THE SUNDAY ORFCONIAX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 13. 1903.
Three Brand New Comic Operas Presented in Single Week
Victor Herbert, Favorite American Composer, Has Outdone Himself in "The Prima Donna," in Which Fritzi
Scheff Is Star Anna Held, in "Miss Innocence," Mabel Barrison, in "Blue Mouse.
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NEW YORK, Dec. " (Special Cor
respondence.) The dramatic critics
are beinr treated to some of the
trouble to which New York mulc critics
have been heir for some years.
harrassment of Riches" Is one of the
worst diseases from which the scribe
fraternity suffer at this season, and six
new dramatic productions In one week.
mot of them ooming on the eame niRht
make them realize what a critic mu;t
endure who has a new production at the
Metropolitan, a new artist, or several
new artists at the Manhattan and a
Ciarilowitscli or a Misci.a Kliuan at I'ar
ntcie liall.
i"rttzl Scheff Is back. Nor is this the
most Important statement about her
presence at the Knickerbocker Theater.
!he Is back In a new opera by. Victor
Herbert which ha the significant title
of The Prima Donna." Herbert
unique, and Herbert is a good many other
tliincs tl.at would sound extravaaant If
entrus'.ed to the medium of cold type.
The way the American composer was
disposed of by the capacity of the theater
when it emptied itself onto Broadway
last Monday night was: "Say, Herbert's
y.ll right! No such music been on the
light opera boards since he himself did
it!"
And Victor Herbert 13 all right. He
knows his audience, he knows his mater
ial, and he lias asi endless fountain of
musical poodles stored away In his head
and In his soul which lie can let out In
a minute s notice. In listening to Her
bert's music, one is always conscious that
it is the real thing and there is nothing
quite so dlfticult as to select from among
his many successes which is his best
work unless It might be to . tell out of
the sparkling numbers of one of his
works which is the best number.
Henry Blossom Ls asain responsible for
Mr. Herbert's libretto and it ls one of
bis best, although much less original
than was the "Red Mill." One can't be
very original when writing the etory of
a prima donna as so many press agents
have been busy in thia same direction
before, but there are some new sugges
tions for the modern Prince of Publicity
s'ltl they are good ones. Was It not
"aruso's press agent who advised us that
this great tenor visited a cafe In Taris
and wagered that no one would know
him? Consequently we were prepared to
believe that a great prima donna could
masquerade as a singer in a cafe chant
:cit where she receives the admiration of
a lieutenant as well as of his higher
.f licer.
- Kritxi Scheff may be citing a page out
. r her own experiences, for all we may
know, as she certainly knows tiie life
f t lie prima donna and of a queen of
. .vuic opera In which she shines. She
. :-verly prevents a duel between the
man she loves and the one who loves
l-.-r equaltv well, if we may take his word
f..r It ami Incidentally all sorts of bright
; rations are worked 1n. Miss Scheff lias
ton!.: cafhy and some really beautiful
eongs which she sings with great suc
cess as she 1-s In admirable voice this
season. The cast lnclmies several very
well-known and gifted people. It is as
follows:
Colonel Butoln. St. Clnir Uayfield
lplatn Hordenave William K. Ttarcourt
l.iwit. Armanii . . . . - Wiillam Kavmond
Llout. Verimnd Iroull!ard Uonald Kali
I.ieut. Gaston de Kandal Martin iiaydim
l.ieut. l'rosper HouMfNU.Ceo.W. MacNkmara
Lieut. Kug-ene (i ifreaumont . Kobert E. Clark
Muni. Boaurlvaice W. J. FwBuuon
Herr Max ciundelnnirer. .JaJiies E. Sullivan
Signor uiuseppl cluticinl Phil Hrunson
Huron de Pomba! -Herbert Avltnff
Firs' T.rtiier ........ .Armund Cortes
Second waiter Peter Canoa
Mollvr Justine Josephine Bartlett
.Mile. Athenee Fritil MoherT
Margot. her maid .... Gwendolyn Valentine
Mile. Mathitde Grace Ixlmar
Mile. I-iree ..Itenee Dyrn
Tiie dancer La Noveta
The liuchese de Montrostt
, Ruth Holt Boucicault
Countess Helene Blanche Morrison
Marquis 1U Perrtfonds. . Katherine Stewart
Celeste Margaret Ross
M ignon ,G rt rude Doremus
Clalrette Virginia P.eed
Roe .Marguerite May
Fritzi Scheff did not hold the field
alone as far as comic opera ls con
cerned and had as rival Anna Held.
InterestlnK enough ls the comparison
between the German cantatrlee, whose
mother. Mme. Jaeger, ls still one of
the favorites In the operatic circles of
Germany, and the French nctress who
scores more heavily in personal ap
pearance and several other elements
than by her vocal resources, which
are limited to say the least.
As little as we might expect to
meet AV. J. Ferguson or Herbert Ay
ling In light opera (in support, of
Miss Scheff) so little are we prepared
to see Ijiwrence d'Orsay In comic
opera, musical comedy, or whatever
"Miss Innocence" may be termed. Of
course this would not be complete
without Charles A Blgelow. who was.
as he always ls, the funniest and the
cleverest Individual In the show. The
New York Theater holds a great many
people, and there never has been a
larger audience assembled within
those walls than the audience which
greeted Miss Held and her company
on Monday night in the comedy writ
ten by Ludwlg Englander and Harry
B. Smith. The scene is laid In the
"Isle of Innocence." wherever that
may be located. "We are told that It
ls in the Mediterranean, and It may
lie, at any rate It ls not close enough
to New York to disturb seriously any
one, and since one need not be care
ful a3 to history or anything else, It
made it easier to allow a plot which
accommodated itself to the needs of
the moment.
"Miss Innocence," with Miss Held
as that elusive creature, is a member
of Miss Sniffen's model school of Inno
cence on the Island by that name, and
from here we find the shy young crea
ture at the Restaurant L'Abbaye Jn
Montmnrtre, Paris, where she fits bet
ter and where she accomplishes some
of the "stunts" which have made her
reputation on both continents. There
is some catchy mtisic and superb
gowning. The cast ls as follows:
Anna r Miss Held
Miss Snifflns Miss Kmma Janvier
11-len Legai'de Miss Billlli Dei-ker
Claire Miss Kdilll St. Claire
Kira PettinKlll Charles A. Big:-low
Captain, the lion. Roland Kltemaurlce
Montjoy. . . .' . . .Lawrence d'Orsay
Pierre de Brlssac Leo Mars
The Duke of Pomeranla. .Robert Paton Gibbs
Bobo , . K. Stanion Heck
The Marquis de Chabert .. Maurice Hegeman
Angele Miss Lillian Lorralrv?
Loulou.... Miss Kva Francis
A third "type" was seen on Monday
night, when Clyde Fitch's adaptation
of the "Blue Mouse" brought forward
Mabel Barrison in the leading role.
The actress, who ls one of the noted
Barrison sisters, has worked her way
from the vaudeville ranks to the lead
ing role In one of the very funniest of
comedies, which has come to Broad-
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AEROPLANE "JUNE BIG" IS RECHR ISTENED "THE LOON."
NEW YORK Dec 12. (Special.) "The Loon" is the old "June Bug." built by the Aerial Experiment
Association and tried at Hammondsport in June cf last year. It-Jias been mounted on pontoons with a view
to launching it from the water. One experiment was made this week and it was not a success.
way. Miss Barrison has rertl charm in
hr Ingenue manner, as she impersonates-the
title role, which Is the name
under which a famous dancer was
known. Her performance is so breezy
and fresh that it obviates all offenslve
ness that might have been put into the
part by one of different characteristics.
Tiie story involves the jealous wife of
the railroad president, the suspicious
father-in-law of a young married man
and of the many worshipers of the
"Blue Mouse." The railroad president's
wife mistakes the dancer for the
clerk's wife and from this the plot
makes one absurd situation follow an
other, until the height is reached in a
scene where the "Blue Mouse" adver
tises an auction sale of her furnished
flat. The cast is as follows:
Paulette Divine..
Lewellyn
Mrs. Lewellyn-. .
Augustus Rollett.
Mrs. Rollett
Wallus
Philip Scarsdale. .
Brlston
Mahei Barrison
Harry Conor
ZNda Scurs
..Jameson Lee Finney
Jane Laurel
Charles Dickson
Alfred Hickman
John Emerson
I I V 'IS '
Mattereon N-ton Merrill
tnf-iri John F.rrKTSon
M" Clifton Msynard
The Old Boy Franklin Burlelh
jlz,le Elizabeth Arlaans
Annie Leonora Oakford
Policeman"".'.'. M A- Alexander
First Porter v- ' v..
Second Porter.. T. . M. S. Robinson
First Footman James con ley
Second Footman Otto Schrader
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Mrs. Lslte Carter is to appear
shortly In a play written for her by
John I.uther Long, author of "Mme.
Butterfly." The play has not yet been
named, but after .seeing a rehearsal
held this week on the roof of the New
Amsterdam Theater, it is said that this
will be quite as successful as the old
plays in which Mrs. Carter became in
ternationally known. The scene is laid
principally In Japan but also in Euro
pean countries. .Mrs. Carter Is staging
the piece herself and It keeps her busy.
For instance, the other day she spent
from 10 o'clock in the morning until
6 o'clock at night without stopping for
luncheon and she began again at 8
o'clock In the evening and continued
until midnight. Charles Milward has
been selected as the leading man.
Kugene Walter, who sprang into
sued a glare of limelight as was cast
by "Paid in Full," has just .married
the well-known actress. Charlotte
Walker, who Is starring in "The War
rens of Virginia." Mrs. Walter will re
main with the company while her hus
band returned to New York to asstst
in staging his latest play. "The Easiest
Way." It Is probable that Miss Walker
may star In the new. play.
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The state Is to lose one of Us bright
est lights when Mrs. Daniel Frohman,
formerly known as Margaret Illlngton.
withdraws from public life. The strain
of "Marie Louise" in "The Thief" was
too much for Mrs. Frohman, who played
it mucii longer than hex health war
ranted. She will rest completely and
then delight her husband by giving her
self to the occupation of housekeeping.
"Mary Jane's Pa" is a bright little
comedy by Miss Edith Ellis, which Is
drawing good audiences at the Garden
Theater. It is the story of a shiftless,
roving wanderer, who deserts flis family
in search of adventure and then comes
back to occupy the position of general
messenger boy ; and household drudge
In hi3 own home. Hiram Perkins en
Joyed the companionship of his wife as
long as there were no children, but in
him the fatherly instincts were not very
strong. Later, however, the companion
ship of his little girl and his wife's heroic
devotion accomplish a reformation. Mr.
Dixey is in the role of the father and
his characteristics are too well known
to need special mention at this moment.
The more successful members of the
company are Miss Sutherland. Miss
Wood, Miss Hartmann and Emmett
King.
The most sensational musical event of
the week was the first appearance of
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, with the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. The great Rus
sian pianist has come back for the
fourth time with greater polish and a
more beautiful art than ever, and the
ten or twelve recalls that he got proved
the position he holds In New York. The
work In which he was heard was the
second concerto of Rachmaninoff, and he
played with all that is greatest In plan
ism. His growth is absolutely incred
ible, and even last time be was here
we felt that there was little In which
he could Improve. His Is the result of
all that Is real, honest and noble in the
aspiration for art. He does not watch
for public appreciation, he does not think
of anything beyond the art itself, and
in this he reaches the public as few
artists have done before him. He will
YULETIDE CAKES ARE IN ORDER;
LILIAN TINGLE WRITES OF THEM
America Draws Upon European Countries for Distinctive Christmas and
New Year's Dainties.
BY LILIAN TINGLE.
Have you made your Christmas
cakes yet? If not, what kind are you
going to make?
The cakes belonging tto the Christ
mas and New Year celebrations are
certainly the most important and In
teresting of their race with of course
the possible exception of wedding
cakes; and like the latter they should
be ready well ahead of the festivities
they are to grace. ,
Almost every European country has
some special confection of Its own for
Christmas or New Year; and In hospi
table America we find. If we look for
them, almost all these traditional cakes
partly off wholly naturalized. No coun
try In the world has such a cosmopoli
tan menu. Perhaps we borrow the
largest number of Christmas cakes
from Germany. The thrifty skillful
German or Austrian housewife has a
well-saved store of butter and eggs
ready to produce at this season; and
almost endless are the varieties of de
licious little melt-in-your-mouth cake
lets which she and her willing strong
armed hand-maidens' beat and knead
and bake and store against the com
ing of the Weihnachts Abend.
I have a vivid recollection of a er
nian Christmas, some years ago. w nen
in a wild effort to show our apprecia
tion of the hospitality lavished upon us,
we contrived to attend six different
Christmas 'trees on Christmas eve.
We began at 4 o'clock in the after
noon and ended up with midnight mass
in the Hofkirche. At every house all
kinds of refreshments were pressed
upon us; and when we positively
could eat no more, our muffs and pock
ets and handbags were stuffed with
parcels of goodies. until we could
scarcely move without "larding the
lean earth" with "sprlngerlle" and
pfeffernusse." When at last we reached
our home again and reviewed our
spoils, one of us gasped out: "Well!
I never knew there were so many dif-
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Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
give his first recital In Carnegie . Hall
Sunday afternoon, January 10, and he
will play with the Knelsel Quartet De
cember 15.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
ferent kinds of little cakes in the whole
round world:"
If you have German friends or Ger
man ancestry you probably know how
to make some of these tempting things;
but if not perhaps you may like a few
recipes for some of the most well
known and characteristic of them:
Here is one for "irprlngerlie:" Eeat
the yolks of four eggs until llghc-col-ored
and thick, the whites until dry,
then beat together (you see why a
"strong-armed hand-maiden" is a use
ful tiling to have In the house at such
times); add the grated rind of one lem
on, and beat In gradually one pound of
sifted powdered sugar, add one pound
flour, sifted with one-fourth teaspoon
salt and level teaspoonful baking pow
der, add the flour cautiously, as with
some kinds less will be required.
Knead the dough, cover and let chill
for two or three hours. Roll a small
piece at a time, one-eighth of an incli
thick, dust lightly with flour and
press with the wooden "sprlngerlle"
prints which come for the purpose
carved with different designs. Cut
out the little squares with a knife and
set aside on a lightly floured board
over night. In the morning transfer
to buttered baking tins and bake in a
slow oven until of a light straw color.
The baking tins are often sprinkled
with crushed aniss seed. These little
cakes will keep for weeks for months
even, if properly protected. A set of
springerlle moulds makes a nice pres
ent for a young girl who is fond of
cooking and likes to have special
dainties of her own with which to en
tertain her friends.
Here is a simple recipe for "Ber
liner Krauze." Two egg yolks, hard
boiled and passed through a sieve: two
raw yolks; one-quarter pound sifted
sugar, one-half pound butter, three
quarters pound fi.nir. Cream the but
ter and add to the eggs, well-beaten.
Then add the sugar and gradually sift
in the flour. Cut elf small portions of
the dough and roll Into round pieces
as thick as a lead pencil. Shape these
Into rings; dip Into beaten egg-white,
then into granulated sugar; and bake
in a cool oven.
These also will keep many weeks If
given a fair chance to do so. Another
way of finishing them is to twist the
rolis Into figures of eight and spiinkle
with chopped blanched almonds.
"Nurnberger Lebkuchen" Is famous
the world over, and few people visit
that quaint old city without bringing
some samples of it. In Nurnberg I
once heard two American tourists dis
cussing the origin of the name, as
they strove to decide which they would
purchase of the several kinds dis
played, i
"Why do you suppose they call the
stuff 'Lebkuchen,' said one.
"Oh. that's easy." said the other,
"because it's so rich It always goes
for your liver, 'Leber1 is German for
liver, you know, and 'kuchen' means
cake."
You may think what you please
about this very Ingenius etymology,
but If you wish to test the cake. I
can offer you. recipes for two different
kinds.
Lebkuchen No. 1. One-half pound
blanched almonds, cut fine; one ounce
fine cut citron; one ounce fine cut
preserved orange peel; one ounce of
ground cinnamon; one-eighth ounce
grated nutmeg; one glass brandy; two
pounds honey; one-half ounce pearl
ash; grated rind of one lemon; one
pound powdered sugar; flour to roll.
Mix in the order given, knead a little
and roll one-fourth-lnch thick. Place
the sheets In buttered pans; bake in a
moderate oven and cut in squares while
warm. Brush the tops of (he squares
with a thick syrup made of sugar and
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water boiled to a thread. This will
form a sort of thin white frosting.
Lebkuchen No. 2. Beat four eggs
very light. Add one teaspoonful of
mace; one-quarter teaspoonful of cloves
(or one teaspoonful cinnamon, one
quarter teaspoonful cloves and one
quarter teaspoonful cardamoms, pow
dered) and one-quarter cup candied
orange peel, chopped fine. Heat in one
cup of sugar and continue beating un
til the mixture ls very light. Sift in
two cups flour, one-quarter teaspoon
ful salt, and two teaspoonfuls baking
powder. Beat thoroughly and add one
half pound split blanched almonds.
Turn tiie mixture Into tins and have it
about half an Inch deep. Bake about
2T. minutes. When turned out and
cold, spread the bottom of the cake
with frosting made by mixing con
fectioners sugar to a paste with a very
little boiling water. Flavor the frost
ing with vanilla.
There is evry reason for believing
that Wagner had one of these cakes
In mind when he made Maddclena In
"Die Meisterslnger" win with her
"herrllche kitchen" the heart and band
of her David. Anyway, from Hans
Sachs' time onwards Lebkuchen has
been considered superior even to the
weird cups and saucers of our child
hood, as an admirable "present for a
good boy."
Bulladc Ipon Olden Fashions.
Chicago Evening Post.
Whfre is the ancient waterfall?
Where the the hoops that used to
s wa v
In the blithe maze of rout and ball?
Where are the modes we once called
gay?
All in due season had their day
Basques, and the c'olmans that looked
queer
Went, like the wondrous One Hoss
Shay.
Where are the fashions of yesteryear?
Where are the trains they used to haul
As they strolled proudly on the way?
Tiie polonnlse, that led them all,
Turban and toque, long since passee.
Jackets ai:d waists of steel and
stay
Once thev'were leaders far and near.
Seen at the dinner, church and
ploy
Where are the
fashions of yesteryear?
Where are
the sleeves that had the
call.
Big as balloons;
and where, we
prav.
Are nil the bells that came lart Fall
But were de trop. before Inst May?
Where ar- the hues, pink, blown
and gray.
That were declared to be so dear?
Who is It tells I hem yea and nay?
Where are the fashions of yesteryear
1 ENVOI.
Here are tha bills that men must pay
For all the mode.-, that now are here.
What of the others, now. we say;
Where are the fashions of yester
year? Wistaria Hatpins.
New York Times.
Besides panne velvet and satin hats in
the alluring colors of wislaria are fa.h
'onahle. there are good-looking hatpins
in this pale violet color. They have long,
slender heads, as have their rivals, tliq
amber ones.
The pin Itself is many times longer than
it used to he. or It would not reach from
one side of the crown to the other.
These hatpins are not only worn with
hats in different sharles of violet, but alo
with those of tan, white, gray and black.
They are quite distinctive, and would
make an acceptable gift for Christmas.
How to Keep Yiolels.
Harper's Bazar.
I always keep my violets for five days.
I wear them all day, and when I come
into tiie hoflse I sprinkle them with very
cold water, and allow the water to run
directly upon the stems of the flowers.
Then I saturate oiled paper with cold
water and wind this around the stems
and place a pice of oiled paper, we 11
sprinkled, over the top of the violets an.l
place them hack in t lie box. I generally
keep the violets on the sill outside of ny
window.