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OOL TO FULFILL MT LOVERS' DREAM ? ' * %\ IV -?* By J. MacB. ? 4 ?n "Thousands - of Government workf Ijerp tick in Washington are aiking. ?{With reason,""1 for more" recreational JJTaclMties than are obtainable in the >?ity ? at present. The facilities are Jkvailahte, hut the leadership neces sary for their development is }ack i As an earneat of the importance of !|tbe above statement.. Carroll Hall, at Jtl 8 Tfcnth street northwest. wtlj be !?pened today as the moat advanced Ijeiv.c activity Washington - has- ever It is officially known- as % "School for Beartation Leaders." And ia uodwr the Wa>. Camp ? Com munity Service, a yrj.t organization jaftbe Government that. In outgrow - ,M it* war service, is evolving into ?Ml nucleus for a much-to-be-desired |??ctor In *ur national Hfe?art activ ities for the co.nmunity, with XJo* ^{traneat support. ?i, Government support for art?it is '!|h? dream of the musician for the .ifoture of music in the United States iV America: ? - Pl?? la Extensive. "But a? "School for Recreation !?>eaders. ' what doe* this me?n ? A jjgiance at the equipment of Carroll ,jHall wifl show something of the ex of the plan the W. C. C. S. has .Under way. ?' First, the spirit, and?for the soo4 ? i?f our 'souls?the "taste"' that flies' ?behind the result makes itself rrpinl ? Jfeet. For what is more elevating iu , jf ny endeavor thin to work it out in !j|B environment that lends an ele jjmout of beauty to lift the results 'Above the commonplace?* ? Here arc some of the things one ><BOtes on a first inspection: JBA "Little Theater," all ready-made ?and now ia process oi" decoration. It ]$as a fine auditorium, high ceiling ABd a gallery, and the stage is fast he 'roasing a field for dramatic pictures <*f the "nouveau art" of the theater. Sla?llr|ly la Keywote. , ^ Simplicity is the keynote; pure tones .?f restful color, scenery?well, one ;>fco?id hear Mrs. Forrest and Mrs. 'iTinnin enlarge upon their ideals ijn [maintaining a picture In keeping with "4(he impressionistic effects of tha ']|t*g< settings of today, as different trotm the crass anacbron^m the rigid |kn< imewcrpable castles and gardens'* *f "former years that any supply of ^stock" scenery inflicted upon an Im aginative but enduring public. A well equipped "gym" of large pro portions. also with a two-story height. in the gallery, above, a running '.0??irse. or a point of vantage from >kr||Jch to tee th? possible basketball jjhstcbes that may be staged here. I Th*re Is Slso a shower bath and ample ?facilities for Ais department of phys jicsi recreation. )f Attractive club rooms are bein"", 'furnished and decorated with th^aame ;regard to artistic "taste. The writer I 'jehanced to see the wicker furniture of Jlho "social room." with its bright ! cushions. transferred to the stage for ?jfi temporary "setting," and discovered that by "robbing Peter to pay Psiul" these attractive rooms can serve a Rouble purpose. ??Work Sh?pa" Allartag. "J! The "work shops" for the various pHases that open today offer alluring prospects, each with the individual ?tamp of its department: the drama, aausic, and. dlstinet from these yet re nted to them, costuming, are ua 'portant aspects. "Americani.iation in art" is the w>ay Wrs. Marie Moore Forrest, director Jhf the school of community drama, characterises her work. Through Mrs. Forrest the costume room has a valuable collection of costumes, wigs, and paraphernal iar valued at about >3 000. It was turned oVer to Mrs. Forrest from past performances of her o*? and other organisations, chief among them being the American Bible Society, who have loaned their cos tumes from the great pageant of 1916, "The Bible Among the "Nations." put on by Mrs. Forrest, and that traveled as far as the Paoiflc coast. Mrs. Tinnin promises' the first pro duction to be worked out in this new headquarters. It is the work of the "Rhythmic Players Club." a masque, pantomime, dance play called ?Tb'?' Masque of Mondamii], an Indian Le gend." It' truly,, "belongs" to this creative field of .community expres sion. for it is the- product of this group. Libretto, poster, music, are original and held Within the spirit of the Indian thpme.' There is a "WoO-J ing Dance.7 a '"Song of the Spirit of the Sunshine Water." The themes have been arranged by Berths Remick, composer, and an orchestra from the National Training Schools for Girls wil] play, using primitive instruments such' as the arum, cym bals. etc. Henged by Ckai. H. English. Already the school is scheduled above its limit. The list of th? faculty is inspiring in its promise. The general direcj^f. of the plan Is Charles H. English. ' For the beads of the departments, egch with a corps of ' specialists in their various branches, j?e find, in music. Peter AV. Dykema for community singing, and . Edcuard Albion- tor .opera. Mr. Al bion has in hia ranks, August'King Smith 'for French opera. Salvatore Cudla for Italian, and Otto Torney Simon for choral work. ? Thomas W. Burckhalter is in charge of physical recreation; Genevieve Turner Holman. social recreation: Marie Moore Forrest, community .drama, in which Is included a course in the theory of color on the stage, with instruction in the ' dyeing of fabrics, under J. S. P. Neligh of the industrial art department of. neigh borhood house, who gives his services. Many important lecturers have volunteered their co-operation, as for Instance Dr. t>e Witt G. Croissant, who will give a lecture and reading course op the History Of the Drama. Dr. Croissant is in charge of the department of English of. George Washington University. Plan Repertory of Metbnds. "The use ot trained leaders in social service is' manifest in churches, in government departments, in social centers." said Mr. English. "They fill the,need of social secretaries to large gronpa of- people, but often their re sources are soon exhausted for lack of preparation for this ever Increas ing" work. ' We aim to provide a rep ertory of methods fbr promoting games artd other recreation, and for 'getting up programs in the large field of music and trie drama. We will give ttjc knowledge and experience *o'f specialists in these varjed branches, not Anly to supply this need In Washington at the pres ent emergency^ but . to provide a working method for the war-worker to carry 'back home' with him from the Capital of the Xation, to enrich ja vast number of communities, so that he may say that he gained this | further serviceableness when he went i to Washington to serve his country In her great war crisis." He. may go out from here to serve his fel|ow-men further. Or he may I come to Carroll Hall and find a dozen , more activities to meet his present J personal need or desire. The classes I open their work .today. The formal 'opening of the building will be some time in February. MIS8 HOWE SOLOIST.' r. Mite Mary Helen . Howe. soprano. 1 was soloist at the-'Community Sirs held at Central High School_ last Sun day afternoon. The sing was under the -direction of Gilbert Wilson, ma rine song leader, of Quan^icu. . All Musicians Enjoy to the Limit |v The Little R. S. Howard ? - ? Piano A Wonderfully Tone ful Instrument at a most reasonable price. - '/We are back of it ab solutely with our guar antee of service. ? Price $350 ? ?- '? ; Monthly Payments *lf in the future you wish to exchange it f<?r the Highest^ type of Piano that brains, ingenuity^' capital and expejl^dce can construct, THE STEINWAY we will allow its fullest market vakie for it DROOP'SKBOOGSt. 'i' Th\ following: Ust of operas. both novelties and revivals,, th#t have been presented at the Metropoltt^O Opera House In New York, during the reign there of the Italian impresario.'. Mr. Gatti-Casatta. shows the dearth Of opera music in the National Capir tai of this country. . Of the novelties, only "The Girl df the Golden Wfti". by Puccini, and Montemezzl's "L'Amore del tre ? Re" have been sung here, with the excep tion, that is. of "Les Pecheur -des Perles" of Bizet, that was fung here years ago by the Hlarich Gr^hd'O^efi Company at the old Academy of Music, even though' it is registered a* a novelty in New York- ' ' NeveUies?"Tiefland.", "I,? .Villi," "La W.ally," "German)*" "Th* Btf tered Bride," "Stradella," "PlqjW Dame." "The Pipe of fteslre," "Ar? ?nide;" "Girl of the 'Gotten We*t'," "Koenigskinder," "Ariane et Barbe Bleu." "Lobetans," '"tie' ^Donse -? riose," "Versiegeit," "Mona." " rano."~ "Boris Goduno/T,''?" "Rosin kavalier" , "L'Amore dei T.re Re," '"Madeleine." ? "Jullen,"' "L'Ajnore Medico." "Mme. Sans Gene." ' "L'Ora eolo," "Prince Igor," "Goyescas." "Lea Pecheur des Perles," "Jfhifenl* en Aulide," "Francesca de Rimini." "Can terbury Pilgrims," "lifaroqf." "St. Elizabeth.'' "Lodoletta," "Le Coq d'Or," | "Shanewis." * ' -'-'"il Revivals?"The Magic Flute," "Le* Huguenots." "The Masked Ball." "Eu ryanthe." "Iris." "Samson et Delila," 1 "Mart*,"' "La Sonambula," "Lakme," "Orfeo," "La Prophete," "Puritani." LED ORCHESTRA , FROM AUDIENCE "Conducting from the audience" comes as a vaudeville h|nt to musi' clan and student in the following retniniscencc given by Lawton Mack all, who writes: 1"' . - - "Alfred Szendrei, of the Century | Opera Company, gives an amusing ac j count of how he acquired .his first training in conducting. He says that.l when he vas studying at the Royal Conservatory in Buda-Pesth, he spent evening after evening at the opera house, perched up In the 'student's box,' which 1b jQst under the roof. From this vantage j.oint he would watch .all that the conductor did, and himself provided with a baton and complete score, would rise and 'direct* the performers?who were, of course, ignorant of bis existence. The resulti of this practice was that when he was actually called on to tonduct he felt remarkably at care. "Such 'unsolicited conducting,' re quiring a heroic, defiance of conven tionality,- U hardly practicable in America today, but the Idea may be carried out in a slightly modified form. Any concert goer can, by means of a packet editlop of the complete score, 'conduct' a symphony or choral work in Ms imagination, while re maining quietly In his seat. This Tact is generally recognized iB Germany for In that country miniature ecoreS are sold in the lebbie* of 4)1 the lead li>g coocart hall*, and libraries clrcu, late them *s they do ho'dk*; but h%re In America, where there.Is n?6re en -liuslgsjo than thoroughness. the **lue of these handy volumes I* little ap preciated- .' . ?. "At a performance of open*, when the auditorium la almost completely dark, people will strain their epes over their librettos, trytnj to make 1 th*' *r* f*r important than the music, yet In a bryiiantly lighted concert hall, where th*re ie nothing on the stage but a sedate company of musician^ in evening drete, eoarcely one person in the-au dlence will be following the niusic with a score."' ? SfMWBNY PLAYS fNM?MOR?OFT.(t f v ?" i 1 ' j ^ A throng of persons st^od solenjivlv i Carnegie Hall ail through the pjayV '*? ?S . Funebre" from .iMthoveo'a synipliony. "ErAip*." The <fl?0 of the Ne^r York Symphony Or eheatra *l*o atood whtie they played, under the leadership of Walter Dam ro^eh, this portion of the "Erolca." ipr RdP?eV^tV*tt I*,*0,ory of Theodore ' ' j1 f a WMi? aueh as this knoVn^h-^T * ?J|V*crl?*ra have hot ?^DPe during tfee many years J,m .WtW*-. - The Playing was !&?>> fr&m that characteristic the entire symphony is Dre theilSiW*1 "c6Wc*rt f tribute, to the ftianea of *L rjdedf,an''' ^r0t# ??* r*v,ewer ;"Ths musical taste of MlK Roose velt w?? oultlvated. and he also loved ? gpod tfltf-fashfonfd luiu, whether Ihymn er reel. . Jie ohce told y* that 'tKP|P Of ntfWorks of flj* y#l|jrle. a|*W's tMed him as life most gran'd)6se vision in all opera;. h? also entertained a profound reverem-e fpr B*jth?vfo, -but for latter-day com posers h* Had little pattepce. . " 1 *"? ?*?*?"? man at the pavement#,' he wrote, me 1i? JfJft, and hi, simple open-air ??ul ? couldn't tb|4e tortured tonalities and tortuous weavings <A tbf new mep ^n music. Some day a boek Should be written about the<* JOre Roosevelt u a lever of the save* art*. end it jroftld. open the ey*e of those rhp-k&ewhlm enly as a state* | m?n. soldier- - and ' aeturaliit. Hi? versatility was astounding and his Judgments pot always rash.' vCotastyet t?is Introduction to the poetical works 9f Or org*. Cabft Lodge a. you ng Ji of genius, gone before, ho had ma tured.. a aoo of. Senator Deary Cabot t<odf?. We - heattily oomratnd ;Str. Pemrosrli's pious apd artiitic com memoration of. a truly great .Ameri can and ope of the 'few whpqe gr*at pess *a^ pot political pinebbetki* We nape other orchestral conductors will ^Vuke^rise'/'' *? V"' ' . PERMANENT OftRA COMIQUE FOR N. Y. t . * . ? , . . . ' ? / ? *? The spring of 1019 will- sse the be ginning of a' new era. in American l?perar-the establishment of what , is j hoped will be * a . permanent opera ! comique. Hitherto American opera singers have n$t been sufficiently-ap preciated in their jwn-country. The supply has far exceeded the demand, i a ad ? the ' result has -been" ejthir that I "m?.ay ,a? flow er was bom , to blush unseen," or the unblushing ones, ?fter spending years in djllgent study. have 'bfcen 'forced to resort to the movies or the c^barfta-in order*td flod s market for their wares. . . '? George Hamlin, ' famous througKr out the United States as a con cert- and opera singer and vecal teacher, and acquainted with theatrl jcal life In all its phases, now has a definite plan by .which he hopes to advance the cause of the American opera singer.. Mr. Hamlin is going to use Ameri can talent for a permanent opera season to begin nest spring. He in tends to establish in New. Tork an opera comique (not a comic opera) which will in no way duplicate the Metropolitan Opera Company, but will encourage -home talent.. The cast, in this new opera com pany will be composed of American artists only. Most of the works given j will be American and al,l will be ren 1 dered in the English language, i Mr. Hamlin is confident of success, i He hopes to encourage a large num j ber of artistj and have alternate | casts appear for every opera, so that j the interest of the public will never (lag. Tbo principals of theae casts i may also be jBent to other citle.s dur ing the company's New Tork season. ' the arrangement being that these out ! side places will be able to use their home talent for the min.?-- parts. *Thu* many an a^pirlnr young alng*r (will have his or .her change who 'might' never, have had it <ftherv is?. . ?.?:?s? ORCHESTRA RESUMES. The V. W. C. A. Orchestra has i?e? sumod its regular reHeafsfls after th? holidays. This organiration meets #t the Y. W. C. A. building. Fourteenth and G streets northwest,' every Tqes . day evening at 7:30 o'clock. Am ; young woman who plays an orchestral I instrument and desires to join thu orchestra is cordially invited to'meet" . with these players any-Tuesday. The Chore) Club, of the V. W. C. A. ' now has a membership <?f tbirty-flve, ( The rehearsals for the chorus are heM Iwn Monday evening at 8 o'clock at ths J Y. W. C. A. building. OPEN. SATURDAY EVENINGS THREE WONDERFUL RECORDS! i ' ? ?? Ml '? I" ? I'' -V r' m' .n_l7 ( Riccardo Stracciari sings, ? ) *. 495,7 ( . ? "There* a Long, Long Trail" f - ^nsi f . 'Belgian Rose," with ) D%B(5e \ ?. <>s e981 ( -Beautiful Ohio"' \ ? (? ) *1'2?> ( "Masses in the Cold; Cojd Ground" ) . 6082 \ arid "Old Folks at Home" - [$1-50 Occfr Sejulf apd ?<j*rtett?.) / / , ' ' " I ' \ j These Three Record and Two Packages | of Needflet for $4*50 HARRY c. .GROVE, Inc. me e st??. I'iriwt S(??h ml Hn?rl> Ifi . ' IMHl!M:. . ?. * ? By jdHN C. FBEUXD. Music begins where,words end. It is the universal language of maij. It belongs to the soul. "There is inusic in all things, if men had ear$," sang Byron. ?' '?"?'* ' \ ' ' _ ^at 'ttufoV* music beyond that of the noblest .symphony ever composed, beyond that of the finest note sung b'y lehor, soprano, con tralto, orbaw, beyond- tftst which penis from the organ or comes from choir or orchestra in whelming waves of sound- There's music be yond that of the unheard rhythmic roar of the scientist's atom or the inftronomet's singing sphewf,1' ? ." ? ' ? ^ "Hijwe's^a music beyond tht soft, gentle cooing of the dove or the tfcnder note of the nigntWrale in-Ac moonlit glade, beyond that of the moan *ndsr>ugh of the wind i? the trees, beyond that of the rippling babble of the brook or the splash of the long wave-line on the sanded - ***' jfh?#*'s *' music ^syvnd the clash and crash of bands as men rush to-conflict, Beyond the'soft cadence of the lover's lute as he sings to his JflNjL' , _jm rf ^ U ? J * ? i Y * s It is tfce great diapason of humanity!' Humanity V?Weh,"in its jnoil* ?td"toil; in'its. agony and martyrdomv struggling ever-onward and,upward, sings to the' Unknown its MTe ? ? ? vi ? . , ? . i,4 ' ?' ' " v " ? '? - ? ?>-.?; V . I. *? : -?. ? ?? ^ >???r ? ' ? .? L .I'.-'J in ??? , , J ? ' ' ; y v y 'tk '4 ' The ; Community Or chestra held-Its first reful^r' rehear**) 0t) t$? pew ye^r Tuesday evening ?t the Wilson formal School) corner of fEtevittth-**? Hwvird streets, at 7:30. IXgHfr tM'.*irectlfij?. of> lH^*iiif B. Cogswell. director #f music of th? Washington Public Sthoolar this or-. <;hetetr? has ?rov?n its usefulness |a many eiThr during t^e period pf. the, w*r., when music was so vital a faeter tn aiKpublle a???*ibli?s . .(Mf dpslred. to Increase the mem bership'of the orchestra tp ?one hua Hr<a' iAtie's.? The first public tppear ane? jf" this o'rclic*-'Pa will be at tK* Antral High Senear sofn^ tlm? ip February, I?, a conceit fo'rthe benefit W the fled Cross. ? . ?, *>': Any ptncrii playing an orchestral instrument. particularly strlttgs or wood Winds, M 'cordially urged rip join th*>organffattoh. ? Bring instru ment and musif'stand, and be on hand tfKfVTufesflay eVehfng at 7:30. t ?. ?? *i l, . ' * . * ' ? ',{ . Sunday eTeriinr has become "musK' f.vomhg at the Arts Club- On January |2 the , mus^c tjoplc. for the evening was "The Art of France In Song, Painting, Scnlpture and Architecture," tp be pret sented' by Mrs. F- E. Farrineton and George Jubqin Zplnay. The'wsning'^r Sunday, January W. will b? de*ot?d tp the compositions of Bambridge Ctfst. the American com poser, who la at present in Washinfcten on -war work. A short talk oh "Anttiri cap Music" w|U be gieen by i?r. Crfst. ?>nd his bongs will'tie sang by Mrs. Faifffx, Kcs Frapeesk-i Ksspar Law son ant Mist Miriam Started ant. ? f ? v - Lieat. Charles Trowbridge TiUnwn if new Stationed at Ca*ip Humphrey s, being attaohed to the jsdge -advocate general's , ottlce. Mr. T|t|<ruifi .1$ . op leare of absence frem bis choir posi tion as soloist at All Soils' Cgltirlan Church. '' ~r' . The marching song, "gpiett of "Vip tory," by Hamlin E. Cogswell, has been sung Into a Columbia grapho phone record in their series of Cojum bla band starches and physical,drills far schoojs. - The record is now in its third edition and. is not only a good school march, but will sefrve at ap' aL-oompaiH ment for the song. The words wprp'alsa WlUen by Mr. Cogs veil a,nd the jrtnrdh.song is dedicated to General Pershing. Sergt William G. Packer, .of the Chemical Warfare Service of the Edgewood Plant, Md.. furnished the solo for Calvary- M. 15. Church re cently. ? Charles Lester; lUemer. song leader in the* war service of the United States, army, has just returned to Camp Meade from Camp- Jackson, S. C. wher^ he"was connected with Bat tery A, Tenth regiment field artil> lery. Mr. Blomer is to be mastered out of the service soon, with honor, and will return ?to his professional music .world. He writes: "My work while a sol dier in the great army was very interesting, having been bandmaster and musical director of the orchestra at Camp Jackson, as well a? song leader. I will return to Washington about the. 10th of January, and I will be glad to again senr? in the capacity of song leader "or director of musle as I did before my departure for ?amp-". ... ....... ... . ... _ , Miss Dick Root. Washington rep resentative of the Musical Coupler, was soloist recently at a meeting of the Pen Women's League. The sudden death of Frank Karri* J,ones. the. pianist., is deeply feiv in Washington by a large circle of friends flf this young musician. who has- filled a very vital Place Ip the city's music world. It is chiefly t? teaching that Air. Jones has devoted' himself !u recent years- Cqnilny home J?!s atudies In Europe, he became a member' of the fatuity of the Washington Col lege of Music, arid at t,h( time of h|s death was the president of the col lege, sue^eedlng'bis former teacher S. M. Fabian, whom he prepared for this European stymies. Frank Jopea will b? sincerely miss ed for hia gracious and buoyant' per sonality. as weir as" for his gift a* mueiciajh??d Uachsr. " ?T 1?.. A lettsr' 3?ifh a luery Jjag been sent te the Music Editor of The Washington Tltjifj "cencernjpg tht oppe??t of Casal". the Spanish 'cellUt. w^Ose rctur^ thiji country 'Tb* Times annouhcad recently. It r^sds "I see that Casals is bscV from Spain, but w.fey dofpn't he cpi*e to Washington, as advertised to play November f ? A Ifrf? tiumber of music yatrowe are holding tickets, still ifsfgHIng the tmhomjecqspiit. "Bumor lyas jt that <"a*al? b*? jumped' his contracts and his m?n af?rf have flotm" Signed, A Music Patro*. ? ' ?"' >?. fbp Times tO'df st th* time pt the postponement af >^e Cssal? co^cort in November, about the dflay in M*. Cssats' return to the r?joun^jy,. pwjng to the dlfflci|lUes in crofsipg the oceajj at tha^ time. It was ajs? re ported that the. cope^rt would be g}Yfn when fh# canceled datef could be. arranged for. * :? { ; -,It would not seem that s? *reat an artist #s 'Pablo Cssals wpul^ return t/> t'hie"' cowtrr. rtrher* be has m<ft With ,^uch g^eat success,, and- th? would '?urpose% ignors hlf' f>rpf?S iisnfl obMirgtlolis. ? Let us Ha^s.-lift Dame Biim1** Is again In erlror. <nd th^t 'tl?f? c^l?btfte$'^eflltst will J'et be heard in Wa?hlf9ton>;music se?* sd?? e'-rfn thoygh the concert has'not y.ft>fsn, guapUawd-.V..? ?? ? The National Quartet gave the pro gram at one of the weekly concert* Riven at. the American Red Cross headquarter* building. The quartet ie Compoaed of Elir-abekh S. Maxwell. so prano; Lillian-Chenoweth, contralto; William p. Braithwaite. tenor; Harry 1|. ForKer, base, and JSthel Garrett **rr!?b, aplo pianist and accom panist. I The. program was a particularly at tractive ope of concerted* music, in cluding the Cadman "Spirit of Spring." t?i*Cfcrolle". frpm "Tales.of Hoffman of Offenbach, "A Night i;i Venice." of Lucaptoni, and the "Spinning Wheel" ?uertet from Flo tow's tuneful opera fjBartha." ?? > TftJ*.presents the best in music, and also an attractive number of more'popular selections, such *s the "Mighty Lak' a Ro?e" "of Vevin* fJ)d a Southern-medley by Pike. They gave a group of ?onga of the Ameri can negro Including the spiritual "Deep River." and also "Swing Along" by Q9?IL and the Strickland "Picka ninny Sleep Song." .? ? Doe? anyone remember the comi: opera, "Deairee." Written by John Philip Souaa? It seems to have paaaed out of, record, but it was called to mind through the death here recently of Alva S. Tabor, who ?led at the Sol diers' Home Hospital at the age .of seventy-live. The libretto of this opera ^y1 the "March K'?g." was writ ten by the brother of. Mr. Tabor, Ed ??.rd Tabor, and was ? cherished pus session -of the 'family. ' The program of the Friday Morning Mu%ic Club tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock it the Washington Club will be ?|v?ri by Mrs. Walter Brucc Howo in piaqp aoloa, and Mr?. Flora McG!!I Keefer, who wl'V aing a program of French aonga and a group of Mrs. Howe's latest aongs. Miss Burbage. Miss Duncan, and Mrs. Beulah Harper Dunwoody will,be the soloists for Friday. January -1. IN ITALIAN PLAY Signor Scotti, the Metropolitan bachelor of arts who will take his own company on tour next summer, has had a tcy-out as impresario, con ductor, stage manager, and player of many parts, in assisting Director Gatti's revival of an old favorite Italian comedy, "Crispino e* la Comare," to be shown in public next Wednesday night. It" has been noth ing but "Scotti here" . and "Antonio there''?as "Barber Figaro used to ray in the Factotum aria; "How is this entrance made?" and "Where is that cadenrza sung?"?since rehearsals be ?ran for this long-forgotten "Cris pino." The work of the brothers. L>uigi and Federico Ricci. while as old as 1850, is new to the Broadway house: there is "no tradition." though the florid heroine was thrice sung by Tetrasfini in her first Manhattan season. and by Galli-Curei only last OhrUtmas Day in Chicago. ?: With Scotti as the- cobbler. Cris pino, and Frieda Hempel as Annetta. his singiri* wife, whoce "children gp barefoot" indeed till the shoemaker becomes a famous healer, there will appear Sophie Braslau as the fairv jrodmother. La Comare: Chalmers and de SeguTola,as a rival physician and apothecary. Paltrinieri as an amorous Count. .Ananlan as a jealous miser, end Audisio as a star patient. Papi will conduct. Setti and Ordynskl have charge of chorus and stage, and the pictures of seventeenth century Ven ice are by Bianco, a Venetian. "Crispino e la Comare'' ("The Cob bler and the Fairy") was composer] In 1850 by the brothers. I<uigi and Krederico RIccl. and is described lr> Grove's Dictionary as; "one of the best comic operas of Italy."' Your Inspection Is Invited to Our Line of Fine Violins Students' Violins From $10 to $7b Artists' Violins From $100 to $350 Bows from $3.00 to $20.00 Gases from $3.00 to $20.00 Ukuleles, 'Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins and Banjo* Mandolins J. Edgar Robinson ' iS06 G St N; W. VARIED COLUMBIA RECORDS ARE- OFFERED THIS MONTH *. _ . - "*1 Hvery kind of song and aance! number la offered in the January group of Columbia records, now on sale in \\*?hl?tton. The ttat range? from a comedy number by Bert Wil liams to Hulda Lashanska* exquisite rendering of Dvoraks "Songs My Mother Taught Me." There is also pffered a delicious coupling of snappy, catchy soag-hlts in Irving Ktufman'* "Oh. How She Could Spanish," and "1 Want a Doll." Irene Farber, of the Farber Slater*, has given "Qn the Level, You're a kittle Devil." to the Columbia r/rcord* i this month, while on the reverse side i of this selection appears "Any Old Time at All," by L?ewis Janes. ? Among the instrument records on the Columbia lift this month will be found the "Koman Carnival." b? Hoc tor Berlioz; two Hungarian dances played by the New York Philharmonic under direction of -Jotef Stransky; "Rondo CapHecio?o." of Mendelssohn. 1 pl?vo<1 by Jo*?r Hofmann. m4 n*w \ l?ltn record* by Totcte MM "The OKtrteh Walk." and "Wkat Yankee Doodle Sajra He'll Do. H#*ll Do," are Hvo tltfea ll tk? l? M dancc hit*. PIANOS FOR RENT f s+tdAUsrt m '?.J ? Kasftingtoire AEOLIAN HALLTvcUrh and 0 Steinwmu *nd Wcixr PiaaoUs The Jkfoiimn " A Real Musical Instrument ? ? Ti ? a.: l* it . i? this Aeolian-Vocalion Style "H" \ .00 Convenient Terms Arranged ? ? ?When you hear this beautiful Aeolian - Vo cation play* you will un derstand why it is known as the most wonderful phonograph in 4hc world. It plays all makes of disc records, including the new Aeolian Records and, being equipped with the exclusive Graduola tone control. you can actually play the Aeolian-Vocal ion the same as any other in strument. Come and Hear the New Aeolian Records Played on the Aeolian-Vocation ? Easy to Play ' ? Instruments Ukuleles .. $6.50 up Banjos $8.75 up st*^, Guitars $12.50 up Mandolins $9.75 up Trmmmg9 Roi'W-n D*?* Ba'ij Mln <>prtiicilmi: rfca-Chln-Chow SlnhiMl f.?inc I p i nk' I* Kr?"? Hf um it T? Jattf MUSICAL PRODUCTION HITS DROOP'S ? " ^ W w H a.toB MUSIC HOUSE U"L?* rml " 1300 G St. N.W. JUST ARRIVED! And On Sale Today at Jordan's. That Wonderfully Popular New Columbia Record You've All Been Waiting For The Rose of No Man's Land A 26701?Price 85c Also Another Shipment Till We Meet Again A 2668?Price 85c ARTHUR JORDAN 13th and G Sts. Heme of the Chickering Piano. PIANO CO.