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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PURTLAXU, MAY 24, lifVS.
New York Is Won By Kyrle Bellews Production of "The Thief"
Play-Goers Greatly Regret End of Season at Lyceum Theater Charles Frohman Makes Extensive Arrangements for Next Fall's
Attractions Emilie Frances Bauer Gives Latest Theatrical News of the Metropolis. "
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BY KMIIIE FRANCES BAUER.
NEW YORK, May 1. (Special Cor
respondence.) When "The Thief" end
ed its season last week at the Lyceum
Theater, there was hardly a play-goer
in New York who did not regret the
fact and really envy those who are to
fee it during the next six weeks.
Neither the success of Margaret Illlng-
ton nor ot Kyrle Bellew. that exquisite
nnd refined rcprescntatls-e ot every
thing that is mature and elegant, is the
vital interest in the play, but the play
itself is important far beyond person
alities. "The Thief" is the story of a
woman who steals in order to gown
herself in such a manner as to win
her husband's admiration, or rather to
hold it. It is different from most mod
ern plays, especially. French plays, in
asmuch as the woman is deeply in love
with her husband, and when -she notices
that he is more attracted to her when
she is well dressed she gets In deeper
and deeper until she is carried away
with the mad desire for everything that
is "smart" and '"fetching."
There has never been a moral more
riellclously sugar-coated than in "The
Thief." and while all women are won
to the charm of the play, as a play, its
influence upon the male constituency
in the all-Important feature. The hus
bands who go to see "The Thief" should
go with their eyes and their minds wide
open, and they may learn what a little
attention, admiration and praise will
do to keep family conditions happy.
There is little use to indicate that if
husbands expect their wives to dress
on almost nothing, and continually ex
press admiration for exquisitely gowned
women, that they are adding fuel to a
fire 'of some sort. If. as in the present
case, the wife insists upon loving the
husband through it all, there is little
alternative from the course adopted by
poor little Marie Louise. If her devo
tion be less pronounced, she will find
other avenues. Arthur Brisbane clev
erly said of this play:
Richard is the husband in this play.
When he learns how his wife has been
hounded, how she has finally stolen
from their best friends to pay for
dresses that he admired, but wouldn't
buy. he goes through many beautiful
moral spasms. He might have saved
the spasms, if be had done one of two
things: Buy the handsomest things for
his own wife, or refrain from admiring
those things on other women.
"Dresses and looks seem trivial
things, perhaps, in a world in which so
much that is Important goes wrong.
But nobody knows what suffering
women go through, yearning for the
admiration of their husbands, and de
prived of those things which they feel
would make them attractive. How dif
ferent the man - from the woman!
"Women live with thin, scrawny, under
sized. Insignificant, bald husbands.
They praise those husbands constantly.
If he can't irrow a beard, then the wife
hates beards. If he has a beard like
the mane of a roaring lion, then the
wife thinks the beard ' is so manly.
If the husband is bald, the wife thinks
that is a sign of brains and refine
ment, or she says she thinks so. She
even points out the fact that Zulus and
burglars are never bald.
"If the husband is a thin-legged,
narrow-shouldere(J little person, the
wife hates "mere brute strength." If
the husband is as wide as Jeffries and
as tall as Fairbanks, then the wife
studies up Hercules, and is always ask
ing the husband in public to double up
his arm and let people feel his muscle,
or to swell out his foolish chest.
"What do husbands do? They ask
their poor, little, dumpy, fat wives if
they can't pul! themselves together a
Annetta Essipoff, one of - the greatest
women pianists of the world. The last
Mme. Leschetizky was dearly loved by
all the students and, as many of his
American pupils know, she has been his
right hand for a number of years. At, the
age of 80 he may be regarded as too old
to teach with the same vigor as formerly,
but he is evidently not too old to wed
his young Polish pupil, Marie von Ros
borska. . .
Charles Frohman, who is still in Lon
don, will return to America in July, and
IMPRESSARIO AND VIOLIN SOLOIST NEW YOEK SYM
PHONY ORCHESTRA.
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Alex. Saslavsky,
little,' and 'have some style.' If the
tips of their wives' noses get red in
the early morning, Instead of ignoring
that, they talk about it, and give sage
advice. They tell tl:"ir wives about
new gray hairs and wrinkles. Truly, it
is wonderful the patience that wives
have with husbands, wonderful -how
they stand them. We sincerely hope
that Charles Frohman will parade this
play. 'The Thief,' all over the United
States, in all the cities and towns, and
compel as many husbands as possible
to see it.",
All the musical world is in paroxysms
over the latest eccentricity of Professor
Theodor Leschetizky, who has just di
vorced.his third wife-and married another
of his pupils, as each of his former
wives had been. The first was Mme
he will begin immediately the arrange
ment for next season's attractions. In
addition to the plays already announced
in these columns, Mr. Frohman will give
a cycle of. comedies by W Somerset
Maugham, presenting in order three
which are .now running in the London
theaters, and one which Mr. Maugham
is writing . expressly for Mr. Frohman,
and which will belong to him in England
as well as America. The plays are "Jack
Straw," "Lady Frederick" and ''Mrs.
Dot," in which Marie Temple is play
ing, the title role at the Comedy
Theater. It is likely that the new play
which Mr. Maugham -is now writing, in
Italy, will be produced in New York, and
Mr. Frohman feels that he has found an
other bonanza In the playwright, who is
entirely unknown in this country.
Mr. Frohman has postponed Miss Doro's
appearance in "The Morals of Marcus"
on account of the unexpected success of
"The Admirable Crichton," where she
was to have appeared after theJ Barrle
play, which also was postponed fort the
same reason. Mr. Frohman . expects to
engage 600 actors for the coming season,
and he ha also sent ahead of him,
through William Seymour, his general
stage manager, a trunk of new manu
scripts and designs for new scenery and
costumes.
Hattie Williams is now In Paris, where
she is spending all her time with the
dressmakers and milliners to prepare for
the "Fluffy Ruffles." Miss Williams la
also frequently seen at one of the widely
known pavilions, where the second act of
the musical comedy is laid.
There is a Shaw revival in Europe at
- present and no doubt It will reach Amer
ica by the time- the theatrical season
opens. "Candida" has just been produced
for the first time in. France; in fact, this
Is the first appearance of George Bernard
Shaw in that country. His new play,
called "Getting Married," was produced
at the Haymarket Theater, in London,
May 12. The playwright, in discussing it
before Its production, said:
"This play is my revenge on the
critics for their gross Ingratitude, ar
rant philistinism, shameless and intellec
tual laziness, low tastes, puerile romanti
cism, stupendous ignorance, susceptibility
to cheap sentiment, insensibility to honor,
virtue, intellectual honesty, and every
thing that constitutes strength and dig
nity in human character."
Overwhelmed by this cyclonic outburst,
the interviewer had barely the courage
to inquire the exact nature of the revenge
to be wrought by the new play.
"It is very simple," said Mr. Shaw.
"You remember the production of -'The
Dream of Don Juan in Hell at the Court
Theater? You remember the howl of tor
tured rage with which it was received by
the press? Yet that lasted only 110 min
utes. Well, this time the 110 minutes will
be stretched out to 150 minutes.
"There will be nothing but talk. talk,
talk Shaw . talk and the characters
will seem to the wretched critics to be
simply a row of Shaws, all arguing with
one another on ' totally uninteresting
subjects. The Shaw in the Bishop's
apron will argue with the Shaw in the
General's uniform; the Shaw in the
Alderman's gown will argue with the
Bhaw dressed as a beadle; the Shaw
dressed as a bridegroom will be mar
ried to a Shaw in petticoats.- The whole
thing will be a hideous and indescribable
eternity of brain-racking dullness. Yet
the critics will have o sit it out.
"I am not a vindictive man, , but there
is such ,a thing as poetic justice, and next
Tuesday It -will assume its sternest retri
butive form."
"Am I to understand that in order to
revenge 'yourself on the critics you have
written a deliberarely bad play?" asked
the Interviewer with a pitiable lack of
humof.
"Good heavens, no! There Is nothing
that they would like better." thundered
Mr. Shaw. "I have deliberately written a
good play. That is the way to make the
critics suffer."
In . the course of further illuminating
talk Mr. Shaw stated that -his new play
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DAMROSCH ANNOUNCES THREE GREAT PROGRAMMES
New York Symphony Orchestra, at the Armory,
Wednesday and Thursday, June 3 and 4.
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IT may be aet down to the great glory
of the German race that from the be
ginning of the modern art of music
by which term Is meant music In its pure
estate, the opera being excluded as a
mixed art-form dowr to the present time,
there has been no period when the King
ship was not In the hands of one of Its
children. One might easily compile a
genealogy of the royal race In music In
Scriptural manner. Thus It would run:
Bach begat Haydn; and Haydn begat
Mozart ; and Mozart begat Beethoven,
who was a prophet and seer; and Beet
hoven begat Schubert; and Schubert be
gat Schumann and Mendelssohn they
that served daily In the Temple of the
Beautiful; and Schumann begat Brahms
nnd Brahms begat Richard Strauss, who
wandered from the fold, following strange
rods, and has begotten a countless prog
eny of imitators. Thus for nearly 200
years there has been a continuous over
lapping of dates In the vital statistics of
the great German composers, each King,
by the grace of Genius, living long
enough to place a fairy gift in the cradle
of hU successor, or to assure the Apos
tolic succession by a veritable laying on
of hands.
Bach of these royal masters, taking up
the art where it was left by his prede
cessor, first impressed his individuality
upon Its accepted forms, and then carried
them a step farther, but of only one of
them can it be said that he not only
brought the art as it existed before him.
to a culmination, but started it also on
new roads leading into regions that have
not yet been thoroughly explored and
which no one Is venturesome enough to
attempt - to bound. That one is Beet
hoven and it is only by following the
progressive manifestations of his genius
that the full beauty and significance of
his music can be appreciated-"
Thus does Krehbel. wielder of a mas
terful musician's pen, write of the great
composer, whose magnificent Fifth Sym
phony No. 5 C-minor, will form part of
the opening programme which the New
York Symphony Orchestra, under its dis
tinguished leader, Walter Damrosch, will
present Wednesday evening. June 3, at
the Armory. The Fifth Symphony of
Beethoven is generally conceded to be
the most masterly of the eight purely in
strumental symphonies. The ninth, hav
ing a choral ending, stands in a class
by Itself, but cannot be said to surpass
the fifth in the essentials of artistic per
fection. The spirit of the Fifth Sym
phony has been described briefly in the
words, "Durch nacht zum licht" (through
darkness to light), and indeed, they seem
to describe it well.
The programme for the opening night
of the three concerts is herewith given:
Overture, "Cheron" Weber
Aria, "II re Pastore" .Mozart
Mme. Mary Hlesem de Moss.
Symphony No. 5, C-Minor Beethoven
PART IL
Hungarian Rhapsodie No. "i LJszt
"Evening Under the Trees" Massenet
ve!lo solo, Mr. Bramsen.
Clarinet solo, Mr. Leroy.
Polonaise, from "MJgnon" Thomai
Vltava, "The River Moldau" Smeiana
Symphonic Poem.
The programme which Mr. Damrosch
has arranged for the Thursday afternoon
matinee will contain enough contrast and
variety to enchant every one, for there
will be captivating rhythmic strains from
Delibes. electric trumpet-like harmonies,
aglow with passion, from IJszt, and the
great stirring Slav March by Tschai
kowsky. The Thursday afternoon pro
gramme is given in full:
Overture. "Misnon" Thomai
Air on the G etrfnr Bach
Polonaise for strings Beethoven
Concerto for violin, D minor. .Vieuxtemps
Mr. Alexander Saslavsky.
Valse Iente. pizxicati, from. "Sylvia"..
Dellbes
Symphonic poem, "Le Preludes" Liszt
PART II. -
March, from "Le Prophete". .Meyerbeer
"The Sedan Chair" Chaminade
"The Rain" David
Larghetio from Symphony No. 2
Beethoven
"March Slave" Tsehalkowsky
The Thursday evening programme will
be an evening of unalloyed delight to all
lovers of Wagner, for that programme
will be devoted entirely to the great Ger
man's masterpieces. It is a programme
calculated to bring out the noblest and
best, and the New York Symphony Or
chestra is justly famous for its wonderful
interpretations. The Thursday evening
programme will open with the prelude to
"Lohengrin," that wonderful musical de
scription of the gradual, appearance and
disappearance in the sky of the light of
the Holy Grail. The music begins with
soft chords in the highest registers of the
violins, gradually develops into the theme
of the Holy Grail, rising to greater and
greater strength until, at the, blazing cli
max, thundered fortlrby trumpets and
trombones, the mystic light of the Grail,
shedding its wondrous radiance, is seen
in all its glory. Gradually the light fades
again until the music dies away with the
same A -major chords with which the pre
lude begins. The whole programme fol
lows: "Lohengrin"
Prelude.
- Eisos Song "On the Balcony."
Prelude and "Bridal Chorus."
"Die Metstersinger"
Prelude.
Prize Sonic.
"Die Walkure"
The Ride of the Valkyries.
PART II.
Siegfried" '
, The Sound of the Forest.
Study from "Tristan and Isolde." '
"Dreams." 1
Mr. A lexander Saslavsky. .
"Tannhauser"
. March. Act 2.
"Song- of the Evening Star."
Overture.
No orchestra in this country has road
more steady progress forward to' the
realization of its highest ideals than the
New York Symphony, and the three or
chestral concerts they will give at the
Armory, June 3 and 4, under the leader
ship of Walter Damrosch. one of Amer
ica's most distinguished musicians, will
constitute the most important musical
event ever presented in the Northwest.
The opportunity thus given of hearing
a great and' complete New York orches
tra If one that should be eagorly seized,
not alone by music lovers, but by all
students and lovers of the beatuiful.