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The Washington times., 1924-11-03

Of the citizens called on Kousse-
vitzky and requested that he place
the harps at the front Of the stage
at the concert In order that the
people could see and admire those
beautiful golden instruments.
KoussevitzlSy spent fully 800, 900
q year out of his own pocket IN
maintaining his orchestra Of 100
men. He is the only professional
musician Of our times wealthy
enough to maintain a private or
chestra Of this character. He
founded the orchestra in 1909 in
Moscow, recruiting It from the best
performers obtainable. He paid
them high salaries which assured
them a good living, and they were
pledged to give their services to
him only.
ORIGINAL AND VITAL.
Thus he was enabled to rehearse
to his hearts content and to fully
impress his own will upon his mu.
sicians-an ideal often longad for
but seldom attained by other con-
ductors.
KousSevitzky has a wonderful
feeling for dynamics, for light and
shade, for strong contrasts. He
possesses a volcanic temperament,
but 1t is always kept within bounds.
Ills conducting IL very original, al.
ways interesting and extremely fas-
cinating. But with all his original
ity he is never frealSish or bizarre,
Ills ideas Of tempt In reading the
classics are often at variance with
the traditional ideas. Arthur Nikisch
was his ideal.
"Koussevitzky's first experience as
symphonic conductor was with the
Philharmonic Orchestra Of Berlin,
where he resided from 1903 to 1903.
AS q preliminary to the Berlin con-
certs he had practiced for q year
with his own private orchestra. And
there 1t was that he profited greatly
from Nikisch's example.
But Koussevitzky has blazed q
trail of his own. His strong mag
netic personality Immediately estab-
fishes a contact with the orchestra
and with his audience. He is about
fifty years Of age, tall, dark, alive,
possessing elegance and style. He Is
a good DRESSER" Mr.. Abell added.
"And no other professional musi-
clan OF our times has done SO much
to foster promising young musical
talents as Koussevitzky. During the
six years he lived in Berlin I was
intimately associated with him and
to my personal knowledge he was
then supporting and financing a
large Number of young composers
and music students, mostly his own
country people"
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
He TINES MONDAY MUSIC PAGE "A REFLEX OF THE SEASON
Honeymoon RecitaIs
BY Washington
Couple

A musical bride and groom
are now receiving congratulh-
tions in Washington. They are
Mr.. and Mrs. Bronson Howard,
Mrs. Howard being before her
marriage at Tampa, Fla, on
October 81, Anita Gauges, con-
tralto soloist at the Metropol-
itan Presbyterian Church on
Capitol Hill. Mr.. Howard is
tenor soIoist at Trinity Cath
Ole Church, Georgetown, under
the direction Of George Herbert
Wells.
Before leaving Florida, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard gave several
recitals, singing at the Kiwanis
! Club and the Woman's Club Of
Bradenton, Fla, two Of the
leading organizations Of the
city, where they gave both solos
and duets.
They were much praised for
the duet, "Home to Our Noun
tains" from ''Troyatore," the
papers speaking Of Mrs. How
ards "deep voice Of strength,
range and sweetness" and of
Mr.. Towards "fine tenor"
They also took part in several
church services as soloists. Mr..
and Mrs. Howard are now at
home to their friends at 3507
w street northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
MAGIC LANTERN
AS MUSIC
TEACHER
Library Of Congress Given
Slides for pictured Lives
Of Musicians"

A quaint method Of teaching
musical history through old-fash-
toned magic lantern slides has re.
Gently been revived and preserved
for general use.
Carl Engel. chief Of the music
division. Library OF Congress. has
rescued from Oblivion the music
talks to children and accompanying
picture slides. both Of which were
used by Alethea b. and Rebelkah
Crawford in their music classes in
the private school for girls and
boys which they conducted in Brook.
lyn from 1868 to 1911.
Mr.. Engel believed that the must.
cal talks were too valuable to be
lost to current music teaching,
wherefore he interested publisher
in the matter, resulting in the
publication in book form of the
talks and the accompanying pic
lures. The book is entitled Pic
tured Lives Of Great Musicians
and bears the names Of the Misses
Crawford as authors.
During a visit to the home Of
Rebel1ah Crawford. the surviving
sister, Mr.. Engel was shown the
manuscript copies of the tales Of
incidents about Bach. Haydn,
Mozart. Beethoven, Schubert and
Wagner. He also was shown the
collection OF slides that had been
packed away for so many years.
one box to each Of the great COM
posers.
The slides showed views Of the
houses in which the composers were
born. drawings from or photo
graphs Of early portraits. copies Of
famous paintings portraying we'll
known incidents in their lives, here
q copy of an old sketch showing
the baby Mozart standing on tiptoe
to reach the keyboard Of a harpsi.
chord, there Haydn as a young
man gazing out through lattice
upon q MAGNIFICENT OK,
garlanded with flowers, led by a
butcher, who presents the animal
In return for a minuet written by
the composer, which Is still known
rs 1.-THE Ok Minuet." Or, again,
a facsimile of a sheet Of manu-.
script, Haydn's Austrian Hymn.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
MacDo LOWELL MUSIC CLUB
COMMENCES ITS SEASON

The Mcdowell Music Club held
its first recital of the season last
Monday evening in the club rooms
at 1406 H street.
On Saturday evening the club
will give . card party and dance,
the proceeds to go to The Mcdowell
fund for the famous Peterborough
Colony in New Hampshire, the home
OF the late Edward Mcdowell,
which is maintained for creative
artists. The contribution Of the
various Mcdowell groups of must.
clans throughout the country are
important for the sustaining fund
OF the colony and Washington de-
sires to keep her quota up to
standard in the name Of Americas
foremost composer and for the fu-
ture Of native American music.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
NATHANIEL DETT's NEW
WORKS MUCH PRAISED

We have always known Of r. Ma
thaniel Dett as a composer Of ex.
traordinary ability when it came to
the voice zen masse" as Walt Whit.
man would describe it. He GER
tainly knows the meter Of choralia,
writes a Pittsburgh musical editor.
We have long known Of his work
with the spirituaIs, and have con-
gidered him the outstanding negro
composer. He not only has the ire
mendous warmth and imagination Of
his race, but he has q marked mu.
steamship that would make him q
leader anywhere.
From the press Of John Church,
Cincinnati, has come a portfolio Of
his compositions that are we'll worth
consideration; romantic piano
suite, "Enchantment," Of four num-
bers, built on a metaphysical pro-
gram of his own inspiration, and
two songs on verse by Frederick H.
Martens.
In the piano suite he has attained
some magnificent heights.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
Modernists May Know
'Reyealer" OF
Strayinski

Sorry we can't give q repro
duction of a snapshot sent. the
music editor by Wanda Lam
dowska last summer, taken in
her home in Paris. It is Of
Mime. Landowska seated at her
harpsichord, while clustered
around her is a rare gathering
of musicians, including some Of
the most advanced art minds Of
the hour. Nine. Landowska has
reached America for this season
and will play in Washington at
the National Theater in Decent
Der.
In the group is Leopold Sto-
kowski, conductor Of the Phila-
delphia Orchestra, who made
his first bow Of the season in
Washington recently in the
first orchestral concert of the
season.
We need to know these peo-
pie. Nine. Landowska's mother,
who writes delightful letter in
English, gave the ''key" to the
personalities.
Honegger is there-young,
with a mass Of hair, hands in
pocket and a pipe in his mouth.
Honegger, "the most renowned
and powerful of the Six charm
ing and full Of simplicity"
Boris de Schloezer is the
man "who gave the first revela-
ton of Stravinski by his splen-
did critical studies. His erudi-
ton and style are Incompatible"
adds Nine! Landowska. With
Stravinski so prominently on
the Philadelphia Orchestra pro-
gram this information will be
valuable to many.
Georges Auric, another of the
famous GROUP of six" whose
music for the Diaghilef ballet
performances had a brilliant
success; Edouard Schneider,
critic Of painting and music, au-
thor Of the admirable book on
Sra Angelica; Andre Georges,
a gifted young writer, COM
pleted the artists in the gather
ing which included, however,
Mrs. Lewisohn and Miss Lewis
ohm, Of New York.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
MEXICAN MIKES MUSIC
WITH HIGH FINANCE

Mexico's financial representatives
occasionally mix finance with music.
II story going the rounds Of Wall
Street is to be credited.
Recently q New York banker
visited Mexico City to take up with
Mexican governmental officials the
question of refunding Mexico's de.
faulted external bonds. The banke !.
entered into serious discussion
with high official Of the Mexican
treasury.
He was presenting his Views In
convincing fashion when the Mex.
lean official suddenly exclaimed:
THAT is a beautiful aria from La
Tosco!' and jumping UP and run.
ming over to a piano in the room be-
gan to flood the room with the mu-
sic Of the opera.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
'0RIENTNOTHING
SAYSACT0R
Of JAZZ
Little Negro IN New Orleans
lmprovIsed Own Ragtins
Back In 1895

Where and when did Jazz start?
Fred Stone. star Of stepping
Stones traces it back to ragtime
song called "The PasnraIa," written
by a negro actor. Ernest Hogan, IN
the nineties.
II first heard ragtime in New,
Orleans about 1885," continued the
dancing actor. eft was in a cafe
and there was a little negro at thu
piano. He would play one Of thE
standard songs Of the day, such al
Mary and john and then he would
announce: Here's the new music.
the way Us plays IT, and he would
break into ragtime. I'll never for.
get the way that negro chased him
self up and down the keyboard Of
that piano. He was doing, or try.
ing to do. everything that the &C
centric jazz orchestra did three OF
four years ago.
Ben Harvey. a white man who
had a fine negro shouting voice,
probably did more to popularize rag
time than any other person. Har-
ney, who was playing in Louisville,
heard the new music and he grew
so adept at 1t that he came TO New
York and appeared in the Weber
& Field Music Hall. OF course, rag
time may have started here before
Harvey; there were numbers Of
wandering musicians playing in
saloons and cafes in those days; but
credit is due him because he played
in a first-class theater before any
other ragtime exponent.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
HELEN BURKART OPENS
NEW SEYMOUR STUDIO

Miss Helen Burkart has recently
resigned as assistant music super
visor in the public schools OF Wash
ington and will devote her time to
the Washington branch of the Sey.
mour School of Musical Re-educa-
tion, Of which she was appointed
director by Mrs, Harriet A. Sey-
mour in the fall Of 1913.
The Seymour studio, which was
formerly in the Belasco Theater
building, is now located at 1928
I street northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03

GOE arthur W. AQ6A was IUT
twenty-five years the Berlin repre-
sentative Of the Musical Courier,
living in Europe for twenty years
and coming to Washington four
years ago, as the National Capital
Is the home OF his wife, Adeline
Particle Abel. daughter Of the
famous possessor OF the Particle
violin collection which was sold
here recently and which IL ranked
az probably the greatest private
collection in the world with its
four famous "Strads," q Cremona
and other treasures.
II have know Koussevitzly for
more than twenty years." Mr.. Abel
says. HE Is an idealist with very
lofty aims and he visited these
remote towns on the Volga in the
role Of a great musical missionary.
preaching the gospel Of the beauti.
ful to the inhabitants Of all the
larger towns on the banks Of that
majestic river.
Art and Philanthropy.
"a special steamer had been
chartered by Kosevitzky for the
trip which covered $500 miles, or
the entire navigable portion Of tn.
Volga. This was in 1914. There
were no concert halls anywhere
along the route. the theaters being
the only available auditoriums. But
I was astonished at the size and
elegance Of some Of these theaters,
which seated from 1000 to 5000
people and were well appointed In
every respect.
"Koussevitzky did not cater to
the primitive musical understanding
of his Volga audiences. He gave
them Beethoven's Eroica and
Seventh symphonies, his e flat and
g major piano concertos with
Eduard Risler, of Paris, as solist;
LISTS symphonic poem, Mezeppa;
Rachmaninoff's second symphony.
Rimslky- Korsakow's Easter Festival
Overture; Weber's Invitation to the
Dance; Skryabin's second sym.
phony; Chaikowsl1y's fifth and nu.
merous smaller works"
The program not only reveals
Koussevitzky and his gift of fitting
an effective program to meet an
occasion, but it brings these East
ern peoples nearer US through that
intangible universal language
music. Mr.. Abel speaks about
their love for the lofty" and tho
beautiful" and both their enthu.
siasm and their rapt attention.
ut was like watching the face
Of an unspoiled child while listen
ing to beautiful fairy tale" he
writes in an interesting article in
the Bostin Transcript. Never had
a symphony orchestra visited them
before. "At Saratow a deputat,on
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
Dob LAWRENCE
COMMUNITY
MUSIC
Community Music Association
Announces New Plans
for This Season.

The Community Music Associa-
ton, who have for several years
sponsored the delightful Sunday
evening concerts at Central High
School and many other civic af-
fairs in music, have announced
some important changes in their
plans for this season.
One public concert each month.
under the direction Of Robert
Lawrence. win be given In Central
High School Auditorium. beginning
with Tuesday evening, November
Is. These events will feature
folk music ana dances Of the ma.
tions. with other musical attrac-
tons.
The Bob" Lawrence concerts
which were broadcast last season
from Eastern High School will be
given in the future from the
WCAP studio in the Homer Build.
ing. the time TO be announced
later.
Under the associations new
agreement with Director Lawrence,
he will conduct the monthly con-
certs at Central High School and
the radio concerts, but he has
been relieved Of the bulk Of the
executive work.
Mr.. Lawrence win devote most
of his time this winter to the
Lawrence School Of Singing, which
had it's formal opening Saturday
evening in its new quarters, 71S
Thirteenth street northwest, where
the Community Music Association
also has its new headquarters.
The association is still prepared
TO serve all those desiring to pro.
mote community music activittae
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
GRACE DODGE HOTEL
CONCERTS INNOVATION

The Sunday afternoon concerts at
the Grace Dodge Hotel are a de.
cided innovation in Washington and
are proving most delightful. All
music lovers Of the city are invited
to this hour Of music and Washing
tons leading artists are heard In
solos and ensemble work.
Yesterday the recital was given
by Ruby Potter, lyric soprano; Louis
Potter, pianist, and Hermann r.
Hoffman, violinist. These concerts
are under the direction Of w. e.
Braithwaite.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
FACING AUDIENCE AN
IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE

Even after studying technique for
years, the impresarios say, you're
only an amateur, and that you are
not an artist until you have had
that which no master In the world
can teach you. They mean expert
ence in facing audiences from the
stage in actual singing or acting
roles.
1t develops that 1t is stage per.
sonality and poise, together with
stage etiquette and department,
which is vital to aspirants for
grand or light opera. It is the
turning point from the amateur
class to the professional artist
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
A Tribute.

No other tribute can make,
But listen, wrapt in music from your magic touch.
Into your world you take
And make see-in small sight,
The butterflies, birds and sun things Of the day,
The throbbng love song sung nesting babes at night
The joys the passions the light chance moods of the great
masters,
All you fling from your finger tips.
An were it not for such as you
To give to such rare moments Of forgetfulness,
This sordid world in which we live,
Would be but a toling solitude.
Farewell them and with you take such memories as this
human soul laid bare-in gratitude
BETTY PRICE
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
HENRIETTE coQUELET
SINGS FOR WCAP AT 8

Madame Henriette Coquelet, SO.
prano, will be soloist this evening
over WCAP, singing two groups
of three songs each. Madame
Coquelet will be heard before and
after the address by President
Coolidge.
AS an artist through the air. she
has been receiving much praise re-
Gently, when she was heard as solo
list and also in duets with Paul
Bleyden, tenor, with whom she gave
the Garden Scene" from Gounod's
Faust" and the prison Scene
from Verdi's III Trovatore."
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
Up River VOlga With
Abel and Famous
Russ Orchestra
By JESSIE Mcbride.

There is man resident in Washington Who with his wife had the
UNIQUE concert tours the world spending ten weeks along the
River Voga Russia with Serge Koussevzky the
OF the Boston Symphony Orchestra his personal
100 players
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur NJ Abel only
invited by Koussey make these his guests
have been full Of musical
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
LUDLOW PLAYS "STRAD"
AND AMERICAN VIOLIN

Godfrey Ludlow, Australian violin
list who is making his first bow to
American audiences, intends con-
trasting his valuable ''Strad" violin
with an American made instrument
in his recital at Aeolian Hall, New
York. He win play works Of Han
del, Schumann, O'Connor-Morris and
others, first on his famous old In
strupnent and then on a modern one.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03
SA|NAR0F
TALKS ON
CHILD
Noted Pianist Who Plays iere
Thursday Gives Parents
Valuable Advice.

The exploitation or forcing Of
musically talented children doessnot
meet with the approval Of Olga
Samaroff, the famous American
pianist who will play here on
Thursday afternoon at the National
Theater, under the local manage
ment Of the r. Arthur Smith, Inc.
concert bureau.
t'Don't force music on the child"
81 her warning.
II the child naturally gravitates
toward the piano or the violin that
Is a good omen," explains Madame
Samaroff, ''but parents shouldn't
i mistake an omen for an evidence
Of genius.
''In fact there is nothing more
likely to stifle child's love for
music than parental pressure. Too
often I hear of parents boaating
Of forcing their children to work
two or three hours at the piano.
They seem to be proud Of this dis
culinary feat.
Parents wouldn't dream of
claiming seven-year-old child to
the paint box for several hours
daily in the hope Of making a
painter. Why try this system on
& musically talented youngster2
Let the child develop normally.
II he has musical gifts encourage
them by letting him hear the best
OF music and offering him every
opportunity for instruction.
"There are artists now appearing
In public whose playing lacks some
thing-and that something FIRE.
quently is real love for their art.
And in many cases that real love
is lacking because they are forced
growths."
Thursdays Program.
Madame Samaroff's program
Thursday afternoon Is: Schumann,
Sonata, G minor; Mendelssohn,
''Song without Words" 3 major;
Chopin, 'Etudes' F major, "Noc-
turne," d flat, tScherzo," c sharp
minor; Cesar Franck,. Prelude.
Chorale and Fugue; Debussy, S'Clair
de lune";; Faure. 'Impromptu," and
Liapounow's Carlton"
It will be interesting to compare
q moon-poem, such as the "Noc.
turne" Of Chopin, in Madame Sauna.
roff's playing, with the modern
moonlight pastel in Debussy's Clair
de Ia lune," with its indefinite
cadence that vet gives one the
color picture Of nature a. this
Frenchman transcribed 1t into tone.
The Washington times., 1924-11-03

ADVERTIeEMENT
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-11-25

turned over and over. OF course
have guessed what Danny saw--a q
of horses and a wagon. They were
first he ever had seen and you
guess how strange and terrible Il
looked to him, because they were so
an die was so small.
Then he saw Farmer Brown
Farmer Browns boy. He knew TIL
because he had seen them on the Gre
Meadows. But the thing that frig
ened him most was the discovery
what they were doing. Farmer Bro
and Farmer Browns boy were pill
piling those cornshocks on the wag'
When there was great pile on
wagon it moved away and disappear
up toward Farmer Browns house. WI
did it mean? Would they take all
corn? If so what was to become
Nanny and himself?
Danny was worried, very much w
ried. But he didn't tell Nanny wi
he had seen. He would wait. n
haps they wouldn't take all the Co
So he said nothing, but he spent
great deal of his time up where
could see out over the cornfield. Lat
that day he saw another load tax
away and once more his heart sank. B
the next day nothing happened and
next nothing happened. Danny beg
to hope that after all his castle was
safe as he had thought it would be.
Next story: Danny and Nanny Ha
a Gfpauua Rtda
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Witch Grundy and Witch Wiggles,
Lowled howly loud laugh when they
saw what had happened and jumping
from the limb of a tree, they lit right
upon deck and cried.
Now! The nice little magical boat
is ours and we shall sail in it back
homer
This made the Raggedys feel very
sad, because kind Mr.. and Mrs. Gran
ny's magical things were on the boat,
the magic clock which told the fairy
tale every half hour, the magic frying
pan and the other magical things. Then
too the little magical boat had magic
cupboard of its own and from this, any
enc could take ice cream cones, cream
tufts, or anything they wished.
So you may we'll believe. the Rag
cedys as we'll as their kind friends were
sorry to see the Witches turn the little
magic boat around and sail it back
down the path. DO you know what
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Little Stories For Bedtime
NANNY and Nanny Meadow Mouse
had been established-whichm means
,By THORNTON BURGESS,

InANNY and Nanny Meadow Mouse
settled-in their new home II
Farmer Browns cornfield for some
time before any of their hungry enc
mics discovered them. You know they
had made a Meadow Mouse castle out
| of a shock of corn, their house right IN
the heart of it. But they couldn't re-
main undiscovered forever. No one
could. They might have remained un.
discovered longer than they did had
Danny been content to stay right in
that shock where they had made their
home. But he wasn't. He just had
to visit other shocks to see If they were
as good as his own.
It was because of this that Reddy
Fox found out where Danny and Nanny
had moved to. He had missed them
over on the Green Meadows and it had
puzzled him a great deal. For several
DAYS he had hunted them there with
out ever getting a single smell of them,
and this was something he never had
known to happen before. But when very
early one morning on his way through
Farmer Browns cornfield he smelled
Danny's tracks and followed them to
one of the shocks of corn he guessed
right away what Danny and Nanny
had done and he grinned. He would
waste no more time hunting for them in
the Green Meadows.
It took Reddy some time to find out
which shock Danny and Nanny were
living. You see Danny's tracks led to
several shocks. But at last Reddy
found out and after that he and Gran
nv were forever bobbing up ut all hours
of the day and night hoping to surprise
Danny or Nanny. They even tried to
tear their way in to the shock, but
couldn't.
Old Man Coyote also discovered where
Danny had moved to, and every night
he would come around shifting and
shifting about the base of the corn.
shock and saying:
"You fooled me once; you fooled me
twice;
But you will never fool me thrice.
AS sure It is as rain Is wet
I'll get you, Mr.. Smarty, yet"
This worried Nanny a great deal,
but Danny only laughed. Never in all
his life had he felt so safe. No one
could get him in that cornshock and
he didn't need to leave it at all, be-
cause, you know, there was plenty to
eat right there. So Danny rather en-
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"When my little girl was two
months old a rash appeared on her