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2 tßiy details. This would Insure thorough lnspec stor.. aad If anything happened as the result of a vie lation the oar* could be produced, the Inspec ted *O X' could be found, aad the responsibility be laid conclusively at hla doer. The cards of tbe Tenement House Department apply, of course, to the sanitary side of the work. Those of the Build ings Department wou'.d CMMSTB the structural de tails Any veteran builder wfll second me when I cay that, aa the result of the careless management of the Building* Department In the laet thirty year* seven of every ten buildings In Manhattan would fall down were It not for the structures standing alongside of them." There are ninety-nine building Ir.speetors for the Borough of Manhattan, forty-fosr of whom have THEATRICAL INCIDENTS AND NEWS NOTES. THE I? OOF GARDENS BEGIN TO OPEN THIS WEEK— PARSIFALIA" AT HAMMERSTEDTS. Th« theatres are fast closing their doors, and to morrow night the roof gardens begin to open. "Wang." at the Lyric; "The Dictator." at the Cri terion: "Plft. Paff. Pouf." at th« Casino, and "The Yankee Consul," at the Broadwny. are the only dramatic- or musical attractions which will be vis ible in a Broadway theatre this week. But Oscar Hammers? opens his roof garden on the Victoria and BeJssco theatres to-morrow, nnd the new roof rtrden above Che New Amsterdasa Theatre will also ooen. Oscar Hammerstcln's bill Includes twelve vaude ville acts and his new musical melange, entitled "Pairlfalla." with a chorus of seventy young wom en Mr. nsBMHSIStSIn wishes to make it plain that "Parslfalia" Is in no sense a burlesque of the opera. The thread of plot, which serves to carry m. number of musical bits, has to do with tho tribulations of a foreign Impresario. Herr Siegfried Confrled. who is punished by the Goddess Musica for attempting to produce 'Parsifal" without the permission of Frau Wagner. Confricd is thrown into a trance by the wrathful muse, end his trials and difficulties assume various characters which appear before him in review. The cast Is headed by Emma Carve. Eleanor Falk. nettle Youlton, Frieda Valentine and James Ward. Amor.s the specialties there are a number of European nov elties, first among them "The Mysterious Face, which promises to outdo the "Ara" sensation or last season. This is a French act. which has been 6«n for the last eight months at the Palace Theatre. London. It Is the invention of M. Tewltt. and is an Ingeniously contrived replica of a human countenance, Plx feet In diameter. M. Fewltt worked fifteen years In perfecting his Invention and is enabled now to cause the face to assume a variety of mill—lß— Among the other special ties are the Sunny South Plantation Band, the first Northern appearance of this negro organization, from Charleston. S. C: Paul Spa,lonl. a remarkable European ussier, who works with 50 pound can non balls, which he catches on the back of his neck, nnl-=hirg his act by catching a full wetgU cannon in the same manner: Charles T. Aldrlch the Ameri '., Fregoli- the Gosch Sisters, the first women rvmna«s to attempt head-to-head balancing; "Willy" Zimmermann another European Importa tion in his portraits of masters of music (an act wbleh has had a long continued succes "? R h ? other side*; Musical Dale, v.th his chimes; Rice and Prevost. pmtesque acrobats, and Collins and Hart, la a humorous tumbling specialty. e«aue old Holland, with its windmills, grist mills, bridges and fisher boats will h» seen on the root. «s last season, rmd the cows, poats. pigs, roosters nnd icke are on hand, as of yore. The entire gar den has been renovated and repainted for the com fort of the summer patrons The New Amsterdam Roof Garden will open to rr.crrow ni*rht with a skit called "A Little of Everything" as the attra-tion. J J McNally Is the author, and Fay Templeton and Peter F. Dailey axe the leading players. Following a successful week In "Resurrection," the West End Theatre will offer a production of "Under Two Flag*" this w»ek. As Cigarette, Miss Una Ab'U-Brinker will be seem in one of the most entertaining parts In her repertory, and will be assisted by the popular company of players now ettablifhed nt the West En 3 Theatre. The usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees wlil be given. The New-York Theatre roof BBS been refurbished throughout and made as picturesque and bower- Ilk* as possible for the present summer season, which begins next Monday week under the man agement of Ned Wayburn and F. Richard Ander eon, with the AVayburn & Anderson roof show, which will include two hundred entertainers. Three specialties by Ned Waybura will be the feature of the opening, notably or.a entitled "Ned Way burn's Girls" a successor to his last season's soc- Dssa "The Minstrel Misses." Qtaainl's Royul Marine Band, of Italy, and <>narr» Soi.lierno's or chestra will !m i-ermanent musical features through the season. An Interesting "tT*" in local vaudeville will occur this week, when the English comedian Charge* Hawu*y makes his farewell New-York appearar.ee at the Circle. t-ui>!>orte<i !iy an efficient company of j>layer*, in his one-act comedietta •Time Is Mil ■■ . . " Besides this- attraction are Tes chow's Cats, fast from Europe, a real novelty In animal acts; Raymond and Cavcrly. two funny Germans: the ;>li'<.-> Delmore, vocalists and in ftrumer.tn:lsts; Mark Sullivan, comedian and mim ic: Ten r?rcx>ke. Lambert and Pen Brooke, in their new niueical ski.; Mo».h-»r, Koughton and Moslier. acrobat* ar.d i-. - cilst?; Paul Btepbena. expert wire, artist; Rita Redmond. v->\i!i:-t. and the ritagraph, With a new series of rtews. The season of Fumrrrr •>;■■ re at Proctor's Fifty eljrhth Ftreet Theatre or f ned saccessfully with "The Fortune Teller," and for the second week the bill v.-iii brtag forth another Nielsen success, Victor Herbert sad Harry B. Smith's •'The Mag lng Girl." Grace Orr Myers will remain as prima donna, while l!errr<ri Hlrshberg will have the comedy part and Edward Metr.ilf ihe romantic role. Bei v Wallace Hoi per v.;il bead the bill at Proc tor's Twenty-third Street Theatre this week. She will be teen in a pinging specialty, in which (=he will revive hrr early Feng tuccessfs and Intro duce mary new s*>le< tior-.s. She will appear fftc\\ afternoon ana e* - ening at ti;<- Fifth Avenue and Newark tbf-ntres. also. "The ttarlc ••>■• which I>ror*<l h. novelty, will bo r«tn:ii*d. The surprising accomplishments of this ute':.-j; j- r •.«.-.. excttad com ment. An unusually attractive bit! is ani nun 1 at the Fifth Avenue The<»tr^, where both Wi'.H-im M. Thompson and Mrs. EAbx Wallaes Hopper will rfT.triirute to the eat'rtUament Of Mr. Proctor's asßsaaesß. Hr. Thorn? on's appearance in a •ketch b>- Clay M Oreeae. entltlf-d "For Love's Sweet Sak^." which was producer] a! tho raetat Actors' Fund tsattOMOial, i.-i: se. •;-, here as w«ll as at Mr. Pro£tor*a One-huadred-aad-twenty-ACth Thf-ntre. .Mr- Hopper here makes her start end finish on the loop-thf— loop ?*-ries of perform hiio-s. whicU tortodes 'iv. -;.iy -third Street and Newark. New Hews on the eractaat are. shown at the E«sen Musro. \:<. the afternrKjn and evening are concerts, with Professor ::r:iwr, rlolin irfflsitt* Professor Kaehae. 'cellist, and Professor Uerold on th«- darlaet. la the WorM la Wax new feat tires have been uj^ej. A Japanese juggler Is phown. who produeas Bra docks from apparently nowhere, catch-« !!«h'v hi the air anti takes women and ci.ii In v from ■w«.-r van-?. At the IK-ad of Keith's programtno for the cur rent week are Melntyr*.- and Hea-',. This Is the last SKaeoo they wU as seta la their sketrhes Next year they ar« to star, and so will be lost to the "conilr.uo^.-." For this STirSsfloii they wU present their skit. "lir. nreakalisin." Among the other attractions is Edwin Stevtr.s. «i;,.. with bis com pany. will bo Been In his comedy «k«?teh, "A Night Off." The return .-Tj K; f«Sßea« of Ethel Levey is •*? ar.cour.ccKi. She wii! be heard in many of the mXJ2LPZJ2S*2!*: 9SSP <'ohaa L'onroyand McDonald ,. 1 ?. tr Si lvo * musical "P^ialtici in -A Po litical PuU More coined will be seen when Bailey and Uadlson hold the boards. For the little OBeß jT* !rar >' s dl> * wln afford amusement Hoiden and I iorer.ee m " present thur comedy sket ii -The wSL2 £?*£**& \. lh " i ' ; »'-'">- at the bill will beglv«Bb>- X.-1 and Nettle Masse. Byrne and West Barto and Utfcny and th« biogTaph For this week at Dreamland. Coney Island, the (Sally afternoon ana evening outdoor programme of free shows remains unchanged. Mile. Helens Ge rard's equestrian performance with her trained horses and dogs, while neat.*! In a flora l doe ! cart difficult and dangerous feats. Bonavita's act with twenty-seven lions is the .e&tnre of Bostock's animal arena, Coney Island. a* It was !n Paris last winter at the Hippodrome. Ike daring displayed by the trainer last week whea he had his fight with Romeo.' a battle for life and death, < I. drilled the audience. Since then ther« h«* been little or no trouble. There Is a diversity of other acts on th«, bill - v which aim*-" to &"• °» *■«?•• «*•***" pSormtoißoM,^umas! •fiSU^T' in^ 14 "' doS8 t monkeys. snakVs and 23?nL.«T, •"»» '"?' the "Potato™ had va •-•». Draaouu. the trick mule, and Mack's dogs separate districts to patrol. The districts are of different size, varying from a few block* downtown to an area of seven square miles at the northern end of the Island. These inspectors art the first to discover violations and report them. In addition to these there are eight special In spectors, who examine a Job when the owner is not satisfied with the Judgment of the district Inspec tors. Twenty men. each of whom has a certain district, are assigned to the examination Of plumb ing, twelve of elevators, seven of iron work, two of theatres, one of hotels and two more are emer gency men. who sleep at the headquarters of tho department at night and who go to fires and "col lapses" to shore up tottering walls or learn tha cause of the disaster. and monkeys are added to the bin for the coming week, and also the boxing kangaroo, Jeffries. Tony Pastor presents this week the Manhassett Comedy Four, singers, dancers and comedians; J. Bernard Dyllya, who has not appeared here It* five years; Mr. and Mrs. Browning, In their comedy sketch entitled "The Cure"; John LeClalr, Juggler; the Hloekton-Smlth Travelpraph, famous pictures of famous places; the American Vltagraph. with new scenes of up-to-date pictures; and as an extra attract ion, Frank Mayne & Co., In a sketch, lne Tipster." MUSICAL COMMENT. Commercialism in Art — Dr. Dvorak and American Music. From newspaper statements made by Dr. Richard Strr.tiss s'nee his roturn to Berlin we learn that the composer who recently honored us with a visit thinks more of the artistic life of Boston and Chicago than of ours. In the ab stract that Is an expression with which It would be unamlable to quarrel. All hail to Boston and Chicago: But Dr. Strauss's- reason Is start ling—just a wee bit startling. There is too much commercialism In the artistic atmosphere of New-York, says the Idealistic Richard, and the public are too eager for sensations. In view FRAXZ YON VECSEY. of some of the Incidents connected with Dr. Strauss's American tour, these utterances have the breezlr.ess of a Kansas cyclone. Neither New-York nor any other American city ever dreamed in a decade of one-tenth of the com mercialism in art that Richard Strauss taught here in a month. Here are a few of many edify ing examples; Dr. Strauss came to the United States under the auspices of an eminent firm of pianoforte manufacturers, who undertook th^r concerts which wort- given in Carnegie Hall under the name of a Richard Btrauss Festival. The out come of that venture, no matter what the su perficial observer may have thought, was the most lamentable failure Jn the history of high class musical enterprises for years. Neverthe less), encouraged by the Interest exhibited at the last concert of the Philharmonic Society. at which Dr. Btrauss conducted pome other music than his own. it was agreed to give a farewell Strauss concert on the. eve of the composer's departure for Europe, at which the "Symphonia Domestlca" should be repeated. Simultaneously with Intelligence of this concert, the people of New- York learned that before say- Ing farewell Dr. Strauss would Rive two con certs at Warm maker's stores— complimentary concertF. at whir-h the people knew there would also be refreshments for the body as well as for the mind. Then there was a great awakening la tho pianoforte establishment; the farewell concert was cancelled. Here was a lesson In commercialism in art th.it startled ever, the fore most pianoforte manufacturers in the country. It was a fact, patent to all persons familiar with large musical enterprises In this country, that opportunities to exploit Dr. Btr&uss as a conductor of his own works could be found only In the cities which maintain permanent or chestral concerts, viz.. New-York, Boston, Phila delphia, Pittaburg, Chicago and Cincinnati. In New-York the Philharmonic Society had en gaged him as one In the group of foreign con ductors that stood at the head of the orchestra last season; besides this, the festival concerts already mentioned had been arranged. In the other cities his coming appealed only to the sentiment felt toward him as a composer by the conductors, for in no case was it even remotely probable that his engagement would 1." financially profitable, The simple rea eon of this was that the fee demanded for his rervices as, beyond all precedent, excessive. Nevertheless, he was engaged la all the cities mentioned except Boston. There, to see him at the head of the orchestra at one afternoon and one afternoon and one evening concert would have cost Mr. Hlgginson nt least $1,000 more than he could have recovered from the sale of all the seats not subscribed for. Dr. Strauss went to Boston on a sort of half punitive, half ex ploitatory expedition with the Philadelphia or chestra, sharing the conductor's desk at two concerts with Frit:: Scheel, the regular con ductor of the Philadelphia organization. The concerts were received with much favor by the Boston public. After the subscription season was over the committee of the pension fund of the Boston Symphony Orchestra asked Dr. Strauss to conduct a concert for the benefit of that fund. His reply was to the effect that ordinarily he would be clad to conduct such a concert without pay, but in view of the treat ment which he had received at the hands of the orchestra he would conduct the concert only on condition that he receive his regulation fee of $1,000. Eventually a compromise was effected on ii basis of f> per cent of the receipts. The concert was successful, and yielded Dr. Strauss $80u. It is customary the world over for great artists to give their services gratuitously at con certs of this character. Rubinstein was in the habit of Journeying every year to I,eip«lc t» NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. JUNE 5. 1904. EMMA CARUS. A' Hamnrrsteln's Paradise Roof Garden this week. play at the pension fund concert of the Gcvand hnus orchestra. The honorarium paid to Dr. Strauss at each concert In which he took part Included a fee for the services of Km«. Strauss-Dc Ahna, his wife. She was to sing a group of his songs and noth ing else. Now, Dr. Strauss belongs to a society of German composers and publishers who have associated themselves together for the purpose of exacting a performance fee, or royalty, for every piece of music written by the members and used by the concert givers. Heretofore per forming: rights went with the purchase of Korea and parts. These fees can be collected only on works published since the society was founded, about two years ago. At his American concerts Dr. Strauss made up his wife's programme* largely of his latest songs, and demanded t he royalty in every instai-.ce. For the honor of producing the "Bymphonla Domestic*** at the last of the festival concerts his backers paid for the score and parts for at least ten rehearsals, a fee for the right of performance and a fee to the conductor. An admirer has called Richard Strauss r»n "Anarch of Art." Let him have the honor of such a title. In more ways than one he de serves It. A laborer Is worthy of his hire. In the amusement world an artist Is worthy of as large a Rhare of the money which he nttra> ts to the coffers of his manasjgr r»3 he can honestly get. If commercialism tainted the artistic at mosphere of New-York during the sojourn here of Richard Strauss, whence did It eoOM? Who brought it hither? As for the love of sensation alism attributed to the metropolitan public, there were but two sensational musical shows in New-York last season— the one was "Par sifal," the other Richard Btrausa. The on* was taken, the other was left We feel that Dr. Strauss's conceptions of the ethics of art are scarcely more admirable than his principles of artistic creation/ An Hungarian prodigy has stirred up London and Is preparing to come to America on a tour of conquest next season. Pram yon Vecsey is the lad's name, and lie Is now eleven years old. There seems to be no question (is to his ex traordinary genius. Joseph Joachim is quoted as saying of him: "I am seventy-two years old, but never in my life did I ever hear the like or believe It possible. ' The father of the prodigy in a well-to-do citizen of Budapest, and a clever amateur violinist; bis mother Is also musical and plays the pianoforte admirably, Franz dis closed his gifts when be was four years oil. and his father promptly took him in hand, but at eight years turned him over to Hubay for development. He has now been Hubay's pupil for three years. Among the pieces played at the four concerts given In London thus far have be. -a Vieuxtemps's first concerto, Bach's G minor sonata, Paganlnl's concerto In I>, Tar tlnl's "Trillo del Dlavolo," Vleuxtemps's ballad and polonaise, and Mendelssohn's concerto, In its notice of the third concert, on May 17, "The Daily Telegraph" said: Vieuxtemps's flm concerto opened the pro gramme yesterday, so that the boy's technical op portunities began at the very outset They wore grasped, of course, with marvellous ease, and the close <>f an exacting work found the player fre«h and unexhausted. One regret Unit the music in Itself, apart from it? value as a means of display, bad not greater worth. Still, Vieuxtemps know how to pile up difficulties for the violinist, and in their surmounting lies a certain Interest for iii» listener. An adagio and a fugue by Bach were the. next pieces in the list. Both wire unaccom panied, and so calculated to expose the weaknesses of a less remarkable performer. And ret the fugue was (juit.- a miracle of pointed, masterly and Intelligent playing, of faulty intonation m common a tailing where unaccompanied Bach is • ■■Hi •! rued— one noted scarcely a trace. In a word, little Vecsey carried away his audience, and a short encore piece had to be given before the boy was suffered to depart. A characteristic example of Mutiny-- the young violinist's chief Instructor was supposed to bring the programme to a close, but when this had item played with consummate brill iancy without, so to speak, the turning of a hair on the performer's part (lure was the usual clamor for more, indeed, the audience mad* a scene after the "Paderewski" pattern, and gathered round the platform for further evidence Of the little artist's powers. Sonic I'.iganini variations w<-re first given, with results no less astonlKhinx than those of the earlier part of the programme; and then yet another concession to the. audience*! enthusiasm was made. Dr. Joachim, who sraa among the audience, must have had his memory keenly stirred by the afternoon's doing* Hut his own youthful triumphs can hardly have equalled those of the boy who Is now the marvel of our musical world. There is a gratifying appreciation of the music which the late Dr. Dvorak composed under American Influences In a review of his composi tions Which appeared in the "Xeue Freie Prease,** of Vienna, recently over the Signature of Dr. Julius Korngold. Says the writer: Dvorak had already composed five symphonies, the last one entitled "From the New World." whence be took it, when lie Suddenly turned his attention to the symphonic poem. He entered upon the path of Bmetaaa; and, ax Bmetana's national picture book "My Fatherland" occupies itself geo graphically and ethnologicaUy with the country and people of his home, so Dvorak turned to the popular legends of Bohemia. After all has beer. said, however, "The Noonday Witch. "The Water man" and "The Golden .Spinning Wheel" provide atractive music to repeilant subjects. . . . Hut these pieces are by tar not the best of his crea tions. Th.re was a foreign drop in nit blood. Only a short time, before be hud produced blooming creations in a department which was programme le«s. namely, the lust symphony in k minor, the quartets in F and A flat ami the string quintet in X flat. Here, too. the Impressionable, naive nature of the composer hud assimilated foreign Influences they had been neo-Teutonl<- in his symphonic poems, here they were American. But what a measure of creativeness in Dvorak's treatment of the bizarre mail stubborn material! The most wooden negro melody turns to gold! Dvoraks American music is l>ecome doubly actual In our glorious Cakewalk period! The good natured fling at the exotic dance which has recently delighted the novelty seek ing peoples of the European capitals does not lessen the satisfaction which may be felt over the fact that Dr. Korngold at least recognizes that there are American elements in the sym phony, quartet and quintet which Dr. Dvorak composed while living in America. In this he differs from the wise men of Boston who still persist in hearing only Bohemian idioms in those works. He errs In saying that the melodies are negro, but in that respect he has ninety-nine out of all the musical writers In the universe on hia pide. For ten years the musical writer fur The Trlbnne, backed by Dr. Dvorak himself, has tried to secure a correction of the false state ment that Dr. Dvorak had Incorporated negro and Indian tunes to these works; but It has been in vain. One Boston commentator said that the themes were derived from negro and Indian melodies; his successor sai<! th»y were nothing of the kind, and the spirit of the compositions was CMchteh. One was Just na right us the other, ami both were wrong. Dr. Dvorak took no melodies from either our black men <>r our red. He did copy the IntervaUic and rhythmical characteristics of slave music, and als<> Its spirit; and he did let the emotions Inspired bj Indian life tolor his fancy. Bat he .lid not borrow mel o.]|e«». That was ti"t his custom even In his music designed to smack of his native Bohemia. Thore Ip, probably, to »'.! ot his music but one direct Quotation from .1 national Czech melody, and that is a quotation which every Bohemian will recognise— the fundamental phrase <>f the "Hositzka." overture II sstraa doubly a pity, now that Dr. Dvorak Is djead, that the nnn crittcaJ minds of the critid cannot be set right on this point. The prompting which tmd» Dr. Dvorak com pos* his American symphony, quartet and quintet was twofold, He admired the elements In the popular songs Which caught the fancy of American!?, and he wanted to net an example to American composers. H*» was always willing to defend his attitude. in spite of the ridicule and contumely flung at him by men who ought to have appreciated highly the services which he did our national art, because he was clear and KTJBT HTTKR SAVAOK. Or» of Puss's Boiosfsta at "Venice." Madison S'iU""e (iarden. sound In his convictions on the subject. In an article which appeared in "The Century Maga zine" for February. IN.)."*, ho said: A while ago 1 suggested that Inspiration for truly national music might l»e derived from the negro melodies or Indian chants, I was led to take this view partly l>y the fact th.it the ao-ralled plantation ■■mg.s are Indeed striking anil appealing melodies it >; have yet been found on this side of the water, but largely by the observation that thin «iv:ns to be recognised, though often uncon sciously, by most Americans All races have their distinctively national songs, which they at ot.ee recognise as their own, evr-n if they nave never heara them before. . . . it Is a proper question to ask what songm then, belong to the American and appeal more strongly to him than any other What melody would Stop him on ,he street, if he were In a Btrange kind, and make the home feel- Ing well up within him. no matter h>nv hardened he rnlKht be or how wretchedly the tune were played? Their number, to ba sure. Fe<-ms to be limited. The mosl potent, as well as tbe most beautiful, among teem, according to my estima tion, are certain Of the so-called plantation melo dies nnd slave sotiK' : . all of which ure distinguished by unusual and subtle harmonies, the like of which I have found in n i other songs hut those of Scot land and Ireland. An autograph album owned by a musician liv ing in New-York contains a unique testimony to his admiration of negro tunes. That book wns once «enl to t lit* writer for Inscription. !i« wrote down a stave of ihc towchtng old "spirit ual," "Nobody Knows the Trouble I See, Lord!"' and appended the words, 'The lament Of an un happy critic." end his sixnature. Some time afterward the book was sent to Dr. Dvorak with a request f<:r his autograph. There were many blank pagea, and also Many opportunities to get into proud cotnjiany, hut Dr. Dvorak espied the critic's .stave and SBSMSSSiI Into the narrow margin of the page Ike winds: "I. too, am fond of negro melodies. Antontn Dvorak. ' Among the recent publications by U. Schirmer, New- York, are five songs, the verses by Fiona Macleod, the music by Helen Ilopeklrk. There Is a wild lilt In the poetry, the spirit of whteh has been caught by Mm*. Ilopeklrk and given out again with aufiinented freedom and ecstasy. The musical Idioms are those of Scottish folk song, hut they have a sort of rhapsodic expan sion which makes them singularly moving; and the accompaniments ma k" an independent ap peal which listeners will feel tugging at their heartstrings if th«Re songs get Into the concert room, as they ought. Having withdrawn his opera "Ma<lnma liut tertly" from Milan and subjected it to a revision, Signor Puccini produced It at Brescia last week. Private advices by cable say that in Its new form it made an "enormous success." The :<ev. J. B. Young, P. J., of Us! Church and College of Si. Francts Xavier, In West Slx teenth-s!., will sail for Europe next Tuesday. He is a member cf the committee appointed to consider ways and means for Introducing the reforms In church music commanded by the Pope of Rome, In the diocese of New-York, and will doubtless bring back an Int. resting and In structive report when he returns, which will be about September 1. OX THE PACIFIC SLOPE. Oxnard Begins Fight fur Senntur ship — Lett Hearst Charities. [BT TELCURAITI To THE MUM. JIB- 1 Ban Francisco, June Much interest is mani fested here in the comtai tisht for the United States Senatorship from California. Senator Bard until this week had made no definite an nouncement that be was a candidate to suc ceed himself. In fact, "he said lie would not run unless It was shown that there was a popular demand for him. a d»iT.a- !, according to Mr. Bard, which came this week. When the Kiverside County Republican --••-.nentio'". Instructed its Assembly nominee to vote for him for Senator. Y.'hile Bard was making up his mind whether or not he should run, Robert T. Oxnard, the beet sugar manufacturer, formally announced his candidacy. Oxnard is practically unknown to California politicians, but his managers have al ready begun a vigorous campaign. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst has withdrawn her sup port from another University of California char ity this week. This Is the West Berkeley Col lege Settlement, which has been maintained for nine years at an expense of about $.">,< MX) a year. Mrs. Hearst built a house, where about three hundred poor children receive training. That her decision to drop this charity was sudden is shown by the fact that she recently bought an adjoining: lot and proposal to increase the fa cilities of settlement. . An effort Is being made by the women in charge of the Children's Hospital to raise enowfffl money to carry on the Tny Memorial Home, at F.lmhurst, in the .summer and fal!. "The Chron icle" has agreed to receive any contributions. As the expenses of maintaining the home are only !?-(•»» a month, fhe necessary funds should be raised speedily. This home permits the send ing of relays of liMle invalids to the country, wh«»re they may get plenty of fresh air and fruit. The Children's Hospital Is not endowed, and, as its number of patients ts increasing, a permanent fund will soon have to be obtained to meet the growing expenses. After etKhr^en months nf legal sparriaft Adoiph Ottlnger, the leading cut rate ticket broker, was forced this week to serve two days In Jail for his contempt of court in violating an injunction forbidding him to deal in Knights of Pytbjas tickets over the Pnnta Fe routs in l'.«>2. < utilizer calmly went on soiling: tickets, despite the. injunction, and the railroad company's law yers had him fined $300 and sentenced to two days In Jail. Plans for the Improvement of the Sacramento and San Joaquln rivers have been submitted to the Governor. These plans embrace the dredg ing of th» lower Sacramento and the cut-off at Baker*! Point, near Tolls Landing, and work at various points on the San Joaquin. the whole amounting to ?175,00r\ The bid of the North American Dredging Company at f>.57 cents a cubic yard was accepted. A remarkable story came out of Victoria this week, to the effect that "William B. Tascott, the mnrdenv of Bnell. the Chicago banker, sixteen years ago, had confessed his crime and died In Alaska, The story gives much detail, and fits In with the detectives' theory that Tascott es caped to the Far North. As 520.H00 reward was offered for the arrest of Taacott. many de tectives took up the search, some going aa far as the Upper Yukon region in their search. What seems to discredit this latest story is that It represents the dying murderer haunted by the fear of pursuit, whereas the real fugitive must have known that years hnd changed him so that the chance of discovery was slender. It is probable that most of the property held In this city by Mrs. WBttftsj It. Vanderbllt. Jr.. which she Inherited from her father. Senator Jamas G. Fair, and her brother, will be sold to a syndicate. It Is understood that Mrs. Vander bilt has signed a bond to accept J2.500.000 for her realty, which is HMCSM more than her sister. Mrs. Theresa Oelrlchs, received for prop erty much more valuable. In fact, real estate agents are still talking over the sacrifices that Mrs. Orlrlchs made, as they declare the Phelan syndicate secured the property for SI.OOO.OrtO less than it was worth. Charles S. Neal, who has acted as agent for the Fair estate for many years, was relieved of his duties this week by telegraph, and the agency wns turned over to Thomas Magee & Bon, "A SUMMER PARADISE.*' Handbook of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Resorts. I'mler tl c attractive title, "A Summer Paradise." a handsome booklet has been Isnusd by the Dela ware and Hudson Railroad Company, setting forth the many delightful and healthful SOftS to be reached by It. The regions included .ire the Adirondack Mountains, Lake Champlam, I. .ike George, Saratoga Sprlnjjs, Oaoperstown and Sharon Bprsagß, With the aM of accurate maps, hand some Illustrations and clear typography the feat ures of these healthful and beautiful | ISjlllll are shown In the most attractive manner. Albany, as the headquarters and starting point for both the Saratoga and the Susquehaana divis ions of the Delaware and Hudson lines, his th»» place of honor. The company has It* general oflces at North Pearl sad Bteubni sts., where it maintains a bureau of informal inn for rhe benefit of the travelling public. At Albany connection is made from the day and night lines of steamers on the Hudson Kiver with tho Delaware and Hudson trains. Saratoga and its manifold attractions are pictured and presented In letter In a. manner to recall agreeable recollections to those familiar with them, and to Interest those to whom the region is new. The Adlrondacks, as "The Nation's Pleasure (.round and Sanatorium." have :\ target amount of SpSjee than any other region whOM attractions ar.> included in the book and the views of many picturesque scenes are presented. The Adiron dack branch of the Dataware and Hudson, from Saratoga Springs to North Creek, runs tor forty miles along the windings of the valley of tho upper Hudson. The charms of those delightful bodies of fresh water. Lake QeOKgS arid Lake bamplam, are pre sented with camera and pencil, with the. wild beatules of A usable Chasm and the Eastern AdV rondacks, through Pullman cats being ruri to Lake Placid and Sarnnai 1 . On the Susquehanna division, between Albany nnd Btoghamton, are many picturesque and pleas- Ing spots, where the beauties of Central New- York «re to be found, and the P'-ii!i-".v!v:iniu division e\ tenda from Nineveh to Wllkesbarre, lvnn. Eape clal rates for a lame number si summer excur sions are provided by the company. Copies of "A Summer Paradise will he sent to any address on receipt of four cents for Message by J. \y. Burdick, general passenger agent, Albany, N. Y. STUDIO NOTES. I.lrs. Henry Smock Bolce gave her annual con cert, or "June festival of music." at Memorial Hal! on Friday evening. June 3, assisted by Mis* Kmllv Rlanche Allen, violinist; Miss Lulu Kcsleston BsaasSt, and L. Mnnly-Thf. tenor. A: ions her pupils who rendered solos were Mrs. Lucie Brice Wood and Mtases Sadie Neu. Grace Di.*m:in<."t. Kdlth Scott and Susan Eastman Chapman and Ray Stillman ami A. Lee. Th» closing song and violin recital by some of the vocal pupils of Mrs. Wacisworth Vivian and violin ;uipils of llrnvph yon Kmle was Riven on ••;iiy-ge-eond-st. In a lons n'«d varied pro gramtae the. moat noticeable features were the solo "Kine Illlde ■<:■•■ damp" (Meyerbeer), rend.' by m "~s Chaiioito a Mlnuunciatrr, who rrrejv:-<l hearty applause and four recr.lls. and tho "Spring Son?" (Well), .«'iuri; by Miss Ottllie Schmlts. who received three recall*. ATLANTIC CITY SEASOX. Xorc Well Under TVay — Preparing for Celebration. Atlantic City. Jure 4 (Special).— The record or a remarkable season ti still being maintained. As the winter and early spring seasons were far ahead of those of any previous years, so the opening of the summer season has eclipsed all others. Ac cording to tradition. Memorial Day has been recog nized as the opening day of the summer season and on that day over forty thousand persona came here within forty-eight hours, and an e<jual num ber of visitors were on the island when they came. All of the beach front hotels were tilled almost to thrir capacity, and some of them were aa ci«*aaY', as in mid-August. The ceremonies attending the opening c* %^ ssaa 11 were not as elaborate this year as wufl>,' owing to the proximity of the golden jubilee csea 'oration. which begins" on June 15. and continues four days, and the b!~ events are being stored up for that occasion. But the Atlantic City Yacht Club followed the custom of previous yean by holdlng a marine parade. In which over one hun dred boats, both e:i'l and motor, followed Com moJorc Kuehnle's nag'hip. the Katharine X.. over 'he course along the ocean front, an! through the thoroughfares that wind among the meadows back of the city. When opposite the steel pier a salute was fired by the flagship in token of the formal opening of the season of 1904. That was the for mality, but the season has really been under way for several weeks, owing to the glorious weather ar.d the disposition of the vlsltora to open It ac cording to their own sweet will. Many persona have been In the surf dally for the last four weeks, and the bathhouses open.-d weeks ahead of time to accommodate the early bathers. Boating li also as popular as In midsummer, and the entire Inlet fie. t has keen kept assy with sailing and fishing parties. The early appearance of the blueflsh and many other favorites has had the effect of bringing; hundreds of anglers from the cities, and a ma jority of the private baathaaass along Gardner's Canal and at th* Inlet have been opened fully three weeks ahead of BChedMl time. One of the features of the big military and civlo parade on the last say of the semi-centennial cele bration week after next will be a division of auto mobiles, which will be made up of machines front all over the country. About en* hundred, have already been entered, and probably three times that many will turn out. Tha number of touring cars coming to the resort from New- York. Philadelphia and, in fact, from throughout the East and Middle West at this time Is amnzinpr, and has actually had a noticeable effect 0:1 the business of the railroads. It Is seldom that less then a score si machines cross the meadow turnpike in a day, and often there Will rXA ABF.IJi BKTXKH3L As Cigarette in "Under Two Flags." at t>.e "Was* Theatre this week. be fifty. The "scorchers'* are making: life a burden to the constables of tbe townships adjacent to At lantlo City, and two of them. have employed men to (It* chase to the autotsts on motor bicycles, but no arrests have yet been made. One of the largest non-political conventions of the year will open in this city on Monday, when the annual meeting of the American Medical Associa tion 'begins. There will be about three thousand delegates, representing every State in. the Union, til* new insular possessions and Canada. They will be accompanied by their wives ar.d friends to th» number of at least seven thousar.d. making ten thousand In all. and Drs. Walter Reynolds and E. A. Relley, of the local entertainment committee, have been Informed that approximately that num ber will attend. There are sixteen societies •within the association which will meet during the general convention. Ground will be broken on the first day of th« Jubilee. June 15. for the- new ?ostofflce. at Pacific and Pennsylvania ayes.. and the first earth will be turned with a gold ays by I'onsressrr.an Jonn J. Gardner, who was formerly Mayor of Iks city. The National Provident I'nion will convene hf»re on Monday at the Grand Atlantic Hotel. lbs dole gates will leave New -York !n a special train on Monday morning, arriving here at r.oon. KEEP COMING AT SSABRIGHT. Despite Depressing Weather Many Cottagers Arrived. BsalsjllTit. N. J.. J'.ine 4 (Special).— All that Is needed ssaks thir.i;* boom at Seabriirht and Mon- OhWth Dsach I- ■ Bttla more favorable weather. Dtpnsstag as th*» weathat was In tha last week, thoea who own smaaiei bOSBSSJ came to the chore Ji-^t the same It is now stated that Mriyor "- CMhH may 00 cupy a cottage ben and ■ A spend th« season at the Norm:*:- iie as v.-.»s reported early in th« week. This much is kr"w:i. that not later than Thurs day tile Mayo* Isslphniwd to a real estate ruaa here ressurdtaa 8 certain cottaga he saw while h-r» la>; week, WmiajXß C Stronc. of New-York, will spend the summon at his country hoi on The Point, near hare. Cokwel John J. HcCook, mi New-York, will be assaßSj the cottagers hero next week. M. C. V. Borden, el New-Terk, is at his Occanle home. The Rev. V. G. Hagaman has returned from C*l- Iforßta, and will ■'■'■'. Ms point! at the MetaoJiat Kpl:i-opa! Church lO^UMHIOW. The Rev. l>r Kaitland Alexander, of Plttsburg, will spend the sumni t .it this place. David l.amar, of New-York, Is occupying hfs country house, the SaaMsag property, on taa Kum.vMi Uoad. Mr. and Mrs. Washington K. Connor took pos- Besssm of their country home, interwellen. In I >ee;,;i-av»\. this »•« k Cecil Uarrett. ol New- York. Is spending th» summer at the Packer cottage. Musical. CHOIR EXCHANGE, ri;>>T!.ST.\.NT :\ d ROMAN CATHOLIC Churches reqTllP- Ing OnnsdW an - SuiK.rr ii'trliY Wi ALlFlKii, app'7 ta TUB JUIIN X \\i .■- ER CO s Cißcia •"• ::.:-: J4:S-st. I supply musical artists of all kinds for all occasions. JOHN \V CATCHPOLL. M E. 2aj St.. Telephone 2773 Graw.ercy. New Tork City. H. ZUR NIEDEN. pmxo. viou\. JJllL^lifl, SISOING AND COACHING. .STUDIO. 20t> WEST 13il>-ST. ■rrrtTpr t ;< T.i:aht. .r. c. ROsaS9a> Iffarv Fidelia Bart Sl ? ht Ftn ' r ' n « Ear Traratns. BlAiy Xiucua flun. ; HAIL. ir..l ■ • '■">. BJM F"lfth-»»a. JtiNNY (iKAU-MAIER ATaHoTriB Fr«ip Tocher or Ptano. Ceu«i Matho*. JidUAI.-C x^ic, s . v ,.;. l: j sift .Mn., t .ntam-ive.. n. lauth. I.'ItOOKI. \ V CARL V E NTH. WFJS'SU*