Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1936, Page 50

All-Brahms Program Is Applauded ordon String Quar- et Brilliant-Second * Event Tomorrow. GORDON STRING QUAR- TET with Frank Sheridan, pianist, gave the first of two programs of chamber music ast evening in the auditorium of the Library of Congress. Every seat was occupied and the audience was en- thusiastic in its applause, which was well deserved by the players. The three numbers, a quartet, a violin and piano sonata and a quintet, which formed the program, were all works of Brahms, beautiful music, beauti- fully played. The instruments which the Gordon String Quartet used were all from the collection of ancient in- struments which have been given to the Library of Congress by Gertrude Clarke Whittall. ‘The Gordon String Quartet, com- posed of Jacques Gordon and David | Backson, violins; William Lincer viola, and Naoum Benditzky, cello, opened the program with the “Quartet tn © Minor, Opus 51, No. 1.” The/| work was beautiful, the players show- ing their familiarity not only with the score, but with each other’s playing, that no trace of raggedness could be found. And the tone of the instru- ments, except the first violin, was rich and beautiful. The first violin was shrill and thin in many places, though Mr. Gordon showed none of it in the “Sonata in D Minor, Opus 108,” which he played with Mr. Sheri- dan at the piano. The sonata was the second number and was beautiful throughout, Mr. Sheridan’s playing being outstanding in tone and technique, as well as in hrasing and interpretation. In fact, is playing quite overshadowed that of Mr. Gordon, vet the violinist played with beautiful tone and finish. The closing number, the “Quintet in | F Minor, Opus 34, another com- position rich in themes and har- mondes, was especially well done, though many felt surfeited with beautiful music after the first half of the program and gladly would have feft the quintet for another concert, that it might be the better appre- viated. The Gordon String Quintet, with fFrank Sheridan as pianist, will give & second program tomorrow after- noon at 3:30 o'clock and have chosen works of Beethoven, Brahms and Bchumann. —K. B. SOCIAL SECURITY HELD | ECONOMIC NECESSITY | Alexandria Rotarians Hear U. 8, Official Describe Growing Dependence. By & Btaff Correspondent ot The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 17. Citing the peoples’ growing depend- ence “upon a money economy under which the rule of ‘no money, no eat’ prevails,” R. B. Harris of the Bureau of Old Age Benefits of the Social Becurity Board said, “the task of building economic security for our peo- ple must succeed,” in an address here yesterday. | He spoke before the Alexandria Rotary Club. Increasing mechanization, a result of the country’s rapid change from an agricultural to an industrial natiom, has shortened the average working life and has weakened the family unit as a “reasonable bulwark upon which to rely for the support of the aged,” the official declared. Pointing to the fact that 56.2 per cent of the population had become urban in 1920 and that there were 6,634,000 persons over 65 years of age in 1930, Mr. Harris said the result is “a heavy burden upon the limited re- sources of most people when a non- working aged relative is taken into VIRGINIA DELEGATES LAUD JOHN F. RYAN Veteran Member and Speaker, ‘Who Died Recently, Is Accord- . ed Praise in Resolution. By & Staft Correspondent ot The Star. RICHMOND, Va., December 17.— The House of Dnlegates yesterday adopted a resolution honoring the memory of John F. Ryan of Pleasant Valley, Loudoun County, who died at the age of 88 at his home No- vember 30. Ryan was born near Arcola, Lou- doun County, November, 1848, and was elected to the House December 5, 1883. He served for 21 years both as & member and several times speaker. He served as speaker dur- ing the sessions of 1895-1896, 1897- 1898, 1901-1902, and through the re- maining sessions until March 15, 193¢, The resolution praised him as “a man of sterling qualities and high ideals.” He also was described as having “a remarkably analytical mind.” It was ordered that a copy of the resolution, which was offered by Dele- gate H. C. Thompson of Loudoun, be sent to his family. Yesterday's ses- sion adjourned in his honor. CHRISTMAS BONUSES ANNOUNCED BY BUS LINE Sums Ranging From $5 to $100 ‘Will Be Given by Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis Co. Special Dispatch to The Star. SEAT PLEASANT, Md., December 17.—Christmas bonuses ranging from $5 to $100 will be given to the em- ployes of the Washington, Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines, it was an- nounced today by L. L. Altmann, president and general manager. The maximum bonuses of $100 will be given to employes of 14 years or more of service. Every employe on the pay roll on December 21 will re- ceive a cash gift on that date. In announcing the action of the company’s officials in granting the bonus Altmann said it was given in employes.” - Gray Squirrels Too Smart. Because gray squirrels were too smart and would not be caught in the traps set for them in parks and rec- reation grounds at Carshalton, Enge- land, the city fathers have given hunt- ers permission to shoot them at sun- rise and for several hours thereafter. Colonial Anthracite The Finest Pennsylvania Coal Money Can Buy R. S. MILLER 805 Third St. N.W. NAT. 5178 the home, since all costs become cash outlays.” I S Locusts Delay Game. While a cricket match was being played at Bulawayo, Southern Rho- desia, & locust swarm 2 miles long appeared, and the insects began to settle on the grass. The game was stopped and players and spectators spent 20 minutes frightening away She unwelcome visitors. FREEZE-UP PROTECTION ? oF course? BuT HOW ABOUT RUST AND CORROSION ? NY good anti-freeze will keep your radiator from freezing. ‘Yet 4,000,000 car owners selected Super Pyrolast winter. And thus gained the extra benefit of Super Pyro’spatented ingredients which guard all 6 cooling system metals egainst rust and corrosion—as- suring a cooler, sweeter- 25 ¢ funning motor. qQ “appreciation for the loyal service of | 'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Concert Audience Denied Voice of Lotte Lehmann National Symphony Adds Numbers to Rich Program When Illness Prevents Appear- . ance of Singer With Orchestra. BY ALICE EVERSMAN. Hall yesterday afternoon when Mr. Cappel, manager of the National ! VERY audible expression of disappointment swept through Constitution Sympony Orchestra, announced that, owing to illness, Lotte Lehmann was unable to appear on the program, She was scheduled to sing three of Strauss’ loveliest songs and the “Liebestod” from “Tristan and Isolde.” The “Liebestod,” Mr. Cappel said, would be given in the orchestral version and Schubert’s “Unnnlshed‘:_ Symphony” in place of the songs. The regret felt by her many ad- mirers, familiar with her recital pro- grams with a piano background, at not having the opportunity to hear the great singer with orchestral accom- paniment, did not have time to cast a gloom over the audience, for Dr. Kindler had programmed for his open- ing number the delightful “Invitation to the Dance” by Weber in the Weingartner arrangement. This was the National Symphony's tribute to the memory of Carl Maria von Weber, whose 150th birthday anniversary is being commemorated this month. Piano Charm Enhanced. In arranging this effective piano number for orchestra, Felix Weingart- the orchestral ensemble at his com- mand the gracious little ball room scene is complete in every detail. Played as it was yesterday, under DrA‘ Kindler’s intuitive understanding, one | was led to picture the setting, to: visualize the characters and to re-| spond to the quickening dance meas- |ures as if one were a part of gay | assembly over a century ago. The work of the orchestra was spirited, clear cut and inspiring. Haendel's “Concerto Grosso No. 21,” which followed, was also distinguished by a thoughtful conception, although & less smooth execution crept in, in| the third moment, to disturb the | nobility of the frame. The overture ner has increased all its charming | and air were given with great dignity, character. 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Indeed, if fancy could construct the music of the spheres, its strains must surely be of the same color that Schubert has brought forth in this work he was not destined to hear. One cannot re- main unmoved in listening to it and, accustomed as one may be to an emotional response to the finest in music, the “Unfinished Symphony” brings a heart-ache hard to analyze except, perhaps, that it seems to sum up the rare quality of talent of the young composer who left posterity so much beauty in his short life span. It was with full appreciation of its meaning that the orchestra played it and it was a beautiful performance, the echoes of which should have been left undisturbed by applause. ©Of more earthly temper, yet equally moving, was Dr. Kindler's interpreta- THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1936. tion of the two excerpts from Wagner’s “Tristan and Isolde,” the “Prelude to Act III” and the “Vorspiel and Liesbestod.” The sublime melodies of this immortal love drama were un- folded with passionate intensity in the orchestra’s rendition, the fateful phrases of the cor anglais being espe- cially well done by Willlam Schnable. ‘The audience lingered on, recalling the conductor and applauding his en- semble for their excellent work. . 20,000 Tithes Filed. Nearly 20,000 owners of tithes, who are being bought out by the state in the British government’s $350,000,000 tithe extinction program, filled claims before the end of the period for lodg- ing compensation demands. 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