The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-22

him that there is such a thing as food, and
that he must stop long enough to eat.
AS a rule his meals are very short ones,
and many of them are served to him
while he is seated at the piano.
1t was in this manner that Henry Wolf
sohn found him last summer, when he
called at Abazzio to discuss the possi-
hilities of en American tour Leaning
back in his chair with one knee resting
against the piano aud improvising all tne
while, he listcnd to the plans formulated
Ivy his present manager, and talked over
the question Of terms. The matter once
decided, Rosenthal insisted upon drawing
up the contract himself. When it was
completed he showed it to one of the first
| legal luInnaries of Vienna with all tho
| pride of a boy exhibiting his first compo-
| sition. The latter, who was spending
| few days with Essential, examined 1t
| very carefully, and pronounced 1t fault
| less. "The best lawyer in Vienna" said
| he could not have done better"
| Rosenthal was originally engaged for
| fifty concerts, but the demand for him
| has been SO great that the amount has
| been exactly doubled. Ills appearance at
| Carnegie Hall will be an event of double
| significance, for leader marking the first
| appearance of a great artist, 1t Will also
| be the opening of the concert season in
New York. Two days after his debut.
| Rosenthal will be the soloist OF the Bos-
| ton Symphony Orchestra, at the Metro
politan Opera House. On the afternoons
| OF November 18th and 10th he will giye
| his first two recitals also at Carnegie
| Hail. He has been cngaged to appear be-
fore all the prominent musical organiza-
| tons Of this country, including the New
| York Symphony, Chicago Symphony, New
| York Leiderkranz and Sedl Society.
Rosenthal will also be heard in a num-
ber of recitas in all the leading Ameri-
can cities.
| Mr.. B. L. Pitts, leader of the Lawrence
| orchestra, may be numbered among tho
most earnest musicians of the city. Mr.
Pitts, who has been with the Lawrence
| orchestra for the past three years, is a
| graduate of the Grand Conservatory of
| Music of New York, and was for three
years connected with the Cleveland
School of Music as an instructor. For
nearly ten years previous to coming to
| Scranton he was engaged in orchestral
work with travelling organizations. He Is
one of the first violinists of the SYM
phory orchestra and has many violin and
mandolin pupils about the city.
Probably the youngest musical students
in the city are Masters Ralph Ham,
aged I. and Roy Haan, aged 5, sons CT
Mr.. Peter Haan, Of The Tribune, who are
receiving instruction on the violin and
mandolin from Prof Pitts.
The male voice rarty which was organ
lied last Sunday in Ivorite Hall, elected
E. f. Robathan president; David j.
| Davis, secretary, and Lewis Davis, con-
ductor. Their initial rehearsal was held
on Tuesday eveEing, and large number
of vocalists rehearsed the competitive
piece which will be contested for at the
Providence eisteddfod, What Is Beau
tiful?" Another meeting will be held to-
morrow at the same place at $3.50 sharp.
This Glee club will be composed of the
best singing material to be had in West
Scranton and will be made permanent
| organization.
| Roosevelt Rough Riders" Is the latest
| waltz composition by b. Phillips, the po-
| pular composer of the Country Club"
| and others. The composer has had an
extraordinary call for the latter selection
| all over the United States The "Roose-
welt Rough Riders" is now being printed
and will be on sale the latter part Of the
month.
An exchange says: Miss Yaw, the
Kansas City singer, whose fame rests
largely on what i'm a popular song was
called "Sister Mary James top-nOte,"
, is singing in England, but has changed
her name to the less suggestive one of
Yew." This musical phenomenon seems
TO be singularly unfortunate in the mar
, at the present rate will probably soon
cover up what fame she gained a season
| or two by the much. talked-of high note
, in which she was able to excel the great
, est prima donnas of the age. Although
| many may not be aware OF the fact, Ellen
Beach Yaw. or Yew, owes her fame al
most entirely to the ingenuity of Mr..
Thomas u. Van OStcn, the present man
; ager Of the Gaiety theater of Scranton.
Upon Miss Haws arrival in New York
from the West, Mr.. Van Osten was In
duced TO become her manager fcr BRIEF
season. He soon discovered that in rum
ming tho scale she could sing several
; notes higher than Nilsson or Patti. With
!, keen foresight he at once decided to pose
the young singer, who had no great abil-
ity as a vocalist, in the form of musical
freak. He had numerous cuts made
!, ranging from ordinary music type to dou-
: BILE sheet fence posters made represent
, ing n clef and bars giving the highest
notes OF Nilsson. Patti and Yaw with
: the latter on the top ledger lines. New
York city, where the young singer was To
, appear was literally covered with the
handbills great and small showing Yaw's
, high notc. All musical people and critics
of the city at urce took 1t for granted
] that this new star had put forth CLAIMS
of superiority as q singer and there was
much speculation as to her ability
When tho western nightingale finally
. | appeared there was much disappointment.
: The singing, aside from the phenomenal
high note, was, Of course, ordinary, and
! the dyapeptic musical critics of New York
] | turned their batteries of fatherly reproof
= upon the manager. In the midst of tho
furore one critic suddenly realized that
/, II was the public and not Mr.. Van osten
, who had heraldcd Miss Yaw as q great
singer The manager had simply adver-
tised the high note and had delivered the
| goods Through the talk IN the newspa-
pers and arguments concerning Miss
: Haw's abilities the singer secured a large