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Evening star., 1962-01-29

William Doppmann came to
the Phillips Gallery yesterday
to give Washington another
impressive sample of the kind
of musician being turned out
in the Midwest these days.
A New Englander by birth,
Mr.. Doppmann has studied
and his student days cannot be
far behind-with Robert Gold
sand in Cincinnati and with
Benning Dexter at Ann Arbor.
He is now on the faculty of the
University of Iowa's growing
Music School.
Mr.. Doppmann's concert yes
terday was first rate in con-
tent and in execution. No man
for arefatory bon-bons, he
started things with a tough
fibered new work by Ross Lee
Finney, another Michigan Pro-
fessor-who wrote the work for
the pianist.
Given the eminently respect
able title, Sonata Quasi una
Fantasia" the Finney's three
closely linked movements make
an overpowering impression on
the first hearing which is apt
to be substantiated with repe-
tition. It deals in the sort of
serial writing that's not par
ticularly hard to digest at once
rich in lyricism and propelled
by incentive rhythmic ideas
but I suspect that more subtle
beauties will manifest them
selves with the additional per-
formances the work clearly
warrants. Mr.. Doppmann's
performance was both powerful
and articulate.
Beethoven's great penulti-
mate sonata gave the pianist a
few more problems. The fero-
cious scherzo was beautifully
conceived, but not brought off
with the bite it needs, due, per-
haps, to some slightly misplaced
pedaling. Mr.. Doppmann's ad-
mirable concern for detail
makes much of this music seem
a little fussy, but it is obviously
a growing Interpretation and it
is clearly growing in the right
direction.
Mr.. Doppmann's approach to
the Goldberg Variations is
warm-blooded and utterly pian-
istic without being excessively
romantic. The pedal was used
judiciously and with good ef-
feet. The rapid variations
moved in torrential rushes of
sound, but with every note
Evening star., 1962-01-29
JIM BISHOP:
REPORTER
Glenn Ford Has Old Sorrow

There is an old sorrow in
Glenn Ford's eyes. I don't
know what it is. Nor will I
ask. We sat in the living
room of my house on a cold
day and, looking over a cup
of black coffee, I could see
it. We talked and sometimes
we sat in silence listening to
the logs in the fireplace. 1t
was there. all the time.
HE'S A LISTENER. He
mods and smiles his one-sid-
ed smile. Sometimes he thinks
slowly with his eyes on the
ceiling. At others, he is fast
er than the story you're tell
ing. Glenn Ford is a popular
motion picture star. He owns
cattle on several ranches in
three western States. He's
building a new house in Bev-
erly Hills. He has a Well-fed
wallet.
He's alone. "You like liv-
ing alone?" I said. He thought
about it. NO." he said. Once,
he was married to Eleanor
Powell. Once he was happy.
Now they are divorced and
they have a son, Peter, who
will be II in a few weeks.
"You going to marry
again?" I said. I sat behind
the lavender bar. He faced
me, absent-mindedly stirring
coffee which had no cream
or sugar. Good Coffee" he
said. Like Navy coffee" I
waited for an answer. He
knew it. II think so," he said.
What is she like?" I said.
line poylSn grin came up.
II don't know" he said. "I
haven't met her yet" I don't
believe him. I think he has.
He's 43, too young to dial
the late movie alone.
Recently, Eleanor Powell
made a comeback. She was
booked into big clubs in the
west and the reviews were
good. Glenn Ford is her num-
ber one fan. "She'S greater
than ever" he said.
So is he. He has just fin
ished THE -Four Horsemen,"
and at a time when Holly
wood is beating its breast at
its own funeral, the new pic
ture looks like a money-mak-
er. Ford, ironically, didn't
want to be an actor. II had
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Dear DR.. Steincrohn:
Women take so many tran
quilizers because they are
nervous with too much time
on their hands. Talking for
hours on the phone, joining
clubs and taking part in
drives aren't enough to take
up the slack.
I blame it on modern push
button life. They push a but
ton and their dishes are done.
They push a button and the
pot roast is ready. They push
a button and the rugs are
clean. They open the freezer
and within minutes set down
a complete TV dinner.
About the only thing left
that doesn't work with push
button simplicity is diaper
changing. And even that is
simplified by the regular stops
Of the diaperman.
Oh for the good old days
Of grandmother's day when
women were content to be
wives and mothers and really
work at it. They were much
happier then. So were the
men.-Mrs. xxx. For pity
sakes, don't reveal my name.
The girls would swarm all
over me.)
LET ME QUOTE from
something I've just read. Paul
Williamson, MD, of Jamaica,
NY, said he found it in his
notebook but has no idea how
it got there:
GRANDMOTHER, on a win
ter's day, MIXED the cows,
stopped the hogs, saddled the
mule and got the children
off to school.
did a washing, mopped
the floors, washed the win
dows and did some chores.
Cooked a dish of home
made fruit, pressed her hus-
bands Sunday suit.
Swept the parlor, made
the bed, baked a dozen loaves
of bread.
"Split some firewood and
lugged it in, enough to fill
the kitchen bin.
Cleaned the lamps and
put in oil, stewed some ap-
Piles she thought might spoil.
"Chu1ned the butter, baked
a cake, then exlaimed For
goodness sake.
"The calves have got out
Of the pen!' and went out
and chased them in again.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Schumann, more than most
composers, had a way of con-
centrating in one medium
until he had written himself
out, and then turning to an
other. In 1840 he wrote songs,
in 1841, symphonies, and in
1842, chamber works. This was
the year of the piano quintet,
the piano quartet and the
three string QuartetS.
These quartets constituted
the program of the Kohon
quartet at the National Gal
lery Of Art last night. They
are Of interest chiefly for the
musical content, as they are
not very well written for
strings. Many Of the difficult
ties are purely awkward, and
yield no commensurate effect.
Ordinarily these pieces appear
one at a time on a quartet
recital, acting as a romantic
buffer between Haydn and
some frenetic modern. Why
the Kohon Quartet played all
three last night is beyond me,
unless 1862 is the Schumann
year for the Kohons.
The performance was rea-
sonably competent, although q
rather more austere style
would have allowed the Schu-
structure to be more un-
derStandable. AS it was, every
thing was frantically romantic,
with the message getting across
in every syllable, like advertis-
ing copy.
Matters were not helped
much by the ritualistic tuning
after every movement. These
bare fifths made an unlovely
punctuation, and did not help
the general intonation appre-
ciably. There was also an un-
common amount of incidental
clatter: F'ingerboard buzzes,
rough bow attacks, and other
byproducts of zeal.
Nevertheless. some Of the
music got through. The trio of
the scherzo of the first quartet
was a real gem, and the adagio
motto of the last one was
played tenderly, with a haunt
ing beauty. The audience was
large, and appeared to be
pleased with the performance.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

no looks" he said. He was de-
clined by every major studio
in Hollywood. His ambition,
after Santa Monica High
School, was to be a stage
manager.
Stage managers also play
bit parts. Bit by bit, GLENN
Ford worked his way out OF.
the wings. He was doing pret-
ty well when he enlisted irf
the Marines November Is
1943. He didn't go to war to
entertain. He was a buck
private rear rank. When the
war ended, he was a line
sergeant in Hawaii. He's been
a Navy man ever since and
is now a lieutenant COM
mander USNR. -
Bette Davis gave Glenn
Ford his big break. She was
going to star in a picture
called "a Stolen Life" Miss
Davis made him her leading
man. Then Rita Haywortll
wanted him for "Gilda." The
rest is a matter Of time. "The
Four Horsemen" is Glenn
Ford's 77th motion picture.
He bought the land where
Louis B. Mayer used to have
his mansion. It's a couple of
blocks behind the Beverly
Hills Hotel. Glenn Ford has
a feel for fieldstone and wood,
and the house he is building
will have plenty of both,
what will it be like?" /
said.
FOURTEEN ROOMS. Two
guest rooms and q guest
house, Big fireplaces. Great
big ones. Game room. Indoor
barbecue. Steam room. A
wine cellar. Great big fire.
places"
you going to live alone In
it?" I said. He nodded. "All
those rooms?" I said. "All
those rooms" he said. Co
ing to have a pool table,
You like to shoot pool? Come
on out" =
I said sure. It's bad to be
alone and have nothing. It's
worse to be alone and have
everything.
(copyrisht, 1852. King Features E
Syndicate, 1nc.) -
Evening star., 1962-01-29
Walt Disney
BY Al Smith

Harburg needed their ad-
vice and went into the elec-
trical appliance field. A few
years later, the 1929 crash
sent his sales into a nose
dive and he was wiped out.
This time, Harburg had no
hesitation about what he was
going to do. When his friends
asked him what his plans
were, he told them.
"I'm going to write lyrics.
Business is not for me. I
want something that's de-
pendable."
Evening star., 1962-01-29
FAMOUS FABLES
BY E. E. EDGAR

DEPENDABLE: After grad
uating from college, lyricist
E. Y. Harburg thought it
would be a good idea to take
up lyric writing as a career.
His friends urged him to
reconsider. They pointed out
the pitfalls of such a career.
They advised him to go into
business instead, where he
would be assured a Steadier
income.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
DEAR ABBY ..
Her Conscience Fails Her
BY ABIGAIL VAN buren,

DEAR ABBY: I am married,
have three children, ages 10,
16 and 10, and I am in love
with another woman's hus-
band. I know you will say,
"Give him up," but it's not
that easy. He isn't someone
I just met. We have known
each other for 16 years.
My husband and I are very
friendly with him and his
wife. We became serious
about each other IL years
ago and it's still going strong.
We've tried staying away
from each other, but it's
never worked out for more
than a week. I have lost all
feeling for my husband. I
can't tell you how I have
suffered with a guilty con-
science all these years. No
one suspects anything. Can
you help me?
UNFAITHFUL ONE.
For years you have delib-
erately done the wrong thing,
while you bribed your con-
science with suffering" Suf-
fering doesn't square things.
Make up your mind to end
the affair, and pray for
strength to follow through.
You can do it if you try.
+ X II 4
DEAR ABBY: I am having
trouble with my mother.
When we go to buy shoes,
she pushes down on my big
toe with her thumb and she
tells me how the shoes feel
on my feet. When I tell her
they fit just perfect, she says
they are too small and she
buys the next biggest size,
which is so big my feet swim
in the shoes. She won't be-
Evening star., 1962-01-29
New Woods Red Aim

NEW YORK.-Foresters in
Russia are treating growing
trees with chemicals in an eff
fort to get special woods,
American experts report. Form
ulas for fire-resistant, non
warping and rot resistant
woods are being experimental
with.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
NEWS OF MUSIC
Doppmonn at Phillips
In First-Rote. Recital

clearly in place. An occasional
rubato-as in the 4th variation
was handsomely used and
the quodlibet's inner voices
were handled very skillfully.
William Doppmann is now
an excellent musician-pianist
and everything points to his
being a truly distinguished one
before very long.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
BY DONALD L. LEAVITT
Contributing Critic

William Doppmann, piano. The
Phillips Collection. Program: Sonata
Quasi una Fantasia, Ross Lee Fin
ney; Sonata in A flat, op. ITO.
Beethoven; Aria with 80 Variations
WGoldberg"), Bach.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
FOLLOWS HUSBAND TO SEA

Mrs. Marcia Vivian, lieutenant Junior grade
in the Waves, wasn't about to be left ashore
when her husband, Jack Vivian, also lieu
tenant Junior grade, returned to sea duty.
Convincing Navy officials she should 60 on
temporary duty, Mrs. Vivian got herself as
signed to her husbands craft for a cruise to
Hawaii. "The guys just won't believe can
60 to sea without my wife, the husband says.
The Vivians live in San Diego, Calif.-AP
WirephOtO.
Evening star., 1962-01-29

The Kohon String Quartet: Harold
Kohon and Raymond Kunicki. vio-
Inns: Bernard ZaslaV. viola; Helm
rich Joachim. cello. At the National
Gallery of Art. Quartet in A minor.
Opus Al. No. l. Schumann; Quartet
Quartet in A. Opus Al. No. 8.
Vshrdleta hrdluetahrdlueta qietaoij
Evening star., 1962-01-29
WORD GAME
Find "a or more words in
N E w S r EEL

meaning motion pictures por-
traying current events" Aver
age mark 81 words. Time limit
Is minutes.
Rules Of the game: 1. Words must
be of four or more letters. 2. Words
which acquire four letters by the ad-
dition Of s." such as bats" cats"
are not used. 3. Only one form of a
word is used. 4. Proper names are not
used.
Answer to CARELESS
cares, case, carl caress, casse. cereal.
cease, cere, cess, clear, class, Grass,
cress, crease, acres, alec. races. rale.
rase, real, reels, recess, reclass, re-
sale, reseal, recase, easel, ease, earl,
else, erase, eral. esse, laces, lass, leers,
lease, lesser. sale, scale. scare. scar,
seal, seer, scar.
Evening star., 1962-01-29
KOHON QUARTET
PLAYS SCHUMANN

BY WENDELL MARGRAVE
Contributing Critic
Evening star., 1962-01-29

Tomorrow: Upset Mon.
"a Bell Syndicate Feature)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-08-09

Choose from q large assortment OF
lovely gift items, including coaster sets.
bross candle shutters, metal waste bos-
kets, bross hanging boskets, china tea
and toost sets, and mony other desir-
obIes!
Third Floor Washington Only
Evening star., 1962-04-01
Nidd|eburg Show
Places on 7 our

tables, a mahogany Sheraton
desk, Hepplewhite dining
chairs and Q Sheraton din
ing table.
Other places to be seen on
the tour include Denton,
residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B. Young; Little Cot
land Farm, owned by Mrs.
Redmond Toerge, and the st.
Francis Dog Shelter, operated
by Mrs. Marie A. Moore.
Hours for the tour are
from 10 am. to $50 pm.
Eastern Standard Time. The
Community Center at Mid
dleburg will serve as head
quarters for the tour and
maps and travel information
will be available there. Fold
ers giving full information on
the tour are available by
writing the Virginia Travel
Bureau, 1716 H street north
west.
Evening star., 1962-04-01
TOO FRAGMENTED
Miss Porter's Friends Win
Bet; Novel Is Completed

She took an air-conditioned
room at the Jefferson Hotel
in the summer of SO and
spent q month Just writing.
Her friends beseeched her to
settle here and by way of
persuasion, found a house for
her to rent in Georgetown.
She took a three-year lease.
Falling Apart
A big gray Victorian resi-
dence on Q street, 1t pleaSes
her, but it's falling apart, she
says. II would like to own it
except that one would have
to spend $4,000 to make it
habitable habitable, I mean,
so that you wouldn't have to
use two hands and an oath
to open q door"
Also, not owning a house
gives her freedom-"if carry
ing around 10 tons Of house
hold goods can be called
free" she said. And she
thinks Washington is the
wrong place for a writer.
Its too fragmented, too torn
up. There are so many in
terruptions."
The old gray house is fur
nished with her belongings.
The parlor is filled with an
tiques. a little frayed but
dignified, and the dining
room. overlooking a small
garden. is completely domi-
mated by a circular marble
table, 6 feet in diameter. She
had wanted 1t to be Z feet,
but the man at the Vermont
quarry suggested 6 feet would
be quite ample.
Miss Porter, who will be 72
next month, is leaving in
May on a trip to Ireland,
England and the continent.
She had hoped to spend the
time resting and seeing
friends. II really need a vaca-
tion," she said, with a hint
Of desperation in her voice.
But already her publishers
have scheduled working en-
gagements for her, and she
finds herself unable to resist.
Influenced
The author is still deeply
immersed in the life and hard
times Of Goth century man.
I'm touched and influenced
Dy WnaC goes on around me.
What happens in the world
happens to me, too. I can't be
detached. People talk about
getting engaged in life, be-
coming involved. Nonsense!
We're born that way. Our
blood vessels are mingled"
Miss Porter doesn't expect to
write another novel. "A work
like this takes time. You
don't do another next week."
she said. when you read it,
perhaps you will see why"
She added, I'm trying to
read 1t myself now"
Evening star., 1962-04-01
Pen Women Plan
Convention Here

Delegates from the Nation
al League of American Pen
Women will meet here at the
Willard Hotel for five days.
The convention will open
with an Authors Break
fast" at noon Saturday and
continue through Wednes-
day, April IL.
Scheduled for the program
are workshops and banquets,
giving the delegates who rep
resent more than 5000 mem
bers an opportunity to con-
duct business and exchange
ideas.
Among the sessions
planned is a radio and TV
workshop, with Mrs. May S.
Evening star., 1962-04-01
Clinical
Society
To Meet

Maps OF the City Of
Washington and calendars
of the Cherry Blossom Fes-
tival events will greet the
registrants to the 18th an
nual meeting Of the Clinical
Society, United States Public
Health Service when they ar
rive at the Woodner Hotel
on Wednesday.
The conclave is scheduled
from Wednesday through
Saturday, and the Washing
ton and Baltimore Wives
Clubs of the Clinical Society
have been busy planning q
Ladies Program" to while
away the time that their
medical husbands are busy.
There's q fashion show
luncheon on Thursday,
Putting on the Dog" at the
Hotel Shoreham. That eve
ming the distaff side will
join their husbands for the
United States Public Health
Service Surgeon Generals re-
ception and dinner in the
Crystal Room, Officers Club,
Naval Weapons Plant.
United States PHS Surgeon
General, DR.. Luther Terry
and Mrs. Terry will be the
hosts and the guest speaker
will be Representative John
Fogarty of Rhode Island.
A tour of the National In
stitutes of Health is planned
for Friday morning with
luncheon at the Officers
Club. In the afternoon a tour
of the Israeli Embassy has
been arranged with tea to
follow.
Saturday there is to be a
dance in Wilson Hall, NH
with the Commissioned Of
ficers Association acting as
hosts. Dancing will start at
9 o'clock to the music of
Robert LADDERS Orchestra.
DR.. John Walsh, of New
Orleans, La, is National
president of the Clinical So
ciety and is expected to ar
rive early Wednesday. DR..
Edward J. Driscol is vice
president and general chair
man for this meeting. Secre-
tary-treasurer is DR.. William
E. Newby, of Baltimore, Md.
The committee for the
ladies program includes: Mrs.
Lee j. Gehrig, honorary
chairman; Mrs. Robert T.
Habermann, general chair
man, Mrs. Otis L. Anderson,
tours; Mrs. Edward j. Dris-
coll, registration; Mrs. Pres
ton Holden, transportation;
Mrs. Pope A. Lawrence, COG
luncheon; Mrs. James v.
Lowry. hospitality; also the
Baltimore committee headed
by Mrs. William E. Newly.
assisted by Mrs. Frederick
Osterle. Mrs. Waldron Sem
mott and Mrs. Nicholas
Sinaaay.
Evening star., 1962-04-01

in the last few weeks. I've
quietly got the blind staggers.
That's what they'd say If I
were a horse"
Miss Porter's first novel,
"Ship Of Fools" will be pub
lished tomorrow. Awaited by
the critics and her fans for
20 years, the book is a GER
tain success. Two hundred
thousand copies have been
printed already, and most
book reviewers around the
country are beside themselves
with praise.
BY Friday morning the
distinguished author, world
famous for her short stories,
had seen many of the re-
views. She had been through
any number of luncheons, in
terviews and tapings for tele-
vision. She was steeling her
self for another round this
week.
Its like a cloudburst,"
Evening star., 1962-04-01

Of the non-fiction group.
Mrs. Marion Leonard of the
District branch Is chairman
of juvenile stories, with teen
age stories and books to be
the theme Of this workshop.
Miss Lola Morgan is chair
man for the poetry group.
Chairman for the short story
workshop Is Mrs. Guanette
Gordon of the Alexandria
group where Mrs. Blanche
Smith Ferguson, former Ma
tional president of the
League, will speak.
Other workshops include:
editors and features, drama,
arts and crafts, music and a
special workshop for execu-
tives Of the State and branch
groups.
Evening star., 1962-04-01
TOO FRAGMENTED

she said. Its one Of the
most appalling things that's
ever happened to me-" She
paused, then added: But
don't say that. It would be
much worse If it hadn't
happened"
Skeptics
There were those who
thought 1t never would. Some
skeptics even proposed bets
that the novel would never
be finished. This kind of
Speculation-"a silly thing"
got to the au tn or
eventually. 81 was the last
to hear of it, of course. When
I did I wrote to a friend
and said, Anybody who Of
fers you q bet, take it. They're
going to lose their shirts
She minded this pressure
very much, she said. II be-
came so tired of the insist
ence. People seemed to take
it as a personal injury that
I hadn't finished. But after
all, it was still my novel.
Why, in Gods name,' I WON
dered, can't you mind your
own business?'"
Miss Porter spent the last
three of those arduous 20
years in Washington. She
came here from Washington
and Lee University, where
she had been working as a
visiting lecturer. II was very
tired. l made up my mind
to stop and write for a while.
I came to Washington be-
cause I have some good
friends here"
Evening star., 1962-04-01

Gold as chairman. Mr.. Paul
Liebler, TV director for
WTOP and professor Of TV
and radio for Immaculate
Junior College. will speak on
You, too, can write for tele-
vision and how it is done"
Mrs. Teresa Holloway of
Jacksonville. Fla, author of
19 books. will conduct the
novel workshop. Mrs. Ella
BoWles, former editor of
Women's Day, is chairman
Evening star., 1962-04-01
By AMELIA YOUNG
Star Staff Writer

Sitting forward on the long
settee in her Georgetown
parlor, dressed in an old
chiffon wrapper, Katherine
Anne Porter ran q hand
through her hair and apollo
gized for her appearance.
She looked lovelier than
she realized, but confused.
She had forgotten the in
terview, she explained-so
much had been happening