Evening Star Newspaper, April 25, 1930, Page 4

“ANDREA CHENIER" FILLS FOX THEATER Ponselle, Martinelli and De| * Luca Featured in Gior- dano Opera. An_opera_new to Washington, al- though its first production dates back more than 30 years, “Audrea Chenier,” by Unberto Giordano, attracted another dience that practically fllled the Fox | eater last night. This second pro- duction by the Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. here featured Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli and Giuseppe de Luca. Tullio Serafin was announced to conduct this work. but because of ippe, he was unable to get down m New York in time. Vincenzo Bellezza, who conducted “La Boheme,” conducted this performance, too. Story Is Revolutionary. The story of “Andrea Chenier” is the tale of a poet with revolutionary tendencies, who first meets the heroine, Madeleine, at a ball at her home. delightful minuet entertains the com- pany, and is rudely interrupted after the poet has inspired the servants of the household to revolt. The principal servant, Gerard, is also a revolutionary and in love with the beautiful daugh- ter of the household. Chenier and Madeleine manage a clandestine meet- ing, but are spied upon and there is a duel between Chenier and Gerard. The poet wins and the girl escapes, but Gerard's hatred and thirst for revenge is aroused. He orders Chenier thrown into jail. The poet and others are brought before the tribunal and con- | demned to death. Madeleine offers stincts_are aroused and he tries to save Chenier so that he may escape with Madeleine. The lovers are doomed, however, for while Gerard has hastened off to appeal to the highest authorities to save Chenier, the latter is called for and Madeleine bribes another wom- an to let her take her place in the timbril with Chenier to go to the scaffold. ‘The entire opera is very dated in its style and artificialities. The music is not exceptional, although it is written in musicianly manner. The revolu- tionary motif seems to be a constantly recurring roll of the drums and ex- plosive ‘strains. Many times Mr. Bel lezza and his orchestra dominated the singers. The melodies never seem to quite reach the heights one expects of them. The most effective was the lyric “Come un bel di di Maggio.” Martinelll was at his best in this number. At other times his tones showed forcing and were not rounded. This is not especially Ponselle’s opera and the brilllant American gnmn donna had few moments to show her splendid command of smoothly sung and rounded tones. She seemed nervously keyed up and minus her ‘usual poise much of the time. Laurels Go to De Luca. ‘The laurels of the evening really belong to Signor De Luca. He not only is a most gifted singer and operatic actor, but he has easy command of per- fect artistry. The chorus sang the pastoral music of the first act very well. Also in this act Ina Bourskaya made the most of her part as Countess de Coigny. Gladys fwarthout stood out as an individual in her portrayal of the role of the mulatto maid to Madeleine. Others who handled their roles vocally and dramatically well were: Angelo Bada as the spy, Henriette Wakefield as an old woman, George Cehanovsky as Fleville, Alfio Tedesco as the abbe, Pompilio Malatesta as majordomo, Pavel Ludikar as Mathieu and Milk Picco as Roucher. The settings were very good and the costumes, especially in the first act, were lovely. This afternoon at 2 o'clock the com- pany presents the final opera of the season here, “La Traviata, by Verdi, with Bori, Tokatyan and Tibbett listed for the leading roles. H F. JEWELS ABSENT AT OPERA. House Guests of President and Mrs. . Hoover Among Early Arrivals. ‘The second of the three performances of the Metropolitan Opera Co., which ‘was given last evening in the Fox The- ater, was heard by an equally large au- dience as the first offering Wednesday evening. There was a conspicuous lack of brilllant jewels again last evening and no jeweled headdresses. Miss Susan Dyer and Mrs. McMullin, house guests of the President and Mrs. Hoover, arrived early. Miss Dyer was in a gown of black chiffon and lace and & cloak of black and silver brocade with ermine collar. Mrs. McMullin had a becoming gown of bright red net made long and full and her coat was of ermine, The Attorney General and Mrs, Mitchell and the Minister of Canada and Mrs. Massey were guests of Repre- sentative and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon at dinner last evening and later in their box for the opera. The Ambassador of Brazil, Senhor S. Gurgel do Amaral, was & guest of Mme. Lessinoff in her box, her other guests being the Minister of Lithuania, M. Bronius Kasimir Balutis; the charge For the one journ than any other — A Wedding Gi 1141 CONNEC { LAURI Franklinville, » | New York finals. EN R. WILLIAMS, d'affaires of Peru. Marquis de Buena- vista; Capt. and Mrs. John P. Jackson, Mrs. John Allan Dougherty and Miss % | Farrar, who is the house guest of Mme. Lessinoff. The Ambassador of Cuba and Senora de Ferrara entertained in their box last evening the Minister of Czecho- | slovakia and Mme. Veverka, Senator |and Mrs. Frederic C. Walcott and the | chief of staff, Un'ted States Army, and | Mrs. Charles' P. Summerall. | Walsh Guest of Minister. The Minister of Norway and Mme. Bacike were guests of Mr. and Mrs. | William McClellan Ritter, whose other | guests were Senator David I. Walsh and Mrs. Henry C. Corbin. Representative and Mrs. Richard 8. Aldrich were hosts in their box to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Coffin, the second sec~ retary of the Canad'an legation, Mr. Thomas Archibald Stone, and Miss Dora White, daughter of Mrs. Aldrich. Mrs. Karl D. Klemm was hostess to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Martin Savage, Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie, Gen. William E. Horton and Maj. Reginald Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Butterworth had as their guests their house guest, Mrs. Frank Silloway of Moline, Ill, and Miss J. K. Gittings. Mrs, Thomas F. Walsh was hostess in her box to Representative and Mrs, James M. Beck, former Secretary of Agriculture and Mrs. Willam M. Jardine, former secretary to the Pres- ident and Mrs. Everett Sanders and Judge John Barton Payne. Mrs. Walsh wore a gown of rose-color velvet, Mrs. Beck was in black and gold brocade, simply made; Mrs. Jardine wore a be- coming gown of white chiffon em- brojdered in crystals, with a deep flounce about the bottom of a deep rose chiffon, and Mrs. Sanders had & becoming gown of white embroidered in flowers. n{lfl Mitchell, wife of the Attorney General, wore a gown of rose brocade with a delicate scarf of rose-color lace. Mrs. Davis, wife of the Secretary of fashioned after the new model fi the figure. Sen%rl de Padilla, wife of the Am- bassador of Spain, had a gown of black lace and net, made with long skirt and fitted bodice. Frau von Prittwitz und Gaffron, who with the Ambassador of Germany, were in the orchestra, had a becoming costume of deep purple chif- fon, made with long, graceful skirt, and with which she wore a coat of velvet in the same shade, shirred about the hip- line, and with a soft rolled collar of the velvet. Many Others Attend. Others in the large company were the Mi of Portugal and Viscountess d@Alte, the Minister of Hungary and Countess Szechenyl and_their daugh- ters, Countess Cornelia Szechenyi and Countess Alice Szechenyi; Mr. Justice ©)and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Senator Thomas J. Walsh, Representative Stephen G. Porter, Col. and Mrs. U. 8 Grant, 3d; Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, Capt. and Mrs. John H. Gibbons, . and M Daniel B. Devore, Miss Mary Randolph, Miss Anne Randolph, Mrs. James Car- roll Frazer, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mrs. Charles B. Howry, Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin, Mrs. David duBose Gaillard, Mrs. David St. Pierre Gaillard, Mrs. Victor Kauffmann, Mr. Samuel H. Kauffmann, Mrs. Robert Hinckley, Mr. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh, Mr. an Mrs. Ernest G. Walker, Dr. Stanley Hornbeck, Mr. and Mrs. Willlam F. Dennis, Mrs. Charles Nelson Riker, Mrs. C. Augustus Simpson, Miss Eliza- beth Howry, Maj. and Mrs. Parker W. West, Col. and Mrs. George C. Thorpe, Miss Harrlet Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. David Meade Lea, former Representa- tive and Mrs. Johin Phillip Hill and their young daughter, Miss Susan Hill: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, Mr. and Mrs, George Maurice Morris, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Heurich, Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Droop, Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Rienhart, Mrs. Franklin Adams, Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mr. Coleman Jennings, Mr. Lawrence Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. Ed- ward H. Droop, Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mrs. Morgan Bradford, Dr. and Mrs. Macpherson Crickton, Mr. Ral E. Burton, Mr. Lawson H. Treadwell, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Caspar Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr. ———— The cables of the world's largest sus- pension bridge, the Hudson River Bridge at New York, will contain 107,- 000 miles of wire when eompleted. Honeymoon takes on added glamour when it begins with distinguished luggage ey that means more Camalier & Buckley offer everything that’s new and cor- rect in luggage for the Spring Bride and her companion on the round-trip. ft of Fine Leather Is on the Bride's Preferred List. Camalier & Buckley Fine Leatherwars TICUT AVENUE Just Above the Mayflower f m of gold and black | Labor, o S ohe now model fitted to |linville, N. Y., has been selected as the THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 25 1930. FEDERAL PRESSURE (OMNIBUS BILL MARGARET LOUISE ROYALL, LA VON SORENSEN, Rexburg, Idaho, State finals victor. BUFFALD ORATORY FINALIST CHOSEN 16-Year-0ld Academy Senior to Represent Evening News at Utica. Lauren R. Williams, & 16-year-old senjor in Ten Broeck Academy, Frank- representative of the Buffalo Evening News in the zone finals of the National Oratorichl Contest, to be held at Utica on Priday evening, May 9. The winner in the Utica meeting will be entitled to a place in the natichal finals here on May 24. ‘The representative of district X, the “fringe” territory of the contest, will be John Clement Fitzgerald, jr., & stu- dent in Hudson Falls High School, New York. He has selected as his subject: “Roosevelt and the Constitution.V He will participate in the zone finals at Pittsburgh on May 16. Other zone finalists selected to date are: Miss Margaret Louise Royall of De Land High School, Florida, in which State the contest is sponsored by the University of Florida. She will aiso icipate in the Pittsburgh’ meeting. «von Sorensen of Rexburg, Idaho, has been chosen as the re ntative of his State in the Pacific Coast finals, to be held at Seattle on May 9. The Idaho Education Association sponsors the contest in that State. Jack Ruby, & 17-year-old high school senior of Oreida, N. Y., -before an enthusiastic audience, won the right to represent the Utica Press in the zone finals, to be held Utica on May 9. His sub- ject is “The Humanism of the Consti- tution.” JACK RUBY, Y., winner of Western Deland, Fla. winner of Florida State Oneida, N. Y., oratorical candidate of the Utica Press. JOHN CLEMENT FITZGERALD, JR. Hudson Falls, N. Y., winner in “District X,” which covers those sections of the country in which the contest is mot sponsored by a particular newspaper. —— e TOKIO UTILITY STRIKERS END DISPUTE OVER PAY Thousands Return to Work on Trams and Busses After Sur- rendering in Clash.’ By the Associated Press. TOKIO, April 25.—The strike of tramway and bus workers of Tokio was settled today, the strikers surrendering unconditionally after an interview with the mayor. About 12,000 workers in Tokio joined in the walkout Sunday, protesting against a recent wage cut by the mu- nicipality. had maintained about half the usual service with skeleton crews. Tuesday, 4.%060 of the workers returned to their jol GIRL HELD IN ROBBERY American Is Seized in Toronto in Bank Hold-up. TORONTO, Ontario, April 25 (#).— Kathleen Boyle, 17, who came here from Buffalo, N. Y., two weeks ago on a holi- day, —as held by police last night with four men in connection with a hold-up of a branch of the Bank of Commerce from which $3,000 was stolen yesterday. Three persons, &8 woman and two men, were said to have participated in the bank hold-up. Plans Montreal-London Hop. NEW YORK, April 25 (#).— An- nouncement was made last night at a dinner of the Great Circle Flight, Inc., that Capt. Erroll Boyd of Toronto, Can- ada, plans a solo flight from Montreal to London the latter part of May or the early part of June. .. Sixty thousand workers are engaged the German porcelain industry. ‘Tramways and bus lines ON MARKET LAUDED Reserve Board Report Defense of Policy on Speculation. Is BY DAVID LAWRENCE. On the eve of an investigation by the | Senate of just what happened in the credit situation prior to last October, the Federal Reserve Board has made public its report outlining its experiences with what has been termed ‘direct pressure.” ‘This relates to the efforts of the Fed- eral Reserve Board to reduce the num- ber of loans made by member banks to their customers for speculative trans- actions. The board does not claim that it has found a solution to the question of excessive speculation, but does point out “direct pressure” has clarified the problem and has aided in preserving credit stability. Legislation Proposed and Opposed. Members of Congress have discussed the advisability of legislation which would prohibit the Federal Reserve Sys- tem from allowing its resources to be used to support sotck market operations. It has been contended on the other hand that the Federal Reserve Board now has discretionary authority and that no legislation is needed. “The protection of Federal reserve credit,” says the report, “against diver- sion into channels of speculation con- stitutes the most difficult and urgent problem confronting the Federal reserve system in its efforts to work out a technique of credit control that shall bring to the country such steadiness of credit conditions and such maintenance of economic stability as may be expected to result from competent administra- tion of the resources of the system. “Whatever method or combination of methods of securing these results may eventually win the sanction alike of suc- cessful practice and public opinion, the recent outstanding experience of the Federal reserve system in demonstrat- ing the practicability of ‘direct pressure’ has clarified the problem and advanced its solution.” ‘The foregoing is a clear indication that the board will not hesitate on fu- ture occasions % apply direct pressure whenever it thinks brokers’ loans have gone too high. The board’s comprehensive explana- tion of the stock market break in October emphasizes chiefly the rapid lfl:f in s't%ck‘prlm and the over stimu- lation of busines sactivity, ther with over-production. s Board Ts Optimistic. Looking at the future, the board takes | the view that the liquidation of security loans in the last two months of 1929 “resulted in an improvement in the credit situation in !E\P United States” and also exerted “an important favor- :l,h]! .l,nfluence on world credit condi- jons. The recital of the various incidents revealing_the efforts of the Federal Reserve Banks to secure an advance in rediscount rate at times when the board did not wish to sanction it has strengthened the prevailing view that the central supervisory function of the board has been and is being exercised w%ously. e power of the Federal Reserve Board to exercise direct pressure and to refuse to advance the rediscount, rate has rarely been questi there -riethb.:;lke“ 'ho.qol seo(:lnl’:ed, a?s? agree wi e wisdom .of th pressure policy. TR (Copyright, 1930.) DISTRICT BOYS MISSING Colorful tales of Virginia’s m: o cent apple blossom (u‘{l‘v‘l are M‘l‘lg‘)sd to have lured two District youngsters to the Winchester pageant, police of No. 2 precinct were told anxious parents last night when their absence from home was reported. 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Men’s Shops 14th at G 7th & K 3212 144th STUDIED IN HOUSE $110,000,000 Is Carried for River and Harbor Projects in Many States. By the Assotiated Press. For the first time since 1927 the House today began final preparation of a river and harbor improvement program, taking up an omnibus bill car- rying about $110,000,000 for projects in almost every State. General debate on the measure was limited to two hours. Its proponents looked for passage before adjournment, regardless of an organized move on the part of a determined group from 12 or 15 States to strike out the provision authorizing the Federal Government to take over the Erie-Oswego Canal from New York State. . This group, under the leadership of Representative Burtness of North Da- kota, and including Representatives Knutson, Minnesota; Leavitt, Montana; Chalmers, Ohio, and Hudson and Cram- ton of Michigan, all Republicans, has announced its intention of fighting the Erie Canal project on the ground that it would hinder completion of the St. Lawrence deeper waterway. Some 154 projects are provided for in the bill, including a $29,000,000 item for deepening the channel in the Great Lakes; $7,500,000 for completion of the improvement work on the Illinois River; $4,546,000 for the Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage area in Florida; $3,555,000 for improve- ment of the James River in Virginia; $3,500,000 for the Tennessee River, and more than $20,000,000 for various proj- ects on the Mississippi River. ANNULMENT IS ASKED Mrs. Edna- Gordon Charges False Representations. Mrs. Edna C. Gordon, 3026 Porter street, yesterday asked the District Su- preme Court to annul her marriage to Willlam C. Gordon, 1735 DeSales street, which occurred December 10 at Rock- ville, Md. The wife charges false representations as to his character and financial ability were made to her and which induced her to consent to the mlrflll!. Bhde.l!.!)‘r:preunled by At- rneys Crang ckey and A Mackey. . e The new White $ar ship, 27,000- Britannic, is the usf;d'a hgnut matg’lr-‘ driven liner. REPUBLICAN CLUB HEAD WRITES CAPPER QN TAXIS Urges Senate Not to Fix Rate Be- low Which Operators Would Not Be Allowed to Charge. Francis D. Wells, president of the Blaine Invincible Republican Club, to- day wrote Sénator Capper, chairman of the Senate District committee, ur the Senate not to include in the bill covering regulation of taxicabs in ‘Washington any minimum rate of fare below which operators would not be al- lowed to charge. “Fixing both the maximum and min- imum rate to be charged appears to be sewing up the situation in a bag,” he wrote, “so that the larger corporations would be in a position to freeze aut the small corporations and the individual hacker.” Veteran Film Actor Dies. LOS ANGELES, April 25.—Henry K. Knight, 82, veteran film character ac- tor, died today. DENVER DIVORCES EXCEED MARRIAGES Congregational Conference Seeks Remedy for “Almost Unparal- leled” Situation. By the Associated Press. 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