Newspaper Page Text
0. C. TO HIVE SYMPHONY OFGO Harry Crandall Plans to Give ,/O»h«tr. x ' ... .> Washington at last'is to have Its own resident sytityh«H&-. orchestra of staty, menjjers. 1V?..,I V?.., it,. •' > . j^jjy**™**«** orginization of ; pfw Washington Symphony originated in the mind of Harry M. ; Crandall, owner of the t heaters < bearing his name in the Capital and vicinity and has been executed by John J. Payette* Assistant genera) manager of the Crandall enter 4 prises, and the officers of the * ‘ Musicians Local, No. !«,. of the American- Federation of. Musicians. It has' long /been Mr. Crandall's ambition to give the National Capital a.” representative orchestra of full symphonic proportions, but hereto fore facilities for staging an ensem ble of sixty have not been available ■•xeept at almost prohibitive cost. With the erection of Crandall's Tivoli Theater, Fourteenth street •nd Park Road northwest, this impediment was removed and a •erles of Sunday afternoon concerts •t the Fourteenth, street house W|H be inaugurated, on' October 12, ft 2 o’clock. X" Capital Artists. 4:"Washington is by ‘no means bon fruit ted with a dearth of artistic Atlant-.; The Capital’s resident musicians rank Jiigh in accomplish ment and include many solo artists of Rational and international re nown. In addition to the Breeskins, the Crandall organization alone boasts in' its membership such violin virtuosi -as Alexander Podnoe, Sig tnund- Ziebel, Max Pugatsky, George , Benedict, Samuel Feldman and .Arsinio Ralon, There is no finer cellist rm the District than Preston Shelleyy and Miss- Viola T. Abrams WiA Whiste who has done much golb concert yrork. This is but the about which will be bull? Ws* ensemble that will enlist.-the tee foremost Wasning- Waphingten’s own symphony will 5 i£S« •kin and will indude in its person mi, the menbership of the present Crandall musical organization, aug mented ,by the cream of the Capi tal's: -resident musicianship. - —y ■' i" l 1 Out Friday _ reDseaI RECORDS < _ Mw false Sentimental rto/tnSeia Mucha Elman 1 [Take Staccato Klafin&fo ' MischaEhnan 1034 W InSpmith TitoSdnpa iMy Old Lora /nSparisA TrtoSchipa 1030 10 > VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL ' [TaR Me Not That /n/idta DuseEna GJanoWl « Pensive In Italian Dusolina Giannini 4 ® 427 19 Wreck of the Old 97 Vernon Dalhart M The Prisoner’s Song Vernon Dalhart 19427 10 M«n Street Wasn’t Big Enough for Mary Henry Burr M [W Live a Lie? iZSlanao 19432 M Tea’ll Never Get to Heaven with Those Eyes - Aileen Stanley-Billy Murray 19431 10 Dumb Dora Billy Murray Vienna, VanisKng Fairy Gty—Wafa i? Victor Sdwawmml Qwhasfra «** Vienna, Gty ofMy Dreams—Waltz WIL...W: Victor SchranoMl Orchostro Tv > . i , ; DANCERECORDS Where the Dreamy Wabash Flows—Fex Trot ) Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra | IMtt N Follow the Swallow—Fox Trot George Olson and His Music J Adoring Tou-Fox Trot (from “Ziegfeld Folliw”) _ Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra «• < Bimmy Fax Trot (fapm” Ziegfeld Follies”) w George (Msen and His Music Mississippi SKver—Fox Trot Zei Confrey and His Orchestra 1 M iNcHhAtSht-FuTnt ZoCoinyudW.OrckNinj »*» 10 TVictrolas Victor Records DROOP’S MUSIC HOUSE /Steinway Pianos 1300 G Player Rolls Sealed Victor Records Are Exclusive With Kann’s ' Thi? means full music value lor your money, as you are " Ll'.sfi vSrtoJk XMton ’ Urt - * ,ou S. Kann Sons Company The fiuey tomf—Ptm. Anenae At Strant Woobinaib &TGirtlwDj) .Wo slave the Victrola Records You -•-ui - VIC-fROLA BECtION-JmVftTH tttOOR " WORDS MUSIC MR. GERSHWIN ABRWBS. ■j Berne one hag said—l believe Olin Downes the chap—not so long ago that whatever new comes to American music must home from the bottom and not from the top. Which, in-- terpreted means that the much-despised “popular” composer— the jazz king, the musical-comedy man or the orchestral meddler—is destined to give to American music that some thing honestly idigenous to the whirl of life as only the Yankee knows it. Toss up the statement and see how it lights! Argument is certain to result, to-' asmuch aa tee classicists will stand firm- and the “innovatora” will re fuse to see their whims and fanciea shattered by the citation of rule and law .-of counterpoint. Still, out of the discussion will arise food for thought. Even at the preaent time music in America ia undergoing— admit it pr not—a marked meta morphosis. Within recent months a young composer of musical comedy and revue, George Gershwin, noted chiefly as a Creator of “tunes," has stepped right - up' in the vanguard because, he was daring enough to compose a “Rhapsody in Blue” — built on “blues” motifs and thread ed, with tempos that are decidedly on’ the "pan?’ ' 7 • He., threw convention out of ’ the window, struck out in a new direc tion with the audacity of a bobbed haired bandit and finished by hav ing Paul Whitman feature the number at an Aeolian Hall* concert, amid the huzzas of enraptured Critics and the curses of offended onds. '■ ; V?l' :-' ■ .■' But he did one thing, He brought to the short orchestral form a new spirit—the spirit of America, pal pitant, virile, fUppant, sensitive and as idigenous to the fabric of life as we know it as the subway or the straw hat. Anathema didn’t step aside, by the way, and let. him pass. Allega tions were buried willingly and bombastically. But, deapite the various barrages laid down, Gersh win stood firm. He was confident that his efforts would win. and they did! Examining “A Rhapsody In Blue," one discovers that two main themes are utilized. One —the first —is an exotic, querulous, jagged series of progressions, striking m its. similarity to .the uncertainties of : American life. 'lt is treated with distinction, a marked quixotic distinction, such as Gershwin alone can master. The second is a warm, suspended melody, alive with emotion, as perfect In its expressive quality as Massenet’s “Thais’* theme. Here Gershwin verges deli cately toward the romantic. Victor -THE WASHINGTON TIMES Serbert might have made If a rht-opera theme. Gershwin strip ' ped it Os all save feeling. What i pictures ,lt suggests are created* by ( the mind and heart of the hearer. f Then the tempos? The cause of • all the trouble! It la useless to attempt a printed ! description of the oddities of syn . copatlon characterizing “A Rhap sody In Blue.” One must hear it. Space is precious and I can only break-off with a recommendation. Not that it, must be accepted. Rather because it is certain to 1 excite exultation or damnation. Janssen Numbers Score. I Young Werner Janssen, who was i here with the American Society of ' Composers, Authors, and Publishers ' delegaton at the time the Dill bill was under. discussion, has written i two descriptive numbers teat are on ’ the programs of several well-known , orchestras. “Itching Fingers" was , personally conducted by Janssen at the Strand Theater, New York, just [a. week or more ago. rhe other, i “Ragamuffin,” has been featured by John Philip Sousa, at the Willow Grove concerts to Philadelphia dur : tag the late summer. Janssen will be recalled as a shy , youth drith amazing pianlstlc virtuosity. Light Opera King Dies. Heinrich Berte, the Viennese com poser, is dead. His light operas known to America include "Little Boy Blue,” starring Gertrude Bryan, and "Blossom'Time,” the sen sational romantic success. In the last named, Berte arranged the Schubert melodies in such >t delight ful way that a genunely fine score resulted. His compilation of Schu bert originals was considerably altered when the Shuberts brougnt the opera over to America. Sig- I mund Romberg revised, the entire score, utilizing only those themes he felt certain would engage Amer ican interest. “Turandot” History. Giacomo Puccini’s new . opera, "Turandot,” appears booked | for a world premiere in Milan next spring, with Rosa Raisa mentioned as the prima donna. Vienna dso cables that "Turandot” will be 'lone there with Lotte Lehmann -ind Maria Jeritza in the chief roles. Which ever way it is, the fact that Puccini is already talking produc tion indicates that the score is near ing completion. The libretto has a curious history. It is drawn from the same source that supplied Percy Mac Kaye with the background color f?r “A Thou sand Years Ago”—a work, in fact a play, by Karl Vollmoeller, who in turn lifted his material from an Italian original. Before Mac Kaye Vollmoeller treatment, .Jethro Bithell had translated the •German script and the Shuberts bad produced it with no success. Then Mac Kaye went to work to build a new play to fit the settings and costumes of the'Bithell play. So it goes. Plots have funny gen eologies! Lubovska Recital. . Madame Desiree Lubovska offers the first program of the National American Ballet tomorrow at Poli's. Here’s hoping for a real treat. Lubovska is genuine when it comes to artistry! And her work deserves evory iota of support that can be accorded It by Washingtonians. Unassisted, she has evloved a national ballet pro gram—an American school of the dance—and is setting out to educate and develop native talent. May the unseen gods of fame and fortuhe light the way! F. B. CAPITAL MALE QUARTET READY FOR SONG SEASON The Capital Male Quartet, com posed of Louis L. Annis, first tenor, Robert A. Jonscher, second tenor, George R. Conybeare, first bass and Edwin Callow, second bass, is busy rehearsing for the season's work. The quartet is Being cogehed by Mrs. Louis Annis, whose' Work as a solo and male ensemble eo«tch is well known In the Wtest, and win present popular professional 7 pro grams of quartets, solos, duets, and readings. It will rive an initial fall program over WCAP Friday evening, October 10. DE SAYN SCHOOL ADDS • INTERESTING COURSES Elena de Sayn, /Russian 'vkflmist,' has made definite. plans to enlarge her school In Washington in the Art Center building, / Her new courses will cover thq operatic and dramatic stage, the art of the danoe, concert, repertoire, string instruments, languages and the piano, together with special courses in interior decoration, costtune and scenic design and painting. Alice Eversman will teach Rus sian dramatics, and Mme. Vassflfeff, of the Diagileff Ballet in Paris, will conduct the dance classes. MISS M’NEAL WILL OPEN CAPITAL STUDIO i Katharine McNeal, lilanist, 'tats returned to Washington-afitera summer season in the north. She Win remain all winter, ,«ttablishing a studio here. , This will be Mlss McNeal's first winter ta Washington in ten years. * after having studied and taught in Berlin, New York, and in Chicago to E. Robert Schmitz, the eminent French modernist- ’ and in San Francisco as aasfatent offering Judge drink LANDS HIM IN JAIL BUFFALO, Oct. 3.—A. Stanley Copeland .was arrested here as he attempted to present Judge John- R "1 th . * < ’ uart of wMsky on the bench in Federal court. "I have some tolerably good whis ky here,” Copeland said as he laid a bottle before the judge In open court. Judge Hazel’s gavel came down with a bang, and Copeland and the bottle left the room ta tho custody of two.United States ur •hato PUNS SET FOB RUBINSTEIN CLUB i First Concert of New Season, December 9, Will Intro duce Harpists The Rubinstein Club executive ; board announces with pleasure the formulated plans for the coming season, which gives fair promise : of surpassing all previous seasons in musical activity. The first re l hearsal and meeting of the club will be held Friday, October », at- 10:80 o’clock in the morning ta the ballroom of the New Wil lard Hotel. On November 11 the annual lun cheon will be given by the club, • and the board has secured some unusually fine speakers. On De cember 9, the first concert will i be, presented, 'introducing Baesle’r’s , Harp Ensemble. This wonderful • organization of nine harps will ac i company the club ta five numbers, I also appearing in solo numbers. On March 10, the second concert will be given, ' with -the assisting 1 artist being Relnald Werranrath, i foremost among the American con i ebrt artists. The club will give on March- 81, : its annual card party and on May • 12 will close the season with, the ; third and last concerts. D.C.TMTTION ANNOUNCES r I : CONTEST Intended to Stimulate Stu dents—-Rules Governing Competition The National Federation of 1 Music Clubs, through Esther- Lin- • kins, president of the Washington - chapter, announces its Sixth Bien nial Contest for Young ProfetoionHl Musicians, which will be held in all districts throughout the country simultaneously, preliminary tj the ’ final contest at the Portland, Oregon, ’ Biennial in June, 1925. Purposes of Contest. i Miss Linkins .wishes it known . that the following motives explain • the purposes of the contest: To give ; a definite; immediate objective to ward which students may work; to • inspire to greater effort in artistic achievement through the stimulus of competition; to define a high standard of performance on th< basis of the winning contestant; t give an opportunity for the Kurten to evaluate himself in eomparisoi with others; to preaent an opportu nlty for public appearance unde important conditions; to givtr P’»b licity and credit for merit; to giv prestige to the young America; artist and develop in him a spir of confidence; and to prove to tb young American artist that th great body of Federation metmbei t is ta sympathy with him and an? ous to be of service. Contestants must be citizens < the United States, either native-boi i or children of naturalized paren and must have resided in’ th , United States more than halt the: lives and must have had tnusi< ’ training to this country during tl ten years directly preceding tl , contest. In voice, contestants mu: be between the ages of twenty an i thirty, years. In violin and. plain the age limits. are set at. eight e«- i and thirty. Mrs. Ethelyn B- Smart, 237 Rhod. Island avenue northwest, is chai: : man of the contest committee and will be pleased to supply further in formation to aspirants. SCORE TO BIBLE EPIC IS REPORTED UNUSUAL , Doctor Hugo Riesenfeld's score, : , accompanying the production of I h “Tlje Ten Commandments,'' is said r to mark an advance ra the art of combining symphonic music with r pictures into a form of grandly 1 operatic expression. . ' ' i Much interest attaches among I music lovers, to tea Washingtoi ■ premiere of "The Teh Commanc , ments” at the' National, not only b< I cause of the novelties of the Rieser. r fold score, but also because of th< fact that It will be performed wit! an adequate orchestra* qf twenty pieces headed;by Frederick Arundel.. , the well-known theatrical director. » who had charge of the music for thir • production at the Woods Theater ■ [ Chicago, and the Pavilion Theater, , London, England. v i Caroline McKinley opens ! DANCE STUDIO FOR SEASON i The Caroline McKinley Studio o r Rhythmic Expression at No. 173 1 Eye Street northwest, opened it: fourth season, October 1, with a ful . schedule df classes fa all depar , manta. It jft part of Miss McKin [ ley’s plan to rive a Mumber of in formal studio dance * programs dur Ing the coming year, commencing to Ootiiber. . ’ l t =" • . ===== ’ ' ■■■ iroU c ! py jI t Main 5260 5 nru"IFR I The Life Line Thrower Saves Crew of 12 On Ship SANTA CRUZ, Cal., Oct. 2. The captain and eleven members of the crew; of the freighter La Feliz were saved from what ap peared to be almost certain' death near here early today. Joseph Alvares, expert caster, threw a line to the wrecked ship as it lay among the rocks * ■ more than thirty yards off shore, and the twelve made their way to safety. ■ BEMTN’SOLO HONE 10 8E SHRINE “Belle Chasse,” Where Jeff. Davis’ Attorney General, Lived to Be Memorial. new Orleans,, oct.2,—"Bene Chasse,” ths plantation home of Judah P. Benjamin, is to be con verted Into a memorial Shrine and headquarters for .the United. Daugh ters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Louisiana. . .\ . ‘ . Mr, Benjamin was a. United States Senator from Louisiana frpm 1852 until he resigned from Congress at the-outbreak of the civil war and cast his fortunes with those- of his hoifle State. He vecame attorney general in the cabinet of Jefferson Davis and subsequently served also as secretary of war. and secretary of state. He fled to .England with the collapse of the . Confederacy and died in Paris in 18X4. "Belle Chasse” is only a twenty minutes* drive from Gretna, a su berb immediately across the Mis sissippi river from New. Orleans. The property now is held by a land company, but the newly or ganised Judah P. Benjamin Memo rial Association. Mas arranged to purchase the. -old home . for *fi.sOO. It is estimated 828,000 will. be re quired to 'put it into the.condition desired. .. . j India Towns Flooded ALLAHABAD, India, Oct. 2. Floods have destroyed many villages in the agrarian district. Granaries and crops .have been carried away by the waters and the inhabitants of inundated towns are fleeing to the highland. ...... i. i „Ae ■; ■ i ,i Mff I d Mr. I,of Owner can afford to pay rent * ■ you can afford to own _ > ■- s g— Rjo We WiH * Build This VZ f\ Brick orom illicit Your Own Sf i * For iwWIIIMr . Little Home ; $6,800 i|tißll|iS I J WHICH “ “ ’ oin * to be-ahome of II Yea Do Net Own a La*. Select Om From Our Us* J < ' OWH or > Stack of te- ceipted rent bills? You can decide now. you own a clear lot, build your own home. Build it the way you want it, at the price you want to pay. it can be done—More safer, more economically than you imagine. jillKcx THE UNITY .PLAN was created. for rent j£^fes^gi^pSi>^‘ > ' , P a y* r s-who want'to- “own their home.” THIS IS THE PLAN •» r k Bungalow On _ -KMIBE. ; R v - r °-" L “ YOU HAVE BEEN $4,500 WAITING FOR Small Cash Payment* JX.'X. JEW'" Arrange to come direct to our office today, «u!. I &»S4S J!3 Ej regardless of how much or how little you have variety otUnity designs, ■ •kets-hee of your' own, to pay-for a hpirie—make no decision unt 1 you I bring them to our office I S ■ ': - ' * and eaU- haVe SOCh US. OFFICE OPEN I omCB <*«" I Phon. Main 9509 A H Sts. N. W- : PEOPLES UFE INSURANCE BLDG. THURSDAY,- OCTOBER S, 1924. [BBENBS HIRES STAGEADOPTS N.Y.IDEAS Pretty, Shapely Chorus R«. places 111-Looking Speci mens of the Past. BUENOS AIREB. Cfet. 2. The theater impresarios of Bueno's Aires have at last developed what never has been seen before on the local stage—pretty, shapely and tuneful Argentine chorus girls. In past, years foreigners who saw the so-called revues in Buenos Aires seldom went more than once. They came away declaring that the Argentine show girls were the most awful collection of ill-looking, apa thetic and-; voiceless specimens of femininity they hM ever foen, -Two • years v l^o p P e ' ,«pterprising theater manager imported a com pany frogk Paiis which Included a chorus of unusually good-looking young-. - Women. Last year two Parly companies came, and although 4hey>played to crowded- houses, the expense of bringing them such a long . distance and paying the sal aries qf the stars made -profits small- :-7v ... J.. This season the local theater man agers decided they could produce just as good from local taUfot by m&klhg the effort to find It. Two of ~ them succeeded by offering high salaries, Importing Parisian ideas for costumes, selecting grace ful 'young women and employing ; efficient dancing and music masters to train them. Both theaters have had the "S. R. O." sign out for two months, and Americans who have attended the performances ex claixp: “Wtell, this ,1s more like New York/* WOMAN RETRACTS /) slaying CONFESSION MIDDLETOWN, Conn., Oct. ArnigotA on a charge of man slaughter In the criminal superior court before Judge Arthur F. Elie, Mrs. Johanna Tell pleaded not guilty of causing the death, April 8, last, of Charles Blair, at his farm, where she lived as house keeper.' Her trial is to begin next Tuesday, Mrs. Tell was twice Itefore a grand jury here, when State's At torney Inglis asked for an Indict ment on a charge of murder. ' On both occasions the jury lecltned to return an indictment. The death of Blair became known when Mrs. Tell confessed te the* dis trict attorney in the Bronx,, New York, that, qhe had killed her em i ployer, and burled his oody <m the farm in Killingworth. Search by ’ State police and others revealed the body where she said it had been placed. VandeWs DUghter At College Ends Contend Life CHICAGO, Oct. Ly-Miss t Charlotte Vanderiip, nineteen, daughter of Frank A. Vander lip, New York financier, today was enrolled as a student at the University of Chicago, "so that she may not be spoiled by her father’s wealth.” She will take the general course and will ' live in Foster Halt [ . "We wanted our daughter to enjoy real college democracy,” Mrs. Vanderiip said today just before departing for the East. “This she could not do in i East, where special deference is paid .to women in the sup- 1 posedly - co-educational schools. "She has led a -fairly cloistered i life and we wished to end it.” Both Mt*, and Mrs. Vanderiip are alumni of the University of Chicago. JUDGE CAVERLY TO RETURN I TO BENCH AFTER ILLNESS ' CHICAGO, Oct. 2.—Judge John ; ft. Caveriy, who sentenced Nathan i F. Leopold, jr., tfnd Richard A. i Loeb to "life and ninety-nine years” ( for, the* slaying of little Robert - Franks, today said be would, be ; back, on the. bench Monday, follow- J ing completion of treatments. at a . hospital here for a nervous break ; down suffered two days after he 1 imposed the- sentence September 21. ! 'Judge Caveriy hak been ’at- the » hospital since that time. He had . been guarded from every aitnoy i ance, on advice of physicians, and he was permitted to receive no visitors. I r~ 1 fil - Fjß "They Work While You sieep-l • W - • L———a— ra| I iCPADCTC <t| l lk Mi Os 'IMk i! I Ila l il ’Un Amla MSI M9K I ill T H il) H w ■ ■ vIL si II) wi lil I II si JJ? IB wu v 9 L I 1 Best Cathartic for Headache, Golds, Sour i Stomach, Gases, Biliousness ’ .. ' rrz - ■ ““ Dependable! No other cathartic a..xy- laxative acts so gently on the. f Ifvpr -and bowels as “Cascai-ets.’' a They never gripe, sicken, or tncois i venlence you. They positively ''Strengthen and regulate the bowels. 'POLICE READY FDR PARADE OF VETS • First and Fifth Divisions Will Start From Peace Monu ment at 9:40 A; M. ■- Police arrangements for handling the parade of the First and Fifth Division Societies and the unveiling of the First Division Memorial Sat urday morning were competed to day. -?* ■ The parade will leave. Peace Monument at 9:40 o’clock Saturday morning land the route will be along Pennsylvania avenue into the south roadway of the Treasury and thence along the roadway of the Ellipse to the memorial, just south ot the State, War and Navy Build- Assistant Superintendent Charles A. Evans will be in command of the police details. Street car traffic , on Pennsylvania avenue will be sus pended at 9:30 o’clock and auto -1 mobile traffic will-be stopped at the parade approaches. Fiftjr-one policemen have been . assigned to special duty in con nection with the parade and a mounted police escort of sixteen > men will head the column. ■ 11S RIFF TRIBESMEN DIE FIGHTING SPANIARDS > MADERIA, Oct. 2.—Bodies at 118 • Riff tribesmen were left on the field » after severe hand-to-hand fighting In I an attempt of the rebels to cut the • recently established lines of com- I munication between Tetuan and > Xauen, according to a Spanish com monlque Issued today. - restoring natural, regular move ment. "Cascaxete” are harmless and abused by millions of Men. Women '.and Children.v/10c boxes, also 28. and 10c-any drug a' f ,• e *; * •• - —1 1 19