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jLjm 133 EUAXCHE BATES, who p
11 pears at the Bimcnlow Theater
" tomorroir nfrht In the new Belas
eo prcKSuctlon. '"Tha Fljrhtfnf Hope."
apanda a rood deal of her time, as might
b cxpacted. In the theater and traveling,
but ahe haa ona place that she rails
hora. ' It Is not the home of her Rlrl
hood Jy In Portland, although that
Uvea fondly In her memory. Her home
today la on the other side of the con.
tlnent on the banks of the beautiful Hud
son RJver. Eha calls It her farm and it
la situated a few miles from the pictur
esque village of Oealning.
The farm consists of many broad acrca
and the farmhouse Iteelf. Miss Bates'
home, is one of those delightfully old
fashioned, two-storied houses painted
white, and brilliant In contrast with the
green vines and velvet lawns. There are
flowers all about to remind Miss Bates
of her happy days on the Pacific Coast.
The building Itself, modernized tn some
respects, goes back to the days of the
Revolution. One enters through a low
venerable hall, where many a time the
footsteps of country belles and beaux of
another century had crossed, and passes
Into the llhrary and music-room with the
Inviting books, old and new. on their
shelves, a piano In one corner and the
bright sunlight pouring through the high
windows. Down a few steps is the cosy
dining-room, where in the cool of the
Autumn the pine-scented logs blaze, in
big. old-fashioned fireplaee.
Miss Bates may well call herself a
landed proprietress, for full 70 acres sur
round the old house, and the stables shel
ter her horses and livestock. There are
half a dozen pedigreed horses in the
stalls and the favorite la Miss Bates
saddle horse, King. Then there are the
dogs, the sheep, the ducks, the geese and
the chickens to give a truly rural air
to the surroundings. The livestock and
poultry may not be a source of revenue
to Miss Bates, but they are a source
of pleasure. . From King, the saddle
horse, to CHamp, the Boston bull, they
all have a place In their mistress' affec
tion.
FRITZ KREISLER VIOLIN WIZARD,
BUYS OLD MUSIC FROM MONKS
Secret of Noted Musician's Collection Is Out Ambition of "Wu'nderkind" Was to Be a Conductor of a
Tram- Car.
NEW TORK. Oct. 4. (Special Corre
spondence.) The return of Frits.
Krelsler Is something that the en
tire musical fraternity of America Is
awaiting with practically the same In
ternet, for there Is. perhaps, not an
artlat anywhere who enjoys the opin
ion of all musicians In all centers
a he does. There Is never more
than one -verdict, and wherever you go,
the same opinion is voiced. I have known
Krelsler'a career almost from the first
and have always felt that his indescriba
ble tone, his compelling force and his
subtle fascination were singularly un
canny, which alone made him unique
among the violinists who by reason of
lateness of birth were compelled to fol
low PaganinL However, comparisons
are always to be avoided, so it matters
little whether Krelsler Is a second Paga
nlnl or whether he ia greater or smaller
than the wizard who set the paee for
"fiddlers'."
Still under the firs of comparison
Kreisler. like very few artists In the
world, stands outside, because he really
has an Individuality which extends from
his tone to each item connected with
violin playing. And this man did not
want to be a viojinist. He wanted to be
a conductor. It is not difficult to Im
agine him Imparting his own Interpreta
tion to a great body of musicians, but
Indeed, his ambition was not to be that
kind of a conductor. He had hla heart
set upon being the conductor of a tram
car. That seemed the end and the aim
of everything for which he hoped in life.
Contrary to hla desires, however, he waa
compelled to keep at his work. No glow
ing stories of how devoted he was to his
practice or how hard It was to drive him
from his instrument can be told of Fritx
Krelsler's childhood.
He will not make a good example for
adoring mammas to hold up as examples
for emulation for refractory children who
must be muaicsl. willing or not. But It
was not upon the violin his early studies
were' made. He wn a "wunderklnd"
pianist before he turned from that In
strument to the one upon which he haa
gained a mastery second to none in the
world.
It Is not often that Kreisler can be
brought to talk about himself. He would
rather talk about his wife, from whom,
he feels, he has the utmost sympathy
and to whose Intelligence, insight and
natural critical faculty he attributes
much of his present success. Those who
know Krelsler the best appreciate that
he is not incorrect In his estimate of her
influence over his life and achievements.
However, once in a while he becomes
reminiscent and in these moments he is
revealed In a new and glowing light, be
cause It is really a fact that the mind
behind the art is the admirable and the
Interesting thing. He Is an untiring stu
dent, not so much of music as of lan
guages, literature and, indeed life. He
says "If one has practiced well in youth,
there Is no reason why the fingers should
not retain their suppleness for years, and
this slavery to a technic is killing to the
musical side. Of course it muet be well
understood that In the first place the
technic is prodigious."
Krelsler bases this theory upon his own
strange experience when, at the end of
his first tour with "no less an Important
artist than Moris Rosenthal, he was com
pelled to carry out the required military
service. With his characteristic whole
heartedness. Krelsler entered into his
army career as though he Intended to
make it his permanent profession. He
became a lieutenant In a cavalary regi
ment and for four years gave himself
entirely to that service. But there was
no cause for regret, notwithstanding the
feeling one usually haa about breaking
Into an artistic career. It built for him
a physique which later enabled him to
stand a strain of more than ordinary
severity, as when he returned to his vio
lin he became a furore on both conti
nents. In fact, at the close of his last
tour In this country he made a great
number of appearances, although not
well, and it was later discovered that he
was suffering from "walking typhoid."
which broke him down completely, but
not until he had finished every date In
America, and then a supplementary tour
in Mexico.
When Krelsler left the army and turned
again to hla violin. It was" almost incredi
ble that he should have lost nothing in
the way of technic, which was as flaw
less and as true as ever, but his struggle
for public recognition was very severe
and frequently It seemed hardly worth
the strain. He said later: "I played as
well then as I do now, and I cannot see
why a public cannot Judge for Itself and
not be awept along in a crowd." He also
tells stories of privation ' during his stu
dent days in Rome, where he went after
having won the Prix de Rome from the
Paris Conservatory, which have In them
now much that ia amusing, but at that
time it wa pathetic enough. Krelsler
U-lls now of his dally menus, which con
sisted for the greater part of the time
of oranges and water. He also remem
bers with some degree of grim amuse
ment a home-cured ham which was given
to himself and fellow-students by a hap
py bridegroom for whose wedding they
furnished the music. Notwithstanding
their sore need. It seemed nothing short
of a tragedy to get this Instead of money
with which they might have bought an
Immediate lunch.
After Krelsler had renounced the pi
ano for the violin he was engaged to
play the Mendelssohn concerto, and the
consternation of the manager may be
realized when the young artist pre
sented himself without his violin.
There was nothing to do but to hand
the orchestra the accompaniment of
the piano concerto Instead of the violin
accompaniment and they had Kreisler,
the pianist. Instead of the violinist,
and he played In a manner which made
his friends wonder as to the wisdom
of his change.
Kreisler makes wonderful pro
grammes. They are full of wonderful
things which sound like antique music,
but which have so much that seems
characteristic of Krelsler that even the
critics, those wise men who are sup
posed to know and to recognize every
thing that was ever written whether
they ever heard it or not. shake their
heads gravely and say. "Is he fooling
us? Pld he write these things hlm
self in antique style, or did he get
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hold of them aomewhere? Are they
printed? Are thpy manuscript?"
Well, to clear the mystery Is a pity,
but It makes an Interesting story, so
that Is the only concern we must have
at this moment. One ot us made so
bold as to demand an explanation and
he told a story of utmost Interest, but
for present purposes must be reduced
to the mere facts.
The violinist discovered a collection
of manuscript music in the .possession
of the monks who Inhabit one of the
oldest monasteries In Europe, and he
was as anxious to have them for his
own" use that he copied one of the
pieces on his cuff. The monks ob
jected seriously and eventually, after
much persuasion, Krelsler succeeded
In purchasing the whole collection for
a considerable sum of money. To ar
range them for the concert room waa
a labor of love and. having; secured
the manuscript In this manner he
naturally considers that they are his
sole property. It is only fair, too, to
state that others had access to th
music, but it was left to Mr. Kreisler
to discover the value and to utilize it.
That he will eventually give this music
to the world is certain, but this will
be In his own time. An amusing inci
dent concerning the interest manifested
in these compositions occurred wnen
someone went into a leading music store
to see if they could be had. He was
informed by the man in charge that
no fewer than 30 people, many of whom
had not waited until the close of the
concert, had been In to make the same
Inquiry, and in the space of an hour
they could have sold out a fair-sized
stock.
On Wednesday, at high noon, the
weddlna- of OssiD Gabrllowitsch, the
Russian pianist, to Miss Clara' Clem
ens, daughter of Mark Twain, in tne
nthxr'. hnm at Reddtnar. Conn., was
solemnised. Very few Intimate friends
were present. The young couple will
sail for Europe October 12. Gabrllo
witsch has completely recovered irom
his recent serious illness and he will
on iflrm number of concert engage
ments in Europe, He wll also appear
as conductor a number of times. He
will not be In the country for at least
two years.
Two great prima donnas singing
against each other in recital the same
afternoon that Is the unique prospect
now adding to the gaiety of a war of
Impresarios tn Chicago and dividing
the Windy City's concertgoers into rival
camps. . Next Sunday afternoon Mme.
Gadskl will deliver her purest and
highest notes before a rapt audience
at Orchestra Hall, at the same time
Mme. Sembrich Is stirring to enthu
siasm another audience at the Auditor
ium. A surprising feature of the sit
uation Is the fact that the tours of
both singers are under the managerial,
direction of Loudon Charlton, who thus,
through a series of peculiar circum
stances, finds himself furnishing ar
tistic ammunition to hostile menagerie al
batteries.
For years Mme. Gadski and Mme. Sem
brich have been friendly colleagues at
the Metropolitan, and they are likely to
continue friends, even though they
chance to be the chosen weapons of op
posing factions. There is every prospect,
moreover, that each artist will be the
gainer, because of the additional interest
that the controversy has engendered.
The Chicago musical war Is an effort
to wrest from F. Wight Neumann what
has been a virtual monopoly of the local
recital management for many years.
Early in the Summer before sailing for
Europe, Mme. Gadski chose October 10
for her recital date, electing to place her
appearance In the hands of F. J. Wessels,
manager of the Chicago Orchestra. Mme.
Sembrich selected October 2 ana kit.
Neumann as manager. While abroad re
cently Mr. Neumann, on the strength of
a charity concert booked on October 24.
induced Mme. Sembrich to give up that
date and appear on October 10. Thus
he would punish Mme. Gadski for deser
tion from his colors and warn Mr. Wes
sels to keep off the Neumann managerial
preserves.
Neumann returned to announce his coup
with much exuberance, and the war was
on In earnest. Both prima donnas have
large followlngs in Chicago, and if, as
Beems likely, both do capacity business,
the issue will be drawn and no blood
shed. Another chapter In Xhc conflict will
occur throe weeks later, when George
Hamlin, tenor, will sing at the Grand
Opara-hounfl. tinder the theater manage
ment. In opposition to Dr. Wuellner, who
appears at Orchestra Hall under Mr.
Neumann.
BMTT.IB FRANCES BAUER.
Hypnotism or Mental Suggestion
Growth in the Last Two Centuries of the Idea That Phenomena Emanate From the Spiritual Mind.
BT B. M. BREMERTON, C. E.
IWEHJj "remember that over 50 years
ago this phase of the human mind and
Its phenomena were known as mesmerism
or "magnetic healing." and when scient
ists and the medical profession refused to
look into Its phenomena or to have any
part in it.
Its author, Mesmer. claimed that there
was a subtle and controllable magnetic
fluid issuing from the human body of
some which could be used for healing all
manner of disease in the body of others.
His theory of it had, therefore, a purely
material or physical basis, and not
spiritual one. Yet In this new art of
! healing In the 18th century he succeeded
In depriving the Church of Rome of a
large part of Its cepturtes-old exclusive
Influence therein. Now, In this more en
lightened 30th century, we see the Chris
tian Sclenca Church bringing It back to
chtirchdom.
The term Mesmerism is nearly obsolete
and In Its place we have hypnotism
Christian Science, New Thought and oth
ers. Mesmerism and its descendants can
all be concreted under the term "Mental
Suggestion"; that is more sclentlllc. The
phenomena emanate from the spiritual
mind of the Individual, and not from any
corporeal fluid issuing from the healer or
operator.
The mind of the Inward man possessea
the marvelous spiritual germs of faith,
love and hope. Those endowed with
these divine gifts and In whom these are
developed by cultivation are known as
hypnotists or maelc healers. Through
their supersensitive nature and attrac
tive personality they are able to excite
the dormant germs of faith and hope In
others they come in contact with. By
this outward Influence on the mind of
their patient, the Innate healing process
Is started in the brain and through that
organ of physical life the nervous sys
tem and circulation of the life-blood are
brought into greater activity.
There must be contact of some kind be
tween the operator and the recipient: the
former only suggests; the latter alone
can operate on the suggestion through
self-action of faith and physical ability.
Personal contact between the physician
or the clergyman and the patient who Is
sick in body or mind, represents the csuse
and effect of the recovery of the latter.
Impersonal medical colleges or churches
cannot possess the healing power of per
sonality.. Jesua exercised his marvelous
personality and acute knowledge of the
Innate power of the Inward or sub-conscious
mind of his patients on these lines.
Their faith waa excited and their own
aelf-resources were developed. "Thy
faith hath made thee whole" was his pre
scription. There Is a medium throughout naturs
of which we think and know far too
little. I know not, yet I alncerely believe
that the all-pervading, all-penetrating,
friettonless and vacuumless substance,
called ether, forma the Intangible and
unseeable medium through which
thought-transference, faith, love and
hope find play in the human mind In
this physical life as well as In spiritual
life. These spiritual attributes of the
human mind cannot have their genesis in
our physical food of vegetable substance.
The entire body of man la derived from
his dally food, and that comes solely
from the non-magnetic vegetable king
dom. The mind of the Inward or spirit
man works in the physical laboratory
of the stomach to supply the life blood
which alone feeds every atom and tissue
of the entire body. Admitting that this
Inward or subconscious mind has the '
will and energy to build and sustain
Its physics! body from the dally food In
Its stomach. It Is easy to perceive that
any outside 'suggestion made to It
through suitable, means, such lis hyp
notism, trance or Inspiration, can be util
ized for healing purposes. Herein the
moving thought and will power of the
suggester excite and Inspire t-he mind
and living forces of the recipient.
Inspiration Is a very expressive term;
it is a spiritual influence universally
acknowledged as such through all ages
of humanity. The brain is only an in
strument for the reception of thought
and control of the nervous system and
vital functions. The mind of the Inward
man has the power to construct this
Instrument from the necessary ingredients
In the food. In ttself It Is inert. If it is
in healthy tune it can be played upon
or utilized In more or less degree by the
self-mind and by outside personalities or
Influences. Injured through accident, or
Irrecoverably weakened by the poison of
alcohol and narcotics, the braln-lnstru-mcnt
becomes useless, and no self-influence
or outside influence of man or
angel can make it aesthetic again.
It is the aesthetic nature of the brain
that enables the wonderful phenomena Is
suing from the eelf-mind and from out
6lde Influences upon it to become mani
fest. The medical profession have recog
nised this attribute of the human brain
and so have used anaesthetics. If these
had not been discovered probably the doc
tors would have formerly resorted to the
use of mesmerism, and today with men
tal suggestion. No physician, hypnotist
or Christian Scientist would think It pos
sible to convert the brain of a born idiot
Into a sound and aesthetic one; yet the
mind of the indwelling spirit, not being
Idiotic, may be the greatest sufferer from
the physical imperfection of the organ.
Once upon a time In the early portion of
the nineteenth century a noted mesmerist
tried to persuade 'James Braid, one of
the foremost investigators of hypnotism,
that a magnet could induce catalepsy In
an entranced patient by mere contact with
the skin.
Braid told him he had an Instrument
which had more power than any magnet.
The mesmerist Invited him to try It on
one of his patients. Braid placed his in
strument In the hand of an entranced pa
tient; It promtced catalepsy of both -hands I
and arms. He then reversed the position
of the instrument, and the patient's hand
opened. He then placed the Instrument
on the third finger of the left hand and
It produced sleep. Next he placed It on
the second finger of the same hand, ami
the "noted mesmerist." who willed that
the patient should sleep, utterly failed In
his efforts. Braid before making each of
these tests told the patient what the re
sults wojld be! This wonderful (?) In
strument was the key of Braid's satchel
and the ring from which It was suspend
ed! Surely It Is full time for the medical
profession and the civil authorities to pro
tect sensitive and suffering humanity
from any wrongful and unskilled use of
this now acknowledged natural force of
psychical suggestion. If the civil author
ities have the power to protect the public,
from professional gamblers and swindlers
they surely should have equal power to
protect It from the dangerous use of men
tal suggestion by unprofessional practi
tioners. Woodstock. Or., Oct. 6.
NOVEL TOYS SEEM IN PARIS
Frenchmen Make Miniature Airships
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PARIS, Oct. 9. (Special.) Aviation
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Tullleries. There is a real aerodrome,
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fingers move feverishly over the key
board. As he plays, his head moves from
side to side as If he were ecstatically con
scious of the beauty of his music. M.
Leplno, Prefect of Police, founded the ex
hibition nine years ago for the encourage
ment of the modest inventors and toy
makers of Paris. It has proved a tri
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