davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

VILLAGERS even reckon time by
the arrival of the. showboat, &C
cording to a story told by Skipper
Seymoure. The showboat's advance
agent, Seymoure will tell you, over
heard a Georgia shopkeeper compli-
ment a customer on the little boy who
accompanied her to town.
Right smart of a youngster you
have there. How old is he?" the story
goes.
He'll be 10 come next showboat,"
the woman replied, after thinking a
moment.
Built in 1911 at Little Washington,
N. c.. the huge craft is SO sturdy it is
hard to believe you are on boat when
watching performance. That, how
ever, is true only when the boat Is
moored, Seymour says. Under way, it
rolls and pitches like any other ship.
Smaller than the Majestic and Golden
rod Of Mississippi River fame, the
Floating Theater seats 488 persons. ,
Most Of the members of the 1888
company are new to the showboat.
Red Corley and his wife, Marie, have
been with the showboat for some five
years. Red" plays saxophone in the
orchestra and intermittently slips up
to the stage during the course of the
evening to take character part.
GINCE the bill changes daily, 1t is
not unusual to get the same
crowd back every night during week
stand. Most Of the patrons stay for
the vaudeville concert" which fol-
lows the feature play-at IS cents
extra.
They like to see the erstwhile
Oman come out in blackface or the
mother" of a just-1inished drama
appear on the boards in tights for
a ballet number. Bob5 Kuhen, whose
home is in Indianapolis, usually finds
the evening performce calls for play
ing the part of prodigal son (who,
OF course, makes good, stagehand,
accordian soloist, baritone with the
ballet and then a few lines as a
straight man" with the comedian,
Cotton Watts. His wife, Gail, spends
an equally strenuous evening in as
many feminine parts.
No, the South Of today is not all
sharecropping and wavering cotton
prices. Traditions have remained
since the days Of Magnolia" and
the Ministries Of Honey Boy" Evans
even II the showboat has 70 60 "a
New York and Indianapolis for talent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07
Howard to Offer
Concert Season.

THE Concert Series Committee OF
Howard University School Of Mu-
sic announces the following artists for
the 1889 season:
Egon Petri, pianist, November IS:
Conrad Bernier, organist. December g.;
Catherine Van Buren,, soprano, jan
uary 10: the Russian trio, January "a;
Charlotte Wallace-Murray. contralto,
February IA, and Muriel Kerr, pianist,
March 7.
Reservations may be made now by
writing Charles c. Cohen, School OF
Music, Howard University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07


Dutch-American conductor. who for II
consecutive years has directed the New
York Philharmonic Symphony Orches-
ira at Lewisohn Stadium, will be guest
conductor of the National Symphony
in the first of two concerts during
which he will occupy the podium.
Water gate concerts begin at 8 pm
The first half OF tonight's pro-
gram will be conducted by DR.. Waller
and will include Dvoraks "Carneval''
overture and the Fifth Symphony in
E Minor" by Tchaikowsky. Following
the intermission Armand Balendonck,
Belgian American composer residing
in New York, will conduct his own
"Cantus Gregorianus" and Process
sion of the Royal Scot Guards" and
Peter Buys. Dutch-born composer now
living in Hagerstown, Md, will di-
rect his orchestral tone-poem, "Ka-
leidoscope."
The program will be completed I'M
der the direction of Louis Potter by
the Washington Choral Society. In
cluded in the last portion Of the pro-
gram is an a capella group by the
chorus. consisting of Dowland's madri-
gal. Come Again, Sweet Love-" Men
delssohn's The Nightingale" and The
Lark's Song" and Taneiv's Sunrise. -
With the orchestra the chorus will
present Deems Taylor's THE Cham
bered Nautilus"
THE Deems Taylor work, written
in 1914. Is one Of the earlier
works Of this outstanding musician
but it has been recognized as one
Of the most impressive of the shorter
choral works written by an American
composer. Based on Oliver Wendell
Holmes famous poem. the work was
performed by the Choral Society and
the National Symphony for the first
time in 1885 SoloistS for tonight S
performance will be Ruby Potter, So
prano; Mary Apple. contralto: Paul
Ledig, tenor, and John L. Stinson,
baritone.
DR.. Waller, who at present is con-
ductor of the North Carolina-Virginia
Symphony. part of the Federal music
project, has had long and distin-
guished career that began as assistant
conductor of the Boston Grand Opera
Co. in association with such con-
ductors as Weingartner. Coates and
Nikisch. He has conducted such out
standing American symphonies as the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

impressively, there are
" mighty few real troupers
4 left in this showboat BUSH
ness" The first officer of the original
floating theater stared solemnly be-
fore adding argumentatively: Il tell
you, back in the old days when I was
wrestling a trained bear and Beulah
Adams was the darling of every Ches-
apeake Bay port, things were different.
Mighty different. Our work Just
started when the final curtain dropped.
With grease paint still on our faces,
we would slip into our overalls, haul
anchor and make our way through a
summer squall to the next town. In
those days, mind you, we were hired
as deck hands, actors, musicians and
ushers. There wasn't prima donna
aboard"
The showboat last week was docked
at Hazels wharf, deep in the heart of
Southern Maryland, just a stones
throw from Blackstone Island, where
Maryland's FIRST settlers arrived
aboard the Ark and Dove Strung with
colored lights along its 148-foot
length, the stately dowager of the bay
sparkled majestically despite a driz-
cling rain.
Backstage Is members of the troupe
were busy laying out their costumes.
Curtain time was . half hour away.
There was Pop" Neele, SO, whose base
fiddle has doomed aboard the floating
palace for nearly q quarter century.
Pop" has seen the craft sunk on three
occasions and has dived overheard
more times than he can remember, to
help push the theater off an unchart-
ed sandbar.
\ 8 THE overture starts, Thayer Rob-
erts, a young veteran Of Broadway
and Hollywood bit parts, organizes his
troupe. There are last-minute in
structions. He must make certain the
leading man is ready to make seven
changes throughout the performance
and be ready for a dash to the orches-
ira pit to substitute for the saxophone
player while the latter rushes to the
stage to sell worthless oil stock to the
heroine's father.
For two hours the writer tried to pin
Roberts down to . long talk. He has
been with the showboat only two sea-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07
Two Composers to Lead
National Symphony
Unusual Programs Arranged
For Water Gate Tonight
And Wednesday.

program to be
Waller WE'LL
symphony the Of the WASH
the Potomac Water Gate Lincoln
Continuing Wednesday night,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07
Record Presents Dvorak
In His Cello Concerto
Carols and Czech Orchestra
Play in Work Inspired
By This Country.
By Alice Eversman.

seems be revival Of interest Dvoraks music at least
put out the American Quartet last month"; and this month the
Concerto
during
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

The fourth recital in the summer
series given by members Of the WASH
ington Opera Guild was . Joint re-
cital last Friday by Elizabeth Eichel-
berger, contralto, and Jean Eichel-
berger, pianist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

Margaretta Eckloff of Washington.
who is studying voice at the summer
studios of Leroy Lewis in Conway,
N. H., gave the first of series OF con-
certs scheduled for various points in
New England for the month of August
at Eaton Center. N. H., yesterday. She
was accompanied by Frederick Weaver
OF the faculty Of the Peabody Insti-
tute of Music, Baltimore.
Donald Thomas, lyric baritone, will
be the guest soloist at the service cele-
brating the Tooth anniversary of the
founding of the st. Paul Union Church
at Utica, Md, at 1890 am. today
Mr.. Thomas. a native of Washington
will sing two selections. Cast Thy
Burden" by Hamblen, and Service,
by Charles Wakefield Cadman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07
In Local
Music Circles

"A USIC will precede and &C.
M company the summer festi-
wv val performance Of Dion
4 Bouccicault's ''Colleen
Bawn," the famous old-fashioned
Irish melodrama to be presented as
the eighth evening festival program
on Tuesday at 8 o'clock in the ma.
tional Sylvan Theater at the Wash.
ington Monument, sponsored by the
community center department and the
office of National Capital Parks.
A preliminary program will be given
at 1880 O'Clock by the Washington
Gas Light Co. Employees Band. con-
Quoted by Otto Siebeneichen; and the
10 scenes in the play which is being
given by the Langley Lambs Club.
directed by NJ Forney Reese. will be
interspersed with succession Of old
and new Irish songs and dances to be
offered by the Estelle Wentworth
Opera Group under Miss Wentworth's
direction.
Included in the solo numbers will
be The Last Rose Of Summer" sung
by Virginia Weldon; my Wild Irish
Rose" sung by Perfleld Conner; And
the Band Played On" sung by Helen
Eddy and Larry Lawrence: "I'll Take
You Home Again Kathleen" sung
by Marvin Fisher, assisted by the
double quartette and ensemble, and
two medleys Of Irish tunes will in
include a variety Of romantic and
comedy numbers, with soloists and
chorus.
The guest soloist at the English serv-
ice of Concordia Lutheran Church will
be Winifred Bowman. who will sing
THE Holy City," by Adams, and How
Beautiful Upon the Mountains" by
Harker.
In Glenn Carow's broadcast last
Sunday evening the program included
"A Midsummer Fantasy" by the
Washington composer, Karl Holer, and
Mr.. Carow's own composition, THE
Buggy Ride"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07
BY Robert knight.

IIN 70, SIR" said Harry Baker
impressively, there are
" mighty few real troupers
4 left in this showhoat h,1si.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-08-07

n USIC will precede and &C.
M company the summer festi-
wv val performance of Dion
4 4 Bouccicault's 'Colleen
Evening star., 1938-02-21

Charles (chuck) Findley, once OF
Princeton. now Of Pathe Incl
dentally, this departments research
division In performers names submits
memo to the effect that that really
is the petite songstress' name -.
Variety Club ladies. headed by Helen
De Titta and Esther Wheeler, are
going to form an auxiliary . 1t will
be accomplished At 4 meeting set for
wednesday afternoon All Warner
neighborhood houses will have special
Washington's birthday matinees to-
morrow With holiday-quality pic
lures booked The reconstruction
Of Robert Taylor as q mans man, too.
is progressing apace at the Palace
where "A Yank at Oxford" unveils
him as 4 hairy-chested athlete .
Speaking Of runs in stockings. as Ray
Bell does with awe in his voice, he
can tell you that it took $2,lO0 worth
OF them to get Sonia Henie through
Happy Landings" without showing
up in the film all "laddered," as they
say in England :. Skating turns out
to be perfectly awful on stockings so
maybe 1t Is just as well the local
winter has been mild ~. Incidentally,
the picture win be screened tomorrow
-. Abe Toxins is limiting knowingly
these days Of a famous radio tenor who
may make his opera debut in the
Rialto's week Of opera some time in
the next few weeks.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

pEllOu anu CTeApcQ u BcHlAl mOOQ Oh
appreciation and "reminiscences The
program was devoted to the music OF
Vienna" while 1t reached q climax
in the waltzes of Waldteufel, Johann
and Joseph Strauss, it featured also
the works OF two great composers who
had at some time called Vienna home,
Mozart and Beethoven.
There was also 4 very excellent
pianist introduced to the local public
in the person OF Ania Dorfmann, who
played Beethoven's Concerto No.
in c Major, op. l5." 1t is always
interesting to hear an artist who has
4 touch Of individuality. and this Miss
Dorfmann has in the crystalline clar-
ity of her playing. 1t carries 4
lyricism Of extraordinary beauty and
is so admirably developed that her
great success of yesterday was gen.
timely merited. Her tone is warm
and poetic, but it is her finesse in ex-
position of themes and her sensitive
feelings for accents which is the out
standing characteristic of her play
ing.
Pianist Of Authority.
She lacks 4 certain bigneSs. per-
haps. when such is required, but the
velvety run Of phrase, the delicacy Of
small effects and the grasp Of mood
make up for it. The concerto pro-
grammed yesterday engaged her pow
ers to the fullest and showed her =
pianist of authority. of poetic instinct
and Of earnest purpose. Her success
was instantaneous, doubly Of value
since her name is not yet we'll known
in this country. and the enthusiasm
was 30 marked that she had to give
an encore.
The concerto followed the orches-
tras playing Of Mozart's symphony
No. in A Ma jor. X v. 20l," which
was heard on Wednesdays program
1t was given the same spirited read
ing which marked the orchestra's
performance and none of the nuances
that emphasizes its buoyancy were
overlooked.
Waltzes Are Heard.
The second part of the program
was devoted to the Viennese waltzes,
a choice Of DR.. Kindler's. which was .
happy thought as change from the
seriousness of most Of the symphony
programs. As soon rs the first
rhythmic measures Of one of Mozart
German dances were heard, conductor,
orchestra and audience gave them
selves up to having a thoroughly good
time. DR.. Kinder took 4 moment to
tell that the second Of the Mozart
dances was called The Sleigh Ride"
and soon the gay sound OF sleigh
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time OF Showing.

National-"Edna, His Wife" Cor
nelia Otis SINNERS new one woman
drama: $50 pm.
EArIe-"Gold Is Where You Find It."
an empire builders story in techni-
color: ii am, 1875, 4:25. 7:l0 and
9:55 pm. Stage shows: l2:45, $50.
$40 and s:05.
Capitol - The Baroness and the
Butler" Annabella in her first Ameri-
can-made film, With William Powell:
II am, 1884. 4:25, 7:l5 and 1905 pm.
Stage shows: l2:4o, $3.50, Sis and
9:05 pm.
Metrspolitan-"Boy OF the Streets"
a grown-up, fighting Jackie Cooper:
l1:4o am, l:4o, $40, $40, TAO and
$40 pm.
Columbia-"Everybody Sing" Misses
Garland and Brice and Mr.. Jones do:
11:45 am, las, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and
9:45 pm.
Palace-"A Yank at Oxford" Robert
Taylor at the English school: IL noon,
2:25, 4:45, 7:l0 and $50 pm.
Keith's - Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs." film history's greatest
sensation-that's all: $50. ll:le am:
1:02, 2:4s, 4:34, $40, sos and s:52
pm.
Trans- s-Lux-News and shorts. Con-
tinuous from 10 Am. to midnight.
Lttle-"Naushty Marietta" another
revival Of the famed filmusical: IL
am, lis, 3:20, Sis, 7:3o and $40
pm.
Ambassador-"Gold Is Where You
Find IT.: 6:l5. 8 and $50 pm.
Calvert - Love and Hisses," gay
musical with .Simone Simon: 2:25,
AIS, sos, 7:55 and s:45 pm.
Penn - Love and Kisses: 2:20,
4l0, SIS. 7:45 and 9:35 pm.
Sheridan - "Damsel in Distress"
Fred AStaire dances to Gershwin
music: lilo, 3:l5, $40, 7:3o and $40
pm.
Tivoli-"Love and Kisses: 2:o5, 4,
$50, 7:4o and 9:35 pm.
Uptown - You're q Sweetheart"
with songs by Alice Faye, who is: Z,
3:5s, 5:45, TAO and 9:35 pm.
Howard-"Hollywood HOTEL: II
noon. ass, 5:55 and $40 pm. Stage
shows: 1:50. 4:45, 7:45 and IL pm.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

guest in the audience will be the
Alison for whom the play was named
She's Alison Greenbie. 15-year-old
dancing student at the Alice Louise
Hunter Studios. When Susan Glas-
pell was writing her play about Emily
Dickinson she called the Dickinson
family Stanhope. then cast about for
a first name for Emily. Alison's s
mother was friend of the authors
and the name appealed to Miss Glas-
pell, so that's how come Alison
Greenbie will be honor guest when
the Players Club presents "Alisons s
House
NEXT month:
Casting has been completed
and rehearsas are under way for the
three new one-act plays which will
be staged March and S at the
Grafton Hotel by the Laboratory
Little Theater Of the District Branch
OF the League Of American Pen Women.
The plays are The Bridge of Rama, :"
This Is Drama" and Duet in Man
haitian" and they will be directed
oy Yvonne kushner. Mrs Lillian Bull
Ter and Elizabeth Sypher.
The Washington New Theater, after
holiday over the week end resumes
work Wednesday on act one of the
Living Newspaper on Spain" to be
presented some time in March. The
minimum cast OF so is not completed
yet and all actors and would-be ac-
tors are invited to pay a call at $40
F street NV. Wednesday night at
$50. We're still going to Ohio.
Evening star., 1938-02-21

play. We were certainly going tC
pay of Stage Manager Dick Gee fol-
giving us a phObia or something
whereby We will cringe from now on
every time somebody says "7:30!
And We planned dire punishment for
Peggy Johnston for the time she
slapped us in the face then turned
her back on the audience and grinned
like an idiot whne We were supposed
to be irate.
We really were going to have our
revenge. But now it's Sunday eve
ming. and pretty soon it will be 8
O'Clock. and we're afraid we'll just
turn up at the Wardman Park Thea
ter from force OF too-easily adopted
habit, and We don't want revenge. 1t
was fun. The people in the cast
Maud Howell Smith. Bunny Skinner,
Selma Klein, Don Sisler, Dick Walsh,
Peggy and Strickland the crew back
stage, and even the prop crew in
spite Of the fact they provide unbe-
lievably horrible cigarettes on stage,
are the salt of the earth.
We thank Strick for the cold cream
and the grease paint, Bunny for that
blasted red paint. Don and Dick for
the powder, Betty Leaf for busting
us of, everybody for those kind words,
Mimi Norton for drawing such beauti-
full eyes on us and Peggy Johnston
for her understanding and co-opera =
ton. especially cooperation, on stage.
We thank all audiences for not
laughing at the wrong times and We
thank everybody but a certain re-
viewer, whose remarks we can never
live down-or up to. We thank the
Civic Theater for the ride, and Well
be back to see you when and if We
recover.
NOW that most Of the cold stream
Is out Of our eyes. there appears
to be considerable business at hand
on the desk. The ST. Paul's Players
production of The Goose Hangs
High" comes up tonight and tomorrow
night at st. Paul's auditorium, which
seems like logical place It's at 1921
v street NV, If you've forgotten.
Arthur S. Harvey, jr.. directed the
play and the sets were done by Vic
tor Orsinger.
The King-Smith Playhouse pro-
duction of Uncle Vanya' has been
moved up day. will open Wednesday
night instead of Thursday and will
run through Saturday Wednesday
and Thursday nights proceeds will
60 toward fund for Chinese relief.
The cast Of the Chekhov play is
headed by Austine Mcdonnell and
includes Barbara Ann Thompson,
Evelyn Crump, Pauline LeVeque,
Judith Owen Arthur Greenfield,
Gladys Caswell and Arsenic Cali.
Then there will be Arthur de HUH.
who came from New York especially
to play Uncle vanya. and Jack Taylor,
who comes from the Germantown
Little Theater to do the DR.. Astrov
role
Yes, and if you have a samovar
about the house the group might use
It, The boys and girls are on the
search for q samovar that is "atmos-
pheric and interesting"
Then Thursday night there comes
the local production of Maxwell An
dersons Elizabeth the Queen" dram
atization of the later years Of the
lady who was no pal, of Mary Of
Scotland. Ann Ives plays the title
role and Forney Reese directed. Place
Is Roosevelt High School auditorium
and curtain is set for 8:15.
Y X
WHEN the Players Club Of Central
Community Center presents ALI
sons House" come March 2, the honor
Evening star., 1938-02-21

bells mingled with the charming
melody.
There followed, then, Waldteufel's
THE Skaters" familiar As ballet num-
Der and for exhibition skating, and
Johann Stratus "Unter Donner und
Bitten" to which memory seemed
to supply vision of 4 circus tent
and gracefully performing horses.
Johann's younger brother, Joseph, was
represented by the polka -mazurka,
"Frauenherz." and again two numbers
by Johann Strauss were given Per-
petuum Mobile" and Kaiser Waller. /"
The orchestra played with the utmost
abandon, and DR.. Kinder directed it
to rousing effect. OF course, the audi
ence wanted to hear more, and after
asking which number it wishes to hear
again. DR.. Kinder had the orchestra
play the "Perpetuum Mobile" for 4
second time, bringing the concert up
to good two-hour length.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
''Naughty Marietta"
Is Back Again.

A PPARENTLY becoming . per-
ennial favorite in much the man
ner Of Mr.. Victor Herbert's original
operettss. Naughty Marietta" the
filmusical inspired by the Herbert
piece Of the same name, has come
back to the Little Theater for another
local revival.
So much already has been said OF
the picture that there's hardly room
for more, Let 1t sufnce that you
again be reminded that it has a pleas
ant romantic story. much Victor Her
bert music, including "Ah, Sweet
Mystery Of Life" I'm Falling in
Love With Some One" The Italian
Street Song" and more, all sung by
jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy,
who were in fine voice when they
did the recording. H. M.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Notice Invites Burglars.

CHICAGO tP,.-Abe Jacobs locked
up his fur shop and posted a neat red
and blue sign on the door reading
This place will be closed the first half
OF February. Gone on my yearly vaca-
ton"
But it was only an invitation to bur.
glars. who battered hole in the vault
and made OF with furs Jacobs valued
at $5,633.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Membership Stays Secret.

ABERDEEN. Wash. R.-Member-
ship of the Aberdeen Sauerkraut Club
remained as secret as ever today.
People had hoped to get line on
the personnel through the list of
newly-elected officers. But the list
announced by anonymous letters on
the clubs stationery, said merely:
President, same as last year; vice
president. ditto Secretary and treas
urer, likewise ditto"
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Andrea Leeds Gets
New Honor Title.

A NDREA LEEDS. Samuel Goldvyn
contract actress and heroine of
Ihe Goldwyn Follies." has been
named Guardian Angel for the West
Point Prep School class Of 80. The
school b located At Fort Benjamin
Harrison. Ind.
In the letter notifying her of the
honor the acress was informed that
ner portrait would be hung in the
schools hall Of fame" The letter
was signed by all members of the
class Of '38.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
"Wells Fargo" Wins.

)ARAMOUNT'S production, Wells
Fargo is the choice of the Ma
tional Screen Council in its selection
OF That film as winner Of the box office
blue ribbon award for January.
Wells Fargo" As produced and
directed by Frank Lloyd. required
three years Of research work on the
historical background. The picture
is based on the story by Stuart NJ
Lake, known for his volumes on Amer
tcan history. Joel McCrear, Frances
Dee and Bob Burns play the leading
roles. assisted by a large cast OF we'll
known names.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Three Made Stars.

and Anita Louise. featured favor
ties of many Aim Of recent date.
have stepped up to stardom and will
have their names over the titles Of
the future exhibits, Warner Bros. an
nounce. Morris is the first to shine
publicly as new star in The Kid
Comes Back" currently being re-
leased. Herbert is now engaged in
Gold Diggers in Paris" the musical
IN which Rudy Vallee heads the cast.
Miss Louise gets stardom in recosni.
ton for her work in the current hit.
"Tovarich.'
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Red and His Sinkers
Now a Film Scene.

p ICHARD RED) SHELTON. vaude-
vile star, vino currently Is max
ing his screen debut in R-K-O-Ra-
dos Having Wonderful Time, was
forced to eat two dozen doughnuts for
his speciality scene in the picture.
Evening star., 1938-02-21
Gay Viennese Waltzes
Played by Orchestra
Concert Presenting Excellent New
Pianist Reaches Climax in
Music of Strausses.
By ALICE EvERsMAN.

CONCERT BY the National Symphony Orchestra At Con-
listening to the vennese watses which concluded the
OF them familiar all held lit which
Vienna which