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Julia Peters. Soloist,
With Rubinstein Club

JULIA PETERS, soprano of the New
York Grand Opera Co., will make
her debut In Washington Tuesday night,
May T. at the second concert of the
Rubinstein Club at the Willard Hotel.
This young artist is as well known
on the concert stage as In opera. Last
Fall she sang at the Wagner Festival,
held in the New York Yankee Stadium
and has appeared in concerts in New
York. Boston, Atlantic City and other
Northern musical centers. Miss Peters
sails for Europe in July, where she will
be the guest artist of the Berlin and
Milan opera companies. appearing in
the leading feminine roles in Aida"
"Lohengrin," Faust" and other famous
operas.
A New Yorker by birth, Miss Peters
has studied entirely in that city. and
under one teacher, Celia Braems. The
critics have received Miss Peters en-
Enthusiastically
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Young Cuban Soprano
Featured in Program

A LBERT w. HARMED, assisted by
Jessie Masters, held his annual
reception and informal music program
at the studio on New York avenue last
Monday night when the unusual fea-
ture Of the evening was the singing OF
a young Cuban soprano. new to WASH
ington this Winter-Senorita Elodia
Martin Rivero. This young singer Is
a daughter of a former Cuban Minister
to the United States. Mime. Ferrara,
wife of the present Ambassador from
Cuba, was in the audience on this
occasion and showed marked pleasure
over the singing of Senorita Martini
Rivero. who seemed at her best in the
difficult "Alleluia" of Mozart. She also
sang THE Call of Rhada" by Harriet
Ware and The Winds in the South"
by John Prindle Scott. The singer
was heard once publicly last Fall in
concert songs She has shown marked
progress in her work since then. She
won a real ovation for the accuracy
of her placement and her smooth
phrasing with no forced tones in the
Mozart work Monday night.
Eugene Dahl. young Washington
tenor, showed fine style in his singing
of the familiar "Ah, Moon of My De-
light" by Liza lehman. He had the
spirit of the Rubaiyat and at no time
was there any feeling Of effort to pro-
duce the necessary tone quality to bring
q rich Interpretation.
Miss Masters who has long been a
familiar figure on the concert stage
elsewhere as we'll as in Washington.
won special applause for her singing of
Schumann's "Er der Herrlichste Won
Allen" She also sang songs by Sidney
Homer and Reddick most acceptably.
Alicegene Graves made her initial
appearance before any audience, in the
opening group Of songs on the program.
She was we'll received. Others of the
younger students group who also re-
ceived their share of applause during
the evening were Lynn Gillchrest, Mar
jorie Soper and Irene Koehl Miss
Koehl has particularly lovely tone
quality.
Among those present were Nine. Fer
rara. Mrs. Oliver Owen Kuhn. Herr
Walther Mueller Of Leipsig, DR.. Freder-
lex W. Perkins, Miss Katherine Hill Of
Boston, Sonora de Amores, Senorita de
Amores, Mrs. Ransdell, Mrs. Maud
Howell Smith, Mrs. Henry Dixon Moss
and Miss Moss, Mrs. William j. Drew,
Mrs. Fanny Barr, James r. Barr, Maj
and Mrs. J. F. Corby, Capt. and Mrs.
L. H. Charles.
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The Dawson Glee Club
Announces May Z Features

THE Spring concert of the Dawson
l. Glee Club. John r. Monroe. con-
ductor, will be held in Pierce Hall, Fiji
tenth and Harvard streets, Tuesday,
May Z, at 8:15 pm.
The club will present as soloists
william F. Santelmann, violinist, and
Cathreen Carrico. lyric soprano Mr..
Santelmann will play an obbligato for
Miss Carrico in the aria from III Re
Pastore," of Mozart obbligatos to six
love songs of Brahms, which will be
sung by the glee club. and a group of
solo numbers. Miss Carrico will sing
an obbligato to 20 Triumph All Ye
Ransomd," one of two choruses to be
given from Beethoven's Mount of
Olives" and a solo group in German
and English
The cappel1a numbers win include
ave Verum Corpus Christi" of
Joaquin des Pres of the early Flemish
contrapuntal school, and quite mod
ern Italian composition in eight parts
by Enrico Bossi as two feature numbers
This is the twelfth public concert.
and concludes the fifth season of this
club, which Is under its own manage
ment and affiliated with no other or
ganization, religious or secular.
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Wellington Adams Program.
WELLINGTON ADAMS of Wash

ington will appear in program Of
compositions by colored composers, in
Guiding some of his own in the Parker
Gray High School, Alexandria, Va.
Wednesday evening. May l. at 8:l5
o'clock.
The teachers OF this school invited
him to give the program, which is TO
include: "At the Dawn of Day Goko
-Ku I'll Ga. South East Africa, Samuel
Coleridge- Taylor; I'm My Midnight
Dreams" Hymn of Freedom" (prize
choral, Lullaby" Wellington Adams;
"Honey-Humoresque," r. Nathaniel
Dett THE Ninety and Nine" Brown
Eyes" Three Miniature Dances-In-
dian, Negro, Filipino" Wellington
Adams; MY Lady's Lips Am Like de
Honey" words by James Weldon john
son), VIII Marion Cook: South Afrl-
can Dance Fingue" (TribaD. "Ta-ru"
(piano transcription), ellingto
Adams: Were You There?" Harry T.
Burleigh: Roll Jordan, Roll" de
Gospel Train" Wellington Adams
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Haendel's Largo" Feature
As PLAYED bv 20 Violins

AN outstanding feature of the eve
ming of music for the violin to be
presented at the Masonic Auditorium
Friday night ct els o'clock. under the
auspices CT Josef Kaspar, will be the
playing of Haendels famous Largo" by
40 young violinistS In unison.
The entire program as planned by
Mr Kaspar is unusually interesting and
worth while. Mendelssohns Trio in D
Minor" first movement), will be played
by Emerson Myers, Paul Brightenburg
and Frank Westbrook as the opening
number Jean Westbrook will play De
Beriot's Concerto in G. No. u; Isaach
Minovich and Milton Schwartz will give
Brucll's Song of Spring" and De
Beriot's "Rondo de Concert; Paul
Brightenburg will play three dances in
Bach's Sonata in B Minor; David
Legum will play Vieuxtemps' Concerto
in d Minor. No. A.: Milton Schwartz
will give Wieniawskis Souvenir de
Moscow" and Kreisler's la Gitana";
Isaach Minovich will play Vitali-Auer
"Chaconne"; and the finale will be the
Haendel selection by the 40 violinists.
The accompanies will be Dora Mino-
vich and Emerson Myers.
The 40 violinists participating will in
Guide John Andrews Priscilla Barrows,
Bernadette Berard. Herbert Bird. Harry
Pra)ove. Paul Brightenberg. Miriam
Buchalter, Barbara Cation, Arthur Clax-
ton, Mary Park Clements. Margaret
Compton; David Cooperstein, Gladys
COwsill Gertrude Cowsill, Bernice
Davis, Henry Davis, John Eaton, Helen
Foster. George Hardesty Betty Hop
kns. Donald Langdon. David Legum,
William Leishear, Samuel Leishear,
Barney Lenkin. Abraham Lynn, Bern
ard Milovski, Ralph Meten, Isaac Mino-
vich, Albert Pergament, Julia Robert
son, william Rodier, Milton Schwartz,
Marie Siegrist. Katharine Sloat, Lillian
Surasky, Elizabeth Tcole, Constance
Ellen Tyler, Julia Warner and Jean
Wlsthrook
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THERE is no choir in Washington
which holds a more distinguished
place in music plans of the National
Capital than the choir of the Church
of the Epiphany, long one of the lead
Ing churches Of the Episcopal faith in
this city. The choir is noted for dig
nified and exceIlently prepared pro-
grams Of beautiful music. Tonight they
expect to sustain that reputation fur
Their by singing the cantata THE Life
Everlasting" by II. Alexander Mat
thews, at 8 o'clock.
The choir has a membership of 40,
including 10 sopranos, 8 altos. Z tenorS
and bassos. The repertoire includes
more than 200 anthems and services
and cantataS. The aim of the choir
is TO sing the highest possible type of
church music in the best possible way.
The leader Of this choir is Adolf To-
rovsky. who not only is accepted as an
authority In Washington on the music
Of the Episcopal Church, but who also
Is popular as a concert pianist and as
an organist. Mr.. Torovsky was born
at Annapolis, Md, and at an early age
started musical education under the
instructions of hts father and other
teachers Of the city. Later on he en-
tered the Peabody Conservatory of
Music, Baltimore, Nd, studying the
piano with Harold Randolph, organ with
Harold Phillips, harmony, counterpart
and composition with Howard Thatch-
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NJ i SIGR Apis

in the Wesley NJ E. Church, Connecti-
cut avenue and Jocelyn street Mrs.
William Lyles Offutt is leader of this
organization and Herndon Morsell mu-
steal director. Mrs. Dawson Olmstead
will be at the piano.
The section will be assisted by the
Chevy Chase Chanters. whom Mr. Nor
sell also directs, and Leon Davis, ac-
companiSt.
The guest Of the evening will be
Richard Lorleberg. cellist. whose ac-
companiSt will be Mrs. william H. Won
Bayer.
Gertrude Lyons. first vice president
of the District of Columbia Federation
OF Music Clubs. gave the address Of
welcome at the biennial music contest.
held recently in the First Congrega-
tional Church as Mrs Joseph NJ. Stod-
dard, president of the District Of
Columbia Federation. could not be pre-
sent. Mrs. Lyons, will also attend the
Capital district contest TO be held In
Baltimore on Saturday.
Ethel johnson Bennett. a charming
and talented coloratura soprano,
formerly we'll known here. has re-
Gently returned from Tampa. Fla,
where she has been making her home
for the past eight years. Mrs. Ben
nett was the guest soloist last Monday
night at the meeting Of the Society of
1912 at the Willard Hotel Her
selections, mostly Of light compositions.
met with a warm reception. She sang
Arditi's "Parla," Harriet Wares Boat
Song" PENIS "CarisSima," and David
Emmell's Philosophy"
The singer was admirably accom-
panied at the piano by Mable Getman
Ostrander, well known here as teacher
and as accompanist
While in Florida, Mrs Bennett took
part in several light operate produc-
tons, singing the leading roles in such
favorites as Gilbert e. Sullivan'S
"Mikado" and II. NJ. S. Pinafore."
Flora McGill Keefer. mkzo-contralto.
will give program at the Arts Club
Of Washington at $3.50 o'clock Thursday
evening. She will be assisted by Minna
Niemann, pianist, and Mildred Kolb
Schulze, accompaniSt.
The same program will be presented
at the Washington club Tuesday night
when Lucy Brickenstein will be the
sccompanist BY special request. Mrs.
Keefer will sing Mozart's "Allelulia. "
Continued on Nineteenth Page)
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Interstate Male Chorus
Gives Program Tuesday.
THE Interstate Male Chorus will pre-

THE Interstate Male Chorus will pre-
sent its Spring concert under d.
rection Of the conductor. Clyde B.
Aitchison, Tuesday at $50 pm. at
Memorial Continental Hall. The guest
soloist will be Dorothy Sinnott, con-
tralto. who will be accompanied by
Mrs. Paul Bleyden at the piano. The
chorus, with its usual group of 40
voices, will be accompanied by Robert
L. Feuerstein.
Mrs. Sinnott will open the program
with group Of songs by Elgar and
Foote and the air "Ernani Involanli E"
from Verdis opera. "Ernani." Later
she will sing songs by Debussy. Carew
and Watts in her second group. She
also will sing the solo part in three
choral numbers-Brahms' "Rhapsodie"
from Goethe's "Harzreise i'm Winter"O
Brahms Lullaby and Luther's In
Nights Still Calm
Other choral numbers will include
Media Vita" (battle hymn of the
monks, by Max Bruch, and selections
by Dichmont, Warner, Brewer. Leon
cavallo, Bornschein and Waeden-
schWiler,
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National Capital Choir
Sings at Ceremonies.

THE services for the laying Of the
corner stone of the new National
Memorial Universalist Church, being
erected at the corner of Sixteenth and
S streets northwest. will be held at IL
o'clock this morning in the Ambassador
Theater and this afternoon at 4 O'Clock
on the site of the new building.
At the morning service the National
Capital Choir, Albert w. Harmed, Mus.
Doc, conductor, will lead the music.
the program including Cesar Francks
setting of the one-hundred and fiftieth
psalm and "An Men, All Things Sing to
the Lord" from Mendelssohn's Hymn
of Praise"
For the afternoon service the Ma
tional Capital Oratorio Association
has volunteered its help as a tribute
to Dr. Harmed. who is the organist and
director of the music of the church.
The music for the afternoon includes
"A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"
Luther: "a Prayer of Thanksgiving"
Old Dutch melody. arranged by Or.
Harmed, Zone Holy Church" Jones;
For All Thy Saints" Barnby. and
America" from Ernest Blochs Amer
ica" symphony. The chorus will be ac-
companied by a sextet of brass.
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Winners Are Announced in
Junior Federation Contest.

THE junior contest of the District OF
= Columbia Federation of Music Clubs
was held Saturday morning, April 20. at
Wilson Normal School. The, contestants
were graded in four different classes ac-
cording to age, and in order to be de-
clared winner in any one class 1t was
necessary that the contestant not only
excel all other entrants but be able to
make an average Of 80 per cent in all
qualities pertaining to his instrument.
In piano class A (up to 10 years.,
Walter Swank, pupil of Miss Frances
Gutelius, was winner: class B I'll and
IL years., Jean Rassier, pupil of Miss
Celia G. Luce: class C Us to is years..
Dorothy M. Hobley, pupil of Mrs. Amelia
Olmstead; class D (16 to 10 years., Vir-
ginia Shankland, pupil Of Miss Frances
Gutelius.
In violin, Jean Westbrook. pupil OF
Joseph Kaspar, was winner in class D.
The judges for piano were Mrs.
Eugene Byrnes. Mrs. Martin A. .Morri-
son and Mrs. Crete Won Bayer. The
violin judges were Daniel Breeskin
Hermann Rakeman and Orsinio Ralon.
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Rosa Ponselle in Europe,

A MOTHER chapter is to be added to
a career, already so outstanding as
to be phenomenal. May Rosa Pom
sclle will sail on the S. S. Leviathan for
England, where she will make her Eu-
ropean debut at Covent Garden, Lon
don, May 49, in Bellini's opera Norma Z"
AT Covent Garden, as at the Metro
politan, this opera is being revived
especially for Miss Ponscllc. There, as
here, 1t has not been given since the
Gays of Lilli lehman.
In addition to Norma" Miss Pom
selle also will sing La Gioconda" in
London.
Although Miss Ponselle's name and
fame have already penetrated to the
far corners of the earth. she has. so far,
never sung outside Of the United States,
Canada and Cuba, and has never sang
with any other opera company than
the Metropolitan Opera Company Of
New York.
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Organ Recital Thursday.

X1ILFRED SMITH will be the guest
w soloist at the May organ recital
Thursday night at O'Clock, given in
the monthly series arranged by T. Guy
Lucas, organist and choirmaster Of st.
Johns Church, Lafayette Square. Mr..
Smith will sing I'm Native Worth, "
from Haydn's Creation" and 20 Divine
Redeemer," by Gounod.
Mr.. Lucas will present on the organ
works by Bach, Brahms, Parry, Austin
Part of THE Pilgrims ProgreSs')
Ho1lins MosZkowski and Guilmant.
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Marine Band Concerts.

The Monday and Friday night con-
certs Of the United States Marine Band
will be discontinued for this season. it
has been announced by Capt. Taylor
Branson, director, but the Wednesday
evening orchestral concerts will con-
tinue to be held up to the beginning Of
of May.
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Festival of Piano Music
Opens SATURDAY. Evenino

THE seventh annual festival of piano
forte music given by the Washing
ton Pianists' Club will open Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock in the auditorium
OF the Columbia Heights Christian
Church, 1885 Park road.
This occasion will introduce one of
the most novel features of the entire
festival. viz, its two youngest members
in short individual programs of piano.
forte music which evidence a degree of
advancement unusual in children of
their age, both technically and musi-
cally.
In the first, Arthur D. Mayo presents
Leah Effenbach, gifted young girl of
10, whose recent appearances at the
Pen Women's League and elsewhere
have aroused enthusiasm. She will
play: &
Prelude and Fugue. D Major .....,. Bach
go. From the Well Tempered clavichord."l
First movement. Allegro vivace.
.sroebe, sirs Minor Msrsssl S, I'm
Variations Brilliantes'' ............,. Chopin
III.
Concerto, d Minor" ............M Mozart
First movement, Allegro
Second piano, Mr. Mayo.
In the second, B. Frank Gebest pre-
sents Glenn Carow, talented boy, also
10. The latter. 1t will be recalled. first
attracted attention here three years ago
in connection with the junior pianists'
contest held under the auspices of the
Sesquicentennial, when as boy of 10
he was winner of the city and later of
the interstate contests.
He will play:
italian Concerto" ....................R Bach
First movement, Allegro.
Senate, r Major. Mozart
First movement, Allegro.
IL
"Vaise. C-sharp Minor ...........C Chopin
".Nocturne. E-hat Major. Chopin
Hsre, Har M'i the chubereLszs
III.
Concerto, c Major. ..........B Beethoven
First movement, Allegro con brio.
Second piano, Mr.. Gebest.
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The festival will be continued May g.,
7, 9, IL, two short individual programs
being given each evening by representa-
tive pupils of leading pianoforte teach
ers of Washington and Peabody Con-
servatory, Baltimore.
All who are interested In musical edu-
cation are cordially invited to be pres
ent on all evenings A stamped. self
addressed envelope sent to the director,
Mrs. Martin A. Morrison, 3017 Thir-
tenth street northwest. viii bring the
sender an lnvitation-program contain
ing all 10 programs of the festival.
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@]HUEESSaHGlI
STUDIOS OF WASHINGTON
WALTER T.HOLT

School of Mandolin, Guitar and
Banjo. HaDaiian Guitar
and Ukuleie
Established 1894
Ensemble practice with the Nordiea Clubs
1901 Columbia Road NV, Col. GAG
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THE above is a picture in the cos
tune which Miss Peter wore when
making her debut in Ferrara. Italy, in
the leading feminine role Of Andrea
Chenier" II she looked as charming
as this picture indicates it is no wonder
the young Washington soprano made a
decided success of that appearance She
must have been lovely Madeleine
She writes that her newest role being
added to her repertoire is that of Media
in II Pagliacci" which was one of the
four operas presented in the recent
Metropolitan Opera Co. season earlier
this month in Washington.
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MAN, ESCAPING CHAIR
II TIMES, DIES IN CELL
Slayer of Two Pittsburgh Police
men Had Carried Case to
u. s. Court.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Pa, January s.
Joseph Valotta, slayer of two Pittsburgh
policemen and who escaped the electric
chair IL times. died of pneumonia today
in Western Penitentiary here.
Valotta after gaining IL respites and
carrying his case to the United States
Supreme Court. finally was given q
committed sentence of life imprison-
ment by the State Pardon Board.
Convicted of shooting to death Patrol
men Edward Couch and Thomas Hop
kins here October 80 1922. Valotta was
sentenced to die in the electric chair
June %, 1928
A long legal fight followed. Valotta
contending his constitutional rights
were violated when he was tried for
both killings at the same time.
After the United States Supreme
Court held against him a series of stays
we're given by former Gov Clifford
Pinchot and finally his death sentence
was committed.
Valotta. an employe of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad always claimed he shot
the two men in self-defense during a
railroad strike. thinking they were about
to attack him.
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Mrs. Inez Gravatte, member, who died
during the past year, and 1t was plan
ned that members make visits during
the holiday season to the several shut
in members who. on account OF Ill
health. have been unable to attend
meetings.
An invitation was extended to all
members by Mrs. Ellis Logan to attend
the very interesting meetings she Is
holding the second Saturday afternoon
of each month, in the auditorium OF the
Mount Pleasant Public Library.
BY motion of Mrs. Trauty the time
allotted to transaction of business was
curtailed in favor of the social hour.
The speaker of the evening was Mrs.
Ellis Logan, and her Christmas message
in art will be remembered
The club had as its guests, officers
of the District of Columbia Federation
of Women's Clubs, Mrs. La Varre, Mrs.
Bischoff and Mrs. lamar F. Rorke.
A short program was given by the
following members of the club: Mrs.
Matte @. Ewing, Mrs. Marie Mills
O'Keefe, Mrs. LESSEE w. Whiting and
Mrs. William Trauty.
Mrs. Emily Jarboe sang, accompanied
on piano by Mrs. Royal Brasel, and
Mrs Lewis Beacher Thompson gave a
travel talk on her trip abroad.
Mrs. Daish was assisted by Mrs. Saw
telle and her daughter, Mrs. Carrot
Morgan Van Hoesen.
Two requests for membership in the
/ club have been received by Mrs. Saw
telle from guests of the evening, their
names to be presented at the next
meeting, and she will be pleased to
present other applications, as there are
at present a few vacancies in the men,
bership, which is limited to so.
The next meeting will be on the
afternoon of January IS. at the home
of Mrs. D. j. Donovan, 1913 Thirteenth
street.
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Fall from a Summer spent In research
work in Sicily, italy, and on the Dali
matian Coast, and her lecture is result
of this trip. She devoted her attention
particularly to the study of the EtruS-
cans, recent discoveries concerning
whom have aroused much interest II
this mysterious people.
Etruscan studies took Mrs. Carroll to
Rome, and on through old Etrur1a
where practically every town from
Rome to Florence has its museum, in
which are preserved Etruscan objects
from famous sites in the vicinity.
Members of the Columbian Women
are invited to bring their friends to
hear Mrs. CAROLS lecture.
The ladies of the school of education
will act as hoStesses during the social
hour from to 4:45, which will precede
the lecture.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. president OF
the Columbian Women. will preside at
the business meeting which will follow
WOman's Club of Extraordinarily
will mark the resumption of club work
after the holiday recess. At noon the
executive board will meet for informal
! luncheon and business session: this
meeting of the executive board will be
| Immediately followed by the business
and program meeting of the club. The
guest speaker will be Miss Marlear
James. who comes at the invitation OF
the department of legislation, and
whose subject will be Congress and the
Woman Citizen" Mrs. Robert Sears
will head the hostess group at tea.
Columbia Floral Circle will meet to-
| morrow. pm. with Mrs. J. c. Atchi-
son, 1929 Columbia road.
The Excelsior Literary Club met al
home of the president, Mrs. Henry
Fenno Sawtelle, 5000 Connecticut ave-
nue., Chevy Chase, Md. Tuesday eve
ming, with Mrs. Grace M. Daish as
hostess.
The meeting opened with prayer by
Mrs. Matte @. Ewing. and the salute
to the flag. Reports of all officers were
approved.
The secretary was instructed to send
a Christmas letter to the husband OF