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Tone Will r Be1 luufc" uriMiii-...' miifii-nrfT f rr-'. . .. j.l- i nrr r mmt i i -rnwmm " . ONE OF PORTLAND'SiGROWING MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS Topic of';--Lecture . i ' - "T, : .-'t''"- '"' . .' ---- ... -. - -, - . '; . . ' - . . : - . . mm ' - -' " '' - . .'. . , ' '" L "'' -"' ''' X a meeting of the dlrectots of the Portland Opera association. held last Wednesday afternoon. It wu definitely decided that the next opera to be presented bjr tte association Wilt be The Merry Wives of Windsor," by Nioolai, It U ; hoped to present this opera early net ' October and ewy effort . will be put forth in the intervening time to pre- . sent finished production, . George Hotcbkisa Street wm appoint ed chairman of committee to secure ' complete scores of the opera at the lowest -possible price as It im deal red . that each member of the chorue be Pro vided with one so that each may have , a better understanding and apprecia tion of. th work, v , The -committee on selection of opera - la-composed of tbe following: lira. Warren E. Thomas, Mr. EV- L VThompSon,- Mra Preston . Garter Smith, Mrs. toe Coursen Reed, George Wilbur Reed. - This commtttee considered the fol , lo win operas: "The Merry Wive of - Windsor," "Martha," "Don Giovanni." "f'agllacdl," "Der rreischutss,", "The Tales of Hoffman. The two operas recommended to the directors werejthe oft chosen and "Martha." s ' ' Most encouraging progress Is report- ed by the Committee in cnarge 01 me ' Portland Music Festival chorus which I has now been 6rganl2ed and 1 repeal's- ' ' corner Broadway and Yamhill street. ' The rehearsals are held on Wednesday ' evenings at t o'clock sharp and are . over-before :30 o'clock. Thus far about 118 ihembers have ' been enrolled. With additions from '' several of the city's leading choirs who will be represented and with more than 1(H) members from the MacDowell " and Apollo clubs who will throw their I .,ih.t h -rHrtf-ua tittVt- mrmt h the ' desired total of 250 voices is now as- sured. ' V. After some consideration ths eom- nvlttee has announced that members of ";"' the chorus who are thoroughly familiar tt tmmro mr "ii.ii la n ui not. oa ' required to attend all of the rehears-' r it ,..1.11,1 J.IwaJ that nil I aiS, QUI li 11 CPCCIUJ umiicu nv members attend a part of the early t rehearsals so as to give support and 'assist others In learning the music. . umhr ht anv established chorus 'or choir or those who have had experl r ertce In similar chorus work else- where are eligible to membership In this chorus and should report to W..A. . Montgomery, chairman, who will be. In attendance Wednesday evenings. . ' The committee appointed to select t tour vocal soloists of national prom- I hold here in June, expects to meet in i t a-nn Ir n K A f I T. St 0 iOQUl IWU WtJCJVa LJ inn-no 4 lection after having haa unaer con- . M 1 rfwrat 1 fn n Till m hr of names. Theso , artists will take part In the oratorio , "Elijah," In the miscellaneous program 'on the third evening. The following program ,vill re played at the regular monthly organ .recital given by Lucien E. Becker, or- ganiat, at trinity Episcopal church. Nineteenth and Everett streets, this evening , at 8 o'clock: Prelude in " C ' sharp mHnor (Rackmaninoff ), Bereuse ' (Karganoff). finale from "Patihetl(i-ue" ' symphony (Tschaikowaky), Music Box ' (LJadow), adiago from "New World" symphony (Jvorak). -Mrs. MauAe Bohiman, soprano, and Miss Abby Whiteside, pianist, were the eoaOistB for the Mclowll club last ' Thik1v afternoon at the Multnomah hotel. They presented a most aellght ' ful program oonslatlng of MacDowelL ' - Binding, Schumann, Grieg, Strauss, ' Blanchet, Dohhanyt LiaForge, Rogers, Rommel and Brahms. r s ' IJtrumially keen Interest 1 taken in tfle extra ooncert to be given by the Portland Symphony orchestra at the ' Eleventh street theatre Sunday af ter- noon, April 22, wben the proceeds will go to the establishment of an "emer gency fulid. Tschaikowsky'a "Pathet " lque" will be the symphony, and It wlB be conducted by Mow Christen sen. ' Waldemar Iiind will conduct the pre lude to Wagnera "LohengTln" and the ' Welngartner arrangement of Weber's "Invitation to the Dance." Theae three ".' numbers were selected by the audience ' at tlhe concert last Sunday by ballot. ' The other numbers to fill out the pro gram will be light compositions select- ed from former programs. ' f Dubois' beautiful setting of the ' "Seven Last Word of Chl8t" will be ' sung at the St, James English Luther- an thurch this evening ty a ohoir of 88 voices under the direction of Mrs. ' Harvey Johnson, organist, with the 1 following soloists:, Sopranos, Mrs. Christine . Olson . Skane, Mis Helen From me; contralto,-Miss Nina Pressel; tenors. Dir. Harry B. Moore, Half red A. Toung; barttonaa, B. L. Markee, Dr. J. Harvev Johnson: nolins. Harry Par- soraa K. S, Rudd, Alfred Blanloholm; vlollncelilo, Florant Thibau. . , A well pleased audience beard the ol&no lecture recital' given by Lucien Ei Becker , under the auspices of the Monday Musical club Monday after noon, April 1, at EHers hall. The pro rrun vu an unusual one. being made up Of contrasts and comparison of ' Different periods of music making. Mr. Becker played with great skill and fine authority the lengtny program ox i aomixwitions - and was specially d- mired in the.slections comprising min uets, barcaralles, waitsea and. rnapso' dies, ', ' ' Dr. Emil Enna, pianist, Charles - Bouth,' violinist; Miaa Ruth Agnew, so. 1 prano, with Mis Evelyn Ewart. gave ' a very enjoyable recital on Ttworaday .' eventaff at tho county oouart house for - the, benefit of the Q. A. if. ha ronna amateurs held 'their an' ' mual election Monday evening, March is. 'Misa Nell Beavans was eieciea president and the foUoveJng were elect 4 'tMtnbkrs! Leonora Baldwin, Mil " ared Johnson. Marie Prows. Hasel Safe Fat Reductipn Reduce.' reduce, reduce. Is the slogan - - of all fat people. Get thin, ba slim, 1 th rr of fashion and society. And ' . tha overfat wring their hands In ' mortification and helplessness; revolt ' Inr at nauseating drugs, afraid of vio lent exercise, dreading me unwelcome and unsatisfying diet, until they hit upon the harmless Marmola prescrip tion and learn through it that they . may-safely reduce two, three or four pounds a week without one change in their mode of life, but harmlessly. - secretly and Quickly reaching thein Ideal of figure, with a smoother, akin, better appetite and health than they have ever known. - And now eomes i 'Marmola Prescription Tablets fro nr the same famously harmless., formula as the Marmola Prescription. It behooves you to learn the satisfactory, benefi cial affects of this great, safe fat re ducer by giving to your druggist 76o for a generous sized case, or sending a ilka amount to the Marmola Co, S8 4 Woodward ave. Detroit. Mich., with a i request that they mall to you a full case of Marmola Prescription' Tab le u. v tA0V. . , ' ' V i,. ' " " , i . fe ,'1t'-'. 4 -' V '' " '"J" v v4 ,i V Madame Maodonald Fahey, soprano, of Victoria, B. C, who will be the soloist at the Orphens Male Chorus concert at Masonic Tem ple, Saturday night, April 10. Barbey, Vloletta Grayson, Avis Smith, Ellen Rogers, Delos Pilsbury, Frank Schmidt, Earl Husby, Hilda Beyer, Ida Fendel, Lorna Merrick, Gladys Walton, Bernice Simmons, Helf red Lebach, Nor ma Helgeson, Eugene Wonder, Alma Schaxpf and Helen White. The club now consists of about 35 active mem bers who" will present Mabel Ryder Williams and Dr. Emil Enna in a piano recital on Friday, April 13. mm Miss Eugenia Oraig gave a most suc cessful program at the Men's Resor last week. Those who assisted were Miss Fay E. Rudduck, soprano; Miss Adeline Bowie, piaifflrt., and Janet Cat tron In character songs and. dances. Mrs. Elsie Blsdhoff Moore held the second Of her eeries of informal stu dents' recitals In her studio last Thurs- day evening When Miss Helen Matthews sang a long and exacting program. Miss Matthews sang with splendid taste and was enthusiastically received by her audience. At Centenary church, East Ninth and Pine streets, the Chorus duimberstoday are: "Palm Branches" (Bruche). "Je rusalem" (Parker), "Rejoice Jerusa lem and SUng" (Nevin). Mrs. Mar guerite Moore Bourne will Sing "TKa Lord Is My Light" (Allison). The pro gram is under the direction of Clare Milo Godfrey and George D. Hie'o is organist. Among the special features of the program Mrs. M. f. Carty is preparing ror the Patriot s concert for April 19 will ibe two Bones by local musicians, j An enthusiastic audience is expected. The senior and junior glees are prepar ing special numbers and a quartet and several soloists will also take part. Mrs. Maurioe William Seits will ap pear In pd&no recital at the Little the atre this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Mrs. Setts has studied with Dr. Zleg feld of Chicago, Edwin Schneider, Ar thur Friedheim, the famous Liszt pu pil, and Dent Mowrey of this city. The program Is interesting and unusually arranged, opening with a modern group proceeding to, the classics and closing wicn modern, it Co mows: Polichlnelle (Rachmaninoff), "Danse des Elfes" (Sapellnikoff), sonata op. 53 (Beetho ven), chromatic i fantasy and. fugue' (Bach), fantaisie impromptu (ChoDin). rhapsody B minor (Brahms). "Gaie- ment" (Victor Staub). barcarolle (Cyril Scott), polonaise (MacDoweil). Few concerts this winter have riven more real enjoyment than the Joint re cital ' at the Heilig Thursday night given oy Kuaoipn unna, the eminent Swiss pianist, and Albert SoaJdlna-. the brilliant young American violinist. uans is a ra-u.it teas and accomplished master of the pianoforte, a little for mal, perhaps but still impeccable. His carerurry chosen and Interesting pro gram showed his range of powers to decided advantage. Spalding, perhaps, appealed most to his hearers because of bis naturalness. There Is "nothing affected about him. He sinnoly plays -plays on a rare instrument of won derful tone-and you are transported. In Spalding. Portland has found an other favorite. As their Joint number JH.INNM m. umu ilugl upaiaang played jueetnoven's sonata in A major, "The axvuwar oonaia.- it was snJiendldlv dona The violinist's principal solo numDer was lartini's "The Dtvii'a AiV ana uanx rocussed all nla now. ens In the Grieg "Ballade In G Minor " Andre Bene 1st served as tceommnM or jar. op&iaing ana nis excellent play ing added greatly to the enjoyment of i-ne concert. The choir of Immaculate Heart i. m tohv under the Erection of Un o.th. erlne Covach-Fredrich. will give Sxain- ers -Tjrucarixson" in- the church, Wil liams fcvenue and Stanton street, this evening at 7:3 o clock. A cordial In vitation la extended everyone to at tend. The personnel of the choir is as rouows: sopranos. Mlsaaa zt to. -Man ning, Catherine Fralney, Marie Mar pert. Mae Barr, Edna HaJ(rtead Addle Thayer, ChrlsUe Deslata. Helen Honn .Tessie Manning, Madge Eberle,. Cora Jones, Marie Campbell, Catherine Meagfherv ZsabeUe Murphy. Julie Blanc Mrs. Hasel Gurr-Bell, Mrs. Mai cheater; attos. Misses Gertrude Kuns. Eatnar Hogan, Julia C Burke; tenors, L. De Chris tophero, M. Stryf eller, J. Lickie, B. Darby, BX Kettreburg, F Thomlln soo, M. Miller; bassos, E. U Fredrioh, X E. McLaughlin, S. Bacon. F. Flts gerald, A. 6 Inns,- M. Ranis; organist. suss ataei soanony. v'The Oregon- State Music Teachers' association . announces that an in formal get together convention 'will be held In Portland in June during the dates of the Portland Mslc Fes tival association. The events of the music festival will be on three sue cessive evenings, so the convention meetings will be arranged according ly and, will afford an opportunity for good fellowship with possibly one business session to discuss state wide movements. f The Portland district hold lis meet ings at monthly luncheons at one of I the downtown hotels. At the March I . iuwluis ucvise nuivnniss oirect, uis- i trtct president, presided. The district j fconstitution. patterned after the state ( constitution, was adopted. Among I the many interesting reports was one from Mrs. James Lester Gault, dis- trict president from the. Burns dis- trlct, who reported a great musical activity in the small towns of Central Oregon. The teachers in that district f are planning, to concentrate on an effort to have fundamental musical training made a parti of the public scnooi system. John Claire Monteith has accented t a reengagement as baritone soloist in the choir of the First Presbyterian church. Mr. Monteith was for nine years baritone soloist and director of the First Unitarian church choir and next season will be bis second year in the First Presbyterian choir. Last Sunday he sang for - offertory solo in the morning, "Lord God of Abraham," from the oratorio "Elijah' (Mendelssohn) and In the evening. Just For Today," (Abbott). Today at bBth morning and evening service W1" B,"S raims.- 1 Miss Beatrice BurchllL m Tromt- I oz. "n"on. win spend April. May and June in Port-1 a a i . " . I land coaching witt John Claire Mon- ;:ir "u;""f' .wno uaiea "" f-i- aqi summer, is one or ,wie , active musicians in Pen- cjeton ana axter ner stay in Portland will return to her work there. She is a member of the Pendleton Musical i , aJ" ,of the Ore'on State a mswu&uuu. i Miss Theodore Marv Bushnell. eon- I traito, and Miss Anna Ellis Barker, pianist, assisted by Albert Crelts vio- linist, will give a musical in the T. I W. C. A. auditorium on the evening I av, b nuivil ineT Will DS I uvoicBow m h. namDer or cneir i 'd3L8A rnrl ViioT j, Jonnipus 0f Miss Mary Cauthorn. Friday nuinoer oi appearances tftls season. one ana miss career nave been work- ing together fon, some time and their ne ana miss Banter have been work- ensemme work is most effective. I , . . John Claire Monteith has ehtnnA ja -M ws . . . the date of his concert trip from the ? ... 1. r .,nn. wecK m April. I ably filled by an audience which en i ilS? ' U concerts in Ore-1 thuslastlcaily applauded each number B"u wmj)i)w ia opoKtna, wasn., under the auspices of one of the leading musical clubs of that city on April z. The Elks band aoneared in i(yncrt Wednesday night . In the lods-e audi lonum ana delighted a large audience or members and friends. It was the first concert In several' weeks and Con ductor Eugene Cloffl (brought out ef- rects mat placed the band among the foremost in the northwest in ensemble work. The program consisted of 'sev eral big classics and- catchy novelties for the lighter offerings. The out standing ieature or xne concert was Conductor Ctoffi's artistic interpret mm ana excellent attention and re sponse on tlie part of the bandv It was an artistic, performance thxous-hoMt: These concerts , will be given from tune, to time. Kathleen' Lawler, who. thourh now of New York city, has not been en tirely separated from. Portland, her home city,- and its musical - interest! because of her seven years' residenca in Paris and New York, is doing some interesting things. in the' east. She Is soprano soloist of Rutger Presbyterian church in New York and Is devoting her time to her classes and concert work with splendid success. Last Wednesday evening she was engaged as soloist in the favorite Lenten ora torio, "Stab at Mater" (Rossini), at the Church of the Messiah (Unitarian), at which, she .was church soprano during ner nrst year In New Tork when the war made it necessary for her to leave Paris.- The following evening, Thurs day, she sang the solos in "Lauda Zlon" (Mendelssohn) at the Church -of the Holy Communion (Episcopal). Miss Lawler will ; sing "The Seven Last Words-; of Christ"- (Dubois) at New Britain, Conn, May IS, and again iT .? -PPar in the soprano parts in "A Tale of Old Japan" -(Cool Some .solutions of the difficulties presented Id the lecture .on 0ur Mu sical Svtem fa Dr John J. Landa- Mtury, of the University of Oregon, will be presented to the members of trie class in musical understanding on Fri day, April . In the Central library. One of the. difficulties is that of mean tone temperament, which in it solution dmanda a pure third and con tents itself with six keys. The other problem, that of,' equal temperament, attempts the-use' of all , the keys and endures a vary harsh third. Dr. Landbury will present the so- lutkms.of the difficulties in a non technical way. so that those who have had no special musical training will have no difficulty in understanding. -, This lecture will be followed by -one before the class in the science of musrie nn d1t Anln auKatltivtM In mnml and I contrapuntal chords and their, bearing ! upon modulation. ridge-TaylorJf Which will, be given bi the Cat hoi in Choral union tinder the di rection of John .Finnegan. Mx Fln- negan has done consluerable . choir work in New York with Miss . Lawler. I H has a'splehdld Irish tenor voice which Is frequently likened to McCor mack's vole and which has won for hint a big following Of admiring friends In New York. , - In a recent .letter to Portland rela tives she told of an interesting engage ment in. which he was secured by a civic organisation to train a chorus of singers to appear at Sing Sing and give their program to the accompaniment of the convict orchestra. " She . also gave a program of first class concert selections and . Old time ballads, both of which types of songs were equally well received and -appreciated fey-, her audience. . The director of the prison orchestra, she related, is an Italian, a r lifer., who did not know a note . of music from the educated musician's I standpoint "when. h went into the prison, but he has devoted all his time to mastering its intricacies and is now Quite proficient as an all around mu sician. . A Very successful recital was given at Apollo hall last Friday evening by students of Dr. Z. M. Parvln. assisted I by members of faculty. The opening number was a piano quartet played by Mrs.-Stewart, Mrs. Balding, Miss Johnson and Mrs. Whltoomb. Chester I Stryker pleased With several vocal solos. Mrs. Mary Kaseberg, Miss Claus son And Dr. Parvln also were Heard in vocal numbers. Master Zedlck Far ; vin showed musical talent in hia two piano numbers. R. M. Wheeler lm provlsedVwlth much success. The over tin- to -William Tell" closed the pro gram, played by Mrs. Kaseberg, Mrs. I Stewart, Misses Bloeser and t-aiaer, An Interesting program wa glvsn by piano students Of Miss Jessie ' Lwia last Saturday at the March class, xne tud11s show much interest in these .tirl tha noticeable advance. ment in me quauiy 01 vneir worn bits proof of the worth of such preparation for miblio blavlns. Students nartid- Dating on the nroKram were: Dorothy Cowan, Jane Ladd, Gladys Davis, Wln- field Hays, Trimble Brlntzenhoff, Ma garet Holman. Isabelle-' Jacobs. Adeline Falvre. Marv Miller. Emma Wanks, Evelyn . "Fitaglbbon, Doris Holman, France Dayton and Edna Agler. At the regular monthly meeting of the Portland District Muaio Teachers' association, at Hotel Portland, Monday, March 2. It was voted that the Port- land district, in conjunction with other musical organisations, entertain Wal- ter Damrosch (and Exralm Zlmballst, the violinist, it was voted that a corn- mlttee of three be appointed to formu late a document for the signature of women musicians only, corresponding in text to the "Artist Fee Agreement; which was drawn up by the Musicians' club. The next luncheon and meeting will he at the Y. W. C A. The monthly meeting of the faculty of the Nt W. normal school of muslo held Tuesday morning at Apollo hall. was devoted In Dart to discussion Of technical subject) The Luther league concerts Sunday cn.v ., . h. Lincoln high school auditorium were big successes in every way, each event being attended by about 1600 -persona Professor Charles Swenson conducted the large chorus that served as the powerful background for the affair, Several soloists were featured, and a string orchestra augmented the chorus accompaniments. The Swedish Singing club Columbia gave a very successful oonoert at War lren Sunday, March II. Mrs. Julia Helene Swenson. violinist, and Mrs. Christine Skans, soprano, were the a . -;.!- IslunrrwMiTenT ha FunTpu- evening. March 23, at the Arleta Bap tist church. G. W. Gillis. baritone. sang Dudley Buck's "Sunset." and gave an encore with charming finish. ' I rnaaj evening, maron i, aespiis v. a. .hi.w ...ni , t f r.us ss-weaa niuvu ytcfswivu, 9uw high school auditorium was comf ort- BARITONE WILL SING FOR WOMEN'S CLUB L. Carroll Day. The Women's Democratlo club : will celebrate Thomas Jefferson's birthday juooaay evening at 8 O'cioclrJn Libra ry nail. L. CarroU Jax, baritone, and 1 Miss Inex Dagmar Kelly, contralto, are to sing- groups of patriotic songs-- III 'Ml ' .UK - K- .'lilVj r k k - t' ,w . .-. 1 1 -t-.7 ( ..?, iTv'i ' ;v II i :: i i i ft 1 I I I , . . t u v 1 . K-mtiiiii-.-Xmmmmmm'-WmmmmmmmmmmmmA - - - 1 , , - - ' . .- . . . 1 ' 1 v'J ' ; " ' . f Alnphioa Mala Chorus, J. A. Ilollngsworth, director. . " ' ' ' Among the permanently organized musical organizations ib Portland gain ing prominence Is the Amphlon Male chorus. , conducted by J. A. Hollings-worth.;- This chorus has been organ ised less than a year, but is already on the program given by students of Franck and Beatrice Eichenlaub. The Work of each performer was characterr lzed by a beauty of tone and artistic finish, and in some cases by a very matured technic. The Ensemble club. Which appeared In one number, also came in for its share of recognition. The following program was presented: "Reverie" (Gills), Charles King; "Song of the Brook" (Quigley). Edwin Mc- Clung; "Au Bord d'un Russeau" (Bois deffre), "Scherso"' (Atherton).-Elva Pe terson; "Snow White" (Zllcher), Kath rihe Ocaefl "Air Religleux" (Kronold), GeorgA Hubnch; "Le Chant du Ruis eau"f(Lack), "Wedding Day at Trold haugen" (Grieg). Lucile McCluhg. Scene de Ballet" (de Berlot), Roy Miller; "La Flleuse" (Raff), Lenors Stone; "Ave Maria" (Bchubert-Wil-helmj), "Humoresque" (Koepplng), Vern.Isom; Hungarian Rhapsodic, No, 2 (Lszt), Glenn Shelley; Prelude to "Lohengrin" (Wagner), the. Ensemble club, composed of H aught on Bickerton, Dr. Evart Borden, Grace Cordelle, Clif ton Crouch, Wilfred Clark, Elbert -De-MoaSi John Dinwiddle, Franz Gansne der, Philip Graef, Grace owlnn. C Ar thur Hauienbeok, Qeorg Hubach, Hel en KarpjM-. vern I bom. John R. Knight. Charles King, J3orothy ?Logan. Grace McNeal, LucUe Levy,-Blanche Larseh, Roy i Miller, Lucia Morris, Bernice Mathisen, John Oyen, John Ohm, Max Ohm; Verne Preston. . Lebn Peterson. Elva Peterson, Elmer Sneed. Elizabeth Tefflinger, Forrest Sauvain, Aldona tankus and Ward, Shaver. - The4 entire membership of the Mon day .Musical . club will lunch, together at Hotel: Multnomah at 12 o'clock .on Monday next. A board meeting will be 'held 'at -11:10. At 2 o'clock the monthly club council . wll be held and at 1:30 he . of the .most important program of the 'year wia be given. The piano ensemble department under the ' directorship Of Miss Martha B. Reynolds will present a program in which the largest number of club mem. bers who have appeared in any pro gram Of the year .will take par. The opening jnimber will1 te a concerto in D minor Op. 40 (Mendelssohn), by1 Mrs. Percy W. Lewie, president of the cliulb, orchestral parts played by Miss Reynolds; violin and piano trio (Oj dard). Miss Christine Brake!. Albert OaUs and Miss Reynolds; march and trio- (Schubert), Miss Lillian Dates man, Mm - Ella B. Jones, Miss Mar garet Rogge, Mrs. H. cj. Burton: Valse BnUUante, in A flat (Moszkowski). Mrs. A. D. Sherrick, Miss Udavilla StanchXleld. Miss Beulah Clark. Mrn. T. R. Grove; ladles' trio (Fauiasy-Har-ling), Irish Love Song (Lang), Mra L. A. Beard, Miss Luoy Case, Miss Elizabeth. Johnson, Mra J. E. Bon brijsht, Mrs. W. A. Vlggers, Mrs. T. R. Greve; overture. "Der Freisohuts (Web er); Mrs. W. M. Owens, Mrs. E. M, Baker, Miss Ethel Edlok, Mrs. W. ii. Rethlefssn. The closing number is a Liszt rhap sody n which Miss Emma Wood, Mrs. J. A. Holliater, Miss Elizabeth Johnson and Mrs. C T. Klngsley will take part. The sextet from. "Lucia" sung oy Caruso, Galll-Curcl, Eganer, De Luc a, Journet and Bada, is one of the strong features of the April list, of new Vic tor records Just announced. Three of these artists Caruso, Galll Ourol and De Luca with Perlni, unite to create another record of Importance and great vocal beauty, in . singing anew for the Victor the "Quartet" from Rigoletto. Seemingly anxious to make April a long remembered month in musical cir cles, the Victor company announces a complete coarse In vocal training by Oscar Baenger. The full import of this can hardly toe realized. Its effect will be felt for Vears In tbe advancement of music. For it means- that everyone anywhere who wishes to sing and hat a voice, even though it be entirely un trained, can nSw develop this talent under the direction of Oscar saenger. one of Americas most successful vo cal teachers. Aspiring young singers everywhere have reason to rejoice. Vic tor dealers are prepared to give full Information about the new Saenger records. An interesting feature of the enter tainment following the annual dinner of the Present Day club, Wednesday evening, was the musical program cpn- mouted oy urant Reason, tenor, ana Mrs. Walter Reckord, pianist. Mra Reckord played . "Walts, G Flat" (Chopin), "Scherzo-Sonata, opus 2, No. t" (Beethoven), and "Japanese Study" (Ppldlnl). Mr. GJeason's numbers were: "Calm as the Night" (Bohm), "Down in the Forest" (Ronald), and "Rose in tke Bud" (Forester), i The work of both artists was great ly appreciated and enjoyed by those present. ..... , "Elijah. now belng studied by the Portland Oratorio society, will be given the last Sunday afternoon In May or tiie first In .June, probably at tke Lin coin high school auditorium, and free U the music loving pubUo of Portland and vicinity.. That will allow more regular and several more extra rehears als already enjoyed will make : the chorus thoroughly familiar with the choruses to be sung. Enough of the oratorky to ten the thread of the story and to make a one and one-half hour program have been selected. Tbe prin cipal soprano, alto, tenor and bass solos nave been decided on. The dety meets every; Tuesday evening, The monthly meeting of the Portland Etude club - was held at the home of Miss . Marie A. S. 6oule on Tuesday I evening, March 27. The lives and works I of Chopin and bis contemporaries were doing, excellent work. Last Monday evening the chorus was heard at the big men Methodist meeting at Bunny side and made a favorable impression. Following is a list of the members as they appear in the picture: Program For Concert On - April IP -Th e -complete program for the con cert to be given by the Orpheus Male chorus Saturday evening, April 10, at the Masonic Temple, has just been an nounced by Conductor. WUllam ManseU Wilder. Madame Macdonald Fahey, so. prano, of Victoria, - B. C, will be the soloist. The program follows: ' "The Alpha Horn" Gelbel Absent' Metcalf Scene from Aid "Ritorna Vincltor Verdi .. Hear Ye Israel" (Elijah) (by request) .Mendelssonn Madame Macdonekd Fahey "Comrades .t Arm" A A mm "Mammy's Little Black Ooon" .Bellam (a) "Orpheus With His Lute" ... ;.. Sir Arthur Sullivan (b) "The Lass With a Delicate Ah" Dr. Arne (c) "Tell Me My Heart". Sir H. Bishop Madame Maodonald Fahey "How Soft the Snades of Evening tsreep" Johnson "Boys of the Old Brigade" Parks (a) "Thus Wisdom Sings" .. Edward Horsman (Translated from the Chinese) (b) "By the Waters Of Minneton- ka Lieuranc (q) "A Birthday Song". .... MacFadej (d) "The Shadow Song" (from Dlnorah Meyerbeer Madame Macdonald Fahey. "When the Bella in the - Light- house Ring Ding Dong" .Sod man "Hear Dsm Bells" (by request). . . .......... ........... Stauffer studied. - The foil-owing program was given:' Story of the Lire of Chopin, Mies Charlotte Roblinj piano solo, Three PreludeeV - Noa, e,- 18. 18, (Chopin), Miss Susie Michael; violin solo, "Bolero (Berlioz), Adolph Wein steln, Gordon Soule, accompanist; "Walts BrUliante" (Chopin), Mrs. Tina Bjeiland; vocal solos, A Maiden's Wish" (Chopin), "Lithuanian Song' (Chopin), Miss Alice Phelps; piano solo, "Revolutionary Etude" (Chopin), Gordon Boule; story of A flat Ballade, Miss Charlotte Roblin; piano solo. "Ballade A Flat. Miss Edna Wenner- berg. Life of Franz Ries, John Dick son: violin solo, "Adagio From Saite" Op. 34 (Rles), Sylvia Weinsteln; flute solo, "Hungarian Danoe" (Popp), Beu lah Clark; vocal solo, "Ye Bells" (Dressier), C M. Godfrey, with violin obligato by Sylvia Weinsteln; two pi anos, "Military Polonaise"' (Chopin), Miss Souls, Philip Chalmov. Susie Mi chael, Charlotte Roblio. Plans were discussed for-an open evening to be held sometime ' In May when the best numbers of the year will be given for the enjoyment of the members and their friends. At the doss of the pro gram, dainty refreshments were served and the rest of the evening was spent in singing patriotic songs. Sunday morning the Quartet of the Rose- City Park Presbyterian church wilt sing "In Heavenly Love Abiding" (Horatio Parker). E. N. Strong will sing "The Pal ma" In the evening, by request, the quar tet will repeat Dudley Buck's Te Deum." Mrs. R. F. Feemster will sing 'Gloria (Buzzl Peccla). On Good Friday evening the church chorus will render Stainers "Cruel. fixlon." On Easter Sunday evening i double quartet will rive "The Daugh ter of Jalrus, by Stain er. An instructive recital was given by pupils of Miss Jooeiyn Foulkes, Satur day, at her home. B ram's was the particular subject for the afternoon. Falls Often Serious. The falls that young children are heir to are not being viewed so philo sophically by science as they were a generation ago. "Don't be content with kissing the bruise and telling -Ahe youngster that he' all rirht " said a noted Chicago Ldoctor. "With that single bruise be may have laid the foundation for years Mow Xs the Time to Oet SUA of Thess wgiy spots.; . There's no longer' the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the prescription othine double strength la guaranteed to remove these -homely spots. - Simply get an ounce of othine double - strength from . anv druggist and apply a little of It night and morning and yos should soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have vanished , entirely. It is seldom, that more than an- ounce is needed to com pletely clear the skin and gain a beau tiful clear .complexion. . - Be sure . to ask for the -' double strength othine as this is sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to remove freckles. .- - - (Adv.) YOUR EASTER COSTUME - ' ' Aas aria IzaiWtioa of ruatoos ,- . t AatkcatioaUy DiUrl by, . -'; Schweitzer& Eagin i USZBS' TATXOBS, -393H WaSBXaTOTOir STXZST, Xext Door to tae, Xaselwood, FRECKLES From left, to right, top row-C C Thompson, H. M. Davies, A. C. Born sted. V. C. Klock. Center row W. II. Mahan. it. D. Frost. C. Freeman. C. Jennings, W. H. Smith, P. Hillesland. of fear and anguish, as the subject of epileptic, fits.- "Almest daily we have to trephine the skull of some sufferer from fits to remove the brain pressure that a child, hood fall caused. Medical science now makes an X-ray photograph of th skulls of epileptics to ascertain the nature of the brain pressure. Some times the faint gray photograph doesn't reveal the injury. But we persevere. - L. Depressed areas in the skull are examined critically. If they do not conform to the natural fissures, a second photograph is made of the area, and perhaps a third until We find the cause of the affliction. "All manner of Internal remedies havs been devised for fits but thes are now in the discard. Pressure on the brain is the cause we now seek to remove "The other day we trenhined th skull of a woman 32 years of age. Bh had been subject to fits since she wss 9. They have been Increasing In fre quency. y We discovered that a splinter of bone, about the thickness of a lead pencil, was pressing in against the brain, almost a quarter of an Inch inj the dura. "The woman had had a serious fan at the age of 6, from Which she seemed to suiier no in erxects. until 9 years of age she had no fits. Then they be- (w developing. The examination should have been maae at tne age of 9. Many ,a poor, uniortunate has gone through life with the haunting specter of epileptic attacics hovering about him. Hence forth it will be needless. Science thinks It has found a way out" -For Sorting Coffee. " A curious German invention i ma chine for sorting coffee beans by col or. Each bean passes Into a strong beam of light, which it reflects to two Bolealum cells, and these, by electric control of a hopper, deposit the bean in one of several receptacles. The action depends on the different reflective powers of the differently colored beans, by which varying' resistance to the electric current are successively pro duced In the selenium. The . 'PIANOLA- ' ' ."'' No Other Player Piano Approaches It In Musical Eff ectivertess The Pianola was the original instrument of its type. It has always been and still is year ahead of the scores fcf player pianos that have sprung up to compete with it. ;. The Pianola makes possible to everybody a perfection of musical expression. Classical arid popular music rwhat ever you desire may be played upon the Pianola beauti fully and artistically even let us tell you'why. - The Pianola is made by th e Aeolian Company only 3 id the Steinway, .Weber, Steck, Wheelock and Stroud -Pianos. Prices ranee from $625 Uelectricallv-ODerited ,a nr. . i , -i . , 5tovj. vve seii mem on me We also carry Steinway and other Pianos, Aeolian Player Pianos, Victrolas and Records;' Player Music Rolls, Musk - Cabinets, etc. Sherman.pi ;a;-yv 'v. ..r Sixth and Morrison Streets j- Opposite . Postoffice ; f Bottom row M. f. Curry, O. ' V. Bradley, reader and imperso alter; J.- A, Hollingworth. director; R. L. Edwards, C. Miller. 73. Yost. C ML Motlet, W. X Ixvckwood are else members bf this chorus. - ; , 1 .r e!lCi AnH-'.t' The Vancouver Music Club chorus, John Claire Monteith, conductor, gave Its annual concert in Vancouver 'on- Wednesday evening 'before, an en thusiastic audience that filled ''-the reciim iia.il. x lie iro ui . iu .iirrv - part chorus was particularly pleasing the artistic shraslng. Two ' of th most effective numbers were the me IaIaiim 'Vfi t la'. W .If. RAiir1 fMiu . the opera "La Boheme," and "Only rto Thee" (Saint Saens) in Which the part singing showed the fine work accomplished by the club in its sea son's study. . The chorus closed the nroBrram with a stirrlnr rendition of "The Years at the Spring" (Beach) which proved particularly suited to choral singing and was one Of the best numbers on the program. The club presented as its soloists Mrs. John Knight, soprano, of Van cuver, and Mr. Monteith, with Miss May Van Dyke, who. Is a delightful accompanist. Mr. Monteith sang, two groups of songs with the finished style and dramatic effect which .has made him one of the best. 'known concert soloists in the northwest, and kl. v. 1. i m 1 Kip the audience. Mra Knight, who Is a mermber of the chorus. Was one of the features and surprises of the concert. Her debut was the occasion- for an ova tlon. Added to. a high lyric voles, of sweet quality, Mra Knight possesses a charming stage presence, delightful In its poise and simplicity oz manner, nne sang- songs in EngViah, Ociynan and Italian. Her "Ich Llebe Dtch" (Milden burg) was one of the most pleasing, and showed 'a warmth asd color in her voice which contrasted well with the other more brilliant numbers ft- Is possible that Mrs.-Knight may be beard in Portland some time this season. by the novice. Come in anj .,,','. - v'-i if i ' .. ' ' - easiest terms. , v . 5 ay&Cb. ' !'