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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JANUARY 10, 1001
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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
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artarl aaa Aidav ata, lortlaad, Ot.
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Which I agree to try. and If unsatisfactory to me. to return to
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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
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-" 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,
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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
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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
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