The Sunday Oregonian., February 28, 1915, SECTION FOUR, Page 3, Image 47

. THIS SUXPAT OKEftQyTAX, POTlTLAyP. FFTVRTrAHY .28, 19T5. J
JULIETTE LIPPE FINDS
STAGE LIFE DRAWBACKS
Actress Tells of Poor Pay in Getting Foothold, of Hard Study Required
and of Temptations through Mistaken Friendships.
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BEAUTIFUL and stately Juliette
Lippe, the eong bird with "The
Whirl of the World," coming- to the
Heillg- Theater, has some decidedly
clear-cut ideas concerning the diffi
culties of getting a foothold on the
theatrical ladder. Miss Lippe was In
terviewed recently with reference to
the much-mooted question. "Should a
young girl go on the statge," and she
replied as follows:
"After a girl does succeed In break
ing Into the already over-crowded field
for such is the condition of the Btage
today and finds herself drawing 20
per week, she often discovers that she
is really worse off than the girl who
Is only earning J12 in some other
branch of endeavor. This is because
the theatrical year, as a rule, is only
about 30 weeks in extent, while the
employes In other lines are usually paid
for the full 62 weeks.
Girls Moat Buy Stage Clothes.
"The Investments that have to come
out of her salary, too, amount to con
siderable. If she happens to have
Joined a musical entertainment, she
must supply, in many instances, a por
tion of her wardrobe, and sometimes
this necessitates the expenditures of
as much as $60. And sometimes, if the
show is a failure, she loses the entire
amount of her investment, together
with the many weeks that have been
given to rehearsal, during which time
she has received no pay for her serv
ices. And at any time, too, she Is
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A KMASHT1VG AND TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS!
NOTHING OP GREATER MAGNITUDE EVER SEEN LOCALLY!
A New York Winter Garden Landslide 'of Mirth and Melody, Produced
With the Prodigality of a Roman Holiday.
llkelv to receive the deadly two weeks'
notice of dismissal.
"Some people seem to have the idea
that after a young woman has secured
a footing everything will be easy, but
that is a great mistake. There is no
end to the work, and the hardest of it
niitwa oincoiv iinAn fipi Advancement.
The studying of the lines is the sksle
ton the foundation on which to build.
The real labor comes after that. This
consists of the study of gestures, facial
expression, dialect, ad. occasionally, the
make-up, dressing of the part, and
the endea to read the lines so that
every shau of meaning will be brought
out It is a severe strain, both mental
and physical, and many break down
under it.
Loneliness Causes Temptation.
"It is true that temptations and bad
Influences may surround any girl who
earns a living, and In this worK-aaay
world vice is to be found in every
field. It cannot be denied tnat In the
tHoati.fr.nl nrnfffiRlnn there is a neces
sitated intimacy and a narrow and con
fined acquaintanceship that are not
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case of the young and unsophisticated
girl, may easily Decome aangerouo.
"In my estimation, me moral onnser
, th. ta ca Hnaa not arise so much
from its gayety as from Us loneliness.
On the long jaunts that have to be
taken in going from one city 10 an-
Ua tiotnrfll Hl5tT10Rlti0n iS tO
make' friendships, often for the consola
tion and advice tnat can db naa umf
from those whom we call friends. But
it takes a strong mind, sometimes, to
know just where to place the bar to
see that the line of safety is closely
drawn and carefully maintained. If
girls are not led into mistaken friend
ships and are not influenced by bad
advisers, their course Is clear. But the
rl should not be
Slkuauvu ,d
courted without serious consideration.
"When one considers the great num
ber of applicants that present them
selves at the offices of the theatrical
wnnApm whether the
small percentage of the whole are suc
cessful in securing engnsemtiiu .
! -1 avtA nrnmpn for whom the 1116
of an actress is peculiarly fitted: but
It is not for all. Only those succeed
who are especially quaiinea wr il j
i. a oca InriifFerent to toil.
nature, m " ll" , .
worrv. disappointment, suffering and
environment" -
CARUSO'S FAREWELL SAID TO GREAT
GATHERING AT NEW YORK DOCK
Departure of Great Singer Recalls Charities Performed, Few of Which Leak Out, but Indicate Nature of Tenor.
Orphan Girl Is Cared for and Educated.
BY EJIILIE FRANCES BAUER.
NEW YORK. Feb. 27. (Special.)
Caruso is really gone! He sailed
on the Duca d'Aosta Saturday,
and for fully two hours before the
docks resembled the outside of the
Metropolitan Opera House on a Caruso
afternoon. The weather was never
more brilliantly beautiful and the mati
nee girl could afford to be out looking
her best. "We want him to carry away
a lovely remembrance from this coun
try where wo all love him so much,
and there were tears In the trembling
tn in nnthlne of the eyes.
His strongholds were hurrying here
and there, - the newspaper men were
falling all over each other trying to
Induce the great tenor to "tell the
truth" about his going. There were
snatches of Italian, of French, of Eng
lish, there were flowers and to sum It
tip It may be said that had President
Wilson sailed to effect a peace treaty
there would have been no greater dis
play of honors.
The case of Caruso, when this coun
try will have settled down to a calm
review of statistics, will offer quite as
serious & psychological problem as "The
Case of Becky." One might go further
and say that It Is even a more curious
case, the only one who Is practically
unconcerned, who takes things as a
matter of fact and who Is perfectly nat
ural through It all Is Caruso himself.
Does he enjoy it? Assuredly yes; he
has the most extraordinary sense of
humor conceivable and there is no turn,
no phase which does not offer him ma
terial for amusement. Caruso is a hap
py go lucky fellow and he was not
born a great artist, but he was born
with one of the rarest voices perhaps
the rarest voice of the age.
He has a heart of gold as he has a
voice of gold. None, except those near
est to him In the capacity of his ser
vants and those on his salary list, and
perhaps one or two friends as in the
cue of Scottl, for Instance, has any
Idea of the charities that Caruso cares
for and the lavishness with which be
does them.
One case that did leak out will serve
to show the man as he is. There was
a little Italian restaurant. Del Fezzo's,
where all the artists of Sunny Italy
were to be found nightly and behind
those doors, one forgot Broadway, one
remembered only that southern coun
try and Its warm-hearted emotional
children. Caruso was one of the strong
holds of this establishment and around
him were to be found all the lesser
stars and satellites. Then a sorrow
fell upon the happy family, the head of
the house died. Del Fezzo's still con
tinued with a woman who had her one
little girl to care for. Within the sec
ond year the wife died-' and the little
girl was left alone. There was a mat
ter of $20,000 left, but it did not take
the tenor long to figure that this would
not reach very far even if well in
vested. Instantly he gave the order to
Invest that amount which should not
be touched until the child should be 21
and that she should be given the best
education possible to lavish upon her,
for all of which he pledged himself to
defray the expenses until she should
come into her own money. This is onl)
one example of the real Caruso, not the
Caruso the populace discusses, and not
Caruso the artist.
Caruso now rightfully deserves the
term of "artist," something which was
far from fitting him even five years
ago, and It is a singular thing that
many of those who worship the hero
the most do not give him credit for the
art that he has acquired, and they are
over lavish in their adoration and ex
, travagant in their attitude toward
blm. They live la the Ineffaceable mem-,
ory of the wonder of that voice of old
and as they were willing to take it
then, voice only with no concern for
any degree of art, they still take it.
Whether he has lost some of the old
opulence, or whether he has toned it
down in keeping with, and as the result
of his steadily growing feeling for art,
who can say?
It is sufficient that for those who
found nothing to admire in mere quan
tity or volume he is now more admired
than ever, while those who retain their
early affections for him give him "hero
worship" with no concern for the won
derful thing he has accomplished. Might
one not better say that what Caruso
has gained on the artistic side he owes
to his great sense of receptivity and to
his steady contact with Scotti, who is
one of the supreme artists of the world.
Scottl has been tireless in his care of
the details of the Caruso roles, and
what the tenor did not receive by ac
tual suggestions he grasped by ex
ample and then by willing illumination
of his Ideas, intentions and effects on
the part of the baritone who has al
ways been most devoted to his friend.
So the Caruso who has now left, let
us hope that it is for the season only.
Is a greater artist than even his adorers
give him the credit for being, and he
will be missed for his genial person
ality, for his flashes of 1 humor, for
what he has become as an Interpreter
quite as much as for the voice, now
beautiful by reason of its mellowness
and the mellowness behind the voice.
The case of Gerald in e is not so easily
disposed of. The delightful Miss Far
rar has us all guesing. Uer silence
is unbreakable, but her mother says
that the prima donna was offended be
cause with her five-year contract end
ing April 11 Mr. Gatti-Casazza had
said nothing to her about renewing it
Inasmuch as she could not read his
mind she accepted the offer made to her
by Charles Ellis, manager of the Bos
ton Symphony Orchestra, who intends
not only to present her in concerts,
many and expensive, but also to dis
pose of some dates to the Metropolitan
Opera Company as well as to Chica
go and Boston if these cities are for
tunate "enough to have that luxury.
This brings to mind that lime. Frem
stad and the Metropolitan stage parted
company in the same manner. It was
said then that the impresario waited
for the singer to take up the matter
with him and she in turn waited for
him, and both are still waiting.
On the other hand it is understood
that Mr. Ellis has operatic aspirations
himself and In point of the fact that in
addition to his control over the appear
ances of Miss Farrar he has the man
agement of Mme. Melba, there may be
some truth in the rumor. With the
name of Mr. Ellis Is associated that
of William Wade Hinshaw and that of
Will H. Hubbard, formerly a musical
critic of Chicsgo. All of this, of course,
is merely talk on the street with as
little foundation possibly as all the
other rumors now afloat Henry Rus
sell, former Impresario of the Bos
ton Opera Company, is in Europe, where
he is said to have been in communica
tion with Harold McCormick with a
view to making a combination of the
Chicago and Boston 'forces. There
seems to be some likelihood of this
condition materializing. ' Mr. McCor
mick returned to Chicago last week,
from which city he will make his own
announcements.
The Messrs. Aborn are out with their
announcements early. Their scheme
points to opening their Summer work
in Boston, from which city they will
emigrate as soon as the Interest begins
to lag. If these energetic managers
give as good performances there as
they did here, it is hardly to be doubt
ed that they will awaken some of the
Interest which Bevani tried to do. On
the other hand, Bevani went out to
San Francisco and met with most un
expected enthusiasm. The Aborn broth
ers feel that they can offer a satis
factory company owing to the great
number of competent opera singers of
experience who are "out of a Job"
through the present conditions.
A sale occurred last week which for
those with sentiment was rife with a
feeling of Badness and regret This
was the disposition made of some of
the most wonderful scenery that has
ever been put upon a stage and which
weakened the Liebler Company to the
point of its downfall. Some of the
scenery placed under the hammer In
cluded the settings of the Pierre Loti
drama "The Daughter of Heaven," "Jo
seph and His Brethren" and the
'Twelfth Night" production In which
Phyllis Neilsen-Terry was starred, .per
haps the production was ill-starred,
who knows? ,
At any rate It is incontestable that
"The Daughter of Heaven" has a mar
velous book for an opera. It was too
massive, too magnificent too lavish
for a drama and of course too ex
pensive. It was viciously treated by
many who should have known the
splendor and the worth of such a per
formance, who should have understood
that it was almost like presenting the
interior of a great museum. But no,
it had to be slaughtered and go Ihe
way that many superb things have
gone before it for reasons which could
not be explained even if they were
suspected.
At this late day be it said again that
the Lotl play was a drama of such
splendor that its brilliancy dazzled
those who should have been able to
judge calmly. And for those who spend
a vast and valuable amount of time
on books like that of "Conchita" (Zan
donai), "The Jewels of the Madonna"
(Wolf-Ferrari), "Tiefland" (D" Albert),
to say naught of those who are search
ing and find nothing. "The Daughter
of Heaven" should indeed prove to be
a gift from the same place, and won't
someone please do It before that won
derful Liebler scenery is entirely dissipated?
Does not everyone remember the old
game . of "consequences," and the
piquant stories that fell from the com
bined efforts of a round-robin table?
Augustus Thomas has originated a
new set of consequences to say naught
of those he brought forth in "The
Witching Hour" and a goodly number
of his plays, the plots of which lin
ger long after the names and faces
are forgotten.
All the members of the Society of
American Dramatists and Composers
are to collaborate In play-writing, the
plots to be suggested In open meeting,
and when the scenario will have been
sketched five well-known playwrights
will be selected to fill in the dialogue,
the details, etc., and when It Is mar
keted the five will share the profits
and a percentage will go to the so
ciety. But there Is no provision made
for who will assume the expenses and
the losses! Those named to lead the
circles are Mr. Thomas. Rachel Croth
ers, Margaret Mayo. Channing Pollock
and Edwin Milton Royle.
It must have been astonishing to
those who went with fear and trem
bling to hear Madame Calve sing at
Aeolian Hall the other day. The con
cert was for the French war fund and
as a matter of course no one was more
eager to give her services. When
Madame Calve appeared there was long
and loud acclamation and she was
made to understand that she had not
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been forgotten and that Interest In
her had in no way dimmed. After her
singing of the "Habanera" from the
first act and the "Gypsy Song" from
the second act of "Carmen," the audi
ence went fairly mad with delight tor
she was the same alluring Carmen, the
same brilliantly poignant actress and
singer who had made a standard that
in all these years had been Impossible
to raise.
Her voice seemed more luscious,
more velvety than ever, while she has
lost little, if anything. In the high
range. The "Carmen" selections were
even the least artistic things that she
did; she was delightful in French
songs which have not been heard with
such pleasure for a long time, perhaps
not since Clement sang them.
"It Is Interesting to announce that
one of the largest church positions in
this country, the one held by Harry
Rowe Shelley, has fallen to Harold
Vincent Milllgan, perhaps the youngest
man holding a post of such rare im
portance. It was thought that he had
made maste -ly strides when some two
years ago he was engaged as organist
for the Pilgrim Church in Brooklyn,
better known as the Henry Ward
Beecher church, but the present posi
tion Is one which has caused all the
older and more experienced organists
to gasp with surprise. Mr. Milllgan
Is a serious and highly-gifted musi
cian, whose climb began early and who
has already achieved things that oth
ers might be satisfied to accomplish
late in life.
GRAPE HAS NAVY RIVAL
Secretary Daniels Serves Fake Wine,
Pineapple Cider, at Dinner.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Secretary
Daniels' guest at his dinner to Ad
miral Dewa aboard the Mayflower re
ceived a shock when waiters appeared
bearing wine coolers with bottle necks
protruding therefrom and ice clink
ing merrily against the glass. Their
astonishment increased when they saw
the waiters swathe the bottles in nap
kins and proceed to fill the slim necked
champagne glasses at every place with
a pale amber, sparkling fluid.
Admiral Dewa raised his glass to the
Secretary. So did the rest of the as
semblage. Then they quaffed long and
deep. The beverage was delicious. It
was sweet with the tang of pineapple
and just enough acid for thirst quench-
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We cannot Stay the March of Time, but we can aid Nature to Repair
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Ing purposes, but It utterly lacked the
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To the grape Juice of the Secretary
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BOY CRAZED BY QUININE
Brooklyn Tonth Takes Overdose of
Medicine and Leaps to Death.
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 Made insane
by an overdose of quinine. Walter E.
Denzin. 18 years old. of Brooklyn,
lumped from a window on the fourth
floor at his home and was killed In
stantly.
The boy had been 111 with the grip
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