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ae oY is Apparently all edults are jealous of this Eivis, otherwise they would acknowledge that his is a a Bupcrierto Carusc's; his profile to John Ba : hls acting to E. H. Sothern’s. Biss Jones's knowledge ’ . gust be Uke Teddy Nader's who said something the . @ther Gay about baving a tremendous knowledge of ; elassical music. But what has be done with that * =. knowledge? That is always the question. , . She Likes What She Likes . 4 wi aha -@e 3 ~ 2 have no idea how old Charlotte Jones is. She *y @oes not introduce herself with wital statistics. But He whe does believe that she and her “teens” have betters ~ etd Y taste than her elders, by which she means that she Bikes what she kes and that anyone who Gisagrees ds & square, 8 jerk or a Gope. Could be. Yet, I wonder what would happen to such @ hero ‘worshipper if she spent six weeks next summer at Tanglewood Ustening to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Tschaikovsky. Ali long-hair, tt is true. Bvt music is music and ts supposed to thrill the heart of civilized and savage. It would be an interesting experiment, lke bringing Tarzan to the Colony ° Restaurant or Pavillon, to eat food as designed by Escoffier. , The real point of this Jetter is that it displays no eultural background. I heard Elvis sing and I believe that perhaps in five years or so, he might be able to - garry @ tune as well as Bing Crosby. But in 50 years, i he could not make the chorus of the Metropolitan . 3 ta. : The fault undoubtedly is in a school system which i gives the child so little cultural background, 90 little . Basis for taste and so Little understanding of beauty. - we Rock-N-Roll, which is a musical reversion to the tom- . tom of the jungie, can stir so many of our young to ' tasy only because they know no better. Zt is curious i t in a Western country a ehild could write Phe eatest thing the world has even known, Elvis - y.” I used to hear them say that that title went to esus. How times do change! ae