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MUSIGR A PHS

Doree's Celebrities and had her own
company, the Alexandria opera Co..
which toured for five years and pre-
scented scenes from grand operas all
over the country.
Francesca Kaspar Lawson, soprano,
who is very active each season with
many engagements on tours through
out the East and South especially. Is
recovering from the effects of an acct
dent last Saturday when she was hit
by an automobile while crossing Seven
teenth street at Massachusetts ave-
nue., near her home on y street. Mrs.
Lawson was badly shaken up and
bruised and an arm was dislocated.
Her recovery seems to be progressing
quite satisfactorily at the present
time. though it will be several weeks
at least before she can resume any
professional engagements.
The Peter Pan Troubadours Of y. +.
NJ. c. will visit the National Museum
in October especially to study the fine
collection of keyboard instruments
which Hugo Worch. of this city, pre-
sented to the museum.
In November the group will attend
a concert ut the Marine Barracks in
order to visualize the orchestra and
have a clearer understanding of or
chestral music. according to r. r.
Chopin-keith, leader of the orga MIA
ton.
According TO the report in the New
York Herald Tribune last Monday. the
afternoon and evening concerts given
by the United States Marine Band in
Mecca Auditorium in New York were
highly successful. The review said. in
part:
The Presidents Band gave a good
account of its powers in the two per-
formances conducted by Taylor Bran
son, telling of unity and marked
spirit. a tone of marked brillianca.
Arthur $. Witcomb. who is the bands
second leader. proved a cornetist of
notable ability in his solo on the after.
noon program"
Both programs were given for the
benefit of the Mecca Temple charities.
The band will give concerts this after
noon and evening at the same audi
forum. arranged by the Advertising
Post OF the American Legion.
Helen CCrbin Heinl and Mrs. vii.
liam T. Reed. members of the faculty
of Martha Washington Seminary. will
Continued on Tenth Page.)
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CARLINA RANDELL, a talented
and charming young violinist from
Kansas City. has come TO Washington
this Fall with her husband. who has
accepted an important Government
position. and is planning to make her
home here for several years at least.
Mrs. Randell made an informal
debut into local music circles last
Tuesday night when she played two
selections on the opening program of
the Orpheus Club, the group of young
people. musicians and those interested
in music. who emphasize the discus
sion and performance of modern
works in their bi-monthly programs.
The vioinist played Albert Stoes.
sells fascinating and brilliant Sonata"
as her contribution TO recent music
on the program and she was ably ac-
companied at the piano by Mildred
Kolb Schulze, chairman of the Or
pheus Club. Later Mrs. Randell
played kreisler's "Tambourin Chi
noiS.''
Another guest at this opening meet
ing of the Orpheus Club was Ethel
Ziglatski. a soprano from Waterbury,
Conn. Miss Ziglatski sang three
songs. Sachnowski's THE Clock" a
rather weird number with a haunting
monOtony in the accompaniment:
The Robins Song" by White, and
THE Catbird." by Clokey.
Sigurd Nilsson. the scandinavian
American basso who is well known in
Washington. having sung here with
the original Seaglede Reszke Quartet
and in two operas produced by the
Washington Opera Company, as well
as in private musicals. also was a
guest of the club Tuesday. He is ap-
pearing as n soloist in the special pro
losue for What Price Glory" at the
Fox Theater.
Gretchen Hood, soprano, has re.
turned from her vacation and re.
opened her studio for voice training
at 1926 Fairmont street northwest.
Mildred Perkins, lyric soprano OF
New York City, is spending a few
days in Washington. Miss Perkins
who in private life is Mrs. Lloyd
Washington with n lovely home in
Westmoreland County, Va, plans to
open studio in Washington this sea
son. She will, however, maintain her
studio in Carnegie Hall in New York
also.
Miss Perkins has had considerable
professional experience. She sang or
the Keith Circuit, toured with Nine
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Organists Open Season.

WITH its first meeting Monday
w night, the District Chapter, Amer
lean Guild of OrganistS, commenced
new year.
The new dean, Rolla G. G. Onyun,
opened the meeting for regular bust
ness without formal ceremonies. Adolf
Torovsky, former dean, was called
upon for the final report of the gen.
eral convention. which was held in
Washington in June. In appreciation
of his successfully handling all mat
ters pertaining to the convention. the
chapter, through Miss Charlotte Klein,
presented two volumes of organ works
to Mr.. Torovsky, who was also given
a Guild pin by the new dean, a per-
sonar gift commemorative their year
as dean and subdean, respectively.
Applications for membership. bring
ing the total membership to 101, were
received from Paul ID. Gable, Victor
II. Neal, Edward II. Preston. Arthur
n. Young and Miss Pansy Sieber, all
of Washington, and Miss Inez Pier
point of Alexandria, Va. Later the
membership of Miss Elizabeth Carter
Davis Of Leesburg, Va, was received
by transfer from A. G. o. headquar-
:erS, New York City. The chapter
voted to join the Federation of Music
Clubs of the District of Columbia. A
letter from Miss Katharine f. Lucke,
F.. A. G. o., of Baltimore, asking for
the Guilds support in forming here
classes on improvisation according to
the Frederick Schleider method, was
read. 1t was decided to invite Miss
Lucke to give a demonstration of
her work in Epiphany choir room
Monday evening, October II. This
meeting is not to be exclusively for
Guild members, but for all musicians
who may he interested.
An invitation to attend. at the
Washington College of Music, a lee
ture by Carl Engel of the Library of
Congress on the subject, The Begin
nings of OPERA" Wednesday evening,
was read.
Miss Mary NJ. Wilkins. A. A. G. o.
secretary, presented the offer of Edgar
Priest, A. r. NJ. c. NJ, of the Wash.
irgton Cathedral, to give Guild mem.
hers without cost lessons in modula-
ton on four of it's successive meeting
evenings. A vote Of acceptance and
commentator of Mr.. Priests liberal
offer was then taken.
With a view to possible recitals
during the season, the dean appointed
a committee to handle such affairs,
the personnel being, besides the dean,
Subdean J. Edgar Robinson, Miss
Edith r. Athey, G. Atwater. Miss
Charlotte Klein, Thomas Moss, r.
Deane Shure and Adolf Torovsky.
Mrs. John Milton Sylvester. regis |
trar of the chapter read an interest
ing paper on "Carillons."
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Choir, which opens q series of pro-
grams October 30.
THE Jewish Community Center Is
again offering to the public a IA
NOUS artists and speakers series UNI
der the title of the National Ly'
ceum." The National Lyceum differs
from the course that was offered last
year in that there will be four con
certs offered. also two dramatic eve
nings and one lecturer.
All the performances will be given
in the auditorium of the headquar'
ters. at Sixteenth and Q streets.
The season opens Sunday evening,
October 30. with the Russian Sym
phonic Choir, which is on its third
American tour. Its appearance in
this course will be the first in Wash
ington. The choir is an ensemble of
% voices, giving an impression of
symphonic music.
Other features Of the course include
Shura Cherkassky. the boy genius of
the piano, who makes four appear
ances this season, one Of which will be
in Washington Wednesday evening,
December IA; Olga Petrova, noted dra-
matte star, author of THE White Pea
cock" in an evening Of dramatic in
terpretations; James Waterman Wise.
orator extraordinary; The Dubbuk.'
in English, and the piano octet with
the Judea Choral Society.
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Nj u S &c
BY HELEN FETTER.

beauty of the Memorial background,
playing fine music, while the audience
lined the banks on either side OF the
reflection pool and listened. There
are stretches of ground around Hams
Point, where, with sufficient seats.
even temporary camp stools, that
might be stamped with Government
stamp and collected after the per
formanccs by some of Washington $
traffic squad, who are rarely on duty
in the evenings, the bands could be
heard to advantage by large groups
other than those who use the speed
way as a place to park themselves
and their emotions.
II the civic. musical and other clubs
Of Washington were sufficiently in
terestcd to get together and really
work out plans and consult the local
officials. it is more than probable
that this whole idea could be salts
tactoriiy worked out for next SUM-
mer.
THERE'S always somebody who
l. protests violently against Jazz.
the musical stepchild that America
has sponsored and Europe so heartily
accepted tor entertainment novelty.
The latest protest to FIND space IN
the newspapers comes from London,
and is made by Sir Henry Coward,
musician, in an address made less
than a month ago before the She eld
Rotary Club. He is quoted as saying /;
"Jazz is a low type of primitive
music, founded on crude rhythms
suggested by stamping feet and clap
ping hands. 1t puts emphasis on the
grotesque by the banging and olang-
ing of pots and pans or any SHIN
mering metallic substance reinforced
with special drums. 1t debases both
music and instruments by making
both farcical. The noble trombone
is made to bray like an ass. gutfaw
like village idiot and moan like a
COW in distress. The silver-toned
trumpet. associated in poetry with
seraphim. is made to screech and
produce sounds like drawing nail
on slate. tearing calico or the wall
ing OF a nocturnal tomcat.
"Jazz cannot be made anything but
the essence OF vulgarity. The popu-
larization of jazz and the attendant
immodest dances are lowering the
prestige of the white races"
1t was another Englishman who,
several centuries ago, wrote, Con
science doth make towards OF us all. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-09
Damrosch Heads Jury
For Centennial Contest

artists. The American jury as thus
far constituted is: Chairman. Walter
Damrosch; Henry Hadley. American
composer and conductor of the Phil
harmonic Orchestra: Frederick Stock
conductor of the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra: Albert NJ. Stoessel. COM
poser and conductor of the New York
Oratnrial Society and of the Worcester
Festival.
The New York University. depart
me mt of music, has been named the ar
tistic bureau for the contest. All
works submitted for prizes should be
addressed to the Department of Music,
New York University. New York City
The prize-wnning compositions will
ba officially given the widest publica-
ton and performance. All American
entries must he received before March
81 1928
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MUSICIANS and musical students
"a of 26 nations are already at work
in the Schubert Centennial Contest,
building on the sketches which
Schubert left for his unfinished Sym
phony." There are lie composers rep
scented in the first registrations. Of
whom 81 are Americans. In addition.
to the preliminary national prizes,
totaling $4,000. there is a grand in
ternational prize Of $4,000, which will
be awarded to the one best work from
the zone prize winners. Thus the in
ternational prize winner is assured of
SIC. 900 plus zone prize. The method
of selection. the jury system, and all
other details have just been published
in a pamphlet available by writing:
Schubert Centennial Committee, 1919
Broadway. New York.
Each zone has it's own jury Of five
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AND new it's the "Gamby Glide
"A Thanks to the petite ballet dancer,
Marie Gambarelli. terpsichorean en-
thusiasts may add another ballroom
version 10 their list.
1T depicts the many movements OF
the airplane." explained RoXy's ia
vorite ballet entertainer. who appeared
in dance presentations at the new Fox
Thcater THE arms are outstretched
and the hands joined together with the
thumbs united to portray the wings of
the plane. During the various turns in
the dance the arms are alternately
raised and lowered according to the
rhythm of the music, giving the i'm.
preston of the graceful curves and
swnOps of the airship.
Clever footwork indicates the diff
ferent glides of the machine with har-
mony of outline and perfection of mo-
ton.
This is but partial glossary of
the execution of the Glide, she con-
tinued. land have several other steps
to add before presenting 1t to the
public"
When asked what she thought Of
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ing more stabilized every day.
Il One Of the leading figures in
the group of young people
with fine. rich voices, well-trained,
who are coming to the fore conspicu-
ousy at the present time is Sigurd
Nilsson. a basso of Scandinavian an
cestry, but an American himself.
Sigurd Nilsson made his initial nub-
lie debut in Washington a couple of
years ago in the de Reszke-Seagle
Quartet. Later he appeared in the
role of Friar Laurence in the produc-
ton of Romeo and Juliet" presented
here by the Washington Opera Co.
This was Mr.. Nilssen's operate debut
anywhere. The next season he sang
leading role in the local company's
production of "Lohengrin." Since
then he has appeared here rather fire.
quently and with increasing popular
ity in informal musical programs.
Last week Mr.. Nilsson returned to
the Capital to sing a ballad as one
of the soloists in the elaborate and
impressive presentation which pre-
pares the audience at the Fox Thea
ter for the feature film. What Price
Glory?" He will sing there again
this week. Mr.. Nilssen's voice shows
even richer and more colorfully in this
simple song and his clear dictiOn and
ease of singing both evince the fine
training he has had under Jean de
Reszke and Oscar Seagle.
Later in the season Mr.. Nilsson will
return to Washington for several en-
sagements in musical events. He also
has been engaged by the Philadelphia
Civic Opera Co. to appear In It's
series of oper attic performances in the
season to begin December /. Works
in which Mr. Nilsson will sing IN.
clude Richard Strauss "Foiersnot'
rarely, if ever before, presented in
this country and the opening produc'
ton of the Philadelphia company
season.. the Wagnerian operas Die
Walkuere." "Lohengrin," 'Tannhau'
SER" Gounod's Faust and Romeo
and Juliet" and Puccini's La Bo'
heme."
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New Music Group
With Bible School
THE department of music of the Co

THE department of music of the Co
4 lumbia Training School will open
it's classes Thursday evening in the
Western Presbyterian Church. Nine
teenth and II streets northwest, at
o'clock.
Mrs Fannie Shreve Heartsill is the
instructor.
The course offers instruction to the
student of advanced standing as well
as to beginners.
Technique is developed according TO
the needs of the student, and special
attention is given to phrasing and to
the Interpretation of sacred music
and of chorus directing. Special at
tention will he given to voice place
ment, tone production, musical inter
probation and composition. Lectures
in harmony and counterpart and in
the history of music will he given
These classes are open to all. There
is no charge.
The school of music is only de.
partment of the Columbia Bible Train
ing School. The school of language is
held each Wednesday evening in which
English and New Testament Greek is
taught.
The general Bible training course
has IL classes, Monday and Tuesday
evenings.
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Aida. and Mary Lewis, former Zeig-
field Follies beauty. Miss Lewis will
sing That's.
Miss Gordon also has been engaged
to sing the role of Amneris in
Aida" This opera, sung by an all
American cast, will bring the festival
to a close Saturday night. December
10. She appeared in this role with
the Washington National Opera Co.
two seasons ago. with marked success.
known especially for her personal
beauty, Miss Gordon dresses her char
acters in some of the most noted cos
tunes in grand opera. One of her
costumes in Aida weighs 80 pounds:
Of heavy cloth, it is covered with
sequns and jewels. 1t costs an
average of $l4 q performance to keep
the costume in good repair.
Miss Gordon has sung both Car
men and AmneriS many times in
some of the most famous opera houses
of the world. although she never
has done the role of Carmen in
ashington.
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"Besear's Opera" Sale
of Tickets Tomorrow

CEATS for the single performance
- of The Beggar's Opera," to be
given at Polls Friday afternoon. Oc'
tober 81. will go on sale tomorrow at
Mrs. Wilson Greene's concert bureau,
Thirteenth and G streets. Until now
seats for the opera have been sold
only in connection with the wilson
Greene course of concerts.
This famous old musical play broke
all records for continuous runs when
it was first produced in London, III
wears ago, and when brought to this
country it. was witnessed by most Of
the colonial dicntaries Of the day, in.
GLIDING George Washington.
Addison and Steele of the famous
Spectator are said to have collabo-
rated with Gay in preparing the work
for the stage. 1t comes to Washing
ton with the same company that
scored so great a success upon its re-
vival in London few years ago.
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Kings Henchman" Tour
Begins in Washington

WAsHINGToN is to be the first
city in the United States to see
The Kings Henchman" on it's trans
continental tour, as announced from
New York. where rehearsals will short
ly be completed. Jacques Samassoud.
widely known in this city, will con-
duct the performance here. 1t will he
under the local management of Mrs.
Wilson Greene and tickets may be OBJ
tanned from her concert bureau. 1t will
be presented in Washington Novem.
Der az o'clock in the afternoon.
The story OF the opera is based on
an actual episode of English history
before the Norman conquest.
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Mr.. Engel to Talk
At Local Music College

THE Washington College Of Music
announces a lecture by Carl En-.
gel. chief of the music division of the
Library of Congress, this Wednesday
evening At Sis o'clock. Mr.. Enceis
subject will be The beginnings of
Opera"
This is the first in a series of lee
lures to be presented at the college
during the coming season, attendance
AT which is requirement for regular
students.
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Jazz dancing. Candy said:
Jazz dancing is lots of fun and nice
while it lasts, but it is merely a craze.
New jazz numbers originate one year
and the next year fade away. In
comparison with ballet dancing, /
would say ballet dancing is ar art,
while jazz dancing is merely hobby
that is pleasing and refreshing to the
body, and as stage presentation very
entertaining. Ballet dancing Is much
more difficult. One must plan differ
ent rhythmic sways and graceful dis
play Of motion. The feet are the pre-
dominating assistants in jazz dancing,
whereas elegance of body and form
play the important part in ballet
numbers.
Can l do the Charleston and the
BLACK Bottom? Certainly. But ]
wouldn't like to he seen demonstrating
it before the public. It's just lots of
fun and full of vigor and pep"
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returned to Washington. where he Is
making his home from a trip through
France and Italy. He is resuming
his musical studies here this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-09

Elena de Sayn has announced that
the last addition in connection with
the scholarship offered will be held
Tuesday. Appointments may be made
by calling Franklin 5o52.
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Katharine B. Head has returned
from a Summer spent in the Pennsyl-
vania mountains and reopened her
studio at 171o ] street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-09

Jerome Williams. pianist, has re
opened his studio for the season al
? OuDont circle.
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Fletcher Music Method Studio

Best Modern method Of teaching music to
children. Glasses now forming. For full
information telenhone North 1919.
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WHEN Capt. Stsnnard Of the Army
w Band doomed upon the horizon
OF the music desk the other day. the
query OF bandstands in more central
location, and its accompanying ques-
tons OF seating capacity, were put to
him. He said that the bands have all
three recognized these drawbacks,
but are powerless to make any prac-
teal adjustments themselves. How
ever. after the concentrated efforts
of the three groups at the Capitol
during the past season. with marked
success in attracting larger crowds
TO the more central places, it has
been arranged, through cooperation
offered by David Lynn of the Capt.
toll Offices, that next season the con-
certs will be given from the other,
the western side, of the Capitol
where more steps will offer more
seating capacity than the east front
has provided,
What a picture it might be to find
the Marine Band. in their flaming
red coats: the Army Band in their
soft blue gray uniforms. or the Navy
Band. in their dark blue and white
playing on the plaza at the loot oi
the statue Of Lincoln. in the graceful