. THE. OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 23. 1907.
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. a.RTHUR HARTMAN la th nest
Die attraction on the musical
calendar and ha will be at ths
Hellig February 1. Portland
haa been unusually rich' In good
: muslo thla year and It la aald that aome
of. th beat things are yet to coma. T
be ao far weat and ao far removed from
: the center of musical aotlvltlea and yet
' to hoar the beat In music- to hear
schumann-Helnlc, for Instance, twice In
on week. Is eomethlnc that waa Impos
albla a few year ago. I wonder how
many realise to whom they owe- this
: change of program and who la responsi
ble for th$ fact, that each yearjhe nam-
,, ber of musical celebrities that visit our
coast-is increasing! '.
It aeema to ma that music-mad peo
ple snould considered the Impresario lit
tle short of a missionary. Tea, aa you
say;- It is- - business proposition." but
think ef the many who are not willing
to undertake the uncertain ' chances-of
such a business proposition: of the
many who choose to Invest their energy
and capital less fickle chances. - The
, other day Wynn Coman showed me at
telegram from Lofs Bteers stating that
the delayed trains between Idaho and
Utah had brought (Harrman to Ogden
too late to fill fcla engagement and they
had to go -right on to Salt Lake City
to meet their time there. That la only
one of the difficulties .that lie In the
way of the Impresario In the far west
who must bring; her artlats from great
" dlata'nces at heavy .exponas. ,
Cannot Cut Out Bridge;
Then when she gets them her aha
' can never be certain of the reception
they will receive. In a town of Port'
land's alsa the financial support of 'such
on undertaking . must depend largely
upon society people aalde from the die
tlnctly musical class- And one woman
recently said to me, "Of course I love
to hear these great muslolana for' I
- fairly live on muac-mself. burT-lrar
. to out out something this winter and I
can't give up brldga" " Tea, muslo must
certainly mean much: to her .starred
- aoull ..And another aald that every one
was advertised so much and so many
were not good that aha had made up her
mind to star away from all until ahe
knew for certain how good they were.
And that ia the kind that make up tti
crowds of people 'who aay after the
concert, "Oh, how I wish I had heard
fc ii.i . . . v v ii iiiuui u .uu ivu tui
"another ohana and bemoan the misfor
tune that made there mlse the first
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. Impresarloa deficit... , -
Starved for Good MusIcT
Those who undertake the management
: ef such a business In a musically far
removed and uncertain locality like
' Portland usually da ao from a ' real
'. longing on their own part to hear and
see good things, and a knowledge that
there are numbera of others who are
'equally - starved for good muslo. ' Of
i eoarae tkey-maat provide aa much pro-
tectlon for - themaelres aa possible by
v making It a business matter, for the
cba-tes are big. -v But unfortunately
I UEVSTMl APPEARS III VIOLIN WORLD I
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Arthur Hartman.
x" splendid,-virile-new. star has re.
. eently risen ujon ths horlion of the
. violin w'orld, and young Arthur Hart
mann has been reaping triumphs wher
.' ever he has raised his bow. He will
. aome, to Portland on the first day of Feb
ruary "To piay at the Hellig theatre un
er th' direction of Lola Bteera-Wynn
Coman, being the third of the notable
aseries of subscription concerts for thla
, season. -'' " '
Hartmann la quite a young man. espe
cially young to have mode so enormous
, success. " Although thla la bla flrat
long tour of America, he haa played for
a number of yeara throughout the mu
sical centers of Kurope and everywhere
has literally, won an lnstantaneoue suo
eefis. When -Gogorsa, the eminent barl
tonB was hers in October he spoke most
warmly and enthusiastically of the Hut.
garlaa's genius and "prophesied a
that Is where the publlo loses sight of
the real benefit granted, yet many of
the greatest .impresario have started
out with that Idea of gratifying the
hunger of muslo lovers. But the pub
lic minus it is aoinc trie management
a favor In lending lta support and buy
ing tickets, and It forgets that It la at
tending concerts because of It own en
joyment. I suppose though If we lived
In a small town where there was no
meat market nnd we sighed over canned
and salted meats the year around, when
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Mlta Hermans,- Whom - Schumann-
Heink Complimented.
aome one came In with fresh meats and
set up a market we - would forget our
previous longings and think how kind
we were to give him our trade.
His Missionary -Spirit. ' 1 , :
" Of course there are the minor trou-
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- HMuitankeoue - aUr - h - euIka - whe
anything goes wrong: the difficulties of
securing halls that win satisfy the con-
fort of the people and the numbera at
the aame time; the enviable task of
soothing the ruffled feelings of the peo
ple who feel .that they have been
cheated by the manager if the perfor
mance in any way goea wrong; the trial
of arranging dates to ault the star and
the town and the people and everything
else at ncerTBut theae ; are - onlyups
and .downs that must be taken cheer
fully. And to tell the truth; I have not
heard an impresario yet complain fur
ther than to say that his bualneaa la un-
triumph for him out here on the coast.
Hartmann has appeared 4n a number of
eastern cities en his way weat and has
met with 'the beet receptions and .the
meet la visit praise from the critics. --
The young violinist resembles Paira
nlnl In more than his Mephlstophelian
oounienance; he plays with sll the va
riety of ton color and the passion of
the old master. He has Hungarian fire
and the virile bow strike and tone, and
his melodies sing With a vibrant and In
tense repression. ' His conception of his
art is not bounded by the four walla of
a atudlo; he sounds the note of Inde
pendent thinking and handles his Instru
ment wltM the touch and temperament
of the master,
' The recital here will be on Friday
evening., the first day, of February, and
as there 'have been no great violinists
here since Kubellk last April, Hartmann
will be greeted with eaoeclal warmth. .
BY . .::-.'u
GffiTAWORDAWGLD
certain. ' But that may be his mission
ary spirit. asserting Itself.
Hard to Sell Tickets.
Not very many years ago when mu
sical attractions were brought here It
was only through infinite work on theJJSrster Jude.
part ot a private Individual or two "who
went out . day after day begging sub
scriptions to make up, the., -required
guarantee. And even then many put down
their names grudgingly and only be
cause It waa Miss 8o-and-So, whom they
had always known and they supposed
she would bo hurt If they didn't and
anyway they'd like .to help her along.
That "day haa passed for Portland,
though now and then aome such occa
sion does eome up, but It la In ' rouch
the aame spirit .that aome people sub-,
crlbe "to the Bteera-Coman affairs
though in reality they enjoy them and
would hot think of-vnlsslng them. But
they expecf "credfr for ' their kindness
where in a larger city they might have
to beg; for tickets to the Same things,
and In smaller towns they could not
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Here's to -success to the Impresario
and to recognition of favor on both
sides. 'And I have not been talking to
any of them, either. . - ;
When Creek Meets Creek. ;
Hammeratein has won another signal
vlotory over Conrled of the Metropolitan
ln-lils -Injunction brought- against him
to prevent his production of - La Bo
heme" at the Manhattan. One Kew
Tork paper remarks that ' Conrled can
easily appreciate the ebullition of Ham
mersteln's feelings, because It waa only
a short time ago that he himself won a
fight-against an Injunction to produce
"ParsiraL- . .
Conrled. through. O. Rlcordl Co of
Italy,, who hold the -oopyrlght on - Puc
cini's plays, brought proceedings against
the - Manhattan - management., for . at
tempting to produce a play to which he
had been given exclusive rights of pres
entation In America. In the progress of
the investigation, however. It transpired
that a verbal agreement had formerly
existed between Hammeratein and the
Rloordl company, represented -ey-Ma
welhw the United . States representative,
and that the rights had been signed
over to Conrled after thla agreement
waa made and without the knowledge of
or any notification to Hammersteln. At
the time the'- Injunction waa served
Hammeratein- ' had already expended
$30,009 for scenery and costumes. The
proceedings were not Introduced until
Conrled realised his rival waa a force
to be reckoned with. ' " ' '
Melba, who sings Mlmi's part lit "La
Boh erne, practically created the part
and Introduced the opera to England
and America. She succeeded with great
difficulty in getting the managers to
put it on thrfirsrttme, hut tt met wtmj
overwhelming success when it,flnally
appeared rj,-,.-.:.-.r"-.. "
Melba and Hammeratein Atree.
. Hammeratein is the kind of" man
Melba likes, as sho aald after her first
interview to some. friend. He went to
see her after the interview nae) beeru
arranged. "How much do you wanfl
per performance-for-1 performances T"
Tour thousand dollars eecn.'
""AII right." aald Oscar. Got a match?
I want . to amok and walk around the
block; Where's my hatt". The hat. waa
found and Hammersteln walked around
the block to think th matter over.
When ho returned he said. "AH right:
how . much do yon wish in advance
how much eashr i-
Melba said f tO.sOs waa the least ah
would aooept Hammersteln took' his
hat again, drove down to the Credit
I,yonnaiae and earns baok with the
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Tou'r the kind of a man ' I like.
Hammersteln." said Melba..
- -NelUe," aald Oscar, -you're th kind
of woman-1 like," and th deal waa
concluded -ser far T -that-wnt but
Melba .begtn to aend for Hammersteln
onoo and twice a day to "advise" him
on his et h er .eagagemen ta Musical
Courier,
Portland Oirl Honored by Diva. -
previous to Madam Bchnmann-Helnk's
departure, from this city ah received
Miss Anita Hermans.' tbs daughter of
Dr.- Heymans of thla city, at her apart
ment at th Portland hotel. Miss Hey
mans, though only 14 yeara of age. ren
dered a few selections at th request
of th prima donna, who prophesies a
remarkable future for this young girl.
Madam. Bchumann-Helnk classed her
voice as a messo-soprano 'of very rich
ton and quality and advised Miss Hey
mans to proceed at one to Paris and
plac herself In th hands of aome of
th noted "roasters of thst city. Miss
Heymans will leave for Paris early In
th spring to begin her studies." She
haa a naturally placed vole and though
ah has had very little training sings
with unusual ease. ,
The students of Miss Orao Walton's
piano school will give a recital January
SO at the Hawthorne Park Presbyterian
church, comer of East Twelfth and East
Taylor streets, when th following stu
dents will play: Grace Crowe, Ruth
McLellan. Helen McFaul, Marl Brady,
Ray Brandos, Annie Townsend, Jewel
Oliver, Marie Sandereock, Aagot Lassen.
Irene Brandes." Elsie QuUHam, Louise
QuIUtain, Mary Townsend, Eunice Town-
send. Nan Msnn, Esther Tat ham. Beryl
Iillharland. Estella Klslnsmlth, Florence
Crowe, Eva VOre, Elisabeth Hail, Isabel
Beck with.- Frances Emmons, Norma
Graves, Jessie Frissell, Grace Frtsaell,
Ethel Scott, Helen Pearce. Anna Scott
and Eva Graves,- Invitations can be
obtained from members of th school
or at Miss Walton's . studio. Til East
Main street. " .
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Th New Tork Musteal Courier, which
has been devoting a page each to the
Manhattan -and Metropolitan operas
every week, announced lta Intention last
week Of abandoning tin Metropolitan ac
count. - Th Courier-bold- the naive
Idea that a. newspaper exists primarily
for the purpose of giving news, and that
the space granted should ba regulated
by th importance of the news. - It also
holds that the hackneyed plays given by
the Metropolitan with th same cast
that has been presenting th Sam
operas for years r not news,. ,
The Courier' has th temerity to sug
gest what doubtless every - publisher,
whether It b of a paper or only a de
partment of that paper, would like to
suggest that If people want their newa
ta bo printed they ahould aend it , In
early. The press cannot, be run .to
within an hour of the time a paper apr
pearj on the newsstands.
" Melba!; has "reached th" heights" of'
success. She standa above the mar- j
velously eured patent medialn Imbiber
even. Every day she Is beset with
staeka of letters which may be divided
Into two classes. One claas ia from
aspiring young people who wish to call
upon her and grant her the privilege of
hearing and pronouncing favorably on
their voices. To engage In this voca
tion successfully she would have to
give up her avocation of opera sing
ing. The second cIuns beseeches her
for her highly valued autograph. To
put a eheck on these demands and also
to put tbem to aome practical use she
haa announced that she will charge tl
for her autograph and the proceeds
will be devoted to a children's charity.
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. Th cast for "Salome," 'to be given
next Tuesday at the Metropolitan in
New Tork for the flrat time in America,
Is announced as follows?
Salome ......... s...,. ...Y. Frematad
Hevodlas, .. Weed
Page der . Herod las.. .......... .Jacoby
Page der Herodea. ....Mattfeld
Herodes 1 .
Jochanaan
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....Van Rooy
Narraboth .................... Plppel
................. Relss
Zwelter Jude. ............. . .. Bayer
Drttter Jude......... Paroll
Vlerter Jude.,:.,. Bars
Funf ter Jude. .' Dutrtch
Erster Nasarener. , Journet
Zwelter Nasarener.,.,,,....,.. Btlner
Krster Soldat.. Muhlman
Zwelter Soldat..,.'. Blaas
Eln Cappadocler Lang
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'.. Mrs. Rose Block-Bauer's Tuesday Aft
ernoon club met as usual last week and
spent an enjoyable hour. Dr. ' Ame's
."Lass With the Delicate Air" was taken
up for atudy. Miss Rose Coffey sang
the. "Sapphic Ode'L tBralimal; ilUa Mil
dred Mayer, ''The Lark Now Leaves His
Watery - Nest" . (Horatio Parker),' and
Miss Erne Johnson, "My Laddie" (Thay
er), and " When, the Birds Go North
Againtwineoy)."
Next Tuesday Miss Harriott Johnaon
will sing a group of Schubert songs, and
Misa Carrie May will be th other aolo
Isf. The new members of the class are
Miss Alberta Butler, Miss Elisabeth
Young, Miss Flora Kreglow and Miss
Emma Blodgett.
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... Harold Bauer haa . been, engaged to
make another American tour next sea
son, coming to New York next Decern-
ber. When he was her three years ago
he was considered on of th greatest
artistic successes that had toured this
country. He visited ' Portland - and
played before a crowded and enthus
iastic house on on or th stormiest
nights In Oregon's weather history. He
haa Juat completed a, tour of Holland
and baa now gone to England, where 1
h la one of the greatest favorltee. His
manager Is Daniel Mayer, th . great
English Impresario, with whom Mine.
Norelll. has recently signed up. -
1 Maria Gay. who has taken London by
the eara aa Carmen, repeated her success
eVMllea reeenWy-TIeie weie sums who
are used tq, th exaggerated French her
oin who objected to ber realistic In
terpretation and called her vulgar. - But
after all.-Carmen la only a fly-away,
cigarette girt a creature of more im
pulse than refinement or education, and
the high-heeled, bef rilled representation
Is little short of a monstrosity. When
Carmen waa first given In Spain under
such interpretation, the curtain, was
forced down and people would not stay
to see It because it waa ao palpably un
true to life.
. X v W. ' Belcaar haa arranged the fol
lowing program of muslo for the ser
vices atth -WnltTempter--undarr
Morning Organ voluntary, '"Hymn or
NunB. rjefebure.Wely: anthem, "From
the Recesses of a Lowly Spirit." Brew
er: gospel selection by Temple girls'
chorus: anthem, "Oi Saving Victim.;
Tours: postlude, "Chant," Ambrose. Eve
ningOrgan selectlona, (a) ."Fantasia.'
Btalner: (b) "Fllgrim'a Song of Hope.
Batiste; solo, .My Redeemer and My
Lord" (Buck),. Miss Lawlert anthem.
"Hark, Hark. My Soul" (Chadwlok). Mrs.
Walter Reed And chorus..
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"Th ' Doctor of Alcantara," Julius
Elchberg'a comTe opera,- will beTSreaent
ed at the Hellig theatre February 14 by
the Portland opera company, a newly
organised company of some of the best
known vocalists In Portland. 'It is the
Intention of the members of this com
pany to present light operas of a high
class In botbi Portland and th towns
of th Willamette valley. "The Dootor
f Alcstit&i'A1 will Owi ,th ptoduo1 1
tlon. ' 1
r- Th Grand Duk Mlchaal of . Ruaala
la reported by th .. Herald to have
played recently at a charity basaar In
London a composition ef hla own, en
titled "Influensa March." His high
ness displayed quite a grip on the piano,
which was of Phelgniah oak. and when
an encore was demanded he responded
with a composition by Rlmsky-Korsa-cough,
-whlla th - audience cheered
hoarsely Exchange.
The date for Miss Dorothea Nash's
piano recital has been set for Saturday,
February t. Miss Nash will be assisted
by Harold Vincent MUligan, who will
clay th aecond piano parts. Mrs. Lulu
Dahl ' Miller, contralto, will assist on
th program. Miss Nash will play a
big Moxart concerto which Pugni, th
eminent French pianist, played In Chi
cago two years ago. This is the first,
time It has been don In Portland'
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Th musicaf department of th Wo
man's o'ub was delightfully entertained
by Mrs. Henry Westermlre Thursday.
Three nsw-ehoruses are being prepared
for the next program day, namely:
"Welcome Pretty Prlmroee," Plnsutl;
"Last Night" KJerull; "Sleep Little
Baby of Mine," Frank 3. Smith. Th
department will be entertained by Mrs.
J. W. Nordby, 771 East Salmon street,
next Thursday afternoon at I o'clock.'
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Frederick vv. Goodrich has arranged
th following program of muslo for to
day's services at St. David's Episcopal
church: Morning Prelude, "Fulgena
Stella Marls," Renal; communion office
In B flat. Cruickshank; offertory. "An-
dant'' HanaelandOretflDt Humper-
dlnck. Evening Prelude, "Romanse"
Merkel; offertory, "Legend In F," G W.
Cadman: postlude, "Gran Corn Trton
fale,". Cnpoccl.
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Renaud. th great baritone, at .th
Manhattan opera hous will return
after this week to Paris to fulfill an
engagement In the Opera Comlque. His
contract with Hammersteln waa for alx
weeka only and he will be replaced by
fiammarco, an Italian, who has recent
ly met with great success at Covent
Garden. - London, and has .never been
heard in America.
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Th Oregon male quartet sang at th
grocers' banquet laat Thursday evening.
Th qnartet Is composed of 3. W. Alt
stork, M. J. Keating. J. A. Fancber and
A..W. Ledburyt nd their work waa well
received.., " .
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' Miss Ethel Lytle. Mrs. Lulu Dahi
Mlller, Mies Kathleen Lawler and Miss
Alice Juston are to appear In a muslcale
of song cycles to be given by Mrs. Wal
ter Reed early In February.
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On his big concert tour west next
month, Lhevinne, th eminent pianist,
who haa been aroualngthe east to en
thuslnsm thla winter, cornea aa far weat
as Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Colo
rado. . Well. It probably would bs a good
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New Tork, Jan 19. A program, eom-
poeed rntlrely ufwagner numbers, was
presented at the Metropolitan on Sunday
night, and " drew' together the largest
audience of th aeaaon at these concerta.
Th . program -waa wonderfully - well
chosen and Included the "VorspIelTrom
"Der Metsteramger" and "Waldweben"
from- "Siegfried" for the orchestra. Th
vocal numbers were the duet of Blag
mund and Sieglinde sung by Burgstaller
and-Madam Fleischer-Edel, from "Die
Walkure;" a quintet from "Die Melster
singer" and, a septet from "Tannhauser,"
and solos from the different operas, ad
mirably given by the artists, , among
whom were Miss Bertha Alten, Madam
Homer, Gorlts and Blase.
"Tile i-uHi'erl was under the direction I
of Mr. Hebtx, who also conducted the
orchestra," and "who" never seems to have
the least trouble in .getting th orches
tra to respond to hla baton.
The Knelsel quartet probably the
most popular musical organisation In
the United states, and -formerly of Boa-
ton but now of New Tork, gave their
first concert of the season at th Men
deleeohn hall on Wednesday evening.
January t. Aa la usual, at their every
yjrere.-gf eetedbyn au
dience that filled every seat. The pro
gram was aa follows: Quartet In A
major, Moxart; trio in D minor op. 12,
A. Arenaky; quartet In F major, Tachal-
skoweky. ' The eecond number was sub
stituted for a Beethoven trio for piano,
violin and cello, because of the illness
of Mr. Gabrllowitch, who waa to have
been the assisting artist. Carlo Buono-
mlcl of Boston, who proved his fight to
his nam,- aa he kindly responded to a
hurried call at th teat momenU In the
Arensky trio, ' which Is comparatively
new, was substituted., - " '
- The lecture by Mr. . Henderson, mu
sical orltlo on the - Sun, on "Salome"
(pronounced, by the way, with the as
deal farther to th coast, though New
Yorkers would say, "Why hot go a atep
farther TV But It doe seem too bsd that
he ahould nearly cover America end yet
not come near the coast.
The vicar of St. Johns, Truro, Eng
land, wrote recently In his parish mag.
axlne: "The string band . concert was
a great euccesa. Thla la written four
days before It some off. but It I s
safe thing to say." Rosenthal's tour
on th California coast waa a biasing
triumph. It will - begin thla month.
Exchange.
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' Th Operatic Study club met with
Juda-e Harry . Hogu at th Nortonla
laat7 Wednesday and apent th - even
ing tn a atudy of "Rlgoletto."
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A program . composed entirely -. ef
Schumann' songa will be given at the
next meeting ot Mrs. Walter Reed's
Tuesday afternoon elub. .
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Clyd Phillip, a pupil of Frederick
W. Goodrich, sang two songs with much
success at th T, W, C A. last Sunday
afternoon. ....
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Mra Walter Reed haa taken a studio
In the Til ford building, corner of Tenth
aa'd Morrison streets.
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. Harold Vincent Mllllgan has been en
gaged to give an organ recital at Th
Dalles February 1. ' - ;
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Dr. George Alnslls ha resumed his
position M tenor in the First Presbyte
rian church choir. - . " .'
CHIEF OF POLICE FALLS,
BREAKING THREE RIBS
Pendleton, Or., Jan. 1. Through a
fall which he suffered yesterdsy Chief
of Police Gurdane fractured three ribs
and he will b laid np for at least sev
era! weeks, with chances of being per
manently injured. Th accident occurred
as th chief was coming to the city
from his home. on Bluff afreet. While
descending the stairway from 'th 'hill
he fell and struck upon his right side
in such a way aa to crush th three
lower rib on hla right sld. - .
.He did not. think he waa badly In
jured and waa on duty for an hour or
more, when th pain grew worse and It
waa necessary for him to call a phy
sician. He la now at borne and his
body has been placed in a plaster east.
Pupils Most Bo Vaccinated. ;
Walls Walla, Wash.. Jan. IS The
Walla Walla board of health hna sent
notification to the authorities nt the
publlo schools. Whitman college, St.
Paul's school. La Sail school and St.
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In order
u. and hare
investment.
We have decided to turn this dull trading aeaaon into a
lively idling one by adopting magnificent reductions in til
our products of the oriental loom.
We were big importers last year, and unexpected" delay in the,
'arrival of several important consignments has left us with many'
' thousand of dollars' worth of . , '
Superb Oriental Rugs and Carpets on our hands which we
feel that we must sell in-order that we will not be com
pelled to lose the use of our money until the trading season
opens in June. .
Therefore, for a short time, we shall offer unexampled bargains in
Silk Persian, Tabriz, Kerraan, Kermanshah, Saruk, Senna, Sera
' band, Franferaghan,; Khorasan,' Meshed. Herat, Shirar, Kurdistan.
. Mosul, Hariz, Gorovan. Serapi, 'Paksnaish, Mushkabad, Wahal,
Hamadan and Camel's Hair Persian Rugs of the very highest qual
ity, our own importations and
IN TURKISH RUGS, we show the celebrated Ghi-ordes.-
Kaisarieh,''. Kulah, Bergama, Anatolian, Jlilad,
Kizkilim and. all grades of modern carpets. , .
TURKOMANS We carry a complete stock of these
fine weaves, among which will be found . the well-
known Bokharas, Yamouds, Afghan Khivas and B
louchistans. ' -. - . ...
CAUCAS3IANS
delighted with our exhibit, consisting in part of Ca-'
bittans, Shirvans, Cashmeres, Kazacks, " Gangas and
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cent on the first syllable), filled every
available space with an intereated audi
ence on Wednesday afternoon. ........
Based on Wilde's Poem. ' -
Mr. Henderson opened the lecture by
announcing that his text would be found
In St. Matthew, xlv chapter, which he
read. The poet of Oscar Wilder on
which .th opera? la based, differs from
the biblical story In that "Salome" waa
In love with' John th Baptist, and de
manded his head on her account, be
cause of revenge for having repulsed her
advances. -,-. " '"T :
Mr. ' Henderson traced th origin of
this legend and read parts of the drama.
which h characterised aa the most
nocuns, outrageoua ana i improf
operervee-wrUtnt with-the axoeptlon
ot Massenet a" Herodlte." which he con-
alders even more outrageous. After dis
cussing the drama, Mr, Henderson brief
ly analysed the principal themes and
motives of the score, and Mr., Herts of
th Metropolitan played them on the
piano. f
- During the course of th lecture Mr.
Henderson spoke of the duet between
Salome and Jochaanan, atsge name for
John the Baptist, as most beautiful, and
no one doubts his judgment, but there
was evidently a mistake made. In the
selection of the artists. Miss Pray and
Mr. 8tslner, who sang -it at the close
of the lecture..- To bear out Mr. Hen
derson's s Atement of lta beauty, one
had to draw strongly on one's Imagina
tion whll listening to their very awful
rendition. '
The Flonsalay quartet gars Its second
I concert of the -winter-on Wednesday .
evening with' SlglSmUnd Stojowsky, pi
anist, as assisting artist, Jn th follow
ing program, which waa wall given: '
Quartet in F minor. ...,.... .Beethoven
"Adagio," from Quartet op IS..Chausson
Vincent's academy that pupils tn those
Institutions must show certificates of
vaccination before they can- attend
classes. But two new cases of smallpox
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MUSICAL CIRCLES
"Scherso," from op. 106. .. . ... .Dvorak
Piano quartet In E Hat.-.. , . .Sohumann
There la an interesting story of the
bringing together of the artiste ot th?
very worthy quartet. A wealthy man
of Nw York held th theory that l fs .
possible tor artist to do. their best
work when they have to worry over the
Ananclal part and difficulties In, getting ;
the necessaries for this life ot . eura.
Consequently he traveled all over Eu
rope seeking four musclana on whom - .
he could settle a luxurious annuity, .
much more than sufficient for their
needs. This quartet-Is the result t hla
search, and after four years of playing
together their work Is proving the truth
of bis theory.
Fine Musical Week. .
Friday proved to be a very lucky day
for those who attended- the concert - of
th Boston Symphony quartet, and also
brought the musical week. Oiled with ' '
Beethoven workable a delightful close
by presenting, his quartet in F minor,
opus S. No. 11. Th four players give
to their work the same. finish and at ten-
tlon to detail that has always charac
terised th Boston Symphony orchestra. ..
of which- they- ara -members. ri
Hugo.Kaun'a quartet waa played for
the first lime in If w Tork and did no -
suffer at ail by being heard after the
great Beethoven. Kaun was a Milwau
kee man and failed to find honor In his
own city, rivaled by the greater attrac
tion of lta beer, and ao moved to Ger
many. There hla worka war received
with favor, especially his songs, and he .
is placed on various pro grama, both her
and abroad. The. work given yesterday
Is very interesting, and treats th in
struments in th quartet with a free
dom that almost suggests an orchestra,
Th last movement waa. the best. -
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five of which are of a mild type. It
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