Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-14

or women ever hSlQ anywhere
in the world is to take place
in Washington, d G, early in
May, 1928, when from the 4th
to the l4th of that month the National
Council of Women of the United States
will entertain the sixth quinquennial
meeting of the International Council
of Women. which will hold its SEES
sions in the new Washington Audi
torium in this city.
Although the International Conn
Gil was formed IN Washington in
1888 by a group OF American women,
with the particular object of proniot-
ing unity and mutual understanding
between all associations of women
warking for the common welfare, of
humanity" the quinGuennials have
never before been held in this cuun-
try. previous sessions having assem-
BLEED at Christiania, Rome, Lon Ion,
Geneva and Berlin. Consequently the
women of the United States affiliated
with the National Council of Wo naen
of this country are aglow with en-
thusiaam to make this the most
brilliant and important convention
ever held by this great body, W hose
president is the Marchioness Of A.ber-
deem and Temair-
When the gavel of the pres hfng
officer falls on May 4 1t Will be lit
the delegates represent 36,o0o,000
women from AZ countries.
The National Council of Women of
the United States, the oldest member
Of the International Council, is itself
an afiiliation of 80 important national
organizations of women of this
country, whose combined membership
makes a total of between ten and
eleven million. At the head Of this
powerful body stands Mrs. Philip
North Moore Of st. Louis. Mo-, who
for 10 years has filled with distinction
the office of president.
Through 8 of these 10 years there
has served under Mrs. Moore her
friend and co-worker. Mrs. David
Allen Campbell of New York. who
since 1915 has been chairman of the
music department of the council.
To Mrs. Campbell is now intrusted
the greatest honor and responsible
ity of her career. that OF arranging
the program for the evening Of May
s. which Is to be known as American
music evening. This is to be a nota-
BILE occasion. for the, program Is to
reveal the soul OF America and trace
from the early days of the Indians to
the works of leading American COM
posers OF the present day.
Among the features on the program
will be the haunting native songs
Of the Kentucky and Tennessee
mountain regions. the negro spirit
uals and the ballads of 1850. Mrs.
Campbell. who is working and has
worked for years to bring about
more just appreciation of American
art and artists, Is confident that
those who are privileged to listen
to this great concert will be glad
from that hour to accord America
place in the sun" in the world of
music, II they have not already
done so.
NO greater error was ever promul-
gated than thu, statement sometimes
seen that artistic temperament is not
to be found in America" said Mrs
Campbell recently. in the course of
an interview. There is plenty of
creative artistic ability In America.
In fact, the art-urge Is one of Amer
ica's most deeply implanted charac-
teristics. I have found people in
terested In artistic things and able
to produce art in every part of this
land of ours, and I have lived in
some of the most isolated places at
times during my life"
MRS. CAMPBELL, who for several
1V1 years has made her home in New
York, Is we'll remembered in Wash
fnston as the originator of the Ma
tional Song day. which was arranged
by her under the auspices of the
National Council of Women to
forward the community singing
movement The day set was Decem-
Der 8, 1917, at 4 o'clock, Washington
time. AT the appointed hour Mrs.
David Allen Campbell, standing on
the platform OF the Central High
School auditorium. before an I'M
mense audience Of Government Of
ficials, local and out-of-town singers
and the general public, officially
opened the song carnival and set
the Nation singing"
Mrs. Campbenis thoroughly famiI-
lar with the developments in Ameri-
can music, having been herself a
concert singer under the name of
Nine. Viola Campbell; teaher of
voice and piano. and q preacher
of the gospel of music In all parts
Of the United States.
She is honorary vice president of