The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-04

bury is a~ffectionately called gran
mum" and between her and her
daughter there is a vast contrast.
Granmum is always bright and merry.
while the daughter Marie is strict and
%puritanical. The boys resemble their
when their mother denies them the
innocent pleasures of childhood they
rebel. They have several times slipped
out of the house and gone to the city
and visited a jolly kind of a restaurant
where there is good food. fun and
music. Uranium" discovers this and
begs the hys to take her with them
a place they visit. They do this and
on the night in question the place Is
raided and the names Of the boys get
into the papers. A thousand dollar
bond has been stolen from gran
NUNS safety deposit locker. and as
She has intrusted the key to the boys
they are naturally suspected. Compile
cations are piled up. but things arc
finally cleared up and the boys once
mum" and incidentally gain the love
Of " charming girls. There is a
sub-plot in which "granmum" and the
boys plot to save Marie from a bad
fortune hunter. who thinks she has a
lot Of money
Madame Simone. the French actress,
broke down last Saturday at a per-
ence which was a largo one, was dis
missed and the money refunded.
Madame Simone was taken to her
home and placed in the care Of a n.y.
sician.
Arturo Toscanni commenced orches-
ira rchearsals last week Of Wolf-Fer-
rari's lie Dome Curiose" the first of
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the novelti S that he will conduct at
al Of the imported artists have arrived
among them being Otto CARTE, the
German baritone. Leon Rothier, the
French basso. and Jules Speck. the
stage manager. Herman Jadlowker,
NJ. Caruyso. Madame Destinn. Madame
Metzenauer and Herman We'll will ar
rive next week.
Franz Lehar, the composer of THE
Merry Widow lost one of his ideas
in a peculiar manner Musical Ameri-
ca tells the story: Everybody knows
the alluring waltz from The Merry
Widow but nobody in this world, not
even Franz Lehar himself, knows the
Lost Waltz as he calls 1t. and only
a few Of his friends know the story
OF 1t. OF all the dance music that
the Lost Waltz would have been the
most popular. The melody suddenly
occurred to his mind in the woods,
and he thought 1t most wonderful. So
that the notes would o slip away
from him he searched his pockets for
pencil and paper. Paper he had none,
but a pencil was at hand. To get the
music in some sort Of permanent form
he removed his linen collar. After
the music Of the waltz had beer
transcribed to the collar 1t was in such
a condition that he could not make
himself presentable wearing 1t, and
then too. It was too valuable a piece
OF property to run the risk of having
his coat rub off the notes. 80 I put
the collar manuscript in an inside
pocket" said Franz Lehar. land turn.
ed up my coat collar. starting TO,
home. When ] cached home / sa,
down at the piano with my collar be.
fore me. After playing it 1 was ever
more delighted than before. Just u,
that time ! received a note which ne.
cessitated my going out. I put or
another collar and laid the musica
one on my writing table. But Will.
l was gone. u laundress gathered
up the collar with other soiIed linen
When returned to transcribe tn.