Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-06


cialty of the so-called classical music
of Russia of the early years of the
nineteenth century and of the first
music used In the ballets which later
became SO identified with the Grand
Opera of st. Petersburg. Being a
cousin of the Countess de Torby, the
young baron has spent several sea-
sons in her beautiful villa at Cannes.
and he has quite a vogue among the
Americans who make their Winter
homes in that resort. Mrs. Joseph
Pulitzer. whose Villa de la Garoupe
Is one of the show places delights In
all kinds of Russian music, especially
the folksongs, ana Baron Zakomelsky
has been aiding her tn get q complete
collection, by centuries, for presenta
ton to the New York City Public
Library.
The Prince Of Wales has set all
British dog lovers agog through his
recent purchase of an Alsatian wolf
hound, Familiarity, known in this coun-
try az the German police dog. Canine
fanciers in England have waged a bit
ter war against the importation of the
famous war dog, as he is commonly
called, and ascribed to him all manner
of traits bound to crop out at unex-
pected times. But the prince Is con-
WINGED to the contrary, and so he has
added Claus of Scale to his fine collec
ton. AS his new possession is a pup,
he has been entered to take the regu-
lar p. H.. or ''polizel hund," training.
Great Britain clings tenaciously to
the shepherd dog of the shires, which
has tended flocks from time immemo-
rial and which plays SO important a
part in English literature and has
s,1 -
In this country, however, the police
dog has been taken heartily into
favor, and has leaped over the popu-
larity OF the Boston bull, which was
for so long the fayorite In the past
year the American Kennel Club has
announced that Of $3.50 entries 81 500
were police shepherd dogs and about
II, 900 Boston bulls. The prince, ru-
NOR says, intends, when Claus has
reached proper age and is welh trained,
to take him to the ranch in Alberta,
and this soothes the champions of the
native product. Mr.. Peter Widener
of Philadelphia owns some of the finest
police dogs living, and to show his
confidence in their accomplishments
he has dismissed all private watch
men on his famous country estate and
leaves the task of protecting 1t en-
tirely to the four-footed guardians.
Senior Edwartio Sanchez de FuenteS,
secretary of the Cuban National Acad-
envy of Arts and Letters, Is making
strenuous efforts through his COMMIT
tees in behalf of the Pan American
Congress of Music, which is to meet
In Havana next February. and prep
arations for which are engaging must
cal authorities in the 81 republics
which compose the Union of all the
Americas Mr.. Franklin Adams, coun-
selor of the Union, Is particularly in
terested, and is working earnestly that
be worthy of it's reputation. Through
Mr.. Adams and the excellent concerts
he has from time to time arranged
In the beautiful ballroom of the
Pan.American Building, Washington
knows something of the music of the
other republics, and since Mr.. Adams
has succeeded in getting many pro-
grams on the air the entire country is
beginning to share this knowledge.
The Cuban capital has, besides its
splendid opera house, scores of
massive halls, built in the Spanish
regimes, where concerts can be given
and, besides the musical program, the
visitors will receive the most cordial
welcome from the President and his
cabinet and the social world of this
lively city. Beginning February Is,
1928, the Musical Congress, composed
of delegates from all the Americas.
will last 10 days, and then some re
naming days have been given over tp
seeing other interesting old cities on
the island Santiago, Matanzas and
the quaint little villages OF the Isle
of Pines.
Miss Allison Roebling's marriage to
Baron Joseph van der Elst in st.
Matthew's Roman Catholic Church on
Rhode Island avenue, on February 19.
adds another brilliant international
marriage ceremony to the list in this
parish edifice which in the first quar-
ter of the last century was designated
by the Archbishop of Baltimore as the
place of Worship for all the foreigners
resident in Washington who pro-
fessed the Catholic faith. 1t thus be-
came the parish church of the Catholic
diplomats assigned to this Capital,
always a preponderant number in the