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in musical art can hardly be estimated.
When I speak of ballads. I mean the
genuine folk song, and not the crea-
ton of a great musical composer. No
matter how wonderful the latter may
be. the composition is an imitation. 1t
always lacks the real spirit OF the
people.
'In the genuine folk song we get an
insight into the racial spirit of ma
ton. for the composition is the out
pouring of the peoples souls. TO the
student of characteristic national
music, such as that of Grieg. for in
stance, the study of the ballads OF that
race is absolutely essential for per
feet understanding of the spirit of that
music 1t gives one a psychological
grasp, as it were, of the essence, the
soul of the composition, which cannot
be gained in any other way
There is also another advantage 10
be gained in ballad work. The training
for the proper rendition of these folk
songs compels a course OF study more
nearly analogous to the beautiful pei
ians than anything else. 1t is really
more difficult to render ballad wei!
than an opera aria. A perfect control
of the voice is necessary, and there
must be "A smoothness of tone as Wen
as a faultless enunciation of every
word of the text, or the ballad Will
have no meaning for the average au-
ditor, particularly one not acquainted
with the song.
THAT the world is ready for the bal
lad artists Is evidenced by the success
which has attended the recltals OF the
great song exponents such as Julla
Culp, Clara Butt, Edmund Clement and
Kennerly Rumford. Their work gives
enjoyment not alone to the educated
musician, but also to the great PUBIC
that knows as much about classic
music as it does about Sanscrit. There
should be more ballad singing taught:
The sooner 1t Is done, the sooner Will
the people begin to cultivate taste
for music in general.
NEW WORLD" SYMPHONf.-The
New World Symphony is probably the
greatest orchestral work ever made in
America" Composed by Bohemian
while acting as director of the National
of Music in New York, it
is the result of the composers study of
negro music as exemplitied not only
in the plantation songs and the camp
meeting melodies. but the minstrel
songs, which, of course, are not purely
negro songs
The melodies in the symphony are the
composers own, except that certain
fragments of Swing Low, Sweet
Chariot" and two or three other well
known songs can be clearly distin
guished. Nevertheless. the treatment of
this material is so thoroughly Dvorak's
own that there was great deal Of dis
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their mouths only a very little. For
only a tiny minority of people Is 1t
necessary to give a lengthy hearing IN
order to discover what their voices are
really worth.
of course. however, everybody, with
Dut exception, wants lengthy au-
,iience. They honestly believe that
without giving it you are not inter-
ested. That is not true. To be interest
ed it is not necessary to be-er-deluded-
ITO sing for the comic opera stage
is much more difficult than to sing for
the regular operate stage" says Mr..
Dippel. That is the singing itself is
neither more nor less difficult, but there
is great deal more of real hard work
connected with it-eight or nine per-
formances week as against two or
three in regular opera. Still it is not
the singing l am thinking of first of
all when ! say that comic opera is
more difficult than grand opera. In
true opera comique one has to act
But doesn't one have to act in grand
opera" he was asked.
Mr.. Dippel said an astonishing thing.
Nowhere on the stage today is bad
acting so readily and cheerfully for
given AS in grand opera The grand
opera manager has to look primarily
for grand opera voices. He doesn't
have to look for histrionic intelligence
as well. But in the opera comique bad
acting strikes the attention more
quickly and more forcibly than it does
in any other form of musical play.
And besides acting ability. the opera
comique manager has to consider some
what the esthetic demands. AT least
a. few of the girls have to be beautiful.
But | believe a grand opera can be
great success without a single strfk-
insly beautiful woman. The chief and
almost only thing is the human voice,
that is all that is demanded of the
actors. The orchestral music. the set
tings and d somewhat mechanical pan
tomimic reproduction of the fable will
do the rest-I am not specifying any
grand opera in particular, mind you.
intermediate voices are demanded
for light OPERA" Mr.. Dippel says. ut
is a definite and particular type of
voice-not the middle register of a
grand opera voice, if anybody could
imagine anything so absurd. 1t is the
kind of voice that will not ever, or at
least very rarely. be suitable for grand
opera. Certain kinds of scores are in
dubitably light opera scores. There is
10 absolutely sharp. mutually exclu-
sive definition of either kind of score.
Yet have no difficulty in recognize
ing one or the other and distinguish
ing them. Similarly with comic opera
voices and grand opera. there is no
definite line between them. yet usually
we can distinguish between them.
Often We are surprised. but We are
pra ctically never uncertain.
Il am quite sincere when 1 say that
1 am looking all the time for good
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Percy MacKaye Thursday.

Percy MacKaye, who is to read from
his own works at the Belasco Theater
next Thursday afternoon. as well as
being a poet is a pioneer in the field OF
civic pageantry in America. His
Gloucester Pageant was the first
large-scale pageant which this coun-
try had seen. Since then his Sane
tuary" bird-masque and the pa
geant saint Louis" have attracted ma
tional attention. The last especially
initiated a new era in civic self-ex-
preston. In it Mr. MacKaye showed
how a city can voice its story. it's ideals.
its corporate individuality. In "a
gigantic dramatic display In which all
its citizens can play their part. The
masque was performed in the largest
open-air amphitheater in the world-at
Art Hill, st. Louis-in May, 1914.
To his three volumes of poetry has
recently been added fourth entitled
."The Present Hour" including poems
on the present European war
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pressario Dippel has brought together
a company. including many well known
grand opera singers of this country and
Europe. as well as several famous stars
of musical comedy, to interpret the
lighter roles.
The chorus was selected from the
grand opera organizations of New York,
Boston and Chicago. and a symphony
orchestra of musicians is carried by the
company. From color point of view,
both as to costumes and scenery, the
production is beautiful. and promises
to mark an epoch in the history of light
opera presentations.
The libretto tells brisk story of a
young debutante. who has just finished
school. paying her first visit to bal
masque, wearing a lilac domino. She
is carried away with the atmosphere of
gayety. and in the temporary absence
of her chaperon, little Georgine inter-
cepts waiter carrying tray of re
freshments and samples the wine. 1t
tastes so good she sips another glass;
then, feeling the effects of her unac-
customed dissipation, curls up on
couch behind the draperies and goes to
sleep. Here she is discovered by Count
Andre, who falls in love with her. The
count has lost wager with his two
friends, that one of them will marry a
rich girl and replenish their joint for
tunes, which have been lost at the
gaming tables. Georgine is the daugh-
ter OF N1COmIe Qe BT1SSdc, q HiTtdIlOuS
old man of wealth. and the three con-
spirators have selected the de Brissac
heiress as the counts victim. But An
Dire is SO fascinated with the mysterious
maiden in the lilac domino, whose iden-
tity he cannot discover, that it is only
by a trick that his anxious friends
manage to bring him to the viscount's
residence to meet his bride-to-be. Geor-
ginc's father had other plans for her,
but they all fall through. and all seems
to be going smoothly with the young
lovers until the end of the second act.
when the old orchestra leader. who had
conducted the wager. gives the scheme
away, and Georgine learns that the
count is marrying de Brissac's daugh-
ter for her money. There and then she
repudiates him.
Between the second and third acts
musical intermeZzo is rendered and
a beautiful colored film is shown of
the Battle of Flowers and Carnival in
Nice" The appearance of the real char
acters in the play in some of the car
nival episodes carries the action over
into the last act. and brings the au-
dience into the atmosphere of the first
scene in the counts home, where the
carnival revelers visit him. Here Leo
ME, friend of Georgine, tries to bring
the lovers together, and in the second
scene in the Square of Prefecture of
Nice she succeeds in doing so. amid
the dancing and gayety of the carnival
and "battle of flowers
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voices. Everybody likes TO make dis
coyericS, especially ! like TO make the
discovery of 4 new, fresh voice. 1t Is
like the miner finding nugget OF gold
in the stream of mud and gravel AT
present, AT any rate. ! haven't enough
good voices.
"All the girls in The Lilac Domino
are American horn. great many of
them have studied abroad. especially in
Germany The war sent a great many
OF them home and they had to do some
thing here. The chorus is chock full of
those girls of foreign training who can
really sing. They haven't any silly
ideas about the chorus
why. it's almost laughable how
some girls who have had no education,
who have never been further than Ho-
boken and whose only claim to immor-
tally and fame is pretty face and a
baby stare expect at the very least a
small part with several lines. Broad
way certainly gives one exaggerated
idea of the value of prettiness.
Il have the scores of half dozen
comic operas by American composers"
Mr.. Dippel went on. Some of them are
very good. indeed. I have read none
of the books yet. but If they measure
up to the music ] shall. whenever pos
Sible. put on" on. AS | hope to en-
courage American singers. I hope to
encourage American composers as
much as ! can
PLEA FOR THE BALLAD.-Fiske
Oliara, who is an enthusiast on the
ballad. Is an ardent collector Of folk
songs of all nations and has quite a
| library of these national melodies.
! Many arc in foreign languages and the
! songs are waiting until the young
| Csitic star can find leisure enough to
| get them translated and adapted to
| English.
| Il believe there will shortly be a
revival in ballad singing" says Mr.
' OHara. The importance of the ballad
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Francis, Ada Gilman and Mary Murphy,
in the feminine roles, and George Nash,
William II. Thompson, James c. Mar
lowe, Frank Bacon. Earle Browne,
Percy Helton, Frederick Maynard. Cliff
ford Dempsey and Daniel Burns, in inn
portant characteriZations.
Dramatic reviewers have called The
Miracle Man" one of the most power
full plays of the day. Whether 1t be or
not, the playwright has provided an
enterta ining offering that is as COM
pelling as it is convincing ana as hu-
morous as it is reverent in treatment
of the principal theme upon which both
the play and the novel are based
1t teaches the lesson faith, Visuallzed
from an entirely new and unique view
point, cleverly contrived. rcplete with
startling dramatic surprises, yet in
terspersed with a wealth of the CO.
hanesque brand of humor.
"The Miracle Man" is distinctly not
a preachment Viewed merely as an
entertainment-by those who consider
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Road to Happiness.

William Hodge, who made The Man
From Home" famous. will be the at
traction al the Belasco next week in
his latest play, THE Road to Happi-
ness" All those who enjoyed the hui
morous and patriotic character crea-
ton of his Daniel Voorhees, Pike will be
interested in this new character Of Jim
whitman, a village jack-of-all-trade
who struggles with his law studies at
night and is declared to be what Pike
was during his early days in kokoIno.
Ind. He is said to reflect also to a
happy degree the spirit of Abraham
Lincoln in his youthful days. an innate
honesty and love of humor, while his
gospel of optimism and cheerfulness is
the inspiring keynote of the play.
THE Road to Happiness" had run
of one entire year in Chicago when
originally produced two seasons ago.
and it has been all the past half year
in Boston. It's four acts present a
combination of comedy, heart interest,
love romance and dramatic action.
The mystery of baby founding pro-
vides the central dramatic motive, ana
Whitman comes to the defense of an
innocent girl. thereby nearly losing his
own sweetheart. In the cast are Ida
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"The War Capitals" Tonight.

At the Columbia Theater this evening
and tomorrow afternoon f. NJ. New
man will present traveltalk which
he calls THE War Capitals" He Will
guide his audience not only to the most
interesting places in London, Petro-
grad, Berlin, Brussels, Paris. Vienna
and Belgrade. but in new motion pic
lures just received from Europe he
will show the ruler Oh ca re
powers at war reviewing his troops as
they leave for the front King George.
the kaiser. the czar, President Poin-
care and Francis Joseph ala So. oe
shown al close range. The troops viii
be followed until they arrive Ia e Inc
of battle. and will be seen In action
against the enemy. shooting from am
bush and other points of vantage. Ex-
ploding shells, ruined buildings. the
work in the trenches, members of the
Red Cross relieving the wounded Will
be shown also.
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Storm Heroes of Our Coast

Arthur X. Peck will present at the
Belasco Theater tonight a lecture that
has been delivered 1000 times, with
record of twenty-siX states. 1t Is
thrilling narrative, descriptive OF the
heroism of peace. Its title is storm
Heroes of Our Coast. the L. S. Life
Saving Service" 1t will be illustrated
with actual photographs of wreck and
rescue surf and storm, a collection Sc
cured after four years search. moving
pictures will be shown OF the storms
at sea and on the coast, warships in a
gale, wave washed vessels and surf on
a rockbound coast.
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Cyril Maude Coming.

Cyril Maude and an all-English COM
pany of players from his playhouse,
London. como to the New National
Theater next week for weeks en-
gagement starting Monday.
Mr. Maude Will present on his first
visit to Washington Grumpy" which
created furore in New York at
Wallack's Theater, breaking all known
records Mr.. Maude's success last sea-
son in New York is too well known to
need comrlent.
Mr. Maude in one night made Tor
himself and his company reputation
not surpa ssed by any star. The en-
gagement here is limited to one week.
Mail orders are now being received.
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cussion when the symphony first ap-
peared. as to whether the themes were
all taken from negro melodies or were
all the brain children of the composer
There were extreme partisans on both
sides.
The Philharmonic Society has special
property in this symphony in a sense,
for it was first performed at a Philhar-
monic concert in December, 1899. under
the direction OF Anton Seidl. who was
the society's conductor at that time
The composer also took a personal in
terest in the performance. and was pres
ent at all the rehearsals and at the
first performance.
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Dippel to Lecture Tuesday.

A. lecture of interest will be offered
by the Washington Center OF the
Drama League Tuesday afternoon when
Andreas Dippe1, who is producing The
Lilac Domino" in Washington this
week, will speak on THE American
Girl in Opera Abroad" The lecture will
be held promptly at 4:3O O'Clock at the
& Lothrop Auditorium.
The lecture will be free to the pub
lie, as well as to members of the
Drama League. A general invitation
has been extended. especially to all
musicians and music students.
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Cosmos Concerts Today.

Won Weber's Invitation to the
Dance Rockers Dance of the Gobe-
lins." The Meditation from Masse-
nets That's; Flotow's 'Stradella'
overture. selections from Il Pagliscc,"
and from Edwards Princess Chick"
the Eachmaninon Prelude and many
other beautiful classic and high grade
popular selections will be played by an
enlarged orchestra at the Cosmos The
ater concerts today from to 10 so
pm. at which also will be offered new
specialtieS and other attractions.
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Creatore's Band Today.

This afternoon and tonight at the
New National Theater Creatore's Band
will be heard in concert. 1t will be the
only appearance this season In the
capital of this noted organization. Gre
atore, the volatile leader, Is one OF the
most interesting personalities in the
musical world. Both from an artistic
phenomenal success.
The progfaIns arranged for the two
concerts are of the highest excellence
and the widest range, and carry an
appeal to all
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mLUMBA

Jacks Romance" with Fiske O'Hara,
the popular interpreter of Irish char
acter parts. In the title role. will be
given at the Columbia Theater this
week, beginning tomorrow night, with
matinees Thursday and Saturday.
The play is a romance of the Green
Isle during the middle of the eighteenth
century, when the gentry had leisure
to develop culture and sentiment, chiv-
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week. commencing tomorrow evening.
The entertainment is constructed OF
burlesque basis with many novel fea
lures. The company includes J. Theo
Murphy. Marie Delmar. Corrine De
Forest, Peggy Davis. a graceful dancer .
Eddie Harris. Bob MCGUIRE. Bill Smith.
Tommy Harris and a beauty chorus OF
twenty. AS an added attraction Prof.
w. II. Van Dorm and company will pre-
sent ''Thermos," series of genuinely
astounding experiments "Wednesday
a championship wrestling bout has
been arranged for
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Lamasure Opera Lecture.

Mrs. Mignon Ulke Lamasure, in her
opera lecture-recital tomorrow after
noon, at 4:45 pm, at the Comstock
Studio. 1340 New York avenue. will
have for her subject modern italian
opera, Doctor Cupid" (''L'Amore Medi-
COZ, by Wolf-Ferrari. This opera Is a
musical adaptation of Molieres' famous
satire "L'Armour Medecin," and is one
of the most remarkable pieces of mu-
sical craftsmanship of the present day.
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Casino.

At the Casino Theater this week the
big attraction, running about an hour
will be The Roscbuds. presented
under the direction of the southern
States Producing Company, IN ne"
form of musical entertainment, COM
prising songs, dances. funny dialogue,
Jokes solos and ensembles. with the
tango terpsichoreans" as marked tea
turc, in an exhibition OF ne ialest
tango dancing. The company of ten is
headed by Del and Edna Elliott, and
includes three laugh making comedi-
ans, besides a number of singing and
dancing girls Features in the sup
porting bill include Alex Porter a
comical Scotch song comedian, joker
and story teller. and Mercedes Book
and her company. in an amusing tab
loid comedy entitled THE LispinS
Stenographer." As an added attrac-
tion every evening the country store
will give away number OF useful
gifts to lucky patrons, and at every
performance selected series of photo
play comedies of late issue will be
shown.
Today's concerts from 3 to 1890 Pm.
will present a fine orchestral program,
new specialties and other attractions.
Majestic.
THE Capitol Beauties" will be the
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GSkE1,X

A show new to burlesque is promised
at the Gayety Theater this week by
"The Prize winners an organization
of top-notch entertainers. who will
present "a Broadway Honeymoon"
Evening star., 1915-01-31

The Bulletin of Special Film
features published daily in the
amusement announcements is at
fording valuab Bile guidance to dis
eliminating patrons of the films.
Many of the theaters devoted to
film are changing their announce
mcnts each day.
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it the purpose of the theater merely to
amuse-Mr. Cohan's latest Offering is
said to surpass any of his previous ef-
forts. 1t bears no brief for any creed
or sect, but simply teaches the tre-
mendous power of faith in ones self
and in mankind.
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NATIONAL

Tomorrow night at the National The
ater, Cohan & Harris will present
THE Miracle Man." comedy drama
of American life, by George NJ. Cohan,
founded upon Frank L. Packard's
novel, with the original New York cast
and production complete precisely as
presented for half a year at the Astor
Theater.
The cast comprises Gail Kane, Nan
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bEIASm

The Andreas Dippel Opera Company.
in 1.-The Lilac Domino comes to the
Belasco Theater this week with matt
nees Wednesday and Saturday. I'm
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weekly moving pictures, including
views of the European war countries
and a series of amusing photoplay
comedies A change of bill will be
made Thursday at the matinees.
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eelig. a wealthy and phllanthroplc

Seelig, d wealthy and philahthropic
Jewish physician.
A supplementary love story is woven
around "A young sculptor and Nedah
Seelig, DR.. Seelig's daughter.
One of the interesting features oI
this weeks production will be that
the role of Or. Seelig, played originally
by John Mason in New York. will be
niayed not by the leading man, but
by Robert Lowe, who has won a large
following since the advent OF the Ne"
Hnli PlaNerS
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POLLS

"As Man Thinks" considered by
many the biggest play ever written by
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Over a dozen song numbers and en-
sembles of real artistic merit are fe;t-
lures, and the comedians have some
thing new" The costuming is effective
and the scenic and electrical effects are
claimed to be novel and handsome
One song hit introduces new effects in
lighting devices.
None of the principals OF the Prize
lesaue stage in Washington before.
Don Barclay is ~ tie head of the
troupe and offers variety Of humor
The supporting cast includes Eose De
Mar, Sam Hyams. Leo Hoyt. Edna \.
RAYMOND, Clara Gibson and others. A
chorus OF twenty-five is one of the
main attractions, and several Naude-
VILE numbers will he Introduced. FRI
day night will be country store night
Cosmos.
Two unusual musical offerings will
be the chief attraction at the Cosmos
Theater this week, both of them pre-
sented in Washington for the first
time. Camille Personi and company
will offer a singing act of real merit
in condensed version of Madam
Butterfly sung by two women and
one man, all singers of talent with
good voices. From Concy Island to
the North Pole" will be the merry
musical comedy taploiu oueriHe, Win
attractive settings, pretty girls. good
music and bright comedy dialogue. 1t
has been described as ripple of mer-
riment and melody. Supporting acts
will include Mae Evans, Il clever whist
Ter, who is also good at limitations:
Scott and Anita, man and woman
in feats of strength and athletic pos
ing; the Circle Comedy Four, fine
male quartet in q blended offering OF
new songs and comedy. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thornton Friel in a comical coun-
try sketch called AT Economy juno
ton" Supplemental to the regular
bill will be shown the Hearst-Selig
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Majestic.

THE Capitol Beauties" will be the
ttra ction at the Majestic Theater this
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-02-25

The two little boys of r. Stone
king, who have been visiting their
relatives at the Will Wissler home,
left last Wednesday for Grswold,
where they will stay with their
father who is working there.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-02-25

Word comes from California that
Mr.. and Mrs Albert Hocamp and
family who moved to that state
sometime ago are all getting along
nicely. Mrs. Hocamp's health is
much impro ed and she is gaining
rapidly. Mr.. Hocamp at present is
employed in grocery store in San
Diego, where they live.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-02-25

The Treble Clef Club was enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. Kathryn
Cotton Last Thursday afternoon. A
goodly number of members were
present and report it a profitable
meeting.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-02-25

Mrs. Nancy Bruner is staying with
Mrs. Alice Connrardy, for company
for that lady. Mrs. Connrardy's son
Jack, departed last week for Kan
sas leaving his mother alone Mrs.
Bruner will probably remain at that