'THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAU ' PORTtAND. TUESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 25, 1C03.
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PADEREWSKI CONCERT. A SOMBER, ;
; VVET BLANKET OF MUSICLESS BANGS : ;
; AND NERVE-RACKING CRASHES
By a. I. W.
' ' "Tha alg niflcanoe of PaderewaWs ex-
', elusive use of the Weber piano la plain
ly evident." (Quoted from program
-last nlgbt)
; Yea, w mar ell take of 1 our nat" t0
y' tha piano and its sturdy make. And as
' 1 to hata. have you aver seen a Panama
hat tested? A plctura advertising na
. trnth will show a man trying to
t tsar It. atamplng on It. Bitting on It,
hxaJlnr the chalra with It and com
mitting1 every destroying net his fertile
mind can conceive or ana in ni wm
com out none the worse for wear.
Now, of course, a hat Is not made for
such treatment, but Its durabltiity la ao
. aemonstrated.
Padtrewekl's concert last night was
' ' attended by a great and enthuslastlo
! multitude which even oaid for stand
, J Ing room and lined the aisles nearly to
the rostrum, ut me puoiic lines a
, big noise and would probably have ap
'. plauried mora wildly bad the pianist
?ot both feet on the keyboard aa soma
eared he might It Is playera of .tha
Paderewskl type that have created tha
" cartoons of that kind and that have
. given the world a mistaken Idea of the
- exaggeration and laekr of sanity In alt
great plaulsta. However. . feet up on
the daahboard would not beget a grace
ful attitude, and aa .artistic effect la
one of. the things Mr. Paderewskl
strives for he has schooled himself to
" play with his feet beneath the piano
box at Just aa lively a tempo and with
Just aa much elaatlo tounclng up and
down aa with Ma hands above board.
, There were doubtlesa those In the
' audience who were Impressed as much
aa ever with the romanticism of the
pianist's appearance. But to those who
1 have seen him and heard him (both are
, equally important) several timea before.
the "dim, rellgioua light," the 15-mln-.
tits huah after the audience was seated
, before the pianist' . appearance, the
stately tread and the automatlo bows
when the applause greeted him, the
crashing preliminary chorda and . rip
pling, meaningless scales ss a "reeler"
before every number, and the countless
other affectations which have become
history, even including the style of
dress, were more nearly ridiculous than
Paderewskl does not get in touch with
his audience at any time. He stands
off seourate and distinct like a god re
ceivtng condescendingly the adulation
of his mortal worshipers. There Is
none of the warm camaraderie of Mm
Carreno. none of the gentle sympathy of
Unorllowlteh, none or the vime en
thuslasm of Harold Bauer.
Aa for the program he offered well.
it neea mil oe compared wun me pro
grams of other masters of the piano to
ahow its rank. There were two new
thlr.gs on the program things he has
not been playing for yesrs. une was
his own "Variations and Fugue." which
waa commonplace and uninteresting to
the extreme, merely jotting go n jot oi
rtreworka a composition wnirn win
doubtless never again find Its place on
a concert program. The other was a
little love son a by a little, almost un
known composer. 8tojowskl a simple
little melody well enough ror wnat it
presumes to be. The Beethoven sonata
was ono of the smaller and earlier com
positions of that composer, not In the
class of the wonderful Sonata Impas
slonata plaved here by Rosenthal with
such magnificent effect. The Schubert
L.isst group wer all old numbers that
every one knows from start to finish,
as were also the Chopin numbers. The
Llsst thirteenth rhapsodle he has been
olaylnr for the last IS years. Not a
slgii of a Bnch number, of the bigger
Chopin numbers, or even of the Ameri
can MscDoweli whom he so professee
to admire. If so what better place to
begin missionary work with the unrec
ognised prophet than in nis owft country?
Fadereitskl Doubtless had tha ' ele
ment of greatness when he began to j
play ana when he set tne wona on nr
II years aao. But ha haa not grown
since then. With hla fame, hie stand
ing In the world, hla undeniable Influ
ence over rue puntia, wnat noDie mis-4
sionarr work could he do in biasing; the
trail for the lesser known composers
and educating tha publio to grow in Its
Ideals! Ha Is playing the same pro
gram ne mayea years ago, - wun more
crash and bang and more extreme con
trasts: without any modulation, witnout
any middle tones, all in a shriek or In a
wnisper. There are no sane momenta.
And ret wun nis cower ana nis rapia
flnserln. hla artistic sense, for he must
have it under his affectations, he could
have grown ao much- greater. None will
deny that he certainly can handle the
keyboard and the pedals mervelouely.
llut hla playing la like living In a oil-
mate with no BDrlng or fall all hottest
summer and coldest winter. And the
constant Jumping from one extreme to
another, together with the one sus
tained note, sustained ror hair a min
ute sometimes, whenever a passage is
closed and then Jumping to come down
with a audden crash on the next pas
sage. Is such a strain on the nervea that
It la no wonder people aay he haa them
hypnotised. They have to explain their
unnerved condition eom way.
The encores were the spinning Bong
from 7he Hying Dutchman " ana the
eecond rhapsodle following hla last
number. Mont of the audlenoe remained
and applauded him ' persistently for
manv minutes after the program, which
ahowa that he knows how to please
them, and that la something.
incidentally Kosentnai can mage just
as much noise and can attain greater
velocity on the keyboard, nut he I
doesn't play ao familiar a program and
there is some sanity in the relation of
parts, and ao hia audience doea not
stand up and line (he waiia ror two
hours.
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CHINA RICH III
NATURAL WEALTH
Within a Generation Will Be
, Called a Modern Nation,
- T.'Says Missionary.
. Rev. Frank W. Bible, a missionary
from Hanr Chow, China, who Is In this
country on furlough, spoke at the min
isters , meeting; yssieraay ai me JTirst
! Presbyterian church, on the great educa
tional and. material awakening In China
and the great problem which confronts
the church of Christ of promulgating
the Christian religion among an athe
istic people.
Mr. Bible says that China Is ao
'.- rapidly modernising that he believes in
10 years U will be called a modern na
tion. ; He spoke of the situation which
Yuan Bhih K'At and Chang Chlh Tung,
- ' whom he calls "the whole of China" are
' facing In that country. These men, he
, eminent on their hands that exists In
the world, the problem of makln a
' people of 480.000,000 who have been fac
! Ing In one direction for thousands of
years, right about face and take up the
problems of modern civilisation. He
ays further that no One ventures an
, opinion as to what will happen when the
empress dowager dies, nor even how
soon the people would learn of the fact
; Mr. Bible explained the two great
. powers which are now working toward
Instead of the literary language which is
understood by but a few, or the man-
darin , language which la that of the
court. Is using the colloquial, the lan
new patrlot-
xnese
HA
MUSEMENTiS &
"New Dominion" Tonight.
The last performance of "The New
Dominion" will be given at the Mar
quam by Clay Clement tonight. It waa
written by the star, and In It he haa
riven a distinct character to the Amer
ican stare. Tomorrow and Thursday
nights Mr. Clement will present "The
Bells," and Friday and Saturday nights,
with a matinee Saturday, "London Aa
suranoe" will be played.
The Walls of Jericho" Coming.
Th attraction at the Helllff theatre.
Fourteenth and Washington streets, for
four nights, beginning next Sunday
evening, March 1, with a special-price
matinee Wednesday afternoon, Will be
the famous players, Herbert Kelcey and
Effle Shannon, and their excellent aup-
portlng company, in me society com
edy, "The Walla of Jericho." The ad
vance seat sale will open next Friday
morning at box office.
"Graustark" at the Baker.
Those people who love a play like
'The Prisoner of Zenda" will take great
delight in George Barr McCutcheon's
"Oraustark" at the Baker this week,
for while entirely different In plot and
characters yet it is a romantic drama
dealing with two young Americans in a
European principality, and filled ' with
novel and exciting acenes.
Empire) Matinee Tomorrow.
Ethel Tucker, the clever emotional
actress. Is at tha Empire thla week m
the new and interesting drama, The
Battle of Life." which deals with the
vengeance of a beautiful Mexican wom
an on the man who deceived her. The
scenes are laid In Old California during
me days or the great gold excitement.
Vera Felton as 4,Cftmille.,
There baa never been more Interest In
a local theatrical production than In
that at the Lyrlo thla week, . where
Verna Felton is making her first ap
pearance as Camilla In the hlstorlo emo
tional -drama or the same name. Miss
Felton not only plays the part aatia
factorlly but she makes a decided hit.
Matlneea Thursday, Saturday and Sun-
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Grand's Good Show.
Better vaudeville- than 'that which Is
at ths Grand this week ha never been
seen In this city. The bill takes first
place in the history of good entertain
ments offered In this theatre, dllroy.
Haynes and Montgomery have a nauti
cal comedy burletta in "The Good Ship With nothing unusual on Its bill,
fsancy Le. wnicn it mamnr tne same tha nnnj .,. . . . ...
when It visited the Grand two years tractions that were received with favor
ago. yesterday afternoon. Ramxa and Arno
are European clowns, or say they are.
At tne star. and they act aulte as ciowns are apt
Star theatre this week the to. The Ptottes play "The Italian and
At the
French Stock company is offering a new
?iay ana one constructed on new lines,
t is "Adrift in the World," and Is class
ified as a polite and refined melodrama.
This drama affords the company an.op-
Eortunlty to be seen to advantage,
atlnees Thursday and Saturday.
His Sweetheart," a little act which
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pany play "At Lighthouse Point." a
sketch which smacked of the sad stage
sea waves, while the salty atmosphere
uuroy,
Haynes and Montgomery In their nauti
cal burlesque "The Good Ship Nancy
Lee." It was all as Invigorating aa
shakln
bathtu
bathing.
Donell and Rotall are contrasted
oomedlans and "grand opera" enter
tainers. Their rapid change of cos
tumes made a deen lmDresslon on th
audience. "The Hoosler Fighter." the
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eveli
two powers, he explained, are bringing
power or association, o:
Ism, which la rapidly developing.
: the people to a realisation of the tre
mendous material powers of the coun-
. try."
Chlna. ho aald. "has the richest nat-
ural resources of any nation in the
world a thing hard for Americans to
, believe. - There is coal in every section,
and a larger deposit of anthracite than
Is known anywhere else; the largest de
posits of magnetic Iron ore In the world,
and all of these things within direct
reach of the most perfect canal system
for cheap transportation that the world
; knows."
Of the Tan get e he said that Admiral
Evans1 fleet could easily steam 800
miles up the river and have plenty of
-water under the keels of the vessels.
The smaller cruisers could then without
difficulty go 400 miles further and with
in a few years when locks are provided,
the largest river which flows Into the
Paclfio ocean will be navigable at least
1.400 miles from the sea.
"China," said Mr. ,-Bible, "cannot es
cape the fate of becoming one of the
freat Industrial nations of the world."
he period of 80 years he sets as the
time for missionary work in China. By
the end of that time he thinks that the
nation will be ao thoroughly a modern
and materially - Industrial country that
the time for promulgating a religion
which Is not their own will be closed. I
This situation, he says. Is now at hand
in Japan. "It Is SO years of missions ry
effort In China or not at an, saia Mr.
Rlhie. "And how Is a civilisation as
strong as ours industrlslly with greater
natural advantages, if It Is thoroughly
atheistic, going to react on our own i
CHILDBEDS PAEAPE
A body blow was dealt to what was
expected to bo one of the prettiest fea
tures of the Roae Featlval parade In
June when a majority of the members
of the ooard of education expressed
themselves yesterday afternoon as un
favorable to the requeat of the festi
val committee asking that tne scnooi
children be allowed to march.
The children were the hit of last
year's parade, and their drilling and
marching waa the most talked-of fea
ture of the carnival. , Postcards illus
trating the various formations of the
youthful marchers wera sent broadcast
over the country, and wherever seen
were commented on favorably.
The reasons given for refusing the re
quest to allow the children to march
was the fear on the Dart of several of
the members that the Itinerary wou'd
be too long for some of the smaller chil
dren. Action was delayed until a re
port could be secured from City Su
perintendent nigler and Mrs. L. W. Slt
tons, who were appointed a committee
to consult with the teachers and chil
dren to see vhat they thought of the
pian.
SHMHP EAST WITH
OREGON LITERATURE
Chamber of Commerce Or
ders Publication of 50,000
Advertising Brieflets.
At a called meeting of the trustees
of the Portland chamber of commerce
yesterday to determine upon questions of
uregon puoncity literature ror the year
1908 It was decided to let a contraot to
the Pacific Monthly to print an edition
of 60,000 of the chamber s booklet. This
number will probably be Increased to
100.000. as the edition of 60.000 last
year was exhausted long before the de
mand was supplied.
The trustees passed the following
resolution concerning the death of XI M.
Brannlck:
Whereas. Divine Providence has re
moved from our midst Edward Matthew
Brannlck, and by his death this com
munity has suffered a severe loss;
Luereiure ue it
Resolved, That the Portland cham
ber of commerce expresses Us sorrow
Build What. You Build, Well
. Build your body cell by cell, WELL- Use properly selected
FOOD. iThat is the material, and, as the builder of a building
selects the best brick and mortar, so you should select the very
: Dest material the world anords from which to build your body.
Nowadays: we have that material right at hand chosen by an
experr,.
for this event; that it pays tribute to
tne noDie qualities of the deceased, and
that it holds up his high character as
Worthy Of emulation. Hn It furthnr
"Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
luuuns ue spreaa upon tne minutes or
the chamber, and that the public presa
be requested to publish the same."
A resolution was passed urging con
gress to erect suitable consulate build
ings for United States representatives
in the orient
The following applicants for member
snip in the chamber were favorably
voted upon: The Crossley company,
Multnomah Iron wnrks Mnitnnmuh
Trunk & Bag company. Hood River Mill
ing company, Jens Olsen, the J. A. Held
company, Snodgrass & Williams, Par
rlsh, Watklns & Co., the Whitney com
pany, Willamette Tent & Awning com
pany, Devlin & Pirebaugh, Dolph, Mal
lory. Simon & Gearln, J. M. Cameron
Realty company. Beeman-Spauldlng-Woodward
company, Portland Manufac
turing company, J. Prank Porter, Wil-
llani FA HIkyhurst- w- J- & Co.,
J. P. O. Lownadale, John Wood Iron
works," Union Box & Lumber company
P. F. Williams, Wheeler Timber com
pany, J. O. Elrod, M. C. Davis.
Is still .further maintained, by
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MAfNTAlX DRY DOCK
Judge Wolverton In the United States
court yesterday handed down three
decisions In cases pending before him.
A demurrer filed In the case of Lucy
Scott Bower vs. Hart man Stein was
also argued and taken under advise
ment. In the libel case of the Port of Port
land vs. the George W. Elder, Judge
Wolverton denied the exceptions filed
by -the respondents. This wag a case in
which the Port of Portland had libeled
the George W. .Elder for costs of re
pairs made at the Port of Portland dry
dock. The attorneys for the Elder ex
cepted to the libel, arguing that the
Port of Portland did not have the power
to maintain and ODerata a drvdock. Tha
court held that such power was held
and overruled the exceptions.
In the case of the Northwestern Ware
bouse company vs. the O. It. A N. the
court denied a motion made by the - re
spondents to quash the complaint. This
was a case grovPing out or the failure1
of the O. B. i N, to furnish cars to cer
tain members of the warehouse com-1
pany. The company brought suit I
iinst me v. . n., and the latter
id a motion to auaah. Tha conrt da.
mea uie mouon.
At the Paderewski Recital
Last Evening
One cannot but admire Paderewski's selection of the "Match-
less Weber" piano as the medium of his wonderful art
Tested as no other instrument ever was or probably ever will
be the Weber piano, indisputably and pre-eminently the piano of
the day astounded the greatest audience of musicians and music
lovers ever assembled in this city.
Never has a piano been called upon to respond to such varied and seemingly impossible demands and
never has a piano responded so nobly to every whim, mood and desire of the artist as the Weber last evening.
The wonder of it all was that a creation of wood and metal
could be so delicately and adequately responsive to both the most
delicate of shadings and the superhuman muscular onslaughts of
the master artist of the keys.
.
It's Weber tone It's Weber construction It's Weber in
dividuality It's Weber durability In a word, it's the IDEAL
that elevates it to the highest pinnacle of supremacy.
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