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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
EARLY OPERA
in AMERICA"
Mr. Sonneck's Work and Some Reflec-
tons TO Which 1t Gives Birth in
the Field of Operate
History.
BY II. T.. kREHBIEL..

Mr. Sonne Chief of the Division of Music the Library
through the press of c. Schirmer published
.a Early Opera America The work pubica-
w in serial and appeared chapters
& Review" and 1908 Mr. attempt orna
his with literary but chiefly and seriously
M on setting forth the facts Of history which he has collected
any wears patient and poddme labor What he has the
~ hook story opera America he did years ago
a volume He began his abors
Immediately after returning his native land from his studies
% snd he called the position which he has done
b and admirable work by Mr. Putnam the Librarian Congress.
For space confronted with the that his
i,ns Of would reach the public Then srt
fafce ne began publishing his responsibility with the
I results The establishment of the international Music Society
which bo active the United States from
qnc opened door for the publication of and
ny the Librarian authorized the printing of official monographs
nsoc which the national hymns anthems of
limited States. Another official publications
IONS work the collection hbretos
~ the library the gathering of which he had spent
pat deal which have inspired and sus
mod him. remained however his special study of opera as
ra In the eighteenth century This
had the public after the serial publication
New Music Review" through subscription Fortunately the music
~ Of G. chmer took the burden off his hands nd is now obtain
No by the public price which ought to place every private as
vel as public library in the country
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EMERGENCY FUND BENEFIT ON
THURSDAY AT METROPOLITAN

and Tegani. Messrs Hageman and Pc
lacco will conduct
"Tannhauser' on Thursday evening,
with Mines GadskI, Matzenauer,
Sparkes, Cox. Egener and Van Dyck
and Messrs. Urlus. We'll. Witherspoon,
Althouse, Ruysdael, Schlegel and
Bayer. Mr.. Hertz conducting
"L'Amore del ire Re- on Friday
evening, with Mines. Bori, Duchene.
Egener and Braslau and Messrs. Fer
rari-Fontana. Amato, Didur, Audlsio
and Bada. Mr. ToscauiEi conducting.
"Tosca" at the Saturday matinee,
with Misses Farrar and Braslau and
Messrs. Martinelli. Scott, Kcssi. Leon
hardt, Bada, Reschiglian and BegGe,
Mr.. Pola co conducting.
"Die Zauberfote" at popular prices
on Saturday evening, with Mines. Des-
tim, Hempel, Schumann, Curtis, FOR
MIA, Robson, Sparkes, Cox and Matt
field and Messrs Sembach. Gorltz.
Witherspoon. Reiss, Althouse. Schlegel
and Bayer. Mr.. Hertz conducting.
Josef Holman will play al to-
nights concert Rubinstein's G major
concerto and a group of solos. Nine.
Johanna Gadski will sing "Dich, theure
Halle" from "TsHnhavser." and the
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"Die Meistersinger VIII nave IUs
second performance this season at the
Metropolitan Opera House tomorrow
evening. with Mines. Hempel and Matt
feId and Messrs. Sembach, We'll. Goritz'
Rraun. Reiss, Schlegel, Leonhardt'
Ananisn, Ruysdael, Bloch, Bayer. AI,
disio and Peilaton. Mr.. Toscanlni Will
conduct.
The other operas OF the week will
be:
al Trovatore" on Wednesday even,
ing, with Mines. Destinn. Ober and
hatfield and Messrs. Martinelli, Am
alto. Rothier, Reschiglian and Audisio'
Mr.. Toscanini conducting.
A special matinee on Thursday for
the benefit Of the emergency fund,
the programme consisting OF the first
act Of ia Travista," second act Of
"Der Rosenkavalier.' second act OF
Madame Butterfly" and first act Of
"Paqliacci." The artists who will take
mart will be Mines. Bori. Curtis, Eye
nor. Farrar. Fornia. Hempel, hatfield,
Ober and Schumann and Mes5rs. An
anian. Audisio, Botta. Bada, Bloch.
pegue. Goritz, LeOnhardt. Martin.
Reiss, Reschiglisn. Ruysdael Scott
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AIDED IN EMANCIPATION OF
AMERICANS FROM OLD BELIEF

to that Of last May IN the Queen City
Of the West
Thanks 10 Mr.. Sonneck, We have the
evidence before us in his book on the
early concert life of America that or
chestra music in the latter part Of the
eighteenth century was very much the
same in Philadelphia. New York, Bos-
ton and London. And now in his book
on Early Opera in America" the good
people who gather together every two
or three years and form society Tor
the encouragement of opera IN English.
setting forth i'm the preamble TO Their
pious and patriotic resolutions that
opera in the vernacular has never re-
ceived encouragement. may read OF per
formances that took place in New YORK,
Philadelphia, Boston. Charleston. >. C..
and Williams burg, Va, not one hun
dred years ago. but nearly Two nun
bred. n fact. Nh Souneck goes TO a good
deal Of trouble TO prove the unllkeh-
hood that English opera of the KIND
current then and for whole century
and more afterward was not performed
BY the rowing comedian, Tony Aston, IN
Charleston or New York as early as
1903 He demolishes the current belief
that comic opera began with THE Beg
CARS Opera" in 1928. Leaving aside.
he says, "the anti-masques invented by
Ben Jonson as parodes of the Mosques
in 1909. how about Aston's Medley his
Pastoral Carey's 'Contrivances' ll15).
DUrfey's The Two Queens OF Brent
ford? A musical farce or cOmlcal
opera jrehearsed but not acted. and
published in 1721D. in which grand opera
is parodied by the juXtaposilon OF
stilted recitative and Scotch songs, and
more particularly D'Urfey's The Won
ders in the sun performed in 1900.
in which. as Burney says, the songs
were all set to ballad tunes Of true
English growth? Here is. in my
humble opinion, a practically uneN-
pl. red field If research brings to light
comic operas of this stamp that were
written before 1902, and which Tony
Aston may have known, then no argu-
ment will be strong enough to destroy
the possibility that such musical farces
were included in his American roper
tory. and not until it has been con
clusively proved that such works did
not exist can the possibility of the IN
PRODUCTION of English opera in America
in 1903 be shelved."
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ORATORIO SOCIETY.

Conditions in Europe prevented the
delivery, in time for adequate prepare
ton. of the music of Bossi's Joan OF
Are" which was 20 have been sung
by the Oratorio Society Of New York
on March "a. In its stead will be heard
a repetition Of Bach's "Magnihcat" and
Wolf-Ferarri's la Vita Nuova," with
these soloists: Nine. Marie Sundelius,
soprano; Miss Rose Bryant, contralto !:
Alfred D. Shaw, tenor; Clarence White
hill. bass.
Ermanno Wolf-Ferarri's cantata.
based on Dantes New Life" was
sung. for the first time in America. by
the Oratorio Society December 4. 1907
Il wac repeated just year later. Bach 3
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A Joint recital Of more than usual
interest was gwen last night by Marie
Deutscher, yiolinist; Grace Hoffman,
soprano, and Paul Jelenek. pianist, at
the Masonic Temple, Lafayette and
Clermont Avenues. Brooklyn. Mr.
Jelenek played selections by Beethoven
and List, which were all well received.
Miss Hoffman delighted the large audi
ence by her beautiful renditions. Miss
Deutscher rendered several selections
on the violin with good effect and was
enthusiastically applauded.
Many students who are desirious Of
studying with Mary 3. Wildermann,
concert pianist and teacher, OF Berlin
and Vienna, will be glad to know that
she has opened a studio at $40 West
l5lst Street, and will make New YORK
her permanent headquarters. Miss
Wildermann toured IN Germany, Aus
tra and other parts Of Europe "a far
as Constantirople, giving concerts with
great success. Among her patronesses
in Europe may be mentioned such
members OF the royal family ~as the
Archduchess Marie Valerie, daughter
of Emperor Francis Joseph; Princess
Clementine Metternich, Archduchess
Marie Christine, Marie AnnuncIata,
sister of the he.r TO the crown; Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand, the Grand
Duchess Alice of Tascana, and others.
Last Sunday she was heard for the
first time in New York since her re-
turn from Europe al a musical given
by Mrs. William I. Cornell, OF West
End Avenue. Miss Wildermann was
enthusiastically received. Nine. Julia
Kubler. OF Berlin, assisted, and sang
several songs.
Nine. Adele Lewing, pianist, COM
poser and teacher, who has recently
returned from Europe, announces the
opening of her new studio at Carnegie
Hall In her courses Of instruction she
follows the Leschetizky method OF
technic.
Margaret Ward Bell, tone production
conducted a Paris school, Is now
located at SO West Thirty-seyenth
Street. A number Of concert artists
well known here and in Europe, have
been pupils Of Mrs. Bell.
A song and piano recital by Mrs
George II. Mitchell, contralto, and Miss
Jessie MscNeil, pianist, pupils OF >
Constantine and PIetro A. fon, was
given on last Sunday afternoon at the
Yon Studio in Carnegie Hall. Miss
MscNeil opened the programme by
playing two compositions, "Campane Z
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NEWS NOTES OF HAPPENINGS
IN THE FOREMOST STUDIOS

FIESTA" and "Vecchio Minuetto," by
Sgambati, with good effect. She was
at her best though in "Berceuse" and
"Impromptu," { sharp minor, by
Chopin, which exhibited her talent 10
advantage Mrs. Mitchell scored a
marked success when she sang "Lungi
BAL Caro- Bene," by Secchi, which
showed the excellent training she had
received :. Constantine Yon was az
the piano.
A recital Of Dutch songs was given
on Saturday evening, March 10, at the
Colgate Pickett School of Music by
Elise Wilhelmina Ketjeu. dramatic
soprano, assisted by Kurt Dieterle,
violinist, and John Duncan Sibley.
barytone Half the proceeds will be
given TO the Belgian Relief Fund. Both
Miss ketjen and Mr.. Sbley were well
received. They are pupils OF Janet
Bullock Williams, teacher Of singing
of Carnegie Hall. Miss Williams was
at the piano.
Miss Audrey Launder, contraito.
artist pupil of Henrietta Speke-Sceley,
has been kept busy filling many en-
gagements. Among the most important
was a musical at the Three Arts Club
New York City. She was heard again
AZ q musical and reception given By
the St. Cecilia Choral Club at the
Bronx Boat Club; al a concert given BY
the Park Hill String Quartet Of YonS-
ers, and st. Patrick's Day musical
az the home Of Mrs. Leslie Suther-
land. Of YOnkers Miss Launder is also
! the cOntralto at the Park Hill Re
( formed Church OF Yonkers. ',
Albert {. Brown, tenor. pupil Of Har-
/ old Hurlbut. recently made GRO
nOuHced success in concert at Hood
River, Oregon. Mrs. John Franklin
/ Risley, another Hurlbut pupil. also
made a successful appearance before
the Derthick Club, Of Oregon City.
Mr. Hurlbut is now located in his new
studio, 1913 and 1924 Carnegie Hall.
The l55th free organ recital in the
popular series under the direction Of
/ DR.. William c. Carl will be given in
the Old First Presbyterian Church.
Fifth Avenue and Twelfth Street, to
morrow evening at S:l5 o'clock BY
Harry Oliver Hirt, A. A. G.. o, Mr.
Hirt is organist and director of the
music in the Classon Avenue Presby-
terrain Church, Brooklyn, and a post
/ graduate of the Guilmant Organ School.
Claude Warford presented Florencs
Hinkle, soprano, and Efrsm Zimbslist,
! . Continued on Psss aims. -
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Catholic Oratorio.

on Friday evening. March 26, Passion
Week, at Carnegie Hall, the Catholic
Oratorio Society, under the patronage
Of His Eminence John Cardinal Farley,
will sing s. Colerdge Taylor's oratorio.
"The Atonement.' The soloists in the
production will be Marie Wagner, So
prano; John J. Finnegan. tenor, and
Frank Croxton. basso. One hundred
and fifty Of the trained singers of the
Catholic Oratorio Society, under the
direction of Nine. Selma Kronold, will
be heard in this great work. assisted
By the orchestra from the New York
Symphony Society.
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kure" and "Parsifal,' as well as the
'Siegfried ldyl.' u,
On Thursday evening and Friday
afternoon the chief feature will be
Efram Zimbalst, and the List Sym.
phony to "Dante's Divina Commedla,
which will enlist the services of the
St. Cecilia Club. Victor Harris, conduc-
tor; the soprano solo part will be taken
by Miss Elizabeth Tudor Zimbalist
will play a concerto by Louis Spohr,
Haydn's symphony in { minor, NO. =
will open the programme.
Zimbalist will also be the soloist al
the last concert Of the season the
fourth of the Saturday evening series
next Saturday at Carnegie Hall. He
will play the Tscha .kowsky concerto IN
D major. Mr.. Stransky will conduct
Weber's overture to OberOn, the Sec
ond Rhapsody" of List, as orches-
trated by Carl Miller Berghaus. and
Dvorak's "New World" Symphony.
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Kneisel Quartet.

The last concert Of the Kneisel Quar-
tet will be given on Tuesday evening
April s, at Aeolian Hall, with ossip
Gabrilowitsch as assisting artist. The
programme will consist Of the piano
quartet in A major, OPP. 7, by Daniel
Gregory Mason, played for the first
time in New York; I, trio in G ma
jor for piano, violin and cello. By
Haydn; the Beethoven quartet in A
minor, Op. 1872, and repetition of the
Schoenberg sextet that was heard at
the March concert Of this organization.
Samuel Gardner and Hyman Eisenberg
will again take part in 1t.
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r5sno. unlikely tha. the future his
...,p O. music ~ America Will set
s,vn as NJ. Sorncck's best achieve
~, the emancipation O. the Ameri-
,,r rsoplc from The beicf iusulied by
-.x o. the books on musical history
rs'eb were current before he came
var the field. that Americans were a
d Of muSc.. b4.barians until deep
,,--r into the nineteenth century. and
hat the only influence winch went out
ron The early practitioners Of the art.
sre,isAy those who came from New
TrrlsDd. affected church ard cho-I!
-psle only and was restrictive rather
tsn hberaLzUg and expansive. Inc
sE.f died slowly here. and Is still held
. Germany and Austria IN spite OF the
togsands Of musicians who have come
p rs either on concert tours or TO
a,E home and livelihood. That the
?tlbarmoric Society of New York is
.so4 Is the Philharmonic Concerts Of
Usana is fact 20 which TINS writer
s,se.ed attention years ago. Also that
iv,,eur singing societies are as old IN
p, United States as they are ia Ger
-vv. Next month the Handel and
a.7dn Society of Boston will Gee
,a.e its huudrcdth anniversary and
alrs we're societies before 10. But 1t
san idle task 20 attempt 20 make
ernan appreciate the significance OF
70 facts even when he has been
Msfciarv Of them Every foreign
aliuctor who comes 10 fiji an engage
..rt in America for the first O.
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"NIagnidcat" had its first presentation
by the society February %. 1910. Singu-
larly enough. Mrs. Edith Chapman,
Goold was soprano soloist for all OF
these events.
"Ioan OF Arc will be reserved for
the first concert of next season. and to
insure fitting performance the pres.
ent rehearsal season will be extended
for at least six weeks after the March
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21
CONCERTS OF THE WEEK NOW
AT HAND VARIED IN NATURE


Songs o. Mozart Franz. Mailer and
b.l rs, ~. At.rcis
S,n U ~ d. heF IeC,,a' '" Tbc 90,
,,,po ny I low @. 80. - ro,,rned 10
I-s,;,. 'aG mas $500 - in Cor
r,,, o.;i ne 7e' e.aI -. p;cbard En-
,,ra- 'AV P'"i'0' ii'' P'Oe
''''V"e'
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to,,s mo- I,tera,- ur.a,... Mozart
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Sasz Hoci1s,i ,9.Cf, ~ q. ers hrlt' Nor
S.s, 'i I'D f 80. zrs, s a.g "a Au:sa 1s1'na
Gustav Mailer
y KY. l4',e Mace .henhleh' YIN inns
slia du n..h g,cac.t' 'D4s 3iaedchen
'n' U Ae'i.Ae N-iten ..--- n' a""''
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.,sa 80. .I anu "'@'ill9 OVi' 49,.
p.E Up the programme when ErneSl
aattheSOu will plav a+ bts second
Aeoli., II 81,
nan ieClldl on ueSNdS al bCA
'puos.r ~. 81 @f a'''' '5,. -U,+V"
lc,. s.humann
MIRO In of, ., tins.zo i,l m ns' fy,
theme OF Handel -. -...... Brahms
n.
s,v.,ssip Gsbrilowltsch will devote his
s,lh piano recitai IN Aeolisn Hail on
SUNDAY afterpocr, 20 ,,orLs Of Scbu-
n.nn -, W iV"" 70 WI NJ VI 'NHS
-" anu OnOplu. The programme lOl-
w.
11t,.,. 10, ~
siiias 4, ~ mao, % li.--.. ...... SthuihAiih
lsas hi - ul.." Not-utHe ln " MAJOR,
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Philharmonic Society.

Josef Stransky will conduct Wag-
ner programme at the concert Of the
Philharmonic Society at Carnegie Hall
this afternoon which will contain num-
bers from the Flying Dutchman.' ~.
"Tannhauser." "Lohengrin," Tristan;
"MeistersiDger." "Rheingold." wal
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ROSE BRYANT CONTReETO WITH OeHToR'o
SOCIETY CARNEGIE HALL

"Liebstod." from Tristan und Isolde y
Arthur Middleton will sing the Pro-
logue to "Pagliacci" and an aria from
Die Zauberhotc." he orchestra,
under the direction of Richard Hage-
man, wall play several .um5ers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-21

among whom is Miss Elizabeth Sher-
man CLARK. At the Sunday musical tea
in the Hotel Majestic, are filling a long
felt want with music lovers Of the bet
ter class. Mr. Edward Fielding. the
concert director. deserves recognition
for his efforts in maintaining such an
excellent standard.
Walter l.. Boeert. chairman Of the
music committee of the MacDowell
Club. has arranged for this evening an
informal musical gathering m honor
Of ms. II. n. A. Beach. Mrs. Beach
will be assisted in giving programme
Of her own compositions by Miss En-
ric2 Clay Dillon, soprano; George
Hamlu. tenor, Theodore Spiering. VIC
lin. The committee has also arranged
FOR Tuesday evening. March 80, song
recital by George Harris. jr, tenor B.
general request Mr. Harris will repeat
the ter Spanish religious songs OF
Hugh Wolf which he gave at the club
last year for the first time in America
A chorus Of forty selected mixed
voices viii render Stainer's "Cruci-
hXion" this evening in s.. Peters
Church. West Twentieth Street. near
ninth Avenue, under the direction o.
George Henry Day. The well known
singers Craig Campbell. tenor, and
William 0ldroyd, barytone, have been
engaged 10 sing the solos.
ELMER Zoler has just returned from
New London. Conn. where on March 10
he furnished the accompaniment for
Clara Gabrilowitsch. the contralto. Mr..
Zoller's future bookings are with
ArkGdy BOurstin, vlollnlst. both IN New
ark, Y. j.. and New York City; the
scandinavian Society concert. Brooklyn,
and Amy Grants opera recital, "Parsi-
fall" to be given az her studio. 1o West
Fifty fifth Street, on Sunday, March y.
Lieutenant Percy Richards. bass
BARITONE. will appear in concert al
Bridgeport. Conn, on March %.
John Finnegan. tenor soloist OF s..
Patrick's Cathedral and pupil of Arthur
Edward Stahlschmidt. specialist OF
voice. studio 257 West Eighty-SiNth
Street. is enjoying one Of the busiest
seasons of his life. On March he APP
peared with great success at the Ger
man Press Club. On Sunday he will be
heard at Harrison, y. Y, or Monday At
New Rochelle and on Wednesday at
Montreal. Canada On March 20 he
sings with the Roman Catholic Ora
torio Society at Carnegie Hall.
Miss Zoe Cheshire. solo harpist, was
well received at the St. Partrick's cele-
bration held under the auspices of the
University Forum of America at the
Hotel Plaza on last Tuesday evening.
Miss Cheshire is having a busy season
in concert work, in addition to her
teaching at her studio. rs West
Ninety-seventh Street.
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MUSIC NEWS.

Favorable comments were heard
from many who attended st. Thomas's
Church on last Wednesday evening 20
near Brshms's "Requiem.' which was
given by the festival chorus. church
choir and full orchestra. T. Tertius
Noble was the conductor. Mrs. HUDSON
Alexander. soprano, and Robert Mat
land. barytone, were the soloists.
An audience Of about fifteen hundred
people packed Hillside Auditorium.
Montclair. y. j.. Monday night 10 hear
the tenth Peoples Free Concert. which
was devoted chiefly to Irish music, IN
der the Craftsmanship Of Vincent r.
O'Reilly and the management OF Frank
Stout. There was long programme o.
fifteen listed numbers and as many
encores. consisting principally Of IRA
aitioual Irish folksongs, with few
modern Irish songs. together with read
ings and interpretative dancing. Mrs.
Smack was accompanied by her hus-
band, Professor Edward Boyd Smack;
Miss Winifred Young played for the
dancing. and Mrs. Kemery. Mr.. Roche
and Mr.. Marlborough were accompanied
by Wilbur Follctt Cnger IN praise
worthy manner
Umberto SorrentnO. the Italian
tenor. recently made successful APP
pearance al Easton. Penn The "Easton
Daily" made the following comment:
The soloist Of the evening was UNI
berto Sorrentino. a tenor, with a 81
perb voice, Of New York City. He won
the hearts OF the audience at once by
his pleasing manner, and he was gen
erous with encores. His first selection
was an aria from LA Boheme," by
Puccini. and in response to the hearty
applause he sang LA Donna Mo
bile" from Verdi's "RigoiettO.'
William Reddick, pianist and accom-
pianist, has been engaged by Miss Alice
Nielsen for her spring and summer
tour Of 100 concerts. beginning the
month Of April in Florida. Miss Mel
sen will have at her disposal a pri-
vate car for the entire tour from
Florida TO Wisconsin, in which the
concert party OF five will live.
The programmes which are being
given by several prominent artists,
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MARCIA VAN DRESSER>t
sons RECITAL AGOliAk HALL

sist Of Italian songs by Schubert, Schu
mann and Debussy, and will end with
group of songs in English. Miss
Lawler will ne assisted by Jean Nerd
pianist.
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MUSIC NOTES.

A. the end OF their season oi one
month at the Century Opera House il
is very probable that Isadora Duncan
and her pupils will return to their
home. in Paris. Owing 20 the war and
TO the fact that most Of the older girls
are German. it has been impossible
for Miss Duncan 20 make use of the
immense property near Versailles that
she bought for her school year ago,
and at the outbreak of the war she
turned il over 20 the Danes de France
for Red Cross hospital. As only
small portion Of the building Is
being used at present, Miss Duncan
is exerting her influence with friends
in the French government 20 secure
permission for the return OF the Ger
man members of the school.