The Washington herald., 1918-02-03
Activities Of Women
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By E. c. DRUM-HUNT.


Quite the incest thing scheduled for
this week, didn't happen. That was
Mary Gardens recital for the British
American War Relief Fund, which
was to have taken place at Mrs.
Thomas T. Gaffs on Tuesday evening;
but It didn't. Mary was sick. Yea
indeed, quite genuinely sick iAryn-
gifts, And In view Of weather con-
ditions, and consequent traffic con-
dition, Il dfdn't seem wise to risk tax
ing her very valuable larynx on q
train that was likely to be hours
overdue, II 1t did not get stuck In
snowdrift indefinitely. First It was
postponed till next Monday. and then
when blizzard piled on blizzard. Miss
Garden asked for another weeks
grace, and postponed her concert once
more. until February II.
OF course lots of people were dis
appointed. Mary Garden was not to
have been the bright particular star,
It was to have been q joint recital,
with Casals, the world famous 'ceIlist.
and Louis Thompson, q young lyric
tenor Of whom, Washington 10 both
proud and fond. assisting.
10 perhaps more familiar to the aver
age person than that Of Casals,, shA
Ia not near so great an artist as he.
Also it costs almost three times as
much to secure his services as II
does those Of Mary Garden. He plays
upon an interesting old instrument,
one that looks rather battered but for
which he paid about $4,000. II is
some two hundred years old. He has
invested about 500. 900 In cellos and has
quite a remarkable collection, to
which he is constantly adding. He
10 going to cut his season short as he
Is planning to return to Spain In
March to pay another visit to his old
mother who lives there. His season
would be shorter than usual anyway,
because he was late starting as he
could not get a ship back from Spain
until about six weeks after he first
started to sail
Casals is very bashful and retiring;
hates any sort of fuss to be made over
him and even dislikes press notices.
Last week in New York-and IL hap
pens quite frequently-after two of his
concerts. a number of women bought
their way past the man on guard, to
Cas&rs room behind the stage and
tried. 10 tel him how he had moved
thcnk how wonderful he was; one
even threw her arms around his neck.
The poO- man nearly passed through
the floor with embarrassment. He
isn't bit good looking either. FL
, naIly 5syeraI Of his friends had to
literally carry him away from the ad-
mirins groups. His red face and agi-
tation would havo been amusing. il not
so genuine.
Without such famous drawing
cards. though. the musicale was
sure to be 4 success for when Mrs.
GSff opens her house for anything
its success is at once assured.
There had been any number of
smart little dinners-and one or
two big Ones-planed by hostesses
who expected to take their guests
prandial music. Among them were:
Mrs. Edward Rowland. who has
Mrs. Mcmillan GIbson's Rhode
Island avenue house for the winter,
and Mr.. ard Mrs. Edward BeaIe
Mclean, both of whom of course
had their dinners anyway.
One Of the interesting little events
of the week was the Marine Bands
debut as a symphony orchestra in
the assembly. hall Of the Marine
Barracks last Monday afternoon. OF
course the Marine Band is an in
stitution in Washington, and its
Monday afternoon concerts have al
ways included some classical music,
but it's attempting anything so am
bilious as symphony work is new,
and Just by way of encouraging
them Mrs Wilson. with her sister,
Miss Bertha Boiling and Miss Edith
eBnham hOnored the event with her
presence.
Monday-the second "heatIess" of
the Fuel Administration-whe
Washington was struggling with
what some iend for figures an
nounccd as its fifteenth blizzard
land there have been several since
thcn). was not exactly a tempting