The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-07-26

i either side. Near them stands Siegfrted. | The inscription underneath is as follows; i Here, where my imagination has found ! peace, this house shall be callde the peace of imagination"
 Wagner is buried on the grounds near those whose chief object in life is to ven crate and glorify his memory Not far away from Frahnfried in the | Beyreuth country reposes Abhi Liszt. He l died in 1886 in Beyreuth, whither he had
 gone on a visit to his daughter, Frau | Wagner
 It is interesting to know that Liszt was | one of the first to understand the works
 of Wagner, and to console and comfort | him on his painful road to glory" One
 biographer beautifully refers to Wagner's struggle and glory as follows; When we recall all the bitterness, all the sadness, and when we now see the work stand ! ing full of life, increasing every day and gathering around it so many faithful devotees in this town of Bayreuth, almost unknown hithereto, and today bearing in- scribed forevermore in letters of gold this glorious name which serves it as a luminous aureole; when we see these thousands of pilgrims coming from all parts of the world to bring the tribute of their enthusiastic cult. and lastly when we remember that all this is the result of the will and of the greatness of one hu- man brain, we ramin silent, pensive, and filled with admiration for that prodi- gious intellect and that matchless organ ization whose equal cannot be found among the annals of the past"
 The season in Carlsbad is always at it's height at just about the time the festiv tues in Bayreuth are at an end Most of those In attendance during the operatic season at the latter place go from there to Carlsbad, thus making it the rem dezvous for celebrities from all parts of the world. One evening during their stay it is understood that the talent of each will be given in some small way to making an entertainment for the bene- fit of the poor. Each sketch must nec- essarily be short. as there are so many Sara Bernhardt has been known to reeite poem of four lines and Calve to sing short popular song. Every artist con tributes something.
 It is said by the critics that the taste for music in America is increasing more rapidly now than ever before. New York is becoming more and more musical center.
 Until very few years ago the musical festivals in this country were always financial losers, but they are growing more popular, because the artistic and literary tastes are being combined with the spirit of commercialism so charae- teristic of Americans.
 There is a little town of 5000 people about 25 miles from Columbus-Marys- vile, Ohio-where every year May Music Festival is held. The chorus is obtained from singers gathered together from the small neighboring towns. An orchestra comes from one of the large cities and solosts are imported Marys- vile entertains four or five times it's us- ual population from Columbus, Cincin- natl. Mount Vernon and, in fact from all over the state.
 A Birmingham woman who was present at the festival a few years ago called it a Miniature Bayreuth' She heard the Beresford, Ada Shehan of Chicago, Gus tav Holmquest-a superb Swedish bari | tone; Anita Rio. Herbert Witherspoon
 and other oratorio singers in "The Mes
 siah" and the Creation" She said. 'T'he | hotels were taxed to the utmost the homes all thrown open and crowdeI 'vith
 visitors the churches kept constantly open, the ladies keeping restaurants in them for church benefits. In fact, all places. public andzz private, were given over to music and music lovers, and it was three days of feast of music in the highest sense" It will be remembered that Marysvile is the boyhood home of Vice President Fairbanks, and his moth- CT, sweet lovely old lady, who still lives there. Her home is an old-fash- toned cottage structure, jutting out on the sidewalk-always a favorite retreat for festival visitors, who receive warm welcome from Mother Fairbanks" ev- cry year.
 An organization among the younger musc-lovers which has attracted general admiration is the Euterpean club com ! posed of Birmingham High School boys 1 and girls. It is under the able director ship of Miss Leta Kitts, who has for
 number of years been the supervisor of | public school music in the city. Miss
 Kits, in addition to being a finished
 musician, is a woman of marked exec | utive ability, and has labored unceas- i ingly to bring the club up to it's present l high standard
 The membership includes 150 of the most
 talented students in the High school.
 The concert given in May of this year | showed the superb training that had 1 been given to them. It was the sixth l annual concert of the club and was pro-
 nounced by far the most excellent yet
 given. The accompanist, Miss Josephine i, -,,1a ,1fa apic hn hoe