Evening Star Newspaper, February 22, 1925, Page 11

ALUMNAE CALLED | | 10 REUNION HERE E Al Parts of Country Will Be Represented at Immacu- lata Seminary. The first reunion of the graduates of the Immaculata Seminary since its knund(ng 20 years ago will be held in WVashington March 1, 2 Alumnae from every section of the United States, Canada, Mexico ang Costa Rica are expected to attend. Sister Frances Helen, the first supe- vior, and Rev. Joseph Mallon, the first chaplain of the institution, will return for the festivities. Many of the graduates will see for the first time the new buildings which have replaced the plain, modest structure in which the seminary was established in 1905. The Institution now consists of three buildings, rep- resenting a cost of more than $1,000,- 000. The chapel is ranked among the most beautiful in the country. Chairmen of the chapters in vari- ous sections of the country are work- ing on the reunlon plans. They are: Mrs. George Haggerty, Philadelphia; Senorita Clemcia Mata, San Jose, Costa Rica; Mrs. Walter C. Coller, St. Paul, Minn.; Mrs, S. H. Wright Ros- nell, N. Mex.; Mrs. Frank Hart, Philadelphia; Miss Margaret Need- ham, Nashville, Tenn.; Mrs. Vincent P. Dooley, New Haven; Miss Mary Steele Wharton, Springfleld, Ky.; Mrs P. J. McAlready andina, Fla.; Miss Elizabeth Highlandale, Miss Catherine McMullen, Cumberland, Md.: Mrs. John J. Meade, Frfe, Pa.; Miss Margaret Weiter, Nor- folk, Va.; Miss Ellen Delli, Chicago; Miss Geraldine M. Smith, Montreal, Canada; Miss Dorothy Dowe, Mont- gomery, Ala: Mi La Verne Dooley, Saginaw, Mich; Miss Anna More Mullen, Brockton, Mass, Miss Mildred Mullen, Brockton, Mass.; Miss Alice Evelyn Hughes, Jackson. Tenn.; Mrs.. F. C. Jones, Montclair, J.; Miss Anna Marle Martt, Cin- cinnati; Miss Franck Darorsey, Dal- las, Tex.; Miss Alice Mullen, Parkers- burg, W. Va.; Miss Marie McMannus, Douglas, Wyo.; Mrs. Victor Strode, Portland, Oreg.; Mrs. J. H. Preston, sr., Providence, R. 1.; Mrs. L. N. Rogers, Mount Pleasant, Towa; Miss Regina Anisly, St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Leonard Weinberg, Baltimore; Mrs. Nancy Keenon Dawes, Parkersburg, W. Va.; Mrs. Dania_Chishelm, Eau Claire, Wis.; Mrs. Herman Flegal, Clear Field, Pa.; Miss,Viola Fitz Pat- rick, Lousville, K frs. D. C. Fath, Washington; Miss Catherine Greely, Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Mrs. James Gillin, St. Louls, Mo, Reception Committee. The reception committee, composed of Washington alumnae, follows: Miss Audrey Alexander, Miss Delphine Barr, Miss Vivien Barr, Mrs. Frank A. Bibersteln, jr.; Miss Averill Bogley, Miss Gertrude Daly, Miss Marguerite Daly, Mrs. Henry W. Driscoll, Miss Rebecca Fleid, Miss Grace Griffin, Mrs. J. Louis Gibney, Mrs. Josephine Gallery, Miss Mildred Garrett, Miss Edna Lester, Miss Eleanor Marshall, Miss McArtor, Mrs. Raymond C. Mill- er, Miss Dorothy Magee, Miss Regina Neligan, Mrs. Lucy Russell Ogston, Miss Angela O'Donnell, Miss Nativ- idad Pamintuan, Miss Caradad Pamin- tuan, Miss Angela Sullivan, Mrs. J. Willlam _Stohlman, jr.; Miss Beth Sheehy, Miss Florence Tucker, Miss Margaret Venable, Miss Rita Venable, Miss Margaret White and Miss Mary Walmsley. Miss Beth Sheehy Is chairman of the committee on badges and buttons. The entertainment committee has planned a banquet at the seminary and a concert by the students, a luncheon and bridge at tie White Peacock, a visit to the national shrine, and a tea in the home of Mrs. John J. Noonan. On this occasion Mrs. Thomas H. Carter and Mrs. Frederick Essary will pour tea and coffee, and they will be assisted by some of the younger girls. and 3. Jon URGES CLEANING ABBEY OF ECCLESIASTICAL JUNK Artist Wants Treasures Overhaul- 4 ed, So Public Can See Some Now Concealed. Correpandence of the Associated Press LONDON, February 4.—The pro- posal to overhaul Westminster Abbey so0 that more of its treasures and beauties may be revealed has led C. W. R. evison, an English artist, to remark that the Abbey is more like a departmental store than a church. The opinion that some of the mes beautiful things in the Abbey cannot be seen because of the overcrowded memorial statuary is shared by many lovers of the historic building, includ- ing Canon Westlake, the Abbey his- torfa “The proper course is to get rid st some of the ecclesiastical junk at present in the Abbey,” Mr. told the Westminster Gazette. “I think it could be cleaned out without offending anybody's susceptibilities. Ultimately many beautifu] things tould be discovered which cabnot now be seen.” ROW BETWEEN COUNSEL AND COURT HALTS TRIAL Former Object to Testimony of Defendant Communist Turn- ing State's Evidence. By the Associated Press LEIPZIG. Germany, The trial of the 16 communists for murder and terroristic acts, which has been under way here for several ¥ays, broke up in a row today be- tween Presiding Judge Neidner and the defense attornevs who objected to Fleix Neumann, one of the defend- ants, being’ used as a state's witness. The attorneys declared they would resign their .mandates if the court persisted in permitting Neumann to testify for the prosecution. Judge Neidner adjourned court till Monday. Today's testimony tended to show the connection of the Communist party with the so-called “terror” ‘groun. PERSHING GOES ON. PORT February 21.— ® SPAIN, Trinidad, Febru- ary 21.—The United States battleship Utah, with Gen. Pershing aboard, safled last right for La Guayra, Ven- ezueia While here, Gen. Pershing, accom- panied by the Américan consul and Admiral Dayton, visited the principal places of interest, including Asphalt Lake. He witnessed the opening of the new legislative council, a number of the members having been elected Dby the people for the first time in the history of the island. Heretofore, all the members of the council were nom- inated by the governor. _ Wants Gasoline-Plant Farm. & French scientist who has suc- geeded in making gasoline from plants has proposed that 500,000 suit- acres in western Africa be set aside for this vegetation, which would produce 90,000,000 gallons of peiroleum annually. The plants are ble | disappeared. Nevison | { morning. ) ducting easy. of a fibrous nature, commonly known -as broom plants, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, LEGINSKA FRANKLY DISCLOSES WHY SHE DROPPED OUT OF SIGHT Had Worked Herself Into Nervous Breakdown, Says Pidnist. Writes Music of Modern Kind and Now Goes Back to Concerts. 1 Dispateh to The Star. W YORK, February 21.—While her audience waited for her in Car- negie Hall on January 26, Ethel Le- ginska was wandering, hatless penniless, through _ the _dimly-lit streets of the lower West Side. She walked hurriedly and aimlessly, un- conscious of the city around her. Later that evening, while the po- lice were beginning their search for her, she was in a friend’s apartment, convinced her career as a pianist w: ruined. She sat down at her friend's plano and began to write music. She worked all through the next day. Since then she has been in seclusion near Boston, and during that time she has written a piano concerto. Before Miss Leginska makes her reappearance Monday night in a piano recital at Joplin, Mo., she tells in her own words why and how she vanished Asks Public to Forgive. The interview was given bhefore| she left New York, in the apartment of Mrs. Dorothy T. Bartholomew, a close friend. She declined to give| the names of the friends who aided her. She made this appeal to the| public “I'm ppointed my audi- 1 ask years 1| 1 had an had sorry 14 ence. 1 beg their forgiveness. them to remember the ten have kept faith with them, utter nervous breakdown. 1 worked too hard | She explained for the first time her movements on the night she disap- peared, of which she could recall all but about two hours. “I remember starting to look for a taxi to go to Carnegie Hall" she said, “it 1 had found one right away probably would have gone automati- cally. But as I slipped through on dark West Side treet after another, the world grew hazy and unsub- stantial. 1 must have walked for about two hours like this. 1 have no recollection of becoming unconscious, if I did, and none of the things clear- ing up for me again. 1 have no idea where I went ‘Worried About Coucert. “It was like being lnlennlyvpre- occupied and then coming to with a start, without ever being able to re- call what you were pre-occupled about. The thing that brought me up with a shock was the,realization that the concert must be over. “I felt desperate. I found I walked far down town. I did not have a cent of money. 1 remembered some friends lived near and walked miser- ably on to their house. I told them everything was over—my career, my work, my life, everything. I must have been badly hysterical. I told them the one thing I could not bear was to be found. They gave thelr word to tell no one and kept it. “I could hear music singing in my head. I asked for paper and sat down at my friend's piano and wrote My friend's wife had been a nurse and understood the condition I was In. No one spoke to me. Food was brought to the piano and I ate it with one hand. Telephoned Her Seeretary. “At last much of the music in my head was set down. 1 felt better and knew I could face people again. 1 remembered people must be wor- rled and must be searching for me. I telephoned my secretary, Miss L cille Oliver. I was persuaded to RO to the home of another friend out- side Boston, where there were air and sunshine. “I went directly to the train and from the train to my Boston friend's house. My clothes were sent to me. I returned to New York to Mrs. Bartholomew's apartment last Sun- day night. While 1 was outside Bos- ton I finished my piano conserto. I think it Is going to be very nice. | When Leginska, curled on a sofa, | had begun to tell of her breakdown,| her eyebrows had contracted nervous- 1y and she turned to the grand piano, as to a parent, to reassure herself it Was over. When she finished she turned her head as if the concerto, copied and printed, were already standing In the rack She was frank- Iy jubllant. The worried frown had Plays on Lap Keyboard. During interviews Leginska holds in her 1ap a Keyboard with perhaps 50 keys. As her square, muscular fingers worked constantly, she told what she meant when she sald she “has worked too hard.” “I begin at 8:30. o'clock in the morning. I practice for six or seven hours on the piano. 1 work on the musie I will play in my future piano | recitals. Then I study the score I shall use in conducting. Of course, there are always interruptions. I have to see my managers, have pho- | tographs taken, answer impprtant | letters—all the detail of this life.| When I finish my study, by evening, 1 am free to eompose. For the last tew months I have been finishing the things I wrote last Summer. I work on them until 2 or 2:30 o'clock in the “You see,” she said, “I sleep very lightly. It's been years since I have had what is called a sound sleep, All through the five or six hours each night I gleep I wake at every unusual sound, Of course’—this was added apologetically—"I try to get out in the air. Once in a while I have & little walk just before I go to bed.” Practice Exhausting Work. Piano practice as a professional does it is exhausting work. Usually it is done in two-hour stretches. Neither is study of scores for con- Leginska is the first woman conductor in this country. She led the New York Symphony last month. Next month she conducts the People’s Symphony in Boston. She must know each score, so that she can. recall effortlessly the hidden meaning of each phrase. An evening of actual conducting, she said, is the hardest kind of physical work. After a 10 or 12 hour day Leginska com- poses. Before she disappeared there were months of this in the gaunt house on West Twenty-seventh street. Before that there were months when she was studying In Germany to be the first woman conductor, making her debut, composing six major works and practicing, always practicing. Behind the terrific impulsion which drives Leginska's slight body as no Mediterranean pirate ever drove his oarsmen Is the desire “to write cour- ageous music” From the core of her past life comes the energy which for five years has crackled in her self-made prison of work. only 35. “I have lived a great deal” she said. “I have had many beautiful things in my life and many unhappy ones. I find now I need little com- panionship.” Writes ‘Modern” Masic. Leginska's “courageous music” is “modern” music, which falls harshly on an unaccustomed ear. There are only a few musicians in the world writing in a new idiom. She is the only woman. She mentioned warmly as a colleague Leon Ornstein, of great genius.” and | § | mendous She is now ([ffl she said, “they must create. There is no use ying with variation what has been said before. 1w people to like the music 1 write. othing Is as warming which greets the first performance of some- thing one has written. But if people don’t like it, 1 g0 on just the same." After as the applause must the drain energy persistent played that made by on her tre- composition comes the effort to have her Added woman. Men have pianists, the great the great composers. They eager to hold out a hand to the talented boys they know will succeed. A giri is an incident, only to admitted when she is too brilliant to be ig- nored “It will not be as difficult women who come after me,” she said, “if 1 am a good conductor, if I once prove a woman can conduct a symphony orchestra, no other woman will be refused simply because <f her sex If 1 can cut down a few trees, i can make a smooth path for the great woman musicians who I know will follow me, I shall be happy. and ed fact she been the great conductors and music apprecis to is the is a for the “If any one wants to’ cre BATHERS MAY USE COLUMBIA ISLAND Survey to Be Recommended, as Tidal Basin Beaches Seem Doomed. ‘Washington's two Tldal Basin bath- ing beaches—the one which has been used for vears, and the one for col- ored people, which s only in the course of construction—are to give| way, provided the House approves the conference report on the Dis- triot appropriation bill, to the ad- vance of park beautification in the District, and there seems to be littie doubt now that such will be the case. The Senate has approved the confer- ence report and the House conferees have agreed to it As soon as the matter is settled it is planned, according to Lieut. Col Clarence O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, to ask for an emergency deficiency ap- propriation of $40,000. This will be necessary, it Is estimated, to clea away the buildings at the old bathir beach and take out the construction already begun on the new colored bathing beach, and make both of the sites conform to the plan for the rest of the shore around the Tidal Basin Temporary Sites Planned. 1t is understood that the conferees are willing to have an emergency de- ficiency appropriation reported pro- viding for the locating of temporary sites this Summer at some point along | the Potomac River. but Col. Sherrill| said yesterday that It had not been determined where they will be located. | It is the plan ultimately to 1 te both beaches on Columbia Island, the land which is being thrown up on the | Virginia side of the Potomac near the Highway Bridge, .but there will be some necessary improvements tp be made there before this can be done There is no disposition on the part | of Congress to deprive the Washing- ton public of bathing beaches, but it | is belleved that the time has arrived | to take them out of the Potomac Park section, and perfect the beautifi cation around the Tidal Basin The conferees have recommended that the Secretary of War be au- thorized and instructed to make a wurvey of the Potomac River nearby | to | destrability of locating 29 a2y FEBRUARY 1925—PART 1. PARK IMPROVEMENT DOOMS OLD AND NEW BATHING BEACHES dal Basin and below it, the work which has been done Sherrill will ask $40,000 to remove the beaches and re- t ix planned, will be replaced elsewhere. Photographs A front view of the old bathing beach pavilion on ' toward conxtructing the mew beach for colored bathers store the Tidal Basin to its original beauty. The bea were taken yesterday, ting of | permanent location of the beaches. is not | In the meantime, while walting for on the | Congress to act on the District ap- determine the and aches report practicab the ity dy by the time of the gress in December. on the river, and to h time now .te take action Seventh and' Eye Streets. uality‘ the Controlhng’ Consideration FURNITURE occupies such an important place in the family life that it merits the utmost discrimination in selection. IT isn't for the generation. bought for the whim of the moment—but to endure In type and character it must have appealability. 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A salute of 13 guns will be fired wnen Admiral Wilson's flag is hauled down and another salute of 13 guns will at- tend the hoisting of his successor's emblem. Admi and Mrs. planned to leave noon for Washington. He will be the guest of honor at a banquet tendered tomorrow night by John W. Weeks Secretary of War, who was a ¢ mate of Admiral Wilson's at Naval Academy. Admiral Wilson the last member of the class of 1351 to be retired from active service, Wilson have Annapolis before the Clover Crops Increasing. 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