The evening world., 1917-01-08

and that hundreds Of people seeking
admission at the last moment were
turned away something Of the re-
markable tribute to the Irish tenor
may be appreciated by those VINO
were not present.
Victim OF n cold, I should hazard a
guess. Mr.. Mccormack was not vocally
at his best; but hat didn't bother MS
devotees, for they acclaim him WITH
out stint and forced him to double ais
official programme. To MIR. NC.
Cormack's credit as an artist 1t must
be said that he did not neglect the
classics. l am sure he might forget
them without any loss OF vogue. MT.
Mccormack has chosen to sing irish
ballads. and he sings them as no other
man does. or a sing them. lie
makes them Irresistible In appeal and
the public responds to his efforts by
giving him the opportunity to spenu
100000 or so for Rcmbrandts ana
Whistlers. and, as l told him last
year, to buy up the whole or ireland
after the war Is over.
No need to discuss the programme
in detail. 1t was mostly familiar.
But when Mr.. Mccormack sang
Mother Machree' you who were
there must have noticed the gulp in
his throat. Do you know why? Fac
ing him, and In tears. were three
Dublin refugees, whose mother, an
old friend of his. was lost In the
rccent rebellion. And then all OF you
must have seen the dear old woma
on the stage. also in tears. VINO patted
him on the back as he passed her by.
Nothing to do with music. do l hear
you say? Perhaps not! But | a see
visions and dream dreams OF a re-
generated mankind that will owe
something-much | believe-to the
saving grace of such appealing ball
lads as Mother Machree."
Elena Gerhardt was h soloist
with the Philharmonic Orchestra at
Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon.
In n Wagner group with the orches-
ira and In n Schumann group, ac-
companied at the piano by Walter ~.
Goode. she sang with the power ana
with the charm OF voice which she
disclosed to US first when her accom-
PIANIST was the late. lamented Erich
Wolf. Mr.. Stransky came around to
the front of the house. which was
, near TO being a crowded one. to hear
her In the Schumann group. HIS
| own and the orchestra's contributions
| to the programme were Goldmarks
"a Rustic Wedding" symphony, a
splendid proclamation Of the prelude
| and liebestod from Wagner's iris
tan und Isolde" and Smetana's sym
phonlc poem. "Nltava" Slmultane-
ously. at Aeollan Hall. Walter Dam
rosch and the Symphony Orchestra.
with Alma Gluck as s~oloist. repeated
the programme OF Friday afternoon
before n crowded house.
MIscha Elman. the violinist. as the
principal soloist ut the Metropolitan
| Opera House Sunday concert last
| night. was acclaimed by "A capacity
/ audience. hundreds of would be lis
teners having been turned away. This
fact IL becoming as ~stereotypcd as the
standing Room Only" sign at thea
tres where popular plays are given.
Besides. there were Louise Homer
and Fernando CarIi to sing for the
great throng. winning great favor.
and Richard Hagcman 10 conduct
admirably.
What Katherine Ruth Heyman
meant by n conference" on the RE
lation OF Ultra Modern TO Archaic
Music" Of which she was the pro-
tagonist last night at the MacDowell
Club I don't know. Perhaps I missed
something of the context by arriving
late and leaving early. John McCor-
mack's and the Metropolitan Opera
House concerts had To receive atten-
ton. Miss Heyman's talk. the part Of
Il I heard, was interesting. full OF
pointed personal experiences. ancc-
dotes, quotations, and wttt'cisms. One
Of the best things-I'm sure II must
have been for the crowded DON rang
with laughter-was about an addition
10 the Nine MUSES.. Unfortunately