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PERSONS AND PLACES OF
NEW TORK. Jan. 18. (Special.)
Latest reports from the Peace
Conference at London suggest the
likelihood that the allies will have to
resume the war and that King- Peter
of Servla will take the field once more
at the head of his army. The war with
Turkey came as a godsend to King
Peter, whose throne had been in a very
shaky state for some time before the
war began.
Sending wireless messages 4000 miles
Is the latest feat of the new giant sta
tion at Arlington. Va., Just across the
Potomac from Washington.
The hope of Commander W. H. G.
Bollard, superintendent of the naval
radio station, that the 4000 miles' be
tween Washington and the wireless
station on the Eiffel tower might be
spanned by the New Tear's signal and
that Paris might snatch from the air a
somewhat belated but sincere greeting
direct from the t'nlted States Govern
ment was -realized.
The naval station picked up a mes
sage from the Paris station on last
Sunday night, and the officers at Ar
lington were especially anxious to re
turn the compliment as the clock tolled
out the old year. They succeeded.
The Arlington station is more power
ful as regards available electrical en
ergy for sending messages than is the
station on the Eiffel tower. The exact
time for the announcement by wireless
of the beginning of the year 1913 was
furnished to the naval radio station by
the naval observatory at Washington.
A panoramic view of Constantinople
shows the port In which lies at anchor
the Sultan's private yacht. During the
period when the Bulgar army was at
tacking Tchataldja, and seemed likely
to enter Constantinople at any time,
the Sultan remained on his yacht day
and night, ready to flee from his ad
vancing foes. At least this Is the
story brought from the Turkish cap
ital by an American traveler who has
Just returned to New York.
Stava Zagorla Is the headquarters of
the Bulgarian army on the Turkish
frontier. From this point the opera
tions against Adrlanople have been
directed. Here the Bulgarian army is
now resting on its arms, but indications
at this writing are that lt will take the
field actively in the near future.
How long will it be before Emperor
Francis Joseph, wearied by a long and
sad life and by the burdens of the
longest reign in Europe, lies with his
forefathers In the old Capuchin church
in this city? For centuries the mem
bers of the house of Hapsburg have
been interred In this ancient fane, and
the present Kaiser will be no excep
tion. Vienna and the rest of Austria-Hungary
rejoice In the announcement that
the reports of the Emperor's Illness
are unfounded, but in the nature of
things the end cannot be postponed
Ions. Francis Joseph is 82 years old.
The recent death of his contemporary,
Prince Regent Lultpold, of Bavaria,
who was past SO. left him at the top
or very nearly at the top of the list of
aged European royalties.
The Italian army, with its famous
horses and Norsemen, may have a bet
ter trained horse than Marshal Ney, but
the men at Fort Meyer, across the Po
tomac River, will have to be "shown"
if 'It is so. Marshal Ney is "some
Jumper." Any hors that can clear a
set dinner table without disturbing so
much as a wineglass, and In the bar-
HARD OCEAN TRIPS LEAVE NERVES
OF GRAND OPERA ARTISTS ON EDGE
Singers Almost Decide American Game Not Worth Voyage, While Patrons Are Disappointed Kepeatedly New
York Hears Sensational Contralto, and Caruso rinds Pin In Geraldine Farrar's Dress.
BY EMILJE FRANCES BAUER.
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I EW YORK. Jan. 18. (Special.)
Not In years have so many artists
come in midwinter and not in
many more have the trips been so ter
rible. One of the managers who has
suffered Intensely from the fact that
his artist lost three engagements of the
most Important nature because the
steamer did not arrive In time even for
the last of series. Julia Culp arrived
in a pitiable state on the Carmania,
which encountered one of the most ter
rific storms of the year, and she has
expressed the desire to cancel her re
cital in Carnegie Hall rather than to
appear in the nervous and sick condi
tion in which she finds herself. She
lost an appearance In Washington at
one of the most elaborate affairs in
social and political circles. Frieda
Hempel has not gained her poise and
ail are together on one thing that the
game is not worth the trip no matter
how great the game may be. Of course,
after a few successes of the real sort
these hardships will have been forgot
ten and they will be eager for Amer
ican plaudits to say naught of Ameri
can dollars.
In a happier frame of mind is Ales
sandro Bond, who has just retnmed
Irom the moat sensational successes In
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gain scale the heads of persons Beated
around the table without causing them
to turn a hair, is quite nimble on his
feet.
Folks in the musical world and others
who have heard of the woes of Clara
Butt, the famous contralto, are sym
pathizing with her. You see. Miss Butt
(who in private lite is Mrs. nenneriey
Rumford and has three children) is too
tall to sing in grand opera, although
her voice is good enough to vie with
that of the best women singers. Mrs.
Rumford is six feet two in height, and
there is no tenor tall enough to sing
opposite to her without appearing
ridiculous.
Miss Butt recently arrived In America
to sing in concert. She is an English
woman. Her voice has a wonderful
range, one of the greatest in the his
tory of music
This year, for the first time in his
tory, the Chinese celebrated New Year
according to our calendar. Nothing
Mexico, where he went for 15 perform
ances, which drew themselves out into
SS. He has again had offers from
all over the world, and when he will
announce his plans lt is said that they
will be of a startling nature.
Senaattvaal Velce Heard.
In the way of "startling" is Clara
Butt's voice. There never was anything
more powerful put into a woman's
mouth. But this voice seems to come
from her feet, or to be more exact
from a cavern, not in the least like a
mouth, and here Is a lovely one. She
Is a veritable Juno, as tall, indeed, as
her voice is deep. There is little doubt
that she will make a sensation because
she is unlike any woman who ever
sang contralto. She Is more like a fe
male baritone, but for the charm of the
woman and the art with which she
uses this great volume of voice. She
made her first appearance in this coun
try after an absence of over IS years
with the Volpe Symphony orchestra,
and she may be enrolled as a success.
Mme. Butt, who is Mrs. Kennerly Rum
ford in private life, is another ex
ample of a contralto mother, it having
been claimed that contraltos are espe
cially blessed with families, and Mme.
Butt is traveling with three, to be
measured by the side of Louise Hom
er's five and Mme. Schumann-Heink's
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND,
could mark more sharply the complete
revolution in the customs of the people.
However far from home, the - Chinese
heretofore have always celebrated the
Chinese New Year. This year they
decorated Chinatown on January 1 in
all the cities of the United States.
The new Chinese republic has Issued
an edict prescribing the clothing to be
worn by the people of the ancient em
pire. The men are to put on trousers
and the women are to take them off.
This picture of trousered women was
made in the interior of China by W.
Barclay Parsons, while surveying a
railroad route.
eight. Mme. Schumann-Heink, by the
way, has distressed Her Eastern friends
most keenly by taking up her residence
in Chicago, due no doubt to the fact
that she has been singing a great deal
with the Chicago Opera Company, and
her tours lie in such a section of the
country that it will be much easier
for her to steal a few days to run in to
see her family if they live in Chicago
than it would be to come to New York.
Mine Blsptaant Jilts Havemeyer.
While on the not uninteresting sub
ject of family life among the artists,
it has just been announced that Vida
Bfspham has changed her mind about
marrying young Havemeyer. Miss Bis
pham Is the young daughter of David
Bispbam, the eminent and dearly be
loved singer who has just returned
from his Western trip, presumably to
attend the wedding.
Mr. Dippel has just announced his
plans for the New York series of opera
that he will give at the Metropolitan.
He will give four performances, and
it Is understood that he has asked the
Metropolitan to allow him to give three
extra. The first novelty will be "Con
chita." to be sung February 11. in New
York, and announced for January 17
for the first time in Chicago. Tuesday
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evening. February 18.
"Noel" will be sung in conjunction with
INTEREST SHOWN
"Cassandra," by an Italian composer,
GnecchL An Interesting fact in con
junction with the Gnecchi opera is that
at the time that Richard Strauss
brought out his "Electra" Gnecchi pub
lished a pamphlet wiiu ten plates, in
which he attempted to prove that the
Strauss work had been stolen from
him, not by accident, but by delibera
tion, as the examples were placed by
the side of each other, and it will be
interesting to know whether for pub
licity purposes this will be brought up
for discussion again.
Tuesday evening, February 25, "Le
Rlnx des Vaches," by Klenzl, will be
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Dlnpel will be "Louise," and this is the
only appearance of Mary Garden, which
JANUARY 19, 1913.
m ll- irillii-Wi . teojtrfr- Jt
seems hard on those who have waited
patiently for Mr. Dippei s series, not so
misch for his novelties as for his pres
entation of the great artist who is much
missed from New York this season,
and whose "Tosca" would be of con
siderable more interest than any nov
elty that could be offered. But no one
need be told that hereby hangs the
usual tale, and Mary Garden would
never be permitted to sing this great
Puccini role in New York, at least not
in the venerable walls of the Metropol
itan, where every soprano in the roster
has eyes longingly fixed upon the part
which seems to have fallen to Geraldine
Farrar with a pretty firm if delicate
thud.
In one particular Caruso will hope
BY THE
that Miss Farrar shall improve her
"Tosca." This had its first perform
ance last Saturday, and a wonderfully
beautiful performance it was, but Ger.
aldine had a pin in her dress, and Ca
ruso found the pin. Everybody in the
audience knew what he thought about
it: moreover, they knew what he said
He hopes she will cease to exercise a
woman's prerogative to wear pins.
The Metropolitan company alBO an
nounces an extra series, which means
that there will be opera every night
and most of the afternoons. The Bat
urday night series will be In order on
and after February 1, when the pro
ductions and casts will be the same as
on regular nights, but the prices will
be somewhat lower. . There will be a
series of Thursday matinee perform
ances and the "Ring" is announced for
an afternoon cycle.
There will be several new artists in
these casts; for instance, Jaques Urlus
who comes to release Carl Burrian and
Willy Buers. to replace Hermann Weil,
both of whom must return to Germany
to fulfill their engagements in their
own opera-houses. Carl Braun will
be another newcomer at the Metropoli
tan. He will be heard as Hagen In "Die
Goetterdaemmerung," when he will
have the very difficult task of follow
ing Putnam Grlswold, whose position
on the operatic stage of this country
became unassailable almost over night.
Giant Tenor Returned
"Othello," with Mme. Alda Slezak
and Amato, was the sensation of the
week just past and lt marked the re
turn of the giant tenor after an illness
which kept him out of the casts for
over a week. Much Interest is also
manifested In the development of Mme.
Hempel, who still shows traces of her
illness in Germany which detained her
and of her sea trip which was one of
the most severe of the season. She is
cast for the Queen of the Night In the
next performance of "The Magic Flute."
one of the most beautiful productions
that has been made this season under
Alfred Hertz. Mr. Hertz is now pre
paring "Cyrano de Bergerac," with mu
sic by Walter Damrosch and book
adapted for the music by W. J. Hender
son, musical critic of the New York
Sun. The cast Includes Amato in the
title role. Mme. Alda as Roxana,
Putnam Grlswold, William Hinshaw
CAMERA
and most of the roles under these are
very small.
Saturday afternoon "Tales of Hoff
man" will be sung tor the first time
by. the Metropolitan Company, when
the three soprano roles will be cast by
the greatest singers of the company
Including Olive Fremstad as the beauty
of Venice, in the second act. Mile.
Hempel will Bing the part of the doll
and Mile. Borl the part of Antonia in
the third act.
The parts of Coppellus, the Mephisto
of the first act, Dappertutto of the sec
ond act and Dr. Miracle of the third
act, heretofore Impersonated as a triple
role by Renaud. will be given to three
different singers, which may make a
good performance possible, inasmuch as
there Is no one who could, sing the
three impersonations, but the philoso
phy will be gone, and It Is a pity for
those who take this delightful and in
some respects grim little work as a
vaudeville performance In three acts in
stead of the well calculated philoso
phy. Coppellus of the first act as he
destroys the doll, Dappertutto of the
second act as he directs the hand of
Hoffman to destroy the husband of the
noted beauty of Venice, and then sends
her on the way with another lover, not
the crestfallen Hoffman, and Dr. Mi
racle, the terrible spirit of the third
act is but the Mephlstofeles in-the dif
ferent phases of his destructive power.
It is a fearful conception and there is
not one situation In the entire work
which is not in balance with this work
ing out of the evil forces of life, and as
such "The Tales of Hoffman" is a very
remarkable work.
A visitor to the musical circles ot
New York during the holiday week was
Alf Klingenberg, who gave a delightful
recital before an audience of some size
and distinction. The pianist played a
programme upon which figured promi
nently music of his own country, In
cluding several new works by Slnding
Sibelius and others. Mr. Klingenberg
played with his charm that Is well
known, and he elicited much enthusi
asm. Mr. and Mrs. Klingenberg have
become an Important part of Rochester
musical life, where Mr. Klingenberg
has been very successful.
Oregon Folk In Evidence.
New York is full of Oregon folk, and
most of these are to be seen nightly at
the opera, Mrs. H. C. Wortman, who has
spent several weeks with her daughter.
Miss Helen, now in Bryn Mawr, has
returned to Oregon. Mrs. Louis Russell
and her daughter. Miss Katherine, art
among those seen frequently at the
opera and concerts. Mrs. Robert Treat
Piatt is accomplishing some noteworthy
things with her lovely voice. Jeanette
Thomas, the charming young daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, has
just sailed for Europe with the party
going from the Finch school. Mrs.
Henry Metzger is studying with F. X.
Arens, and puts in her spare time at ths
opera with her mother, Mrs. Max
Fleischner. May Dearborn Schwab has
sung for several of the Important man
agers, who have put her on their wait
ing list, as well they may, for her voics
is of unusual quality and beauty.
Dr. Coghlan is at the Hotel Astor.
and between his visits to the different
hospitals be drops in at the popular
playhouses and at the opera, and there
was a great delegation of young Ore
gonlans in from the different schools
surrounding New York during the
Christmas holidays.
Mrs. ina Herbert Wright, the Oregon
girl who has made a place as well as
a reputation for herself In Germany,
has been a visitor In New York, where
the great beauty of her voice has been
noted by all who have heard her. With
Mrs. Herbst is her sister, who is study
ing as well as visiting. Mrs. Herbst
has had several Important bffers, but
she has not as yet made a decision as
to her plans.
A startling sight to Oregonians Is
Shanna Cummlng, now more beautiful
than ever since her hair has turned
white as the driven snow. Mrs. Cum
mlng Is to be heard weekly in her
church, where she is as great a favorite
a r. She will be heard In recital
during the season, and that she will be
welcome is not to be oouDteo, oecause
she has a great following here. .
RUSSIAN FIGHTING TURKS
Son of Millionaire Wonnded One
Now Seeks Revenge.
BELGRADE, Jan. 18. (SpeclaD
Igor Nikolalevitch Atanassieff, a 19-vear-old
university student, and the
son of a Moscow millionaire, left his
home secretly when the Balkan war
broke out and came to Belgrade, where
he enlisted as a volunteer. It was only
when starting for the front that he
telegraphed to his parents that be, had
joined the Servian army.
At the Dattie ox jvumanova ne re
ceived a bad wound In the leg and was
brought to Belgrade, where he was
nursed in the Russian hospital. He has
now recovered, but will be lame for
life.
Numbers of friends and admirers re
cently went to the station to see him
start for borne. The Vienna express.
In which a special saloon carriage bad
been reserved for him. had not come
In and he was seen suddenly to jump
into the Uskub train just as lt was
steaming out of the station. In a
wire from Nish he explains that ne
Is on his way to Mustafa Pasha, as he
wishes to ijave a chance of avenging-
his wound.