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what DR.. Mitchell has
achieved in Washington since
he took over from the late
Hans Kinder. the orchestra's
only other regular conductor.
Before Mitchell had gradu-
ated from the Curtis Institute
in 1885, DR.. Kinder hired him
as first cellist with the then
infant National Symphony
Orchestra. In 1914, he became
assistant conductor.
Then came 1949, and o
Nebraska-b orn 38-year-old
musician for the first time
stepped to the podium as an
American orchestra's perma-
nent conductor. This in itself
was an almost unprecedented
event in American music. and
Mitchell was to demonstrate
that he could meet the chal-
lenge.
In 1949, the orchestra was
willing and eager, but 1t was
definitely minor league. No
one would have dreamed Of
comparing 1t to the big three
from New York. Boston, and
Philadelphia, and 1t was
plainly outclassed by dozens
Of others.
But under DR.. Mitchell's
direction, changes began to
take place. Gradually, the
orchestra was carefully re-
built and in q surprisingly
short time, It began to APP
proach artistic maturity.
1t is difficult to say exact
ly when the National moved
into the big time. / would
date It around 1859 or 1860.
Some Washingtonians began
to realize that the home
town orchestra was not
something to support out Of
sheer local patriotism, and
comparisons with the Bos-
ton, the Philadelphia. and
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ART AND ARTISTS
New Art Season Opens
With Major Shows
BY FRANK GETLEN
star Art Critic

The art in Washington got off to double
barreed start this week with two extremely attractive
hhons the Turner watercolors at the National Gallery Of
Art and the large show Of porats by prntmakers
the Library Of Congress
The Turner show which opens to the public today
from the British Museums part Of the Turner Beuuest and
accompanied by the museums Keeper Of Prints and Draw
ings Edward Murray. who selected the 80 works
view and who win lecture today ct pm italian Decora
tive Painting In England.
me TURNER Hequest was left BY the artist to his nation
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MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Dinner Will Honor
Howard Mitchell
By IRVING LOWENS
Star Music Critic

This Friday evening" Howard Mitchell viii be honored at
the National Press Club where $50 guests will celebrate
the beginning Of his 18th regular conductor Of the
National Symphony Orchestra.
It's too late to join the party The dinner Is complete
sell-out. and was by the middle of last week.
But aren't in those particular festivities youn
have plenty Of opportunity during the current to
your respects to DR. Mitchell important way
by attending the concerts of the National symphony
Orchestra.
This would seem to be an appropriate time to summarize
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Of Chile, the series title, iden-
titles a succession Of concerts,
artistic exhibits. and panel
discussions on the arts in
Chile which will be inaugll-
rated ct the Department Of
State by Vice President John-
son, Leonard Bernstein, and
the enterprising new Chilean
Ambassador, Sergio CutleFrez
Olives.
The Fairfax County Choir
al Society, directed by Fred
erick Wygal, begins It's fall
season with rehearsals each
Monday at 9 pm. In the Fair
fax High School. Singers In
all voice categories are invited
to join up and participate in
q season Of several concerts.
BITS AND PIECES Com
temporary avant-garde COM
poser John Cage discovered q
curious composition avant-
garde composer Erik Satie
wrote in 1920. Q work Of 100
notes taking 80 seconds to
play, titled ''Vexations." It
was brief enough, but the
composer directed that it be
repeated $40 times. and that's
the way 1t was performed in
New York last Monday at
the Pocket Theater on Third
Ayenue--a performance that
ran Is hours and 40 min
utes, employing a relay Of IL
pianists including Cage.
Harold c. SchOnberg, music
critic Of the New York Times,
employed q platoon Of re-
viewers, including himself, TO
work the concert. One Of
them, by-lined Anon, worked
the ( to z am. shift: he was
found dead TO the world by
his relief, the REPETITION hav-
ing effected instant hypnosis.
Another, Howard Kleln,-
working the 7 to 9 am. shift,
made his New York concert
debut when he substituted
for one Of the pianists who
failed to show at the np-
pointed time. His review was
plainly the most authentic,
he really came to grips with
his material.
Tickets for the event were
IS with q system Of rebates
for those with persistence.
One chap from the Village
went the distance and got So
back.
80 as
BULLETIN BOARD - The
Preparatory Division Of Amer
lean Universlty's music de-
partment, open to young
students doing private in
strumental work elsewhere,
win follow the university's
regular semester system. For
information and applications:
American University Music
Department, telephone 244-
$500. extension 264 The
third year Of Junior String
Glasses at the University Of
Maryland, open to children
grades 3 to IL. is beginning.
Inquire Music Department,
University Of Maryland
The Washington Guild Chorus
is holding additions for all
voices for their new autumn
production this Sunday from
3 to 5 pm. For particulars,
phone Adams 4-873S.
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the New York. no longer
seemed so ridiculous.
Deciding Just which are
the ten best orchestras" is
pretty much like deciding
whether an apple Is better
than en- orange "a good
parior game with no clear
cut answer possible.
Nevertheless, I do not
think there is any doubt In
the minds Of those who have
had ample opportunity to
compare that the National
Symphony Orchestra Is now
major league, and Its rela-
tive position Is be no means
the same as that Of Wash
ington's hapless baseball
Senators.
Indeed, there are many
(including myself) who
would place the National
symphony in the first divi-
sion, no more than o few
steps away from greatness.
To o large extent, the
quality Of our symphony Is q
reflection Of Howard Mitch.
ellis quality as q conductor
and orchestra builder. The
city (and, indeed, the whole
country owes him Q debt Of
gratitude.
But DR.. Mitchell has not
been able to destroy the out
dated picture Of the orches-
ira as inferior to those CLAM
orous ensembles that come
to us from other cities--the
grass Is always greener else
where, as everyone well
knows.
Mitchell has given us q
marvellous orchestral instru-
ment, but he cannot make it
fashionable. This only you,
the ticket-buyer. can do,
and you viii be doing your
self o service by coming to
Constitution Hall and lis
tening to the National with
open ears.
You can read about SOLO
lists and dates elsewhere In
this section. and II you want
complete programs, the Sym
phony's box-office at HOS
@ street NV. viii be happy
to send you an illustrated
guide to the season upon re.
quest. Read IL carefully, and
don't say you weren't told
that 1854 promises TO be
the most brilliant musical
season the town has yet ex-
perienced.
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with the Napoleonic Wars
and we watch that sinking
Of power through all the
colored fogs that Turner
painted so faithfully In the
lS30s. For Europeans and
especially for the English.
Venice transformed itself in
to the romantic city par
excellence; 1t remains so to
this day, an Atlantic City
with sensibilities. That the
change took place is largely
due to Turner'S vision.
Likewise, two Of his best
known subjects, here seen In
watercolor, are the funeral
Of the artist Thomas Lawr-
ence and the burning Of the
Houses Of Parliament. Both
were great public events, but
both are also concerned with
the passing Of the present
into the past. Again, the
10th century medievalisn Of
the new Parliament build
ings, which still stand. is
closely related to the general
romantic attitude within
which Turner lived.
Improper Label
Five years ago this exhibi-
ton would probably have
been the occasion for the dis
covery that Turner. like
everyone else. was the pre-
cursor Of Abstract Express
sionisrn. That particular fit
seems to have left the coun-
try by now and q good thing,
too. There are sketches in
the show that seem to have
no relation to actual scenes,
but the odds are high that
the artist intended them as
color notes. not as action
paintings.
Turner thus may be en-
joyed not as q fact Of art
history but as the producer
Of some utterly enhancing
views Of the Englishland and
coast Of the Alps and Venice.
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MUSIC PROGRAMS


PAUL ANDERSON. organ, First Con-
streets, NV, 4 pm. Fanfare. wins;
Noel Etranger. d'Aeuini Prelude and
Fugue IN A. Bachi Allegro, from
symphony No. 2, Vierne; A Trumpet
Minuet, Rollins; Sonata, soeder-
holm; Thou Art The Rock, Mulet.
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SATURDAY

NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC, Leonard
Bernstein. conductor. eoloists. Phyl-
rs Curtin. Judith Raskln. sopranos;
Regina SaEfaty, nlezz0-soprano. Com
stitution Hall, $3.50 pm. Symphony
No. in A, Or. 90 utaliAn), Mem
delssohn: Iberia, Debussy: Scenes
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when he died in 1851 and
contains over $1,000 oils, wa
tercolors and drawings. The
oils are housed in the Ma
tional Gallery Of London and
the Tate Gillery. The mu-
scum has the watercolors.
drawings and sketchbooks.
From these vast holdings,
Mr.. oft-Murray has chosen
with care and sensitivity 80
examples covering the en-
tire career. The earliest work
dates from 1889. when Turn
er was IA; the latest Is from
q sketchbook Of 1845.
Up Olympus
The progression Of the show
lets US see the steady matur-
ing Of q great artist. Son Of
alLondon barber. Joseph NAL
lord william Turner became
early aware Of his talents
and he received every en-
couragement In their de-
velopment. He exhibited in
the Royal Academy at IS,
was elected an associate at
IS and q full member at ~.
He received the same kind of
reception from the British
public. which early acclaimed
him as among the greatest
Of his age and steadily bought
and commissioned pictures
by Turner and engravings he
designed. Critically, too, he
had enthusiastic recognition,
most notably by John Ruskin,
who sometimes seems to be
saying that the art Of paint
ing reached its peak in
Turner, an overstatement.
Turner Is traditionally
considered one Of the pre-
cursors Of impressionisrn and
he Is, In o way, but the con-
nection. In these watercolors,
seems to be less one with the
scientific, optical concerns Of
the French ImpresSionists
than with Q nature spirit
that came In with the 18th
century and of which I'm
pressionist painting is one Of
the chief adornments.
Romantic Ruins
Among the very earliest
works IN the show are two
teen-age pictures Of ruined
English abbeys, one Of them
being, significantly enough,
the Tintern Abbey that
Wordsworth used as the sub
ject Of one Of the basic
documents in English liter
airy romantlciSm.
Il Is as o romantic and q
nature-worshipper Of sorts
that Turner comes through
In the watercolors. You can
sense that at once In the
Tintern Abbey picture. There
Is concern taken and great
competence shown In the
delIneation Of architectural
detail. But there is much
more concern about the
mellow sunlight mood over
these noble ruins. Arches
open 10 the sky, foliage grow
ing along the vaults, these
are much more than accurate
representation. They speak
Of Q feeling for the past as
gone and therefore sweetly
sad.
This sense Of the past and
Of romantic ruins continues
through much Of the work.
We think Of the Venice pic
lures as artistically daring in
their unprecedented freedom
Of scolored mist rising from
the lagoons. They are that.
But they are also poignant
eyOcations Of . great city
fading into the mists Of time.
Old FavOrities
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HISTORIC STEP IN
PHILADELPHIA

A milestone was passed
last week in Philadelphia.
The first 52-week. annual
employment symphony or
chestra contract in the his
tory Of American music was
approved by the Philadel-
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SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 22

) (For Further Details, consult
Next Sundays ListinGs.)
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. Leon
ard Bernstein, conductor. SCloist:
Andre Watts, piano. Academic
Festival Overture, Brahms; SYM
E ncn ~ R.pissfia, un Iisnt; G TirssIrS
NEW York PHii1LiiARMONTC OCTET.
with William MONTGOMERY. flute.
Corcoran Gallery. 6:1b pm. Pro-
gram not available.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Library of Congress

Up In the Prints and
Photographs Division on the
second floor Of the Library Of
Congress, they have mounted
q marvellous show Of self
portraits by printmakers. The
range is from an early 18th
century engraving by Helm
rich Aldegraver to q recent
woodcut by Leonard Baskin.
The means change over the
centuries. but the end seems
constant In the self-portrait
especially so in the print.
The effort is primarily to
see and the strain Of the eff
fort creates a vital tension
that is evident all the way
through the IS pieces in this
show.
And A Good Thing, Too
We don't, by ana large, see
ourselves as we really are
who could bear it?-any more
than we hear our own voices.
When we first hear ourselves
speak back on q recorder, we
are surprised. even shocked.
This isn't what we have been
accustomed to hear. If any
thing the same elf-decep-
ton is even truer usually.
In the immortal words Of
an Eliot parody, "as we grow
older we don't get any young
err" We don't get any better
looking either. but we have 9
built-in adjustment appara-
tus that slows the aging pro-
cess for us and even con-
vinces us that our inevitable
decay is actually q refine
ment and q frightening Of
our better qualities. This is
known as human vanity and
thank God for it.
Vain SeIf-POrtrait
The artist. on the other
hand. including the abstract
artist, Is devoted to seeing
that Is before him as 1t really
Is. Put him In front Of q
mirror with q pencil in his
hand and the soothing blind
ness Of vanity begins immedi-
ately to fight with profess
sional habit. It Is q tribute to
the dedication Of art that
most Of the time professional
habit triumphs. d
In the show at the Library
there Is only one example Of
vanity winning or ct least
making q draw. the litho-
graph Of and by George Bel
lows. There is no sense at all
Of the surface being strained
and breaking open.
Soul Searchers
That sense Is everywhere
else in the show. from q Wild
man self-view Of Goltzius on
up to the present. Goltzius
was one Of the earliest mas
tiers Of the conventional mark
In engraving: a web Of styl-
lied lines defines his great
head and staring eyes. At
the other end Of the time
scale. 0abor Peterdi's face
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phia Orchestra's board Of
directors, the LOG players
and Local n Of the AT Of M.
Under terms Of the new
three-year contract, the min
imum salary increases from
$3.50 to $500 per week Inn
mediately. The length Of
the season goes from this
years 81 weeks to q fun So
weeks in 1965-66. In that
same happy season. the mu-
Sicians will get q full four
week vacation with pay;
three weeks in summer and
one in winter.
"In the past" said Con-
ductor Eugene Ormandy.
"the members Of the or
chestra have been able to
count on only some AZ weeks
Of employment. occasional
tours excepted. This has
forced many Of my coll
leagues to seek outside work
in addition to their orches-
trail work In order to make
ends meet. Very often this
extra work has not been
compatible with the profess
sional standing which should
attach to membership In
q great symphony orchestra.
It has also placed an in
tolerahle burden upon their
strength and endurance.
"This new arrangement
brings to realization q life
long dream for me-" the
maestro remarked immedi-
Ately after the contract went
into effect. The contract
whst a : I,feIons S,ear, ~.
all professional musicians
who do not play in the
m tha Ishiisaelnh,ans ron.
orat,,lations sor hrealinc q
neth which All other svvr.
nhonies ,,Itimatelv win have
II follow II thew Are 10
s,,,vive
aasH
NEWS FROM HERE
I0uIs Hood. for the past
Az wears director az pnIhlic
reiations for the PhiIadel-
phia Orchestra. returns to
Washington as MANAGER OF
the Ouera society Of wash
Ington. assuming his new
duties on October 1. A native
Washintonian. Mr.. Hood
was director OF public rela-
tions for the National SYM
phony before taking the
Philadelphia post.
Taking advantage Of the
presence in town Of the New
York Philharmonic for q
double date next weekend, the
enterprising COrcOran Gallery
has snaaged the New York
philharmonic Octet for q spe-
cial concert on September "a
at 8:15 pm. Furthermore, To-
cal flutist william MOntgom-
cry viii be guest artist. Ad-
mission Is free but by ticket
only--no more than two tick
cts per individual, and they
must be applied for in preson
at the Gallery's sales desk.
Telephone resrvations will not
b accepted.
The OratOriO Society Of
Montgomery County, auspic-
iously launched two seasons
ago under the direction Of DIR.
Hugh II. Hayward, has MAIN
tanned q schedule of admis-
sion-free concerts since il
began. Now, with its third
season scheduled to begin
with q concert in December,
an important innovation is
announced: Admission will be
charged for each of the three
concerts scheduled.
st. Andrews Episcopal
Church. on Lorcom Lane in
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Old Favoritles

For centuries the Venetian
Republic had been q power
in Europe. That was finished
The Sidney herald., 1963-06-12

The foam-rubber padding makes an
in-between size full cup size :.
fills you out just enough to make
you look glamourously naturall In
white cotton with pre-stitched cups.
SO-36A, 32-4OB, 32-4OC.
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Bronze Star medal. with Oak
Leaf Cluster. Price has been act
i've in religious and civic groups
in the Richmond area. serving
as Sunday School superintendent
and a trustee Of Tuckahoe Bap-
fist Church. He has served for
the past three years as super
intendent of the Sunday School
and a trustee OF the Dover Bap-
list Association. and is currently
president of the West Richmond
Rotary Club. He has also been
a member Of the Richmond and
Virginia Chambers OF Com
merce. and a member of the
West Richmond Business Men s
Association.
A native Of Surry County he
is married to the former Fran
ces Craig. of Chesterfield county,
and they have three children.
w. R. Parker is president of
The Bank Of Powhatan. which
has its main office at Powha
tan. and a branch office at
Cumberland.
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poets"
The concluding general session
on The Future in Mental
Health" will begin at 1870 pm.
Friday afternoon with Walter
Beaman, Jr., presiding. DR. Ben
jamin Nagler. superintendent, Of
Lynchburg Training Schhol and
Hospital will be panel modera-
tor.
Dr.. William Powers, director.
Virginia Children's Treatment
Center. Richmond, will discuss
The Future Of the Clinics as a
Means of Prevention: DR.. Alb
ner Robertson. executive direc-
tor, Virginia Association for
Mental Health. Richmond, Leg
islative Recommendations; and
Mrs. W. Andrew Sale, past presi-
dent of the Virginia Division AS
ISOLATION of University Women.
and former board member Of
the Mental Health Association.
Richmond. THE Community
Leadership Needed in Mental
Health.
All members Of the VCSW and
others interested in Mental
Health problems are urged to at
tend. This conference will take
place Of the regular. quarterly
meeting for District VII. which
is usually held in December.
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Abilene

Nov. 4ESamuel M. Franklin
and Mrs. Vival S. Bagby have
received the news of the death
Of their sister-in-law, Mrs. John
j. Franklin. Mrs. Franklin died
October 81 in Baltimore, Md.
after an illness of several
months. Funeral services will be
held today Monday at IL am.
in the Paul Funeral Home. at
Preston and SAINT Paul Streets,
Baltimore. Burial viii be in a
cemetery there.
We are glad to report that
Mrs. B. M. Driskill is home from
the hospital. and is improving
The Rev. and Mrs. Virgil Shar-
der were guests of Mrs. V. S.
Bagby last week.
Wayne Gridder returned to the
hospital Tuesday. We hope he
will soon be we'll.
Sunday afternoon guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Franklin
were Mr.. and Mrs. Murl Keiser.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry H.
Franklin. of Baltimore, Md,
Mrs. Lula F. Carwile. and Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Williams. all of
Petersburg, were Saturday visit
ors of Mrs. Florine Bagby, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde Thackston, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam M. Frank
lin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kegger. of
Newport News, spent the week
end with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Josie Nelson.
There will be a week of Pray
er Services at Beulah Methodist
Church, starting Sunday night at
7 pm. The WSCS of Beulah
Methodist Church met at the
church last Thursday.
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Charlotte County
Man Elected Motor
Conference Head

RICHMOND. Nov. - William
v. Nichols president Of the
Charlotte County Farm Bureau.
has been elected chairman OF
the Virginia Motor Vehicle Con-
ference. Announcement was
made of his election following
meeting of the Conference on
Friday.
Long active in association and
civic work, Nichols is a mem
Der OF the Charlotte county
school board, past president of
both Parent Teachers Assoc
iatlons in Charlotte county. cur
rent secretary-treasurer and the
past president of the Virginia
Rural Letter Carriers Associa-
ton. Reelected as vice-chalr-
man was E. H. Williams. Jr., of
the Virginia Highway Users AS
ISOLATION and as secretary treas
urer, Claiborne D. Gregory. Of
the Virginia Petroleum Indust-
rieS.
The Virginia Motor Vehicle
Conference is an organization Of
various highway user groups
interested in the advancement of
highway TRANSFORMATION in the
public interest.
Concern over many problems
facing highway users in Virginia
was reflected in action taken by
the Conference. A resolution
was passed which urged the U.
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Health may be viewed. One OF
these is entitled, Cry for
Help.
A smorgasboard is scheduled
at the Presidential Motor Inn at
is pm. and Mrs. Elizabeth o.
cosky, chairman Of the VCSW
Program Planning Committee
will preside during the rest of
the evening.
Entertainment will be proyid-
ed by a quartet. consisting OF
Harry Nelson. John Macleod,
the Misses Kay Macmillan, and
Martha ShoWalter, singing selec-
tons from the Lynchburg Fine
Arts Center production. kiss
Me Kate"
The main speaker will be the
Honorable Emerson D. Baugh.
Judge of Brunswick County
Court. LaWrenceville, who viii
talk on Its All a Frame Of
Mind
Registration for the Friday
sessions will begin at $50 am,
with the morning. general ses-
sion on Mental Health Resour-
ces" at 9 am, Carl N. Cim;no,
vice-chairman. VCSW Program
Planning Committee presiding
Panel moderator is Mrs. Viii
liam F. Quilliam. Dr.. John G..
Novak. psychiatrist Of Lynch
burg. will discuss Mental
Health and the Community; Dr..
James R. Funkhouser, assistant
director, State Department of
Mental Hygiene and Hospitals,
Federal and State Projections
and Proposals.; the honorable
Edward E. Wiley, Senator, Gen
eral Assembly Of Virginia, Leg
islative Attitudes and Pros
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agreed to cover the total blood
needs Of any Amelia county resi-
dent after January /. 1864. pro
viding the hospital involved will
accept Red Cross blood. The
blood program was approved by
the county physicians as well as
the county public health officer.
The Red Cross is licensed to
collect blood under the National
Institute of Health. Officials OF
the Appalachian Red Gross
Blood Center in Roanoke will
explain the new system to Anne
LA county residents in the near
future" stated Dodson, "And
the Amelia Red Cross Chapter
is proud to become a member
of so vital a program.