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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1905)
OF THE 1 Seats on Sale NEXT TUESDAY, 10 man, Mrs. J. Haseltine. Mrs. Clock, Mrs. Docrnbccher, Mrs. Heltkemper, Mrs. "Wil son. Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Mattern and Mrs. Mulks. Mrs. A. Paine, of Eugene. Is beins rntertalned by friends In Portland. Miss Lucy Gould returned to Portland last Monday, via San Francisco and the Oriental & Occidental liner Doric, from a seven months' visit with relatives in China. The Sunnyslde Literary Society cave a pleasant entertainment last Monday, electing officers on the same evening. They are as follows: President. Rus nell Stanley: vice-president, Benjamin Beaty: secretary. Miss Jennie Hubbard; treasurer, Frank Hodgers; register, Leo Linhard: sergeant-at-arms, Lewis Thompson. Captain and Mrs. James liege, of Tacoma, have been spending a few Jays at the Hotel Portland. They were married recently in Tacoma, and are now continuing their honeymoon trip In Southern California. Mrs. Hege was Miss McConaha before her marriage, and is a very beautiful and charming joung woman. The children of Mary's Sodality of SL lawrence Church gave an interesting en tertainment the first of the week at St. lawrence Hall. The following officers were elected: Prefect. Magdalene Weber: assistants, Mary Sabcl and Cora Flem ing, consultors, Genevieve Kelly and Mabel Summers; treasurer, Maria Meagher; secretary, Agnes Harwas; cacrlstan, Mary Kennedy. At the Women's Union. Miss S. Perry was one of this week's transients. Miss B. Peterson is one of this week's newcomers. Miss Marian C. Donovan left on Tuesday for Kansas City. Mrs. H. R. Dlbbler, Rainier, was a transient over Monday night. Miss Carrie M. Haley, of Stevena llle. Mont., registered on Thursday. Ivan Olmstead. of Oregon City, -who bas been away for several months, has returned. MIbs Georgette Decsi, from New York Oity, vame the tlrst of the week, and is making her residence here. Miss Elizabeth Campbell, of Denver. Colo., who has been here for a month past, left on Tuesday for Tacoma. H. B. LItt. From now until February 1 every garment In the house will be groatly reduced in accordance with the Idea of making much-needed tspace for our Spring styles, which are arriving every day. H. B. Litt. who for many years has conducted the high-class women's gar ment store in this city, will hereafter reside iir New York and act as resi dent buyer for his own concern and also for several houses in other cen tcra. Portland Dancing Academy. Professor Ringler and Miss Bucken .neyer, Ringler's Hall, 309 Alder, Main 1951. Notes of the Magazines. The February number of tho Smart Set is unusually clever, the novelette being by Arthur Stringer. The shorter stories are from the pons of a score of well-known writers, and fairly sparkle in their bril liancy. Doubleday, Page &. Company have is sued the tiret number of the Garden Mag azine, an offshoot from Country Life In America. The illustrations maintain the high standard of excellence, and the 20 regular departments are full of useful in formation. The Burlington Magazine, probably the most sumptuous periodical In English, is now issued In this country by Robert Grler Cooke. 307 Fifth avenue. New York. The Burlington is a "magazine for con noisseurs." and deals with every branch of art and collecting. It is published at "Z cents a. copy, or ?8 a xear BLANCHE, DARLING GODS A DRAMA OF OLD JAPAN Presented 342 Times at Belasco Theater, New York City GRAND WORLD'S GREATEST LYRIC SOPRANO Seats for Melba Concert Go on Sale Tomorrow Morning. HE Melba concert announced by Manager Calvin Helllg at Armory Hail Monday evening, January 30, is attracting widespread interest, and there is every reason to anticipate a gathering to greet the great singer such as has not been known In this city for many a day. Melba's fame has been won honestly, her triumphs have been artistic and she has always shown such a desire to please her audiences that it Is quite eas3- to un derstand her great popularity with the public. The programmes presented by Madame Melba and the artists associated with her this season have given universal satisfaction wherever the company has appeared, and the choice and arrangement of the selections have been commended by the most critical. It is announced that Madame Melba will contribute the "Mad Scene" from Donizetti's "Lucia," the great aria "Ah fors e lui" from Verdi's "Travi ata," and the famous vocal waltz "Se saran Rose." by Ardittl. All of the other artists of the company will be heard in vocal and instrumental selections well suited to display their abilities. The sale of seats for the Melba concert opens In the lobby of the Marquam Grand Theater tomorrow. Monday, morning, at 10 o'clock. Orders for seats from out of town must be accompanied with mail or ders, enclosed in stamped, addressed en velopes, and made out to Calvin Helllg, Marquam Theater, this city. It Is also announced that on the evening of Jan uary 30 the Armory Hall will be comfort ably heated. DE PACHMANN IS COMING. Great Russian Pianist Will Appear in Portland February 11. Vladimir de Pachmann. the great Rus sian pianist, who will give a concert here February 11. under the direction of Lois Steers, has Just created a great sensation .In Boston. The Boston Herald of Novem ber 11 says: "De Pachmann a poet's poet. At the flrst recital by great pianist audience Is aroused to genuine enthusiasm. It has been said of De Pachmann that he is an inimitable player of Chopin's music, but only h Chopin player. This 1?. after all. the highest praise, for the most poetic music In piano literature is that by Cho pin, and no composer has on the whole written so artistically for that instrument of musical limitations the piano." - DOMAIN OF MUSIC. Mrs. Etta Krebs. of Biker City, has arrived In Jhl city to further vtudy plane. Mlf Reb. Hohoon, of Astoria. aUter-ln-liw of United States Senator Fulton, la o!o so prano In the First Presbyterian Church choir during Mrs. Fletcher Linn's visit to Chicago. The sacred cantata. "Queen Esther" (Root), was successfully slvcn last Tuesday and Wednesday evcnlnps. at Vancouver. Wash., under the direction of Martin E. It obi neon, of Chicago. The accompaniments were furnished by the Nineteenth United States Infantry Or chestra. There were good attendances each evenlnc. Mrs. Lulu Dehl-Mlller sans "Cresilnc tba Bur" l Dudley Buck), at Rev. Henry narcot ic's lecture on "Tcnnyeon." last Monday night, at Westminster rrwbyterian Church. Mrs. Miller's sympathetic contralto voice was never heard to better advantage, and she pleased her bearers with ber floe Interpretation of this beautiful eong. One of the Interesting church recitals of the season, and one of the most ambitious far many years in this part of the country. wW be a sacred music festival Xp be given, by tha combined surpllced choirs of St, David's and Trinity Protestant Episcopal Churches, at SL David's Church, March 1. which la St. David's rnlm will .V- mA .k 1 anisic selected for ra41Uca wll cmuUi of THE SUNDAY . OKEGOKIAN, ..EORTLnD, JAOTAET 22f 1905. DESPITE THE STRENUOUS OPPOSITION OF THE THEATRICAL TRUST, WILL POSITIVELY APPEAR IN DAVID BELASCOS WONDERFUL PRODUCTION OR: THEATER (FORMERLY CORDRAVS) A. M., Lobby of Grand A STAB IN SONG. Madame Melba, Queen of Great Soprano. Woodward' festival Te Deum." In D; Stalners famous anthem. "What Are TheaeT" Fields' service in D. and favorite hymns. The festival will be directed by Frederick W. Goodrich and Carl Denton, organists and choir masters respectively of St. David's and Trin ity Churches. Musical programme to be rendered this morning at the First Unitarian Church, under the direction of Mrs. Frank Raley: " Volun tary. "Andantlno Grazloso" tBrown); anthem. "Light of the World" (Gray): Gloria (Bee thoven); response (Shelley); contralto solo. "My God. My Father" (Marston); "XVnc Dl xnlttls." (Barnby); postlude (Shelley). Lillian Blauvelt's first appearance this sea con n a mlsliajcous programme in New York will occur this afternoon at Carnegi. Hull, with the New Tork Symphony Or chestra. Walter Damrosch. conductor. Madame Blauvelt will make her seventh consecutive annual appearance with the Pittsburg Or chestra In that city Friday and Saturday evenings. Frederick W. Goodrich has arranged this programme of organ music today at St. Da vid's Protestant Episcopal Church: Morning. Prelude. "Melody in K-mlnor (Lemmens): of fertory. "CantUene" (Salpme); postlude. "Sor tie March" (Dubois).' Evening, prelude, "Mlnuetto" water music (Handel); offertory, Traamerel" (Schumann): poatlode, "Solemn .March" (Edmunstouse-Dcacan). Bum' memory wiU be honored by the. Clan Macleay at the Arlon Hall Friday evening. Ttsa esterUlxz&esif will take the fom cl a BLANCHE BATES. THE FAMOUS BELAS CO STAR. ONE WEEK BEGINNING I concert and among those who will sing are: Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer. Mrs. Walter Reed, i Leon Jones and Dom J. . Zan. There will be j bagpipe playing and selections of Scotch music 1 will generally be In evidence. The speech on "Burns, tho Poet." wlll.be delivered by Rev. j J. W. Brougher, D. D.. of the First Baptist I Church. ' A notable musical event In the West last I year was the dedication of Omaha's mammoth 1 new auditorium, with a series" of three weekn I of festivals by Innes and his band, a chorus j of 1000 adults, a children's chorus of 3000. I nationally famous soloists and military ac f cessorles. Plans have already been made for I a repetition of this event this Spring, and a j week for a series of festivals has. already been II set aslJe. Innes will be the feature again. He will carry CO musicians. Including ten In strumental soloists and a group of the beat I available singers. J Calvin D. Cady. of Boston, the well-known musical educator, will open a Summer school at San Francisco from July S3 to August 23. and It Is anticipated that a number of those in terested in musical education will be present from this part of the country. Mr. Cady, who Is recognized as one of the great American experts In matters pertaining to musical edu cation, was In Portland several years agd and his lectures were found to be of the utmost value. His programme for 1005 In cludes normal courses for piano, kindergarten and schoolteachers of music. The Treble Clef Club has resumed Its week ly rehearsals, under the direction of Mrs. Wal ter Reed, and Is working up a number of new quartets to add to Its already extensive re pertoire. The personnel of the club this sea son is: Soprani, Mrs. Lois MacMahon.' Miss Agnes Watt. Miss Helen Lytic. MIm Helen Brlgham, Miss Kathleen Law lex., Mrs. Jordan Purvinc. Miss Edna Protzman and Mrs. J. E. Howard: Altl. Mrs. Byron E. .Miller. Mrs. William C Holman. Mrs. Ernest Laldlaw. Mrs. John A. Logan. Mrs. Lulu Daht-MIUer. Miss Ethel Shea, Mrs. Berta Grimes and Mrs. W alter Reed. Little Franz von Vecsey. the boy violinist. Is making a great hit In Ne York. After hearing the boy play, a correspondtnt wrote: There being apparently no technical obstacles In Vecj's way. he can do what he wins; and as he possesses a musical ear which grasps, unconsciously, no doubt, the most mi nute details unfailingly, he can reproduce what his masters have taught him so rubtly that at times his Interpretations seem more than the result of a prodigious ability to Imitate. His phrasing Is admirable, his sense of tempo and rhythm Is of the keenest, his feeling for dynamic shading abnormally developed. The boy held his audience spellbound. Throushout the evening they had applauded Frans tu multuously whenever be dropped his fiddle from his chin." A speech made by Siegfried- Wagner at a . banquet, after the recent performance of his new opera. "Der Kobold," at Graz. has at tracted considerable attention In Germany. It Indicates a modesty In that composer, which, if genuine. Is remarkable. "For an artist." he Mid. "It Is not easy to make a speech, for he runs the risk of either revealing too much modesty or of falling a victim of grosseawahn (swelled head), a modern -disease which I try to keep clear of. That the staging of Tann haczer' at Bayreuth last Summer was my achievement I know, and I also know that the honors bestowed on me on that occasion were Intended for me alone. But I also realize equally well .that, of the applause bestowed here on my. 'Kobold.' only 30 per cent belongs to me; the remaining SO per cent is to-be placed to the credit of my father. If my name happened to be Muller or Schultze. instead of Siegfried Wagner. I am quite sure that I should not be the, center of u;b a distin guished assemblage thl evening," From the standpoint of professional musi cians, the chief topic of conversation last week was the approadting award of music contracts in connection with the Lewis and Clark Exposition. It Is about settled, al though the plan may In a measure be changed, that there will be three administration or of ficial, bands at tbe Exposition, Jed by Charles L. Brown aad A. DeCaprio, of this city aad "YaUI McXZroy, or Satesa. Tfceee Wads wtu BATES OF-THE Monday, Jan. 30 not play from the Exposition bandstand, but will escort Governors of states, other distin guished personages and delegations from the Union Terminal Depot to their hotels and to the Exposition grounds. These- bands- will also play at banquets and receptions given at the Exposition. In addition to the three big bands already engaged. Innls'. Llberatl s and ti lery's. Charles Dlerke. of this city, will receive a contract to organize a band of his own to consist of 47 players, with whom he will give concerts for four weeks from the Exposition bandstand. William H. Borer's plan to give a three days' musical festival with choruses from this city, Eugene, Salem. Albany and Corvallls. early In July, at the Exposition Music Hall, will b accepted. He will give three evening concerts, beginning the first evening with Rossini's "Stabat Mater" and Sullivan's "Festival -Te Deum." The second evening Mendelssohn's "Elijah." and the third evening Sullivan's "Golden Legend." Musical people will be Interested In the per formance of Verdi's Trovatore," which will be given by the Mantclll Opera Company, without chorus, at the Marquam Theater. Wednesday evening. The star Is Madame Mantclll. late prima donna of the Metropol itan 'Opera House. New York, supported by Heleae Noldl. dramatic soprano; Estella L. Mann, contralto; Charles Fulton, tenor, and Slgnor Achllle Albertl. baritone-. Slgnor Gaetano Merols is conductor, and the man ager Is J. Saunders Gordon, who made many friends here two years ago as part owner of the Gordon-Shay Opera Company. The visiting artiste come here excellently recommended. Madame MantellL mezzo-soprano, was born In Milan. Italy. At 16 she made the grand tour of Italy, singing In Milan. Rome. Naples. Venice, and her success was Immediate. Next she was at Lisbon, the leading mezzo-soprano of the San Carlo Theater. Then she sang In South America, opening In Buenos Ayrcs. in "La Favorlta." She quickly became the Idol of the. South Americans. On her return .to Italy Maurice Grau took a special trip to hear her In Milan, with the result that he engaged ber at a high salary for five years for the Metropolitan Opera House. New York City. Her debut In New Tork was made In IK?.'" "Atda"; and she subsequently sang Ortrod in "Lohengrin" with Jean De Reske. and In in thWhlr operas she was the great tenor's favorite opposite. At the wnlon of the New York engagement, she made a -tour ot the principal cities ot ,Euro,tw"hrl,S,KrI Tamagno. winning fresh laurels In Paris Ber lin Vienna and SC. Petersburg. Three yeans ago she returned to Lisbon to sing In the San Crlo where she had been so applauded a a Srt Her triumph In "Carmen" and the other Soeras of htr long repertoire was enormous. AtUUs visit she wis decorated by the King of Portugal and received a diploma signed by him. Boys' Club Organized. A new boys' club was organized in the boys' department of the Y. M. C. A- Fri day evening, which has for its objects the operation ot a Sunday meeting, a Bible clasV and a weekly social. Forty-seven charter members took the pledge, promis ing not to use profane language, cigar ettes or liquor, and also to stand by the constitution and help boost the club. The following officers? were elected: President. Byron Davidson; vice-president. 'Albert Lewis- secretary. Clarence Sprague:. treasurer. George Nlcoll. and head usher. Marvin Howes, with five assistants. The next Sunday meeting will occur January 22. at 3:20 P. M.. in the Y. M. C A- gym nasium, when W. F. Hubbard. M. D.. will Hpeak to the boys an the subject "How to Live a Hundred Years." The monthly dues of the club are 3 cents, and with the first month's dues each boy receives a study book In the form of a pocket edition of the book of Mark. Thesfe books are marked off for daily reading, and next Friday evening, when the boys assemble for a social and study hour, they -will go over together the first seven days of study. In this way the study is made en joyable rather than boring. A week from Sunday. January 29. at 3:30 P. M.. E. M. Sharp will talk In the gymnasium, illus trating his talk with chemical experi ment. Charles H. Hart will sing, with guitar accompaniment. This club Is made up of boys from 12 to 15 years of age. and is open to all boys of Portland, whether members of the Y. M. C A. or not. The T. C K. Club, an organization of older boys. 15 to IS years of age. will be addressed In their meeting Sunday, Jan uary 22, in the bays clubroom by City Councilman -A- F. Flcgei. on "Character and RAniUstirm DARLING GODS BY DAVID BELASCO AND JOHN LUTHER LONG if?:-- presented 145 Times at St. Louis" During the World's Fair PRICES: $2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 75c and Stic MONDAY, JANUARY 23, '05 At !0 o'Clock in the Lobby of the MARQUAM GRAND THEATER Advance Sale of The World's Greatest Seprans CONCERT AT THE ARMORY Monday Eve'g January 30 - at 8:30 o'clock DDTPCC Balcony 1 1V1V(JLU Lower e Out-of-town orders must be accompanied by Money Order and an Addressed Stamped Envelope. Send orders to Calvin Helllg. Marquam Grand Theater. . B-THK BUILDING YSTXX BE T HOROCGHLY WARMED. THE XXTH CENTURY qThe highest type of FAMILY SEEING MACHIN E the embodiment of SIMPLICITY and UTILITY the ACME of CONVENIENCE. SINGER. MACHINES Are sold only by SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO., deal ing directly from Maker to User. They are aw fceiaj sold at Lower Prices Also the Best Oil, Needles, Belts, etc, of -which "we carry a larger stock Than Any OtHer dealer and we are "o the spot" to girt careful atteatiea to all customers. Sold Only at Singer Stores 354 Morrison Street 21 11 i - r' ..;.-; 're Seats "Will Open for Assisted by ELLISON VAN HOOSE, Tenor M. QH. GI LI BERT, Baritone SIGNORINA SASSOLI, Harpist CHAS. K. NORTH, Flutist MISS DAVIES, Pianist $4.00. $3.00, $2.00 Flnor $4.00. 3.00. S2.fHl SEWING MACHINE ELBA