THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURUAIi PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER - 82, " 1808.'
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IT la an unfortunate thing- that music
, la ' auch an affectation with some
people. This la the greatest ob
stacle Iny-the way of muslo being
taken aerlously. So long- aa fash
ion govern what It la correct to hear
or not to hear muale can cot live en
. tlrely on tta own merlta. ; .
For 19 long It haa been proper to
In another column of this page la given
an article by TV. J. Henderson of New
York, which ahowa the effect that fash
Ion haa had on the opera In New Tort
It Is the same In other places. The
crowd goes to hear what the crowd
goea to hear. And that is not so much
of a truism aa It may seem. The prin
ciple Illustrated In the Biblical parable
of the talents "To him that hath shall
be given and from him that hath not
shall be taken even that which he hath,"
la not truer In any walk of life than
In mualc If faahlon, which means one
or two leadera, decrees that a certain
musical function la correct to attend,
straightway all the rest Of fashion
decrees the same. And in their wake
followa the would-be fashion, and in
theira the would-be would-be' s, and so
on. And ao it la little wonder after
all that artists cater to the public
tastes.' And doing so, trying to please
fashion rather than the trained ear and
intellectual discriminator, It Is little
wonder that they often become careless
in their art, and do, not what their own
critical faculty tells them la rood but
what wiU bring the people's applause,!
wen, ii iner acaure mm ion u popu
larity rather than the consciousness that
they have done the brat work, that ia
their own affair. That Is not the sad
dest phase of the question after alt In
truth there ia a little humor to that
aide, as, for Instance, when an artist
aenuing; mo ignorance mm minus "
knows all, contemptuously fling's some
thing poor at the mob just to see It
frrovel in mistaken adulation. But It
s a pitiful thing when a true artist Is
made to suffer by these capricious
whims of the public. '
One of the finest, most discriminating
artist wa have ever heard gave a con-
by a mere handful of people. Thla
artist appealed to those who heard her:
aha ahowed herself the genius she had
been proclaimed. But fashion had not
act Its stamp of approval upon her
concert. Thla was not through any cruel
Injustice on the part of the public; it
'was merely a matter of indifference.
Society is called upon very often to
make things "ao" and it must some
times be chary of Ha favors, one per
aon waa heard to announce after that
concert. "She la the finest musician
have ever heard, but whe wants to go
hear her again? Nobody went to her
concert and if she comes attain I don't
care to go becouse I like to go wheri
I can see lots of people." Well, J think
that musician won a victory. She
an owed ner superiority, one ciung io
her old Ideas of music and to the dis
criminating few demonstrated ' her art
forcibly and every iota of applause ahe
received was sincere, and not the mere
aping of many hands following the lead
or many otner jeweuea nsnas.
Miss Mary Conyers, soprano, recently
gave a concert In Clatskahle which met
with favor. Her vocal pupila gave moat
of the program, with an excellent choral
number by the Schubert club wbtch ahe
has trained into' good shape. Miss
Aileen Webber, of Portland, assistant to
W. Ulfrord Nairn, gave tne piano num
bers and waa received " with approval,
Following Is the program given: ."Voices
of the Woods" (ftubenstein). Miss Con
yers; piano solo, selected, Mlaa. Webber!
(HawierV Miss Tichenor:. (a) "Hoff
nung" (Reichardt). b) "Violets" Ro
ma). "Mr. -Voxel: "Vira" Riker. Miss
Mauda Rice; reading, "The Path of
Life," Miss Barnes; "On, That We Two
Were Maying" (Nevln),- Mrs. Bunce and
Miss convers: "A iiowl ' or Hoses
(Clark). Mrs. Coulter; "The 8wallows"
(Cowen), Mrs. Rutherford; "The Double
Loss." Miss Erma Lace; "For, Love of
Thee (Hawltey). Mrsf. Bunce; piano
solo, selected. Miss Webber; (a) "Laaola
Chlo Piango" nann.en.tDi rne rrora-
ise of Life" (Cowen). Mis Conyers;
"Estudiantina" In . oriental costume,
Schubert ciud. 4 . - -
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Montavllla la looking forward to an
excellent concert, to. be given at Wood
ward hall, Tuesday, with - Mlas Lena
Harwas for soprano, Miss Mary Macken
ale Cahlll for violinist, and Miss Mar
garet Smith presiding at the Diana.
The concert is already an assured suc
cess, and worth a hearty support by
an lovers or gooa music ine program
la aa followa:
Piano solo "Poik-de-ia Kiewr . . , .Rots
Mlsa Margaret smith.
Violin aolo "Scherao" Vangoen
Miss Mary Mackenile Cahlll.
Boprano solo "Good Be". . , ....Tostl
Miss Lena Harwas.
Reading Seleotlon from "Merchant
of Venice" , Shakespeare
Mlsa Edna Griffith.
Piano solo Selected .' I ,
Miss Margaret Smith.
Violin solo "Hegende" Wienlawski
Miss Mary Mackenste Cahlll.
Reading Selected. : ........
Miss Edna Griffith.
Boprano solo "My Dream of You'Vi
v , .Rodney
Mlsa Lena Harwas.
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The following program waa given by
the Enna amateurs Thursday evening at
Eilers' hall. Mlsa Faith Powell tnono
soprano, assisted; u
Peer Gvnt Suite No. I MSrelg). two
pianos, eight hand;. Mies Norma
Graves. Miss Rosa Basler, Miss Cor
nelia Nealond. Miss Jennie Rasraussen;
Valse Arabesque Op. (Lack), Miss
Elma 'Hovedsgaard; 'From Aquarelles
op. U, Elegle, 8chemo, Humoresque,
(Oade), Miss May Merrill; The Gypsy
Trail (Gallowsy). Alone Upon the
Housetop (Galloway). Miss Faith Powell;
Valse in K Major Op. 14. No. 1 (Moss
kowskl). Miss Norma Graves; Air de
Ballet On. 3 (Mosskowskl), Miss Anna
Basler; Polonaise Brilliant Op. 22 (Cho
pin), with a second piano, Miss Bessie
Mickey; Valse Caprice-Op. 7 (Newland),
M las Louise Wise; Rlgoletto Para
phrase (Verdi-Llsst). Miss Eva Gravea;
Valse Caprice Op. BS (Hnfmann), Miss
Rose Basler; Capprlclo Brlliant Op.' it
(Mendelssohn), with a. second, piano,
Mlsa Hattle Wise. - - - -
The music at the First M. E. church
today will be. Morning Organ dia
logue, "Let Secret d'Amdur," Bruno
Klelrt; 'anthem. "While the Earth R-.
malneth.7 Tours; offertory, , aoprano
solo; organ, postlude. In G, " Leybacn.
Evening t"Gondolirl,' Kevin; anthem.
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"Holy, Holy. Holy, Lord God Almighty,"
Stewart; offertory, trio, "Sweet is the
Work," Viegand. Mrs. Miller. Mr. Boy
er, Mr. Ledbury;, -organ, finale In D mi
nor, Matthews.
The Mexican National opera, which la
under government control, haa engaged
Alice Nielsen, and Slgnora Cavalier! for
a series of appearancea In the City of
Mexico, beginning early in January.
The singers will leave New York De
cember 20. Caruso and Bond have also
been engaged, but the term is necessar
ily delayed until after their American
dates have been filed. It la curious to
note that again in this instance the
American artist secures engagements
freely in a foreign country, whereas
here the foreigner monopolises. How
ever, it must not be overlooked that
Miss N lei son Is a foreigner in Mexico,
from which the deduction may be made
that all countries are after the for
eigner. Exchange
The Portland Choral society has be
gun lta work for the spring festival to
be held at the Armory next spring when
the Chicago Symphony ' orcheatra Is
here.- Last Tuesday the first rehearsal
was held and work waa begun on 'Trta
Golden Legend" (Sullivan)). W. II.
Boyer, who will again conduct the
chorue, -Is greatly encouraged by the
outlook and expects to have a larger and
better chorus this year than last. En
thusiasm among the singers runs high.
and many of the most prominent-singers
In town are In the personnel of the
chorus. The numbers will grow as the
work progresses. The other works to
be given will be Gaul's - 'Holy City" and
Rossini's "Stabat Mater." There will
be election of officers at the rehearsal
at Eilers hall next Tuesday evening. All
prospective memoers are urgea no ptt
preeent.
. Schumann-Heink, on Invitation, ia to
play the part of Clytemnestra in' Rich
ard Strauss' new opera, "Eleotra." in
lta flrat performance In Dresden. Under
these conditions the soprano must look
to her laurels. Apropos of Schumann-
Heink, the share of the receipts of her
rirat recital at Hamburg. October as,
waa 1,009 marks. Her yearly aalary at
Hamburg before ahe came to Amerloa
waa 7. BOO marks, which again Droves
our contention than the foreign artist
can make money (horrible word) in Eu
rope only arter success in mis country.
There Ik no chance of a career In Eu
rope If thla rule ia disregarded. Kx-
cliange.
The Eiks are to give their annual mem
orial service the flrat Sunday In De
cember, probably In the. Grace Method
ist church. The musical service Is un
der the direction of J. Claire Montelth
and Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer will be one
of the soloists.
Mrs. Rose Bloch Bauer haa been in
vited to sing for the Seattle Symphony
orchestra concert. 8he still haa the en
gagement under consideration. Mad
ame Maud Powell who plays here thia
week ia to be one of their soloists.
A sacred concert will be given this
evening at St Jamoa Lutheran church.
Following la the program: Organ pre
lude; anthim, t'No Shadowa Yonder";
ladleaV ouartet. "Lead Kindly Light":
duet, selected; . solo, "The Heavenly
promise , aninem, lively .appear,'
Gounod; offertory; violin' aolo, Mr.
Rudd; duet, "The Evening Hours,"
Brlrrs: anthem. "Ho.-Every One That
Thlrateth." ,
Mre. Msrcus paly of Nome, Alaska,
haa come to thla city to spend the sea
son studying With Charles Dlerke. Mrs.
Daly, who was Miss Florence Pellan
before her marriage Is a brilliant pian
ist who atudled two sessona with Mr.
Dlerke before her marrlaae. : She will
appear In concert shortly. .
There will be a recital of Vocal and
piano rcuslm by the pupila of. the Royal
Academy of Muslo at Sherman, Clay A
Co.'a recital hall, Sixth and Morrison
streets, . next Saturday evening at I
o'clock, ::
The Astoria philharmonic society gave
Its Second semi-annual music ; festival
Tuesday evening, and there waa a large
attendance. Scenes were given from
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"The Mountain King," a lyric opera in
three acta, by Emll Enna and Andreas
Bard. The soloists were A. Musgrove
Robarta, baritone; Frank Elchenlaub,
concertmeister; Mrs. W. A. T. Bushong,
contralto; Miss Clarlne Rogers, cellist
Miss i Reba Hobson, soprano; Miss
Laura McCann, alto; Miss Hattle wise,
filanlst; Miss Ester Sundqulst. vlolin
st, and a trio of Mrs. A. A. Finch, Mra.
J. T. Allen and Miss Nellie Utztnger.
Miss Anna Campbell and Miss Hattle
Wise were the accompanists. There waa
a great deal of enthusiasm over the
program. " - .
Miss Essie Miriam Block, pianist, ap
peared in ooncert at the Flrat Congre
gational church November 10, assisted
by Mies Nleta Barlow Lawrence, con
tralto, and Miss Martha Frances Draper,
accompanist Miss Block has recently
returned front extended study abroad.
She has gone to Seattle to visit for a
short time, and will play there. Fol
lowing la the program;
Sonato C Major (D. Scarlatti). Veo-
To Play Here This Week.
chlo MInuetto (G. Scambati); Lascla
Ch'lo Pianga.- recitation and air from
Rlnaldo (Handel); Nocturne F Sharp
Major (Frederic Chopin), Polonaises C
Minor (Frederic Chopin), Minuetto
Scherzando (Bernard Stavenhegen)
Good-Bye (Tostl). Awake (Pelissler):
Wldmung' transcribed for the piano by
i,isit (Kooert scnumani, vatse m Major
(Morlts Mosskowskl).
Among tha ,430 American music stu
dents who went abroad this fall t study
there were 1,286 "second Melbas," l,S8t
"second Paganinls," 1,28 "second Ru
binsteins."- 1.28 "second Beethovens.
and 1,284 "second Davldoffs." Most of
them traveled second class, and will
be second clans also when they return
Musical Courier.
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Mrs. Millie Perkins is arranging an
Interesting program for the Patton
Home tea. next Tuesday afternoon,
Among those who will assist are little
Beatrice Evylln Wilson, Miss Cornelia
Barker, Miss norence roster, tne
Misses Irene and Mayme Helen Flynn.
Miss Elaine Clowse. and Miss Alta
Broughton.
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The veteran quartet will alng thla
evening at the First United Brethren
church, Fifteenth and Morrison atrefts.
All of the members are past 60 year of
age. They have been very cordially re
ceived in many churches and lodges.
Mrs. Ella Jonea will accompany them.
Max Fielder, the new director of the
Boston Symphony orchestra, who suc
ceeded Dr. Muck of Berlin, hss gained
favor both in Boston aod New York.
1T la nrnnnunced an able musician.
who reads with vigor and who haa deffr
nits and Individual ideas. -
Among ths pupils who come to Port
land each week for lessons' with Mr.
Dlerke are the Missea Norma Moffett of
Latourelle Falls, Satle Sullivan of Ore
gon City and Elbrldge Teayle of Hills
dale. The Portland Junior Musical club
waa entertained last Saturday after,
noon by Miss Grace Wilton, assisted by
Mlsa Nan Mann and Miss Isabella Beck
with. GODOWSKY FINISHES
Excellent Arrangements
New arrangement of old music by
Oodowsky are attracting a good deal of
attention among musicians. Godowsky
la generally admitted one of tha great
eat of the piano performers today and
besides tha talent of his fingers he baa
an artistic mind. "Renaissance Free
Adaptations of Old Maaterpleces in Mu
ale. by Leopold Godowsky." la the title
of the publication that haa been put out
In Berlin, and the following worka have
been transcribed by him In this volume:
Volume I (Rameau'a works), Barabande.
Rigaudon, Menuett (A minor). Menuett
(O minor), Elegle, Tambourine. Volume
II, Menimtt by Schobert. Pastorale by
Corelli, Sarabande by Lully, eourante by
Lully, La Caquet by Dandrleu, Glgue by
Loellly. The Corelli and Loellly num
bers were played recently by Lhevlnne,
who will appear here in concert later In
the season. These -transcriptions are
said to be of great merit. '
Leonard Liebllng aays; "In transcrib
ing compositions for the modern grand
f ilano Godowsky gives that instrument
ta Just due, and - makes full employ
ment of Its pedala lta dynamic range,
and lta possibilities In tone color. The
old idea of trying to make a concert
grand sound like a spinet, or a virginal,
or a harpsichord. Is roundly exploded by1
Godowsky. The theory was always ab
surd. If the old music In itself had sny
lntereft and charm, then the melodies
and their treatment lose nothing In
trinsically by being transferred to a
modern piano, and by being amplified to
meet its resources. We know that an
cient piano mastera wrote simply, be
cause of the nature of the Implement at
their disposal; and it requires no super
natural instinct to divine that the genlua
of the early composers would have blos
somed in freer and fuller style had the
good i Netherlandish, Italian, German,
French and English piano makers of
that period produced Instruments of the
aort put forth by our modem American
manufacturers,"
The compositions and composers
chosen by Godowsky awaked particular
attention because --none are those -usually
tranacribed by every musician that
feela the spirit moving him to a bigger,
more modern arrangement. In this
Godowsky ahowa his independence.
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AUD POWELL TRIO
To Give Good Program
The big musical event of the week
will be the Maud Powell trio ooncert at
the Heilig Wednesday evening. This
wUl certainly be a concert worth hear
ing. Madame Powell la one of the moat
muslcianly artists in the country, and
the artistry of her work Is undoubted.
She la a warm, atrong. living and feel
ing musician wno speajes mrouga nr
violin with beautiful sentiment but
without any weak sentimentality. What
ever, ahe does is sure to be worth hear
in, . wmr Mmcetrt lust vear came at an
Inconvenient time when only a matinee
recital could be arranged but those who
heard her then were so much impressed
with her art that they are looking for
ward with eagerness to her second ap
pearance. She 1s an artist mat
to the hearts of her listeners as well
aa to their minds. . . ,
Tbecrltice accord the highest praise
to Miss May Mukle, cellist, and Miss
Anne Ford, pianist, Who appear with
her but in reality the fact that they
are in concert with Madame Powell
is the highest praise. One who has
heard her and seen her and talked with
her recognises readily her high musical
Ideals, and knowa at enoa that with
her Will be only the most musical
which doea not necessarily mean the
best known or the most fashionably
popular. Both these young artists were
new to America last spring, Miss Ford
coming from EngiandNand Miss Mukle
from Hungary. Mlsa Mukle startled the
music lovers of New York with her
unusual force in cello playing.
A critique from the Butte, Montana,
papers where they played the other
day accords them praise In no stinted
fashion. "Without flaw In every jar
tlcular of Its musicianship" was . the
phrase applied to the concert. The pro
gram played thore was substantially the
same as will be given here and the
numbers were praised in detail. Follow
ing is the program to be played here:
Wienlawski, Concerto in D minor, in
three movements, for violin, Alegro,
romance, a la aingara; Boccherlnl,
Sonato In A major, for 'cello; Chaml
nade, two movements from A minor
Trio, Op. 84. lento, allegro energlco;
Ernst, Fantasia for violin on Airs from
Kossinrs opera "Otello;" Chopin. Etude,
Binding, Whisperings of Spring, piano;
Lindner, Tarantella (From concert),
'cello; Brahms-Joachln, Hungarian
nance, neruoa, berceuse, saraaate. (Job-
blefa Dance, violin; Schuett, two
waitsee (Fairy Tales), trio.
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PORTLAND ORGANIST
Wins Gotham Honors j
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Harold Vincent MUligan la a talented
Portland mualclan, who la makfhg his
way eteadlly In New York. He haa an
excellent church position aa organist In
the Rutger's Presbyterian church, where
he playa to one of the moat intelligent
and cultured audlencea of tha city. He
la planning a series of church recitals,
such as gave him wide popularity at hla
cnurcn in cast grange, n. j., last year,
but just now a slight trouble with hi
wrist has cut down the possibility of
extensive practice and he ia doing mere
ly me necessary wora ana 18 putting In
the extra time In the study. of counter
point ,
An honor that Mr. Mllligan received
last aummer was the charge of the
muslo in the old First church In tha
ftlace of the famous William Csrl dur
ng the latter'a stay of three months In
Europe. Mr. Mllligan was graduated as
president of the class of 1S0S from the
Guilmant Organ school, of whlrh Mr
Carl Is president. He has recently been
elected secretary of the Clef club, a de
cided honor, as this -club oon tains many
of New York's most prominent musi
cians. The president. vice-nratrtnta
and treaaurer are Herbert Wilbur Green,
J. Christopher Marks, Dr. Edouard Bllta
and F. A. Fowler, and the executive
committee includes Louis Arthur Rus
sell. Kward W. Berge, Edmund Severn
and Carl G, Schmidt
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VIOLINIST PRAISES
.Sister Musician
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The following letter waa sent In ta
me by olio, who la himself a true mu
sician; one who haa the soul of a vio
linist as well aa tha training of one.
Praise could not come better from any
one else In town and aa my own admir
ation of Madame Maud Powell, who la
a splendid, warm, vibrating artist,
mounts into .the superlative in "adject-
puutiva -muy mis iriDule by
Mr. Ppltiner. i i
"Seldom has an artist wen the itmir.
atlon and high eateem of the music
loving public more thoroughly than has
Maud Powell, A wonderful woman, in
deed, who can master the violin in thla
age, of knowledge so as to conquer . a
position among tne "very beat of the
vlolinsta. regardless of m. I an nni
wish to make comparison between Maud
Powell and other celebrities but her.
playing surely leaves Impressions which
last a good long while and one does not
wish to forget them. I wish time would
roll on somewhat slower for the benefit
of both the hearer and the player. There
can never be too much of such beautiful
playing which ia bound to make man
kind nobler and better, It ia a pity that
not more of the poorer class of people
have the opportunity to listen to first
class musical performances. I am quite
sure that a beautiful melody, a sweet
strain, played by a masterly hand, would
reach the heart of many a human being
who would not listen to words no mat
ter how good. Music la a religion of
lta own; she wishes no punishment to
non-believers; she teaches the law of
eternal youth and gives heavenly pleas
ure while you are still on earth.
"As to Maud Powell and her artist com
panions I wish to extend a hearty wel
come in behalf of many of their friends
and admirers. May their Instruments
tell us again of the- mighty power of
beautiful mualc HO. SPITZNER.",
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METROPOLITAN
Has Difficult Phases
An Interesting letter from W. J. Hen
derson, the clever New York critic. It
the Literary Digest, sums up the status
of Hhe New York opera In efficient style.
Mr. Henderson thinks . that Conjrled.
failed In his management of the Metro
politan and says that although new
blood la infused into the management
thla season and the direction will pass
Into the hands of men who know tho
opera, game from one end to the other,
yet the outlook 'ia not rosy. He criti
cized the former directors for allowing
the power to engage singers for this
season to remain In the lianda of Mr.
Conreld even though he was not to have
the management. The result is that the
expenae will be larger than ever.
Here Is what he writes about the
"artistic" aide of the New York opera,
and those who know the superficiality
of much of the work there, the catering
to faahlon and money, will agree with
him. Of courae the Metropolitan re
mains atlll the seat of fashion and It
aeema a temptation hard to resist to
sacrifice the highest ideals of art to the
capricious fancies of the public that
pays its good money for what it wants:
"At the risk - of offending several
great dignitaries in the world of 'art'
thla commentator is Impelled to say
that the secret Of the present want of
Interest In the Wagnerian works is to
be found In the unattrantlveness of the
interpreters. The Metropolitan opera
house doea not posfteas a single tenor
capable of any charm In auch rolea as
Tristan and Siegfried.
"The 'impersonators of these parts sre
honest, industrious, well schooled per
formers, without sny poetic Imagination
and without any eloquence for the pub
lic. The same thing might be astd of
singers of Rome other roles. What the
house needs worse than anything else
in its German department la new sing
ers. ,
"It Is useless to bring over men like
Mahler and expect them to solve the
?robl"m in spite of the drawbacks on
he stage. The Italian operas can be
made to Interest the public as long as
two or three good singers are in the
cast. With Messrs. Caruso and Scottl
and Mma Eames, for example. Tosoa'
goes well - enough o please the great
mass of opera-goers.
"But what Is tha state of affairs
with 'Die Walkure' or 'Tristan una
Isolde' T The plain and unvarnished
truth is that at the present time a per
formance of 'Tristan und Isolde' hangs
almost wholly upon the shoulders of the
Isolde and the conductor. The Italian
performances have all the 'stummung' (as
the Germans call It) that there Is In the
works. The German performances fall
far short of the Ideal. Some of them
have been- stf deadly dull that the Sun'a
observer has wondered that people re
mained after the flrat act
"It Is useless for opponents of Wag
ner to tell us that this dullness is In
the works themselves, because those of
us who began going to the opera before
1800 know better. Yet think what a
generation of young opera-goers has
sprung up in those last eight years!
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Not only do the two opera houses enjoy
the presence of thus who have grown
old enough In that time to go to the
opera, but also of tha considerable num
ber which have In that period acquired
the means to pay for such entertain
ment, and iof the appreciable element
which has In that time come from other
placea to make homes in New York."
- "A algnlfteant fact In the present con
ditions of opera in this city," says Mr.
Henderson, "is that the taste of the
public of today Is far below that of
the piibllo which used to attend the per
formances in tha old Academy of Music
25 yeara ago." He continues with an
account of conditions that even the new
management, he fears, will be power
lean, to change. Thus: :
"All that a ainger haa to do In order
to have success now., ia to sing loud,
fast, or high, and it he can do two of
these at once he Is great. If he can do
all he ia the greatest. , ,
"Refinement of style,- perfect beauty
Of voice from top to bottom, intelll--gence
in- phrase end nuance, acquaint
ance with the correct manner of deliver
ing the music of any particular period
or composer, eount for nearly nothing.
"The antics of Chaliapine in Mosart
of - the extraordinary physical industry
of Miss Farrar in all her roles, or the
Inexcusable slaughter of the measures
of 'Marguerite by Mary Garden are
applauded by preaent audiences quite as
vigorously aa the vocal feats of Mme.
Tetrazztni. .- .
1 "we are told that the last-named
ainger is to be paid more money for
her services next season than Jean de
Reszke or Melba ever received. All
these things we owe to the steady and
persistent debasement of public last
by the downward movement of the
atandards of opera at the Metropolitan
opera house,"
jg, i i.ii i
H
OW THE DEAF CAN
Appreciate Music
Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb and blind
authoreas, .writes in thla beautiful and
poetical way about her manner of appre
ciating mualc: "I enjoy the music of
the piano moat when I touch the in
strument If I keep my mind on the
piano case I detect tiny qya vera, return
of melody, and the hush that follows.
This explains to me how sounda can die
away to the liatenlng ear. I am able
to follow the dominant spirit and mood
of the music. I catch the joyous dance
as It bounds over the keys, the slow
dirge, the reveries. I thrill to the fiery
sweep of note's crossed by. thunderous
tone In - the 'Walkure,' where Wotan
kindles the dmad flamea that guard the
aleplng Brunnhilde. I have never suc
ceeded in distinguishing one composition
from another. Nor can I distinguish
easily a tune that la aung. But by plac
ing my hand on another's throat and
cheek. I enjoy the changes of the voice.
I know when it is low or high, clear or
muffled, sad or cheery. The thin; quav
ering aensatlon of an old voice differs
in my touch from the sensation of the
young voice. Sometimes the flow and
ebb of the voire Is so enchanting that
my fingers quiver with exquisite pleas
ure, even if I do not understand a
word that ia spoken."
a
UPILS' RECITAL
Is Well Attended!!
Mra. Rose Coursen presented three
pupils Wednesday evening In an ex
cellent recital at Eilers hall. The usual
large crowd waa In attendance and ap
plauded enthusiastically. The Tuesday
Afternoon club opened the program with
two numbers, sung well together, al
though it is a difficult matter to train
so many voices to observe absolutely
together all the nuances of ensemble
singing. While the club does not do the
finished work In enunciation of the
Treble Clef club, It sings very credit
ably and the numbera were well re
ceived. N
F. S. Hickie, baritone, wang with a
good deal of feeling. His low notes are
of good, virile quality, though hla Aip-
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per register la not quite unqukverlng.
Die Lotosblume" was one of hla ber.
numbers snd he sang "Don Juan's 5r
nade" (Tschalkowaky) in good style.
Mlsa Grsyce Ellen Campbu deluhted
again with the fine, dramatic quality of
her voles. Though her interpretations
are good her voice haa not yet revel veil
all the polish that It ia capable of ac
quiring. With a big, natural voice like
hers it sometimes takes a long time
to work it out of the "uncut" stnta.
But It is of beautiful, resonant Quality
and has developed a great deal In the
past year.- There Is no stiffness or In
flexibility about her voice and alto
gether it is one of the most promising
young volcee in Portland. Her "Metl
Slgnor" aria waa exceptionally well
cone and was sung with a good del
of abandon. "The Year's at the riprlng.'"
is well suited to her style and the Vol
ume, of her voice waa well shown in It.
The "June Time" by Sana Souci waa
a dainty song well sung.
Dr. George Amelia la a pleasure t
hear, for bis .tenor grows stronger and
pleaaanter each time he appears. He
sings with a thoroughly musical under
standing, and artistically there is nnth
Ing lacking In his interpretation. Tha
three songs by H.igo Wolf were charm'
ing. especially "Fussfelse.' . - --.
The members of the Tuesday After,
noon club are Miss Lillyn Glendennlng,
Miss Clara Hill, Misa Olga Johnson.
Mlsa Christina Denholm, Miss lnbel
Selover. Miss Gladys Graham, Mine
Kdlth Young. Miss Julie Berg. Mlsa
Clea Nlckerson, Miss Marinn Plum mar,
Miss Elizabeth Bradley, Miss Eleanor
Brodie, Miss Ethel Donaldson, Miss El
len Driver,. Miss Madeline Stone, JIIfs
Emma Rienow, Miss Mary Armlt
steort. Miss Genevieve Butterfleld, Mrs.
G. W. Stanley. Miss Carrol McCollum,
Miss Vida Reed, Mrs. J. 8. Monte. Mlsa
Lela Goddard, Miss Ruby Archambeuu
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More Than 1,000 Exclusive Samples
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men's and women's suitings might not
seem to the average man a very valu
able article, yet elaborate schemes to
get hold of auch sample cards . are
planned and sometimes carried through.
A couple arrived recently at the best
of the Philadelphia hotels and aet out
to visit all tha leading tailors. The man
wanted a winter outfit of a comprehen
sive character, while the Woman waa
just aa interested in accumulating a
winter wardrobe of the tailor-made va
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that the two were anything other than
they represented themselves. So when
they gave the number of their suite ia
the hotel the samples were forthcoming.
After several davs had passed with
out the expected orders the tailors be
gan to send to the hotel for informa
tion. The answer returned waa that
tha two had given up their rooms and
left the day before. No samples were
to be found.
The number of inqurrers became so
large that they were referred by tha
hotel clerk to police headquarters. More
than 1,009 aamplea of cloth had been
sent by the tailors to the couple. In
vestigation showed their purpose when
in the Broad street station were found
two wooden packages they had checked
there, filled with sample cards from
which the cloth had been torn away.
The couple had succeeded In acquiring
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tirms that deal In the high-class exclu
sive patterns. Of course they will sell
their patterns to the cheaper firms that
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Even a bolder effort to get the ex
clusive samples is reported from Chi
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which to open a tailoring business of a
high priced character and sent to tha
manufacturers for their samples. The
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Later inquiry from tha manufactur
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further in Its career .than taking tha
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when some of the best designs war
turhed out by the cheap mills. -
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