The Sunday Oregonian., November 29, 1908, Section Five, Image 48

New York People Have Gone "Opera Mad"
Opening of Manhattan and Metropolitan Opera Houses This Season Surprisingly Brilliant
Gatti-Casazza, New General Director at Metropolitan, Has Established Strong Following
NKW YORK. Nov. 23. fSpftclal
Corrr srondence.) T here h a a
nrvrr been a more brilliant opening-
than thfi season which opened at
the Manhattan List wok and that of
this week at the Metropolitan on Mon
day night. The Nw York people are
fairly opera-ma, and tho subscrip
tions in both houses are heavier than
they havH vt-r been before.
The Metropolitan is of espeefcal in
terest this season because it Is under
nt'W mariiKement. and there are many
new faces in all departments, espe
cially In the highest positions. From
Catti-Casazza, the new (feneral direc
tor, to the mm who drill th choruses,
practh-ally every one Is new and In
foniiuonce ambitious. It would seem
ni though the rivalry between the
Metropolitan and the Manhattan is a
little es bitter thun It was when Con
rd f. It himself ptrloimlly accrieve-i
l.ti. n.se Hanniursicln opened another
h-xiie of Kr:mi opera.
TI:p ffaturs of the Metropolitan are
t,r n'i.T.ernj that It would take nearly
a volume t detail the;n. The manage
rs nt is .ilrtatiy wt-ll known, as uKo
the er.aK ni-nt of Tosranliii. who haa
already proven hi mm If or..- of the most
remarkaWU' ronducmrs the world ;
ti;e engaemt-nt, too, of Kmmy Destinn
11111113 trial AmiTica lias airain rap
luu J what may be regarded as the
l.ist of the irrc.it. st artlMa of Europe,
and herniary n-sft-.tfl not a little the
!.! of Destinn. The first role in which
this K-reat artft was s'-en was "Aida."
on Monday niirht, f.rwl the ovation
which she wVs extended proved the
appreciation hich America can offer
lae -nal tLintf." Sh Is rather larire,
hut sue has t-xcelh-nt control of her
body. whU'h responds to her slightest
intention. She has a leautlful voice,
with the most remarkable pianissimo
.n the hi-jh tones beard in a long time.
I'aruso sun t!:e part of Kadames. but
i!ld not seem to be in tho best of voice,
but he is always Caruso and the object
of much worship by those who do and by
many who do not understand how to
appreciate his worth.
The boxes ami every seat in the
lious. was fillel and there were enough
Htandees to ti:l another opera-hous.
Tnere were flower Kalore and all were
called before the curtain a great num
ber of times, the lion share of ap
. j. lause beink- showered upon Gattl-Ca-sur..A
whn he was reluctantly brounht
before tne footllhtM.
Interest til J not stop at the first
rt-rht. but ev ry evening there have
be;-n new attractions and new reasons
for believing that the present season
mil be one of the greatest in the an
nals of Krand opera in this country.
The new conductors are men of fcreat
worth and this was evident not alone
In Toacanlni. who is world-famed, in
deed, who long has been held as the
greatest conductor of Italy, but also in
Spetrino. who comes as assistant, but
who has many characteristics which
make Mm invaluable in the position he
occupies. Tlier Is no cnuse for dis
appointment when his name appears as,
conductor, because the performance of
"l.a Traviata" which he gave us was
of unique and exquisite value.
Sehmed.'S. the tt nor. is another of
(iHimany's most valued artist?, al
though better known in Austria. Ho
Is a Pane. and. ljke Jean de Keszke, ho
r ii a baritone before he became a
.nor. As baritone he sang for three
years In the court opera at WeiFbaden
kfter his debut as Valentine in "Faust-"
He retired from the staire In 1 on
the advice .f the great German con
ductor. Krnst von Sv.'huch. to study
tenor roles. lie was then engaged by
Gustav Mahler. then conductor in
Vienna, to sing the part of Siegfried
at the Imperial Opera-1 louse, where he
is still under contract. He has sung
nt Kayreuth at many of the festivals,
both as Siegfried and hs Parsifal. He
will be heard here as I'arsifal. and ho
made his debut in New York on
Wednesday night as Slegmund In "Die
Walkure." Another Wagnerian singer
cf great importance Is Fritz Felnhals,
who comes from Munich. His intro
duction tu America was also made on
Wednesday night in the part of Wotan,
In which he lias scored some of hi
greatest successes abroad. He was
well received and deserves a place
emorjt the best artists that New York
J; I enjoyed. He will s'.ng the role
formerly assumed by Van Hooy, who
Is run with the Metropolitan forces this
F-'aon. Ano'hr newcom-r of more
than tnrdlnary interest Is Allan Hlnck
1 v. a y-ung American basso who was
presented In his own country as Hun
Jlnn; In Wednesday's performance.
This treason wi'.l also bo made not
able as far as Mine. Sembrh h Is con
t erm d. nji t!iU great sinter, who Is
ere of the greatest favorites on the
von.trt statue, will retire from the
epeia nt the close of her engaKement
Jure. M:ne. S. nil rich wl'.l no doubt be
rne of the principal objects of wor
ship this ason. as she always is. and
row tier admirers til outdo them
reives in showering upon her demon
strations of their appreciation. This
was evident on Friday niffht. when she
n Hde her first appearance of the sea
son n Violetta in 4 I-a Travlata." Bond
wu to have be-n the Alfredo upon this
rotable oei asion. but. owing to nn at
t .. k of rheumatic fever, ho was con
f ned to his room and the part was
It. trusted to Caruso instead.
Oer.ildlne 1'arrar wai seen this week
In "Madame );itterf!y," with t'arUFO
br I: nkertn, and Rita Fornta. known
on the t 'pa s t ns Rita NVwmnn. Mile.
Fornia was cast as Suzuki. There mar
be nrth!n g unusual in this statement,
b it when it is followed or preceded by
a remembrance of how this brilliant
V'itn:ir Wst-rner Jurnp'd into Mme.
t s' ro!- of 'Leonora" In "II Trova
t -" at the Met rvymlitan last season,
i; may be p 's.-.hle to realize that, her
ob e and lo r gen-ra! equipment are
such, thut n k'vwj nml sings t)ie en
t rept riory fr contralto nnd for
soprani a.- w'.. There is probably
lot nnctlier s ucl case on record, and
y. ) l 'onil'i i a valuable member of
tL.e M.'-tropoHT.in frces. us she has a
N nit :f':l v.e.c a:id much l.'itiptTainent,
b. side the aiillty .iut mentlond. A I-:i-..-t
as treat rii rvtnt ns t!ie opening
jerformaneo was the n'at'rce perform
aiu e of "Too- a.' with Kmn.a Karnes in
t h- title ro'.e, Caruso as Mario and
S- ettl as S'drria. T; e house was al
ready sold out b"f ir the season
1 p red. and the enthusiasm was at Its
highest.
An or her conductor who proved hlm
tel worthy of being the assistant to
such men ns Toscaninl and Mahler Is
.Mr. Spetrino. who with Mr. Hertz, con
ducts some tf the porfirniances and
" th achieved splendid results during:
the Week jttt. past.
Mahler arrived on the Amerika, and
will ni;tk his first appearance at the
Metropolitan early in December, when
the opera will be "Tristan and Isolde."
before this, however. Mahler will take
charge of three concerts of the New
York Symphony Orchestra, while Wal
ter Damrnsch f'Hs an engagement to
last two wefks during which time he
will give his remarkable lecture-recital
on "Helleaa et Mellsande" through the
Middle West, where he has had more
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requests to appear than he could fill In
a month.
"Parsifal" will be another of the at
tractions at the Mttropolitan this year
and the first novelty to be presented
will be "Tiefland" by Eugene D'Albert,
the well-known pianist who has taken
as his subject the drama presented a
few seasons ago by Harlson Grey Fiske
"Marta of the Lowlands." Kmmy
Destinn will take the purt played by
Lterttia Kalisch and also by Mrs. Fiske
In the drama,
Mrs. Fiske opened In a new play on
Tuesday night at the Hackett Theater.
There are few who do not know the
remarkable character painting of this
brilliantly talented actress, and in "Sal
vation Nell" ehe has the sort of vehicle
which probably most appeals to her.
Mrs Fiske does not usually go to the
drawing-room for her powerful effects.
the Is likely to find them anywhere
from the .Bowery to the Battery and
this time she Is presented to us as a
redeemed scrub -woman who Joins the
ranks of the Salvation Army and be
comes its leader.
Nell is found in a Tenth-avenue sa
loon and needless to say the Bcene Is
reproduced with a painful closeness of
detail to the life of that section. The
"business" includes a raid which offers
what some may find in the way of a
lightening touch of comedy. but to
others thU would be the depth of trag
edy. Nell is of course redeemed through
the efforts of a Salvation Army work
er who is on hand after the raid, andthe
winning over of the woman would have
been easier had it not been for the in
fluence of her lover who keeps her to
her past. She however, breaks away
ami when she and he meet again it is
during one of her strong appeals .made
while preaching on the street, and he,
broken In health and in spirits. Is
among those who stand around listen
ing. He Is moved to ask her for as
sistance, not only as far as material
things are concerned, but he pleads for
her to help him regain himself.
Mrs. Fiske's success was very great,
and although there are moments where
the play drags, her brilliant acting and
that of Holbrook Blinn save the. situa
tion. There are so many characters In
the play that one can only take them
ns you would take them on their own
ground, that Is without Identification.
The play Is written by Kdward Sheldon
and the staging is superb.
Isldora Duncan has been drawing
enormous houses here. Her first ap
pearance with Walter Damrosoh and
the New York Symphony Orchestra was
made in the Metropolitan Opera House,
.when so many people were turned
away that another appearance was
made the week following. Since then
she has given another entertainment
at Carnegie hall and still another Is
promised. It has been said that she
Interprets such music as the Beethoven
symphonies and Chopin waltzes, pre
ludes and mazurkas. From personal
observation, it seemed to me that there
was more of the interpretation in the
Beethoven symphony than In the other
compositions, as they simply served as
If J , yu t
music for very interesting dance move
ments of her own invention, but with
out definite purpose of interpretation.
Miss Duncan has an interesting per
sonality and is a sincere enthusiast
concerning the vocation which she has
chosen. She has a delicate artistic ap
preciation of the harmony between
music and art the beauty of sound,
and the flowing grace of lines and
curves. She is also an avowed lover
of classic in these arts either singly or
combined. Miss Duncan said:
"I have studied all the conventional
exercises used by profesional dancers,
and each system in turn, I discarded as
artificial and stiff. If these movements
canot be taken by unsupported muscles,
it must be that they are out of har
mony with nature and they cannot ex
press the highest form of art."
She therefore Invented a new system
of movements and while so doing she
fairly buried herself in the literature
of the classic period. She visited old
galleries and studied ancient sculpture
and paintings in all the museums of
Kurope. She also lent herself to the
influence of Cluck, Beethoven, Mozart,
and the outcome was one which has
won for her recognition from the great
est painters, sculptors and musicians
of Europe, to say naught of the audi
ences who contribute their share of
adulation and hearty appreciation. Miss
Duncan is an entirely unique type, and
little gives the Impression of being a
Californian.
In private life Miss Duncan is Mrs.
Terry, she -having marled the son of
Kllen Terry a few years ago. She has
adopted about ten children for the pur
pose of having the sole possession of
there time anil occupation. These she
Kelly...
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Hogan ..........
George
I.ynn Young ....
Commissioner ..
Virginia Taylor..
MrB. Parker ....
Mrs. Van Born..
Melissa
.Wftvnfl Arey
, Harry Ford
...Irving Hays
...John D. Garrick
Tommy Mead
.. William Youuk
....Olive Wyndnam
...... Nora La m if 1
. . .Lillian Lawrence
.Susanne M. Willis
Julia Marlowe will have a new play
this season by Mary Johnson, who made
no small name for herself when her
book. "To Have and to Hold," -was the
rage. The play will be called "The God
dess of Reason," and the author is hers
rehearsing it at the Herald Square.
Reginald De Koven, who has figured
in New York as club man, musical critic,
and composer had several other bachelor
of letters added to his name and to his
achievements on Wednesday night, by
conducting the orchestra for his comic
opera, "The Golden Butterfly." This
conducting business can't be as hard as
it is cracked up to be, since certainly Mr.
De Koven has had no time or opportunity
to practice. However, all must be well
since It ended well.
"The Devil" has had his swing at the
Garden Theater, where his dangers were
let loose for 100 performances. Henry
Dixey was the last Devil to appear there.
and the play may go, but Dixey will stay
and open shortly in "Mary Jane s Pa
Dixey is the same fascinating Devil that
he always 'was, and if he is to be Mary
Plan Made to Eliminate Much Domestic Misery
Hrklcs IViU Be Instructed How to Hold Their Husband's Affection Through the Stomach.
AVAfXT ye divorce courtsl
Fade away ye shysters who glean the
purse of the temporarily savage denizen
of the unhappy home!
Trouble begone!
The solution Is at hand.
Helen Armstrong presents, at last, not
alone the truth of why all This domestics
misery has come to pass, but in the same
breath she offers the cure.
It all lies In the kitchen.
That soems to be a iim-Jr sort of place
to find the finality of human philosophy
but nevertheless the culinary authority
Ins declared that the kitchen is the cen
ter, the heart of the home, and that the
nllment of tlie modern home is a disease
of its heart.
"It is perfectly true." says Mrs. Arm
strong, "that you cannot teach a well-fed
cAt to catch a hungry mouse, and hence
the hunum el-mem that has wallowed in
misery so long that it Is saturated with
It nnd ruher likes It. will not be touched
in my efforts at reform.
"It is my belief taht tne germ of do
mestic lmhapplness can be slabbed to
the. heart by a very old and neglected
nieihud and that m?thod is the inculcation
into the minds of brides the understand
ing that & man must eat food, and well
prenar.ed food. Love is an excellent ele
ment In the meal, but it should follow the
dessert."
Mrs. Armstrong will test the practica
bility of her scheme by Inaugurating a
"Course In Keeping Happy" at a special
meeting designated as "Brides' Day.'1 to
he held at the First Regiment Armory, in
Chicago, under the auspioes of the Na
tional Commercial Gas Association, which
will be in convention December 7 to 1!-
A leoture upun the erring way of good
intentioned brides who have failed to oe
come Imbued with the- spirit of the
kitchen will opjn the proceedings. Mrs.
Armstrong will speak un-Jer the topic j
THE BRIDE'S DECALOGUE
t Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's cook-book, but borrow thy mother-In.
I law's.
J Thou shalt not offer Love as the main course in thy meal, but serve It as
dessert.
J Thou shalt not insult thy good range by wearing in Its presence a vulgar
i kimono while you get breakfast.
Thou shalt not Ill-behave toward thy garbage man nor thy Janitor, or
thou ahalt suffer sorely.
1 Thou shalt not concoct, organize, promulgate, or tolerate a mess called
4 fudge.
Thou shalt not temporize with Fate by manufacturing sodden biscuits.
Thou shslt not batter thy husband's skull with a potato-masher or
words.
Thou shalt not be reckless with the sacred dough and waste It not by
careless burning.
Thou shalt not fry a steak In diabolical grease, but early learn to broil It.
Thou shalt not ever deny that thy husband's knowledge of the culinary art
Is vastly superior to thine own.
which- her "Brides' Decalogue" suggests,
and she believes that it will not be diffi
cult to prove that her sayings are more
serious than they seem. '
"For instance," says Mrs. Armstrong.
"The bride who begins by borrowing her
mother-in-law's cook hook has made the
very best start into married life. By
pursuing the methods of her husband's
mother she will secure results which are
as satisfactory to ner as ner own mother's
methods and at the same time she will
follow out the tastes which have been
developed In her spouse throughout his
life. If she then pursues her way cau
tiously and after the manner which I
specify in the decalogue there Is little
chance that she will go astray."
The "Brides' Day will be held De
cember 9, according to present arrange
ments, and will be held at the Armory,
owing to the presence of the exhibits of
the Gas Appliance Exposition. Mrs. Arm
strong desiring to have a number of as
sistants at stoves and In model kitchens
to illustrate the points which she will
bring out In her talk.
The books of the marriage license clerk
will he consulted and personal Invitations
will be issued to every couple having re
ceived e. license within the last six
months.
The Kitchen Reformation Society, a
new Chicago organization, formed and
supported by the city's most prominent
society women and settlement workers, is
responsible for tne move which Mrs. Arm
strong Is maamg. it having" induced her
to prepare the lectures.
At the close of the scries of meetings
which will be started at the gas con
vention by Mrs. Armstrong, the Kitchen
Reformation Society will start a wide
campaign for the promulgation of its
theories on the proper conduct of the
"heart of the home."
Model kitchens will be established in
down-town office- buildings as well as in
the slums, and will be moved from time
to time. It Is expected that every church
in the city will have one of the models
placed in some part of the building and
will conduct lectures for its youthful fem
inine members.
He Means Well.
Chicago News.
He meant quite well;
It was perfectly well meant.
But the elephant Just grabbed Iilm
And then slung him through the tent.
In the ground he made a dent
On. a big one where he fell.
He put pepper In the peanuts.
But he ment Quite well.
He meant quite well;
He was only rather green
And indulged himself in smoking
In the powder magazine.
He has never since been seen.
But the sexton tolled his knell
And his family wore mourning, .
For he meant quite welt.
Other Companies on Duty.
PORTLAND. Nov. 23. (To the Editor.)
In an editorial last Sunday morning, in
which It is mentioned the fact that G
Company was on duty during the Chinese
agitation In 1K84, your readers who were
not here at the time might think thst G
Company was the only National Guard men
on duty at that time, when it is a fact that
Captain H. Cooke's Company A and my
Company B were on duty at the same time,
and for the same length of time. Those boys
should have some credit for the moral
effect which no doubt prevented any serious
trouble at that time.
CHARLES E. MORGAN.
Castaln S3 Comnann X&EMt uul JAA.
Instructs In her wonderful art and she 1
. . . i . .Knr, tjipm -what the '
pitUl t Biii- .'"--"r.-. ' -
dance should be. It ws.s somewhat an
noying however, that she was not per- I
mltted under the laws which forbid the '
..nTtoar.,ar,-A of verv voung children on i
the stage, to show theBe young hopefuls
In America, and while she is here they
have been placed in the Chateau of Mrs.
W E. Corey, formerly Mabelle Gllman
In" Europe to await the return of their
charming- young foster-mother.
Ethel Barrymore came back to New
York in "Lady Frederick," the second
of G. Somerset Maughan's comedies to
be presented in this city. "Lady Fred
erick" was the craze in London while I
was there last Spring, and Miss Barry
more adds to it the charm of her per
sonality, which is not the least part
of the success at the Hudson Theater,
and there is little doubt that what suc
cess the play will have, and it should
have much. Miss Barrymore will be re
sponsible for the larger part of It.
"Lady Frederick" shows, as does the
play Intrusted to John Drew. "Jack
Straw." that Mr. Maughan sees and
knows the frailties and the foibles of
mankind and of womankind, too, al
though he treats woman from an ele
vated viewpoint. If we are to Judge
from his "Lady Frederick." who, in or
der to dissuade the very young mn
from his determination to marry a
woman very much his senior, sup
posed to have had a past, allows him to
witness the secrets of the dTessing
room, and what art she uses to keep
youthful in appearance. He also takes
the opportunity to make man broad
and charitable when he makes her old
time adorer appreciate the woman be
neath the pardonable make-up. It is
a great relief to the audience, which
has every sympathy with the woman, to
know that she had nothing question
able in her past, and while there 13
comedy in full play, there are many
moments when tears are more to the
point.
The cast is as follows:
Lady Frederick Berolles. . .Ethel Barrymore
Sir Gerald O'Mara Charles Hammond
Paradlne Fouldes Bruce McRae
Lady Mereston Jessie Millware
Lord Mereeton Norman Tharp
Captain Montgomerle Orlando taly
Admiral Carllsl Art,1:ur lliot
Rose Vira btowe
Thompson James Kearney
plerre L. C. Howard
Mme. ciaude Anita Rothe
AlDert J. Crossney Davidson
Angelique Martanna Thurber
Paul Armstrong, who has a part
ownership In the creation of "Via
Wireless," is responsible for another
play Just on at the Majestic He has
named this latest emanation from his
brain and pen "Blue Grass," and it goes
without saying that the scenes are laid
in what we know as the "bluegrass
country," although to divulge a secret
from the start, "Blue Grass" is a horse,
one of Kentucky's prominent products.
He is the last resource of Colonel Tay
lor, who has reached the bottom of his
purse, and he Is to run a great race
the day following. The Colonel has the
true Southern hospitality, and his home
is filled with guests, but where or how
to provide them with a supper worthy
of the occasion is the question that is
troubling him in the first act. The cor
ner grocery refuses to give him credit,
even with the race ahead as a pros
pect. Wilfred Warren is one of the
guests, and this makes it especially em
barrassing for Miss Virginia Taylor,
who has met him in Washington, where
they exchanged affections. The young
man pays the old servant $30 for help-(..o-
rAnnir his automobile, and this
saves the situation, for the time being,
but complicates it later, ana nnany
makes trouble 1 etween the young lov
ers. But "Blue Grass" wins the race,
and Warren foils the villain, and all
are happy, especially the audience, who
can appreciate both the. racing features
and the Southern atmosphere. The ca
pable cast includes:
Old Folks George F. Marlon
-i T..in, Drthprt MrWflde. Jr.
Judge Young James Seoley
Wilfred Warren negan nusnsii-u
van Day Parker Richie Ling
T.Anaclois Thomas B. tsmitn
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Jane's Pa, why Mary Jane Is to be
congratulated, and that's all there is
about it.
Just to show that all women are not
afraid of mice. Mabel Barrison has aban
doned musical comedy for straight drama.
and she has signed with the Shuberts for
the new play which Clyde Fitclm has
adapted from the German and called
"The Blue Mouse." Miss Barrison evi
dently believes that a mouse by any other
name well, what's the odds?
BMTLIB FRANCES BAI'ER.
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ened, for it seemed that I would never be cured. At the ad
vice of a friend I took S. S. S. and began to improve. I
continued the medicine, and it cured me completely, build
ing up my health and increasing my appetite. Although
this was ten years ago, I have sever had a sign of the dis
ease to return. W. R. NEWMAN.
Chester, S. C.
CURED 25 TEARS AGO; STILL CURED.
Some twenty-five years ago I was troubled with a se
vere case of Contagious Blood Poison, and after trying doc
tors and a great many so-called cures without relief, I com
menced the use of S. S. S. It did not take long for the
medicine to show the good effects that I had heard attributed
to it, and after taking a good course of it every symptom
of the disease left and I am a well man. I have never had
any sign of its return and my blood is yet in good condition
from the thorough cleansing S. S. 6. gave it.
Greenwood, S. C. J. P. HILL.
HOT A BLEMISH LEFT.
Some years ago I used S. S. S. for a severe blood dis
ease, and I am pleased to tell you that it did its work
well. It drove out the poison entirely, restored my blood
to its normal condition, improved my general health, and
to-day I am as sound a man as I ever was. Not a blemi6h
or blotch on me, and hasn't been for years. S. 8. 8. is
truly a blessing to those suffering from blood diseases, and
it is with pleasure that I give it my hearty endorsement.
It is a real blood purifier that does its work permanently.
No ' 'patch work'1 about S. S. 8.
15 Alquipa St. , Pittsburg, Pa. BARNEY MULLEN.
and in this way brings about a real
does not cover up the disease in anv
wav. but so thoroughly does it cleanse and purify the blood that not the
slightest trace of the poison is left for future outbreaks. S. S. S. is
made entirely of healing, cleansing roots, herbs and barks, it does not
contain the least particle of mineral in any form, and is a medicine so
absolutely safe and certain in its results that every one may cure them
selves of Contagious Blood Poison in the privacy ot their homes, and be
assured that the cure is permanent and lasting. We have a Home Treat
ment book containing a great many helpful suggestions to those who
are curing themselves with S. S. S. We will send this book, and any
medical advice free to all who write.
JTHE SVIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.