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T-V
With GEORGE A. and
EDITH ANN BURKE
LIBERACE’S fans should see him
in person. We met him for the first
time at a press conference in Boston.
The reception was held in the club
room of the Boston Garden. Liberace
was wearing a medium gray suit
and black topcoat. His hair is not
the silvery gray it has so often been
labeled but rather a less flashy
steely gray. His complexion is dark
and his eyes brown. Seeing him for
the first time, a person might take
him for a serious business man, He
stands about five foot eight, and is
heavy set with wide shoulders.
Liberace’s manner was very sin-
of any traces of conceit. He answered
all questions very agreeably and in
He returned and played requests
continuously for the next forty min-
utes. ;
A new feeling of informality swept
the audience. They settled back in
their hard chairs as though they
were in their comfortable living
rooms listening to a friend. The
audience burst into rhythmic clap-
ping when he played ‘St. Louis
Woman,” they crooned ‘Let Me
Call You Sweetheart.” When he
played “Brahms Lullaby” thousands
hummed softly.
After his final bow he offered to
sign autographs for anyone who
wanted to wait. About three thous-
and decided a real close-up look and
autograph was worth waiting for,
and Liberace didn’t sign the last
autograph until after 2 a.m.
Idetown
Richard and Jack Kern visited
their sister, Sister Augustine at
Ridgely, Maryland, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. George Casterline
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Chesko of Binghamton.
Cpl. Allen Fritz, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Fritz, who ‘has been
stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, two
years, arrived home on Thursday
night after being honorably dis-
charged from the Army.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Meade ob-
served their wedding anniversary
on Tuesday.
Francis Smith and Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Smith and son of Trucks-
ville, Mr. and Mrs. George Smith
of Wilkes-Barre were callers at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Davis
on Sunday.
Mrs. Corey Meade and Mrs. John
Dobson and son, Mr. and Mrs. Del-
bert Meade, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Meade and sons Billy and Bonnie
attended the wedding of Kenneth
Meade at East Orange, N. J.
The date of December 25 as the
birthday of Jesus and, hence,
Christmas, became generally ob-
served in most Christian nations in
the fourth and fifth centuries. In
Shakespeare's time (1564-1616),
Christmas was observed for twelve
days.
a deep pleasant voice. Those viewers
who find some of his TV manner-
isms irritating would like him bet-
ter in person for he has no manner-
isms.
“[ believe the people want show-
manship as well as talent. T try to
give them both,” confided Liberace.
The next evening, a sell-out crowd
of over 14,000 overwhelmingly
huge amount of both.
The immaculately tailored Liber-
ace displayed an unusual ability for
leading and handling an audience.
He has the same easy, casual man-
ner; the same friendly way of speak-
ing common to the old vaudeville
headliners and the best of todays’
MCs. The whole evening added up
to a very personal kind of triumph.
From his entrance to his final bow,
Liberace was in complete control.
The audience, about a fourth of
whom were men, reacted to his
every mood.
They sighed when he played his
own composition, ‘Rhapsody by
Candlelight;” cheered at the “Beer
Barrel Polka.” There was a reverent
silence during “The Rosary,” and
the place went wild when Liberace,
in the getup of a hayseed, did a
turkey trot all over the stage and
lampooned himself with “Hey Li-
berace . . . Where'd You Get That
Smile.” -/ ;
By 11.10 p.m. Liberace had com-
pleted all the numbers on the pro-
gram, but he promised the audience
that, if they would wait while he
changed his suit, he would come
back and play more.
The handful that had to leave
missed the best part of the show.
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