THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, TORTLAND, MARCH 15, 1908.
A New "Russian Actress Appears in New Ljork
MME. KOMESARZHEVSKY COMES FROM ST. PETERSBURG KOLB. AND DILL MAKE A HIT IN "LONESOME TOWN"
FORCED TO
GET OUT
Graves S Co., Compelled to Vacate
Present Quarters Owing to Exor
bitant Demands in Rent
EW YORK. March 9. (Spec!
Correspondence.) The great sen
sation created In New Yorlc by
:Mme. N'azimova has made it easier for
.'Mm. Komisarzhevsky to appear in
-this country, although the latter Rus
'islan actress Is heard In her own
tongue. It is probable tha,t for this
,' reason she selected for her debut such
a well-known play as lbsen-s "A Doll's
House," which, while familiar, must
suffer with an English-speaking pub
; lie. There was much enthusiasm man
ifested, it Is true, but It Is safe to estl
. mate that a large amount of It came
jfrom the Russians, who predominated.
1 Mme. Komisarzhevsky is more inter
esting as a novelty than as the repre
sentative of a strong Individuality or
' of unique qualities, as was Mme. Nazl
, mova before her. However, we may
appreciate the physical display of emo
' tions. we miss much by not under
standing the language. This yonng
woman has come with her own com
pany from St. Petersburg, at her own
'. expense, and one must admire her dar
ing if nothing else.
.' The audience she attracted at Daly's
should make her feel that her efforts
have not been in vain, whether or not
j her success will be lasting 'and just
' what there Is for her lnthis country
remains to be found out.
- Two old favorites returned to New
' York this week, and both were greeted
' with genuine enthusiasm and appreci
ation. These were - W. H. Crane, in
.! George Ade's new comedy, -'Father
and the Boys' at the Empire, and Nat
; Ooodwln, who Is at the Qarrick with a.
1 Western play, appropriately called
; "The Easterner." It seemed good to
1 see Mr. Crane back on Broadway, espe
; riully In a play which is as full of real
) comedy ns Is this latest attempt of Mr.
Ade, who has not written a.tvthijrg
" really worthy of him for a very long
; time. The plot is simple and natural,
which makes it the more acceptable.
It deals with Lemuel Morewood, who
comes to New York, after having made
' money in the wool business. His two
t sons, William and Thomas, he has put
.; through college and rounded them up
through Kurope, after which he deems
them competent to become his business
, partners. The one goe' In for society
. And tlie other for athletics, and neither
takes any serious interest In the wool
business. Neither do the promising
young men take kindly to the young
' women who have been selected as
their brides by their father, and they
suggest that being thoroughly behind
.the times, he should "get in line with
'.the procession." The old gentleman
; decides to. take their advice, and takes
' paternal Interest In Bessie Brayton
.In such a manner as to cause more
.alarm to the boys than the boys
caused their father.
The boys decide to redeem their father,
and after accomplishing what he set
. forth to do in tho way of foiling a vll
lain and getting a fortune for Bessie,
he restores her to her lover In the truly
paternal manner which everybody but
' the boys suspected.
Mr. Crane's leading woman is again
i Marnarot Dale, who has been with him
, lor a number of seasons.
It has been many years since Mr.
; Oane has ployed at the Kmpire Theater
I and there is no doubt that he will re
, main here until the end of the season.
.. .. "The Kaslerncr."
Goodwin's comedy is hy George Broad-
hurst and while it U not strongly plaus
' Ihle t'.ere are many thrilling scenes and
.much Interesting comedy. ,.11 deals with
" mining ilfe In California.' the hero of
which Is the heir to a big fortune under
an assumed name while waiting to come
. of ape. His sister and guardian are
searching for him and he Is accused of
. R murder of which the gunrdian was
really guilty. There Is another Kasterner,
. who after having sowed his wild oats
has come "West to become one of Its
model citizens. It remains for him to
fall in love with the sister, and after
complications, which work themselves in
and then work themselves out. the story
is cleared and of course ends happily.
Mr. Goodwin does not change much with
time and hi? methods and personality are
1 the same as those which won his posl-
tion years aso. There was a very large
' audience, which manifested considerable
1 appreciation, not alone of Mr. Goodwin's
efforts, but also of the play, which should
run Indefinitely. Mr. Goodwin has in hts
support Lucile le Verne. Justtna Wayne.
; Diva Marolila. Rene Kelley and Edna
' Goodrich. The masculine members of the
company are Nell O'Brien. Walter E.
' Hitchcock, Wallace McCutcheon. Jr.,
Hale Hamilton and Henry Bergman.
'
At the close of Maude Adams' engage
ment in "IVter Pan" she sent, as a gift
" to J. M. Barrie, the little green jacket
' which she wore in the wonderful play,
' which is her favorite and his. Mr. Bar
. Tie has hung the little coat upon the
mall of the loft In which he does his
work, and he says that it is an Inspira
. tion to him. Mr. Barrie is writing a
pew play for Miss Adams and perhaps
the little green coat will keep in mind
her delicate charm of manner. last
year this actress traveled tne Tannest
ind played the latest of any of Charles
. rrohman's stars. This year It will be
'John l'rew who. with the company play
ing "My Wife." will go as far west as
fan Francisco and will close at the end
1 CorreSpondcnce.)-The Bat sen- MUfVS.l - ' . WVSV7il.
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; - i-- imi i i -rTi in a
of June. Other attractions that will
go to the Pacific Coast are Francis Wil
son in "When Knights Were Bold," Wil
liam Collier in "Caught in the Rain," and
"The Thief." Mr. Frohman is negotiat
ing with Henri Bernstein, the brilliant
young author of "The Thief," for a new
play. Mr. Bernstein is a man of strong
personality, of splendid presence, and of
elegant manners, "but he is not one of
the dreamy-eyed, carelessly-garbed indi
viduals. On the contrary his friends
say that he spends as much thought
upon the cut of his clothes or the turn
of a cravat as upon he arrangement of
an act or the drawing of a character.
"The Thief" has established Mr. Bern
stein as one of the most resourceful of
modern playwrights and he Is not with
out his superstitions; for Instance he will
never content himself with a name for
First Concert of the
Will Be Given
To hoar tho newly organized Portland
Symphony Orchestra at rehearsal, last
Tuesday morning:, would easily convince
one that Portland now has an orchestra
of Its own that merits the support and
patronage of all music lovers.
The 40 splendid musicians comprising
the orchestra are themselves interested
in their worlc and hope to be able to
ma ke it a permanent organisation.
Charles E. Dierke, the conductor, alms
to give programmes that are not alone
highly artistic but interesting and en
joyable throughout.
The work of the orchestra in rendering
Beethoven's symphony No. 5 would do
credit to a much older organisation.
Again, in the Introduction to the third
act of Lohengrin, the sweetest harmonies
float out from the violins gradually in
creasing' in warmth and variety, till at
last.; with the fortissimo of the full or
chestra, the sacred mystery of Wagner's
conception of the Holy Grail -is revealed.
In the Liest concerto, which Beatrice
Dierke plays with full orchestra accom
paniment, ample opportunity Is given to
show her mastery of technique along
with a brilliancy of interpretation and
most delicate and graceful execution.
Having the Lohengrin prelude and the
Liszt number on this programme, it
might be interesting to be reminded that
the first performance of Lohengrin is
connected with one of the most charm
ing episodes of Wagner's life his friend
ship with Frans ljsxt. The thought of
rivalry never seems to have entered the
minds of these two really great com
posers, and they worked harmoniously
for the purpose of artistic reform. The
reader will remember after the revolu
one of his plays until he has found cne
to contain six letters or less. He is
sure no success can come to anv of his
plays if its title contains more than six
letters. To this he attributes the suc
cess of "The Thief," and he is equally
sure that "Samson," the newest of his
plays, will meet with similar results. Mr.
Frohman holds the American rights to
"Samson."
The western favorites Kolb and Dill are
winning as many admirers In the East as
they have in the West. The comedians
are held as excrutiatlngly funny and the
audiences are In keeping with the merit
of the actors. It never makes very much
difference what they play because in any
case it is merely a vehicle for their ec
centricities. As a matter of record, how
ever, they are playing "In lonesome
Symphony Orchestra
on March 27
tion of 1849 Wagner was compelled to
escape from Germany,. The very day
when Wagner's danger became a cer
tainty, he saw Liszt conducting a re
hearsal of "Tannhauser," and said he
was astonished at recognizing his second
self in this achievement. At the end of
Wragner's stay in Paris, when ill, mis
erable and despairing, he sat brooding
over his fate and feeling something like
compassion that the music of "Lohen
grin" should never be heard when word
came from Liszt that preparations for
the performance were being made on the
largest scale the limited means of Wei
mar would permit. This first perform
ance, under Liszt, took place in 1S50, and
"Lohengrin' has probably proved the
most successful of all Wagner's works.
The following well-balanced programme
will be given by the Portland Symphony
Orchestra, Friday afternoon, March 27,
at the Marquam Theater:
Charles EL Ilerke, conductor.
Beatrice Dierke. gololsu
PROGRAMME.
"Coronation March' Giacomo Meyerbeer
Symphony No. 5 Ludwig von Beethoven
Andante con moto.
Allegro.
Concert for Piano - Frans Li ait
Allegro maesto. Tempo giulo.
Quai Adagio.
Allegretto vivace.
Allegro an i ma to.
Introduction to the third act from "Lohen
grin' Richard Wagner
Le CVgne Saint Saena
PaplUons Mori Rosenthal
Etude ...Paul de Schloezer
Slavonic Dance Anton Dvorak
Periodical Schools Counterfeiters.
LONDON. March 14. (Special.) One of
those English periodicals which will be
sensational at any cost published an arti
cle some time ago describing how bat?e
coin could be, made. That article seex&s
Town" at the New Circle,
is the leading woman.
Maud Lambert
Calve arrived in New York after a five
months' tour in the country and before
leaving for France she will singvtwice at
the Manhattan. Her first appearance will
be as Carmen, Friday evening of next
week and the following Saturday after
noon she will appear as Santuzza in the
Cavallena Rusticana. Mme. Calve ex
pressed herself as delighted with her
tour and with conditions, not only In
New York but with the country at large.
She believes that at no very distant time
other cities will be demanding opera-
houses and opera companies of their own
on a par with the best. There are plenty
of good voices, the singer thinks, but
Mme. Calve has found a new field In
which she desires to work and here it is:
to have made several base coiners. At
Manchester Assizes a man who had risen
to the position of chief officer In the
merchant service has been sentenced to
seven years penal servitude for having
made counterfeit sovereigns, and' also for
being in possession of galvanic batteries
and other articles for tho purposes of
such manufacture. The prisoner asserted
that he had been attracted to the subject
of coining by reading a magazine article.
MEDAL FOR SISTER OF. HERO
Engineer Attempts to Save Five
From Burning Mine.
LOIS-DON, March 14. The Kins has been
pleased to allow Miss Margaret Jane
Lamb ot Kewcastle-on-Tyne to receive
the Edward medal of the first class In
recognition of the gallant action of her
brother, the late George Huddleston
Lamb, engineer, who lost his life in en
deavoring to save the lives of five men
at a fire in the Strathcona Company's
mine at Strathcona, Canada, June 8, 1907.
Lamb descended into the burning mine,
and finding the men, urged them to es
cape by the ladder, saying he would re
main until they had ascended. One man
made an attempt, but returned. Lamb
succeeded In reaching the surface, but
his clothes were on fire, and he died
shortly afterward from hts injuries.
The others seem to have tried to fol
low him, but failed, either because they
were overcome by smoke or because the
ladder was burnt.
Gems In Gascon y Gulf.
PARIS. March 14. Special.) At m
meeting of the Academy of Science, M.
de Bapparent read a paper communicat
ed by M. Thaulet, in which the latter
states that on examining a number of
microscopic crystals found in the sands
of the sea bottom in the Gulf of Gascon y,
he found that they had properties anal
ogous to tboee of diamonds. He. does not
We had been speaking of her future
plans, and I asked a question.
"yt I ever teach singing?" she re
plied, "Oh, no. That Is, not as I feel
now, but I have greater plana ( and more
Important ones for young singers.. There
are other voice teachers, but what I de
sire to do has been done by no woman
and I am convinced that the need Is
very great and very pressing."
Mme. Calve aroused no small degree or
curiosity, but she likes .to lead one for
ward, so there is nothlngto do but to give
her this pleasure.
"You see, do you not," she continued,
that the great need of the operatic stage
is women who can act. Many girls have
beautiful voices and with these voices
they arrive absolutely nowhere. Why la
this?"
The writer made several suggestions.
among them that girls do not have the
chance. ' v
"But they do have the chance," said
madam very confidently. "You must see
that the stage needs the artists as much
the artists need the opportunities..
There is a time when the present
resources will be exhausted. No girl will
know when her time will come. When
the call comes, will she be ready? Prob
ably not. I have found beautiful voices
in this country. In little farming towns
they exist as they do in the great cities.
But what do these people know of- the
stage of its traditions, or of acting?
Nothing at all. Now It is my plan to
receive young women for stage training.
I believe that a woman needs a woman.
To her belong the tricks, the graces and
the coquetries of women, and she knows
how to impart them, better than does a
man no matter how great he may be."
Then .it is your plan to turn out car-
mens and Santuzzas galore?"
Not only this, but I have in my castle
accommodations for at least 100 students.
It would be easy to make a large Institu
tion there, and to teach dramatic action
to those who will not necessarily sing, I
contend that no woman that I know of
has ever undertaken to teach this branch
of the art, and I am convinced that
woman will accomplish better results with
women than men could possibly achieve.
"The art of acting does not come to a
person naturally, although some natures
are more plastic than others. It comes by
study, by deduction, by reasoning, by the
understanding of life and of hig!er things
of everything. In fact. For those who
want to be great there le no stopping by
the wayside, and if one cannot give
brains, at least one can Indicate the
needs and one can lead into the right
direction. Too many singers go before
the public before their talents are fully
developed. Many beautiful talents are
ruined and many careers are destroyed
in the bud when a few months more
of retirement and of quiet study would
have turned the balance.
Madame could have said much more,
but for the impatient groaning of the
automobile outside which grew fairly
human In Its distress.
- Caroline Lowcngart left for Portland,
Or., during the week. Before leaving
Now York Miss Lowengart had the
onnortunity to sing for Signor Bond,
h. crest tenor of the' Metropolitan,
who is rated as the greatest schooled
tenor living. Signor Bond was most
gracious and complimentary to the
young Portland girl and expressed
warm admiration for the great beauty
and purity of her voice.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
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bottom of the sea in the Bay of Biscay
is filled with diamonds.
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