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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
BENEFITS AND "ExTRAS.'

Resides the regular subscription rep
rasentations the company gave thirty
soven snecial or extra performances. thus
raising the whole number gwen AT 'hc
Netropolitan opera House TO l52. Ihese
additional representations fall INTO thfe'
co.ooories for two Of which there were
srecjal subscrlptions There was a sun
scription for the serial afternoon perform
ances of the dramas constituting was
ner's tragedy. THE Ring OF the NlD'-
Iurc,,-a cycle. so-called, though the time
.,bicb eIansed between the performance
ras long and of irregular duration. be-
ginning on February /, there was ai~'
q subscription series OF t"eiNe poP"'"'
Saturday nights. the last OF when pfous ~
the season 10 close. rive tiiheS wv
theatre and company were turned over
for INV. OF course-to local organizations
Of a philanthropic nature. when manage"
hanefit entertainments. These orgahlZd
tious were the Italian Benevolent lhsu-
tuition and Hospital. the German Press
Club. the French Hospital. the founda-
ton Fund of the School OF MothereIdi'
and the Legal Aid Society. on two other
occasions the beneficiary was the Erner-
qencv Fund of the Metropolitan Com
many For the Italian Institution la
Gioconda" was given on December Il
for the German Press Club Die IauD-
ere0te." ON December q; for the french
Iospital Les Contes d'Honmann.' on
January IS; for the School OF Mother
craft. Ofenbach's opera again on March
G and for the Legal Aid Society. Die
Zauberf0te." on April I. Detached acts
from three different operas made up the
programme of the Emergency Fund pen
Gifts Besides these special affairs, MT
Gatti gave fourteen performances on
what might be called general account
and found profit IN his appeal to that
norton Of the public frequently barred
nv the subscribers. who on the regular
nights and afternoon pre-empted nearly
all the boxes and stalls in the house.
Advantage was taken. as has been the
rule ever since Mr.. Conried ceased to use
"Parsifar' for his private benefit, to give
Wagner's festival drama on the holidays.
Thanksgiving. New Years Day and Good
Friday. Appearances indicated that the
Nibelung dramas were this season more
popular than at any time since the days
of the German regime The rest of this
chapter can be concisely told i'm stalls
teal way:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
PERFORMANCES ELSEWHERE.

Sigpor Gatti did not confine his activi-
ties to Manhattan At the opera house
OF the academy Of Music in Brooklyn he
gave fourteen performances. producing the
following list OF operas: "Rigoletto." la
Boheme." Aida "Tannhauser." I'll
Trovatore," "Cavaleria Rusticana' and
"Pagliacci" double bil). Die Walkire."
"Orfeo ed Euridlce' "Madama Butterfly
"Die Meistersinger Won Nurnberg." Les
Contes dHoffmann." ola Traviata." ia
Tosca" and "Lohengrin." The company
also gave ten performances in Philadel-
phia al the Metropolitan Opera House
and two performances in Albany It's
labors for the season will he brought TO a
close with week Of opera i'm Atlanta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
PUBLIC MUSIC LECTURES.

The decision OF the Board or Educa-
ton TO open the high school buildings
which are equipped with costly organs
TO the public for organ recitals on Sun
day afternoons has met win marked
success. on an average fifteen hundred
persons have attended the recitais so
far held This Sunday afternoon April
20. the board will offer an ADDED at
traction, when IL will open the audito-
rum of the new building OF the wash
ington Irving High School. AT NO. 40
Irving Place for a recital by the Har-
mony Giee Club OF Brooklyn W '"e
melodies of stephen Collins ros'e''
There will be an interpretatiNe lecture
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
4 RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE
AT SEASON JUST CLOSED
Fortune Favored the metropolitan
in Its Twenty-eighth Full
, Season and Mishaps
Were Few.

The season of grand opera which came
TO an end yesterday was the twenty
eighth regular season that has been
housed at the Metropolitan opera House
In the usual course of affairs it should
have been the thirtieth, for the house was
opened I'm the fall of 1883 and the pur-
pose of its builders was TO make opera
a permanent institution. but fire which
damaged it in the summer Of 1892 kept
the house closed in the season 1892 9S.
and in 1878 Messrs. Abbey, Schoefel
a Grau thought it the course of wisdom
to whet the popular appetite by compel
ling an abstention from operate pabulum.
The twcnty-eighth season just finished
was the fifth season under the admins
tration of Mr. Gatti-CasaZza. Its prog
ress was serene and uneventfuI save in
the artistic department Fortune smiled
upon it from beginning to end. The mis-
haps 10 which operate institutions are
subject were exceedingly few If there
were dissensions in the administrative or
artistic ranks the facts did not reach the
public-a circumstance which calls for
mention only because scandal has large
and persistent abiding place in lyric thea
tres the world over
In the olden time when the owners Of
the building gave German opera on their
own account it used to be possible for
this reviewer. through the courtesy OF the
directors and their representative, to pub
lish detailed statement of the financial
history of each season from the gross
earnings OF every opera down to the cost
in the wigmakers department. That is
no longer possible, but experienced OBJ
servation justifes the surnise that in
turning over considerably more than a
million and half of dollars the operat-
ing company, so TO speak, has probably
made a profit Of something like per
centum or IT'S investment. This state
ment, however, is open to correction; it
has no authoritative information be-
hind n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

bv Augustus Ludwig and the CLUB VIII
sire among other selections "Old Folks
At Home" "Old Dog Tray" Uncle Neu'
Nelly Was Lady" "Old BLACK Joe
and MY Old Kentucky Home.
At De witt Clinton High School, 9Sth
street and Tenth avenue. at $3.50 O'CLOCK
the same afternoon. Felix Lamond Will
give an organ recital, and at MOTIFS
High School, Boston Road and 165th
street William J. Kraft will give re-
cital. assisted by Mrs. Edith Porter
Kraft. The following week. on the 2fth,
Mr.. Kraft Will give another recital at
Morris High. while at De Witt Clinton
the recital will be given by Carl Wiese-
mann
During the week the course Of lectures
on music will be continued Tuesday
night at Public School 1872, lS2d street
and Wadsworth avenue, Daniel Gregory
Mason will give a recital on strauss,
ard the following evening, at Young
Mems Hebrew Association Hall, va
street and Lexington avenue, Miss Mar
garet Anderron will lecture on Chopin,
the Classical ROmanticist.' George a.
Scofold will lecture on The History or
Famous Songs" on the evening OF the
22d at Public School 4. Rivington ana
Ridge streets. while on the 25th, at Pub
lie School IS. Dominick and Clarke streets,
Miss Pauline Jennings will give re-
cital on THE Violoncello: Its History
and Music"
st RiverIale Hall. Riverdalo avenue ana
26Oth street The Bronx, on Tuesday even
ing, Arthur r. Brooks Will give recital
on "'rhe Songs of Longfellow. while on
Friday night at Public School S, Mosh-
olu Parkway. Bedford Park. Mrs. Henri
eta Spoke Seeley will give recital on
Songs of Shakespeare
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK.


nghty concerts Thas fn casino
Nine
-TtalaT Theatre, "Boheme
riEspAv-Tbara Theatre p nj, "Rigoetto": m aida
Hail. recital by
cosun Spanish by Rosala
ho"he Aeolah a' p "'' oon
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p, 'Iosca'
Theatre, M bo"e"e > p NJ Mu"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

Godounow Fridays faithful lost nine
Of the thirty-three operas, namely: Clio
conda." "Cavalleria Rusticana.' Faust
"Hansel ind Gretel,' Aida" "Orieo'
"Ie Dome Curiose." "Lohengrin' and
Don Pasquale." The great company
which filed the house on Saturday after
Moons, like the subscribers of MONDAY
got along without eight: "Cavalleria hus-
ticana" al Trovatorei." Die Meisterslh-
ger" Aida" "Otello." Siegfried lie
Donne Curiose' and "Lohengrin. Inc
few representations of Faust ana 10
hensrin" would have been scarcely con-
ceivable decade ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
THE kNEISEl QUARTET.

The Kneisel quartet announces its reg
ular subscription series Of six concerts
next season, which will be given at the
New Aeolian Hall, on November II. De
cember .. January "A, February 10, March
and April :. For the convenience Of
those who do not return to New YORK
until late in the autumn. subscriptions
may be renewed and payment made at
any time before October Is. After that
date the seats remaining will be assigned
to new subscribers. Many new applica-
lions for next season have already been
sent in atld these will be filled in order Of
receipt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
SUMMARY.

IT, in the arrangement of this list Mr..
Gatti was led by a conviction as to the
portion of the public not swayed by CON
slderations Of fashion and fad, the differ
ence in artistic complexion between this
list and that OF the regular subscription
season may be looked upon as Significant.
1t is obvious that he leaned heavily upon
the German element in New York's popu-
lation and the lovers OF Wagner, for the
relation between Italian and German
representations is more than reyersed-it
is revoutionized. Finally. here is the
grand summary of the season at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
SEASON LASTED % WEEKS.

The season, which began on November
II, 1912. lasted twenty-three weeks, during
which period operas were performed fOI
regular subscribers and others 0he latter
class could not be very numerous at any
time because OF the amplitude Of the
subscription on Monday Wednesday
Thursday and Friday evenings and Sat
urday afternoons. These performances
constituted the regular subscription sea-
son. which determined the character OF
the institutions repertory. Besides these
lis representations. however. there were
thirty-seven others, some of them at pop
ular prices, which the general public had
a better chance OF attending. A COM
parative study of the records of the two
series as presented below in the form OF
tables and comments will provide con-
siderable food for thought on the part OF
the many minds just now engrossed. not
10 say obsessed. with the operate prob
lem" There is neither time nor room
nov and here for a discussion of dozen
interesting questions raised by the doings
of Mr.. Gatti and his harmonious folk dur
ing the last six months.
AAt Ahoi aNbtA Va lliC cNdSOH was hat
unto that OF a large number of its i'm
mediate predecessors. The popular adora-
ton OF q few gifted artists continued
ana had much to do with stamping a ia
mliar, too familiar physiognomy upon
the repertory, the performances and the
audiences The management redeemed
some of its promises made last summer
and failed 10 keep others. as has been the
rule for many years; but there was so
much rejoicing over the obligations kept
and the manner OF their fulfilment in the
production Of TWO novelties-"Cyrano"
and Boris Godounow" the upper
formed list was soon forgotten. IL need
not be reproduced here; it will appear
again when the next prospectus is issued
AS for the rest of the story, let it be
read in the following record:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

, II should b. mentioned that In the list
of double bills the first act ~ the ballet
"Coppelia" was once bracketed with
"Hansel und Gretel" and once with
Madame Butterfly" Mime. Gence being
the principal dancer. Two operas new 20
America were brought forward: Mr..
Walter Damrosch's "Cyrano.' in English.
the libretto written by Mr. w j. ITender-
son. and Modest petroych MOussorgsky's
Boris Godounow"--thc first on February
- and the second on March 10. Mozart $
"Zauberh0te" was revived with n sumptu-
GUS new stage dress and Onenbach 3
"Contes d'Hoffmann' and Wolf-Ferrari's
I'll Segreto di Susanna" were new to the
Metropolitan company. the former also to
the stage Of the Metropolitan Opera House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
3XZMU31CAI NOTES 8 COMMENT&W

and the fourth, compositions Of Tschai.
kowsky. Tor Aulin, Chopin, Brahms. Pa
panini and Zlmbalist himself All of the
last group will be request" numbers.
The violinists accompanist will be SAM
uel Chatzinoff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
MUSIC NOTES..

David Names is buslly engaged in or
ganlzing the orchestra of one hundred
musicians with which he is to open the
series Of Sunday night symphonic con-
certs at popular prices on the evening Of
May u.s. Mr.. Names will probably pre-
sent observation-disclosures programme,
choosing those selections which he feels
Will have particular popular appeal. lie
Will probably give the Beethoven Ffth
symphony. the most generally popular Of
the great composers works while Nine.
Julia Culp. who is TO be- the solost, viii
sing his Adelaide" The Wagner num-
bers will be chosen from the composer
operas The prices of the concerts will
be within the reach OF all ranging from
u cents 10 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

\ year ago the Bohemians (New
York Musicians club, recognizing the
need Of systematic means OF giving as
sistance to musicians OF New York city
who through illness or other misfortune
fall into temporary difficulties. decided 10
establish relief fund for this purpose.
The first step taken was 20 give concert
under the auspices OF the Bohemians. at
which the Kneise quartet was assisted
by several eminent artists. The proceeds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

of this concert were $1,000, sum imme-
diately deposited at interest as the hu-
cleus of the fund. Encouraged by inc
erccess of the first attempt, II has been
decided To give another concert on the
evening of April IS. at Aeohan Hail. ior
tho benefit of the relief fund. The FOL
,or,iro programme will be given:
Agnus Dei.......,........... 900
Old German Christmas song u4So, ,,a.s,
Tembrac factae SUM .''''''''' Pach
Sing we 10 the LORD 'f'ranL
INC Damrosch. conductor.
Trio i'm A minor for piano, viohn anu ,,ay,sLv
ir io,r 90 On 80 ..............Tsch aikowsns
Ernesto console. Mscha Eiinail' "i'ei" ""
,,,ss rr,eda Hempel metropolitan
opera Company. ,,,,o- vyuheltni
non,1a, Haydn BuImelster
Can,o AMBROSE. ............., Samar'hi
pIiscba Elman. Percy Kahn at the plano.
Matona mia cara ..'.'-''''''' brahms
All meine Herzgedankeh. '.''''''
Two old Scotch songs. Flcar
spanish Serenade ....... Erani,
IT, cbo,r of The Musical Art Society franh
i"' Damrosch conductor.
Ffrem Zimbalists farewell recltai VI
carnoo,e Hall on Sunday evening, Aprh
q will present the Russian vioiihis' !"
bigblv varied programme. There VIII pe
four groups, the first including the nan
dol sonata I'm Il major; the secohu'
Reiser's Quasi Ballata' ana sam.
saans's "Rondo Capriccioso' the thiru'
"Chanson Meditation, by r. l.. Cottehe'
of New York. and two works of kreisleri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
THE MAKING OF ELiSIONs.

Thirty-three operas having been brought
forward in twenty-three weeks, it was, of
course, impossible for all the subscribers
to hear all the operas. on what lines Sig
nor Gatti proceeds when he makes the
elisions can only be surmised. The chief
consideration, probably, is TO act with
fairness toward all in respect of Caruso
and the novelties Of the season. All the
subscribers were this year privileged to
hear "Manon Lescaut," "Tannhauser, -
Madame Butterfly "Konigskinder,"
"Pagliacci" "Die Zauberfi0te,' la Be-
heme," "Gli Ugonotti." Tristan und
Isolde" "Tosca." LES Contes d'Hoff-
mann" and "Cyrano." Operas withheld
from the Monday subscribers were Got
terdammerung," Faust" I'll Trovatore."
"Orfeo." III Barbiere di Siviglia,' "Sieg-
fried" "Traviata" and Don Pasquale. )"
Wednesdays subscribers had to forego
LA Gioconda, la Fanciulla del West,
"Hansel und Gretel." III Segreto di Su-
sanna." "Die Walkure" "Orfeo,
"OtelIo." "Siegfried" and Don Pas
quale." Thursdays people missed cot
terdammerung." "Hinsel und Gretel'
al Segreto," I'll Barbiere." 'Siegfried'
"Manon." "Traviata,Y ,Lohengrin. ana
the great novelty of the season. BOTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

The EURO opera and Amusement Com
pany. Inc. playing at the Thalia Theatre.
No As Bowery. having given nine per-
formances OF five operas the first week
of ten weeks engagement. Will offer for
the second week six operas with eleven
performances. there being special matinees
Tuesday and Wednesday The bill for
the week will open on Monday night
with la Boheme." which viii be re-
Continued on fifth page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
G;uZyo Sektz, C5ofn.c NH1UHey;
WeLYoeohlazo O0e1'0 Co @ 4'"*"

METROPOLITAN Opera House. with the
operas arranged in alphabetical order:
GRAND SUMMARY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
81 MNfARY
TREATMENT OF SUBSCRIBERS.

The boon of a double bill was vouch-
safed to all the subscribers-those OF Mon
day evening and Saturday afternoon twice.
The Monday subscribers had the unique
distinction Of having a single perform
ance of "Cavalleria Rusticana.' with Ca
russo. The two singers who have excited
the greatest public interest this season.
as they have done for several seasons
past, have been Signor Caruso and Miss
Farrar II is, therefore, matter of in
terest 10 observe how Signor Gatti met
the wishes of his subscribers touching
them. Signor Caruso. unless cur figures
deceive us. and operate statistics are sin
gularly bewildering, sang thirty-fve times
at subscription performances and five at
special and extra performances, one of
the latter being the performance for the
benefit of the Metropolitan Emergency
Fund His operas were "Manon
Lescaut," La Gioconda." "Pagiacci,"
la Boheme," Aida" "Gli Ugonotti."
La Fanciulla del West" "Manon," "Tos-
ca and "Cavalleria Rusticana." He sang
eight times on Mondays, seven times on
Wednesdays, eight times on Thursdays,
six times on Fridays and six times on
Saturday afternoons. Miss Farrars
operas were Madame Butterfly"
"Konigskinder." Faust" "Tosca," I'll
Segreto di Susanna" "Manon" and de
Dome Curiose," She sang FIVE times on
Mondays, six times on Wednesdays. four
times on Thursdays, three times on Fri
days, five times on Saturday afternoons
and eight times at performances outside
of the subscription. The list of perform
ances does not disclose any change of
taste on the part of the subscribers to
the regular season If that taste is re-
fiected in Signor Gattis selection of the
repertory. Italian operas and perform
ances in Italian still make up more than
one-half Of the repertory. 1t is significant,
as will appear presently, that in the case
OF the extra ard special performances in
which a more direct appeal is made for
popular support the relations between the
Ita1fon nd 1fct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

This is the programme OF the New York
Plectrum Orchestra's concert in Aeolian
Hall ON Thursday evening.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

Continued on fifth page.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14
FOREIGN NEWS
NOTES

London. June li.-Captain Cecil
G. Rawling. the explorer. has recent
ly given English scientists some In
| tcIesting accounts OF new tribe Of
pygmies. found by his expedition In
| Sout west Dutch New Guinea.
These little people. known as the
Tapiros. average Y feet s! inches In
height. They were found living In
the iow-lying hills Of the kapar"
river. On the approach OF the white
men they ran away. but the expedi-
ton succeeded In 'capturin. thrc"
whose curiosity brought them near
the camp. Al first they were great
Iy frightened. bui kindness won them
over. and a few months later the cX-
plorers were enabled to establish
trading relations with the tribe and
were allowed to visit and stay ~
their village OF wombirml. This
village IL hidden away In the forest
high up In the mountain side and
was only found after many fruitlcsS
| attempts While no open hostility
1 was shown To the whites. they w.r:
not exactly received with open arms.
or the women and children they saw
4 nothing but their shriil cries could
b.. heard az they fled up the noun
taInsid. ON the approach of siran-
ger.
| Describing the men Captain Rawl-
Ing says. taken aS u whole. that they
ar. well mad. and wiry. Will. their
color 1. u dark chocolate. The hair.
usually black. hut sometimes with
touch of brown or even red. II worn
short. Many grow boards. the Older
men dy-in; theirs red. i.ik. all M
tiy. tribes they wear n.cki"'s Of an
Imsi bones and other small posses
sion.. Their only cloihin. consists
Of n covcrin. around the ioins.
Their houses and surroundings.
says Captain Ra~iin.. "ar" ""nH!d'
crabiy In advance of ,h"a" of their
iarx--fsnmci br-ihr-n Of til" plains
To tn. list Of N~rriios. which with
the Nrgriiio- are the known tribes o'
py smi.~ inhabiiing the earth. must
now bc added the newly discovered
tribe Of Tapiros who. 50 far as 'hc!E
stature 4. concerned. take rank next
above the Congo pysmi-.."
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14

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Il do~s not cure tho trouble and
makes tho skin bleed. Apply BAL
i.ARUS SNOW t.iNiMENT. Rub u
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relieves itehinR Instantly aud few
applications removes the cause thus
performing = permanent cure. Price
:.c. soc ami si.oo prr bottle. Sold
By Hauanan Drug Co.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14

A regular morning operation OF
tho bowels puts you In fine shsp" Tor
the days work. II YOU miss II YOU
feel uncomfortable and cannot put
vim into your movements. For all
bowel Irregularities HEitBiNE IL tho
remedy. II Purtfics. strengthens
and regulates. Price a0r. Sold by
iinuaman DruR Co.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14
DIPLOMAT RESIGNS

Washington. u. e.. June Ia
Frank iioieamb Mason. formerly =
Cleveland newspaper man. In the
eon,Iiu service since 1850 and con.
.ni general At Paris since 1905. has
resigned. Secretary Bryan today
made ehr announcement.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14
REVOLT AGAINST HUERTA
IN STATE OF cAMPECHE

Eagle Pass. Texas. June i:.-con-
s,ituiionaiisi headquarters ~ Pied
fas S-sras received official nivirrs
from Governor Castillo l'riio Of the
siac Of campech- that he had taken
tho field with 100" men arains'
Provisional President itucrta.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14

Nearly five miles Of merchant
shipping. composed Of all kinds o'
,c~.~i. from great transatlantic li.'
,rs to tho little tug. which nos"
them into their b~rih.. wil, erect
King George aud Queen Mary when
the royal couple pay their state Wis
i, to tho city and port Of Liverpool
on July II.
The chronicle=news., 1913-06-14
1l;lSZai3<|z;|!|<[;|S S|;;|' ||'|

Children sha, arc affected BY
worms arc pale and sickiy and liable
to contract some fatal disease.
WHITES CREAM vERMiru0E ex-
pris ~orms promptly and puts the
child on the road to health. Price
sc per bottle. Bold BY llausmsa
Drug Co.