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Show :t The PARSON Page 4 J sons have been removed and rearranged. Can you fit the respective line's to complete the comparisons? Too full for (Tennyson) 2. Wore ermine too dear for (J. R. Lowell) 3. 0 Brightest! thought too late for (Keats) 4. Grief too sad for (Shel1. 1. Max Beebohm 2. Noel Coward 3. e.e. cummings 4. Oliver Goldsmith 5. Samuel Johnson 6. Peter Ustinov 7. Oscar Wilde 8. Thomas Nashe 1. Arcadia ley) Ah, dream to bright to (Poe) 6. My dog and I are old, too old for (Masefield) 7. Earth is too narrow for (R. Middleton) 8. By brooks too broad for (Houseman) 9. Summer, so much too beautiful to (E. Wylie) 10. Farewell! thou art too dear for (Shakespeare) 1. Antique vows 2. A happy lover Pomp and Circumstance Rasselas The Bethrothed The Enormous Room 6. The Loser 7. The Picture of Dorian Gray 8. .The Unfortunate Traveller. 9. The Yricar of Wakefield 10- .Zuleika Dobson The following lines of poetry all use the same' method (in effect) of saying very. The endings, of, the compari- - i P ) i 3. Last 4. Leaping 6. Roving 8. Song 9. Stay 10. Ah earl Mexican and American Dishes Served with Mexican Hospitality Phone OPEN DAILY TILL 1 A.M. EL 5-07- 83 1. h & 167 Vi REGENT STREET P (Between State and Main) P b fi MEDNICK'S FOR MEN V-v&rf- A) 51 THE SHOW PLACE of MENS CLOTHES 'v2fj NOW fe SH0WINGrj "THE MOST COMPLETE MEN'S STYLE PICTURE" STAIUIIXG: Superb SUITS Smart SPORT COATS Stupendous SLACKS I f day, Every Steinway is made of eleven tnousand parts, and it takes nine months to a year with four hundred men working to finish one. The cast-iroframes can hold a of twenty tons. pull For five generations, the Steimvay family has personally supervised the production of its pianos. In our factories, craftsmanship is the constant not haste standard. The most expensive piano ever made, according to Steinway, was probably one that cost $40,000. A concert grand made of ivory and it was delivered to a wealthy New Yorker in 1887. The instrument took five years to finish, complete with oil painting on the lid. Later purenased by Martin Beck, a Record collecting is not al- ways a matter of disks. Statistics and personal opinion the best, of the most, the greatest, have a magic appeal that is universal. A leading collector of musical champions is the Steinway piano-makin- g family, for more than 100 years associated with the greats of the music world. Often called the greatest pianist of modern times is a Josef Hof man (1876-1957Steinway artist. Hofman came to America when he was 11, and played 52 concerts within two and a half months. Then, his 40 remaining concerts were cancelled by the Society to Prevent Cruelty to Children. Because Hofmans hands were small a special Steinway was constructed for him, an inch and a quarter narrower than the standard ones. (Chopins hands were also small; but someone said that his fingers could stretch like the jaws of a snake.) Theres a strong clue to the mother-of-pear- is now on the mezzanine floor of New Yorks Martin Beck Theater. One of the first great ..moments in American mu- -' sic was Paderewskis first recital in the newly, opened Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1891. The Pole wore the same pair of pants for every concert for about 40 years after that and refused to play in any others. He even wore them for the portrait which now hangs in Steinway HalL Arthur Rubinstein is known as this centurys greatest Chopin player, although he plays virtually everything. It was Rubenstein who said that it was more difficult to find a good piano tuner than a good pianist. Greatest of all violinists is the title always bestowed on Nicolo Paganini ) Lean and cadaverous, Paganini was suspected by some of hiving obtained his violin wizardry from Satan himself Once he was even compelled to publish letters from his mother to prove he was born of human parents. Greatest violins, were s those made by Antonius his During lifetime he produced 1,116 instruments, of which 540 are known to have been violins. Purchase price of one today would be between $10,000 and I - Jolly JACKETS Ripping RAINWEAR Terrific TOPCOATS (1782-1840- Strad-ivariu- (1644-1737-). $80,000. In the niche reserved for the greatest musical compo-- ' sition, the majority of critics might place Bachs Mass in B Minor. However, novelist E. M. Forster said: It will be generally admitted that Beethovens Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man. Charles Gounod, psiaasai22sn!!ip GET featuring MAX ENSMAN "THE ACCESSORY" i ; 1 ? f SHIRTS, TIES, SOX, BELTS, SHOES, HATS rjia MARTYS MONSTROSITIES STARRING: GIFT ITEMS & ORCHESTRA an,d im have- b i, 3 trorthwhi than! thought, e importa eaclassro were wi to 3 . Theres more agreement about the question of most popular popular song. Most authorities would probably cite ..Hoagy,, Carmichael's Stardust. Recorded more than 300 times, the number has, been arranged in 46 ways and. translated into 46 , languages. Greatest operatic song is possibly Sarastros " aria in Mozarts opera, The Magic Flute. Bernard Shaw said it was the only music yet written that would not sound out of place in the mouth of God. The most, prolific composer was probably Bach. In 1850, some ten scholars began collecting all of. his. work for publication. The result, requiring 50 years of research, was 60 volumes. Certainly the most prodigious, of. child prodigies was Mozart. At three, he could play the harpsichord and in- vent melodies; at five, wrote a minuet; at seven, p the far, consid-ere- dents froa i aft the There is Vmication - L campn i by Vised ference but a s, y it is 1 :t, block progress, ,c fleve remi Sw Ron arch and the ther W' on", mples ,biity U s mind. Join . an a cant arch our noi unions resenta g eeney iigs wb rpretat e did h has th pis con is seen he he he wrote a sonata; at eight composed his first symphony. Who had the worst ear for music? Perhaps it was Ulysses S. Grant. Asked how many songs he knew, the General replied that he was familiar with two one was Yankee Doodle, and one was not. But' surely the. English essayist Charles Lamb had the tinniest of tin ears. He admitted that he couldnt whistle his countrys National Anthem; he admitted that he did not understand what a musical note was and he confessed that he couldnt distinguish a soprano from a tenor. He even commented that when attending a concert the most enjoyable moments for him came when the orchestra tuned up. Courtesy Precis rings, a roup e i Latest e: ' can 'gic, Le of ig: tee. 1 Ithinkii , Rdem not s a of f . , rnsweri fst qu 8 2 -- 5 - . VU pph . . 6 r.ond c lu K , ? pj- Cros jaysoi First - , Ode tti - A Di To by The Associated Press: Indianapolis Robert Welch returned Thursday to Indianapolis where he founded the ultraconservative John Birch Society, Dec. 9, 1958, with 11 other men he describes as 'patriots and public spirited. Three carloads of Indiana University students, calling themselves members of the Bloomington ad hoc committee to oppose the John Birch Society waited outside .the Farmers Building Auditorium as more than 1,000 persons streamed in to hear the speech. At several entrances,1 the students passed out, mimeographed forms stating: The John Birch Society, under a phony mask of, patriotism and ism, promulgated the very worst and most unhumanitarian values, destructive of; the liberty and heritage of the American people Mr. Welch said the society' wasnt as strong in Indiana, as in other parts of the coun-- ' try. He added that growth? was dependent on and it was. difficult men of the right caliber. . - Poe i0n ( held Lov j filetc Wit den Pur; Son. Ren hive ; ent t -r h t a - it HAPPY FOR NEW HOLIDATES YEARS EVE TABLE RESERVATIONS EM H. A. F. B. ENGINEERS HERCULES POWDER CO. SPERRY UTAH t 'I, ENGMAN rssana ' BUFFET SUPPER ALL YOU WANT TO EAT! YARiETY SHOW, HATS. HORNS, NOISEMAKERS. SOUVENIRS ALL FOR $3.75 (DOOR SALE - $5.00) PER PERSON BUY NOW-L- AST YEAR WAS A SELL OUT! SWEATERS A NOW MIDN1TE STARRING: CARTOON TICKETS NEW YEAR'S EVE 2nd FEATURE t V Living Faust" Mozarts opera Don Gio vanni a miracle, a work without flaw. And one critic, Lawrence Gilman, spoke of Wagners Ring cycle of music dramas as the highest work ever attempted by the creative mind the opus took 26 years to complete.. , . l to others y fp - 46 V' -- theater owner, this Steinway Most indefatigable pianist is an honor that belongs to Heinz Arntz. Beginning March 1, 1955, in Berlin, he played the piano for 423 hours (17 days and 5 hours) stopping only for refreshments. The instrument of the immortals, as the Steinway is known, has a list of notable Richard players including Wagner, Franz Lizst, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Fats Waller, Arturo Toscanini, Hazel Scott, Duke Ellington, Van Cli- burn, Emil Gileils and Jim my Durante. .One unusual endorsement came, by letter, in June, 1890: Steinway & Sons Gents: I have decided to keep your grand piano. For some reasons unknown to me it gives better results than any so far tried. Please send me a bill with the lowest price. Yours, Thomas A. Edison He paid $790. According to John H. Stein--' 'rpers. W-ofal- Rich-ar- l, CO-STMtlll- 'f , 1, jggi composer of n identities of the greatest living pianists. Steinway and Sons loans pianos to 90 per .cent of all concert pianists, yet only two can borrow any particular Steinway they want even if it has been reserved. They are Arthur Rubinstein and Vladimir Horowitz. Fortunately for Steinway, there has never been an instance where the two wanted to borrow" the same piano. Actually, Horowitz has used the same two Steinways for the last 20 years. TAMPICO CAFE a v . ), 5. 2. 3. 4. 5. j OlllZ Greatest .iVioniciits In Music Literary What is your literary IQ? The following questions will test your knowledge of tne literary field. Each of the authors ventured only once in the realm of the novel. Can you match the authors with the titles. n'.t- - December MAX $1.00 anti-commu- to-fi- Per Person a .... b nd Ml X JR ID t |