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THE SUNDAY OBEGONXAN, PORTLAND, JBLlZt 8, 1900.
nmmMMa . ' r-lr t- - - - ' ) i ' i ' " i
Kansas City Convention.
Eamo old elrcsa,
Sams old band.
Same old sawdust,
Suae old stand;
Same old beasts and
'Same parade;
Same old peanuts,
Same lemonade; ' '
Same old clown and
Same old Jest; " ' '
Bama old crowd -with
Brand-new zest.
game old Bryan. "Mar
Same old planks:
Same old platform. -
Same old cranks
Same old howls and
,, Same laments; .
Same old "Pops In -"
Same old tents;
Same old epeecbea.
Same old tricks;
Same free coinage
As In. ninety-six. j
Chicago .Record.
OREGON IN OLDEN TIMES
Mrs. Eva Emery Dye'a Narrative of
Dr. John McLonRhlln and the
Pioneer Late Pabllcatlons.
The long struggle between the United
States and Great Britain for the posses
sion of Oregon, the part played by Dr.
John MoLoughlln, of the Hudson's Bay
Company, the trials of the early settlers,
and the deeds of Whitman, Jason Lee
and others are set forth in a most en
joyable narrative by Mrs. Eva Emery
Dye, of Oregon City, in "MeLoughlln and
Old Oregon," -which has just been pub
lished by A. C McClurg & Co., of Chi
cago. Glimpses of the semi-feudal gov
ernment of the Hudson's Bay Company
at Vancouver, sketches of Indian life and
character and pictures of pioneer times in
the Willamette Valley form a fascinat
ing portion ot the story.
Mrs. Dye belongs to the well-known
Emery family, pf New England, descend
ants of Sir Gilbert de Amory, the Nor
man, -who entered England -with William
the Conqueror, and who for gallant serv
ice was granted an estate at Romsey. In
1655 two sons" of the family emigrated
nvUi the Puritans to Massachusetts, and
laid out part of the town ot Newbury-
port. The old original grant on the banks j
ot tne Aierrimac 10 uu ownea ny tne
family. In A663, John Emery was brought
into the colonial court and fined for en
tertaining Quakers. The evidence was "yt
two men Quakers wr entertained -very
kindly to bed and to table & John Em
merle shok ym by ye hand and bid yin
welcome." Eight sons of the family fought
at Bunker Hill, and many more followed
through all the fortunes of the Revolu
tion. One was a member of Washing
ton's army at Valley Forge. Mrs. Dje's
paternal grandmother was Hannah Wil
lard, of the famous Wlllard family, to
which belonged Emma, and Frances Wll
lard, and two presidents of Harvard Col
lege. Born In PropbetstOTrn.
In tho year -that the first railroad reach
ed the Mississippi River, hjr father, Cy
rus Emery, went to Illnols, where he
still resides, an honored pioneer in White
side County. Mrs. Dye was born In
Prophetstown, the old seat of Black
Hawk's prophet, on the banks of the
Rock River. Her childhood fancy was
.kindled wth family legends of the Revo
lution, and of later doughty oea-f arlng rel
atives who made journeys to the North
west coast in quest of whales and furs.
An adventurous greatunole was Captain
John Salter, of Portsmouth, whose ship
"The Boston," was captured by the In
dians on Vancouver Island, and all on
board were killed except one John Jew
ett, a gunsmith, whocn the Indians kept
alive to repair their guns. Jewett was
rescued by the Boston brig Lydla, in 180G.
With such traditions in the family. It is
not strange that Mrs. Dye's attention
was early called to Northwest Coast his
tory. From early girlhood sine wrote
poems, sketches and stories for the Illi
nois papers, where she was widely known
as "Jennie Juniper." To further prepare
for literary work she -scent to Oberlln
College, where she was called "The Poet
"Laureate of the College." She wrote a
popular Latin song, was one of the nom
inees for the Greek oration, and took vari
ous literary honors. After graduation in
1SS2 she was married to her classmate,
Charles Henry Dye, of Fort Madison, la.,
who took his young wife with him to' the
State University or Iowa, where he pur
sued his legal studies. At the same time
Mrs. Dye carried on her favorite histori
cal researches In the capital city of Iowa,
come of which were published with Il
lustrations in the Magazine of American
History. Immediately upon her arrival In
Oregon, Mrs. Dye's attention was at
tracted to the wealth of romance of early
Oregon, and in a few years she became
An acknowledged authority on that sub
ject. Valuable Assistance.
In the preparation of "MeLoughlln and
Old Oregon," in addition to all published
matter that could be found in books and
newspapers, Mrs. Dye had the assistance
of many participants in the stirring events
of tho old Hudson's Bay days. The late
Dr. W. C McKay, of Pendleton, who
spent hla boyhood days at old -Fort Van
couver, gave many of the domestic scenes,
together with the account ot the build,
tog of the first flour mill on the Columbia.
Dr. McKay made two Journeys to Oregon
City to assist Mrs. Dye in this, and went
with her over to Vancouver, to locate, as
far as possible, the sites of the old es
tablishment. The last work Dr. McKay
ever did was to assist in revising and
correcting this work. The late Henry
Buxton, of Forest Grove, and John Flett,
of Pngot Sound, filled out the account of
the Red "River emigration. The late X
6. Griffin, of Hlllsboro, once chaplain at
Sort Vancouver, tg avo additional views ,of
the old life there. David MeLoughlln, the
son, and Dr. Henry M. de Chesne, the
nephew, of Dr, McLoughlu., related in
teresting anecdotes. The late Archibald
McKlnley and his wife, the Sarah Julia
of the story, gave details tha feU under
their observation. Dr. Platon Vallejo,
of California, furnished some Interesting
features concerning the part played by nib
distinguished father, the Prince of Spanish
California. Silas B. Smith, of Astoria,
presented valuable material, much of
which will appear In a future volume. In
her search for material, Mrs. Dye dis
covered the Whitman letters in her old
college town of Oberlln, and also -in Oberlln
the Spalding letters, that were written to
Dr. Dudley Allen more than SO years ago.
Mr. Hlmes afterward secured and pub
lished the Whitman letters In the pro
ceedings of the Pioneer Association.
Found In Canada.
The boat-songs were found in Canada
after correspondence with government of
ficers 'at Ottawa. Rev. H. EL Hlnes. of
Portland, gave the use of Jason Lee's
journal. Alexander Burney. of CatbJomet,
lent the use of Allen's momolrs. Pioneers
innumerable "were interviewed. One of the
old voyageurs, Nicholas Dupuls, ot Van
oouver', coma to Oregon City to relate hla
adventures; the late Ronald McDonald,
whose wonderful life deserves, a. book to
Itaeif, give picturesque glimpses. Fin
ally the manuacrtpt was read to Hon.
F. X. Mathlen, of Butteville, who made
some additions and corrections. It would
be Impossible to name ail who, to a greater
or less extent, have .given tone and color
to this volume of Old Oregon. Very much
of it has been rescued from oblivion by
the fortunate accident that Mrs. Dye un
dertook to collect these xeeords before -tho
last of the heroic age had passed away
Tho book contains, as it were, the "last
will and testament" of many on old hero.
Washington, Oft Duty.
Miss Delia Herbert has proved in her
study of "Tho First American" that it
is perfectly possible to make a fresh and
delightful book out of material that has
already been threshed by many hands.
Hero is Washington the homekeeper and
the generous host, the care-free hunts
man, the careful country, gentleman,
rather than the Washington of Valley
Forge and Torktown. Miss Herbert notes
that Washington had little private life
from Ms lth year to his death hour.
Even in his "retirement" -at Mount Ver
non he was busily engaged In molding
public opinion, writing much on the ques
tions of the daj'. "There Is," she says,
"nothing of importance concerning Wash
ington's public life that is true that has
not been told over and over again, till
the words are half meaningless. Talcs
of the household are less dwelt upon.
Of his military headquarters many are
reverently preserved, and many housei
are standing in which he visited or lodged.
Viewing his life, not In its military aspect,
but in the distinctly civil, with a epe-
EVA EMORY DYE, AtJTHOB, OF
clal ev to the aftr-fflt of h hulld- '
illllllllllHSliilllllHBSBH4 Lx MMiM!flKKiraFK9H2zKV ?. 3 w
ings that had the honor of his lares and 'East -India GoU'ege at Halleybury, by In h July M
penates, we discover that of the eight1 Morse Stephens, of -Cornell University," Cleveland concludes
houses Identified with his home life only ,
two are standing his favorite, that at .
Mount Vernon, on the Potomac, where
lies his body, and a temporary Presi- i
demial dwelling, occupied for perhaps two j
months, the Perot-Morris house, in Ger- j
mantown, Pa." The author treats of these j
eipnt nouses anu ineir rate, in turn, xn i
Philadelphia, whero he occupied the, house
of Robert Morris, now converted into a
business establishment In the heart of that
great city. Washington secured the pearl
of cooks, "Uncle Harkness." Here It was
that Washington administered his famous
rebuke to Hyde, his faithful steward.
Hyde brdught In a fine fish, ot which the
President was very fond.
-"What fish Is this?' -said the Presi
dent. "A shad; a very fine shad, sir."
"What was the price?"
"Throe three dollars," stuttered the
steward.
The ,PresJdont.'s -eyes flashed .and he
cpmmanded the servant to take it away.
j "It shall never p9 tsoid,
jr, that my
table set such an example of luxury and
extravaganca."
"The First American" was Miss Her
bert's first and only book. Before It
had been placed in the publisher's hands.
Miss Herbert was thrown from her horse
and received. an injury which finally re
sulted in her death. In a preface to the
volume. Miss Molly Billot Sea-well, to
gether wit& a partial account of the life
of the young author, gives extracts from
an unpublished diary, which, gives striking-
glimpses of tho young woman's na
ture. (Harper &. Bros., .New York.)
' Detection of "Forgery.
"Ames on Forgery, Its Detection and
Illustration," by Daniel T. Ames, ombodifca
the author's experience of more than 80
years Jn the study .and investi
gation of questioned handwriting, involv
ing the examination 6f more .than a0
cases, 'fit over 3200 of which testimony has
been given in tho various courts ot the
United: States and Canada. Howards of
40 of the most noted cases, not only of
this country, but of the worldj nra
presented with engravings, illustrative of
the methods of tho detection ot forgery,
and its demonstration before the courts,
to do which aver 79 pases of ynyravlngs
aro required. Examples are presented of
nearly every pbnalj in -tffcica handwriting
-can come into question. So thoroughly
does personality enter originality 'lato
handwriting, says the author, as to render
its exact imitation by another .practically
impossible when, subjected to the scrujjny
of enlarged photography,, and the author
says he is not prepared to question the
trufcS ot a statement made to hinv by a
distinguished expert, that if a score of the
men -with whom ho bad. worked -should.
each draw a straight line an inch long
under normal conditions he ould jplelc pat
a& author of each particular line. (Dan
iel Ames, San Francisco.)
The Grip of Honor.
Cyrus Townsend Brady's Tiew iBiory.
"The Grip of Honorj" .deals with John
Paul Jones, the Ranger and tho Bon
Homme Richard. -Jones is only an in
cidental hero. Barry O'Nell,. an Irish
man, who has drifted to the Navy "of
theUnlted States, splays the- leading part,
and Elizabeth Jiowar,d the daughter of
an English Admiral, supplies the other
half ot the element ;All ends happily aft
er the battle between the Serapls o&d
Ihe Bon Homme Richard", of which a spir
ited description is given. (Charles 'Bcrlb,
ners Sons, -New York.)
Colonial Civil Service.
How shall we choose our colonial offi
cials? is a question that must be upper
most In the minds of many publlc-splrlteu
men these days; and a little book pub
lished, by the Macmlllan Company is
designed to afford some aid to Its so
lution. "Colonial Cvll Service; the Se
lection and Training of. Colonial Officials
In England, Holland and France," b Al
"OREGOK IN THE OLDEN '.DAYS."
Lawrence LowelL srlth an sppnnnf nt iy.
is its somewhat lengrhytltle. The three
above-mentioned nations fare ' the most
progrsslve colonial powers and a care-
ful exposition of their methods is appar-
enuy jusi wnax people are iooung lor.
i
Debts of Honor.
"Dobts of Honor," by Maurus Jokai,
translated from the Hungarian by Arthur
B. Yolland, is the grewsome story or a
Hungarian family of the better closs, ev
ery member of which dies by his 'own
hand. Harrowing as are the opening
cnopters, mey are mild compared with
g faUlns of a marauder Into a Jlma
pit. (Doubleday
& McClure Co., New
.York.)
TT Slave.
Robert Hlohens devotes page of ter page
of "The Slavc' to analyzing-the fascina
tion that an Orientalhas.fox at cold, 2e-
testable woman whom he terms hls,slavc. (
ttp acribea her,; sho, wasorn, toUye c
in a harem, petted as an animal is pet
ted, adorned with Jewels as a Sultan's
favoriSft ix 'adorned. Sach a llfe'wjbuld
have satisfied her nature. Her BOtil shines
like -a- jewel -and 4 as hard -Human sor
row will never touch her for she cares
for nobody:" (Herbert B, Stone & Co.,
Chicago.)
The Traaaarrexaors.
"The Transgreseore, a Story of a Great
Sin," by Francis A. Adams, is a political
aorl -of -the twentieth" 'centum The
Transgressors are oriranlxers and heads
of trusts .and the hero's party organize J
a cauai or assassins to rid the world of
them. A solemn compact Is .made that
40 members shall each kill trust mag
nate, and to prove his devotion to tha
cause, shall afterwards kill himself. The
news ot the deaths 61 4Q trust magnates
lead to outbreaks in various great man
ufacturing .centers, where labor lock-outs
are in progress, and there Is Imminent
danger of violence until Harvey Truexnan,
the hero, appears in Wllkes-Barre, and.
by an eloquent appeal, induces the jnlners
to rely on peaceful measures te "secure
their rights. A month late"r, as the an
dldate of the Independence Party,, he la
triumphantly elected to the Presidency.
The book is revolutionary and without
any special claim to merit. Hndpen
dence Publishing Company, Philadelphia.)
A itent 5 autre.
"A Kent .Squire," by Frederick W.
Hayes, is -a notably interesting historical
romance of E27 pages. A f anlt of thehook
however, is an accumulation of characters
and Incidents until the reader is actually
bewildered. It almost amounts to a se
ries of romances under one cover with
one hero prominently in front. It is an
nounced In a preface that the story Is
based upon records in the British Muse
um, and so far as its leading characters,
are concerned ls- historically correct, alia
scene is laid during the great Infiuonce of
the first Duke of Marlborough. This "his
torical figure plays a prominent part,
though not always a flattering onc-pro-voking
the conviction that the portrait
ure Is 'a faithful one. The character of
tho Abbe Js . maaterplece pf duplicity
and machination. fF. M. Lupton 2S Co.,
New York.)
Burden ef Christopher.
When Florence Converse's "Diana Vic
trix" appeared, some critics welcomed.lt
as, not .only a good story in itself, but as
pijjrnisuig yet better stories from tlje
same hand. One of the better stories has
been written and bids fair to .enlist ?u
generous shore of popular interests 'TEho
iJuraen ox vnnstopnex" lsa story of mod
ern 'Business life, its sharp competitions,
arid 'the many conditions of temptation
and trial which confront amanlwho seeks
to do business in a Just and honorable
way." TJfesje conditions impose, the burden
which Christopher bears, and the -story
of his burden and the bearing of it, with
the sweejt domestic story Tunnlngthrougfi5
It. make a book or interest. (HoOghton,
Mifflin Co., Boston.)- - '
JULY 3aA'GAZINES.
Features of the Leading Periodicals
for the MontkJ .-
Tho first iof 4he .papers on '-ZEhe
Slavetrade in America," by- John
R, Spars, appears in the uly
nuirlber 'of Scrlbners. These Tv&lsujpply
the complete narrative dealing -wlth the
subject-ln-all Its aspects. Beginning -with
the conditions of life among the Ignorant
and superstitious blacks of the west coast
of, Africa, fr. Spears tells of the In
ception and .gradual .development of. tho
business of dealing in tho lives of human
beings, with its attendant brutality and
general moral degradation. The entire
narrative Is based nipon a careful study
of actual contemporary records, both
English and American. Illustrations by
Walter Appleton Clark -accompany the
text.
Tbe general contents of the Juiymunber
of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly are as
Varied as- ever. In addition to its pa
triotic features, it has a notable leading
article upon "Rapid Transit in Great
Cities, by George H. Johnson, J5c. D.,
very profusely Illustrated, presenting a
comprehensive study of this Important
problem of modern civilization, not only
in Greater New York, but in Chicago,
Boston, London, Paris, and other centers
of population. "Our Samoan Station,"
the .tropical island of Tutulla. with Its
harbor of Pango-Pango, is described and
pictured by Albert de Lautreppe,
The .leading feature of Outing for July'
is "Man Hunting in the Pound," an ex
citing -pprsonal adventure of John Fox.
Jr., in Kentucky border life
The timeliness of the July Century is
due in large measure to is ifterary and
pictorial treatment of the present Mecca
of holiday-makers. Eight full-page draw
ings by Caataigne illustrate the expo
sition; and four other full-page and sev
eral smaller' drawings .from the same
pencil form a pictorial commentary on
Richard Whlteinga paper on "Artlstie
Paris." Having begun life as an artist,
Mr. Whlteing wiUs iwith keen apprecia
tion of his -subject, in a style, moreover,
that has many of the, qualities distinctive
of thft Erencty man-of-letters.
The July New Upplncott Is primarily a
Summer aory number. The complete
novcft called 'An ' Antl-GlImaxT' is a
story of modern society hi a rwell suburb
hy .Ellen Olnei Kirk.
TneevejvglprJou8 Fourth -was not for
gotten, when "he editor of St. Nicholas
hiade up' the Jtily number of that mag
azine' for the young. ThcBatUe tot San
tiago," (JUly -f, 1S9S), is tho frontispiece.
It Illustrates a paper by "Miss Jessie Pea.
body Frothlngham, In which 'are chron
icled "Some'Oreal Sea Fights,1 beginning
with Manila and Santiago and going back
thence to Ufe first -great event in naval
warfare, the. battle ot Salanjls. .and cpn-
ing downwchroriolosica!ly, "but by leaps
and bounds, to Actlum. Lepanto, the
Armada? tbe Anglo-Dutch -fight on the
Downs In 16G3, Trafalgar, -and Mobile
Bay.
In the Jnly "McClure-'s appears -a sketch
of Bryan 'by the well-known Kansas
journalist, -William Allen White, -author
of "Bbyville Stories." This Is the first
of a series of pen pqrtrals of political
celebrities by a. writer particularly Well
quallfled'towrlte of both their public and
private life. -The rtlole contains a
shrewd estimate of Bryan's political ca
reer and throws much .light on the causes
of his popularity.
Ernest Seton-Thompson'a "Wild Animal
Play" gives special interest and sprichtll-
ness to the J,uly Ladles Home JdurnaL !
mio lis Toiea cnitoren are jnemouiy
fitted to impersonate the wild animals
Mr. fJeton-Thompson has known and told,
about with so ranch charm. The early
days and notable incidents of "The Fash
ionable Summer' Resorts of the Century"
are particularly recalled, and the story
of a real heroine ot the Continental Army
is told in "The Girl -Who Fought in the
Revolution.
Atlantic ex-President
his argument for
The Independenco of the Executive?
with a striking account of his own- long
j bitter struggle with Congress, which
arose from the famous tenure of office
act. and resulted In a vindication of
President Cleveland's position, and the
repeal of the act itself
Leading articles in the July Woman?
Home companion are "Paris Memories
of Franklin and Ia Fayette," "The-Home
of Washingtcjv's Mother" ,and "Country
Homes for City People."
The July number, ot the Popular Science
Monthly .contains a paper by Simon New
comb, the astronomer, entitled "Chapters
on the Stars"; a now paper by Dr. IlcXf
klne, the discoverer of the preventive
against the plague, on ''Preventive Inoc
ulation" ; an article on the .recent .solar
eclipse by Sears P. Langley, of the Smith
sonian Institution, and articles 'on "New
Sources of Roentgen Rays,' on the
ssachusgtts Institute of Technol
ogy," "Malaria anil "the Malarial Para-
jue, oy unr. raincK axanson. ana on
"Washington as Explorer and Survey
or,
gjMUSICtg
Suppose the birds were mute.
And nightingale and larks
Were dumb as perch or trout?
Mackay.
DE WSIWS LOST YOICE
Lofiae -to Loagr Vocal Idle
neu Other 2f c-vrs Tiotca.
Rumors are rife In London and New-
York to the effect that Jean de Restke, I
me great xenor, -nas lost his voice. It is
not Improbable .that this loss may "be
merely a temporary one,' and that in -time
he may recover the full use of It, but
there is no denying, that his present po
sition before the musical public is an ex
tremely delicate and critical one, and Ahat
both he and his friends are much alarmed
to know whetheror; not hls'brilllant-ope-ratlc
career ashegreatestenor"iof his
age. Is destined to be .culshort in this
abrupt and untimely fashion. A1 '
The basis for all these rumors was" the
PRO0F
RoseiWood Ar you sure be la a-rjenl lord?
li&y.Hocany--Of -course. I -heard him touch
failure ,of .his voice an unprecedented oc
currepce upon, his recent appearance at
London, after a prolonged absence from
tlje- operatic stage. The ovent. is de
scribed .as follows by a disinterested ob
server a well-known New York patron of
qpera, who happened jto be present:
"His late re-entry on the Covent Gar-
Men stage, after if long absenee" 'f rom the
constant work and continuous vocal dis
cipline which kept him "keyed rp to con
cert Jjltch, so to say, was- & most distressing-
event to himself, to his manager, his
felIow;artl8ts, who ore really very fond
of 11100, and to the public of London, al
ways kind and loyal to a favorite.
4T was in the audience -when he made
his re-entry with Melba in 'Romeo and
Juliet' on the evening of June 12. and
his breakdown for It really amounted to
that was pitiable. It was wholly unex
pected by him, for he had told Mr. Grau
that afternoon, I heard afterward in the
foyer, that he was never more confident
of renewing his old successes, never felt
In better voice. He began finely, and well
earned the hearty applause- he received.
But within a few moments his voice be
gan to diminish and fade. It I may so ex
press it, which astonished the audience
and seemed to frighten him.
He roused himqelf, used eyery artifice
that a skillful singer- could command,
but he became vocally huskier and weak
er, and went to his dressing-room during
the entire act thoroughly alarmed. Melba
was so affected by the scene that she
cried like a child. He could do nothing to
better his voice, and at last some one had
to go before the curtain and ask the. in
dulgence of the audience, 'owing to a cold
from which M. de Reszke was suffering.'
There was no cold; It was a giving out of
his voice. ' A
''It has distressed 'Mr. Grau jrreatlv.
"for he and' De Reszke are. .not only old
conferes operatlcally as manager sxt&
artist, hut warm friends. De. Reszke is
very courageous, Insisting that his. fail
ure was only temporary and the result
of long vocal Idleness. He believes he
will get back all his old powers jand
his friends reassure him. but behind 3iis
aback they say to one another .that they
fear he will not have that happiness.
"M. de Reszke's trouble may be .some
thing similar to that which affected Mme.
f Gerster after a prolonged absence "irom
tho stage. When she returned and was"
heard at the old Academy of Mulcfn'
New York, her voiqe "was velledrand every
one said her career was at an end. She
Insisted, as does De Resxke, tKa.t work
and plenty of It. would restore her cow
ers, and It did, for her greatest -triumphs.
occurred toward the end of that Ieason.
-oaieza, Dy uie way. nasviuuy recov-
ered from the prolonged rocal Illness that
he suffered here, and is tafc3ng Jn grand
style, and Van Dyck. too, 5s doing finely
abroad. They will probably return. or let
us say possibly return with Mr. Grau,
ibut if Mr. Grau ever says' his prayers
(and I suppose he does, as on imprcssarty
needs heaven's help ofen) he goes on his
knees nightly and prays that tJean" may
recever and come over; with himolso
It may be added that De Reszke was
advertised to appear three times since his
appearance in Romeo and Juliet at-Co-
A.t SnwA. V Via noo HVi w mm drf.
.D.4k wu..u:.., ...,. .-h .w..u.1 c.-..u
time before the performance began, feel
ing that he could noting". He Is taking
every care of himself, 'while hosts of
friends hope ho will soon be able to ap
pear and demons&ate'' by a fresh trumph
that he Is still t5greatest tenor of his
age. Y
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LOCAL MUSICAL HAPPEXIJTGS.
j Glcnningaof .eVra, Gathered Fr,out
theOIome Field
Harry W. Hogue will sing tenor in
the First Presbyterian Church quartet
next season. During the yearust closed
Mr. Hogue-was a member of the Cathed
ral choir.
Mrs. Ralcy has been engaged as con
tralto for the First Congregational
Church during the coming year. Mr.
Lauren Pease will b the tenor.
Tho Oregon Conservatory of Music gave
Its annual class recital last Monday even
ing at the A. O. U. W. Hall, the pupils
of Anton Zllm assisting. Among those
who took part were Misses Virginia Mult
hauf. Katie, Evelyn and Myrtle Deltz.
Olive Case, Agnes Xoughan. Ethel and
Agnes McConnell, May Henderson. Marie
Gingrich, Lola rCamerdn, Eva Downle,
Mrs. Rice, and Mrs; "Toft, 'aad Messrs.
uuiiora loic; Tea' jsmtnaut. Atirea'ana
i Qjsorso Lflughau. Tha tecltaT was" well
attended, the audience listening with
close attention to the various programme
numbers, among which were compositions
by Moyerbeer, Mosskowski, Mozart,
Grieg. Hoastnl. Ch6plnr von Weber" and
BchtfihofC. The awarding of prizes was
not complete, as the result of the ex
atninatlon is not yet known in fulL. But
the gold medal for theory and rudiments
of music was awarded to Miss Lola
Cameron, she having made 102 credits
out'o a possible 103. The examinations
Were .based upon those from a London,.
England, conservatory of music Miss
Hurlburt, who is in charge ot the work,
has received her training under Schar
wenka, in, tho Berlin Conservatory, and
la. the Paris Conservatory. The first year
of the school closes with between 40 and
SO pupils. So many applicants for Sum
mer work -have coma in that she ,will
continue her classes' during the Summer
mouths.
TH03IAS afOORE'S HARP.
He 'TJSed It Whea Coxoposins
the
"Iriah .Melodies."
A writer In Werner's Magazine thus
describes Thomas Moore's" harp, which
is now owned In New York, being the
property of Marie Glover-Nutter, to
whose grandfather it was presented by
the'tarnous Jri3poet:sn,Te"harpT:which
i3 nqwtol(outi35.yeara pldj -rwas;used by
Moore in thoicompositiou ofhis famous
Irish 'Melodies.' "J,t is interestlnsr io note
how these poems came to'bo "written. In
'POSITIVE
papa, for fifty last night.
1726 the publishing house ot Power &
Co., of Dublin, invited all the harpists
and minstrels of Ireland to a great musi
cal congress at the capital to play over
the old melodies, the origin of many of
which is Involved In obscurity, for the
purpose of harmonizing and preserving
this traditional national music. Aftei
the melodies had been' transcribed Moore
was engaged to write "words to thenu The
airs were harmonized by Sir John Stev
enson and Professor Glover, and then be
gan the long history and wide popularity
of the Irish Melodies.' It was on this
harp that Moore composed The Harp
That Once "Through Tara's Halls,' The
Meeting of the Waters,' 'Go Where Glory
Walts Thee,' and The Last Rose of Sum
mer.' In 181o. when Moore left Dublin
after the publication of his 'Melodies' by
the Powers, he took the harp with him to
Londop. There he found himself a social
Hon. and in the- fashionable drawing
rooms of the British capital he used this
harp and bis fine voice to .strengthen his
popularity. The harp Itself Is of the style
known as the Irish Dalwoy. It is about
three feet in height, and weighs perhaps
10 pounds. It must have 'been a beauti
ful instrument when now, with its green
front pillar md a graceful sweep of neck.
Oddly enough it has no pedals. IJ8 com
pass comprises 30 notes tuned diatonically
in the key of G."
MUSICAL TONES IX COLORS.
Shovrn on a Screen by the Phono-
chroueicope.
rHusicar tones were made visible last
evening at the Academy of Natural
Sciences, and were shown in form and
color , by "VnJantern tin a large screen.
ProfessdrT)avld 8, Holman, a member of
the academy, did this with his recently
perfected instrument, the "phono-chromo-s
cope." Each musical tone was produced
on the screen ith its own geometrical
shapes and colors.
As Is wall known, a soap bubble in
the sun has 'brilliant and constantly
changing colors. The new instrument
makes a fiat soap film about two Inches
squajre. From its surface are reflected,
through a lantern, the rays of a lime
Ught. -Musical tones sung through a tube
set vibrations on the films, and these vi
brations arei shown In the varying forms
and colors of' the screen. The effect Is
startling, the forms are wonderfully va
ried, and ihc colors are gorgeous beyond
description. Several ladles and gentle
men saner solos together aralnst the
. .film, the combination of voices producing
omo very complex tlgures. As tbe mm
. becomes thinner the brllllanev of color
I increased, untll-the filmvwoula break. The
sustained notes of the "Doxology," which
, was sung by all present, made a most
instructive and beautiful pictures-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Maale in Paris.
Some features, of unexpected musical in
terest aro to, he found at the Paris
exhibition, says the Athenaeum. Besides
frAnnnf Trfni-TTnnr nf VirtrTi-r muoln
I . . . .m . - . .
0y me weii-jcnowji woionne urenestra, a
small model church, Sfc Julien des Mene-
tners, has been erected In the-Vleux
Paris, where shorJE performances are
gfvep. at least twice a day of church
music of all periods, by the Chantenrs St.
Gervals, with special attention to the
unaccompanied raus.lc of the Renaissance
ag.e,t"for which they ore coleorated.
- " Jloale n 3IcdIein-.
Medical 'treatment by sound-vibrations
is to be introduced within a few weeks
in many of the hospitals of New York
City as a regular method for the cure
of patients. A staff of prominent physi
cians will direct the movement and skilled
musicians will be employed to execute
the work.
Godovralcy Isca-rea Chicago.
Godowsky goes to Berlin in September
to live. He will devote himself to concert
work, teaching but little. A number of
his pupils will also go to Berlin to con
tinue their studies with him.
A. Wlnnlair Card.
"The pastor of the church has been try
lng to boss the choir for six weeks, but
they 'havcF'wo'ri."
Wnxir 1M tVin-w Jtn ?"
"Go MswIfetoJoln." Harper's Bazar.
r . i . .
WHAT WOMEN tAN'T DO
THEY SHOULD JfEVER ATTEMPT
TO PLAY" CHOPIX.
American Women Are Too Baoyant
and Healthy-Sonled for His Mor
bid, Supersensitive Genica.
Can women ploy Chopin? It is a well
known fact that Chopin is the favorite
composer of women. To girls of 18 and
thereabouts Chopin is a rHgton, a senti
mental religion. Sympathetic medical
men diagnose the symptoms and call it
Choplnitis. In my salad days of criticism,
writes James Huneker in Harper's Ba
zaar, w,hen every girl who played or
sang was a deity. I wTote the following
cruel lines: "I would sentence to a vat
of bollng oil that Is. If I were the Sul
tan of Life any woman who presumed to
touch a note, of Chopin." The Incredible
unklndness of this is only matched by
my want of sensibility In giving such a
vicious thought birth in type. I was re
minded, at the time, of my mere sex hy
bushels of letters coming from Ceylon
and from Connecticut and .from much ot
the adjacent territory lying between these
two remote spots on the map. Only the
other day a writer whose sex filtered
through the chinks of her logic, became
comically enraged because such speech
should pass unreproved by pulpit1 and
Legislature. But it did; its very extrav
agance saved its maker from prison bolts
and bars.
Let us be scientific, let us be profound,
and let us quote rows of horrid, forbid
ding figures. Alexander Sutherland's re
cont study of woman's brain, cautiously
and waveringl- leans toward the ancient
belief of her intellectual inferiority to
man. Lombroso, the learned Italian who
has measured the sigh of a sentimental
girl and weighed her teori. boldly de
clares that she is lacking in sensibility.
Renan, writing In 1S53, asserts that la
bringing- the world under her sway in the
19th century she has not on the whole
exerted an ennobling spiritual influence
upon It. And if ever a man should have
exalted Ideals of womanhood, Renan was
that one. His sister Henrietta vwos his
life companion, a veritable staff to him
In his erudite studies, and when she died
he withered, or Tather, grew fat and spir
itually flabby.
The general tenor of these three mes
sages on the brain, the sensibility and
the moral nature of woman. Is not very
encouraging to the now woman who es
says to interpret the elusive genius of
Chopin.
The Real Chopin.
The real Chopin as nearly as we dare
describe a real man was an aristocrat;
only to the favored few he revealed the
richnesses of his Inner life. That he suf
fered Intensely from petty annoyances at
which the ordinary man would hunch
his shoulders' was but the -result of a
hyperaesthetlc delicacy of temperament.
Perhaps the national element was the
most fascinating of all the many fibers
of his many-colored soul. He loved Po
land madly; yet Chopin never laid down
his music and took up arms for his na
tive land, fought or died for it, as did
his countrywoman, Draella Plater. Being
Infinitely more feminine than any woman,
Chopin sang his dreams, his disillusions
Into his music, and put fiery patriotism
Into his polonaises. His Is the most in
timate music ever written for any instru
ment. He is dead, yet he is the most
vital musical force of today.
To play Chopin one must have acute
sensibilities, a versatility of mood, a per
fect keyboard mechanism, .c heart of a
woman, -and the brain of a man. He is
not all elegant languors and melancholy
slmperings. A capricious, even morbid
temperament Is demanded,, and there must
be the fire that kindles, and the "power
that menaces; a fluctuating, wavering
rhythm, yet a rhythmic sense of excessive
rectitude; a sensuous touch, yet a touch
that contains an infinity of colorings;
supreme , musicianship, and, last at all,
you must have suffered the tribulations of
life and love, until the nerves are whit
tled away to a thin, sensitive edge, and
the soul is aflame with the joy of death.
Does this sound like mocking at the im
possible? All this and much more that Is
subtle and Indescribable ore needed to in
terpret Chopin.
Who has played Chopin In a remark
ablo manner? The list Is not large.
Chopin himself must have been the great
est of all. though Liszt thought his phys
ical strength was not able to cope -with
the more heroic ot his works. Liszt. Tau
slg, Rubinstein. Esslpoff. Joseffy, Rosen
thal, De Pachmann and Paderewski are
a somewhat attenuated number of names,
considering that he is expounded by
aesthetlclans and taught over the civ
ilized world. He is mauled, maimed,
thumped and otherwise maltreated at
conservatories, and the soul of him is
seldom invoked, but floats, a wraith with
melancholy eyes, over almost every piano
In Christendom.
Women Interpreters.
There have been and "are charming In
terpreters of his music among women
pianists. Fannie Bloomfleld Zelslor reads
him with sympathy and great brilliancy.
Essipoff, Menter and Carreno are Chopin
players of varying degrees or perfection,
the first-named leading all women. Pad
erewski says that he never heard some
of the mazurkas better played than by
Marcelllne, Princess Czartoryska, a be
loved pupil of Chopin's. We have never
had the mazurkas so charmingly played
here as by the willful Vladimir de Pach
mann. yet not even bis dearest foe would
dower that artist with great mental abil
ity. But ho is more feminine than any
woman In bis tactile sensibilities. Josef
fy has far more Intellectuality; Pader
ewski Is more poetic. All three ore. as
all musical artists should be, feminine in
their delicacy of temperament.
Where, then, does woman enter this
race, a race In which sex traditions are
topsy-turvledt If women are deficient in
brain weight, in nervous and spiritual
powers, how is it that they dare .attempt
Chopin at all?
Because, patient reader, men of science
deal with the palpable, and the time for
measuring the Impalpable has not yet ar
rived. Because there Is no .sex In muslo,
and also because you may not be yery
moral or very intellectual, and yet play
Chopin like "a little god" as that
"Choplnzee," De Pachmann. would say.
And now for the most triumphant conten
tion of all: If the majority of women
play Chopin abominably so do the ma
jority of men.
American girls are naturally buoyant,
self-reliant, and full of healthy senti
ment. Why, then, should these daugh
ters of a young triumphant nation seek
to interpret the subjective utterance of
a wounded, moody soul, the soul of a
sorrowful, subdued race? Far better for
our daughters is the music of the healthy,
sweet-souled Mozart, the music of tho
quaint and periwigged Haydn, of tne
strong, manly Beethoven, or Schumann,
Grcig, MacDowell, or, best of all. Bach
and his endless melody. If you are not
of Chopin's psychical order. let his mu
sic rest, and should you be, to arouse tho
J slumbering dreams of this unhappy mu
sic may prove dangerous. American girls
require fresh air and sunlight In their
art: so If finical critics write that women
cannot play Chopin, let them console
themselves have they not the bicycle?
Moxt Innocent Tlilnff in the World.
"What's the matter, D'Auber? You
loolc as disconsolate as a bunco man
who's toyed with a Yankee."
"I can't find the type of absolute Inno
cence I must have to finish my great
picture."
"Did you ever see a choir-boy. prepar
ing a pin for the choir-master's benefit?"
I Harper's Bazar,