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New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
Low LEVEL THREATENED.

Why do we insist upon startling tns
sensibiIities? We have departed from us
strait path of spirituality IN art. and as
we on the verge OF sinking 70 pans
where we shall be morally capaole OF anu
ing and enticing into "sensdticnalisn VI
the name OF Music and OF Arts can w
no longer interest and still ediSy ana VI
struct? Must we sdulterats and thee's
degrade our art in order 10 convey ~
thrill OF real enjoyment?
Time was when the artistic m0soH'
world was too narrow TO admit anylA-s
but the sentiments OF religion hass
gone so far IN the opposite direction 'h
We are menaced by a narrowing o.
forces to the point OF barring all spA
uality from our music?
The music of to-day is indeed ne
iectual, but where Is the spirit.
unately there Is a possible adniSturs
loftinesS with loftiness-loftiness anA' !,
the sacred and the secular-loftheS'
religious art with loftiness OF al oene
tellectual and ethical thought. ana ~
for that unity that we plead. we w.
not be without anything that Is soou.
art should know no limitations. oa, So
hold all beauty and light as us sose'
and expand in their glory. Nic'e' -
says that our prejudices are our rea'
bers and that our vices are our yea.
derers- Let us ponder this thoush''
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

lutte manner. The suite consists of four
movements"At Home" I'm the Streets"
Sunday Morning in the Country" "At the
Bali (waltz). Each tells its own story
most Enthusiastically.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

active progress under Mime. Selma Kronold
The society has the warm appreciation OF
Archbishop Farley and the prominent
clergy of the diocese.
The following is the programme for the
song recital by Miss Kathrin Hike In Men
delssohn Hall on Wednesday afternoon:
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at the third Volpe Symphony Concert I'm
Carnegie Hall on February s. The English
contralto will remain In this country two
months. appearing in concert or recital In
ooeriin. Ohio: ST. Paul. Minneapolis. Nil
waukee. st. Louis. Montreal Washington.
cincinnati. Pittsburg and other cities of the
Middle West
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
A PleeA for the Oratorio and Discussion
of Its Future In the United States.

complished most completely Nerf has -.
assistance OF Palestrins. who Is called ~.
Homer of music and the creator OF ch,-,,
melody. and within fifty years after -.
death OF these men. who died abou, -.
same time. the world had what we No.
erns call oratorio. Italy gave birth tn -.
idea, ard Germany reared Il to the z.zsr,,s
heights of Bach and Haydn. Beethoven ara
Handel
The very earliest traces OF organun :,
diaphony. We find designed for tina a.,
preston OF sacred thought. Beethoven ON.
wrote TO a friend: Go on; do not aIo,,
practise art. but penetrate TO her haa-.
She deserves it. for. art and science o,lv
can raise mankind to godhood''; and !,
Gerhard Won Breuning he said: "I ns.s
text which will stimulate me. II mus- !.
scmething moral. something upIIffin,
Texts such as Mozart composed 1 shouis
never have been able to set TO music
could never have got myself into a rno,s
for Iicentious texts" This makes us won
der why our intellectual interests and our.
suits have not made the same advances.
ment in sacred music that they have !,
the secular. Surely, We cannot suooog.
that Beethoven lacked in proper or ss..
quate Inspiration or in Intelligent stand.
point,
1t may be complained that the sac-s
story 1oes not sufficiently abound In At.
citing material. but that Is another sus.
ject. and must be dealt with elssxhara
although, be IL said, the present vr,,a,
believes that he can show as much ea,cf
mating mysticism and subtle psycholoSic,r
interest in a score or more OF sacred I,x.
ends and other sacred stories as ever ~.
longed to any "Pellsas CT Mgisanass
Whether they are logically true or no,
makes no difference.
Where there is will there Is war
vocal music, and we are especially t,rsd
of the influence of the scarlet woman
who rants and tears and dominates or.
opera, and who has so entiCed the puSS,
mind that il has come to conceive her a,
a part of all music. and that without hs-
vocal music is no music at all. II ia,
purity of thought that is needed, Il |,
freedom from the vulgarity OF Carne,
a Louise. Santuzza and a Musetta
that we want 10 would be equally absurt
On the other hand. to suggest that muzs
be confined 10 the expression OF religious
thousht-God forbid,-but II would Ger.
taInly seem that profane music. 50 called.
is pushing all sacred music not out lnt,
the proverbially ''cold. cold world" sur
out into a world burning with wild de-
sire for sensationalisu1, where il "a con-
sumed like chaff, and a cry goes ID 10
that world TO pause in its frenzy and "a
fleet upon the moral ruin 1t is working
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

The Mareulies Trio will give concert
CT chamber music in Cooper Union Hall
sc-morrow evening. The solcist will be
Miss Elizabeth Hargrsvc, pianist
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23
"sALoME" AS AN EXAMPLE.

Something seems to have been vrelch.i
from it's normal place and the doodsat.s
o. certain intellectual he'll opened, and
an avalanche OF perverted ideas has gushed
forth which IL seems impossible 10 stay.
There has been an upheaval OF gigantic
forces quite outside OF the original aim os
music; and, behold. we have such examples
of intellectual workmanship as Strauss
'Salome." the text OF which embodies
startling presentation OF hendish immoral
sty and perverted instincts and convsys
shock TO the entire fabric OF the moral ani
ethical standard of the purpose OF art.
AS far as we can determine. the earliss.
sisted in the elevation and depression q
the human voice in the reading OF sgerrd
writings. and this fact has a signfhcancs
all it's own. Many centuries OF this print
tive vocal form. with occasional importsh:
notifications. finally lead US to the sinps
love songs of the troubadours. 10 which
We trace the germ OF the romantic stys
of music. and music as languages OF emo
tion has been gradually developed from
that source. Since the first inspiration o.
all music had its origin IN sacred thought.
and il we are TO use our knowledge Of tha
tions and the intellect, etc. to this eesr
advantage. would we not do well 70 con-
tinue TO develop the oratorfo form?
The policies OF the oratorio SOCIETIES
have had much to do with tbs decline
of interest in the sacred works. Tins vas
when the public would not listen 70 o2ers
sung on the concert stage, but today
many oratorio societies In the tinted
States are devoting much OF their time 10
the study and performance OF opera musis
This was not possible two decades asc. ana
can never be proper, and yet Il - %
manded. This applies. Of course. only %
the older and more melodicus operas. fsr
it would be futile and ridiculous 10 az
tempt a performance OF the very modern
music drama on the concert stase, out tas
facts indicate the temperament and ten
dency of the age toward the sensational
and not the spiritual forms
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

The second concert Of the Marum Quartet
will be held in the concert hall of the
Cooper Union on Thursday. February 8. at
s o'clock. The programme will consist en-
tirely Of the works OF Schubert.
The F1onzaley Quartet will give the sec
ond of Its subscription concerts on Tues
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Herbert witherspoon viii give /. ,oux re-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Nine Kirkhy-Lunn is to be til. solo,.s
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Sonata for cello and piano-A major CM5) Huss
tNew, first time; dedicated TO Mr.. Schroeder)
Mr.. Schroeder and Mr.. Huss.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Nine Antolnette SZumowska. a Polish
pianist VIII give recital at Mendelssohn
HAN on the afternoon of February 7 In
honor of the Chopin centenary. her nro-
gramme will be made UP entirely from
Chopin's works.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

Nine Charlotte Lunud. soprano, and
George Copeland pianist. will give a Joint
recital in Mendelssohn Hall on FRIDAY even
Ing. This will be the programme:
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number of tumhlers of the lock be-
! his 10 make sure that YOU have gone
10 your own box. While you ave In
the room YOU are being carefully OBJ
served. You may not realize il. but
YOU are lust the same. and when you
leave the same courteous attendant
assists you to lock up. II is not sus-
pic'on. il II protection to you and to
your fcllowman.
Yet. with all that. patrons now and
then report losses. and for n while
things hum@until the mystery Is un-
raveled. generally to the discontinue
OF the patron, vino has been the VIC
tim OF selfcarelessnoss.
Apropos of these losses some
amusing stories are told. lady once
complained that she had lost Sz0
gold niece from her box. She was
sure that she had seen il when she
onened her box. and was equally sure
II was there when she closed IT, Moth
ing would shake her and the official
10 whom the complaint was made
was AT his wits ends. Finally he
asked her if she mad deposited any
money that day. She said that she
had. and he suggested that she ac-
company hiA to the bank. Reluctant
t. she did SO, and there on her deposit
slip. the very first item. was $40
gold.
She said that the gold piece she
had lost had certain marks upon IT,,
and when the identical piece was pre-
scented to her by the receiving teller
on, can imagine her surprise. Yet
she was sincere in declaring that she
did not remember Il all.
Frequently men. in their hurry.
leave their papers. pieces Of jewelry.
and other things in the booths to
which they take their boxes. but the
keen eyes of the employees who follow
them and who enter the booths a.
soon as they are vacated usually fin1
the articles and they are promptly re
turned. The employ who attempted
10 pocket the treasure might be pick
ing up something that had been IN
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dCzen attempts, using charges as
large as they dared. they found that
their time was up and they had 10 de-
Tart empty handed.
But banks do not always build mas
sive vaults of concrete and steel just
10 Withstand the assaults of burglars.
Mobs and fires have to be considered.
A mob or a big fire, such as the Bal
timore or San Francisco confiagration
may occur but once in lifetime. bur
even this single occasion must be
guarded against. In the big fires
mentioned it is notable that the huge
vaults OF the banking and safe deposi,
companies escaped unscathed. while
many of the large so-called fireproor
safes in office buildings either melted
outright or else became so heated
that the contents were charred anc
destroyed.
A vault in one of the big banks Is :
nost interesting place TO visit. The
following describes one of the mos,
modern: Entering through a circn-
lar Illuminated steel door that is six
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ciefy took 10 the men birds Ike ducks
70 water. They hocked 70 the meets
and woven who heretofore evinced
buf a passive interest in anything
that did not include a bridge sni
teacups. BEGAN 20 besfir themselves.
A. time wore on it was noticed thai
they we're quite as regular in theiT
attendance Al the aviation field as The
sfcrncr sex. and moreover they Take
quite - infcliiecntiy Of mono and b.
planes. currents and cross currents
and other technical matters a. their
b-othcrs. In fact. they hccamo 80 en-.
thusias;ic that IL vas only a qnes1ion
Of Opportunity when they would take
their initial fight
The honor Of the first public f'ghi
in the vicinity n New York zen to The
lot q Mrs. Clifford 3. Harmon, Of
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heavenly. and when my new machine
Is ready I expect to fly to the moon.
New aspirants for stellar honors IN
aviation circles are Mrs. J. c. (Budi
Mars and Mrs. Eugene Ely Both the
men have made mary, lous flights. ana
IL is only natural that their respective
wives should sooner or later take 90
the air Like Mrs Glenn Iurtiss ana
Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Farman. they
have all made fights with their hus-
bands and each displayed all the
nerve necessary to successful .avia-
trcsses. Each IS now experimentins
with her ON machine. and IL Is only
a question of ashort time when q wo
mas class will added 10 the program
Of the meets scheduled for early pre-
senfation IN the East Mrs. Fly a1d
Mrs. Mars both made ascents with the
latter's husbands ard az the recent
rect At AshbuTy Park the daring dis
pIayed BY Mrs. Ely quite thrilled the
imfrense crowds that daily Assembled
on the aviation field
Ofher fights wherein women have
participated were those Of Grahane'
White. the Engliskman. and Charles
=. Willard. Both were star perform.
ors a. the Boston meet AMI each 90
:abIished records that are exDecfed
10 stand for a long time. Miss Phoebe
Dwiehf. a member % the Boston Trav
eIers' repertor.af staff. induced Willard
g. take her with him on ore 81 his
fights. This hc did. ascending 10 an
altitude Of leo feet. and encircling
Hzrvard's aviation field several times
with the intrepid woman reporter Al
his side
Mo- 20 he outdoue By Miss Dwishts
experience. Mss Marie Campbell 81
New YORK. suggested 20 Grahams
D White hat n he chose 20 eclipse WI
lssd's performance. there being !
keen rivalry between the two. shf
would Gladly afori him the emporium
~. Taking her az her word Grahernr
White picked Miss Campbell u2 IN ~
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feet six inches in diameter. eighteen
inches thick and weighs nineteen tons
one finds the interior 20 be COCA
sized ROOM The walls of this room.
however. are about FIVE feet thick an
are composed of sheets of armOr Plate
laid in brick and cement. interlaced
with electric wires. Should one o.
the latter be cut an automatic alarm
would at once be registered at police
headquarters and squad OF police
would arrive I'm a few minutes.
Time was when burglars devotef
their attention 10 opening the comb'-
nation locks. sometimes assisted by
employees of the bank. the latter DO
ing their share either to divide tbs
money or else threatened with death.
Now when the vaults are closed az
the end of the banking day time
clock" in the door Is set, and not us-
iii the very second arrives can inc
door be opened by the combination.
In many institutions the combination
is a double one. requiring the Pres
ence of two of the officials. each o.,
whom has TO release separate com
bination unknown to the other.
One of the most interesting features
of strong boxes are the structures
operated by the safety deposit, com
panies. concerns that build huge
vaults and then rent out portions OF
them to persons who wish to preserve
their jewelry. valuable papers or other
articles that may be stored In COM
paratively small space. Some OF the
safe deposit companies have boxes In
which one may store silverware. such
boxes being three to six feet square
and equally deep.
These vaults are much larger than
those used by banks, but they are
equally strong in construction and
every possible precaution is taken TO
see that the patrons neither rob nor
are robbed.
II you are a renter and you wish 10
get into your box you will need the
assistance OF an employe who first
uses his pass key TO turn a certain
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When the crowd recovered from its
surprise and realized what was trans
piring il was neld spellbound by the
utter fearlessness of tbs. the first VIC
nan il ever witnessed riding aloft In
an airship. Her confidence IN her
husband was supreme and. although
carving the most precious freight OF
his awaiting career. he never falterfd-
and his machine. tried and true. vas
put through all the PAGES he had been
wont to display before the crowds
when he scared alone.
Upon alighting and receiving the
congratulations Of hundreds o. her
fashionable friends. Mrs. Harmon ar
uounCed that aviation was undOubted-
" the king Of sports. and before night
fall she Rad placed an order with
Glenn CHrtiss for one Of his biplanc-.
a day OF two later another woman
equally well known 20 society. shook
on the thongs % conventiorality and
with Mr.. Harmon as her pilot. SCARED
sloft. and upon aiiEhting expressed
herself even more Enthusiastically
than Mrs. Harmon. This time Il was
, Mrs. William X Vanderbilt IT
Mrs. Vanderbilt remained IN the air
/ sor - minutes and she. too. vas treat
cd TO al the thrills incidental 70
feirhf climbs. swoops and curves. for
which her daring SKY pilot Is famous
Mrs. Vanderbilt also ordered a ma
chine and together with Mrs. Harmon
she is receiving daily Instructions ~
the art Of manipulating the machines
I IN discussing her hight Mrs. Var
derhnf said 10 the writer. There Is
nothing ir the world like II and wor0'
arc totally inadequate 10 express
ones sensations while aioft 7 made
a balloon ascension several yoars agr
but even that Is tame compared y
4 floating through space IN a power
driven and rIddcr controlled airship
There q no motion 10 !; unless IN
ihro5 Of ne engine might BE- d.
scribcd a. such. Il is in ever seas'
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ton with varying success.
But so keenly have even the smaf,
banks recognized the necessity for
:, arding against the craftsman thau
comparatively few are not provided
with stout safes in their vaults In
which they keep their currency. =
notable instance of this kind of pro-
lection. which was protection. is illus
trated in one OF the above pictures.
In this instance the burglars blew
oren the vault with such ease tnaf
the noise of the explosion was not
heard in building adjOin.aS, in
which there were a number of the cit
liens of the town. Then the ''yeggs-
encountered a small safe that they
knew contained the money. This
safe. however. was a new type. Il
had a door that set in a socket, not
unlike the breechlock of a modern
cannon. After blowing off the knobs
and hinges of the door they found
that they were no better off than they
were before. for the door only seemed
TO stick the tighter. After half a
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New York. Mrs. Harmon's HUSBAND
is BY long odds the most enthusiastic
and most daring amateur aviator in
America. lie was the first president
Of the aero club founded I'm this coun-
try. and later became chairman Of the
executive commiitse of the Aero Clu5
% America. which controls all ma
tiers pcTtaininE 20 aviation. profce-
sional and amateur. IN this country.
u Is the only club which is recognized
BY Ike organizations abroad. end in
consequence T. International IN scope
ard power Mr.. Harmon IS a NUS
millionaire real estate operator. and
bis wife Is tho DAUGHTER of Commo-
dore Benedict. for many wears head of
the New York Yacht Cub. and ais,
q millionaire Mrs. Hsrmon'z love Of
sport IS inherited and she Is quite a.
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tended for him to get. so that he
might be tested as To his honesty.
These safe deposit boxes are used
| by all classes of people. Sometimes
people. particularly foreigners, store
their money In them. preferring TO
have the money always handy to get
ting interest upon Il in a bank.
Not so long ago detective made
some inquiry regarding a patron OF
one of the safe deposit companies.
Later when the man appeared the de-
tectiye followed him. There were
words of accusation and denial. and
then the officials of the deposit com.
pany were called. After a consulta-
ton Il was decided that the contents
of the mans box should be looked
over. Numerous pieces of jewelry
were found and later were identified
as the propertyof other people. and
had been stolen.
Whether Il would be possible to loot
one 81 these great safe deposit vaults
II a question that may be answered
In the negative. In the first place, the
only practicable method would be TO
get the cooperation OF all OF the en-
ployes of the institution, from the
president TO the office boy. This IS
next to impossible. II might be said
that the two or three men Who have
the keys 10 the vault could form
clique. That they might: but 81 tho
other hand. Il would be a question
akin to that which the mice, after OBJ
tanning a bell. asked each otheB
Although each of the men may have
such an idea not one would dare pro-
pose 1t to the other. Then. even II
such thing would happen, they
would have to take the Waterman AMI
possibly one or two others into the--
confidence and by this time the chain
would break and there would be some
men out OF jobs If nothing worse hap
pened to them.
To break into the vault from the
outside. even il the Waterman were
Continued On Page Eleven)
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arms and ran with her across the Held
and seated her in his aeroplane. Then
he took the levers, started his engines
and before the astonished spectators
realized what was happening he sosr-
ed a!oft with the girl at his side.
White assembled to an altitude OF goo
feet and swept around the big field
six times before he landed his fair
passenger Both women expressed
themselves as delighted with their ex-
perience and. like all others who have
flown. they declared they would 90 in
for aviation with an added zest from
now on.
The first woman to evince a pro
prietory interest in airships in this
country was Miss Helen Todd, OF New
York. When the aeronautS pitched
their tents in and around Hampstead
Plains che procured the biggest shed
there. which she converted into =
MODEL aerodrome. and then employed
a CORPS of mechanicians and set them
to work building airshiPs after her
own plans. She has constructed sew
eral an1 these she expects 20 plot
through the air al an early date Miss
Todd has spared no expense IN. per.
fecfsng her plans and having them en-
ecu,@5, and II Is believed TIA; Eheh
she gets ready to take her initial
aights she viii be equipped with the
largest and most variezated heet 81
airships owned By any single enthus'-
ast-
While all the fizhts attempted BY
women IN this country. With the ex-
cepticn Of Mrs. Willard. have been
taken with a nan 81 the Wheel. tier
foreign cousins have been more OAR
ing and more independent Most rot
able auonx these are baroness de IA
Roche. Nile Blanc. Baroness Dc J.,
Rochefoucaid. Nile. tboukoia anc
Nile. nlfri.u. Two o. this number,
ard b. a strange cosncldence. he Ut
fcoudrSet On PAGE EieveaJ
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ZzLIara RAHLDo7

good a sailor IS the majority Of the
men who boast Of membership in the
fashionable club her father heads.
Esrlv in June Mr. Harmon vas cleo
trifying visitors TO Hampstead Plains
By his daring fights. lie had pur-
chased tho machsne which Fa-man
rsed 10 establish new height records
Al Rheims and This he had learned to
rsnipnlaie with all the skill Of
Wright aud the daring Of a Hamilton
In FACT. the figures. accents. swoops
and sfraighirvay Fights he made
around ard over The pretty Long Is
land field became the talk Of the cOur--
try and they went far towards quad
rrpling the daily attendance Ct the
gates.
One afternoon. shortly before dusk
Mr. Harmon tuned mp his machine
and after crcircling the field several
times. he alirhicd AZ the lower end 81
tho mark. where his wife sat IN hes
automobile A. the big air craft set
tied on tho ground Mrs. Harmon
spranx lightly from her, auto car and
ran 70 her husbands side Without
moments hceifa;ion she took her
seat directly behind him. and before
the fnmeusc crowd AZ the Other end
foi the fcid had inc 70 realize vha'
vas fransu.Tirg. he vhir 0f The Har
non motor was heard. the propeilei
BEGAN TO revoirc and IN less time thar
q takes 10 tel Mr. and Mrs. Harmon
were SOARING sar over The heads Of
the gaping muiti.adc.