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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
First Appearance
In Morning
Musicale

1t will be interesting to hear
Edward johnson, distinguished
tenor of the Metropolitan, in an
"intime" recital such as Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend's musical
morning at Rauscher's, on
Wednesday forenoon at II
o'clock. Donna Ortensia, as
joint artist in this first morn.
ing of music, will also be q
newcomer to most Of Washing
ton, though she has been heard
here at the Italian Embassy.
Mrs. Townsend's program for
Wednesday will bring these art
lists in solos and duets. Mr..
johnson will give a recitative
and air from andrea Chenier,"
of Giordano, q sixteenth century
Italian song, and one Of the
Bolognese folk songs Of the sew
enteenth century. He will also
sing a group In English: "Song
of the Palanquin Bearers" by
Martin Shaw; "Blue Are Her
Eyes," by Wintner Watts; '"Tal-
ly-hO," by Leoni, and q Scotch
minstrelsy, 1.-THE Bonnie Earl o.
Moray" arranged by Kreisler.
The duets will be per valli,
per boschi," old italian Of Blan-
gini, and "Colinette," Of Weker-
lin. Donna Ortensia will give
Schubert's "Litanie," az Invi-
tAtion au Voyage" Of Dupare;
'tNina Nana," Of Falla, and Di
Lara's Isl vous voulez." She
will close with a group Of Ru-
manian folk songs in native cos
tune, for this artist is of Ru-
manian-ItAlian birth. Elmer
Zoller will be at the piano.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
MARY REVERSES
OLD VALET
ADAGE
Mary Garden Still Heroine to
"Francoise," Her Maid.
After Dozen Years.

Mary Garden has oeen the sub.
ject Of more newspaper stories than
any other woman of her day. in
fact, she has been called the most
"written-up" woman OF all time.
What Miss Garden thinks about
anything, is regarded as news
and, perhaps, there is not phase
Of her career that has not heen
mulled about by feature writer's,
comhed over and over by syndicate
writer's, commented Upon by edj-
torial writer's, and pictured by
photographers.
There is hardly a phase Of the
Garden character that a thousand
writer's have not, at some time or
other, used as copy for a story.
At Home with Prima Donna.
Yet undoubtedly there have heen
many things overlooked, and not
the least Of them probably, If this
fact which will prove Of interest
to all American women:
Miss Garden has kept her per.
sonal maid twelve years.
Such a simple little thing to say,
yet one that bears great Gig.
rlificance. One Of the little things
that reveal character.
F'rancoise--this writer has never
heard the maids last name men
toned and a surname ID seldom
heard when a mistress, is address
ing her maids a Frsnchwornan
who has followed the fortune OF
Miss Garden on national concert
tours, through Chicago Opera sea
sons, through periods Of rest and
study abroad.
''Tnais" With Chicago Opera.
In the theater, FRANCHISE lays
out costumes and makeup boxes
Artist and maid are so accustomed
to each other, Miss Gacden 20 re-
ceiving Franchises administrations
FRANCHISE to giving them, that Miss
Garden has to pay little attention
to the mechanics Of dressing heJ
parts. She puts out her hand foI
the jewelry that she viii wear IN
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
THE IDEAL "BUTTERFLY
ON PUCcINPS TURANDo7

In opening last weeks Musical
America" we ran across an ex-
tremeIy interesting human docu-
ment from Tamaki Miura, the
Japanese prima donna, to the editor
of the paper. It is very sweet
and strong and bespeaks the
writer's kindness.
To the editor of Musical Amer
lea"
Maestro Puccini was sick man al
ready when l visited his home five
years ago. He could not eat
much. ] felt so sad. He was
composing new Chinese opera ]
gave him some Oriental melodys
and he harmonized right away with
the piano where he composed
Madame Butterfly about twenty
years ago.
Maestro Puccini told me 1 am his
ideal Cio-cio-san.
l sent 500 Butterfly" flowers
to Puccini in Milan.
TAMAKI MIURA,
Tulsa, Okla.
zone hundred dollars Butterfly
flowers" is nice thought and
coming from the most character
istic Cio-cio-san the world has
heard one might imagine Puccini's
spirit 70 b touched by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
SECOND LUCAS ORGAN
RECITAL ON WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, January z, at 4:45
p. m, Guy Lucas, organist and
choirmaster of st. Johns church,
Lafayette Square, will give his
second organ recital in Washington,
assisted by John L. Mitchell, tenor.
Mr.. Lucas will play the Bach
prelude and Fugue" A minor,
an arrangement of Rachmaninoff's
prelude" C sharp minor for organ,
that should be very interesting,
"Harmonies du soir". of Karg- Ebert
"Serenade" of Pierne, and for his
last group the Boellmaf1n Suite
Gothique" whose four parts include
for andante. the "Priere a Notre
Dame
Mr.. Mitchell will sing a group
Of three Choral Preludes of Brahms
the Bach air Remember me with
loving kindness from the cantata
we thank Thee. Cod, and the
recitative and aria from Mcndels
sohn's Elijah, I'VE people, rend
your hearts" and IF with all your
hearts" Mr.. Lucas will play his
third recital on Wednesday after
noon, February A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
.ANP|GO A PRIZE
IN BENEFIT
At met
MoszkoWski Also Sent So, 900
from Unique stunt OF
10 Pianists.

Nineteen pianists Of worldwide
repute, playing last night In
benefit recital for the Association
for Improving the Condition OF the
Poor, yielded the stage at the Met
ropolitan Opera House while Dwight
Morrow, Of ]. P. Morgan & Co.,
the chairman, called Joseph r.
Day from the audience to auction
an Ampico recording piano.
The instrument, donated by Knabe,
i'm a moment was the center OF
contention at figures SO high that
only three bidders persisted. They
were William C. Potter, president
of the Guaranty Trust Company;
Thomas Cochran, OF ]. P. Morgan
e. Co, and Charles e. Mitchell,
president Of the National City
Bank.
BIG SUMS FOR POOR.
Mr.. Potter made his bid $20,50O
end then left it to the two others.
Mr.. Mitchell finally named S21 800.
| Mr., Cochran made it $4,000 and
became the possessor of the piano
for a moment. He kept 1t only
long enough to present 1t to the
Association for Improving the Con-
dition of the Poor.
A ''chopstickS" improvisation.
played by fourteen of the painists.
then was recorded by Duo-Art, the
record signed by the fourteen art
lists and by Josef Hoffman, and
auctioned by Walter Damrosch.
TO MAURICE MOSZKOWSKI.
1t went to Cornelius N. Bliss
for $4,000. The $4,000 will be sent
to Maurice Moszkowski. who is i'll
and in need in Paris.
Walter Damrosch was conductor.
The pianists were LevitzKi, Hutche-
son, Friedberg, Samarotf. Ney, ST.
lott, Novaes, Stojowski, Bauer, Ca
brilowitsch, Schelling, Hess, Legin-
ska, Maier, Nero ard Pattison.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
0 R c II { s I RAS
50PER CENT
NATIVE
Judson Gives Statistics to
Refute Story Told OF
Foreign Control.

That more Of the players in our
symphony orchestras are American
born than may have been ordinar-
lily supposed was brought forward
recently by Arthur Judson in re-
futing the charge that more than
so per cent of the symphonic
players were foreign-born musicians.
Mr.. Judson spoke with authority,
being manager Of the Philharmonic
and Philadelphia orcheatras and
advisory manager OF the Cincinnati
Orchestra.
The statement to which Judson
took exception was made by a wit
ness before congressional COM
mittee considering the subject Of
establishing a national conservatory
Of music.
The orchestras specified by this
witness as having few American
citizens in their personnel are the
Philharmonic Society of New York
and the New York Symphony. The
witness added that only Z per
cent of the New York Svnphonv
could speak English.
In checking up the inaccuracy Of
the statements made, Mr.. Judson de-
clared:
THE Philharmonic Orchestra con-
sists of 104 players, not eiehty.six
as charged. OF these, eighty-seven
are full citizens Of whom fortv.five
are native-born Americans. The re-
naming seventeen all hold first
citizenship papers, and it is safe
to assume, judging from their past
actions, that every orchestra mem
Der Will In due time, take out his
second papers.
II believe that similar percentages
obtain In the New York SYMPHONY
Orchestra. and l know that rehearS.
ais In both the Philharmonic and
New York Symphony are conducted
in English. 1t is the only langua ge
common to all of the musicians.
II am also in a position tn offer
authoritative statements concerning
the makeup of the other representa-
tive American orchestras-those Of
Philadelphia and Cincinnati. The
Philadelphia Orchestra has forty
three American-bOrn PLAYERS. fifty
fully naturalized players and eleven
men who hold their first papers. Mr..
Stokowski conducts all rehearsal in
English. The Cincinnati Orchestra
has forty-five American born PLAYERS,
fourteen fully naturahzed and two
born in Canada, who with the bal
ance of the personnel, hold their first
papers. All rehearSals are conducted
in English.
Here are the actual figures on
three great American orchestras:
Almost so per cent of the men are
native-born American; more than 25
per cent are fully naturali2ed, and
the remainder all have taken out
their first papers"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
Brazil WSKY, PIANIST,
A YOUTHFUL MASTER

Brailowsky, the new pianistic SEN
sation, Is only twenty-eight years
old, but he announces firmly that
he does not belong to the ultra
modern school. Bach, Beethoven,
Schubert. Chopin, Schum II n,
Brahms and List are good enough
for me- Is his declaration of indie
pendence. No one is likely to quar-
rel with Brailowsky's taste, especi-
ally as he PLAYS those masters not
only with authority but also with
wonderful charm, writes Leonard
Liebling in the New York American.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
HOW MUSIC MAY
ENTER EVERY
HOME
Guide Sent Out by Congress
of Parents Teachers
from This City.
Have you a musical instrument
In YnllY. hnnna2 What ia IT'D

Have you a musical instrument
In your home? What is it?
What kind Of music is played?
What do you know about the
musical selections your child is
studying in school or paying In
the school orchestra?
Would you like your child to
play in a school orchestra?
Would 1t mean much to you
TO have a teacher of violin and
other instruments in the school?
These are some of the ques-
lions sent out from the Wash
ington headquarters of the Ma
tional Congress of Parents and
Teachers, which is championing the
cause under the slogan:
more and Better Music in Our
Schools and Homes"
The congress, of which Mrs. A.
II. Reeve Is president, has ap-
Port Huron, Mich, who also Is
music, Mrs. Elmer ]. Getaway, of
Port Huron, Niche, who also is
chairman Of public school music
of the National Federation OF
Music Clubs.
Here is a very vital question:
Would you be willing to study
bAAC SLOAy vi IHc SSISC
tons in the Music Memory Con-
test, to buy as much of the con-
test music or as many of the
records as you can afford, to see
that they are played and listen
to these selections with your child
so that you will recognize them
when you hear them?
Will you try to interest your
children from earliest childhood in
music appreciation by letting them
hear the most beautiful lullabies
and the best music, however sim.
pie?
There are others.
A pamphlet, written by Mrs.
Getaway, is a big impetus for a
united effort to make the bet
ter music interesting to childhood,
that 1t may become rooted in
the very nature Of the future PEG.
pie of America.
If there is a home waiting for
guidance in this matter, the
mother, father. older children, may
consult the Parent-Teacher Assoc.
citation of their own city, for
further information:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
ONE BIT O. JAZZ
As INDEX
TO ART
Kitt-Knabe Hall, Wednesday,
At z, to Have Boernstsin
ia Java" Concert

That classic music is not too
serious to understand win be proven
in q concert Wednesday afternoon,
at 2 o'clock, by the Boernstein
La Java Cafe orchestra, Pete
Maciaa directing. at the Homer L.
Kilt concert hall, 1880 @ street.
Although dance orchestras have
already shown that popular tunes
are really heavy tunes lightened.
the La Java orchestra-which is
composed Of only seven musicians
will attempt to show that the
effect of music on the individual
depends almost entirely upon past
Impressions which the hearer has
received and past associations with
the music he is listening to.
The principal idea of the concert
at Kitt.Knabe Hall, viii be tn
show that such songs as I'VE
Won't Go Home Until Morning
or For He's Jolly Good Fellow"
are real culture" after all. The
tunes to these two songs were
heard recently through the Chauve-
Souris at q local theater. Marie
Antoinette sang the tune az =
lullaby and Beethoven used It IN
Oll0 Va HIS 0yhApIAOtAACc5 ~ ACRAsNE
sent the Frech army, according to
Sigmund Spaeth, the eminent
critic.
This is another innovation that
should be most interesting. Mr..
Macias. with his music. proves
that music need not be SO much
Of a mystery. That while great
genius, Of the great composers,
created music to touch the heart.
the intellect, it can also be made
to affect the feetl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
CONCER I
SEASON
AGAIN
New Year Welcome to World
Artists in Concert Halls of
National Capital


Five concerts this week:
Tonight, S:30-Flonzaley Quar-
tet, Central High School.
Wednesday, IL a. MFRS. Law
renee Townsend's first Musical
Morning, Rauscher's.
Wednesday, 4:45-Guy Lucas
second organ recital, st. Johns
Church, Lafayette Square.
Thursday, 4:30-Pablo Casals,
cellist, National Theater.
Friday, 8:30-Samuel Dushkin,
violinist, in Community Center
concert, Central High School.
Casals of Andalusia.
Spain, that romantic land of the
past, rich in tradition and poetic
beauty, sends US Pablo Casals, the
worlds greatest cellist, this week,
In recital at the National Theater,
on Thursday afternoon at 4:30,
under the management of the T.
Arthur Smith, Inc, concert bureau.
Born in VendreI1, Spain, not the
least OF the encouraging influences
in his career was his own family.
His father, an organist Of some
note, began the musical educa-
ton of his son at the age Of three.
He was sent to Barcelona to study
under Garcia. There he played the
organ In the churches, as did Bach
In his early youth, of whom
Casals now stands acknowledged
he orf INT fEv.
Soon he became q violinist In the
orchestra OF the opera and played
the cello in one of the largest
cafes. The Spanish cafe music
Is like that of our best concerts.
Casals was soon recognized az
prodigy and the cafe where he
played was thronged. His fame
attracted people from all over the
country. Musicians came to hear
the marvellous Spanish boy, among
them the famous Arbos and Al
beniz.
This is CasaIs' eighth tour of
America.
n. Y. Symphony Orchestra.
The third concert. of the New York
Symphony Orchestra, Walter Dam.
rosch, conductor, will be given at
Polls Theater on the afternoon Of
January Is, when an all-Wagner
program will introduce the distin-
guished Wagnerian soprano, Berta
Morena, as soloist.
Nine. Morena IL from the Munich
State Opera and the Metropolitan
Opera Company of New York. She
win sing Eiizabeth's air from the
second act of 'Tannhauser." the
Isolde ''Liebestod" from Tristan
and Isolde" and two of Wagner's
five songs, the "Schmerzen" and
''Traume."
The orchestra will play the Tam
hauser Overture: the ScherZo from
the Symphony in G, which Wagner
composed at the age Of nineteen;
the Meistersinger Prelude and
Dance OF the Apprentices" PRO
cession Of the Knights Of the Holy
Grail'' from Parsifal; and the Prel-
ude to Tristan and Isolde"
These concerts are under the local
MANAGEMENT of Mrs. Wilson Greene,
with whom reservations may be
placed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
FRIDAY MUSIC CLUB
IN NEW YEAR SEASON

The Friday Morning Music Club
opened it's New Year activities with
a program at the Cosmos Club last
Friday, when Miss Maud Sewall
talked on "Modernists' Ideas about
Harmony" Songs were given by
Mrs. Mcdonnell. The Bach con-
certo for two violins was played by
two young violin pupils of Josef
Kaspar, Issac Minovich and Robert
Lawrence, Jr. Isaac Minovich also
played the Mendelssohn violin con-
certO.
The program this Friday will
include the Grieg Sonata for violin
and piano, No /, played by Miss
Helen Belt and Mrs. Lind; songs
by Mrs. Rabbit, and the Ravel
"Sonatina" by Mrs. Goldman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

Some facts are recalled today Of
Walter Damrosch's forty years as
leader OF the New York Symphony
Society, which the "Bohemiaus''
celebrated in New York recently at
the Biltmore with q dinner OF 1,SOO
persons.
It was upon the sudden death Of
Doctor Leopold Dam-usch, tile
founder, that the Responsible, es de-
volved upon his then twenty-three-
year-old son, who came forward as
the regular conductor Of the organ.
ization, March q, 1886, at the Met
ropolitan Opera House.
In the program Of that day were
Schubert's c major symphony,
Saint-Saens' barcarolle "a Night ln
Lisbon" Weber's "ConcsrIstucK"
played by Fannie Bloomfield Zeis-
Ter, and Liszt's Battle Of the
Huns" The same progrem was re-
peated at the twenty fifth sAnniver-
sary In 1910.
It was difficult, in the Did days,
to secure proficient instFumentaiIsts
and more difficult to hold them to-
gether as symphonic body. To-
day, they are subsidized. The New
York Symphony Orchestra Is as
sured Of it's existence through the
cooperation Of the president, Harry
Hardness Flager, who in 1914 as
sumed the entire financial. responsA
Utility Of the Symphony Society.
Music and Human Welfare.
Mrs. Edward Mcdowell, widow
Of the composer, Is the winner Of
the $4,000 award, made by the Pic
torial Review, to the American
woman who made the most valuable
contribution to the advancement OF
human welfare in 1929.
Mrs. Mcdowell has established
In Peterboro, N. H. q colony to pro.
vide ideal working conditions for
the creative artist-no matter what
branch Of creative art is his.
Surely such q decision Is crafty
ing to those who know that with.
out vision nation perishes."
StravinsIxy in New York.
igor Stravinsxy's debut with the
Philharmonic Orchestra on January
8, in Carnegie Hall, New York, will
present his own ''Battelier iu
Wo1ga," "Scherzo Fantastique," and
suites from the "Oiseau de Ecu, "
"Pulcinella,' and Petrushka."
It is interesting, too, to know
that the dynamic little pianist,
Ethel Leginska, Will appear as con-
ductor in New York on January Q.
with the New York Symphony
Orchestra as her medium.
Leginska has always thought
orchestrally, on the piano. She has
already conducted with great sue
cess in Europe. Here is hoping
her New York premiere win be as
sensational as was the first APP
pearances OF the slim black figure
at the keyboard.
PuccinPs Last Opera.
Already the italian newspapers
are exercised over the choice of
the composer who shall be en-.
trusted to finish PuccinI's last
opera "Turandot."
The Rome Tribuna sent a tele-
gram to Mascagni in Vienna-with
what authority does not appear
and proposed that he terminate the
opera, which still needs a love
duet and the finale OF -the third
act.
No answer has been received as
yet, but it is thought that Mas
cagni will accept. Mascagni and
Puccini had been students together
at the Milan Conservatory. The
Rome Epoca, commenting on the
death of Puccini, declares that the
proper person to finish his opera
is Arturo Toscanini, who did the
| same service for Boito's "Nerone.' "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
EIGHTY SCHOLARSHIPS
IN JUILLIARD Benefit

The JuIliard Musical Foundation
has published it's scholarship find.
ings. There are some S0.odd
names on the list representing the
student body from California to
Connecticut. Fellowships have
been awarded for the year in
the following departments: Voice,
piano, violin, cello and compost
ton. Among the successful con-
testants for voice we find Frank
Cuthbert of McKeesport and Pitts
hNgGh, q gifted baseo4cantantA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
cHERKASsKY, THE BOY
PIANIST. IN NEW YORK

Shura Cherkasslxy will give his
last Baltimore recital Of the season
at the Lyric Wednesday night.
Several months ago young
Cherkassky went with his parents
to live In New York. the family
having given up its residence here.
Shura's mother has been his only
teacher and he still continues under
coaching direction.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

certain scenes and It ID there. AL
ways is everything just where she
expects It will be.
Keeping the same maid twelve
years is not such q limple thing,
is 1t?
Mary Garden VIII 5irg the title
role in "rhais'' during the visit
here Of the Chicago Civic Opera
Company next month. Tickets are
on sale at Mrs. Wilson Greene's
Concert Bureau, in Drops. Thir.
teenth and G streets.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
NEW TONGUE TWIsTER
IN FAMOUS VIoLINIST

Learn to spell It. Zathureczky.
He is coming! He is the cele-
brated Czech violinfst. Europe
has learned to know him a. one OF
the greatest. America ID to greet
him soon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
INES MONDAY MUSIC PAGE: A REFLEX OF THE SEASON
HouU Dan1rosch, Dean
of Conductors, First
Stood the Test
By JESSIE MacBR1DE.

News music gossip The orchestra with grand
nearby, brings again into the big world of music.
The first symphony January 3D. with the
York Symphony Orchestra Walter Damrosch conducting
The Philadelphia Orchestra the following week, and
then the month closes with the appearance this
the Boston Symphony with its and great conductor
zry
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05
On With the Dance!

Americas national dance, we are
told, 10 st. Vitus's dance. To carry
the idea further, our national color
Is gold, and our national musical
instrument the cash ragistAr.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-01-05

ViOlinIst. who will give a re.
cifaI I'm the Community Center
series at Central II gh School
Friday, at $50 p. M, in the
educational series designed to
give students an opportunity to
hear some of the leading con-
cert artists Of the hour.
The Washington times., 1925-05-14
HOOVER BEGINS
PRISON LABOR
PROBE
Textile and Shoe Manufacture
ers Claim Convict Output
Unfair Competition
By ROBERT s. THORNBURGH.

Formally launching the nation
wide survey to determine ways and
means of minimizing the effects OF
competition between convict and
free labor products, Secretary OF
Commerce Hoover has selected an
advisory committee representing
many branches Of industry to CO
operate with Government repre-
sentatives in the investigation.
"A preliminary study of the eco
nomic aspects of convict labor pro
duction was started by the depart
ment some months ago at the re
quest Of the garment, textile, fur
niture, boot and shoe and cordage
industries" Hoover said.
Howard B. Gill was appointed
business specialist in the Domestic
Commerce Division to make an in
tensive study Of the whole problem
Gill has already started work and
soon is expected to call the ad
visory committee together to pre-
sent the results OF his investiga-
ton and receive suggestions for
further developments OF the inquiry.
It was understood that most of
the prison. made goods reaching the
open market originate in the state
and municipal prisons. Federal
prison products are used entirely
by the Government, according to
the Department of Justice.
Although prison goods competi-