The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-15

Twentieth street, March %, under d.
rection of c. Whitney Coombs: Those
who have not heard this charming Vo-
cadst this season will find this an ex-
cellent opportunity to give themselves
the pleasure. Mr.. Coombs will be the
organist, and Mr.. Spence the vioIinist.
Mrs. De Wolf will accompany her hus-
band to Europe in June, and will, 1t Is
said, acceptnotchurch engagement for
the coming year"
The latest operatic production at La
Scala, in Milan, was "Oceana." The
composer IS Smareglia and the IL
brettist Silvfo f8enco. The scene is laid
in Syria at the period of the patriarchs
The story deals with the love of a sea
god for a fairt maid who is betrothed
to Vadar, .ae.wealthy chieftain. Fooled
once by Nadar, Init the god of waters.
finally triumFrfphs;
The students' section of the Schu-
bert club viii meet Wednesday aft
ernoon with Mrs. Henry Down, of Hol-
ly avenue. 1StParsival" will be studied.
This will complete the Wagner pro-
grammes. AT & the, two remaining les
sons the members of the section will
study the works Of a few Of the living
composers.
The manager of the Wagner cycie
In London has prohibited the wearing
Of headgear by the feminine audiences
at CoVent Garden theater.
Mrs. Julia Fletcher Carney, author
of the famous hymn, little Drops of
Water" written in 1845, is living at
Galesburg, Ill.
The numbers that Wilhelm Middel-
schultz, of Chicago, has selected for his
recital Tuesday evening are ones that
should fully reveal the capabilities of
the organ that has recently been
placed in the new Peoples church. The
Tuesday evening, when Mr. Middel-
schulte's recital will give music lovers
an opportunity to judge of the musical
qualities Of the organ, by far the
largest in this part of the country
The organ consists Of thirty-eight
stops and large number of mechani-
cal accessories, which vastly increase
not only it's power, but the number of
effects that can be obtained. The &C
ton is electric, which means that there
Is an electric wire running from each
key to the magnet in the interior Of
the organr-which~ causes the valve to
open, letting the wind into the pipe.
The armature Din this magnet rests on a
small ring of metal, instead of on a
AtCNS DOAA eN\C 1o CbOlOIG, 81 l1dI dll
danger Of ciphering and other annoy
ances are done away with. An inter-
eSting feature in connection with this
modern electric action Is the fact that
when the full organ is played, which
means when every pipe Is speaking,
less current Is used than when only
one or two pipes are being played.
This is anEeXeeilent Illustration of the
vast Improvements which have been
made in eleeSric organs, even in the
last few mehths. The PEOPLES church
organ weighs, 4,403 pounds. It's
largest pipe is over sixteen feet long,
and it's smallest one, about three-uuar,
tiers of an inch. The wooden pipes are
made of pine! Some of the metal pipes
are made Ofzinc, others are made from
block tin, while others are made of
tin and lead in varying proportions,
according to the quality of the tone re-
quired. These metal pipes are all made
by hand. with the same method and
care that was used several hundred
years ago, fer 1t is impossible to OBJ
tain the individual quality of tone by
the use Of machinery.
Naturally, upon the voicing depends
the success of all organs. The new or
gan is said to combine the best tones
Of European schools with some effects
seldom produced. The great delicacy
and characteristic quality of tone In
the different stops, the introduction Of