Evening Star Newspaper, August 16, 1925, Page 60

MUSIC BY HOWARD P. BAILEY. ASHINGTON'S place as the music center of the Nation. a goal sought by the establishment here of a national conservatory of music, has already been partially attained. Hopes of music lovers to place Washington first musically are based upon far more than a mere vision. " New York has so long been the city to which the eyes of all inter- ested in music have turned that it seemed almost an idle dream to hint .t any other condition as likely to come about in the future. Yet quietly, ,ver a period of years, Washington has gradually been progressing, until wow a substantial groundwork is at hand ready for the development of the great musical structure to which Washingtonians interested in music have long aspired New York's lure that draws the aspiring musician is threefold. There s the opportunity to study with fine teachers, the opportunity to hear the finest artists in every line of musical expression and the opportunity to secure professional engagements. The singer, for instance, finds in New York numerous well paying church choir positions, which, attained, help highly in stretching out the contents.of a lean purse. Some fortu- nate ones may obtain work in the chorus at the Metropolitan, where irilling in opera work is secured under the most favorable conditions. BleC e o ol ANY of the greatest booking agencies are located in New York, agen- cies whose field covers a variety of activities, from choir position, hautauqua work to regular concert fours. Students, well advanced, per- haps may have a debut in Carnegic Ha!l or Town Hall, and if anything favorable is found in the reviews of the critics of the New York dailies the student has achieved a start. " 3 Conditions such as these have made New York the mecca of ambi- tious students, but just because it always has been it does not follow that it always will be. There is no reason why in Washington a similar condition may not be developed. The opportunity for paying positions may not be so great, yut to offset that will be the scholarships for gifted students unable to pay. During the course of a season Washington audiences hear about the best that can be obtained in the way of artists and musical organiza- tions. Students in the Capital have ample opportunity, even now, to hear leaders in the work they are undertaking. There is nothing to hinder the organization of booking agencies in this city. There is no reason why Washington teachers cannot give to a student all that he needs, provided a conservatory be established with the kind of faculty that the backers of the conservatory hope to obtain Aok ¥ ok WHEN the work of establishing the conservatory gets under way, if it does. as is ardently hoped. the organizers are going to find much at hand with which to work Opera is looked upon by many as the zenith in music, perhaps be- cause it is the most expensive form of music. Few cities are able to hoast of opera companies, yet Washington can loudly proclaim not only that it has an opera company. but one on a paying basis. It can number among its artists some of the greatest in the country—guest artists, it is true, yet they were in the cast and sang as well as in the companies to which they are regularly attached. 4 Starting with nothing. General Manager Albion, aided by his gifted wife, Peggy Albion, has plugged away year after year against great odds ard to the scoffing of the thoughtless persons who always sco g people blessed with the vision to see the bright future through the wilderness of entangling problems. He has brought his company to such a high standard that he has won the praise not only of his capacity audiences, but also of visiting artists and of Otto H. Kahn, perhaps the most generous patron of music in the country. At the conclusion of the past season, a season that ended with a balance on the credit side of the financial ledger, Mr. Kahn pledged to lend his aid in every way possible to the work that Mr. Albion is doing. . So much for what the Washington Opera Company has accomplished. What it could offer to a conservatory of music here is almost limitless, and what the conservatry could give the opera company is as great. One of the great needs of an opera company is a chorus. The Washington Opera Company has an excellent chorus. The members sing with enthu- siam. Their hearts are in the work, yet it is a volunteer chorus. It pro- vides a problem for Mr. Albion to keep it together, to keep it enthused and to see that the rehearsals are fully attended. With no thought of detracting in the least from their ability, the fact remains that a chorus drawn from a group of students who were seeking to make music their life_work would be a chorus of much less worry to the director. Mr. Albion would soon have a group that would stand comparison with any. The conservatory, on the other |teachers given their training to pre- hand, seeking to train students in opera | pare them for work all over the land. work, would find opportunity to give | And while considering the teaching actual experience rather than theory. | of music in schools credit must be Minor parts in the operas could be |given to Dr. Edwin N. S. Barnes, di- filled by the most promising puplls. | rector of music of the schools in the The cost of productions could be cur- | District, for the fine start that he tailed somewhat thereby and perhaps | has made in his comprehensive pro- performances would be more frequent | gram. He has built up orchestras than during the far too short sea- |in the various schools and is work- son now presented. ing up a great inter-school symphony x ok ko orchestra and an inter-school chorus. The symphony orchestra always |HiS chorus will make its debut next ranks high in the realm of music. A |WiDter in a concert being planned, City having one really fine organiza- | At Which the children will sing “Lin: tion is fortunate. Washington has|COIM." 2 cantata, the words of which three, one at least of which is known | Were written by Dr. Barnes, the music from one corner of the land to the | DeINZ by R. Deane Shure, Washington other. The Marine Band and its or. | COmposer. chestra, now led by Capt. W. H. San. | One university telmann, through the years of its hi: tory has attained a fame that has made it familiar to all. The two newer service bands, “with their or- chestras, the Navy Band, under the direction of Lieut. Benter, and the Army Band, the latter hardly out of its swaddling clothes, yet striving lustily and successfully, under the leadership of Capt. W. J. Stannard, for recognition on a par with the others, have also become recognized as musical organizations of the first water. A fourth service group, one that is a conservatory in itself, is' the Army Musie School, where musicians and bandmasters for the Army are trained. A third branch of music in which Washington is progressing is the bal- let. A successful ballet is essentlal to the production of opera. The Capi- tal has three ballet schools of prom- ise—the Washington Opera Company's own school, the National Ballet at Aurora, Va., and the Pembertorr Bal- Should the conservatory find in infancy that the undertaking of ourse in ballet would be too much a task, it could find aild at hand caring for that problem. Yi in the District is be opened in the Fall. The under- graduate school to be launched at American University is to give a com- prehensive course in music under the direction of Mr. Shure, who will be- come dean of the school of music. All these various activities referred to above are the groundwork upon which the national conservatory can be built. They will aid mightily in perfecting the work of a conserva- tory and in easing the problems of the founders. The opportunities are here. Plenty of support will be found for the move. ment. It remains up to Congress to decide whether this project may be ge:;ll?pe]d. Thc“ cost would be com- aratively small; the results— national benefit. e Noted Stars to Be Heard In Philharmonic Course Wilson-Greene announces for season of 1925-26 the Philhar- Mrs. the given at Poli’s Theater, including Tito Schipa, tenor: Fritz Kreisler, violinist; Even as late as a year ago backers of music in the Capital were distressed by the lack of facilities fox concerts and opera. But in the short space intervening the needs have been sup- plied as though by magic. Season after season of chamber tusic was tried in Central High hool auditorium, and always the freat size of the room took the fine edge off the programs. A special au- ditorium is needed for this delicate type of music, a room of limited size, in which the most whispering of the pianissimos could be heard. This need of a hall has been sup- plied by the gift of Mrs. Frances S. Coolidge of $60,000 for construction of such a room at the Library of Congress. Mrs. Coolidge has also provided for & $22,000 organ. A concert series was planned in this city by Marcel Dupre, the famous French organist. Part of the series was given, but due to lack of facilities it was concluded abruptly with some of the programs canceled. A certain amount of financial support was neces- sary, and those arranging the series found that where a suitable organ was available either insufficient seat ing was to be obtained or else the | chureh in which the organ was sit- uated was one that could not, under its rules, permit an enforced admis- sion charge. The Washington Auditorium meets this need now. -Seating 6,000, it con- tains one of the three or four finest organs in America. A master or- ganist would find in it a master in- strument upon which to play. Variety almost unlimited is to be found in its thousands of pipes. Tremendous power is coupled with beauty of tone. A new fleld has been opened for music lovers in the Capital. This same auditorium will supply seats for the performance of opera svmphony or recital that will supply the revenue vital to obtaining of the best and at the same time permit the sale of “student tickets,” which will permit serious students to obtain admission at a price their purses will afferd iy The conservatory would provide a ocenter at which a comprehensive pro- gram of teaching music in the schools of the country could be worked out. Werk from the primary on through nigh school could be outlined and ropolitan Grand Opera; Sigrid Onegin, contralto, and the Boston Symphon: Orchestra, conducted by Serge Kouss- evitzky, and the Artists: couree of five concerts, also to be given at Poli's Theater, which will includg Dusolina Glannini, mezzo-soprano; Rachmanin- off, pianist; Boston Symphony Orches. tra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky, Galli-Curci, coloratura soprano, and Beniamino Gigli, leading tenor of the Metropolitan Opera. In response to an urgent appeal for several vears from patrons of music for evening concerts, Mrs. Wilson- Greene announces the Wilson-Greene concert serfes of six concerts, to be given at the Washington Auditorium at 8:30 o'clock, including the follow- ing attractions: Bauer and Gabrilo. | witsch, planists, in a two-piano en- semble; Mischa Elman, Wolinist: Paul Whiteman and his concert orchestra; John McCormack, great Irish teno | Anna_Paviowa and her Ballet Russe and Mme. Frieda Hempel, soprano, in the famous Jenny Lind concert. Orders now filing at Mrs. Wilso) Greene's concert bureau, Droop’ 1300 G street. New York Symp}iony to Give Four Afternoon Concerts The New York‘ Symphony Orches- tra, with Walter Damrosch conduct. ing, will give four Tuesday afternoon concerts at Poli's Theater during the season 1925-26. On December 8 the soloist will be George Gershwin, the composer-pianist, who will play his “New York Concerto” for piano and orchestra. Mr. Gershwin has been especially commissioned to write this work for the New York .Symphony Society. On February 9 the orches- tra will give an all-Wagner program, including selections form “Rienzi’’ and “Parsifal,” with soloists and a chorus of 150. On March 16 Otto Klemperer will make his first appearance in Wash-. ington as guest conductor. The so- lofst at this concert will be Lawrence Tibbett, distinguished baritone of_ the Metropolitan Opera Company. Orders for seats now filing at Mrs. Wilson- Greene's concert bureau, in Droop’s, 1300 G street. at aspir- | planning a new course in music, to monic course of five concerts to be! Mme. Jeritza, soprano from the Met-| THE SUNDAY [ CAPT WM.H SANTELMANN STAR, WASHINGTON LEADERS HELPING TO PUT CAPITAL ON Linut. CHAS BENTER . D. C., AUGUST 16, a 1925—PART MUSICAL MAP Rais gwine TDOUARD ALBION CADT WM J. STANNARD Repertoire List Offered for Male Choruses. | A new musical feature has come into American community life—the joint male chorus concert, given by several or many choruses in combi- | nation. Unknown 3 y ago, the: concerts attracted favorable atten- tion and capacity audiences in many clties and city groups last the greatest being that at the Metro politan Opera House, in New York, | where the massed chorus, made up | of 16 clubs, numbered 863 voices. | These concerts are one of the evi- dences of the awakening of the male chorus men of the country to the de- lights of co-operative music work, a realization which a year ago led to the formation of an association to which most of them now belong—the ! Associated Glee Clubs of America— with headquarters at West Forty fifth street, New York City. To insure a gradually increasing common repertoire among all the clubs of the land and thus to make these joint concerts possible without undue stress of rehearsal, this as clation issues each year a list eight musical selections. All of member clubs #re obligated to fully rehearse this list, and all others ! are requested to do so. It is care- fully selected by vote of a committee of eminent conductors. The common repertoire list for the season of 1925-26 has just been an. nounced. It is given beio “Hymn Before Action” (Baldwin), ‘White-Smith Music Publishing Co.; “Songs My Mother Taught Me"| (Dvorak), Arthur P. Schmidt Co.; “Chorus of Camel Drivers" (Franck), E. C. Schirmer Music Co.; “Sweet and Low" (Barn Oliver Ditson Co.; “Bedouin Song” (Foote), Arthur P. Schmidt Co.; “The Long Day Closes” (Sullivan), Novello & Co: “The Hundred Pipers” (Whiting), | G. Schirmer, Inc., and Sylvia (Speaks), G. Schirmer, Inc. | Miss Charlotte Klein Wins | Honor as Organist. ! Miss Charlotte Kiein, prominent | Washington organist, has, through her selection to give a recital at the recent general convention of the American Guild of Organists held in Chicago, achieved national fame. Her performance at Oak Park was one of the best in a series by organists known throughout the country -for their ability as recitalists. She was the only woman selected to play at the convention. Miss Klein, in fact, is the first woman ever invited to play at a guild convention. Among other dis- tinctions won by Miss Klein is the fact that Peabody Conservatory at Baltimore conferred on her two in- strumental diplomas, something which that institution has done in only one other case in its history. She holds the eleventh organ diploma awarded by Peabody. After receiving all her earlier train- | ing and foundation work from E Priest, A. R. M. C. M., of Wi ton Cathedral, Miss Kiein, in 1915, in a competitive examination was award- ed a three-year organ scholarship by Peabody Conservatory, in 1018 receiv- ing an organ diploma and in 1922 & piano diploma m that institution. In 1923 she studied organ with Widor and Libert, and piano with Philipp at_Fontainebleau, France. Miss Klein was assistant organist and choir director at Washington Ca- thedral from 1915 to 1922, at the same time acting as organist and choir di- rector at the Western Presbyterian Church. In 1922 she resigned both positions to become organist and choir director at St. Thomas' (Episcopal). She resigned from St. Thomus' in June. Besides being secretary of the Dis- trict of Columbia Chapter of the Amer- ican Guild of Organists, Miss Klein is a member of the National Association of Organists and Mu Phi Epsilon national honorary musical sorority. . Navy Band Concerts. | The concerts for this week by the | { Navy Band are as follows Monday, 6 p.n., at the Capitol, Lieut. Charles Benter, U. S. N., di rector. March, “The Flower of the U. 8. A.” (De Giorgio); overture, “Don Juan" (Mozart); suite, (a) “The Dying Poet” (Gottschalk), (b) “Ballet Move- ment, Andante,” from “Herodiade (Massenet); fantasia, “‘Musical Review" (Riviere); a curt comedy concocted “A Little Bit of Pop,” from “Pop Goes the Weasel” (Hays), sulte, “L’Arle- sienne,” (a) “Prelude,” (b) “Minuetto,” () “Adagletto,” (d) “La Carillon™ (Bizet); excerpts from “Erminie" (Jakobowski), popular, “Selected Fox Trot,’ “The Star Spangled Banner.” Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., at Lincoln Park, East Capitol street, Charles Wise, as. sistant director. March, “Fidelity,” Blankenburg; overture, “‘Die Felsen- muhle” (Reissinger); suite of four characteristic dances, (1) “Sambo’s Holiday,” (2) ‘Cossack Revel,” (3) “Pekoe Dance,” (4) ‘“Valse Russe” (Tschakoff); excerpts from the comic opera, ‘The Highwayman" (de Koven); waltz di concert, “Pomone” (Waldteufel); gems from the musical comedy, “The Wizard of Oz" (Tiet- jens); march, “Fest Jubel” (Blanken- burg); “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘Wednesday, 7 p.m., at the band- stand, navy vyard, Lieut. Charles Benter, U. S. N., director. Grand march “Einzugsmarsch der Bojaren” | (Halvorsen); ‘‘Overturé' in F'"" (Kalli-| woda), cornet solo, “A Soldier's Dream’’ (Rogers); synopsis: Morning “reveille” is sounded, the assembly, the soldier's farewell, bold soldier boy, kail Columbia, the return, home, sweet home; tattoo, taps, finale; two songs, (a) “Colonial Song” (Grainger), (b) “Molly on the Shore’; valse, “On the Beautiful Rhine” (Keler-Bela); Czardas from the opera, “Der Geist |des Wojewoden™ (Grossmann): fan- tasia, “Souvenir de Wagner” (Tobani); humoresque, “The Only Tune the Band Could Play. Was Auld Lang Syne’ (Hayes); nocturne, “The Monas- tery Bells" (Lefebure-Wely); excerpts from “Katinka” (Friml); “The Star Spangled Banner.” e Myrna Loy, from Helena, Mont., de- scribed as a “‘new sort of a vamp,” is a cross between a baby and a Broad- way vamp, with the ‘“‘come-hither MPERAMENT begins before the age of 2 and is definitely developed at the age of 413 years among girls. Herbert Brenon made this discovery while trying to film a scene in the little London “penny friend” shop for “A Kiss for Cinderella. In this little shop where Cinders, the little London slavey, does all kinds of quaint things, there are four boxes on the wall which she uses for cribs. They look as though they might have been mailed together with all the erratic disregard for mechani- cal rules which & child would display. They are for war babies. Around the edges of one of them is woven with strings a fringe which bears a faint resemblance to a barbed wire entanglement along a trench. In it Cinders cares for the German war baby. The others are English, French and American. After playing with the children for a while to get them acquainted with the set nd pleased with their sur- roundings, Mr. Brenon decided to be- gin work The children were Edna Hagen, aged 2; Pattie Coakely, 4; Marilyn McLain, 41, and Mary Chris- tlan, 3. They were photographed in various parts of the shop. They played with their toys and were hav- ing an immense time until it came time to put them in the boxes for a nap. Three of them were lifted onto the cushions. They smiled and seemed contented Then Mr. Brenon tried to put lit. tle Edna Hagen into the box with the fringe of strings. There was an outburst. She held out her hands to her mother and screamed, then she kicked. Absolutely nothing would she have to do with that box. She just wouldn't be a German war bhaby Mr. Brenon sought to be diplomatic. Temperamental Tots. He put Edna in another box and tried to move Pattie Coakley into the string- fringed box. Another riot started. Tom Moore came to the rescue. He has a taking way with children. He suggested that Marilyn McLain be moved from the box she was already in into this one. Marilyn's feet touched the bottom and she, too, emitted a loud, long shriek. The prop men inspected the box to see if there were any pins in it, but it. was soft. ‘and downy. As a last resort they lifted Mary Christian in, and she demonstrated more lung power per minute than the three others combined Production ceased. The entire unit went into conference. The children were asked separately what their ob- jections were after a small dish of ice cream had been served to each. They couldn’t explain. Finally Mr. Hunt, the cameraman, litted one of the girls and walked from box to box. . “You can sit in that one,” he told her; “and that one, and that one, but you can’t sit in this. This is the box of honor. We're going to save this one for a nice little girl. No other girl is going to be allowed in it.” The child looked thoughtfully at it, felt of the sides with her tiny hands, drew back, and then looked again “You can’t go in,” continued Mr. Hunt. With an unexpected movement she grabbed for the side of the box and pulled herself over the edge like an acrobat. Then she stood up inside and gazed in triumph at everybody. “Turn on the lights, quick" Brenon shouted. “The expression is great!” When it was over the director turn- ed to Mr. Hunt and remarked, “Gosh, Roy. you ought to be the father of a large family.” MUSIGRAPHS John S. Thiemeyer, organist and choir director of Trinity E. L. Church, | has closed his studio for several weeks and left for his vacation, which will be spent at Albany, N. Y. Bostom, Mass., and other points North. He was gccompanied by his family and plans to return about September 15 Miss Beatrice director of the choir of St. Alban's, and her sister, Mrs. Charles G. Mc- Roberts, soprano soloist of Christ Church, Georgetown, are spending the Summer as the guests of their uncle, former Gov. Clement, touring through the Adirondacks, Green Mountains and the lake region of New York. Emma_Louise Thompson has an- nounced her resignation as organist of Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, to take effect September 1 Mabel Linten Williams will play Sunday morning and ning at the Community Church at Stone Harbor, N. J. Floyd C. Williams, tenor, will sing solos at both morning and eve- ning service: Mr. and Mrs. Williams_are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. 1. B. Linton of Washington, who have a new bun- galow at Stone Harbor, N. J. Estelle Wentworth, her mother, and Albert Parr, are in New York, to be gone over Labor day. While there they will be the guesty of Mr. and Mrs. George Wentworth, the former being Miss Wentworth's brother. Mrs. Fannie reve Heartsill, soprano soloist of the Mount Pleasant M. E. Chuyrch, South, and member of the well known Kimball and Musurgia Quartets of this city, returned about three weeks ago from a very success- ful trip to Greensboro. N. C., where she had been engaged to sing at several sessions of the student can: ference of the North Carolina Wom- an's College, and also subsequently at the special services being held in the Forest Avenue Baptist Church of that city. She was enthusiastically re- ceived at her every appearance. On the evening of the in July at the Mount Pleas: Church South, on Sixteenth s northwest near Lamont street, regular soloists of the church (Fannie Shreve Heartsill, soprano, and Fran- cis P. Heartsill, bass) were assisted by the Imperial Male Quartet in present- ing a very enjovable program of sacred music. The quartet is com- posed of Arthur McCoy, first tenor: George E. Anderson, second tenor; J. Benton Webb, baritone, and Francis P. Heartsill, bass and direc- tor. The following interesting pro- gram was given, which was very highly appreciated by the large con- gregation in attendance at the service: Quartet, “Lead, Kindly Light” Dudley Buck); tenor and bass duet, It Is of the Lord's Great Mercies” (from the oratorio “Abraham”), (Mol- ique), Mr. McCoy and Mr. Heartsill; baritone solo, “Thou Will Keep Him in Perfect Peace™ (Speaks), Mr. Webb: trio, “On Thee Each Living Soul Awaits” (from “The Creation), (Haydn), Mrs. Heartsill, Mr. McCoy and Mr. Heartslll; quartet, ‘“‘Heav'n, Heav'n' (negro spirituel), (Burleigh): soprano solo, “Behold, I Show You a Mystery” (from “From Sepulcher to Throne”), (Shepherd), Mrs. Heartsill; bass solo, “In Thee, O Lord” (Wood- man), Mr. Heartsill; quartet, “Still, SHIT With Thee"” (Gerrish). The quartet numbers were all sung “a capella,” and the paniments for the - other numbers ‘were very artistically played by the regular organist of the church, Mrs. James H. Lowe. The pastor, Dr. R. L. Fultz, conducted the devotional part of the service. The Imperial Male Quartet also sang Several numbers at the morning service -of the Columbia Heights Christian Church on the last Sunday in July. —_— A principal supporting role in Pola Negri's new production, “Flower of Night,” has been assigned to Joseph Dowling, brilliant actor of the old school that included Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett and Fannie Daven. port. He has just completed a part in s of both. Her first appearancy is h Lowell Sherman in “Satan ‘o Sables.” “The Golden Princess,” starring Betty Bronson and directed by Clarence Badger. Seymour Goodwin, ' ergan accom- | Gfoufld Broken fo!' OPCfa | Institute Dormitory. Otto H. Kahn, financier, has broken ground for erection of the Lillian Nor- dica Memorial Dormitory for women at the American Operatic Institute, at Stony Point, on the west bank of the Hudson, about 35 miles north of New York. Mr. Kahn is chairman of the hon- orary advisory committee for New York of the American Operatic and Allled Arts Foundation, which plans to give aspiring operatic stars— whether seeking vocal, orchestra or scenic fame—a chance to make good. The dormitory for which Mr. Kahn broke ground will cost $50,000. It will be two storles in height, and the money for it has been contributed by scenic and art studlos. most of which Filmograms. LABOR s getting into the movies. The American Federation of La- bor has announced its purpose to promote the production of films show. ing the high spots in the evolution of labor from the days of slavery to the present. The first picture is to be made in Chicago, according to Motion Pictures Today The Hays organization, the motion picture owners and lots more of them are scrapping over the Hays contract and method of arbitrating differences And, oh, the cartoons illustrating the fact! Norman Kerry has something in common with the Prince of Wales. A horse threw him while riding down hill at Pendleton, Oreg. He will re- cover, the report states Mary and Richard Bartheimess, a news report states, have agreed to disagree and live apart, but no di- vorce, says Mary. “That Old Gang of Mine" with Macklyn Arbuckle heading the cast, is in the offing. Kerman Films, Inc., will put it over. The- Warners are said to be com- sidering the idea of starring Willard Louis and Louise Fazenda. It isn't a bad idea at that Christian Hemmick is reported in New York with a number of films for distribution, including “Promised Land,” starring Raquel Meller. The Warners have solved the prob- lem of Broadway representation by buying the Piccadilly Theater “The Scarlet West,” produced for First National, includes Custer's last fight and the Indlan attack on Fort Remington as highlights. | 'Winds of Chanc dealing with the gold rush to the Yukon, and “The | Splendid Road.” dealing 'with the | davs following the California gold rush and the settlement of | California, are both Frank Lloyd pro | ductions. contribution to Far West 1 pictures will be “The Iron which concerns the construc- tion of the first transcontinental rail- road. “The Last Frontler,” by Hunt romberg, concerns the disappear- {ance of the buffalo and the last stand | made by the Indlans against the | white man Fox's “The Pony Express,” by Universal, concerns the means whereby the early | ploneers of the Far West were kept in todch with civilization. already have establishments on the grounds. Mr. Kahn, in an address during the monies of ground-breaking, said “This institute is a pathfinder for American talent in opera. The talent developed here will be placed in as many -opera companies as the Amer ican public will support. It will give young American talent a chance to develop. and will provide experience for the aspirant. Here, in this wooded section, far from the noise and trouble of the great city, art can develop. Budding American talent will be brought here and developed, the only qualification being that it be operatic. It may be orchestral, vocal or scenic.” Army Band Concerts. Monday, August 17.—aferidan Hill Park, Sixtenth aned EMWclid streets northwest. Concert commences at 7:30 p.m Thursday, August 20.—Mount Alto Hospital. ~Concert starts at 7 _p.m. under the direction of Assistant Band leader L. S. Yassel. Feature numbers are “Bartered Bride,” by F, Smetana and “Hungarian Rhapsody numbe 6" by Liszt. Friday, August 21.—At 2:00 in the afternoon the Army Band will render a concert at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. In the evening commencing at 6:50 p.m. the regular post concert will be | given at Washington Barracks. An j attractive program has been arranged for this concert to which the public is ‘invited. Satueday, Augu —An hour and a half concert will be given at the Sylvan Theater, at which Capt. Stan- nard will direct, As feature numbers he has selected “The Four Sons of Haymon” by Balfe and « “Poetical Scenes” suite by Godard. Marine Band Concerts. Marine Barracks, Monday, August 17, at 6 p.m. Concert by the United States Marine Band. Willlam H. San- telmann, leader; Taylor Branson, sec- ond leader, conducting. March. rines of Belleau Woods” (Branson); overture, “Lenore No. 3" (Beethoven). (a) “Melodie Celebre” (Rubinstein), (b) “Irish Tune From County Derry” (Grainger), ‘Sextette” from "Lucia’ (Donizetti), Musicians Arthur 8. Wit. comb, John P. White, Robert F Clark, Albert Bennert, Edward McIn- tire and Willam F. Santelmann; fantasia, “Falstaff” (Verdi) waltz, | “The Count of Luxembourg” (Lehar): grand march, “Queen of Sheba’ (Gounod); marines' hymn, “The Halls of Montezuma"; “The Star Spangled Banner.” Rock Creek Park, Sixteenth and Kennedy sireets nerthwest, Monday, August 17.-st 7:30 p.m. Concert b: a section of fhe United States Ma- rine Band, Taylor Branson, second leader, conducting. March, “The Ki- wanjans” (White); overture, “R: mond (Thomas); characteristic, *‘A Night on the Prado” (Lake): excerpts from “Algeria” (Herbert), “Romance’ (Svendsen), waltz, “Santiago” (Corbin): , “The Bartered Bride’ (Sme- ‘The Star Spangled Banner.” Tuesday, August 18, Walter Reed Hospital, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 19, United States Capitol, at 5 p.m. Thursday, August 20, Sylvan Thea- ter, at 7:30 p.m. % Acreage large enough to cost $3,000,- 000 has been leased by Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer in Westview Park, Calif., for the construction of the Circus Maxi- mus sets to be used in the chariot race climax of “Ben Hur.” Warner Brothers have announced | as the first of their new season “The | Wife ,Who Wasn't Wanted” (Irene | Rich), *‘Bobbed Hair" (Marie Prevost), | “Below the Line” (Rin-tin-tin), ‘‘Rose |of the World" (Patsy Ruth Miller), | “His Majesty Bunker Bean" (Matt Moore and Dorothy Devore), “The | Man on the Box" (Syd Chaplin) and “Satan in Sables” (Lowell Sherman). The famous ‘“Danny” of “Film | Daily” is certain the producers have struck the popular taste in the pic- tures they have prepared for the greater movie season, judged, he says, by Broadway patronage. Charlie Chaplin has caught them with “Gold Rush.” New York is giving midnight matinees, with all seats re- served. “Bitter Apples,” by Harold Mac- Grath; “Bigger and Better,” by Oc- tavus Roy Cohen, and “The Floren- tine Dagger,” by Ben Hecht. have | been bought by Warner Brothers for | production The State censor at Cleveland ban. {ned Constance Talmadge's new pic- | ture, “Her Sister From Paris.” and | “In the Name of Love" was substi- | tuted The Warner production of “The Eastest Road” has had its name | changed to “Seven Sinners’; “Ken- | tucky Hills” is now “Below the Line” |and “The Barrier That Has Burned is now “Barriers of Fire.” Blanche Sweet has started on the Kane production for First National, “Invisible Wounds,” with a very strong cast. Joseph Kilgour has quit the for the stage in “Spring Fev reen Selig Studios will film a series of pictures based on James Oliver Cur- wood storfes. Harry M. Crandall, owner of the Crandail theaters in Washington, re- turned from Lake Hopatcong Friday in advance of the rest of the party va- cationing at the New Jersey resort to prepare for his early departure for the convention of First National regional franchise holders, which will be opened in Indianapolis Tuesday. Mr. Crandall is First National franchise holder for the Washington territory, comprised of the District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland. He will leave for the Hoosler capital tomor- row. A new method of announcing com- ing attractions has been uniformly adopted in all of the Crandall residen- tial theaters in Washington. Instead of the uftanimated elides previously in use, all the houses now employ film trailers, glving the spectator an actual view of some scenes exactly as they will appear in the complete picture. The latest and joint contribution of Italy and France to America’s cinema actors is George Nardelli, whose par- ents are natives of both these Latin countries. He . has jojned the Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer force! What Kaufman-Connelly and Stal- lings-Anderson are to the stage Hope Loring and Louis Lighton are to the movies, thinks Harry Rapf, Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer official, who has placed this scenario team under a long-term contract. Their first assign- ment is the adaptation of Rex Beach's “The Auction Block.” Having completed Edna Ferber's story, “Classified,” Corinne Griffith is preparing for her next picture, “‘Cae- sar's Wite,” taken from a story by W. Somerset Maugham. HE appearance on the Washington | “Mme. & “Ben-Hur screen of Henry King's photoplay “ o production of George Lliot's classic, | s o 1 “Romola,” serves to focus the atten-|these 'Ben-Hur" —yet tion of photoplay students on the sud- | though the success of those that American-made foreign picture and the | |y finished in Rome apparent decline in popularity in the| * Incidentally, Miss Lillian Gish United States of the all-foreign prod- |has heen called ~The Dusa of ut:'l. screen.” is one the few fore The close of the war brought about| American actresses who have engas quite a vogue for foreign-made produc-|in foreign activity, while the Mer tions, and during the period of the pop- | Goldwyn Maver or zation ularity of such pictures the Germans|sponsored four of the five pictures a rather amazed America with such hits | mentione ranks with the lea as “Passion,” “Deception” and *The American foreign-filmed | Loves of Pharaoh.” The French also Miss Gish started her c entered the lists with a rather massive |4 d when she and her and gruesome production called | th of whom are fe “J'Accuse,” which, however, proved |t * went abroad wit bit strong for American palates. But|D. W “Hearts of t ns Gene. in Washington tc only one « to be seen it is fina wh read; northern | the success of the three pictures first | World" almost ler the Gerr named resulted in the importation by | guns American producers of Ernest Lu-| Mr. Grifiith bitsch, the director, and of Pola Negri foreig: the star, which deprived the German |foreign sefting screen drama of two of its foremost | phans of the figures. | Gish passea fr Close on the heels of the advent of | her very f pictures that were all foreign came|was to the new vogue for the American pic-|Ita ture made abroad by American stars directors and technicians, but utilizin the origi backgrounds | The White Sis. | D'Urbervilles, e two not made used t though fie but der for prod And no s America for bled her to ter's made-in The White Sis er had she returne rest than King c oF start on duction of “Romo! N the vears or passed sincd the old York | Bowery was in its heydey, when | Cleveland was still President and “Aft. er the' Ball” was the popular song. America has convinced itself that the Bowery probably was a romantic, pic turesque sort of a place, of which th newspapers and magazines never tired of talking. Director Herbert Brenon of the Par amount forces, recently delved very deeply into the past history of the | Bowery, in his effort to make accu- | rate his picture version of “The Street of Forgotten Men,” a story of the! Bowery in the late 90s. As a result of his researches, Mr. Brenon is con vinced that the romance of the Bow ery was largely in the minds of those | who never knew it ct,” says Mr. Brenon Yorker of that san more that have deviou come fc was 11891 to “the | Brenon era | ture “The Dust of Dre;ms. DUST .OF DREAMS thic lon most of us in th world, for dreams are the stuff of which hope and inspiration, and some- times happiness, is made. The sun-lit castles in Spain, gay with the str ing pennants of our imagination, ar the mind-made homes where the soul may withdraw from the misfortunes of the world In a bare, rambling house on outskirts of Los Ang tiful and stately mansions, there dreamers, too. The paint is peel from its weathered clapboards. door, when it is open, : creaky hinges. The uncar are smooth with the tired feet of li {old ladies. eternally busy wit | trifling tasks; eternally worn witk | light work, which is still too heav trembling fingers and faltering ste Bare, desolate, forbidding, it sta on the brow of little brown hill elegance, the artistr Southern California architecture g 1 it wide berth. No fine Spanish palm |room in and foliage crowd up to the foot of the | of the be little hill. And the building that sur- | with pe mounts it is ugly with that ugliness|and which only the iast home of the in-| One des digent seems to possess. 1 da It is the Home for Old Ladies, a|able “charity,” an “institution.” Perhaps | point two score penniless dependents on the | And one bounty of the State are inmates there. | she could And the only thing that makes it habitable is dreams, dreams, mind |ladi you; not memory! They do not all live | them in the past, these little pathetic ures who once knew better davs lies | fav S THE the city of beau- | oy N American tour of the Stratford on-Avon Players is announced. It has been arranged by Mabel R. Be: ley for this season “The Book of Charm.” a play by John Kirkpatrick, will be produced next month by Rachael Crothers. “Riquette,”” an operetta, by Oscar | Strauss, which the Shuberts are pro-| _ ducing, will open in Detroit tonight, |Kill going thence to Chicago. | Octot Edythe Baker will have the role originally played by Patti Harrold when Al Jolson resumes performances of “Big Bo; Howard March and Ilse Marvenga | will be featured in “The Student Prince” hereafter. role Mar; Mildred Southwick has bee: to the cast of “Brother Elk: is carded to open the latter p: month. added which t of this “Spring and Autumn” will be the title of the Czechoslovakian operetta to be produced b: rl Reed. The cast will include Orville Harrold and daughter, Patti Harrold. The score is by William Ortmann. Derrick Wuiff | made the adaptation, and Gus Kahn and Ray Eaton wrote the lyrics. The | piece will open in New York October 5 A arthest Maupassan Robert Milton and Augustan Dun- | \ha 1240 ¥ can, guest directors at the Greenwich | Village Theater the coming season, will stage “Outside Looking In" and | Rostand’s “The Last Night of Don Juan,” which will not be produced un- til the Spring. i | z2na_mair or David Landau has been engaged to | Hawa play a French-Canadian farmer with slele (1 Helen McKellar in “The Mud Turtle,” which opens in New York the latter part of this month. run half MUSICAL INSTRUCTION Washington Conservator- 151 1408 New Hampshire ¥ o‘“ML:'» Adioinine nt Cirele Couren Startins MISS AMY CLEMENT LEAVE D. VOICE AND HARM v SAXOPHONE .“Tenor Banjo, Guitar: Dr In 10 to 20 Lessons Jazz_and Popular Music a_spe in or phone for hooklet John Cort announces two produc- tions for the Fall, the first, “Suzanne a musical comedy by Willlam Cary Duncan and John Hunter Booth, with | music_by Harold Orlob, which will open September 28, with Ernest Glen- | dinning heading the and the sec- | o ond, “The Pool,” by Dorothy Quick “Easy Terms,” by Crane Wilbur, will be placed in rehearsal this week, with Donald Meek leading the cast. “Under Your Hat” will be the name of the musical comedy in which Les- ter Allen will be starred by Earl Car- roll. Paul Porter and Benjamin Hap- good Burt are the authors. e RISTENSEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC OR BANJO, MANDOLIN, GUITAK . HAWAIIAN GUITAR AND UKULELE. semble Practice with Clubs. Established 1894 PHONE COL. 948. 1801 COL SPECIAL SUMMER T b the Nordica Helen Ford will be seen this season in “Betsy,” a musical comedy by the authors of “The Garrick Galeties.” “Swamp Rats,” by Robert J. Sher- man, author of “Spooks,” is announc- ed for early production. Piano and Harmony jolakoma Park. D Adama 8549, - NE SHURE —will accept advanced students his studio in the Mt. Vernon Place Church. Practice facilities will be provided NO BEGINNERS TAKEN Mr. Shure will also accept students at the American University, where he will be Dean of the School of Music STUDY WHERE YOUR WORK ' WILL COUNT TOWARD A COLLEGE DEGREE “Smiling Danger,” a play by Oliver White, was acted for the first time in San Francisco last Monday night, with Frank Keenan in the leading role. Don Marquis’ new comedy, “Mister Pie Eye,” has gone into rehearsal.| James Gleason is directing. Dorothy Francis, recently featured in “The Love Song,” has been en- gaged by Charles Dillingham for the cast of “Sunny,” in which Marilyn Miller is to appear. Hubert Druce and Willilam Streett have formed a new producing firm and will produce several plays the