GEfliN CRITICS PAUSE D. C. MR; Miss Sylvia Lent, Violinist, Holds Berlin' Audience Spellbound. Miss Sylvia Lent, of Washington, daughter of Prof. E. Lent, 1528 Corcoran street, who is appearing In concerts in Berlin this fall,. Is receiving immediate and favorable recognition from the musical critics. Di* Welt says: "Sylvia Lent play« with the sovereign perfection of the eeasonnd virtuoso." Ôerhiania says: "Let so om· say that blonde* have a cold naturi. for Sylvia Lrfjnt. a slendur blond haired violinist drew tones from her beautiful violin with such intensity of feeling and temperament that the warmth of her personality could not be doubted. I heard only tin¬ iest part of her program, but that was sufficient for me to recognize the very fine technique and the vital musical ability of the young Siri." , Kreutz-Zcitung says: "At her recital in Bechstein Hall the young violinist Sylvia Lint showed that she possesses extraordinary talent. She gave her program in the true virtuoso style. One who has achieved so much and who knows how to produce a tone so sound and pure may expect everything to come her way." Der Reichsbote says: "TJie violinist Sylvia Lent has a splendid talent. It was a special pleasure to hear the response of her beautiful Instrument to her fluent fingers and masterful bowing. The young artist deserves a great career.'.' Neu» ??t?????G says: "SyhM.i Lent le a remarkanle violinist.. This is not surprising for with talent suca as hers industry must result in a flawless technique and a fine tone-proilucioii -To reach the ex¬ traordinary in y!qll,n art there must be added temperament and power of Interpretation. Her playing gave undoubted evidences of these quail ties.»· . Dr. Walter Krone, Allegemelne Mttaik 7.' itimi;, says: "The young violinist Sylvia Lent was heard to great advantage. Possessed of a glittering technique she overcame great difficulties with a surprising sureness and fluency. Many of her colleagues might well envy*her the beautiful instrument1 from which she knows how to draw Wonderful music at all times." Berlinger Tageblatt says: "De- eervlng of special notice is the con¬ cert offered by Sylvia Lent. She was rewarded with well-deserved applause. ^Prhe young violinist has at her command a technique of outsanding excellence, as well as a warm, full tone, which sacrifices none of its purity and beauty in the most difficult passages." Miss Lent is a pupil of Leopold Auer, famous Russian violin master, who taught Miseria Klman. Jascha Helfet«. Max Rosen, and other preeent-day violin virtuosos. CONCERT TOMORROW AT THE FIRST CHURCH The second concert of this week in the First Congregational Church will be given tomorrow at 8 p. m. and will Include favorite selections from popular*--oratorios, by the vested chorus choir ef the church and Ute quartet composed of Es¬ telle Wentworth, soprano: tloldle D. Hutchlns, contralto: Alliert Parr, tenor, and James K. S. Kins. Ila. baas, with Harry Kdward Mueller a* organist and director. The program: Chorus. "Unfold Te Portals," from "Redemption" (Oounorti: trio. "On Thee Each. Liv¬ ing Soul Awaits," from "Creation" (Haydn); chorus. "Awake the Harp," from "Creation" (Haydn!; alto solo, "But the Lord fc Mind- S of His Own." from "St- Paul" endelssohn): choral. "A Mighty .fortress" (Luther); chorus, "Infla- matus." from "Stahat Mater" (Ros¬ ata!): tenor solo. "If with All Tour Hearts," from "Elijah" (Mendels¬ sohn); choral, "Commit Thy Way" (St. Matthew Passion Music» (Bachi; chorus. "Blessed Jesus,'' from "8tahat Mater" (Dvorak); chorus, "Hallelujah," from "Messiah" (Han¬ del). LOVETTE STUDENTS IN EXCELLENT RECITAL The Levette students' recital held at Fairmont Seminary last weak proved to be of unusual stand¬ ard. The program presented was mm follows: "First Movement of Sonata in E Minor" (Ortcg); "Ro¬ mance" (Sibelius); "Prelude In C Sharp Minor" (Rachmaninoff), played by Mary Ruth Matthew«; throe Chopin Preludes, "Pappinone.' (ROOenthal) and "Scherzo" (Ligen eká), by Olndys Hlllyer; and "Fan¬ tasia," In C. Major (Haydn); "Sonet¬ to 1Î3 del Petrarca" (Liest); "Valse Csiprice" (Strauss-Tausig), given by .¡«lina Brown. Tiese young art- lets ehowed talent of a high order, displaying splendid technique and interpretative qualities. orchestra to Play. The Gablee Orchestra, under the direction of Paul D. Cables, will furnish an evening of music tomor¬ row st Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets north st 8 o'clock. Concert at Club. The quartet öf the First Baptist Church furnished the program of the*·weekly recital of the Friday Morning Music Club last Friday in the assembly room of the Cosmos dab. [ ,-! To Give First Concert. The first concert of the Music Club of the Government Hotels will be given tonight at 8:lt o'clock In the hotels. Union Station »fias·. Fallowing the musical there will be «ssTsing_ . Concert at Church. a concert was given on the night of "November It at the First Baptist Cbjsrch by Mrs. Florence Howard, eoprano; Mrs. William T. Reed, con traite Charlee ? Riddel, tenor: ¦* Arthur Cheater Qorhack. hase: Charlee ? Ferry, orpantst. and Miso Mary Isabel Kelly. HE PLAYED HORN IN WAGNER'S BAND ?.- .... ^ . ...,-¦*. *a This is John Adolph Sihmit and the horn he played in the orchestra condSHed by Richard Wagner, photographed at the Soldiers' Home where he is an in mali·. Svimi it is eighty-eight years old and a veteran of the Civil War. t.Huntingdon Woodman Takes Up Cudgel for Song Development. R. Huntingdon Woodman, whose (impositions are the delight of hurch musicians, and who has a ride following In Washlnirton. Is of he opinion that one of the most iiu- Hir'imi factors, in the musical divi- oment of the country is the choral o'eiety. It makes little difference, says Ir. Woodman, whether the society s composed of men, women or lioth, iut for the reason that It is liifficult 0 pet men to participate in choral . hi.irs.ils It would aeem that most if the work along that line will be lone by clubs of women's voices. At all events. Mr. Woodman de- lares, women's clubs are springing ip all over the country and In many if them there Is special attention o muslo, chorally, historically and ,bove all, seriously. Writing In the Rrooklyn Eagle, ir. Huntingdon says: "Choral music does not receive In his country the attention it nerlts. . "In England nnd Canada it la car¬ ted to much greater length than 1ère. Some of the finest chorsl Inglng in the world can be heard ? Canada, and even in the far West- rn portion of. that land we find horal societies in many towns, neeting occasionally in friendly ivalry at a "sonç fest," competing or a prize awarded for the best terformance of a given program. Idea Should Flourish. "There Is s movement on toot to naugurate choral festivals in .this ¦ountry. Whether It will succee4 ? the larger towns, with the multi· ude of distractions It Will have to ontend With, Is a question. In mailer towns the choral Idea should lourish and If proper direction can ie obtained the movement ought to ¦aver some success. Certainly the dea is a good one and, if carried ¦ut. the plan will doubtless stlmu- ate' the love of music and fta study: "During the war community slng- ng ' had Its day. It seems to is ve died for want of inspira If on. 'he choral society alms higher; and ¡.hile It can noe include everybody a the community it will get Its in- plration from the master-works of lative and foreign composers, and rom the enthusiasm of participating nembers. Only those who have had h> experience realise the pleasure f studying, a great choral work lin¬ er a master conductor. The writer .valla his membership In the old .htlharmonic Chorus under Theodore 'homes as smong the most interest- ng, enjoyable and valuable expert- nces of his life. "The educational influence of such ? society will come through Its pub¬ ic performances and, if an Interest- ng program is presented, a reason¬ able support can be expected from* he people. Light Cantatas I'rged. ~ * "That th· oratorio concerta In Man- lattan and Brooklyn attract only noderate or small audiences (except rhen 'The Messiah' la given» Is due o the fsct that such oratorios are requently heavy and of Interest nalnly to professions! musicians "The writer has felt for some years hat there Is a field for «hotml sing ng in the presentation of lighter «ntatas and choral ballads instead if an oratorio pei forma nee. To edu- aie we must present the subject In ?· understandable way. The people ire not yet able to understand or en- oy an oratòrio (unless we except Klljah* or The Messiah*). Whereas, ihorter and lighter choral works rould make an appeal andr eventually *· would b· able to find an oratorio ludlenc*. Sing» for Macon«. Mm·. Marguatit· PstU. colara- urm soprano, gsv« a number of «citale recently I .«vat Wednesday venins ah« sang ter Harmony .edg« of Masons, aad on 11 hi iMj PLAYER - PIANOS \ Sir Landon Ronald Considers Them of High Educa¬ tional Value. Sir Landon Ronald, composer, principal of the Guildhall School of Music, London, und conductor of the Royal AU>ert Hall Orchestra, stntcd recently, according to the New York World, that no serious musician ehouM scoff at gratndph'dri«· or re¬ producing pianos. "They are of the greafest educa- tlve value in-muslc." he said. "They have helped music In Knglsnd im¬ mensely in the last ten years and I consider ili· m a most important factor as an educator and in help¬ ing amateurs to understand more about music. "For the first week or two people love to listen to jasa music on their cramQphonts, but then they get rather sick of it and want some* ? hing nicer. "They get hold of 'Tannhauser.' for Instance, and come to the con¬ clusion that It Is a Jolly fine work. They then go and hear It at Queen's Hall.and that is how coi*· oert audiences are built up." New Russian Anthem. Th· Soviet government of Russia, desirous of substituting for every body's "International" « national hymn of its own, offered a pris«· for music to be written to words by Oorodetzky. The first prise was 10,000,000 rubles, a grand piano end twenty yards of a stuff called the "Communist." One Berkowltsch, a pupil of the Moscow Philharmonic College, gained It. , "WITH NOVEL Afflicted Musician« Demon¬ strate Great Feat of Memorization. Blind musicians have so long ac¬ customed us to their remarkable powers of quick memorlraUon, says Music, a British publication, that the following feats, which are vouched for by the National Insti¬ tute for the Blind, will be the moro readily accredited. Fred Turner, one of the most ac compllshed blind musicians In Scot¬ land, recently metnm iztxl the whole of Bach's "St. Matthews Passion," and In foar months trained his choir and himself accompanied the untlre work on the organ. Sinclair l.ogan, the blind composer and or- (aaiot? memorized Somervell's "The Passion of Chriet".a fairly com¬ plicated cantata occupying seventy five minutée in performance. trained his choir and accompanied t successful rendering all inside '.be period of lees than two month«, dur¬ ing which· he was working under the strese of other heavy memoriza¬ tion work for an important recital ? Liverpool for the National Insti¬ tute for the Blind, In addition to his normal professional duties. To carry in the memory Beethov- .¦n's thirty-two pianoforte sonatas as William Wolstenholme does, and the entire forty-eight preludes and fugues of Bach, a* in the case of. H. V Spender.two blind musicians resident in London.would stem no light achievement, and yet the^e form but a amali portion of the range of works pigeonholed in the mental storehouse of these gifted men! GIVES FORTUNE TO STREET New York Is Generous to Wan¬ dering Musicians Who Invade Courtyards. In the' course of a year New York city throws a fortune esti¬ mated at $160.000 to street musi¬ cians, aci-ordTng to a member of one of the city's social welfure asso¬ ciations who has made a careful i-turty of such conditions. The money ppent by New York for op¬ era or symphony concerts Is often cited as evidence of the city's love for music. Now it can furnish another proof.the fortune thrown to street musicians for the most iwrt by the poor of the city. Thousands of courtyards through¬ out the city serve as miniature the¬ aters for these alngers and musi¬ cians. There these wandering mu¬ sicians are unmolested and beyond the reach of unapprcciativc police¬ men. The acoustics of their im¬ provised theaters are excellent. The sound of the voices and the in¬ struments le carried upward with distinctness, so that the entire audience gathered at the windows of the apartments facing the court¬ yards may hear the music. The programe are varied. The mn«or'lv of the performers are so- loists who accompany themselves on a mandolin or other stringed instrument. 39 digestion Dr. KING'S PIUS -the fotnily laxatä* MUSICAL OFFERINGS APPROPRIATE FOR CHRISTMAS Hake T«er HeleeMaai Ksrljr Frotn Oar Ian» aa· Oemsaase Stack Mandolins, 17.50 to $50. Mandolin Banjos. Slî.SO to $12«, Banjo-Ukes. $4.75 to $16.50. Hawsiian Steel Out- tars. $8.50 |o $3«. Violin Bows. $2.5· to - *»· Violin Cases, $4.50 to $26.50. Music-Rolls and Satch¬ els, 95c to $15. Ouit.'irs, $«.50 to $75. Banjos. $15 to $75. Batons and All Ukuleles $0.50 to $22 M. Drums, $9.75 to $45. Cornets. $10.75 to $10·. Saxophon··, $95 to $152.50. Accordions, $12.50 to $49. Hamilton Stands and Cases. Au tobaros, $0.50. $9.50. $135«. $15.50. Bugle«, Boy Scout, $0.50. Things Musical Buescher True Tone SAXOPHONES ? flat Soprano. C Melody, E flat Alto. ? flat Tenor SPECIALLY PRICED VIOLIN OUTFIT? Of Ficellent Quality for «Indents Outfit Nasabsr 1 $13.90 CanatathiaT «f Vlnlln. B«w, Case, Okta ? eat Outfit WsaaSsr · $18.50 rVmatatln* «f Ytalta Btw, Oa··, Chi« Real Outfit Vamlw S ' $16.10 - Outfit itMis«» « $21.60 MAIL ORDERS FILLIO L F. DROOP & SONS CO. BtssRwsjr 'IS GKTO IPS FOG-STRANDED New York Harbor Marker Was Invented by Government Engineer. Passengers on boats vassing St. Georg». Stuten Inland, in the New York harbor, have been attracted by a new form of buoy. It looks iiiuoh the same as the ordinary boll buoy« which murk the various channels, but Its warning or skn;il is ?f?,?? The new aid to navigation Ih known as a chime buoy, an elaboration of tate familiar bell buoys, ». li a dif¬ ference. The ordinary ?»? liuoy Is equipped with a bell, n rimisi Which a .rlSS of dappers, usually four, serin«/'from several pointe. As the waves rack the buoy from siile to Mide, tliw bails hummer out a Hignal, which can be heard a considerable distance. It is impossible, however, to dis¬ tinguish on« belt buoy from another in a fog, and serious mistakes often follow. Aboard every ship at anchor in the, harbor, when-the fo« comes down, a bell is rung eontinuouily and these signals are often confused with the floating bells. The chimi buoys consist of four bells of different sise, which give out different notes. As the waves rock this buoy, the knockei-s striking against all four hells ring out four distinct notes uf different pitch. There Is no sflSjesnc· or rhythm to the notes thus rung out "across the water, although the effect is not un¬ musical. But the combination of notes Is distinctive anil r<ad!ly recogniçtsl. The lookout on a vessel approaching the chime buoy in ? toy will have no difficulty in recognlxinfl, its characteristic music among souri s of ordinary fog beutvand will thus receive definite Information as to his position. The chime buoy is the invention of S Government engineer. Judge Rules in Favor Of Opera Singer in Eviction Suit The suit brought in the municipal court in New York to evict Marie Rappold, opera singer, from her apartment at - West Sixty-seventh street, be¬ cause her landlady objected to her singing, has failed, Justice Panken having ruled that she cannot be so evicted. The ac¬ tion was brought) by Mrs. Jerome C. Cook, owner of the apartment, who alleged that Mme. Rappold's singing late at night annoyed other tenants. It was further complained that Mme. Kappolii, who now pays $300 a month, had refused to pay more. Two of the other tenants of the building, Com¬ mander William P. Bachman, U. S. N., and Superintendent Kirk, gave evidence that they had always enjoyed the einging of Mme. Rappold. Justice Panken .said that the $1,000 a year additional rent which had been demanded would amount to profiteering under the hous¬ ing law. STUDENTS OF JEWELL DOWNS GIVE RECITAL Pupils of j'ewell Downs gave an interesting rucltal last night at 313S Nineteenth street northwest. Among tho young people who took part In the affair were Agnes Avery, Ira Krider, Leila HuiWleson, Klmcr Carter, PtyuJIne Kennedy, Bernard A. Young, Alice li. Haig, Edwin 1'. Jones, Gwendolyn Taylor, William Stanley Quine and Kiste Lang. To Hear Child Pianist > Katherine Upsott, eleven years old, will give a plano recital to¬ morrow night at the United BrOthtwa Sunday School house. North Capitol and It Street· north¬ west, at 8:15 o'clock. She will be assisted by Theodore Ileadlund, vlollnst. INTERESTED Music Lovers Minifest Keener Enthusiasm Than Ever Before. LONDON, Nov. 28^.One of Lon¬ don's brightest musical possibilities fi.r^ 1923 is declared to be that of a season of international opera in Con¬ vent garden, (¡o whert· you will to¬ day, says The London Telegraph, the length and breadth of the land, and you will un«! a far keener (professed) enthusiasm for opera than ever he- fore, largely due In its recent growth to the Beceham, Carl Uosa, .British NationulNind other opera companies, but If London is to hav- a "gratet <m* son'' in C'Qvent Garden in May, .Inni» and July next year the "pro¬ fessed" must become practical. To this ?·?<1, the direct ¡its of the Grand Opera Syndicate have been ap¬ proached by many old subscribers who are anxious that aeeason of pre¬ war lines should be given next sum¬ mer. It has always been the case In the grand past that while the Itoyal Open«, was never subsidized, In the ordinary meaning of*that term, if yet enjoyed that'must valued of all ac¬ tual subsidies, a large subscription list. The directors themselves are atisficd that there are quite an ex- (·· ptional number of first-rate artiste both in America and on the continent from whom a company quite on the level of any engaged in the old days could be recruited, and who would attract quite a« much popular sup¬ port. The Telegram agrees with the dl rectors that the univers·! hol^s at .his moment, a larger proportion thatf perhaps ever before of operatic sing re i.f th" highest natality. It is tru' tiiut England ha« heard almost nom of them here in the last four years, hut none of those whose affair it i«· to keep oh the lookout for the arrival; of mieli 'singers, and to watch their development and progress, nre fully aware of the tact that the operatic art has not stood still, eve»'If most of Its exemplifications of the highest rank have occurred in North id» South America. That the matter, of whioh tn%i Is but a brief preliminary announce¬ ment. Is taken very seriously by the directors is vouchsafed tor by an affll· cial note t bat the 'season will com¬ mence on Mondoy, April 90 (fasi* weeks after Easter), and- will oo4- tinue for twelve weeks, performances being given .every night (Saturdays except ed); sixty in all. The operas to be given would as far··· possible· be performed in the language In which (hey were written, as heretofore. Thus, If this cosmopolitan season eventuate; I.oridon will be restored to Its pristine operatic glory RÈNI YOUR PIANO / AT PR@ÍS ino g EST. 1ß79 -MÄXPUGATSKY- Violinist-Director-Teacher Will Areept Mure G????». Claaaoe Forming Now. s Phone or Write tor Appointment -Il MIO; 1416 (Impin St. N. W. I'lionea: a fol. S477-.I (Id h. m. re « p. m.) 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