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THEt OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY, 12, -1CC7. U FEW v weeks ago mention was made In' these column or the i Inndanrr to belittle musicians' services, to forget that their art la their stock in trad and that they must t -the same returns- for their work and for the time and money expended In their training- as-a phy sician on lawyer expects.; 8lne then there has come to my notice an amusing incident auoted by Monsieur Lenor- mand aa happening in Paris where the name fashionable . habit seems to os ' prevalent of asking musicians to per ' 'form for nothing. " A society woman was t. glra a large i entertainment and devoted 1,000 francs ta its cost She put aside too irancs i for refreshments, 450 for flowers . and 68 for extras. .Then sha invited prom linent musician ai her guest The plan ' 1st, delighted with the Idna of dining in "such hlah society, accepted with, alac rity. After dinner the guests" passed Into the drawing room and aa the piano was ODen the hostess Invited the mu slclan-sueat to ulay. 'Oh, madam ha said, n ate very littla."-? ' i Rather, a . ruda reply, perhaps, but a Just rebuke. - In many rlaces-there is that lamentable habit of Inviting gifted - mraKmtm with the Idea, that they can contribute to the entertainment That may be permissible where the company Is composed altogether of peo ple with a "stunt," o that each can give Ms part ' to the general entertainment and every one la on the same basis. But otherwise one is led to conclude that Mrs. 8o-and-8o Invited her friends and her talented acoualntancca. v.. - v "Yen," a woman told me once when sha had been In Portland only a few weeks, "I have made very many friends but that la only because I can aing for '. there." ' " ' And in another case some ; one re marked on a young girl who was dls-' pleasing In looks and manners and was never seen to go out with friends, but always bad many invitations, and the reply was that the girl bad a pretty voice and never refused to sing. This is not so strange In the cfcse of amateur musicians who have played with art a little, merely for their own amusement and If there ba any In it for the entertainment of their friends. But the hungry starfish of society does nnt to draw In only the little use- lens animals of the amateur seal It , stretches out its rays and pouaces upon the valuable oyster and sucks the life t.t t it, Th orofessional musician cannot be blamed for having some little conceit and when he is mvitea to a pleaaa nt home why should he , not In- iiniM in . tilnasant : dream sor the win ring power of hia personality? He will be awakened soon enough after he gets ' there and finds that he might be, a bear in manners xor ail 1110 uuin mnVcH far the want only his musio. " In some cases the greedy hostess does not even pretend that thera la any at traction but her guest s power to enter tain, and though this may be less mi terln It Is at least more stralght-for ward and shows the artist where be stands so that If he walks Into, the trap it is hisown fault Many artists wUl humbly accept a woman's Invitation to sing at her fashionable soiree tmnicing It a stepplngstona to other sorlees where they will be paid. They always dream of some hidden power that will discover them and humbly request them to sing for a fabulous sum at a xuture aate. But this 1 another fond dream. What one woman has received gratis another woman Is not going to pay for; and the gratis receiver is not going to hurt her. self aoreadlnsr compliments ana roses in the path of her Hon after, the lion has furnished entertainment and baa, re turned to his walks. He may be grate ful ror a "How sweet! Thank you very much." But that won't T)uy him' much bread and butter. ' Of course if there is an 'Inclination among hostesses to think , thai guests "should be made to pay for what they have received that is perfectly, fair; but there should ba an understanding to that effeclJMJTor hand. - It la fiever .po lite or even good business policy to force one'a wares upon a buyer without giving him a chance to refuse,,. And it may ba that a.pianut "wrroj-Tia . spent the greater part of bis day .in, teaching the young idea bow to shoot m tune would prefer to give the hostess tne mriea of her dinner in coin." Or it is lust possible that he would prefer to buy hia dinner down town at some cheaper i restaurant, for he may be of aii econom ical turn of , mind. " - I suppose 4here are many entertainers .mha commit' these i "ferrOra. of real hosDl- 'tality and never ; think of It.-'-. But It wouldn't take more than two medita tions on the aubiect to realise that a muBician is 'placed ' in ' an embarrassing position by being urged to play against his wiil urgecu say, for sometimes t is not a sin but merely a courtesy to afic but insistence makes refusal impos sible to one who has accepted hospital- it v. There Is a mualctan In tnwn -hn has refused steadily to make a dinner call for which he was obliged several years ago because on that occasion he bad scarcely :'. escaped frSm. 4ie - .table when be was' pressed to occupy th piano stool and kept there all evening by circumstances which would have made him seem rude had he refused to play. . "1 think I paid for my dinner." this person said,. "and I don't care to be in-' Vlted there again, so why should I calir ' And yet I doubt not that his hostess is still wondering why he. never called and reproaches him mentally for his lark of manners, aa she must term it Yet when you buy an article and pay full price for it you hardly expect to send flowers to the aeller for letting you buy it. And if you paid too much you are likely to go to another store next time s , s -- p UROPE FOR ART; ; : , , : America for a Living gf i.., In a well-writicn.ftillrlcal artlcla Id the : Musical Courier ? "Clumenberg writes, rrom I'oris referring to an ar- ticla , by Mark Hamboura. , pianist," on ijoes m to Ke a Pianist r' Mr. Harabourg tells of many would-be pi anists or merely ordinary, capacity who cannot earn more than one round ra week; of pianists making aood Incomes who are extremely few in" "number, wnne many of the lesser Hants do not make more than three pounds a week. Mr, Blumenberv SDeaks of thn rrlntlve Important "Uf publicity "in 'a pianist's success because It Is only through be ing known that . ha can Interest tlte piano . manufacturer to furnish' him piano since the expense of his Own piano is too large to- bear in most caeea. ana a man cannot play , well without his own piano to which ha has become accustomed. He then sums up the situ ation in Europe and America with some good sarcastic touches that soothe the wounded pride of poor martistio Amer- lea. The article la ao'good that some or it is cuotea. . . ;,.., .,..,,. In Europe, where there is no such concert system as In America, but where pianists and other artists must be con tent with a few consecutive appearances or a cycle in each city, at rare times, and. where there are no lng routings or bookings possible, as Eurdpe .is cut up Into empires, kingdoms, republics. etc, the condition of the pianists is very nsausiaciory. especially as the Piano manufacturers are represented all over Americaall of them. . . . As the piano manufacturer can assist only In rare instances as compared with the de mand, there exist all over Europe ac complished pianists unknown outside of small olrcle, And these gifted musi cians and pianists are the IB to tit a week people to whom Mr. Hambourg re fers, v. - ,'.. 'As even the well-known pianists an earn very little in concert work in any one season in murope, wlttl Its 660,000, 000 people, compared to what they earn In America With its 84.000.000 neonle. tha unknown .$5 to IIS a -weekv class which Mr. Harabourg brings out so ef fectively are the bulk of players abound' ing all over Europe. Tbey llva a plti iMe existence, i ' - f'The reason for Europe's apathy to ward a financial support of art lata rests m tha fixed belief, that art and money are antagonistic, and that the beat can fronly be gotten out of a musloian if he is compeuea io iruKKie oa nui iot a living, and therefore, in order to help him or her along In a career, nobody toes to hear the artists. : . "Tha "other evening Emil -Saner gave a recital 'her and ha played magnifi cently In fact, wonderfully. I counted the people. - Thera were about lie per sons - present;, of theao more than y0 were invited discouragers. V By attend ing concerts you discourage tha artist; you must keep away, so that no money is taken in, and than the artist remains forlorn, unhappy, distracted and, there fore, beoomes a thorough pessimist and will play with the fire or the despond ency or the bopelessneaa of a poet and that is the real, genuine, true musio and the real mission of music. How can , a. fat prosperous, -happy, hopeful, buoy ant pianist play ChppJnT Welli Europe wants him to play Chopin, and there for, nobody goes to hear him play Chopin,, for fear, that if he takes ? in money tie wilt not oe aoie jo piay unopin of Beethoven "or Schumann or any of thoae. sad poets of-the piano. -Judging from soma of their playing, there must now be quite a number f rich pianists money nade in "America, and I am quite aure'that no large orowd will go to hear them In Europe .when this be comes known. Sauer must not ' have much money, estimating, his Wealth by Ms play.: ' - cannot see bow his Paris recital netted him $100. - Imagine Sauer being asked by an American manager hon much, ha wants for a tour per night One hundred dollars a night! Why, he would turn his back and never look at tha manager if he said 1200 a night and yet in Bordeaux and . Paris he will take in $100 a night and say nothing, and not a Una will appear in a Paris dally paper, because Mr, Sauer consid ers it inartistic to writ a criticism on his own performance and pay for Its in sertion In Parts papers; for that is the way it is dona. The -piano bouse refuses to do it also, and hence no one but a handful of people in Paris knew Sauer played that recital. That being the case with Sauer, ona of the ' few players, what is the fata of the thousand un-. known but excellent pianlstst ,' . "Kubellk played here the other even ing in a hall -that seats about S&0 peo ple. He brought with him a servant, his secretary. Serlvnn: Junkerman, his manager, BtuI, I believe, another1 at tendant. PtJtN (' , th fee to tha manager and about 50 for ( advertising ana tne pail rent ana expenses, aim awn share in the concert could not have been more than 1,600 , francs $300. From thla naturally ba- must also-rtfi-duct the expenaes of himself and n eouraga. Aak Kubellk about an Amer ican tour. He will, demand $1,000 a night for 100 nights, and tba managers Who pay these sums are no longer in musical management. . Such a contract puts an end to tha manager who makes It. And if these artists fall below the estimate of what they think they should make during an American tour, although It la alwavs 19 and 20 and 40 times as much aa they could make her, they will begin to preach against, condemn, be little and besmirch everything American. This, of course. If the general charac teristic; it does not apply to a man like Sauer. or to Mark Hambourg;, or to other wise men of the piano profession. but It Is a general habit until they get back to the Goddess of Liberty, when they begin to tell us what won derful people we are and how they do love ua ao, and we have aeverai munon fatheads who really, believe the twad dle.- , badinage nt each other's expense whenever they meet Rosenthal takes a particular delight in aiming bis satire at his friend X.'s playing of the famous octave eplaode in the sixth rhapsody. After Hoaentlial's third New York recital X. appeared In the artlwt room to greet him. , ; "A nice friend you are," cried Rosen thal , "I have been In America, a month and have given three reultala In New York, and this la the first moment you have had tp coma and see me." - -, "You must excuse me." explained X., "you see,-I've been away on - a tour and just got back, ao I really bad no time." "Nonsense." . retorted Rosenthal; ."if you have time to play the sixth rhapsody- In- the tempo which you take, then you certainly have time to come to sea met" ; The story which Rosenthal told at the dinner was this: "X. was giving a recital and had reached the middle of has had large experience as a pipe organist and choir director. Ills train ing was received under EngllMh and French masters. Two years ago, at the age of 17, he was orgunlst and choir master of the cathedral at Fond du Lao, Wisconsin, being at that time the youngest' cathedral organist in the United States. Mr. Pomeroy will give an organ recital at thevening service. "HIANO AND VOICE XT PuDils in Recital Mrs. Kathryn Llnehan' Johnson con ducted her third annual puplla' recital Wednesday -evening at hep studio, 14 North Eighteenth street. The parlors were decorated ,wlth sweet briar and whita narolssus," and in tha dining- room were bowla of lilacs. After th "Creole Love Song" (Smith), Mtsa Ber tha Crourvie; "The Moonlight' Sonata'' (Beethoven), Adagio Sostnnuto -.All gretto Prtrnto Agltnto Artuglo, , Miss Edna ltussell; (a) "Ijur-Asra" (Ruben irtein), (b) "The Rundolero" (Leslie Diunrij, jesse jtiicnauis. , A RTISTS' OPINIONS on English Operas SOME NEW LIGHTS ? Oa Old Subjects I Tha following thought illuminations received .In an examination ' given to piano teachers 'who were applying for admission to tha normal course of the Hana ' Schneider piano school, : may throw soma light on the reason why there are so many poor piano teachers; Question What Is a note? Answer 1 A note is a ton which is written on musio to describe whera tha nnli la nn tha hlann. , Answer 2 -A note is a mark lnthe musio whera to strike tha piano. - Answer t A ' not is a pound of musio 'and has-a stem. The following collection of musical definitions comes- from . Manchester, England. -..';-'.: : ' -. ''. "'-. ' . - "An interval is a short pausa for re freahmenta." r,-, .- V "Final written at the end means It la a good piece." . . "Presto is Italian for turn over." "Allegro Mod era to is th name of a famous Italian composer who wrote a large number of pieces." .. "Poco Cyescendo Is a little wen." "Con duo pedal with eold feet" "Staccato mean stick to the notes." RHAPSODY BECOMES ' , - Funeral March MIfls Catharine Covach, : Soloist at the Cathedral. the octave part in the sixth rhapsody when an usher approached th - only auditor in th hall and asked to see hia seat coupon. 1 gav it to you rhen I cam to," aald the man addressed, a patriarch with snow-white hair. That is Impossible,' reviled tha usher, for I remember distinctly that the only per son who cam through the gat waa a little boy.' That was I.' th patriarch mad answer." Exohang. ; - At the dinner given in New York to Rosenthal before hia departure for Europ last week there waa . present a pianist, X., who Is , fond of playing Llsxt's sixth rhapsody. - H and Rosen NEW ORGANIST AND Trinlt-master for Church Leo BV? Pbmeroy, assocla.t-of the Oulld Of Church . Musicians, London, thai are warm friends and both being I England, has arrived m, Portland and possessed 4f. native. Viennese wit they J will conduct the musio of St David's never fall to Indulge in good-natured . church beginning today. , Mr. Pomeroy program, punch was served by Miss Stella Linehan, Miss Linley Morton, Miss Blanch .Johnston, Miss Hasel Crook and Mra Carl B. Brown. Th following la the program: "Old English Dane" (Waddington), Vera Wtnchell; "Jolly Brothers Galop" (Budap), Ralph Lawler; "Echoes from th Ball" (Ernest Oillett), Hasel Wln chell; (a) "On the Shore" (Neldllnger), (b "In My Garden" rt(Liddle), Miss Ethelwyn Brtstow; "Italian Boat Song," (Krngmann), . Miss Margaret Webb f'Valetta" (Krogmann). Mrs. C E. HuU son; (a) "When Song Is gweef (Sans Soucl), "(b) "Auf Weldersehen" (Louis Lelber) Mrs. Emily Beckman; "Trem olo" (Roeellln), Maple Robinson; "Vals in :.E flat" (Durant), Ruby McKay; "Barohetta (Nevln), Miss Ethel Law ler; "I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby" (Clay), Carl B. Brown; "Qui Vlv Gan). . Miss Vera Hall; (a) "Little One A-Cryln""" (Oley Speaks), (b) ' This is the opinion of one of tha world's greatest artists on English opera aa opposed to the. "artlatio" who deem their native language Inartlstlo In taiuslo. Thirty years ago Richard, Wagner took his stand for grand offfira in Kngllah. .Writing from Bayreuth to an admirer in Australia after the flrat performance there of "Lohengrin," 'th great luuier vaiui . - "Tour letter and tha newa contained therein have given me miy-h pleasure, and I cannot omit to tfiank you for It- May -you be enubled to have my works placed -before you In 'English, for only then can they be thoroughly understood ' by an English-speaking public." W . hope - to achieve thla la tjondon." - . .., ,, ,; - Antfther, . GlaoonIO Puccini, tha com poser of "Madam' Butterfly, voices himself .thus; '-. ,': v - fl, "Whll I am amaxed at the great in terest displayed by Americans In musio, and astonished to learn how much you expend each year for your opera, I do , not understand why you pay such enor mous sums and yet fall 'to Insist on having your opera sung, in your own ; language." .. , . r . - - ; . -m - NEWS ITEMS -of the Musical World Two guests of Interest who' will Portland for : about five months are Lieutenant Lear and Madam Addlngton. f Lear, English people of om talent and - accomplishment. Madame Lear is given exceedingly flattering notices from all parts Of America and . England - where . ' she has been heard In concert often, ear peclally , with the regimental . bands. Madame Lear gives these concerts, with Lieutenant -Lear accompanying her, In moat of the titles which she visits for - any length of time and they devote th , proceeds to charity. - In Los Angeles they raised $1,000 for the - Firemen's . emergency fund and $1,000 in San Diego for the same fund. Madam Lear has a charming metso soprano vole ""which Theodore. Thomas, Chicago's great musl- cian. pronounced "superb." She If to be heard her in . concert soon. : , - .' . ' Th musical program for th annual concert to b given by th eombined ' British societies on Empire Day, May 14, at th armory, is now complete. In addition. to .-numbers - by two male, choruses, Mrs. Walter Reed will sing wo numbers, "Afton Waters" and 'The Veteran's Song." Miss Lawler will sine "Com Back to Erin," and "K1U- arney;''' Mr. . Crowther, "The Land of . Hop and Glory and "The song or tne Bows;" - and Miss Brown "Th Maple ; Leaf." .',."". Th hall Is to be decorated and -after . th concert refrshments will be served from four different booths, which are to be tastefully decorated by tha different v sections of the Brltlah empire. ' A " well known trand opera Impres ario recently sought an audience with , Mm. Elxa Sxamosy,' who" was one of the alternating Drlma donnas with ; Henry W. Savage's "Madam Butterfly'; -corrtpany, and offered her a guarantee , (Continued on Page Fifty-On.) Kanaas City Is the headuarters of six International organisations of or (ratilxed lahor, having a combined mem bership of nearly 200,000. ; Tha organ isations are the Railway -Carmen, Rail r Clerks, Rrotherhood of " Leather wnrkers. Ilrotherhrod of Boilermakers, tn VhFft Biota I workers and the Coop r' lutci national untoa. iiPi f 1K lit 1ID m Itsfe Crai Mk We'd Like to Have You Come Today, 'twould be Better for You Too, For There Arc More Lots Today Than Therd'H Be Tomorrovv. But i you can't make arrangements to go out today,, call' us Up THIS MINUTE, and state when you can go, , t - v t , M ! , Belle Crest is only a few minutes from the heart of the city; you reach it by the East Ankeny xar line, or we'll send an uto to take you out.- Your Sunday would be well spent 'if you took this opportunity to view. Belle Crest. , You'd see one of the grandest residence plats in the world, and readily see the advantages it affords for good investment. ' rfMM I if . Graded , ' Remember that .'in the contract for Belle Crest lots we agree to grade the streets put in cement side walks and pipe'in Bull Run water, FREE. All you. have to do atter you purchase the lot-is -to. keep. up the. very moderate payments, , . , , ' You lon-have to worry about grading, water and sidewallymprovement taxes,. And the price you pay for one of these lots now would not make the .improvements that go with them if you had to do it, -yourself. v" 1 kr . , Make up your, mind that you'll investigate this proposition.tTis a splendid chance ; for investment: or a fine start for av home of your own. : Just decide ;'that' you'in'take some of the money you're spending and buy real estate, v Why, all you have to pay is now Only p.Ca, Down Cement Sidewallis Free , The beauty pf Belle Crest cannot be explained to, you till you have seen with your own eyes the won derful advantages it possesses. - Broad, gently-slop-; ing streets, edged by perfectly-constructed cement sidewalks, plenty of splendifj i shade trees that .you don't, have to plant. 1 !, ' 1 ; And Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens seem but a stone's throw away, while in the dim distance, looms Mount Baker and Mount Rainier. The Alameda,' a very broad street, eighty feet wide, runs clear across the plat, from east to west, "and Hill Crest Drive sweeps in graceful lines all along the southern boundary, - Oh, it will be. living to re side at Belle Crest, and you can 'own your home for , A Few Dollars a Monlh Come out today. , Well be at the end of the East Ankeny car line to meet you. i Bull Run Water Free Good health is sure to be one of the most promi nent characteristics of Belle , Crest residents. The pure air,' the pleasant surroundings and the purest water in the world will .have much to do with their comfort. , ' ; ' . r, ; Then, too, they'll haye'Jittle Jo 'worry them, be cause they'H only have" to watch'their money grow."." A small investment now will sfirely mean several " thousand dollars in a few years, for this is destined . to be one" of the! most desirable residence suburbs of , Portland. - : v ' Call at our office and we'll give you the names of fi several persons who have bought and sold at a profit' , in the last few weeks.. ' - 1 v ' ' Make it your opportunity to get started before they increase more in value, and make money with ¬ out, working for it. , Buy Belle, Lrest now while ; j . IPs Easy fo Buy "JAGOBS81 PHONES BELL MAIN 359; HOME A-28H , 1NB. GOo FIFTH FLOOR SWETLA'ND BUILDING . -v.