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New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Luisa Tetrazzini
Sings Delightfully."-
AT Carnegie Hall
Coloratura Sopranos Voice
Is Firmer and Warmer
Than in Days When Met
rOpOlitan Acclaimed Her

Nine. Luisa Tetrazzini and Clarence
"hitehill gave joint recital yester-
day afternoon at Carnegie Hall. It
was the Italian sopranos second ap-
pearance of the season, and once again
she brought the regret that the op-
cratic stage has been robbed of the one
coloratura singer who is fully able to
sustain the great tradition, for Nine.
Ietrazzini is to-day a far finer artist
than she was in the days when the
Manhattan Opera House felt it's walls
bend outward by the weight of the
crowds who shouted ecstatic bravas
tor her Lucia or her Glda. She is now
free Of the exaggerations which
marred her art, and if her breath is
not always as sure as in those past
Gays, her medium and lower tones are
INFINITELY firmer and warmer.
40 her singing of the Cavatina from
Semlmlrade" was superbly done, as
was the Polonaise from "Mignon. ;,
sung with a brillancy of style and an
audaclty Of bravura without which
c,oloratura singing partakes much of
Ihe quality OF musical mosquito. She
had one unfortunate lapse from the
pi'eii iit lei encore or one OF John Nc
oormack's popular songs, but aside
from this her singing was beautiful in
execution and her tones at once limpid
and filled with dramatic quality.
IN snort, great voice and great
style is that of Luisa Tetrazzini.
Mr. Whitehill was worthy COM
panon, and his singing Of the Credo
from "Otello" was masterly in its
shading and intelligence. Other things
mr.. Whitehill sang were songs + :,
Rachmaninoff, Gretchaninoff and Clay
and Waiter Damrosch's Danny Dee
YER"
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Miss Yurka, but Yvonne Garrick, Henry
Mortimer and Marguerite Rand are ali
acceptable. "'A
lsadora Duncan Dancers Back :
Art Matured in Years Absence

The lsadora Duncan dancers moda
their first appearance OF this seaaon a.
Carnegie Hall on Saturday night with
a symphony orchestra, conducted by
Edward Falck. They have Just got
pack from tour to the Pacific Coast
and in the year Of absence have made
great steps toward artistic maturity
Where lately there were hints that
Anna would be supreme in controlled d
harmony OF motion, Theresa, in stanch,
Dold rhlythms, and Lisa, in ecstatic
eeeeps' thelc is now no mistaking the
1uliness OF these qualities.
.. uhe .,he. program was largely Of en-
Schmitt waltzes and nI'T, war horse 'nf of
Johann Strauss's called Southern
Roses" For cncores there were
Chopin's Polonaise and the "Marche
Lorraine" In the ensemble dancing
the personal idiosyncrasies of the
dancers were properly subdued, but
that Lisa needs must show off her
jumping, and, with Anna at their head
the dancers in the Guck Amazon dance
and the two encores gave the finest
thrill that the present stage in this
country can afford.
Mr.. Falck's conducting was admir-
able, IT one comedies him the beauty of
tanning full orchestra now and again
for the benefit of minor melodies.
A capacity audience first applauded
then cheered, then sat motionless at
the end of the program till it got more
dances. These children who two years
ago were pleading on our doorsteps for
attention have gone in with tremendous
blessings.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15

Little Sunbeams could not get down
through the thick branches of the
hemlock trees and the spruce trees,
was there still snow.
And, too, there was something in the
air which told Peter that Sweet Mis-
tress Spring was very near at hand.
1t gave him feeling of gladness. 1t
made him. want to hop and skip and
dance and do foolish things Also it
filled him with a great longing TO go
visiting. He knew that almost any
day now there would be new arrivals
of feathered folk from the Sunny
South, where they had spent the win
ter, and that certain of his old friends
who had slept all through the cold
weather would soon be waking. He
was eager to see them and greet them.
So Peter grew more and more un
easy in the dear Old Briar-patch. At
last he could stand it no longer. He
just had to so up to the Old Orchard,
SO one night he slipped away without
telling timid little Mrs. Peter where
he was going and scampered, lipperty-
lipperty-lip, up to the Old Orchard. It
being night he found no one up there
with whom he could gossip save Spookv
the Screech Owl. asad Spooky was TOO
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Mascagni Sued for Delay
In Delivery of New Opera

ROME, March 14.-Emma Carclli.
former prima donna and now manager
of the Costanzi Theater, announced yes
terday she had begun legal action
against Mascagpi, the composer, be-
cause Of his failure to deliver the new
opera, little Marat," which, it was an
nounced yesterday, will not be pre-
sented for the time being 1t is alleged
Mascagni signed contract last fall
for the production of the opera this
month, the price fixed being for its
presentation in Italy and America.
Signor Sonzogno, a publisher. was a
party to the contract, it is said. agree
ing to become responsible for any
losses sustained through non delivery
of the work
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
''Musk'' May Be
Set Down Among
The Fjord Plays
Symbolism Is a Bit Wheezy
i'll Tragic Little Drama
Produced at the Punch
and Judy ,Theater
By Haywood Broun

Musk" which was produced at the
Punch and Judy Theater on Saturday
night, is curiously vague and gusty
little play which seeks to create an inn
preston of profundity which it does
not deserve. The authorship is
ascribed to Leonic de Souiny, and
though the scene Of the play is laid in
Norway there is some ground for sus-
pecting that this is another drama of
Austria or Germany which has been
translated to neutral land in order
not to offend the National Security
League.
However, the question is not of great
moment, and wherever the play was
born it is of the school which derives
| somewhat crudely and ineptly from
lbscn. 1t is another of those fjord
plays, and it rattles and puffs con-
foundedly in its effort to throw a glow
of symbolism about a somewhat COM
monplace theatrical story At times
symbolism is on top, and everybody
goes about the stage talking in a
highfalutin way about the strange
perfume which pervades the house Of
Lars LARSON, and then again at other
moments such phrases as "Somebody is
glibly introduced This does not sound
Norwegian. to be sure; but it is pos
sible that Mr.. Briggs is among the syn
dcate features of the Stockholm
"Tageblatt."
The effect of alien currents in the
atmosphere is further heightened by
the fact that one Of the characters in
the play who is supposed to be a Rus
sian is played by an Englishman while
one of the Scandinavians is played by
a Russian and another by a French
woman. The piece has been indif-
fc1ently staged by young Russian
this in a measure by playing one of the
small parts with a good deal of skill.
Blanche Yurka in the leading role
does some excellent work, though she
hammers her big emotional scene with
q rather disturbing and ineffective vc-
hemence. Perhaps this is not alto
gether the fault OF the actress, since the
play abounds in puzzling periods of
stress which are not always clearly cx
planned. For instance, everybody in
the play speaks with great awe of the
fact that Olof will sit and think for
hours at time. 1t never occurred to
any of them that perhaps he just sat.
The play concerns one Lars LARSON,
who goes to Jail for forgery commit
ted in order to squander jewels on g
mistress. In his dire distress his wife
stands by him, but on the day he is
freed from Jail she shoots herself be-
cause she discovers chat he has
been unfaithful. Not until that mo-
mcnt had she had as much as sus-
picion of Lars. Everybody else knew
of his conduct and it must be admitted
that Mrs. LARSON is made to seem a
little slow witted. Olof knew. and he
shot himself almost twelve months be-
fore his mother. 1t is not very clearly
explained whether he shot himself out
Of chagrin at his fathers gongs on or
Just to give little hint to his ponder
ously minded mother that all was not
we'll.
The best work in the play is done by
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15

busy hunting to spend any time in
idle gossip.
Peter spent the night skipping about
through the. Old Orchard and visited
all his favorite places. He even went
over to Farmer Browns dooryard. SO
the night slipped away and jolly,
round, red Mr.. Sun, beginning his daily
climb up in the blue, blue sky, sur
prised Peter still up there in the Old
Orchard. "My, how time flies"
thought Peter. 81 ought to have gone
home to the dear Old Briar-patch an
hour ago. AS it is, it is hardly safe
to go now. I'll just run over to the
old stone wall and spend the day in a
certain little hiding place down be-
tween the stones. that | know Of.
hope Mrs. Peter will not worry, but
can't help it if she does"
SO Peter scampered over to the old
stone wall down by the far corner of
the Old Orchard. He wasn't sleepy,
in spite of having been out all night,
SO he decided to stay out awhile, hop
ing for bit of gossip with Winsome
Blucbird or Welcome Robin. With the
old stone wall so close, he had no fear
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15

singing ensemble, Irish pipers, Irish
dancers and soloists take part. AL
though one Of the best things that
has been attempted at the theater in
recent weeks, there is still a tendency
TO drag which was noticeable in other
similar musical arrangements which
nave been presented there. But it
is colorful and tuneful, nevertheless,
and Irish men and women will find
much OF the Gould sod" transplanted
at the Capitol. Much care has been
taken to have the costumes worn
strictly Irish, yet some Of the dresses
ana hats worn by the women seemed
strangely suggestive of mining town
dance halls or Bowery saloons Of bv-
gone days, familiar to readers of O..
Henry because of the illustrations
which accompany his stories.
:. Thls general effect is enhanced too
by the manner in which the wearers
or these costumes stand. their hands
thrust deep into the pockets of their
skirts. The singing Of Killarney"
"Ihe Low Back Car" "Mother
Machrce," and "rho Dark Be Our Sor-
rows by Lily Meagher and William
Kobyn, the soloists, and the ensemble
Is Is good. Liam Titzgibbon, Helen Nc
Jabe and Maura Hough. Irish
Si", anu t!ie MlItoH bfOCnerS,
Irish pipers, helped to make "a Big
or Blarney" an interesting and enioy-
able presentation of the irish holiday
spirit.
Topping the motion picture pro-
gram is Maurice Tourneur's presen-
tation of "My Lady's Garter" a Para
mount -Artcraft picture made from the
Saturday Evening Post serial storv bv
jacques Futrelle Wyndham Standing
and Sylvia Dreamer head an excellent
cast in the really diverting detective
picture. Many melodramatic tales Of
adventure are filled with stupid and
Irritating improba abilities but "My
Lady's Garter" is singularlv devoid Of
photography of a bank robbery, speed
ing express trains and yacht ex-
plosion.
10 outline the story here would be
to to destroy the suspense upon which
the film depends great deal for its
effect. 1t is sufficient to say it reyolves
around the search for "The Hawk"
clever, Rafles-like criminal who has
stolen the jeweled garter from the
British Museum the presentation of
whlch to countess by British king
started the present Order of the Car
TER And then, of course, there is the
to the chase. ''i''
G.. The Madonna of the slums.v a
Stage Woman's War Relief nictura
topics OF the Day, Capitol News "a
high Divers Last Kiss" Sunshine
comedy, and "Ghosts of Romance
scenic picture, complete tho motion
picture program. The orchestra nlavs
the Martha" overture, and there is
an organ solo by Arthur Depew,
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15

Now, between the roots OF an old
apple tree down in that far corner Of
the Old Orchard was hole with lit
tie mound of sand in front of it, 1t
was the entrance to Johnny Chuck S
house. a dozen times during the win
ter Peter had poked his head in there
and listened for some sound of Johnny
Chuck sleeping in his little bedroom
far below. But not once had he heard
even the faintest sound to show that
any one was there.
This morning Peter sat down on
Johnny Chuck's doorstep to watch and
listen for Winsome Bluebird. Sud-
denly there was low growl right be-
hind his back. 1t startled Peter so
that he made flying jump and started
headlong for the old stone wall. When
he was close enough to it to feel safe
he turned to look back A head was
poked out from the doorway of Johnny
Chuck's house. All Peters fear van
ished. Johnny Chuck!" he cried
Welcome, Johnny Chuck! When did
you wake up?"
Copyright, 1920 by W. T. Burgess)
The next story: Johnny Chuck Is
CrossH
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Dancer and Society Pupils
Delight Audience at Canito

Mile. Albertina Rasch and her three
coryphees are easily the outstanding
feature of the lengthy and varied bill
at the Capitol Theater this week. Mile.
Rasch dances three numbers and her
society pupils, Agnes Roy, Emele Gull
yer and Florence Trevor. dance two
numbers, although the audience easily
would have applauded as many more.
The Marionette number, originated by
the danseuse who has appeared with
the Metropolitan and Chicago Opera
companies, and danced by the coryphees,
was beautifully effective in its sim
plicity, while the Chinoise and Hungar-
ian dances by Mile. Rasch were re-
plete with grace and agility.
This being St. Patrick's week, the
Capitol management appropriately of
fers as the musical part of the pro-
gram ga Bit of Barney" Gaelic
feis or Irish festival in which the
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Going On To-day
DAY


Meropolitan Museum of Art Admission
25 cents.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Safety. Admission
% cents.
Van Cortlandt Museum Admission 25
The Aquarium. Admission free.
Geological Park. Admission free.
The first campaign school since the =
trance of women in politics will start at
the National Republican Club, "a West
Fortieth Street; 10 a m.
League; Hotel McAlpin. l p. m.
Entertainnent of the Loyal Workers; Hotel
Meeting Of the Manhattan Study Club;
Hotel McAlpin, 2 p. m
Meeting of the Daughters OF Indiana
d@n, m0tsl McAlpin hSaA p; N, oroa,s Waldorf
Astoria II a.
Display of paintings by tho Society of Inde-
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Meeting Of the New York County Chapter
United states Daughters Of 1872; Wal
Entertainment of the Daughters OF the
Empire State; Waldorf Astoria, p. IN.
Meeting of the American Association of
Advertising Agencies; Waldorf Astoria.
Illustrated lecture by Fannie Harley, on
ophy and Psychology of Dress; Aca
DENY of Music. Brooklyn 4 p. IN.
Lecture by b e. r. b8gmgardt WnaE on ,.I,,, "Dsn, n
Rules; Carnegie Hall. II
Opening of the Flower Show at Grand Cen
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Special conference of Protestant pastors
Madison Avenue Baptist Church.
ADDRESS by Professor John shapley E, on
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Meeting and luncheon OF the Quality
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Meeting OF the InVinclble Women's Sun
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NIGHT
Dinner of the credit Bureau. National
Association Of Waste Material Dealers
Hotel Astor. G:30 p. IN.
Dinner Of the Association of Collegiate
Alumnae: Hotter Commodore.
Meeting of the American Committee for
the Independence OF Armenia; Carnegie
Lecture by b. r. Baumgardt on Holland,
Past and Present.: Academy OF Music
brooklyn, 8:l6 p. m.
Y NJ. c. a. dinner; Waldorf Astoria
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Meeting OF the Yarn Dealers Association
Hotel McAlpin, p. IN.
BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTURES
MANHATTAN
Relation of the Municipal Government to
the Public Schools" by City Comptroller
Charles l.. Craig. Washington Irving
' High School. Irving Place and sixteenth
Street.
bradley Otis; Public school 4s l56th
Street and st. Nicholas Avenue
Public school SO. 22s East Fifty-seventh
Street Illustrated.
Public School el Hester and1 Essex
streets.
'"rhe Huguenots." by Clement r. Shaw
Public School 157. ST. Nicholas Avenue
and 127th Street. Miss Nj. " Klamp at
the piano.
HUH Fish: Public School 1865. 225 West
10sth Street. ulutrated.
"Peter the Great" by Arthur d. Rees
Pilgrim Hall. Fiftysxth street and
Broadway.
Life with the United States Immigration
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New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
On the Screen
dangerous Days" at Strand,
War Picture, Fails to
Interest Deeply
By Edwin H. Blanchard

Dangerous Days." the feature pic.
ture at the Strand this week, which is
taken from the novel by the same
name by Mary Roberts Rinehart, has
to do with the days just before anc
after Americas entry into the war. /,
deals with munition makers and Ger
man plotters and comes to it's climax
with the destruction of great NUM-
tion plant by a tool of Germany In
cidentally the happiness of severa
American men and women are involved
by plot and counter plot
The picture fails to interest deeply
because the real thing is so short a
distance in the past that We are moi
ready yet for substitutes; and also be-
cause of organic defects in the picture
itself. A war and the events leading
up to this country's declaration of wa1
certainly warrant any amount of melo.
drama, but SO much that was melo-
drama then has become farce now that
1t is difficult for the audience to be-
come deeply stirred by the German
plotters Beyond that, the picture
does not boast an exceptionally good
cast.
The true features CT the bill at the
Strand is the Harold Lloyd comedy
ments when this picture drew laughter
audience, and it made all the people
laugh some of the time. There is more
than semblance of plot to the thing;
the titles are amusing; and the bus-
ness which produces the laughs is as
tonishingly fresh and diverting.
Another number at the Strand which
won popular approval was the Russ on
Cathedral Quartet. which sang "Zazu-
la Cossack prison song. and the
Volga Boatman's Song. Additional num-
bers on the Strand program arc the
Strand Topical Review. and Sclminke's s
March of the Toys" played as an
organ solo.
Blanche Sweet is seen in "The Dead
lier Sex" the feature picture at the
Broadway for this week. The story,
which is by Bayard WELLER, has to do
with the particular adliness Of the
always deadly sex when they apply
themselves to business. Miss Sweet
appears as Mary Willard, daughter of
a railroad president. who organizes a
fallen into her hands on the death of
her father. This plot includes the
kidnaping of Harvey Judson. the
Wall Street rival of the Willard in
tercsts. Before the kidnapped is re-
leased he discovers that the supposedly
weaker sex has moments of great
force; but he also discovers that he
loves this woman who has kidnapped
him. and there the curtain falls.
The outdoor scenes in this picture
are Of great beauty. and the work of
Miss Sweet is, of course, very accept
able and more. All in all the picture
has good entertainment value
The Powder Puff Follics," which is
entering upon it's sixth week at this
theater, has had added to its cast Ed
Janis, "the dance demon; Carmen
Rocker and the Southern sisters With
these additions the revue goes on it's
way rejoicing.
Supplementary features at the
Broadway are. Snub Pollard comedy
a news weekly, and well balanced
musical program.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Oodowsky Triumphs Again
Liszt Concerto Performance
Most Brilliant of Season

Leopold Godowsky was the soloist at
Yesterday afternoon's Philharmonc
;;ohcert at Carnegie Hall. He gave an
1,ncomaparably brilliant performance of
A'szts second concerto in A major, the
most brilliant Interpretation of the
p po,k that has been heard this season.
"uaolph GAM, Olga Samaroff and Rach-
mahinof are among those by whom this
tLohcerto has been recently given. None
nave surpassed Mr.. Godowsky in au-
n,orlty, y, beauty Of tone and dazzling dis
play of virtuosity.
Inc program was made up of familiar
n' maeces' Brahms's Symphony No. 2 in ID
r~a!or, Sibelius's "Finlandia" and
u.u.iegs Peer Gynt" Suite No being
the other numbers.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Two Oratorios at Metropolitan
concert Attract Large Audience

n,nI. ~ the Metropolitan Opera House last
cxnt two oratorios" were sung
n~ouhod's Nun. "Galiia," i'm which the solo
mr.; was sung with distinction by
Nae, ME- Sundelius, and the "Stabat
seIIs OF Rossini, in which Rosa Pom
F;nS, Margaret Matzenauer, Morgan
shsston and Jose Mardones made up
NM auartet. Especially admirable was
iapae' apae' Matzenauer's singing of the aria
H. ut Portem," which won applause.
sae audience was large.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
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New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Russian Opera ON March "a

. Isehaikowsky's "Eugen Onegin,"
the most popular operas in Russia. will
be presented for the first time in this
country, in its operate form Wednes-
day night, March "a, at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, according to an an
nouncement made yesterday by General
Manager Giulio Gatti- -Casazza. The
cast will be:
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15
Bedtime Stories
By Thornton w. Burgess
Peter Welcomes an Old Friend

Dame Fortune can no pleasure send
Like meeting ?cith an oldtime friend
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15

Tatiana Claudia M,7;o
Tlsa 1 ''.'........... Frances Ingram
"a! & &!iia .-............... Flora Perrin
r rllpleVna ............. Kathleen Howa rd
Onegin ............... Giuseppe de I.uca
p,.inaa penskl c:..:........ 60: Giovanni Martineli
I'm rrihce uremlne. .Adamo Didur
11nnques 1N. '.'......... Angelo Bada
"a a S. esshl .-.'.'..... Milo Picco
~ captain. .'...... Louis d'Angelo
The opera has been rehearsed and
Will be conducted by Artur Bodanzkv.
The mise-en-s scene has been prepared
by Richard Ordynski, the chorus has
been trained by Giulio Setti and the
dances have been arranged by Miss Ro-
sna CALI.
The scenery has been painted by Jo-
sepn Urban, Who also designed the
sketches for the costumes, which have
been made in .he costume atelier of
TIE u Metropolitan under Nine. Castel
Bert's direction.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-15

The next story: "Johnny Chuck Is
Cross -
The Prescott daily news., 1920-02-26
INCOME TAX IS
 DUE MARCH 15
Penalties for Delay and Failure to Make Returns-EarIy
 Compliance Urged.

All income tax returns covering the year 1919 must be filed by Monday, March 15. Each taxable return must be accompanied by check or money or der for the full amount or at least one quarter of the amount of tax due.
 Cash payments are accepted only at the collectors main office; if sent by mail, they are at the sender's risk.
 Residents of Arkansas should file their returns with, and make payments of Income Tax to, Jack Walker, Coi- lector of Internal Revenue, Little Rock Ark.
 Those who must file returns but have not done so are warned that the revenue law imposes heavy penalties for failure to get returns in on time or to make payments on time.
 Early filing and early payments are urged, in order to relieve the internal revenue offices as much as possible of an overload on the final day, March IS.