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.
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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. Their
mother died two years ago.
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