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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

the whole world, came 20 play for me-
Scarcely a man started his notes cor
rectly. The beginning Of every tone
was way Off the pitch. They would
slide their bows around until the cor
rect pitch was found. To the average
ear this would have passed unnoticed
The players them selves did not believe
that they were making false notes until
the records gave them proofs After
that they began TO try 20 correct their
faults.
II have another efficiency test for
orchestra players. No two men have
exactly the same sense Of perception.
When conductor beats time some
players follow instantaneously. while
10 takes others nearly a half Of a sec
ond 20 respond. Either the sight or
the ability 20 make the muscles respond
instantly may be az fault. To equalize
this ineiiiciency IN my own orchestra I
have placed those players whose sense
OF perception is keenest at some dis
tance from the conductor, while those
whose movements are slower are seated
very close.
81 have spent much time studying
violinists. ! find that u is impossible
20 play perfectly much violin music. II
IS the composers and not the PLAYERS
who arc az fault. No violinist living
car skip from low 10 & high note and
do IL perfectly. IL is beyond the power
OF human fingers 10 move capidly dis
tance Of, say, three inches up the finger
board without anything 20 guide them
and not miss the mark by one thou
sandth Of an inch, which ia percep-
tble interval 20 delicate ears Such
skips are usual Do violin music. and In
making them violinists produce false
tone AZ first Their ears tell them in
stantly whether 20 move their fingers
slightly up or down FOR the correct
pitch. II an happens so quickly that
the average ear does not catch the false
beginning, but it is very clearly shown
by my recording device.
81 am working on an electrical appa-
ratus 20 do the lingering. which is the
mechanical part Of violin playing.
1T is my intention 70 make music
better mechanically. When have per-
fected an electric violin finger board
and have found method for eliminat-
ing the useless noise In pianos made
when the hammers strike the strings OF
the highest octave and a half, will try
70 improve other instruments. Clari-
nets and brasses are FAR from perfect.
But it is not alone instrumentalists
who are in need Of help. The me-
chanics Of voice production is even
worse in general.
in my study OF music have pur-
posely neglected the interpretative
side. That is for others 70 discuss.
do not pose as an authority on inter-
preting music. II is the mechanical
side that has occupied my mind chiefly.
Sly deafness has aided me in my work,
not only because 10 has the effect OF
giving discordant sounds an exag-
gcrated prominence IN my ears, but
also because u has taught me not 20
rely upon my own hearing for judy
ment. Consequently. have made re.
ccrding instruments more delicate than
human ears. showing beyond question
whether a singer sings IN tune, whether
voice has tremolo. or whether any
false notes or sounds are present The
mechanical side Of music needs many
Improvements, and | intend 20 make Il
as perfect a. possible before nnish
my musical studies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

mentioning Mr. Piantodos's pscihsb
song. And this accelers,ion Of in
terest was good for another 100000
copies. Great is the power Of the name
Of Roosevelt, even in the sale of popu-
lar music.
In his testimony Mr. Piantodosi. the
author Of song which in six weeks
sold more copies than most songs OF
the greatest composers have sold IN
sixty years, stated that ne did not know
who wrote LA Boheme," that he had
never heard an opera in his life, that
he could not read an opera score, and
that the only thing he knew Of la
Boheme" was that there was a title
by that name Mr.. Pian,odosi further
more said that he could play a compo-
ston By note ~ . is not too difficult
but that he usually had some ere else
take down the melody. Then came the
questions and answers, The answers Mr.
Pantodosi's:
Odd you ever hear "Pinsfore"?
Al saw il on an electric sign on
Broadway one time.
Q.-And that is the extent OF your
knowledge of "Pinafore"? A.-Yes.
Mr.. Piantodosi, unlike some other
composers, never lacks inspiration, as
he testified as follows:
Q.-Sometimes imagine you found
yourself full Of inspiration and at
other times there was quite a dearth
Of inspiration? A. No. sir.
Odd it run in a steady current.
or did it huctuate occasionally? A
Steady current up to date.
Mr.. Haas, the composer Of the rival
song, You viii Never Know How
Much Really Cared testified that he
was unable 10 read note, and played
by ear only. He simply played the
melody on the piano and the arranger.
Mr. Pouch. took it down on paper
This method is apparently very general
in the writing Of popular music. Mr..
Haas further stated that song writing
was for him only a side line, as he was
in the automobile business.
The author Of the words TO Mr..
Haas's song is William cahslin, who
testified that his principal business is
baseball, but that he was employed By
his publisher, Mr.. Deutsch, 10 write
lyrics for Sl5 week. In his testi-
mony he further elaborated the meth
cd OF song composing as carried out
in the popular music world.
Odd you ever see Mr. Haas
write music? A-Neyer.
Q.-Is he a song writer? A-Yes.
He is classed as song writer.
Q.-Why do you say "classed" -?
A.-There are lots Of song writers
who could play a song and not write
it,
Do you know whether he could
write a song? Ale can compose
song.
@. But he cannot write it? A
No.
Q.-Just what distinction have you
in mind? A.-Your honor, they can
play, they do not know anything
about the notes. They get the melody
and they have some one take it down
for them.
True children Of nature arc our
! popular composers,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Mysteries of popular"
Music Productions
Notation Makers 'Puggers" Composers, Publishers
All Play Their Part-Interesting Testimony from
Rival Authors in a Plagiarism Suit

The mysteries that surround the
music publishing business in the
region Of the production Of so-called
popular music are manifold Pub
fishers, composers. notation makers
"pluggers." all play their part in man
ner unknown to the world Of so-called
serious music so-cslled. indeed, be-
cause a song referred 70 by as emf
nent an authority az Colonel Roose-
welt as a menace 10 the country de-
serves surely the adjective Serious,
This song is 81 Didn't Raise My Boy
70 Be a Soldier Of which the sale OF
the first six weeks amounted to more
than 100000 copies. Some interesting
details Of the way a popular song is
written, circulated and comes 70 an
end were recently revealed in suit
before Justice Hand in the L. 5. Dis
trict Court. The suit, which was de-
cided for the plaintiff, was brought
by Harry Haas against Leo Feist, Inc,
and AL Piantodosi. Haas composed a
song to words by one Cahalin. entitled
you viii Never Know How Much |
Really Cared" and in his suit he
claimed that Piantodosi's song Il
Didn't Raise My Boy TO Be Soldier"
was in its chorus a plagiarism from his
song. "You viii Never Know How
Much" fell fiat, while the Soldier Boy
song sold 100000 copies. Judge Hand,
however, decided for Haas and issued
an injunction against Fest restrain
ing him from publishing any further
copies Of Piantodosps song. Nathan
Burkan, counsel for the defendant, has,
however, moved for reopening Of the
case. holding that it Is only in the
rhythms that the songs are alike. In
his testimony in the suit, Edgar r.
Bitner, general manager for Leo Fest
Inc, furnished some interesting detail
of how the Soldier Boy" song was
put upon the market and of its sud
den rise. fall, and rise again. Said
Mr.. Bitner:
ave saw the great advantage in the
title of the song because IL seemed 10
US to be a subject uppermost in the
peoples minds, and we conducted very
big campaign in newspapers and mag
azines. We started advertising late IN
December and the song was published
on January 4 or 3. There was hardly
q town Of any Importance in the United
States where we did not advertise the
song. In addition we distributed free
copies to numerous orchestras.
( For the first six weeks Of the song:
/ life we sold approximately 100000
week. A pretty good harvest! But
alas, there was a cancer in the shape
CT a rival song containing just the op
posite sentiment, launched by tn
Broadway Publishing Company as
sort of counter-offensive. This SOM
was. DO Not Take My Darling 30!
Away" testified sadly Mr.. Bitner.
"The minute that song came off !
! killed ours, because it was the OPPOSITE
sentiment. 1t got the peoples mind
conAicted as to whether they wer'
patriotic or unpatriotic, and whei
+ Roosevelt started to knock it, it in
creased again
/ It is evident that the music publish
~. bavo No ctrono- belief i'm an IN
/ fuctuating public opinion! When the
article was published by Colonel Roose
Welt in "The Metropolitan Magazine,
/ two hundred newspapers a day begaT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

The recent performance of Wagner's
Die Walkure" in the open air at New
Haven was an event Of really unusual
interest Recent attempts at both
musical and dramatic presentations
outside the walls of a theatre had
been so unfortunate that he was in
deed an optimist who looked forward
10 the Yale Bowl performance of the
Ring music drama with anything but
misgiving. Yet those who were fortu-
nate enough to attend, and there we're
some $4,000 Of them, witnessed one Of
the most impressive occasions Of the
musical year, an occasion which
showed what possibilities still remain
in musical art. 1t would be idle to
assert that the performance fulfilled
an Of Wagner's ideas, or that as
steady fare such representations
would prove as suitable as those
given at the Metropolitan Opera
House. vet it is none the less true
that the Yale "Die Walkure" produced
a thrill Of excitement at once poignant
and novel.
The acoustics Of the Bowl were
practically perfect. Had the orches-
ira and singers been placed closer to
the audience it is altogether prob
able that even the volume of sound
would have equalled that at the Met
ropohtan. As il was only in volume
that the music showed a weakening,
in purity and detail it was the equal
of that heard during the winter in
our great temple of song. The utter
quiet of the surroundings and the
conformation of the Bowl itself were
probably both potent influences in
this result. Under the gray canopy
Of the sky, with no roar Of elevated
train or shrek of factory whistle TO
wound the ear, with no hideosity Of
the advertisers art 10 scar the eve,
with the auditorium indeed buried so
far beneath the eGrth's level that
the only object visible to the speeta-
tors outside the Bowl were the leafy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Lucrezia Bori viii Reap
pear at the Metropolitan.

Miss Lucrezia Bori, the Metropoli-
tan's youngest soprano, whose inability
to sing last year was one of the most
regrettable facts Of the operate season,
is spending the summer in America,
snd, according to her own statement,
has now fully recovered her vocal pow
ors. This will be good news to the
Spanish singers host Of admirers, as
Of all the young prima donnas who
have appeared in New York in recent
seasons none gave more brilliant prom
Use than did Miss Bori. She possesses
youth, charm, good looks. fine natu-
.al voice, intelligence and histrionic
instinct; and though she has still
things TO learn, she gave every indica-
ton of being on the road to learning
them. Then came the unfortunate OPP
Grafton on her vocal cords, her voyage
to America, and the complete and pa
thetic ensuing silence. But now she IS
well again and looking eagerly forward
to the opening of the season.
One fortunate result may come, how
ever, from her unfortunate experience;
she has decided, for the coming season
at least, to devote herself exclusively
10 the lighter roles. She is TO sing
In the works Of Donizetti and the
other Italians of the bel cdnfO age; and
al those who remember her appear
ances in "Don Pasquale" and in
"L'Amore Medico" will realize how de-
lightfully she sang the music and acted
the parts. She is to sing with Caruso
in "L'Elsir d'Amore" and probably IN
Don Pasquale." She is not TO sing
Francesca in Zandonai's new opera
Francesca da Rimini," which is to re-
ccive its first American performance
at the Metropolitan Opera House dur
ms the coming season. She was Of
fcred the part, but concluded that it
would at present be too severe a strain
OH her voice probably an exceedingly
wise decision on her part.
"My voice, am happy to say, is
now fully recovered, though l do not,
Of course, intend TO put any great
strain on it for some time" said Miss
Bori. 81 shall sing only the lightest
sort of music, and for this reason
shall not attempt to appear in the title
part of Zandonai's Francesca da Rim
ini.' Francesca | should love to i'm
personate, but in the opera she cries
continually. 1t is certainly not music
for a singer whose vocal cords have
Just got back into shape, and it is,
after all, not the sort Of music love.
q shall appear with Mr.. Caruso in
T'Elsir d'Amore.' The part is not
necessarily for a coloratura singer, as
usually much Of the coloratura is in
terpolated. | hope also to sing Norma
in Don Pasquale. | must go slow;
yet, after all, the old music is certain
" in a vocal sense the most beautiful"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18

were no mere friezes on a Teutonic
urn. Yet as given at the Bowl this is
exactly what the drama became ca
moving frieze Of Teutonic gods and
goddesses. blown hither and thither
by the winds of fate. And in the
music was heard the voice Of fate,
terrible. memorable. 1t was not the
Wagner of the music drama; person
atty had been oblterated; but II was
something very powerful. very won
derfsl. never 10 be forgotten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-18
Concert for Professor Monestel.

concert lbT hOhtoANis
A concert was given on Wednesday
evening in Memorial Hall, Brooklyn, IN
honor Of Professor Alexander Monestel
by his pupils. Professor Monestel, who
has appeared much as organ soloist
in Europe and South America, officl-
ated at the organ at the funeral Of
President Carnot of France. He is one
of the oldest instructors in Brooklyn.
The programme consisted of twenty
two solos, duets and chorus, vocal and
piano numbers. Some of these were:
Hungarian Rhapsody" Mrs. Louise
Bory-Meyer and Mr.. Monestel; aria
from Carmen" Miss Amelia Rincones;
GrieC sonata. first movement, Miss
Louise Won Willie; aria from LA Fa-
vorita." Miss Katheryn Herman;
Tampa" overture. Miss Rncones and
Mr.. Monestel, and barcarole from
Tales of Hoffman," by chorus.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
ONE FAMILY LESS
IN SHILOH CAMP
Latest DeSeriaTS Were Annoyed
by a Smoky Stove

Portland Me Feb 2l-Henry
Dickersou Of Boston five years a
resident Of the Holy Ghost and Us So
ciety colony at Shiloh fed from the
religious settlement with his wife and
six children because a stove given
him by the elders smoked too liber-
ally.
Another reason given by Dickerson
for his hasty departure was that be-
cause Of his rebellion against the or
ders of the followers OF the prophet,
Elijah SANFORD, now serving a term
I'm the federal prison al Atlanta, the
food allowance for his family was cut
down TO almost starvation rations.
Headed by the elders, the handful
OF coonists left by the rayages oil
desertion solemnly stood at the gates
of the village and watched Dickerson
load his furniture and drive away to
Pejepscot with his wife and children.
They offered no molestation.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
SHOE TRADE NAME
IS WORTH S445,31t
Verdict Against Hamilton Brown
Company Is Upheld

Washington, Feb. 90 IL iudg-
ment OF Si45, ,Sli 55 entered by lower
federal courts in favor OF the Vol
Bros & Co. of Cincinnati and against
the Hamilton Brown Shoe company
OF st. Louis for alleged infringement
of trademark and unfair competition
was affirmed by the supreme court.
The Cincinnati concern made a shoe
known as The American Girl ana
the St Louis concern shoe known
as THE American Lady.
The court held that the term
American Girl was not descriptive
OF shoes, or geographical, but mere
ly fanciful, hence, in case of un-
fair competition fun recovery for
damages sustained was warranted as
had been decided by the lower federal
courts.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
OFFERING TO SUNDAY
Rev. Billy Leaves Trenton With Con
trbutions of Over $32 900

Trenton, n. j., Feb. %. billy
Sunday left here leaving behind him
nearly II. 900 trail hitters, and TAX
ing with him about s32, 1858 .03 in con-
tributions. With his party. he is on
his way to Winona Lake, Ind.
Before leaving the platform. Sun
day was handed a check for s3l, :
9S1 03, as the city's free will" Of
fering Later, 1917 more was given
him. and there is still promise of be-
lated contributions The campaign,
II is estimated, cost Trenton sG5,
GIG e5.
A handsome mahogany chest, filed
with silyerware, also was presented
to the EVANGELIST on behalf Of the
committee of one hundred Of Tren-
ton.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
NICARAGUA PACT RATIFIED
Naval Base and Option on Canal Route
Given United States

Washington, Feb 1.-THE sem
ate. by vote Of 55 to Is. ratified
the long pending and persistently op-
posed Nicaraguan treaty, whereby
the United States would acquire a
ninety mine year option on the Mica
raguan canal route and a naval base
in the Gulf Of Fonseca, for 50 600. :
600.
lnclnded In the ratification resolu-
uon was provision declaring that
the United States in obtaining the
naval base does not intend TO violate
any existing rights OF the fGnseca
gulf OF Costa Rica. Honduras and
Salvador. which had protested against
the proposed requirement
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
COM MERY IS HANGED
First TO Pay Death Penalty In New
Hampshire In Many Years

Concord N. H. Feb. IS. In the
dead OF night Oscar j Comery, con
victed OF the murder of his wife. was
summoned from his cell to pay with
his life the penalty of the crime.
Comery was the twenty first per-
son to be hanged in this state. Not
for twenty-five years has the extreme
penalty been placed upon any con :
victed murderer,
Comery. according to the verdict
OF the jury by which he was tried,
killed his wife in brutally cold
blooded manner, poisoning her in or
der that he might be free to wed an
other woman.
Comery, whose real name was
Camire, was born In the Province OF
Quebec and was "a years old.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
SEIZURE OF THE APPAM
Libel Order Is Issued on Complaint
Of British Owners Of Ship

Norfolk, Feb. 21.-The British
Steamship Appam, recently brought
into Hampton Roads by a German
prize crew, was seized by Deputy
United States Marshal West and is in
his custody today, despite the vigor-
ous protests Of Lieutenant Berg, the
German officer who brought the APP
pam into port
The seizure was made on a libel
issued by Judge Waddlll OF the fed
eral district court here, On a com
plant in an admiralty action brought
by attorneys for the British owners
q the Annam
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
cIernYmen are Poorly Paid

Derry. n. II Feb. q The aver
age salary Of Protestant clergymen
IS less than $1,000. according to fig
ures given BY Rev. John T B. Smith
al the u r. church here, where be
made Plea fer pensions for veteran
pre-. chers He said that the Prot
estant churches are seeking $50 600.
900 bat need SCI 600 600.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
Grew of Forty Men Believed 10
Have PeTiShed
GERMAN ATTACK is CHECKED
French Claim 10 Have Repulsed
Enemy Along Front Extending over
-Four Miies-kumerous Air Fights
Reported-Russians Still Pursuing
Turks-sritish War Credit

London. Feb. 22.-Another OF
Germauys big Zeppelin Mrships has
come 70 grief and II is probable that
some, II not all, OF it's crew Of forty
men rerished as It was enyeloped IN
flames rs Il fell TO earth a victim oil
an lncendiary shell fired from a
French anti-aircfaft gun.
The Paris official communication
reports that the airship was south
ward bound from the region OF st.
Menehould when the French guns at
Renguy began sheiling it, At least
one of the missiles found its marx
and the huge aircraft took fire and
fell IN the vicinity OF Brahantle- -Roi,
The Germans, near Lihons, south
of the Somme river, have met with
repulse at the hands of the French In
an attack extending over about 4 l-5
miles. The offensive movement was
preceded by a heavy bombardment
and clouds Of asphyxiating gases.
When the German infantry endeay-
ored to come ont OF their trenches
for the attack, however, the barrier
fire and the fire of the French rifle
men dropped them everywhere, ac-
cording 10 Paris.
The Germans report additional re-
pulses OF British grenade attacks
against captured positions along the
User canal, and also the putting down
OF an entente allied offensive along
the Lens Arras road.
Numerous fights in the air between
German and French ayiators have
taken place. Paris reports that sew
eral OF the German machines were
brought down by the fire of the
French airmen. Aeroplane raids have
been carried out by French and Brit
Ish aeroplane squadrons, notably on
the German aviation field at Hab-
sheim, al Mulhausen and on a muni
tions factory at Pagny sur Moselle.
British aircraft bombed the town OF
Don, southwest Of Lille.
There has been little battling on
the eastern and Austro-ltalian fronts.
The Albanians fighting with the Teu
tons are reported to have reached the
Adriatic sea west of Kayaya This
would Indicate that the Austro Hun
garians and their allies have com
pletely surrounded Durazzo.
In Asia Minor the Russians are per-
sistently following the Turks who
fled from Erzerum and also are push /.
Ing their way northward from the /
captured fortress to the Black sea,
with the purpose OF establishing a !
base there for their warships and
transports. Bitlis. on Lake Van, has .
been captured By the Russians.
Premier Asquith introduced two
votes of credit in the house OF com
mons. The premier's speech was con-
fined entirely TO the financial aspect
OF the present situation, no reference
being made to military affairs In
general. The two credits totalled s2,-
100, 900 600
The house went into committee OF
the whole and passed the votes o.
credit.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
AGAIN IN THE TOLLS
Lincoln. Confessed German Spy,
Lands In Brooklyn Jail

New York, Feb. q. With Ignatus
T. T. Lincoln, formerly a Liberal
member of the British parliament and
now calling himself a German spy,
behind bars in the Raymond street
jail, Brooklyn, following his arrest at
pistols point by federal agents at
Broadway and Twenty ninth street,
Manhattan, other representatives OF
the department of justice at Washing
ton are searching at South Amboy for
ten trunks which the prisoner said
were at farmhouse near the New
Jersey town.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24

Lincoln is under the closest watch
and II will be continued until he is
put aboard a steamship and sent to
England, which country is seeking
his extradition. There are no charges
against the man in this country, but
his presence here has been the source
OF intense anxiety on the part of OF
tcials
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
stranae AeeIdent n MIn.

Scranton, Pa. Feb. - Two min
ers We're killed in o mine at Dickson
CITY when the fonr OF the chamber in
which they we're porking rose 40.
crushing them againsi the root. No
one can explain what caused the noor
20 rise
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-02-24
Saws He was Fleeeed In Hotel

Boston, Feb - Wire -tappers
and card-sharpers got $4,000 at one
time and $500 at another time from
Robert H. Kemp Of Brockton while
he occupied a room at a local hotel
according TO suit which he has
brought aeainst the hotel owners in
an effort 10 get back the money