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5 o'clock the following morning he
would take us to Derdj with him and
send us from there to Gadames by
Mehari caravan. AS this cut the dis
lance we would have to travel by camel
from $50 to 80 kilometers, We accepted
with alacrity. BY motor with the major
I'VE made Sinauen for a gay lunch; noti-
fed the waiting Touareg arava of
our change of plans and left for Derdj,
the frontier headquarters of the first
Mehari group.
NOTHING of which we had seen or
read had prepared us for the reality
of Derdj and its protecting outpost,
T'Gutta. Perched on a sand hill 2,100
feet high and about 500 feet above the
surrounding desert, the latter is Of
Italy's most important frontier posts.
But dinner waited at Derdj and, not
stopping then to explore, we drove the
four kilometers down the hillside
through the oasis to draw up in front Of
just such a dream CASTILLO as would
have delighted the heart Of Douglas
Fairbanks in his Thief of Bagdad."
BY the Pickering light of hundreds
of torches We were presented to the
eight young officers who, as our latest
hosts. escorted us through the vaulted
mud built halls of the old Touareg
fortress to a tower room hung with
saddle bags and weapons and carpeted
with heavy Touareg rugs. Dinner by
moonlight on the open terrace, served
by silent yelled soldiers In white robes,
will always remain the stuff of which
dreams are made. Our new friends
entertained us with tales of their latest
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Music-to Make Us Work Harder

| en- the Greek myths" the professor
| said, music was the handmaidsn, the
| daughter of the gods, the sacred mag1-
| clan tanning wild animals and causing
| stones to leap up into temples. There
| are great psychological truths in these
! old stories. We know that music today
has the power to lift buried thought
| consultations with their energy into
| consciousness, thus causing new streams
Of feeling, thought, action. Any one
| who wants to prove that might try
hearing some old song that has been
unheard for years and jot down the
thoughts as they come"
Asked why 1t Is that famous must
| clans are not always ideal citizens, DR..
Van de Wall explained that somewhere
in history the co-ordinathig and healing
| qualities Of the art went into eclipse on
| account Of the worldly tributes OF fame
and fortune that came to the per-
former.
He admitted that his own musical edu-
cation in the Royal Conservatory at The
Hague and at Leipzig, while it made
him a capable technician qualified to
hold first-class orchestra jobs, did not
reveal to him the aspects Of music he
later discovered for himself. something
more akin to the musical ideals OF the
ancients.,
His program with school children
aims to give d rising generation an in
sight into music that should enable
them to combat any species Of evil spirit
that might otherwise get into heir bud
ding lives.
In the a while DR.. Van de Wall
has been watching music work miracles
in the lives Of the insane and the nor
NAL, DR.. ". r. Blair, director OF the
Bronx Park Zoo, has been conducting
experiments on the effects Of music
much concerned with changing dis
turbed moods into calm ones, moroSe
moods into happy ones, as he was In
discovering whether there was any sort
of reaction. Like DR.. Van de Wall. he
Is convinced that there Is a world OF
unrevealed influence In music. The sea
lions-he calls them the jazz artists Of
the zoo-are proof of that.
Not long ago we tried q jazz program
on n Of the tigers, leopardS and
lions." he said. "The experiment left
q question in u minds as to whether
they approve Of Jazz; One after II;
peeked out around corners On band
concert days these animals are always
restless. We have long known that they
are not Indifferent to ordinary music.
We also tried a jazz experiment with
the bears, but the test was Intellectual
because the keeper had not been nott-
fed. In the middle of the program he
came over the hill with the feed cart.
That ended whatever interest the bears
might have shown in U music. Mon
keys and sea lions have shown more in
terest than any other animals in u
experiments with radio music. The
monkey win try to get as close as he
can to the source Of sound, Just as he
does with band music"
DR.. Blair hopes some day TO have a
laboratory at the zoo so that scientific
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Surrounding all, is a heavy interlaced
barricade of barbed wire. At sunset, 1t
presents a striking picture Silhouetted
against the fading light. a corporal's
guard of machine gunners in each
turret, tall, lean, brown skinned Fri
treans capped by the inevitable red
fez and swishing tassel. And, after
darkness, from the roof the powerful
searchlight cuts through the heavens,
manned by a crew of smiling young
Italians doing their military service.
Apparently so bored with the drugery
and routine of fort life, these young
men seemed almost to be praying for
the coming of the Touareg raiders for
whom they searched the desert.
But the next day tales Of the raid
erS ceased to be amusing. A radio
from GadameS announced raiders on
the route and ordered us held. So
there we sat for three sweltering days
in that tiny desert post, with five be-
wildered officers who, in the absence
of any ommon language, did all pos
sible to keep time from hanging too
heavily on our hands. On our first
might of detention" the Askri, whom
we had photographed and sketched,
Joined with the italian N. G. O.'S Of
the Searchlight and radio stations and,
by the light Of a glorious African moon
Ooh, our memories of that bella
luna"), serenaded us, and the Askri
(native Libyans) then formed in a
half circle to give us a fantasia" n
of the best Of many we have seen.
Fifty men stood, knelt and squatted
about a four-piece orchestra, composed
of a flute made from a gazelle'S horns;
a darbouka (tom-tom), a soprano
drum that began life as an American
oil can, and a mineral water bottle
with a spoon inside.
In the center of the charmed circle
were the dancers, two men dressed as
wild animals. the inevitable Sudanese
clowns and two others, their barracans
draped after the prevailing feminine
mode. When we asked for a daylight
repetition to make cinemas, n would
have thought a medal of honor had
been conferred on the post. ah T
On the afternoon of the third day,
October 2, the mehari were brought
around, loaded with the suit case, cam
eras, water and wraps, and we climbed
into the hard "rakhla" (Tcuareg wood
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Harp-Playing Professor Advocates
Symphonies for Pepping-Up Sed-
entary Workers, While Another
Music Doctor Tries Jazz Diet
on Bear, Baboon and
Seal at Zoo.
Seal at Zoo.

which most workers experience at some
hour of the day-some about IL O'CLOCK
in the morning, SOM at 3 o'clock IN the
afternoon. Experiments have convinced
him that music may be successfully EN-
| ployed to call out reserve energy when
workers are tired.
Here we have music as a means to
concentration" he said. But it Is
necessary to caution against overstimu-
lating to the point of inaction. For
music may also serve as a Sedative. For
proof of that we have the radios slum-
Der hour, which I regard as a most
helpful innovation, especially in insti-
tutions where individual ~earphones have
been installed as an aid to sinking into
self forgetfulness and restful sleep"
DR.. Van de Wall finds a relation be-
tween the influences of alcohol or drugs
and music.
1.-THE drug addict seeks release from
the miserable present. Music will give
him that" he guaranteed. 1t releases
inhibitions and creates harmony by
calling the different elements OF the
rhythmic human organism into tune
with each other. For rhythm is funda-
mental and necessary If life is to be at
all successful. One good thing about
music as a stimulant is that 1t leaves
no bad aftermath.
IT am convinced that If we can intro
duce a constructive understanding and
enjoyment of music very early in a
child's life much of the worlds I'M
happiness and Illustration and unpro-
ductiveness will be overcome. 1t Is with
this idea in mind that I am now work.
ing with special groups of teachers
music supervisors with love for children.
devotion to work and an intelligent UNI
derstanding of what music may accom-
plish to make and keep life harmonic
ous.'
In his enthusiastic evangelism in the
cause of music DR.. Van de Wall admits
that he is merely picking 1t up where
another and more exalted harpist lett
of many years ago. In this connection
he quotes a Bible passage about David
the psalmist:
"'And 1t came to pass, when the evil
spirit from God was upon Saul, that
David took a harp and played with his
hand; so Saul was refreshed and was
well, and the evil spirit departed from
Ahfnn 4 J&eSshuGa xrsd.nsKM %&~sI1s, &Sghk Y.@Ax
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mainly in New York and Pennsylvania.
And years Of proof showing that
music can be used as a lever on the
mentally sick to Danish ugly moods and
to lift submerged springs of energy into
consciousness. DR.. Van de Wall is now
directing his propaganda toward normal
people, working chiefly with music
supervisors in schools, because he be-
lieves that through them he can reach
the largest possible public.
"A human being Is a r~hythmically
functioning organism that Is peculiarly
sensitive to the stimulus of music" he
said. Different organisms will respond
in different ways. If I want to write an
article or prepare a lecture I put SYM
phony music on the monograph. Under
that influence the mind is quieted, the
imagination is stimulated, outside inter-
ests are excluded. Creative plans
emerge. I have a friend, a well known
engineer, who for years has evolved his
plans and blue prints under the 1nfiu-
ence Of symphony music.
"But we must not forget that with
different organisms music may Stimu-
late on different levels and that the
quality of music should correspond to
the quality. of mind that Is to be affect
ed. Music that would stimulate n
person intellectually to release the
creative faculties might stimulate an
other only emotionally. OF 1t might
merely give q desire for the sort of
physical energy which leads to the
march or the dance or the mere tap
ping Of feet on the floor. Refined or
less refined satisfactions may be found
in music. For music is a message from
one individual to another and we can
hear only that for which we have ears.
1.-THE ideal citizen functions Is a vital
organism on many levels-the intellec-
tual, spiritual, social, emotional, phys
zealand he reacts to music on each
and all Of these. A less fortunate per-
son, whose functions may be OBJ
structed by disease or for some other
reason, may be able to function on fewer
levels. The idiot. who functions only on
the physical. will clap his hands upon
hearing music, while in the mind of the
intellectual. hearing the same music,
creative processes may be released"
DR.. Van de Wall advocated the use of
music IN Offices and factories as an in
-.
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MSbIOpO<dIl SHC1d I1O0oV VA
II soul Of music shed now stands
1 mute most of the time so that
william Van de Wall may be
free to spend his days and nights cast
ing out devils.
DR.. Van de Wall has placed himself
at the head of a small but increasing
army that Is waging a melodious war
fare against q variety Of evil spirits
which he believes are obStructing many
paths to achievement and happiness
and which can be vanquished by music
more effectively than by any other
agency. He believes creative workers
and other toilerS will experience I'M
dreamed-of productivity after music
shall have been made a more practical,
more constant and intimate factor in all
u lives.
The decision to forsake his career as
orchestra harpist and become q mis-
sionary for music first occurred to DR..
Van de Wall while he was with the
Metropolitan Opera Of New York. where
he played the harp for six years after
coming to this country from Holland.
IT was at that time a correspondent
for Dutch newspapers" he recalled. II
had contracted to write a weekly article
on Dutch immigrants In America. One
could not imagine anything more remote
from the moods Of Tristan or 'MeiSter-
Dutch strangers In a new land. Yet 1t
was under the influence of just such
music that these articles took form.
AT first I. tried to compose them in
the hours when I was not at the opera
house. These efforts were usually dis
| appointing and unsatisfactory, besides
being very hard work. Then I dis
! covered that literary composition came
! easily and fluently and without strain
| while I wa listening to the great
volume Of orchestra music that sur
| rounded me. In the long waits when
| there were no passages for my harp the
music stimulated my fancy. Imagina-
| ton flowed in a pleasant stream and
ideas took form. The things that had
| to be written came to life and shaped
| themselves SO definitely that the Job of
| writing vas no trouble at ALL"
In an interval between lectures at
| Columbia University the other day DR..
| Van de Wall admitted his belief that If
we could all have orchestras in the ante
room during working hours a tremen-
dous impetus would be added to the
| worlds work. He surrnises that the
radio may become q constructive in
huence in this connection.
During the years since he played the
harp at the Metropolitan and earned
extra money as q newspaper CORE
| spondent DR.. Van de Wall has become
internationally known al an authority
on the curative effects of music upon
feeble minded and insane persons.
Evangelical zeal impelled him to carry
his message to the American Prison
! Association, and through that con-
nection he became field director for the
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Oct. 3rd. Broke camp 6 am Trav-
eled till IL on one cup coffee. Heat
terrific. Nearly tainted for lack Of
food. Chicken broth and boiled chick
en- 1870. Some rest, but too hot to
sleep. Strong wind and sand whipped
our faces even under tent. En- route
5 pm. In raiders country. Even
greater precautions than last night. At
dusk entered big wadi. Signs of men.
Our men unslung guns. Trot for safety.
Found men extra patrol sent out from
Gadames. Camp for dinner in wadi.
Escort now most imposing. 8 to 9
pm. on foot over stones and thistles
up wadi. Rode till 2 am. Then dry
camp on stones, too bruised and tired
to sleep.
Oct. 4th. Broke camp, frozen, 2
am. Arrived Gadames IL am. Made
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en- saddles) and S o'clock saw us off
on a trek of "a hours in the saddle out
of a total of 40 hours on the road,
which our journal sums up as follows:
Oct. End. Left T'Gutta 5 pm. Rode
till 8, then dinner in tiny oasis. Arabs
gathered about to watch proceedings
and contributed gifts of raw eggs and
chicken. Left 9 with moon. Big cara
van. Two outriders each flank in adj
dition to front and rear guards and
four men detailed to ride beside each
of us. Made dry camp, fuelless and
tentless in dunes, 2 am. Slept dressed,
enveloped in coats and burnouses:
Froze. (Oh, those warm sands" OF
the desertD Ourselves in center,
camels barracked in double circle about
us, four guards posted and every gun
loaded over camel.
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Editors Note. - Miss Dorothy Quincy
Smith of Washington. who, with Miss
Lloyd Preston of New York, were the
1rst Americans and the fourth n nth
white women to receive oticial authori-
cation BY the italian government to
enter the oasis of Gadames. the r.ost
northern of the four Touareg centers of
the Central Sahara Desert, relates the
experiences OF this unusual trip, recently
made under military escort, In the fol-
lowing article. Photographs made. by
Miss Smith and Miss Preston include
the first authorized views taken within
the deSerf oYifrsorfe
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Tells oThus SON Trip With Young Woman ompnanb ouasa of Central Shan Desert Where Only Threw Whit
Wmn Had PrhdT hmE special Authority ofIaMn Government ntrnndH Shaks bHrd
by Sun d" Frozen Night But Vas Worth IT.
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T'GUTTA, one Of Italy's strongest
frontier posts, Is a square, mud
baked brick fortress, with a circular
tower In each corner, and about 1t, the
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BY SALLY

HARP that once through the
Metropolitan Opera House the
soul of music shed now stands
mute most Of the time so that
william Van de Wall may be
The Washington times., 1929-01-17
L.P. SOUTHERN
SEES GREATER
OPPORTUNITY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE I


10 the fact that thousands OF
youne men and women have
directed their attention TO the
increasing opportunities for sue
cess in the business world today.
The road is shorter. the oppor-
tunities greater. ami the time
for preparation less than in any
Of the professions.
Indeed. business today has
attained the dignity and place OF
q profession.
southern Brothers Business
University. with its splendidly
appointed quarters located In the
new Adams Building. 1888 f st.
N. w, is training hundreds Of
young men and women every
wear to meet the complex ana
eKacting demands of big bust
ness today.
II Is In the midst of the most
successful year in its history.
with a total attendance during
the year of over 900 students
in the day and night schools.
These students have come from
widely scattered sections Of the
country. from the northern-nIost
corner OF Maine to the most
southerly point in the United
States. Practically every State
in the Union Is represented in
the present student body.
Mr.. Southern, maintains a
close personal supervision over
the worl. of each student. File
has eliminated. to q very great
extent. the idea of the class as
a uait. and regards the student,
the students personal welfare.
and progress as the one 'esfr-
able thing that will; through the
co-Opera ton of the student, assure
the successful completion OF the
students work at this school.
The parents Of the students from
all over the country have sent
letters telling of their apprecia-
ton of the personal interest
taken by the president of the
university, and the members of
the faculty. in their sons and
daughters.
Another very interesting fea
ture is an employment service
maintained by this school foI
the purpose Of placing its grad
yates in pleasant, well-payinG
and responsible positions. There
are thousands of young men ant
women in this country TO-DAY
who are holding responsible posi-
tions. due fundamentally to thu
training secured through Sout,;
erR Brothers universities, ia
Washington and elsewhere.
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.B|G ENROLMENT
|. At 'Y.M.' COLLEGE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE /

curriculum on Federal taxation.
Judge Trammell has a Pho. de-
gree from Emery University; an
LIB. from Vanderbilt Univer-
sity and has held a judgeship in
Florida.
Judge Fenton w. Booth, IL.
D.. chief justice OF the United
States Court of Claims, for some
time a member of the law school
faculty. will continue also dur,
ing the spring semester as a
lecturer in criminal and consti-
tutional law subjects.
The Y M. C. A. College OF.
fering both early morning and
evening classes, has proved q
boon to employees in Government
departments who have been able
to hold full-time day positions
and at the same time carry on
desired educational courses at
the college. DIR. Bell reports
that nearly IS per cent of the
students Of the school of law
and the Washington Evening"
Preparatory School are Govern
ment employees.
STARTED IN 1917
The z. M. c. A. College had
it's inception as an evening col
lege in 1917. when it took over
the Washington School OF Ac'
countancy. 1t was chartered I'M
der it's present name in 1928.
The Washington School Of Ac'
countancy was established In
1907. and 10 years later it for
muIated a standardized curricu'
lum upon completion of which the
The Washington times., 1929-01-17
Civil Service School
EQuipS for u. S. Posts

The Civil Service Preparatory
School on the southeast corner
of Twelfth and f SITS. N. w.
prepares for computer, junior
clerk promotion, file clerk, junior
stenographer promotion, junior
typist. Patent Office, five classes
a week and special dictation
classes every day and five nights
each week; also classes in sta,
tistics and editing.
This Civil Service Preparatory
School has the proper fundamen-
tails and modern methods to ade-
quately equip for responsible and
lucrative positions In the Gov
ernment employ. \
The Washington times., 1929-01-17

student was granted the de-
gree Of bachelor Of commercial
science.
The Washington times., 1929-03-30
Coming Attractions

ken in the principal role, sup
ported by a cast of IS. The en-
gagement will be for one week and
it Immediately follows the New
York run at the Sam H. Harris
and I.ongacre theaters.
1t is reported that authenticity
Of the scenes in "COngai" is UNI
questionable since the two au-
thOrs. Harry Hervey and Carleton
HiIdreth. spent several years
among the mixed peoples who fig
ure in the color and action. Mr..
Hervev has several books Of the
Far East to his credit, among
them king Cobra" and "Congai."
from which the present drama
has been made
For the week beginning with
the Friday midnight premiere,
Friday, Arpil 6, the Earle Theater
will present as it's featured screen
attraction the Warner Bros. all
talking Nitaphone production,
Queen of the Night Clubs" starr
ing Texas Guinan. the world fam
Gus hostess. Texas Guinans fam
Gus night club: Broadway after
midnight; a murder in a back
stage dressing room; an innocent
lad accused of the killing-a
startling musical revue of girls
and a lone juror who voted his
own way are a few of the high
lights of this thrilling drama of
Broadway.
Bryan Foy directed the produc-
ton which features beside Miss
Guinan, Eddie F'oy. jr., Lila Lee,
Jack Norworth, John Davidson,
William Davidson, Arthur House
man and many others. Short
reel Fitaphone productions and
other house features will complete
the program for the coming
week.
mite Life in Paris" will be
next weeks Mutual circuit at.
traction in the Strand Theater,
commencing with the matinee on
Sunday. April Z. Charles Tramp"
Mentally Is the starred comedian
and one OF the best purveyors of
Weary Willie" roles, on the
Stage. Featured in the billing is
La Villa Maye, beautiful
auburn haired sOubrette whose
pert mannerism has endeared her
to the burlesque clientele.
The Fox schedule of bookings
calls for a Warner Brothers-Nita-
phone talking picture. kid
Gloves" for the week of April
s. This production has Conrad
NaRel and Lois Wilson, a star of
long standing in her own right.
Next week Loew's Palace will
present Paramounts 100 per cent
talking picture, ':The Dummy"
adapted from the famous stage
play of the same name. Ruth
Chatterton plays one of the lead
ing roles. On the stage Wesley
Eddy and the Palace Svncopators
will appear in the Loew-Publtx
unit, Fore"
Following THE Broadway
Melody" talking, singing. dancing,
dramatic sensation, which Is At
Loew's Columbia for an indefinite
run will he the Douglas FAIR.
banks sequel to The Three
Musketeers." the Iron Mask"
The Washington times., 1929-03-30
EASTER BALL
BOOKED AT
SWANEE.

swanee will celebrate two big
holidays on Monday nisht-Easter
Monday and April Fools Day.
The intrusion of irresponsible
April Fools Day into the precincts
of Easter Monday will be
recognized in the Swanee Easter
ball by an appropriate mixture OF
Glowing and colorful Easter
holiday making.
Carnival trimmin's for the
Easter ball will cater both to the
eye and ear. The big Swanee
ball room will be decorated in
purple and white Easter colors.
All sorts Of amusing and colorful
souvenirs and noise makers will
be provided. Plenty of surprise
items will appear. Look out for
them.
The Swanee Syncopators have
prepared an Easter Monday dance
music program trimming over
with speciaIties. AL kamons and
AL Norton have put their heads
together TO evolve this fun
schedule which will eliminate at
midnight with a tabloid musical
revue. Not a single bet has been
overlooked and even number
OF the intervals between dances
will he filled up with specialties
by star members of the Syncopa-
tors.