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THE MEDJTORD MAIL TttlBUNJi),' MEPiTORP, QftMUOy, .I0.UIPAV. IMIUUMUY 11, 1010. 4 Medford MailTribune mtm.lSHUD HAIL.T EXCEPT SATURDAY, A consolidation of tiK McUtonl Mall. established 18S9: the Southern Oregon. i. tans? ti nomouratla Times, established 183; the Aahlatul Trib une, established 1S6. and the Medford Tribune. eaiablUhed 1906. Official Paper of the City of Medford. nunrmK PUTNAM. Killtnr niul Mummer, Entered a second class matter November 1, 190?. t the postofflce t atedford, Oregon, under the nci s .-uarcn j, . " sunscRIPTI ON II.VTE9: .15.00 One month by mall or carrier.... ,w me year, by mall. GRAND PPERA AND PPERETTA. The fact that grand opera is unpopular among; the masses of America" ami England ami in vogue only where s bulwarked bv fashion seems to he proof enough that :t is foreign to the English speakiug branch of the race and that no amount of effort ean ever make it acceptable to the rank and file. For decades efforts have been made - to force grand opera on the public, and except in large cities where fashion apes the foreign and where there are , considerable numbers of the "musical elect" is not, enjoyed or appreciated. These facts force the conclusion that dislike of this 1 class of music is a racial trait. Americans are fond of musical comedies and public patronage of light operas . grentlv exceeds that ot the grand opera, while tlie re verso is apt to be the case among foreign nations. The English ballads were the foundation of English j operas and without doubt are the 'musical expression of , the English speaking race, a taste by no means to be sneer ed at. 'Walter Eaton in the January Craftsman discusses this entertainingly and declares that what is needed is "not a greater education of the people in grand opera, but a more careful education of the musical elect, so that they shall realize the time importance of operetta and musical comedy and its national significance, and no longer sneer at the composer who writes it." "Musical comedy," says Mr. Eaton, "lives because it responds to insistent demand, but remains a low level be- cause the better class ot musicians turn away ii'om it aim compose operas and symphonies that go unproduced. The creation of one American operetta like Colbert & Sulli van's "Patience" would be worth a dozen imitations of 'Madam Butterfly' and Tosca's.and alomes." I "England and Austria have found their musical ex- j pression on the stage almost exclusively in operettas. Jo-j hann trauss, the 'Waltz King was also king of operetta:' then there was uppe, of 'Boccaccio' and "Poet and Peas-; ant,' and but lately we have heard the old, heady rhythms ajrain, caught the old wine and sparkle of Viennese life, in 'The MerrV Widow' of Lehar. and 'The Chocolate Soldier' Of Oscar Strauss, now deservedly popular on our American with a text by (lay. English music, in Ihe words of Sir Arthur Sullivan, 'was thrown into the hands of Ihe illus trious foreigners, Handel. Haydn, Spohr, Mendelssohn (so long the favorite composers of the Enirlish) and of the Italian opera, which exclusively occupied the attention of the fashionable classes, and, like the great car of Jugger naut, overrode ami crushed all efforts made on behalf of uativoeinusie." Mr. Eaton recalls the days of Gilbert and Sullivan op erettas not so long past. "They were antive and near! They spoke the people's speech. They were our own." It seems absurd to him that they should need defense, "yet in the eyes of a good ninny people today, who rush madly to hear Italian grand opera, operetta does need defense." lie goes on: "Much of it, of course, is despicable from any careful, artistic standpoint, for in lieu of real operetta our people, hungry for native, understandable, and spontaneous stage entertainment, with the accompaniment of music and rhythm, demand what we call musical comcdv. Tlio fact that at least one-third of the theatrical products made in New York each season arc musical comedies, however, does not prive what a real craving exists for the pleasant min-l istrations of 'music and rhythm,' and also what, a might vi influence the composers and librettists of operettas miglit exert. The enormous popularity or the (Jilbert and Sul livan productions showed that the better the book and the better the music, provided it was real operetta music, blithe and fluent, the greater the patronage." Her Life Saved After She Had Been Given Up To Die Doctors Said Mrs. Gartlin Could Not Live Long, But Fer-Don's Medical Experts Proved Different WEST HAS NO USE FOR SPEAKER CANNON (Continued from I'ime 1.) vote of the Pneifie coast: Qiic-'Uou No. 1 you favor Cannon'.-, re-election ?"--Oiiifiiiiiin Itepiihlican.-. yes JL no -till; iude- ponuenls. ye II. no US. Tolal. ve- L". no K17. WiiMiinutoii Keptililieati;.--Ye.- 1M. no ol : independents, yes none; no 13. Totals, yes 'J I, no i Ik . uregon nopir.iiieans os l, no II; inUeptulents, yes, 1113. Total, yes 1.1, no 57. v&ag'e, eveu its libretto is a travesty of Shaw's 'Arms and theran." These pieces from Vienna, musically based on , the waltz, are as trulv i.ntional as it is possible for stage music to he thev are as national as thev are delightful,!0 i-rtiy ratinx shoe u a and because thev are so sincere their tunes endure. And!"'1 .bMt ,,y M,"i, p wlt 'Die Fledermaus' of .Tohann Strauss is as, fresh today as it ever was, vastly fresher than that other Straus' 'Salome' will be fifty years hence. " . "Tn England the list of great composers is less than the lists of other nations. But England has an honorable musical history, and once was far in advance of the conti nental world in musical knowledge and skill. John of For neste's famous six-pail glee, 'Sinner is a-cumin' in,' com posed in 1230, was-far beyond anything on the continent. English ballads of that day reached a high point of per fection. Some of them have never, for fresh simplicity and for slice magic of melody, been exceled in anv land at any time. We still sing 'Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes,' and dozens niore. Then, due in part to the influ ence of the French ballet, in part to Italian musical influ ence, came the English masques. But, as Jonson and Mil ton surpassed the French ballet builders, the English mu sicians went far beyond mere Italian finish and correct ness. The last of the seventeenth century composers and the greatest English composer, perhaps, vet born, was Henry Pureell. Though opera, as we understand it, was then in its infancy, he developed the ballad and the masque till he wrote operas, such as 'King Arthur,' and 'Dido and Aeneas,' which contained passages of great dramatic sin cerity, beauty and power. But with the enghteenth cen tiny English music declined. The nation still demanded its native musical expression nations always will. This was supplied by piecing together on a thread of spoken plot the popular ballads, as in the cast of 'The Beggar s Opera, The comfort anil real ploamirit of pproclat Itli tender feet. Onus? SIioph ,r Work Shoes Wo Law the comfortable flttliiK kind, with style and durability. Wo sell the best of ihoes at the lowest prices and prove It. Afk our shoe customers. New Block of men's fiirnlshlnRH The Wardrobe Fanners ,i Krult (iittn V Hank Hide. imo. vi:st mAin sntinrr HUGE PARK IS PLANNED. (Continued from I'nee I.) ed brick. The front. 110 feet In which will kIvo room for an arcade entrance :t0 feet In width, and two stores on either Hide, each store, hav I Hi; a frontage of -0 feet. The main floor on which entrance will be Kill ned rutin back for 80 feet Hero will come a drop of lx or eight feet, no that the bowllni; allnyn. nhoot Iiik iHillorlcH and the like, will extend bark toward the street under the Htorcn. Further back on thl floor will be placed two pi tin Rett, a public one of goodly nle. and one Hinaller In which private swimming purlieu can be given. Private and Tur'klHh bathH nre also to be arranged. Cater to l-iullr-. It Id the Intention of the )udleate to so plan tnat the natatorium will be of great convenience to their pat num. especially the falrr Hex. A tuald will be In attendance, n w a hair dnwuer, manicurist and other uttcudHUt. The rootui will no be arranged that a lady on leaving the plunge can paw directly Into the hand of these attendants and from there on Into a ladle' Jarlor. wnre will be, found Into fiction, magazine and comfort. The platitt of the syndicate aro moHt comprehensive. For amusement there will bu billiards, skating, bnwllng, shooting galletlon, box-ball, moving pictures and others of a like naturo. while on the grounds will ho placed a shnot-the-chutOH. a scenic rallroarl, a mrry-go-round and other amuse ment devices. In the building there will aim) be a restaurant, barber ship, cigar stand and a confectionery store. The lobby will be so arranged that ono can stand and on every side nb- ( Continued on Pago 8.) Orchards Wanted Want to buy an orchard in the Rogue Valley, consistuie of ! Spitzcnberg and Newtown Pippin apples, either or both, that will pay, beginning this season, if properly cared for, a net annual in come of $1500 to $2000. Am willing to build a home on it if there if none there. I want a clean proposition" only and will pay no attention to any communication that does not a.iswer'tlie follow inx questions: 1. Is the title clear? I not, what incumbrnncefi exist T 2. Where is it, and how far from the middle' of nearest towuf 3, Who are the neighbors and what do they raise? I. What is the soil? How about water? 5. Can 'I buy any undeveloped .adjoining property? 0. State age, number, kinds and conditions of trees? Property wanted by two young ladies who know nothing about conducting an orchard, and will huve to employ compotout help. Will wait six months or a year for acceptable place. State explic itly best priq? and toniw. Address Box S Mail Tribune FREE FREE M(iU i:VK-(JI,.S.S Jil,.Vi:K for the a-klng to all iim-i-s of glares at- r. GoMe's Optical Parlor filusM'N filled, repaired, etc. llroken lenses duplicated "WIS HAVE XO OTIIRIl HLfHINRSS " IH WICST .M,. HTHKirr I'HO.VK 10 1 1 With all the gratitude of a woman whose life has been saved after she had been given up to die, Mrs, Clara (larllin of t'JOS Tenth street, Hacra monlo, California, tells her friend what wonders Fcr-Dou's Medical Ex perts did fur her. The cure Is mar velous one. "I have been an Invalid for over a year. Nervousness, was the bane of my life," suld Mrs. Oart llu. "You would hardly believe how the least thing would upset me, I had spell after spell of nervousness. I was on the very verge of nervous prostration and was afraid every day I would die. My atomach grew very weak. Naturally this nervous condi tion brought on my stomnch trouble. It puttied me, refused to retain fooit. and even when I could keep what I ato the stomach was too weak and disordered to get my nourishment f i-o in It. I was actually Htarvlng, In spite of all t could do. Sick In Hetl. "Well, I win Just about as bad as I could be at the time Fcrl)ou and his staff of experts came here to Hur rnmeato. Many days I was confined to my bed. Several of the best doc tors here .nd In Orovllle had tried everything they knew and could give me only temporary relief, anil most of them had given me up to die, and I know now that I had a short time to live If I had gone on as I was. and I had given up all hopes. Ill ought lo Office by Friend, "I don't believe I vtoitld have ever hecu cured If It had not been for a friend of mine by the name of Mr Woods, who called lo see me and told me that he wanted me to go and see Fer-Hon's experts, who are now In Sacramento, t replied that I had no faith In any doctors to cure me and refused to go. Mr. Woods thou slat ed that If any doctor In this world could euro mo Fer-Oon's experts will succeed, as I knew them when they were In I. dm Angeles and Oakland and know personally of many people who were cured that had been given up to die by other doctors, .lust then another party who was vlslllug me from Han l.eandro spoke tip and said, 'That Is right, Mr. Woods. I knew of For-Don's Medical Kxpcrta In Oak land and their reputation Is of the best.' Well, to make a long story Hhort, I was persuaded at last to gel ready and j,o and sen Fcr-Don' ex perls. I had no confidence, but to pleaso my friends I wont. Arriving nt tho office, I was ushered boforo For- Don's Chief Expert, who examined me vers rarefulH. and then I asked Fer- Dott's expert If ho could help me. and ho replied: 'I not only ran help you, hut I can euro you, and I wilt hare yon feeling fine In a few" days.' 'Well,' I suld, 'that sounds very good to tuo, nfter other doctors have given m up and Home told me I would die. Hut t will give you a trial and place myaolf under treatment at once.' And now I am glad I went to Fer)on'H oxperta Why, the first throe or four days aft er taking treatment I began to feet better. I felt my appetite coining hark and that Indication convinced me that. I wiih on the road to health and my strength began lo rcttirni My nervei are better and I have now been under treatment with Fer-Don's expert about 21 dayH and I have nut had any nervous spells, I eat whatever I want and sleep good at night. I feel n.i well as any woman does, and Just to think, a month ago I was given up to die, and now I am glad I found an avenue to health and happlnons. I cannot thank For-Don's expurt.i enough for what they have done for me. My friends and neighbors all knew the lerrlbte condition I was In before treating with Fcr-Dou's ex perts, and they can verify this tnt- meat." Fcr-Don, In speaking of Ihe case, said: "Kimh day hundreds of people are cured by my doctors' mothodi and many local physicians come (o ua In different cities wo have visited. We removed a cancer from a promi nent physician In Dallas, Texas, and a largo tumor from Dr. Ooyer of 311 F street, Knreka. f'al. Yoii so" sat I I'er-Dott. "our office Is crowded wltit nick from all over the state " Sight S i In Medford Offices. An Incident occurred one day (hit week nt the office of the Per-Don Medical ICxperts at Moore Hotel, Med ford. which provtw this tntcmnt. Drought by loving and anxlouu friends, a woman suffering from ti Incurable dlsfave was carried Into tht offices In an Invalid chair. Hhe w.vi examined and when the doctors dis covered that"" her disease was Incur able thoy thon and there told her so, and would not accept the ca So falite hopes, no promise Impossible of fulfillment were given. 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