The evening world. Newspaper, December 21, 1912, Page 7

Cpe ELLE NII am Oscar’s Son Would Like to ' Produce Opera Arthur Hammerstein Thinks Contract He Signed With Metropoli- tan Opera Company Not Binding Because He Got No Considera- tion and Ie Likely to Take Action. Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company Also Wants Permission to Enter the New York Field — Rumors That Metropolitan Is Con- sidering the Building of «@ House for Opera in the Vernacular, BY SYLVESTER RAWLING. SOAR HAMMERSTEEN would seem to be getting ready to fight the Metropolitan Opera Com- Deay for the privilege of producing opera in English, which they have de-| ¢, nied him under the mutual agreement entered into two years aso. Arthur Hammerstein, acting for his father while the latter wae in Burope, it was that signed the agreement binding both ‘Rimeelf and his father te abstain from @tving opera here for ten years. He ,titipks the contract cannot be peld bind- img, et least as to himself, as he got Re consideration for the surrender of hie rights. . Mr. Hammerstein suavely ays that, Of course, the present action at law, if one aiiall be taken, !9 hie son's affair. But who can doubt that the old lion of the Manhattan Opera House is look- ing for a loophole by which he may return to the fleld of endeavor that he £0 dearly loves! ne of the directors of the Metro- politan Opera Company could be found to discuss the matter last night. Otto H. Kahn, the chairman, ts in Kurope. It has not been announced whether the action of the board in denying Hammerstein's request was with o! without Mr, Kahn's approval. After the refusal, Mr. Hammerstein said that if the people showed a desire that he hould give opera in the vernacular, and showed it with sufficient emphasts, he thought he could find @ way. Per- haps Arthur Hammerstein's step is the first in the development of his father's purpose. Mr. Hammerstein's desire to re-enter the operatic Meld ts not the only thing to worry the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany. Philip M. Lydig, chairman of the Philadelphia-Chicago Opera Company, has applied to the Metropolitan Opera Company for permission to give a score or more of performances in this city Aext season, “The intention of the interests which I represent is not to enter into competi- tion with the Motropolitan,” said Mr. Lydig. ‘We merely hope to obtain the Orivilege of presenting certain operas which the Metropolitan company, be- cause of lack of time, will not be able to Present. There could scarcely be a de- cided competition between the two companies, as they are closely allied and to a certain extent have the mame stock- holders. Our hope is that we shall be able next season to give three perform- ances a week in New York during Feb- fuary and March at some theatre we may secure.” ‘There have been rumors for some time thee the Metropolitan Opera Company itself ts seriously considering the matter of building a new opera house, in a sult- able locality, and of moderate size, in which to present opera in English. It may be only idle gossip. ‘The movement for presenting opera in the vernacular is ® serious and growing one. It can hardly fall to result in action of aome Practical bind. TOSCANIN: INDISPOSED CAUSES CHANGE OF OPERA. Of course there had to be three of a kind! Every superstitious person will tell you so, and aren't musical people especially fnvlined to be superstitious? Firat it was Umberto Macnez, the young Italian tenor, who became Indisposed and caused a postponement of the promised revival of “Don Pasquale” at the , Metropolitan Opero House this afternoon. Then Arturo Toscanini got the microbe and not “Tristan und Isolde” under his baton, but “Goetter- daemmerung” under Alfred Herts's was performed last night, Then Put- nam Griswold fell @ victim, Before the curtains were parted William J. Guard came to the front and explained that Mr. Griswold was {ll but, asking the indulgence of the audience, would con- sent to impersonate Hagen, which he 14 and right nobly. No apology wae necessary, Mr. Griswold, Now the hoodeo, let us hope, has run its course. ‘There was some rumbling in the lollies, but nobody asked for the re- turn of his money and everybody saw a fine performance. The cast included Olive Frematad as Brunnhiide, a beautl- ful impersonation; Margarete Matsen- quer, for the first time thie season as Waltrante and sshilde, both well done, and Car! Burrian, Herrman Weil, Otto Gorits, Rita Fornla, Bella Alten and Lenora’ Sparkes in familiar parts and each sativfactory. Alfred Herta gave the score a broad reading and the orchestra and the chorus did excellent work, FRIEDA HEMPLE AT LAS NEXT WEEK'S OPERA BILLS. Frieda Hemple, the German color- etura soprano, whose coming has been enticipited for several seasons and who had been expected to open the current seavon at the Metropolitan Opera House, te actually to make har American debut next Priday night as the Queen in “The Huguenots."" Mme, Homple, who {a sald to be not yet thirty years oli, was etudying the plano at the Letpaic con- eyrvatory when one of her teachers dis- covered that she had @ voice and under- took to train It. She was one of the Rhine Maidens at the Bayreuth festival tn 188 and was beard a few times at weakens Sania to Wy aah i Oe Bad | Markers | Am eighteen years of age, tall stout, dark brown heir and ion and hich color, MI waite j Soe Dear Fashion Falter: Would request that you kindly «ive me a few suggestions for a very pretty ne gown, Am n years five feet six inches tall, an: t nixteen-year ' blue eyes and ght chestnut hat ike something very fashionable, but not ordinary looking. MISS white until #he made her debut at the Bertin Opera in the @ her voice and nized. In the cast next Priday will be Emm: Destinn, ag Valentine; Bella Alten, a the Page; Caruso, as Raoul; Scott!, as De Nevers; Rothier, as Saint Bris, and Didur, as Marcel, Polacco will con- duct. Meyerbdeer’s opera has not been sung at the Metropolitan since Feb, 18, 196, and Mr. Gatt!-Casazza has provided | new scenery for the occasion. Johanna Gadski !s to make her first ason on Thursday fe Walkuere, umn of that year that ner talent Were recog: night Ruyadael in the ca: On Monda, tty,” with Scott!, To: | dill, “Haengel und Gretel, | the first act of the ballet with Adeline Genee, is announced for Christmas afternoon, and “Faust,” with Geraldine Farrar, Slezak, Gifty and Rothier for Christmas night. “Orfeo ed Eurydice” wiil be repeated for the Sat- urday matinee, an@ “The Magic Flute” will be sung on Saturday night for the benefit of the German Press Club, Mme. Gadski returning to the part of Pamina. “Cavalleria” and “Pagliacci” will be eunx at the Brooklyn Academy of Muslo on Christmas Eve. Mischa Elman, the Russlan violinist; Loulse Homer, and Leo Slezak will be the soloists @t to-morrow night's con- cert. FRITZ KREISLER PLAYS FOR SETTLEMENT SCHOOL. Fritz Kreisler, the Austrian violinist, out of his own good nature and by the courtesy of the managoment of the Boston Bymphony Orchestra, by which he was engaged exclusively for a few appearances in America this season, sacrificed the spending of his Christmas tn Europe to give @ recital at the Wal- dort-Astoria yesterday afternoon for the beneft of the Music School Settle ment, in Fast Third strect. There was @ large audience and the cost of seats was high, #0 the receipts must have been iarge. bir. Kreisier presonied « programme of small compositions, falry- like in texture, intimate in thelr appeal, and exquisitely performed. His own “Caprice Viennols and | “Tambourin Chinois won the most favor; but there was proper appreciation of works by Louis Couperin, J. B, Cartier, Giuseppe ‘Tarttl snd our own Rawlins Cottenet, Mr. Kreisler bewap with Haendel's ao- extra numbers, es KITTY CHEATHAM’S XMAS MATINEE NEXT FRIDAY. Kitty Cheatham 1al holiday mat- inee will take place at the Lyceum ‘Theatre ncxt Friday. She has arrani A programme which will contain four- |teen new songs and stories that are likely to appeal not only to young peo ple but to children of larger growth, as her songs and stories always do, Mise Cheatham will present Maurice Ravel's setting of “Hop o' “My Thumb" tn pan- tomime, and she will tell some of her choli negro atortes, If she doesn't throw {n for mood measure some of the old favorites, there surely will be trouble. “The Messiah” ta to get its two ane nual Christm, wentations at Carne- gic Hall on Thursday afternoon and | Friday evening, under the direction of the new conductor, Louls Koemmenteh ‘The sololste will be Corinne Mider-Kel- sey, Christine Miller, Reed Miller and The obpgua of anata in D major, He added several | EB BVENING WORLD, Fetching Evening Frock for a Miss ‘And Suggestions for Other Gowns Evening World’s Original Fashions for Home Dressmakers Rhody DESCRIPTION. A sweetly demure little evening frock miss ls composed of pale pink chif- | fon cloth in combination with a prettily patterned cream lace flouncing. The waist is cut so that the scallops form a finish to the sleeves, while instead of a seam in front @ band of the chiffon cloth ts inserted, holding @ little fulness three hundred will have the ance of the Symphony Society's orchestra, The Phitharmonic Society's orchestra, under Josef Stransky, at Carnegie Hall to-morrow afternoon, will play Tachal- ftth symphony. On Thursday ¢ und on Friday afternoon ‘Tachaikowsky's “Pathetique” symphony will bo the principal offering. The solo- ist to-morrow will be Lous Persinger, the American vollinist. On Thursday and Friday Ernest Schelling, the Amer!- can pianist, will play. St. Paul's Chapel Is to have a mid-day hour of carol singing on the eve of Chriatmaa, by the full chotr, under the Girection of Edmund Jacques, organist- choirmaster, “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing,” and the “Adeste Fidelis will be sung on the churoh porch, at the Broad- way entrance, at noon. Bach's Christmas ors.torio will be eung at the Church of the Ascension at 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon, under the direction of Richard Henry Warren. GATURDAT, SXNEWPLAYS | OF WE RANGE FORCHRSTMAS First Event of Lively Week Will Be Opening of Chil- DRCEMBER 21, 1919. Developer of Large R dren's Theatre. of the lace on either side. Crystal beads trim the band and also finiéh the round neck. The skirt is slightly pan- ince om the niered into the deep band o: bottom, whose seallops form an unev finish, The paramount charm of little tollette seema to be the soft crush of chiffon cloth forming a very wid girdle, being finished oy with hand made ball fringe ef pink satin, YOUNG KLAW BATTLES WITH BURGLAR IN HIS ROCHELLE PARK HOME Three in Masked Band Which Broke Up Card Party, but All Escape. NEW ROCHELLE, N, Y,, Dec. 1— Residents of Rochelle Park are taking Precautions against the invasion of their homes by burglar bands such as that discovered in the house of Joseph Munder's Christmas oratorla “Bethle- hem” wil be sung at the Old First Presbyterian Church to-morrow night, ‘Wiltiam C. Carl conducting. The Réyal Italian Grand Opera Com- pany, appearing at the West End The- re, will pregpnt next week “The Ty Countess. n Samuel A. Baldwin's free organ re-| cital at the City College to-morrow aft- ernoon will be the for three weeks. oo SCOUTS FAINT AT A DRILL. Atmoophere of Hall So Stifling that Four Bors Fall. | | Seven hundred American Roy Scouts | |@rom Manhattan, the Bronx and White- mone, L. 1, gathered last night in Columbia Hall, Jersey City, for @ drill and review by Gen, Edwin A. MoAlpin, ‘The hall was packed, and so poor was the ventilation that soon the boys were in distress. ‘After five minutes’ drill ene bey felt unconscious. Three others dropped within @ couple of minutes more. They were carried to an adjoining room, | where Col, Brinkerhoff, who Is a phyel- clan, revived them, They were not per- mitted to take further part in the drill. Vincent Kinley of Jersey City recelved \@ gold medal for bravery. Several months ago he saved several small boys from being run down by a ¢ruck, risking hia own life in doing a0 | Hen Ce ESR us Ande Corea. SEOUL, Corea, Lara Ander- son, thd newly appointed United States Ambassador to Japan, tn succession to Charles Page Bryan, with his wife, ar- tived here this evening. They were met at the station by Consul-CGeneral George H, Soldmere and the start of the Uni ted States Consulate gnd by representa | tives of Governor-Genoral Count Ter- jauchi Ambassador and Mrs. Lars An | derson intend to ain here over Sun- dey and will then go to Kioto, where waey, WH agend Chripiman 14 AR TO, Kiaw, @ son of Theatrical Manager Mare Klaw, Thursday night. Mr. Klaw had a fight with one of the burglars, but the fellow was rescued by @ con- federate. Mr. Klaw was playing cards in the brary with Ernest Albert jr. son of the scenic artist, and Fred Weating of New York. They discovered the front door open when a draught was felt, and & moment hater found a masked man under the dining room table. The man fled with Atbert and Westing in pursuit. ‘The lost him ln the yard of the home of E. W. Kemble, the artist, Mr. Klaw started tn the chase, but recollecting that his ninetean-yearokl wife was alone tn the house, returned, and found another masked man crough- ing on the porch. He dragged the man into the hall, where they fought Mre. Klaw threw @ pistol downstairs, but the burglar prevented Klaw from getting it. The Ulef was Edge J devidedly the worst of it, however, when # chird man dashed from & bedroom, shoved Mra. Klaw aside and pulled hie associate from Mr. Kiaw‘’s grasp. The two ran away just as Albert and Westing re- turned. Mr, Klaw has the mask he tore from the face of the man he found on the porch. Detectives from New York are searching for the burglars, lite SCHOOL SWEETHEARTS WED. Brookiyn Actors Meet o Crown ofa Rom: WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 31.—A school- day rofhance tn Brooklyn led to riage here yesterday, Mr, Lester a. Levy of No Prospect place, Brook- lyn, married Mise Edith M. Jones of No, 1170 Pacific street, Brooklyn. Hoth are on the stage. Mrs. John J. Corbett of Newark, N. J., | was & witness as were Golden of New York, Marlowe of the theatric David ©. . and Miss Grac ‘al company wit) which the bridegroom is connected Mr. Levy and Miss Jones are wiit thelr companies this week in Philad: lower edge S Christmas week, while the open | tng of the playhouse for the & dice wit further enliven «he holiday orason. | The Children's Theatre, teoated tn the | PETERS Get the benene af fhe masene Century Theatre, ett nave | 180t tome stlerwart Where (he wet Dudlic performance of “Rack: | @hee Begins te ee foie & rotten, thet veges dome of tte first | etty-Pactetty Howes, written ty Mre m new! pt ye are et hand for. BV F. BRADLEY COX. the home ooking Tile siwere & goed rete Population m lerelity fe apt te Se deveinged Building of the Home as a Matter of Economy dential Tracts in Red Bank and Atlantic High- lands Sections of New Jersey Points to Under- lying Facts Which Con. trol Early Land Values. rows in the mottos of see nee vaiuee and (he sort draw bwterent form Tamenry fet $100,000 on deposit with State of Mew Fort We are entering out TM year, Danton Sy mall oment pour Call oe write for “Roanlet om Tol Beeman 11M tt Mascon 9, CTrihmne _ “SAVINGS GAN CITIZENS* ‘aie pat angy A =", aa ee 5 ime © ‘en a4 . jeyee wth the few v | aes ie tore hated, FXNY WANURR, Preetdenn, 4 wownr etle: chert | BETTS nme Consteen : afterncon, beginaing et 2.18 seher® | There ot atm o_o grin etratina! | gr nar 118 cmAMREne or... ¥, Uinemareier ptotures ver © 2. 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CMY Mak dwellers have bean the | per samam on sit mums trom 83 ts £9,000 aatitied | — = | prtectme: bu during =the = week. tamer the tr-lawe. icvenena The story concerns the! prices later far the ames ian of Gan ow 6 ~ ge so." | Princess Potente, whe ie visiting instances it cnet and sen contracts to re dre | Amerten, In her company te the Prince | opening prices were too high whan com | ous Se jatrecte Alsi, to wham che has been engasel | pared to arreage prises Famdar intervals, Uke rent, | ail her life threugh the mandate of the) vietnity, Were | Rmperer of her sative country, But amounts expendat snows, euch prices | she apecte the carefully lait plane >y| would appear mare reasnadie, Then falling tm love with © dashing GOvSiry | the die sssker might arrive more ctearty captain, With Miao Abarbaneli wt be! ot @ conciuston ae w& & fair vaiue, To Kovert Warwich, Menrt Leon, Petit | determine the true cost of property te Howey, Josephine Whittel, Margaret| one of the most diMeult probleme for | Farrell amd othera, companies engaged in eudurtan ée- mile velopment Norman McKinmet, am evcefient ‘The company usually acquires « large Heh actor, will Rave the princtpal tract of land an an screage desis, and | pia te “Ruthertorg an4 Boa,” a pia; tte erect te frequently unimproved farm solves & mystery that baffles the police. ‘Thie detective is employed by the fam- tly ef @ rich man found dead in iits library, and tn the course of hie invest!- gations he discovers « den of counter- fetters. Among others tn the cast will be Alphona Exhier, Bertram Warbursh, Joseph Tuohy, Selene Johnson, Stella Areher and Agnes Bverett. At the Belasco Theatre on Christ- mas night will be seon “Years of Dts- cretion,” « comedy by Frederic and Fanny Hatton The story centres around a rich widow of forty-eignt, living tn a Boston suburb. Hitherto she has been prim and domestic; but revolts. She races off to New York clubman and then she wakens to the situation. After all. she loves the quiet of home, the com- fortable old gowns and the luxury of laainess. To her astonishment she finds that her husband {s likewise tired of | the mad pace they have deen going. Tota role will be acted by EMe Shan- non. Others in the cast will be Lyn Harding, Bruce McRae, Herbert Kel- cey, EB. M. Holland, Robert McWade sr., Grant Mitchell, Alice Putnam and Mabel Bunyea. | } ee Another Christmas night opening will be “Stop Thief!" at the Gatety Theatre This farge by Cartyle Moore has for its theme Kleptomania. There are two Rleptomantacs, one @ million- aire, the other his prospective son-in- law. Into this household @ real thief ta smuggled by a new maid Among others in the cast wil! be Richard Ben- nett, Frank Bacon, Percy Ames, | Thomas Findla: Mary Ryan, Ruth Chester and Vivian Martin. ee Maude Adams returns to the Empire Theatre on Wednesday night for a| three weeks’ stay in “Peter Pan.” Mme. Naatmova moves to Wallack’s with “Rella Donna.” Clifton Crawford and Mise Vatlt Vat | join the Weber and Fields company on Monday night. “Redecoa of Sunnybrook Farm" will be seen at the Grand Opera House, “The Merry Countess” gees to West End Theatre. ‘A spectacular drama called “Parents of Men,” by Walter Clark Bellows, will | De prevented by the etuck company at the | purchaser, and he should satisfy him- | Belasco, theatrical producer, It te surveyed and a map showing the location of streets the @iviston of the treet into lots and diecks numbered consecutively with the sise and dimension of each. Th After deing approved dy the g of lots will be after the improvements shall have deen completed. Sometimes gut of sales a reserve fund ts created for these improvements and a propor- price of each lot together with any other | expenses against the development of the Property. An increase in the selling prices of remaining lots can then be made legitimately. Later, the accrued interest on the mortgage and on borrowed money, with accrued taxeg improvements and carry-| ng charges, are added to the cost of the thus estadlished Companies not managed by ectentific| developers who thoroughly understand the principles of real estate accounting are usually unsuccessful and cooduct their business without regard te com- mercial principles, totally ignoring the analysis which &@ proper accounting eyetem cun furnish. Taue, the result to the purchaser of lots is often disus- trou, as be is calle! upon in the firet place to pay @ price not fyunded upoa any legitimate basis. In some ins- tances, extravagant methods of ad- ministration and heavy overhead charges result in higher prices deing demanded than would otherwise be the case, and, consequently, in loss of sales. Then, if prices are reduced to stimu- late sales, without reducing the heavy administration expenses and overhead harges, as !s generally the case, enouga funds are not available to carry out the improvements promised and the proposition results im failure Executive ability and experience de- hind suburban development companies is most important to the prospective self as fully upon this point as ne would upon the financial standing of their sponsors. <A EN , BELASCO HAS BAD COLD. PHILADBLPHIA, Dec, 31. — David std es Hotel here. He contracted a cold at the Grst performance of “The Little Devi,” by Mune. Rostand, at the! Broad Street Theatre Thuraday, amd has the Harlem Opera Houee. Charles Rodinson and his “Crusce Girls will De at the Columbia, Clark's “Runaway Gtris" come to the Murray Hill Theatre. Al Reeves brings his “Big Beauty Show” to Hurtig & Seamon’s, “Phe Columbia Burlesquere” will de! at the Olympte. Miner's Rignth have Sam_ Rice People'e Theat ris.” Avenue Theatre will raftydiils.”* At the will be “The Dandy VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. At Hammerstein's will be Ching Ling Foo, Lillian Lorraine, Belle Blanche, Laddie CUM and others. The bill wt Proctor’ Fifth Avenue Theatre will indude “The Drume of; Oude,” Carroll aod Fielde, Bert Met-! | rose and the Mus! Johnstons At the Twenty-third Street Theatre Morrisint's | Boe be the main fe will head the attraction A ‘Kaitn'e Valen Square Theatre wil, singe Deen confined to bed. Wiliam Elliott, Mr, Belasco’s son-in- law, is with the manager, as are his secretary, Willam Hard, and a nurse. It was said m the hotel y Mr, Belasao bad a good night and hoped | to retura to New York to-morrow, e FS 5 have Rose Pitonof, the famous swim- mer, in aquatic fe W. . Abingdon tn “Honor Is Satisted,” the Big Ci Four and o On the bill at th Lambert an Ball in songs. Odiva, th » swimmer and dive and “More Sioned Against than Usual 4 ¢ Alhambra will be George Be- ri Battle Cry of Preedom.” The Bro r o will hha Harned in cal review called Lawn Part, and Eddie Leonard and Mable Russell Vir a Amer! n Theatre will Piott!, “The Qrey and Hollty and the tionate amount ts added to the seiling| Bm | Jerry J. Colontal will be Maud bed I il i i I aati ik ; { é ie i HI Gat | i ty | : i E t i i I ef Re i i the spring. . Louts Schlesinger in acres with residence, duildings on Egtert HU to-day for Almanda J. Whitner to W. Eaton. : . Metuchen Realty & Improvement Cs —_—_—— BELASCO MASTERS COLD. Manager, Sick a Week im Phile- delpata, Quite Better. the St. James Hotel, where ne aas beer confined for etght days with @ severe ing him. Belasco was taken aick Dec. 1h th day following his arrival bere to. wit ness the first presentation af the “Good Little Devil.” croneesneipmaeiaaniias RUMORED COHAN IS TO QUIT. Broadway Hearse He Will Live ita the Country After Next Year, ‘There ‘s a report on Broadway that after next season George M. Cohan wi retire from the stage and lve on a country estate, He is negotiating. it is said, for the purchase of an extensive plot of unimproved land in Rhode Island on which he will Duikt a home, t the Cohan Theatre Mr. Cohan te- ned to discuss the matter. His father Cohan, said that he hadn't eard of the PERSONAL Mr. Edward M. Ciifford of No, 134 andusky street, Buffalo, writes: “For the benefit of others 1 most checrtully recommended Father John's Medicine as a body builder and sure cure to any person troubled with colds or coughs, 1 was troubled with a bad cold and was threatened with pneu After the first bottle I found elf much improved and after the | third bottle I was entirely rid of the | DOWN. §h sees W aat ee Se OS HELP WANTED—MALE, ————— eon cough and soon began to gain in | strength and flesh. You are entirely | welcome to use my name. 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