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THE SUXDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 23, 1921
ONE NEW YORK PLANT CAN TURN OUT 10,000
AMERICAN FLAGS IN ONE DAY, IF RUSHED
Millions of Banners of All Sizes and Prices Now Disposed of Annually in United States Making; of Allies
Flags Also Keeps Manufacturers Busy Throughout Tear.
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Is- CENTURY and a half ago, when
VV Betsy Ross In the parlor of her
Y ? little home In Arch street, Phlla-
olphia, designed the first American
H for the United States army, hU-
ry records that 1 she consumed
veral weeks In patiently cutting out
nd' then sewing together with her
nimble fingers the parts of the
attern of the original Stars and
tripes which was later approved and
tost enthusiastically adopted by
eneral George Washlngten and the
ft of the revolutionary notables.
FJag-maklng in the days of Mistress
oss was all done by hand and was a
ow and tedious process.
But In revolutionary times the
rmy was very small, compared to
one we are now training, and In
ie Infancy of the Stars and Stripes
T no means as many flags were con
tinently needed. Nor did folks In
ioee days deck their homes and
ores so plentifully with the national
iiars as now. as good flags were
ery costly.
If euch bad not been the case dear
d &Ilstress Ross and the early flag
akers who followed In her Im
edlate footsteps would never have
en able to keep up with their rush
rders. Modern up-to-date machinery.
nd particularly the harnessing of
edtrlo power, were needed before
ag-making on a really wholesale
mis. as It Is carried on today, was
lthln the range of possibility.
Mllllome Made Aannally.
Millions of flags of all sizes and
rices are now disposed of annually
the United States, but when one
ncern In New York city alone can
lrn out in a'ateady grind lv.ouo
ags a day and even a little better
a rush It s easy to keep up with the
mand.
The first step In the manufacture
"Old Glory" Is the cutting of the
intlng. This material arrives from
ie mills In huge rolls or several
undred yards. It Is difficult to
ulmate the number of yards of
unting that annually pass into the
ceivtng department and out of the
lipping room as completed flags of
ils huge flag-making plant, but
hen it Is considered that It Is now
aking more than 3.000.000 American
aKS alone a year, it can readily be
en that millions of yards of ma
rial are used.
The stripes are cut alternately,
rst red, then white, thanks to
xctrlcal aid, at a surprising rate
r speed. In the meantime big sec-
ons of white bunting are taken to
e stamping machines for punch
rerses. The material in this case is
Ided Into 4$ sections and passed
rouvh the machine. At each opera-
on the keen eteel die cuts the stars
r one complete flag. In another
ction of the factory the blue fields
9 cut in bulk, hundreds of them
diag made at a single cutting.
Machines Speed Producttoa.
The products of this room alone
I Lit the stars from the punch press
re sent to a room la "which a score
r'more of busy girls pin or baste
e recently cut stars upon the blue.
ist as Betsy Ross did for the ap-
roval of General Washington This
the on t branch of flag-making
iat Is the same as It was In revolu-
onary times. As fast aa these are
ady they are sent to tne seam
resses, who by the skilled manlpula-
on of the special electrically driven
uK-making machines stitch the stars
.t the field. To give an idea of how
lUiclly these machines work. It may
o.jsaid that each one of them Is able
speed up to 2400 lock stitches a
Inute, which means an almost in
llble quantity of work a day.
The sewing on flags must be espe
sjly strong, particularly In connec-
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be able to withstand the whipping of
the winds. The machines used are
equipped with great spools of thread
which contain 24,000 yards each. This
Is fed In with lightning swiftness,
and the sewing Is thus done very ac
curately with never a "skip" or
"drop' stitch to be accounted for.
Indeed there cannot be any, at least
for flags made for government use.
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NE of our local players has sent to
the following hand, which I give
1th plan and comments as sent:
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Z dealt and bid one heart. A over
called with "two diamonds." T over
bid, calling "two hearts." B called
"two spades." Z then called "three
hearts." A. short in hearts and clubs,
but strong in spades and diamonds,
overcalled, "three spades." Y, short
In spades, but otherwise having splen
did assistance for partner, called "four
hearts. B, confidently, called "four
spades." Z. knowing Y's game, then
overcalled "five hearts." A passed. Y
passed. B, with confidence In partner,
replied to Z's challenge, with "five
spades." Z doubled "five spades." A
and Y paaeed. . B, anxious to make a
great score and not willing to let
well enough alone, redoubled. Z, be
coming anxious In turn, then called
"six heaj-ts." A and Y both passed,
when B overcalled with "six spades."
at which the hand was played, A-B
making a little slam.
In the play of the hand Z started
with a club, which fell to B with the
ace, Y playing the king. B then led
the deuce of spades (trumps), finding
the two not held by himself and his
partner, evenly divided and giving
the opponents their only trick with
ace of the suit.
If B at Z's double of his five-spade
bid had been satisfied with the double
and refrained from going six spades
he would have made a score of 294
rather than 140.
The hand was a freak hand all the
way through. The distribution is In
deed unusual and opens up Interest
ing speculation as to what is abso
lutely the beet treatment for hands of
this nature.
K. J. Leibenderfer, one of the lead
ing members of the Knickerbocker
Whist club, defines a freak hand as
a hand which contains a suit of at
leant seven cards. This being ro, Z
and B undoubtedly possess freak
hands. Leibenderfer goes on to say
that the bidding on the ordinary type
of freak hands, "hands, that Is. con
taining a suit of seven or more cards,
is both Interesting and difficult, and
that It is this type of hand that calls
for the pre-emptive or shut-out bid.
a bid that to be properly employed
require not only consummate knowl
edge of card probabilities, but of auc
tion psychology as well." The. ques
tion, therefore, arises whether Z
should have started with a pre
emptive bid.
The object of the pre-emptive bid
Is to shut out If possible a bid by one
of the opponents a bid. which if
once made might prove of great value
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as Uncle Sam's inspectors are par
ticularly careful about the stitches,
and If there are not a specified num
ber of perfect stitches to every inch
the flag is not accepted.
Besides the making of the Stars
and Stripes, our flag-makers ever
since the war began in Europe have
been kept more than busy manu
facturing the flags of our allies.
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them, enabling them to go game.
not because of the strength of the
one hand, but because of the strength
of the combined hands, a condition
which neither of the two partners
would be able to suspect were neither
of them able to bid.
To Justify a pre-emptive bid a
player should be so strong as that
with but average support from his
partner he should be enabled to go
game, or, lacking average support, to
save game by shutting out a game
bid on the part of the opponents, the
resultant loss. If any, in the latter
oase being amply compensated for, as
a rule, by the game so saved.
To fully gather the benefits of the
pre-emptive bid the bidder must have
nerve. A pre-emptive bid which should
accomplish Its purpose is very apt to
fall if the bidder falls to bid his hand
to Us full strength. A bid of two
rarely accomplishes the purposes of a
pre-emptive bid, and is not, strictly
speaking, a pre-emptive but an ln
formatory bid, the bid of a wo in a
major suit having a significance en
tirely different from the bid of two
in a minor suit. Besides a bid of two
would rarely If' ever accomplish the
purposes of a pre-emptive bid. There
fore, If one desires to make a pre
emptive bid, he should at once, bid
three, four or even five, according
to his particular holding and the
promises It embodlea
Had Z in the hand given started
with a pre-emptive bid, it should have
been a bid of three, which bid shows
seven tricks with possibilities such
as la the hand held by Z. The ques
tion, however, is, would It have been
of benefit to Z In this particular
hand to have made the pre-emptive
bid? Would It In reality have shut out
the opponents? It undoubtedly would
have shut out A fxom the bid of a
diamond, but woulift have prevented
B from bidding "three spades" 7
would have been ignorant, of course,
of his partner's strength In diamonds,
but on the chance of finding pade
support with his partner, would he
not likely have shown his spades, the
more so as a pre-emptive major suit
bid Is supposed to, indicate nb protec
tion In the remaining major suit?
B, as well as Z has a freak hand,
a hand which contains one suit of
seven cards and another suit of six.
While to be sure B s spades are not
as strong in the respect of high
cards as the heart suit held by Z,
there are not many players, I think,
who would not have overcalled an
initial bid of three hearts with three
spades, all the more so as B has no
defense whatever Id hearts and he
holds so excellent a subsidiary, or
secondary, suit.
If B once shows his spades Z's
pre-emptie bid. had he made one,
would go for naught, as A would
raise and continue to raise, if indeed
B would not do so after once hear
ing from A. so long as Z-Y continued
to bid.
Were the holdings of A and Y' re
versed In this particular hand; that
Is, were A to hold Y's hand and Y to
hold A's hand, a pre-emptive bid of
three hearts would have failed. It is
only because of the excellent support
accorded by the respective partners
of Z and B that Z could make three
so exceptional a :
Looking at the case, therefore. In
all its bearings, it would seem that Z
had acted wisely in not venturing a
pre-emptive bid. though bis hand be
longs to the type of hands certainly
Justifying a bid of this nature. The
pre-emptive bid has its adherents, and
warm ones, but thre are many who
disapprove them, and such would
want no better proof in support of
their contentions than a hand tike
the one given -with the holdings of
A and Y reversed.
Encouraged by his partner's raise
and with the probabilities of ten or
more tricks in his own hand, with
spades as trumps, B would have done
better had he refrained from the re
double of his doubled five spade bid,
for, while he was practically assured
that he could make good and thus
score redoubled tricks; there is always
the fear In such case that the oppo
nent will go back to his bid. This
in reality is what happened. Z bid
six hearts and forced Z either to re
linquish the bid or go six spades. He
did the latter and held the bid. His
bid was not again doubled, however,
and though he made good his con
tract, he was able to score the normal
value of his tricks only.
Going on with pre-emptive bids,
Lel oen-d.erfer says further:
- "Pre-emptive bids frequently defeat
their object by revealing a game
hand and so incite opponents to over
bidding to save game, whereas If bid
op gradually the contract could have
ben won more cheaply. Pre-emptive
bids, therefore, can be boomerangs,
and, where unnecessary, should never
bs employed.
"A pre-emptive bid, when properly
made, indicates the full strength of
the hand, and wihen so bid should
not be re bid under any circumstances.
To arrive at the proper bid the rule
to follow Is, If overbid. Is band strong
enougih to be rebld? If so, then the
number of tricks player is willing to
bid should be bid In the first instance.
"There are some players who be
lieve in the pre-emptive bid, not only
with the so-called 'freak' hands, but
also with normal hands. There is no
question but that such bids win at
times, but in the long run they are
bound to lose. There is too much
guessing about it, and gu-easlng al
ways loses when opposed by hard
facts.
"Normal bands should be bid up
gradually; first, to give exact infor
mation, and, second, to arrive at the
best bid of the two hands. For that
reason pre-emptive or shut-out bids
should be restricted to freak hands
and normal hands shouftd be bid in
the normal way. Eliminate guess
work as to the best bid. and strive to
give exact Information whenever pos
sible. That Is the secret of good bid
ding and winning auction bridge."
The lovers of good old whist will
rejoice to learn that there is & de
cided movement on foot to revive
the game. In evidence of this, I am
In receipt from the author of a copy
of the tenth edition of "The Gist of
Whist," by Charles Emmet Coffin of
Indianapolis, the preface to which
reads as follows:
"No whist book has been ' on the
market for over ten years. This edi
tion of 'The Gist of Wihlst' Is issued
at the request of E. B. Brown, pres
ident of the American Whist league,
in the interest of the revival of the
game, now in progress throughout
the United States and Canada.
"The book is up to date in every
respect, and includes the last revision
of the laws of whist.
"The plates and copyrights have
been purchased from Brentano's of
New York, the former publishers, by
the Bobbs-llerrill company of Indian
apolis, who have put the book on
sale with all book dealers throughout
the country. Respectfully,
Trl fl AUitiun,-
An Interesting visitor to Portland
during the pat week was Mrs. James
B. Seager of Pasadena, Cal. She
came In the interest of an auction
bridge tournament which is scheduled
to be held in various cities of the
United States (Portland Included)
during the day or evening of Novem
ber 28 under tha auspices of tne whist
club of New York, the prooeeds to
go to the child hygiene department
of the work of the American com
mittee for devastated France.
The affair will shortly be written
up In detail.
In the meantime may the -auction
nlavers of Portland rally to the cause
and relax no effort to have Portland
go "over the top" in this aa It did
In so many of the causes enlisting
its sympathies during the period of
the war. .
FOUR DEBATES ASSIGNED
Local Dates for Ridgefield High
School Team Fixed.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Oct. 22.
(Special.) The Southwest Washing
ton High School Debating league's
programme for the 1921-22 term gives
the Ridgefield high school debaters
four discussions. The team Is com
prised of Clifford Rowe, Erma Mc
Connell, Elsie Tetz and Harold
Hughes, alternate. Erma McConnell
was a member of last year's team
which captured high honors In various
debates held throughout southwestern
Washington.
The coach this year is Frances B.
Anderson, head of the English de
partment at the high school.
The local schedule is: November,
Ridgefield versus Vancouver, at
Ridgefield; December 16, Ridgefield
versus Castle Rock, at Castle Rock;
February S, Ridgefield versus Kalama,
at Kalama, and March 3, Ridgefield
versus Adna, at Ridgefield.-
The question to be debated will be
the state subject, "Resolved, That the
sales tax principle should be added to
the federal revenue system."
BALL TO BE ELABORATE
Xew Hardwood Floor to Be tJsed for
Military Event at Corvallls.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Oct. 22. (Special.)
' The annual military ball Is to be
the first big event to use the new
hardwood floor In the men's gym
nasium, according to the plans now
being made by Scabbard and Blade,
military honor organlxatlon. The
date has been tentatively set for
February 24.
A military cotillion, which has
never before been put on at the
campus. Is to be the main feature of
the evening. Programme sales will
be limited to 350 couples.
Many prominent citisens of the
state will be Invited to attend, in
cluding Governor Olcott and Adjutant-General
White.
McMinnville Teachers Organize.
McMINNVTLLE, Or., Oct. 22.
(Special.) McMinnville teachers have
elected the following officers for a
new organization known as the Mc
Minnville Teachers' association:
President, F. H- Buchanan,, manual
training, senior high school: vice
president. Miss Sadie Bruce, English,
Junior high school; secretary. Miss
Muriel Paule, first grade, Columbus
school; treasurer, Ralph Dowd, latin
and history, Junior high school; cor
respondent, Mrs. A. Pearl Edwards,
typewriting and shorthand, senior
high school. The purpose of the
organization is to further educational
work, give the teachers an organized
means of expression and promote
social life among the teachers. The
first monthly meeting wai called for
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GALLI-CURCI TELLS OF HER
EARLY BATTLES FOR FAME
Way to Place Now Occupied la Filled With Tears of Hard Study, but
Applause at First Opera Establishes Her on Stage.
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BY AMELITA GALLI-CURCL
I WAS first taken to the opera
when I was five years old. The
most vivid recollection that I
carried home with me was not of the
singing; but of the ballet. I fancied
that those dancers floated through
life to entrancing music both away
from the stage and on it, and my one
desire was to Join them. For days
afterwards I practiced barefoot danc
ing at home on a big, old-fashion!
sofa, which made a nice soft stage,
and longed with ardent hope to
grow np very quickly.
A deeper and quite another impres
sion came to me at Christmas-time In
that same year. Always at home on
that night, after the gala dinner, each
one of us contributed our share to
the programme of music that fol
lowed. On that especial evening my
part in it happened to be a little song.
My grandmother, Madame Galli-Rota.
crowned the occasion, as was her cus
tom, by singing opera arias. She
had been a celebrated prima donna
in her day, and my grandfather an
orchestra conductor in companies in
which she sang.
On that Christmas eve, at the age
of 70, she still sang charmingly,
while my grandfather, then almost
80, played her accompaniments on
the piano. That such a great and
wonderful being as I always regarded
her to be should say to me when I
had fung my little song,.. "Amellta,
you will some day be a-greater singer
than your grandmother," startled
and thrilled me.
Inspiration Is Given.
I was too little to grasp that it
meant a career in opera, but it
aroused in me the thought that In
my throat there was something that
would make people-love me, Just' as
I loved my grandmother's singing. In
reality, it was as if she had dropped
some precious seed into my heart to
grow and blossom there.
The years went by; for seven of
them I attended a private school in
Milan, my native city. Every morn
ing at 6 o'clock, summer and win
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cordially received and complimented
ua ner xme singing ana programme.
Mrs. M. E. Norton, former Portland
musical Instructor, who has been in
San Diego, Cal, for a year, has re
turned to this city.
A Halloween party for the students
of the Ellison-White Conservatory of
Muslo is to be given at the conserva
tory building Friday night. Students
of Miss Barnes of the dramatic de
partment are planning a "mysterious"
programme.
The personnel of the quartet of the
First Methodist church choir, Eugene,
Or., this year is: Madame Rose Mc
Grew, sflfcrano; Miss Elolse McPher
son, contralto; John Hopkins, tenor,
and Glen Morrow, baritone. John
Stark Evans of the university faculty
is organist and choir master.
Miss Pauline Alderman of the
theory department of the Elllson
Whlte Conservatory of Music Is tak
ing as the subject for her Monday
history class the first symphony to
be played by the Portland Symphony
orchestra this year. She will illus
trate her talk with records.
Dorothea Anderson, pianist, ap
pears In recital at Sunnyelde Method
ist Episcopal church, Tuesday night.
Her programme will consist of selec
tions from the works of Chopin,
Sainte Saens, MacDowell and Liszt.
Ernest Crosby, tenor, S. H. Williams,
barytone, and Walter Hardwick.
basso, will assist.
The University of Oregon chapter
of Mu Phi Epsllon, national musical
sorority, gave a miscellaneous pro
gramme in the Alumni hall of the
Woman's building recently. All the
girls registered In the music depart
ment and those interested In music
were invited to attend. The pro
gramme was: Vocal "Lotus Flow
ers' (Schumann), Boat Song (Har
riet Ware) Florence Garrett. Cello
"Sandman" from "Hansel and Gre
tel" (Humperdlnck), "Orlentale"
(Cut) Lora Teschner. Piano
"Marche MIgnonne" (Poldlni), "Ga
votte" (Gluck-Brahms) Leona Greg
ory. Violin "Ave Maria" (Schu
bert), "From the Canebrake" (Gard
ner) Alberta Potter. Vocal "Calm
as the Night" (Boom), "Elysium"
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ter, my mother awakened me for
study. Hers was the tender, helpful
sympathy that aided me to fulfill the
wishes of my father, who always told
us that education was the best for
tune he could give his children. At
school I was taught the English,
French and German languages and
their literature. My mother being
Spanish, I learned very early to speak
that tongue as well as I could Italian.
At the end of training there I was
ready for the higher schooling of the
Lyceo Alessandro Manzonl, at the
same time studying piano at the Con
servatory of Milan. Finishing a two
years' course at both institutions si
multaneously, I was graduated with
honors from the conservatory and
appeared in concert as pianist. That
brought me to my 16th year and to
the portals of song. But fate left
me there unaided to enter and make
my way alone. Business misfortunes
had come to my father Just as I
should have begun vocal study with
a master.
But I had a precious gift In my
memory that was to prove a guide.
From my 12th to my 16th year I had
been taken regularly to the opera at
La Scala, the great opera house of
Milan. There I had beard the most
celebrated . singers of the world;
recollections of their singing had
remained indelibly Impressed upon
my mind. I could hear them then
In memory Just as I can still hear
them. Upon that foundation I started
In alone to train my voice, never
pleased, never satisfied, until my ear
told me that I had approached the
high Ideals which they had set for
me, and for which I shall be eternally
grateful to those great artists who
were unconsciously my teachers.
Meanwhile, I gave piano lessons,
between them I hurried home to study
my vocalizes. I loved my pupils, and
I think that they loved me. Those
days I recall as very happy ones, for
In them I was earning something
that would be of help to the home I
loved so well. For four years I fol
lowed that busy life of teaching and
studying alone.
When the time came that I felt
(Speaks) Marvel Skeels. Paper on
current events, Mrs. A. C. Dixon.
Miss Phyllis Wolfe will give the
concert at the Men's Resort at 8 P.
M. Saturday, assisted by the White
temple quartet.
Miss Glen Watson,. violinist, played
quite acceptably at a concert given
at the Men's Resort last Saturday
evening. She is a student with A. L.
Clifford.
The first meeting of the Dunning
Instructors Music club took place re
cently with Mrs. Jean Warren Car
rick. This club, which was organ
ized for the purpose of stimulating
a greater interest. In the general
study of music, la one of the first
Dunning clubs to be organized In the
west. Mrs. Carre-Louise Dunning is
the honorary president; Mrs. Kate
Dill Mardcon, president; Mies Flor
ence Grasle, vice-president; Mrs.
Viola Ridgeway, secretary, and Mrs.
Ruth Ashton, ' treasurer.
Russell E. Beals of Forest Grove
is to appear in piano recital Thurs
day night In the Little theater. Mr.
Beals is well known musically In
Hillsboro and Carleton. He has stud
ied for the past two years with David
Campbell, head of the piano depart
ment of the Ellison-White Conserva
tory of Music. Mr. Beals has un
usually fluent technique and his pro
gramme will Include selections from
the works of Beethoven, Debussy,
Chopin and Albenls.
One of the busy young singers of
this section is Miss Elolse McPher
son. contralto soloist of First Metho
dist church, Eugene, Or., a sophomore
In the university and a member of
Alpha Delta PI. She Is a daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. Charles T. McPherson,
is a graduate of Franklin High
school, was accompanist for the
Girls' Glee club there, and won the
prize offered by the Musicians' club
two years ago for the best essay. Up
to the time she entered college. Miss
McPherson was trained in both voice
and piano by her mother, Mrs. Anna
D. McPherson. A good student and
a hard worker along literary lines.
Miss McPherson has continued her
music with Madame Rose McGrew
and John B. Slefert in voice, and
John Stark Evans in piano. She was
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conscientiously ready to take up the
study of operatic roles, I used again
as my sole guidance memories of the
immortal voices I had heard. The
plan that I then evolved for studying
a role, I follow still. First I read the
text of the opera through with care
ful concentration; then I Intently
studied the characteristics of the per
sonage I was to portray. Afterward
I began to study the music of the
role silently, that is without singing
a tone. The memorising of the music
I did In bed at night, when all the
world was still.
Fortunately I can learn quickly. In
one night of study until very late I
can memorize half an act of opera.
In the morning when I wake up, sleep
seems to have ass'mllated It in my
brain. If, however, on reviewing the
muslo the following night I find any
point Insecure I restudy it; a second
night of concentration fixes It Indeli
bly in memory. Only after I am let
ter perfect In the muslo of a role do
I go to the piano and begin to put
that muslo in my throat.
I had a teacher of dramatic action,
Madame Boettl-Valvassura; I also
saw many dramatLo performances,
which is a very good thing for a
singer. But always I strove to give
individual touches of my own. Today
I work as tirelessly a I did then, but
those four years were my hardest
when L so to apeak, "broke in" my
singing voice.
At 20 I found myself ready for a
debut in opera. But where? That is
very often a heart-breaking question
to young singers. Upon one point,
though. I was determined, and that
was to make my first appearance In
dependent of assisting influence. I
could have gone to the composer,
Mascagnl, who was our friend, and
asked him to give me letters to man
agers. But I was too proud. I wanted
to base my career on merit and not
on the help of any one.
Verdict Brings Happiness.
Ia Milan I sang at a private musi
cals one night the Cara Nome from
Verdi's "Rlgoletto." It happened that
an orchestra conductor was there.
After I had finished he told me that
he bad a friend, a manager, who
wanted a good but rot an expensive
GUda to sing at Tranl in "Rlgoletto."
Next day he brought the manager to
see and hear me in my own home.
After I had sung to him the Cara
Nome he called my voice beautiful
and said that I was a rising star.
You may imagine what happiness his
verdict brought me.
So to the little town of Tranl, down
In the very south of Italy, I went to
sing In "Rlgoletto." For the two
months that the season lasted I was
to receive the magnificent sum of 300
francs, normally the equivalent of
SO American dollars. For those $60
I was to appear In ten opera perform
ances. But In Tranl living was cheap.
My mother was with me; she and .1
could live well on 40 cents a day
apiece.
On the night of my debut I bad no
thought of nervousness; Instead, I
could have danced out on the stage
for very Joy of singing. After Aha
Cara Nome the audience went wild.
Then I knew with thankfulness that
all my work and hope had not been
in vain. It brought another Joy for
me, one without which I could never
have been wholly happy. Up to that
night my mother had rather opposed
the idea of a stage career for me.
When she heard the applause, she
said, "Z begin to think that you are
right."
At Tranl from then on the people
rushed to hear me, and gladdened
my heart with their applause. When
I said good-bye to them the stage
looked like a garden full of flowers.
On our way back home to Milan,
mother and I stopped In Rome. Go
ing to the manager of the Constanzl
theater, Rome's chief opera house,
and carrying under my arm the book
with Cara Nome in it, I asked the
manager, "Please, can you spare me
15 minutes? Maybe I can be of a little
use to you." He agreed, and then I
sang to him. At once he engaged me
to appear. On my debut night there
my singing was greeted with an en
thusiasm as splendid as the dear folks
of Tranl had given me.
After Rome I was engaged at the
Royal Opera, Madrid, a theater whose
public Is one of the most difficult In
all the world to please. If In my
heart I may have felt anxiety. It soon
vanished. The opera was Bellini's
"Sonnambula." During the very first
notes of the opening recitative I
heard bravos in hoarse whispers
throughout the theater. At the close
of the aria which followed a very
fury of applause burst out, people
Jumped to their feet shouting; hats
were thrown in the air: there was a
tumult lasting many minutes.
It was equal to the splendid wel
come I got in this dear country, which
Is now my own, when I sang for the
first time in America at the Chicago
Opera. You know the rest of "My
Singing Story," and I thank you all
from my very heart for having made
my life so beautiful.
In the quartet of the University Girls
Glee club last year. This fall, as last
year, she has been soloist for many
social affairs. Miss Helen Harper,
violinist; Miss Beulah Clark, flutist
on an Ellison-White Chautauqua tour,
and Miss McPherson as soloist and
accompanist, have given several
pleasing programmes recently. All
are Portland girls.
Two more students of the Valalr
Conservatoire de Muslque et Art Dra
matique who recently were active In
furnishing entertainment are: Miss
Hazel Vaughan, dramatic reader, ap
peared before a young people's so
ciety October 16, where she gave an
excellent rendition of "King Robart
of Sicily" (Longfellow). Miss Frances
Pummelln was the soloist at the An
nabel Presbyterian church Sunday.
October 18, and sang thesong by
Briggs, "Hold Thou My fTand."
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The board of the Whitney Boys'
Cherus Parents association met last
Thursday and appointed chairmen
for the following committees: Fi
nance, Rev. A. R. Evans; membership,
Sanfleld Macdonald; securing direc
tors for rehearsals, E. S. Miller; se
curing autos for conveying boys to
out-of-town concerts, "A. C. Alexan
der. O. V. Bradley, president, re
ported an engagement for the chorus
to sing In the Methodist Episcopal
church at Oak Grove. The board ap
proved a date for a concert at New
berg November 4, under the auspices
of the Newberg Music club. Some
Newberg people were present at the
Salem concert a few weeks ago and
Insisted on a concert in their town.
m
Sousa and his band will - play in
concert in the near future, under the
direction of W. T. Pangle. Those who
well know Lieutenant - Commander
Sousa say that if he had not won and
held pre-eminence as march king,
bandmaster and composer, he could
not have missed celebrity as horse
man, hunter, marksman and sports
man. The distinguished American
leader of the great band now In the
midst of Its twenty-eighth consecu
tive session Is known among all df
the devotees of high-class sport In
America as an expert rider and lover
of horses, as "a high gun" among the
best wing and trapshooters. At the
close of his present concert tour In
March, 1922. Lieutenant-Commander
Sousa will Indulge himself In his fa
vorite recreation by retiring to tha
fastness of tha vast wilderness In the
lowlands of North Carolina, which he
and a group of his contemporary
sportsmen own and control. Th's
well-wooded and watered expanse In
a "Lost Paradise" of the southland.
Is the home and haunt of many of the
game, fish and fauna of what exper
ienced hunters and fishermen call
notable among the best hunting pre
serves In the United States.
The Society of Oregon Composers
plans a programme at the public
library during music week, and an
other exhibit of compositions by Ore
gon composers In a downtown muslo
store.
Portland friends of Miss Rose Mul
ler will learn with Interest that she
Is a member of the choir chorus at
St. Mary's Cathedral, under direction
of Frederick W. Goodrich. Miss Mul
ler Is a young contralto singer, who
is a student of voice and piano with
Mrs. Mitylene Fraker Stltep.
The Intermediate department of the
Monday Musical club will hold its
first meeting next Tuesday at 2:30
P. M., at the home pf Miss Bullock,
438 East Forty-second street, north.
Rose City car line. The officers for
this year are: Elsa Lelck. president;
Bertha Klssner, vice-president; Lois
Springer, secretary, and Helen Tyg
stad, treasurer. The department will
be In charge of Mrs. J. R. Hollister
and Miss Bullock.
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Emll Enna, pianist, assisted by
Mrs. Herbert Gear Reed, dramatic
reader, gave a recital at Clatskanie,
Or., October 15, before a large and
appreciative audience. Dr. Enna
played numbers by Grieg, Slnding,
Gade, MacDowell, Arthur Foots, some
of his own compositions and a coun
try dance by Dent Mowry of Port
land. Programmes were given Octo
ber It, and are yet to take place at
Sandy, Or, October 26, and at Ste
venson, Wash., October 29.
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Cyril Scott, poet, mystic, philos
opher, musician, "the English count
erpart of Debussy," Is the author of
The Philosophy of Modernlsn In Its
Connection With Music." The book
Is a satisfying exposition of modern
tendencies In muslo. The argument
a logical and Interesting and the
writer's style tins great charm. The
chapters on "The Psychology of
Style." and "Intellect and Simplicity"
are particularly Inspiring. Musicians
who have heard Percy Grainger, and
who will hear him again, will enjoy
the appreciative chapter on "Percy
Grainger; the Muslo and the Man.
Mr. Scott's volume Is among the au
tumn books at the publo library.
Columbia Society Children of the
American Revolution will hold the
first meeting of the season at the
home of Mrs. George Wllber Reed In
Laurelhurst, 2 P. M., Saturday, Oc
tober 29. Affairs of the day are in
charge of Mrs. A. H. Workman, state
director, and Miss Enid Newton, a
charter member of the society, re
cently returned from two years'
study with Wager Swayne, will give
the following programme of modern
piano classics:
Theme with variations (Paderew
skl); "To a Water Lily," "Rlgaudon"
and "Hungarian" (MacDowell); car
nival, "Alignon,." prelude, "Harle
quin's S-renade," "Columbine's La
mont," "Pollchlnello," "Pierrot the
Dreamer," "Caprice" (Edouard
Schutt).
Miss Newton 's the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. T. Newton, and those who
have heard her play declare her mu
sicianship unusual for one so young.
Her friends of former years will be
Interested to note her progress.
The Invitational lecture recital en
titled "A Musical Day in Nature."
given October 15, at US Thirteenth
street, by Dorothy Helmer. 13-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 8. G.
Holmer, 328 East Madison Btreet. was
an Innovation and a revelation to her
audience. In her lecture, Dorothy
told tha? fascinating story of a trav
eler. In the open from early dawn
till dark night, how composers espe
cially have heard the call of out-of-doors,
how hardly a master who hna
not been Inspired by nature. The
great Nlbelungen music drama of
Wagner were discussed as wonderful
tone paintings of the four elements:
earth, air, fire and water. Beethov
en's "Pastoral Symphony" was so de
picted, and so was Raff's "Symphony
In the Forest." In the twelve piano
solos, given without notes, Dorothy
displayed a mature technique, and
varieties of tone color with which
she charmingly interpreted each au
thor's thought. The programme was
arranged by her instructor, Jessie
Naylor Stewart.
The Monday Musical club opened Its
series of lecture recitals on "Ameri
can Music." at the clubrooms, Octo
bes 17. Mrs. Nettle Greer - Taylor,
Oregon president Federation of Musi
cal clubs, gave a splendid talk, on
"Religious Beginning of American
Music" and "Early Organizations."
Katherine Story, soprano, sang finely
"Russia" (Read) and "Davis' Lamen
tation" (Billings). These were fol
lowed by "Coming of the King" (Dud
ley Buck). Mrs. Ethel Edlck Burtt
played "Dance of the Elves" (Kroe
ger) a modern composer. "Silver
Spring' (Mason), with good techni
que and style. Mrs. Burtt Is a stu
dent of E. R. Kroeger, Is a serious
pianist and a decided acquisition to
the club. The last group "Absence"
(Roma), "Banjo Song" (Homer) and
"Robin Woman's Song" (Cadman). de
picting white, negro and Indian char
acter, and sung by Miss Story, closed
the music programme. Miss Margaret
Notz was accompanist. The presi
dent, Mrs. A. R. Mattlngly, introduced
Mrs. Cecil Frankel of Los Angeles, ,
guest of the day, who spoke to the
club upon "Federation Work." She
was president for four years of Cali
fornia Federation of Musical clubs,
and Is now chairman of extension for
the General Federation of Musical
clubs. She has been the guest of
Mrs. Nettle Greer Taylor for several
days. The club passed these resolu
tions: "To assist the Oregon Federa
tion financially, to celebrate the 70th
birthday of Mrs. Theodore Thomas,
founder of the federation and to pro
test to congress against the Impend
ing tax upon musical Instruments.
The club's next meeting will be No
vember 7.
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