new twist in
history" by Lost Colony Director
Clifton Britton, Eleanor Dare be-
came the bride Of Sir Walter Rail
eigh in st. Andrews-by-the Sea
Episcopal Church in Mays Head
Sunday afternoon.
In real life the drama cast MEM
bers are John C. Witty, Jr., Of
New Bern, who has been playing
Sir Walter in the Lost Colony for
the past two seasons and Miss
who HIS been understudy for the
Sarah Price, Of Kannapolis, a dam
Ger and ceionist woman in the show
role of Eleanor Dare (played regu-
lariy by Marjalene Thomas of Elk
abeth City, for the past two years.
1t is romance Number az in the
Lost Colony which has resulted in
the marriage of actors who first
met as cast members of the show.
Also it is the second time that a
Lost Colony's "Sir Walter Raleigh
and Eleanor Dare" have been wed.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Price Jr. of Kan
napolis and the bridegroom's par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. Witty of
New Bern.
The Rev. Joseph P. Burroughs
officiated and music was presented
by "The Lost Colony" choir,
George Vassos and Mrs. Robert
Swan, vocalists.
Given in marriage by her IA
Their, the bride wore a gown of
satin and alencon lace and her
veil was attached to crown of
lace and pearls. She carried three
white roses.
Maid of honor was the brides
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MRS. SALLIE D. HOWARD

Mrs. Sallie B. Howard, rs, Of
RID Swan Quarter, died in Beau
fort County Hospital Sunday. Fu-
neral services were held at the
nome Monday at 800 pm. con-
Quoted by the Rev. Linwood Nc
Kinney and the Rev. d. T. Good
win. Burial followed in Soule GEM
etery. Born in Hyde County, she
was member of Beulah PRINT
tive Baptist Church. Survivors in
clude her husband, William T,
Howard; two sons, Curtis of Swan
Quarter, Charles Thomas of Bay
side, Va, one daughter, Mrs,
Charles Benson Of Pantego; five
grandchildren.
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sister, Miss Jeanne Price. She wore
"a ballerina-length gown of gold
satin, with matching bow, and car
ried a nosegay of gold chrysanthe-
NUNS.
Best man was the bridegroom's
father and ushers were the bride
groom's brother, David Witty of
New Bern and Robert Thornburg Of
Fresno, Calf.
After a wedding trip, the cou-
pie will reside in New York City.
A graduate of Salem College, the
bride taught school in Winston-Sa-
lem for two years.
The bridegroom is a graduate of
Woodbury. Forest School and the
University of North Carolina. He
is an actor.
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MRS. TILLETT is NEW
CLERK TO DRAFT BOARD

Mrs. Donna Forbes Tillett, Of
Wanchese, has been appointed to
fill the position of the local board
clerk of the Selective Service Sys-
tenn No. %, in Manteo. She receiv-
ed her appointment after the res
ignation of Mrs. Balfour Baum, who
was the local clerk for several
years. Mrs. Tillett qualified for the
position by her. high score in the
required examination, which was
also taken by several other people.
The daughter of Noah Forbes
and the late Mrs. Forbes of Wan
CHEESE, she is married to Mccoy
Tillett, Jr. and they have one in.
FAINT daughter.
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LABOR DAY WEEKEND
BRINGS MANY FINES TO
DARE RECORDERS CT,

In this weeks session Of Dare
County Recorders Court the fol-
lowing cases were either tried or
had previously been submitted:
Angelina Theresa Allard Norfolk,
speeding, SIS and costs.
Jack Alexander, Norfolk, with
the following charges: under infiu-
ence of an intoxicant, no operators
license, and possession of quantity
of non-tax-paid whiskey, was fined
$1S5 and costs.
lola Burrus Austin, Hatteras, al
lowing a minor to drive, $25 and
costs.
Richard Evelyn Baum. Kitty
Hawk, no operators license, $25
and costs.
Freddie George Bashua, Norfolk,
speeding, SIS and costs.
Howard Jordon Cooke, Roanoke
Rapids, operating vehicle to left of
center line, SO and costs.
Mcdonald Dixon, Elizabeth City,
speeding, $40 and costs.
Madeline FAINT, East Orange, N.
J., reckless driving, not guilty YER
dict.
Thomas E. Foster, Suffolk,
speeding, Sill and costs.
Thomas Glenn Gaskill, Wan
cheese, allowing person under infiu-
ence to drive vehicle, $50 and costs.
VIM. Albert Garringer, Norfolk,
speeding, $50 and costs.
Robert L. Cooley, Elizabeth City,
speeding, SIS and costs.
VIM. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., Plym-
outh, reckless driving charge,
pleaded not guilty but was found
| guilty and fined $25 and costs.
Hoyle Justus Hooper, Alexandra,
charged with driving under infiu-
ence, pleaded not guilty; adjudged
guilty and fined 500 and costs.
Rodger Alan Old, Manteo. inn
proper passing and speeding, SIS
and costs.
Perry Otis Onotot, Baltimore,
speeding, SO and costs.
Terry Ward Owens, Elizabeth
City, failure to yield right of way,
$40 and costs.
Vance Russell Miller, Philadel-
phia, speeding 100 mph in IS zone,
800 and costs.
Lloyd Clinton MCGEE, Portsmouth,
Va, speeding, $35 and costs.
Robert Lee Mckinley, Mays
Head, speeding, $40 and costs.
Margaret c. Mckinley, Norfolk,
allowing car to be operated by per-
son under influence, $50 and costs.
Barbara Rose Mcintyre, Chapel
Hill, speeding, $40 and costs.
Carol Sharp Nickerson, Hamp-
ton. Va, speeding, $40 and costs.
June Elizabeth Palmer, Camp
Leieune, speeding, SIS and costs.
Scott jackson Parker, Chapel
Hill, speeding, $40 and costs.
Murphy Glen Peterson, Manteo,
speeding, SIS and costs.
Arthur Ellsworth Polhemis, Pearl
River. N. Y, failure to stop at
stop sign, $40 and costs.
VIM. Byrum Rice, South Norfolk,
speeding, $40 and costs.
Matthews Lee Sheep, Jr., Eliza
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LIONS ENTERTAIN !.
THEIR LIONEssES TUESDAY

The Manteo Lions treated their
Lionesses to night out Tuesday,
Approximately thirty-five enjoyed
dinner in the Roanoke Room Of the
Manteo Motel Restaurant, which
was followed by a most interesting
color film on local fishing.
TO show their appreciation for
the assistance given them at the
concession stand at The Lost Col
ony this season, the Lions had as
their special guests, Mr.. and Mrs,
Nevin Wescott of Mantec.
( At the time Of the meeting all
figures were not available. How
ever, the committee in charge Of
the concession at Fort Raleigh re-
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beth City, reckless driving, $25 and
costs.
Charles Milton Smith, Jr., Eliza
beth City, driving left of center
line, $40 and costs.
Harold r. Stowe, Hatteras.
speeding, $18 and costs.
James w. TAYLOR, Nashville,
reckless driving, $25 and costs.
Marshall F. Tillett, Jr., Mays
Head. reckless driving, $25 and
costs.
VIM. White Wescott, drunk in
public place, $25 and costs.
Thelma Marie Wise, Mays Head,
charged with driving under infiu-
|ence Of intoxicating beverage or
drug, pleaded not guilty ~ found
guilty and sentenced to go days inI
jail suspended on payment of $10O|
and costs.
Clifton Morrisette Wood, Shiloh,
disregard for stop sign, $40 and
costs.
Otis Pledger, charged with be-
ing drunk on streets of Manteo,
$25 and costs.
Proceedings of the recorders
court for August 20 session are
as follows, in each case addition to-
fine shown, court costs were assess
ed:
Jeanne NORM Alexa, Fairfield,
Conn.,, charged with failure to
grant right of way, causing acct
dent at Mays Head, failed to APP
pear, and $25 bond was forfeited.
Hubert Liston Austin, Elizabeth
City, driving under influence, 500.
Ray Berry, Manteo, operating
motor boat improperly, $40.
John Bell, Manteo, speeding, So.
Jack Rayburn Burrus, Manteo,
Improper passing, $40.
Mrs. Lawrence Capelovitch, Que
bee, Canada, speeding, $40.
Leonard r. Lavender, Charles
ton, w. Va, speeding, $40.
w. J.. Crumpacker, Manteo, traf-
fic offense, $25.
Edward Jones Evans, Hunting
ton, w. Va, improper muffler, $40.
Edgar Govan, Jr., Manteo, inn
proper equipment, $40.
A case involving VIM. C. Griffin
of Edenton and John A. Taylor,
il. Of Rocky Mount, charged with
racing, was appealed to Superior
Court, and bond set at 500 each.
Dallas Eugene Hodge, Williams
burg, Va, traffic offense, $40.
| Norman L. Holmes, littering
highway, $40.
/ Michael +. Kessane, Chicago,
speeding, 500.
Raynor Paul Miller, Jr., Eliza
beth City. charged with driving nm
der influence and hit and run,
pleaded not guilty, but was found
was guilty and assessed 500 fine.
Jacques Al. Phelps, Suffolk, Va,
speeding, SIS.
Samuel Bernard Smith, Elizabeth
City, speeding, SIS.
Charles B. Spruill, Windsor,
charged with operating vehicle UNI
,, der influence, fined $50.
James Thomas Stephenson, Muir
| freesboro, speeding, SO.
Mefrer Donald Walklet, Akron,
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BIRTHS

\ Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Wescott
of Elizabethtown announce the
birth of a daughter on Sunday,
August % at Southeastern General
Hospital, Lumberton. Mr.. Wescott
is the SON of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G..
Wescott Of Manteo.
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GARBAGE CHANGES

Garbage pickups in the Town of
Manteo will resume the regular
twice-a-week schedule beginning
September Is. The summer sche-
dule included three pickups. After
the 18th. regular pickups will be
each Tuesday and Friday.
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ported the project was : success.
Jack Wilson was in charge Of ths
program.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
USELESS
INFORMATION
By PAUL STEINER
North American Newspaper Alliance

The tolloWing items are all
netD, all ercluStUe. all useless,
and mostly amusing.
A widgeon can fly 10 to
80 feet per second. ornitholo-
gists say.
Lloyd's Of London Is not
yet ready to insure space
travellers, an insurance ex-
ecutive warns.
Your home can be kept
free from rats by placing a
live snake in each room, an
eXterminator advises.
The heart of a pig is more
like that of a human being
than the heart of any other
animal, veterinarians say.
II you are bitten by a
mosquito it may have been
any one of about 1000 diff
ferent types. Researcher F. H.
Barnes discloses.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
iGood-by to the Sticky Summer

the little spearing. The
dying sun throws big bands
Of lavender and russell over
the trees Of Rumson.
I am always sorrier to see
summer 60 than any other
season. There is a miracu-
lous magic in growing
things. in color and out
rageous bloom. The nests of
the hawks are high and
hidden in the oaks and there
is industry in the work of
the bees and it is good to
watch the rusty seagulls walk
a lonely stretch of beach.
leaving triad footprints in
the search for food.
The oil burner man is due
any day. He will sit in the
cellar for an hour. Every
time he hears my footsteps
overhead, he will hit some
thing with a hammer to in
dicate work. On his way out,
he will tell me that we need
filters. It's his annual cere-
mony.
My father insists that
there was a time, when he
was a boy, that the four
season were clearly defined.
Now" he says, I'VE no
longer have a real Spring
in the New York area. We
60 from cold dampness in
May to hot summer"
THE CURTAIN is about
to go up on the most beauti-
full Of all seasons here. The
days will be warm and pretty
and the nights will be crystal
clear and cool. Stars will
hang like silver earrings in
the night sky and the sea
will have a fresh sparkle not
seen at any other time.
Soon, there will be the
sweet sad smell of burning
leaves on the afternoon air
and the trees will dye their
hair blond and red and gold
and, once again. I will wish
that l had some talent as
a painter. The wild ducks
will come out of the setting
sun in big VS. and settle
softly on the river to find
rest in the marshes on their
southwark flight.
1t is good to be able to
see, to discern, to appreciate.
Copyright, 1861,
King Features Syndicate, IncD
Evening star., 1961-09-25

The 1961-62 Constitution
Hall season got off to an in
candescent start yesterday
afternoon.
Midsummer temperatures had
little to do with 1.-THE warmth
was generated by the New York
Philharmonic, its brilliant con-
ductor, Leonard Bernstein, and
the great soprano, Eileen Far
rell, all of whom were heard
by a completely Sold-out house
in a concert of absorbing mu-
sical interest.
Mr.. Bernstein and the Phil
harmonic leaped into action
with a buoyant reading of Al
bert Roussel's charming Third
Symphony. a work bearing all
the earmarks Of unmerited
neglect.
FarreIPs Songs Climatic
Roussel was no inovator, but
his musical personality by no
means lacks individuality. His
taste and craftsmanship are
impeccable, and he emergeS
from the outlines of this saucy
symphony, written in 1880 for
the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira, as a sort of Gallo Pro-
kofieff sans vulgarity.
On occasion, Roussel achieved
high eloquence, as in the SYM
phony's poetic and subtle
adagio, but for the most part
the piece is characterized by
ebullience and grace. The al
Turing little Scherzo-Valse gave
Mr.. Bernstein a fine chance to
Evening star., 1961-09-25

Just stand by and hope, Many
doctors feel the same. For
example, here are some rec
concentrations by DR.. David
D. Cohen in a recent article
in the Journal of the Amer
ican Medical Association. He
looks upon Bells palsy as a
medical emergency and be-
lieves in intensifying treat
ment during the first 48
hours. He recommends
blocking the stellate gang
lion" and administering MIC
otinic acid by hypodermic to
help the circulation, and cor
ticosteroids to reduce swell
Evening star., 1961-09-25
IVES SYMPHONY
OPENS GALLERY
BY DONALD MINTZ
Contributing Critic

National Gallery Orchestra, Rich
ard Bales. conductor. At the Ma
tional Gallery. Program: Symphony
No. >, Ives: Suite from The Trojans
at Carthage. BerlioZ.
Evening star., 1961-09-25

The National Gallery began
its fall concert season last night
with an orchestral program Of
extraordinary interest.
Mr.. Bales and the orchestra
began with the second SYM
phony of Charles Ives, a work
completed in 1902 but not heard
for the first time until 1851.
Ives was a daring and orig
inal innovator-a wild man if
you wish-and though he has
been dead for some years, his
music still causes both wonder
and anguish. The second SYM
phony, however, shows none of
this. 1t is an academic Franco
German symphony of the late
nineteenth century. long but
well shaped and written with
the utmost skill. That it has a
peroration employing "Colum-
bia the Gem of the Ocean" is
irrelevant. The symphony is no
more American than crepes
suzetteS served on 5lSt Street.
The orchestral suite from
Berlioz' Trojans at Carthage.
especially the ballet music.
shows Berlioz writing for his
own time as we'll as for himself
and posterity. 1t is astounding
music. as dramatic as the day
it was written, and perhaps,
even greater for its close con-
tact with mid-nineteenth CEN
tury French opera. For every
time one begins to sense this
tawdry world, Berlioz finds a
melodic turn or compelling
interruption of the line. and all
is greatness.
The orchestral playing at the
Gallery is too we'll known to
need much comment. Last
nights performa ances were
rather more mellifluous and less
ill-kempt than was customary
last season. But Mr.. Bales still
shows little sense of musical
line and structure, and he still
overconducts so that quiet and
rest may never enter.
Evening star., 1961-09-25
NEWS OF MUSIC
Bernstein, Farrell
Brilliant in Opening

display terpsichorean talent as
well as conducting skill.
The climatic moments of the
concert came when Eileen
Farrell arrived on the scene to
sing Richard Wagner's touch
ing Wesendonck songs, exquisite
miniatures from the opera
composers Tristan" years.
Miss Farrell is blessed with a
voice of blazing power and awe
inspiring splendor. This was
quite evident yesterday, as al
ways. But she is rarely so per-
fectly attuned to the mood of
the music she is performing
From disciplined vocal control
that approached perfection, she
fashioned vocal lines of breath
taking loveliness, and Mr..
Bernstein and his men gave
her the most sympathetic pos
sible support.
Orchestra Not Settled
II there was a flaw in Miss
Farrell's remarkable Wagner. it
was in her German diction,
which left quite a bit to be de-
sired. 1t was just about i'm
possible to make heads or tails
Of the words she sang, and the
programs, completely innocent
of text or program notes, were
more decorative than useful.
After the intermiSsion, the
Philharmonic returned without
jackets (eliciting uninhibited
cheers for their informality)
to play the thrice-familiar
Beethoven Fifth Symphony and
to receive a tremendous ova-
ton at its conclusion.
I must confess that the Bee
thoven was something of a
disappointment to me. This is
no puShover of a symphony al
though everybody knows Its
themes, and even making gen.
erous allowances for the stifling
heat and the early date of the
concert, the orchestra sounded
surprisingly ragged. Every now
and then, it conveyed to me the
distinct impression that it did
not much care whether every
body was playing together OF
not, just so long as the end
was little closer.
Altogether. the Philharmonic
did not really sound like one oi
the greatest orchestras of the
woodland even the delicate
and unpretentious Roussel had
its share of wiry string tone
blatty brass, and pedestrian
woodwind sound.
1t seems to me that the or