The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

fer the little children to come unto me-"
A refreshed 5000 should feel personally
under obligation to Wolfe, who made
yesterday possible, and to his singers.
who made it gioriously vocal
After many years residence in Paris,
Frank King Clark, an American vocal
pedagogue who went to teach. shakes
the dust OF the French capital from
his boots and journeys TO Berlin,
which will be the scene of his future
activities. Thither also go many of his
pupils. including Mrs. f. G. Graham
and Miss Leila Hedges of San Fran
cisco, Miss Irene Baker of Los Angeles,
Miss Florence Jones. another California
girl. and C. r. Morse, who as Brick
Morse is better known TO thousands
of Berkeley students and graduates;
Miss Susan Smith of Portland and
many other students from America
who are under the artistic guidance of
Clark.
The latter assigns as his reason for
the change in his residence the fact
that little or no opportunity is afforded
in France with its 15 opera houses for
the placing of his graduates on the
lyric stage; while Germany with It's
go opera houses, in which there are
nearly $50 American singers prof1tably
employed, offers the opportunities he
seeks for his graduate singers VINO
aspire to grand opera.
Edgar Stillman Kelly. who has car
ried into Berlin a f1attering illustration
of what America is doing in compost
tion and who for eight years has been
q prominent member of the musical
cult in that city, has returned to his
native land for a few months. HIS
orchestral music, Macbeth" which was
written and first produced in this city
at the Grand opera house, will be
played as well as his Aladdin suite
at the musical festival TO be held IN
Conn ersvilIe. Ind, by the Cincinnati
evn1nbonv orchestra. The Macbeth"
music is in the repertoire of the CO.
burg Court theater this season, and
with many other works by the dis
tinguished American composer, has at
tracted much attention and admiration
in Europe It is announced in New
York that Kelly proposes Visit 10
San Francisco before he returns to
Germany.
Mrs. Charles w. Camm of Berkeley
will appear as soprano soloist with the
Stewart orchestral club, Alexander
Stewart, director, Tuesday evening,
Nav "a, at Maple hail. Oakland. This
will be her first public appearance for
several years. Before her marriage she
was prominent in choir and concert
circles, and, as Miss Dorothy Goodsell,
was accounted one of our best So
pranos. Since her marriage she has
Kept up her study, having coached
with leading teachers in New York.
Frederice Maurer will be the accom-
panist.
The Mansfield Haroldi Villalpando
trio will give chamber music recital
next Friday evening, May 27, at Kohler
& Chase hall. An interesting program
is promised. The artistic attachments
of each of the members, Mrs. Oscar
MansfeIdt, pianiste; Ignaz Haroldi, vio-
linist, and Wenceslao Villalpando, vio-
loncellist, insure a splendidly presented
recital. Beethoven's trio, Op. 81; Dvo-
rak's "Rondo" and d'Erlanger's An
dante Symphonic for violoncello, and
Rubinstein's trio, Op. Is, No. 2, will be
the offerings.
Miss Daisy Mae Cressy, who was for
merly a prominent singer in this city,
has returned from Milan and is now
playing with the New York grand op-
era company, which is touring the east
AS the fiirtatious heroine in Bizet's
Carmen" she is credited by eastern re-
viewers as being big success. Miss
Cressy, by the way. is a niece of Will
Cressy, the vaudeville star.
The San Francisco musical club held
its last meeting Of the season Thurs
day, May 10, at the Century club hall.
The program was devoted to compost
tions by English and American COM
posers and was enjoyable and profit
able. Those who participated actively
were Miss Florence Bush, Mrs. Byron
Mcdonald, Mrs. Claude King, Mrs
William Noyes. Mrs. Richard Rees Mrs
Guy Mulberry, Hother Wisme-, Miss
Florence Hyde, Miss Leola Stone Franz
Mayer. Dr. H. J. Stewart and Mrs Ed