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Newspaper Page TextI ' ' ' ' . ' ' " ' - THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1808. 1 II 111' lum,M J. P., Robertson: Wnj, "Will Ts T trv-tha symphony orchestra next Friday after noon A f tha Udfnilum 111 V ln ..art JnMwiid 0f i o'clock to enable the school children and teacher to attend. 1HE article quoted below-1 worth attention and presents a question that 1" causing a great deal Of worry for many people In these days. These columns have be fore ofcred decided views on musi cians' poor financial standing; and tried to place the blame. Is It because the public, or part of It. does not realise that a musician's art Is his stock In trade, or In It that tlio rauslolan himself In too ready to consider his ait a side Issus which may be given gratis? There sre undoubtedly many of this id and they do not realise that In glv Tit their art for nothing they are doing as much of an Injustice to the pro re a slonal musicians Mho must earn their livelihood through their art as would be A man who for the pleasure it af forded him should open among a com munity of merchants a store at which he would give away his wares for noth ln. Musicians as a class are not a well paid people. Tliev must work all the time with but small returns. It may sound easy and ecm to savour of wealth to sar a teacher sets, sy, 15 an hour, but there is the constant strain on the nerves and on -the throat from constant talking and Instruction. It is a work one cannot keep up Incessantly. And musicians' expenses in connec tion with their work are high, tn the case of performers a singer simply can not do more than a certain amount of work, for the throat will give out. An Instrumentalist must practice the same reserve of nerve force. But above all there la the economic law of the proportion between the e rendlture for preparation and the re urns. The specialist rightly demands mora for his services than the man who does the general Work that requires no previous study and that anyone can do. The physician or the- lawyer requires high wages In return for the large in vestment tn his education. A store keeper Invests his money In his mer chandise and he must mak enough on the sule of his goods to pay the Interest on that mrmey. The musician Is in the same position and hn must be paid enough for his services to pay the ac cumulated Interest on his money or he Is working at a loss. TIih best educated muhlfians have had to pav small for tunes for their training and when they get to work they must mako enough to pay the interest of all the intervening Yenrs. No one would think of asking a law yer to conduct a suit or a doctor to rtiniriiriMC a BHO for nothing. The following Is taken from the Mu Icnl Courier, an editorial comment on a misguided article: Th Cnntrresatlonallst of Boston, a religion paper, backing up Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, declares against the paying of money for music In church. Dr. Sheldon says that this money might be better used for missionary purposes, but he docs-not state whether those missionary purposes snouia ue appneu to the IBWgen uuiRiue iu uini Rtates or to .those In this countr thona miscreants, for instance. Roosevelt constantly calls attention to, hnt niiKht to have some missionary vnrlr done amonsr them: the lyncher who kill people without a trial, who are woraf than the ignoiani savngea. or mi Kentucky feudists that annihilate faml It, mutually, or the DOlltlcal criminal In the large cities, to whom the money that should e usea Tor paving mi sanitation and sewerago and hospital and health. Is deflected from Its honest purposes. Dr. Sheldon does not say which savages require this missionary r0-''rii Cnnsreirntlonnllst save that artlln man In a Bible class, who I highly educated, does his work In that Bible class free of charge, giving all the knowledge grans 10 me muio tis that cost Mm many .years io acquirn. and then the paper says: 'If he doesn't expect anything for his service to the church, which he gives as service, why should the man or woman who spent year acquiring a musical eaucmion in learning to play or sing, expect any nfitMinnat1nn for It? "There Is no reason why they should, T ! vrv well understood that musica nennln can live on air. Many of them really live on airs. A musician, after he has spent money on his own educa- on- nan live on laeais. usually me landlord gives the rent free of charge to musicians; clothing houses and dress- kers charge them notnintr ior ineir rlna- nnnarel: tho grocery asKS n-un lngfor the breakfast food and coffee for the same, ann ine imicnor Henun s round his sugar-cured ham and his broilers and steaks witnoni expecting that there Is any bill to follow. Musi cians get everything for nothing In this world because tney aro musicians anu therefore, thov should not charge any thing. Best 'of all, they should not chnrire nnvthlna for singing in ohurches. where the ministers get from 110.000 to J 15.000 a year and the parsonsge thrown In and fees every time they marry a couple and fees every time they of ficiate at funeral services. There is nothing left after tho congregation has raid the minister. Musicians deserve nnthlna at all In the way of money be cause they are musicians. TUey are al ways expected to play and sing for nothing and they are rcaponsioie ror that opinion tnemsetves, simpiy nc rause they have done It so often. Such n article as that stupid article In the Congregatlonallst would never appear In any paper were it not for the fact that a habit has been cultivated which leads peoplo to think that musicians Sing and play for nothing. Musicians should stop this and public opinion would soon veer around. As It stands now. such articles as that of the Con- tregatlonalist represent a notion wnicn a cenerallv prevalent that there an? many persons who pay nothing for their mimical services. Why should they pay when they can get It for nothing? It )s worth nothing, of course. Musically speaking, It cannot bo 'worth anything If It is given for nothing. Musicians cannot even sing well or play well un less thev are paid. Tho Inspiration of being paid that is, being recognized and having their value and their merit recognized, adds to the stimulus of the uf1,I0rm81K.e. tnereiori!, wnen nicy pmv for nothing, they do not plav and do not sing as well as when they play or sing ror money. - w Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer, who gave tip most of her work last spring and has been taking It up asain by degrees. Is nlannlnsr to resume teaching. Mrs. laiur is endowed with great enthusiasm and Interest in ner wors, ana inactnuv Is foreign to her disposition, so that she resumed her choir work at Temple Beth Israel some time ago. Her old pupils are delighted with her late, decision. . Tho following program will be given at J. P. Robertson's farewell concert at Arlon hall, Friday evening of this Week: Overture,, "Scottish Airs," Stiles' Oc chestrai dance, "Highland Reel," Jessie rottage, Jeanie' Best, Frank D'Arcy. Jlmmie King; song, "lve a Lassie," Jock .Coleman; song, "Cam Ye by Ath glV' ma. B. Bruce-Glbb; "GUlUle Cal-i glee.- selected, .Welsh Chorus; song, "uoon-the Uurn." Miss Kathleen Law ler: dance. "Highland KUnc." Jessie Pot tage. Jeanie. Best Aggie Pottage. Frank D'Arcy, Jlmmle King; song. "A Wee Bit o- iieainer,' Mrs. waiter tteea; uootcn character sketch, J. D. Murray; , song, "Bonnie Sweet Bessie." Miss Helen Bar stow; dance, "Sailor's Hornpipe," Jessie rousge, Aggie rottage, j, r. KODartson " A tl M I .ana flvn" ' 'a b1 TtAntiM rnnm ....... V. I C. I, W ... Miss Llna Abarbanell ' and George Damerel, of Savage' Chicago "Merry Widow" company, Have Invested 11000 each In the' stock of Maxim', the famous Pari restaurant, a. reprodue Don of which I shown in the third Vt of "The Merry Widow." Both the Widow Sonla and Prince Panilo have now a proprietary Interest In the care where ineir reconciliation takes place. Maxim has been caMtallsed at 1600,000 and stock I on sole in Eng land and America. Each member of "The' Merry Widow" com pan at the Colonial theatre ha received a per sonal letter from the. Maxim's manage ment, together .with an alluring clrcu lar, asking the purchase of stock, if only for sentimental reasons. Hammeretetn ha revised the usual order and wilt give a benefit week of free oj-era for the benefit of his sub scriber at the end of the regular sea son at the Manhattan. " He slams rather open'y at the Metropolitan In the re mark: "It has been the custom of managers to give benefit ror themselves. Such a benefit, as is generally known, will takn place elsewhere this season. I simply want to change things about and give a week' benefit for my subscrib ers." The decision 1 due to the dlssatlsfsc- tton thst arorfo among the subscribers earlier In the season bejrsuse there were repetition In the bills on subscription nights. Tho following program was given at the last meeting of Mrs. Walter Reed's Tuesday afternoon club: "A Oarden Romance" f8chaefcr. Miss Agnes Me- I.auchlan: "Thine Eyes" (Swinstead). Miss (lenevleve Hutterfleld; "When Mable Sings" (Speaks). Miss Uthel Don aldson: "If I Built a World for Ton" (Iehmann), Miss Mabje Belover: "L'Ar- ami- (Arauu. miss L,iuyn uicnuen nlng. w A recent number of the Musical Cour ier publishes a picture of the Dierke Musical institute under the department "Musical Education" which It runs every week. The following note Is attached: "The attractive picture shown here with of the Dierke Musical institute, tn Portland. Oregon, serves a another Il lustration of the progress made In the cause if musical education in the far west. Here Is a well equipped school of music, with a handsome building, and f bllh4 without endow ment. Thl fact must Impress thought ful people, fpr no one ytt ha bean able to demonstrate that the endowed Insti tute of music produce better musician and music teachers than the school conducted by Individuals, independent of pecuniary assistance In the form of glfto." ... ' . w w Thl ia a New Tork Musical Courier pleasantry which., it I hoped, will not be branded as heresy: "A Mr. Rlc ha started and made herself chairman of a society for the' prevention of unneces- m ADAM BUTTERFLY Refutes Old Traditions Jn an, editorial review' of Savage' production in English of Puccini' operatlo masterpiece, a writer of the "Denver News" says: ' "Madam Butterfly ha come and gone. And in the brief and brilliant passage ha ' upset a number of fondly held musical fad and fancies, and not few which hover about the atage In general, without reference to muslo. "On, la the notion that the public abhor, tragedy. 'Madam Butterfly' la the moat 'convincing tragedy that ha been-put an the operatlo stage in a generation perhaps ever. It Is tragedy wholly unrelieved by farce. The fate ful not 1 heard In almost every bar of the muslo and in almost every page of the book from the first to the last Yet thl opera la a perfect gold mine to me manager wno wa wise enousn to seise upon It; and the publlo 'which won't listen to tragedy goes as often a it gets the ohaaie; weeps, and goes baca again. j "Once again w are told thst the people want to see the actor, not the 'lay. ask any, piaywngnr why he raa-gea in tnis or mat episode: ask any oomlo opera tailor why he sewed thl or that musical patch on the thin web of hi clot and he will probably answer that he had to provide every one m ine company wun a. -tunt' ARTISTS'-IX' PORTLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. JxlZSS. ,hi?mmf i-' aV.-4D year and another, arid If the orchestral work 1 kept up consistently now the work, will te easier next year and will be that far la advance of thl year's. Fine ensemble playing Is, of course, the result of long and careful work to gether and the longer the better. - Even the best of musician all the world's greatest musicians to play to- f ather must practice first together. But n order to get the best result there must be a start, and the Portland Sym phony orchestra will make this start next Friday afternoon. It ' la most likely that they will play better at the second concert and still better st the third, but this Is largely dependent upon the encouragement they receive now. The football team wants rooters to show that some one I interested In their work, snd It wants spectators. Any organisation working for the pub llo, whether it be for Its amusement or Its education, wants encouragement. It must know that its -efforts are worth while. The program to be given Friday aft ernoon is as follows: Coronation march. . .Glacomo Meyerbeer Symphony, No. 6 Ludwlg von Beethoven An.iante con moto. Allegro. Concerto for pianoforte ...From Llsxt Allegro muosto. Tempo glusto. Quasi adagio. Allegretto vivace. Allegro anlmato. Introduction to the Third act, from Lohengrin Klcnara wsgner Le Cygne Saint Saens Paplllona Mortts Rosenthal Etude Paul de Schloezer Slavonic dance Antoa Dvorak shout this great festival and tell people of its Importance. Tell them that one of the mos: Important orchestras of the country is coming; that they will play some of the beef muslo in lltersture; thst a large local chorus of about 100 voices Is to sasist In giving the ora torios and cantatas for which th or chestra will plsy the accompaniments; that there will be five concerts and that a most reasonable season rate has been made that one may attend all ths con certs for little more than two single ones: that It Is an educational event of freateat Importance; and that much of 'ortland's future advanUges depends on the people's attitude. Special attention Is being drawn to the soloists, Jan Van Oordt. violinist and conoert meleter, and Fran Wagner, cellist and assistant conductor. Mr. Van Oordt was toured through the west s a soloist a number of years ago, and r,'y?.'. to n appreciative audience, t will be remembered that Mr. Wagner was the solo 'cellist four years ago when this .orchestra came to Portland and gave a concert at the Marquam. - SEAGOING POOLROOMS. Mrs. Beatrice Dierke, Pianiste. There are no 'stunts' In 'Madam Butter fly.' Every bit of music and dialogue and action Is devoted to telling the story. And the result of this absoluto disregard of the actor Is the creation of one of the finest rols ever put on the musical stage. "Once moro, and lastly: There Is very widely held fad that realism I vulgar, or sordid, or something had anyway. There Is a common opinion that to get anything appealing you must turn to what is vaguely grouped as "romance. Mauani Uutterfly is th verv essence of realism. And that on precious baby gets closer to the heart than all the papier mache dragons that ever spat rire. "You must figure out the moral for yourselves. TRIED RULES FOR Pianist as Business Man The Musical Courier pays Its compli ments to Paderewskl and Ida choice of program In the following terms. The paper has been criticised for "unklnd- ness and unfnlrnese" In publishing un der the head of "I'aderewskl's Veisa- lllty" the programs played by him In he cities all along his tour, programs which are Identically the same. Here Is the Courier's attitude: 'The versatlltv of the programs of raderewskl, which Is demonstrated by the renrnriiictlon In this DBDer of tho same programs In each city (as hn plavs the same as he goes rrora town io town), might seem an act of injustice oward him IT attention were not calico o the fact that this Is usually done ny foreign srtlsts. anyway. It should, how- ?ver. be tirought rorwara here empnat callv that Paderewskl cannot play In New York more than three times In re- Itals, because lie has only periodically hree recital programs at his fingers' lids. Me never prepares more than hree tiKicrama for recitals, there be- ng no necessity for more outside of New York. "He would play In New 1 ork four, six elKht times If he had more pro- mma becauae New York Is always the place to draw money, but he Is limited to his three recital programs, ine rea son for. publishing this program, which Is repeated constantly In various cities, la to call attention to that method of handling the I'nlted States on the part of foreign pianist. Thev prepare a program, then come over here and piny It In every city. It does not help us In our education at all and it sfiows what a small proposition It Is, anyway. "What we want to do Is to lead up to this point, to show that Paderewskl nlavs In New York three recitals only, because, ho usually has only three recltil programs. He would plav here many, many times If he had more programs. Now. there are other pianists who have plaved In New York a half dozen re citals. They are the men who are de veloping new piano literature, something with which Mr. Paderewskl Is not iden tified, and he makes no effort what ever, because he can go rrom one cuy io In Operation on Hlg Liners for Ben efit of Sporting Htewards. From ths New Tork Sun. Sine poolrooms have become scarce In New York and betting In them pre carious, handbooks have flourished in many queer places. Some large busi ness houses have their own layers of odds on the premises, who take all the bets of their fellow employes and pay off on a starting price basis the follow ing day. . But perhaps the queerest phase of the situation Is the establishment of float ing poolrooms on many of the ocean steamnhlp. The stewards on the big liners are nearly all inveterate gam blers, ready to take a chance of dou bling or losing the tips gathered on the voyage whenever they reach a port: This used to be a simple matter In New York, for until the Jockey club began Its crusade against the furnish ing of Information from the tracks many poolrooms did business on or near West street. They were crowded with stewards, firemen and seamen with sporting Instincts. When the poolrooms practically went out of business something had to he done to enable these people to get their bets down. This resulted In the forma tion of syndicates to make book for the great majority. The bookmakers take no chance of their shipmates getting a flash and by practical wiretapping betting nn he winner after the race Is in. All bets have to be made before the first race, and during the afternoon telegrams are delivered at the ship giving the result of each race as It Is run. The ship bookmakers stand a chance of either winning or loalng big amounts, for the men on board follow a tip as sheep follow the bellwether. Many of them make large bets too. and In the season when the New York tracks are open It is not unusual to find the sailors placing a large commission wfth a book maker at the track to hedge the wagers made In the seagoing book. Making hook on the boats Is not a new practice. In fact before wireless telegraphy existed there was a novelty In betting during the whole trip of a liner. Odds on all the big English races ara always printed long before the events are run. and In the old days a trip to the "glory hole" or stewards' quarters would always revenl a slip posted with odds against every horse In a big race. The peculiarity of this system was that a race might he run the same day that a ship left Queenstown. vet for the whole trip across the Atlantic the odds would remain posted and bets he sccept ed until the pilot came aboard, when the slate was turned to the wall. Wireless telegraphy ended this practice. nVnr-m nH make thouaands of dollars. U1 "'i" ' w? L ., nnii.i. inH.i t l.... u"iinea. ana tne practl ;." h U rnuhl to exnand his nro- wT?""."-'"" " r.". i. r. , II i i "" eneciuauy oemonstra r""'r,- "J"', .'Uh h,..n; an h. !'" "resulted largely llirl-T "IIU IV o " " P HE IHI (in Df ThA nnlSAf' a,..lnna In more than 40 Italian rltl.a in Switzerland. In Norway and a number es ca- day- ted from should be very much encouraged as a business man to do these things; but It Is not art; It Is not music. Hail Orders Received vow rmox sots iw . AX OUT O TOWJf . FOR Season Tickets 5 Concerts for $5.00 , rOBTUursi i awtxvax. Musical festival AT ARMORY APRIL IO, 11, 12 CHICAGO SYMPHONY 65 ORCHESTRA 65 Adolph X o en backer, Oondootof -TOOAI. SOLOISTS 4 lo-nrsTrnxricawTAX soLOitrs-ia 300-CHORUS-300 ntlDAT ITZOXT Grand Orchestra Concert and TAX ILUI." By Max Bruch. Story of the siege of Lucknow. SATTBSAY ATTZBXOOW Popular Orchestra Concert. SATTTBDAT HIOXT Grand Orchestra Concert and UXWM WAIT AID TXB IXTIyUI." By A. Lioring Thomas. STJBDAT ATTBBBOOB Grand Orchestra Concert snd XZSSZAX.'' By Handel. sottdat nan Grand Orchestra Concert, with Vocal and instrumental boioisis. nCFOBTABT SBASOB TIOXXTS 18.00 UDI Good for Five Different Concerts in Any Location .uesirea. rBioxsi Evenings and Sunday afternoon lxwer floor. 12. ii.ou, : oaicony. I. $1.50. Saturday matinee :c. 60, 75c. SCAHj OBDEBS BSCZXTB9 rrom This City and Out of Tows Mall order for season tickets re ceived March 20. For one. two or more concerts (not season , received March 27. Regular winaow sate opens A,prll 3. 1908. HOW TO OBDBB SBAT8 Address letters, mase cnecaa ana monev orners payania t" " gle. Manager Helllg Theatre.. Port land. Oregon. Inclose self-addressed stamped envelope to Insure safe re turn. Season orders take precedence over all other orders. FUTURE OF PORTLAND Orchestra in the Balance Henry L. Bettman, First Violin. f A f Slgnor A. DeCaprlo, Trombonist- sary noise. We move thnt the organi sation investigate the Paderewskl re citals." Mr. Kubcllk, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Junkerman. left for Europe Feb ruary 18 for a month's visit with the Kubelik children, and will return in time to Join Mr. Kubelik at Vancouver on his Australian tour. His last appearance in New York this season will be on April 12. Dalmores. the tenor. Is now the bone of contention between tho Metropolitan and Manhattan opera houses. Both Conrled and Hammersteln claim that they have signed him for next season and 1t will probably go to court for settlement. WW Miss Leonora Fisher has decided to remain in New York for organ study two months longer and will then return and resume her position as organist at Tem ple Beth Israel. Official arjDllcatlon has been made in Albany, New York, by the Conrled Met ropolitan opera company to change the name to Metropolitan opera company. Way to Detect Smokeless Powder. From the Washington Herald. German military authorities are cx- fierlmentr.ig with a device by which the ocatlon of troops using smokeless pow der may be easily discovered. Bv this device it, Is oroposed to survey the land scape through pale red glasses. The flash' of smokeless powder ap pears strong in red light, while ordinary objects are dimmed. . By furnishing field glasses with the device In Question. which .1 provided with screens of the Dcor. tint, the position of concealed marksmen caa be detected, , i The leading musical event of thl week will be the Initial concert of the1 Portland Symphony orchestra, and there is a great deal of Interest manifested In this first concert. The orchostra I receiving warm support from the music lovers of the city and an effort will be made to make the concert a fashlonabl nffulr. The prominent society matron whose husbands' names have headed the subscription list are to bring parties of their friends and a large attendance is looked for, The program will be all that can be desired. Some excellent numbers are on ine program and. of course, atten Hon will center in tho Lisjt concerto piayca oy Mrs. Hea trice Dierke, with i on urciieHirai accompaniment. Mrs. memes worn is too well known to re quire much mention hero. She ia one or tne lew local pianists Who can al ways draw a full house for her eon certs and her work grows broader every yaar. one nas ine requires rorca and brilliancy for the Liszt concerto and knows the work thoroughly, for she piayea it once Derore at. a concert, with Mr. Dierke playing second piano parts. Mr. Dierke has . demonstrated at re hearsal hi ability as a conductor. He has 36 Instruments In the orchestra and nas mem ail under perfect guidance. There is no reason why the orchestra enouia not give an entirely merltorlou performance. The nubile should sunnort thl nr. chestra and should show its encourage ment oy rcany attendance. The or-. cnesira is just starting out on a new career under new management and un der a new rearlme. There l not mi mo question oi giving ine orchestra en couragement ror this concert. The quality of the next concert will denend on the support and the spirit it meets this time. And the permanency of - the orchestra will depend on its success this season. Though the orchestra In dnlna lent work, it is not, of course, to be expecveu uini int essence or finished work can be obtained at this concert. A football team mnv be com nnao.l nf many fine players, but before they have iimciicnu piiLjiiiB logemer tney will not be able to put up a good game. After a while thev become acquainted with the signals and each player knows what the otners are going to do at a certain sign. But it takes repeated practice wun mem signals o maxe trie Work still better. And the later in the sea son these men play together the better game will they play. Now. if this same team aathers the next year there will he a tremendously strong comoinauon and the following year It will be stronger. It la seldom that tho sameseleven men stay together a third season, or even a second, with out any changes, but with the larger proportion of the men the same team is . materially strengthened by former experience. Even two old men will D.ICIIftlllCIl U III. MM J V. I I DO I t . nn AvnTli.nrM nliclaila In vnrk from I the team has an advantage over one that starts all over new. So It Is with an orchestra. It is hardly likely that the same 35 men play ing now In the orchestra will be play ing next year and the next, though if they should be they will then be ac quainted with each other's peculiarities ana can piay tugeiner reasonaoiy wen. i 59- D EATH COMES TO Favorite of Another Age K raullne Lucca, contemporary of Ade llna Pattl. Christine. Nllsson and Clara Louise Kellogg, died at her homo In Vienna. Friday. February 28. The In difference shown to the announcement of the death of this once famous' prlmu donna, jiroves that a new generation of onerngeers lives ioday. Lucca In her prime was Idolized. While as a singe she was, perhaps, less remarkable than Pattl or Nllsson. It was her wonderful magnetism and versatility that brought the publlo to her feet. Lucca's voice. a dramatic soprano of great range, en abled the singer to slug both soprano nd mezzo or contralto roles in me same opera. It is no exaggeration io siate that Lucca nrobahlv hud the largest rep ertorv of anv sinner of her day. As an actress she was peerless. Lucca was born In lenna or Viennese snd Italian parentage, a fin" comblna tlon for an artistic career. I he date or her birth. Anrll 25. 1841. was disputed by the singer herself, who claimed she was horn the same year as i-a.ii) una Nllsson. 1843. The musical dictionaries, however, recorded 1841. and thus the nrlma donna was oblired to appear two years oldr-r than she was, or claimed to hn. Lucca was fortunate from the be ginning of her Initial public appearance at the ortera , n Vienna, wnero sne cre ated a sensation as the first bridesmaid in "Der Krelschutz She was only a member or tno chorus then, but even that oiiacure piaye nia not long conceal her gift. Lucca made her debut as a principal as f.lvlra In "Krnanl " at Olmiltz. September 4. 1X59 and- she was received with enthusiasm. ITer auhseouent appearances as Norma and Vnlentlr.e attracted the attention of Meverbeer. who engaaeri ner to create the, role of fiolka in "L Afncalne." in Berlin, and she was immndiately en gaged as court singer for life, but she subsequently resigned. preferring to make her homo In Vienna, the city of her birth. Lucca marie two tours in tne United States, and here, as In the capi tals of Europe, became a universal ra- vorita. As n matter of course, sne sang before many of tho crowned heads and received from the memoers or royal families many valuable gifts. Lucca was twice married. Her first husband was Baron von Rhaden. Her second husband, Ilerr von Wallhnfen, died nine years ngo. Since her retirement from the operatic atago, Lucca had devoted much of her time to teaching, and she bad the satisfaction of hearing many of her miDlls sing- In tho leading opera houses of the continent. , H- " ' -83 ARE YOU USING AN ELECTRIC TOASTER? It is the daintiest and most serviceable Electric Convenience that has been designed for the house hold. With it, you can make breakfast toast at the table and serve it as desired, piping hot. t A PRIL FESTIVAL Jl. of Importance to Future One of the biggest musical events ver undertaken In this Btate will be t the armory, April 10, 11 and 12, when the Chicago Symphony orchestra with Its four vocal soloists and two Instru mental soloists plays here under the Helllg management. The coming of this orchestra will mark an epoch In the musical life of Portland. Largely de pendent on the support it receives this year Is the future orchestral life of I'ornann. it ia unaersioon mat tne management intends to make an annual affair of It If the proper encourage ment Is given. Of .course it is readily agreed that the existence of an orchestra presupposes a large expense ann to Dring such an or ganisation across half the continent Is a great undertaking from a financial standpoint The people who wish to see their city enjoy henceforth the musical advantages enjoyed 'In other cities haye a duty to perform In helping the man agement to reach success. This does not mean simply to go themselves to the Hut many, of them will be here another i concert, but to assist others to go. Talk Price of Electric Toaster With All Equipment $4.00 The company cordially invites the ladies' and -gentlemen, too, who are interested, to attend the demonstrations of Electric Cooking and Heating Devices, which will be given in the warerooms of, -the Supply Department, 145-147 Seventh Street every Friday 'afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock." Dainties prepared by an expert, with electric ,, utensils, will be served. - ! urwnro ma chute motors OOrFEB FHKOOLATOB KIZ.K WARMTHS rsTtira pans BREAD TOASTERS POHTABX.S LAMPS KSATIira PASS 1 rarc ( ctrBi.nrf rjtoir msATuts AIR EBATXBS ' FOOT WARMERS , SMOOTKiira isnsi 1 1 ooom-iwa otrrrxTs OlOPHAJtB SHADES PORTLAND RAILWAY, light & mWmm. SUPPLY DEPARTMENT ' ' " . 145-147 Seventh SL beL Morrison and Alder Call Telephones Main 6688 or A5517 for Infcrn::!::.!