The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-02-04

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 The Welsh Rhapsody is magnifi'
 cent latter-day composition constructed
 of harmonies that leave unmistakabls
 their impress of vigor and sturdiness
 tinged only here and there with sad. ness and melancholy As a climax tc 1 this interesting Welsh Rhapsody there
 comes in sonorous, pompous outburst
 that stirring. strong-fisted weishman's song, Men of Nar1ech."
 The Diplomat" Is the latest of Mir Sousa's creations in the march form
 and is said to be most eloquent proof 1 that there is not sign of waning ir
 his ability to invent good. healthy original melody, group vigorous har-
 monies and produce striking orchestral
 examinations, and send shooting
 through the whole structure. that flood l of rhythm and vibration that appeals | so vividly to the heart and sets 1t all aglow and aquiver.
 Frequent comment has been passed
 upon MT. sousa.s happy choice of names
 for his marches. So. for example:
 Hands Across the Sea-" -..s Stars and Stripes Forever" King Cotton"
 Hall to the Spirit of Liberty Jack Tar The Diplomat" The Invincible Eagle" Imperial Edward" .El Capi- tan Liberty Bell" High School Ca dets. Washington Post" The Clad tHtoEs otiDpEE ine HUH derer." Beau Ideal" Just now Mr. Sousa Is completing his eighth comic opera in collaboration with Harry B. Smith
 "The Ride of the valkyries" will be voted a splendid closing number. The VaIkyries were known in legend as long haired. wiid-eyed maidens. flying
 through the air on fiery chargers and sent by the gods to convey fallen he- roes from the battlefield to waIhalla.
 there to quaff celestial meal and pass their lives in glorious ease. In this
 Ride of the Vafkyries" Wagner has depicted vividly and most powerfully the wild ride skyward of these war rier maidens. By means of runs in the violins and wood instruments. wnizzing aloft and adown at the most furious rate he suggests with wondrous realism the conflict of the clements of the air accompanying the furious V1kyrie flight, while over and above 1t all is heard a rollicking figure describing the motion of the steeds.
 Some stage Names.
 When Julia Marlowe went upon the stage she believed that her own name. Sarah Frost, was impossible. She chose the name of a favorite heroine, Julia, and added to 1t the surname of Christopher Marlowe. Maud Adams real name is Kiscadden. The family 1 name of the Barrymores Is Blythe. Maxine Elliott debated with herself lengthily whether to forsake the more commonplace Jessie McDermott, but se- | 1ected one of the most individual and individually appropriate names on the | American stage. Whatever the source, Virginia Harmed has an excellent stage
 name. strong and lasting as a noun tain pine.
 Edwin Arden, whose family name was Hubert Pendleton Smith, arrived logically at the conclusion that led to the adoption of his professional name. q argued that Smith was bad name for an actor unless he was a great one, and I had no hope of that consumma-
 tion. Besides there was an old and ex- cellent theatrical family named Smith the family of the late Mark Smith and that might cause many complica- tions should I use 1t. Besides, I had read Oliver Wendell Holiness poem' The Boys in which he regrets that fate tried to conceal some one by nam ing him smith Therefore I chose two family names. I felt that had right
 to them. Arden was my mothers fam
 fly maiden name and Edwin was my
 grandfather's. In time. with my fath- er's consent, had my name changed
 by law. and became in & legal as well as professional sense Edwin Arden. Blanche Bates uses her family name. So, I think, do Wilton Laekaye and Dustin Farnum E. II. Sothern loses no prestige by adhering to the old name made iliustrious by his father.
 Eleanor Robson made no change in
 the family name bequeathed her by her father, although by reverting to the maternal side she might borrowed and revived the famous one of her grand mother, Evelyn Cameron. Her moth CT, Mrs. Madge Carr Cooke. a capable actress, uses her own name.
 If Ada Rehan was originally Bridget Crehan, she gained in euphony by the eIision and substitution. A. Lamb said he had never known a stage Ada who was not clever. Ada Dwyer. who uses the name her parents gave her. drop ping that of her husband, Harold Rus sell, bears out the claim. So does Ada Gilman. who, by the way was the prfma donna in De Wolf Hopper's first theatrical venture, the ill-fated Hun dred Wives" MT. Hopper. in passing. be 1t said retained his Quaker surname, dropping his Christian name, William.
 Jefferson DeAngelis retains the sur name of three generations of good act ors, but Al Field gave up the equally reputable name of Hatfield for the sake of brevity.
 The Theatre Magazine for February.
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