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Singer Returns.

HMEN NYE M'GEHEE, soprano,
- will give a song recital tomor-
row at $50 pm. at the Rochambeau
accompanied by DR.. w. H. McGehee
Mrs. McGehee, who was prominently
identified with Washington musical
Mfe some years ago. when she was the
pupil Of Katie Wilson Greene and
Dr.. Bischoff, has returned to this
city and will be heard In recitals here
this Winter.
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Benefit Concert.
RUSSIAN CONCERT followed

4 RUSSIAN CONCERT followed by
a ball will be given Thursday
evening at the Arlington Hotel be-
ginning at $3.50 pm, the proceeds tc
go to the benefit Of ST. Alexander's
Russian and Serbian Orthodox
Church. The concert program will
be under the direction of Mischa
Markoff and Joe Brown will be
master Of ceremonies. Those taking
part in the entertainment are Ethel
Pastor, Austrian prima donna; Mischa
Markoff, Val Romanof, dancer; Joe
Brown, and Vincent Lane, baritone
Prizes will be awarded for the best
dancing couple.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Siegfried Scharbau of the Marine
Band
Thursday, February Is, at 1890
pm. the band will take part in the
Maine Memorial exercises at Fort
Myer, Va.
Thursday. February IS. evening
broadcast from the Marine Barracks
under auspices of District of Columbia
Department, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars
Friday, February 16. at 3 pm,
band concert at the Marine Barracks.
The concerts to be conducted by
Capt. Taylor Branson, leader Of the
United States Marine Band.
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Yehudi comes to Constitution Hall
for a first recital in two years.
When last he played here he was still
. little boy, phenomenal little boy
with the mind and understanding Of
q mature and great artist encased in
Q little boys frame. He returns a
young man entering the most diff
cult phase of prodigy's life, that in
which he must prove that his talent
Is lasting and genuine. He comes a
normal healthy adolescent, kept so by
the same manner of living his parents
were wise enough to plan for him.
He Is fortunate in having such
parents. No frantic adulation Of en-
thusiastic audience, no tempting Of
fers from concert managers and no
glamour Of the extraordinary gift to
their talented child or his own natu-
raj ardour to give reign to that tai
ent, has caused him to deviate in
the slightest from the manner of liv-
ing they mapped out for him. To
keep him a healthy, robust child, not
cut of from childish enjoyments, was
their first care, and the wisdom Of
this course will become more and
more apparent as Yehudi goes for
ward on bis artistic career.
Both Of Yehudi's parents are uni
versity graduates. whose strength Of
mind was nurtured by the wise
oomsels found In ancient Hebrew
literature and the stern traditions Of
that deathless race, whose poets and
musicians have never been equaled.
From the many inheritances which
might have been his, Yehudi was
early stamped with the gift for music
The tale has often been told how
his parents, loving music but ham,
pered in their indulgence by poverty,
could only visit concert by taking
their baby of a year or two with
them, as there was no one to leave
him with. The child's behavior and
quiet attention made it possible to
take him weekly to the San Fran
cisco Symphony Orchestra concerts.
It would be interesting to know why
II was the violin rather than the
cello or a woodwind instrument that
held the boys fancy and to such an
extent that he destroyed the toy
violin his father presented him with
and demanded a real one. Four
years of age was not too young for
him to begin his studies, and years
saw him already soloist with that
same San Francisco symphony whose
playing was registered In his baby
mind.
At he was playing at the Man
haitian Opera House in New York
and challenging that skeptical public
to pass Judgment on his talents.
Since then all the musical centers Of
this country and Europe have heard
him and veteran orchestra conductors
like Tscanini and Sir Edward Elgar
have found him the ideal protector
Of the music of Beethoven and Mo-
Hrt. He has mastered all the diff
culties of the violin literature to such
Q degree that English and Italian
critics, after hearing him play Paga-
mini, have awesomely proclaimed him
the reincarnation of that brilliant
magician OF the violin.
While accomplishing mans and
Q genius work, Yehudi has soberly
lived a child's life. Normal but well
directed practice, hours out-of-doors
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way Ol living.
for health's sake, hours of rest,
nourishing food and simple recre-
ations have been rigidly insisted upon
by his parents. The eulogies Of the
newspapers and the adulation Of the
public have been kept from him and,
as far as he himself was concerned,
he was just little boy doing the work
required of him. AS year followed
year, knowing musicians watched for
the moment when the realization of
his great talent and what he meant
to the musical life of the world should
become apparent to him. Others be-
fore him had found that moment the
end Of their hopes for greatness.
Would his talent survive when it came
under his own directing or would he
fall into pompous ways and exag-
gerated mannerisms and an easy rest
ing on the laurels already won?
A month ago at Carnegie Hall in
New York, Yehudi, now II years old,
played the Beethoven concerto lthe
same he played in 1927 and will play
on Tuesday, with Toscanini directing
the Philharmonic Orchestra. One
review has it, 1T was a reading
marked by mental grasp. musical
authority and profoundly respectful
feeling. There was emotion in every
page but cheap sentiment and mere
decoration in none. What the child
had performed in 1927 with the sheer
rapture Of gifted nature, the youth
played with a passionate alteration
born Of new vision and manly emotion.
The boy projected his spiritual i'm
mersion in the music with an art that
defied analysis"
At a London recital in December
of this year, when he played the
Paganini's Concerto in D." a critic
wrote: I'VE are amazed now at the
maturity of his mind, his complete
self possession, at the way in which
he sails so confidently through the
most incredibly difficult passages" +"
This same writer began his article:
"Yehudi Menuhin sat down after his
recital at Albert Hall where 5000
people had gathered to hear him yes
terday afternoon and ate cake-a lot
OF cake. Gee, it makes you hungry
playing a program like that he said.
I only hope it was as much fun to
listen to as it was playing it,"
The sweet fresh nature of the boy
is still alive in him. In spite of widen
ing interests, economies, politics,
literature, languages, mathematics, in
spite Of the great urge Of his extraor-
dinary talent, he remains the
healthy, natural boy which his parents
hoped to make him Although he
associates now with the most cele-
brated artists In the world and
knows that he equals or even surpasses
them, that he has everything his
heart can wish, for, no change has
been seen from the obedient child he
was at his first public performance.
His devotion to his parents remains
the same as also their care and watch
fullness for him. And it is impossible
to think of Yehudi, the greatest
violinist of this age, the prodigy and
the ripening artist without realizing
that it was to the wisdom and fore
sight of his parents that the world
owes the greatest gratitude for having
proven that a musical genius can
develope without sacrifice CT the things
that make for normal living.
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Soloist Tomorrow.

AT THE benefit concert to be pre-
sented tomorrow by the choir of
Ct. Andrews Episcopal Church, under
the direction of Minnie Volkmann,
the assisting artist will be Catherine
Toomey, mezzo-soprano. Other SOLO
igts on the program are Minnie volk-
mann, Katherine Poole and a quartet
composed Of Marie Powell, soprano;
Marguerite Gilner, contralto: John
Han, tenor, and Stanislaw Matjski,
baritone. Dorothy Andrews viii be
the ancompanist.
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Costume Recital.

MARJORIE LOWE, soprano, will be
presented by the Internationa
Art Forum In q costume recital oi
French, Scandinavian and German
songs Friday evening at the Admiral
1640 Rhode Island avenue northwest
Nation Boyce, organist Of st
Matthews, will accompany Miss Lowe
at the piano and play two piano
groups as well. Admission to this
recital is by membership or tickets
which may be secured at the T. A
Smith Bureau. 1880 G street: the
A. A. A. and the Admiral, 1910 Rhode
Island avenue northwest.
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II the National Symphony Or
~ chestra this afternoon. The
program will be as follows:
Overture, "Coriolanus" ... Beethoven
Concerto In D Major. 49,. Mozart
(Albert Spalding, soloist.)
Intermission.
''Bourree Fantasque". e"........ .Chabrier
"Poeme'' ..................C .Chausson
(Albert spalding, soloist)
Overture, "Phedre" ....... .Massenet
The overture to "Coriolanus," by
Beethoven, was not written by the
master to precede the Shakespearian
play, but another tragedy Of the same
name by q little-known author named
Collin. However, for indomitable
strength and grandeur 1t might easily
have been conceived to accompany the
work Of the greater dramatist. It Is
an overture Of constant contrasts be-
tween indonlitable and nearly cruel
strength, and utmost and appealing
tenderness.
The overture starts with long, held
notes, followed by fortissimo chords
and q mysterious, haf-impetuous hg-
ure, somber and threatening, in the
strings, which Is continuously inter-
rupted by strong outbursts Of appar-
ent wrath. Eventually, the second
theme appears describing Coriolanus'
love for his mother.
In all the superb wealth Of Bee
thoven's melodies, none Is more touch
ing, more deeply moving than this in
comparable singing theme. 1t has a
quality of tenderness, of q caressing
softness and a quality Of consolation
which make it stand out among the
greatest melodies of all times and
when, after long development Sec
ton and a return Of the first theme
with all its brusqueness, this melody
reappears first in major and then in
minor, surely the ears must be deaf,
or the souls hardened Of those who
can listen to it with dry eyes,
The overture, contrary to the style
of the time, ends quietly with the first
mysterious theme, softer, hesitating
and broken up, and Is undoubtedly
one Of Beethoven's grandest creations
in that FORM
Concerto In D Major" for violin and
OrcneStra ,................ MOZarL
Allegro, andante cantabile, rom
do-andante graZioso.
The Mozart concerto Is one Of those
Of the many works which this prolific
composer wrote for friends with solo,
| istic ambitions. It seems that any
| one who approached Mozart and was
not completely unsympathetic to him,
| could without difficulty induce him to
| write a work for which even certain
definite instructions would be needed
by the creator. There are instances
that he would take into consideration
the more or less limited technique as
| well as the more brilliant qualities of
the performer, and with these con-
stantly in mind, would write what in
many cases were masterpieces Mo-
Zart's reward in most cases was his
satisfaction in comparatively decent
performance. How different from the
| present day, where. for one perform
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Almas Band Gives Concert.

THE ALMAS TEMPLE SHRINE
! MILITARY BAND, comprising 60
pieces. will give a concert today at
$3.50 pm. at Shrine Club House, 1915
K street. The band is under the di-
rection of Leader Frederick G. WILL
ken, formerly director Of the Marine
Band Orchestra.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Warren F. johnson, organist, will
play the following before the evening
service at the Church of the Pilgrims:
Fantasia and Toccata in D Minor"
Stanford, and Meditation" Sturges.
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This Violin Prodigy Has
Led a Quiet, Normal Life
Yehudi Menuhin Has Not Been Forced Into the
Music World, and His Talent Was Allowed
Free Swins-His Childish Enjoyments
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

TINE of prodige and their lives the world
to know them have been sorTowfu tales Of gifted
children denied childhood that they might win early
It is the idea of submitting young child
concentrated study and sacrifice that
tay especially for musician that has been
many families as to make them refuse even ordinary musical
led Yehud Menuhin who will play Tuesday however
his earliest and continued until today positive
proof that child become prodigy without
Evening star., 1934-02-11

Thelma La Dow. soprano, was solo,
ist for the Takoma Park Lions Club
at its luncheon on Tuesday. Dorothy
Radde Emery was the accompanist.
Evening star., 1934-02-11
Today's Symphony Program
BIZ DIR. HANS KINDLER

KINDLER
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The third of the Sunday afternoon
musicales at Kenwood Country Club
was given last Sunday at o'clock.
The artists we're Emily Coville, soprano,
and Giuseppe Bruno, baritone. Eliz-
abeth Gardner Coombs accompanied
the artists.
Evening star., 1934-02-11

A series of musical meditations, to
be given each Wednesday afternoon
during Lent at 8 o'clock in Universal
list National Memorial Church, Six
teenth and q streets, will enlist the
services Of several well known organ
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
BOWLING
TONIGHT

(BoDling league secretaries are
requested to send copy of seasons
schedules to Sid Katsnell, Times
BoDling Editor, to be published
in this column on the nights they
bOUl.)
WASHINGTON TINES LEAGUE-Ac-
counting VS.. Sports, Pressroom vs..
Classified, Linotype No. l VS.. Stereo-
type, Ad Alley VS.. Circulat ton, Linotype
type No. 5 VS.. Advertising, Makeup VS..
Linotype No. ., at Lucky Strike alleys.
LUTHERAN LEAGUE-Takoma Grays
VS.. Christ No. l, Keller VS.. Paul No. :,
VS.. Zion, Luther Place VS.. Trinity, Ia
koma Blues VS.. St. Pauls, No. /. Atone
ment VS.. Grace, at Arcadia alleys.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS LEAGUE
Ambassador Laundry VS.. Chaconas,
Highway Engineering VS.. Arcadia, Vim
cent VS.. Galliher & Huguey, Logan
Motor VS.. Hessick Coal; Mcclure &
Rofe VS.. Arcade, at Arcadia alleys.
HOLY NAME SOCIETY SECTION A
LEAGUE-St Gabriel's VS.. Nativity,
Holy Rosary VS.. St. Anthonys. Our l..
of V. vs. Holy Comforter, st. Peters VS..
st. Jerome's at Georgetown alleys.
ROSSLYN INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Stand Laundry VS.. Wind. Handy, Br
ton Trust VS.. Ballston Market, De
Molay No. . VS.. Fairfax Service, Smy-
sers Pharmacy VS.. Dickey Co, Dickey
Bros. VS.. Lindsays at Roossyln alleys.
ELKS LEAGUE-Entertainm vs..
Band, Trustees vs. Justice, Antlers Vs.
Clarity, Fidelity vs. Brotherly Love, at
Recreation alleys.
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Costello Says:
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pounds, is fast as can be and a
dangerous football player.
At the halves, Oklahoma has
Pat Page and Beede Long. Page
goes around 1875 pounds, while
Long will weigh about ITS. Page
often plays quarterback. These
two men make an ideal pair of
halfbacks. They have every quail
ity which a good back should
have.
This boy Ben Poynor, who
plays the tail-back for Oklahoma,
is quite football player and
one of that type which spectators
love to see perform. He is a
rough customer and the rougher
the going the better Ben likes
it. He is five feet 10 inches tall
and weighs 100 pounds. He is
fast and a great blocker, although
all of Oklahoma'S four backs are
good at blocking.
Oklahoma plays three forma-
tionS. The first is a single wing.
The second is a formation very
similar to G. visa half punt
formation, often known as q
bobtan punt. }
The Washington times., 1934-11-27

ne Was Gl1GU, UuG lldppy'
His head was high, his face,
flushed with excitement and the
effect of blows. beamed. 1t had
been a terrific nip and tuck scrap.
Pete had done great work. but he
had outsmarted him, outstepped
him. his punches had been cleaner
and better placed.
There wasn't shadow of doubt
in his mind that he had clearly
established his superiority.
He tilted back easily on the
ropes as he watched Jimmy Lake,
bushy hair bobbing, gather up
the yellow vote slips from the
judges and the referee.
He didn't notice Jimmy's face
harden as he glanced at the slips
to announce his decision. Frankie
knew that he had won.
Beaten Fighter
But when Lake doomed: de
Grasse" Covelli aWoke with start.
His head fell forward, his face
grew pale and drawn and he
turned and groped dazedly through
the ropes and walked slowly down
the steps, head bowed down, a
thoroughly beaten fighter.
He touched a hand offered to
him sympathatically by fan, but
did not look up. The booS which
greeted the injustice he did not
hear.
And so another of those Cor
gonzola decisions was inscribed
upon the local boxing register. It
was the second time within
month Covelli had thought he had
beaten Decrease, but found the
officials differently minded.
It had been a Scorching close
battle, but Covelli, jabbing the
charging Decrease with a jolting
straight left or hooking it to Pete's
side and occasionally driving home
straight right crosses to the chin
had earned a small but decisive
margin. The worse he could have
received was a draw.
Only a tenth of the innumera-
BILE punches swung in Covelli's
general direction by Pete found
their mark. Often Covelli would
stand flat-footed and weave and
duck everything that the French.
Canadian threw. He was also the
far more versatile hitter.
Decrease might have had a
slight edge in toe-to-toe exchange
when his powerful left hook
pounded Frankie's mid-section
and jaw with plenty of steam.
Left Jab Chops
Once or twice he whipped over
right swing. out Covelli's snaky
left fist chopped away at De
Grasses features, when it wasn't
in Pete's stomach or ribs.
Judge Dunn and Livingston
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O'Neill SAYS:
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"Shepherd, of Western Mary
land, will do until a better one
comes along" said Bergman.
"He can do everything in the
country. He weighs close to 200
pounds and can smash a line
to splinterS.
"They tell me that Cardwell,
Of Nebraska, can play football
with the best Of them" said
Cotton. Hes a sophomore and
for two more years teams play
ing the Huskers will have some
trouble. It's a great thing when
you get those youngsters play.
ing good ball for you. I'd like
to have a few more good
youngsters.
eyes, and I'd like to have
eight good sophomore ends.
Know where I can get them?"
said Vlk, and that broke up our
cOnfab.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
MISS BURTON IS THREAT IN MYER DAVIS DUCKPLN STAKES
KIRK MILLER SAYS:

with Washington, and told
him it made no difference; that
/ changed clubs because l ex-
pected to improve myself.
That's o. X. AL he replied
over the phone. I'll see you at
the winter meeting and we'll
have no trouble about the
matter"
Schacht joins in an opinion
that Mike Martin recently re-
flected in conversation in
Washington, to wit, that there
has never been the slightest
trouble between Buddy Myer
and Bucky Harris.
And, my friends, my own re-
Election to all such gossip and
persistent rumor, is that if
there was trouble twixt the two,
there is no reason to believe
either is still carrying around a
chip on his shoulders.
Time heals many wounds, and
most men don't stay mad very
long. 1 know both Myer and
Harris to be that type.
Let's let it slip!
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
Pickups and
Putouts
Ry GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Dy OLOANOG IA OAAA OOAN
Jack TullOch and Bob May
fOrSook Alexandria last night
to see Bob Tow battle Tony
GalentO in Newark, N. J....
Make Rosenberg and Sam
BOrtnick were spectators at
last nights Riding and Hunt
Club boxing show -. Matte
Brown and Leroy DOugan tried
to Sc who could Outsmoke each
other, big, black cigars dropping
from each others mouth. Phil
Furr strutted about the prem
ises. Fred BuchhOlz, prOmi-
nent local sportsman, has been
abed the past week with an all.
ing knee here's something
that football dopesters needn't
overlook in the Georgetown
Western Maryland game in
Baltimore Saturday. it's the
brilliant defensive records of
both teams only West CheS-
ter Teachers have scored on the
TerrOrS and only Richmond and
Maryland on the HOyas. also,
the HilltOppers will be strength
ened by the return to duty Of
Capt. Joe Saverine and AL Vac
caro-. Pete BrOgan, former
Dewitt Prep gridder, ballyhOOeS
the schools alumni banquet De-
cember 18 at the MayfIOwer
Hotel. who said J. Leighton
Count" COrnwelI would be
among the absenteeS?. . whew!
John Simpson (nO kin to the
writer) of Maryland and one of
the outstanding lineman in the
Southern Conference wasn't
even given honorable mention
on that All-SOuthern Confer
ence football poll Dave Adam
son is working like a beaver
these days. because of the
elementary school soccer cham
pionship which is supervised by
the District playground depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27

cast their ballots for "DeGraSse," "
while Referee Denny Hughes
wrote "Covelli" on his slip.
Eddie Burl, the rejuvenated
Floridan, smashed Dominic Nicco.
of Brooklyn, all around the ring
for two rounds, dropping him for
a two count in the first with a
whistling left hand and dropping
him for seven more in the second,
but Nicco was too tough and
game and stayed the route as
Burl, arm weary, couldn't do any
more real damage in the other
four rounds.
Jimmy Reed, gangling welter-
weight, cuffed and jabbed his way
to a one-sided six-round victory
over the sparse-haired Joe MORO.
MORO. however, had the satiSfac-
ton of dropping Reed to one knee
with a right to the chin.
Three fast, deadly straight
rights brought Joe Firrone, fast
Ginning welterweight, an impreS
sive two-round kayo win over
Tiger" Billy Phipps. the human
pin-wheel. The wind from some
wild swings he missed gave ring,
siderS colds.
Sammy Sweet. Baltimore bantam
showed the red-headed Joe Tras
parente, how one should use a left
hand in a ring, particularly a left
hook to the stomach. Trasparente
took 'em smiling. There didn't
seem to be anything else that he
could do.
The Washington times., 1934-11-27
QUEEN GULL|
WON STAKES
LAST YEAR
BY SID KATZNELL

Lorraine GULL, queen" bowler
Df the United States, is threatened.
Esther Burton, vivaciouS and
pretty brunette. who won The
Washington Times womens divi.
sion high individual game first
prize last week, challenges Queen
Gulli's supremacy on the drives.
Miss Burton, who bowls with the
Treasury team in the Ladies Fed.
eral League, is enjoying unusual
success on the mapleways the cur
rent season, especially in special
matches. She is carrying a re-
Spectful los average in the circuit.
Anxious to Cop
Esther is particularly anxious to
cop the Seventh Annual Myer
Davis Ladies Sweepstakes which
commence at Lucky Strike alleys
Saturday night. The second block
will be rolled at King Pin Decem-
Der 8, and the final will be boWled
at Lucky Strike December Is.
Miss GULL, who throws the ball
down the alley speedier than the
majority of men, won the event
last season by rolling 1881. Billie
Butler, who also knows what this
duckpin game is about, finished
second, 994. Evelyn Ellis took
third honors. 943 and Miss Bur-
ton snatched fourth place with
GAL.
Bill Wood, who is promoting
the event expects to see 80 or 40
of the city's foremost women
bowlers toe the line when the
starting whistle is sounded.
Entrance fee is only So which
includes cost Of games.
Jacobs Rolls 4O3
George Jacobs of the Ballston
Market team is wearing broad
smile today.
Last night at Georgetown Rec
reation Alleys, he established a
new season record in the George
town Commercial League by roll
ing a 403 set.
His games were 131, 1877 and
1876. Killeen Beverages $50 game
and 1871 set grabbed team hon
orS.
Astor Clarke's ITO game last
night in the Federal League not
only enabled his Investigation
team to roll GIL game but gave
him 11ndiSDllted n0SSeSSiOn of first
place in The Washington Times
high individual duckpin game
contest.