Evening star., 1926-04-14
MARY LEWIS Wins
CONCERT AUDIENCE
Program for Hebrew Home
for Aged Includes Orchestra
and Local Musicians.

Mary Lewis, the graceful and beau
tiful American girl who formerly sang
in the Ziegfeld Follies and is this year
a successful star singing leading roles
at the Metropolitan Opera House, in
New York. won cheers and ovations
as the guest artist of successful
concert given for the benefit OF the
Hebrew Home for the Aged at the
Washington Auditorium last night.
An audience of several thousand peo'
ple welcomed Miss Lewis heartily on
her first appearance and fairly stop
ped the show to keep her after her
second encore following her last
group.
This singer has personal charm to a
marked degree, perfect stage presence
and genial appreciation ofN her audi
ence's enthusiasm. Added to these
necessary assets for the success OF
any singer, she has delightful coiora.
tura voice which has evidently had
and is still undergoing training 20
give Miss Lewis eventually complete
Command of all the many sides to
artistic Interpretation.
Her first group of songs featured
the lovely air. "Je March FUR le
chemins," from Massenet's "Manon.
we'll done. Two light songs, Ronald g
Down in the Forest" and Terrys
1.-The Answer" also were In this
group and were followed by Cadman 8
..The Land of the Sky-Blue Water"
in which Miss Lewis achieved some
lovely tones.
Has Orchestra Accompaniment.
The second appearance was with
accompaniment by the symphony or
chestra under the direction OF Mischa
au10 fhe
waltz song from Gounod's Romeo
and Juliet" and sang it well. AS en-
cores she sang Molloy's Kerry
Dance" and Pearl Curran's song,
Grain" The encores and the first
group of songs had piano accompani'
ment by that artistic accompanlss,
Myron Jacobson.
This symphony orchestra, which has
been playing for several weeks now
on Sunday afternoons at the Rialto
Theater, appeared under two leaders
last night, Sol Minister, we'll known
as a leading musician here, who con.
Quoted Mendelssohn's "FtngafS Cave
and March Coronation" by Meyer
beer, and Mr.. Guterson, who arranged
the entire program. The orchestral
selections were received with much
enthusiasm.
Joseph Turin, a tenor from New
York, showed good tone and style in
the Hebrew "Eeli, Eeli," and "Hasta
Manana." by De Silva. He also sang
the difficult aria from La Juive," !"
which really needs supreme artistry
for Interpretation.
Still a third singer on the program
was Romeo Guaraldi, young bari
tone of the Italian embassy in Wash
ington, who showed much promise in
his singing OF the prologue to II
Pagliacci." He has q fine quality Of
voice and the rich warmth that is the
birthright of the singing sons Of
Italy.
Glee Club Popular.
The George Washington University
Glee Club, Estelle Wentworth direct
ing, presented the initial group Of
numbers and were well received. They
made a fair picture in the Martha
Washington type of costume.
Second on the program was little
Betty Baum, a child pianist with re-
markable dexterity. She played the
Strauss-Schutz Blue Danube Waltz. ="
Henri Sokolov a leading violinist OF
this city. played the final movement
of Mendelssohns Concerto in E
Minor" accompanied at the piano by
Carlson Hargrave, who also played
for Mr. Turin.
The Ralon Trio of musicians played
a "Slavonlc Dance" by Dvorak and
Haydn's Gypsy Dance"
1t was varied and pleasing pro-
gram and the concert is said to have
achieved its beneficial purpose as to
finances most satisfactorily.