Evening star., 1932-01-03


Paris opera: Gladys Mathew, Dresden
Opera soprano; Ralph Errolle, formerly
of the Metropolitan; Dimitri Onofre
and Ivan Ivantzoff, tenors Of the Sar
Carlos and Philadelphia Opera COM
panies Alexander Kurganoff, tenor OF
the Paris Opera, and Joseph Rcyer
baritone of the San Carlos and Covent
Garden Opera companies.
GAYETY-"Girls in Blue"
A nm CORIO, brunette dancing star
- brings her new edition of Girls ir
Blue" into the Gayety Theater this
afternoon, opening her local engage
ment with the customary matinee. The
gorgeous Ann frolics with the abandon
of yore and has evolved a half dozen
new dancing interludeS for her forth
coming entertainment.
Supporting the star are Billy Fields
tramp character comedian; Chuck Cal
lahan. eccentric funster; Lew Petel, one
of the Columbia'S best straight men;
the Bowers Sisters, vaudeville head
liners, harmony singers and dancing
specialists; Jack Ryan, juvenile; Tiny
Huff, blonde soubrette; Jean Gaskell
and Larry Clark. a character man who
works with Chuck Callahan in a hilari-
Gus sanitarium skit and other scenes.
Fields and Callahan, comiques of diff
ferent types, carry the hutnor of the
piece, with Miss Corio, of course, head
ing the feminine contingent and lead
ing the 16 Girls in Blue through the
pretty mazes Of many dancing en-
senbles.
JANET ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
MISS JANET RICHARDS will give
AV1 her regular talk on Affairs Po-
litical and international" at the Will
lard Hotel tomorrow morning, at II
O'Clock. Out of the vast number of
vital issues that confront the peoples
of the world at the New Year, Miss
Richards will turn her attention to the
most important European problems
after briefly discussing the situation at
home and in Manchuria. In closing
she will review some books that are OF
special interest. The talks are illus
trated by the use of large maps.
TED SHAWN DANCERS, Tuesday.
THE first program in the new year
Il to be offered by the Community In
Stitute of Washington at Central High
Auditorium will be presented Tuesday
evening at 8:15 o'clock, when Ted
Shawn, who has done so much to popu-
larize his style of dancing art in this
country, will appear in person with his
dance group. in brand-new program,
which will be featured throughout the
country in the 1882 tour.
A varied and fascinating program has
been especially arranged by Mr.. Shawn,
for the Bicentennial year, featuring In
dian and ritualistic dances, as we'll as
his world famous Spanish dances and
many of the big hits Of his European
tour last Spring.
Included in his company this season
will be Lester Shafer, well known rep
resentative of the DenishaWn Dancers
in this city, who will lead the new group
Of male dancers in an entirely new and
very modern number in the program
Among the leading feminine dancers to
be featured are Regina Beck and Anna
Austin.
Tickets may be had at the T. Arthur
Smith Concert Bureau, the Willard, and
the A. A. A.
CLARA w. McQUOWN-Friday.
FRIDAY morning at II o'clock at
Il the Washington Club Miss Nc
Quown will resume her talks on "Ques-
tions of the Hour in National and In
ternationa1 Affairs" She will discuss
recent developments in questions Of
international debts and reparations and
in the Far Eastern situation. Miss
McQuown has Travelled extensively in
many lands, has lived abroad and has
been for many years student of world
affairs. Her talks are concise, analyti-
cal reviews of the tangled problems Of
outstanding interest in world politics.
They are given at IL o'clock every Fri
day morning through January, Febru-
ary and March in the assembly room
of the Washington Club, entrance 1910
Seventeenth street, and are open to the