Evening Star Newspaper, July 10, 1937, Page 22

G STAR, WASHINGTON, Navy Band Again to Play Latin Music Second of Concert Series Set for Thursday. SECO}!D in the series of three Sum- mer concerts of Latin American D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1937. Dr. Kindler Returning To America Arrives Tomorrow From European Triumphs. ETURNING from sensationally successful appearances as guest Barrier to Appreciation Of Music Easily Scaled Disinterested, Who Walk Stubbornly Out- side of Charmed Circle, Gain by Very Little Trying. By Alice Eversman. N SPITE of the many progressive plans to aid the masses in a more com- plete understanding and appreciation of music, there still remains a barrier formed by people themselves which retards full accomplishment. There still remains an idea that a certain type of music was created for a Ar}ist on Alfresco Program The following puplls of Edythe Kele lert appeared in a piano recital at 3433 Brown street northwest: Mollie Geiger, Karen Gerber, David Klein, Marianns | and Barbara Lichyenstein, Adele Mile | ler, Margo Resh, Ruth Rodman, Mare In Local Music Circl PROGRAM of song and dance | Betty Jane Fridley, Shirley Gotkin, A the direction of Roberty |Betty and Olive Warren, Gloria Frederick Freund, witk Edna | Haverty, Marguerite, Ann, Dorothy, given at the estate of Robert L.|ley, Mrs. Sylvia Gotkin and Mrs, McKeever, Brookville Pike, Md., Fri- | Stept.en Pope. 8:30 p.m. ‘The McKeever estate, scene of the Chorus back in 1932, will be turned into a true Gypsy camp pitched by the Gypsy Chorus, under | Betty Jean Koenig, Freda Caplin, Lee Freund at the piano, is to be|Esther and Mary Ries and Jean Ashe day, or in case of rain, on Saturday at first performance of the Gypsy around & blazing camp fire. In real | specially endowed group of individuals and that they are as different from the ordinary mortal as if they were members of an alien race. Why this idea persists or how it gained such a foot-&— hold in this country would be interest- | ing to discover, but the only reason one can claim for it is that the early con- ditions of our civilization, which ne- cessitated constant concentration on material things, could not include the luxury of music. And the idea has grown that music is a luxury in addi- tion to being appropriate only for those of musical talent. It is & mystifying fact that those who know little about music will not even try to gain knowledge. They ac- cept, without rebellion, the thought that they do not belong to the spe-| cialized circle and are ready with a| hundred excuses if charged with a lack | of interest. But these excuses do mot| vary; they are always the same and | have to do with their personal want of talent, the absence of understanding, or the many occupations which absorb | their spare time. There is a smugness about the voicing of these excuses which seems to settle the matter once | for all and an attitude of finality which adds another inch to that bar- | rier which separates the music lover from those who know not what they are missing. The mere mention of Bach or Bee- thoven or of a symphony or an opera is enough to cause these blind people to retire behind their barrier. It is as if, walking along & high wall, they know nothing of the marvelous gar- den on the other side. There may be a way of scaling the wall or of glimpsing the garden, but they will not make the effort, even to look. ‘Why should great composers and the great means of giving out their music | be classified with the tedious and the complex when the object of music is to give pleasure and inspiration? QOIENTISTS and statesmen have | often spoken of the refreshment | and charm of music and many have | followed it as an avocation. Even Napoleon, whose entire mental trend was away from all of the gentler arts, | has praised music to the extent that | he advised that to its cuitivation, | “the legislator ought to give the | greatest encouragemnet.” And edu- | cators have realized that with in- | creased knowledge of music, and prog- merest liking to a fuller understand- ing of music? It comes by degrees and needs only willingness on the part of a seeker; the rest is accomplished without trouble. Naturally this does not include a_knowledge of technique either of performance or composition, but so much erudition is not necessary for an understanding of even such denizens of the heights as Bach and Beethoven. Given a liking for melody and rhythm, the most elemental form of musical appreciation, the barrier has already many loopholes throug" which the garden can be seen. But melody and rhythm have not only a way of exhausting themselves, but of demanding a constant betterment. Even the cheapest popular music will unconsciously be classified by its devo- tees and discarded when its appeal has been used up, in favor of a better tune. “YHEN a desire to hear something new asasils one, why not try listening to some of the better music either in a concert hall or on the ra- dio? At first this will seem like a Jumble of sounds without melody and without sense, but after a time a light will shine through and a phrase or two catch the attention. With a sec- ond hearing, this incomprehensible work will seem like an old friend and the recognizable measures will be wel- comed with pleasure. When this sec- ond step in the growth of appreciation is reached, there may be awakened an adventurous spirit which decides one to hear something else to find out if there are any alluring moments re- sembling the former. In a short time one will be capable of expressing an opinion and, however crude it may be, it becomes the fruit of personal feel- ing and reaction. Little by little, all the clouds are cleared away and one takes interest in that garden of music which hitherto had been hidden. And as liking and understanding grows, there is a rec- ompense more valuable in its spiritu- al effect than is awarded any other consistent effort. The history of mu- sical art is a record of just such prog- Tess, even among its most famous ex- ponents. Many a celebrated artist has known a period when he did not | music will be given in the Aztec Gar- dens of the Pan-American Union on Thursday, at 9:30 pm. The instru- mental portion of the program will be rendered by the United States Navy Band, under the leadership of Lieut. Charles Benter, and the featured artist will be the Dominican tenor, Alfredo Medina. Among the new numbers listed is a march “Homenaje al Dr. J. D. Arose- ment,” by the well known Panaman- composer, Alberto Galimany, and dedi- cated to the chief executive of his country; “Madrugada en la Pampa,” by Felipe Boero of Argentina, and the symphonic suite, “Himno a la Paz” by Pedro E. Gutierrez of Venezuela. ‘The symphonic prem “Funeral of a Little Rabbit,” by M. de Adalid y Ga- mero of Honduras, and dedicated by the composer to Lieut. Benter, will be rendered in a new arrangement for band for the first time. Instrumental numbers by individual members of the Navy Band will in- clude “Serenata,” by Sixto M. Duran of Ecuador, arranged as a harp, xylo- phone and vibraphone trio, to be played by Musicians Cameron, Per- rone and Goucher, and “Por tu.Amor,” by A. Diaz Chavez of Mexico, arranged as a cornet solo to be played by Musician Oscar Short. The vocalist on Thursday's pro- gram, Alfredo Medina, is a young Dominican tenor who is making his first appearance before a Washington audience. A major part of his mu- sical education was received in this country under Petri and Alexander Ermoloff in New York. Senor Medina has had considerable theatrical and radio experience in addition to mak- ing recordings of his own composi- tions and others for the R. C. A.-Vic- tor Co. Last year he traveled to Latin America on a concert tour. ‘The compositions which Senor Me- dina will sing on Thursday evening feature a number of popular Latin American’ numbers, including “Ahora que eres mia,” by Ernestina Le- cuona, sister of the famous Cuban composer; “Tu Partida,” by Augusto Brant of Venezuela; “Eres Tu,” by Miguel Sandoval of Guatemala; “Di- vina Mujer,” by Jorge del Moral of Mexico; “Lamento Gitano.” by Maria Grever of Mexico, and “Besame,” by Jorge H. Santoni of the Dominican ALFREDO MEDINA, Dominican tenor, who will be the featured soloist on the pro- gram of Latin American music to be presented by the Navy Band, under Lieut. Benter, in the Aztec Gardens of the Pan-American Union on Thursday. MOUNTAIN CHOIR FESTIVAL JULY 18 GATHERING point for artists who come each Summer to sketch and paint among the Blue Ridge slopes, as well as a Summer colony for many writers, musicians and edu-| cators, Mountain Lake Park, Md., will | attract 4,000 visitors on Sunday, July | 18, when the Fourth Annual Mountain | Choir Festival will be held in Moun- tain Lake Park’s large open-air, rain- proof ampitheater. Among distinguished visitors who will take active parts in the festival | are Dr. John Finley Wllllammn,j founder and director of the West- minster Choir School; Harvey Gaul, noted organist, and Henry Holden Huss, outstanding American composer. Sponsors include Mrs. Otto Kahn, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, sr.; F. Melius FOUR COMMUNITY EVENTS OFFERED HEN the Community Center De- partment of the District of Co- lumbia public schools inaugurates its four entertainments in a series to be given at Roosevelt High School au- ditorium under the national concert plan next season, Washington music and drama lovers will have opportu- nity to hear and see young artists, thoroughly experienced and profes- sional. but all new to Washington, in four widely varied programs. Margaret Speaks, nationally known as “The Voice of Firestone,” will pre- sent a song recital “in person” as the opening program Wednesday night, November 3. She is a niece of Ole Speaks, the composer of “On the Road to Mandalay,” “Sylvia” and “Morning,” which are popular the conductor in Europe, Hans Kindler, conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, arrives in New York tomorrow. 7 Dr. Kindler will entrain at once from New York for Chicago for his concerts at Ravinia Park. He is to be guest conductor in the Summer music center on the shores of Lake Michigan for four evening programs, beginning ‘Thursday night. Completing his engagement there on July 18, Dr. Kindler then goes to Holly- wood to take part in the concerts pre- sented each Summer in one of the outstanding open air amphitheaters in America. The Washington conductor will be in Hollywood to conduct con- | certs in the famous Hollywood Bowl| from July 28 through August 10. Reports from Europe have been uni- formly enthusiastic about the concerts Dr. Kindler conducted there during & | six-week stay abroad. A cablegram from The Hague, Hol- land, last week to C. C. Cappel, man- ager of the National Symikhony, de- scribed the acclaim that was given Dr. Kindler in his native country. Enthusiastic over Dr. Kindler's con- ducting Adama Zylstra, manager of | the Kurhaus, sent congratulations to Manager Cappel and advised that “the audience gave Kindler an ovation fol- lowing the concert, and in this the orchestra men participated by rising. In the Dutch press. Kindler received | the most enthusiastic praise from the critics.” Manager Cappel received another cablegram from S. Bottenheim, the orchestra and concert manager in Amsterdam, Holland. “Kindler's suc- cess sensational,” said Bottenheim. Dr. Kindler's series of Summer en- gagements in Chicago and Hollywood | forced him to decline several invita- | tions to conduct in Europe. The ‘Washington conductor had tentatively accepted an offer to be guest conductor at symphony concerts to be given at the Paris Exposition. He had to cancel | | those plans, however, because delay in | completing the exposition grounds‘ | compelled postponement of the concert | | series beyond the period of Kindler's | stay in Europe. | An invitation to conduct five con- | certs in Soviet Russia this Summer | also had to be declined because the | jorie Booth, Vera Alcorn, Ann Maria Gypsy fashion the chorus, to the sound of tambourine and castanet, will makg its entrance with wagons and horses to sing songs that will leave you with dreams of the Gardens of Spain. Tickets are on sale at the Witt, Hamill Music Co.,, 910 G street, and | the Y. M. C. A, Eighteenth and G| streets. Gertrude Smallwood Mockbee pre- sented her advanced students of the | seventeenth season in recital at her home studio, 4312 Willow lane, Chevy Chase, Md., on Tuesday, June 29. The program included compositions by Greg, Beethoven, Chopin, Mac- Dowell, Schumann and Moszkowski. | Those participating were Mildred | Lillie, Margaret Pardoe and Marjorie Wine. Helen M. Shenton, soprano, will be the guest soloist at the Georgetown Presbyterian Church tomorrow at the 11 am. service. Mrs. Frank Akers Frost is organist and music directs; Eleanor Coloorn presented a group of her pupils in a recital at the ‘Women's City Club on Tuesday, June 29. Those who performed were Caro- lyn Seviour, Vivienne Tolson, Jessie, Janice and Phyllis Howland, Shirley and Lorraine Young, Rita and Eliza- beth Widmayer, Betty Jane Wilson, Gloria Rue, Gertrude Chap, Charlotte Nelson, Mildred Stewart, Allean Davis and Lyda Miller. A musicale by the pupils of Josie Frailey was given on Friday, June 25, at Stansbury Lodge, 5832 Georgia ave- nue. The program was given by the | following: Patricia Keck, Marian and Sylvia Berstein, Gloria Seyfried, Mar- Pope, Jean Le Noir, Joan Wise, June Tait, Lorraine Sauber, Eleanor and Billy Wall, Pearl Suls, Betty Jane| Sesso, Julia Farley, Bernice Heishman, | Jery Snowden, Rhoda Sugar, Dorothea Williams and Thalia Yaffey, On Wednesday afternoon, June 30, Hetty Harkness Shear presented a group of her piano pupils in a re- cital at her residence, 2637 Military road, Arlington, Va. Those taking part were Audrey and Adele Wright, Karl and Paul Schellenberg, Jack Harkness, Nora Lee and Henry Hulme, Joan and Carolyn Sanderson, Ray- mond and Anna Mae Jones, Robert Smith and Bernice Miller. Mildred Ficklin Echols presented a group of Arlington pupils in recital on Thursday evening, June 24, at Community House in Arlington, Va. The following pupils played: Elaine, Frances and June Smith, Charlotte and June Compton, Ruby and Earl Barley, Marie Main, Eleanor Proc- tor, Frances Isaacs, Miriam Franklin, Marian Estes, Mary Maureen McCann, George Garbers, Neal Rauth, Howard Christerson and Hope Ha The Department of Agriculture Chorus, under the direction of Robert Frederick Freund, will give a Sum- mer concert in the air-cooled audie torium of the department, Thursday. The public is cordially invited. Emilie Bishop presented Isabel Hare rison in a piano recital on Wednes= day, June 30, at her Chevy Chasa studio, assisted by Beth Bon Durant, violinist. The program consisted of compositions by Handel, Haydn, Schu- bert, Mendelssohn, Drdla, Kriesler, Wieniawski and Persinger. Jean Bon Durant was the accompanist. The famous female quartet of Flor- ida Memorial College will appear at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, Monday night, under the auspices of the Sunday school, Bliss Plaine, superintendent. The quartet is from Live Oak, Fla. LondonHails' Tibbett as| ‘Don Juan”i Service Band Concerts. "THE United States Navy Band, Lieut, Charles Benter conducting, will play the following concerts during the week, beginning Monday. Monday, 1:30 p.m., Sail Loft, Navy Yard; 7:30 pm. at the Capitol ress in its appreciation, the individual | ynderstand Bach or Beethoven or find | Republic. In all these selections world over, and, with a background iesday S0 D s DY O2 gWorld becomes a better citizen with a more | embracing viewpoint. The trouble is that many people | feel that unless they like and under- | stand the works of Bach or Beethoven they cannot be considered musical. But there are many who prefer these classic writers who yet may not know the rudiments of real musical feeling. The point is that every one should first allow himself some musical liking and agree that, beyond his own limi- tations, there is a greater appreci- ation which may be attained in time. In this way the barrier will be re- moved and there will be at least a | glimpse of the color and perfume of | the garden, although it may take time to know the names of the flowers, | their characteristics and their culture. | derstanding. There is nothing obtuse, | But how can one progress from the ! any pleasure in their works. Yet, by trying penetrated to the spirit of these men and been able to give out the re- | sults of his seeking. Temperament and education play a great part in directing an artist in | his choice of composers with whose works he is sufficiently in sympathy to interpret them well. But if he remains within the narrow limits of his original talent, he soon will exhaust his value as an artist. He must constantly search among the flowers of the musical garden and study their lovely attributes. How much more should one, not so musi- cally gifted, work to destroy all bar- riers that may hinder him from un- boresome or alien in good music. MUSIC FEATURES FOR BERKSHIRES TI-IE Berkshire Symphonic Festival, study of the symphonic literature and conducting. And lastly, neither Dr. Koussevitzky nor the Berkshire backers has the least intention of interfering with the | g and persevering. he has | Senor Medina will be accompanied at the piano by Mr. George H. Wil son. As in the case of previous concerts | at the Pan-American Union, Thurs- day’s program will be broadcast in the United States and throughout | Latin America by the short-wave stations of the International Gen- eral Electric Co. at Schenectady, N. Y.: the Westinghouse Electric & Man- ufacturing Co. at Pittsburgh, Pa., and the National Broadcasting Co. at Bound Brook, N. J. Pons Adept With Needle. LILY PONS, diminutive coloratura of opera, radio and screen fame, | comes by her hobby, needlework, quite naturally. In France, where the tiny prima donna was born and reared, there is a great tradition of needle- ‘work handed down from mother to aughter in every well-regulated French\family. Miss Pons' mother | and sisters, as well as the singer her- | | Powell Twaddell. | by his brother, Dr. Ralph C. Robinson. | Christiansen, director of the famous St. Olaf Choir; Dr. T. Tertius Noble, larence Dickinson and Dr. William Dr. Williamson will conduct the fes- tival chorus of 1,000 voices during the | evening program, following a solemn procession at sunset and a choral eu- charist in which Dr. Felix G. Robin- son, founder and director of the fes- tival, will be the celebrant, assisted Many of the choristers will rompete! in the Mountain Choir Festival's con- test, which offers a total of $225 in | cash prizes. Dr. Robinson has modeled the Moun- | tain Choir Festival along the lines of | the typical Engifth choral festival. Re- cently appointed to the faculty of Westminster Choir School at Prince- ton, N. J.. as a lecturer on the Chris- tian liturgies, he has personally su-| pervised preparations and early re- hearsals for the festival. Rubrics for the order of service of the solemn pro- cession, together with rubrics for vest- ments and the line of march, have | of fine vocal training, she is as much in demand for concert events| as radio programs. December 1 comes the Ballet Cara- van, which is composed of 17 mem- bers of the American Ballet Ensem- ble of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Juliet Delf, American diseuse, who is noted for her clever characteriza- tions, comes to the National Cap- ital for a first public program Feb- ruary 23. Miss Delf made her bow at the White House this last January in a program given following cabinet dinner. Fourth of the sched- uled series is the premiere here of the famous international dancer, Yeichi Nimura, who is of the seventeenth | generation in descent of an old Sa- murai family of Japan. Lison Kay is his partner. These events are sponsored as a series only and no single attraction seats will be sold. The price is scaled modestly and reservations can be made now through Mrs. Dorsey's bu- the | dates came too late. Dr. Kindler will return to the East {after his concerts in Chicago and | | Hollywood. and will arrive in Wash- | | ington late in the Summer to begin | preparations for the National Sym- {phony Orchestra's seventh season, | which opens in Constitution Hall October 31. SYLVAN DRAMATICS TO INCLUDE MUSIC| ALTHOUGH drama will hold sway at the Sylvan Theater during s;)m't of July, music will be a part of | | every program, in the series of July | festivals, sponsored by the Community Center Department and the Office of | National Capital Parks. This week, | | with “Smilin' Thru" underlined for | presentation by the Blackfriars Guild, | the interlude music will be sung by a | popular member of the guild, Frances | Shea, Washington soprano, who will include in her entr'acte music the theme song of the play. A preliminary | Metropolitan Star to Be Heard Here In 1938. LAWRENCE TIBBETT, noted Ameri- can baritone of the Me(ropoht.an, Opera Association, who will be heard here in concert at Constitution Hall | next season as one of the attractions of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey's second Sunday series of afternoon music | events, has just made a notable op- eratic appearance in London in the | title role of BEugene Goossens' new | opera, “Don Juan de Manara.” The opera had its premiere at Covent Garden on June 24 | Although the London critics were inclined to find but small merit in | Arnold Bennett's libretto and looked with small favor upon the score by | | Leutze Park, War Memorial, West Potomac Park. Wednesday, 11:30 am., Sail Loft, Navy Yard; 7:30 pm, band stand, Navy Yard, 3 pm, Naval Hospital Friday, 1130 am, Sail Loft, Navy Yard: 6:30 p.m., Veterans' Hospital, Mount Alto. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader of the United States Marine Band, announces the following concert schedule to be played by the United States Marine Band during the coming week: Monday, 5 pm., the band will play for the exercises at the laying of the corner stone of the new Federal Trade Commission Building at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue Monday, 8 p.m., band concert at the Marine Barracks. Tuesday, 3 p.m., concert at the Home for Incurables, Wisconsin avenue. Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., concert at the United States Capitol. Thursday, 7:30 p.m., concert at the which opens August 5 for its| large number of cultural activities al- | self, are adept needlepoint &rtists.|peen derived from ancient usages such Teau in Droop’s, at 1300 G street Mr. Goossens, all were agreed that | District of Columbia War Memorial, fourth Summer, is reversing almost every “trend” in the festival giving business. For one thing, this curious festival will never make any money for anybody. This will shock many European festival bodies; Salzburg, especially, where the annual Summer | gathering of eager musical seekers | is a financial success, but where the municipal theater has had to close down in poverty. The Berkshires take everything quite seriously, even their beauty, so that the festival, although more suc- cessful than most, will always turn| back any surplus for improvement. | This same serious spirit has, for example, kept every inch of the main road between Stockbridge and Lenox free of gasoline stations. Becondly, the socially and mu- sically prominent among the festi- val's backers apparently do not want to do anything “monumental.” No neo-gothic or pseudo-classic build- ings are likely to dwarf the magnifi- cent hemlock® hedges and soaring | pines of Tanglewood, the property Mrs. Gorham Brooks has given the Boston 8ymphony Orchestra as a permanent home for the festival. Eliel Saarinen, who has been com- missioned to design a permanent home for the festival, will not decide | on a final form until he has seen a crowd on the estate, according to| George E. Judd, manager of the| orchestra. Probably the building will be as inconspicuous as possible, designed to merge with the ‘“coun- try” atmosphere and tradition. Originally the 210-acre estate where Hawthorne worked and first told his *“Tanglewood Tales” was part of an Indian council ground; an Indian fireplace atill stands on the lake shore, an enormous tree having grown up in the middle of it. Chief Konkapot of the Stockbridge tribe of Mohican In- dians held council on the shore of Lake Mahkeenic; although many writ- ers connect Abraham Lincoln's famous rhymed epitaph with a Kickapoo In- dian, some believe it refers to this same chief: “Here lies poor Johnny Kongapod, Have mercy on him, gracious God, As he would do if he were God And you were Johnny Kongapod.” Last year's third festival was visited and approved, incidentally, by (liter- ally) the last of the Mohican chiefs. He is the Rev. Samuel Miller, an im- pressive 50-year-old Congregational minister from Gresham, Wis., and his Indian name is Uhm-Pa-Tuth. Thirdly, Serge Koussevitzky, con- ductor of the Boston Symphony and artistic director of the festival, has no intention of duplicating anybody else’s project. He has doubled its size this year, but only because last year 80 many wanted to attend that one week was not enough. This year only symphonic concerts will be given. Perhaps a large chorus will take part next year. If money can be found to give opera in a fin- ished (and not a “festival”) manner, that may be done. Dr. Koussevitzky is playing also with the ides of a school on the big estate—not. another Curtis Institute or Juilliard School, but one which does not touch any other field—perhaps for the advanced 3 | ready under way in the neighborhood. | In fact, the festival announcement | carries free mention of 13 other en- terprises ranging from the well estab- lished Berkshire Playhouse in Stock- bridge to Ted Shawn's dance recitals at Jacob’s Pillow, West Becket. POPULAR BARITONE TO GIVE RECITAL OBERT WEEDE, popular baritone of Radio City Music Hall, whose singing of the “Prologue” in “Pagli- acci” “stopped the show” in his debut at the Metropolitan Opera Spring sea- son, has been engaged to sing leading baritone roles at the St. Louis Opera next November. His appearance will include the leading part in “Rigoletto,” Valentine in “Faust,” and King Mark in “Tristan Und Isolde.” Mr. Weede will appear in recital here next season in the series sponsored by A. Conti Berenguer at the Wardman Park Theater. The series also includes the Metropolitan String Ensemble from the Metropolitan Opera Orches- tra, with Amelia Conti, solo harpist of the Metropolitan Opera, and Sylvia Grazzini, coloratura soprano; Paco and Juanita Cansino, among the fore- most of Spanish dancers, and Mar- garita Salvi, operatic coloratura so- prano, whose appearances have in- cluded La Scala, the Paris Grand Opera, and the Chicago Civic Opera, together with Federico Longas, pia- nist-composer, who appeared in Washington last October as assisting artist with Tito Schipa. Composer ERIC GIVEN, Former Washingtonian now residing in Juan Les Pins on the Riviera, has been receiving acclaim_for his compositions which have been gayed in Europe. Eric, who is 17 years old, recently composed a Liberty march dedicated to Franklin D. R:uwalt [ | two lovely sweaters herself between In Miss Pons’ home at Silver Mine, Conn., several of the chairs and the fireside seat in her living room are covered with needlepoint pieces of in- tricate design which Miss Pons and her sisters worked out while they | were at school in their native Cannes. | From her New England neighbors Miss Pons has recently learned to | knit, and when she went out to Holly- wood to make her last picture, “That Girl From Paris,” she took her wool and needles along, and not only made shooting sequences, but taught sev- eral of her female colleagues on the lot how to knit and purl. When asked recently to give her advice on how to listen to radio music most bene- ficially, Miss Pons replied that she herself was in her most receptive mood for listening to musical radio programs | when she was knitting. | as the sarum and the Gallican agenda Ushered in by the sound of trumpets and the pealing of angelus bells, the evening procession will be given by over 1,000 brilliantly vested choristers, altar boys and clergy. Dr. Robinson has also announced that vestments to be worn in the procession are copies of those worn ig early Christian churches during the sixth century, perhaps the greatest era in the devel- opment of liturgy. Film Job for Husing ADDING one more to the list of more than 20 radio personalities under contract, Paramocunt has an- nounced signing of Ted Husing, noted radio commentator, as the “voice” for future Grantland Rice Sportlight shorts. | | | ° Some Are Sold to Second- Hand Dealers, Who Con- nive With Racketeers. By Joseph Marian. NE of the meanest of all char- | ity rackets is being perpetrat- | ed upon an unsuspecting | ‘Washington public by a group | of chiselers who have set themselves | up as superhumanitarians. They prey principally upon the wealthier class who are in a position to donate respectable clothing toward their “charitable work,” which is sup- posed to consist of taking care of the needs of the poor in the way of fit wearing apparel. We find most of the garments col- Jected find their way right into the hands of the second-hand clothing dealer who has made himself a party to their base scheme, and the poor re- ceive little, if any, of the daily col- lection. We personally sent a man to this organization’s “hospice” who was sorely in need of modest attire, but whose general appearance and manner warranted attention. He was bluntly told they had nothing for him, even though we were aware that a load of habiliments, including everything from shoes to hats, had been brought in the evening previous. And this group of so-called ‘“philanthropists” have the impudence to state to donors that the Community Chest asked them to call, which is, of course, & deliberate falsehood. Most people have too much charity in their make up to appreciate the fact that any organization could be guilty of such deceit. Consequently, the clbthing racketeers are “getting away with it.” A NUMBER of our readers interest- ed in various camps for under- privileged youngsters have asked why we indorsed the Mastropolitan POOR FAIL northwest. 1If those taking these “membership tickets” warrant it, a fifth attraction will be added free. Co-Ed’s Break. LORAMA WIESE, 19, blond and beautiful, has been placed under contract by Universal Studios follow- ing her discovery in an amateur the- atrical production at the University of Illinois. Lucille Ryman, Universal talent scout, heard Miss Wiese singing the university's presentations of “No, No, Nanette,” and “Of Thee I Sing.” and was impressed by the quality of her soprano voice and by her dra- matic ability. Miss Wiese's home is in Chicago. She is a graduate of the School of Drama at the University of Illinois. in | | concert will be played by the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. Band, beginning at 8 o'clock. On Tuesday, July 20, the Estelle | ‘Wentworth Opera Group, preceded by the United States Navy Band, will| offer an evening of opera, opening | with & potpourri of grand opera scenes, arranged for the Sylvan Theater by Alice Brennan of the ‘Wentworth Group, followed by a re- | peat performance of Gilbert and Sul- livan's “Trial by Jury.” The public is invited to attend the Summer festivals, admission to which | is free for those persons wishing to sit | on the grass. Chair privilege tickets | are available according to location, to | be obtained at the American Automo- bile Association, the Hotel Washington, the Hotel Willard, the Community Center Department and at the grounds on Tuesday evenings. TO GET DONATED CL EDITOR’S NOTE—This is the fourteenth of a series of ar- ticles exposing vicious rackets being practiced in the name of charity on innocent victims in Washington. The way in which these crooks operate and the schemes and devices they employ are erplained in these articles, which reveal in detail actual cases of charity racketeering here. Boys' Club Camp in one of our articles and did not mention other camps which are doing equally good work. In the first place it lies not within our province to “indorse” any charity or agency in Washington. Our work is to endeavor to open an avenue of escape from chiseling or- ganizations. In the second place we were much impressed with the Police Boys' Club Camp because of the bond of friendship it creates between the police and the boy. However, we are happy to say a good word for any camp indorsed by the Community Chest. And here they are: Camp Goodwill and Camp Pleasant at Chopawansic, Va.; Christ Child Society for colored children at Bel Alton, Md.; the Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A. and Jewish Community Center camps. A RACKET which we thought had passed into the limbo of forgotten things has appeared on the streets of ‘Washington and about the only thing the police can do about it is to arrest the operators, which they cannot do unless some one who has been swin- dled will prefer charges against them. This, however, is most unlikely, since a person who has been ‘“‘gypped” does not wish & fact made public that will immediately place him in the “sucker” class, ‘This racket entails the use of a delivery truck, the operator and his assistant both wearing the regalia of express or delivery men. Loaded on the truck are boxes of furs, the top boxes bearing the name of responsible furriers in New York and Philadel- phia. One man will approach the pedes- trian and ask him if he is interested in & real bargain in a fur piece, doing his utmest to convince the prospect, in a furtive manner, that the mer- chandise is “hot.” If the man approached shows the slightest interest he is whisked over to the truck (they will not try to make a sale on the sidewalk, as they do not possess a vendor’s license) and shown what looks like a beautiful fur piece. where they secured the merchandise, they will look very mysterious and say “Never mind, mister, it's all O. K. if you do not want to buy.” Price bargaining then commences and ‘a sale is generally the outcome at a handsome profit. The purchaser then takes it home and enthusiastically presents it to his wife, sister or sweetheart, who prompt- ly advises him that he has bought a rabbit skin and paid about 50 times its worth. These racketeers usually load up their truck with skins at a wholezale market and if the weather is season= able they score a complete sell-out in the course of a day. The profit, as stated, is tremendous, and although it is a barefaced swindle, they have not broken one law of which we are aware. They do not say the piece came from the firm whose name ap- pears on the box, nor do they men- tion at what price it is valued. ON!: of the young fellows operating this racket said he had worked it for over 17 years on the people from the rocky coast of Maine to the sun- kissed shores of sunny California, and has been arrested but five times, three times for being a general nui- sance and twice on complaint of two of his “customers.” Each time he es- caped with a fine. He stated the Summertime was al- ways their busy season, as people will not stop on the street to make a pur- chase on & cold day in Winter. He < ) If they are questioned as to | OTHING | “Smuggled” Fur Swindle Is| l Operating Successfully | in Washington. 1 claims to have graduated from college and facetiously states he received an M. T. degree (matser of take). A similar racket is worked by for- | Tibbett made a powerful and impres- | sive Don Juan. Mr. Tibbett made his European op- eratic debut as Scarpia in a per- formance of “Tosca” at Covent Gar- | den in mid-May, receiving a tre- mendous ovation from the British audience. He appeared as Amonasro in “Aida” four days later and on | May 20 gave his first recital in Eng- land at Queen's Hall, where he was the recipient of another ovational greeting. Tibbett will also appear as Tago in “Otello,” the performance | which closes the coronation season at | Covent Garden. Early in July Tibbett will appear in recital in both Sweden and Denmark, | and from then until early in Septem- ber he will enjoy a well-earned vaca- tion, motoring with Mrs. Tibbett through Switzerland, Austria and Italy. Starting September 5, Tibbett | will begin an extensive operatic and concert tour of Europe, visiting Stock- holm, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Paris, Berlin and other cities, winding up his European stay with a short tour of England and Scotland. Early in November Mr. Tibbett will return to the United States, appearing with the | Chicago Opera Company as guest artist prior to rejoining the Metropoli- tan for the season of 1937-38. In addition to Mr. Tibbett's recital, Mrs. Dorsey's second Sunday after- | noon concert series will offer appear- | ances by Nino Martini, tenor, Metro- politan Opera Association, November 7. the Don Cossack Russian Male Chorus, November 28; Yehudi Menu- eigners, who go from office to office selling embroidery to business men who do not know the difference be- tween a chain stitch and a left hook. The merchandise is all machine-made | and, while it wholesales for $1 tops | per article, it often sells for as high | as $100, believe it or not, and the buyer really believes he has struck a bargain. ‘This type of racketing often sees the racketeer appearing in the role of a sailor from the United States Navy or the merchant marine. They barter most in rugs, silks, etc., intimat- ing all the while they have smuggled the goods through the customs. ‘The rugs to the average person really resemble the genuine Oriental article and the “sailor” glibly ex- plains that he managed to get them ashore without detection, and then states a price that sounds ridiculously cheap, inasmuch as a duty as high as 50 per cent is often placed upon such wares. And our average law- abiding citizen will swallow this bait, hook, line and sinker, paying a nice fee for an article he could purchase in one of our department stores for & small fraction of what he paid. ‘We ran across one of the first so- licitors with whom we became ac- quainted when we embarked upon this expedition. He has quit the racket and is now engaged in the brokerage business. We met him last wefk when we called upon John L. Lewis. Said he had called to sell Mr. Lewis some United States Steel. ‘Which bears out our contention that, with their nerve, most of these chaps hin, violinist, January 30: Grace Moore, soprano, Metropolitan Opera, | Pebruary 27, and Alexander Brailow- sky, pianist, March 27. Mr. Tibbett | will sing here on Sunday afternoon, March 13, next. —— Melchior as a Cook. AURITZ MELCHIOR, heroic Wag- nerian tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, is almost as famous for his culinary skill as for his. sing- ing prowess. Mr. Melchior's mother died when he was a baby and the Melchior family was brought up by Kerslin Jensen, the Danish “Fanny Farmer” and the author of the standard Scandinavian cookery books. From her Mr. Melchior learned some of the secrets of preparing that be- for which the Danes and Swedes are justly famous, as well as the recipe for an altogether inimitable ox-tail soup and that delicious almond-paste concoction known as marzipan. Each year, just before Christmas, Mr. Mel- chior devotes an entire day to mak- ures which he sends to his children in Denmark and to his musical friends in America. He is particularly famous for his marzipan caricatures of fa- mous musical folk, which are uproar- ously funny masterpieces, both of art and confectionery. Mr. Melchior's famous ox-tail soup is flavored with brandy and cooked for two whole days and nights. He makes it every year for his birthday party, which is as notable an occasion for the gas- should be huge successes selling le- sitimate products. N [ tronomic treat it features as for the wildering variety of hors d'oeuvres, | ing little marzipan animals and fig- | Potomac Park Friday, 11 a.m.. shut-ins dream hour concert in the auditorium at the Mas rine Barracks. 3 p.m., concert at the Naval Hospital. The schedule of the United States Army Band, Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader, includes the following concerts to be given during the week: Monday: Future Farmers of America pro- gram of the Farm and Home Hour, Army Band Auditorium, 12:30 pm Family Hour of Music, Army Band Auditorium, 5 p.m. District of Columbia World War Memorial, Potomac Park, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Formal Garden of the Walter Reed General Hospital, 6:30 p.m. Thursday: Concert in the Army Band Audi- torium, 3:30 p.m. Friday: St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, 2 p.m. United States Capitol, 7:30 p.m. Saturday: National Grange program of the Farm and Home Hour, 12:30 p.m., Army Band Auditorium Concert in the Army Band Audie torium, 10:30 a.m Concerts by the United States Sol- diers’ Home Band, at the bandstand Tuesday, 7 p.m. John S. M. Zimmer« | mann. bandmaster; Anton Pointner, | assistant March. “First Connecticut Foot Guards Overture “Bohemian Girl" (request) Entr'Acte (a) __Tasielo Baife Prelude to Kunihilde * () “Pastel Menuet" Potpourri. “Hawailan Folk Sonss” Popular numbers Little Old Lady" “When My Dream Boat Comes Home' = Waltz de concert “Morgenblactter” Journals) Strausy Finale. "Amigos Espanolos” Capt. 8tannard “The Star Spangled Banner. THURSDAY. 7 P.M. March. “Gen. Lyman. U. 8. M. C. | Overture, " “Raymond" i | Entr'Acte (a) - Prelude in ¢ Kistlar Paradis Laks Carmichael Franklin (Marning (b) e ~-Hadley " (Folk aongs Melange_* o - -Bonnisseau f Scol Popular numbers. “When a Kiss Is Not & Lans “Paradise in Waltz Timi Hollander Waltz suite, “'The Return of Spring” __Waldteuel “Del Rio” hes “The Star Spangled Banner.” SATURDAY. 7 P.M. “Italia Glovinezza”_______Hughes Tell” I8 Finale. | March. Overtuire. *William (reau 8olo for B | (Musician est) --Rossint iccolo. “Polka Brilliante'" " Damm John Prezioso.) Potpourri, ! issian Folk Songs”___Tobany Popular numbers, “There's Still a Few of Us Left"__Burns “Cielo de Habana' (Havana Heaven) (requested) Dostal *'Peggy O'Neill" Charlotte Balnke “March Lenof Losey “The Star Spangled Banner.” Valsette Finale, " Warren F. Johnson, Organist Church of the Pilgrims | ArmandoJannuzzi | Grand Opera Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist Italian Method School of bel eantq Adams 3687-J event it commemorates. A ) ‘ 1519 Oak St. N.W. (Cor. 16th) ® [N