Evening Star Newspaper, August 9, 1925, Page 52

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON , D. C, AUGUST 9, 1925—PART 3. MUSIC BY HOWARD P. BAILEY. HE rejoicing by art Icvers at the acceptance by the Corcoran Art Gallery of the W. A. Clark collection, a move which they hope will be the f t step in making Washington the art center of the Nation, nds an echo in the hearts of the devotees of another art, who also have high hopes for the future of the Capital. With the coming session of Congress a determined drive is to be made for passage of the Fletcher bill, aimed at the ultimate establishment in the Capital of a great national conservatory of music. This conservatory would go far toward centering in Washington the music more Italian. Germa Many worshiy has of composers. harmonies have been foreig They have delighted ca »f her ings T I activities of the United States. It would q lous thing, the American school'of music, to rival the . French and other schools. turning in the way of music to study what America ave found a wealth of talent possessed by her in y have found that the centuries of background heretofore evelop that at present their attention lately from the the fluent melodies and exquisite believed necessary to the proper atmosphere in a composition are more or less a myth cal necessit of A d g sorrow , the joy charm as the folksongs of Europe o have begun to realize, isades of the Hudson wi Rock ly an master America can look for it a wea They have found a wonderful depth of feel- composers agedy that scarches out the deepest corners of the gayety of young love and innocence, the serious tech- They have found in the song of the Indian and the lave melodies that, viewed with an unbiased mind, hold as much They have found the heart- like the traveler who has discovered supply beauty as well as the Rhine tains tower as magnificently as the Alps, that Ith of beautiful mus ¢ for those who will but A ok S Nole But proficient t not composition that they have found Americans They have heard singer after singer and artist after artist with various instruments prove the ability of Americans to sing or pl They somet purs have heard great choruses. cted artist afford, sc _Ofter neath, the a box ¢ gif ¥ developed traction They sometimes one who needs development that times one who has nothing but the nascent have found talent on all sides, ey have had to lift the mask of a foreign name to find, be- American who has been driven to subterfuge to make himself { They have found two great problems and one minor one that would be solved need of ng with seople at lar tha bel usic. is not s are solved 5 s a rul Many an has drawr music, per ted appla of music : past enthusiasm usua re them a fe d the experie solution of the two greater ones. ng America’s musical resources and the need of develop- e the latent ability to understand and glory The minor problem is to convince the people vital 1o the quality of the product being pre- 1. This question, however, will answer itself as the two ly stands forth on the pages of his program. st of music, but a feast of strange flavors and e and understanding of his auditors. They have found the s . have been much maligned as a nation of non- artist has gorie upon the platform and given of to leave the stage crying “They are cold. They do not the immediate conclusion that the audience does because heghas sung or played of the best and has rmance was highly artistic. can mean but one thing to him in the light of 3 experiences But too often the fault is not with the audience. The failure to receive and the comments of critics. The real cause for He understood the cagerness of those beyond the footlights, who have it is they McCorm he few could find a goes bei w is audience and sin, > un nd the int has to be- rming 1 wh should he Devotee that_causes him a light melodious com- @ e ard in a_concerto. ch music, per- highly cultured type must of necessity be Yet at a con- the Flonzaley 1ber the given artet 1 program M t that met e marvelc nusic. cert e by the one number enthusiasm w of Eves. quartet with most 1s rendition e Only With Thine The wonderful the performa odious works well refute the charge that America s not musical. The_ instinct music is widespread ympathetic understanding. Backers the proposed conservatory believe t students developed in this coun- 1ry and taught program building here will be ely to make the error of “ed their audience.” They will be more likely to perform the works will best please their hearers with a sprinkling of the high er types of mu This, in time, would overcome the dread of an eve- ng of boredom that Keeps great numbers from attending concerts The foregoing, of course, makes an exception of those who are really well versed in music, but their numbers are comparatively few in the land. i bill does not go into to the curriculum, the proposed con rvatory ly provides a small sum for ar ation of a general plan by experts with a time limit set for a report on the project with com plete p to be worked out It does propose that the conservatory 1d be ablished here with branches later other cities where they would best serve the country at large. It includes in its proposed in structlon work along every line of from composition to perform with study of the history of The regents would seek the available, and the funds iting expenses would come m private donation and tuition charge for those who could pay tui- tion. All Congress would be asked do would be to provide suitable building Many ed their less ating The Fletcher minute detail ail as form or e nt mer invest iculars usic nce, prominent people have pledg ipport to the proposed con- They will provide an en ant that will take care of some puy in the opinion of those backing the plan, and this, with the tuition from the 500 paying pupils expected to come to the conservatory after it becomes established, would provide for the upkeep of an institu tion giving instruction to some 1.000 or so students in various lines. This would the nucleus that would eventually make the United States " pendent, leaders of the helieve n is t movemer Washingt the conservatory, vinced for many capital, it is the n ideally situated for experts are con reasons. Being the itural place for the centralization of a government activ- ity. The conservatory could develop under the eves of Congress where its needs and_accomplishments could be ascertained at first hand. Its prog- ress would be viewed with sympathet- ic eves, for there are many in Con- gress who are accomplished musicians themselves. For example, Speaker Longworth is highly proficient as a violinist, Representative Wood yum, an unusually fine baritone, is t present song leader for Billy Sun- For the next four year: presiding officer of the Senate also may be included in the rank of musicians, for Vice President Dawes attained national recognition as a composer through his “Melody” that is familiar to almost any who listen in on radio programs. * X X X Along with the study of music must £0 study of other things as well. The old belief that a musician must be an eccentric sort of being who is fortu. nate enough to possess a talent that stands between him and starvation has long since been exploded. In these davs a musician, to rise to the first rank in his art, must be highly intelligent and highly educated. He must be versed in the languages and histories of various peoples. He must be a psychologist, and he must have that musical eloquence that carries personality as well as tone across the footlights to his audience. A conservatory established here would have the advantage of being able, for a few years at least, to confine its work entirely to the musical end of the education. Washington is well blessed with universities and semi- naries where the conservatory students is gould get the other instruction neces-/ treat for theme ) of their time and money d all the cuthusiasm for which he yearns. John ck, for instance, finds no cause for complaint at his reception, for would cheapen himself | In ptions given o | of | his need. | magnificent church structure, he will | soon have the Cathedral 'y to come to hear him, and what to them all and not to the favored cacies of the more advanced compositiol great failing that many |sary with credit allowed by the c servatory for work completed outside. this way, during the struggling years to establish the conservatory, rformer of his rank | every effort could be centered on the development of the musical tion. instruc- * % k& Atmosphere is also vital to the music student. Thousands yearly travel to Europe to absorb the emo- N er, out of an entire tions of the age-old cities and nations. including a Beethoven and | Youthful Washington can supply an unlimited fountain of emotion. A s | student wishing to sense the tragedy rink 1o | of an oppressed race, the suffering of terrible conflict and the quiet patience the great pain borne with the expectation of uitimate triumph, he need but visit the Lincoln Memorial for |and sit there quietly for a time and Tt only needs | look into the face of the Emancipator. If he wants to feed his soul on beauty of architecture and decoration, the Library of Congress will supply If he wishes beauty of of Saints Peter and Paul and the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception at Catholic University. He can find a glorious interior now in the Shrine of the Sacred Heart. The parks and monuments, the trees and flowers, the art galleries | and the legislative halls will combine to give him an education within the few square miles of the District that would require months of travel and great cost to acquire abroad. The wide thoroughfares and more sedate population would be more conducive to study than the cramped streets and hurrying people of other large cities. It is because of these things that Washington has been chosen for the conservatory. The activities, musi- cally, of the Capital are many and varied already. The conservatory would provide a center around which they might revolve and would, in the opinion of those back of the plan. soon make Washington the musical Ca'mwl of the Nation. o Aids ‘American Composers. In an effort to aid American com- posers, Florence Stern, the young Cali- fornia violinist, who recently returned from Europe, recognized as one of the outstanding figures among the world's virtuosos, is to appear in three New York recitals next season, and for her third recital offers to introduce Amer- jcan compositions that have never been played before to the public any- where. Miss Stern requests the composers to submit thelr manuscripts to her management, the American Concert Artists’ Bureau, of 1425 Broadway, New York City. This management | was organized for the purpose of pro- moting American music and musi- cians. The management further an- nounces that no outside critic will be called in, but that Miss Stern will be the sole judge. Several numbers will be _chosen. Miss Stern's third recital will take place on March 10, 1926, and she therefore requests the composers to send their manuscripts as soon as possible so as to give the artist plenty of time to consider. Sousa Coming in October. SSTRY to Keep Your Feet Still!” has been adopted by Lieut. Comdr. John Philip Sousa and his 100 musi- cians and soloists as the slogan for the thirty-third annual tour of Sousa’s Band, appearing in Washington. Octo- ber 7 for two performances, matinee and evening. This season’s program will include “Co-Eds of Michigan,” Sousa’s own waltz composition, and the Sousa fan- tasy of syncopation, entitled ‘Jazz America,” -in which he will give a Sousa interpretation of modern dance music. Tots Try Out With Mary. MORE than 300 children, from babes in arms up to 12 years of age, erowded on to the stage at the Mary Pickford studio recently while Mary picked out 10 youngsters for her forth- coming production, “Scraps.” Peculiar “types” were wanted, be- cause of the nature of the story, which deals with a baby farm in a swamp country. “The hardest work I have in pic- tures is to chose children for parts,” Miss Pickford said, when it was over. T do o0 hate to refuse the little ones who have set their hearts on playing with me. There was solace for the disappoint- ed tots, however, for Miss Pickford had ordered gallons of ice cream. as a s l OPERA STARS TO SING AT AUDITORIUM LUCREZIA BORI Marine Band Concerts. The following are the programs for two concerts by the Marine Band to- morrow: Marine Barrack: liam H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, second leader, conducting. March, “Men of Valor” (Klohr); over- ture, “The King's Lieutenant” (Titl); valse serenade, “To You' (Czibulka) nd_scenes from “Madame Butter- (Puccini), “Melodie” (Friml), valse de conce “La Gitano (Bucalossi); thrée quotations, (@) “The King of France Marched up the HIL™ (b) I, Too, Was Born in Arcadia,” (¢) “In Darkest Africa” (Sousa); marines’ hymn. “The Halls of Montezuma'; “The Star Spangled Banner.” Franklin Park. Fourteenth and K streets northwest, at 7:30 p.m.. con- cert by a section of the United States Marine Band, Taylor Branson, second leader, conducting. March, “The E ning = Star” (Stannard); _overture, ‘Rosamunde” (Schubert): “Serenade’ (Drdla); excerpts from “The Chocolate Soldier (Strauss): “Canoeing™ (Pryor): valse interme: La Lettre de Manon™ (Gillet); grand scenes from “Rigoletto” (Verdi); “The Star $ gled Banner. The Marine Band also will play concerts as follows: Tuesday., August 11,-Mount Alto Hospital; Wednesday, August 12, United States Capitol; Thursday, August 13, Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds: Friday, August 14, St. Elizabéth's Hospital; Saturd Augu 15, Sylvan Theater, Monu ment Grounds Army Band Concerts. The Army Band, Capt. R. G. Sher- man commanding. and directed by Capt. W. J. Stannard, will render its first concert of the week tomorrow at Dupont Circle, Nineteenth and F streets northwest. The concert wil commence at 7:30 p.m On Tuesday Assistant Bandleader L. S. Yassel has prepared an attractive program for the regular concert at Walter Reed General Hospital to be. gin at 6:30 p.m. Included in the list of numbers will be found the overture “Rakoczy,” by Keler Bela: “Valse des Fleurs” by Tchaikowsky: selection “Don Cesar de Bazan.” by Massenet, at 5 pm.. Wil will s, and a piccolo solo, “Through the Air,” | performed by Master Sergt. Harry Kravetz, Thursday evening will be given over to a concert at Garfleld Park, Third and F streets southeast, commencing at_7:30. Friday, August 14, will find the Army Band at Washington barracks, Where, under the baton of Capt. Stan- naré, it will present the week’s most impressive program; special attention being called to the following: Over- ture, “Maritana” (Wallace); selection, “The Bohemians’ (Puccini), suite, “L'Arlesienne” (Bizet). The opening march will begin at 6:50 p.m. and the concert continue till 8:30. To Produce Phantom. HURSTON, the magician, has ac- cepted the challenge of the Uni- versal Pictures Corporation to pro- duce a phantom during the prologue of “The Phantom of the Opera.” He further offers to produce a phantom ng the prologue of the picture in which it is shown. Uni- has agreed to pay $1,000 to any one who will successfully nego- tiate this test. Their challenge was throughout the country six months ago. Famous scientists were ap- proached by Universal to assist them il this quest, including Sir Arthur Conan_Doyle, Sir Oliver Lodge, Ca- mille Flammarion, before his recent death, and Dr. Walter F. Prince, president of the American Society for Psychic Research. They did not sug- gest any one who would accept this challenge. Thurston’s acceptance arrived just as the committee was about to aban- don the idea, but he has made sev- eral stipulations. He will be required to give no advance public demonstra- tion; his presence will not be required at the theater, he reserves the right to produce any kind of phantom that lies within his power, and the theater will be thrown into absolute darkness during that period. Universal's efforts to produce a phantom during the prologue have been spurred by criticisms. It is claimed that the character of “The Phantom of the Opera,” as depicted by Gaston Leroux, the author of the story, is the conception of an over- grotesque imagination. Before writ- ing this story Mr. Leroux made care- ful investigation into the history and the records of the opera house and concluded that the authenticity of his character is unquestioned. broadcast ‘Opera Comique Revived. AT New York will have an opera comique company during the com- ing Winter is announced by Milton Aborn, who has begun plans to this purpose, and who expects soon to de- cide upon one of several theaters now under negotiation as the home of this form of entertainment. The popularity of opera comique in America was given impetus by Oscar Hammerstein's introduction of Offen- bach's “Tales of Hoffmann” nearly 20 years ago, and the public fancy in this direction was strengthened by the later serles of similar offerings in the Century Theater. Several times during the past dec- ade the establishment of an opera comique company was contemplated in New York, and announced by var- ious managers. New English translations are now being made of several Offenbach operas, some of which have never been heard in this country, including “La Belle Helene,” “Madame Favart, “The Drum Major's Daughter,” “The Grand Duchess,” “Jolle Perfumeuse,” “La Perichole” and others. M Aborn_also plans to present Lecoq “The Little Duke” and “Madame An- got,” Milloecker's “The Beggar Stu- dent” and “The Black Hussar,” Cha saigne’s “Falka” and Suppe's “Clove and “Boccacio.” Such modernization and_Americanization is to be applied to these works as is necessary. + Mr. Aborn plans to open the seri REINALD WERRENRATH Series for Stu Some opera of Amerlca’s stars leading grand and world famous artists from ad_will be heard in Wash ington this Fall and Winter, for the first time at popular prices. The series of concerts will be given at the Washington Auditorium in con junction with similar series in New York, Boston., Philadelphia. Chicago and San Francisc that have been arranged to encourage American in terest in the best music by an organ- ization which has handled the world’s premier artists for 40 vears Louise Homer, the contralto who was voted one pf America’s 12 great t women, will be among the artists to appear he Others will be Lucye- zia Bori, leading soprano of the Met- ropolitan Opera Company; Josef iof- man, famous pianist; Albert Spalding, a literary play is SSTHE place for T d not on the between cove stage of a_theatel s said to be the belief of John Iden, original pro- ducer of “Chicken Feed' and other successes predicated on the insight that American playgoers like clean solden Frankly, I am a commercial mana- ger and I do not think that anything is great unless it succeeds. The Shakespearean plays, so far as_we considering agree in any called artistic the times, and I do ot particular with the s group which rates ‘artistic successes’ plays of a foggy nature dealing with problems and unpleasant subjects. “I think a play of American life and manners which runs several months or years to crowded houses in every part of the country is more worthy of acting as a classic than a ‘highbrow’ work which falls to pay expenses after a reasonable tryout Give me the opinions of those who have paid for their tickets, rather | than the views of those who set them- “The Wanderer” in New York August 19. ‘“T'HE Wanderer” world premiere Theater, New York C night, August 19. It it will attract a patronage that will keep it housed in the Criterion for at least u v Raoul Walsh, who directed “The Thief of Bagdad." that colorful and ambitious picture from Douglas Fair- banks' studio, directed derer.” which is the story of the wan- dering boy—old as the ages and new as tomorrow morning's paper, by Mau- rice V. Samuels, who, ten years ago, wrote the play based upon the Biblical story of the prodigal son and upon a German dramatic version by Willlam Schmidtbonn. This play was produced by David Belasco in association with Elllott, Comstock and Gest at the Manhattan Opera House in 1917. It played to capacity houses for 50 weeks. Among the players in “The Wan- derer” are Greta Nissen. William Col- lier, jr.; Ernest Torrence, Wallace Beery and Kathlyn Williams. A Greek boy by the name of George Ri- gas, who was seen in “Omar, the Tentmaker,” carried his part in “The ‘Wanderer” so well that he has been signed to a five-year contract by Fa- mous Players. The Criterion Theater, New York, is being remodeled for the opening of the spectacular film. o Woman Magician in “The Tea!er.. NE of the world’s few feminine magicians has forsaken the sci- ence of deception for the screen, for Margaret Quimby, Follies beauty, and the only woman member of the Na- tional Society of Amateur Magiclans, is now playing before the camera and is one of the celebrities gathered from the stage and screen for “The Teaser,” the photoplay starring Laura La Plants, with Pat O'Malley a featured player, which will be shown here this week. She was traveling with the Keith vaudeville circuit as a dancer and played on the same bill with Herbert Brook, the famous card manipulator. She became interested in card tricks, and Brook gave her lessons in magic. When, some years later, she arrived in Hollywood to go into pictures, she was proclaimed by Jerry Ash, dean of the Soclety of Magicians, and a neph- ew of the great Albini, one of the cleverest card manipulators he had ever seen. The only other woman magician, so far as Ash knows, is Adelaide Her- mann, widow of the late Alexander Hermann. is to have its t the Criterion ty, sWednesday Pretty Girls Made Happy. ANAGER LAWRENCE BEATUS of Loew's Palace Theater and representing the Loew interests in Washington, last Monday. gave a luncheon at the Hotel Washington in honor of Misses Daisy and Violet Hilton, the little English girls, who are being exploited as the San Anto- nio Siamese Twins, and for the pur- pose of bringing into more intimate view by the newspaper representatives and other guests the charming person- alities of these two young women whom God hath put together and whom no man dare put asunder. It was an affair rendered more than pieasant by the fact that the young celebrities, save in the tie that binds, are in all respects sweet, innocent, normal girls, who have made them- selves even greater wonders by the fact that they can dance with part- ners, play tennis and do a great many. seemingly impossible things, and stiit regard themselves as ordinary human beings and not freaks. The union of their bodies is most intimate, render- ing a surgical separation simply im- possible, Il Know, were successes at the box office, | dark, | abstruse | is thought that | “The Wan-| JOSEF HOPMANN c_lents planned | the foremost American violinist; Rei- nald Werrenrath, buritone, Bdward Johnson, tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company; Thamar Karsavina, Russian dancer, and her ballet with Pierre Valdimiroff; the Cleveland Or chestr under Nicolai Sokoloff, con- | ductor;” Benno Moiseiwitcsh, Russian pianist, and the London String Quar- tet 1 to be the finest of its kind. To enable as many students and lov ers of music as possible to attend the concerts, one thousand of the Audi torium’s six thousand seats will be ‘[Hhv\] 50 cents each, Mrs. Peggy | Albion’, 1814 G streer northwest, local manager of the series, Announces Popular-priced -concerts by opera lead ers probably will be given to more cit fes next year, according to plans of the national managers of the series. | selves up as judges of 'what is good and what is bad; from the artistic standpoin as distinguished from the moral standpoint, I mean “When I bufld a play keep in mind the popular appeal use the same principle. I would use if building an airplane. 1 want a machine that will iy and not a lofty tumbler that is a success in re. stricted area. These artistic successes have their niche the bookshelves but not on the ‘ds of posular 1 frankly 1 1 | h ! . Golden believes the second fac tor in success the title. More plavs; he avers, have been ruined by bad titles than by bad constguction. Several vears ago Golden decided to produce all his plays under the trade mark of ““Comiclean” plays. He has a definite chore in the theater world nd an important on In addition to Chicken Feed.” Golden has sponsored | such productions “Turn to the | Right"; *“Three Wise Fools™; “Light | n The First Year’ ‘Dear Me" “Thank U pite Corner” and eventh Heaven.” Not one of these ! plays has run less than a vear.” Washington‘s Newsboy Caruso. AUSTIN LEROY LAWREN: 12-year-old son of Mr. R. J. Lawrenson, of this | made the patrons of the Rialtd Thea ter sit up and take notice last week, is & shoot of fine old stock that asserted itself years and vears ago in this city | where his grandfather and his gre: | grandfather before him were pre nently connected with the postal service. Austin, however, started his career in the newspaper world and for some time has been one of The Star's most intelligent, accomplished and faithful carriers. Besides a voice that has earned him the compliment “the boy Caruso.” he has cleverness and dramatic intelli- gence that should enable him to make his mark in the world theatrical, for he is now to transfer his allegiance to that fleld, having accepted an engage- ment with Harry Von Tilzer, the mu sic publisher, for song exploitation. Star boys do not fail in their under- takings, and Austin’s many friends expect confidently that he will win brilliant success in his new work. ON and the Mrs, city, who Atlantic City Beauties in Film. 'HE queen of Atlantic City beauties will be out of the clutch of obscur- ity by Christmas. iy All of the 80 intercity beauties who are to be seen in the Atlantic City pageant the second week in Septem- ber are eligible for the title role of the Paramount picture, “The American Venus,” which is to be made in At- lantic City by the Famous Playe's- Lasky Corporation during the anuual pageant of beauties. Frank Tuttle is making preparations now to shoot the picture. All of the beauties from throughout the United States will be seen in the picture and one of them will play the title role. The three Miss Americas of previ- ous years, Miss Washington of 1921, Miss Columbus of 1922 and 1923, and Miss Philadelphia of 1924, also will be eligible for the title role, in addition to Miss America of 1925 and Miss Pageant of 1925. Mr. Tuttle explained that the girl chosen for the title role in the pic- ture must have a type of beauty that is photographic as well as visual. t is rather unusual to plunge a young woman who may never have acted either on the stage or on the screen in such an important part in the picture,” said Mr. Tuttle, but we are willing to take that chance, be- cause we will surround her with a cast of competent players, many of them with box-office reputations. Seldom, in the whole amazing story of the mo- tion picture business, has such an un- usual opportunity been offered a young woman. " . Screen's Most Hated Villain, 'RICH VON STROHEIM, who has been called “the screen’s most hated villain,” complete from monocle to patent leather boots, is returning to the screen after an absence of more than two years. Von Stroheim has been signed not only to direct. but to enact a feature role in the next Constance Talmadge starring photoplay, “East of the Set- ting Sun,” described as ““a Balkan love " from the novel by George Barr McCutcheon. Von Stroheim, Mr. Schenck said, would portray the villain of the pic- ture, He will wear a uniform and a monocle—"‘props” he laid aside more than two years ago when he completed filming “Foolish Wives,” since which he has devoted himself exclusively to directing. His most recent directorial exploit is “The Merry Widow,” star- ring Mae Murray, v THIS WINTER LouieL HOMER. MUSIGRAPHS General Manager Johnson of the Chicago Opera Company, after a trip to Europe to secure the services of various artists for the company for the coming season, has come back with four artists and every one is an American. Those engaged are Elea- nor Sawyer, soprano; William Mar tin, tenor; John Steel, baritone, and Richard Bonelll, baritone. Mr. John- has also announced that would have two or three operas English during the coming season son in Mrs. Henry White and Emilie Mor- gan White are spending the in southern California after a trip through Miss White sang at the F Congregational Church in Escondido, Calif, while there on her visit Among from the James J who is attached to the at Fort Hauchauca, Ar left to rejoin his regime: Mrs. Elizabeth Ga pianist, and Misses Elizabeth and Eleanor Coombs have returned from a motor trip to Ocean City, Md. the gr Army Grose duates last week Music School was 1524 Fifth street composer and di tor of music Mount Vernon Place Methodist copal Church South, has left with Shure and his two children, Ralph D. nd Mary Bertha, for his vacation | which will pent in Lykens, Pa | the home of his father. It was a Lykens that Mr. Shure wrote much of the music r his oratorio, “Dawn in the Des of the rs. second | | | | Wilkins quartet the Methodist Church South, has resigned his posi- n, effective September 1 cond tenor of the quartet at the fCalvary Baptist Ghurch. His place at Mount Vernon Place has not bee {8ited s vet. S tenor Mount to become Albert | Wentworth, mother | Miss vorth’s | Annfe Hurdle, are on a weel | motor trip. From here the party went, via the Lincoln highway, to Gettysburg,. Chambersburg, Bedford, Cumberland and Harpers Ferry. thence down the Shenandoah Valley, and will take in both Luray and End. less Caverns. Mr. Percy Foster, accompanied Mrs. Foster, has just returned f; month’s trip to the Pacific Coast. M Foster was the musical director for the New York State Christian Endeav- or convention at Buffalo, N. Y., and at the Interndtional Christian En deavor convention at Partland, Oreg. Parr, and aunt, 8 by m a Katherine Riggs, harpist, has re- turned to the city and will resume her playing at the Church of the Covenant, where she will play for the evening service until the chorus choir starts Winter work, some time late in th Fall. This Sunday Miss Riggs wil play “Andante Religioso” (Schuecher), “*Meditation” (Dubois), “Moment Mu- sical” (Verdalle). o B SCHULBERG has placed un- ~* der contract Gilbert Roland, a Ju\'smle i‘».'\thnx man, in whom the producer has great faith as a co film favorite e who has been less than two years, is of Spanish de- scent. He is the son of Francisco Alonzo, a few vears ago one of the famous bull fighters in Spain. Ro- land’s name, formerly Luis Alonzo, was changed, says Schulberg, because he intends to develop the actor as an American and not as a Latin type. Roland was born in Chihuahua, Mexico, during an annual bull fighting tour of his\father and mother. His father, then a matador, later became impresario of the bull ring there. A few years later the Alonzos suffered property losses at the hands of the Mexican rebels’ under the leadership of Villa. To save their lives they fled to El Paso, moving to Los Angeles five years ago. The elder Alonzo has now retired definitely from the bull ring. in pictures Finery for a Day. TERIAL and accessories for the making of fashionable gowns used Alpharetta Hoffman, designer for First National Pictures in ‘“The Viennese Medley,” will run into many thousands of dollars. it is declared. Fourteen thousand, four hundred pearls, 2,100 yards of panne velvet, 618 gross of rhinestones, 1,200 hand- made cloth roses, 800 satin slippers of various designs, 800 pairs of lace and silk hose and 1,300 yards of silk were purchased for this one produc- tion and utilized for beautiful gowns and trimmings. that 100 fashionably dressed women will wear during some of the 'episodes. And what will become of these gorgeous gowns and effects after the final scenes have been made? They will be taken back to the wardrobe departments and will be “tore down" and used for other creations in other plctures. MA A Perplexing Problem. WHEN Vilma. Banky, the young Budapest actress recently dis- covered by Sam Goldwyn, was sent to Hollywood to play the leading role in “The Dark Angel,” she learned. that she was a few pounds heavier than the popular American conception of a leading lady. . Immediately a rigid course of re- duction was instituted, combined with a well known diet. She took up swim- ming, horseback riding and other out- door sports, and was happy to- report her weight exactly at the required point when it was time to start shoot- ng. 2 Imagine her discomfiture now to read that Parisian authorities decree curved lines and plump figures for the coming season. She has become the willowy figure she set out to be—and now she must resume the plumpness of her former glory if she would sat- sty the edicts of Dame Fashion. 1 he | ummer | R. Deane Shure, noted Washington | scopal | INCLAIR LEWIS, “Main noted author of “Babbitt” and “Ar rowsmith, been engaged b Jesse L. Lasky, of the Famous Play Corporation, to write the New York Clty for a great Paramount epic, ew York,” which { is to he produced in connection with the 300th anniversary celebration of the city next Spring. Allan Dwan | The deal be- Mr. Lewis was will be the director. tween Mr. Lasky and closed over the long-distance tele- phone, Mr. Lasky being in Los An- geles and Mr. Lewls in New York imount will - turn Mr. Lewis into a pictorial history of Nev York City from the time when Peter Minuit hought Manhattan Island from the Indians for $24 up to the present day. That early sale was in the time when the West Indian Company, th years before, having made New HE Paris Opera House, which the background for “The Phantom of the Opera,” Universal's mystery romance, will be not only in France but in try as well This monument to the opera w was opened in 1875, just 50 years a is still regarded as the most beautiful theater in the world. It was reprc duced in exact detail at the Univers: studios for this stupendous mot picture This with as is forms spectacu elebrated this coun | remarkable building is teeming intrigue, his and romanc the story by Gaston Leroux | from which the motion picture w | adopted It w the pet project Napoleon ITI, who approved the pl and began the building, but who destined never to occupy the ela sute planned for himself and HE official Columbia W August 31, but in some preliminary week will initiate the sea son. The exact date which cal “spoke’ of the ““Whee at the Gayety is yet to be fc nounced Burlesque fans—and the; among our showgoers—wil sted in knowing that many o stars and attractiox previous s for set ate the | for | opening eel” instances are legion | Bu Dal Williams, “Bozo™ Billy Mollie Harry Steppe, Billy ington, “Sliding son, and Abe Reynolds, indiv favorites, will again visit Washin, on the Columbia “wheel.” Jack Reid will head a * White Revue”; Joe Wilton will present Girl's 'Club”; Lew Talbot's Woman and Song' comes “Talk of th Town Best in Town,” “Happy Moments Beautles,”" “‘Peek-a-Boo Music of Long Ago. { THE Englishman of may have bee: saxophone, ba }and other ingredi but he didn't lack for according to ainted with smbones, traps of modern jazz. music_with his Mrs seth McGaffey, who has been doing re search work for Cecil B. De Mille's The Road to Yesterday There were more popu ments in 1625 than there are bearing such names as the cithern, | viol, flageolet and lute. The harp and | a rudimentary piano known as the! clavroid also did their bit in manufac. | turing melody during the reign of Charles T A complete orchestra equipped with ancient trument for the medieval scenes of this pi ture, which was adapted from a popu- | lar play of 20 years ago. . New Director Genius. "THE Girl Who Wouldn't Work,’ the first directorial work of the voung Rumanian, Marcel De Sano. was pre-viewed last week in Holly wood at a special showing by a group of exhibifors who acclaimed De Sano's work as | | is bein; indicating that he iz one of the most significant young directors to be intrdouced to the in- dustry in many months. He came to this country after sev- eral vears' service in the French dip. lomatic corps and received his picture | training as a scepario and title writer with Universal and Metro-Goldwyn Two months ago B. P. Schulberg gavi him his first opportunity at the mega- phone. His next production will be the screen version of Wallace Irwin's story, “Lew Tyler's Wives.” Indians Are Sophisticated. E noble red man has triumphed over the paleface at:last. The In- jun has conquered the movie makers. Recent months have seen virtually every film producer in Hollywood starting on big Western pictures in which large groups of Indians are needed. And the Indian, reacting to| the law of supply and demand, is doing a land office business. He is demanding long-term contracts, riding in closed straight eights and up ing directors. “Plenty wampum Indians grunt when directors attempt to lure them in front of the camera. Edward Sedgwick, who is directing a big spectacle of the West, as vet un- titled, for Universal, discovered that Indians no longer can be engaged by the day nor can they be hired for extras’ salaries. “Heap big dough,” the leader of a band of Indians grunted at him when Sedgwick attempted to hire the tribe for his picture. “No contract—no workum.” Only by agreeing to everything they demanded could Sedgwick engage a thousand Sioux Indians to work in his picture when he visited the Sioux reservation in the Northwest recently. Man, 88, Runs Mower Daily. R. R. Woodring of Nampa, Idaho, cannot play golf like the senior Rockefeller, but upon the occasion of the oil magnate's recent birthda; when he played a round of golf and got much publicity, Mr. Woodring | pointed out to the newspaper report- ers that he himself, of similar age, was quite active. He mowed the lawn while the reporters stood by 1e- cording the proof. Mr. Woodring mows grass from 8 to 10 hours dail. as a regular vocation. Airplane 0il From Crickets. One of the United States consular agents in Algiers reports the discov- ery there of an oil extracted from crickets that is very suitable for air- | planes, since it does not congeal even at high altitudes, Recently eighteen | tons of crickets were shipped from | Algiers to Holland to be nused in ex-| tracting this oil. Crickets also are | collected in great numbers there to be used as chicken feed in other arts of the worl Position Wanted | Bass baritone soloist desires change of position. Long expe- rience in church engagements. 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