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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-09
CITY AIDS PARKS

The city of Birmingham has agreed after a conference with local citizens to match every dollar raised here for the improvement in Ensley park. At the mass meeting to be held Friday night in the park 1t is hoped to rais,
 $5,000 with which to provide those
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-09

church Tuesday evening and Wednes- day until the funeral hour, under q guard of honor from the Cosmopolitan Baracca class.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-09

improvements. The meeting will in- clude a band concert by the Steel City band and there will be two or three addresses. The city commits sioners will attend and the situation Is expected to be quickly remedied.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-09

Loew's Bijou-VRudeville lead. Five Jolly Jesters"i picture, Charlie Jones in Skid Proof"
 AT THE MOVIES Capitol-All-star cast in "one Clear Call"
 Galax-Marion Davies in When Inighthood Was in Flower" Odeon-"The Eagles Talons." Princess-Jack Hoxie in "The Dou- ble O."
 Rialto-Constance Tslmadge in "A Temperamental Wife,"
 Royal-J. P. Morgan in Reckless Chances"
 Strand - T h m s Meighan in "Homeward Bound"
 Trianon-All-s star cast in "Chil- dren of Dust"
 CURRENT EVENTS Cosmopolitan club luncheon at the Hillman hotel at 1 o'clock. Community club luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel at o'clock.
 Real estate board luncheon at the Tutwiler hotel at o'clock. Retail credit mems lunNheon at the Tutwiler hotel at l o'clock. Baseball at Redwood park at 3:30 o'clock. Birmingham vs. Chatta- nooga.
 No WSY program.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-09
;,H: 7s=:.: TODAYS
 1's'.' i's' ']|CALLNDAR
AT THE THEATRES

LyrIo--"Six Cylinder Love-"
 Loew's Bijou-VRudeville lead. Five Jolly Jesters'i picture, Charlie Jones in Skid Proof"
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

THIS evening, at the Church OF
the Covenant, the January
musical service will be given. The
evening choir of 100 voices, Claude
Robson, director; Harvey Murray,
organist; Mrs. Howard Blandy,
pianist, and the solo quartet-com-
posed of Miss Ruth Peter, soprano:
Miss Richie Mclean, contralto:
Ross Farrar, tenor, and Herman
Fakler, bass-will render selections
from the Communion Service"
CE flat MAJOR Of William Shake
speare. This interesting work was
composed by Mr.. Shakespeare while
living in Washington two seasons
ago. ~,
The numbers rendered will be:
II Believe in One God the Father
Almighty" tCredo);. holy, Holy,
Lord God of Hosts (sanctus);
Blessed Is He That Cometh in the
Name Of the Lord" CBenedictus),
Incidental; solos, Mr.. Farrar, Mr..
Fakler, Miss McLean); 20 Lamb
of God that Takest Away the Sins
Of the World. .(Agnus. Deb. -
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Josef Hofn1ar1r1 I'm
Recital Tuesday

JOSEF HOFMANN, master pi-
anist. win be heard the only
time. in Washington this season
Tuesday afternoon, January 80.
ak Polls Theater, at 4:sO. under
the management Of Mrs. Wilson
Greene.
Hofmann has long been regard
ed as one of the sanest. and in
tsresting personalities. among mu-
steal geniuses- When he seats
himself at the piano one knows
that he means. business. He has
complete mastery OF the -situa-
ton. quiet but commanding.
Hardly more than the mere an
nouncement of the fact that he
lis to play in Washington is neces-
sary to bring forth a. capacity au-
dience. to hear Holman.
Il
His. program will include: Son
alta Opus 1O6" Beethoven, Allie
gro, .Scherzo. Adagio, Sostenuto,
Finale, Introduction and Fugue;
Eight Etudes' Chopin, e. Ma
jor. G Sharp. Minor, A Flat Ma
yor: C Sharp Minor Duet, 6 Flat
Major. ; 0black keys,, &c Minor
freyolution) r'Mignonettes'' ,tchil.
drenss corner1, Lonesome, Wooden
Soldiers anarchy; Complaint, Sis
ter's Dolly, "'Etude in C Major"
for the left hand alone); Con
solfdation in d Flat Major
spanish Rhapsody Nisztt
The remaining seats are on sale
at Mrs. wilson-Greene's concert
bureau in Droop's, Thirteenth and
CT streets. '<-s ~ - .
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Ballet of Chicago
Opera Company Has
BOllll for Director
ANNA Ludn1ila, Anleri-
can Girl, Premier
Daf1suese. s

AYO DEPARTMENT of opera
IN has been so thoroughly
~ revolutionized within the
hast decade tor so as the ballet.
This is dueain large measure to
the fact that the influence .of
Russian art. has spread beyond
Pstrograd sand Moscow, and today
there is q note OF Russianism i'm
nearly ali the opera ballots of
the, world. The Chicago Civic
Opera Company was one OF the
first organizations to realize. the
importance Of utilizing this Rus
sian note. with the result that
the ballet. has always been one
of the features of this -organiza-
ton. ~, ~ 49,
This year the Chicago Civic
Opera Company. which will be-
sin its ENGAGEMENT in. Washing
ton. February 8, has a new ballet
master-Adolph Bonn, one OF. the
greatest terpsichorean artists Of
the. day. !. Mr.. Bolm has selected
a ballet. Of unusual excellence,
and according to, word received
from Chicago his achievements
with the. Chicago Civic Opera
Company this season have borne
the stamp o. the highest artistry.
Mr. Bolm was the first artist of
the Chicago Civic Opera Com
pany to- begin work in. prepare
ton for the present season, and
as early as last July he had as
sembled his corps de- ballet and
was rehearsing the various
dances to be used in the roper.
toire. .tfs.'..
Mr.. BoIm came to- America
from Russia. where he had been
member Of the Imperial Ballet
and where he'was leading dancer.
With the Serge Diaghileff Ballet
Russo he toured Europe as prin-
cipal dancer and one Of the d.
AO~SOASs W A$h bAt4o Va S0lL4Z&1t4Ou
he came to- America. He es.
tablished a. studio in New York
and frequently appeared as guest
dancer with both the Metro
politan and Chicago. Opera Com
panies. It was Mr.. Bolm that
staged John Alden Carpenters
1.-THE Birth of the Infanta.' in
Chicago in 1919. a work; which
won him worldwide fame. -.
This season the principal dan
suese Of the Chicago Civic Opera
Company is Anna Ludmila, an
American girl, who il said to
outshinet her Russian contempt
raries in hghtness of touch and
finesse. Miss Ludmila. although
only nineteen years old, has ap-
peared prominently. for more than
three years. Miss Ludmila pos
sesses rare beauty, and the
bouyancyiof youth.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Music Federation
Activities Many

MUSIC clubs affiliated with the
National Federation will hold,
next month contests for young
professional American musicians
in voice, violin and piano, to Sc
iect contestants who will appear
at the biennial convention of the
federation at Asheville, N. c., in
June. The plans locally have not
yet been announced, but an excel
lent showing of talent is expected
when the contest begins.
The federation has entered upon
an elaborate program for the COM
ing year. 1t hopes to double the
number Of clubs and junior clubs
associated in 1t, and to promote
the organization of mems chorusea
and orchestras, A statistical sur
vey of musical accomplishment
also. being made, and new form
of group singing are being expeT
mented with.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Prccocftf Seldom
Valuable Guide TO
Musical Ability

~ .oYS d school when and il
II theylearn logic, are intro
ductd to the welI-known fall
lacy: A ran is an animal: bird
is an aninhl; therefore, a man is a
bird,
Motherfand fathers Of boys and
girls whoshow precocious musical
talent mtht do worse than remem-
Der thafit is fallacy. Because
the grek masters of music have
nearly shown precocity, it does
not foDw that every boy who
shows lprecocity is or will be n
great Iaster Of music.
AS / matter of fact, very few
of the masterpieces of the world
have been written by composers
whilefstill in their teens. The
most triking instance to the con.
trary is Mendelssohn's "Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" which he
wrot when he was seventeen.
MaH competent judges think it
his lest work.
Mart, perhaps the most natur-
allt gifted musician who ever
liYp, had written little opera,
"Hstien and Bastienne," not to
nation a really remarkable quin-
til by the time he was twelve. At
tHnty-two he had written thirty
81 symphonies and twenty-eight
deras, cantatas and masses.
Nvertheless, practically all of the
Snpositions by which he is re-
hmbered came later. Moreover,
died at thirty-five, having
Fowded a whole musical life into
Alf the allotted span. 49,.
! Schubert, another of those to
whom musical expression came, as
It were, naturally, shyly confessed
TO having written several compos,-
lions before the age of twelve "be-
cause he couldn't help it," BY the
age Of eighteen he had. further,
composed a wonderful mass.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Emilio dc GOgOrza
! Here ON Friday TO
Appear i'm Recital
Baritone to Return.
After Absence
of Years.

~ MILO DE GoGoRzA, the
distinguished Spanish. Ameri.
A can baritone, who il to al.
pear here in recital next Friday
afternoon at 4:SO, at the National
Theater. under the local manage.
ment Of T. Arthur Smith, Inc, has
long been a favorite with the
exafting musical public OF Boston.
and his annual appearances In
that city always bring large
audience to symphony Hail. Dis
cussing his concert there last year,
II. z. Parker. IN the Transcript,
makes the interesting comment
that Gogorza seems to be the one
singer who can pull men Of rniddle
age from the comforts Of 8 Sunday
afternoon.
mo doubt said Mr.. Parker,
his masculine presence and forth
right nanner please them. they
take pleasure also in the large
suavities Of his tones. in the
warmth or mood and feeling they
communicate so directly to the
hearer Their pleasure. ana the
pleasure Of the whole audience, in
Mr., de Gogorza's singing Is the
better to watch because it springs
hardly less from fine. honest and
distinctive artistry. Mr.. de Gogorza
is BY no means d singer whose only
possession is q sonorolis amplitude
of tone and an ardent spirit OF
song. More and more ne mellows
his tones from Iargeness to rich
ness. He stands now III the rich
ness of his powers, and they are
the powers ofran artful as well a.
popular singer
"A great master. 81 delightful
interpreter. "a great singer, z
superbly artistic singing. = ..aris-
tocratic observation-disclosures. 3 master
of the singing art, 4 are some or the
phrases picked at random from
reviews written about the song
recital given by Emilio de Gogorxa
in New York year ago. No artist
appearing IN New York III the
course of q busy season attracts
so much the discriminating musical
public Of that city Gogorza f.
regarded ais . singer who really
deserves the epithet Of unique.
not only as a singer. but as an
Interpreter and maker Of pro-
grams.
It is several seasons since the
music lovers Of this city have
heard him, and his return will be
warmly welcomed Tickets are on
sale by T. Arthur Smith, Inc. 1905
@ street.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
American Music
Library I'm Paris

Darts. - A library where
the published works of
every American composer Of
note will be available to must
clans and conductors has been
established at is Boulevard
DIES Italiens by. the recently
orga nfz ed Franco-American
Musical Society.
The library was established
in response to the popular
complaint made by conduc.
tors here that American scores
were unavailable or were too
expensive to permit purchase
in quantity in order to choose
one work from a number for
performance, and is being
made up of scores donated by
composers and publishers or
purchased out of the Society's
funds.
The new Paris branch of
the Society includes in it's
mpr e hensive membership
Prince de Polignac. Prince de
Broglie, roness Leonino,
Maurice de Wendell, Jean
Bartholomi, Mrs. Milton B.
Kirk, Alex Steinert. Marcel
Boccardi, Albert Roussel, Paul
lie Elem, Roland Manuel, Louis
ALBERT and Nine. Herscher.
From Musical American"
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
To Give Mandolin
y Setting of ':P reImde''

AT the fourteenth free concert
tonight at Central High. the
Nordica Mandolin Club of sixty
Instruments will be the stellar at
traction. The club will play
Rachmaninoff's &C Minor Pre-
lude.p
:, Ruth Peter, soprano, and Alice
e. HILL mandolinist, will also
play. Robert Lawrence win direct
the: singing OF Iold-fashioned folk
songs The concert win begin at
o'clock, instead of at Sis as
heretofore. =. !. -. -. ~.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
To Present "Athalia'

THE choir. of Mt. Pleasant Con-
gregatienal Church will give
Mendelssohn's Alfalfa" this
afternoon at 4:45 o'clock, with
Norton M, Little, director, Mrs.
Charles L. Bliss at the piano. and
Claude Robson at the organ. The
public is invited. r. e
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Arthur Shattmck

A RTHUR SHATTUCK,' the pi-
anist, who has endeared him.
self to the connoisseurs who take
art seriously and who has put
the things of musicianship above
the things of flashy virtuosity,
will be presented by T. Arthur
Smith, Inc, at the Masonic Audi
forum on Thursday evening, Feb
ruary Is, at 8:15 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

appearance OF DE GogOrza +
The breathing-spell. will prob
ably be welcomed. for the Capital
has had almost surfeit of isplen-
did attractions that have trod
upon one another's heels. Just as
q football team usually plans q
comparatively. quiet, week before
the big game Of the. season. the
concert schedule. gives Washing
ton these few days to anticipate
the joys of our all too brief opera
season.
In passing, a word off, praise
should be given the public spirited
men and women of washington
who made the two excellent per-
formances of "Rigoletto" possible
last week. The Washington
Opera Company has at least made
q start toward the foundation of
permanent opera in. the Nations
Capital, and perhaps one day we
may have just such a civic enter
prise as that which Chicago sends
here to entertain us.
THE return of Blossom Time"
to Washington this week is
most timely, In that ii so nearly
comedies with the anniversary of
the birth OF. Franz Schubert. The
delightful score of this work is
made up from Schubert's compost
s.tions. particularly the Unfinished
eymphony," and It is announced
that special observances OF the
anniversary have been arranged
by theaters, schools and musical
organizations.
Schubert was born in January.
1897, not. far from Vienna; and
died at the age OF thirty one. in
abject poverty. He had, however,
begun to receive recognition be-
fore his death.
Only last summer Sigmund Rom
berg. who adapted Schubert's music
for Blossom Time" visited Vienna
and found that misfortune still
follows the family. for Schubert's
aged grandniece, Mrs. Schubert
Proseneaz. was suffering privations
even more terrible than those the
composer himself had endured. In
O letter to friend at, the time of
his visit to her, Romberg wrote:
1.-The other day climbed up the
five stories Of 166 Hauptstrasse,
formerly a suburb Of .Alt-Wien,'
but now one Of the poorest quar-
tiers Of the city. An old lady open
ed the door. It was Mrs. Emma
Schubert Prosenez. seventy-eight
years old. She spoke freely Of her
Uncle Franz who was SO poor
that he had no place to rest his
head except for her father Ferdi-
nand.
Almost 100 years ago my
uncle Franz died of hunger she
answered to one Of my solicitous
inquiries, and 1t seems as il. the
last of the family will be faithful
to that tradition She has small
monthly allowance from the gov
eminent"
WASHINGTON, incidentally. has
special interest in "Bios-
som Time for the reason that
Hollis Davenny, formerly commu-
nifty chorus leader here. plays the
role of Franz Schubert in the pro.
duction.
QUITE a bit stirring in the
world of music. There is to
be an American section of the In
.ternational Society for Contempt
rary Music, the Salzburg project.
The Chicago opera has
produced new work by an Ameri-
can composer, Theodore Stearns-
"Snow Bird" described as Lyric
episode in one act with a dream
ballet" The scene is laid in ST.
IBERIA. There Is a jam
over the ownership of American
rights to "Salome." Yes
terday was the Tooth anniversary
of the birth Of Edouard Lalo.
Lee Cronican, pianist, and Mil
Ara6 UUayapla ~ CnbapaofaHu ~
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Alfred Cortot

ALFRED coRToT. the French
master pianist, will make his
second appearance in Washington
this year on Friday, February 16.
at the National Theater, Under
the local management Of T.
Arthur Smith. Inc.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

The wilder keyboard Company
Of West Newton. Mass, has r.
sued a pamphlet on How to Or
ganize a Piano Class.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
TWO RECTTALS. ARE
PRINCIPAL. EVENTS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Josef HOFFMAN, and De Gogorza to Appear
Here ON Tuesday and Friday, Respectively.
Schubert Anniversary Celebration PLANNED.
Last Survivor of Composers Family Re-
Gently Found Living i'm Poverty i'm Vienna.
By LEE soMERs.

FTER almost month crowded with musical interest,
n and completed by the past weeks dizzy whir of
= events including the visit of the Cleveland Sym
phony Orchestra the performances by the Washington Opera
Company the Kreser recital and the two Polish
there will be brief lut preceding the biggest and
spectacular event Of the the hreeday sooun here
of the Chicago Opera The outstanding events week are
the Josef Holman recital on Tuesday, Polls and the
appearance of De Gogorza Friday.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Frances Paperte is devoting this
season to concert work.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Paul Althouse will sing in Mex
leo next March.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Since December Alexander F..
Haas has been associated with s..
Hurok.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Lee Cronican, pianist, and Mil
dred Wemple, Of Schenectady, N.
Y, were married recently.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

q Mildred Dilling is back in Amer.
ca and concertizing, extensively.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Luigi Curci is recovering fri
q serious operation. : |
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

The West and Middle West q
acclaiming Anna Case.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28


Monday Tuesdav and
fdvorite this city, Toscoo
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

RGdGmes IN Aldo Z IN Uhicb he
sOiu open the Washington visit Of
the company. The Chicago Opera
Is this gear a ciUic enterprise,
backed by d large ,sNnsberof citi-
zeps of the mid West metropolis.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28

Fritz Reiner is making a great
success as conductor of the Gin
cinnati Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1923-01-28
Musical at Club

N evening of music will be
given at the University Club
on Tuesday at $3.50 o'clock. The
artists will be Nine. Henri
Coquelet, soprano; Miss Elizabeth
Winston, pianist, and Herbert
Bangs, violinist.
, 1923-01-11

]. C. Rankin was a business visito
here from Encampment Monday.
, 1923-01-11
LAST OF WATER PIPE RECEIVED
With Continuation of Good Weather,
System Should Be Completed
Before February l..

A large car of cast-iron pipe for the
Saratoga water mains arrived at Wal.
colt Tuesday and several truckloads
have been brought in and distri.
buted about the streets. 1t is
thought this is the last shipment and
that enough material is now on hand
to complete the system.
City Engineer Roy c. Peck estimates
that unless something unlocked for
occur to retard the work, the connec-
lions will all be completed and the
system in complete working order
within we weeks. Most Of the mains
are now in place and covered, and the
few blocks that remain to be connected
and covered will be completed within
n few days. The system will be tested
thoroughly at as early a date as poss-
ible, and If found satisfactory the final
payment for the job will be made by
the city to Contractor j. +. Crum. 1t
is thought that the water will be in the
mains and ready for use by February
LIST.
, 1923-01-11
Air Mail Skipper
Falls 10000 Feet
Pilot BoOnstra Experiences Another
Narrow Escape-PilOt Collision
Loses Propeller-Lands Safely.

Airplane drivers on the transconti-
mental airmail route are having many
hair-breadth experiences these days,
and Pilot II. G.. Boonstra is coming in
for his share of them lately.
Recently his plane was wrecked in a
blizzard near Coalville, Utah, and he
was compelled to fight his way through
deep sno for SO hours before reaching
n ranch house. Last Thursday he en-
countered very severe weather condi-
tions near the Utah line while enroute
west. He finally lost control OF the
machine and plunged to the earth from
an altitude of 10000 feet. The ma
chine vas totally wrecked. but the
driver, after some three hours of I'M
Consciousness, revived and extricated
hirlSelf from the wreckage and started
TO "hoof it, to some human habitation.
He was picked up a short distance
from the wrecked plane and taken to
Salt Lake. He is said, to be little the
worse for the accident, n few facial
and body bruises and cuts being the
extent of his injuries. Boonstra seems
to bear a charmed life, even though it
be somewhat strenuous.
Pilot Hal Collision, who once landed
e Saratoga TO make repairs and be-
came acquainted with many local resi-
dents, experienced another unexpected
thrill a few days ago near Elk Noun
tain, when his ship lost its propeller
at an altitude Of 100 feet. The pilot
Immediately realized that something
had gone wrong with the machine and
began to circle, looking for a likely
landing place. Not until he had landed
and inspected the plane did he realize
that his propeller was missing. Coli
son landed about 10 miles u OF
Hanna.
, 1923-01-11
Fatal Accident Oc=
ours at Grenville
A. w. Ferris, Prominent Resident of
Rawlins, Killed in Collapse of
Wall at Refinery.

Caught under debris from a col
lapsed brick wall at the new refinery
of the Producers & Refiners Corpora
ton, recently under construction at
Granville, A. W. Ferris of Rawlins re-
ceived injuries at about IL o'clock last
Saturday forenoon which resulted in
his death about II hours later in the
Rawlins hospital. 1t has been since
reported that another employe of the
company who was injured at the same
time has since died, but no details
have been received.
The accident was the result of the
severe wind which swept over the
country last Saturday, and which must
have reached the proportions of a
hurricane at G~renville, as the brick
wall on the west side of the building,
in the neighborhood of 10 feet in
height, was blown in completely, sew
eral workmen being caught in the
wreck, though some received only
minor injuries.
Mr.. Ferris had been a resident of
Rawlins for many years, and was 80
years of age. He leaves a wife and
two children. He is the third MEM
her of his family to meet a violent
, 1923-01-11
Line to Gren=
vile Is Completed
Expected That First Batch OF Stills nj
Refinery VIII be in Operation
During Month of February.

The fifty-one-mile pipe line of tho
Producers & Refincrs Corporation,
from the Lost Soldier and Ferris fields
to the new refinery site at GrenviIIe,
has been laid and covered and tho
pumps are now being installed. Elk
IRENE cold weather and heavy SHOWS
along some sections of the line have
impeded the work to II considerable
extent, and with the recent accident
at the refinery which will delay mat
tiers again, it is doubtful If the refinery
can begin operations until well along
in next month. -Four stills have been
completed at the plant and also ample
storage facilities, and It had been Cd
timated hat the first stills would ba
fired up about February l.. The indi-
cations now are, however, that it Will
be ear the middle of February before
the plant begins refining operations.
The pipe line will be in readiness to
move the oil within a short time.