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THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: SUNDAY. XOVEMHEn 15, 1903.
' ABOUT PLAYS PLAYERS AND PLAYHOUSES
Two mora restful spnta appear In Omti'
calendar of the playhouse, both set down In
last week's record. Millie Jaran left Omaha
with the gratitude of several thousand
people following her, people whose tauten
bad been Jaded by a reaselrsa round of
mimical comedy, problem play, or Inane
Society dm mil. She came with aa dainty
and refreshing a conceit aa the dramatist
haa ever offered or a clever actor produced,
and her vialt waa aa grateful aa a ahower
on a summer day. The other restful spot
( furnished by Jo Welch and lila com
pany, who broke Into a round of melo
drama with a piny, homely In Ita every as
pect, and somewhat crude In Ita details,
but delightful In that it gives a new type
to the stage, and one that ought to go a
long way toward making Ita creator popu
lar. Doth of these productions received the
patronage they merited, and that means
crowded houses at each performance. The
other bills of the week were well attended,
and the local vaudeville patrons were
squally aa well cared for a thoae twho
take their pleasure at the shrine of the
more connected muse. Incidentally, the
vaudeville habit Is growing In Omaha, arid
'regular patrons of both the Boyd and the
Krug are coming to be numbered among
those who are aeen at least once during
the week at the Creighton-Orpheusn.
'OMArf A. Nov. 12-To the Editor of The
Itee: Pardon me for again asking space
for my opinion concerning the play "Iris."
I thank you for allowing me to give your
reader an Interpretation of that piny
which was so different Irom the position
taken by The Pee.
. . Kognrdlng your reply to my artlcte, per
mit. me to eey that the writer for The
tee and myself approach the problem from
two diametrically opposite view points. The
Bee's criticism of both "Iris" and "Ghosts"
jt)stjuia this statement, and convinces me
that to answer In detail The Bee's criti
cism of my position would require more
space than I care to ask for or than you
could give. But this In general:
"Iris" was a well know product of condi
tions over which she had no control; for,
, tnlnd you. what society or conventionality
sows must be reaped In good or bad human
beings, aa the case msy be. And these
products of unwise conditions find It dlffi-
' cult to be good. Iris tried to do what
she believed to be right, but she needed the
co-opeiatlon of Trenwlth and failed ut
terly when left to herself.
There was no effort on my part to Justify
Trl. I look "non life as one, upon hu
manity aa a whole. No one can live with
out, the co-operation of others. Nature's
, laws are Irrevocable. "Whatsoever Is sown
will bn reaped." aa truly of society as of
Individuals. And an examination of the
e-,,-lolcl conditions of Great Britain,
from no further back than 1813, will dis
close the terrlhle causes of the result made
so plain In "Iris." Society had produced
a creature It did not like, and then de
stroyed Its own child. I pity the child
and would like to see society purge Itself
of unwise conditions that cutf only result
In sorrow and defeat.
Tnu say that what the Individual rows
must be reaped. I agree and repeat that
the same must be true of society. You
condemn the Individual. I say the Indi
vidual Is a product and should be saved,
nd that salvation Ilea, only, In better
Sociological conditions for society a
whole. Thanking you for your kindness
In allowing me to express these opinions to
your readers, I am, alncerely yours,
' W. E. CLARK.
Mm Clark argues with force as well as
, persistence, but his postulate Is wrong:
society Is not responsible to the Individual,
but the Individual Is responsible to so
ciety. Society is charged with the duty
of protecting itself, and no reform which
does not contemplate this axiom can ever
succeed. The convention In the Iris cast
, Is the outgrowth of all human experience,
and It may well be doubted if society ever
revokes the; decree against which Mr. Clark
argues.
OMAHA, rfov. 12. To the Editor of The
Bee: Coming balk to "Iris" once more, I
. hnartlly approve your aound, healthy and
fenrless views In answering Mr. W. E.
Clark.
You are right; critic have no business
to throw the mantle of charity on Tan
queray's Irises or others of their kind.
Critics, like modern surgeons, cut deep to
the bona with a firm and bold stroke.
You cannot make an Incision with soft
words, nor can a critic give his unbiased
xiews by smoothing down vice, by white
washing black or finding extenuating cir
cumstances due to conventionalisms.
Iris In bad and no one can deny It.
Bhe cannot play the part of wronged inno
cence or the Innocent sufferer, fihe Is not
a beginner In life, and she ought to know
the difference between bad and good, be
tween right and wrong. Bhe deceived her
true lover by allowing Maldonado to keep
her, and lied to the Tatter by keeping up
relations with Trenwlth. and, as you can
not serve two masters, she deserved the
ftte she received after she was found nut.
Women, as a rule, are severer critics when
It conies to paa ing Judgment on the wrong
doings of women than men are. Men are
apt to forgive and fyget sooner than
women, and men will give a fallen woman
the uplifting hand It there Is a spark of
gnodnevs left in her, while women never
will; but an Iris has no sympathy, even
with men, and Plnero waa right when ho
made Trenwtth turn hi bark to Irla and
caused Maldnnado to kick her out after
finding out that she waa not true to blfn.
Nnw a few words about the "heavy vil
lain," Maldonado. I cannot help but doubt
that Plnero ever Intended to portrsy htm
aa black as the actor did when he played
his part a fori night ago at the Boyd.
Maldonado loved Irla passionately ; no
one will dispute thst; and that his inten
tions with Iris were good and pure Is
shown by the fact that he offered bis hind,
bla name and his worldly poaaeeslons to
her for the sake of possessing her. She
accepted him. but later on rejected him.
He iollowed her to Swltaerland; there 1
nothing villainous about that; the rest of
her admirers did the same. He watched
over her and was ready to stand by her
and help her In time of distress and need,
when slve lost her fortune. Now what la
there in Malilonnrto to stamo him as a
rascal? Surely not "because he was rich.
Immensely rich; surely not because he truly
and )Hslontelv loved lrl; surely not be
cause he wanted Iris to himself and planned
tta have the young lover out of the way
and have the field to himself. , Who
wouldn't do taatf. .
Now, aa to the check book, I think .that
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the actor took It rather upon himself to
picture the episode In a light deroratory
to Msldonsrtn's character without Plnero a
consent. Maldonado knew tht Iris, being
brought up In luxury and romfort, would
not stand privation, poverty and "1y,ryj
lie knew that Iris would not be satisfied
with the paltry yearly Income of bW and
live honorably and uprightly the life or a
fmre and gMl woman. She must nave
uxury, gaiety and dacallng show, and
would have It. no matter how It tame.
Was It not rather honorable and gentle
manly on hla par ,frer h,r. cl'frk,
book so she might draw on him for her
necessities rather than to obtain them ny
other means? Whv censure his motives
as villainous In trying to help the woman
he loved? That his Intentions with Iris
were not merely to "get the best of her
end then, as It Is In most cees. abandon
the woman who gave herself away to the
man. Is shown where he offers to marry
her. to leave his home, his country, his
friends and everybody for her sake and
for her alone, even after she had lived in
his flat. Where Is the rascality of Mal
donado? How many would sacrifice their
name, position or their standing in the
community for a woman who has a dark
reputation and a shady paatT Ilse
Nekhludoff In "Tlesiirrecilon, who was
ready, for the sake of atonement, to give
up everything In the world to rlsht the
wrong and to follow the woman whom he
ruined, so Is Maldonsdo sacrificing every
thlng for th sake of the woman be loved,
willing to give her a name and standing in
the world If she would only marry him.
It is not to protray a Katusht or an
Iris, with all the horrors of a debauched
life or of the sinking In the mire of de
bauchery, which Is Bhadowed by conven
tionalism till death, but to picture the
better side of the man who would defy
public opinion and all Sorts of conven
tionalism to uplift women from the depths
of adultery and UH&VTCHINER.
It was very apparent to even the most
superficial observer that "Irla" was pre
sented with an eye Single to putting the
heroine In the beet possible light. To this
end Maldonado was deliberately sacrificed,
and his motives made to appear of the
worst. They are, however, easily sua
ceptlble of the Interpretation given them
by Dr. Holovtchlner.
OMAHA. Nov. . To the Editor of The
Bee: I notice in your criticism of Ibsen's
"Ohnsti" that you take the same view re
garding the play that you do In your
criticisms of Plnero'a plays, namely, that
the question with which the author deals
Is not tit to be brought before the public
through the medium of the stage. That the
evil exists you do not contradict, your chief
objection to the plays In question being
that the subject fa an unpleasant one one
that will disturb what some ultra-sensitive
people are wont to dub their aesthetic
sense, and ought therefore to be kept In
the background. You admit that Plnero haa
drawn his characters from real life, that
there are Mrs. Tanquerays and Iris, yet
you would have us close our eyes to this
great evil and try and form for ourselves
a fool's paradise, forgetting the miseries of
the unfortunate and, ever and anon, re
minding; ourselves that the world Is all
right when a little consideration will con
vince us that It In not.
For my part I look upon Pinero's playn
an a sermon from the stage; true, he does
not give us a solution of the problem he
does not attempt to but at any rate be
gives us a warning, and In a brutally can
did war presents us the consequence that
will ultimately follow any divergence from
the straight road which society has laid
out. Of course. It Is all very nice and
pleasant for things to end happily; we are
overjoyed at the reformation of a Maslova
or the nobleness of a Dmitri, we like to
feVil that the world wes that way, but
when somebody tells us that Maslovas are
scarce and Dmitris more so, when he paints
man as man and discloses the pill without
any sugaring, and when he presents the
world as it is and not aa it ought to be, we
at once prattle about our aesthetic senses
and wonder at the Immorality of the man
who has the hardihood to think of such
things.
Though the Idea may seem extravagant
to many, I sincerely believe that Plnero
Is doing more to reform this great evil by
showing up the "cheerless vista," the hid
den thoughts ot the unfortunate woman,
than many of us who, for fear of dirtying
our garments. Ignore It altogether. I can
not see why we shudder at the problem on
the stage when we view It with equanimity
en the larger stage of life with the one
difference that in tha one case it Is given
to us In the language of the drawing room
and in the other in the fouler language of
the saloon. HARRY LOCHNER.
To begin with. The Bee did express Its
opinion as to existence of such conditions
as are depicted In "Ghosts." and It was a
decided negative. It may havs been that
the denial was not sufficiently "definite
snd specific," ss the lawyers have It. but
any deficiency in that regard may be taken
an hers amended. Such Instances as that
of the Alving family ars rare, and In this
country are extremely . so. Ws do not
suffer from that social condition so senteh
Uously described by Sudermann as the result
of "centuries of inbreeding." Nor Is it
at all likely that, so long as we continue
to exist as a democracy, we will be liable
to the awful effects of heredfty so terribly
depicted by Ibsen. As to Pinero's women,
The Bee does not now recall that It has
ever admitted that they wers drawn from
life. In the case of "Iris" The Bee ex
pressed a grave doubt as to the existence
of a woman so Insanely weak. Mr. Plnero,
like Prof. Ibsen, has saturated himself with
a theiry rather than a condition, and
creates hla women to meet his ticmand,
rather than taking them from real life,
lie reaches a similitude that Is striking,
probably, but as to the fidelity of his draw
ing, doubt will always exist.
Aa to The Bee's opposition to thst sort
of play, several good reasons exist for ob
jecting to the public discussion of the
theme to which Mr. Plnero and his follow
ers, Prof. Ibsen and hla followers, and the
whole class of morbid minded debaters of
the questions Involved, cling with such
pertinacity. "In the first place, ths-matter
of delicacy must be considered. The sub
ject Is one rather for the cllnlo than for a
social conversation. Ths knowledge oon
veyed by ths play is of a useful sort, If It
be lightly used; but, like 'much other In-
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formation " necessary t5 a well b.illinecd
life and a thorough understanding of the
functions of the body. It la not a proper
sort to be disseminated through so public
a medium as the stage. In every other walk
In life the subject Is handled with gloves, at
least, and It should be so. on the stage. If
the defenders of the problem play will think
even a moment, they will understand that
It Is not prudery but prudence that dictates
this view of the case. "A little knowledge
Is a dangerous thing." and It Is only a
little knowledge that the problem play gives
of the great questions that are Involved.
As to the necessity for the problem play,
The Bes Is Inclined to the opinion that
there Is none. First snd foremost, no
amount of warning has ever served to pre
vent people from doing wrong. Adam snd
Eve In the Garden of Eden were given the
most solemn adjuration In connection with
the Inhibition laid on the fruit of the tree
that grew In the middle of the garden,
"For In the day that thou eatest thereof
thou Shalt Surely die." Yet they ate the
forbidden fruit, and In turn each and all
of their descendants have partaken cf It
In some form or other. Man ruahee heed
lessly on to his fate, In whatever direction
his fate lies, and no number or manner of
warning signs along- the way will deter
him. From the cradle to the grave he is
of an Inquisitive and Investigating turn of
mind, and. Is seldom, if ever, willing to
take another's word for It; he must be
"showed." Moreover, the fatuous belief
that the fate that has overtaken all others
may be evaded by himself animates and
cheers him until his doom can no longer
be evaded. Mrs. Bellamy was a victim to
this delusion, and In this regard only can
be accepted as typical.
One word more,, and The Bee hopes to
dispense with this topic. Prof. Ibsrn pre
sents ss a defense for Captain Alving that
he was billeted in a little country town
where he had no opportunity for the ex
ercise of his naturally great abilities;
where the routine of his official duties
formed his sole occupation, and where his
bright, buoyant, Joyous nature found no
outlet. Consequently he turned hla atten
tion to debauchery. To a well-balanced
mind- this appears to be about the silliest
excuse ever put forward in extenuation for
a wasted life. If Captain Alving was so
bubbling over with good impulses, it would
appear that a village that afforded the op
portunity for a life of such herolo profli
gacy must have also had some chance for
a man who wanted to be decent. The con
clusion is Irresistible that Captain Alving
preferred the evil that life offered him,
and did wrong from choice rather than
from compulsion.
Coming; Events.
Lew Dockstader's minstrels will be the
offering at the Boyd this afternoon, to
night and Monday night. This organisa
tion is said to bo the biggest and best In
the history of minstrelsy. It certainly
would appear so from the Hat of old-time,
eminent minstrels which make up the per
sonnel of the aggregation. Carroll John
son, called the "Beau Brummcl of Min
strelsy;" Nell O'Brien, considered next to
Mr. Dockstader ons of the best black-face
minstrel comedians In tha profession, snd
Eddie Leonard, the best soft shoe dancer
sines Billy Emerson's time, are a part
of the comedy contingent. Among the vo
calists are: Frederick Bowers, the author
of "Because," "Always" and a score of
newer song hits; Emanuel Romaln, the
leading balladlst; John Earley, the well
known basso; William Hallett, the bari
tone; Harry Ellis, the famous tenor; Gray
Weller and James Wallace.
The late Charles H. Hoyt's satire on poli
tics, "A Texas Bteer," will be given at the
Boyd for two performances only, Tuesday
night and Wednesday matinee. The frail
ties' of tha American system of politics ars
held up to view In a most humorous man
ner in "A Texas Steer," and a love story,
pretty and dainty, follows the course of the
piece. J. A. Devlin enacts the role of
Maverick Brander, the Texan cattle king,
who is elected to congress against his will.
Bossy, his laughter, is In the hands of
pretty May Bretonne, while Milt Barlow,
ths old-tlmo minstrel king, Is seen as the
Minister to Dahomey. William Marblo Jr.
is H. Brossy Gall and N. T. Chatterton
Major Yell. The balance of the characters
are In capable hands.
J. H. Stoddart, the veteran actor, will be
seen at tha Boyd for four performances,
starting Thursday night in Ian Maclaren's
"Bonnie Brier Bush," ons of that cele
brated Scotch author's beat creations. "The
Bonnie Brief Bush" tells how the son of
an earl. Lord Donald Hay, wins the heart
of the old shepherd's daughter, Flora
Campbell, and weds her. Laehlan Camp
bell, the shepherd, not believing in the
marriage story, casts his daughter from
the house with bitter reproaches, after
wards eraslpg her name from the family
bible. But the daughter returns and Lord
Donald comes to claim his wife. Mr. fitod
dart's company Includes Robert V. Fergu
son. Damon Lyon, Mabel Brownell, Goorga
Wurnock. Pearle Redding, Julius McVlcker,
Adelaide Cummlng, Wallace Jackson,
Helen Homes, Queenls Phillips, Robert Ire
land, R. C. Easton and Thomas McLaugh
lin. The attraction at the Krug theater the
first half of the -week, opening with to
day's matinee, will bs Nellie McIIenry In
"M'Ubs." dramatised from Bret llarte's
story of ths same name. She la a daugh
ter of old Bummer Smith, a dissipated
miner who has Just struck It rich. The
fsther Is murdered by a Mexican, who at
tempts to gain possession of the old man's
rich mines and also his daughter by having
a woman accomplice proclaim herself, after
his death, the wife of the murdered man,
Ths murder la plaoed by the Mexican on
the shoulders of the schoolmaster, - with
whom ths heroine Is In love4 but after the
arrest a daring rescue Is made by M'Uss,
assisted by Yuba Bill, ths big-hearted, rol
licking driver of ths bi-weekly stage coach.
Of course ths play ends with the rightful
murderer being discovered and the heroine
marries ths schoolmaster. Tha company Is
headed by Nellie McIIenry and Includes
Mart Helsey, Frank Dayton, J. Duke
Jaxone, Ben F. Grlnnell. L. J. Loiing,
Charlea Drake, Thomas Murray. William
F. Dlehm, Madge Olllnger and Ella Gardi
ner.' Ths attraction at' ths Krug theater for
ths last half of the week, opening Thurs
day night, will be ths farce-comedy,
"Where is Cobb?" This is a new piece' of
nonsense, having been produced only about
two months ago, and Its mission is merely
to make people laugh. "Cobb" has been
seen in Denver, Salt Lake City, St. Louis
and other western cities. There are nu
merous specialties In ths production, all
of which ars said to bs of a high order.
There will be only one matinee of "Cobb,"
and that will be next Saturday afternoon.
Franclsca Redding, ths popular come
dienne, supported by her own company,
will present a sketch entitled. "The Cattle
Queen" at ths Orpheum for the week com
mencing with a matinee today. It was
written expressly for her by Will M.
Cresssy. Falk and Simon ars a pair of
versatile instrumentallats, who intermix
their music with 111 tie unique comedy of
their own. A skit of the rapid-fire con
versational order will constitute the offer
ing of llinea and Remington. The Panger
trio, contortionists, after an absence of
several years touring Europe, return with
some new bualneas added to their "stunt-"
They-see known as "ths parlor gymnasts."
Mrs. Carl Panger will render their musical
acccuipanlincula, "A Freucn Frspi" ts
what Taulo and Dlka Call their act. They
are operatic singers. Alexus Is billed as
"The Great." his claim to this title among
his guild being based on his ability to do
daring snd clever things on unlcycles and
bicycles. One of his best feats, and one
never attempted here before, Is a somer
sault while mounted on a wheel. Rosa
Lee Tyler, the "creole nightingale," will
be another of the vocal cards. Entirely
hew motion pictures will be projected by
the klnndrnme.
GosbIb) from stasjelaad.
Edwin Milton Royle and So'ln Fetter
Royle sre "resting'' In New York Just now.
Now there Is talk of the Orpheum Cir
cuit comnnny putting up a thetr a. St.
Joseph. That ts Just what the town needi.
One of Anna Held s chorus girls mistook
a bottle of carbolic acid for a face lotion
and applied It freely. Bhe may lose her
eyeslgh t.
Rlcnard Mansfield promises to give his
first performance of "Ivan the Terrible"
In Chicago after he haa presented "Old
H oldlr berg."
E. H. Pothern has concluded his engage
ment In New York, and on tomorrow will
commence his tour of the central west in
"The Proud Prince."
When Virginia Harned returns to New
York she will begin a long engagement nt
the Criterion In her husband's play, "The
Light that Lies in Woman's Eyes."
"The Girl from Kay's," the latest of the
Iindon Gaiety exnortattons to New York,
Is called vulgar and said to lack in every
thing but broadly suggestive lines.
"The Prince of Pllsen" has msHo a hi
hit on the coast. At San KrancUco Jews
uanoy was almoit an big a man aa the so
cialist mayor during his stay In the city.
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
It Is a good thing for Omaha musically
that Mr. Willis, Secretary, and, in fact, gen
eral manager and commander-in-chief of
the Young Men's Christian association, la a
musician, for In his course of entertain
ments he Is In the habit of presenting to
us every year a concert Company of the
very best rank and composed of artists of
distinct reputation.' This year he pre
sented to us Mme. Suzanne Adams, soprano;
Mr. George Crampton, basso; Mr. Karl
Grlenauer, 'cellist, and Mr. Stephens,
pianist, at the Boyd last Monday. The
concert was a most Interesting one, and, as
It was .fully reviewed in The Bee the
morning after, further comment thereupon,
which was certainly a bright particular
ooeaslon, is unnecessary here. But I would
say a thing or two concerning the par
ticipants, and more especially of ths two
who Interested me most, Mr. Crampton
and Mr. Grlenauer.
.Mme. Adams' singing Is another indica
tion that the line will bs more and mors
distinctly drawn between tha two walks of
the profession, ths concert and the operatic
stage. Mme. Adams is an opera singer
pure and simple, Just like Nordics, et si.
Bhe does things which are not considered
compatible with artlstlo achievement on
ths concert stage. With the concomitants
of scenery, costumes, calcium lights, snd
all those other things which go to make
up the presentation of an opera the details
of singing are oft-times unnoticed In ths
general effect. But when ons comes upon
the concert stage In other words, when
one sings in concert or oratorio there is
nothing to detract from the clear analysis
of the art of singing, pure and simple, as
set forth or not set forth by the singer.'
In opera the too prevalent aspiration of
the singer Is to "catch the audience" by
some vocal trick, a prolonged high tone, a
terrific fortissimo or some other pyrotech
nlcal effect.
Ths trend of the modern opera is to make
actors and actresses, not sinters, therefore
I contend that the line will be more and
more sternly drawn and In a few years
you and I will look' for1 ."singers," as
"singers," upon the. concert' and. oratorio
programs and opera singers, out of opera,
will be a thing of ths past. Ons cannot be
both.
Mme. Adams' "Mezza voce" (not Mesio
voce, aa accidentally appeared In the crit
ique of the concert) is lamentably weak,
and why? Because It Is seldom used In
opera, where noise, or, to put ft mildly,
a strenuous tone. Is considered an essen
tial. And yet I hays a very distinct recol
lection of a beautiful "singing" presenta
tion of the "Nozze dl Figaro" (Mozart)
some years ago, in the Auditorium at Chi
cago, when Mme. Emma Eames sang so
exquisitely ths part of the "Contesss."
This "Mezza vocs." What is It? In
Grove's dictionary, which Is ths authority,
I find that It means "with ' restrained
fores." That la to ssy. with the energy
of ths tons kept well In bounds, not let
out lavishly, and, ot course, not pushed or
pressed out.
Now, Mr. Crampton Is a good example of
a good concert singer, Who uses his voice
well, who does not push, or press, or force
his voice out Especially was thla the case
In his "Still in the Night," by Frani Abt.
His voice Is beautiful at all times, and It
does not change its placing every bar, nor
does he keep it pushed into a certain place
all the time. His lowest and highest tones
were absolutely easy, and graceful and In
tense, as waa evidenced by ths cloae atten
tion which was paid to his work by the
large audience which filled ths Boyd, from
orchestra to chandelier.
I had the honor of a visit from him ths
day after ths concert, (I never like to meet
these people before) and I asked him, "To
what do you attribute your distinct com
mand of your voice?" and the answer
came prompt and decisive, "To my under
standing of the breath. I had a teacher
ones, who fixed that tor me. and when that
was done, everything else came easy." Mr.
Crampton is a very young man. Just a
little over 30, gifted, unspoiled and atudlous.
He has had profitable and prominent en
gagements In this country, for seasons past,
and he has a brilliant future awaiting him.
He will be ons of the leaders In his line of
work in ths American ranks of concert
artists. If he stays here. Mr. Crampton
was born In historic old Londonderry, In
Ireland, so that hs comes by his tempera
ment and emotional singing naturally. His
early training waa In some ot the great
church choirs of England.
Mr. Kurl Grlenauer, wizard of the 'cello,
with a tone of pathos and beauty, ranging
from the sobbing of the pines In ths forest,
(as the poets insist) to tin "lovely laugh
ing water."
He Is surely an artist, in every mood, In
every turn, In every particular.
He Is of Vienna, and he loves Vienna al
most as well as he does his old 'cello, a
genuine Amatl, which he honors "on ac
count of Its old Age, If for nothing else,"
It having seen over K0 birthdays, according
to Its former owners. Hs played for me
many beautiful things and In. each one of
them his tons was something phenomenal.
We discussed the question of "concert
stars and opera stars; their place and sta
tion," and in response to my question
"Why do not ths so-called great singers,
ever give In their concert programs, an ex
ample of ths pure song style, for Instance
ths compositions of Robert Franz, Schu
mann, Schubert, Brahms, or thoae exquis
ite snd tender and beautiful writings of
Messenet, Lalo, Berlioz, Saint-Saena, and
others of that poetical, sentiment-born
French school Instead of Inane and empty
English ballads?" hs replied, with his
native and charming artlstlo enthusiasm,
and keen Insight, "Ah, my dear air. they
must have what you call ths 'clapping,'
they must have the 'clapping.' or elas they
ars not satisfied, and the good, tha true,
the beautiful things do not get that. No!
No!"
And I thought a while.
Mr, Jottyb. G&bia gave a very Interesting
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