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MUSIC Nv THE CHURCHES

TN response to numerous requests,
Il the musical service given last
sunday evening at the Church of the
Covenant will be repeated tonight.
! he evening choir 600 vofces)
Claude Robson, director; Harvey
Murray, organist; Mrs. Howard Blan-
dy, pianist, and the solo quartet,
composed Of Miss Ruth Peter, So
prano: Miss Richie Mclean. con-
tralto; Ross Farrar. tenor. and Ray
mond Moore. substituting for Herman
rdkler. bass, will render selections
from the "Messe Solennelle" est.
CeceiiaD. by Gounod. The choir will
render BLESSED Be the Lord God OF
Israel cBenedictus'1; Holy. Holy,
tus"D; Glory to God in the Highest"
C"Gloria'D 20 Lamb of God. Who
rakest Upon Thee the Sins of the
World Agnus Dei'D.
The public is cordially invited The
doors of the church will be open at
=. o'clock.
An interesting recital will be given
at the Brookland Methodist Church
on the new organ Tuesday night
Miss Katharine Fowler will be the
"rganist and Miss Wynema Mckinley,
eontraltO. will assist her.
The program includes: Suite
Eothique" (Boeilmann), choral minuet
Dawn (Curran, bonanza" tPon-
chlellD, My Love Is Muleteer"
tDi Nogero). Miss Mckinley: "Adora-
ito ct No= Angelica" (Dubois), Lar
Sano Primitive" (Yon). Sonata in
= Minor'-Choral (Rogers), I've
CFanins). !. My Heart at Thy Sweet
Voice" (S1int-SaenSl Miss NcEin
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Highlights Music Week

The people of Washington are
| urged to make next week their music
festival. The official program will
Central High Community concert
| this evening and on every day fol-
lowing at the music stores through
out the city. Among principal vents
ore: On the opening day, next Sun
day, there will be special programs
IN seventeen churches. Gaul's THE
Holy City" will be sung at the First
Baptist Church.
Recitals-Dr. Sigmund Spaeth. lee
ture-recital. "OId Tunes for New"
Women's City Club at pm: Paul
l;leyden presents Margaret Callahan,
| mezzo soprano. In recital: Ella Ar
| rold Ellis, recital, Studio Hall:
Roosevelt Trio. At night-Central
High Community concert, by the
| Army Band, w. J. Stannard leader,
assisted by the Kaspar Trio and
isaac Minovich, boy violinist. Com
nunity singing.
| AT Central High Community Center
| there VIII be feature concerts each
, evening OF the week, including the
sunday concert named above. as fol-
| lows: Monday. S:15-Choral Art So
cie,y. IN the oratorio. "Hora Novls-
sima (Horatio Parker), George Har-
o!d Miller. conductor, and chorus of
$50. Tuesday. S:15-"Guest" artists.
Jules Fafk, violin recital with Cecil
Cowles at the piano, and DIR. Sig
] mund Spaeth, lecture-recital, "OId
I Tunes for New" Wednesday, 7:45-
Preliminary half-hour demonstration
or the grade orchestras and violin
cornet and cello students of the pub
nc schools, under the direction of
Mrs. f. j. Ward; 8:15, Robert Law
tence IN his illustrated lecture, "Mu-
sic and L." and Nacoomee, Indian
Princess. presenting Indian music on
the violin. Thursday. 8:15. faculty
and orchestra of the Washington
College of Music in concert. {. E.
Christiapi. director. Friday, BIS
Josef and Henry Caspar present
violin and piano recital. Saturday
$40. the Nordica Clubs, banjo. man
dolin and guitar. Walter T. Holt, con-
ductor, assisted by the Washington
Quartet. with Mary Sherier Bowie,
soprano soloist
Three special feature concerts will
be given at the new Eastern High
Community Center, as follows:
Monday. Sis, Josef and Henry Eas-
par present a violin and piano re
citai; Thursday. Sis. the Nordica,
1Iubs. banjo. mandolin mad guitar,
Walter T. Holt. conductor, assisted by
the Capital Male Quartet. Friday.
S:15, the Army Music School Band
in concert, conducted by senior
band leader students. In addition. a
Memorial day concert will be a spe-
clal event on Wednesday, at M.
and Navy, building, with the Army
Band and patriotic pantomimes i'm
costume, by the Estelle Murray
dancers.
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Elizabeth Winston.
Star Pianist
MISS ELIZABETH WINSTON. prom.

Mss ELIZABETH WINSTON. prom
wi Using young Washington pianist
.4S chosen from all applicants OF
the District. Maryland, Virginia and
West Virginia as the star pianist
in the recent contest held at the Ma
sonic Auditorium in Washington, un-
der the auspices of the National Fed
Grafton of Music Clubs. Miss Winston
VIII represent this section of the
country when she goes to the bien-
NAL festival of the federation In
Asheville in June. There she will
compete with pianists from other sec
tions of the country for the national
honors. IT is to be hoped that she
may bring these much-coveted laurels
lack with her to Washington
Miss Winston, who has become one
of the most popular of the young
musicians of the city, was born in
Kansas City, Mo. of American par
ents. On her late mothers side Miss
Winston is directly descended from
the famous Roger Williams and on
the paternal side she is great
granddaughter of Col. John H. Win
ston of revolutionary fame and a
Granddaughter of Col. John NJ. Win
ston of the civil war. She is also
related through the Winston family
TO Patrick Henry and Dolly Madison.
When four years old Elizabeth
Winston began to play the piano:
when seven her mother started ner
first lessons in music; then she
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THOUGH Guarding the MODERN rather ultra
"A odsrn haveb Washington New York,
local. music lovers hao this
type Leopold Sokowski few interesting
final the of the Philadelphia Symphony
Orchestra here Last week Marion kouS gave recital that
delight those whose orthodox eardrums actively
crashing dinnces that politely dis
cords The nodn represented the included Ornsten
Schoenberg Savnsky Scrbn Palmgren Cyril Granger
Deussy Rae Bella Bk Mapiero Pounc Prokofef Lord Bern
and Goosens
group
OF Shoenberg Stravnky Scriabin Scott Debuy Granger
homeopathic
between the "Cathdra of Onsen which critics been
pressionistic Gardens in the Rain" OF Debussy.
MOTHER was program
"A OF Rauche last Wednesday
Harold Bauer the noted pianist read exceedingly
and 5s hmen @
9 @ o%" Skin
e and abo1 nd AYE ~o
n ues o T PaF4s 1 The M was
Der. which played he ioveI OF the two
WASHINGTON learned week
6t1ng or enter g0dr the D musical teal
Gda phase @of'f the se m s an
The local AeTcanizaton Association will present ~ q admit
age Cub and d sS se5 o ts
0 % s sG0 proud of the
demand Ter the music on programs OF many local clubs
IL professional concerts ended Washington
q: sseH t A 5" nsS Week. u
M nd an 4io,ang prGgm crowded into afternoon
n and many arranged from local talented
a1 are eo S W e ns tea uSo M1 WEE
One week today present opening
give E h are reeital od Tunes or New
weeks Program is given eSe o
w5 all sss Of HE not es
cert season 'TL F fsfPaR con"
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characterization School Festival

A n unusually interesting program
of music is that which will be
offered next Wednesday night at the
City Club. All who will take part
are students at the local American
ization school. under the supervision
Of Miss Maud +. Alton. These are
mostly adult pupils and are of many
nationalfies. Native dances of Rus
STA. France, Spain, Hungary and
Brazil will be given and French,
Russian and Italian songs will be
sung.
Nine. Blanche Grosjean of La
chauX de- fonds, Switzerland, who
has only been in the United States
Tor five months. will sing "Desir
huX Mountagne de la Patrie." Nine.
jrosjean was a student of voice for
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studied in Missouri with Robert c.
Young When her parents, Prof. and
Mrs George +. Winston, moved to
Washington she studied for two
years under August Schemmel and
one year under Felix Garziglia. When
thirteen Elizabeth won the scholar
ship to the Peabody Conservatory of
Music, Baltimore, where she studied
for four years with Ernest Hutche-
son, .. B. Boise and Howard Brock
way The director then offered her
q scholarship for any period of time
that she wished to attend the con-
servatory. The next summer Eliza
beth went to Europe and spent nine
weeks in Paris and London. While
in Paris she took eight lessons from
Harold Bauer.
Since then she has studied with
Leopold Godowsky and Ernest Hutch
eson in New York and, following the
suggestion of Mr.. Bauer. studied for
several years in Washington without
instruction. in 1921 Miss Winston
gave a recital in New York shortly
hefore the sudden death of her
mother. The next year she made
some records for the Ampico. She
has played on professional con-
cert programs since seven years old
With eighteen years of training in
America and with American teachers,
Elizabeth Winston is fine example
of what can be done unsteady in
the United States.
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The Lovette. Recital.
REMARKABLE

A REMARKABLE recital among
those presented in local music cir
lies during the season was that given
last Thursday night before a large
audience at the Washington Club
Eva Whitford Lovette, singer. pre-
scented Miss Mary Ruth Matthews.
Miss Edythe Crowder. Miss Gladys
Hillyer. Mrs. Lorena Stockton Cav
Ter and Miss Zelma Z. Brown in the
final program to be offered under
their auspices this year.
Miss Matthews. Miss Hillyer and
Miss Brown are all pianists of un-
usual ability, and displayed thorough
understanding of the technique of the
Diano Miss Matthews played the diff
icult Grieg Sonata in f Minor" first
and fourth movements. in a manner
hat brought out wildly all the sub
tleties of the rugged Norwegian
music. Her playing of the List
'Rhapsodie. No. IS" was equally IN
teresting in it's technical brilliancy
and employment Of contrast.
Miss Hillyer played the Saint-Saens
''Etude en- Forme de Valse" with
dexterity and evident knowledge of
tonal values. She also gave Beet st,
movement. an interesting interpreta-
ton. and played a group of Chopin S
preludes with fine contrast.
Miss Brown appeared to fine advan-
tage in her rendition of Symphonic
Etudes," by Schumann and the ia
raHtelle." by Moskowski. Both Miss
Matthews and Miss Brown proved
sympathetic accompanies as well as
line solo artists.
Miss Crowder has a voice with large
,oprano range. Her notes are very
learcut. She sang without any
roughness in her tones. Her aria from
'Herodiade" showed fine technical ap-
probation. and Durante's dainty
"Danza. Danza, Faucuilla" was de-
Iightful Kramer's Last Hour" was
given with much feeling. and Scott's
The Winds in the South" was per-
haps the most popular of her num-
bers.
Mrs. Gawler, who was suffering
from catarrhal trouble. was bit
husky in her aria, the waltz song
from Romeo and Juliet. but her
group Of three songs; Wind and and
Tyre" (Rogersl. The Message OF the
Rose" Hovette) and Robin, Robin.
Sing Me a Song" (Spross) was most
ENJOYABLE and showed warmth of
tone as well as a fine range.
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Musigraphs.

Herman Fakler,4 bass soIoist at
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
church and Church OF the Covenant
VINO is secretary to Representative
Anderson of Minnesota, has been
called to Minnesota to be with Mr..
anderson for portion of the sum-
mer. Mr.. Fakler's place at the
CHURCH of the Covenant and at
the Mount Pleasant congregational
Shurch will be filled by Mr.. Raymond
William y. Palmer has written the
text Tor cantata, on which he is re-
hearsing Fifth Baptist choir. and
which he viii present in that church
some week night in the middle of
June. The title of the work is. II Am
Alpha, or a Tale of Ancient Baby
Ion, and it contains some vivid word
pictures and dramatic episodes with
musical interludes, which lead to a
Rnown yoca Gi.msX Xii, Several we'll
gram and admission will be by invi-
tation.
Mary Helen Howe. soprano. was
the soloist at the recent meeting of
the war mothers, and in keeping with
the season she gave an appealing
group OF mother songs Her dra-
matte voice and sympathetic inter
pretatlons were sincerely appre-
clated. AS an encore Miss Howe hon
ored the centennial of Home, Sweet
Home" by singing that song in a
manner that touched the hearts of all
present Miss Howe will have charge
OF the music for memorial services OF
Lincoln circle, q. A. r.. which will
be held in the rotunda of the Capitol
next Sunday afternoon.
Mildred De Hart. contralto, and
Frances Q. Lloyd. pianist. recently
gave concert for the soldiers at
Walter Reed Hospital!
Gertrude Lyons will sing Wednes-
day evening with the Marine Band,
when the last orchestral concert for
The radio will be given for this sea-
son.
Mrs. Lyons older SON. who was not
of age when war was declared. en-
listed with the marines and went
over with the first contingent. was
decorated with the croix de guerre for
his bravery during the battle in Bel
ieau wood and Bouresches and after
returning in 1919 accepted a business
oHer IN Worcester. Mass
When Mrs. Lyons sang over radio
IN January of this year her son tried
IN vain to hear her: on learning OF
this Maj. Gen. Commandant Lejeune,
who knew this lad overseas, made ar
rangements for Mrs. Lyons to sing
next Wednesday evening so that her
son Philip Knowles might hear his
mothers voice.
Miss Beatrice Seymour Goodwin has
just returned from New York, where
she Went to fill an engagement to
sing at the spring missionary meeting
OF the University Heights Tresby-
terrain Church.
Miss Goodwin sang 20 Divine Re
deemer" tGounod). Come Unto Him"
from THE Messiah" and prayer
hymn set to Brahms Lullaby" Miss
GOODWIN was enthusiastically re-
ceived.
Julia Culbreth Gray. mezzo CON
tralto. and Charles T Ferry, COM
poser-pianist. are giving a series of
concerts out of town during May and
early in June. the first engagement
being at the University of Virginia
tomorrow evening.
they are also booked for Whining
ton, Whiteville. MaySville and other
points in North Carolina
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AMERICAN COMPOSERS
FRANK VAN DER STUCKEN.

1%HE American composer who was
the first musician to present
CONCERT of American compositions Is
Frank van der Stucken, who gave
such a program in New York city IN
1855. Although of foreign parentage.
his father having been a Belgian anu
his mother of German birth, there
are few musicians who have more en-
thusiasm for the cause of American
music than Frank van der Stucken.
Mr. van der Stucken was born in
Fredericksburg. Tex, October o, 1908.
His father served as a captain IN
Texas cavalry service of the Confed-
crate army during the civil war.
When the son was only tWelHe years
md in Antwerp Frank van DER
Stucken enjoyed the privilege OF
musical study at the conservatory
with Benoit He also played some
of his own compositions In cnurcnes
there, and a ballet which he wrote
was presented in the Royal Iheater;
In 1850 he married Mary Vollmer of
Hildesheim, Germany. and the next
wear accepted the position OF kapei-
meister, Stadt Theater, Breslau. he
had already made the acqualntance
of many famous musicians. including
Crieg. Reinecke and Sinding. In No
yember. 1888, he conducted concert
IF his own compositions under the
auspices Of Franz List at Weimer.
which was highly praised by many
Celebrated musicians His first male
chorus had been sung with great sue
cess in Leipzig and his fifth opus OF
nine songs won admiring criticism
from Edward Grieg.
In 1884 Mr. van der Stucken was
asked to accept the dictatorship of
the Arion Singing Society OF New
York and was so successful with II
that he took the society, on concert
tour in Europe in 1892. Before this
trim. however. he also conducted con-
certs in Steinway and Chickering
haHs of New York and gave an
American concert at the Paris exposi-
ton in 1889.
He was conductor of symphony
concerts in Cincinnati during the
wears of 1S97-1907, and within that pc
Rod was dean of the College of Music
of Cincinnati, and, following 1901, was.
honorary dean OF that institution.
Mr. van der Stucken succeeded
Theodore Thomas as music director
of the famous May Festivals. 1t is
interesting to know that he was re-
called from Europe this year to per-
sonally conduct the extremely sue
cessful concert there this month. Mr..
van der Stucken has conducted many
concerts in European cities and had
chasS OF a Hagnerian FestiNal in
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several years under Prof. Mural of
Paris. She has soprano voice
which is said to have rare quality
and charmingly combined with a
delightful personality.
Carlo Jaccarino, Italian tenor of
Washington now and formerly of
Sorrento, Italy, is singer whose
voice is claimed to combine the
sweet melody of the Neapolitan gon-
dolier with the culture of a grand
opera singer. He is graduate of
the School of Vocal Art of the
Santa Maria la Nuoa, Naples. Italy.
Signor Jaccarino will sing the pop
ular aria Celeste Aida" from the
opera by Verdi. and Non Torno." by
Mattel.
Jack Heyfitz. a young Russian bar
itone. will also have some of his ma
tive songs on the program but his
selections have not been announced
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Antwerp in 1913. At the latest Gin
cinnati Festival. he conducted his
most recent work. 'Cortege Festival"
arranged for chorus, solo chorus, chill
dren's chorus and orchestra.
Prominent among the many compo-
sitions by Mr.. van der Stucken are:
"Festzug." "Pagnia d'Amore," "vlas-
d." music for THE Tempest" "Exor-
cism.'' THE Hound Chase after Cali
ban." symphonic prologue to William
Ratcliff,' and, among his original and
beautifully written songs, Die Stunde
sci gesegnet," "Wann die Rosen auf-
gebluht." Mir isty nun ich du hahe Z"
"Liebste, nor dich seh'n," Wenn die
Voeglein SIGH gepaart," 20, Jugend-
lust" Einsame Thraene." "Seeligkeit."
Elm Schaeferlied." Moonlight" and
won Schoen Sicilien war 1mein
Traum." All of these songs are full
of rich melodies. Some are riots of
color. and emotion, while others are
tenderly poetic. Mr.. van der Stucken
has also written many part songs
In spite of his deep interest in
American music. this composer is q
veritable wanderluster for. as some
of his acquaintance state, he seems
rarely happy long in one place. AS
soon as he has actually landed in one
city, Ire is planning to go somewhere
else. His home Is nominally in Beth
lehem. Pa, but he spends much time
abroad. particularly i'm Belgium and
f,n;.n: nv
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To Rebeat Music for
Shriners.
DURING Shrine week a musical pro

Turing Shrine week a musical pro-
gram will be given every night at
the Mt Vernon Place Methodist Epis-
copai Church South at s pm.
Monday. June 4, the Atonement, by
r. Deane Shure. director of music of
the church. and Rossell Edward Mitch
ell will be repeated with the same So
loists Has at the two performances at
Easter time
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
night a half-hour organ recital will be
given by r. Deane Shure. assisted by
the male quartet and soloists. followed
by sermon by DR.. Clovis G. Chappell.
Friday night the musical festival of
the church. which is TO be given on
June 4, will be repeated
1t is the plan of the church TO pro-
vide program of high-type music for
the thousands of Shriners from the
southern Jurisdiction who have contrib
uted toward the building OF the church.
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TUo POPULAR Artists.

A LFRED CORTOTS. engagements
this season are said to have
brought the French pianist to seven
ty-f1ve cities. one of which was
Washington.
John Charles Thomas, the baritone.
who sang here twice this season, was
promised forty concerts for this sea-
son by his New York manager His
recent appearance in Symphony Hall.
Chicago. marked his eighth
concert engagement.
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f, Nash, cellist and organist Of the
| church.
| Mrs. Archer l.. Haycock, soprano;
Miss Thelma Smith. contralto. and Mr..
Gertrude McRae Nash. pianist, furnish
ed the musical program at the annual
luncheon of the Political Study Club at
the Franklin Square Hotel yesterday.
Miss julie A. Eklund gave a delight
| ful elocution recital at the Y. NJ C. A.
1 last Wednesday evening, assisted by
! Mrs. Paul, soprano; Miss Ruth East
| man and Harold Mccoy.
Last night Beatrice Wainwright pre
scented program of English and Amer
lean songs and operate numbers at the
University Club. assisted by Mrs. Ger
trude McRae Nash, pianist.
I A program. entitled "AIilestones Of
Music History" will be presented by
| direction of r. B. Chopin Keith. on
June Is. at the Cosmos Club assembly
| room: Paul NJ. Niebell. violinist, will
assist.
| An interesting musical demonstra-
ton was presented by Lucia Mack
enzie Hendley in the ballroom OF the
New Willard yesterday afternoon.
| when group of what might be
| termed the junior music circles OF
! Washington took part in showing
methods of modern music PERCEPTION.
! Mrs. Emily G. Dickinson. pianist
and choir director of Emmanuel Bap-
| fist Church for sixteen years. wa
| honored with a surprise reception
last Friday night. when James Nc
Curdy spoke of her success as di
rector of the choir, and presented her
with lovely bouquet. Many friends
were present at the reception. and the
! large church parlors were beautiful
ly decorated with flowers and vines.
Mrs. T.. Il. Lord, soprano, sang a
solo; A. p sturtevant gave SOM
violin numbers; Mrs. Hay gave 81
reading. Mrs. Jack Bowie and Miss
Richie Mclean sang a duet, and the
Washington quartet, Mrs. Bowie.
Miss Mclean. Mr.. Bowie and Mr..
East, sang. The accompanies were
Mrs. Dickinson, Miss Michaelson and
George Wilson.
Miss Helen V Nash. pianist. and
Miss Henriette V. LeMenager, So
prano. gave a joint recital at 1926
street last Friday night. The recital
marked the last appearance of Miss
Nash before a Washington audience
this season, as she is going abroad
at the Fountainbleau Summer School.
near Paris.
Mrs. James Kerr. contralto. was
soloist for the Columbia Historical
Society last Tuesday night. when she
gave delightful group of songs. ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs. w. a
Weihe.
Mrs. Kerr was also soloist at a re
cent meeting of the Woman's Club at
the First Baptist Church.
Beethoven. List. Weber. Saint
Saens, Rachmaninoff. Debussy and
other music masters will have their
innings at the soiree concert of the
Washington Salon and United Arts
Society this evening at the Play
house, 1914 y street, the program 10
be in charge of Rudolphe de Zapp.
president of the society
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WIN Be Do,Dn-hearted9
WHY should Willard Mack, author

WHf should Willard Mack, author
W of the screen story, Your Friend
and Mine" feel discouraged
In his first boxing match, while a
student at Georgetown University. he
was knocked out, but eventually, he
became intercollegiate welterweight
champion.
In his first appearance as a pitcher
for the Georgetown base ball team
he was knocked out of the box in the
second inning. but he finished the sea-
son by beating Lafayette, George
towns ancient rival
In his first stage appearance, he
forgot his lines and had to be prompt
ed a dozen times, but he now ranks
with Americas best actors.
His first play, The Next Witness"
had its premiere in Albany, y. Y.
Many in the audience left the theater
during the performance. Since that
have become Broadway successes.
time more than a score of his plays
Apparently all Willard Mack has to
do to succeed in something Is to fail
in it first. Why should he be down.
hearted?
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(Franck). and organ postlude, Post
lude" (Stewar). EeSper service
Organ prelude, Chorus of the Angels
CLARK; soprano solo, How Lovely
Are Thy Dwellings," Lddle); offer
tory (quartet). Sun of My Soul
tHolden). and organ post1ude. Grand
Choir" CT Gajo-) "SaiOIttc.
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At Crandalrs Metropolitan last
week. 1t is declared. Safety La st"
Harold Lloyd's ''hysterical hilarity,
broke all previous attendance records.
1t was necessary to stop selling
tickets every night during the week
long in advance of the usual closing
time. because no more people could
be crowded into the theater.