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EDITED BY JOSEPH M. QUETIN. ...
THERE are many calls on the
pocketbooks of persons benevo
lently., disposed this month, but
an appeal for funds to assist the Flor
ence Crittenton Refuge Home , by at
tending' the concert In Its behalf at the
Masonic Temple Auditorium. Tuesday
night at 8:15 o'clock, is significant and
important.
The Florence Crittenton ' Refuge
Home Is located at the northeast corner
of East Thirty-first and Glisan streets.
and an urgent call for financial sup
port is-made. not only for the sake of
the young mothers who are received
there, but for their babies' sake. The
remedial work at the home mentioned
Is one of peculiar delicacy and tact, and
It is not possible to particularize any
special case. It is enough to say that
there are dependents at the home, some
are leaving it and new arrivals are con
stantly taking their places, and that
all these sufferers must be supported In
their time of need. Several business
firms . In- this city have purchased
bunches, of tickets, , and it Is believed
that the call to the general public will
be heeded.
The concert programme is a first
class one, and consists of these" num
bers: "A Day In Venice." a. cycle 01
ouj; love, jvoems.. ".A-Jtfornlna; iar t,
vc4f f ik 'JJ
Mark's Square," "In a Gondola,'
Love Song." "Farewell" (Nevin-Spross)
Treble Clef Club; "Adieu Foiebs," "Joan
of Arc" Tschaikowsky), Mrs. Henry
William Metzger; "Legende" (Weinl
awski), "Meditation," " "Thais' (Mas
senet), Herman Heller: "Mat'tinata"
(Leoncavallo), "I Hear "Sou Calling Me"
(Marshall), "The Cuckoo" (Lehmann),
Miss Maude Ross; "An den Fruehling,"
in German (Grieg), "A Song of Spring"
(Niedlinger), Treble Clef Club; "Don
Fatale," "Don Carlo" (Verdi), "Some
where a Voice 1 Calling" (Tate), "The
Little Damozel" (Novello). Mrs. Rose
Coursen Reed; ' "Nocturne" ' (Lescheti
tszky), "Hark, Hark! The Lark" (Schubert-Liszt).
"Dream of Love" (Liszt),
"Spanish Caprice" (Moszkowski), Mrs.
Thomas Carrick Burke; "The Dove"
(Schindler), "When the Land Is White
With Moonlight" (F. X. Arens). "Fairy
Pipers" (Bremer). "The Lamp of Love"
Salter), Mrs. Henry William Metzger;
"My Lady Chloe" (Clough-Leighter),
"Since You Went Away" (Johnston).
Treble Clef Club, Miss Geraldine Cour
sen, accompanist. Edgar E. Coursen
and Mischa Pels are the piano accom
panists for the soloists.
There is no argument over the ques
tion that the Portland Symphony Or
chestra concerts fill a public need, and
4that theas-eoncerto-ln. jnouldinjobll
musical tastes, and especially In the
cases of boys and girls, have true edu
cative value. Portland also agrees
that the concerts jrhoul4 be continued
permanently. But more than $2000 is
required to pay the expenses of the
series of concerts -for 1914-1915, and
the money is not coming' in freely.
Some people say: "It's- all right to
have these symphony concerts. : But
they are rather expensive, aren't they?
It is a pity that so much money is re
quired to support them."
Let me five a few facts in regard to
symphony orchestras: .
The New York Philharmonic came
Into existence in 1842, and these con
certs the first year .were supported
by public subscription. The New York
Symphony was organized In 1878. by
Leopold Damrosch, father of Walter,
the present conductor, and supported
by public subscription and -donations
from guarantors. New York leads 'in
orchestras. Besides the first two men
tioned, fthere are the Russian , Orches
tra, the People's Symphony and. Sym
phony Orchestra for Young People. The
People's Symphony is maintained by
contributions from 31 to $2500 a year.
Receipts and expenses are about $12,
000. '- -. , .
The Boston Symphony Orchestra
is the finest body -of players in Amer
ica, if not in the world. The orchestra
was founded through the generosity of
Henry L. Hlggins'on, who has already
made up deficits amounting to almost
$1,000,000. During one year only has
the orchestra ever made expenses,
being the first orchestra to ever attain
Lthat exalted position. The deficits have
ranged all the way from $2000 to $40,
000. As for the Theodore Thomas Orches
tra, there is one name which stands
above all others in the. history of or
chestral music ; in' America, that of
MUSIC PEOPt,E3 ACTIVE IX
CURRENT EVENTS, -
Madame Adellna Patti, world
renowned soprano,' visits wound
ed soldiers at Swansea Hospital,
London, England.-
'Miss Dagmar Inez" Kelly, con
tralto, and Miss Josephine Wag
ner, 'cellist, were soloists at the
concert at Shattuck School in
honor of Misses Mary Millard and
Phoebe White. -
Oscar Lawrence Woodfin. bari
tone. Oregon City, will appear
soon in recital at. Pendleton, Or.
Miss Enna Ewart, piano ac
companist; L. Carroll Day, bari
tone, and Miss. Marion Bennett,
soprano, three of those on the
programme at the community
"sing" to take place at Washing
ton High School-Friday night.
Miss . Violet,. Grayson, pianist,
one of- those who played at a
concert at the Arniory last week.
Miss Roxanna. Wommelsdorf , ?
violinist, will.be, one of the so
loists at a concert at the Third
Presbyterian Church, Wednesday
Miss Evelyn Pearce, a 4
year-old singer, sang solos at
Mrs. Grace Wilton Peterson's re
cital a.t Lincoln High School
auditorium.
Miss Hazel Stradley is piano
accompanist for the coming pre
sentation of the Peace Cantata
of All Nations.
Theodore Thomas, - for ' unquestionably
he did more to develop a taste for
music of this class than any other. He
felt, as he himself said, that what the
country needed most of all to make it
musical was- a good orchestra and
plenty of concerts within reach of the
people. The orchestra was organized
in 1890. Fifty men were induced to
subscribe $1000 a year for three years.
The deficit decreased every year until
it Is now almost, on. a paying basis.
Within . th last ' few years . a public
subscription was. started which netted
$650,000. Eight .thousand donations
were received running all the way from
10 cents to $25,000. . With this sum a
hall was built, costing $750,000, which
is rented for different affairs.
The first season's deficit was $53,000,
and the succeeding years, from the
second to the fifteenth,' were: $51,000,
$49,000, $34,000. $27,000, $27,000, $39,000.
$16,000. $16,000. $26,000. $30,000, $20,000,
$20,000. $19,000. $15,000.
Cincinnati, O., has had an orchestra
since 1883, supported ly shareholders,
stockholders and guarantors.
The Philadelphia orchestra was
founded In 1898. The losses up to 1908
were from $50,000 to JS0.CT00. Three hun
dred-men of the Orchestra' Association
guarantee the . cost . of the enterprise.
They are aided by a committee of
women from towns In the .neighbor
hood of Philadelphia.
Pittsburg orchestra was organized In
189S. The Orchestra Society has been
responsible for the enterprise and the
deficit in the first 11 years amounted
to $250,000.
In Minneapolis the guarantee is sub-.
scribed by the business men and com
mercial bodies of the city.
1 In St. Paul, Minn., this year the peo
pie couldn't raise the amount necessary,
$65,000, and the orchestra was allowed
to lapse. -
St. Louis, Buffalo, N. Y., Denver, Colo.,
Washington. D. C. Cleveland. Indian
apolis. Detroit. New Haven, Conn., Kan
sas city, Ban Francisco, Los Angeles,
Spokane. Calgary, " Canada, and other
places all have their orchestras financed
on the same principle. In fact, .there
tu-o uiany Binuuier .cities wnere orcnes-
tras are maintained, but -In' a much
more modest manner. -
London. England. has four or five
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MUSIC-a Necessity
Cf Do you regard music as a luxury? When you feel it necessary to curtail
expenditure do you think that music, at least, is one thing you can do without?
J You are mistaken. Music is one of the necessities of life. Since the
birth of man among civilized and uncivilized alike, music more than any other
influence, has soothed, inspired and stimulated the race.
1$ After the day is over an evening of music in your home will amply repay
anything you have to spend to get it will rest, strengthen and inspire you
even the carefree' children.
J It is time that you awoke and realized that you need music non and that
music in its most enjoyable forms can so easily be yours.
Sherman,
The Four Great Leaders in
the World's Music Trade:
The Steinway Piano
The Pianola
The Victrola
The Aeolian Pipe Organ
orchestras, all supported ' by public
subscription and receipts. -. The Lon
don Symphony is . a. ' body, of men .who
govern themselves on the common
wealth plan, the plan that' the Port
land Symphony Orchestra carries
through.
Other symphony orchestras in Europe
are more or less disturbed Just now by
the war. but in times of peace Paris
has several orchestras, maintained by
the city and government. Cologne,
Dusseldorf, Alx la Chapelle, Leipzig,
Munich. Berlin and Vienna orchestras
are all under control of the cities
themselves. In the cases of these or
chestras the men become entitled to
pensions. Rome gave up its municipal
band and put in its place an orchestra.
Since American cities can create and
control parks and educational institu
tions, why can they not foster nigh-
class musical entertainments, which
wean people from vulgar- music and
the demoralizing places- where it is
played? It is a noticeable fact that
wherever orchestral music- has ob
tained a hold that it has largely been
instrumental In raising the Btandard
of art in all other branches of educa
tion. . . ,
The information contained in this ar
ticle on symphony orchestras is taken
from a recent speech delivered by
Frank G. Eichenlaub. the well-known
Portland violinist and a leading 'mem-
AT THE BENEFIT CONCERT
for the
FLORENCE CRITTENTON HOME
Masonic Temple, November 17
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ber of the, Portland Symphony Orches
tra. Mrs. Rose Coursen-Reed Bang at a
varied and interesting recital before
the Lincoln High School students last
Monday. Mrs. Reed received much ap
plause after her last number and was
obliged to bow her acknowledgments
four times. Songs by composers of
five different nationalities made up
the programme, American. English,
French. German and Italian. Miss
Geraldine Coursen made a most
sympathetic accompanist. The recital
was under the direction of Mrs. Her
man a Heppner, chairman of the edu
cational committee of the Monday
Musical Club. Owing to a severe cold
Mrs. Reed was unable to appear be
fore the Jefferson High School Tues
day morning, as scheduled, by the
Monday Musical Club. The recital has
been postponed. Neither could Mrs.
Reed sing for the MacDowell Club
Tuesday afternoon, where she was on
the programme for the Bach-Gounod
"Ave Marie,"
Miss Hazel Stradley, pianist, is one
of the accompanists In the peace can
tata which is being prepared at the
Oregon Conservatory of Music. Miss
Stradley's recent rendering at re
hearsals of Moszkowski's opera. 37 and
Richard Wagner's "Siegmund's Love
Song" was quite creditable to her. Her
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ALFRED HERZ
Distinguished Conductor of the Met
ropolitan Opera (New York) savs:
"Mdme. Lucie Valair will make,
rood wherever given an opportu-
n,ti EUGENE YSAYE
World's Famous Violinist, says:
"Mdme. Valair is my friend and
an artist of great talent."
The Music League of
America
The only unbiased court of musical
Judgment in the country, where ar
tists are heard and rated without
their identity bein- known, gave
Mdme. Valair the highest possible
rating-, "A No. 1."
When one can secure a vocal
teacher with these recommenda
tions, backed by 16 years of expe
rience, at a moderate rate per les
son, why let immature teachers ex
periment with a voice?
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