THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINO, OCTOBER 4, 1008,
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"Mnatoal Medium" ha their pictures on
th front put and hM thla to ur of
Mr. za' vole-: "Nicholas Zan la pos
sessed ef a, rich baritone role which
ta heard to aplendld advantage In hla
rendition of tha beautiful Toreador ong
rrom "Carmen. " it may be remejn
bared that Mr. Zan mad a moat auo'
caaaful appearance In l'ortland aoma
year ago at an op ratio concert given
at th .Empire theatre under the di
rect Ion of .Mr a. . Roaa Couraen-Reei)
whoa pupil Mr. Zan wna. singing thla
is wiuniug
EONARD LTEBUNO write In hi
always i Interesting column or
-Variations," In th Musical Cour
ier: "A mualcal man from tha
west sends m thla eommant:
A paptr out bar refer to Bloorafleld-1 aam Toreador song which
vl.l.p aa tha Rosenthal In petticoat, i una auooeaa now.
It la a poor rule which, does not rerws.
J Would Roaanthal. than, b th Bloom-
fleld-ZeUIar la paaur Thla mixing of
toilet and ton 1 too much for an
t addle-pat ed aorlb who U buar thee aoft
September day olly with to Uk of
JBItunf opon uj prepaw m- !
Aft.. 1 M 'Kaava MtM . that llmfild
Th mualo at th Flrat Methodlat
ohurch thla morning will Inolud aaolo
by Mrs, B.MT. Carl of Salt Lake City,
In The. O God. ro I Put My Trust'
(BDlokart. Mra. Cari ha a beautiful
rioa contralto which it la a real plea
ur t bear, and her friend predict
that ah will be a eplendld addition to
th ohureh aololata of tha citv. She
baa recently come here from Utah put
xpota to make her homo her.' Thar
will be special organ number morning
and evening by F. S. Mendenhall of
Chicago.
Ths mualo at Temple Beth Israel last
week during th New Tear services at-
much .comment Mrs. Ros
Bloch-Bauer. soprano and director: has
an unuaually strong combination In her
choir thla year 'With Mra. Imogens
Harding Brodle, contralto; W. H. Boyor.
tenor: Dom-J. Zan. baritone, and E. K.
Coursen. organist. Special praise was
accorded a beautiful duet, "The Lord la
My , Litnr ixniaiey jbuckj sung iy
th backward baaa from their, umpia
sooli In th CatakUl lake. However,
th custom of nicknaming pianists baa
been ohlded gently several time In these
; columns, and th folly of th proceeding
pointed out Playfully Z bar referred
tn Pinhminn aa tha 'Puma of th Piano,'
. Z and l do not aea whr th appellation la
not pat If other planlata are th 'Hon, I
T of the keyboard. . All thoa term a have
- mmii under m v notice in newspaper re-
- views. It remains now to locate the
tapir, or African ant-ater of th piano,
th laughing hyena and th' moulting
- tomtit Th American pianist, ot oourae,
I la tha goat" . ,
Th nickname habit baa beeo-chlded
f In then columns also.' Why la It that
when Kubellk la mentioned on naturally
. aaya th wisard of th violin; that when
' Rosenthal la heard one mentlona the
a lion of th piano; that when Nordlca la
' r neara an psooma ina qun ui mhir,
and ao onT la it because our minds are
; aq practical and ao unldealiatlo that we
J hive to reduoe everything to a materlal-
latle baala before we can grasp It T A
forceful elmlle used sparingly Is a good
thine It lends vlaor and clearness.
But a almlle that becomes ao hackneyed.
; on that anyone would invent and mat
a cornea to the lips of th speaker aa
readily and unthinkingly aa the phrase,
"Hello, la that you" when, how could
Z It be anyone else, such a almlle weakens
, not only tne description or tn suoject
a being .treated of, but as well th power
of the flaure of speech.
That Idea of finding th whole family
J of beasts in tha pianist to' realm might
, pass some nours very entertainingly ana
profitably for someone. Were the whole
family of pianists riven with their re-
2 spectlve representatives tha classlflca-
Z tion would bo of some value- aa showing
1 that one pianist bad the powerful leon-
Jne methods,, another the undulating,
- graceful touch of th tiger, another the
J gliding, uncanny manner of the serpent
, still anotner tne awicwara noory man-
w ' . . 1 . 1 n4ftk..1
i hardworking conscientious manners of I
the watchdog, and another the fusslness
" of the hen. I believe I can think of a
corresponding pianist for all those ani
mals. this wouia matte an interesting
study just as Is the Idea of classifying
different types of men with different
types or dogs one of the sprightly, ao-
tlve ' kind as a cocker spaniel, a great
lumbering slowly moving and slowly
thinking man as a mastiff, a hot beaded,
snippy little snipe, as a spits, a pig
neaaea, coarse, atuoDorn man as a mean
bull dog, and so on through the prac
tical collies, the faithful St. Bernard J, I
the frisky fox terriers, and so on. The
Insignificant long haired pianist might
be the poodle or the Japanese spaniel,
or most anything. And of course there
are cross breeds, and there are rafts of
plain, vellow curs. But ' these similes
are interesting .only In the point of re
lation, certain characteristics combine
to make a person -like a certain dog; cer
tain other characteristics in an other
make him as different from tha other
man as two Voars are different
If the planlstlc manager! gives, out
and you are still In , want of amuse
ment you might begin, on the violinists
and find the place for each one in the
realm of the wicked spirits. It Is quite
correct, you Know, io term anyone wno
has a shock of hair and can handle his
bow rapidly over his fiddle, a wisard.
You might find the head wisard of all,
th real devil of all, and the trolla, and
on who la, inclined to step Into tha
next realm might be an elf. And In the
realm of song you may find the king.
in queen, me emperor and empress,
the prince and princesses, th dukes and
oucnessea, and lords and ladles and
pages, and even a fairy godmother or
two. And In th cello realm you might
find the master and the mistress and
tne neaa butler and the housekeeper and
th first and second man. and the beacHhurch Tuesday eventno
phmhrmiiH wtnA tha vnir mr.A tha n,iirr cnurcn luoaaay evening.
and th ntlr last act of T1 Trovatore"
I Verdi). A 'TraMf trio will b another
feature. Martin will sing th flower
aoug from Varmen," In which b baa
won much of bis popularity. Campan
arl's aria will probably b th famous
"Largo ad Factotum" from Rossini's
"Rarbleu d Savlll." Arthur Rosenatain
Is tha musical director for th quartet
Following ar th names of Mrs. Rosa
Coursen-Reed'a Tuesday Afternoon club,-!
which held its first rehearsal last
week: I.lllyn Olendennlng, Clara Mill,
Olga Johnson, Edith Young, Christina
Denholm, MabI Belover. Jull Berg,
Mra Weldon Darling. Claa Nickeraon.
Ethel Donaldaon. . Ellen Driver, Made
line Ston. Kmma Klenow. Mrs.
Charla llebbert, Mrs. O. W. Stanley,
Carrol MoOollom, Mra. J. 8. Mont. Lai
Ooddard, Mary Armlstaavd. Mra, Evelyn
Buroh, Eleanor Brodle and Oanariera
Buttarfleld.
Walter Roth well, th talented dlrao-
tor of tha "Madame Butterfly" or
chestra when It was n laved bar sea
aon before last, baa juat arrived In New
lore rrom nia summer scant aoroaa.
He brouarht with him hU bride, a tal
anted, Mlaa 'Wolf of London. Mr. Roth'
wail will d director of th Bt 2'aui
symphony orchestra this year.
Apropos of an artlcl in thW page
last week on th new Academy of Mu
sic ln Brooklyn . which has Just been
completed and baa bad arrangements
mad for - a aplendld mualcal aeaaon
of It ro!oe
rhlea
tnltlai uwMruot that
aololata ar; Mra, Roa
j!flJ!JNS. -f 1" lV
r;'- - ; ctw i
baa eraranlaed a'ehorna
the Colurablaa Chonal aooUt
win naaaa I
night Th aololata ar; Mra.
t"lu raan.lt d- aonlraltai rVm J.
barltooa; frank O. fclohanlaub, vloliiv
lat, and F. W. Ooodrlch, orgaolat
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' Tb Columbus,. Oblo, correspondent
for tb Moaloal Courier baa tb follow
ing not of a former Portland violinist
of pronilnaooe:. "Reginald la Illddaa
baa baen . with Tail Baaa Morgan at
Ooaan Ofwva. for tha tiaat month.
Chat-iea Clemana, organist of Cleveland
id Mr. Jlliiaaa, viouniaL aav iea
doing om fin work at tb concerts
ur." i t ,
T cannot alng tha old aonaa I
iter promise anort ana tera
fiha kept But then h went and aang
Tb new ones -wblcn war worse."
lioston Traveler.
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Mrs. Ros Corsn-Ra will sing i
solo. "The Master's Last Meaeag1
(Burnbam). at tb First Preabytarlaa
churoh this morning;.
Mrs. J. H. Bbaw. a ituoll Of Oharlaa
Dlarka, has been appointed organist at
tit uevias episcopal enure n,
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Miss Edith Dufur of Tha Dalles bas
arrived to spend tb winter her study
ing witn tnaries uieraea
BIdnay Lanier Is th supposed author
or tn aanmtion, -jhusio ta iov in
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inAMOUS VIOLINIST
JJT Dies at Biarritz
Th dath of big xoUn7 Pablo
Martin Mall ton da Baraaate a Uttl enr
a wk ago at Blanita, Fraao.
taken from tb world, another of our
great violinists. . Baraaate waa proba
bly tha greatest of tb living old achool
Violinist. His nam will contlnu to
stand In vlolinlstlo literature for what
h bas done. His' compositions bav
given him a rank with other violin com
posers, and his Spanish writings ar
among th most popular of that class of
muslo. Sarasat plays an , Important
part in making up a violin program.
Saraaata waa born Marob 10, 1844, tn
Pampeluna, Spain, In tb pro vine of
Navarre, and though Spanish, b waa
regarded as one of th foremost expo
nents of the French school. In hie
you,th he entered th Paris Conserva
tory, where he In tlm became th fa
vorite pupil of Alard. He became fa
mous for his beautiful ton, tb purity
of which caused It to become known aa
Barasate's tone, and It waa uaed as a
standard by which critlca measured
other famous violinists. His popularity
rapidly spread and be played In every
continent except Australia. He flrst
played In .London at th Crystal Palace
n 1881 and has sine piayea tnere reg
ularly. .
He has reoeived many honors and dee-
orations, among them the Orand Cross
of Isabel la Catollca of Spain, th bad ire
and ribbon of which were presented him
by her majesty the queen regent Dona
Maria Christina, personally, Thla order
gives him the excellency title. Other
honors were commander or tne same
aueen: commander or (Jharies 111 or
Spain and Roumania; officer de la Le
gion a nonneau, ana ltnignt or tne roi
lowlng orders: Royal Order of Carlos
ill or Spain, order or Isabel la uatoiica.
Red Eagle of Prussia, third class; Dane-
brook Order of Denmark: White Eagle
of Weimar; of Christ of Portugal; of
Baden; of Wurtemberg;; Crown Order of
rrussla, second class; Order of Dessau.
He was besides an honorary member of
many academies and conservatories, be
sides honorary director of the Royal
Conservatoire In Malaga.
Baraaate was a popular composer and
in modern violin literature no work la
better known than his "Gypsy Melo
dies," usually ' written "Zlegeunerwels-.
en." Hla Spanish airs and romances are
particularly admired. Lalo wrote hla
flrat concerto for Sarasat to play and
Max Bruch wrote his second concerto
and his Scotch fantasle for him. Sara
sate toured America several times and
was well loved her as at home, A real
loss Is felt In his death.
ao nlo from a Kuropean. It aesnowl
Jgaa that w hv oir and belter
oi'r atnara a jtm York than In
Krankfurt, wher Mr. Mchraedar apaal
hla year, and that lioston baa a bailor
orchestra than th carvallv old (tar
man bauklna? town, but aaya that these
two cin-umstancaa In ttiuiavee do not
Oonatltuta 'oiualral atmosphere.'
"Whether a country poaaesse that
elusive quality or not It aaya, "uau
ally la datartninad bv th daaraa of nut
oai oultur found In tha avarasra luhah
Itant Making a ruae guatta wa will
jantur to say that thara ar la rraak-
mm rjui, puhhh man wno t:'i
play aeoond violin la a Quartet' than la
Tloatoo er New York (to say nothlna of
thoaa eltle her which are th aama else
jnranarurt in twtint nf nnnn fiimi
and we feal sur that th aama ratio
appuea also to thoaa business men and
average cltlsrna of Frankfurt, Koaton
end, New York who might b able to
tall off hand th nam of Beethoven's
oniy opera, tn composer or Lea Hugu
nota, the atory of tlotterdammarung,'
nd to enumerate three compositions
each of Schubert Schumann, llaydn,
Mendelssohn, . Verdi, Moaart Chopin,
LI sat, Brahms and Strauss. - Then, too.
thr ar more mechanical planoa and
IS not roll In Boston and Naw York
man in an oermany. or possibly all u-
rop and tnat aurncea to stamp our
two centers of culture aa plaoea lacking
In tb truaat kind of 'mualnal atmna.
phere.' , .
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MORE SALOME AT
New York Opera
World aay that aha Is "seemingly en
tlraly . wiappxl us In tier art as
oma1' Aa eichaiiga comments that "ai-
oordlng to all etxounta will not be
wrapped up In muoli more than that
whan aha sings the rola. for her cita
tum Is 10 b modeled after the Moraau
plotur of lb crust . daughter Uerodl-
aa" ' .
GREAT TENNIS IlECORD:
EnjiUh rtarer II Bm Winning
MMUlf for BS Year.
A W. Oor. who at tb ag of . 4
mad history ronUy by winning th
Olymplo lawn tennis medal (covered
court) and tb all-England champion
ship, possesses a record with Bully's
magastne declare to b unparalleled In
tb sport '
For on thing he I th oldest player
aver to win the Blue riooon; ror anotner
no man baa ever won th title of th
champion of England twice with an In-1
larval of vn year between hla two
vlctorlea, and for a third, na player b4
a linear on m ine rinai or the au
oomars alnalaa On six occasions..
Mr. dors waa born on January J,
list, an.l aa far back aa 1180, wheii b
waa only It. waa winning prises. It
waa at tha Dlnard club that lie Uarael
lawn tennis. In 1SK0 b won his first
handicap. ii)lst doubles, and In Hi
aeure th silver cup glvan cham
pionstilp of th lJlnsrJ club, ,
Mr. Oora'a 101 record la one of which
any man should be Justly proud, lia
has Won the open championship of Eng
land, the cuverd court championship
nd th Olymplo gold medala, double
aud Mingle, uovered court
Mud Bllnglnir mt RacWvUIo Ontr.
From the South Side Observer.
On Tuesday evtrnln wlilla tha eaat
for the plav to be slven bv rtellimna
tinse eompany were reneursing In l'ar
snnaii some oaaiaraiy person threw a
large lump or mud in tb window and
atruck one of our flneat tadlea of our
village in the back of th neck.- Thla
cuaaedneas must cease and th perpe-
iraiors must om punisnea.
Apropos to tb . dances seen on" tb
gtacM of tb theatre bar but wk.
whicb danc by tb way wr not par
Ucularly -apropo to tha plays, tb
64on dano fiver wag r started by tb
Straus aper built upon Osoar Wilde's
pom It will b rmmbrd that tb
Metropolitan want to enormous axpens
Uat year to give th opara In New York,
but at th drea rehearsal to which th
stockholder of tb- Metropolitan ar
admitted, th opera oauad such a ahock
to some or the owners or th eoroor-
atlon that It wa ordered ' struck from
the year program.' .It meant of oouree
a great rinanciai loss to me company.
Thla year th Manhattan, which, I, be
lieve. Is not at tha mercy of society
stockholders, talk of producing It -for
tna pudiio because Strauss mualo is
lared marvaloua. and It Is a cart of
one' a education to bear It whether on
approve or not of bis radical departure
from the old rules In composition. Th
New York World say a .that Mary Oar
den 1 very nthuslaatla about riolne- tha
part of Salom In Now York tlila winter.
Mary Garden Is the prima donna who
startled New York laat year in "Pelleas
and Mellsande" at th Manhattan. Th
fT hi ii f?s
Store
Day Monday
October 5th
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Monday's Papers for Tuesday's
Extra Specials1
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AGNER'S INITIAL
Attempt Discovered
Pablo Baraaate, Old School Violinist, Who Recently Died.
a Hon and the like. In the ora-an realm
there might be gods and goddesses, and
Z you might designate them by name Ju
, plter, Juno, Apollo. Diana, Venus, Vul-
can, Cupid, Fan, Minerva, and ao on.
Tea, there are unlimited possibilities in
this simile fad, and I hope some one
" will some time take the time to work it
a out and let me know th results.
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s ' Frederick W. Ooodrlch presented bis
pupils, Elaine and Elolse Clouse, Tues
f day evening; at the Sherman-Clay hall
s In a pianoforte recital. Miss Catherine
I Covach, soprano, assisted. Tb follow-
lng program was given:
Duet "Spanish Dance No. 1"
f : Moakowski
' Solo fs) "Maxurk" Scharwenka
b) Vaiae "Romeo t Juliette")..
. f'LZ . Oounod
M "Tarantelle" Heller
I Klolae Clouse.
f Duet "Polonaise" TTneeman
J Vocal solo "Der Nusabaum". Schumann
- va tnenne covach.
' Boioa a) Habanera ("Carmen").. Blset
. toi .r-age s song ("tluguenota") . . .
Meyerbeer
. ic wuariet ("Kigoietto ) Verdi
. naaine ciouaez
' Duet "Dense I kralne" rin-liMr
uoios (a "(jnant San Paroles"
" Tchalkowaky
. (b) "Pierrette" , ..Chamlnade
jsioise Clouse,
Duet Bcharao ("Symphony No.- 7")
.......... Beethoven
vocai moio -woodland croon Song"
Clufiam
Catherine Covach.
Solowfa "RusU of Spring". .Binding
i of nammenoi imirow . . KUDenstein
te Norwegian iiridai rroceaslon.
' Orelg
JaiDf uouva
Tb Astoria, Pbilbarmonl aoclety la
planning to giv a large f aatfyal of
resale lat In tb montb. On of th
featttr wfll b tb first prawentaUon
of mll EJina's opera, "The Mountain
King,' th libretto of which waa Writ
ten r Key. Asanei Hard, th talented
preacher-poet of Walla Walla. A aat
of catbedral chime ia being res,?? for
in preacniation. finer feature will
be a aoane from "Faust" by a raized
rhoraa, and a ladleW cborvs. A Daugh-
tr oi ir, je- luiwni. Mm Harriet
Wla wl'l plsy Mendelaeohn'a apxiiiv
ri Brilliant- with orchestral accon
psalmant. .
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Mrs. Ella Job ha be a Tying as
rx-ranlst at th First Tnlt4 Brethraw
reurch alarlaa th laat ther asoatha
Vre. Mlaat Frlnk aasg a Ml last
fcuaaay a4 tn choir aawlt4 a nauaL
w -Tb
snaay frta-ade ef Nicholas Zaa
!U V r-:aJ ta bear of bra awrce
in asj ennt fr-rs-
"C ' lj-ry Ptii Teliera.",
r af'aa I !a Tt !. aop-rs-'o;
JTfcrT teoor aa4 Mr. Zaa. Th
Mrs. Bauer and Mr. Boyer. - Snecirl
muslo has been prepared for the atone
ment services toaay and tomorrow. Mr.
Coursen will play Handel's celebrated
Largo, and a number from the Peer
Qynt suite. H. Lb Bettman, violinist
will give Max Bruch's famous arrange
ment of tb Kol Nldre. . .
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Following Is the program given by
Fred Butler, basso, at the First Baptist
There was a
large attendance and a good deal of ap
plause. However, Mr. Butler does not
give his strongest or best work In con
cert. He has become essentially a rn-
vlvallstlo singer to the detriment of bis
more artistic work. The program:
"The Sword of Farrara". .Bullard
When .Mabel singa" (by reaueBt) . .
Speaks
ins jnsa mi trrm vicar or
Wakefield) Lehmann
'Tier Llndenbaum ' Schubert
"Caro Mlo Ben" Giordan!
"Revenge" Hatton
"Denny's Daughter" Huhn
"The Pauper's Drive" Homer
Boiling down the Rio' German
At the St John's Memorial Epls
copal church of Sellwood today the
Services will celebrate th in-gathering
of the harvest and th church will be
decorated with th fruits of the har
vest. Dr. Sellwood. the choirmaster.
nas arranged tn xoiiowing program:
Processional hymn. "Come, Te Thank
ful People, Com" (Elvey): Kyri
(Footay); Gloria Tlbl (Paxton); an
them, "O Give Thanks, Fair Brother";
hymn, 'To Thee, O Lord, Our Hearts
We Raise" (Sullivan); offertory
(Gounod): Suranm Corda and Sanctus
(Camldge); hymn, "O Saving Victim,
i iow; recessional, "iraise to uod
(Kocher).
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It la understood that Shanna Cum
mlng, tb talented New Tork soprano.
will tonr th coast again this year and
will probably sing in Portland about
Christmas time She Is to b soloist
with th Minneapolis symphony this
fall. Her manager Is Mr. Francke, who
through
California.
Jones, aa ahe
la known In Drivate life, la a slater ef
Dr. W. A. camming or UiU city and ahe
ha aoma nsecea hare who ar ahowlna
soma ox nr vocai gins.
Mra. Wetnateln I a new dramatli
soprano who la attracting a good deal
of attention becaue cf the wonderful
power and fullnesa of her voice. She
is to assist In the special muslo at
Tempi Beth Israel today and tomor
row. Mrs. Welnsteia la a pupil of Mrs.
wno naa ten rrad-
thls year, " a note from A. Musgrove
Robarts of this city says that the -last
important, concert given in tne old
academy previous to its destruction by
fire was. a performance of Handel's
"Messian" by the Brooklyn Oratorio
society. .' Tbe soloists were Miss, Mary
jouencnoir, soprano, wno nas slnoe
returned to Germany; Madame Louise
Clary, contralto, now a resident of Se
attle: nrvan Williams, one of tha flneat
of American tenors, who has since made
a Dig reputation in Eaigland: and A.
Musgrove Robarts, baritone, now of
fort land.
All the chorus girls at the Manhat
tan opera thl year will be native Amer
leans. Mr. Hammersteln announced re
cently that 160 young women passed the
test for admission Into the chorus and
these with the SO retained from laat
year's chorus will make a fine showing.
But many of the men will still have to
be imported, as few Americans applied
ana rewer still quaiined for the re
quirements of grand opera.
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The Grace Methodist church mal
voice chorus has begun active rehears
als, and with largely augmented num
bers. Is anticipating an Interesting mu
alcal season. Under the direction of
w. M. wilder, one or more concerts
will be given during the winter aea
aon. There are now SO volcea in th
chorus and others have acDl led for ad
mission. The chorus will sing at this
Sunday evening's service.
Peary, the Arctic explorer, has de-
c.
rau. tier manager is sar. mm
Is arranging concerts for her
Oregon, Waamngton and Ca
Miss Camming, or Mrs. Jones,
Rn .BJocb-Baoer
nally resuming sll her old work which
ah dropped at ths tlm of ber illness
a is now receiving ber old dud lis
again.
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Tb musical aeaaon will open formally
thla week wftb th concert Wednesday
erenlag I tb Hetllg under tb direr-
ton ef tb Mlase Steer and Coman.
Ther I' a great deal of Interest dis
play' thia concert th first f Its
tne given ber. tear artists fro the
Metropolitan epera will sing and their
prosraas offer tsn iienl smbem
Antong tb thirrs e will b the ar,ln-
alr.g quartet froca 'Martha'' (Itotaw),
lared that If he falls on thla trip he
will never try again. "Let no one be
lieve it" comments th Evening Post" ;
the lure I aa great for him a the con
cert stage for PattL" Or American
tours for Paderewskl. However, he is
a Pole who waa found oat long ago,"
adds th Musical Courier.
A London critic wrote th other flay:
"Padarewskl' way of treating a Bee
thoven sonata waa not much leas hann-
rul; he tried to mak on of th small
est aotmd on of the biggest, and hardly
any phrase waa allowed to apeak for
itseir- wnatl Evan ixmdon obananng
it mind aboat it onevtlm tdolt -Mu-aioal
Courier.
The Enna A meteor elsb, a ernb com
posed of Emfl Enka'a advanced psrplla, :
will have It first maetlnr next Thore-1
aay ai tne nome or ansa tra L.uiian
O raves, the secretary, 121 Eaet Twelfth
s treat. Mr. Enna will give a lertare
rerltak The club sxr-ects te glv It
flrat public recital November 1- at
Cilerr bait
w
Miss Lurlt Barton,' wb gave tb
violin sola at the Seamen' last! tat
A European dispatch says that frag
ments of - Richard Wagner flrst opera
have been published for tb interest of
composers and muslo collectors. It was
written in 183S when. .Wagner waa
scarcely-19.' Ho wa In Vienna that
spring and., was already patronized by
the aristocracy. Toward the middle of No
vember he went to Moldau with the be
ginning of an opera In hi portmanteau
written during his stay at Prague and Vi
enna, tm piece .is caxiea les Moces '
(Wedding Feast), and Wagner outline
the plot In bis autobiography: "A fran
tic love scaling of walla th window
of the chamber of bis friend's wife in
which soon -his own betrothed come
forward. . The woman manages to strug
gle with th madman and throw him
out into the yard. Shattered by these
mortal "nuptials. th affianced bride
herself falls dead at the feet of th
corpse of ber sad hero'
Wagner wrote part of the music for
... t i i ... i . .
Lue uiwra, wiiiun waa ui ua penormea
if be deposited (00 mark, but he could
offer only 160. A lawsuit grew out of
it, wnicn ne tost, ana ims coat mm 600
mark. Th manuscripts and copies
nave oeen aeni io jungiana .and tne
heirs of th author have entrusted them
to ur. k. atxa or Berun.
Second Annual Horse Show
. of the
Portland Hunt Club
ORIENTAL BUILDING
October 15th, 16th and 17th
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1908
Sale of Seats Opens Monday, October 5th
at Martin & Rowe's Drug Store, 6th and Washington, at 9 A. M.
Reserved Seats $1.50 General Admission 50c
O
RGAN BLOWER HAS
Place of Prominence j
Th following 'story from the New
Tork Herald show bow cloaely after
all ar th hum bleat and tb mightiest;
how much tb achievement of th grant
depend on th good work of th little:
Charles Grove, the organ blower.
who recently retired, after tl years oi
uninterrupted service at Westminster
abbey, is a picturesque looking old man,
curiously reminiscent of the Victorian
age. Th scenes which he naa witnessed
from the corner behind tn big organ
would mak a volume of excellent read
ing. He wa on speak in term with
Queen Victoria, through whom h ob
tained th post at th abbey In 1S74.
When th organ blower parent died,
he state that on b4th occaalona Oueen
Victoria "came la ber carriage to th
funeral. " In hla youth Oroya worked
aa a blacksmith at Wbipnlnghanv and
afterward received aa appointment at
Osborne Hooee. A short tins ago Sir
Frederick Bridge aald to him:
"1 know you ar very clever, Oroya,
but there ta oa thing you can't do.
'And what 1 that air J
"Why, play th organ.1
True, true,1 replied the little oM
man," but you couldn't play It either
if I did not blow property.'
In the family, delbrht.
responded te aa vera! e
Tneaday evening. In place f Mlaa Jolla
Burke, who wa called a war on ac
count or ui
ed all, and
core a
A aacrad concert which will prwv ef
Interest 1 en being planned by Ml
Catberis M. Covarh, aepraaw of St
Msrys cathedral Thou r a th roetert
ill e give at at- srr a cswtt k
Sanoay yening. October It. It la not
riyn by the choir bet tbe rw
oaal supervtalo ef Ml Ce-rack. . b
M' USICAL LIFE AT '
Home and Abroad
a re
The bfaaical Courier again take op
portunity to tail what tt think ef the
mualcal atmoephara of America in gen
eral, and ef New Tork In partkralar.
Thla I tb face of remark by AJwta
Bchroadar, tb wQ known Boetoa cel
list wh retired t C a rope a yaar are.
and now baa returned te make hi par
manes t borne In thla eotfntry. Mr.
Pchroeder remarked oa bis rerern
Ther I more wteaical atmoephere'
here then there I abroad. I wee very
anecn disappointed witk as y retara te
O'linaay. Tbe tajsatraj Ufa bars la
meek broader end snore gasmen nlltan."
Tb Corl rreneunte tbe eempllBBeet
roav kindly the cotieet St tb aa-ne
ttiaa svcknewledalaa? a plaaanre la the
anaawai eeess tko ef bearbig osMthmg
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