Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1925, Page 60

[} THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 30, 1925—PART Outdoor Attractions. GLEN ECHO PARK. The management at Glen Echo Park announces a speclal program of enter- tainment for Labor day, the last holiday of the Summer season. Glen Echo is Washington's free admission resort, located in nearby Maryland, and reached by a trolley ride or by motor along the Conduit road, with ample parking space provided at the| The park has opened an offic park. Among the amusement fea-|parking ground for automobiles. w tures are the derby racers, coaster|a nominal charge dips, frolic, whip, skeeter and old | e mill, while other features are the| CHESAPEAKE BEACH caroussel, midway with dozens of at- | boartiv amusement tractions, and the penny arcade with | s attra at more than 100 machines. One of the | B will continu most popular features is dancing in| S the baliroom every week night from | §:30 to 11:30 to music by “The Golden Pheasants,” “Happy” Walker's | star band, which he personally di-| rects. Shady picnic groves under| large shade trees, with tahles, benches | installed in the pavilion to give wei and beautitul effects for special nur bers. The park affords varied ments. Diversions inciude day znd night bathing, a_ fast roller coastc airplane swings, Ferris wheel. merr go-round, dodg’'em, whip, funho and games of xkill amuse BY HOWARD P. BAILEY. HE proposal for a great festival of music to be held in this city next May has awakened an enthusiasm among people of all walks that far surpasses even the fondest hopes of those backing the move- ment, At this time of year, with music leaders as well as civic leaders out town, it was hardly expected that any very great amount of comment would follow a suggestion for a festival, yet from all sides have come cxpressions of highest approval of the plan and pledges of co-operation in sufficient quantity to guarantee that when detailed plans take concrete iorm ample organizations will be ready to take up the work of preparing The de ach through date st season at the resort Austen Getting tra will continue and evening throu Ches 1¢ programs. A movement such as this could get nowhere without some central group taking the initiative, a group impregnable of attack on the grounds This central group has District Commissioners, who have officially spon- ored the plan and announced their intention to name a committee of 200 »f selfish interest been provided in fathering the in the estival association * to orga movement. HEIR action will be looked upon, a few years irom ndw, as one of great vision on the part of men able to picture the successful outcome of the greatest musical undertaking in the history of the Capital. Suggestions have come in a flood for features to be placed upon a program, for methods of organizing to bestow the leadership. come from people serious make Washington the music center of the Nation. being gathered and filed for use of Commissioners. the work of individuals upon whom These suggestions, for the most part, have intent upon aiding in the great movement to The suggestions are the committee to be named by the Some criticism, naturally, has arisen in connection with a hypothetical program, as outlined in this column a week ago. At the time that pro- gram was outlined it was stated that it was merely offered as a starting point from which the discussion might begin, and this end has been at- tained, judging irom the quality and excellence of the suggestions that have been made. The decision upon what shall con with the program committee. Every itute the program lies, of course, recommendation made with an earn- est desire to help will be placed before the committec once its perma- nent organization is effected. There have been some other forms of criticism, such as queries con- cerning who is to be the gainer through the movement, who has an ax to grind or a desire for self-glorification. These criticisms come largely irom those apparently unable to grasp the magnitude of the vision that is leading those back of the movement on toward their goal. From men and women who hav e accomplished things musically in this city have come nothing but expressions of the greatest enthusiasm over the plans statement, hat h, HO needed before the program can s somchow never before bee * * necessity of starting now and starting energetically. From all who have so far commented has come the same “It is what T have wished to see come about for : for years, but n actually put in motion. * % who know the organization work and the training of choruses be adequately prepared realize the Any one connected h a big musical organization knows the benefits of the “soaking in” process in the preparation of big works. preparing to sing a great chorus by hearsals, with rest periods of weeks ing of the composition shall unfold group of rehearsal They know the advantage of a number of intensive groups of re- in between, in order that the mean- gradually with the lessons of each Several weeks must elapse, no doubt, before the choosing of the com- mittee. leaders will have joined the place their organizations in | It is hoped by that time the return behind the festival. > who have promised to The question aiready has arisen _as to who shall lead the great chorus on the final night of the festival. Therc seems an eagerness to know this on the part of those having friends upon whom they would like to see this honor bestowed. Included among the choral society and choir leaders of this city are many who could fill the role of leader capably. step in at almost any time and take program. That question can wait. What should occupy the minds < to prepare the material with w! rehearsal are going to be needed to the program w n the montt the acty To them will go the greater part of s a success. The encouraging part about com ments so far made is that those who are actively engaged as directors of choirs and choral societies, in so far as they have expressed opinions in the matter of the festival, have pledged wholehearted support to the move- ment. The type of musictan who will make the festival the great success that it will be Is earnest in the love of the art. To such the ability to interpret musle and to give expression to the notes is held as a God-given talent, to be used to the hest interests of fellow men. Petty jealousies are beneath | them. They will loyally go on with their work, hoping perhaps for the honor of leading upon the final night, | but intent mainly in preparing to per- fection the group that is already under their charge, and the final de- cision as to the director will bring no childish cry of “I won't play.” It is encouraging that no ill feeling has eropped out. * ** * There seems a general opinion ex- pressed by many that the program should be all-Washington; that within the limits of the city will be found all that Is needed for direction and for solo work; that no necessity will be found to look elsewhere for atd in staging the great five-day program at present suggested. It might be well that this sug- zestion be adopted. Numbered among Washington's soloists, both vocal and nstrumental, are many who would © a far greater national recogni- tion were thelr talent really exploited. The reasons for this failure to pursue a career are individual and varled, hut the lack of a caveer in no way diminishes the ability to perform. It would gratify to the utmost the civic pride of the citizens of the Capital i the entire program should be given by Washingtontans. Another good reason for this policy lies in the question of finance.” The first year of the festival would natur- ally be set about with considerable inexperience. Just what the costs would total weuld be difficult of de- crmination in advance. It might be wise to avold, at least for the first vear, the expense of bringing in the high-paid stars of,the music world. This, of course, makes an exception of the opera performances, for these would almost require for success the engaging of persons experienced in he roles of the operas chosen. * ok k * While on the subject of finances, many suggestions have been received as to the proper method of raising the necessary money to meet the e: penses of the festival. These have varied from proposals for a charge for each performance ample to meet all the costs to proposals that an ef- fort be made to have wealthy people guarantee the costs, with no admis- sion charges. Other suggestions, and they seem best, are compromises between these extremes. The general opinion is that in order to make the organization per- manent, bringing about an assurance of a festival as an annual climax to the music of each year from this time on, a definite body should be formed, composed of active and associate members, to conduct the festival. In the class of active members would be included only those actually taking part in the programs as performers. In the other or assoclate group would be included thése who would lend the necessary assured patronage that would meet the greater part of the costs of the festival. To these persons in exchange for their annual dues would be given reserved seats at the varlous performances upon the festival program. After they had been supplied with seats the remain- der could be turned over to the general public at a nominal charge that would vace no undue financial bardship upon the heads of families who would like' to be present at the greater part or all of the programs. Frep programs have been found, as 4 usual thing, to lose attractiveness, while & small charge gives a feeling of mdcyeiceuce o the auditor that per- These musicians could up the work of conducting the final of those interested in personalities h the leader can work. Months of train the choruses. The success of lie largely upon the shoulders of those who have put of hard work leading the smaller groups, training them in [ notes to be sung and in the proper interpretation of the works. ¢ credit if the huge massed chorus mits him to sit back and enjoy what he has paid for with the unhampered privilege of liking or disliking without the feeling of obligation to like be- cause the performance is a gift. * ok % % The financal success of the festival would be certain through one condi- tion alone. It always has been found in great volunteer chorus perform- ances of real merit that a great audi- ence is assured through the attrac- tion of friends and relatives of the performers. Not only do the perform- ers draw those with whom they are intimate, but each is an advertising medium whose enthusiasm causes many others to come out. A chorus of a thousand singers or even greater numbers would, through this fact alone, bring multiple thousands out to swell the audience. It should not be difficult to enroll several thousand assoclate members of the festival organization, and the multiplicand-to swell these thousands into the total of dollars needed to meet expenses would not have to be of great size. A further suy lon has been made that instead associates the finances might be supplisd through the sale of tickets at graduated prices, just as they are at professional performances. It is believed, however, that some- thing would be loat in the general at- mosphere by the substitution of com- mercialism for the feeling of fellow- ship in a great endeavor that would be found in the associate and active membership plan. All these things, however. are mere- dy in the stage of suggestion at the present. The tmportant thing is that the vision of a great festival is to come true. The Commissioners have pointed the way. The whole-hearted response of music and eivic leaders to the movement and request for assist: ance will come ence the erganization is perfected. * ok k% The committee to be selected by the city officials, it is understood, will be of such proportions and personnel as to include representatives of all the various musical activities to be ar ranged as well as to include business and professional leaders. The selec- tion of this committee is being studled by the Commissioners at the present time and their invitations to particl- pate will be sent out within a few weeks. It is certaln, once proper persons to consider and act upon plans for the festival have bheen selected, all suggestions as to program, financing and personnel will be received with gratitude. Somewhere among the varfous plans suggested will be found the ideal arrangements for the proj- ect. And when the final plan is put into effect, if present enthusiasm is any criterion, the movement will gather momentum, until at its culmi- nation, next May, Washington will see one of the greatest civioc demon- strations of her history. Her place in the musical sun will be established and the succeeding years will see a gradual ascent until at last Washing- ton will be the mecca of musicians of the entire Nation. The material is here, the direction has been pointed out by the Commis- sloners, the path les straight ahead. The success of Washingten’'s boldest step musically is in the hands of her people. Gives Informal Musical. N honor of Miss Mildred Mason of Springfield, Ill., house guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hall, an informal mu- sical evening was given by George F. Schimmel. The musical numbers were inter- spersed with recitations by Miss Ma- son and Miss Victoria Capping. ‘Those assisting in the musical pro- gram were Miss Mabel Akers and Miss Treva Strong of Roanoke, Va.; Messra. Sonberg and Sheris af i S TR e R Lieby and Albert Baker. 1g choir and choral society | Stransky Opens Mozart Festival in Baden Baden Under the inspiring baton of Jo- seph Stransky, formerly director of the New York Philharmonic Orches- tra, the Mozart musical festival of 192 successfully launched on Sunday evening, August 15, at Baden Baden, where it will continue melodi- cally untll the night of September 1. “The Maglc Flute” was the happy choice for the premier presentation, and it was made further noteworthy by the appearance in the cast of four American artists, all of whom acquit- ted themselves with distinction. This was particularly true of Miss Lucille Chalfant, the recent operatic debu- tante, who scored so signally on the occasion of her Parisian debut, and who has won new laurels in fagic Flute” prima donna role queen of the night. She was most enthusiastically recelved, and the critics noted with fullsome delight that, for the first time in many vears, the role was sung in the original ke as scored by the composer and without a single transposition, !h(‘ beauty of her bell-like tones creating an ovation, and adding still another personal triumph to her brief but brilliant _record in Europ opera Edward Lakow was the Sarastro, and was other Americans in the t were Editha Fleischer and George Meador of the Metropolitan. At the conclusion of the Mozart festival Miss Chalfant will return to the United States for a brief seaso of concert recitals in New York, Bos- ton, Philadelphia and Washington under society auspices, after which she will spend another year abroad, galning added experience in operatic repertoire in Italy. . e Arr;ly Band C;nccrt. THE Army Band, Capt. R. G. Sher- man, comma . and Capt W. J. Stannard, directing, is sched uled to present four conceris this week. For each of the four an in teresting program has been arranged The first will be given at Logan Park, Fourteenth between V and W streets, Anacostia, the opening ‘march start- ing at 7:30 p.n. tomorrow. Tuesday, September 1, will find the Army Band at Walter Reed General Hospital, under the baton of Capt. Stannard. Two numbers at this con- cert are “The Mill on the CHff,” by Relssinger, and that most remarkable tone poem, “Les Preludes,” by Lisst. Assistant Bandleader L. 8. Yassel will direct Thursday's program at Mount Alto Hospital, the first number commencing at 7 p.m. Friday, September 4, will be given over to the regular post concert at Washington Barracks. Starting at 6:50 p.m. an hour-and-a-half program will be rendered, to which the public is Invited. On Saturday, September 5, a large audience is expected at the Sylvan Theater. An imposing array of mu- cal gems will be played, which will sent out to thousands of Army Band _ followers through stations WCAP and associated companies. The full band of 90 pleces will be em- ployed with Capt. Stannard directing. Concert for Printers’ Base Ball League GERTRL'DE LYONS gave a musi- cal last Sunday evening in the small ballroom of the New Willard Hotel for the entertainment of the members of the Union Printers’ Base Ball League, which was very much enjoved. The program included Dor- othy Wilson Hullbach, contralto, well known to radio fans, who sang “My Aine Folks” and also “As We o (Tigenfritz), with piano accompaniment by Frances O. Lloyd; a violin solo, “Meditation,” from “Thals,” by Bern- ardine Horn, with accompaniment by Mary Cecilia Horn; tenor solo, “O Love That Will Not Let Me Ge” (Harker), and “Dream Girl” (Vietor Herbert), by H. F. Aldridge, with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Al- dridge; a cornet solo, “Skyrocket,"” by Mary Ceecilla Horn, with accompani- ment by Bernardine Horn; a song, “Mother, Daddy and Me,"” by Frank Goebel, with accompaniment by Mrs. Goebel. Gertrude Lyons sang “Ave Maria” (Gounod), with violin obbligato by Bernardine Horn and piano accom- paniment by Mary Cecflia Horn. Mrs. Lyons aleo sang “Within a Mile o' Edinboro Toon"™ and “The Last Rose of Summer,” with piano accom- paniiment by Bertle Mae Pote. National American Ballet Plans Concerts An innovation in things musical will be the twilight concerts to be given by the National American Ballet at the Washington Auditorium on Sun- day afternoon, at 5 o'clock. The open- ing date of the series will be an- nounced in a short time and it will be in_September. Similar concerts will be given by the same grganization in Baltimore and Richmond. Famous American and Europeau artists will appear. in vocal, instru- mental and dancing numbers. Special attention will be given to the revival of the old spirit of American music and folk songs, and old-fashioned music as well as semi-classic produc- tions will be presented. At all these concerts a feature of the performance will be solo dance numbers by Desiree Lubavske, the famous premier dan- seuse. Plans Class in Harmony. LEXANDER HENNEMAN, direc- tor, department of music at the Sisters’ College, Catholic University, ::l begin a harmony class in Septem- Students are now being enrolled. Pauley Oukrainsky Ballet, under direction of Fortune Gallo, engaged for program at National Theater, feature of ten star concert series. Marine Band Concert. HE Marine Band program for two concerts to be given tomorrow are as follows: Marine Barracks at 5 p.m., William | H. Santelmann, leader: Taylor Bran- ! son, second leader, conducting: March, “Salute to Mexico™ (Brooke); overture, “Stradella” (Flotow); “Fu- neral March of a Marlonette” (Gou- nod); trombone solo, “Recitative and Song: Oh, Thou Sublime, Sweet Eve- ning Star,” from “Tannhauser” (Waz: ner), Musician Albert Bennert; grand scenes from “Maritana" (Wallace); characteristic, “The Butterfly” (Ben- dix); “Second Polonaise” (Liszt); Ma- rines' hymn, “The Halls of Monte- zuma'; “The Star Spangled Banner.” McMillan Park, First and Bryant streets northwest, at 7:30 p.m. Con- cert by a section of the band, Taylor Branson conducting: March, “Gate City" (Weldon): over- ture, “Don Cesar de Bazan" (Masse- net): (a) characteristic. “On Tiptoe™ (Hosmer), () Chinese 1dy1, “Lady Pick- inz Mulberries” (Kelley); excerpts from “Rose Marie” (Friml; melody (F'rml); waltz, “Artist's Life” (Strauss); scenes from “Tales of Hoffmann" (Of fenbach); “The Star Spangled Ban- ner. The band will also play as follows: Wednesday, September 2, United | States Capitol; Thursday, September ¥3. Sylvan Theater; Friday, September 4, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. o Forty of Sousa's Bandsmen Are College Men. That the “silver cornet” band of small town gradually is vielding to the college and university as the recruiting ground for brass band ns is the statement of Lieut. . John Philip Sousa, who this season will make his third-of-a:cen- tury tour at the head of his famous organization. This year the Sousa personnel of more than 100 men will inciude about 40 college and uni versity graduates, students and for- mer students. Throughout most of his musical ireer, Sousa has been looking to all-town America for his most promising new blood. Small-city brass bands, always a source of local pride, have yielded the big organiza- tion many cornetists, saxophonists and trombonists. But a few years ago Sousa began to notice an occa- slonal college boy In his ensemble Land this season almost one-half his entire band will be composed of col- leze men. A few of Sousa's college musicians, of course, recelved thelr elementary training in the smalltown bands. But courses in band music have been | added to the curricula of many schools of higher learning. Perhaps a stu- dent completes a course {n band music and comes to Sousa to begin a life career. Or, perhaps, he earns with his trombone or clarinet the wages which will enable him a year later to return to his university for the re- mainder of his course in law or medi- cine. Other qualifications being equal, the college man, of course, has the prefer- ence when Sousa’s roll for the season s made up. The Sousa bandsman must not only be a capable performer upon his chosen instrument—he must be clean-cut and intelligent as well, and college men may be counted upon for these virtues. Quick Thinking Saves Werrenrath in Crisis Quick thinking is needed to save art- ists trom predicaments that arfse on the concert platform, according to Reinald Werrenrath, the noted bari- tone, who recently spent several days in Washington, and will usg‘ur here in the Peggy Alblon series October 19. Werrenrath was singing one night in Carnegle Hall, New , when he suddenly found himself in that quan- dary experienced occasionally by any one having a repertoire of §0-some numbers—he could not recall a cer- tain line in “Ringers,” which number he already was singing. Instead of slurring over the passage, ‘‘Weary” stopped, and to his audience con- fessed: “You know, I have sung this 50,000 times, but tonight, for the life of me, I can't remember the line which comes next.” The artist's frankness was applaud- ed enthusiastically, anddp addition at least 50 persons in the audience called out to him the forgotten words. Thanking them, “Weary” sang the line and the rest of the song. Swanee to Open Septem- ber 14. Preparations are going forward rapidly for the Fall opening of Swanee, the Meyer Davis ballroom de luxe under the Earle Theater. Accordin to the present program Swanee wdl be opened on September 14. On the week of September 7 the Swanee Syn- copaters, led by Al Kamons, will be a ;mur? Ott :.‘ne M'.E&\'le Then.t:r. Re- earsals of this are now {n - ress, and a group of highly ou.lgrr‘;u'l orchestral numbers especially suited for vaudeville presentation have been developed. J. W. Wood, manager of Chevy Chase Lake, and one of the most able of the younger Meyer Davis execu- tives, is taking a brief vacation, the greater part of which will be spent in Canada. / The Meyer Davis Society Orchest is playing for the horse show bel: held at Warrenton, Va., this week. spo Drnan Hoid) piayfower O pencen T i - chestra -flfl:“m ngmmu of the pi tial room of )m. flower during the Autumn. Aum: o wppiemeniad by i ‘ ! specialties from week to wgek. - Filmograms. DWIN CAREWE is to produce $1,500,000 picture of “Oklahom: for Firat Natlonal, starting the cam- era work next Spring. Meanwhile he will make another picture “Joanna With a Million.” The Ufa production of “Siegfried, which opened at the Century in New York within the week, is being talked of as a startlingly beautiful picture, a powerful production, whose settings and photography are superb. It has a wonderful Wagner orchestra accom- paniment. Douglas F. W. Coffey, a University of Wisconsin student, claims to ha eent a film by radio from his home n | Madison to Sunny Crest, the other side of Lake Mendota. All that is known of the operation is that a light thrown through a strip of rotating film at the sending station is trans muted into electrical vibrations, which, sent with a specially devised radio transmitter, without microphone or key, are in turn changed to light rays at the recelving end and these reproduce the picture on a screen Charlie Chaplin’s new picture, “The Gold Rueh.” is said to have estab. lished a new world's record for one week's business in a motion picture theater at the Strand last week And that is not all that s being said of it that's nice. Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese actor, it is said, will make a picture in the East during the Fall, at the same time appearing in the play “Mr. Wu” on the stage Carl Laemmle b Cinematograph tlon of Englan. produce in Eng] please not only United States but the world. It is s declared to the Ixhibitors’ Associa- that he is going to nd pictures that will England and all the countrf big contrac Laemmle is not going to take part In‘ the production of “L'Homme qui Rit” (“The Man Who Laughs”), but will leave it to the Societe Generale de Films. He will, however, attend to the distribution in this country. Carucel, an Italian producer, is to make a picture of “Alda. All the Warner Brothers’ stars will appear in “Broken Hearts,” a picture for which Darryl Francis Zanuck will write the script. This does not mean than John Barrymore and Lowell Sherman will be in the cast. L. G. Rigby, who did the continuity on “Tumbleweeds” for W. S. Hart, will finish the concluding sequences on Norma Talmadge's new picture, “Paris After Darl Mary Astor has been chosen to play opposite John Barrymore in Warner Brothers' production of “Don Juan.” John Ince's production, “The Per- fect Crime,” with E. K. Lincoln and Wanda Hawley in the chief roles, is being finished in the California studlos. Frank B. Good, for threa years Jackie Coogan's chief cameraman, has been retained to supervise the photo- sraph of “Old Clothes,” now in the making. Elaine Hammerstein has started on “Ladles of Lelsure,” with Tom Buck- ingbam directing. Frances Marfon, scenarist for Sam- uel Goldwyn, is making the seript for “Potash and Perlmutter” from the story of Montague Glass, for release by United Artists. Edgar Wallace's novel, “The Green Archer,” is to be made into a movie serial at the Long Island studio. Frank Leon Smith {s adapting the novel and Spencer Bennett is direct- with Allene Ray and Walter featured. Gloria son is reported to be still hq g Of from making new aliances. She still has three plctur.s to make for Famous Players, it is #ald, and Is not yet considering United Artists’ offers. Henceforth it will be the Stflxy- Crandall Chain of Theaters, Y Crandall having announced the sale of three-fourths of his interests to the Stanley Company of America, accord- ing to Film Dally. Ni e Joyce Is the latest addition to the cast selected by Samuel Gold- wyn for his screen version of “Stella Dallas,” which {s beftig directed by Henry King for Fall release through United Artists’ Corporation. Miss Joyce was borrowed from Educational, to whom she is under contract. Ron- ald Colman, Belle Bennett, Alice Joyce, Lols Moran, Douglas Falr- banks, ir. and Jean Hersholt have im- portant roles. Fitsmaurice, who is midway in the production of his screen ver- stoh “The Dark Angel,” spon- sored by SBamuel Goldwyn, and which features Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky, ce):-hfmd European star, is mk!_la @ suitable story for his mext produdtion, his first offering to United Artists’ Corporation, under the recent afiillation of Mr. Goldwyn's producing unit with organization. ther Ralston, who hurried east to play the besutiful falry godmother in "Herbert non's “A Kiss for Cinderella,” will p apposite Rich- ard Dix in “Womanhpan " which is being touted as the star's answer to Glorie Swaneon's ‘“Manhandled.” Arthur Lubin, just 20 vears of ' who is beirk hailed in Hollywood I‘B"I ?‘"'x“""'" "‘llln‘." uu:” u‘ nov’v pr“y» ng venile ead in “His B, o P! e role o jom for r;‘hum the ol BB (e SREEELH R called | Star of New Season t NOEL COWARD, Playwright, who will_appear in “The Vortex,” September 7. openin; lar season at the National Th member of the cast in this story of the Far East, in which are also fea- tured Percy Marmont, Noah Beery and Raymond Hatton. Fred Datig. “the man who fifty thousand 1 been made o mount’s West Coa be the oldest casti tion pictures. He has cast nearly a during the last dec: knows who_ha director of Par: studio, is said to imates f mi de that he on actors Among the famous people who are watching Rex Ingram direct *Mare Nostrum” in France is Mary Garden, it is said. Canada may enter {nto the picture production field on a large scale, it is rumored. Deputy Minister W, J. Healy of Manitoba has been in Cul- ver City recently collecting data on American _ picture production for | Canadian financiers. Clara Bow in “Kiss Me Again’ made a hit with a young New York |lawyer, who has offered her a job as stenographer, because, he wrote her, “I was greatly impressed with your speed (in taking dictation, of course) in 'Kiss Me Again.’ Alyce Mills says that although the painted knee is declared to be the latest vogue in Paris and New York, it seems to be passe in the place where it originated, the South Sea Islands, where the star has been mak- ing scenes for “With This Ring,"” Fan- nie Heaslip Lee's story. Pomona (Calif.) foot ball fans may have an opportunity for a little pre- season rooting soon, according to Di- rector Wesley Ruggles, who is mak- ing “The Plastic Age” and who has requested the residents of the town to form a ‘rooting gallery” for a foot ball game to be staged as the big climatic sequence. Douglas MacLean began production of his initial Paramount comedy, “Seven Keys to Baldpate,” this week with a location trip to San Diego. Bdith Roberts has the chief feminine role; while Crauford Kent and Anders Randolph also appear in the cast. Gloria Swanson's new picture, “The Coast of Folly,” is the picturization of Conigsby Dawson’s popular novel. Thomas Melghan is on the Levia- than homeward bound, after working for three weeks in picturesque sites about Dublin, Lake Killarney and Blarney Castle, Ireland, on scenes of “Irish Luck,” his latest film, adapted from “The Imperfect Imposter.” Mr. Meighan is expected to arrive Monday. Accompanying him are Lois Wilson, who plays the heroine; Victor Heer- man, the director; Tom J. Geraghty, supervisor of Mr. Meighan's produc- tions, and technical members of the unit. Michael Arlen, the clever British writer, who has just arrived here, will go te Hollywood next menth to per- sonally aid In the adaptation of “Cross- roads of the World," his original story for Pola Negrl. At present Miss Negri is e in~ making “Flower of Night,” written especially far her by Joseph Hergesheimer. Army ‘Music School Con- certs. The Army Music School will give a concert at Washington Barracks Tues- day at 6:30 p.m., Warrant Officer Thomas F. rcy conducting. The program will be: March, “The Noble Commander” (Williams): over- ture, “The Beautiful Galatea” (Suppe) fox trot, “Waitin’ for the Moon" (Brown): trumpet quartet, (a) “Sweet and Low” (Barnby), (b) ‘“Hawailan Love Song” (Arr. Dacy), Warrant Officer Hebert, Staff Sergt. Mel- lad Staff Sergt. Svec, . Pa air de ballet, (a) rette”’ (Hadley), (b) ‘‘Valse,” 64, No. 1 (Chopin): selection, % Modiste” (Herbert); waltz, “Italian Nights" (Tobani); Spanish suite, “La Ferfa" (Lacome); fox trot, “Summer Nights” (Johnson); march, “General Lejeune” (Branson); “The Star Span- gled Banne: The Army Music School will also El:y a goncert at Judiclary ‘Park o September 8, at 7:30 p.m., ana Hoapital 30 p.m. at Reed Friday, September 4, st director in mo- | and playgrounds for the kiddies, are| i available for outings | CHEVY CHASE LAKE. Syncopated steps and songs by the “Four Hoofmen” and Pauline Larfa will be the speclal attraction a Wedne: = Vaudeville night Chevy Chase Lake. The “Four men,” Jazz dancing quartet, includ four Washington dancers— Jimmy | . Willie Kuehling, Bill Raferty Bishop. Pauline Loria, | singer. who speclalizes in numbers of the Marion Harris type will present a_group of the newest | Broadway numbers. | Carnival nights are continuing | three times a week Tuesday even- ing's “Dixieland night,” with its amusing troupe of little colored enter- tainers, is a popular feature, as well as “Opportunity night,” Friday eve- ning, when juvenile Capital amateurs are placed In competition Afl«l,\'fi’l‘o.\' BEACH PARK. “Broadcast nights” are an added | attraction in the big open-air dance | pavilion at Arlington Beach Park, across the Highway Bridge. “Bill’ Strickland and his organization of | melody dispensers strive to outdo | themselves on Tuesdays and Fridays, | when WCAP is on hand with the mi- | crophones, and the regular dance pa- | trons get the benefit. | Joe Bombrest, adept both with the banjo and voice, has prepared a spe- clal set of new vocal numbers for not only- the broadcast nights, but other evenings as well. A new sys- tem of color lighting has just been Hoof tember 7, later re week end A slightly ule goes into there will be urdays and Fishing, salt wa ing and picni amusements curtailed t = effect &pecial tomorrow LE PARADIS ATTRACTION The Ch Pa Le Par: vaude dance musi teau adis wcob: Sout are chateau the Le nings. COLONIAL B Colontal Beach ton’s Atlantie City,” offers salt wa bathing, long sandy beach, fishi crabbing, daneing in the open- vilion built out over the water : other seaxhore attractions The steamer St. Johns makes trips week ch. lea Seventh street wharf Sunday day and Thureday : n. and urday at 2:30 pm. The trip delightful 70-mile daylight r the Potomac, returning by moonlig with free ¢ on the dance de Monday, Wednesd nd Friday ¢ nings at 7:15 the St. Johns car passengers on a 40-mile moon) trip down the Potomac, returninz the city atout 11. Free dancing music by Sokolov's Band is 2 fea of these trips heard Iso_appe and nre 1 roof Thursday Paradis CH—St. Johns called “Wash Studio Secrets. HE wanted to see the wheels go round. That is to say, she wanted to find out just how these screen dramas are made that make you thriil one minute and gulp the next, whil wiping away a tear from the sniffle. So the picture editor gave her | 4 letter of introduction to Charles L. McCarthy. the gental and accommo dating publicity manager who helps | to make Paramount Pictures so popu- lar, This is what happened | After a wild taxl ride through a | hotbed of politics to the region of | Forty-second street and Fifth avenue. | I reached Mr. McCarthy's office Paramount_headquarters. he's a nice man. I almost didn't have to tell | him what T wanted before he had me | whirling along in another wild taxi to | the Long Island studio of Fam: Players-Lasky, at Astoria ““"No casting today' was the first | thing that smacked me in the eves | as 1 opened the doors to Wonderland. | Gee | Then T had a lot o' trouble expl to the man there that I wasn't a new find from the West, an aspiring star, | nor an obsolete extra, and thanks to| Mr. McCarthy he let me in. “Klelg lights, directors, assistant di- rectors, carpenters, electricians, cam eramen and extrae all were apparent- Iy engaged in making the wonderful ballroom scene for “A Kiss for Cin derella”—and, belleve me, it is truly a wonderful dream for pretty little Betty Bronson. “But there ain't no romance in screen actors. There sat Tom Moore, all rigged up in his king trappings under the canopy of his throne and munching an apple, rather bored at what was going on. I heard some one | that Director Brenon had just hot that scene for the elgventh time in the endeavor to make the 500 extras understand that the scene was & dream, not a nightmare. Maybe that's why Mr. Moore had lost his smile and turned his attention to what Eve made Adam do. “Poor me. I just gasped and looked and looked and gasped. I knew that at last I was seeing a photoplay in the making with real stars, in a real studlo and with real inhuman direc- tors. And they were all doing their darndest for us folks who merely pay our way, or slip a pass, to see and Navy Band Concerts. THE Navy Band. under the direc- tion of Lieut. Charles Benter, will give three programs during the com- ing week as follows: Tomorrow, § p.m., at the Capitol, Mareh, “The Lure of Alaska’ (Benter): overture, “Tannhauser” (Wagner) ballet music from “Coppelia” (Delibes): suite, “Pantemine,” (a) “Leandre et Isabelle,” (b) “Pizzicato” (Lacome) “Second Hungaffan Rhapsody’ (Liszt); waltz, “The Blue Danube' (Strauss); duet for flute and clarinet. “Lo, Here the Gentle Lark” (Bishop), (Charles Brendler and John Bell, U. 8. NJ); characteristic, ‘“Reminis- cences of the Plantation” (Cham- bers): “Star Spangled Banner.” Tuesday, 7:30 p.n., at Michigan Park, Twelfth and Shepherd streets northeast. March, “The Washington Greys"” (Grafulla); overture, “Jean de Paris” (Boleldieu); characteristic, “Dance of the Serpents” (Boccalari) rand scenes from the opera, artha” (Flotow): waltz di concert “Moonlight on the Hudson" (Her- mann); excerpts from the musical comedy, “The Grass Widow" (Hirsch): fantasia, ‘“Napolitana” (Boccalari): “Star Spangled Banner,” ‘Wednesday, 7 p.m., at the band- stand, navy yard, March, “El Cap. itan" (Sousa); overture, ‘Rienzi” (Wagner); descriptive fantasia, “In a Clock Store” (Orth); baritone solo, “Thoughts of Love” (Pryor), (Jean Manganaro, U. 8. N.); excerpts from the pepular musical comedy, ‘“Rose Marie” (Friml); rhapsody, “Slavonic” (Friedemann); characteristic, “Cinde. rella’s Bridal Procession” (Dicker iocola solo, “The Skylark Polk: (Cox), (John W, Bell, U. 8. N.); waltzes, “Sweet Old Songs” (arranged by Henneberg); “S8ong of India,” from the legend “Sadko” (Rimsky-Korsa- kow); humaresque, ‘“Plccolo Pic"” (Blates “Polonalse” (Chepin); fan- tasla, “Tone Pictures of the North ahd BSouth” (Bendix); “Star Spangled Ban- ner.” Music at St. John's. THE musio at §t. John's Church, carner of Sixteenth and H streets northwest, today will include Bar- rett’s “Te Deum in E flat” and O for a Closer Walk With God,” by Myles Foster, in both of which the identical solos will be taken by A. Harlen Castle, who Has been guest soloist during August. At the offertory Mr. Castle will sing *Pour Out Thy Heart Béfore the ," from the oratorio “Abraham,” by Moligue. . Guy Lucas will return from Eng- about September 4 and resume J of the cheir for the coming seazon. beta ln Mary C. P, Johnson has tge durlng bis abseace. knock. avbe done. But 'l what an almost picture the picture never knock experience it wa el that I was a pi pictur “Next, MeCarf me over to where D. W. Griffith, and were doing a sr scene of the Sawdust Two ¢ clicking their clicklest z from Miss Dempste istering 116 1 Mr gently Care right over to director studios are up Seventy-fifth have out a sign but, oh, the sta They quickly Iy at home, and I Milton Sills and Miss Cassinelll. And I lik r Hillyer, too. They invited me to lunch with them. sweeter? ec ha Could heaven br “T don't know whether T drank ot of the finger bowl or seemed trying to cut my throat with a I was with the stars. I didn't about table manners. And human they all are. T just | “I saw Milton Sills gett ®hoeshine spoiled by Miss and Director Hughes making a scene of an unnamed picture and then almost forget. But in a few min I found myself whirling back in wild taxi to Times Square and Forty second street. It had been a wo derful experience and some da: hope to be able to write about it “But that night, from my h as T watched the long lines of peor crowding to get into the differer theaters, I wondered how many « them knew or could realize that tV beautiful entertainment that h them for an hour or two had | the hard labor of perhaps thou: Tor weeks and even months (o s! them the barren wastes of bound Alaska, or the wave: shores of sunny Florida, without much as a ffozen finger tip or cve moderate case of sunburn.” MISS AMY CLEMENT AVITT PIANO., VOICE AND HARMONY oachin nyin 06 Eleventn Street NW. o Avarts Piano, Tenor Banjo. Guitar: Drums, In 10 to 20 Lessons Bag, Jazz and Popular Mugic 2 Come In. write or phone for | lessons ¢ You buy instrument from ¢ CHRISTENSEN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 22 G St. N.W. Main_1275, Walter T. Holt Studios TENOR BANJO. MANDOLIN, GUITAT BANJO, HAWAIIAN UKULELE. Bnsemble Practice with the Nordics Clubs. Established 1894. 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