The Washington herald., 1910-11-04
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periority, are poor Judges OF music. ac-
cording to signor Giuseppe Canipanarl,
the barytone Of the Metropolitan Opera
In New York, who was seen at the New
Willard last night
Before ] became a singer played the
cello In the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Our concerts were received with cri.i-
| cis'n and indifference by the Bostonese.
they treated US as II we were a hand
from Kalamazoo. We played in New
YORK, where our efforts were appreciated
and We received our proper modicum OF
praise and approval as being one OF the
best musical organizations IN the csun-
Try When we returned 10 Boston after
1 our New York tour, the Boston public
awoke 10 the fact that We were real
musicians and knew our business: they
followed New Yorks example. and
| praised US. The trouble with the Boston
public is that they have no judgment OF
their own, so far as music is concerned.
This country is producing the greatest
singers on the operate stage and the
Congress OF the United States would
do well 10 establish a national school OF
opera and song and music engaging the
best teachers to train the plentiful ma
terial which Is IN America IL would
also attract foreign singers and incl
dentally would keep IN this country hun
dreds of thousands Of dollars now spent
In Europe by American pupils.
Put the American people have an idea
that a singer must be foreign IN order
10 be good, or must at least have had a
foreign training No matter how good a
singer in this country may be. II he can
not boast of a European schooling the
American public will seldom pay him any
attentios. Let him come back from
abroad with a European trademark
or stamp on him, and he IS all right. IN
that connection continued Signor Cam
panari, II want to refer 10 an incident
in my own career 1 am a self-made
singer When I played in the Boston
Orchestra. ! met Mr.. Damrosch IN New
York. and he at once engaged me az a
singer. Although / had been in this
country some years when Mr. DamrOsCh
engaged me, he advertised as having
discovered me on board OF a trans-At-
lantic steamer and having taken me from
there. This was done just 10 tell the
public that I was a foreigner, and not
an American. In the latter case no at
tention would have been paid 10 me"
The musical taste OF the American peo-
ples particularly as il relates 10 instru-
mental music. according 10 SignOr Cam
panari, has improved wonderfully during
the last ten years, and he says that sing
ing voices are better understood now than
before. and that in a very few years the
people OF this country will be most criti-
cat in their selections Of foreign artists,
demanding only the very best
DR. Felix Meiner. Of Leipzig, German.',
a publisher who has been touring this
country for more than a year. collecting
impressions and making observations as
10 business methods. Is AZ the Shoreham.
Germany will never be a republic"
said Or. Meiner. The German people
must have central power 20 lead the
nation. and that central power will al
ways be a king or a kaiser. The truth
/ IS that Germany. for reasons of self
preservation. cannot be a republic Even
If We would like 10 be a republic. this
would not be the proper time TO establish
q different form Of government We are
surrounded by enemies-FTance on one
side and Russia on the other A power
fui army and a strong navy are abso-
lutely necessary 70 preserve the German
nation and empire. Abolish the army
and the navy, and Germany would not
last twenty-f0ur hours. France and Rus
STA, and perhaps England, would divide
The spells. II IS NOT a question whether
We like the army or the navy; II Is "A fact
that we cannot exist without either.
Military service IS the best school for
young man. II teaches him order, dis
cipline. cleanliness, and how 70 take care
OF his health Not only the body is
looked after in the army and navy. but
the intellect is trained The nation re-
Ceives from the army and navy strong
men who In private life turn out 10 be
useful, patriotic citizens.
Socialism is growing in Germany.
continued DIT. Meiner, and I am under
the impression that the next election 10
the Reichstag viii see an increased repre-
| sentation OF the Sccialistic party. They
will however. never be the majority par
| " in the German Parliament; and even
! if they should be. they would not dare
abolish military service for fear OF dis
Numbering the empire. Socialists are pa
triots and Germans. and would fight for
! the Kaiser and the fatherland, should
their services be required"
When an American, newly arrived N
/ England. has occasion to send a package
! anywhere. he naturally inquiries Of the
hrsi Englishman he meets for the nearest
! express Office" said William J. Keefe. OF
/ New York. who is the representative OF a
number OF American firms in London and
who IS at the Arlington.
With a look Of blank establishment. the
| Englishman viii probably tell him that he
has never heard Of such a thing, for eX-
press companies under that name are UNI
known in England. except as American
institutions Then the American Is apt TO
wax sarcastic and ask when John Bull Is
going TO wake up and get EN-.
But If he refrain from making the
American eagle scream and pursue his
inquiries further. he will learn that
John Bulls post-ofiee Is an express
Office that can give US points, and has
its entertaining features, too. II his
package does not exceed eleven pounds
in weight. he will md that the postal
authorities will deliver II for him any
where in the kingdom safely snd
quickly, and charge him much less
than he would have to pay an Ameri-
can express company for similar serv-
fee.
so we'll satisfied are English folks
with their government express com
pany that their only complaint against
II - t4aN II uoSS nv 50 IA +NA tAS
business on a bigger scale and trans
NIT heavier and bulkier goods.
1T is something like eighteen years
since that much-ahused old fosy. John
Bull awoke 10 the costliness and In
adequacy OF the service rendered by pri-
vate express companies-Which he calls
goods delivery companies-and got the
government 10 tackle the business by es-
tahlishing a parcels post Prior TO that
the delivery of all packages that could
not be sent on letter postage was in the
hands OF private companies, which made
q lot Of r,nnrev nnf Of II OF cnnraA these