Blitz to lead San Antonio Symphony and Chorus director
Julian Paul Blitz was elected to direct the Tuesday Musical Auxiliary Chorus, succeeding Charles Cameron Bell, while also announced to conduct the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra next season, succeeding Arthur Claassen. Officers chosen include Miss Gussie Rowley as chair, with Mrs. Helen Teagarden Sanders as vice chair and others. The San Antonio Musical Club showcased local talent with folk songs and Shakespeare settings, plus a Red Cross benefit, a Mozart Society note on Enrico Caruso, and recitals by S J Baggett and Xelma Gager at local venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Paul Blitz
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Claassen
Charles Cameron Bell
Eli Hertzberg
Gussie Rowley
Helen Teagarden Sanders
Stanley Winters
Ethel Minter
Edna Schelb
San Antonio
American Red Cross Society
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Clarence Eddy
Miss Ella Mackensen in Poteet Piano Recital
Miss Ella Mackensen was presented in a piano recital by the Mothers Club of Poteet Texas on Friday evening. The program featured Chopin Grieg MacDowell Liszt and other composers with works including Etude Op 10 No 12 and On the Mountain. Emmett Rountree will direct the vocal department at Southwestern Conservatory San Marcos this summer spending part of his time in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Mackensen
Poteet
Tex
Mothers’ Club
Grieg
Leschetiszky
MacDowell
Emmett Rountree
Southwestern Conservatory
San Marcos
San Antonio
Travis Park Quartet Plans Two Concerts This Week
The Travis Park quartet will perform two concerts this week with one at the New Braunfels opera house on Wednesday evening and another at the Lutheran College in Fredericksburg on Thursday evening. The program features piano solos by Mr Heinrich and Madame Van Gerstucken, vocal solos by Miss Elsa Harms and Mrs G E Gwinn, a duet by Miss Harms and Mr Kirkpatrick, and a quartet including Bridal Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Park
Opera House
New Braunfels
Lutheran College
Fredericksburg
Ne Aeneart
Mrs. Gwinn
Il Trovatore
Verdi Miss Harms
Mr. Kirkpatrick
Scipio
Sacred Music Programs at St Mark and Christ Churches
The morning at St Mark's Episcopal Church features organ preludes and a full concert-style service with selections by Guilmant, Dubois, Mendelssohn, and others, led by organist H. W. Barnes. Christ Church presents a separate morning program with Te Deum, Jubilate, Elijah pieces, and solos by Miss Mary Aubrey and others. At First Presbyterian, Frederick King leads organ preludes, duets, solos, and postludes including works by Bach and Geibel.
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Mendelssohn
Barnes H. W. B. Barnes
Christ Church
First Presbyterian Church
Frederick King
Roy B. Lowe
Charles Cameron Bell
Tvscwiiss Eee
Ottertory
Music programs at Travis Park Methodist Church today
Organ prelude and hymn America followed by a quartet with G E Gwinn Elsa Harms Oran Kirkpatrick and Gilbert E Schramm. Offertory pieces include Gounod Star Spangled Banner Prelude in E flat Pierne and Rheinberger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Park Methodist Church
America
G. E. Gwinn
Elsa Harms
Oran Kirkpatrick
Gilbert E. Schramm
Gounod Quartet
Fiat
Pierne
Caruso Laughs At Submarine Menace On South America Voyage
Enrico Caruso sails from New York to South America for concerts in Buenos Ayres before returning in October. The tenor remains cheerful about possible submarine danger and is pictured in a happy mood aboard his ship as he travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrico Caruso
South America
New York
Buenos
Quartet pieces listed with Miss Mildred Gates at organ
The program presents musicians and works including Hollins Quartet performing I'm a Pilgrim and The Sinner and the Buck Offertory with Berceuse. Miss Mildred Gates serves as the organist, directing the postlude by Lemaigre and other pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berceuse
Hollins Quartet
Pilgrim
Yweeeetedeee
Meatotor Quartet
Sinner
Isnceask Srompeos
Lemaigre
Weekly club meetings and receptions schedule
This week lists gatherings across clubs: Dramatic Club at 5:30 p m Monday in Gunter pink room. Graduate Kindergarten reception 4 00 to 6 00 pm. Musical Round Table luncheon Tuesday at Mrs Farnsworth’s country home. Pierian and Pen Women picnic 4 pm Brackenridge Park. Texas British Woman's Club Red Cross event Wednesday at Odd Fellows’ Hall. public speaking contest Friday 3 30 pm. Woman's Club board at 19 am. D A R San Antonio de Lexar Chapter election of officers Saturday 3 30 pm with Mrs Claude Keeran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Club
Gunter
Gibbons Literary Club
Our Reading Club
L.indergartners’ Club
O. M. Farnsworth
Woman's Club
Pen Women’s Club
Brackenridge Park
Texas-British Woman’s Club
Red Cross
Odd Fellows’ Mail
Board of Directors
San Antonio de Lexar
Daughters of the American Revolution
Claude Keeran
Sinton Holds Mass Meeting for Red Cross Chapter
A large turnout at the Sinton court house on Friday discussed organizing a local Red Cross chapter. Preliminary steps were taken, a charter was requested, and plans include first aid training with members preparing for potential field service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinton
Tex
American Red Cross Society
Court House
H. T. Elkins
London’s Queer Vanes On Spires Of City Churches
The Minneapolis Journal notes London weather vanes on church spires, highlighting a grasshopper crest on the Royal Exchange and a dragon atop Bow church. A legend warned of disaster if they met, but they were regilded and stood together without incident about 50 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of London
Minneapolis Journal
Royal Exchange
Bow
Cheapside
Thomas Gresham
Elizabeth
London
Bowchurch
Albert Memorial
Kensington Gardens
Profits of thrift show small Bridgeton farmers thriving
John S. Ware, treasurer of a Bridgeton trust company, netted 723 on an acre and a eighth with lettuce 700, celery 500, tomatoes 300, onions 200, totaling 2100. J P Marts, on three acres, cleared 2000 with 30000 heads of lettuce. Once a glass blower, he now an independent capitalist on three acres.
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California
Gerard
Philadelphia Ledger
John S. Ware
Bridgeton
N. J
J. P. Marts
Marts
Cheir Married Life Intervenes in a Film Outing
Helen helps Mary with strawberry preserves when Mrs Atwood and Miss Nesbitt arrive. Frances invites Helen to a new Harley Tracey film in a box with two friends. They briefly discuss the movie and Helen wonders about Tracey’s circle as the evening unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Helen
Mary
Mrs. Atwood
Miss Nesbitt
Frances
Viva
Warren
Harley
Tracey
Harvey Tracey
Unconventional Woman Draws Helen into Conversation
Helen meets Mrs. Canders, an artist's wife, who values wit and reading over traditional roles. Canders, playful and well read, hints at independence while remaining part of the social circle. The encounter suggests reading as a path to outside interests and personal appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roslyn
Helen
Viva
Frances
Mrs. Canders
Harley Tracey
Miss Newsom in Recital at YWCA Auditorium
The Powers School of Expression presents Miss Jennie Newsom in a dramatic recital of Clyde Fitch's Barbara Frietchie at the YWCA auditorium Monday evening. C A Lundeen and Mrs M C Rheinhart will assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers School of Expression
Jennie Newsom
Clyde Fitch
Barbara Frietchie
C. A. Lundeen
M. C. Rheinhart
Entitled to Pensions for Indian War Veterans and Widows
Fred Gahlsdorf of San Antonio reports veterans and widows of Indian wars are now eligible for the new pension laws $20 monthly for veterans and $12 for widows, signed by President Wilson. He credits national secretary C. Hauser of Denver and notes local claimants in San Antonio await recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Gahlsdorf
North
Mesquite Street
National Indian War Veterans
Denver
Colo
Wilson
Gahlsdorf
C. Kt. Hauser
Five Alsatians Shot for Treason in Strassburg
A Swiss correspondent reports that in March five Alsatians, including a former German army officer with French ties, were convicted of high treason and shot at Strassburg after a two hour court martial. The ex-officer, once a Colmar infantry lieutenant, spied for France using disguises and false passports. He had joined the French foreign legion in Paris, later gained citizenship, then served in France’s intelligence. A former schoolmate denounced him in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berne
Germany
Paris
French Foreign Legion
Intelligence Department
Army
France
Dialogue on life and writing motives
A terse exchange explores why a writer turns to life experiences for material. He asserts money funds his habit of drinking and renewed bursts of tirade, while she questions the endless motive behind chronic self revealing.
Phosphates speed plant maturity in seeds
Phosphates hasten maturity in plants yet require feed to reach full development. Seeds contain high phosphate levels and growers call these compounds finishers, signaling their role in triggering seed bearing when available.
Rheims Death on Easter Sunday End of City Life
Rheims and its 17 000 residents faced a final siege on Holy Week 1917 as shells intensified from Palm Sunday to Easter. The city, once home to 117000, endured bombardment and gas shells, forcing the last inhabitants from underground life to evacuate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
France
Marne
Jerusalem
le Courrier de la Champagne
L’eclaireur de
Christ
Dne
Preparing Seed Boxes For Proper Drainage
A brief guide explains lining seed boxes with bottom holes for drainage. It recommends adding about an inch of gravel or rubble, then filling with soil. Finish with a top layer of fine soil and cover the seed area to aid germination.
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New York Review
Carl Hahn
Mozart Society of New York
Hotel Astor
Caruso
S. J. Baggett
West
Magnolia Avenue
Xelma Gager
St. Mark’s Auditorium
Alamo Plaza
Feeding Gounod
Liszt
2Heg Plubrauis Piano Solo
Kurt Heinrich
der Asia
Rubenstein
Cecccese van Ger Stucken
Padre
Wes Creer Nicolao
Celeste Aida
Kirkpatrick
Rigoletto
Heinrich
Bond
Gieso
Elsa
Faust
Mr. Schramm
Rose Maiden
Cowen
Mr. Bell
Jesus
Weber
Geibel
Bach
Mrs. Lowe
Guosc-Ee-Eee- Tours
Rheinberger
Interna
Sinton, Texas
Travis Park Church
H. W. B. Barnes
Cheir
Georgette
Miss Newsom
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