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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
Ell PASO AGREES THAT "THE GIRL OF
THE GOLDEN VEST is DISAPPOINTING
Lngr he serA Crude o1ama Se


7 good when taken out and played by
/ themselves. It is not typically Ameri-
can at all; the music is Italian and
| the setting is far from being typically
American.
Ell Paso liked the performance as a
Whole-this was evidenced by the ap-
preclatlVe applause after each act-bur
generally Ell PaSO was disappointed in
not finding more real gems in the com
position Fl Pasoans had expected to
hear some music that would go home
. with them and sort of ring in the ears,
but they didn't, after leaving the opera
house, FL PasOans could merely say 4
liked the music, on the whole, it was
very pretty-the Orchestra was magnifi-
cent-but do you know, there isn't
thing that I can recall that 1 was par
ucularly enthusiastic over and there is
nothing ringing in my ears" Even with
the heaviest grand opera compositions,
such comment is d rarity. But FL Pa
scans got TO put on their best clothes
and high or beplumed hats. according
70 sex ana 1t was two very faShiOna-
Die audiences that witnessed the matt
nee and night performance in FL PasO.
The matinee attendance was not very
large, and the house was again cold,
Tor lack OF steam. BY night. manager
Fogg had installed gas heaters and the
interior OF the theater was very COM
Portable, the audience was much larger,
too, but still the house was not full A
musical comedy on New Years night
them standing up. Which would be
some reflection on the musical taste of
the people Of FL PasO-were it not that
they have the excuse THAI IS was too
much TO pay Other cites are paying
the same price, however.
As for the story OF the opera, it is,
while written seriously, rather a bur
lesQue on American life. 1t is really of
the melOdramatic Experimenting the
blood and thunder sort Of thing-but
even at that, 1t is not true melo-
drama 1t features a haIfbreed 8IexI-
can as the hero and a girl bartender
as the heroine, who wins the hearts Of
all the miners in the camp and prevents
them lynching her hero just at the
proper time to foil the sheriff in a plug
hat and lace cuffs-think Of a Montana
or Arizona or Texas sheriff with a plug
hat and prince Albert coat and lace
cuffs and lace all over his shirt front:
why he'd be put in the lUnatic asylum,
not elected 10 office and horses would
frighten at him on the street And
then. think Of a whole mining camp
falling in love with a fat girl who
served drinks behind bar in a cheap
saloon. It's rather a ridiculous sort Of
thing TO be called ''typically Ameri-
can"
In the afternoon an American girl,
Miss IVY Scott sang the role Of 'the
girl and she did it so that it could
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
By G. A. Martin.

@TRAIIS Of The Girl Of the Golden
~ West will never be played on a
handsf organ anyhow, and that Is
a collation.. Selections from THE
Il never be popular. As q whole,
grand opera-almost grand mu-
there is not a thing in it
uld be picked out 70 become pop
Purcini when ne took David Be
western meIodrama and made IL
n grand opera, wrote some beauJl-
4iil orchestratiOns, some splendld mar
mony but very little melody ne wrote
best for an orchestra too Tor the Or
chestra last night was more enJoyaoIe
than the singing, although there was no
fault TO be found with the voices. Inc
magic charm to make the music lover
rave is Just not there. GOOD adEeI us
fnr has made The Girl Of the Golden
west" famous. that and the added fact
that as a whole the opera IS charming,
but no single sections such as made
f'The Merry Widow the rage have ever
been hummed or even played enough
from THE Girl Of the Golden vs. est 10
become popular It takes the whole opera
10 make anything. There are out one
or two places where the music becomes
almost Whistly-One in the first act
by the chorus and one in the second
when the hero and the heroine sing q
duet.
The management carries an orchestra
that fills all the space in the FL Paso
theater for three rows from the 'front.'
and this feature alone IS worth much
to the music lover, for it IS splendid
collection of real musicians, who play
in beautiful harmony and are directed
by Two very competent interpreters OF
the Italian composers work II would
be just as enjoyable perhaps more so,
TO the lover Of good music TO SIT
through an evening with the orchestra
and hear 1t give The Girl From the
Golden West without any OF the stage
buffoonery. Of course, Mr.. PuccinL Of
Italy, is not TO blame for the messy
thing that stands for the plot; he only
came over to America and saw where
Mr.. BelascO was misrepresenting the Tar
west in a lurid melOdrama, seized upon
st as tvpicaIly western and went back
home and put music all around the
halfbreed rObber, the bsrmaid and the
miners, and 1t came out as a typical
American opera" 1t is just as typically
American so far as representing Amerl-
can life, as Doe Cook is typical Of the
American explorer and scientist-bul
Mr. Puccini wrote a harmonious comb
nation that as a whole is quite charm
ing. still it viii never equal in popu-
larity his Ia TOsca," his La Boheme,'
or many Of his other productions that
have parts in them that really sound
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02

be understood. In the evening Miss
Louisa Villain was in the role. and sns
sang so much broken EngIish-perfect
Interpretation OF a language she does
not understand, the press agent said
IN advance-that it was hard TO tell
what it was all about The hero in
the evening performance. Henry Leon
also pronounced his English a good deal
like an excited insurrectO. The voices
are all musical, however, and the chorus
OF 40 or 90 men-au looking as sturdy
as they are supposed to be as western
mlners-was magnificent. only when
the chorus died away there was no
longing to have it repeated; there was
nothing TO it that made one want to
hear ii again, though for once, it was
enjoyable.
As the long heralded typical Ameri-
can grand opera" FL PasO is glad The
Girl" came this way; FL Pasoans really
enjoyed il as a whole. but FL Pasoans
do not agree that the typical American
grand opera has yet arrived, and If il
had, they are sorry that it is not Of
the kind that selections can be taken
out for the player pianos and the
graphophones-they might be taken out,
but they would soon get dusty.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
DECORATIONS FOR
WEDDING ON FIRE
Cause Blaze at the Stolaroff
Home on Santa Fe
Steet.

A fire occurred at the home Of A.
StolarOff go North Santa Fe street.
Tuesday morning at about 9.45 oelosk.
An alarm was turned in. but the family
eXtinguished the flames before the a.
rival OF the fire department.
The Stolaroff home was elaboratelv
decorated with Christmas greens. holly
and mistletOe. for the wedding Monday
night OF Miss Mary StOIaroff to Hart
HymOn. The arch Of green in tie Darlor
was studded with small electric Iigbts
ana IN removing the decorations the oas
fixtures became lOOsened and fell. strik
ing the electric wires and PRODUCING a
spark which caught the drv greens and
the escaping gas. The room was En-
flames immediately
The independent Electric eomnanv,s
man, sam Swat, who was Inc tbe
work, was burned severely o1l.is lace
ana hands, as while fighting the fire rs
clothing caught fire.
hls burns were dressed at Providence
hospital The carpets. wall paDer and a
set OF mink fUrs belonging to Mrs. StoIa-
roIf were the only articles damaged.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
. As AN OPERA IT
Is DISAPPOINTING
BY Miss Bertha StanhOpe.

1t is hardly fair for a person who has
heard grand opera since early childhood
a g presented in New York. Philadel-
phia and Boston, TO make a compare
tive criticism on The Girl Of the Cold
en- West as presented at the FL Paso
theater, for the whole surroundings
We're Inadequate.
The productions Of the Savage oDera
companies are always of the highest
standard and compare favorably with
those Of the larger ones I heard many
people say that the orchestra was TOO
loud, and so il was for the building,
but in larger space the voices would
have carried above and through the or
chestral sounds. and to have curtailed
the orchestra would have ruined the
climaXes.
When the opera was first presented
the New York critics said, that as an
opera, it is Disappointing" and I agree
with them thoroughly.
I object to sucn a magnificent tone
picture being accompanied by meIo-
drama of the most pronounced tyne I
West is presented in foreign countries
as a typical American opera" Hardly
any American would like to feel tina
the days Of 49, were the real United
States.
Musically it is very wonderful. and [
times very beautiful, but ii is as a
whole that we hear it and remember
it; there is no one part that hauuts
one and I think it lacks the beauty OF
Madame Butterfly or La BOheme."
1t is a great test for the principals.
and al the matinee they were quite
equal TO it,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
IFeature picture,s Ln.t rime.

The Military Air Scout" the great
tAl5sagraph war picture. will be hsown
1ouaS LOT the last time at the Wig
"aIl- rms is the picture in which
an army aviator drops bombs and
DIoWs up two battleships. His aeroplane
Is, IN turn, wrecked by an aeroplane
DESTROYER Part of the Atlantic fleet
dappedfS IN THIS picture, which is sensa-
Lreachery historical drama in col
Ors. viii also be shown
There viii be an entire change at
lhe crystal. The program Will include
ture- Both theaters run continuously
from ESQ to II %. M.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
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: THINKS TWO OF THE ::
= SELECTIONS WILL LIVE :.
{: by Mrs. Helen Roberts. ::
Ry IL. HeIen RobeI

The music in THE Girl Of the Golden
West" is good and the singers were all
good but the poor English makes it
seem inharmOniOUs- 1t is the first
grand opera I have ever heard in Eng
Ish and the words, especially the
slang. seemed wholly out of poetic
harmony with the music. The opera, IS
a whole, is very harmonious and / en-
jOyed 1t INN ensely, but there is very
little in il, in my opinion, that viii live
as a selection or extract. The solo by
the hero in the last act, in the hang
ing scene, impressed me as very good
and the duet between the hero and
the heroine, IN the second act also
had much charm. If anything in the
opera will be everlasting, it should be
these two selections. I think the opera
itself would be much improved if writ
ten in poetic English, thus creating
more harmony between the music and
the words
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
NOT ADAPTED TO
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
By Robert SiIberberg.
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The opera itself was beautiful, but It
Is very classical and do not think that
much of it win ever become popular in
the sense that We speak of popular mu-
SIC. think the setting is totally out OF
harmony with the music: in the first
place, / do not believe that the music
IS adapted to English, and then I don't
think that the play belongs" with sucn
music. The singing was good, but the
as a whole; 1T was beautiful; there is
no other word for il
The tenor's song in the last act is
absolutely fine; it is really the only
thlng IN the singing that could be
caIled grand opera, for the rest Of the
singing pulls away from the music and
II IS all out Of keeping with the music.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
SAYS: "AN OPERA THAT
WILL GROW UPON Us"
BY Mrs. }. ,. Pearce.
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"The Girl Of the Golden Vest as a
vehicle for Puccini music presents
complications that stagger one-Italian
music, English words Gin the vernaculsr
at that, and set i'm a western mining
camp, One is incapable Of getting a
sufficient grasp on ones self to give a
really just criticism, as there is too
great an inclination to lean toward the
dramatic side and forget Puccini en-
tirely.
An opera is largely music. and on this
point there can be no question The
orchestration is wonderful and through
out one is constantly reminded Of DO
heme." As with every great opera. we
must hear IL, and hear it," and. like
others providing we have a thorough
Iy competent cast of siugers) The Girl
of the Golden West would grow on us.
We Americans are not yet capable o.
accepting our own language set TO es-
tablished old world music in the form
of grand opera, and, accustomed as we
are to the fine relation Of Italian music
and poetry, II is difficult to reconcile
a declaration Of love in such words as
Minnie, I'm gone on you" We can
only sit and gasp.
. the music Think of the musicIl
another great opera by a great
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
monarch's odd Ne-

Peter the treat loved. and most fre
quently ordered for his own special
enjoyment. a soup with four cabbages
in it, cruel. pig. with sour cream foi
sauce; cold roast meat, with picked
cucumbers for salad; lemons and lam
preys, salt meat, ham and Hmburgel
cheese He began dinner with cab
bage water, and closed the banQuetine
with goblets Of burgundy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
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PLEASED WITH THE
OPERA As 4 WHOLE
By Mrs. W. d. Greet. ORGANISE
at st. Clements Church.
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II was perfectly delighted with the OBJ
era-the music was sDIendfd AMI nv,
trends, who know the west and west
ern characters and scenes. thought the
performance very true to life. The
voices were splendid and the music was
.eIl enhancing On the whole. I
thought The Girl of the Golden (Vast,,
a most ENJOYABLE performance and tho
music very pretty. 1t is true that no
particular selection or number appeals
atone very strongly. but as an opera. I
am oelighted with it on the whole.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
ECAElIA CURER n ID . an 80

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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02

w. VI. Aloberlv an attorney of No
renci. late Republican candidate for the
Arizona legislature, who cut down the
Democratic majority more than it had
ever been cut in Greenlee county. is i'm
the city on legal business. Mr. Moberlv
was only defeated bv a few over hun
dTed votes, while in the past the Demo
cratic majority has been over 800.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02

great readers The Herald
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Of and
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
TWELVE BELOW zERO-

Green Bay. Wis. Jan. 2-The coolest
weather OF the winter was registered
meter dropped to 10 degrees below
zero
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
DECEMBER IMPORTS AT
III AREL sEnLE DEL -

The customs imports to Mexico for
Jne month OF December through the
Ciudad Juarez customs house aT7or,-,+-
cd 10 10000 pesos. The imports for
the month of December fell below
those Tor November by about 10000
pesos November was the largest i'm
portauOn month of the year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02

The fiesta in Ciudad Juarez was
closed Monday night An effort was
made to have the concession extended
Tor week, but arrangements between
the officials of the state and the pro-
motors of the gambling games could
not be made, so the fiesta was closed.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
PILES CURED II Q no Il DAVIS

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PAZO OINT1IENT fails TO cure auv ca So
OF Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles in to a DAYS SOC
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02

TELEPHONE COMPLAINTS EARLY.
Subscribers failing TO se+ 7ha ETs-siz
promptly should call at the Office ~
telephone No 2030 before $50 D. M All
Complaints VIII receive prompt atten-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-02
GAMBLING FIESTA IN
JTAEEZ Is Closed ID

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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-11
CLUB TO PROBE
TAX BOOST

The Kamuk, Waialac and Palolo
improvement club held meeting last
night for the express purpose of hear.
ing complaints from prOpcrty.Owncrs
of that district of the city regarding
what is considered the boosting of
Valuations by the Assessor that are
IN many cases out of all reason, and
ON some dream basis that does not
work ont with similarly situated prop.
orty.
Many statements made by those
present were TO the effect that valua-
lions had been increased from ~ to
2OO per cent, and in n number Of in.
stances rOck-piles that sail under the
alias Of lots" have been raised from
$500 valuation to 5000 and $1,000.
resolution was passed to the Of
rocI that the increases in valuation
had been made arbitrarily and were
i'm many cases excessive. TO inycsti.
gate the matter a committee was ap.
pointed 10 gc,hcr data on a general
survey Of raN increases in that district
and will then wait upon he Tax As
SCISSOR and report back to the club.
The committee will hold meetings
uoNt week 10 receive protests from
proporty -Owucrs who think the boost
in their property Is too much. Those
on the committee are r. y. Church,
chairman; Ed Towsc, !. 5. Childs, A.
+. Clark and Captain Pilt2.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-11
DANCING IN THE NUDE
HELD MORAL AND ARTISTIC

BERLIN, Ger, Mar. 30 The Paris
ian dancer, Adur"c Nilluny, who dances
without clothing, and who was charged
with giving an immoral performance,
was prosecuted Icy the Munich police
in connection with II series of per
fUrmuuccs given last November before
an invited audi"nc" of painters, scuir~
tors aud urudrmiciuns The final per
f"rmunc" was broken up by the police,
who invaded the thuat"r ana carried
of tn" dancer.
Th" ease ended in the aCuuittal of
Mile. NiIluny and her theatrical man
ayers. The jury held that Mile. VII
luuy was serving the higher interests
of art" and the question of an Umcuse
against public morals was therefore ir
relevant.
Hair dozen Of the most eminent
artists Of Munich testified Of tn" artis-
tie satisfaction they derived from
watching Mile Nillany,
Professor Knulbuch, the most cello
brat"d German portrait painter, de
scrihcd the dancers performance as
"thoroughly artistic and respectable"
The professor took his wife to the
performance and she, too, found it un-
objectionable.
Professor Peterson, president of the
Munich Artists Society, said that he
would be happy when such perform
unc"s could be given for the masses
instead of to Il select artistic audience.
Such an advance In cultur" would be
a universal blessing, he said ana pub
lie morals would not be juOpurdiHud 10y
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-11

Mr.. Bdtlcr says that every day is a
Fourth Of July in Honolulu. "Thorr
is but little vigor manifested there.
he says, "and because of that | do not
like the climate. There Is but little
opportunity for individual effort in Ia"
Hawaiian Islands. The great industry
Is raising gUgarCano. However the
business is conducted on a large scale
and offers excellent investments in 81.
gar stocks. Although small guam.
tity of rice Is grown, the most Of that
used as food supply is shipped from
Japan. Oregon supplies the islands
with a great deal of their food and
nearly all of their building material
Portland flour and Oregon potatoes
form staple of diet there"