ASnURY PARK SUNDAY PRESS (THE SHORE PRESS), APRIL 2. 194 Footlights Spotlights Hand-Wrought Miniature Shows Early Americana in West Deal Man 9s Home By Jirk O'Brlan NEW YORK tJP. With all expectation! that it will, like "Tobacco Road" and "Life With Father." keep rolling along for at least a half dozen years, the Theater Guild yesterday celebrated the first'' anniversary of its number one hit, Oklahoma." Nothing quite like "Oklahoma'' ver has happened to Broadway. To many theater goers, it is a complete mystery that anyone ever sees it. for tickets are so hard to get as nylons perhaps more so.
Some persons believe all the success stories have been cooked up by Th Guild to make the public think the show la a bigger hit than it actually is But the figures in which Lncle tfeu 1 'I i ts; naaaaaapaeaysaja am. pint aaia Jsa tl' ia Jfattwy "Holly House." the white Colonial home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Forscli in West Deal, is full of momentoes of trips abroad, early American furniture and century-old ship models. But it holds nothing of greater interest and more sentimental value for the family than the collection of tiny hand-wrought miniature furniture made by Mr.
Forsch. Always Interested in using his leisure time to advantage, and trained to use his hands as an apprentice in a Swiss factory for seven years, he has made several ship models, copies of ships he owned. His two small daughters. Lois and Robin, became the proud possessors of a doll house several years ago and begged him to make the furniture for it His first attempts were pretty poor but he immediately saw the possibilities in the design and making of miniature furniture and began to study and experiment ith methods and woods and tools He found the ordinary tongue depressors used by the medical profesion the best and cheapest wood for his purpose Ac much entranced with the new hobby as her husband. Mrs Forsch joined in the experiments and explains the tongue depressors "We use Say-Ah' wood." she laughingly remarked out.
The furniture is marie of the humble tongue depressors used by the medical profession then stained and rubbed down to give an antique rnMivr: REPRODUCTIONS IX MIMATI RK Examples of the art of Mr. Forsch. These particular pieces are all copies of pieces in the Forsch home. The schoolmaster desk and hutch table function as do the originals and each tiny drawer in the chest pulls RO THI RS, THE R1TS "THE 7 DAILY IiJOVN Pfllrn ItW DANA ANDREWS (' 04 Sam is most interested knock the chocks from under the belief Cash has streamed into the box office of St. James theater at the rale of S3 1.000 every seven days.
That's SI. 6 10.000 for the year passed es-terday. The theater, seating 1.500 persons, brought the years audience to 000. Only service men and women were able to buy standing room; 5 000 of a total of 15.000 standees were soldiers or sailors admitted free. In addition, the entire show was put on at West Point and abbreviated versions were given for service men at the Stage Door Canteen and several thousand others at Fort Totten and Halloran hospital.
The Chicago company is firmly entrenched at the Erlanger theater and shows capacity figures for the six months it has been displaying the surrey with the fringe on top ,100 000 admissions for a total take of $750 000 In all. almost a million persons hae seen Oklahoma." and the gros receipts total S2. 500000. Like the legendary farm boy with the green thumb that made everything he touched turn green. "Oklahoma" has turned normally minor Broadway plavers Into sparkling successes Alfred Drake and Joan Roberts, Us stars, have been signed to fat movie contracts Joan Mc-Cracken and Mark Piatt already haxe left for Hollywood Its eloquent American ballets brought fame, fortune and fashion to Agnes de Mille.
the choreographer, and started a new dancing vogue in Broadway musicals. The colorful vet simple Americana settings and costumes bv Lemuel Avers and Miles White inspired new fashions in decor and musical dressings Its success made Celeste Hnim the of supper club audiences and reminded clints of the talents of Lee Dixon Joseph Bulnff Bet'y Garde. Howard Da Silva and Ralph Riggs. Kalhenne Sei gaa bpcame a familar name to balletomanes Rou-ben Manoulian gathered nes acclaim for his excellent staging Richard Rogers the composer of the fine score, and Oscar Hammer-stein who adapted to musical form 1. vnn Riggs uell-knrmn play, Green Grow the Lilacs and wrote beautifully objective lyrics that are as American as a prairie schooner, entrenched themsehes een more a.
Broadwa'. foremost musical comedv craftsmen Outside the guild jurisdiction but not entirely out of ns financial coffers, a fabluously successful album of records has sold past the quarter million mark Sheet music sas top 1 3u0 ()U0 the on record for a complete show score The s'orv behind "Oklahoma' is equailv amaing One of the most extravagantly successful show-backers. Howard Kullman. who usually has a firm finger on theatrical pulses, turned down flatly the opportunity to pusi some cash into the venture as d'd several other normally alert angeis. Mary Martin turned down the leading feminine roie.
believing the show wouldn he a too solid hit. Flla Raines, recentlv come to Hollywood prominence, also turned down a part PFHFsfl ADVERTISING BRINGS RfSt'LTS CUICKLY. CHEAPLY I W'-'i. i I i i "i 1 4 Six Complete Boot Training Shore men Frirlav completed their boot training at Sampson. naval training station and will be granted liberty.
I'pon their return they will be eligible for further assignment which mav qualify them for petty officer rating They are now second class seamen The Shore seamen: Sharon Smith. S07'j SyKania avenue. Avon: Arthur James Tunis. Green r.rn Toad. Wayside.
John Doyle 112 Norwood avenue. Deal. Waiter Lukowiti. Allaire, road. Leming 157 Prospect street.
Neptune City, and Charles George C.erber. Third avenue. Bradlev Beach William Kallem. If), husband of Mrs. Mary Kal'em.
7 Vahing'on Village. Asbury Park has graduated from machinist i mate school at the Great Lakes naval station service school Pvt. William Thixton. husband rf Mrs. Helen Thixton.
20.5 Car-field avenue Avon, has arrived at th armv air forces training command basic training center at Greensboro. C. While there. Private Thixton will take basic training in the air forces and undergo a course in phy sical conditioning He was formerly emplojed by the Pittsburgh Plaie Glass eompanv. Newark.
He attended Brown nni-sersity. where he was a member of Delta L'psilnn fraternity. He entered the armv March 17. Pvt. Wilbur A.
Smock sun of Mrs Harry B. White 2008 Stratfoid avenue, Neptune has completed training and has been giaduated from this school of the army air forces training command at Chanute field. 111. While attending the school he received instruction in the airplane instrument specialist course and in sanou technical opeiauons vital of the country fighting planes. IOARDWALK AT fIFTH AVL Tel.
NOW SHOWING 4 fhf H'lartnus S'nrtj IV 'tot a weathered and had been painted green Refinished. it has made a particularly fine piece, with its original wood gleaming again after being relieved of its ugly green paint. Other Interesting Pieces There are many interesting pieces of his tiny furniture not shown in the shadow box in the living room One of these is a rush bottom ladder back chair, standing not more than four inches high. The seat is made by stitching, by hand, a square of adhesive tape with fine cord This sewing is all done hy Mr Frosch and must take infinite patience. This lovelv little chair has been painted black and has red roes stencilled on its slats The painting was done for him by Ruth Donor of the Interlaken Art chih, here the older daughter.
Lois, ho is interested in art. is studying. Lois has done a very lovelv landscape in interesting shades of grav which hangs above the old schoolmaster desk in her bedroom The younger caughter. Robin, is an enthusiastic Girl Scout and has been a member of the Oakhurst troop since her Brownie A shelf on the second floor holds another collection nf his miniature furniture and each piece is nf special interest here There is a copy of the hutch table from the House ith the Brick Wall" which lifts up like the original and makes a seat and there is an old dough trough and a schoolmaster desk whose top lifts up and shows the tier of tiny-drawers within There are more Windsor chairs and ladderbacks. one with a rush seat which is made from minute straws which were gathered in the hackyard and glued together He claims that hi method Is easy and can he copied by almost anyone with a love nf handwork Hi tools consist of a set of jewelers' flies and small knives After being rut and glued the wood it stained and then varnished and waxed until it has the appearance of the finest cabinet work.
U'tJI Do to ff Hf" Ron a PAULETTE GODDARD FRED MacMURRAY COMINO f'RIDAT "NONE SHALL ESCAPE" tilth Marsha HINT HINT A SHADOW ROX HOME In this old glass shadow box are exhibited a part of the collection of hand wrought miniature furniture made by Herbert Korsch in his home on Runyon arnue. West Deal The pieces are copied from authentic antiques seen in Monmouth county antique shops or from those owned by Mr and Mrs Forsch. WAm at EDWARD SOUND YOUNG Rs HILLARY BROOKE PORTER HALL A "I II tjN Y.M.C.A. Schedule Alesaniler Freda's Customers Attention Tak the 'Ridge Ave. But' Difffl FREDA'S tl tiaia A.aarr erk r.Mois eizrrsia imghttti BAR AND GRILL i ra.ka.ai aa Staia Stmt ta SUa Ilkl at tka tiMt' rODie.
AL Iki Bar When her visitor displaed a blank expression. Mrs. Forsch added "Just ordinary tongue depressors'" The charming, sunny living room has old pine pieces and Windsor chairs soft green walls and a painting of the two daughters in bright green frocks An old glass shadow box on the wall at once catches your attenfon despite other interesting furnishings of the room. In 'his ho are exhibited some of tiie hoicest nf Mr. Forsch miniature pieces, arranged to simulate two rooms, ore upstairs and one down.
The floors are stained a maple shade and the walls of the little house p.ipeied in a soft blue-gircn flowered paper. At either end of the tiny upper room, are open faced dressers, exact copies of those seen in an antique shop in Red Bank Ail of the pieces are stained to lonk like old pine and even the worm holes in the old furniture aie jugesed Theie is a pine panelled fireplace in the cen'er wall, with minu'e brass fire irons and andirons. marie by In front of the fi'eplace is a little hooked rug and aho'. I1 a Goiley print flamed in gold and not measuring more than an inch by an incn-and-a-half. There are old pir.e settles on either side of the fireplace and on the mantle is a tinv hip model and a pair of hia.s candlestic ks ail made to scale F.laborate gold girandoles hang at either side nf the firenlace.
each complete with its diminutive candles Another Room Downstairs Downstairs is another ronm. just as charming as the litile one up-s'airs. and each piece of furniture just a earefullv wrought It Is remaikable that in so small a space there is such a feeling of eativ Americana There is a heautiful Welsh cupboard with old pewter dishes and colored jugs on its shelves also a coffee table, an exact replica nf one which stands in the living room and a hanging sheif with tiny cups and plates A sawbuck table stands against the wail, and there are exquisite Windsor chaus. just like the satiny old ones which stand in the big living room and are the pride of their owners for each is more than 100 ears old. The chairs hae acquired the patina which comes from years of use On the floor of this lower room of the shadow box is a round braided rug with a circumference of not more than an inch, and there is a comfortable looking old rocker that reallv rocks and a heautiful tall boy against the farther wall There is a fine reproduction of a Sheraton mirror, too.
on one of the walls It is nut surprising that Mr Foisth is able to make all these tinv ai tides when one considers his tiainmg He always wanted to he a surgeon "But I was horn in the davs when a hoy was put into the familv business and not consulted about what he wanted to do" he After graduating from Columbia university. I found myself put down in a factory in Switzerland where I to be an apprentice to an embroidery maker in the family factory. After seven years nf this tiaining I at lea-t knew how tn use mv hands i He was then sent hark to this country to take charge of the New i Vork office of the embroidery firm hosp factoiies were in Switzer-1 land. He continued in this business i until the war changed conditions He has been working at amp Evans recently Both Mr and Mrs Forsch have rv -j The s.m. nf the SSSSSS LEGAL NOTICE MOHMOI TH OI NTT 'B HQ-OA I f.
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711 HAr.itt A A.tii."-- f't- Prwon 'tO YOUTH'S BED $29.50 SiTSRtS It fst)V Drtulct imimi handhall, small gym. 3.45 to 4 45 Grammar srhnol hoys 3, large gym 4 45 to 5 15 Grammar school bovs 3. swim 7 to 8 p. High school boy s. large gy 7 to 8 30 ---Young men period, smali gy m.
8 p. to 8 30 p. m. High school bovs. swim 8 to 9 15 Business omen.
large gym 8 30 m. to 9 15 -Young men. sw 9 15 to 10 omen, sw im Saturday 3 30 tn 10 Open pe-riod. handhall. large 10 a to 10 Open period, handball, small gvm.
9 a m. to 10 a in Grammar school boys 1. large gym. 10 a to 10 30 a Grammar school boys 1. swim.
10 a to II a --Grammar school boys 2. larce gym 11 a to II 3o a m. Grammar school boys 2, sw im, 1 30 m. tn 2 30 Grammar srhnol girls J. larce gym 1 p.
m. tn 2 Bnys learn to swim 2 30 to 3 Grammar sc hool girls 1 sw im. 2 10 to 3 30 Grammar school girls 2. large gvm 3 30 to 4 Grammar srhnol girls 2. sw im.
LEGAL" NOTICE MOSMOI TH OI NTY RRO-( A I f. Of IK In 1H MttUr tht Fftat A. Hnitl. Defrisrsl ntlrt lt trrriflnM Prfcnt (It inn 4iiml fatal ih nrdr Trv.fph Drirn-hv fliirrcM' rs foin'v of Mpr.mni'ti. mide on r.tv nf 1044 en inm.r son nf Arn Wrbfr Uni-hr of r'.
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1 aai SaL-Saa. Caatiaaaaa TOnT and TOMORROW "SONG OF RI SSU1 Rnhert Taslnr and Kusan Peters April .1 to April Note- Tr.e fnur-w ailed handball cnu-f i available to members daih from 9 30 a m. to 9 30 m. upon reserv a'ion. Mondav 9 30.
a tn 1 0 4 a Women, open period, large gym 10 4i m. tn 1 1 30 a Women, open period, swimming 1 1 3D a to 3 30 Open period, handball, large gym. 10 a to 7 30 p. Open period, handball, small gvm 3 43 to 4 4. -Grammar school bovs 1 large 4 43 to Slip Grammar school boy I im.
5 to fi 30 Men's vol. Ie hail, large kv m. 7 to 7 43 High school girls, lari gym 7 tn 8 30 Get sc. quainted gym and swim, high school girls 7 30 to 8 30 m. High school boys, small gym.
7 4.s, to fi 30 p. Huh school girls, swim. 8 to 10 Apollo club meeting assptnhly room. 30 to 9 15 p. High school hoy s.
im. Tuesday 10 a to 3 30 Open pe. nod. handnall. large gym.
5 p. tn 7 30 p. Open period, handball, large gym 10 a ti to 7 Open period, handball, small gym 3 4i p. tn 4 45 p. Grammar school girls I.
larce 4 43 to 5 1 5 Grammar school guls 1. swim. 15 to 10 30 Spanish classes Cubherly room 7 to 8 p. High srhnol hens large gym 8pm tn 8 43 p. High school ho sw tm.
8 to 9 15 Rusiness omen large 9 15 to 10 Rusiness wnmen. sw Im Wednesday 11 a to 3 period, handball, large gy m. 10 a m. to 10 period, handball, small gym 9 30 a to 10 45 a Wnmen, large gvm 10 45 a. to 1 1 30 a Wnmen.
sw im 3 45 to 4 45 Grammar srhnol boss 2. large gym 4 45 to 5 15 -Grammar school bovs 2, sw im 1 tn fi 30 p. Men's vnl-ley hall, large gvm 7 to 8 15 Young men period, large gym. to 8 30 Red Rank scouts, swimming pool 8 15 m. to 9 Young men swim.
Thursdsy If) to 3 30 period, handhall. large gym 5 m. to 7 Open perind. handhall. large gvm.
10 a m. to 7 Open period, handball, small gvm 2 County Wills Are Probated FRF.F.HOLD Middletnwn township and Bradlev Beach estates are devised in two wills filed in probate at the office nf Surrogate Joseph Donahav yesterday Mrs Virginia Allen. Middle-town township, who died March 12 last, bequeathed S'tOO to each of her grandchildren Robert P. Allen. Charles Rutsen Allen.
Charles Ra-mond Allen. William A Allen. Virginia StofTel and Rhoda Swift They were each also left heirlooms, consisting nf jewelry, furniture and articles of bric-a-brac, and the le-siduary estate Specific heirlooms were also left to her son. Rnhert Allen, and his wife Mary: Madeline, wife nf her son. Charles Raymond Allen, and also himself, and tn her daughter.
Edna Rirdsall. and her son. William A. Allen A riia-mond breastpin and eight desert plates aie left to Mary Elizabeth, wife of Roland I. union The will, executed May 11.
appoints the son. Robert Allen executor. Joseph Herbert Elliott. Bradley Beach bequeathed $100 to Gunn "in appieciatinn nf her many kindnesses to me," the will reads, and the remainder of his estate to her son James Feigus Kill lot he to pay SO percent of the net income from same to the testator sister. Gertrude Elliott, for life.
Mr, Elliott died March 19 last. The will is dated Jan 3 1144 KeNport Senior Guild Has Regular Meeting KF.YPOR.T- The Senior guild nf St Mary Episcopal church. Key-port, had its regular meeting In the parish house Thursday afternoon The meeting was opened with a praver by the president, Mrs John Miller. Mrs William Dietrich read the minutes. Mrs Raymond Johnson gave the treasurer report A rummage sale In April was planned The hostesses for the meeting weie Mrs Bntipn and Mr.s Charles Smith.
Fnr the next meeting the hnstessea will he Mis Armour Ashforth and Mrs Fred Emanuel. Those present were Mrs F. F. Tucker, Mrs John Wilson. Mrs George Pickering.
Mrs Louis Scotas, Mrs Charles Smith. Mt F. Lewis, Mrs Button. Mis Armour Ashforth. Mrs Fred Emanuel.
Mrs Raymond Johnson. Mrs William Dietrich. Mrs. John Miller and the Rev. Robert L.
Clay-Inn. File. IVtition LAKKWOOI) Emile Nollette manager nf the Servicemen cluh here, has filed his petition fnr the Republican nomination for justice of the peace to fill the unexpired term of the late John A Myers Mr. Nollette. who has been a I.akewood resident 29 years, was connected with the Laurel in the Pines hotel for many years He has been manager of the Servicemen club since it opened in 1942 He ran unsuccessfully for justice nf the peace on the Democratic ticket last November, s1 3 lOaTsSsl MATTIION AVINVI Tel.
SSSI NOW SHOWING love for fine early American furniture and have bought many nf their pieres at auction sales thruntit the state and in Pennsylvania One Two Big Features of these is a beautiful ladder back chair which he bought for fiO cents. then reflnished until the lovely old maple wood shone like satin, then I he had the rush bottom seat re-: done. One of the most beautiful pieces in the living room is an old hutrh table hich the couple spied on the I porch of the House With the Brick Wall" in Freehold. It was well By Acclamation THI FINEST FOOD ON THE NORTH JERSEY COAST RmoX MtlwfiaLtaH AtmnlpJuAA JlwiulUuU SuAUUUtditUfl Undr tht personal managtmtnl of tht famous "0v" of Davo's Blut Room in Now York City omn eHY no m. m.
IUNBATI la 1 A.M. CIOII0 MONDAYS Dancing From 9:30 P. M. to 2 AM. a awr Dlaaar PaHaat LicMllhliUll ALFRlO HITCHco*ck'S UFEBOAT JOHN STEINBECK 'TSTtJZr START tlAUUlAH BANKHEAO IfNtll The CO FEATURE DON "RED" BARRY In 'CANYON CITY' Pl.r.rs; TI'ISDAT Fr.inrh.i Tnne tils Raines lit "PHANTOM LADY" Plus "TIMBER QUEEN" Woaily AT jiioyy RAINBOW ROOM ATTENTION P0ULTRYMEN and VICTORY GARDENERS SPKCIM.
OS FT POULTRY WIRE t.W FT. ROM. AT SS.49 per roll ONION SETS 37V2C per lb. ror Limited Time Only I II Kplsndf Nn. Ill of Dl CONTINUOUS JL "TK PHWTOVf A "the mimoM" 3 45 tn 4 45 --Gram-I mar school girls 2.
large gvm 4 45 to 5 15 Grammar i DAVE'S BLUE FEATURING DE LUXE DINNERS from One Dollar Twenty-Five SEA FOOD STEAKS CHOPS LOBSTERS FRESH L. I. DUCKLING Cor. 0tm mi Irlahton Avo's WEST END, LONG IRANCH, N. J.
NO COVIH RUI4mUjU Call NQ MINIMUM LONG BRANCH 2128-2167 IP srhool girls 2. swim 7 to 7 45 High school girls, large gym 7 p. to 8 30 p. Women's lifesaving class. 7 45 tn 8 30 p.
High school girls, swim Friday 10 a to 3 30 Open period, handball, large gym 5 m. to 7 Open perind. handhall. large gym 10 a m. tn 7 m.
Open period. aramount Nowin Preporotion the Newly Embellished ond D.coroted Ross Fenton Farms WANAMASSA, N. WILL BE READY MAY 30TH PAINT WALLPAPER CO. It-U-ll HTMNfi WOOD AVE. Tel.
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