WHO’S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
By LEMUEL F. PARTON
YORK.—Meeting Francesco
Malipiero at a party in the Roy
al Danielli in Venice soon after the
World war, I thought he was one of
. the most charm
Malipiero ing and brilliant.
Was Person and, at the same
to Remember time> most cryptic
men I had ever
seen. There was in the company
another Italian musician, a famous
conductor, who was the lion of the
evening. I have forgotten his ap
pearance and his name, but every
thing about Signor Malipiero is viv
idly remembered.
On the way home in a gondola, I
asked the conductor for an apprais
al of Signor Malipiero as a musi
cian. There was considerable con
descension in the reply.
Malipiero was gifted but er
ratic, it was even hinted that he
was “unsound,” in some deeply
subversive sense. But my Virgil
eagerly agreed that the signor
was a most extraordinary hu
man personality.
As recently as four years ago, a
Malipiero opera threw the Royal
opera house of Rome into a tumult
of howling and cat-calls. Mussolini
banned it as “inimical to the faith
and sound teachings of the new/It
aly." But, by this time, Malipiero
had become a world-famous musi
cian, and lie was soon restored to
savor.
This status is unquestioned as his
symphony, “Elegiaca,” was given its
first performance
Outlaw of in New York, with
Music Now John Barbirolli
Is Lionized conducting. For
many years, criti
cal opinion discounted him as some
what of an outlaw and disturber.
Now it has caught up with him, as
it did with Stravinsky and Richard
Strauss. Both the “Fire Bird” and
“Salome” were met with cat-calls
when they were first produced.
Critics note some mysterious "en
ervating influence” in Malipiero's
new symphony. It may be an after
thought, but the explanation seems
clear as I recall my conversation
with him. His face saddened and
he seemed ten years older when I
mentioned the war.
For his ballet, "Pantea,” he
had written of “the struggle of
a soul hurling Itself Into the
struggle for liberty, only to find
oblivion and death.” The war
had been to him a tragic and
devastating experience. He said
it had profoundly shaken both
his art and his life.
Never again would the suave flu
encies or banalities of music have
meaning for him. He was impelled
to a deeper search.
This disillusionment was subli
mated in irony. He was suspected
of slyly sabotaging
Suspected of the grandiose new
Sabotage in Italian state. It
New Opera was *n March,
1934, that his op
era, "The Fable of the Exchanged
Sons,’* with the text by Luigi Piran
dello, all but caused a riot in
the Royal opera house.
So far as I could learn at the
time, there was no brash heresy in
the work, but, as elaborated by the
text, a subtle hint that ultimate
truth is forever elusive and supreme
power dead sea fruit. That, of
course, is dangerous doctrine in a
totalitarian state, and it was quick
ly and savagely resented. The next
day, II Duce forbade another pre
sentation.
Malipiero is a poet and a mys
tic. Of dominant presence, with
sharply cut Roman features and
hair brushed back in a thick
pompadour, he is at the same
time extraordinarily gracious,
friendly and unassuming.
He lives in a quaint stone villa,
forty or fifty miles from Venice,
centuries old, rambling and tumble
down. Cut in the stone door lintel
there is a Latin text, "To the ob
scene, all things are obscene." That
was his answer to the critics of one
of his operas.
The art of living engrosses him as
much as the art of music and he
studiously main
Has Gift for tains a relation
Friendship ship-of courtesy,
With Animals d‘8n" y and friend
ly intimacy with
the creatures in his retreat—he has
a gift for friendship with animals
and thinks that much of the trouble
of mankind is due to its insensi
tiveness to the subhuman and su
perhuman. His music is apt to range
into those zones.
He was born in Venice in 1882,
beginning his violin studies in his
sixth year. His father was a politi
cal exile and the family was in
Germany for many years. Wagner
was a crashing strain of modernity
which profoundly affected his work.
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Quarrel or Fight
"Many a man seems to enjoy a
quarrel,” said Uncle Eben, "on de
theory dat it's better dan a fight.”
Small, Neat Silk Prints Are Stylish
By CITERIE NICHOLAS
IF YOU would have the silk print
* that fashions your new dress or
ensemble look "new,” choose a tiny
neat conventionalized patterning,
for this is the type that is winning
the stamp of approval among best
dressed women for smart daytime
wear.
To get the idea plctorially, note
the two good-looking costumes il
lustrated. They bespeak that ex
quisite air of refinement and fine
finesse which is so outstandingly
characteristic of the prettily-femi
nine fashion trends this season.
The flower-printed silk suit to the
left in the picture conveys a mes
sage of unmistakable style prestige
in that the skirt is pleated in the
latest manner. The trim - fitting
cardigan jacket is particularly
fashion-significant in that it gives
the very new long waistline silhou
ette. The truly feminine charm of
this costume is given accent via a
perky little Watteau hat that is gaily
laden with flowers and an audacious
veil trimming that swirls about the
brim at the back. Which offers a
thought to carry with you in mak
ing your costume selections for the
coming months, namely that the
fancy frivolous whimsical flatter
ing hat with the simple dress is
big style news.
The jacket costume to the right is
alive with high-style details. In the
first place, the silk that makes this
dress and lines the jacket is print
ed with wee railway cars and loco
motives. You will learn in look
ing about for smart prints that
things you see about you, railway
cars for instance, and like as not
circus clowns, or sailing ships, or
miniature landscapes, or written or
printed phrases, fish, birds, flow
'-s and fruit are incorporated in
/.lk-print design with such amaz
ing artistry and dexterity, they look
absolutely decorous and convention
al with no hint of the garish or the
incongruous to offend conservative
taste. The fact that the fingertip
length straight-cut black wool jacket
is lined and cuffed with the silk
print is a matter of note, for in
genious play is being made with
prints as linings especially, and also
in versatile trimming ways in con
nection with monotone weaves. A
turban with pink flowers adds inter
est to this costume. In some in
stances the newer dresses are com
plemented with hats made of the
identical silk print. Pink doeskin
gloves complete this costume.
The feeling for neatness and re
straint is apparent in many of this
season’s multi-color designs. Indis
tinct little motifs that might be
named almost anything have a
bright look. There are also some
medallion treatments that are very
attractive and distinctive, such as
circles enclosing tiny stylized flow
ers.
New in the mode is a dice pattern
tie-silk print that lends itself smart
ly to millinery purposes. Inset in
the oval below is a fetching crea
tion of the new dice-pattern silk,
with face veil that forms a decora
tive bow at the side.
Speaking of silks for the formal
evening mode the gorgeously be
flowered prints are more richly col
orful than ever, some so exotic as
to remind of Spanish shawl glory
that revels in superbly colorful huge
florals.
Among the newest of new silks
sheers are conspicuously present
both for day and evening wear.
These include soft and stiffened
types. There are silk chiffons, silk
voiles, silk marquisettes and mous
seline de soies. Light to gossamer
silks are unreservedly sponsored by
Paris for summer. There is a new
shantung reduced to a chiffon
weight introducing wild silk to give
the tussah effect. Ribbed, also crin
kled sheers are especially outstand
ing in the latest showings.
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PASTEL TWEED
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Another pastel tweed and another
and on and on ad infinitum moves
the coat parade across the spring
and summer style horizon. The
model pictured is in soft, rose Shet
land wool tweed. Slot seams such
as give fashion supremacy to this
coat are excitingly decorative this
season. Another outstanding detail
in current coat styling is the trend
of fullness to the back. In this in
stance a flare-cut achieves the de
sired full-back silhouette.
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DESIGNER FEATURES
NOVEL SUEDE IDEAS
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
Draped dresses in the Grecian
manner are featured in the suede
collection displayed by Voris of Hol
lywood, America's suede designer,
whose suede garments and acces
sories are pasted and not stitched.
The dresses include a copy of a
white wedding dress designed for a
California socialite.
Daytime dresses with boleros and
a draped long dinner dress approve
all-round utility of suede. An unusu
al bolero group consists of abbrevi
ated boleros to be worn for daytime
or evening wear. A stunning dawn
blue bolero is lined with red silk.
Padded shoulders with new tucked
and square lines are shown.
Suede shirts to be worn with
skirts or slacks are treated with
both feminine and mannish details.
Oddly placed pockets are on the
shirts for utility and ornamental
purposes. Gored skirts have raw
edges to eliminate bottom bulk. The
popular suede slacks are in the new
short length with wide bottoms and
the regular lengths with mannish
trouser details.
Bewitching Spring Hats
Lift Spirits of Wearers
Charming hats, which are har- I
bingers of spring, are doing great 1
work in uplifting the spirits of their
wearers.
Kettle-brimmed sailors in straw
fabrics with candy-striped veils are
liked, along with soft felts with
chiffon scarf trimming.
Many of the nicest hats are posed
to one side to give nice profiles a
chance. A charming little hat of
block felt is trimmed with a large
four-leaf clover in green velvet. A
sailor of black picot has a large red
apple in front.
r- cw*> sew
Ruth Wyeth Spears
get to center a striped pattern in
the back and the seat of a chair.
The crosswise use of stripes may
also have possibilities as for the
bottom of the chair shown here.
Generally the main pieces of a
slip cover are fitted and cut right
on the piece of furniture with a
generous allowance for seams and
a tuck in around spring seats.
For small shaped sections, such
as the fronts of some chair arms
and parts of some wing chairs,
paper patterns may be made to
use in cutting the fabric.
Pin the paper to the part of
which you wish to make a pattern,
as shown here at A, then mark the
outline on the paper feeling your
way along the edge line with the
Strange Facts
| Passionate Playing |
• Brought Fame •
pAGININI played the violin with
* astounding brilliance. So great
was Paginini’s virtuosity an ama
teur violinist stated publicly in
Vienna that he saw the devil as
sisting him. With long black hair
and emaciated figure it is said
Paginini looked and behaved like
the proverbial genius. Every
where the most romantic stories
were told about him. In England,
one story was that Paginini had
been a political prisoner shut up
in a dungeon for 20 years. In the
dungeon he played all day long on
a violin that had but one string.
In this way he had gained great
dexterity.
This story, like many others
about the famous violinist, was
not true. It is true, however,
that as a boy of eleven or twelve
he would practice a single musical
passage for ten hours at a time and
before he was twehty he lived in
retirement in Tuscany with a no
ble lady where he studied and
practiced excessively.
Paginini’s passionate and bril
liant playing won him the pope’s
award of the Order of the Golden
Spur, great wealth and undying
fame. The perfection of the violin
during the 100 years preceding
Paginini’s birth made possible his
great popular success. One of his
violins was made by Guarnerius,
a famous violin maker of Cre
mona, Italy. With this and other
violins Nicolo Paginini developed
virtuosity to its highest degree.
© Brltannlca Junior.
side rather than the tip of the
pencil point. Cut the pattern %
inch outside the outline as shown
at B. This allows for a seam and
should never be taut at any point.
When gathers are needed to shape
the fabric over rounded parts,
gather the edge and arrange the
gathers with the cover piece
pinned in place as shown at C.
Directions for making various
types of slip covers are given in
my book, SEWING, for the Home
Decorator; also many types of
dressing table covers, seventeen
different types of curtains, bed
spreads, and numerous other use
ful and decorative things for the
home. I shall be glad to send you
a copy upon receipt of 25 cents
(coins preferred). Address Mrs.
Spears at 210 S. Desplaines St.,
Chicago, 111.
True Courtesy Is
Consideration in Action
Between merely formal cour
tesy and heart-inspired kindness,
there is as much difference as be
tween a wax model and a real
woman.
Even formal civility, however, is
invariably preferable to “brutal
frankness.”
The harder it is for a person to
be decent in society, the more he
should practice the social “nice
ties.” The best place to practice
kindness is in one’s home. If one
trains himself to be polite to his
relatives, he need not fear that
he will make any serious social
blunders.—James Warnack in Los
Angeles Times.
Graceful Butterfly
New Crochet Idea
0
Pattern No. 6031.
There’s graceful beauty in every
stitch of this butterfly which you’ll
find charming for a chair set, buf
fet set or scarf ends. Crochet it
in string . . . the same medallion
makes the center of each wing
and arm rest. Fascinating pick
up work that’s easy to do. In
pattern 6031 you will find direc
tions for making a chair or buffet
set, and scarf; illustrations of the
chair set and of all stitches used;
material requirements; a photo
graph of the butterfly.
To obtain this pattern, send 15
cents in stamps or coins (coins
preferred) to The Sewing Circle,
Household Arts Dept., 259 W. 14th
Street, New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly, j
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FARMS FOR SALE
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for sale or trade. Bargain on Estate
Land. E. S. FITZGERALD. Hornick, Iowa.
SCHOOLS
MEN WANTED
Students to learn Welding Trade. Small
tuition. OMAHA WELDING CO., 1501
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A Real Live Stock Com. Firm
At the Omaha Market
PLANTS
Sweet Potato Plants—Nancy Hall, Yellow
Jersey, Red Jersey. 250, $1.00; 550, $2.00.
Postpaid. Walter Eckley, Tckamah, Nebr.
SEED
Certified Hybrid Seed Corn, Iowa Hybrid
942. Not ‘•firing” proof but decidedly
drouth resistant. Stiff stalks, big yields,
excellent quality feeding corn. Not flinty.
Flat kernels $6. Freight paid 4 bushels up.
O. W. JOHNSON & SON. LeGrand, la.
SEEDS FOR SALE
irSEEDS FOR SflLE-1
Forage Seeds; Sudan .... Bu. $1.85
State Certified Atlas Sargo . " 1.85
Fodder Cane.. ** 1.15
Honey Drip Cane.“ 1.20
Dwf. Milo.« 1.25
Rape Seed.Cwt. 8.50
ROY L SCOFIELD CO., Council Bluffs, la.
Have You Entered This Cake Recipe Contest?
IT’S EASY TO WIN A CASH PRIZE
Nothing to buy . . . No Letter to write
Have you submitted a recipe in the big Cake Recipe Contest now being conducted through this news
paper by C. Houston Goudiss, author of our “WHAT TO EAT AND WHY” series?
If not, take time today to write out your favorite cake recipe, and send it tohim, attaching the coupon below.
What Is Your Specialty?
There are no restrictions as to the type of recipe that
may be submitted. A simple loaf cake has an equal chance
with an elaborate layer cake, provided it’s good! So send
along the recipe for that cake which never fails to de
light your family. Enter that special cake you reserve for
parties and church suppers. Or the one your children say
is the best cake in town.
No Letter to Write.
You’ll agree that this is one of the easiest contests you
ever entered, because there is nothing to buy, no letter to
write. And it won’t take more than a few minutes to
write out your recipe and fill in the coupon.
Contest Closes May 31st.
You won't have long to wait either, to know the out
come of the contest. For all recipes must be postmarked
not later than May 31, 1938, and prize winners will be
announced ss soon as possible thereafter.
Prise winning recipes, together with those receiving
honorable mention from the judges, will be printed in a
booklet to be distributed nationally.
16 Cash Prizes.
The winning cakes will be selected by experienced
home economists on the staff of the Experimental Kitchen
Laboratory maintained by C. Houston Goudiss in New
York City. The recipe adjudged the best will win $25 for
the lucky homemaker who submits it; there will be five
aecond prizes of $10 each and ten third prizes of $S each.
First Prize
$25°°
Five
Second Prizes
Ten
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• Enter your recipe in this contest today. Mail recipe
and coupon, properly filled out with your full name, ad
dress, town, state, and the trade name of the shortening,
baking powder and flour used in your recipe, to C.
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"Here's more Smokin' joy
FOR yOUR MONEY "
Eddie Nichols tunes in on Bruce Williamson’s remarks about
"You’re taking no chances
when you buy your first tin
of Prince Albert,” says
Bruce Williamson (left)
to Eddie Nichols.“You can
put in to the Prince Albert
people for money back if
P. A. doesn’t ring the bell
with you.” Bruce knows
Prince Albert’s “crimp
cut” assures fast-rolled,
mellower - tasting, milder
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the “makin’s” tobacco that’s
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Eddie nichols is no new hand at spinning ’em up out of
Prince Albert. “Why, you know, most every cigarette
roller around here goes for Prince Albert,” he tells you.
“Why not — that big red tin is just chock-full of happy
‘makin’s’ smokes. Tastes better, rolls quicker—there’s no
spillin’, no blowin’ away, no bunchin’.” “Fancy tobacco as
to taste,” adds Bruce, “but nothing fancy about the cost
of those 70 ripe, tasty ‘makin’s’ smokes in a P. A. tin.
When it comes to smokin’ joy, I say Prince Albert is down
right generous.” (P. A.’s the National
Joy Smoke for pipe-smokers too.)
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