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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
HON. CLAUDE KITCE4IN
The Majority Leader Of the House Of Congress


Halifax County owes much to Mr.
Kitchin. During the interval from the
time when he began the practice OF law
to the time in 1900 when he was elected
Congressman Of the Second Congress-
icnal District, period Of 10 years, he
did more than any other in ridding
Halifax County Of negro, domination.
Just beginning life without means ex-
cept the meagre income from his, pro
fession he devoted his time and spent
what money he had to. stimulate his
fellow citizens to action: It is not
strange, then, that at the age Of 81
when a leader was sought to succeed
the negro Congressman, all eyes turned
to this peerless young man, and he re-
ceived the nomination and thereafter
was elected and duly entered upon his
duties For seven consecutive terms
he has been returned to Congress in
which body he has ever safeguarded
the interests Of the people and promo
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13

ted the welfare Of his constitutents' ;
wear after year he has met b-avely and
courageously tile responsibilities that
has been his and whoever has dared to
invade the sacred rights Of the people
or trampled under foot the sacred
principles Of the Constitution has
found foeman worthy OF his steel.
The first speech he made in congress i'll
April 1904, three years after his in
stallation, in which he SO graphically
characterized Theodore Roosevelt, then
President, won him National reputa
ton. That speech, for its biting sar-
casm, its vigor ard its force ranks sec
ond to none and brought him immediate
recognition as one of the strongest men
Of the minority in Congress at that
time. The papers all over the country
criticised it, some favorably, others un-
favorably Of course, and the Democrat
ic National Executive Committee pub
lished it as a campaign document in
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-13
1rE OF HON. CLAUDE KITCHIN
LEADER OF HOUSE OF CON
GREss-AND FAVORED
SON OF SCOTLAND
NECK
(By Ashby w. Dunn and e. J. Proctor)

Scotland Neck feels justly proud OF
the honor that has been conferred up
on one of her native sons in the seiee-
ton Of Congressman Claude Kit,hia as
chairman Of the Ways an,i Means
Committee the most Important commit
;,e in the house and as leader ir the
House Of Congress.
Aside from the local inter st attach.
I'd to his elevation 70 these 1n1rt.rt::r::
lfi,es the fact cf his appp;, tsis It
could be of widespread interest and
heralded with delight by every demo
cratic citizen, and more especially to
Southern Democracy. A word, there
fore at this particular time would not
be amiss either from local or Nation
al standpoint
Hon. Claude Kitchin, the third son
Of the late w. H. Kitchin and Maria
land Neck, North Carolina, on the 9th
day Of March, 1869. His father Capt.
W. H. Kitchin, was a lawyer Of note,
and at one time represented the same
district in Congress that Claude Kit
chin now represents. His mother,
NJ
ton, came from long line OF distin-
guished ancestors and was genuine
type Of true Southern womanhood.
Claude kitchin came from large fam
lily. He has eight brothers and two
sisters: his sisters are Mrs. Archibald
Mcdowell, both Of whom reside in
Scotland Neck Two Of his brothers
are lawyers, Ex-Governor W. w. Kit
chin, OF Raleigh, and ex-State Senator
A. Paul kitchin of Scotland Neck. One
is a practicing physician, DR.. Thurman
N,
others are farmers. They are all men
of prominence and have been unusually
successful in their vocations. One sees
at once that the family from which
Claude hitchin comes is noted both
for its quantity as we'll as its quality.
Claude kitehin 5 youth till he was
- was spent at home. He attended
the local schools winning the friend
ship Of his neighbors by his genial
manners, lovable character and splen-
did talent, recei1 ing the laudation Of
his teachers for Eis excellent scholar
llill Male Academy, in his home town,
he not only proved himself great stu
dent, having won the latin medal, but
early manifested the instincts Of the
orator and debater, winning in a con
test participated in by boys much olde'
ahan himself, the medal offered for th,
best defamation, and this medal toda,
Is Mr.. Kitohin S most priced possession
AS boy lie was conscientious to de
gee, the slightest failure in whatevc
ne undertook always causing him tn
keenest humiliation ard tiiasapointmcn
yet he didn = let failure or dissapoin1
ment deter him, but fought bravely o
FOR the goal he had in view. And thes
traits have been characteristic G
Claude Kitchin the man, and are exen
filhed by the many instances of h
hghtlng single-handed and alone fe
principle as opposed to policy.
At the age of Is he entered Wax
Forest College, where even until tn
day found memories of the life he live
there linger about his alma mater, wh
Is as proud as his constituents of h,
noble son and gifted leader. He W.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Florence Easton-
Maclennan, in
the cast of
The Night Bell.
G Monett
D a Vi d Bispham
(left) as Schik-
aneder in Mo-
zart's The In
presarioi"
Campbell Studio.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

A call has gone out, signed by Cabot
Ward, president of the Park Board and
Park Commissioner Of Manhattan. and
others for National Conference on
Community Music, to be held in this
city on May 81 and June l. The ex-
pressed purpose of the conference is
to bring the community music move
ment "out of its present casual and
disconnected condition into a national
unity of understanding and purpose"
The call is preceded by an address
which would seem to indicate that the
custom of getting great crowds of peo-
pie to sing popular songs is destined
to free America from dependence upon
the art of music as it has been devel
oped by the nations of Europe and
create new and distinctiyely national
manner of musical utterance. Not only
that, it is going to make new people
out of the present inhabitants of the
country. This is rather big under
taking as viewed by the light of sew
eral centuries of musical history, and
the result of the effort will be watched
with interest. These are some of the
things which Mr.. Ward and his asso-
ciates tell us:
The Community Music Movement
has, in the space of few years, risen
to immense proportions in America,
bringing to the people of the nation
new message of unity, of patriotism, Of
brotherhood in song and Of universal
expression in beauty and joy. In this
movement America signifies that she is
prepared TO come forth from a condi-
tion of reliance on imitation and alien
tradition and 20 voice her own national
spirit; that she recognizes now on the
highest plane the creative power Of the
people, and that as a people she is pre-
pared to move to ideal ends.
1t is well recognized that the move
ment IS identified with new current
of social consciousness which carries
its significance far beyond that per-
tanning to the special art of musical
art in itself. The movement recognizes
fully the place and value Of a high de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
A Brief Review of the
Closing Concert Season
By H. E. KREHBIEL.

TIME concert season OF 19169H Practically it died
weeks ago. kept alive in appearance at least by
senment-not always and wholly atruistc we tear
which showed itself in vast number of many Of them
inconsequen from artistic point of view given for war chart
ties 1t began October with unusual show OF energy
When the first significant recital given October TO- was
noted that OF its class had been entered
upon the roncer book for the first fortnight The ndica
ton obvious that artists and managers counting on
OF unusual prosperity The expectation indeed seemed
justified by penuness of money the people who are
relied upon to support musical entertainments and the brilliant
prospects suggested by the subscription to the opera But the
operate audience New York the concert audience and
long before the of the Metropolitan became plain to
experienced observers that though the concert season might IN
the show greater activity than the metropolis had
would not show the extraordinary financial success
which marked the operate enterprise With the monetary end
of the question feel little 1t suffice to set down
the belief that while such large organizations as the Philharmonic
and SYMPHONY orchestras half artists who
long ago established themselves the of the public
more than the past the large
army of singers and nstrumenass who six months ago
expecting propoonate gains disappointed So lar native
concerned of this disappointment doubt
due ~ The invasion Of foreigners some of whom at least profted
sympathetic interest aroused by common
with Americans the outcome of the few OF the
visitors who came from France under ouasiofca auspices plainly
diverted much attention from native enterprises This not said
ungracous spirit but recorded matter OF history Such
have been expected and oetod in this journal
shortly after the breaking OF the There however,
chauvnsm the attitude of the public toward the foreigners
who reap richly in America because they would have had
vons Kreer Austrian, we fancy is looking back upon the
ended the most one he ever had and no
doubt he has had companions in his good fortune
An statistical showing OF the seasons activities is
beyond the ability of pansang recorder and chronce
The bunes reviewer believes he has shown himself be for
Neither his date book the musical schedules calen
dars of musical events which The Tribune has printed
e<-y Sunday for than six months past furnish complete
record OF what has been doing the musical world OF New York
considerable number OF especially Of those given in
theatres and other regularly devoted musical
cancelled after they had been announced larger
number not advertised in the public prints and information
concerning them by the concert their
ayers get current Newspapers found
impossible even it had been worth their while in the interest
OF their readers OF the take of them after their
What present below therefore, is little else than
that pansang recorder and
make It be taken with such allowance invited by
the commercial Endorsement and omissions excepted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
National Conference
on Community Music

velopment of artistic refinement, but n
its present stage IL exists primarily 70
liberate the spiritlo of the people throusa
free participation in great forms Of
communal self-expression. In il h.
people of the nation free themselves
from dependence upon traditions OF The
past and create their own traditions
EMBODIED and fortified in a new unity,
through music, they create g new ns'
ton by the utterance of the deepest u
the national soul and a new art by the
perfecting of that uttersnce.
How this laudable aim is to be
achieved will be disclosed at the meet
ings to be held here on the day; men
toned. The programme embraces
meeting in the forenoon of May 81 at
which addresses are to be made by Ar
thur Farwell, John C. Freund and Peter
W. Dykema, of the University Of Wis
consin; at a symposium on munieipil
music, demonstration Of community
singing in the evening at the Washing
ton Irving High School; a meeting o.
the morning of June 1, at which ID.
dresses wSl be made by Claude Brsg'
don, of Rochester; Mrs. Edward Mac
Dowell, Arthur Nevin, of the UEivsr'
sity of Kansas; William Mccoy. Of san
Francisco, and John Collier. Then
there will come series OF rouna
tables, and in the evening a perform
ance of Haydn's Creation" by the n"
York and Orange Community choruse''
ending with Community sing" BY the
audience. Delegates to the conference
are asked to send a registration fee Of
81 to the registration bureau at ire
Hotel Aston before May l5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

that organ recitals are the one form OF
musical entertainment which is a
eratuitous Offering to the public.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Baldwin, at his semi
weekly recitals in the Great Hall of the
City College, seems to have demon
strated that organ music may be a po-
tent agent for culture.
The organizations which have pur-
veyed orchestral music of symphonic
calibre in the season are the Philhar-
monte Society, Symphony Society, Peo-
Piles Symphony Society, Mr.. Sam
Frankos band organized to give CLASH
cal music of the olden time, the visit
ing orchestras from Boston, Philadel-
pha and Cincinnati, the Orchestral So
ciety of New York, the Young Mems
Symphony Orchestra, the Nolpe Or
chestra and the bands brought together
for the concerts of Ossip Gabrilo-
witsch and Ernest Bloch. Choral
works have been performed by the
Musical Art Society, OratOrio Society,
Catholic Oratorio Society, Schola Can
forum, Metropolitan Opera chorus 1.-TWO
oratorios), Columbia University chorus,
Scandinavian Society, Singers Club,
Nylic Choral Society. Peoples Choral
Union, Scranton Oratorio Society and
Hampton Quartet. Chamber music
concerts have been given by the Knei-
sci, Flonzaley, Olive Mead, Berkshire,
Ssslavsky and Sinsheimer quartets; the
Margulies, Elkin, Sittig, Tollifsen and
Edith Rubcl trios; the Societe des In
struments Anciens (of Paris, New
York Chamber Music Society, the Lit
tie Symphony, and combinations like
Mr.. and Mrs, David Names. Messrs.
Bauer and Thibaud, Bauer and Cassals,
Mr.. and Mrs. Huss and Miss May Mu-
kle Here follow the lists of recital
givers:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Donizetti as a Self Caricaturrt

Mr.. Albert Reiss has caught Tie
Tribune's music reviewer tripping, ana
is entitled to have the fact known.
Listening to the music and text Of
what we supposed was INTENDED "
Donizetti to be scene between dis'
carded lover and his sweetheart ~n'
had just married a rival Gin the ope"
"The Night Bell"), we concluded "''
the composer, who was also MS o''
librettist, had conceived il in q ssn's'
vein. We thought SO because we ees''
not imagine composer delibers'si,
ridiculing his own style OF writing sa1
the music Of the scene is quite IN w
vein of Lucia di Lammermoor.' si's
we reasoned that unless Enrieo r
serious in his upbraidings his sn.'
was assumed, and that the motive w.
the revenge which he takes upon
successful rival in keeping him ~"
from his bride during the entire WV
ding night was merely praeneA' u
But il appears from the score VIZ
Mr.. Reiss good-naturedly put a. 80
disposal, that Donisetti was In'' e ~
kind Of musician and dramatist. Wv.
the norid passages in Enrieo's Nus
he wrote Tor the publisher prin'es
e.. ari.a,,rs There is no qssT
tioning the evidence, and 50, wn''' -,
think somewhat the less OF pon"
for disagreeing with us as to hs 80 "a,
poses and turning a fareieai CO..
into a burlesque on his own s'ys !.
opera, we must justify Mr. Rei,s -
reading of the score. We hamos ~,
selves accordingly and promise 80 49,
s ss,,,' 70 credit the composer Of -bss''
with correct dramatic taste e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Chicago Opera in New York

General Director Cleofonte Cam
panini of the Chicago Opera Associa-
tion has issued his preliminary notice
by mail to subscribers for the four
week season of his company at the Lex
ington Theatre, Lexington Avenue, at
Fifty-frst Street, beginning on January
% next. This announcement gives only
the calendar, schedule, prices of seats
and the arrangement of six different
serial subscriptions forms, but the
repertoire and list of artists will not be
announced until they can be given COM
plete, a few weeks hence. Mr.. Cam
panini states that all Of the important
stars of his last season in Chicago have
been retained for the season of
1878, but that negotiations for a
number of other international notables,
several of whom have never before sung
doubtless soon be completed. John
Brown, former controller of the Metro
politan, will manage the Chicago Opera
Company's New York engagement, and
has taken offices for this purpose in the
Empire Theatre Building, at Broadway
and Fortieth Street, where subscrip-
ton registration will be conducted.
The preliminary notice. with sub
scription blank, has been mailed to
twenty-five thousand music patrons in
greater New York and its enyirons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Five performances of Mozart's "Bas-
tien and Bastienne" and "The Impresa-
rio,' the two operas whose success last
fall brought about the present season
Of opera comique in English, will oc-
cupy the greater part OF the Society OF
American Singers second week at the
Lyceum Theatre. The Mozart operas
will be given on every evening except
Thursday, when "The Maid Mistress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Music Notes

Frederi: Hoffman, barytone, who has
been heard before in New York in
songs sung to his own accompaniment
on the Lutte. will give recital in the
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria on Monday even
ing, May 81. His programme will in
clude works in French, German and
English, and will be confined chiefly
to folksongs. Mr. Hoffman will be as.
sisted by Harold o. Smith, at the piano,
and Enrico Leide, cellist.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
A General Survey and Comparison

Though the season began dribbling
away, like a stream in a desert. shortly
after the frat day of March, 1t had al
ready made a record much larger (let
US say in bulk than that Of last year.
which seemed out OF all reason in its
magnitude. In the season Of iel5-1el6,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

the record OF which WAS more easily
kept than that Of the season upon
which we are now looking back, there
were about 100 orchestral concerts
which deserved to be looked upon as
possessing what may be called sym
phonic dignity. This year there were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

The Saturday and Wednesday matt
rec performances for next week will
be devoted to Gounod's "The Mock
Doctor"
The first memorial concert in honor
OF the great Jewish humorist Sholem
Aleichem will be given tonight at the
Manhattan Opera House. In accord
ance with the humorist's last wish his
memorial will not be an occasion for
mourning. but, on the contrary. for re-
joicing. Sholem Aleichem's funniest
stories and humorous sketches will be
read in Yiddish, English, Hebrew and
Russian.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Metcalfe-Casals, Susan
Miller. Resale
Milford. Florence
Miller. Christine
Moses, Myrtle
Maitland. Robert
Mylott. Eva
Mccormack, John
Mackin. Florence
Maclennan, Francis
Niessen-Stone. Nine.
Phillips. Martha
Patterson. Idelle
Peterson. May
Rogers, Francis
Roberts, Emma
Reimers, Paul
Rattan Deyi
Rothier, Leon
Rosenthal, Rosina
Rosenblatt, Rev. Josef
Stiles, Vernon
Sadler. Willy de
Sembrich. Marcella
Symonds, Muriel
Stephenson, Arnolde
Siberia, Rkea
Stevens. Media Hewitt
Schlegel. Carl
Schofield. Edgar
Stanley. Helen
Seagle, Oscar
Samilof. Lasar
Sonin. Florence
Seligman. Florence
Staberg-Hall, Nine.
Torpadie. Greta
Volpe. Marie
Vane. Sybil
Van Dresser, Marcia
Wirthlin. Resale
Werrenrath. Reinald
Wyman. Lorraine
Wheeler. William
Wells. John Barnes
Warlich, Reinhold Won
Watkins. Enid
Witherspoon, Herbert
Williams. Evan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

and "The Night Bell" will be performed.
A now Mozart song has been introduced
in "The Impresario" for Carl Formes,
who plays the part of Philip.
The cast for the Mozart operas has
been selected as follows:
BAsTIEN AND BAsTiENNE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Connell. Horace
Cheatham, Kitty
Ciaparelli- Viafora,
Mime.
Cazeaux. Jeanette
Cassell. Mime.
Cox. Harry Richard
De Voise, Maude
Davies, Merlin
Dostal. George
Dayton. Katherine
Dobson. Tom
Dimitrief, Nina
Easton-M aclennan,
Florence
Tanning. Cecil
Fischer. Adelaide
Fuller Sisters
Frisch, Povla
Ferguson. Lydia
Fremstad. Olive
Fonariova. Eugene
Gadski. Johanna
Graveure, Louis
Guibert. Yvette
Gluck. Alma
Gabrilowitsch, Clara
Clemens
GratZ, lrma
Gutman. Elizabeth
Grien. Alphonso
Gideon, Henry
Gauthier. Eva
Gerhardt, Elena
GoRorza. Emilio de
Gills, Gabrielle
Hoffman. Lora
Herschmann. Arthur
Hemus, Percy
Holtinghof. Leila
Hamlin, George
Harris. George, Jr.
Heinert. Theodore =.
Hoeltzle, Elmer G..
Hume. Jessie McCoT-
mick
Hamilton, Robert
Hempel. Frieda
Heinrich, Julia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13
Pianiists

Anderton Margaret Levitski, Mischa
Boshko. Victoria Lortat. Robert
Boyle. George +. Leginska, Ethel
Berliner, Dorothy Lamb. Winifred
Buell., Dai Liminana. Eva
BuhliR. Richard Levison. Rose
Bogulawsky. Moses Lawton. Ralph
Behrens. Cecile Madriguera, Paquita
Bauer. Harold Mallet-Prevost, Pauline
Brockway. Howard Names. Clara
Branch. harrington Nero, Yolanda
Bloch Mrs. Alexander NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Bass, Estele Nine.
Bird. Clarence Morris, Edw. Mumma
Bloomfeld-Zesler, Moore. Frances
Fanny Nash, Frances f.
Carreno, Teresa Novaes. Guoimar
Cornell. Louis Neuhaus. Estelle
Copeland. George Newcomb. Ethel
Cooper Charles Ornsten. Leo
Christie, Winifred Paderewski. Ignace ].
Cherviansky. Leo Powell John
Colonna. Harold Patorui. Nine.
Cadman, Charles W Prosser, Eunice
Dethier, CASTOR Rubinstein. Beryl
Donahue. Lester Robinson. Carol
Denton. Oliver Reuter-. Rudolph
Elliott, Grace Ruebner. Cornelius
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-13

Friskin, James Ruebner. Miss
Franken, Antoinette Renard. Rosita
Friedberg. Carl Schnitzer Germaine
CAM. Rudolph Shattuck. Arthur
Gabrilowitsch. Ossip Samaroff, Olga
Giorni, Aurelio Sutro, Rose
Granger, Percy Sutro. Ottiie
Gutenberg, l.. T. Schellng. Ernest
Godowsky, Leopold Spencer, Eleanor
Greenfield. Albert Standardization,
Holman, Josef Nine.
Henrion. Theodore Silba. Muir
Henry, Harold Sickesz, Jan
Heaney. Ethel Soslowski-Fried. Nine
Huss. Henry Holden Volavy. Marguerite
Hughes, Edwin Verd, Jean
Harteveld. Georgi Welsh. Hunter
Kaetz. Adele Wittgenstein, Victor
Violinists
Barleben. Karl M>sges. lsolda
Barstow. Vera Macmilen. Francis
Brown, Eddy Names, David
Beserskirsky. Vastly Neill. Amy Emerson
Boshko. Natalie Powell. Maud
Breeskin, Elias Spalding. Albert
Cherviansky, Jan Starr. Evelyn
Dethier, Edouard Schokalnik. lila
Deru, Edouard Spiering, Theodore
Elman, Mischa Trnka, Alois
Gardner, Samuel Thibsud, Jacques
Galloway. Amelia Thomas, Nicola
Grasse, Edwin White, Roderick
Gresser, Emily Ware. Helen
Hochstein. David ng-Maruschess.
Hartmann, Arthur Alix
Jacobinoff. Sascha Ysaye, Eugene
kreisler, Fritz Zmbalist. Efrem
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