The evening world. Newspaper, May 31, 1916, Page 9

—— NEW YORK WILL HEAR GREAT CHORUS NFR -OPNAR MUSE FTE o Verdi's “Requiem” to Be Sung at Polo Grounds—A Stu- pendous Production. After a rehearsal period of two Months, in which the world’s greatest ehorus has been drilled in sections In various auditoriums, New York City fe about to enjoy its first open-air music festival. Sunday, June 4, has been selected as the date and the Polo Grounds will be the scene. Verdi's “Requiem” is to be the of- fering. Louis Koemmenich, conductor of the New York Oratorio Society, will @irect the 1,200 singers, and the sing- ere will be reinforced by 120 master instrumentalists, a New York Phil- harmonic orchestra of full strength. Four of tho best schooled voices in the world will interpret the solo, duo, trio and four-part passages. Lucile Lawrence, a Kentucky girl, who has @ung prima donna roles in Rome, Venice and Florence for the past two years, is one of these, making her American debut at the Polo Grounds festival. Giovanni Zenatello, for- merly Oscar Hammerstein's leading tenor; Maria Gay, famed as an oper- atic Carmen, and Leon Rothter, the French basso, discharged from ser- vice at the front last fall on account of sickness, aro the other soloists. Altogether 1,324 people will inter- Pret vocally and instrumentally tho | noble Verdi music, constituting the greatest enlistment of voices ever es- gayed in the Interpretation of an oratorio anywhere. The huge stago will have a floor @pace of 7,500 square feet, consuming, with supports and all, 100,000 square feet of lumber. Almost of horseshos proportions, the famous quarter- million Brush Stadium, with its double row of frontal loges, serves to concentrate the sound on the specta- tors, so that, with the immense gound-board and marquise which will back the stage, an acoustic condition akin to that o: 6 most faultlessly constructed ope The stadium se house ts created. 8 48,000 The event Is the first enterprise of | the new National Open-Air_ Festival Society, in which Theodore H. Bauer and Alexander Kahn are moving spirits. Both, have been producers of grand operat here and abroad. Louis Koemmenich will conduct. Chevalier Oscar Spirescu, once con- ductor at the Royal Roumantan Opera House in Bucharest, 1s in charge of the rehearsals. ———>_—_ LEWISOHN GIVES $20,000. At the biennial meeting of the He- brew Sheltering Guardian Soctety at Pleasantville, near White Plains, yes- terday, Adolph Lewisohn, the President, ‘commissioner of in the chari York City. Patrons of th ition present, Commissioner Kingsbury was also a apeaker, but he carefully refrained from any references to the charges made him. The other speakers were Judge Bamuel D. Levy, Vice President of the Marks, Dr, society; Borough Presiden a lent, and B. Bernstein, Superint This RHEINAROON with mop | William J. Willeox, President of the Board of Kducation, City of New York. Mr. Lewisohn, who has been gen- erous patron of this institution for child training, gave $20,000 vesterday for the erection of another cottage. The 650 children of the {Institution Prepaved and served the luncheon to the P 400 guests, Your Grocer Knows : Ask Him To-night oSTheTamous ROYAL: CARLET SSBranos’ Finest Food Products In the World When you see the “Royal Scarlet” brand of food products on your grocer’s shelves you will ° | ° | | know that THAT \€ BRANDis the best. The | | | t i “Royal Scarlet” brand stands for the best in food products—the finest \8 nutritive value. 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Rheingold Beer Beer is one of t he oldest drinks that man Knows, and throughout all the history of man it is clearly shown that the beer drinking nations are the nations. All the most progressive trouble with the temperance question comes from its being mixed up with the absti- nence question, Temperance is one thing; abstinence is another. S. Liebmann’s Sons Brewing Co. ° quality—the highest in | 4 THE EVENING WORLD, WEUNESUDAX, MAX “81, lvl, Portieres and Draperies Stored Lace Curtains Cleaned and After Cleaning Stored Without Charge Phone Madison Square 8200 Ext. 235 Petticoats and Bloomers At Least 25% Below Present Market Prices Fsoce S198 At $2.95, $3.95 and $4.95. Numer yles. All plain colors and delicate shades. Changeable effects and novelty stripes. Taf- feta and peau de Cygne. At $5.95, $6.95 and $8.95. Im: @ assortment at these prices, plain colors and change- able effects. Taffeta and Messa- lines. At $1. Irma Satine Petti- coats, white figured with pink or blue. effects and reminders of the polonaise, practical and “dress” wear. | iy Lacestrimmed Crepe de Chine Petticoat, $3.95 Sino Aang) Chiffon Taffeta Peltie coat, scalloped fl shirred at op. $4.95 | a, Every style, every color, and every desirable material is included in this Great June Sale. imported models, with elaborate flutings and a number of unusual models introducing the “hoop-skirt” And a complete assortment of the more conventional petticoats for Extra Size Petticoats At $1.25 and $1.50. priced for this Sale. proof white satine. Specially Shadow- $5.95. At At $1.95. Fifth Avenue Taffeta $8.95 Petticoats, (new cotton material) striped and Pompadour effects. Bloomers At $1, $1.95, $2.95 and $3.95. White satine, Tailored “knickers Pink or white. Chine and Washable Satins. trimmed with laces and ribbon rosettes, At $2.95, $3.95, $4.95 and Tub silk Petticoats in a variety of models. $4.95, $6.95, $5.95, 5 Wide and $1 range of styles in ‘Taffeta and Messaline, incl colors and all desirable fap silks, Crepe de cee fancy models Tub Silk Petticoats At $1.95. Tub Silk petticoats with tailored flounces. At $4.95. and hemstitched ruffles, Actual $37.50 to $55 Lovely Silk Dresses, $25 Zz Bouffant Skirts, 150 Exquisite Materials— Mary ruffled and flounced, Dresses. Many tafferas, Diaphanous _bodices, individual models Charmeuse combined transparent slegves and yokes; sailor collars, Callot collars; tunic effects and all the 1916 notes of fashion, Have Lunch with cates. in our Dairy Lunch-room on the Subway Balcony. Whole. some, quick and reasonable, We Illustrate Some of the Many Models few dupli- with silk marquisette, Georgette crepe com- bined with taffeta, and malines for wear, evening Pwo Bley Floors } | ‘elow the Main Store Interesting, Indeed, Is This Sale of 4,500 New Wash SKIRTS at Three Prices 69c, 95c 950 960 4,500 skirts are here for your choosing. Many of the models were some of the many styles. At $2.95 and $3.95. shadow-proof trimmed or scalloped flounces, White shadow-proof models, panelled throughout. Scalloped GIMBELS—Second FI White petticoats, lace joor A Most Unusual Sale ” One of the Most Fortunate Dress Opportunities We Have Ever Offered Styles—° nly the newest and , most authentic. Many exclusive Afternoon Gowns and a few very desirable Evening and Dancing Frocks, Colors "nse the most deli- from cate pastels to the vivid Bakst colors, with a large assortment of dark blues; as well as white and black, Ube Changeant Taffeta Petticoat, fluted ruffles, $6.95 Many copies of At $10.50. The quality of taffeta in these petticoats is extra heavy. Among the assortment: models with graduated flounces as well as new designs in application of ruffles. At $12.50 and $15. Handsome models, including petticoats with the bouffant effects, bustle effect and polonaise. Crepe de Chine and Wash- able Satin Petticoats, lace and ribbon-trimmed. Pink and white. $3.95 and $4.95. XQ EAN x Japanese Panama Hats Trimmed and Untrimmed Early ordering of the hat bodies ac- counts for the sale price Just the hats for outings, because Japanese Panama stands rough wear and thrives on it. Japanese Panama has every appearance in color and weave of the 75c June Sale of Children’s Colored Dresses, 55c, 95c & $1.15 Sizes 2 to 6 yrs. 2,400 pretty little Dresses, 30 different models, Prices are emphatic of value, and home dressmakers would have hard work to duplicate them. Styles appropriate to play and hard wear, Fabrics sturdy, washable and attrac- tively colored. This sale gives mothers the chance they have hoped for. They will not stop buying at one dress, but be sure to get several and want more—the offerings are so exceptionally good. Special tables on the Main Floor as well as in Baby Shop, Second Floor, will be devoted to this Sale. GIMBELS—Baby Shop, Second Floor genuine straw, to which it is often preferred. Outing, Regulatiep and Sailor Shapes in Natural Color Japanese 12 differentlocks of fresh, perfect and well blocked hats. Panama. $1.95 Japanese Panama Hats, blocked in the larger shapes Wonderfully attractive. $1.95 Trimmed Japanese Panama Hats in regulation and outing shapes. Trim- med with soft scarfs, velvet ribbon and flowers, Styles suited to women, misses and juniors. $1.95 950 9 Skirts for practical and $2.95 Japanese Panama Dress Shapes,of extra close weave —in the large shapes. $2.95 and $3.95 Japanese Panama Hats, trimmed with velvet ribbon, scarfs, water lilies, La France roses and other attractive flowers, GIMBELS—Third Floor Lees Expensive, but Keliable Merehandisy 81.95 V0 You will naturally wonder, but don’t stop to reason how and why. We've done that, with the result that The prices are exceptionally low—the values exceptionally made exclusively for this event. sport wear, Lot [Skirts made of | Log Q-Skirts made of Gabardine, Cordeline,| Dg¢ Q—Skirts made of Linen, Awning Candy stripes in Stripes, Pique and other novelty material stripe, fine Repps, also Cordu- blue, rose and black, in at least 25 styles; belted effects, others shirred, roys, belted effects with shirred backs, all heavy white large patch pockets and buttons, values sizes 24 to 30 Waistband Jean, Linene 69c up to $1.50, some extra sizes included 95e in Rose White, Gold and $7 95 inhi Subway thores, and Repy in this lot, at . LIBT RSG ARAARIA ® mer Flare san aeseeiibaelee * 2 po T_T Safe Storage for Furs In Gimbels Vaults, Moderate Rates Phone Madison Extension 34, NOW Refreshing Soda and Ice Cream. Soda Stores, Balcony. good, We illustrate uare 8200 Materials checked, plaid and plain gingham and chambray. Models waisted, Russian and bloomer. Trimmings collar, cuffs, belts in white or contrasting color, pipings, smocking and buttons, 75¢| $5 Japanese Panama Hats with Telescope Crowns, blocked in regulation shapes, upper and lower flange of lisere straw. Trime med with ribbon band and bow. This effective hat comes in natural Panama color, but with flange and band in choice of the pop- ular colors, Try it at our Fountain, Subway