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The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
MUSICIANS GET
INCREASED PAY
New York Players Will Re-
ceive Substantial
Raise.

At this writing, it appears that
the threatened strike of the New
York musicians has been called of
and an agreement reached. Accord
ing to the settlement terms musi-
clans playing in two a day or big
time vaudeville houses and small
time houses where the admission
fee is more than 25 cents will re-
ceive from July l s56 a week for
a -seven-day week. The same ap-
plies to burlesque theaters. The
working hours were cut in the big
and small time vaudeville theaters
and burlesque houses from six and
a half hours to six and a quarter
hours. This was a concession
granted by the managers. The mu-
sicians in big and small time the
aters and burlesque had been re-
ceiving $40 a week. They were de-
manding approximately S6s a week
in big and small time houses and
burlesque. The s6S included pay for
rehearsals and double pay for Sun
day and a so per cent increase nat
over the $40 received. The deman nd
for rehearsal pay and extra time for
Sunday was refused by the man
ayers.
In first-class picture houses musi-
clans formerly receiving $50 a week
were granted $40 a week for seven
DAYS. In the musical comedy houses
the musicians received their full
so per cent demanded. Musicians
now receiving s3S a week in musi-
cal comedy theaters will receive, ac-
cording TO the new scale, $50 week
In the dramatic houses musicians
| formerly receiving $50 a week re-
ceive s45 a week. Musicians in both
! these classes are to receive pay for
| the first two rehearsals formerly
given free) at the rate of 81 an
hour for the first hour and so cents
/ for every Is minutes over the hour.
The grand opera musicians wage
scale is to be up for settlement later.
Musicians now playing seven per-
| formances in grand opera are get
ting s72 a week. Thy are asking
/ $50. In Chicago a IS per cent in
I crease has been demanded.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
HARRY LAUDER
ON A RECORD
Sir Harry Sings "a New
Song for the
Victor.

Sir Harry Lauder returns with a
new song-"I Think I'll Get Wed in
the Summer"-on a Victor record.
This is the tale of a seaside lover
who meets a lass named Nellie. The
song is full of quaint fancis and
equally quaint and natural rhymes.
1t has a typical Lauderian rhythm
the kind that sets the audience
rocking from side to side. The song
tells of the wooing and wedding
preparations and of Nellie's dover.
AS the last strains of the song
cease there is heard curious
sound similar to the Scottish Yum,
Yum Yum
"Pari siamo" I've Are EquaD is
most delightfully."- sung by ZanelI.
This is the outburst of Rigoletto,
the hunchback jester, in verdfs
great opera. Rigoletto, who has
been roundly berated and cursed by
the aged Count Monterone, broods
over this episode. Sparafucile, a
bravo, who is engaged for a ne
farious purpose, arrives, converses.
and passes on. Rigoletto curses his
own fate and means of livelihood in
the monologue "Pari siamo." 1t is
superbly delivered by Zanelli, to
whose powerful voice. clear enun-
citation and dramatic intensity 1t is
so well adapted. The climax is
beautiful beyond words when Rigo-
letto recalls his lovely daughter,
Gilda.. who is to meet such a noble
and yet dreadful end. ...
The Barefoot Trail is a memory
song-a grateful gift from one of
the most consummate of ballad
singers, John Mccormack. 1t tells
of the wanderings of a small boy
with freckled nose" aid a golden
haired little girl like a fragrant
wild flower. After youth has nassed
and age has come-these wShder-
ings are reconstructed from MEM
ory. The song has an easy. flow
ing, catchy theme. Mccormack
sings it with his usual and perfect
artistry. There is an interlude for
the violin-in which the refrain OF
of the song is taken up and re-
peated. The voice, however, returns
and brings the song to a close.
Sophie Braslau sings Greatest
Miracle of All" on a new Victor
record just out. In curious
rocking rhythm and a melody built
on the aboriginal negro scale, from
which 1t never departs except for
purposes of modulation, 1t tells of
the miracles of the Lord who made
the Red Sea to part and Israel to
pass dryshod; who made the whale
to swallow and yield up Jonah-and
yet who never achieved a greater
miracle perhaps than to infuse life
into the body of a little black child
The song is borne along with rich
sombre harmonies touched of here
and there with the mimicking notes
of silver bells and its second re-
frain is hummed.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
NEW NUMBERS
ARE0FFERED
List Of Columbia Records
Shows Many Popular
Selections.

In addition to the Columbia rec
ords already reviewed in The Her
aid. the list for July shows many
more entertaining numbers, among
which are Rose of Washington
Square," which made it's debut in
New York's Ziegfeld Midnight
Frolic. and achieved instantaneous
success. Henry Burr has now made
a record of this widely popular song
so that the whole country can hear
it. The coupling is an expressive
waltz song Tired Of Me-" sung by
Lewis James. Two more songs on
a single record this month are
Shadows" sung by Campbell and
Burr, and Sunshine Rose" sung by
Lewis James. The pretty lyrics OF
these two ballads reflect the light
and shades of the music. George
Meader, tenor, a recent recruit TO
the ranks of those who sing for
Columbia Records, sustains the
reputation he has established on
the operatic and concert stage with
Ages and Ages" and Sing Me to
Sleep"
The Peerless Quartette sings
HITS of Days Gone By" in two
parts, a medley of most of the pop
ular songs which have made Harry
Won Tilzer's reputation. and also
that delightful bit of Irish melody
There's a Typical Tipperary over
Here" The latter is coupled with
That Old Irish Mother of Mine" a
song of Hibernian sentiment sung
by Charles Harrison.
The lifting. alliterative lyrics OF
Frank Crumit's two new songs
"Oh! BY lingo" and so Long,
Oolong (How Long You Gonna Be
Gone?)" will go far toward estab-
fishing their popularity.
Harry c. Browne, his banjo, and
the Peerless Quartette get some
original effects out of the two dia-
lect songs "Razors in the Air" and
Hi. Jenny. Ho. Jenny Johnson"
The Columbia Orchestra contrib
utes four interesting schottisches
developed from the dance rhythms
in Scotland during the Seventeenth
Century. They are First Whisper,
of Love-" Dear One Far Away
-'Carrots' and She's Such a Love
Cal Stewart. better known as
Uncle JOSH" has made two comic
talking records this month Tick
lish Reuben" and II Laughed at the
Wrong Time" are both signals fol-
the right time to laugh.
Alice, Where Art Thou?" and
Song without Words" are two
whistling solos by Sybil Sanderson
Fagan which demonstrate all that
can be done in that line with the aid
of two fingers and two lips.
Two violin solos by Eddy Brown
are MY Isle of Golden Dreams" a
melody to which thousands are
waltzing today, and "On Miami
Shore" This popular music played
by a maestro has proved truly pop
ular.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
PIANO
GROUP PRAISED
Rare Collection at Museum
Described by Magazine
Writer.

The National Museum at Washing
ton contains a most complete col
lection, of American keyboard jim
struments showing changes of style
that tell those who will take the
trouble to observe, the secrets Of
success and failure in relation to
cur national progress. writes Will
lam Laurel Harris in recent num-
Der of Good Furniture Magazine.
For the most part these precious
souvenirs of a great industry's de-
velopment, now to be seen in the
Washington museum. are different
types of pianos that were made dur
ing the early part of the nineteenth
century, when the foundations of
our period of tremendous CONNER
cial expansion were laid. The larg-
est and most valuable part of this
collection was gathered by Hugo
Worch. The collector being a prac-
tical musician and a dealer in
pianos, enjoyed exceptional facili-
ties for picking up and studying the
different types Of old-fashioned in
struments, presentingtpractically the
history of keyboard construction
from the last decades of the eigh-
teenth century to our own time.
Another advantage this collection
offers the student is that the in
struments shown are in excellent
condition. Mr.. Worch, being a prac-
tical piano man, employed skilled
piano repairers and saw to it that
every instrument in the collection
was carefully restored under his
supervision and this watchful care
Of the physical condition of his
gifts Is being continued. The in
terror mechanism of these numerous
and variously constructed pianos,
accordingly, lays bare the entire
history of American genius as ap-
piled to keyboard construction. and
makes clear the technique of the
piano trade in America
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
IAZz MUSIC AMUSES
EPILEPTIC PATIENTS

Patients Of the Ohio Hospital for
Epileptics at Gallipolis have be-
come SO enthusia site over the jazz
music furnished at the weekly
dances that dificulty is experienced
IN dispensing the dancers. The Dnu-
sic serves not cply tc amuse the
inmates, but, according to DIR. q. U.
kineon. the superintendent, 1t aids
in relieving their suffering.
After eight years Of instruction
under ]. f. LeNis. the music IN
spector, many musicians have been
DEVELOPED and two complete bands
have been formed. Particular fond i,
ness Is shown to band music and
several concerts are given weekly.
In the various rooms of the hos
oitsI there are twelve pianos, thfr-
ty-fve monographs and more tran
100 string and wine instruments.
Among the patients in the in
tation Is a bliLd iran who until
ne was taught to play the cornet
was extremely melancholy. Now,
with the .ievelopmsrt Of unusual
musical ability and a memory thai
Is described as "uneanny." he Is one
of the most optimistic.
"Diverting the PATIENTS minds
crot1 their affict.on by keeping
them busy Is as good treatment
as can be given them." said DR..
xireon. Music Is especially good.
as 1t Is a subject that nearly all
of them can become interested In"
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Digest of Music News

The returning musicians with the
New York Symphony Orchestra
failed 10 arrive in New York in
time to enjoy the celebration planned
by the mayor, end a committee of
city officials. The Olympic. on
which the orcht stra returned from
its successful European tour. was
delayed so lorg in quarantine that
all plans for their reception were
disarranged.
An effort is being made to raise
funds to aid the unfortunates in
Austria by the American Relief
Committee fo- Sufferers in Austria.
Vienna. which gave TO the world
the music of Mozart, Schubert, Bee
the ven. Strauss ard Lehar. is de-
scribed as being CT the brink of
musical ruin. It is stated that nu-
sicians are NUMBERED among the
most desperately I.oor of the strick-
en- capital by the Blue Danube.
Their income has been reduced to
practically nothing by the tre-
mendous depreciation of the cur
rency: they are totally united for
manual labor: the scanty govern.
ment ration is Insufficient to main
tain health; and. in short. their
only recourse is to the merciful
compassion of strangers.
The Aborn Opera Company opened
its season at Olynric Park, Newark.
with Robin Hood" Last Monday
they began the week with The
Firefly."
Miss Anna Fitziu. American So
prano. was heard as soloist at the
New York Stadium last Sunday
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
GEORGE H. HUBERT.
George II. Hubert Plans
Improving Child Training

IF this movement is carried on
for a period of fifty years IN an
altruistic and cooperative spirit I
have the utmost faith that the mind
of the child today will be gradually
developed into a kinder and into
finer feeling for others when
great and important questions are
to be settled The world can never
prosper until we have as our prin-
ciple a kindly thought for our fell
low man. or at least the inclination
to try and see the other side of the
question, and / believe music will
be, IL not the main factor in devel-
oping this character or disposition,
one of the most important infiu-
ences that can be brought to bear.
In other words" continued Mr..
Hubert. "the child mind brought up
in an atmosphere of good music for
a period of two or three genera
tions will SO attract everyone as to
compel them to become interested
in this movement. Such change
will bring complete cooperation
and will also develop the child un-
I'll IL comes to a position where it
must decide important questions. at
which time the musical influences
will temper its judgment to the
more humane and kindlier deci-
sions"
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Store Chorus Gives Concert.

The annual June program of the
Strawbridge & Clothier chorus was
given on Wednesday evening at VIII
low Grove Park. Philadelphia, with
the Victor Herbert Orchestra and
three excellent soloists assisting. An
exceptional program of music was
presented. GUnder the direction of
DR.. Herbert Tily, the chorus sang as
the first part of the program the
final scene from ''The Crusaders"
by Gade, and 'In Music's Praise"
by Hadley.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
W. VA. PRISON WILL
HAVE WEEKLY SINGS

Following the example of Sing
Sing and other priscns where mod
ern methods pf treating the inmates
have beer adopted. the prison au-
thorities CT West Virginia have in
troduced weekly sings in the State
penitentiary at Moupslsville.
The service vas fnsugurat ted bv
the sixteen-piecc orchestra Of the
Whitaker-Glessrer Company, which
held q special concert in the i'm
stitution for the beefit of the pris-
oners. The work thus begun has
been taken UP by Prof Elmer a.
Hoelzle. who will conduct weekly
sings throughout the summer. Prof
Hoelzle was bead of the musical
department a. the Paris Island Ma
rine Training Station during the
greater part Of the war.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Local Musical Activities

Mrs Fancek Kapar Lawson of the most successful
ce this city, and who gaining national reputation
Thursday evening the College of William and
Mary Williamsburg Va This institution founded in 1883
Oldest college the United States Mrs Law
spending weekend the guest Mrs H. Lane Cooke
of West Point, Va. - .i,t
Before leaving Washington, Mrs Lawson conversation with
the editor of The Herald spoke of the exodus from Washing
which of musicians who imagine they
will better conditions elsewhere.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
cents IN The WorH Of Music 7erey Tod Tor Those Macag Inclined
Gossip From the Music Stores

Homer L. Kilt. secretary and
treasurer of the Arthur Jordan
Piano Company. is enjoying a vaca-
tion which will take him as Ear as
the Pacific Coast and which he ex-
poets will last about six weeks.
]. C. Conliff, Washington repre-
sentative Of Charles NJ. Stieff, Inc,
has been appointed State commits
sioner for the District of Columbia
TO represent the National Bureau
for the Advancement of Music. One
of the strongest factors In the work
of popularizing, music which has
been undertaken by this bureau has
been the music memory contest
which. since it's initiation in 1916,
towns and cities throughout the
country.
Washington music dealers are not
enthusiastic over a plan announced
by one sheet music publisher. The
shortage of paper is becoming a
serious menace to the music pub
fishing trade, so one publisher, TO
conserve paper, has just issued an
edition of two popular songs which
are printed back to back on the
same sheet of paper. This gives the
publisher the two song hits for
about the same price as one. Local
dealers will watch the outcome with
a great deal of interest.
McHugh & Lawson, in G street,
who are agents for the Pathe rec
ords and Photographs, say that all
the quaintness and novelty that
made "The Vamp" so popular are
repeated in good measure, with
more added, in this remarkable
Mystery. song, which must be
ranked among the biggest of the
genuine popular song hits of the
season. There's a distinct sugges-
ton of weirdness in the music,
which assuredly possesses that quail
ity rather vaguely described as
something different" Mystery
makes a really distinctive and in
viting recording. especially when
it's sung as Patricola sings it. 1t is
in odd songs of this caliber that this
popular and versatile comedtenne
excels. One of the best comedy
songs written in a long while Is on
the other side, and Patricola once
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11

night Other soloists for the past
week were: Marc, liza Craft, Win
rifred Byrd, Rafaelo Diaz. Barbara
Maurel and Greek Evans.
Salt Lake City is proud of Will
lam Lynn. who has just returned to
his home in that city from Boston,
where he has been pursuing his
studies. Mr.. Lynn Is an oboe and
English born soloist and he has
just completed fifty-six weeks of
continuous playing in Boston. Dur
irg his stay in the Boston Conserva-
tory of Music he won nearly $1,000
in scholarships.
The Toledo Symphony Society
has been organized for the purpose
of directing the activities of the
Toledo Symphony Orchestra, which
consists of 81 pieces.
1t is announced that a profit of
$1,000 was made at the recent fes-
tival given by the Cincinnati May
Festival Association.
The statement Is made that the
Department of Community Music,
headed by Arthur Nevin at Kansas
University, has been abolished by
the State Board of Administration.
Economy and failure OF the de-
partment to attain the results de-
sired" were given as the reasons
for the abolishment. Musical Amer
lea says that Nevin Is successful
composer as well as an excellent
teacher and musician. and that, due
apparently to petty 5ealousies. a
constant fight was wa Id on the
Department Of Community Music.
Fortune Gallo has issued a pre-
liminary prospectus of the season
of grand opera at popular prices to
be given at the Manhattan Opera
House during the four weeks be-
ginning Labor Day.
The National Concert Managers
Association will hold its annual
meeting in Chicago at the Edge
water Beach Hotel on July /:
and Is.
Anna Pavlowa and her ballet
, russo will begin a limited Ameri.
can tour in October.
/ The coming season will mark the
seventeenth year of the Flonzale,
Quartet Sas a permanent orRaniza.
tion. and the fourteenth consecutive
public season In America under one
manager.
The twenty-ffth annual com
mencement of the University SchooI
of Music. at Ann Arbor, Mich. wa,
held last month.
Announcement is, made that
courses in music will be offeret
students of the University of yir.
ginia for the first time, beginning
lnext fall. :
| yasa Prihoda, the young Bohe
mian violinist. will make his firs
American tour, beginning In No
| The symphony Society of New
York announces that Walter Dam.
rosch and the New York Symptom,
lOrchestra will be heard next seasor
in this city for ten concerts, fiye te
be given In the afternoon at tn,
National Theater, and five eycnins
concerts at the Washington Fin,
lArts Society.
Juan Manen. the distinguishes
Spanish violinist. VIII arrive il
America IN October.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Opera Singers Return.

After making a conspicuous sue
cess In recitals at Queens Hall,
London. four of Americas foremost
singers of opera and concert have
returned home. They are Mabel
Garrison, soprano of the Metropoli-
tan Opera; Sophie Braslau, con-
tralto; Reinald werrenrath. bari
tone; and Lambert Murphy, tenor.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Couyerse Appointed Head.

Announcement Is made that Fred
erick Shepard Converse, the well
known compofcr. will next season
become. head of the, department of
theory. at the New England Con-
serya.ory of Music. The late Louis
c. Eison conducted these classes for
more than forty years
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11

Hours" CMatthews). with incidental
tenor solo; organ. Festival POST
lnde" (Kroeger). The quartet is
composed of Narion Greene. soprano; !;
Mrs. John Humphrey. alto; CIar-
ence Lcwis. tenor; erd Irving Town
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
Federation Presents 0pera.

On Wednesday evening the Italian
Lyric Federation presented Verdfs
"Othello" at the Academy of Music,
ilaGslphia, with Nicola Zerola,
tenor.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11

During July and August no
tces for this page should be re-
eeived BY the Musical Editor not
later thaa 2 o'clock thursday.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11

Juan Manen. the distinguished
Spanish violinist. VIII arrive in
America IN October.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-11

vasa Prihoda, the young Bohe-
mian violinist, will make his FIRST
American tour, beginning In No.
vember.
The Cecil Whig., 1920-09-25
FRAME DWELLING HOUSE

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-21
ross BREAKS ALL RECORDS.
Cleared 10 Feet 51z Inches in Pole Vault
at Olympic Contests.

ANTWERP, Aug. 2l.-Phenomenal
pole vaulting by F. X. Foss, Chicago
A. A., which broke all existing records,
and a brilliant distance run by four
European runners in which the French
marvel. GuiIlemot. went down to de-
feat, furnished the thrills for the TO-
600 spectators at the sixth day of the
Olympic games yesterday. The per-
formances, in both these events were
exceptionally praiseworthy in view of
the rain and cold. Foss sailed over the
bar which had been placed at the height
of 13 feet 51a inches. The old world
record was 13 feet pa inches.
Foss already was the winner of the
first place for the United States in the
pole vault, but he was urged to go on
and break the Olympic record. This
he did and then. after consultation
by the officials, the bar was set at the
top height so that Foss might have a
chance to excel the world 5 record.
The American team now leads with a
point score of 15S with England, near
est rival, having Sc. Yesterday g
scores were made with two firsts, two
seconds, one third. three fourths, one
fifth and one sixth.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-21
TELEPHONE CUTOVER
ABOUT MIDNIGHT
Little or No Interruption in Service to
Be Made-New Exchange Head
quarters Ready.

The cutover of the telephone system
from the quarters in the American build
ing to the new exchange headquarters in
the barber building will be made about
midnight tonight and there will be little
or no interruption in the service.
Eight men from Boston have been here
since about the middle of June installing
the switchboard in the new office and
doing necessary wirework incident to
the change. While the new board is the
same style as that which has been in
use since July, 1907, it has eight posi-
tions instead of six, providing 240 addi-
tional lines.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-21
100000 IN POUCH
STOLEN IN CHICAGO
Most of the PIunder Is In Small Bills
Robbers Escape In
Automobiles.

CHICAGO, Aug PA mail pouch be-
lieved to contain money and valuabes
worth 100000 was stolen by two men
yesterday from a suburban station of the
Illinois Central railroad. The robbers
escaped III an automobile.
The money, according to postal author
tiles, was being sent to the Pullman
Trust Savings bank 1t left the federal
building about noon
When the train reached the lllth
street station in Pullman the pouch was
thrown down a chute to the street level,
where messengers from the bank were
supposed to be waiting to receive it,.
The money was to be used today to
ash checks of the Pullman company and
the Sherwin- Williams factory. The $780,
600 was all in bills of 81, S., $40 and $50
Police reports say that when the bag
was temporarily in charge of Leo VIII
gus, thirteen-year-old boy, it was
taken from him by an elderly man wear
ing brown glasses, who leaped into a
waiting automobile and disappeared