Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-14

n Il nished. and thi
he uses as hi
||1xzs workshop. Wh,n hc is composing h
NJ eeciudes himself there for days While II
~ the last throes OF Instrumentation he vii
"a et In a chair. ignoring l,is bed entirely. an'
NJ once IN n while taking short five-minut
& Haps IN the intervals OF his work. He IL
N 3emposer who attends rehearsals faithfully
4 and no matter what may be his real opinion
$s of the members of the company engaged II
Y putting on one of his WORKS. he Away!
n n sells them all how well they sing and play
When hs 'perctta. "lhe Ideal wife.
4 was about to 80 on in p ..ln II was Lehar's
4 MIA that should play the part OF worldly
4 young Spanish girl fully experienced In the
oimcult matter of handling the stronger sex.
The opposite role. that of an innocent
= newly married young wife who fears that
N her husband is tickle and who comes to
& the worldly wise sister In the play for ad-
a3 vice as to what she should do was TO be
created by a well-known singer from the
music halt who was famous as "A man
tanner. She had had many experiences. and
Z had emerged triumphant from all.
The situation tckled the risibiities of the
Y audience immensely. | had gone to the
X oense of importing from London the riding
( habit called for SO that when / made my
entrance should be the last word in style
but on the opening night l found that l
md made the most miserable failure of my
oareer. The audience insisted on laughing
< uproariousy at my serious scenes with the
young wife.
VI After the performance Lehar came to
me to tell me with enthusiasm what Won
Gerful hit had made. and even next morn
Ing. when the newspapers confirmed the
worst, he was unchanged in his opinion.
8 III you had worn another costume when
xou made your entrance" he said, 'the
Niece would have run q year,!
Il Emmericn Kaiman. the Hungarian COM
>Doser known here for "Sari." Miss Spring.
,1lule" and some Of the music of Her Sol
,1ter Boy" is probably the most pessimistic
k0f the craft. He lives in a modest apart
>nent In Vienna with his dog Sar III. Sari
S1oparted this life about year ago. kal-
man is most dutifu son. and no morning
passes In which he does not telephone his
mother at Budapest to inquire anxiously
about the state of her health and chat with
her
~ He Is likewise man of many super
oettions. He will not ride lin a carriage
drawn by n white horse Once, owing to
SEe scarcity of taxicabs, ] had to trudge
FOR blocks with him in a driving rain be-
cause the only horse-cab available was
drawn by a white horse.
IA When played "Sari' in Berlin Kalman
came from Budapest TO witness the opening.
which was an unusually brilliant affair. The
80ccess was DeyOnu question:. AIter tne
|pfrformance we met for a moment. Though
Ne was most complimentary In his remarks
y could still that he was not altogether
oAtisfed
"Come what is it?" asked. Are you
angry because you have scored another
Great success?"
"No. it's not that" he replied hest
tatingly. But you can't imagine how ,
much better you would have been if that !
PEASANTS skirt you wore when you first ,
appeared had been blue instead of green" !
kalman relies heavily on unusual orches- !
krai effects. He will work for days with |
~ orchestra. stringing up bits of curtain |
oyer the horns or turning the violins at |
9tnerent angles, so that when the organiza-
lion Is handed over to the conductor for the
lpening night (Which Kalman never directs
nmselD 1t Is almost perfect machine.
4 remember when 1t was decided to revive
.Sariy ". Vienna for gala performance
nat kaiman came to look the orchestra
pter. He discovered that there was no
Hungarian piano that is
rAyed by a man with two small hammers
p his hands. You have seen Hungarian
playing them In restaurants. At
lines the performer appears to be beating
ne strings to pieces.
\ At once the edlct came from Kalman, "No
no performance !" Messengers
hot haste were dispatched for one. Finally
man was brought up from Budapest with
he instrument. and all went we'll.
The performance was highly successful.
IND for once kaman was in a seventh
leaven OF delight When the curtain had
allen on the last act he rushed to the
musical director to congratulate him on the
magnificent achievement of the orchestra.
TT played superbly," exclaimed the COM
oser with fervor. There was nothing to
. desired"
Eyes" said the conductor, but 1t was too
ad, wasn't 1t. that the czimballo player
rAg taken Ill and didn't put In an appear
noe!"
9 Hereny, whose Little Boy Blue" was
foduced several years ago In this country
Mr.. Henry w. Savage, Is probably the
|Qof erratic of the composers. He has
@oft many years in Paris where he was
y fhe moving-picture business. When the
11r broke out the French were not as par
|l1lar as Benery thought they should have
~ In The way they rushed him over the
or0er and when he got back to Austria
= promptly enlisted, though he was well
yer the military age. with the passionate
~ 70 be sent against the French. Ordered
&4ad to Galicia to guard railroad stations,
Ycon grew tired and asked for his re-
=. which was granted.
ow the poor fellow languishes in a mill
- prison- To obiige a false friend he
~ Tor Denmark to sell soma Rumanian
43on 70 supposed Dane. When the
% the fields were found upon him, ,
~ was about to leave the country !
Wore discovered TO contain not well
~ but maps OF the positions Of the
~ batteries on the Danube II was
1cnpse his own Innocence was COM
ablishsd that he did not have to