Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 April 1929 — Page 6

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EDITH MASON SINGS WITH MENDELSSOHN CHOIR MONDAY

Steffen Will Close Twelfth Annual Season by Giving a Typical American Program at the Murat Theater; Other Music Events in City.

AFTER a season of arduous rehearsals and preparations the Mendelsohn Choir will present its twelfth annual spring concert next Monday evening. at ’he Murat, unoer the direction of Elmer Andrew Stefien. The gurs' artist of the concert will be Edith Mason, prima donna soprano of the Chicago Civic Opera company. From press notices just received, it .-.erm: that a rare treat is in store for Monday evening's audience as Madame Mason will repeat the same recital programs given in the Chicgao Auditorium on April 1. Critics present, at that concert, pronounced Miss Mason as "the ideal recitalist, possessing a voice of great beauty, sound musicianship, intelli-

ence. impeccable diction and her phrasing should be taken as a model for all students of singing." Mbs Mason will bring as her accompanist. the distinguished pianist conductor of the Chicago Civic Opera Company. Both the artist and her accompanist arc native Americans and were .•elected in accord with the Mendelssohn Choir management's idea jI giving, at this concert, as nearly an all-American program as it was possible from an- artistic viewpoint. Seldom has the choir striven harder to meet Mr. Steffen's rigorous and exacting ideals of ensemble work, hading, and expression as shown in the three months of preparation for Monday night’s concert. The nine choral numbers to be given, two of which will be Capella, arc well varied and include both sacred and secular compositions, from the light and airy Maytime part-songs of Janies P. Dunn to the sublime and majestic number from Henry K. Hadley's prize cantata "In Music's Praise." Paul R. Matthews will be the accompanist for the choir. Many reservations have been received from out-of-town admirers of the choir, including a group of twen-ty-five .student:; from Indiana university who will come under the chaperonage of Professor John L. Geiger ol r.hc university's music faculty. The complete program will be as follows: •Music Glorv” H-dley PrnloftiN juifi ■ m u 1 rom tlir prize cantata. In Mu !<•' Praise." Opu 21. The tr:;t irom a poem hr G. T. R. Andrr.son. II fVpuir, le Jo;.; * Toni r' Charpcnticr FTciith Masoil. iTI -Hew Hi So Softlv Rest".. '.V ill an A lmi .iral fating of Longffllov rpic porn'. "I hr Dead." Motet tor unaccompanied chorus In right "Beautiful fit.- lour" Christiansen An arrnnßem*nt ol , melody o. M< tei or unaccompanied chorus in eight parts. _ • Ctutiele of the Sun Baldwin right-pan choral ariaugcmnU of the Cl niicle of- St. Francis of - A :.i. A. I).. 1225. Translated by MRuricr I titan. • Vcdral i • i (on • Mozart . "R. tti. haiti. o brl M:- ctlo ' 'Don C. o- mini> Mo art ; "Hn > You rn lmi i White L-il" Gro 1 ?" Anonymou "I've Been - nun Horn Suit*n Mason. VI - "Fantoch- Debussy lta belle, msiliere.-;" I’aylor "Nbel Old i rencli ‘ 1 - - viT ' ■Th’ It:'rn of Dream ," Dunn I\ , -sow; in utc modern idiom ior • Mendels.- nhn choir of Indianapolis. :ir.,t perform;'nrr ■f. Was a Love, and Hi Far" ..Dunn Chord mins ior iie-prl. chorus of the ..one Oi the pair in Shakespeare's "As You like It." A Mayday caprice. VIII ■My l.ord Sat He .. Ov. inter Rain Down Fire" Johnson American Necro .pintual for sixpart chorus from the book of Negro Spiritual. R' permission of the Viking Prc .. • Wall: Together Children" Johnson Triumphant Negro march ong arranged b" the compose; for ..i:.part chore An on to the Promised Ind IX The Fit tie Shepherd 1 Song' Watt - 'Tire Cuckoo C lock" Grant-SchaefTor "April " St. Lcgcr Entrance ol Butierfl " .. Puccini Edith Meson. •'Circa' I Hie Ford Bu.. i-rrccia Fe tiial anthem arranged ior choru• of mixed voices bv Maurice Arnold. The text from n poem by F., Bimk. k it a voice rirn.s TO GIVE CONCERT Thr Indianapolis Conservatory of Music will present voice pupils of Clifford D. Long, assisted by dramatic art pupils of Alice C. Gardner in a studio recital on Monday evening at 8 p. m. The following program will be given: Who Kt.o- " Ball { Gra- Dat Johnson luanita Raldwin. Onlv a Ron*" .. . Friml Caro Mm Ren D;.ni Miriam Daniels. Reading Somebody Did Ann VTra Apple. "Lilac-" Caduian • Kentuck' B- <• . _ Geibcl Reading '.Vhat George Thinks of Calorie. Josephine lloel IF' Os Rea u Dream ' O'Hara I Pa Cri b' Your Window" Rrahc Re.sie Schofield "Cradle Song" Rrahma "The S' rete. Flower That Bio" " Lillian Burnett. Monthly recital of the school will lie held on Wednesday evening at AMUSEMENTS

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! the Crop. ey auditorium of the PubI lie Library, given by pupils of Alice : C. Gardner, Edna R. Morris. Agnes j L. Pusinelli. Catherine N. Snyder. ! Violet Albers, Glenn M. Seitz and , Clifford D. Long. Taking part in the recital will be ! the following pupils: Dorotlr . Norma and Laura Hall. Lucille j Duncan. Ruth Marie Snowden, Dorothy •Jane Ezfcprt. Vrra Apple, Ne* a Jean Jarvis, | June Campbell. Jane Spencer. Maxine Me* : Ka* . Rosaline Petrovich. Josephine Hocl. j J rrida Jones. M* rtlc Burress. Betty Jane j HablK. Lillian Hardy, Jeanne Louise Habitj. ! Lo: Mitchell. Nadine MutMnger. Elizabeth I Hard’ . Robert Hardy, Viola Francisco, 110 ’ ard Hamilton. Marvel Snyder, Marjorie Chase, Virginia Riley. Mrs. R. E. Locke, ! Martha Elizabeth Stephens and Eva | Fleming. ft an ANNUAL SPUING EVENT SCHEDULED The annual spring entertainment of the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music, formerly the Metropolitan School of Music and the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts will be given cn Friday evening. May 3. at 8:15 o'clock at the John Herron Art Institute. The program will include the departments from both schools and w ill be entirely ensemble in char- | actcr. The public is cordially invited. No admission charge. The following is the program: * Ina Cathedral ' Barnard Cornet Choir Raymond Outer, director. <Pupils ot Leclir Peek.* Harp- and Strings-“Kamennoi-Or,-tro* 1 Rubenstcin Merza Browdues. Jean Arnold. Pasquall Mjntani. Martha Osborne, Georgia Bauman. Muriel Wagner, Harriet Payne, Virginia t.eyenbergcr Piano Quartet-“Cariolanus Overture** Beethoven Wa; nf Berry. Hazel Lamkin. Ruth Gant. Frances Robbins. Andrew C. Haigh. director. Scene from “IT Pagliacci”.. .Leoncavallo Eugenia Magid.son. Harold Bean. Glenn Friermood at the piano. ' I an and Tv o Candlesticks’*... McMillan "An Old Fashioned St. Valentine Party.” Characters. Ralph Fletcher Woodbury Nancy Elizabeth Whetsel Hugh William Cragen • Pupils ol Frances Beiki Andante ana Allegro" Saint-Saens Thomas. Poggiani. violin: Marguerite Billo, •uolin; Octavia Landers. Viola; Virginia Lcyonbcrger. cello; Marie Zorn, piano. Adolph Schcllschmidt, director. P’ tii"' Waters of Minnetonka”.Lieurance The Bells ol St. Mary’s” Adams School Chorus. Jc .ephine Reynolds, violin obligato; Loretta Martin at the piano. Frankiln N. Taylor, director. "Danse Ensembles.” Groun of Fourteen Girls • Pupils of Louise Powell* Allegro from Serenade" Edvard Schuctt String orchestra. Hugh McGibcny. director. The fifth lecture-reaital in the Brahms series will be held on Tuesday evening, April 30, at 8:15 o'clock at the Metropolitan School of Music. The following is the program: ’‘Sonata C Major.*' Aiiegro. andante. Scherzo-allegro moltoc confucco. finale, allegr confucco, Presto agitato, ma non troppo. Eloanqra Beauchamp. Wir Melodien." ' Vcrgcbliches S|andchen.” ' Der Tod.” "Botschaft.” Lillian Adam FMickingrr. Trio R major No. 1.” Second version. Allegro con brio. Scherzo, adagio. Allegro. Thomas Poggiani, violin, Adolph Schellchmidt, rrllo. Andrew c. Haigh, piano. Variations on Theme of Paganini—First Set. Andrew c. Haigh. Wayne Ben'y and Frances Robbins. pupils of Elcanora Bauchamp of the piano department of the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts, will play in a spring recital w hich the J. O. C. class of the First Baptist church will present, on Wednesday evening, May 1, at the church. Helen Ruth and Margaret Berry, pupils of Wilma Davis Hine of the dramatic art department of the Indiana College of Music and Fine Arts, will give the program for the high school alumni banquet at Moscow. Ind.. Saturday. April 27. and they gave the program for the convocation of Rushville high school on Wednesday evening, April 24. The Montani ensemble will play for the high school commenmcccnt at Kempton. Ind.. Thursday. April 30. and on May 1 at the West Newton high school commencement. e n a PI PII.S TO GIVE PIANO RECITAL Margaret Delamcter Stone will I present her pupils in a piano recital j Monday evening. April 29. at 7:45 j p. in. in the Irvington Masonic tern- ; pic. The following pupils will take j part: John Cra-' ford. Dick Crawford. Katharine ’ I omsr Frnsborgrr. Mar" Edith Reynolds. 1.,; 'abclil Mendenhall. Dorotlr- Jane Reed. ; Flnora Morris. Dc Armand Daehrz. Harriet King. Thelma Kavlor. Faith Marie O’er- I tree. Dorothv HofT. Opal Cannon. Ariele Bardack r ill gi-e a reading. The program will close with the | Rhythm orchestra. e n b | PIANO RECITAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCED ! A piano recital will be given by the pupils of Allie Frances Eggleton. assisted by the pupils of Norma AMUSEMENTS

1— Raymond tpplcby of the Berkell Players will be seen in “One of the Family,” opening Sunday night for the week at English's. 2 A scene from "Katja," Harlequin Club show of Purdue, which will be at the Murat Tuesday night.

At Apollo

Sammy Cohen Sammy Cohen the diminutive Hebrew comedian who will always be remembered for his work as Private Lupinski in "What Price Glory" appears at the Apollo on the' nttv program starting today in a Vitaphone act called “What Price Burlesque." A former vaudeville artist, Sammy is perfectly at home in talking, singing and dancing and is going over exceptionally big in his bid for honors on the talking screen.

Justice Antibus and Louise Purseil Powell at the Odcon Thursday night. The program: "Teddy Bear March” Fear is Miriam Adaline Stuart. Louise* Maxim Winafred Lloyd. ’ T? o Little Froggies'' Crannn Viola Bozis. "Dance. -Jean Evelyn Ludwig. • Val.se Petite”. Kctcrcr Ann Red wine. Brer Fox” <On the Black Keys*.... Grant-Schacfcr Helen T-Indgen "Revel of the Wood Nymph ,'*... .Barbour Virginia Bur ford. *'Dance** Barbara Clifton. "Manzanella" Robyn Virginia Siefkcr. “Valsc in 3 > Dun ltd Mildred Curtis. "Danse Napolitana” Felton •Teanctto Villiama. "Venitienne” Godard Katherine Rigsbie. To Spring'' Grieg •Norwegian Bridal Procession” Grieg Virginia. Glennc Sander. . "Legend of the Plains" Carman "Gavotte” Bralims-Gluck “Ncgrillions” Aitken Kathleen Wright. "Ballet Music from Ror-amundc” Schubcrt-Ganz Marjory Mcßride. 'Arabesque* Leschilzk;"Sunlighi Thru the Lea \ ex” Burleigh Poiichinellc” RechinaninofT Virginia Olrnne Sanders. Fanitul" - Devil' Dance ■ Olsen Kathleen Rigsbcc. ■Ancient Dance” Citaminade • Rhapsodic’’ Hcnsell Kathleen Wright. “Sonatc Pathetique Ist Movement”.. Beethoven Virginia Glennc Sender . PLAY ••.Vint M,Hilda'- Birthday Party'* Pupils of Norm. Justice Antibus Scene—Rose and Margerefc’s Arpartmen; - -Characters— Rose Leslie Alberta Speichcr Margeret Bond June Ketnof Philli Mt ’" Eleanor Pee;a Katherine Eugenia Huston Batchelor girls who ga* r c a birthday party • Miss Matilda Garland... .Mrs. Fred Miller < Who hnd the party Mr. Matilda Sparling Lois Sedam * Who nearly had it> Mrs Ncwbold Evelyn Bentley • The bride up Lairs> Jane Louise Etiw ards -Mis Garland's maid 1 Tiny Virc: ia Qua Iter ♦ Mrs. Sparling's naidi The pupils of Leslie E. Peek, in- ; structor in cornet and trumpet, will I appear in a recital at the Metro- ! politan School of Music Sunday j afternoon at 2 o'clock. Directs Cabaret Scene “Gamby,” the famous Maria ; Gambarclli. who is known to mil- ; lions over the radio and to hundreds |cf thousands because of her appearances in Broadway stage show j in person is directing the troupe oi Gamby-Hale girls in the cabaret j scene of the all-talking film. "The Hole in the Wall.” in production at Paramount's Long Island studio. In i a cabaret setting representing -the most lavish type of night club, the | girls drawn from Boris Petroff’s "Blue Revue." dance and pirouetL befortj the camera. At one of the gay tables fringing the dance floo’ sit two of the principals in the story ; Claudette Colbert and Edward G I Robinson, stage stars who have the roles of leading woman and heavy ‘•The Hole in the Wall” is being directed by Robert Flcrcy. French director, under the supervision oi Monta Bell.

THE IXDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Benefit Arranged at Park Skating Party to Be Given at Riverside on Wednesday. 7VJEXT Wednesday night, May 1, 1 a| the Riverside Amusement Park Company is donating the big Riverside rink for a skating party to [ given for the benefit of the children's nutrition camp at Bridgeport, the event to be sponsored by members ot the Alpha Latreian Club. Arrangements have been made to | introduce many novel stunts and : the rink will be beautifully decorat|ed for the party. The general | chairmen arc Mesdames Karl T. i Nessler and Robert Coleman. Miss | Helen Coffee will be the patrons’ j chairman, assisted by Mrs. Henry I Churchman and Miss Alexandra i Sherwood. Other chairmen and I their committees follow: I Stums and Prizes Chairman. Mrs. Herbert Wilson: Mesdames Alfred Rodecker. Clayton Mogg, William S. Horn and Frederick Bastian, and Misses Margaret Evans and Cecilia McDermott. Ticket Chairman—Mis Margaret Loer; Mesdames Robert Gates and Alan Boyd, and Misses Man* Lee OrlolT Louise Wills. Constance Jones and Lorena McComb. Food Chairman Mrs. Robert Bastian, assisted by Mesdames Francis Somncr. Verne Reeder. Louise Hensley and Cy 4 Laugnstein and Miss Beet;. Fisher. Publicity Chairmen —Mrs. Howard Foltz and Mrs. William Albcrshardt, and Mesdames Herslwel Davis and Frances Smith, snd Mis- Mary Margaret Miller.The patronesses and patrons are: Mesdames Ovid Butler Jameson. Raymond P. Van Camp. Shafer Ziegler, R. \V. Mcllrtt, M. F- Ault, Charles Smith. C. C. Perry. Alexander Jameson, and Messers and Mesdames Lewis Coleman. Robert Coleman, John F. Ranicr, Edward Harris. olin W. Coffey, Edward Evans, Smith H. Strickland. Frederic M. Ayres. Henry H. Hornbrook. Henry Hun linens. Fred A. Sims, Donald Morris, A. W. Colter. George J. Marott. Charles F. Lewis. J. A. Goodman, Alfred Henry. Michael E. Foley, Linton Cos:;. Harold Hatch. F. S. C. Wicks. Peter C. Reilcy. Herbert Foltz. A. C. Rasmus- : cn. Charles P. Emerson. Edgar Ki. cr, Frederics. G. Balz. Ralph Colby. IE Hartley Sherwood. V. L. Horn. Carl A. Taylor and Judge James A. Collins.

‘Street Scene ’

It is a well-known fact that the house seen on the stage at the Playhouse. New York City, where "Street Scene" is playing, is an exact reproduction of a house in the metropolis. It now comes to light that | the character depicted by Horace Braham, together with the circumj stances surrounding it arc real. The i incidents related in the play acj tually happened in an eastern city within the oast eighteen months. New Series Starts Carl Lacmmle Jr.'s first talking “Collegians" series got under way on Monday of this week at Universal City. Nat Ross is directing and l the peppy young people who have | been identified with the principal ; roles have all successfully passed their talkie tests and will both talk ! and sing in the fourth scries of I “The Collegians."

ICMjVC * N 'Shtly 8:13—23c, 30c, 99c CIIULIan & Mat Wed., Thurs. & Sat., 2:13 WEEK COM. SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL 28 BERKELL PLAYERS With MARIE LOUISE WALKER. JAMES BLAINE “One of the Family” A Sparkling Comedy by Kenneth Webb FRIDAY, MAY 3, CABARET NIGHT won. May sth i Make Season Reservations Ihe >cai ict M oman pj lone \our Seat Order, LI. 5273

ROUNDING THEATERS

,_ y , HERE is an attraction on tour called "The Royal Family" which I V wanted Indianapolis to sec and to test the point whether we would satisfactorily support a comedy with the New York cast intact. I went over this week to see "The Royal Family" at the Sliubert theater in Cincinnati, because I missed it both in Chicago and New York. "The Royal Family” is a “comedy , . , . fV ,„ Gpnrop s foundry or in a chain stoic at the

of actors at home,” by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber and it caused a stir when the authors were suspicioned of shaping their comedy around the home life of the Barrymore family—Ethel. John, Lionel and the others. Regardless* of just where the authors obtained their "subjects" or whether they just drew an accurate picture of the real life of the eccentric big timers, it makes no difference to me. If I were a member of any family that was the source of any data for this comedy. I would consider it a compliment instead of libel. All of the actors represented in "The Royal Family" are great troopers. big artists and intensely human even when they arc being dramatic all over their own front room. I was especially anxious to see this cofeedy because of the cast. The following names one must consider seriously in the affairs of the theater: Haidec Wright, an English actress whose age is probably around J 2; Jefferson Dc Angelis, who might top the age scales at around the same figure or a little more; Otto Kruger, Marjorie Wood and Ann Andrews. You suspicion that Miss Andrews as Julie Cavendish is Ethel: that Otto Kruger as Anthony Cavendish is John: that Jefferson Dc Angelis is the Charles Frohman type and so on. But you will find the greatest satisfaction in the way that Miss Haidee Wright does Fanny Cavendish, the oldest of the old school who will not acknowledge that her final curtain has gone down but who dreams of the day when her late husband was thr great tragedian. And she tells you in a great scene how great he was—he didn’t even die until the last Saturday night of the season and that he even waited for four curtain calls. Fanny Cavendish —the stage needs you today, lovely, smart, sharp, sympathetic and true to your audience. Here is one character created by playwrights of today that will live and live on. If you think the home life of the high priced actor of the big time school is a sweet quiet place then you should take a peep into the Cavendish apartment. You get the impression that you arc in an iron

Pleasure Bound

Max and Nathaniel Lief, lyricists of ' Pleasure Bound.” at the Majestic theater. New York, are writing an original musical comedy with George Abbott, for which he is doing the book. It is the first time Mr. Abbott has written other than a straight play. No composer has ret been chosen. It is understood that several offers have been made for production, and that when it is staged Mr. Abbott will direct the book.

AMUSEMENTS

3 Dolly Lewis will be seen in “The Bohemians,” burlesque, opening Sunday matinee at the Mutual. 4 Eddie Ware is the new comedian with the Colonial Players at the Colonial.

rush hour. They arc all elegant, eccentric creatures. Net satisfied with success or failure and yet they keep on and on. planning bigger things, greater happiness and a change but —they remain troppers, always going back to their audience. "The Royal Family" is a sweet play and yet at the same time so full of realism and pointed fun that it becomes a tower of strength. T guess that our only chance here to see "The Royal Family” will be in stock or the talkers. The cast is as follows: Della Josephine Williams jo Royal C. Stout Hal; Bov Wally Stuart McDermott Murray Alper Herbert Dean Clyde Fillmore Kit.lv Dean Marjorie Wood Given Penelope Hubbaad Perrv Stewart Gerald Kent Fanny Cavendish Haidec Wright Oscar Wolfe Jefferson Dc Angelis JuP? Cavendish Ann Andrews Anthony Cavendish Otto Kruger Another Hall Boy Lester Nielson Chauffeur Frank Vollmer Gilbert Marshall Joseph King Gunga *. Hubert Courtney Miss Peake. Blanchard Bartlett This company only has a few more weeks because Miss Wright after playing the Fanny role for over two years wants to get back to England.

Bobby "Uke” Henshaw, so called because ot his masterful playing of flic tiny instrument, appears on the RKO stages now with his "Rela#ives” and Arthur Boran. the Levan Sisters, Eddie Girard. Jean Carroll and his Relative Band. They offer a snappy, brilliant and humorous musical revue which is sure to please. Just at present they arc playing in New York but will' soon appear on the westward tour. An “All Villain” C ast Perhaps for the first time in film ’ history, an “all villain” cast has been selected for a cinema offering. The picture is “The Girl in the Glass j Cage.” which First National-Vita-phcnc is producing. Among the noted screen villains included in the i aggregation: Matthews Betz, Ralph! Lewis. George Stone, Lucicn Littlefield. Robert T. Haines and Charles ; Sellon. Named Assistant Director Bobby Mayo, assistant director, has just been named assistant casting director at First National-Vita-phone studios in Burbank. He will be chief aide to W. H. Maybery ‘here. AMUSEMENTS

MUTUAL | BURLESQUE THEATRE Direction of Mutual Burlesque Assn, of New York SHE? THE QUEEN OF ALL DANCERS with BOHEMIANS ARTHUR MAYER A m ft |g4%m* || a\ Os Shimmy FRANKIE MOORE N A 1 §4 lIM 1I \ Shaking DOLLY LEWIS D Wm Ull VIIUU Youths

ROUND With WALTER D. HICKMAN

In Variety

Miller to Stay at Colonial : Guest Star Makes Good and is Held Over Here. TOE MILLER., brought to the Colonial as guest star the past week, made a host of friends among the Colonial patrons and has been retained for the next week when he wil be given a role in the play and offer another of his ballads. Another member of the cast new to Colonial audiences is Eddie Dare, who will be seen in the principal comedy role. Ware has been the featured comedian with some of the bigger musical comedy stock companies and comes highly recommended from cities in which he has appeared. Not only is he a comedian but offers a singing and dancing specialty with a “uke." “Where Am I” is the title of the play offered for the week commencing Sunday. The farce-comedy revolves around a minister, a fighter, a stranded actres sand a society lady all thrown together in the same house. Some song numbers with the chorus have been staked by Leo H. Burke, the producer, and will be introduced during the action of the play in addition to the various vaudeville specialties Bert Joins Cast Bert. Roach, popular screen comedian, has jeined the cast of “Twin Beds," which stars Jack Mulhall at First National-Vitaphone studios. AMUSEMENTS

“HEAH TIS, FOLKS!” jCSfI JIMMY M K 1 WADEMj AND HIS CLUB ALABAM ORCHESTRA V

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Comedy to Op e n a t English’s Berkell Will Present ‘One of the Family* Sunday. I "'UN and more fun is promised the Berkell patrons at English’s next week when they will present an amusing comedy entitled “One of the Family." Advance press information indicates that this vehicle is one of the season's funniest. James Blaine falls hcii to the leading role. "One of the Family" was written by Kenneth Webb and was first produced at the Eltinge theater in New York with Grant Mitchell in the title role. The story of the play involves a young man who has become a plodding slave in his home owing to sponging members of his family. They bleed him so rail his earnings as well as try to govern his matrimonial affairs. He seludes their vigilance, however. and goes away, ostensibly to take a vacation trip, but instead marries. When he returns to his fireside, the bride is about as cheerfully received as a swarm of hornets at. a tea party. The young man frowns on the situation and takes his bride await, only lo be followed by the harrassing relatives The manner in which he copes with the stuation furnishes the exi tremely funny situation, which proi voke hilarious laughter in the | audience. On Friday evening alter the close •of the show the members of the Berkell company have arranged a surprise for the audience in the nature of a cabaret show. Each member will “strut his stuff.'’ which means either a song, a dance, a stunt, a piano number or other such entertainment. It Ls said that one member of the company was at one time a grand opera singer. Another was a professional piano player. Charles Berkell. manager, expects to present his players in such performances at different times throughout the season. “One of the Family” opens on Sunday evening at 8:15. New Lyon Picture Ben Lyon, recently signed to star in Columbia productions, will first do presented in “The Quitter,” a powerful drama of regeneration played against the contrasting backgrounds of high society and underworld dives and dance halls. This vehicle gives the popular young player his first opportunity to discard his faultless attire and hero portrayals for a character delineation.

AMUSEMENTS Mendelssohn Choir r-it 1 ELMER ANDREW STEFFEN EDITH MASON American I'rima Donna Soprano MURAT THEATRE Mon., April 29 Srafs 52.J.0, s;>. 51.50, anil SI FULLER-RYDE MUSIC CO. 27 Kai Ohio Street