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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 5. IfHicT. SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL OPENS THIS WEEK Chicago Symphony Orchestra, With Chorus of Portland Singers, Will Be Heard at the Armory SriSw V. J f . .. fcZ 1,--" IlljWii w4 7 - ; V - IN th true mufiral scnsp of the trm Port!nd has npver hd real musical festival backed by a big;. Imported ay m phony orchestra. But the )onar-looked-f or event cornea thin week and Portland props on the music-map along- with Worcester, Mass.. Cincin nati. O., TMttshurp, Fa., St. Paul, Minn., Boston, Mass.. and other cities. Portland's annual Spring; music festi val begins Friday nigrht this week, at the. Armory, Tenth and Couch streets, and concludes Sunday night. The Portland chorus of 300 voices will have the distinguished assistance of the C'hl caa:o Symphony Orchestra, Adolph Itosenbecker, conductor. The vocal nlolst are: Genevieve Clark Wilson, mprano; Hose Lutlgrer Gannon, con trltii; John Miller, tenor, and Arthur Middleton, bass. Jan Van Oordt is con certmeistcr and aolo violinist, and Vranz Wnjrner nolo 'cellist and as sistant conductor. Kridny niR-ht there will be a grand orchestra concert, followed by a re cital by the vocal chorus of Max Itruch s "Fair Kl!en," the incident of which Is tHken from the siege of Luck- now, India, and belonars to the period of the Indian mutiny of 1667, when sieffe-atrtcken Lucknow was saved by a highland brigade of the British army under the command of Sir Colin Campbell. Through the cantata is heard the strains of the Scotch tune, 'The Campbells are ComlnV So, Fri day night will be known as "Scotch night." Saturday afternoon a popular orches tral concert will be given to accom- modate the school children of ths city, and Saturday night there -will bo a grand orchestral concert and rendition of Gortnff Thomas' "Swan and Sky lark." Sunday afternoon. April II, a mag nificent rendering of Handel's "Mes siah" by the vocal chorus, soloists and symphony orchestra may be expected, with added orchestral numbers. Sunday night, April 12, will close the music festival, when thens will bo a final grand orchestra! concert with vocal' and instrumental solos by the many soloists with the Chicago Sym phony Orchestra. For the approaching music festival, the largest and best vocal chorus Port land has yet heard, haa been rehearsing during these past three months under the direction of W. VH. Boyer, and among its members are many of Port land's professional singers. Including Mrs. Walter Reed, Dom J. Zam, W. A. GENERAL DANIEL F. BRUSH, VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR New Commander of the Department of the Columbia a Survivor From Pays When Soldiering Was Soldiering. BY ARTHUR A. G REE NR. NOT many of the "silver grays" re main on the active list of our Army. Motit of the men who f might the battles of this Republic during the 40 years which followed the Civil TVar have been picked off by death or retirement. Time is the only foe before whom they have retreated. It Is therefore of especial Interest that General Paniel F. Brush, the new com mandant at Vancouver, is a survivor from the days when soldiering was soldiering and there was a good chance to get killed. General Brush served something like two years as a boy volunteer in the Fnion Army and afterward went to TVcst Point and became a "lieutenant of regulars in 1S71. Ho was immedi ately assigned to service on the plains. He servt d under Stanley and Custer and distinguished himself against the Sioux, especially in the action on the Fnwder River in '73, when he com manded th- scouts and located the hostile. Purirg the hard service of the Sioux "ar he was especially active and wa associated with aJI the fnmous flKhters of the frontier. Buffalo Bill, Miles. Custer and the rest. I-ater in the piping time of peace during the 80 and early 90"a he waa detailed as instructor of military tactics at the University of Illinois. When the Spanish War came he was a major in the Seventeenth Infajitry and participated with his battallion in the Santiago campaign. Promotion fol lowed fast after that and he went up to the grade of colonel. He saw much service in the Phlllipines in the Inspec tion department, becoming inspector general. His recent promotion to brigadier general came on hte return from the Islands. General Brush is especially pleased with his, command of the department of the Columbia, as he has never served In the Pacific Northwest. The department will probably find the new commandant an administrator of much force and energy. Personally General Brush la a tine type of Army man: slender, wfry, bronzed, with an alert ness of movement and speech which characterizes a man of action. He will be 60 in May, which gives him four years more of active pervlce. . He will be among the very last of the Civil War veterans to leave active service. Portland is glad to know General Brush and hopes the next fmir years will be the pleasantest and most use ful of his long military career. "Rosmersholm;" An Interpretation By Blanche Stoddard FY BLANCHE! STODDARD. STRAXtlB it Is that so much thought has been given to the political and spria! history of Norway ami Sweden, and I am convinced that had it not been ' for the intensely human lhsen, whose keen perception seems to have penetrated the very depths of social unrest and w hose scope of-thourht has encompassed tt entire real of the unreality of social convention, the little kingdom would have played a very minor part in the literary 1 affairs of the worlfl. Only lhsen could have lifted lis men ' tally to the heights of his intellectual rralm. So much of tlie materialistic" is s'tltgested by the Storthing and the Kolk t! inf. the legislative bodies of Norway, that one would scarcely look to the lit erature of these people for the profound thought of Ihsen's works. So IndiFsolubly linked with the move ments of democracy has the great author lecn that we are not a littie surprised tliat YVHUam Archer, the eminent scholar and student of Ibsen's sociology, should . declare that the great Norwegian was an aristocrat. Rosmersholm'" undoubtedly marks the ; transformation from the Bohemian to the punctilious man-of-the-world. Archer ' says, No democratic movement which Implied a leveling down fou'.d ever com- tnand Ibsen's sympathy. He was a lev seller up or nothing." ' Knnoblrment of character seems to hive been the keynote of his mature life.. ; T"ie vlct.iry of the liberal party in lM, v hen Kins Oscar finally yielded In the -lieht wlilcl) had gone oa for 14 years upon the Interpretation of the Norwegian constitution ot Uli, left innumerable a. - ' . -.u s human beings but by' t,000.CO0 cats and dogs." This is the picture recorded in the view of party division presented In "Rosmersholm." Rector KroJI Is a faith ful depiction of the vanquished; while the coward who fears to disclose his whole heart is characterized) y the free thinker and opportunist Mortensg-ard. The disappointment which Ibsen felt at the real outcome of the long struggle Is evidenced by his lamentation that much remains to be done before we can be said to have attained real lib erty. A certain element of nobibty of soul must be introduced- into our Na tional life. Into our Parliament, anit into our press.' It was in these thoughts that "Ros mersholm" had its origin. The play was completed in 18S5 and Ibsen launched it In the hope that it would "lead -to lively discussion." Ibsen said of the play that "It deals with the struggle with hJmsrlf which every serious-minded man must face In order to brine his Ufe into har mony with his convictions. First and foremost of course the play is a preative work, dealing with human beings and human destinies." Ibsen drew on the actualities of life for the real warp and woof of "Ros mersholm." A certain episode In the life of a Swedish nobleman known to Ibsen suggested Rosmer. remarkable for the' distinction of manner which makes of him the central figure of the play. The details of the Swedish episode needs scarcely be related, for they coniform al most exactly with the Incidents of the play. Students of Ihsen are faxniliar with the most popular type of hla works, tha so cial drama. "Rosmersholm" marks the end of this series. At the beginning of tho play Rosmer. who many accept as simply a personification of the Ibsen thought, the decided Conservative, is- es teemed and admired. But public opinion turns against him as soon as his Intel lectual emancipation Is discovered. Ibsen himself has been almost as much exposed to attack as the Rosmer of our play. My audiences will consider the play almost exclusively as belonging to the social class, but If well considered It will be found to mark the transition to the psychological. Rosmer and Rebecca are first concerned about political duties and social ideas, but all these considera tions take on an evanescence as the play proceeds, and In the final act we find them alone with their souls tortured by their selfish conduct. &Iy impersonation of Rebecca will be marked by a gradual transformation from the woman of either assumed or real preeminent mentality concerned with the social and political problems of the Nation to the purely fem inine individual, who having driven & creature of like flesh and blood to self destruction, is overwhelmed by the human horror of It all and follows in the same path of sought-for oblivion. I realise that my temerity will be scarcely un derstood In attempting to follow In the wake of Eleanor Duse and Mrs. Fisk, hut as a close student of Ibsen and having been trained in my intimate asso ciation with Nazimova I shall attempt with the use of my own talent and some of her perception to Interpret the thought which Inspired "Rosmersholm'' rather than to give purely a depiction of the supremely human Rebecca. Montgomery. H. A. Hogue. W. Gilford Nash, Mrs. May Dearborne Schwab, Miss Petronella Connelly. Miss Evelyn Hurley. Mrs. Rose Coffee Powell Mies Agnes Watt. John Claire Montelth, and others. The singers number about 300 and have largely been recruited frcm church choirs nnd musical so cltics. The volume and strength of this big chorus make an inspiring; musical attraction and jr surprise in frhis lips is promlsed , The music festival should be cor dially welcomed and large attendances assured at all the different concerts. Many out of town people will be here, the tickets are sailing well, and Port land people should believe that this is an Important public" educative event that should be promptly taken advant age of. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra was well received here on Its last trip in 1902. and since then has achieved international success. It is now one ot the most popular musical attractions before the American public, and as a symphony orchestra it leads. On the present tour the orchestra and soloists have been well received. Everywhere APPROVED 4000 IB IN PORTLAND HOMES The Electric Flatiron THE ONLY FLATIRON THAT A WOMAN : SHOULD USE ' We Will Send You a Flatiron on 30 Days' Trial Fill in coupon and mail to us the iron will be delivered, with all necessary equipment, absolutely free of charge.. CTT OFT COl'POlf A TV To) MAIT, TO ITS TOD4T. PORTLAND RAILWAY, LIGHT 6 POWER CO. 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