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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
COIN LUST
HTTSNEN
LEAGUE.
By R. D. THOMAS

Sandlot baseball, contrary to
popular belief, is not played for
amusement.
So it would seem from the
troubles besetting the Tri-City
Sandlot League, just born but
apparently doomed to sudden
death.
At last reports seven of the
teams were dropping out. The
Knickerbocker Club of George
town. possessing the only money
playing field in the city, refused
to join the new venture. s..
Fourteen teams signified IN
tention of taking part in the COM
petition. They sanctioned the APP
pointment of a committee to
arrange the teams into two
groups, leaving it to the COM
mittee's discretion as to now the
division was to be made.
To avoid fayoritism, the com.
n1ittee employed the hat-drawing
i method, but it apparently has
failed to satisfy quite a few OF
the teams. With the first puff of
wind blowing in an unfavorable
direction the malcontents are duck
ing the deal.
II appears that the strong
clubs. or rather those that own
ssfoIlowings,' desired to be placed
I'm one section. with the ssweak"
teams I'm the other. Verify, the
sandIotters look not to the play
ing ability of team, but at its
drawing power.
,How much dough win its fol-
lowers drop in the -hat?" is the
ever important question.
Apparently, to satisfy some OF
the clubs, the committee was to
predetermine the strongest teams.
The object Of competition. it is
understood, is to determine such
things.
IF the so-calIed strong" clubs
aim TO nut on a baseball show for
the public they are ambition be-
vond reason. Clark Griffith is pay
ing pile of money to athletes to
entertain the Washington public
with baseball and the sandlotters
can hardly hope to match his
brand of entertainment.
Some OF the sandlot clubs of
Washington for years have been
chasing rainbows, believing that
worthwhile money could be drawn
from the sport. Lucky. indeed, are
those that have been able to make
expenses.
Most of the troubles Of sandlOt
baseball have money at the bot
tom and only q few dollars at
that. The pilxer spirit hasn't
helped the game with the fans.
They like warmly games
between sincere rivals I'm sport
and turn out eagerly to watch
them. The past has proved that
they're not unwilling, either, to
help out with expenses and per.
haps to make IL slightly profit
able to the players.
But every old-blo0ded money
venture made by the sandlotters in
the last several years has flivyered.
The Tri-City malcontents evidently
have not observed this fact.
Some of the teams in the new
league entered merely for the pur-
pose of playing baseball because
that sport appeals to them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23
MAY BAY enid Meeting

special meeting Of the May
Day child health committee has
been called for Thursday at $40
o'clock at 1922 Eleventh 81. n. w,
By Dr.. Hugh j Davis. chairman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-23

NOON DAY
LENTEN SERVICES
b. r. KEITH'S THEATER
1880 to o'clock
Speaker tomorrow, Mr.. An
drew III. Phelps. Conducted By
the Rev. &. IA. org. Everyone
invited, no collection.
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Ii appears that the strong
clubs, or rather those that own
ssfoIlOwings," desired to be placed
i'm one section, with the weak
teams IN the other. Verify, the
sandIotters look not to the play
ing ability of . team, but at its
drawing power.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Interstate Male Chorus
Concert April Is

THE Interstate Male Chorus of So
= will bring its sixth season to IA
close by a concert in the Masonic Au-
ditorium Tuesday at $3.50 pm. A pro
gram of exceptional interest has been
prepared by the conductor. Clyde Is.
Aitchison The soloiSt will be Paul
Bleyden. tenor.
Many of the numbers will be new to
Washington audiences. The soloist
will participate with the chorus in
d'Albert's Medieval Hymn to Venus"
and Dudley Buck S Chorus of Spirits
and Hours The latter is a cantata
for tenor solo and male chorus. with
piano and organ accompaniment.
which gives musical setting to the
eXuberant opening of the fourth act
of Shelley'S "PrOmetEeuS Unbound"
''Drontheim." by Daniel Protheroe, is
a forceful dramatization of Longfel-
lows story OF the Christianization of
the Beserks by Olaf TaygVesson, as
told in the Tales of the Waysde
Inn"
Other numbers on the program will
be Eight Bells" by Bartholomew;
Like the Woodland Roses" by Franz
MAR; Sylvia" by Obey Speaks;
Paches Evening Serenade." Horatio
Parker's much-discussed The Lamp
in the West and Protheroe's March
ing Song.
Robert l.. Feuerstein will accompany
the chorus at the piano and George
II. Wilson at the organ. Mrs. Paul
Bleyden will be the accompaniSt for
Mr.. Bleyden.
Admission to the concert will be by
card, which can be obtained by ap-
plication to members of the chorus
or TO its manager. Harold NJ. Brown,
Room 1918 Interstate Commerce Com.
mission Building
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Will Present Music
OF Jeferson's S Time

"THE Pageant of Thomas Jeffer-
SON. which is to be pre-
scented as a community celebration on
Jefferson's birthday, Tuesday evening,
April 13, in the auditorium of Central
High School under the auspices of the
community center department, will
have a setting of patriotic music given
by the United States Army Band con-
Quoted by Second Leader Thomas i.
Darcy.
The band will play a preliminary
concert beginning at 7:45. and will
play also the entr'acte music for the
nine brief scenes that tell in panto-
mime the story of Jefferson.
Katherine Riggs, concert harpist, of
Washington, will appear in the second
scene of the pageant, THE Courtship
of Thomas jefferson" as the Widow
Shelton and will play a number of
delightful selections of the period.
The Tuesday Evening Music Club.
directed by Florence Howard. with
Alma Partridge as accompanist, will
appear in the White House scene in
the pageant, singing old-fashioned
songs. Another charming musical fea-
ture will be the dancing of the minuet
by a group of prominent men and
women of Washington under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Robert Z. Lee and Mrs.
William l.. CrounSe.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
The Passion According to
St. Matthew.

THE following are program notes
on Bachs famous work to he pre-
sented here Tuesday, written by Dr..
Fred Wolfe, director of the Bethlehem
Choir:
According to Robert Schumann.
Bach was a composer to whom music
owes almost as great Il debt as re-
ligion owes to its founder. Therefore,
with this in mind, and there is but
slight reason to call it eXaggeratlon,
when one views the st. Matthew'S s
Passion in a purely critical light 1t
truly seems to climax all other crea.
tions of q similar kind.
Bach wrote the work in the Au-
tumn of 1928. Toward the close Of
the year, upon receiving commission
to write the mourning music for the
funeral of Prince Leopold Of Cothen,
he secured text suitable for as much
of the Passion as he had already com
pleted about eight arias and the final
chorus), combined this with the first
chorus of the famous Trauerode and
so completed his contract. Unless we
consider the earlier performance of
the Trauerode. this occasion marked
the first hearing of the Passion music.
Not until some time later was 1t
definitely proved that the Cothen score
was embodied i'm the Passion. This
autograph had been lost and it was
only after close comparing of the
texts by Rust that it was certain the
music still existed. A scanning of the
two will reveal how superficial, how
ever. was the agreement. One Won
ders that Bach was satisfied with it.
Returning TO the subject matter
more specifically. the Passion was first
rendered as such on Good Friday,
1929, in Leipzig. Its lasting qualities
have made 1t the object of many a
revival and so comes to us as great
as any like conception from the mind
of man.
The text of the work Is, of course.
biblical. 1t commences with the
twenty-sixth chapter of the Gospel Of
St Matthew. but does not conclude
the book. The last chapter is omitted
so that only two are covered by the
music. AS developed by Bach there
are certain alterations to this text
Particularly of note are the chorales
which are included in such a way as
to make the dramatic plan an in
genious yet simple arrangement.
THE story falls into series of pic
lures and when given is usually di
vided into two parts, one for afternoon
and one for evening. Since there will
be but one session, here certain cuts
to the score have been necessary. Ir
making these cuts the logical unfold
ing of the story has been kept in view
and at the same time the outstanding
musical features have been included
The natural divisions into scenes viii
be indicated in the programs, by vari
Gus headings such as The Prapara
tion of the Passover The Last Sup
per- Christ Before Plate The
Crown of Thorns' and others
THE narrative parts of the score
will be sung by the tenor soloist, usu
ally called the Evangelist. The
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Two More Operas Planned
by Washington Company

p EACHING the end OF the finest
season of opera ever given by the
Washington Opera Company. General
Director Albion has arranged for the
performance of a double bill April 15.
composed of two one-act operas. The
Secret of Suzanne" and "Pa gliacci." >"
The season began with Puccini's
La Tosca.' This work was followed
by Gounod's Romeo and Juliet.
Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah"
and Wagner's "Lohengrin." Steady
and marked Improvement of both or
chestra and chorus as we'll as the
caIiber of the principals has been
voted. The ''Lohengrin" perform
anCe. the artistic peak to date,
has stamped the Washington Opera
Company definitely as an arrived
organization. The audience by its en-
thusiastic applause and its rapt inter
est in an opera that lasted past mid.
night proved without a doubt that the
Washington Opera Company was able
to present opera of highest quality.
Mr.. Albion feels that Washingto-
mans now realize that they can have
opera worthy of their support by their
own company. The entire company
is filed with enthusiasm, and the
choice of the last two operas is ld.
mirable to take advantage of this
enthusiasm.
- TThe Secret of Suzanne By Wolf
A'errari, is a comedy based on a hus-
bands suspicious of an eternal tri-
angle situation. The outcome
confounds him. This opera has been
given but once before in this city,
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Russian Pianist's Debut
In Recital April Is
RoRIs NJ. LANG. the Russian plan

RORIs NJ. LANG, the Russian plan
list. whose first appearance i'm
Washington has been announced for
April Is at the Mayf1ower Hotel. is one
of "a large number of his Countrymen
who fought against the Bolshevik re-
gime and were compelled to leave Rus
sia when the Red armies finally tri-
umphed. He comes of a prominent
Russian family, and showed consider
able musical ability early in life, study
ing under the best instructors in khar-
kov and St. Petersburg His musical
career was, however. interrupted by
the outbreak of the World War. when
he entered a cavalry school. Upon his
graduation he was made an officer in
the 10th HusSars Ingermanlandsky
Regiment OF the famous Sd Cav
airy Corps of Count Kellar. operating
on the Hungarian, Austrian and Ru-
manian fronts. He and his regiment
were opposed to the Bolsheviki and
took up arms against them immedi-
ately upon the establishment of the
Red regime. but were soon dispersed.
After that. disguised and on foot, he
made his way through 800 miles of the
South Russian SteppeS. traverSing the
zone of Bolshevik military operations.
In spite of great hardShipS, he finally
succeeded in reaching the headquar-
ters of Gen Korniloff. who was organ
iZing an armed uprising against the
Bolsheviki. Mr.. Lang became one of
the first volunteers i'm the korniloff
army and took part in the famous
ice campaign" which stands out as
one of the greatest exploits of military
history. However, exposure TO the in
tense cold in which that campaign
was fought brought on a severe ILL
| ness that lasted for A considerable
time
Upon his recovery. again in dis
guise, Mr.. Lang succeeded in making
his way across Russia and Siberia ar
irving finally at Vladivostok. where he
| Joined the forces of Admiral Kolchak
serving in the foreign office. After
| the collapse of the Kolchak move
| ment he escaped from Siberia. and his
wanderings finally brought him to the
United States.
In New York. with the aid of Rakh-
maninoff, Mr.. Lang went back TO his
musical career. His first recital took
place in December. 1921. But the eff
fects of the lice campaign" and of the
hardships that preceded and followed
it soon began to exact their toll. He
lost the use of his hands for pia no pllr-
poses. and only after long and patient
treatment was he able, two years ago.
to return to his beloved piano. Last
cital at the Town Hall in New York.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

'cellist; Fred Wurley and Millard
| Penny, cornetists: Charles Moore,
| Mabel Flehr Mildred Smith and
! Granville Leef, Vocalists.
Ruth II. Snodgrass was soloist for
the past two Sundays for the Christian
| Science Parent Church of the New
Generation. now meeting at the May
| flower. Today she is guest soloist at
both services of the West Washington
| Baptist Church.
| Mrs. Charles J. Cassidy recently en-
! tertained members of the senior class
of the Master School of the Piano.
| Grace G. Gilchrist, director. at her
home, in Brookland, D. c.
7 Miss Gilchrist spoke on music at
the time of the Renaissance. Mrs.
| Cassidy gave an interesting sketch OF
| Czerny's life and work; Miss Hazel
| Wasson gave one of Gries. and Miss
| Agnes Carr one of Edward Mac
| Dowell. Solos were played by Gustav
| Weckel. Robert Reineck, Agnes Carr,
| TTilda Burke, Emma Egolf, Hazel
Wasson, Mrs. Shockey, Anne Jenkins,
Mrs. Charles Cassidy and Eva Men
deIsohn Rosenberg. Others present
berg, Jannette Rosenberg, Edna Ros-
4
The Girls Glee Club of George
\ Washington University, directed by
! Estelle Wentworth. has added two
more engagements to an already busy
season 1t will sing at one of the
Eastern Star chapters April 16, and
| for the Daughters of the American
Revolution April 26.
| Franceska, Kaspar Lawson, soprano.
sang two groups Of songs Thursday at
| the Easter exercises of the Sidwell's
| Friends School, with Mabel Finch Raw
| lings at the piano. The songs in
cluded two new works, Just a Cot
| tage Small" by James Hanley, and
| awake! Awake My Love-" by Rob
ert Huntington Terry.
Tomorrow Mrs. Lawson gives a re-
cital in Martinsburg. w. Va. April
IA she gives her second recital within
the year for the high school at Ma
nassas, Va, with Mrs. Rawlings at
the piano.
The regular monthly board meeting
of the District of Columbia Fedora
ton of Music Clubs will be held Sat
urday, at 4:30 pm. at 1880 G street
northwest.
Elena de Sayn. prior to her de
parture for Paris, where she will teach
violin this Summer, will give at her
Washington studio an intensive six
weeks course of ost-graduate work
in violin playing and teaching, begin
ming in April.
Minnie Volkmann. soprano, will be
soloist at the reception of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy in Lees
burg, Va, Tuesday.
Dorothy Bedford, concert pianist
will give a recital for the girls of
Chevy Chase School. at 6412 Connec-
ticut avenue. next Sunday night.
Miss Bedford's last concert was
March 13 at the Army Music School.
Appreciation of music and the train
ing of the voice will be the subjects
| for series of lectures to be given in
| Pittsburgh, Pa, next week by Alex
ander Henneman, the director OF the
| department of music at the Sisters
College of the Catholic University He
| will devote three days to this work.
Evening star., 1926-04-04

words of Jesus are assigned to the
bass, while the baritone takes care OF
the parts Of Judas. Peter and the
High Priest and Plate. The accom-
paniment for the words Of the Evan
gel!st will be played on the piano.
The words of Jesus are accompanied
by the string orchestra. This is done
To set them apart from the utterances
of the other characters and seems to
east a halo upon them
There are many striking features
in the Passion which should at once
attract the listener. y few are quoted
for the benefit of those who so wish.
The growing of the cock at Peters
denial. the cry of Barabbas in the
hall Of PLATE. the demand of the rab-
BILE that the Savior be cruCified, the
contralto solo. ii miserere with violin
accompa niment. the soprano aria and
recitative. the soprano and contralto
duet which is interrupted by the
shouts of the believers. the earth
quake and a sublime finale, an ideal
lied slumber song, are some of these
points of interest.
During the recital Of story by the
Evangelist there are frequent inter
ruptions by the interpolate chorales.
perhaps the most popular factor in the
Pa ssion music. These Chorales are the
familiar melodies as sung in the
churches of Bachs day. He mas in
corporated them and adorned them
with the most telling harmonies, eX-
pressive of the text. There will be
II of these chorales in the Passion
as given here.
THE text of the Chorales, notes and
words. will appear in the programs
distributed TO the audience. AS each
one is reached in the course of the
drama the entire gathering rises and
sings them with the Bach Choir, the
organ and the orchestra. Since the
melodies are not as we'll known as
| i'm the days of Bach, there will be scat
tered throughout the audience a num-
| ber of local church choirs which are
! prepared to sing them. AS this is a
! feature which is always carried out at
Bethlehem. II has been deemed de
sirable TO effect the practice here
"A special favor has been accorded
/ local singers in that there has been
/ chosen a choir OF sopranos who will
| take part in the opening number (the
prologuel, an antiphonal chorus of
overpowering effect The Bach Choir
! will be divided into TWO sections, while
this organization forms the third. In
| The by-play between the first two di-
visions this third group .Weaves a
! choral melody which Is the germ of
the entire number. When originally
given by the composer this work was
done by choirboys.
''As previously announced, the solo
parts will be given TO Arthur Kraft,
tenor: Fred Patton, baritone; Charles
Trowbridge Tittmann, basso; Mabel
Beddoe, contralto, and Emily Stokes
Hagar, soprano. The conductor will
be DR.. Wolfe. The orchestral parts of
| the Passion will be handled by the
major portion of the Philadelphia
Symphony Orchestra"
Evening star., 1926-04-04
The Washingtonians Plan
Three New Productions

THE WASHINGTONIANS, under
the direction of Rollin Bond, an
nounce a series of operatic novelties
for Spring production. All are stand
ard works. The first of these, "Au-
dran's' THE Mascot" to be presented
at Central High May 4, and 6,
is a light opera score of unusual
beauty. The libretto. with scenes
laid at Piombine, Italy, in the
fifteenth century is exceedingly
keen in it's humor and satire of
the period. This work. containing
more lovely melodies than most light
operas, is seldom heard, owing to the
unusually heavy expense of it's elabo-
rate costume requirements and the
difficulties encountered by the de-
mands made upon the singing princi-
pals as we'll as chorus and ballet.
Particularly are the leading tenor and
high baritone roles exceedingly diff
cult to cast.
Other decided novelties now ready
for presentation by The Washing
tonians and to follow closely on the
heels of THE Mascot" are 1.-The
Queens Awakening" ballad opera
by Balfe, the composer of The Bohe-
mian Girl and Suppe's "Pygmalion
and Galatea."
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Boston Symphony's Last
Program Here This Year
THE Boston Symphony Orchestra

THE Boston Symphony Orchestra
under it's fine leader. Serge Kous-
sevitsky. will give it's second and final
concert in Washington this season
Tuesday afternoon, April 10, at 4:30
o'clock in Polls Theater.
The symphony chosen for this pro-
gram is Tschaikowsky' Fourth Sym
phony."
Other music includes a sonata by
Galliard, of the eighteenth century.
said TO have been especially arranged
for the Russian CONDUCTOR S interpre-
tation, by MaXimilian Steinberg, SON.
in-law of Rimsky Korsakoff.
Mr.. Koussevitsky also will play the
bacchanale music from Wagner s
"Tannhauser" and a selection by
-Dukas, THE Sorcerer's Apprentice, -
based on a ballad by Goethe.
Seats for this concert are on sale
at Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Concert
Bureau, in Droops. 1900 G street
northwest.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
DIR. ADAM GEIBEL WEDNESDAY.

DR.. Adam Geibel. the blind organist
and eminent composer of Philadelphia,
will give one of his popular lecture
recitals pm. Wednesday at the Yer
mont Avenue Christian Church.
At the recital Wednesday evening
DR.. Geibel will be assisted by Mrs.
Henry Hunt Mckee. Harlan Randall
and the mixed quartet of the church,
consisting of Mrs. B. d. Shreve, So
prano: Mrs. f. NJ. Shore, contralto:
w. E. Braithwaite, tenor. and r. H.
Harmon, baritone. A free-will offer.
ing will be taken. An invitation is
extended to the public to attend this
lecture
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Marine Band Programs.

THE following are three programs
to be presented during the coming
week by the L. S. Marine Band and
the Band Orchestra. Capt. William II.
Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson,
second leader.
The White House at $3.50 pm, to.
morrow:
l. March. On the Mali ......-..... Goldman
X. Overture. Poet and Peasant Suppee
3. (al "Parade of the Wooden Soldier,
Cb, March Of {, III, Toys" from ,P 1Bqhes :
+. Trombone solo, Thoughts of Love
PRINCIPAL Musician Robert f. Clark. "
;. Grand scenes from. ,,Maritana" Wallace
8. ldyl The Shepherd Boy. "...... Wilson
s Grand march. Entrance of the Guests in
the Warthurg' from "Tannhauser'
The Star spangled Banner"
In the band auditorium. Marine
Barracks. Tuesday. at 1880 pm;
/. March ON the Mali ..... Goldman
.. Overture, La Grand PaQue Russo" tRus-
aS San Halse etermezzo ady hTTffK%%
Jonescu
abl Melody in. major" ......, Dawes
laJ The Heavens are Telling"
Beethoven
Musicians A, Bennert, H. Erisman. H. Heard
and l.. Gummel.
.. Second Hungarian Rhapsody Liszt
6. 'Reve Angelique' (KamennoI- -ostrowl
Rubinstein
z. Grand Fantasia. "Hansel and Gretel."
Hunperdinek
Marines hymn The Halls OF Montezuma'
THE Star Spangled Banner
In the band auditorium. Marine Bar
racks. Friday, at $50 pm:
|. March. Police Parade" ....... Lincke
2. Overture, Calf Of Bagdad,.' Boieldieu
3. ta) "Andante Cantablle' from the
String Quartet Opus H."
Cbl serenade. Les Millions d'Arlequin' >
Drigo
f. Trombone Quartet:
faD The Heavens Are Telling,
Beethoven
Cb) "waldandacht'' ............ Kohler
Musicians A Bennert. H. Erisman. II. Heard
and +. Gummel.
5. Excerpts from ''Sweethearts ;. Herbert
6. Waltz. Dreams of Childhood Waldteufel
(al The King of France
OBJ Il. Too. Was Born in Arcadia
tcl "In Darkest Africa
Marines hymn The Halls of Montez una ~
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1926-04-04

authority of New
York City. We'd
nesday evening at
$50 O'Clock in the
auditorium of the
United States Ma
tional Museum,
r e n t h and b
streets. under the
auspices of Edna
e | S h o p Daniel,
we'll known in To-
cal music circles.
This lecture will
be open to the
general p u b ! j e,
free of charge. 1t
is anticipated that
the subject will
prove of special
interest to teach
Evening star., 1926-04-04

Mary Isabel Kelly and Mrs. Wayne
b. Wheeler. both well-known local
soloists, gave a program for. the
American Association of University
Women at the musical tea Monday
afternoon Miss Kelly opened the pro
gram with a Beethoven sonata. fol
lowed by a group of Scharwenka' s
songs sung by Mrs. Wheeler. Miss
Kelly then played two of that Polish
composers piano compositions, and
the singer concluded the program with
group OF American songs.
Evening star., 1926-04-04
Musigraphs.

NEACT AND FOLLY IN THE
WORLD OF SONG" is the title
of a lecture recital to be given by
William A. c. Zerffi, eminent vocal