The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13


Mrs. James R. Mann had an inter
esting boz party.
We were all 30 curious 20 know,
now IL happened that the leader,
leopold stokowski, happened to be
IN weeds. HIS trunk probably did
not come. However, he looked
very well In tweeds. ssw
the Lawrence Tovnsends In IN. AR
dience' which brought to my mind
the story ! had heard of IN. last
time Mrs. Townsend heard stoLov
SKI lead his orchestra.
She was q meber Of an sr.Ir,,z.
zone might almost say hand pIcked''
audience, that enjoyed the special
concert staged "on the Center M
the Eastern State penitentiary re-
Gently.
The cheerful. tuneful prorr.r
was given by the z. 8. p. Band N
i"rty members, conducted bv mo
less . person than StokowskL And
the lsteners-in addition TO m.
uniformed inmates and guard. ~
the northumberland m.mh.r,
,0I the press and their distinRufshed
Visitors Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
van Rensselaer,. Mr.. and Mrs An
drew Wheeler, Mrs. Townsend
CHARLES A. Braun, DR.. Charles n
Hart and Miss Helena Marsh, of
New York. VI
Never had Mr.. stoHov.kf eor-
Quoted q concert with mora anna
ent enjoyment than that ons IN
the Cherry Hill rotunda, and his
words at the close Of the nrorra =,
confirmed that impression.
That was fine, boys. fIne" n.
said, as he lowered his baton and
leaned toward the blue-jeansd rnu-
sicians, and hope you'll LET n
come again. The manner In vh,.h
he threw himself, fIEuratiy.Iy .nd
literally into the playing Of sousa'.
stirring stars and stripes Fo,-
ever" left no room for doubt ~ ~.
sincerity. ~ Ms
Just before Mr.. stokovski .n,.-..
the center, the band did a uttJ. -
hearsing under Hedda van ssn
Beemt, Q member Of the Phila6sI-
phia Orchestra, who Is directing The
musical activities Of the penitentI-
airy inmates, and when the great
leader appeared he was zrested
vita tremendous orchestral salute.
II might have been q shock 10
some Of the high-brow frequenter,
Of the Academy Of Music to see Mr..
Stokowskt waving an enthusiastic
baton while the band crashed forth
the 'Wang-Wang Blues" but mo-
body in that audience batted an eve
lash As for the applause that fol-
lowed the performances, Il was as
heartfelt as the plaudits which or
dinarily follow the presentation Of
the exquisite symphonies right here
in Washington Mr.. Stokowski once
said that his ambition was "to lead
a real band"-and he did Il.
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
ON SUNDAY, TOO.
For some months now Sunday has
been q real day for rest and the out
of-doors but that II about all over
now. Today there will be quite a
full social calendar. Mrs John B.
Henderson win give luncheon par
~ and Mrs- Edison Bradley win give
the drst Of her Sunday afternoon
at homes" which are always quite
large receptions, as you know from
past seasons And the Racquet
Club Is making . speciality OF din
ner parties on Sunday. Quite a
large number of interesting parties
we're given there last Sunday and
today VIII be Just as gay there, I
believe. The club Is planning q lot
Of Interesting things for the winter.
Then. too. the International fencing
matches are to be held there the
end Of this.w next Friday and
saturday. The matches will be con-
eluded on the 31st in New York.
Five Washington swordsmen quail
thedk to engage in trials for the
American fencing team which will
meef n Rrfflnf tam NJ fha Racduat