Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-09-07

he said, Don't do 1t. I have studied
There and have made music my busi-
ness for many years, and l say
Prague is one-man town, ETC., etc"
"The French school" of bowing
seems attracting much attention.
Mr.. Barmas, though a Joachim pupil,
has adopted 1t and is a strong advo-
cate of It's use. Many of Sevecks
pupils are coming to Hartman. We
met one young woman at the studio
recently, a Halir, Seveck and now
Hartman student, who knew Mr..
Gesner. We had very pleasant
visit with her. 1t made us feel the
world is not so big; but to return,
on this particular evening we we're
given the choice of place, a fashion.
able Cafe Their Garten or any old
place. We were tired OF seeing peo-
pie, so took "any old place" We live
ia new part of rapidly growing
city. Friends of ours who have
lived here three or four years re-
member when Barbarossa straas,
now a fashionable residence street
for musicians, was farming land.
Considering this, II is not surprising
that a Is minutes walk brought us
to the opening of a little field. We
walked through this and were sur
prised to come upon n multitude of
little farms. Tiny farms comprising
about 50x100 feet in area. The
houses, there is nothing at home to
which we can liken them, we esti-
mated to be about 4x4 feet with
miniature latticed porch, perhaps
SX4 feet. It semed impossible to be-
lieve grown person could lie
straight in them. They were neatly
painted and vine covered. Every
inch OF land was utilized, and still
there was room on these tiny farms
for flowers, the blossoms OF which
were for sale "3 stuck 10 Pr" C
blooms 2 u cents.) Doves and chick
ems were provided homes on the
roofs of these dwellings, with wire
netting for walls and roofs. We
passed one well. on which was a no.
tice to the effect, that mo one not
having contributed to the tax for
this quelle is allowed to procure
water therefrom." The children
though working, carrying water, dig
ging potatoes, or tending younger
children, were clean straight limbed
end apparently we'll fed. Another
half of the world" One could
scarcely help thinking of "Sadowa's
useless skin entitled to a plate glass
case, puchased by the taxes collected
from these people. There is an In
justice. in royalty that makes one
thankful to belong to a republic.
On the 26th birthday anniversary
OF Arthur Hatman a gesellschaft
was given at his home In honor OF
the occasion. Many Americans were
there and English was the predomi-
mating language. The gowns? Paris
creations. The hats? Ostrich farms
and lace. The men? Musicians,
artists and literati. We were amused
TO see America through foreign eyes.
Anton Heking, the greatest cellist In
Berlin and a decidedly "ladies man"
speaks English very fiuently. Zach,
you are from America so. have
played in America many times" "Do
you like America" we asked. Zach,
as a whole ! find America charming.
But TO live in, nein. II is so clean
here. remember one concert in
Houston, Texas. Cows on the streets,
actually cows at liberty on the
streets and the hotels, ach gott, such
hotels!" And with a shrug he rolled
his large expressive eyes upward in
sheer inability to describe their
awfulness. Here all is clean, but as
women, ach gott, are a beautiful Jay
whole America is wonderful and
her women, ach Gott, are all beauti-
ful." Albrecht Jonas one of the big
piano teachers was telling of trouble
with servants during his wife's alb
sence from town, but mostly the con-
versation was of music, musicians,
tours, student life, the host, his ro-
mantle and successful career; and
through the whole ran note OF en-
couragement to students. In fact We
have found that the truly great men,