THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, JUXE 27, 1909.
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A GREAT festival was held In New
York this week at Madison Square
Garden. The greatest feature of
the week's programme was the reap
pearance of . Mme. Schumann-Helnk.
who spent last season In Europe and
whose return Is the cause of rejoicing
wherever she appears.
Df Schumann-Helnk the artist there
is little need to speak as she is known
as unique in the entire world of song
and wherever singing Is known and
appreciated. In Europe, as In Ameri
ca, she was conceded to be the most
versatile artist living, because in every
style and in every detail her art was
held as consummate. If Schumann
Helnk. the artist, has a rival, that rival
is to be found In Schumann-Helnk, the
mother. How she manages to keep the
two calls upon her nature distinct is
the marvel of those privileged to know
her in both capacities. No one who
accompanied her to the steamer when
she sailed for this European tour will
ever forget the broken-hearted mother
who left her family in school. It is
certain that at that moment not all
the plaudits of the world meant any
thing at all to the great contralto.
"Go to see my little ones as often
as you can." This was all she asked
of her closest friends. And the steamer
bore her away to some of the greatest
triumphs which she has ever enjoyed,
more especially important because she
went back to Germany after having
taken her citizenship in America and
it must not be believed that this was
not resented in the land of the Kaiser.
However, he received her with all the
honor due an artist of her standing
and she sang for him some of America's
songs. Including Nevin's "The Rosary"
which he received particularly well.
She was .happy in her success, hut
when she returned to her home and
the little brood was assembled arouqd
her. she was for the first time in the
entire time really content.
Mme. Schumann-Helnk need envy no
singer In the world, yet she did con
fess that she was jealous of Louise
Homer, the contralto of the Metropoli
tan. When asked exactly what she
envied Mme. Homer, she answered that
it was her twins, however, she did feel
some satisfaction in being the grand
mother of twins, which she is through
her oldest daughter, who is married
and living in Europe. She does not
look like a grandmother and when she
is romping over her gardens and
through the stables with the children
she certainly leaves no idea In any
one's mind that she has had every
audience of every country at her feet.
Schumann-Helnk Is fascinating in
every corner of her lovely roomy home,
and at the head of the table or in the
kitchen she Is as thoroughly at home
as she Is on the stage of the Metropoli
tan, where we first learned to know
and to love her.
Plngae is the name of the little spot
which boasts of her presence. It Is
not far from Paterson, N. J., and about
two hours from New Tork. For those
who are privileged to call at this home
she has a decree of hospitality that Is
quite overpowering and she makes one
feel that life. Is all sweet, sincere and
truthful and that she Is at one with
Mother Earth. With each child she
relolces separately In his or her special
pleasure and one minute will find her
in the stable with the horses, the next
climbing over the hens' nests hunting
erg, and the next In ecstacles over the
latest litter of Boston bull pups, the
latter occupation much to the displeas
ure of some old mastiffs who claim
ier affection and who nearly knock
"her down in their wild endeavors to
Impress upon her their rights of prior
ity. For those who think of the prima
donna side of the question, her fear
lessness of rain and wet weather la
positively alarming, as there Is no
thought of either cold or rain that
seems to obtrude Itself upon her as I
have seen her roam around in the wet
grass without rubbers or umbrella
when I would not have dared follow
her In fullest rainy weather accoutre
ment. When finally I did succeed In
showing her the folly of such temerity
she consented to put on her husband's
rubbers long enough to get into the
house, and she dried off In the kitchen
where she is Just as happy as she is
when 0P0 people are acclaiming her
the greatest "Ortund" of the world.
Mme. Schumann-Helnk has not al
lowed the automobile to supersede her
appreciation for horses. It is said to
be a toss-up whether she loves the
horses better than they love her, as
they may be heard to bid her welcome
as soon as she steps Into the yard.
Only once did Madame feel that there
were more animals than she could han
dle at one time, and that was during
her recent experience as Cly temnestra,
which part she created In Richard
Ptreuss new opera "Electra." In Dres
den last Winter. Strauss In his grop
ing about for startling realism found,
an Interesting avenue In the scene of
sacrifice when he brings upon the
stage droves of sheep, donkeys, calves
and to cap the climax, real live bulls.
"Now," said madams, "you know I
am no coward, and yet with a bright
red cloak such as I wore, I could have
no thought for the music, but only
for the animals on the stage, and In
deed, if I had not cared about that
you must know that the smell was
something awful. Walt until 'Electra'
will be performed In New York and
you may see for yourself that I was
not wrong in feeling that either I or
the animals must hold the stage, but
not on a basis of sharing honors. Under
thesa circumstances. I prefer to leave
them to their glory, and I am sure you
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PHOTOGRAPHS OP MADAME SCHTMANN-HEISK, HER FAMILY
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accuse me of professional
will not
jealousy."
She is anxiously awaiting the day
when she may share professional
honors with her son Henry Schumann
Heink. who has developed a beautiful
basso and who will no doubt climb to
the top of the ladder, although both
mother and son are proud of the fact
that the young man has just been en
gaged in the chorus, of one of the light
opera companies at a salary of $18 a
week. His education has been conducted
as though he had not the slightest re
lation to a great artist but as one who
must work his way up through his own
study and hard efforts, and for this
reason he was sent to Chicago to study
away from her and from her ideas of
things. It may be stated here that his
entire musical education was received
In this country as he only went abroad
last Fall with his mother after several
years of study in this country.
Schumann-Helnk has been trying to
rest ever since her return from Ger
many, but all to no avail as she has
already appeared at several of the large
musical festivals and she is unable to
refuse in this as in many other cases
where she would benefit by a little
selfishness. Her life has always been
devoted to the welfare of others to
such an extent indeed, that frequently
It has all but cost her own. However,
her days of slavery for other people's
happiness have built for her not only
tiW1n erful c,haracter. but much of
this has gone into her art and as she
says "In Art Life ; ,n Life Truth."
Her attitude toward life and truth
may be realized from a little occur
rence which took place before she left
for Europe last season. She received
the visit of a reporter who came to
Investigate her private life her rela
tions with her husband. William Rapp.
and several other equally pertinent
questions. She was found In the midst
of a baking and was up to the elbows
in flour when the gentleman was shown
in. "So, you want to know how we get
along In this household? Well, I sup
pose you could not refuse to come out
here to ask me that question if you
were requested to do so impertinent
as It Is."
She was entertaining "Billy" In the
kitchen and dusted him over with
flower in her conversational energy and
he looked the picture of contentment
Indeed, he could not have appeared
more at ease had she been the "cook"
entertaining her best young man in
the kitchen. After the man in search of
a story had satisfied himself that Mr.
and Mrs. Rapp were on the best pos
sible terms, she said:
"Now, It was awfully nice of you
to have come way out here to see
Billy and me in our home, and I think
you should have something for your
trouble."
She followed the word with the deed,
and sent him home with a basket full
of fresh eggs, a pat of butter, and a
loaf of fresh, warm bread, which she
sent to his wife "with the compliments
of Schumann-Helnk."
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
Three Great Countries of India
Long Time Missionary, Now Visiting Portland, Pictures the Em
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jZa!! 2?' .for 85 years missionary to
India. She U now visum in Portland
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India Is perhaps best known by Its
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ring famines. The country Is so over
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cattle In their fields; they are entirely de
pendent on what each year produces.
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to hoard what they must leave so soon.
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comers. Indians have suffered from
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cept as they share it with the Chinese,
who also are numerous in Burmah.
The Indian government has its center
in Calcutta, and its executives are chiefly
educated Indians; partly for this reason,
and partly on account of . uie higher
wages obtainable there, native college
graduates have come to Burmah, and oc
cupy the most lucrative and influential
places in the country. They are Hindus
and Mohammedans nominally but prac
tically they are atheists. They have lost
their faith in their sacred books and old
superstitions, and yet they have had no
access to the Bible. It ia carefully ex
cluded from all government schools. A
Bengali gentleman, who had taken his
degree of M. A. in Calcultta, said re
cently: "Our education deprives us of
all our old beliefs, and gives us nothing
in their place; it leaves us without a re
ligion. Rev. w. F. Armstrong, brother of T. J.
Armstrong, of this city, was appointed in
18S4 a missionary of t..e American Baptist
Missionary Union to these Indian races
in Burmah. For 25 years he and his
wife, assisted in later years by their
daughter and two sons, have carried on
mission work among these people. They
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the work done for their children in the
mission schools. These teach in Teluga,
Tamil. Hindustani, Bengali and Gujerati,
and are aitunAA 1ir imA i.nj
aH of whom have a Bible lesson even
day. The largest school is in Rangoon,
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aein and other places.
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ful men to the fact that while Eng
land has given them freely her laws,
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teaches. These men are perplexed by
the rivalry and dissension . among
those who are called Christians. Roman
Catholics and Protestants of all classes,
differing widely as they do in doctrine
and In practice, all hold the Bible to
be the book of God. Educated In
dians, whose Intellects are as acute as
ours, and their spiritual susceptibilities
as keen, do not want what they call
Churchianlty. but they want to find
Christ for themselves in his word, and
take their Ideas at first hand from the
book of God Itself.
They come to the mission schools in
groups and ask for help to study the
Bible. Their attitude is shown in an
incident which occurred recently in the
Rangoon school.- Mrs. Armstrong, who
is now In Portland attending the meet
ings of tha Northern Baptist Conven
tion, teaches a Bible class for . Hindoo
and Mohammedan lads in the Rangoon
school. One of these absented himself
from the class, and. when questioned
about It, said he would report ths mat
ter to his father, a wealthy Mogul mer
chant there. Next day his father came
to the class and said: "My son tells me
that he was reproved yesterday for not
attending the Bible class." He was
told that his son could not attend the
school without also attending the Bible
class; a Bible lesson every day was
required f-om all the pupils. He drew
himself up with great dignity in front
of some twenty or thirty young men
in the class, and said. "I have a Bible
in my house, and read it every day; if
my son does not attend the class reg
ularly, send me word and I will thrash
him soundly."
The effect upon the class was elec
trical. It WAS tht ts.t4n.A..
spectable Mohammedan to the estimation
in which he held the Bible.
A Bible school for business and pro
fessional men is the most urgent need
of the hour in Rangoon today. Such a
school must be In the English language.
This is the language of all colleges
in the East, and enables all vernaculars
to enjoy the benefit of the same Bible
school. It should not be incorporated
with existing societies, but be organ
ized in Rangoon where the Indian gen
tlemen who ask for it can feel it is
their own. Foreign Mission Societies
are working on denominational lines
and for the most part in the vernacu
lars. Their missionaries go to the poor,
the ignorant, the heathen, in the popu
lar acceptation of that term. A Bible
school is needed for a totally differ
ent class, who have no rieed of mission
work, as that is generally understood.
They ask for a Bible school untram-
meled by Western thought and Western
schism, where they can d out few then?
teeiVche,What Blble 18 what";
Mrs. Armstrong while 1'
lY1 18 ende-oringetoarai,he0e,uS2
of J3000 per year, guaranteed for five
years. It is proposed to raise this sum
PtW-,P,yble yearly' a.nd orga
ra.lse-1 Thi " this fund is
raised. The permanent support of the
school will be arranged for later on
.178 a ,new departure In foreign
E ?h n.-.W?rK i0..eet new conditions
in the East, but it has already met with
many marks of divine favor. Who is
willing to consecrate his service this
day unto the Lord, that a living temple
may be reared for him In India founded
on the word of God?
H. M. N. ARMSTRONG.
Portland. June 24.
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