THE 'OREGON SUNDAY- JOURNAL, v PORTLAND. -SUNDAY -MORNING. MARCH 15, ; 1003,
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to us,, and a Important a plan 1st t and
musician aa th musical world can now
boast of. Mr. Bauer's - nroa-rsms - ar
always quit different from anybody
Iss's, and ar somewhat on the sam
lines aa Krelsler'a, (or, like that artist,
he-Dlavs worka that verv fw rlnnlila
Dyu;va Lant, rhen t a : taboo ' la oar auempt at a public concert, iiaroia
Dlaced on 'air thlnra ' frivolous. Bu,", ona of ihfew pianists who
piacaa on air inings rnvoiou, hav- tVfr vl,ud u, who muka th,
ona la fortunat In .having muslo Bach worka delightful to an ordinary
' at hand which at the umi time concert auaienca, and his Beethoven
) and ' antortaina and vet Interpretations are exceptionally beau-
v ? nd. ontertalns. ami ! Iul , whlJ hin Bchamann has never
. : Cannot b classed among tha frivolities ba.it surpassed."
of Ufa-Portland 1 unusually fortunate i r . - ,.-
this year In having several musical' at- 1 Harold yincent ' Mllllgan, the ' clever
! tractions', of note to.offer" daring he Portland musician. Is advancing rapidly
; penitential teason. LHUan Blauvelt, In his work In New York. While he has
who aang here Friday night, was the held an excellent church position here
first of any consequence. tofore as organist in tha First Presby
Tuesday evening the Harold Bauer- terlan church -of Orange, New Jeraey, a
Frlta -Krelsler concert will be given un- suburb of New Tork, the . position to
ider -tha Lola Bteers-Wyna Coman man- which he has t now been elected as
Wgement and it promises to-oa quite as
us.TCIng All Glorious" (Barnaby);
quartet. T,When Power Divine." (Shel
ley); postlude. "Andante," (Newman):
Mlaa Kathleen Lawler, soprano. Miss
Ethel Shea, contralto, ' ft. N. Hooken
berry, baritone. J. W. Belcher, tenor,
Miss Grace E. Kemp, organist . ' ' ; ' .
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' Mies Kathleen Lawler will be tha
soloist at ths special high msss' at. St,
Patrick's church Tuesday morning. 8t
Patrick's day. Mario n mass, will be
suns; snd Miss Lswler's solo will be
8alva( Maria,"! by -Mercadan.tt,
"The Merry WMow" celebrated her
one hundred and fiftieth performance
In New York at the New Amsterdam
theatre laat Tueaday night.
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Tha New England Conservatory club
met at the home of Mrs. J. L. BchulU
Wednesday afternoon. ' A program of i
shall be eeaentlally American. To this
ena composers have experimented With
negro mulodle and Indian muslo In tha
hope of evolving such a national mu
sical stle as Orleg perfected In Nor
way and Dvorack In Bohemia. Macdow
II haa done more than any other man
to win the reaped of tha old world for
the new world muaiclan, and hla name
stand- throughout tha world for tha
neat in ma art that has soma from
America, but was his muslo sssentlally
ana oisuncuy American T candidly, no.
"' As a' matter of fact, there Is no ea
aentlally American art (1 us the word
"art" in' Its broader meanlna-t. This
does not mean that nothing essentially
American can be ertletlo. but we. can
nave no essentially American muaie un
til we .' have an eaaentlallv Americas
DeoDie. AS a social unit the American
people do a not exist. We are of ne
ceaalty eclectic, even conglomerate. As
for the folkf-songs of the Indiana and
tha negroes.'-they mean nothlns- to us
necause mey nappen to nave occurred
In America. We do not see with the
Indian's syes. we do net hear with tha
inaian a ear, we oo not mink with the
Indlan'a brain. To the negro mttolo
will cling for many years to coma flia
'Taa-iime" atiama. Theae thinaa will
never make a mualo essentially Ameri
can. ' Let the negro muaiclan translate
the spirit of the muslo of his peopls
Into our civilised musical technique,
let the Indian composer embody his
racial melodies In the white man's
music, but that will give us the "negro
school" or the "Indian school." not the
American school. The muslo of Am
erica must be tha muslo of the white,
the conquering race, not that of a dying,
or of an inferior race.
Let tha American comooser. than, fol
low tha example of Edward Macdowell
and seek a broader field than national
ism. Muslo Is a universal language and
requires no irsnsiauon.
The American composer In general
is too fond of eompoaJna. aa It ware.
by spontaneous combustion. There Is
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Ifaahlonable an affair as the mldseason
concerts under- this manasement. Few
'of the matrons canoel concerts from
ha enjoyments in which tiey mey oar-
uujtua iii. aiiu u.iict m, in
clined to be very atrtct, i justify them
selves in tnis luxury with me tnougnt
.that so little that la good oomes so far
fwest as Portland in the height of the
(Season that it ,1a a greater crime agalnat
; their culture not to go than agalnat
their religion to go.
Friday evening or nut week tne iirst
of the Portland Symphony orchestra con
certs will De given at tne Murquam in
the afternoon. Great preparations have
been, msds for this event snd an In
teresting program has been arranged.
Charles Dferke, conductor, has brought
his players Into splendid unity and
harmony i.nd the reault la most satis
fying. The program will include a
Beetaoven symphony, the Lobenwrin
muslo and the Llnst concerto In E .flat
major, which will be played by Mrs.
Lierke with ths orchestra accompany
ing. The other two concerta of tha
orcheatra'a season will be given Fri
day afternoon, April and May 1.
' The Chicago Symphony orchestra will
be the next attraction giving Its large
three-day featival here at tha armory,
April 10, 11 and 12. Elaborate prep
arations have been made for this event
'and a chorus of 250 Is now rehearsing
under the leadership of W. H. Boyer.
This, It is expected, .will finally grow
to 100 and it should easily fill the huge
armory with a volume of sound. There
will be an oratorio and two cantatas
given by the chorus and there will be
two grand concerts by the orchestra
and its soloists, who are distinguished
singers from Chicago.
Following that Bessie Abbott, the fa
mous operatic singer, will bo the next
Helllg sttractlon some time In May.
The New ork Symphony orcheatra.
under the Lola Steers-Wynn Coman
management, will pla" here with Wal
ter Da'mrosch as leader In early June
during the Rose Festival. This will ex
tend over two days, according- to pres
ent plans, with probably three con
certs. A charming musical afternoon was
enjoyed at St. David's Episcopal church
Sunday, March 2, the patron saint's day.
Several musical people went out to hear
the program -and especially to hear J.
Huchtson, the English organist, who
has held tha nrran nnsltlnn at that
church but a short time, but haa In organist and choir director of Rutgera
ni lime aiiracieu raucn iavoraoie no- Presbyterian church. Seventy-third and
tlce. Most excellent wss his work In Broadway, Is a more notable one. The
the flrat movement of a Wldor organ church Is one of large influence.- The
symphony with which the program Orange church has been having Mr.
closed. Henry L. Bettman's rendition Mllllgan give recitals jnonthly which
of Godard's Adagio Pathetlqne on the will Be continued and he will also retain
violin was listened to attentively snd bis pupils there.
with much enjoyment, for he produced Mr. Mllllgan has been studying" with
well the full, round tones necessary to William Carl, the well known ortranlst,
the rich melody. The vocal numbers the past year In New York. In addition
were well chosen and presented the he has done some writing on musical
lesser known sacred music. C. E Pat- matters which has been published In
terson. tenor, was particularly effective various periodicals. An article on
In a dramatic Blumenthal number. Mlsa American music appesred In a current
Busa Jones showed some sweet middle number of Der Deutsche orkampfer.
notes In the aria "A Mea Soeurs" the leading German magaxine published
(Massenet). D. B. Mackle aang the In America,
familiar aria, "O God, Have Mercy,"
from "St Paul," and J. B. W. Lawaon The following program has been ar-
: ,Zn ,"trsi'neT number. "Magda- ranged for J. P. Robertson's farewell
.rTa. nVve7 been sung" he beror.1 The! at Ar'n ha"' Frldy
lahort organ prelude. "Lehr Cangsanl." vnlne'. March 27.
y Schumann, was a pretty number. Overture, Scottish Airs.. Btlles orohestra
est aid not snow Mr. Huchlson s com- 1 uance, nigniana r ung. . jensie i-oiiaRK,
:Jlete command of his instrument, as Jeanle Best, Frank D'Arcy and
did the last symphony number. 1 Jimmie King.
. j. Song, "I Love a Lass! te ..Jack Coleman
" " Song. "Cam' Ye by Athol" Mrs. B.
nr is a. gooa sena-orr ror Harold Rrure-Gfhh
wauer who win e here this week. It Dance, "Ohillle Callum" J. P. Robertson
coinciaence mat ivreisier, wno piays Bong "Will Ye No Come Back Again''
with Bauer at his concert here, should Mr. Crowther. Welsh chorus.
nave been mentioned In the same crltl- Song, "Doon the Burn" ...Miss Lawler
pism ana pronounced similar though tho Dance. Hlahland Fllns;. Jessie Pottasre,
two artlsta do not appear together" In I Jeanle Best. Aggla Pottage, Frank
Ejcaii x' i anvjimKZKJ. wiieiitTB i un innnw nsr i i' a rrv mnn iimmiA Maori
notice comes from the Pacific Coast Song, "A Wee Bit o' Heather," ..Mrs.
Walter Reed. ,
'i- ine next pianist we are to near Character Sketch J. D. Murray
rssxough the energetic Oreenbaiim man- Song. "Bonnie Sweet Bessie" ....Miss
i agement win t Harold Bauer, the Barstow.
greatest Schumann interpreter known! Dance, "Sailors' Hornplpo" Jessie Pot
tage, Aggie .pottage and J. r. kod
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Cisco, tha same critic spoke most csn
sarlngly of ths commercial atmosphere
which waa spoken of In these columns
after tha concert here. ' Tha sale of
program In the aisles gave a distinct
shock to his artistic feelings lust as It
did to many hera. , programs' and pho
tographs and autographs wars cried for
sals up and down tha lobby and aisles.
Again, ha speaks of the. pounding and
says thst I'aderewskt cannot play a
composition - requiring fore ' without
abusing tha keyboard. II winds up
with '8urely the publlo Is a queer crea
ture, and I auDooaa aa lona aa tha world
exists th people will be Influenced by
personality- rather than by legitimate
artistic errorts."
Elisabeth Westgat of Alameda adds
her opinion. Hera are soma extracts:
"In his last Visit ha kicked th pedals
a pnras almost as disagreeable to writ
as tn performance waa to near, to
this h now adds tha nummallna which
has 'been spoken of. If this
(his own) onus contains beauty It was
not apparent. I am quit un
able to account for such a comoosltlon
or for such an exposition of It, one It
was composed. The Llsst sonata was,
too. rflost vehemently treated. At times
It Is true th marvelous perlatta was
heard, but, not of ten. And In snlta of
sveryining ine.tning sounded dull and
trite. In ' som hearts there
was somethlnr very like arlef that the
angeno toucn ror wnicn we once adored
I'aderewskl, the supernal Insight which
used to make us dumb before him, the
immaculate artistry, have all now near
ly vanisnea.
A CHAMPION FOR
American Music Teachers
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Madam Llna Abarbanell who plays
th title role of "Th Marry Widow" In
Savage's Chicago company, advises
American singers to study muslo at
home In America. 1
Madame Abarbanell Is in 'a noaltion
to speak, as she received a comnrehen-
aive music education under master In
structors In Dresden, Vienna and Paris.
She has appeared In so many parts, both
dramatic and operatic, and with such
msrked success that her opinion cannot
but be of value to young Americans
who are looking Into a vocal vista and
seek a guiding hand.
She takes the position that the en
vironment abroad doea not favor orig
inality in the development of native
abilities. The methods of Kuropean
teachers, she ssserts. are -atereotvoed.
and If such Instructors are allowed to
have their way they will turn out au
tomatons.
Americans are not given the best
which tnese teachers have to offer, ac
cording to this singer. It Is the con
tinental student, the one whose family
has Influential connections, who re
ceives the best attention especially if
this family, or some representative. Is
on the spot to give ssslstsnce. In this
respect Madame Abarbanell was for
tunate, as her father was a director and
she studied with his friends, who
watched her development with the
greatest care.
The forolgn teacher, too, prefers very
much to develop a great voice cut of
his own circle rather than to perforin
a similar service for an outsider. The
Kuropean student has another advan
tage, and that Is the benefit of sensible
nervlee. The American la likely to be
deluded, as long as his money holds
out. Into believing that he Is the pos
sessor of remarkable abilities which
will be developed with a little more
study. In this case f lattery and adula
tion supplant Intelligent advice and the
eager student learns the truth too late.
A European girl, aa a rule, cannot be
deceived In this manner regarding her
capabilities, for she haa friends sround
her who encourage her when right or
check her when wrong.
In summing up her conclusions
Madame Aharhanell asserts that Amer
ica Is by all means the beat place
for Americans who wish to study
music. And there Is evidently a ten
dency to extend the remark to Include
some of the foreign element, for tho
madame says she has made many wide
departures from what was taught her.
JjTALIAN OPERA
f JL Hissed to the Echo
Conductor and Soloist for the Port land Symphony Orchestra Concert.
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Ad'olph ' Roeenbecker,' Leader kCht
: eago Symphony Orchestra.
ertson.
"Auld Lang Syne."
, Carl Denton, accompanist.
A Juvenile piper will be In attendance.
Master James MacKlnley, late of Haddo
nous pipeoanq, ADeraeen, scouana.
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Mrs. Walter Reed gave a pupils' re
cital Wednesday afternoon at the Sher
man-Clay hall, to which only her pupils
were InVlted. ' E. E. Coufsen was the
accompanilst. A number of pupils who
have not heretofore appeared In public
were thus given opportunity to sing
before their fellow students In semi-
public. The program f pi lows:
(a) "A Spanish. Romance" . . .
Sawver-Lvnes
'My Honey" Lynes
Tuesday Artemoon elurt.
Lens" (Sprlna) Hlldach
'Flowere Awake" Warner
Mrs. C. W. Sherman.
(a) "Norse Maiden's Lament"
Heckscher
(b) "Counsels to Nina". . . . . .Weckerlin
Mlas Lllllftn Rourke.
(a) "Turn Ye to Me" Old Scotch
(b) "On the Shore'.'. Neldlfngcr
bub, u. o. utiunir.
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(a) "The Htlls o' Skye". .Victor Harris
(b) "Im Wunderschoenen Monat Mai"
........ Schumann
, . ... Mis" Catharine, Co Yacht
(a "A Chain of Roses".. Loehr
(b) "Die Lotos Blume" Schumann
- -Miss Madeline Stone.
(a) "Irish Mother's Song" Mayhew
(bi "An Irish Folk Sons5, Foote
Miss zeta-Hollister.
"Persian Song" ....... .Burmelster
"If I Were Blina" Novl Johnson
Mies Petronella Conolly.
"Fruehllngslied" Mendelssohn
"Happy Sonr Relgo
miss KAtnarine uamsdeii.
(a) "Ecstacy" ..Beach
b) "My Laddie".- Thayer
Miss Virginia spencer-Hutchinson.
(a) "Morgen-Hymme"1 ; . , Heuschnl
(b) "1 Love But Thee". ....... La Forge
miss iseuian caowen.
In j?rder to raise funds to carry on
th excellent work of the. babies' hos
pital in New York,- a number of society
women arranged special matlhea per
formance of "Th Merry Widow" for
last Tuesday afternoon. On this occa
sion tickets sold for 6 each.
Ths music at the First Baptist church
todat will be: : Morning organ volun-J
Ury. "Sha Lost Chord." (SuUivan) ; An
them, "The Lost Sheen, . (Jordan): Offertory.-
-'Reverie." Baldwin) j Poet
lude. 'Adae-lo." (Rlnck): Evening orasn
1 voluntary, "Folk eong; (NlgodOoAor-
concerted music was given by the New
cngiana conservatory quartet, com
posed of Mrs. Schultz. Mrs. Goddard,
Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Berry. The libretto
of the opera "Frelscbutz" was read by
Mrs. rraei, roi lowed Dy tne overture.
Overture, "FrelschutK" Weber
N. B. C. Quartet.
(a) "Melodle In F" Rubinstein
(b) "Ballet Music" Feramols
N. E. C. Quartet.
Serenade from "L RoU La Dlt"
Dellbes
Mrs. Hamilton, Miss Watt.
"Waltrer" Helnrlch Hofman
N. E. C. Quartet.
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In California Richard Strauss' "Tod
und Yrrklarung" Is announced as on.)
of ' the features of the Damroseh sym
phony programs In the May festivals.
The same organisation will visit hera
with a June festival early In that
month during the Rose Festival,
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"The Man With Three Wives" is the
title of Frans Lehar's new operetta
which is attracting attention In Vienna
because of tha composer's sensational
success In "Th Merry Widow."
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Henry W. Savage has two "widows"
In Chicago at the present time: "Tho
Merry Widow" at the Colonial theatre.
and "Tha College Widow" at the Stude
baker theatre. I
need here of more men like Horatio
Parker who are willing to devote he
necessary time and brains to mastering
the technique of composition. The ca
pacity for expression is by no means
Indicative of the possession of some
thing to express, but the world Is prone
to regard It as such. I do not mean
to exaggerate the Importance of tech
nique at the expense of what we call
"Inspiration," but certainly the man
with the dry bones of technique In
habited by no soul Is not In a worse
plight than the poor soul with no
form to dwell in. Granted the Inspira
tion, absolute plasticity of medium Is
necessary ror us adequate presentation
and this Is not acquired over night nor
by divine revelation, contrary to popular
belief. Iet tha American composer
continue to cultivate the rich soil of
pedagqgy, falling upon which tha seed
of "Inspiration," when it comes, will
grow into a great art work. . Let him
see that universal expression which is
to be found more fully In tha musical
literature and musical culture of Ger
many than in any other of the coun
tries of the old world to which he may
turn. That, if anything is the meaning
of the life of Edward Macdowell to th
American composer.
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AMERICAN MUSIC
Discussed by Mr. Milligan
Below is given a translation of Har
old MUUgSJi's article on "The Arne.rtcan
Composer," which was published recent
ly In Der . Deutsche Vorkampfer, a
prominent German magazine. It is
quoted by the courtesy of that paper:
The recent death of Edward A. Mac
dowell has called th ' attention of the
hurrying world for a brief space to the
American composer, an infant Industry
as yet unprotected by a high tariff-wall.
Mr. luacooweu was generally acknowl
edged, both at home and abroad, to be
the foremost American composer, but
he himself does not seem to have re
joiced In such a title. He was no cham
pion of nationalism in music, and ho
made no effort to write distinctly
Americanr muslo. He asked no quarter
from th critics on the score of his
being an American, and he claimed no
credit on that account. He entered the
world of muslo as a musician, not as
an American.
Like most of our composers. Macdow
ell studied in Germany. Music in Amer
ica today is decidedly under tne lrjjiu-
enco or uerman ideals and uerman train
ing. Not only is this true of the pro
fessional musician, but of the public as
well. Some of our virtuosi may study
In Paris or other continental capitals,
but our composers, almost without ex
ception. If they go abroad for training
at all, go to Germany. John K. Paine,
Dudley Buck, Horatio Prfrker. George
vv. Chad wick. Edward Macdowell those
are only a few of th men whose Ger
man training has helped to cultivate
musical taste ror things uerman in
America. Most of the muslo written
today - In r A mtHra- by- A merlcans con Id
as well be written in. Germany by Ger
mans. Nor la this to be regretted from
any point of view. Of all national
Schools, th German has the most of
universality. That literature which en
rolls the name of Bach, Haydn. Mo-
sort,. Beethoven,' , Wagner, Schumann,
Brahms la surely universal. The debt
of tha American . composer, to Germany
cannot .b Overestimated. ,
We have heard -a a-reat deal of . late
years about nationalism In muslo and
tho founding, of "school; of muslo .that
ODMBAT CONTINUES
v-i Course in California
And still the Paderewskl war goes
merrily on. He has been touring Cali
fornia, by latest reports, and has been
greeted with a "Hall! the Conquering
Hero" attitude; by the, shall w say dis
criminating, masses and has met with
censure and reproaches from the edu
cated musicians who, of course would
not be expected to know.
Alfred Metsger, editor of the Pacific
Coast Musical Review, wrote of Pader
ewskl's appearance In Oakland, Califor
nia, a iontf, iair-minaeo criticism in
which he allowed credit for the pianist's
good points and still found him Voe-
iuuy lacxing.
"Ever since his first cpneert on this
tour - the acknowledged musical author.
Ities have been censuring him for hla4
undername cuange ror tne worse, and
Several of these condemnations were
written in me most sever vein.
And again, "Even before he appeared
upon the stage the element ; of th
poseur was apparent, previous to his
entrance the lights were turned low and
the pianist entered, making a jack-knife
dow to an parts oi tne auditorium and
finally sitting upon the piano stool, go
ing through various motions, and, after
lifting- his hands hlah above hla huH
and holding them for a moment, ha
brought them down upon th keyboard
with a crash that made me shiver from
head to foot.
"If Paderewskl had searched the en
tire library of music for a discord ha
could not have found one that could
surpass his own In ear-racking- ugliness.
Another mannerism was an af
fected retention of his hands uoon tha
keyboard, endeavoring to create tha Im
pression that the notes were gradually
dying out. The only pianissimo he ex
tracted was the one everyone imagined
they could hear while the olaniat'a
hands lingered caressingly upon the
Keyooaru. in regard to nts compost'
tlon itself hardly anything commenda-
The latest opera of the Maestro Fran
cesco Cilea, entitled "Gloria," which was
first produced at the Sea la in Milan last
year, has been given at the Costanzi
theatre In Rome, and the lack of cour
tesy on the part of the audience which
characterised the performance has rare
ly been surpassed In the annals of an
opera house. The small amount ot ap
plause was drowned by the hissing
which was kept up throughout tho
evenlns.
In his new opera Francesco Cllea has
evidently missed something. and
whether the fault lies with the libretto.
the music or the execution Is difficult
to sav. The composer, not satisfied
with the success he achieved in Adrl
ana Lecouvreur" and with the laudable
ambition to rank with composers of
genius, and probably wishing to prove
to the public that he was capable of
fiortraying intense nuinan passion, unusa
n a misguided moment a very difficult
.subject In the tragedy ol uioria, writ
ten by Arturo Colauttl.
The plot Is taken from an episode of
the thlrteentn century in oiena. ana
deals with the love of Gloria and Llon
etto, who die together in the last act.
iitimiii-h the trasredv as a literary com
position may be perfect, it is not of
enough Interest to set to music.
hla csn he said about It.
'Tim afraid that among musical ceo-
pie Paderewskl has lost the prestige he
enjoyed - for so many years. But. no
matter how. the critics will censure him
he will continue to hypnotise tha masse.
His silken hair lias lost none of It
mairnetlsm and his personality la as ef
fective aa ever. For this reason Pader
ewskl Is an Invaluable advertisement for
the Weber Diano and incidentally for
himself: but as a. great pianist b Is a
thin ir- of the' remote cast." o- - i
t Abater,, after in concer in can Fran-J
LOCAL ORCHESTRA j
Prepared for Concert
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The date for the first concert of the
Portland Symphony orchestra has been
changed to Friday afternoon, March 27,
and will be given at the Marquam the
atre. The program in run ior mis -cert.
as announced) by the management,
Is aa follows:
PROGRAM.
Charles Dlerke, conductor.,
Beatrice Dlerke, soloist.
Coronation march . .Glacomo Meyerbeer
Symphony, No. 6 L.uawig von ueeinoven
Anoanie con muiu.
Allorn
Concerto for planoforte ...From Liszt
Allegro niaesio.
Tempo glusto.
Quasi adagio.
Allegretto vivace.
Allegro anlmato.
Introduction to th Third act, from
Lohengrin Richard Wagner
L Cygne Saint Saena
Papillons Morltx Rosenthal
irttwia Paul de Schloeser
J34fljfonlc dance Anton Dvorak j
ELECTRIC SHOCKS. J
Effects of Handling Wires Which
Carry a High Voltage Current.
The fact that one has received a
shock from a BOO volt circuit that aid
not prove painful Is not a sign that th
next one will be equally harmless. The
following experiments have been made,
involuntarily, by a great number of
people. say Cassier's Magazine. j
Touch one side of the circuit lightly
with the finger while making contact
with the other side either through a
rrnimH or bv actually touching- it: the
sensation is similar to receiving a vio
lent blow In the chest; a small burn
that- la deeo. but not painful, will be
found on the finger where contact was
mftrlit.
Make a better contact, as by touching
tho circuit with a piece of metal held
rirmlv in the hand, and tne mow will
In regard to his oomnoaij-J h atronr enous-h to knock the exneri-
menter down- it is prooaoi mainoj
burn will result as th current haK a
large' surface thruugh which to enter
the hand: in rare cases tha person may
become unconscious for .a short time. .
Grasp the wire firmly in the hand,
and for a time at least it will be im
possible to release It. Serious bnrns
are' made where the wire touches the
hand, and unless the victim succeeds In
wrenching nimseu rree.or neip is quick
ly rendered, the result la likely to prove
fatal.
Tha last cassis of a very rare occur- i
rence; . It is pretty aur to 'obtain con- i
Iderabl space in th dally papers
when It actually doe Occur, while In
many of-th reports -seen th victim
may exclaim, with Mark Twain, "Ac
counts of my death greatly saggerat
d." On th other hand, - people are
knocked down by th current every day.
.It is rathar pooullar that th 600 volt
shock will, in th majority of cases,
kill a horse, . 1 -. .-
Th trolley current I a 109 volt cir
cuit, with th exception of perhaps half
a dnsen lines recently Installed which
go to 1,000 or over. It 1 well to re
member In rase of a falling trolley wire
that standing upon a dry board will
give full protection, that while sitting
in a car ther Is no danger of shock
from a broken wire or other eaua If
ona ooes not touch metal or wet wood;
raising th feet from the floor that
may be wet or dirty will do as an addi
tional precaution.
If one wishes to remov a wlr to
avoid shock or for other reason a It may
be - don with aafety while standing
upon a dry, clean board, with a plec
of dry board not large enough to stand
on, or' with several thicknesses of dry
papar (a newspaper), or, in oas of
emergency, a bundle of dry clothing.
As It Is difficult to get the latter per
fectly dry a shock may b received
when this Is attempted, but th resist
ance will b so high that th shock will
not b very severe.
The deadly third rail also operates
at tOO volts, and Is no more deadly than
hss already been shown, except for the
probability of a person who is thrown
down bv the shock of falling across the
rsU and . becoming unconscious. This
of course Is s serious a case even as
that of th man who I unabl to let
go of the wlr.
wires usna ior sirvsi jigming- may
always be regarded with suspicion: t!- y
ar exceedingly likely to carry a t une -e
of 1,000 volts or mora. This lsl n
most cases glv a fatal current, and ti -i
rressur la eo great that th prc
ions previously described sre not to l -i
depend id upon. On would b reasonably-
safe, howvr, If standing upon
chair or stool with, prfectly dry woodm
As wires of 1, 000 volt or tnor are
quit' common In th streets, trmr ars
many chance for other wires to coma
in contact with them and so rclv a
dangerous current. It Is therefor un
wise for an Inaxperteaced person tn
touch any outdoor wire, bowvr harm
less It may appear. '
" Lines-for transmitting power aero-
country operate on voltage all th way
up tJ (0,000. f rera'iiiona are ibkcm
with such wire and special warnings
are printed On th poles. Lines of lit,,
000 volts or over may b recognised by
th fact that large clay or porcelain
Insulators ar used in plae of th
glas ones generally seen.
Persons rendered unconscious by a
shock may frequently b revived by in
ducing artificial respiration in th man
ner used for revlvla persons appar
ently drowned; but of course without,
th attempt to ipl water from th
lungs. j .i ,'.t
"" ' -v
Women PetrcUvea ' In ' Paris Stores.
From Woman' Llf.
In Paris shoplifting ha becom a fir
art, consequently watching ha had to
become a fine art also, and th Parisian
shopkeepers ar finding that It pay
them to employ proper women detec '
tlvea to watch their stock, so now evary
hous of importance baa Its own worn a '
detective. " '
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