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Evening star., 1923-09-09
Discoveries.

EOR Sam Woods latest picture, His
Children's Children" two dis
coveries are claimed-Dorothy Mack
ALL and Mary Eaton. And both came
Miss Mackaill. who came from Eng
on the Am ste rdam roof in the Mid
night Frolic" by Marshall Neilan and
given her first picture work in Bits
of Life" She played the part of the
wife of the deaf barber. and made
such a success that she has rapidly
risen in the cinema world. In the
short space of two years she has
played in "A Woman.s Woman" The
Isle of Doubt" THE Inner Man."
Mighty LAX a Rose" "The Fighting
Blade" with Richard Barthelmess and
His Childr ems Children"
Mary Eaton, star of the Folfies for
three years, was discovered" by Sam
Wood, who searched the New York
theaters for a girl to play the role
of Mercedes" in His Children's
Children" Naturally Mr.. Wood in
cluded the "Follies" in his search, and
Miss Eaton was induced to forsake
the stage, at least temporarily, for
the screen. Her work in this picture,
which is her first, has been most ac-
ceptable to Mr.. Wood and, 1t is said
there is a probability that Miss Eaton
will enter the ranks of screen players
permanently.
Moral: If you want to break into
motion pictures, get into q theater
where you can be discovered.
Evening star., 1923-09-09
Rubinstein Concerts

The Rubinstein Club, in announcing 6
its program for the season of 1924,
presents to the public the most am
bilious array of talent that has thus
far been offered during the sixteen
years existence of this vocal organi-
cation.
series of three evening concerts
Will be given in the ballroom of the
New Willard Hotel. The first Rubin
stein concert will be assisted by Nine.
Hulda Lashanska. lyric soprano, De-
cember I3; second Rubinstein con-
cert, with Frederick Gunster. Ameri-
can tenor. March IL; third Rubinstein
concert featuring the temperance
of Kathryn Meisle, coutralto, May 6.
Nine Lashanska is an artist of
rarest quality and her appearance
here is doubly welcome in that she
was the favorite pupil of Sembrich.
and has perpetuated many of the
finest traits of the creates. artists Of
her generation.
Evening star., 1923-09-09
American Songs for .
Foreign Students.

Herman. who has proved herself
more than capable of handling this
work, has, been identified with musi-
cal work for some time. Previous to
coming to this city, she was engaged
in vocal positions in southern cities,
and she is now contralto soloist in a
local church.
Mrs. Herman planned the English
lesson for her pupils to accompany
and complement the picture shown.
The songs taught were American
songs suggested by the nature of the
films. The words Of the song were
projected on the screen and read by
the students. When the song was
sung by this group Of fifteen or more
representatives of as many nation
alitfes 1t was sung intelligently and
with careful pronunciation.
In this way these foreign students
were given increased English vocabu-
larry and a feeling of pleasure in be-
ing able to sing a song of America,
their new home.
The Department Of Agriculture Aims
used suggested the following songs:
"Old Black joe" MY Old Kentucky
Home" "Old Folks at Home" and
Last Night the Nightingale Woke
Me-"
For the memorial service for War
rem G. Harding these foreign stu
dents were taught Lead, Kindly
Light" and an original Hymn to
Harding" The patriotic songs which
they have been taught include
america" Columbia, the Gem Of the
Ocean," america, the Beautiful" and
THE Star Spangled Banner"
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ardo da Vinci. Simonetta. Michael
Angelo and Benvenuto Cellini.
Ernest Kroeger himself has men
toned az what he considers among his
most interesting works. Ten Ameri-
can Sketches" American Tone Pic
lures" Twenty Moods" and among
his more recent songs, The Flight OF
an Arrow" Memory" and "Annabel
Lee"
Mr.. Kroeger has constantly been be-
fore the public as composer. pianist.
organiSt, teacher. conductor. editor,
lecturer and writer on musical sub
jects. He has been president of the
Music Teachers National Association
and of the Missouri Music Teachers
Association. He was appointed mas
ter of programs of the Bureau of
Music at the st. Louis worlds fair,
and, because of his fine success with
the French Academy. He is also a
member Of the National Institute OF
Arts and Letters He ia chairman of
the board of examiners of Pro
gressive Series" published by the Art
Publication Society of st. Louis, direc-
tor Of both the College of Music at
Forest Park College and the Kroeger
School of Music of St. Louis and or
ganist of the Delmar Baptist Church
of the same city.
In 1906 Mr.. kroeger was adjudicato tor
of the Welsh Eisteddfod at Canton,
Ohio and chairman of judges at the
Eisteddfod at San Francisco in 1915.
He conducted an instrumental course
at the summer session of the Uni
versity of California in 1915. and the
six summers since then has given lee
ture courses at Cornell University, in
cluding the present summer.
Mr.. Kroeger is a founder member
of the American Guild of Organist.
For ten years he conducted the Morn
ing Choral Club of women and the
Amphion Club of men of st. Louis
For many years he has given piano
recitals during the music season of ST.
recitals.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

number Of experiments in dancing to
color tones. and although the time
was necessarily short, the results
adequately proved Miss st. Denis
contention and opened up an entirely
new field for the musician as well
as the dancer and color artist.
In one of the final programs of
the experimental work at Mariarden.
a number was presented forecasting
the coordination of rhythm, color
and tone. A group Of dancers went
through the movements Of a single
dance motif and this was followed
by the projection on the screen of
the same motif in colors by the Claw
lux organ and finally performed as
a musical theme by the orchestra.
In this presentation, the single
artistic idea" was expressed through
three different media all unified by
the underlying rhythm.
A fox-trot with a dash Of lavender
on the side, or the waltz against a
field of gold and rose are within the
bounds of imagination, though prob
ably not yet imminent. Whatever
developments along this line the fu-
ture may bring forth, Miss st. Denis
has been successful in welding rhythm
and color
Evening star., 1923-09-09
Collecting Art Treasures.

A RT connoisseurs in the west are
today much agog over the fact
that Mary Pickford was one OF the
spirited bidders recently for several
rare paintings and antiques in the
auction hall of famous Pacific coast
collector.
What Is more, the art treasures
which Miss Pickford bid on went to
Miss Pickford despite all other bid
ders.
The objects offered were from the
Minturn-Post estate, one OF the fine
old New York families in the first
half of the nineteenth century. They
owned the clipper ships that sailed
out Of New York to Europe and the
orient, and which brought to America
many beautiful works of art as we'll
as furniture of other countries. The
auctioneer announced that the collec-
tion had been in uninterrupted stor-
age for forty-three years.
Evening star., 1923-09-09
Du Maurier vs.. Whistler

portrait and Iambasting them for de-
priving Whistler Of this gentle art
Of advertising" and the public from
character.
The parody was so capitally done
that Whistler was pestered to the
point of explosion by interviewers
seeking solution of his contradic-
tory RACES that he was recognizable
been cut out of "Trilby"
"The Trilbyana" of the 1905 as
sumed enormous proportions. Even
the author of Sweet Alice, Ben Bolt"
rose in his wrath and pounced upon
Du Maurier for having altered line
or two Of the song, oblivious Of the
fact that Alice and Ben were dragged
from a half century Of obscurity into
worldwide undying fame when Du
Maurier chose them for Trilby to sing
Evening star., 1923-09-09
MUSIGRAPHS

Church of Christ, Scientist. and at
the Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Ihe solo quartet, composed OF Miss
Frances Scherger. soprano; Mira
Buehler. contralto: William +. Shana-
han, tenor, and Herman Fak'er bass
with Claude Robson, organist ard
director. will begin the seasons work
the third Sunday in September. The
Mount Pleasant chorus. under the dit
rection of Norton NJ. Little. will sing
for the first time on the last Sunday
in September.
The musical program for the fall
and winter will be resumed in Metro
politan NJ. L. Church today.
AT the IL am. service the following
numbers will be given:
Organ prelude. "Pastorale" alag
ler); response, quartet lShelly): quar-
tet. Send Out Thy Light" tGounodJ
solo. 20 Love That Wilt Not Let Mo
Go" >Harker), Mrs. Gottsman: quar-
tet. Breathe On Me, Breath OF God
(Roberts).
The following numbers Will b.
sung at the evening service:
Quartet. Saviour, When Night In
wolves the Sky" tShelly), with bass
Lover of My Soul" (Danks).
Mrs. Bar.:td Gottsznsr. soprano:
, D. Z. Morgan, tenor. and Arthus
Gardner, bass. compose the quartz
for this season. with Miss Mary
cathell Brewer at the organ.
In extending the musical courses
| at the Immaculate Academy to cor
respond with the standard maintained
ny its affiliated institution-St,
Joseph's College. Emmitsburg, Md
| the faculty of the Immaculate Con
ception Academy, this city, announces
the addition of a department for voice
culture for the ensuing academic year,
beginning September 10.
| This department will be under the
| charge and direction of Mrs. Lemuel
NJ. Hamlet, who is favorably known
| in Washington musical circles. H.
| addition to private classes at the
academy. Mrs. Hamlet will also in
| augurate a class in music apprecia-
| tion. from which she expects to de
| velop d senior and junior glee club
! Miss Katherine McNeal. concert
pianist of New York is visiting her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j c. McNeal o.
! this city for a short time before be
ginning her work OF the new concert
| season. During the summer Miss Nd
! Neal practiced her programs of thr
| coming winter at her summer studio
Of the Outdoors Players. Petcrsbor-
ough, y. H.. and at the end of Angus
gave a concert in her studio.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Frederick Gunster is a singer to
whom II is a pleasure to listen. He
knows how to make a song interest
ing in such a way as to make one
forget that he is a tenor, but not
that he is an artist. Mr.. Gunster
will be remembered as appearing in
joint recital with Gerald Farrar in
her last spring tour of the United
States.
Kathryn Meisle, Americas Own"
who was so favorably received here
last season. Will again appear as the
assisting artist at the third Rubin
stein concert Miss Meisle, the great
est coloratura contralto singer Amer
ica has produced, will return in the
full glory of her artistic triumph
She has just been engaged by the
Chicago Opera Company to sing the
leading contralto roles with that or
ganization for the season 1923-24.
Miss Meisle will make her debut as
Erda, in "Siegfried"
Evening star., 1923-09-09

important factor in connection with
the Paris class came with the estab-
lishment recently of the Walter
Scott Foundation of New York for
Young American Pianists." which will
provide for three successive years
scholarships for a number of students.
In January, 1924, following the first
half of their seasons study, which
begins October with Mile. Bert.
students desirous of winning the
scholarships will be judged by their
performance of a program selected
from the works outlined by MIR. Cor
tot for his class in Interpretation and
the awards made. Scholarships
cover the cost of passage from
New York to Paris and return, all
living expenses while in Paris, the
class in Interpretation with Mr.. Cor
tot and preparatory classes (while in
Paris) with Mile. Bert To the
scholarship pupils the French gov
eminent offers admission without
charge to all concerts. lectures
theaters. expositions, etc. during the
two-month term and accords to the
entire group of American pianists
special cultural privileges
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Among the things purchased by
Miss Pickford were a portrait of a
young boy, by Sir Joshua Reynolds:
a portrait Of Lady Cunningham. by
Sir Peter Lely: a portrait of Helen
Minturn Post. by Rembrandt Peal: a
miniature on ivory of a young woman
by Paul Herve: an old Dutch paint
ing by T. c. VaarburE.
In the way of antique furniture,
Miss Pickford took a seventeenth CEN
tury F1orentine renaissance carved wal
nut Cadenza; a pair of Italian renais-
sance carved mirror frames; old Italian
walnut mirror frame, seventeenth
century: pair Of massive Spanish and
irons, wrought iron, surmounted with
bronze griff1ns; two antique Louis
XIV commodes; pair Louis XIV arm
chairs covered in genuine Aubusson
tapestry.
"And now" says Miss Pickford,
"I'm wondering how I'm going to
use all these things in Dorothy Yer
non,' my next picture"
Evening star., 1923-09-09

N production Of "Trilby" brings back
for tho old-timers many fragrant
memories, but none. perhaps, more in
teresting than recollection of the feud
which ragged between George Du
Maurier. the novelist, and James Nc
Neill whistler, the famous artist,
whom publication of "Trilby" revealed
an undeniable portrait Of whistler in
the book, in the character Of an &C.
centric and egotistic Bohemian thinly
disguised under the pseudonym Of
200 Sib.oy."
One of the gem humors Of the con-
troversy appeared in a current Lon
don funny paper" in which a letter.
purporting to be from Whistler. took
the publIIhars to task in vitriolic
fashion for changing the Du Maurier
Evening star., 1923-09-09

NEWS reports from Cincinnati state
that expenditure of s2,00o,oo0 in the
construction of six buildings, including
four dormitories. an auditorium and
dining hall, to care for the anticipated
expansion of the school for the next
decade. is the program announced by
the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music at
the opening session Tuesday.
Completion of this program will rank
the school first in size and equipment
among the American institutions de-
voted entirely to music.
William b. Tuthll, New York archi-
tect. who designed and constructed the
Carnegie Music Hall of New York, ad-
mitted to be acoustically the finest mu-
scal auditorium in America. has pre-
pared the designs for the buildings to
be added to the conservatory.
Conspicuous in the group of new
buildings to be added to the campus are
four residence halls or dormitories
which shall ultimately form three sides
Of the quadrangle. in conformity with
the architecture of many of the best
known schools in Europe and America.
These residence halls are intended to
Evening star., 1923-09-09

The Rev. W. c. Schimmel. pastor of
st. Johns Church, New Rockford, n.
D., was guest Of honor at two in
formal musicals presented recently at
the studio OF his brother. George
Schimmel of this city.
Clelia Fioravanti, mezzo- -contralto; !;
Marcel Greenhalgh, pianist, and Els
worth Condran, tenor, presented one
program. The other program was
given by Tom Burke. celebrated Irish
tenor, who sang at local theater last
week.
Those present at the programs in
cluded: Capt. ]. V. McConville, Mr..
Du Faur, Eugene Good, Frank Cliff
ford, Roy Ives and James Clifford of
New York and Don Looney.
Karl Holer has recently announced
that he will devote his entire time
during the coming year to teaching
students of piano and harmony at his
studio. on 18th street.
Miss Anne Sloan, q young cellist of
Washington, has Just returned from a
tour abroad and will be heard this
winter in a series of concerts in her
home city.
Hazel Bachschmid, concert soprano,
who Is at present touring the Shenan-
doah valley with Mr.. Bachschmid, has
just announced her engagement as
soloist for Ingram Memorial Con-
gregational Church for the coming
season.
Bryon Blodgett has also recently
accepted the position as organist for
this church.
Claude Robeson has returned from
Mexico City, where he spent his va
cation. During Mr.. Robeson's ab-
scence Christopher Tenley has sub
stituted for him at the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church and in
the evening at the Church of the
Covenant.
Miss Marie McCourt. who has been
vacationing in Bridgeport, Conn. has
just returned to Washington and re-
sumed her work teaching. The Fri
day class will meet at the George
town Piano Studio on Thursday OF
this week.
The Wednesday Morning Club will
meet at the Georgetown Piano Stu
dio for the first session OF the new
season next Wednesday afternoon at
4:40 o'clock.
The Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church announces the engagement of
Mrs. HaZen =. Buehler, contralto, for
the coming season.
Mrs. Buehlcr has sung at the Third
Evening star., 1923-09-09
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

Generous Elsie Janis played all last
week at Keith's Palace, New York,
and turned her entire salary over to
the Red Cross Japanese relief fund.
Love and Forty by Charles de
Navarro and Sidney Stone, will be
produced next month in New York by
Samuel Rose.
Tied Lewis Revue run by the
Shuberts. struck a snag in Philadel-
phia last week when the mayor or
dered the show closed, and it was not
allowed to reopen until many changes
were made.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

THE teaching of patriotic and folk
= songs of America has been one
of the most interesting features of
the work in instructing adult foreign
students in English in local Ameri-
canization work this summer. accord
ing to Mrs. H. c. Herman, in charge
of those classes
This musical feature was correlated
with the motion picture lessons given
weekly during July and August
dali. Miss Maude E. Alton, principal
of the Americanization work in
Washington. appointed Mrs. Kiernan
to take charge Of this work. Mrs.
Evening star., 1923-09-09
A New Phase of Color and
Music Shown IN DANCING

Are we destined to have a new
art form? Recent fascinating ex-
periments at Mariarden, Peterboro,
n. H.. tend to prove that color
dancing" may become a popular
form of entertainment before long.
The Clavilux color organ, which
has been shown in various parts of
the country. is an attempt to sup
plant music with color. The instru-
ment is built on the lines of the
keyboard of an organ, with the keys
controlling switches operating vari-
Gus light projectors which are in turn
focused on a white back ground.
Startling and weird effects are OBJ
tailed.
Thomas wilfred the inventor, has
devoted a lifetime of study to the
instrument. At Mariarden. which is
the summer school of Denishawn, Mr..
Wilfred had the opportunity of CO.
operating. with Ruth ST. Denis, who
has long held the belief that the
dance is an art in itself. independent
OF music. Together they made a
Evening star., 1923-09-09
Savannah Singer Comes
to WashinHton.

Word has been received from Sa-
vannah. Ga. stating that Mrs. Frank
Hubner, one of the most prominent
contralto soloists of that city, has
been engaged as a soloist at the
Church of ST. Aloysius Gonzaga.
Washington, ID. c. She Is to leave for
her new post the middle of this month.
Mrs Hubner was chosen for the
Washington choir from a long list of
applicants. She has been singing in
Savannah for a number of years. She
was recently soloist in the Temple
/ Mickve Israel Synagogue and the
Lutheran Church Of the Ascension in
Savannah
Evening star., 1923-09-09

voices a quite opposite theory. 1.-THE
war has brought about big change
in our sentiments. The day of the
American musician-the real, first
water variety-is at hand. and the
more truly homespun their names
and pedigrees are the more surely
will they be acclaimed by our people
One critic absolutely opitomizcd 1t
for Lucy Gates. He said: Lucy Gates
"a name easy to remember, a voice
hard TO forget" But Lucy Gates has
way of finding even that too long.
She has that rare. peculiar and in
gratiating faculty of being just "our
Lucy to those who have known her
for a brief brilliant hour.
Next season she will appear in
Washington in the Star Concert Series,
under the local management of T.
Arthur Smith, Inc. She has WED sue
cessfully against the most praised
foreign luminaries
Evening star., 1923-09-09


HSOME people have to live down a
handicap-I have had to sing
down mine. l have had to sing
down the American name of Lucy
Gates. 1t has been my greatest trial.
If my name sounded like a French
salad or ended in ski ] should have
been welcomed with open arms; but
being just only plain ordinary
everyday AmeriCan-how untemper-
amental,''
Lucy Gates gave forth the fore
going as a bit OF pessimism in retro
spect for the vivacious. brainy. west
ern girl has forged her way, via
the long, long trail" of hard. re-
lentleSs. unremitting work TO the
very heights of recognition-before
the war, In Europe--since, i'll Amer
ica.
Lucy Gates manager, however.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Y being waved in coou banners
II promise of during the season 1924 All during
August and thus far September
brightly advancing before
local who sincerely anxious to eneour
only few the on msy ally; 1 5 es M ad ss no
first OF the pomsed uf Us % hut genuine oase filled with
NEW YORK naturally guards and
IN The Wagnean Opera Company Offices in
the great metropolis holding the of the with their
constantly interesting 1t :at they
compositions subject of dis
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crash of their Wagnean eymba the Capital city
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responsibility
responsibility Every
knows what the mood OF audience do in dampen
whO Often the OF the Of audiences
even feH bsnsss popoio gentle
with the purpose There people
not seem to realize this fact at all
II listening compiled one of the
the first page the tenay trial sheet would be
Favored with the Couc Day
understanding music better and better 1t really appalling
number otherwise intelligent folk who complaceny
they anything about
These the people who hdge their gaze
grumble
and catch the home plenty time
for dinner.
., os OF s h m that sss ssmRss @
the announced
OF
COME has remarked that listening
~ hard although After nature
and high form of enjoyment"
the weeks this
of both artist and music lovers
paStse
Evening star., 1923-09-09

"The Music Box Revue" will be
ready for it's New York opening the
latter part OF this week.
Gilbert Emery has been engaged
for Chains" which William A. Brady
will shortly produce in New York.
Polly Preferred" ended its engage
ment in New York last night and will
open in Chicago tomorrow night.
Chicken Feed" by Guy Bolton, was
given its first showing in Wilkesbarre,
Pa, last week, and reports stamp 1t
as q success.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

magnificent climax. The result is
enough to crafty and delight me. II
makes up in a great degree for the
of mine by other producers"
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TEMPTING display wide musical entertainment
being colorfu before the Washington public
promise during the 1924 All during
these intriguing
Evening star., 1923-09-09

The Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church announces the engagement Of
Mrs. Hazen p. Buehler, contralto, for
the coming season.
Mrs. Buehlcr has sung at the Third
Evening star., 1923-09-09

The Wednesday Morning Club will
meet at the Georgetown Piano Stu
dio for the first session OF the new
season next Wednesday afternoon at
4:40 o'clock.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Miss Marie McCourt. who has been
vacationing in Bridgeport, Conn. has
just returned to Washington and re-
sumed her work teaching. The Fri
day class will meet at the George
town Piano Studio on Thursday of
this week.