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ASHINGTON will be filled 7 with patriotic music on Wednesday when the firecrackerless, placid celebration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence will take place. With that exception, local music efforts will be noticeable by their absence. In spite of the few cool days of the week end, the weather generally is too hot to encourage strenuous efforts musically or other- wise among the inhabitants of our national village. * % I celebration, for that is the three * ok London the Fourth of July will be the date of a musical tercentenary |- hundredth anniversary of the death of William Byrd, the composer, who lived in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Many celebrations are to be given in London and in Stondon, Essex, where he lived for many years. This Tudor musician, who died July 4, 1623, at the age of eighty-five vears, is considered by many as the greatest composer that England ever had. He, with Thomas Tallis, held ®the monopoly for twenty-one years as printers and publishers of music and musical publications. In 1858 lie became the sole patentee. His genius procured for him powerful pro- tection and patronage in the troublesome times in which he lived. The composer began his musical career as a choir-boy in old St. Paul's Cathedral. He was a pupil of Tallis, and the two of them secured their monopoly to print music in England directly from the viruir} queen. It is said that they also issued some of the earliest printed musical scores in the American colonies at that time. * * his glimpse at the earliest WITH t! now * efforts made in the territory that is the United States of America along musical lines, it is inter- esting to consider the very important announcement issued recently by the National Bureau for the Advancement f Music to the effect that the first National Music week will be held next spring. Otto H. Kahn, a leader among thosc interested in music in New York city, has been made honorary chairman of the general committee for this celebration. C. M. Tremaine, director of that bureau, is secretary, and twenty states are said to be already represented on the honorary committee of state governors. National Music week is, of course, an outgrowth of the local music weeks held so successfully during throughout the country the end of May, this year, t national celebration of similar At the time of Washington he desire was expressed by many for a nature. ears in 150 cities the past three . own Music week H s Robert Lawrence, the busy director of local community music, has remarked many times that he hoped that a special and national celebration of this type might be held and have its chief source in the National Capital. 5 Further details as to how this decision for a National Music week will: affect local circles, or what prominence Washington rograms pre- sented at that time may be given throughout the country, have not been discussed, but undoubtedly this should be even a bi for Washington than the strictly local Music weeks o ger time musically ?lhe past few years have proved, finc as their success and increasing as their wide scope of beneficial activities have been. * %k *® K ST last week some data regarding the fine success of the mupicip_al theater in St. Louis was published in this column, and further details have since then come to light that emphasize the success of that insti- tution and of the opcratic productions given there. It is said that last week the “Prince of Pilsen,” Luder's light opera, broke all records with a $35,000 seat sale, which was $7,000 in excess of the largest sale for a week of any previous production presented there. Evi ently the terrific heat that swelters into every pore of that large city in the summer months has not lessened the public's enthusiasm for charming light musical entertainment. * % EN again * ok speaking of opera, which seems an unusually magnetic subject this summer, comes:the other side of the picture which Chicago holds up to view. The Chicago musical season of ten weeks of civic opera netted a loss of $351,71858 this year, according to the first annual report, which was made public last week. The s the facts that 20 guarantors will make up this defici Plans for the new season next fall will include of opera, with about eighty-five performances per cent of their pledges. eleven and a half weel and an enlarged road tour. Opera is one of the th pays and pay: atement also gave paying about 70 ngs for which the high-minded loyal citizen and yet which never seems to pay in return, when strictly grand opera is adhered to. There must be some psychology behind this report as counterbalanced by the glowing accounts received from St. Louis that would prove interesting matter for speculation, but the weather in ‘Washington is too warm to allow All we can do in Washington is to hol, ry energetic philosophizing: up happy memories of our delirious three-day “season” of opera which Chicago so kindly lent us last winter and hope for another taste of it next year. HELEN FETTER. Music Club and School Notes. N RS. DUFF 1 grogp of young people interesting violin and piano at United Brethren Hall last evening. The program was opened with the “Pligrim’'s Chorus,” from “Tannhauser,” by sixteen violins and one piano and was closed:impressively with the march from the sanie Wag nerian opera by the violinists, with in an recital Friday piano and organ accompuniment. ‘An- | other feature of the evening was the intermezzo from Bizet's “L'Arlesienne” | played on ten violins. The young violinists on the. pro- mram were Mildred Hoover, Phillp Geracl, Katherine Blelman, Earl May, Rozetta_Slaughter, Edward Andrus, Lilian Foster, Isadore Blume, Ger- trude Hunter, Florence Kincheloe, Rosle Novak, John Whiteside, Ger- hard Smitskamp, Allen Redrow, Helen Carter and Jacquelin Smith, The planists were Margaret Golden (who also played the organ), Mar- garet Whiteside, Margaret Coker. lorence Santilll, Corita Hunter and zabeth Culverwell. Margaret Archer presented a group of young planists in recital recently, assisted by Victor Golibart. Those presenting the piano numbers in- cluded Agnes Duchesne, Irene Gasch, Mary Hannon, FElizabeth Trapp, Emille Crawfo: Bertha Trapp, Paul Malonetand William. H. Dismer, jr. The Progressive Musical Club pre- sented its annual recital program at the home of Mrs. Abble E. Higgins last Monday evening. Those taking part were Miss Lucy Smith, Miss Helen XKeefe, Rolland Dawson, Miss Helen Ryan. Miss Helen Price, Miss Margaret Hibble, Miss Frances Smith, Miss Marion Loftus, Miss Ida Bow- sher, Miss Leona Thomas, Miss Paul- ine Homiller, Charles Lederer, Miss Rosy Rhinehart, Miss Winifred Triv- itt, Wellington Buckingham and Rus- sell Willhide. An interesting recital was given last Wednesday by young planists presented by Mrs. Clara Brown .at Hamline Methodist Church before a large and appreciative audience. Mrs. Brown sang three charming selec tions. The program included the follow- ing: “The Cuckoo" (Presser), Mar- guerite Michaud; “Sing, Robin, Sing’ (Spalding), and “First Plece of Star Performer” (Gurlett), Jeanne Berry; archetta” (Nevin), Madelaine Ma- her; “Prelude” (Chopin), and “Etude in E. Minor” (Christiani), Marie Frech; “Waters of Venlce” (Carpen ter), Edith Michaud; "Wing Foo' (Burleigh), Virginia Warne: Pre- lude” (Chopin) and. *“Russian Ro- mance” (Friml), Helen Gilmoye: “Dance Caprice”™ (Grieg), Eleanor Morgan volce, “Villanelle” (del "Aqua), “Mah Lindy Lou" (Strick- land), and “Hayflelds and Butterfiles' (Del -Riego), Mrs. Brown; ‘‘Impro sation” and “Hungarian Etude” (Mac- Dowell), Loulse Prescott; ‘Bouree” (Bach), Marjorie Mothershead. Miss Nellie Noel was accompanist for Mrs. Brown. Miss Emma Louise Thompson pre- e MOUNT VERNON and ALEXANDRIA, round trip, 80c. Arlington, side trip, 10c additional. Oa Tea: 12th and Pennsylvenia K venes. Nortawest, on ‘the. Bour a5dBalC Boot ~9:00 AM. to 5:80 P.M. Runsisg Time—i5 Minutes ‘Washington-Virginia Railway Ce. - Fhone Maia 397 LEWIS presented a | | were Ruth and sented a piano recital Tuesday night in the recital hall of the Washington | College of Music. Miss Gladys Price, soprano, assisted. She sang “The Sweet of the Year” (Salter), ‘Banjo Song” (Homer), “Ho! Mr. Plper” (Curran) and “Love Is Meant to Make Us Glad” (German). Among the planists participating Madge Brown, Lor- raine Bird, Dorothy Beall, Lols King, Florence Lefghty, Edna Haimes, Nor- velle Newton, Mildred Johnson, Louise Lindsey and Joscph Sorrell. Despite the rain last Thursday evening, the program of music of- fered in the recital hall of the Wash- ington Conservatory of Musio, deco- rated with Japanese lanterns, was well attended. Miss Lillian Talbott, soprano, was in very good volce and sang with polse and sweetness. Fin- nel Estes and Fritz Malle, violinists, were both much applauded and re- sponded with encores. The other numbers on the program were also well recelved. They were given by Mary Freeman, Richard Myer, Fd- ward Jones, Fred Campbell,” Kather- ine Conger, Beatrice Thom, Messra. Cosby, Campbell, Estes, Maile, Quann, Renn ' and Wililamette; Isabel Mc- Ghan and Almirfe Moore. Florence Noack Howard presented a program of music in the First Bap- tist Church last Wednesday evening when the followjng soloists took part: Lucille Faulk, Edith George, Mrs. H. C. Burwig, Laura Schlenske: Azalea Lunsford, Lilllan Marcero: Margaret Cassells, Helen Neumeye: and Mrs. Carrie Jacoby. -There wer: also several chorus numbers. Prof. and Mrs. H. Clay Murray pre- sented a series of five recitals on the evenings of June 16, 18, 22, 23 and 25 In which many of the 150 young peo- ple in their classes took part. Those playing on the varfous pro- grams included: Evelyn Montgom- ery, Albert Tolson, Ruth Kaldenbach, Dorothy Vanhorn, Jennie Pelou Martha _Crouch, Christine _Waigel, Gertle Rosengarten, Alice Wayland, Ruby Lee Whitlsy, Helen Coxen, Mary Russell, Louls Robb, Evelyn Hurrell, George Bowles, Bessie Rob- erts, Ainsworth Tucker, Emerson White, Angelina Valenger, George iouzee, . Pearl Glen, Elinora Sinelair, Mabel “Herlinsky, Mary Dellar, cillo Crawford, Helen Nussbaui Margaret and Eflzabeth Conl, Martha Shanahan, Eva Chroni Minnie Schonrank, Nellle McCormick, Elizabeth Hunter, Loutse Brown, Julia Cunningham, Mary Mills, Ed- ward Green, Frances Brady, Helen Jaschke, Matilda Maistl, Anna Peter- Susie Shelton, Bertha Eney, Ruby Saunders, Morrell McKenzie, Cather. ine Cox, George Smith, PBlizabeth Green, Bobble Reynolds, Mary Tyson Frances' Granger, Charles Freeman, Bessle Wolt, Violet ‘Thrift, Dorothy hume, Clifton Swift, Hulda Saffran, Mary Cohen, Louise’ Wall . Warfleld, Eiizabeth Raulins, Baldwin, Cecelia Hutchinson, n Boswell, Mary = Georgouls, George Taylor, George Vogler, Alice Weaver, Gladys Ollver, Fenton Laycock, Bes. sle Orndorff, Mary Russell, Sophia L. Reeves, Frances Throop, Helen Wil- cox, Elois Robertss Fosa. Codillo, Pearl Pervil, Harry Taylor. ' Earl Hackworth, Margaret Breinin- gor, Mary McDonald, Evelyn Formey, Novella Lilly, Mary Cordella, Mildred Budesheimer, Evelyn Harper, Minnle Schwartzman, Dolly Schuring, Doris Kuhnert, Virginia Pearson, Vivian Yebens, ‘Alex Hatos, Dorothy Steah Sarah Davis, Julia Cunningham, Helen Stuart, Lillian Winter, Mary Shep- hard, 'Genevieve Rouszee, ] Ma Walker, Anna Carrigan, Mirlurlg;m Helen Carrtgan. Janet Ksch. Aha ‘Shep- hard, “JBdna Pullum, " Mrs. Mildred Musigraphs. | RS. FLORENCE HOWARD, so- prano sololst and director of music st the First Baptist Church, will leave next Thursday for Hyannis, Cape Cod, Mass. En route, she will spend a few days with Beulah Harper Dunwoody, formerly well-known in Washington music circles for her lovely contralto voice, at ber homs at Philipse Manor on the Hudson. While at Hyannls Mrs. Howard will study with Madame Ella Bacchus Behr. Later, she will be joined by Mr. Howard and they will motor through the White Mountains and the Berkshires. Mrs. Howard will resume her work at the church In September. Mrs. Vivian Church Matson has closed her plano studio and will spend the summer in the White Mountains, returning in September. Peter and Larry Grogan, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence V. Grogan, the latter & well known soprano, have just returned from a successful con- cert tour of New England, the Canadlan Provinces and Nova Scolk: with the Paulist Choristers of Ne York,-and are at their home in Cleve- land Park for the summer. Miss Helen Goodhue, who plays the leading role in “Parlor, Bedroom and Batlr,” at Keith's_this week, will be ! remembered by Washingtonians as Ann Ward, the singing comedienne, who tourned the camps in the vicinity of Washington during the war. Miss Goodhue, while here, will be the guest ©of her mother, Mrs. Anne L. Goodhue. Word comes from London that four of Mr. Eichhelm' riental Impres- sions” were played for the first time in Europe by the London Symphony Orchestra_ under the direction of Sokolov of Cleveland. The four “im- pressions” Included the two presentad at the last performance of the Phila- delphia Symphony Orchestra In Washington, which arcused consider- able enthusiasm in this city. chestras are almost non-existent.” of London, however, dismisses them curtly as “lacking the Imagination with which the composer should fuse orfental materials into a form com-|: patible with western art.” On_the other hand, the reviewer for the Tele- graph was amused and Is quoted as saying: It was all alluring to a degree, absolutely outclassing the ultra- modernist in color, rhythm and dis- sonance, The dissonance was never overdone, and the music, being so chock full of surprises, passed all too quickly. Its value as entertain- ment {s unquestionable.” At a recent dinner of the music critics of London, _Sir Thomas Beecham, millionaire English grand opera patron, gave a satirical ad- dress that created a sensation. He sald among other things: ‘Never in the history of music has there been so little good music writ- ten or €0 much bad music written and performed. We have never before struck such a really rotten patch of music. Composers—there re none; singors,—very few: or- chestras are almost non-existent. These are surely strong statements and seem quite revolutionary to come from a Britisher. “Prince of Pilsen” Breaks Rccords JORD comes from St. Louis that &11 records in the long history of Gustav Luders' “Prince of Pilsen" and all records of the St. Louis Municipal Theater were broken by the seat sale of more than $35,000 for the week which ended last Sunday. That is $7,000 more than the largest seat sale ever recorded for one week in municipal opera’s five years. The next largeat was $28,000 for Kalman's “Miss Springtime” of last year. St. Louls entertained the intern. tional rotary convention on Tuesday night—the rotarians by vote having chosen “The Prince of Pilsen” from this year's repertory for that purpose —and an audience of 12,000 saw the performance. From Tuesday until the close of the week with Sunday’s per- formance there was not a vacant seat in the theater and crowds unable to gct in lined the fences surrounding. Altogether 57,000 persons saw “The Prince of Pllsen” during the week. Of that number there were at least 1,200 each night in the free-seat sec- tion which Municipal Opera maintains that no St. Louisan may be deprived of the pleasure of the entertainment for lack of price. The use of the new sound amplifier and tone "equalizing device made it possible to hear every word and every note in ail parts of the theater throughout the entire week, and audience and management were delighted with its result, Gems From “Lucia"” to Be GI.VCD. HE *overture “this weck at the Rtm'.nald J'evxoven; EGINALD DE KOVEN, composer and conductor, will always be remembered primarily for his light opera “Robin Hood,” record for American light opera that has neyer been broken. He also ‘wrote many other popular light operas, one grand opera, more than 300 songs, symphonies and piano compositions. Mr, de Koven ‘was born in Middle. town, Conn., April 8, 1861, the son of an Episcopal clergyman. 'In 1872 his father accepted a call to England and took his son with him. This gave him the opportunity to attend Ox- ford Unlversity, from which he was graduated in 1880, the youpgest man in his class and holder of high hon- ors. He then went to the contine and studied music under noted ma ters in Stuttgart, Florency Vienna. Upon completion of his studtes, he wrote “The Eegum,” which was pro- duced successfuily in 1881 by the Mo- Call Opera Company. Two years later the Hostonians, the largest light opera organization in the United States, put on ‘Don Quixote.” followed the next year by “Robin Hood,” which won in- stant success, and has kept up a fine record. 1t probably has more song hits In it than any dther single light overa. The “Tinkers' Chorus. of a Tailor,” “Armorer's “Brown Uct Ale, utiv A6 suire$ of Mald Marian and Friar Tuck are hardy musical perennluls with the public's favor. Of ull the many intriguing melodies of “Robin Hood” that the public so highly approved, by far the most pop: ular is “Oh, Promise Me." written a: @ separate song by de Koven and in- serted In the production for the spe- clal benefit of Mrs. Jessie Bartlett- Davis, who sang 1t excellently. Other hight operas by ae noven in- “The Fencing Marter, “The ‘Maid Marian,’ “The Mandarin, The Three Dragoons, v Quiller,” Red Feat King,” “The Snowman, he Golden Butterfly,” “The Beauty Spot! “The Wedding Trip,” “Her Little High- ness. L Koven's one graund opera was “The Canterbury Pilgr " produced at the Metropolitan Opera House in March, 1917. He also wrote a masque of the American drama. De Koven made a special study of light opera under Genece and von Suppe, and thelr tralning {s evident in more thun one of hiz works. Among his most populur operas was his very last work, “Rip Van Winkle, produced in Chicago just two weeks prior to his death. having said just a few moments be- fore his death: “This is a wonderful time for me, Duchess,’ ‘Student which set a| Parls and | “Tale | Song,” | He is'quoted as | COMPOSERS ‘Rip Van Winkle' pleases the public immensely.” Reginald de Koven died in Chicago at a supper dance on the evening of January 16, 1920, when he was sud. denly stricken with apoplexy. He had been dancing and chatting about the succesw of this newest light opera. Suddenly he relaxed against the cushions of the couch on which he was sitting and made no response to a tap on the shoulder. A physician was in the party and immediately made a hasty examination. Mr. de Koven died ten minutes after the stroke. Anna Farewell de Koven, his widow, is & well-known authore daughter of Senator Charles B. well of Lake Forest, Chicago. ! Koven's daughter, Mrs. H. K. Hudson, lives in New York cit: One phase of this vgried carser of de Koven's that should be of special interest to Wanshingtonians is his work as founder and conductor for three years of the Washington Sym- phony Orchestra. He was also an a | tive member of the Metropolitan Club | of_this city. Mr. de Koven was president of the Society for the Propagation of Opera in English; for two years he was president of the Manuscripts Society of New York city, and in 1895-7 he was president of the Stage Writers' Soclety. He was director of music for Racine College at ome time, too. While living in New York he was musio critle for several of the metro- politan _publications, including Har- |per's Weekly and the New York | World. MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES Luther Place Memorial Church, Thomas Circle, music soday will In- clude: Morning service, 11 o'clock— Prelude, “Theme in E Flat” (Faulkes) . “I Love to Hear My Savior’ YVoice" (Gle r): offertory, To a Rosebud” (Steele), and postiude (Pe- trall Special service of the combined Christian Enadeavor Societie: patri- otic In character, will take the p of the regular evening services com- mencing at 7:30 o'clock. Music will be: Organ prelude, “Liberty Fantasia (Maxson), Miss Ann: Anstad tahb- 'Qur Natlon" (characters—the pangled Banner, Mrs. rd; Liberty, er- «a Confederate soldier, John Keis- ter. and a Union soldier,” Richard Chindblem; musjc—"The Blue and the ay,” sung by Miss Katherine Gault; “The Battle Hymn of the Republic, sung by Miss Nina Norman: “Largo, by Handel, played by s Anna An- tadt, organist); offertory, violin solo, | elodrame” (Guirard),”J. R. Yates: tableau, “The Hope of the World—a Mission for America” (characters— The Soul of America, Miss Juliet Lyethg; soldiers and sailors of Amer- ica, Junior C. E. boys; nations of the Rebecea | Miss Ruth Chind- | world, Junior C: E. girls: the Word read Dr. Diffenderfe: Canzone Amorosa” (Nevin), Miss Anna Anstadt, organist; baritone 1o, “Kecessional” (Shelley), E. J. enson; postiude, by Schubert) Chbrist Church, Alexandria, Va., music today will be:' ~ Morning mervice, a.m.. orgun prelude, “Cantilene in 2 , “To Thee. ; organ prelude, *. V. Hanford). for this week only will enable the congrega- union service in con- Chautauqua organ re at 7 o'clock, t tion to attend th rection wi citai ar 7 fmon at Melody (Handel), rand Chorus in A’ (S: S, Bach), an- c 4" (Varley h, for the Wings of a_Dove’ (Mendelssohn); solo, “King Ever Clorlous” (Stainer): anthem, “To Thee O ¢ ' (Eichberg), and organ postiud in G* (Handel). Fredcrick Freund, baritone, will be the offertory soloist this. morning at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, when he will ba heard in Foster's “Oh, For a Closer Walk With God.” 5 )]ir'. Ross will be at the organ during uly. Roberts) THE EVIL SHEPHERD By E. Phillips Oppenheim. TMotmnoll!nn Theater, _under the direction of Daniel Breeskin, will be a speclal arrangement of gems from the opera “Lucla Di Lammermoor,” never before given public rendition in Washington. This number is one of many specialties which Mr. Brees- kin has planned for the entertainment of muslic.lovers during the summer months. Music of the Ancients Described. RCHAELOGY, art and music were delightfully combined last Bun- day afternoon at the art center, when W. H. H. Smith, authority on Solomon's Temple, gave @ talk on the models of the famous temple recently brought to Washington from Jerusa- lem and now being exhibited in the embly hall of the Y. M. C. A. twice dally, at § p.m. and 8 p.m., In- cluding Sunday. ‘The models are so large that only a small part of the temple area was conveyed to the art center—the tem- le pi ‘which Mr. Smith exhibited. o des ed the quaint musical § struments of David and Solomon's time, the harp, trumpet and viol, all sed by the Levites in acts of wor- ship. Music was never used except for religious purposes during the tabernacle period, 1000 B. C. One of the models shows the musicians play- ing outside the tabernacle. i!r. Smith's lecture was preceded by a musical program given by Mrs. Ruth Parks, soprano, accompanied by Mrs. Irene M. Chainey. She san, e Answer,” by Terry; “The Birth- day,” by Woodman, and “Washington, My Washington,” the new national ode to the Capital city, by Byrd Mock, set to the tune of “Maryland, My Maryland. Robert Lawrence has adopted this song as one of the regu- lar songs for community singing. The program was completed by violin selections played by Miss Mil- dred Hoover. .Her numbers included ‘Intermezzo,” by Bizet, and the “Mlynarsky Mazurka,” played with beauty of tone. Spahr, Mrs. F. E. Hodge, Margaret Braden, Ruth Stuart, Teresa McCann, Mark Bowsher, Elsie Cummins, Ma- rian Willett, Harry Ryan, Ethel Cooksey, Madeline Stuart, Reginald Palmer, Margaret McPherson, John Hoyt, Verna udabush, Viola Smith, ‘Thelma Helss, Gladys Cookman, Mar- ret Matthews, Ita Daw, Mary West, guo Walther, Emmabell Oftutt, Etta Weaver, Janice Atherton, Marion Mrs. Naomi Geo; C. 8. Wal- J. W. Stanmeye! . T. Hickey, R. H. Greenwell, Dorothy Kauffman, Dorothy Bartlett, Helena Kiock, Irma Ne Marian Harvey, relda Dufmell, Nicholson, Myra Thompson, James Harbin, Harold Ricker Eifzabath ug, Virginia Murray, Frances Obe Blanche--Grimes, -Kathrine M. ‘Sno Mary Schneider. Rosalie Smith, frgm’ Gladman and Mrs. W. H. Myrray. _ mongst the goats, somehow.” |2 REIE Tof " sheok, 50 (Copyright. 1922, by (Continued from yesterday.) CHAPTER VIL There was a good deal of specula- tion at the Sheridan Club, of which he was a popular and much envied member, as to the cause for the com- plete disappearance from their midst of Francis Ledsam since the culmina- tion of the Hilditch traged, “gent back four topping briefs, to my knowledge, last week,” one of the legal luminaries of the place an- nounced to a little group of friends and fellow members over a before- r cocktail. "‘5‘-831... offered him the defense of Wwilliam Bull, the Chippenham mur- derer, and he refused it,” another re- marked. “Griggs wrote him person- ally, and the reply came from the Brancaster Golf Club! It fan’t like Ledsam to be taking golfing holidays in the middle of the session.” “There's nothing wrong with Led- sam,” declared a gruff voice from the corner. “And dor;'t ‘n!nlD'. ymlx"(lel.- , at the top of your voices a }g‘l"o! old wor‘!’nn. He'll be calling here for me in a moment or two.” They all looked around. Andrew Wilmore rose slowly to his feet and emerged from behind the sheets of an evening paper. He laid his hand upon the shoulder of a friend and glanced toward the door. “Ledsam’s had a touch of nerves, he confided.- “There's been nothing else the matter with him. We've been down at the Dormy House at Bran- caster and he's as right as a trivet now. That Hilditch affair did him completely.” S dont see why,” one of the by- standers observed. *“He got Hilditch oft all right. One of the flne"u ad- dresses to a jury I ever heard. “That's just the point” Wilmore explained. “You Ledsam had no idea that Hilditch was really gulity, and for two hours that afternoon he 1fterally fought for his life, and In the end wrested a verdict from the jury against the judge's summing up by sheer magnetism or eloguernce or whatever you fellows like to call it. The very night after, Hilditch con- fesses his guilt and commits suicide. still don’'t see where Ledsam’ worry comes in, the legal luminary remarked. “The fact that the man was guilty 18 rather a feather in the counsel. Bhows I\ob:a:o‘!lx_' good his pleading must have n “Just so,” imore agreed, ‘“but Ledsam, as you know, is & very con- sclentious sort of fellow, and very sensitive, ln:i The whole thing was shock to him.” s t :l\lll -bave been a queer ex- perienc a novelist rémarked from the outskirts of the group, “to dine with & man whose life you have jug- aw, and then crime to you, exact manner of its accom- plishment. Seems to bring one a0 " the lawver assented, “but 1 still gon'f un- derstand Little, Brewn & Co.) his briefs. He's not going to.chuck the profession, is he?" - “Not by any means,” Wilmore de- clared. think he has an {dea, though, that he doesn't want to ac- cept any briefs unless he'ls convinced that the person whom he has to represent, is innocent, and lawyers don’t ‘like that sort of thing, you know. You can’t pick and choose, even when you have Ledsam's gifts.” “The fact of it s the novelfst commented, “Francis Ledsam fan’t callous enough to be assoclated with you money-grubbing dispensers of the iaw. He'd be all right as public prosecutor, a sort of Sir Galahad waving the banner of virtue, but he hates to stuff his pockets at'the ex- pense of the criminal classes.” “Who the mischlef are the criminal classes?” a police court magistrate demanded. ersonally, I call war profiteering criminal, I call a good many stock’ exchange deals criminal, and.” he added, turning to & member of the committee who was hovering in the background, “I call it criminal to expect us. to drink French ver- mouth like this.” “There {s another point of view," the latter retorted. “I call it a crime to expect a -body of intelligent men to administer without emclument to the of such a crowd of rotters. You'll get the right stuff next week.” The hall porter approached and ad- dressed Wilmore. r. Ledsam is outside in a taxi, sir,” he ammounced. “Outside In'a taxi?” the lawyer re- peated. ‘Why on earth can't he come in?" ° “I never heard such rot,” another declared. " “Let's go and rope him n. ‘Mr. Ledsam desired me to.say, sir,” the hall porter continued, “to any of his friends who might be here, that he will in to lunch tomor- row - P “Leave him to me till then,” Wil- more begged. “He'll be all right dli- rectly. ~ He's simply altering his bearings and taking his time about it. If he's promised to lunch here t morrow, he will. - He's near as possible through the w Coming up in the train, he su, ted a little conversation tonight and afterwards fe. He means it, too. There's nothifng neurotic about Led- sam. £ The magistrate nodded. “Run_alongy then, my merry An- drew,” he sald, "but see that Ledsam keeps his ‘word about tomorrow. Andrew Wilmore plunged boldly into the forbidden subject laf on that evening, &5 the two men sat side by side at one of the wall tables in Soto's” famous club restaurant. They had consumed an excellent dinmer. An empty champagne bottle had just been removed, double liquor brandies had takén' its. place. Franeis, with an air of complete and even exuber- ant humanity, had lit a hu1. clgar. The momeént seemed propitious. “Francls,” his. friend began, “they say at the club that you refused to he briefed In the Chippenham affuir. “Quite truc,” wag the calm’' reply. | from | fool." | happy | “1t means practically the end of my = 'George Daland -Goes to Ithaca EORGE DALAND, organist and choirmaster of §t. John's Church, Qeorgetown, has accepted the po tiom of head of the theoretical “de- partment of the Ithaca Conservatory of Musie, Ithaca, N. Y. He will take up his duties there early in Septem- ber. Although he s a composer, Mr. Daland says that he does not expect to do much in musical composition himselt while holding this position, but has a great desire to prove favorite theory of his and bring out Dumber of young composers. is no doubt th the tly in need of more native com: said Mr. Daland, “and Ihave believed fifmly In the en- couragement of the young musiclans rath than the older men and women, for I find the young people have more freshness of viewpoint and more originality than the older mu- siclans. Now I shall have oppor- tunity to test my theories out in every way and I expect to find this work most interesting. Out of sev- eral hundred pupils I hope to be able to help a group of the young com- posers on to success. Mr. Daland came to Washington from El Paso last September to make his home in Washington, and in the one year here he has become widely known for his organ recitals and un- usual programs of' artistic composi- tions presented at the Arts Club of Washington, of which he is a mem- ber. Mr. Daland gave a series of six organ recitals during the spring months at St. John's Church and pre- sented other organ recitals in other prominent churches of the city. The Arts Club programs included the quaint “‘Peter Pan" cycle of music, presented by a quartetts of vocalists under his direction, and a recital of compositions by Charles Wakefleld Cadman, popular American composer #nd personal friend of Mr. Daland. Miss Netta Cralg, soprano, was as- sisting soloist at this musical. Anthony Bagarozy and Opera. _Anthony Bagarozy of New York city has announced an Intention to start a permanent grand opera com- any in the fall for performances oth in the metropolis and on tour. For a quarter of a century AMr. Bagarozy has bien deeply interested in operatic matters both in the United States and Lurope.” He expresses It a8 his firm beliof that America is about due & grand opera revolution and that the result will be the elim- ination of some of the evils now con- sidered essential in_American grand opera production. He says in this connection: “Prominent among these necessary evils is the ‘star system,' by which the public has been trained to pat- ronize a name instead of an art. To attempt to abolish the star system seems a hopeless impossibility at present, apd the individual ~who tries to do it, or advocates trying, is in for rough treatment, of that I am well aware. The English language lacks no vigorous epithets with which he may be belabored, and they range ‘idotic Mieallst’ to ‘plain damn Still T do not hesitate to pre- dict that the star system is due for « decline in America during the next two or three decades, and that event- ually it will be possible for every progressive community to maintain an opera company that will certainly not be a disgrace to the art. Suci state of affairs will come about when more attention is given Yo the general all-around excellence of performances, instead of to one or Ywo _highly-touted and overpaid stars.” I told Griggs that T wouldn't have| anything to do with it.” A fimare knew then that all was| well. Francis' old air of strensth and decision had returned. His voice was firm, his eyes were clear and bright. His manner seemed even to inyite questioning. 0 1 Cthink I know why," Wilmore said, “but I should like you to%tell me in your.own words.” Francis glanced around, as though to be sure that they were not over- hoard ‘ “Because,” he replied, dropping his voice @ little but still speaking with great distinctness, "Willam Bull is a cunning and dangerous criminal Whom I should prefer to see hanged. “You know that ‘I know that.” 1t would be & great achievement to get him off,” Wilmore persisted. “The evidence s very weak In| places. “I belleve that I could get was the confident reply. “That is| why I will not touch the brief. I think,” Francls continued, “that I| have already conveyed it to you in- directly, but here you are in plain Words, Andrew. 1 have made up my mind that 1 will defend no man in fu- ture unless 1 am convinced of his in- noeence.” “That means. im off,” rancis admitted. realize that absolutely. Fortu- nately, as you know, I am not de- rendent upon my earnings, and I have had a wonderful ten years.' “This is all because of the Hilditch affair, I suppose” “Entirely.” X s ‘Wilmore was still a little puzsled. - “You l«rr to imagine u'fi“c’:: have something on your conscience regards: that business,” he ‘said boldly. “I have,” was the calm reply. “Come,” Wilmore protested, “I don’t quite follow your line of thought. Granted that Hilditch was a desperate criminal whom by the ex- ercise of your special gifts yousaved from the law, surely his tragic death| balanced that account between you | and society?” “It might have dome.” Francis ad- mitted, “it he had really committed sulcide.” ‘Wilmore was genuinely startled. He looked at his companion curi- ously. “What the devil do you mean, old chap?’ he demanded. “Your own evi- dence at the inquest was practically conclusiv to tl Francls glanced around him with | apparent indifference but in reality with keen and stealthy c: On their right side was a glass division, through which the sound of their volces could not possibly penetrate. On_their left was an empty space, and a table beyond was occupled by a well known cinema magnate engaged in testing the attractions in_ dalily 1ife of a would-be film star. Never- the less, Francis’ voice was scarcely raised above a whisper. y evidence at the coroner's in- quest,” he confided, “was a subtly concocted tissue of lies. I committed perjury freely. That is the real rea- son why I've been a little on the nervy side lately, and why I teok these few .months out of harness.” “Good God!" Wilmore exclaimed, setting down untasted the glass of brandy which he had just raised to his _lips. “1 want to finish this matter up, Francis_continued calmly, “by mak- ing a clean breast of it to you, be- cause from tonight I am starting atresh, with new intereats in my life— what will, practically amount to a new career. That Is why I preferred not to dine at the club tonight, al- though I am looking forward to see- ing them all again. I wanted instead to have this conversation with you. 1 lled at the inquest when I said that the relations between Oliver Hilditch and his wife that night seemed per- fectly normal. I lled when I sald that I knew of no cause for ill-will between .them. - I-lled when I said thét T left them on friendly terms. I lied when I sald that Olfver Hil- ditch seemed depressed and nervou: I 1ied when I said that he expressed pest remorse for what he ha ‘There was every indication faintest doubt In my mind but that she murdered him. In my judgment, she was perfectly justified in doing 0. ‘There followed a brief but enforced silence as some late arrivals passed their table. The room.was welj ven- tilated but Andrew Wilmore felt'sud- denly hot amd choking. A woman, one of the little group of newcomer: AROUND THE CITY By Nannie MAN who had sprinted beyond his biblical time allowance was crossing the asphalt at Market space that last morning wae had a breeze. v You had to take account of the breeze because it tossed his heard and hair jauntlly, as if it were =o much silver fleece, fluttered the long ends of a black tle and set his white straw at ap angle that laughed at that thing we call the dignity of years. He had been to market and bought & bunch of flowers, and from some coun- try squatter, at that, for where else do you find hundred-leaf roses these days? And the roses, of course, were the why of his brisk onwardness and of a sumile a8 pink as any blossom in the bunch. The picture of him appealed to two passengers who waited while junction transferers boarded thelir street car. To the woman—a plain goul that no one would look at twice—the flower bearer wus John Anderson, My Jo John, taking & gift to the love of a lifetime, & bride of hoop-skirt days who could back with him in memory to a certaln rosebush In a’certain garden of that long ago time of youth and love and— ut: To the man with the woman—an earth earthy nephew who knows life's little book from cover to cover—the old gen- tleman dido’t look like that. He didn't look llke that at alll With an indul- gent chuckle for a maiden aunt's be- nighted {gnorance of man, he translated the pink smile into a smirk of anticipa- tion, and the flirtatious hurry of step meant the haste of a fellow who has a date. “Some girl's got that old chap on a string—I know the signs.” “A string! My dear child, why should an old man like that bother with a &irl? “Because she's young, and we are all human.” - “In that cass, why ehould he her old-time roses instead of something modern like, say, sweetpeas ‘‘Because he is old himself. Which shows how opinions may differ without either being right—seeing that we can never really tell about things we know nothing about ¥ ok %k ADGE-LABELED tourists swarm- ed into an Avenue car. An Oldish | farmer man who had the party in tow kept guard next the conductor 50 that he could remind, every two sec- onds, that they wanted to transfer at the Peace Monument to a Unlon sta- tion car. . The conductor smiled bovish under- standing, and when the me came stopped according to orders, where- upon the farmer man, in the volce of one accustomed to calling across the open, shouted his signal to march: “Come along, homey, it's time to ‘light’ -~ Every tourist woman rose to_the endearment, but when the swarm was on the asphalt and assorted into pairs, male and female each, it was made apparent that the withery lit- tle one in black lawn, carrying a big cotton umbrella, was officially | entitled to the call. By right of language, honey belongs to bees, and to the beloved brown mammy of the land of used-to-be, but as the oldish, hard-working couple—Nowmber turnedl human— | locked arms to wait for thelr car, the word seemed somehow to sul glanced toward Francis curiously. | “Francis Ledsam, the criminal bar- | ister,”- her companion whispered— | ‘the man who got Oliver Hilditch off. | The man with him is Andrew Wil. more, the novelist. Discussing a| case, I expect.’ | CHAPTER VIIIL | The little party of late diners| iussed on thelr way to the farther | nd of the room, leaving a wave of | artificlality ‘behind, or was it, An-| drew Wilmore worldered in a mo-| ment of half-dazed speculation, that it was they and the rest of the gay company who represented the real things and he and his companion who | were playing a somber part in some | unreal and gloomier world. Francis' voice, however, when he recom-| menced his diatribe, was calm and matter-of-fact enough. “You see” he continued, mentatively, “I was moraily and actually responsible for the man's being brought back into society. And, far worse than that, I was respon- | ible for his being thrust back again upon his wife. Ergo, I was also re- | sponsible for what she did that night. The matter seems as plain as a pike- #taff to me. I did what I could to atone, rightly or wrongly it doesn't matter, Lecause it is over and done with. ‘There you are, old fellow, now you know what's been making me nervy. I've committed wholesale per- jury, but I acted according to my| consclence and I think according to ustice. The thing has worried me, .admit, but it has passed, and I'm | glad it's off my chest. One more liqueuf, Andrew, and if you want to we'll talk about my plans for the future.” i /The brandy was brought. Wilmore Btudied his friend curiously, not with- ut some rellef. Francis had lost the arassed and - nervous appearance upon which his club friends had com- mented, which had been noticeable, even to a diminishing extent, upon the golf course at Brancaster. He was alert and eager. Ho had the air of a man upon the threshold of some enterprise dear to his heart. “l1 have been through a queer ex- perience,” Francis continued pres- ently, as he sipped his second liqueur. | “Not' only had 1 Jess than twelve hours to make up my mind whether 1 should commit a serious offense | against the law, but a sensation| which I always hoped that I might | experience has come to me in what | 1 suppose I must call most unfortu- | nate fashlo: | “The woman?" Wilmore ventured. Francis assented @loomily. There was a moment's silence. Wilmore, the metaphysician, saw then & strange thing. He saw a light steal acrogs his friend's stern face. He saw his eves for a moment soften, the hard mouth relax, something Incred- ible, transformini; shine, as it were, out of the man's soul in that moment of self-revelation. It was gone like the momentary passing of u strange gleam of sunshine aecross a leaden sea, but those few seconds were suffi- clent. Wilmore knew well enough what had happened. ‘Oliver Hilditch's wife,” Francis went on, after a few minutes’ pause, “presents an enigma which at present 1 cannot hope to solve. The fact that she received her husband back again, knowing what he was and what he was capable of, fs inexpli- cable to me. The woman herself s a mystery. I do not know what lies behind her extraordinary ‘immobility. Feellng she must have, and courage or she would never have dared to rid herself of the scourge of her life. But beyond that my judgment tells me nothing. 1 know only that sooner or | later I shall seek her out. I shall dis- cover all that I want to know, one way or the other. "1t may be for happiness— it may be the end of the things that count.” "1 guessed this,” Wilmore admitted. with‘a little shiver. .which he was wholly unable to repress. Francls nodded. argu- (To_be continued tomorrow.) DANCING. 4| DAVISON’S Fref- 1320 M n.w, ¥ h you to dance correctly in ey pu Any hour. Sepa STAFFORD PEMBERTON Partaer_to Mse Murray, Gertrude Hoffma lroom, Childre; Da o 185 BILTMORE, ‘Danch is & Necessity, Not a laxury. "8 CATHERINE BALLE, .y T will_teach yon riv,. Jess, Results rues: aud ¥ ; that thou Lancaste WOMAN who likes congental company of her own age wenf over to the museum the other day and spent an hour with prehistoric man. She trailed him to a hall of dream™\, habited by stone gods that, more gitied than their dumb brothers of Isracl, spoke to her of lonely eons when a brown creature walked an empty earth, with never a premo- nitfon of the scientist who was to coop him from oblivion and turn him into a show. They are stocky gods, with {ndfs- tinet faces, chiseled by @ phidias too crude to 'fashion other expression than the inscrutable blandness that characterizes the prehlstoric sculp- ture of this continent from Mexico to Peru, Some stand serenely bow- legged, others take comfort in sit ting, s it were, on their own sand- stone steps with their hands on their toes, anl one hideously affable rain delty balances on his head a ser- pent coiled in such fat, satisfled rings us to suggest to the woman's fifth-dimension fancy that he might be the old original he-evil after his diplomatic dicier in the garden with that poor little mother of ours. You can't help wondering over things. You know. And. as she wondered, a gloriously boisterous chuckle bubbled into the tomb-like quict. A man had come in with @ couple of larkish girls, one of them wearing a shiny gold sehool medal, and when they bubbled out of distance it came to tho woman h the present-d: brother lacks the myst, ious glamor of his predecessor, he s a heap more cheer- ful than prehistorle man. And cheerfulness is a splendid thing. s HE was £0 young that the gold of childhood was in her bobbed halr. and so old to the ways of humanity that the hand that held her shopping bag showed a wedding ring, and in her arms was cupped @ crumb of a baby. It was bargain day, was crammed little mother and the store and fammed. but the smiled her way to a counter with every woman in_the owd making room to let her pase Many paused to admim the baby and administer advice—and that was all there was to It exvept that for once, anyhow, lipstick and rouge were exempt from eriticism; only tho baby caught attention, The flapper had become a madonna * % ox % HERE is one woman ameng us who has proved that the three Us, £o rigorously insisted upon in the marts of learning, are not alwayr necessary to success In life. She 1s a self-respecting woman, with nothing out of the ordinary about her in manner or dress, and ¥et—to quite an authorit v strict attentlon to her business, and that of the humblest character, | she has amassed not only wealth but \an accumulation of jewels worth what would have been a king's ransom— in the days when kings were worth ransoming. Occasionally, she takes these blazing treasures from a safety Yault to display at some evening af- fair and returns them early in the morning. She can nelther read nory write, but her cross mark on & check is an honored document in one of the most important banks in the city. Which seems to indicate that a talent for making money may b akin to the genius Angelos and Grand Opera in Miniature " The marfonettes seem to have taken the country by storm. Several com- panies carried thelr fascinating pup- pet shows over circuits throughout the United States last year. Now the newest thing is the Marfonetts Con. cert Company In repertoire, which has been announced as prepared to give a full season of operatic scenes, con- cert selections and special programs upon a miniature stage in New York and elsewhere next year. last geason Rachel Crowell's ma- rionettes presented an amusing grand opera scene, a duet, in the program of short sketches presented in Wash- ington several times. 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