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volunteer in behalf of her distressed
professional brothers and sisters and
will be seen with her company from
the Columbia in one Of the brightest
bits from Her Own Way" Williams
and Walker, the greatest team of col
ored comedians before the public and
direct from their London triumphs. will
be the contribution from the Grand
Opera-house, while the William H.
West Big Minstrel Jubilee will furnish
a good old-fashioned first part as a
curtain raiser.
Miss Lillian Lawrence, John Craig
and the principals of the Alcazar Stock
Company have a delightful surprise in
store for their many admirers, and
Herschal Mayall, the popular leading
man of the Central Theater, will be
seen in the trial scene from Robert
Emmett" The Tivoli Opera-house has
promised the grand sextet and chorus
from Lucia" with Madame Fannie
Francisco in the title role with Paul
Steindorff directing, and the Orpheum's
contributions will be the best turns
known to modern vaudeville. The
Chutes also will send in a novel fea-
ture.
On account of the length of the bill
the overture will be played at 1 o'clock
sharp. There has been a large sale of
tickets and the reservation of seats will
begin at the box office of the Orpheum
Tuesday morning at o'clock.
Mrs. Fiske, now appearing in "Hedda
Gabler' in New York, has fascinated
therein even William Winter, who has
heretofore only impatiently considered
the actress in Ibsen parts He says her
performance is remarkable, being NOR
dant with sarcasm. keen with irony.
dreadful with suggestion of subtle.
watehful wickedness, and bright with
vicious eccentricity." The general rep
resentation. too, is declared to be bet
ter than the original, William B. Mack,
as locally, being the excellent Tesman,
John Mason's Eovborg. one of the
strongest characterizations of his ca
reer. George Arliss Assessor Braclz
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Pitcher in its rendering showed a keen
sense of dramatic values. She is. though
evidently a singer of short experience.
exceptional in her promise. the voice
large and fine in fiber and the temper
truly musical. Miss Pitcher gave also
another short song. In Haven" more
definitely charactered but of only pass
ing interest.
To Miss Lewis. who was beautifully
accompanied by Miss Andersen. the
programme was indebted for the two
violin solos. "Chanson de Mutt" and
"Chanson de Matin." In both OF these,
as in the piano solo. Contrasts the
constructive sense was strongly graf
ified. The "Chanson de Matin'' pos
sessed also a certain degree Of spon-
taneity, and the "Chanson de Mutt"
breadth and grace. Miss Lewis, though
evidently nervous. gave value to both.
The Contrasts" well-knit, workman
like stuff. was given with full apprecia-
ton by Miss de Fremery.
Almost spontaneous again and very
we'll made. charming, too, In It's delight
fully buoyant reading by Willard Young.
was the song The Pipes Of Pan"
But the two three-part songs, both for
women's voices and with accompani-
ments for two vioIins and piano. are
of exceptional value, particularly the
aforementioned Fly, Singing Bird"
DR.. Elgar here makes most skillful and
original use OF both vocal and instru-
mental material. With its free and
fine melody and novel harmonic
charm. it is a peculiarly happy ex-
ample of it's genre. The other. The
Snow" is also pleasing. though in
sllghter degree, and both songs were
given with notable sympathy by Miss
Powers. Miss Tibbitts, Miss Pitcher.
Mrs. Gwynn. Miss Hamilton and Miss
Vassault
and violin. op. is. will be the novelty
of Mr. Hother Wismer's concert to be
given at Steinway Hall next Thursday
evening. The sonata has been given
only once here in public and is most
interesting work. Mr.. Wismer's pro-
gramme throughout is of the finer kind.
He himself viii give, in addition to the
Strauss number. the Beethoven violin
concerto Cop. GID, with the Joachim ca
denzas and the Sauret "Farfalla." The
viclinist viii be fortunate in the as
sistance of Mrs. M. Z. Blanchard and
Mr.. w. H. Thorley. Following is the
programme: Sonata for piano and viO-
lin. op. Is, allegro. improvisation IAN
dantel, andante, allegro Orchard
Strauss), w. H. Thorley and Hcther
Wismer: songs-(a) "Immer leiser
wird mein Schlummer' and Cb) stand
chen" (Brahms). (c) lie Chevalier Belle
EtOile" augusta Holmes), Mrs NJ Z.
blanchard; violin. "Farfalla" (Emile
Sauretl, Mr.. Wismer; plano, (a)
"Phantaisie Stuck" (Grillen) (Schu-
MANN, (b) largo from op. 50
(Chopinl. (c) ''valse Fantaisie" Cw H.
Thorley), Mr.. Thorley; violin concerto.
op. 81 (cadenzas by Joachim). allegro.
manOn, troppo, larghettO, rondo. al
legro CBeethoven), Hother Wismer and
Mr.. Thorley.
The Paderewski recitaIs TO be given
at the Alhambra will take place on
Monday evening, December 10. and
Wednesday evening, December 21.
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Modern American conditions and
music? Never was time Sc. pregnant
with musical impulse. never were
these conditions so vitaIly favorable to
musical creation The ground is not
even scratched yet, The big things
that are clamoring to be done. the
doers that are putting out strong hands
10 them"
But let me introduce the speaker.
whose prophylactic philosophy is par
tally outlined above. 1t was Mr.. Ar
thur FarweIl. optimist, delightful and
extraordinary-th optimist practical,
be it said Mr.. Farwen is among the
leaders Of the younger school Of Amer
ican composers. author Of several
songs, former lecturer upon music at
Cornell. and authority on Indian and
other native American music. upon
which he lectures. and upon which he
IS here lecturing at Stanford and Cali
fornia universities and elsewhere.
More. Mr.. Farwell is here studying the
Californian musical output, particular
" IN its earlier Indian and Spanish
American phases, though with a wide
and discerning eye for the modern
work
Those unhopeful for the future Of
American music should avoid Mr.. Far
well He would probably have the un-
comfortable effect OF shocking them
out Of their pessimisn. Not What has
been done. perhaps not what lis be-
ing''-may I, Mr.. White?-done. but
what must be done from the American
musical premises, is the lecturers
text
II was a little difficult to believe one
self in a busy. noisy. everyday news
paper Office while he talked; for IT was
there We had our chat. The suitable
surroundings would have been a tenn
pie Of art, with a Grail or two swing
ing aloft, and the large, clear-visioned
eyes Of the speaker looking out from a
head set on shoulders clad in lion
skins. I know I am mixing my Wag-
ner, but what matters It? There is
good deal OF the Siegfried suggestion
about Arthur Farwell. One fancies
him with a sword out for American in
diferentism, or-but judge for yourself
Perhaps we began first TO talk about
Humperdinck, with whom the COM
poser chiefly studied. I told him we
had had the "Hansel and Gretel'' at
the T1voi. and in turn he told me Of
the ''Konigskinder," the heroic expert
ment that Humperdinck made in a
musical accompaniment to spoken
drama II was a failure through the
lack OF vitality on the dramatic side.
Mr.. Farweu spent a whole winter with
Humperdinck at his own home in the
little village Of Boppard on the Rhine,
under conditions that he described as
ideal from the student standpoint. He
had much TO say in this connection Of
Hans Phitzner. wOrshiped Of Humper-
oinck, who with James Grun, his Ii
brettist. he says. forms a sort Of COM
posite Wagner. Tremendous friends
and enemies" testify TO the vital quail
ity Of their art. Guilmant in Paris aft
erward contributed a contrapuntaI
quota to the young mans education,
and he came home then TO lecture on
music at Cornell
"Up to then" Mr. FarwelI put 1t, "I
had desired simply 10 express myself,
and had no broader purpose"
You play, too2' I asked, looking at
the firm. artist hands
''Oh, I played violin from the time I
was 3 years Old he replied, but not
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There's the Sketch Club exhibit and
sale at the cozy clubrooms on Califor-
mia street, where some clever work OF
local women is shown. The exhibit will
continue through the week from 10 to
5, with an informal "at home" to-day
and tonight. Seekers after Christmas
gifts. wander up to this UNCOVERED
little cot" and you'll find something of
artistry to please you-likewise your
purse.
1t is high time we Americans sought
ito follow in the footsteps of the little
brown men"-whom we are rather in
clined to patronize-in their national
love of the beautiful No article of
household use in Japan is too insignifi-
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can't or mean to be made beautiful by
the application Of art And this ma
tional trait has had direct effect upon
the personality of the nation, stamping
upon the people a splendid delicacy Of
feeling and expression that has made
of the Land of the Rising Sun an elys-
ium.
The Guild of Arts and Crafts held its
second annual exhibit at the st. Fran
els on Friday and Saturday, with
private peek on Thursday, to friends
and friendly foes. AT a glimpse it was
a simple thing to see that a week
would be all too short in which to get
a line on all the handicraft shown,
and here was I with but an
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seriously" He smiled as he said then.
L came from Minnesota, and didn't
know what music was until 1 got to
New York. l went there to take
course in electrical engineering, but dis
covered almost Immediately that what
1 wanted was music. The piano? Oh,
that ! do not pretend to play-only IN
illustration of my lectures"
We'll. you couldn't play it worse than
Walter Damrosch," I consoled. Mr..
Farwell was looking apprehensive lest
he be thought 10 think that he was a
pianist. Then 7 asked:
How soon was it before you decided
TO devote yourself to the study Of the
native American resources?"
Right off," he said. And that was
the way it must have been. The Far
well methods are enormously energetic.
quick and decisive as his terse, fluent
speech.
I saw we were just at the beginning
Of the creative period here. At first, Of
course, everything was borrowed-liter-
ally borrowed. Then came the initiative
epoch, now passing. And now is the
creative period. Perhaps a childrens
song book, the Laurel-that if you
haven't heard of you are going to-first
set me thinking. The Wa-Wan Press,
that is publishing what ii believes TO
be the vital new work of American
composers, went to them for childrens
songs; not the weary old stuff that the
children have been fed on, but new and
genuinely American music
THE coon song, for example."
There are worse things than coon
songs" Mr.. Farwen put it. 1T was,
however, in the search for these songs
that came across so much of the real
stuff that was being written-and then
slammed on shelf. You see," he leaned
over to emphasize this, there had to be
this stuff. Here were young, virile
writers living life that no one else
has lived, in conditions crammed with
suggestion, and writing wholly out of
their own consciousness. They were
bound to do the new thing-and they've
done it,
''They?"
Chiefly in the East. Henry Gilbert"
the lecturer replied. Laurence Gilman
and John Beach. all the most radical of
revolutionists-it's quite '76 again." he
laughed.
1 queried then.
From Chicagoi I found a sonata
there"-there was another "Kreutzer'
in the tone. Il must tell you. One felt,
Of course, that in that great ferment
there must be music to voice it, But
there-as everywhere else, of course
there is so much of the mere academic
stuff. Still, it took me three days only
to discover Campbell Upton, who is
just about as big as the city. He had
written a piano sonata heroic-splen-
did stuff. He had gone off into the
quiet, stepped back from the fuss, dis
mayed doubtless by the lack of aItruis-
tic feeling among his confreres. He had
had curious reasons. Here's one, hard
ly credible: Upton taught in school
Of music and a friend of his teaching
in another put the Upton sonata on one
Of his recital programmes. He was or
dered TO take it off because it was the
work Of a man teaching in another
conservatory! But still it is not neces-
sary to step back"
1T is good to go sometimes into the
wilderness"
Siegfried lifted the sword here to
this: 1T is not necessary to desert
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OF exceptional interest was the re-
cital given last Saturday afternoon by
the Twentieth Century Club. devoted to
the compositions of Sir Edward Elgar.
The matter was fairly representative.
consisting of vocal solos. three part
songs for female voices and solos for
piano and violin.
One has been hearing much Of DR.. Ell
gar-let US for brevity's If not for de-
mocracy's sake so call him. All the
testimony seems to go toward proving
the composer head and shoulders above
his English confreres, his admirers, in
deed, hailing him as a sort Of Luther
in a new musical reformation. Most
important Of the musicians compost
tions so far is The Dream OF Geron-
tius.' an oratorio, that has met with
distinguished favor wherever II has
been heard. In it DR.. Elgar seems to
use Of all modern musical effects, while
giving to his work all the exalted relig-
ious spirit Of the older oratorios. Well,
then, may they hail him a Luther.
The English musician has been pecu-
liarly under the dominance of the
Handel, Haydn and Mendelssohn ora
torios. The English public has steadily
demanded that kind OF oratorio, and
the English musician has as steadily
endeavored to supply the demand. In
the famous Halle concerts in Manches-
ter, where were to be heard the great
moderns in every other musical speech.
the Elijah" and the Messiah the
Messiah and the "Creation"-but al
ways the Messiah given season
after season, and still are. Occasionally
"St. PauI'' would be sung. and very oc-
casionally a formal venture into the
oratorio field by perhaps Sir Charles
Villiers Stanford, Sir A. c. Mackenzie.
DR.. c. H. H. Parry, Cowen. Stainer
and Bridge might be heard.
Certainly the new oratorios offered
little temptation to the listener to de-
part from the classic faith. Without
the genius that made the older forms
vital they are crippled throughout with
the initiative weakness. But Elgar by
all account seems to have cut loose
from tradition. His Dream of Geron-
thus has made an even profound i'm
preston, winning a distinction for mod
ern English music that has only been
achieved, and that in quite another
field, by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Peculiarly attractive therefore was
the opportunity afforded by the Twen-
tieth Century Club. On the whole. how
ever, the programme was something Of
a disappointment. Barring the three
part song. Fly, Singing Bird" that has
admirably the lyric quality, the COM
positions given showed no great origin
ality, Of the inevitable quality Of music
ripe for birth and nobly born. Rather
is there an effect of striving-a feeling
after things in the dark. This is par
ticularly apparent in the contralto solo,
THE Swimmer One does not know
here what the composer is driving at
most of the time, and is left also with
the feeling that he himself is tossing
about hoping for some sort of anchor
age that he never reaches. The song is
dramatic in intention, but obscure in its
melodic story, and indefinite, unsatisfy-
ing in it's harmonic plot. Miss Hazel
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By Laura Bride Powers.

hour. The Judgment committee,
composed of Mrs. Lillian w
Tobey. Bruce Porter, Porter Gar
nett, Mrs. Albertine Randall Wheelan,
G. F. P. Piazzoni. Mrs. Mary Ingalsbe
Bradford, T. H. Meyer, Xavier Mar
tinez and c. P. Nelson. having passed
upon the things that lie and hang
about, means that their standards are
high And herewith I take their word
for it.
The exhibits range from artistic
cradles for the baby to exquisite book
binding, along the labyrinth of deco
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GALA PERFORMANCE
FOR CHARITY FUND
WILL OCCUR FRIDAY

The sixth annual benefit under the
auspices of the Associated Theatrical
Managers Nof San Francisco in aid of
their charity fund for the sick and
needy in the profession, to take place
at the Orpheum next Friday afternoon,
December Q. viii be a gala event The
leading theaters of the city will send
their choicest people and acts and the
performance will be continuous
Maxine Elliott was one of the first to
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-04
Womcn i'm National FmnIor-

More than 5000 women are employed
in the various Government offices in
Washington, 2O44 of whom have entered
the service after competitive examina-
tions. Nine hundred are paid salaries
ranging from $1,000 to $500 a year. the
others being paid from $500 to 5000 a
year.
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spoke of the Californian modern work.
instancing the Mccoy "Hamadryads"
of this years loot as a thoroughly de-
lightful composition. But his local re-
search is not ended. One can, how
ever, promise the originator of the Wa
Wan press more than one local work
worthy of its publishing.
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They are live. delicate, well drawn and
lack the harsh outlines so often seen
on ivory. Her picture OF Miss Marie
Wells Is one Of the most finished bits
from her hands-delicate hands they
are work in embryo that prom
ises well is the miniature of Miss Ed
nah Robinson.
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~ MERSON tells us that art
lUL~ stops hurry and induces re-
VIZ Jfiection-for these things,
~ then, let us seek art, for tits
hurry that's Fastening us on
to our death-even to yours and mine
in the mad chase for the shimmering
mirages Of desire that lure us on and
ever on to the end.
Just at the present hour there is
much of art-some good, some pretty
good and. friend. some pretty bad-to
be drunk in in such quaffs as you care
for.
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ADMIRED MINIATURE OF MISS
MARIE WELLS, PAINTED BY
MISS LILLIAN O'RYAN
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Fischer's continues it's 10 and 20 cent
regime with much success.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
WITH RETURNING MEMORY.

Memory came back to the legislature
yesterday They suddenly remembered
that the most important exaetion re-
quired Of them by the people Of the
state was that they should keep down
as mneh rs possible the expenses Of the
state. The word 'retrenchment" came
back To them in it's full meaning. And
acting on the regained memory they set
to work. First the bin to increase the
salary OF supreme court judges from
$4,000 to $4,000 annually, with actual
expenses thrown in, was killed. The
proposal to increase the salary Of the
chief executive Of the state from 81 800
to 81, 500 wasth next to come up. With
out ceremony the House refused to in
crease the salary to 1900 and finally the
members ended up by killing the meas
ure. Bills To increase the emoluments
Of the probate districts Of Manchester
and Bennington were similarly treated.
The supreme court judges, governor, etc,
win continue to worry along on the old
stipend, and they viii probably do it
without much effort. We are pleased
to see that returning memory has come
to the legislature. How much better it
would have been had the members been
mindful Of the wishes Of the people an
the time, without lapsel The state Of
Vermont might have been thousands Of
dollars richer had this streak Of econo-
my come over the legislature at the ear
~ part Of the session, before certain ap-
preparations had been made, notably
that Of 100000 for building at the
State Agricultural college,
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ter may have actuated the former--the
belief thar this somewhat complex sys-
tenn Of cancus government was not what
the situation dcr.anded. They MAJ have
had perfectly honest motives in combat
ting the measme and voting soadly
AGAINST it. Excepting one representa-
tive who classes himself as an Independ
emit Democrat, every single Democrat in
the House voted against the bin. 1t
cannot be said that tho minority party
was IN any way concerned IN the passing
81 the measure 1t was solely Ropubh-
can. ii the measure IS found to be-
meritorions then the Republican party
must be given the credit for having
placed it on the statute books. If, on
the contrary, it prove inadequate and
bungIing, the the Republican party must
take the blame. Yet the charge Of in
sincerity in its platform, go often made
against this dominating party IN YER
mont, cannot with right be ussd in this
connection for the next two years. The
product Of its sincerity may be practi-
cally valnelcss. Stu the Republican
party has gone long way to make & ,od
promise, the fulfllment Of Which has
been 50 earnestly desired
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
FuLFILIING 4 PARTY pLEDGE.

After much pulling and hauling and
turning inside and out, not to mention a
vast amount Of pickering, the Republi.
can party has finally carried out one Of
the planKs Of its last platform--it has
adopted a measure to govern the con
duct Of caucuses. We say the Republi,
can party has fulfilled one of its pledges
for the caucus law which passed the
second branch Of the legislature yester
day afternoon was not the offspring OF
the Democratic party. In fact every
effort was put forth BY the minority
party 70 defeat This measure We do
not wish to impugn the motives Of the
~ Democrats who voted against the bill
in the House yesterday, any more than
we wonll impugn the motives Of the AZ
Republicans who voted with the Dem
ocrats against the passage Of tie bill.
The same reason which actuated the lat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-12-02
MARSHFIELD.


Mrs. =. 3. Martin is quite i'll.
William Brown of Ryegate was Wis
itor in town Wednesday.
Mrs. A. 4. Davis and Mrs. J. b. Pike
visited Mrs. George Annas in Montpelier
Thursday.
Remeber the Twisted SociaI at the
Congregational church this, Friday eve
ming.
Miss Lou Miller win return to her
teaching in Cabot village next Monday,
1t was disappointment to many that
Rev. and Mrs. w. +. Newton OF West
Enosburg were hastily called home from
this place by a death in their parish.
They were guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. w.
Davis last week Wednesday.
1t was pleasant to see the genial face
of DR.. II. S. Carver last Thanksgiving
morning, after his absence in New York
city several weeks.
Among those from out of town to
spend Thanksgiving with friends here
were j. Ward Carver, Charles X. Cole,
James Wheeler, B. NJ. Shepard and FAM
lily and Avis Ennis.
A. c. and Z. A. Tucker and families
were at Cecil fuckers in Barre last
week.
Mrs. F. W. Buck is suffering from
shingles.
All schools in town except that in the
King district opened last Monday. The
teachers are, HOLSTER district, Miss
Blanche Paige; Bond district, Miss Hunt
er: Ennis district, Bernice Phelps; Pike
district, Miss Grace Blake;village pri-
mary, Miss Clara Atherton; village in
termediate, Miss Florence Wooster;
Boles district, Mrs. Holt; depot district,
Miss Mabel Ramsey; New Discovery, a.
E. Allen; Laneshoro, Miss Annie Flint.
Mrs. George Al. Davis has been very
i'll again. Mrs. E. A. Rosebrook is car
ing for her.
Lenora Carrie, the three year old child
of S. H. Unwin, had narrow escape
from severe scald last Wednesday.
The mother had pail full of hot suds
which she thought safe from the little
ones reach. The child was playing IN
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GRANITEyILLE.

The Graniteville Clee club had their
first sleigh ride of the season last even
ing. They celebrated the occasion by
going to see their former member, Nal
colin f. McLeay, at his place of resi-.
dence near Chelsea. They were royalty
entertained by MIR. McIeay and every
body thoroughly enjoyed himself They
returned during the small hours Of the
morning.
The NJ. w. A. eribbage team was de-
feated for the first time Of the season
by the g. 0. +. team Wednesday even
ing BY IT'S points. The M. w. A. team
plays the +, Of A. team tonight.
Poles for electric wires have been
erected on Pearl street. Three Of the
houses on this street have already been
wired.
The dancing school to be held under
Prof Elmore at Miles hall viii start
tomorrow evening at 2 o'clock.
The regular meeting of st. Sylvester
court w. O. 0. f., win be held Monday
evening at o'clock, at which time
the election Of officers for the ensuing
year will take place. All members are
requested to be present.