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It IMLD'SCREATlfl Af nr PliTohAth Mat. thews at Study Club Din- ner Monday Night 5 (Dr. Elizabeth Matthews, who ;la visiting ber sister. Miss Aman da Matthews, at Shaw for a eoup jfe of montha was the principal speaker at the dinner on Monday jerenlnj last at the Marlon hotel i given under the auspices of the itudy. dub trectlon of the Salem Womcn clnb. Dr. Matthews lr Ten American; was for 2 5 years a Reading physician and surgeon at Springfield, 111., and later in New gYork Citr. She studied and hay pived a long time in Europe; the 3ast eight years in Italy. She rendered distinKuihed profession al senrfce during the World war; According to the notes of MiF Jl!dna Garfield, kindly taken for jfihe Statesman, the talk of Dr. jrMatthews was fes follows:) 'Ladies and Genflemen, and Ma Mam Chairman: "A few days ago. your ehair pinan requested me to make some -remarks npon this occasion per taining to my experiences in fEurope. f "After the World war. I de. id Jd to make my home, for the ftime lelng, in Europe. So I re-'-turned to France, and finally went $riown into Italy, where I have 'llivpd for the past eight years, tin ptil recently. I returned to Amer ica, and came on out here to your peauiirni cliy. to see my beloved fistcr, where I visited a number :xt years aeo. "Now, about Italy: I find that jwhat most people a.k about is MusoIinl. I shall begin my re marks by saying that, to my mind Mussolini is one of the great men fji me iciuui 11 noi ine great est. And having lived there yfrom the inception of hi3 ideas juntil the present time and watch Jed them rather closely, and seen Jltaly come out from chaos into comparative prosperity , I feel "Tafh-r capable of judging. "Mussolini entered Rome with his Draca-snirted army about five years ago. It was my good for n- .... tune to be in Rome the day he .entered. They cam quietly t)?f3A efiirt V. : i . f ed. broad-shou!dored men. Tiiat is, those of the younger men for as a rule most of them were young, with here , and there, of coarse, an older man; but Musso lini appealed to the youth of the country. As far as I could see most of them carried sticks. "About twelve o'clock there an ominons ilinp .ino r Rome; and in a very few min utes everything was closed; car riages stonoed: but nnttitnr nothing happened. And in that few minutes, it was a question would there or would there not be a bloody revolution? But nothing happened. I am given to understand by very good author Ity that some one went to the ng and said. Meet this incom ing army with your army.' And $hat he said, 'They are my peo ple.' In about half an hour aftfy ..twelve o'clock, Rome picked ur ier usual activities. The king's frmy and the fascist army are on I he best of terms, so far as any poe can see. "The first dav thereafter Mus iolini became premier of Rr.m nd after takinz thn nnrtfnin premier, in a few days he met the '(king and swore allegiance to him I "I have never seen anything jnore dramatic or more thrlllinp I ban when the king came out of he national building, where the pnknown Soldier was, and this jfhorL stout, black-haired, broad houldered man went up and propped on his knees and saluted Jis king, and swore allegiance to ?lm; an at the sam tne th jblaek-shirted army took the oath jDf allegiance. i "Now, I find that many of my Acquaintances have an erroneous idea of the conditions existing in Italy. The Italians are happy. Some peop!e have been encourag ed to leave the country they were destructive agents. I thin'; Garibaldi was requested to keep ut of the country, and tber ?rs, some who are not allowed in Italy. Iteporu That .V e I'ntmc , "There is a great deal of com Jnent about there not being fret, fpeech and free press ln Ital, -There are free speech and free iress so long as they do not too flagrantly- tell lies they call Jhem 'lies' over there. I think .ihat every one who has read Mus solini's speeches could not find "tnuch fault with them. Well he tolds five portfolios, and accept? ay for only one. .75 "There is some comment about jMusBolini and the Holy Father hang some friction. I don t be Jieve that I can't believe it There has always been, since thr time that Italy was made inde pendent, a question as to whether the Holy Father should hare sov ro'sn rights. Well. Mussolini is taking up that subject, and is go ring to do the best he enn. No ne knows what the outcome i? ron!j to be. No one knows, hi attitude; so it is hardly possible, from ray standpoint, to say tha' Mussolini and the Holy Fathe re having any question which might cause friction. "I was 1B my little Tillage placr (Sorrento) when the church peo Pie and the school people wei-r-Tery gratified by the first effor' that Mussolini made and tba. to restore the cross to all the schools. They had been x takes ut hy aene pwUUdaa or-octa-ists, or what you wtlL And a year ago I was at the Coliseum, at the unveiling of a beautiful eross that had been put there by Mussolini.' There had been a cross ihere, but it had been taken out. "I can't find any ground for saying that Mussolini and the Church are not on the best terms. .The queen-mother has called him ber 'son'; and when he has escaped death at various times the madam queen has always tele graphed him her congratulations, and blessed him as her son. History la the Making "The peasants, to whom I live rather closely, are very happy very prosperous and contented. Years ago, I was eent to Italy to study with Lambro?a. the gra criminologist, who was at that time very much laughed at by many professors; but since thei. much of his work has been ac cepted and adopted. I hav never sen Italy in a better state. or any haDDier. than now. There is the vast army of the fascist!, and there is .the king's army. I perhaps am making a rathe? marked statement when I say that I believe the king of Italy would not be on his throne today had U not been for the strong personal ity of Mussolini. "I have stayed in Italy these lst years because I am very pleased to watch this history go ng on. People were saying three years ago: 'You will soon have a revolution. It has not come. Some say: 'What will happen when Mussolini goes?' Wei!, I think the good work will go on. This is not the first time, by any maner of means, when the Ro mans, or the Italians, have held. 1 1 1 r: tail LCI H Ml lllltU IV) V. " nisai since the days of the Caesars: and now there is Musssolini! "The children are now obliged to go to school from a certain age. and study until they are able to read and write. "My own home is in the south ern part of Italy, near Sorrento. It is very warm and fine in win ter. It is somewhat colder in the north. Interesting People I have made my home with Madam Gortchacoff, who is the granddaughter of the Russian crand chancellor through whom the American government pur-cr-3"ed Alaska: so she is very much interested in America. J met her as a wistful exile. And by the way, there are thousands upon thousands of wistful r-!'" from Russia in Europe. They fled from Russia from the bol sheviki. I am given to under stand by statistics that the bolj sheviki have put out of existence in Russia, of good farmers, en gineers, professors, teachers, and others, 32 millions of people. Madam Gortchacoff and her fam ily fortunately escaped, and they own this palace in Itnlv where T live. Madam's grandfather had been also the king of Roumania. "We have some of these wistful exiles who come to take tea and spend the afternoon with u. I never heard them whine or seen them in sadness. Once in a whil, one will go into the music-room and play the national air of Rus sia.' which almost makes one wees it is so weird and pathetic weming to come from the very "teppes of Russia. And they sing the 'Credo', which, as sung in Russian, is one of the most mag nificent things I have ever heard. I think if the people of Rn's'i were to march to war with noth ing but the 'Credo' to help them, that they would come out victor ious. "The queen of Sweden also of ten spends the afternoon and has tea with us. She is the kaiser's sister, and was the queen of Greece; and she told me last sum-1 mer that when she and her hu band were pt-t out of Greece. sYf looked back, after they had got ten out a mile or so and was shocked to see all ffc bnHit'wr she had had constructed at her own private expense a modern ma ternity home, an orphan asylum etc., burning. (Mr. Osborne, who was for some veara warHon at S'ng Sing prison, had gone or-1 er and instructed the builders how j to build them.) And that inci-: dent is the'only complaint I ever heard the madam queen make. 1 "The queen of Greece has . ' beautiful daughter IIeln. mar-I ried to Prince Carol of Rouman- j la. and the mother of little Mich ael, now the king cf Roumania under a regency. Gratitude- For America Ana so, life goes on there! pleasantly: and I do my bit.'i there, professionally; and some times I enlightf-n them a little, when they are bothered to kno something about America; ani sometimes it is my good fortune to tell Americans something they may like to know of Europe. "I must say this for the good Russians not the bnlahovivi however their admiration for America is a beautiful thing; and they are glad we do not rec ognize their bolshevik rulers. And we all know that thus far our country has not recognised that regime. Well, the gratitude of the exiled Russians is beautiful to see. Orefcon IAe IUIy "Oregon reminds me a great deal of the part of Italy In which I live. To my mind, this part of Oregon Is more beautiful than Switzerland, which Is too closely -hut in by mountains. As I rode bout here this afternoon. I thought It the most beautiful of -ny place I have ever seen. I Ant stay in Switzerland long at , time; but prefer the steppes ot THE OREGON Music Department . (Editor's Note We are begin ning this Sunday's contrlbutloa to the Music Department with a thorough study, in all its details, of Musical Drama, or the forma tion of music into Opera us we know It today. This series win be complete in itself, and it be hooves our readers totart at the beginning, as the subject matter is so long we cannot review same again. In leading up to the subject let us recall to your mind the fact that the entire drama, whether it be theatre or opera, is descended from the middle ages, and the mass in the Catholic Liturgy was a dramatisation of the Story of Christ, known as the Pageant Play, which is still performed at Ober-Ammergau In Bav aria. Many other miracle plays were presented during the .cjse of the sixteenth century, and from these came the opera as well as the oro torio. There is a wealth of val uable information that is worthy of study to the student of music, which we will gladly furnish upon request.) CHAPTER NINE. Opera originated in Florence, Italy, and the first opera, so clas sed, was written by Jacopo Peri, and was called "Dafne", and was performed privately in 1597. The success of this opera was so great that Peri, in 1600. was commis sioned, to write a similar opera for the nuptials of Henry IV of France and Maria de Medici. This opera was called Euridice, and was the first opera to the world at large, and this form of music was named melodrama or drama per la musica. The score of Daf ne does not exist any more, but Enridice does. It is believed that the part of Orpheus in Euridice was sung by Peri, and the part of Euridice by France a Caccini, who was the daughter of the com poser of the same name, whom some authorities claim wrote parts of Euridice. It remained for a man of great development, and to hi' full credit must be given for pop ularizing this style. He was born in 1567 ln Cremona, and died in 1643. And it was through nil untiring efforts that the interest in this form of music was devel oped to the extent that the first opera house was built in Venice in 1637. This composer wrote twelve operas of whJcn only four exist now, two of which are fam ous, Orfeo and Arianna. The orchestra of this period was behind."""! he scenes and con sisted of two' lutes, a bass Ytel and a harpsichord. - :!: Thus was opened, through this new art of music, another field for singers and instrumentalists, and with the introduction of the oper a house, there was established an institution of public musical ed ucation and amusement, and the Russia or the prairies of my own country. "I can't say much more to you, except to reiterate that, to my mind, Mussolini is the great man of the century, and when he pas ses away, these biack-shirted men will carry on his work. Five years ago, little fellows of 12 and 13 he has brought them all . in. They are now fascists, 17 and 18 years of age; they are men; for the young men in Italy are not boys. They soon take the part of men, and now they are in the fascist army. So there is the band of fascistl. "And about the press I be lieve that no paper in Italy is per mitted to be printed in a foreign language. I think that is one of Mussolini's latest steps. He said. 'If you print a paper to be read in Italy, you must print it in Italina.' I think Mussolini is wise, for the time being, to use a strong arm. "On the whole, after having liv ed in Europe for many years, I think I prefer a gentle tyrant to too much democracy." AiPAi&irEaEiir 550 N. 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It Is worthy to note at this time, that while Palestrin-, belonged to the church. Montever de belonged to the stage, and Venice became the center of opera. Shortly after, the developme- of this particular art was trans ferred to Naples though the fact that in 169 7 public performances ot opera in Rome was forbidden by the church authorities, and the founder of the Neapolitan school, Alessandro Scarlatti, lets Rome for Naples. The Scarlatti form fixed itself for a century. Scarlatti wrote over one hundred and fifteen op eras, as well as many oratorios, serenades, and cantatas. He al so taught many famous pupils, as well as his own son, wtio was fam ous as an organist; his name was Domcnicq. Of the Neapolitan school there, are several composers of note that we wish to call to your at tention, Niccolo Porpora (1685 1767), Niccolo Piccini (1728 1800), Giovanni Paisiello (1741 1861). These composers com posed equally well the opera Ser ia and the opera, "Buffa", that is the serious opera and the corn y opera. Porpora composed forty six operas, none of which re mains. He was the greatest mast er or singing, ana in tne eign- teenth century gave to the worlc the greatest singers the world has ever heard. Piccini com posed the most popular opera, "Buffa" of this century. Paisiello's great opera, "The Barber of Se ville", was in popular demand for thirty years. This brings us to a great com poser of operas, Christopb Willi-1 bald Gluck (1714-1787). Th$ difference in style between GlucK and Piccini was so pronounced that the relative merits of the? a composers was the cause of many arguments that led to the sacri ficing of many lives and the fight ing of numerous duels, and as the result of this each one penn an opera "Iphigenia in Tauris". This was a complete victory for Ghick. after which be retired to Vienna. Three of Guek's operas are "today: lnJuseT'orteo ed Euri dice", "Armlde", and "Iphigenie en Tauride". Two important facts to the reader. "Orpheus" and "Burydice" is called the great-great grandfather of opera? as it is the oldest opera on th? stage today. This opera was sung in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1885 in German. It was also sung in English in 1886 at the Academy of Music and later in 1910 at the Metropolitan Opera House with Homer, Gadski, and Alma Gluck in the leading roles. Next Sunday we will continue by prsenting the stories of the above operas, and we know that it will be an interesting study for any who are reading these articles. E. G. B., Music Editor. (1 BERLIN. (AP) Wolfgang Stresemann, the foreign minister's oldest son. is destined for a legal career and has already entered the federal service with that in view. But in bis leisure moments he turns to musical composition. His latest effort is a group ot three songs: "Evening," The Sun theseim's son ALSO MUSIC WRITER ta Spring", and The Bella Are Ringing. Tne yonns composer is here revealed In a sentimental mood which be seems "carefully to have hidden In earlier orchestral works. The songs abonnd In modern harmonies and dissonances. The ordinary singer win hare a touch time of it trlktnc the difficult in tervals right. There Is a swing to tbem, however, which repays the singer and his accompanist tor their labors. j The group of three songs bears; he mark '.'opus B." SILK LOOM RIOTS PARIS (AP) That this year is the hundredth anniversary of one of the earliest revolts against labor saving machines has been marked in Paris by the retelling the story of the riots and ar- which took place in the great silk weaving city of Lyons upon the ap pearance of the first Jacquard loom in 1828. News of the trouble was carried to Paris on horseback and pub lished by the Journal des Debats. still among the leading Paris pa pers. "A deplorable scene, and one that shows the ignorance f the working class," reads one of theso century old dispatches "occurred within the walls of Lyons when there was carried through the streets a mechanical loom. A group of workmen gathered and wished to smash the loom. The commissary of police arrived but the crowd only showed more fury Mayor Sandier himself appear and although wearing his insignia of authority he was ignored. Gen darmes were called and dispersed the crowd with difficulty, arrest ing many." Lyons was the scene of still fur- ther Tiolence before the machines ere acPted and it is recalled. mat simitar revolts against ma chinery occurred later in Paris. Typesetters went on strike, parad ing the streets, crying "Freedom of the Press and protesting against the replacement of hand presses with the newer power press. . m. SMITH'S LEAD CUT DOWN Senator Reed Climbe Slightly In West Virginia Vote CHARLESTON, W. Va., June 2. (AP). Belated returns last night from the West Virginia pri mary cut somewhat into the lead of Governor Alfred E. Smith, New York, over Senator James A. Reed for the democratic presidential preference. , : At the same time return from two thlrfts 6f the state showed 14 anti-Smith candidates; five Smith men and one undesignated man in the lead as delegates to the democratic national convention. The state has a delegation of 20 with 16 votes. Returns from 2063 of the 2306 precincts gave Smith 72,960 and Reed 69,688. Formerly of the "Big Time" Vaudeville TEACHER OF BANJO, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, HAWAIIAN INSTRU MENTS Special courses for Orcheetrm, solo and vaodeville playing. Inquire at the Sherman & Clay Co: Studio Suite 132 New BMgh Building Over Sherman Clay Co. Phone 1972 MI mm JUNE 8. 1S2S Veterans' The next regular meeting of Capital Post No.- ot the Ameri can Lecion will be held Tuesday evening;, June 11, i tne hall. One of the most important item. to be brought np at this session will be the election of delegates to the State convention, August 2, 3, 4, at Medford. Thirteen del egates and thirteen alternates will be elected from the list of 39 nominees. Victor McKenzie, who returned recently from the National exe cutive committee meeting at In- dlananolis. will also give a re port of activities around the nr. tional headquarters. Incidental ly he may give a first hand report of the Kentucky Derby. MC MINNVILLE, (Special) Charity work for the ex-soldiers has been done weekly by the la dies of the American Legion Aux iliary (Turing the past two month'. The final meeting at which the women sewed was held last week at th home of Mrs. Carrol White when a number of articles for. the hospital in Portland was complet ed. Among the donations are; 20 hot water bottle covers,- 4 0 tray cloths and stand covers, a baby's layette, and 24 wash cloths. A box of clothing will be sent to the Portland child welfare bureau soon, to be given to needy ex soldier families. The Auxiliary to Capital Tost No. 9 of the American Legion will 0t meet Monday evening at the reg ular place. Several very inmport ant matters will be discussed Plans for the Legion and Auxil iary picnic to be held at Stayton on June 8 will be completed and a large attendance of members is urged. There will be reports on the poppy sale and other Auxil iary activities. Raymond Bassett, adjutant of Capital Post No. 9, reported 1.09 6 members yesterday. The 1,1 00 mark will soon "be passed and in all probability the post will hav , 1,150 members before convention time. MONMOUTH, (Special) Al bany's American Legion Band of about 70 pieces, presented a con cert to an enthusiastic audience last Thursday evening in the chapel. 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