So This Is New York * < ?r NORTH CALLAHAN The first citizen of Flat Rock. North Carolina came to town and It seems Put for the last few days. New Yorkers have vied with each other in feting him. Of course at bis age of 78. Carl Sandburg has to be careful of his activity. He says the goats on his farm seem much more civilized than the rush ing herd of humans in Gotham's public thoroughfares. However, the great writer makes silth state ments with a twinkle in his eya and one la therefore inclined to accept the salty remarks with a grain of goat'e milk. v S Up at stately Carnegie Hall Where the 5528th concert of the Philharmonic - Symphony Society of New York was being held, we aat and listened to the engaging music of the big orchestra under the direction, this evening, of An dre Kostelanetz. It was easy to ap preciate the music, for it was that of such composers as Maurice Jlavel and Ferde Grofe, the latter having come from Los Angeles for the occasion and, at the request of the conductor, took several bows from his box seat. Hfc is now very chubby. About midway of the pro gram, Carl Sandburg appeared, his thick, white hair vivid in contrast to his black tuxedo, and with the music as rather strong background, read Impressively Aaron Copland's *'A Lincoln's Portrait". It was ob vious to the appreciative audience that we were listening to the Lin cold of our literature. . ? ' is'r. . After the concert. I went back Stage and found Carl surrounded by admiring autograph seekers and personal friends. I shook hands with Andre Kostelaneti who has a moat pleasant face, although like many of us. his is a balding head From now on. he will seem more, to me at least, than the husband of Lily Pona. Mr. Sandburg nodded, passed pleasantries, signed pro grama and told one adoring soul. "You stick around and we'll open up a keg of nails!" Finally I man aged to extract him from the ' throng and we made our way to the watting Rolls-Royce of Mrs O. O. Mclntyre who had Invited a few to her delightful aparmtent. ?a? Frank Warner, close friend aftd line folk singer, had brought his "banjer" along and, Just in case, a "glttar" for Carl. This thought fulness proved fruitful, for after a session of delicious apple pie a la mode, we gathered around the fireplace and listened. Messrs. Sandburg and Warner In rich voices sang the tuneful folk songs. "Keep Your Hand on the Plow" and "Tom Dooley," the latter be ing about a Wilkes County, N. C. boy who was hanged right after the Civil War for killing his rival for the hand of a "gal". Carl even sang and played the mdern, "Suddenly There's a. Valley" and laughed when we roundly applauded. He sprawled In a restful chair, wise cracked and philosophised, thanked the hostess, and we were all Im pressed with the thought, that this was an occasion long to be cher ished. ?a? Two evenings later, I was pres ent when Carl Sandburg was giv en an award (or the (election of hia book, "Abraham Lincoln" u the one which a majority of 190 of u* would take along In caie we were exiled to a desert Island. Here he spoke at some length about Lin coln's problems and again he and Prank Warner sang and played. One of these songs was something about "It don't matter where you go when you die, you're gonna And friends in both places." Three oth er Pulitzer Prize winners were present. Allan Nevins. the histori an. Bruce Catton, editor of Ameri can Heritage, and C. D. Batchelor. genial cartoonist for the New York Dally News who has been married more than once and who quipped to me, "Always a groom, but never a Batchelor". Sterling North, prob ably America's best-known book re viewer. was there with his attrac tive wife, and we chatted about our common ancestry. Carl Haverlin presided over the festive gathering which Included other literary lights. S While here, Carl Sandburg also appeared on a national television show, and spoke before high school students ta Cooper-Union Institute where Lincoln made the speech in 1860 which Is said to have made him President. We hope that Flat Rock will lend Mr. Sandburg to New York many more times in years to come?for his visits are memorable and all to the good. Russian Embassy Open Again By JANE EADS WASHINGTON?The big doors I of the Soviet Embassy were opened to guests for the third time in 10 days, but no sleek limousines rolled uu, no photographers were snap ping big shots, even Ambassador ' Zaroubin was out of sight. 1 It was a small, informal shindig | honoring the seven visiting Rus sian editors and the only faces I recognized were those of some of \ my colleagues. The rest, mostly male, were press or cultural at taches from the various embassies around town. This time the guests concen trated In the big gold and white ballroom with lta crimson velvet hanging and crystal chandeliers. They gathered mostly around the bar. They didn't pounce on the food attractively arrayed on the long buffet table until late In the evening. A previous big affair was attend ed by more than 1,000 to celebrate the Russian Revolution of 1017, An earlier affair, a reception for touring Soviet pianist Emil Gilels, was more exclusive, a black tie do. to which only a select 100 had been Invited. Gilels gave a recital and the guests were more restrain ed. I had some difficulty tracking down the Soviet newsmen. I ap proached a tall, dark young man who was speaking an unfamiliar tongue. He turned out to be the cultural attache of the Polish Em bassy. He could speak English. On my next turn about the room I edged up to an amiable-looking pink-cheeked plumpish man talk ing with a young blond, blue-eyed chap. The flrst was Rumanian, the second Hungarian. They didn't speak English. Finally, I met Boris Kampov Polevoy, leader of the group, a tall, broad-shouldered man with mop ? 1 a of black hair, drooping right eye lid and medals pinned on his uni form. 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