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PA4E SIGHT SUNDAY. MARCH 15. 1942 BOOKS, MUSIC. ART BOOKS, MUSIC. ART THE Ml AM I DAILY NEWS BOOKS IN REVIEW ry Sr-Ti feAt i I 9 I I 1 ffvki 1 1 i MIAMI MUSE A Weakly Column Devoted to Florida's Poets.

Conducted by Vivian Yeiser Laramore Poet Laureate oi Florida WRITTEN IN GREEN And may Saint Patrick bless our lads Whose hearts turn home today, Our gallant lads on Ireland's shore So far end far away! And may the Shamrock grow for them More green than ere before, And every Colleen blow for them A kbs from every door. Then'wlll th'e Blarney Stone of Cork Be dear as Plymouth Rock, And scent of heather on the hills, As sweet as hollyhock. Oh guard them well, most patient saint To whom the Irish pray. Our gallant lads, our lonesome lads, Whose hearts turn home today! V. Y.

I Vespers, 86S E. 25th Peterson, N. Henry Picola, editor. pays ror sonnets and war poems In which war is not glorified. Leila White, who hails from Texas, wants no proffered cloak of glamour.

She prefers to be known as a homemaker who loves litera ture, reads avidly and lives quietly. Thirteen years ago she moved to CotM Gables where she is active in the Woman's club and other civic and cultural groups. "Earnest" is ARCHIMEDES CIACOMANTONIO Famous Sculptor GUIOMAR NOVAES, pianist, will appear with the University of Miami Symphony orchestra. Guiomar Novaes, the word that best describes her, feeling with Emerson that "those who would overtake beauty must earnestly pursue her upward course." She has studied the technique of poetry with various teachers, but has made no effort to place her own compositions, finding sufficient pleasure in the simple art of doing. It was only after continued asking that we To Appear Here With Orchestra Beach Gallery Exhibiting Works Of Famed Sculptor Giacomantonio Created Statue Of Lincoln The Rail Splitter' Archimedes Giacomantonio sounds like a typographical error, but to those familiar with sculpture, the name has an outstanding significance: it means the creator of the world famous statue of Abraham Lincolnn.

"The Rail reproduced so widely since its completion some THE PUBLIC PAPERS AND ADDRESSES OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT ruhllithrd by The, Marmlllan Company, New York (lllotoHral) $10 the era. "The Public Tapers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt" covers the four-year period of 1937 to 1940. It is a period that spans a most important and significant time in the history of the American people a period that not only led up to the war In which we are engaged, but included significant changes in government and economy.

Events move so fast nowadays that startling events of only a few months ago are submerged by waves of others that are of equal importance. In the pace of life it is almost impossible to gain perspective. Here, in the papers and addresses of the president is a parade of events that is a partial cure for Informative astigmatism. With Bataan and Java and Australia filling American minds, how many of us remember the supreme court fight the struggle for wages and hours the so-called "purge" the third term a score of events that ehaped and solidified our way of living. We remember the draft that was proclaimed on Sept.

16, 1940, but only because it comes into the homes of the nation and picks out the choicest sons for service. Too many of the other happenings are wiled by the opaqueness of short memory, though to have an understanding of the present, through the medium of the past, we should not forget. Practically everyone in America knows the voice of Mr. Roosevelt from his not infrequent "fireside chats." The resonance and clarity of that voice the rolling phrases may cause the unthinking to lose the quality of the address in the beauty of tone. This is not possible in cold type.

Here in the books that comprise his utterances. Franklin D. Roosevelt not only paints a picture of four turbulent years, but of himself of his clawing urge for social reforms, of world betterment, of high personal ambition. The papers are clear, Incisive. They are filled with the perpendicular pronoun, for Roosevelt has never shirked what is known as "going out on a limb," or avoided praise for great achievements.

These volumes are a complete record of the president's participation in national and International affairs In the indicated period. They are records of America's participation which means yours and mine also. So, to the average citizen, as well as the editorial writer and radio commentator, these books are of extreme value. We see here a four-year tapestry instead of the tiny square of news that comprises today's reports. The material has been compiled and arranged by Judge Samuel I.

Rosenman, and the task leaves nothing to be desired. There is a Topical Table that enables the reader to follow a single subject through all four volumes. There are Interesting and constructive explanatory notes by the president, which are invaluable. As source material, there can be no substitute for these books, nor as general information for the literate man or woman who wants to know why as well as what. By Jack Kofoed.

THEY GOT THE BLAME By Kenneth M. Gould, Published by the Association Tress of the VMCA, New I'orlt (Noa-Flctlna) "'They Got The Blame" comes to us perfectly timed In the midst of a total war in which we are not only being called upon to fight planes, tanks and battleships but also equally advanced propaganda technique, centered around scapegoats, red-herrings and smokescreens. "We have seen how the dictators have worked up unreasoning prejudice against Innocent scapegoats to provide an outlet for the grievances of their peoples grievances due mostly to the dictators themselves," writes Elmer Davis, the well-known radio commentator, in the foreword to the book, "but, if the blame can be diverted, that very resentment helps the dictators stay in power." The trick is not new. It goes back to the dawn of history. And Gould traces it back to the ancient tribes of antiquity, which used to transfer all the evil and sins to some domestic animal, then drive it (supposedly carrying them) out of the village into the wilderness.

Later, the scapegoat took the form in Greece of a slave being beaten and driven out of the house. In Mexico, it cost human life among the Aztecs and Mayans through human sacrifice. Today, it takes life among the Yoruba negroes of West Africa, who still practice human sacrifice, beheading their anointed one after feeding him well and honoring him for a time. Today, too, the practice is taking life in Germany and German-occupied tcrritores. Gould traces the history of the scapegoat from biblical times to the present, treating the persecution of Christians by those great Roman ancestors of Mussolini, the persecution of Jews by Catholics in Spain, the persecution of Catholics by Protestants, the persecution of Freemasons by Catholics, the Salem witch hunts, the "Know Nothing" movement against Catholics, the Nazi movement against Jews, the present-day anti-foreign attitudes bordering on Knownothingism.

High points of the book's summation call attention to the undemocratic character of hatred of other groups merely because they are somewhat different from our own: "To condemn a whole class for the faults of one or two individuals is a sign of stupidity or of knavery." "Every normal person resents being used by others for selfish purposes," the author writes. "If he knows what is going on, he objects to being tricked into helping carry out plans that do not really benefit himself, but only the propagandist who has deceived him. There are many ways of poisoning the public mind against some scapegoat group, especially when the modern press and radio are controlled by dictatorial governments or 'high pressure salesmen' for special interests. But behind them you can almost always smell a fraud put over by some "master mind' for his own advantage." "In the free atmosphere of America," the author concludes, "such vicious intrigue can never take deep root. Americans don't like to be suckers." They Got The Blame" is eye-opening reading.

J. W. B. were permitted to read what she had written. There is a quiet mood in these poems that reflects their author, the will to fit life i to the pattern of patience and un Sv I derstanding.

Although her first years ago. 1 1 This famous sculntor. whose grown-up years were spent in the business world, we find here the dreamer who is in no hurry to face 1 facts. Almost we touch the wall she has built around her private Eden. And a very nice Eden it is.

LEILA WHITE Guiomar Novaes, eminent Brazilian pianist who will be heard Monday night at Miami senior high school with the University of Miami Symphony orchestra, under the direction of John Bitter, is also a devoted wife and mother. As a world-famous artist who is at the same time the parent of Anna Maria and Luiz Octavio Pinto, she speaks with authority about the musical education of children. Asked if she believed in starting a child's music lessons at -an early age, Mme. Novaes replied: "That all depends on the child. A child who is quick to learn and who is ahead of his as they say, in all his may take up music before the less precocious child.

I believe it is best for children to begin academic studies first. This teaches them how to study and what the process of learning entails. Also, I think that a child's first music lessons should be in piano, no matter what instrument he may elect to study later." MRS. JAMES F. PETERS To Dance For Soldiers Mrs.

J. F. Peters Students To Give SAINT PATRICK Messenger of God, when you chose To free yourself from einful taint, It was your love of pagan foes That won for you the name of Saint; For you came back to set them free, Nor counted any cost too great, And now your name in history Is" one that poets liberate. In the 31 syllables of the Tanka, ancient Oriental pattern, she gives this wee bit of philosophy: WISDOM The owl's credentials For wisdom derive from his Inscrutable air; So reputations for depth Are fostered by much silence. Even shorter Is the fragmental "Holtku? with its 17 syllables, yet one gets a distinct mood in these three lines: 7 EVENTIDE 'v A silken cocoon, The hush of evening enfolds A tired universe.

Spencer has said, "Every soul evolves Its own creed from that basic storehouse we call experience! MY CREED A heart supremely kind, A universal love, An understanding mind And eyes that look above. Dances For Legion Third Recital At Conservatory The third in a series of recitals given by students of the Miami Conservatory will be Saturday afternoon, March 21 at 2:30 p. m. at 1737 N. Bayshore drive.

The departments of piano, voice, violin are represented by the teach tonio Is like a glimpse Into another world a world so fascinating it sounds like fiction. Received by Pope Pius XI. acclaimed by the rulers of European nations, called by the Italian government to restore, not only museums there' but the works in this country of Leonardo da Vinci; a pupil and friend of the late Gemito, acclaimed Italy's greatest sculptor; sculptor of a bust of Prince George of Bavaria; known for his busts of Janet Gaynor and Charles Far-rcll when they held the place of king and queen of movieland; winner of prizes for his likeness of Gov. Harold G. Hoffman of New Jersey; privileged to execute the likeness of the well-loved Robert J.

Rendell. Gov. Harry Moore and others, this artist has a wealth of memories to relive. He isn't Idle, however, while In Miami, although the war has curtailed activities of sculptors at the present time. The government decrees that there will be no more bronze for artistic casting after March, but there's still clay, and Giacomantonio already has sent for 250 pounds of it to supplement the amount he now has, so he can complete a statue of Daniel Beard he is commissioned to do for New Jersey.

This statue will be made here and when complete will be two and a half feet high. Ninety per cent of Giacoman-tonio's work has been in bronze, for he prefers this medium to marble, which he says is difficult to work with and chips in cold weather; but if bronze is not available he will still continue with his work, using marble, which is perfectly satisfactory in warm weather. This member of the National Sculptor society hopes to spend at least six months each year in Miami, finds the architecture here fits well with sculpture, thinks this climate compares with that of Southern Europe, and praises Miami in every way. With Mea. Giacomantonio, who shares his love for horses, being an expert equestrienne, he has leased a home at 8720 Harding Miami Beach, and when he sends for his St.

Bernard dog (which he didn't bring at first, fearing the climate would not be healthful for him), will have his household intact. M. F. L. ers, Hannah Asher, Wilma Sprat-Ian, Edna Cole, Mary John O'Dom, Nina Young, Esther Brown, Merle Sargent, Claudina Mendez, John Paul Floyd, Sarah Folwell, Constance Seeger, Eda Kcary Liddle.

Dancing for defense is what Mrs. James F. Peters is doing, for this attractive dancer, who for the past four years has been spending the winter months in Miami, seldom misses an opportunity to appear on entertainment programs for service men. She feels that each person should give of their talents for defense, and her forte is in the entertainment field. She will be among artists appearing on a program at the American Legion home in the near future, and plans to take part In a program to be sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Mrs. Peters anticipates a trip to Key West soon, when she will dance for the boys In service there. As Antoinette Sherpeloska, Mrs. Peters was a member of the Imperial Russian ballet. She has won laurels for her art in leading cities in Europe and America.

Next to dancing, deep sea fishing is her hobby and she spends much time fishing in the Gulf Stream while In Miami. Much of her leisure time is spent in war work. During World war 1 she made some 500 shirts for soldiers and is again making shirts during this present Club Continues Giving Operas The Miami Music club will continue its series of opera pres BELGIUM entations at 10:30 a. m. Wednesday at the Miami Woman's club auditorium, when Henry GregoP will give a recital, with illustra tive comments on "Richard Wag' ner and Bernard Shaw." He will present Wagner's "Ring of the Nlbelungs" and will play selections from it in concert ar rangement.

He will combine this with comments on Bernard Shaw's essay, "The Perfect Wag- work has been widely acclafmed both in America and abroad, is a Miami Beach visitor, and Miam-ians and visitors in this area will welcome an opportunity to view some of the works at the Washington Art Gallery, Miami Beach. The exhibition begins Monday. Mr. Giacomantonio, born in New Jersey of Italian parents, didn't start out to be a sculptor. Descended from a long line of musicians, it was a musical career for which he was intended.

His father, determined his children should be "musical," insisted they must learn to play several Instruments, and as a result Giacomantonio plays 17 different Instruments, Including the piano and sings. As a member of the boys' chorus in the Metropolitan opera company, it looked as if he were headed for a singing career, although he loved to create soap statues even in those days. At the age of 19 he conceived and created the famous statue of Lincoln, "The Rail Splitter," won a prize for it, and this success blasted forever all hope of a musical profession. He studied for one year In New York, then began on his phenomenal career as. sculptor.

Dominating motive In his work is his methodical and painstaking attention to detail, a new note in sculpture, and perhaps it is for this that he will some day go down in the annals of great sculptors. More than anything else It was the encouragement of the great Caruso that Inspired the young artist, struggling to follow in the footsteps of the the world's greatest tenor. The boy sculptor made a likeness of Caruso from soap, and this gift, so like the singer, he immediately realized the genius of the creator, prompted the then unrecognized boy wonder to continue and give to the world the bronze and marble likenesses of great and near-greaf which are now so well known. Honors have been heaped upon this sculptor since those early days. He was honored by Italy, spent five years there in restoration work at the Museum Mussolini in Rome at the request of the government, and studied under the great Italian sculptor, Gemito, who later left the American-born sculptor his tools; has works in art collections of the Munich museum, Royal palace, Villa Carpena and Jersey City museum.

There have been awards too numerous to mention, such as the $1,000 prize for a bust of Beethoven In 1927; the Mont-clair News award in 1936; the Maynard Prize of the National Academy in 1940; and the first prize for sculptors at the Spring Lake, N. Jn exhibition in 1939. In Who's Who in America there's a long list of achievements and honors amassed by this famous sculptor. Among his bes-known works are "Mediterranean Flower," original terra cotta being in the Museum Mussolini in. Rome, and a bronze of which he has in his Miami collection; "Grandma," a tremendously inspiring bust made in Italy, bought by King Victor Emanuel and included in art treasures in the Royal palace; bust of Gemito, purchased by Mussolini and placed in his home in Italy; "The Rail Splitter," purchased by the Lincoln high school in New Jersey, and many others.

Genial, humorous, looking very much the business man, the casual observer would scarcely associate Giacomantonio with the profession of artist. Wearing a Kiwanis pin, interested in horses, participator as musician in many charitable programs in the north, Mr. Giacomantonio has the hap-, py faculty of making and enjoying the friendships, without the handicap of an eccentric temperament so often associated with artists. A glance through the scrap-books compiled by nerite." Dalies Frantz To Appear Here A prodigious technique is one outstanding feature of the performance of Dalies Frantz, dis tinguished young American pian 1st, who will be heard here on March 20 at the Edison high school under the sponsorship of the Miami Civic association. How he achieved this is all the Gables Music Club Board Meeting Called A special board meeting of the Coral Gables Music club has been called for1 10:30 a.

m. Tuesday at the home of Mrs. E. E. Pennock, 1036 Sorolla Coral Gables.

Mrs. Pennock will tain the board members at luncheon following the meeting. "Enoch Arden, the poem by Alfred Tennyson, will be read by Edward Clarke Thursday In the auditorium of the Miami Woman's club at 10:30 a. Book Notes: Taxing the rhyming dictionary to Its utmost, the poet ventures into the field of fixed French forms, selecting the rondeau: WHAT MATTER? When we have passed to final sleep And need no longer vigil keep, Guarding against untoward deed To hold intact the sacred creed. What matter if death crawl or leap? If we have somehow failed to reap And garner sheaves from furrows deep, Too late to give the question heed When we have passed.

1 What matter If the spirit weep In marble tomb or casket cheap? Gone the chance its cause to plead And claim display for rightful mead; For death demands a perfect sweep When we have passed. If you are looking for a real headache, put aside your cross-word puzzles and attempt a rondeau redouble. Not only are you limited to two rhymes throughout, but the lines of your first stanza must conclude the next four stanzas, and the first half of your first line must end the poem. Notice how it is done: UNKNOWN I do not know the elemental you, The one that hides behind an air sedate; An arch coquette who yields no slightest clue May be the one for whom I really Now do not think that I would underrate The you I know and give all honor to, But only strive to get the problem straight, I do not know the elemental you. In vain I search your eyes for faintest cue To guide me in my race to outwit fate, Instead you leave my puzzled thoughts askew, The you who hides behind an air sedate.

Is there no way to make this mood abate? Perhaps you'd like the change that would ensue, If you could once forget your even gait. An arch coquette who yields no slightest clue. It might be rather dangerous to woo Your mind the while it claims this duel state, And yet, your other self, if I but knew. May be tthe one for whom I really wajt. In case you win and all my plans frustrate To bring, forsooth, this riddle into view.

Would I then have the grace to abdicate, The will to bid your loveliness adieu? I do not know! In the Cinquain, with its even count of syllables, she gives this portrait: DESPAIR Feeling No hope, no fear, Claiming neither present Nor future, the old man watches For death. more remarkable when one considers that along with his pian- The Official Account of Whet Happened 1939-1M0 rnhlished for the Brig-tan Ministry of Farrlan Affairs by Dldler PnbUsbera, New Vork No Met loo) S2.no Anyone who has ever wondered about the capitulation of the Belgian army should read this book. In it are explained the reasons King Leopold could no longer hold out without seeing his country and its residents torn asunder. The explanations are thorough and logical. The only thing not explained enough in the book, as far aa this reader is concerned, was the fall of the fortress at Eben-EmaeU Constructed at an enormous cost to Belgium, and made more impregnable by the King Albert canal, the fortress fell too easily Into the hands of the Nazis.

For some reason or other the book more or less skips over this phase of the Belgium invasion. The book sets forth the official record of the invasion of Belgium snd the Netherlands in May, 1940, and includes all the important documents relating to them, some of which have never been published. Germany tried, as in 1914, to shift responsibility for her crime on to her victim. The papers here published show, however, that the precautions taken by Belgium against German aggression were fully justified by the information received by the Belgian government. This information was dramatically confirmed when a German plane which crash-landed on Belgian soil in January, 1940, was found to contain orders for the Luftwaffe's part in a large-scale invasion of Belgium.

Documentary evidence is reproduced in the pages of the book. Students of International law and all persons Interested In how the Axia powers manage to gain ground with their offensive actions should read this book. It explains much that has been left to the imagination for the past two years. By Salty Mallants, Miami Daily News Staff Writer. A HAND GUIDE FOR WIDOWS By Rose Davidson, published by The Nsvlor Company, Ran Antonio, Texas (Humor) $1.60.

This book, which runs 122 pages is humorously clever. Although its theme revolves about do's and don'ts for widows, there are quite a few pages devoted to the matron and bachellorette. Authoress Rose Davidson brings the souls of widows into the limelight and many an interesting character is disclosed. She shows the widow in her true light and after her book ie read it is certain many a face will blush and many a widow will be invited to dinner which will serve as a peace offering from one who in the past may have thought very harshly of these charming and not to be forgotten women. Outstanding among Miss Davidson's chapters are the two entitled "Ride Your Own Hobby" and "The Last Word on Being a Parent." These chapters not only hold true for widows but ateo married women who have gotten into a rut of bridge and housekeeping and who cannot see further than their own front doors.

Although it has been written in a frivolous manner the book is so interesting that only a very narrow minded person will put it away before reaching the last poem which very appropriately is entitled "No Hits No Runs Three Errors." Lillian J. McCullers, Miami Daily News Staff Writer. istic progress, he earned his way with music during his higher Igor Gorin To Appear Here Igor Gorin, the popular radio, opera and concert baritone, will appear at orchestra hall of MU ami senior high school on March 23rd. Fourth in the University of Miami, Miami Beach series, this concert is to be held in Miami senior high school instead of at Miami Beach. Tickets for this concert can be obtained from the University of Miami room 230.

general education. Always before an audience, no matter where, Frantz never spares fullest response of all his varied gifts. Invariably the demands of his public come first. Twenty new books added to local library shelves: Coral Gables Public Library, 1009 E. Ponce de Leon Coral Gables, Fla.

The PhilippJnci, by 3. R. Havdrn. Westward th Coura, by Paul Mo-Gulre. That Pay Alone, by Pierre Van Paai-aen.

Something Went Wrong, by Lewie Browne. Bride of Glnry, by Bradda Firtd. History oi the Americai, by H. E. Bolton.

8he Faded Into Air, by E. L. White. The Snatch, by R. L.

Goldman. Head leu Lady, by Clayton Rawscn. No Sign of Murder, by Wallace Reed. Miami Public Library, American rf I A' I DALIES FRANTZ Famous Pianist. Bank bldg, 139 N.

E. First st. Miami. A Creed for Free Men. a Study of Loyltle, by William Adama Mission to Moscow, by Joseph Edward Pavles.

A Sentimental Yankee, by John De Meyer. Introducing Australia, by Clinton Hartley Grattan. Will Rogers, Hla Wlfe'a Story, by Betty Rogers. Nine Lives, a Cat of London In Peace and War, by Alice Grant Rosman. Be Tour' Own Music Critic, by Robert Edward Simon.

NorthhridEe Rectory, by Mri. Angela (Mackain Thlrkeil. The Charles, by Arthur Bernon Tour-tellot. Hmise for the Sparrow, by Julia Trultt Tennt. Teachers' Chorus Plans Rehearsal The Dade County Teachers Chorus will hold its weekly rehearsal Monday in the Central School auditorium at 7:30 p.

m. The rehearsal will conclude in time for those who desire to attend the Miami Symphony Two Shows Planned An announcement, important in art circles, comes from the Washington Art studio, Miami Beach, Eric Carlberg, director. The Washington Art studio will have two shows next season, featuring selected work by America's greatest contemporary painters, through the courtesy of Knoedleri. Leila White calls poetry the picture book of the mind, and finds It an unfailing source of delight. Next Sunday Introducing Harriet G.

Emerson Cull, Jacksonville poet. IGOR GORIN Baritone.