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r 8 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTEMBER 24, 1922 Ct55SSfei Ill sM .53aSSS BT C. H1LTON-TURVET. A MAJOR constellation in the firmament of events this might image Portland's musi cal season of 1922-23. In the first place. Steers and Coman, the widely known concert managers now in their twenty-second professional season, have announced five of the most celebrated artists in the world, and "the most glorious string quar tet before the public today." Ger- aldlne Farrar heads the illustrious list that Idol of the operatic world, who draws packed houses every where she sings. Now in the midst of her amazing artistic career, she is one of the most eagerly sought- after singers of the world, Two of la belle France's best artists, Alfred Cortot, the dis tinguished pianist, and Jacques Thi baud, the violin virtuoso, are also in the Steers and Coman group, and Sergei Rachmaninoff, the' eminent Ruasian composer and pianist. Not orten will the opportunity come to hear one of the world's great com1 posers, a Than whose orchestral works, have been performed in the music centers of the world. Rach maninofi is destined to leave his indelible Impress upon the music of his time. His virtuosity is luminous with the creative spirit, as is his personality with the splendor and tragedy of his race! Edward Johnson "the astonish ing young" tenor" also under Steers- Cornan management, is the star of the Chicago and the Metropolitan opera. His voice is warm and bril liant, his style full of verve, his per sonality that of the ideal tenor. Steers and Coman also promise a concert by that most famous string quartet in the world the Flonza leys. This artist group is known and beloved everywhere. The Portland Symphony orchestra, in addition to the educational and artistic interest of its symphonic programme under the direction of Carl Denton, has engaged six emi nent artists as soloists. They are: Mme. Margeurite D' Alvarez, the prima donna contralto of the Chi cago Opera association; Benno Moisevttch, who draws crowded houses with the magic of his piano t playing; Toscha Scidel, who is re puted to be one of the most original violin players of the day so broad in tone, so dashing in style, so per fect in technic; Royal Dadmun, the baritone with the splendid, ringing voice; Gulomar Novaes, the young Brazilian pianiste, whose talent was so marked that the Brazilian gov ernment sent her abroad to study at the Paris Conservatoire; and "one of the most fascinating concert art ists on the stage," Hulda Lashanska. These artists will appear in a series of six Wednesday evening concerts. In this day nobody can lay claim to a rounded artistic culture who is not acquainted with the world's orchestral music All the masters of music wrote in "the large form," and none can afford to be in igno rance of it. The season of symphony concerts is an opportunity to be eagerly embraced by young and old. The Eiwyn Artist series for 1922- 23 Includes Mme. Matzenauer, one of the foremost prima donna con traltos of the day, a member of the Metropolitan Opera company; Evelyn I Scotney, the brilliant young colora tura soprano, who is also prima donna in the Metropolitan opera; Alfred Mirovitch, the distinguished Russian pianist; Mischa Elman, the celebrated violin 'virtuoso, Elman of the golden tone and the lovely phrasing; Mme, Florence Easton, beautiful prima donna soprano of the Metropolitan Opera company in joint recital with Paul Althouse, foremost tenor of the same com pany; and Alberto Salvl, the world's most famous harpist. The Elwyn series will also produce Mozart's inimitable and sparkling opera comique, "Cos! fan tutti," with an all-star cast of American singers. This opera is so delightfully melodic, so brilliant in its vocal and orches tral aspects, that it draws crowded houses wherever it is performed. The Apollo club has announced three concerts presenting its chorus with artist-soloists as follows: Charles Hackett, tenor from the Metropolitan; Margery Maxwell, so prano of the Chicago Opera associ ation; and Carolina Lazzari, con tralto of the Metropolitan Opera company. Seventy-five singers com pose this well-known men's .chorus, under the distinguished leadership of 'William H. Boyer. The three concerts now in preparation promise the usual high standard of vocal ex cellence and the delightful quality and content of Its programmes. The Portland Opera association, now in . its tenth season, Is to give "Ernani," beautiful opera of Verdi, and possibly another opera yet to be announced. This organization, un der the management of Mrs. E. L. Thompson, and conducted by Signor Roberto Corruccini, has done good work in creating a sentiment for grand opera in Portland. It has also engouraged "native, talent." Beside these attractions, there will be interesting musical activities by the local clubs the Monday musi cal, the MacDowell, the Oregon com posers, .. the Whitney chorus, the Vdrpheus, - the Columbia chorus and the Whitney Boys' chorus. Altogether Portland Is to be con gratulated upon the music of its coming season! Never before in all its history has this city had such a musical feast in prospect probably never before has artistic sentiment been better prepared to receive and appreciate such an influx of the world's greatest artists. BRAHMS TO BE FEATURED. Brahms will play an important part on the piano programme to be given by Dorothea Nash at the Lit tle theater on Saturday, October 14. Miss Nash is probably an exponent PROMINENT FIGURES IN PORTLAND MUSIC EVENTS. Beatrice Barlow Dlerke, artist pianist, will appear in two recitals early In October. Mrs. Frances Knight, di rector of the ladies' Columbia concert orchestra, to appear here. of this coniposer and it is fitting that a number of his compositions should be featured by her. The in termezzos in B flat major and C major, the former , with its. cradle- song simplicity, the latter with its broad, sweeping lines of melody; tne ballades in G' minor and D major, both so exquisite in shading and phrasing; and the brilliant rhapsody in G minor which will bring the srrouD to a dramatic close. Besides the Brahms numbers Miss Nash wiln play some delightful numbers by Mozart, Corelli, Grieg and Debussy. This is' Miss Nash's first formal ap pearance in Portland for a number of seasons and musical circles are looking forward with interest to the event. WHITNEY" CHORUS DATE SET. The initial appearance of ' the Whitney boys' chorus has been an nounced for October 11 a the muni cipal auditorium. The programme Is said to be especially elaborate and unusual in many ways. While the chorus consists of more than 2000 voices, no attempt will be made to assemble this number but a smaller group of the best singers has been selected to assure proper balance in voices. In addition to chorus numbers there, will be the introduction of Bill Bassett, from Newberg, who sustains a full, robust tone eight notes above high "C" and is said to have a higher range than anyone in the world s history save Bobby Murray of New Tork city. Bassett is 13 years old. Kenneth Allen of Salem will give a vocal solo.'Other boys who will appear on the pro gramme are Bennie Yost, 14 years old, with a double voice; Ryder and Errol Robinson, who will give xylophone and vocal solos; David Richards, boy humorist Ted Badley, player of the ukulele, and Loris Sykes, organist and accompanist. COMPOSER SUBJECT OF BOOK. Leo Orusteln. the foreign-born American composer, is the subject of a tvolume by Frederick H. Mar tens. The musical critics. Heneker, Van Vechten et aL, have written of this young modernist with mingled praise and blame. Others have wholly condemned. "To many," says the author, "Leo Orusteln represents an evil musical genius wandering without the utmost pale of tonal orthodoxy, in a weird no-man's land haunted with tortuous sauna, with wails of futuristic despair, with cubist shrieks and post-impression lstic cries and crashes. The chief value of Mr. Martens' monograph lies in th fact that he has written dispassionately of this colorful, way ward personality, showing how nat urally Orustein's work grew out of his childhood inheritance and expe riences. Mr. Marten's conclusion is that" "Orustein possesses in a su preme degree what Paul Rosenfeld has called 'the'abllity to transmute into art, by means of a powerful and lurid imagination the life of his time.' This book has recently been received at the public library. SALEM TO HEAR ARTISTS. SALEM, Or. That Salem people are interested in music and are will ing to support it seems evident from the fact that nine different artists have been signed up to appear in concert here during the coming season. The Apollo club Will have three concerts with a nationally-known artist appearing at each concert. The first concert will be in October, the second in February, closing with a May appearance. Dr. John R. Sites is director of the Apollo club 'again for the coming year and Aune Photo. Mrs. Alice Brown Marshall, who has returned to Portland and will appear in lecture recital October 20. - - with increased membership a chorus better than ever is promised. The Salem Music bureau will bring in three artists. Including one internationally - known organist, which should prove a -eat for lov ers of good organ music. Two other numbers will be presented by the bureau. Marguerite d'Alvarez, contralto, is scheduled to appear in Salem, October 20. Marcele Depuree, Paris organist, will be here Friday, November 24, while Royal Dadmun will sing here Monday, November 27. The Salem Symphony orchestra, composed entirely of Salem musi cians under the direction of Dr. John R. Sites, will give at least one concert during the coming year. The organization is composed of younger musicians and is considered to be of special credit to a city the size of Salem, The Salem artist series, which will include three numbers, will be presented by local managers dur ing the coming year. These concerts will be presented in the armory and will be given at popular prices and in this respect will differ from the six other artists concerts which will be presented during the year., Cyrena van Gordon, who was with the Chicago Grand Opera company in Portland last winter, will appear here in October. She is the leading contralto of the Chicago Opera com pany and it is anticipated that she will be unusually well received. Paul Althouse, tenor with the Metropolitan Opera company, will be -presented in February. He is considered to -be unusually popular with his audiences and his songs are chosen with discrimination. Albert Salvi, Italian harpist, will be presented In March. He is con sidered by critics to be one of the world's greatests artists if he is not the greatest. Salem music lovers are anticipating the appearance of this master harpist with pleasure. MADAME VALAIR TO RETURN. Word from Madame Lucie Valair, of the "Valair Conservatoire de Mu- slque et Art Dramatique, Portland, now visiting in Paris, indicates that she is making the most of a summer holiday, the first extended one in eight years. Madame Valair writes "Paris in the summer is no more like the Paris of the winter than honey is like an artichoke; streets that are guarded by police during the winter months are almost aban doned, and the shops and theaters are given, up to the Americans and other foreigners, who despite the high prices spend freely (perhaps due to the advantage of money ex change). Madame Valair was priv ileged to attend the gala perform ance at the opera of Simon and De Ilia," given June 30 in honor and memory of the deceased, beloved master composer. Saint Saens. In addition to attending many dra matic productions which Madame Valair states maintain a good stand ard by carefully selected artists she found splendid music everywhere, orchestral and band band musiic every day distributed in the various parks. Madame Valair was also fortunate in being in time for the annual auditions' of the Conserva toire Nationale. First prizes open up opportunity for engagements in the different municipalities for the atrical and operatic employment. Madame Valair found ths American Conservatory at Fontalnebleau meet ing a merited success, and she was a viisitor to some of the famous ocean resorts,' as Deauville, Trou ville and Vichy. Madame Valair will arrive in the United States in time to begin the new season toy October 1. MRS. McCLUSKV, CHAIRMAN, Community service has secured jsveiyn McFarlane McClusky as chairman of Portland's music week, November 6 to 12. Mrs. McClusky first endeared herself to Portland ers during the music memory con test held a year and a half ago, when she staged a meeting of nearly 1000 school children at the munici pal auditorium tor the purpose of educating them in the appreciation of masterpieces of music. So suc cessful was this event that when San Francisco wished to put on a sim ilar contest last October, Mrs. Mc Clusky was called from a statewide tour of Oregon and ordered to the California city to give it the benefit of her experience in putting on mu sical festivals. Her fine work in San Francisco came to the attention of national officers of Community service and led to the recommenda tion from New Tork headquarters, that Portland secure her for this year's music week festival. It is the hope of the board of di rectors of Community service, to re tain Mrs. McClusky as a regular member of the Portland staff, to carry out a national programme of Americanization through music. She will In Mils event have the backing of the musical organizations at her disposal in connection with her needs in many economic and eocial service plans for neighborhood houses and foreign groups. This year's music week festival gives promise of being a most inter esting week as Mrs. McClusky is to work out some events which are to be used next year throughout the national campaign of music weeks. SCHOLARSHIP IS OFFERED. Announcement of a free vocal scholarship to be awarded the best voice singing In open competition early in October has been made by Miss Phyllis Wolfe, Portland vocal ist, who requires that applications must be submitted in writing before October 2V No former student of ImIss Wolfe will be eligible and all other voices will be admitted, with no restriction as to sex or age. Judges, who will be prominent musi cians of Portland, will be announced later. - Judging will be done impartially, each singer being known only by number. Participants will be hidden from the judges by a curtain. Miss Wolfe - said . In connection with the scholarship: "As one of the musicians of Portland i Jeel I should do my share In stimulating and developing, this field along mu sical lines in gneral and the vocal line in particular. There are some splendid vocal teachers here, and a large enough variety, it would seem, to satisfy all tastes and tempera ments. There are also a large num ber of excellent voices which are left untrained and unused largely because- their possessors have not been actively awakened to their pos sibilities along this line. If I can stimulate or inspire a desire for vocal development among some such voices, I will feel amply repaid for the time, effort and responsiDinty this contest involves." C.OSI FAN TUTTE'; HERALDED. 'As an acceptable preparation for thA eniovment of Mozart s "Cos! fan tutte," to be produced here by the Elwyn series with an all-star cast of American singers, comes an ex tended tribute to Mozart's dramatic musio written by H. E. Krehblel and published in aiecent issue of the New York Tribune. Jfixcerp.ts irom the article follow: Th most airreeabls sensation at te-ndant upon the representations at the Metropolitan Opera house last season was that evoked by the first production in New - York of Mosart's "Cosl fan tutte." "The Impresario" In its pres ent form la a comedy with music. Its dialogue is kpoken, but is consistent in that its dialogue merres into and emerges from the musical numbers which are Illustrative and expressive oi tne dramatic sentiment. Its success in New York led Mr. W. W. Hinshaw to pur chase it and attempt an experiment in musical culture with It. Last season he sent it on tour, giving performances before schools and musical clubs. The experiment proved to be remarkably successful throughout a large territory, and led him to reorganize bis company for another tour next .season. But this is only a part, of the fruit borne by the enterprise of Mr. Albert Reiss, who conceived the notion of an English "Impresario" and carried it out in New York a few years age. Last year's success sowed the seed for more ambitious plan which will be set on foot this year. Mr. Hinshaw Is becoming- convinced that he is a Mozart missionary. He has had "Cosl fan tutte turned Into aa opera of the old English type, and it, too, will be given for 20 weeks, the bookings already made . ex tending to the Pacific coast. The sing ers will be Irene Williams, Kathleen Hart Bibb. Lillian Palmer, Judson House, Leo de Hierapolis and Pierre Remington, with Stuart Ross as pian ist and musical director. In some of the larger eities he will employ or.' cheatras. Paul Kisler, assistant con ductor of the Metropolitan Opera com pany, will drill the company in the music, and Samuel Newman, stage man ager of the Metropolitan production, will prepare the mlse-en-ecene. This company begins the tour on Oc tober 31, and during the fall weeks it will tour the middle states, - going as far west as tTopeka. Kan. It will sing In Kansas City, St. Joseph, Chicago, Springfield, Cleveland, Pittsburg. Erie, Bloomlngton, Bowling Oreen, Ky. ; Mem phis, Boston and a number of other places in the same territory during the seven weeks following October 31. The first date of the opening of this com pany will be at Orange, N. J. After that they return to New York City for three or four weeks. They will start again on January 8, going south through Virginia, - North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and .Oklahoma and thence west through Arizona and to Los Angeles and San Francisco. From there they go north to Portland and other cities between there , and Canada and they make a tour of two weeks through western Canada, returning toward the east through Wyoming,. Montana, Colo rado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin,, and finally going to Toronto and Mont real before they arrive in New York about May 1. This looks like a large enterprise, but it does not betray the full extent of Mr. Hinshaw's ambition as a Mo lart propagandist. As "The Impresario" paved the way for "Cos! fan tutte," so the latter opera is expected to io pioneer work for others In the MoiartMist, and possibly for a Mosart festival in New York. LOCAL BARITONE! CHOSEN. Harold L. Graham, Portland bari tone. Is enjoying the honor of being one of only four baritones and voice students of the Pacific coast chosen by Signor A. Montagna of Washing ton, D. C, representative of the fed eratioh board of vocational training, for a year's finishing course in New York city. Mr. Graham la a student of Guy Tyler Tagllerl and the choice Is gratifying to both Mr. Tagllerl and his student. Signor Montagna, who was here in his official ca paclty, called at several studios and was accompanied by G. L. Dutton of the local office. After hearing Mr. Graham in tech nical work and operatic selections, Signor Montagna remarked thatTUr, Graham was one of the best expo nents of the Bel canto that he had heard on the coast and authorized him to prepare for a year's course In the east following another year with Mr. TagMeri. He recommended that Mr. Graham coach with either Signor A. Bimhoni or. Vernon d'Eville, at the discretion of Mr. Tagllerl. CONCERT SERIES PLANNED. Of particular interest to those who who enjoy chamber music is the announcement of the series of three concerts which the Pipes, Hutchinson, Conrad trio is planning for this winter, beginning Saturday evening, octoder 28. The second concert will be held November 18 and the third December 9. These concerts will be held in the new Portland Women's club build lng on Taylor street, and are being looked forward to with keenest an ticipation by all Portland music lovers. MUSIC BRIEFS. A musical programme was given at the United States veterans' hos pital Monday evening by musicians from the Y. M. ,C. A. Those contrib uting numbers were Miss Eva Rich- Bushnel Photo. 'Miss Dorothea Anderson, Port land pianist, who has departed to snake her home 1b Lob An-gcles, ' ( ' - i , ' I - - "r , I - -A -A ' h f - - - m ; , fir j':''k' z.xnm.isi&? jit L fm&.' mmmmam m i Ism. mond, soprano; Miss Ruth Jernquist, pianist, and Robert Blair, under whose direction the evenings are given. The musicians gave a varied and delightful programme. Mrs. S. T. Nell, musician of Palo Alto, Cal., has returned to her home following a vacation spent here. . Miss Helen Harper, violinist, gave a short concert at Reed college chapel services Friday afternoon for the college students and faculty. Miss Jean Harper was accompanist. , . . The first fall meeting of the Mu sicians' club will be held in the form of a dinner In the Chamber of Com merce dining room next Wednesday night at 6:30. All members are ex pected to be present. Miss Amelia Ullman, an ex-Portland musician, will not participate as she has been transferred, to Los i jn musical affairs here this winter I Angeles. Miss Ullman was organist I at one of the east side churches. William Belcher again will be di rector of music at the Ceneral Pres byterian church and has begun re hearsals there. He announces that he will give some Interesting pro grammes during the winter, as he has done during the last four years, The first- Informal recital of the season at the Ellison-White Con servatory of Music was given on Thursday night. Miss Baughman, Miss Dorothy Garpenter and Miss Carolyn Hutching and a musical trio from the coaching department gave an interesting programme. Miss Sylvia Welnsteln, violinist and Miss Susie Michael, pianist, will be heard in joint concert Wednesday evening, October 11, in the Multno mah hotel ballroom. This will be the first appearance of these two young musicians since their return ncm aavancea etuay in tne casi Mrs. Elizabeth R. Tressler re turned Friday from a month's tour of California, and will open her studio October 1. While in the south she Visited a number of ex Portlanders In San Francisco and Los Angeles. In Los Angeles she was the house guest of Mrs. Rue who will be remembered here as Miss Floretta Velguth, a talented pianist. J. Ross Fargo, tenor, will return to Portland in October after a sum mer spent in concerts in the east and middle west and will take up" his activities November 1. He ful filled a number of .successful concert engagements In and about New York, winning enthusiastic praise from both critics and audiences. One of his recent engagements was a concert for the Arts club in Wash ington, D. C. . V David Campbell, concert pianist and director of the Ellison-White Conservatory of Music, will appear In recital on the night of October 19 at the new building of the Port land Woman's club, 448 Taylor street. The programme will comprise numbers from classic, romantic and modern schools, A Chopin group and numbers by Rudolph Ganz, with whom Mr. Campbell studied, will be noteworthy features. An interesting programme was that given at the studio of Mrs. MityZene Fraker Stites last Friday evening when she presented Miss Honor Youngson, daughter of 'Re. Mr. and Mrs. Youngson. in song recital- before her departure for the east. Miss Youngson has a deep contralto voice and sang a dellgnt- ful programme, assisted by Miss Toinie West, also a student of voice. Miss Youngson will pursue her studies in art while in the east. j Following her recent participa tion 'in a radio concert, Mrs. Miscba Pels has received letters from va rious points saying that her rendi tion of "Ave Maria" came over the air beautifully. Mrs. Pelz believes one reason for the success of the number Is the fact that it consists o," oven vowels and sustained notes and that this type of song' is better adapted to radio work than numbers of faster tempo and a less number of open vowels. i The quartet choir of the First Unitarian church is planning to give a seres of musical teas durlnu the fall and winter season. They will give their first tea at the church, Broadway and Yamhiil streets, Sunday, October 1, at 4:33 P. M. Mrs. Herman J. Hucke, so prano, and Walter Hardwick, bsrsso. will be the soloists for the after noon. The other members of the quartet are Mitylene Fraker Stites, contralto, and Walter Gil!, tenor, who is substituting during the month for Ross Fargo. Miss Dorothea Anderson, popular Portland pianist, departed for Los Angeles last week to make her home. Miss Anderson 'has been heard in a number of concerts in the city during the last five years and is widely known here in that capacity and as an Instructor in piano. She also has played for The Oregonian radio. Owing to the fact that she had not expected to leave Portland so early in the season plans had been made for her appearing in con cert with Robert Christie Walsh, baritone. ' The initial appearance for the Y. M. C. A. symphony orchestra was lait Tuesday evening, when it gave a programme In the association building lobby. The orchestra, al though a young one, is beginning the season with its symphony in strumentation almost complete. Re hearsals and programmes are undr the direction of Robert Blair, who recently came to Portland. Num bers in the first programme which were especially pleasing were "Fra D-iavolo Overture," by Auber. selec tions from Gounod's "Faust," the Tannhauser" march, by Wagner, and an orchestration of Borowski's Adoration." Programmes are given in the lobby each Tuesday and are open to the public. John Claire Montelth, who has spent the summer in California and Is planning to return to Portland about October 1, made severaT con cert appearances during his time in the south. He was one of the honor guests at the annual banquet of the Music Teachers' association of Southern California and during the evening sang from the broadcasting elation of the Evening Herald for those attending the meeting. He later sang the same song at the as sociation meeting In person so. that the music teachers might have the opportunity of observing the Values of radio singing as compared with the voice when heard at first hand. Frank Colby, editor of the Pacific Coast Musician and organist at St. Paul's cathedral, accompanied Mr. Montelth on this occasion. . . y Mrs. Alice Brown Marshall, for- several years a prominent pianist of Portland has returned to make Jier home In the city after three years spent in the east. Mrs. Marshall, who is the sole exponent of the written normal teachers' work published by the late eminent pianist, William H. Sherwood, will appear In lecture re cital, on Friday night. October 20. in the Sherman-Clay concert hall. While in Chicago Mrs. Marshall was entertained by club officers of the Hyde Park Travel club, before v. h'ch she gave a lecture recital. She also played and lectured at the First Methodist church of Rock Island, 111. While in Minneapolis she was enter- tained at the Minneapolis club and was entertained by her cousin. Dr. Charles R. Brown, dean of the di vinity school of Yale university. A gift to Mrs. Marshall from Mrs. Sherwood and her daughter, Ruth, is the cast of Mr. Sherwood's hand, taken before his death by a New York sculptor. This Is highly prized by Mrs. Marshall. The Spitzner Philharmonic orches tra will resume its rehearsals Satur day night, October 7. - Emil Enna, president of the So- '"IXLZ. u.i.". ,.;.;7w hvhlub when several selections were the W. A. Quincke Muslo Publishing company of Los Angeles. Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson, lyric so prano, last Saturday sang before the meeting of the Pioneers' association at Peninsula park, responding with two encores. e Miss Kathryn Sharkey, . accom panled by Miss Florence Day. gave musical selections on Tuesday night at a meeting of the Business Worn an's club of Portland. Miss Lola Kernon, who has been soprano soloist at the First Congre- gutional church during the summer, j wiu be presented in recital at a early date by Mrs. Rose Coursen Keed. Miss Kernon is a member of the Treble Clef club and has been soloist of the Piedmont Presbyterian church. Miss Ardus Irvine, one of Port land's younger singers, appeared on Tuesday night at the Sunnyslde Methodist church. She also sang Thursday at the luncheon of the Progressive Business Men's club at the Benson hotel. Miss Irvine is the soprano soloist of the Sunnyslde Methodist church. ' A meeting of the Cadman Musical club will be held on Tuesday. Sep tember 26, at the home of Mrs. D. Sundy Hunt, '488 East Eighteenth street North. Mrs. George E. Jeffery will be assistant hostess. The pro gramme for the meeting will be based entirely upon the works of John Sebastian Bach. e Mrs. Nita Briggs Clifford, who has been absent from the city for the last three months, has returned to open her season here. Eight weeks of her vacation she spent In Chicago where she coached in the Effa Ellis Ttrfield summer school and with Louise Cozod. She also made a so journ of four weeks at her summer home at Welches, Or. .- A recital under the direction of Mrs. Fred L. Olson was given "on Wednesday evening by the Mallory hotel for the pleasure of ' its pa trons. Those who appeared - were Miss Zulah Andross, soprano; Miss Lois Mulr, mezzo-soprano; Miss Frances Jones, contralto; Morris Ail, baritone, and Miss Nettie Leon a Foy, pianist and accompanist. The first rehearsal of the Treble Clef club of Astoria was last Satur day at the Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed is director of the group and Mrs. J. S. Dellinger Is accompanist. The club took up a number of novelties for study, among them the "Song of the Rhine Maidens" from tho "Gotterdamme- rung" (Wagner). Frances Beyers, a talented pianist of 14 years, will be presented in re cital on Saturday evening, September 30. in the Lincoln High school audi torium by Paul K. Hutchinson. 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The programme for the first re hearsal of the senior ensemble of the Portland Orchestral school. which Is to be held Thursday night. October 5, in the Tllford building, will Include the following numbers Overture, "The Marriage of Figaro" (Mozart); selection from "Glrofla" (Lecocq); "An Albnm Leaf" (R. Wagner). The elas Is directed by Harold Bayley. see - A musical was given last Friday afternoon at the Portland Woman's pJayed by Mrs. Fred L. Olson, who has just returned from two months' study in Chicago. Numbers also were played by the Thalia string quartet, whose members are Miss Clara Stafford, violin; Miss Patsy Nellan, violin; Miss Marlon Mustee, viola; Miss Prospera Poszl, cello. A benefit for the Whitney Boys' chorus will bs given on Friday evening by women of the Woodlawn Methodist church, at the corner of Fast Tenth and Highland streets. The boys of the chorus will appear on the programme, giving the first number. Rev. W. a Crockett will de liver a leoture-entertaitiment on the subject "Bees, Buzzards and Boys." Miss Lor a Jean Crockett will be the sclolst. Miss Beulah Clark, who has been spending the summer In New York city studying flute with George Bar rere, leaves this week for a winter tour of the United States with the Mary Adel Hays Grand Opera com pany in Lyceum work. For the last yt-ar Miss Clark was Instructor of flute at the University of Oregon, where she was a member of Alphs Delta PI and of Mu Phi Epsllon. na tional honorary musical sorority for women. Portland music lovers, and es pecially those interested in the piano, will be Interested to know that Beatrice Barlow Dlerke, tal ented artist pianist of- the city, will Russian Dancer's Pet Cat Carrier of 'Jewels. Soviet Official Clrrnm vented by Bluff of Madams Xenla's Has. band. B ATUM. Black Sea. Sept. 21.- port, the center of transit to and from Tiflts, Baku and point In Persia, are learning how to cir cumvent soma of the restrictions of ths soviet authorities. There Is the case of the pet cat of Xenia. Xenia Maklitzoua, an exponent of Russian dancing who la not unknown In Boston and other American cities, had to return to Petrograd on personal business. This concluded she came south, and was lately In Batum anxious to go to Treblsond, down the coast In Turkish territory, to fulfil a danc ing engagement. The port authori ties suspected she' was trying to bid them farewell and at the same time carry away a f w of ths jewels for which Russia has become famous. So they began their gams. They detained Xenia; searched her and took away her money. Still she would go. "All right." they said finally, "if you insist; but you can t take that Angora cat. We have a little idea you have fed Include numbers from Chopin. 1-d,hh:t.j:::nd ,haNdl;li:lLVrdit(i.l5 enla shed them copiously V, ,A-ZlixJnZUC once aboard Tears. X Whereupon there came to ths front Mr. Maklltsona, Xenla's man ager, theatrical, diplomatic and Tears. Xenia shed them coploirsiy I j i V.jisV-ssVtNr.tsnsV i nj bat the shower was In vsln. Then iMC iViifUfV faal - ?"J an official said he believed he Ly f W 1 1 K 1 ( I 1 I I J would cut the cat open snvwa v. rf. ) I 'f J t J t -then snd there. . . I f -, V I; : , MlTM and it is all it claims to be and has benefited me wonderfully. I had bvn sick for eight months with a trouble which conlmed me to my bed and was only able to be up part of the time, when I was advised by a friend, Mrs. Smith, to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable) Compound' and Liver Pills. I was so much benefited by the use of the medi cines that I was "able to be up snd about in two weeks. I was at the Chance of Life when I began taking the medicines and I pasoed over that time without any trouble. Now I am hale and hearty and do all my housework." Mrs. Emma Culver, 705 E. 7Ux St., Metropolis, 111. the above do influence women to try E. Pinkham's etable Compound LYDIA E.PINKHAM MEDICINE CO. UYNN, MASS. appear la two recitals In the ball room of the Multnomah hotel oi" Sunday afternoons of October t and October 22. Mrs Dlerke has not been heajd In recital for several seasons and her admirers will no doubt avail themselves of the oDDortunltr of welcoming her again on the con- cert stage. e e Intvtatlons are being Issued fr the annual reception given by direc tors and faculty of the Klllsnn Whlts Conservatory of Music Ths affair Is announced for September 3". A deluge of season ticket reserva tions for ths Klwyn Artist Br!es concerts for this season are being received by the Elwyn bureau, ac cording to Its announcement. Van couver, Camaa, White Salmon. Hood Rlvrr and valley towns a far south as Medford are represented In the advance reservations. Among ths lo cal music lovers line parties rang In numbers of from four to : and several schools are reported to have reserved blocks of 20 seats for their students. The concerts will open Oc tober 10 with Madame Margaret Matzenauer as soloist. Portland clubwomen Interested In music have arrangements underway for the appearance of the Ladle' Columbia Concert orchestra In Port land at ths Helilg theater early In ths fall. The orchestra Is sn active Portland music organisation and ! under the direction of M rs. Franaea Knight. The group was heard r cfcntly In a finely selected pro gramme st the banquet given at ths Portland hotel honoring Mrs. Cal v'n Coolldge,.wlfe of Vice-President Coolidge, on their recent visit to Portland. Members of the orchestra are mu sicians of professional ability and two new members are Miss Ms hi Sweet, trombone player, of Okla homa City, and Miss Myrtle Dugan. clarinet player, formerly of Los An geles. The orchestra Is filling en gagements ' outside ths city at ths present time and Is scheduled to ap pear In three concerts for the stats fair In Salem. otherwise, and her husband. "Let a man handle this situation." he de clared. "Cut the cat open," he said, "but on thess terms: Jf jewels ars found In her Insldes you. Mr. Cus toms Inspector, csn shoot me. If there sre no jewels, I will shoot, you. There Is ths pistol; thess sr my sporting terms. Go shead and cut." But no official could withstand this evidence of good faith. He let them go to Trebizond, all three, ths dancer, the diplomat and ths cat. He now tells the story on himself and still insists the cat carried the Jewels. 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