The Sunday Oregonian., February 14, 1915, SECTION FIVE, Page 3, Image 57

THE STJXDAY OTIEGOXTAN. PORTLAND, FEBTIUARY 14, 1915,
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KV YORK, Feb. 13. (Special.) I
fl The United States fleet, under the
i ' command of Admiral Fletcher,
hound for tnrpet prrtice at Guanta-
uamo, has encountered severe storms, a
ricture was made filiowme the dread
nought Florida, which sufTered tne
loss of a lifeboat as a result of the
rale. Some "Jackies" were moving
gasoline tanks to a place of safety to
prevent their being washed overboard.
The fleet sailed In three division, one
from Boston, one from New York and
the third from Norfolk. The fleets are
having battle practice on their way
down and the New York division Is en
deavoring to prevent a junction of the
Uier two divisions.
In the memory of the oldest visitor
at Palm Beach there has nsver been a
season before this when fish were so
numerous as now. A few days ago 11
sharks besieged tho private yacht of
John IX Crimmins, of New York. At
the same time Mr. Pullman landed a
couple of the sea fighters ashore on his
hook and line. A mess of kinsfish
ero charmed by the fair fisherlariy,
Mrs. Kdward P. McLean, of Washing
ton, I. C. This is the bitj&est catch
thus far in the season.
An antique carvinsr from a solid piece
of wood, made in the 16th century, has
i-epnsied for hundreds of years in the
cathedral of the Archbishop of Mexico
City. When this building was racked
recently one of Villa's aides confiscated
it and traded it for a suit of white
flannels belonirjns: to Archer Harrison,
who represented an American firm in
Mexico City, as he was leaving Vera
Cruz. The c:trvinp represents the cos
tunics of Spaniards in Guatemala in
the Jbth century and is valued at 5000.
Prince August Wilhelm, the Kaiser's
fcui th eon. was caught by the photog
rapher saying goodbye to one of his
children before goin to the front. The
Prince was married in October, 1S1S, to
Princess Alexandra Virtoria, of Schle-w:g-Holstein.
Princess Alexandra Vic
toria, with her youngest boy, also were
photographed. The Princess is the
beauty of the imperial family. The
1 uu-hess of Brunswick, following the
tradition of the Hohenzollerns. became
a mother within a year of her mar
riaue. Her child is a son. She is the
only daughter of the Kaiser.
New York has a new breadline. It
was inaugurated a few days ago by
.lames Rt-san, owner of the Knicker
bocker Hotel. There has been for
many years a breadline at the Flelsch
maiin bakery and another at the Bow
ery Mission. But unemployment is so
great in tho big city this Winter that
these were unable to care for all the
hungry. t-o Mr. Regan esta blished a
hreadline of his own in the rear of his
hotel ami had hot coffee and bread
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and hungry men that he gave some S W3- S-W t I
money to be distributed to them and gjjf I
sent out an overcoat to a man who was p J W8.M 1
thinly clad. I I
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served to waitlnir men.
day 1000 men were in line and on the
second day the number was estimated
at 2000.
This breadline is in the heart of the
theater district and in sight ot Broad-
dition of the poor to the attention of
the more prosperous of New York's
people more clearly than the breadlines
downtown. On the third day or tne
charity. Caruso, the tenor of the Met-
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SLATED FOR PACIFIC COAST TOUR
Noted Musicians Under Director, Dr. Karl Muck, Likely to Pass Two May Weeks in San Francisco Mmc
Destinn to Open Concert Tour at Portland, Or, at End of This Season.
UT EMELIE FRANCES BAUER.
NKW YOKK, Feb. 13. (Special.) A
tour of the Boston Symphony Or
chestra under its director. Dr.
Karl Muck, is promised to the Facific
Coast. It is understood that they will
ro to !an Francisco for tho last two
weeks in May. The present conditions
in Kiirope will be responsible for more
music in this country Uurins the Sum
mer than it has ever known.
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Another orchestra planning to go on
tour which will take the party as far
n. t!:t Pacific Coast is that of the
Metropolitan Opera Company. Toscanini
will bo with his men and the soloists
u ill nie Mme. Krie.ia Hempel. Miss So
phie i;mslau. Martini Hi and Amato. all
of which should nutko an attraction of
.verwheln-.inic dimensions. The iavish
nes in the way of soloists may be at
tributed to the fact that these artists,
with the possible exception of Miss
Hraslau. have contracts for a great
number of performances which the
present conditions will not allow them
to fulfill. While tile opera companies
were runninir in Itcstcn and Chicago,
and while there was a heavy demand
for concert appearances of these artists,
the Metropolitan was able to get rid of
till contracts which it could not fulfill,
but with no outlet except the perform
ances which they are able to give them
at the Metropolitan, it leaves a large
number of payments to be made for
which the Metropolitan gets nothing at
ill For this reason the present plan is
a. master stroke of finance, and the pub
lic will rejoice to hear the organiza
tion, particularly with a personnel
which includes Amato. Hempel and
Toscanini. to say naught ot Martinelii.
who 1 net yet known beyond the con
fines of the doors where he has been
heard in opera.
...
Madame Destinn took out the first
papers to make her an 'American citi
xen. so It is obvious that, whether she
wili be re-engaged or not at the Metro
politan, she will remain in America. It
is understood that she will go back to
her own country at the end of this sea
son, but she will return early and open
a concert tour in Portland, Or., and
after making a trip over the territory
she will return in time for the opening
of the season In New Tork, as she has
a lovely heme near Riverside Drive,
which she has leased for four years.
For the first time Madame Destinn
threatens marriage. She has always
been determined to keep that phase out
of her life, and she lias broken many
hearts abroad, where in the earliest
days of her career she was one of the
most eagerly sought-after young artist
In the profession. Striking in personal
attractions, and brilliantly talented in
many directions other ll.an as opera
singer. Madame Destinn has turned
aside offers of marriage from the no
bility of nearly every land.
When she went to take out her
papers she answered the questions
openly and with enthusiasm. She ad
mitted to the age of 3S and that she
was born in Prague of Bohemian
parents. She further enlightened her
questioners in the matter of her height
and weight, the former being five feet
six inches, which Justly entitled her to
tip the scales at 145 pounds, without
arousing any especial comment about
her sise. y
It was believed that the singer- was
preparing to announce that she intend
ed to marry an American. Instead she
confessed that she was planning to
marry an Algerian, whose name she re
fused to mention, but who was well
known to her friends and to the pa
trons of the Metropolitan. It did not
take long to arrive at the impression
that it was Dinh Gilly, who was visit
ing her estates when the war broke
out and upon his refusing to swear that
he would never join his own regiment
in the French army he was held pris
oner there.
Madame Destinn never sang more
superbly than at present and she is
working up a concert repertory for her
forthcoming tour.
.
It has been known among some of
the artists for a few days that the sea
son in Covent Garden will not open this
year. For this reason some of the sing
ers, who had pledged themselves to go
back if there should be a season, will
remain in America. Among these may
be mentioned Clarence Whitehill, the
great American baritone, who was en
abled to accept a contract at the Metro
politan when the Chicago Opera Com
pany suspended operations for the sea
son. Mr. Whitehill has had an extraor.
dinary season inasmuch as he started
with nothing but cancellations begin
ning with his engaement In Chicago.
He will go with the Metropolitan Opera
Company to sing three performances In
Atlanta and he will go on the Spring
tour with the Chicago Symphony Or
chestra under Frederick Stock. He has
also been engaged to sing the titular
part in Horatio W. Parker's new ora
torio. "Morven and the Grail." which
tvill have its first performance on any
stage by the Handel and Haydn Society
in Boston. Mr. Whitehill will sing the
elaborate baritone part in Wolf Fer
rari's "La Vita Nnova," as also in Bach-S
"Magnificat," which the New York Ora
torio Society will present in March. In
addition to these appearances he will
sing the part of Der Wanderer in the
production of "Siegmed," wnicn win
be given out of doors at Harvard early
in June by the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany under direction of Alfred Hertz,
with Madame Gadski as Brunnhllde,
and Alma Gluck, for this occasion, as
the Forest Bird. This will mark the
first time In the musical history of
this country that an event as important
as this has been attempted by a uni
versity or college.
Walter Damrosch has been enjoying
a Brahms festival all by himself, aided,
of course, by two of the greatest living
artists, Harold Bauer and Fritx Kreis
ler. Although the concerts were in no
way related, Mr. Damrosch gave a su
perb Brahms programme at Brooklyn
Mondav and repeated it in New York
Thursday afternoon at Carnegie. His
offerings included .the first symphony
and Harold Bauer in the great master
piece, the concerto in D minor. Both
audiences went fairly mad With delight.
Following these offerings the regular
Friday afternoon and Sunday concerts
of the New York Symphony Orchestra
under Mr. Damrosch gave a Brahms
programme with Fritz Kreisler playing
the Rrahms concerto. It was a won
derful programme, an extraordinary au
dience and an entnusiasm which nua
well deserved by all concernea.
Aainenne uouuvi, ' . .
Herbert Fryer, Beatrice Harrison, Rob
ert jwamano auu 111,1 111
Others all of Great Britain are locat
ed in this country and it may be that
some of them will return to their coun
try at the close of this season but it js
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not likely, miss rouii", "
. . ri.ii Ti,.un f r,y t ll A first
in Carnegie xiau ,
time since her return, enjoyed the great-
i V. hoJ hurft MAT
est success
playing is uawe 111 1 - , - - -
she has never had that degree of mag
netism, in tne k'ccu . ' :
. n frltirt that She
concert sue " 111 1 ' , -
will remain in America over the Sum
mer, perhaps longer, w u u--
. , i. AirArfiiniirv art of Scotti
Again uue 1 1 ' 1 .
cama-io mts mm "- -r-- - -some
raison d'etre, even though a slight
one. for the proauction oi rnrnm
Leoni's "L Oracoio" at me jieiropoiinu,
where it naa ito urv imwuiauvu
this country Thursday night. It is a
one-act opera built upon the story by
Chester Bailey Fernald. "The Cat and
the Cherub." The story is somewhat
slight, and as an opera it is even more
so. It was produced in London all of
10 years s.so. which disposes at once
of the idea that it Is the very latest
"idiom." At that time Scotti created
the role in which he was seen here.
and it must be said that the artist has
never done anything more remarkable
in a characterization. He seemed to
know how to delineate the drug-sodden
keeper of the opium joint, he had the
craft of the Scarpia in the exterior of
the Chinese schemer. But one must
come to the opera with a priori knowl
edge of certain Chinese customs and
characteristics. One must know that
the theft of a little child has little sig
nificance in a general way, but when
the child is a son, and the only one to
keep the family in line, it becomes an
other matter. The story of "The Cat
and the Cherub" is rather well known
as a short story. It was dramatized
some years ago by the author and re
vived this season as one of the short
plays offered at the Princess Theater.
A iifelong enmity between Chim-Fen,
the keeper of the opium joint, and Hoo
Tsin, father of the child, resulted in
the theft of this child while the nurse
was watching a procession in China
town the old Chinatown of San Fran
cisco before the earthquake. Win-San
Luy, the son of the old Win-Shee, the
wise man and oracle, much in love with
the fair Ah Toe, whose duty in life is
to guard the child with the aid of the
nurse, IIua-Quee. sets about tho task
of finding the child. He traces the boy
to one of the underground dens of
Chim-Fen and as he is about to mko
his escape with him the hiehbinder
pounces upon him, slashes him with
the cold-blooded i avagery of one to
whom this is a daily occurrence, and
apain makes way with tho boy. fling
ing him inlo another cellar. The ap
pearance of the Chinatown constit
uency, their finding the body, their
attitude of prayer on their knees and
their final bearing away of the body
have, of course, no relation to any
thing that exists in the true life of this
unique section of the world. But. these
are some of the concessions which must
be made to the operatic phaso of the
question. Then comes the old nun,
who resorts to his magic to unearth tho
mvstery. and he finds the child In the
second cellar hatch, and also locates
the mu.derer of his son. There is here
a great piece of dramatic work between
Didur as the old man and Scotti. both
making the most out of the short mo
ments and the limited possibilities, and
the opera comes trt a close.
The cast Includes Mile. Borl as Ah
Yoe. Sophie Braslau as the child's
nurse and Luci Botta as the lovpr of
Ah-Yoe and the son of Win Shee.
Giorgio Polacco again deserves tho ut
most" praise for what he accomplishes
with the work, which at best offers
him little opportunity, but he Is a rare
musician, who is able to make every
point telL
The picture is well drawn and some
of the costumes aro excellent, while
ohers show the "made-in-Amerlca"
hand, but not In Chinatown, San Fran
cisco. Melanie Kurt, the German dramatic
soprano, made a most remarkablo de
but in America Monday night as Isolde
and this was loilowed by an equally
magnificent performance of Brunnhllde
in the afternoon cycle of "The Ring,"
when she sang this role in "Die Waik
ure." Mme. Kurt seemed to have a more
complete control over herself than any
artist who has ever made an American
debut. If she was nervous it In no
way manifested Itself in her breathing
or In her tone. She Is beautiful In
face and figure, slio inulcrslands th
power of ripciM' and fiie has a vnlrn
that Is ot itn fullest beauty. Her lilgil
tones have an ease that in almost oa
zlinir anil the qunlitv Is luscious, pow
erful Olid linlHU.il. The Hlldirnco ilAV
her a sort of welcome fiat Is to bn re
corded seldom wltll it stranger it br
ill! n notable fact that New York Is
rather pitiless to a newcomer, hiu! she
had become a firm favorite by the close
of the second u ppearnnce. It was a
wonderful pet -forma ncc, too. ono In
which the tiuilietice fnnv.-"il iecp emo
tion all the vnv tl.roug'i. Much of thin
wns made mnuifeNt i-u h time tVt Al
fred llerta rant to the .lesk. The. emi
nent conduct.,- wbs vreit-il with long
and loud appluaoe ami there n-emcd to
bn a sense of tear that there would bn
few repetitions cf performances arewt
as this one. All the arlisls arose to
the ni'eutest heights and the HicKliudn
of Mme. tiauski was us mi inoi-nblo a
performance us she lias ever izlvi-n.
Her singing wns extraordinary In Its
brilliancy a:il fidelity to tone RYid In
tonation and UiKlolf Herser, who ap
peared for the llrst time this season
iiunn ttiln Ai-fi-ialnn Mlmti'Oil ii tremeti-
dous stride over his Siegiiiuiul of laet
season. lierger Is an oitist of no un
certain characteristics. lie has power
and force in interpretation as well as
U musical iiiivriniaiiuiHH hiiu m v,
worth and benny, to say naught of a
flirtire of' heroic propoitluns. Carl
Ifrauu's Wotun has unuer.-rnne a great
change since Inst year. It lias iiromi
in deptli of characterization and in vo
cal quality and poise, while Basil Kuy
ducl's liundiug Is always onu ft the
IMiignant points of this performance.
There was a warm welcome for I'av
lovva, who never seemed placed to a
greater advantage than In tiie i'enturv
Tlieater. which In every way lit ted and
enhanced the charm of this supreme
artist. It were trite to say that In all
the world Pavtnwa is absolutely
unique both In charm of personality
and In the extraordinary quality which
sho infuses Into everything thnt she
does. It Is not alone that tier dancing
Is more beautiful than any other (lan
cing, but there Is ever present tho
poetry, a sense of darker beauty and a
feeling of the tragic note as well ss the
Hotter of the btitterlly which Is ever
present. "The Dragon Fly" was ono
of the solo lances In which sho at
tained new and bewitching effects In
the 4-ostunilng. which, as may bo
guessed, included a set of diaphanous
wings s t on springs so that they flut
tered constantly, and In addition to this
she dancixi It to one of the well-known
compositions of Kreisler. which great
ly enhanced her share of It.
Mme. Pavlowa Is so rare nn artist
that she has no concern In the matter
of the company with which sho sur
rounds hcrs !f and It may be said thst.
she has most excellent assistants, bofTt
men and women. It Is interesting t
add that the audience wns a veritable
Metropolitan garnering inn tne auto
mobiles that surrounded tho Century'
have not Been seen there since the
earliest days of the history of this the.
ater.
MUSIC BARRED, IS PLAINT
Divorce Suit Also Charge Wife '
V,tnn nf tfnti'a I fl A WtfSeL .
CHICAGO, Feb. 8. He refused to
take her to places of amusement.
He refused to have company In the
home.
lie refused to have popular music In
the home.
Ho refused to give her any money.
These are a few of tho charge niai
against James 1. Dillon, an Interior
decorator, by his wife, Mrs. Clara M.
Dillon, who Is 11 year his Junior, she
says.
Mr. Dillon make a salary of 1100 per
week and commissions, hi wife says,
and since November II. 1!4, ha given
her only JS" to live on
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