The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, October 01, 1922, SECTION FOUR, Image 68

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. OCTOBER 1, 1922 111 II n m&l T&n c I KB BY C HH-TON-TURVET. FIFTT years ago a limited-gamut of titles lor music prevailed. Love either happy or hapless was In a strong and ever-present majority: "Love's 'Whisper' or "Love's Farewell" and about 99 others of like trend. The composers of that day were till floundering decorously in the sentimental Vic torian period, to which the German romantic, school added, its influence. When the composer sat down to his scroll to Indite the musical thought he had in mind he labeled it accord ins to the mode of his day. Iteeemed perfectly natural, for instance, to call a suave piano piece inclining gently to the minor "Evening," "Thoughts of Home" or "Memory." If the composer's musical lucubra tion turned out a trifle too energetic for polite circles, the way out was to call it "The Storm," since every one knows that a storm is given to vndue exuberance without rebuke. Love was generally portrayed as rather a gentlemanly emotion (with an inclination to scrooling porta menloa and die-aways), except when it was crossed, when it became tur bid and even violent, requiring a trying display of octave and chord bravura on the part of the performer. And eo it went all very cut-and-dried. The entire range of pro gramme ran variously from "The Battle of Prague," tumultuous and ambitious, to the languishing echoes of "The Maiden's Prayer," which lay more within the scope of the ama teur Usually jruuiiK aim iciiiiuiua and probably more of a pray-er than & fighter). Overnight there has been a breezy change in the manner of musical ti tles. Perhaps Brio Satis led the way with his extraordinary and provoca tive prefatory names to his own works. The titles to the music be ing written today are, first, bold; second, original; third, subtle. They bidex admirably the widened con ception of music la Its new province of expressing everything In heaven and earth, and the deep, unplumbed oceanl Conflldarvtfor exam.pl&.a few titles: The Lady Visitor in the Pauper "Ward." of Lord Berners; the Perfume nil to for piano toy the young Ameri can composer, Carl Bngol, with Its Odd titles embodyin g names of favorite-extracts Tcau TEspag-n, Roger et Gallet. Paris"; "Coeur do Jean natte. Houblgant. Paris," and "New Mown. Hay, OM Bond Street. .Lon don." Also Hadleys Flower suit with. Its Tulips." "Flax Flowers," et cetera, which was played! eo charm ingly toy the Portland Symphony orchestra at the Multnomah, last Jim on the night that the Sym phony woclety was formed. To those who sense in music per. fume, color and the intimate Intri cacies of life the titles of today's xrruslcal ontput will be gratlfylngly appropriate; but to the lesser rank, who can only by a supreme effort turn a tune, both the titles and their musical imputations will Invite a neasurc of bewilderment. FABR1B 8TVGS BERK SOON. "The , lark singing at heaven's (high gate." So a critio spoke of Geraldine Farrar'B beautiful voice. This soprano queen of opera is more than a mere voice, however. She is a personality. She has the Instinct of the actress as well as the vocal art of the diva. Portland will hear Miss Farrar in recital on October 12 at the city Auditorium, under the management of Steers and Coman. She carries Into her concert work the wonder ful gifts that have made her the topmost soprano on the operatic stage, The brilliance ot her voice, the fire and beauty of her dramatic powers, the charm of her dazzling personality these are ony a few of the points which make hers a name of the uomost significance wherever music is mentioned. One cannot help being glad to know that Miss Farrar has made singing "pay." She travels in her own private car. furnished sumptu ously, and en route she practices on the grand piano in her music room. Her Russian sables are worth a king's ransom, and her own house is luxurious frndeed. "They say" and by "they" we mean the managers of the operatic nnd concert world that Geraldine Farrar does business "like a man." Artistic though she is. she has a large fund of common sense, and she never lets her temperament run away with her. Altogether Geraldine Farrar is a singer in a thousand, and Portland Is fortunate in having the opportu nity of hearing her. CONTEST DATR IS S( HKIll LEI) The date of the rhyllis Wolfe vocal scholarship contest is "set for Saturday, October 7, at 8 o'clock in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. The following eminent musicians of I'ortland will act as judges: Mrs. Jsne Burns Albert, Mrs. Donald Spencer. Mrs. Kvelyn MeClusky, George Wllber Reed and Otto Wede meyfir. All applications to enter- the contest must be made at Miss Wolf's studio by tomorrow night. She an nounces that the public Is invited to attend the contest. CLCB AXOU'V'K CO.M'KRT. The MacDowe'.I club will open its season at the Multnomah hotel on Tuesday afternoon, when Miss Cecil Leweaux, a charming young con- "vtanmoj'o FIGURES PROMINENT IX CURRENT MUSICAL EVENTS. Miss Cecil Leweaux, con tralto, will be presented by the MacLowell club at its opening concert Tuesday aft ernoon, October 3, at 3 o'clock at the Multnomah hotel. The concert of Miss Harriet Lt?ach, coloratura soprano, has been announced for Tues day night, October 19, at the public auditorium. tralto, will be presented in recital. Miss Leweaux is a graduate of the University of California, where she was active in musical matters, but for the past four years has Btudied with Percy Rector Stephens in -New Tork, where ehe also had the priv ilege of coaching with Hilda Grace Gelling, with whom Paul Althouse, Royal Dadmun and McNamara have coached. Miss Leweaux has many pubiio appearances in the eastern cities to her credit, was a member of the Schumann club, one of the best choral clubs of New Tork city, and also sang in the Rutgers Pres byterian church choir with Kathleen Lawler. Mrs. Ella Cornell Jesse will assist Miss Leweaux as accompan ist and they will present the fol lowing charming programme: "Lungl dil Caro Bene" (A. !.), "Oe- chletU Amatl" (Florldla), "Aria dl Pop- paea," from "Agripplna," (Handel-Bibb), "La Cloche" vSaint-Saens), "Ohaque Chun a 6or Temps" (Wekerlin). "L,e Miroir" (Ferrari), "Arlette" (Vidal), "Marie" (Franz) "Es Lat die Rose Slch beklart" (Franz), "Der Lelerman" (Schubert). "Der Toil una UR9 Maacnen" (Schubert), "Invocation to Eros" (Kmr- stelner), "Oome Sweet Morning-" (A. I), "In the woods of FInvara" (Burleigh), "Sonsr of the Open" (La Forge). Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, presi dent of the club, says the prospects are good for the most successful year In the club's history. " Many good programmes are in prepara tion., including three appearances of the club chorus, with W. H. Boyer directing; recitals by Tosca Berger, violinist, and Alice Price Moore, con tralto; Otto Wedemeyer and Mrs. Winifred Skulason, in a joint re cital of classics; Mrs. H.' W. Metz ger, in recital; Katberlne Glen, in a programme of her own songs, and many other interesting attractions, to be announced later. The officers and board of directors are Mr3. Thomas, president; Mrs. Fletcher Linn, vice-president; Mrs. E. C. Peeta, secretary; Mrs. Walter Bliss, treasurer; Mrs. W. H. Boyer, corre sponding secretary; board members, Mrs. C. E. Sears, Mrs. R. E. Moody, Ella Connell Jesse, Mrs. Julia Mar quam, Mrs. Maurice Seitz. Alice Price Moore, Mrs. Andre J. Wolff, Mrs. Harry Beal Torrey, Mrs. H. W. Metzger and Mrs. J. W. Hill. NEW MUSIC BOOKS RECEIVED. Carl Van Vechten's opinions about music are always interesting and very readably written. His "Music of Spain" Is one of the few books in English on the subject. His volumes of essays. "Music and Bad Man ners," "Interpreters and Interpreta tions," are entertaining and in formative. His new volume,- "The Merry-go Round," is a collection of papers on various musical and theatrical subjects. Particularly gay and whimsical are the essays, "The Genectute Cantorum," and "Music and Cooking." "The very principle of German music," says Mr. Van Vechten, "is based on a theory of well-fed auditors. The voluptuous scores of Richard Wag ner, Richard Strauss, Max Schillings & Co. were not written for skinny, ill-nourished wights. Even Beeth oven demands flesh and -bone of his hearers." . . . "In America we Import our cooks . . . and our music. As a race, we do not like to cook. We scarcely like to eat. We certainly do not enjoy eating. We will never have a national music runtil we have national dishes and national drinks, and until we like Baas:; w aiwmrr.HSStKSff V Steffens Colmer Photo. KrKrt Arnold Nerxin, who fens begun hin new activities mn head of ike veral department of the Kuirra Bible university. He will ne presented in reeltml In , Portland later la the season r Grn A. Kataasoa. . t i good food." And so on In a merry vein. The public library has re cently received Mr. Van Vechten's latest volume. MRS. D1ERKE IN RECITAbr- Mrs. Beatrice Dierke will be heard in a piano recital in the ballroom of the Multnomah on Sunday afternoon. October 8, at 3 o clock. Mrs. Dierke's programme, is dis tinguished by the inclusion of sev eral numbers not often heard by the public. One of these is the Ballade in F, Op. 38, Chopin;. another is the Chopin Impromptu in F sharp minor. This latter is not included in the well-known Chopin Impromptu group. Probably this is the reason so few pianists give it place on their programmes. Beside these, Mrs. Diet Ice will play the "Sonata Appassionata, Beetho ven; "Forest Murmurings," Liszt; "The Spinning Song," Mendelssohn; and the symphonic variations of "Pas des Fleurs," by Dellbes. Mrs. Dierke is an Oregonian. She has traveled abroad, not, however, for study, but for pleasure. She has studied piano with her husband, and no other. This lends a romantic in terest to her planistic attainments. Mr. Dierke, by the way, was an inti mate friend of the late Fritz Scheel, who for many years conducted -the Philadelphia symphony orchestra. The two men came to this country together. The Dierkes count among their close friends Josef Hof raann, the eminent pianist. Con spicuous in their living room is a large photograph of Mr. Hofmann and his little daughter, signed "Josef and Josefa." Whenever Mr. Hofmann comes to the west he pays Mr. and Mrs. Dierke a visit. The pianist and "Foxy," the clever little fox terrier, a household pet, have many a fine romp together. Mrs. Dierke has played ever since she can remember. She keeps up a large repertoire of "classic" and modernistic music. When asked what she likes best to play, she re plies beamingly, "Oh, everything!" What is her favorite piece?" "The one I look at last." Her favorite composer? "All of them!" She is possessed of unusual health rosy cheeks and bright eyes being a marked signal of her personality. This is reflected In her playing, which is energetic and full of en thusiasm. Mrs. Dierke has not played in pub lic for about four years. Her two recitals should attract good audi-J ences. SYMPHONY PLANS BIG YEAR Press comments of Royal Dad mun, baritone, who will sing with the Portland Symphony orchestra at the opening concert November 15, call his voice glorious and his artis try of the highest order. It will be of interest to Portlanders who treasure the remembrance of fine concerts given here by the New Tork Philharmonic and the Min neapolis symphony orchestras that Dadmun, has an enviable record as soloist on tour with these two fa mous organizations. Inasmuch as patronage of the orchestra's concerts is urged upon Portland citizens as an educational enterprise, the management is planning to meet with an educa tional programme the needs of those who subscribe from motives of civil duty and yet find themselves on un familiar ground in listening to symphonic music. A lecture recital on the programme will be given on the Friday preceding each concert at tne Sherman-Clay hail. These lectures will be held as formerly. under the auspices of the University of Oregon music school, but this year the time of these presentations will be changed from afternoon to evening. It is also planned to have these lectures illustrated by music students this year. An educational committee is also at work developing a plan by which the orchestral programmes will serve as an extra curriculum sub ject for music students of the city. Ted Bacon is chairman of this com mittee and associated with him are Carl Denton and Miss Frances Sheehy. The plans, which will be announced at a meeting of music teachers in the near future, include the reproduction and distribution of the chief themes of the symphonies to be played during the winter. URGES GOOD VIOLINS. An article of interest appeared in a recent issue of "The Violinist," national music publication, and will be reproduced here in part. The writer is A. H. Merrill, Portland violin maker: "From my experience of nearly 50 years in operating on sick vio lins and selling and exchanging well ones, I wish to say a few words to parents of musically inclined chil dren whose choice in instruments seems to be the violin. "A great majority of sucTT par ents, probably without intending to do so, seriously handicap their chil dren who desire to learn to play the violin, right at the beginning, by picking up any kind of a .box that looks like a violin and has four strings attached to it that can be bought tor little or nothing (re gardless as to the matter of tone), j for him "to begin on." while the J same parents will pay $300 or more for a piano for the child who prefers to learn that instrument, and think nothing of it. thus discriminating very seriously against the would-be Kreisler, Vsaye or Urso and just as surely preventing or retarding for ! years the progress of the ambitious . child and in most cases insuring the entire failure, or at least mediocrity ' in attainment as a violinist. ) "I do not lay all the blame on ; the parent, for there are teachers, so-called, who, when the would-be student and bia fiddle are taken bv the anxious parent for the final ar rangements as to lessons, etc, will say. "Well, this violin will do very well to learn on until we see how Ihe child gets along; then you can get him a better one." The teacher may not know he is lying, but the probability is he has more in mind the 50-cent pieces he is going to add to his income than the good of his prospective student. "It is true, bargains can sometimes be had ir a "pawn-shop or second hand store, but not by those who do not know a great deal about vio lins, and not often then. It is true a good tone can be given any fiddle by a good, scientific repairer, which will increase the value many fold and enable its owner to realize a good profit on the .investment, but do not, I Beg of you, injure your child's musical progress by fore ing him to begin with a poor or untrue toned violin. Buy one lor the tone. Never mind the looks you can't hear that Some of the finest toned, valuable violins never would take a prize1 at a beauty show. But, oh, how they can sing." CONCERT ARTISTS COMING. Two well-known concert artists, Nevada Van der Veer, contralto, and Reed Miller, tenor, are scheduled to appear in concert at the municipal auditorium on the evening of No vember 11, under the auspices of the Sunnyslde lodge A F. and A M. Both Mme. Van der Veer and Mr. Miller are eminent in the concert field, having won fame on both sides of the Atlantic through their artistry and their splendid musicianship. Mme. Van der Veer possesses one of the finest contralto voices now in concert and oratorio work. It is full and rich, with a dranatic fire and warmth that makes listening to her a rare pleasure. Mr. Miller's voice is of a lyric quality, but with the power and scope of a dramatic tenor. Their programme will doubtless prove one of the high water marks of the early season. ZIMBALIST GOES TO EUROPE Efrem Zimbalist, who appeared In Portland in concert last year with his wife. Alma Gluck, has sailed for Europe for a two months concert tour of the principal cities of the continent. He will go. first to Leip zig to visit his father and mother, where his wife recently arranged to build a home for them during her husband's absence in the orient. Mrs. Zimbalist did not accompany her husband. MUSIC BIEFS. Mrs. Jane Burns Albert. Portland musician, has returned from Pen dleton, where she sang at the Round-up. Robert Blair, tenor and violinist, spent part of last week in Salem, where,, he appealed in a number of musical programmes. Madame Lucie Valair, who has been absent for the summer in Paris, arrived in Portland last night and will resume her work here at once. Miss Genevieve Gilbert has jubt returned from Wenatchee, where she sang for the auto show ar.d pageant of progress for the eastern Washington fair. The Ergathae class of the First Methodist church will give the open ing concert at the Men's Resort Sat. urday, October 7, at 8 P. M. The Saturday night concerts will be given weekly. Mrs. Arthur C. Perrin, one of Portland's contraltos, will be soloist at the dedication of the new pipe organ at Centenary-Wilbur Meth odist church tonight. She will be presented in. public recital in the near future by P. A. Ten Haaf. A programme consisting of com positions of J. S. Bach was given at the fortnightly meeting of the Cadman Musical club, which met on Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. D. Tandy Hunt. Those who contributed were: Mrs. Charles Moody, Mrs. Walter May, Mrs. D. Tandy Hunt, Mrs. E. Trayle, Mrs. C. M. Shipley, Mrs. Chaster Rob bins, Mrs. W. Harrison, Mrs. E. A. Densmore, Mrs. Miles D. Warren and Mrs. C. E. Tending. "' " "At Lincoln high school Saturday evening, October 14, Paul Petri will present a number of his advanced and artist pupils in recital. Every one Interested in singing is cordially invited to attend. The following pupils will be presented: Miss Ruth Agnew, Mrs. A. Morgan Fowle, Mrs. Barnett H. Goldstein, Mrs. Juanlta Heaton-Judge, Miss Magdalena S. Mergens, Mrs. Jeannette Boyer- Xanten and Ernest Crosby, Ned R. Hockinson and Henry Wochnick. Helga Hansen. Vernon Elliott and Ruth O'Brien, violinists, were pre sented in an entire programme on Wednesday for The Oregonian radio by Robert Louis Barron. Monday evening, October 9, Mr. Barron will present students in the first of a series of eight recitals to be given at the Young Men's Christian asso ciation auditorium. During the series about 30 violinists will appear either in concertos or' groups of solos. The first programme, which will include five groups of three solos each, will be given by Helga Hansen, Ruth O'Brien, Vernon El liott, Fleda Updike and Merceil Strowbridge. Mr. Barron will play the accompaniments. Musical and social circles are in terested in the coming piano con cert to be given by Dorothea Nash at the Little theater Saturday even ing, October 14. An added interest lies in the fact that this is her first formal public appearance in several seasons. Her programme will be un usually delightful, including groups of Brahms and Debussy, Mozart, Corelll and Grieg. All are well adapted to her broad, sweeping style and to her warm, vigorous tone coloring. Several line parties are being arranged for the event. Among those who will entertain guests at $L ..ft ffr y - X Bushnell Photo. Mra. I.rnnt Thonas, wao is aotniat at the aeeoad church of Christ. Bdeatiat, and nolo contralto In the anartet of the Temple Beth Israel. PORTLAND'S MUSIC WEEK WILL BE LIVELY THIS YEAR Plan Is to Lift People of City Into Spirit of Melody and Pay Tribute to Democratic Arts. y I 1 J s PORTLAND'S Music week, sched uled for November E to 12, Is . under the auspices of the Com munity Service and the chief offi cers at its head are B. F. Boynton, general chairman; Evelyn McFar lane MeClusky, executive chairman; John C. Henderson, secretary, and Mrs. Frank O. Northrup; chairman Of the executive committee. Three years ago the nation had its first Music week, in Washington, D, C, when 80,000 school children formed a human wheel, with the aisles for the spokes.- and serenaded the president. Last year more than 100 cities had what was called Music week. Portland was one of the number, and while her week was better than many of the others, it was not up to the standard set by many of the people here. This year, with plans to Include every man, woman and child of (he city, con crete plans have been made for the event. The plan is to pay tribute to the most democratic of arts and let the art Americanize, harmonize and lift the people into a spirit of melody. The committee reminds the people of Portland that Shakespeare said: "The man that has no music in himself, nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils; let no such man be trusted." "Music week is not propaganda of the' musicians," said Mrs. Me Clusky. "Indeed, they have the brunt of the burden. They give freely, when they are already busy, of their time and service. They give music that it may be used to give the city a wave of melody, for the good it will do the city and the individuals of the city. The musi cians are due the greatest vote of thanks and gratitude. The mer chants who enter into the move, try to give their time and money to move forward in the advantages which come to a musical city." Mr. Boynton, general chairman for music week, .is claim agent for the Portland Railway, Light & Power company. Mrs. MeClusky, executive chair man, is a member of the staff of the community service, as director cf music division. Mrs. MeClusky is well known in Portland, having done some interesting things during the this time are Mrs. Richard Koehler, Mrs. J. N. Teal, Mrs. W. B. Ayer, Mra William D. Wheelwright, Mra Slgmund Frank, Mra Solomon Hirsch and Mrs. William C. Alvord. Frances Beyers was presented in piano recital last night at Lincoln high school auditorium by Paul K. Hutchinson. The programme fn claded numbers from Beethoven, Chopin, La Forge, Scrlablne, Grief and Arensky. The Society of Oregon Composers will hold its annual meeting next Wednesday night at 611 Bush & Lane building. Miss Eda Trotter will present Stephen Whltford in concert at the First Congregational cnurcn riaay niaht. October 20. Mr. Whittord is a brilliant young pianist and will make his debut on the concert stage. His programme will include numbers from Beethoven, Chopin, Rubinstein and Liszt. . Miss Inez M. Chambers, popular violinist of this city, has returned from a Chautauqua tour in the east. Since her return Miss Chambers has been soloist for several popular musical concerts. She will assist Miss Marie A. Soule in the. presen tation recital of Helen Hawkina Miss Chambers is planning to rpend the winter in Portland, Miss Alice Kim of Seoul, Korea, who has been in Portland the past year studying music at tha Ellison White conservatory of music, is to leave on October 1 for a trip which will take her to Chicago. Detroit, New Tork, Boston, Washington, D. C; Philadelphia, where she will visit with Korean classmates, and to Bal timore, where she will speak before the Woman's Foreign Missionary so ciety. Miss Kim expects to return to her own country' next summer. She will teach in the girls' school in Seoul. ' Mrs. Grant Thomas, has recently been re-engaged as soloist at the Second Church of Christ. Scientist, in Portland and she is now begin ning her eighth year in that posi tion. She has a true contralto voice and Is often poken of as the "Schu-mann-Heink of Portland." An Inter esting feature of her work is that her solos, given each Sunday, are chosen with regard to the sermon lesson of the church and then mem orized. In this way she finds her self unhampered by enforced atten tion to the musical score. Mrs. Thomas also is beginning her sev enth year as solo contralto to the ( - x'Oi-o.-- ..-V- f "N Si all iiiiiiiiiii nine '. .. -.- - - ' . v ' . "' i i lark's 1 JV'S past two years in music memory contests in Portland and over the state, and in California. Mr. Henderson 14 the secretary of tlv; Music week committee, as well the chief executive for the Commun ity Service in Portland. Mrs. Northrup Is to be In charge of the industries and stores. Mrs. Northrup did some very construc tive work 4n this line last year. One of the big divisions of the Music week activities -will be that of the church division, which is being organized under the leadership of Miss Marie Rockwell. The Music clubs are in charge of Mrs. Lillian Jeffrys Petri. Two of the 'outstanding features which will be discussed at length later are "Alice in Music Land," which will be given at the audl torum on the afternoon of October 6, and the Musical ball, date of which will be given later. H. K. Blauvelt is to be chairman of 'this costumed Venetian ball, assisted oy Robert Krohn, who will direct the dances of the nations, and Eric V. Hauser. One of the introductory plans tdf Music week will be to have the Boy Scouts bugle the army church call all over the city between and :30 Sunday morning of November 5. In the afternoon there will be the first municipal concert of the sea son, with some magnavox speeches from New Tork city. The colorful and musical "Alice In Music Land" will be given free Monday afternoon at the auditorium. There will be an Italian night, by Italians, with special Italian music and dances. There will be a special programme- of Hebrew music at one of the Jew ish temples. The Composers' club will have special programme, using the pub lished manuscripts of the members. There will be a costumed Vene tian musical ball, with the various clubs in tableau of the opera scenes; the dances will be the old-fashioned waltzes, between these will be dances of the nations, by those of the various nations, tin costume, un der the direction of the wonder director, Robert Krohn. Saturday will be a big day. Bands will play and the municipal chor uses will sing. The unveiling of the Roosevelt monument will take place. quartet of the Temple Beth Israel, under the direction, of Edward Cour sen, musical director. The Oregon chapter of the Ameri can Guild of Organists will meet at luncheon at the Touhg Women's Christian association tea room Tues day noon. This Is the first meeting of the year. - ' The officers, board of directors and chairmen of committees of the Monday Musical club will hold a business meeting tomorrow after noon at 2 o'clock at the public library. Miss Virginia Owens, Portland pianist, will leave this week for Eu gene, where she will conduct classes In private work. She will resume her work in Portland during the summer. . Miss Dorothy Lewis, -mezzo-contralto, will leave Portland Friday night to open her winter circuit of vaudeville at Pantages' San Fran cisco playhouse. This will be Miss Lewis' fourth season on tour. She spent the summer in Portland and participated in a number of concerta Miss Margaret Jones, soprano; Robert Blair, tenor, and Mrs. Fred Turney, cornetist, gave the Y. M. C. A. programme Monday night at the United States Veterans' hospital. Ac companiments were played by Miss Irene Reynolds, Mrs. S. E. Rosebrook and Mrs. Allen Trekell. - Mtsn Jessie Elizabeth Elliott has returned from Seattle, where she has been' visiting for the last four weeks. Miss Elliott was entertained extensively while In Seattle and played at a number of important so cial functions where her fine plan istic ability was praised. The Oregon chapter of the Amer ican Guild of Organists win hold a public service tomorrow at 8 P. M. at Centenary Wilbur Methodist church. East Ninth and Pine streets The programme will include the fol lowing numbers: Organ solos. "Song of the Batkev We vera" (Russell), Toccata In B Major (Bartlett), William Robinson Boone, or ganist First Cbxiatiaa 8elence church; vocal solos, rectt-, "Behold. Mr 8ervant," aria, "He Shall Not Htrlve Nor Crv" (J. MacMlllian Mulr), J. MacMillan ldulr. organist and choirmaster Centenary church: organ soios, nocturne (Arthur Koote), allegro con brio from sonata In B Minor (James H. Rogers), romansa in B minor (Alexander Mathews). Fred A. Br&inerd, organist Trinity KpiacopaJj cnurcn, -itocmi auius, nciu, now iadi, i Oh Lord ?" arim, "Consider and Hoar Mo." (J. MacMlhan Mulr). Mr. Mair; rgaa oios "Ave Maria" (Hassle-You). "Fan tasia" (Beat). Martha B Reynolda, A. A. O. O. . a . . The first rehearsal of the season of the Treble Clef club will be held next Thursday, under the direction of Mra Rose Coursen Reed. m e Mlscha Etman opened the New York concert season with a concert at Carnegie hall Friday evening. This was Elman's first New York appearance for some time, as he has Just returned from a concert tour around the world. s s Mrs. Richard C. Williams of Sher wood has been, engaged as contralto soloist of the Rose City Presbyte rian church choir. Mrs. Williams, who was presented In musicals In June by Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed, has a lovely, sympathetic voice. Miss Harriet Leach, coloratura so prano, will be presented in concert by the city of Portland Thursday night, October IS, at the municipal auditorium. May Van Dyke Hard wick will play her accompaniments and Icllio Mlccoll. flutist, will assist W. T. Pangle is managing the event. os Sherman. Clay A Co. are announc ing the first duo-art piano recital of the season in the Lincoln high school auditorium for next Tuesday night at 8:15. Assisting artists will be Miss Mary Bullock, pianist; and Miss Alice Lavina Andrews, mezzo soprano. Invitations may be gained upon request. OS Mra H. R. Foster, president of the Schumann society, announces the first meeting of the season for Tuesday night. October t, at the clubrooms in the Washington build ing. Virgil Isham. pianist. 'will be soloist and Miss Frances Catlin will give several Tschalkowski elec tions. Rehearsals of the Choristers, a young girls' vocal chorus under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Hoben. are progressing nicely. Miss Hoben reports that some excellent natural voices have been discovered and she expects her organization to be a big step in the musical develop ment for younger singers Of Port land. as Mrs. Lillian Jeffreys Petri, Ore gon state president of the state branch of the National Federated Musical Clubs of America, is travel ing about the state cementing the relationship between the various Lithopolian Characters Declared Gone. Village Made Famona by Letters of O. Henry Seems I'nrhangcd. LITHOPOLLS. O.; Sept. SO Lltho polians of O. Henry fame, char acters upon whom he loved to dwell in facetious manner, are no more, but It has the same "busi ness district," the same four churches and Its stone quarry re motely resembling an industry. Tou will look in vain for Llthopolis in the railroad time tables, but the paling fences on Columbus, South and Main streets do not bar neigh borly conversation , The village's scenic atmosphere has changed but little in the years that have passed since O. Henry's "Letters to Llthopolis" ' were In spired, back in 1903. The recipient of these letters was Miss Mabel Wagnalls, whose mother, Mra Hester Wagnalls, and grandmother, Mrs. Mary Willis, are buried in the beautiful little ceme tery "on the hill on the road out of town.' Miss Wagnalls father, at one time a Lutheran minister, is the senior member of the publishing firm that bears his same. Mirs Wagnalls now Is Mrs. Richard Jones of New Tork. Alta Jungkurth, the "tombstone lady," Is In Columbus. The Willis homestead, where Mabel Wagnalls visited, has burned down and the Lutheran church, which ad Joined it, is building a parsonage on Its site. The drug store is still operated by L. S. Bennett and "Indulges In literature on the side." The butcher and barber shops still grace the "business district." and the post office remains the social center of the town. One objection Is voiced over the statement In the preface of the let ters by Llthopolis people that writ ten by Mable Wagnalls saying "a new house Is never added. Rather than do this, people leave the town, or die it Is cheaper." Llthopolis people are proud of their town for Its stimulus to the Imagination of a genius even for so brief a period and they are proud of their former townspeople that so became noted. They live here because they love the town, they declare; the graveyard on the hill is held In reverent esteem, and they tell you that when they die, no matter where, they'd like to come back to Llthopolis. Guardsmen Adopt Cub Bear as Their Mascot. Oregon Company Takes Great Pride In Its "Baby." SALEM, Or., Sept. 10. LHtle "Zeke" Bear has started In on a new kind of life, that of mascot for com pany F. Oregon national guard "Zeke" Is finding the new life mighty strange, but he thinks heMs going to like it Just the same. His advent to the new way of living hap. pened like this: "Zeke" began life out In the mountains near the coast. He thought he was leading an ideal ex istence, growing up into a loutish, Ignorant little bear cub. Then a hunter appeared, shot "Zeke's mother and chased the frightened cub up a tree. But the hunter didn't stop there. He followed "Zeke" right up the tree, and all the cub's efforts to get him to give up the chase proved uselesa The hunter followed "Zeke" all the way to the top of the tree and dragged the squalling little bear down by the lers. Meanwhile "Zeke" IF SICK; TAKEl5A3CftRETS". Clean Your Bowels! End Headache; Biliousness, Colds, . Dizziness, Sour, Gassy Stomach To clean out your bowels without cramping or overacting, take Cas carets! Tou want to feel fine; to be quick ly free from sick headache, dizzi ness, biliousness, colds, bad breath. a sour, acid, gassy stomach, consti pation. Ob er two Cascarets, any time. music clubs. She has addressed clubs at Baker. La Grande and Pen dleton, and a tea was given for her at Corvallia I'ortland Is prepar ing for the bi-annual convention of the organisation which Is to be held here. A musical programme was given Friday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Olson. In Woodworth avenue, under tha auspices of tho Ladies' Aid society of St, James Kngltt.li Lutheran church. Those participating were Mra Alden An derson, contralto: Miss Margreth Peterson, soprano: Ray Stanton, tenor; Eugene Holm, baritone, and Miss Harriet Harrigan and Miss Alma Schopff. readers. Mra. J. H. Johnson, who played the accompani ments, arranged the programme. The programme to be played by David Campbell at the Portland Woman's club. October 1, will be interesting. Among the Beethoven sonatas. Opus 81 will have a special appeal to music lovera It Is writ ten in Beethoven's later style and when played with spirit, cannot fail to bring a message to all musle lovera The titles given by Bee thoven to the three movements are: "Les Adieux." "L'absence." "LeRe tour." These titles are typical of the mood evoked by the music. The announcement that Miss Susie Michael, pianist, and Miss Sylvia Welnsteln,- violinist, will appear in Joint concert October 11 at tha Multnomah hotel ballroom. Is meet ing with great Interest from all who remember the work in the past of these two young musicians. The programme will feature a Chopin group for the piano. Including the well-known O Minor Ballade and some seldom-heard modern composi tions. Among other numbers Miss Welnsteln will play the Wlenlawskl D Minor conoexto. The musical teas given by the quartet choir of the First Unitarian church with such success last season will be resumed this fall and win ter. It will hold Its first concert this afternoon at 4:30 at the church. Broadway and Yamhill street, Mrs. Herman J. Hucke, soprano, and Wal ter Hardwick. basso, being ths soloists for the event. Mitylene Fraker Stites, contralto, and Walter Gill, tenor, who Is substituting for Ross Fargo this month, completes the quartet. May Van Dyks Hard wick and Ralph W. Hoyt are accom kept making vigorous protests, but they were unheeded. The hunter brought "Zeke" over to Salem, where he was purchased by Sergeant Harry Plant. In charge of the national guard armory. Then life for "Zeke" really began. He it having the time of his life and Is learning things too. For instance: He knows that he ha a splendid lightning left hook witl) h:s dagger teeth, but he knows that every time he tries to use It some one Is going tn land on him with a mailed flxt. He knows that milk grows In bottles and that It tastes mighty comforting to his lit tle bear stomach. And his knowl edge doesn't end here. It Is growing all the time. Perhaps this is the rencon that K company la bursting with pride over being the foster father of surh a cute little bear baby. Anyway, both "Zeke" and company F appear to be enjoying the relationship and "Zeke" continues to make his home at the national guard armory. Intimidation Arrest Mailt-. PASCO, Wash., Sept. 30. (Spe cial.) The first arrest for violating the federal injunction issued against the striking shopmen was made here Friday afternoon 'at 3 o'clock when Adolph Hoistion was taken into custody and charged with Intimidating a Northern Pacific em ploye. Arraigned before United States Commissioner 'ox, Holsllon was released under $1000 cash bond to appeal: before the federal court in Spokane. October 3. at 10 o'clock. Sterling L. Brookt YOUR KIDNEYS OR BACK BOTHER YOU? ' HEAD WHAT MR. RltOOKH tY Dlnuba. Cal. "Two years ago the flu left my kidneys in a very bad shape. I went to my physician but he didn't do me any good. 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