THE SUNDAY REG 01 AN, POBTLAm), MAKCH 05, 1903:
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1 86s 1 MARQUAM GRAND THEATER
CALVIN HEILIQ
Manager i
MAIN-. .
Reginald de Koven Is engaged In writing
a new opera.
Create re and his Italian band are to
appear in concert today it Chicago.
Xevr York's Oratorio Society produces
Edgar's "Dream "Of GeronitiiiS," March 2S.
A St. Patrick's- day concert -will be giv
en at the New York College of Music.
Tuesday.
Hugo Heennan recently gave a success
ful violin recital at New York. HI chard
Burmeister. pianist, assisted.
Good results have been shown by the
Boyer chorus rehearsing the oratorio,
"Mary Magdalene," to be sung here April
7.
G. Aldo Randegger, a young Neapoli
tan pianist and cousin of Alberto Rand
egger, of London, recently made bis debut
at New York.
"Welsh singing societies In Columbus, O.,
will organize a mixed chorus of 120 voices
to go to Pittsburg, Pa., May ?0, and com
pete for the principal Eisteddfod prize.
Frank Damrosch and David BIspbam
repeated their performance of Mendels
sohn music and Shakespeare's poetry of
"A Midsummer Night's Dream," at New
York.
Nothing further has been heard of the
threatened tour of Mrs. Brown Potter in
this country, giving her "readings of
classic poems, accompanied by symphonic
music."
Verdi'e "La Travlata." Is 50 years old
this month. In 1S53 It was produced at
the Venice Theater, and failed completely.
About a year later it started on its suc
cessful career at the Teatro San Bene
detto, in Venice.
Koclan, the famous violinist, was to
have played at the Marquam Theater last
night, according to contract, but as noth
ing was heard from him or his manager
several days before the concert, tne lat
ter was abandoned.
Fannie Bloomfleld-Zeisler's husband is
now on the road to recovery, and It is
possible that another Eastern tour will be
arranged late next month in place of the
one which the Chicago pianist was lately
compelled to abandon.
The coronation glee and concert party,
composed of a number of leading singers
and boy sopranos who took' part in the
coronation of their majesties. King Ed
ward VII and Queen Alexandra last
August, sang in San Francisco last week.
Suzanne Adams, who is directly de
scended from John and Quincy Adams,
and who in our day is known as a charm
ing operatic star, begins, May 1, a three,
months' engagement in royal opera at
Covent Garden, London.
Kubelik, the Bohemian violinist, has j
been in St. Petersburg, Moscow and the j
other Russian cities. Early in April he j
makes his first appearance in Paris. Final
arrangements for his next American tour
will be settled before May 1.
The Mozart Society of Salzburg proposes
to erect a Mozart House, to contain all
tho relics of the master that it possesses.
Kubellk has contributed toward the ex
pense 2500 francs, and another violinist,
Hubermann, will give a concert for the
same purpose.
French music is gaining ground in Rus
sia every day, thanks to the energetic
propaganda of A Wlnegradsky, who at
his late concerts at Kieff and St Peters
burg executed with his usual success the
works of several French composers hith
erto unknown in Russia.
A cruel rumor floated around New York
for days that Edouard de Reszke, prob
ably the greatest bass singer in the world,
had been asked to accept a serious posi
tion in Anna Held's Opera Company, as a
new part had been specially written for
him. The singer says the rumor Isn't
true.
"Don Giovanni," "Der "Wald," '"'II Trov
atore," "Le Prophete," "Ero e Leandro'
La Fille du Regiment" and "II Pagllaccl"
were one recent week's attractions by the
Metropolitan Opera Company, New York.
According to present arrangements, this
is tho last week of the Grau opera season.
Gaul's cantata, "Joan of" Arc," was re
cently sung lh Oakland, Pa., by the Welsh
chorus of Pittsburg, and accompaniments
were furnished by 20 members of the Pitts
burg orchestra. The musical director was
"William J. Jones, and the soloists Anna
Gertrude Clark. John R. Roberts and
xan T. Beddoe.
Leo Brack has composed the music for a
Chinese burlesque, "Chop Suey," written
by Wallace Irwin and. played tonight at
the Theater Republic San Francisco. Mr.
Irwin recently resigned as assistant editor
of the News Letter and editor of the
Overland Monthly to write burlesque, and
is well known as the author of "The Love
Sonnets of a Hoodlum" and "The Rubla.
yat of Omar Khayyam, Junior."
Next week, at the popular Baker The
ater, during tho performance of "Chris
topher. Jr.," the orchestra will play, under
the leadership of Frank Griffin, a set
of waltzes composed by George Alison,
the clever leading man of the Baker Stock
Company. Besides being a versatile ac
tor and a composer, Mr. Alison is a writer
of ability. His articles and verses ap
pear in such magazines as Life, Smart Set
and Muns?eys.
Mrs. Edward Alden Beals and her pu
pils, assisted by Miss Bessie Greenberg,
violinist; Miss Doris Clark, elocutionist,
and Miss Georgia Lewis, accompanist,
gavo an enjoyable musical recital last
Friday night in tho Masonic Temple, un
der the auspices of Myrtle Chapter, No. 15,
Order of the Eastern Star. The young
people acquitted themselves very well in
deed, and showed themselves worthy of
their teacher. Those who took part were:
lira, Beals. Mrs. Kinney McKirmey,
Misses Georgia Lewis, Lina Lewis, Edna
Joy, Annie Dltchburn, Lenna Wendoroth.
Nancy Beals, Doris Clark. Genevieve Bro
dahl, Bessie Greenberg and Ronald Brad
bury. Mascagni Is still drawing crowds at the
Tivoli Opera House, San Francisco, and
this popular place of amusement is usual
ly crowded from tho edge of the orchestra
to tho roof windows when tho composer
of "Cavffllerla" raises his baton. The
production of that opera continues to im
prove, as" the chorus singers become more
familiar with their parts. Mascagni's se
lected orchestra made a hit in the "Hymn
to the Sun." from "Iris." last Monday
night Other favorite numbers have been
the overture from "William Tell" and the
intermezzo from "William Ratcllffe."
The 17th concert 6f the eighth season
of the Pittsburg orchestra was given there
Inst Friday, the soloist being Lillian
Blauvelt, soprano. The programme:
Overture "Spring" Goldmark
Aria "Jewel Song" from "Faust"....
- Gounod
Tone Poem 'To the Memory of Abra
ham Lincoln" Stahlberg
Suite "Lakme" Dellbes
Songs with orchestra
Polonaise in E Major Liszt
Programme of orchestral and vocal mu
sic given at the Art Society reception,
Pittsburg, last Thursday:
Overture "Lo Roe d Ys" Lalo
Aria from "Der Frelschuetx" Weber
Miss KeiL
Spring sone and sailors chorus from
'The Flying Dutchman" Wagner
Pre'.ude to "The Deluge" ....Saint-Saens
Violin solo
L. von Kunlts.
Ballet music "The Sleeping Beauty in
the Wood" Tschaikowsky
Panarama: The White Cat and Puss
in Boots; Walts.
Songs, with orchestra:
.&) "Arioso" Dellbes
lb) "Summer" Chamlnadc
Miss KdL
Triumph, from Suite, "Columbus"....
Herbert
For orchestra and organ (MTr. Walter
E. HalL)
Helnrich Conried Is rapidly completing
his plans for next season's opera at the
Metropolitan Opera House, New York. He
probably will engage Mmee. Calve. Melba.
Caruso, Tcrnlna and others, with whom
Maurice Grau had provisional contracts.
Mme. Sembrich also is expected to re
turn. The Metropolitan Real Estate &
Opera Company will assist in making the
season an unusually attractive one by
the decorating of the Interior of the house
and the spending of $30.(00 on a new
electric plant and In the making of other
extensive Improvements on the stage.
These numbers were given recently in
New York at a concert arranged by David
Baxter, the Scotch basso: Songs "Pieta
Signore." "Stradella," "Wernie seln Brod
mlt Tranen ass" (Schubert), "An die
Leyer" (Schubert), "Stllle Sicherhelt"
(Franz), "Widmung" (Franz), "O Wusst
Ich Doch Den TV eg Zuruck" (Brahms),
"Would Thy Faith Were Mine" (Brock
way). "Die Ablosung" (Hollander). Piano
numbers. Howard Brockway Ballade, op.
118, Brahms; intermezzo, op. 117, No. 1,
Brahms; nocturne, op. 62. No. 2, Chopin.
Old Scotch ballads, arranged by Clay
"Sands o' Dee," "De'il's Awa' th' Excise
man." "Turn Ye to Me," "Loch Lomond,"
"Jenny Nettles." "Jess Macpharlane,"
"Land o' the Leal," "Cooper o' Fife."
"Mackintosh's Lament" and "Sound .the
Pibroch."
Programme of Maurice Gran's last Sun
day's concert at the Metropolitan Opera
House. New York:
Prelude "Lohengrin" Wagner
Air from "II Flauto Magico4' Mozart
. Sig. CampanarL
Ave Maria Gounod
- Mme. Marllly.
Air from "Orpheus and Eurydice"...Gluck
Mme Homer.
Prelude, Act 3. "Carmen" Bizet
"Dance of the Sun Feast" (American
Indian) Henry Waller
Air from "Der Frelschutz" Weber
Herr Anthes.
Rhapsodie Hongrolse Liszt
Mme. Rogcr-Mlclos.
Symphonic Poem "The Moldau"..Smetana
Songs:
Nachtsuck" Schubert
"Du blst die Ruh" Schubert
Gelb' rollt mlr zu Fussen"... Rubinstein
Herr Anthes.
Air from "Le Huguenots" Meyerbeer
Mme. Homer.
Gavotte Ten Brinck
(Dedicated to Jlme. Roger Miclos.)
Grand waltz Moszkowskl
Mme. Rocer-Mielos.
Song "Alba d'amore" Mazzonl
Slg. CampanarL
Song "Toujour a tol".... Tschaikowsky
Mme. Marilly.
Kaisermarsch Wagner
A critic writes: "As to tho pecuniary
return from accompanying though the
terms lor an accompanist In a teacher's
studio, seem low, the good accompanist
nas many opportunities outside of studio
work. She Is recommended by the teach
er to pupils as a coach between lessons
and generally engaged where the ambi
tious pupil sings in public. She makes
from $5 upward when she plays for a sing-
IN PRAISE OF PORTLAND
RAY STANNARD BAKER'S ARTICLE IN THIS MONTH'S
CENTURY MAGAZINE
THERE appears from the pen of Ray
Stannard Baker In the march num-r
ber of the Century Magazine the
first of a series of contributions on "The
Great Northwest," which cannot ftl to
Interest readers in this region, and especi
ally 'those who are residents of Portland
and vicinity. Mr. Baker, In the course
of his travel, has assuredly been recep
tive of the spirit which dominates the
commercial and industrial atmosphere in
this section, and, having surrendered to
the magnificent energy which is build
ing a new and splendid empire, his impres
sions flow from his pen with freshness
and vigor.
Of the "Coastal Northwest," as he desig
nates that portion of the. States of Oregon
and Washington between the Cascades
and the Pacific Ocean the author writes
in most glowing terms concerning lis cli
matic advantages and general material re
sources and opportunities. He declares
that Nature has blessed this strip of
country "with a singularly equable cli
mate few really hot days in Summer and
a Winter which better deserves the name
rainy season." Comparing the section in
the matter of annual rainfall with East
ern cities, he says: "In Portland and Se
attle it is not greater than in Boston and
New York, but there is this difference:
Portland drizzles. New York pours and
has done with it" He speaks of the vege
tation in this belt as "unmatched," and
enumerates conditions which amaze East
ern eyes. Apparently no resource of
Western Washington and Oregon escapes
his observation, and mention. His refer
ence to the forests as "the most valuable
on tho continent If not In the world," the
rich fruit farms, hop culture, the mar
velous agricultural results attained in
such valleys as the Willamette, -which be
singles out for special mention, and the
tremendous commercial Importance which
the seaport cities have acquired, are all
in point
Considerable space Is devoted to the
State of Oregon in a general way, but it
is on the City of Portland specifically that
the writer takes apparent pleasure in stat
ing impressions which are commendable
in the highest degree.
Of this city and its people there ap
pears the following:
"The Easterner who visits Portland usu
ally has his mind made up to see a new,
crude. Western town; what he really sees
Is a fine old city, a bit as it might be
of Central New York a square' -with, the
Postofflce in the center, tree-shaded
streets, comfortable homes, and plenty of
churches and clubs, the signs of con
servatism and solid respectability. And
yet no decay, for if there are signs of
the order which comes of long settlement,
there Is an equal show of brisk energy.
Few cities of tho size of Portland can
exhibit finer store and office buildings, a
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sum paid am accompanist for studio work
Is 23 cents for a half-hour lesson. Fifteen
minutes of this time arc consumed by the
teacher In -accompanying the pupil in ex
ercises, and for the remaining 15 minutes
the accompanist's services are required.
In a studio where ten lessons are given
in the afternoon, the accompanist receives
for playing two hours and a half.
Of course, she loses time between the pe
riods of playing, but she can read or study
a bit. crochet or "withdraw into the reception-room
and rest in these interims. Some
teachers spend all the time on songs dur
ing one hour and devote the alternate, les
son to exercises, at which the accompan
ist Is not present."
Bessie Sonsall, the Canadian contralto,
will sing at two concerts to be given at
Washington, D. C, March 23 and 24. In
these latter days, when a great many
mezzo sopranos pose as contraltos, it is
refreshing to hear a genuine contralto,
like Miss BonsalL She has a good posi
tion in a New York church choir, and
finds all the professional engagements she
wishes within easy distance of New York.
Her resonant tones have been likened, to
the sounds of a 'cello. When D'Oyley
Carte managed, the Savoy Theater, Lon
don, in the days of the first blush of pop
ularity of the Gilbert & Sullivan operas.
Miss Bonsall filled the principal contralto
parts. She also sang at a number of high
class London concerts, and studied ora
torio for two seasons under the direction
of Charles Santley, the eminent English
baritone. Miss Bonsall's first vocal -work
was in a church choir.
A story illustrating Patti's keen eye for
business is told of her appearance in Bos
ton, when In the height of her fame. She
was being managed by Colonel Mapleson,
and her contract with him called for 55000
per night But one night, during the Bos
ton engagement the Colonel was short
of cash. He knew that Pattl would not
recede from the position she had taken,
not to appear on the stage until she had
got the JSOOO, in advance. The opera that
evening was "Traviata," and Patti's sec
retary got J4000 during the afternoon. Then
the secretary said that Pattl would come
to the opera-house and dress for the part
of ''VIoletta," all but the shoes. She
would wait on the extra 41000. Suns
enough, Pattl came to the opera-house
that evening at 7:30 o'clock, and sat, in
her stocking feet, in the dressing-room.
When $400 worth of additional tickets had
been sold, the money was given to Pattl.
and she placed on one of her shoes. At 8
o'clock the other 5600 was forthcoming,
and she went before the footlights and
j sang, like a lark. She was greeted with
better street-car service, or more com
fortable residences. Unlike almost any
other "Western town, save San Francisco
perhaps, it has got beyond the first gen
eration; it has "acquired the momentum
of stored riches and passed the stage of
pioneer crudities. The sons of the pio
neers are now coming into power. They
have been educated in the East and have
traveled in Europe, and they have come
back to make homes in their beautiful
city. Wealth and education have blos
somed, as always. In conservatism and
comfort and agreater attention to society,
art, music Portland is noted for the
solidity of Its financial institutions, its
fine clubs and hotels, Its good schools
and libraries, it is beginning to take a
solicitous interest In its history, a true
sign of the self-consciousness which
comes of assured success. Pioneer -so
cieties spring up only when the pioneer
has become a curiosity. They will tell
i you that thero. are two classes of society
in Portland, each as proud as the sons of
the Mayflower themselves, one the de
scendants of those who came round Cape
l Horn in pre-railroad days, theother the
descendants of those who crossed the
plains.
"Portland is In no sense a-ioom cltyrit
is probably less known In the East than
any other important Western town; It
has had but little advertising, compared
for Instance with Seattle and Tacoma,
and for many years Its growth was slow
though substantial. Yet, during the ten
years ended with 1900, only three Import
ant cities in the United States had' a
greater percentage of gain in population.
In 1SS0 it had only 46.3S5 inhabitants; in
1900 It had 90,426. nearly double. In the
same time San Francisco increased only
14.6 per cent But the Exposition of 1905,
in which Portland will celebrate the
centennial of Lewis and Clark's discov
ery of Oregon, will probably make the
! city thoroughly known in every quarter
of the land.
"Portland is a singular combination of
the seaport and the inland town. Prob
ably seven out of ten Eastern people, with
the question suddenly put, would place
Portland on the Pacific Ocean, and a
considerable portion of the remainder
would have It on the Columbia River. But
It is 100 miles from the ocean and several
miles from the Columbia, in the Willamette
Valley, the region of the farms and orch
ards. The Willamette River at Port
land 1b a majestic stream, so deep that
great ocean vessels come from all the
world to load at its docks. Portland la
the fifth city In the United States, as a
wheat exporter., the total shipments for
1S01 being over 13,000,000 bushels nearly
equal that of San Francisco, and largely
exceeding those of Seattle and Tacoma
put together. It also has a large lum
ber, flour, fruit and fish business.
"Two views in Portland stand out in
the writer's memory above all others
the first the wide, busy river as seen
from one of the bridges, the city rising on
both sides, and tall-masted ships moored
at the docks; the second, the view at
sunset of the rose-colored, snow-capped
SOON
"THE WIZARD
HARSY B. SMITH
OF. ONE HUNDRED
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF H. D. ALLEN
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cA mAAlrkfc PRICES SATURDAY Entire Parquette
25c. Seats are now selline. CarriupRs at m?sn n'rinrir
and
peak of Mounts Hood, from the beautiful
drives In the outskirts of the town."
An Old Sllvenrare Plant Closed.
New Tork Presa.
A bis surprise was sprung on the thou
sands of employes of the silver-plated
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Special Announcement
ware manufacturing company of C Ro
gers & Brothers, of Meriden. Conn., Sat
urday, when, upon receiving their pay' en
velopes they found Inclosed a notice of
their dismissal. The sweeping- edict In
cluded every employe of the. big factory,
from the former president, Cephas Rogers,
down to the least-paid person on the roll.
OF THE NILE
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AUGUSTUS
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Circle $1.00; Balcony, first 6 rows,
,
$1.00; Entire Parquette Circle, 75c:
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THE BAKER
WEEKS OF CONTINUED SUCCESS
WEEK
Begisnlng
Sunday Matinee
Today
EVENING At 8:15
MATINEES
MADELINE LUCETTE RYLEY'S
GREAT -COMEDY
GHRISTOPH
PRESENTED BY THE INCOMPARABLE
BAKER STOCK COMPANY
- OUR NEVER CHANGING PRICES:
Evening 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c. Matinees 10c, 15c, 25c
First
WEEK STARTING SUNDAY, MARCH 22
BRONSOX HOWARD'S GREAT WAR PLAT
SHENANDOAH
Hundreds of families are without source
of income, and much suffering may result.
The notices were Issued by the Interna
tional Silver Company that recently ab
sorbed the Rogers Company. The factory
will be closed until such time as the pres
ent owners see fit to reopen.
It Is said another line of goods entirely
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MARCH
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Time at Popular Prices
different from those formerly manufac
tured at "the plant will be turned out there.
Gilbert and "Wilbur R. Rogers, formerly
treasurer and secretary, respectively, wilt
go into the manufacturing business in
Danbury, though not in opposition, to tho
International. Cephas Rogers retires.
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