Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1936, Page 26

HONECOHING SET AT GEORGETOWN Alumni to Return Friday and Saturday to Share in Four Events. Undismayed by the fact its foot ball team was knocked out of the “unbeaten” list yesterday, George- town University is preparing for its biggest homecoming celebration in many years next Friday and Saturday. For the hundreds of alumni who have sent word they are coming “home,” there will be at least four separate events to attend in addition to the main attraction, which is the annual Georgetown-Maryland game Saturday at College Park. A hope fills every Georgetown breast that Saturday's game will bring revenge for Maryland's victory last year, and more visiting alumni are expected than ever before. For the younger group, the main event will be a dance Friday evening at the Washington Hotel, sponsored by the Hoya, weekly news publica- tion of the university. John J. Cun- ningham, editor in chief, is chair- man of the committee in charge and the Collegians, popular student or- chestra at Georgetown, will furnish the dance music. Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., president of the university, and Coach Jack Hagerty and his staff will be the honor guests of the Georgetown Law School Alumni Club of Washington at a smoker in the Mayflower Hotel the night before the game. E. Barrett Prettyman is gen- eral chairman, and more than 600 law alumni will attend. Prominent guests will include Rev. Kehoe, S. J, faculty director of athletics, and Rev. Vincent 8. Mc- Donough, §. J., formerly in charge of athletics for a score of years. Father McDonough is perhaps the best known Georgetown man among | the alumni. The alumni of the School of Den- tistry also are preparing for a special event Friday evening, but Dr. W. N. Johannessen, chairman in said last night the preparations had not been completed. For local and | Visiting alumni who remain overnight after the game, the Washington Club of the college is to give a dance Saturday evening at the Washington | Hotel. Many of the visiting alumni are coming in time to take part in the pep” rally of the student body at the Hilltop early Priday evening. There they will fraternize with the college students and the f fonici g oot ball John J. | charge, | dition, with letters proving its shown with the violin which he THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, “Strad,” Missing Back From Jungle “Grave” 40 Years, The famous “Baillot Stradivarius,” buried for 40 years in a Brazilian jungle, came to life yesterday, in almost perfect con- authenticity. Mishel Piastro, concert master of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, is will play in a solo appearance. opyright, A. P. Wirephoto. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 14—From a Brazillan jungle where, carefully boxed, it has lain buried 40 years, & famous “Strad”—the Baillot Strad- | ivarius"—came back to life today. With it came a strange story | studded with famous names—Antonio Stradivarius and Francesco, his son; Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, Danill Karpilowsky bf the famous Guarneri String Quartet and Mishel | Piastro, concert-master of the New | York Philharmonic Orchestra and | soloist. With it, too, were letters corrobo- rating its authenticity—letters from Hill, the world authority on Strad- | ivarius, from his son, and from | Parisian Luthiers. The instrument, slightly longer than an ancestor of the famous French violinist, Rene Baillot. Stradivarius on the left side of the “face,” he turned it over to his son Francesco, and the latter made the other “F.” For this reason, Piastro said to- day, the instrument is known as the “father-to-son” violin—the violin by which the famous violin maker turned over, as well as he could, his art to his son. ‘The Schroll, an excellent example of the violin-maker's art, is the handi- work of the elder Stradivarius. From Balllot the violin went into the possession of a wealthy Italian ‘woman, & patroness of the arts. She sold it secretly, and later it appeared in the possessiop of a continental dealer. It was then that Pritz Kreisler used it for his debut with the Vienna Or- chestra, presumably having borrowed it from the dealer. Jacques Thibaud, t00, is said to have played it. About 40 years ago it disappeared. Stradivarius experts heard that it had been taken to South America, but definite trace was lost. A year ago, on his plantation in the Brazilian jungle, the wealthy En- rico Marques Valli died. In his will he mentioned the violin, and this was the first knowledge that even his wife had that he possessed it. “I would like to have my friend, 8. Karpilowsky, have the first chance to buy the violin,” Marques Valli wrote. Karpilowsky, then in Holland, ‘was advised of the will by cable. He felt it must be a hoax, for Marques Valli had never mentioned the instrument to him. 4 Kreisler Informed. Nevertheless, he took passage to Brazil in a Zeppelin and arrived in Rio de Janeiro at a time when Kreis- ler was performing in concert. He told Kreisler of the “Strad,” and the famous Viennese virtuoso was frank- ly unbelieving. Together, the two artists motored to the Marques Valli estate. A sealed lcad “coffin” was brought out and opened in their presence. Inside, carefully wrapped like & mummy, was the body of the violin. Separately wrapped was the scroll, There was no neck. Marques Valli obviously had dismantled the instru- ment and disposed of the neck, s0 that no one could play the violin as long as it remained his. No sooner had the wrappings been removed from the body of the instru- ment than Kreisler, according to the story, cried out: “That is it! That is | the violin I first played in Vienna— | the Beethoven concerto. See that ‘eye’ in the wood? I cannot be mistaken.” Karpilowsky obtained the instru- ment and sent it to Hill in London to be conditioned for playing. In a | letter following return of the violin, Hill told Karpilowsky that he was “absolutely satisfied of the violin's authenticity,” and he called attention to Tarisano's book in which the writer Preparnc Youwr flome | most violins, is like new. The fa- | mous orange and red varnish, which | | was Stradivarius’ ~secret, appears | fresh, as though the violin were just ! { out of his Cremona workshop. | | “Naturally, it is stiff.,” said Piastro, | drawing the bow across the strings, | “but the tone, as you can hear for| vourself, is remarkable—deep, almost Hox Thanksgiving ! We Suggest Glass Table Tops... Every year, at Thanksgiving time, more and more home-makers are beautifying and pro- expressed the belief that the violin was “the work of the son.” “This serves to authenticate other sources that the instrument was the work of both father and son,” Plas- tro said. When Karpilowsky came to the United States recently he took the violin to Piastro, his friend, and said: “Many years ago in Russia you did me a great favor that affected my entire artistic career. You encouraged me and sent me to a famous teacher. Now I want to return that favor. 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