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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
MOVEMENTS OF THE CHORUS.

The loss through translation OF the
old metres, and the want OF exact
knowledge concerning the dance eie-
nent in choric song, makes II unai =
visable TO enter upon discussion q
the music and evolutions OF the
choristers. Enough TO say that the
professed purpose of the melodic SIM
plicity and archaism. to give the WORDS
"greater emotional intensity and erect
than would be possible If they were
merely spoken" was not attained. AS
for the evolutions and groupings 81 the
chorus they seemed wholly purpo,S ~ss'
and never once suggested SUCH ehects
as NAV be imagined from su'Y OF
the choric song like that made by deg
mann BuchhOltz IN his work, De
Tanzkunst des Euripldes." II arDltrarl
ness was 20 be permitted IN the iuhda-
mental factor of the Greek drama
Professor Smith might we'll have Deen
allowed to follow the example OF
Mendelssohn in his settings Tor the
"Antigone," and Paine IN MS LOT
"Oedipus." And if the chorus Was 20
ignore the cid rhythmical movements
indicated by the metre of the INES
and walk and march and pose IN
r,eaninglv with their leayed wands
what nave tNey " w WIN go
Artemis with them? p, why did they
not dance a chaconne as Vestris made
his Greeks do in Gluck's opera, "lphi-
genie en- Aulide"? The story is an
old one, but it will serve a purpose
here Vestris, called By his admirers
The god of the dance" complained 30
Gluck that he had not followed the
rule and ended the opera with a
chaconne.
"A chaconnel" cried the composer,
"when did the Greeks ever dance a
chaconne ?"
Didn't they? Didn't they >"
answered Vestris, then so much the
worse for the Greeks"
Then composer and dancing master
quarrelled. Gluck became incensed,
withdrew the opera which was almost
ready for production, and would nave
left Paris had not Marie Antoirette
come 70 the rescue. But Nestris 90,
/ his chaconnc ali the same.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30


make on salary
~ make a dollar month"
a dollar month ," the judge ex-
claimed, in amazement.
"Ycs. sir. They expect us 10 make
our living from what the travelling
public gives US for carrying things for
them"
Judge Davis turned to the railroad
detective who made the information.
'Is that right, of1cer?" he asked.
eyes. its true Some are paid 81;
some 50"
"Whv. this is outrageous said the
court "A railroad company ought not
10 be expected 70 do such thlng. a
condition like this should not exist
"I,'s very bad" admitted the detec-
tive. 1f had my way IL
yes" interrupted the court. Il am
satisfied what should be done.
THE company pays you this as
salarvo You 90 UP and sign
voucher" said the judge, turning 10
the prisoner.
yes. SIR. I get my dollar of the
pay car every month.
well" decided the court, you de-
serve lenioncy Get into some business
that pays You something. ] viii parole
you for q year.
In an address delivered the evening
o. that same day before the Pittsburgh
Chamber Of Commerce, the vIce-pres J.
dent 'u charge Of traffic Of the Penn
.rIvara Railroad, George B. Dixon.
said: There ia a steady increase,
partly forced and partly warranted, IN
trc rate Of wages paid TO the multi
-udfrous employees Of the Pennsylvania
system Our wage payments are now
a. the rate OF 81 per cent higher than
.r 1900"
Splendid, 0ommcndabe liberality,
even # partly forced Encouraging
TOO. 90 the employee, this more-tnan-
a--h,rd advance in wages. How the
cost Of living has advanced salaries.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

mates Of the temple to the door? Not
Professor Gilbert Murray, for in the
stage directions which he has supplied
20 Euripides's text he says: Seeing
the great knocker on the Temple door,
and "Thundering at the door PROBES
sor Murray does not know how the
summons was given, but in his note on
the lines
81 will not stir
TIL word be come by this good mes
Ii Thoas be within these gates or
no." g,
he saws: There is nothing TO tell
ne What the good messenger is. Prob
ablv a large sacred knocker, such as
were often on temple doors neg
served for suppliants 10 eaten hoiu OF
as well as for summoning the people IN
sideD But il may have been gong
or horn hanging by the door. or the
like" Yes, so il might; almost any
thing except modern Gran tamouro;
even il il was Enthusiastically painted
without. The Bayreuthlan trumpet
calls. which invited the attention OF
the audience at the beginning OF the
play and dismissed il az the conclusion,
were supposedly outside the frame OF
the play and justified by necessity;
but the choric fiddles were not. AWos
and kithdra for these ancient choriGI
instruments substitutes which would
not have been snachronistically DIS
.urbing might easily have been found
ORCHESTRA AND ALTAR.
Even II archaeological instruction was
not Mr.. Bankers primary. or even sec
ondsry. purpose, il seems as II ne
night reasonably have been asked by
the college professors who are lauding
his efforts 10 avoid giving misinforma'
ton concerning the Attic plays. We
must mot be captious in mooted points
such as the use of the orchestra by
the actors unless the use Of the dane
ing place for that is what orchestra
means) was demanded or at least Justi.
ned By the action. 1t Is theory se'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
THE ANTIQUE THEATRE AT ORAN GE.

forth by Professor D0rpfeld that the
proscenium (DrOSkcniOH) in the Greek
theatre was only a background, the
character Of which was indicated by
PAINTED scenes hung before it, and that
the action took place in the orchestra.
The evolution of the Greek tragedy
shows that the orchestra was, indeed,
the centre around which all the rest,
the thcntrOp and the skene. were
gradually grouped. In the older res
tai plays, out of which the tragedy
grew, the principal feature was tne
dance IN a circle around the thpme!e.
or altar of Dionysus. A step IN the
evoIution is preserved in the khoro-
vod Of the Russians and the sing
ing games of our children az we
nresent timeD II is not impossible
that in the time Of Euripides the plays
were performed on the level ground
and not on q stage. and that THIS tact
accounts for the cofhnrnuS. which had
for its purpose the lifting Of the actor
within the ring above the general rout
OF worshipping spectators. mere 49,
however. much evidence against such a
notion after the tragedy became
housed. so to speak. Then the actors
stood upon platform called the
sneaking place" The stage did not
encroach upon the orchestra. but the
audience did, and naturally enough
after the choric song. which included
dance in the old sense OF steps. poses.
eyolutions and formations, had fallen
into desuetude. This was the case IN
some places at least as early as the
middle of the second century Of the
Christian Era, though the remains of
the theatre at Arausio, in South Gaul,
now Orange. Of which a picture is
given on this page. show that it had a
roomy dancing place. This ancient
theatre. By the way. built in the reign
OF Hadrian. ll7-l3S A. D.. and de-
stroyed by order of Louis XIV of
France, was restored some twenty or
twenty-five years ago. and is now in
40 % q national theatre of France /
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

son which came TO a close few weeks
ago brought a loss, though not a dis
astrous or even a discouraglng one
TO the Metropolitan Opera House Com
many. Its financial standing and It's al
ti,tic status have remained unimpaitcd.
What Of the future? The Chicago com
pany has been reorganzed ana inc
work of engaging singers begun and IN"
New York company has practically been
enlisted; but these things were done
before italy plunged into the murder
Gus warfare which Is cngulilng Europe
and il may be that the United states
stands on the brink. Many Of the sing
ors in the two troupes are military re-
servists. Up TO the present time the
German contingent has been pre-
served to the opera by the fact that
had il desired 20 shoot instead OF
sing il could not reach the battlefield.
Its members have shown no desire to
return to the Fatherland, but all are
here and more than willing 10 answer
TO Mr. Gatti-Casazza' rollcal next
November. Some of the Italian sing
ers and Signor Polacco, the conductor
are already on their way 20 the front
Frenchmen we have none. Should the
war last until next November, II may
become necessary to recruit the Italian
ranks from Americans, but except IN
the contingency Of this country being
drawn into the struggle. II does not
appear that next season IS seriously en-
dangered The German performances
might be increased, unless the German
government provokes a feeling towards
all things German, akin 10 that felt in
Germany toward all things American.
In such case there would be & greater
likelihood Of no German representa-
tons at all, instead Of a greater mum
Der of them. Thus far no shadow Of
chauvinism has fallen upon our OPP
cratic Olympus; but if II should be
come necessary to send all German
citizens to concentration camps, no
doubt American citizens would cheer
fully forero the SOLEMN PLEASURES OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
MUSIC NOTES.

What is announced as Spring
Musical Festival" will be given by the
Orchestral Society OF New York. with
which Max Jacobs is TO make his debut
Is conductor. at Carnegie Hall next
Saturday afternoon. The concert will
be under the auspices OF the Theatre
Centre for Schools. and the performers
will be Resale Chalia. soprano; Will
lam Wadi Hinshaw. barytone; Vladi-
mir Dubinsky. violoncellist; Edith
Searle, reader. and Max Bloch. vio-
linist.
There are ten endowed scholarships
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

I Let Mr.. Barker have the benefit Of the
doubt in this case But what meant
the pouring out of the libation on, the
thyDreiey That altar was sacred TO
Dionysus. In fact, all of the ground
upon which the theatre at Athens stood
was in sense hallOwed ground, terri
tory sacred to the god out Of whose
worship the tragedy had grown. Was
not dramatic propriety and ritual sig
nifcance sacrificed to theatrical effect
by permitting prlestess of Artemis
20 pour a libation for her dead brother
on the altar of Bacchus? Here aga n
Professor Murray's gloss was not
needed. "She evidently takes Jars OF
libation from the attendants and pours
them during the next few lines INTO
some Echdrd or altar for the dead.
Most of the rite would probably be per
! formed kneeling"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

In each case there looms the single
hgu!e Of self-sacrifcing individual
whose public spirited generosity made
NE disastrous experiments possible.
Harold +. Mccormick heads the list
o. the Chicago company's creditors
with $26O,OO0 advanced 20 keep II run
ning and paid out for It's debts In
Boston. Mr. Jordan has claims against
the company for $4,000 and an opera
house on his hands The Century
company owes Mr. Otto Kahn $4,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
PUBLIC SPIRITED MEN WHO MADE
THESE EXPERIMENTS POSSIBLE

for money advanced. and his paid-up
.xtock amounted 10 100000. Five OF
his associate stockholders paid into
the company an aggregate OF Si2, 800 Zoo
Thus in short time over $655,OO01
T., addition 10 all money contributed
nv the patrons of the three companies
- bccn lost in efforts TO prove that
the peope Of Boston and Chicago
needed operas Of the foreign variety,
aod New York that Of the native type
in performance. Meanwhile the sea-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
NO LICENSE AND TOO MUCH IN
PRODUCTIONS OF GREEK PLAYS

characters were OF the kind that be-
long TO burlesque and extravaganza.
OF course, the fact that the Iauri
were harbarians Of whom history tells
Us nothing gave the costumer the PRIV
ilece Of luventinc almost any kind OF
dresses for their king and MS soldiery;
any kind except the irresistbly funny
red dust-brush ballet skirts and in
verted whisk-broom headdresses with
which NJ. Norman Wilkinson's irrey-
cren, fancy clothed them. II they are
retained in the representations which
are to be given in the Stadium Of the
Collcre OF the City of New York this
week they viii evoke the same howl
Of merriment that they did at Yale
IL v..uri
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

Tevtonic song for n space, and, pos
siblv. accept the American variety
which was neglected last season. Al
anv rate there is no reason. why me
pegs Of expectation should be set
down now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30
MUSICAL ANACHRONISMs.

What q singular sense OF consist.
ency and propriety II was that pu'
this element from the LYDIA lhohP,
son burlesque Of a generation ago auu
some Of the evolutIons OF the chorus'
suggestive Of the same origin. INTO the
play and at the same time compeiled
Professor David Stanley smith TO write
such music as that sung by the chorus.
Why was harmony tabooed. melody put
into the strait jacket of the eccleslasu
cal modes. yet Oriental drums and
cymbals given 10 the Taurl and yioIins
and clnrinets 10 the musicians VINO hc-
companied the chorus? Who IN the
name Of the Big Drum suggested the
use o. that instrument ~ call the IN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-30

should he sufficient. How much do you
make on salary? ."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-02

are the symbols of our faith; to her
owe the lives of saints whose foot
steps have pressed the earth making
it holier and happier place because
they have lived here. | should be a
sad and vile migrate not to love a
church that has done all that and
much more for me as Christian. For
fifteen hundred years the preachers
and pastors, the hymn writer's and
the church builders, the social re.
formers and the mystics, the theolog.
ians and the poets of all Europe west
of Russia were Roman Catholics. All
our spiritual wealth as Protestants is
an inherited wealth: inherited through
the Roman Catholic Church.
Secondly. / love the Roman Cath.
Ollie Church for what she is. We do
not know what beautiful Christians
there are amoung the Catholics, be-
cause we do not know them, and they
do not know how sincerely Protest
ants are trying to be followers of the
same Christ whom they serve.
But it is not true that the Roman
Catholic Church is un-American, and
is seeking to overthrow our govern,
ment, and all that? I hesitate not to
say that believe it is foul and hate.
full calumny. The people who say
these things have not one solid fact
upon which to base their monstrous
Indictment. 1t is an utterly unworthy
frame of mind for brethren in Christ
to have towards each other. We
must get this miserable SANDER out
of our minds. BY every test. which
can be fairly applied, the Catholic
citizen stands on a par with his Prot
estant brother"
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~ ae3 z{3fE zAAllW.l4&ezs
NaESlAAMI55ION FIELDsA

900 copies. In addition there was a
great number of tracts and pamphlets
printed and distributed.
The correspondence handled at the
central and branch offices show the
extent of the Sodality's administra-
tive work. There we're 53,O22 pieces
of incoming mail and 61,197 pieces of
outgoing mail, not including the regu-
lar publications.
The propaganda by words consisted
of seyentyt-nine sermons on the Afri-
can Missions; seyenty-three on the
Illustrated; and seven dramatic per-
formances, not to mention minor
items. Then there were two tours of
propaganda undertaken by members
of the Sodality; one to America where
fifty-nine lectures were given in four
different Languages; and through the
larger cities of Italy. These tours re-
suited in the establishment of many
new centers of activity.
The spiritual results of the years
tions and melting to prayer for the
African Missions, although invisible,
must not be relegated to a secondary
place. The material results are rep
resented by $79,404 in money and .$4,-
700 in church goods distributed to the
Missions of Africa. Every one of the
forty odd mission societies laboring
on the Dark Continent received an al
lowance, the amount depending on the
Importance and the prospects of the
given station. The largest recipients
were the White Fathers of Lavigeriom
with $4,000; the Holy Ghost Fathers
with $11,500; the Missionaries of Ly-
ons with $6,400; the Oblates of Mary
with $4,000 and the Capuchins with
$1,000.
In considering the foregoing facts
we naturally ask ourselves if the
above figures will be reduced at the
end of this year owing to the world
wide war. The Directress General of
the Sodality of st. Peter Claver thinks
they will not be. She bases her opin-
ion on the two fold fact than uni
versal war has made Catholics realize
as never before the universally of
the Church's mission and has deep
ened in them the spirit of Christian
sacrifice And nothing more is needed
to double or even treble last years
figures. But an increase of work will
mean that the Sodality of st. Peter
Clayer will need corresponding in:
crease in the number of capable
workers, both intern and extern. And
in view of this need there is an APP
peal in the June Echo addressed to
those women readers who feel a gen
eral call to the religious life and who
possess the necessary qualifications
of an Auxiliary of the African Mis-.
sions to rally to the banner of st,
Peter Claver. The article declares no
time is more favorable for answering
lsuch call than now; since the one
tsacriflce can make the generous soul
Iat one and the same time both a vic.
Tim for peace and victim FOR grace.
The Sodality,s American headquarters
is Fullerton Building, st. Louis, Mo.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-02
FAITH REVIVED IN TEXAS
MISSION.

Rev. ]. B. Muelsieppen, G. SIS. R.,
the pastor of st. Gerard's Church, on
a Texas mission had to go to the
trouble of learning Spanish in order to
minister to the people placed in his
charge. Although Father Muelsieppen
is over 60 years of age, he went at
the matter with vim, and it was not
long before he was able to preach to
his Mexicans in their own tongue. The
work achieved by Father Muelsieppen
among the Mexicans is really wonder
full A large sum was sent him by
the Catholic Church Extension Society
for the building of school on his
mission.
''There are now about 1877 children
attending the school, he said, land
much good has been accomplished
through these very children in bring
ing their elders to the practice of
their faith. The children are indeed
the best missionaries. Through the
endeavors of these little ones many
who have not been to the Sacraments
for thirty and more years come back
again. The Protestants working
among the Mexicans do incalculable
harm. One of the sad results of the
Protestant propaganda is that the
Mexicans, who have once been in
fected with the blight of Protestant
proselytism, cherish a bitter anti
) Catholic sentiment 1t is sad reflec-
tion upon our American Catholics
that they are allowing Protestants to
Guido them in zeal. The great worry
in my mind is now how the school is
: to be maintained. Our very Reverend
Father Provincial has promised to
pay the salary of the teachers until
! the end of this term, but what about
the future? hope and pray that God
in His goodness will inspire some
generous soul to come forward. God
would doubtless repay them thou
! sand-fold. Five or six hundred dollars
would solve many a problem for the
upkeep of this school which is very
necessary if the Mexicans here are to
be preserved to the Faith"
Father Muelsieppen declares that
our Holy Faith is gradually being re-
vived in his missions. 1t would be a
great pity if all the work performed
thus far for the salvation of the souls
of these people would have to fall
through for the lack of funds. Five
or six hundred dollars would solve
many a problem for the upkeep of this
school" he says. Donations for Fa.
Their Mhelsieppen may be sent to the
Offices of the Catholic Church Exten-
sion Sociey, which are located in the
Mccormick Building, Chicago, and
they will be promptly forwaded to
him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-02
WHY l LOVE THE ROMAN cATHo
Lie CHURCH.

Il want to tell you in a very sim
pie way why / love the Roman Cath
olic Church, and why believe it is
the duty of, every Christian to love
that Church sincerely" says the Rev.
Edwin F. Smell (Cong.) Winnetka, ILL.,
First. l love the Roman Catholic
Church because of what she has been.
1t is the old mother church. Let me
emphasize that. Our churches are all
the offspring of that church. A few
ultra Professionals will try to claim
that they trace their genealogy
through some stray erratic move
ments back to the Apostles, without
touching the Church of Rome, but
this is largely imaginary.
For more than thousand years
Rome preserved the integrity and
transmitted the vitality of the Chris
tian gospel before ever anything like
Protestant secession was dreamed of;
and when the Protestant movement
came it was made possible as branch
is made possible on the vine; it grew
out of the strong vitality of the mother
church.
'''Now hold that it is a matter of
simple decency to be loyal to ones
mother. I could not respect myself if
could forget that as a Protestant l
owe my very being as a Christian,
owe all the light and joy and liberty
in Christ l enjoy, to the mother
church. To her l owe the very
existence of that Bible which 1 love;
to her owe the sacraments which
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-02
ST. PETER cLAvER soDALlTY.


From the annual report of the So
dality of st. Peter Claver, which has
Just appeared as a supplement in the
Echo from Africa, we call the follow
ing items of interest:
The Propaganda by press consisted
chiefly in the printing and distribu-
ton Of periodicals, almanacs and
pamphlets. The Echo from Africa.
the Sodality's principal organ, reached
in its nine editions a total of $4,000
copies a month and the Negro
Child, publication for children. had
in its six editions combined monthly
circulation of 81, 900 copies. Beginning
with last October the Sodality has
gotten out a monthly leafiet called
Katholische Missions Propaganda,
10000 copies Of which are issued every
month. Ten thousand of these are
sold to regular subscribers and the
rest distributed at church doors and
placed in hospitals. The grand out
put of these three publications for the
year 1914, amounted to about 1.OOOs-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-10-02
MosLEMs HARD TO CONVERT.

Missionaries to Moslem lands find
great difficulty in making converts. In
fact, the followers of Islam are
increasing rather than decreasing.
The vast number of these people yet
to be brought to the light is appall-
ing. According to an authority, the
Mohammmedan world includes 201,-
100000 of people. OF these. g0,500,-
000 are under British rule. 81, 00O, 900
under Russian and French, and Al
100000 under other governments,
chiefly the Dutch. Of the remaining
$4,000, 900. about one-half. or 1S.000,-
600, are subjects of the Ottoman
Empire. The Allies (Great Britain,
France and Russia) thus rule over 4
preponderant majority of the worlds
Moslems. 126.OOO.OOO.