Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1947 — Page 11
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Inside Indianapolis
TODAY. I'™ starting with, a auotation that really should go at the end of my storys But because I wept to a lot of trouble tracking it down and because it fits the subject—the Indianapolis Philharmonic orchestra~it's going in the next para-
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once wrote! “Music is the universal ‘language of mankind.” As far as universal is concerned, it. might be said the 50-piece
* Philharmonic is exactly thgt in composition and
purpose, Once a week for two hours salesmen, insurance men, housewives, téachers, high school students, ‘an organ repairman, mail clerk, accountant, linotype operator, interior decorator, heating engineer, art student and even a German refugee who came to this country eight weeks ago, sit down before the baton of Hermann Rinne, to speak the universal language of good music as members of the Philharmonic,
Rehearse for Murat Concert
THE UNIVERSAL tongue begins wagging every ‘Monday exactly at 7:45 p. m. and lasts until 10 p. m. There's a 15-minute break at 9 o'clock. Every available piece of furniture and open space in the 40 and 8 Chateau auditorium was occupied
MUSIC TASKMASTER-—But Hermann Rinne, conductor, also remembers there's fun in playing good music good.
By Ed Sevele |
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with members’ clothing. Hy each musician took his place, 8 new. sound of tuning added to the din of unrelated sound which was far from what Longfellow talked about, .It was more like universal jabbering. The orchestra was to rehearse Mendelssohn's | “Italian symphony” in preparation for a concert at the Murat temple in the near future. ! : Mr. Rinne tapped his baton on the music rack and the concert mistress sounded the key. The grinding and blowing ended. The orchestra was ready. Down came the baton and the fast opening passage began. It didn’t last long. Tap-—tap—tap— The orchestra ground to a stop, ~ “Too slow,” Mr. Rinne said, waving his‘ arms. “Mote pep--now let's go,” Something was Wrong /with the violin section. That was ironed out. _ “Let's go—start at three—THREE,’ he instructed. Fifty musicians zoomed: into line three whatever that was, I can't read music. Pretty soon they were tapped into silence. “Too loud—it's marked double pianissimo. Let's play it double pianissimo. All right—let's go.” - Mr. Rinne wanted double pianissimo—he got double pianissimo. That's pretty soft. Almost no music. The orchestra cdme to a difficult section. Mr. Rinne put his all into the directing and tried to ge the orchestra over the rocky road to perfection. H waved both hands, hummed ‘emphatically, and| thumped his right foot on the floor.
Glued to Their Seats’
A BIT of a screech came from the cello section. | The baton waved silence. The cellists played their parts three times—solo.. ~ ell “Everyone—start back at number seven. Together now—one, two, one two, one two.”
Start—stop, correction, nod of approval and more practice, |
At intermission, several musicians remained glued to their seats going over sections which were particularly tricky. Members of, the Philharmonic don't get a dime in| pay. All concerts are benefits and profits go to! worthy causes. The profits from the concert at the | Murat will go to sustain the Indianapolis Symphony orchestra. | The 15 minutes were up. Musicians took their] places. Mr. Rinne announced, “From the beginning.” | The “Italian symphony” was played through. Mis- | takes were pointed out. The conductor raised his! baton again. { “Prom the beginning.” said Mr. Rinne. How can musicians play their heart out and turn right around and play them out again? But they did. End of rehearsal. Next week, “Egmont overture” and “The Merry Wives of Windsor.” There can’t be | any sour notes at the concert. Rehearsal—that'’s | different.
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Busted Trust-Buster
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.—President Truman says he's having trouble finding good men to work for the government. Now that congress has been in session for a month and a half, I am beginning to understand. There are 80 many straw bosses tossing insults, making threats and arguing with each other about the help that some self-respecting bureaucrats are inclined to flee to the South Seas while they've still got their sanity. . As for their clerks, they are biting their fingernails and worrying about their futures and who can blame 'em for that? Some congressmen say they're going to fire 1,000,000 federal workers in the next few weeks; others insist that only about 500,000 should lose their jobs; still others—most Democrats—claim that the government's hired-hands are overworked as it is.
Pity Poor Press Agent
SO THERE was Atty. Gen. Tom Clark testifying the other day that his best men were quitting all the time and he was having the devil's own time finding replacements. He mentioned his press agent, who had taken a job in private industry the week before at $40.000 a year. He said he couldn't find any law school graduates to take the low pay jobs in his department and that the wages in his district attorneys were so low that he had to let them accept outside legal cases to eke out their incomes. Fortunately, he continued, he did have a few longtime employees in the department, who liked their work and got some inner satisfaction from doing a Job for their fellow man, even though they didn't eat as well as they might if they worked in private industry. Along came one of these loyal veterans, Wendell Berge, who had spent 17 years working himself up to
By Frederick C. Othman |
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the job of assistant attorney general in charge of trust-busting. Mr. Berge told the civil service committee of the senate that he, too, was having his troubles finding lawyers. If he only had some more, he could do a better | job of keeping big business out of illegal combines, he | sald. Mr. Berge (as I reported here a couple of days| ago) received a working-over from the senators. One of them said he obviously was not taking seriously his oath of office because poor men frequently went to jail, but rich ones hardly ever, even when they admitted breaking the anti-trust laws. Mr. Berge said this was true, but could he help it because judges and juries hated to put businessmen behind bars? He put up a spirited defense of his bureau. but one of the senators said he couldn't see what good the anti-trust division was, so long as it was under present management. Mr. Berge flushed. but said nothing.
Looking for Comforts of Life
WHAT THE senators didn‘t know was that Mr. Berge had submitted his resignation Jan. 30 and that President Truman had accepted it with praise for his service on Feb. 7. That wasn't announced until Saturday. Mr. Berge said he couldn't expect his family to take it any longer. His children had a right to future security and some more of the comforts of life and he was going at last into private law practice, where he could earn some money. He didn’t mention the insults. His case is one of many. It explains in large part, 1 think, the inefficiency of so many government bureaus and the snippiness of so many federal clerks. Next time one snarls at you, remember that the
poor wretch isn't sure whether he'll still have a dob. :
tomorrow.
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spell
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 17.—A spell of warm somnolent weather recently left Hollywoodites so lazy they wouldn't even open the door for Richard. One of Cecil B. DeMille's assistants even got fired. The great C. B. opened his mouth and the lazy fellow forgot to throw in a cough drop. Barry Fitzgerald fell off his motorcycle. Not unusual except that this time the motorcycle was parked in front of his home. Even the story was laZy—Sue Carol finally had to have a Caesarian operation six weeks after the stork’s scheduled arrival. It was a boy, which Alan Ladd was hoping for. About the only real activity this time & the year in Hollywood is studios shipping exposed negative film out of the state for a few weeks to avoid the March 15 state tax. Laraine Day wishes she could ship Judge Dockweiler out of the state—and keep him out. We thought everyone knew Al Jolson did all the singing for Larry Parkf in “The Jolson Story.” But there seem to be quite ‘a few unenlightened souls. Larry is receiving fan letters reading: “Congratulations. You sing much better than Al Jolson ever did.” ‘
May Go to Sweden
JEANETTE MACDONALD may go to Sweden to play the role of Kristina Nilsson, Sweden's top singing star of 50 years ago . . . Bob Cummings and Steve Cochran both hotly deny that near-fisticuff report. Charles Chaplin, about to. release “Monsieur Verdoux,” says he'll soon be back to his old two-picture-a-year schedule. He's anxious to bring back his old tramp character.
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We, the Women
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IN ANSWER to my column listing a number of foolish .avas men have about women, several. men wrote in to ask: “Why don't you admit that women have just as many silly notions about men?” They do, of course. And these are.probably some of them: That all men are alike. (And how often women console one another with that statement!)
That men are just little boys, grown up. (Women
have been bringing up their daughters on that idea for generations.) } That mother, naturally’ and instinctively, knows better than father how to bring up children.
Tears Effective Weapon
THAT MEN prefer dumb women. they just prefer pretty, feminine women, brains being "entirely acceptable if the woman who has them also happens to have beauty?)
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That ‘tears | are a Yomats Jos effective Weapon;
Ah, youth! Ah, fanmania. Letter to the “late Van Johnson” from: a ‘high school girls in New Bedford, Mass. | “To the late Van Johnson. I wish to inform you that as of today the girls of New Bedford high school | are going into mourning. For, three days we will | wear black sox and hair ribbons. .This is in memory | of your late bachelorhood. For once in my life I was] sorry to hear of a marriage. Why couldn't you have! picked out a single girl? I'm afraid all your pictures
are going to be torn off my wall. Congratulations, anyway.” Ready for Release ‘ |
MADDENING MEMO (from Republic studio): “The Nelson Eddy-Ilona Massey picture, formerly titled Russian River, formely titled Will Tomorrow Ever Come, formerly titléd One Exciting Kiss, will be released as End of the Rainbow.” Otto Kruger is making a big hit in the New York play, “Little A,” sharing the spotlight with his daughter, Ottilie. “But,” he writes me, “it's a terrifying experience to be suddenly facing your offspring behind the footlights."” Gloria de Haven is the latest to join the short hair brigade for a college co-ed role in “Good News.” Paul Lukas, still looking for another “Watch On the Rhine,” Just turned down four Broadway play offers A bit player spent 20 minutes explaining to Di-
By Erskine Johnson -
| Margaret will observe her anniver-
rector Eddie Buzzell just how he wanted to play a certain scene, then said: “Now don't you think we should do it my way?” Replied Buzzell: “Let's not and say we didn't.”
By Ruth Millet
against & man. (Maybe once or twice, or even three times—but after that, aren't tears monotonous?)
Who Wants Perfection?
THAT MEN like helpless women. (How can that be, when so much of a man’s dpily comfort depends upon a woman's being self-reliant enough to keep as many worries as possible away from him?) " That in ordér to please a man, a woman should strive eternally to be “a perfect wife.” (Isn't the idea of “the perfect wife” a, woman's ideal job just as is the idea of “the perfect housekeeper”? Actually, wouldn't a man rather have a woman keep through the years some of the sweetness, gaiety and companionableness that were hers as a girl than have her knock herself out trying to be a *‘perfect” anything—wife, mother, or housekeeper?) Mistaken notions all-but persistent ones, nevertheless. Yes, women have some silly notions about
HEAD MAN — Dr. Walter H. Maddux is medical
MONDAY, FEBRU n
The Road To
director of the Herman G. Morgan Health Center of the
Indianapolis board of public health and-hospitals,
and Missouri sts. Formal opening is being held
week.
SPOTLESS SURROUNDINGS—Mrs. Gladys Lewis Harris presides
as receptionist. A spacious waiting room, welcomes persons entering for treatment.
"PENETRATING EYE—Much attention will be paid
| 5th this
cheerfy in atmosphere,
to diagnosing of tuberculosis and to its treatment. This X-ray machine is only one of the scientific instruments.
It is hoped some 25 doctors and 15 dentists wil themselves of the clinic's facilities.
Little ‘Fanfare’ Planned
By DOROTHY WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. — Margaret Truman planned to her 23d birthday Minister Winston Churchill at Constitution hall.
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Margaret Truman 23 Today; Coral = Dick Turner
celebrate |
The mimicry of Britain's wartime premier, complete with king-sized
cigar, Joseph Porter in “H.M.S. Pinafore.”
will be done by John Charles Thomas in his portrayal of Sir
Outside of the fact that she will | view the performance from the | presidential box after eating her birthday cake in the White House,
covered” Margaret's voice ago, lives with her. Mrs. understands Margaret's sary much like any other young American. She may assist her mother with two of the semi-official White House teas being held this afternoon. Or she may spend the aft-
ernoon with friends.
| singer herself. And for cight years she has been the President's daughter,
life. She ‘doesn't give the
Studying Voice Now But one thing is certain. will be no birthday fanlare. “The Trumans just don’t go in much for birthdays,” one White House aid explained. The occasion was important enough, however, to bring Margaret here from New York, w!.ere she is studying voice. She hopes to become an opera singer. Music studies have occupied the President's daughter most of the
or there with some date. Sometimes she attends
There
But most of the time she
House picture.
Safety Bonus
She Found a House Rey Run Jecensly Yevelved After months of house-hunting,' eying Margaret is settled in her own New |ffom the company. York apartment. House isn't saying ‘whether the Geiseking, Raymond apartment is in Greenwich Village, | Floyd: “Ayers, Valley uptown or downtown. The family Chatles Haines, Riley Kid
tice her scales in’ peace.
| | | tonight ty secing an impersonation of former 2
City, the family friend who “dis-
She was once an opera and concert the past |
11 years Strickler ambition.
coaching
In general Margaret leads a quiet |
romanti+
cists much ground for speculation. Occasionally she is reported here
‘the state
functions at the executive mansiog.
stays far
in the background of the White
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time since her graduation last! rhjirteen Indianapolis drivers of spring from George Washington), ‘pegeral Express, Inc. 577 W. university. 4 a ‘‘safe-
award and a bonus check
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Anderson, Bigham, well, wil-
wants to give her a chance to prac: liam ~ Plummer, Forrest Spellman, as ‘|David Turner, Melvin Greenwood, Mw, T. 4 Sirickler ; of Kansas. Homer Johnson avg Sok John Vana.
‘architect. A free clinic, the aim is to acquaint the people with prenatal care,
DOORWAY TO HEALTH This modernistic, fireproof bulding is. the hot ‘of the new health center which it is: hoped will serve some 30,000 people in the: neighborhood. The structure was designed by Hilyard Robinson, Washington, D.C
health, dental care, tuberculosis and nutrition. Serious cases will be hospite z
MODERN EQUIPMENT — These cubicles will be padded so. fh “mothers: may undress ‘their youngsters preparatory for examinat Shown is. Mrs. Zephyr Woodson. medical-social worker, re snitind
"HOME TRAINING —The center hopes to employ’) a “highly-trained nut to lead the people to'better health through food. Community classes will be sored in which all interested will learn the value of foods and methods of preparatic Sanitation and cleanliness will be stressed. A large auditorium, it has'a project! booth for motion pictures and blackboard space for dernénstrations, :
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. Schedule Mevting ‘Here Wednesday - 14: A ministerial advisory to the Maternal, Health. League: |Indiana will be organized i
meeting at 1:30 p. m. Wi the White Cross center of
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The Rev. Russell Mi lov member of the board ain of ‘the Maternal’ Health leag in charge of Srgabiaing rs
a COP 1947 BY NEA SERVICE INC. T. M. REG U. 8. PAT.
"My telephone number is Circle 222, and if a man answers Ww just me with laryngitis again!” ;
| . McFall to Speak 4) Rotary Meeting |
: Dr. Mernill B. ‘McFall, pastor of
| ward Maturity” at 12:15 D. me to=| morrow in the: Claypool. Dr. McFall, who formerly Stat ;