16. . THE SUNDAY
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t)B8G02?I&2I, PGRTLAM), NOVEMBER 11, 1900.
j B o oBl,
Lullaby.
We've wandered all about the upland fallows.
We've -watefeed the rabbits at their play.
But sew Xed sight, Boaly to tdaring swat
Iowa. Now coed night, good-by dear day.
Poppy feead are o494ng fast, pi peons clrclo
home at last.
Bleep, Llebohen, Bleep, the bats are calling;
P&nstes never miss the light, but sweet babes
lass! slop at Bight,
Steep, Llebebfrn, sleep, the dew Is falling.
Even wta4 aate-ng the quiet willows
Rests, and the sea Is silent, too.
Bee, seft white linen, cool, such cool white
pttlsws
Walt in the darkling room fer you.
All the little chicks are still, now the noon
peeps dawn the hllL.
Sleep, Llebchen, sleep, the owls are hooting
Ships have brag their lflntherns out, little
raleA dare creep abeut.
Sleep, Llebchen. sleep, the stars are shoot
is?
Ford it. Hueffer In Littell'i Living- Age.
Edmund Clarence Stedxnan's Sur
vey of the Conrne of Oar Poetry
-Other Late Publications.
Edmund Clarence Siedman surveys the
course of American poetry to the end of
the lith. ceHtury, and comments upon Its
successive aspects In "An American
Anthology." It is not designed as a treas
ury of Imperishable American poems, but
hat been made in Illustration of the edi
tor's review of the poets and poetry ol
America. It bears the same relation to
"Poets of America" that "A Victorian
Anthology" bears to Wiotorian Poets '
Xdke the "Victorian Anthology" it ccn-
tains brief biographies of the authors
quoted.
Mr. Stedman divides his survey into
four general divisions. These and the
most noted poets of each are:
Early Tears of the Nation The Quarter
Century Preceding Bryant and His Con
temporaries. Freneau, Timothy Dwight,
Alexander Wilson, Joseph Hopklnsen,
Francis Scott Key, James Kirke Pauld
ing and others.
First Lyrical Period, 1516 to 1S50 Pler
pont Halleck, Brjant, Brake, Mrs.
Brooks, Alcott, Prentice, Emer&on, Long
fellow, Wblttier, Poe, Holmes, Lowell,
Story, Whitman, .-Mrs. Howe, Taylor and
others.
Second Lyrical Perfod-&lltchell, Emily
Dickinson, Stedman, Louise Chandler
Moulton, Winter, Aldrich, Howells, Sill,
Joaquin Miller, Lanier, Gilder, O'Reilly,
Whltcomb Riley. Eugene Tield, Wood
berry. Bimner and others.
Close of the Century Ella HIgginson,
Hoey, Crane, Dunbar, Herbert Bashford,
Stephen Crane and others.
Our own poetry excels as a recognis
able voice in utterance of the emotions
of a people. The storm and stress of
jouth have been upon us, and the na
tion has hot lacked Its lyric cry; mean
while, the typcal sentiments of piety,
domesticity freedom, have made our less
Impassioned verse at least sincere. Sir.
Stedman says:
One who underrates the significance of our
literature. prose or verse, as both the expres
sion and the stimulant of national feeling:, as
Of Import in the past tad to the future of
America, had therefore ef the werld. is de
ficient Is that critical Insight which can judge
even of its wra day un-rarped by personal tasttf
or deference to public Impression. He shuts
his e-e. to the fact that at times, notably
throughout the years reselling in the Civil
War, this literature has been a "force-" Its
ere until the detalaance of prose notion well
lrto the eieti?s. IK us 'ay formed the
Ftapla of oerrent reodtec. and fortunate it
sa while pirated foreign writings, sold
(beapt everywhere, handicapped the evolu
tion of a native prose school that the books
cf the "elder American po-ts" lay on the
center tablets of our households and were read
w.th xt b young and oW They were rot
the fosterers of new world lltert and aspira
tloa eoMr, bejroad thta, in he east ef Long
fel'ow fw example, the legends read between
the lines mad Ms vera as wel-orie In Grrat
Britain as among our own country folk. The
cr tortoa f poetry te not its instant -vogue with
the ill-informed clashes, yet. when It Is the
utterance of ardent people, as In the works
of Longfellow. Bryant. Kmerson. Lowell.
WhiUier. I: once er aaeurass Its anolent
and rightful place as the art originative of
belief and deed BafMiaoa presented sueh a
un'on of spiritual and civic insight with dithy
rambl genius as met) not be seen again. His
thought I now congenital throughout vast
reache. among new peoples ncarcely con
scious of Its drtatlon Tae tranecendental
ists. aa a whe for all their lapses Into didac
ticism, made and left an liap-es. Longfellow
and his puptt. fer their part, exotted for our
people the eta world sense of beauty and ro
marce, unUl thev sought for a beauty of their
own and dvtopd a new literary tnan&rr
touched b that ef the Motherland, jot with a
difference, the counterpart of that "natienSl
likeness" so elusive. et so lntantly reeog
r'red when chanced upon abroad. In Bryant,
of'en prooouhced eld and granltlo by read
ers bre4 to the carfotM-worded vee of mod
em times. Is found the larjfe Imagination that
bents a progenitor It Is not surprising that
Whitman though It was from Emerson he
learned to fallow hto own genius o often
xpreeed htmeett aa In sympathy with Bryant,
above th American poets, on the Imaginative
side. The elemental Quality ef the two is
what makes them akin, what differentiates
them is net alone their stylas, but the- advance
of Whitmans generation from the homogene
ous t the heterogaeoR 'Th younger rtln
etrel. to use Ms own phrase, alto eaw things
en xnasre. hut Jn hu day and -vision the syn
thesis ef the Xw World was that of opu
lous hordes surging here and there in the cur
rents of democracy. Bryant is the poet of the
agea. Whitman of the generations. The
aesthetic note nf poetry was restored by Long
foHow. in Ms Yrrgttfea JSc and by Foe with
surer tnagta and endurance. Has any rlngir
of our time mora demonstrably attested th
thy thai teal methods of various lands than Poe
with his few but baactfcis paradigms? He
gv a earing grace ef melody and illusion to
Freooh eiascteism to Bngilsh didactics to the
romaaco of Europe from Italy to Scandaoavla.
It is now pretty dear, notwlthstandlnr the
popularity oc Longfellow In his day. that
Xmerson. Poe and WhiUaan were those of our
pofs from nhom the Old World had most to
learn. Our three most individual minstrels
aw now the most aHve. resembling one- an
other only la having each possessed the genius
that originate. Tears from now. It will be
a matter ef fact that their influences were aa
jastta- as those t any roets of this century.
The anthology is published by Hough
ten. Mifflin .&. Co., .Boston.
, Under the Great Bear.t
KIrtc Monroe Is one of, the most suo
tful writers cf books of adventure tor
boys. "Under the Great Bear" Is laid
In a comparatively unknown portion of
our continent, but the wonderful aurora
borealis effects, the dangers from ice
bergs and the charms and perils of Win
ter in this frozen land are drawn from
the author's own observations there. The
hero, a young mining engineer, is wrecked
In mid-ocean, but he is rescued and makes
bis way to Newfoundland, where he soon
becomes involved In difficulties with Eng
lish and French war vessels, on account
of the illegal lobster trade in which his
friends are engaged. Extricating him
self from them by dexterous diplomacy,
he finds himself in a series of exciting ad
ventures on Icebergs and with Indians
and Eskimos, and after a year of such
perils, during which be discovers rich
ore deposits, he makes his way home In
safety. (Doubleday, Page & Co , New
York.)
THE PATH OF GOLD.
Booklet of Verse by Mrs. Carrie
Hlalce Morgan, of Portland.
"The Path of Gold" is the title of a
booklet of verse by Mrs. Carrie Blake
Morgan, of Portland, who is a sister of
Ella HIgginson. All the pieces in the
collection are good, notabiy "The Path
of Gold," "As Rosebuds Will," "A Voice
less Soul" and "Discontent." An optimis
tic sentiment pervades them. Mrs. Mor
gan was born in Indianapolis, Ind., but
came West when a child, with her par
ents. Pour years of her early girlhood
were spent in La Grande, Or, and it
was during that period that her literary
inellnatftn first manifested Itself, In lit
tle stories of love and adventure, which
were published in the Blue Mountain
Times and Grand Ronde Sentinel. In 1870
she came with her parents to thlB city.
After attending St. Mar's Academr for
several years she was married and has
-since resided here. Mrs, Morgan has nev
er been able, on account of conflicting du
ties, to apply herself seriously to liter
ary work, but during the past decade
she has contributed short stories and
verse to Lipplncotfs, Youth's Companion,
McClures, Overland Monthly, Leslie s
Weekly and other periodicals. "The Path
of Gold" Is her first book. It Is dedicated
to her sister. (Edson & Irish, New What
com, Wash.) J
The Last Itefng-e.
Southern. Europe has an almost irresist
ible charm for Henry B Fuller, and it
Is the, scene of his new romance. "The
Last Refuge" differs from Mr. Fuller's
previous talen; and Introduces motives not
common in modern fiction. The hero dis
covers that he la losing his outh, and
that his sest in life fs diminishing He
visits Rome, and finds that t splendors
wheh once stirred bis enthusiasm now
move him but little. He "attaches himsc.r
to a young roan who is full of the un
spent Joy of life, and these two seek
so leal pleasures, dances, masks and the
gay gatherings of the city. They try
country games and gayetles, the b?au
tles of Art and Nature, the splendid en
tertainments of the old Roman magnifi
cence. These do not satisfy, but there
is yet another city in whlh there 's a
great need; an opportunity for service.
This represents Duty, and hore the hero
finds a refuge. (Houghton, Mifflin &. Co.,
Boston )
Omar Khayyam.
A new three-version edition of Omar
contains Fitzgerald's fifth edition, with
variations of the preceding editions, and
the original preface and notes, thus fur
nishing to students of Omar a complete
Fitzgerald version and the more literal
renderings of E. H. Whinfleld and Justin
H. McCarthy.
One hand with Koran, one with wlnc-cup
flight.
A sorry Moslem, ye't not heathen quite,
For Whinfleld has rendered Omar's
quatrains In their original spirit, and has
shown the old Persian as he was, both
better and worse than Fitzgerald ha3
made him. Mr. McCarthy's literal trans
lation furnishes a basis for Omaric study
that Is indispensable to one pursuing the
subject deeply. While in prose, it Is im
bued with poetry, and the Eastern imag
ery Is not sacrificed. (Little, Brown S.
Co., Boston.) i
On the IVing of Occanton.
The longest tale in Joel Chandlei Har
ris's new volume, "On the Wlng3 of Occa
sion." Is called "The Kidnapping of Presi
dent Lincoln." Besides being a most in
teresting and humorous tale, it gives a
strikingly life-like picture of a great Pres
ident, and the charm of his homely Wit
and simplicity. The other stories, "Why
the Confederacy Failed," "In the Order
of Providence," "The Troubles of Mar
tin Coy," etc., are all good fiction, deal
ing, 'with the "unwritten history" of the
Cirilwar. the elaborate secret service,
and so tin Seme oi tfctm are full of hti.
mor, and "Mr. Billy Sanders" is a crea
tion of which the author's individual ge
nius for telling "home-spun" fun has full
sway. (Doubleday, Pago & Co., Now
York.)
The "Woriaing.
"The Worldlings," by Leonard Merrick,
is a story of dramatic scenes and skillful
psychology. It has to do with the fraud
ulent assumption of the character of a
dead man by his friend the latter'a re
turn to England from South Africa in
his new role, and the complications that
speedily followed as a consequence of the
deception. The study of the heroine's
character s skillfully elaborated, and al
ternates with the running current of dra
matic episode and lrcident as the sus
talner of the reader's Interest. The end
is happy, but wholly unexpected. (Dou
bleday, Page & Co., New York.)
Puritans of Hatfield.
In The Young and Old Puritans of Hat
field," the fourth and concluding volume
of the popular "Young- Puritans' Series,"
Mary P. Wells Smith gives the true story
of the 17 captives carried away from
Hatfield by the Indians. September 19, Kf7,
the year after Xing Philip's War, and
the romantic pursuit and rescue by two
of the fathers, Waitt and Jennings, one
of the strongest and most striking stories
in American history It properly belongs
to the account of King Philip's War in
the Connecticut Valley, and brings the
scries to a fit conclusion. (Little; Brown
cVXSo., Boston.)
Forcnt and "Water.
Finely Illustrated with phato-engravures
and replete with useful information is J
"Forest and Water," by Abbott Kltuwy.
The book la" compendium of mountain
lore as Telated to forest and water sup
ply. The grazing of sheep is shown as a
source of danger to the young growth, of
trees, as well as a menace to the water
sheds The matter of Ireforestizatlon is
treated, as weli as suggestions as to the
variety of tree to be used. (Post Pub
lishing Co., Los Angeles, CaL)
Girl Without Ambition.
"A Girl Without Ambition" 13 ah Inter
esting story of the ebb and flow of for.
tune's tide. The people who are strand
ed, only to be carried away on the hlrh
wave of prosperity, are two sisters and
a father, all of theftf interesting, two of
them lovable, and one of them a girl
who fills the World with sunshlne-tho
girl without ambition. Miss Isabel Stuart
Robson has done some excellent charac
ter drawings. There Is an optimistic tone
running warmly through the book, and
the lovable and Impulsive heroine, Kam
leen Quested, stands in t:e field of io
mance characters as an example to girls.
(Cassel & Co., New York.)
Canning Mnrrell.
Arthur Morrison, in "Cunning Murrell,"
forsakes the London slums for the little
village of Hadlelgh of 4d years ago. Near
as this now Is to London, It was country
in the middle of the century, wheh people
were still apt to be "swum" for witch
craft, and smuggling French brandy was
the most lucrative occupation that offered.
Cunning Murrell,' wise man and witch
finder. Is the chief figure of the story
and it is a vivid picture of bygone be
liefs that now soem positively mediaeval.
(Doubleday, Page & Co., New York.)
"Slaters Three."
From an English point of view, we may
Sty that the mantle of Miss Charlott
Young has fallen Upon Jessia Manser hs
shoulders. The quality which made Miss
Young's books read as eagerly by -American
as by English girls, is found in
"Sisters "Phree." The little group of
characters, their joys and sorrows, the
fragrant, dainty touches of English coun
try, the pulsing interests of London, are
porirajed with cleverness and interest.-
(Cassel & Co., New York.)
BOOK NOTES.
Churchill' Acconnt of General Ham
ilton's March in South Africa.
"Ian Hamilton's March," by Winston
Spencer Churchill. A continuation of the
author's letters on the South African
War. It deals with the march of Gen
eral Hamilton's column on the flank Bf
Lord Roberts' main, army from Bio m
fonteln to Pretoria. (Longmans, Green
& Co , New York.)
"Observations of Jay, and Other Sto
ries," by Morgan Shepard, is a little book,
telling with simplicity and sympathy of
many matters heretofore unspoken, of a
dog's views upon life, children and other
dogs. Jay is a keen observer, going along
his way with an erect tail of "alertness,"
a mind open to impressions, a heart
warm with love. (Elder & Shepard, San
Francisco )
The heroine of Arabella Kenealy's
"Charming Renee" la an obscure girl,
w"hose mother complains that she is too
beautiful to get married. The men of
her class are frightened away by her
extraordinary beauty. The novel relates
how pleasantly she dlsapolnts her mother.
(Harper & Bros , New York.)
"Tho Little Bible," by J. W. MacKail,
is a new edition of the author's "Blblia
Innoventlum," containing the Old Te la
ment stories rewritten simply for joung
people, yet without making the text at
all colloquial or departing more than
necessary from the original. (Doubleday,
Pago & Co , New "York.)
"The Autobiography of a Tomboy," a
book for girls, by Jeannetta t Glider,
recounts the experiences of hat well-'de-flned
genus Indicated by &e title, which
in the opinion of parents conducts Ibelf
"as a woll-condfUoned girl should not"
This particular ''Tomboy' had many ad
ventures, which make Interesting reaSlng
fcr oung folks. The location of her ac
tivities varied from Long Island vdown
to New Jersey, and other suburban places
near New York; aty.-(Doubl?day. Page
& Co., New York )
"Dr. Dumanyo Wife." by Marus Jokai,
has been translated fromhe Hungarian,
By F. Steinlts. It is dramatic and pic
turesque, like all the author's stories,
dealing with a marriage under a misap
prehenson, which is not dispelled till
years afterward. The openlrur scene of
a railroad wreck arid the wild times of
stock Epeculation during thfe Frairo
Prusslan War Offer themes pecu'Iarty
suited to Dr. Jokal's ftery pen. (Dou
bleday, Pnge & Co.; New York.)
Miss Lily F. Wsselhoirt has given rn
other of her delightful stories of outdoor
life and animals In JDorIs aria Her Dog
Rodney." Little Doris end her cousins,
MILS. CAlUUE BLAKE MORGAN.
that dog friends, "Rodjiey" and "Junior."
andftlte Angcra cat. "Christopher CblumS
bW'wiU -delight bolh .girls arid boys-i-(Little,
Brown & Cd. Boston.)
"Soiling Crops and the Silo," by Thom
as Shaw. -Helpful to dairymen whar
required to provide 'gTeett food tot thill
stock, Summer and Winter, (Orange,
Juid Co., New York.)
THE MAtSASINES.
Coal Qtteatio Disckssed In ihe En
rjttaeering Maa-axtne.
Tho ftoal .situation Is recognltf&a In The
Engineering Magazine for November as '
being the most Important now before the
public, the leading place being given, to a
most Interestingly illustrated article by
F. Seaton Snowdon upon the "Loading
and Transport of Sea-Borno &oal . Thirty
years ha.re sufficed to double England's
production and quintuple her exports. The
Iniiea States, producing almost (ho same
amount, export but one-tenth as much,
but the American coal-export trade is
rapidly expanding, and fleets of modern
colliers flying the Stars and Strlpefe may
Boon be expected.
Among the principal Illustrated articles
of the magazine number of The Outlook
for November ar& "Up- From Slavery,"
j by Booker T. Washington, with portrait
ana many otner Illustrations. "American
Educators in China," by George B. Smyth,
president of the Anglo-Chlhese College;
The Emperor of Austria," by Irenasus
Primc-atevensoh, based partly on the re
cent seventieth birthday celebration of
the Emperor; "Nearer the North Pole."
, by Sofia Bomplanl, an account of the
1 achievement of the Duke of the Abruzrf
in reaching a point nearer to the North
Pole than man had before attained.
The November number of Frank Les
lie's Popular Monthly is timely, varied
and interesting-. The opening article,
"Election Day," written by L. J. Lang,
who has been a political reporter for 29
years and mote, draws a remarkable pic
ture of the revolution wrought by the
laws of ballot reform, and tells a number
of Btories of political methods under the
old regime, which to the voter of today
seem simply incredible.
Hall Caine's new story. "Jan. Tho Ice
lander," begins In the November number
of the New York Ledger. "Our American
Thanksgiving' la described by Phebe W.
Humphreys, and illustrated by Victor
Perard.
America's premier place, as an export
ing nation is the significant industrial
fact of the closin'g century. How this has
been brought about is graphically and
clearly set forth in an article bearing the
title, "Out Commercial Expansion," which
appears In the November number of The
World's Work. The author is Frederia
Emory, one of the bureau chiefs of the
State Department, who writes with
authority and from first 'hand informa
tion. The National Horce Show focuses the
attention of American horsemen and gives
point to "The Making of the Heavy Har
ness Horse," by F. M. Ware, in Outing
for November, as well as to "Tho Scoring
of the Raja," a glimpse into East Indian
Regimental steeple-chasing, from the pen
of W. A. Fraser. Nex to the horso in
present public interest comes kThe Motor
cycle," the wonderful horseless carriage.
November is a month dedicated to "Foot
ball," and Outing's Symposium on the
game, frOm tho pens of Walter Camp,
George H, Brooke, Percy D. Haughton
and Charles Chadwlck, is weighty with
the knowledge of football giants.
Llewellyn James Davies, in the Novem
ber Forum, claims that tho horriblo con
ditions now obtaining In China are the
fruit entirely of the Insincerity and du
plicity of. the Chinese Government -in Its
relations with foreigners. He exonerates
the Chinese people, as a people, from all
blame, and In his paper, "The Taming of
the Dragon," endeavors to substantiate
his opinion and to suggest a new line of
punishment for the offenders. He lays
down in outline a scheme of reform, and
narrates the steps that must be taken
before any such scheme can be put Into
effect.
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould has resuscitated
Miss Alcott's "Little Men." and, with
their old teacher and Mb good wife, has
i put them in a drama, which she calls
' "The 'Little Men' Play." The play will
be published in the December Ladles'
. Home Journal.
The readers of St Nicholas will be glad
. to find in the November numbdr, begln-
nlng a new year, the epenlng pages of an
American serial by John Bennett, author
' of that popular Shakespearean story,
"Master Skylark." It is called 'The Story
of Barnaby Lee," and Is a tile of tho
transition from Dutch to English domi
nance in the City of New York neatly 2
centuries ago.
While the eye will be caught first by
the plctoral features of the November
Century, its appeal to the mind Is no less
strong; for with November the Century
begins a "Year of Romance," in the
course of which It will present a number
of short stories by famous writers, with
several longer ones, and two or three
serials running through six months of
more. In the present Issue appear tho
opening Chapters of "Her Mountain Lov
er," a novelette by Hnmlirt Garlatid, in
which a, typical Western American, ra5y,
of the soil, Unschooled except In the draft
of the plains and rabunfains, full of hu
mor and good-humor. Is sent to London
to float the stocks of -a mine. His- social
adventures there, and tho story of his
two affairs of the heart foreign and do
mestic, with the contrasts of wild West
ern aad oTd English backgrounds, make
the tale peculiarly picturesque and sug
gest! Ye.
In Harper's Magazine for November
Professor W. O. Atwater writes of "Al
cohol, Physiology and Temperance Re
form." Other articles in this number are:
"Fruit Growing in America," by Theodore
Dretsr; "Michel and Angcle," a story of
Huguenot exiles, by Gilbert Parker
"Bluejny Visits and Ghosts." an Indian
folk-lore tale, by George Bird Grinnell;
"Some Literary Memories of Cambridge."
by William Dean Howells. Stories by
Frances Armor Mathews, Cyrus Town
send Brady, Mary B. WllMns, and poems
by Robert Loreman. Ethna Carbery, Bliss
Carman and others complete tha number.
8 Music I
The sweetest tones are pregnant with a want
And writ in xnlnprs: ever Too eoca past.
The cradle sons Is hut a prelude, snng
To usher tn the requiem of the dead;
Ilia requlaxa's murmurs do but lone the soul
In unison with those who chant the vast.
Exultant strains of ever-Uvlns. oy.
FVanels Itoward Williams,
NOT A WHIT DAUNTED
San Francisco Symphony Season In
augurated In Spite of Dlr
cotaraclng: Losios.
Symp&otty concerts Co not pay expenses
in San Francisco any more than In Port
lahov but owlntto the generosity of Mrs.
P&oebe A. Hearst and ihe enthusiasm of
a Utile band o .genuine music-lovers, In
thi fape ol most discouraging circum
stances and much unkind uritioism, the
largest portion of the reward received by
tft Board 6f Management last season, the
concerts are to be continued. This is true
Cillfomia pmck. The first concert of th
season, has 3ust been given with signal
Buccess musically. If not financially, under
the leadership of Conductor Hlrsch, of
the tlvdia Opera-House. The role ot sym
phony conductor Js an entirely new ono to
him, but that he acquitted himself brll
lAntly stems to be generally conceded.
Whether or not It was his knowledge of
the peculiar bias of San Francisco audi
ence that led bim.to select Berlioz "Sym
phonic Pantastique" for performance can
not positively be said. This belongs to
the domain of what may be termed, for
lack of a better word, "yellow music."
Immense In conception, lavishly pictur
esque, clever in the last degree, supreme
ly interesting, a work of genius, perhaps
It is .yet morbid, decadent and illegitimate
art
"Its difficult rhythms, Unusual phras-
irrgs and disconnected periods were han
dled til re clearness and precision,''
says the San Francisco Call, "and the
grotesque splendor of the composition,
its wild diablerie. It3 gorgeous, forbidden
color, were grasped and suggested with a
fine truth of inspiration.
Grotesque Grandeur.
"It Is in the last two movements. The
March to tho Gallows and 'Witches' Sab
bath,' that Berlioz shows his peculiar
quality, strange and uncanny and sensa
tional In the last degree abslnthe-ln-splred,
one might irreverently Imagine,
Were not the composer's normal tempera
ment of this abnonhal cnaracter. "The
J March tQ thb Gallows, with its grotesque
grandeur and magnlfleknt atmosphere of
horror, lifted the audience from Its feet
i and prepared the way for thit eeriest of
aucoropositions, the last movement of the
Bymphoiry, known as 'Inferno, dr, more
fastidiously, as 'The Wltches'Sabbath.'
"The 'Inferno' exhibits In its fullest ex
tent the -wonderful power of Berlioz lh
orchestration. The thing Is dlabellcally
clever. rhe violins shriek and gibber, and
flash notes of Unholy glitter through
the infernal medley. Ad illimitable gloom,
possessed by every seen, felt and known
horror, is suggested with uncanny power,
and, too, the awful glee, the Impish,
mocking laughter of lost souls; the de
montac merriment of fiends who welcome
another fallen creature to their frightful
orglei, is heard with horrid clearness.
Really, one would almost prefer to avoid
one's neighbor's face after hearing the
'Fantastic Symphony,' "
As the enthusiasm of the audience ran
high, we are obliged to conclude that 1
San Francisco people rather like to be
horrified.
Always a Deficit.
Apropos of the effort that is being made
in Portland to support a similar associa
tion, it mar be of Interest to note that
San Francisco has had a regularly incor
porated organization since 1808. Six sym
phony concerts of the highest merit were
given last season under the direction ot
Mr. Holmes In the Grand Opera-House,
and at prices to suit the slimmest purse.
Of course, there was a deficit and be
cause the unusual phenomenon of a bal
ance at the bank had been the result of
the previous season's experience, this very
natural state ot things called down the
most unpardonable criticism and suspicion
Upon the symphony management- Tber
1b, however, a fund of something over
HO00 in hand, fof-Mrs. Hearst with Ut
most generosity, shouldered the incurred
debt. It is said now that the concerts
will be revived when the grand opera sea
son Is over, probably some lime in Janu
ary. Only in rarest instances anywhere do
symphony concerts "pay" from a finan
cial standpoint, and never anywhere until
after a considerable period from their in
auguration. It goes without saying in
Eastern cities, where it is determined that
orchestral concerts are a musical neces
sity, that a list of guarantors, financially
representing anywhere from $20,000 to ?50,
000 for annual expenses, Is the first essen
tial to their foundation, "frhen Chicago
decided to engage the Tnomas orchestra
it cost the public-spirited citizens at the
bead of musical matters there from X),WQ
to $30,000 annually for the privilege, but
-Chicago must have anything that New
York has. and gets it because she is
willing to pay.
The Cincinnati symphony Concerts do
not pay, have never paid. It is doubt
ful whether the Boston concerts are a
financial success, and the splfendld sym
phony orchestra of Pittsburg, which gives
18 evening and 18 afternoon concerts dur
ing the season and is Insured financial
Bafety by a guarantee list ot 52 members,
rarely falls to draw upon Us generous
guarantors.
OPERA, NOT CONCERTS.
San Francisco From- Standpoint of a
Portinnd Musician.
"San Francisco people really are not
musical," says Miss Mary M6rse, who
,bas Just returned to her Portland kom
'after a sojourn of several years in
Oakland and San Francisco "Novelty,
to be eUre, piques their curiosity; ihcr-
fore, a great name is always sue ot
drawins a great audience once, but not
more thanoftee. Padeewski IS the only
pianist who can pay expenses during a
second engagement Rosenthalcannbt;
,Ysaye and LachaUnfe played to sta-adlng
room only the first season, enthuslcsm
ran so high; but when -they came back
another season thy cSuld not pay ex
penscs, even thougtt Gerardy was with
them. Miss Villa WhltneyWhltet I ahi
ashamed to say, sang to an audience of
25 In Oakland. The fact is, concerts and
muslcals are .entirely too slow for San, uwwiuea unu vw " """'
Francisco pfebple. They say to one an- I void of the rudimentary laws of stage
other: What' the use of BnK in o a
musty old hall, out of the untight, jUJt
t6 Hear somebody play br sing?'
"What they want ia the dash- and glit
ter and gay trappings and emotional ex
citcmest of opera, and grand opera at
that San Francisco has a fln! fee In r
for the dramatic. The weeks of
grand opera, at the Tlvoll brings the
most crowded audiences of the entire s- a
sda. To the amazement of theattira'
managers, German opera, too, has pr-ved
thoroughly remunerative" and hasr a lrge
clientele. Whenever a hdae wishes it
entertain her friends she sends out Isv -t&tions
for an opera party N other
diversion can compete with C Every
body is opera crazy,
Lo-sv salaries-.
"Very few godd singers are left now In
Son Francfscd. And yet there Is nolack
"of line teachers. But$s zoon as & btWJ
titul voice Is properly developed aad the
owner has reason to expect a, brhlwfln
future, she leaves California for" more
profitable fields. Salaries for vocalists,
have gone down surprisingly in the last'
few years. They are so low now that
few singers ot good standing can afford
to remain where so little Inducement is
offered. There Is only one soprano I
know ot who has returned after leaving
California, and she was too lazy to make
a career., for herself.
"San Francisco people simply will not
go to recitals. They can generally be
depended upon, to stay at home. In fact
tho only musicians who are sure ol hay
ing an audience there are the Henschels,
Ban Francisco went wild over them two
years ago. They had arranged for iwo
concerts, but these soon expanded Into
nine, and still enthusiasm grew Th'y
are expected again this' season, anl
Everybody Is anticipating thrtr earning
as a most delightful event. The Hen
gchfels. you know-, are at tho head ot the
London musical world. They have a
marvelous repertory, embracing every
thing from the old Latin masses down
to the latest modern music, so that Jt 'e
a liberal education to bear them sing
They do not give any Italian skyrockets,
but Just pure music.
Old-Fnahloned Picture.
"Mrs. Henschel looks like an oTd-fash-loned
picture; she nfever wears high col
lars and up-to-date hats, but designs all
her own gowns; and then Has her Ideas
carried out by one of the first fcostumers
in, Europe. The result Is that she always
looks aa though she had Just stepped out
of a famous old picture. She is what
I call a typical American woman, net
pretty, but Irresistibly charming, dainty,
reflnedk with a sensitive face. Mr.
Henschel also is very attractive, with hia
high forehead and curly German hair and
beard. He is the prince of accompa
nists, "Paloma Schramm is about to retirs
from the concert stage for the present.
She le like Patti, always making rer
farewell appearance. But it is absurd
to believe the report that she -has been
-suffering from nervous prostration. The
tact is that she is grpwlng Into euch a
big, strapping girl that she cannot be
kept any longer In short dresses, and so
baa lost her right to be considered a
'prodigy.' But little Karla, her sister. Is
now being brought to the front as the
pupil of Paloma!"
Fine Church Position.
Miss Morse herself while in California
held at various times several Important
church positions director of the choir at
Brooklyn Presbyteriab ChUrch. soprano
soloist at St Paul's Episcopal Church,
Plymouth Congregational Church and the
Synagogue, all In Oakland, and Howard
Presbyterian. Church; San Francisco.
She has been constantly studying, her
great hobby being tone work, color,
amoothness, the same quality of tone,
from the lowest note to the highest so
that although, her voice Is an unusually
big one a heavy, dramatic soprano she
cannot by any means be classed with
"the shoutcrs." It is said that she Is
In belter voice now than ever befo-e
And certainly In appearance she dobs not
show the effects of her recent lllnpss,
but is the picture of glowing health.
Better Than Foreism Prim Donne.
Of Miss Minnie Tracey as filsa In "Lo
hengrin," recently given at tho Metro
politan, New York, the Musical Courier
says: "She sang the role for the first
time here, and those who heard her ex
cellent singing aa Alda expected her to
prove equal to the dramatic requirement
as the fair heroine of Brabant. It is a
pleasure to record that expectations were
realized.
"The dreamy, fragile type of Elsa has
not been seen in this city in a decade,
and therefore Miss Tracey's Impersona
tion was equal and in many respects su
perior to that of the prime donne in the
Grau foreign company."
Miss Tracey is an American girl, with a
charming voico and a lovable character,
so 11 Is a matter of regret to hear that,
owing to the flippant nature ot recent
press comments on her rather unustial
physique, a bitterness has spnlng up be
tween her and Mr. Savage, which has
Just ended In a rupture. She Is no Iongei
a member of the English grand opera
company.
Musical Clnb Hrftea.
At the October examination Miss Morse,
soprano: Mrs. Knight, pianist and Miss
Bang, violinist, were admitted Into the
club.
Mrs. Fletcher Linn has been elected a
member of the executive committee", In
place of Mrs. Piatt, resigned.
Miss Frances Jones' resignation from
the club has been received and accented
with much regret
Following la the programme for Wednes
day afternoon, November 14, at Parsons
HaU: t. ',
"Bolero" Revnecke
"La SeviUane" .. Chaminade
Mrs. Gill, Miss Newman.
''Serenade" Neidllnger
"My Heart Is Weary" Going-Thomas
"The Jonquil Maid" -...., Rathbua
Mrs. Shillock.
.Sonata op. 13 Grieg
"ConvUn partir'' .Donizetti
"Sombrero" Chaminade
"Hush-eeri" Needham
Mrs. Sheldon.
jars, iiozue, jars, jtjrown.
English In Revolt.
There seems, to be a growing revolt in
the provincial cities of England against
the Whole system of mUslc festivals. On
these gredt occasions there are always
conductors, soloists, often orchestra, Im
ported from London or the Continent, at
high pay, while7 the local musicians are
16ft Out or expected to play for ndthing.
Even Richter himself, the great German
conductor, has not escaped censure In the
general condemnation. HU ability to di
rect performances of English oratoris Is
said to be open to question. His views
Of "Elijah" andThe Messiah" are mani
festly not acceptable to the people of
England. If one is to Judge Of the recent
fiasco at the Birmingham festival, where
it Is said the chorus "wBht to pieces,"
and many of the numbers were taken at
a startling tempo. "In matters of pro
nunciation, accentuation and vocal
phrasing," says an Irritated English crit
ic, "Dr. RIchters shortcomings were still
more marked." To many this will sound
like rank heresy.
Opera in English.
I "When wet advocated so strenuously
the opera In English,' says the Musical
Courier," we did not refer to the class
of work" that has Up to this time aver
aged tit the Metropolitan Opera-House.
It fa, of course esSentlal to have time
and experience for a proper development
-jf the scheme, but we are afraid it is
based on a false principle and if It does
nothoWan artistic spir' and the artist
ic conscience. If it is to be merely a low
salary crime as against the higb salary
I crime, and the acceptance of more me-
action, much less artistic sense or dis
crimination, we snail tre compelled to re
nounce all further sympathy with the
movement This kind of performing la
not the opera In the vernacular which
the Musical Courier has been advocating.
bran's Tour.
The Grau Opera Company opened last
week for three nlghta at Los Angeles.
After the San Francisco season it will
give one night to Salt Lake City, one or
two -at Denver, and three at Kansas City.
Then comes St Paul and after that New
Yorit
Sdttatt'H Plana.
Sousi has Just concluded his New York
engagements, and will now take, " two
months? rest, alter which he atlQ bla
fcgVe evrir udm&an.
VOICE
4!
EDISON'S EXPBRT OX SOUND MAKES
A3? blPlmTANT DISCOVERY. ,
Real Beat ot Timbre, or Quality ex
Tone Art of Stasias: Mayi
Be Revolutionised. 1
en's exnert en south?, at. m
Wangemann has made a diaeovery that.
It .Is claimed, may revelutlenlee the
theory and practice of vocal music After
many experiments he has come to the
conclusion that the seat of timbre or
quality of the voice, lies not so much In
the Vocal cords, as hitherto supposed, as
in the hollow spaces of the throat moUtb
and nose
"The vocal hands are to the voiie what
the string are to the violin oc piano,
what the lips of a player are td a cor
net the reeds to an oboe or clarionet'
says Mr. Wangemann in the New York
World. ,
"While In the Edison Laboratory I had
to experiment with hundreds df appli
ancesfunnels. Imitations of the human
ear, flower forms, cavities of bohfes "and
huraberless odd-shaped objects trying to
dJ away with the hollow resonance
whleh spaces give. Many experiments
were carried oh with singers, arid thou
sands of cylinders recording different
voices were made.
"One afternoon there came to the Lab
oratory a well-known church singer. I
found that she had difficulty in pronounc
ing the vowel 'I,' and in singing certain
notes near F sharp, which she pro
duced In a harsh, penetrating manner.
No More Hurahnes.
"The singer with whom I was experi
menting had an opportunity at the labor
atory to hear her ow voice. After same
hours' work her hattih pronunciation of
T on netes near F sharp was entirely
eliminated.
"I then experimented with other voice
and arrived at the conclusion that the
hollow spaces in the mouth, throat and
nose were primary factors in producing
the voice. By using- a variety of funnel
on the phonograph I found that the
clang tint (timbre or quality) could be
altered.
"I construcred, in fact, an apparatus
which would not only change the quality
of a voice, but would alter the pitch.
The pitch-producers In the voice are the
vocal cords. By this appliance I leamea
tfiat the pltch-prodUcer need not be the
tone-producer.
"1 studied the methods taught by sing
ing teachers to moke cultivated voice
out of raw material, and I found that
the vocal bands were Insisted upon as or
primary importance.
"The voice is trained fofsinging, as the
muscles of the athlete are trajned. X
found that the mucous membranes of the
throat underwent many changes during
cultivation, but the vocal cords' never
changed. This led to the couclustori th&t
the voice of the singer came from changes
in the cavities of the nose and throat
not from changes In the vocal bands.
A Glance Into the Throat,
"One may look Into a singer's throat
and tell almost at a glance whether the
voice Is cultivated Before cultivation
the muscles and hollow spaces of the
mouth and nose are flabby and unformed.
After cultivation usually these spaces
have a trained appearance; there are no
superfluous portions of mucous membrane
every muscle and surface seems in Its
proper place.
"The vocal bands of an ordinary per
son and those of a noted singer are simi
lar in appearance; the hollow spaces In.
the trained singer's mouth, nose and
throat are always larger than in an un
oaltivated throat Negroes .often- have
fine voices because their nasal cavltlej
are large, whereas with Esquimaux who
can only hum the nasal cavities are
contracted.
"To afford practical demonstration of
these facts a number of glass tubes have
been made for ouf erk. Some habe
three hollow spaces corresponding' to tne
three spaces In the nose, throat and
mouth; others represent one or more of
these spaces. At one end of each tube
a whistle representing the vocal cords
is attached. By filling these tubes with
water and varying the cavities different
tones are produced without changes lit
the whistle. No less tban 40 special tubes
were blown at great cost, and these tubes
demonstrated that the hobW spaces
taake the tone and quality of the Voice.
The Vo5al bands are secondary."
Associated with Mr. Wangemann in
work of investigation Is t throat "ipeclal
Ist, Dr. F. E. Miller, -who .says:
"Mr. Wangemann in 1892 drew my at
tention to the hollow spaces in the. voice.
From that time we began experiment
ing. Seventy-four muscles and 16 nerves
are capable of influencing these hollow
spaces, and there are 71,682,000 different
possible combinations of .these Our ob
ject was to ascertain In what scale these
hollow spaces operated. We learned that
they correspond cxafitly with the UpWer,
middle and lower registers of the slhglnar
voice. ,
Speaiclng Through the Rose.
"We learned that even the smaller in
closed cavities of the head affected the
voice For Instance, if there should be
an abscess In the cavity In the cheok
bone the voice is blanketed. By closing
the nosb a nasal tone u 'given to thw
speaklhg voice. One is said to be 'speak
ing throUgh his node,' but the expression
is erroneous, for the nose is closed.
"On the medical side of the question
interesting results have been obtained.
A gentleman rtot long ago came to me
saying that he was no longer a. tenor,
although he bad been singing tenor for
three years. His new teacher- said he
was a baritone. On examination: ot his
throat I found a case of edematous uyula.
By an operation the tenor quality i6f Els
voice was restored.
"Another singer could sing oil , notes
but D sharp. From that Upward the
voice was uncertain and husky. He had
to cangel all engagements before com
ing under our observation. On examina
tion a cyst was found on the lef t tdnsii.
On removal of this the' vdlce as re
stored, and he afterwards obtained a tint
position.
"In the majority ot cass the scale, of
E" shows peculiar qualities. In this scale
lie the principal resonance changes In
volved in voice production. The phy
sician by making his pupils sing in this
scale may arrive at a diagnosis of voice
failure." i
One New York vocal teacher who Is
making practical use of this discovery
in her work, goes so far as to maintain
that she has been able to develop -a won
derful fourth register or flageolett regis
ter hitherto unknown to musicians, she
begins by loosening and practically,, mas
saging all muscles and mucous mem
branes. By rapid motion Of all these in
soft tone singlng-not overexerting; or
straining the voice she gets the throat
and hollow places In condition before the
pupil is allowed to sing. Then Bhe cul
tivates the voice by soft, elastic, gradual
measures which bring fnto play the great
number of muscles which control the
voice. She believes that the possibilities
of the human voice" under this hbllow
spaee system are almost boundles, and
says that it gives the teaching; of-yocal
muslb a positive, definite, scientlflcound
atlon to stand upon.
Coming? "West.
Clarence Eddy, the first f American
organists,, will make a tour of the Pa
cific Coast during January and FoSruary,
which wiU be a welcome fact to the mu
sical public: of this region as when he
was asked in a number ot instance? last
for T. XntrVtpd "flnn TMacrri flhd San
I Franeteco Let us Jippe that Portland
Iwlfi & tf& ffictud IB fit Wnerarj. -
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