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Radio Opera
To Feature
Fairy Tale
Beauty and Beast
TOHave World
Premier.

"REAUTY AND THE BEAST" the
immortal. fairy tale Of kindly
monster who resumes the form OF q
handsome prince when his love Is &C
cepted. has been adapted as radio
opera by Vittorio Giannini, composer.
and Robert A. Simon. librettist. for the
second Composers Commission OF the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
Giannini, playing before Columbia
music department officials in a pre-
liminary hearing, as Simon explained
his libretto, performed his work from
the piano score Just before sailing re-
Gently for Europe. He has gone there
primarily to attend the premiere at
Hamburg June 2 OF his new opera, The
Scarlet Letter" but he promised to re-
turn with the completed orchestral
score OF Beauty and the Beast" 1t
will be given its world premiere as soon
thereafter as possible in an Every
body's Music" broadcast over c. B. s.
Giannini and Simon were commits
stoned to write an opera on a lbrettO
of their own choice which would con.
sumo precisely 20 minutes and 80 Sec
onds of playing time. Five other Amer
lean composers were named by the
commission to write music for radio,
but only Giannini has been restricted
to a definite form and a rigid time
limitation. The other composers are
Quincy Porter, Robert Russell Bennett.
Leo Sowerby, Jerome Moross and r.
Nathaniel Dett.
The writer's of Beauty and the
Beast" studied some 60 possible Ii
brettos, they said, before deciding on
this story. They reached their deci-
sion on an impulse after meeting In a
New York hotel lobby.
Simon has produced poem Of dis
arming simplicity which his collabo-
rator has set to music Of tender lyric
ism and dramatic power. The tech
nique makes novel use of some of ra-
dos native resources. A tenor sings
the role of the monster through filter
microphone, which eliminates the high
frequencies of his voice. When the
monster is retransformed into prince
| the tenor's natural voice is heard
! through an ordinary microphone. The
musical montage," which can only be
achieved in radio. will be employed IN
two scenes giving q Kaleidoscope I'M
preston of several events.
Other casting includes dramatic
lyric soprano as Beauty. bass as her
father, a mezZo-sOprano and contralto
supplying comedy relief as Beauty S
sisters. a baritone as the gardener, a
chorus and a contralto narrator.
Giannini. born in Philadelphia in
1908, is fellow of the Juilliard Foun-
dation in New York and the American
Academy in Rome. whose Prix de
Roma award in music he won several
years ago His first opera was LII
cedia" Simon, who is music critic OF
the New Yorker Magazine. is the au-
thor of the libretto to Robert Russell
Benefits opera. Maria Malibran.'
With Albert Stoessel, conductor of the
Oratorio Society, he wrote the libretto
for "Garrick"; he assisted in the prep
aration 81 the English version OF sme-
tana's THE Bartered Bride" at the
Metropolitan Opera and has written
fiction and articles on music.
The first opera for radio was writ
ten for the first Columbia Composers
Commission last summer by Louis
Gutenberg, who composed the music
to his own libretto based on w. H
Hudsons famous novel, Green Man.
sions."
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Music.
THE Washington Chapel {

The washington Chapel Choir Is
singing this afternoon at services
in Philadelphia which mark the dedi-
cation of q new chapel there Of the
Church of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day
Saints. Forty members Of the choir
left early this morning under ar
rangements made by Jesse r. Smith
choir president, and D. Sterling
Wheelright, director. Bernice Man.
waring. assistant organist, will play
the services today At the Washington
Chapel. Sixteenth street and Columbia
road. Frances Berrett will be organ
ist for the choir ct Philadelphia.
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uGusT K1NG-sM1TH' director of
the King g-Smith Studio School, has
composed the music, based on Amer
, ican folk tunes for the presentation of
THE American Chaconne," at the
King Smith playhouse this afternoon
at 4 o'clock, under the direction of the
American dancer. Martha Graham.
Soloists appearing on the program
are Judith Owen. Batty Balfour. Fran
cia Holiday. Elaine Seaman and
Justine Elster.
For the last musical program at the
Womens City Club. Mary liant Couch
chairman OF music. will present Lucille
Pierce Ferguson. concert pianist. and
Marcel Ancher. cellist of the National
Symphony Orchestra. today at 5
o'clock.
Columbia Heights Student Orches-
ira. under the direction of w. J. Oates.
will give a program Wednesday at 8
pm at the Powell Junior High School
Lamont street and Hiatt place. Those
who will assist the orchestra are Mar
garet Bopp. Donald Fairchild. John
Dassoulas. Mrs. Clarence Bruce. Dam
iel Gendason, Jack Morales and
Charles Mitchell. The public is in
vited.
Helen Turley presents the Girls
Chapel Choir of the National City
Christian Church in an operetta, THE
Wild Rose" Thursday evening at 8
o'clock at the Social Hall. 1910 Ver-
mont avenue NV Barbara Melville,
soprano, will take the leading role. This
will be the last program of the choir
given under Mrs. Turkeys direction.
The annual meeting and banquet Of
the Rubinstein Club will be held at
Tilden Gardens. 5000 Tilden street
NV, Tuesday at 6 pm.
Gertrude Dyre Of the Washington
Musical Institute presented a group
of piano pupils in a program on Sat-
urday evening in the recital hall of the
institute. Those taking part were Bet
ty Mae Joseph, Alice Marston, Betty
keane, Mary Lou Anderson, Jane
Hibbs, Ruth Mae Levin Phyllis Hards,
Lois MARI Anne Edwards, Joan Bus
well, Margery Marston, Edith Viereck,
Barnes Lawson. Mary Helen Cunning,
John Lawson, Patsy O'Hara, Barbara
Bischaff, Carolyn KoontZ. Don Hop
kins. Madelyn Montgomery and Frank
Etzler.
Lois Abernethy presented the fol-
lowing pupils in piano recital yes
terday afternoon in Burial Hall:
Peggy Ann Anderson, Bobby Aber.
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Mrs. B. d. Shreve. who has been So
prano soloist at the National City
Christian Church for the past Is
years. has rendered her resignation. to
take effect July J..
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SOlOist Engaged.

HENRIETTE BAGGER PLUM. who
last week gave concert at the
Sulgrave Club. has been engaged as
the mezzo- contralto soloist at the Ma
tional City Christian Church, on
Thomas Circle.
She has studied extensively in Eu-
rope, especially with the leading So
prano of the Royal Opera. Copen-
hagen, Denmark. Nine. Tenna Kraft.
In conjunction with her church posi-
tion Mrs. Plum will have a studio
there, where she will teach singing.
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Watergate Concerts
This Year Predicted
Europe and America Expect
Great Music During
Summer Season.
Bv Alice EverSman.

summer season viii see no deatn OF music nooenu. sne m M
National Symphony solved at this writing there is
utilized
of
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Friday Morning Club
Begins New Season
Officers Elected and Work
OF Year Reviewed at
Business Session.

meeting Morning
| held following
i ected for the cominR
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Lois Abernethy presented the fol.
lowing pupils in piano recital yes
terday afternoon in Burial Hall
Peggy Ann Anderson, Bobby Aber-
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TACOMA NEWS SECTION
MRS. MADELINE GIBSON Correspondent
So M 2freAt

of nephews and nieces, among
whom was Mrs. Callie Holmes of
Memphis who visited her aunt Cal
lie three years ago. Mrs. Polk
was a member of the Bethlehem
Baptist church and the funeral
rites will be held at the Cassidy
and Allen funeral parlors with the
Rev. w. 1. Monroe officiating, on
Thursday morning.
Mrs. Nettie ]. Asberry was hos
tess Tuesday afternoon to the Gull
ture Club in a business session.
The major transaction was the
election of delegates to the annual
meeting of the Washington State
Federation of Colored Woman's
Organization, at Seattle June 30
to July 1. The names of the dele
gates are as follows: Mrs. Edith
Johnson, Mrs. Louise Barnett, Mrs.
E. C. McCabe, Mrs. Florence
Jones and Mrs. Asberry. A social
hour followed during which time
the hostess served delicious re-
freshments. Mrs. Marie Bush and
Miss Roberta Weber were enrolled
as members. The next meeting of
the club will be July when Mrs.
Edith johnson will be the hostess.
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1112 So. M Street

1t was not great surprise,
when the sad intelligence of Mrs.
Callie Polk was released Monday
morning. Mrs. Polk had been a
sufferer of a lingering illness for
three months, spending part of the
time in local hospitals and then
at the home of Mrs. E. M. Hol-
lowell 1913 south j street where
she passed on. Mrs. Polk was born
in Nashville, Tenn, and was a sis
ter of the late F. Fritz Keeble, pio-
neer and business man of the
Northwest. Mrs. Polk, widow,
came to Tacoma about thirty years
ago from Louisville, Ken, where
she operated fashionable dress
making establishment. With such
an artistic background she was not
long in building up lucrative
practice among the well-to-do peo-
pie of Tacoma. Up to about five
years ago, when she began to fail
in health, did she finally discon-
tinue her work. Mrs. Polk was
held in high esteem by a number
of both white and and colored
citizens. She was charitable and
kind. She was the last of fam
ily of IL children to succumb. In
the South and East are a number
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Harlem Coincidence
Find OF The Year.
Says Eddie Cantor

Hattie Noel, generously proper
toned Coincidence, is in Eddie
Cantor's own words, "the find of
the year." The Harlem lady, who
was engaged for a guest appear
ance in the role of a Sweep
stakes winner" so delighted the
audience with her infectious laugh
ter and broad grin that Cantor de-
cided to make her permanent
member of the Caravan" pro-
gram heard over the Columbia
network each Monday from $50
to TOO p m, psf.
A native of Monroe, La, Hattie
has never veered from her first
ambition-to be a great actress.
She ran away from home just af-
ter her twelfth birthday and joined
a carnival show in the neighbor-
ing town of Rayville, La. Seven
dollars a week for singing and
dancing looked like big money" to
this youngster. Then followed two
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Spokane

Mrs. Patty Covington, Mrs.
Wendell Stafford and little Betty
Ann Stafford came over from Ia
coma for the weekend and spent
a very happy time visiting with
relatives and friends. They re-
turned home Tuesday, June list.
Mrs. Bernice Adams is recover
ing from an emergency operation
at a local hospital. She will be
taken to her home this week.
Mrs. Nells Holzclaw who teach
es at Supulka, Oklahoma returned
home Thursday, June End, She was
accompanied by Miss C. Oglesbee,
who will be Mrs. Holzclaws house
guest for a few weeks. Miss Ogles-
bee also teaches at Supulka.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Lee motor
ed to Pullman on Sunday to visit
their son Cloiton who is a junior,
in music.
Mrs. c. Flowers, Mrs. J. Lee Sr.
and Mr.. S. Bailey, and Miss Dor
othy Harris who have been SER
iously i'll are improved at this
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decades of performances with the
circus, vaudeville tours, night club
appearances, motion picture shorts
and, just recently, radio. Hattie
says, II always have mike fright
no matter how many times I go
on the air, but just as soon as l
open my mouth the people all
laugh, and it goes away" Being
taken along to Hollywood was a
real thrill for the Coincidence.
When she and her companion
teacher boarded the Twentieth
Century Limited, it was with the
well wishes, bouquets and lusty
cheers of thirty-odd members of
her Harlem Sunday School class.
She's never had enough Of
dancing and singing, travelling
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Portland
CHURCH NEWS

Bethel A. M. E., The Friendly
Church, Larrabee and McMillen
Streets, Rev. George F. Martin,
Pastor.
All present at Bethel Sunday
were showered with a spiritual
blessing when Rev. Martin, out of
the fullness of his soul preached
another of those long-to-be-renem-
bered sermons. Each worshipper
received sufficient spiritu |
strength to tide them over until
Rev. Martin returns from New
York, where he will attend the
Board of Control of the Home and
Foreign Missionary Department of
the A. M. e. Church.
Holy communion followed this
sermon. Mr.. r. DeJournett rem
dered very enjoyable solo. Miss
Dolores Caldwell led the topic
discussion in the Christian Endea-
vor League. Sunday evening Beth
ell joined in the worship at First
A. M. E. Zion Church and listened
to sermon by the Rt. Rev. C. w.
Brown, Presiding Bishop of the
Tenth Episcopal District A. M. E.
Zion Church.
The Miss Bethel" contest is Gre
ating much friendly rivalry. Pas
tor, wife and members of Bethel
are saying Thanks million" to
Mr.. A. A. Jones for donating a
piano to the parsonage.
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Y. w. C. A. Notes
Miss Elizabeth Summers

Miss Elizabeth Summers
Miss Barbara Hubbard and Miss
Mary Simmons will conduct the
summer recreational program at
the Branch.
Business and Industrial Girls
Club have decided to form a Choir
us under the direction of Miss
Hubbard. Rehearsals will be held
each Wednesday night at the
Branch.
The tea for this years graduates
held Sunday, June 9Th, under aus
pices of Girls Work Committee,
was a very pretty and well APP
pointed affair. Mrs. Odessa Free
man and Mrs. Emma Walker are
due much credit for their cooper
alton.
The last meeting for the COM
mittee of management before va
cation will be held Wednesday
morning, June 9Th.
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Yakima, Wash.

Among recent high school grad
yates were Miss Peggy Robinson
of Ellensburg, and Miss Audrey
Burdine of Yakima.
James Livingston of Oklahoma
City is visiting at the home of his
cousin Tanzy Livingston?
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Brooks
and small son, Robert, have re-
turned home from Tacoma where
they visited Mr.. Brooks mother.
Henry Brown of North Fourth
Extension died in the County In
Urinary last week. Mr.. Brown was
pioneer resident of Yakima Fun
eral services have not yet been
announced
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Johnson and
their three sons of Portland were
visitors in the city last week.
While here they were guests in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Sheppard.
Mrs. Harry Ellison accompanied
by her son Harry Jr. is expecting
to leave Yakima Tuesday morning
for Kansas City to spend the sum-
mer with her sister Mrs. Ed Yer
ter. Before her departure Mes
da,11ac uapLa,.f T1nao ond NTa,,;o
Evans We're co-hostesses at a
shower in the Jones' home in her
honor.
The Washington Browns baseball
team have left on an extensive
tour which will include Canada.
Missionary L. B. Lee of Seattle,
Washington was in Yakima last
weekend.
Mrs. Belle Evans entertained
with birthday dinner in her home
last Sunday in honor of the six
teenth birthday of her granddaugh-
ter Miss Teddy Hammock. The
honoree was showered with many
lovely gifts.
Mrs. Neville who has been con-
fined to the hospital for several
weeks was released this week.
Those i'll are Mesdames Nancy
Harris, John Kyle, James Pinxton,
Charles Wagner, and Mrs. Price
Mckinney, who is improving.
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Helena. Montana
By HEX

Mrs. M. A. Lowery who was
confined to her bed for about ten
days has recovered and is seen
about again.
Edwin Soulds returned from
Salt Lake City Monday to spend
his vacation with his mother, fol-
lowing a strenuous school term at
the Utah University.
Married = Robert Blythe and
Mrs. Ethel Louise Fisher last
week.
Bernice Dorsey enriched the cof-
fers of the city fathers last week
when he was fined $40. for Gre
ating a disturbance on State street.
The no host weiner roast given
as farewell party to Miss Mar
jorie Pope of Seattle last week was
a most delightful affair. Miss
Pope has been visiting her grand
mother, Mrs. Emma Bridgwater
and other relatives in the city,
coming over from Great Falls
where she had been attending the
district conference of the A. M. E.
church. Miss Pope was voted by
all who came in contact with her
during her stay. here as a most
charming person with decidedly
attractive personality. Helena
awaits her return in the near flu
ture.
Mrs. Mabel Stitt is quite i'll at
her residence on Park Avenue.
Mrs. William Mundy was re-
turned to st. Peters hospital fol-
lowing a relapse in her condition.
She is improving nicely.
Report comes to Helena that
all but one copper mine in Butte
has been closed down, and that one
has only a sufficient force at work
to clean up and prepare for final
closing. Too much stock on hand
is given out as being responsible
for the forced shut up of the
mines. 1t is said the closing of
the mines will necessarily close
the smelters at Great Falls and at
Anaconda. The mines will not OPP
en- for 80 days, it is said.
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Continued from Page One)
Business of convention contin-
ued.
11:30 A. M, Memorial services
conducted by Mrs. Dollie Parties.
Eulogy to deceased Mrs. Fannie
Crosby and Mrs. Edith Minor.
1900 Noon, Luncheon and visit
to Better Holmes Department. Mrs.
Henrietta Marshall Chairman.
Introduction of Mrs. Peter Mu-
die, of the Fred Meyer stores.
Introduction of Mr.. K. c. Ell
dredge, Jr., of the Columbia EN-
pire Industries.
Thursday Afternoon, 2:30 P. M.
Mrs. Rachel Belard, Vice Presi-
dent, presiding.
Devotions by the Chaplain.
Vocal duet, Miss Ruth Gray and
Miss Maggie Shepard.
Five-minutes talks by Club Pres
idents.
Social Problems of Our Com
munity," by DIR. D. N. Unthank.
Piano solo, Miss Jessie Flowers.
Ministers Hour:
Rev. ]. ]. Clow-"Women Should
Become Crusaders for Betterment
of Our People"
Rev. L. o. Stone = Community
Discipline"
Rev. George F. Martin-"Beau
as it Affects the Standards of
Living
Rev. Lee Standifer-"Preserva-
ton of Character"
Bishop c. w. Brown (visitor)
Put God First"
Solo, Don Anderson.
Awarding of prizes for art ex-
hibit and better homes department.
State President awarded Lift
ing as We Climb" emble-
matte of the Association motto
to each club president. The Presi-
dent also presented beautiful cor
sages to eight of the state Off
GERS. The President was the re-
cipient of large basket of roses
the gift of her husband Mr. Willis
Reed.
After remarks and thanks, the
closing song God Be With You
Til We Meet Again." brought the
State Meeting to a close until
June, 1889.
Thursday Evening-8:OO p. Nj.
Under auspices of Mr. Turner's
Musical School.
Growing of the King and Queen
of Rose Festival.
Free concert by Community
Band.
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SOCIAL NOTES

Rev. George F. Martin, Pastor
of Bethel A. M. e. Church left
Tuesday for New York to attend
the meeting of the Board of Con-
troll of the Home and Foreign
Missionary Department of the A.
M. e. Church. Rev. Lee Standi-
fer, pastor of A. M. e. Zion
Church, will fill Betheps pulpit at
the morning worship second and
third Sundays. Second Sunday
evening Children's Day program,
and the third Sunday evening the
Bethelites will give literary must
cal program.
The Cooks and Walters of Local
459, Southern Pacific Railroad, en-
tertained their wives and friends
at very enjoyable dancing party
Saturday night, June 4, at Fra
ternal Hall. AL. Pierre's orchestra
furnished the music.
Hear Rabbi Henry Berkowitz,
guest speaker at the regular meet
ing of the N.A.A.C.P. Sunday,
June 10, 200 P. M, Williams Ave-
nue. "Y". Mr.. Reubin Sullivan will
be soloist.
MEDLEY HOTEL GUESTS
Omaha, Nebraska, H. Beasley;
Chicago, Illinois, C. Mckay, Eu-
gene Davis and E. Neithers; Los
Angeles, California, Ben Williams;
Jewel Hodges, Chester Miller, Lou
is aMtthews, Edward r. Smith,
William Coleman Thomas j. Mum
dy; Seattle, Washington, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Holmes, Mrs. Teresa
Smith, Mr.. Haskell Campbell.
On Friday night, June 3rd, Will
liams Avenue Branch "Y" was
packed and jammed with eager
and interested parents and friends
of both white and colored groups
to hear the Community Band UNI
der direction of Mr.. Burt Turner
Returns of the contest for Queen
of the Rose Festival were received
during the concert.
A Major Bowes hour was very
interesting, as well as several pi-
ano numbers by Mr.. Henry La
Belle.
The contest reports were: Jun
Tor contest, Lillian Garner, $3.50;
Anna Noah Hepburn, $15.65; Nor
gan Jones $3.50; Senior contest
Elizabeth Bluett, $4.25; Helen May
Dancey, $40; Frances Vernon
$500; Betty Ann Rutherford, S12.-
65; Ruth Ella Jackson, $500;
Christine Harris, $500; Maxine
Brown, $8.75; Ruby Irene Kirk
$33.O5.
Ten dollars was donated by ar
interested friend. Mrs. Fred D
Thomas donated horn for the
band.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner deserve
much credit for their untiring eff.
forts in the training of the mem.
bers of this band, and are indeed
grateful for the hearty response
and cooperation of their many
friends.
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clothes and diamonds. Reads the
works of Kathleen Norris and Wal
ter Scott. Considers the Bible and
Webster's Dictionary the greatest
books ever written. Her favorite
expression is darling" and the
comments on her work which have
made the greatest hit with her are
"She knocked them right out in
the aisle" and Eddie Cantor's
Hattie, you are wonderful.
There is a slight negative side
to Hattie's personality, too. She
refuses to whistle in dressing
rooms, hates to answer question
naires such as the one from which
this biography was compiled, dis
likes scolding children and any
sort of arguments.