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The Washington times., 1924-05-01
TICERT TO SPEAK AT
BERWYN DEDICATION

BERWYN, Md. May /. John
J. Tigert, United States Commits
sioner Of Education, will be among
the speakers at the dedication of
the new $4,000 Berwyn elementary
school tonight Prof. Nicholas Orem,
Prince Georges county superintend
ent OF schools; DR.. A. o. Etienne,
chairman of the local board Of
school trustees, and the Rev. Will
liam A. Cahill, pastor of the Holy
Redeemer Catholic Church of
Berwyn, will also speak. The
Berwyn Community band will
furnish music for the ceremonies
which will be under the auspices
of the Berwyn Home and School
Association, DIR. De Voc Meade,
president.
The building is brick, contains
four classrooms and is expected to
be ready for occupancy about Nav
10. 1t is SC designed that four more
rooms may be- added. The new
building together with the present
old building. will be ADEQUATE, it is
said. for present needs and purils
who for the past few years have
been attending classes in the gym
naslum of the Berwyn Presbyterian
Church will move into the new
building.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
Minister joins
RETAIL MUSIC
CONCERN
Prominent Musician and Di-
rector Becomes Associated
with Robinson's.

Sol Minister, prominent musician,
who has delighted thousands Of
Washington music lovers with his
playing and directing has per-
manently entered the music mer-
chandising field.
Mr.. Minister is now an active
member of the firm Of Robinson's
Music Store, Inc, which has just
been reorganized with J. Edgar
Robinson, president; Sol Minister,
vice president, and Alan ]. Bach
rach, secretary and treasurer.
For thirty years Sol Minister'S
name has been synonymous with
good music in Washington. He
was leader df the old Columbia
Theater, directed the music at the
Taft inaugural ball in the Pension
Office, led the Belasco Theater or
chestra for eleven years and for the
past eight summers has directed
the Glen Echo Band. Sol has three
orchestras of his own, as well as
the National Capital Band. In adj
dition, he has taught thousands to
play the violin and other instru-
mentc and at present has class of
thirty pupils. Such is his capability
and versatility that he will continue
his orchestra and band leadership
and private tutoring in connection
with his business affiliations with
Robinson's Music Store, Inc.
J. Edgar Robinson is famed as an
orchestra leader, organist and pi
anist. He also enjoys the distinc.
ton Of being one of Americas fore.
most experts on sheet musical sup
ply and is perhaps better known
nationally than locally. J. Alan
Bachrach is young business man
with wide knowledge and expert.
ence in the musical trade.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
y TOPICS OF INTEREST TO WASHINGTON LOVERS OF MUSIC

years, playing with great SUCCESS
in nearly all Of the larger cities
of South America and many Of the
important musical centers of this
country. Mr.. Stenson also toured
New England with Alma Chuck and
Madame Barrientos.
Mr.. Stenson sang "Iolan" In 'Tha
Pipe Of Desire" by Frederic Con.
verse, with the Chicago Opera and
made a big success in. this tre-
mendously difficult role, equalling
the soprano part Of Strauss "Sa.
lone" in. length and difficulty.
Numerous engagements in concert
and recitals followed until his stead-
lily increasing success was inter-
rupted by the war. Volunteering
among the first, he saw twenty
two months service in France on
the British front. On every pos.
stbie occasion he was called upon
to make use of his talents az
pianist, composer and vocalist.
Since the war his time has been
devoted to- study and composition.
His beautiful setting of Riley's
The Prayer Perfect" is one Of the
best examples of American song
writing. His excellent musician.
ship, possessing both charm and
originality, and his amiable, manly
personality places him in the front
rank OF the best musicians in this
country.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
GERTRUDE LYONS IN
CHARGE OF PROGRAM

Gertrude Lyons, in charge Of
music on the entertainment COM
mittee Of the Women's City Club,
has arranged delightful May pro-
gram for members and their friends
to be given Monday evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Alfonso Zerbee will sing
two duets, "Oh, That We Two Were
Maying" (Nevin), and La ci Darem"
don Giovanni (Mozart)
Mrs. Audrey johnson Zerbee will
sing "Adio" LA Boheme) Puccini);
Morning Wind" Branscombe); "Sky
Blue Water" (Cadman); "The Spirit
Flower" (Campbell-Tipton); with
piano accompaniment by Katherine
Weber.
Mrs. Homer Wright will contribute
"Nocturne in E Major" Chopin
and ''Humoreske, Opus 10, No. s"
Rachmaninoff). Mr.. Zerbee will
sing Calm AS the Night" Bohm);
when Awake (Wright). and
"Kashmiri Love Song" (Woodford-
Findenl.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
TWAIN'S
DAUGHTER
To SING
Nine. Clara Clemens Coming
Here for Memorial Concert
on May 10.

Clara Clemens, daughter of Mark
Twain, is coming, to Washington
for the concert at Continental Me.
mortal hall on May 10 which will
be held to raise funds for $150,0O
memorial park to BE acquired at
Florida, Mo-, as a tribute tic the
noted author.
Few Of our native.born singers
have aimed at so high a mark il
their art as Clara Clemens, and
fewer still have in so large a
measure attained their ideals. She
has been singularly fortunate In the
environment in which her art has
been developed, and this, together
with her naturally rich gifts of per-
sonality, mind and voice, has re-
suited in making her one Of the
most interesting figures on our con-
cert stage. She is the wife of Ossip
Gabrilowitsch, and thus has had
every possible incentive, and en-.
enlargement to make d place for
herself in contemporary music.
With mezzo-soprano voice Of
rare sweetness, Nine. Clemens is
primarily a singer and Interpreter
OF songs-of the great songs which
have come to us from the past, Of
the great songs Of our own time.
She has prepared most interesting
program for the Washington con-
cert.
President and Mrs. Coolidge head
the list of ps:trcnesses for the con-
cert and it is interesting to note
that the project for which it is held
also had the endorsement of the
late Presidents, Wilson and Hard.
ing. Irving Cobb is coming tC give
a few "reminiscences Of the great
euthor, and former Ambassador
George Harvey viii preside. Tickets
are now being issued by members
of the Missouri Society of WASH
ington, which sponsors the concert
and at the Rare Bookshop, 713
Seventeenth street northwest.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
To
HOLD MASS
MEETING
Musical Washington Will Be
Well Represented at
May Rally.

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Federation of Music Clubs was
held Saturday afternoon at which
definite plans were made for the
mass meeting of all federated or
CARNATIONS and individual members
Of the District federation to be held
at All Souls Sunday School build
ing. Fifteenth and Harvard streets
northwest, Wednesday evening,
May IA at S:15 o'clock.
DR.. John Tigert, United States
Commissioner of Education, and
Senator Fletcher, father Of the
Fletcher Conservatory bill, are to
be the speakers for the occasion.
There will also be a short musical
program.
1t was reported that five Sunday
schools have entered the hymn
memory contest. They are Hamline
NJ. E., First Baptist Concordia
Luthern, st. Paul's Luthern, and
Emory M. E. Sunday Schools. AS
the time limit for the contest has
been extended to July there is
still time for others to enter, and
it is the nope of the board that
more SUNDAY schools will take ad-
vantage of this contest.
There are thirty-nine organiza-
tons federated at this time, showing
an increase of twenty-seven since
January. Twenty-Five individual
members are listed which shows an
increase of seventeen since the first
of the year.
New organizations not previously
reported are as follows: Gunton
Temple Presbyterian choir, John G.
Klein, director; Epiphany Episcopal
choir, Adolf Torovsky, director; Les.
chitzsky Club, Mrs. Albert NJ.
Jones, teacher; Joppa Lodge choir,
o. E. s., Mrs. A. N. Jones, repre-.
sentative.
The artist members also not pre-
viously reported are; Miss Amy C.
I4eavitt. Mary Howe, Mrs. Francesca
Kaspar Lawson, Mrs. A. NJ. Blair,
for many years director of the
Rubinsteln Club, and very uromi-
pent in Washington musical circles;
Mrs. w. Hamilton Bayly, Mrs.
Samuel E. Winslow and Mrs. Leu
nora Jackson McKinn. Charles Lin
kins is new associate member.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
MALE CHORUS
WILL SING
AGAIN
Interstate Organization to Be
Heard Here in Masonic
Auditorium.

The third concert Of the fourth
season will be given by the Inter
state Male Chorus in the Masonic
Auditorium, Thirteenth street and
New York avenue, Friday, May Is,
at $50 p. m. The chorus will pre-.
sent Charles Trowbridge Tittmann,
basso, as the soloist of the evening,
with Miss Lucy Brickenstein as his
accompanist.
Mr.. Tittmann will sing 1.-THE Air
of the Drum Major" by Thomas; a
selection FROM Rossinis Stabat
Mater called PRO Peccatis;" Trim
delli's 30, Prmavera;'' "Comc
Again, Sweet Love-" by Dowland;
Come Down to Kew" by Deis, and
Danny Deever." by Damrocsh.
Mr. Tittman also will sing a very
delightful number with the chorus
entitled 1.-The Longshoreman," by
Chesham-Page. An orchestra from
the Army Band will accompany the
chorus.
The program to be given by the
Interstate Male Chorus follows:
Chorus of Bishops and Priests"
Meyerbeer-D Buck: "Absent,"S
Metcalf-Lynes: 1.-THE Slumbe r
Boat" Jessie Gaynor-C. b. Aitchi.
son; Coin Homes Dvorak- Fisher;
THE Birth of the Opal" Neidlinger,
1.-The Nun Of Nidaros,''" Dudley
Buck; "Salamis-A Triumph Song"
Gernsheim; Banjo Song" Och.
mont-Brewer: Wake, Miss Lindy,"'
Warner; John Peel" Mark An.
+drews; "Invictus."" Huhn-Lynes.
("Numbers specially requested by
auditors at the last concert given
by the chorus) :,
Clyde B. Aitchison, one Of the
senior commissioners of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. is the
conductor of the Interstate Male
Chorus. The work of the chorus.
under his direction, has received
considerable comment in musical
circles. The programs always have
been arranged from an artistic
viewpoint and the delighted audi.
ences have given expression time
and again to the high standard set
by this chorus, the varied style of
their programs and the excellent
manner in which Mr.. Aitchison has
trained his men. Besides being a
conductor, Mr.. Aitchison is also a
composer. In the foregoing pro.
gram the number entitled "The
Slumber Boat" was arranged by
Mr.. Aitchison and his arrangement
published by =. the Sunny Music
Publishing Company. of Chicago.
This will be the last concert of
the season to be given by the In.
terstate Male Chorus of Washing.
ton. d. G..
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
GWEN
SOLO ROLE IN
0RATORI0
Famous Singer Will Uphold
Tenor Arias in THE
Four Winds"

Ervine j. Stenson, tenor, who
will sustain tie solo in the oratorio,
"The -Four Winds" which is to
be presented by the Washington
Choral Society accompanied by the
Marine. Band Orchestra, at Central
High School on Tuesday evening,
May 10, is American born, a native
Of northern Wisconsin.
He was the protege of a Nor
wegian SURGEON, who in private
life was remarkable pianist, haV.
ing studied with Leschitzsky and
Grieg. After years under the
guidance of this gentleman, Mr..
Stenson developed a sound mu-
steamship and clear technic which
gives his interpretations a sincerity
and finish which is as beautiful
as unusual. He studied voice with
Edward Kuss of the Munich
Opera.
After numerous concert ,appear.
ances as accompanIst and soloisr
with many of the opera and con-
cert singers, he became associated
with Karl Jorn, Of the Metropolitan
Opera, and they toured together
during a period of two and a half
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
MUSICAL TOMORROW
FOR CHURCH BENEFIT

Three well-known Washington
soloists will take part in musical
entertainment tomorrow evening
at o'clock. They are Mrs. Flora,
McGill, Mrs. Ralph i. Barnard and
Louis A. Potter. Mrs. Keefer and
Mrs. Barnard will sing groups of
solos and group of duets. Mr..
Potter will play several solo num-
hers and will accompany the songs.
The musical will be held in the
parish house of the Church of the
New Jerusalem on Sixteenth street
Just above @ northwest. and will
be for the benefit of the Young
copies Association Of the church.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
j. Of MD. MUSIC
FESTIVAL IS
PLANNED
Fine Array of Talent Will
Appear in Annual
Affair.

The annual two-days' music eesti-
val at Maryland University, College
Park, will be held on May IA and
Is, it was announced today by Off
Gals of the university.
In the afternoon Of May IA, the
University Glee Club, assisted by
Raymond Simonds, Ienor, will give
a concert. In the evening Governs
cantata, 1.-THE Rose Maiden" will
be produced.
The following day. at 2;30 o'clock,
Margery Maxwell. prIma donna So
prano of the Chicago Civic Opera,
NGIl give a recital. That evening
Rossinfs "Stabat Mater" in Eug-
fish, will be performed.
The quartet for the Rose Mai
den" win consist of Gretchen Hood,
soprano; Aimee Olson, contralto:
Raymond Simonds, tenor, and
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, bass.
Seats for the festival may be OBJ
tanned from the university registrar,
at College Park, Md.
Musical enterprise in the Univer-
sity of Maryland has been building
up rapidly in recent years. The
present department of music was
established in 1920, the year in
which the State College Of Agricul.
ture at College Park was re-charter-
ed as the State university, and the
professional schools in Baltimore
were united with it.
An able faculty now provides in.
structiOn in vocal, instrumental, and
theoretical branches of the art; an
excellent military band co-operates
with the work of the local r. o.
t. c.; the Mems Glee Club, a fine
concert organization, has Travelled
to all parts of the State and the
District.
Recital programs by distinguish.
. ed artists are held throughout the
year; a group of local singers is
being assembled for the presentation
Of light opera, and a large univer.
sity chorus with the assistance 81
professional vocalists. presents a
festival each year.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
PASTOR SETS~SHoRTER
CATECHISM TO MUSIC

, A unique method OF getting the
younger generation to memorize the
Westminster Shorter Catechism has
been launched by the Rev. Dr., John
Fox, secretary-emeritus Of the Amer.
lean Bible Society and a member
for many years Of New York
Presbytery.
DR.. Fox, we'll aware that Presby-
terrain children no longer commit to
memory the 107 questions, has I'M
dertaken to set them and the an
swers to music. He has just COM
pleted the first thirty-five. One OF
his chief purposes in this is to per-
petuate fundamentalism and help
overcome modernism
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
CONCERT IS GIVEN BY
GOLD STAR MOTHERS

A concert for the benefit of pa
tents at Walter Reed and st.
Elizabeth's Hospitals. sponsored by
the Gold Star Mothers of the
World War, was given Tuesday
right in the ball room of the
Hotel Willard. The program was
under the direction of Mrs. Henry
Hunt Mckee.
The artists assisting were Fran.
ceska Kaspar.Lawson, soprano:
Congressman G. A. Woodrum, Bari.
tone; Mary Muller Fink, harpist:
Mrs. John Cable, pianist; Josef
Kaspar. violinist, and Mrs. Carl
ChinbIom, pianist.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
'SKIT" AND BALLET
BY ALEXANDRIA PLAYERS

The Alhambra Players will pre-.
sent a skit entitled "Ten, Twent,
and Thirt at the Town Hall Tonight"
at the Spring Gambol Of Alcantara
Caravan in the Knights of Column
bus Hall tonight. On the program
also is the Alhambra ballet.
Among those taking part are
Tom Cantwell, director Dan BurlI,
Bill Mulligau. Joe Degnan, James
A. Sullivan, Joe johnson, w.
Amann. Charles Montgomery, John
Powers, Arthur McCreight, Eugene
Edwards, jr., J. Diggins and Ber-
ME Fitzgerald. Anton Auth and
James e. Colliflower are in charge
of arrangements.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01

Oh the SCOFy, UuC mere Ii 1o-Io
Father Whalen, a seminarian
at Catholic University, penned the
immortal words in memory of his
sister who died in a convent in
Iowa. The poem was printed anony-
mouSly in "a Washington news
paper. Mr.. Rogers, it is said, clip
ped the poem and sent it to Nevin
who set music to 1t. The pub
fishers and Nevin thought Rogers
was the author of the poem and
accordingly gave him full credit.
In 1908, Father Whalen died. A
week ago, another sister, nun at
Mount st. Gertrude Academy at
Boulder, Colo, died, revealing the
inside story for the first time.
The story Of the authorship of
MY Rosary is interesting. II
any of our readers can throw add.
tional light on the situation by all
means let us have 1t.
The music season Is practically at
an end. OF course, there will be
sundry conservatory and studio
commandments" at which bright
young pupils viii demonstrate their
ability to play Hearts and Flowers"
and 'Maiden's Prayer" without
dropping too many notes under the
piano.
Also will there be a few really
meritorious concerts before the
Capitals musicians fold up their
press notices and depart for the
mountains, seashore and, perhaps,
Europe.
The past season has been the
greatest, from truly musical stand
point, in the history of the Ma
tional Capital. Everybody-even
the grumblers-agree to that.
Orchestral music, as represented
by the visits of the Philadelphia and
New York Symphony Orchestras
has been OF higher standard than
ever before. There have been novel.
ties aplenty and modernist offerings
galore to delight the most revolu'
tionary ultra" in our midst.
Yes, verify, twas a rich season!
y
We're peeved at Ted Lewis, the
alleged Heavy Tragedian of Jazz -
Just when we had 1t all doped out
to write a jazz opera, with tonal
combinations that would have put
Stravinsky, Cyril Scott and Car
penter to shame. along comes this
tall-hatted son of melody and
blandly announces he is going to
produce a jazz opera.
THE opera / have in mind will
be two and a half hours of song
and dance done in the most elabo-
rate Jazz manner" SEE Ted. Every
member Of my company will have to
qualify as an expert in modern
music and dancing. The show will
be swift-even barbarous-but II
will be American.
"Of course. / expect loud shrieks
Of protest, but also expect lots OF
commentator. Two of the fore
most modern American composers
are already at work on. the score.
believe nay opera will be an
accurate picture of modern city
life, equally as accurate as Sinclair
Lewis characterization of Main
Street"
One of our readers would like to
know the answer to this one:
What are the orchestral drum
mers thinking of during symphonic
movements that have no music for
the percussions?
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
,PERPETUATE MUSIC
FOR YEARS TO COME

One Of the great contributions the
mechanical instrument Of today
makes to musical art is that Of per-
petuatfng the performance Of the
best musical executants of these
times. It is one Of the advantages
posterity will enjoy over the present
generation. The great artists Of
thirty, forty-fjfty years ago, even,
live today only by hearsay. The &C.
claim OF their contemporaries may
be. read, but the people of today can
know nothing Of their actual per.
formance. The musical world would
give much today for a record of a
performance Of Chopin, Paganini,
Bach. Mozart, or Handel.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
STUDENTS OF JEWELL
DOWNS GIVE RECITAL

Pupils of Jewell Downs gave the
third of a series of student recitals
lsat night at 1888 Nineteenth. street
northwest.
Among the performers were
Adessa Ehrhart, Grace Roberts.
Barbara Mcdonald, Esther Barr.
Carrie Wilson, Ethel Rice, Lucille
Cawood, Alice B. Haig, Iva Lough-
len Guy. Agnes Avery, Edith Jones,
Alta M. Smith, Pauline Kennedy
and Elsie Lang.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
ARABIAN KING SENDS
MUSSOLlNI GIFT HORSES

NAPLES. May liking Husseln
Of the Hedjaz, recently proclaimed
Caliph by the Arabian Moslems.
has presented a pair Of magnificent
Arabian horses to Premier Mus.
solini.
The steeds have arrived at Naples
and the premier has sent his mas.
ter-of.horse to that port to bring
the thoroughbreds to Rome.
The gift was very welcome ono
TO Signor Mussolini, who is q con.
sistent equestrian. seldom letting
day go by without going for a
long ride into the country,
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
D. C. OPERA SINGERS TO
PRESENT "LOHENCRIN''

Marietta peggy Albion, whose
operalogues have delighted thou
sands of radiacs during the past
winter, will stage the operalogue,
"Lohengrin." at Central High
School auditorium, on the right Of
May 8.
Mrs. Albion will be assisted by
Dorothy Mansfield, Rose Polio,
Louis Annis, and Albert Shelter.
man. The proceeds will be for the
benefit of the movement to establish
opera on permanent basis In
Washington.
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
Left II Descendants.

CoATEsvILLE, Pa, May L.
Mrs. Mary Ann Martin, widow of
Samuel Martin, who died at the
age of eighty-six, left seventy-one
descendants in five generations. She
is survived by five children, thirty
grandchildren. thirty-four great.
grandchildren, and one great.great.
grandchild.A
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
WORDS and MUSIC
BY WILLIAM MOORE .

How many readers Of this department know that the real
author of the poem Of Etheber Nevins My Rosary
a Washingtonian and Roman Catholic priest7
confess considerably surprised when heard the
story that Robert Cameron Rogers whose appears the
as author of the poem not responsible for the
beautiful lyric still am rather skepca the accuracy
of the story but here it stake it or leave it.:
The Washington times., 1924-05-01
Canada Justice Dead.

OTTAWA. Ont, May Sir Louis
Davis, chief justice of the Supreme
Court of Canada. is dead. aged
,eventy.nine. He died suddenly in
his home here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-17
Up"
Race Drama,
Coming Soon

univsrsal's latest All star piceiriEs.
ton. Riders Up" 20 be shown AZ the
Columbia soon. was adapted from the
Red Book Magazine story. when
Johnny Comes Marching Hoane." by
Gerald Beaumont II IL a story or
race track life. and the hero IL q tout.
Persons familiar with the manner
u men who mako a living By dispos.
ing Of information concerning race
horses have said that the magazine
story IL ons Of the most natural hu.
man interest stories ever told % race
track activities.
The picture was filmed IN Tia
JuAna. Real races and many real
track and stable attaches being
shown as atmosphere. Creighton
Hale. George Cooper. Robert Brewer.
Kate Price and Edith Yorke arc In
Tho cast. which Irving Cummings.
who has directed some o. uniyeTsai'H
biggest successes. made.
The story II that Of a youth who
drifted onto the race track after say.
ms goodbye 10 his widowed mother
and his sister In . little New Eng
land village. They believed him en-.
gagged In a big business venture ana
are waiting anxlously for him 10 keep
his oft.mads promise 20 como home
Finally he has n lucky day and
prepares 10 keep HIS promlSa. but the
plight OF an aged friend. oonvinoes
him that he Il justified In once more
postponing the visit.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-05-17
Heilig Soon
Will Feature
Child Revue

Enter The Seattle Klddies Revue
Produced b. Buser Lorenzo. tenor.
this miniature production. stirring
Seattle child talent. viii hold forth
AZ tie Heilig theatsr the week start
Ing Friday May -. together with
tho frat Seattle screening q Gems
sirattou Porter's- bestowed novel.
"a Girl Of The Limberloat"
FIFTY future Paviowas. Sophie
fuckers and Al Joison's. carefully
picked after a host Of tryouis AZ ths
Third ave. house. will strut their
STUFF" with al the attendant glory
and splend0r Of a Zlegfeld Foiiies
Revue. Il IA promised.
with three handsome Weisfield <
Goldberg loving cups as first. second
and third prize trophies. the young.
sterH may be expected 70 give their
fullest effort 70 winning the audi
ence's applause. hs from this win Be
Judged the winners.
The feature picture itself promises
10 be one Of the finest yet shown az
the Third ave. house. II has passed
the million and hair mark in sales
and the picture version was pro.
duoed by the author herself with an
ail-stsr cast. including such names
as Gertrude olmsted. Cullen Lands.
Ruth stonehouse and Raymond Nc
Kee.