Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1933, Page 45

Music World Celebrates Centennial_o£ Brahms Washington Observances Begin Today in Honor of Great German Composer Whose Music Re- That Filled His Life. By Alice Eversman. NE HUNDRED years ago flects the Happiness today the third of the t hree Bs—Johannes : Brahms—drew his first breath in the world. The cele- brations in honor of this event and tone color has not been | equaled before or since. | _ Finishing a chapter devoted to Brahms in the book of Eugenie Schumann, in which she tells of her intimate home life, she draws have already begun. The sym-|this very human picture of him: phonies, sonatas and concertos “We children loved in Brahms his that won him friends and enemies \ fresh, youthful virility, his gen- alike in his day and the well be- | uineness and reliability, the clar- loved songs are being heard|ity of his mind which saw and throughout the world. Thirty-six | made others see things as they years after his death his music | were. He represented to us the still taxes the technic and inter- | finest type of a true German, who pretive powers of the best musi- never wanted to appear other cians and contains unexplored | than he was. The few faults he treasures, the value of which is had were very much in evidence; becoming more apparent as time he took no trouble tc draw aside passes. | the slight vell they formed and The life of Johannes Brahms |left it to others to draw—lift it is unique among the histories of | from the heart of pure gold which , composers, for it is a life free from | was hidden beneath.” material worries, from internal | SO unrest and any record of out-‘THIS city will begin the Brahms standing moments of emotional or | celebration by a centennial worldly greatness. It is the life | concert given by the Musicology of a man who believed in work | Club of Washington in co-opera- and who kept himself detached |tion with the music department enough from disturbing influences | of the Y. W. C, A. today in Barker to concentrate on his develop- Hall. The program will be de- ment. Any criticism he received voted principally to Brahms’ was never so severe as his own | “Liebeslieder,” which will be sung constant self-criticism, and served | by the Covenant Quartet under only to stimulate him to further endeavor. He looked at life blandly and asked little inspira- |, tion from it. In his own sturdy, 5 nature he found endless sources of ideas and emotions that 1 him for material for his b4 l;,l{hd working genius to grapple His powers of intellect were strong and virile. Schumann said of him that “like Minerva he sprang forth fully armed for the fray.” His enormous musical pow- | ers delighted his friends and they ' placed their hopes for something | new and beautiful in music in| the direction of George Wilson, with Katherine Ellis at the piano. The quartet gave a performance recently of these songs at a pri- vate musicale given by Mrs. Coolidge. The “Liebesleder” will be separated into two groups by the performance of Brahms’ “Variation on a Theme,” by | Haydn, for two pianos, played by Sade Styron and La Salle Spier, Before the concert W. Oliver Strunk of the music division of the Library of Congress will speak on Brahms and the works to be performed. This is the second concert of his genius. When his first few compositions, which were alive with his emotional feeling, won him recognition, he had the cour- age to withdraw himself from the temptation to continue the easy|The club aims to bring another path and devote himself to the|angle of music to the public hard labor of working out his| through series of talks by authori- technical facility. Merciless in| ties in various departments of his criticism of himself he per-| music telling of their specialties mitted none of his compositions | and what is being aecomplished to reach the public eye until he by them toward the general mu- was satisfied they would' be left | sical development. At present the as a legacy to posterity. He once | club has engaged for the coming said to a friend: “That which you year such men as Robert W. call invention or a thought is Gordan, who will tell of his col- the newly organized Musicology Club, the first one on April 24 presented the pianist and lec- turer, Marion Rous of the Green- wich Music Institute of New York. simply an inspiration from above | for which I can claim no merit. It is a gift to which I have no | right until I have made it my own | by virtue of hard work.” | Together with Joseph Joachim, | the celebrated violinist and com- | poser, he made an agreement to| exchange exercises in counter- point each week for the other’s correction and this to continue | “until we have both become really clever.” His confidence in the| continuance of his genius and his understanding of his own emo- tional sureness made it possible | for him to devote himself to tech- | nical study without drying up his inspirational sources. He took as | his models his great predecessors, | Bach and Beethoven, and where | they had left off in their respec- | tive fields, he went on into new and unusual forms. They were not accepted by the musical pub- lic unanimously or without criti- cism. He listened to the com- ments made on his works and even, at the suggestion of his friends, rewrote many things, ex- cusing himself for anything he had left “because of my ob-| stinacy.” | The directness and simplicity of i his nature was one of his most attractive qualities. Sometimes | he was childlike and full of youth- | " ful exuberance and again of a| stern manliness entirely occupied with his earnestness of purpose. | On account of both this youthful | vivacity, which led him into care- less inconsideration of people’s feeling, and his self concentra- tion, where his work was con- cerned, he has been charged with egotism and a lack of interest in | things that did not bear on his| own experiences or ideas. But aside from a gift of sarcasm, that | sometimes estranged people, and a certain reserve that kept him | from opening his heart entirely to his friends, those who associated with him felt the spell of his charm and appreciated fully the warmth and depth of sentiment | he possessed. " It is rather interesting to specu- | late on what kept alive in Brahms his inexhaustible emotional sen- sitiveness. The. qualities of his| heart were simple and straight- | forward and, as far the the world | knows, his devotion to Clara, Schumann and to a few intimate | friends fulfilled all his needs. However, these friends some- times complained of his reserve and seclusion. In his inner soul | he carried on his life, tasting the | exaltation of his high ideals and | suffering from a complete sym- | pathy with sorrow. Into his| music, however, Brahms put a| happiness that was not merely | anfmal good humor, but a happi- ness that rejoices in the beauty he discovered around him and| which is warm with appreciation of loveliness and charm. When he speaks of tragedy, it is not the tortured searching of Beethoven lecting of spirituals in the South; Frederick Erickson of Baltimore, who will lecture on the Spanish songs to which he devoted a great deal of study in Spain, and a well known educator who will speak of the advance tests for musical appreciation in pupils which he has worked out. Not confining itself exclusively to the lecture side, the cluhb will give concerts from time to time, but they will be free to the public, hoping thereby to contribute construc- tively to the diffusion of musical knowledge. * kX X 'HE Deutscher Literarischer Verein is also actively plan- ning the commemoration of Brahms’ birth. Anita Schade, president of the Verein, will read Schumann’s famous article, “Neue Bahnen,” on Brahms’ first compo- sitions, which was published in the Neue Zeitschrift fur Musik October 28, 1853, this afternoon at the studio of Frances Gutelius. |tel On Saturday, May 20, Henry Gregor will give an illustrated talk on Brahms at the meeting of the German Literary Society and songs and piano compositions by Brahms will complete the pro- gram. * * x X ‘HE annual luncheon of the Dis- of Women’s Clubs on May 16 at the Mayflower Hotel will have a musical program given by Emma Redell, famous operatic soprano, and Justin Lawrie, tenor. Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt will be guest of honor. _ Miss Redell returns to Washing- ton, the city of her birth, after a long and successful season in Soviet Russia. This past Winter she was given the unusual dis- tinction of being the first Ameri- can artist invited by that govern- ment to appear in their specially organized concerts. Miss Redell received her early voice training in this city, afterward studying in New York and later in Ger- many, where she appeared in opera. Her interpretations of the Wagnerian roles brought her na- tion-wide recognition and led to her return to America as leading Wagnerian soprano with the Chi- cago Civic Opera. Reports have been coming to this country all Winter of her success in Russia and of how she had returned again and again to the same places to give more con- | certs. Miss Redell will be assisted on the program by Justin Lawrie, tenor of St. Andrew’s Church, who has achieved great popularity in Washington since his arrival here a year ago. Mr. Lawrie will be accompanied at the piano by his wife, while Mildred Kolb Schultze will play for Miss Redell. Mrs. F. M. Shortall is chairman for the | luncheon. i * Kk K | DEANE SHURE, local composer, is_having world-wide atten- trict of Columbia Federation ; gr :k‘le vlolel:t pasfiuxnh‘?( gat%‘xm’c | uo? given hisloll'ganicomposéflons ut is a portrayal of his Cai | which are gaining increased ac- outlook and his kindly sharing of | claim from organists seeking new the universal trouble. He had no patience with small annoyances or with personal reaciions, but wrote with an understanding of the big ingredients that are the | motive power of life, no matter how terrible their effect. No composer understood a wom- an’s heart and its intricate work- ings as well as he. He has lauded the virt:és of constancy and sin- cerity [d sung of pathos and assion, humor and coquetry. His nest qualities shine out in his love songs, and he is as a knight who composes lyric phrases in praise of womanhood. In his com- ittons for orchestra and piano ffi'u delicacy of sentiment is heard again and again, beautifully ex- by a rare and arresting combination of tone quality which it was his pleasure to perfect to the highest degree. This complete feeling for the union of sentiment £ {and worthwhile numbers for | their programs. On Easter Sun- {day his “Palestine Suite” was played on the only organ in Jeru- | salem, located at the Y. W. C. A,, by Mrs. Douglas Decherd and was heard throughout the entire land of Palestine. This afternoon at 2 p.m. his organ suite, “Across the Infinite,” will be broadcast from Seattle, Wash. Tomorrow night three of his compositions will be heard over the air from different sections of the country at the same hour. Over WRC will be heard “The Twenty-fifth Psalm,” from Bakersfield; from California will come his “Mirror Reflecting Pool,” and from Car- negie Hall, New York, will be broadcast his two newest organ compositions, “Shadow Mountain” and “Wailing Wall,” the latter dedicated to a local organist, Warren F. Ji ' Radde May 18; Virginia Weed Wentworsh opera group, and Emily Roosevelt, who will be Swobods, who is appearing today in & recital GIRLS’ CHORUS of 24 voices will sing Sir Arthur Sullivan's melodies which fall to the lot of the beautiful | daughters of Maj. Gen. Stanley in the | comic operetta “The Pirates of Pen- zance,” which the Estelle Wentworth | opera group will present Tuesday and Wednesday night in Roosevelt High School Auditorfum. A chorus of 20 men, most of them tenors, will sing the “pirates” music of the famous opera, and & double quartet of bassos will be heard in the popular ditties assigned by the com- poser to the “policemen” of the cast. Leading the policemen will be Harry E. Yeide, who will enact the celebrated De Wolfe Hopper role of the sergeant of police. Heading the pirates will be Elliott Button, as Richard, a pirate chief; Har- ry Crow as Samuel, his_lieutenant, and Raymond Baine as_Frederick, & pirate apprentice. Ira P, Meyer will be the major general, whose daughters are many and all beautiful, outstanding among them being Edith, Kate and Isa- bel, played by Alme Harris, Lucie Cha- conas and Margaret Horn. His young- est daughter, Mabel, will be played by Virginia Weedon. Mildred Sherman, as Ruth, will be the only woman in the pirate crew, and is billed as “a pirate maid of all work.” Estelle Wentworth will conduct the operetta at the piano, a feat which she has accomplished throughout the sea- son with the presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s other operas, “Pinafore” and “The Mikado.” ‘The Community Center Department has tickets for “The Pirates.” so have the A. A. A, Willard Hotel Ticket Bu- reau and Washington Hotel news stand. Seven Choirs Unite. ’I'H.E directors of seven of the leading church choirs of Washington are uniting their efforts to present an in- teresting choral program the evening of Wednesday, May 31. The affair is to be a benefit for the Columbia Bible Training School of this city. The con- cert will be given at the Willard Ho- . Miss Elsle Wade Stone, president of the school, who announces this con- cert, states that, although the school had its largest enrollment to date dur- ing the season just closing, there is considerable doubt as to whether or not the school can be reopened in the Fall unless some funds are raised at this time. Adolf Torovsky, well-known organist and director of the choir of Epiphany | Episcopal Church, is in general charge of the program. The six other choir | directors who are co-operating with | Mr. Torovsky are Ruby Smith Stahl, First Congregational Church; William | Braithwaite, National City Christian Church; R. Deane Shure, Mount Ver- non Place M. E. Church South; George F. Ross, National Baptist Memorial Church; John Marville, Hamline M. E Church, and Justin Lawrie, Foundry M. E. Church. . Choral Group to Sing. Arts Club Choral Group, under the direction of Otto T. Simon, with Katherine Morrison as accompen- ist, will give a program of music at the Arts Club, 2017 I street, on| ‘Thursday evening, May 18, The choral numbers will include Cesar Franck's #150th Psalm,” the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Beethoven's and a group chorus from the works of the English composers, Elgar, Ban- tock_and Holbrooke. The music from the English_school was selected at the publishing house of Navello in Lon- don by Mr. Simon. The assisting artist on this program of choral music will be Francis Garzia, violinist, cellist and organist, who will play a group of violin and cello num- bers by d’Ambrosio, Bach and Conrad Bernier, local pianist and composer, who will also accompany Mr. Garzia. Junior Symphony News. THE National Junior Symphony Or- chestra plans to hold its first re- hearsal during the coming week. A total of 26 players has been select- ed as_a result of the first group of auditions, and from those sched- uled this week, the number is expected to reach 40. In the light of the generous indorse- ment given the organization by Dr. Hans Kindler, it is not surprising to find such names as Miss Persis Myers, Mrs. Reeve Lewis, Mrs. F. A. Roberts, Mr. C. C. Cappell and Mrs. Josef Kas- par ong thpse sponsoring the project. ®A single contributor, who pre- fers to remain anonymous, has pro- vided sufficlent funds to defray the original organization costs. Auditions are to continue, and it i hoped that teachers of wind and per- cussion instruments will co-operate to the extent of having their pupils com- municate with the manager, E. H. Don- nel, by telephone at Georgia 4021, in order that these sections of the or- chestra may be brought to full strength. All other instruments will, of course, be acceptable. Pianist at Arts Club. ORMAN FRAUENHEIM, pianist, will be presented in recital at Arts Club next Tuesday evening. program for this recital follows: PROGRAM. “Prelude and Pugue; A Minor the The Bach-Liszt K | chestra. pre | Henry Hunt McKee, org: “Mount of Olives” | Prida; “Andante and Variation: M| B nor” “Ftude” Op. 25. “Isolda’s Liebestat :La Plainte au Loin du Faun Local ATHERINE RIGGS, concert harpist, and Anne Yago Mc- Guffey, contralto and light opera star, will be heard in a joint program of music Friday afternoon, May 19, at 4:30 o'clock at Martha Washington Seminary. The children of the Saturday Music Hour of 614 E Street Y. W. C. A. will have charge of the Sunday afternoon program today at 4 o'clock, assisted by the Sunshine class of Eastern Presby- terfan Church, the pupils of Mrs. Al- fred Bolgianno and the Tiny Tots’ Or- of the Music Hour, will preside. The public is cordially invited. Washington Alumnae Club of the national honorary musica] sorority, Mu Phi Epsilon, will hold its next meeting | tomorrow evening at the home of Syl- via Meyer, 3327 P street northwest, with Greta von Bayer -ng_hqm:xu !r'r.e'z as assisting hostesses. e prog! will be in charge of Vera Neely Ross and will be on “Unusual Musical Instru- | ments.” Gladys Roe Thrift, student at Mount Vernon School of Music, will play the organ recital as prelude to the evening service at Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church tonight from 7:30 to 8 o'clock. Rev. Prederick W. Morris, new rec- tor at Grace Episcopal Church, Wood- side, Md., who recently came here from Wyoming, will officiate at the 11 o'clock service today, wh;]: a“wi‘cm l?uiil:l ogTAm, under ection of . t, will also be given. Soloists will indude Vivienne Gillmore, soprano. The A Cappella Choir of the First Congregational Church will sing “O Lord ou Art Our God” (Dickinson) and “The Lord Is My Light” (Parker) at the morning and evening services today. Dorothy Halbach, contralto solo- ist, will sing “Callest Thou Thus, O Master” (Mietzke) at the morning service, and Dale Hamilton, basso, will sing “Beautiful Land on High" (Tay- lor). at the evening service. A benefit musical will be givep for the Lewis Memorial Chapel at 8 o'clock p.m. at the chapel. The fol- lowng artists will participate: Ray Palkin, soprano and director; Al Golden, tenor; Richard Rambo, Harry Quin, bass baritone; Mr, Bayless, tenor: Helen Robertshaw, soprano; E. Gertrude Smith, contralto; Dr. Perau, pianist; Arsenor Ralon, violinist, and Kathrine Logan, reader. The accompanists will ge 1l‘:l’llA:n'l'l.\ Cooper, Mrs. Behr and Mrs. mith. Paul D. Kable, organist at First Con owing program today: Poldini; “Springtide,” Grieg; Song,” Mendelssohn, and “A Russian Rhapsody,” by Milligan. Ray Palkin, soprano, will be for the Ladies’ Auxiliary of Adas Israel Synagogue; Miriam and Washington Centennial and Trinity Chapters, O. E. S., and for the Rebecca Lodge. Naomi Cooper, pianist, and Tillie Krantz, vio- linist, will accompany Miss Palkin. Flora Clayton, violinist, will present a group of her pupils in a recital at her studio, 1731 Connecticut avenue, on y at 8 o'clock. Those taking part will be: Beth Bon Durant, Lester To- bin, Erich Steiner, Jean Bon Durant (pupll of Martin Dowd), Smith, Marion Meitzler and Ina Sager. Warren F. Johnson will play the fol- lowing organ music before the evening service at the Church of the Pilgrims today: Fantasie on “Ein’ Feste Burg,” Cor Kint, and “To the Setting Sun,” Garth Edmundson. Irma Briggs, lyric soprano, and Mary Junkin, mezzo-soprano, have been pre- sented by Gertrude Lyons in song re- | citals over WMAL for the last year and | now have new time assigned them for Tuesday at 5 o'clock. Mary Junkin is featuring composers of States and Irma Briggs is featuring Spanish songs on her programs, on alternate weeks, Lillian H. Burke, junior counselor of &h%fly Mus:cmcmb, presented lon! on given at the mflwflm%m Department last Saturday when he g-yed six variations on the “Swiss ,” by Beethoven, The Madrigal Singers, directed by Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, will give a program at the Southern Rellef Home on Wednesday evening. English mad- nfxfl' of the sixteenth century and folk songs of many nations, as well as other song forms, will bz presented. The personnel includes Elizabeth Waters, Elizabeth Taylor Copping, Elsie M. Gra- Mrs. Erbin ‘Thomas, ham, G. , Norma Hughes, Mary Lerch, Edward L. Simp- ;fh‘ George Roth and Raymond 8. ‘The pupils of Henri Sokolov, Mme. Grete von Bayer and Otto T. Simon of the faculty of the Associated Studies gave a recital of violin, piano and vocal numl at Mr. Simon's studio, 1624 H street, last Thursday evening. Those taking part were Mary Black, Dorothy Borden, Ann Carlin Borden, Nathaniel Breeskin, Frances Crawford, Lillian Frame, Felix Haynes, Ella Strawn and Lillian' A. Watson. Mildred Cols soprano, * will vin, “Like as a Hart” (Allitsen) and pine “Foun- Ruth Dale Smith, president| sololst | Margaret | o ig OChoristers, :'ho will xlvg‘ their al ubinsion O Notes | Cornwell will offer selections by Schu- | bert, Rubenstein, Barnard and Stults. Katherine Wardner Smith, pianist of Washington and Baltimore, member of the Peabody comr\'ll?ryth(:c‘\g:ih'lnd outstanding member of ing- ton Pianists’ Club, gave an interesting proglm following a recent reunion | luncheon of Mrs. Martin A. Morrison to planist members of the former Mac- Reynolds-Koehle Music School Club. ‘The Washington Pianists” Club, whose | unique May festivals of pianoforte mu- | sic have gained rapidly in popularity | during the past 10 years, is omitting | its festival this season in order to per- | mit its founder and director, Mrs. Mar- tin’ A. Morrison, & much-needed rest. Norma Simonson, soprano, and James | de Valse Mann, tenor, lccom‘nmed by Dorothy Radde Emery, will give a short musical program at the annual meeting of the District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs this week at the Roosevelt Hotel. Miss Simon- son will sing on Monday and Mr. Mann on Tuesday, at 12:30 o'clock. | Margaret Louise O'Brien, lyric so- prano. will sing a group of Southern and Irish at a garden party to- morrow at Mrs. John Moch. Victor Neal be the ac- companist. home of | will Catherine Toomey, y%wmmm singer, was the local ner of the District of Columbia Federation of | Music Clubs’ first place as representa- tive in the contest, which had its dis- trict try-out in Baltimore yesterday | when competitors of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia and the District of Columbia competed. ‘The Evelyn Davis senior dance group will present its Spring dance concert in Roosevelt Auditorium Wednesday, May 24, at 8:30 o'clock, sponsored by civic and educational art groups of the | | Capital City. Original dance numbers | have been created to music, especially | com| for this group by Alden| Finckel, Washington composer and | well known cellist, and the group will be accompanied by Alice Finckel throughout the program. A choral ac- companiment will also be used for one of the dances, the Glee Clubs of Roose- velt High School singing a spiritual, | which the dancers will visualize on the stage. Cantata to Be Sung. ON ‘Tuesday, May 23, at 8:15 o'clock, 8t. Margaret's choir will present A. Goring Thomas’ secular cantata, “The Swan and the Skylark.” The work, so far as it is known, has not heretofore been sung in Washington. “The Swan and the Skylark” was "rltze’l; for the Birmingham Festival 1 ‘The cholr includes: Sopranos, Caro- 1yn Boardman McDonnell, Mary A. Ste- vens, Adeline Thornton, Ellen Ring. Mrs. Walter Chamblin, Mrs. Erbin G. Thomas and Virginia Dorsey; contral- tos, Vera Neeley Ross, Mrs. Willlam Benham, Mrs. Wallace Prescott and Mrs. Ross H. Pratt; tenors, Dr. George E. Anderson, John Nordberg, Stephen Todhunter and A. Smith; bassos, Edgar Parker, | Clarence memorial servic of the Bach Choir on Saturday, May 13, in Packer Memorial Church, at Leh! University, when the “Mass in B Minor” will be sung in its entirety in memory of the late Dr. J. Pred Wolle, founder and conductor from 1898 to 1932, ‘There will be one new face among the soloists, namely, Jeannette .| Vreeland of New York, who is one of Spring recital at the Jewish Community Soncart o Tumrley cvaning bt se Willare: Lowes on by the International Art Forum. MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT will be given by the Washington Choral Soclety, conducted by Louis A. Potter, on Tuesday evening, May 16, in Central High School Auditorfum, when this chorus will be hefd in a rendition of Bach’s “The Four Seasons.” cantata was composed by Bach in honor of the birthday of King Augustus in 1734. It has recently been arranged by J. Michael Diack in the form in which it will be here. In addition to this musical classic, the choral society will be heard in a group of English madrigals and later in the program, in the Caesar Franck setting for the 150th Psalm, accom- panied by two pianos and strings. Gertrude Nash and Walter Nash will be the pianists, and Mr. Nash will like- wise accompany the singing of “The Four Seasons” on the organ, while Mrs. Nash presides at the piano, and mem- bers of the National Symphony Orch- estra complete the instrumental ac- companiment to the singing. Orchestral numbers, comprising Saint Saens’ “Prelude” and other selections will be given by the symphony orches- tra men, and a string quartet number will be played by the Washington String Quartet. Myron W. Whitney is president of the Washington Choral Society, and other officers include Miss Grace Dunham Guest, Clarence Phelps Dodge, Charles B. Lyddane, Mrs. Joseph M. Stoddard, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, while on the Ad- visory Committee ‘are Percy Lee Ather- ton, Dr. Hans Kindler, Mrs. Edwin B. ker, Mrs. Adolph C. Aspinwall, —e Service Band Concerts. 'I'HE schedule of the United States Marine Band and Orchestra for the f;)m?t.nz week will include the follow- g: n‘(mdny. May 8, at 3 pm.—Band con- cert. Wednesday, May 10, at 8 p.m.—Sym- phony concert. The program to be pre- Sented at this concert will include the symphony “From the New World.” by Dvorak, and the “Unfinished Sym- phony,” by Schubert. The soloist will be Musician Delbert Allen, who will | play Glazounow's “Concerto for Violin, Opus 82" with orchestra accompani- ment. The United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter conducting, will play at | the Sail Loft, Navy Yard, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. ‘The program opens with the overture to Smetana's opera, “The Bartered Bride,” and includes Hosmer’s “Southern Rhay y,” grand scenes from Wolf- Ferrarl's “Jewels of the Madonna” and an intermezzo from the Spanish opera, “El Gato Montes,” by Pennella. wl\;luslxaclunNEullj ller, cornet soloist, Pplay “Napoli,” a fantasy on Italian airs, by Bellstedt. Columbia Buys Play. “THE PARTY'S OVER,” by Daniel Kusell, is the latest stage vehicle acquired by the Columbia Studios for next season’s production. Earlier this ?::k they announced the purchase of ple'xc_;, '}‘(Twel:imelh Century.” e Kusell play, a diverting insight into the amusing domestic affairs of the Blakely household, is the latest Kl?'!ll, Erbin G. Thomas, A. Hunter Galt. Accompanist and director, Miss ‘harlotte Klein. Scsoumns Duoes Bl AMONG the tmportant dance concerts of the month of May will be that of the Liza Gardiner Dancers, sched- uled to take place Friday night, the 19th, in Roosevelt Auditorim. Miss Gardiner, who will herself be seen in a series of numbers, has arranged sev- eral new ballets to be danced for the first time on this May-time program by the members of her group. lve esday evening at 8:30 ball room of the Willard Hotel. club will present Emily Roose- velt, soprano, as guest artist, and will also be assisted by William P. Shana- han, tenor. Mrs. Adele Robinson Bush will accompany the club. The following program will be pre- sented: I DeaiCuied s ihe Rbinsiel Cub - | “Yearnings" i tel (Arranged by Arthur Claassen.) ‘Handel-Bibb “Non ho (Arranged by ‘Tenor obbligato “Indian Summer,* Patte et arry rson Hopking (Dedicated to the Rubinatein Club.) binstein Club. ‘from Richard Wagner iss evelt. . “Bois Epais” (“Lonely Wood™), Jean Baptiste de Lully (Arranged by Deems Taylor.) “8ing Ho to Spring!”..Louis Victor Saar Soprano obuligato .. Miss Roosevell (Dedicated to the Rubinstein Club.) jubinstein Club. . Madeline Clark Walther phy’ Roger Quilter Ernest Charles T anued by Herry Fows. Snellevy P e Baiunaiots’ Sy Broadway venture of the author of “The Gingham Girl,” a musical hit that rTan for over a year on Broadway. Since then Kusell has produced & number of other plays, among them James Oliver Curwood’s “The River's End,” “The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer,” “Square Crooks” and “Shipwrecked.” Later he Wrote the libretto of & musical called Cross My Heart.” Moore-Rodon Recital. THE Lillian Moore-William Rodon dance recital which will take place Tuesday night, May 23, at 8:50 o'clock in Pierce Hall, at Fifteenth and Har- vard streets, will immediately follow the close of a most successful season for Miss Moore with the Metropolitan of which she is solo danseuse. For_her forthc: Te- ed will be an original ballet especially for Miss Moore by Mr. Rodon, and set to music by one of the Capital City's most distinguished x&\;slchm and composers, Adolf Torov- Miss Russell to Play. (CONSTANCE RUSSELL, pianist, play- ed an exacting program over WRC concert. This was a in | last Tuesday, following the smnhmy“m Swenson. 8. Pupils Entertained. RS. J. EDWARD CHAPMAN enter- tained the pupils of Charlotte G. Lippitt Wednesday evening. The eve- ning was devoted to the life and works of Mendelssohn. Mr. Lippitt read the it | lite of the umbers | Margaret Gilligan, Joseph Danzansky, Jean | Wilburn, West, Grant Charles McLendon. Ha w:m and rvey Weaver 4Dgi) DERD-POOImDATITY, the best known of the younger Ameri- can sopranos and has appeared with great success throughout the country in recital, concert and oratorio and as soloist with the great symphony orches- tras. She has been solotst for the Phil- harmonic, Philadelphia, Boston, Chi- cago, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis and Minneapolis orchestras and sang at the Cincinnati, Evanston, Ann Arbor, Wor- cester and Westchester music festivals. in connection with the Handel & Haydn Soclety in Boston and the New York Oratorio Soclety of New York. In private life she is the wife of Percy Rector Stephens, a noted vocal teacher of New York. She is a native of Den- ver, Colo. The other three soloists have assisted Her outstanding oratorio work has been | in the Bethlehem Bach fertivals before. Rose Bampton, contralto of the Phila- delphia Grand Opera Co., sang & rolg in Schoenberg’s “Gurrelieder,” with the Philadelphia Orchestra, having been engaged by Director Leopold Stokowski. She sang with the Schola Cantoru: Hugh Ross, director, Carnegie Hall, an in the Bach “Mass in B Minor" at & performance of the New York Oratorio Society. She has sung at two of the | Worcester festivals. Dan Gridley, tenor, was given early recognition by Toscanini and Molinari. | He won the favor of New York in eight | concerts of the Philharmonic Symphony. There followed in rapid succession ap- pearances with the Boston, Chicago, INor(h Shore (Evanston), Ann Arbor and Cincinnati festivals. Of Charles Trowbridge Tittman, bass, it is stated that his many engagements at the Bach festival established an all- time record for a bass or baritone at any major American festival. He has sung in concert, festival and oratorio with practically every leading musical soclety in America and has been soloist with the New York, Detroit and Phila- delphia Symphony Orchestras. Mr. Tittman is, of course, well known here in Washington. “A Little HEN talking of himself James Cagney is third person sin- gular. Which is very sin- gular, indeed. can switch the point of view and be either on the outside looking in, or in the inside looking out. It's a habit of his that he picked up since he has been in Hollywood. but a very desir- able habit, because it aliows him to let off steam and take potshots at |h1msylf. ‘Whenever he becomes perscnal about himself James Cagney becomes personal. It may sound a little compli- cated, but it’s all very simple when you hear him talking. : Coming out of the projection room at | the Warner Bros.’ studio where the dally rushes were being run off for , “Picture Snatcher,” he picked himself to pleces as no one else within arm’s reach would dare to do. “He did the scene all right,” said Cagney grudgingly, speaking of th‘ screen self, “but he was inclined to| be a little hammy in spots.”. | No one else has yet said that of Cagney—except Cagney himself, and he honestly admits that he is his own severest critic. He picked it all up since he has been im- Hammy” | were Joe Doaks in stead of Jim Cagney. And what's worse, I often have to stifie a hearty Bronx cheer for my °| screen image when it delivers what I ‘Whenever he wants to, he | consider some awful boners in acting technique.” This is a good thing to know about | Cagney before interviewing him. for otherwise things are liable to sound & little confusing at first. He will start out telling you ebout himself, and all of a sudden he will be talking about “that guy.” After a little forehead- wrinkling, trying to puzzie out about whom he might be talking. you sud- denly realize that he is still on the subject of himself, but in the third person singular, ° Cagney uses this method especially when he wants to throw bri its at himself. distance between the first person and the third person seems to lend a little more impetus and direct- ness to the brick. ‘When you get into his more pri- vate life it Is a somewhat different matter. Then he is himself almost exclusively, except when it is a mat=- ter of which he is in some doubt. The purpose is obvious, but it's quite a brilliant idea. It allows him to get perspective when viewing himself. He manages to get that detachment which allows him to see both sides of the ‘This | in the movies. The stage certainly gave ' question and ultimately reach a sound him no opportunity to look at his own verdict—even if it is one of “guilty.” work from a detached angle, and before| So, you see, James Cagney is not he hit Hollywood he knew himself only | always himself. He is sometimes a as “I” or “me” depending on the| couple of other guys. And in his role construction of the sentence. Now it in “Picture Snatcher” he is in such is “that guy,” or “that fellow,” or “he,”| bad repute because of the scandal or “him” or “that sappy mugg,” also| mongering sensational tabloid for wHich depending on sentence construction and | he works he often pretends to be & on direction of opinion. | couple of other guys. “Many times, while watching my own - pictures being run off, I find myself Ben Hecht-Charles MacArthur | detesting the character I am portray- ing,” said Jimmy. “I get clear away from the idea that I am the actor, or that I am acting. “That sort of feeling started when I first saw ‘Public Enemy.’ Several times during the running, I felt like| getting up and laying one on the tough mugg's chin. From that sort of feel-| ing I naturally developed the habit of watching myself on the screen and picking flaws in acting and character- ization, just as though the character | Washington‘s Players What Various Organizations Are Doing and Propose to Do. TO PRESENT BAER PLAY. Tmlmnux. the newly organ- ized experimental theater group has its first play, “Rhapsody in Blah” in rehearsal and expects to present the plece some time late in May. Frank | Baer, Washington newspaper man, wrote the play and is directing it. It is a satirical farce with a Washington locale | and the cast includes Charles Brooks, | Helen Shields, Ervin Anderson, Ro-| maine Stevens, M. Forney Reece, Grace Coakley, George Finger, Hall Hopper, Richard Kreuzberg, Adele Martell, | ‘Theodore Tenley, Alice Green, Edward Finlayson, Helen Burton, John Shellie and John Sikkin. A second play, “Shadow Woman” is contemplated. It is a new work by, Hall Hopper. ‘Theatercraft is considering & produc- | tion of “Tonight We Improvise,” by | j Luigi Pirandello and plans for next | season to present a play by the late | James Elroy Flecker, one never seen in | the United States. PIERCE HALL PLAYERS. Tlfl Pierce Hall Players will hold a general meeting in Pierce Hall, Six- teenth and Harvard -streets, on Mon- day evening, May 15. The program will be under the direction of the newly elected council which includes Edmund Evans, Frederic E. Staebner, Charlotte Tilley, Rose Ellen Mattern, Richard Harr, Paul Alexander, Mrs. Oliver Irish, Howard L. Knight and Marjorie | | Brockett. CURLEY PLAY TUESDAY. **RROADWAY JONES,” one of Geo.| George M. Cohan's greatest comedy | | successes, will be the Spring offering of the Curley Club Players, the presenta- tion taking place in St. Paul's Audi- torium, Fifteenth and V streets north- west, next Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Miss Angela Kier has directed the players in the production, while Luke O'Reilly is chairman of the dramatic committee of the organization. Those taking part in the production include: Helen Stafford Smith, Ruth Rice, Edyth Connor, Miss Margaret Freedman, Helen Herbeck, Gertrude Connor, Pauline Stewart, John Donnellv, Paul Buckler, Benjamin Swann, Joseph Day, Richard Finnon and Arthur McGreevy. | Members of the dramatic committee | include: Nonie Daly, Ethel Ammon, | Mary O'Connor, Silvio Poli, Joseph | Giegelmann, Willlam Exner, Robert Boteler and Frank Pearson. INVITATION PERFOBMANCE. IN compliment to their friends and will in vttt pesforms 1t lormance of “Ifidanight" by Claire and Paul Sif- ton at Wardman Park Theater next Saturday. This play was produced pro- fessionally by the Theater Guild under the title “In the Meantime.” Join “The Morning Glory." FRED SANTLEY, Pat O'Malley, Lloyd Ingraham and Marilyn Knowlden have been signed for roles in support of Katharine Hepburn and Douglas Fairbanks, jr., in “The Morning Glory,” é‘jflw filming at the R-K-O Radio stu- o8 s Miss Knowlden is said to be one of the screen's most talented child ac- tresses. Adolphe Menjou, Mary Duncan and C. Aubrey Smith also play leading supporting roles in this picturization of Zoe Akin's play about the romantic | struggles of a young stage actress. I Y. W. C. A. News | An “at home” will be from 4 to 5 o'clock today at the Seventeenth and K street building, with Mrs. A. L. Daub as hostess, and at 614 E strect at 5 o'clock, where Miss Lilly Nikula and Miss Ruby Hayes will be hostesses. Committee meetings for the week are: Monday, Health Education, 2:30; ‘Wednesday, Elizabeth Somers, 7:30, and Friday, Industrial, 12:30. ‘The Cleveland Park Chapter will meet with Mrs. H. J. Brown, 6413 Ridgewood avenue, Chevy Chase, Md,, May 8, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Harry Hiue will be the assisting hostess. The Y. W. C. A. annual membership enrollment will open May 10 at 4:30. The Girl Reserve Club of Eastern High School will have a hobby meeting |at the Y. W. C. A. Wednesday evening. The Bon Secour Club of Central High School will have a special pro- gram at the Y. W. C. A. Friday at 3.30. Mrs. Arthur Vandenburg, wife of the Senator from Michigan, will speak. The advisers of all Girl Reserve Clubs will spend Saturday at Kamp Kahlert. Next Sunday afternoon all Girl Re- serves will entertain their mothers at tea in the Girl Reserve Club rooms at the Y. W. C. A. Following the tea, the girls will take part in the annual recog- nition service in Barker Hall. In observance of National Music week, May 7 through May 13, the music division plans these events for the week. The “B and P” Glee Club will sing at the Naval Hospital this morning. The Music Lovers' hour will have its final meeting of the season at 5 o'clock_Monday. The 3-E Club of 614 E street will meet for dinner Monday at 6:30. The \3-E Clu;z Sewing Circle will meet Thursday at 3. The Thursday Club of the Industrial Department is planning a picnic to Great Falls May 11, leaving the Y. W. C. A at 2:30. The Greek Club will have & business meeting_Thursday night. The Blue Triangle Young Business ‘Women’s Club is planning a mothers" party Thursday night at Vacation Lodge with a club supper. Friday night the ‘frlilt\'erelle Club is having & Mothers’ night. studio. Met. 9223, VON UNSCHULD UNIVERSITY of MUSIC, Inc. 1641 Col. Rd. CO eg Frcuis L. 5265 Distincu WMAL Gill Students’ Recl er Announces A Summer Course Special rates to vocal students Preparatory to presentation, in the Steele Kennedy, formerly of the Fall, of her Opera Class in Dallas Little Theater, is directing and playing a leading role. The cast in- 1y, Sinclair, | are also in the cast. and Constance Connor Brown directed this comedy-romance and the settings cludes Eileen Fowler, Olga Helms, Dorothea Lewis, Lois Alexander, Wil- lard Miller, Robert M. Miller, Willlam Rodon, George Edwards, B. A. P. Doehrer, Frank Jamison and Arthur CUE AND CURTAIN CLUB. i ITH a cast composed almost en- tirely of veterans, the Cue and Curtain Club of the George Washing- ton University will present its Spring play, Martinez Sierra’s “The Romantic Young Lady,” at the Wardman Park Theater May 10, 11 and 12. Doris Thomas plays the title role. Opposite her Royal A. Gunnison will portray the role of The Apparition. Betty Rice is cast in another of her characteristic character roles, while Ruth Molyneaux, ‘Thomas E. Taylor, W. Van Demaik, Adele Gussack and Ludwig Camanita The Chimes of Normandy Under professional instruction and_management HOLT, WALTER T. 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