THE SUXDAY ORXTGOXIAX. PORTLAND, DECEMBER 11, 1910.
even one school, to provide the mu
sical literature of America."'
Mr. Kelley Indicated the danger of
too great cosmopolitanism In America
as follows:
"There is a danger of being sub
merged by the flood that issues from
the press expressing thoughts of the
multitude. Inasmuch as unrestrained
democracy is aa little conducive to
great art work as despotism, we shall
find that the only -means of placing the
music of America upon a footing
worthy of that of other cultured coun
tries is for each composer to exercise
the most rigid self-criticism.
"After he has acquired his technical
equipment, he should study his indi
viduality, live up to his highest Ideals,
discarding all that lie does not regard
WIVES OF TWO GOVERNORS HAVE
HELPED HUSBANDS TO SUCCESS
Mr. Judson Harmon, of Ohio, tad Mr. W. E. Stobbs, of Kan, Now in Public Eye Baltimore Society Belle
Seromei r&mons New York Horteee Girl Get Thirty Million.
On all Kinds of Furniture Carpets,
Rugs, Stoves, Etc.
aa his best, or at least approaching It
However, the best of works can ben
eflt America but little if they are neve
heard. At thla point the character of
the general public Is to stand the test
There is doubtless a friendly feelin
American works, but the avers cjtt
n has little lda of his own relatio
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Mrs. Judson Harmon and Mr. W.
R. gtubo are Inn aomen ( much
Interest In w!lttrv Th nn 1 the wife
f the Gore m or of rM and the other la
the wife of the Oovernor of Ksnuf. Karh
Has taken a lively part In the drlop
rwnl cf hr husband's fortune. In Kar.
lsaji and Ohio womn are actively lmr-
ated In politics and Mr. Harmon ami
lira. Ptubba bllee that woiwn'i rolltl
al r!nba have hlpd In the vlrtorv
which the Democrat Ic party has won
lra. Harmon expects her husband to be
President of the I'nl'ed 8iata snme day
but she hi rot spendina inv time specu
lating on this probability.
A society bl! of Baltimore, when her
father i Governor of Maryland. MS
Mir Brown. Fhe became popular In New
orX axlety when she ram to New
York a the wife of llordon Hushes a
fw years an. Mr. Hushes dl-rt an. I
Mrs Hushes Is now Mrs. Alfred Pleter
irH wtti a b-antiful home on Klfiii v
nue and a delightful repatatlon as a
httees
Mrs Nellie. Arrhlhald Is the widow of
the Treasurer of Ashland County. Wis
consin. Now ah baa been elerted to the
position which her husband held and at
the election she beat two men by a vote
of two to one. v.'hen she was nominated
objection was made on the ground of her
ex. but the Attorney-General could flri-I
no lesal reason for keeping her name off
the ticket.
lxUi rmpbn will b worth $.M.OOO.
OArt norn ly. Jum now ht is a schobl
jtlrl In St. leouin, mhrt hr fthr i
rruar1, a th rlrht clitsn. Ml
OiTiphfll hud n brolhor, Wtllard, who
o:1 a fow dftyn o. leaving hrr to In
herit th $.1fl.iKi.0"i whlrh hrr father has
Accumulated by Investments In railway
securities..
Olga Nethersole has Just arrive J from
Furope And will appear in a few weeks
at the New Theater In Maeterlinck's
"Marr Maiftalene." This if a rhanice on
the part of the New Theater, due to the
remarkable snweas of other Ma.eter!inck
plays whlrh have been seen thla season.
SEATTLE SYMPHONY LEADER CHARMS
GOTHAM CONDUCTING OWN WORK
Henry K. Had'.ey Is Received With Great Honor in Presiding for Nonce Over Walter Damrogch's Concert Edgar
Stillman Kelley Gives His Impressions of American Composers-Collier's New Flay Extremely Fanny.
NEW TORK. Pee. in. Special.!
One of tre moat Important musical
everts thla season brought the East
and ths Weet Tr close together. This
occurred laet Punday. when Henry K.
llsdley. conductor of the Fjmphony or
rttestra of deaf.le. was beard at one
f Walter Dmrosch'a New York Sym
phony concerts conducing hl own com
position. Mr. Hadley was received with Terr
great honor ha waa admitted to be a
conductor of the finest equipments, and
fce was received with all honors due a
man of his fo.:lon and Importance. The
work heard tbla wee ass Ma third
aymphocy. one of considerable merit.
This lias been a week of Importance
lor some of the best composers of thla
country, among whom one may jut Ar
thur Foots and Edgar StIUman Kelley
as foremost. Mr. Foots played his
splendid trio at ths second of ths
Knelsel series in Brooklyn with Mr.
Kaeleel and Mr. Wllleke. and Sunday
afternoon. Arnold Volpe. of ths Vo'.pe
Symphony Orchestra, presented for ths
first time In thla country the new over
ture which Edgar Stillman Kelley
wrote far Ms "Macbeth" music, which
Is wall known wherever ths earns of
ths new famous composer Is known.
Thla few It understood. Is far better In
Germany than In America, for In Ber
lin Mr. Keller wss regarded aa one of
trie composers of the world with no
iiegard to loeaTlty. Since early In the
tfcununsT Mr. Kelley and hit charming
wife have byn residing In a small
Ohio town where the composer wished
to spend a quiet tlma In writing.
When asked by tils writer for his
Impressions of ths American composer
and the Influences which make for his
upbuilding. Mr. Kelley. who Is a West
erner, well known In Oregon, where
he spent much of his boyhood with
Henry T. Flnck, ssld In part:
"Whether we are to have a spe
cifically American school of composi
tion, or whether such a school Is desir
able, ts less the question than ths pos
sibility of the creation of worthy works
by native Americans and ths chances
of their showing traits peculiar to our
country and Its people. As to ths In
spiration America offers the composer,
we have little In the way of folklore,
folksong and dancea upon which to
build.
"On the other hand. It must not bs
forgotten that mualc la of all the arts
ths most subjective, hence ths creative
artist must give us melodies from bis
dream world, which Is universal, and
these. If they are to bs original, must
bs colored with bis Individuality. This
trait must be Inherited, and will show
Itself only when ths artist remains true
to his horns and family traditions, if
be Is to avoid tht diluting Influences of
cosmopolitanism.
-Sk-lentlsta record the fact that types
of plants and animals when transferred
to a new environment, and thus freed I
from their natural enemies, attain aa
unwonted degree of vitality. The same
holds true of tribes and peoples, adher
ents to religious beliefs, political
creoda and artistic Meals. America has
sver afforded an asylum for the perse
cuted Puritans. Quakers. English Cath
olics, French Huguenots. Russian Jews
and the politically oppressed from Po
land. Ireland. Hungary, etc.
"Theee fugitives have all been en
abled not only to exist In greater phys
ical comfort, but to attain a higher
soul prospsrity. while each member of
society develops a degree of individ
uality Impossible In his former habitat.
The individuality which America foa
ters la supplemented by the freshness
of the field afforded 'by our young
country. This freshness of field Is
factor which only they can value who
have witnessed the furrows raised by
the plows of countless tillers of the
musical soil of Europe.
America's Variety Great.
"Again, we must remember that
America affords a variety of climatic
phases and scenic peculiarities which
must tend to diversity of temperament
and mentality. Had Hawthorne In early
life been transferred to the lagoons of
Louisiana, or Louis Moreau Gottschalk
been' brought up among the hills of
New England, we should never have
bad "The Scarlet Letter from the one
nor the 'Ojos . Creollos' and kindred
Fo'ithern aketrhes from the other. We
shall not. therefore, expect one man, or
to art.
Interest Is Revived.
"Even those who have visited Europe
rarely realise that the sometimes
looked-down-upon mortarehs of th
Continent do more for th,e culture o
mankind than lies within the power o
any President. Emperors. Kings. DuKe
and Mayors of cities provide the com
munitles over which they have charg
with theaters, opera-houses snd con
cert halls, which from time out
mind aerve as eo many distrlbutlr.
ports through which the poets and mu
slcisns express themselves In drama,
symphony and opera. In respect to
such mediums the sister republics
South America are much In advan-e of
us. Rut It looks now as though there
were an awakening of interest whlc
may result well for the st.muiation of
growth and progress in this country,
The interest of the week is divided
between the coming production of "Th
Girl of the Golden West," scheduled a
the Metropolitan now. for Saturday
nlKht, December 10. and the season of
Mme. Bernhardt at the Globe Theater,
for which sll the seats have alread
been sold. Mme. Prnhardt will be here
for three weeks, opening In her greet
masterpiece. "I.'Aiglon." by Roetand
the more interesting (now in point of
the forthcoming Frohmsn production
of "Chnnteder;" also by the French
poet snd satirist.
nelnsro Manages Stage.
At the Metropolitan there Is a new
stage manager, as no one will be ss
tonlshed to hear that Belasco Is in
terestlng himself In the final tcrtiches
of the staging of the opera which th
famous Italian composer built upon hi
pley. The story as told by the com
poser I presented to The Oregonla
readers last week, therefore there I
naught to say until I may speak
the performance and Its reception.
Tuesday morning another composer
will arrive In New -York to see hi
work for the first time on any stage,
This Is Humperdlnck. composer of th
noted YThrlstmas opera," "liaermel und
Gretel." whlrh has become s regula
holiday offering for the children, to
sav naua-ht of the older ones. Mumper
dinck. who said when he witnessed the
first performance In New York of the
foregning opera, that he had neve
concelvod such perfecvion of detail, ha
ever rlnce promised another work, and
now it is ready to share with I ne
Girl" the distinction of n first per
formanre on- any stage at the Metro
nnlitan under direction of Alfred Herts.
Geraldlne Farrar will have the leading
rote, that of the Goose Girl. The story
of Huinperdlnck's new opera. "Koen
ingsklnder. bss also appeared in a re
cent Issue of The Oregonlan.
Collier Play Funny.
T il He Hanged If I ro." Is the name
of William i 'outer's new play. In which
he has had the collaboration of Edgar
Selwyn. and needless to say that be
tween them they have evolved an ex
cruclatlngly funnj- comedy. The pro
gramme presents - three Colliers. th
notable himself, his sister Helena Col
Her Garrick snd William Collier. Jr.,
who has a very Important rolo as Btnks.
He hss a, delightful little lisp and the
face of a rhernb. and the only particu
lar In which he -doea not resemble Will-
lam I'olller. Sr., Is that he starts out
aa William, and not a vwine, wnicn
It took the elder so long to lose. This
play has little If any sort of a plot.
but there are so many funny lines and
so many funny aituationa that it makes
little difference what is offered on the
stage. Mr. Collier has the part of a
man who Is not very responsible and
In a typically 'Collier way he forgets
he hour appointed for his wedding.
Every one is excited of course except
Ir. Collier and his Chinese servant.
Perclval Keller, who Is Mr. Collier,
leaves behind him this particular mar
riage and goes West, after buying the
best revolver for sale at Tltfany s. He
l of course accused of robbing the
stage express, and he gets into an
absurdly funny trial scene with a Jury
Including the German barmaid who
does not understand a word of Eng
lish. There is much more to tell about
this act. but all that Is necessary to
say Is that there is not a minute where
there M not a laugh. There are some
very clever people in the cast, includ
ng Paula Marr, who In private life Is
Mrs. William Collier, and Stephen
Maley, who has been for many seasons
In support of David warfield.
English Actors AVIn.
Fred Terry and Julia Nlelson fol
lowed their "Scarlet Pimpernel" with
old-fashioned play entitled "Henry
of Navarre." These actors who are
here with their English company have
won a position for themselves In the
first place, and the second offering is
a romantic melodrama In which both
are at a good advantage. It deals
with the eventa which led to the mas
sacre of Et. Bartholomew, in the mar
riage festivities of tne King of Navarre
and Marguerite de Valols. Upon Mr.
Terry rails nearly the entire burden
and he gave an admirable performance.
Miss Nlelson had not very much op
portunlty. but she Is exceedingly beau
tlful to look upon. The mounting and
the costuming are superb.
Mrs. Carter Same as Ever.
Mrs. Leslie Carter opened at the
Lyric Theater In a play called "Two
Women," by Rupert Hughes. She was
In every sense the Mrs. Carter of yore
with all the tricks, the well-known
gestures and mannerisms.
Mrs. Carter impersonates both wom
en, the one a seamstress who married
a poor artist, and the other a woman
of the Boulevard of Paris. While ut
terly dissimilar In character, they re
semble each other to an extraordinary
extent.
The first woman dies at the close
of the first act Just as her husband,
with whom she has been struggling
In poverty, comes into a fortune which
he has gained through some Invention
with colors. He goes to America, to
return after two years to meet this
womsn at the Bal TabarL one of the
notorious resorts of Paris. Jeantne at
tracts him at once on account of the
singular resemblance to his dead wife
and he asks her to sit for an unfin
ished portrait. The woman, who fills
In love with the artist, changes fa ,
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even- respect. She becomes a domesti
cated housewife, but when he tells
her that he simply regarded her as a
model, she decides to return to Paris
to the old life, and to her lover. The
artist finds that he has conceived for
the woman a violent love and ne 101-
lows her to Paris to ask her to be his
wife, when the lover appears with the
Information that "this is not her
house." The artist becomes much in
censed, although why it would be dif
ficult to say, as he had been informed
about all of her past. A duel occurs
between the artist and the woman's
own lover, and this stives her the op
portunity to nurse him hack to life.
The whole object seems to be to
give Mrs. Carter opportunity for the
sort of hysterical scenes in which she
made her reputation such as In "Zasa"
In "Adrea" and other of her former
Belasco plays.
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