Frederic Chopin's Piano
To Be Sent on U.S. Tour
Br
FREDERICK M. WINSHIP
United Press International
New York-flJPD - Composer
Frederic Chopin was born 150
years ago today near War
saw, Poland. His music lives
on, and so does his favorite
piano a mellow toned baby
grand which will soon be sent
on tour of the United States.
.The piano, made by the
famous Paris firm of Pleyel
in 1839, was shipped here
from France last Thursday ac
companied by a lovely young
representative of the Pleyel
firm, Chantal Toulouse. She
is not only a baby sitter for
the baby grand, but an expert
on Chopin history.
"He loved this piano," said
Mile. Toulouse. "It went with
him wherever he lived for the
last ten years of his life. He
composed some of his greatest
music at its keyboard, includ
ing the preludes, the "Noc
turne in G minor," many ma
zurkas, and the famed "Fun
eral March."
The piano was loaned to
Chopin by Camille Pleyel, the
manufacturer, and taken back
by the firm when the com
poser died of consumption in
1849 at the age of 39. Pleyel
and his father, Ignace Pleyel,
were Chopin's friends, music
al adviers, publication agents,
concert managers and money
lenders.
Instrument Graceful
The graceful mahogany in
strument has been displayed
at a number. of Chopin com
memorative exhibitions over
the years, and will be sent to
several major U.S. cities in
cluding Boston, Washington
and Dallas. Accompanying it
will be original Chopin scores
painstakingly written in
brown ink, documents and
concert programs owned by
the Pleyel firm.
"The piano has been kept
In remarkably good condi
tion and is quite playable, but
it couldn't stand up under
hard usage or concert work,"
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Mile. Toulouse said. "The sur
prising thing is how up-to-date
it looks, except for rath
er antique looking legs."
Mile. Toulouse said she was
amazed when the U.S. cus
toms officials refused to allow
her to bring the piano into
the country duty free as an
antique. According to cus
toms regulations, an object
must be manufactured prior
to 1830 to qualify as an an
tique. Chopin probably "sweat
blood" over this keyboard
while preparing for concerts,
Mile. Toulouse said. She re
called how difficult it was for
the shy, nervous composer to
go through with a concert, al
though his playing abilities
were prodigious.
He gave only 19 concerts
in Paris in his 18 years of
residence there and was the
only soloist at four of these.
He usually played at the piano
firm's elegant concert hall,
the Salle Pleyel, which had
the ' atmosphere of a large
private salon.'
Chopin once wrote that he
suffered "martyrdom" for
three days before each con
cert and nearly died when
the time came to face his au
dience. "I feel suffocated by the
atmosphere, paralyzed by
these inquisitive looks, mute,
in front of all these foreign
faces," he said.
Mile. Toulouse has a pale
pink ticket to Chopin's last
Paris concert, Feb. 16, 1848.
Twenty months later the key
board genuis of this immortal
son of Poland and France was
stilled forever.
Birthday Party
Held in Gold Hill
Gold Hill-James McCoy
was honored at a surprise
party in observance of his 16th
birthday anniversary. It was
held February 17 at the home
of Mr. and Mrs.' Floyd Taylor.
Guests were Gene Governor,
Clair Huntley, Harley Blanch
ard, Kenneth Houghton, Miss
Linda Ramsey, Miss Georgia
Ramsey, Miss Joyce Frances,
Miss Marilyn McCoy, Miss
Reba and Irita Taylor.
Merced Some of the big
redwood trees in California
parks and forests are well
over the 1,000 year old mark.
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New York This is a ma
ternity fashion produced by
the Frankfurt sisters of Dal
las, Tex., who organised a
firm known as Page Boy Ma
ternity Fashions which now
does about three million dol
lars worth of business each
year. The design shown is a
scarf-printed silk surrah tunic
boldly patterned in black and
grey on white and bordered
with gold and amber. Buttons
at each side of the slightly
raised waist allow individual
adjustment. Underneath is a
slim, black cut-out silk linen
skirt. (UPI Telephoto)
Returns
Gold Hill-Mrs. Lily McKay
has returned to her home here
from Sacramento, Calif.,
where she was a guest of her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Richard McKay and
family for several weeks.
Spaghetti Shortcut
New York- (UPD -Three new
shortcuts to a spaghetti din
ner are on the market. Two
are canned tomato sauces-one
with mushrooms and the oth
er with meat (beef and ba
con). The third is spaghetti
and hot dogs in tomato sauce.
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BOOKS ARE CLOSED CHARGES
Now Not Payable Til April 10th
Square Dance Clubs Plan
Workshop, Several Parties
A workshop and a number
of dances are on the sched
ule this week for valley
square dancers.
Y Knot Twirlers will hold
a workshop Thursday, Feb
ruary 25 at 8 p.m. at the
YMCA. The figure "Shuffle
the Deck" will be taught. The
club will provide coffee, and
dancers are asked to take
cookies. Douglas Fosbury is
caller; interested dancers are
welcome to attend.
The Teeners Square - N
Round Dance group will meet
Thursday, February 25, at the
home of R. .L. Glather, 61
Vashti way. Interested teen
agers may call Karlene Neill,
SPring 2-7611, evenings, for
information. D. J. Neill is in
structing the group.
On Friday, February 26, an
open hoedown is planned at
the Derby school, nine miles
up the Butte Falls road. Doug
las Decker and Jake Toews
will be callers.
Four dances are set for
Anniversary
Observed
Mr. and Mrs. George T.
Taylor were honored at a
family party given Valentine
Sunday in observance of their
sixty-second wedding anni
versary. The celebration was
held at their home, 424 King
street. They received many
cards and gifts from relatives
who were unable to be pres
ent for the occasion.
The Taylors were married
February 16, 1898 in Urbana,
111. They came to Medford in
1927. Mrs. Taylor spent many
years farming in the Rogue
Valley and started the Taylor
Produce company in Medford.
The Taylors, both 85 years
old, have two children, a son,
Howard Taylor, live in Med
ford and a daughter, Mrs. O.
K. Roughton, in Urbana.
There are 15 grandchildren,
24 great grandchildren and
two great - great - grandchil -dren.
Attending the party were
their son and daughter-in-law,
Howard Taylor, lives in Med
and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
McMahan and three sons,
Douglas, Steven and Jeffrey,
Gold Hill. Mrs. McMahan is a
granddaughter of the honored
couple.
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Saturday, February 27. The
Applegaters will dance at the
Provolt Grange hall Saturday
night, with Byron (Buzz) Dib
ble as caller.
A Leap Year dance is plan
ned by the Star Promenaders
at Roxy Ann Grange hall be
ginning at 8:30 p.m. "Ladies
choice dances" are planned
and potluck refreshments will
be served. All square dancers
are welcome to attend. Ken
neth Hood will be caller.
The Keeno Squares will
dance at the Pythian hall in
Grants Pass Saturday night,
with Peter Dunster as caller.
Also planned for Saturday
is a dance at Take It Easy
lodge, Grants Pass, for the
Jeans and Janes club. Charles
James is caller.
Mothersingers
Present Program
Central Point District 6C
Mothersingers gave the first
performance since organiza
tion at the Central Point Parent-Teacher
association meet
ing, February 18. The women
sang "So In Love," "You Will
Never Walk Alone," and "Be
Kind To Your Parents."
Mrs. Harvey1 Field, director
of the chorus, stresses singing
for the fun of singing and in
vites all women in the area
who are interested to join the
group which meets each Tues
day morning. .
Members are Mrs. D: C.
Mapel, Mrs. R. . M. Korner,
Mrs. Pat Schooley, Mrs. John
Samples, . Mrs. E. M Bishop,
Mrs Delores Armstrong, Mrs.
R. G. Ekdahl, Mrs. Lewis Cox,
Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs.
Ray Smith, Mrs. T. J. Harger,
Mrs. Marvin Wright. Mrs.
Claude Lewis, Mrs. Clifford
Ayres, Mrs. Robert Jantzer,
Mrs. Lawrence Loeffler, Mrs.
T. G. Johnson, Mrs. Frank
Bruce, Mrs. Max Flowers,
Mrs. John Snook, Mrs. Marvin
Wick, and Mrs. Field.
'Cowcumbers'
New York (UPD Although
generally considered a vege
table, cucumbers actually are
a fruit of the melon family.
They have been a favorite in
gredient in salads since the
time of the Roman Emperor
Tiberius, who ate a cucumber
every day. Three hundred
years ago, English writers re
ferred to them as "Cowcum
bers."
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Speaker
Announced
Ashland A woman who
has been called one of the
nation's best story-tellers will
speak for the next meeting of
Siskiyou Knife and Fork club.
She is Ethel Barrett who
through her radio career has
been heard in almost every
city in the United States and
who is also known in several
South American countries.
Mrs. Barrett formerly was
women's program director for
Station WPTL in Albany,
N.Y. She carried on a variety
program, has done . a Bible
story program, several secular
and Christian programs for a
station in Providence, R.I.,
and appeared in "Songtime"
and "Youth on the March"
over the ABC television net
work. The meeting is set for Mon
day, March 7, in the Ashland
Elks' club at 7:30 p.m. Reser
vations are to be made with
Mrs. Ella Hendrixson, 360
Morton street, Ashland, no
later than March 4.
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Shady Cove - Trail - Shady
Cove Parent-Teacher associa
tion observed Founders' day
at the last meeting, held in
the Shady Cove school cafe
teria. Members of the Elk
Trail Parent-Teacher associa
tion were guests for the event.
A founders quiz was used
during the program, and a
silver offering taken.
Mrs. Kenneth Oliver and
Mrs. Kenneth Paulson baked
cakes for the event. Mrs.
Oliver's decorated cake will
be displayed at the coming
state convention to be held in
Medford in April.
The group voted S50 for
additional library books.
Girl Scouts led the flag
salute. " '
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Dress Up Child's Room
New York - (UPD - When re
decorating the home, give the
children a place of their own,
says Evelyn Jablow, an inte
rior designer. A child's room
should suit his tastes and hob
bies and make him feel im
portant. Put special things-a
good piece of furniture, a fine
painting-in his room so that
he will learn to take pride in
himself and his possessions
and to take care of them, Mrs
Jablow added.
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Chicago (UPS Heartening
news for dieters: Snack nib-
blers may be healthier than
persons who eat three regular
meals a day.
So says Dr. Clarence Cohn,
biochemist of the Michael
Reese Research Institute. In
laboratory experiments, Dr.
Cohn and his co-workers
found that hardening of the
arteries was seven times
greater in meal eating ani
mals than in those allowed to
nibble at will.
Some scientists believe that
hardening of the arteries may
be caused by the deposit of a
fatty substance, cholesterol,
on the walls of arteries. Dr.
Cohn found that fatty food,
when taken in frequent small
feedings, is less fattening and
less likely to cause fatty de
posits than the same amount
taken in large bursts of calo
ries. -
There's one catch, though.
The theory holds true as long
as we don't "exceed a reason
able daily caloric intake," the
biochemist said.
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Calendar
Wednesday:
6:30 p.m.-Ladies Auxiliary,
Patriarch Militant, IOOF.
7 p.m. - Medford Order of
De Molay, Medford Masonic
temple.
7:30 p.m. - Southern Ore
gon Dental Assistants society,
Red Cross building.
7:45 p.m. - Toastmistress
club, Girls Community club.
Thursday.
11 a.m .-Crater Lake auxil
iary, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Sewing club, home of
Mrs. Amy Randle, 1116 Nian
tic ave.
12:30 p.m. - Medford So
journers club, Girls Commu
nity club.
1:30 p.m.-Oak Grove PTA,
at school.
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