Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08
Musigraphs.

Paul Althouse. the Metropolitan
tenor, who will sing in washington
next Friday afternoon. is one Of the
comparatively small group of sing
ers and musicians who really enjoy
life in the open to any great extent
| During his vacations Mr.. Althouse
and his wife delight In hidden
| streams where the fish bite well and
! wild duck hunts. Often they take a
| regular cavalry tent along in their
| tramps and pitch it wherever they
| happen to land at nightfall, and Mrs.
Althouse tells of many times when
| the moss has been q mattress and the
stars blanket.
The Colgate Musical Clubs have an
| nounced that they have a "Chinaman"
VINO Will play oriental music on some
queer instruments OF his own making,
In the form Of dishpans. cigar boxes,
| etc, 70 give some numbers on their
program tomorrow night at the First
congregational Church.
Mary Carlisle Howe of this city is
| tory of Baltimore, and is one of the
! most brilliant pianists and versatile
composers OF WASHINGTON. Entire
programs OF her compositions have
| Deen given at various musical clubs
and other institutions.
Mrs. Howe will be the assisting So
| loist with the National String Quar-
tet at the concert Tuesday evening
| at the Playhouse.
More eloquent than a volume NJ
oHcial reports Of conditions in un-
fortunate Russia is the story OF the
last straw" that made little Shura
onerKaSsky, the amazing boy pianist
.urn MS small back on his native
country and como to America. They
burned his beloved piano for fuel
After doing this he begged his par
ents to take him away. He was hun
cry often, his parents say, but he did
not mind that much, as eating kept
and sometimes he was rather glad
| there were no meals.
Nine. Marie Won Unschuld, our we'll
is on an extended concert tour from
coast to coast, accompanied by her
talented daughter. Madeleine, is said
10 have met with extraordinary sue
cess and hattering commentator on
After having given concerts In
Philadelphia, New York. Pittsburgh.
Chicago. Salt Lake City. Ogden, Nine.
Won Cnschuld had Ave recitals in Los
Angeles and nine in San Francisco.
commended
The artist is now playing in Omaha,
Kansas and ST. Louis on her return
tour. and will resume her duties in
Washington the end of April.
Josef Holman. pianist, heard in
Washington earlier in the season,
gave his Anal recital before leaving
York. last Friday night to raise
funds to send to the two daughters
of Robert Schumann. one Of the
greatest German composers. These
eighty-two years old. respectively,
and although English friends have
cared for them SO that their home
IN switzerland will not be sold, they
are in want of food and clothing.
To help these descendants of
great musician, the large club of mu-
sicians in New York, known as the
Bohemians. has appointed a COM
mittee to raise a fund, part OF which
will be supplied from the receipts of
Mr.: Hofman's concert.
The committee feels that a great
States will wish to contribute to this
fund. ANY contributions will be re-
ceived II sent to the Farmers Loan
and Trust Company, which is the Ie-
gal custodian of the Musicians
Foundation administered by the Bo-
hemians.
Polyphemus, that delightful one
eyed old giant that made Ulysses do
some mighty quick thinking in the days
of the Odyssey and the Iliad. has
at last been made the hero of an
opera This new opera is said to be
very high brow" but to please the
French audiences which crowd the
Opera Comique in Paris at every
performance immensely.
w. K Kelsey, correspondent of
the Detroit News, describes the lead
ing characters in an exceedingly in
teresting manner. He says:
The gigantic and ugly Polyphe-
mus Is in love with Galatea, who is
sweet sixteen and, in the person Of
Nine. Balguerie, is well developed
for her age. Polyphemus, who looks
for all the world like Robinson
Crusoe without an umbrella. has ac-
cidentally. seen his face rejected in
a pool in which he had some rudi-
mentary thoughts of washing 1t and
the vision has driven him almost to
despair. Nevertheless. he determines
to make love to the young lady
Win he does so his suspicion that she
likes the shepherd aces better than
she does him is confirmed"