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THE SUNDAY OREGOKIAK, PORTLAND, MARCH 13, 1904.
IN THE WORLD OF THE DRAMA
Production of Von Suppe's Military Opera "Fatinitza" a Red-Letter Event.
WEISLi managed, staged and pre
sented, the production of Von
Suppe's military opera, "Fatlnit
za," was a red-letter event In the annals
or amateur opera In the Northwest. Port
land contributed all the soloists, c-iorus
singers, musical conductor, orchestra and
scenery. The costumes came from San
Francisco. Musically and critically, the
music In the opera is pretty and melodi
ous, but not an air that .strongly haunts
one afterward. The book is dull and an
cient It needs ginger. The chorus, so
pranos and contraltos were better than
the tenors and basses. As was expected
Millard O. Lownsdale turned out to be
the principal figure in tho opera, and he
certainly delighted the crowds by his
wonderfully clever acting. He strained
every nerve to excel, and succeeded. It
is to be regretted that the cold from
which Mrs. "Walter Keed suffered dulled
her singing. Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer was
in magnificent voice and form, and ap
peared in the 'realm where she can shine
opera. Marion Peters has true histrionic
ability. Dot Bernard made a likeable
Dlmitrl, and showed by inherited talent
that see has the making of a natural
actress. Etbel Lytle, Grace Campbell
Rose Wood and Beulah Campbell as Izzet
Pasha's wives, made a hit. They sang,
acted and danced gracefully and helped
to make the life of the show. Manager
Baker last Wednesday afternoon enter
tained all those who took part in the
opera at dinner and made an Ideal ho3t.
It was worth while to watch Howard
Russell in "Winchester" at Baker's. He
had to portray the part of a negro serv
ant, usually painted as a grinning good
for-nothing blackie, but the text also
made him a Southern spy, and Mr. Bus
sell was very clever in this dual person
allty. The motion picture proved to be
a good drawing card, and quite a novel
Idea in legitimate drama. Esther Xiyon
made an impulsive hot-beaded daughter
of the Confederacy, and Oza Waldrop ias
Just the right amount of animal spirits
to shine as Madge Childress. William
Bernard made his unimportant part as
Philip Allen gain in value at each sue
ceedlng act by reason of his cleverness in
leading up to a climax. George Alison
and C. E. Inslee appeared in congenial
roles. William Dills took comedy honors
as Colonel Eustis, and was ably helped
in this direction by the meritorious work
of Charles Clary. At the same time
"Winchester" is not a play like "Held by
by the Enemy."
An island where there is no water and
where the artesian wells pump up cham
pagneand you have the locale of "Tho
Isle of Champagne" so well played at
Cordray's by the Olympta Comic Opera
Company, The funny opera received a
gooci rendition considering the size of the
company and the prices charged. To hear
John E. Young sing "The Prodigal Son'
was alone worth the money in the box
office. R. G. Pitkin was a most laugha-
ble Moet. Carl Haydn is one of the best
tenors heard here this season. Lottie
Kendall was pleasing as Diana, and has a
fairly good soprano voice. The chorus
girls are pretty and well selected.
The greatest motion picture shown any
where on the Pacific Coast is undoubt
edly that of "The Great Trainrobbery,"
the star attraction at the Arcade. It Is
wonderful In Its realism, especially In
the amusing climax. Raymond, the ma
glclan. mystifies with new tricks during
the performance of which he allowed
himself to be bound and manacled, just
to show how easily he can effect his de
llverance, once the dark curtain hides
him from the audience. The tumbling
of the Dore family Is first class. Clean,
high-grade vaudeville is presented.
VAUDEVILLE OF HIGH MERIT.
New Programme of All-Star Acts
Starts at Arcade Monday.
The clever comedians, the Dore family
In a skit, "A Visit to Satan," the great
Raymond, Luella Cross, the De Lacys,
juvenile comedian, Jessie More, and the
great trainrobbery by the American bio
scope, will entertain the Arcade Thea
aters audiences from 2 to 10:30 P. M. to
day. The new bill, starting Monday, will be
put on oy an an-star cast tnat is unex
celled In the vaudeville world. The acts
are all varied and not one is below the
standard maintained by the best contin
uous vaudeville houses of the East. Hero
is the programme:
The Chicks, refined society sketch
artists. In an amusing dialogue, with
catchy songs and entertaining specialties.
Travelle, the magician, will present ate
famous Illusion, "The Mystery of Ago,"
which is startling and mystifying to the
quickest eye.
The Three Rays, a clever trio, whose
magazines, arc loaded with mirthful songs.
jokes of the 1903 crop and dances full of
grace.
Kara, the juggler, performs wonder
ful feats with the ease and grace of the
finished performer who is at home on
the stages of both continents.
Leslie Stirling, "Princess of Sou
brettes," full of grace, pleasing to the eye
and masquerading as the Queen of
Hearts.
Jessie More, who has sung her way In
to Portland's favor with Illustrated bal
lads of tuneful melody.
The American bioscope, a show in itself,
will change from scenes of bravado and
daring to portraying laughable Incidents
of city life.
STAG ELAND.
The Grace von Studdlford Company, playing
"Red Feather," recently made the record rail
way movement of the season. The Journey
was from St. Paul to St. Louis by special train
over the Burlington road, a distance of 623
mllee. which was covered in less than 14 hours.
"When It Is considered that 50 minutes was lost
cn route In rectifying a misfitting coupling,
the run may tie counted as remarkable. For
over two hours the speed of 75 miles an hour
was reached. F. Zlegfeld. Jr., the owner of
the attraction, had grave doubts as to the pos
sibility of closing In St. Paul on a Saturday
night and opening In St. Xiouls on a Sunday.
Be notified his manager, J. J. Rosenthal, to
cancel the Saturday performance, but Rosen
thal paid no faeed to Mr. Zlegfeld's numerous
telegraphic communications and played. At
10:45 P. XL an extra force of baggage and
transfer men started to load the scenery In
St. Paul, and the first load had left the Btage
entrance before the crowded theater woa. empty
of Its audience. The last wagon was unloaded
Into the last baggage-car at 11:40. another In
stance 'or rapid work. At midnight the train
steamed out. On board were 93 members of
the company, two trainmasters, & master me
chanic and two newspaper men. When the
train gathered speed the excitement among- tbe
company was great, and wagers were made
from point to point regarding the distance
made. The equipment consisted of the private
car of Grace von Studdlford, the prima donna,
a buffet car, two Pullman sleepers, the day
coach and three baggage cars. The special
reached St. Ixrals at 2:13, and the curtain of
the Centuiy Theater went up promptly at 8:15
P. 31. to one of the best performances ever
given of the opera.
This la the star cast of "The Two Orphans"
revival ,to -be made at a New Tork theater
Marchess: The Chevalier. Kyrle Belle-; Pierre,
James O'Neill; Jacques, Charles Warner: De
Xtanler, J. H. Gllmour; Marquis de Prllle.
Jameson Lee Finney; Louise, Grace George;
Henrlette, Margaret Illlngton; Sister Gene
vieve, Clara. Morris; Countess, Annie IrfsB:
Frochard, Ellta Proctor Otis; Marianne, Clara
Blandlck.
In the original cast at the Union Square
Theater, December 6, 1874, Charles Thome
played the Chevalier; F. F. Mackey, Pierre.
In the other parts In -the original production
McKee Rankin is succeeded by Mr. Warner;
Charles Parsell, by Mr. Holland; Stuart Rob
son, by Mr. Gllmour; W. G. Co gg swell, by Mr.
Finney; Kate Claxton, by Grace George; Kitty
Blanchard, afterward Mrs. McKee Rankin, by
Margaret Illlngton; Ida Vernon, by Clara Mor
ris; Fanny Morant, by Annie Irish; Marie Wll
klns. by EJlta. Proctor Otis, and Rose Eytlnge,
by Clara Blandlck.
A fire broke out In the Strollers' Theater and
Clubhouse, New Tork City, on a recent Sun
day morning and scared 300 members and
their friends into a panic Burr Mcintosh
was taking a flashlight picture of the room
and guests, when a epark set on fire the deco
rations, Chinese lanterns, draperies and straw
covered bottles. Water buckets and siphons in
the hands of daring Strollers soon quenched
the flames. Herr Director Conried was tapped
on the head by a flying siphon and slightly in
jured. The firemen said that the police, not
the Are department, should have been called,
until cigars' and high balls quieted their wrath.
Among those present were: Richard Strauss,
Walter Damrosch, Felix Motfcl, Andreas Dip
pel. Antonio ScotU. Pol Plancon, Ferruclo Bu
sont. C Allen Gilbert, Hugo Gorlltz, Rupert
Hughes, T. Kelly Cole, Adolpo Rossi, Archie
Dunn, Lulgl Solari, Marcel Journet, Rawlins
Cottenet, Evert Janscn Wendell, Gustave Kerk
er and E. E. Dufriche.
After Nat C. Goodwin had finished a theater
performance at Stl Lculs one night recently,
he and -some friends went to a cafe for refresh
ments. While seated at a table, a stranger
attempted to Join the party. He introduced
himself as McKane, and criticised Goodwln'd
playing in "A Gilded Fool." Goodwin chafid
somewhat, but kept cool until McKane ve
markedtbat on the stage the actor certainly
was a gilded fool. Goodwin responded by
hurling a heavy stein at McKane's head, lay
ing open his scalp. When McKane recovered,
the Goodwin party had disappeared. The po
lice found McKane In a Turkish bathhouse,
where he went after having his wound dressed.
There were no arrests.
Tomorrow evening the first production in
dramatic form In this part of the country of
"Parsifal" in English will be given at the
Alcazar Theater, San Francisco. So far. New
York has only had "Parsifal" In opera, sung
In German. At the San Francisco production
the score has been condensed for a double or
chestra, so that the public will have more than
a suggestion of Its Impressive musical charm.
There will be choruses of female and boy
voices, and the soprano solos will be eung by
Master Harold Forman, the well-known choir
boy of St. Luke's Church, San Francisco.
The first of the cartoon plays to be seen In
Australia will be "Happy Hooligan." Gus Hill
has contracted for a season there, and is en
gaging a special company of comedians, vaude
ville artists, etc The same company will pro
duce "McFadden's Row of Flats" latterly.
The funeral of Robert E. Bell, which oc
currred In Denver, was an Impressive tribute
to the memory of the dead actor. The serv
ices were held In the Church of the Sacred
Heart, and were conducted by Father Brown,
LOVE PLAyS A "RE BEST
SO DECLARES JULIA MARLOWE, ONE OF
THE GREAT JULIETS OF THE AGE.
ISS MARLOWE will be most
happy to see you upstairs," said
a solemn and unwinking butler.
Of course. I knew that Miss Marlowe,
who ranks Interviewers, complexion spe
cialists and rattlesnakes all in one tie
tested category, and consigns them cheer
fully to the care and keeping of the Prince
of the Powers of Darkness, would not be
glad to see me upstairs, nor downstairs,
but I smiled amiably at the admirable
butler, and followed that stately flunkey
to the library.
Graceful and girlish, and posed in a set
ting that filled the eye. Miss Marlowe, all
billowed about by filmy frou-frous of soft
silk and laco fashioned by heavens knows
what depths of Parisian cunning or what
heights of Parisian art Into a. fascinating
tea gown, turned from the deep, wide win
dow as I entered and greeted me with
effusive cordiality, says the Sunday Tele
graph. "So sweet of you to come," she cooed.
"Pray, don't mention It," I murmured.
"I won't," she purred, and then we both
drew in our claws and laughed.
There is something In Miss Marlowe's
personality that suggests a pretty, flut
tering, nervous unrest.
Of course, you must not understand that
she lacks repose in her bearing, but she
gives one, somehow, an undcflnable im
pression of not being quite at home off
the stage.
And yet her warm, inviting library Is a
room to woo one to languorous repose.
It is a Vere-de-Vere sort of room, too,
in the chaste good taste with which it Is
arranged. Broad Western windows look
out upon the ruffled Hudson, that lies like
a band of green-gray ribbon, flecked with
white and blue, over against tho foot of
tho frowning Palisades.
Shakespeare is a big figure in Miss Mar
lowe's library. He sprawls in all sorts
of editions almost entirely around three
sides of the room, and the Shakespeare
shelf Is rich In casts and bronzes of the
swan of Avon.
Also, one notes out of the tall of one's
eye that Miss Marlowe has sandwiched in
between the tragedies and comedies and
"histories" of the divine William, essays
upon his plays and copies of the earlier
efforts chiefly of Italian poets from
which he derived inspiration. (This phrase
sounds much more Shakespearean than
"plagiarized.")
For instance. Sir Philip Sidney's "Ar
cadia" and Montemayor's "Diana" hem In
the "Two Gentlemen of Verona." Whito-
stone's "Uromos and Cassandra" flanks
"Measure for Measure." Tho "Gesta Ro-
manarum" and Percy's "Rellques" boldly
challenge the "Merchant of Venice." and
so on, all down the line.
You note this, as I have said, out of the
tail of your eye, and then turn that dis
turbed and darkling orb upon Miss Mar
lowe to find that actress laughing at you
in a burst of girlish mirth that reveals
her deep, pretty dlmbles.
"Surely, you believe In- Shakespeare?"
you question, in a gasp of horror. "You're
not a Baconlter
Miss Marlowe, In a charming Lady Mac
beth gesture, washed her hands of any
such red stain of suspicion.
"Tsot a bit," she laughs. "To my mind.
there's no proof that's so like confirma
tion strong of holy writ that Shakespeare
is Shakespeare, as the proof that Shake
speare is Bacon.
"And on the other hand." she continued
with delightful parpdox, "I don't think
there's anything that clears Shakespeare's
skirts of plagiary like the stories and
poems and plays he is said to have Pla
giarized."
Miss Marlowe's eyes rested upon the
chapleted marble brow of the Trausblatt
bust of Shakespeare for a moment, and
men, throwing back her head with the
charming Marlowe toss of the chin with
which we are all familiar, she continued:
"Besides, what difference does it make
If Shakespeare did rove in other men's
gardens?
If he borrowed anything he did for tho
idea he transferred to his pages what Au
gustus did for Rome: he found it mud
and left it marble. Now, didn't he?"
or course, to wis cnarming challenge
you offer ho defense; only a meek bow
which Inspires the actresa to full-winged
flights of still further eloquence.
"Often, and often, and often, I have fled
from discussions of Shakespeare to find
tho real answer to it all in Shakespeare
himself," she cried.
"One can scarcely open a volume with- j
an intimate friend of Mr. Bell, assistead- -by
Father Barry and several other clergymen.
The musical programme was played -and sung
by Grace Hanlgan. organist; Madame Mayo
Rhodes, 6oprano, and W. D. Russell, tenor.
TJp to the time of his last illness. Mr. Bell
had worked bard for "the erection of a home
for actors suffering from tuberculosis.
. '
Attractions last week at San Francisco the
aters: Columbia. "The Silver Slipper": Tlvoli.
"She Gypsy Baron," with -Domenlco Ruszo In
the cost: Alcazar. VAt the White Horse Tav
ern"; Central, "Rip Van Winkle": California,
Dan Sully. In "The Chief Justice"; Fischer's,
"The Rounders," and the Orpheum, Barrows
Lancaster Company. Including Clara Throppj
Poettlnger's Swedish Ladles' Quintet; Fer
guson and Mack; Glllo'a Artesto; Lowe-Hughes
duo; Carlln and Otto; Anderson and Brlggi;
Orpheum motion pictures, and Nirvana and
her Statue Horse. "Lokl,"
William Ingersoll and Mra. James Brown
Potter are to be co-stars, after the manner tf
the Potter-Bellew combination, and will be
known as the Potter-Ingersoll Company. Mrs.
Potter has secured the American rights to a
number of plays, .and Mr. Ingersoll has seeurcd
the American rights to "D'Arcy of the
Guards" and a curtain-raiser called "The Fes
tival of Death," written by Count BonI de
Castellane. The engagement will not com
mence until next eeaeon.
Weber & Fields, the burlesque kings, did not
find their Western tour as profitable as they
expected, and as their season on Broadway,
New York, has been a bad one. It is under
stood that differences have arisen In the firm
that will lead to a dissolution of partnership.
But Weber and Fields have quarreled before.
In speaking of their frequent disputes, Weber
once said: "We quarrel like man and wife,
but up to this point we have always made up."
William Stuart, comedian of the Grand
Opero-House Stock Company, Memphis, Tenn.,
recently received a telegram announcing the
death of his mother at Chambersburg, Pa., as
he was going on the stage In "A Stranger in
a Strange Land." He played the performance,
and Immediately afterward left for Chambers
burg. Belle Hervey Harper, recently a member of
the Bostonlans, was married to Colonel Joseph
B. Hughes, a retired millionaire. In the Hol
land House, New York. As a wedding present
from her husband, Mrs. Hughes la said to
have received Just 5500,000. Colonel Hughes
Is known as the organizer of the tobacco trust.
William A. Brady has cancelled all engage
ments, except those In New York City, booked
for Wilton Lackaye In "The Pit," and says
that the attraction will remain at the Lyric
Theater during the remainder of the . season.
"The Pit" Is a hit, and Its receipts average
about .52000 a night.
"
Elsie Esmond will play the role of Sylvia
In "The Bachelor's Romance," with which the
James Nelll Company opens Harry Bishop's
new Oakland. Cal.. theater. Ye Liberty Hall.
Viola Allen, who recently underwent an op
eration on one of her ears, expects to resume
her fcason In "Twelfth Night" at the Harlem
Opera-House, New York, tomorrow night.
Fpy Templeton, who has been enjoying a rest
In Florida since the close of the tour of "The
Runaways,' has returned to New York. She
out finding at first dance a jrem of
thought or philosophy a flight of fancy
or a winged shaft of song, that carries
one's heart high into the blue ether
where the immortals move.
"And that's far more than one gains by
bickering over ciphers and cryptograms
and proofs of priority and all the deadly,
dull, disgusting arguments that seek to
wrest the 'Daphne of the gods' high dead'
from Shakespeare's unmoved brow."
"And shall your present season's work
include any Shakespearean roles?" I
asked, hopefully, with an eye upon a yellow-covered
acting edition that lay In
Miss Marlowe's lap.
There was manifest and unmistakable
regret in every line of the actress' grace
ful figure as she. moved to the other end
of the divan.
"Dear me, no," she pouted. "Only
'Knighthood and a few romantic plays
from my early repertoire. 'Ingomar,'
possibly 'Pygmalion and Galatea,' and
quite possibly 'The Lady of Lyons.'
"Do you know," she began, confiden
tially, fluttering the leaves of the little
paper-covered playbook, "I was wonder
ing, when your card, was brought up,
whether to the public' of today 'Ingomar
won't seem very old-fashioned? We havo
been made accustomed by such pieces as
'When Knighthood Was In Flower, 'The
Prisoner of Zenda' and the like, to see
romantic drama done into such charm
ingly fresh, unstllted English. I am half
afraid that to theater-goers of the twen
tieth century the early Victorian rhetoric
In which Parthenia and Pauline recite
their sentiments may sound stilted."
There was a tremolo of regret in the
rueful tone in which Miss Marlowe voiced
this harrowing doubt of the up-to-datel-tude
of Pauline Deschappelles and Inge
mar's, beautiful captive.
It pained me, really, to hear this note
of regretful questioning, and I longed for
an inspired answer which should aUay
the actress's doubt. Soft evening mists
were closing in on the sluggish river, and
the gray half-light of gloaming afforded
me glowing inspiration. I shook my head
gloomily.
"But, after all, it's the theme that
counts, and not the rhetoric, isn't It?"
the mistress of the room cried gaily, as
one who has searched not in vain for a
solution of her doubts.
I fancy that when Miss Marlowe lends
it the heavenly rhetoric of her eyes, al
most any theme would seem inspired and
almost any phrase would win eloquence
and grace.
I mumbled something to that effect,
which was politely but firmly Ignored.
'For Parthenia and Pauline are each but
figures of love, and love never grows old
fashioned. Does it?"
It Is most disconcerting to have Miss
Marlowe ask questions, but I gathered
myself sternly together and squeaked
out a small but resolute "No."
"And that's all there Is to the drama,
really. The plays that last and shako
people- today as they did half a century
or half a cycle ago are based on love.
"The murky splendors of the Greek
drama are illumed by the same flame
that gives life to the 'heart-interest'
play of today. Aren't they?"
I murmured assent, and ventured to
Intimate that possibly the heart throb
that vitalized Pauline and Parthenia
might evoke a responsive interest in
Miss Marlowe's own heart. It was clear
ly a moment for prompt and diplomatic
questioning.
"One reasons from the universe to
the atom; from the audience to the in-?
dividual," I began, rand so, possibly
love scenes are Interesting to follow or
to play. Just as far as they reflect one's
own possible actions and emotions un
der similar conditions."
Miss Marlowe charged me with the
flashing artillery of her eyes.
"You are becoming either psycholog
ical or personal," she cried, shaking a
threatening forefinger at me. "I de
tect metaphysics and personalities, so,
please" (this with all her dimples),
"we will consider the hnnr nf tutor.
view at an end; here's Hawkins with
tho tea."
And after the momentous aue.qilnnn
of lemon or cream, unci init mnnv
lumns. nlease. Miss Marlowe deelnrprt
.herself no longer on the witness stand,
and chatted delightfully on fashion,
art. doers. Janan. Russia. niitnTnnti!t
and health foods but not for publica- J
tlon, I
haa decided to return to the stage in a vaude-'
ville eklt. written for her by John J. McNolly,
which will be produced about June L
Melbourne MacDowell may be seen In Pacific
Coast cities this Summer, in London plays. If
he is successful In winning a lawsuit from
Thomas R Hart, a New York lawyer- The.
latter says that all rights- to the plays owned
by Fanny Davenport Is vested In him.
J. C Williamson, the theatrical manager
from Australia, has purchased Fitzgerald
Murphy's dramatization of- Wagner's music
play "Parsifal," and will produce. the latter
in a chain of theaters In that far away
country.
Many kind things are said aboujt the fine
presentation of "When We Were Twenty-
One,". by the NelU-Morosco Company, at the
Burbank Theater,, Los Angeles. The new
leading man, Howard Gould, pleased as Richard
Carewe.
Oscar Lewis, the Swedish dialect comedian.
who recently played at Cordray's In the
"Mickey Finn" Company. Is now In vaudeville,
and Is a member of the Lewis. Lake and Lewis
team playing "An Unexpected Swede."
Friztl Scheff Is starring at the Montauk
Theater, Brooklyn, N. Y in "Babette." The
star Is supported by Eugene Cowles, Richie
Ling. Ida Haw ley and Josephine Bartlett.
Louis Harrison is the comedian.
) Frank L. Perley and Thomas Williams, the
latter being the well-known San Francisco
horseman, are to build a theater In New York
City. It will be opened In November by Mar
garet Anglln, In a new play.
The Marguerite Fisher Company has . Just
celebrated a marriage. Fred Lewis and Vir
ginia Francisco, of that organization, were
married while the company was playing an
engagement at Eureka. Cal.
A stock company, headed by Edwin Mordant
and Ola Humphrey, began a Spring and Sum
mer season last week at the Empire Theater,
Albany, N. Y., "The Climbers" being the
opening bill.
May Thurston has Joined the "A Fatal
Wedding" Company to play Bridget, the role
that was played by Mrs. Louie Qulnten, who
died recently In St. Louis.
Vellma Berrell has Joined Isabel Irving In
"The Crisis." Miss Berrell recently played
Mrs. Smart in "The Smart Set." This Is her
first season.
-
Bernhardt Niemeyer, Robert Rogers and
Louise Mackintosh have been engaged for the
etock company at the Empire Theater, Albany,
N. I.
Mrs. Caro True Boardman has written a
four-act melodrama, "The Mystery of the
Sloane Case." which Is eald to bo very good,
x
Joseph Galbralth has been re-engaged for
his second season as leading man of the Keith
BUou Stock, Philadelphia, opening April 4.
Owing to the closing of "Ben Hur," James
J. Ryan has been transferred to the Forbes
Robertson-Gertrude Elliott Company.
Manager H. W. Savage, of grand opera fame.
will present "Parsifal" in English at Daly's
Theater, New York, In May.
Leigh D. Bruckart has been appointed as
sistant manager and general press agent of
the James Nelll Company.
Oscar Hammersteln is to build a new $175,
000 theater near the present American The
ater, in New York.
Selby Oppenheimer has secured from Oliver
Morosco the lease of the Victory Theater, San
Jose, Cal.
William jA. Brady lately lost In a greenroom
club poker party ?S3,000 In stage money.
Joseph Muller has signed as advance man of
the K03e Cecilia Shay Opera Company.
My Lost Youth.
1 Henry W. Longfellow.
Often I fthlnk of the beautiful town
That 1 seated by the sea:
Often lnthought go up and down
The pleadnt streets of that dear old town,
And myi youth comes back to roe.
And aXverso of a Lapland song
Is haufjftlng my memory still:
"A bortj will Is the wind's will.
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."
I can see the shadowy lines of Its trees,
And catch. In sudden gleams.
The sheen of the far-surrounding seas,
And islands that were the Hcsperidcs
- Of all my boyish dreams.
And the burden of that old song,
It murmurs and whispers still:
"A boy's will Is the wind's will.
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."
I remember the black wharves and the slips,
And the sea-tides tossing free:
And Spanish sailors with bearded lips.
And the beauty and mystery of the ships.
And the magic of the sea.
And the voice of that wayward song
Is singing and saying still:
"A boy's will is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."
I remember the bulwarks by the shore,
And the fort upon the hill:
The sunrise gun, with Its hollow roar,
Tho drum-beat repeated o'er and o'er.
And the bugle wild and shrill.
And the music of that old song
Throbs in my memory still:
"A boy's will Is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."
I remember the sea-fight far away.
How It thundered o'er the tide!
And the dead captains, as they lay
In their graves, o'erlooklng the tranquil bay
Where they In battle died.
And the sound of that mournful Bong
Goes through me with a thrill:
"A boy's will Is the wind's will,
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."
I can see tbe breezy dome of groves.
The shadows of Deerlng's Woods;
And the friendships old and the early loves
Come back with a 8abbath sound, as of
doves
In quiet neighborhoods.
And the verse of that sweet old song.
It flutters and murmurs 'still:
"A boy's will Is the wind's will.
And tho thoughts' of youth are long, long
thoughts."
I remember the gleams and glooms that
dart
Across the schoolboy's brain;
The song and the silence in the heart.
That In part are prophecies, and in part
Are longings wild and vain.
And the voice of that fitful song
Sings on and is never still:
"A boy's will Is tho wind's will.
And tbe thoughts of youth aro leug, long
thoughts."
There are things of which I may not speak;
There are dreams that cannot die;
There are thoughts that make the strong
heart weak.
And bring a pallor Into the cheek.
And a mist before the eye.
And. the words of that fatal song
Come over me like a chill:
"A boy's will Is the wind's will.
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."
Strange to me now are the forms I meet
When I visit the dear old town;
But the native air Is pure and sweet.
And the trees that o'ershadow each well
known street,
As they balance up and down,
Are singing the beautiful song.
Are sighing and whispering still:
"A boy's will Is the wind's will.
And the thoughts of youth are long, long
thoughts."1
And Deering's Woods are fresh and fair.
And with Joy that Is almost pain
My heart goes back to wander there.
And among the dreams of the days that
were,
I find my lost youth again.
Xai the strasge and beautiful song.
The grovesire repeating it still:
'A boy's will is the .wind's will. '
And the, tabsghts of youth are long, long
thoughts.'1
meHAKD STRAUSS IN NEWCjCRK
Great Composer Conducts Two Orchestral Concerts- Visit -of Russian
Musician Richard Mansfield is "Ivan the Terrible." Jt Jt J
KW YORK, March 6. (Special cor
respondence.) Need anybody be
told that the greatest figure In ths
musical world of today Is Richard
Strauss? This Is not a matter of con
jecture, but a fact acknowledged even by
those who will not accept his theories and
his musical philosophizing. What a
strange combination the stolid American
Is. A hero-worshiper of the most pro
nounced type, yet when a veritable genius
stands and knocks at his door, it 13 more
than likely he will let him knock while
he does some "knocking" himself. Rich
ard Strauss dawned upon the musical
world of Europe more than ten years ago.
and each year has found him more widely
accepted a3 a composer with the ability
to write descriptive musie beyond that
shown' by Richard Wagner. Perhaps
Wagner owed as much to influences be
fore him as Strauss owes to Wagner, and
it does not seem to me that such a realist
as Richard Strauss 13 to be Judged by
the same results as obtain In the case of
an idealist such as Wagner certainly was.
To make comparison between the work
of Wagner and Strauss it Is' probable that
tne nrst similarity would be found in the
fact that Strauss uses the leit-motiv In
the same manner that Wagner did. But
it must never be forgotten that Wagner
was not the creator of the leit-motiv, it
was in use years before he was born. It
was Wagner, however, who brought dra
matic wrltins to such a point that the
importance of the leit-motiv was'accentu
ated to the entire world, which means to
musical and nonmuslcal alike. Wagner
also made some revolutions in his treat
ment of the orchestra. He called into
being new effects In the wood-winds and
gave to them, as well as to the brasses,
beauty which was startling and undcfln
able. The difficulties which this brought
into orchestral playing can only be real
ized when it Is understood how few art
ists are to be found who do not ruin the
effect of the most finished body of strings,
Thus It is that many orchestras can play
the classics more than acceptably, but
when It comes to modern orchestral works
the Importance which the woods and the
brasses have attained makes It impossible
to give finished presentations, as there
are so few who are able to handle the
Instruments skilfully. This in itself Is
proof enough of the extreme modernity
of such orchestration, as nothing comes
Into being until called by the demand.
This demand Wagner created, and all
who follow that great leader must utilize
his descriptive methods and his methods
of orchestration because he has created
that which Is regarded as the modern
school.
Strauss has followed, but he has gone
beyond tho Bayreuth master, and that
fact seems beyond the grasp of those of
the present day who do not realize the
proportions of the young Richard. There
Is no reason why we should accept every
thing that Strauss offers, because all
realists go beyond the bounds of the
agreeable, and Strauss does this very
often and very determinedly. He takes
the orchestra as we are compelled to take
life, and offers the bitter with the sweet.
It Is not unreasonable to believe that
Strauss Is a deeper philosopher and
scholar than Wagner was. Wagner was
essentially a dramatist and an emotional
ist, to which he. brought a wonderful
musical genius. Strauss has a wonderful
musical genius to which he brings a satir
ical philosophy and a searching mind de
termined to make music carry Us transla
tion. So much for the side of the com
poser and hl3 work. What of the people
who sit In judgment? It is useless to
bring forward again and again the same
argument that amateurs jump at conclu
sions which are unaccounted for by
anything that approaches judgment.
They concede that Browning, Homer,
Shakespeare, offer complexities which
cannot be assimilated in one reading, and
they abide by this recognizing their own
inefficiency to grasp the meanings at once,
acknowledging the necessity for a more
intimate understanding; acknowledging
the Impossibility to hear and find the sub
tleties at a glance, but they hear an or
chestral work of astounding complexity
and without a moment's hesitation pass
Judgment, no matter what the result may
be. Not infrequently we hear people say,
"I can't endure the works of Richard
Strauss," or on the contrary they may
praise them in extravagant language and
when we really find out what they have
heard it may prove to have been one
orchestral work. Now there is no one,
perhaps not even the most thorough musi
cian, who can hear one Strauss work for
the first time, and get any sort of con
ception, for the music does not fall upon
the ear mellifluosuly. To the contrary it
requires an understanding of the orchestra
and the functions of each instrument,
Just as it requires an understanding of
grammar and the meaning of each word
to make sense to the reader.
Dr. Strauss (this degree has been con
ferred upon him In Munich in considera
tion of his unique position in the world of
music) has given two orchestral concerts
In a series of four, which are to constitute
"a Btrauss Festival." As conductor he
shows many Qualities which may be con
sidered analogous to his writing, but it is
not as conductor that he interests us. It
is a rare opportunity to hear such works
conducted bv the composer himself, but
the orchestra leaves much to be desired
notwithstanding the fact that It has been
rehearsed for some time before the ar
rival of Strauss in this country, by Her
man Hans Wetzler. The draught that
Strauss makes upon the wood-winds is
not easily met n New York, as we are
sadly deficient in these instruments; how
ever, Strauss succeeds in making us
understand what effects he wants to pro
duce, therefore, we certainly should have
a clearer understanding of the man and
his works than by hearing him for five
years at the hands of other conductors, no
matter of what ability.
Dr. Strauss is accompanied by his wife,
Madame Strauss-De Anna, who sings his
songs delightfully and shows thereby how
much lies on the musical side, for Madame
Strauss has little in, the way of voice
when compared with such singers as Sem
brlch, Nordica, arid those by whose voices
she must be measured. Of Strauss and
his personality I shall write next time.
Another figure of more than ordinary
Interest to the concert goers of New York
is Wasili Safonoff, of Moscow, who makes
the sixth conductor heard with the Phil
harmonic Society of New York this season.
In point of the widely growing Import
ance in the musical development of Rus
sia, it is but natural that Gospodin
(which means- Mr., if you please) Saf oiioff
aroused an interest apart from his mu
sical ability, and judging by the large
audience which he attracted and its en
thusiasm, it is not difficult to realize that
the music of Russia has a place by itself
in the world of music. Safonoff gave
three works by Russian composers, only
one of which could be called a real mas
terpiece. This was the Pathetlque Sym
phony of Tschalkowsky; than which It
is not difficult to believe there is nothing
greater in works of emotional and dram
atic interest.
Safonoff Is a commanding figure, al
though not very tall, and he is rather
thickset. He is truly Muscovite In his
appearance, and Instead of the usual
wavy locks of bushy hair inherent to art
ists, his hair is black and close-cropped.
Madame Schumann-Helnk, the soloist
upon this occasion, aroused her audience
to the highest pitch of admiration and
enthusiasm, as she always does. She
sang an ana by Mozart with accompani
ment for orchestra and piano obligate,
and the well-known aria from Samson
and Delilah.
Among the most important musical
events occurring at present is the series
of Wagnerian concerts by No-riiica and.
r
Moscow Conductor, Now in New York.
Wasili Safonoff.
the New York Symphony Orchestro un
der Walter Damrosch, in which Mme.
Nordica Is singing the arias of her great
roles to orchestral accompaniment. I
have never heard this great American
singer in better voice than she is at pres
ent, and the audiences ars lavish In their
arpreclatlon. The first of this series of
three concerts occurred on Wednesday
afternoon, and there are two more to
follow. The works of the Bayreuth Mas
ter as conducted by Walter Damrosch
contribute largely to the Interest of the
large audiences attracted by this com
bination, and it Is certain that Mr. Dam
rosch can bear comparison with the gal
axy of '.'prlma-donna" conductors who
have visited our shores.
The theatrical world, which has been
practically apathetic, jumped Into sudden
activity with the production of Richard
Mansfield's "Ivan' the Terrible," and no
one need be told that when Mansfield
presents a new play he always succeeds
in making his audience realize that he
holds the master-hand after all. His in
terest in the play Is primarily, of course,
a dramatic one, but on the literary side
there is much in this work that proves
that Mansfield is not only an actor but
a student and a scholar. "Ivan the Ter
ribale" is the work of Count Alexis Tol
stoi not the Tolstoi of today, but of his
uncle, born 1817, died 1875. Tolstoi was
one of the great luminaries in Russian
being a classic and modern at the same
time, since all of Russia's literature is
of comparatively recent date. Too of
ten we hear that Mansfield Is always
Mansfield, whether In Beau Brummel or
in Cyrano de Bergerac, but in this latest
role he has made the answer himself
and so totally different is this from any
thing that he has ever done before that
his mastery o It Is quite astounding, even
to those who have the utmost faith in
his art. That Mansfield gave the work
long and serious , study may be under
stood from the fact that he succeeded In
interesting Tolstoi of today to the point
of giving him instructions as to the
smallest details of such a character. But
no one who knows Mansfield needs to
be informed of all this, for they know
well that he would move Heaven, earth
and Tolstoi to accomplish his aim. His
make-up was positively wonderful, and
his support was, contrary to Mansfield's
usual custom, of 'exceptional merit, but
the secret of this lies In the fact that
anything but a good company could not
present the play. The cast Was as fol
lows: ,
DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
Ivan Vassllyevlch (surnamed the Terrible)
Tzar of Russia Mr. Mansfield
The Tzaritza Marie Peodorovna
Miss Ida Conquest
Tzarevltch Fyodor Ivanovltch
-..Miss Mona Harrison
Tzarevna Irina Miss Adelaide Nowak
Marie Grlgorevna, wife of Boris Godunofl!..
Mite OUw Oliver
Prince Mateslavsky William Sorrelle
Prince Niklta Romanovitch Zaharln
Ernest Ward
Prince Shulsky.... Henry Wenman
Prince Belsky Francis McGinn
Prince Galltzln A. E. Greenaway
Prince Troubetskoy Leslie Kenyon
Prince Tatlstcheff Edward Fitzgerald
Prince Sallkoff W. T. Patron
Michael Nagoy Henri Laurent
iJona Jjyoaorvicn uodunoff, brother-in-law
of the Tzarevltch ....Arthur Forrest
Gregory Negoy Hamilton Coleman
Pan Garabourda Mr. Kenyon
irrosKor iveeain ,h. Hatfield
Michael Bitagofsky, an adventurer
A. G. Andrews
First Magician.... Mr. Laurent
Second Magician M. C Tllden
Doctor Yakoby... Mr. Kingdon
A Jester Marcel Scrace
Flour dealer Francis McGinn
Attendant on Prince Shulsky
Ludwlg Brunswick
A Nurse..... .....Miss Vivian Bernard
Lady in Attendance.... Miss Alma Hathaway
Lady In Attendance Miss Laura Eyre
Nobles, state officials, guardd, buffoons, serfs,
and people of Moscow.
The tragedy ia historically correct, and took
part In Moscow In the year 15S4.
Among the visitors in New York whose
interests in Portland have not diminished
are Mr. and Mrs. Edward Rosenbaum
(formerly Miss Harriet Friendly), who are
ORATORIO SEASON, 1904
The Golden Legend
BY SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
First Congregational Church,
Tuesday Evening, March 15th,
8:30 O'CIock.
MRS. MAY DEARBORN-SCHWAB, Soprano
MRS. W. A. T. BUSHONG, Contralto
MR. J. W. BELCHErf, Tenor
MR. W. A. MONTGOMERY, Bass
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EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
EER0ES OF RUSSIA,
Alsc Those of Japan, AH Straightened
Out by Grlswold.
PORTLAND. March 11 (To the Edi
tor.) Japan's interest in the war is no
greater than China's. The national ex
istence of both alike is at stake Russia's
right in Manchuria Is confined to the pro
tection of her line of railroad. She has
promised to leave Chinese territory, but
continues steadily to appropriate it to
her own use. With the audacity of Satan
almself she now orders the Chinese to as
sist her la the prosecution of the war
on pain of death. If the Chinese resist
this usurpation Russia will contend that
China breaks Its neutrality. It Is an
other illustration of the wolf and the
lamb. If it Is Russia that violates the neu
trality by attacking the rights of the
Chinese, who must be held justifiable in
resistance. It Is the neutrality of China
that seems likely to become the bone of
contention that will Involve the great
powers of the world. France and possi
bly Germany may deny that Russia vio
lates China's neutrality by usurping sov
ereign authority over the Chinese in
Manchuria, but the United States and
England can never consent to such a
travesty of justice.
Japan holds the whlphand which only
her own imprudence will jeopardize. She
appears to be too impatient to take Port
Arthur. Let her invest it. and Vladivos
tok, cut off communication, and wait for
them to fall into her hands.
She has no call to invade Manchuria.
With Ping Yang strongly fortified and
made her base of operations she is safe.
The Russian cavalry Is Japan's greatest
dread, but the nature of tho country be
tween Ping Yang and the Yalu River
will neutralize their force.
M. S. GRISWOLD.
The Old World and the New.
George Berkeley
The Muse. di?gusted at an age and clime
Barren of every glorious theme.
In distant lands now waits a better time
Producing subjects worthy fame.
In happy climes where, from the genial sun
And virgin earth, such scenes ensue;
The force of art by Nature seems- outdone.
And fancied beauties by the true.
In happy climes the eeat of Innocence,
Where Nature guides and virtue rules;
Where men shall not Impose -for truth and
sense
The pedantry of courts and schools.
There shall be sun'g another golden age.
The rise of empire and of arts;
The good and great Inspiring epic rage.
The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Not such as Europe breeds In her decay
Such as she bred when fresh and young,
when heavenly flame did animate her clay.
By future poets shall be eung.
Westward the course of empire takes Its way;
The four first act3 already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring la -his last.
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