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; THE SUNDAY OREGPNIAS, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 18, 190
J LIVENILE MUSieiANS OR PORTLAND
Children Who Are Making Rapid Progress on the
Piano and Violin
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WHEN grandma was a little girl 8 ho
did not have to practice on the
melodlan one or two hours during
the bright, sunshiny afternoons, when
other children were at play or learning to
hem the family linen: but she had to make
up for lost time after she became a
young lady, and If she was to be accom
plished both the melodlan and harpsi
chord were taught her. The violin, fid
dling, was never dreamed of in those
days as a possible accomplishment for a
lady: In fact, it was considered most or
dinary, and the Instrument which now
gives to the world such rare music was
played only by the most ordinary men.
But times have changed grandma ad
mits that herself and now little girls, and
little hoys. too. begin their music lessons
very, very young. There are many chil
dren In Portland who began taking music
lessons as early as 6 years, and some even
at 5. That seems rather young, but teach
ers agree that it Is far better to begin
then If the child shows any musical abil
ity whatever. The first year or two la
spent In learning to read music readily
and to handle proporly the instrument.
With this start the child has a much
better o'ppbrtunlty of advancing rapidly
when old enough to appreciate music for
music's sake, and then the hours f child
hood spent at the piano or violin or other
instruments will never be regretted.
The number of children in Portland who
are musicians In surprising and would
seem to mark the coming generation as
one of true music-lovers. There are num
bers of boys and girls between the ages
or 6 and 12 who play well, some of them
exhibiting most pronounced talent. There
are also many promising voices among
the children, but as he voice is not culti
vated in youth, one does not hear so
much of these as of those who devote
their time to Instrumental music.
A boy who has a brilliant future as a
pianist Is young Raymond Coursen, who
is Just 12 years old. This lad has been
studying piano since he was 6. and nat
urally Is a quick sight reader. He prac
tices one and one-half hours every day.
outside of school hours. Raymond .has I
been given a good, solid technical train
ing, consisting of Clement!. Kuhlan. Hay
den. Mozart. Czerny. Beethoven, Mendels
sohn, etc.. his. parents" Idea being not to
prepare him for immediate results or a
show child musician as much as for his
future development. He is fond of his
music but likes only classical selections
and has no use for ragtime melodies. The
youth goes to the Portland Academy, and
in spite of the fact that so much of his
leisure time has to be spent at the piano
In practice, he manages to devote many
hours to all sorts of mechanical contriv
ances in which he Is deeply interested.
He and a friend. George Bruni, have just
completed a bicycle-boat, with which se
eraV successful trial trips have been made
and of which they are both proud. Ray
mond has a good soprano voice and sings
many of the better class of songs to his
own accompaniment.
"Wayne Coe, the 10-y oar-old son o Dr.
and .Mrs. Henry WCoe, is a young mu
sician who is making rapid progress. This
young man is studying the violin, and
during the two and one-half years he has
been taking lessons he has developed won
derfully. He Is too small for a full-sized
lnstrumepL so has to use a three-quarter
elze, -but .ho manages-to-get-very g-ood
music out of it He has a good, healthy
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tone, a quick car and nimble fingers, and
the good foundation he Is laying now
promises well for- the future. It Is not
easy to imagine an enthusiastic football
player handling a violin artistically, fiut
Wayne Is a devote of the gridiron as well
as- of Euterpe, and is the captain of. "a
team which he declares can beat any
thing of Its size and weight, in Oregon.
He attends the Portland Academy.
PhUlip and "Walker Kamm.. the young
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kamm, aro
both good violinists, Phillip being pro
nounced by his instructor as a genius.
His playlng'is of an excellent quality as
to tone and bow work, and close applica
tion to his work will make him a gifted
musician. Lucille Collette, who is now in
Europe studying under the best masters.
Is a child all Portland is proud of, her
marvelous performance at her farewell
recital last Spring astounding the public.
At 11 she plays the most difficult Selec
tions ever composed for tho violin with
perfect ease and from memory. She be
gan her lessons when about 51 years of
age. Little Margie Hart, whose father
was well known in Portland as a pianist,
began the study of the violin at C years,
and has developed rapidly. In her art.
Fred Kern Is another child who has done
well with the violin, beginning at 6.
Dagmar Games, who last Summer was
selected by the Ladles' Home Journal as
one of the roost beautiful children in I
America, is an accomplished little violin
ist, and though she Is attending school in !
California, her home is In Portland. Ten- j
year-old Adele Barnlckle, daughter of Mr. ;
and Mrs. Edward Barnleklo, is a talent
ed pianist, and Dr. Edgar Thornton's
daughter. Florence, plays promisingly
at 9.
Modesta, Mortensen. S years old. has had
Instruction on the violin less than two
years, -but her advancement has been
marvelous, and she is said by -her teacher
to be possessed of more than ordinary
talent. Marie Mooney, also S years old,
plays both tho violin and piano with fin
ish, but Is devoting most of her atten
tion to the former, In which she excels.
Alice Green can also be placed in the
S-year-old class aa a remarkably gifted
vlollnlste. It will be difficult to find two
children of 10 who are more winning lit
tle musicians than the O'Hanlon twins,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. O'Hanlon
Gertrude plays the violin and Adelaide
the mandolin- These children, together
with Florence Thornton, Adele Barnlckel!
Marie Mooney and Alice Green, are mem
bers of St. Mary's Cecelian Orchestra,
probably the youngest members of a pub
lic musical organization in the city.
In Herbert Barenstacher thcro is a fu
ture master of the violin. At 9 years he
played with rare touch and technique, and
his parents seriously contemplate sending
him to Europe in the near future to com
plet the education begun In Portland.
These are only a few of the many chil
dren who play well on various instru
ments In this city. There are a number
of promising children cornetlsts. and most
every child can play on the piano these
days, although the real musician is the
exception. The attendance of children at
performances given by star musical at
tractions has been most noticeable, and
this creation of a love for music in the
little folks bespeaks a future of deep culture.
The Coming of Love.
Bthna Carbcry. "in LJppInpU'a.
He came In the Bea-drlft and fain.' ' "
His eyes held - a. passionate pain.
The night dew lay damp on h!a hair:
I knew not the face nor tho form.
The voice -of undying despair
That craved for a rest from the storm.,
I opened my dSSr straight and wide.
And beckoned him afe t my elde.
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He lingered anear me: each day
Brounht a glsdder. new f rnoe of dlecnay
As closer he crept to my heart.
This outcast who came with the wind;
1 never dared hid him depart.
For I knew there would nestle behind
Grave sorrow, unending regret, '
For something too fond to tercet.
Ono mornlns I rose unaware.
And stole up my heart's secret etalr.
And'gaxed through the half-open door:
lly guest aat awaJe on a throne.
His dread quiver lay on the -floor.
And I knew it was Love, who alone
Had braved all the tempest's mad strife
To teach me the glory of Life. ,
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"There's a man of. whom I think- a great
deal." "X friend, eh?" "Ho: a man to whom
I owe $V Cleveland rials Dealer.
LONDON LOVES TALES OF GOLDEN WEST
California Writers Find Readiest Recognition in the English Metropolis Cactus Made a Foreign Plant.
AX FRAXCISCO, Cal.. Dec H. (Spe
cial Correspondence.) California
grows daily more proud of thejplace
she Is securing for herself in tha world of.
literature? While tho acknowledged mas
ters are continuing to do good work, a
younger generation of writers is strug
gling bravely to tho front. It Is the old
tales that still please the most tales of
tho eeml-clvilized West with Its unpeopled
ranges. This nas long been a favorite
theme of Mrs. Gertrude Atherton and sha
has announced this week, or rather whis
pered, that she will soon have another
book on this topic to . place before-the
country.
"Mrs. Atherton has spent the last few
months in Santa Barbara, where she has
completed the coming volume. It will be
a collection of short stories, some of which
"have been published in English magazines,
but many, of which she has written within
the last few months. The volume will be
called "The Bell in the Fog." The. stories
deal mostly with the days before '49.
Jt ie a strange fact that Mrs. Atherton
has found a better market In London than
In New" York for her California stories.
Since the days of Bret Harte. London has
been ever eager for more stories of this
romantic land. "Anything that has to do
with . California pleases a London publish
er," says Mrs. Atherton. There Is un
doubtedly' much truth In this, for London
newspapers gave as much space as did
those of New York to California's sensa
'tltfnal jail break, her train hold-up of last
.year and her last cbamplorishrp'prlzeflght.
. flDhe novel of a San Francisco wornan
continues to figure ajmyig the is "isS-X
selling books "In the Bishop's Carriage,"
by Miss Miriam Michelsen. Miss Michel
sen is -a cousin of Mme. Franceses, the
famous opera singer.
During tho week there passed away in
Oakland Father Michael King, one of the
pioneer priests of the state. Father King
was born In Ireland In 1829. He emigrated
to America and early in life decided to
become a priest. He was ordained when
24 years of age and almost immediately
after was assigned to mission work in
Oregon. After ten years In Oregon,, where
he worked among the Indians and pio
neers, as well "as the soldiers then sta
tioned there, he camo to San Francisco.
Later he took up work across tho bay in
Oakland, where he resided until his death.
Luther Burbank has removed the spines
from the cactus. It took him ten years
to do it, but it is now an accomplished
fact. Burbank performs one miracle after
another at his modest experimental farm
in Sonoma County and modestly makes
known his achievement, claiming no re
ward for his work and enriching the world
with his acts. Ho has given us new va
rieties in potatoes, a thousand new varie
ties of flowers 4nQ" fruits, has added to
the beauty of the flowers we have, has
turned the poppy crimson.
By removingtbe spines from the cactus
he has made tfils desert plant a fo5d. He
has achloved the resnlt.Dy cross-breeding
and selection. The plant he has evolved
will grow without rain and bears fruit.
Its. "stlckerlesa" leaves are eagerly eaten
by cattle.
To tho coming Legislature the Regents
of the University of California have de
cided to present a bill asking for ,5275,000.
.Of this mfi Will be used lor ouiltlln
for the College of Agriculture and 575.000
to purchase an experimental farm. The
work of tho university Is handicapped be
cause of the lack of a proper farm. There
is a small orchard on the grounds, but
since dairying and the cattle industry
have been taken up so thoroughly In the
university, a large farm Is absolutely
essential. One will be purchased near the
university, either In Alameda or Contra
Costa County.
With this accomplished (and there is no
opposition) California will soon have one
of the best agricultural colleges In the
United States.
Although the Southern Pacific Railroad
has gone ahead with its plans for a 53,000,
000 .bridge across Carquinez Straits, where
the Sacramento River flows into San
Francisco Bay, considerable opposition has
developed on the part of those who con
tend that such a bridge as it is proposed
to construct will choke the river and
cause it to Inundate thousands of acres
of good farming Ian. &he hope Is that
the Southern Pacific may be Induced to
build a span. Any other structure will
meet with strong opposition. Tha bridge
Is on the Portland and also the trans
continental route. "
George S. NIxon of Wlnnemucca, Nev.,
Is a visitor to- San Francisco. Nixon will
be sent to the United States Senate from
Nevada to succeed Stewart, whose term
expires In March. Nixon is a Republican
and but 44-years of age. He was raised In
California, but moved to Nevada -when IS
years of age. He has been a newspaper
proprietor, but is now a banker and min
ing man. Some of his ventures in the
latter line have turned out handsomely of
late and U iu not lie loas frgfore Nixon
will be able to sit- in millionaires row in
the Senate.
When I. W. Hellman. the well-known
San Francisco banker, sqld out his Inter
est In .the Pacific Electric Company last
week there was some surprise, but this
has vanished since it has become known
that he cleared up 5400,000 in the deal. The
Pacific Electric Company is the Hunting-ton-Harriman
combination which has
built a network of electric lines about Los
Angeles. The company has plans to build
several new lines, but Hellman did not
care to go Into It any deeper and conse
quently sold out. The bulk of his holdings
were taken over by E. H. Iixrfman.
A system of stock tickers is soon to be
installed throughout San Francisco like
those of the large Eastern cities. Beside
stock quotations, they will carry items
of general news. The tickers will be
placed In brokers' offices,. In the hotels
and all public gathering places.
H. C. Bowers, manager ofthe Portland
Hotel, Is In Southern California attending
the convention of hotel managers in
Santa Barbara. p. a. S.
When Our Jemima Bakes.
"tt'hen Jemima bakes she takes
All the kitchen for her cakes.
She drops the dough upon the floor
And then pata It a little more.
And when she's done.' her hands. I know.
Are vastly cleaner than the douch.
But when Jemima's cake conies out.
Although we all may feel a doubt.
Each one of us mu3t taste and say
It Is the best in many a day. ' 1