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pADEREWsKI's FIRST RECITAL

The first recital PaderewsN Is 10 give
in New York in four years Will take place
in Aeolian Hall on next Saturday AFTER
noon at $50 O'Clock. A typical Padere"shi
audience will be there, and unquesuon-
ably the opportunity TO hear him play IN
an auditorium of moderate dimensions
is doing much 10 make this recital inter-
estlng to lovers Of piano music, as he has
not been heard I'm a small hall In New
York since the fall Of 1891
The programme he has arranged for
this recital is characteristic, containing
nothing new or startling. but composed
entirely Of well tried favorites. each OF
which is closely connected with the fame
OF the pianist. The principal numbers
will be the List arrangement OF Bach S
fantasia and fugue In G. minor, Bee
thoyen's sonata in r major Opus lo9. and
Schumann's Carnival"
The programme in full is as follows:
Fantasia and fugue. G minor. o. Bach List
Sonata. opus 100. in major........ Beethoven
caravan ............... .s.s'... Schul4dAn
Nocturne. major. Opus 62l
Mazurka, minor. ........ ........ Chopin
Sonata, y Fat minor.
Two Etudes
Mathematician. r,s-,
La CampaTella.
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THE SYMPHONY SOCIETY.

The orchestral suite by Debussy called
la Printemps." which the Symphony
Society Of New York intends TO play in
the coming season. is a new work, as yet
unpublished. It is not to be confused
with the number, "Ronde de Printemps,'
which is No. of the Images" $500 for
orchestra, and which was played by Wal
ter Damrosch last year. Another work
wholly new, in this country, at any rate
is a symphonic poem by Sir Edward Eli
gar, "Falstaff." The composer writes In
a private letter to Mr. Damrosch that II
was inspired. not by the Falstaff OF the
Merry Wives" but by the Falstaf or
Henry "" and Henry "" Hence we
are 10 have in music the fat man, whom,
in spite OF all his faults. we still love.
the hero OF Gads Hill, the merry old fell
low OF the mock trial. the lonely old man
who on his deathbed plucked at the
sheets and babbled OF green fields; not
the half-created buffoon who hid in a
basket OF soiled linen and was dumped
into the cold river. Cigars first sym
phony IS already known here through the
Symphony Society's concerts. The pro-
grammes for the year are TO be both
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ANNOTATIONS ANENT
PROGRAMME NOTES

! The composition is based on some
verses in the eighth OF Virgils &c
logues. Mr.. Hale tells us what the lines
are about and reproduces prose transla-
ton of them. Then he tells us that virgil
helped himself from an idyl OF Theoc-
ritus. 1t is a story of a love incarnation,
and this brings forth an essay, modcstly
called "A Note on WaXen Images, IN
which we are invited 10 literary prom
enade which begins in ancient Thessaly
with Apuleius as our guide. There the
witches worked sorceries, but so did they
in Libya, near the border Of Ethiopia.
Marcel Schwob here takes us by the
hand: then ]. G. Frazer comes TO en-
tighten us with his Golden Bough." Mr.
Hale goes on: THE potency Of the spell
was believed by the ancient Greeks and
Romans; the spell came down through
the centuries: it is still worked, they say
even in English provinces. Father
Charlevoix found North American Ind
ians Giles Illinois) who made 'petits mar
mousets in the image OF those whose
lives they wished TO shorten. images
that they pierced TO the heart. The
French name the spell 'envo0tement,
and the wax image itself of the man or
woman who was to be brought back to
lovely arms or killed by a wasting dis
case is called vols or voust.' and so
nn
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East declared three no trump. Top
cards in spades, besides his club suit, as
sured him OF the other two suits taken
care Of in his partners hand. The OPP
ponents backward bidding and the lack
Of partnership strength in their declara-
tions were elements which encouraged ag-
gressive action.
South doubled. As the double was free
and would probably influence wavering
partner in leading diamonds, the best lead
for the partnership interest viewed from
south's point Of view. no criticism can be
offered
PLAY-OFF JUSTlFIES WEST.
North opened with a low diamond, and
South, winning with the ace, led the
queen. which West allowed to hold. A
low heart lead put North in with the king
and third diamond lead cleared the
suit
AS the opponents could not stop the club
suit, however, the diamonds never made.
and a final trick. making four for North
and South. went 10 South's queen OF
spades. With three odd tricks East and
West went game and rubber on the hand.
The great advantage a pair OF reliable
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Mr.. Philip Hale's Delightful
Boston Books - Their
Utility and Interest.

A book which every American news
paper writer whose duties compel him TO
review orchestral concerts places upon
shis shelf every summer with a great zeal
of satisfaction is the bound volume OF
the pamphlets which contain Philip
Hale's notes on the programmes OF the
Boston Symphony Orchestra. These PAM
phlets are much more than record or
performances. though they contain in
valuable historical material. They are
also much more than analyses OF compo-
sitions, though their purpose is to create
an understanding of the music played at
the concerts of the Boston Symphony Or
chestra. Their value. indeed, would be
Greatly lessened if their sole use was
perusal in the concert room and while
music is playing They are little man
,uals of history and full Of most delight
full excursions into the land Of curious
and little known things. Mr. Hale's
knowledge and interests are so universal
that it requires but hint TO send him
off in search Of presidents and analogies
into the literatures Of remote ages and
sdistant peoples. And when he unpacks
his budget il is with the air Of happy
collector who is wholly content If he but
creates the delightful feeling Of enter
tainment in the reader which he enjoyed
in making his researches. A marvellously
comprehensive reader is this ingenious
Iannotator. who, better than any Of his
colleagues. knows how to capture ard
hold the interest of his readers and who
II the occasion requires IT, without the
least exhibition Of pedantry escorts them
from heaven through the earth to hell"
as Goethe's stage manager was hidden to
do in the prologue TO Faust" An exam
pie: Loeffier's "A Pagan Poem" is on
4. the programme.
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, differ widely from the initial declarer's
resulted in Vests Withholding informa-
ton about his long suit and passing.
North in a defensive position. where the
forced nature OF bid was recognizable,
declared one heart East overcalled with
two clubs, and South. who could now prop
erly name long suit without top honors.
declared two royals.
While Vests holding viewed in a part
nership bidding light had some Of the
characteristics OF South's, the adverse
show Of heart strength changed the aspect
Of his hand and made the naming Of
hearts purposeless. West, after mental
review Of the various phases introduced
by the bidding so far. concluded that a
no-trump bid was justilable and accord
ingly overcalled South with a declaration
OF two in the highest valued bid.
CALLS FOR NO-TRUMP BID.
When Vests strength is considered and
the motive actuatng the various bids
analysed no-trump declared in Vests
position stands revealed as intelligent
partnership action, though actual defence
in an adverse declaration could only be in
ferred
North declared three diamonds. In
view Of the fact that Vests no trump was
inferentially made and not as the result
of concentrated strength, there was no
serious danger OF loss in North's declara-
ton II allowed to hold.
The question is, should North, having
the opening at no trump and under no
necessity Of naming his suit, make dec
laraton at all? The answer to this is 70
be found In an estimate OF the number Of
tricks possible to make in order TO pre-
vent game hand at the adverse no.
trump declaration. While. viewed from
Norths position. trick in clubs is posi-
BILE to be counted in South's hand. the
| chances were against it.
VESTS no trump in the nature OF a
forced declaration was probably made
with assurance OF a solid club suit
Neither partners secondary royal dec
laration nor possible high diamonds in
south's hand promised enough tricks TO
supplement two sure tricks In North's
hand to stop an adverse game hand.
1t would. therefore. seem that under
conditions to be deduced from North's
position, losing diamond contract to
save game and rubber was the best course
to pursue.
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"HooDoo" TRICKS OF SLAVES.

Mr.. Hale might have told us also OF the
"hoodoo tricks of our former slaves But
instead, he continues with the stories Of
how witches tormented the seventy~eighth
King Of Scotland. of how II was believed
Protestant sorcerers brought about horrid
visions and death TO Charles TX Of
France in revenge for the massacre Of ST.
Bartholomew; of Ruggieri, the Florentine
astrologer involved in the alleged con-
spiracy against the French King; OF the
Duchess of Gloucester, Roger Bolinghroke
and Magerey Jourdain, who were ac-
cused of putting a wax image of Henry
VI over a slow fire, and for this the
duchess was imprisoned, the conjurer
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NO WONDER.

Americans are the best dressed men
in the world"
1t was a writer OF mems clothing adj
vertisements who spoke. He continued
putting hard on his 75-cent Villar y Villar:
"As I motored in to town the other
morning from my country house at west
chester saw a man with steam roller.
He was trouserless. This fact would nave
shocked me but for the rural quietude and
isolation Of the scene.
He carried something dark in his hand.
He got down from his seat and spread
this something carefully in the steam roll
ler's path. The object, ! then perceived
was his trousers.
Returning TO his seat. he ran the roller
back and forth over the trousers half
dozen times. Then he put them on. Ihey
were pressed perfectly.
els II any wonder j thought proudly
as I glided downward. is 1t any wonder,
in the face OF such sartorial ingenuity,
that the American Is the worlds pest
dressed mann"
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Los fWeu .w
NAL iElLA ~ he
jewels or TIE MADONNA
CENTURY CptnA. COMPANY,

Ewell and Herbert and the Messrs.
Bardsley and Adkins.
The second Sunday night concert will
be given at the Century Opera House
tonight. The artists appearing az this
concert will be the Misses Scott and Jor-
dan and the Messrs. kaufman. Wheatley,
Chalmers. Adkins and Kingston. There
will be a violin solo by Edmondo Corradi.
the conductor will be Josef Pasternak.
Arlas from THE Magic Flute" Madam
Butterfly" Martha" Faust" Tales
OF Hoffman," "Pagliacci." Samson and
Delilah" and the seXtet from Lucia di
Lammermoor" will be sung.
The entire Century opera House chorus
will assist and the orchestra VIII play the
overtures OF "Mignon and "Dinorsh."
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men. assisted by chorus Of three hun
bred voices and a number Of soloists.

men. assisted by chorus Of three hun
bred voices and a number Of soloists.
The programme will include the chorus
of "Nabuco" and "Lombardt' the en-
tire second act Of Aida" and numerous
other selections illustrative of almost
every phase Of the works of the great
composer, operate and orchestral. Among
the singers who will appear will be Nine.
Clementina De We're Sapio. who will make
her first appearance in America since she
was at the Metropolitan Opera House
under the Grau management. Giovanni
Gravina, basso, will make his first ap-
pearance since Constantino's foil slipped
and severely wounded the tenor in the
duel scene Of I'll Barbiere de Seviglio,' a
year ago. Ernesto Tort, the barytone'
will sing the role Of Amonasro in the
second act Of Aida" and Enrico Arusoni
will appear in several roles. Cesare So
dero and Gaetano Merola will act as
Joint conductors OF the concert.
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OPERA AT THE CENTURY
Jewels of the Madonna" This
Week.

The first novelty OF the Century Opera
season will come this week. when the
Messrs Aborn Will present Wolf-Ferraris
Jewels OF the Madonna" when it will
be sung in English for the first time in
America. The usual seven performances
will be given in English. beginning on
Tuesday night. and on the following Mon
day the opera will be surg in Italian.
The artists appearing on the opening
night will be Miss Amsden, as Maliella;
Miss Howard, as Carmela, while Mr..
Bergman will sing Gennaro. and Mr..
Kreidler will be the Rafaee The artists
singing in the change OF cast. al the
Wednesday matinee, will be the Misses
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READING BEFORE MUSIC.

A concertgoer. whose imagination has
been fired by such delightful reading. is
in capital mood for Mr.. Loeffler's mys-
teal music. with its strange trumpet re-
frain illustrating Nirgirs "Ducite alb urbe
domum mea carmina. ducite Daphnim."
But the reading should be done before
the music begins. In fact. all programme
notes worthy of the name should be
sent to subscribers to symphonic con-
certs in advance Of the meeting instead
Of being placed in their hands as they
enter the room.
One would think that the ingenious
Mr. Hale spent all Of his time in folk
lore studies instead OF writing dramatic
and musical criticisms editorials and
censorious commentaries for THE Boston
Herald" twelve hours a day, seven days
a week. H.. l.. X.
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bidding partners hold in the game is
marked. Constructive team work that
permits Of intelligent and correct deduc-
ton not only wins rubbers over the hap
hazard opponent. but gives one the highest
satisfaction I'm playing well.
The following hand, played recently al
a New York club. shows the reason:
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PROGRESS OF THE PLAY.

Souths lone ace OF hearts won
low card lead Of his declared sun.
club fnesse in dummy let East in WIN
king. East forced South with n.
and another club put dummy in 10 ~.
the deuce Of trumps. South playeu
jack and West was In with the ace
Another ruff reduced South 10 'A
trumps, and after leading his kins A
could not afford TO take another ~
The two remaining trumps in Easts a.
were the only tricks left for the aa'
saries, and South just made his cohu -,
Some criticism was directed at Eas' :.
allowing South's final declaration "
uncontested, but when the bidding y,
analysed and the location Of Easts -.
considered as factors in trick taKihs
wisdom of East's action in neither "a
calling nor doubling South becomes y.
parent. With his probable winners s,n
position was fairly we'll assured ~.
South's declaration final. but lack oi "a
cards to support a partners pid' L.,
under forced conditions, made suo~
full high partnership declaration s'
what doubtful.
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49, AUCTION BR!DGE CLINICS q

, stand. It is true that a successful five
heart contract was possible on the hand
but the chances were against its beins
made.
While North regretted his allowing the
double 10 hold. at the same time the de-
cson was a close question, properly de-
pending upon South. North had already
fully indicated his position, and with the
rubber at stake on failure Of the doubled
royals, with small gain, even If success
full, South should have taken into consid-
GRAFTON the fact of possible game at his
partners declaration and the small loss
probable to save the rubber.
Especially so when he (South) was not
absolutely sure OF making the double
good. The question is so close that no
great criticism even of his action can be
raised
The hand, however, presents a good
illustration Of the difficulty of defeating
declaration intelligently made and sup
depended upon.
NO DOUBLE DUMMY TEST.
AS previously remarked, all bids and
plays that might have been improved with
double dummy play-that is with all
cards exposed-are not necessarily bad.
The whole structure OF the game is
founded upon correct action and logical
deduction, and when the inference is In
favor OF a certain conclusion any criti-
cism seems uncalled for.
The following hand I'm an important
seem to be fully warranted.
The hand:
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[lzADsW AMsDtN G/H As M e HAS NaoosoU
HOWARD. as SAEMf ~ cp =" cosSAs<J =,

varied and beautiful, ranging from hs'
works OF early masters, such as ViyalG-
Bach and Handel down TO the latest and
even Unpublished works Of modern CON-
posers, an unusually rich treasury Of.
music.
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THE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY

The New York Philharmonic Society
public sale OF season subscription seats
for the New York series OF concerts Is
now open at Carnegie Hall. The tickets
on sale are for twelve Thursday even
inEs. sixteen Friday afternoons and
twelve Sunday afternoons.
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VERDI CENTENARY CONCERT

Arrangements have been practically
completed for the Verdi centenary con-
cert which will be given in Carnegie Hall
on the evening of October 10 by the Ital-
ian Orchestral Society OF one hundred
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TIE JEWELS OF the MADONNA
Century OpsnA COMPANY,

The Friday afternoon series. always
very well attended. is practically sold out
by advance orders. There is also sub
stantlal increase in the subscription 10
the Thursday evening and Sunday after
noon concerts. The Thursday evening
series las been reduced from sixteen con-
certs of last season 10 twelve concerts
this year and the Sunday afternoon SUD-
scrlptions were increased from eight 20
twelve concerts.
Conductor Stransky who has just re-
turned from Europe. has issued can
10 the orchestra, and rehearsals VIII De-
gin at once. The opening concert OF the
season Will take place at Carnegie han
on Thursday evening. october 80, and on
November the Philharmonic orchestra
will be heard at Symphony Hall. Boston.
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ration was sound, although made WHO"
the top combination OF cards usually ~
ISOLATED with an original declaration
one. With support TO any make, 'eV
laration Of one was better than dec'S
ration of two. The latter declaraH'"
would discourage a partners nanihs
suit that might eventually lead 70 wv
better suited 10 the combined HANDS :,
West overcalled with two hearts 4"
though the defensive nature OF a deciafs
ton in Vests position should De az
parent TO a partner, Vests strength WE
hardly such as 10 recommend his o'a
DECLARATION OF NORTH.
North declared three clubs. The Ohu
interest of this bid lay in its sho"m'
supporting club strength and In It's wan
ing OF weakness at royals, his par'n'' =
declaration.
East supported his partner by oe',. :,
ing three hearts, which South overcS".,
with three royals. This was so;ne"".'
speculative after his partners warn'as
but fair distribution OF adverse uui"s,
gave reasonable promise Of game nan.
Neither OF the two opponents one'e.
higher heart declaration, so souths
laration held the contract
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0meeu Wso HAVE SMALL PAere IN

Bolingbroke hanged and the witch Jour
dain, or. as some call her, Gardemain.
was buried alive" OF Enguerrand de
Marigny, once Prime Minister Of Philippe
le-Bel, hanged on a gibbet, which he, as
Minister, had erected. for putting pin
through the waxen image Of the King.
And we get a quotation from Dante Ca
briel Rossettis poem Sister Helen" and
from Thomas Hardy's The Return OF
the Native" and even from His Sow
ship" King James's "Damonology."
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A MAcARoNIc TOAST ON cARUso

oscar Blumenthal. the German Dram
atist, was recently called on IN DeiAA
to propose the health Of Carrso al
dinner given in the tenor's hon0'
Knowing that Caruso could not unoer
stand a word of German, Blumenn6
read a bit OF doggerel. half-GerraA
half-Italian, which he afterward ga"
Continued on fifth page.
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games and the rubber bonus Of $50 points.
and the moment one deviates from that
objective he becomes a poor teammate
and is at the mercy of clever opponents.
The psychology in Overlooking. the fact
that so many players are utterly unable
TO bid their hands as they know they
should, may possibly account for some OF
the fascination Of the game. The charm
Of correctly attaining the maximum Of
points on each hand is Of far more pleas
ure than merely taking penalties to head
off the adversaries.
How often one hears the remark after
contract fails for 800. 400 or 800:
We'll partner, we are still in the game"
Few players have strong enough person
atty to bid their hands according to their
Judgment.
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Score: Love-all. rubber game.
South declared one no trump, and West
on two-suit that gave little promise at
the adverse declaration. bid two royals.
North overcalled with three hearts
Upon what degree of strength does a
partner in South's position base his no.
trump declaration? In such cases the
partners action depends upon the strength
OF the no-trump declaration. II part
ner habitually bids weak no trumps, North
should pass; but IL, as in this instance. the
partners strength in no-trump declara-
ton is known, North's suit should be Of
fered as a border line declaration.
East with sufficient strength to sup
port a reliable partners bid, declared
three royals. South's four hearts needs
no comment. Vests two sutton. supported
once by a partner called for an increased
declaration and West declared four
royals The bidding came to an end
when South doubled.
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Score: Love-all, rubber game.
South declared one spade. properly de-
Gliding that TO name royals on a queen
high suit Of only fair length with little
outside support would be against the part
nership interest.
Similar thoughts on a hand that did not
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THE INFORMATIVE BIDDING.

Good play of the cards is, of course
important, but does not depend so much on
ones partner. Generally the bidding has
located the suits and cards so accurately
that the play becomes a matter OF count
ing up proper finesse and attention to
discards.
The player who disregards the fact that
the game is played as partnership, and
FOR selfish or other reasons unwarrant-
. ably attempts to grab all the bids and
play will find himself on the minus side
OF the score, rated as poor partner and
gradually Stunned.
The fact that reliable bidding only can
lead 10 the full realization of the partner
ship holding cannot be too greatly ac-
centuated.
II is really remarkable that so few
players can restrain themselves TO max
: ing only bids that they actually know
are justified by their cards. II there
were some scheme whereby they could
forget their opponents and really act for
the combining OF the twenty-six cards
hold by the two partners, many men who
otherwise play well might become rei-
able partners.
The end to bo attained is winning two
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A FINE POINT OVERLOOKED

With only three tricks. the limit Of pos
sibility for the adversaries, as cards read
lily show. making against the declara-
ton, East and West went game and rub
Der on the hand.
At the conclusion of the hand North ex-
pressed regret that he had not further
increased the heart declaration. instead
Of allowing the doubled royal bid to
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over 20 per cent of the English nobility
are childless.