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Another reason for Asahi's success is the interest it takes in its readers' welfare. It underwrites orphan asylums, conducts a free tuberculosis clinic, distributes Christmas presents to the poor, supports the annual All-Japan Baseball Series, has sponsored concert tours by such foreign artists as Violinist Jascha Heifetz. In the 1923 earthquake that wrecked its own Tokyo plant, Asahi raised 2,000,000 yen ($970,000) for disaster relief...
Fresh Flavors. In one of the book's 45 essays, Cardus compares Dr. W. G. Grace, the bearded, burly Babe Ruth of cricket who scored 54,986 runs in 43 years, to Prime Minister Gladstone, Violinist Fritz Kreisler, Bach and Falstaff; he surmises that even the champion's name was foreordained ("Could Grace conceivably have [played like] Grace, known as W. G. Blenkinsop...
...Homer, a self-described bastard, was born 54 years ago in a Manchester slum. His buxom mother and her two sisters took in laundry until they learned that taking lovers was more rewarding; Neville was one of the rewards. His father, whom he never knew, was first violinist in an orchestra...
Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole (Isaac Stern, violin; Alexander Zakin, piano; Columbia, 3 sides). The six parts of this suite were originally written for voice and piano; in this transcription, Violinist Stern catches every flicker of flame arid fillip of flavor. Falla at his Spanish best. Recording: excellent...
Stadium Concert (Wed. 9 p.m., CBS). Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult. Soloist: Violinist Frances Magnes...