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More Symphonies

Two more great orchestras
In outstanding performances:
Cd Richard Strauss tone
poem, Also Sprach Zarathus-
ira. with Lorin Maazel con-
Quoting the Philharmonic
(Angel) and 90 Mendels-
sohn's Symphony No. 4 (Ital-
ian) plus the Hebrides and
Oberon OvertureS Of Men
delsSohn and Weber with
George Sell conducting the
Cleveland Orchestra (Epic).
The much-discussed Maa-
eel turns In a masterpiece
with the Zarathustra. Never
was everything so clear. But
he had plenty Of help In max
ing this one Of the most glow
ing records we have heard.
The sound Is an engineers
dream come true. Angels
usually MStrous sound really
outdoes itself. Something very
special.
And from Cleveland's SUI
perb orchestra comes Just
what you would expect with
Maestro Sell at the throttle.
A magnificent Italian SYM
phony. with the overtures
sheer bonus.
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July First Days
Three United States stamps,

Robert Werlich's article in
"Numismatic Notes" for June
8. 1868, devoted to Spencer
M. Clark, contains q number
Of inaccuracies. Mr.. Werlich
Is also confused concerning
the charges made by Repre-
sentative James Brooks
against Clark-charges that
were never proven.
Spencer M. Clark was al
ready an employe of the
Treasury Department when
Salmon p. Chase was named
Secretary Of the Treasury. In
fact, he had been appointed
to a clerkship in the Depart
ment's Bureau Of Construc-
ton in 1856 and eventually
was promoted TO the posi-
ton Of chief clerk in that
agency. Over an extended
period of time he also served
as the acting engineer in
charge of the Bureau Of Con-
struction. He came to Chase's
attention as a result of his
suggestions for mechanizing
the trimming and separating
OF currency notes. The notes
were then being printed by
private bank note companies
In New York City and were
delivered TO Washington in
uncut sheets where they were
separated manually by the
use OF shears. Clark's trim
mer and separator was the
first OF many m a C hines
which he designed for i'm
proving the printing and
processing OF currency notes.
In view OF his success In
this regard. Clark was d.
rected by Secretary Chase TO
search for further economies
in the operations. II was at
Clark's suggestion that the
production OF securities was
undertaken at the Treasury
Department, much TO the
economic loss Of the private
banknote companies.
When the Treasury's Sc
curity production functions
we're eventually formalized
into the first division OF the
National Currency Bureau.
Clark was not given a "cler-
ical Job in the newly created"
agency. Rather, he was APP
pointed as chief OF the div-
sion and thus was the first
head OF the organization,
that later evolved into the
Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing.
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ADDHE
T0Y0UR MAIL
~uSE ~
ZONE NUMBERS
FoRfRcoDE

Goal of the Zone Improve
ment Program is the use
with all addresses Of a five
digit code number desig-
mating an exact area Of the
country. This will speed
large mailings such as maya
zines by permitting direct
diSpatching. 1t will also
provide a basis for future
use Of optical scanning
equipment In mail sorting.
Use of one stamp position
on each booklet pane for a
public service message began
with the new scent and
Scent air mail booklets
issued late last year for the
increased rates effective
January =.
Previously stamps had
been printed six to a pane
and the booklets sold at l
cent over face value. making
each sale an odd-cents
transaction.
To speed handling and
simplify accounting, the
current booklets were made
UP to sell on the even collar
-four panes Of five scent
stamps for 81 and five panes
Of five Scent stamps for 81.
For the last six months the
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A. R. Grosstephon
And Miss Enrich
Win Top Awards

The Photographic Round
table Of the Department Of
Agriculture Graduate School,
at its recent banquet at All
States Dining Hall, presented
certificates of award for the
winning entries In its 18th
annual salon.
In the monochrome section,
A. r. Grosstephan won first,
second and third awards.
Howard Churchill was fourth.
Placing in the color slides
section were: Mrs. Bronette
Ehrlich ID, Miss Helen
Potter az, Herbert Willett
go. Myron Hendee a., Miss
Tillie Schlicht go, Comdr.
Harry Rowand 60, Miss
Tillie Schlicht %, DR.. Jo-
seph r. Spies go, Mai.
George Sharpe (9), Mrs.
Gerry Peck (10).
Miss Edna Scharlach and
Myron Hendee were awarded
plaques from the Ansco
company.
Mrs. Eileen Caller, Ed
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LETTER TO THE NUMIsMATIc EDITOR
Clerk CIurk's Note: Another View

The charges that Clark
had been declared a bankrupt
and had served as a room
clerk In q second-rate hotel
land what disgrace is en-
tailed in such workO were
brought by an official of one
of the banknote companies
in an attempt to discredit
Clark in the eyes of Chase.
with Clark out Of the way
1t was felt that the Treas
ury's doing its own printing
was doomed to failure.) Fail
ing to secure the support Of
other banknote companies in
his efforts. and threatened
with q lawsuit for libel. the
official withdraw his charges.
The greater portion Of the
evidence presented by Repre-
sentative James Brooks in
his charges against Clark.
made on the floor Of the
House and In committee
hearings. was based on an
investigation made by Col.
Lafayette c. Baker. A
"henchman" Of Secretary Of
War Edwin M. Stanton,
Baker was regarded by many
Of his contemporaries as none
too savory a character In his
own right. It has recently
come TO light that one OF
the chief female witnesses in
support Of Bakers claim OF
moral turpitude on Clark's
part was a last minute
named beneficiary Of Bakers
will wherein she was identi-
fled as his longtime friend"
Though Representative
Brooks was dissatisfied with
the manner In which Clark
kept the currency production
accounts, he never directly
charged that Clark had mis-
appropriated fractional cur
rency. Even Baker did not
advance such q claim. Con-
gresham Brooks motives
were In themselves subject TO
question. II was claimed that
the banknote com panic s
which stood 10 lose enormous
profits so long as the Gov
eminent continued TO produce
It's own currency we're part OF
his constituency. No evidence
can be found that Brooks
was so convinced Of the
righteousness Of his case
as 10 voice his charges out
side the protection OF his
congressional immunity.
Brooks concern over the
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CAMERA
CALENDAR

POTOMAC SOCIETY OF sTEREO
PHOTOGRAPHERS recently COM
pleted this organization Of officers:
Myron Hendee. president: L. D.
Whitaker, vice president and treas.
urer: Col. r. X. Windham. program
chairman; James r. Sullivan. secre-
tarY; Col. Carrel I. Tod and Miss
Eva Maruuard, members Of the
executive committee. Charter mem.
berships are remaining open until
the October meeting. when the
society will Judge the Third View
Master International Travel Salon,
following selection In Stockton-on-
Tees. England.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Photography Gallery. Arts and In
dustries Building. Photographs Of
Irving Penn 70 stay on exhibition
through July 26.
WASHINGTON FILM SOCIETY
SUMMER SERIES, Friday. q and Q
pm. showings ct Transfers Audi
torium. Louisiana avenue and North
Capitol street NV "Umberto D.,
De Sica, 1eb1.) shoulder Arms"
chaplin, 191S-silentl.
FACES OF WASHINGTON photo
graphic exhibition sponsored BY the
Family and Child Services Of wash
ington, at 020 L street NV. through
next Saturday. Viewing hours today,
2 TO 9 pm, week Gays 9 am. TO
$50 pm.
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CLASSES

A. BABIES AND cHILDREN-one
or more youngsters TO Be JUDGED for
euteness, expression Of character, or
mood. Subjects may be engaged In
any activity or interest. Adults may
appear II they are not the principal
interest.
B, ACTIVITIES - Teen-agers or
adults. They may be engaged in any
activity outdoors or indoors, at any
season; occupations, hobbies. sports
s sIS rsetsasiC1,s any ,n, picture that ne.
Of everyday life. Children may ap-
pear Il they are not the principal
C. SCENES AND "rABLEToPg'-
JUDGED for scenic or pictorial APPEAL
-landscapes, marine views, bistori-
cal spots, street scenes. buildlngs;
OF unusual "still:hte" subiects In
GLIDING tabletop" or miniature ar
d. ANIMAL LIFE-Household pets.
farm animals, forest wild life. 500
animals, etc.; any situation In which
the Aforesaid subjects are Of princi-
Color entries will be JUDGED in In,
same four classes listed shove.
IMPORTANT: ~ vos snap a pic
t 81, .S Shtcn yoz aspect g enter n
OF perSoRS appear, Be- sure 70 Set
their names and addresSes. Thts Il
necessarp because. before your pic
tnrs can become eligible for entry IN
the Newspaper National SHdpshot
Apdrds, the wrtftea consent OF such
recognizable person or perSoHS 70
the use Of the picture for adpsrtlsiR0
purposes mast Be obtained.
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THURSDAY

use Of Clark's portrait on q
currency note and his silence
concerning a similar use Of
the likenesses Of william p.
Fessenden, Secretary of the
Treasury, and Francis E.
Spinner, Treasurer of the
United States, both Of whom
were still alive at the time,
is further evidence of the
CongresSman's bias insofar
as Clark was concerned.
The Congressman did not
have "the evidence that Clark
had had the effrontery to
put his own picture on a s.
cent fractional note" The
circumstances regarding this
usage are not clear. For in
stance, In contrast to the ex-
PLANTATION given by Mr.. Wer-
Itch, the numismatist Henry
Russell browne, in an ad-
dress made before the an
nual convention Of the Amer
lean Numismatic Association
In 1927. recited another YER
sion. He offers the explana-
ton that 1t was intended to
use the portrait OF Freeman
Clarke, the second controller
Of the currency and through
a misunderstanding Spencer
Clark's picture was used in
stead.
Secretary Chase did not
manage to save his
tClark's) job" Time after
time Chase reiterated that
Clark would be discharged II
the innumerable charges
brought against him were
proved true. And such proof
was never made. Clark was
not transferred TO a Job in
the Department OF Agricul-
ture." II is TO his credit that
with the loss OF the so-called
Chase influence he remained
as chief OF the first division
OF the National Currency Blu
reau for some four years
after Chase resigned the Sec
retaryship. Eventually firing
Of the constant harassment
Of having the motive OF his
every action questione d,
Clark resigned his position
In 1869. II is known that he
went 10 his family home In
Hartford, Conn, and there
was some lapse OF time be-
tween his resignation and
appointment TO a clerkship
In the Agriculture Depart
ment.
Michael L. Plant.
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RULES FOR STARS
SNAPSHOT CONTEST

other participating newspapers for
cash prizes totaling minimum OF
2. All pictures shall be judged in
the Newspaper National snapshot
Awards on general interest andIo
appeal. Photographic quality. al
though important, may not neees-
sarily be the deciding factor, The
decision Of the judges shall Do &C.
8. Il Is not permissible to enter
pictures in the contest Of more than
one newspaper participating In the
Twenty-fifth Annual uo03) News
paper National Snapshot Awards.
Q. Before receiving The stars final
prizes in one or more OF the eight
classifications, the entrant must sub
init the original negative with print
(unless he has submitted Q tranS-
parency in the color class) and sign
q statement that his picture, or any
closely similar picture Of the same
subject or situation, has not been
and will not be entered By him in
any snapshot contest, exhibit, or
salon where prizes are awarded,
other than the one conducted BY The
Star, and has not been and will not
be offered for publication in any
manner.
Read The Star for local prizes and
news shout the contest.
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The EsoteFic

Two records. cons apart,
show the trends In music. In
q disk called The Exotic
Sounds of Bali, Columbia has
captured the tintintabula-
tons Of some Of the Oldest
of all music. This is a charm
ing program of q quartet and
larger group playing the
gongs, metallophones, drums,
cymbals and other instru-
mentS of the enchanted isle.
1t is authentic music, splen-
didly done.
The second record CDeuts-
che Grammophon) presents
the electronic music Of an
other world. 1t Is Karlheinz
Stockhausen's. Gesand der
Junglinge, and Kontakte,
created in West German cleo
tronic studios. The most In
teresting is the former piece
which includes eerie sounds
of children's voices. The
same people who like alb
stract art may like this.
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YOUR MAILMAN
peSERNSWUR
F.. Help.
KEEPHARMFUL
ONECIS OUT Or
YOUR

This reminder was a part
Of Postmaster General Days
campaign to keep out Of the
mails contest entries accom-
panied by objects such as
bottle caps or jagged tops
Of orange Juice tins which
had injured a number Of
postal employees and badly
damaged canoeing machines.
The slogan Is engraved on
the 360-subject plates used
to print booklet stamps and
can be changed only by
making new plates. Plate
wear makes this practical at
intervals Of about six months,
and six new plates with the
ZIP slogan have been put
into production, In time for
wide distribution Of the book
let's by the July official
starting date for ZIP code
use.
Covers : on the booklets
have not been changed, but
within the next month or so
the front, back and inside
back covers will be rede-
signed to remind users Of
the importance of placing the
new code numbers after all
addresses.
July First Days
Three United States stamps,
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two commemorative and q
regular, will be issued in July.
They are:
July 1-5-cent Battle Of
Gettysburg commemorative
in the Civil War Centennial
series, blue, gray and black.
Gettysburg, Pa.
July 12-6-cent red air.
mail stamp, bald eagle de-
sign, for use on post cards,
Boston 8, Mass. II an enve-
lope rather than q card is
sent for first day cancella-
ton, an additional 2 cents in
stamps must be affixed to
make up the Scent air mail
letter rate.
July "a - Scent Amelia
Earhart air mail commemo-
rative, red and brown, Atchi-
son, Kansas.
=
New Issues
NETHERLANDS ANTIL-
LES-The Dutch islands in
the Caribbean. where slavery
was abolished in the same
year as President Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation,
will mark the Tooth anniver-
sary of the event with a rs
cent stamp to be issued
July /.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
BY HERMAN SCHADEN
Star Record Critic

Want to hear Eugene
Ormandy's great Philadelphia
Orchestra at its best? Then
pick up q copy Of the
Shostakovich Symphony No.
4, In its first American re-
cording (Columbia) and sit
back and listen.
II you take to big-scale
Russian music, this is your
cup of tea. Running a solid
hour, 1t is a concert In it
self-not only for the dis
lance covered, but for the
amazing variety and diversity
Of content.
Old Joe Stain is said to
have put the kibosh on the
symphony after hearing 1t in
rehearsal. If that's so, 1t is
one more demerit on Joseph's
already well-sullied escutch-
con. We think listeners will
agree 1t Is one Of the land
marks of the goth century.
There is nothing new about
the -Shostakovich still
was paying his debt to Mailer
but the orchestration (for q
tremendously large orches-
tra) is stunning.
And the ideasl How they
pass in review - dances,
marches, waltzes, songs,
lovely melodies-in an ever
changing pattern of tempos,
dynamics and colors. 1t rivals
Bartok's Concerto as a
virtuoso piece for orchestra.
No section or instrument is
sighted, from tuba to piccolo.
And, Of course, Ormandy
puts 1t all together with a
brilliance for which he is
noted. In short, this is some
thing new everybody should
own. P.S. The National Sym
phony will play the work at
Constitution Hall, January
21-22. with an expanded no.
piece orchestra.
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Boroque Beauties

Vanguard's Bach Guild Sc
ries has come UP with Volume
II Of the music of Giovanni
Battista Pergolesi. And that
Is good news, indeed, for the
Zurich Chamber Orchestra,
conducted by Edmond de
Stoutz. is sparkling in three
more concertinos and q Con-
certo for Flute and Strings.
The soloist In the flute
piece (every bit as saucy as
something from Mozart) is
the excellent Andre Jaunet.
Pergolesi'S slow movements
are heaven-touched, his fast
ones frolic like lambs.
Another charmer by Van
guard: The Virtuoso Oboe
volume I'D. Here the truly
gifted oboist Is Andre Lar
drot. The program is a dandy
- Vivaldi. Albinoni, Leclair
and Fischer-in four concer-
tos. II you don't know the
others besides INVALID, there
Is a treat coming. For they
really outshine him when it
comes to writing incredibly
difficult land listenable) pas
sages for the oboe.
From Vox Records another
baroque program Of all
French composers. Soprano
Janet Wheeler airily sings
Nicholas Bernier's Coffee
Cantata with the hopeful
line: "CoffeeI Thy juice
combats the fatal poison of
the bottle" Oboist Theodore
Schulze plays the oboe to
Dorothy Walters Harpsi-
chord In Jacques Hotteterre
lie Romans sonata.
Some Of the greatest re-
corder playing on records
comes from Richard Schulze
In Jean Baptiste Loeillet's
Trio Sonata. with Theodore
Schulze. oboe. and Miss
Walters. harpsichord. Mr..
Schulze's soprano recorder is
q real delight in Louis de Caix
d'Hervelois' Suite In q ma
jor. Then Miss Walters teams
with violinists Harold Kohon
and Rachmael Weinstock in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23
Two Sopranos


With Cleopatra going big
right now, 1t is fitting that
mezzo soprano Jennie Tourel
should unite with Leonard
Bernstein and the New York
Philharmonic in the first re!
cording (Columbia) of Hector
Berlioz' cantata, The Death
Of Cleopatra, to words Of the
French poet Viellard.
The realization is all Ber-
lioz must have intended Of
his lush, dramatic score. Miss
Tourel's low-pitched voice Is
fine in the role: the Phil
harmonic is equally richly
textured In the orchestral
part. An appropriate record
partner is Ravel's Scheher-
azade, which does not come
off quite so well, but that is
odious comparison at It's
worst.
Revived by Columbia Is an
other Berlioz masterpiece, the
well-known Les Nuts d'Ete.
which Eleanor Steber re-
corded about 10 years ago.
We are glad 1t has been re-
issued, for this is Miss Steber
at the top Of her game
simply wonderful account Of
the Berlioz music to the Gau-
tier poems. Rounding out the
record is an equally affecting
performance Of Samuel Bar
ber's Knoxville Summer Of
1Q16D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-23

While there's nothing like
a sunny summer day for TAX
ing crisp, brilliant color or
black-and-white pictures of
people outdoors, it's a sad
fact that certain unwanted
side effects go hand in hand
with shooting in bright light.
Squirting and grimmacing
caused by a subjects look
ing directly into the sun are
far from flatterinR express
sions; If the subject turns
away from the light, facial
features and other important
details become buried in dark
areas Of shadow. This latter
effect is particularly notice.
able when color film is being
used.
The answer to this COM
monty encountered dilemma
is fill-in flash. In using this
technique. light from a flash
bulb or electronic flash unit
is used to "fill in" trouble
some shadow areas, thus
bringing out otherwise OBJ
scured detail and allowing the
subject to face away from the
squint-producing glare of d.
rect sunlight. Long a regu-
larly-used technique among
professional photographers.
the use Of fill-in flash Is
often passed over by amateur
lensmen as being too compli-
Gated or troublesome to mas
ter. Nothing could be further
from the truth.
Good results with fill-in
flash are obtained with the
camera anywhere from 8 to
is feet from the subject, de-
pending on the power Of the
flash used. Have the subject
stand so that the sun pro-
vides a side or back light