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0 THE STODAtT OEEGOrflAKi PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 21, 1902. to The cool weather of the past "week has made specially attractive the glowing warmth of the theaters, and those who have begun their "Winter's playgolng have found very creditable productions at all the houses. Of the visiting com panies that of Mr. James Nelll has caused the most talk and justified It In the first place, Mr. Nelll Is an old iavorlte with Portlanders, and loyalty If nothing else, would bring many to see him. He has amply fulfilled, the expectations of most in a repertoire that appeals to all classes. He presented for the firet week of his engagement "The Hed Knights," "A Bachelor's Romance," "Prince Karl" and "The Starbucks." At the Baker the Nelll Stock Company, here for the season, has done work verg ing on the brilliant The players In this organization show more spirit each week. Not content with producing plays of lit tle character which would entail less effort on the part of the company, they have presented this week "Lady "Winder mere's Fan," as clever and good a society comedy as Is to be seen. Lovers of the melodrama have had plenty of opportu nity to satisfy their passion at Cordray's Theater. The two attractions have beea a lurid play by Esther Rujaero and" a much better one entitled "A Thorough bred Tramp." Both of these plays miss the level that ought to be required, yet the latter one at least had a fair amount of genuine Interest In Mr. Nelll's company the Inevitable disadvantages attendant on the produc tion of several plays around a "star" were present Yet "It must be remarked that Mr. Nelll deserves much praise for the way- In which he has fused the variant elements Into a consistent and forcible unity. To do thl3 means the practical de struction of Intense individuality, and when a personal note enters into the work It usually brings discord. Limita tions of many kinds hamper the com pany of Mr. Nelll, and that these were so nearly overcome argues well .for his artistic sense. Miss Chapman's work Is generously good. There is a girlish verve and a delicate shading to her Imperson ations that Is supremely attractive. Pa thos of a subtle kind, a hint of deeper womanliness infuses her art with a pe culiar charm that can not be described. At times one tries to throw this off, and when she succeeds It is a distinct disap pointment Miss Keller did not win her audiences till the presentation of "A Bachelor's Romance." It may be con fidently asserted that since she has been seen In the role of Sylvia her artistic abil ity has been recognized In Portland. It Is to be hoped that rigorous work will not dampen her enthusiasm. Society drama will always have a fas cination for the multitude, but it requires the most careful and painstaking effort to make it acceptable to the critical. "Lady "Windermere's Fan" at the Baker Theater has been quite successful in every way. Oscar Wilde's brilliancy was apt to degenerate Into ribaldry., and there ere some lines In this comedy that smack of his weaknesa Miss Esmond aa Lady "Windermere has done so well that when the objectionable lines meet the ear it Is with the effect of insult No greater tribute can bo paid. Tet Miss Esmond can and should do much better. Nearly every woman, perhaps every one. has at her command the means of making one worship for an instant This power lies sometimes in the hands of Miss Esmond, but it is so subtle that she apparently loses the crucial moment Sho should Te member that her audience once gained the utmost self-repression should be ex erted to hold It Mr. "Wyngate aid Mr. Bernard are taking told of thelr parts with more vim, and Mr. Bernard es pecially now needs to chasten his work. Miss Rujaero at Cordray's, did a very rash, almost Inexcusable thing. To write a play Is to invite destruction at the hands of critics, to star in a play Is to court death at the hands of the company, to act as stage manager is to face ruin. Miss Rujaero attempted all three. Her play, "A Broken Heart" was crude In the extreme with few redeeming features. Her acting of the role of wild "Western girl was offensively coarse, and the man ner In wnich the production was staged required so little Imagination on the be holder's part that sleep was the consum mation most devoutly to be wished. Miss Rujaero should continue as soubrette. Mr. Wheeler in "A Thoroughbred Tramp" was good, and his play was well received. This play has many uolnf s - that mark it as tending In the rlcht di rectlon. The true melodrama simply util izes the action and reaction of senti ment Grim sorrow must find its, antidote In laughter, ' and there is so easy a way of making the killing joke relieve the depths of gloom that it shows the falsest art to aisconnect tnem. Tne dearth or an. iu uuxxiuncci mem. ine acartn or talent In the wrltincr of melodnmn wn never so completely exposed as in the never so completely exoosed as In th necessity now felt of introducing adver- tlsed "comic specialties." Mr. vvaecier i had plenty of opportunity and skill to make "A Thoroughbred Tramp" a good play, had he only felt the confidence in his audience's human sensibilities that he should have felt Portlanders can ap preciate the best of this kind of drama, and It Is a pity that the case is not un derstood at all times. FAREWELL WEEK. OF MR. XEILL. Fire Playa Are Announced, Includ ing: "Hon. John Grlgrsby." Monday evening Mr. Nelll will com mence his farewell engagement here with a presentation of Edward E. Rose's dram atization of Stanley Weyman's romantic novel, "Under the Red Robe." This fa mous play has never been seen in this city, and will be given Monday and Tues day evenings and at the Saturday mati nee. On Wednesday "A Bachelor's Romance" will be given for the last time in this city, and the hundreds of admirers of this beautiful play,, will doubtless be out in force to see Its farewell. i Thursday night will be the only per formance of Sol Smith Russell's last and best comedy success, "Hon. John Grigs by." Friday night "A Gilded Fool" will bo the play, and Saturday night "The Lottery of Love," ono of the brightest and best of all Augustln Daly's comedies. Much Interest Is centered in the first presentation of "Hon. John Grlgsby." It is a play with a quaint, homely flavor, and a central character endowed with the old-fashioned spirit of honesty and chiv alry, and touched with the mellowness and cheer of the middle of the last cen tury. It has. stolen into the affections of theater-goers everywhere, who like char acter delineation of excellent quality. Mr, TJcitll l IlM In Vivlro U points of this character with an art that ' cnarms Dy lis quiet metbods. There are scenes of sorrow and anger, and to these the actor is said todo full Justice. NEW PLAY AT BAKER THEATER. Nelll Stock Company Present "Saner & Co." This afternoon the Nelll stock company at the Baker Theater will present one of the funniest comedies ever written, "Nancy & Co." This bright and breezy comedy will hold the boards all this week, and Portland theater-goers who have been penned up with dull cares can enjoy two hours of good, rich humor. "Nancy & Co?'ls an adaptation from the German, and ran successfully for nearly 1000 nights at Daly's Theater in New York, and tells the story of a young woman named Nancy Brasher, living in a small Ohio town, who has written a play, and en lists, by correspondence, the services of a well-known dramatic author, Keife O'Kelfe, who Is living with a Mr. Eben ezer Grlfflng, In New York City. Keife O'Kelfe is engaged to be married to a niece of Mr. Grlfflng, and In order that he may discover whether Keife O'Kelfe is worthy of the hand of his niece, Grlfflng keeps him locked in his room where he can watch him. Grlfflng also tias a daughter who la engaged to Captain Paul Renseller, of the United States Army. Grilling does not approve of the mar riage, .and forbids Captain Renseller to come to the house. The Captain hits on a, scheme to claim Keife as an old col lege chum, and so visits the daughter while pretending to visit Keife. Nancy visits New York In order to see her play produced, refusing to allow her husband to accompany her for fear of its failure. She registers at the Waldorf Hotel as Mrs. Keife O'Kelfe. whom she has never seen. Sho persuades Keife to como to her rooms at the Waldorf, whero they may talk over different matters concerning their play. In the meantime. Tappy Brasher, Nancy's husband, be comes suspicious and follows her to New York, going straight to Mr. Grilling, who is an old friend of his, and Grlfflng and Brasher start on a hunt for Nancy. They track her and O'Kelfe to the hotel, where Brasher frnds her In the room with O'Kelfe. O'Kelfe escapes, and Nancy quiets her husband. Finally she slips away from him and goes to the theater with O'Kelfe. The play, of course, is a success, and Nancy returns In triumph to Grlffing'8 house, where her husband is am. JAMES XEDLL IX "UNDER THE waiting for her. Old Grlfflng is persuaded to give hl3 consent to the marriage of his niece -with O'Kelfe and his daughter with the Captain. TONIGHT AT CORDRAY'S THEATER. A Scenic Play "With. Many Novel Fea tures. The bis scenic oxoduetion. "Trrnt In TCaw York." will be seen at Cordray's Theater . . . . i ior tne weuit commencing tomgnt. For the Interpretation of the play the manairement offers a eomnanv f n WI ! er order of excellence than Is usually i Identified with this form of attract. ! Some of tho best-known In the clever cast are Miss Nettle DeCoursey, an ex tremely comely, bright and vivacious lit tle lady, who has made millions laugh at her facetious sayings while playing the leading roles In tho Hoyt farces; Miss jMorencc xeonara, weu remembered be . ... c- , cause of her beautiful appearance, strik- i -" uwumui uyiieamnce, strut lnS gowns and clever work in "All the Alexander Leonard and othr Y?1 "ome r.acK Won." Among the many beautiful scenes that iorm a DacKgrouna lor tne tnrnilnc- skitr pictures In "Lost In New York" are views of the ! world-famous Blackwell's Island, asylum and the East River, on the sur-1 iace or wnicn tne mignuest tranic or the world Is conducted, and In whose bosom mysteries and tragedies Innumerable have been stilled. Tugs, steam launches, and a score of other water craft join In the. great rescue scene In the third) act and form a picture never before witnessed by those who have not viewed this pic turesque panorama seen daily on New York's great waterway, giving a truth ful and realistic picture of the guard and patrol system used by the New York police in maintaining watch over the many criminals "who infest the river front of this great city. Next Sunday, Gorton's minstrels will commence a three-night engagement 3IINA GfcEASON IX "NAXCY They give a continuous performance of music and comedy, mingled with sensa- nnl fivifc rf orrHlfx- GRAND OPERA IX PORTLAND. Maicagni and His Company to Ap pear Here in December. S. Kronberg, of tho firm of Mittenthal & Kronberg, manager of the great com poser and conductor, Mascagnl, Is In this city arranging for the appearance of the Mascagnl grand Italian opera company In this city in December. The operas to be given hero are "Cavallerla Rustlcana," "Zanetto." "Iris" and "RatcllfL" Tho laBt-named operas are considered Mas cagnl's masterpieces, and have rarely, if ever, been produced In. America. Tho company consists of 160 people. 70 In the orchestra and an equal number In- the chorus, with four prima donnas, three contraltos and mezzo-sopranos, three ten ors, three baritones and two bassos. The singers were all selected by Mascagnl fnffmfflnli RED ROBE," AT THE MARQUAM. himself without regard to the coat It will be grand opera In reality. Mascagnl Is to receive for this short American tour of 13 weeks the sum of $100,000. The tour opens October S at the Metropolitan Op-era-House. New York. The company will visit only the largest cities in the United States. It was through tho influence and guarantee of Manager Hcillg that Portland iu tnjuy l0r tne iirsi time m Its history grand opera in its reality, and conducted Tv'S. conducted by the world s famous Masoaim Pnrt. ij . : nAJ? CtL WiU hav,e 2 srea opportunity t0 E.how lt3 appreciation of this great 6U.on1. J10? fora11 those who wish to subscribe at the office of the Marquam Prcitent for Mr. Shields. Mr. Shields -was presented with a $35 umbrella by his orchestra at the close of ,wo iwuii " x uiuuim. jliu; gut is a very handsome gold crook handle mother of nana, ncarl Btcnaara, ana on tne ton of the handle an Inscription, reading. "Edward Shields. From his orchestra, Sam Drlscoll, Leader, 1902." Mr.. Shields prizes u..a very much Indeed, as it Is an unusual tribute to be. paid by an orchestra to a manager, and it warms .his heart to know Vin Kid V... ,.'i.V. fi,-m Monile In his L career in this city.- Mr. Shields takes his snow to tne Carnival at aicaiinnvuie aim then to Walla Walla. Dramatic Xotes. Mrs. Leslie Carter's company assembled for rehearsals of "Du Barry" on the stage of Belasco's new Republic Theater Mon day, September 15. Charles A. Stevenson, Hamilton Reveille and the other princi pal will continue In their original roles. Henryk Slenklewlcz, the Russian novel ist who wrote "Quo Vadis," Is trying his hand as a dramatist, and Sarah Bern hardt has agreed to produce his first play. It is a dramatization of his "With Fire and Sword." He la at work on a hl3tcr- fc CO.," AT THE BAKER. I leal drama about John Sobleskl and the I attack on Vienna by the Turks In 16S3, to I. bo Tinmprl "On tho "Plnnnolo nf Famp " Manila will - have a new opera-house with modern stage and paraphernalia. This Ir to hf pnmnlpfpd hv Ortnhpr 1. rinfl will bo opened on October 8 by the Neill- i?rawiey company in ' Secret Service " and "Madame Sans Gene." Besides these plays Mr. Frawley and Miss Van Buren will be seen In a very extensive repertoire dvlne snenlat brllllnnrv tn thp first en gagement of an American company in the unent. The Nelll-Frawley company Is now playing In Yokohama. Edna Wallace Hopper will wear boy's clothes In "The Sliver Slipper." Lulu Glaser says she will nut on n. rnrnrii football costume, which the students have sent -to her, when she visits Ithaca. Care less Elfle Fay has lost her backer and can't be a star yet awhile. May Yohe Is to return to the stage. Will Bradlee Strong accompany her? Frances Bel mont, one of the original GOO "Florndnm" fllrters, Is not to be Charles Hawtrey's leaamg actress, arter all, and he has mar ried an English clergyman's daughter. London has had some more theatrical failures. Kitty Loftus' with " "Nautrhtv Nancy" apparently surorlslnir no on hut Sir Charles Wyndham's with a new Henry Artnur Jones drama being unexpected. Miss Loftus took the Savoy, the home of tho Gilbert and Sullivan oneras. whil tho company from that house went on its nrst tour in all of Ito 25 or 30 years. No praise has been bestowed on the new actres3-manager In either of the hyphen ated capacities. She has lontr hosn n fn vorlto In the music ijalls, in Christmas pantomime and occasionally In farei na. for Instance, this Summer In Sir Charles wynananvs revival of Sir Francis Bur- nana s "Betsy." But. when she appeared hero at the Cherry Blossom Grove and In "In Gay Paree" she made no stir. The fourth season of the Criterion The ater under tho management of Charles Frohman betran Monday. when Mr. Frohman presented for two weeks W. H. Crane In "Davia Harura." This was Crane's first appearance In New xqt& uuy since his remarkable run at the Garrlck Thintir tn tMo ninv tt. ""s ago. It wlll'also be his last appear ance in xsew York In this character. is mr. rYohman'fl Intention to present -nr. -rane next season In a new play, and for this season ho has mapped out for him a tour that will extend from Portland, Me., to Portland. Or., and will continue until the middle of June. The cast is with but one or two changes ex actly ine same as the one during Mr. Crane's Garrlck Theater engagement Seven Times One. There's no dew left on tho daisies and clover. There's no rain left In heaven: I've salfl my "seven times" over and over Seven times ona are seven. I am old so old I can -irrlto a letter; My .birthday lessons aro done; The lambs play always they know no better; They are only ono times one. O Moon! In the night I have seen you sailing; And shlnlnc; to rpund and low. Tou are brlcht! abr-bright! but your light Is falllnc: Ton are nothing now but a bow. You Moon! havo you done something wrong m heaven. That God has hidden your face? I hope, Jf you have, you will coon be forgiven!, And shine again' in your place. O velvet Ece! you're a dusty fellow Tou'vo powdered your legs with gold. O bravo marsh Mary-buds, rich and yellow, Give me your money to hold! O Columbine! open your folded wrapper, Where two twin turtle-doves dwell! 0 Cuckoo-pjnt! toll me the purple clapper That hangs In your clear green bell! And Bhow me your nest, with the young ones In lt I will not steal them away; 1 am old! you may trust me, linnet, linnet I am oeven times one today. Jean Ingelow. Traditions are common In Western Kansas of trees suddenly dying without apparent cauae after having been used as gallows for lynch Ings. Many are said never to hare leaved again after this experience. FEMALE CHORISTORS RECENT VISITOR FROM INDIANA GIVES HIS MUSICAL IMPRESSIONS An Interesting Interview concerning the choir of mixed voices of St Paul's Protest ant Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Ind., was ootained from the organist and choir master. Clarence Henry Carson, while he was recently In this city on a visit to ex State Senator Carson. "There are about 60 singers in St Paul's choir, and for soprano and contralto I have both young men and boys," said Mr. Carson, in answer to an Inquiry. "All the members of the choir wear cassocks and surplices. There arc 18 young women members, and they wear mortar-board hats, to distinguish them from the other singers. I have a paid quartet, but all other singers In the choir are volunteers." "Were not boys' voices strong enough for the soprano and contralto parts?" was asked. "They were not In the high notes. Boys' voices are full and rich In the middle reg ister; but above the staff there Is an ab sence of volume and strength In the voice of the average boy. I remember once hearing a male voice choir, somewhere, and when the be- sopranos were asked to sing above E Hat or F.'lt did not appear that they were singing at all, their tone was so thin. So we have young women In our choir, because they are better readers than boys, you can depend on them, and they are Indispensable In the high notes." "How do you manage to keep your choir together. If the only singers paid are those In the quartet?" "I have no difficulty In securing a regular attendance of choir members, both at rehearsals and on Sundays. Singers have told me that they think it an honor to. belong to our choir. Then, wo give singers something In return for their services, although lt may not be money. Our singers get drill, practice In sight reading and musical instruction as they sing in chorus. Some of them leave us as time goea on to accept more lucrative positions In 1 churches whero they are paid for their services. Then there are social advantages In belonging to our choir. We have occasional dances." "Dances?" "Why not?" asked Mr. Carson, smiling. "On certain occasions, after we have had ABOUT PLAYERS The Kaltenborn concerts at the Circle Auditorium, New York, will continue un til the middle of October. Chicago's Apollo Club Is studying "Hora Novlsslma" and "The Specter Bride," which are to b given In November. Cincinnati's historic music hall and an adjoining structure, the Odeon, were near ly destroyed by fire, September 4. The loss- Is about $110,000. The great organ luckily escaped Injury. Osslp Gabrilowltsch, the pianist, sailed from Antwerp last night for New York City, where he expects to arrive Sunday. The American tour of this artist begins October 2 at the Worcester, Mass., music festival. Mrs. George Nash was recently In -New York engaging artistes for a series of ballad concerts in a circuit of 20 Western cities, at which the most of the composi tions to be sung are to be the work of American composers. Thursday last week was Pittsburg com posers' night at the Pittsburg, Pa., expo sition. Among the numbers performed were two songs. "Way Down South" and "De Profundls," newly composed by Miss Lulu Marianne Genet, of Pittsburg. Master Thomas Dobson, formerly so prano soloist at Trinity Protestant Episco pal Church in this city, leaves here Octo ber 1 for Washington, D. C, where he will bo the leading soloist this season at St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church there. Manager Rudolph Aronson has an nounced the first appearance In America of Koclan, the Bohemian violin virtuoso, No vember 22, in Carnegie Hall, NewYork. Koclan will be assisted by an orchestra of 100 musicians under the conductorship of Walter Damrosch. In talking about the degree of touch resistance, a critic says that tho weight required to depress the lowest C of the Nettle DcConrscy ln "Lost in New York," at Cordray's. horizontal grand piano of 1760 was 1 ounce, 8 drams; for the grand of 1877, 4 ounces, and for the grand of the present time, 2 ounces, 10 drachms. Maurice Grau's date for the opening of the grand opera season at the Metropoli tan Is November 24. Sembrlch, Melba, Nordlca and Calve are the stars, not to mention SIgnor Saruso. the new Italian tenor. The season will be longer than for several years past The subscription sale Is expected to beat all former records. Adolf Dahmn-Petersen. the baritone singer, whose "Evenings with Scandinav ian Composers" last season called forth favorable comment has arranged for sev eral New York appearances this Winter. Mr. Dahm-Petersen Is a Norwegian. His interpretation of the songs of Grieg, Las eon, Kjerulf, and other Scandinavian composers is said to be of a high order. The first visit of the Boston Symphony Orchestra to Carnegie Hall, New York City, this season will.be made November G. The Philharmonic Society will open under Walter Damrcsch's leadership In a public rehearsal on Friday afternoon of the following week. The first of five a good rehearsal, say on a Friday even ing, I propose a dance because I know that tho boys, young women and young men like to dance. That of course takes place in our choir practice room, quite apart from jtjie church building. Some times I play the dance music on the piano, and I am often assisted by some mem ber of the choir, and even members of the congregation. We try to make the occasion a pleasant, social one. Through out the season, different members of our congregation kindly invite the members of the choir to spend a social evening at their homes." "I was a member of a Protestant Epis copal church choir for six .years, and during that time we never once had a dance or pne social party at one of the church member's houses," disconsolately remarked a young man who was listen ing to what Mr. Carson was saying. "You should come to Indianapolis and join our choir." replied Mr. Carson. laughing. "Now, as for rehearsals, w6. have two each week. On special oc- j caslons such as Easter and Christmas, we have special rehearsals. Our choir consists of about 30 sopranos, 10 contral- tos, 10 tenors, and 10 bases. We Insist on the highest possible efficiency in sing ing. Nearly all the adult members of the choir have taken singing lessons, and choirmasters can appreciate thla" "Has the choir eung any well-known oratorios lately?" "StalnerV 'Crucifixion, and Dubois' 'Seven last words.' " "What anthem do your singers like best?" Mr. Carson was silent for a minute, and then said: "It is difficult to answer on the spur of the moment, but I pre sume two of the chief favorites are "In flammatus' and Shelley's 'Hark, Hark My Soul.' with that lovely contralto so lo. Our singers also prefer 'How Lovely Are the Messengers,' from another ora torio, that of 'St Paul.' " "How long have you played the or gan?" "About 11 years. I have studied at Boston and Chicago. Now about St. St Paul's church itself. It is a hand some building accommodating about 1600 worshippers. The chancel Is very much admired for Its fine coloring, taken from a church in Paris. The nave is a copy of a famous church at Leominster, Eng land. It Is a pleasure to visit your city of Portland and to enjoy a sail on the Columbia." AND SINGERS Knelsel quartet evenings at Mendelssohn Hall Is set for November 25. It falls, not Inappropriately, In the week of Thanks giving. Loudon G. Charlton, the New York lm pressarlo, announces George Devall, tenor, and Edwin Isham, baritone, in joint re citals this season. The artists have just returned from Europe, where it Is said they achieved social and artistic tri umphs. Their repertoire Includes a wide range of ancient- and modern classical music They make a specialty of duets, as well as negro folk songs,, which they Idealize. Seats for the Mascagnl engagement at Aew York will cost from $5 to $1 singly, or from $1T to $3 for a full subscription. Tho "season"' programme, though brief. Is complete. "Cavallerla" and "Zanetto" is the double bill for October 8, repeated In matinee three days later. "Iris" on October 9, and "RatcIInl" on October 11 complete the preliminary list. Mascagnl will conduct a company of 150 Italians in this repertory of his own works. Lillian Blauvelt in addition to being the only American out of 14 vocalists en gaged this year at the Norwich festival, In Great Britain, ha3 the special distinc tion of being chosen to sing the soprano part in Dr. F. H. Cowen's new "Corona tion Ode," which Is to be given for tho first time at Norwich this Autumn. The "Coronation Ode" was to have been per formed at Buckingham Palaco last July, but owing to the Illness of the King it was postponed. Mrs. Robert Treat Piatt, contralto solo ist In the choir of the First Congregation al Church, sang a solo last week Sunday, Plnsultl's "Thy Will Bo Done," that cre ated most favorable comment. 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Write u for our FREE book " Motherhood." THE B3ADFIELD REGULATOR CO Atlanta. Ga. THO you m -S2.00 v - The Smart Set We would respectfully call the attention of readers of the Smart Set tofour four-page advertisement In the October number. It contains a crit ical analysis of Indorsements given the Pianola by such great artists as PaderewskI, Hoffman, Sauer, Rosenthal. The Aeolian Aeolian 353 - 31. B. WELLS, Sole Agent Oregon, Washington and Idaho. left here a few days ago for New York City for a six weeks' visit and to study witn. oavage anu omer uuieu niitruciura in voice. Mrs. Ellen Kinsman Mann has resumed her teaching at 332 Taylor street.Tuesdays and Fridays 10:30 A. M. to 12:30 P. M.. 1:30 to 4:30 P. M. At the Oregon Conserv atory. .Seventh and Washington streets, Saturdays, 10:30 A. M. to 3:30 P. M. Les sons may be arranged for between these hours or by Oregon 'phone Union 773. Tncc nnrl bit? trtinrlprf ill hrinrl from Pennsylvania will ciose their all-Summer engagement In New York by a grand con cert in Madison-Square Garden, September 28. His programme for last Sunday weelS" "Xerxes," Disss' "America," Wagner's "SlAwfrlort "XTVinTnohnnrl's ''Pfill of .Tpri- cho," and a special list of request pieces rendered as encores. The soloist of the evening was Julia Allen, who sang the Buck-Gounod "Ave Maria'-' and Adam's "Holy City." Georg Henschel was recently In New York City to meet a number of musical conductors, for whom he played his lat est choral work. "Requiem," that was composed In memory of his wife, Lillian Bailey Henschel, who died In London last November. He met hl3 friends in the of fice of Henry Wolfsohn. Among those present were: Frank Damrosch, Walter Henry Hall, and Arthur Mees. The work is to bo produced for the firat time In Bos ton In December by the Cecilia Society. It is to be heard in New York during the coming season. It is to be produced also by choral societies i Berlin, Breslau and Dresden. Mostly American singers have been en gaged for the season of English grand opera at Boston, under the direction of Henry W. Savage. The sopranos are: Miss Adelaide Norwood, Mlsa Gertrude Rennyson and Miss Maud Ramey. The contraltos are Miss Marlon Ivell and Miss Ethel Houston du Fre, a grandnlece of tho late Sam Houston, of Texas, and a cousin of the late Jefferson Davis. Tho masculine portion of the organization. In principals. is made up of Joseph Shoehan, a native of Boston, and Lloyd d'Aublgne. In the tenor roles. Mr. d'Aublgne ha3 been singing with great succem in Europo and Is a late member of the Metropolitan Opera Company. He is a protege of Madame Melba, and. as a matter of fact, made his real debut as Faust to her Mar guerite. The baritones are WInfred Goff and Francis Carrier, and bassos. John Boyle and Parker Coombs. The chorus Is reported to be recruited principally from the various musical colleges, and has the reputation of being a remarkably flne one. There are again rumors that somebody Is making a "corner" in chorus girls m New York City, as the supply is not equal to the demand. For one thing, rarely have there been so many comic operas and musical comedies, all employing crowds of chorus girls. Thero are either playing or are In preparation: "A Chi nese Honeymoon," with SO girls; "Tho Defender." with 60; tho "Wild Rose," with 50, and another 50 for "Sally in Our Allev " Weber & Fields are rehearsing 60, the Rr?frs Bros" G0: Je-ome Sykes. in "Tho Millionaire," as many more; "Tho Lib erty Belles" are all girls; "The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast" will absorb 130 so will "Ben Hur"; F. C. Whitney n-edi - support Lulu Glaser, and 100 for When Johnny Comes Marching Home": 60 will be needed for "The Toreador." and the various Florodora companies will cra P oy about 300. Henry W. Savage will divide among his Grand English Opera Company two "King Dodo" companies 'The Prince of Pllsen" and "The Sultan of Sulu," fully KO young women. Thcso who know state that the pay of the ma jority of chorus girls is Inadequate, con sidering the expense of living In New York ?18 to $25 per week. Denver'fl "Lnngers." Philadelphia Record. "I never heard of a 'lunger' until I went to Denver to the recent Hibernian conven tion," said Edward Ryan, who was a dele gate to the great gathering of Irish-Americans there. "Soon after I arrived in Den ver I heard persons using the term 'lung er,' and did not know what it mi ant 'Pretty fine city you havo here-.' I re marked to a policeman at a street corner. 'Wall, I guess lt would be a pretty good place to make a llvln' in,' ho repllei. 'if it wasa't for the darned lungers.' 'What Is a lunger, anyhow?' I asked. 'Why. a lunger. a3 wo call him.' he replied, 'is a guy that comes out to Denver because his lungs are bad. 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