Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1925, Page 9

" WACE ROW CAUSES BULDING SLUNP Contractors See Many Proj- ects Stopped—Unions Deny Blame. RAM’S HEAD JUNIORS OPEN QUAINT THEATER Youthful Actors Present Three One-Act Plays in Garage Con- verted Into “Workshop.” of talented young ama- of the Ram's Head presented their Initial per- formance last night before a guest A group teurs, members Junior: THE EVE G SOCIETY , (Continued from Eighth Page.) Steffanson have gone from their New York home to Hot Springs, where Mrs. Steffanson’s aunt, Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood, is pgpending the early Spring. Mr. Arthur Francis Kelly has ar. rived from Ithaca, N. Y., and Is spending his Spring vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Kelly, Miss Ruth Morgan and Miss Gerry STAR, WASHINGTO Mr. and Mrs: Kemper F. Cowing. Entertainment for Bohemian Artist. The American Association of Uni- versity Women will have as its guest tomorrow afternoon the Bohemian artist, Mr. F. J. Rishawi, whose ex- quisite etchings are now on exhibi- tion at the clubhouse, at 1634 I street northwest. After the tea, which is to be given in his honor, and with Mrs. A. Burks Summers as hostess, Mr. Rishawi will give a short lec- ture. Miss Esther M. Sheehan and Miss Beulah L. Butts of 2700 Connecticut avenue, entertained Wednesday eve- ning in compliment to Miss Dorothy C., THURSDAY, APRIL 2 MUSIC Efrem Zimbalist delighted an ap- preciative audfence with a progrem at Poll's Theater yesterday after- noon with the assistance <f Emanuel Bay, one of the best concert accom- panists. Mr. Zimbalist's opening number was Handel's “Sonata in D Major,” In which the larghetto movement was given especially colorful interpreta- tion. It was followed by the Hubay “Concerto in G Minor,” with a ga§, liting scherzo, exquisite mnotes in the adagio, and a finale played with dashing surety of bowing and tone 1925 BAND CONCERT. By the United States Sol- diers’ Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall, this evening, April 2, 1925, beginning at 5:45 o'clock; John S. M. Zimmer- manp, bandmaster. March, “Thundering Cannons,” Wacek Overture, “Tambour Ger Garde,” Titl Romance, “Love's Sweet Hours,” Otvas “Songs of Hawail,” Lake Fox trot, “I Was Wrong," Westphal Waltz, “When Love Dies, Melange, VISIT OR NEW IISSES” DEPARTMENT FEATURING EXCLUSIVE MODELS DRESSES CLOAKS andience in the quaint Theater Work- Shop that may be reached by follo | ing a Greenwich Village type of alley | off prosaic Irving street near Six- teenth. There are just 49 seats in the theater. Tonight and Saturday night at 8:30 audiences that pay for | their entertainment will be admitted. With curtains and chairs salvaged from the first Ram's Head Playhouse in the Alexand¢r Bell home, the Theater Workshop 1s essentially vouthful and optimistic. It is a | cleverly disguised former gatage. Thelma Castle, John Bowling and | Margaret Bennitt were the three di- rectors of the one-act plays presented last and Robert Byrne and Pre Taylor designed deeidedly atmospheric settin Mr. Byrne for the first production, Mr, Taylor for the othter two. In “John and James," a tale of one whose wife and children suffered be- cause he absconded with bank funds, the four young actors, Betty Clark leddy Tenley, Robert Byrne and John SR Schellhaus read their lines well, 1t a While mf:‘: '\_":"""""""‘ bit deliberately. Mr. Tenley's char- eties et DR ' thelacterization was especially realistic. ar and the local unions are re-| "y Matter of Husbands,” written T e o cleni, MUindsl Mitenll, 76 erenc Molnar, deplcts 4 scene be- dent of the Iiternational Stonecutters supposedly famous actress i the warged that the bosses and |ang the worried wife of one of her about . stellke hEL rovid ‘_If)"('; infatuated admirers, The work fis bullaing operations. ¥ ¥ filled with clever lines, the satire of o) bbiot ah which was nicely emphasized in the Mitohell notated reading given by Julia Clements a he unton etones the actress. Leona Shoyer was su Sler n s e ncm..ul\- agitated in the less attrac- o tive role. oy hadEe icale the masters| " Oliphant Down's interesting version e bl Mo |of the always, fascinating tale of * pen Shop. Mr lPierrot and Pferrette, “The Maker Mitchell said it was plain to see that £ Dream: was' a charmin; finale. if the buildings trades unions insisted 51‘n» coetiiieh K;‘Nmmd B KPrenuna‘ ',l:,o,(,h:iul‘f;";'u. e T e age® | Taylor, were' beautiful ~_Although of the financial Interests und builders|210NE conventional lines, Plerrette's bring about . elosad. shop im|E0wWn and cape were given unusual shington. He said ther thaoP 10| color combination and the fantastic z & -+ sald that there WAS|garh of the Maker of Dreams with ‘\‘\lh\kllHnflhesfl on the part of the its chimmering rosiness and dozens the areare n he Drosperity {rom| . pecially appropriate.. Ruth Russell, the unprecedented bullding boom now | SePRFI4) T SOPIRRTR 104y "ot many L il high school theatricals; Robert : 3 ell sald that in all a stone-| gyrne and John Schellhaus acquitted gutter only earned on the average of | jhemgelves admirably $1.572 per year. : 4 Union to Wait Results, Mr. Mitchell mecutte: Lee Boswell, whose marriage to Mr. Charl 11 Cole will take place April sts were: Mrs. Nannie M. Boswell, Mrs. John Vickery, Mrs. arl Harbin, Mrs. L. Van Culin, Miss D. Wilkinson, Miss Roberta Boswell, Miss Louise Franklyn, Miss Helen M. Rhoderick and Miss Margaret Bos- well. Leopoldt Finale, “Only a Butterfly,” Hager ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Morgan, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Willlam Gerry Morgan, will entertain at dinner this evening in their home on Sixteenth street, and later take their guests to the Congressional Country Club for dancing. ENSEMBLES , 14, 16, 18, 36 AND 38 ONLY LIEBSTER 1307 F Street production. Sarasate’s “Jota Navarre,” a Spanish dance not frequently play- ed here, was the encore, In, the group of short compositions, Mr. Zimbalist's own improvisation of a Japanese tune was particularly in- teresting. It is filled with Oriental nuances, delicately woven into fasei- nating phrases. Mr. Kre(s‘kl’!” two compositions played, “La Gitana” and “Liebesleid,” were given With de- cided individuality of interpretation, ainger's “Molly on the Shore” also was included in the group. Sarasate’s difficult fantasie for the violin based upon. Bizet's opera themes ’'n “Carmen” was a sparkling last number. Mr. Zimbalist gave two encores, Yorke Bowen's ‘“Humor- esque’” and Drigo's ‘“Valse Bluette. The increased together with thr 1aving a program of clared today ontractors, wage controversy atened strikes, rious effect on the build Washington, it was de by several builders and who said that within the last two Meeks contemplated construction projects amounting to several millions of dollars have been held from the market Many of the propects, el, will be canceled ited, and Arthur L. dent of the Builder turers' Exchange, projects have already withdrawn, The latest I T German Mayor to Visit U. S. STUTTGART, Germany, April 2. Dr. Siglock, mayor of Stuttgart, is to attend the coming convention of the American .\lunlv-mql League and As- sociation of City Planning York. He intends also to tour the United States for the purpose of studying American municipal Institu- tions. The president and trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art have the hon- or to announce an exhibition of oil paintings, watercolors and etchings by Anders Zorn and Maurice Fromkes beginning and lasting until Sunday, April 26, snclusive. ladies of the Georgia State Club will have a luncheon at Nun- nally’s tomorrow from 12:30 to 2 o'clock. Mrs. BEdgar Maro is in charge. The hostesses are Miss Sybil Lorraine Almand, Mrs. Joseph Fen ley, Mrs. Gordon Green and Mrs. 5. Felker. M.s. Florence Jackson Stoddard of 2019 N street has &s house guest Mrs Alice De Witt Widdemer of Larch: mont Manor. Mrs. Widdemer's daugh- ter, Miss Margaret Widdemer, the} poet, will give a reading from her poems at the poetry festa of the In- ternational Art and Letters A tion, to be held at th e April 18, followed by a po tume ball. The contractors entir it mith, presi- and Manu- says that many been complete- is in New e The Home of Fine Furs Since 18 A Spring festival will be given at Poll's Theater April 24 for the benefit of the Girl Scouts, with the dainty little artists coached by Miss Minnie Hawke as the stars. Mrs. Coolidge is honorary president of the Girl Scouts, and the boxes have about all been subscribed for and blocks of seats have been taken. undertaking to Le with- $800,000 apartment h oln Memorial, it is ble that the situation does nct clarlfy itself, that this will be ibandoned. Most of the projects are being held in abeyance pending thz outcome of the present controversy us ossi- near the Lin . ’ v »f the Na- This year's convention of tl tional Retail Coal Merchants' Asso- ciation will be held at Atlantic City in May. Hekimian CLEANER of Fine Rugs—Carpets Repairing—Storing 1512 H N.W. Ph. Main 2063 Mr. and Mrs. Roland S. Robbins en- tertained at dinner last night for Mr. Patrick Rooney, jr., fon of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Rooney, the latter Marion Bent, the guests meeting after the evening performance at Keith's. The dinner celebrated the 16th birth- day anniversary of the actor, and there was & gay party, some of the members of which were chefs for the repast. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Rooney guests were Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Hard, Miss Jean Carroll, Miss Joan Vorhees, Miss Eva Mascagno, Mr. Louis Pelle, Mr. Eddie Kay, Miss Anita Nieto, Mr. Jack Daly, Mr. John evalier, Mr. Arthur. Scrivener and ange inthe Mrs, Calvin Coolidge will head the patroness 118t at a card party to be given by Columbia Chapter, No. 1 O. 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