THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAS. PORTLAND, yOVE3IBEIt 31, 1909.. .
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Music and Drama Entrance
New York in One Big Night
New Theater Jlonses First Audience, Boston Showhouses Open and Two
Opera Seasons Are Begun November 8 "Herodiade,"
the New Salome, Appears. '
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Photo copyright, 1909, by George Grantham Bain.
MAKV UAHDEX'iXP OSC,AR HAMMERSTF.IX.
miEW YORK, Nov. 0. (Special.)
; 1 November 8 was one of the
' memorable dates In musical and
'dramatic life of this country. That
J night the New Theater was opened to
' the public, the new opera-house in Bos.
' ton was opened, the Metropolitan
; Opera Company opened its Brooklyn
season, and the Manhattan Company
opened its fourth season of grand
opera, all of which events are signifi
cant far beygnd the fact itself.
The musical critics in a body were
Invited to each of the affairs, but as It
is sufficiently-. difficult to divids
oneself r,i New York proper, fhe Bos
ton Opera-house was dedicated with
out the presence of yours truly, also
the opening of the Metropolitan Com
pany In Brooklyn went on without my
presence. A Massenet opera, per
formed for the flrnt time in America,
was sufficient to keep one eye on the
orchestra and the other on the stage
every minute of the four hours, with
intermissions, that It took te portray
the troubles of Mr. and Mrs. Herod, to
say nan;; lit of her daughter by a first
well, hor daughter, the Impression
able Salome, who became desperately
enamoured of John the Baptist. This
Is not tho Salome as pictured by Oscar
Vfllde and translated Into music by
Richard Strauss. It Is the Salome of
the opera called "Herodiade." and here
Is a prize offered for any baritone who
never sang "Vision Kugitlf," or the
soprane who never sang "11 Est Doux,
II Est Bon."
However. "Herodiade." as an entity,
was never before presented in this
country. It was planned for last sea
son on account of Renaud. who has
the leading part, but It was laid over
until a later occasion" to make room
for "Salome." the redoubtable of Wilde
Strauss. If there are two opinions ex
pressed -about "Herodiade." they will
rome from two possibilities only, the
Kenaud worshipers, and these are not
to be counted by the usual methods of
computation, and those who thought
about the opera as an opera. For the
former there never has been anything
more divine. Renaud was on the stage
almost every minute of the time, and
when he was not there was time to
think of how lovely It would be when
he returned.
Now, as a matter of fact, Renaud
cannot help being a matinee Idol. A
man who is everything lie is in the
superlative, is born to be an idol if he
is destined for the stage, and if he fol
lows this career, as. least there Is some
reasonable excuse for worshiping at
his shrine, openly, unabashed and with
abandon. Everyone idolizes and ideal
i7es him. It would be inartistic not to
do so. it would, be an admission that
one Is not able to understand his mar
velous and inapproachable art. Renaud
Is also a decided boon for the etitics.
especially for those whose tendencies
run to superlatives. This is the one
case where it is recognized to be so
justifiable that even the man with the
blue pencil stops with that formidable
weapon in the air. while his mind la
groping wildly in the rubbish heap ot
adjectives cast aside upon former occa
sions for something which could be
brushed off, polished up and used to
advantage in behalf of the great French
master.
Well. Renaud is the man who has con
tributed more to Mr. Hammersteln's
standing as an art connoisseur than any
one who has evoj- been identified with
the Manhattan, unless it might be Mary
Garden, who Is not complete without
Renaud In the cast, and Renaud's art Is
enhanced and supported by the great
singer who is now thinking more about
her duties at the custom-house than at
the opera-house. But Miss Garden Is not
the Salome in the Massenet opera. She
has had enough Salome troubles of her
own. and was calm in her contemplation
of those which fell to the lot of Mme.
Cavalier!. She was thinking, no doubt,
that there are Salomes and Salomes, that
there are Richard Strauss and Massenet,
and Cavalier! is to be congratulated that
to her lot fell Massenet Instead of
Strauss. V
The stage setting was simply stupend
ous, even more so than a setting, for
"Aida." but there was a sad anachron''
ism. one which could have been avoided
if the horn-player had only thought about
memorizing his music. There was the
great pageantry with a body of at least
IS horn-players on the stage and the
eyeglasses that loomed up on the largest
man tended to upset the illusion as well
as the equanimity of some who are sen
sitive to those things.
The opera was directly in line with the
trend of plays now on in the New York
theaters. The scene was laid In Jerusa
lem, and of the chosen people there were
plenty. There were also long and fre
quent harangues on the recital question,
but as Massenet wrote In 1SS1. there was
pure, mild harmony instead of the sort
of discord which is now the reigning
requisition in ultra-modern music, spe
cially aggressive examples of which may
be found In simple love songs or in lulla
bies. The rest of the week was filled with
.interesting productions and debuts. Wed
nesday evening. Mme. Tetrazzini made
her re-appearance with John. McCor
mack, the young Irish tenor from Covent
Harden, who says the noted Italian pri
ma donna was his "fairy godmother.",
from the time they first met In the Lon
don Opera-house. His debut was one of
the most successful In the history of the
Manhattan, as he Is tall, very good
looking, with a most fetching smile and a
voice of beautiful lyric quality. Sammar
co made the third In a powerful trio, one
strong enough to carry into success, even
time-worn opera like "La Travlata". or
"Lucia." In which the three will- be
heard next week.
Mme. Tetrazzini t bark with a won
derful wardrobe. Three of the most
tartltng gowns were shown Wednesday
night. The first was a pale blue, soft, .
clinging crepe covered to the flounce
with an overdress of gold bugle beads,
two Inches in length, forming open
squares. The next was of Irish lace and
the last was still more dazzling than the
first. It was a white satin, with a robe
of jewels which gave the effect of hun
dreds upon hundreds of small diamonds.
The New Theater openjed to the public
Monday night with the utmost magnin
rrwf The New Theater at Central Park.
West and Sixty-third streets, is supposed
to represent, eventually, to ivew rom
what the Oreon is to Paris. Of its in
fluence or ita importance there 1s no need
to speak at this moment, in the presence
of the interest awakened in its opening.
The doors were thrown open Saturday
afternoon and evening, but that was only
bv Invitation. A may well be Imagined,
even on Monday night, the house could
have been sold out over again, so great
was the number of people who wished to
attend this auspicious event. Shakes
peare's "Antony and Cleopatra" was
given with the following cast:
Mark Antony '. E. H. Sothern
Octavlus i7aear A. E. Anson
M. Aemlllim l,epldu Rowland Buckstone
Fxtu Pompeius Ben Johnson
D"mltiu Enobarbua William Mi-Vay
Ero - Charles Balsar
Scarus Howard Kyi
Agrippa Jacob Wendell. Jr.
Proculeiua William Harrtj
Thyreua Henry Stanford
Mer.as Lee Baker
Canldlua ..Reginald Barlow
Euphonlus - . . .Oeorge Venning
Demetrius O. F. Hannan-Clark
Alexas Lawrence Eyre
Diomedea Pedro de Coroba
Soothsayer Albert Brunlns
Clown . . -...Ferdinand Gottschalk
Guardsman to Caesar Alfred Croas
rleopatra Julia Msrlowc
Ortavia Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
Chaxmian Jessie Busier
l,a Leah Bateman-Hunter
The newness of everything, the magni
tude of the house and the brilliancy of
the audience in a certain sense detracted
from the performance, and it did not seem
as thetigli the audience was in touch with
the stage. It was good to pee SotheYn
and Mis Marlowe together again. His
qualities are well known, and of her 1t
may be said that ehe Is the best actress
on the American stage today. Her Cle
opatra was superb In its grace and its
variety of shades. It 1s expected that a
renewed interest in classical drama may
be awakened, and that opportunity will be
made to present works of high aspirations
of which the ordinary manager would be
afraid. '
A case in point Is that of William
Favershams production of '"Herod,' by
Stephen Phillips, which, notwithstand
ing its very great merit as a work of
art, is not a success at the box office.
The production Is massive and artistic
In every particular, but the only inter
est manltested is ITy the exclusive few
exceptionally literary people.
"The Harvest Moon." Augustus
T'nom.ts latest play presented by
Charles Frohman at the Garrick Thea
ter, In New York, has caused endless
discussion because of the theories of
mental suggestion and color -influence
enunciated in It. As a play "The Har
vest Moon" has received little but
praise, but some critics have accused
Mr. Thomas of pushing his theories
into the realm of the unreal and fan
tastic in the matter of color Influence.
Now comes the word that Mr. Thomas
has received a scientific Justification of
his theory. For the State of Illinois, at
the State Hospital for the Insane at Bar
tonville. has instituted eight different
plants devoted to phototherapy, or light
healing. '
Mr. Thomas' contention in the "Har
vest Moon" is that a scene designated to
portray a cheerful domestic episode
should be played with red furniture and
a red glow in the air. On the other
hand, that brown is dismal and depress
ing and puts audience and actors out of
key with such a scene. Love scenes, he
says, speaking through Monsieur Vavin,
the character who is the famous French
playwright of the piece, should be played
in . a violet light, because nature ha
shown us that a violet light induces sweet
and tender emotion. And so the love
scene in 'The Harvesl Moon" serves te
bring two lovers that had quarreled to
gether. The account of the work that is being
done by medical science along this line
comes. In the form of a dispatch from
Peoria. III., to the New York Herald un
der this head: "Many Tinted Solariums
Attached to Illinois. Asylum for Treat
ment of Different Forms of Lunacy." The
dispatch itself is as follows: "Peoria, III.
Two college- buildings erected on the
site of the Illinois Hospital for the In
sane, of Bartonville, at a cost of $100,000.
and equipped with eight solariums for
the work of phototherapy inaugurated by
Superintendent George A. Zeller, will be
dedicated. Thanksgiving day.
"Two of the solariums are equipped In
ruby, two in vkilet, two In amber and
two in opa. The Incandescent lamps
are of these colors', also the decorations
on the walls.
"The doctor has found that despondent
insane patients .. are enlivened when
placed In the red room and violent pa
tients soothed when in the blue room.
Opal Is antiseptic and aids the consump
tives." In the minds of older people this will
revive a memory of the famous "Bine
Gross Cure" of 40 years ago. Whether this
was a Boston fad or a. Boston contribu
tion to science has never been satisfac
torily settled. Many extraordinary cures
were at one time credited to it by its ad
herents snd by its opponents to mind
cure. In any case it died away after a
time, as other medlcal-fashlons have died,
but. unlike others, it has survived in the
violet windows in the old Beacon-street
houses in Boston in which in other days
people sat and bathed In Mr. .Thomas'
soothing violet rays. And now It turns
out that after all this may not be all
"moonshine.", as the severer school of
doctors once characterized it.
EMILIE FRANCES BAUER.
In oroer 10 construct in aianrrnesier
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BALLINGER, TAFT, PINCHOT AND ROOSEVELT
Side Lights on the Personalities Involved in the Big Conservation Controversy Basis of the Bond Between the
Chief Foresteyand the Ex-President Taft's Delicate Position at This Time.
Alfred Henry Lewis In Human Life.
BE it known that, speaking for my
self as to the merits of what con
troversies are set forth below, my
feeling is upon the side of Mr. Taft.
Mr. Balllnger has had two fights. Mr.
Taft as President was ex-offlolo referee.
He gave a decision in both for Mr.
Ballinger. It is upon these decisions
that all that adverse, criticism of Mr.
Taft depends and hangs as from a hook.
Mr. Glavis, a subaltern of he Interior
Department, complained that coal land
frauds were afoot In Alaska by which
the public 'was threatened with the loss
of hundreds of millions of dollars. Mr.
Glavis said that divers Cunninghams
were beinisc employed In those ffauds in
the capacity of what New York City's
K.ist Side call "(tails": but that the
true parties in villain interest, the real
buss under those coal-land fraud-chips,
were the seven Guirsenhelms, all of
them millionaire smelter kings, one ot
them In that millionaires' club, the Sen
ate. Mr. Glavis explained that by turn
ing their bonvenlent blind side to what
was so fraudulently going forward. Mr.
Ballinger and sundry of his under
chiefs were giving nefarious aid and
comfort to the Guggcnhetms, alias Cunningham.--.
Mr. Taft. as I have stated, went all
through the situation ' with a lantern,
and decided against the Glavis assump
tion. As under the circumstances was
fitting, the accusatory Mr. Glavis lost
his official head. Mr. Ballinger and his
department were exonerated of the
charge of conniving with the Guggen
helms. tho Cunninghams, . or any one
else -to rob the Nation of its sooty
rights in coal.
There was or rather is a Mr. Pinchot
a Mr. Glfford Pinchot. He was born
rich, 'which is no good thing for any
man. Cradle-riches make one opinion
ated, dictatorial, petty. They destroy
one's perspective, limit one's experi
ences and therefore one's powers of
comparison. Worst of all they weaken
one's fiber by removing the reason for
work. .
Mr. Pinchot went to Harvard, which
if you are abla to do is a very good
thing. There Mr. Pinchot met Mr.
Roosevelt. It was a meeting of moment
to Mr. Pinchot, since it very much mold
ed his career.
Mr. pinchot has a Tad. It is trees.
Fads are all right in private life. In
public, life they have to be watched.
It Is' no exaggeration to say that per
sonally Mr. Roosevelt really loved Mr.
Pinchot. The latter was honest, loyal,
clinging, vine-like. ilr. Roosevelt was
honest, self-reliant, sturdy, up-and-down
as an oak.
Mr. Roosevelt. then, loved Mr.
Pinchot for Harvard as well as for
himself. Never shall I forget the beam
ing look of Mr. Roosevelt when he pre
sented me casually to Mr. Pinchot.
"Pinchot." said he,. slapping that fad
swept personage on the shoulder, "is In
charge of nyy tree policy."
Mr. Pinchot, officially as well as pri-
vatelyi was raised a pet. He was a
favorite and trusted member of Mr.
Roosevelt's famous "tennis cabinet." I
do not understand that Mr. Pinchot was
riotously popular elsewhere than at the
White House. That may have been born
of his nearness to Mr. Roosevelt. As the
poet Gray explains tr) what lines he
tearfully commemorates the. drowning of
his pet tabby cat and how little the sad
affair affected the other animals, "A
favorite has no friends.'
As forestry chief under Mr. Roosevelt,
Mr. Pinchot did as he pleased. He dealt
with the law as It should have been and
not as It was. Full of his tree fad, he
carried forestry as an element of govern
ment to every exaggeration. He robbed
the present to enrich the future, and so
they say took liiC.000,000 acres out of pub
lic lands available for settlement, and
enthusiastically added them to the "For
est Reserve." Mr. Roosevelt, looking the
other way, thinking on other things, busy
with his great plan to make Mr. Taft his
successor, leaving all forest things to his
"dear Pinchot," promptly O. K.'d the con
fiscations. " '
Also, like Mr. Glavis, Mr. Pinchot dis
covered a mare's nest. The Pinchot nest
related, not to coal, but water. He de
tected symptoms-of attorning water-power
trust.
In some recondite way, which I do not
understand and therefore shall not try to
lay bare, that coming water-power trust
was to be knocked on the head, killed as
it were on the nest by a sheer first effect
of that forestry confiscation of lSO.OOO.OW
acres. ,
But behold you, along' comes Mr. Bal
linger as Secretary of the Interior. Keen,
clear, alert, law to 'his finger-tips, all
spring steel and action and In the pride
of his youth sets aside the Pinchot con
fiscation, deforests that conquest of iX
CiO.OOO acres and readds it to the general
public domain from which, by Mr. Pin
chot, it had been so feverishly subtracted.
Naturally Mr. Pinchot carried the storm
of his griefs to Mr. Toft. That executive,
at cheerful ease In his Beverly splint
bottom rocker of double width and
strength gave judgment as aforesaid for
Mr. Ballinger. and Mr. Pinchot dolefully
withdrew, as depressed as some peacock
bereft of its tall.x .
It's awful to be born rich. It's more,
awful when thus conditioned you are
taken captive by a fad. The two com
bined make "No" so hard to bear.
Mr. Pinchot hasn't left the department
Mr. Glavis has being incontinently
chucked out. Mr. Ballinger won from
Mr. Glavis on a knock-out from Mr. Pin
chot on points.
Mr. Roosevelt was in the White House.
Junior Jimmy Garfield sat In the Cabi
net. Mr. Roosevelt went looking about
for a superintendent of the Land Office.
Mr. Garfield said. "Get Ballinger."
Mr. Garfield had met -Mr. Ballinger at
Williams about the time Mr. Roosevelt
at Harvard was meeting Mr. Pinchot.
"What's his politics?" asked Mr. Roose
velt. "He hates thieves," was the reply.
Then Mr. Garfield told Mr. Roosevelt
an engaging tale of how Mr. Ballinger
had once killed three rattlesnakes with
his quirt during those far-off cowboy
days. This tragedy took place appro
priately on the banks of Rattlesnake
Creek.
"There are rattlesnakes in the Land
Office," observed Mr. Roosevelt to Mr.
Ballinger. having speciously roped the
latter Into the White House on a pretenn"
of lunch. "I've pitched upon you to kiir
them."
Mr. Bal!ingr. Snake-Killer, reform
Mayor of Seattle, became Superintendent
of the Government Land Office. True t'
his employment, he did for that Land
Office what St. Patrick did for Ireland.
When he got through, not a graft-rattle,
not a fraud hiss could anywhere be heard.
The land snakes were gone. With broom
of law. with besom of dismissal, Snake
Kliler Ballinger had swept tliein out.
Mr. Roosevelt was working as heaver
never worked to make Mr. Taft his suc
cessor. Brother Charles Taft down in
Cincinnati was spending Sl.200.rcto of hiH
wife's money inherited from her iron
mongering father, old dead Dave Sinton
in the same good cause. Mr. Ballinger,
inspired by so much and such high ex
ample, began to get busy along similar
lines.
. Mr. Ballinger caused himself to ho
named National committeeman from his
State of Washington. He saw to it thar
he was sent delegate to the Chic-ego
Convention. He maneuvered himself del
icately yet sufficiently upon the conven
tion's platform committee. On all occa
sions and in, every corner he was for
Taft and Taft alone. Also ho showed
himself as apt for politics as any Irish
man. To' Mr. Ballinger. as debts of politics
are counted. Mr. Taft owed much. It
was the expected thing that Mr. Bal
linger .should be invited into the Cabinet.
It was just as expected, that being in
vited, he would come. He was invited.
He did come. He's there now, to the de
struction of the Glavises and the dismay
of the Pinchots. It might be subjoined,
too. that lie is there to the advantage of
the public and the truth in n" wise be
overrun.
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