The Washington times., 1926-06-01
HAPPY { nd ING
TAINES 0PER

Being Memorial Day the harp
les 81 the atiilOsDIlere made IL
even 80. with accelerated noise
and syncopatiOn Oe crashes tl1at
Was deafenim9 and actual pain.
ful 80 times. The North gave
The best account OR ITSELF III the
receiver Late IN the evening
Detroit can1e through and Nash.
vile AMI Pittsburgh could De
fairly well tuned
There Is something in the thrili
Of high stakes that cornnnunicat
itself to the musical expression there.
~ difference betweensa recitation
In tone of the battle Of the Marine
with the lives 81 men and women
and the destiny 81 i world Ringing
on the result, and an inferno tional
target rnatch ID which the owner.
ship .of medal OF q silver cup
Il the stake.
Hence the very beautiful pastoral
opera Of Mascagni, 'sLsAn1ico Fritz, &
which dealt with the simple story 81
bringing two rustic lovers together in
! happy finish, which the WEAE
grand opera company produced Tor
the radio audience last night, did
moi, and could not, register with
the force Of the same composer b
"Gavaleria Rusticana which also
dealt with rustic lovers, but IN adj
ditiDn described hate ana revenge
and death III clinactio succession.
- se.SS
heauty of the music Mascagni wcve
around the simpler and more peace
ful stOry some OF its being 81 that
nuperiative quality that defies calm
analysis. And there can be- no
question Of the music telling the
story because Il did tell IL In all
Its simplicity and joyousness and
delight. But the stakes for which
the characters played were not high
enough. So we turn thumbs down
on peaceful beauty and shout for
warning passion. Which Is prob
ably the why Of the bull fight of
Spain.
PIANIsTE AGAIN
SCORES HIT
Some Of these days Matnilde
Harding will play q complete pro-
gram Tor WEzAF instead Of merely
Filling ia q nomentary gap between
the too early finish of one cash
customers product and the late
beginning of another. Twice IasE
evening she thrust into the wide
open spaces as g. shock aDsoroef
Tor time and the ennui az silent
receiver. Both times she registered
with her skilled fingers. her play.
ing OF Cyril SCOTS Song 81 the
East being an especially exquisite
bit of work.
The uses OF the elderberry. ana
the fact that this nations twenty
millions OF dollars worth Of honey
h favored with the extract of
everything from asparagus u VIC.
lets-or did DR.. p. s. RtdsdaIe for.
lget the zinia Ia his aIphah etical
list ?were two Of the interesting
things IN the list or q1eer quirlxs
OF nature cataIogued from VVCAP
In the early evening.
Crammed to the last second with
6nost interesting infornatl0n these
talks are among the most popular
on the telephone statonss local pro-
gram.
CAMPUS SERENADERS
SERENADE FROM TROY
Serenading all the way from Troy
the Campus Serenaders az Fen.
selIaer Polytechnic Institute sent
| 81 program Of dance music and
comedy songs into the loud speak
ers last evening from WHAz that
isnt often surpassed. The Monday
evening programs that regularly
come from the big scientific school
Of the collar and cuff metropolis
have been entertaining al season.
but never moro than last evening.
From Richmond, through WRVAs
from Baltimore, via WBALs from
Detroit. by way OF WJR. there
were things OF interest that Wedged
themselves through the barrage Of
static and made themselves heard
despite the noise. The work Of the
WBAL ensemble was especially
good.