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THE Juilliard Musical Foundation

THE Juilliard Musical Foundation
will award a few additional fell
lowships to American music students.
The fellowships will be awarded by
competitive examinations and will
be IN the departments of singing.
violin and violoncello.
Examinations will be held in New
York City December 10 to 90, 1924.
The appointments will be for the re-
manner of the school year.
To be admitted to examinations.
students must be over 16 and UNDER
80 years of age; they must present.
credits in general education equiva-a
lent to four-year high school
course, and they must demonstrate
exceptional training and capacity in.
the chosen division of music study. :
Students residing at a distance
from New York may have their
travelling expenses paid If they are
awarded a fellowship.
Applicants for admission to exami
nations must be made on forms
which will be furnished on request.
made to the Juillard Musical Founds
tion, 40 East Fifty-second street, New
York City.
Students awarded fellowships will
have the opportunity to study under
distinguished teachers employed by
the foundati No students will be
sent abroad OF to teachers other than
those employed for the Juillard
studios.
Requests for blanks must reach the
office of the foundation by December.
10 1924
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Elena Gerhardt, December

ELENA GERHARDT will appear at
IL Polls Theater Monday afternoon,
December 1, at 4:30.
Gerhardt Is noted for her ability as
a lieder singer. She will appear as
the third artist in the artists course
to replace Segrid Onegin, who can
celed her entire musical tour and is
remaining in Europe for this year.
The art of lieder singing is among
the most exacting Of arts. The in
crea sing vogue of the German lied
since the war has been amply illus
trated in the last two or three sea-
sons. English as well as American
audiences have fiocked to concerts.
devoted entirely to German lieder. A
few months ago Elena Gerhardt sang
four times in succession in Queens
Hall in London and on each occasion
the hall was packed.
All subscribers holding season tickS
cts to the artists course are asked
to please use the Onegin tickets.
dated February 3, as they will be ac-
cepted for the Gerhardt concert De-
cember l without any change.
Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson.
Greene's concert bureau, Thirteenth
and G streets.
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Horace Alwyne Recital-To-
morrow.

Horace Alwyne, English musician
and director of music at Bryn Mawr
College, will give the first of a series
of four illustrated musical talks on
the programs OF the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra here this season
tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at
the Federation of Womens' Clubs
headquarters, 1884 n street north
west under the auspices of the Byrn
Mawr Club of Washington. The pro-
ceeds from these recitals will be used
for the Bryn Mawr scholarship fund,
which Is at present sending two local
girls to college there.
Mr.. Alwynes program tomorrow
will be identical with that of the SYM
phonys concert Tuesday, given under
the concert announcement. Leopold
Stokowski, conductor of the Philadel-
phia Orchestra. has stated concerning
Mr.. Alwyne's recitals:
IT am very happy to learn that MIR.
Alwyne has b0en secured to lecture
on orchestral music in Washington.
IT Is a very happy choice, as he Is
man Of great musical knowledge, and
is SO we'll equipped in every way to
rive these lectures"
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Two New Operettas.

THOSE Washingtonians who heard
the German opera in Baltimore
last Winter, and all lovers of good
music and fine singing, will be inter-
ested in the announcement by a
Baltimore committee that two new
operettas will be given in that city
Thursday and Friday. Both operettas,
by composers Of two recent very sue
cessful operas, will be given at the
Lyric by the Vienna Opera Company.
''The Girl from the Black Forest
one Of the operettas, is by Leon Jes-
sci, who composed "The March of the
Wooden Soldiers" the other Is by
Emmerich Kalman, who wrote "Sari."
1t is entitled The Riviera Girl" and
Is said to be even better than "Sari."
The operetta by Jessel made a run
both of the opersttas have played
to crowded houses in New York City
The leading parts are. taken by
famous artists, among them being Viola
Graham, daughter of Capt. s. v.
Graham, U. s. NJ, who sang 'Mitzi" in
Blossom Time; Maria Schneider
Plaut, considered one of the best dra-
matte sopranos of central Europe; Thea
Stolzenberg, who comes from the Met
ropole Theater, Berlin.
The costumes are especially made
by THE Theaterkunst," Berlin.
William Luebbers, 500 st. Paul
street, is the chairman of the Balti-
more committee.
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MUSIGRAPHS

Eva Whitford Lovette will hold the
second musical tea Of the series to
be given this season by herself and
DR.. Lovette this afternoon at 4o'clock
at their studios, 1901 Connecticut
avenue. %
Alma Duke Wright, Beatrice Koch
ard Gladys Hillyer. pianists, will be
presented by DR.. Lovette. Mrs. Low
cite will sing, by special request
Ruby Potter, soprano; Louis Potter,
pianist, and Herman Hoffman, violin
list, were enthusiastically received at
Lexington Va, where they were
heard in joint recital at the High
School Auditorium recently.
The program given included: vio-
lin and piano, Sonata in G Minor"
(Grieg): voice, Care Seive" (Han-
deD, "WiIl o. the Wisp" tSpross) and
"One Fine Day. (PuccIni); piano,
"Etude in d Flat" and "Gnomenrei-
gen" Hiszt), prelude in G Minor"
Rachmaninoff) voice and violin, 20
Cease Thy Singing" (Rachmaninoff) !;
violin. Melody" tPaderewskD. Pale
Moon" Hogan Kreisler) and Tam
bourin Chinois" (Kreisler,; piano.
"Fantasie in F Minor" Chopin {:
voice. MY Loves But a Lassie"
(Hopekirk), "Slumber Song" (Mac-
Fadyen), Crows Egg" (Wells) and
Birthday" (Woodman); piano, In
Autumn" and Spanish Caprice"
tMoszkowskD voice and violin, Blue
Flower" (Ridge) and Spring" (WeiD.
While out Of town Nr. Potter gave
an organ recital in Charleston, w.
Va, at the Masonic Auditorium, No
vember II.
Alice Eversman resumed her teach
ing at the Belasco Theater Monday
after having spent the week end in
New York City. Miss Eversman is
prepa ring program of compositions
not heretofore heard in America,
future.
|, Esther Barr, Edith Jones and Caro-
| lyn Giles assisted Nine. Bimont at a
benefit concert for French war or
phans Friday at the Washington
Club. Miss Barr sang Isl Mes Vers
Avaient des Allies" (Hahn) and
"Ouvre Tes Yeux Bleus" (Massenet.
Mrs. Jones sang "Elegie" (Massenet)
and "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" (Gounod).
Miss Giles sang "Quelle Souffrance"
denormand) and La Femme du
| Soldat" (Rachmaninoff). Jewels
Downs was at the piano.
Marion May-Lawson, pianist: Myra
Thomas, contralto, were the soloists
| at delightful musical Wedn esday
| evening at the studio of Emma Cray
S. Elizabeth Kerr was the soIoist
| for the Princeton Y. W. C. A. Club
| Monday afternoon at the residence
| of Mrs. Rudolph Schneider. The fol-
| lowing request program was given:
slave Song" "Ah, Let Me Dream m,"
! wind Song" THE Elegie" and my
| Ain Folk"
| Mrs. Schneider was the accom-
panist.
Mrs. Kerr is contralto soloist at
st. Paurs Church, Rock Creek parish.
Miss r. B. Chopin Keith is recover
! ing from the illness which has inca
pacitated her for six weeks. She
will cancel all appointments for the
season except her piano classes.
Colin Clarke White, baritone, has
| issued cards announcing the opening
| of his tenth season in Washington as
/ teacher of singing. His studio is
1S41 New Hampshire avenue north
! west.
Reynaldo Hahn, French composer,
! will come to New York in January
| as the guest of Hassard Short, who
will make the American production
Of M. Hahn's light opera, "Ciboulette."
Florence Howard, soprano; Fred
East, bass; William Raymond, tenor,
| and Arthur Pierce, dialect singer,
with George Wilson, accompanist.
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about four years H. Clough.Leighter.
ago, when she moved to Boston to
be with her son.
Mr.. Clough-Leighter was born in
This city and lived here until he was
grown. His mother, an English
woman of great charm and a tall
ented pianist, was her sons first mu-
sic teacher. His other music masters
here were DR.. Edward kimball, DR..
George Walter, Henry Xander and
DR.. j. Humphrey Anger.
When nine years old Mr.. CIough-
I.elghter was solo chorister at St.
Johns Episcopal Church, at 13 he
Angels. at 1s he was organist and
choirmaster of Epiphany Chapel, and
later of Epiphany Parish and of the
Synagogue. Then he went to New
England, where he was organist and
choirmaster in Providence, r. l.:
music supervisor in Westerly, and
then in 1900 he became instructor
of musical theory at the Howe School
of Music in Boston, and the following
staff of one of the largest music
publishing companies in the country.
About 1910 Mr.. Clough-Leighter be-
came music editor for another music
company, still remaining organist of
nne of the aristocratic churches near
Boston.
Mr.. Clough- -Leighters published
compositions include more than 100
songs and a like number of choral
works; FIVE choral works of larger
form, with organ and orchestra: Vic
torian ode, op. 81. for full chorus of
mixed voices. with piano and orches-
ira; frontier ballad. "Lasca," op. ~,
with solo tenor and orchestra; lyric
suite, "The Day of Beauty op. -,
for solo voice, piano and string quar-
tet, and symphonic ode, 1.-The Christ
of the Andes" op. 81, for chorus and
orchestra. Among the most popular
of Mr. Clough-Leighter's songs are =
Drink the Fragrance of the Rose,
Ny Lover, He Comes on the Skee,'
and MY Lady Chloe"
r. Deane Shure presented an in
formal talk and piano recital before
an enthusiastic audience at the club
rooms Of the League of American
Psuwcmens Monday evening" Mr.
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Club and School Notes

Shure's topic was Musical Compo-
sition." He discussed modern chords,
their beauty, color and use in recent
publications of eminent composers.
He also used some of his own works
to exemplify his points and gave
valuable hints on selling to publish
ing firms to young composers pres
cnt Mr. Shure played his two most
recent and striking piano suites,
Lyric Washington" and Meadow
Madrigals."
This was the first of a series of
lecture recitals to be given the third
Monday evening of each month dur
ing the Winter. December %, Mrs.
Frank Howard, assisted by Mrs.
folk songs with piano and song IL
lustration.
Elizabeth S. Maxwell. singer: Jean
Phillips, pianist and accompanist, and
Merchant Maloney, comedian, pre-
sented an interesting program for
the members of the Canadian Society
at The Playhouse Thursday evening.
Miss Maxwell sang THE Lass with
the Delicate Air" Gounod's "Sing,
Smile, Slumber"; Miss Phillips ac-
companied her and also played Mac
DowelPs Concert Etude," and
medley of Canadian airs. DR.. j.
Stanley Durkee, head of the organiza-
ton. presided.
The Columbia Historical Society
had as the subject of it's meeting
Tuesday night at the Cosmos Club
'.The History of Sacred Music in the
District of Columbia" presented by
Frapk J. Metcalf
The Rubenstein Club has made
final plans for the first concert to be
given December Q, at $3.50 o'clock
pm, in the ballroom of the New
Willard Hotel, introducing the John
SON. -Baseler Harp Ensemble of Phila-
deIphia, Pa. Mr.. Robson, club di-
rector announces an unusual program.
Edith Graham Schilling will sing the
soprano solo Of Schubert's Ave
Maria" the closing number of the
evening. with the Rubinstein Club and
the harp ensemble.
Mrs. E. M. White. chairman of the
voice committee of the Rubinstein
Club. will hold a voice trial for sing
ers wishing to join the club on Tues
day, November 25, at her home, 1915
Thirteenth street northwest, at 8
o'clock.
The Rubinstein Club announces the
annual prize competition with Mrs.
Harvey Rabbit, chairman. This con-
test is offered to the American COM.
poser sending in the best composition
written for wemen's chorus. Musi-
clans Of national prominence will be
selected to serve rs judges.
Hillcrest, the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Acorn. was filled Saturday
evening with guests from Washing
ton and the surrounding community
to listen to an entertainment under
the direction of William J. Oates.
The following program was given:
Orchestra selections emil Asher),
America Forever, Malta" Our
Victorious Flag" Loves Dream"
Victory -oysrturss@ .0us ,Aytatorst. 7.
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gave a program recently at Hardin g
Hall, Government Printing ONCE. for
the annual convention of the fourth
district, United Typothetae Of Amer
lea.
Mrs. Howard also gave a program
Of wedding music at the recent mar
riage OF Miss Katherine Noack at the
Pinckney Memorial Episcopal Church,
Hyattsville, Md.
Viola Graham. daughter of Capt. s.
v. Graham, United States Navy, will
sing a leading part with the Vienna
Opera Company, in Baltimore. Thurs
day and Friday. Miss Graham will
make her bow to a Baltimore audi
ence as Malvine, in "Schwarzwald-
maedel" C'The Girl From the Black
forestry, which will be sung Thanks
giving night. The opera for the sec
ond night, November %, Is "'Die Car
dasfuerstin" t"The Riviera Girp).
Both will be sung in German.
Miss Graham studied at the Mu-
steal College in San Francisco and at
She sang "Mitzi," in Blossom Time"
Her voice is Of lyric soprano quality.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson left
Washington Saturday, November Is,
to give recitals in Dalesville and
Marion, Va, and two in johnson
City, Tenn. Mrs. Lawson returned
yesterday.
Mrs. Cornelia Dix has issued cards
announcing the marriage of her
daughter. Leila Evans, to Otto Torney
Simon, we'll known in local music
circles, at Hackensack, n. j., Novem-
ber 1. Mr.. and Mrs. Simon will be
a ut oil
southwest to musical and other
friends after January 1.
Celia Fioravanti mezzo soprano,
assisted by MARCEL Greenhalgh at
the piano, gave a program of songs
before the Tekakwitha Club at the
Playhouse recently.
Julia. Culbreth Gray left Washing
ton Wednesday evening for recitals
in Durham, N. c., on Friday evening
and High Point tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Gray will present her program
again in Roanoke, Va, December 5.
Mildred Kolb schulze has issued
cards for "an hour of music" at the
studio of lie Roy Lewis this after
the composer of several unusually
original and well written songs,
which will be sung by Mr.. Lewis.
Jules Kicker. lyric tenor; was
soloist at the Washington Club Thurs
day evening for the Maryland Society.
Mr.. Kicker was accompanied on the
piano by Mrs. Georges Chemlet-
johnson OF Brussels. who has recently
come to Washington with her hus-
band, noted European violinist, to
make her home here. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chemlet-Jo ohnson were unusually sue
cessful in a series of concerts given
in London last season. when they
played a group of sonatas for violin
and piano by noted composers.
Helen Gerrer. violinist, and Kath-
crime Riggs, harpist. add greatly to
the charm of the atmosphere of old
France and Austria in the time of
Napoleon's son in the performance
OF Rostand's "L'Aiglon" at the Rams
Head Plahouse this week with their
presentation of music of that period.
Both young musicians show skill in
their Interpretation of the selections
chosen.
Miss Dick Root will present Mrs.
ROBERT LeFevre and Miss Ramona
Newman in recital in the new Studio
or Allied Arts, 1712h / street north
west. this afternoon at 4:30 O'Clock.
A reception is being given there
Jointly by Miss Root and Mrs Ruth
Sutphen. The singers will be assist
ed In their program by a trio com
posed OF Miriam Larking. cellist
Miss r. Greenburg, violinist. and
kathrln Crolier, pianist.
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u. S. Navy Band-Friday.

Friday night at Sis, at the United
States Marine Corps Institute Hall,
Eighth and I streets northeast the
United States Navy Band Orchestra,
Charles Benter, director, will give the
following program: Grand march.
Slave" (Tschaikowsky); overture,
THE Merry Wives of Windsor"
(NicolaD: suite, Blue Violets"
(Eilenberg), La Lisonjera" (Chami-
nade): grand fantasie. "Chopiniana"
(Hosmer); ballet. SILVIA" Delibes);
rhapsody, Southern" (Hosmer): valse
de concert, Wedding of the Winds"
(Hal); comic intermezzo, 'Rubenes-
que" (Slater); excerpts from "The
Fortune Teller" (Herbert; finale,
star Spangled Banner
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Dusolina Ciannini.

nUSOLINA GIANNINI, popular.
IL mezzo-soprano, who will open the
philharmonic course Tuesday, De
cember 2. at 4:30. has impressed her
personality and splendid art upon the
musical consciousness of the Ameri
can continent and in a series of more
than 40 appearances within her first
season has demonstrated that she is
recitalist of high rank.
Seats are on sale at Mrs. Wilson
Greene's concert bureau, Thirteenthl
and G streets northwest.
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ward). "Te Deum in c" (Marks).
"Benedictus" (Turle); serrhon hymn,
Blessed City, Heavily Salem" (can-
tica sacra); anthem. Turn Thy Face
From My Sins" tSullivan): reces-
sional, 20 God, Our Help in Ages
Past (Crof). Evening prayer, 7:30
p.m.-Junior choir: Professional,
Lights Abode. Celestial Salem"
(SmarD: "Magnificat" ((Smart), "Nunc
Dimittis' (Barnby); sermon hymn,
Blessed City, Heavily Salem" (can-
itca sacra); anthem, Lord, We Pray
Thee" (Roberts). incidental soIoist,
Margaret r. Day: vesper hymn, Sun
of Ny Soul (Vienna): recessionaI,
THE Radiant Morn Hath Passed
Away" (Ouseley).
The program OF music at the Ninth
Street Christian Church today will
include: Morning service-Choir an
them. 20 Be Joyful in the Lord"
tHolden). Evening service - Choir
anthem, Savior. When Night In
wolves the Skies (Shelley). with in
cidental solo by E. p. Williams.
The music for today's services at
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, under the
direction of r. Deane Shure, will be
as follows: Morning-Organ prelude.
"Hymne Celeste" (Grey). Mrs. Frank
A. Frost; anthem, BE Joyful" (Ash-
ford); quartet, II Heard the Voice of
Jesus Say" tStebbins), W. Arthur Nc
Coy, Everett S. Hardell, Howard p.
Bailey and James p. Schick; organ
postlude. Finale" Uemmens); after
noon service at 3 o'clock, organ pre-
lude, "Berceuse" (Schytte); soprano
solo, selected, Miss Kate Beam: organ
postlude, "Minuetto" (Calkin); eve
ming, 15-minute song service, led by
John U. Robinson: anthem. The
Praise OF Love Divine" Porter) !;
quartet, We Shall Meet" (Main); or
gan postlude, Grand Choeur" Ga
croix).
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Anna Case. December 4.

4 MA CASE, Americas favorite
"a concert soprano" will be presented
at the National Theater Thursday
afternoon, December 3. at 1870 o'clock.
by the T. Arthur Smith, Inc, concert
bureau. Miss Case has not been
heard in public in Washington for
several years and the announcement
of her appearance in this city has
created unusual interest among her
many local admirers.
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end two excerpts from ..Tannhauser,"
the prelude to the third act and the
overture.
In the second half are the "Sieg-
fried Idyll,' "The Ride of the Valky-
ries," "Wotan's Farewell to Brunn-
hide" and the Magic Fire Music"
from Die Walkure."
These concerts are under the local
management of the T. Arthur Smith,
Inc, Concert Bureau, at 1906 q street.
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Philadelphia Symphony.

An all-wagner. program will be
presented by the Philadelphia Or
chestra, under Leopold Stokowski, at
its second appearance here this sea-
son, at the National Theater. Tuesday
afternoon at 4:3o o'clock. Four num-
bers are included in the first half OF
the program. They are the overture
TO "The Flying Dutchman, the pref
ude to the first act of "Lohengrin
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locks REST, Sweet
y y m p h S." t or
women's vo ic e s
and has dedicated
1t to the club and
Miss Linkins.
Mrs. Sarah Is.
Leighter, the COM
poser's IN ot h e r,
has been a close
friend of NJ i S S
Linkins for a num-
her of years and
is greatly inter-
csted in her muSi-
cal activities. Mrs.
Leighter resided in
Washington until
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Landowska-Kindler Concert

THE T. Arthur Smith, Inc, concert
bureau announces the joint an
pearance Thursday afternoon, Decem.
ber II, at the National Theater, Of
Hans Kinder, cellist, and Wanda
Landowska, pia nj st-harpsichordist
These famous artists are too well
known to local concert goers to need
an introduction -
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.Hidaleo Concert Postponed.

Mrs. Wilson-Greene has just re-
ceived a message from New York
that Nine. Hidalgo's concert sched-
uled for Wednesday will have to be
postponed, as she is arriving in New
York only in time for her debut at
the Metropolitan Opera House, and
the announcement of the next date
for her recital here later will be made
within few dayS.
Evening star., 1924-11-23

THE Chaninade Glee Club and its
l director, Esther Linkins, have re-
Gently had great honor bestowed
upon them. Henry Clough- -Leighter'
an American composer of note, has
..,ar.d i, pompoSitjon of War
Evening star., 1924-11-23

The musical service at the Church of
the TRANSPORTATION today, under
direction Of DR.. James Dickinson.
organist and choirmaster. will In
clude: Morning prayer, II AIM
Professional, lights Abode. Coles
tiai Salem, (Smart)i 'Venite' (Wood-.
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northwest: Ave Maria" (Kahn),
"Elegie" CMassenet), Life" (Curran).
Sara Benson and Ray Palkin, So
pranos, accompanied on the piano by
Harry Sokolov, presented an interest
ing program of music at the Wilson
Normal School hrecently, when the Sc
lections included: The Kiss" (Ardi-
tD, oh! You Don't Know What
You're Missin'" tvete), Spring
(Stern), and For This" (DeKoven),
sung by Mrs. Bonson: "Merrily 1
Roam" (Schleifforth), Temple Bells"
(Woodfern- Finden), "Kashmiri Love
Song" (same composer), and II Love
You Truly" (Bond), Miss Palkin.
The Washington College Of Music
presented the thirty-ninth concert
given under the auspices of that or
ganization in the auditorium of Cen
trail High School Monday evening.
Owing to news received of sudden
illness in her family, Elizabeth Stew
art, soprano, was obliged to leave
the city and Savona Gricst sang her
solo very creditably and without pre-
vious rehearsal with the orchestra.
Benjamin Rather, young pianist,
played the first movement Of Beetho-
ven's Sonata, Opus 3d." unusually
we'll, showing individuality of touch
and good technique. Alberta Harris
and Dorothy Russell, other young
pianists, acquitted themselves well,
the former in Albeniz's "Seguidella"
and the latter playing D'Albert's 8
"Allemapde" and Scarlatps Pastor
ale in e Minor"
Young violinists on the program,
who all showed good tonal work, in
cluded Fritx Maile. Evelyn Scott. Ma
belle Orleman, and an interesting
voice student was Raymond Luce,
who sang Handers "Where'er You
Walk" and 'Gypsy john" by Clay.
The orchestra played selections by
Mendelssohn, Saint-Saens, and Meyer
beer very well, and Marjorfa Davis
was -dna,Accemp4ntst -
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r. Deane Shure presented an in
formal talk and piano recital before
an enthusiastic audience at the club
rooms Of the League of American
Psuwcmens Monday evening" Mr.