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ADVISES WORK
FORJUCCESS
Contralto Gives Her
x Ideas To Novices
In Art
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Ifarit Clszewska, the new Polish
contralto who sings Ortrud in Lohen
grin at Municipal auditorium, San
Antonio, Mar. 2, with Chicago Civic
Opera company, divulges the secret
of operatic success.
^ Mm*. Olsxewska has achieved an
International reputation, not only for
one of the best contralto voices of
our generation, but also for a dra
matic power and personality seldom
found on the speaking or lyric stage.
Shortly after she joined the Chi
cago company, Mme. Olsxewska was
asked to what factor she attributed
her success on the operatic stage.
“Nothing but continual effort and
study ever brings success,” replied
the diva. “Beautiful costumes, mar
velous music and applause of the
audience would seem to be the stuff
j of which a singer's life is made. But
behind the curtain it is different.
The opara goer gives little thought
to the years of preparation which go
I Into the building of an operatic
* career.
“Ptrhaps a brief sketch of my own
day will give the public an idea of
how a singer lives. I am up at nine
every morning, and dring a cup of
taa; sometimes one soft boiled egg.
Half an hour of setting-up exercises.
A luke-warm bath and then vocal
work. First some exercises, then
phrases from the work I am to sing
next. I continue this until half past
eleven, watching closely the condition
I I Finds a Way To
Stop Attacks of Fits
Reports are received of an amaz
ing traatment that epileptics state
has proved successful in stopping
their attacks. R. Lapse. Apt. 109,
895 Island Ave.. Milwaukee, Wii., has
been supplying sufferers with this
treatment. He now wishes to reach
all those who have not baan helped
and to do so is making the startling
offer of a generous troatmont free
to all sufferers. Anyone afflicted
should write for this free treatment
at once, giving age—Adv.
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IN S. A. SOON
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Maria Olsze* ska. Polish con
tralto to sing with Chicago Civic
opera in San Antonio March 2.
of my voice. How unhappy I am if
I have slept badly, for lack of sleep
shows first in a singer's voice.
“Then an hour of relaxation. After
a light lunch 1 take an hour’s walk,
always with mouth closed, never
speaking in the open air, breathing
through the nose. On my return to
my room I rest for one or two hours,
and sometimes sleep. Then vocaliz
ing again and perhaps a song or two.
After tea I study; songs, new roles
assigned or possibly to be assigned
in the future. 1 keep in close touch
with the new operas which are being
produced or about to be produced, for
one never knows when one may be
called upon to sing a role on short
notice.
“After study which may last as
long as three or four hours I cat
a light supper and retire. My big
gest worry is to sleep well.
“For eleven months of the year
this routine is not varied. Ocean
voyages are passed in study and ex
ercise. Only rehearsals and perform
ances break the monotonous round.
“I do not go out, for there is noth
ing worse for the voice than talking
and laughing. Once in awhile 1 am
with a group of understanding
friends who appreciate the regime
under which a singer must live.”
“But the twelfth month?” the sing
er was asked.
"Ah, that—that is when I am my
self. I forget there is any such
thing as music or study, and I enjoy
life.
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John Gilbert At
Texas Sunday In
Hit, Tour Walls’
What’* the first thing a man
would notice on returning to civili
zation after an absence of four
years?
John Gilbert supplies the answer
in his new starring picture, “Four
Walls,’’ which comes today to the
Texas theater. Gilbert plays the
role of an ex-convict who returns to
the East ,Sidc of New York after
four years in Sing Sing.
On the day he is released, he hur
ries directly to his home in the
Ghetto, where his mother (Vera
Gordon) and Bertha (Carmel My
eA) are waiting for him. After
greeting them Gilbert stands at the
! window of the apartment and looks
down on the busy streets below him.
“Gee, Ma,” says Gilbert, “skirts
have gotten shorter and legs longer,
haven’t they?”
It is by such human touches as
this that Director William Nigh has
made “Four Walls” one of the most
human pictures that Gilbert has ever
brought to the screen. Joan Craw
ford has the leading feminine role,
while the cast includes Carmel My
ers, Vera Gordon, Louis Nathcaux,
Robert Emmett O’Connor and others
of note.
Musical Activity
Mapped Out For
Pnarr-San Juan
PHARR, Feb. 16.—Much activity is
being manifested by the musical or
ganizations of the Pharr-San Juan
high school. Several programs have
already been rendered and others are
planned for the near future, accord
ing to Miss Lenore McCombs, director
of music.
On Thursday. Feb. 21, the musical
organizations of the school will pre
sent a program for the public’s ap
proval consisting of mixed chorus
o? sixty-nine voices, boys glee club,
girls glee club, orchestra, vocal and
instrumental trios and quartettes.
The program will vary from the class
ical numbers to the light and humor
ous selections.
The musical orTnnizations of the
school arc the largest ever. There
are one hundred fifty students en
rolled. A small charge of twenty-five
and thirty-five rents will help de
fray the expenses of the body nnd
help to stimulate the interest in this
important undertaking. Other con- i
certs and programs hive been ar- \
ranged for the year and the various !
contests will be entered according to
Miss McCombs who is very optimistic
about the future of the musical or
ganizations of this and the other
schools of the Rio Grande Valley.
MYSTERY DRAMA AT CAPITOL
A haunted theater furnishes a unique background for “The Last
Warning.” crime picture which opens at the Capitol Sunday. Laura
La Plante has the lead.
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‘RED KNIGHT’ AT QUEEN
Baron von Richthofen, famed Ger
man ace, and one of the outstanding
individuals in the great conflict, ap
pears in “Behind the German Lines”
official motion picture history of the
..—uni—niarr m—> mmmmwmmmmk
war, at the Qqaen Sunday. Rjehthof
•n himself has a remarkable record
for gallantry and fair pCay amon*
hie allied opponents.
Vivid Love Story
In Masked Angel’
At Dittmann Now
P?ople who fancy their motion
pictures with a strong love element
predominating will find “The Mask
ed Angel,” which opened yesterday
at the Dittmann theater, very much
to their liking. The attraction has
the delightful Betty Compson as its
star and she twinkles throughout,
wears some gowns that will delight
the women folk and gives a most
satisfying performance as well as
exhibiting her shapely self in a
night club sequence that has its
daring moments.
This is a tale of a wounded war
veteran and a night club dancer, but
it is not a war story. The action
all takes place after the war when
Betty Carlisle has a crime fastened
upon her by a jealous rival in Cas
tus Kate’s night resort and flees
from the club to avoid arrest. Pur*
(sued by a too ardent admirer, she
joins a throng of persons entering a
war veterans’ hospital where fate
overtakes her and she meets her
mate in Jimmy Pruett, blind and
j crippled.
What happens after that should
not be told here, but those who wit
ness the picture will see entertain
i ment in a well-told story, nicely dl
i rected. beautifully photographed and
j splendidly acted.
DIES AFTER THREAT
PORTSMOUTH, Entf.—Robert Mor
ris was found dead in bed a few days
after he received a letter threatening
[ his life.
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BELIEVE THIS FISH STORY
DOVER. Eng.—The winner of a
fishin? contest here was a man who
caught fish weighing a total of only
3 pounds 3 ounces.
MINISTER A SUICIDE
BISLEY. Eng.—Rev. John Gwyon,
rector here for 33 years, hanged
himself.
German War Hero
Star In Off* Ial
Historical Film
Action pictures of ths famous
Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the
“Red Knight of Germany,” who has
bean heralded as one of tha out
standing individuals produced by tha
World War, may ha seen in “Behind
the German Linas” the official mo
tion picture history of Garmany’s
participation ia the conflict Richt
hofen, it will be recalled, was the
German ace who downed aomo 85
enemy pleat a before he was himself
•hat dawn by Captain Roy Brown of
the Canadian Air forces.
Tha official war pictures have bean
hailed as tha meat interesting pic
torial history of the war ever shown
in this country. Tho UFA company
of Germany was assigned the duty
of filming the war on all the fronts
by the then Imperial German gov
ernment and ov«r one hundred cam
eramen followed the German troops
in action, of which number over one
fourth were killed. Of particular
note ia tha lack of animosity in the
pictures. It is simply a coot report
ing of what took place from the Ger
man point of view, and a subtle mes
sage fer international amity may be
easily discovered in the unreeling of
the scenes.
The picture shows tha vary first
days of tho war with all Europe arm
ing itself for the four long years of
hardship. Tha first battle of ths
Marne, supplemented by an animat
ed map Is graphically shown, and
the reason fer the defeat the very
gateta of Paris ia given. Other bat
tles on all fronts quickly follow,
ending with the final rout of the
German army by the concentrated
drive of the Allied forces in the fall
of 1018.
Tha pictures are released in this
country by Paramount, and will be
the feature attraction at the Queen
theater today.
"Captive Woman’
To Show at Local
I Theatre Tuesday
George. Fitxmaurice, who made
“Hia Captive Woman,” First Na
tional’s nsw picture coming to the
Queen theater Tuesday, in which
Dorothy Mackail! and Milton Sills
are co-featured, has many highly ar
tistic films to his credit, among
them being "Lilac Time,” starring
Colleen Moore; "The Love Mart,”
starring Billie Dove: “The Barker”
with Milton Sills and Dorothy Mac
kaill; “Rose of the Gelden West"
and many others, all from First Na
tional.
Fitzmauriee vn an artist in
France, before he entered the film
world as a writer. He decided that
he could direct as well or better
than many others, so he took up the
megaphone and therein discovered
his true metier.
“His Captive Woman” offers some
of the most dramatic and colorful
moments of any picture that has
besn seen this season. It is vivid,
romantic and realistic at the same
time.
The
New York String
Quartet
will be here
Next Friday
FEBRUARY 22
at the
Junior College
Auditorium
Don’t miss ths most attractivs
number ths Brownsville Con
cert Bureau haa offered this
season.
Tickets: $2.50 —. $2.00
$1.50
At MeClaary's Maslc Store
BETTY COMPSON
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Blond star of “The Masked
Angel,” which plays at the Ditt
mann Sunday, Monday and Tues
day. She has tome daring night
club sequences, and then there
is a love story and a war vet
eran in the plot.
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'Last Warning’ a
Creepy Thriller
At Capitol Tody
The lure of the mj sUi-ions-JV
fascination of the unknown—and th«.
love of the world to eolve crime
problems—all of these pertly ex
plain the unprecedented popularity
attending the viewing of Universal:
mystery picture, "The Lest Warn
ing" now at the Capitol theat-tr%
with Laura La Plante as the lend.
‘The La*t Warning” by Thomas
F. Fallon was one of I he moat anc-< ]
cessful mystery plays ever to ho.
seen on Broadway. It was staged
from the book, "The House of Fear *
by Wadsworth Camp. The motion! j
picture was based on the play.
AH the Ingredients of mystery
have been jammed into the phwto*
play. Mystery and terror whic'J j
bring forth screams from the audi-J *
ence and taught* r~ not the laughter
that a farce comedy produces—bu (
the almost hysterical laughter *>«
highly keyed nerves stimulated L>|
relief from a fearful aituation.
The story is set in a thcatsr-f
a show house which Has been closed
ever since the murder and disaopiar-i
ance of the body of the star in the!
midst of a performance. After fivJ
ycats the spooky old theater is re*
opened for rehearsals of the origins
play, with the same cast which hail
formerly enacted it. Then straagsl
things happen as the ghost of the!
dead star begins to walk and warns*
the players against re-enacting thol
play. The last warning, front which!
the picture gets its title, is fivers
just before the big gala opening*
The play goes on, but with startiirjt
results. \
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Sunday and Monday
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The Graf Zeppelin Flight
Synchronized
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With
JOAN CRAWFORD
A Great Underworld
Romance
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