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The Washington times., 1926-03-22

THE BACH CHOIR
PIONEERS

There are few points 81 con-
nection with the Bach choir wa.sch
wilf visit Washington Apr, s, that
should prove interesting % those
Who admire 8 teadfastness Of pur
pose ana al everlasting determine.
ton Is accomplish the seemingly
impossible. Ths long and eventfuI
history of the organization. perhaps
more than that Of any other cnorals
body IN this country demonstrates
these two qualities g SURPRISING
degree,
gefl1lehern. pa. maybe with the
girls chorus which Frederick
wolfe orrafized IN 1857 maybe
with the Bethlehem Choral Union
ruftfen together little while later
81 the same gent lernan perhaps
with the MDravian Church choir.
which filled the gap between the
union and the present group. Az
ar1v rate one man stated e and has
kent II y Lng ever since.
m the tan 81 1928 b group Ok
niYIrera Approached Or. Wolfe with
flle idea of having him coach tlleET
IL the famous b minor mass ~
zach. Five wears before the union
had disbanded because ne insisted
that they take up this work Now
q few courageous souls we're willing
s. So B 81 the firth cf December. 1ses
the Bach Choir actually canie into
existence.
Marking the 150th anniversary Of
Bach's death. the choir gave the
first complete rendition of the mass
II America. Since washington
heard the wonderful creation last
season it might be well to mention
that Nicholas Douty. who sang thu
tenor solos here, WAS the frs
soioist Tor the 1900 production
Also, il Is pleasing To know that
one 81 the National Capitals fore.
most musicians. Lucy Briclxen
stein. was one OF the two e0prano
soIoists on this occasion Miss
BricIyenstein likewise served on the
executive COMMITTEES that made the
arrangement for the first Bach
festival
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
THREE ARTIST CONCERT
TONIGHT AT 10TH AND G

The concert tonight at the First
Congregational Church. will present
three artists in an interesting pro.
gram. 1t is the fifth in the six
Lenten concerts arranged by Mrs.
Ruby Smith Stahl, who is soprano
solOist tonight, with Charles r..
Tittman, bass, and Charles r. Ferry,
pianist-compOser.
Mr.. Tittmann will sing two old
Italian arias. the Massenet aria
"Vision Fugitive" from "Herodiade, :"
and some songs in English. Mrs.
Stahl will give an old Italian
Tschaikowsky's ''NlIr wer die Sehn-
sucht kermit" Schumann's wild
mung,' the Liza aria from Debussy $
IL 'Enfant Prologue" and some
modern songs in English.
Mr.. Ferry's own compositions are
Desert Night Song" "Daybreak"
and 'Danse Eccentrique, to be
given by the composer at the
piano.
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
GREENE.
NEXT SEASON

Following the concert on We'd
nesday afternoon. March "A. at
Polls, of Nine. sigrid Onegin. the
famous Metropolitan contraIto.
there win remain only one Wilson.
Greene concert this season, the final
1925-26 appearance Of the Bosta
symphony Orchestra. under Ses.ge
KoussevitzISy, vi Polls on Tuesday
afternoon, April IS.
Although definite dates have not
yet been fixed, Mrs. Wilson's Greene
is announcing particularly slrcng
group OF concert attractions for
the season OF 1926-2T. starting prob
ably late next October This list.
which will include four appearances
in washington next season OF the
new York Symphony Orchestra,
Walter Damrosch. conductor, will
also have concerts by the follow
ing artists:
Fritz Kreisler, world -f am U $
Austrian vfolinist: Sergei Rach-
maninoff. renowned Russian pianist
and conpdser: Mime. Jeritza. sensa.
tional Viennese prima donna Of the
Metropolitan Opera Co m pa IN vi:
Amelia Cali Curci, worlds greatest
coloratura; Claudio MuzIo, soprano,
Chicago Civic Opera Company; the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge
KOusseyftzky. conductor: Lawrence
Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera Com
pany baritone; Chalfapin, at the
head Of his own opera company;
Marion TalIey, remarkable 19-year-
old Metropolitan soprano; JonII Nc
Cor1nack, greatest OF Irish tenors;
Dusolina Giannini. brilliant young
American soprano; Nine. Onegin,
who sings here on Wednesday; and
other famous concert stars to be
later.
Tentative reservations may now
be made at Mrs. Wilson-Greene's
Concert Bureau, in Drops. 1900 G
w
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
.P R A | n
WEEK Of
MUSIC

TONIGHT, 81 So. Lohengrin.s Wag.
ner opera. by Washington Opera
Company, with CUES" stars.
Washington Auditorium.
TONIGHT, S:15-Ruby Smith StahI,
Charles T. Tittinann, Charles T.
Ferry, in the fifth Lenten Monday
concert, First Congregati onal
Church
WEDNESDAY, 400 Sigrid Onegtn,
contraIto OF Metropolitan Opera,
in debut recital Philharmonic
course, Polls.
FRIDAY, 4:3O-TTelen Howison and
Charlotte Hartman joint recital.
Mayflower ball room.
FRIDAY. Sis Glee Club. Ohio
State University, in concert and
dance. Hotel Washington.
MONDAY, March 20, S:15-Lucrezla
Bori. soprano, in tenth Peggy Al
bioD concert. Washington Audi.
torium.
TUESDAY. March 80. 4:3o-Phila-
delphia Orchestra, final concert.
Washington auditorium
TUESDAY,, March 80, S:s0-Rubiil-
stein Club concert. Three contest
winners of club as soloists. VIII
ard Hotel
THURSDAY. April /, 4:S0-Sylvia
Lent. violinist, in recital. National
Theater.
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
ZERFFl, OF NEW YORK, IN
FREE LECTURE ON VOICE

On the evening of April z, at
$50, William A. c. Zerffi. eminent
vocal authority of New York. will
give a public lecture in the United
States National Museum. that is
open to all of Washington's music
lovers.
Mr.. zerffi will talk on Folly
and Fact in the World of Song.
Following the lecture Mr.. Zerffi
will answer, from the stage. any
vocal questions the audience desires
to ask.
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
A Bach Master Also
Music Memories
BY JESSIE MacBRIDE

Washington Music Opportunity
Eleven of importance last week leave five
still to be given their due appreciation.
Civics the National Capital richly
these eyentswich almost without exception given
very large these five need be abuated and
added to the review Of the week just past.
Bach played by the upendous master Of this music
Harold Samues, English pianist the gift concert the
Library Of Congress- from the Coolidge Foundation fund How
marvellous the being there under
persol direction Of Carl Enge chief of Music Division
The Washington times., 1926-03-22

A TSchaikOW6ky orchestral pro.
gram, under Mischa Guterson. with
the augmented Rialto Sunday Sym
phony, was second in Importance
because OF the finely executed WOrh
given this exquisite music by AZ
leading players OF the city. The
theater was filled at 2 o'clock 70
hear 1t.
a high school rendition Of Gil
bert and Sullivan opera, The Con.
doIiers, was so excellent q founda
tioh stone, for youth and music in
our city, that ! put it next. The
opera was given By Tech High
School students, last week, some
160 Of them, including principals
chorus and orchestrathe latter
almost entirely high school or
chestra under Dore Walten, In
structor at the school in one OF the
major subjects.
The Army Music School estab-
lished a precedent, at a delightful
concert given at the Barracks IN
the schools auditorium, by intro.
ducing-for the first time probably
on any stage-the bassoon as solo
instrument, played by master Of
his art, formerly associated with
the school, Angel del Busto, assisted
by a forceful young pianist. Doro.
thy Bedford.
That was making musical history,
under the patronage of Uncle
Sam-a thing that is dear to the
heart of all lovers of music, who
look and long for Government en-
couragement of this "stepsister" Of
the arts
The fifth is highly civic. It is
placed last because it is just begin
ming. That was the invitation organ
recital at the Washington Audito-
rum yesterday afternoon by a
rarely gifted artist, Clarence Rey-
nolds, municipal organist of Denver,
Col.
The musicipal organist, for Wash
ington, is under consideration, l
believe.
What more attractive-with the
crocuses just cleaning golden on
the White House lawn-what more
delightful during the afternoon
drive than to go over to the Audi
forum for an hours music?
That is Civics in Music.
Harold Samuel Plays Bach
To say that Harold Samuel is
the foremost interpreter OF Bach's
music, which seems beyond dispute,
is even scant praise. He Is so
stupendous an artist, SO maSterfult
so Notwithstanding the rare
filaments of music figures as well
as the massive proportions-that
one must hear him and "his Bach"
More than this. He is intensely
xJ,.a pasnnr1inD tn GIlph a
comment, Mr.. Samuel replied:
fAnd the man has been dead zoo
years, yet we still dispute that.
Then, too, he employs every tone
color of the modern plano, in this
finely characteristic music. For
with Samuel, Sarabande Of Bach
is as sad as Moussorgsky, as com
polling. Or we find him, in the
French Suite, letting elegance orna'
ment the lovely music, which is full
OF melody. its oftentimes dry repeti
tons proving that in such instance
1t is the lack of imagination, the
lack of musical invention of tone
and touch, that robs the music OF
it's essence.
Folk spirit is here, as well as
court and courtiers.
Technically, Mr.. Samuel Is a mas
ter of amazing rhythms, amazing
tempos, with vital rugged runs or
| a Perpetual motion that holds one
breathless. or that goes into a mar
yelous crescendo. with never ar
inner voice lost.
| His tone is again a stunning
| thing. Perhaps he has made rec
ords. 1t is only by hearing him
| this English dramatist, detailist
tone colorist, in the most mathe
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
PEGGY AnBION CONCERT
Bori Last NoIfsohn Artist

Dainty Lucrezia Bori, the prima
donna soprano whom Old Spain
yielded to the Metropolitan Opera
House of New York, will sing il.
Washington one week from tonight.
She will be presented in the Wash
ington Auditorium under the auspices
of Mrs. Peggy Albion. in one of the
few concerts which her busy operate
program will permit her to give this
year.
Senorita Bori has been enjoying a
triumphal operate season. AS yer.
satile as ever, she has played the
various roles of viyacious "Yioietta,"
tender MIN. " wistful Antonio. y
lovabIe Juliet. and many more. and
has won new praise for her enaction
Of each role.
This little artist came to the Met
rupolitan's American audiences IL
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
MRS. WILsON-GREENE
Presents Great Scandinavian

Nine. Sigrid onegin. famous con-
tralto of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, win make her concert
debut in Washington at Polls
Theater next wednesday afternoon
at 4:30 as the fourth artist in Mrs.
wilson Greene's Philharmonic course
of five concerts which includes the
final appearance in Washington this
season of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra under Serge KoHsse-
vitzky, conductor, on April IS.
Onegin is one of the great con-
traltos of the present generation.
It was not until this season that
Mrs. Wilson-Greene was enabled TO
win her away from her Metropolitan
appearances long enough to make
a concert appearance in Washing
ton. For her local debut Nine.
Onegin has selected a program Of
superb beauty and appeal in which
she will be accompanied by Franz
Dorfmueller at the piano.
The program opens with a group
of two numbers. the Aria. "Pieta
Signore" (Stradella) and "Furibondo
second group on her program Is one
III IOuE Ola I1tISuSu pOHSS, NY
Mother Bids Ne Bind Ny HAIR
Haydnl, Now the Dancing Sun
beams" GIaydnl Love Has Eyes
(Bishop) and THE Dashing White
Sergeant" (Bishop).
Nine. Onegin's third group con-
Gists Of three Schubert. songs, Der
Musensohn," ''Rostloses Liebe" and
der Erlkoenig." while the fourth
and final group is a series of four
songs in English, Lullaby" Cyril
Scott, Fairy Pipers' Brewer).
Song of the Open" Frank La
Forge) and "Invictus" martin
Shaw.
Seats for Nine Onegin's first
Washington concert appearance are
now on sale at Mrs. Wilson. Greene )
Concert Bureau, 1900 G ST.. and
win be available at Polls TineateF
on "Wednesday afternoon
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
WASHINGTON OPERA
A Fine Lohengrin Tonight

a Fine LO1enSf1n 1OH1SHe
The proverbial i'll wind has re-
suited IN great good fortune for
the Washington Opera Company in
securing for them the services Of
Marcella Roessler, soprano Of the
Metropolitan. Opera Company, to
sing Elsa in. the performances Of
ssT,0hengrin,s at the washington
Auditorium tonight. at Sl5.
Influenza caused the cancellation
Of the scheduled appearance OF
Anna Fitziu, so the Metropolitan
nanagement consented to allow
RoessIer to come. She has sung
Else several times with the Metro
poIitan this year and has had a
marked success in the role.
Paul Althouse. American tenor,
win sing Lohengrin Ina Bours-
kava. also OF the Metropolitan. will
sing "ortrud''; Ivan Ivantzoff, barr,
tone. viii sing TeIramund, and
Sicnrd Nilsson will sing King
Henry" Jacques Samassoud viii
conduct.
Entering the field Of Wagnerian
opera. for the first time, the chorus
has been expanded to 10 and the
orchestra to IS III order TO meet
the great demands Of a Wagnerian
score
With the prospects of an un-
usually distinguished audience not
only of music lovers, but Of dipIo-
mats and other social leaders, the
feeling is general that operate his
tory, so far as the Washington
Opera Company is concerned, will
be made tonight
Tickets may be secured at the
box office at Thirteenth and G.
Streets at the Jordan Piano Com
many. and also at the Victrola De-
parfment of woodward & Lo-
fhrop,s. Tonight, tickets may be
secured at the Auditorium
The Washington times., 1926-03-22

years ago. She was studying in ar
obscure convent in Spain when Il
visitor CHANGED to hear her beautiful
soprano voice. He persuaded her
parents to allow Lucrezia To share
her voice with the world. She made
her debut at Rome in the opera Car
men," while still In her teens.
This success was followed by oper.
attic and concert appearances in
Paris. Naples, Buenos Aires. Monte
Carlo AMI finally New York. Her
concert here. tickets for which are
available at the Albion Bureau. 1889
@ St. N. w. will he SenOrita Boris
only appearances In Washington this
year.
The Washington times., 1926-03-22

Miss Mary A. Cryder has issued
invitations for musicale to be
given at her G Street studio. Thurs
day evening, at ., the artists being
Miss Georgia Hazlett soprano;
Lynch Luquer, violin. and Miss
Stuntz, piano.
The Washington times., 1926-03-22
REGER ORGAN PROGRAM
BY WARREN r. JOHNSON

Wednesday at 4:45 at Epiphany
Church. Warren r. Johnson, as
sistant organ1st OF the Washington
Cathedral, will play the fifth and
last Lenten organ recital, giving
an all-Max Roger program.
Mr.. Johnson will play the first
movement from the second sonata,
"Pastorale,' and 'Internezzo, I"
''Toccata. Ave Maria" and the
Fantasia on the choral Elm
feste Burg"
On Good Friday the choir OF
Epiphany Church will sing Stainer's
''The Crucifixion'' at p. m.
Myra McCathran Marks has re-
signed her position as soprano
soloist of ST. Margaret's Protestant
Episcopal Church, where she has
been for several years past, to
accept position as soprano soloist
in the mixed quartet of the First
Baptist Church.
Mrs. Marks first work in her
! new position will be in the can
tatas "Galilia," by Gounod.
Ruth Barnhart, pupil of Estelle
Wentworth, sang at the memorial
service held by the members of
/ Sigma Kappa Sorority last Mon
! day,
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07

alias, Smith, the confessor of four teen murders. is held in Jail while
 the police conducted il nation wi, 7. inquiry to determine whether h,s
 story of the killings was true. John
 son walked into the police head quarters the other night and told he detectives that h" had led a life of crime and was through. He de |clared that he had murdered per lsons in the British Colonies. Califor- mia. and several Middle Western
 States. He admitted that he was in sane. and said that he had escaped
 from an insane asylum. Johnson was crime career. when bnt eleven years old. by robbing the erorery store
 He claimed that his father was q Canadian iurest. An investigation of the cities where his crimes lie de clared were committed. were partly corrohorated. and partly contradict ed
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
KILLED | MAN
 BY THROWING OFF TRAIN

Seattle. Aug |, tP, After the reading the papers. concerning Iohnson's statement that he thrust man 10 death off the Chicago Mil wakee-St Paul freight train, which he was riding on near Appleton, Wisconson. II A. Fowler, il railroad fireman and resident living near here. told the police that he was me mber of he train crew at ihe time the body Wal found and identified.
 Johnson also admitted roh'ire MT. md Mrs Charles TatHm. of =Aber- ieen south Dakota. Johnson made her phone her husband To come home. he then tied her up and when her husband came he robbed him and took him outside of lie city in his own car and tied him to tele- graph pole. then returned the car lose to his home. He obtained two hundred and fifty in cash and two rings. The police of Aberdeen con 4irmed the robbery.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07

The republican guhernatoril race is close betYecn ". ] Otjcn, state senstor. and op,rr K Benedict. for mer Tulsa postmaster In the de moera''r primaries roi nomination to the senate. Elmer Thpmas. con gressman from the sixth district. received twenty-lour thousand. eight hundred and sixteen. Former gov ernor, J C. Walton, had seven thou sand less. in eight hundred and fir teen precincts.
 In the republican n9minatiou for the senate, it is reported that sen ator J. w tIarrcld lead tho field of six opponents by a wide margin.
 Two hundred and five prccintta reported from Kansas gave Curtis. for the republican nomination for he senate seventeen lhou-and one hundred and twcuty-uine. and Chiiea two thousand seycn har1red and eiehty-one From three hundred and twenty-six precincts the eaher material nomination of Paulen- in rumbent. is assured te having re- retved thirteen thousand thrnc hnn- fred and six aea,ust Davis two thousand seven hundred siyty-six.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
,JITE \ DEMONSTR tTION IN MEXICO
 CITY ON st \DN

Noealrs, Ariz. Aug, !, lA', Al vices from the Nueales Herald said that six were killed and more than Il hundred injured. during demon strations in Mexico on sunday, when the religious regulations became el- fcctive. The toll was ineom- plete and the story reads. F"hal | ions in inc interior are grave and considerable difficulty was enrounl cred by state and Federal officers carrying ont inc control of the gov as to closing doors and
 ealing chu.ch windows on Sunday morning It was reported in MeNico City that reliable orders were is sued bv the Federal Government that Governors of States request strlct embargnes be placed on the sal" or arms and amm'mitions.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
GRAND JURY Asks kI3ii.S
 TO CONTINUE THE INQt TRY

Los Angeles, Aug ,Pj -lhe Grand Jury asked keyes to continue the McPHerson inquiry se@fefIy. following a session in which Keses md Ryan heard William Garter foreman "aftcr eofaidarina= all the evidence prescnted#te ps hn h. District Mtorney. aptGhls asaisfant. he Grand fnrors u3=rnnninen7 vote decided that beeansn If tho many contradictions =rf= trA# ee= | nee. it would II ae Vei !, Wttle
 Q make deJnite lecisinl- "obeer- ing the kidnappinr of himH' &hefe ever there is ! rossibtiitT 'f ''ea'lo having hcen= committed feslZtf= is the duty of the Aioruey to make such inquiries as he may find neees- sary"
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
JOHNSON REVEALS SOME OF
 HIS PET ENtITEMENTS

seattle Aug. !, tI2l When lohn- .on told th. authorities of Aanka'o, Minnesota. hal he had killed n per son in that city, they denied il, and aid that their hadn't been T mur- Ter here in twenty years Johnson aufhed and said, tell them to book behind the ice house and they will ind SrottN. which is the only name | knew him by. wanted to hold np d bank I.rmars Iowa and he liln't. SO We decided tu shoot il out. | killed him and sunk his body back If the ice house Also Johnson ad nttpd deserting the United States Navy. twenty years ago, he said hat navy Tiff was too tame and de ,pilc two days of efforts to disprove is statements. hr killed fourteen ,crspns and remained for the most part uushaken.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
PREDICTS GREAT
 PROSPEROUS YEAR TO COME

Seattle, Aug. I. (P)-Gartield pre- dicted that the Alaska salmon pack will be six million cases this year. He said that there are more than q thousand men employees for the Fairbanks Exploration Company. of which there Is welve million dol lar placer prospect, which is estl- mated to produce one hundred and rwenty million in gold in the next hirty years. He said mining start ed in Alaska 2S years ago, and he 1lso said it is reported that there 's an excellent irdication If oil at Chickaloon and Yakataga.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07

Cordova. Aug. 3. tPt Congress man Milton Shreve, Of Pennsylvania ,a i'd that he believe the operation of the Fairbanks Exploration Com nany alone iistiiies he money spent m the Alaska Railr"1d. It" sald, .'snmcbody once told me in Alaska
 [ is the case of survival of the fit test. and all the men met here seem to he the Attest. it also seems to me that you ar" running your country pretty well oMall"v and Shreve left on inc patrol boat Rrant. for Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
SELECTING GAINES
 JURY Is TEDIOUS

Seattle, Aug. I, lA9 A. l.. oioush q street car molorman, has been ch tered as a State witness in the Gaines trial. H., said. he will tell of running a car on which Il man rr- srmbling Gaines rode from Green |. ke to the city the night of the murder. The selecting of the jury was delayed yesterday by staiemenls $ made hy William NJ. Parsons q vinireman. who said, eff you con vince me that Gaines is guilty, l would be convinced that he was in sane" The trial judge this morn ing rejected Wm. Parsons as juror in the case.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
Is TORTURED FOR
 FIVE HOURS BY A MAN
 RELIEVED DEMENTED

St. Paul. Aug. 1. @-Tortured by fire and fayed with whip was done to Edward Horrigan, aged twenty-nine of this city. by man. believed to be demented. Horrigan was also fireman, and is in a seri- ous condition at the hospital. The police found him handcuffed, sitting in chair in a rOoming house. Wal ter H. Fletcher. aged 37 beat him and then cut thin strips af skin from his body. which he followed with a blacksnake. Burning mat ches were also applied. After five hours of torture he called the photo grapher to take picture. who noti- ned the police. He said that Horri- gan had wronged him.
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07
MCPHERSON INVESTIGATION
 GOES BACK TO ARIZONA

Los Angeles. Aug. 2. (P-investi- gation flashed back to Arizona, when 1t was reported that Aimee was identified as the women seen at Lo- well Arizona Hotel. on June lSth' The new witness is an Arizona min ing man. He said that he had vislt- ed the Angelus Temple and identified Aimee McPherson as the woman who registered for one day accompanied by another woman. A telegram to Reyes from San Francisco, signed Belle Owen read. "It was my sister net Aimes. who was with Ormiston at Carmel. My sister is on the way from the East as rapidly as she can possibly come" An immediate check up showed that Belle Owen was un- known at the hotel from which the telegram was sent. The senders ad- Arese was Pickwick Stage Co.,. but
The Nome nugget., 1926-08-07

Mexico City. Aug. l, R-Ten million or more Catholics through out Mexico. were without the bane- fit of the clergy. as the result of putting into effect the religious re- gulations. It was marked by isolat- ed shooting affrays. stoning of off, cials, and the turning of fire hoses on the mobs. Ten persons were wounded in the shootings about the capital. The Catholics were re- quested to cease spending money on anything except the absolute neces- sIties, the object being to bring about economy crisis which it hopes will be influential. Government troops were dispatched to the strategic points in order to main tain order. MonsignOrito Crespi, who will be in charge of the Aposto- lie Legation in Mexico City. was or dered to leave the country within twenty-four hours.