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Free press., 1907-01-26
.Relisf for Kingston Sufferers.

Washington, ID. c. - An Emer-
sency bill for the relief of the suffer
ers on the island of Jamaica was pas
sed by the house Thursday. The bill
Is as follows: That the president OF
the United States is authorized to use
and distribute among the sufferers
and destitute people of the island.
such provisions, clothing, medicines
and other necessary articles belonging
To the sustenance and other stores
of the naval establishment as may
be necessary for the purpose of Sc
curing the people who are in peril
and threatened with starvation on the
said island in consequence of the re-
cent earthquake and attending confl2-
grafton.
Free press., 1907-01-26
Stick May Get Too Big.

Washington, ID. c. - Speaking on
the Qualifications appropriation bin
in tire house Tuesday, Mr.. Smith OF
Iowa remarked that to man the guns
the Taft beard wants mounted would
take more than $4,000 men and cost
ScG,000,000 year. 1t is because OF
the rapid growth Of an Institution
which is expensive" remarked Mr..
Smith, mot in what il costs to estab-
hsh it, but what it costs to maintain
it-ithat i have always resisted too
rapid progress in Notifications. 1 am
hearty believer in the big stick but
do not believe in carrying a stick so
large that we will be worn out with
its mere weight and can not WELD
it when the hour of emergency comes.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24

THE BOSTON SYMPHONY QUARTET.

Professor Willy Hess and his Confreres Of the
Boston Symphony Quartet Friday afternoon foi-
lowed the example set by DR.. Muck at tho orches-
ira concert Of the evening before and offered their
t-,h,e N the nrecious lnusicaf aesthetics who have
found that the elder codes OF procedure In com
nosItlon produce music that is quite too rude and
palpable for their exquisitely sensitive souls long
ing as they do for emotions awakened by things
which are sweetly vague, neither mere TOY IheIe'
as IL wore but Just lowering. or floating. In tho
tenuous clouds as they exhale from the alenbic OF
the indehnabe. IN other words. they played a
string quartet by Claude Debussy. But this quar-
fet ia (, minor is made OF less tenuous material
than the last OF its composers orchestral IucuDFa-
tjo-s with which Dr. Muck befogged the minds OF
his audience on Thursday. Ii has been heard mere
before at concerts or the hhelsel OuSI'et anu
when the last two movements were played here
two wears ago they stirred tho hearers into real
enthusiasm very different from the timid. iurtve'
balf-ashamed pattering OF hands which followed
the first and second movements OF La Mer' Ihe
music IS moody food for the fahcy IN inc FLO"
movement and supernaturaly fantaSuc IN 'he soIt
OF Danss Macabre which follows; but 1t is music
a., t,foF, 1.si,n is not wholly suppanted by color,
and It's nroeesses ere not mere erraticism Never
theless Professor Hess seemed eager TO get back
on nrrner ground with as many ieet as possInie'
and followed up the quartet Win SchuOett ITO
IN B fat and Mozarts Clarinet quintet IN a major
In tho trio he had the help Of katharine Goodson
ms srtbur Iinton) and IN the quintet OF Georges
C,-i.,7 ~ the Boston Orchestra. Miss Goodson ia
a., r,glish woman whose artistic training. begun
In London was completed under me eyes or
1escbe,izl,v IN Vienna. Her skill is most admira-
fte hut more gratifying by far Is her SOUND ana
s,eet rnusciauship That spoke out OF every meas
of her performance - '"o 'no'lleii'
tor, confusion OF her fellows. There was more
snir,t man nnish IN the playing OF the first and
last numbers though the fluent playing or Nr
Gritez was pleasant to near
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
THE MYSTERY PLAY.

An article from the Pen Of the Archdeacon of
Chester. England. recently printed IN English
publication. called Tho Treasury contains in
formation likely 70 interest persons who cara for
such antique. singular. and solamn relics as
Every man" Tho ArchdeaCon. Of course. notes
that tho Mystery Play Of ecclesiastical origin:
that tho clergy acted IN -; and that after tho
clergy had ceased TO act in It. they continued 70
coutenanos and approve #: and he quotes from
the Harleian MSS. A description OF the present
Toent OF such play. written by clergyman named
Rogers. who was Arehdeacon OF Chester from
1881 to 1898. and who saw performance there. in
1884:
The maner Of these playes was. every COM
pany had his pagisnte which pagiants were a
high scaffold with two roumes a higher and a
lower upon four wheels. In the lower they ap-
parelleG themselves. and IN the higher roume they
played. being all open the tope. that all be-
holders might hear and them. The places
where they played them was in every streete. They
began first st the Abay gates. and when the first
paEiante was played II was wheeled TO the high
Crosse before the Mayor. and TO every
streete and soc every streeta had pagiante be-
fore them at one time till all tho pagiantes for
the day appointed weare playen. and when one
pagiante were neere ended. worde was brought
from streete to streete. that soc they might come
IN place there or exceedlnEe orderlye. and all the
streetes had their pagiantes afore them at one
time playeing together: TO wch playes was
create resorte. and also scaffoldes and stages
made in the streets In those places where they
determined 10 play their pagiantes."
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
THE DRAMA.
PRINCESS THEATRE.
toThe Great Divide" /"

Professor Moody's play OF 1.-THE Great DIVIDE
which by some people has been hailed as a repre-
sentative product os essentially American genus,
will be acted at the Princess Theatre until the II -
OF May. The closing performance will be tne -7 ~
The play Is. in some respects, meritorious' ou' -
is far from being exponent of concrete AHi7'
lean character and il IS further from being great
work of dramatic literature. The incident on
which II rests.-the compact between tEe De
leasuered woman and the tipsy ruffan.-is grossly
improbable. II not absolutely impossible; It oniS
serves. by the concession of intelligence to sus-
tain structure reared for the purpose OF theatri
cal effect The wOman-woUld have made no such
compact, and she would instantly have snot the
blackguard (Which would have served him risnU'
when she was given the chance TO DO So Inc
play contains both thought and feeling. though
the thought is neither deep nor clear. while the
feeling is Of the kind that is made to order. FrO
fessor Moody appears to be one OF those haoCIu .I
philosophers who worship 'virility ana OeHSNe
that is an animal that requires a master
Civilization has. meantime. passed consioeEaoly sI
beyond the period of that Sabine incldehI llOi,'
which tho professor obviously has derived SO Hu1'i
inspiration,
In a popular point of view. because OF It's un-
usual incidents and stage effects, and also because
Of the good acting OF Miss Margaret Anshn ana
Mr.. Henry Miller. THE Great Divide Is senu-
ine in the theatre: but It does not by any
means lead the field as drama; ana in some re-
spects It is grossly offensive to good taste mat
fact. evidently. does not distress Mr.. Miller. who
has recently made known. in print that his stahd-
ard of success. because he thinks that II IS the
pubic's standard. Is The Dollar Sign" The play
Of The Great Divide was first performed In New
York on October ). 1906. 1t had previously been
performed in Chicago. Intimation IS given that II
will be the opening play. next season. ct the mouse
now called Daly's Theatre. which is to pass. on
April p, under control OF the Messrs Shubert and
to be managed by Mr. Henry Miller, It is under
stood that alterations will be made I'm that theatre
ana that the name of It will be changed-as the
Augustin DAILY estate ceases to control it and OBJ
Jects To further use Of Mr.. Dalys name The
Princess Theatre will pass out OF existencs on
May l, 1907
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
THE REAL CALvE HERE THIS TIME.
Prima Donna Arrives on Thirteenth Trip
Glad. She Saws. to Get Back.

The sudden disappearance Of oscar Hammerstein
from the French Line pier yesterday gavo rise 10
suspicion that perhaps another impostor masque-
radng as Nine Calve was coming up the Bay on
the steamer Provence. Tho minds ot doubling
Thomases were set AT rest. however, when the
steamer came abeam of the pier and tho real
Nine Calve leaned over tho rail OF tho promenade
deck and waved her gloves 10 some friends on
shore
Mr.. Hammersten had much business on hand
and tardy steamships could not tTife with HIS tirne
He came down 10 tho pier TO meet his priwa
donna. but became impatient and departed before
the steamer docked.
tract: his meeting her was a mere detail. so Mr.
Hammerstein went hack 10 the Manhattan opera
House
over a month ago woman arrived here from
Europe and announced thar she was Mime. Emma
Calve, the singer Mr. Iiammerstein said yester-
day that Ia Provence did not bring lemons 10 this
port and that Nine Ealye-the one and only Caiye
Hammorsteins press agent, was assigned the pleas
ure OF meeting Tie prima donna
Nine Calya had scarcely left the gaugplauk when
she was hesiegcd with questions concerning her
reported engagement 20 a blind man, and The name
OF Eugene Higgins was also whispered 20 Madame;
She listened somewhat impauently. ignoring all
personal references and then said. with much en-
'As an artist. or singer. YOU are at liberty TO
criticiss my art and talk about my voice. Ny
musical voice and my life az artist are yours.
but when II comes 10 the woman. must be silent.
have Iaade up my mind 70 answer no personal
thing associated with my private life
At the conclusion OF this little speech which she
delivered with unfaltering precision Nine Calvs 5
face frightened and she laughed heartily Con
unung, she said:
This is my thirteenth trip TO this country, Ali
YOU do not know how Overjoycd / am 20 return 10
dear AmeTica-so full Of pleasant memories l
DO YOU know we had a rough trip one day only
two persons came 10 tho dining salon was one
Nine. Cava sang for over two hours at the ships
concert Friday She VIII sing here IN al
men" "CavalleTia Kustcana' and several other
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
THE DAYS OPERAS.

The subscription season ended at the Metro
politan Opera House yesterday though there are
three Wagneran- performances yet to take place.
At the Manhattan. on the contrary, the day was
celebrated by adding Martha" to the repertoire
The addition was made I'm the afternoon. ana the
cast included Nine. Donalda Lady Henrietta
Nine. dc Cisneros as Nancy. Bonci as Lionel
Arimondi as Plunkett and Glanoli-Galletd
ing as a picture book. and Gianoli-Gallettis
Sir Tristan such SchOol-tor-Scandai-
ish impersonation that L. three put the
first scene on n plane of style that was altogether
above the Faust OF tine night before. Naturally
the entrance OF Arimondi and Bonci in subsequent
scenes did nothing to lessen the effect. Nine. de
Cisneros was vocally under the weather ana
Tanara conducted. not always keeping his band III
time with the singers. But these drawbacks could
not spoil the delight the audience in constantly
animated. lively and persuasive performance OF the
old work
Mime. Eames. Scott and Caruso all said fare
we'll in "Tosca' yesterday afternoon at the Met
ropoIitan. and as Vigna. who conducted. Is not
TO return next season It vas a real farewell Tor
him. He with the singers. called before the
curtain and flowers were abundant
In the evening Dalmores. Russ and Bresser-
GianoM sang III Trovatore" at the Manhattan
Bressler-GianoIi, of course appearing Azucena
At the older house Tristan und Isolde was the
final Saturday night Offering with Gadski as
Isolde. Krkby-Luun as Brangaene and Dppei as
Tristan The audience was not large at either
opera It was announced last night that Nine
Homer would return to the Metropolitan next
season.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
BIJ0U THEATRE
The Ibsen Folly.

Representations Of the Ibsen Drama continue, at
the Bijou Theatre. The morbid exposition OF the
diseased "Hedda Gabler' will proceed for two
weeks more. and an afternoon performances OF "A
Dolls House." that primary school lesson Is
announced for next Thursday Nine. Ala Nazf-
nova leads the band. That performer is frequently
described as beautiful The term IN her case is
inapt-the aspect OF Nine Nazimova being chiefly
notable for plainness. pecularity. and certain
distraught expression. She possesses the talent
usual with actors OF the Continental breed. OF
initiating conduct and manners with less
Photographic eXactitude AS 10 her proficiency IN
clean honest. sound heaIthful drama.-that is 70
say, in real dramatic literature. as distinguished
from studies OF heredity. functional disease. and
moral inbecilIty-the public has had means OF
enlightenment. On April Nine. Nazimova will
bring forth play, adapted from an italian
original. and AZ least auspirious actor, Mr
Guy Standing. will cooperate with her IN the
representation Of H.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
PLAN VAUDEVILLE IN KINGS COLONY.
"Black-Face" Men and Nail swallowcrs in
Social Harmony with Musical Troupea-

Many well known vaudeville performers and
other persons prominent in theatrical circles have
bought parcel OF 81 lots forming MeIaushlin
residence section exclusively for vaudeville per-
formers.
The members Of the colony already include many
acrobats. clowns song and dance actors. musical
troupes soubrettes etc. J. Paige Smith and Daniel
p Hennesssy. the booking agents for the Keith &
Proctor circuits. the prime movers IN the
project The property lies between Canal avenue
and Avenue y, and has a large frontage in Coney
Island avenue and the Ocean Parkway.
About 300 Is to be spent in improving the
property. r. G.. Nudge. president OF the White
Rat Association Harry ]. I.ukins. the acrobat;
Marie Dressler. Horace Golden. the Six Cuttys
Georgia F'ransiola. Charles Fitzpatrick. Harry
Williams and Stevenson and Vincent have Joined
the colonists Most OF them will build houses this
year.
The colonists u Is said. have already adopted
the following rules to govern their home life.
Cornet players or players on other musical IN
stTumelts will not be permitted 70 practise eX-
cept Monday morning. which viii be known as
wash day at the colony
Acrobats must not use verandas or lawns in ex-
hibiting their acrobatic skill. Slack rope walkers
and trapeze performers must not show any weak
property. Sleisht-of-hand men will prepare their
acts only in the attic OF their homes
Any soUerette who sings out or tune or out or
hours will be fined % cents for each breach OF these
regulations.
BLACK face men must not make up on rent
day In fact. no member OF the colony must wear
a disguise that day.
Nall svallowers must live as near as possibls 70
the resident physicians OF the colony.
It Is intended that the colony shall be one OF the
best governed OF its kind.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
MUSIC.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.
A Record OF Mr.. COnried's Fourth Season.


ghe tUenty-Sourih regular subscription season OF
opera ~ the Metropolitan Opera House. which
came 20 end With the performance OF yesterday
rfsoTueon. began November 16 OF lass year and
xEs the fourth under the management of Heinrich
CsorFied There remain three representations out
rse Of the subscription 10 be given this week-two
70 close the only serial performance OF Wagner's
.eDer Rlns des HibelunFen' ana an additional per-
sorrnaace Of ''Tsrsifel.' 5ghicb this year though
cot Included f. the regular reDertory vas given at
sseu!ar prices. When these performances have
tnken place there win remain ample opportunity
For those WHO feei so disposed to discuss the les
sons OF the season. whose story cannot be closed.
however ia 81 is relations TO the past and future
.!ntil the books. artistic well as financial are.
balanced at the end OF the tour upon which tho
company wiz set cut next week Meanwhile it rnay
O. interesting TO set down and study The record
-ticb is here. for the sake OF convenience, made
20 inc'ude The German performances projected for
rext week
The subscription season consisted Of seventeen
weeks with four performances week on the even
sngs OF Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the
afternoon of Saturday. There were therefore.
tixfy-eght regular representations in the progress
OF which twenty-three operas were performed the
date OF their first production and the number os
times each was given being shown in the following
table:
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24

mestica" OF Richard Strauss gith Debussys sea
Sketches and 70 modulate through Converse ana
4dszt 70 Berlioz as classic. Yesterday he sought
to make the restoration of equilibrium complete by
a drastic remedy Debussy. Converse. Liszt ans
Berlioz on Thursday; Bach. Haydn Mozart and
Beethoven-the merry wag Beethoven Of the eighth
symphony-yesterday. II was an abrupt transit
ton but the audience took to II kindly nonplussed
only by the contradictory announcements touch-
Ing the opening number Of the programme Inc
mouse bill said 1t was to be BachS SUITE IN Is
minor: printed notice slipped into the house Dill
corrected this to concerto for string orchestra
IN Z minor. known the BTandenburs con-
certo." What the orchestra played was the thlrd
OF the Brandenburg concertos, that In u MAJOR
Tor three violins, three violas and three Vloloh-
cellos, with bases and continue. AFTER II came
Haydn's Symphony in D (the second or the Brett
kopf and Hartel list. Mozart's overture 10 inc
Magic Flute and the Beethoven symphony 1he
music was all played with superb spirit. Ihere
were moments when the value of tho augmented
wood-wind instruments in the Beethoven sym
phony seemed questionable but the prevalent JOY
business of the afternoon left opportunity for
querulousness DR.. Muck. like a true conserVa-
tive. chose the golden mean between the extremely
rapid tempo indicated for the Tempo di Menuetto
by the composer and the extremely slow tempo
which many modern German conductors have used
since Wagner gave them a hint to that erect.
The news of an extension OF DR.. Mucks leave OF
absence from his duties at the Court opera III
Berlin, which made known yesterday. IS eA-
tremely welcome to the many admirers Whicn ne
has in New York. H. E. X
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
THE WEATHER REPORT.

OnlciaI Record and FOreeast.-wassington. March IS
During Saturday the maximum temperature exceeded
all previous records OF the Weather Bureau
antio states from New York city Jacksonville and
also portions OF the upper Ohio Valley Al Washington
the maximum temperature 9S degrees. 3 degrees
higher Friday and 10 degrees higher than tha
previous high OF March -. High tempera-
Rocky Mountains. except the upper
region ranging from Is 50 degrees
average Nevada and California conditions
obtain. with temperatures from to 10 degrees below
the seasonal average.
Since Friday night disturbance has moved eastward
to tho upper lake region attended by
thunderstorms the upper Mississippi Valley tho
Rocky Mountains. with general rains and
tho middle and north districts Heavy again fell
in Central California accsnuating conditions that
for several days been the Gravest
There will be showers and probably thunderstorms sun
ing by night the portion Middle At
lantic States and New England
Forecast Special LOcaIIties-For the District Of
Columbia Maryland. Virginia Delaware and Jersey.
fair continued to-day. followed by showers and
cooler IN night Monday fair: fresh
south 70 winds.
For Eastern Pennsylvania ana Eastern New York.
and cooler this afternoon tonight; Monday
FAIR; fresh east south winds. shifting west.
New England, showers this afternoon or tonight;
Monday cooler; fresh northeast southeast winds
becoming southwest Monday.
For Western Pennsylvania. showers. possibly thunder
storms cooler to-day Monday fair fresh 20 brisk
For Western York. showers to-day Monday partly
cloudy; fresh to brisk shifting winds. becoming west
Local OGieal Reccrd.-The following oficial record
from the Weather Bureau shows the changes in the
temperate for the tweny-our in comparison
with the corresponding date OF last year;
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

The anrdote which Professor Hess administered
- ..s',,. .e,er the dose OF Debussy Friday
D.. Meeis postponed TIL yesterday when the last
afternoon CONCERT for TINS SeaSon t9o~ place ] IN
,o- =, us saw. suspected). 10 be wth the masters
- .,a Iate lamented Romantic and Classical
scbooIs or Music rather than with the modern
Frenclrncn Who run % the fascinating vasueaess
- -, dreams or the youthful Germans who
g., r,,tf.l felI sn philosophies and pathological
,esi,ssr IT was therefore not little surpTis-
ne "a have him follow u2 the symphonic do
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
srRscRIPrIoN sEAsoN. laosto1.

IN addition TO these subscription performances
there we're seventeen Saturday night performances
ef reduced prices. nlatinees on Thanksgiving. New
Years Day. the birthdays of lincoln and Washing
ton benefits FOR AIr. Conried. the French Hospital
some combined Italian charities. a "Nibelung
cycle" and an extra evening performance OF Par
efai" These raised fhe, total number oe repre-
sentatoas 20 ninety-seven. at which txenty-nine
different operas zero brought forward. On four
occasions e. ;hA subscription season a double BILL
composed OF 9zansei und Gretel" and 'T PagllaccI"
given and combination Of Don Pasquale''
and ''Cayalleria RUsticana" was made for one OF
the popular Saturday nights. Tie record Of the
extra performances. which offers some points OF
peculiar interest in the study OF popular taste. IS
as follows:
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
s1eNOR NoyEILrs PERFORMANCES.
Lyric Theatre.

A change OF bill was made at the Lyric Theatre
every night last week,-Signor NoveIll appearing.
I'm succession, Papa IebOnnard. King Lear, Shy
lock Louis XI. Conrad and tho peppeFy but kindly
old aristocrat. IN ''Isurbero Benehcor-the latter
piece being one of the numerous plays OF the pro-
'Hhc Venetian dramatist Charles GOldOni. who lived
20 he eshty-slx and wrote about two hundred
dramas largely in the vein OF comedy. The benev-
olent bear was ssen last night, and the peFfoFu1-
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24

1nere has not been shown much discretion OF
management In crowdinS thirteen plays into the
orlef compass Of two weeks. The popular sue
cesses have been Papa IebOnnard.'' Louis XI.'
ana Civil Death" and those three plays would
easiy have suficed 90 attract full houses for the
remainder Of the engagement. The Bear also is
saccesS-artistIc well pOpular-and surely
IL ought to be repeated-fOr II is medium through
which SignOr Noveli disclose himself espe-
claiy TO the popular section of his audience in a
Lsht that is both sympathetic and brilliant.
Geronte is an eccentric. elderly gentleman. whose
heart Is kind but whose temper is impetuous. whose
VIII Is strong and who IS bent on having his own
way in everything HIS peculiaTities are many
and they are pleasing. The story in which he is
implicated is OF no special consequence.-the piece
being stuey Of character and manners and not
largely dependent on plot GerOnte Is almost con-
tnually present the scene. and he becomes en-
tangled with Observation-Disclosures. and he IS either
scoldng pettins the persons around him, all the
time. The part Is capital one for a comedian.
and every attribute OF SignOr NOvell's mind and
person consorts with II. His humor Is delicious.
He indicated for the first timo a lovabls quality
OF temperament. He Is completely master Of the
part and OF himself On II. His performance Of
Geronts IS that can be wholly and heartily
praised It was delightful W. W.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-24
IN MEMORY OF sHANsI MARTYRS.

Boston. March IA private dispatch from Ober-
lin. Ohio, states that President Henry Churchill
King of Oberlin College has announced gltt OF
$4,000 from D. Willis James. OF New York. form
erIy n high official of tho American Board lor the
,obIisbment Of a new professorship in the Ober-
lin Theological Seminary. to be called the Shansi
chair of practical theology. The name preserves
the memory OF the relation Of the Oberlin seminary
ia the Shansi martyrs in the Boxer uprising OF l0
IN North China. Those martyrs were 'IherIln
graduates and Missionaries Of the American 6oaru'