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The herald., 1897-07-18
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another about subjects in which all are
interested, and those men represent
wider diversity of class, occupation and
condition than can be found in any
other club in New York. The club began
some months ago, when the working rep
resentatives of various charitable and
philantropic organizations gathered and
dined together. A repetition of the din
ner was suggested, and some one OBJ
served that 1t would be a good idea to in
wife some of the men who were intimately
associated with the class of people among
whom the organizations do their work.
Several men conspicuous in labor organ
izations were asked to the next dinner,
and they came. Next time they brought
others, each man paying for his own
plate at the dinner. In the general con-
versation the necessity OF closer UNDER
standing between the classes Of people
which the philanthropic organizations
strive to bring together was prominent
topic of conversation, and the phrase
"get together kept cropping up, until
one of those present dubbed the gather
ing the Get Together club, a name which
stuck. An organization was decided upon.
No officers were elected, no place or date
of meeting was determined upon. and no
dues were collected Each person whom
the committe of direction invited to any
of the dinners became member. Five
minute talks were a feature of one Of the
gatherings, and because every man was
told positively that he couldn't go beyond
his five minutes, the talks were crisp and
compact. AT subsequent dinners thers
were longer talks on social questions.
and the "Get Togethers' have become
so popular that it now takes good
sized banquet room to hold them. One
sees at these gatherings, sitting side by
side, bankers and Wall street men,
moulders, tin workers, lawyers, brick
layers, ministers, plumbers and theo-
logical students, arrayed in whatever
manner best pleases them, but it was re-
| marked at the last dinner that the rep
resentatives of manual labor were more
formal in their dress than the others.
The specific object of the club--it is the
only specific thing about it's to ''get
together" busy and practical men who
stand for things done in New York
New York Sun.
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in his honor at theater in Geneva. He
is now slightly deaf, but he said he heard
quite well by holding his hands to his
ears, and enjoyed the music immensely.
On leaving, he said: THANK you for the
treat you have given me. Good fortune
to you for the future"
Herr DIPPED, the leading tenor Of the
Vienna Opera, and who is well known
in New York, where he made his debut,
has been added to the forces of the opera
in London, where the season Is largely
Wagnerian. "Lohengrin," Tristan"
and" Die Walkure" have now been given,
and in each case the critics agreed that
the performance was the best ever heard
in that city. London music-lovers are
now wondering why Anton Seidl was not
brought over from New York before to
show them how Wagner should be in
terpreted. The climax will be reached
with "Siegfried" The London critics
are more conservative regarding Seidps
prowess, but they all agree that there
has not been such all-around excellen,
conducting at the opera for years.
Verdi persists in ignoring the compos-
ers Of the young italian school, in
rather pointed way. Leoncavallo re-
marked that Verdi refused to take any
notice of his young colleagues, although
they were all anxiously fishing for a
word of praise from him. Not long age
Mascagni undertook to introduce him.
self to Verdi on the steps of the Hotel
Milan and whisper to him, Il am Mas
cagni; my 'Ratcliff' will have its first
performance tonight I should be happy
master, if you could attend the per-
4 Torrance. And Verdi replied, ungra-
| ciouely. mo, I cannot do that, for if
went should be asked to give my opin-
| ion tomorrow, and then l really should
not know how to answer" Neverthe-
less, he attended the performance in the
background of one of the boxes, "invis-
ible like a god in the Clouds" On an
other occasion, when the Milan exhibit
ton was to be opened with symphonic
work by Leoncavallo, Verdi begged per-
mission to attend the last rehearsal. II
was, of course, granted most promptly
but the attendants ruffled his temper BY
their officious offerings of easy chairs
a subject on which Verdi is very sen.
eitive, as octogenarians are apt to be
what is it you want?" he exclaimed
| IL ISL as Dau as tnat. Are you III
hurry to bury me?" After the rehearsal
Verdi beckoned to an intimate friene
of Leoncavallo, who expected to be MADE
the bearer of a pleasant little comph
ment But Verdi simply asked him
(Which of these men is Leoncavallo?'
1.-THE one with tie light overcoat, mex
to the conductor" was the answer IN
deed!" said Verdi. and that was all NJ
eaid. He fixed the young composer
moment with his sharp eyes, race
about, and left the hall.
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more people in his chorus and some

more people in his chorus and some
scenery which he carried with him.
The fact appears to be that the public
allows itself to he influenced by an ex-
tensive and expensive system Of adver-
Using which the big companies can af-
ford to indulge in. Starting with a me-
tropolitan production, which is even run
at a loss in order to gain the eclat of an.
advertised success, the shrewd advance
agent and the enterprising business
manager succeed in creating a popular
demand and the dear public adopts the
fad and pays big prices for an entertain
ment that intrinsically is of small value.
The standard of popular tastes is today
go low that any theatrical exhibition
may be made to succeed provided it is
well advertised and the business man
sgement is competently handled. But
let a company come into town, relying
s.3,ely upon the merits OF its production,
and work never so hard. doing excellent
worl, and furnishing good value for the
priees charged, the large majority of
theater patrons will sniff scoffingly and
deride the productions that have not OBJ
.a!ned the seal of New York or Eos-
tor approval. The treatment of the
Columbia Opera company is not the only
case in paint; as Otis Skinner aid his
charming wife were recently the VIC
TINS oc the same want OF appreciation.
II Is little wonder that few of The COM
pauics visiting San Francisco now care
to come TO Los Angeles. Its reputation
has gone abroad 80 r illiberal patron of
music and the drama Some OF the
cleverest as advance agents have con-
fess.c themselves puzzled, after years
of experience, as to what their prospects
might be in this city. the patronage Of
The theater and concert hall appearing
20 be governed entirely by fad and fancy.
Managers haze therefore Concluded 20
lie safe, rather than sorry. and have ia &.
number of instances cut Los Angeles
fran their list. thus avoiding long and
expensive journey with It's attendant
rtsk. Nat Oosdwin. the L!.l;putians snd
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Henry E. Krehbiel, the well known
New York critic, says in the Tribune of
that city: at would scarcely be eXag-
geration to say that the mostsignificant
achievement of the meeting of the Music
Teachers National association, held
here last week, was that which marked
it's closing moments in the Woman's sa-
lon. The influence upon musical culture
of a federation of the. women's musical
clubs of the country is likely to be sig
nificant and enduring. The projected
federation has primarily an extremely
practical purpose. 1t aims to help its
members in the matter of the engage
ynent of artists. In many places these
women's clubs are the principal local
purveyors of high-class music. Not only
do. they provide their own members with
opportunities to- hear the better class of
artists, but they also manage public con-
certs.
Now the best Of the clubs lay out a
course at the opening of the season and
aim to make their doings serve general
end. To this end private concerts, pri-
vate study and the papers prepared and
read by members have been directed.
A federation of the clubs might easily
be made to serve their serious aims by
directing their entertainments for which
outside help is invoked into a common
channel. For instance, if pianoforte
music is studying by all the clubs, one
or more of the travelling virtuosi might
be persuaded to arrange program de-
signed to illustrate the growth of the
music which has been composed for the
pianoforte and its precursors. So, too,
,l1o., te<{s fAI1
song, the operate aria, etc.
This is the aesthetic and educational
side of the question; the financial, which
seems largely to have instigated the new
movement for federation, is also an i'm
portant matter. If the clubs are suffi-
cent in number to guarantee artists of
the kind they need a profitable tour
through the country, it ought to be easy
for a representative of the confederation
to make a contract for the clubs direct
and thus save not only money, but also
| the imposition which INSCRIPTIONS
agents have practiced upon them in the
past.
| "Mrs. Theodore Thomas was chairman
of the convention, whose purposes were
explained to be ~ to show the actua
standard of musical culture among the
best class of American women in al
parts of the country, and the character
and quality of the educational work II
music doing by women's amateur mu
steal clubs (2) to stimulate the forma
ton of such clubs in places where they
did not then exist, and to improve thu
work Of those already organized by Civ
ing them an opportunity to measure
| themselves with each other; 90 to give
national recognition to this depart
ment of woman's educational work.
committee has been appointed to Obtain
the sense of all the clubs on the subject
and submit a plan for future conven
ton"
/ Why should not the Treble Clef, tn,
Monday Musical and others of our loca
clubs take steps toward joining this fed
GRAFTON, that they too, may etioy thu
benefits outlined above? A wayd to tn
wise Is sufficient
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other etrong attractions which used TO
play here have lately been in San Fran
cisco and have departed thence without
giving a thought to the metropolis OF
Southern California other than one OF
indifference and contempt.
In the course of the present week Dan
iel Frohmans Lyceum Theater COM
pany is to play a short engagement at
the Los Angeles theater. This company
has always done we'll in Los Angeles and
it is to be supposed that Mr.. Frohman
has therefore concluded to take his
chances on another engagement. 1t Us
to be hoped that the patrons of the the
alter will recognize the Importance OF
making little more active effort than
usual on this occasion, as upon the sue
cess of this engagement may depend
the policy which will govern the send
ing of any further important attractions
to this city for long time to come. Ger
tainly If Los Angeles desires to be rec
ognized as an important center of Gull
ture. it will have to make better show
ing IN Inc future III PAtAOAoSS -
musical, literary and dramatic events.
+ + r
Frederick Warde writes that he Is
busy in preparing for the production OF
his new play. "Iskander," which Will
take place in Philadelphia September
9th. The drama is founded on Disraelfs
story, "The Rise of ISLANDER" and the
work of dramatization has been done by
Chicago journalist B. S. Eaton who
has turned out a good piece of literary
| work which will probably score DIS
tinguished success. The piece Is OF q
stirring military character, with
strong romantic element, of which Mr.
Warde may be trusted to make the best
use. Mr.. Warde declares his intention
of combining himself to the presentation
of romantic plays during his next sea-
son. The number of competent actors
in that line is certainly very limited and
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is being made, so that the regular sea-
son can be opened on Monday, August
8. Manager Pearson, who is in the east
writes that splendid company has been
secured for the opening dates-a COM
pany which has never before played I'M
der the regular dollar prices, but on
consented to open the season at the
Burbank.
ORPHEUM. - advance Announce
ment) There will be almost complete
change of bill at the Orpheum tomorrow
night, and such variety and class OF
talent that shall please the most exact
ing.
All the regular patrons will remember
Caron and Herbert, the greatest comedy
acrobats in the world, who made such
q pronounced hit here two years ago
There was hardly room for improve
ment then, but new fun and novel aero
batic acts make them doubly welcome
Caron is a son Of that famous French
clown, Caron, who for so many years
| amused the Parisians at the Circo Nj
evo.
Eckert and Berg, operate stars. al
ready we'll and favorably known to Los
Angeles theater goers in opera, appear
in an operate sketch entitled Master
and Pupil" Frey and Fields, of diff
ferent order of talent, are equally great
| in their line, and their comedy sketch
"A Tramp's Reception" is one of the
| funniest creations seen here. Miss
Fields dancing is an exceptional feature
of the act. Not unmindful of the wishes
of some of it's most musical patrons
the management will introduce Mr.
| Charles Whyte, the eminent Australian
basso, who has made such a success
the last two weeks in San Francisco
where he made his debut before
an American audience. Mr.. Alex
Heindl, the talented young cello soloist
who has been so warmly received, will
remain a week longer. He is very proud
of his cello, which is a genuine Nicholas
Amati; dated 1923. He has been Offered
$4,000 for the instrument, which has the
grandest of tone, but no such amount
could induce him to part with it. Can
field and Carleton, the sweetest singing
comedy bill in vaudeville, will repeat
their success of last week The McKees
have farce entitled, "Show Life Elk.
posed" Specialties in black and white
face are introduced, and the fun is
fast and furious. Matinees today, Wed
nesday and Saturday.
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Her Majesty's Dainty Lingerie

It has frequently been asserted that
the queen is disinclined to spend much
upon her dress, but this is not go. She
is rather lavish than otherwise in order
ing new clothes, albeit fashioned in
bygone mode. Black silks and brocades
Of an exquisite quality are specially
woven for her. and one weaver who has
made her black silk stockings for many
years ie told off to do nothing else. All
her hose is fine as gossamer, and can be
drawn through ring. With regard to
6ootgear, the sovereign still prefers the
old-fashioned "prunella," and black
satin slippers, and faithfully adheres to
elastic side boots. The queen is seldom
seen without a pocket handkerchief,
daintily held between her ring-covered
fingers, handkerchiefs which are mar
wells of cobweb-like cambria and old lace.
london Figaro.
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The attempt on the part of the man
arement of the Los Angeles theater to
furnish it's patrons with summer amuse-
ments at reduced prices has again met
with encouragement. 1t was thought
that {. season of six or eight weeks Of
light opera with a varied repertory,
good costumlng, good singers, good or
chestra and an excellent director, would
prove so strong an attraction that
fair pecuniary return might be expected,
ana at the same time that the theater
patrons who so frequently complain OF
the lack ot theatrical entertainments
might be pacified and satisfied. Man
ager Wyatt, although he lost number
Of thousands of dollars in his attempt
to furnish the public with English light
opera years ago, appears to have thought
that with the increase of population
there might be an improved opportunity
at the present time for successful sea-
son. He accordingly encouraged the
coming here of Miss Katherine MacNeill,
who brought an organization which has
been pronounced as thoroughly capable
and efficient, containing principals who
could sing we'll and a chorus attractive
in appearance and thoroughly compe-
tent for its work. The result has been
that, after three weeks of the hardest
kind of work and the production of ten
operas which have been sung and acted
up to an average of excellence that
would be creditable to any operate COM
pany, there is nothing but failure to
record, and one is at a loss howl to &C
count for the f1ckleness which seems to
possess the popular mind. When De
Wolf Hopper was here few weeks age
people fell over one another in their
anxiety to secure seats at twice and
three times the prices charged for the
Columbus. yet Mr.. Hopper's show was
no better than any of those which have
been given here during the last three
weeks, with the exception that he had
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reopen in 1.-THE Hoosier Doctor" at Chi
cago on August %. proceeding thence to
California, with run at the Boston Mu-
scum in view later.
Charlotte Behrens. leading woman of
Robert B. Mantells company, is said 10
be an expert oarswoman. She spends
much time on the water at Shipper
Point, near Stamford, Conn.
Frank Daniels will be seen next sea-
son in a new comic opera, "The Idols
Eye" by Harry B. Smith and Victor
Herbert, under the management of Kirk
La Shelle, who will also send out again
1.-The Wizard of the Nile"
The herald., 1897-07-18
New FORKS Get Together Club

Of the many curious clubs which eX-
list in eNw York. without any reference
to the Raines law, one of the most pecu-
liar is the Get Together club. Other clubs
there are that have no officers and no set
time of meeting, but this club may be
said to have no gular membership
no local habitation, and, in fact. nothing
but a name. Yet it gets together" from
fifty to a hundred men every time the
spirit moves 1t to meet, who eat and
drink and are merry, and talk to one
The herald., 1897-07-18
Barnato as an Actor

The late Barney Barnato had strong
histrionic inclinations, according to
London paper. He played Matthias in
1.-The Bells" in South Africa, after hav-
ing seen the performance of Henry Irv-
ing In describing his dramatic effort
Mr.. Barnato said: ut was like this: I
came one night and saw Irving and was
so struck with his great performance
that I made up my mind to have try
at it. played it forty times and show
ed myself to be a id bad actor"
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there is ample room for all that are
likely to arrive. In the meantime
Shakespearean tragedy is waiting the
coming of another Booth, and the av-
erage actors acquaintance with blank
verse is getting more distant every day.
G. A. DICKINSON.
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Green Room Gossip

Captain Cook" a new comic opera,
will be produced in the Madison Square
Garden on the 18th of July.
Mrs John Wood will be a central fig
ure in the new autumn melodrama at
Drury Lane theater, London.
"a Summers Day" is the name OF H.
o. Esmond's new play, which will be
produced in London by Charles Haley
in the autumn.
Madame Sans Gene" has proved 50
successful at the London Lyceum that
it will probably be revived there at the
beginning of next season.
Henry Jewett denies that he is TO ap-
pear with Miss Mather at Wallack' S
.heater next season. He will appear with
Miss Davenport in a new play to be pre-
scented in Boston October IS.
Olga Netharsole will sue the Froh-
mans because they have not given her a
London season. She was given the sal
contract but her artistic blood sup and
size has appealed to the courts
William z. De Verna and Benjamin
Cohen's big production, Mature" will
be produced August 80 at the Academy
OF Music. Tt will be the first production
in New York III nearly twenty years II
will cost $t25, 900 to hoist the curtain on
the first night. Mature" has been five
years brooding, but brooding to some
purpose. There are 300 people engaged
Personal
Jaia Arthur will presen: next season
Robert Buchanan's "A Nine Days
Queen" In addition TO Mrs. Frances
IIodgs Burnett's "A Lady Of Quail.
ty."
David Belasco has completed three
act farce, to be presented next season
after Francis Powers one-oct play
1.-The First Born" which Mr.. Belasce
has secured.
Digby Bell and Laura Joyce Bell will
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Governor Mount, of Indiana, the "far-
mer governor" who was recently black
balled by the Indianapolis Literary So
ciety, has been elected member OF the
Western Association Of WriterA
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York, but did not go wild over the per-
! Torrance of it. One of the critics says
that "as the work, which is divided into
numerous sections, each bearing its own
title, has no fewer than fourteen differ
ent themes, and the score is one of the
most complicated in the whole repertory
of music it would obviously be absurd
to venture ON an opinion of it after one
| hearing. That some of the music in
this long forty minutes piece is unlovely
may be granted. Strauss probably in
tended it to be so. That the finale is
quite unique is also true enough. Like
the book of Nietzsche, on which it is
based, the music has no real ending, the
sudden breaking off indica ting the Eter-
nally Unanswered Question. But al
though there is a good deal of nonsense
in the labelling of the themes, the extra
ordinary ability which the composer has
shown as a master Of orchestral scoring
is beyond doubt
Verdi, the composer, finds his greatest
happiness in rural life and occupations
Upon his recent birthday-his eighty
third-he was to be seen at the weekly
market at Placenza at in the morning
with some sheep he wanted to sell. He
bought COW and some vegeta bles, and
spent his day among the farmers and
small tradesmen, and in the evening in
vited them all to supper with him in the
local tavern. He has lately asked per-
mission to erect two tombs in the gar
den of his villa of st. Agatha, one for
himself and one for his wife 1t was after
a visit to the authorities of Placenza, for
which he had to rise at 4:30 in the morn
ing, that he said in the evening: "Pel
. Bacco! I feel little tired! Ha! I'm
beginning to get odd" Not long ago
also. he assisted at performance giver
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-26
NOW FOR SECOND PLACES.
Capitol "Sits" Are Causing O. Lively
Scram BILE.

There is a merry scramble for the
subordinate offices at the state capt.
toll, now that the heads Of departments
have been named. In the auditors
Office, Of course, no changes will be ex-
pected for two years, and the came
is true of the corner occupied by the
clerk Of the supreme court Treasurer
Koerner named some new men the
first of the year, and the factory in
srectors areo now engaged in cram
ming themselves for an examination
by state civil service board. Secre-
tary Berg will retain his present Office
staff, but the deputies in Dairy Com
missioner Anderson's office are on the
anxious state. A number of changes
are expected there. It is possible. too
that there will be a change next door
and that Lieut.. Col. H. T. Beyans. of
Morris, who" for several years. has
been assistant to the adjutant general
may be thrown out upon the cold. cold
world. Across the hall in the state oil
insurance department 1t Is rumored
that w. S. Upper, who tried for the
commissionership, but failed to land
it, will be glad to accept the deputy
ship now held by Mr.. Lightbourn. pro
V1ded there should be any change pros
pectiVe.