Evening Star Newspaper, December 5, 1927, Page 7

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In= sist upon— BUY IT BY THE QUART FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCER Mothers, Do This— When the children cough, rub Mus- terole on their throats and chests. No telling how soon the symptoms may de- lop into croup, or worse. And then’s w { Austerole relief. As first aid, at It is tl i sore throat, b rheu- matism, aches of back jounts, spr ins, frosted fe may prevent pn 2 To Mothers: Musterole is als, made in milder form for babies and small children. Ask for Children’s Musterole. | tively unknown opera. . WASHINGTON OPERA . T0OPEN TONIGAT | Poli’s Sold Out for First Per- formance of “Mignon.” Novelist Makes Debut. The grand opera festival of the Washington Opera Co. will open bril | liantly tonight with the first perform- ance in Washington for many year: of Thomas' opera, “Mignon,” at Poli's Theater, for which the house has been sold out far in advance. There are many high lights of par- - interest surrounding this per- | nce. One of them is the appear ince of Dorothy Speare, well known American novelist, and tional debut as an Intern: interest revolves around the f APD ance here of inother young singer, Maurice Capi taine, who has been captioned as “the or of France.” This fa- mous tenor comes to America under special auspices of the French govern- ment. he interest manifested by the rench government ni the coming of AL Capitaine from the Opera Comique to sing as a guest artist is further shown by the French embassy in this city, in the: following contribu- tion from M. Emmanuel Lombard, assistant military attache, concerning “Mignon,” the opera scheduled for to- he annouricement of the choice of the opening opera by Mr. Albion, the director of the Washington Opera Co.,” states M. Lombard, “has given even poised Washington somewhat of One might have expected all-crowding ‘Faust,’ or the dash- ing ‘Carmen,’” but few expected to see the choice fixed on ‘Mignon.” ‘Won Paris in 1866. “ Mignon’ of the tender melodies and catchy arias—hummed, sung. and assacred by the midinettes of ‘Connais-tu le Pays?' (‘Know- Thou the Land?)—organs, vic- trolas, and lastly radios have lauded the many advantages of living in a land of sun and orange groves! ““Mignon’ was produced in 1866 in Paris at the Opera_Comique and im- mediately took its place in the hearts of Parisian audiences. It has be- longed ever since to the classical repertory of the lyric stage. Though well loved in Europe it is compara- tively little known in America. I understand it was played last Win- ter in New York for the first time in 20 years. It “will present to an American audience the anomaly of strains of popular music running through a rela- Most_of the songs will be arch-familiar, but the body of the opera will be new to many. It may remind of the youth who, upon seeing ‘Hamlet’ for the first time, remarked: ‘Shakespeare must have been an awful cribber, I have heard most of those things before.’ ‘Mignon’s voice has run the scale from the mezzo to the soprano, for many are the artists who have been tempted by the grace and romantic charm_of the character of the title role. What appeals more to the hu- man heart than the spectacle of an abused and lonely soul triumphing over enemies, casting aside rags for cloth of gold, leaving but a hut for a palace? “Mignon, stolen and brutalized by the gypsies, mocked by the brilliant and seductive Filine and finally saved by the young Wilhelm Meister, sings her way into the hearts of all. “Vocally there are few scores better written for a basso cantante than the one of Lothario, the gold-hearted harp- playing tramp, Mignon’s companion of misery who has ‘wept so much.” Hear him sing the duet of the ‘Swallows’ with Mignon, accompanied by the rust- ling vibrations of the cellos. No won- der the greatest baritone of the last century, Faure, the gepial composer of ‘The Palms,” so often introduced that air in his concert programs. No less famous is the berceuse at the beginning of the last act: its popular- ity has been consecrated on records registered by nearly all basso-bari- tones of today. And the role appeals to the actor gs well as to the singer, for it is resque and requires ex- treme vgfiety of acting. Lothario, who wandafs in the first act, a forlorn and depfessed vagabond, later on sets a chliteau on fire under the spell of a it of insanity and in the last act ap- pears as a dignified millionaire noble- man surrounded by the affection of a newly found daughter and of his de- voted friends. Replete With Sentiment. “A brilliant bit of enamel in the mo- saic is the part of Filine. What a de- lightful and heartless coloratura she is! A saraband of trills and vocalises: “Je suis Titania la blonde!” Throughout the whole oper: broise Thomas has found a way to the heart replete with sentiment rath- er than sensuality; his music charms by its purity, its clarity and its va- riety. The overture, the gavotte of the second act, the recitative of exact in- tonation and expression are worthy of the composer of ‘Hamlet’ to whom they brought immediate and well de- served fame. “Wilhelm Meister, warm and incon- sistent, generous and, forgetful, yet alwavs engaging, reminds one afresh of the oft-suggested likeness to his creator—for many say that Wilhelm Meister is Goethe's idea of himself 1s a_voung man, the intellectual vaga- bond whose feet are then lighter than his fancy. He is a tenor of the great school, one who caresses and charms the ear in his romance, ‘Elle ne croy- ait pas.’ “The last sight and song of Mignon in a marble palace in flowing robes, a new-found noble father at her side, a lover at her feet, rejoice the more for all the heart-breaking experiences through which she has just passed. “A picturesque and romantic opera human in its appeal, ideal in its musical _conception—'Mignon’ must please all and delight man: FIRE RAZE; BUNGALOW. $2,500 Loss to Zantzinger Property in Riverdale Heights. Special Dispatch to The Star. RIVERDALE HEIGHTS, Md., De- Fire of undetermined origin ¥y vesterday destroyed the four- room bungalow on Massey street near Charlotte avenue belonging to O. B. antzinger and occupied by a family med Callahan. Loss of the house, timated by O. B. Zantzinger, jr., at 500, was largely covered by insur. ance. Whether Callahan had insur- ice on the furniture, all of which burned, has not been ascertained. home ‘of F. Bryant, next door, maged to about $300. k which ished after $200 damage. No as at the house yvesterday, and s understood t Callahan had taken his family to Washington while the damage from the fire two weeks Ago was being repaired. Fanned by a stiff wind, the blaze made such headway the Reverdale Heights and other Fire Departments were barely able to save adjacent prop- erty. A blaze in the Bryant home. created by flving embers of the earlier fire, was later extinguished. | was A laundress hand, said L national conferene child welfare in L get a hus- before the | maternity and n, by TEACHING CHILDREN TO LIKE PROPER FOOD The nutrition class at Children’s Hospital, in which children who have had aversio to certain foods of high value are taught to relish such food. This is part of the work of the Child Welfare CIi SHOWS §7.3%646 COLLECTEDINYEAR Controller McCarl’s Report Cites Sum Saved to Fed- eral Government. 646 was made | the General Accounting Office during the past fiscal year, as com- pared with the total net appropria- tion of $3, 960 made by Congress for its support during the year, Con- troller General McCarl today reported to Congress. “The contrast of the collections with the expenses of the General Accounting Office is’ sufficient,” he said, “to demonstrate the economy in its maintenance and this without reference to the erroneous payments prevented by its existence and the amounts which could not be collected because of administrative action.” Renews Recommendation. McCall renewed his recommendation to Congress of last year that there should be a reformation of the meth- ods of making payments of obliga- tions of the United States to “effect possible economies and reduce to a minimum erroneous and illegal pay- ments.” Many " detailed suggestions Collection of $7. as to proposed changes of law which Give Something Electrical Useful Gifts make possible more effective operation of his office were recom- mended by McCarl, who went to great length to explain how this could be_accomplished. There were on hand in the office at the close of business June 30 of this year, McCarl said, a total of 887 claims on behalf of the United States with amounts aggregating $285,390, McCarl said the best means of re- ducing erroneous and illegal payments could not be obtained “by continu- ation of the present system with more than 1,000 disbursing officers in con- tinental United States alone making payment of expenses incurred by their superior administrative officers, to whom they are responsible not only for their advancement, but for re- tention in pos MRS. CARLL IN CAR CRASH. Washington Resident Injured on Indiana Interurban Rgflway. Mrs. George 8. Carll, 1421 Columbia road, was injured yesterday afternoon in the wreck of an interurban car near New Albany, Ind., according to a telegraph message received by her brother-in-law, E. B. Johns, 1421 Co- lumbia road, last night. 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" The speaker also blamed Rus- sian agitators for inciting the Chinese to_violence. Lewis B. Franklin, vice president and treasurer of the National Council of the Episcopal Church, urged more liberal contributions for missionary hop Freeman, who presided, de- clared in a brief address the Episco- pal Church will not abandon China. Bishop Philip Rhinelander, canon of Washington Cathedral, read the ‘horus of 200 ymen’s Ser- Fordham dents; Marquette, 237, last semester. niversit v had 6,017 stu- at i Chi 5.012; Pay on Electric Bills HEADQUARTERS —_—g&g&gfi 14th & C Sts. N.W. Mean MORE! NO Gifts can be more useful than Electrical ones! most complete. There Select yours here—NOW-—while choice is are 5 different makes of Waffle Irons to see—and you can Pay on Electric Bills Down Payment delivers your Waffle Iron or ANY gift selection from Electrical Headquarters. 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The clinic. which receives no con- | gressional appropria supported i ription and by money rs rd of man- | gers of the Child Welfare Society. | This peiety started the clinic in | Washington, and turned them over to the Health Department of the Dis- trict, except in the one at Children's Hospital, which the society is anxious ‘are center An endowment fund of $100.000 is needed to continue the work. Supported by U. S. The clinics now under control of the Health Department are supported by congressional appropriation through | the District appropriation bill, and are | <nown as child hygiene centers. There ! re nine of thes When the District government first took over most of the clinics, gress supported those under the Health Department, and contributed | partially to the support of the clinic at Children’s Hospital. When Mrs. Frank B. 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