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The Washington times., 1927-02-12
GARDEN DISCOVERED"
HER GREATEST ROLE

How the greatest novelty of the
operate season Of 1925 was acct.
dentally discovered by Mary Garden
is an interesting story. The opera
lis Resurrection" by Franco Alfano,
which is said offer 1.-THE Garden
the greatest dramatic role of her en-.
tire career. and which will be sung
by her, with the Chicago Civic
Opera Company, at Thursdays
matinee of next week, at Q o'clock,
in the Washington Auditorium.
Oddly enough the opera is not
new. It was written % years ago.
Yet Mary Garden had never heard
OF it until two years ago.
1t happened when Miss Garden
was in New York, after the close
Of the Chicago company's tour in
the spring of 1925, that a small
opera company was formed to give
few performances in Brooklyn.
The organization looked around
for something different. It selected
Alfano's Resurrection" which had
been given in Italy, Belgium and
Germany but was unknown here,
Miss Garden was persuaded to
attend. Immediately the role 81
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
COLOMBIAN ENVOY
HONORS KELLOGG

The Minister Of Colombia and
Madame olaya entertained at dinner
last evening in honor Of the Sec
rotary Of State and Mrs. Kellogg.
The other guests were: The Spanish
Ambassador and Madame Padilla;
the Cuban Ambassador and Madame
Ferrara. the Secretary of Labor and
Mrs. Davis; the minister Of Czecho.
slovakia. Mr.. Fierlinger; the Assist.
ant Secretary OF State and Mrs.
Robert e Odds, Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan
Herbert Stabler, Mrs. Thomas r,
Walsh, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Duncan McKenney, Mrs. r. s. Cool.
idge and the secretary of the Colon.
bian legation.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

Katiusha, the Russian girl. fired her
imagination. She saw in her dra.
matte story. which forms the theme
OF Tolstoy's novel on which the
opera is based. an ideal vehicle for
her dramatic and vocal abilities and
brought the work to the attention Of
the Chicago Opera management.
The opening performance was q
great success, the music Impressive
and the drama intense and moving.
Miss Garden seemed actually to live
the role Of Katiusha. And instead
Of proving passing novelty. "Resur.
rection" placed itself so strongly in
the public's favor that it was added
to the company's repertory.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
"HOW TO CHOOSE a
PARTY" TO BE DISCUSSED

Senator.elect Alben Barley OF
Kentucky will be the principal
speaker at the Saturday night for.
UNI supper of the Woman's National
Democratic Club tonight. The OBJ
ject Of the discussion will be What
Are the Issues. or How to Choose
a Party" Mrs. Minnie Fisher
Cunningham will preside at the
supper and win have as her guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward p. Costlgan.
Others who have made reserva-
tons for this event are Admiral
and Mrs. James Meredith Helm.
Mrs. Sarah Stokes Halkett, who will
entertain a party Of friends; Mrs.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
MUSIC NOTES
BY Jessie MacBI

Arturo Toscanii1i, who conducted
the stupendous productions, but she
was also chosen by Puccini himself.
Her first intimation of this honor
came a year before, during a re.
hearsal of Boito's posthumous opera
"Nerone"-which had such a huge
production in Milan. at La Scala
and in which Raisa created the
dramatic soprano role in it's world
premiere.
Puccini came back siege after the
rehearsal, bubbling over with en-
thusiasm over Raisa's singing and
acting. Then 1t was that he ex'
pressed desire to have her create
the role of "Turandot." Raisa
thrilled, promised to do so.
But in a few months, Puccini was
dead. The opera was not completed,
Toscanini, knowing Puccini's wishes
sought out Franco Alfano, composer
Of Resurrection, to complete the
work. The premiere in Milan was a
magnificent one and Raisa scored a
notable triumph.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
SENATOR'S DAUGHTER
GIVES SUB.DEB PARTY

Miss Dorothy McMaster, daughter
Of Senator and Mrs. w. H. Nc.
Master. OF South Dakota. Is enter
tanning at bridge party this after.
noon for sub.debs. The guests are
Miss Sallie Norbeck, Miss Katherine
Berry, Miss Betty Thorpe. Miss Vir-
ginia Deyber. Miss Adelaide O'Don.
nell. Miss Alice Cooper. Miss Doro.
thy Wright. Miss Gladys Church,
Miss Barbara Low, Miss Knew, Miss
Verna Perry, Miss Jean Mcmillan,
Miss Mary Mcmillan, Miss Peggy
Caldwell. Miss Polly Black, and Miss
Florence Bradley.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
CINCINNATI SYMPHONY
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 10

The Cincinnati Symphony Orches.
ira, Fritz Reiner. conductor, gives its
only concert here this season on
Saturday evening Of next week, at
Memorial Continental Hall, ID. A. r.,
at $3.50. az the sixth and last of Mrs.
Wilson Greene'ss series Of evening
concerts.
The program ID: Overture to ''The
Battered Bride" (Smetanal; Orches.
trail Suite. No. I. opus 8, in five
movements (BartoD; tone poem,
Straussk and Rhapsody, ITALIA
~ ~aiJoN = sg1es
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
SECRETARY WORKS
DAUGHTER FETED

Mrs. w. Irving Glover, wife Of the
Assistant Postmaster General, will
give q reception and dance at the
Wardman Park Hotel this afternoon
from 4:S0 to Z o'clock in honor OF
Mrs. Albert West Bissell, OF Chit
cago, daughter Of the Secretary of
the Interior, DIR. Hubert Work.
Mrs. Harry s. New and Mrs.
James ]. Davis will preside at the
tables and others assisting win be
Mrs. William Hull, Mrs. Adam M.
Wyant, Mrs. Ernest r. Alderman,
Mrs. David II. Blair, Mrs. Merritt
w. ireland, Mrs. James B. Rey.
nolds. Mrs. Charles Williamson and
Mrs. Rush LaMotte Holland.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
GIVES TEA FOR
SONS FIANCEE

Mrs. Charles DENLY, who is Civ.
Ing a tea this afternoon for Miss
Phyllis Cochran. Of Philadelphia.
will be assisted by Mrs. Wilbur J.
Carr. Mrs. Henry Fitzhugh. Mrs.
Keith Merrill. Mrs. Louis Owsley
Mrs. Chandler Hale, Mrs. Mason
Patrick. Mrs. Joseph Strauss and
Miss Anne Squire.
Miss Cochran, fiancee OF Mrs.
Denby's son. James Orr DENLY, is
visiting her uncle, George Bond
Cochran. The wedding will take
place in Philadelphia next Saturday.
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Mrs. Frank Houston. of EIkhorn,
w. Va. has arrived in town for a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Tierney.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

George NJ. Eckels, whose guests
will be Representative and Mrs.
John insolvency Of Ohio, Mrs.
Blair Banister. Mrs. Kate Tren.
holme Abrams. and Mrs. James G.
Field.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
is DINNER HOST

The Italian Ambassador and Nine.
de MARITIME will entertain q small
company at dinner this evening at
the embassy in compliment to
Monsignor Shahan Lardone. Other
guests will be members Of the
embassy staff.
=
The German Ambassador and
Baroness Nathan are in New York
for a few days and are staying at
the Ambassador Hotel. DIR. Edwart
Won Selzam of the embassy staff, IL
also at the Ambassador.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
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The Washington times., 1927-02-12
WILL TELL CLUB OF
TRIP TO AFRICA

DR.. William H. Mann will give an
illustrated lecture on his recent trip
to Africa in the lounge of the Con.
gressianaI Country Club tomorrow
evening. beginning at s o'clock.
y -
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Watson
will entertain a company Of 10 at
dinner this evening at the Congress.
sional Country Club.
Mrs. Percy E. Quin. wife OF Rep
resentative Quin. of Mississippi. is
entertaining at a bridge luncheon
today at the Congressional Club in
compliment to Miss Margaret Trim
BILE
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
SONG OF ST. OLAF CHOIR
BUILDS BIG EDIFICE
Eight rahs for the varsity.
Observation-Disclosures.

Bach, Bach, Bach, st. Olaf.
Wen probably not hear the Col
leee Cry; when this famous choir
gives its fine concert here next
Monday evening. at S:15, at the
Washington Auditorium. But st.
Olaf College, at Mortified, Mimi,
has just opened a new music hall
which has literally been built by
song"
The annual tours Of the choir
earn money for the college. They
provided funds for the new music
hall, which 10 q Gothic building of
gray stone. The interior decora-
tons. especially the study of DR..
Christensen. their gifted leader,
suggests the Viking influence in
the school. which is largely at.
tended by students of Norwegian
ancestry and of Lutheran belief.
The organization seldom fails to
earn from $4,000 to $50, 600 a year.
Most of their vocal arrangements.
given entirely without accompani-
ment, are in eight parts. DIR.
Christensen, this year, proposes to
turn from the severely Bachian
program and will include some
English, Russian and German com.
positions.
Tickets for this concert may be
obtained at the r. Arthur Smith
concert bureau, at leading hotels
and at the Washington Auditorium.
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RAISA'S GREAT TRIUMPH
IN LAST PUCCINI OPERA
There's an interesting link between
the stars and the operas to be
given in the two brilliant perform.
ances Of the Chicago Civic Opera
Company here next week.
Rosa Raisa, dramatic soprano,
who will sing the leading role in
Verdps THE Masked Ball" at the
opening opera on Wednesday eve.
ming. at 8 sharp. at Polls Theater,
has had many honors accorded her.
But Nine. Raisa considers none
greater than when she was chosen
to create the role of "Turandot" in
the posthumous opera by Puccini in
Milan last year.
Raisa was not only the choice Of
The Washington times., 1927-02-12
TO
BE GUESTS
AT TEA
National Woman's Party
Will Be Hosts at Head
quarters Tomorrow

The Resident Commissioners of the
Philippines and Nine. Guevara will
be the honor guests at tea to be
given tomorrow afternoon at 4
O'Clock at the National Woman,s
Party headquarters on Capitol Fiji
and will speak on suffrage for the
women OF the Philippines. The
Woman's Party IL sponsoring the
the resolution introduced by Repre-.
sentative Charles UnderhilI Of Mas
sachusetts to amend the organic act
to give suffrage to the women Of the
islands.
James Thomas williams, who &C
companied the Thompson mission to
the Philippines, will describe condi-
lions IN the islands as he found them.
giving his impressions and conclu-
sions with reference especially to the
amendment of the organic act as
proposed by Representative Under.
hill, who Is strongly in favor OF en-.
franchising the Filipino women.
Mrs. Dwight Clark will be hostess,
and Miss Margaret Lambie will pre-.
side. introducing the Resident Com.
missioner and Nine. Guevara and
Mr.. Williams.
Assisting Mrs. Clark at the tea
table will be Mrs. Herman e. Gasch,
Mrs. Emile Berliner. Mrs. Nina AL.
lender. Miss Aline Solomons and
Miss Grace Osgood.
Among the guests will be the mem.
bers OF the Insular Affairs Commit.
tee Of the House of Representatives
and the ladies Of their families.
The Washington times., 1927-02-12

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Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F'itzhugh,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Warren and
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely were
seated together. Mrs. M. dc Clare
Berry was among the guests at the
Virginia table with Mrs. Schuyler
Otis Bland and others noted were
Representative and Mrs. M. Clyde
Kelly, Mrs. Adam Wyant. Mrs.
John M. Speel, Representative and
Mrs, Harry Ransley, Miss Elizabeth
Ransley, Representative Louis Nc.
Fadden, Miss Barbara McFadden,
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mrs.
Taliaferro, Mrs. Sol Bloom, Miss
Vera Bloom, Mrs. Jay Kaufman, OF
New York, Mrs. James M. Beck. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Hubbard.
Senator and Mrs. Peter Coelet
Gerry had as their guests at their
table Senator and Mrs. Thomas r.
Baynard, Senator and Mrs. Henry
Ader KeSes. Representative and
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

should have municipal lodging house"
he says. "These should approximate in
purpose those at New York and Buffalo,
where moneyless men and moneyless
women can go.
Each applicant gets germicidal bath
and a medical examination. Then he is
handed clean nightclothes and sent to
bed in well-ventilated dormitories, while
his clothing is fumigated. After good
breakfast, any man or woman, even
though broke, can seek honest work with
stout heart and bear no honest grudge
against society.
81 have associated intimately with
tramps from coast to coast and have
been thrown into jail often with young
men who had never been there before.
They were guilty of no crime but being
broke. l never knew of case in which
it did not embitter them. Often they
say that if they are to be jailbirds with
out just cause, they may as well be Grim
inals, too.
"The missions of large cities do their
best to meet bad situation, but they
cannot prevent the spreading of disease.
And where some one might suggest that
the establishment of houses where these
men can be taken care of properly would
invite tramps, the answer comes imme-
diately that germicide bath, medical
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

To-day, having gotten everything for
them that he could during his, active
years, he has retired to his beautiful
home at Del Mar, San Diego County,
California, and there carries on the work
by writing magazine articles looking to-
ward help for needy men, and supplying
money on occasion.
'The home of the most arrested man
in America is just to your right, ladies
and gentlemen" cries the "spieler" Of
the tourist bus as he points out to visi-
tors the attractions of Del Mar. And
the surprised ''rubbcrnecks" see a beau
tiful home in lovely setting and won-
der what connection criminal can have
with such pleasant surroundings. .
Brown lives quietly, displaying none
of the criminal tendencies which
thoughtless police attributed to him be-
fore they were aware of his identity.
Brown, who is sociologist as we'll as
a humanitarian, says there are at least
three types of penniless wanderers
loosely called tramps or vagabonds.
"There are, first" he explains, "those
we know as buns, broken men, often
diseased physically or mentally, beggars
and generally worthless.
"Then there are the hobos, often quite
sound, who steal railroad transportation,
but seldom anything else; who beg food,
but seldom anything else, and who will
not work.
"The third group is the itinerant
worker or casual laborer, sometimes
known as the 'dynamiter,' who is quite
willing to work but is unskilled, and
drifts with the labor demand, from
harvest to berry-picking to road build
ing, to snow shoveling and back again.
Like the bum and the hobo, he rides
the rods on freight trains and he may
beg for food, but he is beginning to be
recognized as valuable and necessary
part of society,""
The conclusion which Brown draws
from his wanderings and studies of hu-
mainly crawling across the continent,
always in search of some Utopia, is:
IF tramp begs, the community sup
ports him; if he steals, the community
supports him; if he becomes ill from
hunger and exposure, the community
supports him; and if it embitters him by
throwing him into Jail, it eventually pays
the cost"
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

TIE holds the heavyweight" title
for arrests and is proud of it.
4 = but he is not criminal. He has
tramped to the corners of the United
States and has been kicked into and out
of the best jails available, and is proud
of that. Tramping is his profession, and
by his profession he has brought succor
to many "down- and -outers," men with
out dime.
Edwin A. Brown, sociologist, writer,
tramp, landed proprietor and humanita-
rian, is the title holder of arrests. He
has walked the streets of Americas larg-
est cities, broke; has been arrested so
many times he has lost count-all for
the needy man without dime, and now
suffers broken health as a result of his
wanderings.
This social scientist had wealth and
position before he undertook this hu.
manitarian work. He lived on large
ranch in Colorado, owned jointly by him
self and his cousin, William C. Brown,
then president of the New York Central
Railroad. He also had very comfort
able home in Denver.
One day down-and-outer approached
him on the streets of Denver. The
"bum" asked for coin. Brown inter-
rogated him, and the man told a story
of having left his home several hundred
miles away for Denver, where he hoped
to find employment But his money
gave out; he arrived, broke; employment
was not Immediately forthcoming, and
he refused to 60 to the police for aid he
needed so badly.
"I'd freeze before I'd sleep in Jail,
even though I'm not guilty of anything
but being broke" he told Brown.
A day or two later Brown went to the
Mayor Of Denver and suggested that the
city take some steps to take care of that
type of man. The official looked at his
caller in surprise.
He knew that Brown had money, had
known life of comparative ease. The
question coming from such a source was
surprise.
"What do you know about the need
of these mem" he asked.
"Nothing," Brown admitted, and at
that moment was born his determination
to find out what the down-and-outers Of
America needed, if anything, and to get
it for them.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Kaiser, when Germany sanctioned Aus
Iia's march into Servia-
when the dead body Of my father
was found in the frozen Neva River"
says Miss Rasputin, 1.-THE Czarina hurried
to the morgue and took the body IN her
own motor car to the chapel, where she
wept over it day and night until it was
buried.
1.-THE Czarina insisted that he be bur-
led in the burial chapel Of the Romanoh
dynasty in the fortress Of St. Peter and
Paul, but the ministers Of state and the
Holy Synod objected. So the CsaFina
secretly buried my father in the park
Of the palace of Czarskoe Selo and
would have built there a chapel Of the
Hlysty Sect had the revolution and war
not prevented.
"A few weeks after the death Of my
father was taken to the palace. The
Czarina kissed me and told me that she
considered me her adopted child and
would care for me IS if l was her own
daughter. 1t was then that she told ne:
4 loved your father as never loved an
other man and We were to have been
married next summer"
1t is the hope Of Sophia Rasputin to
make the arts Of dancing. acting and
music play the important part IN re-
ligious worship that they have played IN
the past. -....
She would have worshipers "danee BE-
fore the Lord" just Is they did IN the
old days Of 1neaL She would have the
great moral lessons Of the Bible give
reality through dramas like those often
given in churches during the Middle
Ages. And every service would be en-
bellished with vocal and instrumental
music finer than any now heard IN con-
cert or at the opera.
Just IS her father used music and
the other arts to sway the attendants
at his strange rituals, % she would use
them in much greater variety Of ways,
and with, Of course, an entirely different
end in view.
She believes that only by linking the
arts with religion and giving religious
worship an irresistible beauty, can the
world be reused to the awakening which
must come if our civilization is to endure.
In New York or some other American
city she hopes some day to direct the
building Of 4 great church where the
drama, the ballet, and the finest music
will take their place along side Of
prayer and sermons.
In the meantime she seeks an oppor-
tunity with some evangelist to demon
strate the value Of her plan for
combining religious work with acting,
singing and dancing.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

Because of these facts, he advocates
the communities of the United States
providing for him, in the first place, a
municipal clearinghouse which would no
more be considered a charitable institu-
ton than public library. His general
plan for such lodging house calls for
a complete service.
Every city in the United States
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

the icons in this chapel-in life size.
painted by Rubens. There was also an
other big painting by some Dutch master.
1.-The fact that the Czarina was pre-
pairing to become the morganatic wife of
my father was not generally known.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

CoPH1A RASPUTN, the pretty and
- talented daughter Of Gregory Ras-
putin, the monk who played such
. prominent part in the history Of Russia
just before the revolution and was fin
ally murdered by Prince Youssoupof, is
dedicatmg the rest Of her life to works
Of piety and charity.
In order to fulfil what she feels to
be her duty to the cause Of religion and
her fellowmen, she viii not enter a nun
cry, but will engage IN evangelistic work
here in America under the leadership Of
some successful evangelist.
All this, to those who know Miss Ras-
putin, is not so surprising as the fact
that she plans to follow the career Of an
evangelist without giving up the profess
ions in which she has already won con-
siderable success-those of dancing, act
ing and singing. Like her late father.
she believes that all the legitimate pleas
ures Of life can and should be used
to serve the causes Of religion and
philanthropy.
"My father" she says, belonged to
Russian sect which believed that the
joys Of life are not sinful or immoral,
but praiseworthy and virtuous things.
1t was his belief that We should not vul-
garize our pleasures by considering them
ignoble things in which we ought not to
indulge ourselves.
"He urged that we ennoble them by
taking them into our religious life and
surrounding them with beautiful rituals
and prayers and hymns of praise and
thanksgiving. And this is exactly what
shall try to do in the work l am under
taking here in America"
Miss Rasputin Indignantly resented
the idea that her pledging of herself to
works Of piety and charity is an effort
to offer atohement for what many STU
dents Of Russian history think were the
crimes of her father. In his daughters
mind, Gregory Rasputin is no sinner at
all, but the greatest of saints.
The reputation 1or evil WHICH ne mas
gained in certain quarters is, she insists,
the fabrication of his enemies. what
ever there may have seemed to be to
condemn in his life," she says, was the
result of the wickedness that surrounded
him at the Russian court"
my father was spoiled by the Gar
ina, who fell in love with him and pro-
posed that he marry her morganatically."
says Sophia Rasputin, now in New York.
"Since the Car was in love with Nine.
Viroubova, the Czarina found solace in
my father, especially in his teaching that
the love of man and woman, when
spontaneous and sincere, was highly
religious sentiment.
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

her daughters, being presented to them
as a member of the family. Sophia, my
child or, Sophia, my sister, that is how
l was addressed by the Czarina and her
daughters. l had dinner in my
fathers suite with the Czarina and her
New Britain herald., 1927-05-21

asked them to do. Cabinet Ministers
were appointed and dismissed at a hint
from Rasputin. Even the World War
was partly brought about because Ras-
putin told the Gar that he should not
humiliate himself and be bellboy Of the