Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1929, Page 60

THE SUNDAY STAR, ‘WASHINGTOXN, D. C, JUNE 2, 1929—PART 4. U BY HELE HE world is moving fast to- day. Many customs and traditions are getting left far behind or replaced by those more appropriate to the de- mands of the times. There stiil are a few people left who feel like the man who plaintively said when his wife insisted on Florida in the Winter and Canada in thc Summer, “I want to live in a place where Winter is Winter and Sum- mer is Summer and they have Spring and Fall in between.’ Such people, however, seem to be in the minority. Moreover, even the saying, “All Americ wheels,” has become rev. more and more America develops wings. This is true musical too. It was not so very long that it was a great event for stars, who were ' to be brought with higt acclaim to debut performances in the United States. All Europe and a goodly portion of the United States, too, thought that Europe produced far greater musical products than America could ever produce. Tuesday night of last week an American prima donna created such a sensation at her debut at Covent Gar London, that the critic of the London Post wrote: “Rosa Ponselle is best singer I have heard in Covent Garden since Caruso.” Moreover, it was 30 vears since an audience in that famous opera iiouse had heard any one attempt the role of Norma in Bellini's &pera, because Europe could not produce a singer qualified to pre- sent this role since the late Lilli Lehmann retired. One of the New York papers stated in a cabled dispatch that Mme. Nellie Melba, the great Aus- tralian, who has had many daz- zling triumphs on the stage of Covent Garden, warned Miss Pon- selle kindly previous to her appearance on that stage for the first time that | “It will not be like the Metropoli- tan, in New York, and, above all, don't expect any applause for your great aria, ‘Casta Diva.’ For never in the history of opera has a London audience inter- rupted the performance in the | middle of an act by any demon- stration whatever. They wouldn't clap the Angel Gabriel until the curtain was down and the proper time for applause arrived.” Just the same, the reviewer continued, in this articl ‘With- in two hours after this prediction was made, Miss Ponselle sang her ‘Casta Diva,’ and, in response to the loveliness of that voice, a London audience forgot a tradi- tion of this ancient theater and applauded. It was not only from the upper altitudes of the galleries that this amazing demonstration came, but from boxes, orchestra and circle stalls. There were other great moments scattered through the four acts in which the crowd, that filled every seat in the house, threw custom overboard to yield t. *mselves without restraint to the spell of that glorious voice and show their appreciation with- out waiting.” Miss Ponselle is quoted as hav- ing said, after it was over, to friends: “I am very happy. I have sung in old Covent Garden, and an English audience has been very kind to me. That's one of the experiences I've wanted all my life.” g The simplicity and modesty of Miss Ponselle are two unusual charms for one built of prima- donna caliber, who has won such heavy laurels while still so young. These traits were never more no- ticeable in the American singer than on the evening following her “Aida” in Washington, last April. At a small party in the singer’s honor, the writer of this column asked Miss Ponselle how she felt about her coming London debut. She answered: “Oh, you know I'll be so glad when it's over. Really, no joking, I'm just scared to death thinking about it.” She also is to sing the title role of “La Gioconda” at Covent Gar- den. * NE prominent Washington woman went abroad in April and planned her schedule partic- ularly before sailing so that she might be in London to hear Pon- selle in this debut at Covent Gar- den. Mrs. Lawrence Townsend, herself a thorough musician and generally recognized as a musical connoisseur, as well as one of the i a couple of hours | SIC N FETTER. have been caught napping and missed the fact that Irving Berlin may have written an opera? * wE % AS this column is being written on Memorial day and the Stars and Stripes are being lustily waved outside and in, to continue waving them in words, it gives the writer much patriotic pleasure to mention here that the MacDowell Club of New York City—named for the dominant American com- poser to date—has just issued an announcement to the effect that, through the generosity of one of its members, a prize of $1.000 is offered to a musician, either born or residing in the United States for an unpublished composition in on= of the larger forms, orches- tral, choral of chamber musie, its duration not to exceed 25 minutes Manuscripts will be received from July 1 to October 1 (final date) 1929, by the chairman of the music committee, Miss Dorothy rawton, music branch of the New York Public Library, 121 East Fifty-eighth street, City, to whom all communications should be addressed. Manuseripts | must positively be sent anony- | mously, insured to full value, and accompanied by a scaled envelope bearing a mark of identificatior and containing name and address, with return postage. The judges are to be Artur Bodansky, Rubin Goldmark and Ernest Schelling. The award will be announced January 1, 1930. * o ok x RS. JOSEPH M. STODDARD, president of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, has shown in this, her first season since taking that office, that she indeed, a “live wire” and an earnest, constructive worker for musical progress in | the National Capital. Mrs. Stod- dard has writien the following concerning the value of the na- tional convention of the American Federation of Music Clubs, which | holds its annual meeting in Bos- ton next week. We quote Mrs. Stoddard, knowing her sincerity and capability “The National Federation of | Music Clubs, the greatest con- structive force in America for music, is on the eve of its most comprehensive expression to date. | Next Saturday the music clubs of | the Nation will open a biennial | convention and festival at Boston. and for 10 days the representa- | tives of 5,000 musical clubs, com- prising 500,000 members, will revel in unusual musical and social events. Opening Saturday after- | noon with the young artists and students’ contest, the days to fol- low will be filled with a bewilder- ing series of events. “Boston is opening its doors to the influx of a Nation-wide inter- est which cannot fail to impress every citizen, whether musical or not, of the growing musical ap- preciation of the United States and the high standards daily be- ’lng elevated through this great cultural force. “Next Sunday afternoon, with the festival concert of the famous Haendel and Haydn Society, the “Blennfal” will be formally opened. Soloists featured will be: Claire Maentz, soprano; Rose Zu- lalian, contralto; Charles Strat- ‘ton, tenor, and Edwin F. Swain, baritone. Thompson Stone will conduct. In the evening the finals of the young-artists and students, contests will be held and two young violinists from this Bistrict, |one in each class, will measure | themselves in their art against a | Nation-wide representation. The |two boys from Washington are | Oscar Levine, student, and Harry ‘Cherkassky. young artist. The |good wishes of this community are surely with them. An official | banquet will be held Monday eve- | ning, when the winners of the | contests will be heard over a Na- tion-wide radio hook-up, under the National Broadcasting Co Tuesday, the Boston Public School Festival will take place in Sym- phony Hall in the afternoon, and that evening an all-State chorus of Rhode Island (100 voices) will | give Wassili Leps’ new work, “An- | don,” in the Statler ballroom. “The family ensemble groups will be heard Wednesday morning, | while in the afternoon Henrich | Gebhardt and Richard Platt in | piano ensemble; Gertrude Ehr- | hart, soprano, and Nicolas Slo- 4 the composer's | FOUR WIN New York ! HarrRY CHERKASSKY Spring Recit MY NORTON will be presented by Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter in an o gan recital at the Petworth Baptist Church, Seventh and Randolph streets northwest, Tuesday, at 8:15 p.m. She | will play Bach's “Prelude and Fugue in G Minor"; the first movement of Men- delssohn’s “First Sonata”: a “Sulte for Organ,” bv James H. Rogers, and short- | er works by Boeliman, Hollins and Johnston, Unschuld University of nt the commencement at 8:15 The Von Music will pre exercises and recital Tuesday pm.. at the New Willard. Eva M. E. Willams will present | Stuart Gibson. mezzo-contralto; Bess Williams, soprano, and Harrictte Mitch- ell, soprano, in a recital at her home studio, 1219 Hamilton street, northwest, Wednesday, at 8:15 p.m. Laura Farris, reader will assi Jewell Downs will present a group in | a song recital at the Willard at 8:30 p.m., Thursday. June 13, The final recital of the children’s de- partment of the Waugh Pianoforte Stu- dios was given May 23, under the aus- pices of Pearl Waugh, Helen Farring- ton and Laura Pendlelon Roege. The program was composed of folk_songs and the shorter ssics. Those present- ing the music were: Eleanor and Paul Hancock, Helena Hersey, Mackie Hul- burt, Edward Hunt, Rene. Leo and Lor- etta McClatchey. Jean and Robert Sim- mons, Helen Quilian and Rose Taute. Mrs. Roege also gave a demonstration of the work done in two of her classes; the first a class of children from 4 to | Doran, BETTY BAUM Wednesday a¢ Jewistt Commontry Cene al Programs City Club Wednesday evening, marking the closing of the club's second season They had as their guest of honor Eva Whitford Lovette, organizer and direc- tor of the club. The feature of the oc- casion was a series of parody sketches on the activities of the past year, cre- ated and enacted by the members. | | Kuhn, Marjorle Cassey, Joy Moulden, | Jean Dulin, Virginia Hughed, Edward Frazer, Ella Fraser and Adel Raysock, planists and Marian Meitzler, Clara Brinkman, Sydney Epstein, Fiorentin Boarman, Myron Ehrmantraut, Ina Sager, Margaret Smith and Eleanor Pugh, violinists. Mary T. Folta presented a group of students in piano recital at the home of Mr, and Mrs. N. E. Gannon Saturday afternoon. Those taking part were: Edward Gannon, jr.. Emery Fischka, Marilyn Klosky, Columbus = Facchina, Hazel Ann Gannon, Catherine C.| John M. McMahon, Maurice Doran and Mary Virginia McMahon. Mabel Jones presented her pupils in an annual classic dance recital at | the Belasco Theater Friday evening. | She is the only colored graduate of the | Vestoff-Sarova Russian School of Danc- | ing in New York City, and will appear | in three solo numbers, including her 1 dance, “Progress of the Negro.” | Clubs in Washington and in Baltimore, —_ 2 | who will be sent to Boston to partici- Weldon Carter, head of the piano de- | pate in the national finals next week, | partment of the Washington College of | will be featured in the closing pro- | Music, presented the following group |gram of the season to be offered at the | in recital last PriGay night: Dorothy | Jewish Community Center Wednesday | Russell Todd, Margaret Oxenberg, Max- |at 8:15. This young violinist won in | well Short, Winifred Chamberlain. Anne | the student class, both in the local and Smith, Neftie Sadle and Victorine Bouillon. The music included works hv‘ Two other winners in the District of | Bach. d'Albert, Beesthoven. Mozart, | Columbia Federation of Music Clubs’ | Weher, Brahms, Levitski, Schubert and | contest, Mary Templin. contralto, and Liszt. iB""“' Baum, pianist, wlll'nrppmr {T‘ —— esda rogram. e Jewish A recital was given at the Institute | Seancsaity” Centobe evmphony oreh of Musical Art recently by pupils of |tra also will give selections. The ac-| Emilie Bishop, teacher of piano and | companists will be Miss Nettie Sadle | Young Contest Winners In program Wednesday‘ SCAR LEVINE, the 16-year-old| winner of the two preliminary con- | tests held by the Federation of Music | the district contest. | OscAR LEVINE — Templin-Cherkassky Recital At Washington Club. N - ARY TEMPLIN, contralto, Harry Cherkassky, violinist, giving a Jjoint recital this evening. at 8:30 at the Washington Club. Miss Templin was awarded first place in the voice contest in the young artist_group of the District of Colum- bia Federated Music Clubs this year. Mr. Cherkassky was awarded first place in the instrument contest in the young artist_group in the District of Colum- bia contest, and won first place in_the contest held in Baltimore by the Ped- erated Music Clubs for contestants from Maryland, Virginia, West Vir- ginia and the District. As winner of the regional contest in Baltimore, Mr. Cherkassky is chosen to compete in the national contest being held in Boston in June, . Vassilieff Dance Recital At Pierce Hall Thurs&ay MME. L. N. VASSILIEFF, Russian ballet dancer, will present her an- nual recital in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth and Harvard streets northwest, Thurs- dav night at 8 o'clock. Tania Gnoocheff, one of the younger dancers in Washington, who has showed a marked gift for this art, will be the featured soloist. THE U. S. MARINE BAND. CAPT. TAYLOR BRANSON, leader of the United States Marine Band, instructed me to inform you that the Marine Band will leave here tomorrow 6 vears old, showing work done with | were assisted by Virginia Cureton, \'ib-i Flora Clayton, teacher of violin. They and Mrs. Elsie Cranmer. | for Charlotte, N. C., to take part in the CQUES BOUGHY. one of the most A J distinguished of teachers of sing- ing in Paris in his day, has passed on Word was recently received to this ef- fect by a former pupil of his, & Wash- ingtonian, Miss Beatrice Goodwin. M. Boughy died January 20, 1929. His housckeeper, who was with him for 23 years, wrote to Miss Goodwin that: “It was after a short iliness of pneu- monia, a five-day | not su™w:, happily for him, because M. | Boughy was very good and did not merit to suffer.” 1. Mi in, who studied with him ! for two years, describes him as a “de- | lightful, courteous gentleman, with that humility and simplicity which has char- been my pleasure to know.” He was a great singer of his time, for many vears | associated with the royal opera in St | Petersburg, which post he resigned to {retire to Paris, where he opened his | studio and_taught until the World War. | He was a Belgian and was in his home {in Pepinster when the German arm: | invaded Belglum. He was made a oris- oner in his own house for the duration {of the war. He never taught again ! after returning to Paris, for, as he wrote | his pupil here—"his heart was broken.” | Fleanor Painter, voung American singer, who made a marked success dur- ing the past season singing the title role in “Carmen” with the Philadel- phia Grand Opera Co. opposite her husband—Louis Graveure, one-time baritone turned tenor—will sing the leading role in Frank Harling's one-act opera, “A Light from St. Agnes,” when 1t is produced in Paris this Summer for the first time there. It will be remembered that another American, Frances Peralta, sang that | Tole when the American opera was given in Washington by the Washing- | ton Opera Co. a couple of seasons ago | with the composer conducting. Ivan Ivantzoff, Russian baritone, who has been heard in opera in Washington in many roles for several seasons dur- ing the Washington Opera Co.'s sched- [ ule here, sang the title role in Anton Rubinstein’s opera, “The Demon,” pre. sented Friday and last night by the the Manhattan Opera House in New York City. Two other “Ivans” will sing supporting roles—Ivan Steschenko as Gudal and Ivan Velikanoff as Sino- | dal. The Chaminade Glce Club, Esther Linkins, director, and Gertrude Walters, accompanist, will give a program of | songs at Mount Alto Hospital tomor- { Toy evening. The club will be assisted by Rawley Donohue, baritone, and Karl Holer, accompanist. The regular Spring business meet: of the club will be held Wednesday eve- | ning at their studio in the Institute of | Musical Art. | : e iy A special evening of oratorio music will be presented by St. Alban's Choir, Beatrice Goodwin, director, and Allen | H. Watson, organist, Tuesday at 8 p.m. This will be the first recital with ac- companiment by the new organ. The music will include compositions by Guilmant, Haydn, Mendelssohn and Miss Goodwin and Granville | Leaf will sing solos. | The public is invited. Betty Baum, pianist, and Oscar Le- the music room of Eastern High School | last Monday. Miss Baum played works by Brahms, MacDowell, Chopin and | Eschalkowsky. Mr. Levine played works by Auer and Sarasate. An enthusias- | tic audience attended. iliness, and he did ! acterized the really great people it has | Russian-American Grand Opera Co. at | | vine, violinist, presented a program in | RAPHS violinist, who played “Liedslied” (Sam- martini-Elman), “Moderato und Inter- mezzo” (arranged by De Boer), “Hopak’ (Moussorgsky) and “From the Cane- | brake” (Gardner). She was accom- panied by Marjorie Davis. At the close of the program the entire chapter joined in singing the “Triangle Song” of Mu Phi Epsilon. Orah Ashley Lamke. national president of Mu Phi Epsilon, National Honorary Musical Sorority, will be the guest of honor at a musical tea this afterncon, when Rho Beta Chapter of the Wash- ington College of Music and the Wash- ington Alumni Club will receive at the home of Clara Miller Wolfe. Mrs. Lamke is in the city for an official inspection of the chapter and club. The program this afternoon will be given jointly by them. The chapter will be represented by Greta von Bayer, pianist; Helen Lyon, violinist; Clara Brown, soprano; Gertrude Fyre, pianist, and Marjorie Davis, accompanist. M bers of the club who will be ht vocal numbers are Hazel Wood, Frances Cole and Inez Miller, sopranos, accom- panied by Isabel Middlekauff and Lois Stunz. The final meeting of the American | Guild of Organists, District of Colum- bia Chapter, for this season will be held tomorrow in the choirroom, Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G street northwest, at 8 pm. A dean, subdean and one member of the executive committee for the coming season are to be elected, these officers | not having been selected at last month's meeting, due to the lack of a majority vote. Among other items of interest will be a short talk by Mrs. John M. Sylvester. chapter registrar, on “The Bach Festi- val and Hisoric Bethlehem.” | Christopher S. Tenley will speak on | “Gregorian Chants” as a contribution to the round-table discussion which has | been in progress from meeting to meet-| | ing_during the past season. | %he usual social period will bring the evening and the 1928-1929 season of | the chapter to a close. A new edition of two sonatas for two pianos, four hands, by Muzio Clementi, is announced by G. Schirmer, Inc. It is not generally known that Clementi | wrote compositions for two pianos. The | editing of these sonatas was_intrusted to Edwin Hughes, who has performed | them repeatedly in New York and else- where in his recitals of two-piano music | with Jewel Bethany Hughes. The Washington Comic Opera Club will present a new comic opers, in three acts, called “The Crimson Star.” at All Souls’ Unitarian Church, Sixteenth and Harvard streets northwest, tomorrow a‘ {815 p.m.. The operetta is sponsored |by the Women's Auxiliary of that | church. A cast of 40 talented singers, accom panied by an orchestra, will be directed by Paul D. Gable. Many prominent | church soloists are members of the club, | either being in this production or serv- !ing as inactive members. Heading the | present_cast are Howard Moore. bari- |tone; Gladys Marks, soprano: Eugene | Swygert, ler{’or Elmer Gorn, bass; | ley_ Heath, bas W l‘“’r kets may be obtained at All Souls’ Unitarian Church. ‘hschmid. concert soprano. b Elizlbe!hm(d)lrdr;er Coombs, left Washington ay for Roanoke, Staunton, Woodstock and Manassas, Va., where Mrs. Bachschmid will present “The Seasons.” ‘Between the several acts Mrs. Coombs will plav | accompanied by | children who have not yet begun study of an instrument in a toy band, singing folk songs and playing rhythmic games; the second class was made up of piano linist, who played several selections | This concert is sponsored by Dr.| Abram Simon and a group of others| thirty-ninth annual Confederate re- union to be held in Charlotte June 4, 5, The recital hall of the school. which | who are particularly keenly interested | g and 7. | was beautifully decorated with flowers. | was filled with parents and friends of to see the young violinist get his chance | to win out in Boston. The concert at | The concerts for the coming week, namely, at the Marine Barracks Mon- A concert program was given Friday | a¢ introductory music “Rustle of students from 6 to 8, who presented a combination of ear-training, musical | form and rhythmic work showing how | they supplement the piano study with all-around musical development. i the young musicians. | Those who took part were: Victoria | o | CHURCH SINGERS Mrs. Elizabeth Carpenter presented students in her annual piano recital at | the Francis Asbury Church last Mon- | day. Grace Mogney Richards, soprano, assisted, Those taking part were: Ann Wilson, | Jacqueline Saffell. Mary Elizabeth Baird, Ella Mary Embrey, Hugh Clag- gett, Eleanor Quirk, Dorothy Sinclair, Lora Baird, Helen Matthews, Doris Shupp. May Dickson, Jean Dickson, Betty Quirk, Peggy Cross, Anna Marie Quirk and Margaret Rogers, Peggy grnssdnccived the prize for the highest cord, Ivalee Newell presented a group in a violin and piano program at the Bat~ tery Park clubhouse the afternoon of Safurday, May 25. Violin ' pupils " who took part were | Helen Brown, John Brush, Salaam | Nimnom, Randolph Hughes, Bernard | Greenberg, Emile Joseph, Leo Lee, Les- lie Amouri and George Amouri Plano pupils were Dorothy Gleason, Fdna May Gleason, Ray Wilkinson, | Donald Lee, Adon ' Phillips, Edwina | Hambleton. 'Gwendolyn Jones. Marie | Bohrer and Mrs. Truman Ward. Of special interest was the perform- | ance of the newly organized Toy Sym- phony Orchestra, playing the “Soldiers March” of Schumann and “Spanish Guitar.” a descriptive piece. The violin and cello parts of both selections were | arranged by Miss Newell. Eve Whitford Lovette will present the junior students of the Lovette School of | Music at a_musical tea at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the drawing rooms of the Misses Stone’s School. 1626 Rhode Is- land avenue. This will be the closing recital of the season, the senior students having been presented at the reception last Thursday. Today's program in- cludes selections for voice, piano and expression. | | | Luther Memorial’s Choir. this time is for his benefit, 0 _as to| day, at the Capitol Wednesdav, at the make the trip North possible for him. Sylvan Theater Thursday and St. Eliz- abeth's Hospital Friday are all can- | celed. OF WASHINGTO [ ““Fhe band will return to the Capital | Saturday. THE SOLDIERS' HOME BAND. The military band at the United States Soldiers” Home will give the usual three programs in the band stand Tues day, Thursday and Saturday afternoo! this week at 5:30 o'clock under the di- rection of John S. M. Zimmermann, leacder, and Anton Pointer, second leader. | The program will inclide the usual eombination of light and classical works. | THE U. S. NAVY BAND. | The symphonic poem “Vltava,” by | Smetana, is prominent on the program Pl 3 | Band, Lieut. Charles Benter, leader, at | the Sylvan Theater Tuesday evening. | Though choosing his themes from the | folk-songs_and customs of his native | Bohemia, Smetana has been highly suc- | cessful in bringing dignity and dramatic | force to his works. The program prom- | ises much variety, as it includes com- positions by Strauss, the Viennese “waltz king.” and Rudolf Friml. In response to repeated requests Lieut Benter will open the concert at the Navy Yard Wednesday evening with the overture to Rossini's “William Tell.” The rhapsody “Espana,” Chabrier, and solos by Musicians R. Ostrom. cornet, and L. Goucher, xylophone, will lend in- terest to this program Thursday's Star will print the pro- gram to be played at one of the neigh- | borhood parks that evening. : PIANIST SAILS FRIDAY most charming personalities that | nimsky, pianist, will be heard in may be found anywhere, is this | concert. The reception and tea in woman. She has promised the writer of this column that she will write her own impressions of that debut especially for the music page of The Star. They will be printed here as soon as possible | after being received in the mail. Following the performance of “Norma” Tuesday night, the New York cables carry mention of ths fact that Mrs. Townsend gave a supper party in Miss Ponselle’s honor at Claridge's. All the guests had attended the opera. Among those present were the Italian Ambassa d'affaires, Ray Atherton; Melba, Prince and Princess Bi mar Count and Countess Ro- gieri, Count and Countess Som- matti, the Countess of Oxford and Asquith, Lady Cunard, Lords Leesdale. Colebrook and Mount- eagle, Baroness Ravensdale, the counselor of the Netherlands lega- tion, Mr. and Mrs. Shane Leslie, Elizabeth Schumann, Harvey Ger- ry, Lionel Powell and Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan. * ook % dor, the American chargs | Mme. | | the Museum of Fine Arts will fol- | low immediately and that evening a “pop” concert will be given by 85 members of the Boston Sym- of Alfredo Casella. “Thursday is American Muric and Choral day. several States will be in order and in the evening the great massed choral concert of singing dele- gates, Mrs. Mary Willing Megley, conducting, will be held. Elly Ney, pianist, will be the outstanding artist. The Woman's Symphony Orchestra of Boston will be on this program. | “Friday is Church Music day [Notrd speakers will be heard | “saturday is Junior day. Dele- | gates from 2,000 Junior Clubs will { express in song and story the ad- vance of junior work in music | throughout the length and breadth |of the land. That evening 12 pianos will give voice to a great | ensemble, a keyboard orchestra conducted by Stuart Mason of | Boston and that same evening 11,500 voices will re-enact the The members of fhe Lovetie Choral Club held their annual banquet at the ENGLISH SINGER HERE | ‘ phony Orchestra under the baton Choruses from Back row, standing, reading left to right—Margaret Lucile Sikes, organist, 1 and Raymond Fillius, tenor. Front row, seated, left to right—Ethelyn B. Sma: soprano; J. Walter Humphrey, basso and director, and Marian Carle, contral HE leading church in Washington of | Church and the Luther Place Memorial the Lutheran faith, a church that | Church. She has been a pupil of Elsie 1s an historic landmark as it raises its | Bond Bischoff and has coached with graceful spire on the edge of Thomas |several well known Washington voice | Circle at Fourteenth strect and N |teachers. Mrs. Smart specializes in | northwest, is very proud of its small | concert and oratorio work and has been but competent choir. Dr. G. M. Diffen- | director and vocal instructor of several derfer, the pastor, gives the choir fullest | glee clubs and children’s choirs. co-operation. By special arrangement| Marian Larner Carle, contralto solo- | the programs during the morning serv- | ist of Luther Place Memorial Church, ices in May were broadcast. | has held the following former positions: J. Walter Humphrey, basso and di- | Contralto soloist at Metropolitan M. E. rector of the Luther Place Memorial | Church, Afternoon Choir, Church of Church choir, studied under Dr. E. S.|the Covenant: First Congregational Kimball, Frank Baxter, Dr. J. W.|Church and St. Paul's Evangelical Lu- Bischoff, and coached ' with Signor | theran Church. She was soloist with Cortasi_of the New Orleans French|the Motet Choir, sang second soprano Opera Co. | in & Schubert trio and sang the part of Mr. Humphrey began his musical ca- | Conscience with “Everywoman.” veer in the Hamline M. E. Church.| She studied under Oscar Gareisson of He was called to take the position of | Washington and New York, Otto Tor- | bass soloist of the First Congregational |ney Simon, Washington, D. C., and | Church under the late Dr. J. W. Bisch- | Anna L. Goodhue, Washington, D. C. off. He served for several vears Raymond D. Fillius, tenor soloist. In addition to his work in the choir | studied under the direction of John G. of the First Congregational Church, he | Klein. Washington, D. C. He has pre- also served as bass soloist of the after- | viously filled the position of tenor solo- noon choir of the Church of the Cove- | ist at Epworth Methodist Church South, nant. | Metropolitan Presbyterian Church, Kel- Mr. Humphrey has appeared with the | ler Memorial Lutheran Church and FRANCES GUTELIUS. MISS GUTELIUS, who is one of Washington's most active young planists, is sailing Friday on the S. Carmania for three months of travel and study. She is going in the party of Mrs. R. W. Bolling, who also is tak- ing_her daughter Clara and her son Richard. Miss Gutelius expects to spend three weeks in Paris with Louise Lakin, who formerly established the COMIC sidelight was suggest- | peace jubilee program of 1869, ed in the opening line of a | with the beloved Walter Damrosch cabled review on the Ponselle de- | conducting the choral numbers. but, which had outdistanced the | All this to take place at Boston astuteness of the copy desk on one | Garden. of .New Yo leading papers. “The sea voyage to Plymouth, ‘The first paragraph ° started: | where a. pageant and festival “Singing the title role in Berlin's | celebrating the landing of the ‘Norma,” Rosa Ponselle, Metro= | Pilgrims will be given, is a color- politan soprano, at the Covent w,ful note in the voluminous pro- Garden Royal Opera, Tuesday |gram. When numberless trips of night,” in the words of the Mprn- | historical interest, in which Bos- ing Post music critic, “conquered | ton abounds, are added to this London in five minutes.” | varied and extensive curriculum The thought arises, will many |the final moments of this great readers unfamiliar with the mis- | biennial will bring each partici- placed “Bellini” and his opera | pant back to his native heath that has not been heard until |with mind resplendant, of one of after more than a quarter of a |the greatest events in America’s sentury’s lapse, think that they | musical history,” Washington Oratorio Society as soloist | on many occastons and has been in de- | mand as guest soloist of many organi- YOUNG English singer who has zations throughout this section. g made a definite success singing the | Ethelyn Bloodgood Smart, soprano, is lighter type of ballads with individual |a native of New York State. Before style, Mary Monico, is visiting in Wash- | coming to Washington Mrs. Smart ington for a few weeks as the guest of | studied with Edna Quirin and Mary her sister, Eveline Monico Papas. She | Slawson of New York City. At the age was honor guest at A musical event | of 15 she was precentor and soloist of a given by Mr. and Mrs. Papas in their | large Methodist church. studios on Connecticut avenue last Sun- | After coming to Washington Mrs. day night. Smart became & pupil of the famous Among those appearing on the pro- | blind organist and composer, Dr. Joha gram were: Emily Harrold Marsh, | W. Bischoff of the First Congregational soprano, in a_ group of songs; Jack |Church. She had the honor of being Barry, John Potts and Sophocles T. Dr. Bischofi’s soprano soloist in his Papas in some mandolin and guitar |church cholr for three years prior to | trios; Mrs. Papas in some piano selec- | his death, after which she continued as tions and Mr. Papas in a group of soloist of that church for 10 years. Hawalian guitar solos. Mrs. Smart also has been soloist in Dancing to music by the Hawalian|Hamline M. E. Church. Church of the Melody Boys concluded the evening, |Covenant, St. Paul's Epglish Lutheran MARY MONICO. sang first tenor in the quartet, Colum- | bia Commandery. ; Margaret Lucile Sikes, organist, a pupil of Dr. Wilhelm Middleschuite, noted Bach interpreter of the Chicago Conservatory of Music, studying organ and harmony with him: with Jacob Moerschel of Milwaukee Normal School and Wisconsin Conservatory of Music. She studied plano, harmony, theory and counterpoint. Miss Sikes was well known and suc- cessful in Milwaukee for the “Kinder- garten of Music,” a group of 30 chil- dren all under 8 vears and several un- der 6. She wrote the words and music — for their training and applied the Mon- soprano; _Virginia tessori system of teaching with such | Trauty. contralto, and Roy Voorhees. success that her pupils won highest | baritone, will give a program at the Lakin School of Music in Washington, but has been abroad for several years now and is studying composition with | Boulanger. The plans for Miss Gutelius' trip also include attendance at performances of the “Nibelungen Ring,” to be presented by the Bayreuth Opera Co., during their Paris season and also some of Mozart operas in Salzburg, Austria. She will travel in the Netherlands, England, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, planning to return to New York Sep- tember 8. night for the benefit of the American | Children's Aid Society, under the di- | rection of Alma M. H. Wolking. Those | participating included the Aloha Oe Orchestra. Hook Kennedy. Stevens, Pat Murphy. Anna Greenberg, Buddy Litchfield, Ed Flint, Lorenzo | Diatto, Harriet Poole and August Wid- | mer, ‘The Madrigal Singers have closed a busy season, with apearances at the | Walter Reed Hospital May 26, at Trin- { ity Episcopal Church on Piney Branch road May 27 and at Mount Alto Hos- pital May 29, the latter program i co-operation with the National Federa- tion of Music Clubs. The evening programs of this organ- ization always are given in seventeenth | century costume and include madrigals | of the Elizabethan period, folk songs | and music by modern composers. Clever interpretations, fine tonal quality and sincere artistry have marked this, their second year, before the public. Re- hearsals will be discontinued after the month of June and resumed in Septem- | ber. Mrs. John Milton Sylvester is di- rector-accompanist. ‘The groun person- nel includes Lois Lillie, Elizabeth Wa- ters. Mary Grabill Smith. Elizabeth ‘Taylor Copping. Norma Hughes, Eldean Seaman and Mary Lerch. The annual banquet and musical pro- gram of Rho Beta Chapter, Mu Phi Epstlon, was held last Mondav evening | at the Manor Club, with Elwyn Matre | as hostess. | “'Ruth Bronson Logan, toastmistress, introduced the following program: Rev. Mark Depp in a short address’on | “Tone": Horace Smithey, tenor, who | sang “Day Is Done” (Spross). “The Song of the Palanquin Bearers” (Martin Shaw), “Slow, Horses, Slow” (Jalowicz) and “Capt. Stratton’s Fancy” (Deems Taylor): Emily Coville, mezzo-soprano, who sang “In the Boat" (Grieg). “By a Lonely Forest Pathway” (Griffes) and “Over the Stoppe” (Gretchaninoff). | Mr. Smithey and Mrs. Coville, guests of Rho Beta Chapter. were accom- panied by Mrs. Smithey, also a guest, and Katherine Benson, 4 member, Te- spectively | | Greta von Bayer, pianist, who play | “Gavotte” (Evers), “Valse Lente’ (Schuett) and “Wedding Day at Trold- haugen” (Grieg) Grace | Solofsts representing Rho Beta were | . | Spring,” Sinding: “Summer Night.” Greig: “Rigoletto.” Verdi-Lisat, and | “The Wind” by Alkon. | o . | Regardmg La Argentina. 'HE announcement that La Argen- | T tina, sensational dancer, will make ! her Washington debut as one of the attractions of Mrs. Wilson-Greene’s | Artist’s Course of afternoon concerts | at Poli's Theater next seaton would | seem to make appropriate the publi- | cation of some little known details con- | cerning this celebrated artist, whose American_vogue is equaling even that | of Anna Paviowa. | “La Argentina—or Antonia Argentina, | to give her proper name—was born in | Buenos Alres, Argentina, the daughter f an Andalusian mother and s Cas- tilian father, the latter a professor of the bolero, and it was from her father that Argentina received the advantages of early individual training that en- abled her at the age of 9 to make her debut in the ballet of the Royal Opera at_Madrid. La Argentina rose rapidly to the position_of premiere danseuse classique | at the Royal Opera, but the routine of | the classic ballet could not long appeal to such a genius of the dance as she | was destined to become, for 1t is La | Argentina who has revived and revital- | ized the folk music of ancient Iberia in_dances of her own creation. Long before La Argentina dreamed of an American tour she had become | the dance favorite of Paris, Berlin and | other cities, including her own Buenos | Aires. ~ A sensational season in Paris in 1927 culminated in her determina- tion to visit America at once. | Her triumph here was_immediate, spectacular and complete. In the short space of seven weeks she gave 18 re- citals in New York, every one of which was completely sold out. Her fame spread like wildfire from city to city and similar triumphs were scored in many of the most important cities from coast to coast, including Boston, Chi- cago and San Francisco. Bus, street car and subway conduc- tors of Berlin are to be taught the rudi- ments of English and French so as to {be able to answer the more simple and Evelyn Scott.questions of foreign visitors. STUDIOS OF CARL JASPAN Violin Studio 1915 Eye St. N.W. Frank. 6977 BESSIE N. WILD V' f”';""‘np,""" and Harmony 2 Park. 43 JFark. D. . Papas Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar, Ukulele 1221 CONN. AVE. _DECATUR 13 Voice { Studio 68 WALTER T. HOLT| School n'l Ml;:i:g 4 Established 1894 with the Nordiea Clubs bia Road N.W.. Col. 946 PIANO PLAY]NG’{ Positively Taguht Any Pers IN 20 "LESSONS ™" | NE,.‘BAN‘:V"?; GUITAR Etc. end for Booklet f Popul JAZL SA)‘(NOPHO rinet, Orches k Christen Enroll now for the SUMMER MUSIC SESSION INSTITUTE of ART Miss Sikes is & member of the local | west, this evening, at 8 o'clock. thran honors in contests with older pupils. Unity Center, 1326 Eye street north- chapter of the Amerioan Guld of Or- l Myrs McC: Marks will be the 2 azgempankt, riments Fr. 2511 | COOL PRACTICH NTHL v WASHINGTON PIANO PUPILS. Reduced rates mer start June Ist. - Modern meth, ginners or “advanced pupils. ADDRESS HOX 3192, STAR O An Esteb. Conservatory on European Line: WASHINGTON . CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, Inc. 1408 New Hampshire Av, (AdS. Dupont Circle.) SUMMER MASTER COURSES Starting June 34 PIANO, VIOLIN, VOICE, CORNET, ORGAN, HARMON CLARINET, 'CELLO CONDUCTING TAUGHT BEFORE ORCHESTRA MO Y _ CON f#{&wnfi‘;"l‘xa CHILDREN’S DEPT. AND ORCHESTRA SUMMER RATES Free Concert - Orchestra and Soloists from the INSTITUTE of MUSIS:AL AR Vermont Avenue Christian Church Vermont Ave. & N St. Tuesday, June 4th, 8:15 P.] for Sam- ods. Be- 9