The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-07
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
Visit of Famous Orchestra to Bring
Much Entertaining in It's Wake
Two Foreign ENJOYS Talk
Over Radio in the Inter-
est of Music Development

est OF Music Development
Two foreign ENJOYS, the
ambassador Of Italy and the
minister of the Netherlands,
talked into the microphone
the other day to "tell the
world" something of the
treat Washington has in
store with the coming Of the
treat Philharmonic Sym
phony Orchestra for its con-
cert at the National Theater.
Unprecedented
This was an unprecedented
event, but understandable, for
Italy's Toscanini and Hollands
Mengelberg, two Of the most
famous conductors in the world,
WELD the baton alternately over
the magnificent orchestra, which
has grown out of the consolida-
ton of the Philharmonic Society
and the Symphonic Society OF
New York.
Ambassador de MARITIME, of
Italy, spoke knowingly Of his
famous compatriot and Jonk-
heer van Royen, the Neither
lands Minister, paid high trib-
ute to Willem Mengelberg.
Arturo Toscanini will conduct
the two concerts of the Phil
harmonic Symphony scheduled
for January 20 and March 5,
but at the recital tomorrow Mr..
Mengelberg will be the conduc-
tor.
Musical History
The visit of this orchestra-the
Oldest in this country and in the
world save for one English group
will not only make musical
history, but it will be an event of
considerable social Importance.
Many box parties are being ar
ranged for tomorrow afternoon
and there is a Washington com.
mittee for the series of three re-
citals, which includes such prom
inent women as Mrs. Robert Low
Sacon, chairman; Mrs. Theodore
Douglas Robinson, Mrs. Richard
Aldrich, Mrs. Ogden L. Mills,
Mrs. John Gibbons, Mrs. Adolph
Caspar Miller. Mrs. C. c. Glover,
Mrs. James Parker, Miss Laura
Harlan, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend,
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, jr., Mrs.
Hiram Bingham, Mrs. Sol Bloom,
Mrs. e. F. Cheatham, Mrs. F..
Trubee Dawson, Mrs. William j.
Donovan, Mrs. Franklin Ellis, Mrs.
Henry Winfield watson, Mrs.
Frederick C. Hicks, Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe, Mrs. Irwin Laug1lln,
Mrs. Demarest Lloyd, Mrs. David
Aiken Reed and Mrs. Bertrand
Smell.
Mrs. Dawes Is honorary chair.
man Of the committee and Nine.
de MARITIME and Nine. van Royen
are honorary members.
Both the Italian Ambassador
and Nine. de MARITIME and the Min
lister of the Netherlands and Nine.
van Royen have boxes for the
concert tomorrow. So has the
French embassy and other box.
holders are the Hungarian Min
lister and Countess Szechenyi,
Mrs. Robert Low Bacon, Mrs.
Arthur O'Brien and Mrs. George
Mesta. A box is reserved, too,
for Mrs. Coolidge.
Entertaining
There is to be q good deal Of
entertaining for Mr., Mengelbers
AMI his charming wife. Since
the Minister of the Netherlands
and Nine. van Royen are in
mourning, Baron and Baroness
van Boetzelaer, of the legation
staff. will give a supper party
for them tomorrow evening fol-
lowing the concert. And on
Wednesday they will be guests
Of honor at the luncheon Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend will have
following her musical morning"
ut the Mayflower.
The Townsends and the Mengel-
bergs have been friends for 80
years. Mr.. Townsend was United
States Minister to Belgium for
six years and during that time
Willem Mengelberg used to visit
Brussels regularly coming down
from Amsterdam to conduct the
famous "Ysaye concerts"
Mr.. ana Mrs. Mengelberg are
staying over especially for this
luncheon and to attend Mrs. Town
sends concert-Paul Kochanski,
violinist, Felix Salmond, cellist,
with Pierre Luboschutz at the
piano. They will be guests in
1.-THE Henry White box'-shared
by Mrs. Adolph Miller and Mrs.
James Clement Dunn while Mr..
and Mrs. John c. White, son and
daughter.in-law of the late Henry
White, are in the Argentine. 1t
IS expected that the artists who
will present Mrs. Townsend's
program will arrive in town in
time to attend the orchestra re-
cital tomorrow. A thrilling pro.
gram has been arranged including
Bach's Sinfonia in B Flat,
Mozart's Symphony In z Flat and
Beethoven's glorious Seventh
Symphony. The Sinfonia was
introduced to this country by
Mr.. Mengelberg at a Philharmonic
concert at Carnegie Hall in 1925.
On Mr.. Mengelberg's previous
visits to Washington he has been
entertained at the Netherlands
Legation, with groups Of Wash.
ington music lovers invited to
meet him; and last year when
Toscanini came, the Italian EN-
bassy was en- fete. Doubtless he
will be entertained brilliantly
there when he comes later in
January.
Mr.. Kochansli, Mr.. Salmond
and Mr.. LuboSchutz will be
guests at Mrs. Townsend's lunch
con tomorrow, and in the evening
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