Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1932, Page 7

WATERWAYS PAC HEARNG PUT OF @enate Committee . Recesses Until November 28 When No Witnesses Appear. By the Associated Press. Purther hearings on the St. Lawrence Waterways treaty were postponed to- day until Monday, November 28, by she Senate Foreign Relations Subcom- mittee, which has been receiving testi- mony on the project for opening the Great Lakes to ocean-going vessels. The committee today recessed the ings when no one in opposition to proposal appeared to testify. Chair- Man Borah announced that those sup- ing the treaty would be heard when hearings are resumed. At the committee’s brief session to- Marcus H. Tracy presented a re- adopted by the New York State mber of Commerce last month op- g the St. Lawrence project. He not testify. Will Hear Friends. Borah said the hearing of opponents ‘Was not necessarily concluded, but that friends of the project would be given Preference when hearings are resumed. Serious doubts have arisen in the minds of supporters of the St. Law- gence waterway treaty over the pros- pects for its consideration at the forth- g:nlng session of Congress in view of opposition it has drawn. Although they still are talking hope- fully, friends of the agreement signed by the United States and Canada last | July realize it is difficult to obtain con- | #lderation for a controversial subject in a short session of Congress due to $he pressure of routine legislation. | If the treaty should fail to reach a | Wote at the coming session, its future fate would depend largely upon the attitude of Pranklin D. Roosevelt, whose term as President begins the day the mession ends. Opposition Has Appeared. Priends of the project hoped to ob- &:fi some indication of Roosevelt's from the testimony of Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the New York power authority, before the Senate Sub- eommittee. He was not expected to ap- pear until hearings are resumed. Four days of hearings this week have #hown well developed antipathy for the mek:t among railroad interests, Great shippers, and Eastern seaboard business circles. The fate of the treaty Iargely depends upon whether this op- is purely local, or general to be heard forcefully in the This view was expressed by Chair- | man Borah, who, in discussing the $reaty’s prospects, said today: | “We can't take up anything in a| short session if there is any real op- ition in the Senate. I don't know much of this local opposition will e reflected in the Senate, however.” Attitude Anticipated. Benator Vandenberg, Republican, of , indicated friends of the ity are not underestimating the op- position. He said: “It is obvious there is & very serious ttle involved which is bound to take Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mon- fana, another treaty supporter, forecast the treaty would be considered at the short session, but would not predict the outcome. He said many Senators had not had a chance to consider the opposition has always been an- ticipated,” Walsh said. “Ne ‘has developed so far that was not to be . It was quite reasonable to New York and Philadelphia and the railroads centering in these cities would Be opposed to it.” ‘Will Inspect Junior R. 0. T. C. ‘WOODSTOCK, Va., November 18 (Bpecial) —Col. Ralph H. Leavitt, R. ©O. T. C. officer, 3d Corps Area, Balti- more, Md, will make the annual in- spection of the junior R. O. T. C. unit st Massanutten Academy on No- yember 23. Music and Mousicians Reviews and News of Cnpita]'s Programs. Musical Pageant Presented at Arts Club. DELIGHTFUL entertainment was given last evening in the Arts Club, when “Good Gifts From the Graces,” a pageant in three acts by Miriam Hil- ton, with music heard during the life of George Washington, was pre- sented to an enthusiastic audience. ‘The three scenes included the “music room of George Washington,” “a concert in the assembly room” and a “grand ball in the mansion of a diplomat,” in which Lopis Pot- ter carried off the honors. Alex- ander Reinagle, Nelly Custis’ Ger- man music master, he had a most amusing manner, snd his broken English in his discription of the grand historical military sonata, “Battle of Trenton,” which he gave as he played it, added to the stafl of the great Washington, “General Confusion” and “General Rejoicing.” The “young ladies and gentlemen of the singing school” formed & nicely balanced ensemble, singing songs that were popular in post-Revolu- tionary days. The musicians also included Gertrude Lyons, Vera Ross, Ruby Potter, Dominico Lascone, Eve- Iyn Scott, Grete von Bayer, Mr. Pot- ter and Isabelle Squibb. The music was light, perhaps not to the liking of the devotees of ultra- modern music, but none the less de- lightful and entertaining. Mrs. von Bayer played several numbers and & duet with Miss Squibb; Mrs. Potter, Mrs, Lyons and Miss Ross, sopranos. Mr. Lascone, flutist of the National Symphony Orchestra, and Miss Scott, violinist, were heard in solos. There were dances in the closing scene, a gavotte and a minuet, as well as music for violin, flute and piano, closing with a “Toast to George Washington,” written about 150 years ago, which was sung by the ensemble. Katharine Riggs Burchard as Euphrosne, one of the graces, was narrator,.and made a pretty picture as she read the narrative in well molulated voice and clear enuncia- tion. Fulton Lewis, president of the Arts Club, was Gen. Washington, and Blanche Polkinhorn Mistress Martha Washington, and the four young dancers, Dorothy Sutton, Dorothy Rose, Elizabeth Schirmer and Nancy Hall, were from the Grif- fith Studio. Pupils’ Recital At Musical Institute. SUCCESSFUL pupils’ recital was given last evening at the In- stitute of Musical Art with a pro- gram that covered three of the in- stitute’s departments—that of piano, violin and voice. Martha Davenport and Hanna Booth opened the recital with the allegro from the Beethoven “Sonata, Opus 24, playing with spirit and good ensemble. Miss Davenport later demonstrated her individual ability in the “Pale Moon” arranged by Kreisler and a “Polish Dance” by Drake. The second vio- linist on the program,was Marjorie ‘Wilson, who played the andante from Mozart’s “Third Concerto” and the “‘Obertass Mazurka,” by Wieniawski, with musical understanding. The piano department was well represented by Tobie Sorenson in a sincere interpretatign of “Arabesque.” by Debussy, and rad V. Morton in a poetical rendition of Sibelius’ “Romance.” The delicate, light voice of Jane Elsie Hastings was heard to good advantage in “Vallanelle,” by Dell’Acqua; “Lass With the Delicate Air” and the “Micaela Aria,” from “Carmen,” which was well sung, al- though somewhat burdensome for ber airy voice quality. Marvin A. Gardiner used resonant bass to dramatic effect in a group of three songs, finishing with the dio pos- sente, from Gounod's “Faust,” and Holland followed in two Voix,” from “Samson and Delilah,” and the ever welcome “Annie Laurie.” The evening was brought to a close by the brilliant playing of the allegro from Beethoven's “Sonata, No 2.” The large audience showed its ap- preciation of the work done in the school in generous appause. A. E. Musical Program Given at Ten 0'Clock Club. A PROGRAM of unusual interest took place at the Ten O'Clock Club last evening before an enthusi- astic audience of club members and their guests. Edward 8. Macdonald, director of the club, addressed the audience be- fore the program and stated that a purpose in presenting the program was to feature three departments of the organization: The dramatic, under the direction of Lucy Ann Rogers, represented by Kathryn Logan; the dance, by Lois Balcom, and music, by George Cornwell, pianist-composer. Miss Logan was charming in her interpretation of a “Southern Girl at a Dance” and while speaking that certain dialect maintained an excellent regard for diction, and feeling for pleasing tone. Miss Balcom was seen in four num- bers, “Viennese Waltz” (Strauss); “Golden Shoes” (MacDowell); “Ma- drassi Nautch” (Cyril Scott), and “Farruca” (De Torres). ‘These dances were widely different and were danced by Miss Balcom with & charm of abandon that proved her technique adequate in each case. “Golden Shoes,” Miss Balcom’s own creation, found the most favor with the audience. Mr. Cornwell played the “Waltz in E Flat,” by Chopin, and delighted his hearers with two pieces from his new suite for piano, “The Miraculous Ad- ventures of Sinbad the Sailor,” which bear the titles of “Cargo” and “The Song of Sinbad.” These num- bers, like most of Mr. Cornwell's recent works, fall in the class that is usually labeled programmatic, and are highly descriptive, entertaining, and absund with the color of the East. The personal touch of a com- poser playing his own numbers made them doubly enjoyable. INDIAN PARLEY BEGINS PRELIMINARY WORK Gandhi Absent at Meeting to Fill in Gaps Left by First Two Conferences. LONDON, November 18 (#).—Prime Minister MacDonald opened the third Indian Round Table Conference yester- day, welcoming the delegates and ex- pressing the hope that before the end | of next month they will have succeeded in formulating a constitution extending a degree of autonomy to India The 40 delegates participating have been called a “hand-picked” group be- cause Msahatma Gandhi and his Nationalist congress party are not represented. ‘The main work of the conference will begin next week. Mr. MacDonald said this meeting will “fill in the gaps” left by the first two conferences. Some of the “gaps,” such as the relationship between the federal government and its units, also the spe- cial powers of the governor general, and the financial and military safeguards in the new constitution, strike deep at the roots of the whole problem of responsi- ble government in India. Burchells Beautiful Baskets of fruit $1-50 u Exquisitely Assembled N. W. 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In obtaining of soundings alone, the is determined by measuring the time required for a sound to travel to the bottom of the ocean and return, has in- creased tremendously the speed with. which this work may be done, he said. Without the complete magnetic sur- vey of the United States and the re-| glons under its jurisdiction, and the periodic redetermination of the change | in magnetism at some 5,000 places, it would be impossible to navigate a ves- sel in safety, the report stated. Capt. roars through the fog or darkness. Were it not shown on each airway map, a a few hundred miles. Co-operation Increases. has been steady increase in co-opera- tion in the reporting of earthquakes and a number of additional educational institutions send their records for in- terpretation as a further important ald in making the earthquake data com- plete for the entire country. 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