M'U S’ I C
Susy or Bobby ought not to touch
the piano until a year or so after
their musical Instruction has begun,
according to Dr. Walter Damrosch,
director of the Institute of Musical
Art, New York. Dr. Damrosch is
diagnosing what oils music pupils that
so few of them reach the prime of an
artistic performance. In his opinion
the fault lies all too often with par
ents who are "so fond of music" that
they force Susy or Bobby to perform
when the poor children have no idea
in the world what It is all about.
"Too many parents," says Dr. Dam
rosch. "see to it too sternly that the
five-finger exercises each be played
20 times in eacli practice hour. They
wonder that Bobby comes to hate
music fervently and wishes in his
heart that lightning might strike the
piano. They are wont to beam ap
provingly on little commonplace
tunes or simplified operatic arrange
inents which he may play, and forget
that they have been drilled into him
mechanically with many thumpings
on the floor by the poor teacher to
make hint “keep time,” and innumera
ble corrections of wrong notes which
have a curious way of recurring al
ways at the same time. Fluency in
scale playing may mean nothing when
phrase making is the necessity, and
they neglect to know that just as
words are nftw taught in the schools
and the letters later, so are phrases
necessary In music and the notes
later.’*
The child should first be inspired
a} through song, pursues the art insti
tute director, no matter if he is ■ulti
mately destined to the cello. A
feeling for "time’’ should be Incul
cated, not through a metronome or
through beating, whether of the floor
or of the pupil, but the child should
acquire that Instinct through familiar
rhythmic forms, marching and danc
ing.
The membership sale of seats for
Vladimir da T’achmann, pianist, who
comes to the Brandels theater on
Thursday evening, March 6, will open
Thursday morning, February 28, at
the box office of the theater. Mem
bers may reserve five seats In addi
tion to their own. Extra tickets may
he purchased at the tame time. There
will he no war tax. The public sale
will begin on the morning of March 3.
De Pachmann Is famous not only for
his art. but also for the rapid fire of
remarks with which he spices his con
rerts. On his return from Europe
last fall the New York critic* made
a great to-do about the frankness
with which he indulged his personal
idiosyncrasies upon the platform. In
return the pianist on his next per
formance preserved a correct and
frigid platform manner. The result
was so much less interesting than his
usual informality that the critics be
sought him to do as he pleased and
talk all he wanted to.
Thomas J. Kelly, dean of the Con
servatory of music at Cincinnati, O.,
was heard by several Omalians
broadcasting a lecture on the his
tory of music from the Crossley
radio station at Cincinnati Thursday
night. Mr. Keely will be remembered
by musicians here as the head of the
' former Mendelssohn choir here and
the choir director at the First Meth
odist and First Central Congrega
tional churches.
"Princess Chrysanthemum," Jap
anese operetta to be presented by a
cast of 50 at the Swedish auditorium
next Thursday evening, February
28, is a romance in plot and a musi
cal comedy in effect. While Jap
anese settings, costumes and customs
are faithfully represented, grotesque
departures from the strictly conven
tional lend generous humor to an
otherwise sentimental fairy love tale.
All of the characters. Including the
chorus and a. number of juvenile
sprites and fairies, have been cast
from the choir, Luther league and
Sunday School of the Grace Lutheran
church.
Those taking part are Amelia j
Waago, Rose Derlo, May Miller, I
Georgia A. Way, Frances Baetans,
A l)e Luxe Production
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WHAT is a man’s idea of
love? The sweet, whole
some affection of a sweet,
everyday Kiri? Or the passion
ate attraction of a fascinating
woman? See which it is.
NEXT
SUNDAY
NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS
LO I HROP ..... 24th and Lothrop
POLA NFGRI in "BELLADONNA”
( haptrt 4. "Fighting Blood"
GRAND ...... 18th and Binney
Mai I nr If Daw and .lohn Bown a in
"THE RARF.FOOI BOV”
BOULEVARD . - 33d and F-aavenworih
Agnra Ayraa in "Tha Heart Haidar"
“Fighting Blood." No. B, and Comedy
Mary K. Miller, Terry Rivett, Harry
Cockerell, Charles Lafferty, Harry
Coesfoldt and .1. C. Mertes. Musical
numbers from the works of Mendels,
sohn will be presented by Rose Tlerlct,
Othelia Kinder, Helen Mackin, Terry
Rivett. Harry Cockerell will present
a number of his own compositions, as
sisted by Terry Rivett.
One of the most important services
ever sponsored by the Nebraska
chapter, American Guild of Organ
ists, will be the concert at the First
rresbyterlan church, Tuesday eve
ning at S:15, February 26, given by
out-of-town members of the guild.
All music lovfers and friends of ths
guild are cordially invited to attend.
Musicians who take part in the
concert are John Mills Mayhew, di
rector of music First Baptist church.
Lincoln: Prof. Carl Haase, F. A. G
C, director of music, Lutheran sem
inary, Seward; Forrect L. Shoemaker,
director of music, Midland college,
Fremont; and the choir of the First
Baptist church. Lincoln, Including
Mesdames C. R. Watson and R, S.
Brewster, sopranos; Misses Dorothy
Petton and Marjorie Cooper, contral
tos; H. S. Davis and Kline S. Ward,
tenors; Archie Jones and Mark E.
Johnson, basses.
Program.
Fugtw in D Minor (Violin Fugue)....
..7. S. Bach
Prof. Haase.
An- lent: Jrau Dulcia Memorl.. . Vittorla
Clod My king . Bach
Douhrie Quarlat.
Andante from Sonata No. 1.Borowaki
Mr, Shoemaker.
From The Russian Liturgy—
Glory to The Trinity.Rachmaninoff
Gladsome Radiance .Gretrhaninoff
Cherubim Song .Bertnyanaky
Doubla Quartet,
Sonata Ttnniantlca .Pietro Ton
Introdu7,ione ed Allegro
Adagio
Finals
Prof. Haaae.
Modern School:
The Prophecy (From the Mystery of
Hathlehem) —. Healy Wlltan
By The Waters of Babylon .
. S. Colerldge-Taylor
Double Quartet,
Allegro Vivace (From First Symphonic)
.. Louts Vlerne
Caprfceio . Mas Roger
Rhapsody .Roasetsr F. Cole
Dr, Mayhew.
A song service will be held this
afternoon at Zion Lutheran church,
Thirty-sixth and Lafayette streets.
Soloists are Mrs. Emily Furnish. Mrs.
Herschel Woodis, Miss Lily Anderson,
Mrs. F. A. E. Hanse, Miss Eva Nel
son. organist, and Bernard E. John
ston, choirmaster.
The last of his series of song re
citals will l»c given by Mr. Watters
In the Sehtnoller & Mueller audito
rium. 1016 Dodge street. Thursday
evening at. 8:15. The larger part of
Irene Draws All Eyes
Truly Irene Castle McLaughlin, nr, rather, the diamond bracelet spark
ling on her ankle, attracted all eyes as the dancer appeared before grand
jury in New York to press complaint against Janies R. Cooper, jeweler, who
ihe charges pawned nerklace intrusted to him.
the program will he made up of re
quested numbers, among which will bo
the prologue from *'Pag]iaccl," by
Leoncavallo.
Mrs. Dorothy Morton Parks will be
the accompaniost and will also play
a group of solos.
The recital is free to the public.
Edith Louise Wagoner will present
her piano pupils, Maxine Ollier. Mary
Alice Rogers, Meredith Oakford, Es
ther Trott, Elijabeth Mills, Beth Par
ker. Elizabeth Kado and Edith Vic*
toria Robins. In an informal studio
recital at 4 o'clock this afternoon at
her residence studio. 222 Park avenue
A cordial invitation is extended to all
tvho are Interested.
The program given by the Rialhr
Symphony orohestra of 21 this week
In the Rialto theater Includes the foi
lowing numbers: "Zampa," by Harold;
"Prince Henry," by Ellcnberg. a se
lection by Moussorgsky; "I’m a
Longin’ fo' You,” Jane Hathaway, and
“Out of the Dusk to You," Dorothy
Lee. George Haupt, organist, will
feature an organ and flute duet, being
assisted thla week by Earl V. Tlcknor,
flutist.
The musical numbers studied by
public school children in the music
memory contest this week arc the
sir from the O String, from *he D
Major suite, by Johann Sebastian
Bach, and "Souvenie,” by Drdla.
Pupils from the class of Corinne
Paula Thorson will give an informal
piano recital Sunday afternoon, Feb
ruary 24. at her residence, 551 South
Twenty-sixth avenue. The following
will play: Virginia Wilcox. Alice
Wlxson, Caryl Segerstrom, Bernice
Grunwaid, Grace Changstrmn, Mary
Alice Kirtley, Jean Hulka, Mary Alice
Mlther. Lois Longly, Rogene Ander
son, Florence May, Helen Bet hard,
Bernice Smith, Evelyn Grover and
Mary Agnes Marshall.
Piano recitals will he given by ad
vanced and Junior* pupils of Helen
Mackin In her studio in the Arling
ton block on Sunday afternoon, Feb
ruary 24, and March 2 at 3:30 p. m.
Those Interested are Invited to attend.
Great Pianist Is
Also Humorist
It is sad that people demand that
a genius should always appear clothed
in a cloak of dignity and seriousness.
After all, there is nothing about be
ing an artist that precludes a man's
having a sense of humor, and Vladi
mir de Pachmann. that grand old man
who plays here at the Brandeis the
ater under the auspices of the Tues
day Musical club on the evening of
March 6, might have been one of the
famous clowns who go down In his
tory, had not fate given him an sven
greater talent in the art of music.
In mimicry, in the art of gesture, of
facial expression, the man has no
superior. His keen sense of the ludi
crous fills him with countless inspira
tlons, which bubble forth even in his
concerts.
Audiences have taken seriously his
insistence on the unevennnes* of his
piano stool, and his adjustment of it
to exactly the proper balance with a
thin sheet of paper under one leg
To De Pachmann that is a tremen
dously amusing bit of burlesque, and
he Is much disappointed when It is not
greeted by applause and roars of
laughter. We are too apt to relegate
to the vaudeville stage parodies of
well-known musical pieces—yet Beet
hoven and Wagner both indulged in
them and seemingly found as much
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S2te Finest Display of Fashions
Omaha "has ever seen.
RIALTOHERZBERG
SPRING STYLE
REVUE
A brilliant and fascinating
array of Spring and Sport vear
properly and professionally displayed by
IVAN D.MARTINS NEV YORK
BEAUTY MODELS
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Omaka's Greatest Musical Org'aitiz.atioit, 11
RIALTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF 21 ARTISTS
I z-N/r , Direction, Harry Brader 1
_Ojjeriri^ a colorful Overlure ,vv2ampa" J
delight In amusing their friends as In
transporting them to the ether on ex
• lUlsite sounds. It is extremely prob
able that a man may be as vain of
his talent for amusement as of his
art and profession.
Knitted dresses seem superseded by
knitted silk in great variety of fancy
weaves and colorings.
They Are Wearing in Palm
Beach.
Palm Beach—But hint edits thus
far are mostly black. An orange and
black ruffle tunic was worn over
black satin trousers and a huge silk
handkerchief of royal blue, orange
and black #a« worn like a rape, with
the two upi>errnost corner* knotted
under the < hln. The ho** were of
chiffon
l!at« me growing gradually large
hut maintain the cloche or mum
room shape.
Black «atin trimmed bathing ha'a
have i runmlng of knotted satin.
Q/X.O. story
o/^ ci great
courage and
a love sublime
I -told m a drama
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action and set
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A Sizperk Star
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DOROTHY
MACKAILL
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Never has Barthelmess had a role more dashing, more
audacious, more gloriously heart-appealing than this
of an intrepid youth who draws sword for the honor of
a woman and dares the might and fury of a tyrant.
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Creator of "In the Name of the Law,"
Third Alarm." "Westbound Limited,"
presents his latest photoplay thriller, alive
with action and wholesome humor.
St Mail Robbery"
RALPH LEWIS and JOHNiLIE WALKER
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