Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1926, Page 64

ON BOARD THE §. S. ROT DAM, July 8, 1926. HE United States of America is noted for being a land that wants only “the biggest and best” in every line. This is true of music as well as more prosaic, professions®and industries. The Metropoli- H tan Opera House, in New York City—to take an outstanding ex- ample—has the cream of operatic singers from other lands in its roster of stars. The conductors are world-famous and the ballet is under the leadership of a great master of the terpsichorean art. The star system in the music world, as in motion pictures and the stage, makes the highest demands on all aspirants who, born and traiped in this country, would attempt to compete with the best that Eurdpe can offer from its ranks of mature artists—mature not only in the glib quali- ties of technique, but in the old-world background, which means invalu- able enrichment of complete mui al knowledge, in addition to specializa- tion in onc instrument or voice. In America there are many teachers of various phases of the art of music and there are several large conservatories. In Philadelphia alone * there is an institution with the faculty, facilities and, above all, high standards essential 1o prepare Amercan students of marked talent in such a manner that they can go into the professional ranks on an equal foot- ing with the forcign artist. It is all very well to be patriotic and wave the Star Spangled- Banner violently to cover the faults of the “hali-baked singer or instrumentalist, and forgive him his incomplete equipment sim- ply because he is an American. But it is much better to unite efforts and do what Mary Louise Curtis Bok has done—establish a place and condi- tions under which the earnest, gifted student can obtain the mental and moral tools that will make a real artist of him—an individual to carry the American flag above him and not just before him. * *x X II was the writer's rare good fortune to meet Mrs. Bok on board this vessel and thus to have a personal opportunity to learn first hand the real inspiration and working methods that produced the Curtis Institute of Music. . ; * It was a rather curious and extremely interesting combination of philinthropic background. patriotism and personal progress it musical .lines that p'anted the seed from which this glorious idea has blossomed in the mind of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, daughter of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, world-renowned publisher, and wiie of Edward W. Bok. who is known and loved in cvery American home as a very real personage, reflected in the hearts of the public from the mirror of “The Americanization of Ed- ward Bok.” £ Mrs. Bok herself is a tall, slim American, with the type of twinkling brown eves that have clear, golden lights in them, and copper hair of corn- silk texture that invites the description “tendrils of red gold.” Her whole personality has the alert, ringing quality of sunlight reflected on rare metals. “I think the idea really had its genesis in the music settlement.work with which 1 have been connected for a number.oi years,” said Mrs. Bok, reflectively. over a cup of tea. “You know, the basic principles of that settlement work, using the foreigner’s love of music as an element in de- ricanization work, are so interesting. A child is not allowed ssons at the scttlement without first having its face and Kands clean. Then, too, each child, must pay a little, so that he will fully appreciate his lessons. I donated and dedicated the building of the Settle- ment Misic School in Philadelphia to my mother’s memory. 3 “T think it was as I watched these children grow to the point where they needed the conservatory traming that [ realized they should have provision to help them ‘carry on’ far beyond the limitations of the set- tiement's facilities. . “Then, too,” said Mrs. Bok, with great emphasis; “it has been the | practical help of our musician friends that has done so much in getting the plan worked out. I never could have done it without them. There is Josef Hofmann (head of the piano department), who has been our very real friend for so many vears and is like one of the family, and there is Leopo!d Stokowski, who, too, has heen frequently in our intimate circle for many vears. These friends and others have done so much in encourag- itig and helping bring this institute into being.” ok ok ok RS. BOK showed still another line of development behind this splen- did idea when she mentioned that her father, through the medium of one of his magazines, was the first to offer higher educational courses as subscription “premiums” in place of china tea sets and bicycles to youths who had ambition. “For several vears practically the entire student membership of the New England Conservatory Music was made up of students who had gotten such courses as rewards for collecting subscriptions to the maga- zine,” <aid Mrs. Bok. 5 To return, however, to the Curtis Institute of Music, the founder and | vital leader of that excellent organization said: “The one requirement of any applicant for entrance tg thé school is real gift—all else can be adjusted with patience and time.” 5 - Mrs. Bok did not then include in the adjustments that of funds, yet | never one student with evidence of having the real gift for music making has been turned away because he or she could not produce the required, 8500 to cover a year's expenses. By conference and endowment this im- portant obstacle is faced and vanquished. In the course of her remarks concerning the origin of her ideafor this institute Mrs. Bok mentioned that she had found in the broadening and strengthening of her own general musical knowledge that she grew more dissatisfied with her owy playing and more humble in her attitude toward the great art of music. b i “When ! think of the many confident young people who step firmly | 8 the platform and attempt to play Bach on the piano or violin without i M | | 1 | CONCERTS © U. 8. ARMY BAND. A concert .will bo given by the United States Army Band, Capt. Willam J. Stannard, band leader: Mr. Thomas F. Darcy, second leader, at Chevy Chase Circle tomorrow at 730 The program will be; hamplais 3 Raymond g ,"M&a baritone duet, o ale e B i ‘ Thomas 4"0‘00‘1;\“":‘("4 e ollyn‘}mrm‘- . Vollstedt a 'R a-Bout Way to He i b. “Tonight's My Night With ound i Millions d'Arlsquin Baby." Caesar Another concert will be given at the Sylvan Theater, Monument grounds, Wednesday at 6:30 pm. The program Overture. “Festival” Suite. ‘Ballet Egvptien’ &. Allegro non’ troppo. b Allagretto. <. Andante d. Andante e Intermezzo. T} March, “The W Euphonium solo tner ulgini stenuto. res: he Glow Worm™ . . . Lincke ashington Evening r. tannard nim, The Wanderer . Harlow Muster: Seret. Sam, ason Descriptive. A Day "at” Weal Polnt." Waltz, “Jolly _Fellows” .. . Volistedt (Mr. Thomas F. Darcy conducting.) Selection” from *The Prima Donns.' Herbert Dixon:Henderson You Davis-Burke ‘admann at's oses March, "Arizgna™. . ... ... ..: “The gllr Spangled Bann A third concert will be given at Washington Barracks Friday at 6:50 p.m., with the following program: " . Wagner auser”. . - Festival' . Yeutner “Ballet Egvptien'’. . Lulgini Allegro non troppo. . Allegretto o Andante sostenuto. d. ‘Andante espreseive. “The Glow hington Whe'oo | Remind Me of Worm” ... . _kincke Evening Star." Stannard “The Wanderer”. .. Harlow ster Sergt. Samuel L Johnson.) Thomas F. Darcy. " conducting “The Prima Donna’.Herbert Euphonium solo. 1 Mr Th, Selection from Ricacs Dixon-Henderson That's Why'. Roses. Remind *Me “of You "March. ‘‘Arizona . “The Star Spangled Banner. U. S. NAVY BAND. A concert will be given tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the Capitol by the United States Navy Band. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader. ‘The program will be: 2 Spanish magch. “Cadiz, Overture, “Rosamunde ' . “Three Pieces &) 3 anson Grand scenes from nation of Faust % American fantasia. By the Swanes Thber 3 Siba g Les Millions @ Arleauin, " Fox trot. “Selectad.” g ““Star Spangied Banner.” Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.. at the Sylvan Theater, Monument Grounds, the fol- follow program will be played sddlaton aie. otan's Fareeli . from_ “The Valk: alse. “Lyrigue’” Serenade from and Fire Charm yries March. “Ulinois ertiire. “Hunvady Four numbers from ** To & Wild Rose " iErom an Tndian Lodge.” rom Lncle Remus “Told at Sunset d wcenes from the oera “Parsital,” agner zlo” o Erkel oodland’ Sketches, | BN Macholwell b ) Gran American, fanta en Milan Sketoh. “The Watermelon Excespts from “‘Rose Marie Fox trot. “Selected. ' “Star Svaneled Banner." Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., at the band | stand, Navy Yard, the band will play Grand mas Overture, A o Aror. electgar T Aty Siar Shancled Banner.” Friday; at Mount Alto Hospital, 7 p.m.. the program will be Spanish march, “¢; Oxartire Rotamu P “Three Bieces” ") T2 “Chant Sans Paro {B) “Chanson Triste. And scenen From the oumna” nation of &-l(lll' s Bin e ¥qdleton ibbe: Zoarnts 1o erbert g ¥ aehubart Techalkowsky Gr: ““Tha Dam rlioz anes . khowing a thing hchind their notes—with the vivid history of the Reforma- tion that saturates the great Johann Schastian's music with vital meaning; | or a student wha trics to sing an old air of Pergolesi and knows nothing | of the Italian history in the period of that composer—I shudder. It is 5o | terrible " <aid Mrs, Bok. And so she has made the following statement as | sounding the keynote of the Curtis Institute of Music : i - “It is my aim that earnest students shall acquire a thorough musical j education, not learning only to sing and play, but also the history of music, | tHe laws of its making, languages, car training and music appreciation. | .. “They shall learn to think and to express their thoughts against a ! Background of quiet culture, with the stimulus of personal contact with | agtist-teachers who represent the highest and finest in their art. he aim is for quality of the work rather than quick, showy re- This distinctive quality of the institute is carried out in the courses given, in addition to musical-instruction, academic courses, which offer the students opportunity to acquire a true conception of the history of the world in which they live, a study of interrelationthips of the allied arts, the principles of psychology. languages, diction, a course of readng of the great pocts and writers of all ages and a survey of the world's history for | its bearing on the development of the arts. . For these_courses it draws upon the faculties of the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Bryn Mawr College, etc. % R I;{ this institute. which does not aim to be the “biggest,” but rather pro- vide “the best” for a few well worthy of the concentrated efforts of the greatest musicians and teachers—to help the cream of American musical talent—the heads of the departments include: Mme. Marcella Sembrich, Bice; Josef Hofmann, piano; Carl Flesch, violin; Louis Bailly, viola; Felix S8lmond, violoncello; Carlos Salzedo. harp: Leopold Stokowski, orchestra; Wanda Landowska, ancient music: Richard Hageman, special vocal coach- iug: Roger O. Morris. theory: Rosario Scalero, composition. Also solo- ijts of the various orchestrafl instruments in the departments of the Phil- adelphia Symphony Orchestra instruct in those other instruments, givin, the student the value of experience and knowledge of the instrument com- bified. Mr. Stokowski has done wonders with the student orchestra, lift- American fantasia. ““By Rrrican, fantasia. By ‘the “Wotan's Farewell and __fram “The Valksries' Yalse. “Leriave’ .. Serenade from s .. Myddleton e Chiarm Miaio. " - W aner ilions d'Arisauin. ¥ox trot. it . d Banner." Organists’ Convention i Prognm Attractive. Organists from all over the United States will attend the nineteenth annual. convention of the National Association of Organists at Phila- delphia. Pa. from Tuesday. August 31, to September 3. The president, Henry S. Fry of Philadelphia, will preside, ‘and Mayor Kendrick will give the welcome of the city. One special event will be, first public performance of the prize organ composition and the award of $500, the gift of the Austin Organ the composer. Prize papers will also be read on organ playing and con- | struction. BY HOWARD P. BAILEY. ‘The churches are in a bad way, mu- sically speaking, if H.. Augustine Smith, director of music of the tauqua Institution, is correct, 3 {are spending some $16,000,000 a year and getting little in return, in his opinion. The music is more often supplied “by a godless quartet sing- ing heathenish music in an unknown tongue than a*God-fearing choir,” he is quoted as saying at the meeting of the National Convention of Church Music, in an Assoclated Press dis- patch from Chautauqua, N. Y. Church music has its It might be, if more than $16,000,000 were pald for the church T music each year, the music would be- vastly improved. But in spite of its shortcomings, music has held and atill holds a vital part in the se of all churches. Certainly su broad condemnation as Mr. Smith's is unjust, XK % Take, for example, Mr. Smith's statement that the music is usually supplied by a “godless quartet.”” The quartets, probably in the great ma- jority of the cases, are professional. That fs, they receive. compensation. Usually this compensation is far too little to even be considered as a means of support, At most it is usu ally a side line. It is, urnfortunately, offen consid- ered that because a church singer re- ceives a salary that singer is merce- nary and unconsecrated from a reli- glous point of view. Too many of the that the singers should give services. It would be a fine thing, no. doubt, if enough good singers could be fonnd to fill the church quartets with volun- teers, but to become a capablé singer, one alike at home in chorus or solo { work, the vocalist' must go through years of study. He must have spent large sums for lessons and for music. He must hours and hours of practice every week. ‘The hours spent each week in practice” and rehearsal represent a large sacrifice on the part’ of the inger, possibly a far greater sacri- fice than some of the critics in the congregations are wont to make. * ok k% thelr Just how singers become “Godless' simply because they are professional, in the sense that they are pald hard to understand. In some 20 years, the writer has' become intimately acquainted with many members of church quartets. During all that time but ope was known who might be termed “godless.” Possibly the per- centage of real Ged-fearing people was as high as would be found in the average congregation. It is possible that singers seem .to have the appearance of considering their ohurch work a matter of business. 1t may be that they have often been reluctant to sing at other times than those called for in thelr contracts without added compensa- tlon. Yet there is reason back of it. At the least, a choir singer is out one rehearsal night besideslosing the “day of rest” through hecessity of spend- ing many of the hours of it in church There are many things which must be denied, such as the almost inaliena- { ble right to “sleep late Sunday morn ings.” Sunday afternoon automobile rides and such things are barreu because of the effect that they may e on the throat. The singer hasn't the privilege of skipping_services -when he or she doesn’t feel quite “up to snuff paid member of a choir s at the church at both Sunday services and a rehearsal which might be taken to correspond to the prayer meeting. How many consecrated members of a church congregation are present twice on.Sunday and at the midweek prayer meeting 11 months of the year? * ok ko During the 20 years referred to above, u‘(lmlhu‘tt_\' has been obtajned with music of many of the leading sects in this country. Just what part is “heathenish,’ as it was termed in the indictment of church singers, is hard to discover. The music is not lllvh;lyl of :1‘:‘:‘{ ighest type. That is, it may r|£l_\'s l.g::ll as worth while to a thoroughly trained musician. Its harmohies may often seem too lack- ng in varlety and its melodies may often be trivial, but never has the writer run across a church composi- tion that did not carry some great spiritual truth in its text. In the Episcopalian church, for | ce, no music is allowed the ovAn"of which have been_ obtained from some other source than a Bible text or a hymn from the hymn book of the church. Surely music written to such things could not be termed heathenish. Now and then, in a cantata, either at Easter time or Christmas, Oriental themes are employved, This is the nearest approach to what may be con- sidered heathenish by some. The em- ployment of the Oriental scale is often reminiscent of the reeds that walled out their seductive lure to the side- show tents at the circus. But if this appeals to the listener as heathenish, perhaps the listeper is influenced hy {Co. and the. Audsley Gold Medal to |the memories the welrd notes call up. The Oriental scale has been used very successfully of recent years in Christmas cantatas and oratorios. Tt membérs of the congregations think | On Wednesday evening a festival|is the true music of the land and concert will be given in the Wana- | times {n which Christ was born. How maker Grand Court.after a speclal | better could the picture of the shep- visit to the Sesquicentennial. The|herds on the .hillside be called to members will enjoy a day at Atlantic [ mind than by the use of reeds on the City, where the* famous high school | organ sounding out a simple little call organ will be played by Rollo Mait- | in the whole tone and minor scales? 4 and Arthur Scott Brook. They will also be the guests of Pierre S, du Pont at Longwood, Del.. hearing a recital by Firmin Swinnen. Among the recitalists to be heard ing it to heights previously thought impossible for a student organization 18 achieve, .. Other members of the faculty who in the two seasons of the school’s etistence have given recitals that add much to the pleasure, as well as educational advantages. of the students (about 250 in number) include: Mme. Charles Cahier, Horatin Connell, Emilio de Gogorza, Horace Britt, Emanuel Zetlin, Michael Press, Austin Conradi, George Boyle, Berthe Bert Tsabelle Vengerova, Sascha Jacobinoff, Frank Gittelson, David Saperton— fot to mention the 16 students’ concerts given during the past year. * New members of the faculty for the coming season who promise much it enriching the wonderful opportunities of the students will be Harriet Van Emden, concert singer, and a pupil of Mme. Sembrich's, and the twq brilliant piano recitalists, M#riz Rosenthal and Benno Moiseivitsch. A remarkable tribute to Mrs, Bok was given at the close of the first year, when, with Josef Hofmann as the chicf instigator, the three leading wmbers of the faculty voluntarily reduced their own salaries to show their reciation of the aims and non-commercial plans of the institute under rs. Bok's guidance, and also as evidence of their complete desire for co- peration in every sense of the word. There are those who think the pro ssional musician. symbolical of callused miserism—let such please take ote ! . W!TH the Autumn the school will have its new auditorium, with a seat- ing capacity of 330, for the use of the students and faculty com- Bleted. and the latest surprising bit of good fortune that has fallen from he ‘gods into the lap of the Curtis Institute of Music is the gift to the £uti(u!e of a four-manual Aeolian pipe organ, given Mrs. Bok by her father, for whom the institute is named, as a birthday present. It will be stalled in the new auditorium. What a supremely fine memorial to the reat publisher and to his daughter will be this school in future years, when merican musicians, both singers and instrumentalists, will have as the ‘eat stepping stone that heiped them to the level of the professional world e years of well balanced, thorough study at the Curtis Institute of Music! + Tt all inspires broad visions in even the listener, who has never visited e beautiful mansions on Rittenhouse Square, where the school is prac- lically and tastefully housed. Some day, perhaps, another patron of music ill see the need to begin some such fine institution in the Capital City of aw United States—Washington, D. C. — 1 led that aftei Spinello had com- Satan lnq“lu.' pleted his lrnmonn"wntln' of Luci- ¥ D. W. Grifith were a beltever in :er':u nme-l-n\.“ from Heaven. by the rehangel Michael, an visit medieval legends he might never gy oo wpg demanded to know started “The Sorrows aa Batan” [ why he had besn painted in such an & Paramount ploture. Ressmreh work on the history of horrible form, the devil amd Ris reproductions re- * ok k¥ Mr. Grifith has gone to A number of ol palutings for Inepiration, in - Philadelphia are Carolyn M, (‘;r_':mn. ;fha’:'h‘!‘ M. (‘ou;boin. Edward igenschenk, Arthur H. Turi George Volkel. o e Churc¢h music will recefve atten- tion in a paper by Rowland W. Dun- ham, a noted authority on. the work of the choirmaster. There will be a splendid opportunity for organists to meet socially at the numerous lunches and suppers. The full pro- &ram can be obtained from the sec- r:mlr)"i Nlé:,onnl Association of Or- ganists, ‘anamal Ry o, ker. Afiditorium, Poem Contest Arouses Increasing Interest Ever increasing interest is manifested in the poem m‘:;‘.“,fi launched by the Federation of Music Clubs of the District. The aim is to secure a suitable poem which will later be set to music and serve as the official song of the “District - of Columbia. The judges will be selected by the | Commissiogers and the federation and the contest will close September 18, 1926. Manuscripts should be sent un- signed, accompanied by “a dealed en- velope containing. name and address of author. Return first-class postage shall ‘also be inclosed. Senders are asked to retain a duplicate copy of their manuscripts, as the judges can- not be responsible for manuscripts lost in transit. i Poems must not exceed two; verses and may or may not have ‘a chorus, Manuscripts should be sent to Miss Beatrice % Goodwin, contest chair- man, b West Lenox street, Chase, Md. The Earle Theater this week will piesent. exclusively pictures of the re. cent outing of the employves and of. fcinls of nsburgh & Bro., at Chapel Point, Md., at 3:15, § nd 045 pan. dally, | an unknown tongue. the only “uMknown tongues' that the writer has ever heard em- ployed in church services have been the Latin of the Catholic church, the ‘Hebrew of the Jewish churches and German in some Lutheran churches, and to the communicanis of these churches the tohgues were '.‘.‘,’,'“ A known. If any one can ter the glorious “l"e Deums, Magnificats and Jubilates that are sung in Latin as heathenish music sung in an un- known tongue, surely that person has A lack of deep appreciation of music. Some of the old Gregorian chants have a sonorous beauty about them that creates an atmosphere of Tever: ence which almost no other part of the service can develop. If these thin, L'h‘lll%.h.! have more of them! * ook X Now and then there are musicians engaged in church work who have not the spirit of their work in them, but they seldom last long. 'There are those who as they sing a fugue do it, as one preacher remarked, with the attitude, “Well, you've sung it, now get out of the way and listen to me. On the other hand, there are far more who know how to vield their pride to the good ef all. The majority of quartet singersand soloists had their beginning in a vol- unteer chorus. Some interested party, noting the possibilities in the voice, would suggest training and the career would start. The singer, originally one who sang in a choir for & love of singing, would eoon begin to find that lessons mount up to a large total in cost, and then begins the hunt for a position which would - help meet the cost. With the growth in ability natu- rally comes the aspiration for posi: tions in more prominent churches. No As to Chevy | ginger worth his salt would fail to any on, to get ahead and have an aspirati " fion In a leading to reach & posi ving hardly seems that the singer his be- come ‘‘Godless.” Now and then a singer gets fnto p church quartet Pwithout ever having had previous § h aanhd | attained this position, it church experien but that seldom happens. Usua! one of the first questions asked is as to what, if any, religious affiliations the singer has. . No doubt thefe are' cases where #ingers have strayed from the straight and narrow. There is no attempt here to paint them as a flock of unsullied angels, but their record for mortality and high principles would probably be as great as that of a block, say of a hundred members, of the congregation marked off 't random. They aré not “‘Godless” people. They are of a high type or they would ntt be in the work. The salaries are usually insufficient in themselves to be a lure to such devo- mands, * ok ox ¥ i Now and then a church goes out beyond a mere choir in its musical undertakings and launches forth on a program that raises Its music to a high standard, as, for instance, one large church in this city which con- ducts a miniature conservatory at and organ and given instruction at an absurdly low fes. This plan is a source of supply for the chorus chdir. Singers who get thelr musical training in a church would hardly be likely to be open to the characterization of “Godless.” In churches which conduct boy of church quartets had their experi- ence in boy choirs, the directors in variably go beyond 'musical training in drilling the boys, A choir master becomes almost a second father to the boys. He teaches them the great les- sons of honesty, truthfulness, prompt- ness, submission to discipline and even of personal cleanliness when they @me from poor and careless homes. * x ¥ The type of music sung Is not al- ways of the best, it is true, but that is rather because of a lack of trained singers than because of thelr presence in the choir. The works of Haydn, great masters would hardly be within the grasp of small and choirs. ‘The works that might be considered average church music, writings of Buch, Shelly, Andrews. Pluegger, Ambrose and other such modern com- P . can hardly be classed. as heathenish. They carry a message just as much as the hymns or the psalms. Often- times a well trained choir with a good anthem will carry more of a message to the congregation than a poorly com- posed and poorly delivered sermon. Oftentimes there is too little prear- rangement between the minister and | the choir in regard to the Sunday mu- sic. It would often be possible to have the cholr sing an anthem on a theme that would lead directly to the thought of the sermon if the sermon topic were known far enough in advance. When this co-operation is possible the choir serves Its greatest purpose in the serv- ice. A .little better understanding upon the part of the ministers and congregations of what the singers ‘:l"‘ really doing in the way of sacrifice and devotion to duty would go far to ward ending statements about “God: less quartets” and “heathenish music. . Hart House Quaneth To Visit United States. One of the most rapid Successes in recent musical history is that of the Hart House String Quartet, a vade the United States this month for a series of cancerts, reaching as far westward as Chicago and Cedar Rapids, Towa. The quartet Hart House, the main building of the University of Toronto, which includes a fully equipped theater. The Massey Foundation, In presenting this build- ing to the university as 4 \ar memo- rfal, also established and endowed the quartet, thus creating a permanent association between a distinguished musical body and a great educational institution. gave 74 concerts and appeared in 34 different cities. Besides playing se- lections from the classic masters, they presented works by several cotem- porary composers, including Reger, Bartok, Malipiefo, Elgar, Goossens, Loeffler and Bloch. The personnel cludes as its leader Geza de Kresz, who came to Canada as a result of adverse post-war conditions in Europe, where he had been leader of his own | quartet in Bucharest and had become | Widely known as a brilliant soloist land an ideal interpreter of chamber music. He assoclated with himself in Canada his old friend, Boris Ham- played a conspicuous part in the mu- sical life of London; together with Harry Adaskin and Milton Blackstone, two outstanding young musicians with all the qualities essential to quar- tet playing in its highest form. Not only were they technically and musi- cally equipped to a high degree, but they were also remarkably akin in temperament and ideals to the two older members, who were puplils to- gether of the great Ysaye. As a result of the sincerity of its art, the quartet has already had the distinction of appearing before all the most distingulshed institutions and musical clubs in Canada. N, “War of the Worldg" SVP'HE War of the Worlds,” H. Wells amazing thrust him into the spotlight some years ago as a prophetic writer, “will unquestionably be one of the biggest productions ever attempted in the motion picture industry,” says Jesse ¢ L., Lasky. i 41t certainly will outstrip hni- | cally anything hitherto. attémpted either in this country or in Europe. Arzen Descerepy, who has been pro- ducing in Berlin;with Ufa, and who js considered one of the greatest motion picture techinical experts, has spent more than two years perfect- ing devices and mechanisms which will overcome what would ordinarfly constitute insurmountable obstacles to the filming. [ “Wells' story is daring in con- ception and envisages the time when space in the universe will be con- quered, and gwellers of Mars will descend upon the earth to war against humans. Historic Carriage IJnJ. THE gold-trimmed and silk-em- broldered carrlage at .one time used to transport the late Emperor Franz Josef through ‘the streets of Vienna is now in Los ‘Angeles bein; used as a motion picture prop, and will appear in “The Wedding March,” Erich von Stroheim’s Yrod\lctiom The carriage was built for the em- peror in 1860 and served him as his state ‘carriage “until the Eucharistic Congress in Vienna. PREHLEREA Model Western Girl. HEN Director Leo Maloney of Pathe was casting his new West- ern feature, “The High Hand,” he wanted a girl to play the part of Edith Oaks. “No mnnfil.l-d. hothouse beauty for me,” sald loney. “I want a girl ‘who will represent life in the West as it wi need not be without beauty, but when I was out in the | cattle country I do not recalk that of the girls in the ranch houses or in the lttle communities were | noted ‘for the marcel” wave or the shortness of their skirts. “I just want'a_ natural honest-to- oodness American girl. who loves her ther and mother, goes to church on Bunday and ean screen such & charac. terigation, J re: 3 tion to work as church choir work de- | which pupils are taught voice, piano | choirs, and many of the male members | Mme, Marie von Unschuld, who, accompanied by her daughter Mad- eleine, went to Europe early last| June, will return early in September | to open the twenty-third school vear of the Von Unschuld University of Music. ‘Her daughter Madeleine, who beside being a talented pianist has | also shown great ability in ballet | dancing, will remain in Parls for the | season to continue her studies of the | latter art under prominent masters. Senor Ralon, violinist, will be the soloist at Transfiguration Episcopal Church, Stinday at 11 o’clock service, He wlll .be accompanied by Miss Marie H. Little, organist and choir director. Senor Ralon is a fine in- terpreter of sacred music. The concert planjst and composer, Henry Smidt-Greg who has made Forest Glen, Md.. his permanent residence, is working at the com. position and arrangement of works. for three grand pianos including “concert-jazz.” He shares the opinion of many modern composers that “jazz" or “rag” is a .strong and in- | teresting factor Inseparable from the development of modern music as seen in the compostions of Harling and Gershwin, American; Hindemith, German; Debussy, French; Stravin- | sky, Russian, and many others. | A Harlen Castle, tenor, will be solo- ist of the’ August Cholr at St. John's Episcopal Church, Sixteenth and H streets, and wili be heard in the fol- lowing: | Augut 1 ria, 0D, 1V, ke, His Gaul, Bach, Handel and others of the untrained | Canadian organization, which will in- | takes its name from | During the past season the quartet | of the quartet in-.| bourg, the cellist, Who had formerly | | story which | i e August §— Op; Master. Let Mo | August o | An Soul Is Athirst for God' ¥ e Holy City™) . ... .. | August walk Wi .Gaul ord e My Light" Harker | “The 1o Ll August 26— Cuijus Animam (from S bat Mater” . 0 Rossint The Augist Choir 1a under the di- | rection of Mary C. D. Johnson. The Columblan Male Quartet—Paul . Ledig, first tenor; W. E. Braith- walte, seecond tenmor; Raymond G. Moore, baritone, and John C. Smith, | basso—are in Purcellville, Va., today, filling a return engagement from last ar at the Purcellviile-bush meeting. They rendered a group of numbers at the moving picture theater last night and today will be the feature of the morning “and ' afternoon services_ of the bush meeting. < % | The quartet will make a return trip | to Purcellville next -week end for three appearances at the close of the bush meeting. Earthy Angels. HE filming of the heaven and hell i scenes in D. W. Grifith’s produc- {tion, “Sorrows of Satan,” was com. {pleted recently at the Paramount | Long 1sland studio. | Among the 18 extras who appeared |as angels were: Joe Gluck, manager |of a physical culture gymnasfum at ! Columbus Circle, N. Y.; Carl Morton champion spring swimmer of the De | troft Athletic Club; Ramon Racomar, | sculptor, whose york, “Head of The | Prophet,” was exhibited at the Amer lican Academy of Art last Winter; Ernest Daniels, college man, profes sional prize fighter and member of D. | K. E. fraternity; Tom Mallison. a song pligger. for Trving Berlin, and Albert Kirsch, a salesman for the American | Venice real estate development. Aspiring to become motion picture |actors, these men answered the call. |of the casting director and. because | of their physical perfection, were giv- en the parts. The rples of Saint Michael and Luci- |fer were played by Frances Maran, | formeriy - an_actor in Vienna and adrid, and Henry Van Bosen, a pr \specially prepared programs for Sat- ' MUSIGRAPHS l : Film'ograms' ’I'HE ‘movis is going to mfi friends with the children by providing urday morning showings. The Stan; lgy-Crandall theaters of Washington, old friends on this line, are to have two theaters which will show them. Last Wednesady - executives of the Stanley Company of America, John . McGuirk, Al Boyd and Abe Soblos-| ky, under the guidances of John J.| Payette, supervisor of theaters, made | an inspection of the newly acquired | Chevy Chase Theater. After tonight | the theater is to be altered and thor- oughly rehabilitated. Among the special .artists engaged under the new policy to be in vogue from now on at Crandall's-Metropoli- tan Theater are Bernardo De Pace, “wizard of the mandolin,” this week's added attraction, and the Loomis Twins, those precoclous youngsters who aiready have proved their worth in the Capital. The Twins will Le heard and seen in the Metropolitan | the week of August ‘15, and at the Tivoli the week ensuing. As a general polic but net neces- sarily something to be put into effect every week. the special attractions put on at Crandall's Metropolitan will fol- low a week later at the Tivoli, thus affording each amusement place an appeal aside from the purely screen offerings announced. 5 Politics, ak usual, is beginning to trouble American photoplay exhibitors abroad. It's the part of a great game of world diplomacy. Estelle Taylor—you know who she is—has signed a long-term contract} to appear in United Artists produc- tions, her first being with Rudolph Valentino in “Cellini.” The Duncan Sisters will appear in “Topsy and Eva" for First National, June Mathis writing the script and Balbon! directing. George Archainbaud Milton SHlls in cast.” | | will direct | “The Splendid Out- Already the wide purchase of the aters and the erection of new ones apparently for movie uses is having its effect. The operators are begin. ning to strike for more wages and shorter hours. Operators are indis: pensable in all movie theaters. In Portugal children of 15 and under are barred from movie theaters, but outdoor showings of pictures are ]provided for them along suitable ines. ‘ They say Harold Lioyd is going to Europe in September. — - France continues to protgst against “pleturing Paris under a false light" in American films. Why pass your vices to your neighbor? Many of the short comedies are very amusing and many of them, oh, 8o wretched. A “Snowflake Ballet” by the Mark Strand Ballet Corps was a presenta- tion to advertise the installation of a new cooling plant. Greta. Nissen has been engaged for “The Popular Sin” Maicolm St. Clair directing. First National-has bought the pic- ture rights to “Walls of Glass,” by Larry Barretto. Virginia Lee Corbin has been sign- ed for an ingenue role in support of Doris Kenyon and Lloyd Hughes in called “Lady at Play. George Siegman will be the Simon fessional model, whose face appears {on cigarette posters throughout the country. Maran, as Sairt Michael, hurled his denungiation of Luclfer in Spanish, | while Van Bosen, as Lucifer, replied |in_his native hoch Deutsch. | " Grimth, while conceding the possi- | bility that the heavenly hosts were not confined to the use of the English language, had to assume from their actiens that they were repeating the lines he had given them. e iins Strenuous Life Begins? 2 benefits of the strenuous life which Theodore Roosevelt preach- | ed as a code of living are sald to be rapidly accruing to Frank Hopper, | who was recently selected to play the role of Roosevelt in “The Rough Riders,” the Spanish-American War | epRe to be prdouced shortly by Para- mount. Hopper is a book agent by profes- sion, and was leading a quiet life, so the story goes, when he was selected for the role. He immediately went | into training, determined to make | himself hard as nails, and to have the energy and vitality on the screen | for which Roosevelt was so famous. In addition to two hours’ workout in a gymnasium every afternoon, Hopper rides four -hours each morn- ing in the hills of Lasky ranch in the mountains' back of Hollywood: In six weeks he has reduced 28 pounds in weight. He plans to keep up his workouts right up to the time the | picture stargs. And Hopper is a book agent! Fort of Tripoli. ¥ replica of the towering Fort of Tripoli, built for filming a sea spectacle, frowning through fits gun harrels over the blue bay of Catalina Isthmus, suggests a massive paint- fng done in colors with a glant's brush. In the sea vista stretching below its rockbound wall and within easy eyeview of its Wpttléments, ramparts and turrets, e - lazy . gunboat moored as though on glass, stripe. sloops, *lateen-sailed salrs and great canvas-rigged frig- ates, including mighty “Old Iron- sides.” This set is looked upon as a mas- terplece, the proudest piece of work of their lives, by the men who made it for James Cruze's sea battle eplc, “Old Ironsides.” . Truck Driver Rises. ANOTKER red-letter day occurred recently in the life of John Philip Kolb, former New York truck driver, who made his debut in films a year ago in First National's “The Knoek- out,” when, with & long term con- tract buttoned inside his coat pocket, he departed for Hollywood for work before the camera. 3 Kolb's rise has been a remarkable one. He had never appeared on the screen in his life until he was picked for his huge bulk for one of the big \roles in “The Knockout.” He made good and was next placed in the cast of “Men of Stéel.” This was followed by a part in “The Savage," then a comedy role in “Mismates,” and now he is scheduled to appear in Miiton Sills’ next’ picture. P o eie-arle Tk Fro m Stage to Soreen. L. C. T. DAV!!..,-;(:“ British army officer,: pla! ht and actor, is' making his lnn‘gn debut this week at the Parmount Long fsland studio in Adolphe Menjou's starring picture, “The Ace of Cads After-20 army service in India and France, . Davis came to the United States in 1922 as director and leading man of Elsle Ferguson’ PRaLe ke Rad In (e Beoatvey n o Rachelors' Bridem” of which he wag co-author, " -~ week it is presenting “Nell Legree of Universal's “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” in which Charles Gilpin, the negro star, will be the Uncle Tom. Ned Sparks is to have a comedy role in Colleen Moore's production “Twinkletoes.” A story is being prepared by Her- man J. Mankiewics for Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton to star In “Casey at the Bat.” H. B. Warner will play the role of the Redeemer and Victor Varconi that of Pontius Pllate in “The King of Kings.” “Black White Sheep,” instead of “Four Feathers,” will be Richard Barthelmess’ next picture, according to reports. . Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has__signed two Russians for service—Nathalie Kovanko and Director .Turjansit—to begin work, in Hollywood immediately. Mme. De Gresac is pre) & treatment of the “Cellfn{” v which Ru Valentino ‘“has in mind” for his nexf picture. King Baggott 1s to direct another racing stéry, “Down the Stretch,” with Robert Agnew in the lead. News reels made from an aeroplane are sald to have furnished valuable assistance in the investigation and relief work at Lake Denmark, N. J., after the recent terrible holocaust there. Arthur Brisbane says “If Fiction is Truth's younger sister the moving picture is the real teachert for Truth and History, not merely a sister. “The Iron Hors§,' ‘The Birth of a Na- ticn,’ ‘The Big Parade’ above the average wfl;.un ll|:;ry :: their power to teac v Paganini’'s violin above a South African tomtom in its power to in- terpret music.” The celebrated “battle of hats” be- tween Nell Gwyn and Lady Castle- maine for the favor of Charles 1I, as vealed in the screen production of Nell Gwyn,” is one of the outstand- ing scenes of an othérwise notable pic- ture. Dorothy Gish's hat, for exam- ' are as far screen story, “Nell Gwyn! Pepys® diary, written about 230 vears ago, i filled with intimate gossip of the court life of the period. Pepys was person- ally acquainted with Nell Gwyn and is said to have greatly admired her. Charles W. Goodrich, who plays the part of “Pop” Fisher in Paraniount's screen version of “Tiie Show-OFf.” played the same role for 27 conseci tive months during the New York stage run he Pennsylvania Railroad is in the movies now! The big transportation system not only co-operated with Paramount in lending its Philad » offiées as a location for scenes in “The Show-Off,” but the Pennsylvania's part in helping make the picture was told to all Pennsylvania employes in the road's perfodical publication. Claire McDowell, the “Ma” Fisher in the screen version of “The Show- Off."" 8 a real movie veteran. She can remember the days when Vivian Pres- cott was nearly fired out of the old VAB' company because a newspaper man revealed her identity. “Them were the days,” says Claire. Pauline Starke is an ideal type of screen beauty, if one can believe such an expert critic as Harrison Fisher, rioted illustrator. The artist is now engaged in making portrait the beautiful Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer player. Wil Hays, overiord of the powers that be in the movies, visited the Metro-Goldyn-Mayer studlos recently and 4t is said was particularly fm- pressed the production of “The Red Mill," starring Marion Davies, and “Tell It to the Marines,” fn which Lon Chaney is the star. Miss Dale Fuller h by FErich von Wedding March straight enga by that direc jller has been signed Stroheim for “The This is the fifth f Miss Fuller ment or Scenes for Douglas M comedy, tentatively cal First,”” are laid in Africa is one ides. He Raymond man who doesn’t has chosen Dorotl Sebastian, a brunette, as his leading lady for his next comedy, “You'd Be Surprised.’ Arlette Marchal learned to e flapjacks and to like them. T French beauty, in this eountru=but few months, is playing in the Za Grey picture, “Forlorn River.” On lo- cation ‘recently, Miss Marchal was in- troduced to the great American hreak- fast dish, and now she's a flapjack ad- diet. James Howe, Paramount camera- man, is perfecting three newcamera dévices which are expected to revo- lutionize the filming of “follow” shots —scenes in which the camera follows the player's progress through the scene. Howe used several new camera tricks in “Mantrap.” From Hollywood comes the claim that the most beautiful scene ever made for a motion picture has been photographed for James Cruze's “Old Ironsides.” It shows the glorious g frigate Constitution in full safl upon the Pacific Ocean. It was filmed in such a manner that the sunlight sil houettes the mighty fighting vessel against the sky Two Paramount players and twe Paramount directors, Now among v most successful members of the Ho! Iywood film world, started their mov careers as Keystone cops. The a Ford Sterling and Chester Conklin actors, and Malcolm St. Clair and Erle Kenton, directors. In “The Eagle of the Sea is to be Frank Lloyd's fir tion for Paramount, George fwill play the historical character Andrew Jackson and Florence Vidor the leading feminine role. ‘‘The Eagle of the Sea” is from Charles Tenney Jackso: story, “Captain Sazarac. Peter B. Kyne made the adaptation. Unusual activity marks the open ing of the week at Universal City. Lois Weber has placed “The Sensa tlon Seekers” in production. This adaptation of Ernest Pascal's novel, ‘Egypt,” brings Billle Dove again to the screen in a Weber picture. Reginald Denny, William A. Selter, his director; Re: aylor and Sam Mintz are on Denny's cruiser, the Barbarine, working on the seript, “The Cheerful Fraud,” his next pic- ture. A cable received by R. H. Cochrane, vice president of Universal, states that Carl Laemmle, president of the company, on Sunday left the hospi- tal where he submitted to an opera- tion for appendicitis, and is now at the Savoy Hotei, in London, with his son and daughter. “Just Off Bréadway" is the final title for Corinne Griffith's picture, formerly called “Tin Pan Alley,” in which Marjorie Rambeau has a role of importance. Milton Sills seems to have become a battling movie star. His first great fight was in “The Spoflers,” and in every picture since then he has had to battle his_w “The Knockout,” “The ley,” “"The Unguarded Hour,” “Men of Steel,” “Puppets” and ‘‘Paradise,” which was recemtly finished, and in which he has a “grand and. glorious ight."” Esther Ralston, heroine of “Old Ironsides,”” has been selected for the leading feminine role in “The Rough Riders,” the -epic story of Theodore Roosevelt and his famous Spanish- American War regiment. Estelle Taylor rose to fame under Mille's in she appeared with Mary Pickford in plé, is a mammoth affair, not less than four feet in diameter. ‘Washington screen enthusiasts are getting thelr first glimpses of new for- eign photoplay nevelties at the Loew theaters this season. Only a week ago the Palace presented the new Ger- man scréen hit, ‘‘Varlety," Aad this iwyn," one of the most brilliant and colorful plctures ever made in England. Imagine oid Samuel Pepys, the fa- mous diarist, in the role of & motion icture scenarist! That's exactly what | arjorie Bowen made of Sam by mak- ing his famous diary the basis for her ’, MUSICAL INSTRUCTION. '_il Washington Conservatory of Music | 1408 New Hampshire Ave. (Dupont Circle) . Start the or resul irself Summer Courses. Graded- AT Banches. D o “Dofothy Vernon of Hadden Hall.” Her most recent triumph was’ with John re in “Don Juan.” She may play the role of Mary Magdalene in "King of Kings.” Its Charm Homer L. 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