The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, April 06, 1895, Page 8, Image 8
8. THE SCBAJNION TBTBD1TB SATURDAY IIQSIMIXG, AFKIL 6t 18JI5. News of the Green Room and Foyer. BelftW Are itwo of the more fetching Verses of Thomas Q. Seabrooke'S pop liar topical Bong, "Swim Out, D'Orady:" 'I was a jolly tailor and I fell Into the sea, Ind when 1 reached the bottom, the ship far awuy; I lost my nerve completely, anil, begob, I'd not be here (f a decent little fairy hadn't whispered In my our. cHortrs. Iwlm out, O'drudy, you huve no time to spine, foil're stranded on the billow, twenty miles from anywhere: If you don't mind your business, there will be one vacant chair, So swim out, o'Urudy, swim out, I met a whale out walking, and he was fat and full of fun, And the two of us got talking about the yarn that Jomih spun, He said he'd never heard It, so I told It to him then. He smiled, and said politely, as he winked his other tin: cuoarfl. Oh swim out, O'Grady! you take mo for a Hat? t've got a great big swallow, but I couldn't swallow that. Believe me. .Mr. Jonah, was conversing thro' his hut. Bo swim out, O'Grady, swim out. There Is a general feeling among theatrical people that the Casino posing nf nude women clud In smiles and bronze powder marked the culmination of the anatomical entertainment; anil thut from this time forward, for at least a year or two, there will be a gradual reaction In favor of those types of public entertainment In which brains are exhibited as well as the human body. Sensible persons agree with Vllllum H. Crane that the "living pic ture" fad hus gone far enough. Apropos, Mr. Crane says: "The most encourag ing thing about all the dirt that is leaching the stage Is that none of It Is of native origin. Most of It Is coming to us from England. Our own dram atists are showing' no disposition to imitate what the Englishmen are Writ ing. When what was called the adul terous drama, that was translated from the French, Hist became popular In New York, there was a great outcry against it, but I do not remember any thing In the plays of that time that compared with the Hastiness In speech that we hear now on the stage. In these plays that are supposed to be popular the men and women listen to speeches which if a man made them to a woman in her own house she would very promptly call a servant and have him shown out. In all my experience of the stage I have never known the taste for such nastlness to last as long as It has this time, and It seems to me there is no way out of the situation ex cept through co-operation on the part of the actors, and. a steadfast refusal on their parts to speak such lines or play In pieces of such Immoral tenden cies as most of the plays popular for the past season or two." Again, Mr. Crano observes: "I am pretty certain th.it a determined oppo sition to enacting unworthy roles and speuklng impure lines would be very generously supported In the profession. It ought to come from the actors, be cause they are the ones that suffer most. The profession has advanced so favorably In public opinion and an nctor has become so thoroughly what he makes himself that the players can rebel against the degradation which the character of these modern plays bring upon them. In the mind of the greater public the actor Is likely to be associat ed with what he plays, and of the num ber of people that see a play there Is probably only a small proportion that separates, in Its estimate of what 4t has seen, the actor and the part he is playing. For that season, when actors appear In the plays that are disgracing the stage today they are dragged down and degrade their own profession. A legitimate result of this condition of things In the diama can be seen at the music halls, in one of which a manager Is endeavoring to attract the public by the announcement that he will display a woman nude. This depth of degrada tion has never been reached in the whole history of amusements before. The decency of the theater has never been so Insulted In this country, as far as I can remember. The actor la the one to put a stop to such a condition of affairs by refusing to appear In the class of plays which have led up to such a state of things. If an author brought to me the best-written, the fun. nlest and altogether finest comedy that I ever saw, and it was tainted with the indecency that is rampant on the stage today, I would refuse to act In it from the sense of respect which I feel for my own calling, even if my Inclination tempted me to play the piece." "Sena tor" Crane can count on carrying the country on this Issue. Here Is a clever bit of repartee cred ited to the much-ln-evldence Oscar Wilde. Some would-be dramatist com plained to Wilde that his new play was not noticed by the critics. "There is a conspiracy of silence against my play," he muttered. "What would you do about It if you were in my place?" Oscar reflected for a moment, and then replied, -"Join it." And here Is another story, the au thenticity of which cannot be vouched for. It concerns an actress who got an engagement upon the accuracy of an accent. It was an important part of a Russian adventuress the sabled, be diamonded!, polson-bearlng adventur ess who speaks pure Siberian Russian mixed with Parisian French, and avenges all through the play. It was a matinee, at the Globe theater, London, and the piece was called "The Monk's Reason." 13. S. Wlllard played the leading role, but adventuresses were scarce Just then on the London stage. Marlon Leo, the American actress, now with, the Kendals, was then at Brigh ton. She heard of the need of the man agement and hastened to the manager. She began to aot at the moment she en tered his office. "I hear rat you vish a actress to play a Russian character, Iz stat so?" she queried. The manager's eyes) expanded. "We do," he replied. "Vel," she continued, ''I like very much to play ze part." The manager en gaged the Russian actress, as he con sidered her,- on the spot. "Your genu ine accent will carry the piece," he said. "I hope so, replied iMIss Lea) sweetly, resuming her American voice. According to Colonel Brown Mrs. W, O. Jones has studied more lines than any other actress (or woman) on the American stage. She has played every Some of the More Important Doings pf These. Our Actors. thing from a young ntfdshlpman to Lady Macbeth. During her engage ment at the old Bowery theater many a night she has acted In three pieces a tragedy, a drama and a farce. She has also played the flageolet In the orches tra. She has played the "opposite leads" to J. B. Booth, s, and Edwin Booth. A more versatile actress has never been seen on the American stage. The late Harry Watkins played more parts than anv other man on the Amer ican stage. He played Ophelia, Desde mono. i'aullne and tho like. He acted lugo to Forrest'B Othelo aud supported nearly all the old sturs. FOOTUGHT FLA8HK9: lloper may appuar In London. Mrs. Laiujtry will do "Camtlle." Charles Frohman hus nineteen compa nies William Olllette hus Just finished a war play. Olga Nethersole concludes her American engagement and sulla for Europe April . A spectacular drama called the "Flylnj IHitchmuu," was produced In Boston last week. Bardou's next play Is to dout with tha life of the unfortunate young Prince Louis XYll. Comedian Frank Deshon will play in St. Louis the coming summer. Frohmun Is to give a performance of "John-a-Dreams" that will begin at 11 a. m. William Collier will shortly produce a new farce by John Fowler, "Who Is Jones." Manager Dean, of the Baltimore Acad emy of Music. Is to many Anna Boyd, if "Aladdin, Jr." Mrs. ' Langtry has engaged Miss Eme Shannon to accompany her to Kurope, to aiipiar there with her In "Gossip." Sydney Grundy Is receiving royalties from nineteen tympanies playing his pieces In different parts of the world. Charles H, Hoyt. the playwright, and his wife, known to the stage as Caroline MIs kel, are to sail for Europe April to en Joy a vacation. Joseph JelTerson has accepted tho Invi tation of the Harvard Union to deliver an address to the students of the university some time this spring. George W. Monroe- will be handed down to history as the actor on whose perform ance the curtain of Niblo's theater, New York, was rung down on for the last time. Iaadore Hush, who was injured slightly In Hie accident which betel the Kolund Ileed company, has recovered sufficiently enough lo continue her work with Mr. Keed. Trinity college, Dublin, made Henry Irv ing a Doctor of Literature, and when he addressed the Royal institution a few weeks ago he wore the robe and mortar board hat which are the signs of his col lege honors. A dispatch from Albany, N. Y., says: The report that Corinne, the actress, had died here turns out to be untrue. It origi nated In the death of a Sister of Charity who came here from the west two years ago and bore the same name as the ac tress, Corinne Kimball. With characteristic vigor C. W. Coul dock denies that he has applied for ad mission to the Forrest home, and adds that he never expects to discover any ne cessity for so doing. The aged actor !s living at present In New York, and will receive a benefit during the first week in May. Edwin Milton Royle will produce a new play next season called "Mexico." It Is his second effort at playwrltlng, and he has worked upon It during the past two years. It is described as a romantic com edy drama, having for Its background the war of 1847 between Mexico and the United States. At a bona fide professional matinee at Koster & Blal's last week there was no restriction placed on smoking, but the ac tors paid a delicate compliment to the wo men of their profession by declining to avail themselves of a privilege which might have proved annoying to the ac tresses. The time which has been held all over the country for E. S. Wlllard next season has been canceled, Mr. Wlllard having decided not to return to America next fall. He will remain In London all next winter and will produce a new play by Henry Arthur Jones, which. If It proves successful, he will bring to this country the following season. "The Alderman," the new farce comedy by K. N. Stephens. Is said to give John Kernell the best opportunities ever af forded that unique fun maker. The per sonage represented by Mr. Kernell is shown In three stages of progress from a newly arrived Irish Immigrant. Some of tha characters In the piece are said to be types entirely new to the stage. London PIck-Me-L'p says: "The disap pointing Impression left by the dancing of Carmenclta, the much-talked-of Spaniard from New York, affords yet another in stance of the fact that an American repu tation, so far as a public performer Is concerned. Is no guarantee of real value." The London sheet Is Informed that Car menclta was not the rage outside of New York. At Harvard recently Reerbohm Tree said: "I believe that the state subvention of a theater would lead to a higher ar tistic level than at present exists. In a democratic country, however, such state support Is likely to be withheld. One can only hope that some millionaire may. In a fit of temporary Insanity, bequeath his fortune to be devoted to the founding of a temple of dramatic art." John Drew s four Weeks' successful en gagement In Boston will close tonight. During the week he will begin rehearsals of a new play written for him by Henry Ouy Carleton, which Is as yet unnamed, and which heproposes playing once during his present tour. If It proves a success it will be the first piece to be produced by him during his engagement at the Empire theater next October. The abuse of bill posters and window lithograph privileges has caused a great deal of trouble recently, and the manager of New York theaters have decided to make a concerted movement toward the abolishment of the custom In vogue at most of the theaters of presenting store keepers in whose windows lithographs or photographs are exposed, and owners of property on which bill boards are erected, with orders for seats. Last week Fanny Davenport sent Sar dou a draft on Paris for 110,000, this be ing the second Instalment of royalty of same amount sent the distinguished au thor of "Olsnionda" since she opened her season last December. When the royal ties of the Paris production are added to this, together with his revenue from plays being presented all over the world, It Is easy to compute the advantages of being a great and successful dramatic author. ONLY THREE DAYS DISTANT. Cuba Is Near Enough to Be a Part of the United States, From the Chicago Herald. Men who ere Interested In the em bryo movement for the annexation of Cuba point out that this Island la now much nearer to the United States than Louisiana, or even Florida, was at the time we acquired these territories from France and Spain respectively. When Louisiana was purchased for tlt.OOO.OM in 1803 the region to the west of the Mississippi was almost a wilderness, and so completely isolated from the set tled states that It was much more diffi cult to reach New Orleans than it is to go to Rome or Berlin at the present time. When Florida was coded ,to tho United States in 1831, after two years of negotiation and much reluctance on the part of Spain to give up her conti nental possessions, Florida was much farther from the city of Washington In point of time than Cuba Is at this day. Ope may now leave the capital ,of the United States Monday and be in Havana Thursday morning, going by the way of Tampa and Key West. - I. WHERE PARIS IS AHEAD. Her Wonderful System of Pneumatio Tubes and Telephone. From Good Words. ' In Paris the pneumatio tubes used In the dispatch of card telegrams and let ter telegrams from one portion of the city to the other are placed 1n the Bewers. The excellent sewer system has helped the development of this handy means of communication in a way which would not 'have been pos sible otherwise. It is quicker than the telegram for messuges within the city, and would be perfect If the Blow Purls Ian fucteur were replaced by the smart London boy messenger. As we stand below the tube we can hear the whiz of the "chnae" distinctly. There it goes nt lightning speed, bearing most proba bly some tender message from love-sick Jean at his office at the Bourse to pretty Jeannette, who is tolling somewhere near the Bon Marche, and fixing a rendezvous for the evening, after the day's labors are over. Wonderfully convenient, these letter telegrams for correspondence more secret than the teltgram proper, in making no awk ward mistakes In time or places aud, best of all, preserving the cullgrnph of the sender. More serious things are doubtles pass ing across the colls which cover the remainder of the roof of the tunnel. These are the telegraph and telephone wires, thousands of miles of them con necting the 240 postotflces and placing hundreds of subscribers In the city within earshot. Overhead) wires are prohibited is Paris; so are sky signs, and how much the city gains In beauty those only know who have Been Lon don, with its unsightly webs strung across the housetops, spoiling whatever of the picturesque there may be about the streets and constituting a serious danger to persons and property. There is no comparison either in the efficiency of the telephone in the two cities. A whisper may be heard in Paris, while in London telephoning is generally a most exasperating opera tion. A striking piece of evidence on this point Is afforded by the fact that it Is well nigh impossible to telephone from Paris to any given subscriber in London, and that before the Instrument could be of any practical use for long messages the two great foreign news agencies, Dalziel's and Router's, were obliged to have special wires laid under ground to their offices from St. Martin's le Grand. On the other hand, any sub scriber In any part of the French capi tal may be heard with ease from- the general postotflce In London. In this and one or two other matters already mentioned John Bull has a great deal to learn from Jaques Bonhomme. WHAT SOCIALISTS WANT. An Export Tax on Missionaries is One of Their Vagaries. The Socialistic agitation in England Is pretty earnest. Just now. We get a new idea of its meaning by perusal of that interesting abomination, Rey nold's Newspaper which to the aver age Briton is the culmination of radical Ism and chaotic morals. This journal thus gives vent to its feelings: "England has the distinction of being the greatest pauper nation. In pro fessed Christianity, gambling, and pau perism, no other country can touch her. Year after year we have been calling attention to the condition of the unem ployed, and asking for permanent, not a temporary remedy. The government has been heedless the Liberal govern ment as much as the Tory. The fearful weather has brought the question into a prominence, almost imposlble to be secured in any other way. An unem ployed committee has been appointed by the House of Commons. So far so good; but what we want is a permanent remedy. The Poor Law system is sup posed to deal with temporary distress. We recommend the unemployed com mittee to consider the following mat ters as a means toward a solution of the difficulty: "Reafforestation. "Waste-land culture." "The appropriation of the ecclesias tical tithe tax on agricultural produce. "The better administration of exist ing charities. "A tax on all missionary contribu tions wastefully sent out of the country for the conversion of the well-fed, healthy, and contented 'poor.heathen.' "The abolition of primogeniture and entail. "Railway companies to be forbidden giving preferential rates to the foreign er for agricultural and diary produce." "The abolition of naval, military, and civil service sinecures. "A tax on horse-racing. "Raising the age of legal marriages, and making its conditions more strin gent, so far as means are concerned." NEWSPAPER SLANG. Some of tho Cliaraoterlstlo Expressions of tbe Daily Saootum. For The Tribune. The newspaper of today has Its slang just the same as the railroad, bank, factory and, In fact, most lines of busi ness have. Really the press Is respon sible for most of these pithy expressions in common use by the American people. During the campaign at Buffalo last fall two friends were contestants for the mayorallty. One upon meeting the other shortly before election shook hands, a simple fact, yet a local paper spoke of Jake Stern giving General Jewett the "glad hand." Today most any Bland-user tells you he got the glad hand In such a place, or If he has not met with success will say that he received the "marble heart." This latter saying Is, however, more clearly defined as a reportorlnl expres sion, used by one who has been "turned down" In trying to Interview some prominent person. "Turned down" , Is in general use. The Bowery element In New York say "thrown down," but It Is used in the same sense and, of course, Blgnllles that the speaker hus met with defeat. ,' '" A. New York paper, only a day or so ago, 'spoke of "The Italian hand" this was the headline of an article giving the woes of the wife of . a native of sunny Italy, whose husband had de serted her. The ordinary mortal would hardly understand a slang.conversatlon between ,'two metropolitan reporters, any more than 'he would comprehend the patois of the Bowery.', '.'..' .A noted scholar said i several ' years '' " ago that he liked slang because It was so purely American. Slang Is today almost a necessity, and while some ex pressions are inelegant from a literary standpoint, such as, "There are others," "Where are we at?" and similar phrases, each on embodies so much, more than could be expressed In a long sentence that we naturally adopt them. The French and Spanish have their gestures. Amerloa has her slang. Selden Munger. OUR FOREIGN COUSINS. Upwards of $40,000 has already been sub scribed In Athens for the new Olympic games next year. Large deposits of guano have been found at) Cape Cross, near Walflsch Bay, within the German South African territory. Preparations have been made for taking the census of the whole Russian empire on a single day next fall. The luat census was taken in lUti. Owing to certain information received from abroad, the French government has Increased the precautions taken for the safety of the young king of Bervla, who is now stuylng ut Btarrltz. The mayor of Sydney recently refused the use of the town hall fur a meeting of the unemployed.onthe ground that the res olutlons submitted to 'him were likely to evoke a debute of a political nature. Tobacco manufacturers in the Rhine provinces of Oermany have threatened to close their factories and throw 25,000 peo ple out of work If the proposed Increase In tobacco duties Is carried Into effect. Under a recent taw foreign dogs are no longer admitted into Iceland. The meas ure 1b due to the fact that in 1893 a for eign dog was proved to have Introduced a malady previously unknown which killed the greater part of the shepherd's dogs on tho Island. Cat worship Is the latest aristocratic fad in England. The Princess of Wales takes great delight In some tine blue Per sians. The Duchess of Bedford never travels without her favorites In well-llned baskets, and Mrs. Wlnans has her cats driven out at Brighton in a luxurious buth chair. Various Jewish deputations from the south Russian centers, which have recent ly gone to St. Petersburg to congratulate the czar on his marriage, have been gra ciously received. They are all more or less Imbued with the moat sanguine hopes of a coming amelioration of the oppressive! disabilities under which their people suf fer. . ! President Kruger, of the Transvaal Re public, has no music In his soul. At a social gathering given In his honor a few weeks ago one of Bloemfonteln's sweetest singers gave anartistlc rendering; of a pop ular song.T he lady of the house asked the president how he liked the air, and his blunt reply was: "I go Into the veld when 1 want to hear the she wolf scream." Next month a succession of religious festivals will take place In Venice to cele brate the Sooth anniversary of the conse cration of St. Mark's. According to tra dition, the church was first built In 828, when the body of St. Mark was sent from Alexundrla to Venice. A large part of this church was destroyed by ftre In 76, when the present edifice was begun. It was not completed until 100 years later. The Oerman chancellor does not accept "conscience money" as complacently as the British government. Somebody !n Frankfort recently sent 1750 marked In thut way, and the treasury has Issued a public notice calling upon the offender to disclose himself, falling which he Is warned that he will have to pay over again if he Is discovered, besides render ing himself liable to prosecution for de frauding the revenue. There Is a strike against the hospitals In Vienna. In Austria the private doctor Is almost unknown, as nearly everybody belongs to a medlcul club, by which, on payment of a trifle, medical attendance Is furnished whenever required. Those clubs have long had an agreement with the public hospitals to give admission to sick members for36 cents a week. The hos pitals are now trying to raise therate to 60 cents per week and' the clubs have struck against them. - At the little Breton town of Paimpol the quaint ceremony of blessing the Ieeland Hulling fleet took place a fortnight ago. it was announced by the clamor of the belfries, and after vespers the procession, with sailors at the head, traversed the principal streets, which were decked for the .occasion. On the breakwater the cure of St. Savior's preached to the 1,310 hardy mariners In front of the fifty-six stout boats that were to carry them to the far north. Then, preceoded by the cross, the canon blessed each vessel sep arately, the flag of each dipping in res ponse. A FAMOUS INSTITUTION. The Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Instltuto at Buffalo, N. Y. From the Boston Herald. What can be accomplished by judicious enterprise, when backed up by ability and professional skill, Is shown by the mag nificent buildings of the Invalids' Borne and Surgical Institute at Buffalo. This model sanitarium furnishes one of the sights of Buffalo, not alone for its archi tectural beauty, but on account of the world-wide fame of Dr. Ray V. Pearco, who established the Institution many years ago, und Is today Its managing di rector and president. A beautiful five story building situated on Main street, the principal business street of Buffalo, ' the Invalids' Hotel can well be said to sur pass any Institution of its kind in the country. Sixteen physicians form the medical staff of this institution, who devote their time to the patients In the building, and to correspondence by letter with patients who consult them from all over the United States. tCach physician or surgeon is chosen for his skill and proficiency In cur ing one class of chronic disease. Thus the patient has for his physician an experi enced specialist who Is thoroughly famil iar with the case. A material aid to the medical treatment are the machines for giving "mechanical movements," or mas sage, electrical apparatus, Turkish baths, etc., with which the hotel is thorqughly equipped. Large and airy rooms, parlors, reading rooms, elevator and many other conveniences make this A Pleasant Remedial Homo, and far different from the private hos pitals as commonly known. The World's Dispensary Medical Association, of which Dr. Pierce is president, Is the owner of the Invalids' Hotel and the large la boratory, called the World's Dispensary, as well. Standing on the same lot, which runs through to the next street back, Is the huge laboratory, six stories In height,' which furnishes ample room for manufac turing Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, Dr. Sage's Ca tarrh Remedy, Dr. Pierce's Extract of Smart-Weed, or Water Pepper. These are proprietary remedies which have been sold for over a quarter of a century all over the United States, from the Atlantic to the Pa cific. Carloads of these medicines are shipped every day from Buffalo to points east, west and south. An idea of the ex tensive business carried on by this asso ciation can be gained by what Is said of It by the postotflce authorities at Washing ton, D. C, who report that this one firm spends annually for stamps more than all the banks and newspapers of Buffalo cpm blned, or over $100,000. The mall matter amounts to from 80,000 to 40,000 pieces dally. The first story of the World's Dis pensary building is occupied by the ship ping department; the second floor Is de voted to the large newspaper advertising department and the mailing; third floor, printing room and, bindery; fourth floor, bottling,, wrapping and packing depart ment; on the sixth floor Is one of The Bost-Planned Laboratories. In the country, in charge of a thoroughly sclentlflo chemist, formerly of the Har vard medical school laboratory. In fact, the equipment, the machinery and the sys tem with which these large Institutions are equipped, and the marvelous meaner In which everything works alopg ua though by clockwork, .would well repay a visit to Buffalo. .. Gathered in the World of flelody. The Philadelphia Press, in reviewing the success of the short season of Wag nerian opera In that city makes some comments . which, while directed par ticularly at Phlladelphlans, are yet of general interest. "It is plainly evi dent,". tha Press says, "that there is a large circle of people whose musical taste is In accord with all that is best In music, and who must be catered to. This is not tha itlme nor place to dis cuss the position of the Wagnerian music-drama. The subject' Is a closed one. : The whole civilized world has come to the feet of the master of Bay reuth, and the last in the fold, the French, with tho energy of freBh con verts, are already talking of building a second Bayreuth Wagner drama hall at Versailles. The enthusiasm for this music, which was the music of the fu ture twenty years ago but which is the music of the present now, cannot be underestimated, although it may be misunderstood. The music of the Wag ner operas Is on so different a plane from that of the Italian and French school that the very name opera is a misnomer, since the word is associated in the popular mind with a far different condition of things than that that pre vails, for instance, When 'Tristan and Isolde' is sung. Wagner's musical creations are essentially great muBlc dramas in which the orchestration Is not a mere accompaniment but as ser ious a composition as any of the great symphonies. Its relation to the Italian opera is about that of the symphony to a light cencert In which Weber's 'In vitation to the Dance' should form the principal composition of the evening. In consequence, then, a performance of one of the great operas, such as 'Sieg fried,' requires the musical taste that enjoys Beethoven's 'Heroic.' But, while the orchestra in the Wagner opera is thus, as far as composition goes, an Integral part of the perform ance and absolutely essential to its en joyment, since the drama is the thing, naturally, Wagner intended that the voice and words should be heard, and not only that, but that the muslo, voice, action should have an appropriate set ting. Hence, correct scenery is also a requisite. Such conditions mean that Wagner operas given by a superb or chestra, sung by capable singers and set with artistic effect give rise to the greatest enjoyment, but are blank fail ures if any or all such features are wanting. "The harping on the Importance of the orchestra leads many who have never heard one of the great works given under favorable conditions to be lieve that the music Is noisy. This Is a grievous error. Wagner is not noisy. On the contrary, he himself in his own theater arranged the orchestra under the stage out of the sight of the audi ence, and those who conduct his music In the proper spirit in this country sub due the tone so that it is often so soft that unless most absolute silence is maintained by the audience the beauty and melodies of the music are lost, so that it is not the noise that the Wag ner! tes go to hear, but such exquisite effects as the voices of the forest in 'Siegfried' or the love impassioned strains in 'Tristan.' These beauties which lie in these great compositions are of an exalted character, and yet they do not exclude our enjoyment of other and lighter musical pleasures. We can still laugh over 'FalstatT if we have sat strongly moved in 'Die Wal kuere.' The lighter Joys are still for us. It Is so in literature. There are times when the great dramas enchant and others when the lyrical masters give us true delight. The welcome given to Wagner's great dramas does not mean we have eschewed Italian and French opera. Oh, no, thpy have their place. When well given they are and always will be enjoyable, barring those that have no lasting merit. And the managers must recognize this." The Editor of this month has anoth er hymn-tune from the prolific pen of Tallle Morgan. "Our Country's Voice" is set to music written In a vigorous and dashing manner, faithfully por traying the spirit of the words. The composer is, however, hard on the ten ors, in compelling them to sing the up per E flat so frequently. About one fifth of the tenor notes are written upon the second ledger line, which will make the rendition of that part a difficult task in a young choir or a mixed ' audience. Tallle Morgan is a great supporter of popular tunes, but places too much confidence In the sing ing capabilities of the average public. 'Miss Katherlne Bloodgood, who sang at Elm Park church on 'Monday night, THE GENUINE CARIsSQAD HAS ON THE NICK is obtained r tmdfXmffjSffw fiX mm "HSfc BLOOD CURES Xfll )CWfMm (J? 1- HIGHLY RlC0MMENDEDrYR3 W'JSflk . A3 AN APERIENT. : 13 WgjAiit (XATlVE and DIWT V flS TMt'OfNUINI IMPORTED V. I Xn- r l CAftlsi BAD iPRUDBU iALTN I rA RJ? I HA ON T OF EVtRY BOTTLE I W ArrfT!. EISNER SMENDELSON CO. Sole Agents Interesting Notes About riuslclans At Home and Abroad. . was a great example of the value of voice cultivation. The voice whloh charmed her audience, appeared to be the acme of purity and displayed an Intensity of feeling which brought out the hidden beauties of all the songs rendered. A feature which attracted considerable admiration also, was the natural vibration of the singer's voice, which, even in the lullaby, added so materially to the charm of the simple music. Although but lit years of age, Miss Bloodgood has achieved great fume and has secured for herself a great name In the world of song, Malcolm Douglas, composer of the muslo of the "Brownies" spectacular entertainment, is one of the hustling up-to-date young. Journalists who in addition to musical talents possess keen business abilities. The idea of placing the "Brownies" upon the stage origi nated with Mr. Douglas, and it was at his sggestton that Artist 'Palmer Cox decided to engage in the theatrical en terprise. The financial success of the "Brownies" everywhere is the best evi dence of the foresight of the young composer whoBe bright music has con tributed so much" to the enjoyment of those who have witnessed the novel "Brownie" entertainments. Professor T. J. Davles has removed his studio to the Powell building. The Lyric Glee club of this city will give a concert at PIttston on April 18 for the benefit of the PIttston hospital. The club Is under the direction of T. J. Davles, Mus. Bao., and on the evening of the concert Miss Florence Richmond will act as accompanist. SHARPS AND FLATS: Mr. Damrosch is endeavoring to secure Klufsky for next year's Wagner season. William Carleton will sing the leading role in Estelle Clayton's comlo opera, 4'The Viking." On account of the great success Ysaye has met with In this country he will re main here under the same management until the middle of May. Operas recently given at Alexandria, Egypt, Include "Alda." "Othello." "Trov atore," "Lucltt," "Favorlta." "Cavallerla Kustlcana" and "Gloconda-" Paderewskl is alleged to have declared that there are only two musical nations In the world, the Gypsies and the Jes,i. With the others music is a matter of cultivation. Frau Sucher has Informed sn Interview er that she Is astonished at the Intelli gence of American audiences and that they are much more famlllur with Wagner than she expected. Richard Stuhl, who wrote the music to "The Sea King," Is dramatizing "The Heavenly Twins." The twins themselves are to be the chief feature; and there will be much music In the play. . Miss Mae Edwards, of Philadelphia, who was called upon suddenly to take the pa-t of Kitty Clover In "Princess Bonnie" dur Ing Its engagement, In Baltimore, created a most favorable impression, being bright and exceedingly cleveg. She is destined to become quite popular in comic opera. Arrangements have been completed whereby Pauline Hall will, at the close of her present season, make a tour of Europe on a bicycle, accompanied by George 1). McLellan and Mr. and Mrs. Duncan B. Harrison. Miss Hall will sail on the City of New York In May and return about Sept. 1. An Italian paper says that the violon cello upon which Slgnor Prattl plays Is valued at $2,000. Ysaye has a UuaxOacnini worth Jl.JOo, and Jean Gerady plays upon a Guarnerlus valued at M.0U0. The Strad Ivarlus that belonged to Ernst, and said to be worth $10,000, has come into the poi. session of Lady Halle. 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