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GRAND PPERA AND PPERETTA.
The fact that grand opera is unpopular among; the
masses of America" ami England ami in vogue only where
s bulwarked bv fashion seems to he proof enough that :t is
foreign to the English speakiug branch of the race and
that no amount of effort ean ever make it acceptable to
the rank and file. For decades efforts have been made
- to force grand opera on the public, and except in large
cities where fashion apes the foreign and where there are
, considerable numbers of the "musical elect" is not, enjoyed
or appreciated.
These facts force the conclusion that dislike of this
1 class of music is a racial trait. Americans are fond of
musical comedies and public patronage of light operas
. grentlv exceeds that ot the grand opera, while tlie re verso
is apt to be the case among foreign nations.
The English ballads were the foundation of English
j operas and without doubt are the 'musical expression of
, the English speaking race, a taste by no means to be sneer
ed at. 'Walter Eaton in the January Craftsman discusses
this entertainingly and declares that what is needed is
"not a greater education of the people in grand opera, but
a more careful education of the musical elect, so that they
shall realize the time importance of operetta and musical
comedy and its national significance, and no longer sneer
at the composer who writes it."
"Musical comedy," says Mr. Eaton, "lives because it
responds to insistent demand, but remains a low level be-
cause the better class ot musicians turn away ii'om it aim
compose operas and symphonies that go unproduced. The
creation of one American operetta like Colbert & Sulli
van's "Patience" would be worth a dozen imitations of
'Madam Butterfly' and Tosca's.and alomes." I
"England and Austria have found their musical ex- j
pression on the stage almost exclusively in operettas. Jo-j
hann trauss, the 'Waltz King was also king of operetta:'
then there was uppe, of 'Boccaccio' and "Poet and Peas-;
ant,' and but lately we have heard the old, heady rhythms
ajrain, caught the old wine and sparkle of Viennese life, in
'The MerrV Widow' of Lehar. and 'The Chocolate Soldier'
Of Oscar Strauss, now deservedly popular on our American
with a text by (lay. English music, in Ihe words of Sir
Arthur Sullivan, 'was thrown into the hands of Ihe illus
trious foreigners, Handel. Haydn, Spohr, Mendelssohn (so
long the favorite composers of the Enirlish) and of the
Italian opera, which exclusively occupied the attention of
the fashionable classes, and, like the great car of Jugger
naut, overrode ami crushed all efforts made on behalf of
uativoeinusie."
Mr. Eaton recalls the days of Gilbert and Sullivan op
erettas not so long past. "They were antive and near!
They spoke the people's speech. They were our own."
It seems absurd to him that they should need defense, "yet
in the eyes of a good ninny people today, who rush madly
to hear Italian grand opera, operetta does need defense."
lie goes on:
"Much of it, of course, is despicable from any careful,
artistic standpoint, for in lieu of real operetta our people,
hungry for native, understandable, and spontaneous stage
entertainment, with the accompaniment of music and
rhythm, demand what we call musical comcdv. Tlio fact
that at least one-third of the theatrical products made in
New York each season arc musical comedies, however, does
not prive what a real craving exists for the pleasant min-l
istrations of 'music and rhythm,' and also what, a might vi
influence the composers and librettists of operettas miglit
exert. The enormous popularity or the (Jilbert and Sul
livan productions showed that the better the book and the
better the music, provided it was real operetta music, blithe
and fluent, the greater the patronage."
Her Life Saved After She
Had Been Given Up To Die
Doctors Said Mrs. Gartlin Could Not Live Long,
But Fer-Don's Medical Experts Proved Different
WEST HAS NO USE
FOR SPEAKER CANNON
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vote of the Pneifie coast:
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no ol : independents, yes none; no
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uregon nopir.iiieans os l, no
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yes 1.1, no 57.
v&ag'e, eveu its libretto is a travesty of Shaw's 'Arms and
theran." These pieces from Vienna, musically based on ,
the waltz, are as trulv i.ntional as it is possible for stage
music to he thev are as national as thev are delightful,!0 i-rtiy ratinx shoe u a
and because thev are so sincere their tunes endure. And!"'1 .bMt ,,y M,"i, p wlt
'Die Fledermaus' of .Tohann Strauss is as, fresh today as it
ever was, vastly fresher than that other Straus' 'Salome'
will be fifty years hence.
" . "Tn England the list of great composers is less than
the lists of other nations. But England has an honorable
musical history, and once was far in advance of the conti
nental world in musical knowledge and skill. John of For
neste's famous six-pail glee, 'Sinner is a-cumin' in,' com
posed in 1230, was-far beyond anything on the continent.
English ballads of that day reached a high point of per
fection. Some of them have never, for fresh simplicity
and for slice magic of melody, been exceled in anv land at
any time. We still sing 'Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes,' and dozens niore. Then, due in part to the influ
ence of the French ballet, in part to Italian musical influ
ence, came the English masques. But, as Jonson and Mil
ton surpassed the French ballet builders, the English mu
sicians went far beyond mere Italian finish and correct
ness. The last of the seventeenth century composers and
the greatest English composer, perhaps, vet born, was
Henry Pureell. Though opera, as we understand it, was
then in its infancy, he developed the ballad and the masque
till he wrote operas, such as 'King Arthur,' and 'Dido and
Aeneas,' which contained passages of great dramatic sin
cerity, beauty and power. But with the enghteenth cen
tiny English music declined. The nation still demanded
its native musical expression nations always will. This
was supplied by piecing together on a thread of spoken plot
the popular ballads, as in the cast of 'The Beggar s Opera,
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HUGE PARK IS PLANNED.
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ed brick. The front. 110 feet In
which will kIvo room for an arcade
entrance :t0 feet In width, and two
stores on either Hide, each store, hav
I Hi; a frontage of -0 feet.
The main floor on which entrance
will be Kill ned rutin back for 80 feet
Hero will come a drop of lx or eight
feet, no that the bowllni; allnyn. nhoot
Iiik iHillorlcH and the like, will extend
bark toward the street under the
Htorcn. Further back on thl floor
will be placed two pi tin Rett, a public
one of goodly nle. and one Hinaller
In which private swimming purlieu
can be given. Private and Tur'klHh
bathH nre also to be arranged.
Cater to l-iullr-.
It Id the Intention of the )udleate
to so plan tnat the natatorium will
be of great convenience to their pat
num. especially the falrr Hex. A
tuald will be In attendance, n w a
hair dnwuer, manicurist and other
uttcudHUt. The rootui will no be
arranged that a lady on leaving the
plunge can paw directly Into the
hand of these attendants and from
there on Into a ladle' Jarlor. wnre
will be, found Into fiction, magazine
and comfort.
The platitt of the syndicate aro moHt
comprehensive. For amusement there
will bu billiards, skating, bnwllng,
shooting galletlon, box-ball, moving
pictures and others of a like naturo.
while on the grounds will ho placed
a shnot-the-chutOH. a scenic rallroarl,
a mrry-go-round and other amuse
ment devices. In the building there
will aim) be a restaurant, barber ship,
cigar stand and a confectionery store.
The lobby will be so arranged that
ono can stand and on every side nb-
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IH WICST .M,. HTHKirr I'HO.VK 10 1 1
With all the gratitude of a woman
whose life has been saved after she
had been given up to die, Mrs, Clara
(larllin of t'JOS Tenth street, Hacra
monlo, California, tells her friend
what wonders Fcr-Dou's Medical Ex
perts did fur her. The cure Is mar
velous one. "I have been an Invalid
for over a year. Nervousness, was
the bane of my life," suld Mrs. Oart
llu. "You would hardly believe how
the least thing would upset me, I
had spell after spell of nervousness.
I was on the very verge of nervous
prostration and was afraid every day
I would die. My atomach grew very
weak. Naturally this nervous condi
tion brought on my stomnch trouble.
It puttied me, refused to retain fooit.
and even when I could keep what I
ato the stomach was too weak and
disordered to get my nourishment
f i-o in It. I was actually Htarvlng, In
spite of all t could do.
Sick In Hetl.
"Well, I win Just about as bad as
I could be at the time Fcrl)ou and
his staff of experts came here to Hur
rnmeato. Many days I was confined
to my bed. Several of the best doc
tors here .nd In Orovllle had tried
everything they knew and could give
me only temporary relief, anil most
of them had given me up to die, and
I know now that I had a short time
to live If I had gone on as I was. and
I had given up all hopes.
Ill ought lo Office by Friend,
"I don't believe I vtoitld have ever
hecu cured If It had not been for a
friend of mine by the name of Mr
Woods, who called lo see me and told
me that he wanted me to go and see
Fer-Hon's experts, who are now In
Sacramento, t replied that I had no
faith In any doctors to cure me and
refused to go. Mr. Woods thou slat
ed that If any doctor In this world
could euro mo Fer-Oon's experts will
succeed, as I knew them when they
were In I. dm Angeles and Oakland and
know personally of many people who
were cured that had been given up
to die by other doctors, .lust then
another party who was vlslllug me
from Han l.eandro spoke tip and said,
'That Is right, Mr. Woods. I knew of
For-Don's Medical Kxpcrta In Oak
land and their reputation Is of the
best.' Well, to make a long story
Hhort, I was persuaded at last to gel
ready and j,o and sen Fcr-Don' ex
perls. I had no confidence, but to
pleaso my friends I wont. Arriving nt
tho office, I was ushered boforo For-
Don's Chief Expert, who examined me
vers rarefulH. and then I asked Fer-
Dott's expert If ho could help me. and
ho replied: 'I not only ran help you,
hut I can euro you, and I wilt hare
yon feeling fine In a few" days.' 'Well,'
I suld, 'that sounds very good to tuo,
nfter other doctors have given m up
and Home told me I would die. Hut t
will give you a trial and place myaolf
under treatment at once.' And now
I am glad I went to Fer)on'H oxperta
Why, the first throe or four days aft
er taking treatment I began to feet
better. I felt my appetite coining hark
and that Indication convinced me that.
I wiih on the road to health and my
strength began lo rcttirni My nervei
are better and I have now been under
treatment with Fer-Don's expert
about 21 dayH and I have nut had any
nervous spells, I eat whatever I want
and sleep good at night. I feel n.i
well as any woman does, and Just to
think, a month ago I was given up to
die, and now I am glad I found an
avenue to health and happlnons. I
cannot thank For-Don's expurt.i
enough for what they have done for
me. My friends and neighbors all
knew the lerrlbte condition I was In
before treating with Fcr-Dou's ex
perts, and they can verify this tnt-
meat."
Fcr-Don, In speaking of Ihe case,
said: "Kimh day hundreds of people
are cured by my doctors' mothodi
and many local physicians come (o ua
In different cities wo have visited.
We removed a cancer from a promi
nent physician In Dallas, Texas, and
a largo tumor from Dr. Ooyer of 311
F street, Knreka. f'al. Yoii so" sat I
I'er-Dott. "our office Is crowded wltit
nick from all over the state "
Sight S i In Medford Offices.
An Incident occurred one day (hit
week nt the office of the Per-Don
Medical ICxperts at Moore Hotel, Med
ford. which provtw this tntcmnt.
Drought by loving and anxlouu
friends, a woman suffering from ti
Incurable dlsfave was carried Into tht
offices In an Invalid chair. Hhe w.vi
examined and when the doctors dis
covered that"" her disease was Incur
able thoy thon and there told her so,
and would not accept the ca So
falite hopes, no promise Impossible
of fulfillment were given. The truth
was told and the case refused Pw
Dou myv: "Toll the truth, and that H
how we have built up a reputation fr
honesty, truth and Integrity."
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