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in:: o:.i:c3ii gu.iday- journal, xortlaud, gui.day; lioriung, apiul, g,. igid. - Everybody Is Keen to Boost LocalOpera Br J.L. Waliin IT IS not only the. cast of principals and the members of the chorus and the ballet that go to make up a grand . opera combination. There, are many ether personages required to attend to the hundred and one details' that , enter Into the successful production. Realising this after her experiences of the past three seasons !n managerial ..: capacity. Mrs. K. I Thompson,: presi dent of the Portland Orand Opera as ; sedation, has surrounded herself with a large number of active and enthusi ; antic Portland people who wiU lend their : valuable assistance In "putting over" on April 24 "The Elixir of Love" at The 1 Auditorium. '", " '' -'---v- t'"vi First -of all. In connection with the artistic end of the opera,' to assist the , general director, who conducts the op ; era and the orchestra from the front, is the stage manager, who looks after af : fairs behind the wings and sees to It that settings are in place and in accord i ance with the traditions of the opera. This will be attended to by Otto Wed ' emeyer. baritone and teacher of voice, ! now in: Portland, but formerly of the - cast of principles with the Frltsl Scheff i company when it sang repertoire .throughout the land. Mr. Wedemeyer has sung the leading baritone roles In former performances of the Portland company, but this time he will .act as . stage manager. He appeared with great success, both as singer and. actor. In "Juliet," "Mignon" and "The Merry Wives of Windsor." ' , " Another prominent artist who' will lend a helping han4 is George Wllber Reed, operatic tenor and vocal teacher, who has' had roeny years' of grand opera ex perience in fc.ngland and on the Euro pean continent, and who also has sung leading' roles at former productions of ,. the local company. Mr. Reed' will be property custodian, a position that re quires) the attention of one fully .ac quainted with the presentation of opera. Mr. Reed is. president- of the Portland district of the Oregon State Music Teach ers' association and a prominent member of the Musicians' club. Rehearsal are progressing splendidly and so thoroughly acquainted with the cores are the singers, both the princi pals and the chorus, that when the cur tain rises it will be to them as had they been on tour for many weeks.' Director General : Roberto' Corruccinl says the outlook is most promising for the finest . work ever attempted by the company. The board of directors of the organ isation, the purpose of which is entirely the development of musical art in Port land, Is composed of Mrs. E. 1. Thomp son, president; I. L. Rfffss, vice presi dent and-. in charge of finances; Mrs. Warren E. Thomas, : treasurer ; H. E. Flummer, secretary;, Carl Herbrlng, corresponding secretary; Dr. - O. H. Douglas. Charles F, Berg, Ivan Huma on, Otto Wedemeyer, Mrs. George Hotchklss Street, O. M. Plummer and Lawrence Lambert. v- The Oregon state music students' ccn i test was held Saturday evening, March ' SO, in the First Presbyterian church house before a small but extremely interested-audience. The musical profession was well represented. The regular state 'vocal contest drew one from Pendleton, one from . Marshfield. and two , from Portland. , The result of this contest, in , accordance with national instructions, was mailed back to the chairman of the .national board by the , state president, TMrs, Percy W. Lewis, who in due time will be notified of the result. A system , of percent markings made It possible- for the judges to arrive at a very just and accurate decision" for which no one could possibly be rtdd I sponsible. There were five Judges. The local contests for piano and violin were participated in by two contestants each. Miss Susie Michael, piano, held high score wth 89 per cent Miss Helen Harper received the , honors for violin with, a marking of 89 per cent. Those in - attendance included ; Paul Petri, William II. Dover, Jane Burns Albert, Minetta -Makers, Roberto Cur ruccthl, George Louts Taschereau, Dr. Emil Enna, Lillian Jeffreys Petri,- Mor-- daunt A. Goodnough, Daniel H. Wilson, . Beatrice Elchenlaub, Willfcim Wallace Graham, Walter A. Bacon, Marie JL. S. Soule, Winifred Forbes, Ethel Dlnsmore and Mrs. A. L. Richardson of La Grande, Or. ' , - . , - Speaking of the contest Mrs. Lewis aid; , ' -v V ,o "The contest haa aroused a good deal of interest, and, a movement may -beJ tooKea ror any urn in tne near future to put Portland to the fore with a musical contest for scholarships that will im mensely benefit the rising musical fra ternity. i i:i : : -t; "; ..' :.V. ; "Why should we not have Contests In this field of endeavor as well as in ath letics T This is a sentiment- which I find meets - favor on all sides. The sooner we start to develop in music what ' in other things , is . termed 'good , sports.' the faster- we wM - progress toward eliminating the awful hindrance to artistic development Jealousy, r Among students with J.'Winiam Belch er who have lately appeared in concert are Mrs. "Arthur L Moul ton, contralto; Miss Mabelle Holmes,' soprano; E. D. ' Barton, tenor, and Charles A. Nearlng, basso baritone. Students who have been soloists recently at Central Presbyterian church Include Mrs. v L. W. Lambert, Mrs. Arthur L.Moulton, Mrs. J. A. Ga nong, Ms. Maude Belcher : Pritchard, MJsa Edith, Corrtellson. Miss Henrietta Hohnn, Miss Hasei Hardie, Miss Mabelle Holmes, Arthur Harbaugh. Charles A. Rearing- and Lee A. DUlon. . V r Lemon Juice a Beautifier - : . . - - : . How to prepare a beauty , cream at little cost Says lemon juice alone is too highly acid Try this . ' . , . on face, neck, Many women use just the juice of lem ons to bleach or' whiten the skin and to bring out the hidden beauty and the rosea, but pure lemon juice is acid, there fore irritating, and should be mixed with orchard white. 'i ...;. : - At the cost of a small jar of ordinary cold cream one can prepare a 'full quar ter pint of the most : wonderful lemon skin . softener and-complexion beautifier. by squeezing the juice of two fresh lem ons -Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white. Care should t taken to strain the juice through a fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in, then this lotion will ..keep fresh for months. Every G EORGE WILBER REED, one of many Portland musicians who is aiding the production of the opera, The. Elixir of Love, April 24 and 25 r Mrs. Thornton A. Mills, contralto; who will be presented in recital April 9 by Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed: Cecil Fanning, noted baritone, who will appear in recital April 9 at the Heilig.. : : : 1 EEov 1 ; Cecil Fanning Here in Recital Next Wednesday CECIL FANNING, called America's foremost baritone, will appear in re cital Wednesday evening, April . at the Heilig theatre. Mr. Fanning is pre eminently an Interpreter of songs, mak ing of this recital an artistic event of unusual merit. Critics say that he haa a voice of smooth, rich timbre and that his diction Is remarkable and his dram atic expression thrilling. He is said to be an exponent of the fine art of pro gram making and always gives some thing to please everyone. On his Port land program he is singing Tom Dod son's song, "When I Was One and Twenty," In compliment to the Portland friends '.and the family of .this gifted young artist who died . recently Jn New York. v-"-,' .... 4, H. B. Turpin, the accomplished ac companist, will assist Mr. Fanning. The program will be: i ' "iy ':Jr'-.-.-;. Program Air tfrom "Richasd Couer de Xlon" U84) Gretry Ai r from ?'Herod lade". ( 1882) i iMassenet "Partout ou l'amour a "passe4. .Bemberg "Bonjour Suson r (De Musset) . .Pessard "Noel des enfants qui n'ont plus de malsons" .Debussy -Arcni Daia uougias" -. .......... ioewe Folk Songs: -v-'.--;-.. "Turn Ye to Me"., ..... .Old Highland . "One Sunday Mornlnr Early.... "All Through te Night". .Old Welch "Oh! No V John t" Old English? "The Last Lear' (Oliver: -Wendell Holmes) . . . . .... . .Sidney Homer "The Doe Skin Blanket (Cecil Fan nlng) ....Charles Wakefield Cadmen "When I Was Om and , r Twenty (Housman) . Tom Dobson "The; Sands of . Dee" (Charles King- " sley) , . .i ....... . . . .'.i.Frederic Way "March: Call" (Written for Mr. Fan-, ; i nlng) 'i. t-. , .'. . .Francesco V De Leone The recital is under the direction of tne iEiiJson-White Musical bureau. -.-K-:': y. Musical ' reconstruction work, as de veloped within the. military ; hospitals under the ministration of the American Red i Cross, has i aroused keen interest, not alone for the recreative value, but for the pathological -action' afforded to the convalescent. - The beneficial Influ ence of music upon the patient, its therapeutic- qualities and. the psychological reaction have been seriously ; experi mented under the1 supervision of Mrs. Isa. Maud II sen. who. as director of hospital music, C. S .C. A., war depart ment, and as director of hospital. mu sic, American Red Cross, and now lec turer and Instructor In her specialised field at Columbia university, haa found practical application for ward music and rapra particularly of musical effort by the convalescent. "In Her . words," fthe building talent within the hospitals, in Individual ways, choruses, -glee .clubs, quartets. - orches tras, brass bands -has been a most in teresting feature" of he work which has gradually increased. Patients, as soon as they can olav a niece, arn eager to visit other wards to entertain tneir reuow surrerers. .The commanding officers and officials nf (h mnifSra hospitals have expressed, keen satisfac tion over the work as organized and airectea under my 'guidance and which, with the ' aid of ' my secretaries, has been carried on. In different hospitals. arms and hands! 1 woman knows that lemon Juice is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and tan, and Is the ideal skin softener., smoothener and beautifier. V.; -"'..'1: ;.-:i;..C; Just try It I Get three ounces Of or chard white at any pharmacy or toilet counter and two lemons from the grocer and make up a quarter pint of this fra grant lemon lotion and masage it daily into thfi face, neck, arms and hands. It should naturally help to bring: back to any skin the whiteness, the swet fresh ness and flexibility of which It has been robbed by carelessness or trying atmos pheric conditions. Adv. Singers and musicians have given their services very gladly, and to them Is due the success which, attends the - ward hospital musical work j they are always ready to - entertain the boys, and how much pleasure Is given cannot be fully estimated. 'The remark of one patient. iNever can i lorget that wonderful ward music ; and j what it meant to me, per haps shows the appreciation graphic ally" i ' :v:- :--v;f - T :-"fi'." ; A number of new members joined the Portland Oratorio society last Monday evening. : The active membership now numbers 80 This past week more than 150 ' Invitations have been sent1 out to former members of choruses directed by Joseph A. Finley during the past seVen years in oratorio work. The work on "The. Creation Is reported progressin g in a satisfactory manner. r A working knowledge of the choruses has been al ready obtained and work smoothing up will be done from now on. ; This week any singers who read well or can learn quickly will be accepted. The concert will be given late in May at the Mu nicipal Auditorium. John Claire Monteith, Portland bari tone and concert soloist, will go to Monmouth on Thursday, April. 10, where he will appear in , concert under - the auspices of the music department of the Oregon State Normal schools In addli tion to- his l program numbers, - Mr. Mon teith will sing v the baritone " solo in "The Mound Builders" (Bliss), which wilt be given by the Normal Choral club, under the direction ; of f Miss Scheutte. head of the department of music. Mr. Monteith has also been engaged to ap pear in concert at the Hotel Mallory' on April 30, and on May 20-he will be one of the soloists at the May music festival in Chehalis, Wash. - Miss Susie Michael won the city piano contest, held Saturday evening, March SO, at the , First Presbyterian church, under the ; auspices of the local music clubs in cooperation with the National Federation of Music clubs. . .The con testants were Judged by accuracy of text,. interpretation, tone, v rhythm and dynamics, i Miss Michael's numbers were th 'Schero" by Chopin and the "March Wind" by iMacDoweU. ,MIss Michael is a" serious and accomplished young pian ist and has made many public appear ances In the city. She will be present ed in concert In the near future by Miss Marie A. S. Soule. .... t Lieutenant John Philip Sousa and his band will begin a coast-to-coast tour the first he has undertaken In four years on Saturday, June 14, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Lieuten ant Sousa has just been honorably dis charged from the United., States navy, where he t had served " from the 1 begin ning of the war, during which time he drilled and; organised the 'many bands used In the service. On the occasion of his 'opening ; concert the band will play for the first time .Lieutenant Sousa's newest . march. "The Golden Star." which he has dedicated to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt.- . . .. . , ( . : - . . '-... '. ; - v --n-' ' -; : - - The Vancouver Music club' chorus of Vancouver, Wash., which recently gave the most successful concert of its career, has begun rehearsals for the next concert,- and is planning an Interesting pro gram with a number of new and melo dious compositions as its features. President of , the club Is Mrs. J. S. G. Langsdort . and the conductor Is John Claire Monteith, under whose direction the club has made such splendid prog ress the past three seasons. Miss Ida May Cook. 1 a Chicago pianist, -who is now making her home in Portland, will act as accompanist for the chorus : 1 Tf2 Musicians' Club To Give a High Jinks on May 2 ONE of the biggest musical events of . the season will be the first annual high jinks of the Musicians club, which will be held at the Masonic temple on the night of Friday. May 2. t The Jinks will take1 the form of a high class concert rendered by members of the club. Many surprises are in store for this program, which will contain nothing but "the beat in , music. T The concert will be fol lowed by , k dance at which a large or chestra will perform without "Jaax." It has been- declared by the club that the. net proceeds of the jinks shall be de voted each year to some worthy object, and this year the sum realized will be devoted to the deficit on the last Port land Musical festival, which the club has taken In hand in an endeavor to re duce the amount, ' '-xY-r,. Al Joison sings his big hit from' Sin bad. "On the Road to Calais.", for Co lumbia this month. It's Joison at hie very best On the other Bide of the rec ord is "Jfs Never Too Late-to Be Sorry." excellently sung by the Sterling trio. A wide variety of orchestras is heard In the new Columbia records. The Royal Serbian'., Tamboriza u orchestra plays "Moonlight in the Greenwood,"; an ex quisite bit of dream melody, and on the other side of this record the Gypsy or chestra IS heard, in the "Jugo Slav Ma zurka," a fiery dance of the Balkans. The Yerkes Jazarimba orchestra has two rattling new dance selections, "Ken tucky Dreams" and . "The Girl Behind the Gun," Prince's orchestra has record ed two contra dances, "The Lady of the Lake", and "Hull's Victory," introducing the themes of. half a dozen old favorites. The Italian Grenadiers band, which made music on the battlefields of the Trentino, has played for Columbia a su perb march' and an inspiring hymn. "The Grenadiers of Sardinia" and ".Hymn of Mameli." The Columbia' band has made a record of the one step, "Madelon," and of the medley fox trot, "In the Land of Beginning Again." i ?... -i "Memories of Easter. sunr bv Mnri Morrlssey and the Columbia Stellar quar tet, is a special master music record In two parts.'...- .:. f I In. pursuance of a plan to develop systematically the movement of com munity singing as a means of perpetu ating the American 'ideal, the People's Liberty chorus has been established permanently ' irt 'New York City. L. Camiliert. who organised and: con ducted the chorus at Liberty loan and Red Cross rallies, has - been chosen leader. Some friends of the movement are Mrs. Otto H.' Kahn, Mrs. Charles H. Dikon. Mrs. Harry II. Flagler, Mrs. David Mannes and Mrs. Roland R. Conklin ; Dr. Frank Crane and Daniel Gregory Mason. '-; ' '-'hy : k Dr. John Landsbury, head of the music department of the University of Oregon, who, as a member of the university ex tension school, is conducting a class In composition at the Central library, was unable to meet with them last week, owing to his - visit in Southern, Oregon with the university glee club, which has been making its spring tour. Dr. Lands bury'a class, which Is making a serious study; of musical composition, offers an unusual opportunity for study to young composers. He wilt meet his class again on the evening of April XL, During the past month Frederick W. Goodrich has conducted a program on "French music, at i the principal high schools of the city. Mr: Goodrich ha delivered a short lecture on the prin cipal events connected with the : music of that ; country, r and i has also played selections on the piano- from the works of French : composers, i 'These ' events have been received with moch enthusi asm by the pupils of the various schools, who have showed marked attention and interest. Madame Valair and Christian Pool were assisting soloists, v , ' . -" . - -( The Monday Musical club will pre sent Mrs. Dudley Field Clarke, soprano, and Lucien E. Becker; pianist, . at the Little theatre Monday afternoon, Arril 7, at 2:45 o'clock. The program will be: a Piano oio: Bomtma, E fist aoaior (Robin. tein), Tanntells, oik Rnbliwtein. Sopraae oio: "O. Had I Jubl Lr'' (Unde)), Soot to Sprins" (Hate WoU), - '-Secrecy" (Bogo Wolf), Tramping" (HtKo WotT ) , Piaoo Noetarne, F abap major (Chopin). Vale. op. S4, No. 1 (Moszkowiki). Soprano aolo: Aria from "Jann dArc" (Tscbaikowaky). "Goo Wj, Sfaria'.' (PeOBard). "Cbairaaot Piaeaa", Daridi. , . v. - i Miss Margaret Hyatt created a most favorable Impression by her piano solos, rendered before the Men's club at the Sunnyside church. , - - i All-American Concert Holds Much Interest 'HK request for an all-American pro gram to b given before the Mac Dowell club 'April 15 has whetted the Interest of the joint recital lata. Mr. and Mrs.. -Petri, -Tbey - are. keenly ... alive to its great"' and varied , possibilities, and have planned a unique grouping of their selected numbers. v ' There wflfl be" five groups. The first is . designed . to chow America - as the musical , "melting pot. contatntnjr Amer ican songs of pure English, Scotch. Iri-h, Indian, negro and American types. The program 'Includes - the first song i ever written in this country, by.F. Hopkinson, a friend of-no less a personage than George Washington himself. The r ond group is of special interest, being whafMr. Petri considers the three finest war songs that have been produced in this ; country,. " two of i. them, strangely enough,' by feminine comuosemv iThe third , number is Mrs. Petri's jcontr ibur tion. "The .Tragic - Sonata," by j. Mac DowelLi Mrs. Petri chooses the work for two reasons: Firstly, . because he considers it the finest piano work' Amer ica has given to the world, and, second ly, because Its composer ir the pati on saint of the club. The foirrth norntier !s selected from the works of Katherine A. plea (Mrs. r Kerry of Portland), with the charming composer acting as accompanist for': her : own group, v The closing number will.be a group of "char acter" songs, chosen . because they show the American,!. composer at, bis strongest and most characterful moment and, -also, because the dramatic type so preemin ently .suits Mr. Petri's Interpretative wrUfk'uhr;:..-i: Mr. Petri does not hold that the selec tion Contains the best American songs, as there im an unlimited store of beauti ful American song literature which cjuld not be Included in one afternoon's pro-gram-r-aside ; from 'which the ."best" Is so largely a matter of opinion that ; se lecting from that standard would be a difficult matter: i Mr.. Petri believes that noma, of the songs chosen have never been hitherto sung in Portland. f The MacDowell club also Announces a Chamber music recital Saturday " -ve-ning, April . 12 , the Pipes-Konrnd-Hutchison trio presenting a French pro gram, and a recital on April 29 by Arthur Faguy Cote, baritone. ' i -.. Louis Bailly, French ' vlolist ' of the Flonzaley quartet. , writes in the cur rent Issue of Musical America: t"In the present evolution of musical education in the United 'States, . the study of the viola is not especially ap preciated. The maximum of effort Is concentrated on the technic of the vio lin, of the 'cello, but few are the young people who give their time to the spe cial study of the viola, which Is con sidered and quite erroneously an un grateful instrument. "This -reputation may have seemed. justifiable up to the present time, because : unfortunately the habit Has prevailed of , turning to the viola when the burden of - old i age left one to find a greater security In the more facile technic of this Instru ment.. . "In truth. If we go back SO years, we can see, with but rare exceptions, how the role , of this instrument was modestly relegated . to that of accom panying, and for this fact, easily mas tered by musicians wearied by the ex acting demands of a long career.' . j "Today, by virtue of the birth of fa new; ? art. entitled Impressionism." which overthrows all systems, all rules of harmony, while at the same time transforming the tendencies, refining the emotions and rendering the percep tive faculties more acute, the role of the viola has become more preponder ant, because no other instrument pos sesses the means of Interpreting so faithfully all the different degrees of human sentiments. ' The richness of Its tone, attain almost the perfect realisa tion of the human voice. Init we find all the qualities interpretative; of pas sion, of sadness and ' even of joviality. It is evident that these new resources will be put to a greater use in the very near future by iour modern composers when, they are convinced that there are worth interpreters whowlll play, their music.'.. V ' ,c . !v ' J-. - ' :. 'i ',' - Portland will be - privileges to hear representative, music from three centar les of composers Tuesday, when Lucien E. Becker presents his April recital i in the Reed college chapel. The : music chosen for f Tuesday's ; program is en tirely Italian, ' and it reveals much in the development of the -melodious ; In Sunny Italy. The Suite in F Major! of Corelll promises to delight, and In its delicate charm it is typical of the latter seventeenth century. - - Rossini's well known "William Tell" overture " and PonchielU's and Boast's selections are representative of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries of music composi tion, t The program follows : f ; Overture in E Minor. .......... Morandi Suite In F Major. . . i i A . .Corelll v (Arranged for organ by T. Tertiu h Noble.) i y y -r- r : "Ave Maria," Opus 104.. .Boss! Bel-Rondo . .Morandi Overture to "William Tell". t.. Rossini Intermezzo " from "Cavalier la Rustl- ; cana' : .. ,;. ,..Mascagni "Dance of the Hours," from "Glo- n i conda" .Ponchielli A highly successful violin recital was given Saturday afternoon by pupils from the class of Winifred Forbes of the Ellison-White conservatory. Surprising ac curacy of Intonation and beauty of tone quality characterized .the playing of these . promising young musicians. The program was - as -: follows: "Melodle" (Forbes), r Laurie - Bice : , , Berceuse (Kdhler), Grace ?Aatrup; '"Gavotte (Mbzart,"i: Helen--' Schuppel i "Liebes- f rend" (Kreisler), "Andantlno" (Mar-tint-Krefsler). "Th Maiden's Wish (Chopln-MacMlllen), Maxine Telford ; "Mazurka" i (Mlynarski). "Concertino" (Ortmans). Mary Talmadge ; "Alia Mar cla" (for threo violins and piano) (Wolf ermann), Miss Forbes, Maxine Telford, Mary Talmadge,- Margaret Notx. : :, - ; j.. ' ' A most delightful pipe organ' lecture recital waa given by William Robinson Boone, ' assisted , by Kathryn " Cry sler Street,, contralto, under the auspices of the Tuesday Musical club for the be-.fit of the Armenian fund at the First Con gregational church, April 1. The pro gram wasr . ' '- Toccata and Fncue In D mioor (Bach), "In dnlai ubikt" (Bach). Kinaet in B flat (Btio vea), Mr. Boom; "My Heart -U Weary." (ram "Kadaaehda"- (Thontaa); Un. Street; Gothioao fiait (BocUmatiD). seleetioa front "La Bob era" (Puccini). Mr. Boone; "Coma Home, Ccm Ibnae. My Thrmiht rfon tbt Hill" (Ronald), "At Dawn" (Ronald) , Mn. Street; ""Resurrec tion Morn" (Johnson), "Serenade" (Hertwrt), "Within a Chine "Garden' " (Stonghton). "Itap- aooia lutuana -ixoai. air. ; Miss Mary Cauthorn gave Junlori pi ano , recitals last Friday . and Saturday afternoons at her residence studio, 411 ( Sixty-fourth street southeast, and i is preparing-the advanced pupils for a re cital In the near future.. . Edward Johnson, the .American tenor; haa been engaged as a member of the Chicago Opera association for next sea son. Mr. Johnson will come to America fresh from .10 years of experience : in opera -and concert in Europe. MABEL GARRISON, celebrated prima donna soprano of . the Metropolitan opera house, who will make her initial , Portland appearance on April 29 with the Apollo club at The Auditorium.- 1 ' . ' - . i - - - J f - - .- 4 , J : 4 f - r. x ! -- ; : t - i ' - - '- Contralto tp Be One of Soloists At Auditorium IljfRS. THORNTON A. MILLS, con- tralto, will sing the ) page's song from "Les Huguenots" (Meyerbeer), for one of her songs at the Bose, Coursen Reed advanced students concert at The Auditortura April 9. Mrsj Mills has a rich, mellow contralto voiced, which she uses with skllt The other soloists for the occasion are: Miss Marguerite Car ney, blind soprano ; Mrs. Bernada Harry Henderson, soprano ; .Mrs. Ray M. Lans worth. soprano ; Mrs. Louise Minsinger Legler; soprano ; Raymond; V. McKalson, tenor ; Mrs. T. A, Mills, contralto j Mrs. Maude Ross-Sardam. eopcano ; t Mrs. Maurene Campbell-Webb, soprano. ' y;'----i i- .;; c j ' A year ago the people ' of Camas, Wash., started community - meetings Sunday evenings In the j Camas opeca bouse under the direction of -the Presby terian and Baptist churches. These meet ings have been addressed by the leading men . of the Northwest, and the neonle have had brought before them in a splendid way the great questions of the day, religious, patriotic and educational. One of the great features! has been the community singing led by Professor J. A. Hollingsworth of Portland. Mr. Hol tngsworth posse ses those rare qualities of leadership which makes people want to, follow him and sing (whether they can carry a' tune or not. This community sing brought the people j together -and created a splendid spirit of harmony that would last throughout the week. Mr. Hollingsworth has had to discontinue his Camas- work for, time because of so many calls in Portland, but the people of Camas are making plana to secure his services again In the near future. Sun day afternoon he conducted a class in hymnology for the Juniors.' interpreting to the children the great j hymns of the church. : ' - v I - - 3 .: - " ... e -; - . ., ""j :-j A meeting was held at the New York home, of Otto II. Kahn recently, to dis cuss plans for falsing $176,000 to aid in the founding of a. department of music at the American academy In Rome. The late J. Pierpont Morgan held a $375,000 mortgage) on . the build ings of the academy, andj the financier's son has offered to cancel this if an equal sum. Is raised : $200,000 has al ready been raised, and the rest must be obtained by May 1. The speakers at the meeting,' among them Mr. rtahn, Frank, Seymour Hastings, Grant La Farge, : Charles D. Norton and Major Felix Lamond, were very enthusiastic about the project; and believed the nec essary amount could be I gathered with out - difficulty, it Is announced. . ;;- - It la planned to select three of the most promising young American com posers as holders ..of scholarships at the academy, when the music department has been .started. - These scholarships will enable the composers to spend three years In Rome and -to have the super vision of a director who rwill bring them into contact, with European composers and will' take them to the great musical centers abroad.:? , '! " -!- s.-.-.....v v "," - ' '-: !. An s attractive spring! musical was that given at the beautiful home of Mrs. John ' D. Coleman, in Irvington, on Wednesday: afternoon. The New Eng land Conservatory club at this time pre sented - Martha B. ' Reynolds and Fay Huntington in organ and vocal music, K beina- (the annual guest day of the club. Miss Reynolds, who is an associate of the American Guild of Organists, and well known In concert and church music, gave a 'program which twu a delight. Added to i a well mastered technique. Miss Reynolds possesses the power to portray ; emotion. ; " Perhaps her ; most popular number was tbi "Andante Can tabile" of .Tschaikowskyll Her classical numbers were Bach "Prelude and Fu gue" and "Soeur Monlque," by Couperln. Another Interesting ; number was the "Berceuse," by Spinney, rwhich displayed the rare-echo organ. i-aMfa.. Huntington's versatility and charm were a delight as always. Her dramatic interpretation was strongly Drought out in the "Wind and Lyre," by Harriet -Ware. 'while the negro spiritual. Moanlnf Dove." showed her cleverness in character songs. - Mrs. Huntington - is making i a specialty of The Paul Saxophone Academy C ETJGEJTE H. FAUX. Isttractor . 511 Columbia Bldg. OVEB ST&AND THEATRE T ; V Hniira If tn :( to fitSS American grams. songs on her : concert pro- Is America opera mad? Direct that question to Fortune Gallo, impresario of the San-Carlo Opera company, and he will sweep ) you off your feet with the force of his affirmative, says Mu sical America. ; Mr. Gallo stopped In New Tork for a few days this week, having: left his troubadours somewhere : in the Middle West, flushed with their success on the Pacific Coast., ) "In all my experience as an operatic manager I have never seen such enthu siasm and such large audiences as we had. i In theaters whose . capacity for one week ts normally $17,000, we crowd ed gross receipts of $21,000. It seemed as if everybody in town had gone opera mad. Lines formed in front of the the ater ! long before the curtain went up and bur only problem was to find room for the people.; To me it was a revela tion." r ' ; 'Well, what are you going to do about ltr we asked Mr. Gallo, with nothing partteular'on our mind. ;. : "Going to do about it?" he shot back. Why, we're going to have two compa nies next season. One isn't enough. Jasper Dean MacFall, choirmaster at the Sunnyside M. B. church. East Thirty-fifth and Tftmhill streets, has arranged an attractive and Interesting program of music for the monthly pub lic sacred concert to; be given at the church this evening. Among .those who will be heard ! In solo parts are Marie Keller Fisher. Daisy M. MacFall. W. E. Crosby, Tom Bailey, Paul Reeder and ; Mr, MacFaU. MlsS Vert BuUer will preside at the organ. i i - - V- r The program which was so much en Joyed and appreciated byi the Realty board at their last luncheon, was fur nished by Mrs. Gaynell Kellogg Moun tain, soprano ; Mrs. E..-L. Knight, violin ist; Miss May Ross at the piano and Adah Loan Rose, reader, Life Piano Satisfaction II III When you purchase a Piano it might as well be for a lifetime. A good tPjano will 'serve a home faithfully through a generation with it the chil-, dren will learn music grown to youth, they , will play and sing the popular hits of the day as well as play the classical gems of the masters and I ' as old folks, they will delight in the music of days gone by. - Such a piano truly become a life long , friend. Therefore, when choosing your piano, choose it as you would your friendsk con sider dependability, durabilityquality, charjacteV rso that your choice will give lifelong pleasure' and satisfaction. ; We offer- s'everal makes which have given life- time satisfaction in thousands of homes all over ; the United States. they are priced reasonably -our terms will enable anybody to buy a good Piano. . .,.. , .. , I Dealer in Steinway and other Pianos, Pianola ' : J and Duo Art . Pianos, Victrotas and - Records, . ' " I Player Music, Music Cabinets, etc, ! bherman SIXTH AltD KOKBIS02T STREETS , " POKTLAwd 1 '. (Oppotlte Fottolfl) SEATTLE TACOUA8FOKAVB New Trio in Fine Program Before Club THE Monday Musical club gave Its members and their friends a decide! treat last Monday when they presented the trio of ' Portland musicians. Marts Chapman, violinist: Robert- E. Millard, flutist ; Lowell Patton. pianist, with Walter J. Stevenson, basso, at the Multf no man ballroom; In a recital of most en joyable numbers. The trio played ths Minuet from the C MJor by Haydn ant the Grieg Norwegian dance with four or - five other melodious compositions closing with the Wolf-Ferrari introduc. tion to the third act of "The Jewem of the Madonna. .. They .have been asso elated together only since Mr.. Millard's release from the navy at Bremerton and by dint of constant -critical rehearsal have developed some novel and pleasing trio effects. Miss Chapman was featured in -the ever popular solo, Qypsy Airs by Sarasate : Mr. Millard gave two beau tiful flute solos and both responded te recalls. The trio also gave extra num bers. . , - It was such a restful, enjoyable musi cal treat enhanced to no small degree by the splendid singing of the, basso, Walter J. Stevenson. He gave In re sponse to Insistent recalls, "Three" by Frances Aylward and a beautiful rendi tion of "Annie Laurie." f t Lowell ' Patton at the piano leaves nothing to be desired. . j The next regular meeting of the Mon day Musical club will be held at the Lit tle theatre Monday, April 7, at 2 p. m. The chorus win meet at the same plare at 1 o'clocH so as to lose no time fol lowing the rehearsal with Koae Couraen Reed. Business of importance Is to be discussed at this .April meeting reading of the proposed changes in the consti tution and bylaws will be the order of the day prior to the annual meeting, the first Monday In May. . f . Following this business meeting, at 2:45 p. m. Lucien E. Becker will appear before the -club in a program of Russian, music, assisted by Mrs. Dudley Clarke. Members may bring guests. - , The" Junior class will meet in the as sembly room of the Portland hotel next Saturday, April 12, at 1 p. m.. , I The next regular meeting of the Ore gon chapter, American Guild of Orgas lata, will be held at the Oregon hotel on Tuesday next at noon. . All members are especially urged to attend to take part in a discussion as te the present system of examinations. - The dean has ap pointed Carl Denton and William R, Boone as-examiners for the forthcom ing local examinations- 1 : .Charles South, violinist Ed I Ih Chap man Eddy, pianist,. and Samuel J. Eddy, baritone, willy be heard in recital on Tuesday evening at the .East - Side Christian churchi-' The affair is a bene fit for the organ fund. This same trio gave a program last season for a similar benefit n this same church, when ja capacity audience was attracted. - - Last Wednesday evening,' at ths First M. E. church in Oregon City, Mr. aid Mrs. Jasper Dean MacFall were the so loists at' a large reception and banquet given in honor of the, returned soldiers. dered and were most enthusiastically if ceived, . ' . -" -: r ";v.. : Rossini's "Stabat Mater" will be sung by St. Mary's cathedral choir, tinder the direction of Frederick W. Goodrich xt Wednesday night, at 7 ?15 o'clock. The Solos will be aung by Misses Tint Led widge and Genevieve Clancy, Mrs. Frle-dle-Glanell, Messrs. James Fly nn and Ben L. Markee. ' " J - This Will Astonish Portland People x ne quick action or simple witennazf l, hydrastls, camphor, etc, as .;. mixed !l n Lavoptik eye waaH, will surprise Poft- eyes was helped by a single application.' Her mother could hardly sew or rd because of eye pains. In one week s be, too, was beneflted." 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