The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-23

ments of his tonal effects are unfouch- ed by affectation. The strange exhil- arating power by which he sways his hearers is not the achievement of arti- nciai culture. which prospers little while and passes away.< His like has not been for q long time and 1t Is long before it shall be again. The old glam- or of wiSardry. the joy of spontaneous song. the mystic. wild. breeding spirit of music are in the manifestations of the mission of Jan Kubelik.
 The Atlanta Constitution of Friday, February 21. says:
 Were you weary last night and Jan Kubeiik quickened the dead spirit within youf
 Were you bnoyant with life. and he refined your joy in living7
 "An artist who meets and controls all moods. he commands himself and his audience Even his abandon is de- corous. if full freedom without vuI- garity may be called so, and his move ments of repressed emotion are like art that is too precious for full ioosening of the treasure.
 He played wieniawsky's Concerto in D Minor and before the first big movement was over people were com- pairing him with the great vioiinists of the country. When he had finished the three parts they had forgotten all the others, and Kubeiilk was paramount.
 The contant of that first beautiful movement suffered to a degree in that the audience was aceustoming itself to the wonders of the violinist's play ing. Not that he exploited himself. but the calm surety of his broad art was . that students sent to watch his bow ing" his '1eft-hand," and other tech- pical details speedily lost themselves, if they were like the rest of the audi ence, in effect at the expense of cause, and what those students know today of that same technique must have been impressed subconsciously.
 Lack of space must forbid at pres- ent a review of the performance, but Kubelik proved as wizardiike as Pag. anini has ever been described On one string he expressed wonders, and with the whole of the instrument. he seemed to have at. his command st times the resources of an entire orchestra.
 Nile. Berthe Roy is young pianist whose selections by Chopin and Saint Saens were played with all the grace and subtlety of a style that was dts- tinctly French. The audience was large and enthusiastic"
 McInfyze and Heath Coming.
 The kings of laugh producers, Me- Ihtyre and Heath. who have been stage partners longer and more, congeniaiIy associated than any two professionaIs known to the world. will appear at The Grand Thursday night in their world-famed musical novelty entitled The Ham Tree" To the thousands and few more who have seen these two inimitable negro impersonators no Is required. These two artists have been closely allied on and of the stage for nearly thirty years. They are so familiarwith each others actss movements and thoughts that their performance which is SO perfect might be ciassed as c perfect machine. Some people wonder why a large pro- portion of the public visit their per- fbrmance time after time and apparent ly enjoy themselves as if thay had never seen the performance before. One never seems to tire of seeing Mc- Intyxe and Heath, especially now thai they are surrounded with an all round star cast, and the most marvellous sinR ing and dancing chorus that the world has ever seen. Messrs Klaw and FIr- langer chose wisely when they selected Mcintyre and Heath and their little sketch as the neucieus of the musical novelty they had George w. Hobart write around, and no happier selection could have been made for the sonrs and music than that of William Jerome and Jean Schwartz The costumes and scenery are all that art and money could devise and construct, Every member of the cast has been selected with care and intelligence, each ana every one fitted perfectly for the part which he or she impersonates.