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Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-29
GRIFFITH HAS
TOUGH One ON
HANDS TONIGHT
BY BERT DENNY
United Press staff CorreSpondent)

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Nov. 90. WH-
Gerald Ambrose Griffith will at
tempt to demonstrate tonight that
lie merits consideration rs a lead
ing contender for the "big money"
boxing championship which Gene
Tunney-after he had made mil
lion dollars, out of it-so noncha-
lantly east aside.
Some folks might consider "Ger-
aid Ambrose" an odd name for a
man seeking the heavyweight prize
fight title-but, perhaps, you may
know him better as "Tuffy."
Gerald or Tuffy, as you wish--or
dare-will meet Paolino Uzcudun,
The battling Basque, by far the best
heavyweight opponent who has
come this way; and, for the first
time in several fights, Tuffy-if
you please-will be the under dog
when the starting bell rings.
Paolino was rs favorite today,
with the betting not overly heavy.
Those who like to gamble on fights
seemed to want S-5 on Griffith. Out
here, they don't like to bet against
the "tough one" They have seen
that punch of his knock over too
many fellows for them to be hasty
in betting against him but they
want the odds.
The Basque was the favorite be-
cause of his record. Uzcudun has
been fighting and beating first class
heavies for some time, and although
Schmeling, the German, gave him
neat shellacking some time ago, the
fans are inclined to believe that
Paolino still has plenty of fight left
in him.
Uzcudun will have some Is pounds
weight advantage. He was expect
ed to weigh in the neighborhood of
1913 pounds while Griffiths probab-
ly will weigh only 1913. That much
weight is bound to give the Basque
some advantage.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-29
Fire Destroys
Yacht Club

WILMINGTON, Calf, Nov. 90.
W.H-Flames swept the California
Yacht club late yesterday, causing
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-29

To November 10, 5000 bales of
cotton had been ginned this year at
Blythe. Riverside county, and 1000
at Ripley.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-11-29

Silk crepes and wool
Jerseys to be worn now
and in Spring, too! For
everyday wear at office,
school, or home. Amaz-
ing values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

as Zerlina in the Mozart Don Juan"
and will be one of the eight Valkyries
in Die Walkure."
Milo Miloradovich is a native of the
State of Washington, of Spokane. and
her studies have ranged from there to
Old World centerS. Her somewhat
romantic name is that of her Russian
ancestry, a family whose history is one
with Russia since the days of the
Empress Catherine. The singers per-
sonality is eloquent of her traditional
background.
In her earliest years it was decided
81 should become concert Violinist
her career in that medium was
1andoned only because the natural
beauty of her voice became the i'm
polling force. Miss Miloradovich has
appeared in leading operate roles i'm
Europe and in America and as soloist
with we'll known oratorio societies and
orcheStras.
Edna Zahm. soprano. has the de-
lightful role of Donna Elvira in Don
Juan and she also is one of the eight
Valkyries.
Others of the Americans to complete
the Valkrie group, of which Director
Knoch is so proud, are Isolde ven Bern
hard Shella Fryer, Merran Reader
Mabel Ritch, Helena Lanvin and Maura
Canning.
Seats for each of the four oneras
can be had at T. Arthur Smiths con-
cert bureau, 1880 G street northwest.
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MUSIGRAPHS

and Mrs. Ralph Wilson, contralto, the
obbligato for violin and cello being given
by Mrs. Dickey and Mrs. Jordan. Mrs.
Olmstead accompanied all numbers.
Herndon Morsell, musical director of
the section, led the club in singing
Christmas carols.
Alice Eversman left France December
Is and is expected on the Leviathan to-
day.
Shorty before sailing Miss Eversman
was active in production sponsored by
the Prince of Greece, author of a
libretto set to music by Count de la
Croix.
Warren F. johnson will give an organ
recital at the Church Of the Pilgrims at
1880 o'clock this evening, He will play
"A Christmas March" by Harvey Grace;
Variations on a Geyaert Christmas
Carol" Mauro- Cottone; Behold, a
Rose Is Blooming" Brahms.
Mr.. johnson will play The Chimes
OF ST. Marks" A. Russolo; Noel" by
Mulet, and Christmas Fantasy in
March Form" Roland Diggle, at the II
o'clock service this morning.
Virginia w. Cureton, we'll known
Washington violinist who is studying
at the Chicago Musical College under
Leon Sameteni, has returned home to
spend the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. V. B. Cureton.
Gertrude Lyons, lyric soprano, and
Margaret Bowie Grant, pianist, gave
program of Christmas carols Thursday
afternoon over VOL. Miss Grant
played "GeSu Bambino (Pietro Yon)
and Mrs. Lyons sang IAN Old Sacred
Lullaby" (Liddle), 20 Holy Night"
(Adam), Luther's cradle hymn,
Christmas Lullaby" Gabriel, THE
First Noel" and silent Night"
Mary D. Junkin, sponsored by Ger
trude Lyons. sang THE Morning Is
Calling" Robert Ferry, An Irish Love
Song" margaret Lang, Loeb .Lo-
mond" MAX Vogrich), "Song of the
Little Folk" eric Coates), MY Lover
Is a Fisherman" Oily Strickland) and
wounded Faun" (Thurlow Lieurance)
over VOL Saturday afternoon. with
Margaret Bowie Grant at the piano.
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Womens City Club
Has Program Today

THE Women's City Club Musical En-
semble will give a program of
Christmas carols at the club house, %
Jackson place. this afternoon, when LIE
Sonmeil de '.cnt Jesus" especially
arrarg- women'S voices by Ger
trude lyons, organizer and director of
this ensemble, will be sung, the solo
part being sustained by Marjorie De La
Mater; the Besancon carol (old
French), What Child Is ThisP" (old
Irish: Luther's cradle hymn, Ring
Out Ye Bells" and 10! How Rose
Fer Blooming" will be sung a cappella.
1T Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
Balfe-Parks, and "Cantique de Noel"
Adam, will have piano accompaniment
played by Gertrude Walter and violin
obbligato by Lucienne Strocker.
This same group of singers rendered
several of these Christmas carols over
VOL last Saturday evening, and will
sing several of the carols at the Nc
Kinley High School before the North
Capitol Citizens Association tomorrow
evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

WITH the brilliant solo casts an
nounced for the German Grand
Opera Co, MIR. Hurok is proud to point
to the fine group of young Americans
who have solo parts in the four operas
to be sung here in January, which has
reversed its order, placing Die Wal
kure" as the first opera. on January 6,
with Tristan and Isolde" for the sec
ond opera, on January 8, Mozart'S Don
Juan" on the original evening of Janu-
airy 10. and with the second novelty of
the series THE Flying Dutchman," for
the Tuesday matinee, January IA, to
permit more boarding school students
to hear it.
Ten American artist soloists will
come with the German opera, despite
their foreign names. All of them were
born in this country, though most of
them have had extensive opera expert
ence abroad Sonia Sharnova, con-
tralto, will sing Fricka in "Walkure"
and Brangane in Tristan and Isolde"
Dudley MarWich, bass, sings King Mark
in Tristan" and the Commandment in
Don Juan" that droll character who
is later the statue that comes to life.
Mabel Ritch, contralto, sings Mary,
Senta's nurse, in THE Flying Dutch
man." role made famous by Nine
Schumann- Heink.
Milo Miloradovich, soprano, has
many friends in Washington to well
come her in the German opera ranks
she Will sing the lovely BATH, Batti,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
Scenic and Other Changes
In American Opera Work

p ARELY before in the whole history
- of opera, grand. comic or otherwise,
has any director or scenic designer
taken such liberties with operate ira
dition as Vladimir Rosing, artistic d.
rector, and Robert Edmond Jones,
scenic designer, have taken in adapting
to modern English presentation the va
American Opera Co., which makes its
third annual appearance in Washing
ton next month at Polls, under the
local management of Mrs. Wilson,
Greene
Not only have Rosing and his asso-
ciateS revised entire librettoS to adapt
the phraseology to modern English Ian
guage demands, but the scenery, the
acting and even some of the costumes
have been moderniZed for such operas
as Mime. Butterfly" Faust" Car
men" and others. Incidentally. all
three of these operas will be presented
during the Washington engagement.
Mr.. Rosing frankly warns opera audi
erces not to expect these operas to be
presented in exactly the traditional
manner. with merely the language
changed. He is not giving an operate
equivalent of Hamlet" in evening dress
by any means, though Rosing points out
the modernization of these operas has
natingly interesting, is, nevertheless, a
changed version to some degree.
Lighting, costumes and particularly
scenic effects of the various operas
have aroused much comment. Massive
stage sets as well as almost miniature
settings find their place in the scenic
equipment, which fills five cars of the
special train that the American Opera
Co. uses in It's tour.
Bold splashes of color, daring angles
and curious lighting effects-including
some modernistic touches-have been
introduced by Robert Edmond Jones,
and in some cases, only the music
scores and actual stories remain intact.
Above all, the productions of the Amer
lean Opera Co. emphasize beauty, hui
man appeal and romance, rather than
vocal qualities at the expense of the
physical verities. There are no 300
pound prima donnas interpreting slen-
der maidens in Rosing'S outfit.
Mrs .WilSon-Greene has announced
that four operas in all will be given
in Washington next month. The open
opera "Yolanda of Cyprus" on Mon
Gay evening, January 20, followed by
NINE Butterfly" Tuesday evening,
January 81. The third evening per-
Torrance, Wednesday, January %. will
be. Faust" with Carmen given at a
matinee performance at pm. the same
day.
Reservations are now being filled at
Mrs. Wilson Greene's concert bureau,
1900 G street northwest.
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Harvard Instrumental Clubs
In Program December 80.

THE Harvard University instrumental
clubs, which will give their only
concert in Washington this season at
the Maynower Hotel Monday evening,
December 80, at $50 O'Clock, comprise
one Of the most famous organizations
Of the university on the Charles. Each
Winter this musical and social organi-
Zation makes an extensive trip during
the latter part Of the Christmas vaca-
ton.
The history Of the organization is
particularly interesting to those who are
at all familiar with Harvard and its
traditions. Some years ago the Uni
versity Glee Club and the instrumental
Clubs separated from each other. This
split in the organization, which has
been made quite amicably, was due to
q desire on the part of each group to
pursue the path to which it felt it's
talents were best suited. The Glee
Club under DR.. A. r. Dawson, felt that
the paths Of more serious music inter-
ested them. However, feeling that
there was a genuine demand from grad
yates and undergraduates for the
lighter and more traditional music
which the glee club had abandoned,
the instrumental clubs in 1926 formed
their now we'll known vocal unit.
The instrumental clubs render the
traditional songs Of Harvard as well as
. variety of lighter classical music,
marches, spirituals and chanteys. This
year the vocal unit is under the leader
ship Of r. Stacy Holmes. 81. Coached
by r. B. Mehaffey, the unit has a pro-
gram which cannot but appeal to every
one
Harvard graduates will be particularly
delighted with the selection of such
songs as Johnny Harvard" THE Long
shoreman" and Come Landlord, Fill
the Flowing Bowl" while Rachmani-
noff's Glorious Forever" has been &C
claimed by the best musical critics as a
well finished presentation.
Tickets can be had at Mrs. wilson
Greenes concert bureau, 1900 @ street
northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

DREAMS mean little to me, but 1
had one that proved startling. 1t
came true almost to the dot. Some
might regard it as a warning, some as
strange coincidence. This much Is
certain, it made the weirdest experience
in my life. .
When it all happened to me, which
was in my early youth, l was touring
on the Pacific Coast with light opera
company. Our engagement ending in
city OH Saturday, we were to start
for distant one next morning. The
night before leaving had my dream.
In it seemed to be lying on little
bed in a small room. Just above me
chrome portrait of Abraham Lincoln
hung against the wall, and it kept tell
ing me to move out of an icy draft in
hich lay or I would never sing again.
Trying to obey, could not move. OF
course, tired out, was too sound asleep
to bulge.
Then the dream switched suddenly
as dreams do, to sound of a great COM
motion in the next room. There was
the crack of a pistol shot Sharp pain
ran through my body. 1 had been
wounded. With that woke up, laughed
at the unreality and went to sleep again.
Next morning our whole company left
through. Reaching our destination we
went straight to the theater for re-
hearsal, as an opera we had not sung
before was to be given. This ended, 1
stayed behind to see about my costume.
Most of the rest had gone to a hotel,
which 1 found on reaching 1t to have
no vacant room for me. A little later
got quarters elsewhere.
After a restful nap I dined. Then
| came the performance. The opera
| proved great hit. Happily excited,
nobody thought of going ct once to
bed. What did 24-hour trip, re-
! hearsal and a performance mean in the
| first flush of youth? Going with my
friends to their hotel, we had a jolly
| supper of cheese and sandwiches.
Then something curious happened.
On entering my room late that night
noticed for the first time a chrome
| portrait of Abraham Lincoln hanging
| just above the bed, exactly as I had
seen 1t in the dream. Also / diScov-
cred that a cold wind swept full length
| of my anything but downy cot. So I
| dragged it to the far side of the room.
Too drowsy to bother over either CO.
| medicines or things occult, I climbed
in and went to sleep.
The next thing I was conscious of
was commotion in the adjoining
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
The Y. w. C. A. Carolers
Give Candlelisht Service

Singers of the Young Women's
Christian Association who have been
singing Christmas carols all during the
week at the dinner hour in the X
street building of the association, under
the personal direction of Lucy Street
national director of Y. w. c. A. music,
played a prominent part in the old
English custom of 1.-The Hanging of
the Greens" Thursday evening, when
carolers from the Girl Reserve Glee
Club sang in the lobby and corridors,
and the Elizabeth Somers Glee Club
sang their Christmas carol program in
Barker Hall, during the evening, as the
colorful Yule-tide ceremonies took
place, including the bringing of the
wassaii bowl, the lighting of the Yule
log and other delightful festivities
which always accompany the Y. w. c.
A. Christmas program in this city.
The beautiful candlelight service
will be held today in Barker Hall, in
the main building, at 4 o'clock. when all
groups in the Y. w. c. A. will join In
carol singing, including the Elisabeth
Somers Glee Club. Girl Reserve Glee
Club. the staff members, other Y. w.
G. A. groups, the Glee Club of the
many others. The Girl Reserves will
present Carol Tableau" as part of
the ceremonials, and will themselves
present the Professional of the Can
dies
The program for this afternoon in
cludes two groups of very old folk
carols from Czechoslovakia, White
Russia, France and England, to be sung
by the Elizabeth Somers Club; a group
OF carols by the Girl Reserves Glee Club.
including a Coventry carol, and "Shen-
herds Shake Of Your Drowsy Sleen".
the old English carol, 1T Saw Three
Ships Come Sailing In" by the Grade
School Girl Reserves, and in the carol
tableau Bohemian, Dutch, German.
Austrian and Polish carols will be sung
in costume.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22

THE choir of Calvary M. E. Church
Columbia road near Fifteenth
street northwest, under the direction of
Louis Potter. will give the Christmas
portion of Handel's oratorio, Messiah, -
today at o'clock.
The chorus will be augmented to SO
voices with guest singers and soloists.
Mrs. Emily Dickinson, organist OF the
National Baptist Memorial Church, will
accompany, with an orchestra of ac-
compliShed musicians.
Ruby Potter. regular soprano soloist
OF Calvary M. E. Church, will sustain
the soprano recitatives and solos.
The contralto soloist will be Helen
Turley, soloist at the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church.
The tenor recitative, Comfort Ye,''
and aria. Every Valley" will be sus-
tanned by John B. Switzer. soloist OF
this church. Mr. SWitzer will be heard
for the first time in this work.
The bass-baritone solos will be given
by H. Blaine Cornwell, jr., of Charles
ton. w. Va, who at present Is living
in Washington. He is soloist at st.
Thomas Episcopal Church.
The Choir Invisible, choral organ
work in this city. will sing the chorus,
GLORY to God,' from the back gallery
of the church. 1t was Handels own
idea that the first part of the chorus
be given piano, as from a distance -
In giving this oratorio part one alone
will be used, concluding with the Hal
lelujah Chorus" thus giving some cho-
ruseS not usually heard in complete
performances.
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Rudy's Idea of a Vacation.

IA shock of his life the very first day
he began directing Rudy Vallee in THE
VaRabond Lover"
Before the magic word "go" or cam
era" or whatever the starting signal
might be- could be uttered. Rudy blithe-
" stepped out and announced to Mel
Ian, AT last have q vacation" And
Neilan simply gulped and gazed.
Rudy hadn't the remotest idea of
quitting his new-found job before he
started, as a matter of course. What
ne really did mean was that for the
past two years, in New York, he had
arisen at an early hour to make phono-
graph records; from noon until 10 pm.
he and his Connecticut Yankees filled
theater engagements; from that time
until some wee sma' hour in the morn
ing the villa Vallee Night Club claimed
him. And picture making for him was
well, q sort Of lark, a dream Of
3dleness.
1t was Rudy's capacity for work, this
genius of being always fresh and orig
inal In his entertainment, and his limit
less versatility that recently aroused
the interest Of psychologists throughout
the country.
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Arts Club Has Carols
For Thursday Program
4 PROGRAM Of Christmas music win

4 PROGRAM of Christmas music will
be presented at the Arts Club
Thursday at $50 pm. by the Tuesday
Evening Music Club.
Florence Howard, director. will have
assisting Evelyn Scott violinist; Alice
Alien Merrell, cellist, and Donna Tag
CART, pianist.
The members of the Tuesday Evening
Music Club are: Margaret Allison, Mar
jorie Brockett, Florence Bugbee, Vir-
ginia Cooper, June Doorley, Clara
Forbes, Adelaide Harbers, Ina Holtz-
scheiter. Laura Lyle, Grace Brown,
Ruth Godfrey, Cecile Littleheld, Flor
ence Burdick, Elizabeth Baugh, Winl-
fred Royle, Enid Williams, Helen VIII
liams, Helen Neumeyer Jean Fera. Reba
Will, Catherine Gross, Dorothy Ling
rell. Lillian Llewellyn and Frances
Tucker.
The program will be presented in the
costumes of the early English carolers
The same choruses will be sung to-
morrow at the annual Christmas tea
of the University Womens Club, with
Helen Williams, pianist, as assisting
SOlOiSt
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IN HlJCICSJlLlk
" will be given at the Dodge Hotel
"A Christmas eve by Mrs. William
4 \ T. Reed. assisted by Gretchen
Hood, Mabel LOTUS and Flor
ence Yocum, vocaliSts, and Jean West
brook, violinist.
At the conclusion of the program, the
Chaminade Glee Club, Esther Linkins,
director, will sing carols during the
lighting of the Christmas tree in the
garden.
AS Tuesday will be Christmas eve,
the usual rehearsal for members of the
Washington Choir has been called in
stead for tomorrow night at 8 o'clock by
Kurt Hetzel, director.
Ruth Thomas presented a group Of
piano students in recital. recently.
Those taking part included Mary Steer,
Louise Smith, Robert Sauter, Doris
Long, Helen Smith, Verona Bogue,
Martha Steer, Sylvia Headden, Audrey
Headden, Betty Father. Jean Lambert
and Edna Braithwaite.
Beulah Beverly Chambers presented
a group of students in a piano recital
at her studio last Sunday afternoon.
Those taking part were Angela
well, Kitty Riggs, Mario Cuniberti.
Audrey Kubach, Betsy Farwell and
Leila Hubert.
At the close of the program Mrs. Duff
Lewis and Miss Chambers played COM
positions for two pianos by Schumann,
Henselt, Saint-Saens and Wagner.
Helen Bury, soprano. assisted with
group of English and Irish songs. Louise
McNerney accompanied her.
Robert Ruckman and Clay Coss pre-
scented the first of series of recitals
in their studios December IA, assisted
by Edith Martin, soprano.
Students participating were Dorothy
Marks, Elizabeth Hall, Neil McKillen,
Audrey Moler, Elizabeth Hunt, Frances
Boss, Grace Swift, Anna Hunter, Will
mer Helmuth and Gwendolyn Eddy.
Anita Schade, we'll known dramatic
reader, will give a reading of the orig
inal German text of Richards Wag-
ner's THE Flying Dutchman," Satur-
day night, January 4, at pm, at her
residence, 1929 Rhode Island avenue
northwest.
Alice B. Harvey, pianist, will play
parts from the romantic OPERA" as
Wagner himself called this music
drama.
Members and friends of the German
Literary Society will attend All others
who know German and are interested
in hearing the reading are cordially in
vited, also
Members of the music section of the
Womans Club of Chevy Chase gave a
program of Christmas music at the De-
cember meeting Wednesday. trio
composed of Rose Maxwell Dickey, vio-
lin: Dorothy Jordan, cello, and Mrs.
Dawson Olmstead. piano, gave selections
as follows: Vido's "Serenade," De
Bussy's Romance" Haydn's "Minuet"
and "Jesu Bambino," by Pietro Yon.
The soloiSt was Edith White, con-
tralto. who sang 20 Babe Divine" by
Hamblin.
Adams "Cantique de Noel" was sung
by Mrs Marshall C. Guthrie, soprano,
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N. Y. Orchestra January Z
THE Philharmonic svmnhonu orches.

THE Philharmonic Symphony Orches-
ira of New York will open its sea-
son In Washington Tuesday afternoon.
January z. at Constitution Hall. Willem
Mengelberg will conduct. Alexander
Brailowsky, pianist, will be the soloist.
Mr.. Mengelberg will present Richard
Strauss Don Juan" This will be fol-
lowed by Chopin's Piano Concerto in
Minor" Mr.. BrailowSky. After. the
lntermlssion The Fifth SYMPHONY" by
Tschaikowsky. will be played.
The remaining two concerts here will
be January %. with Dan Gridley, tenor
soloist, and Bernardino Molinari con-
Quoting, and March 4, with Arturo Tos-
canini as conductor.
The concerts are under the local
management of T. Arthur Smith, at
whose concert bureau the tickets may
be secured, 1880 G street northwest.