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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.
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JJllL^lifl, SISOING AND
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JtiNNY (iKAU-MAIER
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