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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING; SEPTEMBER 8, 1907.
in of the Bteers-Coman management
and one that will mark them thoroughly
unafraid to launch mammoth efforts In
the mimical world will be the bringing
west of the New York Symphony or
chestra under Walter Damroach's man
agement. Mr. DamroRCh himself wan
surprised at the request, as they have
never before been bought up for nioro
than five days at a time and they nre
now bought for two weeka outright.
This will doubtlesa be one of the great
fat musical events ever known In the
northwest, for no American orcheatra
except the lioaton Symphony can excel
or even ecjimi the New York aggrega
tion. Damroitnh la one of the bent
known conductors that ha ever como
to America. A splendid soprano soloist
will accompany the orchestra.
NE of the most unfortunate things
with which Portland has to deal
In the advancement of its mu-
alcal life la the tendency among
lta own neoplo to "knock" Its
advantages. Portland may be at the
end of the world, the Jumplng-off place,
the threshold Into the orient, or what
ever you choose to call It, but In all
limited spacos filled with an ever-Increasing,
ever-spreading, ever-restless
people, the end, the confines, will be
found in time.
"Westward the course of empire"
you hear the schoolboy orator declaim,
and he believes It Then he has more
of the faith and more of the loyalty
which will help In this eame westward
movement than dozens of you hHve.
You admit that the people are coming
weat, that Portland Is a haven of
beauty-and fievdum, but you will Dot
admit that anything good comes here
In the line of well, say music, for In
stance. If business men see the advan
tage of this country. If neople desiring
a restful, calm home will coinu here,
why should not artlnta of the first
frade come? Hut It Is lamentably true
hat many will not admit the possibil
ity. If Melba comes here, It must be
because her volco Is falling her and
she cannot get audiencea elsewhere. If
Kosentual comes, that means surely
that the splendid notices with which
the newspapers all over the world have
been bristling were "fnke" or "bought
up." If an operatic company appears
with some sucn name aa K'ordlca head
ing lta list of Binders, that must mean
that all the money has been paid to
her and the rest of too artists muat
be even worse than mediocre. And so
It goes. It la email wonder that Im
presarios undertake with hesitation to
bring artists across the continent for
the appreciative few to hoar.
I have heard people who claimed to
be of the musically elite say they would
not attend this or the other concert be
cause It seemed too good to be true
that such an artist would come clear
out to Portland, and there must be
something the matter. Would It not be
Just aa easy to exui. In the good for
tune that brought them here? And la
It not only Just to give to the Impre
sarios the credit for making some sac
rifices to bring such artists? There
may not be a wealth of money In
bringing these musicians west. In fact.
I am told that In about half tho cases
the managers come out lust even, but
they are willing to do the work that
these attractions may be secured and
Portland be placed on the Hat with i
cities tflat can command me Desi. ixoi
all the best but of the best.
Incidentally Portland Is gradually
being added to all managerial lists aa
a musically appreclatve town and la
regularly considered as a possible field
for touring artlats. It Is far away, but
on artist after another has expressed
admiration for and appreciation of tho
warmtn of reception received, and most
have expressed a desire to come again.
This Is an advance not due to your
knocker.
Yea. we Portlanders may say. "We
cannot expeci 10 gei me uem neru, wo
muat go to New York to be In the at
mosphere." But the atmospherically
elect of New York say, "This Is so
plebeian, so American; we munt go to
Europe to get atmosphere." And in the
name wise Englanders must go to Ger
many, and Germans to Italy, and It In
hard to say where Italians must go
So it seems that to bo a connoisseur
you must morelv sniff at what you can
?et. and sigh for other worlds. It is
tist possible that the Hawallans may
think they should come to Portland to
hear the good music the world has to
offer.
Anyone who has lived here for 10, IB
or 20 years will appreciate the rapid
strides Portland hns made in that time
nay. even in tho last five years
toward attaining a more elevated mu
Meal goal. A short time ago they could
not hear the world's famous artists
wltnout going as rar east as Chicago.
Simultaneously the standard of local
music has been raised. A few of the
pioneers In music nave worked lncea
santly toward raisin the standard, and
It must be with satisfaction that they
review the present condition. They
have known what It really was to be
utterly nevoia or musical advantages,
and they are not the ones who now
knock what Portland Is able to offer.
They accept cheerfully and exultantly
wnat tnev can got. And It la through
the cheerful and persistent support of
nui ii nil iin:nn ii ni iiiuin hum ill n r H
rtlsts come each vear nnil that the
s to fortisnn s cnances inrniith
One might say something of the mu
sicians who are constantly coming In
to make their homes In Portland, who
bring good press notices and are as
nlgped some place of prominence In the
world of music outside of Portland.
Why say always the first thing. "It
he Is so good, why does he come to
Portland?" It is because he knows
better than some of .ts old Inhabitants
the advantages of a growing city with
a splendid musical name within reach
of manv of the world's bent attractions
and with the promise of hecomlng the
musical center of the Pacific coast. Tt
the only city In the northwest fnat
has such a name, and Its possibilities
arc unlimited.
ick, one of the youngest of the choir
Hnaers, won so much favor last season
In her substitute work that she has
been given a permanent position In the
Temple Beth Israel choir. Mrs. Pau
line Miller Chapman of Forest Grove Is
a new singer for Portland. The per
sonnel r some of the leading choirs
Is as follows:
First Presbyterian Miss Ethel M.
Lytle, soprano; Mrs. Walter Reed, alto;
Clare C. Richard, tenor. IViiu J. Ziin,
baritone; Edgar E. Coursen, organist
and director.
First Baptist Miss Kathleen Lawler,
opiano; Miss Ethel 8hea, alto; J. W.
Belcher, tenor and llrector; Carl Robin
son, baritone.
Grace Methodist Miss Grace Camp
bell, soprano; Mrs. Reno Hutchinson,
alto; Fred T. Pierce, tenor; George H.
Street, baritone; William M. Wilder, pr
gMtilst and director.
First Congregational Mrs. Pauline
Miller Chapman, soprnno and director;
Mrs. W. A. T. Bushong, alto; tenor, un
certain; W. A. Montgomery, baritone;
Mls Alda Broughlon, organist
Temple Beth Israel Miss Ed win a
Mastlck, soprano; Mrs, Imogens Hurdlng
Brodle, nlto; Clare T Richards, tenor;
Iorn J. Zan, baritone and director; Miss
Alda Hroughton. organist.
W. 11. Boyer will have charge of the
Taylor Street Methodist choir and will
have a chorus. Mrs. Kathryn I.lnehan
Johnson will he organist and director
of the First Christian choir and Miss
I.ina Llnehan so;runo and director of
the Hawthorne Park Presbyterian
church.
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-V TORWEGIAN SINGERS
1 N Gain Glory at Regatta,
her father came Into the music room he
found her harmonizing one of the
dances from memory From that tlmo
i-he took up her studies regularly and
progressed rapidly and at a very young
age composed. She Is the writer of
the Venezuelan national hymn, which
she wrote when she was a mere girl.
Her first public appearance was In New
York at 9 years and her successes from
that time on were uninterrupted. Since
becoming a woman and gaining ma
turity she Is one of the most eagerly
sought artists, and Portland will Indeed
be fortunate In securing her.
George Hamlin, tenor, will be the
FOREST GROVE HAS
Brilliant Prospects.
According to the statement of Pro
fessor Frank T. Chapman he Is receiv
ing letters of Inquiry irom all over the
whole northwest as to the conserva
tory, and from the peoplo who have
already listed with the Pacific universi
ty conservatory of music It Is conclud
ed that Ihls will be a banner year for
the music department.
The conservatory has been going for
ward with rapid strides ever since Mr.
and Mrs. Chapman took charge, and de
er can have. For It matters not how
splendid a voice a man or woman may
have; If his pupil cannot show advance
under his Instruction he might as well
have a mere croak. Oftentimes supe
rior teachers are those who could never
make a success at concert singing. AH
the princlplos and theories of building
up a good volco may be thelrB, the
appreciation of material; the knowledge
of placing and developing it; and that
Is nil that la necessary. They will
never be able to sing their own way
Into the hearts of the public, but they
can sing through their pupils. and
through their works will they become
known. Witness Marches!. Through
Melba, Ramos, Nevada and such of her
pupils she has become world-renowned.
Indeed It is often true that the most
beautiful singers are not good teachers.
They may have natural voices that lend
themselves easily to training and yet
be unable to take to pieces another
less fortunate voice, point out the
flaws, and apply Just the remedy need
ed. They can usually detect faults In
others but cannot always correct them.
H
EILIG ATTRACTIONS
Number Musical Artists
The Helllg management will launch
Itself Into the sea of mimical ventures
this season for the first time in earnest
The past two or three years it has
brought a few musical attractions In
addition to its theatrical offerings, and
has made It possible to have grand
opera In Portland. This year it had
made arrangements with the Great
Western Lyceum and Musical bureau,
and will offer some splendid opportuni
ties to music lovers.
Some of tho musicians have been In
Portland before. Only two seasons ago
Jan Kubellk, called the Pattl of tho
violin, won Portland hands down, so to
speak. Paderewskl has been here more
than once, and his fame will bear repe
tition any number of times. Madame
Louise Homer. America's famous alto,
for six years past one of the Metropol
itan opera house queens, will make her
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The Saengerfest at Astoria this year
was said to have been the bet ever
given in the state. The chorus con
sisted of 200 voices, which were man
aged exceptionally well and there Is
much praise for Mr. fcperatl, the direc
tor, to whom all give much credit for
the success of the performance. An
Astoria critic wsxed most enthusiastic
and said, "Professor Speratl is a won
der as a director and welded the voices
of the singers Into one volume of grand
tone which thrilled the audience to In
tenseness." Two of the soloists were
Portlnnd musicians and were highly
praised. Those who know of their work
liere will readily agree with the critic's
words:
Madame Norein made herself a
thorough favorite with music lovers by
the sweetness of her voice and tho del
icacy of her manner on the stage. She
Is a very attractive woman aside from
her talent and the applause given her
on Sunday bid fair to tax her patience
irom its persistence. She responded to
numerous encores and sang songs which
made the audience thrill with the beau
tiful intonations of her voice." And
"Dr. Enna, the magician of the piano,
made a big hit with his talent."
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CHURCH CHOIRS SHOWj
Interesting Changes
Much of the interest among musi
cians is centered each fall In the filling
up of the prominent choir positions of
the city. A few of the old choir singers
and organists have dropped out of work
this winter notably among them Mrs.
Rose Bloch Bauer, whose health has
demanded that she give up all her
music work tor the present.
Among the choirs there have been
many chnnges and new combinations
have been formed. One lnterestinc one
that combines two voices which have
not been heard together before places
Miss Ethel Lytle and Mrs. Walter Reed
In the First Presbyterian church. Miss
Lytle Is one of the most popular church
sopranos in the city and the past two
vnut-e alio him Mnnir with I!km TTfhnl
EhcijFTvith whom her voice blended beau-
STEERS-COMAN GIVE
Splendid Music Season
The Lois Steers-Wynn Coman man
agement has arranged its season pro
gram for this year and is offering an
unusually strong combination. For
merly their season has included four
attractions with an occasional extra,
but this year five concerts will be
given on the season ticket.
Madame Teresa Cnrreno, pianist, will
be one of the best offerings the man-
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Madame NorollI and Dr. Enna, Soloists, at the Saengerfest.
next of their attractions. Mr. Hamlin
spent last year In concert tours of Eu
rope and sang with conspicuous success
So seldom is a good tenor heard that
Mr. Hamlin's coming will be welcomed
gladly. His voice Is of a baritone
quality and It was he who first In
troduced Richard Strauss' songs to
America, his own country.
Madame Charlotte Maconda will be
the woman vocalist of their season. She
Is an American coloratura soprano of
artistic attainments and her successes
in the east have been wildly enthusi
astic. She has been fairly compared
with manv of the greatest artists of
the day, though her name is somewhat
newer.
The Olive Meade string nuartet will
furnish the stringed music of the sea
son and no better attraction could be
asked for. The quartet is thoroughly
Kathleen Lawler. who usually
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Bing9 Willi 4U I D jwtru, I cirtinn lid muni
tion In the First Baptist church and
singing with her Is Miss Lytle's com
monly accepted- opposite, . Miss. Shea.
Mra. Fletcher Linn, who has for years
been the sonrano of the First Presby
terten church, has rone to the Flfst
Unitarian church. A new elnser who
haa come to the front from a small
church and promises to attract much
favorable attention now that her voice
will be heard in a more representative
Church, la Miss Grace Campbell at
Grace Methodist. Mlsa Edwlna, Mast-.
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spite the fact that they were abroad
last year the enrollment was very large.
W hile in Europe Mrs. Chapman spent
the summer an the guest nnil pupil of
Madam Etelka Gerster. the celebrated
coloratura singer, ut her villa und sum
mer home, Bologna, Italy. In the fall
she began her voice work with G. It.
Lampertl, Europe's great voice teacher,
und with him she continued her study
until returning to America, In Berlin
her voice was in great demand. Be
sides her work with the conservatory,
Mrs. Chapman has been engaged as so
loist and choir director for the First
Congregational church of Portland.
Professor Chapman, who also studied
and taught abroad, will resume his work
as piano and violin Instructor at the
Pacific conservatory and ho has added
some ppltal talent to the corps of the
department. Miss Frances Sheeny of
Portland who studied under Sherwood
und other renowned artists, will be first
nsslstant in piano; Miss Frnneess Clapp
Miss Alice Sewall and Miss Reiser will
be assistants.
Miss Gladys Hartley who has been
a student under well known artists and
has been conducting a very successful
conservatory at her home in Hood River
and Miss Maude Shannon, a student of
Madame Norelll and others, have been
engaged to asBlst in voice culture.
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of the Antipodal, South Africa. Aus
tralia, Tasmania and New Zealand was
most successful and In America ha has
been hailed as an artist. Among- his
pupil who have acquired fame are M"lss
Edith Kirk, contralto, winner of the
gold medal at the Royal College of
Music In Iyondon. and who was com
manded to sing before Kins; Edward at
Hucklngham Palace; Miss Connie Fisher,
Miss Florence Hooper, Walter Olden
shaw, Thomas Hall. Frank Reardon and
S. Gatty Sellars, all operatic or oratorio
singers or more or less distinction.
Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller left last Fri
day for New York City, where she will
pursue her vocal studies for a year
under the best masters. Mrs. Miller
Is a pupil of Mrs. Walter Reed and Is
one of Portland's best contraltos. She
Is well known in musical circles, hav
Ing been the contralto and choir dl
rector for the past thjee years of
Westminster rrespyterian cnurcn cnoir.
Mrs. Pauline Miller Chapman has re
turned to Forest Drove after a year
abroad and her voice Is said to have ex
panded and acquired much polish in
that time. She has been selected solo
soprano at the First Congregational
church, a position hard to fill after the
many years Mrs. Rose Dloch-Uauer held
It with such ability, yet her voice prom
ises to give satisfaction.
Miss Grace Kemp, the organist at the
First Baptist church the past four or
five years, had said she would give up
the work this year because she had been
undertaking too much. The requests
from the church people that she return
have been so many and Insistent, how
ever, that she Is talking of relinquishing
some of her pupils Instead to take up
her church work again.
Harold Vincent Mllllgan, the clever
young organist and pianist, who
wont to New York last March,
will remain there this winter In
study with the well - known Wil
liam Carl. Mr. Mllllgan has a remu
nerative church position in Orange. New
Jersey, one of the fashionable suburbs
of New York. His work has attracted
much favorable comment.
Miss Clara Lewys, one of the best
known and most popular voice teachers
of Seattle, may settle in Portland this
winter. Miss Iewys is still In doubt
whether she will go to Europe for study
this year or spenu a year first In Port
land She Is a soprano of much ability.
Miss Dorothea Nash, pianist, has
spent the cummer In Germany and
Italy. Sh.i took up the Leschltltzky
method with one of his most eminent
students and has Incorporated It into
her work. MIhh Nash will return to her
work the first of October.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Glfford Nash spent
their vacation on the family ranch at
Nashville Oregon They have returned
tn Ihwlr fllil nl Twenlv thirH nnH Trv.
' Ing streets, and Mr Nash has reopened
his hnndsome studio at Filers Piano
House
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The Spltzner Philharmonic society
will begin orchestra practice October 8
The first concert will be given In No-
eniher.
' Miss Ada Alice Tuttle has reopened
! her piano studio at 4 1 Stenrns build
ing, corner of Sixth and Morrison
streets.
EmU Thlolhorn, violinist. has re
turned from Seattle anil hus taken
rooms at .130 Pine street, corner of Sev
enth. William Wallsce Graham, violinist.
has returned from a vacation trip to
j his country home and Is at ols home
st udlo.
I Mrs Katrina McCord Is a singer who
! has blossomed out Into public life the
past summer She has been in Port-
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PARTIES
Earl Scfton Puts Endto
Practice That Has An- !
noyed Society. :
London, Sept. 7. The Earl of Sefton,.
who recently resigned the mastership
of the horse because of his disapproval
of the policy of the Liberal government
which appointed him to that office, haa
taken another step which may be of
vastly greater Importance In English ,
life. - s
This is the season when country house
and shooting visits are the order of the
day and when the question of tips an
nually becomes a burning topic Com- ,
plaints are heard on every aid that
the necessity of giving big gratuities
to the servants and gamekeepers of
wealthy friends who Invite one to
house or shooting party makea the aa
ceptance of such hospitality burden
some to the man of moderate mean.
pound note, and every other menial
counts upon a tip entirely out of pro
portion to the services be render to
the guests. i
Counting the cost of guns, cartridges
and other disbursements one haa to
make for a week's shooting, the ex
pense has been calculated to run up.
at times, tn as high as 1500. This la
ono outside estimate, but the average
expenditure for gratuities to servants)
ts given by competent authorities as
HO-
For years Englishmen who shoot. In 1
one sense of the term, at their friends''
exnensti. hnve veAmed for a host whn
would veto tips to servants and thereby -
set a fashion which everybody would T
follow.
Such an Innovator has arisen In the".
person of Lord Sefton, who recently
twiil a shouting party at his Abbestead
estate, which Included the Prince ot.-
Wales and the liuke of Roxburghe.
The luichess of Roxburghe and Ijidy
Herbert, widow of Sir Michael Herbert,
were among the ladles invited to meet
tho prince. In all the guest rooms of -
i.orn ermn s resiaertrs mer was ms
played a notice that no gratuities
should be given to any servant!
While the example set In such a higtl
quarter has met with approval. It Is
not accepted as fully meeting the need.
'W hat h the use of such a move on ths
purt of the Earl of Sefton 7" is a sited
by some of the sufferers from the tip
ping nuisance. Every man who visits
the noble lord has his own valet and
every woman guest a maid .of her own.
Such gnosis are not in the habit of giv
ing tips, and poorer members of society
will have to go on making gratuities as
heretofore unless the example Of Lord '
Sefton is generally followed."
land for two or three years, but haa not
used her splendid operatic voice in pub
lic, so that few knew of her ability. She
has a good operatic record behind her
and will be welcomed as a valuable ad
dition to musical circles.
Dr. Emll Enns, the new pianist re
cently from Ienver, has a studio at
Ellers Piano House.
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Mrs. Imogen Harding Brodle has re
opened her studio at 311 Eleventh
street.
On Account.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
John I. Rockefeller has asked for his
$73.95 witness fees. The government
might credit him on account with that
much leaving a balance of $29,239,
626. 0i still due and unpaid.
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Mrs. Lulu Dahl Miller, Who Haa Gone to New York for Study.
agement haa yet given, for Carreno is
almost universally conceded the great
eat Qf wamen planlata. She is a Vene
suclan and is one of the "child prodi
gies" who remained a prodigy after at
taining maturity a rare thing indeed'
in these' days of "wunderktnder." H$r
talent made itself known when she was
only 3 years old. She overheard a
musician playing some Polish dances
for her 16-year-old sister. She sat up
in- bed In the next room and listened
with delight and the next day. when
artistic In Its work and has secured an
enviable position in the public mind.
They fill all the engagements formerly
gfveh to the Kfielsel quartet, which was
doubtless the best and most sought
after quartet In the country. Now that
the Kneisels have given up touring they
consider, and the public considers, the
Meades their natural successors, and the
men players show every courtesy and
pay every compliment to the succeeding
women players.
But doubtless the greatest undertak-
lATTT DONS WEF.nS
As Stage Mourner I
Patti, the unconquerable, has fallen
a victim to the Insidious harmonies of
Franz Lehar's great musical success,
"The Merry Widow." and has given u
performance for her friends at which
she played tho title role in her private
thca-tro at Cralg-Y-Nos.
Traveling from Paris recently, where
she had appeared at Jean De Reszkes
theatre, she was forced to stop over
night In Rerlln. At dinner tho hotel
orchestra played a walti which so fas
cinated tho great singer that she mado
inquiries to learn Its name. Finding
that It was the "Siren Waltz" from
'The Merry Widow" she at once sent
for a score, looked through tho parts
while en route to Stockholm and wired
her musical director to engage a corn
Detent cast for an early production, add
ing that she would essay the role of
Sonla. the dashing widow. On her re
turn to England all arrangements had
been made and she sang the title role
of "The Merry Widow" to a large audi
ence composed of her society and musi
cal friends, to whom Invitations had
been Issued.
All Europe Is "Merry Widow" rami
and Americans returning from abroad ,
are unanimous In the prediction that
when Henry W. Savage produces the)
tuneful Viennese operetta at tne iNew
Amsterdam theatre In October, its
vogue hore will rival the success it
has attained in the European cities.
Estelje Bloomfleld, one of the prima
donnas last year In "Madam Rutterfly,"
will sing one of the leading roles.
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TEACHER'S RESULTS
His Best Advertisement
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Ry his works shall ye know him."
That Is a good thing for music teach
ers to remember. A stranger who has
just come to Portland to take up his
work of vocal Instruction has grasped
the force of this saying, and the clr
etiiare he has tssued let the publlo
know who he is and what he will do
contain little of himself directly. A
whole page is given over to names of
his most accomplished pupils, however,
and what they have done. One Is in
an operatic company here, another In
a church there, and some have attained
honorB abroad.
This la the best advertisement a teach-
first western tour. She Is one of the
royal favorites tn Kngland with
Mug and queen, and her operatic work
lias been only among tl.e hlggest roles.
Maude 1'nwcll, tl..- d.ilnty vlulln art
ist, unquestionably the best woman vio
linist America has produced, is an Illi
nois woman, whose youth, skill, artistic i
temperament and pretty ways have won '
her general favoritism. She Ib one of
the champions of American music, and
Includes many American composers In j
her repertoire.
Herbert Wllherspoon. basso. Is a New I
Yorker, ImtTils successes extend to both j
sides of the Atlantic. A particular fa-
vorlto with Chicago, he Is one of the,
soloists with tho Thomas orchestra, and'
ang nine times then' last season. He i
will open the season with a tour of!
Greut llrltaln, and then will tour Amer- 1
lea, remaining this year out of opera, I
In which he has made great success.
Madame Ulllan Iilauvelt is another
American whoso successes abroad have '
been almost unlimited. She has re-
cetved royal honors In Kngland, and Is ;
the onlv woman who wears the medal !
of the Society of pt. Cecelia of Rome, j
She was a violinist before she became a :
singer, and Is thoroughly musical. Her '
successes In Covont garden have been
most marked.
The last announcement of this hu- I
reau s attractions Introduces the Chi- '
cago Symphony orchestra, with 85
pieces, under the baton of Alexander
Von Flelltz. conductor. Von FMHz's
name Is by no means new to the musical
world, known not only for his skill as
conductor, but for his compositions In
opera, and for Instruments and voice.
Tills the Ilelllir management expects to
make one of the finest things the west
has ever experienced. A festival of
two n I f ; 1 1 1 n and a matinee Is to be ar
ranged, and negotiations are pending to j
secure Mordlca, Shannah, Cummlng,
Puff, the basso; Janet Spencer, con- '
trnlto, and Johnson, Jackson or Towne.
tenors, as soloUts. There Is talk of i
securing choruses of voices from neigh- i
boring towns to Join In the festival. ;
and from this to build up something,
mat win in tune equal tne ramous Cin
cinnati festivals.
In addition to these, the Helllg man- I
agement will bring Cnlve, who needs no j
introduction to Portland audiences to
make her name known. She Is helm;
toured bv John Cort, manager of the
Northwest Theatrical association. tf
which Mr. Helllg Is presidenti and
which furnishes the attractions for the .
theatre.
Madam Butterfly, the charming Japa- 1
nese opera bv tho Italian Puccini, Is as- i
sured for this vear. and will he given
a warm welcome, especially by those :
who went last year to ell three produc- !
ti.ms and learned to like It more each
time. The operatic season Is not alto
gether provide, for yet. but efforts ac
heiriir made to bring the San Carlos
Opera companv acaln this vear. "The1
"Merry Widow." the new' operatic sensa
tion, a Viennese composition, which has
ct F.nrope on fire, and will have Its
dehor In New York soon. Is almost as
sured us. Altogether, this will he by
far the richest season musical! v Port
land has enjoyed.
ITEMS OP INTEREST.
DON'T MISS THE,
ELECTRIC COOKING DISPLAY
AT THE PURE E00D SHOW
Sec the Electric Kitchenette and Sample
the Dainties Cooked by Electric Current
Miss Leonora Fisher, organist, has
gone to New York for six months of
study. Miss Alda Broughtnn. her ad
vanced pupil, will fill her place as or
ganist of Temple Beth Israel and the
First Congregational church. ...liss
Fisher left about three weeks ago, but
went onlv to Detroit, when she had to
return on account of severe illness.
She left again last week.
A. Musgrove Itobarts, an English
baritone. Is 'another singer to be added
to Portland's circle this year. Mr.
Robarts has excellent press notices from
New York. He has sung in the prome
nade concerts at Covent Garden, St.
James' Hall and Crystal Palace In Lon
don, and for many choral and orchestral
societies throughout England. His tour
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Electric Hat Irons
Electric Radiators
Everything for the
Household
If you do it yourself
it will be right
Standing over a hot fire
is uncomfortable and
unhealthful
ELECTRIC
BROILING
is entirely
different
There is no heat except
where it is needed
The Electric Broiler
eznables yon to do It yourself
C m&k Staple
Sale VviM Durable
Can be connected to
the electric circuit by
any capable wireman
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partment, 147-149 Seventh Street.
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