The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-07

tiers at Dore, France, and then pro-
| coed to Switzerland, sailing for New
! York Oct. a, after a short time spent
in this city.
The singer declares she is impatiently
! awaiting her American tour, which win
! begin at Carnegie hall, New York Nov
/ ? Robert Grau, she says, has arranged
the sixty concerts scheduled. and has
each performance backed by guar
! antee- A private car is being built for
! her, also by the manager
Mime. Patti recently sent BIr. Grau a
4 list of those works she personally pre-
I ferred. and from it Will be selected
! those that coincide with the managers
/ ideas.
/ During a late performance of the
/ Gypsy Baron" at Dessau the burgO-
| master announced to the audience the
I birth Of d young prince. The Empress
( Maria Theresa made a similar an
nOuncement on the birth of the Emper-
or Joseph's son. She leaned over the
/ Leute, Sepperl hat Bue han" in good
Viennese.
Beethoven's ''Missa Solemnis.' begun
/ in 1918, but not finished till 1922, was
written on the occasion of the nominal
ton of his pupil, the Archduke Ru-
dolph to the bishopric of Olmuetz. The
composer sought to obtain subscribers
for copies among the princes and kings
of Europe. He only obtained seven
subscribers. and the money results
were $50 ducats- Such was the reward
for what he himself considered his best
work.
One of the regular attendants at
. -c,r- Of
Nibelung's ring, by the way, was
Adelina Patti, who had subscribed for
box. Her recent concerts in Rome
and Paris were given, it is said, in the
cause Of charity.
Jaroslav Kocian, the young Boz
! hemian viOlinist, has returned the $780,
600 Guarnerius violin which he bor-
rowed last November from w. G. Clop-
ton and took to Europe with him. He
wept as d woman would if forced 70
part with her only child, and offered
his entire fortune for it's possession.
/ The owner was equally affected and
/ tears Of Joy ran down his cheeks as the
young Bohemian took the treasure
L from its case and returned it to him.
1t had been agreed that Kocian
should meet Clopton at the Hotel En-
/ pire and return the masterpiece Of lost
/ art. He kept the appointment to the
/ minute. CIOpton had been waiting an
/ hour and was pacing back and forth
/ when KOcian stepped in the door As
/ the young man staggered into the
room Mr.. ClOptOn rushed forward and
grasDed his hand.
| You have it?' he asked, hoarsely-
The Bohemian nodded his head
mOurnfully and laid the instrument on
/ a chair The owner trembled With eX-
! element as he felt of. the violin as II
/ in fear to find some flaw or crack.
! My boy I do not blame you. You
! have cared for it tenderly,' said
/ ClODton.
The Guarnerius violin represents the
| highest of the lost art and is the only
I instrument ever made that embod1es
/ the charac teristics of the human voice.
] In tone it is a medium between the
1 hOrnlike qualities of the Stradivarius
/ and the Organ-like melody of the Am
/ arti- The violin owned by Clopton was
the first one made by the famous
maker in Cremona.
ClOptOn loaned the violin to Kocian
4 six months ago when he was here on
! his American tour. Kocian got into
/ some difficulties with his manager and
/ sailed away with the Guarnerius be-
4 cause indiscreet friends here told him
| that in this way he could collect GER
/ tain sums he believed were due him.
As soon as he found that he had no
/ right to keep the violin he went TO
1 the United States consul at Prague and
made legal acknowledgement of CIOp-
/ tons ownership of the instrument. Not
1 daring to intrust it to an express COM
! pany, the young musician brought il
back with his own hands. He arrived
the other day on the Deutschland
That coy little creature, Cupid. has
I been playing tag with the hearts of
Helen Lord. one of the trio of prima
dOnnas in The Runaways." and Ray
mond Hubbell, the western youth who
! is responsible for the melodies as they
/ stand in that musical comedy
Although it has not been officially
annOuHt ed-Miss Lord and Mr.. Hubbeil
/ not having overcome natural bashfui-
/ ness-they expect to be married With
/ out unnecessary delay. possibly within
/ a month
The writer of music cOnfided to some
/ OF his intimates that the day could not
I come too soon for him.
The Partially of the soprano and
I Hubbell for each other has been of
much remark in The Runaways'' COM
/ pany for some time. The attachment
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