Modernized Carmen to Debut by Farrar at Auditorium
Geraldine Farrar and her company bring a revived modern version of Bizet's Carmen to Canton on March 19 at the Auditorium. The production features a principal cast a full symphony orchestra and ballet with cuts to reduce grand opera trappings. The drama follows Merimee closely with added Micaela and a ballet, and the ending remains Carmen's death. Seat sales open March 16 at Geo Wile & Co and ROD Smith.
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Geraldine Farrar
Canton
Thuratay
Veniue
Bizet
Mia
Thie City
Thleety
Mins Warvar
Metropoliean
Enery
Suri
Parrir
Soem
Marrur
Crand Opera
Merimee
Micheme
Thia
Micaela
Armen
Mutt
Geo
Wile & Co
Rod. Smith
New Interest In Music Says Director Hanson
Leslie D. Hanson, director of music in public schools, notes growing interest in music as a vital educational issue. He cites extensive school programs in Boise, Kalamazoo, and Canton, with choirs, bands, orchestras, and courses in appreciation and harmony.
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Hanson
Leslie D. Hanson
Mute
India
Upper Burmah
Sit
Oretowa
Canada
University of Kansas
Kanena
Hangon
Chicago
American Conservatory
Clevecon
Chicago Opera Company
Chicago Light Opera Co
Haneon
Pulelic
Boise
Idaho
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ike Caesar
Mem
Canton
Echoola
Canton Public Schools
Fashion Governs Us Says Writer
A writer argues that fashion rules modern life by the will of the governed, shaping manners, religion, and politics. It enforces novelty and emulation as the ultimate good, with the crowd calling the tune in leading circles while philosophers claim the world marches. The reference hints at Santayana and self government.
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Mollon
Flavor of Art Delusion and Suare Debate on American Artists
The excerpt argues that American artists should study both old and new Parisian art but return home to create from personal experience. It condemns art as a bag of Parisian technique detached from life and urges artists to avoid chasing romance or Paris glamour.
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Paris
France
Louvre
Thomas Craven
Chinese Classic In Modern Garh Publishing This Month
Bent & Live publishes Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio translated by Herbert Giles. The collection elevates Py Sung-ling’s tales to a status akin to The Arabian Nights and Grimm Andersen in English markets.
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Herbert Aa. Giles
Bent & Liveright
China
Py Sung-ling
The Strange Stories in Chinese Folklore
The tale collection was published posthumously in 1740 in China Mu Sune-ling, today known as the land of the immortals. Tan Ming-lun funded a notable 1842 edition for Chinese literature. Herbert Giles translated the volume, which contains 1464 stories and fables with footnotes and an appendix on Chinese manners and customs.
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Erty
China
Mu Sune-ling
Tan Ming-lun
Herbert A. Giles
University of Cambridge
Barrie Biography By Braybrook
Braybrooke’s Barrie biography surveys the dramatist author and man. It traces What Every Woman Knows Quality Street and Three Shorter Plays then The Admirable Crichton Dear Brutus Alice Lyt by the Fire A Kies for Cinderella and Barrie and his War Plays. The second part analyzes Peter Pan The Sentimentality of the Little Minister Thruma and Barrie’s character and philosophy.
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Peter Pan
Barrie
Quality Street
Crichton
Brutus
Alice
Cinderela
He Was A Man by Rose Wilder Lane
Rose Wilder Lane, noted short story writer, will publish He Was A Man by Harpers on March 18. The novel follows a man rising from obscurity through romance and conflict across San Francisco waterfronts Arctic Circle Amerton New York and Carmel by the Sea.
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Rose Wilder Lane
Shala
Harpers
Mrs. Tane
Asan
San Francisen
Arctic Circle
Amerton
Coxie
Hobo
Howrie
New York
Artists
Carmel-by-the Sea
Clothes Make the Pirate novel by Holman Day slated for March
Harpers will publish Holman Day's new novel Clothes Make the Pirate early in March. The tale returns to sea lore and colonial Boston with a touch of fact about a real Maine coast pirate named May Bull. Each chapter opens with verses from old sea balads and chants, including Town Dock Ballad.
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Holman Day
Harpers
Boston
May Bull Ana
Maine
Roebuck
Bacon's New Narrative Verse Published by Harpers
Bacon's new narrative verse titled Ph D s has been published by Harpers. The work emerges from his tenure at a university where he earned a Ph D and took leave for writing. The collection reflects years spent in California and acknowledges Yale in 1909 as a noted influence.
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Iroward Bacon
Harpers
Yale
Degenerative diseases and noted scholars featured in reviews
The piece highlights Dr. Lewellys Barker and Dr. Thomas Sprune from Johns Hopkins publishing Degenerative Diseases in February, advocating preventive care for healthy aging. It also notes Dr. Robert Lowie’s return from Europe after attending the International Americanist Congress and describes broad reflections on faith and diversity.
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Lewellys
Barker
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Harpers
Thomas P. Sprune
Robert W. Lowie
Porneo
Canton Community Chorus Plans Wednesday Rehearsal
The Canton Community chorus led by Lawrence A Cover will hold regular rehearsal Wednesday at 7:30 pm in First Baptist Church. New members are welcome to join all four voice parts as Handel's Judas Maccabaeus is prepared for a spring concert likely in late May or early June. The group aims to recruit two top oratorio artists, including a tenor for the lead role.
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Canton
First Baptist Church
Lawrence
Cover
Anecdotes from Borneo and Tolstoy recalled by Gorki
Notes recount Oscar Cooks tale of a pompous Aide de Camp and a sparred bag at a governor's procession. Maxim Gorki in The Dial reflects on Tolstoy and Chekhov with vivid, humorous images of sunbeams and scents.
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Casion
A. D.C
Aide de Camp
Oscar Cook
Borneo
Houghton Mifflin Company
North Borneo
Chekhov
Balmont
Russia
Tolstoy
Maxim Gorki
Dial
Safe Fat Reduction Marmola Tablets Offer Easy Weight Loss
An old dieting struggle is replaced by Marmola Prescription Tablets claimed to erase fat after meals and at bedtime. The ad promises no dieting or exercise, low cost, and fat loss with no flabbiness, urging purchase from drug stores or mail order from Marmola Company Detroit.
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Asl Drug
General Motors
Detroit
Mich
Ady
Program Is Picked For Concert Here
An interesting program of works by renowned composers has been announced for the recital Wednesday evening in Grace Reformed church Cleveland at NW 28th by J William Filson Salem baritone.
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Mr. Filson
del Flego
Clark
Hahn
Lohr
Cadman
Grace Reformed Church
Cleveland
J. Wiliam Filson
Salem
Radio Solist Is Well Known Here
Radio fans hear Miss Alberta Brenner on WOR Newark program Wednesday night March 11. Brenner, formerly of Canton and resident in New York, studied with Guy E. Stickles and is a soloist at St Pauls Collegiate Church New York and East Orange New Jersey. Her contralto voice is described as rich with amazing color and range.
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WOR
Newark
N. J
Alberta Brenner
Miss Brenner
Canton
Mr. Stickles
St. Paul's Collegiate Church
New York
East Orange
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