Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 22, 1902, Page 15

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, Amusements Mr. Richard Mansfield, in his letter to the New York Herald on the shortcomings of thy American actor, blames the newepapers tor the apparent success of much that is mediocre, alleging that by the repetition of flattery the actor is en ged in the continuation of faults, until the fault be comes a fixture, and the course of the acter's ability Is turned awry thereby. Some | foundation doubtless exists for Mr. Mans- fleld’s criticism of the critics, but he opens | up the question as to what s the real function of the critic. The primary defi- nitlon of the word is one who (s able (qualified) to discuss, skilled in judgment, a reviewer. Its secondary definition is a harsh judge, a reviler, a carper. Which of | these shall the dramatic critic be? Is he | to go to the playhouse and look for what | thare 16 in the perforimance to praise, or | must he assume the role of fault-finder and point out only those things that are bad or lack merit at most? It is unpleas- | ant for most people, especially newspaper people, to be forever sitting In judgment on the actions of others, to be everiastingly telling them “Do this or that thusly " and to always be looking for a mistake. A man who earns his dally bread by doing a stunt on a busy newspaper once confessed that ali the pleasure of reading had been destroyed for him by the routine of his work. “It has come to such a pass,” sald he, “that whenever I take up a magazine or book, no matter what it is, I find myselt looking for typographical errors, for blun- ders of construction or for UuNecessary words that should be blus-penciled.” Very recently he found two typographical errors within a few pages in a costly edition of a standard author gotten out by one of the big publisbing firms. He has only a hazy impression of the story, but he knows Just where to locate those misplaced letters Does Mr. Mansfield want to reduce his | friends, the dramatic writers, to this con- ditlon of slavery to routine, or will he allow them still to dispense the milk of human kindness by now and then saying a good word for an actor whose perform- ance, poor though {t may be, shows him to be doing his hest, and thus maybe en- courage him to efforts that will in time in. Mr. Mansfield’s personal experlence as been such as might render him a little bit sceptical on the point of milk of human Kindness as a product of the newspaper, yet he must own that even with the as- sured possession of the spark of genius, the divine afMatus, the actor's road to success 1s long and weary. Honest criticlem 18 necessarily kindly. When one has come to a point where the name of critic in its first meaning may be rightly assumed, one has also undergone the" hardehips, the disappointments, that line the road, and, unless one 1s altogether a misanthrope, some charity for others who are struggling up the tollsome way naturally tends to soften the discussion or review, end unless the performance be wholly bad or utterly hopeless the criticism by one qualified 1s likely to take more of the char- acter of a review which seeks to praise what 1s good than to unsparingly condemn that which is lacking. From points of view sther than a mere spectator must the critic approach his discussion of the actor's work. In the first place the critic’s highest duty is to protect the public. Here he can or should know mneither friend nor foe. He aust, In order to be falr, glve due weight to all the incidentals that surround the performance on which he Is eitting in judg- ment. The success of the actor, often his Lread and butter, depend on the critic's pronouncement as to his ability. On the other hand, a person has no right to sell to the public that which 1s not up to grade and the critic must decide between these two conditions. He must determine if the actor is glving the public due return and should frankly state it. But it is a question if the stage director is not more to blame than the critic for the continuation of an actor in his faulty work. It is just as much the part of the stage manager to detect flaws in a performance as it is the mews- paper writer's, and far more Is it the stage manager's duty to see that they are corrected. In this respect Mr. Mansfleld is » model. His productions are brought as nearly as possible to perfection through his own untiring work as a stage director and his unsparing effort both as one able to judge and as a harsh judge when required. Actors who are spolled by flattery cannot be reached by honest newspapeér criticism, for the feason that they are encased in an lmpervigus suit of vanity. Competent actors are not likely to be spoiled by notices praising their work, and critics, who are in the main human, really like to repay an evening of pleasure afforded by a good | ctor by praising what they fiud in him to praise and overlooking as far possible bis faults. Even Mr. Manefleld. close searcher after truth as he s, would hardiy wish to everturn this condition and thereby #dd to the misery of a world which already Bas troubles enough. h discussing the Mansfleld letter the New York Dramatic Mirror says it is the commercial epirit that s responsible, rather than the careless critlc, for the | oumber of bad actors now on the stage. | May be. But the Mirror should reflect that the material growth of the United States has been most marvelously rapid und that the demand for entertainment has | far outstripped the request for art, and | Ahat the stage has been utterly unable to supply the needs of the public without drawing on second and third-rate talent, and even eome that grades lower. Not enough really good actors are known to supply the New York demand alone, and leave the country at lurge with none, and people outside of New York like to see the great ones as well as do the Gothamites. It is this condition more than the commer clal spirit of the age or the indifference of the eritics to the qualification of actors that bas enabled mediocrity to prosper at the | theaters. A few more years may see the supply of capable actore more nearly equal to the demand, and then Art will have a show, and maybe the critic can come in live up to the name Lord Byron made for him in “English Bards and Scotch Re viewers.” It unsparing denunciation of what Is false or lacking in quality, no mat- ter how honestly it is set forth, will hasten this day, then every dramatic critic in the country should at once opem his acldulous faucet and let the immature thesplans have it full force “What a Junction thought is” sighed Mr. Toodle. “Commercial spirit” reminds one of the revolt of Minnie Maddern Fiske, Henrietta Crosman and others agalnst the theatrical octopus. For two seasons they stood out and appeared at only “inde- pendent” theaters, in the meantime secur- Ing much advertising for their stand in favor of Art without the Box Office. It may be that some were deluded into the notion that these persons independent ot the Booking Trust were also independent of the sordid consideration of o much per and that the 8. R. O. had for them mo meaning. Well, don't you belleve it. An- nouncement was made in New York last week that Mr. Maurice Campbell, who manages Miss Crosman; Mr. Harrison Grey Flske, who managos Minnle Maddern Fiske, and Mr. James K. Hackett, who manages himeelf, had formed the ‘“Independent Booking Agency.” Not to compete with the Erlanger affair. Oh, dear, no. Merely to facilitate thelr own business. And to take care of such business as may come to them in a legitimate way. Managers will be readily able to see the difference between the abhorred Theatrical eyndicate and the Independent Booking agency That idea of The Bee in regard to the conducting of an advance sale with a view to circumventiug the speculator is grow- ing. Woodward & Burgess announce that with the beginning of next season they will adept It in connection with the three the- aters under their control in Kansas City, including the new Baltimore theater, which Is to be opened in September. The manage- ment of the Tootle at St. Joseph will adopt It, and it is under consideration by others, The Bee plan Is simple and effective. It merely provides for the reservation of seats by letter or note, and has proven thor- oughly effective in practice. Mansfleld storfes are many, but none of them are better than this one, told by the New York Times: Richard Mansfield, like all proud fathe: takes consjderable 'delight in telling smart sayings of his boy, George, a rather precocious youngsier. The actor's son hav- ng shown a predilection for things chani and especially for raflroads, Mr, Mansfield bought the lad a toy rallroad with & train of cars, which ran about on a circular track.. Like all boys, voun George was of an inquisitive mind. and wanted to see what made the train move. 8o it was but a short time before his nurse took it, all smashed and broken, to the garbage can, One day Mr. Mansfield went into the nursery to play with the boy, and, looking around. asked: “'George, where is that rallroad I gave you?” George hesitated awhile, says the actor, and_then replied: “Papa, 1 guess it's gone fnto the hands of a recelver.” Decency is demanded more than ever on the stage. We have tried the indecent, and we do not like it. If we cannot have plays that are clean, let us not have any. These are the sentiments of the people as re- flected by the writers on the drama and its allied toples in the American papers. In the last Sunday 1ssue of the Chicago Chron- icle the matter is thus treated: In looking back over the season just closed, comparing the record here of un- varylng prosperity with the complaint of unsatisfactory conditions in New York, one's attentlon can hardly fail to be ar- rested by the loud boasting of the tre mendous popular success of “Du Barry" in the eastern metropolis, the success of a stage exposition of the career of one of the most Inexcusable of ali the countless wantons Into which royalty has turned so many women who mlr(hl have been, had royalty not been, fairly decent womeh. There has been some reason, in the lately increased interest in the revival of some of the older and cleaner plays, to hope that this Interest indicated that the prosillency of the unclean is passing, as a fashion of the stage at least, if not in all other walks of life. But when the exposition of the morally crapulous character and unclean career of such a woman as this French mistress of royalty drawn from the social gutter proves to be the one great tre- mendous success of the chief metropolitan city of the country, one feels that the open fashion for lubricity of exhibition is not passing so rapldly as one could hops. If, Indeed, these are the most interesting aspects of humanity—if they are most worth the time and attention and mon of the public—what are decency and clean- liness of life and action and aspiration worth? If the passing of the devil hi erected into first place this kind of vile- ness, would not humanity better go into deep mourning for the death of the devil out of human affairs? Mr. Walkley of the London Times has been witnessing “‘Zaza,” another example of the same salaclal apotheosis, and filled with a profound disgust. “See,” he says, “her mouth twitching, her hands clenched, listen to the shrill note gradually coming into her volce. Then sit tight in your seat for the final explosion, the total hysical abandonment “and degradation. nd when you have wallowed in the crapu. lous and been dragged through the sordid and shocked with the frantic and fooled by the sham sentimental for five acts at the end of it all the question occurs: ‘Is even Mme. Rejane worth it?* No, indeed no. Neither Mme. Refane nor Dramatist Belasco nor Dramatist Fitch— no, nor all art In all forms put togethor 18 “worth {t.” 1If the race cannot be ar- tistic without being indecent it would better forswear art than decenc 1r it cannot be decent fi Af It must nasty, and putrid, through art or anything else— then it would better not be at all. Not the supremest excellence of art can ever ex- cuse indecency and moral rottenness. Com! Events. The Ferris Stock company still maiatains its record-breaking business at the Boyd's. The week just closed equaled the business done the opening week financially. The ad- vunce sale for this week indicates that it will be almost If not quite as good as the one that closed last night. Last Wednes- day's matinee was ome of the largest the house has held this season. This week two ‘Stearns’ Electric Rat and Roach Paste and die out of the house. One ingredient dries up their bodies, leaving 0o odor OAUTION: fobrote, ot iptstee s Togsies: 25 cents & box at Druggists and Grocers or sent direct by Express prepatd. ‘STEARNS’ ELECTRIC PASTE CO., Chiocage, llls. bills equally as strong as last week will be given of the week opening tonight “The Love That Wins" will be given. It is a comedy drama, with a dash of melo-drama through it. Its action is laid in both the slums and aristocratic sections of a large eastern city. “Was She to Blame,” an emotional drama on the lines of “Plque” and like plays, will be given for the last balf of the week, opening Thursday night. In this play Miss Hayward- is sald to be seen in her favorite role. This afternoon “The Charity Ball” will be repeated. were those of For the first half The nine Faust family will remain an- other week at Courtland beach. Their performances, given every afternoon and evening, have created much enthusiasm the past week. They are model tralners and students in the trying craft of acrobatlo work. The father and elder brothers are as gentle with the little fellows as their mother, who is always with them, might be in a nursery romp. Some acrobatic performers beat, scarée and ocompletely wreck the nerves of their little charges and assistants, but this is not so with the Fausts, as has been discovered by Court- land beach employes who have witnessed their daily performances and rehearsals, where the happlest comradery exists be- tween the adults and bables of the troupe. Laughter at mistakes, good natured, and encouragement is the only correction and their work is made play of the most in- vigorating kind. are not pale and frightened and continually falling or stumbling and spoiling an act. Thelr nerves are thereby preserved to as- st them to balance their muscles and am- tition. The Faust children come onto the platform glad to work and as steady as automatons; secure ae any one of thelr el- ders and pretty, mischievous healthy in- tants. Their many acts are hard to de- scribe; the entire performance must be seen to be appreciated Krug park will commence another week today, featuring music prominently to comply with requests from patrons rather than to add to this part of the varied program and de- tract from others. Huster's concert band will play afternoon and evening concerts today of a program carefully selected and a degree higher on the scale of classical music than usual. Mr. Albin Huster, the talented director, who, with Bellstedt's band, made a reputation among the leading horn soloists of America, will play a se- lected solo, while Mr. Lott, the cornetist, and Mr. Schollhouse, baritone, will play The Miserero from “Il Trovatore.” The program will include twelve numbers in addition to which a number of extras will be added for encores. In compliance with requests from a large number of patrons a rag-time concert, such as was given fame by Bellstedt here, will be played on Wed- nesday evening, June 25. Should the con- cert prove as successful as anticipal more will be given, as it is the intention of the management to give patrons what they want. The moving plcture reproduction of the Oberammergau ‘‘Passion Play” con- tinues as strong a #ard as at the opening. Mr. D. Hurley is still reciting “The Life of Christ.” Emile Girdelier, the aerfal con- tortionist, has been held over for afternoon and evening performances today on the trapeze and Spanish rings. A dozen new balls have been added to the bowling alley equipment. Sorrentino's Banda Rossa, Italy’s famous “Red Band,” is coming to Crelghton Or- pheum. It numbers forty-five men garbed in red coats, whose repertolre embraces practically everything of value ever written or arranged for a concert band. This is the band’s fifth summer season in the United States and the fact that it is able to tour successtully in America {s good proof that it has strength and standing. It began first in the east, the most difficult of parts in America to obtain a foothold. Eugenio Sorrentino, whom Italy considers ome of the greatest of living conductors, has the hearty good will of his musicians. The principal characteristics of their playing are sald to be a wonderful sonority of tone, which Itallans dearly love, and a remark- able ease in tempo, by which is meant the ability to work up enormous climaxes and in the next measure play a delicate pianis- simo. Among the men is a group of great sololsts, the chief being Bottega, the trumpeter, who, says Philip Hale, the noted Boston critic, can give Patti and Melba points on artistic phrasin, Plays and Players. The next Drury Lane pantomime will be “Mother Goose." R ‘Willlam T. Keogh will produce next sea- son a play of his own authorship, entitled “The Kentucky Feud.” Hamllton Revelle, now a member of Mrs. Leslie Carter's company, may become a star season after next, with Ddvid Belasco as his manager. W. N. Lawrence will hereafter be James K. Hackeit's New York representative. He will also manage the tour of ‘Hearts Aflame’ next season. Harry Jackson was recently presented by Mrs. George 8. Knight with the wigs worn by her late husband in "‘Otto,” “Bargn Ru- dolph” and “Over the Garden Wall. Charles H. Clarke, who has been a mem- ber of Mrs. Brune's executive staff for three seasons, has been re-engaged by her new manager, Wallace Monro, for next season. Mile. Sarkisova, a Russian opera singer, who had five teeth knocked out in an accl- dent on the Transcaucasian railway, has recovered s verdict for §50,000 damages—$10,- 000 a tooth. B. M, Frits, former man sonle Opera house at Oskaloosa, la., has removes to Ottumwa, Ia., and is now lesses and manager of the Grand Opera house, which s being remodeled, with new scenery and decorations. After diligent search a hitherto unused wgirl” title has been found. It is “The Sweet Girl,” and Denair Grange has be- stowed it upon & musical comedy he adapted from the German and that will be produced in London anon. Miss Ellen Terry has at last left Sir Henry Irving and (s now a member of the Beerbohm Tree company in London, play- ing one of the merry wives with “Mrs. Kendal playing the other. Sir Henry's new Portia has not yet been named. It 18 now denied that the lliness of Bessie Bonehill is to prove fatal. On the other hand, we are assured she will come to America in the fall for the winter season. in Bessle's behalf it may be sald she is not in need of the advertising she has had, Ambrose M. Miller and John E. Hogarty will next season star Elsa Ryan in “‘Ne- vada,” a new play by Fred D'Arcy that is said 'to give Miss Ryan a congenial sou- brette role. The company will open the season of the Bijou theater, Milwaukee, September 4. Nat Goodwin has decided to be Nat for another season at least and Maxine Elliott will still shine by his light. The projected starring tour for the fair Maxine has been most wisely abandoned and the Goodwins will put on a play by Madeleing Lucette Ryley, ““The Altar of Friendship.” Reports come of a new playwright in England. This is Hubert Henry Davies, hitherto’ entirely unknown to fame. He submitted a comedy to Frederick Harrison and Oyril Maude of the London Haymarket theater and they were so much impressed by lis merits that they accepted it promptly ey or of the Ma- and will produce it in due course. TI may have made a mistake—managerial judgment is by no means infallible—but at all events it 1s pleasant to know that a new writer can get a hearing in a first- class theater. The fact upsets a popular conviction. Mildred Holland. who sailed for Bugland last Wednesday, is the fortunate holder of & box for the Covent Garden opera during the coronation season. Now, these boxes are not easy to obtain and 'Miss Holland considers that she has great cause for thankfulness. There is a pretty little story connected with this. The stage manager at Covent Garden is Francis Nielsen. Not long ago, when he was out of an engage- ment in this country, Miss Holland signed him for her company. Mr. Nielsen did not forget kindness and when he learned that Miss Holiand intended visiting Lon- don he placed his private box at her dis- Publieh your legal notices 1o The Weekly Bee. Telephone 238. This is why the children | ————————————————— Musical The tone of the eastern musical press Is becoming more and more doloroue as the seasons roll by. The old Philharmonic Orchestra of New York has been sadly twitted about its age. 1 think one writer refers to the “frst desk” players as septuagenerians. The choral societies have been recelving cruel digs about singing just as they (the present actual members) did about sixty or seventy yeare ago. The Philadephia Orchestral association s apparently disgruntled over matters musical Diseatistaction has been repeatedly ex- pressed about the manmer in which the Grand Opera is presented at the famous “Metropolitan” and there is Sheol to dis- burse all around! Meanwhile Chicago has no less than three orchestrae out on concert tour and festival work, the Chicigo Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Splering Orchestra. They are not touring east. The majority of the engagements are in the west. But the west is so uncouth and so wild and so rough and eo unclvilived! Isn't it a pity? We poor western people, how sorry we are! We have only young socleties and im!ddle aged orchestra players. Is it not | too bad that we, too, cannot have “Grand- mother Choral Societies,” “Old Ladies' Musical Clubs” and aged orchestrad? Ah, yes! it is too bad that we do not live in the east, for who would not rather drift on a stagnant pool than eail on a wave- Oh! the pity of it, the | rhythmed ocean! pity of it! But the eastern musical magazines and the musical columns of the American papers in the eastern cities In America are so thoroughly occupied with the doings of the musical world across the water and with the deploring of musical conditions in the east that it mever occurs to them to &ce if any musical development is existent in the great and mighty west, and in that tremendous heart—whose beats indicate the purhping of the life blood through the whole system of the great body of the United States—the middle west. Are there no choirs, no musical festivals, no musicians here. The wise eastern musi- cal writers might find an interesting thing or two out here. The east is becoming in- sular, musically, and the west, continental An eastern periodical (weekly) recently contained a wonderful article about what tremendous strides churches are making, and cited a few examples (of course, all in New York) of what good music the choirs are using, etc. There are many choirs in | the middle west whose Christmas, Easter or regular programs would, I dare to say, astound some of those dear home-keeping gentlemen who write home-spun articles about thelr home musical affairs and who seem to consider that musical Afmerica is bounded on the west by the boundaries of the eastern states! Let us look into this western matter! Shocking! shocking! Some women have been discovered singing in a church! I dislike to mention such a scandal in the columns (especially the Sunday columns) of such an eminently respectable paper as The Bee, but I will hide behind another in this, as one did in the Garden of Eden epi- sode, and will quote from the editorial page of the Musical Courier of New York as follows: ‘“Woman, lovely woman, is still a bone of contentlon, a vessel of wrath, in ecclesiastical circles. Because the choir of St. Gervals, Paris, contained a few of the sex it has been suppressed by the churchly authorities. This is more absurd than the row over the surpliced female chorlsters In this state. Is there any par- ticular timbre in the feminine voice tha gives offense to the God of these fanatlcs. It is to be presumed that when man was created in the image and likeness of God, the historian meant man in the distinctive and not the generlc term, or else the theologians who object to. women singers in the churches interpret in that way. But is it not inconsistent? Are angels usually deplcted as men, and is the “choir invisible” a male chorus? If o, I fear me, I must needs look up a counter attraction. | 1 can understand women prohibiting men | trom joining the masculine voice in har- mony with theirs, but I cannot imagine men, gentlemen, excluding the inspiring soprano or the emotional contralto of the woman's volce. ‘When a church takes such a stand against woman, it stands against Christianity. Miss Luella Allen violinist, has gone to New York to study with Mr. Henry Schra- dicek, the violin teacher. Mre. Tyler of Hastings, & prominent musical light in that city, has been in Omaha for some weeks. She has a decided allotment of musical ability and is a thor- ough student in the realm of tone, as her singing show She is the teacher of the gifted young boy soprano, Master Malcolm JUNE 20 =2 1902 pme “A Message,” by Adolph Frey, which f& being sung very generally; “With a Rose’ and “The Shamrock,” by Edna Rosa- lind Park, both good for either high or low voices; also “A Hymn of Faith" a valuable sacred song by John W. Metcalf, and “Were I the Rose,” by H. J. Stewart (secular, of course) The White-Smith Publishing company of Boston send the “Land o' the Leal, Jules Jordan, dedicated to Clara Dutt, the great English contralto; “Two Compli- ments,” by Banks Davidson, and six Saw- yer songs, to which I alluded last week From Clayton F. Summy, the well known Chicago publisher, comes a pretty book ot Seven Little Songs, especlally for chil- dren, by Mr. Grant-Schaffer of Chicago, organist and choirmaster of Old Centenary church, in that city. From M. H. Willis company of Cincin- nati I have received two sopgs by the tal- ented young composer, Miss Daisy Hig- gins of Omaha, the “Indian Love Song,” and “What Would You Say?” They are both very interesting. THOMAS J. KELLY. Special Course. Owing to the fact that Mr. Thomas J Kelly has been urgently requested to re- main with the First Methodist Episcopal church during the summer, he has decided to keep his studio open, certain days not yet decided upon, from July 1 until August He will also open a speclal course, be- ginning Wednesday, July 2, for church musictans, which will be designed to help organists, choirmasters and singers in their plans for their church work of next year. Wednesday of each week will be given to this work, and the uniform price will be $5 per hour. The course will be given at the organ of the church. For information ad- dress THOMAS J. KELLY, Davidge Block. (Adv.) Wanted—First-class engineer who thor- oughly understands steam and electrical machinery. Address D 8, Bee. AMUSEMENTS, BOYD'S | ™= 2 FERRIS STOCK COMPANY Opening tonight and until Wednesday. “THE LOVE THAT WI Opening Wednesday night and balance of week. “WAS SHE TO BLAME?” Prices: Matinees, any seat, 10c; night, 10¢, 15c, 25c, Engagement Extraordinary ‘“IHE BANDA ROSSA” AT THE ORPHEUM -Performances-8 Commencing Sunday, June 22nd. Matinees Daily Prices 10¢, 25¢, 50c. Excursion Steamer The Union Excursion Company's Steamer Henrietta makes regular trips from foot of Dcugl street, making regular trips to Sherman Park, ' where there s fine shade, music and dancing. No bar on boat. kverything rsi- class. Hours_for leaving: 2, 4 and § Round e, p. m., chilaren 10c. No THE ure PIANOLA Is not a self-playing plano. 1Tt is an instrument that plays the plano and leaves the performer free to ex- press his individuality, GET THE GENUINE. It saves disappointment. On exhibition and for sale by SCHMOLLER & MUELLER Sole Agents, PIANOLA PARLORS 3rd Floor, Elevator. 1313 Farnam $t. OMAH, Sewell, who appeared” in various Omaha churches about a year ago and who de- lighted people with his well trained voice and his deliberate style. b The pupils of Mrs. Ada Coons interesting students’ recital at her resi- dence on last Monday evening. A program trom Chicago gives news of the appearance of Mise Rose Allen, a young Omaha singer, at a recital by the pupils of Mrs. Dunn. Owing to the enforced absence of Re Dr. Hirst the choir of the First Methodist church will continue in its work almost all of the summer. The services of the evening will, however, be omitted and the morning service will be of especial musical interest. Dr. Hirst i& seriously but not dangerously {ll. Mr. August Mothe-Borglum bad a puplls’ recital last week. The music publishers of America seem to be outvying one another in attractive title pages, as well as original compositions. I have received from the John Church v of Cincinnati & number of beauti- songs, the best of which I mention here: “A Chitral Love Song,” by W. H. Palmer, which is one of the best baritone songs I have met with for some time, al- though its upper E and F in the ending will test the capabilities of most basses It is publlshed in one key only, for bass or baritone, but I cannot recommend it for the former. A beautiful song for a mezzo-soprano compass, b flat to F, is “To Mary,” words by Thackeray, music by Mary Helen Brown, and another gem fe “A Little Song for Two,” by Charles S. Burnham. An excellent sacred song—in this day of abominations which masquer- ade under the title of sacred music—is to be found in “The Land of Rest,” by Ed- ward Broome. Harold C. Smith fs the composer of & very effective ballad for contralto, called “Break o' the Year,” and Frederick Norton has an equally good of- fering in “There are Violets and Roses.” The very original and realistic writer, J. 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