Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1921, Page 17

SURETTE DELIGHTS LARGE AUDIENCE WITH RECITAL Beethoven Selected as Subject. Assisted by National String K Quartet. Thamas Whitney Suretts gave the third of his course of lecture-recitals, un- der the auspices of the Washington So- clety of Fine Arts, in the Central High School Auditorium last night, before a large audience. Mr. Surette was as- sisted In his musical {llustrations by Mrs. George Eustis, pianiste, and the Na- tional String Quartet of this city, com- posed of Henri Sokalov, first violin; Max Pugatsky, second violin; Samuel Feld- Richard Lorleberg, violin- cello. The subject for the evening’s study was Beethoven. The recent celebrations in honor of the composer’s birth, a cen- tury and a half ago, gave added In- terest to the choice, Mr. Surette began by presenting a lively sketch of Beethoven as a man, setting forth the unhappy circmstances of his life and the sturdy courage and independence with which he lived it through. Mr. Surette played a number of themes from Beethoven's works, rang- oy 7 Z / ing from the early piano sonatas to s A f e " the Ninth Symphony,. as exhibiting - 7 these qualities, and then called upon his assistants for a more complete presentation of two representative compositions. Mrs. Eustis played the Waldsteln Sonata in a delightful manner, and Mr. Sokolov and his associates of the National String Quartet made .their initial appearance before a Washing- ton audience, with great credit to themselves. They showed individual abiljty of a good order and a conscien- tlous preparation directed by high ar- tistic aims. Mr. Sokolov is a musi- cian of marked distinction and refine- ment, and Mr. Pugatsky's tones had a delightful warmth and smoothness. They played the first quartet of the Rasoumoffsky set—not an easy task for an organization making its first bow, but a work of enchanting beauty and of an exotic charm, attributable to the Russian character which in- spired it. Mr. Surette accompanied illustrations with a careful analysis. X I WAS READWG TWO OFFICERS CHANGED. Lieut. Frederick R. Kalde of the U. §. San Francisco has been ordered to this city for duty at the naval gun fac- tory. Pharmacist Armin M. Rode at the Washington navy yard has been as- | signed to duty ort the San Francisco. COURT SAYS MRS. SNOW LOSES DOWER INTEREST ligood yesterday afternoon for the alleged thoft of a robe from the ai tomobile of George O. Pooley, 725 13th street, parked at New York ave- nue and 13th street. Carl Bayliss, nineteen years old, 3307 P.street, who is alleged to have accompanied’ Sunday, was arrested later in the day and charged with participation in- the theft. They will be arraigned-in Police Court tomor- row morning. GUARANTEE FUND WAITS. Court Orders Railway Payments Only After Final Audit. The railways of the country must await a final audit by the Interstate Commerce Commission before receiv- ing the $400,000,000 awarded by Con- Majority Opinion in Appeal Case Is Based on Ante-Nuptial Agreement Signed. dition to those Amusements “Pitter Patter.” “Pitter Patter,” a delightful musical comedy, with book by Will M. Hough and charming lyrics and music by Wil- liam B. Friedlander, entertained a large audience at the "Shubert Belasco Thea- ter last evening. Its story is based on “Caught In the Rain,” a farce by Wil- liam Collier and Grant Stewart, and has already been substantially told in the advance notices. The production enter- talned Boston for quite a while and New York for a full half year. And yef, strange to say, it is free from de- lirium, from the vulgar and from ail but the barest suggestion of jazz. It is prettily staged and two scenes espe- cially, the stretch of Colorado landscape, .| seen through the two big windows in the second act, and Havana, by moon- light, in the last act, won applause. Mcre, It is full of pretty feminine activ- ity, has a dash and go of its own and when the last curtain falls sends the. audience away singing, humming and whistling “Pitter Patter,” one of its beautiful songs. [oxcept, perhaps, Lrnest Truer, whose unlque and never overdone comedy fs an amusing delight, the cast does not dazzle with an array of brilliant musi- cal comedy stars, but it is Houbtful if those who were present last night would wish to substitute any of them for the players who furnished a very enjoyable entertainment. 3 Tve Lynn, who has the leading fem- inine role, has a very pleasing voice angd a charm of her own. Mildred Keats, who makes her entrance in a whirlwind of grace and terpsichorean effort, is_a beauty as well as a fine dancer of her type. Virginia Cleary, who, in the play, of course, kept on cdge more than half her time by the fear that George, her supposedly dead husband, will return to spoil a new alliance, is both stately, good to look upon and a Kood singer, her song, with chorus, “Wedding Biues,” being one of the catchy hits of the evening. John Price Jones is a very likable leading man, and, even in the humbler role of the proprietor of a candy shop, it was pleasant to recognize Capt. George Smithfield, who produced *As You Were” and other big musical doughboy comedies in France, and who was also the stage director for the War Department at Camp Meade, un- der the direction of Capt. Dainger- field: The chorus, the girl chorus, however, has a divine Tight, as it were, to share in the glory of the show individually and collectively. Never was a chorus better trained, and never have chorus girls been more delightfully employed in carrying a musical play to.success, nor_acquitted themselves with more redit. Features of the performance, in ad- already mentioned, wear them and who appear to have been borrowed also from the high- type chorus attraction of the big re- vue. “Dance Fantasies,” evidently a vaudeville nom de.plume, is an act seldom eeen in the smajler theaters, presenting ° three. exquisite terpsi- orean._features by accomplished art. ists, and the Four Hickey Girls, from Billie . Burke's ‘rivolities,”. are & show in themselves, with their vio- linist, pianist and girl harmony sing- ers, mot to overlook their original comedy interpolations. Piquo and Fellows, European comiques, open with 2 novel and amusing entertain- ment of overseas flavor; Hermione and Ergotti introduce a graceful and ac- robatic lightweight, whose appearance does not account for his wonderful ac- complishments, and a clever girl as- sistant; Mae and Hill have a delight- ful usical sketch, “The Burglar with other pleasing accompani- ments, and Haig and Levere introduce a brilliant whistler. " ‘William Faversha: photopl. Was His, were the opening dance of -Mildred Kea'ts in the first act, the “Wedding Blues” and “Pitter Patter” toward its close: “You Never Can Tell” Wwith dancing by Miss Keats and Mr. Jones; “True Love,” an_ exquisite song by Miss Lynn, also “I Saved a Walts for You,” by Miss Lynn, in which the chorus played a most effective part, and the wedding chorus,. with its beautiful scene, in which Miss Cleary and James Biliings shared with the chorus ensemble. ‘Pitter Patter” as a whole is '{harm- ing, without being in the least degree naughty, which makes it one of the unusual ‘treats of the season. B. F. KEITH'S—Vaudeville. A program of laughing hits is of- fered this week at Keith's. The big number is “Two Vagrants,” in which are starred the Dooley boys. William and Gordon, and an exceptionally clever group of assistants. It is a sort of revue that allows the boys to go the limit in fun-making and they had a laugh for every minute. Helen Patterson, a sort of leading lady, executes dancing of a sensa- tional order. while Arthur Hartley helps out with solos. The scenery is unusually elaborate and the costumes of the siX chorus girls handsome and new. Joe Cook. who gives a one-man vaudeville show. shares honors with the topliners. Cook can do almost everything in a vaudeville entertain- ment from juggling to singing, and he ‘does it well. His hit last night was emphatic. The three Dennis sisters have pleas- ing voices and were given a hearty reception, and Laddie CIiff danced and sang his way into the good graces of the audience. Mclntosh and musical maids open the bill; Ryan and Ryan with their big shoes make a hit in an original dancing act; Bert and Betty Wheeler have a comedy offer- ing, which requires a splendid vocal effort at the close to lift above the ordinary, and Alexander Brothers and Evelyn are unusually clever jugglers. ‘The kinograms close the bill. COSMOS—Vaudeville. Manager Brylawski of the Cosmos Theater this week is celebrating the advent of the new year with the best vaudeville and picture bill of enter- tainment ever offered at that house. 1t is distinctive in character and of the highest vaudeville type through- out. “Soul Mates,” sadly misnamed, is 2 vision of feminine beauty, talent and delightful accomplishment, ar- impressive production, “The Sin That is the added matinee at- traction, and a laughable Christie comedy, “A Tray Full of Trouble” heads a serles of minor interest and amusing film features. STRAND—Vaudeville. A bill, every number of which is a feature, ushered in the 1921 season at “The with Brown, Garner and Barnett in new melodies and original dance creations, head the vaudeville portion with an act fuil of spirit. William Mor assisted by George L. Spaulding and Ella Clay, keeps the audience in laughter with a satirical one-act comedy, “Did You Vote?’ which deals with the future condition of the country should the blue laws become enacted. A mirth revival, h Hal Langdon and Tom Smith as “The Two Evangelists on a Mission of Joy,” is all that the name implie: ¥ and Dot Zeitler, “Original Bits of Nonsense,” continue the merriment ith clever singing and dancing, and the Wheeler Trio, “America’s foremost gymnasts.” give a wonderful exhibition of acrobatic feats. Tom Moors the Strand Theater yesterday Passing Revu in in Henry C. Rowland’s story, “Duds,” as presented by Gold- wyn, is the photoplay offering. Short subjects include a laughable comedy and an exceptional scenic and news film, 4 2 Rose Sydell's London Belles. Rose Sydell's name has been identi. fled with the burlesque stage for more than a generation and the show at the Gayety this week, which bears her name, is one of the most up-to-date and en- joyable entertainments seen at this the- ater for many weeks. Joe Marks, the rayed in costumes that look as if they featured comedian, is a clever performer might have been ‘borrowed from the, of semingly endless resources in laugh- | star revue of the day, so costly and | provoking stunts and in addition to his ! gorgeous are they. But what is more, medy work gs to his part an they have girls who know how to athlétic ability of no mean order. His “Last of the Mohicans.” A sanguinary chapter in the coloniai history of America may be seen at the Shubert-Garrick this ‘week, where the photoplay version of James Fen- imore Cooper's famous story “The last of the Mohicans,” began a week's engagement last night. Historical ot all ages for several generations. The play is more than mere entertainment for'an hour und a half. It is a faith- ful portrayal of the price that was Paig. to build & nation in a wildernes: and gives an illuminating view of the well as the weakness of the Aumerican aborigines. Albert Roscoe. as Uncas, the Mo- hican whose' love for a voung white Eirl costs him his life, without saving her from death at the hands of h tribal enemy, is an impressive thoug: unusual hero, while Wallace Beery as the Huron chieftain, and Barbara Bedford and Lilitan Hail, as th daughters of a British officer who are captured by treachery, have inter- preted the reai spirit of the Cooper e The attack on the woman refugees by the drink-crazed savages is = thrilling scene. though the spectacie of babies dragged from the arms of screaming mothers and dashed to pieces may not be restful to persons of mnervous temperamen: The tw funerals, that of the “paleface maiden and that of the brown-skinned savage, the closing scenes of the pro- duction, show at once the similarity and the contrast in the conception of grnh by the white man and the In n. —_— EXTENDS LUTHERAN AID. APPLETON, Wis., January 4 —Plans for extending the Aid Association for Lutherans. largest Lutheran fraternal organization in the United States. to every state in the Union were made at the annual meeting of its board of directors at the home office here. The association now has 17.000 members in thirteen states. It has a reserve fund of more than $1.300,000, and its mem bers carry mo. han $14,800,000 worth of insurance. e Mrs. Addis H. Snow lost her dower interest in the property of her hus- band, Chester A. Snow, millionaire patent attotney, when she signed an ante-nuptial agreement in consider- ation of $30,000, according te a deci- sion rendered yesterday by the Dis- trict Court of Appeals through Chief Justice Smyth. A_dissenting opinion was rendered by Justice Robb. The majority opinion upholds the decision of Chief Justice McCoy. who « found that Mrs. Snow knew of her rights and of the effect of the agree- ment signed. She is now bound by it and must join with her husband in the conveyances of his property, the court held. Justice Robb. in his dissenting mon. expresses his view that the ing of the agreement was ob- through “subterfuge.” gress as a guaranty for operating expenses for the six months which ensued after the roads were returned from governmental control. The act of Congress contemplates the drawing of only one warrant by the Secretary of the Treasury in favor of each claimant. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court so decided yesterday, when he sustained the cloli]!‘lil of‘ Sec;mry Houston that he could not make a partial payment of $500,000 to the Grand Trunk West- ern Railway Company. The company sought a mandamus to compel the Secretary to issue a warrant on a certificate of the commission that thi: much at least was due the compan: and the amount could not be ‘dimin- ll;x.gd I:’y any future audit. e decision of Chief Justic - Coy upholds the ruling of I.hcs = troller of the ury, which Secre- tary Houston claimed was binding on him and made it impossible for him to issue a warrant which the railway company sought to compel him to do Appropriate Souvenirs Whether it is a2 me- mento of the National Capital; or some souve- nir for an anniversary or social occasion—you'll " find here all the novel- ties that are in good taste ‘and in harmony with the incident you by court action. : WOMEN CALLED TO JURIES | Former Justice Covington for the wanh Jo rexicdiber i railway company probably will note : ! eal to e Court pea) ‘ Serve in Philadelphia Courts for |Assistant United s:xaruso‘ X‘Sorng} ¢ e = Mason represented the Secretary. ¥ PHILADELPHIA, January 4—Wom- | PLEADS % oo gerved s jurors in Ph phi HUNGER AS EXCUSE. : \ courts yesterday for the time. | “Be light on me; T h: : : Nearly all called scemed willing and | thing to cat for two daye” wes b i even anxious to serve. 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