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Evening star., 1935-05-04
Cleveland String Quartet
In Concert at the Library
Gives Splendid Program of
Chamber Music Elizabeth Somers
Glee Club in Recital Last Evening.

the last time in the Elizabeth Somers
residence of the Y. w. G. A. last eve
ming. Plans are under way for a new
home to replace this popular residence
and the concert took on the nature of
farewell, as the change to the new
home will probably be affected before
the next concert Is scheduled.
This group of young girls has been
well trained by Mary Burnett, who,
besides her many activities, has de-
voted herself to the formation and
development Of this choral group. She
has succeeded in retaining the fresh
purity of the voices while interpreting
works of demanding technical pro-
ficiency and the harmony Of the part
singing is delightful to the ear.
Last evening commemoration Of
three famous composers on which
attention is focused this year marked
the program. Handers "Wher'er You
Walk" from "Semele," and Bach's
Deck Thyself, My Soul, With Glad
ness" were given as part Of the natal
anniversary celebration Of these two
composers, and Sir Edward Cigars
"As Torrents in Summer" commemo-
rated England's most outstanding
musician. Two numbers by Amer
ican writer's, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach's
The Years at the Spring" and An
mabel Morris Buchanan's April" were
used to open the program. For a CEN
ter group Cesar Franck's THE First
Smile of May" Mendelssohn's THE
Skylark's Song" and Liza Lehmann's s
There Are Fairies at the Bottom
of Our Gardan" were chosen, and the
evening concluded with a "Sanctus, d"
by Harold Milligan on themes from
| "Parsifal"
The soloist of the. program was
Stanley Sprenger, pianist, whose wife
was formerly a member Of the Glee
Club. Mr.. Sprenger gave a group
of Chopin numbers and Ravel's "Jeux
d'eau," the Moussorgsky- -Rachmani-
noff "Hopak" and the "Staccato Etude, -
by RubinStein, adding two encores
by request. Mr.. SPENCER is well
equipped pianist. playing with per-
sonal enthusiasm and intuitive mu-
steamship. Except for uneven tempt
his interpretations followed the ac-
cepted line and were received with
real pleasure and appreciative ac-
claim. A short address by Miss Bur-
nett and Mrs. Edwin B. Parker con-
! cluded the program.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
Where and When
lCurrent Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

National-"Accent on YOUTH" at
2:20 and 500 pm.
L0ew's F0x-"Naughty Marietta" at
10:15 am, los, 4, 6:55 and $50 pm.
Stage shows at 1905, 8, 5:55 and
8:45 pm.
Belasco-"Don Quixote," at IL noon,
2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 pm.
Palace &c Cardinal Richelieu," at
HIS am, 1:20. 3:25, $50, 7:35 and
9:40 pm
R-K-O Keith's-"Bride of Franken-
stein,' at Ills am, 1:08, 2:5l, 4:34,
6:27, $40 and 1908 pm.
Earle-"Case Of the Curious Bride" I"
at 10 am, 1920, $50, $40, 7:45 and
1905 pm. Stage shows at 11:25 am,
1:55, 4:25, $50 and 9:10 pm.
CoIumbia-"Mark of the Vampire, :"
at 1925, 2:20, AIS, $40, sos and
10 pm.
Little-"War Is a RackeL," at 1890
am, 1890, 2:30, 4:30, $50, $3.50 and
1890 pm. -
Metropolitan GO Into Your
Dance at 11:10 am, 1:10, 3:l5, $40,
7:25 and $50 pm.
Tivoli-George Whites Scandals"
at 2, 4:05, 6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Ambassador-"Love in Bloom" at
2, 4, 6, 7:50 and 9:35 pm.
Howard-"Go Into Your Dance" at
1890, 1855, 7:o5 and 10 pm. Stage
shows at 2:40, $50 and 9:05 pm.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
THE J0LS0N FAMILY
TRY A SECOND WEEK

Al Jolson ventures before the camera
without his blackface disguise in Go
Into Your Dance" now at the Metro
oolitan, portraying the role of Broad
way song and dance artist, who has
gone into reverse on the ladder Of sue
cess. Popular as the Chinese leprosy
with producers and unwilling to
harken unto the sage advice of the
actors best friend, Miss Glenda Far
rell, this flippant fellow, AL Howard, is
winging into a tailspin, when who
should pop up and save him but a lit
tie speciality dancer miss Ruby Kee-
ler), who has long adored him from
afar.
The two of them score great hit in
a Chicago night club and eventually
Al opens an eat-and-ogle cabaret in
New York, after Drawing some excit-
ing complications. 1t may also be
noted that in the end Mr.. Jolson and
Miss Keeler discover that, like Mr..
Coward's three people. they love each
other very much. We regret to say
Miss Keeler has to get shot to prove
this point, but the bullet only hurt
little bit and she surely didn't mind,
since she was right there to watch Mr..
Jolson pull a very fine Pagliacci in
the final scene, smiling through his
tears as true love flowered in his
heart.
Jolson still is at his best in this
film in the black-face numbers. while
Miss Keeler shines as she never shone
before. Her acting shows much
needed improvement, and she is per-
mitted to skip through every sort of
fling, fandango and polka in the
dance directory. She is, after all,
primarily dancer. and this is the
first chance she has had to prove it.
Two important bits in the picture
are devoted, rather stingily, to Patsy
Kelly, the ace of femme comedians,
and Helen Morgan, who tears one
sweet song to bits even as she once
shredded handkerchiefs. There has
also been great deal of time and
money spent on some elaborate but
uninspiring chorus routines.
The Metropolitan features an ex-
tensive program of short subjects and
two news reels. r. B. p. Jr.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
WHERE VAMPIRES BITE
THE VERY BEST PEOPLE
Film at Columbia Shows Habits
of Mythical Creatures That
Chew Necks.

Mark Of the Vampire" which
opened yesterday at the Columbia, is
horror" picture. 1t will completely
horrify every good citizen who keeps
an eye on the works of Hollywood and
feels the products of that village
should have merit. The film IS fine
example Of the manner in which the
producers of our magic lantern operas
can, on occasion, take an unlmpor-
.ant story, mount it haphazardly and
in this proces obtain inanimate photo
play which will arouse you neither to
righteous wrath over its faults nor to
high glee over its good points if any.
1t all starts out when there Is a
murder, the poor victim being dis
covered with those marks on MS neck
which are put on peoples necks by
vampires. Some professor comes on
the scene chow or why the story neg
lects to telD to take charge of the
investigation, which he does By giving
ordinary orders in rather mysterious
fashion and by scattering bat-weed or
some such brand of flora about the
house to ward off the vampires. This
bat-weed does not seem to WORK. how
ever, as the vampires continue to in
wade the chalet whenever they take
notion. the daughter of the murdered
man, who has been attacked several
times. even becoming so sold" on the
process she is no end happy when the
lady vampire drops around for a bit
of vamping.
Now about the time the daughter
learns to like being vampired, things
take a strange twist and people you
thought were somebody turn out to
be somebody else, and along comes
the climax they're Dragging about in
the ads. But, please, don't tell the
climax" ask Messrs. Metro, Goldwyn
and Mayer and the Loew family.
All this is performed by some very
capable players who act for all the
world as though they were making
a really important movie. Lionel
Barrymore does, of course, rather
superb job as the professor who solves
the thing. Bella Lugosi is also excel
lent as the boss of the vampires.
impolite people who get up in the
middle of the night to go around
biting folks on the neck. Elizabeth
Allan, Jean Hersholt, lionel Atwill
and Donald Meek are some of the
other martyre. Tod Browning di-
rected. H. M.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
BY ALICE EVERSMAN.

CON G z R L donated toward
n the Longworth Foundation
~ brought the Cleveland String
4 \ Quartet to the Library OF
Congress yesterday afternoon.
This organization, composed Of Josef.
Fuchs and Rudolph Ringwall, violins;
Carlton Cooley, viola, and Victor de
Gomez, cello, was added to the list
of prominent chamber music groups
heard at the Library this year.
A particularly happy atmosphere
pervaded the program, which the
quartet emphasized by its manner Of
playing. Haydn's Quartet in C.
Opus 54, No. g." was played first,
followed by Beethoven's Quartet in
F Minor, Opus 95" and the charming
Dohanyi Quartet, No. 2, in D Fiat,
Opus l5." There is joyous quality
in this quartet of Haydn's that in
vites participation by the listeners
and its exurberance was the chief
point never lost sight of in the under
standing reading the four players
gave to it. Also full Of vitality but
expressed In less flowing phrases was
lilt occtIiOfCI lluiHbCly a POSlJlfG e4-
position of an idea in which little of
Beethoven's ordinary poignant feeling
is present. In contrast, the Dohanyi
work is poetical in the extreme, its
first movement Immediately carving
one along with its fancy and lyric
melody. Throughout the three divi-
sions to which the composer confined
his writing the same lyric essence
moves with q surity of impulse and
great grace.
The Cleveland organization is COM
posed of earnest musicians with a
well interviewer unanimity of idea.
The concerted tone is unusually mel
low in color, which gives a decidedly
human quality to their playing and
which was we'll adapted to the select
ed numbers. 1t would be interesting
to hear them in another type of pro-
gram. for there is youthful flavor
in their work that arouses conjecture
when considered in relation to more
exacting interpretations. AS. it was,
they provided a recital which placed
the audience in a mood of pure en-
joyment, one especially welcome at the
end of a rich musical season.
THE annual concert of the Eliza
beth Somers Glee Club gathered a
large, friendly audience together for
Evening star., 1935-05-04
NINTH ANNUAL PLAY.

The ninth annual Shakespearean
production Of the Dramatic Club OF
American University, Much Ado
About Nothing" will be presented next
Friday night in the gymnasium audi
torium.
Will Hutchins, professor of art and
dramatic coach, is putting the cast OF
80 PLAYERS through its final rehearsals.
Betty Gray takes the leading feminine
role of Beatrice. Duane Covert OF
Washington plays opposite Miss Gray.
Randall Book takes the part of Clau-
dio and Ruth Martin Simpson, the
role of Hero, while the comedy will
be handled by Edward Hopper and
Arnold Fort.
A student staff assists Prof. Hutch
ms in managing the show. Betty
Wheeler is stage manager; assistant
stage manager, Frances Page; mistress
of properties, Frances Fellows; mis-
tress of wardrobe, Jeanne Beadle; as
sistant mistress of wardrobe, Esther
Smith, carpenter, william Thompson,
and electrician, Herwil Bryant.
Evening star., 1935-05-04

w WITHOUT excessive chest
"A | thwacking or preliminary
wv beating Of tom-toms, the
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
people have loosed on a
musical picture of the current year
An adaptation of Victor Herbert's
Naughty Marietta" this winsome
cinema returned yesterday to Loew's
Fox, where some months ago 1t was
previewed by a group of first nighters
in the presence of the star, Nelson
Eddy. and w. S. Van Dyke. the di-
rector.
Naughty Marietta's" claim to fame
is based, as the statesmen like to say.
on four salient points. The first of
these is the unveiling Of Mr.. Eddy, a
genial and gifted songbird heretofore
unwillingly shrouded in obscurity.
M-G-M gave him his first chance to
shine in the role of a handsome
screenland balladier, and in solemn
gratitude he never missed a trick.
Those who know their carols and
cadenzas agree that Mr.. Eddy has a
fine set of vocal pipes and uses them
with audacious skill, while his mining
is pleasantly unpretentious. AS a
melodious coonskin warrior in the
wilds of Louisiana, he assists Miss
Jeanette Macdonald in emphasizing
the second important feature of the
film, which is Miss MacDonald's bios
soming into a radiant screen canary,
free of the unhappy mannerisms
which once held in thralldom her work
before the camera.
Miss Macdonald and Mr.. Eddy as a
team also do their share toward round
ing out the four-square gospel OF this
sermon in celluloid, proving beyond
the shadow of a doubt that M-G-M
Evening star., 1935-05-04
Naughty Marietta' Wins
Top Rank Among Musicals
Stars Nelson Eddy and jeanette Macdonald
Dave Apollon Returns With Stage Show.

can make a successful musical (Which
the wiSeacreS denied) and that Mr..
Van Dyke is one of Hollywoods most
versatile directors, equally able with
operettas or opera-hat mystery yarns.
No busy scholars Of this day have
mentioned 1t, but there is good reason
to believe the lost portions of early
Athenian drama consisted mostly of
musical comedy plots. Or rather, of
the plays which, reinvented by later
scribes, have forever after served as a
shaky framework for some composer S
ballads Of love and the lighter whim-
sizes. The more appealing the songs,
Of course, the less need for a story
a maxim which automatically excuses
any and all of Victor Herbert's def
ciencies in dramaturgy. Naughty
Marietta" is perhaps bit less plaus-
ible than the average, while retelling
the adventures of a royal French
princess who escaped to America in
a boatload of girls exported to New
Orleans to become wives of the col
onists. Fleeing from family arranged
marriage with some noble dolt, she
found herself entangled in loves tough
webs shortly after her arrival in Amer
lea. The swain was none other than
Mr.. Eddy, q pirate fighter and bari
tone of the first rank. His conceit
and the princess pride led to some
pretty quarrel, pouting, reconcilia-
tions and duets, all admirably directed
and diverting, but Naughty Marietta
ends on a rather phoney note, with
the hero and his bullet-eaterS march
ing of with the princess, one and
all chanting "Ah. Sweet Mystery of
Life" which is not exactly the song
of the bayou. In all other respects
however, the tale is as legitimate as
any historical romance is apt to be-
and much more pleasing to the ear.
Dave Apollon'S ingenious "Interna-
tional Revue" makes its second visit
within two months to the Fox stage
this week, presenting the indefati1 Able
M. Apollon and a troupe of capable
singers, dancers and instrumentaliStS
Notable among these are Gene, De
Quincy and Louis, who have fun with
an adagio routine; Danzi Godell. tar
dancer; Luba Malina, who puts lots oi
Russian moanins low into her song
numbers; the Seven Arabian Sheiks. a
tumbling act; Danny Dare chorus
and Apollon's famed Hawaiian gui-
taristas. M. Apollon does every
thing-sings, dances, plays and makes
himself agreeable. r. B. r. Jr.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
LAST PIANO CONCERT
OF TWELFTH FESTIVAL
Two Artists Presented Last Eve
ming by Washington
Pianists' Club.

The last concert Of the twelfth
festival of pianoforte music given by
the Washington Pianists' Club as a
prelude to National Music Week was
heard last evening in Calvary M. E.
Church. The audience was the larg-
est of the festival, the three other
concerts having been given this week
in the same church. The sol0ists last
evening were: Dorothy Hobley, pre-
sented by Alice Burbage Hesselbach,
and Martha McAdams, artist member
of the club who played the Schu-
mann Concerto in A Minor" as the
closing number on the program. Miss
McAdams was assisted at the second
piano by La Sale Spier, who presented
her at the festival of 1925. She has
since won four successive scholarships
with Rudolf CAM at the Chicago
Musical College. Her performance
last evening was worthy a much
older pianist, for she played with
ease, remarkably good technique and
gave an understanding and poetic in
depreciation to the Schumann music.
Her tone is warm and clear and the
brilliance of her, scales, cadenzas, ar
peggios and trills was stirring. The
singing quality of her tone enhanced
the beauty of the theme and the
delicacy of her finger work was beau
tiful. Miss McAdams prepared the
concerto to play at the festival last
year and was prevented from COM
ir,p tn washington
Miss Hobley, who opened the con-
cert last evening, gave her fifth re-
cital in these festivals. She played
the Bach prelude and Fugue in F
Minor" from the "Well-Tempered
Clavichord" with clarity and delicacy
as well as artistic shading and
breadth. This she followed with the
Beethoven t.Rondo in G Major, Opus
81, No. g." equally well done, the
marked difference In the form Of COM
position from that of the fugue being
was her playing of Ravefs "Sonatine"
and Liszt's arrangement Of the Spin
ming Song" from Wagner's Flying
Dutchman" was q brilliant and fin
ished bit of piano playing. Miss Hob
ley's closing number was the Grieg
Concerto in A Minor" which she
gave with the same ease, finish and
good technique which characterized
her earlier numbers, Mrs. Hesselbach
playing the orchestral part at the Sec
ond piano.
Katharine McReynolds Morrison,
director Of the Pianists' Club, pre-
eonfod 1,a,ore of fta and nf the y,ro-
gram to each Of the eight pianists
who gave the festival programs this
week. 3. \
Evening star., 1935-05-04
COLLEGE BAND PLAYS.

The College Band of American
University will give a concert to-
morrow afternoon in the open-air
amphitheater on the campus, begin
ming at 4:30.
This is the first of series OF an
nua1 concerts by the college band,
and there is possibility that next
season the organization, which has
been making noteworthy progress,
may play series of weekly concerts.
The band of Is pieces has been
under the direction of James M. Thur
mond for the past two years and
has played for several college func-
tions. but this Is the first time it has
presented public program at the
outdoor amphitheater.
Evening star., 1935-05-04
IN CRADLE SONG

Final rehearsals will be held tonight
by the Blackfriars Guild of Martinez
Sierra'S convent drama, Cradle Song"
which will be presented tomorrow aft
ernoon and Monday night at Gonzaga
Hall for the benefit of the ManreSa
Laymen Retreat Movement of Wash
ington.
The cast includes Adah May Brady,
Helen Nordstrom. Mary Black. Jeanne
Bateman, Frances Shea, Edith Oriani,
Adele Endres, Kathleen Crowley. Eli
jah Sidenberg. Helen Haltigan. Edgar
M. Ford, Elinor Sgueo. Leo Murphy,
Mary Ann La Cows, Catherine Lester
and Margaret M. Myers. Miss Lucy
Ann Rogers is director
Evening star., 1935-05-04

venience and how even so humble q
thing as mirror on the wall may
do its work toward blotting out un-
desirable citizens.
Margaret Lindsay, who seems to
have a long lease on Warner Bros,
appears as the bride" who Is &C
cused of busting her ex-husband over
the head with poker. She is helped
by the immaculate Warren William,
who does small amount Of William
Powelling, nipping highball here
and a fish dinner there. He eventually
solves the killing, much to every
body's pleasure, and soon after en-
barks for China with the handsome
Claire Dodd, who Is never around long
enough to suit this department.
Members of the tough brigade who
distinguished themselves In this are
Allen Jenkins, Barton MacLane and
Warren Hymer.
WE SHOULD like to devote whole
w page to a brief Paramount film
in color which is now appearing at
the Earle. 1t Is called The Woman
in the Shoe" 1t has an excellent
tune, some excellent color and pre-
sents the woman in the shoe with a
swell group Of cartoon" children.
1t lasts only about three minutes,
but it's the best thing in the show.
=
Gus ARNHEIM'S revue at the
Earle is, however. no slouch this
week either. It has one young man
whom you man remember from "Ro-
berta." He's the fellow whose thumb
got stuck in that banjo. His names
Gene Sheldon and, as he says, he can
talk-but he doesn't. His gift of doing
practically nothing and doing 1t very
we'll is something to see.
Mr.. Arnheim plays the new tunes
agreeably and has with him crew OF
talented performers such as Edna and
John Torrance, whose college Romp"
gets one of the biggest hands in the
show: the Downey Sisters. who are
both easy on the eye and on the ear;
Jimmy Newell. who also sings; Max
inc Tappen. who also sings, and two
members of the band, who sing also.
The whole show is just about as 1t
was in its Cocoanut Grove holly
wood heydey. That means it's good
Evening star., 1935-05-04
BY ALICE COSTELLO.

All went well for more than year,
barring the fact that Phyllis fell sick
and had to have her tonsils removed
"I'll make up for it," she promised
well eat beans and Goldfish and
bread pudding for half decade-if
you can stand it."
II can If you can," said Harry.
Well come out even somehow"
"But don't worry. Phyl, darling
Then one day Harry came home
from the medical college noticeably
depressed. Phyllis pestered until he
told her what the matter was.
"Old Doc Schwartzkopf says that
everybody in his osteology class has
got to have skeleton. He's going to
teach everybody their bones or break
'en. He'll do both to me-"
"Are skeletons expensive?" asked
Phyllis naively.
Harry glowered at her.
"Can DIR. Schwartkopf make you
buy one?" persisted Phyllis.
HE can funk me If don't"
"when must you have it?"
Before next quarter
"Oh, heck! That's a long way of
Forget about it until after your BIRTH
day anyway"
The mention of his birthday re-
minded Harry of another topic.
Are you coming with me to visit
the folks?"
mo" replied his wife stubbornly
"Your folks would rather have you to
themselves. so we might as well save
train fare"
"Suit yourself" shrugged Harry.
Across the street from the Barclays
was another minute cottage. occupied
by the Berry sisters. Nothing ever
happened on Cemetery street, but the
Misses Berry always sat in their front
window, just in case.
Shouldn't be surprised If that Mrs
Barclay had some callers, now her
husbands away" said one Miss Berry
with spinsterish sneer.
"She looks like the type" agreed the
other Miss Berry.
But they were disappointed. No one
came near the Barclay cottage all day
long. At dusk, however, Phyllis went
out. pulling little red wagon.
That's the Mack child's red wagon!
exclaimed one Miss Berry. Now where
in the world is she going with it?"
THE only place she can go. up that
way, is the old settlers graveyard.
said the other Miss 2erry.s
Evening star., 1935-05-04
---DAILY SHORT STORY--
GRAVE AFFAIR
Phyllis Was One Girl Who Wasn't Too Squeamsh to Be
Good Wife for Doctor.
ALICE COSTELLO.

AnXiously they
watched for Phyl-
lis Barclays re-
turn. and when
she did come back
1t was so dark
they could scarcely
see her. The little
red wagon was
heaped with some
thing.
Dirt for hel
flower pots" the
Misses Berry con-
cluded.
They would have
been willing to let
1t go at that, but
Saturday evening,
ain at dusk,
Phyllis sailed forth
with the little red
wagon, this time
with a long plank
placed across 1t.
She was g on G
longer than before,
but the Berry sis
ters sat patiently
in the darkness