Show By INEZ GERHARD EILEEN OFARRELL is is' the perfect per per- Li feet fact soloist for tor the Telephone Hour on St. St PatriCk Patrick's Day so 0 she abe is fa being eing announced way ahead of time This broadcast will wUl be a apel special cial elal event broadcast from Carnegie Hall Hail where she be scored a brilliant success with her ber recital In Ip The daughter of af Irish parents formerly billed In vaudeville as The Singing Singing Sing Sing- ing she has bas fulfilled EILEEN OFARRELL their dr dreams ams by be one of at our cur outstanding dramatic sopranos But she abe Is b not one of our temperamental prima donnas she refuses to be glamorized and will wm let nothing Interfere Interfere In In- with her home life with her husband Robert Reagan and herion herson helon her hel son ion Robert Reagan Jr I Iby The size alze of f the audience reached by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis on m television was proved by the tho result of an appeal for funds fund to support research In muscular dystrophy which they made rr recently The appeal appeal ap ap- ap peal brought In more than 1000 responses There were scores of 01 letters from trOD dystrophic victims who never knew there was wall a Muscular Dystrophy association despite wide publicity two years ago by the National Broadcasting Company seized upon the Chillicothe youngster as a natural for the role rolef of f the crippled boy whose ImpoverIshed shed faded mother was visited by the Three Wise Men The youths impulsive im tin pl lve gesture in offering his crutch as isa sa is a present to the new born King In n Bethlehem led to his miraculous recovery CHET mET MOVED J on New York with all aU the assurance assur assurance nc of a widely trav tray traveled traveled clad adult He lIe became an overnight over over- night bit hit with the operas opera's cast at rehearsal Ills His role was an exacting one requiring a wide variety of emotions and eminent musical men like Ike who dropped in on rehearsals were both moved and amazed by his vocal and acting capacities So too were ordinary folks throughout the nation The opera had bad its premiere Christmas Eve on ona ona a national television hook The next day NBC was deluged with letters leters letters let- let ers telegrams and telephone calls praising the young artist Chet liked what he be saw of the big city but he still feels that a 8 small smalltown town own has bas plenty of advantages You can get In touch with folks so much easier easler he explains Chet is now back at the where Director Hoffman Hottman reports with pride that all aU the attention focused on him hint has not gone to his Ws I head one whit lie He makes occasional occasional occa occa- trips to New York to complete complete com corn plate a full recording of the opera for RCA Victor and the remainder of his time Is devoted to his school and to extracurricular activities Whether Chet continue a as an operatic performer or whether r he will wW pick up the old life Ute and perhaps specialize as a cartoonist or become an engineer like his father depends upon nature Director Hoffman estimates es es- that in to one year possibly two Chefs Chats voice will mature Whether the post post adolescent adolescent Chatwill Chet Chat will wW have bave the vocal capacity for an operatic career Is something that neither Chet Director Hoffman HoUman or anyone else will wUl prophesy In the past Instances of boy sopranos Who rho successfully bridged the change of voice have been een rare But few have bave been een as successful in pre preadolescence pre cence as young Allen and even fewer few er have bave demonstrated his remarkable remarkable remarkable remark remark- able adaptability for operatic act- act Ing |