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By Grenville Vernon America has a national opera; It Is not "Mona," it is not "The Canterbury Pilgrims." it is not even "Shanewis"- - -t i8 "Madama Butterfly." It is our ?tional opera not because it contains gtrains of "The Star-Spangled Banner" ? because its tenor is an American jjgvy officer, but because our public has adopted it. A glimpse at the ncestry of the Puccini opera will show ti,, reasons for its popularity with our public, especially with the feminine portion of it The great-grandmother of the "Madama Butterfly" of Puccini ?nd Illica is the autobiographical ro? mance of Pierre Loti, "Madame Chry? santh?me." Now M. Loti is a French? man, and romanticist as he is, he has the annoying Gallic habit of facing facts. The result is that he has paint sd a charming little portrait in his "Madame Chrysanth?me," which, how? ever, would never, never appeal to the devotees of ice cream sodas who form the major portion of our Amer? ican matinee audiences. M. Loti's mousm? is a practical little body who frankly sells herself for a stated period, is not at all heart? broken when the period is over, has no ex?H"-'tati?n or apparently de? sire that her trial husband shall ever return to her, and is last seen counting the silver dollars he has given her and knocking them with a hammer to see if any are counterfeit. Quite impos? sible, of course, for an Anglo-Saxon feminine audience. We want our ribs tickled so that we may guffaw, or our hearts stretched so that we may in? dulge in an orgy of tears. The quiet, world-wise smiie, at once melancholy and fay, we do not understand. It an? noys, it irritates us, it offends our moral sense. We must have our illu? sion triply strained, lest unhappily it should contain even a grain of the good red earth. "Madame Chrysanth?me" gave title to "Madame Butterfly," the story by John Luther Long, the grandmother of the opera, and the Anglo-Saxon?let us say, rather, the mid-Victorian?meta? morphosis was complete. In the story we have all the requirements for Amer? ican popularity?passion disguised by the wedding ring, the deserted wife, the wife's fidelity unto death. Whether these are any more common in Amer ica than in France we leave to others to decide; at all events, we insist upon them in our novels and our plays. And then, of course, there is?The Child! Mr. Long's story had offspring in the piay of David Belasco, America's supreme theatrical alchemist. Need? les! to say, Mr. Belasco played up the "heart interest" for all it was worth, ??i ?cured a success in all portions o? the English-speaking world. The play of " Madame Butterfly" is the mother of the opera. It is of interest to note that the opera has always been a greater success in Anglo-Saxon than in Latin lands. In Italy its premi?re was indeed a failure, whether because the music uses Japanese themes, and was therefore not wholly Italian, or because of the na?vet? of the story, opinions may differ. Puccini rewrote some of the music, and since then the opera has gained popularity in its na? tive land, but it has never held the position of "Boh?me" or "Tosca." In America, however, we worship it, and to-day it is given perhaps twice as much as any other opera. In New York alone the week before last it was pre? sented by three different companies? at the Metropolitan Opera House, at the Lexington Theatre, and at the Park Theatre. The first Butterfly in America was Elza Szamozy, an Hungarian soprano, who sang in English at the Garden Theatre with Henry W. Savage's com? pany. Miss Szamozy's impersonation was an admirable one and was the talk of the town until three months later, on February 11, 1907, Miss G?raldine Farrar presented it at the Metropoli? tan Opera House. From that night Miss Farrar has been the Butterfly of Butterflies. Announce Miss Farrar in "Madama Butterfly," and the suburban trains are doubled, the Bubway over? flows, and if it is a matinee, between the hours of 6 and 5:30 Huyler's turns itself into a maelstrom. The handker? chief industry owes to Miss Farrar a gigantic debt. But there have been other Butter? flies. Vocally the most satisfactory of all was Miss Emmy Destinn. Miss Des tinn sang the music gorgeously and in Eastern lands her popularity would un? doubtedly exceed Miss Farrar's, East? ern poets have a way of referring to their heroines as "Oh, moon of my delight." Of later days Butterflies have flown in upon us in swarms. We have had blue Butterflies and green But? terflies and purple Butterflies. Miss Marcella Craft was first heard with th< San Carlo company. Her impersona tion was poignant, though her voice a' I times seemed worn. Miss Maggi? 1 Teyte sang it this season at the Park ? She looked the part and sang it beau ? tifully, though she was a little han and sophisticated. Perhaps M. Lot would have recognized in her hit Madame Chrysantheme. Then Mis , Claudia Muzio attempted it. She wa: i a Butterfly gigantica, a sort of Jap , anese Tosca. Of course we mustn' forget the Butterfly who, press agent both of Mr. Rabinoff and of Mr. Cam panini have assured us, is the "rea ? thing"-?Mme. Tamaki Miura. Mme Miura is a real Japanese, but that sh ,' is the "real thing" may be doubted Cio-Cio-San, after all, is an Amenj can who sings Italian music with Jap anese trimmings. The "real thing" i: Cio-Cio-San probably remains Mis Farrar. Perhaps, too, there isn't an "real thing," or if there were w wouldn't like her. SUNDAY Aeolian Hail, 3 p. m., concert by the j New York Symphony Orchestra: Interlude from "Au Jardin de Mar? guerite" .Roger-Dueasse [ Arioso from "Le Roi de Lahore". . . Masuenet ? de Gogora Eicirpta from "The Damnation of Faust" .Berlioz -?timber Song and Serenade of Mephisto pheles Emilio de Cogorza Dance of the Sylphs. Will o' the Wisp. Rakoczy Ma- -, "Symphony N"u. ',".T?chaikowsky C-megie Hall, 3 p. m. Concert by tai4 Philharmonic Society: Overture: "In Bohemia," Op. 28.Hadley ??te No. 2: "Indian," Op. 48_MacDowell ?raphomc BaJ!a<Je: "Tarn o'Shanter." ?_, Chad*ic'; anapsody >.'<rgre,'4 for piano and orchestra. Powell - John Powell, ??riten-i. for orchestra.Rub;n Goldmark Hippodrome, 8:15 p. m., third con? cert by artists and orchestra of the Chicago Opera Company: Overture : I Veapri Siciliani.Verdi Conductor, Giorgio Polacco. Art?; Cavatina,, "Barber of Seville". .Rossini Giacomo Rimini. Ana: "Printemps Nouveau''.Vidal , # Yvonne Gall Aria: Una Furtiva Lagrima, "Elisir ?Amor?" . Donizetti . Ueaaandro Dolci. invitation to the Dance.Weber-Berlioz ^^ Conductor, Giorgio Polacco. .'?ftertore: "Barber of .Seville".Rossini '?rant*44*.Martucci ????aroUe: "Contea d'Hoffmann" . .Offenbach . ConducVor, Cleofonte Campanini. Aria: "Che G?lida Maniana," Bohemr-.. Puccini .. Guido Ciccolini. ""? Gioconda''.Ponchielil , , Meaara, Dotai and Rimini ????: Ueti Signor, "rgonotti".. .Meyerbeer f. ?"?.-'Ji?a Lazzari. ???tttetU: H .:,.????? . Verdi Hro?. Gall, Lazari, MM. Ciccolini, Rimini '?up ?,-?? Cir?runsaUnee.Klgar Conductor, Joseph Raffaelli Great Hail of City College, 4 p. m., ?'?n recital by Samuel A. Baldwin J***o iron-, Sonata, Op '?, No. ...Beethoven r?W m K flu'.Bach ??a Mi-mior, Garden.Diggl?* P^utU . Oo&-d ??* Morning.Grieg tiLr>*lh.Grieg .??let^r.. Nuptial* .Hollln OtrU Uta to "Ol^-ron"....'.".'.'.'.'.'."..... W?l,er MONDAY . L ?oiian Hail, .'i p. m., pianoforte re pSbyHerge Prokofleffs **S_5**",l*t*' '? rn'""r.ProkoflefT b?ify ...Hcrlabin l!fc__, itf "' ,', . .iv-rlabln vSbL^ ?? .Kcriabin '??Bat? ??? '''" S?<4?r'" Pieces? ' ' "-W.Tachaikowaka *>MtJ!c_f ?: m" n"r'K r<!CilBl by F?r? f_M__L_?rfi _* l""'1"" .o. u. PtmrokiM ??fini'??, ^?-ra Ulla. A Ix,'ti gBrtT **'* i"-'?-"4'"-?'-4'.A. Fako?i?H S*"??!?.,f- Oupare ?*?? i???- '_.' . .f;- Do-bu*?-/ F?*!.! /'" ' _ .*'? M?b? h ?'? my ? """ '*'*?'""" ..... Ma_-?net E<g|5* <"*"?* .K. Maat '*W? vie. , .C, Kcrrt t ?*??? ?,w '- Trotand u ^\t.\'".r,t.'? K""?i'i _Catrti U,V!,,ji!1 loaliemUri U> Kignor jH?fc-M?V__. ". ?<;- <--??'"-"? W ?^'t,*,44*.A. F,?u_l-Pe?ia TUESDAY Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte re- j citai by Margaret Tilly: Toccata and f ugue.Bach-Taussig j Theme and variation?.Mozart ! Sonata in F minor.Brahms Revolutionary etude .Chopin Nocturne . Chopin Scherzo in C sharp minor.Chopin \ Druids .Marion Bauer Jeux d'Eau.Rave', Etude . Saint-Saens At 8:15 p. m., concert by the New York Chamber Music Society: Quintet in E flat major.Mozart Octet in F major. Op. 166.Schubert Suite in C major. Op. 6.Gooesens Suite "Through the Looking Glana," Op. 12 Deems-Taylor Carnegie Hall, 8:15 p. m., concert by the Russian Symphony Society: Symphony No. 5.Tschaikowsky Piano concerto in B flat minor. Tschaikowsky John Powell. Nutcracker euit? .Tschaikowsky WEDNESDAY Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m., concert by the Russian Symphony Society. Tuesday's programme repeated. Great Hall of City College, 4 p. m., organ recital by Samuel A. Baldwin: Hosannah . Dubois Chorale? prelude, "Adorn Thyself, O Fond Soul".Bach Sonata No. '?, in A minor.Faulkes Gavotta.Padre Martini Vision Fugitive .Stevenson Variations de Concert .Bonnet Deep River .Negro Melody Song of the Volga Boatmen. Russian Folksong Isolde's "Denth Song".Wagner Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m. Pianoforte re? cital by Guiomar N'ovaes: Prelude, choral and fujrue.Cesar Franck Nocturne, fantasie, Op. 43; two ma? zurka?; scherzo. Op. 'JO.Chopin Nocturne .G. Faure Phal?nes .r, Philipp "I^a Soiree Dans Grenade," "Lea Col line* d'Anacapri," "Minstrels". .. .Debussy THURSDAY Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte re? cital by Ernesto Berumcn: Organ Fantasy arid Fugue in G minor. Bach-Liszt Prelude (from Partita in B flat).Bach Ballet of the Happy Spirit*. .Gluek-Friedrnan Rhapsody il B minor.Brahms {jallade (in form of Variations.Grieg Romance ?an? Parole?.Gabriel Faure Allegro de Concierto.Enrique C ramio* Nocturne: Le?ghinka.Kerge-Liapounoff At 8:15 p. m., violin recital by Emily Gressor: Concerto (a minor). Vivaldi-Nftchez Concert/) No. 6 (B flat major). J?cqu??x Pierre Rode Hyryin to the Sun (from Coq d'or). Rimsky-KorsakofT Tambourin . Gonsec Valse Sentimentale .Schubert (?. b. c. arranged by Ham Franko) Polonaise Id major) .?. .... .Wlenlawskl Andante Cantabile .Tachalkowsky-Auer Rondino .Vieuxtempt Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte recital by Arthur Rubinstein: Toe<:?U and Kutfu?.Bach-Tausig Wald?t*ln Sonata, Op. 68.Beethoven Hrhrrv, In C ?harp minor.Chopin Non-turn? in K njiarp.?.Chopin Ballade In A flat.Chopin Wrrifilf. .Chopin Polonaise in V ?harp minor.Chopin VA Albaicir.Alberilz 'I runa .Alb?nl? L? Cath?drale ?m?lout??.Debus?? l.'Uln joyeu*?.D?bu?ey ?rthur j?ubin?iein Pianistt?teo\\4n Hq?I Nocturne for the left hand.Scrlabine Rhapsody XII.Liszt FRIDAY New York University, 8:15 p. m., song recital by Reinald Werrenrath: SHAKESPEARE SONGS. "She ?lever Told Her Love*' (''Twelfth Night") .Franz Joseph Haydn "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind" ("As You Lika It").Thomas A. Arne The Willow Song (Othello). From Thomas Dallas Lute Book "Who Is Sylv'a?" ("Two Gentlemen of Verona") '. Franz Schubert "The Sea," "Sweetheart, Tell Me," Edward McDowell "The Way of the World," "A Swan," "Thanks for Thy Council".Edvard Grieg OLDTIME CONCERT FAVORITES "Punchinello".James L. Malloy "Beauty's Eyes".F. Paulo Tosti "The Sands o' Dee," "Gypsy John," Frederick Clay "The Irish Guards'? (Kipling), Edward German "Song of the Street Sweeper," Stanley R. Avery "From the Hills of Dream"... .Cecil Forsyth "Khaki Lad".Florence Aylward Aeolian Hall, 8:15 p. m. Song recital by Mme. Peroux-Williams, soprano: "Toglietemi In vita ancor".Scarlatti "Gia il sole dal Gange".Scarlatti "Intorno all' idol mio".Cesti "Voila le gai printemps," "Veill?e Ma? ternelle" .Chansons anciennes "Volez, zephyrs amoureux".Rebel "Lamento," "Chanson Triste," "Tes? tament" . Duparc "Au.i temps des Fees".Koechlin "Sur le Steppe." "Quand la hache tembe" Gretchaninow "Hopak" . Moussorgsky Credo --"When I Bring you Colored Toys," "The Sleep That Flits on Baby's Eyes," "The Seashore of Endless Worlds," "Light," "Finis". John Aiden Carpenter , SATURDAY Carnegie, Hall, 2:30 p. in. Symphony Concert for Young People: Andantino and Scherzo from Symphony _ No. 4 .Tschaikowsky ?Hungarian Fantasy .Liszt Harold Bauer Andantino from String Quartet.Debussy "Children's Corner" .Debussy Harold Bauaer American Fantasy .Herbert At 8:15 p. m., concert by the Sym? phony Society: Symphony No. 5.Beethoven Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B flat . Brahms Arthur Rubinstein Music Notes Rachmaninoff will play an al! Rus? sian programme on Sunday afternoon, February 23, at Carnegie Hall, which will include compositions by Scriabine, Medtner, variations on a theme by Cho? pin and a group of his own pieces for pianoforte, all of which will be heard for the first time in New York. As pianist and as composer of music for piano and orchestra, Mr. Rachmani? noff is known to the musicians of this country. Besides his well known prel? udes and concertos, few concertgoers know that Rachmaninoff has also written operas, chamber music, can? tatas and many songs. Among his suc? cessful operas are "Aleko," "The Miser Knight" and "Francesca da Rimini." His cantatas and songs include "The ; Spring," for barytone, chorus and or? chestra; twer.ty-four songs for male and female voices, "Humorous Chorus," ' for mixed voices; "Fate" (to Beetho? ven's Symphony No. 5), voice and or? chestra; "Letter to Stanislavsky," to commemorate the latter's services as founder and manager of the Moscow Art Theatre, and twelve anthems on early church themes. "The Bells," an? other of his compositions, based on the poem of Edgar Allan Foe, for solo voices, chorus and orchestra, was per? formed at Moscow in March, 1914, when Rachmaninoff conducted. "St. Erik," a society for advancement of Swedish music, announces that the third concert under its auspices will be 'held at Aeolian Hall on Saturday evening, March H. The object of the concerts of this society is to introduce Swedish com I posers to the American public. On this occasion Count Axel Raoul Wachtmcis tor's compositions are to be introduced ; exclusively. Axel Raoul Wachtmeister, of Sweden, was born in London, where his father I was the Swedish Minister to the Court of St. James's. He received his educa? tion in Sweden and studied law at : the University of Lund. He took up the study of music later and spent three years at the Schola Cantorum in ; Paris, where he studied with Vincent d'Indy. Wachtmeister has been in I America many times, lived in Los An ?: geles for several years and has resided .in New York for the last four years. ? Among his compositions are included <i ?nonata for violin and piano and one II for 'cello and piano, several works for , j chorus and orchestra, songs, recita? tions, etc. His publishers in America ?are the John Church Company, Cincin j nati, and the Boston Music Com j pany. Concerts by Wachtmeister in j elude many cities like New York, Phila? delphia, Cincinnati, Chicago, San Fran cinco, L?? Angeles and Paris. Hi.i music ia modern, but not. ultra-modern. The father of Fernando Carpi, tenor, who will give his first song recital in New York to-morrow, was also a tenor, and made a tour of America with Ade? lina Patti over thirty years ago. Mr. Damrosch regards Roger-Ducasse, | whose interlude from "Au Jardin de Marguerite" will be given for the first time in New York at the concert of the ' Symphony Society, as one of the most' se^rious of the French school of com- ' posers since the death of Debussy. Following the Symphony Society's concert next Saturday evening, the or- i chestra will leave for a tour that in- ; eludes visits to Baltimore, Washington, \ Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Rochester, i Buffalo, Wilkes-Barre and Scranton. The fourth and last Campanini con? cert at the Hippodrome, a week from to-night, will be given by Mme. Galli Curci. On Sunday evening, March 9, this singer will give her first song re? cital in this city. When John McCormack appears at the Hippodrome next Sunday evening his programme will contain several nov? elties. One will be the setting of an unpublished poem by John Hay, at one time secretary to Lincoln and later Secretary of State, The first performance here of his fourth sonata in C minor will be a feature of Serge Prokofieff's recital to? morrow afternoon. He will also play his own "Visions Fugitives," ten piano pieces taken from a suite of twenty published under his name and inspired by these lines of Dalmont, a Russian poet: "In every fugitive moment I see entire worlds sparkling with beauty and myriad rainbow colored lights." Mr. Prokofieff will play Tschaikowsky's G Major Sonata in memory of the twenty j fifth anniversary of his death. At the conclusion of the concert by i the Russian Symphony Society on 1 Wednesday afternoon the orchestra ? will leave for a tour through New England, the South and Canada, re : turning by way of New York State in time for the last pair of subscription ? concerts, on March 25 and 26. Eleanor Spencer, who will give a piano recital at Aeolian Hall next week, is a pupil of Leschetizky and Harold Bauer. Before the war she played with leading orchestras in Europe. This will be her first recital since her return to America. Maximilian Rose, whose first violin recital here will take place next month, was born nineteen and a half years ago in the province of Bessarabia. When he was three years old his family came to America. They lived in hum? ble circumstances on the East Side of ; New York, and soon after his tenth birthday Max began the study of the violin. After his father's death he sup? ported his mother and younger brftth : ers by playing in caf?s and restaurants. , For the last four years he ha3 studied ! with Alois Trnka. Clarence Adler, pianist, and Cor ? nclius Van Vliet, 'cellist, will play at i the Music School Settlement, (56 East ; Third Street, this evening at 8:15. ! This is the third in a series of art ? ists' recitals at the school. - ? For the opening night of the new course of Free "Operatic Nights" Dr. Fleck announces "Carmen," with a ; cast' under the direction of Clemente do Macchi. Because of previous bookings at the Selwyn Theatre for February 16 and 23, tho Clef Club Orchestra, of sixty singing Bonbon Buddies, has postponed its Sunday night concerts this week and next. They will resume their en? tertainment on Sunday, March 2, and I will play every succeeding Sunday even j ?rig until May. A Plea For The Russian Anthem From An Enthusiast To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Your article in The Sunday Tribune on our so-called national an? them was good reading. I have written Senators, Congressmen, magazines and papers for years urging our need of a national anthem, tut without result. There is a bill before the House now, sponsored by Representative McFadden, of Pennsylvania, to make "The Star Spangled Banner" our national anthem. It is a hu_e mistake. I play the organ occasionally for meetings. For "The Star-Spangled Banner" the audiences lise perfunctorily, as though it were painful, but never sing, while if "Amer? ica" is played they sing spontaneously and heartily. It is perfectly true that a national hymn should be tho re? sult of a choice by the people, and yet with "Dixie" and "Marching Through Georgia" the most popular tunes in 1 America to-day, I doubt the success of such a method of evolution. Of course, I we have had competitions galore, but ! the result has always been one prize i poem to which composers were invited i to set music, regardless of its lyric ! value. The result?nothing. I have proposed to certain Congress? men that Congress invite poems, select ; ing all of value and offering this com ! pilation for musical setting. Then let these also be published and distributed broadcast for comment. I think some? thing might come of it. At any rate, I could wish that some one with your in ? fluence might stir up the question. I am no Russian, but when I play the | glorious old Russian hymn, now in the ! discard, ? am thrilled through and through, and I want something like it for our own America. W. H. P. New York, Jan. 26, 1919. AMUSEMENTS T H K A T R K , Slat St.-I.ex. Ave. Phone Plaza 402?, LEXINGTON CHICAGO ?JEg# GRAND OPERA Cleofonte Campaninl. Oen. Director. TO-NIGHT?-CAMPANIN? CONCERT, N. Y. HHTOOHOME. _r,KX I N'GTON T H i: ATRIO? Mon., "Crlspino e la ??ornare." Galll Curcl, Straceiarl, Trevlaan, Arimondl. Cond., Campaninl. Tues., Werther." O'Sullivan, Pavloska, Shalow, M a? ueriat, Huberdeau. Cond., Hassclmans. Wed., ThulH." Cardon, O'Sullivan, Bak lanoff Huberdeau. Cond., Campanlnl. Timm.. "IMnoruli." Galll-Curcf. Caro? lina Lazzari, Dua. Rimini. Cond., Cam panlnl. Frl., "Carmen." Garden, Fontaine, Bak lanoff, Shallow, Huberdeau, Tell. Cond., Charller. Sat. Mat., "Madam Butterfly." Tatnakl Mlura Laniont, Bouilliez, Pavloska. Cond., Polacco. Sat. Mght. "Trovatore" ( popular pri?es). Peralta, Dolcl, Van Gordon, Klnilnl. Cond., Polacco. PHILHARMONIC JOSEF STKANSKY.Conductor Carnegi?" Hall. This Afternoon at it. ALL AMERICAN PROGRAM ?1 POWELL HADLEY, "In Bohemia": MACDOWELL, Indian Sultf-; CHADWK'K, Symphonic Ballade "Tarn O'Shanter"; POWELL, "Rhapsody N?gre." for Piano and Orches? tra; RUBIN GOLDMARK, Requiem for ( irehestra, ! Tickets ut Hoi Office. Fell. B". Lolfrls. Mgr. C?ntno\e Hall T"fH- KvB ? Vfh- ?? caraegie nan ?>ri Aft Fel) ,9 SYMPHONY SOCIETY. of New York. MODEST AI.TSC'HULF.K_Conductor soloist JOHN POWELL. Ame,c*n Composar-PlanlH Symphony No. S Plano Concerte Nirtaraeksr Seats 5p0 to }2. Mat. D-nlcl Marer. BUeff Piano. Tschaikowsky CaineKle llnll, .Sunday Aft., Feb. 88, at 3. Rachmaninoff CONCBRT OF MUSIC FOR PIANOFORTE All Russian. All llrst time in New York. Tli-kul? $-.50 to 75 cts. On ?ale now. Direction 0. A. Kills. BtcluHray Plauo used. C^ro?t/rt 15 ee Ire.Ptanist Victory Concert by the Sunday Campaign Club The Billy Sunday Campaign Choir .vil! give a victory concert at Carnegie Hall to-morrow evening. The pro crramme will be as follows: Chorus, "Song of the Vikings".Faning Sunday Campaign Choir Solo, "Sing to Me. Sing".Sydney Horn? Mildred Reardon Part song, "O, Hush Thee, My Babe," Sullivan Sunday Campaign Choir Trumpet?, "The Soldiers* Chorus" (from "Faust" ) . Gounod The Edna White Trumpet Quartette Chorus. "The Bridal Chorus" (from "The Rose Maiden") . Cowen The Sunday Campaign Choir Selections : (a I Romanze . Kronold (b) Souvenir . Prdla (c) Scherzo . Goens Hans Kronold Chorus, "Light Divine" ("Cavalleria Rus? ticana") . Mascagni The Sunday Campaign Choir Addr??6s, "Some ot My Experiences in France" Homer Rodeheavor Solo and chorus, "Inflammatur" ("Stabat Mater") . Rossini Finale, "The Hallelujah Chorus" ("Mes? siah") . Handel Concerts to Come February 23, Maxino Elliott's The? atre, Sascha Votichenko. February 25, Carnegie Hall, Helene Kanders; Aeolian Hall, Eleanor Spencer. Feb? ruary 27, Princess Theatre, Mme. Ruana Boguslav; Aeolian Hall, Olga Samaroff. March 1, Carnegie Hall, Mischa Levitzki. March 3, Aeolian Hall, Maximilian Rose. March 4, Car? negie Hall, Elias Breeskin. March 6, Aeolian Hall, Roderick White. March 15, Aeolian Hall, Misses Rose and Ottilie Sutro. AMUSEMENTS CARNEGIE HALLfASt. AT 630 WITH THE "YANKS' TO-MORROW MONDAY MATINEE at 3 WITH THE "YANKS' POPULAR PRICE5 50* to 61.50 METROPOLITAN OPERA Mon. Rt 8:15. Boheme. Alda, Homalne; Criml, ScotU, Dielur, ?egurola. Cond., Papl. Wld., 8:15. Pa?ll?ecl. Eastoiw Caruso, Montesanto, Werrmirath (dobut). Cond., Moranioni. Foll'd !>>? Petruschka. llalli. Holm, Bonnclio. Cond., Monteux. Thur?. ai !.. Double Bill: Cav. Rusticana. Mu?o, l.azaro. Chalmers. ?Cond., Moranzoni. Cexi ei'Or lfarrli'iitns; Diaz. Dldur.?Oalll Holm. Cd., Monteux. j I Frl. Mat. at 2 t$l to $:.). Carmen. Farrar. Ko- | | | malar: MartlnclU.WhltehlU.ScgTirola. i\\ .Monteux. | Frl. at ?. Proph?te. Muzlo. Mat'zenauer; ? in..?,, | Kotliler, Diaz. Mardoiie?, ticlilcg?.'!. Cond.. lioiUiu ,j Sat. at a. Barber of Seville, narrleutos; Mat...... i De l,tica. Mantones, Malatrsta. Cond., Papl. ! 8at. at 8 (73?; to t?,). Aida. Rappold. Matzenauer; '? Crlml, Chalmers. Dldur. Cond., -Moranioni. TO-NIGHT ZIMBALIST /?? .it B.in Celebrated Vlollntst. Concert at 8.?U | CLAUD|A MUZlO ! eTtVe'rc?estra"' S0PH,E BRASLAU Ecomo!. hagemIn THOMAS CHALMERS UAltD.MAN PIANO I'SED. CARNE?IE HALL, Thurs. Aft., Feb. 20. KKCITAL ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN POLISH PIANIST (Debut) I Management K. K. JOHNSTON, 1451 B'way. I Scat? now on bale at. Hoi Oli.ire. Ku-lnway lMano. CARNEGIE HALL, a^'? March \ LEVITZKI Farewell Recital Seats 7Eo to 12. Mgt? Daniel Mayer. Baldwin Piano. Aeolton H?U. Friday F.vg., Feb. 21, at 8:1?. SONO KKLITAL?MME. Mgt. Antonia Sawyer, Inc. Steinway Piano, ..?iiinin II.mi?> luir?. I've.. Veil. 40, t?l ?tl?. VIOLIN UKC1TA1. UY ?.M1LY GRESSER Direction Daniel Mayer. ?tUff Plana Calendar for the Current Week SUNDAY?Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., concert of the Symphony Society; Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m., concert of music by American composers by the Philharmonic Society; Metropolitan Opera House, 8:30 p. m., opera concert; Hippodrome, 8:15 p. m.,' concert by the Chicago Opera Company; Great Hall of the College of the City of New York, 4 p. m., free organ concert by Samuel A. Baldwjn. MONDAY?Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte recital by Serge Proko fieff; 8:15 p. m., song recital by Fernando Carpi; Metropolitan Opera House, 8 p. m., ''La Boh?me"; Lexington Theatre, 8 p. m., Italian opera, "Crispino e la Comare"; Park Theatre, 8 p. m. (and all the week), English operetta. TUESDAY?Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte recital by Margaret Tilly; 8:15 p. m., concert by the New York Chamber Music Society; Carnegie Hall, 8:15 p. m., concert by the Russian Symphony Orchestra; Great Hall of Cooper Union, concert of Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Manx and Breton folksongs; Lexington Theatre, 8 p. m., French opera, "Werther." WEDNESDAY?Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m., concert of the Russian Symphony Orchestra; 8:15 p. m., performance of Byron's "Man? fred," with Schumann's music; Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte recital by Guiomar Novaes; Great Hall of the College of the City of New York, .4 p. m., free organ concert by Samuel A. Baldwin; Metropolitan Opera House, 8 p. m., Italian opera and Russian ballet "Pagliacci" and "Petrouschka"; Lexington The? atre, 8 p. m., French opera, "Thai's." THURSDAY?Aeolian Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte recital by Ernesto Berumen; 8:15 p. m., violin recital by Emily Gresser; Carnegie Hall, 3 p. m., pianoforte recital by Arthur Rubinstein; Metro? politan Opera House, Italian opera and Russian opera in Italian, "Cavalleria Rusticana" and "Le Coq d'Or"; Lexington Theatre, 8 p. m., French opera in Italian, "Dinorah." FRIDAY?Aeolian Hall, 8:15 p. m., song recital by Alice Peroux Williams; Metropolitan Opera House, 2 p. m., special matinee, French opera, "Carmen"; 8 p. m., French opera, "Le Proph?te"; Lexington Theatre, 8 p. m., French opera, "Carmen." SATURDAY?Carnegie Hall, 2:30 p. m., concert of orchestral music for children; 8:15 p. m., concert of the Symphony Society; Aeolian Hall, 8:15 p. m., concert by the Institute of Musical Art; Metropolitan Opera House, 2 p. m., Italian opera, "II Bar? biere di Siviglia"; 8 p. m., Italian opera at popular prices, "Aida"; Lexington Theatre, 2 p. m., Italian opera, "Mme. Butterfly"; 8 p. m., Italian opera at popular prices, "II Trovatore." AMUSEMENTS AMUSEMENTS v?s*?Y/rss/Af/s/ssy//?/ss//rs/s/////s/^^^ JOINT CELEBRATION TO COMMEMORATE VICTORY, PEACE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN ORATORIO SOCIETY OF N. Y. SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF N. Y. WALTER DAMROSCH.Musical Director Chorus of 350 Eminent SoloUtts Orchestra of 100 Friday Evg., March 7 CARNEGIE HALL Thursday Aft.. March IS Saturday Evg., March 15 Tickets on sale at Room 1202 Aeolian Building and I1??x Office, Carnegie Kail, g SYMPHONY SOCIETY OF NEW YORK WALTER DAMROSCH. Conducto! Aeolian Halt, Today at 3\??-??*???? ??*"?. ??'? **??? -*. m DE GOGORZA Fs -RUBINSTEIN Soloist EMILIO TSCHAIKOVSKY'S KO! RTH SYMPHONY MASSENET, ROGER-DUCASSE, BERLIOZ CARNEGIE HALL, Sat. Aft., Feb. 22 SYMPHONY CONCERT for YOUNG PEOPLE BAUER BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH SYMPHOVT BRAHMS B FLAT PIANO CONCERTO AEOLIAN HALL, NEXT Hl'N. AFT. BAUER Soloist HAROLD rschaikowaky, Liszt, I at II Soloist HAROLD BRAHMS PROGRAMME including Symphony No. t and Piano Concerto, D MINOR. George Engles, Manager. }$ZZ2ZBBZZZEZmZZM2m&^ CARNEGIE HALL, Thursday evening, ?eb. 20 at 8:30 FIRST AMERICAN APPEARANCE OF PHILIP GIBBS correspondent for N. Y. TIMES and Ixmdon CHRONICLE. "The Finest Correspondent 'Hjis War Hun Produced.'4 G. K. Chesterton. THE SOUL OF THE WAR Philip Gibbs has made the war human; he has made it real to most ut us. He comes to tell as he wrote of the great things he saw in It. Boxes $18 ? $15. Tickets $2.50 to 60c. Box Office & Agencies. Management J. B. POND LYCEUM BUREAU. Established by Major J. B. Pond in 1873.60 East 4 2d St., New York Tups. Aft. Feb. 18, TILLY MARGARET Mgt. Loudon Ch?rlton. Stelnway Piano. Aeolian Hull. Wed. Aft., Feb. 19, at 3. ?lilTOMAR? a?3*^ ovaeS Plan? Recital Postponed from Jan. 4. I Benefit I'rofessors* Ass'n Paris Conservatoire. Tickets 50c to $2. " Mgt. Ixmdon Cliarltou. HIPPODROME, SUN. EVE., MAR. 2, 8:15 | CONCERT BY JOHN McGQRMAGK TICKETS 11.00, ?1.50 AND $2.00, SEAT SALE THURSDAY, FEB. 27 Mgt. Chas. L. Wasrr.r A: D. V. McSweeney. Aeolian Hall. Tuet. Eve.. Feb. 18. 8:15. 3d Concert N.Y. CHAMBER MUSIC SOC. of Piano. String and Wind Initnimen's. Organization of Soloists. Carolyn Heche, Dir. Program: Mezart Quintet in K Flat Ma.-or. Schu bert Octet in V Major. Goosscns Suite in (' Ma?eerv Deems Taylor Suit?-. "Through the Looking lii.i's' AEOLIAN HALL ?/? Feb. 25 at 3 HIPPRODROME TO-NIGHT AT 8:15 CAMPANIN? CONCERT CHICAGO OPERA A RUSTS & ORCH. BIG OPER? ATIC QCAR TETTE YVONNE GALL CAROLINA LAZZARI ALESSANDRO DOLCi FORREST LAMONT GIACOMO RIMING COMHf TORS : ? AMPANINI, POLACOO, RAFFAEIXI. JZ BOX OFKICK OPKNS 12 NOON TO-DAT, I TICKETS $1.00. $1.50 AND $2.00. Mgt Chtus. J* ?Wasser. D. P. UcSweenoy Piano Ilecltal ? (M ?SPENCER Tickets 50c to fi at rtox Offli-c. Mg!. Trcl O. Renard. AROMAN HAI.I., TO-MOR*W NIGHT SON(? RECITAI, by PERN ANUO CARPI ?Tenor Metropolitan Oj>eri? t'o.V Tl.-kot* m ?ox Office 60c. to $2..*iO. Mgt. Jules Daiber. Mason & llamlln 1'lan?. SELWYN THEATRE SUNDAY, FEB. 23rd, at 9 P.M. DANCE RECITAL Michio Itow-Tulle Lindatil Jesttmin II o ?art h?Paul Tiieven? KNABE-AMPICO REPRODUCING PIANO Management Jules Daiber, Aeolian Hall ?HHBIHIBBHBHflHHHBHBPr Aeolian Hall. Tur*. Evr., Feb. 2.%, at S:15 rtUAflfl BERKSHIRE TICKETS NOW AT BON OFFIC1 Aeolinn Hull, To-norrow (Mon.) Aft. at 3. SECOND PIANO RECITALc?SERGE PROKOFIEFF Mgt. liaennel &. .Tone?. Stelnway Piano. AEOLIAN HALL, TTuir?. Aft.. Feb. 20. at 3. ERNESTO MEXICAN PIANIST. Met. llaenael & Jones. St?. Ir.way Piano. Carnegie Hall, Tuet. Eve., Feb. 25, 8;15 HELENE KANDERS ?3ON0 ?RECITAL. Se?U $2 to ?.Or- Now at H?*1L TICKETS FOR Philip Gibbs IIKsT AM FRICAN I.ECTl'KK AT' CARNEGIE HAIL. Thurs. Eve. Feb. 20 n% I $:' i.o t.. 60a at Box Offloa, ARencl?? of J. B. Pond l^tnum Bureau, 60 H. 43d.