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The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
FARRAR SINGS
SPRING SONG
Other Gems Presented On
Victor Records for
October.

Geraldine Farrar has captured
the essence of the Springtime; ana
proof of her triumph is placed be-
yond doubt by her most recent ad-
dition to her already long list of
Victor successes. 1t is among the
records for October that she pours
forth a very libation of gracious
melody. Spring songs are ever pop
ular, as witness those of Nendels-
sohn and Grieg; yet never perhaps
has composer so happily interpret
ed the spirit of Springs delicate
beauty as has GOunod in this flow
erlike song. Nor could a better
medium be found for its interpre-
tatiOn than the golden voice of Ger
aldine Farrar. Her voice is at its
best-sweet, fresh, ringing, flexible;
dwelling here and there on some
lovely note as though loathe to part
with anything so beautiful. Lis
tening to her full throated harmo-
MES one seems to see the world re-
born; to see silver lance of light
pierce through and through the
night as harbinGcr of dawn.
In line with this, yet different In
its fundamentals is AntOnin Dvo-
rak's Largo from the New World"
symphony. Inspired by the COM
poser's love for American Negro
and Indian themes. this movement,
which is the second. is a test that
may well daunt the most careful Of
Orchestrations. The Philadclphia
Orchestra has added another laurel
10 the crown of their achievement.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
First Congregational.

The music program for the serv-
ices at First Congregational Church
today contains the prelude "Canta-
bile Cesar Frank, trio for alto,
tenor and bass voices, 20 Cease Ny
Wandering Soul" (Chadwick), which
will be sung by Mrs. Dunwoody, Mr..
Backing and Mr.. Lewis, and the Of
fertory anthem, There is No Sor-
row, Lord, Too Light to Take to
Thee in Prayer" Godfrey; with
the postlude, "Hosanna" (Faulkes),
at the morning service. As a pre-
lude to the evening worship Harry
Edward Mueller, the organist and
choirmaster of the church, will open
his series of organ recitals, playing
Rogers Concert Overture in 3
minor; Karg Elert's tone poem,
Clair de Lune," and Gilette's idyle,
From the South" The choir will
sing Schnecker's Come. Ye Discon-
solate." and for the offertory an
them Martins Whose Dwelleth in
the Defense of the Most High" The
postlude is a moderate movement by
Dunn.
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texts; and the American public, I
feel assured from my experience,
will before long insist upon the
same thing.
Many songs published in the
United States are too poor mu
sically to merit the attention of
artists who pretend to first-rate
achievements or of audiences that
profess a serious interest in art
How music of such sort gets printed
cannot imagine. But to look on
the bright side of the matter, many
songs by American composers are of
the highest musical merit, and / en-
JOY using them at my concerts.
There ought to be more of them:
and there would be, l believe, IL
public, performers and publishers
were determined to have them so.
Why. will you tell me, do our COM
pOsers neglect the fine opportuni-
ties offered them in English litera-
ture in the way of Song texts?
Why should the great examples of
English lyrical verse be ignored in
favor of sentimental stuff? ! am
convinced, moreover, that American
artists would call out larger au-
licences than they do now, if in the
first place they took the trouble to
learn to sing well in English; and
if after that they went before the
public with good English texts de-
termined to put them, as stage peo-
pie say, across"
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Chorus of "Washingtonians'
To Present Six Big Operas
Here; Company Enlarged

Rollin Bond, director of the Peo-
pies National Opera Society. makes
the interesting announcement that
The Washingtonians" will be pre-
sented here this season in a series
OF no less than six high class operas.
Bond mentions The Chimes of
Normandy" "Erminie," "Iolanthe,
Patience" THE Chocolate Soldier"
Trial by Jury" and an original
production of a new opera by an
American composer for the first
time on any stage.
This society, which met with such
sigEal success last year in it's pro-
ductions of III. NJ. S. Pinafore" and
"MikadO." will be greatly enlarged
in its scope this season. 1t is in
tcrestiEg to note that this COM
munity society. organized a year
ago and which started it's activities
under the auspices of the Wilson
Normal Center. neve- solicited any
financial assistance.
Sell Season Tickets.
Its first season showed a record
of twelve erformances of comic
opera, and, although it's production
expenses were very heavy they
were all paid and the season closed
with a week of charity perform
arces at Polls Theater without any
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
Eckinston Presbyterian.

Under the direction oil Gertruue
Lyons aspecial musical program will
be given today at lexington Presby-
terian Church. 1t is as folloWs:
Morning-Prelude. "Chorale" (Ben-
nett); anthem, short TeDeom
(Buck); quartette, "Hosanna" (Gra-
ner-Martin); offertory, Sketch
Cwestbrok): postlude. March" ISL
las) Evening-"Prelude (Frost ;
fif minute praise service by
young people of the church aug
niented by piano, organ. violins,
cello, cornet and flute; anthem. The
Day is Past and over" (Marks) :
auintette, soft in the Distance
mason -Burnett); offertory, Can
zonetta" (ScammelD; "Sevenfold
Amen" (Stainer); postlude, "Medita-
tion" (Cressey).
The choir director has formed a
iunior choir from the young people
of the two Christian Endeavor So
cieties and from the intermediate
Sunday School classes. They will be
given free vocal instruction every
Saturday evening prior to the re-
hearsal and will assist in the pro-
gram when the musical services are
Given once a month. This choir
will give a praise service every
Sunday evening for fifteen minutes
preceding the regular service and
will he augmented by piano, organ,
violins, cello, cornet and flute.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

At one time. Jack Pearl, the Dutch
comedian Of the Powder Puff Re
vue," was making bouquets for the
various stars in stageland, for he
was for many years in a fashionable
florist shop in an Eastern metrop-
oils. Since those days Jack has
been the recipient of many floral Of
ferings himself, for he made for the
foOthghts via the stock room Of a
music publishing concern and the
routine he had to follow as an er-
rand boy for one of New York :
prominent dramatic critics.
Jack is a product of the Ghetto
He was cutting Capers when mere
child and at times his antics were
of such refreshing and delightful
humor that his teachers laughed un-
til the tears rolled down their
cheeks. The principal of his school
told him that some day he would
become just as prominent as Weber
and Fields, Dave WarfieId, Sam Ber-
nard. Alex Carr and a great many
other comedians who have had their
early mental training in the very
same school.
Jack Pearl has had a varied eX-
perience since he has been in the
show world. He became a member
of a Juvenile quartette, appeared
successfully in tabIOids, doubled up
for a vaudeville speciality, was fea-
tured as a single entertainer and
also had his taste of the animated
screen plays. He did not like the
latter branch of the amusement
world, for he didn't care to be
canned and then be presented as a
silent mimic
q don't want to be packed in a
box every night and shipped away
ike a coffin" remarked Jack when
the director Of the studio wanted
an explanation for his leaving. Il
must talk to my audience and I
must hear their laughter and look
into their cheerful faces. I will
never be contented unless I return
to the speaking stage"
He dashed away and made straight
for extravaganza, where he found a
most hearty welcome. For three
seasons he has been identified with
this form of entertainment and his
refined method of exploiting his
fertile humor has given him faT-
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

Indebtedness. For the coming Sc
ries of operas, season tickets will
be sold at community prices.
So highly is the work of this or
ganizatiOn regarded that many new
singers with exceptionally good
voices have applied to Bond for ad-
mission into the ranks of the COM
pany.
Chorus Enlarged.
Last seasons brilliant chorus will
be augmented with well-trained
coloratura and dramatic voices,
which will advance in the future to
principal roles in the society's pro-
duCtions.
The personnel of the principals
will be added to this season. and
tho stars of last season, including
Estelle Murray, Florence Winter.
Elaine Sebring Ford, Genevieve
Bond, Harry Stevens. T. Brooke
Amiss, jr.. Charles Moore. John T. E.
Elliott, Raymond Moore, ]. E. S.
Kinsella and Stephen o. Ford will
be heard again. An evidence of the
educational development to be OBJ
tanned in this Washington institu-
tion is reflected in the engagement
this season by New York managers
for principal parts in metropolitan
productions of some of the chorus
singers of last season.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
Rubinstein Club.

The Rubinstein Club, Claude Rob
ison, conductor, will begin its re-
hearsals on Wednesday, the 18th,
in the white parlor. of the Ebbitt
Hotel. at 10 O'Clock a. m. Mrs.
Howard NJ. Blandy has been Sc
cured as the accompanist. She sue
ceeds Edward P. Donovan. who re-
signed on account of his many
church and college engagements
which prevented him from giving
the required time to the club. The
voice committee of the club, Mrs.
Jessica L. Benham, chairman, will
meet applicants for active mem
bership on Wednesday evening of
this week from to 8 O'Clock at
the residence of Mrs. Benham. 2426
Nineteenth street. Application for
membership should be made to Mrs.
Elmer E. Curry. secretary, 625 A
street northeast.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03

$500 acres Of the most beautiful
land sceniCally in California became
part Of the Sacred Film Incorporated
holdings.
Grieat care and good Judgment
were exercised in the selection Of the
administrative and directoriaI STAFF
until as perfect an organization ~
executives and sUbordinates as ever
produced pictures was solidihcd in
harmony and eficiency
Several trips by Cameramer 10
original lands Of the people OF Tho
Bible were made necessary in ords-
TO show in exact detail and ef,g'
the sacred and revcreuccd location
The first finished episode Of tUp
reels, the standard OF length. for
the ffty-four or more episodes %
follow is a masterpiece Of artist ..
Photography and dramatic value
and each succeeding episode WI.
be an Improvement upon its predc-
cessor.
1t has been from the outset the
purpose Of the Sacred Films Incorpo-
rated to piCturize the wonderful sub
ject literally from Creation to tho
Ascension with no departure from
the written word and this purpo~o
has not been deviated from nor will
it be.
All dogmatism, all Of sect Or
creed. bias or prejudice has been
eliminated in the production and the
visualized version is what its pro-
ducers intended, and the people have
long desired, an actual and exactly
literal Perturbation Of the most in
teresting and inspiring Book OF all
Books-the Holy Bible.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
JESSEL MAKES
NEW RECORDS
Pathe List for October Con-
tains Many Popular
Vocal Numbers.

Many interesting hits" have just
been issued on Pathe records. Among
them will be found a song by
George Jessell, who is a singer with
a style all his own. There's a breezi-
ness to his method that suggests the
robustness of March combined with
the mellowness of October. With it
all he brings a diction that requires
no straining of the senses to ap-
preciate. "Marcelle" is a story Of
a nifty French Mademoiselle with a
habit of making those who sat
down with her sit up. It's a regu-
lar Americo-Gallic mixture and Jes-
sci enjoys singing it. Dolls" IS a
typical girly-girly ditty of the style
so much in vogue. today.
How the, names of some stage
favorites recall pleasant memo
ries! Whenever one thinks or
Blanche Ring one involuntarily
huns Rings On Her Fingers and
Bells On Her Toes" The same rich
voice and brogue, the same pleasant
method, the same clear delivery,
that always distinguish this popu-
lar comedienne's work, are ali evil
denced in Barney, Come over
Here"-the plaintive appeal of an
Irish colleen in America to her
swain back home in Erin. The time
is thoroughly Hibernian, with a
pleasant march swing to the re-
frain-
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
4 Florist Turned Comedian

orite position among the country's
most eminent merrymakers-
p. ]. Kelly, who plays "O'Fla-
herty' in Shaw's "O'Flaherty V. c.
with Deborah Bierne's Irish Players
at the Thirty ninth Street Theater,
New York. is one of the founders
of the famous Abbey Theater in
Dublin, having been a member of
the original group of players VINO
assembled under the leadership or
Lady Gregory to give to Ireland I.
national theater.
Alma Tell has decided that Susan
Lenox." the character she plays in
The Fall and Rise of Susan LenoN'
was strongly poetic in mind. So
Miss Tell, in order to help her in
her understanding of the character.
has written a series OF poems, each
of which deals with the emotions
OF the heroine during some big scene
Of the play. Miss Tell assures US
that the poems are purely for her
own benefit and will not be pub
lished.
Outside of the fact that Pan
thea" as a photoplay was the best
screen vehicle Miss Norma Tai
madge had or has appeared in, there
are many reasons why the revival
of the production is of even greater
interest now than when it was first
offered.
In the first place the salary list
of the cast, if it were possible to
re-assemble them. which is extreme
ly doubtful, would be so enormously
high as to make it impracticable to
handle the picture as a commercial
venture. Several players appearing
in minor parts in "Panthea" have
become leads" If not stars, one is
now a prominent director and Allan
Dwan. who staged "Panthea" for
Miss Talmadge, is now at the head
of his own organization.
Out of nineteen people who took
part in 'Panthea," to be shown
throughout the current week at
CrandalTs Theater, ten are now OF
very much prominence in the realm
of the photoplay. So therefore, to
the motion picture fan" a veritable
feast of "Reminiscences is offered in
addition to excellent entertainment
in the SelzniCk 1920 revival Of
Norma Taimadgc in "Panthea."
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
Dorothy's Childish Debut

Black-mustsched Villains held no
terrors for Dorothy Gish. the pep
perry screen Coincidence, even when
her years numbered only eight.
At that tender age Miss Gish made
her stage debut In an old-fsshioned
melodrams called Her First False
Step" with her elder sister. Lillian.
Their mother Travelled along to see
that no false steps were taken ex-
cept on the stage. Three years later
Mary Pickford, a neighbor, took the
two Gish girls TO watch her make
motion pictures under ID. W. Griffith.
Mary introduced her two girl friends
to Mr.. Griffith. The result was their
entrance into pictures and Dorothy
Gish's msteoric rise to stsrdom after
her hit in the sole, comedy role in
Griffith's Hearts Of the World"
Miss Gish and thirty members of
her company were in thrilling
train wreck near Charleston, S. c.,
recently, while returning to New
York, following the taking of scenes
for Miss Gish's new picture. Little
Miss Rebellion" which opens a
weeks engagement at Loew's Palace
Thester today.
Miss Gish, accompanied by her
mother, was seated in a rear coach,
when the engine and four forward
coaches left the rails near Micro.
N. C., as the result Of spread rail
The engineer and fireman were in
stantly killed and more than fifty
passengers were seriously injured.
Owing to their location near the
rear of the train, none of Miss Gish's
company were injured. and all Of
the players, including Miss Gish, ad-
ministered as best they could TO the
needs OF the injured untl medical
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
IMMIGRANTS GREETED
WITH MUSIC AND SONG

That music is a universal lam
guage" was practically demon
strated at Ellis Island recently
when Americas message Of well
come was extended to more than
1000 immigrants from many diff
ferent nations in the language OF
the orchestra.
The two-fold object Of the demon
stration, as explained by Frederick
A. Wallis, commissioner Of immi-
grafton, was to give the newcorn-
ers a Joyful welcome and at the
same time to plant the first seed OF
patriotism in their hearts ane
minds.
While the National SYMPHONY
Orchestra Of 1875 pieces under the
direction of A-tur Bodansky. we'll
known composer, played The Star
Spangled Banner" with which the
exercises were opened. the immi-
grants stood in wrapped silence
and when the significance OF the
song was explained to them they
cried in one voice Of many Ian
guages: God bless America"
Nine. Marguerite Namara. Of the
metropolitan Opera Company. sans
the Jewel Song from Faust, and
speeches were made by prominent
mon. The exercises closed with the
singing of folk songs.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
SAYS SQUARE DEAL
POLICY WON SUCCESS

In the monthly contest for best
sales totals held by Knabe Ware
rooms, Inc, in Baltimore, of which
J. H. Williams is president, Doug
las Daniels carried off first honors
for the month of June and in the
month OF August he became high
man again. Douglas has been a
very successful salesman aud says
he lays his unusual success to the
fact that he deals entirely on the
square.
II a customer asks me ques-
tiOn and l can't answer it l do not
hesitate to say that I do not know.
When l started with Knabe Ware
rooms. Inc, which was my first pi-
ano experience, l was told to be on
the square at all times with a Gus
toner and l find by being on the
square and telling the truth at all
times you are following the line of
least resistance"
Daniels has only been in the pi-
ano business six months. He start
ed in as outside man, but now. oc-
cupies the position of floor sales
man.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
GORDON HEARD
IN MADRIGAL
Columbia October Records
Include Variety of
Subjects.

Columbia Records released for
October present a great variety Of
music. The vocal records include
not only popular song hits by many
headliners, but a grand opera Sc
lection by a new star, songs by
well-known concert singers, a
unique rendering of an old Scotch
ballad by the Ponselle sisters, and
Indian songs by a native Mohawk.
There is an amusing comic talking
record by Cal Stewart, better known
as Uncle Josh" and the instru-
mental selections include trumpet
ers' records, band and orchestra
pieces, violin, piano. bell and accor-
dion solos, and more than a dozen
dances.
The new American contralto.
Jeanne Gordon. hailed by all the
critics as the New York MetrOpoli-
tan Opera Company find OF the year
has made a record of the 'Madrigal
of May" from the Barrymores' ia
nous play The Jest" She has also
sung this month Mon occur s'ouvre
a ia voix." Delilah's seductive aria
from Samson and Delilah."
Campbell and Burr sing two
tenor duets. Til Be with You in
Apple Blossom Time" and IF I
Wait Till the End of the World"
These are two songs of sentiment,
Sweetly sung.
Marion Harris, the little vaude-
willie artist who has done a lot to
make blues" songs popular. has
two new syncopated laments rec
ords this month. In "Oh Judge (He
Treats Me Mean)" she tells her
troubles as a wife. and in He Done
Me Wrong she tells her troubles
as a sweetheart. Whatever troubles
Marion tells are good for whole
lot of laughs.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
4 TRIO OF FIRST RANK Stars SEEN IN NEW FILM
The New Wonders of Clara

erick in her new Goldwyn play,
Madame X" which comes to Gran
dalls Knickerboeker Theater Tues
day. Miss Frederick has the role of
Jacqueline Floriot, who is tried for
murder as Madame X" under
which name she is registered at
the prison because she refused to
reveal her identity.
Casson Ferguson has the role of
Raymond Floriot, her son. William
Courtleigh is Louis Floriot, her
husband. Lionel Belmore and will
lard Louis play the Paris black
mailers.
Others in the caste include Maud
Louis, Hardee kirkland, Albert Ros-
coe, Correan Kirkham, Sidney Aims
worth, Maude George, Cesare Gra-
vina, Lloyd T. whitlock and John
Hohenvest. -
Thomas J. Cannon, director of the
Palace Symphony orchestra, went
to New York last week and re-
turned with a bundle of new mu-
sical hits which will be heard dur
ing the Eext few weeks at the
Palace.
Some extraordinary effects In
double exposures" were obtained
by the cameramep in filming THE
Broadway Bubble" Corinne Grif-
fith's latest Vitagraph production.
The star plays two characters, twin
sisters, who frequently come in con-
tact. In one scene Miss Griffith. as
the poor sister, actually leans over
and kisses herself as the other sis
ter.
Howard Thurston, the magician,
who has organized the Thurston
Pictures, Inc, under the laws of
New York State, has decided to be-
gin operations at the Hal Benedict
studios at College Point, l. 1. The
first pictures he will make, and
which he will personally supervise,
will be based on some rather re-
markable psychic phenomena, the
results OF his own experience.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
CONCERT TOUR
OFU.S,BEGINS
Schumann-Heink Embarks
On Trip Which Includes
This City.

Ernestine Schumann-H -Heink, the
world renowned contralto, embsrks s
in October on one of her triumphant
concert tours. AS usual this great
singer is booked solidly until well
into the spring, which is easy to
comprehend, as her popularity grows
with each session until now 1t ap-
pears as If all her previous re-
markable records for highly sue
cessfuI concert tours under this
management would be eclipsed.
Following are a few Of the more
important dates of her itinerary
and some of the States she will
visit Opening in Convention Hall.
Rochester, n. Y, October 1, Schu-
mann-Heink sings in Symphony
Hall. Boston. on the Sd, then after
spending two weeks in the New
England States. at the Hippodrome,
New York, on the nth; and at the
National Theater. Washington. D.
c.. on the 22nd. From here she con-
tinues through the States of New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Indiana,
appearing IN Pittsburgh on Nov. %
and in Indianapolis on the 2Sth.
In December she sings in the State
of Michigan and Ohio, appearing in
Columbus on the eth.
Starting south after the holidays
January will find the great contrsi-
to in the southern seaboard states
as far as Florida; in February.
after singing at the Jerusalem
Temple in New Orleans on the 5th,
through, the States of Arkansas.
Oklahoma and Texas; March in COL
orado. Montana, Kansas and Ne
brsska; on the 2sth in Topeka and
on the Soth in Omaha; in April
north into Minnesota and back into
Ohio and Indiana again. Thus will
close the season of ls20-ls21 of
this superwoman and singer.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
$27,OOO,OOO For a Film

The present plans of the Sacred
Films Incorporated of Burbank, Cal.
call for an outlay of $4,000. 900 dur
ing the four TO five years il will
take to film the Holy Bible, from
Creation to the Ascension.
More than 100000 characters will
re-enact the scenes which follow in
literal sequence, the scriptures as
written.
Special studio equipment and fa-
cilities were required and an extra
ordinary studio had to be erected.
The usual studio environs were not
suitable for the subject matter and
after a long and arduous search
The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
George killeen Post.

Gertrude Lyons, soprano sang for
the George Killeen Post of the
American Legion last Thursday
evening. at which time she pre-
sented two selections. Washing
ton" and when You Are Near Me, I"
both written by William T. Pier
son, who was also the accompanlst.
These numbers were repeated at
the Homecoming social last Friday
evening at lexington Presbyterian n
Church. AS chairman of the music
committee of the District d. A. r..
Gertrude Lyons has formulated
plans for organizing a choral So
ciety and the first rehearsal will
be held on Monday evening. Octo-
Der IL