Word: notes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Plump, red-haired Ljuba Welitsch, 35, was welcomed to the Met as a "curvaceous and arresting Salome" by the Met's onetime No. 1 glamor girl, retired Geraldine Farrar, 67. In a glowing fan letter to the New York Times, Miss Farrar took approving note of "such physical attributes as allow this singer to surmount. . . the terrific vocal demands . . ." She added pointedly: "No voice comes to full-bodied glory on a Hollywood diet, nor are lean thighs the safe caryatids upon which to rear the edifice of enduring and beautiful singing...
...could have any criticism, however, of Eleanor Davis' "Laudamusic," which was altogether competent. The soprano, Phyllis Curtin, had the most difficult role of all, particularly in the jumps of the "Et incarnatus est." Though she had many exquisite tones, she showed a slight unwillingness to land decisively on a note and sustain it. Tenor Summer Crockett was inaudible at times during his soles and his voles unpleasantly constrained...
...Ralph H. Gundlach, formerly of the psychology department of the University of Washington, called attention to an error in your article called "Penalty for Secrecy" [TIME, Jan. 31]. Dr. Gundlach's letter was printed in part by you [TIME, Feb. 21] together with an Editor's note [which] in practical effect, accused Dr. Gundlach of making a false statement in his letter when he said: ". . . Before the University of Washington Faculty Committee I was charged with being a Communist. This is not true; and I answered clearly and unequivocally that I was not a Communist...
...Disinflation note: In Denver, a loaf of bread cost...
...several old cronies. He will stop at a stall to eat winkles, go wild on the swings, and will not miss a single peep show of the "What the Butler Saw" species. During one of these strolls, recently, Bevan dropped a penny into a fortune-telling slot machine. The note which the machine returned declared: "Not another personality is as sparkling as yours, nor a personality with such inherent righteousness...