Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1931, Page 10

RELATIVES T0 GET | Music and Musicians MONROE TABLET Woman’s Party to Present Old Capitol Relic, to Virginian. By the Associated Press. FREDERICKSBURG, Va. April 23. —Although not a brick from the Na- tion’s Old Brick Capitol is left on Capi- tol Hill, Washington, a bronz> tablt that hung on its walis, recording the inauguration of James Monroe, has been preserved and will be the subject of simple ceremonies here Sunday com- memorating the 173d anniversary of his birth. Monroe'’s_inauguration took place on the steps of the Old Brick Capitol, later the headquarters of the National Wom- an's Party, at 21 First street northeast. The handsome old house was used as the Capitol of the United States from 1815 to 1819 while the present Capitol was being repaired after it had been burned by the British. ©Old Capitol Condemned. The National Woman's Party waged @ long battle to preserve its historic headquarters. ‘The Government, how- ever, decreed that the site of the Old Capitol was needed for the Supreme Court Library, and it was demolished after being condemned and bought from the Woman's The bronze President Monroe Teverently removed Alva Belmont House, uarters of the Woman on Capitol Hill, When Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, president of the Woman's Party, learned of the James Monroe Jaw office in Fredericksburg, now a shrine, restored by Monroe's descend- ants, she said the tablet should be pre- ‘commemorating inauguraticn ~was and guarded at the new head- Party, also et served among the other relics of the] period. Ceremony Set for Sunday. The Woman's Party, upon her sug- gestion, decided at a national council meeting to present the tablet to Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, great-grand- daughter of President Monroe, for the museum. It will Rezgmcmly presented ere Sunday, April 26. hThe presentation will be made by Mrs, Harvey W. Wiley, national chair- man, on behalf of the Woman's Party, and Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes will accept it for the descendants of Presi- dent Monroe. Maycr Jere H. Willis of Fredericksburg will deliver an address on the significance of the ceremony. Members of the National s Party from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia will attend the presentation. There wiil be a luncheon for them at 2:30 p.m. preceding the OFFICIAL REFUNDS $1,000 TO COUNTY Fairfax Supervisor Returns Funds| Collected for Sale of Gravel. Bpecial Dispatch to The Stas FAIRFAX, Va. April 23.—The Fair- fax County Board of Supervisors yes- terday accepted from C. H. Powell, su- pervicor of Falls Church district, a check for approximately $1,000 as com- plete refund of all the money re- ceived .by Powell during the four years he has served as supervisor, for his roy- alty on gravel purchased by the county from the gravel pit owned by Powell and leased by him to Harry Birch of Falls Church. Powell states that he leased a gravel pit on his perty to Birch before his | election as & member of the Board of Supervisors. Under ‘the terms of the Jease he was to receive a royalty on each cubic yard of gravel sold by Birch, who was to have entire man- agement of the pit. During the past four years the county has at different times purchased | gravel from this pit, all payments being made to Harry Birch. Atiorney F. S. McCandlish stated that Powell was un- der the impression that as long as he | was not operating the pit himself there ; was nothing questionable in the county purchasing from this source. ‘When informed that the procedure was illegal he offered restitution, not only of the money received during the past two years, for which the county can legally collect, but for the entire period during which he has held office, with interest. Commonwealth’s Attorney W. M. Farr, who presented the c: to the board, stated that neitheg he nor County En- gineer F. N. Larkin nor other members of the board were cognizant of this situation until complaint was filed| within the last few weeks by citizens of the district. Farr pointed out that| he has repeatedly stressed that no member of the Board of Supervisors | the county anything, either di- | or indirectly. ral citizens of Falls Church dis- g e er, Vernon | C. W. Oliver, Maso st and | ared to protest that the pit is not satis- County En- g gravel from this pit. | while the best of the used and it is now nec ip a large portion of th der to reach the gravel de- less expens! » longer hauls| ¢ when & pit at a much greater | from a road construction proj- gineer L has ceased using He stated that gravel has be supervisors granted the United | States War Depart rmission to | unting Creek. sent dered by ate treasurer's e, ged their ex- ills incurred in stead of F Count SEVERE STORM KILLS RAGING FOREST FIRES Lightning Shatters Windows and Splits Trees—Hagerstown Swept by Gale. Lightning nes and broken limb Y . A 1 cd be- lock with the city bearing the brunt. More than an inch of rain fell, quenching serious forest fires that had burned in the nearby mountains for days. In the residential section a pedestrian walking across the street during the time the storm was at its peak saw a bolt of lightning strike & window in a house 100 feet away splifting the glass to bits. He escaped uninjured. In all parts of the city limbs were torn by the wind from trecs and car- ried great distances. Some trees, many years old, were split in half and’ others uprooted. Most Major Powers 0. K. Republic. MADRID, April 23 (#)—Alejandro Lerroux, minister of state, today com- municated to the cabinet that every important nation in th: world except Japan and the Vatican State had recog- the new Spanish Republic, A | CONSTABLE INDICTED Tl by t Concert of American Masle Repeated Twice in One Day. LENA DE SAYN and Charlotte Klein had a busy time of it yesterday. _The Soclete dcs Concerts Intimes presented them in a concert of Ameri- can music in the morning and then again in the evening. This was due to the fact that much interest had been shown in this musical event, and that the size of the Stone- i Jeigh Ceurt ball room forbade mere than a small maximum filling it. ‘The program chosen for this occasion was es- " pecially inter- “ F esting in that it included a work of Mrs, H. H. Beach, the “Largo con Do- Jore” from So- i % nata Opus 34, e Mrs. Beach, in- Elena de Sayn. cidentally, o r rather not inci- dentally, was a distinguished member of the morning audience, and rose to acknowledge the special tribute that was paid to her after the rendition of this notable composition. Miss de Sayn, prominent violinist, played Mrs. Beach's sonata as she did the others with a remarkably swect tone and an ease of bowing and techsical proficiencies that made the compositions seem much easier than they really are. Whether or not her violin is a Stradivatius, she makes it sound like one, her vibrato and the legato tones produced being as mellow and as true as one could ask for. In the other two works, the LEADERS PUT PEP IN'JEWISH DRIVE Less Than Half of $60,000 Goal Attained in Relief Campaign. With less than half of their $60,000 goal attained, workers in the United | Jewish campaign are redoubling their efforts, spurred on by their leaders. A “pep” meeting was held at noon | today at the Jewish Community Center, | with Joseph D. Kaufman, publicity chairman, as the prineipal speaker. | Yesterday Elwood Street, director of the | Community Chest, and Isidore Hersh- field, cochairman of the drive, addressed the workers. Half of the funds raised are to be devoted to Eastern European relief and the remainder to the upbuilding of | Palestine. The drive is scheduled to | close Sunday. The following contributions were an- }\:\éinced by Drive Chairman Harold H. Mrs. Clara Berliner, $2,500; Lansburgh & Bro., $1,250 (including the contribu- tions of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Gold- smith); Hecht & Co., $1,000; Simon Lyon, $1,000; The Evening Star, $750; Morris Cafritz, $500; Harold H. Levi, $500; S. Kann Sons, $500; Herzmark & | Safer, $300; Giles Heilprin, $250; Dr. | and Mrs. Harry Lewis, $250; Isidore | Hershfield, $200; William Hahn & Co. $200; Maj. Julius I. Peyser, $200; I J. Mazo, $125. Reviews and News of Capital's Programs. The following made contributions of | $150 each: D. J. Kaufman, J. D. Kauf- | man, Harry Viner and Charles Schwartz | & Son | Contributions of $100 each were made | by George R. Beneman, I. F. Turover, | Herbert Glassman, Joseph Ottenstein, | William Bush, Moses ¥. Needle, Leopold | V. Freudberg, Joseph A. Wilner, Fulton | Brylawski, H. Buchbinder, Meyer Davis, Dr. J. Davidson, Bernard Danzansky, | Ben Ourisman and George D. Horning. e e o REWARD IS POSTED ~ | IN CLUBBING DEATH | Allegany County Offers $1,000 for | Conviction of Man's ! Slayer. Special Dispatch to The Btar. CUMBERLAND, Md., April 23.—The | Allegany County commissioners today posted $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for the comotive engineer. Cessna, who was | 61, maintained a house here as bach- | Police say the Out-of-town _de have been assisting local o ing the past four weeks, but no tangl- ble clue has been discovered. It was sald Cessna’s home had been robbed three times during nine months prior | to the killing. He was clubbed to | death in his bed room. e IN PRINCE GEORGES Earle Blackwell of Seat Pleasant Charged by Grand Jury With { Malfeasance. | | ST | By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. | UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 23. —Constable Earle Blackwell of Seat | | Pleasant was named in an indictment | in office returned | | charging malfeasanc Georges County today by the Princ grand jury. ‘The incident on which the indictment | 1s based occurred a few weeks ago when | Blackwell is alleged to have failed to | ] a woman after being given a coms | itment by a justice of peace. The woman had been arrested some time previousl’ on a traffic charge, but had jumped her bond, it is alleged. She was taken into custody a second time officer and ordered committed to ‘llhn Marlboro Jail by a C: magistrate, according to the charges | Blackwell is alleged to have taken the { woman to the jail, signed her name to the commitment book, but never turned ; her over to the warden. | | ""“The next day the woman posted a | new bond, so was never incarcerated. slaying of John K. Cessna, retired lo- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURBDAY, AT A FE,-- 23, - 1981, swept all triumphantly and yet modestly before her. E. de 8. MELCHER. Rubinstein Club Presents Final Concert of Its Year. TANDING against a bower of potted palms at the end of the long ball room of the Willard Hotel, the members of the Rubinstein Club last night outdid themselves in song renditions as the finale to a splen- did concert scason. The vast hall was crowded with its audience, and applause was showered freely and frequently upon these ladles who have: fashioned themselves into one of the bast singing groups in this city. The volces last night were well tempered and nicely balanced. And they seemed to be weary only when there was-no more to sing. Except for an occasional whoop from an over-exuberant member, all went well, and Anna Hamlin, the soprano soloist, must have felt that she had splendid support throughout. A distinguished member of last “Sonata for Violin and Piano,” by John Alden Carpenter, and the Powell “Sonata Virginianesque, Op. 7,” the same skill and grace of bowing were shown. Especially to be noted was the rich finale of the allegro movement in the former and the liting strains of the Negro folk- song themes in the latter which grew to difficult heights and were splendid climaxes for a program of such in- teresting dimensions, Miss Klein at the plano was one of the most satisfactory accom- panists we have ever heard. Not a Jot ahead or a jot behind, she kept an _even pianistic keel throughout, and in the most difficult moments night's audlence, who claims to have heard the Rubinsteiners sing for many, many years, said that he honestly thought that Deems Tay- lor's arrangement of the Ethelbert Nevin's cantata from “The Quest,” called specifically “The Land of Heart's Desire,” was the most stir- ring thing they have ever under- taken. Certainly the singers brought to it much fine blending of tone and a precision that would be hard to duplicate. Director Claude d_his small army through r of what is a really remarkable lyric tone picture with particularly lucid results—although somewhere in the middle wasn't here, perhaps, just a suggestion of ethargy displayed? At any rate, it was mostly quite admirable, and the club and’ its director, and Adele Robinson Bush, the 'accompanist, deserve_ much praise for the out come of this difficult and attractive song undertaking. Miss Hamlin's solos were well re- ceived by. the audience. Except for the fact that her enunciation of French and German songs, to the | | | back row, was mot clear, she dis- played a well trained voice and & rangé that was high and clear. 5 best number was the aria from “La ~Vergine del Sole,” and her many other interesting selections in- cluded Two Kentucky mountain songs and songs by Aubert, Strauss and Tigenfritz, The club opened the program with “Music of the Spheres,” sang the usual selections from the Grieg “Peer " it Suite” (particularly ef- fective when Mrs. Howard Blandy played the second piano), and in the Nevin sequences presented un- usually good soloists in the perso of Edith White and Herman Fakler. e 8. M. Tournament of Music Announced by Fox Theater. ONE of the many important plans for observance of National Musie week was announced yester- day by the Fox Theater, which is to have a tournament of glee clubs and groups of instrumentalists. ‘The tournament of music will be- gin May 1 and continue throughout [[Society Brand . . 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