THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORNING, MARCH - 24. 1807.
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pf 'OTrmuBic'I atYracllons this week
1- are local, but of enough merit la
. themselves to draw good audi
,.' enoee. The annual Bpltsner phlU
harmonic concert .at the Helllg
: thla evening will nrohahlv be well at-
- ' tended, aa it alwaya la. The organlxa
,' tlon ta popular with the public for Its
efforts In behalf of aspiring students.
"V'. Tomorrow evening the LeRoy Gesner
. concert at the HelHg will be an event
of aome Importance, for Mr. Oeaner baa
' been known to. many Portland friend
.' for many years. This Is his first ap
i nearanca. hare ainca hie European .stud
-ea,-ad"he baa" received" muoh praise
. over there - for his playing at several
solrses and recitals and bas been highly
i - complimented for. bis work at concerts
.in fit 1 Jim ajniff HMftttlit . HlnM hla return
' v there is a good deal of expectancy.
Ellers hall, and will doubtless be at-
, tended by. a,, larger audience than either
f of his ethers were, even though the hall
was about-filled at those times. Mr.
; . Alexander bas succeeded in building up
'. greater popularity for himself among
musicians In bis brief stay in Portland
than Is usually accorded a newcomer In
.. any town, tie oaa many inenas wno
wish him every success in hla studies
.'.'. with the great Da Resxke tenor,
v Of course, all eyegvare concentrated
sow on the short operatia season we are
to enJov .next week. J The -conjuany- has
-excited admiration and flattering no-
tines trtrrirhML Anif. PArtlanjI may he
considered fortunate in securing a sea
- son with tbemv even though of only two
USICALE PROGRAM J
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Pleases Large Audience
-" One of 'the most delightful of Mrs.
' Welter Reed's ' many . charming mu-
UHi 1 V,UHWUT l LCI 11, w lieu ,liv
LyUe, Mm. Lulu Dahl Miller and Miss
; Kathleen Lawler. The hall waa filled
-) to the limit of Its capacity and the pro
, gram of song cycles was much enjoyed.
i Mlsa Juaton sang the well-known and
i ever popular song cycle by Schumann,
; ; "Prauenlieben und . ' lben,"- after a
.'pretty number by the Treble Clef and
I ' Tuesday , Afternoon club In combiner
J tlon. ; Mlsa Juaton baa an evenly modu
, . lated contralto voice of pleasing quality
. and aana tha eteht numbers in Dleaalna
- a ty 1- n! -WKh good nterpretatratr. r
. - Mlsa Ltle, whoae voice is better
-Iknow,to-tha-Portland public through
'.er extensive choir work.' gave a cycla
Hxt English. "Tha Lily Maid," baoed on
jTennyaon a story of "Elaine, with mu-
' prano showed Its full range and she
' sang with . splendid dramatlo ' feeling.
, . The cycle covers a variety of emotions
-'and all were pictured satisfactorily by
' the young singer whose strong point
;j,this is.
Mr. ' Lulu Dahl ' Miller's ' voice Is
; growing steadily both In Its develop
. jnent and in its popularity among her
-i Hearers, tine gave a group or gypsy
V songs In German by Dvorak. Her rich
velvety tones were much appreciated.
w -mm. - wvtilljk- mji t A V.ai lii.r fn
i aome thing bigger, her work was utterly
-'satisfactory.
, . Mlsa Kathleen - Lawler' a . lyrlo ' so
' .' prano in; Lisa Lehmann's later cycle,
' "Palx du Bolr." was delightful and her
1 . pure sweet tones were admirably suited
' to tha flower-Ilka -composition of the
',' songs aha sang. The program was
' thoroughly delightful and one of the
. beat Mrs. fieea has arranged. -
IS
OOD STARS, CHORUS
and Orchestra in Opera
... .. lti tha aim of Henry KusselL mans
- ger -of tha San Carlo opera company,
la, aa he says 1n hla press notices, to
" win patronage and approval not through
"'securing a few star principals but by
Been ring a well t a la need whole,' he
,'' ahould certainly meet with eucceea. In
-peaking of a good opera company wv
have a habit ' of mentioning only the
'. Stara and oven of giving them all the
credit afterward for tha success of
'production. If we could only get hold
L once of a company with a poor chorus
' . and poorer orchestra supporting three
or-four-brllllant planetary songaters we
Untight realise how "a" things should
, work together for good."
Henry Suasell has succeeded . In col
lecting some excellent star singers for
tha San Carlo opera and tha names of
Nordics, Nielsen, Constantino, RtcarSo
and others are glvea out as tb "draw
ing cards." But that is not all, He
has brought together an orchestra of so
players, all of whom are said, to be
competent and a chorus of 66 singers
who are said to poaseas freah young
voices. ' In Slgnor Contl he seems to
have found a director of worth' who has
carefully rehearsed tha company tilt the
productions are finished In effect. An
excellent ballet of to artists also comes
-under the ""d!rectIon"-of ' Slgnor Alber
telri so long of the Metropolitan of
New Tork.
As for the -'soloists. at course Madame
Nordlca'a name first presents Itself be
cause she is so well known. Her repu
tation is of longer standing than that
of the other artists and' consequently
more stable but if reports are to be
believed there , are aome singers
In the company who are worthy to
stand with bar. - Madame Nordlca has
not' been in Portland for three years
when she sang , at the armory to a
crowded house. .
' Alios Nielsen Is a younger singer and
haa for several years held an enviable
position In light opera roles, where aha
la sn idol. Her grand opera career has
extended .over only two years but her
success haa been tnstantaneoua. She
charmed the : eastern, audlencee and ai
most divided honors with the great Nor
dlca. ... - . s
' Mile.' Fely Dereyna Is one of the chief
sopranos of the company and is new to
America with - thla aeaaon. . She Is Pa
risian by birth and -waa educated, at the
Conservatoire. ' Her debut was accom
pllshed at a small opera house in south
ern France aa Marguerite in "Faust."
snd she was engaged shortly sfter at
Budapest, - and after scoring - success
there became . leading soprano of tha
grand opera at Nica. .. She has beauty
of voice and face and critics predict
that she needs but to become known
to become as established favorite .In
this country. The more dramatic rolea
are to be her part, and I have followed
her career over the country and found
the audiences most enthuslatlo over her
because she cam to them unknown and
"made good." ;
' Slgnor Florenclo Constantino, tenor,
has been heard much of thla season.
Ha is a Spaniard by blrtb and training
and scored his first success In his na
tive country.. Later he went to Franca,
Russia and South America and every
where met with success. When engaged
for a lone season at New Orleans with
tha "present-company He carried every
thing before htrn and in cnicago ano
tha other places on tha circuit tha same
thing happened. Many compare him to
Caruso In beauty of voice and some say
that he excels la teste and, mustclsnship.
Alternating - with him' In the tenor
roles Is Ricardo Martin, whose name is
known through previous successes. ' His
Is a more robust tenor and of great
beauty. Aagellni Fornari Is a splendid
baritone and Perelle do , Begurola, 4
countryman of Constantino, a baas of
uncommon merit. Madame Monte Bal
dlni and Madame Contl Borlretto are
the two leading contraltos. ,
-The repertory announced for tha en
gagement here gives u "La Gioconda,"
with Madame Nordica and Slgnor Con
stantino. Tuesday night; "La Boheme,"
with Miss Nielsen and Slgnor -Constantino,
Wednesday matinee, and "Carmen."
with Mile. Dereyne, Mile. Tarqulni. Mon
sieur Martin and Slgnor Oalpertnl
Wednesdsy evening. ' .'
PENCH ORGANIST
.' V Septuagenarian
Alexandra : Oullmsnt. tha world re
nowned organist, celebrated bis sevsntl
eth birthday anniversary at Meudon,
Franca, Tuesday, March 11. The Gull-
mant club, composed of his American
pupils In Franca, sent him a gift of lit
francs, with many messages. Congrat
ulatory .telegrams and cablegrams
poured In on him from all parts of the
world where his name is known and
loved. Gullmant programs were given
In ncany of the churches on tha preced
ing Sunday at the suggestion of the
Gullmant club, and on his blrthdsy re
citals of hla compositions were given.
Oullmsnt has had as many honors
bestowed upon him aa baa any organ
ist - In tha world. He is known In all
countries and has been honored by
many rulers. William C Carl of New
Tork accredits the growth of Interest In
organ muaio In our country entirely to
STARS
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GAETA IVDRPA WOLD
Oullmant's visit to America In 18 at
the time of the Chicago exposition and
subsequent visits. He is atlU aotlvely
engaged at his work of composition and
has Just completed bis eighth organ
sonata. '
He Uvea at his beautiful country
terni'erFarls.'rremote''aad quiet
corner where he has a large, hospitable
house and delights In the coming and
going o his children, grandchildren, snd
friends. His wife is a qlet, womanly
woman, who helps him with her con
stant .companionship snd ready sympa
thy, and their home life Is said to be
Ideally . beautiful; Monsieur Gullmant,
from the reports given by bis friends,
must bo a copy of the French type of
noble gentleman, with kindest heart and
loftiest ideals so oftsn met in books
and so often missed In life.
M
UST FIDDLE FAST .
To Keep Up. With time
' Arthur Hartmann la learning a great
deal about the American, race against
time.' Recently he went to Colorado
Springs and arrived Jn that town at
4:10 in the afternoon, reaching hla hotel
soma minutes later. After registering
he went to the iewa stand In the cor
ridor and bought a paper. On tha first
page he read an Interview with him
self! The, reporter told how. In glow
ing terms. Hartmann had expressed his
overwhelming Impression of Colorado
Springs., the majestic mountain sur
roundings, .the salubrious atmosphere,
etc. Hartmann rang up the city editor
and was told that tha -paper. bad gone
to press two hours' before the violinist's
arrival In town.
"Great.", said ' Hartmann, "simply
great.- By the way. sir, could you send
me over at once a copy of tha edition
containing a criticism of my playing at
the concert tonight?"
RAND OPERA Accepted
From American-German
Herr Karl Schmidt, tha well known
'cellist, formerly soloist wIttt.lha.ThOi
mss Orchestra and" how general
Kapellmeister for all the Savage musi
cal companies, haa had a grand opera
accepted for production at the Royal
Opera In Berlin. Dr. Muck, director of
the Berlin Royal Opera orchestra and
now temporary director of the Boston
symphony orchestra, has notified Herr
Schmidt that the new-opera will prob
ably have a production in Berlin next
season. Herr 8chmidt founded tha Phil
barmonlo society of Louisville and waa
musical director of the society for IS
yeara before accepting the position
with ttenry W. Savage. He-Wimt0
thla country - IT yeara ago from Ger
many. Hla opera la In three acta -and
a' prologue founded on '. Sir Walter
Scott's "Lady of tha Lake." -.- . ,
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PORTLAND MUSICIAN,
W.n Enviable Position
Musical people who are Interested In
the success of the clever young : mu
slctan. Harp Id Vlnoent Mllllgan, who
left about a month ago to continue his
studies In New Tork. will be glad to
hear of big success. He has just been
appointed, organist . and musical direc
tor of the First. Presbyterian church, of
Orange. New Jersey. Orsnge Is one of
the wealthiest suburbs of New Tork,
and as this is one of the wealthy
churches there were a great many ap
pllcanta. Mr. Mllllgan won the position
on the merit of his work, for be knew
none of the people, but appeared before
the muaio committee and played to
them, and they elected him unani
mously. " . t
Mr. Mllllgan ! ' a atudlo In the
apartments ( of Douglas Crane, artist,
who wss a Portland guest for several
King Alfonso Confers Honor.
' The house of Stelnway haa just re
ceived Us sixteenth royal appointment
to reigning families of the old world,
the last high honor eomlng from King
Alfonso.' Sherman, Clay Co., Sixth
and Morrison, hare the exclusive coast
sgency for these matchless pianos. .
The " 8pltsaer Philharmonic society
will give Its second recital tonight at
the Helllg theatre at S:lt o'clock. The
organisation Is well known for Its excel
lent work snd the house is aa usual sold
out. The program Is of srtlstlo mecit
and entertaining at the same time
Composition by Maacagnle. Relsslger,
Neswadba, Wllhelmy. Wienlawoskl and
others will be rendered.
IN GRAND OPERA .NEXT
weeks last fall. Mr. Mllllgaa's mu
slclsnly discrimination and Intellectual
attainments make his suoceas in ths
musical world much more assured than
that of ths average musician and, his
career will be watched with Interest.
He possesses a keenness of Instght and
reliability of Judgment that wfll cause
his weekly letters to The Journal to be
read with great Interest alike by those
who know him snd those who know only
of him,- -,' . '
N
EWS ITEMS
of the Musical World
The first recital given at Ellers new
hall since the formal opening took place
on Monday evening last, when' Frederick
W. Goodrich presented his pupil. Miss
Florence Day, In organ recital. A long
and varied program was preaentsd
showing signs of careful preparation.
The numbers played Included a Bach
pre rode and'-fnguer tnTerroTrnaneeof
wnicn brought forth a storm of ap
plause, and three selections from 1 the
Mendelssohn organ sonatas. The Salome
"Cantilena in A minor" and the well
known Handel "Largo" were given with
much finish and with a due apprecia
tion of their many beauties. Miss Day
has a good style and shows much prom
ise aa an organist She Is eertstnly to
be congratulated In her first publlo ap
pearance as an organist. She received
many beautiful flowers and many con
gratulations. Ths vocal Items were
contributed by-Henry- Ryder, a young
singer with a good bass voice, and Mas
ter Clyde Phillips, the boy alto who had
such remarkable auccess In the Christ
mas performance of "The Messiah" at
St. David's Episcopal church. - Fred
erick W. Goodrich plsyed the pianoforte
accompaniments.
...'' V ';
Mrs. W. B. Hamilton entertained the
New England Conservatory club last
week at her home on Williams avenue.
"Moaart" waa the subject, and the vocal
numbers of Mrs. Hamilton were espe
cially enjoyable, aa it waa her first ap
pearance .since her return from' abroad,
where she was , finishing her musical
studies. .The program wss aa follows:
Concerto, ."Ronald." Mrs. iJohn H. Hsll
and Mrs. J. L. Schulta; ' songs ' from
"Marriage of Figaro," Mrs. W. B. Ham
ilton; first movement "Jupiter" sym
phony.. Mr..TJv.IlavUU-"WliO-Treada
the Path of Duty ("Magio Flute"), Mrs.
Max Shlllock; "Turkish March" from
sonata in A major, Mrs. Schults and
Mrs. Goddard; aria from "Titus." Mrs.
E. C. Goddard: "Batti Bsttl." from "Don
Giovanni," Miss Agnes Wstt; concerto,
D major, Mrs. Piper snd Mrs. Schulta.
' -, ' .. ' '..
. Mr. Baker of the Baker theeire com
pany has yielded to the requests of
her friends and undertaken the manage
ment of a benefit .concert for Ml as
Elisabeth Ha r waa. It will be given
Wednesday evening, April IT, at the
Helllg, and several of the prominent
artists of the city-will assist. -
. Miss Hsrwaa la a soprano of excep
tional ability and when shs ssng before
Leoncavallo at hla recent visit here he
praised her voice In high terms and
adviaed her - to go to Italy at once to
study for ths operatic stage.' To make
this smbltlon possible her friends are
anxious to give her a testimonial con
cert Mlss Harwas' name has been
often before the publlo for she "has
been a favorite on many programs. .
'.'.
One of the most ' enjoyable .concerts
glven(awintert.the.Sejuneu'sliiii
stttute took place laat Wednesday eve
ning. - The concert was given by stu
dents from Miss tJrace Wilton's piano
school." -
Ths favorite of the evening waa Miss
Norma Turner who poasesses a sympa
thetic touch and plays with refined ex
pression. Miss Isabel Bsckwltu- and
Miss Anna Scott were also enthusiasti
cally received. Marguerite Egbert. Miss
Mabel MtUls, Miss Petronella 'Connolly
and Mr. Sandercockr assisted In making
the recital a success. . Each of their
numbers called for an encore.
. it
Palm Sunday' at the White Temple
will be observed with a special musical
program, prepared by J. W. Belcher, as
follows:
'. .Morning. 1a .
Organ voluntary. "Adoremua". .Ravlna
Anthem, "Softly Now the Light of
-Day" . .Schilling
Gospel selection by Temple Girls'
chorus.
Solo, Hold Thou My Hand".;h.Brigga
' Miss Kathleen Lawler.
Postlude, "Andante" . ... i ...... . Forbes
Evanlng
Organ voluntary "Offertolre," op. 8,
No . ,..Tbayer
Choir. There Is an Hour of Hallowed
Peace" . Barnby
8olo, "The Pslms" raure
J. W. Belcher,
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In Mrs. W. Glfford Nash, who has
recently come here as a bride, Portlsnd
secures another musician of accomplish
ment. ' Mrs. Naah, who was Miss Be
netta Dorris of Eugens, wss for several
years organist of the First Baptist
church there and at one time of the
First Congregational church. She Is a
good planiate and haa a pleasing oon
traits voice, combining with tbese quali
ties an artistic temperament, muslclanly
feeling and a good critical faculty and,
knowledge of music.
Slgnor Luechea! Is preparing an Inter
esting program for his farewell benefit
concert at the Helllg. April 4. He will
be assisted by Mrs. Ines Hlbbard, Miss
WEEK.
A
HANQ
A Glorious taster Offering
to the American Man's Shrine---
r lSXVQiS'y i'R 5rl i
No man provides so generously for his family ras the American,' man.,
-When the outcome is disappointing it is more of ten from lack ;of judgment
- than lack of heart. He is over his ears in business and doesn't; have time
to think out just what is best for them. Many a man has not realized that .
. music, has the most soothing and restraining influence of any single factor
in the whole wide world. . It shuts out discord, draws the family closely to
; gether, keeps the boys and. girls contented, creates a magnetic center for the . :
. attraction of all that is best in life all of . which is within his power to pro-
vide by the mere scratch of a' pen his name to a check as small as necessity v.
may require: the irest in small monthly payments. -. ;-;; Y'
Tlf tired of your old instrument, Tyou may exchange it" in partt payment"
for any of these superior makes, all of which we carry: The Steinway,
.'Knabe, A. B. Chase, Everett, Mason & Hamlin, Packard, Estey, Ludwig,
Emerson, or any.one of our piano-players Knabe Angelus, Emerson An
gelus, A. B. Chase, Kingsbury, Ludwig, Harrington, etc. The best way i
to come to our headquarters and tell us just what you want. .
t jli Old Pianos -Exchanged for New.
Portland ,
"lie
House
of
QHdUty" ,
CORNLR-SIXTH
Elisabeth Harwas. Miss Frances Batche
lor. Miss Lenoro Gregory. Miss Sue Lar
rabee. John Clavle Montteth, Josef Mer
edith Rosencrans, W. Chandler and A.
W. Larsen. - The concert will be given
under the patronage of Mrs. Richard K.
Hoge. Mrs. A. E. Rockey. Mrs. J. C
Luckey. Mrs. L. H. Tarplsy. Mrs. P.
H. t'arrotl, Mrs. 3. Wbyte Evans, Mrs,
w. wynn Johnson. Mrs. C. E. curry,
Mrs. A. C. Evans, Mrs. E. Da Witt Con-
nell and Mrs. J. B. Montgomery. . -A
number of the pupils of "the ' Ju
venlle department of tha Western
Academy of ' Music gave an Informal
program and reception te tha students
and their friends laat Wednesday ' tn
one of the acadamy balls. Tha attend
ance wss Urge and the program thor
oughly enjoyed. The program: Piano
solo,. Etta- Mlnslnger; reading. Bever
idge Young; reading, Llnnetta Lewie;
violin solo, Kathryn Bliss; reading,
Olivette Mills: reading. Samuel Gold
atetn; reading. Helen Uhlman; .'vocal
solo. Bernlce Smlthson: reading, Sadie
Michel; reading. - Varon Smith; piano
solo, Johnnie Hlgley.
'.' . ' '.
- Carl Denton has prepared these mus
ical numbers to be Included In todsy's
services at Trinity church:
11 a. m. Prelude, "Visions" (Rheln-
berger); Benedlctus In A (Stalner); solo,
"The Palm a" (Faure), Dr. A. A. Morrison;
Intermesso m A (Rhelnberger).
7:10 p. m. Prelude In C (Oliver
King) ; crelude In D (Oliver King).
Standing room was at a great pre
mium In Vert's hall last evening when
the pupils of Mrs. Wilbur McEldpwney
of Forest Grove gave a publlo song re
cital. Mrs. McEldowney waa the re
cipient of much praise upon the excel-'
lency of her vocal training. . Probably
" Seattle Spokane ,, Jjtjk; ' Tacoma j 'Everett y;':,
SKenhaaHiW'&
"and"
the strongest number on the list was
Rlego's "O Dry Those Tsars," sung by
Mlsa Lepha Hawley of Amity with a
violin obllgato by Frank Mar taL Mr.
Jess waa. greeted with a storm of ap
plause when he sang "A Winter's Lul
laby," by Dekoven and Trotere's
"Asthore." The work of Will Kertson
and Mum Hancock was heartily ap
plauded. Mlsa Helen Stott of Inde
pendence as accompanist deserves spe
cial mention.
''- ' ''
Oeorge Marlon, general stage' manager
for Henry W. Savage, returned to New
Tork last Monday after a final visit
to all the Savage companies In the
west, and sailed for Europe the next
day on tha Kaiser Wllhelra II. He will
meet Mr. Savage In Vienna on April t
and witneaa a performance of "Die Lus
tigs. Wltwe," the musical comedy suc
cess that has been running nearly two
years In that city and which ba la to
produce for Mr. Savage In this country
next season. From , Vienna Mr. Marion
goes to Munich, Brussels, Dresden and
Berlin, to Inspect the German Opera pro
ductions and assimilate ideas for stag
ing Mr. Savage's English grand opera
repertoire next season
' The Easter day services at St David's
Episcopal church will be of special mu.
steal interest In the moaning the choir
win sing Stanford's splendid "Te Deum,
and the grand communion office by
Stalner In A and D. The evening per
formance at 7: JO will consist of short'
ened evensong and the performance of
parts II and III of "The Mealah" by
the full choir of the' church. Miss Sa
bine Dent snd John Claire Montelth will
be the soloists. Frederick W. Goodrich
will direct the choir and play for the
laat time before taking up hla new du
ties as organist and choir director of
St. Marys cathedral.
' ' '
Willamette university chapel at Salem
waa filled to overflowing last evening
by friends who gathered to listen to sn
excellent program rendered by the
music students. The hit of the even
ing wss an operetta given by Miss Mar-
nle A. Hug, Archie Strang and Mauris
Roberts. Among the other students tak
ing part were: Anna Jackson of Hood
River. . Helen . May Smith. Ivy . Grace
Cook. Netta Kiddle, Nina Bushnell,
Freda and Martha Schtndler, Irene
Campbell, Viola Fisher, Mary Wann,
Ruth Fields. Ermine Bushnell and Mar
guerite Bowers. .The program waa
closed with the production of the char
acter sketch, "Roe of Auvergne."
WW v, ,,-
A prominent critic In Berlin tells the
world to look out for R. Oilers, a young
Russlsa composer who haa hitherto been
unknown save for a atrlng quartet, but
whose fame will soms dsy fill two hem
ispheres. A concert of tils compositions wss
glvsn In Berlin recently with such srt
ists as Godowsky, Msrcrlls, Pregl and
Kllnglar quartet assisting, and It was
a triumph for the young composer. , His
music Is his own yst besrs an unmls
takable Russian stamp and savor ?f
thst great and mysterious country.
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Hlohard Mansfield Is playing Ibsen's
"Peer Gvnt" st the New Amsterdam
theatrs in New -York snd Is using
Grieg's mcldsntal music. Ths "Peer
Gynt Suite" Is usually considered smong
the best things. Grieg has dons, snd
ths music is said to be greatly Illumin
ated when seen In connection with the
scenes it 'Illustrates. Tha production
la a wonderful one and shows the re
tention of some of the hlgheat Meals of
drmnatlo srt.
Henry W. Pavn' V'n!!h ri-!1
Ot'r fMrM'Bny save ? pr' "T, ) ft i t
I'urMM', ' "1 I !! . -
1 1 a 1 . - r- .-.,'
Bellingham '
The
f House
.. of
QBality"
MORRIS ONSTRHtl
WEDDING
AND VI5ITINQ CARDS
W. G. SMITH & Co.
WaaMogtoa Baltdlac
performance with no advance in oricea
over-those charged - when the opera,
played Its world's record engagement
of t performances at ' tha Garden
theatre. New York. . . , .
Four performances of "Madam But-,
tartly to more than $4,000 a perform
a nee waa the record at the New Van
Neaa theatre In San Francisco laat
week.
...--;..'., 'O .
Conried may be sorry for the glow
ing terms In which he bsa advertised
his nsw acquisition Bonlcs as "the tow
ering artist of our day, when he finds
that Hammeratetn will win In his legal
proceedings to prevent the tenor from
appearing at tha Metropolitan. - Conried
did not see the tenor's good qualities
so plainly during the Manhattan season
or' didn't talk so much of them.
And everyone declares Hammersteln
will win for he is not tha man to under
take w1t he will fait In. ,
- . . .
Frank La Forge, who has met ' with
many European successes thla season,
haa come from Germany to accompany
Madame Sembrlch on her tour. He ac
companied Madame Oadskt tbe last
two seasons and met with most flatter
ing success aa accompanist, soloist and
aomooser. . Ha waa heard hara last
year.. . ., - ,, ..
. - v V ,
A sclent! fie '. contemporary , ssld:
"Mechanical ' plsyers have come into
annexing vogue with the new century."
we heard mechanical players long be
fore than, but it Is not necessary to
mention their namea here, especially
as some of them are still living. Ex-,
change. '.' ', . ' ', ,
William H. Sherwood gave a concert
In Corvallla. Thursday evening, under
the auspices of ths School of Music of
the Agricultural college. - It waa made
the stsr event of the musical season snd
a very Urge audience greeted him with,
evident pleasure. ' There were many st-
tending from Albany.
Mra. F. H. Fleming, contralto. Sang
Hesr Vs. Oh Father" (Rlego) most ef.
fectlvely last Sunday-morning at tha
. w .
"Caruso looked more like a big A.. D.
T. messenger boy tfisn a 1'. S. naval
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