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Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
FIDELIS CLASS CELEBRATES
CHRISTMAS WITH PARTY

The Fidelis class of the First Baptist
Sunday school held it's Christmas party
at the home of Mrs. H. A. Grant, 949
Tenth street. on last Monday night
A short business meeting preceded
the party and plans were made to dis
tribute boxes to needy families. Mrs.
Elizabeth Stocks had charge of the
games with which the guests were en-
tertained and pleasant hour was
spent. Mrs. Grant had prepared a
Christmas tree and each member pres
ent brought gift for another member.
These were placed together and every
one drew one gift Holiday refresh
ments were served at the close.
Guests were: Mrs. S. T. Williams,
Mrs. Thelma Huff, Miss Mae White,
Mrs. D. K. Ingman, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stocks, Mrs. G. L. Wolfe, Mrs. r. P.
Lane, Mrs. M. B. White, Mrs. l.. l..
Nalley, Miss Fern Parker, Mrs. D. M.
Bloodworth, Mrs. j. G.. Lane, Mrs. G. G.
Shook, Mrs. Pearl Capeton, Mrs. H. G.
Sherfick, Miss Frona Witte, Mrs. Wal
ter Gibbons, Mrs Verse Holster, Mrs.
v. A. Brussolo and Mrs. H. A. Grant.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

younger people of the club will dance.
Every year the junior members have
their own dancing party at which
more than hundred OF them gather
to initiate their elders in the matter
of formal dancing party. This party
will be IN charge TO Miss Annette
Stuppi, Miss Verne Rogers and Miss
Viola Ulrich.
New Years eve several hundred per-
sons will hail the new year and bid
the old year farewell from the Douglas
Country club at its annual New Years
dance. Favors for all the guests have
been ordered and most of them are Of
the noise-making variety. All of the
college students, home for the holidays,
are invited to attend the Christmas
dance. The committee in charge of
this dance consists of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. P. Sexton, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mel
vim and j. E. Carlson, Jr. John Ben
sons orchestra will play.
With such a program planned gaiety
will prevail at the club.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
WOMAN'S CLUB HAS
LAST MEETINM FOR
YEAR AT THE Y. w.

The Douglas Women'S club held its
last meeting for the month of De-
cember last Monday afternoon when
the group gathered at the Y. w. G. A.
There was roll call of members on
various subjects and current events
were studied.
A number of gifts were provided for
Mrs. j. A. Vestry to put in the box
that the Arizona Children's Home
chapter in this city sent to that place
in Tucson.
The executive committee went on a
shopping tour of the city after the
meeting and secured a number of gifts
to be sent to the girls at the Fort
Grant Industrial school for Christmas
During the meeting plans were made
for tea to be given during Christmas
week at the home of the president
Mrs Gerald Sherman. The proceeds
OF the tea will go to the Florence
Crittenton home for girls at Phoenix
The general public is invited to at
tend the tea. The date will be an
nounced later.
It was announced that the next
meeting will be held January 16. Mrs
G. E. Rork presided over the last meet
ing in the absence of the president
Mrs. Gerald Sherman.
Miss Dorothy McCarten was hon.
ored with dinner party on her 10th
birthday last Sunday night at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Bloomer
$50 Twelfth street.
Dinner was served at an early hour
to the entire family and friends. Miss
McCarten received several beautiful
gifts.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
DINNER HONORS
MISS MORHOUS

Practically the entire membership of
the Women's Golf club turned out
Tuesday evening to honor Miss Nor
hous with a farewell party at the
Country club.
Miss Morhous, who has been a prom
inent member of the golfing group for
a number of years, will be sorely missed
on the team as well as by her many
friends.
Dinner was served at an early hour
Tuesday followed by bridge games. Miss
Mcintyre won the prize given at bridge.
There were also putting contests Tor
the guests.
A beautiful gift was given Miss
Morhous as parting gift to take on
her trip to Panama, on which she
leaves Monday.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
ENTERTAIN, HONORING
CHRISTMAS GUESTS

Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. McCabc enter
tained Wednesday night at their home
at the Copper Queen smelter with a
card party honoring Mr.. and Mrs. S. G.
Lotion of Providence, KY.
Card games were played and refresh
ments were served. ta
Guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Mel
son, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Adamson, Mr.
and Mrs. Colin Brodie, Colin Brodle,
Jr, Miss June Brodie, Mr.. and Mrs.
Herb Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
McCabe, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Manatt,
Mrs. Conner, Mrs. Emma Larson, MISS
Betty Grace Nelson, Miss Martha Jane
Lotion, Miss Marion McCabe and Mr.
and Mrs. Lotion, the honor guests.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
TO ENTERTAIN AT
DINNER

Mrs. James R. Frost and Mrs. J. E.
Kimble will entertain at dinner Mon
day night with family party at the
Frost home.
Dinner will be served at and the
rest of the evening will be spent in
games and entertainment.
Guests will be: Mrs. Mabel Frost,
Miss Mabel Frost, Miss Sara Frost,
Mrs. Nancy Leonard, Harry and Buddy
Lange, James Frost, j. E. Kimble and
John Benson.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

cusses musical comedy and light opera
very entertainingly in his recent book,
"Once a Clown, Always a Clown" in
which he welcomes the return of bet
ter things
II have seen musical comedy fade
away into the revue" he says, "glori-
fled vaudeville where all pretense Of
plot has been scrapped and nakedness
substituted for the story, and now I am
seeing the return of light opera. I
doubt that the Shuberts have ever
made as much money on any two other
productions in their history as they did
recently with Blossom Time, an oper-
eta fashioned around the life and
music of Franz Schubert. Arthur Ham
merstein's Rose Marie another light
opera, has run year on Broadway
now to capacity houses, and The Stu
dent Prince, in one company in which
am playing, has been enormously
profitable.
Light opera may or may not be back
to stay 1t will be the public's loss if
it is not, but I walk Warily in the
paths of prophecy. I have predic-
ton, however, which I am prepared to
shout from any houSetop That is
that Gilbert and Sullivan will never
die. They are to the English-speaking
musical stage what Shakespeare is to
the drama The analogy is not strained.
although I love these operas best
and made my entry on to the singing
stage when they we're in their first
furor, I never heard or sang in Gill
bert and Sullivan production until 1914,
nearly 80 years later.
Gilbert and Sullivan are immortal
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
Social
Affairs of
the Week

cher features that will carry the Old
grads back to the days when they were
active in the club.
Luncheon will be served at p. M
and will be followed by the program.
It is hoped that very large crowd
will attend
Miss Mabel Frost, chairman OF the
social committee, and her helpers are
in charge of the luncheon. Miss
Frances Thompson is in charge OF the
program.
Luncheon table will be charmingly set
and decorated with green and RED
Candles will illuminate the scene.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
MUSIC ROOM CHATS

Mrs George Motz, popular piano
teacher and active member of the
Douglas Music club, left Thursday for
Ell Paso to pass Christmas with rela-
tives there.
Mrs. A. B. Murchison has been ap-
pointed press agent for the Douglas
Music club All activities of the club
are sent to the state president, Mrs.
T. j. Prescott, of Phoenix.
The Junior Music club with Mrs
John r. Newcomer, counsellor, is plan
ming a program for January.
Mrs. Shelton G. Dowell, counsellor
for the Juvenile MacDowell club, has
been indisposed with ptonaine poison
ing.
Musical Observer, publication from
New York and similar to the Etude
has extended years subscription to
Music Room Chats.
Mrs c. E. Pettingall is able to be
OUU GSd1ll dlUCI Oil 4A4A1COO 4ctoOAAA5 q
month.
Isadora Duncan, the American girl
from modest San Francisco home,
who became the "Liberator of the
Dance" and the high priestess of a cult
which teaches that music and the
dance should be mutually interpreta~
tive" that music is very much more
than an accompaniment to the dance,
and that it's function is to give the
keynote and sustain the whole mood
of the dance" met with tragic death
at Nice, on September IA, when scarf
caught in the wheel of an automobile
she was driving and dragged her from
the seat. Her neck was broken by the
fall to the pavement. "There was a
flame of genius in her art; and today
the whole dancing art of the world
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

brun and his sister, Mrs Ada Eaton,
who came to pass the Christmas holi-
days here and to see something of this
part of Arizona. They are long time
friends of the Windhams and have
been anxious to see this part of Ari-
zona and determined to combine that
purpose with the opportunity to enjoy
the Christmas time here.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
ALUMNAE TO BE GUESTS
OF p. F.. p. CLUB

The P. E. P. club of the Y. w. G. A.
will give it's customary luncheon hon
oring the alumnae Wednesday, Decem-
ber %. On that day all of the visiting
alumnae of the Douglas high school
who were members of the club in years
past will attend the luncheon at the
"Y."
There will be speeches, songs and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
DE MOLAY TO HOLD ANNUAL
DANCE THURSDAY

The DeMolay order will hold its an
nual Christmas dance Thursday eve
ming. The dance, which is the third,
will be held in the Phelps Dodge hall.
It is in charge of the advisory board.
Leslie Miller is chairman of the COM
mittee. Emmett McCord, master coun-
sellor, is in charge of all arrangements.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
MOOSE TO HAVE TREE

There will be Christmas tree at
the Moose home on Tenth street Mon
day evening at 7:3O o'clock. A special
program has been prepared for the
occasion by the lodge Gifts will be
given out and plans are for very
large gathering and much merriment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
ENTERTAINs CHILDREN

Mrs. Mary Fritz entertained her
grade at the grammar school with
Christmas party Thursday afternoon.
The party was held at the Fifteenth
street school, A Christmas tree was
surrounded with candy, fruit and gifts
and the little guests exchanged gifts
with one another.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25


tanned singly."
There is, perhaps, no form OF musl-
cal activity which is so widespread as
choral ensemble. Throughout the en-
tire civilized world choral groups have
met for, many centuries past, inspired
by social and musical interests. Vocal
music was the first music in the his
tory of the world and it still remains,
when properly done, one of the tlneSt
if not the finest-of all types OF all
musical endeavor.
One of the reasons for the early de-
velopment of choral music is that the
human singing voice is possessed by
nearly every individual, and ensemble
singing has, therefore, been the easiest
way of producing maSsed musical Ell
fects. Choral music was well devel-
oped as an art, and many able COM
posers wrote in this style long before
there was any instrument sufficiently
developed to afford accompaniment to
such groups. Thus, historically, choral
music is the oldest form of all musical
activity. In the history of the various
races it sufficed as a medium Of all
inspiration and of brotherhood among
those of the various tribes and clans.
The great ideal in choral music is a
fine group Of trained singers singing
in accurate intonation. Long hours OF
preparation are necessary for such
presentations. We have too many
choruses with low ideals. Orchestral
ideals are at present on a very high
plane; choral ideals should not be be-
| hind these. Unaccompanied chora
music is a special field and requires
considerable study upon the part OF
the conductor It is not merely the
absence of accompaniment, but it in
wolves many other problems which are
,, too long for consideration here. Con-
tact with any great art is uplifting to
the spirit of man.
One of the easiest ways to reach a
great many people is through singing
One might say that it is the popular
method Those who have no interest
as yet in orchestral music may have a
strong interest in singing. This phase
Of musical work in our country, from
the cultural point of view, is extremely
important There has been a gradual
growth in the interest in choral music
in the last 10 or Is years, particularly
in unaccompanied singing.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
reflects the warmth of that flame"

reflects the warmth of that flame"
A Stephen Foster memorial tablet in
bronze was dedicated at Asheville,
N. c., in August. Representatives of
both north and south paid tribute to
the composer, in the yard of old Cal
vary church, with William Green,
president of the American Federation
of Labor, as the principal speaker.
Philadelphia as an opera center is
fast coming forward. No other city of
the United States has SO many of its
organize tions giving really high class
performances of grand opera. In the
present season the Philadelphia Grand
Opera company will give IL perform
ances of standard works; the Phila-
delphia Civic Opera company will fur
nis,1 Is performances; the Pennsyl-
vania Grand Opera company an
nounces repertoire for eight evenings;
and the Philadelphia Operatic society,
the oldest amateur organization in
America which produces grand opera,
will present Martha "Tales of Hoff-
man and pearl Fishers" during the
season.
During the first week in February
the Chicago Opera visiting Boston, will
produce there, Charles Wakefield Cad
mans opera, "The Witch of Salem"
Recently, DR.. Emil Emma, music critic
of the Portland, Ore, News, celebrated
the 25th anniversary of his accession
to American citizenship, Che was born
in Dennlark) and some of his fellow
townsmen in the northwest gave him
a dinner to mark the event. DR.. Emma
has been an integral part of the musi-
cal development of Portland. When
he first went there, he found six music
teachers in that city. Now there are
500. He has taught 1900 pupils in
Portland.
DeWolf Hopper, famous as "Casey.
at the Bat'' and even more so as Dick
Deadeye in I'll M. S. Pinafore," dis
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
Music
Art
Club Work
LONG BEACH PEOPLE
GUESTS OF WINDHAMS

Mr. and Mrs. w w. Windham have
as their house guests S. w. Kalten-
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25
Coast Lady Visiting

Miss Fay Lovelady, OF Los Angeles,
is the guest of Mrs. Edwin Enfield
and Mrs. Robert Perrin over the
holidays, having arrived in time to
pass Christmas with them.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

because each was a genius with an in
finite appreciation of the other w. S.
Gilbert was the greatest comic poet of
the language Arthur Sullivan was an
accomplished composer in any COM
pany-in his particular field without
compare-and together they rose to
heights that neither could have at
tanned singly."
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

DeWolf Hopper, famous as casey
at the Bat' and even more so as Dick
Deadeye in III. M. S. Pinafore," dis
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-12-25

During the first week in February,
the Chicago Opera visiting Boston, will
produce there, Charles Wakefield Cad
mans opera, 'The Witch of Salem"
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fiery makeup, whereas to her
they were rather abstract PEN
cilings, which she could vision
into reality but could never con-
front as reality
Her collapse and confession
as she tries to administer a
lethal dose to the husband, set
ties in the auditorial mind that
she has not the killer instinct,
but is nevertheless as danger
Gus an accessory as the actual
assassin.
Carriers bestial claims that
she will never leave him be-
cause he has superior physical
attributes over Bateson, goads
the pair into hysteria and frenzy
and there is a knife thrust and
the police.
The epilogue. is a tense and
rather fearful summary of the
wages of sin. Laid in a prison
ante-room, il becomes emphati-
cally theatrical in the parting
Of father and daughter after
her appeal from death is denied.
1t is by all odds the real scene
of the play and gives wide lati-
tude to the depressed emoting
powers of Miss Lord. / thought
she did magnificently in this
scene, notably in her hating,
throaty, dialogue where, on the
verge of the scaffold, she envi-
sions beauty thriving through
out all the sordid mess.
On the whole Sunrise" is no
important shakes in the sea-
sons new competitions. The
first act plods slowly and so
does most of the second act.
Even the prison scene slumps
into doldrums, happily enough,
though, this truancy being COR
rected at every turn by the ex-
cellence of Miss Lords acting.
Frank Vosepr, the author,
plays the husband, a sinister,
lowering fellow, whose presence
seems always portentous of dire
things. o. P. Heggie has little
enough as the father and Eliz-
abeth Patterson has meaty
moments as the garrulous
mother. Charlotte Granville en-
livens one scene as the mother
of the fnisled lover.
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new FACES AND
FRESH ANTICS
AT GAYETY

Those who like burlesaue with
an up.to-date angle will find
'.Burlesque la Carte this
weeks attraction at Ira La
Notes Gayety playhouse. quite
to their liking. 1t is called "Odds
and Ends of 1927" and while
some of the jokes were sprung
long before the advent of 1927,
there is enough new stuff to
meet popular approval.
The outstanding figure il
Estelle arab NacNI who exudes
personality by the bucket. The
little lady's best work is as an
acrobatic dancer and she is a
wizard at 1t. She also puts over
a number of nifty songs and
altogether ran away with the
show.
Three comedians are all over
the place in an endeayor to. keep
the customers in a good humor
and occasionally they succeeded
in winning the elusive laugh.
These boys Wayne McVeigh,
Lew Newman and Bin Mccoy
are new to Washington audiences.
Helen Deland and Marie Breen
are attractive and sing and dance
delightfully."-. The latter's "Or.
phan Annie was hit.
The, chorus is good and the
scenic features are above the
average.--H. w.
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BROADWAY JOTS
ON PLAYS AND
PLAYERS

Underworld plays are getting
the call more than ever this
season. Broadway" and "Chi.
cago" started the vogue. "One
of the Finest" now called 1.-THE
Night Stick" kept the ball rolling
with a vengeance. Now Brass
Buttons" is in rehearsal as is
The Shadow" which, incidentally,
has John Warner numbered in
its cast. Pearl Seymour. blond
lead in "one of the Finest" has
been replaced by Lee Patrick.
Ben Ali Haggin will design the
costumes for Billie Burke and
the players supporting her in the
new Noel Coward play. THE
Marquise" which opens at the
National November Z. with
Arthur Byron in chief support.
Miriam Hopkins. last noted here
in The Garden of Eden.' will
have the principal role in a new
play Excess Baggage" which
deals with small-time show folks.
Following 1.-The Racket"
scheduled for the Belasco next
week, that theater will house an.
other new one, Tia Juana," deal.
ing with racetrack folk and
others. kilbourne Gordon. former
Washingtonian, is one of the
authors and sponsors.
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THE ST. PATS SAY GOOD-BY

The St Patrick Players after which,
unique in the annals Of amateur theatrical life in America
day sing song.
We Players grateful to all of who have Loyalty
given through the yeash officials of the Fed
ral Government the City Fathers Of the District of Columbia
the Army and the Navy the professional theatrical fraternity
the and the public We
grateful in that have been partners with placing
the boards only the lighter theatrical but those
beautiful religious pectaces that have been pride and
JOY We grateful in that through aid have been
able to raise thousands of dollars for worthy We
especially behOdned because you made possible for
to be together months in the amid ideal surround
gs Many of Government employees hundreds miles
away home and only social connection in this great
city has membership in the Players The Organiza
ton has had close thousand members its through
the years.
To all friends, then, gratitude! Vale!
October %, 1927. THE ST. PATRICK PLAYERS.
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Surmlse closely parallels
the Snyder-Gray case, though,
actually, the theme was
spawned by one phase of an
equally brutal and retributive
crime in England - the By
waters Thompson case. As a
matter Of truth, the author need
have attributed his Inspiration
to no contemporary case. From
time out of mind guilty lovers
have adopted desperate expedi-
ents to shunt conscientious OBJ
jectors into other realms. A
lady with long hair and a goat
skin, caught chiselling a clan
destine note to her lover on a
granite slab, hesitated long
enough in the matter of inscrib-
ing "Your adorable one" to
plant a pretty sock across her
husbands brow with 12-pound
stylus. That was in the Stone
Age and it was the genesis, we
believe, of an undiminishing line
Of unpretty methods for dispos-
ing of husbands.
Thus we can say Frank Vos-
per's idea is not original,
though his treatment of it is in
the manner by which he man.
ages to accrue sympathy for the
lady in the case. First ne
makes her husband congenital
boor, in itself justification for
desperate action, then he intro
dpces the young lover in the
scene. Ethel hesitates at mnr-
der, though dazedly planting the
idea in young Bateson's head by
q series Of letters, vague in
their references as to the spe-
cific means Of removing the In
tolerable Harold Carter.
y \
Ethel was one of those types
who dwelt behind the moon.
She could think things and
then imagine them happening.
She was like that from baby
hood. Thus her letters to young
Bateson, out in India, were ex-
plosive sparks to that boys
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'.Su1771ise, ''ANeD One
At the National
BY HAROLD PHILLIPS

The National audience scorng last night the advent of Pauline
Lord in play have than diverted its
sembed mind Osng n T. where lady homicide