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The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Gives Family the High Sign
When Landlord Is in Room

Pincus started in again on the coal. Ella
grabbed him by the arm and pulled him down
the hall. On the way she winked AT me and
said Bronchitis! Then she winked at
Pansy and said Hay fever!" Pansy and
me weren't born yesterday We didn't muff
anything. Ella dragged Pincus into the din
ing room, otherwise known as the Chamber
of Horrors
Now looka here, Mr. Pincus. Gaze on
that!" she said and she showed him beneath
a loose section of plaster
go ahead" she said to me and Pansy.
| coughed and Pansy sneezed.
When Pincus came to we told him he was
darn lucky a stranger wasn't beneath that
plaster or he'd have had a nice lawsuit on
his hands. The blow had Pincps little
daffy for a while and we figured it was a
good idea to get all we could out of him
while he was that way So we made him
sign an agreement to plaster the Chamber
of Horrors, paper and paint all the other
rooms, do the floors, put in a new sink and
fix the bathtub, which was cracked like the
Liberty Bell
We told him he was signing release to
keep him from suing himself for damages
sustained by falling plaster. told Ella that
while we had him we ought to get him to
sign an agreement to send Pansy to college,
seeing that we had muffed chance like that
when Aunt Lizzie was knocked out, but Ella
was afraid the shock of paper like that
might bring Pincus to- and she wanted him
to stay under the effects of the plaster for
day two.
OF course Pincus couldn't go back on his
signature in black and white, and we had it.
He was better loser than thought he'd be-
But he had a heck of a time explaining to
the other folks in the house how he came
to be doing all the repairing for us. There
was quite lot of talk.
"WeIl dearie," Ella says on the first
of October as I started for work, you
probny won't know the old place when
you come home tonight Don't get likkered
up now, and don't get in any accidents.
want you to see the improvements before
anything happens to you. The workmenH
be here any minute"
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Household Home Forced
Landlord Wrecked When
Brown Was Splas1ng
BotcelI Art Mad Riot

You tackle the piano, Ella, and TIL take care
of the waste baskets and chairs"
Pretty soon we had all the furniture from
the Chamber of Horrors piled up in the
kitchen and the maids room, the latter be-
ing hossy monniker Ella tackled onto a
clothes closet to show off before her friends
We never had maid.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
By EDWARD ANTHONY.
TlRE we are in the reading room of the
4 Forty second street library. To our

T TlRE we are in the reading room OF the
Fl Forty second street library. To our
right is the most fascinated reader In
the world. He is gripping big fat volume
that must be the most diverting book ever
written. He couldn't be more enthralled If
he were reading one of our articles. or his
grandfather's will bequeathing him yacht
and a private island in the South Sea group,
Look at that man read, will you! 1t is a
pleasure to watch him. What is he reading,
anyhow? We must edge over and take n
look Ha We see a picture. But the angle
is bad and we can't make out the picture.
We shall have to look over his shoulder.
There that is better. Yes much betterl 1t
Is a picture of whale. The man, II seems,
is reading book on whale huntington does
one fish for whales? It would require pretty
large worms for bait, 1t seems to us.
But that is beside the point. What we are
trying to say Is that the man with the book
has given us an idea. If one can have so
much fun reading about whales, what a lark
it would be to see a real live ono and write
about him. Comes then and there the deter
mination to hunt up whale somewhere and
spend the afternoon with him. There ought
10 be whale of a story in that. But where
can one find a whale? AS if we don't know!
In the Aquarium, of course. There must be
one there. So we gather up our belongings
and make for the nearest subway station.
Well, here we are at the Aquarium. There
are a number of benches ranged around the
circular building and every seat is occupied.
What are these men doing out here when
there are whales to be seen inside? Have
they no Imagination?
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Objected to the Nine Muses.
And Insisted on WaIIpaper

Well, we battled an hour or so before we
finally found out that Ella was wrong again
as usual. Pansy said Bott meant family
of Greek james by the name Of the Nine
Muses..
Are they going to be nude?" I says
What difference does it make to YOU If
they are 2" barked Ella you're a mar
ried man, amt you?"
YES" said Thanks to your mother 7
am But my room is going to be papered
with paper"
Every once in while I have to put nv
foot down hard and show Ella who's who in
our fiat.
Pansy sided with me.
Good work, Pa" she says cant YOU do
something about my room? He's going to
do the Life and Times of Catherine the Great
in there"
Well, couldn't figure any objection to
that. Pansy ought to know her history and
if the smp would of only painted Kittys
times so that the child could get an idea of
life in those days I wouldn't of minded But
/ knew he'd just slap lot of paint on the
wall and call it the first thing he put his
finger on blindfoded. / didn't say anything
though.
Bott wouldn't touch my room. I ina gine
he figured me out for low brow. One of
the regular paperhangers papered my room.
and done well except that he put the paper
on upside down and had the roses all grow
ing south instead of north as they usually
do.
They fused around the fiat for week and
| got pretty tired Of coming home nights and
moving things from one room to another.
One night the last straw came. got home
They done the floors to-day" Ella said
don't they look nice?"
HIM" said shifting the air Something
smelled familiar TO me- turned to Ella.
What did they use on them?" I says.
"Shellac," Ella says. What did you think
they used on floors, cologne?"
"Where'd they get the shellac?" says,
looking at Ella sternly.
"They had some" she says. "And when
they went short they used some they found
in your clothes closet"
Used His Cocktail Material
To VarniSh the Flats Floors
Il knew it," yowled They've gone and
used the shellac / saving for cocktails"
"Oh for heavens sake, shut up" Ella hol-
Tered. "You can get more, can't you?"
But that wasn't all. They had also gone
and used gallon and a half of my home
brew to varnish the floors with. Now that
It's all over with and I'm calm, the floors do
look good, but believe me, was hot at the
time about It,
Next day stayed home and waited for
Bott and his crpples. They didn't work at
our house that day, nor any day since After
they had went went into the dining room
and started to tell Ella what I thought of
her. We got to making a lot of noise and
stamping around quite bit. All of a sudden
there was a cracking noise. We knew It Of
old.
Under the tablet" we both yelled in
stinctively
We just got there in time The ceiling
came down in one piece. There wasn't
enough left of Bolts Rebel in Bans Garden
when we crawled out and blew the lime dust
out of our eyes to shake stick at.
Well, to make long story short. I'm doing
the place over by myself. I'm doing It
nights after work, and I'm doing II right.
Fila is In a sanitarium for a while and
Pansy has gone up with Aunt Lizzie
Pfamm, who thought it over and decided we
hadn't tried to kill her after all.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
BY DAN CAREY.

Asst night we received instructions
from one Of these new voters, whose
orders we have learned to obey, to
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

TERE we are in the Office of Miss Ida
NJ. Mellen, secretary and scientific
- assistant of the AnuarilIn She is
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
By F. J. SULLIVAN.

w TE'vE Just been plastered. The wife
A) was bound and determined, had
w her mind get on it, and when Ella
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

ATORY is a great gift. 1t has the
power TO change overnight the ma
ture OF a man who yields to its spell
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
FRY-LEwIs JOINT RECITAL.

or unusual interest in musical cir
cles in Washington was the joint re-
cital of Nine. Florence Fry, dramatic
soprano of Chicago. and lie Roy Lewis,
baritone of this city, who Is well
known here. Nine. Fry is a sister Of
Mr.. Lewis and she is a pupil OF Signor
Francesca Daddi, OF the Chicago
Grand Opera Company. The concert
was given under the auspices OF the
Women's City Club on Thursday even
ing last.
This was Nine. Fry's first appear
ance in concert here. She possesses
a voice rich in quality, which she
handles with fneness and finish. be-
ing particularly artistic in the sing
ing of the "Vissi d'Arte," from
"Tosca." Mr.. Lewis sang his program
in his usual good style. his voice
showing breadth of tone in the upper
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
CONCERTS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,

The ninth concert of the T. Arthur
Smith Ten Star" series will bring
before the music lovers OF WASH
ington Nine Olga SamaroC. one OF
the foremost OF woman pianists. She
will be heard at the National Theater
Friday afternoon at 4:3O o'clock in a
program of unusual interest and
beauty.
Nine. SamarofY's career has been
one of remarkable distinction. After
her marriage to Leopold Stokowski,
conductor of the Philadelphia Or
chestra, in April. 1911, Nine Samaroff
retired from the concert stage for
three Voars. She made her reap
pearance during the season of 1914
Is. Last season Nine. Samarof added
to her remarkable achievements by
giving thirty-two sonatas OF Beet
hoven in a series Of eish' recitals
She has selected number OF delight
full Beethoven sonatas for her recital
tomorrow. Tickets may be obtained
at the office Of Mr.. Smith. 1905 @
street.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
THEO. KARLE RECITALS
AT BRUNSWICK SHOP

The Brunswick Shop. on Park road
just west of Fourteenth street. is
presenting Theo Karle as an exclu-
sive brunswick" artist, this week.
Mr.. Karle, who delighted a capacity
audience at the Rubinstein Club con-
cert on Tuesday evening, may be
heard at this new uptown" phono-
graph shop and these records may be
played on any other instrument the
music-lover may own.
Some Of Mr.. Karle's most popular
records are "Macushla," given with
orchestra, and "Mavis," both of them
popular Mccormack songa In fact,
Theo Karle is being called the Amer
lean John Mccormack, for his purity
of diction and direct song appeal. He
has made recently a record of Little
Mother o. Mine" that he gave as en-
core Tuesday. singing it with violin
obligato.
A Theo karle recital is staged" at
the Brunswick Shop each day this
week.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

sbark canoe as the lover sings to his
maid.
The particularly beautiful and
idealic quality OF this song-out OF
the West--was impressed upon the
writer by means Of an argument.
Having eyes to see our American
great west" a popular fiction writer
found in II recently nothing but me-
diocrIties, nothing but unlettered, un-
ambitious. sordid folks. no matter how
honest and good. The opponent sad
II was the strength of America.
The proponent wanted lofrier
Americanism upon which to erect the
ideals and force of the future. The
Indian song came, from the pioneer
Americana. bringing ideals OF the
open. But still the question remains.
have the small villages blotted out
the heritage that was bequeathed usY
Then all the more must we keep
alive, through music. the sentiment
and poetry that lies In our American
music.
"JUsT AwEARYIN' FOR YOU.-
Tenderly tuneful. full of sentiment
and homeyness. Is this song by an
American woman, Carrie Jacobs Bond.
1t has been said OF Mrs. Bond and
her songs, that they say the things
the people want to hear. In n way
that brings comfort and solace 10
thousands.
"Just Awearyin' for You" has been
sung by the Columbia Stellar Quartet.
and by number of soloists. Mrs
Bond herself gave II. half talking.
half singing. when she came to Keith's
last winter to. as she said. bring her.
self nearer to that great American
public who have known her only
through her songs.
That great American public must
keep alive the beauty of music, In its
life as well as In It's concert-exper-
ience. That music will reveal our
likes and dislikes, just as 1t tells tc
us today much that would be hidden
in the faith and customs Of the Indian.
much that 10 fast vanishing in the
negro folklore. which the Negro
-Spirtuals bring down to us, and which
the Fisk Jubilee Singers have recorded
for the Columbia
Let's keep alive the romance of
American-made music. Let's become
acquainted with its beauty, it's no.
bility, its heartily means of well
chosen models of it's music. And let's
disprove, by our taste, that we are
lacking in program in our march to.
ward a brave and good and beautiful
America
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
COLUMBIA RELEASES
NORA BAYE' NEW SONG

The hit OF Nora Bayes' Broadway
success. Her Family Tree. from the
frst night or was her optimistic lyric,
why Worry" just released on Q
Columbia Record. Something about
Nora always puts you in n cheerful
humor, and this catchy song Is no
exception. On the other side of this
Columbia Record is her rendering OF
Just Snap Your Fingers at Care"
from The Greenwich Village Foilies,
one Of the musical comedy successes
Of 1920-21.
II you like to fox-trot to the strains
Of happy music, you'll encore the hap
py saxophone of The Happy Six when
they play Now and Then" one of
the latest Columbia Records by this
dance organization. The other side
is "Humming." another fox-trot by
The Happy Six.
Perhaps you expect jazz In q waltz
played by violin. tenor and bass saxn-
phone. trombone. piano and three mar
imba players-and that is what you
get in Down the Trail to Home.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

Music Club will be held In the
Church Of the New Jerusalem. corner
OF Sixteenth and Corcoran streets
The program. which has been ar
ranged by Miss Maud sewaii. will be
given by Mrs. Gertrude Lyons. SO
prano; II. Leroy Lewis. bass, a quar-
tet composed Of Mrs. Marie G. Deal.
Mrs. George II. Miller. Richard Back
ing and George Harold Miller: violin
solos by Arsenic Ralon. and organ by
Miss Sewall and Miss Linton.
There will be no program on Coed
Friday.
sTAINER's .CRUCIFIxION.,
At o'clock on Sunday evening, at
st. Paurs English Lutheran Church,
Eleventh and II streets northwest,
Stainer's 'Crucinxion" will be given
by a double quartet.
The regular quartet. composed of
Mrs. b. il. Smart. soprano; Marian
Larner. eontralto; Herbert r. AL
bridge. tenor and director, and J.
Il. s. Kinsella, bass, will be assisted
by Mrs. Nell Marks. soprano: Richie
Mclean. contralto: 8. Edmond Boyer.
tenor. and Warren w. Grimes. bass.
Miss Kincer is organist.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Last evening, at Calvary Baptist
Church. the quartet choir of the Mt.
Pleasant Congregational Church gave
the following program; Solos, "Only
You (Schneider) sung by T. J. Quinn
Loves Garden of Roses" (Wood)
sung by Frances Scherger: "Spray OF
Roses" tSanderson) sung by Eleanor
Kittridge: "Duna" tMcGilD sung by
Herman Fakler. Quartet numbers
were Mighty LAX Rose" (Nevin) /:
The Merry Miller" from "Rob Roy
(De Koven). Miss Frances Sullivan
and Claude Robeson weco the ac-
companists.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

III MacDowelPs "To a Wild Rose" has
caught one OF those short but ex-
quisite melodies with which his inn
agination abounded. Here. out of
America, was born a genius that was
flled with a Sylvan mood, a spirit
of faery. as the Irish poets would
say" This record has been made for
the Columbia as a violin solo, with
orchestra.
NEvIN's sTHE ROSARY,
And who does not know 'The Ros-
aryw 1t has made Ethelbert Nevin's
name familiar wherever there is a
singer. The famous Rosary" was
composed in 1897, when Nevin was
in New York, writes Olin Downes of
this incident, in '"The Lure of Music"
One evening Nevin opened a letter
from an old friend inclosing Robert
Cameron Rogers poem. The first
line had the words. THE hours l
spent with thee. dear heart" These
words aroused the imagination of the
composer; the melodic thought came
to him. The next day he handed the
manuscript. with a note, to his wife.
The note read:
Just a little souvenir to let you
know how I thank lie bon Dieu' for
giving me you. The entire love and
devotion of Ethelbert Nevin."
Z You may hear Morgan Kingston
sing this song. or Merle Tillotson, or
Charles Harrison. Or 1t is given by
the Columbia Male Quartet.
- "MIGHTY LAX A ROSE,
= In a cottage across the fields from
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
|AMONC MUSICIANS
CHURCH OF THE COVENANT.

The third OF the special Lenten de-
votional services. combined with the
ffty.sixth special musical service of
the afternoon choir, will be held this
afternoon at tho Church Of the
Covenant commencing at 3 o'clock,
not $3.50. as usual. The double quar-
tet will sing the Lenten CantAta, "The
Message From the Gross" by Will c.
Macfarlane. This work was given
several years ago by the same choir.
and is Lenten composition that has
become as popular in America as the
English Lentcn Cantata. ''The Cruci-
fixion." by Sir John Stainer. The en-
tire work will be given and the solos
will be sustained by Miss Bollin, Miss
Beisser. Mr.. Backing, AMI Mr. Miller
In addition, Mrs. Beulah Harper Dun
woody will be the special soloist,
singing "And He That Sat Upon the
Throne" (The Inheritance Divine), by
Shelley.
This evening at s o'clock the even
ing choir Of 1876 voices. with Miss
Smith as soloist will give the mu-
steal program. Miss Smith will sing
Jerusalem" by Parker, and the
anthems are Hold Thou Ny Hand"
by Lemont. with incidental solo by
Miss Smith: "Come Unto Him." by
Gounod, and offertory anthem, River
OF Life" by Lacey. Both services are
under the direction of Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, with Harvey Murray at
the organ, and in the evening with
Claude Robson at the piano.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

ROY LEWIS, baritone.
who was heard In joint re.
cital with his sister. Madame
Florence Fry, dramatic So
prano, OF Chicago, at the Wom-
ems City Club, recently.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

the house of his childhood. Nevin
wrote one of his simplest and most
engaging songs. mighty LAX a
Rose" In 1t are the humor and ten
derness of the old colored nanny
who rocked him to sleep in his child
hood.
KIPLING BY AMERICANS.
There are two gripping songs that
have done much to immortalize for
Americans two OF Kipling's most IA
nous poems. These are the Walter
Damrosch setting to Danny Deever.'
which has been sung for the Colum-
bia by David Blspham. with all the
dramatic imagery with which Mr..
Damrosch has enriched the musical
background to the words;
And the swing OF:
Come you back to Mandaiay,
Where the old Fiotiiis lay
An the dawn comes up like thunder outer
China 'crost the Bay"
1t swings to the rhythm of Obey
Speaks music, and Frank Croxton, OF
the famous Peerless Quartet. has
made a splendid record Of 1t.
Which reminds one Of the fact that
Frank Croxton, some years ago, was
one of the foremost oratorio singers
in this country. His big bass voice
was first known in the greater woiks
Of sacred music literature. and now
he Is far more extensively known
because of his association with this
Peerless" quartet whose selections
are among those astonishing bar
sairs" the Columbia are putting out.
# records that are Just as good
but that must be retired because
they need more space for their ever
increasing repertory.
INDIAN SONG PICTURES.
Out of the West, from the nature
loving, nature-worshiping people. tho
indians, came that lovely song com
posed by Charles Wakeeld Cadman.
THE Land Of the Sky-Blue Water,
of which Alice Nielsen has made
Columbia record. One can picture
the sky above, reflected in the NOV
ing water below, while over 1t may
glide smoothly, silently, the bircn-
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
Master Work of Best
Composers of Nation
Presented'i in Records
By JESSIE MacBRIDE.

Let's look into the romance of American made music
Then take Journey by of Columbia Graphic
phone Records and the music and the stories agree
What names among the composers stand out promin
enty' Mcdowell He will be the tower of strength
Yet with this power he poet and nature worshper
who might have said with Wordsworth:
"To me nseanes flouer that bloOs gve
Thoatqhts hat deep tears"
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
COLUMBUS COUNTRY
CLUB BALL TONIGHT

The third annual ball of the Colum-
bus Country Club will be held at
Rauschers tonight at 8 o'clock. Spe-
c.al entertainment features and music
have been arranged.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
sTAINER's .CRUCIFTxION.,

On Friday evening next, at s o'clock,
the evening choir OF the Church Of
the Covenant will give it's tenth an
nual rendition of Sir John Stainer's
Lenten Cantata, "The Crucifixion.'
The interest In hearing this work has
become almost as great as in the an
nual rendition of ''The Messiah" The
sololsts will be Richard Backing,
tenor: Herman Fakler, baritone, and
Frank Haneke, bass. In addition,
Mary Beisser. contralto. will be the
special soloist, singing THE Robin
and the Master" by Kramer. No cards
of admission are necessary. The doors
Of the church will be opened at T:3o
o'clock. The pastor of the church,
the Rev. Charles Wood, will give a
short address on the "Crucihxion." A
collection will be taken for the bene-
At of the music fund. This service
will be under the direction of sydney
Lloyd Wrightson, with Harvey Muir
ray at the organ and Claude Robson
at the piano.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
MRS. BARNARD, soLOIsT.

An interesting feature of the con-
ference on the subject of DISABLED
Veterans" held at the National Press
Club on Tuesday, March 8, under the
auspices of the National Press Club
of the American Legion, was the rem
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

register. Among Mr.. Lewis songs
were four by Grieg, two by Robert
franz. the aria from lie Roi de La
hore." by Massenet. a Duparc, and
several songs in English. including
the do Not Go My Love-" by Hage-
man. and Values" by vanderpool.
Nine. Fry gave, besides the "Vissi
d'Arte," songs OF Scarlatti and Pergo-
iesi; the aria, zone Fine Day" from
Puccinfs mime. Butterfly" Floods
of Spring" (Rachmaninorf) Song of
India" (Rimsky-Korsakofr) PIER
rott" (Rubner), and songs by La
Forge, Russell and Gena Bransconbe.
Miss Elizabeth Barkman was the ac-
companist
MUsURGIA QUARTET IN BALTO.
The Musurgia Quartet WIS enthu-
siastically received at 4 recital given
in Baltimore last Thursday at the
third southeastern congress OF Life
Underwriters Associations at the
Southern Hotel. This quartet, COM
posed of Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler. So
prano; Mrs. william T. Reed. con-
tralto; James X. Young, tenor. and
Wheaton Howard. director and accom-
panist. Is meeting with increasing
recognition outside OF Washington as
well as In it's home city.
Some of their most successful num-
bers were "On the Road to Mandalay."
by Speaks. arranged for quartet by
Mr.. Howard: Sonora" (Nathan) /;
Loves Dream" (Czibulka), Sym
pathy" tFrimD "Songs OF the South"
(Page); and "Ti Prego" (Costa). They
very happily combine the tuneful and
spirited music in their progr ans.
After the underwriters banquet.
the quartet was entertained at the
home of Mr.. CAM, of Baltimore
where they gave another program OF
songs. Much of the novelty of these
programs Is due to the arrangements
for quartet, made by Mr. Howard,
that prove very popular.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

I OUIS b. THOMPSON, no
loist at the Presidents
Church, the Calvary Baptist,
and Mt the Washington Temple,
Is TO sling the role Of "BOnnie
Prince Charlie" In the Scotch
play TO be given at the New
willard Friday evening. Mr..
Thompson Is an artist and COM
poser.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17
on Times Page of Music for the Music Lovers of the Capital

Sweet Home" by the Yerkes Jazar-
imba Orchestra. Dearest Onc," q
medley waits by Princes Dance O..
record.
The Washington times., 1921-03-17

MARTIN RICHARDSON,
tenor, who will give two
recitals this week In Washing.
ton and sing with the Mime.
apolis Symphony soon.