The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-10-29
TO
MAKE MUSIC
HISTORY
True Reverence Marks
Atmosphere on Capitol
Hill-for Once
By JEAN ELIOT

Der music feast. For artists from
all over the country were assembled
there; smart society. so much
played up I'm Washington, was well
represented, but only by true music
lovers, and there was a feeling Of
genuine reverence for music in the
very air.
1t is to Mrs. Frederick Shurtleff
Coolidge, who has made the Berk.
shire Music Festivals possible and
has thus done more than any one
person for the development of
chamber music in the United
movement which marks Uncle
Sans first tentative step in the
direction of actual patronage of
the arts Presenting her priceless
collection Of contemporary music
manuscripts to the music library
of the Library of Congress, she
backed up her splendid gift by 4
contribution Of $50 900 to build the
auditorium and an endowment for
the maintenance of the hall and
the presentation Of chamber music
in the Capital, which is to be
known as the Elizabeth Sprague
Coolidge Foundation. =
UAuSAG AOVOrS EE6SOAb
This is not the place to go into
the varied and brilliant program
which was given IN the auditorium
last night-a program arranged by
Mrs. Coolidge in consultation with
Carl Engel. chief of the division Of
music of the Library of Congress
nor to name the artists. But g
mention Of who was who In the
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Mrs. Coolidge was present, seated
inconspicuously in the audience, but
surrounded during the intermissions
by. music lovers who crowded
around to express their gratitude
and enthusiasm for the experiment
she is conducting.
Mrs. Coolidge was accompanied
to washington by Mr.. and Mrs. A..
s.. Coolidge, of Pittsfleld, Mass.
They are staying at Wardman Park
Hotel. and among Mrs. COolidge's
guests there are such notable mu-
sic patrons as Frederick Al. Stock.
director Of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, who Is also leading the
festival orchestral Frank Frost
prominent in the music world OF
San Francisco; Charles III. HamiH,
Frederick vessels, AS Chicago. and
Canon Edmund II. Fsellowes, OF the
Royal Chapter at Windsor. Canon
FailoWes came over on the Beren-
gaFia with the famous English sing
ers. who are giving the program in
the auditorium this afternoon. This
evening. Mrs Coolidge Is having a
dinner for twenty at Wardman
Park.
British Envoy aiGuest
The British ambassador, Sir Esme
Howard, was among those in the
audience last evening-to return to
our muttons-and had Leander Nc
Cormick Goodhart. OF the embassy
staff, with him. I also saw the
Minister Of Sweden and Nine. Wal
lenberg and the Minister of Switzer-
land and Nine. Peter. Mrs. Adolph
Caspar Miller, a cousin Of Mrs.
Coolidge and an enthusiastic music
lover, had hurried all across the
continent to be present at the fes-
tival, and others present were Mrs.
Charles d. Walcutt, Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. Lawrence Town
send, Major and Mrs. John Hale
Statesman. Mrs. Frank Let's, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Warburg, down
from New York especially for the
occasion.
Artists In Audience.
In the group of artists here from
other cities for this historic event
were Harold Bauer, pianist; Hans
Kinder, cellist; Miss Eva Gautier,
gifted young singer, and Mr.. Sal
Zedo, perhaps the most famous
harpist in the world, who was ac-
companied by Nine Salzedo.
Mr. and Mrs. William Jay Turn
err, Of Philadelphia, and Mrs. l..
Dean Holden, of New York, are at
the Willard, having come to Wash
ington to attend the music festival
Finishing Bas-reIief
Miss Brenda Putnam, daughter of
Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Con-
gress, and Mrs. Putnam, came down
from New York for the festival and
is with her parents in their apart
ment at The Marlborough. Miss
Putnam, who is one Of the most
distinguished of the younger group
OF American scuIptors, spent a good
portion Of yesterday1n putting finish
ing touches on the bas-reIief of
Mrs. Coolidge, which is placed in
the music chamber and which is a,
tribute to the ability of this young
artist.
With Miss Putnam is Miss Laura.
Gilpin, Of Colorado Springs, who
used to share a studio in New York
with the former, until she had to
answer the call Of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Gilpin, to return
to the West. Miss Gilpin is doing
unusual work in artistic photog-
raphy, which is still in rather the
experimental stage. She had her
initial training in the Clarence
White studio in New York, that
well-known institution the work of
whose founder, who died last year,
it's alumni are seeking to perpetu-
ate. In this connection is one of
the reasons Miss Gilpin is in the
East now. She will return to New
York tomorrow evening with Miss
Putnam. and expects to remain
there until Christmas.
continue to work out when she
gets back to Colorado is the
preparation of a Photographic book
let of the Mesa Verde, that mar
velous beauty spot Of nature in
Colorado, which has scarcely boen
pictured at all even in the cheaper
realms of photography. The Denver
institute of Art so values the work
of Miss Gilpin that she has been
asked to make a department OF
this phase of art in the institute.
Miss Gilpin was the guest of
honor at tea yesterday afternoon
of her cousin Miss Frances Os-