Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-11-09
A Stranger in Ne,D York
RY ARTHUR SWAN.

myself. but I think this a rather 1T
ting remark to make at Just this seasor
or the year. And 1t may not be u III
place here to add that II is not only 1r
the number OF Its sons and daughters
that Columbia leads the universities Of
the land.
Music Notes.
Harold Bauer. the pianist, arrived
here from Europe last week. He made
his first appearance for the season
yesterday afternoon when he played
| with the New York symphony. He per-
forms again tomorrow ".
Jan kubelik. who played to a rec
ord breaking house at the Hippodrolno
TWO weeks ago. appeared there for a
second concert last Sunday night. Il
would be better for his art. though per-
haps no so we'll for his bank account,
II he played in "A smaller auditorium;
the receipts for the initial concert ex-
ceeded $4,000. The ~hippodrome was
constructed for spectacle, not for vio-
lin recitals.
Il Saturday afternoon al CarneRtc
a l heard Alfred Spalding. This
was his first temperance in New York
Tor some time. In appearance he il a
modest. engaging. sincere young man:
there Is nothing affected or theatrical
In his performance. Spalding's bowling
was not at all times quite SO fexible
= AGSA1s = OuAII "
his tone was indisputably beautiful.
In the rendering OF Wieniawski's pol
onaise in A." I found him Unconditional.
not fully abandoned to the spirit OF
the composition; but his reading OF
Tschaikowsky's "Serenade Melanco-'
liaue." was inexpressibly superb. I
think persons are In the habit of under
rating S%palding's talent as a violinist;
he is young yet. one should remember,
n he had the misfortune to be born
an American--which Won't do I'm the
musical world. O know. Perhaps he
ought to change his name to Alberto
Spauldinski!
AT the Lyceum theater next Tuesday
afternoon. Miss Maud Powell, perhaps
the foremost oma vi0linist nov be-
fore the public. will give her first re-
cital OF the season. Next Sunday Da-
vid Bispham will appear in an ''all
English song recital at Carnegie hall.
On the evening of October 81 the ia
NOUS Knefsel quartet opens it's season
of chamber music concerts at the Hotel
Astor.
Opera.
The Metropolitan Opera company has
it's prospectus for the sea
son OF ~ weeks to open next month.
This will be the fourth year OF tho
organization under the direction of Mr..
~Gatti-Casazza.
sOD - WI Il &Ba0
Forthcoming season will be the prOduc-
ton of the American opera Mona"
by Prof. Horatio Parker. Of Yale, aud
Brian Hooker. the librettist.
u the company engaged I shall re-
count but a few Of the more note
worthy names. Conductors, Hertx,
T%oscanini: general stage manager, Ed
ward Siedle; soprano, Tetrazzini,
Fremstad, Rappold. Destinn, Gadski,
de PasQuali. Farrar. Alien, Chuck,
Nielseon: tenor. Caruso, Slezak, Reiss.
Martin. Jorn: contralto. Homer, Aid
rich; baritoni. Scott. Campanarf:
basso, WitherspOon.
Famous singers from the Chicago
and Boston opera companies will alSo
appear at the Metropolitan. The or
chestra numbers 100 members, and tho
chorus 120. The prices for single per-
~forlnances range from 81 to IS q seat:
boxes cost from $25 to $50 an evening.
At the West End theater, on One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. a
lesser troupe OF operate artists has
this week been singing Balfe's "I3ohe-
milan Girl" From one Of his COM
| pany's advertisements Gull these tn
| tcrcsting items: ''Twenty horses and
cavalry men In the production: 16 Ara
bian a%crobats; q staging of melodra-
matte splendor rivaling the Hippo
drone!' j did not see the Bohemian
girl or the horses.
Tho article for next week will in
clude these headings: "Kids.' "Ad-
vice to Sophia "Aucassin and the
Beggarwoman."