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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

Once upon a time the Emusic
season" was over in early spring
and there was nothing doing UNI
I'll the next fall; but now. with
June passing swiftly on to the
longest day of the year. there are
reminders that Tacoma's music
season IL becoming a twelve-month
program. Recitals and other mu-
sic affairs are projected 10 con-
tinus through the summer. and on
top Of that are the preparations
for next season.
Under the latter classical ton
comes the summer activity of the
Ladies' Musical club to prepare for
the 1e41-42 artist course on which
appear names Of three of the
country's leading opera and con-
cert stars and a top-liner among
radio singers.
Highlighting the new series
h Helen Traubel. q superb
artist with n great voice.
For millions of American
music lovers, the triumph Of
Helen Traubel has assumed q
special significance In the fact
that Il 30 truly an American
triumph - the triumph OF .
native American artist, born
Of native American parents In
the city Of 1t. Louis, and Of
m art nurtured and inspired
entirely In America.
Scoring any too quick ascent,
a success too easily won and as
easily lost; preferring to build
slowly but steadily on deep-set,
solid foundations, Helen Traubel
never permitted herself to lose
light for a moment Of the stand
ard Of absolute perfection. And
nowhere has she won greater &C
claim than on the Pacific Coast
the past season.
Another big name on the
series L. Jose Iturbi, Spanish
pianist and conductor, who
was sent to Paris 10 study
with funds raised by the peo-
pie Of his native Valencia and
barcelona At II he graduated
from the Paris conservatory.
He headed the piano depart
ment of the Conservatory Of
Geneva for four years and
then was induced to 20 on
tour.
That was the beginning of the
end of merely teaching music. A
few seasons as a concert pianist
and he ventured into the field OF
conducting. into which he fitted
as naturally ~ he had at the
keyboard.
His philosophy Ia that mu-
sic must sing. and whether IL
h with the conductors baton
In his hand or plano yirtuoso.
lturbi stands In the front rank
of the worlds great musicians.
With these two great music per-
sonalities - Traubel and Iturbi -
there is new violin star that
flashed to a concert zenith last
year - Zinc Francescatti. French
violinist. Though the name sounds
Italian, he is a Frenchman from
Marseilles. on his second season
in America and liking his recep-
ton tremendously. From Chicago
TO San Francisco his was a con-
tinual ovation across the conti-
nent. with the climax coming when
he filled Memorial opera house in
San Francisco.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
Runebergs Meet at Olympia

Members Of the Runeberg chorus
OF Tacoma are looking forward to
the 18th annual songfest OF the
combined Runeberg ehoruses Of
the Pacific northwest 10 be held
In Olympia next Saturday and
Sunday. The director-in-chief this
year IL Mrs. Ralph T. Carlson of
Olympia.
The concert on Sunday promises
TO be outstanding and probably
the best the society has ever given.
Under Mrs. Carlson's direction not
only have the individual choruses
increased their membership but
also two new groups have been
added. Between 100 and 125 sing
ers are expected to attend this
songfest. choruses from Tacoma,
Olympia, Seattle. Rochester. Alb
erdeen and Hoquiam win be rep
resented.
Registration win begin at Q q.
m. Saturday at the olympian no
tel. with rehearsal Of the COM
bined choruses at Olympia high
school at 10 4. m. and continuing
through the morning and after
noon.
A dance will be held at the
Evergreen ballroom on Saturday
evening. Events for Sunday will
be the grand concert at the olym-
pia high school at $50. and ban
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
Chapel Choir Mem
bers. Due Here in July.
Must Know Music

Forty singers, representing the
cream Of the crop Of one Of thu
leading eonservatories in Ohio,
comprise the membership Of the
nationally famous Chapel choir,
which viii be heard in concert
here July 1 at Luther Memorial
church.
Ellis Emanuel Snyder, conductor
Of the group, each year has the
difficult task of eliminating from
some 20 singers who rehearse
daily with the choir for several
months to the 40 people he car
ries with him as the touring per-
sonnet. The choirmaster insists
that each member knows each Sc
lection from memory q month be-
fore a concert 30 that the last
80 rehearssls will be used entirely
for blending the voices and inter
probation.
Only on one occasion have mem
bers of the Chapel choir held mu-
sic during a concert, and that was
when a youthful composer who
resided in the city In which a con-
cert was TO be held requested that
the choir sing his number.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
Present Piano and
Violin Students at
Weyerhoeuser HoII

Piano students of Coralie Flas-
kett, assisted by pupils of Francis
Armstrong. violinist, will give a
recital at weyerhaeuser hall Sat-
urday, June 7. at 1880. Twenty
nine piano and violin students will
be heard in the following program:
The Five Pickaninnies. ...........
uoo,., . sso: 49,. Helen Maecresor
................'N. Louise wright
Joan Cherfe Drues
The Silver Waterfall Adrienne Penny
Jaelyn Moore
A Goldfish swims In My Lily Pool
INSTRUMENTATION. Irene Rodgers
Marjorie Jane Newhouse
Red Balloons ...... Grace l.. Wright
Dorothy Prank
The Three Clocks. ......w Williams
CTranspositions 10 keys A and d.
A Song from the Deep
northumberland Bernard Wagness
Beverly Dobry
The Cello. .......... Jane hattingly
Richard Mulligan
Climbing ............. MacLAchlan
Sammie Diggls
Wild a Banjo on My Knee. Bradford
Ellen Lenhoff
Hanging Gardens .-....... Davies
Lois Blais
Skating on the Ice 800. Crawford
Gerald Berray
Criss Gross .........-...... williams
(Trsnspositions 70 keys d anc A
The Banjo Picker. N Louise Wright
Donna Arnold
The cosSscks ..........Lo Louise Rebe
Richard Drues
Pixies Good Night sons .. Brown
Marble Joy Miller
Castanets ..............L Louise Reoe
Dolores Olson
untermissionl
Violin: Allegro Giusto, Concerto
John David Pratt
Mrs. X. 4. Logan. Accompanies
F1uttering Leaves ........ Koelling
Buddy Nswhouse
iam0'eNee Louis. Peterson '''''
= Flat Valse ................D urand
Christine Jeoklin
Violin: Adagio. Concert No. g. Rode
Jean Gaines
Mrs. Ralph Bale. Accompanies
Spanish Gypsy Dance $500. .Decevee
olyvia Morford
f Merle stevens
Evening Chimes .............. Helms
Jean Carol sweany
Violin. Allegro Brilliante Ten Have
Virginia Hermann
Impromptu .............R einhold
Gloria Beck
Clair de Lune 49,. Debussy
Mrs John S. Roberts
violin: Allegro Naestoso. Concerto
No ...-....#..... DSberlOt
Betty WriEley
Phyllis Gale. Accompanied
Violin. Pizzicato ........... Delioes
Esther Hid
Calvin Knapp. Accompanied
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

quet on Sunday evening in the
Jade room Of the Olympian hotel.
Chorus members in Tacoma who
are planning TO attend the song
fest are Miss Linnea Cord, direc-
tor Of the Tacoma group; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Hoglund. Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Kulla. Mrs. Victor Solder.
Mrs. John Carlson. Mrs. Carl Sam
son, Mrs. Charles Cord. Mrs. Anna
Bonn, Mrs. Carl sund, Mrs. c. 8.
Howes. Miss Doris Solder. Miss
Mary jacobson. Mrs. Oscar Ad-
ans, Edward Ahlskog. Gustaf
Carlson. Gunnar Anderson. Gilbert
Cord. William Hoglund. Leonard
Svedberg, Elmer Cord. and Eric
Hoglund.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

Special music will again be fea-
tured In the services at the First
Baptist church, So. 9th and Mar
ket. on Sunday. soloist for the
morning service will be Donna Mae
Jaden, popular Stadium h & h
school senior. known for the I'M
usual quality of her voice. She
will sing The Ninety and Nine
(Campion).
There will be two musical fea-
lures at the evening service. A
violin trio. composed OF Dorothy
Isaacs. Helen Osborne and Freda
Feltman, will play: "serenads"
(schubert); In the arden"
Wood, and "Andantino" (Ls-
mare). This trio also In from Sta
dunn high school and IL under the
direction of Clayton johnson. The
girls are all members Of the Sta
dunn high school orchestra. A
quartet composed Of members of
the First Baptist church also will
sing at the evening worship SER
vice. Members of the quartet are
Ralph Berggren, Roy Harlow.
Howard Shaffer and Robert Mac
Dicken. They will sing That
Beautiful Land" (Jones).
The public is cordially invited
10 these two services morning
at 1880 o'clock and evening at
1850.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

ERNST GEBERT
the uproariousIy funny sltua-
lions of a clever plot, have
made Die F1edermaus" one
Of the worlds most popular In
the field Of comic opera.
Then, rs far as this city 10
concerned, there Is the added
interest of a cast composed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
Big Names Included in Ladies
Musical Club Artist Series
Helen Troubel. Jose Iturbi. Froncescotti
And Melton Highlights in Music World

Virtually unknown two years
ago, Francescatti. because Of
the perfection Of his musician
ship and his unhackneyed pro-
grams, has become a star Of
the first magnitude.
Rounding out the series N james
Melton, whose magnetic person
atty has reached millions Of radis
listeners. On the concert stage h.
II repeating the successes which
came TO him n q radio singer. n,
IN the Jimmie" Melton Of the
Telephone hour and other popular
airway programs.
He has no equal In the In
depreciation Of the lovable
folk songs and ballads Of
America, and, being q natural
linguist, he skiIlfully catches
the moods Of the Italian,
French and German classics
~ skillfully ~ those Of his
native tongue.
Seldom has a better balanced
music course with top ranking
artists in their respective field,
been offered Tacoms.-E. T. 9.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
Strauss Music and Clever Plot
In Drama League Opera
Die Fledermous." Directed by Ernst
Gebert TO Hove Ten Dry Run

entirely 81 Tacoma singers
and performers.
II vas the abundance of mus
cal talent he found in the North
west when he served As instructor
al the University Of Washington
summer school in 1889 that in
duced Mr. Gebert 20 stay here.
During the tryouts for Die File
dermaus' when he suditioned more
than . hundred voices. ne con-
cluded that for musical talent
Tacoma Il on par with many
other Northwest cities and above
most Of them In available talent
Rehearsals are being held weekly.
To those who have had an oppor-
tunity 10 hear them there Is as
surance that the cast viii be well
prepared when the curtain rises
for the first performance June Is.
Assisting Mr.. Gebert IL Mrs. Harry
p. Cain, who has charge Of the
dramatic direction for the opera.
Most recent of Mr.. Gebert's tri-
umphs was the production in
Seattle Of The Battered Bride, +"
in which prominent opera stars
from New York took the leads.
In connection with the produc-
ton Of Die Fledermaus, arrange
ments have been made for Mr..
Gebert to conduct master classes
for a limited number of singers
who desire TO coach with him. Ar
rangements for these classes may
be made through Mrs. w. p. Coors,
Ladies Musical club office in the
civic center on the seventh floor
Of the Fisher company depart
ment store. That office also 10
handling the sale Of tickets for
the opera.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
George Johnson to
Direct Orchestra and
Normonno Chorus

Under the direction Of the new
director. George A. johnson. we'll
known Tacoma violinist. the Nor
marina Male chorus will be pre-
scented in concert at Normanna
hall. SO. 18th and X SITS. Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock. The chorus
viii oe assisted by Mr.. Johnson's
orchestra and Gudrun Ness Rom
ming. soloist. accompanied by Alice
Spencer Weiss.
The program follows.
- Nalhe -stsst...|s+.. Grieg
Hungarian Dance ....... Rrzhrns
Orchestra
Nionet eolen .......-s...... Void
kjerenga Med staven Rudolph Moiler
Normanna Male Chorus
Vocal Solos
Gudrun Mes Ronning
Alice Spencer Weiss. Accountants
ave Maria Stella ........G rier
SofSke roikaleld .....-..... .Svenson
~@@SNso $500. 1890 .....s. HUBER
Orchestra
Kentucky Babe ........C Cable
Kueld sans PaA Florden
stout Hearted Men $500. .Romherg
Noruanna Male Chorus
Your Postmaster can tell YOU
how to invest in U. S. Defense
Z-rl.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

Your Postmaster can tell YOU
how to invest In U. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

program and viii teach voice pri-
yately and In class. he also viii
continue 10 direct the cholrs at
St Leo's and Holy Rosary
churches through the summer.
Advances registrations indicate
that there will be = membership
Of approximately 20 high school
players. the pick Of the northwest.
Mr.. Loney win be in charge OF
the camp and will have a. his as
sistants Frank Anards. Lincoln
high school. and Ralph Kechley.
Stadium, band instructors: Rod
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

And now ms opera. Under the
direction Of Emit Gebert. inter
nationally known musical person
age. the Drama League 10 pre-
senting die Fledermaus" the
Bat') at the Little Theater, June
Is to IS. Reasons for the ten per-
formances are the limited seating
capacity Of the Little Theater and
the fact that Die F1edermaus"
Is one Of those productions which
il esell-out and stand-'em-up"
wherever II IL presented.
The intriguing melodies of
Johann Strauss, coupled with
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07
Summer Band Camp New Feature
WC. P. S. Music School
Vocation School Offers Opportunity
For Instrumental and Vocal Study

Unusual opportunity for musi
study combined with vacation an
recrestionsl features II offered Il
the music department n the sum
ner school It the College q Puge
Sound. June 70 Aug. 9. A fea
turs brought to the campus 70
the first time In the summer bsns
camp TO Be directed BY Andrew G
Loney. Of Lacrande. Ore.
Guest Instructors ~fn be
Mr~. May Smith. music N
strucfer ~ Franklin school.
Tacsma. Mr.. Leney and
George WiIIl<fen. head Of the
plano department. of Whit
vorfh college. Spokane. Fac
u1fy members who win be In
residences for the seessn srs
John Rsul Bennett director Of
IL csaservntory. and Erich ,.
=. Kolker. bad Of fhe violin
department and director Of fhs
Chamber h1unic society.
Mrs. Smith win teach rhythmic
foundafion and courses In public
school music for primary and ele-
mentary grades. These courses
have been popular with teachers
IN the grade schools and are espe-
ciaily adapted for musicians who
desire more instruction in funda-
mcntals.
Mr.. Loney. music supervisor Al
LsGrande. win give class instruc-
ton IN wind instruments. He also
will have Glasses in choral con-
Quoting. Concerning these classes
Prof. Bennett said:
The college n extremely
Fortunate IN having Mr. Lsnsy
~ tbe STAFF inasmuch ~ his
groups from IAGrande- con-
sistently win superior ratings
In Tire competition festivaas."
George williston comes TO the
conservatory with a strong back
ground Of experience and training.
He obtained his masters degree
IN music at Northwestern univer-
sity and has studied with Tobias
Matthay In London. For the ak
years he was away from the coast
he was head Of the piano depart
ment 81 the University OF Colo
rado. He also Is a feature writer
Tor a number Of music magazines,
including The Etude. Mr.. Willis
ton viii teach privately and IN
class.
Mr.. koker win teach violin pri-
vately and In class and win have
class In music appreciation. A
new course in musicology includes
. general survey Of vocal and in
strumentsl evolution and develop
ment-
Mr.. Bennett win serve az sd-
nninistrator Of the conservatory
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-07

ney Berg. Of snohomish. and Rams
ford Wise. OF Port Angeles.
Members Of the band will be
given . private lesson each week
and instruction In harmony and
arranging
The camp also viii be Of value
70 teachers OF music as there will
be a practical application Of the
methods recommended in the
classes.
The band will give several pub
lie concerts during the summer,
the dates and places Of which viii
be announced later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-28
MORE AUTO THEFTS

An increasing number of automobile
theftS are being reported from several
states, and a timely warning was recently
given car owners by J. F. Brawner, director
of the Alabama department of public
safety, who disclosed that not long ago his
office received reports of eight cars stolen
within period of II hours.
He recommends that when a'car'is left
standing for even the shortest length of
time, the driver should not only remove the
ignition key. but lock the car doors also. in
order to be safe
When a ear is stolen by professional
car thief. of which there are many, it is sell
don recovered unless the loss is very
promptly reported to sheriff or chief of
police The thief usually sells the car to
receiver of stolen goods, who Immediately
has ii reprinted and all Identification marks
removed so that its appearance is altered
to make Identification difficult if not inn
possible
Increasing cooperation of local and
state authorities with insurance companies
and manufacturers is making the opera
tions of the professional thief less easy, but
they succeed in getting away with many
cars.
Other thieves who take cars merely
for a JOY ride or in order to make a Hft
away after committing another crime,
sometimes abandon them where they can
be recovered hat these often wreck or de
liberately damage the car while it is in their
possession
Removing the key aud locking the car
doors Is the only sure way to avoid annoy
ance and loss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-28
TO AN OCALA MAYOR

Two news stories having to do with
the relations between federal government
and the subdivisions of that government
made the papers this week.
In enc, the legislature approved 3d.
00G-a-year ian, with expenses, to main
tain permanent lobby in Washington so
that orida might be assured of getting. a
chance at any money to be spent in national
defense %.'"
In the other an Ocala mayor urged his
city council to give the government scrap
aluminium owned by the city, instead of sell
ing it. II think the people of this country
are just little slack as to what is going on, .
he said.
We complain constantly of the high
federal taxes, Of the misspending of money
an the failure to get results commensurate
With The sums spent-so long as the COM
plant is in the abstract and does not con-
Germ us. How many cities counties, con-
gressional districts or states can you think
Of, however that do not make every pos
sibIe effort t. grab every cent they can
wiring from the government?
The result not only means lost money,
but it means wasted effort for the,moneyl
that is spent. ''+.' ;s'''-sa
Army camps, for instance, make a.
good example. a'dmuIq ..7e4e;
The politician who car Gomez home
with IN army camp in his pocket has an as
aured future There's money for his con-
stituents in the camp building program, and
more money in army payrols Which is
he reason the army for years has been
scattered in little posts all over the nation.
Why would it be impossible for the
politicians to tell the army, "You people are
soldiers and you should know where you
want your camps. Put them where they do
the most good?
Rivers and harbors bills are notorious
pork barrels SO hundreds have died each
year along the banks of flooding rivers, be-
cause other politicians will not vote for the
needed money unless they can carry at least
a little home, where it may or may not be
needed.
Ore of the greatest of the grabs for
Florida's delegation to the capital is the
multi-milon dollar Translate ship canal,
which Senators Pepper and Andrews are
attempting to bring home now. After
spending S5,000,000 on the big ditch, the
boys are back for more, and strangely
enough it's grab most of their own con-
stituents don't want.
NJ C.. Izlar is the name of the Ocala
mayor He probably won't go far in poll
tics, but he deserves the credit due the
prophet of lost cause.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-28
SARA ELLEN MOBLEY Wins FIRST
fRIzE In PRESS CLUB CONTEST

The following is the story
written by Sara Ellen Mobley,
Stetson student. which took first
prize in a recent Stetson Press
Club feature contest:
"StetsCn's candidate for the
title'of the little man who WASH t
there could easily be the fellow
who does his twice daily musical
dozen on the Hulley tower chimes
ct tAe University. His right to
the distinction rests on the fact
that few persons, appreciative as
they NAV be, stop to think Of the
lad Up in the tower ringing the
carlton of eleven tuneful bells
1.-THE faithful yehudi', upon in
vestigation, was found to be Rob
ert McEmher, a Junior music stu
dent from l udington, Michigan
and upon his shoulders rests the
ra6ition started nearly seven
wears ago. when the Eloise chimes
first rano out from the highcct
structure on the campus. Hulley
tower. As TO the chimes. they
were the gift of the people who
attended vespers at Stetson and
were presented as a tribute to
the late president, Dr.. Lincoln
Hulley.
Bob plays the carlton the
first flight up in the tower.
where a manual of levers acts on
a spring. The spring, in turn,
sets the clapper in swinging mo-
ton, while the bell remains sta
tionary. He stands before a key
board of levers arranged in the
kew CT D to perform his musical
gymnastics, The bell-ringing is
gymnastics in the truest sense OF
the word, for a considerable
strength must be exercised by
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-28

the operator of the not-too-mod-
en- mechanism. A complicated
system of rods and leather straps,
I'll of which must be strengthen
ed from time to time, bridges the
hundred-f9Ct space from the key
board to the bells.
Requests for tunes are quite
an everyday occurrence, accord
ing to Bob, with Stephen Foster
melodies and Happy Birthday
the most popular and repeated
requests. Whenever a professor
celebrates birthday, the campus
chimester1 tries to remember it
with at4Yappy Birthday sere-
made II saves the price of send
ing card and does as well for
the chimes are heard nearly all
over town.
Another idiosyncrasy, he con-
fessed. is to stick his head out of
the tower window and listen to
tho chimes on the courthouse
clock ring out the morning and
evening half-hour, about a half
rniln awav. AS the last note
sounds, he. takes up the chorus
~ the Eloise chimes. 1t can be
done very easily on cold winter
mornings. when the air is clear,
he commGated, but when the
weather is hot and muggy, the
sounds won't carry.
Even though Bob's identity is
lost in the peal of the bells as
they ring out over the campus
every weekday morning at 7:30
and at $50 every night, there's
hardly a towfsperson or student
at tho University, l believe, who
wouldn't like 20 shake the hand
of the little man who plays way
Up there"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-28
THE WEATHER

shower tonight and Thursday:
little change in temperature:
moderate to fresh easterly
winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy and con-
tinued warm tonight and Thurs
day.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate SOUTH
easterly winds, except fresh east
erly winds in Florida Straits:
partly cloudy weather tonight
and Thursday, scattered showers
in Florida Straits:
CONDITIONS
Showers and thunderstormS
have occurred during the last "a
hours from the north Pacific
coast eastward over the northern
iier of States to the north At
lantic coast, and in scattered
localities in the Plains, southern
Rocky Mountain, and West Gulf
States, and lower Mississippi
Valley, with heavy rain in por-
tions of New York States, north
ern Michigan, and Louisiana.
Dry weather still continues
over southeastern sections, with
day temperatures yesterday
ranging from 90 to 80 in many
localities; while over western
districts readings are generally
seasonable.
c.. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge.