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...Titania," from "Mignon," Thomas Miss Marjorie Moody 5. a. Love Scene from "Feuersnoth" R. Strauss b. March, "The Liberty Bell" Sousa The Band 6. "Jazz America" (new) Sousa 7. a. Saxophone Octette, "I Want to be Happy," from "No, No, Nanette" Youmans Messrs. Stephens, Heney, Goodrich, Weigel, Weir, Johnson, Conklin and Munroe. b. "The National Game" (New), Sousa The Band 8. Xylophone Solo, "Morning Noon and Night" Suppe Mr. George Carey 9. Old Fiddler's Tune, "Sheep and Goats Walking to Pasture" Guion The Band
...Metropolitan Museum in Manhattan opened a memorial exhibition of the works of the late Julian Alden Weir (who died in 1919). The catalog is arranged chronologically so that the student is enabled to trace the development of this excellent painter...
...Weir received his early training in Paris, going abroad in the early 70's when only 21. Here he was much under the influence of Gerome, although he imitated his master's spirit rather than his technique. His early work represented by his famous The Idle Hour, shows the strong influence of the Paris Salon. The early paintings show an appreciation of the value of good composition and good drawing. The later work shows a strong, although humbly poetic personality expressing itself in most sure terms. The portraits, the landscapes, the still lifes are all simple and direct...
...loves, the professor chains her to himself with the intangible but unbreakable bonds of gratitude. The strength of the frail proves so crushing that suicide alone can free the girl. Henry Herbert as the professor gave an insinuating study of the iron hand in the velvet glove. Helen Weir almost had the girl's role at her finger tips...
Alexander Woollcott: "Miss Weir gallantly stormed a role that required at least a Duse . . . She needs voice training and experience. Time will inform her how to pronounce 'courage,' for instance, and will gently suggest that an actress making her debut in an emotional role would do well to wash her hands...