The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-02-26
THE THREE ARTS
The Editor Talks With The
Indian Prince From Chile,
Who Sings French Songs
And Likes Baseball.

1Hc eultOf IldO no more agreeable
rencOntre this winter than a charm
ing half hour he spent in the com
pany Of the Chief Caupolican, who
curiously enough was appearing
twice daily at the Keith Theater in
Washington the week Of February
! 18th.
This Araucanian Prince, who is
such all unusual parsonage, has
taken this means of projecting
thought that is quite worthy of con-
sideration into the minds of the
American people His vaudeville
stunt" is but the opening wedge in
a propaganda which is very dear to
his heart, that of restoring his race
to the dominant place it once held
in the activities of South American
life.
At present he is doing little more
than telling the people of the Unit
ed States that there is splendid and
powerful race of Indians in the
mountain Businesses of Chile, whence
he comes
Seeking him out in his eyrie far
up in the air at the Powhattan hotel
found him seated by an open win
dow This warni-blooded creature,
by the way, has a certain contempt
for our -four WALL and would live
on the roof and not just under it
were it convenient to do so.
My intimate impression of him
was quite Illuminating. Having
discarded his more formal, befeath-
cred dress. he seemed to put away
with it some of the wonderfully
commanding power that suits his
mood when he appears in public. |
saw quite another phase of this dE .
tinguished and winning personalil: .
Chief Caupolican is a man of the
greatest versatility. Educated in
Paris and in Italy, where he studied
music, he sings all the familiar
operate aFias, French songs and also
fGarnian fieder. A remarkable lin
guist and student, his familiarity
with Spanish. French, German, Eng
lish and Italian makes itself felt in
the we'll stored mind which one
senses in talking to him.
His splendid voice, so thrilling in
its oratorical flights. becomes III pri-
vate speech, a wonderfully sweet,
low and appealing organ. His sing
ing is remarkably interesting but,
curious enough. the particular timbre
of his singing voice seems best suit
ed to his French song in which he
seems especially successful.
In addition 10 all this, his c. m
mand of English is SO thorough that
| found this mysterious Araucanian
translaling Spanish verse into my
own tongue. And it may be salu,
too, that he himself is poet of no
mean ability, his charming verse,
The Indians FAREWELL being d
real bit of inspirarional and melodic
writing
Iasked him why he did not sing
more Of his native music rather than
modern French and English songs,
but he said that It was doubtful if
we would find it interesting, as his
people had no music except shrill-
/ ing war songs. But | finally got him
to acknowledge that there was one
death chant and several Indian
songs that might be of value from
our musical point of view. In
fact he did sing one of the beauti-
full American songs in English and
then his native tongue showing that
it did not lose any of its sweetness
when put to music of his native
tongue.
lam wonderfully interested in your
sports and have been studying base
ball which shall take home with me
Your football seems TO me to be
futile, because you use so few play
ers. 1t is as if you picked out q
men to represent the opposing forces,
put them in the arena and then
everyone goes and looks On while
they fight it out among themselves
This seems to me poor way. |
think that all the hundreds of peo-
pie who sit in the grandstand should
be playing TOO. come of race
or warriors and our people would
never be content to sit so quietly
by and LEI some one else fight their
battles for them. We have a SINH
lar game at home, but everyone
plays it. 1t is more like hockey.
The young Prince was dressed in
modern American clothes and was
] wearing sweater as he talked to
me. lie has beautiful soft eyes ane
:. is quite pale. His long dark hail
!. hung almost to his shoulders anl
/ around his head was bound single
. ffEet Of .hrOup cloth emhelliShtf