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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
MUSIC,
LIBRARY IN
CAPITAL
Congressional Collection Said
To Be Best in the
World.

With resent accessions, the music
division of the Library at Congress
at Washington il said to be the
largest in the world.
For fifteen years o. G. Sonneck,
the chief, labored to make the divf-
sion representative Of the best in
musical lore. In 1917 he resigned
to become associated with q. Schir-
mer'g, Inc, New York. The posi-
ton was left untitled until January,
1922, when Carl Engel was made
chief. Mr.. Engel Is carrying on the
work along the lines laid down by
his predecessor.
Several years ago. when Portugal
got in hard lines. King Manuel
packed UP his country's musical
London. Representatives OF the
United States Government gobbled
1t up at song and it reposes to-
day in snug place on Capitol Hill.
The Portuguese derive most of their
inspirations from Spanish and
Italian airs, but they have also Gre
ated considerable of their own.
Senior, as a young man, does not
consider his education complete
unless he can thrum violin or viola,
mandolin or guitar, and quite often
his voice develops the most pleasing
cadences.
Old Portuguese folk songs are an
integral part of Portuguese life and
they have found their way long
since to newer possessions, the
Azores Islands and Madeira, where
they gain an added resonance when
thrown against nearby mountain
sides. They are not less charming
when suited to the plantation banjo
of the Southern United States or
the smart twangs of the stately
cello along the Western seabQard.
Songs of the American colleges
are there in generous number. No
graduate, be he the oldest in cap
tivity, can name more than q few
of the airs which the library holds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
MUSIC. CREDITS
FORPUP|LS
IN EFFECT
Chicago Makes Survey of Sys-
tenn in Other
Cities.

For the last year and a half a
joint committee representing the So
ciety Of American Musicians, the &C.
credited music schools of Chicago,
and the High School Music Teach
ers Club has ben working on
plan for crediting music in the
high schools of the city. Feeling
that present conditions are unsatis-
factory, the committee has made
a survey of the working conditions
Of music in all the large cities Of
the country and has embodied its
findings in a report which is now
under consideration by Supt. Mort
enson.
In order to make the plan effec-
tive the committee makes the fol-
lowing recommendations:
/. That pupils desiring to major
in music shall be accorded the
privilege of taking work in music
to the extent Of eight full semester
hours, which work shall be allowed
to count toward graduation; that pu-
pills desiring to major In music
in that subject rs per cent of the
total credits required for gradua.
ton from a Chicago high school.
pupils who are studying the work
of the great masters, such as Bach
and Beethoven should be accorded
as much credit as is granted to
pupils who are majoring in art,
pharmacy, or shop.
2. That music shall be offered to
third and fourth year students as a
major subject five periods each
week, with required outside study.
Prerequisite training to be first and
second year music or the equivalent.
8. That the music teachers
council of the high schools be re.
Quired to formulate a definite
course of study to meet the re-
Quirements of No. 2 so far as it
pertains to music instruction in
the high schools. r
4. That all candidates for the
normal school shall be required to
take four years of music, two
periods each week, for admission.
Or music as major may be sub
stituted for the third year, and also
again for the fourth year Of the
above.
5. We request that specific di-
rections covering the details OF
credit for outside music study be
printed and distributed to the music
schools of our group and to the
various high schools of the city. so
that cooperation in carrying out the
plans will be assured.
6. This committee further rec
ommends that all applicants fer
credit in applied music, whether
from an accredited school or
private studio, shall be granted that
credit only after passing a salts
factory examination.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
PUPILS OF MRS. GIBBS
GIVE VARIED PROGRAM

Mrs. Warner A. Gibbs presented
her pupils in a song recital recently
in the ballroom Of the Hotel Gordon.
They were assisted by Miss Dorothy
Seamans, violinist; Robert M. Ruck-
man, pianist, and Miss Muriel Hoage,
accompanist.
Among the participants were Miss
Mabel Byler, Miss Mary C. Benza-
quin, Miss Margaret Burt. Miss Flor
ence E. Frisbie, Miss Beatrice Nor
gan, Miss Susan Augusta Brady,
Miss Anne Elizabeth O'Connell and
Miss Blanche Stanley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
HONOR D. c. WOMAN WHO
WILL STUDY ABROAD

Hazel Gibson Wood entertained
last Sunday afternoon in honor of
Charlotte Klein, who will sail to-
day for France for a course of
study in piano and organ at the
Fontainbleau Conservatory.
Miss Klein, who is a graduate
of Peabody Conservatory in the
organ and piano, is director and
organist OF St. Thomas Episcopal
Church and is considered one of
Washington's most gifted musicians,
She is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon
National Musical Sorority.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
GIRL SCOUT GLEE CLUB
IN SPRING FESTIVAL

The spring concert of the Girl
Scout Glee Club was given last Sat
urday night in the auditorium of the
Interior Department. The chorus
was directed by Miss Esther Linkins
and Mary Louise Cockerille played
the piano accomplishments.
This club gave it's initial concert
in February. Saturdays program
was a varied one. 1t included
choruses by the club, numbers by
an orchestra from Troop q, Boy
Scouts, and dances.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
INTERESTING PROGRAM
PLANNED FOR CONCERT

A program Of unusual merit will
be given by the pupils of Bessie N.
Wild at the United Brethren Church,
North Capitol and r streets north
west tomorrow night at o'clock.
Numbers will he given by IVah
Shear, Margaret Padgett, Catherine
Schmidt, Margaret Horn, Flora
Lavisson, Carl Fischer. Helen Def
fenbaugh, Mary Gastrock, Evelyn
Miller, Margaret Faulconer. Mary
Hardesty. Jane Marshall, Lora Pat
ton, Kenneth Texter, Gladys Cooke.
rifle, Margaret Tolson, Lucille Ro-
hey, Effie Collamore. Dorothy Cor
son, Beatrice Allen, and the Bischoff
Chorus Club.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
HOW TO BECOME
AN OPERA
STAR
Little Nanette GuiIford Tells
Secret of Her Meteoric
Success.
By NANETTE GUILFORD,
Metropolitan Opera Company.

News Service)
NEW YORK, May 31.-When l
think of the thousands of girls who
today are exhausting themselves
and their funds to become opera
singers, feel both sorry and en-
ragged. 1 feel enraged because 1
know many of them have wicked
teachers who are not honest with
them. Poor teachers not only lie to
girls with inferior voices but ruin
the good voices of other girls.
With newly, always sang.
sang in my carriage before I could
walk, my mother says. It was some
song about teasing you" which was
then the rage. SIS .
About the age OF thirteen I started
taking voice lessons in rather per-
functory manner. / have thought
since then that it was foolish for me
to start so young. If / were to give
any advice would suggest waiting
until the voice is developed before
starting training. My voice was a
thin tiny little thing at that time
and 1t was a waste of time to
train it.
would say it might even be a
drawback to start early. I think
twenty-one a good age to start, after
q thorough education has been re-
ceived.
Voice Developed Early.
When 1 was fourteen and a half
years old my voice began to develop
and by sixteen it was full and worthy
of training. Since that time 1 have
given every minute of my time to
the training with the hope of some
day singing in Metropolitan Opera.
which dream / am to realize this
next season.
Without them ambition cannot
struggle and fight the many odds
along the way to Fame.
If girl chooses this career, she
must put all else aside. Every
bit of her must be devoted to her
voice. If she wishes to do justice
to her art. she should not marry.
do not plan to marry for at least
twenty years if ever. l do not
think it would have been possible
for me to have joined the Metro
politan If / had had my mind on
boys or parties or dances. MY
carer is worth more than q mere
man.
In these two years / have studied
French, Italian and German until
now l can converse readily in these
languages. / am 100 per cent
American by birth and blood too.
The physical condition is i'm
portant. A person cannot sing if
Rhe suffers from indigestion. There
fore she must be careful of her
food for the sake Of her voice as
well as her figure. I do not eat
sweets.
Walking has kept me fit. A..
exercises are good, especially swim
ming, but I have found long walks
more beneficial and pleasant to me
than anything else.
Exercise Essential.
Walking is wonderful for chest
expansion, golf for the same; while
swimming is unsurpassed for the
breath control. No voice aspiranr
needs to be told the Importance of
developing chest expansion and
breath control. Mountain climbing
has helped me to develop these.
Stupid teachers are dangerous to
ambitious girls. A pupil should be
able to tell if her voice is improved
after one and a half months of
study under a teacher. II no i'm
provement shows by that time, she
should change her teacher.
Vocal placement is the thing for
which we all work.
Intelligence in the care of the
voice helps / do not make anv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
lie Roy Lewis Resigns.

lie Roy Lewis, Washington teacher
and critic, has resigned from the
choirmastership of Georgetown Pres
byterian Church, it was announced
today. Mr.. Lewis has been di-
rector of the Georgetown choir for
the past five years. The resigna-
ton is effective June 30.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
Nine. Bachschmid's Tour.

Nine. Hazel Bachschmid, widely
known Washington soprano, has re-
turned from highly successful
tour of the South. Among the
cities in which she gave concerts
were Winchester, Harrisonburg,
Stanton, Charlottesville, Lexing-
ton and Beuna Vista. She has sew.
eral return engagements for next
season in a number Of cities visited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
YOUTHFUL STUDENTS
WILL GIVE RECITAL

A recital by pupils Of Jennie
GIennan assisted by the st. Patrick
mixed choir, will take place tonight
in Carroll Hall at o'clock.
Among those who will take part
are Eugene Stewart, Ursula Flagel,
Ruth e. Smith, Carolyn Manning
and Edna Hillyard Howard.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
Music School Concert.

Members of the faculty and or
chestra of the Washington College
of Music will give a program at the
Central High School this evening
The soloists will be Mrs. Margaret
Carter, violinist; Mrs. Clara Young
Brown, soprano; Weldon Carter,
pianist, and George Harold Miller.
baritone. The orchestra will be
conducted by G. E. Christiani. The
public is invited.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
Johnson-Manning Concert.

Pupils of Mrs. Routt Johnson
Manning will be presented in a re-
cital on Saturday night at 8 O'Clock
in the auditorium Of the Wilson
Normal School.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
NASH RESIGNS FROM
!. LOCAL MUSIC STORE

Announcement was made today
of the resignation of Walter H.
Nash from his position with the
Robinson music store, G street near
Thirteenth street northwest.
During the five years Mr.. Nash
has been connected with the Rob-
inson organization, he was instru-
mental in developing the sheet
music department from small
shop to a store of considerable
size and Importance. Being a mu-
stefan of unusual ability and at
tainment he was in a position to
give advice and assistance to Gus
toners.
Mr.. Nash is one of three local
musicians who hold the degree of
Fellow of the American Guild of
Organists, and is at present dean
of the local chapter. Although Mr..
Nash has made no definite plans
for the future, it is thought he will
enter the local teaching profession.
hard and fast rules about my food,
my hours of practice, etc. "Stick-
toitiveness" counts.
vocalize about forty minutes a
day, but study all day and attend
concerts and opera at night.
Girls from all parts of the coun-
try have written me asking how 1
got an addition for Metropolitan
Opera. They all think there is
same mysterious pull" to it. 1 do
not know what the usual procedure
is, but 1 think any girl can get an
addition if enough people recon-
mend her to prove she will not be
wasting the directors time. With
me, director heard me sing and
recommended me. / only had one
addition, although sometimes girls
have several. I Sang two selec-
tions, "Air de Salome" from Hero
diade" and "Musetta Valse" from
La Boheme." In two weeks /
heard from the directors, and that
was the happiest day of my life.
Four things are important if you
start on this career: Talent to act,
to sing, personality and hope.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-05-31
Pupils in Recital.

The pupils of Jewell Downs will
give a recital at Rauscher's on the
night of Wednesday,, June 10, at
$40 o'clock.
Evening star., 1923-07-15

"o THE EDITOR: People that
don't live on Long Island If
any may not OF heard that for
the last 4 or wks. the show
places of same has been open to the
public for a couple hrs. every Satur-
day and everybody that wanted to
get a eyeful of same has paid a ~
q s1.00 and the receipts of same Is
going to be turned over to school
for gals.
Well for some reason another the
committee did not put our joint on
the list and the public Is said to be
making a terrible squawk on acct.
of same so we have decided en- famille
to keep open house between and 3
A. NJ. every holiday during August
and have cut the price to s.26 for
proceeds will. be turned over in per-
son to the Long Island chapter Of
Blind Caddies.
THOUGH what is boisterously re-
fsrred to as our estate may not
be no bigger than a bath mat. still
and all we feel like 1t will provide
a interesting hr. for people inter-
ested In rare old furniture and vege-
tables, in fact hardly a day passes
but what finds q collector of one
kind another at the front or back
door of the joint which ! might state
that the reason IL Is called a Joint
, is because they's a mortgage Co.
-, over in Mineola that claims to be
Joint owner.
y II you enter the estate by motor
the LIST thing that attracts your ten
esion Is the driveway which we rent
out In the spring as practice
grounds for steepie Jacks. This
c driveway is aptly .nicknamed Death
mountain on acct. of how many en-
gines has been killed trying to get
UP IT..
Once up the driveway, which is
hardly ever the 1st time, you come
to the parking space which is also
eased as a outdoor sleeping porch for
Il the kiddiss' bicycles. Having stepped
Tbut Of your costly motor onto the
bicycles. the client next Iimps, to the
family garage where adjoining
stalls 10 shared by . unpaid for tour
ing ear, the hrst sedan and a cow
with q Jersey licenss.\
Students OF dead languages will be
Interested In the mysterious signs in
Testing the walls such as plesse no
smoke.
r y r
LIZARD by the garage lays the ten
mis- court now nearing completion.
The man that begun work on this
court quit when ne was awarded the
contract for the Brooklyn Bridge,
since then many different experts
has took . hand in the construction
Evening star., 1923-07-15

thought how to keep America peace
able with Europe. One brite druggist
of Cincinnati have thought neat
way, Scopolamin, by goily! He will
shoot one needle of Ii In Senator
Lodge and x-Kaiser VIM. to find out
why they don't like war much
like they used to. Another hypo-
dramatic injunction VIII be shot into
leg of Senator Hirum Johnson to
learn what he would do far an issue
without Europe to hate. With each
a painless truth"
Are 1t pussible," l gasp. that per-
sons in twilight siumbers cannot tell
"a lie like Geo. Washington"
"Ezackly" narrate that drugger.
"Seopolamin will do the trix while
all else fall"
20 goody" 1 nibble. Please sell
Nogt and find why he did not bring
back my hat merely because he lost
1t in a sewar."
So Hon. Kickashima Soda lead me
backward 10 rear store, where he
keep bootlegg & other chemicals.
1T are considered illegal TO sell
Scopolamin to gentlemen under 80
yrs. old" he tell; therefore, you
must pretend it is whiskey when
asked by police"
1 do 30 and walk gumfully toward
apt. OF Cousin Nogi, where I intend
TO make him talk in his sleep about
hat and other underware he bora
from me.
20 Nogi" l commence like Roht.
". Chambers here I bring you
something Scottish from a drug store.
Drink IL all and pretend to be alone"
Are 1t worse than usual that you
should be so generous?" he ask to
know.
IT am on the water buggy for three
weeks" / explain, deceptiveIy. There
Evening star., 1923-07-15

taker screws down dat little glass lid
Huh! Tain't nobody goin' TO grin
through dat glass at me an snicker
ever de money what I left.
sIJ EMME tell you sump'n else, BUD
De Cunners got a heap o sense.
for white man; co'se he don't claim
to have knowledge like nIgger. lie
'vises dat | can't go on borrerin' my
way along. dat I ought to square
some debts so / needn't be dodgin'
around SO many corners. Oats where
de Cunnel's wrong. No man knows
de number of his days. Tomorrer
mornin' old Death mought come
stalkin' down Washington street. rat
tlin' his dry bones an squarin' ev'ry-
body's debts. OATS heap easier dan
it is for me to square 'em. So / Jest
leaves it to him.
What's de sense o lettin' little
troubles poster you? Dis whole Unity
States mought sneak away dis morn
in TO British without OWN me nary
cent. Me an Mister Slemmons is diff
ferent. He can't sleep o nights
cause he's afraid some o. desc banks
is goin' TO bust. Shucks, evy bank
in Vicksburg mought bust right under
my bed, an 'twouldn't make enough
fuss TO rouse me up I sleep sound.
'Lissen, Bud. Tell Aunt Fannie to
pass me out a slice o catfish on
credick. I'll pay you de next time
rambles downtown Tomorrer 7
mought be dead, or my stummick
gone back on me-"
1909
Evening star., 1923-07-15

When Gid hobbIed out O. de hosspittie
dat agent done sold his house TO
somebody else. de 'stailment man had
hauled away Gid's red plush parlor
suit, an Tidy she done run off wild
a knee-sprung elder what never even
had church. Co'se dat injuced Gid
to set down an cornsider all dat hot
cat which he'd hadn't ct.
Bud" Old Reliable settled deeper
in his chair. dis is de way I figgers
1t: l amt travelin' through dis world
wild blind brides on, tryin' not TO
blink at dem joyfui things which I
can git along widout. Not me.
believe IN grabbin' on bofe sides.
"'Sposin' l got a dime, an at de
same time l sees Aunt Fannie flop
pin catfish on de skillet. Gid Culley
mought say to hisself, I won't buy no
catfish today cause I mought want
sump'n tomorrer.' Huh! Tomorrer
desc brethern mought be peeradin'
wild me in de hearse where I can't
even hear de band. No, sub. 1 buys
my catfish right now, whilst l hank
ers for 1t.
"Dere's Seiiny. she keeps nagging
me to work hard. Huh! A man
can't do no more'n jes SO much in
one day. an desc labor unions ought
to pass law 'ginst workin' between
meals.
Il don't want it all. I'm a man
what knows when to stop widout
strivin' to git one mo- dollar, one mo-
dollar. one mo- dollar befo' de onder-
Evening star., 1923-07-15
Old Reliable Argues the Folly of Saving
An iden of fRenDa a the Hot Cat Eating

TUNE frst. rent day at the Hot
Cat Eating HOUSE. That's why
the easygoing proprietor got so
~ rtied. All OF a sudden Buds
face turned even blacker as he
pushed Old Reliable aside. hoisted a
vagrant negro from his chair, and
fired him onto the sidewalk.
Pull yo' freight, Enoch," Bud
ordered, IAN keep away from here.
Yonder comes Mr. Slemmons for his
rent. an can't buy secondhand
postage stamps wild what makes of
O. you"
All that summer Enoch hadn't
bought a single mess Of catfish, and
no eating house could prosper on
such patronage. Old Reliable nodded
his baldheaded Endorsement OF the
election, and might have said a
plenty about loafers, but hushed as
Mr.. william Slemmons poked in his
pecuniary nose at the door.
ON the first morning of every
month, at the stroke of s. certain
as death and the tax collector. Mr..
slemmons entered Buds door to pre-
sent his Feady-to-wear receipt. Bud
promptly coughed up s2250, then
stood limp. Death might be STAYED
of or taxes remain delinquent. but
PAY or Move" was the Slemmons
slogan. His small head thrust itself
forward like a buzzard's: two little
eyes bored for cash, and if repairs
Were suggested his mouth clomped
tighter than a crack In granite
tombstone. Slemmons arrived. col
iected and departed in silence.
Not even Old Reliable yentured a
pleasantly. While on joculsr terms
with everybody, white or black, in
Vicksburg. he INDUCED In no parsi-
mage to Mr.. Slemmons' face.
Huh" Zack barked when the
landlord had topped away. Huh!
Cunnei claims he'd 60 TO Hades for
a dime. an wouldn't give a nickel to
git back
II sho wouldn't pay de nickel"
'FuFthermo'," Old Reliable chuckled,
"furthermo'. Cunpel say dat feller
puts him in mine O. one O. desc
tumble-bugs which collects a big
wad, an scks like he 'spicions ev'ry-
body of tryin' to steal 1t. Lord,
Lord. how 'fectionate he do hug dat
ball. an climb all over it-jes keeps
rollin' an rollin' IL along ontil dat
ball gifts SO heavy he can't roll 1t
no mo-, den he lays down beside II an
dies. Jes de same. I'd love to have
DAT rpapey phaf he's got
"Tweuldn't do YOU no good" Bud
sneered. What use you got for
money what you can't spend?"
uuUH! could spend It," Zaek's
grin widened at thought OF all
the desirables that he could spend
it for. Then he glimpsed the de-
jected Enoch, and burst into a laugh.
bud didn't laugh, he only dug two
empty fists into his plundered pock-
cts. and looked grouchy, while Old
Reliable moralized, Bud, is you ever
considered dat folks don't spend
dsir own money to suit other folks?
Yonder 60 Mister Slemmons. he piles
hisn UP, an stacks 1t higher. OATS
what make you call him stingy an
gers. Den look at Enoch. Some peo-
pie 'sists dat Enoch's scared O. work.
Huh! Enoch amt scared o. dc big
ges' kind o. Job. No. sub. he'll rest
his head right against dat Job, an