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VIOLIN STUDENTS
SOUGHT BY CLUBS

THE District of Columbia Federation
of Music Clubs will cooperate
with Tony Wons, the beloved radio
philosopher, in the Nationwide search
for the four most worthy violin stu
dents under Is years of age-two
boys and two girls. This was an
nounced last week by Eva Whitford
Lovette, president of the federation
in this city. She stated that Mr..
Wons, who is a noted maker of violins,
will present each winner with one Of
his personally constructed instru-
ments. The four lucky girls and boys
also will receive a $3.50 Vicks scholar
ship, the gifts of Mr.. Wons' sponsor;
trip to New York to receive their
contest awards, and will be presented
on Nation wide broadcast by the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
Teachers, parents, or the students
themselves should send applications
on or before January Is, 1888, to
Thelma Callahan, sos Taylor street
NV, chairman for the District Of
Columbia. Applicant must give full
name, home address, date of birth,
length Of time he has studied the
violin, names of his teachers, state
whether or not he owns q violin and
what is its approximate cost.
When all applications are received
arrangements will be made to hold
additions, through the cooperation
Of the Columbia Broadcasting System,
In the studios Of WJSV in the Earle
Building. As it is Mr.. Wons' idea to
have these violins, made by his own
hands over a period Of years, reach
the hands Of deserving youngsters,
he has asked that the award be
determined upon ca the artistic
ability and (b) the financial cir
cumstances Of the contestant. Wash
ington is one of 20 key cities
in the country where the additions
will be held and when the winning
girl and boy in this city has been
selected special recording will be made
Of their playing. These records will
be sent to New York, where they will
be judged by group Of the most out
standing musicians in the United
States.
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Orchestra
Aids Civic
Series
Adults to Hear
Music Patterned
After School Series,

A SERIES Of three unique and dis
tinctive concerts, entitled Chill
dren's Concerts for Adults" has been
announced for early next year under
the sponsorship of the Music Com
mittee of the Junior Board of Com
merce, in cooperation with the Com
munity Center Department and the
National Symphony Orchestra.
These concerts will be given In the
auditorium of Roosevelt High School,
Thirteenth and Upshur streets NV, on
three Monday nights, February IA, II
and % at $50 o'clock Following the
general form of the National SYM
phony's regular student concerts, DR..
Hans Kinder, conductor, will comment
informally and in non-technical Ian
guage on the music. explain the roles
OF the various instruments as mem
bers of the symphony illustrated them.
According to John Rowland Hill,
chairman of the Junior Boards Music
Committee, which launched the idea
Of such series, informality will pre-
vail at these concerts. The audience
will be invited to join in singing IA
miliar songs and in other ways will
participate in the programs, as it
would be impossible to do in the more
formal atmosphere Of the concert hall.
The series was planned following the
committees survey last spring reveal
ing widespread desire for such an
opportunity to learn more about music,
and have q good time while doing 50.
DR.. Kinder has entitled the three
concerts Poetry in Music" Pictures
in Music" and Patterns in Music"
Under these headings he will. discuss
such topics as rhythm, harmony and
melody in music and the development
of musical forms from early times to
the present.
Ticket reservations for the entire
series, moderately priced, are now be-
ing taken at the National Symphony
box office in Julius Garfinckel & Co.'S
store and at the Offices of the Junior
Board Of Commerce In the Star
Building.
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.HE Columbia Light Opera Co.
has had two new operas Of
fered it for consideration dur
ing the past two weeks Th

ulS IIlc HbSt Two VEGAS. Ilc
operas. still in manuscript form, have
never been performed, and would be
given their world premieres by the
local group. Ethel Manning. director
of the company, IS examining the
scores with view to possibly giving
performances Of one or both OF them
during the 1938-39 season. The Of
fers were made by the composers of
the two new operas after they had
seen the Columbia company's pro-
duction Of Victor Herbert's Sweet
hearts" at the Rialto earlier this month
The company will start rehearsals
Of Sigmund Romberg's popular light
opera, THE Student Prince" imme-
diately after the holidays. A few
more men are desired for the chorus.
Applications should be made between
and 8 O'Clock on January 3
or 4 at the Thomson School, Twelfth
and L streets NV.
Henry ]. Booker. jr., organist, trained
in this city at the Howard University
and with Paul de Long Gable at the
First Congregational Church, will play
a vesper organ recital Wednesday eve
ming at BIS O'Clock, at the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church, Nineteenth and
streets NV. Mr.. Booker has been
student at Oberlin for the last four
years. graduating last June. Last
spring he was organ-soloist with the
A Capella Choir on an extended Mid
western concert tour. on which he
played in some 20 leading churches in
five States. He played at the Sunday
evening vespers in the college chapel
of the old First Congregational Church
in Oberlin last summer.
A special program Of music viii be
given at the Brightwood Park NJ Z.
Church. Eighth and Jefferson street.
NV, by the choir, Pearl Hauer, Or
ganist and choir director. Mary
O'Donoghue. contralto; Granville Leaf
tenor, and Fritz Hauer, violinist, will
be the guest soloists.
Rubinstein's "Seraphic Song" in .
special choral arrangement by Myrtle
Alcorn and paraphrased by the Rev
William Andrew Keese, will be sung
this morning by the National Meth
odist Choir at the Metropolitan Me-
mortal Church, under the direction
OF Robert Frederick Freund. Anne
Evans, soprano, singing Adams q
Holy Night" will be accompanied by
Mrs. Freund, guest organist, and Ger
aldine Thompson. violinist, who plays
the obbligato.
The music at the December meet.
ing of the Sons Of the American Rev.
olution, held at the Maynower Hotel
was furnished by Earl Carbauh, bari.
tone soloist, at the Central Presby.
terian Church and Soldiers Home
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Concert Schedule
TODAY.


Opera performance, Humper-
dinck's "Haensel and Gretel,"
Washington Popular Opera As
sociation, Rialto Theater, $3.50
pm.
George F. Ross, pianist, assist
ing Hester Walker Beall, dramatic
reader, Roosevelt Hotel, $50 pm.
MONDAY.
Bidu Sayao, sporana; Richard
Crooks, tenor, Mayfower Hotel,
IL am.
"The Other Wise Man." Luther
Place Memorial Church, $3.50 pm.
Army Band, Army auditorium,
9 pm.
TUESDAY.
"The Other Wise Man." Luther
Place Memorial Church, $50 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
tra, $50 pm.
Marine Band, Marine Bar
racks.
WEDNESDAY.
1.-THE Other Wise Man." Luther
Place Memorial Church, $50 pm.
Henry ]. Booker, organ recital,
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church,
Sis pm.
THURSDAY.
"The Other Wise Man." Luther
Place Memorial Church, $50 pm.
Army Band, Army auditorium,
z:30 pm.
Soldiers Home Band Orches-
tra, $50 pm.
SATURDAY.
Army Band-Army auditorium,
1880 an.
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versities. The tour Is also being made
under the honorary sponsorshio Of
Jan Sibelius, noted Finnish composer.
poser.
Another outstanding music event on
Mrs. Dorsey's January calendar will
be the Washington concert debut of
Gina Cigna, celebrated French Italian
dramatic soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera, on Tuesday evening, January
ID, at $50 O'Clock, also at Constitu-
ton Hall. Making her Metropolitan
debut last season In Aida" at q broad
cast performance Of that noted opera,
Cigna swept to an instantaneous
triumph. This success was quickly
followed by another sensational sue
cess in Norma"
MRS. DoRSEY's January concert
schedule will also include the
violin recital Of Yehudi Menuhin, who
has not been heard in Washington for
two seasons and who is expected to
play at his Constitution Hall recital
here on Sunday afternoon, January 80,
at 4 pm, the celebrated violin con-
certo that Robert Schumann wrote
for Joseph Joachim, and which the
latter curiously declined to play and
requested In his will that 1t not be
played until 100 years after the COM
poser's death.
Largely through the efforts OF
Yehudi Menuhin and his father, the
German government and the heirs
Of Joachim were persuaded to release
the concerto for performance now, 81
years after the composers death, and
Yehudi was given the privilege of
playing the concerto in the United
States. following its first public per-
formance, which took place In Berlin
on November rs last.
Tickets for all January concerts arc
available at Mrs. Dorsey's concer.
bureau, in Droop's.
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neglected nor cultivated In any hap
hazard manner.
In glancing back over the past year
In the music of this city, the honor
and the glory go to the local musicians
Tor the very noticeable progress in
artistry which they have made. So
outstanding is the character of the
work done this year by various organ
izations that one can feel the city has
grown immeasurably in the finer un-
derstanding Of what is art in music.
For perhaps the first time the ordi-
nary musician, not the specialist, has
come to the fore as contributor to
the musical standard of the Nations
Capital in very remarkable way.
The climax was reached in the re-
cent performances of the Ninth SYM
phony' and of the choral-drama
bethlehem" Here were choral groups
made up of different degrees of musi-
cal talent which, nevertheless, gave
highly finished presentations. For
those among the groups who have
made music subject of serious study,
this was comparatively easy; but there
must have been many other members
who had to learn great deal before
they could acquire the finesse de-
manded of them.
OTHER choral groups and operatic
societies have been working to-
ward the same end and several public
performances this year have testified
to that fact. The recently expressed
desire of number of laymen to
emulate the children and begin to
learn of symphonic music from the
ground up has resulted in new
series of concerts by the National
Symphony, in which DR.. Kinder will
dissect, in his inimitable way. the form
and substance of music so that these
busy men and women may know the
reason why they enjoy music.
Nine. Samaroff- f-Stokowskis "Lay-
mans Course" is another enterprise
welcomed with enthusiasm by those
whose interest in music is aroused to
the point where they wish to learn
more about it so that they can be
sure their reactions are intelligently
directed. The National Choral Union,
the Washington Choral Society, the
Columbia Light Opera Company. the
Department of Agriculture Orchestra
and Chorus, and many others, all are
reaching out in an overwhelming circle
to penetrate every walk of life and
give some kind of musical occupation
to those who long for it.
It is not that all this activity is new
In the city. 1t has been going on in
various forms for many years. but the
results have been so poor in artistic
quality that there has beer more harm
than good done. Every one is familiar
with the agony Of listening to
amateurish groups in some supreme
endeavor. The quality Of the work
has often been so inferior that only
the most charitably minded would ever
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young American violinist, will be the

young American violinist will be the
soloist
The engagement Of Sir Ernest was
announced following the National
Symphony's return from its Northern
| tour, during which it played highly
| successful concert in Toronto. Knight
ed in 1885, Sir Ernest is one of the
leading figures in Canadian musical
life. He has been dean of the faculty
OF music at the University of Toronto
since 1927 and principal of the To-
ronto Conservatory Of Music since
1926. He has conducted the Toronto
Symphony since 1881. Only IS years
old, he is the composer Of numerous
orchestral, choral and chamber music
works His first composition, a set
ting for chorus and orchestra Of
Swinburne's ode, England" was writ
ten while he was interned in Ruhleben
Camp in Germany, after being strand
ed in that country at the opening of
the World War.
The remaining soloists and concerts
in the Sunday series are as follows:
February 6, DR.. Walter Damrosch,
guest conductor; February 20, program
OF Viennese music; March 6, program
OF operate excerpts; March 20, Ru-
dolph CAM, pianist-composer; April
3, request" program.
The first 1898 concerts in the mid
week series will be on January 10, with
the Vienna Choir Boys, one Of the
worlds most famous and unique sing
ing ensembles, as soloists. Popular
with Washington concertgoers from
previous appearances here, the debut
OF the young singers with the Ma
tional Symphony will enable them to
present unusual works from their rep
ertoire requiring full orchestra accom-
panjment.
Other soloists and concerts in the
midweek series include: February Is,
Mischa Elman, violinist; March Q,
Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo; March
16, orchestral program; March 30,
Richard Crooks, tenor. In addition,
there will be an extra performance
by the Ballet Russo and the National
Symphony Tuesday, March 8, which
is not part of the regular subscription
series. Two completely different pro-
grams will be presented by the ballet
| in these two concerts.
AS in previous seasons, DR.. Kinder
and the orchestra will present a series
of three concerts for students. The
first program will be repeated in Gen.
trail High School February Z, Western
High February IL, Mckinley High
February II and Roosevelt High Feb
ruary 18. These concerts will be at
$3.50 pm. The last two programs will
be given in Constitution Hall on Sat-
urday mornings. March and 10. at
| IL O'Clock.
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management OF Dorothy Hodgkm
Dorsey.
Standing almost alone III the revela-
ton Of his art, Heifetz has been called
the successor to Psganini. Always q
profound and indefatigable student Of
music, this noted artist has explored
the literature Of the piano, voice and
orchestra to enrich the worlds violin
repertory to the extent Of some 90
transcriptions. Perhaps Heiftz's great
est artistic achievement to date was
his performance Of the Brahms violin
concerto to an orchestral accompani-
ment conducted by Toscanini.
Mr.. Heifetz's program at Constitu-
ton Hall next Sunday will open with
Handels ID Major Sonata" while the
same program will include his per-
Torrance of Mozart's ID Major Con-
certo," four movements Of Korngold's S
much Ado About Nothing" suite, Mr..
Heifetzs own transcription Of De-
bslssy's "L'Apres midi dun Faune, "
Kreisler's arrangement Of two Paga-
mini "Caprices, Nos. 13 and 20";; Bou-
langer's "Cortege" and Bach's Cha
conne," for violin alone. Mr.. Heifetz
will be accompanied at the piano by
Emanuel Bay. Seats for the Heifetz
recital are available at Mrs. Dorsey 8
Concert Bureau, In Droop's. 1900 g
street NV.
WASHINGTON will be offered It's
w first opportunity to see and hear
the celebrated Finnish University
Chorus Of so male voices from Hell
sinki Helsingfors) University, Fin
land, which comes to Constitution Hall
on Sunday afternoon, January 16. at
4 o'clock under Mrs. Dorseys manage
ment.
The Finnish University Chorus
Martti Turunen, conductor, is making
its first tour Of the United States at
the invitation and under the auspices
Of the intercollegiate Musical Council
of various American colleges and uni
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venture again to patroni1e the con-
certs. This Is not the case today and
no one need fear that he will be
worried with lapses and hating per-
formances Of these outstanding local
musical organizations.
THE day seems definitely passed
when having voice" or playing
the piano" was synonymous with
artistry. The public has learned to
require something more than mere dis
play and to know when it Is being
given the best. If it does not know
1t is now anxious to be instructed, foz
it has realized that there is something
which enhances both q performance
and the appreciation OF it. This some
thing is an understanding of the
infinite number Of small essentials
which 60 into the making Of great
music.
1t is the knowledge Of these essen
tials and the power to bring them
out which makes for artistry. 1t is the
tracing of many colored threads in
the fabric of composition. They
vary in hue, sometimes standing out
by reason of their strength, and again
merging imperceptibly into q kindred
shade. setting it off by force of con-
trast. Giving the proper importance
to these variations requires an infinite
amount of study and patience. It also
requires a special attitude of mind
far removed from the generalization
brought into the work of one who
just sings or plays.
1t was not by chance that the great
composers wrote in this manner, nor
was 1t the undirected result of inspired
genius. Music is science, definite
in its rules form and progression,
only varying from other sciences in
the more universal appeal which it
carries 1t is fascinating to study, as
many laymen, even, are beginning to
realize.
THE real growth of art appreciation
is not measured by the number
who attend the concerts Of renowned
artists but by the standard of the
work done by individuals in a COM
munity and by the group spirit toward
art. This is the tremendous step for
ward which Washington has made
this year. The essentials of musical
art has been imbibed and put into
practice and the desire for more
knowledge is evident in ever-increas-
ing proportions. We can rightly claim,
then, that 1887 was year of progress
and from now on. that long cherished
hope Of the Nations Capital ranking
among the first cities in musical ap-
probation has brighter prospects of
becoming a reality. When it does, it
will be the music students, the choral
groups. the church choirs and the
intelligently instructed laymen that
will have made it 50.
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Navy Program.

THE tirst concert by the United
States Navy Band Symphony
Orchestra, with 1t. Charles Benter
conducting, will be given at the Sail
Loft, Navy Yard, Thursday evening,
January 6, at $50.
These concerts will be given each
Thursday through January, but be-
ginning February and continuing to
the end Of the season all symphony
programs will be presented on Tuesday
evenings. The public is invited to
these concerts, which are given in the
newly decorated and remodeled audi
torium.
The United States Marine Band.
Capt. Taylor Branson, leader, will
give q concert in the auditorium at
the Marine Barracks On Tuesday
afternoon.
The concert by the Marine Band
Symphony Orchestra, scheduled for
Wednesday night, has been Cancelled,
due to other ofncial engagemeuts.
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FIRST MUSICALE
AT MAYFLOWER

THE first Of Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend's Monday morning
musicales at the Mayflower Hotel
will take place tomorrow morning
at II o'c ock. The artists to be
presented are Bidu Sayao. Bra
lillian soprano, and Richard
Crooks, tenor, both Of the Metro
politan Opera. The program is
as follows:
III Thou Be Near" Bach
Mr.. Crooks.
''Ninarella" ------4 Mozart
from the opera "Manonl Massenet
Nine. Sayao.
Letter Duet from the opera ,,.,.,..
Nine. sayao and Mr.. Crooks.
Aria. "vainement. Ma Hien Aimee"
(from the opera lie Roi d'Ys"3l;. 3l;.,o
Mr.. Crooks.
Aria. come Serenemente tIrom tne
opera 10 Schiayo") Carlos Gomez
Nine. SayAo.
v.
"Ah. Love But . Day" Protheroe
'Hsye dyev5o You Seen But a Whs1e Hnon1mou. m311e
"GTieve sSs' Not, Beloved. --1AEs FoGse
Mr.. Crooks.
vi.
Aria. "Addio del Passato' (from the
opera La Traviata") ---Verdi
Nine Sayao.
Duet. "Pariei o Cara" from the
opera La Traviata"D Verdi
Nine. Sayao and Mr.. Crooks.
At the piano
For Nine. Sayao. Paul Ulanowsky.
For Mr., Crooks. Stuart Ross.
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Hotel Concert.
~HE regular SUNDAY evenin

HE regular Sunday evening concert
this evening in the ballroom of
the Roosevelt Hotel at $50 o'clock
will be given by Hester Walker Beall,
dramatic reader. Miss Beall has
appeared many times in concerts and
social activities Of this city. Her
program will include selections by
Amy Lowell, Eoselle Montgomery,
Gitternan and Henry Vandyk's "The
Other Wise Man" Preceding the
reading OF "The Other Wise Man."
piano selections of Christmas themes
will be played by George F. Ross.
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Robert Frederick Freund will de
rect soloists and chorus singing musi-
cal comedy numbers at the Dodge Ho-
tel New Year Eve from . 70 10 pm.
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Heifetz Violin Recital
Next Sunday Event
Finnish University Chorus of
so Voices to Be Heard
Soon-Other Artists.

AscA HE1FE1z world renowned for his critically
apprased probably the violin
to Washington Sunday afternoon January pm
his only Washington recital
I'LL Constitution
events to be presented at that
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Margaret Shaw gave . recital Fri
day evening for the Loyal Ladies,
Royal Arcadians, at Joppea Lodge
Hall. Miss Shaw is q member Of the
Washington Opera Guild.
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Gain in Understanding
OF Music Achieved
Record of Year Is Pathway
Toward New Rank of
Art in Capital.
By Alice Eversman.

HN another year draws to close it but human nature to look
M the months
the good the bad
greatest blessings provided humantys
We with will
caHeo accounting the
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The music at the December meet
ing of the Sons Of the American Rev.
olution, held at the Mayflower Hotel,
was furnished by Earl Carbauh, bari
tone soloist, at the Central Presby-
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EMERGENCY GOING,
F. H. A. HEAD SAYS
Expiration of ModerniZation
Credit Plan No Matter
Now, He Believes.

Figures recently issued by the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics Of the
Department of Labor indicate that
the residential construction industry
has turned the corner" and is on
the road to complete recovery, Fed
eral Housing Administrator Stewart
Mcdonald said today.
Residential construction, as shown
by building permits issued, continues
to increase rapidly, while home mod
ernization and repair permits con-
tinue to maintain a good volume.
Wholesale prices of building materials
have also shown steady tendency to
increase, as the demand for materials
of all kinds has grown
In view of the present healthy
condition of the building industry, we
feel that the expiration of the mod
ernlzatlon credit plan of the Federal
Housing Administration will not have
any retarding effects, such as might
have been felt even year ago." Nc
Donald said.
Title was primarily an emergency
measure designed to relieve unem-
ployment and to provide a quick
stimulant to the building industry
while the home construction program
was getting under way.
THE present rapid increase in home
building seems to indicate that the
building industry is no longer in need
OF the emergency measures passed in
1884. The first phase in the cycle Of
recovery has run its course, and the
second and more permanent phase-
that marked by the building of hun
dreds of thousands of houses-is now
in progress.
I'm this phase Of the building cycle,
the Federal Housing Administrat ton
will play as important part as it did
in the earlier stages. The insured
mortgage system has already achieved
an important position in the home
mortgage field, although it has been
in operation less than two years"
Mcdonald pointed out that the per-
centage of new, single-family, nom
farm houses being financed under the
insured mortgage system is increasing.
At the end OF last year approximately
40 per cent of all such houses were
being submitted for insurance.