The evening world., 1914-03-25

New York heard II no moro until Mr..
Hammerstein revived II at his Man
haitian Opera House In 1905. with
Bonci. Donaida, Cisneros and Ari-
mondi. Now II may once moro delight
people who are 10 old fashioned AZ to
care for simple and ultra-sweet mel
ody that Is void Of dissonancs or
symbolism. =.
Lois Ewell sang the title part last
night, and sang It extremely well and
with the welcome girlishness that
imbues all her work. Her rendering
Of the good old Last Rose Of Sum-
NOR" (which, by the way. was com.
posed by Sir John Stevenson and not
by Won Flotow) came In for the usual
Orville Harold, as Lionel, was In
fine voice, despite q slight cold, and
gave a finished performance both
vocally and histrionically. He sings
English with moro careful diction,
perhaps, than does any other member
Of the company, and this clearness
Of utterance II, by itself, . matter
for gratitude. The cast az large, how
ever. sang moro distinctly last eve
ming than on many previous nrst
nights. -.
hdtnleen hOWarus WHO was u u1No
sung Nancy. 10 III at Atlantic City.
ably II without the distinction Miss
Howard gives to every role. Louis
kreidler was . sonorous Plunkett ana
William Schuster an amusing Tris-
tram. Mr.. Nicosia conducted. Tho
choral work was good; better than
that Of the orchestra, which was not
always In accord with II, or with the
principals.
In the escape scene" Of the second
act. by the way. the supposedly locked
door swung open. None the less, the
fugitive maids burst out through the
forced window. which was directly
alongside the vide open door. On the
whole. despite the occasional weak
orchestration, the performances was
we'll up to the best Aborn standards.
Katharine ooodson. the English
pianist, gave q recital at Carnegie
Hall last night before a large audi
ence. She played at her best, with
hne Interpretation and, at umes, with
q splendid abandon that she does not
always disclose. She began her pro-
gramme with Brahms's 'Vier Xavier.
stucke," opus 119. and continued II
with Beethoven's Moonlight" sonata
Then she presented a Chopin group
that started with the nocturne In @
major. opus 81. and finished With the
| polonaise in A fiat, opus 81. For Q
third part she gave compositions by
| Grieg, Moskowsld and 1Aszt, and
Arthur Hinton's (Miss Goodson's hus =
handy "Etude ArabesQpe." which re-
vealed no small meaSdre OF charm
a we'll a. Of workmanship.
Pietro A. Yon in an organ recital a,
Aeolian Hall last night not only found
opportunity for a display OF his owr
skill but established the value OF tn
instrument. Mr.. Yon IL the organts
| of st. Francis Xavier Church. HI!
programme began with Bach's pref
ude and fugue In A minor ana ende.
with his own christmas In Sicily
and a Concert Study" Between
these he played compositions by Raw
enello, Tombells, Gigout. Bossi ant
Renxi. Mr.. Yon showed musicianshil
Of brilliant quality and his playinl
rave pleasure to q large audience.
Tho publication OF rumors a. =
the possibility OF Olive Fremstad
retirement from the metropolitan
Opera Company next season disclose
nothing that has not been talked abou
privately for months. Nine. Frem
stad, whose contract expires with Tn
present season. 10 said to desire