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ONE OF PORTLAND'SiGROWING MUSICAL ORGANIZATIONS
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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.
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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.
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' 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
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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.
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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--
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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-
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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.
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