Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1937, Page 15

ART PRINTS AT LIBRARY All Periods Are Represented in Best of This| Field of Art, With Work of Years Assembled Ry [eila Mechlin, | HEN mid-Summer heat takes the edge Off of outdoor sports there is nothing like having a hobby that can ! indoors. Such is that of orint. eolleciing, for a caper on which the print tooms of the Library of Congress offer Almost unsurpassed op- partunity. To coliect anything wisely and well, one must have knowledge and ihat kind of knowledge which somes from first-hand experience. Of pursiut and capture lend zest part, but unless one knows 1o pursue and why, mere a qusition becomes a flavorless desert The best in prini collecring 10 shiain knowledge, which leads to dis- | ermination, s bY contact —by seeing | prinis—hy nosing out their particular merits—hv personal exploration and by steeping oneself in the | measuring one’s reaction thereio. It this opportunity 1o browse in rich pastures ihat the print eollection of the Library of Congress provides In enerous measure. This means. of course, th. which are on cases of he ridden sorTse b the what | way Aiseovery hest. and not merely in the section of the secona Aoor the building assigned t0 the depariment of fine aris, but ihase stored awav behind locked doors. bt carefully and conveniently cata- iogied, and alwavs available 1o print mspection and study, of which the former are but an infinites- Imal part The print Al Congress amples tion prinis view on that of library lovers for of the Library inception in ex- obtained ihrough ihe opera- he copyright law through | nstrumentality a grear vol- has been accumu- of great instance as American en- sel of Currier ollection had its which 1me lated of material some of which 1erest and sueh for works by aravers and a compleie and Ives prinis But such acguisition necessity purely haphazard, and since the print division of the Library I 1897— when lding was pied the up- collec- accordance with & hough scantily financed, | Prints have been bought, as far valuable loans made. From N has grown that branch o1 unrepre- . is n- value our early is of f Congress was =1 1up in meidentally completed and building of ihe hon been well ordered plan 5 fi by N national print has in means would permi an practicajly 1o Rifts have been nil the coliectn such there is Today period of prin ®nted and exemplified respectanle proporiions is scarcelv s making n "[THIS does not mean an aggregarion of this collection is not of collecior's pieces,” for in such The value dependent is determined by the individu: 10 pos- Aese something which no one else has For this reason a “first state” of an eiching. which the etcher dis- rarded as mterior and of which only hree proofs have been pulled o perhaps one. brings greafer price than a subseguent “staie’ which has with the eichers approval Ta student. verv liitle difference would be discernible. 1f laid side by beiween the iwo impressions of Hiindred Guilder Print” “Chrisi Healiing 'he Sick.” bv Rembrandt, one which s0ld. ihis past season, for 310500 and the orher for 31450 The print collection of the Library of Congress s s study col- lection, purposed primanly for stu- dents The frst of ricn these is almost and covelnusness of an entirely npon rariny has As twn nr onlv met he nae tne af essentially head he print division he library of Congress was the 4 1. Parsons. a man of inde- pendent like Jef@erson, “an enthysiast he fine arts. a great The organization of CAmMe 0 him &s oppor- service along the lines of favorite avocation and was wel- romed gladly Under him the founda- 1ans of our Natonal Print Collection laid What is more, his contagious. He in- obtained valuable among the former the Greene Hubbard collection which is still, so o speak. one of the leaele in ihe collection's and among ihe collec- 1on, which bas vears been withdrawn and given io the Balu- more Museum of Art. Both of these eollections are rich in works by ibe nld masiers, Duoerer, Remorandt sand It one would discover for charm and merit of wood cuts. so skillfully naive in concepiion, It is onlv nevessary 1o ask for ihe privi- lege of examining those which Mr Hubbard collected and, in accordance with his wish, were patsed on 10 the Tibrary of Congress by his widow for rerpetual relerence Nothing could be more enjovable than & morning so spent nt late means: on lover of prinis division tinity Ably en‘husiasm was terested others and eifis and loans Gardiner crown, the Gaireit recent laiter in nihers himself Piinerer s he made, 0 Tater on the National Print Coliec- tion was enriched by gifts from France and from Italy of comprehensive aroups of prints derived from the voluminous portfolios of their re spective Chalcographie Museums, the one in Paris and the ather in Rome These consist chiefly of engravings in line and stipple and mezzotint by the greaiest of the engravers, prinied from their original plates, preserved tn these museums. Especially rich is the French eollection in engraved por- traits afier ihe great eighteenth cen- ' fury painters. Here, then, is ma- terial opening many inviting visias for the lover of art and of prints, 1o #av nothing of the student of history Interesied in personages outstanding in its making 'I‘uw. collection of prinis which the ® laie Crosby §. Noves. then editor af The Fvening Star, brought back from a journev to Japan, sl bulks ¥z, in the estimaie of connoisseurs, ' @ a unit in the National Print -Col- lectifn. In them the now famous schaol of Ukivove —volor wood block | prints mirroring he passing world— t* most admirably represenied. From a rareful survey of this collection, 80 @enerously given to the Nation, one can acquire & verg fair estimate of the ‘distinguishing merit of @ach’ of the greai printmakers, such as Hoku- 2aj. Utamaro, Toyokuni and Hiroshige, | and the charasteristics of the school. | Thris delightful collection has recently | heen supplemented by purchase of modern reproductions, made in Japan, | of prints by the earliest of the prini- | makers—prints made in line, printed | n black and white, and ghen colored | hy hand—which pessess all the dig- mity of ancient paintings, made in Obina and Korea, and, in fact, of ihe FATVINgS in the tombs which far ante- dale tnem. ~ Apparently, in making the repro- ductions, the originsl method has been followed in both manner of exe- eution and coloring.. Some of these prints are now on exhibition. And NOTES. for Public. Stored awayv but available fo the stu- dent are numerous scrolls owned by some of the Jeading museums, but marvelously reproduced through rhe medium of photography, which show illustrative drawings by Japanese Artists from the eleventh io the ff- teenth century—very graphic snd amazingly modern. These lasi are essentially story telling—tbe picture books of the people, and, even in this far-off 1and and time, as the scroll is unwound rhe story unfolds with com- plete’ intelligibility. That These scrolls have come (o dwell in our national print collection is mot only & matter of general congratulation. but evidence of the willingness of the leading art Institutions 10 share their treasure, Tt should mot be thought 1hst our national print collection puis special *mphasis on the remote past—ar from it. In fact, largest and most 1m- porfant is the section which embraces the works of the printmakers of mod- ern limes—by which, however, we do not mean the so-called *modernists.” During the regime of Mr, Parsons, D. L. Cameron of Edinburgh, now rankea A one of Lhe grestest living efchers of ioday. was introduced 1o Washing- | ton print lovers through sn exhibition of bis plates. Under the present head. | Leicester B. Holland. holder of the chait of fine aris endowed by the Carnegie Corp. seven years ago. the collection of works by contemporary printmakers has been sieadily built up unuil it now coniains examples of the works of the leading masters” )F SUPREME importance is the Joseph Pennell collection. which comprebends aimost & complete record of this distinguished American srtist's output. Here are his etchings and his lithographs, his illustrated books and ! drawings, and in & few instances his water colors. Here also are his writ- INgS on the graphic arts, the calse of which he aspoused and defended | 8S @ knight of old his liege lord or ladv. and finallv here is the great, al- most unbelievable collection of Whis- | tleriana, which he and Mrs. Pennell so assiduously assembled and with such ' lovaliy of friendship In ihe nafonal print collection ere Do less than 19 eichings by Meryon among them not merely his most famous plaies, such as ‘le Siryge” and "1 Abside de Norre Dame e Paris™ but. most surprisingly. as Mer- von never came io this counirv, one of San Frapcisco. Calif . & panoramic | vies. The siory 1s that two “Forty- | nipers”’ wanied such a picture and learning that Mervon was the best €icher in Paris. commissioned him ro produce this plate. About 40 inches long by perbaps ® high, 1t gives, ac perbaps onlv Mervon could have given an excellent view of the queen city of our Wesiern coast. born of the gold rush. Undoubtedly it must have been reconsurucied by notex and Views sent 1o rthe etcher. but it has the stamp of suthority snd certamniy carries conviction. An spgaging touch IS glven ihis print by a isblet in ihe | lower center. helpful in the composi- on. classical 1n design. and bearing the inirials of the iwo men by whom the work was commissioned. Too long '0 be conveniently or ssfely stored this print now hangs in Mr. Holland's office Other Rrencn sichers are ss well represented 1n this collection sx Mer- | yon. Running casually through the catalogue cards, few among the grear. O near-greal. seem 10 be omitted Obviously, Seymour-Haden is here And Al his best, and also is that most famous of Swedish archers, the late Anders Zorn Especially strong is the American group. Donald Shaw Mclaughlin's representation is com- plete, his autograph collection having been given the Library of Congress by his wife: others are seen in from ! one (o five or six proofs. Acquisitions have been made in ihis depariment fbrough ihe modest income aceruing from ihe Huobard bequest. When the Pennell endowment becomes available s it will shortly now, this fund can be devoled 1o the purchase of sarlier masiers. By supulation, ihe ncome from ihe Penaell fund can oaly he spent for Pennell prints. Whistier llems and works produced by prini- makers withia the pest 100 vears, IN A messiRe. ouiside of the fieid of prints. but distinctly within rhe | Rraphic aris, are iwo new collections Inaugurated and developed by and linder ihe direction of Mr. Holland hese are a cabinet of American illus- (ration, established i 1932 and con- Sistibg of original drawings by illus- ‘rators of ihe iwentieth centurv and earlier, and piclorial srchives of Barly American architecture, satab- lished 1wo years later snd made up of measured drawings and photo- g1aphic negatives of Early American ouildings. Books on art made avail- | able 1o students through the depart- ment of fine sris of the library of | Coligress number over 70,000, of which ' many aré on prints and their making. | Could richer veins of gold be found D BNV mine awaiung, as this does, ' the prospecior? John Tavior Arms. reckoned by common consent among the foremost ' of our coniemporary American eteh- €rs. I8 an srdent print collector, but one who puts merit bstore Tarity always. That print collecting is = ' rich man's game is, he SAyS, & take, but he has no sympathy with | those who glost over bargains. He | himself, once saved the price of an etching by Bracquemond by going | dav after day withous Junch. y The | Spirit of acquisition, he insists, should be, “1 loved this print so much, 1| needed it 50 much in my life, that ! I was willing 10 give up holiday | and creature comforts for it.” .l\’eryK ©One cannot do this, even if he would. | bui those who have this love and ' hunger may seek satistaction in the ' national print collection, free 10 all | in which. through the instrumenta)ity of the Library of Congress, all citi- ?ens of this country have part owner. ship. So mount your hobby and oft you go. > 1ard Quail Nets. ‘ARMER& CO-operating with the Biological Survey, have adopted | safety measures while cutting hay to protect quail and other game birds and their nesis as well. These center around a “flushingbar” attached to the neckyoke and extend- ing in front of the sickle. Strips of lightly-weighted buriap at- tached to the pole drag through the %rass or grain, flush the birds and locite the nests, over which the farmer can lift the sickle bar. Bioders cut- ting high usually leave the nest undis- turbed. Many farmers furnish food And cover to birds by leaving corners and odd spots in & field uncut. . i=¢ | Washingion team | Pracrically averv one of | State director of the N. Y. A | Bede,” “Les Miserables,” “Foul Play” Washington's first team in base ball league in the world lett. second base: J. S. Price. pilcher; J. A Woulle. pitcher; C.J. Anderson. center field. R. E. Sanders, first base; left to right: the oldest mational amoteur Top row. leit to right: J. T. Ei- W. H. Rippard. left field: Second row, Peter Emsler, utility John F. Luitich, manager cotcher. Bottom row left J. H. Mullen. rioht field: W base, W. Williams, utility 1o F and A. W. Suess, catcher rioht Nolan J. J. Penrose, J. W. Reynolds, pitcher: utility: G. B. Wood, third W. Ball, shortstop. OLDEST SANDLOT LEAGUE ‘PLAYS HERE = HE oldest, league in sandlot base ball #xistence will hold its world series in Washingion next week. There will be games at Griffith Stadiim and the Ellipse the championship will be plaved for ot Griffith Stadmim Saturdav, The league Iniernational for the first is the Union Priniers and Washington is host nme 1n 12 vears The composed of mem- bers of Columbis Tvpographical Union. look forward 10 Saturdav afiernoon in the nhope that for the second time in ihe history of the league 1t mav win rhe championship the home grounds. But winning championships nothing unusual for the team resenting the Naiional Capital The league was organized in 1908 and while it continued i< organiziion rhroughout rhe World War. no 1onrna- ments were plaved for ihree Washinglon won the iitie the frst fime In 1913 AL 1hat fime (he feams were playing for a cup donated by Garry Hermann. a union prinier ana owner of ihe Cincinnaii Reds. Bos- on is rep- vears Library «Conuinued From Page B-1 girls have walked work. 18 miles 10 ask for One iad who Das finished fourth grade coumin of Rdgar ne ‘old me he was a distant Allen Poe He was Intsresied in poairy. and anofher vonung fellow ix irying nand st his verses hem is plan- | niNg 0 get back 10 school and soms | who have never been are noping .o 20 sInce 'hev have experienced 'he plea;- ure books can give " HE books were their own adveriise- ment. Bvervbodv m reading. Ol magazines were Droughbt, from artics and storerooms and books were donated until Miss Bourne's office she describes herself as “a non-praciicing Jawver’ needed 2 “standing room only” sign. A library bullding was needed. so why not make it of logs, which are pleatiful? The logs came siipping down the snowy paths, men with some xperieuce vol- unteered their services snd the N. A. came sloug wilh blueprints sod s capable supervisor and s0 a fue i0g Jibrary acose across from ihe court house, It will probably be ouigrown 88 2 Jibrary 1o & vear or so, but n will make & fine community cenier 1L 18 called ihe George F. Becker Library as & itoken of appreciation for the gift of more than a thousand volumes and ine furniture from ihe library of iihe laie George F. Becker given by Mrs. Becker. Dr. Becker was for 40 vears geologisi in charge of the United States Geological Survey and known in Washingion as an emi- nent scientist. On ihe signboard bearing his name there is the pic- iure of a fireplace, painied by Mrs s Dickinson, because she says that n the hills the fireplace says, “Come right in!" It is an iovitation thai is accepted with alacrity snd about rhat wide hearthsione many a group will gather and many & weAry wanderer will stay 10 get warm and dry before starting on the homeward way. The lonl—‘ backers will siill tramp over the hills, | but, the lure of open shelves and wider range of choice will bring many 10 the central Jibrary, which is rapidly Acquiring & reference section, not 1o R0 out, but be at hand for the use of the student. By ihat fireplace siand historic toogs, poker sand shovel made of wrought, iron and beaten out under the direction of Gen. Robert. E. Lee At & forge on rhe Deakin place and | glven by bim 10 William Deakin. an | officer in the Confederate Army and ap uncle of Mrs. Becker. 201 interesied 'I‘H! list of those who have made the library possible includes all fhe well-known names in that viciniry. There was encouragement at. first, and Active help later from W. C. Chapman. district director, and T. Edwin Burke, the entire Cox family from far and near. | W. M. Robbins. E. A. Deep. R. L. Shaw, | Mrs. Ellis Dickinson, John Lincoln, E. 8. Ellioti, John L. Runes and many others. No one need hesitate to send books | o rhis library, Miss Bourne says. Patrons are nogstanding in line wait- ing for the last “best sellers.” There are hundreds of people in Grayson County who have never read “The Scarlet Letter,” the first great Amer- ican mystery story, or ‘“The Gold Bug” and “The Murder in the Rue Morgue,” forerunners of preseni-day | detective novels. “Before them are the thrills that an older generation knew over “Ivanhoe,” “Vanity Fair, vid Copperfield.” “Jane Eyre,” and hundreds of books that are read and reresd as little present-day litera- ture is ever likely io be. pnnx what fon printers retired the cup from cir- culation by ther vietorv in 19 Hermann put up another one RS large. 10 be plaved for as as rhe league lasts s0 (wire long W ASHINGTON 10k the new cup five rimes in a row Chirago got noin 1927, Wa then won it twice more. Chicago broke m again for one victory, Washington brought it back ihe following two years and Detroit won in 1933, then it returnad to the Nanons Capital for other iwo vears. Chicago vear. bul if past performances anyihing, 1t should return here week There amatenn 200 1heir start before the Printers International but ihev have eiiher dropped out of exisience or underwent periods of dechine and reorganization The Printers’ is the onlv purely ateur. self-sustaining national ball leagiie in axisience. Every 18 required 1o be a member standing of the graphical Union aton st " mean s an took 1 last are leagues whien s am- base plaver in good International Typo- Bui neitner the “Le Siryge. a jamous etching by Chcrles Meryon union mor the newspapers for which the members work DAy fhe expenses of the league. The teams finance themselves and their annual tourna- ment by various devices sch as earni- vals and outings This A Sporis organization has vounger brother in ihe Union Prir Golf Association. which ihis for the firsy fime. 18 co-0perating he annual meeting of the base ball ieague and has arranged A& lournament the misitors at Indan Spring ‘The base ball league grew series of games plaved York and Boston priniers 1907, For several vears before he men working on ihe morniag newxpapers in New York and Brookivn had & league of their own. The prini- ers of the Boston Globe had & first class unhimited 1eam whnich was ning awav with sandlot honors rcod country Afier & =uccessful son 1n 1906 1he team in Bosion chal- enged the New York American's champions of ‘he New York leagie New York won and Bosion asked a return maich the next year vear in a between New in 1906 and n ine sea- for bis. o8 | distmetive | copper in the National Print Collection at the Library of Congress. represent- ing one of the gargoyles of Notre Dame de Paris a winged, horried monster. 1who broods over the city lusting for blood. it. meant to read “Ben Hur" for the first time-—truly, many good people in Grayson Countv are to be envied When the library opened on Julv § the countrvside held a regular car- nival, a distinction probably mever before held by any other library Celebrations were combined with those | usually planned for Independence day and addresses were delivered bv for- mer Gov the Board of Education of Virginia: Dr. Waller 8 Newman also & member of the board and Garth Akeridge, re- gional N. Y A. director In additicn. there were races children and various contests. Sev- eral bands were in town for the day and motion nictures were taken of all Activities. (ioais were barbecued for the evening meal and festiviries cul- for Lee Trinkle, chairman of | minated witn a dance Washingtonian Recalls “Drinkers’ Dictionary” HE last issue of American Speech. » quarterly of linguis- tic msage published by Co- Timbta University in New York City. contains as its inifial article s contribution entitled “The Drinkers Dictionarv.” by Cedric Larson. a staff member of the Library of Congress. The curious article is based npon the orginal “Drinkel Dictionary.” published by Benjamin Franklin in two of his papers some two centuries Ago. The papers in question were the Pennsylvania Gazeile of Phila- delphia and the South Carolina Ga- zette of Charleston. The piece strikes ibe reader as o novel, at first. as 10 be incredible. and it was largely for this reason that a full-page cut of the original Frank- line article in his Philadelphia paper was printed to show how it actually appeared. “The Drinkers’ Dictionary” con- sisied of an alphabetical arrangement of more than 225 synonyms or svn- onymous phrases denoting drunken- ness. The compiler seems 10 be anonymous, but the infernal evidence and siyle seem to poin) indisputably to Franklir's authorship—another token of the statesman’s versatility In those days. when there were few newspapers and no synonvm books. it was almost an indefatigable feat 1o collect so manv synonvms, which rvpifies Pranklin's acumen and me- thodical habits The purpose of “The Drinkers’ Dic- ionary” seems to have been 1o ridi- cule drunkenness in a genial wav Whether or 10t he achieved his goal of promoting temperance we have no way of knowing. To students of the American language. the list is valu- able, as it furnishes a definite sarly date at which certain idiomatic Amer- ican phrases can be traced. Many of the idioms for drunken- ness still persist in our speech, de- spite the lapse of two centuries: Buch As “boozy,” fuddled iled,” “rocky, “siewed” and “tipsy.” | Nearly all of the phrases lisied in Larson’s article have a curious his- forical background. One of the phrases listed by Franklin for drunkenness. for instance. was “He's been at Ge- neva.” which 1o our_ ears in 1937 | sounds lke s delegate feturning from JOHN I. TAYIOR. then owner of the Red Sox. donaied a trophv and he game was plaved in Boston with 'he home team winning A hig dinner followed, with IMArv speech- making. In of Harrv Wood of New York suggested the for- manion of a league of eizht 1eams east the Mississippi. The idea on and the first lonrnament was n American League park Vork. Eight reams. representing Wash- nglon New York. Bosion. Piris b Pailadelphia. Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago participaied. Boston beaiing Pittsburgn le and Wasningron holding third place The were 1910 the cust he course of this of caugnt held he n New o o 1. for the 1 champions Jn succeeding vears New York. 1909: New York Chicago, 1911: Bosion. 1912 Washingion, 1913: Bosion, 1914° S Lows, 1915 Chicago. 1916: St. Paul 920, and Boston retired trophy In 1921 with Washingion starting its championship string the following vear. the Washingion has plaved o the 1eARUS ON ORIV FWO Drevious peeasions 1910 and Mrs. Robbin Page B-1) host inned From classic yet simple strictures with porte cocneres and rolumns Our office and residency in Rin de Janeiro has been iransformed into an office building proper since we acquired n weeks A mansion witn one of the most beauiiful gardens in South America. This house. in which Am- tassador Jeflerson Caffrev soon Lake up qQuariers. must be remodeied & bit. and Mrs. Robbins will decide s0nn aboul schemes and furni- ture for his new home. recent, will color ] N SHANGHAT tnis vear canditions permitting, we will bild a bined office and residence on front. We siill plan old Bluecher Palace in Berlin, ahich we have owned so long, bur in which no Ambassador has ever lived ‘Three residencies of which the Uniied States 1s Justly proud are ihose at Otiawa. Buenos Aires and Tokio. Our sione house In Oltawa, now occupied Ly American Minisier Norman Ar- mour, stands 300 feet above junc- of ihe Ouawa and Il was remodeied last vear st of 350000, The embassy in Tok10 15 only about five vears old and 1s considered one of the Anest maiie buildings in the Orient charm. with proparionad wall com- he warer no work on the e tion rivers s tineau diplo- It has adroitly ahite projecting and beanr bronze giills. Earthquake and fireproof, ihe compound follows a clever funnel- shaped general plan in order io make the most of the prevailing Oriental Air currents, paves ful One of the first duties of Mrs Rob- bIns in her new past will be ro travel 1o Burope. then o South and Ceniral America, 10 gel a general 1dea of what I8 needed legations being newly constructed or remodeled this vear Vienna, Praha, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo will assuredly be on her first itinerary Tncidentally. Mrs. Robhins is one of ihe few women who have siiceessfilly dved white hair thai smart, delicate mauve shade. and it is distinctly be- coming 1o her for |Massenet, Who Died By Alice Eversman, WENTY-FIVE vears agn terday anded the earthly career of one of the most, popular composers of opera within ihe knowledge of the living generation | Jules Massenet. After a busy life of 70 vears, in which he gave the world some of the most outstanding musical | dramas, he passed awav in Paris in 1912, leaving operas unproduced and a baook memoirs, “Souvenirs d'in Musicien” 1o be completed by | tellow composer, Xavier Leroix vee- two of a Among his many to | operatic reperioire. this country become familiar with his “Tha Manon,’ la Navarraise.” *Cendil- lon,” “Le .Jonzleur de Notre Dame Herodiade " “Sapho. Werther” and “Le C10." Nearly all of his remaining Operas are constantly part of the reper- toire of the opera season in his own country contribitions During his hifenime | that, his wonld | classed among the greatest. Rur time | bas proven the contrary and 1he j¢harm. beauty and drama of mis cnr.- ceptions have still the power to ti., [ port his He maintamns ks popularity of aceusations of eritics predicied music not live 1o he listeners in spite 2inal more strongly contem- poraries, endowed " THE age of 34 member of the des Reau Arts. winninz ot aver Sajni- Saens. who was being sponsored by 1he leading musicians of tha circle. Although the voungest member of the Academie been honored with e ations government. a firtms o career which began wirr off coveled prives servatoire and the he was vored a famed Acacemie o exclusive ne had previoushy by the he Con- of from Prix de Massenel, was his handiing nf | but greater <11l ing and his music speech His operas are m character studies. as keenlv conc #nd developed a< those of 1 celebraied dramatisis ang riing 1o le outlined While he stories dear of his day n which emes and hs was his drama POWEr 10 incorparate h chaigcrers are less choses s cleari or carefully he for most par s of the public came 1 ne near! he wital and powerful nem manner | he gave musical form What he has done nio ihe operatic formiila ne has alsc done to the artistic standards of his inierpreters. Beca new ivpe of artist born learned 10 combine personal grace and charm wiih acting abi o infuse new se of his nperas, a was one who | T WAS ‘nrough Massener tnat Mary Garden became known and inrolgh Mary Garden that the world thrilled 1o Vs “Thais” and “Jongieur de Notre Dame” and “Cendrillon” in & nevar- 0-be-equaied manner. His *Manon produced nine before Puccin version of the same siory. has reigned sipreme as ihe most polished coherent presenfatiom of ihat ] tale. in which many of the foremost Opera stars of today have won their laurels in years < Massener's geniius has lifted eratic Atmosphere out The and unresl character which weighted it down. He sei a pace which coming after have been quick late snd be has drama from ihe somniferous which was surely strangling 11 Never again will the public ng ISLen 10 interminable pariods of song *1thout action singers be conteni without & their dramaiic as well feeling Massenet had ihe secret inferesiing. piaisible and emottonally stirring opera and for this will live forever in the appreciaiive memory of the music world he np- of stolid those 0 emu- music he o nor mediuim 10 express musical as creating flexible dramatic volce . . . technically remarkable Applaiise rremendous 7 These were uised 10 praise of a brilliant voung Duich artist, Henk Noori, when b sang Wagner's Die Meistersinger with Ariuro Toscanini at the Salzburg Fextival recently Waord cess 10 “A beaunful renor words of Noort's distinguisbed suc Salzburg last WA mmediatelv 10 C C. Cappel. manager of the Naiional Symphony Orchesir n Washington. who is arranging he Dutch firsl. appearance here in Ociober, Wiih other ar comprising the Wagnerian Pos- tival Singers, Noort be the soloist with the National in the concert Wunching 1037-38 season on October 31 A naiive of Holland Noort is held in esteem that equals that of the famous basso of the Festival der Kipnis. who in America through Appear- ances and phonograph recordings, He is particularly favored in Europe for his Wagnerian performances, and of all the roles of the Bavreuth master in his repertoire he comes closest 10 per- fection. in the minds of the eritics, when singing Walter von Stolzing in Die Meisiersinger.” His appointment 1o sing this difficult role under the mas- ter conductor, Tascanini, was in iiself week cabled singar's will Svmphony its oup. Alexan- < mlreadv known his concert Service Band Concerts “I"HE United States Navy Rand. Lieut Charles Benter conducting. will plav rhe following roncerte during rhe week heginning Monday, August 16 Monday—1:30 pm ., sail loft. Navy YArd: 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Tuesdav—8 pm. World War Me- morial, West Potomac Park Wednesday—11:30 a.m., asil Navy Yard: 7:30 pm. band Navy Vard Thursday 3 p.m_. Naval Hospital , Priday--6:30 p.m.. Formal Gardens, Walter Reed Hospital. Toft, stand, Capt. Tavior Branson. leadar of the United States Marine Band. an- nounces the following concert acheo- ule for the Marine Band for the coming week Mondav, 8 p.m.—Concert Marine Barracks Tuesday. 7 p.m.-—Concert at Veterans' Hospital, Mount Alto. at the the the League of Nations in Switzerland. But in 1737 the chief stock in trade in everv dram shop and tavern was a liquor called “Geneva.” and if a man had 100 much of “Geneva’ he would stagger home in a daze, hence the expression. The corruption of ‘Geneva” survives in the modern word “gin." A similar analvsis is posaible of nearly all the 225 phrases in “The Drinkers' Dictionary.” | Wednesdav, 7:30 United States Capitol Thursday, 730 pm Coneert | the Distriet of Columbia War morial, Potomac Park | Pridav 115 a.m.—8hut-Ins Dream Hour concert in the auditorium at | tbe Marine Barracks: 3 p.m. ~oncert at the Naval Hospital, p.m. Concert ar Me- Concerts by ithe United Sratas Sol- diers'’ Home Band. Bandstand, Ties- day. 7 p.m . John S. M. Zimmermann bandmaster. Anton Pointner, assistant March, R_P. 0O Rlks" Zimmermann Overture. ~ - Gira'da" Adams Oriental suite, “The Garden of Allab Ronald Pucein Hill Warren "Pleasures of the Pas Waldt “Grand Rennion, Scenes from the opera Popular | " The 14 Tosea 018 Spinning Wheel Olo Man Sunshine Waltz suite. Mol Finale, “Anchors Aweigh.' C A Zimmermann “The Star Spangled Ranner Thursday, 7 p.m.: | March, “Our Governor™ | Qverture. * Riens, Grand parsohrase. |~ Crose” (requesied! Zimmermann Wagner “The Old Ruzeed 2 Peler Buvs Excerpts from musical “comedy “The Showbosi” (requested). .. Kern Popular numbers: | .Romany Love" “Sleepytime Girl Waltz suite, ‘“Mon Dream” Finale, - Zamecnik - Whiting Reve” ™ (“My Waldienfel Swinging Down ihe Line. Rrockenshir “The Star Spanzied Ranner.” Ssturdav. 7 p.m.. March. Along “Stepmne Goldmen IFAME STILL LIVES 25 Years Ago, Gave Life to His Chosen Operatic Field and Set Pace for Others. a signal honar for this younz man whose opera debut took place less than 10 vears a0 Wagner will hear Noort role of Walter ductor enthusiasts 1n m selections from the Dr. Hans Kindler. con- National Svmphonv. plans to present music from a section of “Die Mejstersinger” diring the eon- cert in which the Festival Singers ap- pear. It will be the first time that Wagner, either in opera or roncerd form, has heen sung here by ble a a orchesira Washington of the &0 nota- cAst with e ne mu. complete srmphony Meistersinger” will provide | sic for anly nne part of the program The Fectiva an ensembie of five of Waznerian Singers the finest voice he world Kipnis, America rrian In addition tc na introduetion m there is Hilda Konst7ni, Aua- soprano the Vienna and Prague State Operas: Marta contralto, of Noort and who need e the N 1ne]] asova, tional Berg! sung with Kipn performances America f from Buenos Aires pleted a Wagnerian { severa direct or first, fime imphal enzagement Theater Colon Kipnis s songht although snill a vouna arvist, after by rd ma He or opera compant been Toscanim formance Fide It acclaim ng at wlected h Salzburg vear and of “The Magic Flute as response ta the papilar ven the Naranal Svm- phony's Wagnerian w al Dr. K oren the next season nierprerations last nter th ndler arranzed tn the asst Aistinguizhed 10 Waz- ance of not one. bt five n a concert devoted The D oy drama nkard h weekly £ the season ir Theatar 1e76av 2ddiian -known Wa popr ans mber all done The pro- Ha Baine Opera Groug and Bame" The Drink heard She een h Chib will and will A Ricvele Built 2 by Man Wha il Tana The I and Com Want imbars Home 10 Plav Falher 1 Don't The Drur lLangley Kkard presented n the Lambs Chib of Langler Gom- T Center sponsored C ee of the ( Department and Capital Parks he production iz Festivaj ammunity Gentes # Office of Nationaj by mmer mmit v Fdward 1 H and ust, rerurned o the New Bna- apened a fherry pianie teacher of has from & concert i and ar wesi States a has Bl RRTIY Cannectient avenie north. Mrs 1\ ¥1li bhe ander Holeomh <oprana, Quest soinist at rthe . Mary Prost service ar Ch of Mrs dav R nrgan d Prank Aker L. Hulburt Iburt is Gastrock s st during R bert Mr. H Georgerony member af ‘he Choir Preshyie 4 er. has served as its treas Emma Rede ~kpown formerlyv of Weshingion Mrs. Bessie levenson we. oera sinzer e via- her sister Tt inng of 4204 M ensively is editor out by west Redell, w AS sing ex n opera and concert AriA A magarine the Grand Opera Arnisis ciation of America NES af P Amn Mys soloist Church Al return Mitche A Luther Marqies, romsralin Place Memaria who is spending several wask Saltaire. Fire Island. N v, a the first of Septembhar Mrs choir Methodist G Horolett director of the Church, has Massaneiia Springs. Va, where atiended the Sacred Music and the School of Sacred Music nnde the direction of Dr Finley W lamson Davis arganist any Tawis Memoria retirned frov 2k Fostvs John Helen Belf, violinist motared with her sister Audrey Rell tn Great Bar ringion. Mass. ta attend the Rerkzhire Svmphonic Pestival of the Bastan Or chestra, and also the Sonth Mountain Chamber Music Co Querture “Light Cavalrs” Entracte 1Ay Traumers ems from mis M1isketarrs Popular numt Sweening 1he Sleeov Town Walta suite, On the Beautiful Rh K. Von Eunne Schumans Stran The Three i3 a1 comeds Pl e Awas Gosinm ne Ter-Bela ~Teixe Pinale True neled Bannar The Arm: schedule nf the Tnited States Band, Capt. Thomas F Darey leader. includes the followinz roncerts to he given during the coming week Monday. $ p.m, In the Armv Band anditorium 30 pm. ar fhe Dis irict. of Columbia World War Me« morial Tuesday, 30 pm Reed General Hospiral Thursdav, 330 p.m the Army Rand audiiormim. 6.30 pm. a1 the Tuberculosis Hospital. Fourteenth and Upshur streets northwest Fridav, 7:30 p.m. at States Canital Saturdav, 10°30 am. in the Armv Band auditorinm; 12:30 p.m. National Grange program of the Farm and Home Hour, in the band auditormm a1 the Waltar the timited Warren F. Johnson, Organist Church of the Pilgrims Sunday Evening Sonata in F Maior ' Armando Jannuzzi Grand Opero Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist Italian Method Schanl af hel eanta Adams 3687-1 "9 Oakght. NW, (Cor, 18th) * Waitrnm