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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. .