Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

due to hard work Said Mrs Arth: Hazel has
been successful because she was born with
talent for music and contralto voice that is
different She has never had to work. Music
has been easy for Hazel
Hazel Arth is the first and only Washington
girl to win the highest national award IN the
national radio addition Her ancestors on both
sides have been musicians as far back as Mrs.
Arth knows. Mrs. Arth's brother was at one
time leader of the United States Marine Band,
when Mr.. Arth, Hazels father, was a member
of that band. HaZel's aim now is to become q
concert artist
Mrs. Arth thinks that the nuns at the school
OF the Immaculate Conception probably had
more influence on the life of her daughter than
she had. 1t was they who discovered her voice
and gave her an opportunity to use it In school
entertainments when she was little girl Sis
ter Madeleine, who is now dead. predicted then
that Hazel would be great artist. Hazel loved
the sisters, and often stayed after school, when
they would talk to her and read her stories and
teach her to be good little girl"
Although several of Mrs. Arths daughters
took positions in the business world it was al
ways understood that Hazel would have career
of music. After she grew too big for parts in
school entertainments she became Soloist III
the Sacred Heart choir.
She entered the national radio addition in
1927 with large number of other Washington
singers. She won the local addition, but failed
to win the district addition held for the North
eastern States. However this failure made
Hazel take her music more seriously. Very soon
after this she met Mary Jordan, who inspired
her to bring out the very best qualities in her
voice. She was then determined to win the
naional addition in 1928 and the $1,000 that
would enable her to proceed with her work
with her voice.
She won both the local washington addition
and the Northeastern district addition in 1923,
and then went to New York with four other
additions. Hazel decided to subordinate every
thing to winning this time.
The group of 10 contestants in the national
audition reached New York several days before
the contest, where as the guests of Mr.. A. At
water Kent they were taken to many parties
and dances but Hazel was careful to get into
bed early so that she would not be tired. She
feels now that she has been well repaid for tax
ing the rest instead of the few extra hours Of
jolnty.
"Hazels voice and the radio have developed
together, for she was the feature of the BIRTH
day program of WF3C in 1924, when that sta
ton was but one year DID," said her mother.
SGT HAVE always loved children and have
planned to work with them and for them
ever since was a small child" said Dr. Mar
garet Nicholson the youngest Washington girl
who is practicing medicine. DR.. Nicholson is
one person who has very successfully carried
out her childhood ambition, for she is doing
volunteer work at six of Washingtons free
clinics in addition to taking care of her private
practice at her Office in the Medical Building at
1901 Eye street northwest.
This young lady's mother is certain that
much of her daughters success is due to her
early life on Virginia farm, where how the
children could obtain spending money was not
a problem, and the question of discipline was
not so complicated as in a large city. Mrs.
Nicholson is sure that her daughters good
health and endurance, which have made it pos
sible for her to study and work as she has were
gained during her early life in the country.
Margaret was also blessed with a good
motherly hand" said her mother when she