The Sunday Oregonian., May 31, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 3, Image 39

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 31, 1908. ' - 3
HAMLIN, NOTED BASSO, TO SING TOMORROW
'NIGHT AT THE MASONIC TEMPLE CONCERT
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THE management of the concert, to
be given at the new Masonio Tem
ple tomorrow night, will Introduce
Henry T. Hanlln, the noted basso, to the
Portland public. Mr. Hanlln won en
viable laurels abroad and sans as soloist
for a season with Grau's galaxy of great
artists, but because of very defective eye
sight, was forced to abandon the grand
opera stage.
Mrs. Kofoed's beautiful dramatic so
prano voice Is well known and those who
. have been so fortunate as to hear her
before, know what may be expected from
this charming singer. The concert Is
purely invitational. The musicale will
also mark the debut of Miss Harriet
Johnson, contralto, a Portland girl. The
concert will be followed by a rose cotil
lion with attractive rose favors.
The exla that Mr. Hanlln will sing has
never been sung on the Padfto Coast
except by Mr. Hanlln. A copy of the
muslo cannot be bought In America. The
central figure of the opera is Benvenuto
Gelllne, the famous silversmith of Flor
ence, whose work today Is considered
without an equal. Besides being the
mmm&m
greatest artist -1n his line of all time, he
dabbled In politics and conspired against
the Medici and was forced to flee to
Home, but even there the power of the
Kedlcl waa sufficient to have him ar
rested and thrown into prison. The open
ing recitative of the aria tells of the
time he has been In prison and of the per
secutions of the Medici. In the aria he
laments the fact that his eyes never more
will view the splendor of art and love.
The melody of this aria is one of the
most beautiful written for a baritone.
Following- is . the programme :
Trio, Novellette, violin, cello plane. .Gode
Miss Cahlll. Herr Kaps,
Mn Warren E, Thoxnaa.
(a) Serenade Schubert
(b) Spring Sons - .Kitcken
Mrs. Kofoed, Miss Harriett Johnson.
Violin, Mazurka Zarzyckl
Miss Mary Mackenzie Cahlll.
(a) Death and the Maiden (tn German)
Schubert
(b) The Two Grenadiers Schumann
Henry T. Hanlln. .
(a) Vol Che Lapta .....Mozart
(b) N"ach SerlH Dessauer
(c) Quest Smith
Mim Harriett Johnson.
CeUo -
Herr Rudolph Kapa.
Splendenr Immortelle (from the opera
"Benvenuto" laa
Mr. Hanlln.
(a) Da llcbter Stern in Me In or Nach. . . .
Franx Abt
fb) Llete Ugnorl ...Meyerbeer
Mrs. Kofoed.
Teresa Carreno's Tribute to Edward MacDowell
Greatest Woman Pianist Tells How She Played From the Works of the Eminent American Composer, in Berlin,
, and Won the Praise of the German People.
NEW TORK. May 23. (Special Corre
spondencesTeresa Carreno, than
whom there la no greater woman
pianist, has just closed a very successful
season and has left this country to go
to her Summer home in Italy, where this
Indefatigable worker will devote herself
to teaching and preparing worlc for her
tour of the United States next season.
Before sailing Mme. Carreno paid a
beautiful tribute to our late composer,
Edward MacDowell.
"Contrary to the general opinion," she
aid. "Edward MacDowell, your great
American composer, never grieved over
his career. That statement may sound
surprising, for his muslo reveals sadness
to a degree, and those who" knew him
!e2a.lntlrolely than did his closest
friends regarded him aa a man who
brooded."
Carreno spoke feelingly, for she has
known MacDowell slnoe he was a little
boy, and theirs was a long and Intimate
friendship. "I do not say," continued
the pianist, "that he was not sad, and
that his work Is not tinged with this
Influence, but I do maintain that It was
not on account of himself. In the first
place, he had no reason to feel himself
neglected. He was known wherever good
muslo Is known In this country and I
may also say in Europe, and he knew
that. But far beyond this, his modesty
would have prevented him from feeling
that the whole of America should fall at
his feet.
"Remember, I am speaking of 'Eddie'
MacDowell, of the little boy who was a
most remarkable child and who fulfilled
very promise, both as man and aa
artist. In his mind he had but one thing
and that was the beauty, the nobility,
the splendor and the dignity of art. This
does not mean of muslo alone, but of
every art, as he believed that any thing
o great as art could not have limitations
of any kind.
"He did grieve over musical conditions
hi this country, because he could not see,
as I see, the steady, onward strides. He
lived here with them and naturally
could not see what was going on to ele
vate muslo as I do, having known the
country from my 'wunderkind' days. He
knew that with every year more people
became Interested In muslo. but to him
this did not mean that they were doing
more for music He knew that the peo
ple of this country love .muslo, admire
music but even those who understand
it have not the reverence for it which
the people of the older wot-ld manifest.
"The beautiful thing which has made
this glorious country Its energy, push
and vigor cannot but affect a certain
side of art. No musical career In the
world has ever meant to me what Mac
Dowell's has meant, because I was asso
ciated with It from tho very earliest.
His parents were my dearest friends, and
my home was theirs or theirs mine, as
the case might be. Eddie was study
ing music with a man who was devoted
to him to the last days and who has
been his close friend through his entire
life.
"His mother came to me one day with
the familiar complaint that he took no
Interest lu his muslo and would not
practice. I asked her to show me the
child of 11. no matter what talent might
be his, who would not. sooner or later,
run into the stage of not wanting to
practice. It then occurred to us tht
perhaps I could help things along by
iractldng with him, not as a teacher,
ijt as his older sister might have
vrked-to Interest him.
'"This worked admirably, and all the
oV enthusiasm was awakened and a
g'at deal of new. As a pupil he was
Qui'.e as remarkable as he was In his
latr life. He was always very re
served, always sweet and tender, never
gTTsslve, but If he held an opinion,
noth'.ng in the world could change It.
He dij not ask that anyone agree with
him li hts opinion, and he never made
hlmsttt disagreeable on account of it.
but for himself, nothing could move
him one lota.
"Do not think that It was only In mu
slo that his genius was apparent.
There Is no phase In which his men
tality did not shine with equal luster.
Mo matter what he might have selected
as a vocation in life, he would have ac
complished quite as much and gained
as much distinction. Human beings
are not perfection, ' it If one man ever
approached perfection, that man was
Edward MacDowelL
"Of his period of study abroad, per
haps you know that he worked first In
Paris with eagerness and application,
and after hearing Nicholas Rubinstein
play, - he presented himself to his
mother and said, "Mother, I want to
play like that man, and I will never do
it If I remain In Paris." And, as was
always the case, nothing could move
him; he knew that Paris was no longer
for him and he had his wav."
"And did your Interest In his compo
sitions coma from personal conviction,
or from your affection for him and
your relation to his musical life?"
"I never obtrude my personal feelngs
upon a public There Is too much at
stake, not only for myself, but for the
object which I would obtain. My first
experience with the second concerto Is
not uninteresting. I was to play for
the first time In Berlin after having had
continental successes everywhere ex
cept in that city, which is the aim of
every artist. When asked for my pro
gramme, I gave the name of the Mac
Dowell Concerto to my manager. He
looked at It- and at me In blank aston
ishment, and asked whether I under
stood the conservatism of the German
public and also the Importance of my
engagement. I said that I fully real
ized everything. After he had pre
sented It to the conductor, he came
back saying that on account of the
aversion of the Berlin public to un
known works and to unknown com
posers, it was suggested that I play one
of the older and better known con
certos. This was 17 years ago, and
then, as-now, I held my own opinions.
"My manager said that I should not
take sides with America against Ber
lin. I never take sides, I take a stand,
and this was it: "No MacDowell, no
Carreno' was the message I sent back
and I played MacDowelL
"How did it take? I have never seen
a more enthusiastic public Those peo
ple, able to judge for themselves, knew
the worth of the work, and I can only
say that I have played It all over Eu
rope, and other MacDowell works
arouse similar interest. In 1906, when
I came back to Berlin after a long ab
sence, Nikisch himself requested that I
play the MacDowell concerto.
"The press of the city went into such
ecstacies over it that I began to receive
requests from all over Germany for this
work, and I will say that I have never
played it where it did not arouse the
greatest enthusiasm and appreciation."
"Do you regard other compositions of
MacDowell's as similarly .deserving?"
"Tes. I hold that for evenness of ex
cellence, MacDowell was quite . as re
markable as lor the spontaneity of his
genius. He was a careful man, and if
he realized his own high ideals, he did
so after the most careful analysis and
study, because he never wrote for glori
fication. Ho never thought of the com
mercial side of his work and he gave
forth as- he drank in the joys" of pure
air of the beautiful landscape, simply,
and in utmost beauty of spirit. And
how witty he -was!"
"Witty? Surely you do not find that
In his music."
"You do not? Really not?" said Mme.
Carreno in astonishment. -"Well, listen
to that second movement - the next time
I play it and you shall find out whether
or not he was witty."
Mme. Carreno expressed her delight at
the strides made In this country in music,
and she said that this was one of the
happiest tours which she had ever made
in her life, because she was starving
for America, and It was so much greater
than she had anticipated . that it fairly
intoxicated tier.
"I am a South American and a Span
lard, but America is the land that I love
with all my heart and soul."
The. sparkle of her eyes, the deep glow
of her cheek, the animation of that beau
tiful face crowned with silver attested
the truth of the statement.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
Lew Dockstader Looks
Like Shrewd Banker
Hlnstrel Oft the Stasj Is STot the
Type of a Village tat-Up, Bat of
Careful Business Man. '
EW DOCKSTADER, the minstrel
s- magnate and magnet, has a pro-
nounced personality. He is a quiet, re
flective and forceful worker, who has
done more than any other half dozen
minstrel managers to up-lift the standard
of his profession. The public judges the
comedian, whether' he uses grease paint
or cork, solely by his power to make one
forget the seamy side . -Of life. The
popular delusion Is that a fun-maker
Lew Dockstader. f
must be a frlvoler, a supernciailst, a
chronic cut-up not only upon the stage,
but In his- daily walk and conversation.
To meet Dockstader unaware of his
profession, one would take him for a
sober, shrewd banker or business man.
He dresses with the moderate taste of
the well-bred man of the world. He
never owned a diamond horseshoe, and
does not affect checkerboard shirtings
or horse blanket plaids. His manner
is quiet, wel poised, his' conversation
that of the Intellectual observer who
has seen and read much, and who ab
hors "shop talk." In any mixed com-
Walter Damrosch and New York Symphony
Orchestra in Three Concerts at the Armory
Concerts to Be Given Wednesday Night and Thursday Afternoon and Night Rendition of Beethoven's 0, Minor
Symphony to Be a Feature. '
nsn MONO all the world-famous mas
j terpleces by Mozart. Weber,
J Tschaikoweky, "Wagner, Liszt and
other great composers, perhaps the most
impressive of all will be the great C
Minor Symphony of Beethoven, to bo
given by the New York Symphony Or
chestra under Damrosch during their
coming Portland engagement, June 3 and
1 In this great work, given Wednesday
evening, we are Introduced to the inner
most soul of Beethoven, a revelation of
his personality that is more real and
vital than that given us In any other
work. For It was composed shortly after
his engagement to the young Countess
Theresa Brunswick, and In it Is the first
dawning of despair and agitation that
led. after four years of terrible uncer
tainty and doubt as to the fitness of his
genius to mate itself with another life,
to pathetlo renunciation of marriage. The
personality of each, represented by the
two leading themes, stands forth as vital
and distinct a portrait' as though they
stood before us in the body. For thus
Beethoven always worked, his music is a
series of pictures of tho real as well as
the Ideal. The opening phrase. "Fate
knocking at the door" Is himself indeed,
stormy, passionate, imperial, and Im
perious also as fate. Here, as Berlioz
says, he has revealed all the secrets
of his being, "his most private griefs,
his fiercest wrath, his most lonely and
desolate meditations, his midnight vis
tons, his bursts of enthusiasm all
these are there, and all are winged by
the ardor and anxiety of his newly ac
quired love. We hear the palpitating
accents and almost the Incoherence of
the famous love-letters, but mixed with
an amount of fury which is not pres
ent In them, and which may well have
been Inspired by some material diffi
culties, or by the fear that the en
gagement so passionately begun could
not be realized a passage full of ter
rors." Then comes the second theme in the
voice of the violins, like the sweet
protest of a woman against the fury
of her oppressor, all gentleness and
full of heavenly beauty. The Coun
tess was surely right in saying "It
was awlse step for us to part. What
would have been the result to his
genius, and what to my love, if I had
ever been forced to be afraid of him?"
All these real events are shadowed
forth before their actual happening, by
"V C'Hh. 'X -. ' '
A :-. ' -, , -' r . , . ; ..- '
WAITER DAMROSCH, WHO LEADS THE NEW YORK SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA IX THREE CONCERTS, WEDNESDAY EVENING,
AND THURSDAY MATINEE AND EVENING.
this wonderful tragedy in music Yet,
in the end, against all this savage
and terrible despair, Beethoven's op
timism wins the day. The finale is a
splendid outburst of conquest, genius
and truth, invincible to the last, even
though love may be discrowned. The
Beethoven C Minor Symphony is on for
Wednesday evening, Thursday evening
Is the great Wagner programme, the
Thursday matinee presenting a charm
ing light series of numbers.
STORE OPEN TODAY FROM lO A. M. TO. 2 P. M.
IMPORTED ART POTTERY
HALF PRICE THIS WEEK OSLI
All this week, in the Art Depart
ment on the third floor, an unusual
sale of Art Pottery will be held.
Over 1000 pieces of imported ware,
embracing such makes as Royal
Bon, Tepletz, Amphora and a dozen
others equally as well known, will
be included in the sale, and so va
ried is the assortment that it's im
possible to find any two pieces alike.
We don't believe our prices can be
equalled in town.
MARK GROSS
LONDON -"'
LEATHERS
AND GLOVES
Cross Flower Baskets
Cross Parisian Motor Bags
Colored Morocco or pigskin,
leather lined
Cross Flasks
Cross Tailored Belts
Cross Monogram Belt Buckles
Cross hand-sewn Gloves for
men and women
Cross Men's Chamois Gloves
Cross Ladies' Silk Gloves
Mail Orders Carefully Filled.
WE SELL "LIKLY" TRUNKS
OUR FOUNTAIN PENS ARE SOLD WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF ONE WEEK'S FREE TRIAL
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS
HALF OFE THIS WEEK ONLY
Tour choice of any Oil Painting in our large and com
plete stock no reserve. Each picture is aa original
and the work of some well-known artist. Every one is
artistijally framed in gold and encased in a shadow box.
The assortment includes Landscapes, Marine, Animals and Fig
ures. Prices from $5.00 to $500.00
BELOW WE LIST A FEW .
"Autumn," size 16x20, regular $15.00; this week $7.50
"Rome," size 13x18, regular $16.50; this week $8.25
"Sheep," interior size 16x20, reg. $20.00; this week.. $10.00
"Ave Maria," size 17x31, regular $45.00; this week. .$22.50
"Grand Canal, Venice," size 17x27; regular $50.00,
this week $25.00
"Interesting Story," size 24x30; regular $500.00;
this week ..$250.00
ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMING
Perhaps It never occurred to you
that a defect in sight Is not as a rule
a disease of the eye. It's often a
condition which the proper glasses
will not only relieve, but many times
entirely cure.
Sight is often restored, eyes
strengthened and headaches made to
disappear, all through the use of prop
erly fitted glasses.
If you have eye trouble, a personal
talk with our expert optician will In
terest you.
SCIENTIFIC EYE TREATMENT.
ROSE CITY PERFUME. ASK FOR FREE TRIAL
PHOTOGRAPHERS' OUTFITS
BOTH GALLERY AND SCENIC.
No. 2 Buster Brown Film
Camera, 2y2x3V4. day
loading $2.00
No. 1 Buster Brown Film
Camera, 2V2X3V4. day
light loading $6.50
Ansco, Jr., Camera, Film,
2V4x4Vi, daylight load
ing $12.00
No. 4 Ansco Jr. Camera,
Film, 3V4X41A, daylight
loading $14.50,
No. 9 Ansco Jr. Camera, Film, 3V4x5y2, daylight load
ing.. $20.00
Seneca Revolving Front View Camera, 6x7 $35.00
Seneca Revolving Front View Camera, 6Vsx8Vs $40.00
Seneca Revolving Front View Camera, 8x10 $45. OO
Special Compact Tripod $2.50
Argo, Cyko, Mirmont and Artura Developing Papers.
Ansco, Lumiere and Ensign Films.
PRINTING AND DEVELOPING IN 24 HOURS
ALCOHOL
GAS COOKERS
Alcohol Gas Cookers, wickless and
non-explosive 25 to $1.50
Alcohol Curling Iron Heaters, at
from 25 to $5.50
Adjustable Bracket Mirrors, at
from $2.00 to $4.50
Combination Shaving Stands and
Mirrors.., $1.25 to $8.00
WOODARD, CLARKE & GO.
EXCHANGE II.
FOURTH AND WASHINGTON
HOME A 6171-2
pany of men. In a steamship smoking
room or place where gentlemen con
gregate, Dockstader would be the last
one singled out as a minstrel.
Through all his stage talk, built upon
a foundation of keen satire, runs a
vein of whimsical philosophy, the same
sort that has given Peter Dunne's
"Doolev" sketches wide and lasting
popularity. Both these humorists ap
peal to the intellect. Dockstader ifi
quick as a flash In utilizing the local
topic; his monologue is ' never the
same, but reflects the humor of every
new event and passing foible. Few
men outside of the newspaper ex
change rooms are such a voracious
and rapid newspaper reader as Lew
Dockstader. No news of the world es
capes him.
Add to all these characteristics the
sagacity of the alert business man and
the reckless prodigality of a plunger,
when it comes to making productions,
and it Is easy to comprehend why
Dockstader keeps the banner of min
strelsy flying from his masthead, while
less skillful managers fall by the way
side and deplore the decadence of minstrelsy.
GERMANS FOR UNIVERSITY
Pass Resolution Indorsing; Appro
priation for State Institution.
That the Germans of this city are in
hearty sympathy with the State Uni
versity and Its work is seen by the
text of the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted at the last
meeting of tho Consolidated German
Societies:
Whereas, the University of Oregon is a
public institution and should be a source
of TrM to Ml the ritiTTis of our tt nd
Toothache
Gum
l A Swttt Affair.
Stops toothache
irbether thrr U a
ea.Tit j or not. Iferer
dries np or lose Ua
Strength.
Keep it In the house
for emergencies. Imi
tations don't do the
work.
6irr PE!TH TOOTHACHE CCHV
At ell druggists, u cents, or by mail.
Denf s Corn Gum lvrJ'T 1
C S. DENT ft CO.. Detroit. Mich. M.
FAT FOLKS!
Tour weight, double chin, bust, sbdonia
hips and fatty heart reduced. Dr. bnyder
guarantees his treatment to be perfectly
harmless In every particular. No exercise,
no starving, no detention from business; no
wrinkles or discomfort. Dr. Snyder has
been a specialist In the successful treatment
of obeslt) for the pest 25 years, and has the
unqualified Indorsement of the medical fra
ternity. A booklet, telling all about it free.
Call or writs today. Dr. O. W. F. Bnyder Co..
Aid Maxquam Theater bid-, Portland, Or.
Little Savings Count
These are quiet times money moves slowly. Every one feels the
need for economy. There's no easier way to save mony than by tak
ing advantage of onr every-day flow prices on Prescriptions, Drugs,
Household Remedies, Toilet Articles, Patent Medicines in fact, every
item, large or small, on all our five floors is priced lower than most
stores, and for this reason, above all others, we have built up the
greatest retail druj; business in the land.
WE WANT YOU TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT AT 0UE STORE
Use your- telephone and save not only carfare (we make prompt
and free delivery of any and every purchase) but time, money and
with all the certainty that whatever you buy, be it Drugs, Prescrip
tions, Infant Food or aught else, you're getting the best, pure, fresh
and the GENUIN". We sell no bargain-counter substitutes.
Woodard, Clarke & Co.
Fourth and Washington
"Whereas, the University of Oregon Is now
badly crippled owing to the innovation of
the referendum; therefore, be It
Resolved, by the Consolidated German So
cieties of Portland, Oregon, that we hereby
indorse the action of the last Legislature
in appropriating $135,000 annually for the
support of the University of Oregon, and
we pledge our support to the pending ap
propriation bill at the polls; and be It fur-'
ther
Received, That we denounce as HI ad
vised, unpatriotic and disloyal the action of
those who are responsible for the calling of
the referendum upon the University of Ore
gon appropriation Mil.
THERE SHOULD
ALWAYS BE A
REASON WHY
YOU SHOULD AL
WAYS BE SURE II
IS A TRUE REASON
THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BUY A KIMBALL
The Greatest, Undoubtedly, the Piano Itself Can Give.
If your neighbor has orife in use 10 or 15 yeare, call and see it ask him
how the Klmbail wears, as to tone, action, etc. The Kimball is no experi
ment over 180.000 have been made and pold. Over 15.000 are in daily use on
the Coast and Northwest, all doing satisfactory service, whether used one
year or twenty. Klmballs are made right, and the price Is right too about
a hundred dollars less than other makes of the very highest grade.
We published, a short time ago. Mr. Eilers' Advice to a friend who asked
him about pianos and what make to buy. We believe the advice given this
friend would be good advice to you or to anyone, because It was unbiased
and gave the "reason why" to buy a Kimball and the man who gave the
advice was thoroughly informed ana knew what he was talking about.
In buying the piano for your home why not be sure do not experiment
buy the best, and "when the first cost may be a little more than someone
else has offered to sell you an Instrument for the "little more" you would
pay to get a KlmbaU would soon be forgotten. Many years after, when
your Kimball would be about as good as new, you would then more than
ever appreciate Mr. Eilers advice to "buy a Kimball." The latest models
Kimball, in all the fancy woods, will be found at any of the Eilers stores,
but if not convenitly located near you. kindly send postal for Kimball Cat
alogue "B." We will give your request prompt reply, and also tell you of
our special purchase plan.
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and BEST
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