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THE SUNDAY OREGONTAy. FOItTLAyD. AUGUST 13, 1911. GIRLS GO SWIMMING IN BLOOMY HORSY BLOUSE AND FOLKS STARE Sojourner, at Avalon. on Catalina Island. Art Given Slight Start by Appearance of Three Maids Attired in Combination Riding and Swimming Costume. I ! . r4 1L :. LJ :"'k AVAl-ON. ml.. Aor- 11 Three sprightly young ladles, visitors from the East, have solved the muvdi great question of mountain rostume vs. aquatic by combining the two In a hybrid garb of the moat de lightful pljuanry. which turna a dam sol out In two styles at onoe. and which has mad the supreme censors In session on the verandas of the prominent hotels gasp at the audarlty of Uie lrls and threaten proceedings for contempt of court. The audarlous younr women In ques tion are the Mlaaes Iris and Nirvana A dame, of New York City, and Mine Susanna Peloe. of Jersey City, the former two pretty blondea and the lat ter a splendid brunette. They hare erolred the first real equestrlenne swlmmlns; costume ever seen on the Paciflo Coast. If not In the world. Can you Imagine It? Anil can you Mama the supreme conrt of the ellts for conalderlns; It an Infraction of Ju dicial dtrnlty? The costumes which hay so sudden ly appeared to enliven midsummer so-lety here, are a direct result of the bitter discussion over what should be the fashionable outdoor costume on a sea beacb which Is overshadowed by mountains. The resourceful young ladles were raised near salt water. They have to spend part of the day In wimmlna". And how they can swlral Here Is their plan: Combination la Keceoslty. The nomine costume must be suit able for rldlnr and swimming, without chance: the rtde tn the early morning, followed by the ocean plunge direct from the saddle. If possible. The cos tume must be chic and always fre sentable a little startling perhaps, but always on' the safe side. Therefore the costume shall conalut of a not-too blouay blouse of a soft browa material resembling khaki, but oft and silky, with low neck and roll ing nautical collar: a pair of bloomers of the same material, not too bloomy In fact, they may be mistaken at a casual glance tor loose knickerbock ers, or shrunken harem skirts ampu tated at the knee: very attractive silk stockings and very stylish bootlets with little spurs attached. Add a Westerly dash of sombreo on top of a red bathing headdress, and they're off lip the mountainside, with attentive escorts, of course. When the party returns from the ride. the young ladles may proceed dlreotly Into the i'acUle Ocean merely by doffing the sombrero and kicking off the bootlets. The novel suits are not a bit less at tr lve when wet; and If the plunge Is to be taken from the side of a yacht some distance out. Instead of right from the horses barks, they ara per fectly adapted to shipboard, offering unusual opportunities for gracefully riding the bowsprit with Bilk-clad tootsies wrapped about the martingale, a feat wltneaaed when a yacht belong ing to a prominent young man of Los Angeles put to sea with a party which Included the unlquely-clothed young ladles. . 'It's a Jolly good way out of the eos tume difficulty. Isn't It?" said Miss Deles today, "and what If tha people do stare? We are always dry when we walk on the atreet front, and we don"t look exactly repulsive, do we? 'Sat Breath-Taklng," Sayo Woman. "What do people Say? Why. what do tha Mra. Grundys usually say when ona tries to Introduce a novelty? For my part. I can't see why there should be anything so breath-taking In the costume. It Is graceful and conven ient and appears to me preferable any day to flannel bloomers reaching to the ankles. Have you ever noticed how the self-same Mrs. Qrundys who are so horrified over the Innovation, rig themselves up for a dip In ths ocean? Could anything suggest on galnllness and ugliness better than a billowy female clad to her ankles in a badly fitting droopy bathing suit, a Straw hat tied on her head, waddling out to let the waves lap her toes? Don't you think it Is vulvar to attract notice by clothing oneself In clumsy fashion? -The reason a graceful costume, such as ours, attracts so much notice Is be cause the general public Is unusd to grace and harmonious lines. Plenty of It, Too. "No. I don't think It a bit too scan ty. We are all agreed that It Is tha most convenient and appropriate cos tume ever evolved. Anal La think the critics should be still until Ue bathers of the opposite se are restricted somewhat more than they now are In this otherwise delightful sport. for'I have found no one who would deny that the men make a repellant show ing on California beaches. I'm sorry that we are going away soon, for I would like to argue that question out with the board of censors, though I'm sorry we have brought any publicity to our party." Bo Tar. the slashers of the Oordlan fashion knot have done their swim ming that portion of It done dlreotly from shore from Pebbly Beach. In stead of Avalon. They finish their horseback ride there, send their horses around to town by an attendant, and. with their escorU, swim and stroll along the rocks until they land In the eastern end of the bay. The local young gentlemen haven't shown as much resourcefulness as the Eastern young ladles in their rldlng-swImmlng clothes, but are content to wear ordi nary equestrian costumes Over bath ing suits, and "peel" at the water's edge. The attendant takes charge Of tn outer garments. The Misses Adams and Delos have been members of a house party enter tained by Ban Francisco people. AMERICAN SINGERS OWE DEBT TO GERMANY FOR THEIR SUCCESSES Hostile Criticism Often Made in United States That Artists From Tbis Country Are Unfairly Treated Across Atlantic Said to Be Unwarranted When Aetna! Experience Is Considered. bt exilic rsAKcn baver. EVERY season finds new American students In the opera-bousee of Germany, and this year there Is an unusually intereetlng . number enrolled In place of those who have worked themselves Into other fields. The raoit Interesting phase of these engagements Is that this would m to Indicate with out further queltlon tbe attitude of Germany to American Singers and ar tist. Ail too frequently and with little Cause over-sensitive papers, eager to create senaatlOna. publlah stories pur porting to prove that- Germany Is tired of what is known as the American In vasion and that they are the target for aptte and for vilification, but thoae who know what this country owes to Ger many for the opportunities for study and for experience that our artists have been afforded reaent this phase of Jour hallem more than any one else. We need only remember that Nordics. Frem tad, Blapham and others have won evar lading reputations aa Wagnerian elng ero la Oermany long before this country ever considered them: that Mary Garden had Stirred the world when America hardly knew of her existence, through the opportunity riven to her In Paris, and SO there are many who have gained their experience In Italy and elsewhere In Kurope. ' Grls-wold Will Return. Within the past seasons America has had back again to grace Its operatic stage such artists as White hall. Hinckley, to say nothing of Geral dtne Farrar. after having received the stamp ef Oermany to the full. Putnam OrlswOld Is next la order, and he will be remembered as the brilliant young basso from Oakland. Cal, who has been one of tbe Berlin favorites for several years. Grlswold will come for bis first engagement at tha Metropolitan next eeaeon. although he miut a tour with Henry W. Savage In the 'Parsifal" per formances. There are some few. but very few who have made positions for themselves ta Amerloa and tbca elsewhere-Foremost among theee ara Louise Homer, the great contralto, who Is probably the moat versatile contralto ef today, singing ss She doee the leading Wagnerian roiea. the nrst Italian roles, the French leading contralto roles, and. ef course, anything that English opera has had to offer hr at the Metropolitan. FUccardo Martin, after a mere debut In Italy, has become ona of the leading tenors of the world, and assuredly at the Metropolitan he comes next In piece to Caruso f.om the standpoint Of Voice, and la repertory he seems Inexhaust ible, as be Baa to hat advantaC over the great Itailan tenor the faot that he la equipped in Italian. French and. of course. Engslsn. and only his personal frtsBds know that If tomorrow he were called t tha German opera be would be perteeCy prepared, as he has already all the heroic and lyrlo Carman roles. In London Martin has won a position miaba wnai se tue - " - unfortunate crime of being an American, and just what this means only he and his American confreres Could tell. Of the younger Amerlcsns who have wedged Into the wel'.nlgh lmpaasable doors Of the Metropolitan, one of the most pronounced successes has been that of Alma Gluck. who with youth and beauty and a beautiful voice as her only ssxets. made a place for herself at the Metropolitan. For two seasons the young artist has been plesdlng with Gattl Casassa to let her out of her eontraot. for she ia more than eager to go to some small opera-house In Europe to do what la known aa routine work, but he re fuses this, as she has become a drawing card and she Is really unhappy over the fact that shs came Into a position of such Importance so esrly and without what she felt she needed. Future Believed Bright, Herbert Wltherspoon has won a place for fclmeelf by aheer determination, be cause he went onto the Metropolitan stage with no experience whatsoever, and In the first season his results were not such as to have warranted him In re maining In opera when be was suoh a powerful figure In recital and In ora torio. But Last season -he arose to Superb Melghte In German opera, and there Is little doubt thst he will become one of the great Wagnartaa stngtrt Of this country, and be will be so much ths more interesting because 61S experience will have been gained solely at tha Metropolitan. Among the Americans wno are to make careers within the next few years is Lucy Gates, of Bait Lake City, who has been studying In Berlin for soma years. Bhe hss been engaged to sing the lead ing coloratura rolea in Casael. although she has sung at the Royal Opera In Berlin. Julia Uelnrlcha, the talented daughter of Max Helnrlci.a. Is a young artist worth watching. Beginning her profes sional life as a concert contralto of ex traordinary range, she became con vinced a couple of years ago that she should have bvn a loprtno. She reversed conditions and began study of the voice with that In view. She has Just been engaged for the youthful dramatlo so prano rolea In Hsmburg. and she will have a year of preparatory routine at the opera in i-berfeld. Paul Petri, well known in musical circles of New Tork and Newark, will sing a ysar In Chun Hill preparatory to Ailing a three-year contract in Hamburg. May Schelder, from Indianapolis, but well known In New Tork. has had un usual success at Zurich, where she bss bsen for three years. Sf.e will now go to Karlsruhe, which is One of the more important opera-houses of Europe, and In the same company will ba the Cali fornia contralto, Margarets Bruntach. Miss Schelder had the good fortune to lfltsrest Sembrleh. who recommended the young American t her own teacher, the younrsr Lamport!, and Miss Schelder has the distinction of being one of the lsst pupils of that noted master. Ameag other Amerioane wno e,r i Germany are Alfred Plccaver, who will go for five years to the Vienna Royal Opera. Burton Plersol, a young basso cantante, who has been studying with Putnam Grlswold will sing at tha Ber lin Royal Opera next season, Bella Applegate will go to the Lander Thea ter in Prague, George Meader from Minneapolis Is now singing at the Court Theater In Stuttgart after a successful beginning at Ilpslc. Porothy Letta who Is known In light opera circles in America Is singing In tha Bummer sea son at Kroll's in Berlin, Ella Hlrsch berg, of Newark, will sing messo roles at the Bremen opera this season, tfybll Conklln, of New Tork. whose studies were made with Oocar Baenger will make her debut on the stage in Flber feld while Ruth Ashley and Helen Stanley both pupils of Frank King Clark have been re-engaged at Halle and Wurxburg where their success has been unusual. This is only a small proportion of the Americans who are engaged In Europe and this Is only on the smaller etages of Oermany. The real proportion of American singers on the stage In Europe and In America would be well ntfrh impossible to estimate while but a few years sgo the story could ' b told In a few words. ' Osoar Hammersteln has made no promises, but It Is obvious that Jie In tends to use American talent as he can. Among those already engaged are Orvllie Harrold. the young tenor dis covered by the Impresario Just before be closed the Manhattan, and Arthur Phillips, a brilliantly talented young concert and oratorio singer to whom Mr. Hammersteln will give his first chance In opera. e e Friends Of Mme. Oadski have been delighted to hear that the great prima donna has entirely reoovered from her recent Illness and there Is now no doubt that she will be in New York In first-class condition for the entire sea son. rur1ng the last part of the op eratic season In New York Mme. Gadskt wss such a sufferer from sciatica that she went through most of her roles hardly conscious of what she was doing so great was her pain. But she has undergone a slight operation and she has spent almost her entire time under the oare of the most eminent specialists who pronounce her entirely recovered and able to stand tha very great strain which next lesson will prove for her. The fact that she Is now climbing mountains In the Tyrol would signify that Brunnhllde Is herself again, e e Harold Bauer who will be one of tha greatest attractions that the new sea son will offer will make his first re appearance tn New York Friday after noon October 17. with Walter Dam roach and the New York Symphony Orchestra In the New Theater, where Mr. Damrosch Is planning anotner eiao orate series of concerts. Mr. Damrosch has announced eight Friday afternoon subscription concerts beginning Octo ber JT. snd 18 8unday afternoon con certs. The Friday concerts will be designed for the most aavancea stu dents of music and will Illustrate the development of symphonic mnslo. from tha concerto and suite of Bach and Handel to the complicated symphony of today. e e Next season w may etpeet to be flooded wltn Llsrt music as this Is the centenary year of that great master of the piano whose composi tions during his lifetime always suf fered On account of his extraordinary gifts as pianist. There will be few organizations, orchestras or soloists who will not devote entire programmes to his compositions and already some elaborate offerings are announced. In commemoration of Llsxt, who was born October 22. 1811. Walter Damrosch will open his double series of Friday and Sunday afternoon concerts with a Llsxt Festival, when Harold Bauer will play one of the Llsst concertos. Tha MacDowell Cborus whlcn. has be come In one season a sensationally auooessful singing organisation under direction of Kurt Schlndler will give at Its first concert of the season Llsxt's "Saint Elisabeth." Arthur Fried helm, a noted Llast pupil, one of the last of the great ones has already been engaged tn many parts of the country to give Llsxt programmes. From all over come news of sym-' phony orcheetrss sprouting up her and there. Indeed there seem: ie almost as much Interest displayed In this form of amusement as In the Optra. Many will 'remember Henrlques de la Fuente. who was musical director at the Manhattan Opera-House after Mr. Hammersteln succseded in separat ing hlmeelf from that great conductor Campanlnl upon whom rested much of the suocess of that house. De la Fuente who conducted French opera In New Orleans last season will begin a series of symphony concerts in that city Octo ber U and It will be Interesting to note tn result, as New Orleans is a city wherein opera has always flourished With the utmost success. Indeed for some years there was much rivalry be tween New Orleans and San Fran cisco so far ai appreciation of opera was concerned and New Orleans has always supported its opera, but In San Francisco the old days of excellent opera at the Tlvoll are no more. Saint Paul will have a very elaborate season again under Walter Rothwell who has sent bis final arrangements from Europe where he has been partially resting. 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