Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1924, Page 10

3 § i b | BRILLIANTLY HERE !Washington Opera Com- i pany’s Performance Draws Big Audience in Storm. | Washington's operatic season for $1923-24 ended in a triumph of musical 1 glory, despite a blizzard, at the Presi- 4 dent Theater last night. A large au- | dience, including many prominent in { social circles, heard an excellent per- ‘'ormance of Bizet's opera, “Carmen,” {by the Washington Opera Company, :under the direction of Edouard Al- i bion. § Ina Bourskaya, Russian prima ! donna, made the cigarette girl a per- | son of striking physical appearance ard ardent temperament. Her blue eyes and black hair gave an effective | setting for the emotions she depicted. . Her voice is massive and her notes arc round and liquid. There arej critles who have acclaimed Bourskaya ! as the “greatest Carmen since Calve,” | ‘and it seerhed last night as if few | »uld care to dispute the fiery Rus-i sian’s right to this title. Paul Althouse, Metropolitan tenor, * who gave a memorable portrayal of | Pinkerton in “Madame Butterfly,” “gain won laurels as Don Jose, the ‘ infatuated corporal, whose love and ambition were crushed beneath the slipper of the vamping Carmen. singing of “Air de la Fleur” was larly fine. ‘Whitehill as Toreador. Clarence Whitehill, another Metro- politan star, sang the role of Es- camillo, the toreador. His baritone voice is powerful in volume and he | won enthusiastic applause with the famous aria. Paolo Ananian, bass of the Metro- politan, gave an excellent charac- terization of Zuniga, captain of dragoons, a comparatively small role. His voice also is big and he has un- usual dramatic talent. Dorothy Mansfield, young Wash- ington singer, who made her debut with this company in “Tales of Hoff- mann,” deserves special recognition of stage presence, as well as of a clear, pleasing soprano voice, in the trying role of Micaela. Miss Mans- field and all those in the principal | roles showed unusually fine balance | of dramatic interpretation and vocal expression Albert TRose other m 5 heflerman, Netta Craig, Pollio and Lobis Annis were local’ singers who made the t of smaller roles and added con- erably to the ensemble singing. Chorun Scores Triumph. The chorus merits the highest praise for splendid volume and clear-eut singing. Mr. Albion may be proud of his large organization. There were | those present last night who expre: ed the opinjon that the Metropolitan's -horus is not better than that of the Washington Opera Company. M Samassoud showed on this, as on previous occasions, his ability to pro- vide an ideal orchestral accompani- ment. The finishing touch to the atmos- phere of Spanish rhythm and light- heatedness was given by the clever- ness and grace of the ballet dancers, Tchernikoff and Elizabeth Gar- diner as the principals. Enrico Dillon is entitled to credit for the exceptionally good settings and the picturesque costumes which formed the background of one of the best operatic productions offered in Washington in recent years. Representative Audience. The audience was representative of all branches of Washington society, official and resident, who showed their appreciation by prolonged applause. The Secretary to the President, C. Bascom Slemp, had a box party, which included the ambassador to Spain, Al- exander Moore: Senator Ernst, Rep- resentative and Mrs. Nicholas Long- worth, Gen. and Mrs. John A. John- ston and Miss Josephine Patten. Senator and Mrs. James Couzens en- tertained a party of young people for their daughter, Miss Madeline Cou- , and Mrs. Franocis Berger Moran. had among their guests the min- of Finland, Axel Leonard As- Rear Admiral and Mrs. Hutch- . Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Barnett and Horace G. Macfarland. Mr. and Mrs. Francig White enter- tained the minister of Switzerland nd Mme. Peter, the counselor of the and Mme. de Labou- and the third assistant secretary ate and Mrs. J. Butler Wright. Italian Attaches Guests. { Mr. and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates had with them Col. Marquis Vittorio Asinari di Bernezzo, Italian military attache, and arquis di Bernezzo, Italian naval attache, and Coun- Sommati di Mobello and Mr. and Robinson. ator and Mrs. Lawrence Phipps rtained Mr. and Mrs. Franklin s and Mr. and Mrs. Crawford. | With Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood were Mrs. George Ehle, Maj. and Mra ctz, Miss Mary Morgan and Mr. Frederick Stevens. Among those occupying seats were Mrs_James R. Mann, Mrs. Theodore | W. Noves, Miss Elizabeth Hanna, who entertained a number of guests; Miss ura Harlan, Admiral Andrew Long, Dr. and Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, for: mer Representative and Mrs Frank . Miss Mondell, Col. Clar- herrill, Mr. and Mrs. George ev Totten, Mr. and Mrs. Freder- William “Wile, ‘Commissioner and Rudolph, Mrs. Henry Wilder Mr. and Mrs. Truman G. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G, Wal | notified that he is no longer needed *Chains™ at the National. a mew comedy by Jule: Eckert Goodman, which is being presented this week at the National Theater, in three acts, by a company of unusual balance and strength, is both daring and yet polite in lan- guage and incident. Its theme may be gathered from its closing line uttered by a somewhat disconcerte father to his wife, after a gruelling experience both 'with their own daughter and with a young woman with whom thelr son has had an “affair”—"I somettmes wonder _if there is such a thing as absolute right and absolute wrong: if morality is not merely a viewpoint. John Maury and his wife Maud. well-to-do parents of a son and daughter, and whose views of life, largely colored by the influence of Mrs, Maury, are regulated by what are sometimes called the standard conventions, suddenly ~find them- solves confronted with their son's problem. While at college he had met a young woman with similar am- bitions to his own in the line of art; they had become chuts and she loved him devotedly. He responded, ac- cepting, as a matter of course, her sacrifice, but eventually realizing that he did not care to have her meet his mother and sister. Finally he decided to end their relations. She did not object, but sought ways of her own to meét his sister. The meet- ing with his mother and father came, through the influence of his uncle, a roving adventurer, who decided that before the boy should go abroad with him, as he eagerly longed to do in ordér to get away from the girl, he must first square things with her. At the interview it. developed that the girl still loved, but the boy did not. He was, however, willing, as a matter of duty, to marry her when he was told there was a child. She promptly and firmly refused, holding that marriage without love, even In cne performance of duty, was an un- holy thing. At this point it develops that the boy’s sister has not gone to visit a rtain friend, as she had said she vould, and there is an_immediate search for her. She, too, has had her aflinity and has been deceiving her parents. The play ends with the pro- posal of the uncle that the son' sweetheart marry him, the uncle, and with an effective scene between the, mother and father of the boy, when the father gives utterance to the sen- timent quoted, the play is brought to a close. The discussion of this theme, it i believed, is not a right of the dr: matic critic. It belongs rather to th! church and to those who are supposed to conserve the morals of the people. There will be those who, no matter what may be said of the standard conventions by which society is sup- posed to be governed, will always b. lieve that they furnish a good worl ing hypothesis, whether founded in truth and justice or not. The play has the tendency to create sympath for th e girl who is abandoned after presumably having made the woman's supreme sacrifice for her love. It is splendidly acted, Miss Helen Gahagan as Jean Trowbridge, the girl, sustaining a difficult role with poise, rare discrimination and artistic effect, even in its ‘highest emotional mo- mer: William Morris and Maude Turner Gordon, as the father and mother of the boy, seem ideal in their roles, while Katherine Alexander, as the daughter of the stunned parents, meets every requirement of the part without ever overstepping. Buford Armitage has the unsympathetic role of the boy and does it well. while George Tully, as the uncle, fulfills the Deeds of the character admirably. “Kelly's Vacagion™ at the 3 Be]:fco. 3 Vincent Woods' brainstorm of golf and its devious ways and entangle- ments furnished a Shubert-Belasco audience last night not only the world premiere of a new play, but an insidious and efficacious antidote for “that melancholy feeling,” the blues. The play revolves 'about Jack Kelly, shipping clerk and municipal golf champion, and his boss, the great David Waters, a colossus in the shipping world and “a leper on the links” by his own admission. Allie Monte, the girl, comes in for quite a bit of consideration. She, by the way, discovers in the last act, after gentlemanly cave man treatment, that she's been like al “bum watch” all her life since her heart—viz: the mainspring of a watch—never beat until she received | a good shaking at the hands of | her newly acquired husband. Briefly, the play is this: Kelly, about to be fired, walks into the heart of his boss by displaying his champion medal and offering to cor- rect the latter's slice. Thus doing he obtained a guest's pass to the Snobbery Country Club. After a week he is in love with the girl with a heart that never beat, but is at the club because he says Aln'l."! “guy” and “Whatcher know ‘bout) Waters, the boss, comes in ves the day by introducing Jack as the great John Jennings Kelly, jr, who can sign his check for $80,000,000 without a qualm. (As a matter of fact, Jack can do just that, but the check wouldn't be worth a two-cent stamp.) Well, the great | John Jennings finally snaps up the girl in marriage and starts her heart beating in their bedroom on the bridal night just before the curtain drops. The work of capable performers is enhanced by masterful scemic crea tions. (The eighteenth green scene made a number of rabid golfers realize spring has come again.) Robert Ames, playing Jack Kelly, was just right and higher praise cannot be thought up in a few hours. Taking second honors, in the view of the twenty sleuths, was John T. Doyle, who spoke nasally but con- vincingly as David Waters. Alma Tell was a bit stilted as the girl, but possibly she intended to be. There Helen Jeay Hagnel Hagner, Y gner and irabl e Fo o Bl was a_ remarkably good supporting cast—John H. Brewer, Francis Good- Butler-Flynn Paint Co. Distributors of Alabastine 607-609 C Street N.W. ‘CARMENSSUNG [AMUSEMENTS rich, Frederick Irving Lewis, Geoffrey wlhrd. Fred Sutton and Fleming Marie Cahill at Keith's. ‘With a clever skit in two scenes entitled “Does an Act” Marie Cahill and capable support had little trou- ble scoring' a big hit at Keith's last night. Sparkling patter, of which Miss Cahill is a past master, predom- inates, with just enough songs to add spice to the entertainment. The first scene is on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City and the second an apartment down by the sea. A couple of new songs are introduced which deman- strate that Miss Cahill's volce is as £00d as in the old days when she put over the “Bamboo Tree” with great Success. Bradley Knoche, her lead ing man, also works well, and t gether they kept the audience almost continuously laughing or applauding. At the conclusion of the act Miss Ca- hill thanked the sudience in a pleas- ing little rhyme, A clever pair, down on the program in small letters and new to this lo- cality in vaudeville, Joe Mack and Nellie Breen, registered a hit that shared honors with the topliner. These people have been with Ed Wypne's and other revues. They ap- pear in a_litle skit entitled “All Through a Letter.” Both are artists in the singing and dancing line, pay no attention to the audience and go through their work as though they enjoyed it. Their patter is up-to- date and enjoyable, while their orig- inal songs and dancing scored well. The audience tried several timcs to get_them back. Charles King, the handsome hero of “Nellie Kelly,” sang several new songs from that musical comedy, and Was as entertaining as of old when he top-lined with Elizabeth Brice. One of the cleverest sketches in vaudeville is that presented by Flor- ence Burnsmore and company, en- titled “Suppressed Desires,” written by Susan Glaspell. It was used as a curtain raiser for three years with “Emperor Jones” and is a satire on psycho-analysis. The lincs _are bright and snappy, with a laugh in every one. Mabel Ford and a fine company of dancers and musicians, in closing the bill, also scored a big hit. Miss Ford is one of the best jig danc- ers on the stage. Deno and Rochelle helped out with the Apache dance and one from the old Bowery. The Hope twins and a six-plece orchesira com- plete the offering of Miss Ford. Les Chezzl brothers open the pro- gram with a balancing act;: Healy and Cross follow with character songs that were new and well re- ceived: Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry had a new twist to their old “Hens- foot Corners” that was really funny, INQUIRE ABOUT OU Furniture Carpets | WASHINGTON, and the house attractions complete the strong bill. Good Bifl_a: Cosmos. Miss Bobette, a breezy bit of per- sonality and talent, with her little brothe Jimmile, who has some tenor, and a jazx band that shifts as easily into the rube organization as it does its melodies make a popular headliner for the Cosmos Theater bill this wesk. Bobette can sing and step with the best of her predecessors and her band, though not a Ted Lewis, or a Paul ‘Whiteman organization, has its own merits and versatility is one of them. Jimmie is a sort of addedsurprise and his voice is a surprise when it comes to ballad singing. Rose, Ellis and Rose, who open the bill with remarkable barrel jumping, some of it of the dangerous Kind that calls for the high athletic skill O’'Brien and Josephine, especially Jo- sephine, who is irre ible, in “The Song Salesman,” spring not only new songs, but a novel way of singing them that won them big applause. William Sisto amused with a mono- logue, but more with his mouth manipulation of harmonicas that never lost a note in his tunes, al- though many were used, rolling one after another down his-face into his mouth. And then came along another team, Arthur Angel, a slick old sport, and Violet Fuller, an eyeful of beauty and humor, and made the big crowds laugh as long as they continued their nonsense on the stage. The vaudeville bill closed with in & hat store, hats fiying In all di rections only to return from the start ing péint and to be caught, front- ward, backward and topward. If you care for one of the best pic- tufes of the year, one that surpasses anything Gloria Swanson has ever done and that not many like her have ever done in the matter of fine and emotional acting, you don’t want to miss “The Humming Bird.” It is an Apache pictures, but filled with splen- did drama, for what Gloria does in it is not all swagger and scowl a la Apache. She rises to the real heights in emotional power. There is a ridicu- lous Century comedy, “That Oriental Game,” which also is ghown and adds to a fine bill of entertainment. “Follies of the Day.“ A well balanced show, one in which the comedy. singing and danc- ing are thoroughly enjoyable, is the Barney Gerard “Follies of the Day” at the Gayety Theater this week. Of ocourse. the big “hit" of the show is “Bozo" Snyder. Lovers of good music are acquainted with “The Song Without Words” and burlesque patrons the country over are more familiar with “Bozo,” the comedian without words. Snyder has the fao- ulty of being able to express most any emotion for which other come- dians employ words by merely a smile or a grimace. Sam Green is & ESTABLISHED 1861 F Street and Eleventh ohnson and Baker, ‘D. an able second in all of Sayders funmaking,. and the two kept last night's audlience in’slmost continual laughter. Their burlesque wrestling stunt was very funi The feminine leads also are well taken care of by Beatrice Traoey, ‘Beth Clark, Masie Evans and Eileen Thomas. Miss Tracey is new to local patrons, but won inatant favor with her pleasing personality and sonss. ‘The chorus is well selected and gor- geously gowned, and some of the scenery has been used by some of the Well known Broadway shows. ‘The flower sceme is a particularly charming setting. A trio composed of Chick Hunter, Dick Cole and Bert Hunter furnish delightful Others in the cast are Johnny Web: John Willlams, Scotty Weston and Louis and Georgia, the last named a clever dancing tea: This s un- doubtedly one of the really good shows of the Columbia circuit. e COMMITTEE OUTLINES PLANS FOR Y.W.C.A. DRIVE Completion of Financial Budget Object to Be Served—Welfare Interests Given Consideration. . Detalls for the drive to complete the Y..W. C. A. financial budget for the year were worked out by the campaign committee at a meeting at the organization's headquarters, 614 E street northwest, yesterday. The campaign will begin next week, the Dael!en( I;‘e:‘l‘(mbelnl devoted to the “Better. campaign” by the Y. W.C A i % During the drive there will be half- hour meetings every day, at which progress will be announced. Informal ight luncheons will be served at the meetings. Senator Copeland opened the better health campalgn. Tonight at 614 E street Dr. ¥rank Hornaday will lec- ture on “Food,” followed by talk on “Surgery in Relation to Health," by Dr. Dan Borden. Senator Copeland will broadcast a heah talk over WRC at 8 o'clock. Members of the finance committee of the Y. W. C. A. are: Mrs. Harry| E. Hull, chairman; Mrs. Lydrath Car- roll, Mrs. Herbert E. Day, Miss Eliza- beth Dean, Miss Mary Fox, Mrs. Paul Kaufman, Mrs. John C. Letts, Miss Agnes Miller, Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, Mrs. Chester D. Swope, Mrs. L. A. Schaaf, Mrs. R. P. Teele, Miss Mary T. Lindsley, Mrs. George ¥. Warne, Mrs. J. E. Jones, Mrs. Louis T. Mc- Fadden, Mrs. Gran Phillips Johnson and Mrs. John H. Libby. Tourists in Egypt Flood-Bound. CAIRO, March 11.—Many American and British tourists are held up in Egypt and Palestine by the suspen- sion of railway traffic owing to floods. ERRED PAYMENT PLAN. W. M. 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These musiclans, whose artistrs has evoked the highest praise whenever they have played, seemed determined last night to give a little better than their best in appreciation of the audience, which had braved the dfs- comforts of the worst storm of the year. The program opened with Bee- thoven's “Quartet in A Major, Op. 18, No. 5, in four movements, allegro, menuetto, andante con variazioni and allegro assai. This work is of the style that has made Beethoven pre-eminent in the field of chamber music. Filled with lovely melodies and solid harmonies, it has an appeal that commands constant attention. Intermixed are rapid, dainty pas- sages, firm fortes and legatos that flow along as softly as a stream of water. The tempo, even in the an- dante movement, was never allowed to lag and the audience was carried along entranced by the exquisite music. “Passages,” of Ernest Bloch, played next, are a series of three landscapes played from manuscript. The first, “North,” was perhaps the most a pealing because of its unusual com- position. A low, muflled rumble on the cello supplied an undertone that represented the mumbling of Nature over the discomforts of the cold. A high introductory note on the violin announced the approach of the north wind that came on with a rush amid weira shrieks. Throughout the com- position, wild dissonsnces, immediate- ly softened and followed by more or less unusual harmonles, pictured the mysterious voices of the frozen north, the creaking of the ice as it expands.or contracts. 5 “Alpestre” and “Tongatabou” were the remaining numbers of the group, the former seeming to picture the loftiness of the Alps and the other a barbaric song of a savage tribe. Schumann’s “A Major Quartet, Op. 41, No. 3," was the finale of the pro- gram. 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