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Gigantic Chorus and Brilliant Pageant to Greet King and Queen of the Belgians City to Pour Forth Its Homage to Royal Pair Due In D. C. Tomorrow By J- MaeB. "Will* B?l?ians. Sin*! "Although our wounds may blf?i, **Ai ? hough our voices break " Th us rings oot the great poem. ?Can 1 Ion." by the poet of the Bel gians. Emile Cammaerts. In stirring words that tell of the darkest hour In the history of this valiant little na tion that roa? to the call of all civil isation in 1914. And song and a great chorus will greet the rulers of the Belgians when Washington proudly extends the Tui tion'* heartfelt welcome to?"Her Gracious Majesty, Queen Elisabeth, in remembrance of her heroism and lov ing work for the children, the loyal boata of the future Belgium, and to His August Majesty, King Albert, in token of his valor and that of his I brave subjects in their memorable sacrifice for humanity and freedom." Tomorrow evening the King and , Queen of the -Belgians will reach Washington. These distinguished I ' visitors are to be greeted with aj pageant around which music?song from the heart of America?will pour forth its homage as the royal party pauses the east front of the CapitoL Here the great chorus of 890 voices will be massed on the steps leading Bp to the dome of the Capitol, upon which Ajnerica's emblem of liberty ?tands. National Hymns. The Belgian national anthem, sung tn English, will signal approach of "the Belgians." followed immediately by "The Star-Spangled Banner." The National Community ? Chorus, under Lieut. Hollts Edison Davenny, will fellow these national anthems of the two countries with "Ring Out Sweet Bells of Peace." "Brave Belgium." a special song tfedcated to the occasion by its com poser, W. Irving Chambers, will then be rung by the National Quartet, cotn pes*d of Elisabeth S. Maxwell, so prano: Lillian Chenoweth. contralto: Wflliam E. Bralthwalte, tenor, anrt JTarry M. Former, bass, with Ethel Garrett Parrish. accompanist. The word* of the French chorus of ?"Brave Belgium" were written by Colonel Leon Osterrleth. chief of the Belgian Military Mission. The chorus will be sung by the chorus Unit No. 10. from the Labor Department.^ And then, as a recessional, the massed singers will pass down the marble steps as they sing "America, the Beautiful." making may fair thp symbolised tribute in pageantry that irni give expression to the message the entire nation would extend to their majesties, the King and Queen ?f the Belgians. Him Rebearmal This Is the chorus that is being fcutlt for Washington by Lieutenant Davenny, director of community sing ing of the War Camp Community Service; It is a significant fact that last Monday, at the first massed re hearsal of this new organisation. 700 members of the various units, com prising the National Community Chorus, were In their seats ani ready to sing by 8;10 p. m. There wqpre-325 sopranos. 250 altos. Blxty tenors, and sixty-five basses, and an enthusiastic rehearsal lasted wntll 10:15, in which music cf the Jsrger choral form towards which this chorus is aiming was sung Gounod's "Send Out Thy Light," and an air from Dvorak's "New World," symphony, for chorus, will preface the program already given for the Cap Itol. The accompanist 'or the 'ho.'iia is Myrtle V. Kesheimer. War tnrrdfllr. A war ancedote of King- Albert has come to us from a collection of verse; prose, letters, and essays, written by i a Belgian sojdier In the trenches. | These fragments bespeak the spiritual j force that has maintained for Bel- J gium. through these years of IViur-*, her dominant "place in the sun." I The translatioiyj were made by Amelia j Dorothy Defries. who was in Wash- j ington attached to the British em bassy "Halt there, "Kaiser; one does not ' pass. ' "King Albert has said so." The attitude of the Belgian people to their Kins is told in the Yollowing episode: " Tlens, the King!' We saluted, and the King smiled at us and replied to our gesture with a slow salute. Glued to the s(tot. we looked at Kim he went his way in the rain, eiegant despite his very simple uniform; he also was paddling in the bad roads of the front, accompanied only by his aid-de-camp. "'Quel type!' Tet the King had only smiled and passed on." Andf again, "this soul, this soul of Flanders, which flies over this farm, this soul which lives, nobler and more beautiful, is stronger than ever, and will lire forever; twenty Teuton races would be impotent to bring it t? the ground." " And tomorrow we are privileged to say; "Salut! lea Beiges, et la^Belgique!" NEW ART DIRECTOR FOR D.C. OPERA tO. % Alexis Many has been secured by Edouard Albion as artistic director of the Washington Opera Company. As sociated with him are several of the art teachers of the public schools and others of the city particularly fit ted for this work. This will insure a high standard of scenic and costume effects in the operas which will be presented by this company during the season. The scenery and costumes for "Faust." which will be given at th^ Schubert-Garrick Theater the week of November 16. were designed and made in New York. It is hoped, however, that, the future productions may be completely staged in Washington. It is the purpose of Director Albion to utilize all phase* of art represented I in the Capitol in the city's opera com pany. Outside sources will be drawn upon whenever It Is necessary for the production of better effects In the performances. Mr. Many is enthusiastic over the possibilities for new and beautiful effects ill- the productions planned. "While keeping the tradition of the stage it Is still possible to achieve many free and entirely new things," he said. "It will be a splendid thing to work out this department, building here so far as possible." Greater art for Washington is the slogan of this efficient committee of the Washing ton Opera Company. Don't let eareleas expenditure make a sieve of your parse. Bay wlnely, and Inereaae your money hold ings by Investing in W. S. S. THE KEY TO THE'SlTUATION Leadership in Musical Matters ^ e have always been in a position to discriminate in the selection of stock. Over three decades ago the name of Droop was entered into the list of Washington mer chants Music wu the line; leadership was the ambition. V\ ith "quality and reliability" as the foundations of the cornerstone, the house of Droop was built aricT expanded. Of all the various makes of musical instruments that have been brought out we have selected only those whose standard was up to our standard. The Stemwajp Piano The foremost Piano produced in America?accepted as such for generations by Artists and Amateurs?and expressing the highest type of tone quality, action and durability in pianos. OTHER LEADING PIANOS?The Vo*, The Gahler, The R. S. Howard, The Hnntington. The Fischer, The Laffareue, THE BRAMBACH BABY GRAND. The Player-Piano*? The Autopiano The Angelus The Artapollo The Pianista Wonderful Instrument* That Enable All to "Play the Piano" Perfectly. The Victrola and Victor Records The "mouthpiec^" for all music?giving the Reality, so to ?peak, of the splendid, composition* that have had their uplifting -iafluenee throughout generations. Our Victor Record Depart ment is exceptional. Our Victrola Rooms are at your service at all times to play over any records you wish to hear. 1 DROOP'S SK 1300 G Steinway Pianos, Player-Pianos, Victrola* [ Early In Life Showed Aptitude For Music?Was Pa troness of Art. ? The centenary of Queen Victoria's birth, celebrated by a general holi day throughout Great Britain, recalls to the present day world among the other great qualities of this notable woman, her deep, personal apprecia tion of music and her constant activi ties as a patroness of the art. Victoria was a skilled mu.^cian her self. her marked ability showing it-, self even in childhood. At eight she sang for the Irish poet, Thomas Moore, and a little later Felix Men delssohn. who heard her when he vis ited Buckingham Palace, said her singing was quite faultless. When she was a very Jittle girl her mother, the Duchess of Kent, in order to give her pleasure, had Lyra. t4ie HVe-year-old prodigy of that time, whose skill on the harp was most re markable, play far her. The children were left alone for a short while, and when the queen mother returned, she found the little princess heaping her own toys on the hiusician in token of her appreciation of the enjoyment Lyra had given her. At thirteen Victoria awarded the prize to successful competitors at a great Welsh musical festival. When she was fifteen she is reported to have been as much Interested In the quaint ballad cringing of a strolling musician as in the racing which she was At that time observing. On her eighteenth birthday her uncle. King William IV, whom she later succeed ed. presented her with a very hand some piano. This gift she prized highly all her life. Queen Victoria was fond of every kind of instrumental music, and at her Highland castle, Balmoral, had a piper play on his pibroch every morn ing at 7 to wake her. At Bucking ham Palace and Windsor Castle she invited many of the famous musicians of the day to come and play for the royal family. Struggling genius, too, found in her a generous and encour aging friend. Because of the queen's great love of music it was humorously said in her day that all the sailors in the royal British yachts had to pass a musical examination before being ap pointed, and thart all orders were given in song. ARTISTS HEARD ON VICTOR RECORDS Mabel Garrison is the first artist Tn a coming schedule of concerts who is an exclusive soloist for the Victor | records: f i "The Voice of the Victor," in con- I cert tours for the season, is present ed in a "tour" announcement where by Victor patrons may know where the Victor artists may be heard in the flesh. Geraldine Farrar. Fritz Kreisler. and Reinald Werrenrath may be compared in Washington soon, with their/Victor records. Naturally there are a host of other artists whose imperishable interpretations may re main with us through the medium of automatic music. The Ansel), Bishop and Turner Company announce many of them in their reduced "Red Seal .Records" of the Victor. Their record "library" is being extended to three times its original capacity. with eighteen demonstration booths. The evening "recital hour" at this shop is proving a great attraction. Timi> was. when the demand was for records of a popular type. Now the public wants to hear, and to hear again?In their own homes?the fore most concert artists who visit us. Washington will no longer be call ed unmusical when "what the public wants" is the best music, of the best musicians, by the best artists. SALVATION ARMY ON MISSJON OF GOOD WILL BERLIN, Oct. 26.?'The Salvation | Army?that institution which many an American doughboy will remember kindly through the years?has start ed a campaign based on Central Eu rope's looking toward creation with more of the spirit of "peace on earth, good will to men." Headquarters of the organization, maintained here during the war. but unable to operate extensively be<aut>e of its allied connections, has reopened fully and has begun the task of es tablishing branches in Prague. Vi enna. Budapest and throughout the Balkans. Colonel Treite, in charge of the lo cal headquarters, declared it will be the aim of the central European cam paign 'to offer solace to these troubled nations through calming their spirits and their lives. The army will work to wipe out hatreds engendered dur ing the war. and to revive friendly intercourse, he said. MRS. MAUD H. SMITH and MISS FLORENCE BEACH, of the War Camp Community Service, who will represent Miss Columbia and Belgium, respec tively, in the pageant at the reception of the ,King and Queen of Belgium upon their arrival in Washington Monday. ? % AMERICAN FATHERS LOVED GOOD MUSIC / Washington, Jefferson, and Franklin Were Patrons of the Fine Art The celebration of independence Day for several years past has been less marked by noisy fireworks than b> tuneful music. The note of peact and victory that enters for the flrsl time will be neither strident noi crashing, but will harmoniously blent, with the symphony of the celebration. Which reminds us that the Father of His Country .was himself a music lover. Washington could not express himself musically, and on one occas ion even wrote regretfully to Francis Hopkinson. now recognized as the first American composer: "I can neither sing one of the songs nor raise a single note on an instrument." He. therefore, took other means of gratifying his musical taste, one of these being to buy his wife's grand daughter. Nellie, a "forte piano." then a very new instrument, as well as a harpsichord, for which he paid $1,000. To hear Nelly Custis sing and play was one of the greatest pleasures of his advanced years. Thomas Jefferson, unlike Washii.g ton. was a trained musician, being both a good singer and an expert vio linist. While in Paris. he corre sponded on musical topics with Hop kinson, who besides being a composer, an inventor of musical instruments and a performer, was also a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independ ence. Jefferson took an Interest in .presenting in Paris Hopkinson's im provements on the harpsichord. He is known to have discussed the matter with Dr. Benjamin Fra.nklin, who in wealth of his endowmr\its, found time to write meritorious musical criticism, perform on a "sticcado" and invent an instrument which he called the "ar monica." It was an adaptation of the the popular "musical glasses" and made a sensation. Both Mozart and Beethoven wrote special compositions for "Poor Richard's" invention. AFGHANS HAVE QUEER IDEAS ON INSTRUMENTS 'The Afghans have a penchant for musical instruments, and the wealth ier classes Import some costly makes, though occasionally their manner of using them is somewhat startling. An Afghan nobleman sent for a grand piano, and had all the lower part cut ofT .as he found it most convenient to play it squatting on the floor. Don't ?prnd your I.ibrrt j Bond interest. Helnveat It in W. S. S. INCREASE NOTED IN CLASSIC MUSIC Phonograph Companies State Public Taste Is Changing for the Better. The increase in the proportion of rlaAffical music appearing in the lists of new records announced by the ya ?-lous phonograph companies is a mat ter for more than passing comment. Kive years ago there would have been >o wide market for music of this lass. Ten years ago it Is doubtful If a phonograph record of this type would have attracted any customers except among the inualcally learned. The beauty of "canned music," as the scoffers call it, is that it creates an appetite for the best in musical literature. Ten years hence we shall find in the homes of the people an understanding and an appreciation of good music far greater than many expect. There is reason to believe that the eminent solo artists of the future will not be obliged to contlne their appearances only to the large cities. Men and women who have heard these artists in their ghostly vulcanized rubber selves will strive to hear them in the flesh and will fol low their work with the liveliest ap preciation and interest It has often been said "that peo ple who live during an era of change are generally unconscious of the fact that anything extraordinary is Hap pening. Perhaps some of us are-in this category. r PIANOS FOR RENT Uprights and Grands Kranich and Bach Grand Pianos and Emerson Player-Pianos We invite you to come in and inspect our stock and make early selection. Pianos and Players are in demand. HUGO WORCH \ Victrolan and 1 1 1 A Grafonola* and Records -*? A vr VJ Records Canteen Girls Make Life Worth Living for Yanks In * Rhineland. NEW YORK, Oct. 26.?Women In the Rhineland. organised i/ito one of the most efficient units the Y. M. C. A. has ever had overseas, are mak ing preparations for the entertain ment and comrorf of the American forces in Germany this winter. Of ficial announcement capnes from the woman's department of the associa a 8taff of at least thirty will be kept in and around Coblenz { as long as th*?army desires their ' presence. The canteen girls chosen for tliisi work are the pick of some 3,000 or more whose experience was gained ' with the A. E. F. All of them volun j teered to remain. Miss Virginia New comb, former instructor at Columbia i^niversity, is in charge of the group ] Miss Violet Glover and Miss Louite Yarrington, of Washington, 1). C.. ' are tpembers of the unit. Troops now stationed in Germany inherited from the Third army vari ous and sundry things calculated 10 enhance the J<yy of living. Reeraa tion huts, cafeterias, and theater^ opened for the army of occupat on will continue In full swing until tha: future day when the order comes :o evacuate. At Ktlaeil* Palace. Activities center around the hut unit built last spring in the front yard of the ex-Kaiser's palace. A ^recreation room of mammoth propor tions, with shower baths, a barter shop and "mother's corner," is used for theatricals and athletic evenM. This building flanks the main en trance to the palace on the left, an-J on the right the largest cafeteria in the world is located. An average of 3.000 meals a day was served there until August. While, the return of all the divisions has diminished the patronage, theafe is daily evidence, reports from Coblenz show, of the continued popularity of the place with the new members ot the garrison. Soldiers and canteen workers are making the mist of the numerous tennis courts in the American bridge bead city. The inter-allied tourna ment was played at Colonge. and Miss Dorothy H. Johnston, of Ctica. N. Y.. and Miss Sophronia L Bunker, of Mill Valley. Cal.,Nvere participants. Op^fd In Beer (.arden. The canteen opened in a former German beer garden at the fortress of Ehrenbreitsteln is still flourishing, though the Seventeenth field artillery has long been home. This unit of the Second division was stroagly entrenched on the heights above Coblenz, and much of their leis ure time was spent around the tea tables in the out-of-door canteen. Miss Alicc Lyon, of New York city, is conducting the place now, with a detail of soldiers to help during the afternoon and evening rush hours. Lemonade, the piece de resistance of the canteen during the sifmmer months, will shortly^ be crowded off the menu by the old favorite of war days?hot chocolate. The big canteen in Coblenz is "man ned by a New York city girl whose war record is hard to equal. While Miss Madoline Maplesden didn't go to France until last March, she was active for two years before that in work for the American Fund for French Wounded and as office man ager of the National League for Woman's Service. She is a sister of Mrs. C. Alfred Foster, and her home Ts 116 West Seventy-second street As sociated with her is Miss Colleen Stuart Bruce, of San Francisco St Famous Hits V* ?IN? Player Rolls SPECIAL FOR MONDAY IN NEW PLAYER ROLLS Sale of Music Rolls t'p In the Air, Hnjs. Mirkfj'. Tulip Time. I'lfkaniiiny'H I'nrndlw. Thiil Tumble Dunn ShnrW in Atlilour. Choice I'll Say She Dor*. Oh, W hut 11 Pal M n* Mary. A Pretty ?.irl U l.lke a Melody. I'or Johnny and Mr. Ja-da. Tell Mr. Ask to Hear the New October Rolls Arthur Jordan Piano Co. Home of the Cflickering Piano BRITISH SOCIETY HELPS MUSICIANS Assists Young Artists to Get Start In, Their Profession. ? A welcome piece of new* from Great Britain is ihtt the Professional Musicians' Debut Softer?, which aim* to help young: artis** tot started on their careers, la resuming its pre-mar, activities, and planning to work on a broader scale than ever before. The ?rganlzatlon was founded in Warring ton Creacent, London, by lime. Marie Mely, Countess van den Heuver (En* liah in apite of her name), who suc ceeded in enlisting a nu.nbyr of promt nent persons in the cause of bringing promising young musicians into touch with those best qualified to help them on the road toward fame. Queen Ale- 1 xander has recently become a pa troness of the society. In England, as In America and most olhrr ro??trlw, no c?r??r In life Ui mort dtf*<-ulty and np?n?? to m counter than that of the jr?a*l ntd rill. If poor Many such of marked Ul??l have been to the irtU by their more fortunate and often leat gifted. vHl-to-do brother* and plater*. The result haa been a eerlous loss t* the public. The Professional MuiIcIim' IVbut Society concerns Itaelf only with young aspirant* of real ability. To insure a high standard an examining committee of musical eminence, which gives ,118 aerrloe* free, paane* upon all applicant*. Since the foundation of the aociety in Itll. Are hundred application* haw been received and a number of con certs held In Aeolian Hall. London, and other plac**. af *ach of which several debuts were made. Seventeen distinctly promising young artist* hare been brought forward by the society, most ob whom hare received good opera and concert engagements ARRK9TKD ON Sl'GAK < HtRl.g NEW YORK. Oct 26.?Arrested un der the L?e*er act, Julius and < > eorge Roth were arraigned before a United States commissioner and parvtnd, pending another hearing Monday. They are alleged t? hare sought to sell a restaurant keeper 1.4M pound* of sugar at 22.6 cent* a pound?? record price. Two Stores Made Into Qne Commodious Music Shop In order to give our patrons every convenience, we have converted the two stores, 1306 and 1308 G Street N. W., into the largest music s?lesfoom in the city. Modern stqck fixture* ar^now in course of construction. Our present stock of music and musical merchandise is se lected and arranged to suit the needs of every musician and student of music. No expense ts spared to give you every service modern facil ities mak.; possible. J. EDGAR ROBJN&ON, J. EDGAR ROBINSON lluaic and Music Books String Inatra Columbia Records and Grafqnolas %.R. S. Music Rolls " 1306-1308 G St. N. W. s PFR MONTR VICTROLA OUTFIT Victrola IV $25.00 Cabinet 13.00 Six Victor Records. ... '5.10 (12 selections) Total $43.10 200 NEEDLES FREE You can select your records from thousands of numbers in the Victor Catalog, including all the late popular hits. * Buy your \ ICTROLA?HERE?-NOW, tomorrow, if possible. This fall and WINTER will see a tremendous shortare of VIC TROLAS. If you are particular and want only the best, and we are sure you do, then come to this store as ea^rly as ?onvenient and make your selection or reservation. DONT BE MISLED. INSIST ON THE GENUINE. 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