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D. A. r. ACTIVITIES

Gibson, Mrs. Sallie s. Allen, Mrs. Adela
Brand, Mrs. Cora Bailey, Miss Eunice
w. Wright and Mrs. Paul Smith.
The registrar reported the accept
ance by the national board Of man
agement of the papers of Mrs. Robert
S. McKinnon and Mrs. Henry D.
Billings. Guests were Mrs. William 3.
Phillip and Miss Julia Mcmillan.
The next meeting will be october Z.
Maj. L'Enfant Chapter held its an
nual meeting and elections at the Hotel
Roosevelt May 7, preceded by dinner
The regent Miss Margaret I. Frazier,
called the meeting to order.
Officers elected were: Regent, Miss
Margaret I. Frazier; vice president
Mrs. Sterling Bockoven; chaplain, Mrs
John H. Roberts; recording secretary,
ing secretary, Miss Helen z. Bliss;
treasurer, Mrs. Paul j. Christian; reg
istrar, Mrs. Arthur w. Harkness; his
torian, Miss Margaret A. Bloomfield
delegate, Mrs. Albert N. Baggs. The
next meeting Is June 4.
Federal City Chapter met at the
home of the regent, Miss Esteue Price
1926 7 street.
The following officers were elected
Miss Estelle Price, regent; Miss Lulu
Mae Comstock. vice regent; Miss
Laura Eleanor Howell, recording secre-
tary; Miss Winifred Meyer, correspond
ing secretary; Mrs. Florence w. Keeb-
Ter, treasurer; Mrs. Mary K. Nalle, reg
istrar; Mrs. Viola Fellows, historian
and Mrs. Ada B. Coe, chaplain. The
registrar announced acceptance by the
national society of new member, Mrs
Helen Doris.
Descendants of '76 Chapter met
Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs
Tonnis j. Holzberg. Assisting hostesses
were Mrs. Await, Miss Francis, Mrs
Mooney, Mrs. Read and Miss Walton
The regent, Mrs. Constance Goodman
presided.
The following officers were elected
Regent, Mrs Clyde NJ Hamblin; vice
regent, Mrs. j. H. Fishback; delegate,
tary, Miss Anne B. Coons; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Maggie c. Pence;
treasurer, Mrs. Edward Tarring; reg
istar, Mrs. j. w. Cupp; historian, Mrs.
T. j. HolZberg; chaplain, Mrs. T. F.
Langley; color bearer, Miss Altha T.
Coons.
Mrs. Goodman, retiring regent, was
presented with an ex-regent's pin.
Katherine Montgomery Chapter, held
its annual meeting at the home Of the
chaplain, Mrs. William E. Sanford. The
regent, Mrs. Charles j. Newhard, pre-
sided. Oficers elected were: Regent,
Mrs. Joseph w. Hiscox; vice regent,
Mrs. Benton E. Rothgeb; chaplain, Mrs.
Frank H. Smith; recording secretary,
Miss Grace Elizabeth Meginniss; corre-
spending secretary, Miss s. Frances
Sanford; treasurer, Mrs. Charles J.
Newhard; registrar, Mrs. William Bonar
Bell; histoian, Mrs. William e. Sanford I;
delegate, Mrs. Frank A. Evarts. The
retiring regent, Mrs. Newhard, pre-
sented to Mrs. Hiscox, the chapter re-
gents bar and Mrs. Bali presented to
her an ex-regent's bar. Next meeting
win ne held at the home Of the regent,
Mrs Hiscox, In June.
Eichard Arnold Chapter met at the
home of Mrs. Benjamin Grady, regis
trar, TITS Massachusetts, avenue The
regent, Miss Ella Espey, presided.
The Ways and Means Committee an
nounced q card party to be given this
month at the home of Mrs. william O.
Carter, 10 Taylor street. Chevy Chase.
Md. Mrs. Ray Palmer Teele was elected
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Guest Soloist at Recital.

TANIA GNOOCHEFF of this city,
L who will return to Washington to-
morrow after having spent the past
season as one of the Ruth st. Denis
concert dancers in New York City, will
be q guest soloist In the Marian Chace
and Lester Shafer recital May 81 at
Wardman Park Theater.
Miss Gnoocheff, a former pupil of
Miss Chace and Mr. Shafer, viii be
seen in a scarf dance to Moszkowski's
"Liebeswaltzer
Other solos to be given by pupils Of
the Marian Chace and Lester Shafer
branch of Denishawn in this city will
be Sculpture Plastique." by Anna
Moore Converse; "Interlude." by Betty
Chown; East of the Sun and West Of
the Moon" inspired by Kay Nelson's
illustrations for his book of that name,
danced by Lois Balcom; "Coquette," by
Olga Lofgren: "Osage-Pawnee" dance Of
greeting, by Michael Logan: Moorish
GYPSY" Ruth Raine. and East India
Lota Bearer" Ella Calvert Nelson.
Evening star., 1932-05-15

A LTHOUGH Bicentennial Mu-
~ sic week has come and
n gone the Spirit of rs is
still with us, and music will
play an important part in the
various celebrations which are
planned for the near future. It
is most encouraging, too, to learn
that Mr.. John Alden Carpenters
Song of Faith" is no longer to be
neglected and will first come to
light during the week of June 20,
when one of the greatest of the
Bicentennial productions will be
undertaken. (The telephone also
brought word, after last weeks
lament over the fact that Mr.,
Carpenters work had been un-
fortunately overlooked in Wash
tngton, that a prominent church
choir is also studying this inter-
esting work and will present it in
scholarly fashion in the early
Fall.)
The next giant offering on the
Bicentennial calendar and one
being strenuously indorsed by the
local commission is to be the
presentation in June of a pag-
eant-drama of George Washing
ton, which is to be called The
Great American" This pageant,
which suggests vaguely Mr.. Mac
Hayes Wakefield" is to be at
tempted in a grand style and pre-
sented on a site somewhere near
the Washington Monument. The
action will be carried along by
symbolical characters, and there
will also be chorus of some 500
If 500 public spirited citizens are
to be found who will join in the
celebration-and this chorus, plus
the service orchestras, including
alternately the Army, Navy and
Marine Bands, will supply the
necessary music throughout.
It is this chorus, which is being
trained by DR.. Albert w. Harmed
of this city, which will sing Car
penter's Song of Faith" as part
of the epilogue and which thus
has one of the most important
musical "jobs" of the year. DR..
Harmed, well known as the leader
of the National Capital Choir
(and who, by the way, was chosen
last year to shape up the large
chorus which performed Bee
thoven's Ninth Symphony" with
the Boston Symphony, has al
ready started on this work, and
is also arranging some of the
other music to be used during its
various sequences. At the present
sitting, however, a call has gone
forth for singers to come and join
the throng, since only about one
fifth of the required number came
to the first rehearsal.
These rehearsals are now being
held every Monday night in Cor
coran Hall of George Washington
University at 7:45 o'clock, and 1t Is
to be hoped that all those who
have a few spare moments at such
a time and who wish to help along
with one of the most important
of the local celebrations will vol
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Eta Schmid Wells presented Gerson
Nordlinger in an interesting program
at the Esmu Club on Saturday, at the
Eta Schmid Wells Studio, in Cleveland
Park.
The Chaminade Glee Club, Esther
Linkins, director. will give a concert
in Hitchcock Han, at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital, on Thursday evening at
pm. Assisting artists will be Grace
Powell, violinist, and ]. z. s. Kinsell
bass.
The program for the Sunday music
hour, at the Y. w. c. A. at 5 O'Clock
win be given today by Ruth Yanovsky
pianist. Miss Yanovsky will include on
her program the Haydn Concerto, Op
21," in which the orchestral part on
the second piano will be played by
Miss Pearl Waugh.
An interesting recital of piano music
was given at the Institute of Musical
Art last Saturday afternoon by pupils
of Emile Bishop. Those taking part
were William Manger, Isabel and Lloyo
Harrison, VILLAS Vermilion, Donald and
Dorothy Jackson, Marion L. King
Christie Horn, Virginia Sinner, Tobis
Sorenson, Hazel Guest and Tom Baden
Edna Hillyard Howard will assist the
choir of Our Lady of Jourdes Church
at the IL o'clock mass today. A special
program Of music has been arranged fol
Pentecost
Warren F. johnson will give an organ
recital at the Church of the Pilgrims
at 7:S0 o'clock this evening He will
play "Toccata in A." Blakely; "Ave
Maris Stella" Harvey Gaul. anc
"Pensees du Soir," by Ellingford.
The annual dinner and busines.
meeting of the Rubinstein Club wa;
ming, May 10.
The following officers were elected TO,
the coming year: President, Mrs. Mar
garet C. Buell.: first vice president, Mrs
Ethel H Reed; second vice president
Mrs. Harvey Baker Smith; secretary
Mrs. w. I. Robey; treasurer, Miss Ra-
chel Lang, and librarian, Mrs George
Tolson
The Schubert Choral Club closed its
fourth season with a dinner and an
nual business meeting at which the
following officers were elected for the
coming year: President, Beatrice H
Taylor; vice president, May Koehler;
treasurer, Eleanor Nyman; secretary
Edith Hoppe, and librarian, Margaret
Gibson. Mrs. w. z. Braithwaite will
continue as director, with Robert Ruck-
man, accompanist Mrs. A. M. Blair
Of Boston, guest conductor, who sails
the end OF this month for Europe, ex-
poets to be in Washington in the Fall
for the opening Of the new season. Re
hearsals are scheduled to begin Mon
day evening, October 3.
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Annual Glee Club Concert.

THE annual Spring concert of the
George Washington University Glee
Club will be presented Tuesday night,
May "A, at 8:45 o'clock In the grand
ball room of the willard Hotel.
During the present year the club has
made a number of appearances in
Washington, notable among which was
q weeks engagement at a local theater
as featured number of the program.
The club sang over national radio
hook-up In connection with the COM
munity Christmas festival. It has also
presented programs for the University
Club of Washington and other organi-
cations during the Winter.
Under the direction Of Dr. Robert
Harmon, the club devotes Its efforts to
choral music of high order, and has
won renown for delicacy of execution
and finish Of performance.
The concert this year will include
some of the old favorites and many
new numbers. The Women's Glee Club
will assist in four or five mixed choral
numbers. Following the concert there
will be dance.
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Community Centers

High light activities this week are:
Central-Tuesday afternoon, Wednes-
day and Thursday evening, lantern
pictures and talks by Frederick vining
Fisher.
Chevy Chase-Friday evening. enter
tainment by pupils Of z. ". Brown
and Lafayette Community Center
classes.
Ben Murch School-Thursday eve
ming, entertainment by pupils In Com
munity Center work
tap classes from Barnard, w. B. Pow
ell, Mcfarland and Georgetown are
contributing to program at st.
Stephens Parish Hall, Sixteenth and
Newton streets, May 20 at 8 pm.
Powell Observation-Disclosures eve
ming, recital of community music
classes, rehearsal Of dancing class at
Mcfarland.
McKinley-Wednesda evening, mass
meeting OF Chesapeake & Potomac Tel
ephone Co.
East Washington-Tuesday evening,
dressmaking. library, Robert LIE Bruce
Chapter. Order Of De Molay, tumbling
team; Saturday evening, tap dancing
for boys and girls, Gallinger Hospital
nurses basket ball team, community
ing. patrol of Robert lie Bruce Chapter
Order Of De Molay.
Thomson-Monday evening, Chami-
made Glee Club, Loyett Glee Club, Span.
ish; Tuesday afternoon, music group!
for Junior High School; Tuesday eve.
ming, French for beginners and ad.
vanced groups, Junior Air Legion
Wednesday afternoon, music groups for
children; Thursday evening, Gaelic
study group, French beginners groups;
Friday afternoon, childrens dancing
groups and rehearsal for June recital;
Friday evening, Writers League, p. T.
A. card party and dance, French for
beginners and advanced groups, Stamp
CLUB; Saturday morning, music groups.
Southeast-WedneSd evening, pub
lie speaking forum, dramatic rehearsal
for ''Helga and the White Peacock;
Friday evening. presentation of "Helga
and the white Peacock"
buchanan-Thursday evening, social
dancing by the Southeast Drama Club
for performance June q
Birney-Tuesday evening, BOYS game
group, industrial art, junior art, young
terra Dramatic Club, Anacostia A. c.,
Choral Society, Girls Friendly Club.
Burrville-Saturday evening, social
evening groups.
Dunbar-FTiday evening, swimming,
Billicans, Young Peoples Social Club,
Music Lovers Club, games.
Garnet-Patterson-Thursday evening,
Col. Temple Marching Club, Cooperative
League, piano group, Metropolitan cho-
unit.
Lovejoy - Wednesday evening, Boy
Scouts, Busy Bees. Rainbow Club girls
game group, club room, recreation
groups.
West Washington Friday evening,
practice for Spring cantata, Girls We'll
fare Club, game room for small chill
dren. sewing club, Women's Handcraft
Club.
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Chorus of Five Hundred
To Sing in Pageant-Drama
Dr. Albert w. Harmed Directing Large Group
Which VIII Assist In Bicentennial Drama.
The Great American"
By e. de S. Melcher.

unteer their services. The music
is very worthwhile (only four bars
of Mr.. Carpenters work are said
to be commonplace and other
interesting works will be sung
during the presentation of this
pageant-drama.
Incidentally, this work will be
presented in various other parts
OF the country after its initial
presentation in Washington.
, Under the auspices of the George
Washington Bicentennial Com
mission it will 60 forth and be-
come an integral part of the cele-
brations now being held far and
wide
Besides the Carpenter work,
such compositions as DR.. Boyce's
Liberty Song" of the seventeenth
century will be used, and during
THE Grand March of the States, /"
perhaps, Sousa march. The
pageant Is divided into three
parts; the first action" concerns
George Washington the Colonist;
the second, George Washington
the Warrior, and the third, George
Washington the Nation Builder.
These three actions" are repre-
sented synrbolically as Truth,
Courage and Devotion-and they
form the basis of the pilot. -
Other features of the pageant
will be the two interludes in which
Dance of Bondage and Dance
Of Liberty will be performed.
HANS KINDLER. in a written
"au revoir" which he posted
just before running up the gang
plank Of the Paris last Friday,
states that his symphony forces
will be augmented next season by
such soloists as Mischa Elman,
Percy Granger, Horowitz and
Sylvia Lent; furthermore, he will
be conducting the Philadelphia
Orchestra August IL, Is, IA and 18.
Other symphony news of the
week includes the opening of the
new ticket Office tomorrow at
Garf1nckel's; that many thousands
of dollars of subscriptions for next
seasons tickets have been re-
ceived even before this window
goes up, and that such pivotal
cities of the near-South as Rich
mond, Roanoke, Charles Town,
Frederick and Chambersburg
have expressed themselves de-
sirous of being included on next
seasons National Symphony tour
if the National Symphony goes
on a tour.
incidentally, the pencil sketch
by Aline Fruhauf of Mr.. Kinder
in this months Musical America
is causing no end of merriment.
And, by the way, 1t seems that
the roller skating vogue has been
taken up by the musical literati.
Last week a guest conductor of
the National Symphony, Wag-
merriam scholar and local pianist
of note, was discovered skating
around the Rejecting Pool down
by. the Lincoln Memorial. Mr..
HetZel seems to be a good skater,
too!
Evening star., 1932-05-15
Local Notes

"HE Rho Beta Chapter Of Mu Phi
Epsilon is presenting musicale
at the Washington College Of
Il Music, 2107 S street northwest
this afternoon at pm. Those
taking part will include Mary Smuck,
pianist; Kathryn Latimer, pianist; Es-
ther Strife, contralto; Wilhelmina
Amiss, violinist, and Catherine Benson,
accompanist.
Yesterday evening Anita Schade re-
peated her talk on Clara Schumann
and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She
was assisted by Crete Won Bayer, piar1-
list, and Alexander B. Trowbridge, BARI
tone.
Mary Park Clements recently re-
turned to her studio, 1871 Connecticut
avenue, from Boston, Mass, where she
played In a recital given by Prof. Otta-
kar Sevcik for his New York and Bos-
of Josef Kaspar. has been studying
with Prof. Sevcik in New York, and
was awarded a certificate for his mas
ter course in violin.
The Lovette Choral Club will be
heard in its fifth annual Spring con-
cert on June at Barker Hall. The
club is now rehearsing twice a week
under the direction of Eva Whitford
Lovette, with Elsie Cranmer at the
piano.
Helen Ware will present some of her
pupils in violin recital next Saturday
night at the Sears, Roebuck Art Gal
leries. Miss Ware has not been heard
here this season in recital except in
the interesting quartet concert given
last February by the Helen Ware String
Quartet.
Edith B. Athey will present Theodore
Linton as guest organist this evening
for the regular meditation period,"
from 7:45 to pm, at Hamline NJ z.
Church, Sixteenth and Allison streets
northwest.
Members Of the Washington Civic
Opera Co. will give excerpts from
"The Gondoliers" at the Arts Club this
evening Those who will take part are
Nita Norman, Rita Reyos. Beverley
Pigott. Edward Stack, Kroom Bagranof
and Henry Nestor. Donald Macdonald
will introduce the cast.
The Won Unschuld University of Mu-
sic has sent out invitations to the
commencement exercises, conferring Of
degrees and annual recital on Monday
May %, at 8:15 O'Clock In the ball
room Of the Willard Hotel.
Next Sunday is the date selected for
the annual mass at st. Matthew's
Church, to be followed by breakfast
at the Mayflower. under the auspices
nf the International Federation Of
Catholic Alumnae The following will
present appropriate numbers: Mary
ODonoghue. Margaret Stafford, Ann
Brosnan, Angela Brosnan, Florence
Mallett Conboy.
Carolyn Manning, contralto. Eugene
Swygert, tenor, and Kroom Braganoff.
tenor, will be guest soloists at the
@xhth and last Of this seasons organ
recitais, 10 be given by Gene Stewart
at Waugh Church, Third and A streets
northeast, Tuesday, at $50 pm.
The Capital City Choristers, under
the direction Of Dorothy Radde Emery.
viii close their season with concert
for their friends at the Sears, Roebuck
Tuesday evening, May "a, at $50 pm.
The choristers viii be assisted by Cath
crime Benson, pianist and accompanist
for the club, and by the Bernheimer
Trio.
The Madrigal Singers, directed by
Mrs. John Milton Sylvester, viii give
q program of old English madrigals,
folk songs and other music, for the
!. Chevy Chase Chapter Of the Eastern
star on Tuesday evening.
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Gilbert and Sullivan Opera

The big stage at Mckinley Audi
torium is well suited to the massive
settings required for the Tower
Green" and its lighting equipment will
make possible some beautiful stage ef-
fectS.
Fifteen principals and large chorus,
all well trained and talented Washing
ton singers, is headed by Alma Har-
ris, Maxine De Silvia, Esther Melick
Ingram, Alma Bishop and Jesse Veitch.
In addition to the regular prices,
ranging from so cents to S1.50, a spe-
cial student ticket will be issued at
halt price, through the interest and CO.
operation of the officials of the public
schools of the District of Columbia
These tickets are available at the Of
fees of the Washington Civic Opera
Co., now located In the old City Club
Building, 1920 G. street, on the second
fOCr
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Marine Band Concerts.

THE activitie5 of the United States
l. Marine Bar and Orchestra for
the coming week will include the fol-
lowing:
Monday. May Is, at pm, band con-
cert at the Marine Barracks.
Monday, May l6, the orchestra will
play at the reception and opening
meeting of the Sons of the American
Revolution.
concert at the Marine Barracks.
Thursday, May 10, at 8, a program
of Latin American music will be rre-
sented at a concert by the band to be
given on the Esplanade Of the Pan
American Union.
Friday, May 20, at 8 pm, orchestral
concert at the Marine Barracks.
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Miss Nicely in Opera.

GERTRUDE NEELY. the former star
Of Student Prince" has signed
contract with the Washington Grand
Opera Co. to appear in Baltimore on
June and in Washington on June S
as the priestess In Aida" The entire
production is under the direction of
Alfredo Salagamaggi. former director
Of the Manhattan Opera Co. Miss
Nicely is the granddaughter Of the Hun
garian composer Fritz Spindler, who
directed the Royal Opera at Budapest,
Hungary.
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Pan-American Concert
To Be Held on Esplanade
Rafael Diaz to Be Soloist-Orsan Recital
Wednesday by Robert Ruckman

TT Is planned that the concert at the
Pan American Union on Thursday
evening will be held on the Espla-
L made. However, Capt. Taylor Bran
son, leader of the United States
Marine Band which will furnish the
program, has selected numbers that are
adapted for use In the Hall of the
Americas at the. Union should the
weather be unpropitiouS for an out-of-
doors performance Capt. Branson will
introduce on this program three of his
instrumental soloists, Arthur s. Wit
comb, cornetist; Emil Rade, clarinetist,
and Wilbur D. Keefer, vibraphonist.
and flve compositions from Latin Amer
lea viii be heard for the first time In
the United States at this event.
One of the outstanding composers of
Colombia, Luis Calvo, has dedicated a
new composition, a Prelude, to the
United States Marine Band, and this
will be played in full band Arrangement
by Luis Guzman, member of the Ma
rine Band, for use in the Pan American
Union program. Prof. Gonzalo Hoig,
former leader of the Municipal Band Of
Havana and now director of the Ha-
vana Symphony Orchestra, has sent to
Capt. Branson his new composition,
"Capricho Cubano," and 1t will be
played on the Thursday evening pro-
gram also.
A number that will receive special at
tention Is a bolero entitled Gypsy, "
by Elisabetta Pacheco de Pate of Uru-
quay. This number will receive its first
rendition in the United States and is
also the first number composed and
arranged for band by a woman to ap-
pear in a Pan American Union pro-
gram.
The guest soloist will be Rafael
Diaz, tenor. Senor Diaz has been a
member for 10 years of the Metropoli-
tan Opera Company of New York.
where he has sung tenor roles in vari-
GUS operas. He has yearly sung the
leading role In lie Coo dor" and
was chosen to create the role of the
Henchman In Deems Taylor's Kings
Henchman," touring the principal cities
Of the United States, singing over so
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W. C.. T. u. News

Cleveland Park Union held temper
ance rally recently at the home Of Miss
Helen Lyon, 1740 Poplar lane Mrs. A.
L. Talbot, president, presided. DR.
Henry w. Snyder, pastor of st. Paul's
Lutheran Church, made an address
Mrs. Clarence Ferguson was In charge
of the devotional service. Mrs. r
Scott Mcbride announced Flower Mis-
sion day June 9. Prayer meeting will
be held at o'clock June at the
home Of Mrs. John MacAneny, 2022
Pierce Mill road. New members are
Mrs. Lille Laurence, Mrs. Helen c.
Kasaveach, Mrs. d. s. Shook and Mrs
Florence Frazier.
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Benefit Concert Wednesday.
MARIE BAsHIAN. dramatic sonra

MARIE BASHlAN, dramatic soprano,
will give a concert in Barker Hall
of the Y. w. C. A. Wednesday at BIS
o'clock for the benefit of the South
American fund of the Washington As
sociation, presenting in costume, folk
songs of the Mediterranean countries
and the Near East. She will be assisted
by Evelyn Scott, violinist, and Helen
Middleton and Marjorie Davis. accom-
panists.
Miss Bashian's program will include:
Greek Hymn to Appollo' t20o B.C).
Balkan folk songs
Dances.
Love songs
Armenian folk songs
Pastorales.
Luliabes
French folk songs
Bergerettes.
Old airs.
This concert is being sponsored by
the World Fellowship and Industrial
Committees of the Young Women's
Christian Association here.
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Chadwick Orchestra Concert

THE annual concert Of the Chadwick
= Orchestra viii be given at Barker
Hall, Seventeenth and K streets north
west, Thursday evening, May 10, at
O'Clock. The program win consist Of
ensemble numbers and solos by several
members of the orchestra. The guest
soioist of the evening win be Clara
Boiling Fowler, nezzo-soprano. The
public Is invited. ~
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Duty on E. Wallace Flowers.

When the body of Edgar Wallace, the
English author and playwright, who died
in Hollywood, arrived on a liner at
Southampton, England, for burial in
England, an ambitious customs officer
collected $6 import duties on cut fiow-
ers to cover wreaths placed on the coffin
by American sympathizers. This has
Just been disclosed In Southampton fol-
lowing q refund Of the duty.