The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15

of the company is: John Craig. James
l.. Seeley. William Humphrey, William
II. Eyarts, Thomas MacLarnie. Frederic
Sullivan, Kendrick Hall, James Wilson,
Arthur Butler. William Mason. Mary
Young. Mary Sanders, Jennie Kendrick,
Cordelia Macdonald, Kate Ryan and
Ethel Daggett,-The Billboard.
Caesar Cui, the noted Russian COM
poser, has completed three compost
tiOns for two pianos, which he wrote
for performance by Mr.. and Mrs.
Josef Lhevinne in this country next
season. Cui was visiting in Moscow
when the great Russian pianist re-
turned recently from his triumphant
American debut and heard the pianist
and his talented wife play a compost
tion for two pianos by Raft Learn
ing that Nine. Lhevinne intended ac-
companying her husband to America
and participating in his public appear
anees, Cui who is one of the foremost
exponent of piano composition of the
Neo-RusSian school. undertook for the
first time in his life to write for two
pianos. He was so carried away with
the work that he wrote three separate
compositions. having in mind the mar
velous technical ability of Lhevinne
and his wife. Then in spite of his 73
years, the composer travelled all the
way from St Petersburg to Moscow
TO personally present his works to Mr..
and Mrs. Lhevinne on the eve of their
departure for Paris.
Checkers" the popular race track
play which has been filling the thea
ters of the East during the past three
seasons, is shortly to start on it's first
Pacific Coast trip which will embrace
the entire western country. The piece
has played fourteen different engage
ments in New York City since its orig
inal production three years ago. The
same company and production that has
been playing in the Eastern country
wilI' visit the coast.
In Old Kentucky" one of the most
successful OF all American plays. be-
gins its fourteenth consecutive season
early in August with an entirely new
production and the strongest cast ever
employed in its presentation. This play
made a fortune for Jacob Lift and bids
fair. like the brook, to go on forever.
Rafael Navas the young Spanish
pianist, has signed with Rudolph Aron-
son for a series of concerts in the
United States and Canada during the
season 1906-1907.
On the occasion of the dedication to
Pope Plus X of the Ave Maria" COM
posed IN commemoration of the Gala
bria" misfortune, Leoncavallo received
the following letter from His Holli-
ness:
ITO the Beloved Son, Professor Rug
gero Leoncavallo:
Heartily praising your holy thought,
we accept with the highest satisfac-
20 Ia1fearfnva Of L
the hope that heaven will answer the
prayers of the blessed by richly re-
warding your act of charity, and we
give you with paternal affection the
apostolic benediction.
Plus PIP. X"
In addition to "Pagliacci," "Zaza,"
"Chatterton." La Boheme," ''Medicis"
Maria" with full orchestral accom-
paniment, is to be one of the features
OF the ensuing Leoncavallo tour in
the United States and Canada. begin
ming in Carnegie Hall, New York,
October next
Any one thoroughly acquainted with
musical life is aware of the fact that
woman has played a very prominent
part in the encouragement of the art
during later years. Were it not for
the energetic efforts of the fair sex
the artist of today would have great
difficulties TO obtain any audiences to
play or sing for the musical journal
would. be compelled to suspend pub
lication for lack of subscribers, the
music teachers would be reduced con-
siderably in number fer lack of pupils
composers would lack inspiration be-
cause of the scarcity of appreciation
of their efforts and, indeed, musical
life would be paralyzed because IT
would lose it's most enthusiastic and
l may say most intelligent force. No
better illustration of the veracity of
this statement could be cited than the
excellent work done by musical clubs
and those musical clubs that really
accomplish something at all for the
advancement of the art of music con-
sist of women. Therefore the Musical
Review, in seeking its answer to the
question as to whether Los Angeles is
musicaHy cultured, after pointing out
the excellent work done by the Los
Angeles Symphony Orchestra Associa-
ton, will use as its second argument
the. splendid achievements of the Wom-
ans Lyric Club, which although en-
joying but a brief period of existence,
has nevertheless accomplished remark
able things since its foundation.-Al-.
fred Metzger, in Musical Review.
1nG supreme court 03fiOTnia re-
Gently handed down decision that
largely affects the interests of theater
managers and theatrical producing
managers IN tn State. Perhaps its
influence will extend even further and
constitute the finding of a precedent in
the consideration of the same ques-
ton by the courts of other States.
The legality of speculation in theater
tickets has been much investigated Of
late. Even some of the more infiu-
ential metropolitan managers have OBJ
tensibly or otherwise lent their forces
TO the extirpation of the so-called evil
For our part we belive that the prac-
tice has its use It affords a con-
venience and facility of distribution
and delivery that could scarcely be at
tained by any other means. Agencies
are opened up that without doubt
operate to the advantage of both man.
ager and patron, and the advance in
price that they exact may be regarded
simply as a fee for their very desirable
and effective offices.
In setting aside an earlier finding
prohibiting any person from selling
tickets to theaters or other public
places of amusement for price higher
than that originally charged by the
mana cement Of such amusement
places" the court held that the act was