Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1934, Page 68

F—4 Present-Day Music And } Moments at the Concert Mechanical Devices Afford Large Share of thel Home Recitals. Inspiration for Artists. Children as Performers. BY ALICE EVERSMAN. HE present trend of social entertainment does not encourage the cultivation of social graces. The delicate turn of phrase and brilliant expression of ideas in conversation that formerly was the subject of pride and study is a lost talent that nothing in our social intercourse seems designed to revive. There is no time for visiting in the old sense of the word, no need to exert oneself to charm, no need to seek pleasure in associating oneself with others in a communal fashion. So, also, with much of our present-day music. The mechanical inventions that bring us the best programs by a turn of the wrist are serious menaces to the sociability that music is peculiarly adapted to foster. The comfort of sitting in an easy chair, in the privacy of a home, listen- ing to the art of a great interpreter as it comes to one by means of elec- tricity can never be a recompense for the pleasure of being one of & large audience in a concert hall, feel- ing the kinship of many in apprecia- tion of what is being heard. To know that the glow which steals through one at the rendition of a musical poem 1s shared by rows upon rows of others equally responsive is an experience in itself worth going out of the way to seek. Joining in the general ap- plause, exerting oneself to show that one is just a little more appreciative than one's neighbor, carried the ex- hilaration needed to round out a per- fect musical experience. No phone calls or complimentary letters after a performance can rec- ompense an artist equal to personally receiving the waves of applause that a delighted public sets in motion. Imagine the dreariness of turning away from an unseen audience after having exerted oneself to create a bit of beauty without knowing until later how many have received the message that is one’s delight to send out, through music. Certainly for an artist, a great part of the inspiration he needs comes from those numerous listeners gathered together and unit- ing in anticipation of what his artistry can give them. In attending a concert, another side of the sociability that was discovered to be necessary when the world was young if the world would progress, is practiced in the sharing of feeling and the letting down of internal barriers. The majority of us are prone to much inward living and too sparing of an expression of our feel- ings. Music is meant to make us feel and there is no better way of exercising that often unused grace than in joining our mood of appre- ciation to that of the more demon- strative mortals in a large gather- ing. Then, also, one is able to test oneself. Has one missed the par- ticular point that evokes such real enthusiasm? Or, what a pleasure .to find that one agrees that mere hand clapping is too careless a thing to express ail that the beautiful musical moment has conveyed. There is a very real psychological effect in the elements that make up @& visit to a concert. First, the antici- pation and the preparation, the sav- ing for weeks perhaps, that one might be able to buy a ticket to hear an artist the whole world acknowledges as great. Then the little excitement of getting to the hall, the finding of one’s seat, the scanning of the pro- gram. The hall fills with eager people. One senses pleasurable expectation in the very atmosphere, one feels a com- mon bond with all the other music lovers who have made an effort to be present. At last the artist arrives and one Choir to Give Cantata. PROMINENT feature of the Christ- mas festival season will be the presentation of the English composer Sebastian Matthew's cantata, “The Eve of Grace,” by the enlarged choir of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, Cathedral Close, Walter H. Nash, or- ganist and choirmaster, on Sunday afternoon, December 16, at o'clock From the opening choral of the advent, “How Long, O Lord,” the ap- pealing story of the Babe of Bethele- hem is unfolded through its different transitions—the Nativity, the Epiph- any, with its “Virgin’s Lullaby,” the epilogue, “Yesterday, Today and Forever,” to the finale, “Dark Was the Night” the lament of the inn- Keeper for his rejection of the Virgin's quest for shelter. The solo numbers will be sustained by Carolyn McDonnell, soprano; Te- resa Shrader, alto; Henry G. Leef, tenor, and John M. Waters, baritone. The choral ensemble is as follows: Sopranos, Barbara Ammann, Helen Beck, Mrs. John Broome, Elizabeth Claggett, Mrs. James Dulin, Marga- ret Fletcher, Verle Hendrixson, Mrs. E. G. Pearce, Mrs. Nicholas Reeves, Mrs. William Smith, Mrs. Warren and Mrs. James Wynkoop: altos, Mrs. C. B. Aycock, Mrs. Elgin Dyer, Mrs. G. M. Haynes, Mrs. George Parsons, Mrs. W. G. Shipman; tenors, George Bayliss, James P. Davis, James €. Dulin: bassos, Arthur Deibert, Pey- ton Fletcher, Alexander H. Galt, Josef Seasholtz and Vincent Smith. . Testimonial to Organ;st. TESTIMONIAL musicale was given in honor of Prof. R. J. Dan- fels last Monday evening by the Zion Baptist Church. Prof. Daniels, who was born in 1835, graduated from the normal academic and theological department of Wayland Seminary, now the Virginia Union University of Richmond. He studied piano under the late Prof. Theodore I. King and organ under Prof. J. W. Bischoff. He ,Was organist at Union Wesley A. M. E. Zion Chkurch, Washington, D. C., for two years and organist at Zion Bap- tist Church for 42 years, as well as director of music at Hart’s Farm School and Wayland Seminary. Solos were given by Clarence Jacobs, J. Richmond Johnson, Dr. C. Sumner Wormley. Charles Cecil Co- hen, Evelyn Russ, the Crescendo Male Chorus, George Brown, director, and the East Washington Male Chorus, Silas Washington, director. The in- vocation was read by Dr. J. M. Ellison and tributes paid by Rev. Walter Brooks, William G. Opey, Gabrielle Pelham, and Rev. J. L. S. Holloman. 0. W, McDonald presided. To Sing German Lieder. "A SONG recital will be given by Sara Flakshaar, soprano, in the studio of the League of American Pen Women, Burlington Hotel, on Satur- day evening at 8:15 o'clock. Mrs. J. H. Paul will be the accompanist. The program will consist of songs by Schubert, Schumann, Grieg, Wolf and Strauss, with a group of Nor- wegian and Swedish folk songs. Mrs. Flakshaar, who has many let- ters of commendation from Arthur Nikisch, Siegfried Ochs of Berlin and Victor Nielson, music critics of Min- .neapolis, specializes in German lieder and Scandinavian music. She has opened her vocal studio at 1501 Con- necticut avenue, where she will teach Monday and Thursday afternoons. . 4! looks, as do all the others, to see just what he is like. Then the settling down to listen, each one feeling a per- sonal responsibility toward providing the proper atmosphere, After that one becomes one with his neighbor, ex- ploring the realm of beauty, sharing with him the same sentiments, seeing with the same eyes until the final moment when you are rivals in giving expression to your common content- ment. Where in daily intercourse can one know the same socialbility that music heard in concert form gives? When would one permit their feelings to so dominate them that they would seek conversation with the stranger beside them so that one might tell him minutely one’s reaction to music ex- cept under the influence of such an environment? “By communicating our grief we have less and by communicat- ing our pleasures, we have more.” 'HE sudden interference of the courts to prevent young children appearing in concert is the strictest possible interpretation of the law. The attempt to prevent little Gloria Perkins from appearing with Nnuon-| al Symphony Orchestra did not suc- ceed, but it may prevent the recitals of the Vienna Boys' Choir and the piano prodigy, Ruth Slencznski. Laws now prevent the exploitation of children to their physical and edu- cational detriment, and these laws may extend to youthful artists. The claim is mad$ that these children are not taxed tod heavily and that their education is not being neglected: that litde Ruth lives with her parents, who provide & nurse, a tutor and a dietician to care for the child. When she travels, it is said, her school studies are continued each day with her tutor, and her life is planned, much as that she has time for play, time for study and practice. The boys of the Vienna Choir, according to their sponsors, are looked after in much | the same way. Also, the statement is made that both the little girl and the boys have talent which is so great that their chief pleasure is develop- ing it. Hence following music in a professional way is no hardship to them. In order to accede to the constant demands of Ruth since babyhood, her parents, it is claimed, have bor- rowed money to give her a musical education. Since she began her public career, half of the borrowed money has been repaid through her earnings. The Vienna Choir is a church choir | which has supported itself by means | of concerts since it lost the patronage under which it was founded. The boys seem to be happy youngsters who enjoy both an ease of living and an education which they would never have obtained if they had not been selected from orphanages and poor families as have these boy: Interstate Male Chorus. HE Interstate Male Chorus, Clyde B. Aitchison, conductor, will give the first concert of its fifteenth sea- son on December 19, at 8:30 p.m, in the United States Chamber of Com- merce auditorium. ‘The chorus has sung at the White House more than once and in the halls of Congress on numerous occa- sions. It has participated in joint concerts held in New York, Philadel- phia and Baltimore, The program being prepared will include the “Chorus of Bishops and Priests,” by’ Dudley Buck; the lilting “Wake, Miss Lindy,” a darky sere- nade, by Warner; “Invocation,” by C. B. Aitchison, and the “Hallelujah Chorus” of Handel's, now arranged for male voices. The soloist is Dorothy Raynor, so- prano, who has sung with several opera’ companies and who recently came to this city from California. In addition to an aria and a group of English songs, Mrs. Raynor will sing, with the chorus, “Our Lady of the Angel Host,” from the “Force of Destiny.” Robert L. Feuerstein will again pre- side at the piano as the accompanist. Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee will as- sist at the piano and play some of the accompaniments on a reed organ. The arrangements for the concert are in charge of Harold M. Brown, man- ager, at the Interstate Commerce Commission. New Dances to Be Featured AMONG the new dances to be given by the Lisa Gardiner Dancers at Central High School auditorium Sat- urday night will be “Lotus Land.” inspired by Tennyson's poem of “The Lotus Eaters,” with music by Cyril Scott. Edith H. Hunter is the pianist for the dances which Miss Gardiner has created for this concert. All the costumes and properties to be used in the Christmas dance pro- | gram are being made by the dancers themselves at the Gardiner studio, and the portrait that plays an im- portant part in the first ballet, “Souvenir,” is painted by Christine Stewart from a photograph of the dancer, Marjorie Megee, appearing as a memory of youth. For “Souvenir” the pupils of the old dancing teacher are interpreted by Marian Wolberg, Fillis Speich, Lora Wills, Polly Prickett, Charlotte Walton and Anne St. John. Alice Louise Hunter appears as the old teacher. Georgia Hiden is the child prodigy and Marjorie Beall is the proud mamma. Duo Piano Recital. THE program of music for two pianos by Anne Hull and Mary Howe, well- | known pianists, to be presented by the International Art Forum, Amelia Conti, president, at the Washington Club, 1010 Seventeenth street, on Tuesday at 8:30, will be as follows: Dein Geburtstag ens Rachmaninoff Rachmaninof .Gliere | “‘Cortage” . “Air_de Baliet “Danse Macabdre’ “Waltz" “Petenera “Jota" . The first selection, Bach' burtstag,” has been transcribed by was Yehudi Menuhin’s, so| ! 104 R. I Ave. N.W. 7| Takoma Mary Howe. The T. Arthur Smith Concert Bu-| resu has tickets for the recital. - THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 9, 1934—PART FOUR. Varied Programs Will Be Given by These Artists Chapel Choir to Sing Here. ACRED musical works of Bach, Liszt and Mendelssokn will be featured by the Chapel Choir of Capi- tal University of Columbus, Ohio, during its special concert at Grace Lutheran Church, at Sixteenth and Varnum streets, Wednesday at 8:15 pm. The concert will be under auspices of the American Lutheran Church of Washington. The choir will stop in Washington after a concert tour which took it to New York, Pittsburgh and a dozen other cities in the East. Organized seven years ago, the choir is composed of 60 voices under the direction of Prof. Ellis E. Snyder, its founder, who heads the voice department of the university’s conservatory of music. The choir’s visit to Washington will be the first since 1931, when it gave a special concert at the White House for former President and Mrs. Hoover. Memorial Concert. HE Graduate School of Washington Musical Institute will present a program in memory of Carelius Emili- us Christiani, past president and violin teacher of the school, on Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock. A bust of Dr. Christiani by Giuseppi Ughetto will be presented to the institute by the Danish Minister, Mr. Otto Wad- sted. The bust will be received by Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes, president of the institute. The musical program will be given by Dorothy Todd, Sara Nightingale. Winifred Chamberlain, Marjorie Wilson, June Robinson, Wil- liam Haussman, Dorothy Sornborger, Martha Davenport, Vera Ross and Mary Paul Freeman. Photoplays WEEK OF DECEMBER 0 _ Sunday | > Gardiner Studio, who will appear on the program to Gardiner Saturday evening at Central High School. series. Howard Severe series Tuesday at the Washington Club. Below, in ‘Tuesday, December 18, at First Congregational Church. Left: Christine Stewart and Polly Prickett, two dancers of the Lisa be given by Miss Sergel Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist (center), comes to Constitution Hall today in the full- length recital, which is the second attraction of Mrs. Dorsey’s first Sunday (at right) is the president of the Washington Oratorio Society, which will give Haendel's “Messiah” Sunday, December 23, at Central High School Auditorium. Below Mr. Severe is Ann Hull, who, in a duo piano recital with Mary Howe, will open the Art Forum center, Charlotte Lockwood, American organist, giving the first recital of three, sponsored by the District of Columbia Chapter, American Guild of Organists, on *Messiah™ to Be Given. HE Christmas rendition of the Han- del oratorio, “The Messiah,” by the Washington Oratorio Society, conducted by George F. Kortzenborn, Sunday afternoon, December 23, at 4 o'clock, in Central High School audi- torium, will present, as soloists, Flor- ence Sindell, soprano, of the First | Christian Science Church; Elsle Sut- ter Radle, contralto, a newcomer to Washington's music circles; Wilfred Smith, tenor. of Covenant-First Pres- | byterian Church, and Ridgeway Tay- lor, bass, soloist at First Congrega- tional Church from 1923 to 1929. ‘The largest chorus that the society has ever achieved—140 voices—will support the solists, accompanied by a 30-plece orchestra. This season the performance will be sponsored by All Saints’ Episcopal Church, in Chevy Chase; Emory M. E. Church and the National Library for the Blind. Reserved seats are on sale at the ‘Witt-Hamill Music Co., 1340 G street, and at the sheet-music counter at Droop's, as well as at the churches mentioned as sponsors, and from members of the Washington Oratorio Society. at Washington Theaters This Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday | Thursday Saturday Jean Harlow in The Girl From Missouri.” Jeannette Lofl in Flirtation.”” Academy 8th and G Sts. SE. Jean Harlow in “The Girl From Missouri.”| Jeannette Loff in “‘Flirtation. Ramon Novarro in “Laughing Boy." Miriam Jordan in“Two| Heads on a Pillow.” Novarro in Ramon “Laughing Boy." Heads_on_a_Pillow.” Francis Lederer and Joan_ Beunett in “Pursuit of Happi- ness Ambassador 18th & Columbia Rd. Francis Lederer and Dolores Del Rio Joan Bennett in “Pursuit of Happi- ness." Francis Lederer and Joan Benneit in “Pursuit of Happi- n DuBarry."” ness. edy. 1 “Madame Com MiriamJordan in “Two! Fay Wray in ““Cheating Cheaters.’ Joan Lowell in “Adventure Girl."" ! Friday Bela Lugosi in Bela Lugosi in *|“Return of Chandu.”|“Return of Chandu.* | Fay Wray in Tom Tyler i |:“Cheating_Cheaters.| “T! n he_Stiver Bullet."" Dolores Del Rio in “Madame DuBarry."” Comedy. Loretta Youns George Atliss i “Last Gentleman,” Cartoon Comedy. n “Caravan” Comedy. “Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire i n “Gay_Divorcee.” Apollo 624 H St. NE. Dick Powell in “Happiness Ahead " “Search for, Santa Ginger Rogers and and Ginger Rogers red Astaire Fred Astaire in in “Gay Divorcee " “Gay_Divorcee.” Dick Powell in “Happiness Ahead " “Search for Santa Claus.” Barbara Stanwyck in ‘Lost Lacy.™ “La Cucaracha.” Comeds. “Pursued.” “She Learred About Sailors.™ Cartoon. " Dick Powell and Ruby_Keeler in Dames. Comedy. Cart. News. Alcade Hyattsville, Md. “Dick_Powell and Ruby Keeler in Dame: Comedy._Car Cary Grant and Pran- cis Drake in “Ladies Should Listen " Comedy.__News Will Rogers in “Judge Priest.” Cartoon. Will Rogers in F_Morgan in “There “Judge Priest." Al ways Tomorrow 5 Bing Crosby in Arcade Rockville, Md. Bing Crosby in ‘She Loves Me Not.” Comedy. News. Cary Grant and Fran-| Cary Grant and Fran- cis Drake in “Ladies Should Listen.* Comedy. __Comedy. _Serial Ashton Clarendon, Va. Fredric March and| Constance Bennett in “The Affal Cellini Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone in “The World Moves On."" Fredric March _and Constance Bennett in “The Affairs of Cellini."" in “Down to Their Last Yacht.” Ricardo Cortez in ‘Warner Oland in “Hat, Coat and “Charlie Chan in Giove. London.” | _“Rainbow Riders." Serial._Popeye. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in “Gay Divorcee.” Travelogue. Avalon 5612 Conn. Ave. Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in “Gay Divorcee.” ‘Travelogue. Ginger Rogers and Geo Fred Astaire o “vae n “Last Gentleman.” Sport reel. “Gay Divorce Travelogue. George Arliss *Last Gentleman.” Sport reel. Franchot Tone in Harold Liovd in “‘Gentlemen Are ? n P ol ‘Return of Comedy. *_Cartoon. i1l Rogers in judge Priest.” “Search for Sants laus.” Ave. Grand 645 Pa. Ave. SE. Will Rogers in ~Judge Priest.” “Search for Ssnts Claus.” Will Rogers in :‘Judge Priest.” in “Search for Sants “Last Gentleman.” Claus.” Musical. Oeorlf Arliss n “Last Gentleman.” cel. Helen Hayes in “What Every Woman Will Rogers n *Judge Priest.” Cartoon. News. Cameo Mt. Rainier, Md. Will Rogers in “Judge Priest.” Cartoon. News. Will Rogers In Claudette Colbert in “Jugee Priest.” "5 Gleopatra.” . leopatra. Claudette Co Sert in “Cleopatrs.” Comedy. News. Adolphe Menjou in “The Human Side.” Ken Maynard in “Sagebrush Trail.” Claudette Colbert in “Cleopatra.” Comedy. News. Fredric March in “The| Affairs of Cellini.” Diana Wynyard 1 “Where Sinners Meet Carolina 11th & N.C. Ave. SE. Edna May Oliver In | Edna May Oliver i “We're Rich Again.” | “We're Rich Again.” Paul Lukas In Paul Lukas in “I_Give My Love.” | “I Give My Love Fredric March In “The, of Cellini.” Diana Wynvard in re Sinners Meet." Kay Francis and Lesile Howard in “British_Awent.” _ Kay Prancis and Leslie .Hnwll’fl Sorim “British_Agent.” Tim McCoy in “Beyond the Law.” David Manner: Central Fix It.” 425 oth 8t. N.W. & ST “The Human Side.” Cartoon. o Pix It Maurice Chevalier and|Maurice Chevalier and “The Human |JeanetteMacDonald in|Jeanette MacDonald in Side.” “Merry Widow.” “Merry Widow." Silly Symphony. 8illy Symphony. Cartoon. “Last Gentlema. “Lady Is Willing” and Oddit. Tast Gentlema: “Lady Is Willing” and Oddity. Richard Dix and Irene Dunne rRs " “Cimarron. Circle 2105 Pa. Ave. NW. Richard Dix and Irene Dunne n “Cimarron.” Will Rogers Will Rogers in “Judge Priest.” “Judge Priest.” Comedy. Comedy. Frank Morgan and Binnie Barnes in “There's Alwavs To-) morro Comedy. Franchot Tone and Jean Muir in “Gentlemen Are Born." Comedy. News. Gary Cooper in Operator 13."" Jeck Benny in “Trans-Atlantic Merry-Go-Round.” Cartooa Colony Ga. Ave. & Parragui] Jeck Benny in “Trans-Atlantic Merry-Go-Round.” Cartoon Marlene Dietrich “Trans-Atlantic in Merry-Go-Round.” Cartoon. “Scarlet Empress."” Cartoon. fi.'rl'er}e, Dietrich n “Scarlet Empress.” Cartoon. Trenc Dunne and John Boles in “Age of Innocence.” Will Mahoney_short. Jack Holt in STl Fix It No. 2 of “Ref Chandu.*_Com. Cart. Claudette Colbert and Warren Willlam in o e Dumbarton 1349 Wis. Ave. N.W.| Claude Rains in “Crime Without Passion " Comedy. Claude Rains in “Crime Without ‘Passion. Comedy. Claudette Colbert and Warren William in “‘Cleopatra. Metro News. Will Rogers in *Judge Priest.” Metro News. will ‘Rolm n “Judge Priest™ Metro News. : Tim ll(v:(}oy n “Beyond the Law." "Red Rider.” No. 9. Harold Lioyd Fairlawn n “The Cat's Paw.” Cartoo! Anacostia. D. C. Fay Wray in in Cheating Cheaters.”| OTcqdeoore “The Cal's Paw.” Musical. ‘Grace Moore in Ji 1 ““One Night of Love.”|“One Night of Love.”!“Great Expectations.” Sport. reel. Sport_reel. Henry Hull and orge O'Brien in = ane Wyatt in “The Dude Ranger.” Comedy. ~Cartoon Serial (matinee only). Cartoon. Cartoon. Hippodrome e K near 9th ! News Helen Twi “She Was a Lady Lee Tracy the World.” Helen Twelvetrees In “She Was a Lady.” Lee Tracy in “I'll Tell the World.” Cartoon. Norma Shearer in “Barretts of Wimpol Street.” Comedy. “‘Bombay Mail.” Jean Harlow in “'Girl From Missouri.”” Com Shirley Temple in “Now and Forever.” Cartoon. Comedy. Edmund Lowe in e From Missouri.” Com. ‘Harold Lloyd n “The Cat's Paw.” Band reel Home 13th and C Rts. N.E. Grace Moore in Moore in “Gne, Night' of e Niwnt 2 “‘One Night of Love." Cartoon. - Harold Lioyd “The Cat’s Paw.” Band reel. Trene Dunne and Richard Dix in “Cimarron.” Lee Tracy in “Lemon-Drop Kid.” “Search for Santa Claus.”__Oddity. “Dude Ranger “Now_ Tl Tell.” Berial. Cartoon. James Cagney and Pat O'Brien in “Here Comes the Navy.” Comedy. Jesse 18th nr.RLAveNE Claudette Colbert and Warren William in ““Cleopatra.” Popeye_cartoon. Constance “Outcast Lady.” Variety. Novelty. Pat O'Brien in e Comes the »~ Comedy. _| Glaudette Colbert and, Warren Wi in Ten “‘Cleopatra. __ Popeye cartoon. Madge E®ans and Robert Young in ‘Paris_Interlude.™ Comedy. _Serial Eddie Quillan in “Gridiron _Flash." Rex Bell in “The Tonto Kid." Cartoon. Serial. Palm Del Ray, Va. Dark. Shirley Temple and Coope: Gary e i “Now and Forever.” Comedy. Bing Crosby and Miriam_Hopkins in, —Bin Crosby and ins. in 3 e "*|*She Loves Me Not.” Bhirley Temple and Gary Cooper in “Now and Forever. Lee Tracy in “Lemon-Drop Kid.* Western Featurette. Comedy. _|Comed: Warren William and Ma: Gertrude Michael in “The Notorlous Sophie Lang.’ James Dunn in_“Hold That Girl."| Princess 1119 H St. NE. Comedy. Gertrude Michael 1n|Leslie Howard in “The A (o The The Notorlous Soohie| Lady Is Willin Leglie Howard In 7! an, ' g James Richard Dix in hard Dix in “His in_“Hold That Girl.” o Wynne Gibson in “Sleepers East.” Trene Dunne in “The Age of Innocence. Wynne Gibson in “Sleepers East.” Irene Dunne in “The ‘Age of Innocence.” N ery In “Five Bad Men." Ralph Forbes in “Shock." Richmond Alexandria. Va. Dark. Greatest Gamble t Gamble. Norma Shearer in Norme Shearer in «Barretts of Wimpole|“Barretts of Wimpole Comedy. - News. reet Comedy. _News. Born.’ Cartoon. _Comedy. Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler in “Flirtation Walk." Comedsy: Cart. News. Dick Powell and Dick Powell and by Keeler in “Flirtation Walk.* .| Comedy. Cart. News. Richard Arlen in “Ready for Love.” Comedy. Savoy 3030 14th 8t. N.W. Richard Arlen in Robert Donat in t in “Ready for Love.” | “Count of Monte Robert Dona Comedy. “Count of Monte Cristo.” rtoon. Cristo.” Cartoon. Rlcmrfllc\'omnn n “Among the Missing." Ben Blue comedy. Bob le in | Gary Cooper and “Tombstone Terror.” | Shirley Temple in Oddity. “Now_and Forever.” Cartoon. ‘Band reel. Cartoon: Mae West in “Belle of the '90s.” Comedy. Cartoon. News. Seco Silver Spring. Md. Mae West 1n ] EBelsiclinie (Colerhers Marenail 1 Cartoon. News. ‘Outcast Lad: Mae West in “Belle of the '90s.” Comedy. edy. Cartoon. News. Diana Wynyard snd Colin Clive in “One More River.” News. _Comedy. Warren William and) Warner Oland, “Char- Mary Astor in “The|lie Chan in London.” Case of the' Howling|Bud and Ben in “Girl Dog.” Serial. Comedy.(Trouble.” Serial. Com. Gertrude Michael in ““The Notorious Sophie| Lang.” Adoiphe Men-| jou in “Human Side. Stanton 6th and C Sts. NE. Comedy. News. | Ramon Novarro in N 1 ey By * | Famen Novazre i Fay Wray in e Ah “Cheating. Cheaters.”| «chaviing, Gheaters.” Gertrude Michael in “The Notorious Sophie| Lang.” Adolphe Men-| jou in “Human Side." ‘Buck Jones in “‘When| " _a Ma Red. Ann_Harding in “The Fountain.” Ann Harding in Joan Lowell in “The Fountain.” ““Adventure Girl.” Buck Jones in ‘‘When|Reb Russell in *Fig) .” _[ing Through.” Serial. Norma Shearer and! State Charles Laughton' in “Barreits of Wimpole treet.” Bethesds, Md. Norma_ Shearer and, Charles Laughton in| “Barretts of Wimpole .. Street.” TIrene Dunne and e R John Boles In « " n Age of Tnnocence™ | .age of thnocence.?. Warner Oland and Drue Levton in “Charlie Chan in Lon-| don.” _ Comedy. Sylvan Warner Oland and vton in Chan in Lon-| Comedy. Mae West i Mae West k “Belle of the '90s.” o Comedy. Drue n “Charlie “Belle of the *90s.* don.” Comedy. Miriam Ho: “Richest Girl orld.” in_“Love Time. pkins in| Miriam l in the Nils Asther| World.” wert Edmund Lowe “Adventure Girl.” Gertrude Michael in| ““The Notorious Sophie| Lang.” _Adolphe Men-| jou in “Human Side.” in_“Love Time.” | *J Eddle Quillan and |Miriam Hopkins t “Richest ‘Girl.in_the Betty Purness in, | “Rlchest Girl in ; rid. one; Comedy. Cart. Serial lin “Roelyn u'.' Hyrold Lo 1n Takoma Park, D. C. el Tivoli 14th and Park Rd.| York Maurice Chevalier and| Jeanette MacDonal “Merry Widew." Cartoon. e Chevalier and Harold Lloyd in Harold Lioyd in “Cat's Paw.” “Cat's Paw.” nelleor e ‘B0s" Maurice Chevaller and | Maurice Chevalier and Mae West in “Belie of the "90s.” nette MacDonald in|Jeanette MacDonald in|Jeanette MacDonald in “Merry Widow.” “Merry Widow.” “Merry Widow.” Cartoon. Cartoon. rtoon. ~ Robson and Carole Lombard in “Lady By Ohoice.” Song_reel. asudfl-tl; Coibers " tra ty. Claudetie ‘Colbers - - “floumr." 3 4 € Pat Paterson n “Love Time.” Ben Blue comeds. SBari Maritsa In “Crimson Romance.” Tim “‘Prescott Guy Kibbe Hearted 5 No. 3 of “Return of Chandu.* Mae West in “Belle of the '90s." May Robson and “Big- “":lfn;fiie én%;n:lnlx‘:' o E o Franchot Tone in smes Dupn n [“Straight Is the Way.”|“365 Nights in Holly- rch for Santa Wood. LT Claus. Cartoon. [ Give Christmas Program HE spirit of Christmas will be exemplified in the major part of the program to be given by the National Symphony Or- chestra Sunday afternoon, De- cember 16, at Constitution Hall, when Dr. Hans Kindler presents music ap- propriate to the Yuletide season. Prominent in a progrem that em- braces music from various lands are “Christmas Eve,” by Rimsky-Korsa- kov; “Concerto for Christmas Night,” by Manfredini, and an overture based on French noels by the American composer, Philliy James. Blanca Renard, Latin American planist, will be the soloist in De Falla’s brilliant fantasy, “Nights in a Garden of Spain.” The overture based on French noels was composed in 1926 by Phillip James, born in New York City in 1890. After establishing a reputation as or- ganist, James devoted his time to composition. He was a member of “Pershing’s own band” and saw active service in France during the war. He has lectured on music and conducted the Bamberger Little Symphony Or- chestra over WOL. In 1932 he won the N. B. C. orchestral award. His overture, considered one of his most characteristic compositions, will be heard for the first time in Washing- ton under Dr. Kindler's baton. Manfredini’s “Concerto for Christ- mas Night” was recently discovered and played for the first time las. year in New York by the Philharmonic Orchestra. For this concerto the com- poser derived his inspiration from a Christmas service in a cathedral in Italy. -Korsakov's “Introduction and Polonaise,” from “Christmas Eve,” an opera in four acts, originally consisted of Polish Christmas carols. Later it became the recognized pro- fessional music for the entrance of guests at official functions at the Polish court because of the rhythmic brilllance and joyous martial strain pervading it. The concert next Sunday will be the last given by the orchestra this year. On January 10 Frances Nash, American pianist, will appear as soloist with the orchestra, playing MacDowell's famous “Concerto in D Minor.” The new year will usher in a list of eminent soloists. In addition to Frances Nash, Bartlett and Robert- son, English duo-pianists, will be the soloists Sunday afternoon, January 13; Sophie Braslau, contralto, Feb- ruary 10; Myra Hess, English pianist, February 21; Mischa Elman, violinist, February 24, and Harold Bauer, mas- ter planist, March 21. The orchestra will also present six students’ concerts in Central High School beginning January 12. The concerts will take the form of a musi- cal journey to various countries, with Dr. Kindler acting as guide. Rachmaninoff Recital ERGEI RACHMANINOFF, Rus- sian pianist and composer, whose recent appearance as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra constituted one of the outstanding events of the cyrrent musical season, will appear at Consti- tution Hall this afternoon at 4 o'clock in full-length recital as one of the attractions of Dorothy Hodgkin Dor- sey’s Sunday afternoon recital series. Seven Chopin numbers will consti- tute the opening group of Rach- maninoff’s program. He will play the “Impromptu,” Chopin’s first “Scher- 20" two “Mazurkas,” the “Taran- tella,” “Nocture” and “Fourth Bal- lade.” This group will occupy the interval up to intermission, after which he will play Beethoven's “Sonata Appassionata, Opus 57, and Tausig’s version of Von Weber's “In- vitation to the Dance.” It is expected that Mr. Rachmaninoff will also play a number of encores in addition to his formal program. Rachmaninoff's recital this after- noon will mark his first full-length performance here in two seasons. He was scheduled to play at Constitution Hall last Winter, but at the last mo- ment a sudden illness forced a can- cellation of his Washington concert and his American tour as well, Service Band Concerts. THE United States Navy Band Sym- phony Orchestra, Lieut. Charles Benter conducting, will play at the Sail Loft, Navy Yard, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Prominent works on this program will be the “Firecharm” music from Wagner's “Valkyrie” and Tschaikowsky's “Fifth Symphony.” Musician Joseph Taglialavoro, violon- cellist, will play Haydn's “Concerto in | D Major.” Other concerts at the Sail Loft this week will be Monday morning at 11 o'clock; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 11:3 The concert schedule of the United States Marine Band and Symphony Orchestra for the coming week will include: Monday at 3 pm.—Band concert. Tuesday at 11 am—Band concert, shut-ins dream hour. Wednesday at 8 p.m.—Concert by the Marine Band Orchestra. Friday at 3 pm.—Band concert. The concerts will be given in the suditorfum at the Marine Barracks. Capt. Taylor Branson will conduct. Concerts by the United States Sol- diers’ Home Band Orchestra, Stanley Hall; John S. M. Zimmermann. band- master; Anton Pointner, associate leader. ‘Tuesday evening, beginning at 5:30 o'clock. March, “The Hero of the Isthmus” Lampe Overture, “Schauspiel”. ...Bach Entr 'Acte— (a) “Whispering Flowers”.von Blon (b) “Woodland Whispers”.von Blon Excerpts from musical comedy— “The Waltz Dream” . .Strauss Fox trot, “Adios, My Senorit Valse lento, “Visions of Salome™.Joyce Finale. “Imperial Edward". ... “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘Thursday evening— March, “The Imperial® Overture. “Semiramide” Two sketches— (a) Chinese, (b) Southern..Klemm Melange, “Songs of the Old Folks.” Lake ..Anthony . .Rossini Fox trot, “Alone in the Rain” Dougherty Valse lento. “Valse Poudre . Popy Finale, “Johnny on the Spot”. . Roberts “The Star Spangled Banner.” Saturday— March, “Military Days"........Miller Overture, “MidSummer Night's Dream” von Suppe Entr 'Acte— (a) “Humoresque” (request) . Dvorak (b) “A Spanish Serenade”...Friml Excerpts from musical comedy— “Woodland” . .Luders Two popular songs— (a) “Think, Love of Me”.,....Grey (b) “There's Just a Bit of Heaven in Your Smile”... Waltz, “Women's Love and Life” von Blon Finale. “Kahola Honolulu”..... . Kaili “The Star Spangled Banfier. ‘This week’s schedule of the United States Army Band includes the fol- lowing concerts to be given in the band auditorium of the Army War College: Monday—Concert at 6 p.m,, Thomas F. Darcey, associate leader, conduct- ing. “French Foreign Legion March.” Dugat Overture, “Youth Triumphant,” Hadley Cornet solo, “Willow Echoes”...Simon Ralph Ostrom Minuet from “Dance Revels”. .Phillips Suite, “Woodland Sketches,” MacDowell “Sweetheart Waltz"........Lombardo March, “The Westerner”....Richards “The Star Spangled Banner.” ‘Tuesday—Concert at 12:30 pm., in connection with the Future Farmers of America program of the Farm and Home hour. ‘Wednesday—Concert at 11:30 am. Friday—Concert at 11:30 a.m. Saturday—Concert at 12:30 p.m,, in connection with the National Grange program of the Farm and Home hour. Student Dance program. 'HE Bekefl-Deleporte Institute of Dance will present an entirely new group of dances on the forthcoming Visitors' day program, to be given Friday evening at Immaculate Concep- tion Hall. Theodore Bekefl, ballet master, will offer as his outstanding numbers the “Revolutionary Etude” and “Scherzo” by Chopin; “Baccanale” ?es; Glazounow, and “Syncopated Bal- Students of tap dancing under the supervision of Billy Lytell, will offer in |new rhythm routines, a Spanish tap number and demonstration of the more difficult “off rhythm and wing” steps. Maurice Deleporte, teacher of acro- batic dancing, will do a modernistic dance with Anita Wyland, ball room teacher at the institute. Students of acrobatics will be seen in various solo and group numbers. Tickets for the Visitors’ day program may be obtained at the studios, 2040 8 street northwest, or from students. [ Federation Report. 'HE December meeting of the Board of Directors of the District of Co- lumbia Federation of Music Clubs was held in the home of Mrs. James L. Guion, 5367 Twenty-eighth street, last Wednesday evening, with Gertrude Lyons, president, presiding. Officers present were Eva Whitford Lovette, first vice president; Dorothy Neff Tyler, second vice president; La Salle Spier, third vice president; Mrs. J. Lester Brooks, treasurer; Fanny Am- stutz Roberts, corresponding secre- tary; Andrew Clifford Wilkins, audi- tor; Mrs. J. L. Guion, junior State counselor. Chairmen of standing committees were: Thelma Callahan, chairman of radio programs; Mrs. Dale Quarton, chairman of junior contests; Mary Windsor, chairman of extension. Mrs. Guion reported that the next junior concert would be held Satur- day evening at 8 o'clock at 1810 Con- necticut avenue, when a program of American music would be given by the junior clubs. Eva Whitford Lovette, who is chair- man for the young artist and student contest to be held in March, 1935, re- ported that 40 individual musicians and seven teachers had been supplied with contest bulletins to date. Mary Windsor reported new In- dividual members and clubs recently accepted into membership as follows: Individual members, Percy Lee Ather- ton, Christine Church, Mrs. Tracy Dows, Mary Howe, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, Mrs. Ed- win B. Parker, Mrs. Henry A. Strong; new senior clubs, Wilson College Glee Club, Ellen de Bettercourt, president, and Bernice Angelico, director; the Sixteen Club, Gertrude Dyre, presi- dent; new junior cluks, Music Study Club, Mrs. Dale Quarton, counselor; Washington Children’s Music Studio Club, Mrs. Camille Allensworth, coun- selor; Florence Club, Florence Vincent Yeager, counselor; Voice Student Club, Esther Linkins, counselor; Classe de Chant, Gertrude Lyons, rounselor, Miss Callahan reported that 32 pro- grams had been given this year and 50 composers, from early classic to present-day composers. Mrs. Dale Quarton reported that contest blanks had been sent or given to all junior counselors. Mrs. J. Lester Brooks, chairman of the Christmas caroling, with Mrs. Walter Sales as vice chair- man, reported that about 30 homes, hospitals and institutions would have the “singing gift” of Christmas carols sent to their doors this year by sing- ing groups and that six bus com- amles had volunteered transporta- lon. The adult department chorus of the Calvary Baptist Church, with Mary Windsor, president, gave a surprise party to their director last Saturday evening in the studio of Gertrude Lyons, president of the D. C. F. M. C., when a little play arranged by mry Windsor was given and Marjorie Vesta Wilkins Moo, gave several piano se- Contest Music Available. IN ORDER to help Washington musi- cians who contemplate enroliment In the students and young artists’ contest to be held next Spring, the files of the newly organized music di- vision of the Public Library are be- ing made especially accessible for ref- erence to the musical selections re- quired to be sung and pla; in th contest. The librarian iynmi chlrx:. who has offered to establish a special shelf for these numbers as fast as they can be segregated, has stated that 31‘: ::};cbim may be withdrawn, in e manner as books, by those entitled to the vil e privileges of the It is explained Evi Lovette, chairman :(yme.cmz"(;‘; the District, that this is an invalu- ;g:'e bn:rvlce to applicants, who will required to hase of unfamiliar mmlc-llflll:mm:: fore determining whether or not such numbers come within the range of the ability of the musician. The contest, sponsored by the Na- tional Federation of Music Clubc, is open to musicians between the ages of 18 and 23, in the students’ 3 and between 21 and 30 years, in the young artists’ group. Application blanks may be obtained at the head- quarters, 1910 N street. Additional Music News, Page 7. —— BESSIE N. WILD Grand Opera, Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist Italian Method Schoel of bel eante DIst. 1403 752 13th St N.W. * 4