Evening Star Newspaper, November 3, 1931, Page 25

CHIAGO ACELANS NEW POLSH TENOR Kiepura Highly Praised in Debut Starting Opera’s Tenth Season. By the Associated Prese CHICAGO, November 3 Polish tenor, was eritics and the brilliant audien: attended his American debut in Puccini's “la Tosca It was the opening of the tenth sea- #on of the Chicago Civic Opera Co. On one side of the footly the setting of Puccini’s stirr! dramatic opera, with a east gluded nol only Kiepura Jan K acclatmed al me| vhich in- a8 on of music The Gold Coast, with ® flash of jewels and an array of color- ful costumes. filled the boxes The Ghetio® climbed to the balcons. _But in the outer halls they rubbed elbows in excited, gay democracy Kiepura Takes 15 Cal Kiepura was compelled by the audi- ence to take 15 curtain calls. It wes an acclalm compared to that given Amelita Galll-Curei here 15 years ago. The critics deslt with his perform- ance as warmly. “Mr. Kiepura has a volce of striking charm.” wrote Edward Moore of the “Tribune. “He gave a frank, highly melodious performance, and not the less sttractive use it was youthful.” Glenn Dillard Gunn of the Herald and Examiner reproached the audience for not being even more appreciative of Kiepura's performance lovers Jover Muzio Shares Honors. or Kiepura it was a great n Gunn said. “The queenly Muzio Reld the audience quite breathless by the magic of her song and Kiepura worked hard for his honors “His volce is quite un-Italian. De- spite our national prejudice for this type of vocal tone, I belleve Americans are going to continue to like it as they did in the grateful surprise last night It has a silvery, northern timber, vet is warm. It has ample power in the upper register, yet 1s unforced. The singer's outh {s responsible for the relative Jiehtness of the middie and lower regls- ters, and these limitations detracted but slightly from the charm of his art.” Moore described the young Pole as L WooDWARD & LLOTHROP Harvest Queen WILL REIGN OVER BARN- WARMING CELEBRATION Mario | >ia ded house | MISS ELIZABETH HERD. University of Missourl co-ed, who has been selected by the Missourt Univer- agricultural students to reign over their apnual “barnwarming” celebra tion as the “harvest que: * —Wide World Photo possesting a “eameo profile and a beam- ing smile,” while Gunn said he was & slender youngster with a walstline, a fine pair of shoulders and legs to match | them. He cgrries himself like a soldier Lacts in good taste and contrives at all times to make his song & thing of beauty " Kiepura first appeared in Warsaw then in Vienna, Berlin, London and La Scala, in Milan Tonight, for the first time in civic opera history, Chicago will hear Mozart ' ‘Magic Flute.” Tomorrow night “Alda” will be given. | G. U. CHEMISTS TO MEET Dr. Heyl, Standards Bureau, Will| Speak on Science Tonight. “New Aspects of Sclentific Thought™ will be the subject of an address by Dr Paul R, Heyl, Bureau of Standards, at the initial Fall meeting tomorrow night | nile green shot with gold, and green | of the Chemical Soclety of Georgetown | University. | ” The meeting will be held in the chem Istry auditorium at 7:30 o'clock. THE EVENING SIMPLICITY MARKS STYLES AT OPERA White, Red and Green Prove to Be Most Popular Colors Worn, emerald pegdant precious adofnm Pearls were ou ts of the evening anding. Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings, in a pastel satin crea- ton very simply fashioned, wore five TOPes Of pearls as her only jewels. Mrs Prancis Oarvan, in ruby red chiffon, had s single strand of pearls about er throat 3 v:\' lie, well known in London and ik Society. wore a dia- mond tiara and a gown of pale pink brocaded chiffon with taffeta 1g around the hem. White, Red and Green Stand Out. Wwhifte, red and green were the pre- dominating colors with black and beige next in favor. Batins and velvets vied for popularity and many gowns of gold, silver of vari-colored lame were seen. Most of the gowns were very decol- | lette and very long. many of them having traims = Wraps were either very short or very long. but many three- quarter-length coats of velvet, ermine, chinchilla and mink were worn. Gloves were mostly of 16-button length. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, in coral crepe with a deep red velvet wrap. wore a Greclan headdress of coral and gold. Mrs. James g Clews wore a black vel- vet dress and a lopg black velvet wrap richly furred in sfiver fox. Mrs. Ruth Prati, Representative in Congress from New York's silk-stocking district, was handsome in black velvet. Mrs, Henry Morgan Tilford wore green velvet with a silver tur®in and Topes of pearls. Mrs. Kenneth O'Brien, in white satin and pearls. carried white lace fan with mother-of-peas handle. Mrs. H. Edward Manville, in gloves, carried a green and white fan nd were & wrap of silver and gold brocade. The Countess Szechenyi, who before STAR, | lace glov WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, NOV EMBER 3. 1931 her riage to the Hungarian ister Gladys Vanderbilt, wore red and a diamond neckiace Conservatism Keynote. Mrs. George P. Baker, jr. wore a gown of coffee-colored tissue and a wrap of black velyet with a white fox collar Mrs. Hamilton McK. Twombly was stunning In a lustrous brocaded 12me. There was a gown of black sequins that shimmered forth as individual There was a gown of red and beige figured crepe quaintly fashioned the high-waisted mode. Mrs. Prank C. Henderson wore a fiowered me brocade of green, red and goid « black background with short It One young woman ir deepspink satin wore long satin glove 4 with ther woman r a black belt que cap of pearls over of her hair at the nape of ack tiffeta While conservatism seemed the keynote of the fashion trek into the opera house and through its piush- carpeted halls, expensive orchids and ivory garder set off many a slim and graceful shoulder PONSELLE FEATURES OPENING. to Prima Donna Receives Oration for Role of Vieletta in “La Traviata.” By the Associated Pres NEW YGRK. November 3—Grand opera stole the spotlight from the rest of Broadway last night as the forty- seventh season of the Metropolitan opened with lavish show-off | More than 4,000 people paid a total of $25.000 to hear a famous American soprano, Rosa Ponselle, sing Verdi's “La Traviata,” supported by a cast that in- cluded such names as Lauri-Volpi, De Luca, Ananian, Bada, Gandolfi, Miss Egener and Mn®. Falco. Demand f8r Standing Room. The seasén opened with every index of prosperity reported to total $2,000,000. Many levels of sc were represented, from barbers cran'ng their necks in the,sixth | tier to Russtan princes and kings of | finance in the parterre boxes. | fAmid excitement outdolng even that of | former years, the strikingly | tables arrived to be met at the entrances iwlth blinding flashes of photographers’ lights and crowds of sightseers that | pressed police cordons hard. A thou- sand people were lined up to buy | standing room. but half of them had to be turned disappointed. Ponselle, the 120th Violetta to die on | the old Metropolitan stage, received | an_ovation. When her last song had i ended and she collapsed in the arms of her beloved Alfredo, 10™ 11" F AND G STREETS A Timely Event for Gift Seekers— Vivitone Etchings at Special Savings Etchings whose delicate colors give a lovely soft effect against the very new, pastel-colored mats tone colored frames. and decorative two- In a varied selec- tion of beautiful subjects and sizes par- ticularly appropriate as gifts, either singly or in pairs. 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New lamp designs include popular mirror base styl of vanity lamps, twin bed onvx insets. In magching ensembl side lamps. Bach.. Georgette, and lace trimmed. orchid, green, champagne, rose, blue and yellow. Each LaAmrs, SsvExTH FLOOR. flower trimmings, and lamps, and bed- ..$2 to $1250. Ik, and newly smart satin shades in attractive new shapes, ribbon Matching sets to harmenize with the lamps, in peach, $1.50 to $12.50 including a_subseription | | he had obtained garbed no- | dits, and sie was called be- the curtain more than a dosen Notables Present. Among the hundreds of prominent people present were Brig. Gen. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderb§t, Mr. and Mrs. H Edward Manville, Mr. and Mrs Parker Gilbert. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Prince and Princess Vasili, Mr and Mrs. Myron C. Taylor, Hon. John Fox Strangways. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, the latter being the former Anna Case, who once sang at the Metropolita and Mrs. A J the former Governor nd Mrs. John M. Siaton and Mr. and Mrs. Charies Dana Gibson NORMAN S. BOWLES REFUSED REHEARING Supreme Court Rejects Attorney's Plea for Reconsideration 1 of Contempt Case. 1 the Associsted Press Norman $. Bowles, disbarred Wash- ington attorney. yesterday was refused & hearing by the Bupreme Court of its| a last Monday in refusing Bowles | of his citation for contempt | v Federal Judge Coleman in Balti-| act les wis charged with represent- self as a Washington attorney and with representing a client in the Federal Court at Baltimore when not & member of the bar of that court Bowles claimed he went to court to| see that Thomas Knott of Washington, | for whom he had arranged a bond. ap- | peared to answer to a charge of violat- | ing_the prohibition laws. The charge | sgainst Bowles resulted when he later | had a conference with Judge Coleman | and was reported to have suggested *hat | the fine of $200 against Knott be re- duced. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals sustained Judge Coleman’s ruling, al though it said the entire affair was based upon his interpretation of what had occurred and wrongful impressions TWO ENVOYS TRAVEL BUENOS AIRES, November 3 (#).— One Unjted States ambassador arrived here yesterday for a visit and another departed. Ambassador Robert Woods Bliss and Mrs. Bliss sailed on a trip to the United States, as Ambassador Willigm 8. Cul- bertson and Mrs. Culbertsof®arrived by the house rang | air from Chile to spend a few days. | Gold and silver cups were donated by | an SLED-DOG RACING Sport Formerly Confined to Far North Included in Olympic Program. | | SpecialDispateh Lo The Sta } BOSTON, November 3 (NANA) Dog lovers were interested in a recent announcement that a demonstration | sled-dog race was to be included in the | Oiympic Winter games next year for the first time, with a 50-mile “two- race at Lake Placid February 6 hnd 7 As a Winter sport sled-dog racing has advanced rapidly in popular es-| teem. A few short years ago the “sled- | dog” and the “Far North” were asso- | clated as things to read and hear about, but to be secen by only a few hardy souls attracted to Arctic regions by the spirit of adventure or the lure of gold In the East. as in the West. in Can- ada as in the United Stats minor races were held at odd intervals with whatever sled-dogs or next best sub- stitutes were available. A few ploneers started to breed huskies and to organ- ize amateur races on a large scale These soon developed into annual af- fairs, and some semblance of the exist- ing sled-dog associations took shape. Races Grow Important. Suddenly, the annual 200-mile non- stop race at the Pas, Manitoba, began to grow in importance, and to over- shadow the Alaskan and Yukon races. On the heels of this were formed the Easte: International Sled-Dog Derby | Club, ebec; the New England Sled- Dog . in New Hampshire: the Ot- tawa Sled-Dog Racing Committee, at Ottawa, and clubs and associations in other centers, notably at Ashton, Idahn Timmins, Ontario, and Truckee, Calif. | In the end, however, Quebec, Ottawa and New England led in the East, and | soon stole from the North and West the deg-racing fame it used to boast. enthusiastic public, and $3.000, $4.000 and $5.000 purses were offered by the sled-dog clubs, attracting to New England, Ottawa and Quebec the best of musters, breeders and dogs. Scandinavins from the Alaska freight and mail trains, together with smen from the Western trading posts, came to know and compete with half-breeds from Quebec's hinterland and French Caradians fresh from their trap lines. From lumber camps in Michigan and Maine came Americans to vie with the best Canadian mushers. | greatest | Louis D. Hudon, secretary. and even Boston and Chicago sent their representatives to contesy in the inter- national champlonship Ottawa Race Is First. Who is the champion musher? Which are the best sled-dogs? No de- clsive victory has vet answered. First of the season to hold its annaul race the Ottawa Dog Derby, may be looked upon as the first effort of a three-phase contest. each held in a different arena After Ottawa comes the Laconia race a three-day grind through the New Hampshire hil the victor at Ottawa y be the loser at Laconia, but the final test of the season is to be seen in Quebec. One hundred and twenty-three miles over a period of three days; straining across the snows; sinewy, keen-eyed drivers gathered from the four points of the compass, facing the luck of the trail Every year produces its champions. but this year will produce an Olympic champion. At LekesPlacid will be the gathering of sled dogs ever seen. The race will be for a distance of 25 miles a day over a period of two days The race will be conducted by an international committee, composed of chairman of the Eastern International Dog-8led Derby, 1Inc., Quebec; Capt. C. A Billings, _ chairman, Ottawa Dog Derby Committee: Mosely Taylor, pres- ident New Engiand Sled-Dog Club, Boston; Henry Stetson, Lake Placid Club, New York, and Walter Charming chairman, Boston (Copyrix by the North American | 1931 ‘Newspaper Alliance. inc = PRESIDENT A MEMBER Renews Red Cross Subscription and Gets Button From Payne. President Hoover renewed his mem- bership in the Red Cross yesterday, ac- cepting a little red and white button from Chairman John Barton Payne while cameras clicked “I am-always proud to be the first member to enroll,” he said. Mr. Payne handed the President a little printed card. regularly distributed to prospective members, asking for con- tributions of $1, $5. $10 or $25. “Thirty-six hundred chapters through- out the Nation will ask our citizens to join the Red Cross during this roll call from Armistice day to Thanksgiving,” the chairman said. Four-fifths of the 13.300,000 persons in Jugoslavia are at present engaged in agriculture. B—9 FILM WILL PRESENT U. S. AVIATION ADVANCE “Wings Showing by Aeronautic Bngineering Sehool Friday, Free to Publie. A motion picture depicting the ad- vancement of Army aviation will be shown Priday evening at 8 o'clock At * of Army, | the Wardman Park Hotel by the N tional School of Aeronauti¢ Engineering. The plcture, which i being shown with the co-operation of the Army Air | Corps, is entitled “Wings of the Army." 150 dogs 15 or 20 Admission will be free. Among the pictures to be shown are views of the Army around-the-world flight. action in the World War, bomb- ing of ships, the National Alr Races and many other thrilling air scenes Purpose of the show is to encourage interest in aviation, Electric Room Heaters As Low As $4.95 % MUDDIMAN ;. 911 G Se. Nat'l 0140-2622 Oreanized 1888 $5,000.00 IN CASH PRIZES See Your Druggist GREENWAY INN Excellent Service Delicious Meals ANNOUNCEMENT! Beginning Today Regular Weekday 75c Sunday Dinner . . mMey» HCa=-amz2200 @he Foening Htar ADVERTISEMENTS Bk ol ( Receiven HERE Take the direct way of reaching prac- tically everyone—through a Star Classified Adv. ANTS of all sorts are quickly supplied through advertisements in The Star Classified Section. 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