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uary 6. For this first program F.ich-
ard Crooks, famous American singer.
who has appeared on the opening
or the closing program for Mrs.
Townsend during most of her career
In this work, will share honors with
Nine Novotna. new soprano, and
the Metropolitan Opera. The other
four musicales are set for January
13 and q and February 8 and TO-
The popularity of the program
arranged by Mrs. Townsend last
season with Lotte Lehman and
Lauritz Melchoir was so great that
she has asked them for an encore
appearance next winter and their
Joint recital will close the series two
weeks before Ash Wednesday.
Many Diplomats
Make Reservations.
The Greek Minister and Nine.
Diamantopoulos, who came to Wash
ington the middle of February and
thus missed much that was good in
music last winter, will be in the
audience at Constitution Hall Tues
day evening. being among the new
comers in the diplomatic corps to
have made reservations for the
season The Minister Attache Of
the Spanish Embassy Senor Don
Eduardo M. DAMS, one of the attrac-
tive bachelor additions to the corps,
also has reserved seats for the Phila-
delphia organizations concerts. The
Naval Attache of the Italian En-
bassy and Signora Lais, who recently
returned to the diplomatic circle here
are not strangers at this post, hav-
ing been a part of the Embassy
group some years ago. resumed their
patronage of good music and have
seats for the concert Tuesday and
those through the winter.
Senator Joseph F. Guffey has
taken seats for the series and others
who have reservations include
Justice Jennings Bailey, Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Clyde B.
Federal Security Agency and Mrs.
Paul v. McNutt. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles B. Henderson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rodman Wanamaker. Gen. Oliver L.
Spalding. Mrs. Forrest Rutherford,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Keith Merrill.
Also subscribing to the concerts
are Mrs Foster Adams. 1t. Col. K.
F. Adamson. Mrs. Copley Amory.
Mrs. w. H. Artaud, DR.. George w.
Atkinson. Mrs. L. w. Austin, Mr..
Gustav Auzanne, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Russell Bishop. DR.. Donald B.
Brewster, Mrs Robert Bruere. Mr..
John w. Bailey, Miss Leigfy Baker,
Mrs. Franklin Lammot Belin. Mrs.
Henry A. Berliner. Mrs. Charles J.
Brand, Mrs. Paris Brengle, Miss
Lucy Brickenstein. Mrs. E. L. Brit
tian. Mrs. Robert S. Brookings. Mrs.
F. H. Calvert. Mrs. A. H. Clark.
Mrs. Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge,
Mrs. William Conant, Mrs. Will
liam Collins. Mrs. John w. Davidge,
Mr.. j. F. Dawson. Mr.. Arthur Day,
the Rev F. Ward Denys, Miss E.
Agnes Dillon. Miss Virginia Dun
bar. Dr. H. R. Downey, Capt. John R.
Edie, Mr.. Miner Ellis. Mrs. Benja-
min s. Fisher. Mr.. Herbert Frieden-
wald. Mrs. Katharine McNeal Frost,
Mrs. David ST Pierre Gaillard. Mrs
Charles M. Granger, Mrs. William
T. Gill. jr.: Mr.. r. w. Goldsmith,
Mrs. Chandler Hale Mrs. E. A Hal
sey, Miss Laura Harlan, Mrs. Living
stone Hartley, Miss Genevieve
Hendricks. Mrs. Carl Henning, Mrs.
1sadore Hershfield. Mrs. Christian
Heurich. Mrs. c. B. Hite. Mrs. Mil
ton w. King. Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
Kavanagh, Mrs. w. j. Lambert, MIR.
Lynch Luquer, DR.. James G. Nc
Kay, Mrs. H. B. Mcknight. Miss
N. r. McComb. Mrs. Charles H.
Merillat, Mrs. G.. P. Merriam, Mrs.
D. B. Merryman, Mrs. James A.
Milholland. Nine. Mishtowt, Miss
Helen Nicolay, Mr.. Frank B. Noyes.
Mrs. H. H. Obear, Miss Grace
Ocumpaugh, Mrs. A. K Payne,
and Mrs. Oliver Posfay. Mrs.
Wendell Raine Mrs S. H. Reizen-
stein. Mrs. Ralph Richards, Mrs.
Dunbar Rosenthal, the Rev. DR..
John K. Ryan, Mr.. William K.
Ryan, Mr.. Joseph Sanders. Miss
Anita Schade. Col. and Mrs. c. c.
Schiffeler, Miss Frances A. Sort
we'll Mr.. Richard L. Stokes, Mrs.
NJ P. ToWnsley. Dr. A. E. Toye,
Mrs. F. w. Van Slyke and Mrs.
John r. Waller.
Reservations may be made at
Jordan's box Office at 1899 G street.