The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-02-14
Opera Season Opens With Rabbits
Foot For Luck; Audience Brilliant
Box Parties Dress the
House," Composer Feted
After Performance

Company has a rabbit s
foot as a good-luck omen for
its fortnight's international
music festival, auspiciously
launched last night.
TT WAS sent to Mrs. Edouard
: Albion, wife of the director
Of the company by q fellow
daughter of the Tar Heel State,
who had heard Mrs. Albion
speak yesterday afternoon at
the Club of Colonial Danes on
the purpose and progress of the
Washington Opera Company and
It's dream of one day building
great national opera house
III the Capital. As further
indication Of her enthusiasm for
the project, this charming North
Carolinan made the first actual
cash donation toward the build
inc fund and collected some
thing over 500 from among the
Colonial Danes.
"A N opera house is, of course, q
n vision Of the future, but the
opera festival remains pleasant
preoccupation of the present. The
presentation of w. FRANKIE Har-
nng,s "a Light from st. Agnes"
and the Marmein Dancers, with
which it opened last evening,
brought to Polls Theater a large
and enthusiastic audience, the
bright gowns and furred wraps
Of the women present decorating
the house most effectively. In
the single entire acte there was
some visiting about from box to
box and the lounge upstairs took
on quite the air OF q smart draw
Ing room.
The Spanish Ambassador ana
Nine. Padilla were In the audi
ence and Mrs. Davis, wife OF ths
Secretary of War, was noted IN 9
box with Mrs. Elmer Schlesinger,
John Balfour. OF the British en-
hassy. and several other men, un-
recognizable across the house.
The Minister Of Egypt and Nine.
Gany were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Albion in their box. The AIbions
also entertained Ramses Chaffeys
81 the Egyptian legation, AMI
Maurice Capitaine, the distin-
rnished French tenor, who is to
sing later In the opera season
and who had just reached WASH
tngton.
HR. AND MRS. WALTER
w TUCKERAAN entertained a
box party, as did Mrs. Brew5ter
Warwick, Mrs. r. B. Moran, Major
and Mrs. George Oakley Totem, j.
Mrs. Stokes Halkett entertained
IN her box the Rev. DR.. and Mrs.
Ze Barney Phillips and Ebin
Cummins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Hol-
combe had as their guests the
Air Attache of the British EN-
bessy and Mrs. Hetherington and
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss.
Mr.. and Mrs. William f. Corby
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Adkins and Mrs. c. K. Berry
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Thompson
Seton and Mr.. and Mrs. Freling-
huysen Dumont occupied a box
together.
others in the audience were
Representative and Mrs. Henry
Watson, Brig. Gen and Mrs. Dion
williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
MondelI, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Anterior, Mrs. Basil Gordon,
George Bond Cochran, Mrs. Ed.
ward Douglas White, Mrs. Fred
erick Hicks, Mrs. Glenn Stewart,
MRS. Robert Lansing, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. Hartman, Mrs. Rob-
ert Stanfield, Capt. Herbert Part
ridge, Mrs. Kenna Elkins, Mrs.
Rushmore Patterson, Mrs. Frank
lin Ellis, Mrs. Percy Quinn and
Miss Virginia Mason.
Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mrs. Low
ell Mellett, Mrs. Dexter keezer,
Mrs. Bates Warren, Mrs. Alvin I.
Hert, Miss Alice Hartman, Floyd
Gibbons, David Karrick, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark Ried Yates, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Walker Holcombe, the
assistant military attache of the
British Embassy, Major w. II. S.
Aston; the second secretary of
. the British Embassy, Sir Adrian
Baillie; the counselor of the
Italian Embassy, Count Marchetti;
the Naval Attache of the Italian
Embassy and Mrs. Lais, the Sec
Ond secretary of the French
Embassy. Frederic Knobe; Mrs.
Tracy Bows, former Senator and
Mrs. Lenroot, Mr.. and Mrs. Theo-
dore TilIer, Miss Laura Harlan,
Representative and Mrs. Richard
Yates, Capt. and Mr.. Frank r.
Freyer, DR.. and Mrs. John Foote,
Mr.. and Mrs. Percival Ridsdale.
Nine. Thenault, wife of the
French assistant military attache,
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A FTER the performance Mr..
IA and Mrs. Albion entertained
at supper in their apartment for
the composer, who had conducted
his own opera. Mrs. Harling was
WITH him. Nine. Frances Peralta
the primma donna. and other
members of the small cast were
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker.
man, Major and Mrs. Totten and
others had brought on the mem
bers of their box parties and
others from the audience were
present.
Because of an insistent demand
ga Light From ST. Agnes" will
be repeated tonight, "Werther,'
the scheduled opera, going over
until Friday evening, February "a
Tomorrow afternoon, as IAN ex
ira added attraction" there viii
be a concert by Luella Melius o
the glorious voice, who will ais
sing on Saturday night II