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YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1935-08-16
Nasa rec mas poklad
Pile P. A. HRoBAK.
Glen vyboru kultdry ! vzde-
lahia Slovenskej Li1y.

ElDS 3. ~. nNO0AAs
Glen vybotu kultdry ! vzde-
lania Slovehskej Lixy.
vi.
NAsE sLovENsKE tAso-
.. PISY. ....,.
Hovori sa,- ze narod je ta-
ky, jake ma zeny a jakych
ma novinarov! Me je to mo-
Jim ciel'om rozpfsat' sa do
podrob1a o nasich tasopi-
soch; ME je to mojfn ciel'om
uvazovat' Ii nase americke
slovenske tasopisy sd nadost'
zaujfmave a pestre alebo len
jednofarebne. A tiez neidem
zaznavat' pracu nasho taso-
pisectva sZa Boha a 1arod'
prekonand. Slovenske taso-
pisy bez rozdielu vykonaly
kus zasluznej pr4ce v zauj-
me nasho naroda, slovenske-
no skolstva, a v zAujne slo-
venskej reei. Ale v tomto
2lanku chcem podotkndt', ze
nase slovensk9 9asopisy beg
rozdielu nezaoberajl "a ma
dost' 8 najv8xnejsou sloven.
skou otkzkou - 8 reeovou o.
tazkou. "A xivot slovensksho
6asopiseetva dplne zivisi Cd
znalosti slovsnskej rexi!
" Amerike name asi tri-
dsat' slovenskych tasopisov
a nasske tasopisy tn sn1e uz
mali skoro 'polstoroeia. N.Y.
slim ma casopisy nasich brat
skych a sesterskych podpor-
nych jedn6t (lradne orgA-
N.Y. a taktiez na tie druhe,
nedradne alebo neorganizac-
ne easopisY.
Co ozajstne urobily ameri-
cke slovenske tasopisy "a TT
nasu slovencinu?, ZvlAste Go
urobily, aby slovencina sa
vyucovala v nasich sloven-
skych osadnych skolach? ze
MIC? Me, nepovedam ze mic,
ale vsetky bez rozdielu "a
cely cas- svojho jestvovania u
robily vel'mi milo. A mai
vaznejsia otAzka americkej
Slovate "a poslednych dva-
dsat' rokov bola otazka ma
terciny; a je to nasa najvaz-
nejsia otazka al dnes! Vsak
vieme, ze slovencina je opo-
rou celeho slovenskeho caso-
pisectva: keby nebolo reci,
nebolo by ami casopisov. Te-
da zivotom tychto nasich kul
tlrnych ustanovizni je slo-
venska rec.
A myslfte 81, Re najdete
redaktora, ktory by primal
sa, ze chce, aby jeho casopis
zaniknul?, Myslite 81, ze re-
daktori nasich slovenskych
casopisov nevedia, ze v ina
sich slovenskych osadnych
skolach" slovencina skoro ne
ma AMI miesta, je popelus-
kou? Veru, vedia to a to e.
Ste lepsie ako mnohf z mas! /!
Hej, al pfsu Q tom, ale len
zriedka a vel'mi slabo. Pisu
tax, akoby nevedeli, Go je
tomu ma prfcine. a nirod I
mas americky l'ud 81 Cd M.
sich 6asopisov viac xasldzil
Slovensky l'ud i dnes sa
zaujfma v retovej ot&zke a
rad by zaviedol matercinu
do ''svojich slovenskych
sk6l", keby len vedel ako, q
keby ho k tomu pobadali ma
81 vodcovia . nase tasopisy
Narodna povinnost' . narod-
na pycha nek&ze pfsat' 0 ma
tercine len raz-dva do roka
retovA otazka je tax vazna a
tax rozsiahla, ze vyzaduje
pozornost' kazd9ho povedo-
meho slovenskeho srdca -
a to 365 dnf v roku!
Nuz, vzchopme sa raz a
castejsie sa zaoberajme 8 tou
naSou prevaznou ot&zkou '
nasich slovenskych casopi.
soch. Vzbud'me . pestujme
v nirode cit a myself pre-
= .. u y - ,,.
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1935-08-16
yEDoMoST A zIvoT.
Pige M. D. HIBEN.

StarodAvne latinske prislo-
vie hovori:: I9noti nulla Gu.
pido. Co clovek neyie, po
tom ami netdzi. ze 0 Com clo-
vek nevie, to mu ami posko-
dit 1lem6ze, ale my dobre
vieme, ze kde 1levedomost'
,panuje, tam mudrost' miesta
nemA a preto casio potuje-
me i povieme, ze cl6vek "a
mic tax draho neplatf, ako. "a
nevedomost'. Nevedonnost'
stojf vel'a penazf. Pre- neve-
domost' mnohf ztratili poho-
die, st'astie, radost', pokoj,
zamestnanie, majetky. Neve-
dorhost' je kliatbou tloveeen
stva. 20, keby som to Dol
vtedy vedel!" Takto nejeden
povie po dpadku. Ako je ne
vedomost' kliatbou, tax je
vedornost' pozehnanfm, ked'
ju clovek k dobremu upotre-
buje. Lebo neupotrebovanie
toho, Co tlovek vie, stAva "a
takym nepriatel'om, ako ne
vedomost' toho, 60 by vediet'
NAL. Vedomost' je sila. Kto
vie seba opanovat', ten do
vedie seba i k dobremu upo-
trebit'.' Nevedomost' pre- zi-
vot. znamena tol'ko, ako xii
nee v gume automobiloveho
kolesa. Auto m6ze i ma ia
kej fst', ale ako. =
Vedomost' a zivot sd vo
Vel'mi dzkorr1 spojeni. strorn
mddrosti je zastepeny v stro-
me zivota. AZ ked' poznate
pravdu. vtedy vas pravda w
slobodi. Hovoriac o vecnom
zivote,, svaty Jan pfse takto:
"A to je ten vecny zivot, aby
znali teba, toho jedineho
praveho Boha q toho, ktore-
no 81 postal, Jezisa Krista.
Jan 17:s. "A Ease: "A to je
to svedoctvo, BE nam Bob
dal vecny zivot, a ten zivct
je v jeho Synovi. I. Jan 5:11.
Syn BoM 0 sebe povedal, ze
On je 4 Pravda. Poznat' je-
no znanen& milovat' jeho.
nasledovat' jeho, ostxihat' je-
no prik&zania. Izstas prorok
pripotituje vsetku nedctu,
nevd'axnost, l'ahostajnost',
ako I protivenie So Bohu
l'udskej nevedomosti. Svaty
Pavel to potvrdzuje, ked' pf-
Sc: Zatemnenf v rozurne sue
odeudzenf zivotu, Boziemu
pre- neyedomost', ktorA je v
mich. IF. AIS. Najt'azsi boi
ma svsse je BOZ proti nevedo-
rnosti. ..., =.
Keby 81 ty znalo a to a.
spo1 v tento Cas-. VIOLA Kri-
stus mad Jeruzale,nom. Ale
jeruzalemskf neznali, ba ami
znat' nechceli, Go je pre- Mich
dobre q uzitocne. No na j.
nom mieste Ease povedal
Syn Bozi tieto slova: Keby
som nebol prisiel q r,eozna-
mil vam, hriechu by ste ne
mali. Teraz vsak nemAte w.
hovorky. u skrze Izai&sa
proroka podal Bob l'udstvu
dye podmienky. Prestat' zle
robit' a ucit' sa robit' dobre.
Lebo to este nenie dostatoc-
ne, ked' clovek prestane zle
robit', on must zaciat' dobre
robit'.
Strom r1noheho zivota je
krasny, kosaty. Ale iba ma
listie. Ziadneho ovocia. Ako
slepota znArzacf ludskd tvAr,
tax nevedomost' mrzati l'ud
skd dusu. Clovek bez pravej
vedomosti je, ako robotnik
bez rdk, ako maliar bez IRA
ku, ako cestovatel' bez n6h,
ako vtak bez kridel, alebo,
ako telo bez duse. Ziadajme
81 Cd Boha, ako Salamdn tel
mddrosti, ktora by nam zja-
vovala, ako name lit ku cti
nasho Boha a ku blahu i ku
pomoci nasho blizneho, ze by
strom zivota nAsho nebol len
ma listie bohaty, ale nadovse-
&kn M n1znciA M dnhrk skn
YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1935-08-16

primne, Cd srdca k srdcu, bez
ziarlivosti, bez urazky! Mech
heslo vsetkych nasich casopi-
SOW je: nazpit k mater6ine
- nazpit k slovencine!!
VII.
SLOVENCINA A SLOVEN-
SKE ORGANIZACIE.
Nasi predkovia uznali, ze
v spojenf je sila, ked' zalo-
zili slovenske bratske a Sc.
sterske jednoty - 'tZa Bo-
ha a narod'. Dnes len nasi
starejsf, nasi mill dedkovia
a drahe babieky, a vskutku
len oni, vedia Go prezili, axe
obety prinasali, len aby SINE
mali, Go dnes name. A my
mladsi to tax nechopfme a
nevazime, lebo sme prisli, a
ko sa hovori, k sshotovemu"
Vskutku povedoma sloven-
ska dusa al zaplesa, ked' 81
len rozmysl'a, Go ii nasi bo-
habojnf a obyeajni priekop-
nfci prekonali svojim zertvo-
vanim, svojou pracovitost'ou,
svojou obetavost'ou, a svo-
jou nabozenskou a narodnou
horlivost 'ou!
Ell" vravia nam al dnes,
'vtedy sa sluzilo ME dosiah-
nut slavy alebo majetkov, a.
le uvedomenia 81 :pravdY,
ze zivot je prazdny, ak me-
prinasa ovocie l'udstvu, re
zijeme 'sZa Boha a narod!" |!
A dnes takychto muzov a
zien v tejto Amerke veru
malo je. Zanechali nam vel'-
ke dedictvo. Zavisi cd mas
dedieov, ci to dedictvo pre-
marnime alebo zvel'adime.
Ale ME je dost', aby ,krasne
myslienky lily v srdciach a
hlavich nasich. : Treba sa
nam teraz prieinit', aby vsku
tku lilly al v det'och nasich!
Vidite tie chramy Bozie,
tie kostoly, tie kultdrne usta-
novizne, a tie slovenske sko.
ly? To su pomniky laskavo-
sti a obetavosti slovenskeho
naroda! Organizacie nase u
moznily tie prace, dokazali
SINE, Go sa da prekonat' spo-
jenou silou! Dakujme Bohu,
ze dnes name, Go name.
Dnes kazda slovenska or
ganizacia uznava, ze s'Mla-
dex je buducnost' nasa". Slo-
venske organizacie uznava-
jI: Ak sa nam mlidez citom
a duchom odcudzi, prestane
byt' nasou, pre- organizacie
nase q ndrod mas bude strate-
na. Vsemoznym sp6sobom i
jedna j druha organizacia u
siluje sa ziskat' 81 mladez.
Lakajl mladych v terajsej
dobe telocvikom a sportom.
A ME som proti tomu; viem,
ze j to nam spom6ze. Ale
preto "a lprimnejsie a vydat-
nejsie nestarat' al o dusevne
potreby nasej mladeze? Py-
tate sa, Re ako? Inu, a naco
je slovenskl skola? A ktoze
tie ''slovenske skoly" umoz-
nil, a ktoze ich dnes podpo-
ruje, ked' ME zvacsa j Gle
novia nasich podpor. jedn6t?
Teda je to povinnost' nasich
organiz6cii zivse "a zaobe-
rat otdzkou, ma ktorej .amy
zivot organizlcii z1lezi. A
vynasiel by sa sposob al pro-
striedok, len treba sa rozky-
vat . treba len chciet'. N.Y.
site 81, ze hlas pospoliteho
clenstva naSich jednot by
Dol zavrhnuty? Vsak ked'
stanovy poniektorych nasich
jedn6t predpisujd, ze je po-
vmnost'ou kaxd&ho elena po-
sielat' svoje dietky do kato-
lfckej SLOVENSKEJ osad-
nej skoly, kde taxa je po ru-
lks, tax nase organizacie ma
! Ia = nalishAt' na tom. aby
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Dance Recital.
THE students Of the !

THE students Of the Alice Louise
Hunter Studio of the Dance viii
hold their June recital at Wardman
Park Theater Saturday night at half
past 8 o'clock, when Miss Hunter and
members Of the advanced group viii
be seen in q succession Of solo num-
beers, and the beginners group win
present group dances.
One Of the features on the program
viii be entitled Baby Bits" and viii
be given by a group Of children be-
tween the ages Of az and 5 years,
including Betty Jane Somerville,
Frances Parker Adams, Barbara
Brown, Nancy Packard, Ann Mat
thews, Sally Mae Graham and Joseph
Clement.
Among the numbers to be given by
the advanced group viii be "Liebes-
frid," danced by Gere Dell Sale,
Helen and Marcella Richardson,
Dorothy Manning. Marie Robinette,
Catherine Shea. Gertrude Elmendorf
and Marjorie McGann. Another num-
Der, Controversy" viii be given by
the entire group, with Miss Hunter as
soloist. Strauss '"Tales From the
Vienna Woods" will be danced by
Miss Hunter and the group.
The program win close with Hun
garian Fantasy" Edith Hunter viii
accompany the dancers. Costumes
have been created by Miss Hunter
and executed under her supervision by
members Of the group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

ter's Lotus Eaters" by Miss Mcgee,
Miss Hiden and Jeanne Milette.
Costumes are designed by Miss Gar
diner and Christine Stewart, and exc
cuted by the dancers under Miss Gar
diners personal supervision. Light
ing effects will be by Louis Noreteau
of the Once of National Capital Parks,
Harold Snyder of the Community
Center Department and Howard Whit
field of the washington Community
Players.
Chair privilege tickets and reserved
section chairs are available to the
public at the American Automobile
Association headquarters, the Hotel
Willard and the Hotel Washington
newsstands, and the Franklin Ad-
ministration Building. In case Of in
clement weather on either night, the
performance will take place on the
following night, due notice Of post
ponement being given over radio and
in the daily press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Dett Choral Society.

THE Nathaniel Dett Choral Society
of 200 mixed voices will be heard
in special program, under the di-
rection Of Virginia Williams, at the
Sylvan Theater, Washington Monu-
ment, next Sunday afternoon, spon-
sored by the Summer Festival Com
mittee of the Community Center De-
partment and the once Of National
Capital Parks.
The concert originally announced
for S pm. will be given an hour later
in case the weather is too hot for the
earlier hour. The program viii COM
prise folk idioms from other shores,
Russian folk idioms, the Negro folk
idiom and religious compositions by
American composers.
The Dett Choral Society Is COM
posed of groups from city church
choirs and other musical organisa-
lions and has been In existence here
since last Autumn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Program Reforms Gain.

The program reform cycle which
engulfed radio early this year seems
to be growing more intense these days
with no indication Of when it will
SubSide
Within the last month there have
been two uprisings on the program
issue, having as their detectives the
purging of the wave lengths Of every
thing regarded as improper or In bad
taste. One was a revival Of the hub
bub over an allegedly risque Spanish
song broadcast over the N. B. c. net
work last March. The second was a
protest, backed by introduction Of a
bill in the House, against Ben Bernie's
recent parody Of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address, In which the virtues Of beer
drinking were extolled.
The Spanish poem broadcast brought
vociferous opposition from a delega-
ton of 16 members of Congress, who
had been aroused by the Catholic
clergy. They asked the Federal Com
municationS Commission to revoke the
licenses of stations which had broad
cast the program, sponsored by the
Mexican government, on the ground
that it was immoral The F. @. G.
cited the legal precedent to show it
could take no action, particularly
since the song was In foreign tongue
and understandable only to an tnsig-
nificantly small part Of the audisnce.
This, however, did not appeaSe the
congressional delegation, or that por-
ton Of the Catholic clergy which had
risen in protest They conceived the
notion Of a congressional inveStiga-
ton, and promptly asked the Senate
OF Chairman Aiming S. PraH Of the
F. c. c., himself a champion Of the
program cleanup, so that hearings
could be held before one of its COM
mittees. Just week ago, however,
Mr.. Prall'S nomination was reported
favorably and confirmed by the Senate
all in one day. 1t ended, for the time
being, at least, the proposal for an
investigation.
The Gettysburg address incident de-
veloped when Representative Culkin,
a Republican dry of New York, wrote
to the F. c. c. early this month after 1
hearing Ben Bernie paraphraSe the
Great Emancipator'S historic grafton.
This musical mountebank." said the
Culkin letter, ''paraphrased the Get
tysburg address into an appeal to the
country to drink a certain brand Of
beer. He mutilated the address to
this end and subjected it to his mis-
placed and vulgar comedy"
Culkin asked that the F. c. C. use
its licensing power against stations to
prevent repetition of this shameless
performance" Then he Introduce q
bill in the House to bar all advertise
ments for alcoholic beverages from
interstate commerce. This would
strike at radio, newspapers and maya
zines. The F. c. c. referred the Gull
kin letter to its law department for
recommended action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
College Gives Awards.

EXERCISES for the presentation of
certificates to students of the
Preparatory School of the Washington
College of Music will be held on
Wednesday at 4;SO in the afternoon
for the first five grades, and at $50
In the evening for those graduating
from the preparatory department.
Students from the classes of Tamara
Dmitrieff, Lena KaSh Holther, Sara
Cooper Wolloch, Frances Dowden
william Holden, Charles Gauss,
Elizabeth King Fritz Male and Helen
Miller will be heard on the program
scheduled. Tamara Dmitrief Is pre-
senting Marjorie Vesta wilkins and
Martha Jean Livesay in recital on
Tuesday evening. Robert Ruckman
will have q group in recital on Thurs
day which includes Michael Agriesti,
Katherine Butler, Ira Pearlman,
Clarence Huffman, Irma Norwood,
Forrest Rupert and Evelyn Toye.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Two Festival Programs.

sAAAAANl
Ava tomime will form the programs
at the Sylvan Theater in the Monu-
ment Grounds this week, as two Sum-
mer festivals are held there. sponsored
by the Community Center Depart
ment and the once Of National Capt.
tai Parks. The first event will take
place tomorrow night, when the Com
munity Center Civic Symphony Or
chestra will present the musical por-
ton of the program under the direc-
ton Of Bailey F. Alart, beginning at
pm. At $50 o'clock the Washing
ton Community Players will give
three short plays. comprising
Moon Maiden" by Ernest Dowson;
THE Gods Of the Mountains" by
Lord Dunsany, and "Helena's Hus-
band" by Philip Moeller.
The second of the weeks two pro-
grams, entitled Dance Pantomimes
and Ballets," will be presented by the
Lisa Gardner Dancers and the Wash
ington Composers Club on the Sylvan
stage Thursday night at $50 O'Clock,
preceded by a half hour Of classical
selections and grand opera music by
the United States Marine Band, con-
Quoted by Capt. Taylor Branson, be-
ginning at 8 pm. Beethoven's Moon
light Sonata" will be featured on the
program, danced by the entire Gar
diner dance group, as will be the
"Jota AragoneSe," composed by Mary
Howe; Delibes' 'Mazourka," and
Henry S. Gregor's Virginia Reel"
La Sale Spier's pantomime, after
noon Of a Four" will be given by
Georgia Hiden, Marjorie Mcgee, Alice
Louise Hunter and Christine Stewart.
Miss Gardner will offer several solos,
among them Mary Howe's "Habanera.
and others who will do solo numbers
include Mary Day in DIANA" Alice
Louise Hunter in Scarf Dance,
Jeanne Densmore in "In the Temple
of SILVA" by Gregor; Chopin
Waltz" by Marjorie Mcgee, and Pot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
Kubelik to PLAY Here.

CONCERTS NTIMES, Elena de
Sayn, director, announces a spe-
cial series Of recitalS this Winter by
celebrated artists. The first artist to
be presented is Jan Kubelik, world
famous violinist, who will appear on
December 3. Mr.. Kubelik was heard
in recital last Winter at Constitution
Hall after several years absence. By
special request Mr.. Kubelik will play
a program consisting Of works seldom
heard by reason Of their technical diff
ficulty. Other artists on the series will
be announced shortly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23
NOTED IN THE MUSICAL CIRCLES OF WASHINGTON
In Local Music Circles
Fernandez, Elvira Little, Helen Matt
son and Muriel Combs.

Fernandez, Elvira Little, Helen Matt
son and Muriel Combs.
A students concert was given by
the Slattery School of Music at the
Washington Club, Seventeenth and <
streets northwest, last evening. Fea-
lures Of the program were a violin
ensemble by the violin class, harp
solo by 9-year-old Joan Slattery and
a musical dance sketch by the Junior
Girls Ensemble. Members of the
class are Shirley Ann Cannon, Eleanor
and Garrett Reilly, Annette Chotin,
Bernice Fallin. Leroy Reinsmith, jr.;
Betty Lou Quinones, Jane Farrell,
Sonia Katz, Miriam Flynn, Lorraine
Thompson, Nancy Bishton, Betty
Fighter, Betty McGraw, Eugenia
Keough, Norma Jean Kramer, Ruth
Meyer, Margie BranSon, Joan Slattery.
Rosalie Wolf, Amelia Xander, Gladys
Marshall, Dorothy Ann Ritter, Wendell
Marine, Anna and Mary Rinaldi, Lee
Suit, Willard Swisher, Mildred Hooper,
Catherine Mcdonald, William and
Kathleen Goulart, Geraldine Cusick,
Jennings Langley, Helene and Mar
guerite Curran, Viola Elvin, Olive
Pruitt, Eugenia Chaillet, Margaret
Yeager, Willie Mae Connick and Edna
BranSon.
Nine. Edythe Marmion Brosius,
harpist; Evelyn Randall, soprano;
Harlan Randall, baritone, and Mar
garet Ross, accompanist, gave must
cal program on Wednesday evening at
the University of Maryland.
At the eighth annual piano recital
on June II and 10 at Pierce Hall by
students of Madeleine Aughinbaugh
the pupils were assisted by Kathleen
Baker, reader, and Myrtle O'Connor,
dancer. Those who played were:
Carroll Bonbrest, Sidney Walker,
Dorothy Abrams, Florence and Irene
Gershanov, Eileen McNamar, Leo
Cook, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Helen
Bacas, Virginia Chewing, Phyllis
Gloria Heider, Adelaide Hummer,
Jean and Shirley NariSenfeld, Gene
Eisenbeiss, Elaine Donaldson, Norman
Genaro, Audrey Ridgell, Helen Glasco,
Mary and Charlotte Matajs, Jeanette
Stein, Robert Haines, Thompson
WOLF, Mary Virginia Solem. Dorothy
May Borden, Marion Meyer, Goldie
Moiger, Mabel Johnson, Barbara Nc
Carly, Audrey and Abraham Fried
lander, Eunice Isrealson, Nellie May
Swami, Christina Chaves, Frances
Piver, Harriet Nothstine, Gertrude
Hampton, Rose Britten, Ella Mary
Steere, Harold and Melvin Rothen-
berg, Eleanor Snodgrass, Emily and
Rita KalichStein, Margaret and
Corinne MacWilliams, Margaret Gar
diner, Elizabeth West, Dorothy May
zeserman, BerneSs Hunt, Betty Pome-
roy, Carl Gellogg, Betty Pre1oso,
Mary Teresa Kane, Mildred Jordan,
Charlotte Fry, Edith O'Brien, Eileen
Newton, Constance Ward, Hilda Hirsh,
Irene Jean Scher, Erika Trebus,
Madeline Amato and Eunice Knorlein.
Presentation of pins was made by
c. c. Capped.
Later in the present season the
Tempo Choral Society will be heard
in a program at the Sylvan Theater.
also sponsored by the Summer Fes-
tival Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

In spite of Wishing European canoe
groups, it is really this country that
leads in the new movement which
is gradually pushing the dance into
the light of public consciousness. The
number of sincere, cultured and pro-
gressive artists in America is well
worth noting, as is also their indi-
vicuality in creative ideas. Although
there is some attempt to formulate
these dancers into Schools ii Is
hardly the time for such a designa-
ton, as the primary idea is to seek
an outlet for the dance toward the
formation of, or perhaps. the return
to, an art of the people. To this end
the dancers who have merited atten-
tive following have given free rein
to their originality, each having a
new angle to disclose and each carry
ing new appeal.
The modern oath which the dance
has taken is the surest way Of open
ing it to general use, and vita this
completely accomplished the dance
will return to its original function
of serving for an esthetic expression
of e national feeling. John Martin,
the dance critic of the New York
Times, has felicitately defined the
modern dance. He writes:
1.-THE modern dance is not a sys-
tenn, but a point of view. 1t has no
set vocabulary of movement, no arbi-
trary codes. Its forms are continually
in the process Cf cnange, subject to
its varying content. 1t keeps its life
and its integrity only as it succeeds
in being perpetually contemperaneous
If It deals with other times and other
places, it does SO always with the
comment of the present time and
place. Its technical aim is to dis
cover the body's full capabilities for
expressiveness and to develop them
not for any one theme, but for all.
To the American gift of ingenuity
and inventiveness, TIE dance today
offers a medium ior an art Language
distinctive and thoroughly personal
It also will lead our natural love OF
physical exercise to esthetic channels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-23

Hazel Gem Hughes, coloratura So
prano, and Elaine Ford, contralto,
gave a recital at the studio of Otto
Torney Simon, 1924 H street north
west, last Wednesday evening. The
program included arias and songs
by Meyerbeer, Bellini, Bishop, Schu-
bert, Nevin, Cadman. McDermid,
Bohm and Salter.