THE ; OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORT LAND, SUNDAY MORNING,. JULY r 1, 1017.:
CITY TO E
MUSICIANS' CLUB OF
talks hv bn . made prominent
musician on ta relations of the pro
fesaion with the general body of citl
sens and the value of musicians and
musical organisations as assets la the
life of ths community.
The twox great achievements to ths
credit of ths club are ths formations
of the Oregon State Music Teachers'
association. Snd tbs Portland Music
Festival association. These two or
ganizations will mean much to the fu
ture musical life of Portland and the
stats generally.
Guests of ths club during past sea
sons have been Walter Damroscb, Jo
seph Hofmann, Elfrem Zimballst,
Alexander Saslarsky and ths entire
membership of ths New Tork sym
phony orchestra In conjunction with .
ths Portland. Symphony v orchestra,
Theo Spier lag. Dr. Ferdinand XunUr.
and Judson Waldo Mather. -
Ths present off leers of ths organ
tsatton are as follows: President.
Frederick W. Goodrich; vies president.
John Claire Montelth; secretary, Ted
Bacon; treasurer, George Wilber Keel. -
Brazil Qrepares Army
Rio de Janeiro, June SO. Brazil's
war department is proceeding vigor
ously with ths reorganisation of , the
army's various arms. In order, to fa
cilitate an Immediate mobilisation for
home defense, or. If necessary, tbs
equipment of expeditionary forest for'
service In Europe. ,
SOLOISTS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN MUSIC FESTIVAL
NTERTA1N
MUSIC TEACHERS OF
THE STATE THIS WEEK
Oregon Association to Meet
in Three Days' Convention
, Beginning Thursday.
ONE BUSINESS SESSION
PORTLAND PROUD OF
WORK ACCOMPLISHED
Organization Formed Five
Years Ago Has Been Im
portant Factor in Affairs
XCaMo la tli Pufallo School to b. Xis
niMi Trora tbs Ploor at rrlday
Af tsrnooa Ion.
During the Music Festival this week
many music teachers from all parts of
the Northwest will be In the city, ana
It was decided by the executive board
of the Oregon State Music Teachers'
association to hold an Informal con
vention while they are here. John
Claire Montelth. president, wishes it
known that the principal object of th
gathering; is to bring the musician
together in a social way and to develop
good fellowship and acquaintance. All
meetings will be Informal and all
music teachers of the northwest.
Whether members of an association or
not, will be very welcome. One busi
ness session is scheduled, at which
music-in the public schools and a
library of phonograph records will be
discussed from the floor.
Following is the program for the
three days:
Thursday, July 8
Convention opens Thursday morning,
July 5, at 11:00 a. m. with a rfieeptio-i
to all members and visitors at the
Multnomah hotel, followed by lunch
eon at 12:30 in the hotel. Price of thj
luncheon. 60 cents. Make reservations
by postal card or phone John Claire
Montelth. Columbia building, or Daniel
H. Wilson, secretary, Ellers building
Following the, luncheon those who
wish will be taken on a "personally
. conducted" tour of the new $25,0)0
pipe organ In the auditorium.
Friday, July 6
Luncheon." 12:30, Friday, July 6.
followed by business session and open
rtiscusaion of music and music credits
In the public schools and the formation
of a library of phonograyh records for
the free use of schools, clubs, etc ,
throughout the state. Friday evening
at 6:30. banquet at Hotel Multnomah,
Informal, $1.00 per plate. Make reser
vations as soon as possible. It is
hoped to have the festival soloists as
our guests on that occasion.
Saturday, July 7
On Saturday the Portland district
wiil-entertain with an auto trip up the
Columbia river highway and luncheon
st Multnomah Falls. Autos will leave
Hotel Multnomah, Fourth street en
trance, at 9:30 to 10:00 a. m. It 1s
particularly necessary the reservations
be made early with Mrs. Harry Mc
Quade, 647 East. Broadway, phone East
1276, as it is necessary to arrange for
conveyance and luncheon some time
before the event. Any musician, or
friend of 'musicians, who can provide
the uste of an auto will confer a favor
by reporting it to George "Wilbur Reed
or Frederick W. Goodrich
'
Five Distinguished Singers to
Appear on This Week's
Program,
"When it came to selecting soloists
for the coming music festival the hori
zon of the1 committee's vision extended
from coast to coast of the United
States. It was decided to import them
and to obtain the best ihat could be
afforded.
The selection was made as follows:
Kathleen Lawler, colorature roprano;
May Dearborn Schwab,' dramatic so
prano; Mary Jordan, contralto; Theo
Karle, tenor, and Louis Graveure
baritone.
Kathleen Lawler is well known in
Portland, ' her former home. She now
resides in New York. t5he studied here
and in Paris under Jean de Ress"gJ
Her voice is a pure colorature of re
markable 'sweetness.
May Dearborn Schwab is al&o a for
mer Portlander, now making her home
in New York. She is a dramatic so
prano of delightful quality, pure and
especially suited for oratorio
Mary Jordan of New York will be
heard here for the first time. She
comes highly recommended as a sin
cere artist with a superb voice, rich of
timbre and of goodly range.
Theo Karle, formerly of Seattle, now
of New York, has gained pronounced
recognition because of a voice of sin
gular sweetness infused with warmth.
Above, left to right Mary Jordan, contralto; Kathleen Lawler and
May Dearborn Schwab, sopranos. Below, left to right Tfheodor
Karle, tenor, and Louis -Graveure, baritone.
a "freshness and xest In delivery that
is inspiring and irresistible, accord
ing to the most eminent critics.
Louis Graveure la heralded as the
man of mystery. He Is spoken of as
perhaps the greatest concert baritone
a rare command of the singing art, ann lb the United States and possibly in
the world today. Portlanders who have
heard him in New York, which city
he now makes his headquarters, pre
diets a wonderful treat when Graveure
appears. He came to America from
Belgium shortly after the outbreak of
ths war.
INTEREST FAR FLUNG
IN MUSICAL FESIAL
PORTLAND WILL HOLD
Inquiries Come From Puget
Sound and, as Far East as
. Walla Walla.
In the fall of 1912. four Portland
musicians, Carl Denton, Emll Enna.1
Frederick W. Goodrich snd W. Glf-
ford Nash, decided to invite their fel- i
low professional colleagues to meet '
every two weeks for a luncheon and .
discussion on the problems of the I
musical profession. From this little-'
idea of social intercourse sprang the'
flourishing organization now known 1
as the Musicians' club of Portland. I
Its objects are to promote social '
Intercourse among professional (men) ;
musicians and to obtain proper civic
and social recognition for the musical
profession. For eight months of the
year the club holds a bi-wsckly !
luncheon. During the five years of Its '
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CA.94.VtIW HIO 4Mb WWII Oil 1UI LJ"' V
ant flitAr in nht.lnfnv l.pv.f arn '
, priatlons for municipal music, in Im
proving ths Ross Festival muslo and I
bands, in establishing credits for t
music in me nign scnoois, in agitat
ing for proper plans for the munici
pal auditorium now ready for dedica
tion, snd has persistently urged the
provision of a magnificent pips organ
as part of the furnishings of tbs build
ing. During the past two years the
members of the club have paid "offi
cial' visits to the Rotary club, ths Ad
'club, t-he members council of the
Chamber of Commerce and ths Pro
gressive . Business Men's club. High
class musicar programs have been pro
vided by various members of the club
on the occasion of these visits, and
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Bush & Lane
Piano Co.
Builders of high-grade Pianos and
Players, including the Victor, Ferrand
and the famous Cecilian Player Piano .
the Player with a soul.
Portland Store
433 Washington St.
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ortian
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will do much to awaken an ap
preciation of good music in this
Ipusy work-a-day world of ours
The VICTROLA
and the wonder Victor Records
will cause this apprehension to
grow steadily day by day for
with the Victrola the world's greatest
artists are always at your beck ;and call!
The Lipman-Wolfe Victrola service
" is quite different from the ordinary
service! We'll be happy indeed to acquaint
you with its points of difference and betterness!
dS vx
MeraOIy"
Sidney G. Lathrop. executive secre
tary of the Music Festival, which will
mark the opening of Portland's public
auditorium, July 5, C, and 7, the man
who is working out ths thousand and
one details, is enthusiastic over the
Intense interest shown by the public
in the event that be believes will
eclipse anything ever attempted in
this line before In tbs Pacific North
west. Mr. Lathrop is by nature rather con
servative, but when asked for an ex
pression as to the prospects of attend
ance and success, at ones revealed tnat
there is no fear In his heart so far
as the result is concerned. To him It
now looks as If all that remains Is to
take the tickets..
Outlook Most Enoonragmr
Member of the Apollo clsb and keen
ly interested in the musical develop
ment of Portland, Mr. Lathrop is de
voting his time energetically to ths
management of the festival, a duty
that was wished upon him by ths
general committee.
-With ths many distracting events
the past two orthree weeks it Is per
haps not to bs wondered at that the
public attention had not been focused
o any great extent upon the coming
Music Festival until ths past 10 days
or so," said Mr. Lathrop. "But now
the outlook, is most encouraging.
"What advertising and publicity
ave been attempted have been over
shadowed by the more Important
matters of ths Liberty bond sal and
the Red Cross drive. This being dis
posed of In most creditable manner it is
to be expected that the community at
large will appreciate the need of sup
porting the efforts of the festival
management in making ' ths coming
Music Festival a complete success.
Haay Visitors Coming
"It Is certain that several hundred
visitors from points in Washington
and Oregon will make the trip to Port
land especially for the Music Festival.
Mall orders have been received from
Seattle, from points as far east as
Walla Walla, from southern Oregon
points and from dozens of nearer
towns. Advertising posters have been
nlaced in all railroad ticket offices and
stations in the two states and these
ave been supplemented by selected
mailing lists.
The question Is frequently asked
which of the three programs should
hearr Our answer to thla would be.
Hear all three.' The programs
change each night and offer tha
pleasing variety calculated to suit all
tastes. No one program stands out
In preeminence and all three may well
be said to represent tne very oest oi
the kind. Another question frequently
asked is "What location in the audi
torium Is most deslrableT
"Again the answer resolves Itself
Into a matter of taste. Many of Port
land's music patrons have reserved
seats In the balconies, while a number
of professional musicians' have selectel
seats in the second, third ana lourt-i
row on the main floor. For the gen
eral effect of the massed chorus an J
big orchestra seats nearer tne rear oi
the auditorium win give excellent
satisfaction, in fact every seat on sal
is a good one and even the 25 cent
seats are reserved, so that no disap
pointment is in store for those who
reserve early. Seats are on sale a'.
Sherman Clay St Co."
Music Big Feature
At Amusement Park
Music at the Oaks park this season
Is under the direction or w. k. mc
Elroy, leader of McElroy's band.
A carefully selected program or mu
sical numbers is given In ths auditor
ium of the Oaks each evening by the
concert band, and in ths aftemons an
orchestra, also under the direction oil
Mr. McBlrov. furnishes music.
Throughout ths summer, months the
Oaks management plans, to have well
known soloists appear on ths music!
program. Miss Eloise Anita Hall was
the soloist during ths past week.
Per ' Capita Breakage Computed
Cleveland, Ohio, June ao. Thevars
breaking dishes faster than they can
make them in the United States, and
the other countries are too busy war
ring to make pottery. "Kvery man,
woman and child in this country breaks
on the average seven dishes apiece an
nually,, . .I; ;..-. - : i-v-;
Appearing at Portland's New Auditorium w
tffez July 5th and 7th t
will sing for you, exactly as you hear him on the jL r
concert-platform, if you have his exclusive Columbia mill
Records. W ,
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Graveure's voice in his records of the dramatic Pro
logue from "Pagliacci," the haunting "Vision Fugitive"
from Massenet's "Herodiade," Tosti's fine ballad "My
Dreams" and Richardson's delicate "Mary" has the
clarion power and heart-appeal that made him the
musical sensation of the season.
Columbia Double-Disc Records are more than
the mere sound of the artist's voice: in charm and
feeling, they are the image and
incarnation of genius.
The bright vivacity and youthful
charm of a singer like Maggie Teyte;
the manly, vigorous sentiment of Oscar
Seaglc's voice; the brilliance of Claus
sen, White, Rider-Kelsey and other stars
of the concert-stage find their living,
breathing reflection in Columbia Double-'
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Whatever class of music you like,
you get more than music in Columbia
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