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With the Younger MAY 3, 1947 The Hartford Chronicle Page Seven THE SET IY3usic and Plays Bristol News "Mean to Me" Arline Ben-for- d. WITH YOUNGER By Betty Allen (Cont. from Page 4) "Prisoner of Love" Zelma PEARL JOHNSON, Editor If you didn't see last Wednes- Who was at the Benford resi- stellar of dence Could Hargrove. day's performance Sunday night? "Lover Man" Lorraine Ben-for-d. CONTRIBUTING EDITORS 'The Iceman Cometh" you real- it have been J.R.?!!! LUCY , SMITH CARRIE SAXON missed The What held H. B.'s ly something. play gown up '.He's My Helen Ben-for- d. Teen Age Fashions Hartford High News definitely carried a message Tuesday nite at the Concert? Guy" BARBARA MURRAY JEANNE ANDERSON written in and oftimes lengthy, All the boys were looking aw- ..I Love You For Sentimental News ! ! ! Doing of the Teens Weaver High yet enjoyable manner. There ful hard Reasons" Denice Clerk. THE MYTHICAL FIVE were a number of rather long Why Louise was looking so Foxoitian News and in fine at the Concert? Joe said "The Man I Love" Lee Ce- Foote JUNIOR NAACP monologues the pace the Book Review Gwendolyn first act a little drawn out. But you looked fine ! ! ! phas. We were all for Red aside from that there were few C. T. hasn't been seen "I Ain't Got Nobody" Pat Pearl Johnson, Editor . rooting Why Carter at the fight Thursday things to dislike. in the country lately? Could Cephas. On Saturday evening, April ! The . "Walk Off Rose. the results . Ballet Russe De Monte A. R. have had something to do It "Lea 34 in New Brit- night. Imagine 26th at the Club Special notice to the Wolver- Carlo will be here for three per- with it?!!! "Voters' de- formances. I have been ain "the Negro League ines of Hartford. A special telling Who Lorraine is planning on IP HAD "A cause letter arrived Vir- you about it for sometime. Now in the near future? I ... of that city presented livery frqm busting up . we see it. There is ! ! ! Jim Greene's Acting Ability for us all" plus dining and ginia recently. Hurry and op- hope you Look out Mr. Charles en it girls because it contains also a little more information Lefty Vera's . Athletic Ability dancing to the music of Hart- on Why some certain peopl6 Paul Shaw's .... Bashfulness a handsome hunk of man Pat the First Piano Quartet, have been Pat she. does ford's popular Larry Duhart Marshall. will be telling Percy Belle's Built . ' They sponsored by the not have to the name? ' his The affair was Hart-ford- change Charles Thomas' Clothes. and boys. Davis has see- Girls Club . of the Two s the1 of their1 Richard been Could they be talking about Odell 's opening spring ing more of the northend Insurance Co.; for the all these Joes?!!! Irving Complexion membership drive and I hope lately benefit of the Times Farm and Lefty Austin's .. Congeniality who was than he used to. Tell us who Why Jean doesn't want the Ted that everybody pres- she is Richard! Camp Courant. Aside from Hill's .. Dancing Ability ent had an evening "Pets" to come down any time Sammy Morris' enjoyable chick been hearing some wonderful music Dimples for with such wonderful music Who's the who's will be a soon? Things must be going Larry Duhart's . Enthusiasm wishing that she was the senor-it-a you aiding very as the band played I am sure worthy cause. Did you forget along smoothly!!! Herman Lee's . Eyes that no one would be serenaded by Lenzy Wallace Where B. has been? Edward Mase's . Good Nature justified and his mad the Concer Show? Percy to say that they had a boring guitar? But to get back to the First Could he now be a married Horace Johnson 's Hair evening. What about it gang? We predict a great crowd at Piano You must know man?!!! Westley Morehead's .. Height the State to see tho best band Quartet. that they were the first group What Miss Clarke is plan- Reynold Eason's Laziness of 1946 ; the Great Lionel Hamp- of men to music ning on doing about HIM and Dickie Cephas' . .. Legs Your Teen ton. play solely for Agers 4 pianos. Much of it has to be Miss Johnson? Look out pal, Sammy Smith's . Manners Your teen age daughters and Why does Gwendolyn Lee transcribed. Thanks to this for Miss Trouble is ahead!! Sonny Vopp's Mouth sons during the war and since walk around looking so sad? 's tireless efforts there are Miles Clarke's Nose have m group grown rapidly every Did someone spirit Harry John- now many works transcribed SOMETHING TO Burton Lowe's .. Personality respect. We cannot deny that son from you Gwen. How Robert Earl's Quietness - away for four pianos. Do get to hear REMEMBER YOU BY . the war period thrust upon about it Dot ? them. Marquette Rice 's . Sincerity. them mixed emotions. One finds "You Call Madness Hodge Davis and his band After hunting all over Hart- it but I Edward Wood's .. Sleepiness them with glamour nairaress took Sprngfield by storm Fri- ford's record and a few Call it Love" Jean Howard. Charles James' Smile and the latest in ; airs of shops with' . vogue day night. in New York, I find that Fox's "I'm Thru Love" Pearlman Lumpkin's Talent independence and confidence. The of Hart- now have what I Louise Floyd. Buddy Jet's Teasing this should not mean great majority sought. If A So However, ford was jumping to the mad you are not familiar with "I'm Lucky and So" Odell Irving 's Teeth are to have 4 Nelson. that' they expected music of Illinois Jacquet Vaughan Williams ' ' London Virginia Bobby Watson's Voice more judgment than their ages hear it's permit. Under all this "mock Symphony" please it; want a superb work. sophistication" they guid On the week-en- d edi- Hartford 2, Conn. ance, yet it must be supervision reading their tion of a New York paper, I that speaks language. found that the New York Sym- Their leaders and parents must in- phony under Leonard Bern- capitalize on this disire for stein will it's season on dependence by giving responsi- begin handle. Sept. 22. Among the soloists bilities they can will be Isaac Stern who did the No force in the com- single ' "Behind the Scenes" playing munity can help the youth in "Humoresque", Leo Smit, alone. Parents must share their Nan Merriman and Negro So- load of responsibility by coop- prano Ellabelle Davis who made erating with community cen- such a terrific hit in a recent ters, churches and schools. See Oratorio "Eeclesiastes" by Jer- what your son or daughter is ome offer Weinberger, performance. doing at these places, and Among other things an all Stra- to help chaperone occasionally. vinsky program as well as an ' Confer with leaders or teachers all Mozart is child. The planned. about your people Among other bits of good who meet your child outside the seems Hartford know news, it that home would like to you. plans to have it's own series of They would like to know what summer concerts to be have set for "Pop" goals you your held in Keney Park and are to ' 4 child. Make it a fifty-fift- y prop- be free we understand. osition. Meet those who are Now For Some Good helping develop your youth's - Works personality by working with Recording- them. Two Beethoven Sonatas are recorded for you by pianists ESTHER'S MIRACLE LADY who play them better than some works these same The Crystal Ball Hair other pianists By The Mythical Five Dressing have done. Po-thetig- ue "First Choice With The Smart Babe Set!" Take car of your "Hair Glory" Arturo Rubenstein plays . Correction: It's Sis, Boom, by using MIRACLE LADY HAIR (No. 8), but my favor- and Bang; not Sin, Boom and DRESSING. It mak hair look ite is still Water Giese King. I A NANNETTE ORIGINAL Bang. not and healthy. Contains lano- do not like my Beethoven too We wonder who Harry Pet-iwa- y lin and cage. Easy to apply, Um florid. There is a nice record- is taking to the spring- regularly. Sold at Drug and ing of the Moonlight (No. 14) time. Toilet Goods counters. by Vladimir Horowitz. But the Cute as can be for little misses . this Naonette Ronald best was the Mozart Original in Dan River wonderful-to-was- h cotton Bert Napper and POPULAR SIZE 3S Quartet . with and touches Jackson are. close buddies late- No. 2 for and string. saucy pockets pretty of Hartford Distributors piano embroidery. Red or blue with white checks, sizes ly ; what gives? Hearing George Szell, pianist 1 to 3. 2.98 Everybody has the wrong Vanity Fair Beauty and the Budapest playing the idea about the Mystical Five. Supply Co. chamber music convinces one We wish give credit only 7 Suffield St. TeL 03 that the group is one of the best you'd " Sage-Alle-n . Children' . Third Hoer where credit is due. in this field. I Shop.
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