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4 FROM PAGANINI TO ERNEST BLOCH
T ilL BROOKLY\J SY,\ll'llONY COA\J.::S ULI ORL the public in its fourth concert of the season on Wednesday evening, February 18. Gerald Warburg will again conduct. The earlier per formances have already proved the unqualified success of this latest of symphony orchestras. Following its custom to present "somethino old Gerald t> ' something new," the Orchestra includes on its Warburg program Paganini's Concerto for Violin in L) major and Ernest Bloch's "America," an epic rhapsody in three parts. Mr. Warburg, a 'cellist of note and founder of the Stradivarius Quartet, has previously con ducted the NY A Symphony and other organiza tions in the East. Favored by close friendship tinued them in the conservatories of Brussels, with I.:rnest Bloch, he may well be counted upon l:rankfort-on-Main, and Munich. It was at to offer an intimate interpretation of the thought Paris, where he had moved, that he composed of that uncompromising prophet of the brother his earlier works, including the celebrated hood of man. Bloch's "America" was awarded "Three Jewish Poems.'' Though a firm believer first prize in a contest held by 7111fsrctrl lr11enca in racial consciousness, it is a consciousness in 1928 and was subsequently performed that dedicated to the liberating genius of the crea season by the New York Philhannonic-Sym tive impulse, and not to the constricting hatreds phony and other major orchestras throughout of nationalism at its worst. Bloch's own genius the country. This work advances Bloch's love stems directly and instinctively from his Jew ish for the American past and his unwavering faith origins; and all his work is permeated with the in its future. As he himself puts it, " ... it is ancient idiom of the hymns. dedicated to the memory of Abraham Lincoln The guest artist of the evening is young Rug and Walt Whitman whose vision upheld its in giero Ricci, whose engaging personality ami spiration." brilliant performance in the third recital of the The noted composer was born in Switzerbnd Institute's Major Concert Series, on December in 1880, son of a watch merchant. Even as a 3, were warmly applauded. In 1928, when he small boy he knew that he wanted to write mu was a little boy of eight, Samuel Chotzinoff sic. With a seriousness which has always hailed him as an incomparable proclig} of as marked him, he consecrated himself to his art tounding technical gifts. Today, the "little in a ceremony of religious solemnity. I le be boy," fortified by }Cars of study under the sym gan his studies under Jacques Oalcroze and con pathetic tutelage of Louis Persinger, has grown into the mature artist whose gift is being made known again to the American public. As ~olo ist with the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, Ricci plays the Paganin1 Concerto, a te-.t al most without equal in its demands of skill 1nd \ ersatility upon instrument and performer alike When he concluded this Concerto in a recent RuggicJ() concert at Toronto, Ricci veritably stopped the Ricci broadcast. The audience continued to cheer the technical finesse and pure simplicity of his pia) ing. Critics acclaimed him as "a youth who seemed to have been horn to recreate Paganinr,'' while they charactenzed his artistry as "an in spired miracle of tone." 5 ''BESS'' TO SING WITH KIEPURA
Jan Kicpura Anne Brown
I N PLACL oF TIIJ: RFCITAL BY Tno SciiiPA AND in what she considered the proper lofty manner Rose Pauly, scheduled for Wednesday Thus she was not altogether a novice '"hen, at evening, February 11 , the Institute announces the age of five, she made an improvised debut the joint appearance of Jan Kiepura, the Polish at fort Meade. " Bess" brought her to the tenor, and Anne Brown, young American so concert stage and members of the Institute will prano, who is best known as the vivid Bess in recall her brief but delightful performance at Gershwin's folk opera " Porgy and Bess." The the special progran, which marked the opening opera was first produced in 1935 and was later of the current season Shortly afterwards, Leo performed with equal success all over the United pold Stokowski invited her to sing in Beethoven's States and Europe. It has recently been revived inth Symphony which he conducted with the in New York, opening on January 22 with Anne BC Orchestra. Brown in her original role. The happy combi Mr. Kiepura' s romantic personality and dra nation of talents of Mr. Kiepura and Miss Brown matic tenor voice have long been known to promises to be of unusual interest in their Insti American audiences through the cinema as well tute recital, seventh in the Major Concert Series. as in the concert hall and opera. He forsook a Miss Brown is endowed with an exciting voice lucrative law practice in his native Poland to of exceptional power and depth. Critics hailed pursue a musical career. Handsome, compel her immediately with all the enthusiasm they ling, with a marked histrionic bent, he was a manifest for those other gifted members of her success in grand opera from the first. He made race, Marian Anderson and Paul Robeson. his New York debut at the Metropolitan in "La When she applied for the part of Bess, fresh Boheme," in 1938, after a triumphal career in from the Institute of Musical Art, Gershwin Europe. His most popular moving picture role selected her from a crowd of talented aspirants. was that of the hero of "My Heart Is Calling." I le was so intrigued by her beauty, as well as In this he co-starred with Martha Eggerth, the by her dramatic and musical ability, that he at charming Viennese singer, whom he later mar once expanded the role for her. I Ier success ried. When the war broke out Mr. Kiepura notwithstanding, Miss Brown has worked tire immediately enlisted in the Polish Army. He lessly to prepare for the leading roles of heroic reluctantly accepted the government's decision opera, without neglecting, however, the well to demobilize him and did so only to fulfill his loved lieder and the popular folk songs. American engagements for the benefit of his She was born in Baltimore, where her father ravaged country " Apparently," he said, "the was a doctor and her mother an amateur singer. government thought my singing would be more Fired by her mother's tales of grand opera, Miss effective than my shooting." And the govern Brown made up her own, spending hours before ment's actton was justifled by Mr. Kiepura's the cheval glass in idyllic posturings and singing successful tour. 6 FAIRY OPERA FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
E N<..~ LUI H 1 1 IU.\Il'l JWIMJ, '' ,,~ i\1 111 ,\Jn .\N children 111 the lorc~t s111lc there 1s too Lttle emment composer and critic when his sister food for all. llungry and forlorn the children asked him to write the incidental music to a wander until tl.ey s~1dtlenly espy a little house Christmas play for her children Delving into g1ade of gingerbread I he odors that eman.:ue th:lt storehouse of folk tales, the Crimms' Kill(ler are ravishing anti, succumbmg to the blandish 1111cl ] liiii.SIIItll d.1e11 , l·rau \'V'ette deuded on the ments of the witch hostess, they enter Once story of I lanse! and Gretel. Neither the affable they are inside, the male,olent creature decoys uncle nor the fond mother realized they were I lanse! into a cage, there to fatten him for her on the verge of fame. But once the play was own sinister feast But Gretel di sco' ers th.11 presented 1 lumperdinck quickly sensed its oper the gingerbread cookies are little boys and girls atic possibilities. With his sister as librettist, he under a spell l~esisting all the witch's wiles to expanded the sketch into the three acts of the lure her into the O\ en, she turns the tables on fairy opera which has since delighted children her. In an outburst of strength Gretel pops the all over the world. "I lanse! and Gretel," di wicked creature 1nto her own oven. -1 he spell rected by Richard Strauss, opened at \'V'eimar in is broken, and the children released to run home 1893. It was a phenomenal success. Audi to their delighted parents. ences, bowed down by the weight of the Wag This opera has so overshadowed hi s othc1 nerian epic, or bored with the seedy heroics of compositions that llumperdinck's many excel the Italian operas then in vogue, welcomed the lent choral pieces and his opera, " Konigskinder," refreshing little tale. Few of its ardent listen have long been ignored Trained as an arch1 ers, however, recognized that the orchestration teet, I Jumperdinck changed professions in mid and structure were as intricately and logically career to study music at the Cologne Conserva interrelated as any Wagnerian score tory lie won several prizes, one of which took Children of every age will never tire of the him to ltah rhcre he met Richard \'V'agner ~tory. llansel and Gretel, children of a poor The great man grew very fond of his " I lump woodchopper, live with their father and cruel chen,'' admitted him as an mtimate, and allowed stepmother in the llartz Mountains. The step him to assist in the production of ''Parsifal" at mother persuades her husband to abandon the Bayreuth So highly did Wagner regard the younger man that when he died he entrust~.!d to the latter the education of his son, Siegfried "I lanse! and Gretel" will be given in its com plete stage version with soloists, chorus, and orchestra, in the Opera !louse on Saturday afternoon, February 21, as the fourth in the series of musical performances for young peo ple. The production is under the direction of Carl Bamberger, one of the conductors of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, and features the operatic ensemble of the Mannes School. l~alph I lerbcrt, formerly of Vienna, is <;tage di rector. Both the prill(_ipals arc well known to radio and opera· Dorothy Sha•..vn si ngs I lame!, and Laura Castellano, Gretel. Peter Szeml.!re of the Budapest screen, is the witch, while i-..\im1 13enzell takes the part of the sandman Larcil \'\/elsh and Lillian <;choen pia\ the L11her and s:cpmot her resrect 1\'l+,.·
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A kxandcr Br ailowsky
D AHK IIJ\IHI 0 AND JlLliF I Yl D, \\ ITII A \\'liOE was himself a musician and who early recognized humorol\s mouth and a boyish expression, his son's exceptional talent. Determined to give .i\le\.ander Brailowsky manages at once to re the hoy the best available instruction, he moved semble both Noel Coward and r:red Astaire. his family to Vienna There Leschetizky, famous 1\ tost arresting are his hands which arc unusual teacher of an already famous Paderewski, ly flexible, with long tapering fingers. They are acknowledged 1\le,andcr as his star pupil. But what are kno\\ n as "pianist's hands," but few the outbreak of \\ar in 1914 forced the family pianists actually possess them Brailowsky is to flee to Switzerland. It was only after the curiously indifferent to the attention his hands Armistice that the young artist made his debut, 111variably excite. lie thinks it more important in Paris. Even in that war-weary capital he for a pianist to have a broad mind than slim created a sensation. fingers, and he likes to point out that Josef I !of Brailowsky, like many good musicians, is an mann has unusually short, stubby fingers. excellent mathematician. Indeed, he insists that There is little beyond the reach of this gifted his Chopin cycle was more of a mathematical pianist, who first astounded the musical world than a musical problem. lie is also a brilliant with his remarkable performance of all the works linguist who speaks half a dozen languages with of Chopin in a cycle of six recitals. Chopin's equal fluency. Among his minor passions is an genius is so varied that he demands an inex exact knowledge of international train schedules haustible understanding and technique from his that was, in those halcyon days of travel, the mterpreters. Brailowsky has proved him envy of h1s harassed managers. Another is his self equal to that demand. I Ie has the pro delight in detective stories and gangster films. digtous memory, physical stamina, and heroic !lis more serious mterests include the reading technical assurance. I lis reception at the Salle of musical history and biography, and the rais Pleyel, eighteen years ago in Paris, when he ing of animals. lie has a notable array of dogs performed this gigantic feat, was so resounding and cats in his Lausanne home, and here in the that Pleyel turned over to him the very piano United States rarely travels without some pet. which he had had built for the great composer Although he is known most widely for his himself. Brailowsky has since repeated this virile interpretation of Chopin, Brailowsky's memorable tow de jo1 ce in Paris, New York, formidable repertory embraces the entire fleld and else\\ here. for years now he has been on of classic and modern piano composition. !lis an almost perpetual and triumphal Cook's tour musicianship and technical mastery are apparent through every country of Europe, the ear Cast, in all his playmg, nowhere more so than in his the Americas, and the Far East. presentation of the romanticist composers of the Like Simon Barere, Alexander Brailowsky nineteenth century. I lis Institute program, was horn in southern Russia some forty years eighth in the Major Concert Series, will be given ago. He was fortunate in having a father who on Wednesday evening, f.ebruary 25. 8 BROOKLYN SYMPIIONY ORCIIESr-rRA
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Roses ''ill hlt,om and bushes gro'' before There ha,·e been outstanding musicians on both your eyes, yards of silk will unreel from a milll sides of Casadesus' family for generations. I Ie ature v a ~e, and impo~sible feats ot legerdemain married a musician-Gahy L'llote, a pianist of \\ill amaze you. T he bewildering tnck of the reputat1on \\ ho often plays in two-piano recitals Chinec;e ri ngs, more than two thousand years with her husband Their two young sons al old, wi ll be given in nati,•e costume wuh all the ready show promise of inheriting the family form ali::ed gestures ruled by Lu Tsu Hmg, pa talent. In the rambling Princeton house where tron saint of Chinese magic. The celebrated they ha\e settled, the Casaclesus family lives, magician lo ng ago learned to rely upon the in writes, talks, plays, and teaches music. telligence of his audience<: to help him fCIII to Paris horn, Casadesus studied at its conserva tum a tri ck into a miracle, to com ince them tory under Louis Diemer, a pupil and disciple selve<: of what they tln11k the) see lie claims of Li szt I Ie rapidly hecame known as a virtu that his most hatfling succec;se<: are made up of oso, acclaimed by critics, musicians, and audi eighty per cent ps~ chology , \dth equal rans of ences alike. Profoundly f-rench in spirit and "rr's TlU~ LOVELIF.ST IIOUSE 1 EVEn SAW," G.\SPED GRF.TF.L man ipu lation and hocus-pocus .\laster of all outlook, he is a stylist imhued with those out "' a:ciltrl l>y II a~tda Gag Co-ward, McCann, luc. three, .\1r. ,\\ul holland will mystify and enter standing characteristics of the Gallic genius: ta in with some ot the illusion.; he gathered in proportion and lucidity An acknowledged mas torty-two countriec; over the course of a quar ter of technique, he combines delicacy with SATURDAY AFTERNJOON, FEBRUARY 21 ter of a century. strength and tenderness with fire. Casadesus is The onl y p rofe~sional magician so li<.ted in AI' Tllf!l r 0 CLOCI< also a prolific composer who further enriches W /J ,1 ~ 71'/JO, ,\1r .•\ 1ulholland hegan practicing h1 s interpretations with the insight gai ned the hla ck arts at the age of n, e lie taught at through hi s own creative eHorts. IIU\1 IS NO\\ O N S,\1 F A'J TilE llOX Ori·IC I! I lorace 1\ 1ann School for c;e,·eral years hut his fIe made hi s first appearance in ew York hohhv so ahsorhed him that he discarded the "ith the Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra in ln st1tutc memhrrs 5'ic, lBc, $1 . 10 ; Others, 83c, $1 10, $1.38. rod in favor of the wand A trained c;cholar, 1935 and has since performed with them and fll E T AX IS INCI UUcD he has written coun tlec;<: an1cle and hooh ex other orchestras throughout the country. Last pounding his knowledge of the histon and pc;y of the distinguished artists in the Institute's chology of deception. There an.' few '>ecretc; of series, Great Piano Classics, Robert Casadeus OPERA HOUSE of the BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC lw; trade th:tt \1r. ,\\ulholland doec; not know will offer a program of Chopin and french or could not explain. 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As a schobr of "ide :111ain ments, he h;~s spent hrs life in adding to his \as! store of krHl\\ ledge, ;~sa lecturer of tmusu;~l per ESTABLISHED 1827 su;~si\'eness and fluer1C), he has known how to impart that knowledge to the many thousands who have found in him both stimubtion ;~nd solace. ~fljj!M~ On february 5, Dr Griggs opens his series WITHAVISITTII;NE-7 ~~ of four Thursday evening lectures on "Modern Leaders." The subject of the first is "Walt ~illLr~l1&[1 [n®®~ Whitman-Poet of Democracy." Other cui ~dlote£~ tural leaders he portrays are: "Rudyard Kip· ling-Interpreter of the British Cmpire," on I ebruary 19, "Gilbert K Chesterton- The Journ;~list ]\ 1an of Letters," on J\brch 5, and the last , "[d,, in ~lark ham-Poet of American GRANADAASHLAND PLACE AND LAFAYETTE AVE. Ideals," on tdarch 19 The choice is singularly ''IN -Ike liNn£ uj.lJOIPHI'i71PH BI/QtlJUtH., apt, for in a world of rapidly shifting values, Dr. Griggs demonstrates in them "some gencr .. DIAMOND alities that still glitter." Both Kipling and Ches terton, each in his own eloquent style, espoused and Precrous Jeweled Rrngs, Bracelets, Clips the cause of empire flchind Kipling's literary and Watches, prrced wrth imperialism and Chesterton's unorthodox de good old-fashroned mod- fense of the orthodox lies something of the eration strength of a nation that refuses to gi\'e up. Today, the voice of Whitman and that of ]\,\ark ham are close to the heart o~ America. We arc \n~e/ for (,rft growing up to the \'ision of a democracy Whit llro(/rJu,· man helped to sh;~rpcn and enbrge, ana \\ hich we are now so desperately engaged in defending, 288 GRAND ST., NEW YORK even in home waters 24 The I nternationa I Scene ,,{ - l'hc W cek in Rc\ ic,~ I I As the sp here of hostilities spreads to in dude an ever greater number of nations, rhe lmtitute's se ries of 'luesday morning lectures, ' J'he \'Vcek in l~eview ," increases in importance. I he In stitute contin,tes to present outstanding authorities in current problems who ''ill analy::e the week's e\ents. It is to these e'perts in the field of international afiairs that we turn to srft through conflicting and con tradictory rumors and pierce the mysteries of offic ial censorship. As acting press attache of the British Cmbassy in Brussels, and later as correspondent of 11111e Lrfe, 'Jorlunc, and 'NewsrPt'('k Mme. Betty Bar zin lived amid the old disorders of Europe for a dozen years. She watched the disastrous game of power politics, played between world wars, and was among the first of the journalists to apprehend the dangers of appeasement and Leo pokl's neutrality. After llitler's invasion of ..,1~7 ' A ' Belgium, she and her husband, Professor l\larcel ,., ' - ...... Barzin, managed to escape to rrance, and thence to America, but not without a taste of the ne'' order. Almost daily reports of underground activities in Europe bring her new hope of a rising tide of opposition to the conquerer. .t\ Ime . Barzin interprets events, on J'ebruary 10, in the Now's the time, light of her experience and her private sources of information The three speakers who follow 1\lme. Barzin not1943- are al ready popular with In stitute members. to select that fine violin at WURLITZER S On February 17, Professor Nathaniel Peffer, of where genuine old instruments can be had Columbia University, acts as analyst This well from $75 up to $45,000. known observer of Far !"astern affairs has lived Among importations this last summer are t in the Orient for years, and, as a frequent vis an ANTONIO STRADIVARI of 1690, as low as $1 0,000, AND ONE OF 17 34 FOR itor in Europe and Asia .t\linm, has a singularly ONLY $12,500, both superlative in ton«; well-rounded understanding of the comple\. in one of 1679, a grand instrument, superb .. terrelations of this war of hemispheres. In his tone, modest price, AND AN OMOBONO most recent book, the prophetic ;1/u~l 11'e 'JigiJL STRADIVARI, $3,500. Jn /sicl/ 1 he poses a question we arc now an Among others: The finest Bergonzi in swering in blood. Dr Waldo [ Stephens re America, a gem for tone and beauty, turns, on February 24, with another of his il $12,500; a JOSEPH GUARNER I DEL GESU luminating talks, based on his knowledge of (cost $62,000 in London some years ago l, foreign affairs, particularly in Russia and the now $45,000! Another formerly sold for Balkans. On March 3, S K Ratcliffe, veteran about $50,000, now $25 000 l·nglish journalist and lecturer, will speak. Mr. Ratcliffe, former editor of the Calcutta States WURLITZER llltlll and writer for the London Daily '.NerPs, 120 West 42nd Street, New York has contributed countless articl<' ~ to the political Telephone Wisconsin 7-8140 ;md litPrary journals of two continents 25 Our Economic P•·o~pecb r\1emher!-. cd the l n~t1tutc who were p1c~cnt last yca1 when j. Raymond Walsh and Will 1\:eep moore Kendall debated, will recall with delight the lively evening these two brilliant and witty Liberty's speakers provided. On T uesclay evening, r:eh ruary 17, the two speakers come again to dis Light cuss "America after the War-Stagnation or Prosperity"" Both men are well known as lee A glotv! turers and authors. Professor Walsh teaches Cconomics at Williams College, and Professor Kendall, Political Science at the University of BUY Richmond The latter has recently published " thorough analysis of John Locke's political DEFENSE philosophy. Indeed, both Locke and the Amer icans of '76, who imbibed his doctrines, would STAMPS have welcomed the practice that Professors Kendall and Walsh have revived-that of meet &BONDS ing to debate current public questions. Theirs at is no debate in the formal sense. It is rather a joint discussion in which two opposing points NAMMS of view lead them to the same democratic ends Fulton St. at Hoyt they both cherish. Brookh n Enigmatic Russia It is a long leap in space as well as in out look from the University of Wisconsin to Mag nitogorsk. But John Scott, son of Scott Nearing, determined to make it. For nine years he lived SERVICES among the Russians: first as a worker in a chemical factory, then as a student of engineer FOR EVERY SAVINGS NEED ing. Later, having become a newspaper cor respondent, he traveled all over Europe. On • Savings Accounts r:riday evening, february 27, Mr. Scott dis cusses "What We Can Expect from Russia." • Christmas Club I lis 111timate knowledge of the country will en • Banking-By-Mail able him to lift at least a part of the veil of secrecy that covers the Russian enigma. U. S. Defense Bonds Kaltenborn and the New~ Also Available Once more I l. V. Kaltenborn, celebrated journalist and radio commentator, edits the news in his Institute lecture on current events, Friday evening, February 20. Mr. Kaltcnborn's careful selection of events and shrewd analyses have long been a guidepost to his millions of listeners Graphic in his presentation, with an uncanny sense for tomorrov/s headlines, he can Main Office: Atlantic Ave. and Court Strc•·t be counted upon to clarify the confusing devt>l 18th Avenue Office: 18th Ave. nnd 65th Str•·•· l opments of the day. I lis talks are never pre Brookl}n, Nt:w York . arranged, for Mr. Kaltenborn suits his words to the moment's action. 26 Travel Notes This Is Mexico Not the least among our all ies, and one fated to take an important role in the post-war world, is Mexico. It is a land of rich, though largely untapped, resources and a population which is Ranch Mink $1650 slowly progressing toward democratic ideals. In Trencher-fashioned and Trencher-made, in his all-color documentary film , " Mexico," Clar the daylight workrooms of Trencher, the ence Sorensen will reveal on Monday evening, largest exclusive Furrier in *Old New York. February 9, a country unknown to tourists. Mr. Sorensen, as foreign staff correspondent of the * 277 GRAND STREET, NEW YORK Columbia Broadcasting System, has penetrated its very heart. lie talked to the people, from ,----ESTAllLISIIED 22 YEARS--- Avila Camacho to the lowliest peon Against a "From a Sandwich to a Dinner" background vivid and haunting, he watched them fight for political and social justice. Now he exhibits the evidence-the si lver miners and SEIDEL'S Restaurant industrial workers, the artisans of remote moun FAMOUS FOR SHORE DINNERS tain villages, even the " lost" jungle tribes-an ancient civilization striving to achieve modern 2101 Emmons Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. expression. Our spacious dining room offers immediate seating at all times. Outpost of the French Empire CHOICE WINES and LIQUORS icol Smith, intrepid adventurer and author of 'JIJe Busbl!lctster is one of the very few re porters to have secured a visa from Vichy to visit Martinique. While this too close outpost of the shattered French Empire increases in im 'I,HE HABIT OF SAVING portance to the outside world, the life of the I onle acquiled, is easy to maintain. !' island continues very much in it s accustomed Let us help you form the habit. We way. Mr. Smith catches that way and reports I suggest our convenient plan for 1 banking by mail. Ask for our de- • on it in " Martinique," a film tn natural color, sc• iptive folder explaining this simple 1 on Monday evening, February 16. lie unfolds plan. One dollar opens an account. 1 l I the picturesque aspects of native life hut does not omit the important harbor of Fort de france, East Brooklyn Savings Bank I Bedford and De Kalb Aveouea Fo•••ed 1160 where battleships are on patrol and where the I planes we made for a happier France arc still Cont•~nintt to ,.,ach by 8th Av,, Subw11y II I and matty car linn. stored. t------J Crossroads of the Pacific OI.DI!.ST ESTABLISHMENT 01' ELECT1t0LYSIS IN •ROOXL\' N The eyes of the world are fixed on the world and nowhere more anxiously than on l lawaii. O n Monday evening, February 23, james Saw ders brings to the Institute his timely color-film, " llawaii-Crossroads of the Pacif'lc." An en gineer who is also a lively film historian, Mr. M ethods Endorud by All l'rorninent Physicians Sawders discusses the economic and political, HOURS HY Al1 1'01Nl'NKNT as well as the physical, forces of our territory MRS. T. SALMAN in the Pacifk and provides an illuminating com J. 26 COURT STREET TRiancle II IIIHIO mentary on the background for _l;1pan s treach New York omce: Ill E. 42nd St. MUrray Rill 2-11310 ery. 27 Three Public Meetings FOR A MONTH Taxation $1,000 $2 In cooperation with the New York City League of Women Voters, the fourth meeting You can build up a substantial sav in the series, "Taxation for Democracy," takes ings account for yourself and with it place on Tuesday evening, f.ebruary 10. Pro fessor William John Shultz will be the prin $1,00~ life insurance protection for cipal speaker on the timely question, "Does the your family by depositing $2. • a Consumer Bear the rull Tax Burden?" \'V'ith month in any mutual Savings Bank Professor Ivan Wright, of Brooklyn College, as that has a Life Insurance Department. chairman, the discussion will center around the Go to the mutual savings bank subject of direct and indirect taxes, their ef feet on prices and incomes, and their relation nearest your home. ship to inflation M edicine THfBST ~EW YORK Dr. George Draper lectures on "The t\.1an ~AVI~GS B.ANK W ithin the Patient," fourth in the series, "Man and Medicine," on Tuesday evening, February Homo Omco ATLANTIC AVENUE AT PEN NSYLVANIA 2-1. This lecture is presented in cooperation Parkway Omco Brownsville Omct with the Medical Society of the County of EASTERN PARKWAY PITKI N AVENU E at Utica at Hopkinson Kings and the Academy of Medicine of Brook BROOKLYN. NEW YORK lyn Dr. Drape1, who is Associate Professor • a co 35. ltu H youn11tr more H older of Clinical Medicine at Columbia University, will go behind the scenes of real or imaginary disease and show how heredity, environment, MISS DUNBAR'S SCHOOL and constitutionality influence physical disturb 186 JORALEMON STREET ances. A pioneer and outstanding scholar in a At Borough Hall , Brooklyn, N. Y. field inadequately understood by doctor and SECRETARIAL TRAINING FOR GIRLS patient alike, he has published many important A successful combination of individual articles on the subject. coaching and carefully graded group work. Defense College Graduates 6 months High School Graduates ... 10 months "Employment Readjustment ow and Aftc• I lacement Service Free the Emergency'' 1s presented in conjunction • DAY COURSl:. ONLY • with the Brooklyn Council for Social Planning. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN It is the fourth in the series of panel discussions Catalogu~ on R~quest TRiangle 5-7·120 on the defense program as it affects Brooklyn, and comes on Tuesday evening, March 3 Pro fessor Walter A. W illigan of St. John's Univer TWO CONVENIENT OFFICES sity acts as chairman. The three speakers wi ll MAIN OFF ICE: present the points of view of labor, employment Lafayette and F1atbush A venues management, and the government. First, Clif OpJ>~sit~ Academy of Music BAY PARK\VAY BRANCH: ford T. McAvoy, legislative representative of 6633 Bay Parkway the Greater New York Industrial U nion Coun AI 22nd Avenue Station, Sea Beach Lu11 cit will explain labor's position. Following him, Organiud 1886 J. A. Zellers, Vice-President of Remington Rand, will talk about the problem as viewed b) the employer The government's attitude to both \\ill he g1ven by fwan Clague, Associate Director of the Bureau of Employment Securit) of the Federal Security Agency. 28 Other lecture News Roving Artist Rockwell Kent-artist, wnter, reformer, and roving carpenter-has exhibited his work all over Europe and the Americas. In the United States his wood engravings, paintings, and murals are represented at the Brooklyn, the Metropolitan, and other outstanding museums. Sometimes in his own boat, sometimes hiring DRESSES of Distinction himself out as a ship's carpenter, Mr. Kent ex New Collection of Daytime plored Alaska and the mysterious waters of Tierra del Fuego. What he saw, he wrote and Dresses with unusual detail painted. I lis travel books, 'N by [ and Salan111rcr and style. lliglr l'sl (jUalil y al are notable for their bold, dramatic illustrations. lowest prices. Mr. Kent will discuss "Art and Democracy" before the Institute on Sunday Afternoon, Feb £LAIRE SHOP ruary 8. 539 F la tb ush Ave., near Lincoln Road Barter T heater B Uckm inster 4-2180 About nine years ago, a young actor returned from Manhattan to his native Abingdon in the mountains of Virginia I Ie was downcast, but Al\It:RI CA'S FOUR 1\IARVEL TH EATR ES! he had an idea. Robert Porterfield and a group History S:e Making of other actors opened a summer theater: ad All the latest news from mission-thirty-five cents or what have you to 4 CORNERS OF THE GLOBE Educational and Political Films trade? It was fantastic, but not to the farmers Travel and llumorou5 Filma and their wives who drove to town armed with Fashion and Sport Films And once each month the famous produce. The group's fame has spread and to ""March of Time"" day it is flourishing. Mr Porterfield's fabulous Tickets from 15c success has given him another idea. I Ie en Emhns s y News reel Theatres Rockefeller Center. SS W . 50th St. visions a state repertory theater for Virginia, New Broadway n.nd 46th St. York { Broadway and 72nd St. and by the time he talks to Institute members l'ark Ave. and 42nd St. on "The American Theater Goes to the People/' on Friday evening, February 13, that idea may be closer to realization. lj Buy Defense Bonds IJ Eclipse 1!-:-:------=------:--:-=----==--~ father McNally specializes in eclipses. I Ie directed the Georgetown polar expedition, trav .------Perfe ct for ------ eling to Ku stanai, U.S.S.R., and to Canton Is " THAT MIDNIGHT SNACK" land to study the solar phenomenon. I Ie is author of many works on astronomical subjects lREAT CRISPS and may be counted upon to recapitulate, in CX>LDt:J"C 'BfitOWl{ POTATO CHI93 more popular terms, "The .Eclipse of 1940," in At All DELICATESSENS his lecture on Thursday evening, l·ehruary 26. FOrt PICK-I P AND DELIVERY SEitVI('E THE PHAR~AC" Tel. NEvins 8-5180 At LIND§ A Y LABORATORIES < Ol\IPO'LNDS PRESCRIPTIONS EXACT!.'\' AS YOUR PIIYI'I[(' IAN ORDI:.RS :{02 \SIILANI> J>L\ CE 0 Jlp. \ <·a dt•n•) of 1\fu..,it- 29 WANT LOVELY HAIR? Music Notes H A I E I 'I' Bach and His Predecessors Lehman l;ngcl, who is still in h1s early thirties, has already established himself as a creative .~OGILVEED~ force in American music. lie is a fertile com poser of operas, choral pieces, and incidental lf your hair is too dr}, too oily, fading, music for the theater Not the least of his con falling, dandruff) ) ou'II see startling tributions to the musical scene is the training impro' cmenl "hen ) ou ha\ c il "ogil and directing of 1115 a cappella group of five \ecd." A simple routine of clcan,;ing, singers. On Sunday afternoon, February 15, stimulating and lubricating to bring out Mr [ngel leads this group in a program devoted the full beaul) of yout hair. to ]. S Bach and his predecessors. 1ncluded Visit our • alon no charge for con are motets by the Spaniard, Victoria, and the ::-ullation with instruction for proper etherlander, Sweelinck Bach's "Jesu, meine home care of hair. Preparations at the r:reude," whose force and beauty is often com pared favorably with the larger B minor Mass, Salons and at leading dcpartmPnt and will be given in its entirety. !larry Cumpson, drug stores. Ask for Booklet. Buffalo born pian1st, who is known particularly for his interpretation of Bach's keyboard music, plays two preludes and fugues from "The Well Tempered Keyboard," and also the Partita in 604 Fifth Avenue 50 E. 4 2nd St reet FOR WOMEN AND MEN EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEN C minor. BRyant 9·5290 MUrray HIll 2·2211 NEW YORK WASHINGTON CANADA Russian Songs and Dances The mustc of every country bears the stamp of its nationality but in few is it more strongly pronounced than in the Russian. Cut off for !, -1".-L-ALFAYI EVTTEE A-V,-EN_ ---HN--E AA-- Ld TH,-~,--1 -1, ear ca emy o " us c centuries from the Western World by a wall I HEALTH FOOD STORE I of barbarism, its music developed with little \'ISIT OUR JUICE AND ICE CREAI\1 BAR l outside influence until the time of Peter the I Luncheons and Dinners Served 1 Great. On Saturday evening, February 14, the t___ ~:-~~-~~~:~~-~::~~~---J Muscovites, a male group of six Russians, pre sent a colorful panorama of this rich musical heritage. The program will open with a group FLATBUSH of religious songs, sung a cappella by B. Belos tozky, N. Vasilieff, S. Slepouskin, and M. Creben, men trained in the best tradition of SAVINGS BANK liturgic as well as secular music. Classical Main Office songs of the nineteenth century, accompanied 1045 FLA TBUSH AVENUE on the piano by G. Gorsky, make up the second half of the program. The evening will reach Flatlands Branch its peak with exciting and spirited folksongs sung 1550 FLATBUSH AVENUE by the chorus to the lively sound of Gorsky's accordion and the nimble turns of V. Uro's dancing. Your Post Box leaves mail at our Bank BUSHWICK " To Succeed Save Regularly" llt;\~ I : Cf!t:W : t:1 ZI :111 Savmgs Bank Life Insurance at Low Cost GRAND ST. AT GRAHAM AVE.. BROOKLYN Mortgage Loans- Safe Deposit Vault ESTABLISH EO 1873 BUY U. S. DEFENSE SAVINGS BONDS Defense Savings Bonds Kept Without Charge 30 THE VARIOUS HALLS OF THE BROOKLYN A~ADEMY CtF MUSI~ ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONCERTS, PLAYS, LECTURES, DANCES, AND OTHER EVENTS OPERA HOUSE • BALLROOM • MUSIC HALL Inquire MANAGING SUPERINTENDENT, STerling 3-6700 FIRE NOTICE: Look Around Now and Choose the Nearest Exi t to Your Seat. In case of Fire Walk (Do Not Run ) ta that Exit. Do Not Try to Beat Your Nelrhbor to the Street.-PATRICK J . WALSH. Fire Commissioner. 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