Evening star., 1941-08-13
Opera Opens
Tonight at
Water Gate
Many Prominent
Persons Serving
On Committee

Mrs. Roosevelt. whose name heads
the list of those serving on the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee for the
summer festival Of opera, has sent
a letter regretting her inability to
be present this evening at the Water
Gate. La Traviata" will be the
presentation tonight by the San
Carlo Company under the direction
of Fortune Gallo. Mrs. Roosevelt is
spending the late summer at their
place at Campbello, and will not
return for several weeks.
Also serving on the committee for
this summer season Of opera, the
first that Washington has had for
many years, are Mrs. Francis Biddle,
wife of the acting Postmaster Cen
eral; Mrs. Harold L. Ickes,. wife of
the Secretary of the Interior; As
sociate Justice and Mrs. Stanley F..
Reed, Mrs. Hugo l.. Black, Senator
and Mrs. Warren r. Austin, Senator
and Mrs. Alben w. Barkley, Senator
and Mrs. Harold H. Burton, Senator
James j. Davis, Senator and Mrs.
Carl A. Hatch, Senator and Mrs.
George l.. Radcliffe, Senator Robert
r. Reynolds, Senator and Mrs Will
liam H. Smathers, Senator and Mrs.
Elmer Thomas, Representative Sol
Bloom, and his daughter, Miss Vera
Bloom; Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, Rep
resentative and Mrs. William H.
Wheat. the Undersecretary of State
and Mrs. Sumner Welles, the Under
secretary of Commerce and Mrs
Wayne Chatfield-Taylor, the Federal
Security Administrator and Mrs
Paul V. McNutt, the Chairman of
the Permanent Joint Board for De-
fense, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia
of New York City: the Commissioner
of the District and Mrs. Charles w.
Kutz; the Commandant of the Navy
Yard and Mrs. George T. Pettengill;
the Political Advisor to the State
Department and Mrs. James Clement
Dunn, Mrs. Daniel c. Roper, wife
of former Secretary of Commerce,
their son-in-laW and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Bohn: Mr and Mrs
Harold A. Brooks, Mrs. C. C. Chap
pei, Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Carter,
Mrs. Thomas Richard Cowell, Mrs
Sylvester DykStra, DR.. and Mrs.
Stanley K. Hornbeck, Miss Elizabeth
Howry, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H.
Kaufman, Mrs. Frances Parkin-
son Keyes. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Manger. Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
H. McKelway, Mrs. Adolph Casper
Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. Julius I. Peyser,
Col. and Mrs. Curt c. Schiffeler, Col
and Mrs. Consuelo Seoane, Baroness
Stackleberg, Mr4 Effingham Town
send, Mrs. Lawrence Townsend
Mrs. Martin Vogel, Mrs. Edwin M
Watson and Mrs. Stanley Woodward
The American Indian soprano
| Mobley Lushanya. will officially open
the festival with the singing of the
"Star-Spangled Banner wearing
| the tribal dress of her rank as an
| Indian Princess of the Chickasaw
| tribe
La Traviata' by Verdi will be
sung tonight with Lucille Meusel
as the prima donna. Carlo Peroni
Will cOnOuct ana lnere Will De Dallet
The main barge has been brought
closer to the shore for the operas
and second barge has been Sc
cured for the orchestra.
The seats have been rearranged
for better visibility and several plat
forms put in with additional levels.
Another convenience innovation has
been arrangement to use the parking
space back of the Navy Building to
the east of the Lincoln Memorial.
Cars and buSses will run on the
usual schedule for evening events
at the Water Gate.
Reservations for seats can be made
at Cappels Concert Bureau, at
1910 G street NV.