The Sunday Oregonian., August 01, 1920, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 57

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 1, 1920
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' T THE request of Dean Glenn.
of the University of Washing
ton, Paul Petri, dramatic tenor.
of this city, gave a recital of Schubert
and Schumann songs at Meany Ball
July 22. Mrs. Louise Van Ogle, who
has been giving lectures at the Uni
versity of Washington this summer,
and is so well remembered In Port
land through her interesting lectures
before the MacDowell club during the
past season, added greatly to the en
joyment of the .songs sung by .Mr.
Petri, by the sympathetic translations
he gave and her informal remarks.
Mr. Petri was in splendid voice and
gave further proof of his remarkable
Interpretative ability in voicing the
sentiment of each one of the songs
be essayed, which ran the gamut
of emotionalism. The selections
from Schumann were: "The Rose,
the Ltly. the Dove, the Sun," "Nightly
in My Dreams." both from the Poets
Love Cycle and the simple "Folk
song " "Spring Night." "The Lady
bird," and ended with the stirring
"The Two Grenadiers."
, The Schubert group began with
three contrasting numbers from the
Wlnterjourney, "THe Crow" "The
Btormy Morning." and "The Organ
grinder." In contrast to these, Mr.
Petri gave a vivid Interpretation of
"The Double" from the "Swan Song
Cycle," and ended the group with
the most famous Schubert song, "The
Erlking," in which his displayed fine
ability to color his tones to suit the
voices of the different characters
that make up this striking poem by
Heine. In deference to requests, Mr.
Petri added the dramatic ballad of
Xioewe. "Edward."
Upon the request of several of the
faculty, Mr. Petri consented to give
another recital the following Sunday
afternoon, at which time his pro
gramma was made up of some of the
modern American and English songs,
Including the old Italian aria, "Chi
vuol in Zingarella," (Paisiello), two
negro spirituals arranged by Bur
leigh. "Swing Low Sweet Chariot"
and "Oh. Didn't it Rain," two of Sid
ney Homer's "Bandanna" ballads,
"Uncle Rome" and "Two Lowers and
Lizette"; "My Menagerie," (Fay Fos
ter). Slnding's "Sylvelin"; the char
acterful sting of William Butler
Yeats' poenlf "The Fiddler of Dooney,"
(Homer); "The Big Brown Bear,"
(Mana-Zucca) ; Henry F. Gilbert's
"The Pirate Song"; "Lorraine, Lor
raine, Lorree"' (Spross); "A Khaki
Lad" (Florence Aylward), and Jeanne
Boyd's "I Have a Rendezvous With
Death."
The piano accompaniments at both
of
the recitals were in the capable
hands of Lillian Jefferys Petri, who
Is passing the summer at the uni
versity studying harmony with Miss
Alchln. This opportunity has also
been taken advantage of by a num
ber of Portland musio people, includ
ing Mrs. Jean Park McCracken, Miss
Ethel Rand Mrs. Laura Jones Raw
llnson, Mrs. Ethel Hicks, Miss Lela
Plater. Miss Abbie Whiteside. Miss
Florence Ross. Miss Pauline Alder
man, Mrs. Clifford Moore and Miss
Florence Grassle of Milwaukie.
MISS LEA SKA SOON DEPARTS.
Miss Leah Leaska (Leah Cohen),
dramatic soprano of New York City,
plans to return to the east in about
ten days' time to resume her recital
activities. She is engaged to sing in
a Portland theater today for a fare
well engagement this trip, and will
ing during the day Allitsen's "The
Land Is My Light," "The Wearln o'
the Green" and Tosti's "Good Bye."
Miss Leaska has appeared this trip
In several concerts in Oregon, and
has made good artistically. She sang
in concert In Tillamook, and a corre
spondent, writing from that city,
says:
"Miss Leaska is charming, sweet
and gracious, and her pluasing man
ner was made a great deal more im
pressive and delightful in that she
was entirely devoid of affectation.
The entire - programme was well
ohosen. and wonderfully rendered,
each number being met with a burst
of applause by the appreciative audi
ence. The singer's voice was rich,
full and clear, the high notes being
rendered with delightful ease, and
the impression which she made on the
audience will remain with them long
alter the words have been forgotten.
The favorites with the audience were
'II Baccio,' 'The Cry of Rachel' and
"Corals' but 'Retornl Vlncitor," 'Eili
Kill' and 'L'Oasis' appealed especially
because of their intense dramatic ef
fects, the sweetness and clearness of
the voice and the wide range of tones.
The singer s favorite, L Oasis,' sung
in French, was beautiful, touching
and exquisitely rendered. Miss Leaska
was accompanied at the piano by
Mischa Pelts, a player of note from
Portland, who played with skill and
ease. This concert was under the
auspices of the Music League of
America. The people of Tillamook
can consider themselves fortunate in
having the opportunity to hear Miss
Leaska. She is unquestionably on
the road to tame. She is only 25 years
of age, and when one considers her
youth in conjunction with her ap
parent determination to make good,
it is not unreasonable to expect, con
sidering the great advancement she
baa already made, great things from
her."
CORXET SOLOIST PLEASES.
Benjamin F. Drlscoll, cornet soloist
this season with the Royal Rosarian
Municipal -band, heard In concerts in
different parks of the city, is a mu
sician whose solos always are en
Joyed. His work is marked by fine
tone phrasing and interpretation.
Mr. Drlscoll began at an early age
to study the cornet with the noted
Italian cornetist. Signor A. Liberatl.
When a young man and during his
school days Mr. Driscoll filled the
principal positions on cornet with
Hoppe's band and orchestra of Spo
kane. Wash., and he played solo cor
net and solos with the Royal Cana
dian band when it toured the United
States and filled an engagement at
the world's fair, St, Louis. Mr. Dris
coll also played with Wagner's band
in Seattle. Wash., and in 1904 be was
soloist with the Seattle Symphony or
chestra when it toured the Pacific
northwest. He has played first chair
and solos In the principal Portland
bands and orchestras since 1903, when
he located in this city, being first
trumpet in the Portland Symphony
orchestra for a number of seasons.
CHICAGO PIANIST WINS.
Musio lovers had the pleasure of
hearing Miss Frances Galloway,
young pianist of Chicago, in this city
recently and again by request at Lin
coln high school auditorium last Mon
day night. Miss Galloway is a post
graduate of Chicago Musical college
and Is a gifted young pianist well
worth hearing. Her recitals have met
with great success in the east and
south and the present marks her first
trip west.
Miss Galloway's naturalness in plan
Ism Impresses. fane impresses one
with the earnestness in which she
goes about her. work. S. Coleridge
Taylor's "I Feel Like a Motherless
Child" and "Deep River" were num
bers on her programme which, pleased
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this aeasea with the Rayal
Roaarlaa annnlcrpal band.
her audience greatly. Liszt's "Rigo
letto" transcription was played in
grand style and finish and to this
number she was forced to respond.
She played as a recall one of her own
compositions which she has not yet
named, a pleasing number in schot
tische movement. Leszchetesky's "Lu
cia," transcription arranged for left
hand only, was well played. She re
sponded with Binding's "Rustle of
Spring." Miss Galloway's playing
shows careful training; her technique
la far above the average; she plays
with understanding, and her interpre
tation Is plearing.
MUSIO BRIEFS.
Mrs. Arthur Cook, colorature so
prano, has returned from a trip to Se
attle, where she visited her parents.
Miss Ellse Cramer, soprano, was an
admired soloist at a meeting of the
Caterers' association, Benson hotel.
Francis Richter, the concert pianist,
has returned from his vacation, spent
on a country ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Dorgan leave
tomorrow for Grays Harbor, Wash.,
for a two weeks' visit, and from
thence to Salt Lake, Yellowstone
park, Kansas City, Omaha and other
points of interest. They plan to re
turn about September 20.
Miss Gladys Johnson, violinist, and
Miss Bornlce Helms, pianist, appeared
one afternoon recently on the Wil
lamette valley Chautauqua pro
gramme at Gladstone park. The music
they contributed waa cordially appre
ciated.
Gordon Onstads rendition of the
solo, "This Is My Task" (Ashford),
was one of the admired musical fea
tures of the services at Laurelhurst
park last Sunday afternoon. Mr. On
stad ia a student of J. A. Hollings
worth. Carl Denton, conductor of the Port
land Symphony orchestra, and Mrs.
Denton and family plan to pass their
summer vacation In Newport, Or. Mr.
Denton has recovered from his re
cent illness, and lately resumed his
duties as organist and choirmaster In
St. Stephen's Episcopal pro-cathedral.
Harold Henry, the young piano
star, has completed his master piano
classes in this city and plans to pass
ten days' vacation at Ocean Park,
Wash., prior to a trip to British
Columbia and Mount Rainier. Then
he will proceed with his journey to
the east to resume his concert ap
pearances. He is engaged to play in
concert in this city in November.
Tom G. Taylor continues to do ad
mirable work as organist and choir
master at St. David's Episcopal
church. The pipe organ at this
church is about SO years old, was
chipped from Boston around Cape
Horn, and did duty for many years
in old Trinity Episcopal church when
It "was located at the northwest cor
ner of Sixth and Oak streets. Mr.
Taylor plays this historic pipe organ
with fine skill and taste, especially
In providing accompaniments to the
singing of the choir and congrega
tion. He excels in the niceties of
musical expression in organ playing.
The surpliced chorus choir in this
church is a volunteer one, and the
singers not only have good voices but
TRAVELING IN SWITZERLAND
FRAUGHT WITH DIFFICULTIES
As Many Hardships Are Endured in Crossing French Frontier Now as
During Time of War Americans Exasperated by Many Fines.
BY RUBY FLINT HUGHES.
vaRIS, July 10 (Special.) It Is
curious that it Is as difficult to
cross the French-Swiss frontier
at present as it was during the war.
In the time of hostilities this was the
most difficult af any of the frontiers
to pass.
Before leaving Paris I had my
American passport vised first at the
United States consulate, then at the
Swiss consulate which gave me per
mission to remain in Switzerland three
months, then by the Paris chief of
police giving me the right to leave
France. At Bellegrade at S A. M.,
where everyone bad to get off the
train with all his baggage, my pass
port was examined, signed and my
baggage inspected. Silver money was
the object searched for. since so much
of it has been smuggled out of France.
One is allowed ten francs In trend
silver which, as soon as it is taken
across into Switzerland has Swiss
lue and amount to, by the ex
change, 20 francs, and 1000 francs
French in bills or Its equivalent, in
bills, and bills only, of any foreign
money. One is not allowed to take a
letter of credit, but must depend upon
unfilled checks. .
Three Were Splnetera.
In the compartment With me were
two Frenchmen and three English
women of the Elizabethan type, xney
sat very Btraight all night and did not
speak. They were spinsters and de
lightfully correct. .Before the train
left Bellegrade another custom offi
cer came in to examine the passports
and question us again as to the
amount of money we had. The English
women did not know exactly how
much, they had.
They could not speak French so the
custom officer asked me to explain to
them that it was necessary for them to
show their money. What a tragic mo
ment! They had it hidden in their
bosoms.
After unhooking, unbuttoning and
unpinning, with their faces as red as
peppers, they handed the officer three
lace trimmed silk envelopes. They
had thousands of francs too much In
English money, French money and
they aing with reverence for the text
and aplendid ensemble finish.
An interesting party for children
was arranged last Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Enna, 763
Johnson street, when 24 children at
tended, who had been invited to wit
ness the first performance on a beau
tiful puppet theater built by Mr. Enna.
The performance was a play entitled
"The Tinder Box," a dramatized story
by the famous Danish story-teller,
Hans Christian Anderson. The event
was much enjoyed by the children.
The theater, which undoubtedly is
unique in its kind, is intended for
performances of educational charac
ter, for children and will later In the
season be open to the public
Mrs. Pauline Miller Chapman, mezzo-soprano,
has been selected as solo
ist precentor for next season, com
mencing early in September, in the
First Church of Christ, Scientist. Mrs.
Chapman's voice has been carefully
trained in this country and in Europe
and is of fine, even quality and ex
cellence. Her diction is good. Mrs.
Chapman's voice is admirably suited
to the interpretation of quiet, reli
gious music called for at Christian
Science services.
A second performance, by request,
of the fairy operetta, "The Forest
Children," words by Mabel Holmes
Parsons and music by Wirt Denlson,
heard In the gardens of the Wortman
home, Vista avenue, last Thursday
afternoon, was again successful. The
audience was quite enthusiastic and
lauded this pretty home product. The
singers and dancers all won much
credit. The orchestra, ably led by
Howard Barlow, played superbly. 1
Gaiety and delightful sparkle dwell
In the highly original music, and the
atmosphere of the "Chocolate Sol
dier" opera is suggested. This fairy
operetta waa reviewed at length In
last Thursday's Oregonian.
Announcement is made that at the
opening of the fall term Johns Hop
kins university will inaugurate a
course In the psychology of music.
Under the instructorship of Otto Ort
mann of the Peabody conservatory of
music and Dr. Knight Dunlap. profes
sor of experimental psychology at
Johns Hopkins, an analysis of the
varying effect of music upon differ
ent persons will be made and proof
will be sought of the belief that art
and science are correlated, writes a
Baltimore correspondent.
.f ollowing are a few or the ques
tions which will be taken up for solu
tion In the new course: Why do per
sons respond to certain compositions
and not to others? What are the
causes of the effects produced by any
particular score? Why is a more or
less definite impression conveyed to
the mind by music? Wherein lies the
appeal of programme music? What ef
fect has the title of a score upon the
impression made by the music? What
is the difference between eastern and
western music?
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Miss Alma Voedlsch, manager of
musical artists, New York City, was
in Portland last week on a trip to
meet business and social friends. Miss
Voedisch says she is in the Pacific
northwest for a real vacation and has
been at Yosemlte and around San
Francisco for several weeks. She
left for Seattle to join her sister, who
is a soprano soloist with Ellison
White Chautauqua people, and plans
to go to Mount Ra'inler and possibly
Alaska. Miss Voedlsch says also that
Mr. Rablnoff. who was the general
director of the Boston grand opera
company, is now economic adviser for
Ukrainia, Georgia, Esthonia and Ar-zebojlan-
The school of music of the Univer
sity of Oregon has engaged Madame
Rose McGrew, dramatic soprano, who
has achieved considerable fame In
concert work both In this country and
abroad, as head of the voice depart
ment of the school for the coming
year. Madame McGrew was at the
University of Oregon this past spring,
when she appeared in the music fes
tival sponsored by the school of music
of the university. Madame McGrew
formerly lived in- Denver and ap
peared in concerts in the municipal
auditorium there. She has toured ex
tensively In this country, appearing
in concerts and recitals.
Twelve years have been passed by
Madame McGrew studying music and
appearing In operas In Europe. For
the greater part of this time she was
leading dramatic soprano in an opera
company touring Germany before the
war, singing lyric parts, such as Mar
guerite In "Faust," Elza In "Lohen
grin," and-Undine. Later she created
many new roles which had not' pre
viously been sung, appearing In dra
matio roles.
Swiss money. They were planning
to visit the lakes and mountains of
Switzerland. They were each fined 700
franca Their consternation! They
were ordered to get off the train
with all their baggage, and English
people travel with a multitude of bags
and boxes. They had complicated for-
Imalities to follow; their complaint
was: "Ana this is traveling for aura
mer pleasure. We'd better stayed in
England." These three women were
perfectly innocent of any wrong-do
ing, but were treated like malefactors,
Waiting? Is Monotonous.
One half of an hour out of Belle
grade is the Swiss frontier. La Plaine.
Here the train stops and the pass
ports are examined by Swiss officials.
In another half an hour one reaches
Geneva. Again in a long, orderly,
slow-moving line, we pushed forward
to have our baggage Inspected and
passports examined by three officials
and signed. From Paris to Geneva
my passport was examined nine times
and signed six! Within 24 hours after
arriving on Swiss territory one must
report to the bwiss chief of police to
obtain a permis de sejour, this means
standing in line and a good half day's
waiting. .ach time one leaves a can
ton in Switzerland to go to another
canton, this same registering must be
complied with. If not. one is fined 20
francs a day. Many Americans travel
ing in Switzerland, not understand
ing these rules have 'been fined and
are consequently in a rage. They ex
plain. "We don't have to do this over
home."
Before Americans come abroad, they
should inform themselves and realize
that traveling is far more compli
cated than it "was before the war and
that Europe is living the after-math
of a terrible war, with bolshevism
snVpping at her heels.
- The Swiss government .permits
strangers to reside on Swiss terri
tory only when they stop in hotels or
in boarding houses. This is a political
move to protect the greatest of the
Swiss commercial industries the ho
tel and boarding house business,
which would have completely failed
in the early years of the war, had
not the warring countries sent their
disabled prisoners to Switzerland to
recuperate. When the armistice was '
signed, these prisoners, who were
lodged In the hotels throughout
Switzerland, were sent back to their
own countries and Switzerland found
her hotels empty.
In the past Switzerland has made
herself the playground of Europe.
From her shaded valleys to the glit
tering eternal snows of her Alps, she
has built hundreds of palace hotels.
Immaculately clean, with all modem
comforts, with polite service, splendid
food and modest prices. These hotels,
directed by syndicates, represent mil
lions of francs. Hundreds of them are
closed and those that are open are al
most without guesta The director of
one of the palace hotels In Lausanne
told me that he was keeping 164
servants and only nine guests.
In a recent trip I traveled over
most of Switzerland. It is the clean
est, the emptiest, the deadest country
that I have ever seen. Beautiful
Switzerland, with her money rated
the highest in the world, sees her
commerce, which is at a standstill, on
the verge of bankruptcy. France's
new importation and exportation laws
grasp Switzerland's throat. Germany
is trying to unload upon the world
through Switzerland her cheaply
made articles at unusually low pricea
Switzerland's hope is the United
States and South America, but France
has a new law before her parliament
prohibiting the transporting of Swiss
goods across her . territory. If this
law passes, commercially it will be
Switzerland's death blow.
The middle classes in Switzerland
bought heavily of German and Aus
trian money a few years ago when it
was at SO, then again when it fell
to IS, but. as it has never risen
much above SO, they have suffered
great losses. The merchants, deprived
in the last years of the war of the
opportunity of buying, bought tre
mendously right after the armistice,
because on account of the high value
of their money they could buy from
xoreign countries at very advan
tageous prices.
Switzerland lives by travelers. Her
stores are full of goods of every de
scription, but her streets are empty.
Numbers of her factories are closed.
uuring the war many Swiss factor
ies were converted into munition fac
tories and factories for other war
materials. At present these materials
are no longer needed.
Unrest Being Caued.
The eight-hour day. which has be
come a law in Switzerland, la causing
unrest ana dissatisfaction among cer
tain classes, especially some of the
laboring classes. Laborer's wives tell
me that with the high cost of livlnir
and the eight-hour-day law. thouerh
their husbands earn four times as
much pay as they used to, they man
aged better, lived better when salary
was five francs and the day 10 houra
Jioo many hours are left for men to
spend in societies and saloons. This
takes their wages.
It took a great effort to mnU.
Switzerland vote "yes" for the society
of nations. The peasant believed by
voting "yes" that he would sell hi.
cheese for a higher price; the laborer
ana socialist did not vote; the bour
geois say many things: Geneva the
capital, commerce, etc There are so
many sordid ideas that rule the Tninri
of men today.
At present, as in the nt iitr.
land is the haven for fugitives and
exiles and has offered sheltered to
good and bad alike within her bor
ders. These late years Kerensky
schemed, Lenine plotted; today a
wealthy Indian prince is sending from
Zurich thousands of pamphlets of
anti-British propaganda: during the
jrisurB ut ine war. tne BhhMv nf
Einsiedeln. reianed over hv -
brated black virgin, was the place
"l ,iueivus or .rrince von Bulow
the Vatican and the world's princes
of finance! In the -streets and shops
of Geneva one eften meets the ex
emperor Charles of Austria. Some
times he is accompanied by his chil
dren. Handsome, straight, he has be
come just an ordinary man.
Loyalty Again Swam to.
Foe and friend alike r i,n..it.t.
ized within Swltzari k-j
One day she awoke to find her terri
tory aimost aiviaed against itself; the
east against the west. It was the iron
will of her strongest men tht called
out, "Shall we be Cain and Abel?"
Then the Swiss character, the charac
ter of William Tell, realized that In
ternal strife meant- that Switzerland
would become a prey for her neigh
bors, who like vultures would seize
upon her. They stood un as on mn
and swore again the oath of their
mctaiora; unity and liberty.
It is these experiences that km
made the laws and restrictions that
seem so severe to traveling strangers.
jjuring tne war Switzerland ex
changed her cattle, butter and cheese
with Germany and Austria for coai
and sugar; she gave to the American
and French armies her condensed milk
ior iiour to make her bread. Switzer
land was almost wholly deprived of
meat, DUtter and cheese. Her ration
of bread for nearly one year was 200
grams daily each person just two
slices. Her suffering from hunger
can only be realized by those who
lived within her borders. The ex
treme west of Switzerland derends
upon irencn neighboring territory
for a large part of her victualing
This supply of provisions was cut off
for months at a time by the closing
of the French frontier. While fruits
and vegetables were rotting on the
ground in Savoy, the people of the
canton of Geneva were hungry. The
food conditions changed with the
armistice. Today there fs an abun
dance of food of all kinds in Switzer
land. The bread ia white; cakes are
plentiful and the meat is fresh. They
do not use as in France the cold stor
age meats from North and South
America. The people of all classes
after three years of stringent restric
tions, have during the last year grown
fat and extremely healthy.
The prices in Switzerland. Judged
bv the rate of exchansre. are nhniii
the same as In England and France.!
There are fluctuating differences in
some few articles, such as eggs, butter
and small fruits, articles that are al
ways influence's by the quantity of
production In their certain district.
The Swiss national debt is now five
times what it wrtn in 1914. According
to the figures issued by the Swiss
Banking association in 1914 the debt
per capita was 95 francs: at present it
is 452.60 francs per capita. In 1914
the total federal debt was at the
high figure of 1.595,000.000 francs. In
January. 1920, the national railway
debt alone exceeded 2,000,000,000
francs. These figures Illustrate the
high cost of the war to a neutral
country which was accused of getting
rich by keeping out of war.
Summer is here. Switzerland ' Is
awaiting that horde of Americans
with their million who like the haloed
glory of a far' off land.
BOLES ROUND-UP PLANNED
Cowboys Preparing for Show In
Salmon River Country.
LEWISTON. Idaho, July 29. (Spe
cial.) Cowboys from the Boles sec
tion of the Salmon river are planning
a round-up for August 3. 4, 5 and 6.
They are advertising their show
throughout this section of tne coun
try and are receiving assurances
that the riders from eastern Oregon
and Washington and northern Idaho
will enter.
The Salmon river people are offer
ing special inducements to automobile
tourists in their stories of trout fish
ing and camping facilities and they
state that the road into Whitebird is
now in such condition that the trip
to the show can easily be made.
BROADWAY GETS TWO NEW
SHOWS AND REVUE IN JULY
Theater Managers Forget Tradition and Introduce Patrons to Cool
Houses June Elvidge Comes Out in "The Girl in the Spotlight."
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NEW YORK, July 81. (Special.) I I 'P. lf " I
Two new shows and a brand I '" Hi''
new ropf revue is a pretty good
record for the middle of July. A few
years ago many of the theaters were
closed; sometimes you could count the
current productions on the fingers of
one hand.
Nineteen twenty has set a new
standard for the summer months. One
reason perhaps is because of the ex
cellent cooling systems that have been
installed; it is often more pleasant In
doors that out and theatrical man
agers have received good returns for
the large sums spent in lowering the
temperature of their auditoriums.
George Lederer brought out a sum
mer musical show called "The Girl
In the Spotlight" with June Elvtdge
of picture fame as the leading lady.
Most people have forgotten that the
films took June from musical comedy
and so it is no new experience for
her to sing and dance. She was well
received though a few critics ex
pressed surprise that she was so thor
oughly at home behind the footlights.
Castno te Ran All Snmaaer.
There was nothing very startling
about the plot or music, but It seemed
to please the crowd and will no doubt
fill the Casino all summer- The Casino
has housed so many musical suc
cesses that the crowd instinctively
goes there for good music. The rest
of the cast Includes Hal Skelly, James
B. Carson, Ben Forbes, Richard Pyle.
William Cameron, Johnny Dooly, Mary
MUburn, Minerva Gray and Gertrude
Reynolds.
"Silks and Satins," the William
Rock revue, proved more of a variety
show than musical comedy. There
were many good numbers and the
whole thing was well worth seeing.
Leon Rosebrook, a western composer,
wrote the music and conducted the
orchestra of 80 good players. Some
of the catchiest numbers are: "I've
Shaken Everything I've Got" sung by
Eileen Stanley), "I want To Be Some
body's Baby" (by the Hart sisters).
and a Chinese jazz number rendered
by Ju Quon Tai, a Chinese soprano,
who also sang "Annie Laurie" in her
own original way. Mr. Rock had some
fine numbers and there was a stun
ning chorus. The principals included:
Thomas Duggan, Joseph Towie. wii
liam jDemarest, Ernestine Meyers. Ju
Quon Tai, Aileen Stanley, Hazel Webb
and. Mr. Rock. ,
New Show for Hudson.
The last two shows that played the
Hudson have been record breakera
"Friendly Enemies" played almost two
solid years and "Clarence" recently
closed a most successful season,
forced to withdraw because of out-
of-town engagements,. It had almost
a year s run.
The new production is by Samuel
Shipman and Percival Wilde, spon
sored, of course, by A. H. Wood
"Tomorrow's Price" will open in an
other week with Felix Krembs, Wil
liam B. Mack (who played In A Voice
in the Dark"). Purnell Pratt, Tom
mie Meade. Leonard Doyle, Doris
Kelly, Helene Lackeye, Louise Mac
intosh, George Lyman, Edward Field
ing. Edmund Abbey. Don Merrifield
Ray Wilson. Jack MacKenzle, Martin
Alsop and C. A. De Lima. Mr. Woods
is hoping that the success of "friend
ly Enemies" will be duplicated with
thvs. his first show of the new season.
Another new Woods show, due to
open August 16 at the Republic, is
"The Lady of the Lamp." Earl Car
roll's new play which will play first
at Stamford for two days and then
week at Atlantic City. Mr. Woods will
also send out a number of road com
panies this season, playing many of
his big New York successes.
Conditions seem better for travel
ing this season and many managers
are planning to follow his example.
James O'Neill III.
The serious illness of James O'Neill
has caused much concern to his many
friends'and admirers. He has not been
in good health since December, 1918,
when he was struck by an automobile
when returning home from the the
ater. His last part was in "The Wan
derer" at that time and he has never
been well enough to return to the
stage.
The success of his youngest son.
Eugene, as playwright, has given him
great, happiness in his days of ill
ness and he hopes to be well In the
fall to return to New York a 5a in. His
physicians, however, do not share his
confidence. Old theater-goers will al
ways remember with pleasure hi
performance of "Monte Cristo" which
ranks with Jefferson's "Rip Van
Winkle" as one of the fine plays of
otner aaya
New Plays Conine;. .
"Transplanting Jean" will have
Arthur Byron and Martha Hedman as
the stars and among the supporting
cast Winifred Anglin and Jess Sid
ney. The tour opens in Long Branch
tomorrow night and in Chicago Au
gust 2.
The Americans In France" the new
Dltrlchsteln company, will have Blanch
Yurka playing opposite the clever
Leo. Miss Yurka's first stage appear
ance, by the way, was In "Is Mar
riage a Failure?" which Mr. Ditrich-
stein staged.
Tickle Me," the new Hammersteln
musical show which is due at the Sel
wyn on August 18, will have Vic Cas
more, featured last season In bur
lesque with Ben Welch, as one of
the principal fun-makers.
A- Spanish production caned "Span
ish Love" and featuring Les Carlos,
two of Spain's most noted dancers.
ill open at the Maxine Elliott on
August 17 under the management of
Wagenhals and Kempner.
Checkerboard" Cast Cexeplete.
The complete cast for "The Checker
board," the Frederick and Fanny
Hatton comedy which Comstock and
Guest will produce, includes Jose Ru
ben, Donald MacDonald, Norval Keed
well, FTed Tllden, William Williams,
Miriam Sears, Dorothy Tierney, Kate
Maybew, Edna von Bulow, William
Eville and John MacKenzle.
Then there is "The Charm School,"
three-act comedy dramatized by
Robert Milton and Alice Duer Miller
from the latter's story of the same
name. The cast Includes Sam Hardy,
Rapley Holmes (seen last season with
William Collier In "Nothing But Lies'
and the year before in "Nothing But
the Truth ), Minnie uupree. Mar'
garet Dale, Marie Carroll, Ivan Samp
son, Blyth Daly, James Gleason, Neil
Martin and Florence McGulre.
These are ' Just a few of the new
and good things that will materialize
along Broadway within the next lew
weeks.
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Special Summer Course in voice-placing and repertoire.
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The
C h ickering Piano
The golden beauty of tone is the characteristic fea
ture of-the Chickering'.
ITiis famous piano, buUt -with faithful adherence to
the highest ideals, has for nearly a hundred years
been the American ideal in piano craftsmanship.
The Chickering will grace your home. It may also ba
had with the Ampico. The Ampico is a mechanism
that plays the piano with no evidence of the me
chanical. It. plays again as the artist played.
Exchange your old piano toward a new Chickering.
Liberal allowance will be made and terms of payment
may be arranged if desired.
Come in ask to hear the Chickering Ampico.
G. F. Johnson Piano Co.
147-149 Sixth Street. Portland.
Three Centuries American
History Depicted.
ChUdrra of South Portland Pre
durfl Elaborate Pageant.
A PAGEANT depicting the charac
ters of American history from
1820-1920 will be produced by the
children of South Portland neighbor
hood Tuesday, August 1. on the street
in front of the neighborhood house.
Second street between Hooker and
Woods. This pageant will be given
under the auspices of Portland Com
munity Service association. The Ivy
clad bank terrace skirting the county
hospital grounds will afiord a nat
ural background for ' the portable
stage, upon which the outstanding
figures of America'a social and po
litical growth from the times of the
Pilgrim Fathers will be portrayed.
The cast, largely chosen the night
of the "play party," is comprised of
boys and girls ranging from 6 to 18.
The development of the various pic
tures merely suggestive of the peri
ods depicted are being made by the
participants themselves from paper,
discarding bunting, etc. Following
is the cast:
Amerl ca .,,,
...... .Anna Etllntrer
...... ..Jennie Alfano
...... Audrey Averll
Jennie Blond
Proirreas
1T20
1820
George Washington .
William Penn
Betsey Robs
Benjamin Kranklln .
Ida Horwltx
...... .Leo Schneider
...... -Morri" F.ebaek
.Sylvia Holtzman
....Benjamin Levton
Abraham Lrincoia.
ovcar scnneiaer
Civil war ......William Scnlnbraum
Spanish war .Reuben London
European war Alfred Brombfrj
190 Earl Moran
Tnriiitnil Loula Hurtwltz. JAKt Kosenrejt.
Edwin Cohen. Sam Jermalowski. Donald
Hubbard.
Vlrsitiiane Anna Bornetein. Ida Rown-
felt, Goldie Rosentelt, Bessie Singer. Minnie
Slng-er. Flora Hoitmein. uisie uoiaiooi.
Pllrrima Marie o'uonner. tosa ivmo.
Ida Singer, MWiiie Pearlman, Dinah HoJtz.
man. Clara Etllngtr. Tetta Ftllnger, Esther
Green. Minnie Thaman. Rosa. Director.
SEA -BOTTOM PRESERVED
Animal and Plant Life Magnified
15,000 Time.
NEW YORK!, July SI. A two-inch
section of sea-bottom with its tiny
animal and plant life magnified 15,000
times has been reproduced In glass
and wax at the American Museum of
Natural History here.
It is called the Bryosoan group,
taking its name from the minute
sea-animals popularly called sea-mats
and sea-mosses that it depicts.
Their shells are encrusted on sea
weeds, pebbles and the shells of
larger animals, and are eaid to he
extremely beautiful in their intricate
form and coloring. The "plumed
worm" with its gay colors and other
strange microscoplo creatures, of
which the average person seldom
dreams, completes the group.
FISH SHIPPED BY WATER
2 0 Varlrties Being Taken From De
troit Aquarian to STew York.
DETROIT. Mich.. July 1 A barge
loaded with fresh-water fish from the
Detroit aquarium at Belle Isle is en
route to New York city by water.
marking inauguration of shipment of
fresh water varieties ny tnis route.
The consignment, in charge of Cap
tain Chapman Grant, United States
army officer, who is director of the
Belle Isle aquarium, is intended for
the New York aquarium at Battery
Park. On the return trip salt water
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407 Morrison St.
improved music sttjdt.
Sammer Sesslea for Beginners
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Telephone Broadway 392
fish will be brought from New York
for the Belle Isle institution.
1 ne nan Pelng taken to New York
represent 20 different varieties found
in lakes and rivers of the central
states. They are making their Jour-"
ney in large wooden and metal tanks
into which air is pumped through
basswocd plugs by means of a gaso
line engine. The barge on which the
tanks were placed is equipped with
two out-board motors and is being
towed by a gasoline yacht. Three ;
thousand gallons of sea water for use
in the aquarium at Belle Isle will
be brought to Detroit on the return
trip.
Captain Grant, who formerly was,
assistant director of the New York
aquarium, was the first to transport
fish by water from Key West to New"
York, making the trip in 1910.
i
SHORTHORNS TO BE SOLDI
Stock to Be Offered at State Falr
at Centralia,
CENTRAL! A. Wash.. July 81 (Spe'-
cial.) One of the biggest events of
the annual southwest Washington fair.
from the standpoint of the farmer
will be a sale of Shorthorn stock
Wednesday, August 25. The follow
Ing day will be Governor and Elks'
day combined. Governor Hart will be
in attendance. Centralia-Chehalis day
will be observed Friday and the clos
ing day will be Automobile day.
Weather conditions have been ideal
for crops, and Indications point to a
greater fair in all departments. The
livestock and poultry exhibits will he
especially good this year.
Treatment of Hens Novel. "
LOS ANGELES. Cal Puttlne- ac
ting hens in cages afld hanging the
cages in trees where the breezes will
play through the fowls' feathers Is a
scheme utilized by Patrolman Frank
O'Howell of the Sawtelle police dl-.
vision, to Induce the hens to begin
laying again. "This lowers the hijrh
temperature nature gave them for
setting time," said O'Howell.
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