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...scene?the terrace of a Paris restaurant?45 somewhat mute walk-on characters for atmosphere and a handful of unsatisfactory mummers who took the part of futile artists, U. S. expatriates. The piece was the first from the pen of Mary a Mannes Mielziner, niece of Walter Damrosch, wife of Jo Mielziner, famed stage-setting designer. At no time did the dialog, action or story of Cafe rise above the general quality level of the littlest little theatre. Nub of the plot: Maurice Larned (Rollo Peters) fled from a U.S. wife, met and lived with Sally Burch of Akron...
...last week in Chicago some 7,400 music supervisors for the Second Biennial National Conference. Superintendent William. J. Bogan of the Chicago Public Schools spoke. So did Conference President Mabelle Glenn, music supervisor in Kansas City, Mo., and Vice President George H. Gartlan, music supervisor in Manhattan. Conductor Walter Damrosch talked proudly of his radio classes (TIME, Oct. 29, 1928) which numbered some 1,500,000 last year, 5,000,000 this, with 10,000,000 estimated for next year. President John Erskine of the Juilliard School of Music advocated state music centres, suggested supporting them...
Walter Johannes Damrosch, composer, National Broadcasting Co. orchestra director, received word from his daughter, Mrs. Alice Damrosch Pennington, that she had won the gold ski award at the Parsann ski derby for women, at Davos, Switzerland...
...Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, will speak on "The Anticipation of Future Needs in Research." Congresswoman Ruth Bryan Owen will speak on "Modern Politics." Well known men from all over the country, including many Harvard graduates will address the meeting. The National High School Orchestra, led by Walter Damrosch and composed of the best high school players throughout the country, will play for the meeting...
...scene was dignified Carnegie Hall, the stage set like a hotel lobby with potted palms, upholstered lounges. Scattered and chatting about were some 20 of the world's greatest musicians. Conductor Walter Damrosch snoozed comfortably in an armchair until Pianist Bauer wakened him to supervise the Bach relay. Thus began an exciting evening of which the climax was the introduction of the so-called Gooschepeix Foolyphone,* an ominous engine-like instrument with coils, levers and pipes. Painstakingly oiled by celebrities in overalls, the contraption exploded after a few dismal howlings and was hung with an "Out of Order" sign...