The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 20, 1901, Page 18

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUAEKY 20, 190lL. ' A TRIBUTE TO SIR @RTHUR SULLIVAN AND OTHER MATTERS THEATRIC. | BY L DU PONT SYLE. N the January Bookman Lewls| M. Isaacs has a sympathetic and | well written article on the late | Sir Arthur Sullivan. That tal-| ented musiclan was so well | perpetual registration at the charity of- | known as the composer of the | most successful light operas of | the century that we are apt to forget that | ed in other branches of music that an important reason for his | in light opera composition roadened his natural | them in gany| As long ago as 1556 Sulltvan, then only | ied off the Mendelssohn scholar- against sixteen competitors. This | vilege of studying | d Hauptmann. | e make that at his *“Tempest” | Of this Chon- | been no such first The mpest’ pid succession by overtures to | * and the oro- | “The Light | brought | or mno| stage music as a | To this happy ne- | sic to “Cox & Box" 0), and to “Thespis,” ““Thespis” is for one charming i of Arcadie”; not r which is often i might profitably be ame “Pinafore,” and of triumphs too | 0 need recapituiation. livan's music, other composer, ever turned out ght opera than has een Sullivan ¢ Vernon Black- not fetched and the d upon his work by Sir | I am sure, to “Form and es by instinct the everything h y sympa- he m ert e Tivoll management a Sullivan revival, the operas | cal order. That after De Kovea 1 drematic writers who in many widely as Dryden and e respect a cu- | h robust critical s _them to put into the ir plavs better material | the playe themselves. inded of this the o:her! Jking over the new and de- | works, recently 2 Levy. In the re- fonde” Dumas attempt of M. Leon improve the morals of the ering a prize of 5000 francs for uch a nature that it shall sup- ion to the laboring cl healthy ideas a 3 " “This,” says urd. To draw of this kind one needs to | of art matters as was M. | t kind of an art work 1s | resented with success at Pars’ | e ‘of such a instruction to | e propagation of tacle of good | y theatric art, ving the morals of the Does not art address to the intelligence, the t of the educated and W me a masterplece, rec- could obtain M. it be “Tartufe’ age de Figaro, ‘Phedre.’ Le Misanthrope,” ‘Polyeucte’? e to-supply informa- g classes by the propa- ideas? Will these these masxerple(&s?] . etwe | for Athen: 'but also on this poor old worn-out earth | : o Wil they come to see them when repre- sented? And can such masterpieces be turned out for 500 francs? Five thousand francs! Why not some bread tickets or a fice for the poetand his family? ¢ * ® If you wish to establish money prizes for lit- erature, establish prizes worthy of the artist and of yourselves, which shall not be like the prizes you give to jockevs. Give two, three, five hundred thousand francs, not to the most moral work, but to the most beautiful—that which s abso- lutely beautiful belng never immoral: know that once for all. The first condl- | tion of genius Is sincérity, and that which | is sincere {8 always chaste. The emotion caused by the painting of a true passion, whatever be the order of that passion, from the moment that it is expressed in beautiful language, translated into beau- tiful movement, is worth more than all | the ready-made tirades you demand from us at cost price, like sealed proposals for municipal works; and this emotion will make man moral in far different fashion, forcing him to look within himself, bring- ing to the surface his mysterious, hidden thoughts and stirring up the depths of humen nature. * ¢ ® 'Tis your duty, leaders of society, "tis your duty, all who make public profession and place your- selves above others, to enlighten the la- boring classes, to give them good exam- ples end to instruct them so that they shall prefer our harmless works to the dangers of the tavern, the slums and all the bad places vou authorize. Purify the morals of others and your own at the same time; then we painters of will paint pure morals. Arisiophanes is and not for Sparta.” The following accor ler's new play, “Ri the Washington Post: Madeline Lucette Ryley, authoress of = t of Henry Mil- rd Savage,” is from this and many other good plays, has res- | he romantic story | urrected from history of Savage's alleged. in man mother, who cuted her illegitimate son. Like D: the biographer of Savage, sh cepted as true the remarkable stor: the vagabond poet delighted to relate, of strange mother, a “wretch who had wout scruple. prociaimed herself adultress, and who had first endeavored to starve her son, then to transport him, and afterward to hang him,” n 1 a vagabond impostor, winning sympa and aid by this extravagant varn, it makes a very striking background for a costume parior melodrama of that period. Mrs. Ryley has taken the most favorable view of the poet, and presents him as a character ble—in fact to avenge his wrongs with mpathetic, lovable, a flashing to the girl of his choice and die like a martyr in the end. . The Paris Figaro recently published a list of the members of the Comedie Fran- caise, from which we learn that the so- cletaires now number twenty-six, seven- | teen of whom are gentlemen and nine ladles. The pensionnaires number thirty —twelve gentlemen and eighteen ladies. This makes the total of the company fitty-six—all thoroughly trained and com- petent actors, no one of whom is required to play more than three or four times a week and each one of whom has, there- fore, time to breathe, to eat, to sleep, to read and even to think! Can you imagine such an existence, you my friends of the | profession in America, who have to play {nlne times a week—sometimes twelve—in addition to rehearsing three or four hours every day? Is it credible by you that such &n actorial paradise can exist, not {only in the wild imaginings of poets, not !rmly in the dreams of the happy dead. of ours? lieve it or not it does exist in Paris and it could just as easily exist in the United States. It exists in Paris because a large majority of the French people are willing to tax themselves that the drama may be supported in a United States bLecause of the many men who last year gave away a total f $60,000,000 not one cared enough about the drama to give it § cents. PERSONAL MENTION Miller of San Jose i at the Oc- ( el A. XK. Whitton of San Jose is at ia | A. Morris, 2 mining man of Victoria, ANSWERS TO QUERIES. SANCHO PEDRO—F. M., Oakland, Cal. In the game of sancho pedro the nine counts before the five. FEED—J. R., Upper Mattole, Cal. Forage or stock food is called feed because it is a e Plare. noun. Feed is also a verb. Frank H. Webster, a vinevardist of Min- | LONG AND SHORT—M. K., City. turn, is at the Gra The longest day in the vear is June Z1, erbert, a mining man of Mexico, | @0d the shortest December 2L. d at the Palace. a Santa Barbara newspaper | registered at the Occidental. rge S. Nixon, a prominent Nevada . is stopping at the Palace for a s A. McElfresh of Los Angeles, high chief ranger of the Foresters, is registered at the Grand. The Revs. P. 8. Dagnault and A. Paulin | of Iron Mountain, Mich., are late arrivals at the California. | Dr. W. A. Hendryx, a prominent Los Angeles physician, is spending a few days at the Palace with his wife, C. W. Nelson, formerly clerk in the | freight trafic department of the Southern Pacific, has been appointed contracting | freight agent for the Illinois Central in | this city. —_———— CALIFORNIANS IN NEW YORK. NEW YORK, Jan. 19.—The fo\lo'ing’ Californians are in New York: E. Good- | M. C. Harrison and wife and F. N. Har- rison are at the Imperial, H. Ach is at| the Hoffman, F. W. Ely is at the Herald Square, A. Gartenlaub is at the Imperial, | E win and wife are at the New Amsterdam, l | H. Mattner and wife are at the Grand, | s Oppenheimer and Miss Rosenberg e at the Marlborough, W. Mark is at | the oy, D. McLeod is at the Navarre, A. A. Scheinder is at the Netherland—all | from San Francisco; G. G. McKay of Los Angeles is at the Netherlaad; R. C. Allen of San Diego is at the Victoria. Sa: An uptown Fm who 1s very freckled | calls the freckles “polka dots,” and feeis more reconcilzd. 'olka dots are all the | rage.—Atchison Giobe, | ing the winter, | tion is stopped. | regularly to the nearest distributing point. WITHOUT. CENTS—F.- M., Oakland, Cal. A five-cent nickei of 1833 or of any other date wyithout the word cents is not a premium ‘coin. ™~ SARAH BERNHARDT—A. B. C., Mon- terey, Cal. According to the latest ac- counts Sarah Bernhardt will be in San Francisco about the middle of Febryary. She will probably remain two weeks. MAIL TO DAWSON—H. E. R., San Lorenzo, Cal. Only first-class matter is carried through'the malls to Dawson dur- when the river naviga- . The mall is forw: ed Letters for Dawson may be deposited in the mall at any time, PADEREWSKI—A. 8., Elk, Cal. The majority of people pronounce the name of Paderewski, the Russian musiclan, as if written Pa-dare-whos-key, but the Cen- tury Encyclopedia of Names says it is pronounced as if written Pa-de-ref-ske, with the sound of a as in fat and that of e as in meat. EXCUSE—J. R., Upper Mattole, Cal. One who wishes to observe the rule of politeness, if he is in & room where thers are a number of persons with whom he has been spending the evening and he de- sires to retire before the general break- ing up of the asscmblage, will ariss and excuse himself. That is, he will give some excuse for taking his leave before the rest. TWO SENTENCES—Subscriber, City. This department does not know of any- thing to prevent you from speaking or writing: “My brother will be gone two years next June,” if you feel like using that kind of English, but it would be more grammatical to say or write: “My brother will have been gone two years next June.” If you will examine any grammar in the conjugation of “to e you will find that “been” in the sentence AMUSEMENTS. | is in the indicative mood, future anterior — tense. Vvl Ohmhereiy = “I suppose you know, 'Lige,” remarked Centsal Thasber—>The T Osphge: Senator mun, “that the legislatures of m—Vaudeville. House—*The Rogue's Comedy.” | 1! Gwynne.” “The Star Boarder.” ‘Becky Sharp” to-morrow night. Orpheu Epe Chutes, Zoo and Theater—Vaudeville every aficrnoon and evening. Fischer's—Vaudeville. | Metropolitan Temple—Lecturs by Rev. Peter C. Yorke, Thursday evening, February 7. Union Coursing Park—Coursing to-day. ———— AUCTION SALES. Louderback—Monday, Jan. 21, at 11 p. m., Oriental Rugs, at SW. Stockton streets. Br A W. m. and ané - { the States are beginning to make laws de- claring "the practice _of giving tips a crime?” “Yes, suh,” sald the colored porter of the sleeping car, briskly applying the whisk broom to the illustrious man's gar- ments. “Nex' t'h on dey’ll be sayin’ it's a crime for a honest statesman to give a pore man %5 for 'is vote.” s;:(—-hm;: tht’loll.t.r.“; de the sator, e: im rather sus; P —)lmne-.pc’lun&me. g marked Basnatg - Foure Gudany hes erated him and he has been set at too,” added McSwilligen. o of I well s as as a morals | admira- | Whether you can imagine or be- | manner dignified and | orthy as a fine art, it does not exist in | Dr. John- | . a perfect dashing hero ready | | | sword, make love like a gallant cavalier | | | | | @all, SUNDAY . ...JANUARY 2o, 1001 JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor. Address All Communications to W. §. LEAKE, Manager. ; SO SR S EL PUBLICATION OFFICE........cc0eenn.. S eeettteeiitieitiessssesss ssssessseseess sessssecess - Market and Third, Sean Francleco e THE KANSAS LYNCHING. HE Colorado horror has been matched by the burning to death of a negro in Kansas at Leavenworth. The compunction shown by the cremators in Kansas was less than that of their predecessors in Colorado. In the latter case the negro confessed his crime. The Leavenworth negro was identified as having attempted an assault, but the scene of his offense was in the vicinity where a white woman was found atrociously murdered two months ago. He stoutly denied to the last his guilt of the murder. But he was taken to the spot where the murdered girl was found and then bound with wire to an iron stake, he was soaked in kerosene, the father of the murdered girl applied the torch and in a few minutes he was dead. No more unpleasant subject has ever been forced upon public attention than these lynch- ings. The incidents are revoiting and horrible, from the commission of the crime to its awful ex- piation. Nearly a dozen burnings at- the stake have now occurred, and it promises in such cases to substitute all other forms of lynching for the offense it is intended to punish. Colorado in fact and Kansas virtually abolished the death penalty a few years ago, and the Governors of the two States assign that as the cause of these awful lynchings, and say that if the death penalty were restored they would not occur, and the people would be willing for the law to take its course. We do not regard this conclision as sound. Negroes have been burned in Texas, Alabama and other States where the death penalty is in force, and there is no afsurance t_hat it would be different in Kansas and Colorado. The commission of the crime for which Iynching is the popularly accepted punishment is an outbreak of the brutal among the negroes. When a radical remedy is sought it must be sought among them. Lynching, no matter under what re- lentless and horrible circumstances, is no remedy, as is'proved by the constant recurrence of the crime notwithstanding the certainty and severity of its punishment. We see no reliable remedy except the elevation and advancement of the whole body of negroes. It cannot be denied that a portion of the negro population is becoming less civilized than when in slavery. A portion of our black people are retrograding. They are exhibiting the same atavism that appeared in Hayti and San Domingo and among the maroons of Jamaica. In the more cheerful view it must be admitted that a large part of the blacks have not only not parted with the civilizing effect of slavery, but have grown and gone forward into the better civilization of liberty. With such members of the race as Booker T. Washington and Thomas For- tune, as an example of its capacity, the country should not sit down in despair of advancing the whole negro body to a point at which it will have none in its ranks capable of the horror which leads white men to the horror of retaliation. The time has gone by when the subject can be dismissed by criticism of the communities in which-these things occur. Indeed, one is led to confess that burning at the stake is liable to ap- pear in any part of the Union where the same provocation appears. THE SENATORS-ELECT. HE election of the members of the next Senate so far is largely the happening of the expected. Quay, Clark and Dubois were so securely slated before the November election that their choice is simply a ratification. The selection of Dubois has features that make it not creditable to Idaho. It was dictated by Colonel Bryan last summer. The Silver Republi- can element of that State made pilgrimage to Bryan in Chiczgo,and made his indorsement of Dubois the price of supporting him for President. Towne had just been crowded out of the Vice Presidential race and something had to be done to conciliate the Silver Republicans; so Idahe was traded as boys swap jackknives, and Mr. Bryan issued his rescript electing Dubois. The natural choice of Tdaho would have been Governor Steunenberg. Indeed, it mav be said that, so far, no public man has appeared in the intermountain region who is his peer in char- acter, courage and ability. PBut Bryan considers no interest but his own, and has dictated the re- turn to the Senate of Dubois, who served there before without impression upon that body or the country. Clark of Montana is a man whom the country is likely to respect more upon further acquaintance. He is really a man of qualities and accomplishments. Granted that he took Mon- tana politics as he found it and by no means made it more vestal, yet he has won at the polls by his own force, and the country will think better of him that he thanks Bryan for nothing except a covert opposition. This was manifested through the president of the National Association of Bryan Clubs, who in the midst of the campaign expelled Mr. Clark from the position of treasurer of that organization and elected to the place his great rival, Marcus Daly. This was intended to weaken Clark in Montana, but it had the opposite effect. A very interesting side light to Clark’s victory is the defeat of Senator Chandler of New Hampshire. During last winter's investigation of Clark’s first election Chandler, for the Commit- tee on Privileges and Elections, pursued him with an energy which soon degenerated into per- sonal rancor. To such an extent was this carried that members of the committee, though.op— posed to seating Clark, were equally opposed to Chandler’s conduct and methods. He has long been at feud with his colleague, Dr. Gallinger, and it is very probable that New Hampshire is re~ lieved that he is retired to exploit his growing irascibility of temper in private life. : The country will be glad that Mr. Quay returns to the Senate by action of the Legislature of Pennsylvania, and not on the Governor’s appointment. He lost something in public interest when he attempted to return to his seat over the ruins of Senatorial precedent and constitutional provision. But, like Clark, he fairly won out in his State, and natural politics required his regu- lar return. In these elections the Republicans lose Carter in Montana and Shoup in Idaho. Turn- ing to Colorado, Wolcott goes down before the Populist Patterson, so that three seats go to the opposition. * The balance will be restored and more by Republicans elected in South Dakota, Ne- braska, Kansas and Utah. e ——— T —— THE FAILING QUEEN. ICTORIA, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India, has been for so long a time identified with British sovereignty that men of this generation will find it difficult to think of any one else in that position. To the popular imagination she has been for many years something like an abstraction, a part of the government rather than a mortal woman. She _has been for so long a time in virtual retirement so far as social functions are concerned that her name is associated mainly with grand ceremonials, and few have ever taken the trouble to fore- cast what changes would be likely to occur when in the course of nature she closes a reign the longest in the annals of British history and goes to rest with her pr¥decessors in the tomb. The bulletins that are now being issued from Osborne have changed her relations to her kingdom and to the world. The public sees her now a feeble old woman near to death’s door, and the sympathy that goes out to her will be that which is instinctive to the human heart, and which in its tender pulsations knows no difference between royalty and democracy. Should the death of the Queen occur it would make little difference to international pol- itics, or even to her own nation, for the time has long gone by when British politics and for- eign policies were to any considerable extent dependent upon the personality of the sovereign. The chief political effect of her death would be the dissolution of Parliament and the election of a new one. It is not likely, however, that the result of the election would materially alter the Gov- ernment, for Salisbury has so recently been given a new lease of power it is not likely he weuld be defeated in the new contest. It is therefore with minds freed from any fears of political disturbance that the British people will read the bulletins of the sick room, and in their sorrow for the“failing Queen they will have the sympathy of the rest of the civilized world. g ' 'I:he Gove_mmex_'lt of San Domingo is experiencing great difficulty in making American corporations, resident in the southern republic, pay their taxes. Investigation will probably prove that the derelict corporations are express companies, closely advised by the home offices. AT g The local thief who stole a truckload of salt the other day must have had an overwhelming notion of his own freshness until the police pounced upon him. g A CHAT WITH CHARMING ANTOINETTE TREBELLI, SWEET-VOICED DEVOTEE TO MUSIC. | BY BLANCHE PARTIN .TON. ! S Nordau is comfortably dis- tant, though not yet decently may venture to give again a discreet, small wave to the red rag of a “leit- motiv” without fear of being compelled to .make vicarious argumentative atonement for the virtues of Wagner In this direction. It Is only a very small wave, however, but it oc- curred to me the other day that had Wag- ner chosen to give expression to Mile. Dolores’ “characteristic theme” he would simply have anticipated a few merry measures of the ‘Laughing Song” she sings so well, for the singer of sorrowful name herself seems laughter incarnate. T found her the other day, after a long recttal, entertaining with an admirable good humor the usual behind-the-scenes crowd of worshipers. For my part, I was there for a chat with the singer about herself and the recent musical happenings in the East, but a person with the autog- raph habit had precedence of me and my small concerns. “Where shall T write?” inquired Tre- bellt, smiling at the autograph hunter in her infectious fashion. “Here, if you will,”” sald the delighted autographer, unfolding an ambiguous af- fair in linen about the size of a large ta- blecloth, and scrawled all over with dis- tinguished names embroldered In silk. “Here is Nordica and Schumann-Heink and Strauss—no, not there—here with Maurice Grau,” the autographer directed. And the prima donna, with no more ado than the smallest of small girls, knelt down in her pretty finery before a travel- ing trunk, smoothed out the creased linen and wrote—not “Dolores™ but her own and mother’s name, ntoinette Trebelli.” There Is the same charming simplicity about everything she does. She sings be- cause she loves to sing, in the same frank, simple, whole-hearted fashion. And she looks that way. A sonsle. bonnie face, with the clearest blue eyes imaginable, the merriest smile, and round cheeks ut- terly innocent of ‘“make-up,” she im- presses one with a delightful sense of health and wholesomeness. After the autograph incident she turned to me, and 1 began hurriedly—having forgotten my errand: “Well, mademoiselle, things to ask—" “Ask them,” she laughed. “Do you stay long here this time, to begin with?"” “We go to Los Angeles on Sunday, but return here to give some recitals in Feb- ruary,” sald the singer. “Then we go to Australia, my third visit, and then on a delightful trip to India, Sumatra and all sorts of places. I do not come here for three vears more after that, I think, or vou will be tired of me, and I do not want it:mt. for San Francisco is a charming city.” “You come now from the East, made- molselle?” “Yes. and T have fust heard Jean de Reszke again on his reappearance in New | York. Ah! there is an artist!" “It is not true, then, about his volce | fating 2 “Bah! no!” and for the first time a Iit- tle frown appeared on Dolores’ face. “He is wonderful,” and she clasped her hands | with a frank enthustasm. “It was ‘Lohengrin’ Nordica was Schumann-Heink was in the cast. Edouard de Reszke was in the cast, but | when Jean came on the stage—nobody | was there but him. It is not the voice, so much, but art; all art. Wonderful!™ | “You are generous, mademolselle; but | let us hear what Jean de Reszke has to | say about you." | “Ah! he does not know, probably, that there is any 1" laughed Dolores. | ‘“We had all the Grau people out here,” | T had a thousand in the cast. | - color, gives excellent promise for the fu- ture. P a - Among coming events in the concert line the Leopold Godowsky plano recitals, now definitely announced for February 12 12 and 15, at Sherman & Clay Hall. wiil not be least Interesting. Godowsky's re ertoire, modestly advertised as inc the whole of the wortkv literature of instrument (!)-is, indeed, unique. B the aforesald Inclusive repertoire sky, among other herculean effo: taken the most difficult of the ( strides—those in which apparent Itmit of technical possibilities had a been reached—and has doubled and their characteristic difficulties In a tively flendish fashion. These arra ments he plays himself with a superb cu.s of mastery that drives the average : niclan to despalr, which becomes a hopeless when the sald technician fronted with the written record awful steeplechasing those flying fing have accomplished with such laug! facility. One curlous peint in God: interpretations has attracted the of an eminent Eaatern critic, a Huneker, this, namely—that In polypt playing, by reason of the artist’s mats sympathy with the Inner melod alr, tune, so to speak, !s sometimes sight of. His appreciation of eac! ody is o acute that the player ¢ fculty persuade himself to sacrifi~ ‘auties of one part to that wh r the time should dominate and a lack f fine balance is the occasional result g S Gabrilowitsch, dated to appear now not so certain of appearanc but a prominent manager s making strenuous efforts to bring out the Russian genius and the Kneisel from Boston to appear in concert tos —which is very good hearing. - et An interesting programme will be at the Metropolitan Temple on Th evening next under tiie direction of fessor Herman Genss. The following tists will take part: Miss Ma Bruntsch, contralto: H Inist; Herman Genss, pianist: rangon, tenor, and Arthur Weiss, cel $ v @ At Trinity Church this aft programme for the half-hour o cital after the service will be. |and Fugue,” D minor, Bach; * | Meyer-Helmund: “Album Leaf, - ;'enka: and “Scherzo Symphonique, tle- naud. An event of considerable interest to lov- ers of oratorio will be the presentation of Dr. H. J. Stewart's “The Nativity,” also |at Trinity Church, and to be sung next | Sunday afternoon. The oratorio is highiy | spoken of and 1s now In press, soon to be published by the Jonn Church Company of Chicago. ate aretha o el | To-morrow aftérnoon young Albert F1 | kus, the promistng boy composer, w | play before the Sorosis Club members The programme will consist chiefly of original compositions and will includa | both vocal and instrumental numbers. | Young Elkus will also give a Tschaik | sky concerto, in which he will be accom- panied on a secand piano by his mother | also a talented pianist. . . On Friday evening rext the sixth and last concert of the Minett! quartet serias | of chamber music concerts will & at Sherman & Clay's Hall gramme will include a new Russia trio by Arensky, and by request the ly “Souvenir de Florence” of Tschalk: sky, given at the first concert of series, will be repeated. It is announce? that subscribers wishing to invite friends may obtain extra tickets at the box office on the evening of the concert. e 1 proudly informed the singer. “Yes, that was splendid,” she sald.| The sale of seats for the Hemschels' re- “Nordica, you must like her—with her ex- | citals next month has been unusually cellent art, though not so perfect voice? | Wagner is cruel to the singers, but it is | beautiful music. Then Schumann-Heink, | that splendid temperament, and Melba— ah!—that is the perfect vol “Some found her cold here,” I ventured, “not that T am of them.” | “Well, no one can be perfect. Not any | one is perfect. But so clear, so pure a | volce as Melba's, one must thank God for 1t,”” the singer replied simply. “We have wondered sometimes, mademoiselle, that you, yourself, did not | g0 on the stage?” “Ah.n she replied. ‘““The concert- room is better. It is true, I was edu-| cated for the stage, but you know how it is—one may be a saint on the stage, buff nobody will belfeve it. Generally, that is. “ | And T am freer this way. I sing the| songs I please, go where I choose and no one says me nay."” “You sing so many charming old Eng- lish songs, mademoiselle, and speak Enz- lish so well; also French, also Italian; which are you?” “My mother was French, my father Itallan, and I learned English in Eng- jand,” laughed the %artist. “My new name, Dolores—you know, I changed my name because people imagined I was my own mother!—was that of my grand- | mother.” And then, before leave-taking, Mile. Trebelll told me that she takes with her to Australla as accompanist and solo planist, a talented young Californian, Robert Clarence Newell. Mr. Newell Is a pupil of that eccentric Bostonian, Alvah Glover Salmon, who came out here In search of health some years ago. He has been occupled In playing and teaching the piano in Oakland, also presiding over the choir and organ of St. Paul's Church there and conducting the Orpheus Glee Club. Mile. Trebelll Is in excellent voice this time. Her already exceptionally large repertoire has been enlarged and she is singing with all that admirable freedom, certainty, purity of method and sympathy which has always distinguished her work. From Tschalkowsky to Purcell, from Handel to Chaminade, from Verdl to| Grieg, the singer seems equally at home | and any of her recitals is an admirable object lesson for the singer. Mr. Newell's accompaniments are characterized by a nice discretion and restraint and his solo work, while evincing yet some lack of large. The sale of single seats will be- gin to-morrow morning. A CHANCE TO SMILE. n Irish lady and The trolley car stops ten children climb in. Conductor—Are those madam, or it a picnic? The Lady—They ar my children, and it's no picnic.—The Schoolmaster. your children, “Well, professor, how do vou like my way of playing music at sight?" 3 The Professor—Wonderfully; only the music must be full of typographical blun- ders.—Heltere Welt. Mr. Roosevelt will begin on mountain lons and gradually work his way up to United StatesSenators.—Washington Star, “Mr. Woggs, T understand your wife has made a record of 90 ples baked this ar?"” Made a record! Well, where do 1 come in? I eat 'em.” Mrs. Benham—Not onewoman in a thou- sand marries the man she wants, Benham—She don’t want to marry the man she wants. She wants to marry the e some other woman wants.—Brooklyn e. Housekeeper—I'd just like to know why you go tramping through the country? Moldy Mike—Well, mum, I've heard that these ‘ere palace cars Is rather stuffy, mum.—New York Weekly. L | Choice candles, Townsend's,Palace Hote! - f ‘Wilgus ofl burners. Office and salesroom SMA Mission street. 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