Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

uNQUESTIONABLY the music season
is with us again. The schools, the
colleges, the small successful studios
which blossom through Washing
n tons highways and byways all de-
clare that the new season has
started with that old proverbial bang. Along
the street one may meet the new talent" which
has come to town-the other day Antonio Fer
rara was sighted walking down F street, evil
IDENTIFY well contented with the musical firm"
he has become attached to, and possibly Won
dering what is in store for him and his talented
brother here this Winter (Mr. Kinder says
they're both grand musicianS), and rumor has
H1khat Frances Gutelius' new studio Is almost
as large as the Doge'S Venetian Palace, with
plenty Of pupils to fill the stalls, and that-oh,
yes, where by the by, Is Miss Marjorie (Irene
Bordoni) Lowe?
From Paris, in advance of an early return to
this city, comes light and bright letter from
Evelyn Davis, one of the most spirited OF our
younger dance teachers, who has been studying
in Germany with the great Mary Wigman. Miss
Davis said: IT worked in several schools in Ber-
lin and Dresden-but found the Wigman school
in Dresden so very worth while that the others
do not count Fortunately for me, Mary Wig
man was there and I did work with her. Her
school is liberal in that students who have
definite talent along a well planned line Tor
shall say definite technique already self
worked QUIT are not only allowed but encour-
aged to continue" This seems an interesting
point. since many have been under the impress
sion that If you went to such a person as Wig
man you were meant to be Wigman as much
as possible and that If you weren't you were
just common-garden variety of fasco. And,
by the way, Miss Davis says there's a young
dancer by the name of Tina who should flame
high and wide if she ever reaches these shores.
"I expect to return home about october first"
concludes Miss Davis, land so to work"
Sc aV,&
to be good news. This time to remind us
-as If it had been forgotten-that her ex-
tremely important morning musicales which
flourish during the midwinter season in the
bah room of the Mayfower, will this year go
along as me-rily as ever. Bigger and better
will be this seasons motto. Mrs. Townsend
will present 16 world-renowned artists many
Of them new and many old favorites, who dur
ing the rest of their season, crowd the Metro
politan the Paris or the Chicago Opera
Houses to their limits. Mrs. Townsend, OF
course, never announces her artists ahead OF
time But her patrons may-and always do
expect the best and are seldom disappointed
After the fashion of New YorkS Bagby nu-
sicales, Mrs Townsend keeps everything under
her hat until the season is at its hilt, and then
produces the very finest artists whom she has
culled with impressive energy ever since last
seasons curtain came down.
The interest which has been shown in the
Floriene Hurley Foundation concert course is
encouraging. Here is a young singer who Is
being aided on a career which authorities have
pronounced should be particularly bright one.
BY the generous expedient prompted by
Charles L. Wagner) of q stimulating series Oh
concerts, this young singer viii be launcheo
forth on musical future which Washington
ians will watch with much interest It Is amaz-
ing to think that while we are enjoying the
world-famed talents of Mary Garden, Clare
CIairbert, Harald Kreutzberg, Doris Kenyon lto
he seen at present on the screen in Alexander
A4Yhilton"), Alfredo San-Malo and others we
will at the same time be furthering the cause OF
a young artist who some day may stand forth
and do the same as these, her concert Tore
Runners. All these concerts VIII be gwen at