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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
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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
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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
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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..
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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.
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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
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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.- . . .. . , (
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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
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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 ,
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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.
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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
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- 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. :
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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
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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. '
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' 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
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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.:? , '! " -!-
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!. 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
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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.
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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
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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.. ,
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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
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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 -
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