The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-29

/ evening were those supplied by
Washing toniane-and most OF them
were by Warrington women. The
earliest OF the evenings pr oeeediugs
brought Marie Duchon Deal soprano,
and Gertrude eniallwood, planiste, TO
the nlicrophone AZ the artists Of
the Kit Hour. Mrs. Deal has
seldom been IN better voice and
gave her songs everything she had
which means that she sang them
with marked individuality and an.
mistakeable meaning that registered
clearly with the understanding Of
her listeners.
Miss STnaliwood' playing was what
is expected Of her--thoughtful anal
ysie of great music presented In q
brilliant way. With this pair set
ting a pace for the evening those
who followed had some job cut out
for them But each, in turn and
in an individual way, made good.
ARSENG RALON
SCORES AGAIN
With Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler az
sololst, the orchestra OF our old
friend, Arsena Ralon scored a very
decided success in the middle eve
ming from WMAL with a program
that certainly followed the ideas Of
its sponsor and presented the bet.
ter kind Of music In the best way.
With q small orchestra Ralon Sc
lected his numbers to fit his in.
strumentation and provided quiet,
yet very interesting series Of must
cal scenes. Mrs. Gawler's very
rich soprano was heard TO excellent
effect in the vocal portion Of the
program.
Dorothy Sherman Pierson, whose
soprano voice and intelligent method
Of using 1t, has seldom been heard
with better effect than last evening,
we know viii agree with us when
we give first place in the final
City Club Musicale program Of the
season to Henry Smid. Gregor, pI-
anist, who, with Violet Warren Pier.
son, reader, were her fellow artists.
Smid.Gregor has been heard most
frequently by radio audiences az
an organist and on those occasions
when he has used the piano as his
medium he has invariably scored
a very pronounced hit. Last nights
endeavor, broadcast by WMAL, was
no exception. The group Of his
own compositions he played were
the most interesting and lovely
things of his program.
The "Leviathan" section Of the
WRC program was. as we've indi.
Gated, something OF q surprise to
most listeners. The orchestra, which
was presented after speeches by
Gen. Albert C. Dalton and Comdr.
Herbert Hartley, is distinctly 4 con-
cert organization, which presented
program Of some Of the finest Of
music in faultless way. The con-
cert was provided Washingtonians
to signalize the opening Of the new
steamship offices Of the United
States Shipping Corporation, Of
which Dalton is president. Com.
modore Hartley told some interest.
ing facts about the "Leviathan''
during the course Of a short ad.
dress preceding the musical pro.
gram.
The absence Of the little word
mot" completely wrecked the sense
and intent of q statement in our
comment Of yesterday on the per-
Torrance Of the Perfect Diamond
entertainer Wednesday evening from
WRC--an absence for which / am
entirely responsible. We intended
to say "the jewelry merchants sub
sidisinG the Perfect Diamond en-
tertainment would NOT like to base
their reputation on the synthetic
gems Of commerce" But the word
mot" slipped out OF the sentence
and changed its sense to the exact
opposite Of our intent.