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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10

The pastors OF the various churche
and the executive committees OF tn
churches held a meeting after the ser
vices last evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10

The members OF the Purple Ribbon
Club requested that the audience sing
No. 800 for them last evening.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10

they are damnable hellholes from
which emanate more sorrows than
thousands OF volumes could enumer-
ate.
Men will do almost anything now
for money; on our silver dollar Is In
God We Trust" but Il Is the dollar
in which we really put our trust, was
said with great emphasis. and the di-
vorce mill and Jealousy breaking up
edness mentioned.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10
Removes the Cause
and Immediately Gives Re-
lief TO the Nose and Throat

Rerce Jones ~ Scranton, that after irving
many other treatmcuts he used this rev nethod and
ny nose D. entirely cirar and free and Z
bothered hv the disease The New Combined
Treatment o. worth a. weight IN gold
Temporary relief from rnfarh WAY he otaiusd iu other
but The New Combined Treatment must inevitably
Be accepted Cor eFFraarnf results.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10

Careful experiments and Investigations have shown
that as the troubles were expelled from the and
throat, the real Of the disease overlooked
and in short time the Catarrh would return stronger
than ever. Mr.. Gauss has gone way ahead Of the
ordinary methods Of treatment and has provided a
remedy that
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10
COTTAGE PRAxER MEETINGS.

The members OF the Kirkwood M. r.
church who were present last evening
sank hymn No. "a for the audience.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10

The Epworth League Union Of wheel
ing and vicinity. will attend the SER
vices at the tabernacle Thursday even
ing.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10
Relief for Catarrh
Sufferers Now FREE
You Can Now Treat This Trouble in Your
Own Home and Get Relief at Once.
How the Remedy for Catarrh
Was Discovered.

was Uncovered.
D. o> go. THIS terrible disease
s.,Lhea re To,s has ragged unchecked
f,safsS 81 az for years simply be-
s ;s,ss 49, ss.s, cause ympfsm5 have been
dssa9y % ~ treated while the cause of
S syssss. ~ the trouble has been left to
circulate in the blood, and
bring the disease back as fast as local
treatments could relieve it. V -.
G. +. Gauss, who expei.nented fer
years on treatment for Catarrh, found
that after perfecting balm that relieved
the nose and throat troubles quickly, he
could not prevent the trouble beginning
u, s,,r, all over again. q
IT, ,ss.,,, re S,, re On test cases, he could
SgSef ,.ssSses completely remove all
s 80 -si ~ signs OF Catsrrh from nose
en- 70 80 s s..f and throat, but in a few
sasS sy 's-ss- weeks they were back.
fHr re- cdHfS.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10

sarah Cape Mouut reia. TENS aars. 4
suffered the palms and distress at csfarrh Cor
thirteen yfare aud needless 90 state. tried nearly
every method nut b. vpur new method I was
fosfiffffF cured and you cauu1t imagiur ne
ioy that has come over me.
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-12-10
CONVENIENT AND INHABITANTS
OF COAST COUNTIES PREPAR-
home Army Is Being Modified
Trenches Are Beino Duo and
Other Defensive Work Is

LONDON. Nov. 27.-Notwithstand-
ing the conclusions formed by the i'm
perfal committee OF defense some
years ago that an invasion of England
would be an impossibility while the
British fleet remains in being. invasion
oy Germans Is now considered a dis
tinct possibility
Both the government and the inhabi-
tants of the sea coast counties are pre-
pairing actively to meet a landing Of
hostile troops. The military prepare
tons have been conducted on a large
scale since the beginning of the war.
The home army. which Is commanded
by General Sir Ian Hamilton. who car
rtes broken wrist as a souvenir of
the Boer war. has for its special func-
ton the repelling of an invasion. This
army consists mainly of territorials.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
A FORTNIGHT MORE
AT METROPOLITAN
Special Gala Performance Tues
day Evening to Include Acts
from Four Operas.

''Hansel and Gretel" and Paelacci"
will open the last week but one of the
Metropolitan opera season tomorrow
night. The former opera will be sung
by Mines Mattfeld. Alien. Homer. Cox
and Braslau and Mr.. Goritz. Mr.. Hertz
conducting. and the latter opera by Miss
Bort and Messrs Caruso. Amato. Reschi-
CLAN and Bada. Mr.. Polacco conducting.
a special gala performance will be
g,"en on Tuesday evening. the programme
brng: LA Traviata" (Act ID. with
Mime. Hempel and Mr.. Cristalli. Mr.,
Polacco conducting; Madame Butterfly"
(Act ID, with Miss Farrar. Nine.
Fornia and Mr.. Scott. Mr.. Toscanini
conducting; "Lohengrin" (Act ID. with
Mines Gadskl and Homer and Messrs.
Jorn. Well, Witherspoon and Schlegel.
Mr.. Hertz conducting; La Boheme' (Act
u. with Nine. Aida and Messrs. Caruso,
Gilly. DE Segurola. Pini-Corsi and Ana
MAN. Mr.. Polacco conducting.
The other operas of the week will be {:
"Tannhauser." on Wednesday evening
dast time this season.. with Mines
Gadski. Fremstad and Sparkes and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
"NAT0MA" TO END
CENTURY'S SEASON
Last of Thirty-one Weeks of
Opera in English To Be De.
voted to Herbert's Work.

The Century Opera Company ends its
first season with the coming weeks per-
formances Of Victor Herbert's "Natoma."
The season, which was to have consisted
of thirty-five weeks, has been shortened
20 thirty-one in order. it is announced. to
afford sufficient time for the alterations
which are to be made in the opera house
These alterations are being made for
the purpose of adding a thousand seats
to the present capacity of the building
The architects and contractors after pre-
senting the plans for the alterations,
found it necessary to begin work at once
in order to insure positively the opening
of the second season OF the Century Opera
Company. which has been announced for
September IA.
The opening performance OF "Natoma"
Will be sung tomorrow night instead OF
the customary Tuesday. There will be
eight performances OF the opera, including
the popular Wednesday and Saturday
matlnees. with the last performance on
Saturday night
Those who will sing in the opening per-
Torrance will be Helen Stanley rs Ma
toma and Orville Harold as Lieutenant
Paul Merrill. Thomas Chalmers will be
the Alvarado. Gilbert Wilson the Don
Francisco and Alfred Kaufman the Father
Peralta. The Jose Castro will be sung by
Frank Preisch. who created this role
when II was first sung by the Chicago
Philadelphia Opera Company. Lois Ewell
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

"a German piece called "Erastus." The
dedication reads:
'To His Excellency Thomas Mlihin,
Esq. President OF the State of Pennsyl-
vania; and to the Honorable Thomas
A1'Kean, Chief Justice of the said State;
this comic opera approved of by them in
their official capacity according TO law
but withdrawn from the managers of the
theatre, after It had remained I'm their
hands more than four months, is
inscribed" Evidently authors and man
ayers had the Same troubles 125 years
ago as now.
A woman also shows up among these
pioneer American librettists. one who. If
she were alive now, would in great like
lihood be found among the suffragists,
for she writes a political opera: slaves
in Agiers; or, Struggle for Freedom.
A play, interspersed with songs. in three
acts. by Mrs. Rowson. AS performed at
the New Theatres, In Philadelphia and
Baltimore. Philadelphia, Printed for the
Author 1884" This appears not 10 have
been an opera strictly speaking, but, as
tho title page says, play with songs. Ii
was first performed In Philadelphia at
the New Theatre, December %, 1894.
The music was composed by Alexander
Reinagle, one of a number OF English
musicians who were extremely influential
I'm New York and Philadelphia In the
last years OF the eighteenth and the first
of the nineteenth centuries. He came of
a family OF musicians. and his nephew
Alexander Robert Reinagle. composed the
naaIrn- tune known In the hymnals at st.
Peters"
Finally We reach "Darby's Return. A
comic sketch, as performed at the Thea
ter in this City, with universal applause"
This opera was written In 1853 by Will
lam Dunlap and brought forward on No.
vennber "a, 1859.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

Messrs Berger first time in the title
rolel, Well Althouse, Witherspoon and
Ruy sdael. Mr.. Hertz conducting.
Aida" on Thursday evening, with
Mines. Destinn, ODER and Sparkes and
Messrs. Caruso, Gilly. Rothier, Rossi and
Bada, Mr.. Toscanini conducting
"LiAmore Medico' and I'll Segreto oil
Suzanua," on Friday evening Qast time
iris season., the former opera sung by
Miss Bor, Nine Alien and Messrs.
Cristalli, Pini-Corsi. Rothier. De Segurola.
Leonhardt, Bada and Ananian, Mr..
Toscanni conducting; the latter with
Nine. Aida and Messrs. Scott and Bada,
Mr.. Polacco conducting.
"K0nigskinder," on Saturday after
noon Qast time this season., with Miss
Farrar, Mines. Fornia, hatfield and
Robson and Messrs. Jorn Goritz, Reiss,
Ruysdael and Leonhardt, Mr.. Hertz con-
Quoting.
'The Magic Flute" at popular prices.
on Saturday evening 0ast time this
season., with Mines. Destinn, Hempel
and Alien and Messrs. Berger first time
here as Tamino), Reiss, Leonhardt first
time here as Papageno). Witherspoon and
Slegel, Mr.. Morgenstern conducting.
Mischa Elman. the Russian violinist
Will play at to-nights opera concert
Tschaikowsky's concerto in ID major,
with orchestra. and several morceaux by
Cottenet and Wienawski. Several artists
of the company will sing. and the or
chestra will play under the direction of
Adolf Rothmeyer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
SOME INTERESTING
CONCERTS ON LIST
Miss Cheatham and Mr.. Holman
Are Among Those Booked
for Recitals This Week.

Miss Kitty Cheathams annual Easter
recital will take place at the Lyceum
Theatre tomorrow afternoon. This viii
be Miss Cheatham's last recital this sea-
son, before sailing for European engage
ments. Sweden contributes an old saga
Mozart, Schumann and Hans Herman
chronoogically represent Germany. and
Noussorgsky's children's songs show that
Russian IN an interesting light. An
eighteenth century minuet and group OF
children's songs of old France will be &C
ccmpanied on the harp by Charles Sal
zado Excerpts from Kipling's Just so
Stories" Emusic by Edward German and
one of Fiona Macleods short legends rep
resent Great Britain. The second part
of the programme will he devoted entirely
to the old negro songs and stories. Songs
by Ethelbert Nevin. Mary Livingston
Chase and John Alden Carpenter, win
traditional nursery rhymes are the other
American contributions.
On Tuesday evening Miss Marie Altoona.
young soprano. will give recital IN
Aeolan Hall. She will sing songs by
Pergolesi, Bach, Gluck, Schumann, Pasch'
Backer-Gr0ndahl, Jarnefelt, Bassi. Puc-
chi. Rentschitsky, Engelhardt, Ryder and
Clough- Leighter.
A recital Of far more than ordinary In
terest will occur in Carnegie Hall on Fri
day afternoon, when Josef Hofmann and
Mischa Elman Will appear together. play
ing jointly the Cesar Franck Sonata In
major and the Beethoven "Kreutzer
Sonata" Mr.. Holman will also play
List group and Mr.. Elman a number o.
short selections This occasion will mark
the seasons farewell of these two artists.
The fourth and last private concert OF
the Manuscript Society OF New York will
take place at the National Arts Club.
Gramercy Park, on the same evening. or
special interest will be the first pubic
performance of piano works by the blind
composers, John S. Van Cleve and VIII
lam L. Fuhrmeister. Catherine Con"ay'
soprano, and Mrs Harold Eaton Rles-
ger. contralto. will sing four songs by
Wallngford Riegger; a string quartet
movement by Riegger will be performed
by Messrs. Kaufman, Kileny and Rieg-
ger; two violin pieces by John Adam
Hugo will be played by Roland Eduard
Meyer, and Sonata Flnlandla TOT
cello, by G. o. Hornberger, will be per
formed by the composer, with Henry
Kock-Deck at the piano.
II is expected that one OF the largest
concerts to take place In Carnegie Han
this season will be that for the beneht OF
the German Sailors Home. Hooohen'
n. J. This concert will take place on sat
urday evening. The Arion and Liederkran1
societies have given their services. ana
Nine. Julia Culp will be the soloist
This concert. while under the patron
age of such we'll known Germans as the
ambassador. the consul general and 9th
ers. is In charge OF the Rev. Hermann
Bruchner. pastor OF the German Seamens
Church. The Arion Society will be under
the direction OF Richard Trunk, WINE
Arthur Claassen will conduct the lieder-
kranZ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

fined to the Library's catalogue. Here Is
the title page OF what Mr.. Sonneck calls
the first American opera: The Disap-
pointment: or the Force OF Credulity. a
new American comic opera, of two acts
BY Andrew Barton, Esq, New York.
printed I'm the year 1861" OF this opera
Mr.. Sonneck says:
This first American ballad opera with
eighteen airs indicated by title AIT
w Yankee Doodle") WAS to have been first
performed by the American Company at
Philadelphia on April 20, 1861, but II was
withdrawn. personal reflections render
ing 1t unfit for the stage. The Dis
appointment" is sometimes attributed TO
Thomas Forrest or to John Leacock, put
the evidence is not sound
Mr. Sonneck also makes room in the
catalogue for four lines from the cpl
logue and an extract from the preface as
follows:
Tho distant far, from fam'd Britania's
isle,
Where comic scenes call cynics forth to
smile,
Our artless muse hath made her first
r. instruct and please you with modern
play.
The following local piece Untitled CThe
Disappointment or the Force of Credul-
ity) was originally wrote for my own and
the amusement OF a few particular
friends who unknown to mel were
pleased 10 signify their appreciation OF
IT, in such a manner that il soon en-
crossed the chief part of the converse
ton OF all ranks OF people; who expressed
their desire to hear IL and have 1t pub
lished. Under these circumstances, l
was greatly at q loss how TO proceed.
/ did not choose (as | saw no merit in
icks. TO put IL in the power OF gentlemen
skill'd in schlastick knowledge to ridicule
my ignorance, or condescend to the en-
treaties Of those who ! thought had no
more sense than myself. and who might
(perhaps) have made IL better than IL
really is. Conscious OF my own inability
! determined 10 excuse myself TO all
and I'm this determination | persisted for
some time, but at last for my own safety
! was obliged to capitulate and surrender
on the following stipulations: First. the
infrequency of dramatic compositions in
America. secondly, the torrent OF solicit
tations from all quarters; thirdly, the
necessity OF contributing to the enter
TO put a stop Of p0ssiDle) TO the foolish
and pernicious practice of searching OF
supposed hidden treasure. These terms.
hard as they are. | have with reluctance
been forced to submit to. | am therefore
obliged In vindication OF my conduct, to
assure the public that the story is
founded on matter OF fact, transacted
near this city. not long since. and recent
in the memory OF thousands: for the
truth of which assertion l appeal TO
numbers OF my fellow citizens
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
OPERATE HISTORY
IN SONNECK'S WORK

when it purchased the Longe collection
of minor English dramatists. individual
purchases and deposits for copyright, is
of course incomplete. But no one Ia
miliar with the subject can ever hope 10
see a halfway complete collection even
if ell the collectors and librarians In the
world were to unite their treasures After
buying the SchatZ collection, the Library
of Congress meaning the indefatlgaoie
Sonneck. encouraged by Mr.. Putnam en-
tered upon the task of filling in as many
gaps as possible. paying particular atten-
ton 70 works of the seventeenth ana
eighteenth centuries. rather than of the
nineteenth, since a catalogue Of the earlier
works was more practicable and more
likely to precede one devoted TO the la-er
"A catalogue which will no doubt be
issued some day. though nothing is SAID
of this in Mr.. Sonnecks preface.
Mr.. Sonneck frankly points out the
weak spots in the collection as 1t now
exists. Herr Schatz was less Jealous in
the collection of French librettos than
in German and Italian. and paid little
attention to Bohemian, Spanish, English
and American productions. The Longe
collection, already mentioned. seems TO
have helped out measurably in the case
of English operas, but the American list
is wofully small. 1t must be remem-
bered. however, that the time limit is
the end of the eighteenth century. There
will be better accounting when the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries are
reached. Opera in America, as we have
had frequent occasions to remind care
less and uniformed enthusiasts. is much
older than they think Traces OF ii have
been found in the early decades OF the
eighteenth century, and the English type
of opera was industriously cultivated
in the colonies and states from 1149 to
1926, when italian opera came to com
pete with It. Ii will be found profitable
as well as interesting to review the titles
referring to them in Mr.. Sonnecks cata-
logue Considerable might be written
about the use of American subjects by
foreign lbrettsts and composers. Some
titles indicate the character OF these mu-
steal plays 1.-The American Adventur-
ers," THE American Indian" "LAmer-
icana in Europa" ian Italian ballet,
"L'Americano" (set by PiccinnD, "The
Cherokee" (set by Stephen Storace) GO
lumbus: or a World Discovered" THE
Fair American" 0or which Thomas
Carter wrote the music and which was
produced at Drury Lane. London. on
May IS, 1880, LA Famille Americana"
words by "Citoyen Bouilly" (who wrote
the French libretto on which "Ffdelio'
is based). music by "Citoyen Dalayrac';
lie Huron" "Gr Inglesi in America"
"a balleD. None OF these titles, however.
piQue curiosity as much az does Ger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

prominent trait in the character OF the
women Of Virginia"
Here are some notes on operas the
books Of which were reprinted in Amer
lea on the occasions of their perform
ance here:
"The Dead Alive; or. The Double
with additions and alterations. As per-
formed by the Old American Company
In New York with universal "a, applause
BY John Okeet isr Non WIZ WIN n an acI
by Hodge, Allen & Campbell 1888.
(This is a reprint Of the lbretto of an
opera for which Samuel Arnold wrote
the music, which was originally pro-
duced at the Haymarket. London. on
September "a. 1883. The performance
here before the end Of the year shows
how close the theatres of London and
New York were at the tiine)
acts. as performed at the, Theatre. New
York. with universal applause. BY MI.
G. Dibdin New York. Samuel Campbell.
1897. Cribs was the English version Of
it's FIRST American representation on June
s, 1887. In London Monsigny's author
ship was recorded and IL was noted that
there was additional music by Philidor
and Dibdin. New Workers We're left to
imagine that all the music came from
The LORD of the Manor" a comic
opera in three acts, rs performed with
universal applause by the American
Company Philadelphia, II. Taylor. 1891.
Can earlier edition, las It was per-
formed at the Theatre Royal. Drury
Lane" was printed by William Spots
wood in 1880. The date of the first
American performance has not been dis
coyered)
Love in village" \ comic. opera
written by Mr.. Bickerstaff. as performed
at the New Theatre in Philadelphia.
Crhis opera. a great fa|orite In its day.
was a pas.iccio, it's music being drawn
from the works of a dozen composers,
among them Arne. Boyce. Carey ,twho
wrote "God Save the Kirg), Galuppi,
Gemlniani Giardni. Handel and Larry
Grogan. Who in the name or ST. Pat
rick was Larry Grogan?)
A taboo rested on the drama and opera
dhen more closely connected than they
are now In Boston for long time after
these forms OF entertainment were popu-
lar In New York. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Richmond Charleston and other cities,
but even Boston Is represented among the
reprints OF English llbrettos. We note
The Spoil'd Child. A farce In two acts,
as performed at the Theatre in Boston.
First American edition. Boston. Thomas
Hall. 1886" The musical play had been
performed In Baltimore. Bckerstaffe was
the author of the book
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

pWaltpr Wheatley and Jean Theslof will
be the alternating artists. Others in the
cas-, will be Samuel ADAMS. Louis
D'Angelo. Giuseppe lnterrante and Flo
renee Coughlan. Nine Rasch will lead
in the festival dances Mr.. Szendrei will
conduct and the production Is under the
direction of Luigi Albertieri
The concert tonight offers number
of popular arias from I'll Troyatore" and
Faust"
Lois Ewell Kathleen Howard. Henry
Taylor and Louis D'Angelo will sing the
tower and prison scenes from I'll Troya-
tore" The garden scene from Faust"
will be given with Beatrice La Paine az
Marguerite. Walter Wheatley as Faust
Kathleen Howard as Siebel Alfred Kauf
man as Mephistopheles and Louise Hauss-
mann as Martha. Louis Kreider viii be
heard IN the prologue from 81 Pagllacci,"
while Miss La Paine will sing the Bird
Song and Morgan Kingston will give
the "Ridi, PagliaccIo" ara from the same
opera.
The orchestra will open the evenings
entertainment with the overture from
"Dinorah' The bacchanale from Sam
son and Delilah," the first and second
intermezzos from 1.-THE Jewels Of the Ma
donna" and the dance Of the hours from
played by the orchestra. NM. Nicosia
and Pasternack will conduct with Mr.
Collins at the piano.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12

man play with music" entitled "Po-
cahontas." printed in Jamestown, Va,
in 1874. and the same year In Ansbach,
Germany. Schatz names a Johann Will
helm Rose as the author OF the words,
but did not learn who wrote the music.
Sonneck quotes In German the following
remarks from tho preface: This play
has lain longer than Horace demanded
In tho desk of the author who wrote
II thirteen years ago to please "A friend
That the savage maiden speaks wittily
with surprise no one who knows, from
Captain Smiths travel. that wit was n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
The Cincinnati Festival.

The official announcement of the TWEEN
ty-nrst biennial festival OF the Cincin-
natl May Musical Festival Association
brings intelligence that the meeting VIII
be held in the Music Hall OF that city
on May 5. t. I. s and .. The conductor
OF the festival will be Or. Ernst Kun
valid. who has won great popularity by
his direction OF the Cincinnati Sym
phony Orchestra during the last year
For the first time in the history OF the
festivals this body will perform all the
instrumental music. The solo singers
will be Alma Gluck and Florence Hin
kle. sopranos. Schumsnn-H and Mar
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