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16 THE SXTSTDAY 0BEQ0NIA1?, PORTLAIH MAY 37, 190Q. art DJkJI0 - mmm MT Tu C' lii f UUJJ8 44' Wi1? mx o The Ware of Life. The Travo rolls up the slant And wears away The rock of adamant; No sluggish tido 'will beat Within that rock's retreat. But ceaseless sursrlnjr every day "Wears It away. Thus life rolls up the steep Life, without rest or sleep. Advances, cleaves anew a course. Ere slacks Its force; Then once again will speed Life's wave the new-found lead. Until some bulwark on its shore Is there no more. Alone by this grim war Is -worn away each bar Of fallacy, and truth will rise i Like stars within our skies Stars which will purer clow "Where life's mad waves shall flow, Until upon the placid tide, Of peace we slide. Yet,, even then will Toll The currents of the soul Bright currents sparkling In the rays Of happier days. For life will bear no pause. Progression molds Its laws. And we, but drops commingled, flow Where wo shall go. Valentine Brown. DWIGHT L. MOODY'S LIFE Biogrmphy of the Great American Evangelist, by His Son, "W. R. Moody Late Publications. The boy, the business man and the great evangelist are revealed In "The Life of Dwfcrht L. Moody," by his eon, W. R. Moody, the authorized historian and bi ographer. It shows the lad In the par ental home and details the influences that shaped his life. Mr. Moody's ancestors on his father's side were Puritans who settled In the Connecticut Valley In 1633. At the beginning of the century, Isaiah Moody and his sons settled at Northfleld, and the eldest of these boys was Edwin, the father of Dwight L. Moody. From his mother's family, too, Mr. Moody re ceived a goodly heritage of Puritan pluck, the Holtons antedating the Moodys In America by three years. Dwight L. Moody's mother early Im planted In her children a spirit of inde pendence as well as charity, and even those whose neglect was most Inexcusa ble never heard, directly or indirectly, one word of complaint from the little fam lly in their want and adversity. "While the mother was truly kind and loving, she was withal a strict disciplinarian. Or der was enforced by rules with old-fashioned whippings as a penalty. These events were more or less frequent in the case of Dwight. who was the leader In all kinds of boyish mischief. Dwight struck out for himself at 17. He reached Boston with $5 In his pocket, but two years later turned his face towards Chicago, where he arrived in the Fall of JE3G. His first employment was In a boot and shoe store as saleman, and subse quently he went on the road for the firm. In 1S3S he started the mission which has since grown into the Chicago-Avenue Church. Four years later he was married to Miss Emma C JtevelL. The volume is full of reminiscences of Mr. Moody's early experiences In the slum districts of Chi cago, from which he recruited for his school. The Civil "War opened to him a wider field than he had before had. He was on the ground ministering to the sick and wounded after the battles of Pltts hurg Landing. Murfrcesboro and Chatta nooga, and was among the first to enter Richmond. A war incident that Mr. Moody frequently repeated occurred after he battle of Murfreesboro. He said: I was stationed in the hospital. For two nights I had been unable to get rest, end, being really worn out on the third night, I had lain down to sleep. About midnight I was called to see a wounded soldier who was very low. At first I tried to put the messenger off. but he told me that If I waited till morning it might be too late. So I went to the ward where I had been directed, and found the man who had sent for me. I shall never for est his face as I saw it that night In the aim. uncertain candle-light. I asked what I could do for him. and he said that he wanted me to "help him to die." I told him that I would bear him in my arms Into the kingdom of God if I could, but I couldn't. Then I tried to preach the gospel. He only shook his head and said: "He can't save me: I have Binned all my life " My thoughts went back to his loved ones in the North, and I thought that even then his mother might bo praying for her boy. I repeated promise after prom ise, and prayed with the dying man. but nothing I said taemed to help him. Then I said that I wanted to read to hhn an account of on Interview that Christ had one night while here on earth an Inter view with a man who was anxious about his. eternal welfare. I read from the third chapter of John, how Nlcodemus came to the Master. As I read on. his eyes be came riveted on me and he seemed to drink in every syllable. When I came to the words, "As Moses lifted up the ser pent in the Wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal ife" he stopped me and asked, "Is that there 7" "Yes," I said. "Well." he said. "I never knew that was In the Bible. Read It again." Leaning on his e'bow on the side of the cot. he brought his hands together tightly, and when I had finished he exclaimed: "That's good' "Won't you read It again?" Slow 1 I repeated the passage the third time. "When I finished I saw mat his eyes were closed and the troubled expression on his face had given naj' to a peaceful smile. His lips moved and I bent over him to catch what he was saying, and heard in a faint whisper: "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of Man le lifted up-hat whosoever believeth in him chould not perish but have eternal life." Ho opened his eyes and said: "That's enough; don't read any more." Early next morning I again came to his cot. but It was empty. The attendant in charge told me that the young man had died peacefully, and said that after my visit he had rested quietly, repeating "to him self, now and then, that g'.orlous procla mation: "Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." Mr. Moody died December 22, 1S99. The following account Is given of his last day on earth: To the world, Friday. December 22. was the shortest day of all the year, but for Dwight L. Moody its dawn ushered in that day that knows no night. After a rather restless night ho fell into a quiet sleep for over an hour, from which he awoke in a sinking condition. During the earlier hours of the night. Mr. Fltt. his son-in-law. had been by his bedside, and he had seemed to rest and sleep the greater part of the time. At 3 in the morning the elder son took the place as watcher In the sick chamber, and for several hours Mr. Moody was very rest less, and unsble to sleep. About C o'clock he quieted down, and noon fell Into a natural sleep, from which he awoke In about an hour. Suddenly he was heard speaking in low and measured words. He was saying: "Earth recedes; heaven opens before." The first Impure was to try to arouse him from what appeared to be a dream. "No, this is no dream," he re plied. "It is beautiful; it is like a trance. If this is death, it is sweet. There is no valley here; God Is calling me and I must go." Meanwhile the nurse was summoning the family and the physician, who had spent the night in the house. Mr. Moody continued to talk quietly, and seemed to speak from another world. His last message to the loved ones ho was leav ing: "I have always been an ambitious man." he said; "ambitious to leave no wealth or possessions, but to leave lots of work for you to do. Will you carry on Mount Hermon. Paul' will take up the seminary when he Is older. Fltt will look after the Institute, and Ambert (his nephew) will help you in the business de tails." Then It seemed as though he saw beyond the veil, for he exclaimed: "This is my triumph this is my corona tion day! I have been looking forward to it for years." Then his face lit up, and he said in a voice of joyful rapture: "Dwight, Irene. I see the children's faces," referring to the two little grand children God had taken from his life in the past year. Then, as though he was losing consciousness, he said: "Give my love to them all." Turinng to his wife, he exclaimed: "Mamma, you have been a good wife to me!" and with that he be came unconscious. For a time it seemed that he hnd nnssed on Into tVi linsnpn t world, but slowly he revived under the eileet of heart stimulants, and. suddenly raising himself on his eTbow, he ex claimed: "What does all this mean? What are you all doing here?" He was told that he had not been well, and imme diately it all seemed to bo clear to him, and he said: "This is a strange thing. I have been beyond the gates of death and to the very portals of heaven, and here I am back again. It is very strange." Turning to his wife, only a little while before he passed away, he said: "This is hard on you, mother, and I am sorry to distress you in this way. It Is hard to be kept in such anxiety." The last time the doctor approached to administer the hypodermic injection of nitroglycerin, he looked at him in a questioning and un decided way. and said in a perfectly nat ural voice. "Doctor. I don't know about this. Do you think it best? It is only AMERICA'S GREAT EVANGELIST. DWIGHT keeping the family in anxiety." In a few I equivalents. The student as well as the moments more another sinking turn came I general reader will find the account of the and from It he awoke In the presence of I ?.-t-. or. ., ir, -.J-iT ,-J i t--Him whom he loved and served so long . 1f". and heroes In Greek and Roman and devotedly. It was not like death, for I Mythologv interesting and useful, and he "fell on sleep" quiet.y and peacefully. everybody can consult the translations of ji tnat larger Jiie ne nan spoKen in no uncertain way: "Some day you will read in the papers that D. L. Moody, of East Northfleld. is dead," he had said. "Don't you believe a word of it. At that mo ment I shall be more alive than I am now. I shall have gone up higher that Is all out of this old clay tenement Into a house that is immortal! A body that death can not touch, that sin cannot taint, a body fashioned like unto His glorious body. I was norn of the flesh in 1S37. I was bore of the spirit la 1S56. That which Is born of the flesh may die. That which Is born of the jint xcni live forever." So ea4d this noble lit. Round Top, where Mr. Moody Is buried, will ever be a sacred spot. (Fleming H. Revel! Co, New York.) Collegiate Dictionary. "Webster's Collegiate Dictionary" ade quately supplies the need for an abridged dictionary which shall be full, accurate and authoritative, well adapted, to the re quirements of the scholar, yet practical enough for the business man and the Journalist. It is a well-bound volume of 1116 pages. 94S of which are devoted to the vocabulary proper, and its size, con venient for easy reference, combined with its fullness and reliability, make it a use ful and desirable dictionary for the busy man and the student. While the Collegiate Dictionary is a new work throughout and has been several years in preparation, it is in the main abridged from Webster's International Dictionary and retains the essential fea tures of that great work, with all its accuracy, scholarship, clearness and ex cellence of arrangement. That this abridgment is the work vot competent scholars and experts is manifest on every page, in the wise selection of its vocabu lary. In its scholarly etymologies, In the accuracy of its definitions, and in its ad mirable arrangement. In its vocabulary the Collegiate Is ex ceptionally complete, more eo than any other dictionary of its class. This vo cabulary has been chosen with unusual wisdom to include the newer words which have an established place In our lan guage, the scientific and technical terms likely to be met with In general reading, and the words of the Bible, of Shakes, peare. and of the masters of English lit erature. The vocabulary Is treated with admirable fullness, in spite of the con densation necessary in a book of this size. Each word is in its proper alphabetical place. Space has been saved by disre gardlng unusual technical terms, obsolete and very rare words. The Collegiate Dictionary has one feat ure that is peculiarly its own; that Is the Glossary ot Scottish Words and Phrases in the Appendix. This Glossary Is the most complete in its contents of any equally accessible compilation of Scottish 1 terms, and plainly and accurately Indi cates the pronunciation of tho Scottish dialect. This feature of the Collegiate has an especial value to the thousands of readers of Stevenson, Crockett, Barrie, Maclaren and other delineators of Scot tish life and character, and will not lesa its interest or usefulness as long as Burns and Scott are classics. Other Important and instructive features of this Appendix are a Pronouncing Vo cabulary of Scripture. Greek and Latin Proper Names with Modern Geographi cal and Biographical Names; a newly re vised Vocabulary of Rhymes, and a list of English Christian Names with foreign L. 3IOODY. foreign words and phrases with profit. In addition are tables of abbreviations and of arbitrary signs used in writing and printing. G. & C. Merriam Co., Spring field, Mass.) Polities and Administration. "Politics and Administration; a Study in fessor of administrative law in Columbia University. Is an attempt to show that the present organization and strength of political parties in the United States s due to the decentralized and usconcentrat- ed systeai of government which we pos sess; and to point out what changes should, be made in our ovenanental systtsa and la the position which political parties oc cupy In the eyes of the law in ordur that the administrative activity of the Govern ment may be taken out of politico Tne book treats of the relations of parties to state and city government, ef the develop ment and present position of the political "boss" and of tbe Important chansea in our administrative system which have been- made during the past half-century. Attention is also directed to the recent legislation regulating primary elections and the attempts made to subject the actions of political parties to the control of the courts. (The Macmlllan Co., New York.) Monopolies and Trasta. "Monopolies and Trusts," by Professor Richard "T. Ely, director of the depart ment of history, political economy and soclologoy in tbe University of Wiscon sin, is tho first result of a plan upon which tne autlwr has been at work for over 13 years, and It is. therefore, readily appar ent that It has not been hastily prepared to meet a popular demand , caused by the present interest In the subject treated. It is the first of an' extended series of books that will cover the entire subject of the distribution of wealth. The author has been engaged on this general work. "The Distribution of Wealth," a considerable portion of his time for the past seven years, but it was over 12 yean ago that he began to give special atten tion to the theory of monopoly and pub lished "Problems of Today." This present discussion of monopolies and trusts is worth reading by every one who desires a cljiear understandrnsr cf the present state and the ultimate outcome of huge Industrial combinations. Tho volume con tains an exhaustive critical analysis of the concept of monopoly; then, follqw chap ters on "Classiflcatlon and Causes of Mo nopolies," "The Law of Monopoly Price," "Limits of Monopoly and tho Permanency of Competition," "Concentration of Pro duction, and Trusts." Throughout the work, while the scientific and unbiased standpoint is everywhere apparent, there is nevertheles an underlying feeling that the final criterion of Judgment must be the public welfare. (The Macmlllan Co., New York.) Talec of an Old Cbatenn. Delicately sweet, and flavored with old memories and unforgotten loveB axe "Talcs of an Old Chateau," by Marguerite Bouvet, They are told by an aged grandmother to her grandchildren, Victor and Delpbine, and they are concerned with the great Revolution in France. The first story characterizes the dreadful times in which they are all laid. A gallant young cheva lier, known as Joll-Coeur, is presented with a golden amulet as he is departing for the wars. The night before a battle he wanders Into tho enemy's lines, while he is musing on his lady love, and falls Into the hands, of a friend of his boyhood, now become a revolutionist. The last story of all tells how grandma's husband, the brave and gallant Joll-Coeur, was dragged away from his home by the soldiers of the new government, after the war was over, ana sne never heard of him more (A. C. McCIurg & Co.. Chicago.) THE MAGAZINES. Kipling's Picture of Onr Ancry and IV'ervoua Northern Climate. The May Harper's Magazine, with a grand record of EO honored years of life. Is still abreast of all that la excellent In magaalne literature. Its promises for tho coming year have never been more at tractive. Kipling paints some fine pic tures of "qur angry, fidgety and nervous" Northern climate. He says: "Suddenly in the middle of her work, on a 'stuffy still July day. she called a wind out of the Northwest, a wind blown under an arch of steel-bellied clouds, a wicked, bit ter wind with a lacing of haij to it, a wind that came and was gone In less than 10 minutes, but blocked the roads with fallen trees, toppled over a barn, and blew potatoes out of the ground. When that was done, a white cloud shaped like a dumb-bell whirled down the valley across tho evening blue, roaring and twisting and twisting and roarlne all alone by Itself. A West Indian hurricane could not have been quicker on its feet than our little cyclone, and when the house rose a-tlptoe like a cockerel In act to crow, and a 60-foot elm went by the board, and that which had been a dusty road became a roaring torrent all In three minutes, we felt that the New England Summer had Creole blood in her veins." He pictures the forest changes as "tho Insurrection of tne tree-people against the waning year": "A little ma ple began it, flaming blood-red of a sud den, where he stood against the dark green of a pine belt. Next morning there was an answering signal from tho swamp where the sumacs grow. Three days later the hillsides as far as the eye could range were all afire, and the roads paved with crimson and gold. Then a wet wind blew, ' and ruined all the uniforms of that gor geous army; and the oaks, who had held themselves In reserve, buckled on their dull and bronzed cuirasses and stood it out stiffly to the last blown leaf, till noth ing remained but pencil shading of bare boughs, and one could see into the most private heart of the wood!." Lippincott's Magazine contains as a frontispiece an excellent reproduction of Dumond's celebrated painting, "The The ater of Nero." which has recently been exhibited at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts- The complete noel is by Alice Brown, author of "Tiverton Tales," and is entitled "April Showers." Harper's Bazar, for more than 30 years the recognized authority on the fashions and domestic matters, now appears in a new form, as a weekly magazine for women. The new Bazar Is published in handaomo ornamental covers, printed on highly finished super-calendared paper, with wide margins. While this publica tion will continue to maintain its posi tion an the leading authority on the fash ions, many new features bf a distinctly literary and artistic character will be In troduced. The May Atlantic opens with a,thought ful paper, "Nations an the Decalogue," by Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr., who discusses the grounds of National morality and ex poses the weaknesses and folly of the tra ditional methods of conducting Interna tional relations, and believes that the time is coming when all nations will be consolidated into one. and national dis tinctions will merge Into one grand cos mopolitan brotherhood. Nothing has been more remarkable In the history of the West than the entire change In Colorado in a few years from a silver-producing to a gold-producing state. Just a little while ago the gold output of Colorado was $3,000,000 a year; It Is now more tbart 1000.000, the greater part of it comlnc from Cripple Creek. Francis Lynde, the well-known writer, de scribes this tremendous industrial devel opment in an article on "Cripple Creek" prepared after a special Investigation un dertaken for Scrlbner's Magazine. It is an astounding and dramatic story, and It Is fully illustrated with drawings made from photographs. "The American Army Officer In Ac tion" Is the subject of a paper which Senator Albert J. Beveridge contributes to the Saturday Evening Post. "During his visit to the Archipelago, Senator Bev eridge was the guest and comrade of Generals Lawton and King, and he tells eome stirring stories of the undaunted courage of the tried Indian fighter and the nonchalant coolness of the Army nov elist. The May number of the Ledger Month ly has on its cover a reproduction In color of a painting by Carl Hlrschberg, a little maid blowing the floes from a dandelion flower in a field redolent of Springtime, the tender green of the grass and foliage making a beautiful contrast with the red frock and big bluish white hat worn by the little girL The frontispiece of this number Is from a painting by the popu lar American artist, E. L. Henry, and represents the late Judge Charles P. Daly sailing his bolt an Peconlc Bay. 3MUSIClSk Such sweet compulsion doth in music Us To luU the daughters of necessity. Milton: Arcaies. MUSIC FOR THE CHILDREN Miss Large Dlscnsses It Before the BUadergarteH Clafe Saniry aiaaical Matters. An appreciative audience of women in terested In child-life and its proper de velopment listened to the talk on "Music fpr Children." given "by Miss Nora Large, of Chicago, Wednesday afterppon, befqre the Portland Kindergarten Club, at Mlaa Grey'a schoolroom, 667Hoyt street. Music is a langauge, she maintained, and should be taught as a language is taught. After the first stage has been passed, reading should "begin, then later grammar and analysis. The main force of music in edu cation Is that it develops abstract thought. Children are taught by this means to look within themselves, and discover this won derful gift. And it Is because it dc- CARICATURE PORTRAITS-MEN JOHN PHILIP SOTJSA, velops abstract thought that It is given so high a place in education. Miss Large then referred to the experience of a friend of hers teaching music at Ann Arbor. He insisted strenuously that every pupil, should think out each tone of music, and the result was remarkably encouraging, for word came to him from every depart ment in the echool that the pupils study ing music showed much greater mental control In their other studies than those who had not studied it. Miss Larges ta's then took a very practical turn. She referred to the view held by certain educators that it Is not natural or desirable for a child to sing about the work he Is doing. For ex ample, while he Is sewing, the song. "Here I put My Needle In, and Here I Draw It Out," Is not conducive to the best results in sewing. It Is constraining and unnat ural. Humming, and the singing of songs about other things than the work the child is actually engaged in, are not in cluded in this dictum. An animated discussion regarding the relative merits of songbooks for children next ensued. Among those approved of in part, if not altogether, were the Mother Goose songs of the Eliot Bros., of Eng land. Miss Ellen Smith's eongbooks. and theCarl Re n-cke coll-c Ion of 5) celebrated songs, which was particularly cqmmended, the only adverse criticism being" that the English translation was somewhat faulty. Tho need of more discriminating taste as to tho marches used by children was the subject of considerable merriment. The sense of rhythm in the child was next touched upon, and the advice was given not to dwell upon It as rhythm, but de velop It unconsciously and incidentally, a it were, t The talk, as a whole, was ex ceedingly pleasant and helpful, and wa3 illustrated "by many enjoyable little snatches of music upon the piano. LOCAL 3IU5ICAL HAPPENINGS. Gleanings of Nctts Gathered Prom the Home Field. Mrs. Wetzell, of Salt Lake, and her sis ter. Mrs. Shannah Cummlng Jones, tbe well-known church singer of New STork City, expect to return to Portland wltn their father, Mr. Cummlng, next month, to spend the Summer. Miss Susie Fennell, who has been study ing the violin the past three years, leaves this month for Europe, where ehe will pursue her mus.cal studies in Vienna. Tho -violin used by Miss Cornelia Bark er at tbe pupils' recital Monday night was a Stradlvarius. Edgar E. Coursen'a Hillsboro class gave a successful recital in that city last Fri day evening. Miss Lucile Collette. who played in re cital last week, is probably the youngest violin student In Portland. She is now 7 years old, but began her violin study at 5 years, and during these two years has regularly received four lessons a week. She Is a sweet-faced child, devoted to her Instrument, plays without notes, has a correct ear, an excellent memory, and la considered to possess real talent. She plays every Sunday at the Preebyterlan Church for the 150 Sunday school children who make up the primary classes. Next Sunday, which Is "Children's Day," she will be on the programme for a solo num ber. A novel and Interesting feature of the banquet given Thursday night at the Hotel Portland In honor of the Queen's birthday was the rendering of "The Roast Beef of Old England." by the Wilder harp and string quartet. This old British song, composed by Leveridge about 172S (the words by Henry Fielding), was specially arranged for the quartet by W. M. Wilder. It Is needless to say It was received with hilarious enthusiasm. Another surprise number was the tenor solo, planned by 'Mr. Taylor and sung by Mr. Wilder, "The Heart of Oak," the music of which composed in 1759 by Dr. Boyce. words by David Garrick. Victor H- Brown, of Spokane, the well known authority on acoustics and musi cal vibrations, formerly of Minneapolis, while on a visit to Portland a week ago. I commented very pleasantly en the aston- ishkig growth of our city a a musical cen ter. He was amazed at the increase In business of the music stores that has taken place since be was here 12 years ago. and considers Portland paw a city of great musical importance, that Is des tined io. make its Influence strongly felt throughotit the Northwest. Mrs. S. A. D. Forestall, of Boston, where, she holds a position of church or ganist, is visiting Mrs, G. S. Mann. She is accompanied by her sont Philip. Caelr Xote. Mrs. O'Reilly's place in, the "Unitarian Church choir Is beinar filled by Mr3. Rose K. Sturgls. Mrs. A. C Sheldon has returned to the chelr of the First Preshyterian Church, after an absence of several months. Mrs. Pollitt Clifton has sent in her res ignation to. Centenary Church choir, pre vious to her departure for Oakland, Cal. Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer took Sunday off "last week a-t the First Conreational Church, Mrs. Cliffon, of Centenary, tak ing her place as "soprano. During Mrs. Haley's ahsence from the First Congregational Church choir today and possibly next Sunday, her plac will' be taken by Miss Lois Steers. Miss Velguth Is taWnff Miss Agnea W&tt'a place as soprano soloist In the Cathedral choir, during the latters tem porary absence at Hood River. The choir of Taylor-Street Church, of which Miss May Dearborn has been, so prano soloist for two years, will assist her In a eong recital to be given by her IN THE PUBLIC EYE. "THE MARCH KING." at the Marquara Grand Monday evening. June 1L The programme is In charge of W. H. Boyer, choir director of Taylor Street Chiirch. Mrs. Raley?s-plac.lnthechplr of the First Congregational Church next Sunday will be taken hy Miss Lois Steers, con tralto, and Mr. Belcher's place by Mr. Drake, tenor. The choir of Grace Methodist Church, of which Miss Blanche Sorenson Is mu sical director, will give a sacred concert in about two weeks. In place of the reg ular Sunday evening service. On Sunday morning, June 3, a spec ially fine musical programme will be given at the Synagogue on occasion of the confirmation service. Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, the soprano soloist, and choir di rector, will be assisted hy Mrs. Frank J. Raley, contralto, Mr. Belcher, tenor, and Mr. Hoeg, basso. Miss Leonora -Fisher being organist. The holiday eervice at the Synagogue begins Saturday night. Yen, the Times Hav Changed. PORTLAND. May 25. (To the Editor.) The last number of the Allgemelne Muslk Zeltung, of Berlin, contains the following Interesting notice: The second day of April was a Beetho ven memorial day of very pronounced character. On that day, Just 100 years ago, two of the most popular works of Beethoven were performed for the first time at a concert given at the Burg The ater, tn Vienna, by Beethoven himself. The posters read as follows,: PROGRAMME. Grand Symphony, by W. A. Mozart. Aria from "The Creation." by Haydn. "Clavier Concert." composed and played by L. v. Beethoven. Septet, for four string and three wind Instruments; dedicated to her majesty, the Empress of Austria; composed by Xu v. Beethoven. Duet from "The Creation." by Haydn. Herr v. Beethoven will improvise on the piano. Grand Symphony in C major, by 1. v. Beethoven. Tickets to be had at the rooms of Herr v. Beethoven. Tiefer Graben. No. 231. third floor. Admission, one gulden (about 40 cents). Think of It! Beethoven selling tickets for his concert on the third floor of a lodging-house at 40 cents apiece! We pay from $2 to 55 to hear a' little music and a great deal of noisy, technical and musical monstrosity, a la Rosenthal, Hambourg & Co. Verily, the times have-' changed. EUGENE STEBINGER. Interesting; Violin IleoltaL A very enjoyable violin recital was, given by the pupils of E. O, jSpltzner Monday evening at Parsons Hall, assisted by Miss Hugglns and Mfsj Brents, ac companists. Encores and flowers were lav ishly bestowed. Following Is tho pro gramme: "Romanze In F" Beethoven Miss Susie Fennell. a "Tolstoi Serenade" Spitzner b "Romanze" ,...PIrene Miss Brents. "La Coquette Valse" ....Xeoncavallo Minnie Hatfield. a "Traumerel" (reverie) Schumann b "Romanze" Rles Lucille- ColLJtte. "Helmweh" .' Jungmann Rena Kuhn. "Air Anclenne et Var" (duet) Spitzner Lucille Collette and Philip Kamm. "Fantasle sur l'Opera 'Faust' " Arranged by Singelee Miss Cornelia Barker. "Romanze In G" Svendsen. Miss L. Felt. "Conzerto" (new) Bloch Miss Brents. "Fruhllng's Sonate" Beethoven Misses S. Fennell and Hugglns. Emllle Frances Baner Return. Miss Emllle Frances Bauer arrived In Portland Thursday evening, via St. Paul, from Boston. Mass., her present home, and will spend the Summer excepting for a possible visit to San Francisco with her mother, Mrs. Julia H. Bauer, 475 Main street. Notwithstanding the severe business strain she has undergone during the past few months, she Is looking well, and expects to be fully restored to her usual strength by a few weeks rest and freedom from work. It Is her Intention to return to Boston and New York about the middle of September. PADEREWSKTS LICK HIS EAKMNGS THIS SEASOX AND HAIRBREADTH SSGAPSS. Flak Cnltare Will Be HI Hatty TI Smsmez en His ..Polish. Sstate. Last Wednesday an Atlantic steamer bore Paderewakl away from shores that have been hospitable to the extent of about 525O.C0O. There were feminine tears to. swell the salt eea waves, but the Rrlef did not assume the appalling proportions of the grief pt last year. This is Pader ewekl's fourth American tour, and fem inine adoration rarely burns brightly upon one altar for nine years. Add to the loss of wealth and ba taking of a wife, and the fact that the Polish pianist maintains his ascendency in the f emnlne heart seems little short of a miracle. This last tour has been marked by the same success that attended tho other three, and the atageward charge of the women at the end of aPaderewskI pro gramme has lost none of Its fervor and force, says the New York Sun. In De troit, so the story goes, the pianist waa saved from perishing in the wild stam pede only by the heroic efforts of Mr. Hugo Gorlltz, whose many duties Include that of rescuing genius when too hard pressed. When Paderewski finds that, single-handed and alone, he cannot re pulse the onslaught, he presumably shouts for help, and the hrave Gorlltz, throwing caution and fear to the winds, plunges into the crowd and fights his way to his friend's side at risk of life and limb. No mere man of brains could successfully conduct a Paderewski tour. One must have both brains and brawn for the task. Less Enthaal&sra la California. If anywhere In the country there waa leM enthusiasm over tho pianist than form erly, California was the place, and, even there, with the single exception of Sacra mento, the towns Included in the tour ful filled financial expectations. Paderewski with his party traveled in a private car, and only once during the trip forsook the car for a hotel. Mme. Paderewski ac companied him and amiably insists that she has found America charming. She certainly has had an opportunity of form ing an opinion; for the tour has pretty well covered the United States, from New York to San Francisco, and from Oregon to Texas. From first to t, the pianist's proverbial good luck has stayed with him. His managers have always said that Paderewskl's guardian angel was the busi est of the heavenly host. .Wind, weather, railway trains, all uncertain quantities have been well regulated, and. on this trip, he has not met even the mildest mis hap, though disaster followed close upon his heels. He has gone rushing over the continent with ruin and wrath In his "wake; but 111 luck never overtook him. He went to Tacoma by an earlier train than the one planned. The train of the original plan was held up by robbers and the passengers forced to jump off. It seems almost a pity that fate intervened in Paderewskl's favor. The scenic effect would have been so fine for journalistic Illustration. Genius, with Its aureola standing on end, facing a masked and muffled ruffian whose pistol presses against thn naln and notaln hrow. However, ro- mance was sacrificed to the good luck of tne genius. Tornado In His Wake. Paderewski left Austin, Tex., barely In time to escape the flood. His visit to San Antonio was followed by a tornado, And so the story goes. Superstitious person? might be tempted to believe that there's a touch of the Jettatnra about Paderewski, but the chances are that he carries a' rab bit's foot. Perhaps the fact that disas ter has been dogging his steps and clutch ing vainly at him accounts for the- fact that he 1s a trifle thin and worn. Under the circumstances. It is odd that he dared wear his hair at Its usual length. " After his farewell recitals In New York and Newark, Paderewski will go to Eng land, where he will investigate the sub ject of fish culture with a view to stock ing the fish ponds on his new Polish es tate, and will play at the London Phil harmonics and at two muslcales given by William Waldorf Astor. From London he goes to Paris, and will remain there oc cupied with concert work during tha greater part of the Summer. Ordinarily his Summers are spent at his home in Switzerland, but this season he will make only a short visit there, and he will hur ry on to his new Polish estate, which Is at present his pet hobby. The place In Switzerland includes 60 acres of forest and meadowland on the shore of Lake Geneva, near Lasanne. The chateau is a rambling and picturesque building, fac ing the lake, and In it M. Paderewski has been accustomed to entertain large par ties of his intimate friends, but the estate Is f6r utility as well as pleasure, and the artist is as earnest in his gardening as in his music There are thousands of cherry trees on the land, and from their fruit Is made an uncommonly fine quality of klrsch, while the vineyards produce table grapes that ripen before any others in the country round, and also furnish grapes for thousands of gallons of wine. Other fruit is raised in large quantities; and, when the owner of the estate Is at home, he attends personally to all the practical details of management. His Pollsk Estate. The Polish estate Is a much more ambi tious affair, Including thousands of acres, and, though incomplete, already represents a large amount of the earnings of the genius. On It Paderewski intends to have a farm that will be a model to the uni verse, and, in the intervals of writing his opera, he is devoting his attention to tha study of cattle-raising and" fish culture. The cattle have already been bought in England and Scotland, but the fish are yet in the air, Instead of In their native element. Mr. Gorlltz visited England to Investigate the fish subject last season, and he nd Paderewski are to visit Hazel mere together this Spring and study the wily trout with a view to establishing him. In Poland. Even the Polish estate !s not quite so dear to the heart of the artist at present as his opera. M. Paderewski hopes great things' of It when he brings It out in Dres den In November. He has been working steadily at It, and that work. In connec tion with his concert work, has been a strain upon brain and body. Yet, although he Is thinner than when he came to America, and unquestionably tired, tho artist says that he is feeling exceedingly well. He also says that he will perhaps come back to America, but not during the next three or four years. There are many parts of Europe where he has not been heard at all, anrt his Russian tour was only a short one. Enough advantageous offers have come to him from Scandinavia, Germany, Russia and Southern Europe to fill his next three Winters. After that, perhaps, America again. Brevities. The opera season opened May 14, at the Covent Garden, with a successful per formance of "Faust," before a brilliant audience, including the Prince of Wales. As Mme. Melba was suffering from In fluenza, the Marguerite of the occasion was Miss Suzanne Adams. Paderewskl's last words on American shores were: "I have not had. in these five months, an hour of unhappiness." This will prove a stunning blow to the feelings of W. S. B. Mathews and Philip Hale. The Emma Nevada Concert Company refused to appear Jtt Columbia, O., May 15. and left on a. worning train. Many persons gathered at the halL aC there ( w&s great indignation. A suit Is talked of.