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* MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1940

MUSIC

By JAMES THRASHER |

Bomer Cramer Celebrates 15 Years As Hoosier With Request Program

IT WILL BE 15 YEARS next month since a young and brilliant ; pianist named Bomar Cramer, who had come here to teach from ..|~ Texas by way of New York, gave his first recital before an Indianapolis “+ audience. - Yesterday this same pianist, still young and still a player of bril- " liant technical attainments, celebrated his 15 years among .us with

| .an all-request program at EngIn the interval between these two performances Mr. Cra-

| ‘mer’s playing has attained the

ripeness and insight which go to round out the accomplished artist. . He has become without doubt the most famous pianist in Hoosier_dom, and he has developed and "sent ‘forth into our musical communities a talented corps of . pupils, : The ballots of Mr. Cramer's many admirers resulted in a program yesterday which deployed his many gifts over a selection of music equally varied, and one _ designed to tax any pianists T. virtuosity and powers of interpretation.

. 2 » 2 THE PROGRAM'S FIRST PART included, in the Bach-

- Busconi Chacone and the Chopin

Sonata in B Minor, the most demanding items in a prodigious array. In the first, though hampered at times by nervousness, + Mr. Cramer erected a tonal edifice

proportions, conceived on a scale which realized the germinal indi- : cations of magnificence found in the original Bach work for violin solo, and which approached at times the ear-filling grandeur of

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the Chaconne’s orchestral transcription. To the second Mr. Cramer brought his most impressive playing of the afternoon. Especially in the third and fourth movements he achieved an admirable rapprochement with the music's deepest meaning, although it was evident from the assurance and eloquence of the sonata’s very first measures that an integrated and perceptive interpretation of a well-loved work was in store for the listeners. Enough of the music which the artist does particularly well found its way into the second half to satisfy | even the. most ardent Cramer enthusiast. On the lyric side were the Chopin F Sharp Nocturne, Debussy’s *“Clair::.de Lune,” | ‘The Maiden and the Nightingale” from’ Granados’ | “Goyescas,” and Mr. Cramer’s ex- | cellent transcription of the “Dance | of the Princesses” from Stravine sky’s “Fire Bird.” As vehicles for a prodigious technique, there were Chopin’s B Flat | Minor |Prelude, Debussy’s fingertaxing | pagan. revel, “The Isle of Joy,” the somber turbulence of the | Rachmaninoff © Etude Tableau. Opus 39 No. 5, and Liapunov’s | “Lesghinka,” that ne plus ultra of | pianistic prifatis. » | . IN ALL THESE Mr. Cramer was quite in his element. A special palm should go to his playing of | the more lyric numbers, and an extra | special one for "his per=| formance of his own transcription. And a belated word should be said for the three Beethoven Bagatelles which stood between|

and Luther Adler (above right) is| th

Three old stage families are represented in one play Island.” John Craven (above left) is the son of Frank Craven (lower left) ; Martha Hodge is the daughter of William Hodge (lower center),

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e son of Jacob Adler | |(lower right).

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Eating of Sandwiches On West Side. ' Five persons believed to have

sandwich car yesterday are in hospitals today, one seriously ill. Those stricken were James Fiers, 18, of 5455 Lowell Ave.; Noah L. Simmons, 24, and George P. Simmons, 20, brothers, both of 39 N. Ritter Ave. and Harry Isenthal, 42, and his wife, Harriett, 35, of 668 E. 11th St. Mr. and Mrs. Isenthal are in St. Francis Hospital and the others in City Hospital. Police were told that the Simmons brothers and Mr. Fiers ate both beef and ham sandwiches at the sandwich car and became ill. They were given first aid by a physician, who said . they apparently were suffering from ptomaine poisoning caused by tainted meat. Mr. and Mrs. Isenthal said they bought sandwiches at the lunch car yesterday: and became ill a few hours later. Mrs. Isenthal was reported in serious condition today. Samples of the meat were obtained by police and sent to the City Health Board laboraiory for examination.

Y. M. WILL PRESENT MARRIAGE LECTURES

on “Successful Marriage” will be held at the Central Y. M. C. A. today at 7:30 p. m. The institute, open to the public, has been created because of “the appalling divorce rate and known unhappiness in marriage,” A. H. Thompson of the Y. M. C. A. explains. . Dr. Thurman B. Rice will lead one of the four lecture-discussions that make up the series. The four meetings will include talks on selecting tne right wate to the <¢pending leisure time in the home. BioDeical and financial aspects of mar-

Five in Hospitals Following

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The first in a series of lectures|

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Hope. Liberty Won’ tDiein This Decade, Author St ays|

It Will Be Great Period, Once Warlords Are Put Down, He: Adds.

_ Where are we going in the next decade? Stephen Longstreet; anthor of ‘the best-seller “Decade,” gives his idea of the answer in this article. He spent five ‘years digging into newspaper files for his source book on the 30's, published by Random House, and it is on this study. that he bases the following forecast for the next decade, .

By STEPHEN LONGSTREET NEW YORK, April 15 (NEA).— The decade from 1940 to 1950 will not be any different from the thou-

sands of decades the world has seen before. It is not a lonély little decade marked off in space time, but a tail on the great kite of decadeloaded history. The pattern will . be worked out. The world has lost hope of peace, of kindness, of love and goodwill to man. That is not new. The next decade will see war, will see death. will see the long slant of bayonets go marching off into the sun. : ¢ Hope Will Return

But hope and liberty and the right of all men—no matter what their race or creed—to live and breed will not perish. The decade will NOT see the mad men take over the world. They will die by the sword they sharpened; and flope

will again be with us.

True, in some future decade, we may see the whole mad, stupid business repeated. It will be a great decade for the common man, once he is free of the Art, music, writing will improve. Who knows —the motion picture may take over all art form, and men willnot longer write books, paint pictures or mark music on paper.

- Styles to Be Saner

Styles will be saner. Paris will die out as a fashion center. Fabrics will not wrinkle so easily. The cities will stop growing. PeoThe

den. . In this way the bomber will prove a blessing, People will travel again. We will see the first autoairplane in many garages. = Television will work better, but people will still go to ball games and prize fights and ‘hunt deer and fish. The dust bowls will be forests, the rivers will be banked against floods. : ~The next decade may make gold so worthless that "children’s . toys may be made from it. - Nonsense?

Perhaps, but we have most of the

world’s gold. If the nations of the

| world should discard it—and they

are turning more and more to barter—we would be holding a soft yellow metal that would be almost worthless, except to dentists. Another menace is radio. It menaces freedom of the press. The newspapers must remain free and daring. The newspapers are the last hope of free thought. Radio is a loud monster which in the wrong hands can do great damage.

Sees Great Decade. If— But there is no danger as long as

MARY A a BLOOMINGTON, DIES

Times Special | BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 15. — Mrs. Mary A. Waldron, one of Bloomington’s most outstanding community service workers, died yesterday of burns received when her clothing became ignited as she prepared a meal Friday. She was 82. She founded numerous organizations, including the Monroe County Family Welfare Sotlety, the Public Health Nursing Association and the Anti-Tuberculosis Association.

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NEW YORK, April 15 (NEA) — The trunks which a generation ago served as bassinets to the offspring

of theatrical folk are today filled with costumes of their erstwhile charges—now stage names in their own right. In Elmer's Rice’s play, “Two on an Island,” alone, three stagefamous families are represented in scions Luther Adler, John Craven and Martha Hodge. If Luther Adler's numerous kin were too busy acting themselves to notice his first, toddling | entrance when he was 4, they have since stopped, looked, listened, | and applauded. Today, at 37, he is bestknown of the lat famed Yiddish tragedian Jacob Adler's eight children—all of whom, plus eight in-

ple will move back to the soil. danger of air raids will be too great to spend millions on great buildings; industry will hide its plants and men will go back to God's green earth—each family with a house and some ground for a gar-

the Chaconne and the Sonata—| an object lesson in controlled pianistics and charming delivery: The afternoon was not without its share of slips from grace, and it seemed to me: that in general Mr. Cramer's playing did ' not quite approach the level which the program’s individual pieces have reached under his hands on various other occasions. However this exception comes in the rather subtle category of emotional com: munication—a highly” individuals. istic realm in which the listener ~ plays quite as important’ a part as the performer. It cannot, then, be a very serious indictment. More to the point is the tact that | the audience was obviously delighted with everything set before it. There was prolonged applause, and this insistent demand

Instead of. “Young Tom § Edison” we'd have called it 3 “Andy Hardy, 8 the Boy Inven-' tor”. The picture has all go the heart-warming . of a Hardy Family adventure, only instead of Andy Hardy the boy bombshell of Carvel, Mickey Rooney is Tommy Edison the boy terror of Port Huron! And how that kid can invent! . He invents his family into hot water! He invents trouble with a capital TNT! He wrecks a train; his dad spanks him;

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He was “on stage” as soon as he KENTUCKY YOUTH could carry on a monolog—trav- . ACCUSED OF THEFT

eling the vaudeville circuits with his A 17-year-old Kentucky youth was

father, J. C. Nugent. Father Nugent now stars in “When We Are Married.” held in jail today under a $3000 bond, charged with burglary. Beech Grove police said they found him in a Beech Grove grocery store early this morning. They said he admitted he had been away . from home for three years and had supported himself by thefts from garages and cars.

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And still they come. Jack Merivale, son of British stars Philip Merivale and the late: Viva, Birkett, this season played “Journey's, 0 End.” Henry Jr. kept up the Hull tradition in “The Man Who Killed Lincoln.” Little 11-year-old Lenore Lonergan, daughter and granddaughter of stage-famous Lonergans, by no means made her debut in “The Philadelphia Story.” Both Olsen and Johnson, stars of

his gang calls him “addled” — but his mother stands by him (even when he blows up the school house!) But Tommy Edison rises triumphant — still inventing. And the critics. are inventing new phrases to describe Mickey Rooney's finest performance. For real genuine entertainment, the kind that leaves you glowing and happy that you came, we recommend “Young Tom Edison”. A grand, human story of a great American family.

for encores brought forth pieces by" Scriabine, Liszt and Bieske Rachmaninoft. The welcome return of spring probably had its influence on the size of the house, which should “have been full but ‘wasn’t.

laws and two grandchildren, are

She and Luther recently had a son.

active on the American stage. One of the in-laws, Luther Adler's wife, is screen star Sylvia Sidney.

He can hardly escape grease- paint for long.

Daughter of wo Stars

- Martha Hodge is the daughter of Frohman star Helen Hale and the late William Hodge, known to millions as “The Man From Home,” a play which made him famous. Young Martha, as yet unmarried, wants her future children to follow the! ; bright-light path. John Craven is the grandson of

way a young-blood test and you'll still find John and Louisa Drew.

is: just in his twenties.

“Hellzapoppin, ” are parents of players in that self-billed “Screamilined revue.” Keenan». Wynn, son of The Perfect Fool” and grandson of the late Frank Keenan, whose name commanded S. R. O. throughout America for two decades, is under makeup in the musical hit “Two for the Show.” The “Royal Family” itself hasn't been dethroned, either. Give Broad-

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SIX LOCAL STUDENTS IN COLLEGE PLAY

Times Special - LAKE FOREST, Ill, April 15— Six Indianapolis students at Lake Forest College. will take part ina | production * of ornton Wilder's “Our Town” by the Garrick Players of the college on | Wednesday and Thursday nights. |‘ They are Richard, Norman and Alen Gripe. sons |of ‘Dr. and Mrs. Otto H. Gripe, 5402 E. Washington St.; Dorothy Westbay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J mes H. Westbay, 5230 E. North St.; Joan Hauser, caughter ‘of Mr. nd Mrs. Glen N. Hauser( 3614 N. Capitol Ave. and June Gardner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. | Gardner, 946 N.

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A musical program by Revetta St. Clair Creceleus, Grace Martindale and Dorothy Hayes will be given at 7:45 p. m. Wednesday at the Lawrence Methodist Church. The church choir is sponsoring the performance.

old troupers and the son of Frank Craven—star for three decades. John was going to be 4 surgeon before theater blood of three generations pulsed too strongly through his veins. Second generationers are everywhere. Take ' Elliott Nugent, currently featured in “The| Male Animal,” which he wrote with college

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