Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1923, Page 16

16 - ARMY BAND T0 GIVE|AMUSEMENTS BENEFIT CONGERT Program in Arcade Sunday Planned to Raise Money for Budget. The Army Band, the representative musical organization of the United States Army, noted throughout Wash- ington for its concerts in the hall and parks of the city last summer, will give a benefit concert in the Ar- cade, 14th street and Park road, Sun- l San Carlo Company in “La * Tosca" and “Martha."” The San Carlo Grand Opera Com- pany scored additional successes at Poll's yesterday in the presentation of Puccini’s “La Tosca” last night and otow's *Martha” in the afternoon. husiastic audiences which should ve been larger responded appre- atively to both offerings, and re- mained to witness the additional pro- feature, ‘ballet dlvertisse- " by Andreas Paviey, Serge Oukrainsky and campany. Anne Roselle, In the title role of Tosca, for which she has achleved national distinction, combined musical and histrionlc talefits with ease, ren- dering the vividly dramatic role with deep sympathy. Her volce, of sweet ric_timber, is of more power than e typical 'lyric, capable of great flights of emotional outburst. pure and lovely in softer passages of THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1923. ont fashion, the princl i the spirit of ai tory. matic quality. Klinova, th company, w vantage in engagement to her voice sounds. loveliest mello role admirably. ¢ the San Carlo repertory, was presented in urusuplly delighttul entering ble fun that is of the opera and making ters interestingly human glving excellent musical interpretations of their roles. The costumes and settings were satisfa The chorus, although handling their songs much an they woul@in the heavier operas, sang them well. Consuelo” Escobar, role of Lady Harriet, has a o ing soprano of more lyric than dra- She sang “The Las Rose of Summer” beautifully. Anita fine contralto of the heard to speelal ad- e role of Naney. had her first opportunity during this ook as attractive as She has ope. of the contralto that has been_heard in Washington. She not only sang well but acted her all who san| the arm- She volces Adamo Chiappini, tenor, who Lionel, has a velvet quality in volce that was particularly evident in his sustained tones. His gestures, however, are Stiff and his faclal ex- pressions are somewhat monotonous. Gluseppe Interrante in the bass role of Plunket was excellent. His blg volce is of rich quality and his enunciation and acting equally good. Ludovic Burgstaller as the sheriff and Natalle Cervi as Tristan also sang well. Followlng this tunetul opera that left the audience in good humor, An- | dreas Paviey and Serge Oukrainsky presented a program of artistic. and colorful ballet divertissements, in- cluding & quaint Dutch dance full of 1y .humor: .a_piquant der Puft “The Flirta- Schubel and'a gorgeous final to music by. Rubinstel and Oukrainsky. The same ballet num. Dera wero also given with “Tosca” at nigl Tonight Verdl's “Otello” will be pre- sented. ceived the idea of asking every per- son who drives to join -the club and take a vledge to avold accidents. Mrs. Kilis Logan, chairman of the public- welfare departmeat of the Federation of Women's Clubs of Washington, has accepted the leader- ship of the women's committee of the safety council CLUBWOMEN TO ASSIST “SAFE DRIVERS’ CLUB” Will Man Enrollment Booths in District Building Next Week as Tags Are Sold. A gioup of representative club- 'women have agreed to take charge of the booths to be erected in the Dis- trict building next week to enroli motorists in the Safe Drivers’' Club of the Washington Safety Council. " Within the next few weeks every automobile owner in Washington will | call at the District building to et 1924 tags. The safety council con: SEEKS SUICIDE IN JAIL. Following hie arrest in connection with the theft of wearing apparel from several stores, Oscar Harvey Smith, colored, 2003 12th street, at- tempted suicide in a police cell yes- terday afternocon by hanging. = He used his necktle, improvising & noose and fastening it to a bar of the cell oor. Smith had been hanging only a few seconds before noise in Bis cell st tracted the attention of & poll He was taken to Emergency Hosy treated, and returned to a cell served as a first lleutenant in | Army overseas during the world lSmKh ‘was arrested by Detectiv: and Kin Dinner Dress Stops Work. Amusing. samples of English are found on all sides when'an American travels in continental Europe, but ' | here are some samples picked from #igns in one of the well known hotels in Switzerland: “Strange gentlemen will be please mot dress for dinner, as the costume flutters the hearts of olk, and no work is accom- Misters the venerable voy- agers earnestly reqiested not to take the clothes of the bed to see the ‘or the color changes.” Can Look Both Ways. From the New York World. oux Indians haye conferred on Mr. Lloyd George, of Wambli-Nopa, or “One tor war and one explains ‘Chief Brave 0, two eagles can look sun ri; s at ofice. day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The pro- ceeds will be used to balance its bud- get, which has suffered several In- roads during the past year from trav- eling expenses. First Lieut. P. W. Lewls, ‘command- ing officer of the band, announced to- v a program of classic and light sic music, certain to have a wide eal, he belle “We held a con- cert at the Ar Tal weeks ago,"” said Licut. Lewis, “and_found that the acoustic properties of the hall in h we will play Sunday were ex- planissimo. Miss Roselle's acting was equally fine, with Gaetano Tom- Cavardossi, and Mario Valle arpia. 5 rio Valle interpreted the chief of polic: th supercillous and devilish dignity, singing the role with alter- nating braggadocio and simulated en- treaty. He was in good voice. Tommasini as the painter was ad- mirable throughout, with a voice of colorful dramatic fervor, under ex- cellent control. His ardor was check- ed for an Instant once by a word the, conductor, but his Cavara- Make Your Xmas Selection Now A small deposit reserves the articles selected—Terms to suit your conven- ience. 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