Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 46

IGHT opera seems to be staging such a pronounced “come-bac» Washington, St. Louis and other cities this summer that Milton Aborn. noted as the founder of companies that presented both cer the country at popular prices, has grand and light operas all ov taken up the cause of musical come revivals of light opera is due, in part at least, to the decline of musical comedy, which, although possibly t present. Mr. Aborn is quoted as stating circuits next season to present musical comedy attractions, claiming that there is a heavy demand for musica! atry. Mr. Aborn sa heavy costs of sending out adequate to send the original cast, or even <ot The three circuits are to be known as from coast to coast), “B” (to cover cities of at least 200,000 population) and “C” (to cover cities of not less t 1t seems that, according to sta icw years the number of musical rc Western business, has decreased. company in * climinated. Thi: edy key” plan is said to have met with alrcady. suc * ok HE light opera season in Washin, successful the city has ever known. workers are as busy as bees plan schedule. Straus’ “Chocolate Soldi will be presented this week, and * Gilbert a many interesting among it added value for local light opera f. can production of “Ic memories anthe” was cightics, in Ford’s Opera House, on what is now Market place. Kaspar, generally of the orchestra for the production. mwsic credited to Sir Arthur Sullivan. * ok HE prospects for the grand opera scason in Washington next winter grow more alluring as details Greene's ofiice concerning stars and the § Douv nouv” a role which he is generally fife a i personality: Mary Garden, operatic stage, will be heard in “Thais,” *La T Rosa R the Chica Wa a probably will sin » Grand Opera Company »n and her sister city, Bait Baltimore is assured, later on, when the Metrop several productions, followirg the cle authorities, however, hold out 1o i sharing in this latter treat. * TIH: newest thing in opera in the United States seems to be in New York, where, in the old Bowery Theater, a comy a scat scale f ny is holding fort! Cheng Sun Yeh is the leading tenor. est opera singer of her nationality. two dozen operas relating the history of ancient China. authentic costumes and stage setting: native instruments. The company months and first played in Vancouve large Chinese colon stay at the Bower: uptown theater. Later it play: house probably “The Beggar Princess’'-- St. Louis Opera. THE Municipal Theater Association of St. Louis has announced that to close its sixth successful season the company will make its first original production tomorrow night, when it presents “The Beggar Prin- ' an operetta in two acts with ballet, which has been written espe- cially for production in that city’s outdoor municipal theater. Tn “The Heggar Princess” munic- fpal opera comes one step nearer its ideal of producing in that great theater under the stars operas ana operettas which are the work of St Louis librettists and composers. Ul- timately it is hoped to dd this with casts of artists who have been trained in municipal opera and who are its own product. Minor parts in the forthcoming operetta are assigned to graduates of the municipal opera's free chorus school, which provides the chorus of, 100 used in the reper- tory each season. Sylvester Maguire wrote the book and lyrics and Noel J. Poepping the score’ for “The Beggar Princess.” Maguire, native of St. Louis, has Spent many years in the theafer as # manager for the Frohmans and as playwright -and librettist. To his credit are “Rogers Brothers in Pan- ama” and Lew Fields' success, “The Girl Behind the Counter. Noel Poepping., the composer, is said to be a great-great-grandson of the first white child born in St. Louts. For 25 years he has been a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orches- tra, in the meantime having had his own brass band, a feature of many civic celebrations here. He was as- sistant conductor of the Apollo Club under Alfred G. Robyn and i com- poser of songs, marches and dance music, together with numerous pieces of dental music tor such celebrutions as the St. Louls masque and pageant, the 1918 fashion ageant, the Missouri centennial cele- bration Sedalia in_ 1321, and in the same year the “Missouri One Hundred Years Ago” pageant and drama in St. Louls. He is a member of the symphonic orchestra of 50, which is one of the municipal opera’s features. That more than one Broadway soout will he present in the audience when “The Begga' Princess” is given ity premier is indicated by interest in the work on the part of New York managers, who see in it a pos- sible productio. in that city next year. Incidently, the work is but one of MUSICAL INSTRUCTION, Banjo Teachers Wanted Ukulele, Guitar, ete, Second Floor. WashingtonConservatory of Music | 1408 N. H. Ave., at Dupent Circle, Violin, Piano. Voice, Saxophone, etc. Speria] Summer rates. Start the children. 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Established 18, PHONE GOL. $48. 1501 COLUMBIA RD s that the Broadway producers, having felt the By installing a permanent musical com- cities, Mr. Aborn feels that much expense will be will establish a new musical comedy stock company—to be known as the Aborn Players. d Suilivan operas, next week. onsidered as the dean of local violinists, was in charge vorite basso on the operatic stage today, will sing in “Boris Godo- 1s0. ‘according to reports, of a second operatic 1 1 to packed houses at prices ranging from 1 to $5 Reports say that the highest and lowest in the Chinese social Il the theater long before the time set for the rise of the curtain. Princess Chan Wei Fong, a Manchu g dy. Undoubtedly, the success of the emporary, is certainly noticeable at that he will start three new national 1 comedy productions throughout the companies, feel that it is inadvisable two principals, to the smaller cities. " (to cover the largest cities han 100,000 population). tistics, every season during the past yad companies, especially those doing kind of stock entertainment—the The Middle Atlantic State cities cess in * % gton this summer is one of the most Mr. Hopper and his earnest co- ning and rehcarsing ahead of their er,” one of the early comic operas, ‘lolanthe,” one of the finest of the The latter production arouses shington music lovers that give It is said that the initial Ameri- given here in Washington, in the Josef W ans. The opera has some of the loveliest * ¥ are given out from Mrs. Wilson- productions. Chaliapin, undoubtedly conceded to have imbued with new perhaps the greatest actress on the one of her most popular roles; 0s All this next February, when divides one precious week betwe imore, with alternate performances. olitan forces will send singers to give osing of the New York season. Loca! nducements so far for Washington's * % Chinese grand opera u princess, is the prima donna, and The princess is said to be the great- The company’s repertoire includes Exquisite and s are used and the orchestra plays has been in this country about six r, British Columbia, where there is a ed for two weeks in Seattle. It will about a month and then move to an HELEN FETTER. several that have been inspired b the St. Louls theater, no less tnar{ four having been offered to the Mu- nicipal Theater Association for pro- duction within the past year. e ey Temple of Music Is Opened. RS. FREDERICK S. COOLIDGE, a | leading patroness of musical progress in the United States, opened | her famous Temple of Music on South | Mountain, in Pittsfield, last Sunday for the second of a series of eight subscription amber music con- certs by .the Berkshire Festival Quartet ‘and the Elshuco Trio. An audience of 500 music lovers traveled from all the Berkshire resorts to hear this program, composed entirely of compositions by Brahm Mrs. Coolidge is remembered by Washington music lovers with deep- est gratitude for the series of three remarkable concerts given here under her auspices last fall at the Freer Art Gallery. It is hoped that she may plan another similar mu- sical treat for Washington during the coming season. The $1,000 prize that Mrs. Coolidge offers annually for the best sonata for violin and piano has recently been announced. All compositions should be entered in the competition before April 1, 1926, — Jazz 5 Clowning" Doomed. ** TAZZ music and clowning by the J musicians who play it are to be separated,” according to “Andy” Oeh- mann, director of a local dance or- chestra. “Since the peculiar form of music known as ‘jazz’ became popular several years ago,” eays Mr. Oeh- mann, a tendency has grown to add trick _effects to the playing. The drummer, for instance, would throw his sticks in the air, catch them and not miss a note, while the trombonist was extremely likely to stand on his head, if he thought it added to the atmosphere of the merriment. This clowning proved popular in some quarters. But now it is no longer a novelty, and I believe the musicians themselves will be glad to dispense with the “clowning.” Mr. Oehmann explains that it is not intended to do away with the snappy, rhythmical style of jazz musio, but to place the musicians themselves on a plane of dignity which was fmpossi- ble so long as buffoonery was permit- ted. Some Have Sense. M go in pictures? Go on! I like to eat every day,” was the reply an exceedingly pretty girl in a Hollywood cigar store made to a sleek young man who was trying to tell her she had “a perfect screen tace. ‘Atta girl! Stay by it!" applauded Hugh Saxon, veteran comedian, who happened to be In the place buying some cigars. He is a trouper of 30 years' experience and has stored up a good lot of information during that e. s, some of them get sensel” he commented, relating _the incident. “You'll find them in restaurants and stores and beauty parlors and .all around, doing an honest day’s work and getting paid for it, happy and contended, with some hopeful beau or young, apple-checked husband calling in his filvver to take them home. “Most of the real pretty ones have had a fing at pictures and soon got enough of the life of an ‘extra girl.’ They go back into ‘civilian’ life, where they always belonged. My opinion is that many of them could have married better in their own | Pom~ towne—and led happy, useful 1es. . ___THE SUNDAY STAR, Musigraphs INA PIOZET, lyric soprano, was guest soloist at the recent lawn fete given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Stark, in Takoma Park, by the Washington alumni of Brown University, Rhode Island. Mrs. Piozet presented an interesting group of songs before an unusually appre- ciative audience. Flora MeGill Keefer, Washington contralto, recently re- turnéd from a trip abroad, arriving in New York on the S. S. Paris. Mrs. Pablo Casall mous cellis| country is visiting Mass. well-known wife of the fa- . has just arrived in this m_Iarcelona, Spain, and friends in Stockbridse, News has been brought from Paris where Anna Pavlowa, ballet dancer, has just finished what is reported as having been an unusually successtul seaon, that the Russian dancer has gone to Spain especially to engage Spanish dancers for a ballet called “Don Quixote,” to be one of half a dozen new ballets to be presented for the first time in America when the tamous Pavlowa makes her tour here next season, including Washington again in_her itinerary. “Don Quixote’ Is a larger produc- tion than madume has presented over here for many years, including, as it does, a prologue and two acts. Laur- ent * Novikoff, Pavlowa's dancing partner, is said to have appeared in this ballet when first dancing in Moscow, and he will stage the new production of this work. The music 1 by Ludwig Minkus, composer, vio- linist and conductor, who was ballet composer for the Imperial Theater of Petrograd. He collaborated with Del- ibes on one ballet, Washing the New 4, un Mengelb next n is fortunate in having York Philharmonic Orches- r the direction of Willem & listed for a concert here spring. The inspiring perform- #iven here by that organization 1 4 with Brahms' *“First Sym- phony” as the feature of an unusual- Iy interesting program, has left local music lovers with happy memories and a spirit of eager anticipation for the coming season. It is announced that arrangements for the orchestra's ;:;ulr have at last been definitely com- leted. Mme. Leschetizky, widow of the great Austrian and herself a fine planist, will make her American debut in Chicago November 7, when she will be presented for the first of two ap- pearances with the Chicago phony Orchestra, Frederick conducting. This will be madame's Grst appearance in this country. Jascha Heifetz, violinist, is en rout for America after enfoying a Luro. pean holiday. His one professional concert abroad was in participation at one of the Beethoven festival per. formances under Walter Damroschs direction in Paris. Mr. Helifetz will spend the rest of the Summer ot his Narragansett Pier home and in short trips “through New England, = Mr Heltotz's Fall tour will begin in Octo- er and his schedule includes 75 concerta.” O 1° Seuson Music at George W‘ashin ton's Church Taday. 'HE following music, direction of Estelle g- under the Wentworth, will be presented at Christ Church, | Alexandria, Va, Katharine Seelye Wallace, organist: Morning service, 11 a. m, organ prelude “Intermezzo™ (Demarest): “Te Deum™ (Sch K offertory anthem, “Be Glad, O ve ‘l‘(!ghh'\ru!" (Goss); organ postlude, Triumphal March”’ (Lemmens). Eve- ning service, 8 p.m. organ prelude, ‘Noctur (Sheldon); anthem, “God Shall Wipe Away All Tears" (Field); gflertory, sobrano solo by Janet ickett; organ postlude, “P DY (Handeh . ¥ Fr oty The quartet that will posed o anet Pickett, soprano; Ali Strauss, contralt Ellsworth CD:!E dron, tenor, and Russell Cordrey, bass, & is com- Army Band Concert. A BAND concert by the Army Music School, Student Frank A. Bowen conducting, will be presented at Washington Barracks Friday evening at 7:30. The program will be: “Pilgrims’ March,” from “The Italian Symphony (Mendelssohn): ~ overture, Hunyady Laszlo” (Erkel); fox trot, * Arcady’ (Jolson from Eileen' (Herbert “Mighty Lak’ Rose” (N o for baritone, “1 Reve 4" (Millars) (played by William H. Lemay thre dances from “Henry VIII" (German); fox trot, Somewhere in the World” (Ayer): march, torm and Sunshine” (J. C. Heed), and “The Star Spangled Ban- ner.” a Mt. Vernon Place Music. The music_for today's services at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church South, under the direction of R. Deane Shure, will be as follows: Morning—Organ’ prelude, “Arlington,” “from “Lyric Washing- ton” (Shure), Mrs. Frank A. Frost; anthem, “Arm of the Lord” (Porter): soprang solo, Miss Blanche C. Bree- den; organ postinde, “Marche Reli- gleuse” (Adams). Evening—Twenty- minute organ recital by Mr. Shure; anthem, “The Radiant Morn” (Wood- ward): soprano_solo, “Let Him In” (Excell), Mrs. J. Frank Rice; organ postlude, “Marche Nuptiale” (Ganne). Navy Band Concert. A CONCERT will be given tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock, at the Capitol, by the United States Navy Band, Charles Benter, director. The program will include: March, “Men of Valor” (KIohr); overture, “Maritana” (Wallace): ballet, “Russe” (Luigini); fantasia for cornet, “Pret- ty Jane” (Hartmann), Bandmaster 3. 3. Courtney: grand scenes trom the opera “Boccacio” (Von Suppe); rhap- sody, “Northern” (Hosmer), dedicated to the Daughters of the American Revolution; excerpts from the oper- etta “Wang” (Morse); valse de con: cert, “Bleue” (Margis); popular s lection; “The Star Spangled Banner. Fire Protection. FIRE Chief Minnich, in charge of Mr. Ince's studio system, for 25 years was battalion chief of the Phil- adelphia Fire Department. He also was In charge of fire protection for the government at Hog Island during the war. Under him at the Ince stu- dios are 28 men trained in fighting fire, 19 alarm boxes distributed about the studio. A pump operated by mo- tor equipped to deliver 800 gallons of water per minute at a 70-pound pre: sure in 2%-inch streams 90 feet long, and 10,000 feet of hoSe furnish the streams. An electric pump connected with a storage tank holding 140,000 gallons can_also be connected with the Culver City water mains. Each stage has a special equipment of six 25-gallon and six 2%-gallon extinguishers and 12 buckets of sand. Dinner on Horseback. IRV[NG CUMMINGS, who directed “In Every Woman”s Life,” staged a. real novelty, a dinner on horseback, as one of the high lights of an un- usual picture. In this setting of 50 guests In even; ing clothes seated on the backs of thoroughbred horses surrounding & horseshoe of flowers present some of the most dramatic moments of the picture. The guests partake of a dinner E!aoed before them by butlers in unting uniform from a panier sus- pended from their necks. The horses are heM in place by grooms dressed in the colors of the racing organiza- tions, |always wanted to Comic Opera Company Prima Donna. MISS ETHEL With De Wolf Hopper, WALKER. ol Prima Donna Chose America Instead of King’ Tut ETHEL WALKER, prima donna of the De Wolf Hopper Comic Opera Company, which is having a prosper- ous season at Poli's Theater, “says that she came to America about a year ago because her mother flatly refused to give her consent to her daughter visiting King Tut's tomb. Miss Walker is an Australian. She was born and grew up in the land of the kangaroo. She states that she ng from the time when, as a tiny tot, she was taken by her mother to see the Christmas pantomimes, and conceived an intense desire to some time play the fairy ueen in these pantomimes. T gt my wish, oo’ said Miss Walker when talking about this sire, “for I had to play fairy queen for a three-year run. 1 have always zotten what I wished most to have. It is really remarkable. Now my biggest ambition is to play the tit role of ‘Madame Butterfly. 1 lov that role and feel that the music would suit my voice very well.” Miss Walker studled music in her home country, getting her foundation in volce culture with Aspray, and later including among her teachers Melba, the great soprano, who adopt- ed a feminine version of her beloved Melbourne, near which she was born, as her stage name. Her real name is Nellle Armstron After preliminary study and the pantomimes Miss Walker appeared in concert tours. musical revues and musical comedies. She developed an ambition to study light opera, o that she could sing Gilbert and Sullivan roles, but opportunity seemed lacking at the time. Then the Young sopranc decided to take a year's holiday, and reaching this decision at the time that every one was going to Egypt to inspect the private possessions of King Tut, her first desire was to go thither. However, mother's suggestion, came to the United She xays she can never be thankful enough that she took this course. Aftar touring this country sightse ing she met an old friend in New York ‘who was casting director for “Maid of the Mountains,” a Canadian musical play.” Miss Walker recelved the leading role, over which she i§ still enthusiastic, although she played it for five months on over Canada. Then it was was asked to join Mr. Hopper's organiza tion “How pleased my father was to hear of my actually being in so fine a npany, where I can study and sing the light opera roles! He always has loved his Gilbert and Sullivan, and now. when I go home, I can sing them all to him. It is'a wonderful expericnee to be with Mr. Hopper t it is hard work.” she added, aughing, “for T have had to learn every single role as I sang it. The whole company is kept busy practic- ing roles two weeks in advance of the current performance, and you can imagine how I feel on the first night when I go out in front, knowing that I must remember every word of the rolc as well as all the music. Miss Walker stated a decided pref- ce for her role of Mabel, in “Pi- rates of Penzance,” last week's pro- duction. 1t is a difficult role, from the musical point of view, involving much catchy coloratura ‘work and also a falr amount of emotional act- ing. She said also that she was in- terested in taking up the role of Nadina, which she playe this week, in that favorite of musical comedies of early vintage, Oscar Straus' “The Chocolate Soldier.” This young Australian singer has a soprano voice of delicate lyric qual- ity. Her planissimo singing is de- lightful. She alfo has command of great volume of tone and is a clever actress. Her poise and personality are charming. following Miss Walker States instead. her American Composers ETHEL GLENN HIER, THEL GLENN HIER, one of the youngest members of the “big five” group of American woman com- posers, who played some of their own works at the annual meeting of the League of American Pen Women in Washington last April, is one of the few woman composers utilizing the ultra-modern ideas for compogitions. At the present time Miss Hier {5 writ- ing a sulte scored for flute, oboe, violin, cello and piano, which is to be performed at the Composers’ Fu‘llva.l of Music to be given in Washington next April at the Authors’ Congress e League of American Pen r\”st'or:gn. This work should certainly prove unusual and interesting to look forward to. Miss Hier postponed for a month a trip planned for study in Europe so that she can arrange to attend this festival and not break up the “big five. Sthel Glenn Hier, known also as a fine pianise, was born In Cincinnati, Ohlo, of American parents. She was graduated from the Cincinnati Con- Servatory of Music, where she studied No under Hans Richard and.Mar- n Thalberg and_composition under Edgar Stillman - Kelley. Then she spent some time abroad, where she studied with Hugo Kaun. Returning to this country, she studled pia with Carl Friedberg and theory with Percy Goetschius, and was graduated from the Institute of Musical Art of New York City. Further study under Walter Henry Rothwell and Ernest ollowed. 3 G Bleh as’ ‘composer that Miss Hier has woA the heaviest laurels, how- ever, and public performances of her works Include: “Plano Sonata in C r,” at Cincinnati, une, 3{!‘:; 1913, New York City, 1917, 1918; “Scherzo for Orchestra,” June, 1918, in Cincinnatl; “America, the Beauti- ful,” for chorus and Orchestra, in June, 1919, by the National Federa- tion of Music Clubs, Peterborough. N. H.; songs, choruses and plano num bers played and surg by many promi- nent artists in New York, Berlin, Cincin- nati, Peterborough, Chicago and other ‘musical centers. ~Her musical set- tings of poems for voice, violin, cello and plano have been performed in New York by the Chamber Ensemble and the Euphonio Trio and in Wash- ington during the concert of the com- posers of the League of American Pen Women at the Shoreham Hotel, in April, by Gretchen Hood, soprano: Marjory M. Fisher, violinist, of San Jose, Calif.; Richard Lorleberg, cel- ilet, 'and the composer at the piano. Miss Hier playced her newest compo- sitions, entitled “A Day in the Peter- borough Woods,” dedicated to Mrs. Edward MacDowell at the Arts Club of Washington, April 25. ‘This composer is a member of the Peterborough colony, where she spent several summers, a member of the MacDowell Club of New York City, and has just been initiated as an ‘honorary member of the Delta Omicron National Musical Sorority in Cincinnati. Miss Hier was given an honorary degree from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music in 1922 and in April, 1924, was elected a member of the Composers’ Unit of the League of American Pen Women. She has been Styled “the iconoclasf She is a slender blond with a charming per- sonality, contrasting greatly with her performance and composing of such unusually modern music as the “Quartet,” which was played here in April. Romance and Main Street. Harry Beaumont's “Beau Brummel” flashed on the screen, those snuffboxes and minlatures, all the little niceties of a romantic age, ran like & recurring motif of musio through the story. “Far back in my mind,” says Beau- mont, “was alwavs a ‘feel’ for the delicacies of a more polished day, together with old chivalrous tales stored in my mind, when listening to my father. And ‘Beau Brummel’ was the first chance I ever had to really express the call of my blood.” But realism, got romance, hedged fn his megaphone in directing Sinclair Lewis’ “Babbitt.” - Pa:r Mra, Babbitt, with her always tragio eyes, was nervously making toast on an electrio toaster on the sideboard when her fat, egotistical husband blustered in and commenoced to get cross right away about his newspaper. “‘Main Street’” Beaumont says, “is a state of mind.” For this he also direoted. “But I would say that ‘Bab- bitt' is a state of being. And if the pictare, following in the wake of the book, rides as high, then a vogue of ‘Babbitt’ pictures will be started. For the art of motion pictures ad- vances through oycles That means the ‘home folks# story is going to have a run. And since nine-tenths of our audiences are made up of the middle class, these reflections of aver- age American life ought to do a great deal of good.” WASHINGTON, D. C. JULY 27, 1924—PART 3. A,rmy and Navy News By M. H. ARMY. In the appointment of Brig. Gen. Willlam R. Smith to be a major gen- eral, effective July 23, to fill the va- cancy caused by the retirement of Gen. Ulystes G. McAlexander for physical disability on July 22, the Secretary of War settled the ques- tion as to who will be the next com- mander of the 3d Corps Area. Gen. Smith is now in command of the Coast Artillery School at Fort Mon- roe, Va., and he will shortly be or- dered to Baltimore to assume his new duties as commander of the 3d Corps Arca. The vacancy in the grade of brigadier general created by the pro- motion of Gen. Smith was awarded to Col. Campbell King, commanding the 15th Infantry, American Barracks, Tientsin, China. Gen. Smith was appointed to the Military Academy from Tennessee in 1888, and prior to th World War served through the successive grades to colonel in the Coast Artillery. He was appointed a brigadier general in August, 1917, and was assigned to command the 62d Field Artillery Bri- gade, 37th Division. In June, 1918, Gen.' Smith was promoted to 'major general, National Army, and placed in command of the 36th Division, and commanded it in France. He revert- ©d to the grade of colonel, Coast Ar- tillery, on the conclusion of the war and was assigned to duty as chief of staff of the Philippine Department. On July 2, 1920, he was appointed a brigadier general, and has since com- manded the Sth rps Area training center, Fort Sam Houston, Tex., d the Coast Artillery School at Monroe. For his World War services Gen. Smith was awarded Ihl—,‘dl.\lll!' Zuished service medal by our Govern- ment and the Legion*of Honor by France. Considerable speculatfon is being indulged in by Army officers as to who will the next chief of staff on the separation of Gen. Pershing from the ive list of the Army. Though Gen. Pershing is due to re- tire for age on September 13, K!Il‘ Secretary of War has indicated that he would prefer that Gen. Pershing remain on active duty until March 4. Congress was asked to pass a bill by the Secretary wh ch w run\]' keep Gen. Pershing per anently on the active list, but opposition de- Veloped in certain quarters, which, no doubt, was the cause for Gen. Pershing requesting the bel‘r:—fary not 1o press the bill for passagc. There is a provision of lilv\\'. however, which authorizes the Secretary to continue Gen. Pershing on the active list with the latter’s consent. : The name of Maj. Gen. John L. Hines has been prominently men- tioned as the successor of Gen. Pershing as chief of staff on the lat- ters retirement. Other predictions being madae are that in \F.l» (\rnt. Brig. Gen. Hanson E: would |<.'r‘-:mu deputy chief of staff and Maj. Gen. Charles P. Summerall would be ap- pointed president of the Army Wa College. Whether or not 'fl-.n. ?Pr.« - ing remains on active duty u'i‘ll.‘;: all probability be announced shortly after the general returns from abroad. roval has been given Brig. Gen whlam b, Connor, commanding the American forces in China, for the es- tablishment of a language school at Tientsin, China. The staff of the school is_composed of Capt. Archi- bald D. Fisken, director, and four natlve teachers: It is compulsory for all officers to attend the school unless, of course, their tour of duty in China will terminate inside two or three months. English is not spoken in the class and instruction is given both to the Individual and as a class. Department special orders i et hiy week indicate the early re- triement of Col. James W. Furlow, ¥. A, Detailed {o the Quartermaster Corps in 1914, Col. Furlow was sent to Galveston for duty with the quar- termaster depot at that place. At this period. the Quartermaster Corps had only 25 motor trucks throughout the Army, of vario makes, s\r.\d the majority of them were at Galveston Becoming deeply interested in the question of motor transportation for military purposes, Col. Furlow fore- caw tha future, when the mobility of troops in the field would be largely Senendent upon its motor vehicular equipment. 'When the punitive ex- pedition was sent into Mexico, Col. Furlow was in command of one of the first motor truck trains organized and s a large factor in the train organizations which were developed At that time. When the expedition Was withdrawn, Col. Furlow was as- signed to the motor aransport shops at El Paso, where he reconstructed and repaired the vehicles accumulated as a result of the supply problen. of Gen, Pershing's command in Mexico. With the declaration of war against Germany, Col. Furlow was brought to the office of the quartermaster gen- eral as an expert on motor trans- portation. There he put into prac- Tical form and use the ideas on repair and training he had been formulat- ing during the years of his identi- fication with motor vehicles. The concrete result was the shops and training schools at Camps Holabird, Jessup = and Normoyle and other smaller training and repair units in the United States. The scheme of organization of the snops in France followed Col. Furlow's ideas. thority has been given by Ma. o Rrbert "G Davis, the adjutant general, for holding a special com- petitive examination for the appoint- ment of master and technical ser- geants, Chemical Warfare Service, Bctober 1. At present there are four vacancies in the grads of master ser- geant of this branch. Examinations will be held at all points wherever there is an indication among the en- listed personnel to take the examina- tion. It has been announced by the Secre- tary of War that Maj. Gen. George W. Read will be relieved as com- mander of the Philippine Department by Maj. Gen. James J. McRae Novem- ber 18. Gen. Read will be retired for age November 19. The next course for flying cadets to be trained as pilots in heavier- than-air craft will begin Scptember 10 at Brooks Field, San Antonio, Tex., while the course in lighter than air will be started at Scott Field, Belle- ville, 11l About 65 applicants for this course have passed their exami- nations and have been placed on the eligible list for enlistment or up- pointment at the proper time. It is expected that this number will be further augmented as a result of the examination held July 8. It is not believed that any more examinations will be held for the September class. There will probably be an examina- tion held in October and January, however, for _assignment to the heavier-ihan-alr class schedule for rch, 1935. = Mal-‘lying cadets now at Kelly Field are receiving their final training and should be graduated in September. They will then be appointed second lieutenants in the Air Service Reserve Corps and be rated airplane pilots. In this connection a number of former fiying cadets were succeasful in their examinations for second lieutenant, Regular Army, and received appoint- nts. ™ nlisted men and civilians between 20 and 27 years of age who have had at least a high school education, are zingle snd citizens of the United States, and who are interested in this training, may secure complete in- formation by addressing the chief of Air Service, Washington, D. C. NAVY. The establishment of a reserve officers’ training corps is now under consideration by the Navy Depart- ment. It has been proposed that a course of study for naval reserve officers be inaugurated one of the eastern educational institutions, at which one or two naval officers would be detailed as instructors in this m"\"um time the Navy - ment has recognized that there is need of a source of supply for naval reservists, aund in some respects War | Mclntyre. there is more need for special train- ing for naval reserve officers than there is for the Army. Requirements of the flect are gradually becoming more technical, and it is with great difficulty that ' officers merchant and pleasure vessels com- ply with the stringent Navy stipul tions. It is yointed out that reserve officers should have technical instrue- tion, but, of course, this cannot be given in’the classroom. One of the proposals which is being considered by the department is that after the students have completed their reserve course of study at the college they join the midshipmen on their annual” practice cruise. This will not only be an added attraction to the rescrve students, but will give them practical training on board a man-of-war. Though the selection of a university or the course of study has not been agreed upon as vet, it is believed that an experiment in this direction will be made dur the next school year. That the enlisted man problem is congidered to be of vital importance to the Navy Department is indicated in the appointment of Capt. John R. Y. Blakeley, U. 8. N, as director of enlistments in the Bureau of Naviga- tion. "All functions pertaining to en- listed personnel matters have been co-ordinated under this new office The director of enlistments will not only direct the recruiting, training and the distribution of enlisted men, but he will handle all reports pertain- ing to the enlisted force of the fleet. An_examination of chiel warrant and warrant officers who are candi- dates for appointment as ensigns in the Navy will be held on or about October 15, 1924, Applications for the examination must be received by the department not lter than September The following transfers in the Nurse Corps have just been nounced: Harriet K. Tohnson, nurse, U. S. N, from Naval Hospital, Was ington, 'D. 'C., ‘to Naval Hospital at Canacdo, P. 1'; Regina A. Crawford, reserve nurse, U, 8. N., to Naval Hos- pital, Norfolk, Va_. from al Hos- pital, Annapoits, Md.: Mary A. Kief, nurse, U. S. N., 'to_Guam, from Naval Hospital, Norfolk, V er, reserve nurse, L. Hospital, Canacao, P. L, from Naval Hospital, Norfolk, Va. 'Orders have been isxued detaching Comdr. Archi- bald L. Parsons, Civil Enginecr Corps, C. S. N, from duty as engineer in ch to the Haltian government, and ordering him to the Lureau of Yards and Docks. This is a tempor- ary assignment. and Comdr Par- sons will be given a permanent de- tail in the fall. Lieut. Ben Morcell, Civil Engineer Corps, U has been ordered detached from duty in Haiti upon the reporting of his relief, and will report for duty at the navy vard, Norfolk, Va. Ha will be relieved about September 1 For half a century there hav frequent attempts to take Observatory away from under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department, and there has just been published the final report of the Departmental Reor- ganization Board which has had under considerati the reassign certain institutions. Representat of the Secretary of Navy, the presi dent of the general hoard. and the more lengthy and detailed represent- ations made by the superintendent of the Naval Observatory depleting the atctivities of that institution and their primary importnace to the Navy were such ‘that a transfer of the observatory from under the control of the Navy Department was not even seriousiy considered. It is hoped that this wiil be the end of the attempts to take this institution away from the Navy. been Naval In addition to the contracts which have been let for forty of the latest Sperry gyroscope compasses for in- stallation’ on destrovers, modification will be made of ten old Sperry gyro compasses which, it is stated, will make them equal to hte new ones just contracted for. Great improve- ment has been shown in the second series of tests of the B ggs-Heyl earth inductance compass, a new type, which has just been completed on & destroyer. Further modifications and tests will be made, as which it is believed that a compass of this type will be found suitable for the Navy on board ship as well as for afrcraft. .Approval has been given by the Navy Department fof the following itinerary of the U. 8. Seattie from August’l to January 31. The follow- ing are the arrival dates at the vari- ous ports: During August, Navy yard and ports in Puget Sound: August 30, Port Angeles; Scptember 9, Honolulu: September 19, Lahaina Roads; Septem- ber Hilo; October 1, San Fran- cisco; October 11, Santa’ Cruz; Octo- ber 14, Monterey; October 1 Venice; October 20, San Pedro; November 1, S.nu Diego; ovember 16, San Pedro: November 20, San Francisco; Novem- ber 30 to January 31, Bremerton, The marking of papers of candi- dates who took the examination June 16 for temporary commissioned and warrant officer, United States Coast Guard, will probably be completed within the week | The United States Shipping Board has_established at the Mare Island navy vard a schoo! of instruction of engineers in the of fuel oil, care of brickwork, flue gas analysis, care and treatment of boiler water, etc, This course of instruction consists of five days’ fntensive training and is open to the personnel of the Coast Guard. Lieut. Comdr. ¥. A. Zeusler has re- turned to Washington from Mexico City, where he has been attending the meetings of the Inter-American Committee on Electrical Communica- tions as a technical adviser to the American delegation. Navy recruiting stations have been called upon by the Coast Guard to assist in the recruiting drive to bring up the latter’s strength from 4,500 officer: men to 9,000. Under Comdr. H. G. Hamlet a thousand of- ficers and men have been mobilized at the Philadelphia navy vard. The tagk of reviewing and report- = upon the thousand sets of papers as many officers who come up for promotion under the increase in the Coast Guard has been a tremendous one for the personnel board. Headed by Capt. F. S. Van Baskerck, the board is composed of the following members: - Lieut. Comdrs. George C. Alexander, Georize W. Davis, Lieut. Roger Wieght, Prof. Chester E. Dem- k and Ensign F. R. Baily, recorder. | Selection of the commanders for the destroyers has been completed, as follows: Amen—Lieut. Comdr, W. F. Towle, commander; Lieut. L. E. Wellis, engi- neer. Beale — Lieut. Comdr. R. R. Waesche, commander; Lieut. W. J. Kessler, _engineer. ' Cassin — Lieut. Comdr.' W. H. Hunter, commander; | Lieut. M. W. Corbett, engineer. Coyn- | ham—Lieut. Comdr.’ E5. D. Jones, com- mander; Lieut. Comdr. T. J. Odenh’al, engineer. Dawnes—Lieut. Comdr. G. | E. Wilcox, commander; Lieut. Comdr. . W. Cairnes, engineer. Henley— ut. Comdr. L. W. Kielhorn, com- mander; Lieut. R. S. Patch, engineer. Jouett—Lieut. Comdr. R. L. Jack, com- mander; Lieut. Comdr. F. H. Johnson, engineer. _ Patterson — Lieut. Comdr. M. J. Ryah, commander; Lieut. G. R. O'Connor, engineer.. Paulding—Lieut. Comdr. J. §. Daylis, commander; Licut. Comadr. J. F. Hahn, engincer. Porter— Lieut. Comdr. G. C. Alexander, com- mander; Lieut. Comdr. M. R. Daniels, engineer. Mine swecper Redwing— Lieut. Comdr. J. J. Hudson, com- mander; Lieut. Comdr. F. H. Young, engineer. After spepding more than two years in European waters, the 39th Division of destroyers returned to New York this week, being relieved by the 26th Division. 'A splendid rec- ord was made by the division in not only protecting American lives and property in the Mediterranean during the war between Turkey and Greece in 1923, but in the exchange of popu- lation be(wean‘ O;aec« ln(‘lh rt ey under the treaty between these two countries, as a result of which 252,000 Greeks and Armenians were trans- Ported in the evacuation of the coast of Syria.. On the conclusion of thelr ten days’ stay in New York, the Ed- sall, Bulmer and Parrott will proceed . s £ i and men on | Helen C. Hous- | a result of | “Little Jessie James.” P LITTLE JESSIE JAMES” celobrated its first year's run, July which day it reached its four hundred and twenty-third performance. The |first year's run included a threo week's preliminary tour to Long | Branch, Asbury Park, Stamford, Union Hill and New Haven. Four different actresses have appeared in the name part, Nan Halpern, Louisn Allen,” § h Caubl: and’ Wynne jibson, who is now playing the role & the year, it is claimed, 363,- witnessed the at- and the song hit, “I Love . been translated into 32 different languages, and is now being sung in Chinese and is also featured on Chinese mechanical records. The rights to produce the mu. comedy have been sold for Vienna, | South America, Cuba, France, Czecho ovakia, Italy,” Denmark, Swed Norway and HAnga So it ought to be good. Four companies take it on tour the coming season Was al VaiLi.vi;;farget. THOMES Meighan becomes a human rget. Permitting himself to ba shot at with live bullets at a distance of 100 yards for a scene in his latest, picture, “The Alaskan.” While the scene for the James Oliver Curwood {story was being made, a group of Stoney Creck Indians, excell marksmen with both bow and rifi. s8tood outside the camera lens, watch> Ing the shooting admiringly. Meighan drew a water bucket from a well, and while he held bucket in his bands, “Pardner one of the West's famous marl fired from cover at a distance vards. The builet, high-pow e~ -30.30. went through the bucket, drenching the player with water. Both the marksman and the wate bucket, held by Meighan, were in ths camerd lens for the entire shot. Manlot Man I Eaces: CHARLIE CROCKETT, film char- acter man, is declared to have more disguises than Sherdock Holmes ever dreamed of. Charlie has a new face for cvery day in the month. In fact, he has appeared in scores 7 motion pictures, yet has never worn the same face twice. The -qu change artists of the old vaudevilis stage are = pikers in com parison who can walk out of the door self and return somebody else. One evening he American Legion z., disguised an Prussian Arn < in laudator: Just when leave the pulled off his disg bacon. RBut it up of which he up the Jones, men, of 100 appeared dance in Douglas, officer of began at an it loo hall head first ise and saved his is one feat of make- never boas Art of Self Defense. CFARLES RAY is an all-around athlete and sportsman, boxes, rides horseback, plays golf and te He often puts on the gloves with friends his approximate size and weight, for while he has never gon¢ for boxing professionally, he be- lieves it is an accomplishment and a go0d form of exercise ‘Boxing should do for a man what & does for a girl" he says him grace and poise and makes an lighter on his feet. More- is a sensible thing and a right thing for a boy to know how to de- fend himself amd others, if need be, without resorting to the use of weap- ons. There is nb danger of a well- reared boy becoming a bully because of his strength.” in IN AN EGYPTIAN THEATER. The Play’s the Thing and Stage Settings Play No Part. Alice and Ircoe Lewisohn io Atlantic Monthiy. “We sat in a box reserved for Euro- peaf visitors (in a Cairo theater), sipped our oriental coffec and smoked, while the orchestra was tuning and the audience assembling. Opposite us the Moslem bourgeofse deposited their yashmaked harems behind a long screen of Nottingham lace cur- tain and then seated themselves be- low with the unveiled ladies of their acquaintance. Below us was the pit where gath- ered the rank and file of the audi- ence. complgtely native in tarboosh. kufieh and ga bya. Above us, packed to overflowing. was the gallery, for this was a gala night, when Munyra, the idolized singer of ballads, of opera, of lieder was to appear. As soon as the curtain rose we re- alized that the appeal to the audi- ence was through neither setting nor costuming, but purely through tho sentiment of the romance and tho personality of the prima donna. Haroun-al-Raschid, in red plash and cotton batting, with beard to match, harangued his grand vizier for many hours in a style reminrscent of the Sicilian marionettes. Our illu- sions of the romantic beauty aseo- cited with the “Arabian Nights” wera shattered by the ladies of the com- pany. Here was no sinuous allure of Theda Bara, but the hearty, motherly figure, £o popular among the ma- trons of Grand street. Munyra, impersonating a young lover, without any attempt at char- acterization, costume or make-up, held that audience by sheer force of personality and vocal technique. No gesture but the occasional swing of a rhythm, no pantomime but an oc- casional apostropho to the audience, ‘whoee thundering acclamations might have startled even Chaliapin. The really sensational moment of the drama came when the two lovers, flying for safety to the cover of tho woods, were overcome by the ro- mantic beauty of the moonlit night and lay cla#ped in one another’s arms on the floor, in the middle of a per- fectly bare stage; and yet the quiver that ran through the house was s intense as that produced by the most lurid moment of the “Jest.” STOPS. FLY FAR WITHOUT 100-Miles-an-Hour Birds Make Long Flights in Daytime. From the Popular Mecbanics' Magazipe. Flying at a rate of a hundred miles an hour, some birds can continue on the wing for a day without stopping. The vulture, it is said, can travel | great distances at this speed and oft- en stays in the air for a full day of flight. Many wild ducks and similar fowl attain almost as great speeds when migrating, while among small- er birds the swallow has been known to reach 90 miles an hour and to keep up that record for long stretches. i The eagle, despite its strength and big wings, seldom flies as fast as a mile a minute. The crow, though seeming to be a slow mover in flight, makes about twenty-five miles an hour, and the carrier pigeon does an average of 60 miles in the same time. The tiny sparrow can travel at 20 miles an hour, but only for very short distances. The wild goose does 100 for hours without appearing to slacken its pace during the entire time it is flying. to the Boston yard, while the Simp- son, McLeish and McCormick will go to Norfolk. Plans for the construction of a new mine-laying_submarine at a cost not to exceed $5,300,000 for construction and machinery and $850,000 for ar- mor and ammunition have just been signed by the Secretary of the Navy This vessel will be one of nific fleet submarines provided for in the 1916 building _program, three of Wwhich were authorized a number of years ago. During the week the first of these submarines was launched, andg it is expected that she will be Feady for service trials some time in the autumn. The others will be launched at a later date.