Evening Star Newspaper, January 22, 1922, Page 53

PECULATION, in the sense of building castles in the air, or setting up an abstract proposition in the mind and then bowling it over, or reinforcing it so that no one can bowl it over, was never more per- | 'missible than in the present unsettled state of the world. Every- | body and everything seems to be in a state of delightful uncertainty, and that is precisely the atmosphere in which to stage an uncommon thought. Elsewhere in The’ Star today wiil be found contributions of eminent au- thors that suggest a possibjlity about which the imagination may run rampant. It is stupendous in its ramifications, involving not only the annihilation of “the speaking stage,” about which our friends of the movies sometimes talk, but the substitution of moving pictures for inter- communication of thoughts of all kinds, thus doing away entirely with the necessity of “words,” which so often fail of their mission and have to be explained away. Perhaps a speechless world might help things. Who knows? But the fact that “eminent authors"—those who write for both stage and screen—can calmly discuss the proposition, gives some idea of why great plays and great pictures are hot very common just now. * k X% % HE same uncertainty seems to prevail in the pulpit. Recently two churchmep prominent in the public eye have given frank expression inions that leave most of us in dreadful doubt as to whether we are drifting to Mr. Mantalini's “demnition bow-wows,” or are really moving along with sturdy stride in the straight but narrow path, even if the shrubbery along the way does make the course a bit devious at times. So far as theatrical entertainment is concerned, the difference of opinion which has been made manifest in the clerical world may be attributed, probably, to point of view and proneness to jump at conclusions. Our stage has not becn greatly elevated in recent years, but the people at WASHINGTON; D. C.,- large are scarcely to blame for that. They want good plays, great plays, and will'patronize them when they appear. It is true, also, that theatrical entertainment that does not reach a high standard of morality finds audiences sometimes so large as almost to warrant the conclusion that such entertainment is what the public wants. The mistake is in jumping at the conclusion. Many of us, probably, are headed for the “demnition bow-wows,” and there is a sort of unanimity in showing it in public places which is not always observable in those who are not. The folks who prefer naughty entertainment are doubtless many, and they have a habit of flocking in laree numbers to places where their taste is satisfied. This does not mean that everybody is like them, nor, indeed, that the majority are so. But it is an indication that those who prefer better things do not manfest their preference in patronage large enough to bring them into prominent view. Hence, naturally, the pessimistic clergyman falls into the natural error that all the world is bad at heart, or at least in manners and morals, and that a new amendment to the Constitution, or another drastic law, is sadly needed. The optimist—and he is generally a robust, healthy man, with good digestion and ruddy blsod in his veins—observe a little more closely, thinks longer and reacihes the conclusion that we are really better than we were. ¥ k X X THEATRIC.\L producers, both for the stage and the screen, are, it would seem, in a measure to blame for an unjust judgment of the world at large. They are not in the business of uplifting morals, but largely engaged in trying to 'make two dollars grow where one was avail- able before. They “play to the gallery.” Money is their applause, and those who make the money pour into the box offices are” to such pro- ducers “the general public,” expressing “what the publi expects then'_n to risk their momey in a losing venture. But the fact re- mains that in devoting their energies to the theater they are engaging in the business of the theater, which, for a long time, has been consid- ered to be the reflection of the life, manners and customs of the people of the times. If they lose sight of this fact, they are apt to bungle the business of the theater to enrich the box office. And that, in the opinion of some observers, is precisely what many of them are doing. It is not necessarily a racial fault, but appearances often can make it appear so. It is not law that will correct this, but good, sound common sense. Those of our people who know and want what is proper should make it mani- fest in_their patronage. Those producers who, from natural inclination, if you will, or from greed, persist in parading unwholesome plays and pic- tures can be quickly put out of business by public opinion and by patron- age of the good things. The producer who is anxious to make money can be made to see that his aim is attainable along legitimate lines if the people at large will help as they should in the patronage of the legitimate. The producer who clings to the unclean after that can be quickly and summarily disposed of. The world is not all bad—not yet. * * * * UT of a gloomy mist comes the refreshing intelligence that “The S. S. Tenacity”—strongly suggestive of the watchword of one of our Wash- ington high schools—is a beautiful play, “as_simple, as telling and as French as a drawing by Drian, or better still, perhaps, a drawing by Forain” * * ¥ “3 wistful little comedy of character,” which, “with Sid- ney Howard as the translator, and with Augustin Duncan as the director, has been transported 3,000 miles, with an uncommon success in the preservation of its French air and flavor.” Maybe Washington will see it, some day. g * % ok ok HAV!NG endgd, or being about to end, their New York runs, “the road,” perhaps, will be called upon to provide for the further existence of “Alias Jimmy Valentine,” “The Madras House,” “The Great Broxopp,” “Nature’s Nobleman,” “The Claw” and the “Greenwich Follies.” - * *x %k X 'RACE GEORGE may be presented soon in a new play, “The Exquisite Hour,” by Margaret Wright. * ok ok X DRAMATIC critics have their troubles. After calling them “the affini- ties of Minerva,” a metropolitan writer asks of one of them why, in “The Grand Duke,” with all the remainder of the cast speaking pure and unadulterated English, Lionel Atwill alone speaks French with a Russian accent. This ought to make David Belasco uncomfortable. He gives such close attention to details in his productions, and he is sb sensitive to criticism. *x % X X HELEN MENKEN will probably succeed Alice Brady in “Drifting,” ac- cording to the New York Times. It will be recalled that Miss'Brady, th® very first week of the presentation of the melodrama, became too ill to go on, and Florence Reed gave up‘!he job. R * % * pENELLA’S Spanish operetta, *The Wild Cat,” the ;ext of which was translated from the Castilian into English by Mrs. Marie B. Schrader, formerly of this city, is said to have established a new “world record” when it passed its fiftieth consecutive performancé in New York recently. Thg longest previous run of any operetta, music drama or grand opera, in ‘which the libretto is sung, with no lines spoken, was made, it is said, by Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly,” when it was given its New York premiere ! by Cok Henry W. Savage. “The Wild Cat” has been called a “baby-grand opera,” but is said to be more accurately classed as opera bouffe, belong- ing to the Spanish school of Zarzuelas, which, until now, have never been presented in America. . o * %k %k %k = WORD comes that the enterprising Messrs. Lee and J. J. Shubert have organized an “agents, managers and treasurers’ fund,” made up of a 10 per cent tax on each pass issued for their attractions. It will always] be a pleasant reminder to those who use passes that there was once a government war tax upon such ;ux:n:s.* 'TER patrons during the week will be afforded the opportunity of guessing “Who is Cazazza?” now “The Blushing Bride,” at Poli’s, und more closely scrutinizing the once great Catherine II of Russia, jmpersonated by the gifted Doris Keane, at the National, although Mi: Keane, of course, will have nothing whatever to do with “Cazazza” or *The .l;ghing Bride,” a Shubert attraction. exploiting Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayhield. The Garrick, at 7th/and F streets, will hide its face behind a dark veil during the week. ‘W, X. LANDVOIGT. !fi-——.‘%— Made Irvin Cobb Laugh| Art Titles.Hard Wor ,“’m Irvin 8, Cobb was writing ‘Nm'r is the most difMcult bit of P the titles for “Pardon My art work in'the making of & ¥rench,” starring Vivian Martin, it|motion picture? gs sxid that he laughed himself to| ‘Preparing decorative titles” says sleep every night. Paul Iribe, art director for Cecil B. Whether he was laughing at his|De Mill's new picture, “Fool's Para- own work, that of Miss Martin and|adise.” fer cast, the work of Sidney Oloott,| “We always endeavor to lnk the the director, or the plot as evolved (t!::w.lngi oi n:at ‘ufl. with the writ- by Baward Childs Carpenter, the au-| i1, W85 ioe "Ce oraal has also thor, was mot disclosed. Anyhow,| to'be considered; OF contae, an attis: French,” which is Miss|always takes pride in drawing where nd Messmore Xendall|the various-elements are arranged to eased by Goldwyn, is fo! the best effect. With titles, each individual .one presents a dlqeunt problem.”" t Titles for Cecil B. De Mille picturds some time by tors | have been done for one Current ‘Attractions AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK NATIONAL—Doris Keane, in “The Czarina,” drama. Opens tomor- row evening. POLI'S—“The Blushing Bride,” Cecil Lane and Cleo Mayfield, musi- cal comedy. Opens this evening. . B. F. KEITH'S—Irene Castle, vaudeville. New show opens tomor- row afternoon. BELASCO—James Barton, vaudeville.” Opens this afternoon. ' COSMOS—“Parisian Models,” vaudeville. New show opens tomor- row afternoon. STRAND—McKaye’s Revue, vaudeville. Opens this afternoon. GAYETY—"Tit for Tat,” burlesque. Opens this afternoon. CAPITOL—“Cabaret Girls,” burlesque. Opens thigafternoon. NATIONAL—“The Czarina.” Gilbert Miller, general manager for Charles Frohman, Inc., will present Miss Doris Keane at the National Theater this week, beginning tomor- row night, in “The Czarina.” It will be Miss Keane's first appearance un- der the management of the Charles Frohman Company, just prior to_the presentation of her play at the Em- pire Theater in New York. ““The Czarina” is by Melchior Len- gvyel and Lajos Biro, Hungarian play- wrights. It is in three acts, laid in the audience chamber of the Imperial St. Petersburg, in the year 1765.. Miss Keane will appear as Catherine II of Russia, the impetuous and volatile but. resourceful ruler; who ascended the throne in 17632, just after her husband was assassinated| by & band of arch enemies, of whom she was suspected to be one. tllerine assumed soverelgn power, administered the government with energy and success, and by her su- perior talents increased both the ex- tent and power of her empire. She had many lovers and intermingied her flirtations and intrigues with her po- litical plans and plots so that an ex- traordinary mosaic of character and accomplishment is found. It is out of this condition that the dramatists have fashioned their play. iss Keane's leading man will be ‘Basil Rathbone, one of the best known of the young leading men in London. Frederick Kerr, another English actor, and William H. Thomp- son, an equally sterling American chayacter actor, will also be found in Gervais, Willlam Devereux, Ian Keith} Richard Malchien, Edwin Noel and. ‘Auguste Aramini. POLI'S—“The Blushing Bride.” Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfleld, un=| der the direction of the Shuberts, will appear in a three-act musical comedy, now entitled “The Blushing Bride,” at Poli's Theater this week, opening tonight." ; Cecil Lean has had an extraordi- navy. career- in musical comedy, in- cluding . “Look Who's Here,” “The Blue Paradiss,” “Bright Eyes,” “The Mil! Gii “The Royal Chef,” says Mr. Iribe.| Th: operetta, and later appeared-in Blue Paradise” and “Look Whols Here. The supporting company will in- clude Tom Lewls, Edith Baker, Harry Corson Clarke, Robert O'Connor, Jane Gertrude Mudge, Clarence Kitty Flynn, Harold Gwyni fashion dictators of and e ltflnn. for the last other names; the latest before this was “Who Is Cazazza?' B. F. KEITH'S Trene Castle. Mrs. Irene Castle, the famous ball- room dancer, i{s making a limited and exclusive tour of the B. F. Keith circuit and tomorrow, beginning at the matinee, will make her premiere appearance here in her ballroom series entitled “Let's Dance,” compris- ing several new dances. Her gowns are said to be exquisite creations and her jewels to fairly cover her form with light. William Reardon is her dancing partner, and Do. Hupfeld pianist. Special scenery draperies are employed. The dances ‘were ar- ranged by Fred and Adele Astaire. The accomplished .actress.of long- ago Belasco fame, Valerie Bergere, will offer & new Japanese comedy ro- mance “O-Joy San,” by Kathryn Kav- anaugh. Herbert Warren supports the star. Rae Eleanor Ball, statesque vio- lin virtuso, with her brother, will of- for violin selections. Others will be John and Albert Swor, former Fields min- strels, in blackface drollery; “Mignon- ette,” a new swinging and dancing in- terlude, presented by Jay Velie, Kath- leen Hitchins, Kathleen Robinson and the Blossom sisters; Billy Glason, in “Just Songs and Sayings”; Mille. Ju. liette Dika, in songs of international flavor; Enos Frazere, “the Adonis of the Air,” and the house features, Today at 3 and 8:15 p.m., last week’s bill, including Ethel Levey and Florence Nash, will be presented. BELASCO—James Barton. James Barton, recent star of “The Last Walts,” and exponent of trav- esty, will headline the nine-act pro- grant of vaudeville at the Belasco this week, beginning this afternoon. Barton has prepared an amusing in- terlude which affords him opportunity to introduce inimitable dancing that a star over night on Broas ‘way. He will have the assistance of a good company. ; Thé surrounding bill will include Arturo Bernardi, in a protean novelty, in’ which he enacts thirty-five differ- [ent characters in three scénes, and also impersonates famous composers; Rath brothers, in an ‘acrobatic spe- cialty with which_they won fame Im musical comedy; Felix Bernard and S§1a Townes, “Speed Kings of Song,” and composers of Dardanella”; ifie Masters-Kraft revue; Jane Green and songs; the Moll Brothefs and others. The Shubert News Weekly .and cur- rent {8pics will be the screen features, COSMOS—“Parisian Models.” Mile. Henrletto Do Serris, with 3 &decud mod:x'n from the SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY HerENAMARSH- Concert its wuflnflhf feature. ‘Miss Cupid,” a dainty musical comedietta, presented by Tommy Toner and company; Wil- llam E. Morris and company, with a prohibition satire, *“Did You Vote' ‘Walter Kaufman, in a blackface discus- sion of “Home Brew,” and Weber, Beck and Frazier, in a great rathskeller act of song and comedy, will be other out- tanding features. In addition, Ed A ams and the Thompson Sisters will ps sent a dainty ‘Musical Threesome, and Ott and Nelson, a few merry me ments with songs and dances that will ) ppeal. % Two excellent first-run pictures are announced—David Powell in_‘Danger- ous Lies,” an E. Philip Oppenheim story, beautifully staged for the screen, and ise Fazenda in ‘“The Love Egg, one of the best laughmakers of the sea- son,' the former being shown at matl- nees only and the latter at all perform- ances, with the International News and the Cartoon Comics. Tast week’s bill will be presented to- day, starting at 3 p.m. : STRAND—“Tom McKay’s Revue.” The Strand Theater anmounces for this week, beginning today, Tom Mec- Kay's Revue, “one of the most pre- tentious song and dance offerings now apearing on the Loow circuit,” lads and eet of g Lynch and Zeller, hat throwing come- dians; Arthur and Lydia Wilson, in “Sweethearts a la Carte”; Jossellyn in “A Day at the Races,” and MoCormack and Winehal, offer- ing “Just for a Laugh.” “God's Crucible,” the screen -version of Ralph Connor’s story, “The For- S o S ees to nipeg to wins fame GAYETY—"Tit for Tat” ‘The ty Theater Ofl.i!:'l .TM week ia Jog Hurtig’s new it mat 22, 1922, or Tat,” which opens this afternoon. rhis is sald to be one of the most gorgeous attractions Mr. Hurtig has put on the road in his long care “The Ridiculous to the Sublimef’ a musical burlesque, will be presented by the company, headed by George Niblo and Helen Spencer, two popu- lar dancing and comedy artists, who offer many daring anad sensational creations. The book was written by Sam Morris and the music by Hugh Schubert. Throughout the perform- ance there is an air of comedy, a lilt of tinkling melody and twinkle of dancing feet. Johnny O’'Donnell, Jim- mie Connors, Elinore Wilson, Tenny Hilson, Anna O'Donell, Stino and Nery are others in the company, With a picked chorus of thirty. CAPITOL—*“Cabaret Girls.” Mike Kelly's “Cabaret Girls,” fresh from the w);n, burlesque show with new girls, new comedians, new prin- cipals, new comedy and new musical numbers, is announced as the attrac- tion at the Capitol Theater this week, beginning with toda: matinee. Harry Seymour, Dutch comedian; Dot Barnette, soubrette, and Jim McCauley, an_ eccentric comedian, head the list of principals. Others are Roy Jones, Elvira Sontague, Rose Al- len, Johnnie Baker, Ethel Smith and Kittle Wilson. The. show is in two acts of scenes, and boasts many novelti scenic elfleftu. ugnmu. specialties and musical numbers. A chorus of twenty will be a nota- ble feature. Arcade Auditorium. The speclal events scheduled for the week at the Arcade Auditorium will be “Lucky Spot” dance Tuesday and a :!ldwlnlkeyr carnival Thursday evening. First Little Eva. MM; CORNELIA HOWARD Mo- BONALD of Troy. N. Y., the Lit- tle Eva of the original ¢Uncle Tom’s” Cabin” company, recently celebrated her seventy-third birthday. She re- ceived a telegram of congratulation from the newest Little Eva, Gareth Hughes. ’M‘l‘. ‘Hughes is piétured. in a screen version of Thomas- Beer's magasine story, “Little Eva Ascends.’ plays the role of a boy whose mother is barnstorming actress. ‘“Uncle Tom's Cabin” is fn the barnstormer’s repertoire, and the boy is forced to play little Eva, even when he is 1x. teen and his voice has changed. oo mick g . ' oods I8 tiating for a ceny,” 30 tic ) Herew émrdw C—‘;aqeh] Coming Attractions . NATIONAL—Elsie Ferguson, “The Varying Shore.” For the week beginning January 30 the National Theater will have for its attraction Miss Blsie Ferguson, who has returned to the speaking stage thi y Zoe AKin: career. Washington is the first city to see this play following its metropolitan run. In the supporting company, which is ko original one in its entirety, will be seen Charles Francis, James Crane, Rollo Peters, Paul Everton, Wright Kramer, Ciyde North, Herbert Evans, Geraldine O'Brien, Biythe Daly, Noi man Houston, Donald Betaune, Margot Relman and Harris Gilmore. The play takes title from that line in Shalke 's “Antony and Cleopatra” —*“Darkling stands the varying shore o' the world” This, too, suggests the character of the story, the revealing of the varying shore in the life of Julie Venable, a daughter of Ricamond, Va. Its scenes are said to be rich in variety, shifting_from Monte Carlo to Pari thence to New York and Virginia. The presentation is made by Sam H: Harris. B. F. KEITH'S—Dorothy Jardon. Next week at B. F. Keith's the bill will include Dorothy Jardon, diva of the Chicago Grand Opera Company$ Crane Wilbur and Martha Mansflel Ota Gygl, Marion Vadie and the Po tia Mansfield Dancers; Ruth Roye; Dooley and Sales; North and Halli- day; Jack Osterman; Thaleros Circus and others. COSMO0S—Selini’s Revellers. Next week, at the Cosmos Theater, Manager Brylawski will present a novel headline attraction, Selini's Revellers, a septet of singers, dancers and masqueraders, in a col- orful divertissement, “At the Mardl Gras” It comes highly heralded as a beautiful attraction. Another fea- ure will be a musical farce called “Catherine,” which has charms of its own along different lines. Others will include Viola and Lee Lewis, Edmund Hayes, the “wise guy”; ‘Wood and White, in comical ecoen- tricities, and Wiikins and Wilkins, in “The Tango Lesson” also a novelty. The special matines feature will be Universal’s new Herbert Rawlinson’s picture, “Cheated Hearts,” and the leading film laugh maker will be William Fox's “The Book Agent.” STRAND—Josie Flynn. Next week at the Strand Theater Josie Flynn and her “Fashion Min- Strels,” & company of many girls and a few boys, in “a suggestion of mu- sical comedy.” will be featured. Oth- ers thclude Col. Diamond and grand- daughter in an artistic series of orig- inal dance creations; Curry and Gra- ham, in' “Bits of Scotch and Irish Monte and Lyons, with a new line of harmony, music and humer, and Har- vard and Brucs, in a frolic in midair. A photoplay which will bring for a first showing one of the real super- film productions of the season is promised. GAYETY—"“Bon Ton @irls.” Coming to the Gayety Theater next Sunday afternoon will be “The Bon Ton Girls” in a satire on the smart set entitled “A Trip to Fortune Land,” described as a “musical melange,” featuring the jazz craze. John Barry and George Douglass head the company. *“A Trip to For- tune Land” is the title of the show. Ruby Cot furnished the score end Iyrics are by Jack Strduse. Col- it SRR Bt S0 L0 A o Gates, er 3 Euf’cqtu an e Bernard sisters d t] are others in the company. Something About Dancing. IREN’E CASTLE asserts that there has been nothing nmew in ballroom dancing since she introduced the f: mous Castle walk in *“Watch Your Ste] a number of years ago. “The | Castle walk” took society by storm and was as popular albiroad as in the United States, for it introduced an entirely new swing, an irresisti- ble syncopation. As & result it has developed scores of imitations. Soclety today dances the Chicago, the Scandal and even the Camel walk, but-they are all derived, it is claimed, from the step first shown by the late Vernon Castle and his wife. Mrs. Castle, discussing the mew dances, says that all baliroom danc- ing is based on two motions, that in which the dancer elevates his body on his toes and that in which he dips. Castle walk, she remarks, firat ::p'lonu the dip, .nd.thll has formed odra-! the basis for a whole school of ‘mod- ' ern.soclety dancing. Concerts and Lectures Newman’s Travel Talk Tonight. E. M. Newman, the travel talker, tonight at the Natlonal Theater will take you to Sweden, Norway and Den- mark by means of an exclusive group of motion pictures and color views of Trondjhem, Bergen, Christiania and aany other points of interest to the tourist. Dalarne, the garden spot of Sweden, with its never-to-be for- gotten impression on the uty lover; Stockholm, Gotland, Gothen- berg and many other places of the Swedish_people, all will be delight- fully unfolded during the evening. Flonzaley Quartet, Tomorrow. The first of & series of three con- certs by the Flonzaley Quartet to be given under the auspices of the Washington Society of the Fine Arts will be held in the auditorium of Cen- tral High School tomorrow evening, at 8:30 o'clock. The program will be “Quartet in D Major, Op. . Op. 1 dagio and Beethove - by Borodine. Sophie Braslau, Tuesday. Sophie Braslau, brilliant young con- tralto of the Metropolitan Grand Opera, will be heard in recital at the National Theater Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, under the manage- ment of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. Miss Braslau is entirely an Ameri- can product, although she has sung abroad with great success, and no young singer is more in demand throughout the country for c: ts. She has appeared with leading or- chestras many times. As an inter- preter of songs she has few equals. Her program will include “The Dis- tant Beloved,” cantata for one voice “Furibondo” (Haldel), (Grovelz), Proces- sfon” (Cesar Franck), “Die Ver- schwiegene Nachtigall” (Werner Jos- , “Weinachten” (Werner Josten), y); _ “The e un Giorno Tornasse” (Resph: TUn Organetto Suona per la Vie” (Sibella). disi,” from “Bucrezia Borgia” zetti), “Cradle Song of the Virgin' (Hammond), * i Iigenfritz), *M; Strickland), “§ (Frances Allitsen). Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson- Greene's concert bureau, 13th and G streets., Viadimir Rosing, Tuesday. Vladimir Rosing, the Russian tenor, who recently made his American debwt in New York and won approval from both the public and press, is an- nounced as the soloist for the first concert of the Rubinstein Club’s se- ries at the New Masonic Auditorium Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Rosing, who has for some yvears en- joyed an enviable reputation as an operatic and concert singer on the European continent and in England, is heralded as being the most dra- matic singer before the world today. He is said to be at his best in_songs which portray the soul of Russia under the influence of oppression, love, suffering and humor. The program follo: : Aria, “Cavatina” of “Faust,” Gounod nglish group, “Invocation to Love, Cyril Scott; Hebredian Dance (Scotch) (in Hebredian), Kennedy Fraser; “Lord Rendal,” Somerse: Folksong; “Love Went a Riding/ Frank Bridge. Russian group, “The Miller,” Dorgomingsky; Hindoo song, Rimsky-Korsakoff; “Death Serenade, Moussorgsky; “Song of a Flea, Moussorgsky Tickets may be had at the office of T. Arthur Smith, Incorporated, 1306 G street. Helena Marsh—Rozsi Varady. Helena Marsh, the American con- tralto, late of the Metropolitan Opera Company, and Rozsi Varady, youthful but famous Austro-Hungarian violon- cellist, are announced as the artists of the seventh concert of the T. Ar- thur Smith Ten Star series at the New National Theater Friday after- noon at 4:30 o'clock. Both artists, although still in their early twenties, have reached the heights of their particular fields of art. Miss Marsh has a voice of remarkable range and pleasing quality and a per- sonality which appeals. Critics who heard Miss Varady when she made her American debut recently classed her with David' Popper, who was conceded to be one of the great- est violoncellists the world has pro- duced. They also say she will come nearer bringing the cello to the ap- preciation and hearts of the music- loving people than any artist who has evef played in America. Miss Marsh will sing “Lung! Dal Caro Bene” (Secchi), “Er Ists” (Wolf), “Dissonance” (Borodine), “I Lo'e Na' a Laddie But Ane” (old Scotch song), “Romance de Pauline,” from the opera “La Dame de Pique” (Tschaikowsky) “Voce di Donna,” from the opera * Gloconda™ (Ponchielli). She will be accompanied by Miss Varady in the singing of (Galloway Barnett), cated to Miss Marsh (Walter Henry Rothwell); “Song of the Open” (Frank {;l.nf‘om) and “Ave Maria’ e Miss Varady’s selections will include “Sonata, E Mi (Arlosti), “Serenade “Notturno and Scheérzo,” fices of T. Arthur Smith, Inc, 1306 G Street. - Operatic Concert, January 29. An operatic concert will be given by Metropolitan Opera Company ar- tists Sunaay evening, January ©29. in the ballroom of the New Willard, Martinelli and Diaz, tenors; 2 Deale and Nina Morgana, sopranos; Ma: rion Telva, contralto; Milo Picco, bari tone, and Paolo Ananian, basso, will appear, with Salvatori Fucito con- ducting. The hour is set at 9 o'clock. The program will include sol: each singer, the sextet from “Li and the quartet from “Rigoletto.’ This combination of singers has never been surpassed in concert here. Picco has been soloist for the Rubin- stein Club several times. Tickets are on sale at 1313 G street. Boston Symphony, January 31. Pierre Monteux and the Boston Symphony Orchestra will appear in concert at the New National Theater Tuesday afternoon, January 31, under management ¢f Mrs. Wilson-Greene. ‘The symphony will be the fourth by Tschatkowsky, in F minor, a work considered by the Russian composer as his finest achievement. The pro. gram will include also “The Carnival in Paris,” by the Norwegian com- 1 bussy’s two nog- (Clouds) and considered one P! French school of music, and Wag- ner's overture to “Rienzi. —— May Mott-Smith, the noted woman medalist, whose work has won.much well mgrited praise from art critics n this counfry and Europe, has just had_two of her medals acsepted by the Nationa] Academy, New York cityr - These medals, which ar: in bronse, are of two of the most distinguished actresses of this country--Maxine El- liott, represe: e speaking stage, and Katherine ‘Donald, the screea beauty, the latter in profile, 5