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Sunshine and
Cloud Centers

DO you live in a Sunshine center
or a CLOUD zone? Did YOU know
that certain parts OF North America
are very definitely mark ed as regious
Of sunshine. while other parts ars
known as areas of cloud?
While most of the wealth and popu
lation centers lie east of the MisSis-
sippi. the couatry's Sunshine center
is situated in the extreme southwc cSf.
near the mouth Of the Colorad,
River. Yuma, Arz. furnishes thu
dot on tho map on which 10 place u
compass and draw the circle inta.
which the sunbeams pour almost
ceaselessly during the daylight hour
Only IS days in the average year car
be called cloudy ones in Yuma and IN
roughly circular area about hun
dred miles from the city in ever,
direction.
Considering the length of the day.
as well As their number. the region
around Yuma and embracing tn.
southwestern third of Arizona gets s.
per cent of all the sunbeanS aimed
at II during tho year. while so pc:
cent of all the sunshine that could b.,
received hits the mark in The south
eastern end of California. practicalI,
the whole of Arizona, southwestern
New Mexico and the little sharp west
81
Paso.
The cloud center" OF tho Cnitod
States is also in the far West It is
located in a little region in western
Washington near the southcrnmost in
dentation of Puget Sound Half tn.
days there are cloudy and an additions,
80 per cent are partially cloudy. About
this center is large area of oniy
slightly less marked cloudinesS.
There are two secondary "cIoud
centers in the East On the south
eastern shore of Lake Ontario and in
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, be
tween Lakes Superior and Michigan
hree-quarters of the days in a year
are either cloudy or partly cloudy
Sunshine and clouds each have u
dollars and cents value. In the sun
shine region the 80 per cent sun
shine" slogan sell that part of th,.
country to thousands of tourists and
health seekers.
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ushered Washington
Nx/ the heels OF Labor musicians and resuming
w their melodou tasks the city churches OF leading
churches presenting the first music OF the e242S
at morning and evening services today.
especially that several least the
There are OF course many instances where good
necessary make change in church quartet haweye once 3 really
indeed to break that combination after only
progress quartet
se @s ay"s 5 of local churches are planning
organizations training study
nouncing taking for the Winter Many
beginning during already have started study along
special lines The Washington College Music has particularly
the IL BY D e Rs {as hs
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until the middle OF month when Emilio de Gogor Spanish
baritone who favore singer with Washington audiences will
singer Russ a1sqy bsso W be 10 the ond
pns M d make G 50 1s appes sIe
including nsra spendhs in
5GDa9 pro- r hear this his
role OF Boris Goudonov
THE advantages musical being
Not SO long assume
So% e e ] @ get | b n rS G % onos eGne work
many nng an @ be s ae en5" o cali 0n themEee aa
HG"E sd T Eva "f % % are aS; Gsss M n:e Hansen s
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M Make m se % af 1 the be Fall & will & be to rsnan in no America intend
States place live permanently"
authir although
Dutch in
have ved %S nearly % Of tGe Ren ot sosms 9 ss PS for
about week Parisbut is
America 10 which always o
runo that the Metropolitan Opera House replaced
by new building have received definite
n hahn chairman OF the board OF directors has stated that
Will his
biz He has been Quoted that he considered building
winch bult 1885 and
ms new" brings to mind the completion OF Washngtons
opera February It planned this
NhrStInas time HELEN FETTER.
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| Pennsylvania. New York, Massachu-
| settS and Rhode Island, Mai Frank
Thorpe, on duty in the training sec
| ton of the office OF the chief Of the
Militia Bureau, declared that the
| training in these camps he visited tc
be not only more advanced, but was
| more smoothly conducted than in pre-
vious years.
After serving faithfully for more
than three years as secretary of the
Infantry Association and editor o.
the Infantry Journal. Lieut.. Col. (now
coloneD William II. Waldron has been
detailed to duty with the Organized
Reserves, and has left Washington
The name of Waldron is connected
with the early history of the Reserve
Corps in Washington. Overtures were
made several years ago 10 have him
detailed with the headquarters of
the Washington units as the execu-
tive officer. However, at that time ii
was found that Col. Waldron was sen
lor to Lieut. Col. J. Robinson, then
acting chief of staff Of the 80th Di-
vision, and as such would have been
the chief of staff of the division.
Lieut.. Col. (then major) John Scott
was selected for the detail instead.
During his tenure of Office Col
Waldron made marked progress in
the affairs of the Infantry, particu
larry in the promotion Of matters
of interest to the Infantry Association
and in the growth Of the Infantry.
Journal. He has been enthusiastic
| in the promotion of the recreation
center at Fort Benning. and is due
much credit for his efforts The
handsome new home OF the Journal
in Washington was constructed dur
ing his tenure of office. and is tho
first privately owned building Of any
Of the service associations.
Maj. Paul ]. Mueller has succeeded
to the dual detail vacated by Col.
Waldron. Maj. Mueller is widely
known as a infantryman and for
some time has been performing yerS
valuable service in the historical sec
ton of the general staff here III
Washington. He graduated from
West Point in 1915 and is a dis
tinguIshed graduate of the Com
mand and General Staff School at
Fort Leavenworth. He was the
editor of the Amoroc News in Co
blenZ, Germany. The News was :;
success from the outset and became
not only the leading daily of the
allied troops. bur also one Of Tho.
strongest and most prominent news
papers in Europe. Maj. Mueller has
taken over the work in connection
with the Doughboy Stadium. former
iy conducted by Col Waldron and in
this capacity will become intimately
In touch with the Infantry School.
Reserve infantry officers have
learned of the assignments of thr
incoming regular infantry officers in
the office of tho chief of Infaptrv.
which arc as follows: Col !. J
Tofey to section !, classification
Col. Frank q. Bolles TO section :
training; Capt. p. W CIarkson t.
section ), training. and Col. F.. q
heilond to section 4, equipment.
Other officers who have been ordered
to Washington for duty in the of1Ic.
of the chief OF Infantry arc: Mat
Paul W. Blade 10 section ], person.
ncl; Lieut.. COL. William l. Persons q
section 3, training, and Capt. l.. y
Allen to Section 5. war plans.
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Butterfly Here Next Month
MRS. wILSoN-GREENE just has

MRS. wILsoN-GREENE just has
4'1been informed that the Puppet
Opera Teatro del Piccoli of Rome
Italy, has postponed its first Ameri-
can tour until the season of 1925
1926. This unique attraction was to
open the popular Wilson-Greene con
cert series.
1t has been necessary TO supply -.
it's place an ensemble regardless OF
expense. Mrs. Greene has succeeded
in securing Tamaki Miura, the world
famous Japanese prima donna in the
opera Madam Butterfly" A com
plete performance with orchestra.
principals and chorus with Miura in
her most noted role. will be given.
The date has necessarily been
changed from November Z, to Fri
day, October II, and while the sea-
son tickets will rernain the same
price, 1t will be necessary TO in.
crease the single price of seats f,,-
this operate performance.
Other attractions in this course
will be Elvira De Hidalgo. Ruth ST.
Denis, The DeReszke Singers will.
Salvi. the harpist, in joint recital
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison and Eff
rem Zimbalist.
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American Composers
ROSALIE HOUSMAN
p oSALIE HOUsMAN. American

PosALIE HoUsMAN. American
woman composer, living in San
Francisco. Calf, her home town, was
honored just yesterday by the pres
entation of the premiere for IA
Temple Service" her most recently
published work. Later the compost
tion will be played at the Free Syna-
gogue in New York City.
Miss Housman received her early
training in musical composition un-
der the supervision of the late Oscar
Well in her native city. Later she
continued musical study in New York
under the direction OF Walter Henry
Rothwell and Ernest Bloch. Shs
also studied with Arthur Foote when
that famous composer was a guest
instructor at the University of Cali
fornia.
Miss Housfnan is distinctly In favor
OF the modern American school OF
music although not employing some
of the more striking methods OF the
ultra-modernists. She does not ad-
here too closely to the conventional
in songwriting. She has done 10
been played by l.. Robert Schmitz.
Ashley Pettis and others in Ameri-
can concerts. In the SalZburg festi-
val program of August 10. 1928
Pagan Prelude" of Miss Housman's
was played by Schmitz and olga
Samaroff. Several piano "Silhou-
cites" by this composer have been
played by Percy Granger.
Compositions for violin and colo
also have been written by Miss
Housman. A quartet was done this
year by Ethel Grow and the New
York String Quartet and several
trios have been done a capelIa by
the Washington Heights Club OF New
York during the past season. AT
present Miss Housman is completing
small score for chamber orchestra
with vocal solo, trio for violin,
cello and piano.
Songs that Miss Housman has writ
ten which have found special favor
with noted concert singers and ap-
peared on their programs are: Taps
and Tara Bfndu," sung by Louis
Gravure; THE Look" sung by Flor
ence Easton, May Peterson and Flor
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All contributions for The
Star music page must be in
The Star Office not later than
Thursday at 9 am.
Carmen" In St. Louis.

"CARMEN' was sung under the
~ stars in the great municipal the
ater, Forest Park. St. Louis, two weeks
ago tonight before an audience Of 1000.
Frances Peralta, as Bixet's cigarette
girl achieved marked success. Her
big voice filled the open-air theater
and her dramatic intensity focused
the interest of the audience upon
Carmencita across the distances Of a
120-foot stage
Don Jose was sung by Manuel Sala-
Ear, Mario Valle was a dashing Esca-
milo. James Wolf sang Zuniga, Elda
Vettori. q st. Louis prima donna,
added to her newly won laurels by
the vocal beauty and dramatic inten-
sity of her Micaela; Elizabeth Kerr
and Gladys Swarthout Of the Chicago
Opera sang Frasquita and Mercedes,
respectively; Natalie Cervi sang Dam
cairo and francesca Curci sang
Remendado and Morales with fine
effect.
Ernest Knoch comes direct to St.
Louis from the Stats Opera, Berlin,
where he had been conducting, to d.
rected tho performance. His orches-
ira of IS was composed largely
Of St Louis Symphony Orchestra
members. A spectacular volun-
teer ballet of SO was directed by
Giuseppe Bonfglio. premier danseur
and Florence Rudolph Of the Metro
politan.
Financial as we'll as artistic success
seems to be forecast by this first re-
turn of the Municipal Theater to
grand operas, for which 1t was founded,
after seven Summer seasons Of
operetta and light opera. Guy Col
terman, who brought the theater into
being with aida" in 1917. and gen.
erai director Of the present "Catmen"
performances, has indicated that
the success Of Carmen" was but a
beginning in the Americanization of
grand opera.
A second cast with Maria Louisa
Escobar as Carmen" Ulysses Lappas
as Don Jose. MAJ Panteleieff as Esca-
milo and Lodovico Oliviero as Remen-
dado, sang the opera later in the
week. Isaac Van Grove. assistant to
Giorgio Polacco. musical director Of
the Chicago Civic Opera, was conduc-
tor
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present the third; Reinald werren-
rath the fourth. and the Symphony
Players the fifth. Much interest
seems to have been aroused by the
course.
Elena de Sayn, violinist, of this
city. at present in Asheville. has
hlked through the Blue Ridge Noun
tains with Mrs. Sawtelle, we'll known
painter of New York. Armed with
STATS, fitted out with knapsacks, they
made SO miles in Ave days. Rainy
weather preventing their hiking fur
ther the party returned to Asheville
by automobile.
A feature of the hike was a visit
with the Cherokee Indians on their
reservation. An Indian minister will
Iingly acceded to a request to sing
a hymn in his native tongue and read
a chapter from the Bible. Miss de
Sayn states that the sound of the
words bear remarkable resemblance
to sounds in some Slavic and Cau-
casian languages of Asiatic extrac-
ton.
Washington friends Of Lorraine
Foster, soprano, have received Italian
newspapers reviewing her debut in
grand opera at the Beliini Theater
in Naples. MISS rosters singing or
the pirmadonna role in Lucia di
Lammermoor." according to the Cor
riere di Napoli, showed "the beau
tiful quality Of her voice and her
exceptional gifts as a correct singer
In all the most important arias she
was warmly applauded and had to
repeat the aria in the first act and
the rondo in the third act" Before
going to Italy a year ago to study
voice, Miss Foster studied in New
York, and during a residence in Pan
anna won a scholarship at the Pan
anna National Conservatory Of Music.
Havrah Hubbard, who entertained
Washington audiences last season
with operalogues. has announced he
will begin his fourth consecutive sea-
SON for four appearances each with
the National Opera Club, the Brook
lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and
Columbia University shortly. Colum-
bia University is said to break a
precedent in this re-engagement, as
1t has made a practice of never hav.
ing the same artist for two consecu-
tive seasons.
r. Deane Shure, director Of music
at the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, has return
ed from his vacation spent in New
York and Pennsylvania, and will re-
sumo supervision OF tho music at the
church today. Mrs. Frank A. Frost.
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John Charles Thomas IL
Second Star Series.
ToHN CHARLES THOMAS baritone

ToHN CHARLES THOMAS, baritone,
will be one OF the artists in the
second series Of Star concerts to be
presented the coming season by tho
T. Arthur Smith, Inc, Concert Bureau,
This will make Mr.. Thomas fourth
Washington concert appearance un-
der the same management
Other attractions in this series will
be Pablo Casals, cellist; Ogla Sama-
rolf. pianist; the New York Philhar-
monic Orchestra, with Willem Men
gelberg, conductor, and Mozart's
comic opera, THE Impresario," in Eng
lish.
The first series of Star concerts,
now in it's tenth season. will include
the following famous artists: Anna
Case, soprano: Alfred Cortot, pianist:
Paul Kochanski. violinist; Emilio De
Gogorza, baritone: Renee Chemet.
violinist; Mabel Garrison, soprano;
Hans Kinder, cellist, and Wanda
Landowska. pianist-harpsichord
All Of the concerts will be given at
the National Theater at 4:30 o'clock on
Thursday afternoons, with the excep-
ton of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, which plays on Tuesday
afternoon.
Information regarding dates and
terms can be secured from the +.
Arthur Smith, Inc, Concert Bureau, at
1906 G street.
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M u sig ra p h s.

noROTHY DE MCTII WATSON.
- Washington correspondent for
Musical America and prominent in
local musical organizations, has just
returned to the city after q motor
trip of several weeks through New
England and down the Atlantic Coast.
During the trip Mr. and Mrs. Watson
visited friends in Newport and Bos-
Ton and spent a short time with Mrs
II. II. a. Beach, leading American
woman composer. at her home in
HillsborO, y. II. Mrs. Beach acc6m-
panied them to Peterboro. where Mrs
Edward MacDoWell entertained the
party at the famous summer music
colony and an impromptu concert was
given by well known musicians pres
cnt.
II Leroy Lewis. Washington bari
tone. returned to the city the latter
part of the week from New York,
where he has been studying with
Adelaide Gescheidt. MI Lewis will
open his studio for the season to-
morrow morning.
Katharine McNeal, pianist of Wash
ing ton and New York. is in New York
at present, after spending the Sum-
mer at Marblehead. Mass. She ex-
poets to return to Washington about
the middle of this week and will
probably divide her time this season
between her studio in this city and
in New York.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson has Just
Evening star., 1924-09-07

THAMAR KATsSAVINA, a student of
the famous school of Russian
dancers, which has trained such
artists as Pavlowa. Nijinsky, Mord-
kin and Fokine, will make her first
visit TO America during the coming
season karsavipa was the premiere
danseuse originally engaged for the
first American tour of the Diagilen
ballet with Nijinsky as her principal
dancing partner. Since then she has
often considered coming to America,
but all offers have been refused. 1t
is now definitely decided that she will
make her American debut in New
York City about the first Of Novem
Der. 1924.
Earsavina began her career as a
coryphee in the ballet OF the Russian
Imperial Opera Company in ST.
Pet, rsburg in 1902. Her first teacher
was Teliakovsky, at that time direc-
tor OF the ballet school OF the Crown
theaters. In 1903 she went to Italy
to study the Italian school of dane
Evening star., 1924-09-07

ence Macbeth; The Rim of the
Moon" Greta Mason: "I'idals," sung
by Reinald Warrenrath; THE cry OF
the Orient" sung by Mabel Beddoe
'"The Forest of Dreams" sung by
Hulda Lashanska and tomorrow,
sung by Florence Macbeth.
Miss Housman also has written a
series of songs for children entitled
Songs of the Little Days"
This talented composer is almost
equally well known as a lecturer on
musical subjects. She possesses a
charming personality and manner of
speaking. Among her most popular
subjects for the lecture platform are:
American Music" development OF
the Modern Orchestra" "Deveiop-
ment of the Modern Piano "trve
Musical Profiles." New Wine in Old
Bottles" development of the OPP
era" The Russian Influence '"rhe
Folk Song and Its Place In Modern
Music" ''Nationalism in Music" THE
Parallel Between Modern Poetry and
Modern Music"
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Karsavina COMING to
America
America

ing with Signora Beretta, but became
Ill and did not make her debut until
the following season. She was ono
OF the first Russian dancers TO set
the fashion of dancing abroad and in
1908 made her first appearance in
Prague in a series of nursery rhymes
and fairy tales. including The Sleep
ing Beauty" tho Frog Princess" and
the Goblin ASS" She soon became
favorite. Then followed engage
ments in Vienna and Budapest
In 1909 karsavina made IL sensa-
tjonal debut in Paris at the invita-
ton of Serge Diaghilef at the
Theatcr du Chatelct with Nijinsky.
This performance has been called a
triumph of classical dancing. The
applause was SO great that the or
cheStra was compelled to stop play
ing. Her success in London followed
in 1914. just before the war broke
out, under the direction of Sir
Thomas Beecham. 1T is possible
Karsavina will give program in Wash
ington.
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Dates for Concert Series

followed by the Boston Symphony Or
chestra of 106 men with their new
Russian conductor Sergi Koussevit-
zky. Other concerts in this course
will be Fritz krciS1cr, yiolinist, and
Geraldine Farrar. who will appear In
a special version OF tho opera Car
men," with company of ten princi-
pals to assist the star, and with COM
plete orchestra and ballet divertisse-
merts. Tho scenery will be made
from designs by the singer herself.
The company on tour will have its
special railroad equipment, includ ing
Miss Farrar's private car.
While the season subscribers will
be able to secure tickets for Nine
Farrar's operate performance at the
same price, it will be necessary for
the single tickets to be sold at regu-
lar grand opera prices.
Tickets arc on sale for ali the
courses at Mrs. Wilson -Greenes Con-
cert Bureau, Thirteenth and G streets.
Evening star., 1924-09-07

THE artists course, under the man
l. agament Of Mrs. Wilson-Greene,
will open with Chaliapin, famous
basso. On November II Pavlowa and
her Ballet Russo, with full symphony
orchestra, will give a farewell pcr-
formancc, as Pavlowa will retire
from the stage after this season and
will teach in London. December IL
will bring John Mccormack, the popu-
lar tenor. to Washington, and Janu-
ary 10 will introduce Toti Dal Monte.
coloratura soprano. rated as one Of
the greatest coloratura OF the day.
This course Is listed to close with
Onegin, contralto.
The Philharmonic course will in
troduce in recital Dusolina Giannini.
mezZo- soprano, whose recent success
in London has placed her in the first
rank of singers. Rachmaninoff will
be heard the only time in Washing
ton the coming season, January Il.
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Navy Band Concerts.

THE United States Navy Band, un-
der the leadership of Charles
Benter, is scheduled to give public
concerts for the coming week as fol-
lows: Tomorrow at the Capitol, be-
ginning at PM; Tuesday, at Frank
lin Square, 14th and K streets north
west, beginning at 1880 pm; Wednes-
day. at the band station at the Navy
Yard. beginning at 7:30 pm.
For programs, please see the daily
papera
Evening star., 1924-09-07
Lightest of Liquids.

MANY experiments here and abroad
A'A have shown that liquid hydro
gen is by far the lightest of a.!
known liquids. Its density is one
fourteenth that of water and, curl
ously enough, this happens to be thc
same ratio of density that hydrogeH
in the gaseous state bears TO air
For long the lightest liquid known
was liquefied marsh gas. which pos
sesses about two-fifths of the DENSITY
of air.