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TWO MEDFOHD (OREGON) Nisei Girl Gives Up In Japan for Return Tolcvo. May 3 (U.R) An American girl of Japanese par entage has forgone a stage ca reer here which is the envy of thousands of Nipponese bobby soxers to return 10 tne unncu States. Salt Lake City-born Peggy No riko Matsuda, the only nisei girl ever to become a member of the famed Takarazuka girls' opera show, said she is planning a stage career in America. Eyes Hard Work "My present ability Is too poor to appear immediately on the American stage but I am willing u t..nl-L- horri nnri T nm IZOing to begin at the beginning," Miss Matsuda said. She arrived In Japan eight years ago with her mother and sister, Rose, after her father, Tanesuke Matsuda, a merchant, died in Salt Lake City. After at tending elementary and high schools in Ashiya, near Kobe, Varied Program Set By College Choir Here Religious, secular, operatic and comic selections will be sung by soloists, a girls' trio and men's quartet as well as by tha choir when the Adelphlan concert choir of College of Puget Sound appears at First Metho dist church here at 8 p.m. Satur day, May 6. Numbers by the 40-volcc group will include chorales from the Bach motet, "Jesu, Priceless Treasure": "The Souls of the Righteous by Nobel; ' Were You There." a spiritual; 'The Blue Tail Fly," American folk song, nd "When Silence Falls," an Irish air. The choir has been organized ince 1945, and has participated In an annual performance of Handel's "Messiah,'' sung with the Tacoma symphony, produced yearly opera or operetta ano annually toured the northwest. Director of the group is Clyde Keutzer. Leonard Raver will be piano accompanist. Ex-Treasury Secretary Confined to Hospital New York,-May 3 U.R) Hen ry Morgenthau Jr., 58, former secretary of the treasury, was "doing very nicely" toduy In New York hospital where he has been under treatment for a week for a heart disturbance. Hospital officials said he would be re leased in about three weeks. VijjtS"" Dish Drainer $1.00 Genuino"Rubbermaid"in choico of colon. Slit )3il6-ln. with rubbar fiat. Rag. 1.50. Garden Rake $1.89 14-tooth width. Y. nh hnui, Ltqutrad ttjlh nd head. Popu lar ityla for gtnrl 4rdtn work. ficme mm MAIL TRIBUNE Sfage Career to America she enrolled in April, 1948, In day, the TaKarazuKa gins opera school. The Takarazuka girls school Is unique. It trains its students to sing, dance and act and operates an operetta. Its repertoire In cludes Japanese and Shakespear ean dramas and a large number of others featuring "make be lieve" kingdoms almost all based on romance between a beautiful princess and a prince charming. Girls Portray Malts The male parts are portrayed by girls. The foreigner finds It difficult to understand, but Jap anese girl 'teen-agers are almost fanatic in their admiration of members of the Takarazuka show. Entrance requirements to this school are strict but Miss Mat suda made the grade and she made her debut in April, 1947, under the stage name of Midori Wakasa. She attracted considerable at tention last year when in flaw less English she described the costumes in a fashion design show on a Tokyo stage. Ameri can occupation troops wondered who the girl in the Takarazuka uniform was who spoke their language so well. Teaches English In between plays, she has been teaching English to other members of the cast. Miss Matsuda now is continu ing her study of vocal music in preparation for what she hopes will be a stage career in Amer ica. She plans to leave Japan some time "before the end of the year" to live in Washington, D. C, with her sister, Rose. 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