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Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
:. IN. THE MUSICAL WORLD
Fritz KreisIer Concert
To Be Noteworthy Event

of Los Angeles will enjoy something
of an artistic dissipation as in order
to satisfy all tastes and the many
requests that are coming I'm for spe-
cial pieces, there will be an increased
number of evening concerts. In ad-
dition to the regular performances
this afternoon and tonight, there will
be the usual matinees all the week,
commencing on Tuesday, but owing
to the fact that the band will play at
the opening of the Jonathan club
Wednesday night, there will be spe-
cial concert at the Chutes theater on
Tuesday taking the place of the regu-
lar Wednesday performance. on this
occasion a Wagner program will be
given of which details will be pub
lished later.
on Thursday night also there will be
a special gala concert the occasion be-
ing known as apollo Club Night"
and that ambitious society of singers
will attend. The last appearance of the
Elery band in Los Angeles this spring
will be made in a joint concert with
the Apollo club at Temple auditorium
Monday April 3.
ON Friday night, by special request
the band will repeat Puccini's La
Tosca" which on a recent occasion so
profoundly moved the audience at one
of the Elery concerts. Saint-Saens
Dance Macabre" will also be repeated
at Friday nights entertainment and
the prelude, dance of the hours and
galop from LA Gioconda" which has
not yet been played at any of the
evening entertainments.
The program for this afternoon in
cludes the Poet and Peasant" over
ture, the "Tannhauser" overture, Vic
tor Herberts Babes in Toyland" and
the same composers brilliant Amer
lean Fantastic" In the evening Sig
ror Palma will be the soloist and will
play the old song Some Day" In
the evening Offenbach's "Orpheus"
overture will be played and the big
opera numbers will be Gounod's
Faust" the Lucia" sextet and "Lu-
crezia Borgia." Victor Herberts Pan
Americana" will be heard, by special
request,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
Peie SfOrck's Recital
Next Wednesday Evening

1.-TWO musical events Of especial in
terest will take place this week
and they will test the, truth OF the
revised adage that an artist is not
without honor save in his own home
Madame Fannie Francisco, who is
one of the two or three Californians
that have won fame on the lyric stage,
will give a concert, Tuesday evening,
and Mr.. Peje Storck, the famous plan
ist, who is now resident of Los Ange-
les, will be heard in recital Wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. Storck has been in Southern Cali
fornia just year. Born i'm London
Of Swedish parentage, his whole artis-
tic life has been identified with Brus-
sells. Paris and the continental capi-
tails. He was educated for the bar but
at the Stockholm Conservatoire under
his musical interest was such a domi-
nant force that he became a student
at the Stockholm Conservatoree under
a pupil of List. After obtaining the
medal of honor, he went to the Brus-
sells Conservatoire where after years
study. he took the second prize in 1890
and in 1891 he procured the first prize
by unanimous vote, a rare
distinction in a city which subjects ar
lists to the severest tests.
For ten years Mr.. Storck has been
celebrated as a concert pianist, for he
unites all the, qualities necessary for
success as an interpreter of music.
He has the magnificent physical
strength that enabled him to acquire
tremendous technique and his method
is the perfection of art. His touch is
wonderful in it's delicaey and he plays
with the poetic feeling that is the
endowment Of the few. A man of
broad, intellectual vision, Mr.. Storck
combines with his emotional apprecia-
ton a vigorous mentality which gives
his interpretations the supreme charm.
OF widest sympathies, he finds in all
the composers what is best and his
versatibility has commanded attention
from foreign cities who have called
him ''the artist of profound comprehen-
sion," and "a giant who plays the
piano like an angel"
Mr.. Storck will present the following
program next Wednesday evening in
Dobinson auditorium: Phantasie Chro-
matique (Bach), Sonata Appassionate
(Beethoven), Sonata in D major (Scar-
lattD, Prelude (Rachmanifnoof), En-
RANT (Godard), Weber die Steppe hin
Uudwig Schytte), Poupee Valsante (Ed
PoldinD, Bridal Procession (Greig),
Murmure du Vent (Sauer), Valse i'm
promptu GiszD, three preludes 3, 90,
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
Beauty Box Both Useful and Agreeable

minutes are up. And your breath will
be chopped in short bits, and your
face will be like scarlet poppy after
good sprinkling; and the first thing
you will want to do is to go and sit
in an open window, but the first thing
you must do is to deny yourself this
very natual longing. Just sit down
or lie down on couch and get your
breath back, and wipe the perspiration
off with towel
You are entitled to three minutes in
your corner instead of one, which you
would get if YOU were a man fighting
for champion belt. Then up and at
1t again, beginning with the same po-
sition as before.
In boxing for beauty do plenty of
sparring. This is natural massage
which makes pounds drop off where
they are too many and come on where
they are too few. The lodging and
sidestepping bring the trunk muscles
into play, and the woman who would
be supple and slender should take her
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

has studied and sung in the large
eastern cities, especially New York.
Miss Mabel Tresslar, who sings first
alto, is an experienced quartet singer,
having sung in the leading churches
OF Los Angeles. and at present is solo
contralto in All Saints church, Pasa-
dena. Miss Katherine Cameron Eb-
bert. the second alto, Is one Of the
leading contraltos of Southern Cali
fornia. She has studied in two or
three of the large cities of the United
states and also In Italy for a number
OF years, and is a soloist of rare taste
and ability She has sung in the lead
ing churches of Los Angeles since her
coming here four years ago, and is the
solo contralto in the Hebrew Temple
B'nai Birth. These ladies, apprecl-
ating the work that J. p. Dupuy has
done in, the quartet line with the Eu-
terpean quartet and similar organic
ations, have engaged him as their di-
rector They will make their first ap-
pearance at the production of ELI
jah," to be given by the Los Angeles
Choral society March IA.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
THE CHORAL SOCIETY

The reserved seat sale for the ora
torio, Elijah" to be sung Thursday
evening March %, at Simpson auditor
ium, shows an encoura ging demand for
seats. The Los Angeles Choral society
under the direction of Professor julius
jain, is doing good work and the
chorus of 300 voices will be assisted by
the full strength of the Los Angeles
Symphony orchestra. The Euterpean
quartet of male voices has been secured
for a part of the quartet work. The
Philamela ladies' quartet will also take
part in the double quartet work. In
connection with this portion of the pro-
gram, double quartet of ladies from
the Church Of the Angels, under the
direction of Mrs. Campbell-Johnson,
will supply the angel music. The solo
lists are Max Heinrich, basso; Miss
Julia Heinrichs, contralto; Joseph Du-
puy, tenor, and Mrs. Katherine Col
lette, soprano.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
NINE. ERANcIseA,s CONCERT

Nine. Fannie Francisco will he heard
| in recital next Tuesday evening al
| Simpson auditorium. Madame Fran
csca has lately returned from abroad
after an extended tour and many
triumphs I'm Europe. For several years
she has appeared at the Royal theater
at Amsterdam and she Is popular al
The Hague. She has perfected herself
in thirty of the leading operatic roles
and has won great commendation. She
has appeared several times in San
Francisco this season with great sue
cess especially when she sung the role
of Lucia at the Tivoi.
The program for Tuesday evening
Is as follows: Aria Opera La Tra7
iata" (verdD, Aria opera "Lakmi'
(Delibes), Murmelndes Luftchen (Jen-
SEM, Heiden Roslein (SchuberD, Manon
I.escaut Laughing Song) (Auber),
Aria opera lie pardon de Ploermel''
(Meyerbeer), valse voci di Prmavera
(Johann Strauss), Aria opera Louise"
(Charpentier), Shines vers avaient des
allies (Hahn), La Serenada CTostD,
Valse opera Romeo and Juliet (Gou-
nod, Mad scene from Lucia" CThom-
as).
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

of boxing. Always keep an eye out
for an opening for good lead, and
the best boxers sometimes voluntarily
take blow for the sake of giving a
better one while the opponents guard
is down.
When the opponent closes in with a
strong lead, then is the time to dodge,
and before she can recover clinch with
both hands. Then, quickly freeing one
hand, holding her close with the other
punch, punch, punch, unless
All this time she is not standing still
and taking your punishment. If she is
as wide awake as you, even as you
clinch she has thrown up an arm and
broken your hold and begun to do a
little business that will make you
dance back and begin to spar again.
Two minutes are enough for one
round, and the first two minutes will
be the longest you ever spent. And
it is surprising to find how the most
sluggish blood will be galloping
through the veins by the time the two
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

THE quest of beauty comes to be a
tedious thing when one must
make it always alone 1t takes a
woman with heroic determination to
do the little stunts by her bedside for
FIVE or ten minutes morning and even
ing. But when it comes to an exercise
that can be taken with some one else
and where the element of sport en-
ters in-that's different.
That is how boxing has come to be
a fad among the fair. For boxing
needn't mean blood and black and
blue spots and the sickening thud of
blows on bare flesh, any more than
fencing means battered skulls and
slashed bodies. All the science and
skill may be kept, with the brutality
left out.
Any pair of bloomers will do to box
in, and a shirt waist Is as good as
anything else. AS for the glove,
women should never use anything but
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

IN THE March Century two Los An
geles young men are conspicuously
represented Richard Barry, who
was formerly on the staff of the Times,
contributes an article on THE New
Siege Warfare at Port Arthur" and
Cloudesly Johns has place among
the fiction writer's, his tale, "Skyrocket
cleverest of the months short stories.
Mr. Barry went to Japan last March,
and after many weeks of tedious wait
ing in Toxic, where thirty war corre-
spondents were detained on one preteXt
and another, he had the good luck to
obtain leave to go to the front with
the third army. 1t happened that the
young California newspaper man was
the only American correspondent priVi-
legged to watch the siege of Port Ar
thur, for many of his associates were
recalled before the longed for chance
to see the fighting was given to the
foreign press writer's, Richard Hard
ing Davis and the older correspondents
marched away with the first and Sec
ond armies, which did not reach the
coveted vantage point-the place where
the battles were fought. Mr.. Barry.
who was forced TO wait until the last,
was rewarded by being the first and
only American put in position to see
the terrible contest between Russia and
Japan, as 1t was carried on for four
months. With marvellous industry he
recorded each days incidents. He
made maps and photographed scenes
of army life when the censors declined
to permit him to send out a line OF
news or even to mail private letter
But Mr.. Barry. who had studied the
japanese language while he was rest
lessly waiting in Toxic, won the conf
dence of the officers of the third army
When it was evident that Port Arthur
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
MUSICAL NOTES

The Los Angeles symphony orchestra
will give its sixth concert at the Mason
opera house Friday afternoon, March
81. An excellent program is being pre-
pared for this occasion. Harry Clifford
Lott, baritone, well known to the lovers
of good music in this city, will be the
soloist.
Leandro Campanari the celebrated
violinist. will appear in Blanchard hall
next Thursday and Saturday even
ings. and at a Saturday matinee. Sig
nor Campanari will be assisted by
Nine. Josephine Wellington, the dis.
tlnguished American soprano. This en-.
gagement promises to be musical
treat and one of the notable events of
the musical season.
Willard Spenser, author of Miss
Bob White" to be seen here shortly,
princess Bonnie" and THE Little Ty-
COON" has all but completed his fourth
opera, which Messrs. Nixon & Zmmer-
man were to have produced in Phila-
delphia this spring, but owing to i'll
ness and the severe weather he has
been compelled to go to Sopchoppy,
Fla, for a three months rest and sus-
pend all work. 1t is just possible that
the Forthcoming production may have
to be postponed year in consequence
thereof.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
Los Angeles Writer'S i'm THE Century"

must fall within a few weeks the
young American was permitted to start
for home, with his copy" his maps
and his photographs.
The material so carefully gathered
has been used in a series of articles in
Golfers, the Scientific American, the
Saturday Evening Post, McClure's and
other periodicals. The Century article,
which is an analytical description OF
the methods of siege warfare employed
by the Japanese, is a piece of vivid
word painting. The author gives
strongly drawn picture of how the
"maize stalk fields" climbed 1.-The drag
ons front" as the little brown men
honeycombed the shell-swept plain be-
fore Port Arthur with trenches and
tunnels hidden beneath waving stalks
of corn. Mr.. Barry tells how, for
the first time in history, coast defense
guns battled with each other and
armies fought beneath searchlights
He shows how it has become impossi-
BILE, under modern methods of warfare,
to rescue the wounded from the field
of battle. In summing up the causes
of the Japanese success, Mr.. Barry
says:
But one could find another cause of
Japanese success, If the analytical
probe is to be struck and the mystic
impulse which gives men resolution for
supreme sacrifice be ignored. This
great cause may be called originality.
The record of superficial observers Of
her recent advance is that Japan today
selfshly and slavishly reaps the values
wrung from time and chance through
many centuries by other nations. If
this be true she is original enough to
survive the ordeal of imitation. Had
single person shown the qualities
displayed at Port Arthur he would be
charged with the audacity of genius.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

a six ounce glove. No woman can hit
hard enough to hurt with that, and it
is not too heavy for comfort after one
gets used to it.
There are some women who have no
right to box, and the way to find out
whether you are one of them is to
stand up before some one with gloves
on and see how many hands seem to
be waving through the air in your di-
lection. If more than two, take off
your gloves and try something else
until your nerves are in better shape.
The first position is with the left
foot slightly forward the body covered
with the right hand and the left swung
out ready for a lead. And always the
eye fixed on that of your opponent
The training OF the eye is not the least
Of the advantages of boxing. And the
one whose eye is quickest always has
the best of It. for she knows just what
the other intends 10 do and can be
ready to meet ii.
The defensive is not enough. There
4 plenty Of good massage and exercise
In sidestepping and In keeping the body
well protected with first one arm and
then the other, but that is only half
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

in the afternoon. Then follows an
intermlssion Of two hours for dinner,
and the second act will begin at s:I5
p. m, the whole ending at 11:45.
The performance of Lucia di Lam
mermoor" will be one not soon for
gotten, thanks to the brilliant work
of Nine. Sembrch and Mr.. Enrico Ca
russo, who admittedly is the world $
most eminent italian tenor.
The casts for these two great per-
formances will be as follows.
"Parsifal" dn Germany Kundry,
Nine Fremsted; Parsifal, NJ. Burg
staller; Amfortas. M. Van Rooy; Cur
naums, M. Blass Klingsor, M. Gorits;
Tirurel M. Muhlmann; First Esquire,
Nine. Moran; Second Esquire, Nine
Braendle; Third Esquire, NJ. Rudolf;
Fourth Esquire, M. Albert; First
Knight of the Grail, NJ. Boyer; Second
Knight of the Grail, NJ. Greder; A
Voice Nine. Jacoby; solo flower maid
ems, Mines. Alten, Bauermeister, Jac-
cby, Lemon, Poehlmann and Ralph
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Hertz. Note:
(After act 1, which will begin at five
o'clock and end at 6:45 p. M, there
will be an intermission until S:45 p. m)
Lucia di Lammermoor. In Italian).
Lucia, Nine. Sembrich; Alse, Nine
Poehlmann; Edgardo. M. Caruso; Lord
Enrico Ashton NJ. Parvis; Raimonde,
M. Journet; Arturo, NJ. Bars; Norman
no, NJ Giordani. Conductor Mr.. Ar
turo Vigna
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

Opera company will give two perform
ances in Los Angeles: "Parsifal," D."
April 18th, and Lucia di Lammer-
moor" April 18th.
"Parsifal' has been without a doubt
the operatic sensation of a century,
and its production as arranged by Mr..
Conreid in the Metropolitan Opera
house, New York, at a cost of fully
S150,O0O, has become a matter of world
wide record. Los Angeles is to hear
this masterpiece with the identical
cast that has aroused New Workers.
and with scenery specially. designed
and painted in Vienna.
The role of "Parsifal" will be taken
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
FRITZ KRElsLER COMING

Fritz Kreisler. the Austrian violin
ist who has created such furore in
Europe within the last two years, will
play at Simpson auditorium Tuesday
evening, March IS. Kreser is perhaps
the most eclectic violinist before the
public today. He can play airy trifles
with grace, charm and vivacity; Beeth-
oven, with profound depth, breadth and
virility; Bach with solemn detach-
ment, Mendelssohn with the right
sweetness, sentiment and power. 1t
is seldom that an artist can master TO
perfection music so different in char
acter. Kreisler, although possessing
individuality of style and tone, is the
most impersonal of violinists
Kreisler's success has not been con-
fined to the concert stage alone. He
is great favorite at drawingroom con-
certs as well, by virtue of his versatile
repertoire, modest demeanor and mag
netic personality. Royalty has honored
him on many occasions.
Reserved seats are now on sale at
the Union Pacific ticket office, 250
South Spring street.
coNREID OPERA COMPANY
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
KING EDWARDS CLOCKS
Tmepieces Owned by Great Britain's
Ruler

Timepieces Owned by Great Britain's
Rulsr
From the Chicago Tribune.
The different royal palaces contain,
as may be supposed, a goodly number
of crown clocks. AS regards the clocks
at Windsor, careful inventory of them
is kept in the lord chamberlain's de-
partment, which is responsible for their
proper upkeep and safe custody. This
inventory gives a full description of
each clock, measurement, situation In
the castle and photograph. 1t contains
entries of 230 clocks which, with the
candelabra, fill two large volumes as
big as full sized ledgers. Many of the
clocks at Windsor are works of art of
the highest order, and one in particu-
lar possesses an interest enjoyed by no
other clock in the world.
There is the clock that Henry VIII
gave as a present to Anne Boleyn on
her wedding day. 1t rests on modern
gilt bracket in the chapel retiring room,
and is only four inches deep and ten
inches high. Formerly it belonged to
Horace Walpole, and when his effects
were sold at strawberry hill Queen Vic
toria bought it for $3.50. Harrison Aims
worth wrote of it: This love token or
enduring affection remains the same
after three centuries, but four years
after it was given the object of Henry's
love was sacrificed on the scaffold. The
clock still goes; it should have stopped
forever when Anne Boleyn died" If II
was going when Ainsworth wrote 1t
goes no longer. The weights are in
cased in copper gilt and beautifully
engraved-H. A. and true lovers knots
on one and H. A. alone on the other.
In the footmen's room at Windsor
there is a specimen of IAN act of par
Lament clock"-a kind of clock that
grew out of tax on watches by Pitt
This tax caused watches to be much
less worn, and tavern keepers adopted
bold mural timepiece for the benefit
OF their customers. These tlmepieces
were called "act of parliament clocks,
and usually consisted Of large dial OF
wood painted black. with gilt numerals
and trunk long enough for seconds
pendulum. The dial formed the front
of the clock case and had no glass COW
ering.
The chief curiosity in the way OF
clocks at Buckingham palace is the
Negress Head clock-a French spring
balance production by Lepine. whom
Voltaire engaged to establish a watch
mandatory near Geneva. In this
clock the hour numerals are shown
in one OF the negresss twinkling eyes
and the minutes In the other. 1t stands
two feet Ave inches and half high
the head and bust Of the negress beine
in ormolu and enriched with magnih-
cent decorative features.
Zeal more often wins 10 success than
/ ,kl
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

by Alois Burgstaller, coached and
trained at Beyrouth by Madame Wag
ner herself; the part of Kundry, the
enchantress, will be taken by Miss
Olive Fremstad; Amfortas, the
wounded King, will be portrayed By
Anton Van Rooy, and Klingsor, the
magician, by Otto Goritz; the flower
maidens will be recruited from the
Conreid Metropolitan Opera school,
while the orchestra will be under the
baton of Alfred Hertz, who has con-
Quoted all the performances at the
Metropolitan Opera house, New York.
The first act of "Parsifal" will be-
gin at p. m, and end at GAS p. n.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

boxing as regularly as she takes her
bath.
Unless you are in pretty fine form
one round is enough at first. But after
while, when you feel that you can go
on breathing while you box, and your
mind keeps steady, and you do not
forget to keep your eye fixed upon
your opponents, you can box three
rounds of two minutes each. with
three minutes rest between.
And this ten minutes with the gloves
will give you the very best exercise in
tho world, bar none.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12

This audacity did not hesitate to make
use of anything new or old, possible
or impossible, conventional or uncon-
ventional, which might win success
from desperate conditions fs
Mr.. Barry will visit Los Angeles
this week. After finishing his lecture
tour, he will sail for Japan April 15.
GEORGE HORIZONS NEW NOVEL
For tale of romantic adventure.
pure and simple, the latest output Of
George Horton, under the engaging, If
melodramatic title of "The Monks
Treasure" is very good thing.
Like Horizons Like Another Helen,'
it takes one straight back to Greece
modern Greece, and is rich in occa-
sional bits of felicitous description that
make the book worth considering,
from the artistic standpoint.
That Mr.. Horton hardly expected it
to be so considered, however, the tale
itself makes evident. 1t is one filled
with delightfully."- horrible" adventures
and escapes from cover to cover, and is
exciting enough to make the most
blase' novel reader "sit up and take
notice."
Walter Llthgoe, romantically in
clined young American, is dispatched
by his uncle to the Cyclades-besung by
Keats!-to Corner the "argols"-a
baking powder compound-market of
the Mediterranean islands for the bene-
fit of the Lithgoe Baking Powder COM
pany.
At La Costra on the island of An
dros, Walter forgets "argols" and uncle
in tn love of a beautiful "bond-girl"
already promised to a hot-blooded
island man. The unraVelling of the
girls pedigree precipitates wonderful
adventures; leads to the discovery not
only of honorable ancestors but of a
stupendous treasure in an old monas-
terry. The struggles with the cowled
brothers and with the girls lover are
many and hair-raising. But Walter
and his friends finally bear off the
treasure and the girl.
THE MONKS TREASURE, BY
George Horton. Indianapolis: The
Merrill company. For sale by
c. c. Parker.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-03-12
LADIES' QUARTET

The Philomela Ladies Quartet is
the latest local musical organization.
Miss Isabella Curl, who is first So
prano, has had European musical ed
ucation and is a soloist of repute. She
is at present the leading singer of the
First Methodist church choir of Pasa-
dena. Miss Ella Claire Northrup, the
second soprano, is the leading soprano
of Emmanuel Presbyterian church and