Judge — January 1937 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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Enjoyment of Laughter, 6y Max Eastman. Public Intellect No. 1 puts on his whiskers and thinking cap and begins lecturing on why is a laugh? Fighting Angel, by Pearl S. Buck. The December Buck-of-the-Month selection (couldn't resist it!) in which Pearl does a biog of her missionary father whom she tries to dish up fairly and find the good side of. Pearl's father died at 80, never read one of Pearl's books and sounds like a pretty tough Man of God. Journey Without Maps, by Graham Greene. The neurotic Greene hikes his com- plexes away in a foottour of that amazingly comicopera Harlem of Africa, Liberia. The kind of democracy the’blackgumdrop gets in the deepest South seems heavenly compared with what Greene reports. Level Crossing, by Phyllis Bottome. The dame with the classy final name, who gave us “Private Worlds” now muscles in on the Snatch Racket Yarn. Being English, Phyl's toughies get off such modern American un- derworld slang as “This wouldn't fetch a cucumber out of its frame!"; “I daresay!" “Such a bag of tricks!” The bad mens. Movers & Shakers, by Mabel Dodge Luhan. In which Mabel Tells All about the un- licensed playmates of her Arty Childhood. My Talks With Dean Spanley, by Lord Dunsany. It seems that when the Dean got stiff he remembered when he'd been a dog. Dunsany, the master of fantasy, slips into the morass of whimsy. Nine Old Men, by Drew & Pearson. Dis- section of the corpses that warm the Supreme, with appropriate wreaths for livies Brandeis, Stone, and Cardozo. Very bright, very dead- ly, very apt to scare the pants off the deadies. Not So Deep As a Well, by Dorothy Parker, La Vitriol’s collected poems. Much better than the imitators. Society Circus, by Helen Worden. Explain- ing wot to do and how to do it if you odor with filthy lucre. Dear Babs Hutton’s twenty rand parties bore us tho this Worden fhows her Silver Spoons. The Best of Art Young. Two hunared drawings by the most social-minded of our cartoon makers. Remember:—"How can you complain—me working over a hot stove all day and you in a nice cool sewer?” Mysteries The Corpse With the Floating Foot, by R. A. J. Walling. An untasty corpse turns up in the old millstream being munched on by eels and provides a tasty beginning for a typical competent Walling whodunit. The Crimson Hair Murders, 6y D. & H. Teilbet. Der Paron von Kaz solffes yed anudder goot vun or do I irridate you mitt the broggen English der goot Paron irridates me mitt too? The Ghost Man, by G. Verner. Very litry shocker—for isn’t one of the clues a stanza of the Rubaiyat? Tall Man Walking, by Kitty Wolffe. An old_maid in Hawkshaw cap and whiskers, sniffing for clues. Depends if you think old maids charming. RECORDS Dave Thompson Classical Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D Ma- jor (Opus 61) played by Fritz Kreisler and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conduct- ed by John Barbirolli. (Victor Masterpiece Album.) A superb new recording of Beetho- ven's great viokia concerto in which Kreisler's genius and artistry stand out to an unmis- takable degree. Haydn: Symphony No. 99, in E Flat Major played the London Philharmonic Orches- tra, Sir Thomas Beecham conducting. (Co- lumbia Masterworks Album.) A typically conscientious and satisfying performance by an organization whose contributions to re- corded music include many of our most- prized pieces. An organization, however, which has only recently begun to fulfill the greatness which it has long indicated, Sibelius: Saf, Saf, Susa and Flickan Kom Ifran Sin Alsklings Mote sung by Marian Anderson (Victor Red Seal), The two songs by the noted Finnish composer prove to excellent vehicles for the warm, strong voice of Miss Anderson, the American Negress whose host of admirers both here and abroad is an ever-growing one. Depuis Le Jour 4y Charpentier (Louise— Act Ill) and The Mirror Song 4y Massenet (Thais—Act Il) sung by Helen Jepson. (Victor Red Seal.) In these record- ings, her first under the Victor aegis, Miss Jepson reveals a remarkably well-contoured soprano voice plus a highly satisfying con- ception and attack. Best Steppers Dinah and Latch On by “Fats” Waller and bis Rhythm (Victor). Jamsessions in the well-established Waller style. The vocal out- cries have lost much of their old spontaneity but the piano stuff and rhythm is tremen- dously compelling, as usual, | Can't Give You Anything But Love and Sailin' by Teddy Wilson and bis Or- chestra (Brunswick). An old favorite and a new Wilson composition (his first to my knowledge) given very swingy treatment by a collection of high-grade hot men. The t side also carries a swell vocal chorus by Billie Holiday. Who could ask for more? Sweet Sue and Melancholy Baby 4y | the Goodman Quartette (Victor). Another faultless pair of honeys by this inspired group which consists of Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Lionel Hampton, and Gene Krupa playing clarinet, piano, ‘vibraphone, and drums, respectively. This is truly de- lightful music. ¥ S Swing It, Mr. Paganini and Vote For Mr. Rhythm by Chick Webb and bis Or- chestra (Decca). Chick's is one of the finest swing bands in existence and Ella Fitz- gerald, the vocalist for whom this disc is a pesos! victory, also ranks right up with the st of them. A tonal quality peculiar to this orchestra makes it a tough one to record, Decca has done the job at least adequately. SS The Conus ROOM uy TRIANON Be Ramon Ramos AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH IMOGENE CARPENTER DANCES BY Marion Wilkins & Jack Walters ° DINNER ond SUPPER DANCING (Nightly except Sundays) Tea Dancing on Saturdays For reservations call “Eugene” Wick 2.1000 PARK AVENUE ° 51st to 52nd STS» NEW YOR! WISE TRAVELERS THE RALEIGH The more experienced the traveler, the more the Hotel Baleign is appreciated. All sparkling new. Bright, modem guest rooms. Gra- cious service. Delicious food in diverting new res- taurants. Meet all smart Washington in the Pall Mall Room. Reasonable prices. You'll be glad you made it the Raleigh! Single \prooms from $3.00. il HOTEL RALEIGH PENNSYLVANIA Ave. at i2thSt.NW WASHINGTON, D. C. C. 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