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THE OREGON - SUNDAY JOURNAL), ' PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, ,1908.
jrtHH FIRST concert of the Port
l I land Symphony orchestra waa
j I given Friday afternoon at the
1 " Marauam and c roved beyond
doubt that the Portland public
ran and will support a local orchestra.
Huch enthusiasm Is seldom evinced here
outside of the few concerts annually
klveo here by stars and If It was en
couragement that the players wanted
they must have left the building Frl-
lay with their hearts full. The house
was crowded and It rang with ap
plause.
And the applause was well deserved.
it was really surprising to hear how
Mr. Dlerke, the conductor, has brought'
la orchestra Into shane In the short
of rehearsing. Orchestral finesse
M not mastered In a day or a week or
M month. It Is not as with a soloist,
jsrbo baa only his own faults to struggle
with and master. An orchestra playor
tnust learn his part not only for himself
but in relation to all the other Instru
hienta, There was no ragged work even
hough In some Instances It had not
eea polished down to absolute perfec
lon through lack of time. But the
'layers appreciated the Interest shown
it them and they worked with a. will
und surpassed their work at any of the
enearsais.
The program was well chosen with
he popular and Joyous "Coronation
March" by Meyerbeer to open the pro
gram, the Beethoven symphony and the
ompllshment and the Dvorak Slavonic
nnce as a little lighter In nature and
'till keeping ud the high tone of the
Ivork.
The symphony was the most Inter
esting, naturally, of the orchestral
lumbers. It Is the C minor symphony.
he best known and the most popular
'f Beethoven's symphonies and yet not
'ailing below his standard. In this
ome assert tnat he nas broken away
rom the rules of such compositions,
his playing of the Faganlnl variations,
and the audience Insisted upon his re
turning to the stage again and again,
The following program was given:
"Humpresque" (Dvorak), "To a Wild
Ross" (MscDowell-Oesner), "Etude de
Concert" (Florlllo). Mr. Gesner: "Etude"
(Chopin), "Prelude" "Ballad," Miss
Byrd; "Aria," from "Roberto 11 Dlav
olo" (Myerbeer). Mra. Sletton; "Non Plu
Mesta." theme and variations (Psganl
nl), Mr. Gesner: "Romance (Rubin
stein), "Caprice Espagnale (Moskows-
kU, Miss nyra; me Nignungaies
gong" (NevInK Mri Bletten; "Madrl
gale' (Simonsttl), "Scherco" (Hubay),
Mr. Oesner; "Polonaise E Major"
(Lint), Miss Byrd.
The Musical Courier says In re perma
nent orchestras: "Another musical sea
son Is about to end without the estab
lishing of a single new permanent or
chestra throughout the length and
breadth of this long and broad land.
Verily, In one sense those foreigners
who doubt our real musical progress
and our sincerity In art are not very
far from the truth. Even In 'unmusical"
England excellent symphony orchestras
exist In towns of the smaller size, anA
1. 1. . I. I n m ex.. .-, r .1 T
sented at watering places that would
correspond to our own Lakewood, Palm
Beaoh, Hot Springs, Aahevllle, etc.,
where the only music heard is the
coon variety, alternating witn rag
time marches and trashy comic opera
tunes, and an occasional 'Merry Widow'
waits solo perpetrated on a squeaky ho
tel Dlano by a half-baked girl amateur.
We may be progressing musically In
America, but the pace Is that of a
snail. Psrmanet orchestras are the
only convincing badges of a really
musical nation.
Oscar Hammersteln of the Manhattan
has bravely undertaken to institute an
other reform. He announced last week
thAt he would discontinue the time-hon
ored hotel ticket agencies and that here
after tickets would be procurable only
at the box office. Mr. Hammersteln as
serts that he "has discovered an affilia
tion between the hotel agencies and
ticket soeculators and that the seats
are sold at a high advance to those who
lsh to be saved the annoyance or
standing in line. It Is said that the
aoprano for her ninth year at the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church In New
York. In the evenings she will sing In
ner rourtn season at calvary M. ta.
church of East Orange, New Jersey.
Lent Is a very musical season for It
represents 40 days of scale. In this
fiaragraph the fish Is father to the
bought Exchange.
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Ellen Beach Taw, the coloratura so
prano, was engaged to sing the title
role In "L.ucla" at the Metropolitan
March 21.
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Miss Barah Olancs was the soloist
Friday evening at the weekly recital at
hitlers hall.
COURIER HANDBOOK
Of Valuable Information
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piano
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JA VAJ.OORDT
CniCAGO c&YMPJIONY 0ECn."B6TBA.
Violinist and Cellist to Be Heard Here Soon.
iut other authorities say that close
ttudy will snow he has observed all the
fundamental laws of symphonic compo-
tltlon and has merely colored the wholo
'Ith so much originality and such ln-
ensity or reeling and varying moous
hat the first effect is almost bizarre,
t Is a tragic composition relating, it
a said, the storv of his own love. It
fs a work of Ideality and individuality.
'he rirst movement, wnicn is me
Ijortest, but many think the richest
fa!Kni08t brilliant, waa not given by
jhe Orchestra Friday.
The concerto was played with sple.i
flld effect, and Mrs. Dlerke added scores
f admirers to her retinue, jier worn
was perhaps the most brilliant she has
-Iver done. The concerto was played
(Vlth dash and vigor, and througli all
; ha difficult passages her work was
ilMtlnct and clean cut. It rang keen
ind true above tho accompaniment of
ihe orcnestra. rne orcnestra, Dy tne
ra.y, did some of its best and most ex
cting work 4ln this number. Mrs.
)lerke had chosen some of her best
fork from her recent concert program,
nd the Saint Baena, "Le Cygne," Into
rtiich she puts more feeling, I believe,
nan In anything else she plays, was
eautlful. The Rosenthal "Papillons"
fas played with her usual clever
apldfty In staccato work. The do
Vohloexer etude was brilliantly done
inA her charming encoue, the Poldlnl
Japanese etude with Its chopstlck time,
was delightful. Her other encore was
She Henselt, "If I Were a Bird." The
roup gave a charming touch of the
.modern composers.
i Mr. Dlerke had to bow often for his
york with the orchestra and .the audi
ence did its best to show its apprecia
tion of all they pot. Undoubtedly the
hint eoncert will be eaaerlv looked for-
miinh larger nudionce for there would
e no place for the music-hungry people.
The space of about a column and a
alf was given by the Musical Courier
t New York last week to quoting en
tire The Journal's unfavorable criti
cism .of Paderewskl's concert here re
cently, and extracts from these columns
joncernlng program annotations and the
ale of programs In the aisles as ln
rtlHttcallv demonstrated at the Pader-
wskl concert. The Courier gives these
s an instance that even theT'far west"
an outgrown the worship of this dema
niim. In the followlnK issue the edi-
a, t ,1 Vtll',,1 In rlpllirht ftfirt Hilt
Jittto surprise at the scathing critl-
ijswns witn wnicn tne -long-nairea
"Oie ' was greeiea in me mrger umcs
f California and he passed several
ompliments on the musical dlscrlmlna
lon of this out-of-the-way country.
Tha people of Hood River showed
heir appreciation of the bestln music
ijp? turning out in goodly numbers on
frlday evening to hear LeRoy Oesner,
lollnist. Miss Winnifred Byrd, planlste,
nd Mrs. Oertrude Sletten. aoprano.
Much credit is due Mrs. Sletten for the
uccess of the concert, as it was entirely
bnder her management. .
I in 7 TJ. waa at hap mnA
riumphant performance -of, the , Llsst
: malar Pnlonaiss oroved her to ba an
krtlst. iit. Qeener created a furore by
box offices have In past years become
a mere farce except where the purchas
ing of the worst seats Is concerned. The
best seats are sold sometimes at an ad
vance of 60 per cent.
The Pacific Coast Musical Review,
published In San Francisco by Albert
Metzger, is to have a special Rose Fes
tival edition in June, which will be
chiefly devoted to Portland and Its mu
sical progress. Miss Kdith Nlles is Mr.
Metzeer's representative in town and
is arranging for the articles to be con
tributed by prominent Portlnnd mu
sicians. Vocal work, piano work, violin
work and orchestral work of Portland
and Oregon will be written about by
prominent musicians of Portland. A
feature is being made of the advertis
ing of Portland musicians and this
edition should arouse a good deal of In
terest In Portland.
The muslo today at Taylor Street
Methodist Episcopal church will be as
follows: Morning Organ, "'TIs Thus
Ordained" (Mendelssohn); anthem; offer
tory, bass solo, "It Is Enough (ttlljan),
Mendelssohn) ; organ, march in Q (Whit
ing). Evening Organ, "Andante'' (Ba
tiste); anthem; offertory, duet, "For
ever With the Lord" (Gounod), Mr.
Boyer and Mr. Yates;) organ, proces
sional (Batiste). The choir: Soprano,
Mrs. E. B. Miller- contralto, Miss Evelyn
Hurley: tenor and director, W. H. Boyer;
bass, Charles Cutter; chorus of SO
voices.
Slgnor Xj. D'Urbano, who played two
successful engagements at the Oaks in
1905-6. left for Chicago. Monday last.
He expects to return to Portland later
In the season with a large and carefully
selected band of musicians.
Miss Bertha Dart of St Helens, will
sing at the next meeting of Mrs. Wal
ter Read's Tuesday Afternoon club.
Miss Dart has been studying all winter
with Mrs. Reed and has a very sweet
soprano voice.
Savage's "Madam Butterfly," given In
English, has made more money for the
manager thlspast season than have any
aozen ouier woras in roreign tongues
tor ino oiner opera managers.
Constantino, the tenor with the San
Carlos opera company, who won such
marked approbation here last year, Is
reported to have signed up with the
Manhattan ror next season.
Michael Kegrlze, formerly of Phila
delphia, who is now conducting the
Seattle Symphony orchestra. Is receiv
ing high compliments on his work
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The Portland High school has a
chorus of 60 voices, mixed, which Is
holding weekly rehearsals under' the di
rection of Mrs. Walter Reed.
'
Mary Hlssem De Moss, who Is to be
the soloist with the New York Sym-
Shony orchestra when It comes here In
line, baa just been reengaged aa solo,
The Musical Courier has an Interest
ing "Answers to Correspondents" col
umn In the last number that Is really
refreshing. Among the Information
given are tnese bits of elucidation:
"Is It a sin to play or sing opera
musio on Sundays?" Aroantha. Yes,
the way some people play and sing It.
"Why have I never been able to near
the Brahms symphonies in .eoKUK,
Iowa?" Studious. Just luck sheer
good luck. .
Is there any money .-
in music? "Mother. There mum ue,
for few of them ever get any out of It.
n-a.o Kiiim-at some appropriate
music for home during Lent." Mrs. M.
E. Church. Any Jolly tune will do, so
long as It makes yon ieei amer-n.
"H nil v Ten me now i -n 1 ,M1 m-
Ing mistakes when I play the
with my hands crossed." Kxact
.Vir,nl,l rrnm vour eves nlso.
Whv Is Chopin's C Minor Prelude so
ehort? Legato. It will be long enough
before another such masterpiece la
written. . ,.,
Do you believe in the tonic Sol Fa?
Professor P. We do not know It. The
tonics we prefer are Ayer's Barsaparllla
and Vln Marianla, but Dubonnett and
Amer Picon alBO have some strong ad
herents. Is Wagner's Ring" round? H. H
Nn It la lonir.
"Could you tell me the compass of
the double bassoon? Orchestral. Yes
"Please give a short sketch of the life
and works of Mendelssohn." Teuton.
Mendelssohn wrote the "Wedding
March" and the "Hprlng Song," the lat
ter being a violin solo henrd often be
tween nets at the theatre. Mendels
sohn's name appears oeraslonally on the
program of male choruses in southern
Germany. His first name was Felix.
He died
'Is there anything louder in music
than f f f f ?" Teacher. Yes,
Paderewski's piano playing this sea
son. "I have upon my piano a score of
'Salome' and one of Telloas and Mell
sanda.' Yesterday I looked at the two
works of genlug and tell to wondering.
Which will last longer'.' Can you toll
me?" Manhatma. That depends upon
the binding.
groom bega to tea it, not knowing Its
sinister history, Butterfly beseeches
mm to wait ana jays it away with rev
erence. - Uoro. the marrlaa-e broker.
approaches and whispers to the young
naval officer I "It was aent by the mi
kado to her father with a message "
The young offloer asks softly:- '"And
her father r
"Waa obedient," replies Qoro, with a
geaiurs inaicaung nan-nan.
In the second act the fatal dagger
appears araln. Qoro, anxious to make
a- aecona marriage commission, presses
tha auit of the amorous Prince Tama
dorl, strong In the belief that Butterfly
had been deserted by her American
husband. Butterly. squally strong In
ins raitn ibat her husband will return,
rejects the nrlnoe. Oorn nmwti ihmif
the premises of Butterfly and insinu
ates to BiisuKi, taa raitnrui maid, "that
no one knows who la the baby's father."
Butterfly, enraged, takes the sacred
dagger, rushes to Uoro with "Hay't
sun ura 11 sin you, uoro howls
for mercy and flees.
Butterfly lets her eyes fall on the
pagger and Is horrified at the thought
that she Is about to defile the blood of
her ancestor with that of her enemv.
She totters to the shrine and restores it
to Its place with a prayer.
In the last aot of tha opera the om
inous dagger appears and completos the
calamitous mission for which fate bad
destined It. In this act the poor little
fnlaha wife Is brought to a realisation
that she has been sot aside by hlrn
she loves and siiDnlanteii hv "a ri
American wife," who Is anxious to take
from her the idol of her heart, the baby
son "Trouble." She sends for Suzuki
to play with the child without, and then
prepares herself for th final i.. ..
She stands before Buddha motlonlessi
lost in thOUirtlt. Then hnnlni h.zt...
ths god. she offers un a. nraVsr Tain.
the dagger from Its wmn Hj.m, .hi
piously kisses tho blade. Holding It
before her eyes, she reads ths mikado's
niRinvru on ins mane:
TO Ala With hnnnp h.n
longer live with honor."
She then retires Imhiml ii a..n -j
ends her unhanptness.
Puccini, with his exoulslts musical
grace, symbolizes the dagger and Its
tragic significance wlt.i r.rn,nr. .v..
L" onr, ?f ,h" f"clnatlng bits of his
New. Books
And Their Publishers
"0
sensual
PRIL FESTIVAL j
Grows in Interest I
It Is well to see ths northwest ss
sumlng Its rightful place In the artistic
as well as the commercial world, and
no small factor In the establishment of
this posltlun Is the annual musical fes
tival planned for Oregon. This will be
tho festival of three days in Portland
April 10, 11 and 12. by the Chicago
Symphony orchestra and right well
chosen Is the list of attractions.
The large chorus which Is rchearslns;
under . II. Uoyer's direction, will be
heard at three of the five concerts to
bo given and will present several In
teresting works. Max Brucn's "Fair
ji-iien m R surring martial and dra
matic work relating the story of the
siege of Lucknow and giving the so
prano and baritone soloists a splendlj
chance for good work.
The Swan and (he Skylark," by A.
Goring Thomas In a more pretentious
work and very beautiful; beginning with
the death chant of the swan represent
ing the despair of life. The cantata
rlowes with the Joy of summer in thd
song of the skylark representing tha
Joy arid triumph of life.
The greatest Interest, however, prob
ably centers In the production of tho
"Messiah." which will be heard Sunday
afternoon, thus giving to it its proper
religious sitting. The four vocal solo
ists with the orchestra will bo heard in
the well-known solos of tills oratorl)
and the chorus will give seven num
bers. The orchestra will give a three-performance
festival In Eugene and there
a chorus of IDH Is rehearsing under the
direction of Professor Irving M. filen.
"The Holy City" and "The Golden Leg
end" are the Bong pieces to be given
there.
LD Wives for New," by David
Graham PhlUlpa-Mr. Phillips
has had the courage to "call a
pade a spade." There la a
vast difference between the
and obscene and the truth
tripped bar of sentiment and romantic
ism, and Mr. Phillips has had the wis
dom to discern this difference, and oon
fin himself strlotly to tha latter, and
therefore has produced a book that la
perhaps In advance of the times though
we are growing to It rapidly and
wruch will necessarily be accepted witn
hearty approval un the one hand and
vehement disapproval on the other.
The student of social economics will
accept the book as a forerunner of a
class of literature which will produce
an evolution along domestlo lines, and
emancipate both sexes from a thraldom
never meant by the creator, and which
will place marriage and the home on a
higher and more everlasting foundation.
To those still bound to man-made
Ideals and the canting religion that uses
sorlpture to fortify either side of a case
they happen to be on, and who believe
In eternal punishment here and here
after If a few priestly words are set
lde. Mr. Phillips' book will sound the
knell of the departing family life and
the destruction of society through the
instrumentality of divorce. Both these
views may be a trifle extreme, but with
out question "Old Wives for New" has
sounded the note of a new dispensation,
and leads the reader out into a broader
and more exposed vlow of life and Its
reality, shriveling sentiment with the
limelight of truth.
A prologue Introduces the reader to a
beautiful hoy and girl Just breaking
into maturity. Every surrounding con
tributes to the call of nature, and the
boy and girl rejoice in their awakening.
The story opens 17 years after, when
Charles and Sophy Murdock find them
selves the parents of a girl already en-
and wife, but tha bond between them
had been but that of the animal nature,
while maturer years demanded comrade
ship and companionship, and Sophy had
not prepared herself for this demand.
Had she been one of the many who are
forced through circumstances to lag be
hind, the sympathy of the reader would
be with her: but she always had ample
means and unrestrained liberty and
could have kept in the march with her
husband.
Througli the Intellectual emancipa
tion which Is coming to women through
coeducation and political equality which
will eventually come to women through
the ballot, 'the Sophy type of women
must gradually pass. These are forces
which will hasten the day of the "super
man," and make Impossible the repro
duction of the Sophy clasa In the
meantime women might turn the advice
of old Dr. Bchulze to Sophy onto them
selves and ask a few of his practical
questions, at the seme time hoping that
Mr. Phillips will write another book and
give the reverse side of the picture the
woman whose Intellect and ambition
goes soaring upward, while the stunted
man weights her down by the egotism
of his self-importance. These are both
types, happily disappearing, but need
ing lust such light of truth as we are
getting In "Old Wives for New," to dls-,
slpate the lingering fog.
Mr. Phillips, In Julie Raeburn fore
casts this Ideal type of woman; the wo
man who can rise above the convention
alities Of life to do a noble deed; the
tender sympathy that can touch the fal
len without fear of contamination; who
has made herself economically lndepend
ent and earnod tha right to choose a
husband rather than a supporter, yet
has that exalted idea of the fitness Of
thlnsa that will not Dermlt the smallest
detail of the toilet to be neglected, and
recognises the power and necessity or
being well groomed and well gownea lr
he would achieve success. The book
certainly lays bare the secret social and
domestlo sins and cuts deen with the
cruelty of the surgeon's knife, exposing
the very vitals of society; but tne au
thor. In the earlv pages of his book.
gives his own best answer to the critics
who condemn this kind of enlighten
ment. He says: "The first Impulse of
humanity's anger toward new truth of
any kind comes from the laziness mat
shrinks from the labor of learning; but
the anger abides because the new truth
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riATHOLIC PROBLEM
nir -ii i: ",. (
fui ivicuiouisia wutia
The Mufclcaf Courier takes exception
to Cardinal Gibbons through an article
entitled "Cardinal Wisdom and Cardi
nal Sin." While In Baltimore the cardi
nal answered the question, "Is it a sin
for a Catholic to attend grand opera
during Holy week?" with the decision,
"If a Catholic goes to grand opera dur
ing Holy week with tho Intention of
Improving her mind and getting pleas
ure from hearing good music, then I do
not think it a- sin for her to go.
The question was particularly perti
nent, for the Italian contingent of the
Metropolitan company was engaged for
season of grand opera during Holy
week in Baltimore. The Courier re
marks that to tho average sophisticated
New Yorker who knows his Metropoli
tan repertory of the "Italian contin
gent," It would seem as though Cardinal
Gibbons were not quite as au fait along
the same lines.
"Let him examine tho librettos of
the operas to be produced in Baltimore
that week," the Courier writer savs.
"and then tell his questioner whether he
Is of the opinion that her mind will be
Improved by association with those par
ticular stories. We do not know ex
actly tho operas selected for Improving
the minds of tho fair Baltimoroans. but
some of the masterpieces in the Metro
politan's Italian repertory aro the
musical tales of the licentious Don
Giovanni; the adulterous Turrldu and
the erring Santuzza (In 'Cavallerla Rus
ticana'); the wayward Nodda (in 'Fagll
accl'); the cocotte Manon ('Manon Lcs
cnuf); the betrayed Gllda ('Rlgoletto'), I
Mimi ana itoaoiro i jBoneme ), who ror
got to marry each other, and Vloletta
(Traviata'h who makes no secret of
her ancient but not honorable profes
sion. "We have no desire to be too severe
on opera as a means for creating mus
ical excitement and affording the best
possible opportunity for dress display,
but we do protest energetically against
allowing Baltlmorcans to form any In
correct Ideas about grand opera based
on the Innocent and well meaning words
of Cardinal Gibbons."
N
EW REQUIREMENT
For Future Policemen
From tne Rochester Post-Gazette.
From Boston conies the following In
teresting dispatch:
"Because he whistled 'The Merry
Widow' waltz on the street, Henry
Schmalzreld today was arrested by Po
liceman Croffert. Croffert said in court
that Schmalzreld showed no technique
and little regard for tho laws of har
mony, whereupon Magistrate Rau fined
him II."
The case is of more than ordinary In
terest, and suggests many possibilities
In the way of civic reform. If the Bos
ton case H to stand as a precedent, It
will behoove the city authorities to In-
upposed to be beeatfle opportunity Is
so seldom recognised when -it appear a,
and tha winged feet: "Because, . , .
He cornet h ever upon plnlona fleet, to
flea aa ewlftly."
. 'Tha hook, contain something like '70
short poems, man of then having de
cided merit, and none of them poor.
About many of them la 4h suggestion
of tha Irish melody and a poum to
"Moor of tha Melodies" Indicates tht
admiration the author has for the IrUh
bard. Mlsa Donnelly, however. Is evi
dently something of a hero worshipper
aa a number of her poems are in scribe-1
to varloua heroes. She strtkes the key
note of this disposition when she dedi
cate the book: "To Our Illustrious
Chief Executive, His Exoellency. Presi
dent Roosevelt,' and calls the turn on "
bis name: .
They bullded well who named the
Theodore.
The gift of God. for to our age thou '
art a gift divine!"
Richard U. Badger company. Price $1.
"Verses by the WaysJds," by Edna
Smith De Rau. In launching this little
volume of poems the author makes a
modest little prefatory note saying
she should have waited till her men
talities were more mature ere she al
lowed her products to enter the literary
mother they were put In book form and
fileasure enough will come front them
f It satisfies these dear ones, and then
Just the little hope that they may find
favor In the sight of others.
To be randld. many of the poems
do show the pen of the amateur, but
even these hold a promise of future
strength and polish.
The author shows the unmistakable
poetic temperament and many of her
thoughts hold great beauty and re
served force.
A few are In minor key hut there 'a
a bright optimism and sweet modesty
about them all, and every one, from
the best to the poorest. Is wholesome
and hopeful. Richard O. Badger com
pany. Price $1.60.
"Poems." by Helen Elizabeth Cool
Idge. This Is a collection of unusually
beautiful poems, all polished, rare and
full of music.
Without the shadow of gloom or sad
ness about them, they are all of a
reverent and devotional character. It 1s
a collection from which one could not
single out and say that this, or that,
was better, for there is little degrea of
excellence In them they are simply
all good, snd that Is saying a great deal
for a collection of over 130 poems.
If many of them have not already
been set to music one could safely pre
dict for some of them a successful
career as devotional songs, aa for ex
ample the little poem entitled "Forward
GoT'
"The promised land to every soul
Far in the distance gleams: t
Oo forward then, nor halting watt.
Dream thou no Idle dreams.
While yet "tls day, still forward rb.
Keep thou thine armor bright:
Whose time Is spent In vain regret.
Shall never win the fight."
Richard O. Badger company. Price ft.
The April number of Aburban Life
covers an unusually wide range of sub
jects, and is exceedingly entertaining,
as well as eminently practical.
The leading article Is by Ernest Har
old Baynes, the well known naturalist,
and Is entitled, "My Wild Animal
Guests." This Is essentially a story
of personal experience with the denlxens
of the wilderness.
"How to Have Berries All Summer,"
by Parker Thayer Barnes, Is a practical
story for the amateur, with striking
and out of the ordinary Illustrations.
"A Fire In the Country," by John
Foster Carr, is a bit of vivid word
painting, which will be appreciated by
all people who have lived in the coun
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f;aged to be married and a son at board
ng school. Murdock has been a suc
cessful business manager, and is
counted one of the financial magnates
of the country. He has kept pace with
the world, while Sophv has lagged be
hind. She had not been one of the self-
cludo music in the examination of can- ! sacrificing wives who had helped the
dldates for the police force. The man
wno aspires to he "one of the finest"
must havo a correct ear as well as
hardy muscles and ability to wield a
ciud. tie must have a knowledge of
the harmonic laws as well as an nr.
man to rise, for Murdock was not the
man to need It, but the autnor says
was "A woman of the familiar type fa
miliarly known as settled. Plainly ahe
regarded her life as past Its climax':
and tho stage of physical and mental
quaintunceshlp with municipal regula- ! deterioration indicated in slovenly cor
tlons. Ho must know when aii offender ! Pu'ence, in carelessness of toilot. In
is murdering tho tricky sextet from ' stal0' monotonous expression of eyes.
fioroaora or tha waltz from "Th
Merry Widow," and he must be able
to tell the exact degree of crime In
volved In whistling "Love Mo and the
World Is Mine" or any other popular
air of the hour. Of course, such an
oAanijiiaiion wui De ratner severe on the
umiu iunie, mii ine result
cuiciiiauie nenerit to soc
means let us have statutes to regulate I "To glance from her to her husband
the performances of unrestrained whis- was to have the Impulse to commiserate
tiers who persist in fracturing all the ' them both and to wonder. For it was
proclaimed that she had been of thi
mind for soma time, several years at
least. Indeed, she bore suspicious re
semblance to those not rare women to
whom the matrimonial altar is tho top
most tip of feminine ambition, is the
infill naiit luni n uu ii nim ii iiuw v
will be nj in- feminine life flows ever fuller, and be
cictv. L"y all ynd which it abruptly ebbs.
iwb ior inose wno have a correct ear
ivr uieiuu
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JAPANESE HISTORY
J Shows Pretty Idea
Henry W. Pavage's editor of "Tips
and Tales'' writes an Interesting bit
concerning some of the Japanese cus
toms introduced In "Madam Butterfly."
About the dagger In this opera la woven
a pretty story of Japanese thought
In the medieval days of Nippon, when
the shoguns were de facto rulers of
the land and paid obeisance to a mi
kado whose deification by his people
isolated him from the ken of all save
the shoguns; when the fiery samurai
sustained his dlamlo or feudal lord in
revolt against the' ruler, the institution
of the harl-karl was established for the
purpose of punishing those of rank that
rel
NPAID-FOR MEAL
Causes Disappointment
1 under the displeasure of the sover
eign. The "august mandate" from the
mikado, the "Son of Heaven," waa real
ly a lettre de cachet. It came in the
guise of a "message," and if accom
panied by a aword or dagger from the
mikado, meant that the receiver was
condemned to suicide. The Japanese
Ideograph for hari-kari. translated
means "the happy dispatch." The
weapon, with the blood still orr the
Diaae, was then plunged in melted wax
to form a preservative coating, and was
then given to the family, who held It
In great - veneration.
In the first act of the Puccini opera,
before tha marriage scene. Butterfly
begs of her lover that she be allowed
to keep "a young girl's possessions."
Among these is the fateful dagger with
which her samurai father mad the
"bappje dlsgtJsh" yjut American bride-1
K a
Tetrazzinl sot a good example the
other day to thoso musicians who Injure
their own standing and their own pro
fession by their habit of giving their
art gratis. The Pleiades club invited
her as a guest of honor at an elaborate
dinner. An Informal entertainment fol
lowed and the president arose with the
following flattering speech: "Madame
Tetrazalni's singing can only be com
pared witn that of a lark. She is the
greatest songbird that has ever visited
America, and has no peer in the world.
After the next number Madame Tetrai
xlnl will favor us with a sing." But
the peerless Tetrazzinl merely mounted
the platform and gave lavishly of her
boys and smiles gratis and said coolly:
"Not this evening. ' Just picture the
disappointment of the club which had
given her a dinner for nothing! But
after all, it must have been an expensive
dinner, for the diva can command in
tne neighborhood or xi,uuo a night for
her singing. The Courier, in relating
tho Incident, significantly adds: "Amer
ican alngers please copy."
A GRIEG INTERPRETER
jljL Wanted for America
1 rtVtHnna nfl hor hnvlnr rpfused tn live
and having begun a long placid death of
dry rot that the man to whom she was
married stood lust at the beginning of
the age of achievement
This picture one carries through the
book with them. Bophy has other
characteristics which often accompany
this kind or women; ior instance, tne
author says, "she was classified by the
casual as good natured because of the
widespread delusion about tha relation
ship between the girth and good na
ture"; she also constantly Impressed
upon ner husnana ana family the obii
gat ions she had put them under through
her maturnity, and she was also firm in
the belief that Its horrors wiped away
every obligation ahe owed them. In
this picture the author has shown a
scrutinizing Insight Into the domestlo
life of a large class of people. In it hp
has undoubtedly given the woman the
worst of it, but while such women ex
ist they deserve It, and what Is mora,
need Just such pictures of themselves,
which we hope may act as disinfec
tants. Murdock. un to the time he became
one of the "idle rich," was a model hus
band. The career of Murdock. with
Berkeley, and tho other men and women
who enter into It. Is a composite or
modern social life. A critic has said
that out of this life grew the divorce
which later terminated the marriage
bonds between Murdock and Sophy. This
we do not agree with. Murdock was
not a weak man, and associations only
influence the weak: It undoubtedly pol
ished Into greater contrast the husband
Is essentially a caustic criticism of the
old error and or all who persist in it
D. Appleton & Co. Price, 11.60.
"My Life and Experiences Among
Our Hostile Indians, bv Major-General
O. O. Howard Beautifully Illustrated
with full-on ir enir ravinirs. chiefly from
photographs supplied Dy the bureau of !
ethnology. Washington, and a series of
colored plates showing Indian objects
of Interest nnil curiosity In facsimile.
While General Howard cannot be
classed with the great soldier writers
such as Grant. Sherman. I,ongstreet,
Gordon, or even the direct and curt
Sheridan, yet everything he writes has
a peculiar Interest to people of the
west, particularly this portion of the
country where ne has a nost oi personal
acquaintances and udmlrers.
The present book is written, as al
most all his other works are, auto-
biographlcally. Tho nrst chapter is a
brief history of the Howard family, and
then the writer gives a running nisiory
of his experiences during the civu war.
Tnlrlnir nn the beginning of his rela
tions with Indian warfare, when he was
ordered to Florida, uenerai nowara
goes Into elaborate detail and describes
nearly all the Indian outbreaks from
tnat time until uin uaum ui uuuucu
Knee, which closed forever active or
Important hostilities between the Inr
dians and tho government. It is all
material that has been gone over again
ao-atn Kut nnmln from tha nen of
General Howard, the last living general I
of the civil war, ana ne Deing one wno
ranked so highly in all the Indian wars
of recent years, it win De receivea witn
appreciation and with an assurance of
its authenticity.
General Howard does not confine him
self entirely to nis own persona.! ex-
f f in f I v I n U'lm f wmilA he
n nomnrehenslve understanding of pres
ent conditions, it Is necessary to revert
to original causes wnicn were orten
years in wormng to a cuiiiiiuauun or
uprising of the hostile tribes. In this
way one gets a great ueai or nisiory
nut of the book aside from the events
In which General Howard participated.
Altogether this is a much more read
able and interesting book than General
Howard's two-volume "Autobiography,"
which was published late last year. It
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unimportant personal in It.
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markably good. A. D. Worthlngton &
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Inga Hoegebro of New York haa re
cently written a letter to the Musical
Courier, asking for an Interpreter of
Grieg. She argues that Grieg la de
serving his own special Interpreter, as
well aa are the other composers. She
mentions Paderewskl aa the interpreter
of Schumann and Liszt, and DePach-
mann as the Interpreter of Chopin, but
says we have no great northern pianist
in America to Interpret the Greig con
certo In the true Grieg spirit. She says
the Americana have never heard him
played In the true northern spirit, and
that this is the year such playing should
be Introduced when hia death has
brought him back afresh to the memory.
Mlsa Hoegsbro sneaks highly oflclallv the last two rages, bq strongly
J&Wj&&gl.Z flayjdj. demand. :; v , ;
as soloist at the great memorial con
cert In Christlanla last September. This
pianist is a son of the ramous ixorwe-
gian composer Aliitiuv cayaoi-wwiiumu,
who died last summer in her beautiful
home near Christlanla, and from child
hood he had been brought up on Grieg
music, having played the concerto under
Grieg's own conducting. TA writer
spoke of It as a brilliant Interpretation,
revealing the true Grier spirit, a warm,
poetical, northern dramatic virility.
"Tne two penurmers vi mo urieg
concerto, heard In New Tork this win
ter," the writer says, "were not familiar
with Grieg. One realized that after
hearing them play the first measures of
the composition, 'j ney dia not Beem to
Understand Grieg, for their playing -was
far from the northern spirit of his beau
tiful work. The performers lacked a
great deal In strength and power not
nervous force but a northern, virile,
dominating power, which the first meas
ures, as well as other passages, espe-
'In Pursuit of Prlscllla." bv E. S.
Fields This Is a little love affair, told
entirely through conversation. It Is
light as a feather and about as airy and
dainty. Prlscllla Is the petted and
spoiled belle with several beaux dan
gling expectantly at her belt, all of
whom she encourages and to none of
whom she commits herself, until Billy
Cartwrlght gets a half-way promise
from her and holds her to It Much of
V. nnm.nv.. tl I. nTA. V. . , n
tlnn onA lonn fif a llttlft Antr whlrh
truth to tell. Is more to develop and
lengthen the story than any real inter
est or bearing It haa on the romance.
Just as Billy thlnka he has his lady
love secure she announces a sudden trip
to Europe, and by clever stratagem
Billy checkmates ner by successfully
marrvlna her an hour before the ves
sel sails, and as Mr and Mrs, Cart-1
wright tney sail away in tne sumptuous
apartments Billy has engaged on the
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