New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-15
INDIAN SONG AND DANCE
Also Notes on Other Musical
DOingS.
MISS CUlP IN RECITAL
"Boheme" at the Metropolitan
Popular Opera in
the BoWery.

\ winsome little lady who takes All eN-
ceedingly poetical view Of the life Of the
people to whom she belongs is Miss Pc
Ahm-eS queet. who gave an extremely in
teresting entertainment in the Forty
eighth Street Theatre yesterday. after
noon. The name. she told her listeners
signifies Floating Cloud. and specifically a
cloud Of the white and feecy order. Miss
Floating Cloud. then is a Chippewa who
studied English ard music I'm the Haskell
Indian Institute. where she also learned
TO play the harp. If appearances are not
misleading. she is not a full blood Ojlo-
way, but has an admiXture OF white man
blood I'm her veins. How well she speaks
her mothers tongue cannot be told. she
spoke little Of II Yesterday and also
sang a little. but generally when she re-
produced the music OF her Indian ances-
tors she did IT on the harp very effective
ly. indeed at times. as i'm her first selec-
ton. in which. by beating upon the strings
with her left hand and playing the melody
without harmonic alloy with her right
she produced an effect which might he de-
scribed as Indian music etherealized
Other songs she played in full harmony
and these. though the harmonizations
were not Of the kind with which a few
would-be artistic savsnts have obfuscated
aboriginal tunes. were less like the real
thing. Some she played in unison or with
a root bass, and these. again, had in them
a nodicum Of verify.
This music was interspersed in a thor
oughlv charming talk on the social life
sweetly mOdulated voice. an ingra,iating
literary STYLE. pretty imagery and no
small amount OF roeuish humor The sec
ond part Of the entertainment which
came after pianist Guy :. Mailer. had
played two compositions 10y Debussy very
creditablv indeed. consisted Of eight
Indian dances These disclosed that Miss
Floating Cloud was also a graceful and
efficient pantomim!st, but the dances lost
much Of their educational value because
Of the large element OF capitalization
which they contained But they were
lovely to look at.
Nine Julia CUP gave her farewell re-
citaI in Carnegie Hall last night. The az
fair was under the auspices OF the Hol-
Land Society and was brilliant IN every
way. The great room was filled, every
box end nearly every chair. the SINCE:
was at her best: her programme began
with Beethovens romance. adelaide
and the humorous arietia Der kuss,
and ended with two Dutch songs Oy
Catherine van Rennes. between begin
ming End end Nine. CUP sang generous
and varied list-three songs by Schuoer,'
three by Cornelius three by Franz
Welsh. Scotch and French folksongs,
song by Chopin and enc by Reicnardt. one
Of the earliest Of German song writers.
1t was a season of unaloyed pleasure,
and the singer was made 10 feel That she
had won the fullest measure Of apprec's-
ton Mr.. Bos was her efficient accom-
PIANIST.
The last week OF opera began at the
Metropolitan last night. II Was the night
which fashion has marked for its own
Caruso sang with unusual effectiveness
even for him. and the opera was La
Boheno" SO much announcement ought
/ 10 suffice To enable the reader 10 imagine
all TIE rest Of the happenings. The series
Of farewells was inausurated by the per-
nor Tolaccc the conductor, who has borne
a large portion Of the seasons burden and
ACQUITTED himself wei.
These DAYS. when the banners of pop
uar opera are flying from half dozen
i,curesaristic turrets against the operate
s,,v II is not strange that even the Bow
cry should give birth 10 ST. George con
n6ent that he, too, can STAY the dragon
of popular indifference. This particular
ST. George was Louis Euro, who Two years
oeo attempted with some success a simi
lar season. and who last night chose
aida" for his opening battle song. The
scene was set at the Thalia Theatre,
stage rich in operate memories and
voung Josiah EURO, formerly the chorus
master Of the Manhattan Opera company
was in the conductors stand.
Whether or not Mr.. zuro's experiment