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New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Benefit for Dippel

Andreas Dippel will be rendered q
benefit at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Monday evening, May 9.
The concert will be presented
through the courtesy of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company, and many men,
bers of that organization will be heard,
as we'll as other singers, who have
sung with Mr.. Dippel or have been as
sociated with him in other opera houses.
both here and abroad. The testimonial
Will be under the auspices of COM
mlttee Of operatic and musical stars.
while the executive committee con-
sists of Daniel Frohman, Victor Her
bert and Alexander Lambert, with
Howard Shelley as secretary.
Among the artists who have volun-
teered their services are Frances Aida.
Sophie Breslau, Julia Claussen, Ellen
Dalossy, Nellie and Sara Kouns, Lydia
Lipkowska, Margaret Matxenaues, Alice
Nielsen, Frances Peralta, Lenora
Sparks, Helen Stanley. Marguerite
Sylvia, Emma Trentini, Ellen Beach
Yaw. Alice zeppilli, Msssrs. David
Bispham. Robert Blass. Charles Hack
sts, Morgan Kingaton, Robert Leon-
hardt, Giuseppe. d Luca, Leon Roth
ier, Ricardo strscciari, Clarence
Whitshill, Nicola Zerola and Jan Ku-
belik, vlolinist.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
6 Aida and ssMadama
Butterfly To Be Sung
For Masonic Charities

Special gala operate performances Of
"Aida" and "Madama Butterfly" will be
given at the Metropolitan Opera House
on next Friday and Saturday evenings,
under the auspices Of the Masonic Club
Of this city, for the benefit Of the SOL
diers and Sailors Memorial Hospital at
Utica and the Building Fund Of the
Masonic Club.
"Arda" will be sung next Friday
evening by Mines. Frances Peralta.
Jeanne Gordon and Minnie Egener and
Messrs. Giulio Crimi, Thomas Chal-
mers, Leon Rothier, Louis d,AnRelo and
Angelo Bada. Miss Rosina CALI will
lead the corps de ballet. Mr.. Papi will
conduct.
"Madama Butterfly" will be sung on
Saturday evening by Nine. Florence
Easton in the title role and Mines. Rita
Fornia and Minnie Egener. and
Messrs. Orville Harold, Thomas Chal-
mers, Paolo Ananian and Angelo Bada.
Mr.. Papi will conduct.
The entire Metropolitan Opera
Chorus and Orchestra will take part in
these two performances.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
The Worlds Youngest Trio

The total ages of the three leading
characters in Dream Street. are le.s
than sixty years. Carol Dempster 10
eighteen years old, Ralph Graves
twenty-one and Charles Mack nine
teen. They are the three youngest
leading players ever presented in either
film or stage production where th.
story was not of Juveniles.
When Carol Dempster Joined thu
Griffith players she was dancing stu
dent in the Denishawn School. in Cali
fornia, where the director found her.
Ralph Graves is the son Of a steel
manufacturer in Cleveland, entering
the pictures by the fortune of contest
when he was high school boy.
Charles Mack was property boy at
the studio when his imitation Of Rich
ard Barthelmess first attracted Mr..
GriARth's attention.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Favorite Opera Company

Next Tuesday evening the Favorite
Grand Opera Company will give a per.
formance Of LA Forza del Destino. ,
with Agnes Robinson, D. Fernando, M
Diaz, G. Tommasini, A. Ordognez, l.
Dale Molle and I. Picchi in the lead
ing roles, at the Manhattan Opera
House. On Thursday evening Doni-
zetti's "La Favoritta" will be sung.
Nina Frascani will sing the part of
Leonora, A. Barbieri is assigned the
King, F. Cavallini will be heard as
Fernando, /. Picchi as Baldassare, M,
Diaz as Ines and A. Fernandez as Cas-
parre. The last performance will be
"Otello," on Saturday evening. Nicoli
zerola will be heard in the role of the
jealous Moor, L. Darve will sing Des-
demona and Ordognez is the Iago.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

The new series Of Philharmonic con-
certs to be given next season at the
Metropolitan Opera House under the
direction of Willem Mengelberg and
Artur Bodanzky will open on January
81. The series will include ten Tuesday
evenings and two Sunday afternoons,
terminating with the concert on April g.
The first Philharmonic concert of the
season will take place at Carnegie Hall
on Thursday evening, October 27. under
Stransky's direction, marking the be-
ginning Of the eleventh year of the con-
ductor's association with the society.
The concluding concert Of his tenth
season will be given at Burlington, w.,
ON June a in the last performance in
the coast-to-coast tour Of the Phil
harmonic Orchestra.
This week the Philharmonic will nlav
in Salt Lake City, Utah; Grand juno
tion, Colorado Springs, Denver and
Pueblo, Col. Many Of the concerts on
the tour are given under the auspices
of local colleges, which are interesting
themselves in TIE value of music as an
educational influence. Rubin Gold
marks Samson" will occupy place
in the Philharmonic program for the
concert at Colorado Springs at the re-
quest of residents Of that city, where
Mr.. Goldmark is cherished in remem-
brance as fellow townsman.
Henry Hadley is with the orchestra
as the associate conductor of the So
ciety, conducting his own compositions
His first symphony, "Youth and Life !"
the rhapsody, "Culprit Fay" and the
symphonic poem, "salome," are his
contributions to tho Philharmonic ren-
ertoire on the tour.
Definite announcements Of th. mar.
sonnel Of the orchestra for next .s..
son will bs made during the summsr.
II IL hoped that arrangements for "a.
hssssals Of adequate length may b.
made which will permit an incrsased
orchestra at price which viii not
bs pSohlbitiva.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

The season 191516 is omitted in this
table for the reason that three Of its
weeks were frittered away on the
financially disastrous and artisticauv
valueless performances OF the Russian
ballet
The need Of the Wagnerian restora-
tion explains the English showing for
the last season. 1t will be increased
rext season unless, as we apprehend,
Mr.. Gatti revcrts to the policy of Ger
man representations. There are indi-
cations in that direction financial con-
siderations which blend with artistic.
There is a clientele German in taste
to be won back. Artists arctic be found
in Germany, Hungary and Austria who
viii hs useful Il the yerestory IL to bs
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Hippodrome. Friday evening
National Symphony Orchestra

The last concert Of the National
Symphony Orchestra will be given in
Carnegie Hall next Tuesday evening,
May 8. Tho program will be a repeti-
tion of that played last Friday after
noon, with Mishel Piastro as soloist.
1t comprises tho prelude to "Lohen-
grim" Mendelssohn's violin concerto,
Frederick Pacobi's symphonic prelude,
"The Eve Of st. Agnes" and the over
ture to "Tannhzuser."
During the season the orchestra has
given sixty-seven subscription and
three special concerts in Carnegie
Hall. OF these willem Mengelberg
conducted thirty-thre Erno Dohnanyi
two and Artur Bodanzky the remain
der. While with the concert of next
Tuesday evening the National SYM
phony Orchestra goes out Of existence
as an entity, through its merger with
the Philharmonic Society, not only a
very considerable number Of it's mu-
sicians become members of that or
chestra next year, but Messrs. Mengel-
berg and Bodanzky. will be associated
with Messrs. Stransky and Hadley as
conductors Of the Philharmonic. The
series of concerts which will be given
in the Metropolitan Opera House on
ten Tuesday evenings and two Sunday
afternoons will be entirely in the
hands Of Messrs. Mengelberg and Bo-
danzky, while Mr.. Mengelberg will con-
duct the Philharmonic concerts in
Carnegie Hall from the frst Of Febru-
ary to the end of the season.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

redeemed from the preponderant Ital-
lanlsm which has weighted it for many
years. And such q redemption must be
achieved if repertory and performances
are to have that general excellence.
that admirable ensemble which will be
proclaimed as soon as the now totter-
ing star system falls to the ground:
which, indeed, has already been pro-
claimed through the complacent mouth
pieces of the publicity agent-custo-
dian of latter-day editorial minds and
consciences in matters not political.
1t has been our custom in past years
to give separate statistical showings to
the subscription seasons and the extra
performances popular Saturday nights,
benefits, etc.), with a view to disclosing
the managerial conception Of the dif-
fering tastes Of tho boxholders, sub
scribers and general public. Until tho
war induced the change already noticed
this difference waa particularly notice.
able In ths prsponderAnce Of Wagner
ian dramas and operas which made
appeal In themselves rather than tho
singers employed In them. Since then
tho variation has not been 30 marked,
the chief difference being the absence
Of Mr.. Caruso from all tho extra per-
9ormances except enc q beneft) and
the retention Of tho novelties for the
subscription list. "Parsifal" has re-
verted to the place which it occupied
from Its first production down to it's
revival in English in the season 1919
go. However, the two lists are still
worthy of inspection.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
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was performed in German; three other
Russian operas-"Boris Godounow."
"Prince Igor" and "Eugen Onyegin"-
were performed in Italian; a fourth
Russian opera was performed as a sort
OF glorified Punch and Judy show, the
actors being mute and the text sung in
concert style and in French under the
title "Le Cog dor" 1t was, scarcely
to be expected that these works would
be performed in Russian, for that
would have required the addition of a.
Slavic contingent to the company; but
why was the vernacular brought into
use as it was when the time seemed
ripe for the restoration of the dramas
of Wagner?
Growth Of English Performances
Obviously the answer ia to bs found
In tho constitution Of Mr.. Gatti's
forces. The company Is polyslot. All
it, members are, 70 practical az
tsnt, familiar with italian and French.
but only fraction With English. The
contingent born TO the vsrnaeular Il
not large enough &or cast Of any
considerable length. Eventually. Of
course, Il We are to have perfozmanees
IN English, We must have singers
capable enough In the use Of tho
vernacular te be tolerable. Here the
public (meaning that portion Of 1t
serious minded enough to be concerned
with words as we'll as music) is
inclined to be . bit fastidious. No
one cares whit about the pronouncia-
ton and diction in Italian, French and
German performances, but every cul-
tured American wants his own tongue
treated with respect, and this respect.
in the case of translated works, ought
to be evidenced by the authors of the
English version as we'll as by the per-
formers. We fear that it has not been
found in the degree that it ought to
have prevailed in the representations
of the last five years, during which
time the English language has been
called upon to replace the German.
banished by the feelings created by
the war. There has been steady
growth in the English performances.
however, as may be seen in the fol-
lowing table covering eight seasons:
PERFORMANCES
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

Operas marked with an asterisk were
given in double or triple bills only.
Operas not usually performed in con-
nection with others were Lucia di
Lammermoor" and "L'Amore de tire
Re- which, each once, were combined
with the ballet al Carillon Magico." {"
The mixed bills" were composed of
acts or scenes from different operas.
The fact, unusual in the record Of the
metropolitan performances, that one of
these bills was given On subscription
night 10 explained by the fact that it
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

80 e.s.-.s
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Music Notes

b given It ono Of the regular suhssrips
tfon concerts 1T Carnegie Hall nsxf
season with orchestra and . quartst
cf distinguished soloists.
Horatto Parker's sHers Nsvissamns
Will be given at the Cathedral Of A..
John the Divine next Sundsy EVENING.
at 8:15 o'clock.
A new departure In the WORK ef ~
Chorus School Of the MstrppoI,s.n
Opera Company will bs s1sesed
this season. The Chorus School. which
affords to American singers the oppor-
tunity to learn chorus parts and rain
operatic chorus experience free Of al,
charges, will reopen on May 15, instead
OF the middle of August, as heretofore
Singers possessing good voices and
who are fairly good readers are eligible
to the school. Voice trials will COM
mence on May and will close on Nav
10. Applications for voice trial should
be addressed, by mail only, to Edoardo
Petri, director Of the Chorus School.
1925 Broadway.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

Walter Damrosch will resume his re-
cita1s At the piano on the Wagner
music dramas next season. under the
mnagement Of George Engles. They
will be given in series Of five SUM-
day afternoons in Aeolian Hall and
will be devoted to the ring Of the
Nibelungen operss-"Rhinegold," "val-
kyrie," "Siegfried. and "The Dusk Of
the Gods"
Prior to her sailing Tor italy on May
7, Rosa Raisa, with Giacomo .Rimini.
will give a farewell recital in the Hip
podrome on Friday evening, May 8.
Upon Kurt Schindler's return from
Europe in September the Schola Cam
forum will begin rehearsals for a per-
formance Of Bach's B minor Mars, to
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

The Commonwealth Center will give
the fourth Of its national performances
on May IA at Aeolian Hall. Nine.
jams Koro1ewiecz-Wayda, Polish So
prano, will sing Polish military and
folk songs.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Organ recital
Monday

Aeolian Hall, s:t5 p. m. Song re-
cital by Wilson Lamb, barytone:
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
Wednesday

City College, p. m. Organ recital
by Samuel A. Baldwin:
tastoral Sonata. RheinbsrRer
BO0Yf
Prelude and Tugue in minor Gesser1
Andantino. Fourth symphny .Tschaikowsky
To;, Jus Mornlng song. ........ Matthews
Berceuse. "Jocelyn" .Goddard dIars
Overture, "Oberoa" Wehar
Evening star., 1921-12-12
BOYNTON'S 45-YARD PASS
BEATS THORPE'S ELEVEN

Emmy BOYNTON member of Walter Camps all American squad
than 5000
- gathered League Park why he honored
by gron Playing with the
Tigers College
opposition pleasing
md checked many o the
Evening star., 1921-12-12

Bob Higgins. al1-American end sew
eral years ago. will return as coach
of the West Virginia Wesleyan foot
sall team next fall.
Evening star., 1921-12-12
HOCKEY LEAGUE PLANS
TO HAVE THREE GROUPS

PITTSBURGH. December 12.-The
United States Amateur Hockey Asso-
citation expects to get it's season un-
der way the second week in January.
it was said here by William S. Had
dock, president of the organization.
Three groups are provided for in the
present plans. Two teams from Bos-
ton. one from New York and one
from Philadelphia will make up
group one.
Four teams from Boston have been
entered in the elimination series.
These are the b. A. A. Westminster,
Melrose and Pere Marquette X. of c.
Group two will be composed of
Pittsburgh. Cleveland. st. Paul and
Duluth.
Group three will be made up of
Eveleth. Houghton. Sault Ste Marie,
Mich. and possibly Calumet.
1t is intended to finish all group Sc
ries by March in order to allow
group winners to play off and deter
mine the. organizations champion
ship team. Efforts will also be made,
it was said, to play a series with the
Canadian champions at the close of
the American season.
Evening star., 1921-12-12

diiI NHCShCu ilidilN dSSdullS VI llC :"
AS fitting climax to a day of great
play, Benny. just two minutes before
the final whistle. shot forward pass
latter continued his dash 35 yards to
the Cleveland goal. Boynton made it
a perfect day by booting the point that
gave the local professionals to 0
victory.
Washington was outplayed by Cleve
land, and had il not been for Boyntons S
:ll-around performance and Walson's
if home victory would have been
scored. The Tigers outrushed the Sem
ators. making ten first downs to the
locals four. all of the latter being the
result of overhead attack. The visitors
also eXcelled at punting. Joe Guyon.
former Georgia Tech star, mastering
Boynton in that department of the
game.
Cleveland made several long drives.
but seriously threatened the Senators
goal only once That was near the end
of the second quarter. when a mixed
running and overheard offensive ad-
vanced the Tigers to the 6-yard line.
\ timc-out penalty cost them 2 yards
and on the next play a forward pass was
grounded for a touchback. Washing
ton punted just as the half-time whistle
shrilled.
Play was spirited at all times. bu;
Washington generally was on the de-
fensive. Late in the fourth quarter, the
locals received punt on their 2O-yard
line and Watson made it first down with
{, sprint off tackle for 20 yards. In the
next play. the Tigers recovered a
Washington tumble and began an ad-
vance. They, too, were buttcr-hngered
and Washington regained the ball on it's
Evening star., 1921-12-12
Athletic System May Be Changed Leonard Riton
BOXING AND WRESTLING
LEADERS FORM ALLIANCE.

NEW YORK, December l2-Boxing
managers and sport promoters of New
York state have formed the National
Sports Alliance, an organization de-
signed to protect participants in, and
further the growth of professional
sports. especially boxing and wres-
tling. and eventually to acquire juris-
diction over all professional sports.
William Gibson. manager Of light
weight champion Benny Leonard. was
elected president.
This organization" Gibson ex-
planned, 'fs not to be small clique.
but a representative body composed
of reputable men of affairs who be-
lieve in fair play to the professional"
Charles Harvey, Edward Meade.
Daniel Morgan. Jack Curley. Leo
Flynn. Daniel McKetrick and William
Wellman. boxing magnates and pro-
moters and Benny Leonard were
elected to the board of governors.
The organization announced it
would lay plans for it's operations at
a meeting next week. Charles A.
White, former secretary of the box
ing commission, who was named sec
retary, said the constitution had been
drawn with the idea of its being ac-
ceptable to the American Federation
Of Labor if the alliance ever decided
to affiliate with the union.
Evening star., 1921-12-12

Maryland. The inclement conditions
prevailing over most sections Of the
east on Thanksgiving day, will be
recalled. Yet in Baltimore on that
day two drop kicks of Brewers
served to tie up the North Carolina
game. to 6. North Carolina had
scored touchdown on forward
pass in the first quarter. Maryland
in the second period. after a fine
advance to the Tarheels' 35-yard
mark. the gridiron a sea Of mud and
water. sent young Brewer to the AZ
yard line. The spot on which he
stood was normally second base of
the Baltimore Orioles ball grounds.
The mud was two inches deep; the
pigskin was dropped for the kick
into pool of water. Yet a heavy.
mud-coated ball went over the bar
from that 42-yard mark with the
speed and accuracy of a bullet.
Send Apology to G. U.
The story sent out from Atlanta
that H. c. Byrd had made charges
against the eligibility of certain
Georgetown University players has
been finally and definitely refuted.
Edwin Camp. managing editor of the
Atlanta Georgian. in which Byrd's
alleged charges first appeared. has
written a letter to Vincent S. Nc
Georgetown, repudiating and disa-
vowing the article which one of his
reporters wrote. The article had
been declared utterly false in resi-
luton passed by the southern inter-
collegiate conference. during whose
sessions the charges were alleged to
have been made.
Evening star., 1921-12-12
COLLEGES MAY REVOLT
AGAINST ONE-YEAR RULE

CHATTA. .;OOGA, Tenn, December
12.-The faculty of the University of
Chattanooga will meet today to decide
whether or not it can stay in the s. l.
A. A: under the anti-freshman rule
adopted at Birmingham. 1t is believed
that the University would probably
secede.
1t was further indicated that this
movement would be joined by other
colleges in this territory and that
new athletic association would be
formed independent of the S. !. a. A.
Evening star., 1921-12-12


Harvard. with smaller stadium
than Yale or Princeton, and yet
larger demand for tickets than either,
is in Il bad way. This fall she was
able to accommodate only $4,000 Har
ward undergraduates. alumni and
their families. Yales allotment was
$4,000. When it is realized that Har-
ward has more than 5000 students
and 10000 alumni the intricacies of
the problem with which the athletic
association has to deal is apparent.
This year 5000 Harvard men had to
be content with one ticket.
Denied Lot of Enjoyment.
This means that lot of enjoyment
associated with the big November
games was denied them. In fact. the
if. \. \. recognized this in it's offer to
buy back that one ticket in case the
holder did not wish to go to the game
alone. And after all. what is the big
game to the average grad or under
grad without the thrills that attach
To the delightful and traditional cere-
mony of eScorting to the stadium in
girl.
One solution would be for the big
three elevenS to play two games with
one another in the course of Novem-
berthe Yale game at Harvard to be
attended only by HarvardianS. the
Harvard game at New Haven to be
attended only by Yalensians. How
would that be?
Brewer Of Maryland Praised.
My friend Parke Davis, in setting
forth the extraordinary plays of the
loot ball season, has overlooked
Brooks Brewer of the University of
Evening star., 1921-12-12

The WhoIe thlng has a political
smell. Over in Newark Dave Mckay
and Bill Black. who holds the armory
privilege in that city. can't put on
the championship welter bout be-
cause, according to reports. they are
not on good terms with the police
commissioner of the Jersey metrop-
oils. This means no police protec-
tion for the fight. and without the as
sistance Of the police any promoter
would be foolish to risk his money
on battle of the sort. Maybe some
other Jersey promoters will fare bet
ter. In fact. there Is reason to be-
lleve that they will. Either that or
Evening star., 1921-12-12
CITY SOCCERISTS DEFEAT
BRITISH EMBASSY TEAM

washington Soccer Clubs eleven
did not vary from it's habit of
trouncing the British embassy team
yesterday in the soccer game played
on the Potomac Park field. defea ating
the overseas kickers. 3 goals to l.
The match was hard-fought, but
cleanly played.
Calilly was the star of the city
team, booting two goals. Bothwick
gave the locals their third point.
Boyd scored for the Britons.
Evening star., 1921-12-12
To Start Air Race at Geneva.

BERNE, December l2.-Thc Swiss
Aero Club has definitely decided that
Geneva shall be the starting place for
the 1929 balloon race for the Gordon
Bennett trophy. The event will take
place probably at the beginning of
October.
Evening star., 1921-12-12

30-yard mark. Then came the decisive
| forward pass.
Jim Thorpe, considered one of the
greatest of foot ball players of all time.
got into the game-broken ribs and all
in the fourth period. but his injuries
forced him to perform carefully. The
Tiger leader attempted a placement
kick from the 46-yard line. but the ball
sailed low and wide. Pete Calac, ex-
Carlisle gridman. put up a stellar game
for the Tigers, a. did Whelan, end. who
was of all-American caliber while at
Georgetown. Jack Sullivan played a
slashing game for the Senator's until
compelled to retire in the third period
with a badly injured jaw.
Evening star., 1921-12-12
Kumagae to Sail Today.

NEW YORK. December 12.-Ichiya
Kumagae. a member of the Japanese
Davis cup team, will sail today for
home. after three years in this coun-
try He expects to return next sum-
mer He said he understood Japan
would challenge for the Davis cup in
1922
Evening star., 1921-12-12
CORNELL AND G. U. MINES
TO PLAY HERE APRIL 10

ITHACA, N. Y, December 12.-Cor-
nells base ball schedule, as an
nounced. includes the following dates:
April 81, University of Virginia, at
Charlottesville; s, Navy. at Annapolis; +;
10, Georgetown. at Georgetown; IL,
Johns Hopkins, at Baltimore; May 80,
Pennsylvania. at Philadelphia; June
II, Pennsylvania. at Ithaca.