Evening star., 1926-12-09
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MARY GARDENS RECITAL.

| 1t was not the statuesque Mary
Garden Of operate fame who stepped
upon the little stage Of the ballroom
in the Mayfiower Hotel yesterday
morning and charmed an audience of
several hundred distinguished folk of
Washington with her songs. Rather,
it was Mary Garden, fiapper model.
1926. Simmer and more vivacious
than Washington has seen her in
some time, Miss Garden swung out
on the stage. She wore an abbrevi-
| ated black velvet costume with a
'.'sprinkled rose pattern" as our
| grandmothers would have called it
(yet at distance it looked very much
| like a perky bungalow apron) and
her head was swathed in a cerise
scarf decorated in front with a huge
| rhinestone brilliant.
With the buoyant self-assurance of
| a clever jeune file, Miss Garden
launched briskly upon the songs of
her program and won her audience
completely. She seemed to have pick
ed the numbers Of her second group
to match her costume. The two lit
tie songs by that tuneful Venezuelan
| composer, Reynaldo Hahn. were
| among her most effective selections.
They were my Ship and I" and 1.-THE
Swing"
The first group was inevitably Of
French songs, the loveliest of which
was Debussy's Beau Soir." OF course.
Miss Gardens French is perfect, and
also is her feeling for the subtle moods
of these songs. But her Scotch came
through in the encore, Comm
Through the Rye" and also in the en-
core to her second group. my Hearts
Sair for Somebody" In this group
she substituted Tosti's La Serenata"
for Gretcha ninoff's lie Rossgnol."
She gave the Tosti definite Garden
treatment and the way in which she
sent it's undulating phrases out to all
corners of the room gave it somewhat
the same effect as the popular I'm
dian Love Call" Also, she didn't
bother with many Of the alternative
high notes in her numbers, even in
the Louise" 'Depuis lie jour-" After
all, morning is trying time to sing.
Always Mary Garden Is the singing
actress and it is the dramatic quality
with which she blows life into her
songs that is so fascinating to her au-
ditors. She chose CAS- We Part" by
Rogers for her final encore, and
although the audience accepted her
suggestion without unQuo protest Cney
fingered, rather hoping for "just one
more" but Mary did not appear.
Listed jointly on the program with
Miss Garden was Jean Hector Dan
sereau, a young French pianist, who
is typically national in his treatment
of piano compositions. He proved
an exquisite accompanist for Miss
Garden. His Chopin was not at all
individual. The Ravel "Jeux d'Eau"
was well done and Granados' "Danse
Espagnole" was given good interpre-
tation. The. Liszt "Liebestraume"
was well played as the encore to his
second group. M. Danseueau has
light, delicate grace in his touch and
seems inclined to give all his music.
even the boisterous Eleventh Rhap-
sody" of Liszt, pastel qualities.
The program was an unusually
auspicious opening for Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend'S newest series of morning
musicals and was we'll attended. Next
week Maria Mueller and Frederic
Schorr of the Metropolitan Opera
Company will give the program. Miss
Mueller will be remembered as an at
tractive personality and a charming
singer who made her debut last year
in one of these musicals. Mr.. Schorr,
much in demand in Wagnerian roles
at the Met" will make his concert
debut in the United States in this pro-