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pealed to us in the part of Z~erlina; this
production was a truly elaborate one and
the ensemble was well balanced and artis-
tically just, The singing of Frau Burk-
Berger and Fraulein Fassbender was good
enough, but 1t had a fault which is very
prevalent on all stages, namely the start
ing of the tone a little below it's actual
pitch, and then quickly getting up thereto.
Some day teachers will arise who will
make their students listen and "hear,"
instead of making them "place" and put
tones; then we will have more singers like
the charming Bosetti and the adorable
Hempel. For 1t remained for a Berlin
singer. Fraulein Hempel, who was guest
ing here, to completely destroy any pos
sible lingering doubt as to the high beau
tiful art attainable by the German singers.
1t was in the lesser known opera "Cosi
Fan lutte" or the school for Lovers
That title does not mean 'the school for
lovers" but $50 do they all" or as We
would say, They're all alike" II is a
beautiful little grand opera, 19 years old.
This listening to these old and wondrously
delicate operas is like looking through old
chests in ancient castles and finding the
laces and silks and brocades and satins and
velvets with their sweet aroma Of lavender
and sandalwood. Why, one wonders, is
not "CosI Fan Tutte' done into good Eng
fish and produced in the United States
There are so many opportunities for good
singing, for. comedy and for scenic effect
that it would surely strike favorably the
American people. Miss Hempel was the
leading sopranos; she looked radiant and
sang like an archangel. The voice was not
big. but obi so perfectly poised and so very
scintillating. In this opera We also heard
Mr.. Brodersen, who sang and acted we'll
and who is giving a good display of his
powers in the Wagner music-dramas. Frau
leih Kobath was quite interesting In this
opera also and is doing stil better work
this week at the larger house, where tbs
great wizard OF Bayreuth, Richard Wag'
ner. is being w%orshipped and reverenced
1 cannot speak temperately OF the Mozart
operas because they appealed to me In such
an absolutely unexpected manner, due
probably. to the appropriate home or place
of production. as we'll as TO the fact thai
everyone was a true lover OF Mozar
on the stage and in the audience.
At the Prinz Regenten theater we have
been listening with great JOY TO the
Wagner music dramas. We met DR.. Frank
Crane at the first one. DIT. Crane lives
now in Worcester. Mass. He read me &
letter which he was sending home regard
ing his impression Of Wagner and l per
suaded him to let ms copy it. so here it is
II have seen my first Wagner opera, a
the Pring Regsnten theater, The Meister'
singers of Nuremberg, and stin live. How
can l convey to you any notion of my
experience? Only in general terms, / fear
Any detail would need to be overloaded
with the immense overtones to make then
seem striking to you 1 have bathed In
music. My spirit has been seized and car
ried away by tides OF harmony, rivers and
brooks and ~eataracts OF melody, white
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capped waves of sweet tones, that all bore
me whittier 1 know not-only into some
strange seas 1 had never sailed before,
where Fashioned mountains doomed in
purple glory, and love and nobleness and
unearthly beauty combined to break my
heart. 1t was not the story of the drama,
nor any tune OF the music, though the
story was unique enough and the melodies
decided and memorable, but it was the
whole thing, the continual swelling up Of
rich chords that broke into the most fairy
like spray and close-locked discords that
dissolved into voluptuous major thirds,
exquisite as spun glass. and the streaming
insistent passion Of the violins that
tempted and tore ones soul like sirens, and
the occasional ripe round note of a wood
horn rising like a moon upon the hushed
orchestra, or the full loud blare Of the
brass. brave and bully as stamping horses
-. and unafraid as the elephants of the
maharajah, and the superb chorus, not ten
or twenty, but 50O-all with banners a-wav-
ing and all dressed in the strong medieval
colors of their time and all singing. sing
ing until it seemed like the Sound of many
waters that John heard in heaven, a
great white and gold cloud of song that
wreathed and wavered upward, while
underneath one heard the breathless
orchestra, the racing FACILITATING strings,
the glad fanfare of trumpets and the
laundering kettle-drums and flutes and
piccalos whistling like flying birds before
the brow of a storm cloud, and above all,
o, sweet enough to WOO a soul from
purgatory. sounding clear and limpid above
the whole ocean thunder Of the chorus and
instruments. the voice of Walter as he sang
a - - -
the Greeks sought to express when they
made their myth Of Orpheus, who with his
lutte made trees, and the mountain tops
that freeze, bow their heads and then lay
by.
-"One usually associates weeping with
some intellectual process. bad news, or DARK
anticipations; we cry over slain heroes oil
disappointed love, but is he rot a master
who can brush your intellect aside and ad.
dressing tone and cadence straight to YOU
soul squeeze II like an orange and make you
sob from very excess of beauty? So die
Wagner to me. ! pray forgiveness for whsi
I've ever said or thought against him.
hope he knows in Heaven of his triumph
If 1 know anything OF the sentiment of &
genius, there are few things where he IL
in glory that can please him more than L
know how absolutely he has trtumphed II
his work-with even me.
Il am glad 1 never heard this until / wa
over 40. Such music is not for the young
1t comes only to those who have drunk too
deep of JOY and suffering, who have Eel
the keenness OF both sensual and spiritua
Joy, and the pans OF both sickness and hop'
deferred. II Is not simple; II Is wonderfully
complex and involved. And 80 is life. IL
mystery and labyrinthine dimness Is born,
in on us with the years. And Wagnel
speaks OF life. vague, striving. tangled
woven OF light II darkness, and yet
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way of Munich, for there is the
-. spirit" of music and har-
ikSSE4HN mony more prevalent than any
~ place 1 know Of. Somehow or
other you seem to belong to the great
human family here; you are not a stranger.
In the real life of the place there is a
"one-of-ourselves" feeling which you can
feel but cannot define. 1 love Munich and
its people. But / must not begin to write
about Munich and it's attractions, for 1
would find difficulty in ending the epistle.
Its beer and it's thirst are famous the
world over and each deservedly so, I am
told on the very best and most credible
authority. But Munich has other attrac-
tions than those which appeal to the ply
steal well-being, such as it's kitchen and
cellar talents; 1t has well-dressed, we'll
developed men and women; 1t has an art
atmosphere which radiates from every
street and avenue; II has a beauty infec-
ton which breaks out in bloom and bios
som. verdure and velvet. and in many
places makes one think of the Garden OF
Eden materialized. Fountains, from which
waters burst forth in glee and jubilation
for sheer Joy that they are alive. and liv-
ing in Munich. are to be seen in many
beautiful squares or plazas. Buildings
which delight the eye stand erect with
pride, having been built by the good and
great architects who had reached Walhalla
and sent down the best plans they knew.
Everywhere you see books, paintings, pict-
ures, music; whole libraries OF works in
English and French and German. Music
shops and picture shops, each vieing with
the other In it's abundance of treasures.
Great galleries.
But It is of the opera / should speak.
Never was a more fitting place dreamed
OF for the presentation of the works OF his
serene ~highness. the gracious Mozart. The
Royal Residence theater is a beautiful lit
tie gem OF an opera house, with only A5
seats on the ground floor. and four bal
comics. going completely round the house,
each one containing eighty-five seats, and
divided leach balcony into boxes oil
'loges" containing five or six seats each.
1t is like a beautiful play" house, The
Mozart operas were given exquisitely witt
scenic effects which were alluring and en-
trancing. The conductor wal Felix Mottl
and all Is said. His own a-ccompaniments OF
the recitRtions on an old-fashioned harp
sichord or spinet, were charming in theil
touch OF Atmosphere" In the "Figaro'I
Hoehzeit'' Marriage OF Figaro we heard
for the first time Feinhals in the part Of
the Count or Graf Almaviva; ne is a gooC
singer and a fine artist; we heard him alsC
as Don Giovanni. and his work was won
derful in its every phase. In the part o.
Suzanne We were eaptivated with the trans
lucent voice and finished singing OF Fra'
Bosetti. Frau Prense-Matzenauer cheereC
our souls with her lovely warm mezzo
soprano quality. round and full, rich anC
smooth. and utterly devoid Of the darl
and heavy quality TO which most mezzoi
and contraltos are addicted. In "Dol
Giovanni again BOsettfs beautiful voice ~
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MOZART FESTIVAL
AIUNICH's
The Operas Staged Better Than they
Were Sung.

sALzBURG, Aug. 12.-Austrians do not
hesitate to say that salzbuTg is the most
beautiful city in the world. II you are
willing to admit that It is a city at all you
probably viii be quite ready to agree with
the Austrians. OF course you viii have
seen all the cities in the world and there
fore your judgment will be as good as
theirs. At any rate Salzburg is wonderfully
beautiful and the view from the parapets
of the old castle on the heights Is almost
as inspiring as that from the quay at LII
cerne. one thing is certain, namely-that
Salzburg is the finest place on earth to
which to retire after a Mozart festival at
Munich.
They nave these Mozart festivals in
Munich once a year and they send many
circulars to advertise them In America.
Although the performers are nearly all-in
some operas quite all-from the local com
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

Wright mas proved to the
satisfaction Of hundreds Of per-
sons in France that the pre-
tensions of the Wright brothers
that they had an aeroplane
capable OF living were founded
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

French have been convinced that Wright's
device is the one that they have been seek
ing. It is understood that Wright wants
$500, 900 for the idea and the French govern
ment may be unwilling to pay so much
for It.
The Wright aeroplane is started into
flight by a simple device. The machine is
mounted on a monorail, a rope leading
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-06

INCH. Aug. 10. - When you
go TO heaven arrange to go by
way of Munich. for there is the
spirit" of music and har-
mony more prevalent than any
place 1 know of. Somehow or
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
JACK PALMER CONFIDENT
But Englishmen Are Betting Three
to One That Bunko Burns
Beats Him.

London, Feb. Sack Palmer and
Tommy Burns are rapidly rounding into
shape for their fight at Wonderland
next week. Burns is doing his training
at Jack Castle, at Hampstead. while
Palmer is getting into shape for the
fight at HarrOgate. There is very lit
tie betting on the result Some small
WageTs have been made at 3 10 I on
Burns, and it is probable that these viii
be about the odds when the men go into
the ring.
To quote Jack Palmer's own words.
says Sporting Life Of London he is do
ing splendidly in his preparation at
Harrogate for his contest for the worlds
championship at Wonderland against
Tommy Burns of Feb. 10. Palmer has
been taking the waters and now scales
1856 pounds. The Newcastle lads fine
condition greatly pleases his support
ers, and Bob Ryan, his Leeds trainer.
states that when delivered in the ring
next week Palmer will be faster than
in any previous fight. BY his quiet and
unaSSuming manners, Palmer is making
many friends in Harrogate. Last week
he was doing light sparring and gym
nastic exercise, but now he has started
more serious work. The Newcastle lad
is quite confident that he will put up a
good fight against Burns
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
GREAT CROWD
OF ATHLETES
More Than Three Thousand of
Best in World to Compete
at Olympic Games.

London, Feb. S.-The plans for the
Olympic games are in fine shape, and
there is every reason to believe that
the greatest gathering the world has
ever seen will get together at Shep-
herds park next summer.
1t is officially stated there Will be in
all probability more than 5000 athletes
in competition, including very large
contingents from America, where Cap
tain F. Whitworth Jones, the assistant
secretary of the British Olympic asso-
citation, says matters have been most
enthusiastically taken up. The work
of organizing the games has been con-
siderable, but it has gone on rapidly
and smoothly. and though. of course,
many important details have yet to be
decided upon, arrangements are now
fast approaching completion. The Brit
ish Olympic association has to rely
upon it's own exertions to raise large
sums necessary to finance the project,
as it receives no assistance in this re-
spect from the government and is
therefore at a disadvantage with other
countries who have held the games
previously.
For the lawn tennis tournament
there will be three competitions, name
ly mems singles, mems doubles and
WOmen's singles. The maximum num-
Der of competitors from each country
is twelve, six pairs and twelve, re-
spectively. A similar program has
been decided upon for covered lawn
tennis.
Players in singles may agree not to
play advantage sets. but to decide the
game by one game after arriving at
the score of games ALL"
The course for the long distance. or
Marathon race. about twenty-five
miles in length, has been fixed upon by
the Amateur Athletic association. 1t
will start near Windsor and finish in
the stadium.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
PICKS PACKEY TO BEAT BAT
Joe Cans Will Back Mcfarland to
Defeat Nelson.

New York. Feb. S.-Joe Cans, the
lightweight champion of the world, is
so confident that Packey Mcfarland
will defeat Battling Nelson that he is
willing to bet $1,000 on the Chicago
fighter at even money. Cans believes
that Mcfarland is superior to all the
rest of the lightweights i'm his class.
Mcfarland will whip Nelson sure
ly,' said Joe, "or my name is not Cans.
| have fought the Dane, and know just
how good he is, and / have seen Nc
Farland in action. Take it from me,
the Chicago boy is better than the Bat
tier. Nelson is all in. Don't let that
fight with Clifford scare you. Clifford
is only a preliminary fighter, and a
number of boys around New York
could easily beat him. If Mcfarland is
wise he Will keep after Nelson until he
gets him in a ring. Then Cans will go
down in his banl1roll for $1,000 to bet
on Packey."
Continuing, Cans says: There is one
thing that makes me feel sad. There
is no one that I can make a match
with. Whether the old man is too good
or not, no one cares to meet me i'm the
ring"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
Sermon on Honest Sport

yron Townsend the clever St Louis sporting scribe attended
other night and
owing which by the should be carefully read by everybody
#resteG i'm appeared in his columns:
lnagers and should be tolerated
fey much evidence they
Promoters principals fooled the public with fakes
|ting thoroughly discredied
|Ieneeforth the will
|oo communities the large
|nudV
Tine honesty S
ing in bulrushes.
En' or he s WELDON
no
of a
a "duee look
To
possible
tky a higher
THE obstacles possible pathway dishonest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
Butte and Spokane HIGH Schools.

Butte and Spokane High Schools.
A circular was received the past
week from the Butte High Scnool as
ISOLATION, in which the Spokane High
school was taken to task for alleged
false reports sent out after the foot
Dali game at Butte last fan. when the
Montana team won by a score of 3 10
l. Ever since the game both teams
nave carried on warfare through the
newspapers of the Northwest in which
each team accused the other IF having
ringers on the team. For the good OF
football in the northwest it is about
time TINS squabble should be forsot-
Ten continual wrangling viii not
change the result, and if the real spirit
of school eligibility was carried ont to
the letter, in all probability it would
De found both schools had Dlayers on
thelr team who were in school alone
for their football ability Both teams
calm the northwestern championship
and mad the nerve to challenge the
Chicago High school for game tn
settle the championship of the limited
states, Ogden tried 10 get a game
with both or either school tut was
passed up. Comparative high school
scores tor the past eight seasons show
the Utah high schools are better
teams IIidu eltnef the Butte or SDo-
kane teams, and in the face of this an
the squabbling in the world will not
give either the title bosh claim.
Myron Townsend on Honest Sport.
In another column will be found a
sermon on honest sports. written nv
Myron Townsend, sporting editor of
the ST. Louis Star-Chronicle. ALTHOUGH
townsend may not as We'll known in
sporting circles as some other writer's
his editorial articles on spo-tin- events
are among the best written TODAY.
IoWnsend's special hobby is going
after takers in sporting, and he *
right in saying that these peopIe live
only through boosting by SPORTING
writer's who should know better IF
the sporting writer's of America tndav
would go after these 2rafters and
never let up on them, it would Re the
greatest boost for sports Of all kinds
that could possibly happen. 1t is FOO
pad there are not inore Townsends
scattered around the country in these
days OF get the money, no matter
how '''i
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
CARLISLE HAS
GOOD PROSPECTS
Cheyenne Brave to Captain
Baseball Team-Many Can
didateS Out for Practice.

Carlisle, Pa. Feb S.-Michael Balen-
IT, 2O-year-old Cheyenne Indian from
Oklahoma, has just been elected cap
tain of the Carlisle Indian Baseball
club for the approaching summer Ba-
lenti has fielded and played third base,
as we'll as caught, at the great national
game. He is the coming Indian quar-
terback at football. is feet 10 inches
tall and is training down for the ap-
preaching season to $50 pounds.
Spring athletics at the Carlisle In
dian school are making amazing
strides. Track and field candidates
number forty, and are unusually
speedy.
The redskins in training SO far for
track and field events are: Pierce
Yupe, Chester Cobay, Oscar BOYD. Lee
Pocatello, Robert Ouray, James Will
liams, S. Black Star, Sampson Bard.
David Little Old Man. Frank Cook.
Wesley j. Tall Chief, Harrison Smith.
Reno Rowland, Harrison Waterman,
Frank Johnson. Edward X. Fox, Jud-
son Cobay, Levi Williams, Jacob Tay-
Tor, Louis White. William H. Meeks,
Wallace Mathews, Howard Jones. Mo-
ses Friday, William Owl. Charles Hou-
youst. Bruce Geesback. Clement Smith,
Roy George. Noah Sequoyah, Eugene
Beck, Ernest Quick Bear, Henry Ey-
dick, William Carlow, Nelson Bart
lett.
The baseball candidates are legion.
there being fully sixty aborigines COW
citing baseball distinction. This num-
Der will be cut down beginning with
the first week in February to thirty
aspirants by the elimination of unde-
sirable material.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
|RST BET ON AUTO RACE
'rwegian Says He Will Go From
New Yak to Paris in One
Hundred DAVIS.

pew York, Feb. SLAMS Hendrix
nsen the distinguished Norwegian
gineer, who viii drive the De Dion
IN the New York to- Paris automo-
race, has made a wager of 10. 900
pies that he would not only complete
hazardous journey, but would cover
20A = miles laid out and reach Par
Iby re end of June. This allows him
Il three and a half months to make
journey, including the time lost by
|ns-shipment by steamer, or a total
less than one hundred days on the
ID.
Hansen is ~ years Of age and long
Fl that period where the exuberance
youth leads to all sorts of extrav-
Rnce. He is financially well fixed, and
hugh employed by Marquis de Dion
4 make the trip, is not engaging in the
venture for gain. He has been all
Tough the Siberian country and has
Elted both the United States and Alas
and knows what may be expected
he stretches of country to be crossed.
is speaking, therefore, by the book
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
TY COBB AND THE DENTIST.

Young Mr. Tyrus Cobb the cham
pion slugger Of the American league
up to date, Is not only che of the
chestiest kids that have broken into
the major league ranks in years, but
he is a witty youth as well.
Just now he is holding down the role
of a jokist: at least Mr.. Navin Of the
Detroit club seems to think 50, ard it's
dollars to dOughnuts that the clever
secretary of the Tigers is correct, toe:
and Ty will think so, too. long before
the coming baseball season opens.
At any rate, Ty is having the time
of his life now going about and mixing
with the Georgia population, who.
down in that section, appear to think
that the big ball player is greater than
any man the Cracker state Fas ever
turned out.
The other day Ty was in Rome. Ca.
when he was bothered with a trouble
some tooth. He Immediately went 10
the nearest dentist and had the offend
tg molar extracted. Returning to his
hotel he was met by the taikative no
tel clerk, who said to the great BIr.
Cobb:
II hear that you have been down on
Main street to have a tooth drawn"
That's correct" lacOnically assented
Ty.
What did he use. gas or ether?"
inquired the Sinking clerk
He used pincers." shot back Cobb
as he threw down the paper he had
started to read and strobe aEgrily
away.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-09
RULES SUGGESTED FOR
JACK O'BRIEN'S CLUB

Self-confessed faker, Jack =
= O'Brien, should post the following =
= rules in his new fighting club
+ house in Philadelphia: =
y 81. Any one. boxer. second or
y spectator, who uses the word fake !
= i'm this club house will be at once =
Z elected and permanently debarred. =
= -. Any boxer SO lost to all sense
\ of self-respect. and so forgetful of =
= the glorious traditions of his pro-
4 fesSion. as to douhle-cross an oppo- :
= nent. after having agreed to a =
= drawn battle, will not receive =
+ cent of the purse, and win not get =
y another match at this club. =
80 Contestants who enter into a =
= private agreement as to the out =
= come of bout that is at variance =
y with the published articles of =
4 agreement must notify the referee =
= ten hours before entering the ring, =
y so that a business conference can =
\ be held previous to the event. By :
= strictly adhering to this provision y
+ boxers will avoid embarrassment y
= growing out of being at cross-pur- =
y poses with the referee. y
= II. Any man who agrees to feign y
\ a knockout in a specified round =
= must rehearse the same in the =
\ presence of the referee ten hours y
\ before the bout in order that both y
4 men may be perfect in their parts. y
= ''5. No boxer who is so clumsy y
> in his methods as to give rise to y
+ a newspaper charge of fake will y
: again be employed at this club. y
y None but artists will be permitted y
= TO work here y
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