Evening star., 1924-01-31
TALKS al,S TALES
With and 44bout
CAPITALS GUESTS

& fN'h SoooleTS apprentice III
= est Russia to the worlds most ia
nous basso. the highest paid actor
singer Of all time, might properly be
styled super-experience, yet such
Is tbA life history of Feodor Chalia-
pin, grand opera star. who appears In
concert at the New National Theater
today.
You know. interviewing great ar
lists. even when they are of your own
nationality, is hazardous business but
when the genius is unfamiliar with
Your tongue, stands at least six-feet-
tion: and could'easily toss you out the
window without effort-welI, one
wants to be careful.
In the case OF Feodor Chaliapin.
however, fear OF any such unpleasant
mess was soon dispelled once the
! powerfully built singer extended his
hand to the writer in his suite 1T the
New Willard Hotel, and tried in his
very limited English to express his
appreciation of the beauties of our
Capital city.
1T is. ah. what YOU call 1t. SO ex-
pressive of majesty. power. dignity
exclaimed the greatest Boris Godou-
now the world has ever known. Il
would soon learn to love your Wash
ington-the broad expanse of your
streets. the wonderful cleanliness ap-
peals TO me much" 1t took little
inGton for the artist to say all that
than II has to write it, but we agreed
1t was what he meant. -.
Not having been in the great white
land for three years, Chaliapin re-
Trained from touching on the political
situation there. other than to say
that America and Russia would some
daV be the old friends of
3ore.
The life of Chaliapin reads like
that of some hero of adventure. Hav-
ing worked at many odd jobs to keep
body and soul together. at the age of
seventeen he tramped through Russia
trying to earn a living as an timer
ant singer, for his musical gifts had
asserted themselves in his earliest
youth, when he sang in church choirs.
Gradually he won recognition, was
engaged at the Maryinsky Theater
Petrograd, where he drew attention
Of the millionaire. Marmontev, From
soon spread and he became the idol
OF the Russian people.
Outside Of Russia. Chalaipin has
sung with equal success at Milan;
York. with the Metropolitan Opera
Company. He will start shortly on
tour of the United States with the
Chicago Opera Company.
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And speaking of temperament,
here's one that happened to Gov. Wal
lace r. harrington Of Hawaii, who
Also Is at the Willard while trying
90 induce Congress to be just a bit
more liberal with dreamy Alohaland.
During his recent stay In the
United States the genial official has
made many addresses on conditlons
in Hawaii. one being before the Pen
Women's League here.
AFTER one of my speeches. in
which / thought I'd covered the po-
litical. Industrial and economic con-
ditions in the islands pretty thor
oughly," he said the other day. "a
yoIng woman came up to congratu-
late me- saying she had eenjoyed my
addr ess Immensely. but was terribly
disappointed because / had made no
mention Of the heavenly Hawaiian
moonlight"
didate for the democratic presidential
nomination and charge this one to
the grand old commonwealth of Ar
kansas.
Possessed with irrefutable evidence
that their claims are just, Maj.
George T. Conway. his brother Wal
ter b. Conway. and j. Brooke Shuts.
all of Texarkana, Ark. are at the
Meridian Mansion Hotel. to push ac-
lively the project Of having bridge
constructed over the Red river in
their state. They expect early action
on tie matter.
w n asked about the political sit
aatior in Arkansas, Maj. Conway
smiled IS he said: You know we are
mostly all democrats down our way.
AS for our choice OF candidates. well.
II Senator Robinson will permit it. we
viii stick to him until the janitor
starts cleaning. No. man. We have
inson first. last and all the time-or
until he flashes the signal to quit.
The south erHer reported conditions
most favorable. declG ring that while
precedented, and, in consequence. all
in the section were happy and hard at
work.
kentucky next. From the present
outlook McAdoo will swing the demo-
Gratis into line, while President
Coolidge will enjoy the support of the
republicans"
Thus spake r. Owen Cochran. who,
with J. r. Mayes OF Louisville, is at
the Hotel La Fayette.
'Of course" continued Mr.. Cochran,
who was a member Of the Kentucky
legislature in 1900, when Gov. William
Goebel was assassinated. its impos-
sibIe at this moment to tell what ef-
feet the Teapot Dome scandal will
have on President Coolidge's chances,
but, while a democrat myself, l know
that all Kentuckians have the highest
regard for his rugged honesty and
capab bility to handle such situation"
Mr.. Cochran Is a member OF the ].
r. Mayes Accounting Company. the
largest income tax attorneys in the
south. and reports conditions in
Louisville and other sections OF the
state as prosperous at present.
Il suppose you know that James e.
Grown has just purchased the Louis
vile Herald from the Shaffer inter-
ests I" added the southerner This
abolishes a republican paper for an
Mr.. Cochran paid tribute to the
work being done by Fl. W. Bingham,
editor OF the Courier-Journal. in the
interests Of a cooperative wheat-sell-
ing association, the newspaper man
having been a leading figure In sue
cessfully forming thriving co-opera-
tive tobacco associations in the state.
* x < <
Probably the hardest working man
In Washington at present is Walton
,Peteet of Chicago, secretary Of the Ma
tional Council OF Farmers Cooperative
Marketing Association, who is at the
New Ebbitt arranging details for the
first annual meeting of the organization.
which convenes at the Ebbitt next
Thursday and will continue through the
following Saturday.
More than 800 farmers from every
section OF the country are booked for
the conference, when many matters
pertinent to the agriculturist will be
thoroughly thrashed out. r. c., Bing-
ham Of Louisville, KY, is president Of
the association, and will preside at most
OF the sessions.