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ARTHUR HARHAN IN
A CONFIDENTIAL. 'WOOD
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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1908, ,
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" "I think It la tlma America stopped
hiding behind . the 'young: country1 ex
cuae. That ia all past now. Tou have
time here for dreams, for fantasy, and,
that's what art Is." ,
Thus dop Arthur Hartraann, ' one " of
the world's great violinists, aam up
the situation In America. "When you
can get a permanent philharmonic or
chestra herind, get a young man to
vIad it and wv hia time to it. that's
the beginning of art In America.
. "For the next 10 years I shall go
around the world with my fiddle play
ing. After that I shall stop and become
an orchestra leader. Not for the money
there is in It, understand, for I could
- make 10 times as much touring and
giving concerts. Money Is not every
thing. There are better things than
money."
"Why should : not you become the
laaj., a Ul. I. 1 1 1 I I . nt I
Mr, Hartmann was asked.
Dislike, tie Eat.
"Perhaps. Why not" When I say I
would like to liva ia this part of the
. country, I am not giving you .what
they call a California lemon. I mean
it. Tou have leisure here, time for
dreams, for fantasy, time for art. But
the east No. Whenever I have to go
between Chicago and New York 1 go
into a sleeping car and pull down the
curtains so I shall not have to look out
and see the billboards advertising the
, 67 varieties, J don't like the east and
would never think of living there. But
this cpuntry out here perhaps I may
45ome back some day and stay here.v? I
.want to." "
Only J 7 years old and yet one of the
greatest musicians In the worlda man
looking no older than his age, vig
orous, full of fir and enthusiasm and
devotion to his art: not modest net con
ceited, but ' having a great respect for
the art that expresses itself through
him and proud of the fact 'that hla
has been chosen by nature to be the
mouthpiece of that art such ia Arthur
Hartmann.
BadlatM Virility.
At hla Nlnm In tha PnrtlnnJ i
this fnornlner Via not artA amnlriiil m Kltf
beautifully colored meerschaum pipe
while he talked. "My manager has
asked ne to talk frankly and sincerely,"
he said, "to eay nothing that I don't
mean, and that's what 1 am going to
do. I am a Hungarian, you know, not
an American, and I do not speak very
food English." In wftlch statement Mr,
lartm&nn was unduly modest, for he
does speak good English, much better,
not slurring like that of most of us.
He is a good looking young man. with
a fine head of hair (who ever saw a
musician who was bald?), which he does
not wear unduly long, and he radiates
virility.
Mr. Hartmann was warned that he
was not talking to a mimical critic and
was asked to go ahead and say anything
that he felt would be of Interest to the
people of Portland.
"Well," he said, "I suppose you would
like to know something of the program
for the concert. 1 am going to opefi
with the Mendelssohn concerto. , I had
hoped to open with the Saint Saens con
certo, because I havo played It with
the composer himself. But I opened
with the Mendelssohn concerto w hen 1
appeared in New York with Walter
Damrosch exactly 20 years and". 1 was
only 7 years old then. I made my first
public appearnnces In America, you
know, not In Europe. That is one rea
son, I suppose, why I like this country
so much.
"The second number will be the Bach
figure in A, which is seldom played.
"I have written ft long treatise on
Bach, which has ben translated Into
evary language of Europe. 1 have
been asked to reedit it s,nd have it re
published, and I think I shall do so.
"And, then, there Is my transcrip
tion of a composition by Dehussey. I
made this transcription at Pebussey's
OHM
FOB SCHOOLS
That Sum Is Expected to
Be Needed for Portland
Education Aext Year.
i. nccreiary inQinas ni ecnoui Doaru
f has received from the county aasessor
: the tax roll of district No. 1, which
totals $220,000,000, an increase over last
year of nearly 6 Der cent. The assess
able property in the district was last
year valued at something more than
g m
levy
tzog.zoo.otiu and t
fund of $625,000.
netted a
At the tame rate the money provided
by taxation for school expenses would
amount to $660,000, but It is expected
that the taxpayers at the' annual meet
ing with the board December 88 will bt
asked to recommend a levy that will
create a fund o nearly $1,000,000, as
the expenditures " this year' will be
largely Increased by the additional
buildings to be erected and proposed in
crease of teachers' salaries.
The taxpayers' yearly meeting will be
held at the West Side High school at
7:80 p. m. December v28.
SCEIBER PETITION
RECALLS FAILURE
The bankruptcy petition of Clara J.
Scrlber, of La Grande, a son of J. W.
Scrlber, arrested some time ago by the
federal authorities on a charge of forg
ery, an echo of the failure of the Far
mers A Traders National bank, waa
filed in the United States district court
yesterday.
Borlber-s liabilities are $26,667. Of
this amount the petitioner claims that
the sum of $24,S30 is In the form of
bills and notes which ought to be paid
tw other cersons. In moat of the in
stances young Scrlber went on the notes
of hla fatner.
The assets of the bankrupt amount to
$2200, property of which worth $1800
is Claimed to do exempt unaer mi uw.
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' '':. . .' sr. -W. A. Wlae, ,
OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE
Should remember tnat our force Is so
organleed that WE CAN DO THEIR
ENTIRE CROWN, BRIDGE AND
PLATE WORK IN A DAT If necessary.
osltlvly Painless Extraction free
When plates or "bridges are ordered.
WE REMOVE THE MOST SENSITIVE
TEETH AND ROOTS WITHOUT THE
USAST PAIN. NO STUDENTS no un
. certainty but SPECIALISTS who df
the most scientific and careful work.
WKP.'nr.NTAl, rO.. Fnr
w W aa-ar raws w tm m anw a - w
Dr. W. A. Wise, Mgr, SI years In
Portland. Second floor, - railing bldg..
Third and Washington atreets. - Office
hours, la,m. to 8 p. ro.- Sundays, to
1 p. m. Painless extruding. f0c; piatea,
$5 up. Phone A and Main 2020. f
own request he does not write for the
violin, you knowand changed It
around considerably and with bis ap
proval. ,
"Your American composer, McDowell,
was another who did not write for tha
violin, you know. . I have arranged five
of his composition for the violin.
Every cafe orchestra In the country. I
think, plays my arrangement of hia
To a Wild Roae.'
, Woat Kuslo Idkes. .
: ''But I don't cars' for that myself so
much si 1 do for 'The Cradle Song,'
which I am bringing out on my present
tour. Another thing which I am also
playing on this tour la the C'sardas,
alao originally written by McDowell.
McDowell waa an American, and it was
rather funny his trying to write Hun
garian music. But I have, taken tha
Csardas and changed It a, good deal
and put the real Hungarian into It, for
I am a Hungarian myself and know
what It should be like.
"There is one thing about ma which
may Interest you. I compose a great
deal, s X have never had a lesson in my
life on the piano, yet I write for the
piano. In November of next year I am
going to make my formal debut as an
orchestra conductor. I shall conduct
the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra and
ahan bring out two symphonic poem.
One la a' Hungarion Jokf, called 'Ti
mer,' which ' I wrote when I was It
years old. It is a very big score, taking
about 40 minutes to play, -
"The other is a composition based on'
the work 'Ana God Spake,' by Carmen
Sylvia, queen of Roumanla. Carmen
Sylvia and 1 are very good friends. I
do net say this because she is queen
of Roumanla, but because she la an ar
tist Every summer I spend a . week
with her, and we read and talk together
and I play for her."
"Apparently the thought of Carmen
Sylvia suggested to the musician Amer
ican women, for he branched oif into
an exposition of his ideas concerning
the womanhood of this country.
- A to American Woman.
"When I went back to Germany last
time," he Bald, "I wrote a big article in
German on America, In which I said
that the American woman, frdm the
standpoint of culture and refinement, is
wonderful, far superior to the American
man, who Is too busy to take- time for
such things. I submitted the article to
the big German newspaper. Die Wocha,
and it was accepted. I was feeling cor
respondingly proud over what I had
done, when I received a letter from the
editor telling me that he would like to
publish the article, but I must cut out
what I had aaid about the American
woman.
" That I cannot do,' I replied. 'Amer
ica without the American woman is im
possible. In America It is the woman
who is supreme, not the man.'
" "Well, we won't have this about
the American Woman,' the editor re
plied. "VVe don't want the American wo
man coming over to Europe. She Is
too smart What we want Is our Ger
man haus-fraus.'
"So I withdrew the article, but I
expect to have it published In another
big European paper goon.
I do nearly all of my composing
when I am traveling. I go Into the
smoking room sometimes, in mv pa
jamas, and sit there and work, often
as late as 3 or 4 o'clock in the mornlna.
When I work, I work anywhere I hap
pen to be. 1 am all on fire. It Just
pours out of me. And then, of course.
come periods of terrible depression from
tne reaction, ana i am just a common
place man.
"After I finish my present contract
I expect to go to Mexico for six or
eight weeks, as I have an offer from
that country to come down there. And
after that I shall return to Paria, where
I teach and where I generally have a
large number of pupils."
GAY SEASOfl JIT
WHITE HUUSE
It Will Invite Comparisons
With Previous Ones of
Roosevelt's Time.
(Speelal Dispatch to Th Joornal.t
Washington, Lec. 17. Everything In
and around the White House haa been
put in the best possible order for the
opening of the last and most brilliant
social season under the Roosevelt ad
ministration. The opening event will
be the cabinet dinner this evening and
the season will close with the army and
navy reception on Thursday, February
18. During the intervening time there
will be a round of diplomatic recep
tions, diplomatic dinners. Judiciary re
ceptions, , the usual supreme court din
ner and congressional receptions, all to
be given on Thursday evenings, inter
spersed) with many other, less formal
social functions, prime among them the
ball to ba given on tha evening of De
cember 28, In honor of Miss Ethel
Roosevelt's social debut
The old historic mansion baa wit
nessed' many Interesting social events
under the changing administrations, but
probably never a season quite aa strenu
ous and brilliant as will be the closing
season of the present administration.
Next winter Mrs. Taft will be the
"first lady" and Washington society is
already speculating over the prospects
of the first 'Taft season."
Btate Dinners.
The three state dinners, the first of
which will take place tonight will In
clude from 40 to 70 guests. That to
the diplomatic corps will be the larg
est, aa It roust Include all the chiefs
of embassies and legations, with the
wife of each ambassador or minister.
The evening receptions will be, as In
former years, from 9 to 10:80. and
2000 invitations will be Issued for
these events. Aa a rule guests other
than those of the administration circle
will be Invited to one reception only.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt will
also receive as usual on New Year's
day, but no cards are issued for that
occasion. Mrs. Roosevelt haa also
planned a number of muslcales on Fri
day evenings during tha season, in ad
dition to other minor social functions,
among them the ball on the coming
out of Mias Ethel Roosevelt.
Oajrest for Kany TearaT
There is every indication that the
season just opening will be the gayest
the White House has seen since tha
first winter of President Roosevelt's
administration, when his eldest daugh
ter, Miss Alice Roosevelt, now Mrs.
Longworth, was presented to society.
The ball for Miss Ethel will be given
In the same historio room where Abigail
Adams dried her clothes and - which
never waa the acene of a gay . ball
unin during me narnson administra
tion, when Mrs. McKee gave a cotillon.
In addition to the ball there will be
many dinners, luncheons, breakfasts and
receptions, from the beginning of tha
new year to the beginning of March,
when Mrs. Roosevelt will turn over tha
household affairs to her successor aa
lady of the White House.
Xooserelt's JEotueeleaniar.
Nearly an theae social functions are
held on the lower floor of the presi
dential mansion, - which had been
changed but little tinder the succeeding
administrations until It had reached
such a state of dilapidation that Presi
dent Roosevelt considered It advisable
to subject the antiquated1, Inadequate
and uncomfortable lower part of the
mansion to a radical reconstruction and
rejuvenation, which raised such a pro
test throughout the country, mainly
from those who seldom or never fre--quented
the house and knew little or
nothing of Its needs and requirements.
In accordance with time-honored cus
tom no changes or Improvements of
any consequence have been made since
last , winter and pone ' Will be made tin-
A".
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der the present administration, leaving
it to the next president and his" family
to arrange the house and its fixtures
and furnishings according to their
taste.
MES. SAGE'S GIFT
TO THE Y. M. C. A.
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
New York, Dec. 17. The new build
ing of the Long Island Railroad Toung
Men's Christian Association at Borden
and West avesues Long Island City, for
the erection of which Sirs. Russel Saga
contributed 1100,000. is practically com
pleted and everything is in readiness
for the formal dedication this evening.
Mrs. Sage has consented to be present
at the dedicatory services and it ia ex
pected that there will alao be many
other distinguished visitors from New
,lork and other cities in attendance.
The building is a handsome structure
of pleasing architecture and, when en
tirely completed will be one of the
best equipped Institutions of its kind
In this section of the country.
Mrs. Russel Sage has always felt
great interest in the man employed on
the big island railroad and when the
plan was suggested to erect a modest
building for the use of the railroad sec
tion of the T. M. C. A. at Long Island
City, ahe manifested her approval of
the plan by subscribing the round sum
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$40445 Suits & Overcoats
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of $100,000 to the building fund, thus
enabling the society to erect a much
larger and better equipped building
than would have been possible without
her generous gift
HARRISON CAUGHT
CRACKING A SAFE
(United Press Leased Wirt.)
San Francisco, Dec. 17. After a des
perate struggle, the outcome of which
for a time seemed In doubt. Patrolman
Charles Galllvan arrested John Harri
son in the office of the Portland lodging
house today. Galllvan had been sum
moned by the proprietor, J. Bessiti, who
found Harrison trying to pry open the
hotel safe. Besslttl attempted to cap
ture Harrison, but the Intruder turned
upon htm and began to beat him. Bes
sittl's cries were heard by tJalliva i, who
hastened by the shrill sound of a police
whistle blown by Mrs: Besslttl, came In
time to seize Harrison.
Harrison fought until he was clubbed
almost to Insensibility. He waa booked
at the city priaon on a charge of burg
lary. The production of araenlo In the
United States in 1907, 1,751 short tons,
made a new record for the industry,
nearly doubling the output for tha pre
ceding year.
Grows Hair
and we can
PROVE IT!
The Great DANDERINE Never
Fails to Produce the, '
Desired Results.
IT enlivens ana invigorates the half
glands and tissues of tbe scalp.
resulting; In continuous and
Increasing; growth of tbe hair.
Letter of pnlM are coatftmsny
eotntDg In from oesrly all puts of
the country sutlns thst DiKierln
ba reaewed the growth of bslr In
cum that wars eoaalderei bo
lutely hopeless.
A Udr from Braoklya writes:
"After a abort trial Br hair stopped
falling, and I now bars a IotbTt head
ef hair, Terr beary and ever obs and
a qaarrar jrards lon(.n
. Danderine stimulates the acalp.
makes it healtby and keeps it so.
It ia the greatest acalp invigorstor
known. It ia a wholesome medicine
for both tha hair and acalp. Even
small bottle of It will put
more genuine life la your
hair than a gallon of any
other hair tonic ever made.
It shows results from the
very start. .
Now oo tale at every drug and
toilet store ia the land ; 3 sixes
25c, 50o and $1.00
Cm g) aj Te show how alcklf
rise InderiaeaoU,ws
will send a larce sampls free
Cut
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hf retnrninall to anyone who
senosioisiree eon poa w ua
Out
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with their name and address
and 10o in allrsr or sumps
to pay pottage. ..
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for Hart Schaffner
& Marx Fine $20.00
for Hart Schaffner
& Marx most superb
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ao Ideal hotel for permanent anesta; a amt eja
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9 A new down town hotel. . Staaf iiut
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This hostelry possesses all the
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caravansaries, and has added Many
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Grill, Pneumatic .Tube Servics,
Magneta Clock System and today
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Rates European, from 2 upward
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