Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

An ArSist's Op1ut0n.-There seems
TO be two ways OF looking at music
and dts Interpretation. the intellectual
or the emotional way" says Le-
gfnska, the -pianistjc marvel. -
There are pianists who are phil
osophers, scientists. who view their
art from the philosophic side. as
basis. quite apart from feeling and
emotion, They seem to take no in
terest in the emotional side; il does
nce enter into their art scheme.
take exactly the opposite view.
To me music is language. each note,
every phrase. carries message. a
meaning To find and proclaim this
meaning should. to my sense, be the
aim of the interpreter. l try to find
what the piece means. 1t may not
always be exactly the meaning of the
composer. but it Is what the music
means to me. Even as a little child
had this idea, that music meant
something definite. The music made
pictures for me; could see them in
we ali welcome suggestions as to
the meaning. the emotional content
of composition when no clue is
given by the composer. Surely, every
emotion should be expressed in music,
every phase of thought and feeling
II the player realizes this truth and
exernplifies 1t in his playing he will
touch the sensibilities of his audi
the purely phiIosophic player can
never hope to do.
The PIaywriEhts Humor-Here are
few lines in THE Saving Grace"
the comedy by c. Haddon Chambers in
which Cyril Maude appears this
season:
I'm not sure that the act of running
away with another mans wife isn't
:. the very highest proof OF the sporting
He didn't employ words-he invent
5 ed 'eH And he didn't speak EN-
he Kept EN- in his mouth till they
got red hot and then hurled 'em at
YOU
He's one of those strong silent men
who never speak except to be rude
to somebody.
Thers as nothing SO irritating in all
Z the world as a person who gets a
Women are born ten years older
than men.
They can prevent me being soldier.
{ hat bJ heaven they can't prevent me
The rsardine is the skyIark of the
ocean,
VIII you have a good cigarette. or
do You prefer one of your own?
Stage Women's War RelIef.-The
Stage Women's War Relief some time
ago asked many Of the leading stage
folk and players OF the American
stage to volunteer to appear in a Sc
rie; Of two-reel motion pictures Those
approached readily consented. Up to
the present time five of the series of
twelve pictures have been completed.
The others are in process of making.
Included in the list of distinguished
players who volunteered are David
Reiasoo. Edward Martindel. Bruce
McF1ae, Hamilton Revelle. Elizabeth
Risdon. Hiida Spong, Gladys Morris,
Kathleen Nesbitt. Mrs. Nate Roths-
child Maolyn Arbuckle. Percy Has
well. j. ]. McGraw, Dana de Harte.
Fred Lloyd. Mrs. Sam Harris, David
Rispham, Mrs. Charles King, Louise
Cfosser Hale. Nance ONeil, Alfred
Hickman. Tyrone Power. Nine. Ma
thiide Cottrel1y. Paul Gilmore, Ben
Graner. Mildred Holland. Thamara
swirskaya- Yvette Guilbert. Edmund
Breese. Shelley Hull, Etheibert Hales,
Julia Dean, Phoebe Foster, Mrs. will
liam Farnum. Mrs. John VI. Pierce,
Leo Ditrichstein, Ann Murdoch, Rob
Nash, Henry Miller. Willard Mack
Fay BANTER. John Drew. Ruth Chat
ferfon, Lillian Russell, William Col
lier. Julia Arthur. Adelaide and
Hughes, Edith Wynne Matthison,
Clara Joel. Florence Moore H b. War
ner. Alice Brady, Minnie Dupree, Otis
Skinner and Daniel Frohman.
Scenarios have been contributed by
Samuel Hopkins Adams. Calder John
stone. Katharine Kavanaugh. Howard
f. Miller. Frederick Arnold Hummer
willard Mack. Louise Closer Hale
Jessie Bonstelle. Wallace Clifton, An
fhony Paul Kelly. Rachel Crothers
Cosmo Hamilton, Edwin Milton Royle
and Charles Ram Kennedy.
The Universal Film Company has
I been selected by the organization as
kthe distributing medium for these film
Masterpieces.
lew York Winter Garden.-Quite ar
Presting volume could be made out
history OF the New York Winter