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Newspaper Page Text0 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 10, 1001 tX I : - v. J v . cm ., Hi J, 1 x urtiati t th Grand opera ar much a aalnry of IJoO pr month. Mlla, urandjaaa f z,00 per annum and lima, Jiaglon il.Tti par annum, Tha follow mi laaiea raoaiva null par annum aacn: Mlaa IJndsay. Mlla. Verlnt, Jtllla. Hatto ana utmouirMi," tn. 'Alvarea oalvaa 1110 pr month, Mtmri, Ielma ana Anra raoaiva ii,io par annum, aaob and ii. Nota 1.120 Dr annum. It la polatad out that for hla aaUrf of 13,160 par annirm M. Affra onl aamr Limea in ivua. una hhi oniv aana; S tlmaa, whlla another- artlat. jniia, isorvo wno, it la true, only re- oeivea 1400 a year only . aana Ulna tlmea, Mlla, iloppo aanf II tlmea tor 1720. . --The ladlea' of the ballet are paid aoeoraina; to yi poaitton -tney noia. Mma. Zambelll. tha premiere danaeuia, re-aivee'l.8 pr year. Next to her cornea Mlla, flandrlm, with 11.200 par year. xnn roiiowa a wnoie rirmament of minor atara at aalarlea ranging from othera. Taaya hag probably fhe great fat nutna -thnt la ha hna been heralded lot the longeat time and over the moat ground aa tha greatcat. Many wUl not agree to that, though. They think that A'rltg Krelaler la the grvateat and moat aatlafactory. .. . , t : . ' ltut It-la tha anme way in tha piano WorliL PadrrnwakUa the arrrateat In point of name,' probably. Uveryone anowa or mm, tnougn tnor may never have - heard of Harold Bauer, Km 11 Bauer, uaaip Oabrllowltech. Joaef llof man. Morlt Koaenthal. - Leonold (Jo. flowery, Itlonard Buhllg, Balnt-Baena, Aiara liamDourg ana otoera or nice repu tation. That la hecaune raderawakl wag better advortlaed. Hut It la only tha popular aentlment that grant him hla Diace aa the world'e areateaL Tha dla. criminating musician prefera to hear many othera whoaa work la mora aeri- oua ana more progreaaive, more free from ahama and none. Tel never, will that title, "the rreateat filanlat In tha woria, leave tne red neaaea roie, mm i FLA11R01VS PN THIRTY DAVO TRIAL I486 to U0O per Annum. An ordinirr I Ihouch don mr rlM &11 around him via iic--a i vi . i wi 'gf u ubjiqi i wv3 rvaj aja i guiu vuiii v f3 i vntvi , ITIS year when the Musical Coar j ur ana ouipr musical papers have bean making auch a great exposure of the planoflrma-and , . T , 'artlata deal, . the . policy of the ' Steinway house take on new algntfl ; . canea, The Steinway,, house baa been tourinf , otijy American artlata thla . year. t, It la only Utely that the' facta of the foreign artists' visits to America have been made public. Now practically every one knows that It la nothing; mora , or lesa than the bidding of one piano house agalnat another and that tha blgtv eat bidder geta tha artists to play Ita piano. Then the artist writes nla lit tle testimonial ' Baying that ' auch and auch plane la the beat ha Baa aver played on ' and algna hla name. , Sometime nig testimonial la non-com-. rolttal and can be transferred to another tha next aeason without any Qualm of . conscience; but tba conscience doea not bother very much anyway when aalved over with a contract of anywhere from f .0,000 to 1100,000 for tne eeaaon a work. Thia contract, then, la entered under the legitimate advertising tx . penaea of tha piano house. Hut the companies thetnielvea are getting sick of thia procedure. They are beginning to realise that the advertising ia worth lltUe to Uiem after alL for of what good ia a testimonial that ia re peated In exactly the same words by the same man for another piano tha fol lowing year And eaan year the ar tist's terma hav been growing higher. For a rival firm must offer the pianist a trifle mora for hla prevarication, and then it the flrat one wiehea to- retain him he must raise that bid again. The piano house that aecurea tha artlat inure Mm and tries as beat it 'can to make good ita losses, which It never does, for tt takea a huge aum of money to tour an artlat. , '. -' Heretofore tha more foreign the artlat the more eagerly would the piano houses Jump at him, knowing that the moat for-ela-n looking man with tha moat foreign name would draw the blggeat crowd of Americana. 'And thia waa partly blatn able for tha oolnees with which Ameri cans treat their own artists, and partly aalary ranging from 96 to 171 per an num, and werka very hard for tha money, . . , . The Opera. Comlque la a far greater rinanciai success than tha orana opera, perhapa becauaa ita expensea are not ao heavy. The report bestowa unstlnt- -q praise on tne -manager, At. carro. Tha total recelpta for the 1904-07 sea son amount to 1101,149. The hlgheat recelpta, were made with "Jdanon YaauA haa been i mit violinist ha I ia yet wnen no ao wiua it- nut uira a certain ptanlat about whom so much haa been aald la criticism, ha can play ao "slonnlly' sometimes, and can ao ao utterly to nieces in his effort to pleaaa the popular ear that ha doea not nava inaisDUtaoie Claim to tne tiua. But that, ! believe, is one thing not to I be said or Kubeiik. Ha floea not oater cheaply to the publlo Uste. He playa I which Was given it times, the average I his best, and wlahea to do hla beat and recelpta for each performance being I playa with taste and musicianship. . But I34. The next biggest houses were I ir there ia anything lacking it la aoul drawn by 'Varmen' 'Travlata," "Le Vie da Boheme," "Werther,". "Ariane," "Mme. Butterfly' and "Fortunlo." Tha opera uomique haa an annual suDscrip tlonllst exceeding 111,120. "The best raid artlat of tha Opera Comlque la M. Clement,-' who receives j fioo per month. Then come M. ueyle witn HJ9 per montn, M. iucien rugtre 200 per month, M. Dafrauna 160 per month, it. Jean Perrler 120 per month, M, Delvoye fit and M. Vleullle 10. Miss Mary Oardon receives 280 per month, MJle. Prlcba 1140 and Mme. Caron or Mlla. ITalla JUtvlnne 40 for earn perorrmance. past few years. He la still growing In years ana in his art. ana win nroDaoiv reach much higher height before he la aone. s LL-JUDGED NOISE Destroying a Picture An editorial front tha Musical Cou rler la ao good that -It la cooled here. ? pfu"l 0peT.fc Coml'ue The aame matter haa been apoken of on laat year, after deducting all expenses of management and the cost of new scenery, were 5,120." UTHFUL PIANISTE Creates Small Sensation Madame Teresa Carreno to Play at the- Heillc February S. the boy to bla home to atudy. He was afterward taken up by the Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg and installed as court pianlat at their Caatle Wllle grad. He haa alnce played in every country in Europe and South America. He married Into ona Of tha old Knl'cker- h7.-- , L.-rW1? ..SaiM0Ck 'mllies two years ago and has fJ?SA!L!!. b bro Play'" With the great St'S. JS; tt'S '?22J orchestnta of Europe7 pfinclpally iS the k ..... V,.r i 'i production or nia own compositions. brJ??jTKflZKZZll9i!?mZr5i Ernest Hutcheaon la at the head Of u. u ?l?Y tRjSJnli th P-body Institute of Baltimore. Al- lhiii6 ?elh?aJ--il? though an 'Australian by birth Hutcn- inrMm Jl ?,i!,h!r-t?ii2f-n,,11 Mon n American by adoption for he world. This house baa always toured i. Kw.n. . . a .... ; y i'. . . " 'i Bf im land liave ta backing was a significant rec ommendation. Therefore it la particu larly fortunate that tha change of policy should have atarted here. Thia year it has choeen four American artiata tor Ita toura. They are artists Who rrave been recognised all over Europe and only He SDends hia vacations right at home instead of running off to Europe and puts In much time compos ing. Hia aucceaa on hla American tour haa been great. w . Tha first rehearsal of tha DTJrbaao thus have won recognition In America. I concert - to be given at tha Marauam .ut .h,,.f te,,2way company beliavea theatre on or about February SJ, will that the tide will eoon turn, that Amerl- fllfc. ,. ,f vtimrm t.i can born prima donnaa who are now PIace at ElleT' "cltaJ ball next filling tha opera bouses of Europe will Thursday afternoon at t o'clock. Tha eventually be our favorites, and that women who have already offered their American pianists will soon command aervlcea are requested to be present the American patronage. - with instruments and mpale stands. rnnni uioomrieia iieisier neaaa tna -uwra urvnmirm ii- Ust of their attraoUona thla year. She trumant jand desiring to takepart in is a. Chlcaroan and la universally recog- thl benefit concert, under p'tTrbano'a niatd aa one of our beat pianlata and fn direction, are asked to send their namea Europe la considered to have few equala f"d, dares."8 to ottlce, 804 Flledner In either aex. She created a great sen- building, before Thursday, In order to nation in Parla noma years ago when tak PMt in tne fjrat rehearaaL aha conquered a hostile Parisian mob w that tried to break up bar concert be-j ' At the wedding of Miss Rachel 3a- CAUSO her - impresario had tha "ef'laAnhl TmnliT vanlnar -t t in h nrn. leen Lawler, Wednesday afternoon. Among Mlsa Howell's numbers will be the aria. "Ah. RendlmL" from "Mi- trane," and "My Heart Ia Weary,- from One of tha most remarkably talented children beard In years In Portland waa presented by W. GUford Nash Wed nesday evening at a private hearing at hla studio In Ellera' house. She ia Mlaa Oaia Bartlett, a g-irl of IB, who played a program that any ' grown musician might bava presented with pride in his accomplishment, . and played It with a confidence and masterliness that aroused enthuaiaetlo admiration. All who have beard tba child are agreed that a future of more than ordi nary prorolee awaits her. Ta her credit are placed a mind of great receptive and retentive power, a determination ana limuteaa patience to work, won derful strength and power. Individuality ana remaraaue teenmaue. The soul thla paga mora than once. Ona of tha most lnartlstlo tblnga aver aeen on tha ataga waa In connection with tba "Madam Butterfly" production. In which a beautiful scene waa ruined by bad Judgment and an undiscrlminatlng publlo, Tha effect of the beautiful humming aong at tha end of the aecond act In "Butterfly" baa not died ' away whan tha curtain goes down on the pathetic little Japaneae figure standing at the window through the long night watchea awaiting her lover. That music throbs and pulaatea through you with the pa thos of the acene. and as it dies awav in a gentle diminuendo you can aee aa piainiy aa II the curtain were atlll up the lonely little flurure at the window. Tou are lost In the dream picture, and tha illusion ia nerfect tha lla-hta are low, the music Is subdued, and a hunh haa fallen over the whole house. Then rudA awalrnnln unnUiiM bursts forth, hut you try not to hear It. and you feel that that figure is still standing at the window. But vou sud denly glance up, and to your surprise and almost horror she haa left her post to come and bow her thanks to Will give two numbers. L wondering iSJTrah r.ntedh.r "to " Th'Uaf teraau.V P the Madame Teresa C?.no will nla, her. iJSSJSS .Wlve l.W 2 !?A " February S at the Helllg and will ba the JJf""! h' "du."lJl "'JnX "till standing there in the , Sava Her Time Save Her Health Save Her Weary Steps , Save Her Temper - Save Her Complexion THE ONLY f lit IRON THAT WOMAN SHOULD USE . Fill in courjon and mail to usthe Iron will be delivered, with all necessary equipment, abso- lutely free of charge. i tnn ottt ooxTfoy awo Man; to ts todat Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. artarl aaa Aidav ata, lortlaad, Ot. Oeatlamani To may deUver to me ona Electrto Flatlron, Which I agree to try. and If unsatisfactory to me. to return to you within 10 daya from data of delivery If I do not return It at that tlma ypu may charge same to my account at $4.00. It la understood that no charge wUl be made for tha Iron if I return It within 10 daya. Kama ....... .....a .... Addresa HHinuikomtii BZPAXTaCZaTT 9 Coraan attractions. Thla la the road-j mm I 1st who Insisted oa playing an Amerl- f!.0' ,,r?in .the cnurch OTm ran piano and chose a concerto by Saint- e-aniat wUl be aa followe: Saena,.who waa then under a boycott Prelude ., Glasounow by the Musicians' union of Paris. The Barcarolle , Ifaulkes gendarmes bad to ba called to quell the Nocturne ..Pache rioter but the plucky American stuck Interlude ....... ;........... ..Duboie to her post and her program and won The wedding music from Lohengrin the. crowd la sheer .admiration, of her nd "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will Tit and renius: , , fjao be played. Richard Buhlir. the aecdnd on the list . w haa been Registering an unusual auo-1 Tha program at St David'a Episcopal Dlaced I k.. t.. .w . l. ,r. In a uvln h.nlr t h .-j ja5. . ."" JOSU send her to Europe for" fSrtlT atudy. IZ 52?$ JS her face' instead of tears in her even. and you have to go to' all the trouble or reaajuating. Really, it la unfortu nate. If the audlenca bad aat harfertlv atlll. without a sound of applause, tha com pliment would bava been a. hundr! times greater. The sinner or tha And If ever the aid of the public were given in a worthy cause it would be in mis case. The oroaram Wednesday onened with a masterly rendition of the Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue In D minor, a Huge composition played . then for the second time in Portland. Her memory waa taxed to the utmost in u.uivi; was uueu iu wie utmost in artrpaa that .n l" ...j. the commitment of thla work and ahe nce i?h..ih I. r&JZlZ ??.-ulZ wnrk.4 ihmii.h th. in e"ce to a hush ia far'greater than one worked through tha lan naasaaes un erringly with m. clean Dlavinr. Tha pnraamg and abadlng were excellent The absence of tonality, that ia the freaenoe or no definite key for any enath of time, makes it a difficult composition to memorise and play, and yet ahe played It remarkably and with musical expression a thing not often found in playera of Bach. The fan tasia movement waa esoeclallv well worked out A Chopin! Nocturne followed a mnnd poem of beauty and tenderness. The "Variations Bnllantea" fHhnnlnk with it. ia.poro.ie iigurauon was dona With wno Biartiea tnem Into a-mat mn anu There ia a reverence that expreases it aelf In silence only. I believe at Bay reuth they reooa-niza anm aurh nrla. Hple, and no applause la heard there from start to finish, and thora am nn rude interruDtions. The oniv thinvthat can be aa bad Is the lnartlstlo habit of encoring a sinrer In tha midst nf an act and making her repeat a number whose continuity and sequence with the real 01 me music ara nirt n i. beauty. But It will take a long time for the publlo to realise that silence ia somen, aaa mat The rraataat annra. elation ia not shown In the lars-aat The thirty days' trial offer applies only to con sumers of our Current. Electric Heating and Cooking Appliances on sale at compans supply department, 147-149 Seventh Street Phone Main 6688 or A5517 for Information BBAaTOK ) UAXX OBZOOV 4JXTT, OB. j ova mMAM axjasaix. TaUlCO VTXB, Herbert Wltherspoon, Basso, Com- ina; to Helllg. !K..75hiMCS! eburch where J. Hutchison assumes his ame'e flrat vlalt to PorUand and her ?ow? . J!F2uI.i0 .tn". 'mm- "ht r.. 18 .lwyB oeairoved by, the with Lesohetlaky.' His career In Europe haa been a aeriea of brilliant euccessea. Ho- la. a young, a tri kingly handsome man conversant in all the continental languages and literatures and exceeding ly brilliant- A . " Erneat Schelllna; Is a protege of Padcrewakl and waa Introduced aa lila only pppiL He waa born of a wealthy family near Philadelphia where they atill reside and hla brother ia professor of literature In .the University of Pennsylvania. In early youth he was went abroad o atudy and Paderewakl was mo taken with him that he Invited new duties aa organist today will be aa follows: ' Te Deum Laudamua ....Hopkins Jubilate . .SufUvan Offertory ....(.,..,....... Rhineberger ; Evensong ' Matins Magnificat Burnett Nunc Dlrnlttis Burnett Anthem ".Lead Me, Lead" . JL. Mlaa Clara .Howell, contralto, will give a varied and interesting program at her coming recital with Miss Kath- f () Hal ' ' iJ; a good deal of brilliancy though poaaibly S. . aha cntiM hin ,,aht a Ti.tf.. I UOlse, I Here ia what tha rmirW.n. played for the first time publicly in I ",Ri?har(1 Wagner had the inatlnct of Portland. Her third group opened wlih f. . P consistency, and never proved a dainty, old-fashioned 'Gavotte' by u.wlt5 I"or exactness than when he uiuci-uranma, piayea nere oy uannio-1 encores snouid mter- wnacn lose winter, una Drought out .""' uperanc periormanca The well the dance movements. Poldlni'a "6ers could be called only after the "Marche Mlgnonne," which Mrs. Dlerke nd. ot th work. Hero we are bar- lairuouRM ur nnr rvinrairr vara ai inintv uni laus. biki no nnr avAn knnn and, In keeping with its naSme, waa kept fee1 tna't symmetry of an opera visit It locked forward to with inten;; 5'?le nateacTof widening into a power: appearance . of the Principals after a intireat K.rT. b. Tf Tha Brassin arrangement cene. or an act. The same nUisaV.ce power in the planistlo world. I ,?! k,.i if. !.:!.. ., a KT,.. w"!1' Ine",es and opera .u buu. Vu .im Biuiiiuer inuun xui ana nence It can- ' rru. ....i ' ...... , waa accentuated effectively and her not ba expected that any reform In Vn The eololsta for the Scottish celebra- double sixth, were , brilliantly carried direction can be extedTnotwItK Uon Of the birthday Of "Bobble Buma- Off. -tandlns- Richard' nni.i. J?- are Mlaa Orayce Campbell, Mlsa Ethel TJ19 Schubert-LIsat "Du blst die Huh" The absurdity Is emphasized when we Lytle. Mrs. Walter Reed,l)om J. Zan J$P ? JP?l2! .?fPeace' not ?S!7J?0W. iu,ck!y. tor instance, the ana J. uarrioa. Wesley Clef club will give "Blue Beus 01 tscotiand' land JLad My. Love Waa The flrat publlo Welte-Mlgnon piano recital will ba given Tuesday evening at I waa hardly on a par with the brilliancy . . - a. . . . . I anJ at aM-l th LI - . Ellera- nan. Tne vveite Migrnon is tM f'Sv ri1 4 iu oig passages. Instrument which preserves the playing 1, Anf . tPJ9 concert studies that com of the" masters through a mechanical fileQ.JB" program reaiiy served ne popular Treble i n.. " z .""-"'j 1 coaiun . vauiintnini, at tne Manhat. two Scotch numbeti ! b1.9- .Tn Mosakowsky waits in K tan. Keta from his desk in theT-ch?! " and "A Hla-h- lV.W. Vom.wn,cn tn vorlte "Love tra into the winira of the stas-a fn 1 Born." MME. CARRENO PIANISTE Marquam Grand Theatre Monday Evening, Feb, 3 Seat Sale Opens Friday,.Januarjr 31, 10 a. cu PRICES $1.00; $1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, Boxes $15; Logcs $20. Direction Lola Bteera Wynn Com an. waiia- naa oeen arranged, waa played oraer to be ready to be draaaed nn tha k... ...IKn . . in the unchanged and difficult original -tage by the singera afte?an act Ha I u with gTeat brilliancy and power though knows In advance that he will ba llniraV berer" brought down daU: ihe. 5ellf,ac)r ot tne '"a11" Pasaages In the chain, and he is therefore rra- meaaurementa of tbo bl In device. Many of the leading pianists of ""T ? magnuuae or tne girl s pow the day are represented in the reper-lK8 ?.ettSr any otner "umber save ... .1 , . . IfriA Ra Ah All to.M K.I ill... 1 . loire or tne insirumeni. ; . ,'" a cuora if if 1 5'""" major Dy inaiDerg, rw. a,. tva k- y?Krlch- Staccato Caprice, and a Ku - - - vv... n ui octave atun V Whlrh ma a a j mi... t...i m.i a ml i.:. . C , - u- .uu. uc irivtiu niwr nan rrauuanutty anor-uurgo. in vjgor or ner Dlavlne. thn noon, at which Mrs. Walter Reed will I cleanness of her flngeting and tho and Mlaa Clara Howell, contralto. ' j ancy of technlo that set the audience w w 1 vuuunng wiia eninusiasm. in response Mlaa Alloa TV Jnitnn -onntmltn aif I to repeated aDDlause Mr. Nah h.l V,. ML" C?l..B?r.ke' talat wej tltn true o everness' BlUnt ' done trteii41- Lou,a K Bruce waa Kifft5S" PeTfeo7mtrdarnmuMh uo pianola I vmnothpf M Inropoar t . SL?11', ?.. w.hlc.h a number of ,. or , uiucDi uniuiarr bojih a. huiu. 1 lfruuiiiiciii uttiTiur v Htin mnuin naaniA "Pa Thnil fitmner" MM llnaav m tha I Fair DlaH tk.l. ? ' i CDl"u First CongTeg-atFonaV church last 8 T " pauonessea' aay evening. Mrs. Byron E. Miller will be the soloist next Friday at tha Woman's C1UD. HE WANTS TO KNOW Who Is the Onliest Only ,1 PERA SINGERS FIND Land of Milk and Honey "Journal Kindly answer the follow ing question in your valuable paper: Id Jan Kubeiik the greatest living violin ist? If not, who is, and how does he rank? A to ni .n srmopuiDuii A- Paris letter to the London Daily it would h nr.B,.mn- . Mall gives aome Interesting facta con- tn uv that nv ran . .u. corning opera singer, and their salaries greatest violinist. Such a thing cannot in the gay capital. Conditions are slml- h ,, rtf.rm.n - Vi" f " - ... uu.ou81y jarge tangible standard. Toucan say who Is salariea paid to the singers who aDnear ,, ' 77 . j ." u mo wona, or wno la tha tallest man, or the longest haired ciojisly prepared for the abaurt I eaSC nd other fur ly and care- blggeat aklna, IBV W a . m m- . hitfnn A r,.. ' u,ra exni- i x auppuae i nave Kiuea oow or BOU ii "ur uaiencea are too Dears altogether," oontlnued Mr. Chase. ii 1 uiinin Willi rna rnrrnrmn.. .. . i . u-v. . . . 1 . . . nrMa tn fha rr, u wu ui uvuraa a. kuuu aeai qi my lime nas and mafcM ,le-rot,on of the jllueloq been given tS aome copper properties stand r . .mi coW.on.P,aol ln- 1 am Interested m or the numfaeriight nudlenxna ,,.r,.ii.. .ii. . '"w our I v utra uiuuu ni jer. i one lime the wrlu VtalIy. Utitr and laun at and another J have hunted bear pretty me wrens time! That- 1- ' I -n .v,..u u . t..i.i.- ... - mare stuDld. Hnw.. t.o . 1 ...v.. ri.. ...... .. uuuiuiuh 1 Deninsuia. "Biff? Well. I'll tell vou. Those bears uo mere are tne iaraesc in tna worm. A full frown male weighs from 3,000 to 2,600 pounds. The skin of the larg est zeiiow 1 ever auiea measured 13 feet, four Inchea lone- and IS feet, three Inches spread from toenail 'to toenail. I can Jirt as much as tne averaae man. There is much Interest shown ln the but l'm telllna it straight when I say Herbert wit"nrnnnn i.i .., J mat witn Mrs. unaae to help me I fieroen witnerspoon recital on Janu- coulda't turn that fellow ovar n hla WA3t I '-. ' " t. vl ' ! f'Ji), .;y: ;r i I 5: , -1 , ; ; j A MERICAN BASSO T -" FavOfitft in P.no-Tan1 I ! ' - ' -" MUgtHUU ary 29, for thla Is Mr. WlthersDoon's back to akin him first appearance In Portland. Yet his . Twenty feet la the nearest a fame haa far preceded him bear, . v I A tit Miss Oslq Partlett, Remarkably Talented Planlste. the least. The letter eaysc "M. Qailllard ceases to be the man ager or tho Grand opera bouse on De- cemDer aist next, and his place will be taken by M. Massager. Up to the end of last year M. GaiUlard's management of the opera had realised a' net proflot of just under U tot the whole period, extending over many years, during which he haa been at the head of the great theatre. Tha fatal annual .h. scrlpttons to boxes and stalls were liS.iZS In 1S05 and 54 ia inns tk. VrJ. v;fi0O.rece,Pl" " 18ue produced 126,560. The highest recelpta were In mo i rauuuii ua DODcemnar ajid Novum. ber,jand the lowest in March. -'The operas which drew the largest !!2U8? .!ni9?6 weF to order. r,Ariane,M "Faust" ' Salammbo,""8omsan and Da lila" -: and "Die Melsterslnger." The smallest houses Wera . drawn by "L'Etranger." "Blaurd,rt-"Par rrel- SChuta." and ?T Paaliaa' ;Jba report 'states tba tne principal! woman, oecautse tnose are matters of absolute measurement. But who would presume to say, for instance, that any one waa the moat beautiful woman in the wprldT Who, that is, but her press agent? It can at best ba nothing more i t " vyiumn. xjui me conBensus of uyiuiun may ueuiuo me ran a ox a person, and will limit the most beautiful to a man num per. Ana irom that small number each haa a right tq make his WWII VUVICD. That ia tha wav with mnaixinn. x..u lie opinion that Is. tha oninion Ar tho majority, will give certain onea places at the top. but there s room for a good many at the top. Kubeiik haa been advertised often as the greatest living violinist. - I think he tails far Short of it but that la only my opinion Others think he Is a "wis," which is short and disrespectful for "wiaard of the violin." the press agent's term. But amona- the laadera in tha vlnlin- jrorld may be placed Tsaye, Friti Krela ler, Musla, Cesar Thomson; Kubolik and! Ti T-r, . . I itiii. uu iiuauiiici, Cl.i fiuv w III a. AH Mr. With-I nlj hmil. hnu nnk T haj k...K OrSDOOn IS a reCOS-nized ennnart .In... I Arnmtn nmme. A Aa. .ho Of high ability, haVinsr all the nnwium miH ' Rh. waa AH nr 70 vavHa essentials intelligent, reading and in- and In a bunch of alder when I took terpretation, perfect phrasing, good die-', my first shot at her( She got up and tlon. pleasing personality, and a rich, came out, in the clearing and then she -vv4ui vwvct l'riiouiiv irainea. iie w m ana cm ior in earnest, IS a tfiOrmitrh HHfRt AtlA ham fnft.o1an ! T tvnrlroA mxr sritn rrr uttv ranlrllw nn,l j, - awioanoil I " - v Quia . j a t aillU the operatfo field for the song field. I the shots took effect She was about ma auccess in tijngiana haa been six paces away wnen ane dropped. marked, and In T.nndnn h f. . tnJtrm m,i r n . ...... , , ' ' " m " J a M. gl oat .uv. Bh W .v.f, uuue. ravarlte and la considered tha t thnnirh in rathar a Iiidlcrnna T American male singer. (had thre camps In a lonely region Mr. Wltherspoon has Just finished a where for three years Mra. Chase never iiumoer or important engagements In I w a wniia woman, i naa put up London, beginning June 19, and lnolud- rbavralaa,' or houses, of driftwood. s bvivb hi bix urunenirai ennnapta arixii omy una v.veuiaoie. w a wera a-o. Queen's hall under the direction of '" from one camp to another when J Henry J. Wood. He began hia Amerl- brought down a bear, can tour December 8. , "We were in no hurry, so we atopped, - , . t built a fire and had aome lunch. After TTTTnnTVn TT? 4 TD lunchabout an hour after the Shoot- 1IUJ JLLINGr JlxSAKo. fnav-we went down Into a gulch where ' . . i the bear was lying. Mrs. Chase was c . n. , M.-. carrying an aluminum teapot. I got Some of the Biggosfe of the Brain her to help me turn the bear over-, and Family Found in Far North. ? Lw. ?V.t t0 remove bis bide when . n i tna p jeuow auaaeniy came to Ufa. From the Chicago Post "You should hm mb "There Is good bear hunting on the 1 6"0 up that hillside. ; The best ; of It MAIL ORDER! rxosc yma oxrr to HERBERT Wltherspoon RECEIVED ALL THIS WEEK, BE UINNING TOMORROW America's Greatest Basso nr nosQ axexxts, r HEILIG THEATRE WSSaTSSSAT sTOvnro, JAJTUABT A 108. Addresa letters and maka Ahanlra and money orders payable ta W. T, Pangle, manager Heljig theatre. En close self-addressed envelope to in sure safe return. u KUC8B . Lower floor, first 10 rows...5.l."00 Lower floor, laat S rows . 1 Sn Balcony, first rows......,.., J.00 Entire gallery . rows., t? f :8 Benlar sale at box offloe opens Van. S7. Mail orders take precedence, Aiasnun , peninsula. gob seven grisslies . one afternoon, all of them within a quarter of a mile and not over half an hour's tlma. The smallest ef them waa a three-year-old, and I should aay thev averaaed 2.000. It tmit ia cartridges to bring the seven down." -, Grant B. Chase, hunter and prospec tor, who for 11 years, has pent most of his time ln tha Alaskan wilda. crossed his knees In reminiscent fash ion at tha Sherman bouse thia moraine- and told a few bear stories on the eve Of returning to hla favorite haunts. Then for corroboration there ia the testimony of Mrs. Chase, who' for sev eral yeare has ' shared her husband's life ana who haa kept a diary herein is faithfully - recorded ' tha number of Was. In spite of her haste, aha twtb time to. rescue her teapot f believe I Jumped about 20 feet myself. If that ufr ,icu .icon ii, iuiif 10 ao aamage there, might have been soma tcpuble-p- ?J?tl.,,e. ' wf ,n ' i Aa . ineraT thing thersf isn't much adventure it's) top easy ..- y p What Was Lacking. . Prom Youth's Companion. " 'A mta who had served two tnrma in eopKe"" was making a campaign for a j . course or a tpeecn in the town hall at Broomoorn Juno- "it ia true, reiiow nitiasn. na nOt'alwara haan ahla n A . - a auwuiu naa jo ao in the matter Internal lmnrovementa In thla dlatvfa but I have never loat slant of your in tsresta for a single moment ; Tou hav no loea ox tna ODstaoies tnai lie in h way of a congressman who tries to aa4 eure appropriations for publie buildings,! the Improvement of navigable streama and rfce like for the benefit of bis con-f Stltuenta. but I want to asaura mi .iJ low citizens, that I have labored conV "We know Itlf shouted an old farmer? la the audience. "That's why we want, aa abler man." .w-i j:-,a.; t ' - " 1 "? I Failure Is due not so much to ntiaslnr "portunltlea as t failure . to mak A VOghu Ssalth sersL - T have reached a hlahea haaJth lav.f S1.".0- JLb?.gan .u,in1 Klnafa Ne f Hi". ' ' , wi?". acor ttpringer,. of Weat Franklin, Maine. ?They keep mV .luiii.1.11. ii m Knu iiiii.ni. wAp.inu m.i I have right" If theae pill, disappoint you o. . 5 I j ffuu"f- w,u rerunasa at bk a ; ot 1 more, Drug CCa druc store. iSa. ti V f