Evening star. [volume], December 04, 1931, Page D-5, Image 53

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WORKS OF BLAKE ~
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Junior League Exhibit In
cludes “The Visions of
Daughters of Albion.”
An outstanding collection of the
woTks of William Blake from the Paul
Hyde Bonner Library will be among
the many Important rare books and
volumes in exceptional bindings to be
on exhibition and for sale December
B-12 at the Junior League, 1529 Con
necticut avenue.
Many of the works were loaned to
the league by Buttons, Inc., of New
York.
Excellent examples of Blake's work
are offered In the collection. One of
the most interesting is Mr Bonner's
copy of "The Visions of the Daughters
of Alb.on." which came from the li
brary of the Ear! of Beaconsfield. This
book,, consists of 11 separate plates
measuring about 15 13-16 by 10 15-16
Inches unbound, 10 of which are laid
In board covers. The eleventh plate is
the frontispiece, which was noted as
missing from the Beaconsfield Library
In 1856.
Missing Plate Found.
When the book was sold at Sotheby’s
In 1882 it was found to be incomplete
by the purchaser. B B. MacGeorge of
Glasgow. Twenty-two years later the
missing plate turned up from an
anonymous source during a sale at
Hodgson's in London. Mr. MacGeorge
bought it to complete his set. The
plate ha* been cut down, but Is now
mounted to size and framed sepa
rately,
Blake's writings and illustrations are
full of symbolism There is a curious
beauty and strength in the sweep of
line, which shows even in the smallest
of his drawings. His books, such as the
"Songs of Experience," "Songs of In
nocence" and "The Visions of the
Daughters of Albion." were published in
a form invented and first used by Blake
in 1788, a sort of process of relief etch
ing, the text and illustrations all form
ing part of one plate. He drew, etched,
printed and colored these books entirely
himself, as he could not afford to have
any one do it for him.
Exceptional Dark Brilliance.
Th’ most usual coloring is a rather
light water color, the present copy of
j "The Visions" attracting attention, be
cause of its exceptional dark brilliance.
The contrast is readily seen by a com
parison with the two extra plates from
another copy, which are now included
in the Beaconsfleld set.
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GIANT BEET DISPLAYED
Twenty-Pound Vegetable Is Pro
duced in Minnesota.
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn—A beet
weighing 20 pounds w-as displayed here
as one of the most unusual products of
the soil in years. The beet is a mangel
wurtzel. shaped like an alligator, and
was grown by William Lavin, Todd
County farmer.
FEEDS CATTLE PASTRY
SPRINGFIELD. Mo.—Mrs. Anna K
Brower buys up all the stale doughnuts
the bake shops have to offer and feeds
them to her cattle. The cattle's love
of pastry is inordinate, she says.
SMALL TOWN FOLKS ARE REAL
RADIO FANS, SAYS RUTH ETTING
Ziegfeld Star Declares It Is Twice as Hard to Please Them
as It Is a Broadway Audience.
NEW YORK. December 4.—Ruth Et
ting sat in her dressing room at the
Ziegfeld Theater and talked about ra
dio, about herself and her home in
David City, Nebr.
Chorus girls were trouping by the
starred door on their way down for
their turn in the ‘•Follies.” Ruth her
Ruth Ftting.
acu naa jusi nn
ished her famous
cigarette-girl num
ber.
She was tired,
and whenver Ruth
Etting is tired get
ready for a lecture
on the simple life
and simple pleas
ures.
"Those people
down there," she
said, meaning the
audience, "think
they are getting a
kick out of drop
ping in at the
‘Follies.'
"I know families
at heme who have
made plans for
wrens u) arive some otner towm to
visit a little radio station. They
wouldn't trade that experience for
tickets to every show' on Broadway.
"Too many of us who divide our time
between the stage and broadcasting
tend to forget the little towns and the
people who hear but don't see us. But
those are the very ones who remember.
They're the real fans.
“We think. ‘Well, if it’s good enough
for Broadway, it’s good enough for Six
Corners, Kans.’ That isn’t true. The
single medium of sound makes it twice
as hard to put over a song on the air.
“I do a lot more rehearsing for a
broadcast than for a stage appearance.
Looks, action and manner help one on
the stage, but you can’t cram those into
the dead pan of a microphone.
“As a matter of fact, there are few j
who have moved successfully from the
stage to radio. A real actor can’t ex
press himself with voice alone. And
still fewer have won stage success by
the radio route.
"So I wouldn't advise any amateur to
i aim at the stage through radio. Any
how, radio is the quickest road to per
| haps the greatest fame.
“Nor is there any short cut to success
through the development of some tricky
style of singing. There are enough
freaks in the world now. Maybe I've
developed something called a ’style,’ but
I knew7 I get the best fan response to
the unaffected, sweet and simple tunes."
She sighed. It sounded like a young
lady being homesick for David City,
Nebr. Coming from one of the highest
paid stars of the Broadway show world
and one who can get $1,000 for a single
radio broadcast, it seemed just a little
incongruous.
“I was thinking,” confessed Ruth Et
ting. "how7 nice it would be to be lying
out in the backyard at home. I’m going
to build a new house out there next
year. No, I haven't any immediate
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——- Over Becker’s
family, but I do have nine cousins, and
we’re very close.
“You see, I'm not stage-struck, and
I haven’t a lick of temperament. I was
Just lucky enough to have a voice. Ac
tually, though, it was radio that had the
biggest part in my success.
"I danced in Chicago night clubs to
pay my way through art school. Then
I started singing. It was about seven
years ago that I got a job singing three
nights a week over WLS, in Chicago.
’’Five years ago I came to New York,
but I didn't do any more broadcasting
until 1928, when i was in ’Whoopee.’
Now I only do three or four programs
a month, because it’s such hard work in
addition to the show.”
For the benefit of aviators the British
Automobile Association will broadcast
weather reports and forecasts eight j
times a day.
SEES NEED TO LINK
SCHOOL AND HOME
Maj. Gen. Fries, U. S A,, Retired,
Scores Appointive School Board
Plan—Urges Election.
Declaring that the home and the
school should be brought in closer con
tact. Maj. Gen. Amos A Fries, u. S. A.,
retired, told the District of Columbia
Public School Association Wednesday
that the only way to effect this im
provement was to have "an elective
school board.”
Maj. Gen. Fries was addressing the
organization at its meeting in the
Franklin School Administration Build
ing last night. He characterized the
present method of appointing Board of
Education members a "bloc system."
criticizing the policy of having on the
board representatives or various races
and religions. If the people want these
groups represented, he insisted, they
have a right to elect them.
The officer also condemned what he
alleged was the distribution of "sex in
formation” by the Federal Council of
Churches to boys and girls. He called
this alleged distribution, the “dfcheme
of Communists designed to break down
the delicacy of decency of our young
people.”
At the Washington office of the
council here it was asserted that no
such information had been distrib
uted among children. The council's
office, however, declared that a report,
entitled "Ideals of Love and Marriage”
was Issued in 1929 by the council's
Committee on Marriage and Home,
under the chairmanship of Rev
Dr. Worth M Tippy. This was mid
to be the only information related
even remotely to sex matters published
by the council and this was not given to
“boys and girls.”
848TH GUSHER COMES IN
OKLAHOMA CITY, December 4 HP).
—Three candles on its birthday cake,
the Oklahoma City oil field gave a
“coming ’in'' party today for its 848th
gusher.
In the field, just south of the busi
ness district, the world's largest sweet
oil producers and their little brothers
have given up 82,000,000 barrels of oil
valued at $58,100,000.
The newest gusher, brought in by the
Kessler Oil & Gas Co., was a center of
attention in the area today.
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