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New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
THE BOSTON ORCHESTRA.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra began lts TWEEN!
tieth season of concerts in New 1ork at odihes4e
Hall last night and incidentally introduced one vi
its new members in the character OF a SOLO per
former This was Mr. Heinrich Warnke' the prin-
cinaI yiooncello player of the organizatlton' WHO
nIayed Dvorak's concerto in b minor 30 lat DIS
work which is so deficient in viriity as TINS con-
certo the meIodious charm of which is not cahed
in question: permitted him to do so. Mr.. Warhhe
displaved fine and manly style. free from atecta-
top or claptrap of any kind, full round tone ana
exceptional taste. Slips of intonauon IN the re-
erions in which they occurred last nisht can ior
Iittl. comment It is so difficult to play hish up
(or DOWN on the 'cellos ngerboard that an express
sion of DR. Johnson's pious wish, would 10 ooo
sir il were impossible" always seems Justi1aoie
But Mr. Warnkes playing was not the ctiei ue
light of last nights concert That came rom 'e
-,arveous eIIpEony of the band IN all lts huhpels
tho Academic Overture by Brahms' rIch<hru
s+rauss's Death and TRANSPORTATION and Ischal-
lo1rsxv,s F minor symphony tthe first movement ol
which to have it in harmony withthe composer
fo+s1istic interpretation could have Wfsheo III
.u.bt,,- slower tenpoD. Mr.. Gericke deserves as
,,ucb immortality as the memory OF all MS heai
-. oon give him for the lessons in pure musicai
beauty which are part and parcel OF every one
his
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
II M A. READY TO BUILD.
Trustees Confer zcith Sir Caspor
Purdon Clarke ON Plans.

.- 80 +hA Metropolitan Museum OF Art
decided recently to await the arrlVal oi on sar
Purdon Clarke. the rev dFec'oi' '.o ,,-ir,,
oereeing upon the building plans for tle ne" 80
e - i,stit,,t.on A conference was helo yeS'ei
dav b, Charles Stewart Smith, chaiIHiHii - W -
building committee. and several other ~, -
+be committee with Sir Purdon. at "hIch -
was also present the dichi'e0' 80
Kim. Mead q Wnlte- =, A.. the
- tbo conference Mr.. Smith said that tne
entire new addition would cost about Si'z"'' 49,
amount appropriated by the legsiat"ie' a. "a, ne
the first half would be built on the hoi'i 81 ~ ~
the nresent 5th-ave. wing of the Museum
hae, de6njteIy decided to build immediately GA
arophitbeatre for lectures in connection WIN '.
nav, wing. which will hold five hundred people,
and will be provided with all the appidiiOs7
cc,,,aniences for stereopticon illustration
Mr. Smith said that the lower. or southeIh' ~
of the new north wing which will be built hrs''
will cost $4,000 That will leave sS0VV' ol '
a. 95 ooo npropriated By the legislature for an 40
ditional section the north side suo9ect " .-e
f,,t,,re approvaI of the Board of Estimate Inc
,r,,stses hope to begin building on the latter SEE
tio, in about eighteen months The contracts loF
ti first section-.1e southern half Of the ne" nofth
,,i,g-v-fI be made il the present ye2r-
sftAr the completion Of the north wing MT oiIith
- g. -se inrenaed TO build wing on the south
i5a ~ th@ present 5th-ave. 'front.'. Of the same dl
r,cnsions and style of architecture at oO't VI
about s. 2540oo When the north ana sou'h "lnss .a
-, ooronieted the 5th-ave- front VIII be lFo4il
30 70 =. 800 feet long = - .,-+e7,
Mr. smith also announced that it was e0n.e1n "a.
,..d - h,,i;d later a wing on the west SIDE OF 'he
sfsaur, 70 correspond with the oth-stFe lfoi'e' anu
~ ,ars corresponding additions on the north ana
.s,,+h s,aee connecting the whole which VIII Re IN
attor,g form. inclosng the original building IN
ar interior court
The new north wing VIII be OF lnoiana ilihestoh7
- --nd Nth the present 5th-ave front. II is
',onozad 20 make large model, about +ox25 feet.
Fo~ exhibition in the Museum. which viii give
-, idea of the building when finally completed
Regarding the need OF the Museum for larger
e. r,aintenance. Mr.. Smith said that By the
= 1,ogars beouest and other endowments the
ss',ee,,ro was in possession of an annual fund Of
- - ~ h,,+ this by the terms of the endowment.
rastrfcted TO purchases OF art objects and the
increase of the library oray The Museum MT
Sr,itb declared was poor for maintenance 1t
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
EXPECT DRASTIC ACTION.
Secretary Bonaparte Has Report Mr'
Branch Sees President

washington, Nov. 9.-Secretary Bonaparte mas
received a report from Rear Admiral Sands. su-
rerintendent of the Naval Academy at An
napolis advising the Secretary of the informa-
+ion obtained by the preliminary investigation
made concerning the circumstances surrounding
the death of Mdshipman Branch after nsht
az the academy with another midshipnan
The report for the present is held as connoeh-
tial but it is known that the Secretary is deeply
concerned over the case and is giving II most
serious thought. There are indications tnac
drastic action will be taken in connection Win
the affair at the academy. This action VIII oe
directed rather against the system which on-
tains at the academy in connection with these
affairs OF honor that against the indVldudiS
connected with the unfortunate tragedy FOR
il appears that the prize fight was practlcaHy
"a class affair" and the principals went 10
battle by direction of their respective classes
James r. Branch. Of New YORK. fatner oI atlu
shipfaan Branch. accompanied by nls slsIeF'
called on President Roosevelt to-day Ihe rIesi-
dent who has known Mr. Branch for long
4inle conceded with him the unfortunate
death of his son. II is stated that Mr. Branch
did not cali on the President 10 urge an tnvesI-
rsficn by the naval authorities into the death OF
his son Afr Branch and his sister then called
on Secretary Bonaparte az the Navy Depart
went The Secretary expressed his deep SYM
yatbv AZ their loss ETe told his visitors that he
bad faLen a serious view of the matter and as
sured them that suitable action would be had
~ he
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
THE LYRIC.
Touching the MainsprinQ Of High Poetry.

Touching the Handspring of High Poetry
From The Saturday Review.
That Herrick is monotonous in his choice of
themes is one of those cheerfulIy obvious pieces
of criticism that call for no remark. We may
observe, however tha. love and death ultimately
pretty well share between them the whole field
of poetic material In the epic the drama and
the elegiac poem love and death may be some
what disguised, but somewhere at least in the
background they must be If poetry is to De
achieved. song writer tand Herrick never
set out to be anything else) has no space IN
which to disguise, whether by description, or
by action. or by argument the simple nature
of his utterance. He has just a few lines at
his disposal in which to tell us-or rather we
should say, TO make us feel-that love is de-
lightfUl and that death is mysterious. me o.
jects which he can utilize, so to speak IN MS
brief suggestion of these profound truths are al
ter ali very limited in number In this sense
undoubtedly Herrick is monotonous But III
tbis sense also were to include all the
nriceles., songs of the world IN one Volulne' d
very monotonous volume would De the re-
c,,It Songs to flowers, invocatlons OF girls 10
oIncl- them epitaphs on persons who died un-
timely epithalamia, lines OF entreaty. reptoaGn,
or adoratio to a mistress. would compose tne
main of any anthology in the strlctest seIs1
lyrical This suppose, is the reason why
many people speak with patronage or the sonS
writer as of who is occupied with trivia
and somewhat immaterial art. They fail 10
perceive that Shakespeares finest lyrics are feats
no whit inferior in their way TO Hamlet
We would not be misunderstood. 1t Is no.
suggested for a moment that the youthful poet
with his odes and fancies does not become a
Corception of human life. We speak here OF d
neriod-the lyrical period of English poetry; ana
T. is inst the popularity CT this period that us
noets We're able to invest the feeting objects OF
lyrical rapture with The mystery and suggestive
ness of life whole Lyric poems, as heirlSh Ii
1rrote them were not the short flights OF the
fedgiing bard. They were vehicles deliberatesly s
nb.sen by that age for the expression of It's
n,ofounder emotions. Their magicaly Hght
eadences fall from far. Wordsworth's ODE On
Inon7orfality"-not a lyric in our present sense
e no more truly "a criticism of life than Her
a tney
are noes apart. The mere Wordsworthian VIII
see nothing in Herrick's masterpiece beyond
agreea BILE trifiing. At root, however, the main
srrine of high poetry-intense emotion about
Ife-is common to both poems. 1t is impossloie
10 read "Cornna's Maying' without excitement
| an excitement such as even music seldom evokes
and which tells us beyond mistake that mere
somehow the inner truth of things has beeA
| touched To accomplish this deeper thrill oy
eans of the song pure and simple was the su.
preme achievement of EliZabethan and CaroiIiE
| poetry And Herricl was the greatest soiis
| writer even of that period. If excellence is 70
| he Judged by rarity II would be hard TO place
| him too high
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

their evident appreciation and admiration of the
masterpieces of their literature. But / ask If
this admiration is not in r-reat many cases in
sincere and excessive. and If there is not in Ger
many d greater conventionality and orthodoxy
in literary criticism than in England
About two years ago l spent short time in
one of the leading German towns and Wishing
TO improve myself in German literature l had
lessons from a well qualified German teacher.
By doing so 1 thought should have an interest
ing stimulus to my work, but 1 soreiy dis
appointed To aid me in my study the said
teacher presented to me for my perusal several
volumes full of the most lumbrous and pedantic
criticism on German plays which 1t has ever
been my lot to dip into. These books, she told
me, were commonly used by the teachers in the
schools and had been warmly recommended to
her by professor at one of the universities as
saving the teacher the trouble of thinking for
herself. No words of mine attempt in any
measure to describe the learned and imposing
way in which these plays were criticised. They
were analysed and dissected and dissected and
analyzed till all the interest and beauty were
dissected out of them. could give other exam
pies in support of my views. but they so
similar to the which I have given. let it
suffice type.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
CONRIED'S NEW VENTURE.
Sans "NationaI Theatre UaH Tsach
Manners and Dress.

Heinrich Conried confirmed the report yes'eteay
that in 1893 he will open the Natonal
(,+ra1 park West and 62d-st., assuming the man
sgnrnent himself Three million dollars VIII oe SUI
scribed by certain men, including CiaieIee 60
tanrv Morgenthau James Speyer and Daniei Gus
oenbein, for the land and the building WHICH -
to cost 50. .OOO.OOO Mr.. Conried says IT..
who said it is to be called the -'a''
atre?'' he was asked yesterday
''I did" said Mr.. Conrieo +ra+ +zics a week
comic opera would be given, ana the tssiE iEUeIish
time Shakespeare. Ibsen, Schiller, etS.' III A1'io
Amerfcan plavs will also be proGucsu ,o.+rn,aa
nv thesfre will the standard lot
,,anners and uronuneiatiOn he deciareu- nrracn
MAJ acfors nronouncc word it will be coTreft'
hecause they will taught by collese tu,II
tee Sobody after I've shown modern pta!, sar ar
have any doubt what is the correct tnlns o,S 70
the correct way TO behave in drawing g rT9n 9n1nan
do Roman play, my costumes VIII pc rVLsa,. g..
unlike those in '.Adrea . shall have %" seats i''
There will be social horseshoe OF thirty 4pzss s
IN TIE National Theatre The owners VII VII ~ ~
Tho stockhOlders in the theatre Inc Seasons O.
the house will be thirty weeks, ana oniy yen pias -
It'll he. given the first year. AFTER tnat tHe tS
pertory will be increased IT., t,.as. ,ent,Ira
Mr Conried SAYS he expects his latest NthluA s
Ill he seIf-sIpportng, but that he doesn't care -
- isn,t Rich men have assured him they II loIA lJ
after the money end and leave him free LOT 'h'
ma
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
MUSIC.
adame Samarof's Pianoforte
Recital.
Madame

Nine. Olga Samaroff. who introduced herself 10
an American audience at Carnegie Hall last Janu-
ary in a concert with orchestral help. then went
to Boston and London. where she invited amiable
attention gave her first recital of pianoforte music
in Mendessohn Hall yesterday afternoon She
was heard by an audience well qualified TO pass
judgment upon her playing and all her merits won
cordial appreciation.
A recital of pianoforte music is a challenge in
New-York, where there is a procession throughout
the season of and women who represent the
best that the world offers in that field of repro
ductve art, and they wise who offer it modestiy
and decorousy, neither depending upon curiosity
irritated by sensational advertising nor panderns
to the tastes of the immature the vulgar Mime
Samaroff avoided both dangers. Though her man
agement sought to create adventitious interest IN
her by presenting her a Russian last January
she herself is anxious to be known as an American
now; but her nationality has nothing 10 do "l'h
her merits artist.
Then as Yesterday however she chose a dgnified
list of pieces in the main and put into her per-
forn1ance the best that was in her That best IS
compassed by the mechanical side of her art her
technical equipment is large in everything except
the sensuous and emotional elements of pianoforte
playing All the gradations of dynamic utterance
from whispered to thundered tone, are at her
command; she has mastered the rhythmical as
we'll as the dynamic effects which are the
product of intellectual of keyboard ana
damper pedal in a degree that must challenge
admiration from the greatest of the viz
tuosos with whom our pianoforte lovers are
familiar: she has wonderful analytical capacity
so far as il extends to laying bare the web and
woof Of a composition, for differentiatlng Its
voices for exposing it's elements and their struct-
ural combination; but she is sngularly lndlt-
ferent to abstract beauty of tone (Which can exist
without sentiment) and strangely unconscious OF
the spiritual element of her art-melooles are
merely sequences of tones to her-not songs. not
soul ouestionings, aspirations. not ascrlp-
tfons not petitions not proclamauohs III
the Capriccio by Brahms (op. 76, NO ~
in the variations by the same composer on theme
nv Paganni Ca vrtuoso piece, of course out d
virtuoso piece with difference), in the b minor
sonata by Chopin-everything that asked atten-
ton had the cold, blue glitter of tempered steei'
F,n,1al temperament is boon in muscal scie'Ce'
to cabin crib conf1ne natural temperament pS
the material boundaries of period and phrase -
IN roh music of it. Nine. Samaroff $ playing 10
roonotonous I'm it's disregard of the elements ol
ee,suous beauty Her fingers are lnarVehousiS
trained servants of her will. If she cannot De
oouse of the limitations of nature, put theili St
tho service OF emotional expression she oueh'' "
,a.s+ IN teach them how to produce the StiN
ton of beautiful utterance
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

wac receiving from the city for maintenance sooooo
year
According to present plans, the annual expenses
for maintenance would be in the neighborhood OF
s25ooO0 year. for which the trustees mus
.aa1,, dAnendent upon the public in the way OF
Increased patrons members etc plan has oeeh
agreed upon by the trustees to try to increase
largely this source of income
Mr. Smith paid this tribute to Sir Purdon Ciarke-
The new director. in my Judgment. Is one or the
most accomplished men for his position N Lue
world His forty years experience In the 0ouIi ~
Eensinpton Museum will be invaluable 70 US; ne
has a thorough acquaintance with the Ss
go a,d methods of the English. FTench ana CISI
r ron ,,,,eaums In the arrangement OF some or the
art collections the best private houses IN o
SsIr P,irion has been freely and professionally - SoI
suIted He is of fine temper, agreeaoie hia'"ei'
and an indefatigable worker
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

Mr. w J Long offers in Northern Trails
0Iinn &, Coz various studies of animal life fn
Newfoundland and Labrador Most of these
are couched in his accustomed vein of friend
ship, as with creatures of human characteristics
and motives The author claims that every
smallest incident recorded here is as true as
careful and accurate observation can make it,
departins from this rule only in the story of
the Salmon Into the depths the reader
wouid naturally not expect the author to fol-
low his 6nny hero. 1t must be conceded that
Mr. Longs stories interesting; as to their
other auaIities-which will probably be debated
let us quote from his preface:
It is not choice but necessity. which leads us to
this way Of tbo0 LOOKING We had developed animal
psychology. based upon the aSs9mptiop Jnst IRE IN
anott1er. and that the intsligence in VOLTS head head
the intelligence in me aeaa OF some S ot1eg e
ANNA ANNA ee wi'o our knowledge 10 understand what
see upon these trails But there is no such psycho
Nature of piece and consistent con thr90gh9nd o d
Love anS and peasur aeas wanf ana and
these things which make & SO large p part q Ie
much in degree. but not at all in kind from the
FEELINGS + II w our are To understand them at ali
by common standard
It must be admitted that Mr.. Long is not un-
| rea sonable in what he says of instinct as COM
| mon heritage which in large measure we share
With animals. No one he declares has shown
how far the primary instincts of child diher
| rron, those of any other animal:
or the other hand. who watches animals
,Seai, ana hetically must judge from "!lat
Ga secs that the motives which govern an aplnlsi
.;s ne are cften very much like our own. the dlt-
beine thar the animals motive is more sim
| nIe and natural than ours. and that among the
iebe@ oriers the greater part Of an snllaIS ME
nissvinc working. seeking food making dens out
wiring other animals avoiding traps ahG enemies
w tsscted nor hv a blind instinct but by very
| ,j5eayake jntellgence And this inte!gence be-
W., ~ TIE ,se Of native powers, and Is streng tn
aaned Nv their daily occupation: IS encouraged and
JvsaTSed bv the mothers training and example as
iSe her I;{te ones the world and is per-
| ssac+e6 by The animals experience
| 1,.ofo.sor " p. Trent is lavish of good advice
- his ..C,reatness in Literature and Other Pa
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
CLERK TO SECRETARY ROOT.

; washington Nov. e.-H F. Neighbors OF New
York has been selected by Secretary Root to te
hts confidential clerk. He was employed BY Mr.
T3oot in his law OIiiCe NeW-York as private
secretary and confidential clerk. II Is understood
that Mr. Seighbors's duties will be entirely dis
tinct from those discharged by Z. J, Babcock, whd
continues official private secretary 10 the Secre-
tary OF State.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

was 70 have been expected from her familiarity
with the stage and her dramatic intelligence Inc
atmosphere which she carried into the comedy was
more foreign TO 1t than the style of her singlhs'-
and that is saying much. Her vocal metal nos @
lost none of its brilliant beauty Her voice Is sun
fresh true and ringing her instincts and capacities
in cantabe praseworthy. But she is sun a novice
t. rpucb that goes to make up style in bel canto
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
GERMAN LITERARY TEACHING.
N-hat Oh English Student Thinks Of II.

U,haf an English Student Thinks of It,
From The Lordon Academy
A considerable time spent in that country I@ Li@S
though thorough and solid. is pedantic ana co,. con
ventional. / willingly allow that greater lnter
est is taken in tho study OF literature III l oe5
MANY than in England-that the stage is resaIu s,,
ed more seriously and looked upon as telx
admit that the Germans should be iauded fof
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

Mr. Johr T. McCutcheon is a member OF the
cute oo school of pictorial humorists. His car
+oops in ..The Tribune of that city have amused
thousands Of readers, and have, therefore. IN
evitabiy appeared in book form. The latest
collection of his drawings is brought out by NC
Clure Phillips & Co in handsome quarto called
THE Mysterious Stranger" 1t contains a loe
of fun, perhaps little too much. At all events
70 turn every one OF these pages is TO end by be-
ing little bored. However, Nh McCutcheon
probably does not expect us to put 1t to so Sc
we're A test His book is one 10 dip into. Taken
in that casual fashion it is sufficiently droli' d
good illustration OF the extravagant humor
which counts for so much in our Journalism.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

II The Library of Art the Scribners nave
Just imported two new volumes. one on Pisaheiio'
by Mr.. c. f. Hill. and on Constable by MI. ~
Surge Henderson. The latter, covering sto'i-u no
which has already been pretty well tlleo - s''4,
Welcome as giving in brief compass the iacts %
the artists career and as presenting Juolcious
iaiernretation OF lis work. both as reEafos i'S
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

The school Of writer's committed TO digging
for motives in the very earth of England, per-
sonifed most triumphantIy IN recent years by
Thomas Hardy, is strengthened every day in
one way or another. The minor poets do their
snare. and occasionally do it very we'll. as wit
ness these lines contributed 10 the London Out
look" by Miss Violet Jacob. whom we seem to
remember as having done some excellent work
IN the same vein in fiction:
BACK TO THE LAND"
Out in the upland places
/ see both dale and down.
Aao the ploughed earth with open scores
turning the green TO brown
The bare bones of the country
LIE saunt in winter days,
Grim Businesses of rock and scaur,
sure, while the year decays
And. as the Autumn withers
rA And the winds strip i,i.,a5 The foTe tTee
Rise UP 10 speak with me-
From homesteads long forgotten.
From graves by church ana yew.
They come 10 walk with notseless tread
Upon the land they knew
Men who once titled the pasture
Women within gray, vanished walls
Who bore and loved ana oieo
And when the great town closes
Upon me like sea- -,
Daylolgg above its weary cint
/ hear them call 10 me-
Dead folk the roofs are round me
TO bar out field and hill,
And yet hear you on the WIN
Calling and calling stlll;
And while by street and pavement
The day runs slowly through.
Ny soul across these haunted downs
f.Ce- <1-st .rz6 Wa
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10

Professor ". P. Trent is lavish of good advice
l., his ..f,reatness in Literature and Other Pa
New-York tribune., 1905-11-10
Bliss was 1t in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven.

And vet. poor heather. there no Emerson or
Whitman Walter Pater Ibsen or George Ber-
nard Shaw "R L. s." Rudyard Kpling for
novelists like Thackeray. who was dead and George
Eliot and dear old Trollope and excellent Charles
Reade, who were living-and L added Moore ana
Campbell and one .or two other old, fashioned
writers for my acquaintance with whom. suppose,
If were not past forty, it would be my duty to
blush.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-04-04

-Four Eypsiea attempted 10 steal
their passage from juneau 20 Sc
attic on the steamer jefferson.
which arrived in port Monday. OF
the three, one refused To pay and
had % return 70 kctehiksn. The
fourth waited until the vessel was
we'll on her way south before he
made bis appearance. Once more
be refused 20 pay on the plea that
he had no money. Purser Guptill
was not 10 be put OF and reported
the matter TO Captain HOrd. who
ordered a boat lowered and the
Wandering Willie" vas placed In
H. When he was informed that IL
vas not a fishing party. but that
he must go ashore. be decided that
walking 600 or zoo miles along the
beach would be anything but pleas
ant lie then vent down In bis
"jeana' and dug ap the fare 10 Sc
attic.