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CHIU CROWD
Symphony Performance for
Youngsters Proves Delight
to Large Throng.
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.
The auditorium of Central High
School was crowded to the doors with
the eager children and their escorts
who gathered yesterday for the open
ing concert of the students’ series by
the National Symphony Orchestra.
More even than the two series for
adults, these students’ concerts, en
livened by the interesting talks of Dr.
Kindler. are one of the finest expres
sions of what the National Symphony
means in civic education.
'Dr. Kindler began by tracing the
history of music from biblical times
to the program for yesterday's con
cert. He produced a ram’s horn such
as was described in the Old Testa
ment. and pipes of Pan to illustrate
the types of musical instruments used
by the early Greeks. Asking the |
children to remember the name of!
Pope Gregory, who was responsible for '
the finest music in existence, he next ]
spoke of the Troubadours and the!
•’little fiddlers of the king." the name
of the small orchestras at the courts
of the French kings.
French Music Played.
This led him logically to the sub- j
Ject of yesterday’s program. French
music. On each side of the stage1
and flanking the American Flag, hung i
the colors of France. The concerts j
this year are described as “musical
journeys" through the music of vari-!
ous countries with Germany as the,
next “port of call.”
Explaining first the influence of j
the dance on musical form and the j
characteristics of the different prov-1
lnces of France, the first number, j
•’Ballet Suite.” by Rameau, with its |
•’Menuetto," “Musette” and “Tambour-1
In” was played by the orchestra, j
Speaking of Berlioz as a “New Deal"
composer in contrast to the conserva- ]
tive Delibes, the orchestra next played '
two numbers by those composers. De
libes’ "Passepied" and Berlioz's most '
representative work. “Marche Hon-1
groise.”
The second movement of Cesar j
Franck’s “Symphony in D Minor" was
next given a reverently beautiful read
ing. The “musical instrument tour"
began with the violin, cello, harp and
contra bass. Jacques Posell playing as 1
bass solo. "The Elephant," music of
Saint-Saenas' “Carneval of the Ani
mals.” An arrangement of Saint
Saens’ “The Swan.” for violin, cello
and harp, was then given by Frank
Gittelson, concertmaster: Howard i
Mitchell, first cellist, and Sylvia Meyer, \
harpist
naiti L.,uu|n? a iujiu.
Reaching the modern composers of j
France, the orchestra played Debus- |
Bey's arrangement of Satie's "Gymno- |
pedie No. 2.” and two excertps from ;
Ravel’s "Mother Goose suite, the story j
of which was amusingly related by Dr. j
Kindler.
With the singing of "La Marseil
laise," a repetition being needed to;
gain the proper spirit and the play- I
ing of the “Farandole.” from Bizet's j
“L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2" the concert;
lasted a half hour longer than those !
of last year.
An informal lecture was given yes- j
terday afternoon in the auditorium of i
the Library of Congress by Jean |
Thomas, founder of the American j
Folk Song Society. Miss Thomas '
comes from Ashland. Ky., and brought j
with her records made by the moun- j
tain musicians and moving pictures |
of the folk festival.
Interest Awakened.
Miss Thomas' interest in the music
of the Kentucky mountaineers dates
from the times she was sent into the
mountains to report the trial of one
of the mountaineers for murder. She
found herself lodged in a room ad
joining that of the murderer. Her
distress at the situation vanished
when she heard a voice singing the
folk songs of the region which, on
Investigation, proved to be the mur
derer himself. Eventually acquitted,
he helped her to begin a study of the
music native to the mountainous!
section of Kentucky.
Through her efforts, the American I
Folk Song Society was organized six j
year ago. The pictures shown yes- j
terday were taken at the Folk Song j
Festival, held last June, and showed ;
the native musicians and dancers and
the large crowd that came from all
over the world to hear their music.
The records were made by the musi
cians and represented the songs and
various instrumental music performed
at the festival.
Allirtl
dutu mnud uivcii
FAREWELL DINNER
Director of N. E. Boys' Club Takes
Community Chest Post on
Tuesday.
Approximately 90 guests, a goodly
percentage of whom were boys from
the Northeast Boys’ Club, last night
attended a farewell dinner given at
the Arlington Hotel in honor of A.
Boyd Hinds, retiring director of the,
club, who becomes assistant director
of the Community Chest Tuesday.
The dinner also served to welcome
Otto Nielsen, who succeeds Mr. Hinds
as director of the club on Tuesday.
Coleman Jennings, prominent phil
anthropist, who has long been asso
ciated with the work of the Northeast
Boys’ Club, presided as toastmaster.
H. L. Willett. jr„ director of the
Community Chest, thanked the club
for releasing Mr. Hinds in order that
he might accept the new position and
spoke of him as one of the most
promising young men in social work
In the District. Willett was followed
by Clarence Phelps Dodge, president
of the Community Chest, who spoke
a few words of greeting and welcome
to Mr. Hinds to his new post.
Otto Nielsen, new director of the
Boys’ Club, spoke of the advantages
that he had gained in association
with the retiring director and prom
ised his utmost efforts in carrying
out the policies that have been formu
lated by Mr. Hinds. Mr. Nielsen has
been assistant director of the club
for nearly four years and is thus
peculiarly well equipped to carry on
the policies with which he is so
familiar.
One of the features of the evening
was a talk by Jack Kent, one of the
boys of the club, who had been se
lected by his comrades to express their
feelings in regard to the departure
of their leader.
Poet to Lecture Tomorrow.
Joseph Auslander, the poet, will give
a lecture, "Poetry Can Make a World,”
in the auditorium of the Roosevelt
High School at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The
lecture Is sponsored by the District of
Columbia branch of the Association
for Childhood Education.
CHAPTER XLV.
RACE.
IT WAS only a short pull—40 yards
at the utmost—but, with the spray
splashing over us at every stroke,
we were all four drenched to the
skiii by the time we got on board
George, v.ho was waiting for us on
deck, heralded our approach by a
chorus of staccato barks, his enthusi
asm culminating in a frantic attempt
to lick each of our faces in turn as
we climbed over the side.
“What about a hot drink and a
mouthful of biscuit straight away?”
suggested Jerry. "I could do with it
for one, and heaven knows when we
shall get another chance.”
“I’ll put the Primus on.” Jimmy
wriggled out of his dripping mackin
tosh. “You'd better 'ave this back
now, sir. You'll be wanting it if
were going out amongst that lot.”
He' disappeared bristly through the
cabin door and. after a meditative
glance seaward, Jerry turned to us.
“Of course,” he observed, “miracles
do happen occasionally, but some
how or other I don't altogether like
the look of this one. Seems just a
little too good to be true."
“I’ve the same pleasant feeling my
self.” I admitted.
“We’re in for something—that’s
certain—and, what's more, it won't
be long in coming. Now they know
we’ve got the formu'a-” He
broke off. “How's the shoulder,
Nick?”
“None too gay,” I replied. “Still,
my left arm's sound enough.”
He nodded. “That's something. I
can manage all right for the present,
but if we have to clear out in a bit
of a hurry, I shall want you to stand
by for the tiller.”
“What are you going to do?” I in
quired.
“Just get things ready. It will be
another 40 minutes at least before
the bar’s really safe, but there's no
harm in making a few preparations.
You two stay here and, for the love
of Mike, keep your eyes open.”
He left us abruptly and. moving
forward into the bows, started to haul
in the slack of the anchor chain.
Down below, through the open door
of the cabin, I could hear Jimmy
pumping up the Primus.
“I'd give a lot to know what’s hap
pened to our dear friend Orloff.’’ I
said. “Where do you suppose he was
making for when he slipped off from
the factory?”
“I've been trying to work it out.”
Molly sat down beside me on the
wet cabin top. “I believe he meant
to go back to the boat. He’d finished
with us—at least, so he thought—but
that was no use unless he could get
rid of the others, too.
“I don’t know how he was going
to do it. I expect he had some cun
ning and horrible plan to make it
look as if we'd all been killed in the
explosion. Anyhow, he certainly
wouldn’t waste time. He’d already
sent one of his men to watch the
farm, and-."
“But when he found we’d es
caped,” I broke in, “why didn’t he
finish us off then? What chance
should we have had against a crowd
of armed toughs?”
She shook her head. “It’s got to
look like an accident, Nick. After
all, this isn’t Russia. You can’t shoot
down four people and just leave their
bodies lying about on the marsh.
Why, even now, when he knows
“Listen!”
I gripped hold of her wrist and
for a tense second we both sat there
in breathless silence. Through the
moaning of the wind, from some
. where far away up the creek, came
! a faint, unmistakable sound.. It was
the purring spit of a marine engine.
'•Hear that?” With the swiftness
of a cat, Jerry was back again beside
us. “A 10-horse Kelvin from the
I sound of it. Chuck off those ropes,
man, and get hold of the tiller. If
we re not out of this quick. It’s all up
j With US.”
He was gone again in a flash and
for two minutes of feverish activity
i the world seemed to consist of soaked
1 canvas and recalcitrant knots.
I was dimly conscious of the crash
of the anchor and the wild fluttering
; of a rebellious jib; then, tiller in
hand, I found myself crouching
forward on the wet counter, while,
foot by foot. Jerry hauled up the
struggling mainsail.
‘ That’s all right. Let her come.”
Round we swung, heeling over to
our lee gunwale, and taking in a
rush of water that surged furiously
i up the deck.
1 With only one arm at my disposal,
] it was as much as I could do to
battle against the force of the gale.
: Something like a red-hot gimlet
seemed to be boring vigorously into
; my damaged shoulder and every wave
1 that slapped against our bows sent
1 a shower of stinging spray into my
eyes.
Through it all the menacing throb
behind us grew clearer and clearer,
i "I can see them now. Nick. They’re
j just coming round the bend.”
Molly's voice was as steady as
usual and. glancing back up the
wind-swept creek, I had a momentary
glimpse of our pursuing enemy. She
was a powerful-looking cutter, half
as latce again as ourselves and. in
addition to her engine, she was forging
along under every strip of canvas
that she was capable of carrying.
“Thanks, old man; I'll take her
on now. You get down into the well,
Molly."
Jerry, who had already possessed
himself of the tiller, slipped deftly
into my place and, edging out of
his way, I peered through the flying
spume at the white-crested turmoil
ahead of us.
“Looks ugly,” he remarked, “but
it's our only chance. Now they know
we’ve got the paper those devils won’t
care a curse what happens. They'll
shoot us down like rabbits and then
make fo- that ship of theirs.”
I fished out the revolver which I
had stuffed away into my side pocket.
"They’ll have to hurry,” I muttered.
"If they don't catch us before we
reach the bar
“That's what I'm counting on,”
Jerry laughed grimly. "They must
draw at least a couple of feet more
than we do and with any luck there's
an almighty smash coming for some
body.”
He eased off the malnsheet and,
with the wind dead behind us, the
Seagull heaved and smashed her way
joyously through the onrushing tide.
"Better lie down, Nick.” he added;
“it would spoil all the fun if you got
a bullet through your head.”
His advice struck me as sound
and, stretching myself out flat, I
looked back over the foaming wake
which spread out in a broad fan
astern. With the help of her engine
the pursuing cutter was overhauling
us rapidly.
In the bright light of the moon
which now shone down through a
gap in the cloud bank I could see
her crew of four as plainly as though
it were daytime. One of them, a
huge, bare-headed fellow, who was
steering, I recognized at once. It
was my old acquaintance, the big
Russian sailor.
With his bestial features and enor
mous breadth of shoulder he looked
for all the world like some monstrou
ape, but It was on the man wh
was crouching motionless beside hie
that my eyes Instinctively rivete
themselves.
A cold blast of hatred went througl
my heart as I stared at that Etil
sinister figure. He sat there, ben
slightly forward, his face a whit
mask in the moonlight. Except fc
the slight swaying of his body a
the ship rose and fell, he neve
stirred or varied his position.
Not more than a hundred yard
now separated us and every momer
the roar of the sea as it pounde
against the bar became louder an
more strident.
Twisting myself around. I took
glance forward over the plungin
bobstay. Directly ahead of us th
line of breakers that stretched fror
shore to shore was broken by a nar
row strip of dark, swirling water.
On each side of this, over the ere?
of the ridge a white maelstror
boiled and bubbled, while here an
there patches of black sand sti
showed among the frothing turmoi
Tommow, an accident decides th
race.
SHOWER IS PLANNED
Auxiliary of Hebrew Home fo
Aged Lists Program.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the He
brew Home for the Aged will give
sheet shower and tea at the homi
1125 Spring road, from 2 to 5 p.ir
tomorrow. The public is Invited.
The Levenson Brothers Trio, read
! mgs by Miss Gertrude Tabb an
| songs by Mrs. Elsa Koppel, asslste
; at the piano by Mrs. Carl Golden
berg, comprise the entertainment.
Engineer Will Speak.
G. L. Weller, equipment and build
ings engineer of the Chesapeake i
Potomac Telephone Co., will spea
Wednesday at 8 p.m. at a meeting c
the Washington Society of Engineer
in the Cosmos Club. His subject wil
i be “Secretarial Telephone Service.”
Models for Charily
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MISS JEANNE RENAUD
Of Washington dressed in
the beige crash linen play
suit trimmed with wooden
buttons and a large brown
sun hat, which she wore
as a model at a fashion
show given in the palm
terrace of the Hotel Roose
velt, New York City, for
benefit of the West 63d
Street Community House.
—A. P. Photo.
i LIQUOR TAX VIEWS
j ON HILL CONFLICT
B
r ____ •
’ Administration Indicates
l Willingness to Let Rato
i Remain at $2.
i -
i By the Associated Press.
e The question of lowering liquor
1 taxes was discussed yesterday on
■ Capitol Hill, disclosing a wide
division of opinion among the law
1 makers.
J The Treasury is opposed to cutting
• the tax. The Federal Alcohol Con
1 trol Administration believes a lower
• levy would bring death to the boot
e legging industry.
Indications are that the adminis
tration is willing to let the tax remain
at $2 a gallon, although a group of
Congressmen, headed by Representa
tive McCormack (Democrat, Massa
r chusetts), favor restoring the old
$1.10 a gallon impost.
Reduction Is L'rged.
McCormack, an influential member
1 of the House Ways and Means Com
'• mittee, issued a statement urging re
• duction to $1.10, and added:
“If liquor taxes are too high the
‘ cost of legitimate spirits to the con
| sumer is such that illegally manu
1 factured liquor can be sold in com
‘ petition and at a lower price.”
Representative Samuel B. Hill of
Washington, ranking Democrat on the
same committee, expressed the
opinion that the. $2 rate should be
• preserved and lower retail prices
1 brought by tariff pact reductions of
[ the $5 a gallon import duty.
Boost in Protection.
1 Domestic liquor, Hill contended,
costs as much as it does because
domestic producers have protectior
and boost their prices near those ol
imported liquors. In reciprocal trade
agreements, he reminded, the import
duty could be reduced to $2.50 i
gallon.
McCormack, however, insisted s
I reduction in the domestic tax “wil
go a long ways towards removing the
origin of organized violations, and in
I crease the consumption of legallj
produced spirits with little, if any
loss of revenue.”
‘‘The reduction of the Federal ta;
would enable State and local agenciet
to impose a reasonable tax whlcl
would benefit the taxpayers of thi
local governments,” he added.
JOHN R. TRAINOR NAMED
G. U. SCHOOL SECRETARY
_
j Succeeds Late Charles F. Salb a
Official of Foreign Service
Institution.
John Raymond Trainor has assumei
duties as secretary of the School o
i Foreign Service of Georgctow n Univer
I sity, succeeding the late Charles F
I Salb, whose recent death ended a serv
ice of more than 10 years.
While a junior student at the schoo
in 1926. Mr. Trainor was drafted fo
office work to help tide over an emer
gency and has been with the schoo
ever since. He held the post of assist
j ant secretary. He is a native of Attle
j boro. Mass. and holds the degrees o
| bachelor and master of science fron
! the Georgetown school. For severa
! years he also has been an associate ir
{ the courses ’on American governmen
t and economic survey of Latin America
j The appointment of Frank Me
: Kechnie as assistant secretary of thi
. school also was announced. He ha:
I been pursuing graduate work at thi
| school since 1930. From San Fran
! cisco, Mr. McKechnie obtained hit
bachelor and master of arts degree:
frem Stanford University. . He als
taught Spanish at the University o
California, at Los Angeles, and v.a
director of the Bcnita School, near Sai
Diego.
FAMED SONGS EXHIBITEC
Reproduction of Foster's Work
on Display at Library.
Reproductions of the songs o
Stephen Foster as they originally ap
peared in the middle of the nine
teenth century will be on exhibitloi
in the music division at the centra
building of the Public Library for
: ! week, beginning today, the anni
. ! versary of the composer's death, Di
1 George F. Bowerman, librarian, ha
announced.
The Foster flail reproductions ai
the gift of Josiah Kirby Lilly t
Indianapolis, who has devoted veai
' to the study of Stephen Foster’s wor
and established Foster Hall for tt
prepetuation of his memory.
HYGIENE CLASS TO OPE!
A class in home hygiene and cai
1 of the sick, under auspices of th
l District Red Cross Chapter, will ope
■' tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. in the chap
. i ter house, 1730 E street.
■ | The class is the fourth of a seric
! of daytime and evening classes whic
l i the chapter is conducting this Wintc
' i as part of its program of communit
• | health.
PERSONAL LOANS
One year or less.
Monthly deposits.
3 names. No collateral re
quired.
Booklet on request.
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