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1914. who is a recent arrival in this city from Denver, Colo., where she was a t bcuaeni or tanio cavalio, maae a ia vorable impression in her violin play ing, and gave ample evidence that she is a violinist of talent, finish and musi cal sympathy. Mrs. Ross, contralto, was quite successful in her fine rendi tions of vocal numbers by Handel, IGHT "Worrell, Stevenson, Mary Turner waiter, Earl C. Sharp and Charles VJ. pross. Mrs. Ross was in fine voice. and her first-class singing won her many new friends. Mr. Becker Is one of the finished, competent pianists of THE SUNDAY" OHEGONIAST, PORTLAND, THE STOESilWTOTiKf N ONE JMpffllKSi' this city, and his admirable piano so los and accompaniments on this occa sion were much admired. The ladles octet sang Christmas carols In excel lent style. Mrs. R. C. Dorr was choral director. The sacred concert which took place last Sunday night at the Church of the Madeleine, East Twenty-first and Sis kiyou streets, was quite successful, from the excellently rendered pro gramme, under the capable direction on this occasion of Frederick W. Good, rich. Mtb .Nona Lawler. soprano, was in admirable voice, and sang in fine style. Mrs. A. F. Petzel, contralto, has an unusually good voice, and ought to sing out more in public The ensem ble work of the choir was much praised, and Rev George Thompson, the pastor, delivered a crisp and helpful address on "The Musical Requirements of the Sacred Liturgy." A collection was taken for the pipe organ fund. Mrs. E. E. Coovert, mezzo contralto, was vocal soloist at a sewing: circle held at her home on Johnson street, last Wednesday, under direction of the Coterie Club. Mrs, Coovert sang with fine expression and tonal quality "Somewhere A Voice Is Calling" Tate. and "Mother Machree" (Olcott), So well did Mrs. Coovert sing the last number that her guests asked her to repeat it, which she did.- The piano ac companist was Mrs. Edward Alden Heals. The second "Explanatory Talk" at the piano by Walter Damrosch. took Place at the Little Theater in West Forty-f ourth street. New York, last Monday, when the "Symphony in C" (Saint-Saens) and , "Iberia" (Debussy) were described. Both compositions will Toe programmed Dy the Symphony So ciety of New York for two concerts in Jlie near future. The Itinerary of the annual January tour of the New York Symphony Or chestra, Walter Damrosch, conductor. Includes Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D. C, Cumberland, Md.. Cleveland, Dayton, Detroit, Chicago, Hock Island, Urbana (University of Ill inois), Indianapolis, Columbus ' and Pittsburg. .Maggie Teyte, the English prima donna, soprano, will be the solo ist in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash ington, D. C, and Pittsburg; Frieda Hempel, coloratura soprano of the Met ropolitan, will be the soloist in Cleve land; Josef Lehvinne, pianist, soloist at Indianapolis, and Harold Henry, pianist, at the University of Illinois. . Music lovers of Greater New York were delighted by the singing of Mad ame Alma Gluck, who was the soloist with the Symphony Society of New York, Walter Damrosch, conductor, re cently at Aeolian Hall. Madame Gluck sang Mozart's aria from "Die Entfuh Jungr aus dem Seraglio." and three of Oharpentier's songs with orchestra. The young Australian composer, Percy Grainger, who was represented by three orchestral numbers, enjoys the distine. tton of being the most performed or chestral composer in England at the present time. His "Mock Morris" was played by orchestras 600 times last j ear, while his more recent "Shepherd's Hey," played for the first time in New York, can boast of even greater popu larity. . Dr. Clement B. Shaw's presentation f the opera of "Don Fasquale," (Doni zettt) last Saturday at the Tilford building was of unusual interest. Be ing in the buffo style, many of Its sit uations were thoroughly amusing. M. A. Goodnough and Miss McBride at the piano; F. H. Wig, violinist. Misses Han son and Bradford, sopranos, and B. H. St. Helen, tenor, assisted. Dr, Shaw, having completed a course of 10 Italian operas, will begin a series of 10 Ger man operas Saturday night, January 3. Piano and violin playing that was a pleasure to listen to marked the piano students' recital by Miss Eva Trotter and Miss Marjorie Trotter, in Sherman Clay & Co.'s hall, last Tuesday night. Among the students who took part were: Yelma Hendy, Barbara- Lull. Ardelia Haradon, Jeanette Reierson, I.oleta Jaeger, Jack Adams, Florence Falrclough, Louine Jacobsen, Naidyne Baker, Velma Hendy, Kenneth Barbour, Grace Jacobsen, Myrtle Brownell, Bar bara Lull, Bessie Reierson, Dorothy Dyer, Frances Wardner, Grace Jacob sen, Dorothy Girdner, Barbara, Lull and Florence Jacobsen. Miss Leona Bisch, soprano, was heard to advantage last Sunday night at the Young Peoples' Meeting held at the White Temple. Miss Bisch. who posses a strong sympathetic voice, sang in excellent style "My Task" (Ashford.) She Is being prepared in vocal work by.Harold Hurlbut. a Mrs. Nita Briggs Clifford entertained her Junior piano students at an en joyable monthly recital, and those taking part were: Mildred Rothschild, Audrey Burroughs, Parry Douglass, Grace Allen, Evelyn Kelley, Nellie Burroughs, Lyle Keeler, Gladys Smith, Paul Kllppel, Mary Sullivan, ' Lucicn Burroughs. These violin students of A. L. Clifford assisted musically Irving Allan, George Spink. Fenton Shearer and Edward Kuschner. Musical America, New York, Dec 13, reviewing me musical activities oi Harold Hurlbut, of this city, says in part: "He disclosed a pure tenor voice, and a .voice production and art worthy of his training; under such a teacher as Campanari," Miss Violet Phillips, soprano, sang at the meeting of the Michigan Club held at the Masonic Temple last Mon day night. Miss Phillips possesses a singing voice of both beauty and range and her singing was much appreciated. A musical programme of merit was listened to at the meeting of the Port land Etude Club, held December 12, at the home of Miss Marie Soule: Beeth oven's personality formed the theme of discussion; the stories told by the mem bers and the excellent pictures shown by Miss Soule helped to give a true portrayal of an extraodiri.sy character. Beethoven sonatas made uj the pro gramme, and those who took part in it were: Miss Mollle Pierce, Miss Edna Wennerberg. Master Gordon Soule, Miss Julia Pratt, Miss Elsie Lewis .and Miss Susie Michael. The piano ac companists were: Miss Lorna Ganong and Miss Catherine Lewis. The charm ing story of the "Moonlight Sonata" was told by the president, Miss Blanche Lucky. One of the best-liked numbers on the programme at Reea College last Thursday night was the solo. "O.Thou That Tellest" (Handel's "Messiah"), suntr by Miss Clara Wuest, contralto soloist at Centenary Methodist Episco pal Church. She has already appeared In recital, but will be presented in her own recital next Spring by Joseph A. Finley. . Earl Goodwin Gray was tenor soloist at a recital, under direction of Mrs. Charles T. McPherson, at Clatskanie, Or., December 12. Mr. Gray is well known to the musicians of this city as tenor soloist at. Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, for two years, and- as - a, ninger - much in demand at " many " of the social functions of the younger set. His rendition of . a. heavy programme was well received. For those toko know, and those who have y et to know, the soul-soothing beauty of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata COLD, brilliant moonlight silvered the snowy roofa of quaint old Bonn. Through a narrow street the master was walking with a friend. "Hush!" he exclaimed, halting suddenly in front of little house. ' Listen 1 that is my Sonata in F. How well it is played!" v They edged up close to the door. In the midst of the finale the music ceased abruptly, and a voice cried sadly, "I can't play any more. It is so beautiful, but beyond my power. Oh! if only I might go to Kom to the concert!" "Yes, sister, but why wish for what cannot be," said a second voice. "I know," came the answer, and continuing almost lnaudibly, "I know ... . . yet I can't help long' ing to hear some really good music just once in my life." "Let us go in' said Beethoven. And, despite his ' friend's objection, he placed his hand on the latch. 'I shall play for her and she will understand." He opened the door. There at the table sat the ' brother mending shoes. The girl, crying softly, bowed her head upon the old piano. "Pardon me, but I heard your music," said Beethoven, "and I also heard your wish. Perhaps, ' if you will allow me, I can fulfill it." The cobbler thanked him. "But our piano is so poor," he apologized, "and we have no music." "No music," exclaimed the master, "how then does she .... Oh, forgive me!" he stammered. The girl had lifted her head and he saw that she was blind. , "You play from memory?" he continued. "But I thought X heard you say you had never been to th concerts." "When we lived in Bruhl, a neighbor practised every evening," said the girl. "And in Summer, when the windows were open, I used to walk up and down In front of her house and listen." She gave Beethoven her place at the piano. He ran h& fingers along the yellowed keys. Under his touch the worn strings sang as if born anew, and out of the old Instrument trooped hosts of his compelling melodies to surround and captivate the wondering pair. The flame of the one candle sputtered fitfully and presently went out. The youth slipped over and threw open the shutters. As the moonlight flooded the room, the pianist paused. , "Who and what are you?" gasped the cobbler, scarce knowing he was speaking. "Listen," answered the master, and he played tho first few bars of his Sonata in F. "Beethoven!" burst from theips of the pair. "Oh, play on, play on just a little more!" they pleaded as he arose to go. ' For a moment he stood; silent, looking out the window. And then again seating himself, he began, as if to voice the spirit of the calm, perfect night, weaving slowly into exquisite being those mystic measures which caress the soul, even as the cool radiance of the moon softens and gentles the world's rough face. There, in that little room, Beethoven intertwined the throbbing of the sea's great heart and the far, clear call of stars; he sounded the very depths of the sublime, till it seemed to the three listeners as if the Spirit of Infinity were come down the path of moonlight and stood by their side, whispering of the things that are forever and forever. Vain yearnings and thoughts of toil and tithes were swept from their long-time moorings in the mind, and by the hand of infinite loveliness, the blind girl was guided to heights whence she saw more than wide eyes can window, however clear. On the slow current of the adagio she was borne to the vernal field of the allegretto, where fairies danced beside the stream, and then in the trembling, hurrying presto, she saw the elk-folk scurry off, leaving all things better and more beautiful because of their having been. . Beethoven, the master, had in that hour in that poor, trouble-shadowed home, lighted a transforming . flame which would neither waver nor go out through all the years. "Farewell," he said, going to the door. "You will come again?" they cried. ; fTes, yes, I will come again. The Stroud Pianola 1-2:1 4 JVi -'$-!W-3 i'&VM CftitM, til. TU AmUtm U. THAT was one hundred years ago, and long since the "Moonlight Sonata" has be come deep-rooted in the garden of the human heart. In the beauty of its fre quent flowering, old loves, long lost, have come back to whisper sweet words, and dear faces, long hid, have smiled once again; sorrow upon sorrows have been banished to forgetfulness. And countless thousands have cried with the cob bler's sister, "It is so beautiful, but beyond my power." . Beyond your power? No. Not now. The great glorious world of music is at your command. Beethoven is waiting at your door and with him a wonderful company. All who have made music what it is, are there, from quaint and stately Handel and I Bach, to the living composers of to-day. Don't you want music in your home? Music, one of the great necessities of life, whose soothing and inspiring influence has blessed mankind from civili zation's earliest dawn! The Pianola the most modern pianoforte, the most important and successful musical invention of all time was made especially for you. Not merely to let you hear music but to let you play music this is The Pianola's mission. To enable you to sit at the pianoforte, and play Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" with all of the per formance your very own, except the purely technical part of striking the notes. To-morrow night you can play the "Moonlight Sonata" if you wish. And every succeeding night you can play some great, new masterpiece of music, developing your taste, widening your outlook on lif and increasing both your mental and your physical efficiency. The exclusive features of The Pianola, like the Metrostyle and the Themodist features that dis tinguish it from all other so-called "player-pianos" supply any possible deficiency in musical taste and training. This is why The Pianola, and The Pianola alone of all such instruments, has gained the support of prac tically all the great musicians and musical educators of the world. The Pianola is like the conventional pianoforte with a keyboard for hand-playing. It may be obtained in . either the Grand or Upright model in tho following famous makes The Steinway Pianola, The Steck Pianola, The Wheelock Pianola, The Stuyvesant Pianola, The Stroud Pianola, and The Famous Webef, Pianola. A Christmas Suggestion The Pianola Price $575 and Upwards. Moderate Payments The genuine Pianola is on exhibition and sale, in this city, only at the store of our exclusive representative j Morrison Sts. No.t only is The Pianola the greatest of all Christmas Gifts, but it is the easiest to buy. A sum no larger than you must pay for a very simple gift will give immediate possession of The Pianola. The balance may be paid in convenient installments. "The Largest Manufacturers of Musical Instruments in the World The AEOLIAN COMPANY, Aeolian Hall, New York City LONDON PARIS BERLIN and his work showed tha result of I woiciui ii.inun. air. way is a student oi Airs, Adelaide Smith, of Chicago, Mrs. C. T. McPherson and Mrs. E. Maldwyn Evans (Edith Rosivn r?niia of this city. Mr. Gray has been Dromi- nently identified with various Portland musical organizations, being at present secretary of the First Methodist Epis copal Church Chorus and h. i . an enthusiastic "booster" and sUDDorter of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. The programme before the 'students of the Washington High School last Thursday morning was received with much appreciation. E. Maldwyn Evans was in splendid voice and won cordial favor. Mrs. Mabel Wallace Butterworth was unable to be present and Mrs. Ralph A. Walker was prevailed upon to play, which she did, giving In her own inimitable manner, on the piano, her own composition. "Indian Suite." Mrs. XL A. Ueppner was an efficient accom panist. The concerts at different high schools In this city are under the edu cational department of the Monday Musical Club. Mrs. H. A. Heppner has this department in charge. m The Wednesday Evening Choral Club cave a concert in Metzger's Hall, Gresham, last Thursday night, for the benefit of the St. Andrew's Church. Mrs. Catherine Covich Fredrich, di rector, assisted by Miss Eugenia Craig, reader; Miss Julia Burke, violinist, and the Portland Male Quartet, all took part. There was a large attendance and the ball was taxed to take care of the crowd. The programme: "Wind Fairies' and "Mermaids," Wednesday Evening- Choral Club, of Portland; "The Song nf the Violin," Miss Eugenia Crair " ittle Gray Home in the West" and - Time," Mrs. Emll Oswald: "Ca Miss Julia Burke; "Now in the of Maying," Ladies' Quar tet, Mrs. Bell, Miss Williams, Miss Mantle, Miss Kunz; "Just a Sons, at Twilight." quartet; "The . Frenchman's Dilemma," Miss Eugenia Craig; "Save Sons" ana, "You, Dear, and U' Mrs. Bell; "The Sweet of the Tear" and "The Rosary" (Nevln). Miss Ethel Mahoney was accompanist. Otto Wedemeyer, of Hood River, Or sang before the Portland Woman's Club recently. His programme com prised a group of eight songs in Eng lish, which not only demonstrated his versatility of interpretation but great breadth of expression and admirable and .dramatic finish. Miss Mabel Riggs sang In a charming manner a group of children's aongs. Mrs. Warren E. Thomas was the piano accompanist. Among the musical strangers In Portland this past week was Roberten Merten. of Charles City, la. Mr. Jilerten, who is a warm personal friend of Jo seph A. Finley. director of the Portland Oratorio Society, has a tine lyric tenor voice and is solojst with Dunbar's Nine White Hussars, who, led by Al Sweet, the famous cornet soloist, have just finished a week's engagement at the Orpbeum. Mr, Merten, who was tenor, soloist In Mr. Finley's large chorus choir in the First Methodist Episcopal Church. Guthrie. Okla., has studied vocal music in New York and Chicago and has spent several years in Lyceum Bureau work. He is enjoying bis West, ern trip. His wife, who is a graduate student of Emil Eiebling. of Chicago, had charge of the piano department in Mr. Finley's conservatory of music, Guthrie, Okla. Returned tourist The bombard ments are simply terrible. You have no idea how a church can be so com pletely wrecked. Friend Yes, I have. I was In a choir fight once. Puck. "Say, Hiram, what do they mean by a Stradevar'us?" ."Oh, a Stradevar'us is the Latin name for a fiddle." Musi cal Courier. Eastern Star Grange) Elects. JUNCTION CITY. Or.. Dec. 19. (Spe cial.) The Eastern Star elected offi cers: Worthy matron, Mrs. G. E. Mickey; worthy patron, P. A. Phersson; as sistant matron. Cora Jackson; treasurer, Emma Mason; conductor, Mrs. F. N. O'Conner; assistant conductor, Edith Christensen; Adah. Mrs. I Jackson; Ruth, Mrs. I W. Mallory; Esther. Mrs. M. P.-Corbln; Martha. Mrs. D. F. Mason: Eleotra, Mrs. F. Hurlburt: warden, Mrs. Elsie Johnson; sentinel, Mrs. F. Moor head; marshal, Mrs. William Schroeder; organist. Miss M. Hurlburt. NEW EXCHANGE TO OPEN Home Telephone tj Begin Actual Service on March t. The new exchange of the Home Telephone & Telegraph Company, at East Forty-fifth and East Madison streets, which will be known as the "D." exchange, will begin actual service March 1. The telephone company baa Issued notice to all its patrons in the district affected that the change will take effect at that time, and that the prefix to the telephones of all parons East of Thirty-ninth street and norttl to Sullivan's Gulch will be changed from "B" to "T." There will be no loss of calls, as the Information depart ment will notify all callers of the change until the new books are is sued and then aa Ions after as tt is expedient. The numbers will not be changed. The new building represents a con struction . cost of about $15,000 ex clusive of installation cost. All patrons now on the "B" exchange, west of Thirty-ninth street, will retain their original prefix. October 29 last was the fifty-sixth anni versary of thv introduction of kerosene lamps into Bansor. Me, Th flrat one was uxed by Josiah H. Rlck.r. a atorckMBar, who r.celvod a hipment of flvo lambv. Th lamon void for SX.uO and the kerosene for ;1.40 a eallon.