Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1926, Page 77

THE s\ B8Y HELEN FETTER. OUTH in America is generally + considered frivcleus, careless, giddy, always wantiag a good time before cvervthing else, and the phrase, “Oh. welt, we are only goung once.” is frequertly found on the ps of the most indulgent parents in the world—Awerican mothers and fathers to this indulgence, past generations of “voung Ameripa” have grown to manhood a1d womanhood so nearly completely otant of the underly ing r,_wns,(fi the heauties in “high- brow” ¢ and music that "not know- ing a thing about music." as they Lidndy acknowledge with a satis- facton that is almost smug. they do no begin to realize what they them- slves are really missing—that it is they who are cheated of pleasures and appreciation, and that they are o cheated hecause of the lack farsightedness and knowledge their parents _Last August in Salzburg. one defi- nite example of this fact was brought home to the writer with unusually heavy emphasis. It~ was between acts of the premiere of Max Rhein- of in hardt's “Turandot.” a gorgeous spectacle with subtle, incidental | music. A tail, broad-shouldered yvoung American, a typical ‘six-| footer” and an obviously athletic in- dividual, inquired during a convers tion if we knew a ecrtain voung lady from his “home town.” Chicago. who was studying voice with “a Mme.| Lehmann, whoever she was.” Neither my companion nor I knew the voung | lady from the Windy City. but of | course we knew of the great Lilli| Lehmann and her famed retreat in | Salzburg. | The most interesting thing about | the gentleman irom Chicago was | that he had discovered such unusual | thinge about himseli since he had | heen in Furope. He was a_young | surgeon spending short periods of | tudyv at various clinics abroad. He | eaid father <hook his head du-| hinusly- being. as the son put it, a| 100 per cent higger-and-hetter-husi- | hic ness American-—and prophesied that | the nine months spent in this sur- vey in Europe would “set him bac that lone in husiness progress “Well.” caid the American, “I'm one af the fellows that played on the| varsity foot ball team. went in for | the nsnal jazz night life, etc.. and if, | a fcw months ago, anvbody had told | ,me that T would fall for this music | fectival <tuff. come to a high-brow | chow like this of my own free will nd alone. and go to every con- cert of the Vienna Philharmonic and | enioy such music, [ would have told that person that he was decidedly | cuckoo.” i T American could not get over | the fact that he had discovered more | aboit himseli than he had dreamed | existed. He seemed amazed at the| fact that he had a genuine appre- ciation of heanty in art and music;| that one did not have to assume an interest in these things. but could| he sincerely alive to their values. Fvidently he had known some very hvpocritical peaple during his life and, equally cvident, he had not had the right kind of a well balanced| education at all. His remarks along | <imilar lines to Furopeans would | rove only another instance of re-| ecting unhappily on the degree of | enltural education in the United | States. And Chicago i< notedly pro- | gressive among our cities in educa- | tional lines B PR [ Such incidents make it additionaily | heartening to hear of the Junior Club | work in the lncal branch of the Fed- | eration of Music Clubs. Frances| Guteliue, chairman of this work, i< | trying to get in touch with every! music teacher. seeking co-operation in the huilding up of thee clubs. or-| ganized under individual instructors | for arousing initiative efforts in the | children they teach to combined musical and social programs. Litera- ture on the starting of such clubs | and building them up may be hdd from . M. Tremaine. 43 West Forty- | fifth <treet, New York City. Miss| Gutelius, at No. 2 Dupont circle, Co- Iumbia Cwill gladly answer in- | quiries ’} Among other things. a nannnzl‘ musical cross-word puzzle contest is snon to he lannched. Puzzles are alwave intrigning. Moreaver, many And, duc in fio small part | FChoir, Petworth M. F valuable scholarships, covering one full year's tuition each., under na- tionally famous teachers and with winning 1n these contests.” Other and merchandise, will be ptesented. Rudolph Ganz is quoted as saving that “this will be one of the greatest individual efforts in the history of American musical cducation.” Miss Gutelius al<o announces that the local Junior Clubs will give the second concert since their organiza- tion in November. Children who are now in these groups have enrolled under clever titles in the following | clubs: B Flat Club, Mrs. I. F. Wil- liams and fiss Caroline Bender, | ieaders riday Fvening Junior Music Club, Mrs, George Gravatt, leader: Cadence Club, Miss Helen [ Miller, Teader: Allegro Music_Club, [ Mre. J. M. Stoddard. leader; Junior Church, Mrs. | 1. M. Sylvester, leader: Little Peter Pan Troubadours. Miss R. B. C Keith. leader : the Young Compos: | Club, Karl Holer, leader: the Vipi- !voce Music Study Club, Miss Gutel- ius, leader. R _The recent District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs contest for voung people studying music to try- out for the national contest to be held |in November at the Sesquicentennial was at one and the same time an en- couragement and a matter for pathos in_reflection, It was fascinating to listen to the piano playing of Glenn Carow, the little 10-year-old boy, who has only studied under his father and later, Frank Gebest. His playing of the Chopin nocturne was especially good. This child has an almost uncannily keen car for pitch and from the next room can tell one who strikes a dis- cord of any number of notes at ran- dom on the piano exactly which keys were struck. He was the youngest contestant entered and will go to the trial of winners from Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and-the District, who meet at Mor- gantown, W. Va., a week from to- morrow to compete for the selection of representatives in the Sesquicen- tennial finals the first week in No- vember. It always interesting to hear Isaac Minovich, the talented yvoung violinist. now in his middle ‘teens, who played in public when he was nn Carow's age. and has worked Toyally and with increasingly fine re- <ults showing under the guidance of Josef Kaspar. [saac, too, will com- pete at Morgantown. The voung vocalist selected to go to West Virginia was Dorothy Wi son Halbach. a contralto with a voice of sweet quality. She shows good study in enunciation, emphasi the meaning of her words. phrasing. and not a little grace and poise. She ic reported to be a student under Myron T. Whitney and also to have done work with Gurlie Luise Corey. Katharine Fowler, young organist, has already begun to secure serious interest for her technical ability and sense of interpretation. She has studied with Lynnwood Farnam In addition to these winners there were two other contestants, both of | in particular having a rare gift to blos- | whom showed real ability, one <om perhaps into a hig genius event- nally. All of this was very encouraging. It was not so happy. however, to find that only six young people out of all those who are studyving music in Washington were talented enough and sufficiently qualified. or took | ith ‘melody hits from Harrv Tier- sufficient interest in this contest, t0| ney's score, “Kid Boots"; “The Rain enroll in the lists. Song.” “The Same Old Thing." “In The judges were: Piano, Mrs.|the Swim at Miami," “Polly, Put the Charles Brooks Smith, Miss Char-| Kettle On.” and others. Three of the Totte 8KIcinjand Gharles “T. Eevsy. {IatestinumiStsiars hitsitom HQdton ol H v " and “Le ) re's fairs,” two Pache and Edouard Albion.” As only | feq in the Air.” The “Metropolitan one contestant appeared in violin or organ. there was no judging. but the | two who appeared will have their first real competition in Morgan- town. 1f one of these four from Wash- ington does cucceed in getting to the Sesquicentennial and captures there one of the $300 prizes, the voung folks in the Junior Clubs may send more representatives to our local conteste Piano Here First| ONDAY evening. November 1. at| & o'clock, in Continental Memo- | rial Hall, M. Dumesnil returns to| Washington in a recital of French | composer The compositions of Chopin will be played upon the great master's own piano. Musicians who have been in Paris will 1emember seeing the instrument there, with the hrass plate set upon the inner surface of the lid bearing | the record of the masterpieces first| horne into sound upon its strings. This priceless treasure has been in- trusted to M. Dumesnil's care for a brief American tour. The benefits of the tour will ald unfortunate musi- clans in Fran | Tt was this aspect of the recital | which caused the National League of American Pen Women to sponsor this recital, which will give to the Wash- ington audience tha opportunity of being the first Amv ican audience to ame and hear this instrument. upon which. %0 yvears ago. Chopin created such beautiful compositions. Spectal student tickets will he of. ferad. as well as the regular ticke which may be had at the Jordan Piano Co.. Thirteenth and G streets north- west. . | | Mordkin's Ballet Comes | With Soviet Sanction WHEN Mordkin succeeded in get- ting the sanction of the Soviet government to his departure from Russia two vears ago he also cbtalned permission to bring a group of solo Aancers and a number of the splendid ballet productions he had staged in the former Imperial Opera House and the Zimina Theater in Moscow in the past few vears. With these he gave seasons in Berlin, Paris and London before coming to renew acquaintance with America. This equipment of stage decor by famous Russian paint- ors includes the splendid barbaric set- ting of the Arablan Nights story “Azlade,” which he danced here vears ago with Pavlowa, but which he has #inos revived in more advanced mod- ern form The ballet will give matinee and evening performances with different programs at the Washington Audi- orium Friday, October 29, - . | Rose Pcllio-Jarman is the soloist at the Fourth Presbyterian Church today in_the absence of Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, who i8 in New York this week. \ Data on Contests Now Available ERTRUDE LYONS, Franklin 5707, chairman for local music con tests. announces that the folders with requirements for the biennial students’ and artists’ contest, to be held next March by the National Federation of Music Clubs, are now ready. She will be glad to mail them upon re- quest. Student contestants must have reached their sixteenth birthday, but not have reached their twenty- fourth birthday on April 1, 1 n the artists’ contest, contestants must have reached their twentieth hirthday, but must not have reached their ! thirty-second hirthday on April 1,1927, Young Organist Married EDNA WHITE KIRCH, Formerly well known here as KEdna White, a Washington_girl, who was organist at Emory M. Church South for 8 years, was married a | week ago last Friday to Walter H. Kirch of Pittsburgh. When, after the honeymoon, they have settled in that city, Mrs. Kirch ts to continue her music work Musical Institutey h some of America's leading conserva- | tories, will be made available to clubs | prizes, such as musical instruments ! of | the Pittsburgh| father, is perinany Spanish Prima Donna In Italian Opera i i | ELVIRA DE HIDALGO. Washington music lovers who were disappointed at the failure of Elvira de Hidalgo, famous Spanish soprano, to sing in Washington two years ago. following the enforced postponement J of a concert appearance here, will probably be glad to learn that she | will sing the role of Rosina in “The | Barber of Seville” at Poli's on the afternoon of November 4 at 3 o'clock. This performance, with Challapin, De Hidalgo and other famous singers in “The Barber of Seville,” is the first attraction in Mrs. Wilson-Greene's artists’ course, which will bring -to Washington Claudia Muzlo, soprano of the Chicage Opera Co.; Sigrid One- gin, contralto of the Metropolitan; Fritz Kreisler, violinist, and the Bos- ton Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Koussevitzky. ¥ Sounding Brass 'ALTER KOLK, young musician and dancer, who accompanied Meyer Davis and his orchestra to Mount Vernon, amused music critics and patrons who were there for the Coolidge chamber music festival with |the “Black Bottom” dance. The “Black Bottom” originated among the darkies in the bottoms of the Southern rivers. The colored folks gathered at night with their banjos and played while one of their number danced. The dancer, barefoot, would get in the slippery mud near the bank of the river and begin shuffling rhyth- mically to a “blue” crooned by one of | his companions and kept in time by the picking of a banjo. Georze White witnessed the dance fand introduced it in his 1 “Scan- | dals.” The name was taken from the iplf‘(‘fl called the “Black Bottom.” The laiest ballroom dances are the ‘Varsity Waltz” and the “Collegiate Half Time.” The former is a fast waltz and the latter a fast fox trot | similar to the “hop,” but with a sway- { ing motion of the shoulders and hips. i Albert DeCourville's international | revue, “Zig-Zag,” will be the stage | attraction at Loew's Palace Theater this week. The melodies used are by Dave Stam composer of 16 Zieg- { feld “Follies ‘scores | Prominent in the company are Max Cunningham and Hazel Clements, dancing stars of such George M. Co- han_hits as “The O'Brien Girl,” “Lit- tle Nellie Kelly” and “Mary.” i | Kate Smith, “jazz queen.” is shar- { ing_stellar honors with Ed Dowling in_ Dowling’s production of “Honey- moon TLane,” now showing at the Knickerhocker Theater in New York. Kate was formerly with Crandall's Saturday Nighters” of this city. She will appear as a special artist at the | EI Fay Club, one of the smasgest night clubs in the metropolis. Tn ad- dition she has rec ed an offer to make records for a leading phono- | graph concern. Danjel Breeskin's Symphony Or- chestra at the Metropolitan Theater will entertain this week's audiences | Ramblers” will play during the hours that Breeskin's orchestra is not in the { pit. | These are the fazz hits for the com- | ing week: “Why Do Ya' Roll Those | Eves,” melody fox trot, by Paul White- { man and his orchestra: “Me, Too." fox { trot, hy Paul Whiteman and his or- | chestra: “That's My Girl.” fox { Ted Weems and his orchestra One Is Losin’ Susan.” fox trot, Philip Stitalny and his orchestra; “Six Feet of Papa.” vocal, by Alleen Stan- ley: “Looking at the World Through [ Rose.colored Glasses.” sung by Afleen | Stanley Mary Lou": and “Be- i trushka.” by B. F. Goodrich and his Silvertown Cord Orchestra; “Moon- light and Roses,” fox trot, by War- ing's Pennsylvanians: *Chick, Chick, Chick. Chick, Chicken,” fox trot, by | Ted Weems and his orchestra, and “Ain't We Carryin’ On.” fox trot, by Jan Garber and his orchestra. {__W. C. Handy. composer of the fa- | mou St. Louis” and “Memphis { Blue: begins his program today for | the week at the Lincoln Theater. He { was born in Florence. Ala., and at- { tended a colored achool there under a teacher from Fisk University. None of his family was musical. He start- ed his musical career as a singer in the Florence Quartet. which later sang at the world's fair in Chicago. In 1903 he organized a band or dance orchestra in Clarksdale, Miss., which was not entlrely successful. Soon after this he composed the “Memphis Rlues,” that was wordless at the time. His composition, “St. Louls Blues,” was published soon after. ward. This originator of the “blues" also wrote an unusually interesting book on the subject, which is fllustrat- ed by Miguel Covarrubias. Happy Walker and his jazz orchestra | have completed the Summer season at | Glen Echo Park and a three-week | |engagement in Baltimore. They are | now at the Arcadia, where a hearty welcome awalited them on the first night of their Winter engagement. | Jack Mulroe and Billy Kuehling, {local soft-shoe dancing experts, who | gave a good performance at the Palace Theater last week, are favorites here. They took an important part in the “Uncle Sam's Follies" at the Presi- dent Theater last season. Tom Coiner, Eastern student and formerly with Keith's circuit as a dancing comedian, willd take part In George White's “Scandals of 1928, after he has completed his Schooling. At the present time he is teaching dancing with Mr. Simons at the high school. High School Michael Curtiz, famous European director, now under contract to War- ner Bros., last week devoted his time to ghooting the prologue of “The Third egree.” in which Dolores Cos- tello is starred with Louise Dresser supporting. Advance indications on this production. according to the West Coast studio forces, point to a marvel- ous picture. Curtiz is reported to be using some novel camera technique. Oscar Miller, Patsy Ruth Miller's a former 8t. Louls newspa- ardent hage ball.-fapy andan Music College Plans Concerts and‘ Recitals 'HE Washington College of Music has made a schedule of concerts and recitals for the coming season. This includes six senior student re- citals, five junlor recitals, four special voice, two special viohn and one spe- cial plano. All are to be given in the concert hall of the college, which has been rearranged with a stage and handsome curtains and draperies. In addition to these recitals three public concerts will be given at Central High School—Monday evening, November 22; Thursday evening, February 10, and Thursday evening, April 21. The first of the-recitals at thi lege was held Friday and a very in- teresting program was given by ad- vanced students from the piano, vio- lin and voice departments. The con- col- cert hall was filled with students and their friends. The program was: ude. D Minor'"., “Brefude: Bk F Sharp Minor”. . 2 Maxwell Short (piang). "A Memory g Gons “The Maids of Cadiz" . .. Delibes e Lillian Ruth Latkam ' {sovrano). Sonata. E Minor.” first movement. ... Griex Dorothy Russell Todd (piano) SRGRICRE yio oo e 2Stendsen “Schoen Rogmarin’. " .. Kreisler 5 Fritz Maile "(vioiin) i S e G Curran ‘Song of the Robil Anna Cass 2 Barbara Case’ (s30rang | Concert Etude. D_Flat Major~ Liszt B Mariin Dowd (niano) Romance” (from “Concerto No. 21 Wieniawaki “From the Canebrake' . .Gardner i Evelyn Scott ‘Berceuse” (“Lullaby™) .. .Chopin Dorothy Sornhorger (piano) T Heard You Go By . L . Wood LOTY Out e - Marenall a ristie (tenor) “Rhapsody No. 10", ... . . ... .l ... Liszt Rose Kravits (piano) A Pilgrim Chorus Here Next Sunday ALEXANDER KOSHETZ. The great “pilgrim chorus” from the Ukraine, which has now toured three continents on its crusade of song, has returned to the United States for a third season. TIts singers are a bit honfesick, hav- ing journeyed for three years through Western Kurope, and for the past ear through the United States, exico, Cuba and South America. They bear their message of song from nation to nation, making cach country nted with its ojn and one an- < native music, and interpreting | them all the plcturesque and | to hitherto unknown life of the Ukraine | through the medium of rich treasures of folk son “The coming of the Ukrainian Na-| tional Chorus to America, four years ago, was as epoch-making as the pre- vious advent of the Ballet Russe in this country. It brought something new in art, namely, remarkable ‘a capella” singing, in which parts are interwoven and balanced in harmony, as in an orchestra. Another element in the unique charm of this body of singers {s their marvelous unanimity. The conductor, Alexander Koshetz, seems to weave a spell over their personalities, trans- forming them into a perfect ensembla. In their response 1o his slightest ges- ture, they resemble a symphony or- chestra. Their attack and niceness of shading have evoked universal admira- tion. The chorus will give a single per- formance here next Sunday at the Washington Auditorium. In conjunction with the choral pro- gram will be delightful offerings of the brilliant young Amerigan violinist, Max Poliakoff. The program will hegin at 8:30 p.m. Work of One Man. MWHE GOLEM.” one of the finest and most artistic productions that have come from the cinema, is principally the work of one man, Paul * Wegener, who concelved the production, wrote the scenario, di- | rected the action and played in the principal role. Wegener was promised the sup- port of the entire Union-Ufa outfit, but he w anxious to bring forth He was assisted, wever, hy Karl Freund. the photog- vher of “The Tast Laugh” and The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari,” and Prof. Polzig. the latter designing all of the elaborate settings. . Mr. Simons, athletic instructor at Fastern High School, is teaching a class of 40 puplls in clog dancing. his creation alone. h A WINNER IN D. C. {to discuss plans for the concert. Wanted! Co-Operation For Choral Concert T a recent evening meeting of the District of Columbia Federation of Musle Clubs ways of ralsing more money for the local work were dis- cussed. A massed concert of all choirs and choral clubs willing to co- operate will be given In the Ilate Winter or early Spring. Willlam Braithwaite accepted the chalrmanship for the concert. He extends an fin- vitation to all choir and choral club directors, whether federation members or not, to attend a meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Vermont Avenue Christfan Church, Vermont avenue north of N street northwest, 1t the director cannot attend, it has been suggested that he send a representa- tive from his organization to th's meeting, to report to the organization. It s hoped that directors will co- operate and come Tuesday evening prepared to give suggestions. . Program to Be Given By Was]’ungton Trio F Washington Trio, a chamber music group composed of Helen Ware, violinist; Margaret Day, cellist, and Bugenia Cherniafskaia, planist, will make their public debut fn a con- cert at Rauscher's Monday, October 25, at 8:30 p.m. The program which they will pre- sent will include: “Trio in B Flat, Op. 7", . Allegro moderato Scherzo, allgre .Beethoven Andanté cantabile ma pero con moto. ...... Schubert Allogro_moderato. Presto. “Trio in B Flat. 0. 89 Allegro_moderato; Andante un poco mosso. Scherzo, allegro Rondo. ‘allegro v “Trio in'B. Op. 8 (By ‘request | 0 con hria. Seherzo. allegro molto. Adagio. Allegro. Vipivoce Will Play Her New Symphony| THELMA CALLAHAN, A young girl of Washington, who has a nice piano talent and also is inter- ested in music composition, will have the honor of hearing her second “Toy Symphony” performed by the Chil- den's Music Club, the Vipivoce, Frances Gutelius, director, in Novem- ber. The subject is a pantomime, enacted by four toy dolls, who frolic in a nurs- ery after midnight; a dramatic story unfolds in the four symphonic move- ments. The entire club will wear cos- tumes for this concert. MUSICAL CONTEST GLEN 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John youngest contestant and winner in pia of Music contest, October 8. He o te with youn, nists from M land, Virginia and West Vi %&o ga to wsmnlcmttmfi’!v: the nl!lan:lnl;nflf e CAROW, Carow, 1000 New Hampshire avenue, no, in District of Columbia Federation to Morgantown, W. Va., October 25, to The Latvian Minister Tells of Native Music DR. CHARLES SEYA. Probably the most unusual musical event in the serfes planned for the City Club will be given Thursday, when the Minister of Latvia, Dr. Charles Seya, will give an {llustrated talk on the art and music of his country.e He will be assisted by Paul Bleyden, tenor, who was born in Latvia, with Mrs. Blevden at the plano. Few people know much about this little country, situated east of Po- land. It came into its own following the war. Despite centuries of up- heavals, Latvians have remained an integral part of the Aryan race. Though a country of but 2,000,000 people, Latvia is rich in art, litera- ture and music. The music library of Latvia con- tains a collection of seven volumes of 1,000 pages each. in which there are 218,000 folk songs alone. These folk songs are sung by Mr. Bleyden in English and in the Latvian languags. All of the songs are melodlous and some are famillar to Americans. Mr. Bleyvden also will sing “Jaunibai” and s 1l known Latvian songs. Bleyden, an accom- plished planist, will play several solos, among them being “Song to My Na- tive Land.” Mr. Odenthal, the club's executiv secretary, stated that this is the thir of a serles of “all-star musicals Members of other cluhs and musical organizations are cordially invited to attend as guests of the cjub, and cards of admission may be obtained from the executive offices. Artists and Authors of Note in Courses HI Washington Soclety of the Fine Arts has never offered a more at- tractive series of lectures in “Arts erature” than is listed for this 3 Dr. Willlam Lyon Phelps be- gins the series with a lecture on “The New Books,” a subject upon which he is exceptionally qualified to speak. He is professor of English lit- erature at Yale University and an au- thor and dramatic critic of note. >r. Henry Van Dyke, whose books, “The Other.Wise Man" and “The Blue Flower,” have become classics in American literature and whose short storles and fables appear constantly in perindicals, will give readings from his own works. Padraic Colum is one of that gifted group of Irish poets, dramatists and writers which includes William B. Yeats, Lady Gregory and John Synge. Mr. Colum’'s lectura on “Literary Reminigeences” should be rich with human interest. “Ten Rest Books™ will be discussed in February by John Cowper Powys, a former staff lecturer for the Exten: sion Societies of Oxford and Cam: bridge Universities, noted as a novel- 1st, poet and essayist. The last of the “literature” serfes will be “The Stage,” by Mrs. Forbes- Rohertson Hale, actress and author. In the “fine arts” series are J. Mon- roe Hewlett, architect and artist, pres- ident of the Mural Painters; Homer Saint-Gaudens (son of Augustus Saint- Gaudens), director of the department of fine arts at Carnegie Institute, who will explain the Adams memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery, which has hith- erto proved to he a haunting mystery; C. Howard Walker, architect and au- thor, who will lecture on “American Domestic Architecture’’; Arthur Shurt- leff, vice president of the American Soclety of Landacape Architects, who will speak on “Parks: Thelr Dasign and Recreational Use.” and Lorado Taft, whose monument to Columbus greets visitora in front of the Union Station, will present a “Clay Talk" in March,’ with a practical demonstra- tion. Billy Kelly, §t. Patrick's dancing genlus, is making great headway with his act. Rilly will probably follow his former stagemates into first-class vaudeville. ‘HE Friday Morning Music Club an- nounces the preparation of an anusually attractive program for the current season. The opening morn- ing musicale will be a violoncello and piano recital by Margaret Day and 1 Eugenla Cherniafskaia. The second program will be given in the Pan- American Building on November 26. Emily Harrold, soprano and teacher of volce and plano, has opened her new studio at 921 Nineteenth street northwest. Miss Harrold was guest gololst at | Grace Church, Georgetown, last Sun- day morning and will sing there again this morning. Miss Mary Ross is the organist. | Last Sunday evening Miss Harrold was guest soloist at the Concordia Lutheran Church at the special eve- ning service, when Mildred Kolb Schulze was at the organ. The National String Quartet will be the guests of honor and present the musical program at the Arts Club of Washingten Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Willlam Bruce King are the hosts for the evening. At Foundry M. E. Church the quar- tet choir has already begun its season. The members are Mary Sherier Bowle, soprano; Richie McLean, contralto; J. F. M. Bowie, tenor. J. E. 8. Kin- sélla, hase. Anton Kaspar is director and violinist H. Wilson is the organist. George The music section of the Twentieth Century Club will open the season with a morning of music at the home of the chairman, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes, 2120 Le Roy place, on November 9 at 11 am. Katherine Riggs will glve a talk on “The Romance of the Harp. Carolyn Manning, contralto, has re- signed her position as soloist in the quartet of St. Patrick's Church. Anca Seidlova, the young Czecho- slovakian pianist, who made her 6, studied under the American, FEdwin Hughes. Edith Helena, dramatic soprano, who will appear at Keith’s next week as “Madame Pompadour,” sends a warning to young folks with theat- rical ambitions. She says: “I have never yet encouraged any one to go into the operatic or the- atrical business. Outside of farming, there isn't a bigger chance for fail- ure than in the theater. I don't mean by that that one doesn’t succeed in the beginning; that's the tragedy of it, but along in life when one needs to have a profession or business, that 18 the time when the slump comes.” The vested choir of Gunton-Temple Presbyterian Church, John George Klein, director, with Mrs. Klein at the organ, will sing at this morning’s service. Florence Sindell, soprano, will be the soloist. Mr. Klein has arranged an attrac- tive program for the vesper service at 430 pm. It includes trios by or- gan, cello and violin, a cello solo and soprano and tenor duet. The Harmony Entertainers—Theo- dore Rosenfelt, pianist; Ray Palkin, coloratura, soprano; Willlam Single, tenor; Hellen Zeller, reader, and Ann Brinkley, violinist—gave a program that seemed to he much enjoved at the Jewish Community Center re- cently The solo quartet of the Petworth personnel is Joanna Best Russell, so- prano; Lindd Rerg, contralto: Seba Christy, tenor, and Wilfred Gilbert, bass. Mre. Parley D. Parkinson is the organist and John G. Henninger is director of church music. Amy Clement Leavitt, a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Musle, who has been fdentified with the local music circles and endeavers for many yvears, has her studio al- ready humming with activity for the current season, at 706 Eleventh street northwest. She announces that spe- clal attention is given to diction in English, French, German, Ttalian and Spanish. She algo has classes {n piano, volce and harmony. and is an _organ- ist and cholr director. Miss Leavitt spends her spare moments as an ac- companist. All musicians are reminded again of the dinner in honor of Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley to be held Saturday November 8. Miss Helen Miller, 333 Fighteenth street, chairman for the dinner, will he glad to receive reserva. tions. ~All three of the District Com. missioners will attend the dinner. Mary Helen Howe, coloratura so. prane. was solofst at the meeting of the Catholic Women's Renevolent Legion, Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, ac- companying. Miss Howe was also heard at the joint meeting of Lincoln and Grant Circles of the G. A. R. at the resi- dence of Gen. and Mrs. R. L. Hoxie Beatrice Deeds, soprann, sang “One Fina Day,” from “Madame Rutterfly."” American debut in New York October | Methodist Episcopal Church will sing | for the first time this morning. The | MUSIGRAPHS Marfe Howe Spurr presided at tha plano for both singer: The Columbian Male Quartet—Paul, G. Ledwig, W. E. Braithwaite, Ray mond G. Moore, John C. Smith—gave an interesting program hefore a large and appreciative audience at the first Fall meeting of the Washington Board of Trade in the Willard Hotel ball- room Tuesday night, and was recall- ed for several encores. This ia tha official quartet of the Board of Trade. The Roosevelt Hotel Orchestra open- ed the evening concerts for tha season last Sunday. The trio which presents these programs is composed of Harry Seigal, viglinist: Myer Seigel, violoncellist, and Lucla Collins, pianist and accompanyisg. The Russian Club, former Russian army and navy officers, Russian art- ists and their American and Russian friends in Washington, met last night in the home of Elena de Sayn, wh arranged an informal musical pro- gram. Jaseha Helfetz, baritone, sang. accompanied by Mme. Zalipsky at the piano. In a series of musicals, at which young artists will be given an opportunity to appear. Miss Jack ‘Ward, meazo-soprano, will be the next soloist. The club meets bi-monthly, and extends an invitation to repre. sentatives of other nations who are interested in Ruissian literature and arts to join them. Allce Eversman will teach two days a weel fn Washington this Winter at her studlo, 1705 K street, coming from New York, where she has a large vocal class. Several of her Washington puplls have gone to New York in order to have the advantage of the opera and concert season whila studying. She has # numher of cos tume recitals scheduled. Miss Evers man resumed her teaching hers last week, Christine Irish, Jesse Veitoh and Woodruff Youngs sang at the meeting of the Eastern Homeopathic Medica Association at the Washington Hotel last Sunday evening. Nina Norman sang for the association Monday eve ning. Specfal music ¥y the choir of thn Vermont Avenue Christian Church today will be: MORNING. Alleluia Forth™ o Lean Tpon the ¥avior, Mrera EVENING Chorus. “My Faith Looks Up to ;l",\'eo" s (Violin obbligato will ba plared by Mr Finnel tes. ) Ladtes’, quartet, "Softly Now the Lighd ot b cesscesanane Adams The cholr has elected the following officers for the coming year: Mrs. B. D. F. M. Cook, Mra. Mr., Shreve, secretary, president; and Wednesday evening the cholr wiil have a “wienfe roast” at the homa of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Littlefleld, Jewell Station, Va. Marion Kiess, ba has resigned from the male quartet, as he is leav. ing_Washington to accept a position in Fort Worth, Tex. Supplies Reptiles. OLLYWOOD, October 16 (). Lizards or snakes from the parched desert sands; pythens from the jungles of South America, and all manner of insects that infest the woods are not uncommon in the sup- porting cast of modern movies. ack Allman, reptile curator ex traordinary, furnishes the usual er the unusual in thesa lines on short notice from the studlo managers. Whether it he the elusive cockroach, needed to complete A scena in a lunchroom. or a 30-foot alligator as a background for a jungle picture, All- man takes his stock or makes usa of his 30 vears' experience as a student of the wild to go out into the desert or mountains to get them. Included in the weird list of crawl- tng or flying things which the curator supplies the studios are ants, wood- ticks, centipedes, bats, turtles, taran- tulas, frogs, lizards, horned toads, grave robbers, Chinese dragons, Gila monsters, iguanas and dozens of dif- ferent kinds of snakes. Allman’s specfalty, however, {s rat- tlesnakes. When he receives a rush order from a studio for a certain typa of rattler with a certain number of rattles, he looks over his troup, and if none fite the order he proceeds to make one up. For instance. a sudio manager or- dered a 13rattled rattler. It was needed in a picture built around the so-called unlucky number 13. The nearest Allman could come to it was a seven-rattler. So he got out his sup- DIy of extra rattles and soaked them in warm water to soften them. After the seventh rattle on the snake's tail had likewise been softaned. he slipped on the extra six rattles and delivered the 13-rattler on time. In case the deserts or mountains of California do not provide the kind of gpecimens wanted, Allman gets them from the zoo or from importers. STUDIOS OF WASHINGTON PIANO LESSONS—FRANCES SOMERVILLE Diniers atudio. maleiAnal Tnstraetion: chil: dren 5 to 15, b 3 gem 8 to 15, by aopointment. " Pione Pat. SCHOOL _OLl 5° }SINGING | il 12th year, Mme. Lucia Borderi, Teacher. Diploma-graduate formerly assistant to Lamperti. Italy excelled voice building. 924 17th'n.w. Booklet. Ph. M. 8336. Aot. 208 EVA WHITFORD LOVETTE The Art of Singing Classes Resumed Lovette Studios 1731 Conneetient Ave. N.W. October _1st For_Appointments Pho: 1015 LA SALLE SPIER TEACHER OF PIANO Pupil of Rafael Josefly Richard Burmelster New York, 1910-13 Berlin, 1913-16 Studlo: 1509 Rhode Island Ave. N.W. Tel. North 8572 . BESSIE N. WILD Voice Culture. Plano and Harmong. Studio, 6824 5th st.. Takoma Park. D. & Wnlte:ho?i'.ml"ln;liusntudios Established 1894 TENOR-BANJO. MANDOLIN. GUITAR, HAWAIIAN GO AND UKULELE Ensemble practice with Nordica Clubs. Bole agency for the famous Bacon banjos and Stahl mandoling and guitars. PHONB COL. 946. 1801 COLUMBIA RD. Alice Eversman Bel Canto_and It Opera Concert 1705 K St Violin Instruction to Artistic Perfeetion Maximum _Results in_Minimum Time 1705 _K_Street Main 9125 PPANO i.b VE%CI G“TIEENTS: lmxl;‘ BAN, AR 2125 SAYN L. Z. PHILLIPS Teacher of Cornet and Brass Washington College of Music 17th & Pa. Ave. N.W, MISS AMY PLEMENT PIANO. VOICE, AND HARMONY Uoathing and Accomaanyl 108 Fleventh fireet NV, Apariment 53 SOPHOCLES T. PAPA KA COMPOSER-TEACHER Director of the Young Composers’ Club Teacher PIANO of HARMONY 1 F.4401" COMPOSITION Col. 7556, 3803 13th Street. EVA M. E. WILLIAMS Teacher of Voice Italian Method Adams 4510-W. 1219 Hamilton St. N.W Dramatic Soprano Vocal Teaching 816 H St. N.E. Lincoln 8200 e X v 1C_STUDIO. ave. ne. dolin. banjo. guitar. ukiilele. Free orc practice. Call eveninzs only. North 4604 VIOLIN INSTRIUCTION | Old Time Fiddiing Tau | Address Rox R-E. Star o "KATHLEEN ROSS of. r'unm,\unm(‘nnl-:. = EXB0DY CERITFICN A | and H n.w. [ KATHRYN Pipe Organ Tuition—T. Guy Lucas (oncert, Organtst, Geaguate of Cambridga Miversity and Kol Collrgs of Organists London. ~ Address St. Tahn's Churen. 18t ATN 7048 WASHINGTON PIANO SCHOOL 1405 Eve 8t. N.W. Gomplets, Graded Courmes Class or Private Inatruction Phones Main 2258, North 8797 In 10 to 20 Lessons Special Fall course. $12 for 10 le Come in_ write or phona for booklet Fres leasona it you nstrument_from us. CHRISTE: SCHOOL OF M L 1822 G St. N.W. Main 1278, Branches. Main 7858, WASHINGTON CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 1408 New Hampshire. adj. Dupont Circle. An Established Cnservatory on Euro: pean linaw. Extensive and artistic faculty. OPEN EVENINGS TILL NINE. * McCALL LANHAM BARITO‘NE OF NE_W YORK Voice Specialist W ednesdays by appointment 1310 ]9lh.sh LW, JEA MacNEAL Pianist and Teacher 1913 Eye St. N.W. Franklin 3718