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, TTTE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 21, 1913. . MEXICAN REBELLION IS SHOWN BY PRODUCT OF CAMERA ...I. . - ' ... ' Six High-Powered Motor Cars Used to Carry Ammunition to Rebel Ranks at the Capture of Victoria From Federalist Soldiers. - ' I - Actios- sc-W ff J L W00M&f ' c ; I "'I - --4' . 1 . . - - i ill 'rifei?sfT 1 IVj j before the commander of the Atlantic v g- V . f f g , F?. ' -J w 1 3 k I i f f31 ', squadron visiting- the Mediterranean . ' 'J V t F t i 4t tr k X ,"1 V,1 Tii I ? ' ' J- i" v ' ports received rush ordera to ail for ,K , $i ; L g , . 1 1 fe ,f540S ! f i frfC'S I Mexican waters. During their stay ft j. , I g ! iwjr 'fc' ,'4 in Rome, the "jackies" were received f ft' -W'hWU J.i 'lt'AIS $& &MC'$ t by the Pope on the day of the celebra- ; - K fi-f f". f-"jY4 VFiiljyl i tion of the tenth anniversary of his ' l f V H&Hi rule of the Catholic Church, Novera- W f ,fc ,U P.l ; ! fVrt1 XfS' 1 V J L NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (Special.) Chihuahua, the most important city of Northern Mexico and cap ital of Chihuahua stale, was deserted recently by Salvador Mercado. the fed eraJ Military Gov.-rnor. with 3000 troops. So successful have the rebels '. been in besieging the city that no food u baa been taken through the lines and rather than face ultimate starvation - the federal troops evacuated the city. Recently the Twentieth Battalion of the federal government troops was marched to the National Falace at Mexico City to be shot for rebelling against their officers and killing them. The mutineers were captured by the . Mexican mounted police. Six high-powered automobiles loaded with 33.000 rounds of ammunition were rushed wita all dispatch to the rebel ranks when they captured the City of Victoria from the federalists. Cannons, machine uns and a large drove of hordes, a wagon load of rifles and am munition and camp equipment were capture from the federalists by the rebels, when they put the Huerta fol lowers to flight. Government soldiers with arms "stacked" in the Calle Ancha. a street in Mexico City, refused to fight any longer for the Huerta government un til paid and fed. The lack of money to pay off the troops, coupled with the lack of food, is filling the ranks of the Huerta soldiers witli discontent, which is growing stronger daily. Huerta's detachment of cavalry acts as his body guard, on Its way through the streets of the City of Mexico to the National Palace. These men, many of whom were under the command of Huerta when he was in the field, were guards at the Presidential election Oc tober 26. Sailors of the Wyoming, visiting the ruins of tne Coliseum at Rome, just PREMIERE "DER RO SEN K AVAL! ER1 SATISFIES METROPOLITAN AUDIENCE Operatic Farce Bouffe Now Takes Place in Regular Repertory After Success Opening Night When Seats Cost . $10 Each Settings, Color Scheme and Cast All Liked by Writer. BT EMIUB FRANCES BAUER. NEW YORK. Dec SO. tSpeclal.) The return of Richard Strauss to the Metropolitan gave great satis faction to a very large audience Decem ber 9 to witness the first performance iu this country of "Der Rosenkavalier." one of the most lavish productions ever attempted at the Metropolitan. The settings, color scheme, the lighting, the costumes were all cared for with ob vious intention to give the work the best mounting, cast and opportunities within the power of the Metropolitan direction. Cilfred Herts prepared and presented fwlth all the energy, intelligence and ' lf-abnegation that have marked his areer at the Metropolitan for over 10 years. Of the long cast the burden and responsibility lie upon a. very few artists and of these Mme. Ober in the title role and Mme.- Herepel as the Marchioness were of surpassing excel lence. Otto Gorits as Baron von Ler raieau was also weighted with a tax ins: role and to Anna Case was intrust ed the part of Sophie, which she accom plished bravely, but which was a great strsiu for one so young In experience. The performance began at S and. in cluding intermissions of some length, was over at 11:16. at which time very row people had left their seats, an un usual occurence at the Metropolitan. There were 10 or IS curtain calls after each act and in addition to the floral tributes for the cast. Mr. Herts re ceived at least 12 laurel wreaths. "Der Rosenkavalier" has had several "near" performances la America, but Strauss' demands were so excessive that neither the Metropolitan directors nor Mr. Hammerstein was willing to undertake the risk. More daring and perhaps less experienced than the others. Fred C. Whitney contracted for the production of this work in Amer ica to be sung in English, but after engaging a company and starting a campaign In Its behalf, he preferred to take his loss of over 150.000 than to undertake what could only have spelled disaster. There are those who believe that Mr. Whitney confused Richard with Oscar, inasmuch as the waits themes were then on everyone's lips and Oscar Strauss was at the time the reigning 1'ght opera favorite in this country. Seue of Htiasor frhowa. Again collaborating with Hugo von HotXmannstahl. who supplied the story for -Eiektxa,'' Strauss wrote "Der Rosenkavalier" with that splendid sense of humor to be found in "Till Eulenspiegel" and "Don Quixote." His imagination has no lipiits and he con veys mental pictures with a cunning that is uncanny. For those, however, who feel that Strauss merely entered the field of comedy as Wagner did in "Die Meistersinger," it must be said that Wugner merely descended from the plane of the gods and mythological subjects to the simple. If not naive, life of real people. The humor is delicate and more frequently tender and hu man. The story which appealed to Strauss is frankly farce of a question able nature, and beyond that It is too trivial to carry the great masterpiece which he has written. The scene is set in Vienna during the Maria Teresa reign of pleasure and frivolity. A coarse old libertine, de void of scruples or conscience, is the figure around which the story is built, the librettist, taking advantage of the period and the license, wrote a text that is unspeakably vulgar and auda cious. The opera received Its name from the custom of that time when a silver rose, symbolical of love and fidelity, was presented to a prospective bride by a messenger engaged for that purpose, by her betrothed. This per son, usually a nobleman, was called "Chevalier of the Rose." in German "Der Rosenkavalier." Boadolr Sceme Famous. The famous boudoir scene Is dis closed as the curtain goes up on the first act with the Marchioness and her youthful lover Octavian, who barely has time to make a hasty change of toilet, which makes a lady's maid of him. when Baron Ochs comes to tell his cousin of his approaching marriage with Sophie Faninal and to ask her to recommend a Ross Cavalier. During this Interview with the Marchioness he is much im pressed with the maid and succeeds In inviting her to supper with him. The rest of the action is provided by the list of callers Including a widow and three children who ask for alms, a dressmak er, milliner, an attorney, the head cook, an animal dealer, Valzacchi and Annina, his female companion, owners of a scandal sheet. Besides these come a flute player and an Italian tenor whose duties are to entertain the Marchioness while her hair is being dressed. Then comes the motley suite of the Baron, who quarrels loudly with the attorney over the marriage dowry he expects to gret with his girL In order to drown this noise the tenor sings his loudest and pandemonium number one ensues. When the Marchioness Is left alone she bemoans her loveless marriage, but de cides that inasmuch as sooner or later Octavian will desert ner, she will let him carry the ros to Sophie with con sequences that she foresees. The second act discloses the Faninal home and soon after the rise of the curtain the rose bearer comes with pomp and circumstance. Instantly the young pair forget all others and when the Baron arrives his coarse. Impudent manner disgusts Sophie and irritates the young man. who draws his sword and wounds the hand of his opponent. Sophie's father refuses to renounce the Baron and forces his daughter to recon sider the marriage. ' Octavian now re members his appointment In guise of the maid to take supper with the Baron and decides to expose the man ner of man he is. At the close of the second act the Baron is restored to good humor by receiving a note saying that the "lady's maid" will meet him according to appointment. Many Tricks Flayed. The third act opens in the restaurant full of trapdoors, windows, window seats and other recesses into which spies have been stationed. So many tricks are played upon the Baron that he thinks he has lost his reason and Is In a madhouse. Faces appear in the windows, forms emerge from the floor, a widow enters with four children, who acclaim him as "Papa" and in the thick of the brawl Faninal arrives with Sophie and he is furious at his pros pective son-in-law for this entangle ment. The arrival of the Marchioness brings the roaring farce to a close and makes way for a bit of romance. The music of "Der Rosenkavalier" is of extraordinary characteristics, and while the score is complex exceedingly as a piece of writing, it falls grate fully upon the ear, with melodious bits here and there. It Is true that there are dull places, and there are places where the situations are overweighted with the importance of the music, but so much of the music la of surpassing beauty and of magical workmanship that one can well afford to overlook that which sounds like lapses to ears not yet accustomed to hear what the score contains, and which cannot be heard without long study and frequent hearings in which "Der Rosenkavalier" is not alone today. Every word, situation and movement is expressed . In musical delineation. These themes are woven and inter woven as action calls them into play and for the musician who understands the grammar of such a score, the work is acolossal masterpiece whether It pleases or not, whether it ' arouses discussions or otherwise. It has the Strauss earmarks in every direction, particularly in the waltz, which per haps he himself hoped would be banale, but which is charming in treat ment and exquisite as a bit of gossa mer In the web. The waltz themes run In and out of the score to relieve the tension, for the purpose of con trasts and to retain the character of lightness and frivolity. One of the most striking effects in a wonderful Instru mentation is the union of violins, flute, two harps and celesta In the silver rose motif. This produced a veritable silvery tinkle. But it were useless to single out gems from the marvels that exist In this score; they must reveal themselves to the ears that can hear. Costumes Real Joy. Frieda Hempel was the one superb line of perfection throughout. Her singing was ideally beautiful and her acting was sweet and appealing, and more than once she made the tears come very near to the surface, even in a work which, on the whole, must be designated as very low comedy. Her costumes were a Joy to the eye, but not so "much so as the woman Inside them. Hardly less excellent in detail and infinitely more exacting was the Octavian of Mme. Ober, whose boyish exuberance throughout Pis love affairs was most fascinating. Mme. Ober sang with great brilliancy and with a mas tery that contributed very much toward "carrying the work over." Miss Case achieved a real success, taking into consideration the Import ance of the appearance, and Mr. Goritz bad perhaps the most difficult and most thankless part of the work. It was a steady tax upon his Ingenuity to keep up a variety of comedy for such long sojourns upon the stage. The greatest asset of the Metropolitan Opera Company, all things considered, seemed after all that wonderful body of musicians composing the orchestra,' and the man at the head of it, Alfred Hertz. To him and to the orchestra must go not a small share of thanks for the triumphant success of "Der Rosenkavalier." It had a special per formance at 10 a ticket, and now it will go into the regular repertory. Marked for Honors. (Washington Star.) "What makes you so anxious to send Three-finger Sam to the Legislature? He isn't so very popular." "No. We citizens of Crimson Gulch figured that it would be a great savin' to the general community to get a poker player like Sam located some where else." W.G. MAC LAREN TELLS PLIGHT OF DINNERLESS Many Supplies Needed' to Obtain Great Christmas Meal for Those Who Otherwise Would Go Hungry Whole Day. BT BEV. W. G. M'LARES, General Superintendent Pacific Rescue ana Protective Society. O "coffee and" and no "Spokane" on Christmas day! Perhaps you don t know what "coffee and" and "Spo kane" mean. They stand, with the man in the street, for "coffee and doughnuts, 5 cents," and "plain beans, 10 cents," re spectively. Big eats and good eats for all homeless and hungry -on Christmas is our aim. Listen, father and mother. Did you ever stop to think there will be 2000 homeless, joyless, cheerless, jobless, dinnerless boys ranging in age from 14 to 60, most of whom started out West with great expectations, who through your efforts may be enabled to experi ence once more just a little of the Joy and satisfaction attendant upon a good Christmas dinner? Some are "down and out" through their own fault, some through misfor tune, some through the faults of others, but whatever the reason this "cuts no ice" this Christtnastide with us. But this Is what It means to feed at least 1000 men and probably 230 mothers and poor children and provide 800 Christ mas presents for those confined behind grim walls, to whom Christmas day means primarily the only day on which presents may be received from .those who are on the outside looking in: Twenty cases of oranges (150s), 30 cases of good aples (no windfalls .need apply), s00 jars of jelly, 800 individual pound cakes, 400 pies, 500 pounds of nuts. SOO pounds of candy, 800 pounds of package figs, 2 cases of celery, 100 pounds cranberries, 4 sacks sugar, 500 loaves bread, 10 sacks of potatoes, 5 sacks of peas. 25 pounds of butter, 250 pounds of roast beef. 200 pounds of chicken and turkey (some good fellow, please, don't forget the turkey), 100 pounds of plum pudding, 15 gallons of milk and 50 pounds of corree. The spirit that prompts this effort is the brotherhood spirit, and the oc casion Christmas, the anniversary of the elder brother. While rejoicing in your own home among your own loved ones with the spirit of peace on earth, goodwill toward men, why not have the added blessing of feeling that you have helped and are helping some of your poor, unfortunate brothers who without much aid will know nothing or the joy and happiness attendant upon the Christmas season. Stop and think. How will your Christmas be spent? Then stop and read how these poor men will, lots of them, spend Christmas day unless you help them. Early in the morning they will turn out of the place where they have, spent the night Christmas Eve, while you have spent it in jollity and good cheer, some of them perhaps have had no bed, but have walked all night; some may have been allowed to sit up ali night in a chair in some charitable mission; some may have had the privi lege of a free mattress on which to throw themselves down; some may even have had a free bed, or have been able to purchase a 10-cent Bed and have spent, for them, a comfortable night. Then they go out to try and get some breakfast. If they have been lucky enough to become the possessor of a meal ticket they may very likely de cide to save that until the next meal in case they would not be hungry enough now, comparatively, to get the best value out of the ticket. If they are lucky they may get some break fast, but many of them will not. The next problem is how to earn some dinner. It's Christmas day, work Is at a standstill, consequently jobs are scarcer than usual. Without the annual Christmas dinner where would j such men be? They hear of this, ap ply for a ticket, are gladly accommo dated, and for once, perhaps In months, they know the feel of a good square meal Inside them, for once they know what It Is to be thoroughly satisfied. For once they are enabled to feel that they are not utterly and entirely for gotten by God and man; for once they are made to realize that we are all brothers, and who knows, perhaps this may be the opportunity to point them confidently to one who is able to save to the uttermost, and may be the mean" of reclaiming them from their life of sin and misery and starting them on the high road to become God-fearing, self-respecting and even influential cit izens. Don't you want to have your Bhare In this? The office of the Pacific Coast Res cue and Protective Society is at 22 North Front street. Main 166i and A 7426. ' fanatic Murders wife Student of Tuntric Worship Then Tries to Restore tile. CALCUTTA, Dec. 19. (Special.) An extraordinary tragedy of supersti tion is reported from Burdwan, where a man named Vahamidan murdered his wife with her own consent In the course of a secret ceremonial. Vahamidan had for some time been learning the principles of Tantric wor ship from a monk. To complete his studies he needed a dead body. After several unsuccessful attempts to procure one, he proposed to his wife that she should aid him in his secret studies by surrendering her life. Ha assured her he would restore her as Boon as he had finished his worship. At midnight the devoted wife ac companied her husband to the crema tion ground, and there, with her con sent, he cut her in two and beran his worship to the goddess Kait. His de votions concluded, Vahamidan spent several hours trylnjr to restore the woman to life. He was found by the police, uttering loud lamentations and beating his breast in self-condemnation near the spot where lay ths mangled body. .