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CollaxaarinHetto Operatic Concert
Company. "At Valley Force." ' For Her
Sake.' "Whos6 Baby Are You?" "Human
Hearts," "The Eleventh Hour." "The
Man From Mexico." Jessie Shirley Com
pany. Florence Roberts in' "Zaza," "The
White Slave," "Under Two. Flags." "The
Denver Express,"' "Ostler Joe," Frank
'Cooley Company. "Faust," "A King's
Rival," "Two Little Waif," "Too Rich
to Marry."
Patrick Campbell's support, lias, signed
contracts with. David Belasco for nest
season. It Is expected that Mr. ArUis
will be In the company supporting
Blanche Bates.
Mrs. Larite Carter will appear In Lon
don next Spring, playing "Zaza." "Heart
of Man-land" and "Bn Barry." Mr. Be-
i laco signed contracts last week closing
the deal.
When "A Chinese Honeymoon" takes
the road little Toby Cla.uae.wiU h,ave the
principal part, and- Katie Barry will stay
with the permanent company In New
York.
Y. M. C. A. MlBBtrel to be Repented.
The recent entertainment given by the
boyB at the Y. M. C- A. was such a
pronounced success that their numerous Stella Tracny is. now playing the Jcad-
frlpnd hivr rpmirir! a rendition of l .i. tk cVmn- rn-1 " fmm Ti-lilrh
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friends have requrted a repetition of
the affair. The mlns.trl show will be re
peated, with new songs and new Jokes,
on Friday night, Juno 6, at the new Y.
M. C. A. Auditorium.'
3ioteH of the Stage.
Charlotte Walker- has elgned a three
years contract with Jamts K. Hackett
as the leading lady.
Richard Mansfield will play "Brutus"
next season when he puts on the elabo
rate production of "Julius Caesar."
John Drew will probably noV have a
new play next season, as "The Second In
Command" was a success last season.
Sol. Smith Russell's life was Insared
for over 5100.000, and In addition he had
nearly $700,00!) In Government bonds.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Waloott have
signed contracts to appear with one of
Mr. Belasco's companies next season.
E. J. Ratcllffo and Kitty Mitchell have
formed a combination to'produce a sketch
over the vaudeville circuit. They open
in Worcester next Monday night.
Augustus Thomas' "The Love of a Mil
liner" has been secured by KIrke La
Shelle and will be used by one of his
stars, which one has not been stated.
Edna May wilt not open her season In
this country until the first of January,
owing to tho great pucctes of "The Three
Little Maids" In London.
A special from London says that the
Countess de la Warr has begun proceedings-
for absolute divorce against the Earl,
naming Edna May as corespondent.
Weber and Fields opened their tour in
Louisville to a $6000 house, hut In Pltts
burg they went to an obscure theater and
their receipts hardly paid their expenses.
Charles Frohman has secured control of
"The New Clown,' a tarco comedy and
will open the Madison Square Theater
MENDELSSOHN'S f:ELLJAHn
GEAT ORATORIO TO- BE SUNGc JUNE S BY
MR.' BOYER'3 CHORUS
The Show Girl," from which
Paula Edwardes resigned last Saturday
night. Miss "Tracey made aulte a hit
when she first appeared In the part last
Monday night.
Maurice Levi, the well-known orchestra
leader with the. Rogers Brothers, will re
main In Neyv York permanently hereafter
as Kla.w & Erlangcr believe he will prove
more valuable writing music for them
than conducting" the orchestra.
Th.e first presentation of "The Prince of
Pllsen" took place at Maiden, 'Mass., last
Saturday night and is reported to have
been very successful. It is by the authors I
of "King Dodo." John W. Ransome and
Dorothy Morton, had the principal roles.
Donnelly & Glrard hive been brdught
together by an energetic dramatic agent
In Now York and the pair will go out to
gether next seaeon as Joint stars in
"Natural Gas," their old play. The piece
will be brightened up and new special
tics Introduced.
David Belisco-has made a flattering of
fer to George Cohan, of the Four Cohans,
which, if accepted, will give the play
wright manager the exclusive rights to
the services of the latter. Mr. Belasco
wants Cohan to help him out with Ideas
as to situations and scenes In plays.
Little Alfred Klein, long familiar to
theater-goers of the country from the
leading parts he has played In the pro
ductions starring De Wolf Hopper, was
taken to an Insane asylum near New
York last Monday and the physicians
pronounced him Incurable. Klein was
discharged from the asylum three months
ago as cured, but he began to fall the
last two weeks and It was thought safest
to put him In an asylum.
Miss Catherine Countess left the Stuart
Company last night, and will go East to
rest for a time before accepting one of
a- number of offers which have been made
The promising chorus of 70 voices or-j
ganlzed by Mr. W H. Boyer will give
their last recital. thlaseasontSunday after
noon, June 8, at 2.30 o'clock, when they '
will $lng Mendelssohn's oratorio, "Elijah, ' F
at Taylor-Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. The singers have, worked so
fHlJhfuJly at rehearsals that a" first-class
rendition Qt the oratorio may be looked
for, and they deserve an audience that
will fill every pew in the church. Rev.
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, of the Temple Beth
Israel, has kindly agreed to make a few
introductory remarks. The oratorio Itself
Is well known to most musicians, and Is
grand, dignified and noble In Its teaching.
It Is easily one of the greatest oratorios
in the world, and the music is Joyous
rather than somber.
Mrs. May Dearbourne Schwab will be
the soprano soloist. Miss Evelyn Hurley,
a pupil of Mrs. Walter Reed, contralto;
H. W. Hogue, tenor, and Professor J. M.
Glenn, of Eugene,, bass. Mrs. W. E.
Thomas will be organist, and an orchestra
of 23 pieces will assist. The work will be
given under the direction of Mr. W. H.
Boyer. Tickets will be on sale with
Woodard, Clarke & Co., Laue-Davlu Drug
Company, Graves & Co., and at the EUer
Piano House.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the com
poser of the oratorio "Elijah,"' was born
at Hamburg, F-bruary 3, 1S09, and was
educated chleflv at Berlin. His elder sls-
ter, Fannie, was alm'ost as talented as he
In their nome vteuxano- nis sisters, Dan
nie arid Rebecca, and. his brother Paul
organized a series of Sunday concerts, in
which musicians of high standing took
pari, Fcilx drilling the orchestra, stand
ing upon a stool that he might be better
seen. The "EUjah" -was produced with
triumphant success at the Birmingham
festival m 1S46. and again in 1S47 on Men
delssohn's tenth and last -visit to England.
But all this labor and excitement was be
yond the strength of the delicate Men
delssohn, and the sudden death of his sis
ter Fannie, to whom he was greatly at
tached, was such a shock that he went
Into a decline, from which he never re
covered, and he died November 4. 1S47.
Hawes, In hli "Musical Memoirs." says:
"Mendelssohn has been to me as much a
revelation of the beautiful as Wagner has
been of the sublime. Wagner is the In
exorable and colossal development In art
since Beethoven? Mendels&ohn reigns for
ever In a sweet wayside temple of his
own, full of bright d'eams and visions,
incens? and Tinging" songs: and partly is
he so sweet because, unburdened with any
&ense of a message to utter, mission to
develop, he sings like a child In the val
leys of asphodel weavlng bright chaplets
of Snxlnjj flowers for the whole w.orld,"
ABOUT PLAYERS AND SINGERS
The production of "The Bankers' Daugh
ter" by the Stuart Company at The Baker
Theater last week, while-It was moderate
ly enjoyable, was not up to the standard
set by the organization in Its earlier per
formances. For some reason few mem
bers of the company seemed to take any
active interest In the play; It dragged In
spots, and many fine opportunities were
left unimproved. The company Is an
excellent one, and can do good work,
but the play did not seem to be so well
salted to It as Its predecessors.
"Too Rich to Marry" the offering at
Cordray's last night, was cheap, vulgar,
pointless and uninteresting. The company
consisted of actors who evidently do not
know any better, so there Is excuse for
them, but there Is no excuse for the Stalr
Havllln syndicate, which is responsible
for forcing such trash upon unsuspecting
road managers. The same play -will hard
ly venture to return to Portland after the
business it played to last week. That is
some consolation.
"The Silver Kin" nt The Bnlcer.
"The Sliver King." which will be pre
sented by request by the Stuart Company
at the Baker Theater this afternoon and
the rest of the -week, is recognized as a
standard melodrama. For 15 years it has
been played at intervals, and always with
success, and Its powerful situations and
classic language have made an Impression
upon modern plays that Is Indelible.
The story of the play has to do with a
drunken husband, who is driven to des
peration by the taunts of a jealous rival
" rSfiV: Tf. -nrh tures arc Pronounced by all to be models
hand of the drunkard a wife, and who nf ,.-
frequently threatens to kill him. He and
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EVENTS THIS "WEEK.
Iticliard Mansfield.
After an absence of nearly eight years
years of remarkable achievements for him
and full of glory for the American stage
we ate this week to see Richard Mansfield.
He comes accompanied by his entire orig
inal organization, and his enormous pic
torial equipment for the presentation of
two of his most celebrated characters. It
Is scarcely more than a fortnight since
Mansfield concluded his long Tun in Chi
cago, which came directly on the heels of
his Winter season In New York, so that,
late as the season is, this is one of the
first cities to see the great artist this year
because his long runs permit him to visit
so few.
The coming of Mansfield means the
coming of a genius who embodies In him
self all that made David Gcrrick the mar
vel of the ISth century stage. Mansfield
is equally facile In comedy or tragedy;
he plays a character part with the finesse
that convinces every one for the moment
that this only Is his forte, yet he dashos
into farce with a cheerful abandon which
Is comically masterful; he sings, Imitates.
plays almost every musical Instrument,
paints, speaks half a dozen modern Ian- i
guages, writes graceful poetry and pro
found essays, masages his own company,
directs his own productions, and in
myriad ways discloses his title to the dis
tinction of being the most versatile artist
in the world.
All these accomplishments are reflected
in his broadly diversified creations. S?o
well does he understand character, tem
perament and human nature that his crea
tions are not types, but entitles. In his
day Mansfield has created three French
menBaron Chevrial, Cyrano de Bcrge
rac and Monsieur Beaucalre. Now the
marvel Is that, though all three were
typically, unmistakably French, none hac"
any one recognizable trait In common
with another, an Immeasurably greater
demonstration of virtuosity than to have
created two portraits of contrasting na
tionality. In his varied gallery ho has.
placed Rodion, the Russian; Captain
Bluntsohll, the Swiss; Don Juan, the
Spaniard; Nero, the Roman; Herr Eugen
Courvolsier, the German; Shylock, the
Jew; Arthur Dimmesdalc and Dick Dud
geon, the Colonials; King Richard III, Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, King Henry V and
Beau Brummel, the last five all English
men, yet all quite as distinct from each
other as Ihey are from, his three French
men. It is this catalojgue of achievement
whioh stamps Mansfield a master, a title
he has won by what nature gave him for a
foundation and what he has built on with
untiring and unremitting hard -work.
We are this week to have the privilege
of teeing two of Richard Mansfield's
greatest characterizations. On Wednes
day evening ho is to present here for the
first time his latftt triumph. Monsieur
Beaucalre, the barber-gambler-prlnce of
Bath's fopperies, in "Beaucalre," a com
edy and a character which has been his
-piece de resistance during his entire sea
son. In fact, only twice during his entire
Winter has he appeared in any other role
than "Beaucalre."
For the farewell bill on Thursday even
ing ho will present here for the first time
the -dramatization of Jesste FothergiU's
charming story, "The First Violin," ap
his rival are fallen upon by thugs, the
rival Is killed, and the drunkard, awaken
ing from a chloroform, stupor finds his
dead body and believes he Is the murder
er. He jumps from the train on which he
makes his escape before it reaches Its des
tination, and when the train is burned a
little way furthor on it Is given out that
he Is dsad.
Swearing to lead a new life, he goes to
America, accumulates riches In the mines
of Nevada, and returns to find his wife
and child In poverty, and one of the mur
derers, now a respected citizen, about to
turn her from her home. Feeling In his
heart that he did not commit the murder,
the former drunkard seeks and finds
proof of his innocence, and devotes the
remainder of his days in England to pun-
ishlng those who have wronged him, and
restoring his -wife and child to happiness.
Mr. Stuart has a strong part as the Sil
ver King, and the other members
Jf the company are equally well cast.
The play will be adaquately mounted.
This will be the last week of the en
gagement in Portland, as the company
closes Motfday night, June 9, and goet,
to fill a protracted engagement at the
Burbank Theater, Los Angeles:
As the people come out of the theater
this afternoon a blograph picture will be
taken of them, by T. E. Shields, who will
use the picture for exhibition purposes.
Manager Baker has made a special ar
rangement for securing the election re
turns, and they will be announced from
the 6tage Monday night.
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Knthrj-n Kidder.
The leading characters In "The Country
Girl," which will be presented at the
Marquam Grand Theater In the very near
future by Kathryn Kidder are such per
fect comedy types that they have been
frequently Imitated since they first ap
peared on the stage a couple of centuries
ago. The principal role is Peggy, the
awkward, rollicking girl with no city airs
or graces to hamper her freedom. Her
guardian is so madly jealous of her that
when they go for a stroll In the park he
compels her to wear boys' clothes so that
she cannot flirt with the young gallants,
Peggy plays all kinds of tricks on- her
guardian, and finally succeeds in scour
ing the young man of her choice. Her
guardian. Jack Moody, is a testy, queru
lous, irascible old fellow whose desir(e to
monopolize nis gooa-iuuxing wara causes
him many difficulties before the final fall
of the curtain. Another unique character
is Sparklsh, a conceited chap, half fop
and half fool. He Is engaged to marry
Moody's sister Allthea, and so confident
Is he of her devotion to his superior wit
and attractions, th,at he triumphantly in
troduces her to his rival. Harcourt, In
sisting on their courtship and fairly send'
Ing them Into a corner to make love.
Sparkish is whimsical without being of
fensive a blunderer and a coxcomb with
out exhibiting anything worse than folly
and Impertinence.
Lectures nt linker' Tbeutcr.
Henry Austin Adam3 will deliver a
course of five lectures in Baker's Tbei
ater, beginning Tuesday evening; June 10,
Mr. Adams enjoys the reputation of be
ing one of the most popular platform or-
ators In the United States, and his lec-
of eloquence.
The New York World thus speaks of
him: "Henry Austin Adams Is a great
orator. He handlod his audience as he
pleased. He laughed at them. He cajoled
them. He is roally an orator. His repu
tation was won In the pulpit. It was
there that his beautiful resonant voice,
his smooth, rounded periods, his elegant
expression, his graceful gestures, made
him famous. He was famous in Buffalo.
He was brought to New York, and his
fame increased."
Programme of lectures "Cardinal New
nan." Tuesday. June 19; '"The Middle
Ages," Wodnesday, June 11; "Tfie Re
formation," Thursday, June 12; "Brains
nd Belief," Friday, June 13; "America's
Debt to the Catholic Church," Saturday,
June 14.
CLOSED ITS THIRTEENTH SEASON.
Cordray Thenter'n Successful Year
Play Produced.
Cordray's Theater, with last night's
performance, closed Its thirteenth annual
season In Portland. Many extraordinary
theatrical changes have been made, since
this theater was established in this city.
Portland has grown from a town of 40.000
Inhabitants to a city of over 100,000 popu
lation. Cordray's Theater has experienced in
the season Just closed, one of the most
successful In tho history of the house.
Thts prospects for the coming season were
never so bright. The entire season Is
booked solid, with the cxcoptlon of about
throe weeks, with some of the best New,
York successes.
Owing to tho popularity of this theater
among Eastern managers, who are de
sirous of securing time for the coming
season, quite a number of the attractions
were compelled to take a half week In
stead of a whole week, on account of
not being able to accommodate the num
ber of attractions soliciting time.
This theater is now, and has been for
some time, connected with the Stair &
Havlln chain of theaters, which are now
represented In almost every prominent
city from the Atlantic to the Pacific
This gives the Cordray Theater a strong
prestige In securing attractions.
The bookings for next season are very
strong, and If the present wave of the
atrical prosperity continues, Cordray's
Theater will do a big business the com
ing season.
Quite a number of attractions during
the past season went over the JlOM-mark
on the week. The banner business of the
season, however, was done by "Zaza,"
with Miss Florence Roberts, which
reached within a few dollars of five thou
sand on the week.
Cordray's will open the coming1 3easou
about the middle of August and there
may be a few special performances given
in the theater during the closed season.
La3t season has been one of the longest,
having run continuously from the middle
of last August up to last night, with the
exception of a night or two. FQllowlng
Is a list of plays that were given: Tlvoll
Opera Company, Richard. & Prlngle's
!Mlnstrels, "Daughter of the Diamond
King." "A Baggage Check," "A Female
Drummer."- Tlvoll Qpcra Company, "A
Homespun Heart," "Yon Yonson," "Ru
dolph & Adolph," "Hunting for Haw
kins," Frawley Company, "A Convict's
Daughter." "A Lion's H6art," "A Wise
WomanVBlack. Patti Troubadours, "Old
Jed Prputy." "The Old Cross Roads,"
"The Wrong Mr. Wright," "What Hap
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Terrace Garden. New York City, will
witness an open-air rendition this even
ing in concert form of "Cavallerla Rustl
cana." A musical carnival by colored perform
ers from four Missouri cltleswas held
Ia?t night at Kansas" City for the benefit
of St. Augustine's Mission.
A season of Summer opera by the Castle
Square OpCra Company will open at Bos
ton tomorrow night. "The Geisha" will
be the first opera presented.
Leopold Wenzel's music for the new
coronation ballet at tho Empire Theater.
London, includes transcriptions of the
oldest known English melodies.
It Is rumored that Moszkowskl Is to
tour the United States next season. His
engagements in Europe are such that he
can only remain with us one month.
hand, at the Free City of Frankfort,
where the money comes out cf the
rates, the net subvention Is only 5X)0.
All these German opera houses are als-?
free from taxes, while the managers do
not, of course, pay rent. Under the-1
conditions. It Is not surprising that the
price of seats Is low, it varying from H3.
the highest charge, at Carisruhe, to 7&, at
Vienna.
Emillc de March!, the tenor, who has
been rc-enguged by Maurice Grau for next
season, appeared on May 4. the opening
of the Verdi Cycle (Verdi Fest-Spiele) at
the. New Royal Opera-Houae, Berlin. Ger
many, as Rlcardo in "Ballo in Ma&chcra.
He achieved a great success and rcccied
20 curtain calls. The Berlin press unite
In pronouncing him one of the best Italian
tenors who have been heard for many
years In the German capital. His engage-
sr r. .7vl , r f J7, r mnt wl" include the following Verdi
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with It next season. James Lee Finney
will play the principal role of a young
lord who disguises himself ad a circus
clown.
A new musical comedy, "The Storks."
was produced in Chicago, for the first time
last Sunday night, and Is reported to
have bcored a hit Richard Carle Is Its li
brettist and composer.
William Faversham will remain in Lon
don until Gilbert Parker completes the
her. Miss Countess is a character actress
of exceptional ability, and during her en
gagement in Portland playe'd a number
of parts In a way which made her a de
elded favorite with the audience. She
made numerous friends while she was in
Portland, who wish her success wherever
she may go.
"The Donil on Both SIde."
LA FAYETTE. Or., May 30. (To the
dramatization of "The Right of Way," l Editor.) Your editorial In Friday's Ore-
in which Mr. Faversham is to star in this
country next season.
James K. Hackett cloFcd his tour In
Detroit last Saturday night, and fy now
with his wife, Mary Mannering, who Is
touring In "The Lady of Lyons." Mr.
Hackett is not acting.
Walter Jones, who has been playing In
the West, has banted himself down to ISO
pounds, and now dancts with hh old-time
grace. A couple of months ago Mr. Jones
touched tho beam at 233 pounds.
Robert HUllard is reported to have be
come tired of working In Wall street, and
will probably go 'back on the stage next
season, appearing with Anna Held in
Rlchpln's version of "Du Barry."
Marie Dressier Is said to have broken
her contract with the SireNBrothers In
New York, who are producing the "Hall
of Fame," and Mabel Gllman, who Is
also In the company, may soon resign.
After all the comment aroused through
her reported retirement from the stage,
Mmc. Modjeska now comes forward; with
a denial, and says she will again star in
this country In the Spring of next year.
R. A. BarneU author of J'1432," is ne
gotiating with, several New York parties
I for the production of "Nlcolette," hla
latest opera, with the result that the
piece will have an early production nxt
Fall.
The success achieved by Rob30n and
Crane in "The Htnriotts.," given In New
York last week for the benefit of the
actors fund, may lead to a short tour by
the pair In tho piece. Charles Frohman
may direct the tour.
Marguerita Sylva will be starrod next
season, under the management of Nixon
& Zimmerman, in a new comic opera by
Harry B. Smith, and Reginald ,Dc Koven.
Her husband, W. D. Mann,, will be the
business manager of the company.
Maurice Barrvmore has been rapidly
sinking In the past two weeks and Is
now confined to his bed. The doctors
pronounce his case absolutely hopoloss
and say it is only his wonderful consti
tution that keeps him alive.
An elaborately arranged benefit will
soon be given Theresa Vaughan In New
York, E. E. Rice having all the details
well In hand. Miss Vaufjhan is still in the
Worcester sanitarium, but her health has
Improved wonderfully of late.
' George Arllss, one of the best character
actors in England, and recently In Mrs.
gonlan, "The Dead on Both Sides," la the
best thing I have read on that subject
for years. I can testify to some of the
truths contained therein, as I was bred
and born In the South, where my peo
ple thought it the correct thing to own
slaves, and where I was conscripted by
the Confederate government when I was
but 15 years of age. While I have always
been a true-blue Republican from center
to circumference. I still cherish a lively
recollection of the memory of some of
my Southern schoolmate's whose last rest
ing place is on tho battlefields of Gettys
burg and Richmond. I think the charity
and sentiment expressed In your editorial
has and will do a 'great deal of good
In the promotion of the better feeling be
tween the North and South In this the
20th century. J. L. VTCKREY,
Mm. Reillnjton'M S.tndlo. -
Mrs. Nellie M. Redlngton has reopened
her art studio at 4S East Ninth street
north, near Couch, and will teach all
tranches of art. Including pyrography on
wood and leather, at greatly reduced
rates until October I. Terms, 12 lessons,
one month, 58. Especial attention given to
still-life (fruit, flowers, etc, from nature)
and life work from model. In any medium.
Exchanges made for music lessons, vio
lin or piano, and other values. Visitors
welcome Friday, from 2 to 5 P. M. Phono
Union 03. Art work for sale; Oregon
scenery to order In watercolors a. spe
cialty; burnt wood and leather of all de
scriptions; also orders taken for fine art
embroidery and lacework.
Fire Protection at Montavilla.
The'Montavilla Board of Trade is making
an effort to get some kind of fire pro
tection. Many new houses have been
erected there, and it Is felt that there
should be some protection. A general
meeting of the citizens will be called
In a fchort time, when a test will be
made of some of the various devices
far. extinguishing fires. The neighborhood
does not feel able to purchase expensive
fire apparatus at present. Besides, there
is no authority to do'tbte, but a village
fire company may be organized.
BUSINESS ITEMS.
If Baby In Cnttlnjc Teeth,.
Be suro and us that old and vell-trled remedy,
Mrs. AVlnalow's Soothing Syrup, for children
teething- It ooth th chllJ. softena the Bums.1
sllaja all pain, cures vrlnd. colic and. diarrho?a.
and on his return to America next Spring
he will give several song recitals In Bos
ton. Sousa, the march king, has, with the
royal approval, dedicated a new march to
King Edward, and recently played It at
Toronto. It Is called "The Imperial Ed
ward." Victor Bcnham remains in London for
most of the Summer, and will appar in
orchestral concerts directed by Henri
Wood, and also give some recitals at
Queen's Hall.
Victor Benham remains In London for
most of the Summer, and will appear in
orchestral concerts directed by Henri
Wood, and also give some recitals at
Queen'e Hall.
Mendelssohn's "Elijah" was recently
sung by 500 voices at Carnegie Hall, New
York, with Miss Katherine HIJkc. Miss
Kathleen Howard. H. Evan Williams and
Gwllym Miles as soloists.
Composer Luders admits that the "Hei
delberg" song, In the "Prince of Pllsen"
was suggested by his father, who proudly
wears the inevitable scars of a course at
the famous old university.
Now York City has appropriated 126,200
for band concerts in 14 of her parks this
Summer, 5120O In excess of the appropria
tion made last year, Thirty concerts are
to bo given at Central Park.
Tho much talked of statue of Beethoven,
by Max Kllnger, has been placed on ex
hibition at Vienna. The sum asked for It
li about 5100,000, and It may be purchased
by the municipality of Leipzig. ,
Henry Esbach, one of the oldest and"
"best known members of tho Orpheus Mu
sical Society, Boston, died recently. He
was born in Saxony in 1S28, and was a
skilled maker of musical instruments.
Francis Rogers, a, baritone well known
at Boston concerts, has gone to Paris to
study with Koenlg for several months,
after which he visits Bayreuth for the
Wagner season. . Before Mr. Rogers' re
turn to this country he will stop In Lon
don to fill several singing engagements.
The Joachim, Quartet is again in Lon
don, but there are heard murmurs from
several quarters that the famous organi
zation Is deteriorating, owing to the age
of Its leader, who Is now past 70. Tho
quartet consists of Joachim, Carl Hallr,
Emmanuel Wirth and Robert Hausmann,
Vincent d'Indy has begun a crusade
against the obsolete Prix de Rome He
truly asks what benefit a musician can
get from a four years residence In Rome?
Once it amounted to something, but today
Rome is the last place for one to expect
to set the finishing touches of a musical
education.
A French opera company recently went
to Berlin, thinking to make a fortune ou(
of the new-felt amlcableness of their an
cient enemies. Their efforts were severely
criticised, but they persisted until one
night when "La Navarralse- was the
chief item on the bill, the box office
showed receipts amounting to $42. The
curtain was raised only to be lowered.
Anton Hegner, the 'cellist, eo well known
in America, will glye some concerts at
London under Vert's management. He
will not confirm the rumor that he has
been commanded to play for the Queen,
but there Is reason to believe that It is
true. One of the first encouragements In,
his career was a command to" play before
her father, the King of Denmark.
An. opera by Dr. Joseph Parry entitled
"The Maid of Cefu Ydfa." founded on the
true and pathetic story of the Glamor
ganshire heroine whosa grave Is still vis
ited by many pilgrims. will be produced
at Cardiff, Wales, in November, and
played for a week, so that the composer
may thoroughly hear, and. If needful,
amend it. Only then will it be published
and heard elsewhere.
The coronation choir at Westminster
Abbey, London, wlU number 400, picked
from the beat choirs in England. There
will be an orchestra of SO, selected from
King Edward's own bandsmen and other
notable bodies. All" the music will be
operas: "Rlgoletto," Alda," "Travlata,"
"Ernanl," "Othello" and "Trovatore."
The "Pop" concerts at Symphony Hall,
Boston, are drawing large audiences. The
society, "La Cercle Francals," of Harvard
College, entertained the visiting French
delegation last Friday nighf. The orches
tral programme for May 23 was:
"Tannhauser March" ..Wagner
Overture "Mlgnon" Thomas
Waltz "Dream of Love" Fahrbach
Selection "Aida" Verdi
"Pomp and Circumstance," Military
March No. 1 Elgar
Variations on "Old Folks at Home"
Busch
Waltz "La Patlneuse" ..Joh, Strauss, Jr.
"Ride of the Valkyries" Wagner
Oveture "Jubilee" Weber
"Hymn to St. Cecelia" Gounod
Waltz "Grubenllchter" Zeller
March "Serenade"' Herbert
Jphn S. Duss and his brass band, from
Economy, Pa., have been well received
I by musical New York. Mr. Duss Is a
musician by choice, but has been alio a
business man. and is reported to have ac
cumulated a good deal of money in the
latttr capacity. Born in 1SG0 in Cincinnati,
of German parents, his father was killed
In the battle of Gettysburg. The boy
was educated at Mount Vernon College.
Ohio, and when only 9 years old he played
in the school band. At 12 he was pi ly
ing the violin, and at 18 he was cornet
soloist. Later he taught music to the
bands In the West and to military bands,
and in 1S88 he" received a call to Econo
my, Pa., to take charge of the German
community's school and to play the organ
at the church and lead the society's band.
He was subsequently elected the presi
dent of the community, which operated
3000 acres of farms, a town, a bank, coal
works, street railways and other railway
property, water companies and numerous
manufacturing concerns. During this time
he did not lose interest in music, and late
ly a military and concert band has been
organized through-him, known as the Duss
Concert Band.
Quite a musical event as well as a
society one was a performance given at
Boston May 23 by the students of the
School of Opera of the New England
Conservatory of Muslcr under the direc
tion of Oresto Rimboni. While there was
crudeness at times, and something of the
nervousness always to be expected upon
so trying an occasion, the singing was
almost invariably of high artistic excel
lence. Perfection was not, of course, to
be expected, where so many of the vocal
ists were pupils, but it Is not asserting too
much to say that these raw students ac
quitted themselves far better than have
some of the. well-seasoned professionals
who have recently been heard at Boston
in operatic performances, The programme:
"Faust" (Scene I.) Gounod
.Jlr. Louis Black. Mr. u. S. Kerr.
"Vavorlta." duo (Act I) Donizetti
.Miss .Editn .Patterson. Mr. Frederick iJay.
"Lohengrin," duo (Act HI.) Wagner
- Miss dith Ely. Mr. Blade.
"Alda," duo and scena "Gludlzlo". .Verdi
Miss Mabel atanaway, Mr. JJay, Mr.
Kerr.
"Cresnlno e la Comare " scena and duo
Rlccl
Miss Rotall. Miss Patterson, Mr.
John Codman.
"Travlati" (Act IV.) Verdi
iMiss Clara Sexton. Miss Eleanor Cre-
d"en, Mr. Black, Mr. Codman,
Mr. George Y. Kells.
The conductorahlp of the New York
Philharmonic Society, to which Walter
Damrosch was recently elected, is easily
one of the most conspicuous musical po
sitions In this country, Mr. Damrosch's
career since his premature debut as a con
ductor, which was brought about by the
illness and death of his distinguished
father, Dr. Leopold Damrosch, has beer
I a long record of steady Improvement. His
I first public appearance as an operatic con
ductor was made February H. 1SS3. at tne
Metropolitan Opera House, when "Tann
hauscr' was sung. The next night DrJ
Damrosch still being ill, his son. ther
about 23 years old. conducted "Die WalJ
kure." A good deal of New York musical
history has been made since then, and MrJ
directed by Sir Frederick Bridge, orsan'st J Damrosch has done his share in moldtn;
Of Westminster Abbey, whose new cor- lu Ag head of the Syinphony an(J Orat0
onauon aninem wm oe puns umms .e
homage. The fanfares on silver trumpets
will be a feature of the coronation music.
Tljey will be played by 12 musicians from
the Tcwcr of London. Ben Davles will
bo one of. the sojo singers.
There Is a movement In London to have
opera subsidized by the state. One mu
sical writer says that the Berlin Opera
House receives from the King of Prussia
a subsidy ot 43.000 a year, the Dresden
Opera House from the King of Saxony
24,000, the Munich Opera House from the
Regent oX Bavaria 12,500 (or, reckoning
Herr Posart's- theater, 25000). Wiesba
den 20,000 a year, Stuttgart 15,000. Carls,
rtihe 15.000. and Darmstadt 12,300. All
Mill College Mnnlcal Noten.
At Its recent commencement, Davil
Howes presented to Mills Collese. Alal
these subventions come-out of the private r meda Cpunty California, a chime of nlnl
purse of the sovereigns. On the ptner i hells. The weight of the balls Is nearlj
rlo Societies, and as assistant conductor
of German opera at the Metropollt
until the Italian and French regime camJ
Into power In 1S9L he was declared
prodigy and subjected to a series of dlflll
cult experiences rather too quickly fol
proper growth. In 1S95 he began his threi
yearsr career as manager of his owd
opera company, and in 1900 ho found hll
way to the conductor's chair in Mr. Grau'
organization. And now comes the Philharl
monlc leadership.
The Pianola Means
TO THE NOVICE:
Immediate ability tcplay any piece, no matter how difficult,
with technical correctness, and impart his
own individuality.
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