Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1930, Page 72

Veterans of Great War MEETINGS THIS WEEK: ‘Tomorrow—Henry C. Spengler Auxiliary, poppy committee, 1518 K street, 9 am. to 4 p.m. ‘Tomorrow — Stephen P. Groarty McGroarty Auxiliary, card and party , Winston Hotel, 116 Pirst street, 8 p.m. Mc- ‘Tuesday — George Washington Post, 1441 Rhode Island avenue, 8 pm. Tuesday—Vincent B. Costello Post, board room, District Build- ing, 8 p.m. Tuesday—Vincent B. Costello Auxiliary, District Building, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday—Kenneth H. Nash Post, Hamilton Hotel, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday—Sergt. Jasper Post, ‘Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massa- chusetts avenue, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday—Department mem- bership committe¢, board room, District Building, 7:30 p.m. Thursday—Victory Post, Victory Auxiliary, Victory Drum Corps, musicale, Wilson Normal School, Eleventh and Harvard streets, 8:15 p.m. ‘Thursday—Jane A. Delano Post, 1337 K street, 8 p.m. Thursday—James E. Walker Post, annual visitation, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets, 8 pm. One of the most important matters discussed and acted on at the monthly meeting of the executive committee of the department of the District of Co- lumbia, the American Legion, last week was that of the proposal to create a large and permanent commercial, mu- nicipal and Federal airport on the Vir- ginia side of the Potomac River, imme- diately adjacent to the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery, as well as ~directly across the river from the Lin- coln Memorial and Potomac Park. Resolutions adopted by George Wash- ington Post, the ploneer post of the American Legion, Lincoln and the Tank Corps posts protesting against the lo- cating of an airport in this locality, pre- viously adopted by these posts, and ob- jecting to the desecration of Arlington by subjecting it to the noise, confusion and_danger attendant upon continual airplane operations were presented to the executive committee. It was pointed out that the amphitheater and the 4 Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are con- tinuously raided, while funeral services are frequently interrupted by the swoop- s and roarings of airplanes. he Legionnaires feel that the loca- tion of the proposed airport near Ar- lington Cemetery would cause concen- tration of air traffic at that point and thus serve to multiply and intensify the annoyances necessarily resulting from the noise and confusion of such traffic. They also felt that it was the duty of all veterans of the armed forces of the United States to ard and the sacredness of the !;‘:unb of ‘Unknown Soldier and the grounds dedicated as the final resting place of veterans from every State in the Union. To this end a resolution was unan- imously adopted protesting against the location of any permanent airport in the vicinity of the cemetery and also urging the abandonment with all prac- ticable speed of the landing fields now maintained in that vicinity. The reso- ment_Adjt. Howard S. Fisk tional headquarters of the American Legion in Indianapolis, requesting simi- lar action to that taken by the local and National Executive Committeeman Paul J. McGahan was instructed at the coming meeting of the national executive committee to present the matter to that body for action. In the meantime the resolution was sent to col ttees of Canfress and last week the protest of the local department was embodied in the records at the hearing-held by the congressional committee in this connection. ‘The resignation of Department Comdr. L. E. Atkins, effective May 15, came as a surprise to some of the members of the executive committee, when it was read to the executive committee by the department adjutant. The res- it ‘was accepted With regret by Legionnaires and, as an expression of the esteem in which he was held, a farewell dinner has been planned and is now being arranged for May 15 at Villa Roma, where those with whom he has been nssoclated during his term of office will pay tribute to him on this occasion. The committee in charge of the fare- well dinner is composed >f First Vice Comdr, Charles H. Knight, chairman; William E. Spicer, treasurer; Depart- ment Adjt. Howard S. Fisk, National Executive Committeeman Paul J. Mc- Gahan, Dr. B. C. MacNelll, Thomas D. Waish and W. L. A. Strawbridge. ‘The question of the proposed re- moval of department headquarters from portation Building to the old National Hotel, Sixth street and Penn- sylvania avenue northwest, which has | been purchased by the District Govern- | ment for the Municipal Center, was dis- cussed at some length and a committee appointed to investigate the matter and Teport to the next meeting of the ex- ecutive committee, which will be held May 21. Past Department Comdr. Harlan ‘Wood addressed the meeting and pre- sented a resolution petitioning the na- tional president of the American Legion Auxiliary to issue a charter for a de- partment for the several auxiliary units now in existence in the District of Co- lumbia, which are being governed by an auxiliary council of which Mrs. Amos A. Fries is chairman.. It was voted to refer the matter to the next department convention to be held in August for final action, it being felt that it was a convention matter. The following budget committee was announced by Dept. Comdr. Atkins: Francis F. Miller, chairman; Norman B. Landreau, W. L. A. Strawbridge and Watson B. Miller. Chairman F. G. Praser of the Boston convention travel committee reported that his committee was arranging the details for the convention in Boston, Mass., October 6-9. The committee was divided into subcommittees as follows: Funds, Miss Mabel P, Staub; travel, F. G. Fraser, Richard A. O'Brien, T. Ed- ward Jones; uniforms, Vincent Or- IPA’;A;!O. E. C. Minter; hotels, Howard S. In the commander’s membership drive in class 1 for the Earl J. Brown trophy, Sergt. Jasper Post is leading, with 80 per cent of its membership paid up, with U. 8. S. Jacob Jones, runner-up, with 74 per cent. The others in their order are as follows: George Washing- ton, 68 per cent; Augustus P. Gardner, 54 per cent; Victory, 49 per cent; Vin- cent B, Costello, 44 per cent; James E. ‘Walker, 33 per cent. Jane A. Delano is leading in class 2 for the L. E. Atkins trophy, with 100 per cent paid up, followed by Lincoln Post, with 94 per cent; Bureau En- graving and Printing, 92 per cent; Sec- ond Division, 73 per cent; Lafayette, 66 per cent; Stuart Walcott, 54 per cent; Henry C. Spengler, 51 per cent; Kenneth H. Nash, 50 per cent; Quentin Roosevelt, 47 per cent; James Reese Europe, 45 per cent. The National Press Club is carrying off first honors in class 3 for the Mabel F. Staub trophy, with 61 per cent; Belleau Wood, 52 per cent; Cooley Mc- Cullough, 51 per cent; Stephen P. Mc- Groarty, 51 per cent; Tank Corps, 26 per‘.cent; George E. Killeen, 23 per cen Comdr. Jane Breen and a number of the comrades of U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 3, attended the Societe des 8 Cl ux et 40 Femmes annual May day party at the Marine Barracks last ‘Thursday. Plans are made for the ing “irthday party, which will be at the Marine Barracks May 22. “Mn the T et " AT an ents. ‘The post has recelved an invitation from the Costello Post to attend Mother’s day memorial services at Im- mnculfa": Conception Church next Sun- day afternoon. (ymmnde Ella Chambers, chairman of the ways and means committee. reports a rummage sale to be held May 26 and 27. She will call for any rummage. ittee will meet roe, Americanization officer, &t Forty- ninth and Chesa) e street, with Com- rade Munroe and Comrade Mary Weide as hostesses. The George Washington Post “will hold its regular meeting next Tuesday evening at 1441 Rhode Island avenue. Plans will be announced by Comdr. B. C. McGee for the post’s participation in the Memorial day exercises which will include the decoration of all graves of ex-service men in one of the ceme- teries and the massing of colors at Mount St. Albans, May 25. Veterans of Foreign Wars. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Monday evening- juad_room, District _Building, partment council of administration. Monday evening—Board room, District Building, G. A. R. Me- morial day joint committee, Wednesday evening—20th Ma- rines Armory, 458 Louisiana ave- nue northwest, Overseas Mili- tary Band; Drum and Bugle Corps. Wednesday evening—Hines Junior High School, Ladies’ Aux- illary; drill team. Saturday evening — Soldiers, Sailors, Marines Club; Depart- ment V. F. W. buddy poppy com- mittee. The council of administration, De- partment of the District of Columbia, will hold monthly meeting in the squad room of the District Building tomorrow night. Due to several matters of im- portance all members- of the council are requested to be present. The G. A. R. joint Memorial day committee will meet in the board room of the District Building tomorrow eve- ning. All V. F. W. members of the committee are requested to be present and report to Chairman Charles F. Retlly. Department Comdr. Harvey L. Miller has been appointed marshal of the G. A. R. Memorial day parade. ‘The Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, Department of the District of Columbia, Veterans of For- eign Wars, acted as military escort to Miss Suzanne Pollard, daughter of the Governor of Virginia, at the Winchester apple blossom parade. The Overseas Corps won the grand prize for musical organizations in the line of march. The corps_in the years of its existence has won two grand prizes and four first prizes. Attendance at all drills and rehearsals is requested as the program to be used at the Veterans’ of Foreign Wars na- tional encampment in Baltimore during the first week in September will be rehearsed weekly from now until the convention. The Overseas Corps Wwill strive for the honor of being made the national band of the Veterans Foreign Wars. Chief of Staff Oscar W. Hollings- worth Tequests all members of the De- partment V. F. W. buddy poppy com- mittee to attend all weekly meetings held at_the Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- rines Club from now until the drive opens. Potomac Post, No. 1085, Veterans of held, after which the post held open house to and auxiliaries in the District. Staff Sergt. Frank Witchey of the 3rd Cavalry, Ft. Myer, Va., the ‘most famous bugler in the United States Army, was among the class of new re- cruits who were initiated. ‘The elected officers were in- stalled by Department Chief of Staff Oscar W. Hollingsworth: Comdr. Frank R. Heise, Senior Vice Comdr. P. C. Wheeler, Junior Vice Comdr. Marshall Emmert, Chaplain Robert Bo Quartermaster Edwin Warren, Adjt. Earl Wood, Officer of the Day Harry Kricton, Post Advocate Lawrence Loveland, Trustees Roy Beasley, Frank Daly and M. I Bridges and Surgeon Stephen Uhlarik. An entertainment was given with Tommy Creighton and Harry Kricton as master of ceremonies. Music was furnished by Potomac Post Orchestra and the Ambassador Trio. Refresh- ments were served followed by dancin ‘The next meeting of Potomac Post and auxiliary will be held May 8 at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club, 1015 L street, after which a social will be held. » A meeting of Ladies’ Auxiliary, Na- tional Capital Post, No. 127, was held April 22. The obligation was given to three new members by the chaplain, Mrs. Katherine Lawson. Chief of Staff Mrs. Lola B. Heise discussed plans for massing of the colors at St. Albans May 25 and for Memorial day. The president of Walter Reed Equality Auxiliary read and discussed a short magazine article on relief work by the auxiliaries of various veteran organi- zations. Mrs. Mary Hollingsworth gave a talk on the value of the personal visit to disabled veterans in hospitals. Mrs. Sara ‘K. Oswalt reported on the Easter visit to St. Elizabeth’s. Plans were made for a special visit' to the patients at Mount Alto on Mother’s day. Federal Post, No. 824, and auxiliary met at ‘Thomas Circle Club .April 28. Mrs. Bessie Hanken, national presi- dent of the Ladies’ Auxiliary; Mrs. Keene Miller, national legislative mem- ber of the Ladies’ Auxiliary; Harvey L. Miller, department commander; Mrs. Lola B. Heise, chief of staff of the Ladies’ Auxiliary, and Comdr. Heise of Potomac Post spoke. The next meeting will be held May 19 and will be an open meeting. There will be a large class of recruits obli- gated. Comdr. Strobel extends an in- vitation to all members of the organi- zatlon and their friends to.be present. ‘Through the efforts of Mrs. Nicholas N. Nock, national gold star mother of the American War Mothers, and Oapt. Edwin 8. Bettelheim, jr., chairman, Veterans of Foreign Wars national legis- lative committee, the mothers and widows of those men wha were killed overseas or who lost their lives at sea, and whose bodies have not been def- initely located, are now assured that they will be included among those who are entitled to make the pilgrimage to France to the spot or near the t where their son or husband lost his life. American War Mothers. District of Columbia Chapter, Ameri- can War Mothers, had an interesting program at the April social meeting, when Mrs. Mina Van Winkle was the principal speaker and the Kane family gave a musical program. A largely at- tended 500 party was given in the Red Cross hostess house at the Naval Hos- pital "April ‘28 ‘under the direction ot Mrs. Katie Boss. Monday afternoon | several members of the chapter, led by the president, Mrs. Katle Morrison, made a pilgrimage to the George Ma- son Hotel in Alexandria, Va. where an invitation was ex led to the Alexandria Chapter and the Piedmont Chapter to attend the to be Mrs. ‘l.:/{fllon naf presi Mrs. Virgil McClure, May 11, from 4 until 6 pm, in the ) Red_Cross canteen room of the new Bullding, on E street between Seven- teenth and REighteemth streets. Mrs. Morrison has extended invitations to all visiting War Mothers, membere of District of Columbis Chapter and + of | Order of Foreign Wars, Military Order THE SUNDAY the officers of the patriotic or- ganizations of the fim ‘The chairman of the carnation drive, Mrs. Walcott Si attendance at the m ilton Hotel May 9, as begin at 7 am. stations. The Friday night will t.'hhfl will limh:! at the sale. A e annual pilgrimage. to n will be made under the joint commit- tee from the National Chapter of American War Mothers and the Con- gressional Club. 2 Disabled American Veterans. ‘The House having passed the John- son bill, with numerous changes, to amend the law governing the Veterans' Bureau, a subcommittee of the Senate took the matter under advisement dur- ing the past week, with officials of the Disabled American Veterans partici- pating in the deliberations. less of how far Congress may be willing to go in changing the act at this time, it is conceded by all groups that certain modifications must be made in the measure as it passed the House and the plan of the D. A. V. is to pre- ‘vent the elimination of certain clauses that would do the most good for the greatest numbers, particularly for large numbers of disabled who have thus far received no compensation whatso- ever. Ace-Rasmussen — largest D. A. V. chapter in Washington—has elected the following delegates to the annual con- vention of the District of Columbia de- partment May 15: Frank M. Owens, Richard O. Melton, jr.; Earl G. Hen- drick, Joseph Ashi, Herbert A. Church, William Moore, John T. Fitzgerald, John E. Clegg, Edward L. Marthill, James Conlon, G. W. Phillips, R. L. Chambers, Lee Turner, Ralph Werner, J. J. Prend- able, Arthur Casper, W. C. Brewer, Fred Kochli, G. D. Tilghman and C. M. ‘Taylor. ‘The convention will end with a ban- quet at the Raleigh Hotel with a num- ber of out-of-town representatives of D. A. V. chapters, several national of- ficers and speakers chosen from Fed- eral officials who have been prominent in the problems of the disabled. As a result of a movement started by George W. Phillips of this city, rep- resentative of the fourth district, to move up the time of the meeting of the national executive committee of the Disabled American Veterans before the tenth national convention at New Or- leans, the committee will convene June 19 instead of June 22, as originally planned. Due to the petitions of several groups in Virginia for chapters in the D. A. V., E. C. Griggs, commander of the Rich- mond Chapter, has started on a tour of the State, during which it is ex- pected that charters will be granted in several additional cities in the Old Dominion. Massing of Colors. The massing of colors service at ‘Washington Cathedral, May 25, will be under the auspices of the Military Order of the World War with the procession including over 200 flags of veteran and patriotic organizations with over 10,000 persons in the assemblage. ‘To date the following organizations have signified their intention to be present with their colors: The American ‘War Mothers, the American Red Cross, the American Woman's Legion, the Aztec Soclety of the War of 1848, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Children of the American Revolu- tion, the Sons of the Revolution, Boy Scouts of America, Daughters of the Union Veterans of Civil War, Daughters of Cincinnati, Colonial Dames of Amer- ica, Military Order of Carabao, Military of World War, Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, the Order of De Molay, Job’s Daughters, Order of the Eastern Star, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the American Legion, the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Ladies’ Auxiliary of United Spanish War Veterans, Grand Army of the Republic, Order of Indian Wars, of Loyal Women, Military Order Loyal Legion, National Patriotic Council, National Sojourners, National Lineal Soclety of Spanish War, Spanish- American War Nurses, Society of Vet- eran Officers, 3d District of Columbia Infantry, Rainbow Division Association, United States Daughters of 1812, Wom- an's Relief Corps, the Woman's National Reserve, the Overseas Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, t& Modern Woodmen of America, the 1d Star Mothers and Reserve Officers Association. It was indicated that this list will be augmented by af least 25 additional or- ganizations this week. In addition there will be details of the Army, with various regimental colors from Fort Myer, accompanied by Sergt. Witchey, who blew original taps over the grave of the “Unknown”; a detachment of bluejackets from the Navy Yard, as well as a detachment of Marines from Quantico. The various high school cadets will be in the pro- cession, according to word received from the president of the Board of Education, ‘The distinguished guests are expected to include the President and Mrs. Hoover and the members of his cabinet. Special reservations are being made for the diplomats and the military and naval attaches on duty in Washington. ‘The procession will include the Vet~ erans of Fore! ‘Wars Band, the Over- seas Drum and Bugle Corps, the Victory Post Drum and Bugle Corps and the Costello Post Drum and Bugle Corps. The whole ceremony will be broadcast over the Signal Corps as well as the Columbie Broadcasting System. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of ‘Washington, assisted by the chief of chaplains of the Army and Navy, will officiate. The bishop will preach the sermon. Capt. Arlington A. MacCallum is gen- eral chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements, and Edwin 8. Bettelheim, jr., is in charge of the reservations, tickets, etc. — Has Completed Season. 'HE Friday Morning Music Club closed its forty-fourth season Fri- day morning, April 25, when an un- usually interesting program, based on the music of Spring, was given. Charles Trowbridge Tittman, bass, and Katherine Floecker Cullen, pianist, were the soloists. Both are well known to Washington and gave their num- bers with their usual finished artistry. The Tuesday Evening Music Club, choral ensemble of young women' voices under the direction of Mrs. Frank Howard, sang two groups of cho- ruses. first group included songs of Spross, Strauss, Grieg and Milligan. The. second group included Herbert Hughes’ “Parodies,” modern arrange- ments of old nursery rhymes, While these were originally written for solo voice and plano, Mrs. Howard has ar- ranged them with many individual ef- fects for her chorus. The Tuesday Evening Music Club sings with well defined precision in its attacks and releases, a sympathetic un- derstanding of interpretation and an enthusiasm of performance. Donna is the able accompanist. presenting a_choral club on its final program, the Friday Morning Mu- sic Club s following its policy of fea- turing ensemble music in its weekly concerts. Other organizations that have been heard during the year are the Trio | Intime (with Evelyn Scott, violin; Alice | Merrell, cello, and Catherine Benson, piano); the National String Quartet | (Henri Sokolov, first violin; Maxim Sin- der, second violin; Samuel TFeldman,} viola, and Richard Lorleberg, violon- | cello); the Friday Morning Music Club ! Chorus and the glee club of the Univer- sity of South Carolina. Other concerted music included a two-piano recital by Mary Howe and Anne Hull, violin duos by Isaac Mino-. itch and Milton Schwartz, the Strauss ‘Sonata,” played by Grete Von Beyer and Prof. Richard Sahla; the Rach- “Sonata,” by Alice and Alden Pinckel, as well as vocal duets by Ruby Potter and Mary Apple. ‘The program committee of the club expects to carry on this same idea in planning the concerts for the coming seasail STAR, Musigraphs (Continued From Fourth Page.) St. es’ Episcopal School for Girls in Braddock ggl‘h&s. Alexandria, Tuesday afternoon. Edwin and Jewel Bethany Hughes, New York pianists, who made a tour of the South in two-piano and solo recitals in April, have been engaged as soloists with the Philharmonic Orchestra in Ha- vana, Cuba, May 25, and for a two- plano recital in Havana May 28. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes will play the Mozart double concerto for two planos with the Philharmonic estra, and Mr. Hughes will also appear in a group of s0lo numbers on this program. Edwin Hughes, whose birthplace is ‘Washington, D. C., has made an inter- national reputation for himself as planist, teacher, editor of important musical works and author of many arti- cles on musical subjects which have appeared in American and Eurgpean publications. He was for six se: one of the principal members of the faculty of the Institute of Musical Art of New York and is the teacher of many well known concert pianists. A leading pub- lishing house of New York has just is- sued a complete list of the editions of Edwin Hughes published by that firm. The list is a remarkable one, both in its extent and on account of the im- portance of the compositions it em- braces. Among these may be noted “The Well Tempered Clavichord” of Bach and many other Bach works. Edwin Hughes will hold his four- teenth annual Summer master class for planists in New York this year. Sunday's vesper at the Universalist National Memorial Church, Sixteenth and S streets, will present at the 4:30 service today R. Deane Shure, organist of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, in recital, with Jessie Masters, contralto soloist of the Universalist Church Choir, as assisting artist. Miss Masters will sing “A Song of Peni- tence,” by Beethoven, accompanied by D are whi P het 3 ure Wi play etto,” from the second symphony (Bee{gonn): “Dreams” (Stoughton); “Will o’ the Wisp” (Nevin), and after Miss Masters’ solo three of his own works, “In the Garden of Gethsemane,” “Peace of God” and “Wilderness March,” closing his recital with the introduction to act 3 of “Lohengrin” (Wagner). At the morning service, at 11 o'clock, two anthems will be sung, “Light Eter- nal,” by Buzzi Peccla, and “The Silent Sea,” by Neidlinger, with incidental solo by Irene Koehl, soprano. ‘The Lovette Choral Club will sing at the All States’ ball, to be held at the Willard Hotel May 15, by the All States’ Officers Association, composed of the officers of the 34 State societies in Washington. Last Monday night the club members were entertained by Anita Schade at her home, 1529 Rhode Island avenue. Gertrude Dyre of the Washington College of Music presented a group of young people in a piano recital at the college April 24. Those appearing were Anne Albert- son, Oritha Frost, Betty Reed, Law- rence Phelps, Frank Etzler, Marjorie Hall, Mildred Simons, Alice Marie Had- ley, Jackie Copping, Phyllis Boylen, Louise Spylman, Betty Hamm, Virgin Yowell, Ruth Sager, Doris Yowell, Marcia Nelson, Peggy Furlow, Helen Furr, Helen Pratt and Charlotte Ander- son. Four ‘members of the faculty of the college—Sara Becker, Tamara Dmitrieff and Isabel Squibb, pianists, and Ethel Hicks, violinist—presented pupils in re- cital last Sunday afternoon at the col- lege. Those taking part were Pauline Leatherwood, Evelyn Willlams, Grace Powell, Edith Donovan, Sara Creeden, Frances Harris, Grace Lesster, Harry E. Stine, Julian Rodriguez, Bella Tash, Frances Wolf and Prances Dowden. Ethel Hicks played the accompani- ments for the violin numbers. Maryland Music Clubs 0 Have Successful Convention TH! annual meeting of the Maryland Federation of Music Clubs was held at Hagerstown, Md.,, April 24 and 35, when Mrs. Joseph Byron, president, presided. The officers attending the board meeting were entertained at din- ner at the home of Mrs. Byron. The Thursday night concert was a creditable display of club talent. The openin numbers were by-the Municipal Band Hagerstown. Peter Buys is not only di- rector of this hand, but is also a com. poser. His “Childhood Days,” given an encore, was very pleasing. It con- tains many familiar Mof ‘Goose melodies. The outstanding musical event of the convention was the magnificent cantata by the Maryland composer, 3 Bornschein of Baltimore. This cantata, “The Vision of Sir Launfal,” was pre- sented by a chorus of the federated choirs of Hagerstown and Washington County, and was accompanied on the organ by J. Atlee Young and on the plano by Asher Edelman. Prof. Roy A. MacMichael of Hagerstown was the director. At the business meeting Friday morn- ing the following officers were re-elect- ed: Mrs. Joseph C. Byron, president; Mrs. G. Ridgely Sappington, first' vice president; Mrs. Frank S. Rowe, second vice president; Mrs. Lloyd Logan, re- cording _secretary; Miss Marguerite Campbell, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Martin Garrett, treasurer, and Mrs. Benjamin Dobson, historian. Following the business session there was a large luncheon held in the ball room of the Hotel Alexander. Amonf the speakers were Mrs. Henry Holzapfel resident of the Hagerstown club; M yron, Mrs. T. C. Donovan, ni tional treasurer; Mrs. Edgar Stillm Kelley, past president of the national federation. ‘The closing event of the convention was the junior program, in which more than 200 children took part. The Beth Rock Music Club of Bethesda, Miss Dorce Holman, director, presented Mary Nicolson of Rockville, who played solos well and received much applause. The next annual meeting will be held at Cumberland, Md. . Americans Honored at Eastman School of Music R. HOWARD HANSON ' conducted an orchestra in a program of com- positions by Americans in the concért pose May 1, 1926. Last Thursday the fourth anniversary of the project was cele- brated by an anniversary concert, the program consisting of compositions pre- viously played and published by the Eastman School. In a souvenir program of the May 1 concert are published letters of com- mendation and lpgrechuon of the good accomplished in this undertaking, com- ing to Dr. Hanson from many of the foremost musicians of the country, among them Dr. John Erskine, Sergel Koussevitski, Otto Kahn, Dr. Walter Damrosch, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Henri Verbrugghen, Nicolai Sokoloff, Edward Moore of the Chicago Tribune, Karleton Hackett of the Chicago Evening Post, George W. Chadwick, Douglas Moore of Columbia_University, Daniel Gregory Mason, Alfred Hertz, Henry Allen Moe, sceretary of the Guggenheim Founda- tion; Dr. F. P. Keppel, that have been printed during the past five years. ‘The program, given in Kilbourn Hall and conducted by Dr. Hanson, included “The Pageant of P. T. Barnum,” Doug- las Moore; soliloquy for flute and strings, Bernard Rogers; ballet suite, “The Happy Hypocrite,” Herbert 3 ym| ic poem, “Darker Americs,” m Grant Still; suite, “Four Iron- ics,” Leo Sowerby. Subsidized motor and the vessels, under contract to govern- ment, maintain communication between ialands of the Babamen €6 WENT to see Meestaire House,” ex- plained a visitor of foreign appear- ance and accent, who approached one of the studio hostesses the other day. The hostess, who knows the WASHINGTON, D. C., MAY % 1930—PART FOUR. to learn the complete scores of 83 oratorios and cantatas. be a kind of jinx hanging over musical instruments that double as autograph collections. in| lege boy can collect autographs on his spare white flannel trousers, and no matter what he does, nothing ever seems to happen to them. An autograph flend can carry a book of signatures twice around the world, and it won't ched | even get caught out in the rain. Those h lh:o “I.;me m’:n er ‘guns, exp agal . Foi: e T 2 sc e of ms on the wall and rushed over to it. He placed his finger on one item. It read “Mystery House,” and in a few m ments _ the hostess, all IW. fixed the smiling visitor up a ring side seat, where he could see Harvey Hays, the Prof. Monteagle of the pro- gram, -being suavely devilish, while Alfred Shirley and Virginia Gardiner were alternately in and out of his clutches. Since then “Mystery House” has be- come “Mr. House” around the studios, and Judson House is genemally ad- But Jud House specializing in grand opera, he hasn't much chance of getting booked in the radio thriller unless something unforeseen occurs. It was something of an accident that started him on his career as a singer. He had gone to a doctor because of sinus trouble, and the doctor, who had treated a good many singers, told him he had a “million-dollar throat,” and advised him to take up singing pro- fessionally. House took his advice, and when he was only 21 years old he ap- peared as tenor soloist with the old New York Symphony Orchestra, with Walter Damrosch conducting. Big and Versatile. He has sung with a good many great orchestras and opera companies since then, and although he spends most of his time broadcasting, he still travels about the country a good deal making appearances as guest soloist. He's a big man, well over 6 feet, and at 200 pounds he'd be & shadow. He plays the piano and the organ, but his hobby is chemistry. his wife would let him he'd like to make dyes. The last time he tried it there was an accident and he ruined most of a good suit of clothes, and on House that’s a lot of cloth. He seldom has to consult a book for any chemical formula he has once known, and the same memory has enabled him globe-trotting automobiles, with John to) Hancocks all over what's left of ml: grand opera, where they kill off most int, never seem to get a scratch ?el\'! traffic. But it just isn’t so with musical ents. Harry Reser, the boss of the broad- casting Eskimos, tells me that every time he gets a nice batch of signatures on his banjo head somebody K“" is foot through it or the banjo falls down an elevator shaft. One of our tuba players had an old horn that he played in one of the very first broadcasts by an orchestra. He'd bought himself a couple of much more expensive ones since, but if they'd let him he'd play the old one whenever he took part in an inaugural program of a series. A year or 50 ago he started getting the orchestra leaders with whom he played to scratch their names in the bell of the tuba, and pretty soon it began to look like an orchestra leaders’ hall of fame. But a couple of weeks ago he left it in a studio for a few minutes and when he came back it was missing. A much better tuba had been left in its place, but all the fine signatures were gone. He hasn’t yet been able to find out who made the switch. Miss Brainard's Case. A still sadder case is that of Bertha Brainard, our Eastern program man- ager. Miss Brainard has in her office a very pretty studio piano, and for months she had been getting all the folks who appear over the netwotks and a good many important guest stars besides to autograph it. But the other day she turned up at a meeting, mad clean through. She admitted a toothache, but every one could see that the tooth- ache must be just the beginning. Finally she let it out—the cleaning women who roam the studios just be- fore daylight had let their zeal for neat- ness get the better of them, and every last name had been washed clean from the piano. I doubt that she’ll have the heart to start over again. Anyway, that'’s one hobby I'm never going to take up. Success seems to be too fleet- ing, at least around the studios. ‘There’s a common belief that actors FOR O playwright with his eye on his effects. That goes in radio drama, too, as you have probably guessed &h&n listened to very many 5 o f . On the air & part can be played to the hilt, prv'-:l.gfi it isn't overacted. There is no danger of a bunch of coughers in the audience disturbing the illusion of the big scene, and no cat can walk across the stage at the wrong mo- ment. In the more serious pla; sented over the air there is high mortality rate, not so high as in thoughtful of the principals before the final cur- tain, but still pretty high. Vernon Radcliffe, who stages a good many of these ys,. Was f'umn on “Romeo and Juliet” one night, Flor- ence Malone was cast as Jullet. As the action proceeded, time began to run short. Miss Malone, with one eye on the clock, was noticeably worried. 1t seemed to be touch and go as to whether she would iet in her big scene or not. To make it worse, the other actors seemed to be dragging their lines a little. Maybe the time would be up before Romeo and Juliet came. to their respective ends. Rad- cliffe had one eye on the clock, too, but he was also watching the time schedule on the margin of his script, which showed that the play was run- ning exactly on schedule. But finally ‘Miss Malone could stand it no longer. Leaning close to Radcliffe’s ear, she whispered, “Please, please tell me don't I get my chance to die?” Wel die she did, and very convincingly, for the moment, but when the progra was over she did a hop, skip and jump across the studio and planted a r:so:ndml kiss on the face of—the clock. McNAMEE'S QUESTION BOX. Q. Can you tell me if Gus of the Schradertown Band and Seth Parker are_the same person?—K. H., Utlca, Y., and Mrs. C. H. H, Schenectady, . X, A. Well, that's & new case of mixed identities. George Frame Brown, who plays Matt- Thompkins in “Real Folks,” and Don Carney, who plays Luke Hig- gins in “Main Street,” have often been confused with Phillips Lord, who plays is the first time I Arthur Allen, who ‘hradertown, included evel , but rememl| see] played Gus in Al and Pete. Seth Parker on the netwoiks Sunday | Th deal more like do any of the other men uonut] Agen appears n o Soconylan Listen Volce there and motice the difference. Q. Please tell me if Al and Pete the Weener Minstrels are the men as Son and Tron of the Sonatron :,t;gnmr—uwmmmm A. Son and Tron are also known 1 believe they are Q. Is it true that “Cheerio” puts on his programs without compensation? Are his canaries musical instruments or birds?—Frank Sterrett, Emporia, Va. A. Right both times. The man who is known only as “Cheerio” does not receive a cent for all the spends on these programs. g|is by no means a rich ma enough money to live on He donates time, buf ars real binte, copocRlly are re: 3 y with music. ~Training Jjob, requiring belong says that such sible with only a few birds. Q. Why doesn’t Vallee 2 saxophone solo in m of on-%l!"m songs during the Fleishmann —Edith Ranklin, Struthers, O} ire varley 30 Hhe,program it he nad more variety e a straight solo, at that. may during the different numbers by orchestra are played by Rudy himself, :‘!mmux:h he doesn’t usually say so over e adr, Q. On what cean I hear Nnum.em Attwoodi—B, F. 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