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3 MASTERPIECES Of AMERICAN ART AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM
YOUNG WOMAN IN A BLUE DRESS by Henry Inman (1801-1846) Born in Utica, N Y., Inman became apprentice to John \'il'esley Jarvis at fourt('en He worked on nunoaturc, genre, and landscape, hut his fame rcsb chieOy on his portraits, which arc vigorously executed and rich in ~o l or 4 Brooklyn Arts In Retrospect
LAST 0 1 A SllRIIJS 0 1' ARTICLCS by Ralph Foster Weld AUTHOR Or "BROOK! YN VIU.AGP"
W IIATI VlR Ol\1 MAY II liNK 01 TilL DIBAri's In village days " atural Philosophy"-•n staged by the llamilton Literary Associa other words, chemistry, physics, anatomy, and tion a century ago, one is compelled to ap astronomy-had almost monopoli zed the lecture plaud that society's achievements in other re program. The first regular lecture series at the spects. Apprentices' Library, given in 1827 by James For instance, during the season of 1841 - rreeman Dana, was concerned with " atural 1842 it brought to Brooklyn lecrure audiences Philosophy and Chemistry." Among the varia no less than four distinguished Bostonians: l~ich tions of this theme was a series on the " Ancient, ard I lenry Dana, the author of Ju•o Yean He Primary, Pure, Chemical, Elemental Spirit of the jot e the J\fast, Samuel C. Goodrich, known to Chaldaic, Svriac, and llebrew Languages," all America as " Peter Parley"; a genial physi given in the year 1832 by one T. c. oa .. id. cian and poet whose name was Oliver Wendell As the century advanced, interests multiplied, I Iohnes; and Rufus Choate, one of our greatest and it would be impossible in limited space to orators in an age of orators. chronicle the themes of the mid century speak Nor were these the only celebrities which this ers. Among them were such diverse characters remarkable dehating society offered to a lecture as Bayard Taylor, John C Saxe, Park Benja hungry public during that busy season ; for in min, I lorace Greeley, and I Judson, the Shakes· cluded in its program were llorace Busnell, j o pearean scholar. seph R. Chandler, Professor Theodore Woolsey In 18 'iO, at the T·emale Academy on Joralc of Yale, and the honorable George Poindexter, mon Street, Emerson gave his lecture on Eng governor of the slave state of Mississippi, "ho land, and prO\•oked the Stm to bad., for si::e severally expounded taste versus fa shion, pater and weight, the members of the Assembly ;Jt nal duties, Plato's philosophy, and our system Albany against "an equal number of beef-eat of federal government. ing fnglishmen !" In the same year Mr. Lord A development of the forties even more im was lecturing at the Academy and at Plymouth pressive than the enterprise of the I lamilton Church on Oliver Cromwell and Peter the Association was the emergence of the Brook Great It should be noted, too, that Brooklyn's lyn Institute as an educational institution and a clerical celebrities-Cox, Bethune, Beecher, and public forum. Gathering to itself the various others-when they appeared on the platforms cultural movements started in the twenties and of the Institute, the Female Academy, or the thirties by the Apprentices' Library Association Athenaeum, rivalled any of the visitors in thei r and the Brooklyn Lyceum, and adapting them ability to pack the house. to the needs of the mid-century city, it began In February, 1850, an Institute audience heard its distinguished century-long career in that the Reverend Dr. Vinton expound "Truth in busy decade. The lecture programs of the Art " One is led to a faint suspicion that Rus Institute were as characteristic of Brooklyn kin w;~s shedding a little light on Brooklyn as were the churches and homes and tree shaded through the medium of this clergyman. Whether streets. this was so or not, the audience was " as usual But the Institute and the I lamiltonians did large," and the )ldt considered the lecture the not stand alone, for there were many lecture season's best courses and many sponsors, and most of Amer· By this time the art of pamting had become ica's great and near great, as well as many a matter of senous concern 111 Brook!} n Fot mediocnties and an occasional charlatan, re some years there had heen at the Institute an ceived more or less attenti\'e hearings. ( Couluturcl llll {l
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W lltN DonOJIIY IAYNOH SAYS, " I JUSr 1 JKI New York in 1936, where she studied first with to sing," something in her demeanor tell~ Wilfred Klamroth, and later with John Alan audiences she means it. On the concert plat !Iaughton, her present in st ructor. form, as in private life, her refreshing modesty It was at this point that she made her appear and infectious friendliness captivates every lis ance at the Berkshire Festival. In February, tener. It is not yet two years since her dehut, I LJ-10, she was unanimously selected the winner and she is still incredulous of success. " I hope of the Town I bll l.:ndowment Series Award, only to be worthy of the great music I sing," ~iven annuall} to ar ti ~ t s under thirty years, for she comments. The young Negro soprano, who outstanding performance at Town I !all. is earning a place beside Paul Robeson, I larry Short and Stllrd\', she presents a winning per Thacker Burleigh, .1\.larian Anderson, Roland sonality as a singer ller deep brown eyes and llayes, and other great musical representatives Caugui,{esque 'isage reveal a cheer} but mod of her people, will present the final recital of est ebullience. Both poise and public presence the series, "1\lusic and the Dance," on Tuesday supplement her outstanding vocal gifts. evening, April I 5. I ler repertory is varied and broad in com The story of Dorothy t\1aynor s rise from pass. To illustrate: .1\.liss .1\.bynor's impromptu obscurity has been related before, hut it hears audition for Dr. Koussevitzky began with ex repet1t1on. In the summer of 1Sl3 Sl she went acting classic arias by I Hinde! and Mozart , went to the Berkshire Symphonic Festival to hear the on to a group of German Ltnlct the electrify music of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. One mg " llo-Yo-To" from Wagner's " Die Walkiire," morning, two enthusiastic friends pt:rsuaded Dr. arias from Moza rt's "The 1\bgic Hure" and Koussev itzky to give Dorothy Maynor a tryout Charpentier's "Loui se," and several egro spmt in the spacious Tanglewood ;\ lusic Shed, at uals. \liss \.\aynor prders to sing spirituals that time almost empty After she had sung sitting clown, and without accompaniment, be the first group, the usually resen·ed conductor cause, she e'pla1ns " I feel better that way. cried, " It is a miracle . . She is a musical That was ho'' we young people used to sing revelation!" lie asked her to si ng for the or them at home " A group of egro spirituals chestra at the annual picnic the ne'\t day. The forms part of 1\liss 1>,1aynor's program at the informal audience of musici:~n s and critics were Institute. delighted. Miss Maynor's cl:~im to public fa vor was assured. A ew York dehut a few months later, and engagements with the Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and Philadelphia Or chestras started Mi ss Maynor's first season Dorothy Maynor was born in orfolk, Va., in 1912. Daughter of a .1\.lethodist mimq ~: r , she received her hrst musical training in the choir of her father's church Planning to be come a public school teacher, she entered I Iampton Institute, where she st udied voice un der R. Nathaniel Oett. She also played the l·rench horn and flute in the school orcheqra for two years. In 1929 she toured l.:urope as a member of the Institute's famous Negro chorus. Shortly afterward, she entered the Westminster Choir School of Princeton, N )., and studied with Dr. John I inley Williamson, who urged her to prepare for a cnreer as chor:~l director On the advice of friends, sht• came to 7 THE BOSTON SYMPHONY'S PIANIST
Sanroma was born on November 7, 1903, in Carolina, Puerto Rico, of Catalonian parents, both of whom were musicians. I lis father, hi s "greatest helper," had been an organist, pian ist, and ba ss violist in Barcelona. Sanroma's musical career began at the age of nine, as pi c colo player in the school hand. lie tried the violin, too, before the piano gained his undivided ::~ttcntion. The young Sanroma studied first with Dolores de b Plaza y Bird, ::~nd received wide recogni tion throughout the island in his early teens. I lis talents were commended by the Puerto l~i ca n ::~dministration, which sent him to the United States in 1917 on :1 traveling scholu ship, to complete his musical education. In knickerbockers and freshly shorn black curls, he arrived without a knowledge of English. Appre Liative listeners vv ere at once drawn to his musi cianship. I lis natural sense of pitch was found jest'ts Mana Sanroma to be so good that he was excused from solfeg gio entirely B\CI'S I .\GI ,\1 "I I Jl \ HI (I 'I HI ( II .\I " I \\ [ngland, a man v. alked up to Jesus \.hria At the ew [ngl::~nd Consen •atory of Music Sanroma and politely asked, "i\lay I look at he studied with David Sequeira, and was grad your hands, please?" The celebrated pianist uated in 1920, winning the coveted Mason and complied by extending the tools of his art, clear I !amlin Pianoforte Prize. Subsequently, his ing his throat in embarrassment. The man ex musical instruction was undertaken for seven amined them quickly but carefully, bowed, and years by Madame Antoinette Szumowska-Adarn laconically muttered "Thanks" as he departed. owska, the late Polish pianist. In 1927 he went At the moment, Sanroma wondered if he was a ::~broad to make an interpretive study of the glove salesman-a logical assumption I low piano under Artur Schnabel in Berlin and Al ever, there was another explanation. The visi fred Cortot in Paris. to r was a newspaper critic, who declared glow In 1924, he made his recital debut in Boston, ingly in a review the following day that "it was and since then has appeared with great success remarkable what a mighty fl ow of sonority in solo recital and with major orchestras from prodigious strength and muscular coor throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, dination came from a slender man wtth such and l\1exico. tie first attracted wide notice fragile-looking hands!" while touring the country as accompanist for The bearer of these brilliant hands, Jcst'ts Jacques Thibaud, the french violin ist. In Lon !\\aria Sanroma, gives the final recital of the don, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, Madrid, and Bar series, "Great Piano Classics," on Tuesday eve celona, he has been greeted with great en ning, April 22. Sanroma, official pianist of the thusiasm. I lis virtuosity was demonstrated by Boston Symphony Orchestra for the past eleven hi s first performances in America of Ernst years, substitutes for Darius Milhaud and Tach's Concerto, Str::~vinsky's Capriccio, Ravel's Earl Maiman, who were originally scheduled Concerto, and llonegger's Concertina, all with for this recital. Sanrormi is not unfamiliar to the Boston Symphony Orchestra. lie has Institute audiences. I le has appeared here sev championed Latin-American music in this coun eral times as soloist with the Boston Symphony try as welL 8 H Music Speaks for Itself , • •
Gerald Warburg
T ill IN5 lllllTI 'S 511!115 0 1 (QI\(11!1'> 101< young people has spent most of the season telling, in its own delightful way, what music is all about. At the concluding concert by the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Saturday afternoon, April 5, music will "Speak for Itself." Gerald Warburg, con ductor and commentator, will reveal how inter esting and enjoyable the subject of musical form can he. To this end he has prepared a pro gr;un which sparkles with variety t\lr. Warburg will begin with the first pnn ciples of melody and harmon) . They will be if lustrated by unaccompanied Aute solos and Bach's celebrated Air on the C String. lie will then show how composers elaborate these sim pic elements by conducting Arcmky's Varia tions on a Theme by Tchaikm·sky, t\lozart's gay Rondo from "Eine kleine Nachtmusik ," and Jarnefclt's Pracludium, rich in wood\\ ind color t\lr Warhurg's next step will he to demon strate how familiar counterpoint and fugue realh are to young people. lie will usc well known Nothing softer, nothrng silkier than qmg games as the basis of his e'planation. In these little Fitch cardigans ... dyed this portion of the program, the orchestra will the warm rich color of Sable. Cut play two works by Bach, a Chorale ;1nd " Fugue generously so that you can wear and the lively r:arandolc from Bi zet\ suite them over your shoulders ... ex "I.'Arlesicnne.'' actly as though they were capes, At this point, the conductor wtll oHer no flll the new Russeks-introduced look ther C'-pbnations, hut simplv request his audi for Spring. Several styles. All ence to '>it back and enj•>Y two orchestral m:~ s quite extraordinary at this price. tcrwurk,, the hrst 1110\'tlllt:tlt ol 'ldwhl'lt's lin MAIN FLOOR l111i shed 'lvmphon1 and tltl' 01 l'llun tn \'\'.1g ncr's " Die Meistersinger " • Fulton and Bridge Sts., Brooklyn • 9 ~------~BRAHAM~ FULTON ST. ol liOYT ,l:cn 8-1 "" ~:a A~S FUR STORAGE ~c fA is in the service too f
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You are cordially invited to visit our VIOLIN DEPARTMENT 120 WEST 42nd STREET Wis. 7-8140 NEW YORK CITY THE INSTITUTE AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC Tuesdny Evening, April 8. at 8:30 o'clock in the Mus'c Hnll II r-..;U\' K Sll rt.IJO.'< FOU-..;JHTIO...; UE C: IT\1 Josef Roismann, bt ~ iolin Boris 1\.royt, viola Alexande1· Schneider, 2nd violin Mischa Schneider, 'cello P/ tl tJirl/11 lllll l'\ <'II {lrltll' () ------BALDWIN TOD~Y'S GRE~T PI~NO Played Exclusively by today's great Pianists- The favorite companion of Stars of the Opera and Concert Stage. Baldwin Grands are Priced from $995 BALDWIN PIANOS 20 East 54th Street New York now uses the Baldwin Piano in its Cencerh 19 No Substitute for • II THERE'S NO POWER SO FLUID AS THE POWER OF FLUID DRIVE ! NC.E in a blue moon, a rcall) big advance >weeps Try these things before you buy any new car. Be crit· O into motoring. EYcryhod) talks about it ... alert ical. Judge for )Ourself. 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STEIHWAY HALL Capehart and Magnavox Radio 109 W . 57TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY Phonographs at Steinway Record Shop. • • l'l'iAL RJ.:CI'IAL OF THIJ Sl!RIES, "GRJ.:AT PIA~O CLASSICS" JesUs Maria Sanro~Da OJTICIAL PIA:\1~1 OJ Till llOSTON SYi\\1'110!'\Y OllLJJJSlll.\ • TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, AT 8:30 • ALL SLATS RFSIRVIO: MI'MOJilS, 7"ic, $1; OTIIFRS, $1, $1.25. NO Tt\\ 22 Jll Quartet in F major, Op. I ~ 5 Bl'l' 1110\'1':-.: Allegretto Vi,acc Lento assai, cantabile c tranquillo Gra,·e ma non troppo tratto; Allegro MEET AT THE NEW BOSSERT BAR LOUNGE // / f The Gay Rendezvous for E~e~~e~ept~~d~) E 61 •~ICNO~~RTAILS his violin IN THE ROOM • SUPPER and his orchestra • D A N C I N G No Cover-Dinner from $1 .25 ~-fONTAG-lJE, R-ElllSEN- AND I-IlCKS -STS. _, H0 T E L B0 SSE RT DAVID J . MARTIN. Manarma DtrecLor - 23 Budapest String Quartet V irtuoso of the V iolin An occompl1shed violinist a t five. a pup;t ol the great Auer ot twelvo1 o command orflst in the Courts ol Europe ot fifteen; who blends vr brant emot1onol mterpretotion with lhe h1ghesl lechmcol sk•ll; o world· honored v~rtuoso of the v•olm. Left to right josef Roismann, Alexander Schneider, Boris Kroyt, and Mischa Schneider To lr-.:sTI rtiTJ ,\IUSI< 1 O\'I ns, NO JNTilOnuc tion for the Budapest String Quartet is neccs san. Quietly and proficiently, this outstand rng chamher music group has gained an un · Cf!ualed position in the concert world by dint of nawless ensemble technique. The Budapest String Quartet returns to the Institute on Tues day e\ ening, April 8. In its tenth i\mcrican season, the Quartet is THE WORlD'S MOST HONORED HANDS one of the few unsubsidized, self supporting chamber music organizations in the world to day. Since the group was founded in I lungar) WEAR~~ in I g2 I, rt has given more than a thousand THE WORlD'S MOST HONORED WATCH concerts in Europe, Africa, and Australasia. In the Dutch Indies alone, the Quartet played t.onC'ines \Vntches have won 10 \Vorld'!t Fair Grand l,rbc!t. 28 Gold !\ledals and more hon thirt) ·eight concerts in forty-two days ors for nc.-rurary than an)' other titneuiece. Josef Rorsmann, hrst violinist; Alexander 1.0:->GINES.\VITTN,\l'FR WATCH CO, INC 5RO I· II-TII A \'EN\ 1•:, NEW YORK, N. Y Schneider, second \ iolinist; Boris Kroyt, violist; and Mischa Schneider, 'cellist-make up the I LONGINES " HALL OF FAME" Budapest String Quartet. All artists whose nllr Hall of Fam e srcianship 1s tlllf!Uestioned, they are hampered neither lw pedagogic activity nor hy soloist recitals, hut have dedicated themselves exclu sively to the pl;:rying of quartets. For unit y of effect, balanced interpret T \\0 ·HCO\\PIISIII!l YOU\(, \IllS!( I\\~ \\ IIOSI ensemble technique has been hailed in this country and abroad will present a joint sonata recital as guest artists for the tenth of the se ries of lectures, "Music and the Arts," on Thursday afternoon, April 10. They are Jules and I Iarriette Wolffers, pianist and violinist, respectively, whose performance will illustrate the lecture on "Chamber ,\ \usic" by Jonathan Schiller Born in Boston, llarriette WoiHers per lormed in public at the age of six She studied with Leopold Auer at the Institute of )\ lusical Art and later with Toscha Seidel )\\iss Wolf fers has appeared in recital in Paris, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as in the United States. Jules Wolffers was born in Antwerp, and studied l \ with his aunt, formerly court pianist to the Queen of I Iolland, with David Levene in Lon don, and with !tans Ebell in Boston. I lis first *" ONCE-OVERS" MAIDE N FO RM ·· .have appearance took place at the age of nine with rhe llammersmith Symphon,; Orchestra in ~~~~Bit London. I Ie has been heard in this country d with Maiden Form's Because they are toppe I one-piece founda throughout the ·ew England states. own brassieres. these! love ywell as perfect con tions give perf':ct upd~i a; Choose the brassiere trol through waiSt an • p . ds of ovour busthne. top best su1te· d to tne neeI t•Jre-perfectJ fi gure- Forsythia and Spring You' \1 rejoic~ a~ the scu ~u l $5.00 and $7.50. moulding which It glvesY St le Booklet TP: TillS IS Till CAPRICIOUS SI.ASO~ "\\ Ill" SPill'\(, Send lor tree FoundauonC )nc. New York Maiden Form Brassu~re o., , unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing A T A ll lE A D I N G S T 0 R £ S soil." Birds, bees, and even humankind feel that nameless inner stirring, which, through the ages, has moved poets to rhapsodies. To para phrase F:merson, all the world loves a flower and Brooklyn yields to none in its devotion to Spring's harbingers. We have our own official flower ' ";\ small genus of ornamental Asiatic and l:uropean shrubs of the olive family (Oieaceae) w1th opposite leaves and bright yellcm bell-shaped flowers, which appear before the lea,·cs in early Spring," according to Webster The spirit of Brooklyn's forsythia is more difficult to define It is Brooklyn's own. So, in its own fashion , Brooklyn welcomes Spring with fo rsythia planting. Borough Prcsi dent Cashmore is designating the first week of April as Forsythia Planting Week We arc confident that our members are cooperating in this movement to beautify their Borough 25 lecture News WILL YOU MARRY "Mysteries of the Mind'' 1s 11 Po<;stuLr TO In he1rloom lace and satin? sec without eyes? In foamy point d'esprit? lias man another In a slender suit and orchids? vision that compen Or in a new, "best blue"? sates for the orbs of sight and even Whether you marry sees what eyes can In splendor or simplicity . . not? llarlan Tar In haste or in leisure . we can help you. bell, renowned ma We're sent1mental about all bndes . gician, w ho returns And we've a talent for helping them Harlan Tarbell to the Institute in Look beautiful on their day of days a new program of BRIDAL SALON - SECOND FLOOR "J\Iysterics of the ~dind " on Saturday evening, April 19, challenges the beliefs of even the most skeptical. With eyes securely se<1led with many layers of adhesive tape and securely blindfolded, Dr. Tarbell not only recognizes instantly the shapes, colors, and textures of various objects but can describe them in detail. I le reads newspapers, magazines, cards, and letters with the reading side turned away from him. lie may suddenly call a stranger by name, tell him his business and the kind of car he drives, or some intimate thing equally astounding. Diamon ds J e welr) Sih er ware I low does he explain it? Simply "a matter of mind." An evening of unusual entertainment is in stare for Institute members on April 19. & Dr. Tarbell will also discuss other types of Wm. Wise Son mental phenomena. are no ~' located in their H . V . Kaltenborn " I get no joy out of war," declares II. V. New Building Kaltenborn. " I would rather discuss a fire man's ball than spend one word combatting the at propaganda of the 'Third rront.'" ( In [urope 487 Fl LTON ST., BROOKLYN the radio is known as the war's "Third front," the other two being military HELPING BROOKL YNITES TO SAVE- Since 1850 rijian Boy with Conch-%cll Trumpet Earl Schenck " Fiji, Cannibal Land of Yesterday ," a full length, all-color motion picture of the South Seas, will be presented at the Institute on Wed nesday evening, April 9, by [arl Schenck, e' plorer, author, artist, actor, and ethnologist. Mr. Schenck, whose sound and color motion picture on Polynesia dazzled witnesses at its showing last year, has spent almost twenty years 18th 18th in the islands of the Southern Pacific. The an Avenue Avenue and omco 65th Street cient ceremonial of fire -walking, symbol of puri fication in the religion of the natives, is pre sented down to the last deta il in the new fi lm, proving, according to lr. Schenck, that this rite is authentic and devoid of any subterfuge or trickery. The story of his own adventures among the islanders supplements the film Guy Hickok "Short WaYe Radio Laughs at Censors" is the subject of Guy 1\ickok's lecture on \XIednes day afternoon, .i\pril 23, last in the series, " Be hind the Scenes in World Affairs." 1\ h . Jlickok, after fifteen years as a war and foreign corre spondent in I::urope, holds the position of edi tor and director of BC's International Short Wave Division, which broadcasts each day's news in si' languages to listeners scattered over the world from .!\Iaska to lndo-Ch1na, from Greenland to Pata gonia. Co author of the sensational e' pose of the muni the conductor first tion makers, ".i\rms lifts his baton. See our and the Men," in bright, new collection rortunc, he has moderately priced I written more than 3,000 other article~ on foreign atlairs SHOP THURSDAYS TO 9 P.M. TRtANGll S-4700 for pcriodic;~l s 27 Monologues & Pianologues Granada Hotel A PI!O(.J! \.\101 IJl! \ Lafayette Avenue and Ashland Place m;:~tic ske tche ~ O.r.otly acrn.s from the Brooklyn Academy of lllusic and pianologues Enjoy will he presented LUNCHEON or DINNER by llilde Albers, in quiet, attractive surroundings, monologui s t, on newly decorated Dining Rooms \Vednesday after or noon, April 2 a Sandwich and Cocktail in our Modt>rn Poets ;:~nd play Cocktail Lounge and Venetian Room wrights represented on the program in 1 loldc Albers elude Shakespeare, INVEST in HEALTH ~lax well Anderson, Peretz I firschhein, Dorothy SWIM - Lli\1BER - REDUCE Parker, Arthur Cuitcrman, Ogden Nash, and PORT ' - MA SAGE Samuel lloffenstein. J\liss Albers studied at 4 mos. Special NOW 1\.l;:~x Reinhardt's Dramatic School and appeared YWCA-30 3rd Ave., Brooklyn TR 5-1190 in his productions at Salzburg and the Rhine land. She has played leading parts in drama and comedy at the State Theater, Munich, and other theaters of Germany and Switzerland. ADELPHI ACADEMY In the United States, she appeared as a member 282 LAFAYETTE AVENUE of K;:~therine Cornell's "Saint Joan" Company, BROOKLYN 111 Theater Linton productions, and at the Grand l\IAin 2-372;) Street Playhouse. She has also been heard on major radio networks. I fer work as dramatic director of the Central Y.W.C.A. in New York TWO CONVENIENT OFFICES is widely known. !\lAIN OFFICE: Lafayette and F1atbush A venues Opposit~ Acad~my of ilf usic BAY PARKWAY BRANCH: Art Field Trips 6633 Bay Parkway A HT-!.0\ 1M. \ll\'1-i'..tlll!111S 101! \\110\\ -II II AI 22nd Avenu~ Station, Sta Beach Line Organind 1886 wide open spaces hold more attraction than the confines of four walls once more will greet with anticipation the announcement of four S;:~t urday afternoon field trips to places of artistic interest, arr;:~nged by Mrs. R. Edson Doolittle Theme of the trips this spring is "Gardens on Long Island " May 3 will be "Daffodil Day'' at ''Paradou,'' We cordial}~ invite you to v1s1t our P iano Salon • the Scheepers Gardens in Brookville. Wisteria Complete line of famous make pianos, latest spinets, and dogwood will be at their best when the baby grands and studios. party visits "Laurelton llall," the Louis Tiffany J. & L. SAFREN, Inc. roundation, at Oyster Bay, on 1ay I 0. Rare In 1/re Piano Busintss Sinu 1899 and exotic trees, shrubs, ;:~nd plants in bedded SAFREN BUILDING plots Aourish at ''Planting Fields," the W. R. 54 Second Ave., cor. Third St., New York Phone GRamercy 11-6677 Coc [state at Oy.,ter lhy, destin;~tion of the Open Eveninr/S group on tvby 17 Mr. and J\ Irs. Ward Mel fiT or/d's Finest Pianos \ ille will he host and hostess to the Institute MASON & HAMLIN • HARDMAN, PEcK & Co. art lovers on !\Ia) 2-1, when the} visit "Sun W&B£11, STECK • MUSETTE, LESTER Lib~ral trade allowatace. Easy terms. wood,' the love!> Melville Gardens at StOll) Brook 28 e Whether your aftl'r-con beer to keep the ccrt snack huntinl( leads aAoat you to a favorite cafe or Joe's Restaurant your pantry at home, here place to hobnob arc food formulae to fasci Who's Who of the com nate the most particular mun•ty Try their Tomatu palate: Surprise with Lobster If you have that vexing You'll have to get there habit of humming the con carlv but 1t s worth it: Gage· ccrl refrains late into the & Tollncr's arc Welsh Rarebit spc·ciaHsts n•ght, keeping your wife awake, try a \lin Chaud A The <;nack Hunter invitc·s vour su~gestinns. high glass one-third filled with Ruby Port \Vine; drop in a quarter mch slice of orange and four cloves; fill to top w ath bot water Should be taken wath a gen· Perfect for II crous side dish of potato chips Profound slumber "THAT MIDNIGHT SNACK" guaranteed II A wide assortment of snacks is provided b) th~ Modern Cocktail Lounge and Venetian Room of llotcl tREAT CRISPS Granada Chef Paul Meyer is the guiding genius For a completely new taste sensation, try Rocquc II Clfi!PS fort spread or Camembert, if you prefer- on pipinf( G-OUJC"( D rnt ~~ " H. C. BOHACK CO. , Inc. 29 'l here were also a few portraits ol Brooklyn Brooklyn In Retrospect notables, as well as two 1 L'utzc canvases and ( Corrtrrzued fr orrr page 5) a number of copies of classzcs, and ''in a side chamber" one or two pieces of statuary annual exhibition of paintings and sculpture, The 1850s and I Sons witnessed the organiza including the work of contemporar} Amencan uon of seYeral associations through the me artists dium of which Brooklyn painters guided the ef To give an idea of the character of these ex forts of students, di splayed their own works, hihitions, it may be observed that the Institute and educ FIRE NOTICE: Look Around Now and Choose the Nearest Exit to Your Seat. In case of Fire Walk (Not Run) to that Exit. Do Not Try and Beat Your Nei&'hbor to the Street.- JOHN J. McELLIGOTT, Fire Commissioner. ---T\ ORCHESTRA r I u I 8 EXIT 7' (XI~ 5 1 c.. 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