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brought him to his present predicament
Whether he is sincere victim of his own
decisions or an opirionated doctrinare in
capable of viewing the present situation in
the light of present facts is immaterial to
us in our hour of emergency. We do know
that men of his party, such as Spargo or
Upton Sinclair, men as loyal to their class
and ideals as he, men his mental EQUALS
and even his intellectual superiors have
found the dangers confronting the world
sufficiently imminent to bring them shout
der to shoulder with those whom they for
merly opposed, in order to safeguard the
principles of liberty that are common to
all subdivisions of democracy In doing
this these Socialists have not recanted one
clause of their faith in socialism,; they
have not apostasized or deserted They
have simply realized that every form of in
dividual freedom, as distinguished from
dynastic and bureaucratic autocracy is at
stake in the struggle now going on, and have
sunk their minor differences in the cause
cf freedoms safety.
"Debs is, for one reason or the other, in
capable Of this reasonable conduct. It NAV
be that he, like Mrs. Stokes, prefers the
role of a martyr, with all it's satisfactions
and sustenances, to the more humdrum one
Of common sense. Or it may be that, con-
iident in his superior wisdom, Debs looks
pityingly down the nation and, more In
sorrow than in anger, awaits the day when
some hundred million citizens will come
contritely to ask his forgiveness.
"ln the meantime it is the cause of not
little satisfaction TO know that we have
a country so strong in its purpose. 80
united in its determination. that men like
Debs and Haywood are calmly brought 60
the bar Of Justice, accorded a fair and dis.
passionate trial and sentenced without
malice or fear Such incidents reveal the
qualities Of n true democracy, calm and
eiear thinking IN world OF distraction.
Such n democracy is well worth our blood
ard our trosHure,"
The New York Call" a Socialist
newspaper, is moved to utterance by the
sact that the temporary suppression Of
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its struggle against predatory mlitarsm
must refrain at least from hamperng the
ration's efforts or otherwise giving aid and
comfort to the enemy Mrs. Stokes by the
way, though under sentence for similar
violation of the law was present in court
throughout the trial and was bold enough
to applaud Debs' harangue in his own be-
half, this being quite possible under our
tyrannical' legal system, including our ter
rible provisions for bail and appeal
mild and lax as is our legal procedure
again witness Mrs. Stokes-it would be sui
cldal to tolerate open, contumacous def
ance of the laws of the land, especially at
a time when thousands of Americans are
making the supreme sacrifice in vindica-
ton Of democratic government and the
supremacy of law founded on justice"
'tThe Seattle Post-Intelligencer" pre-
sents an interesting review of the Debs
conviction, pointing out the place Debs
holds among American radical politi-
clans:
History will attach more Importance to
the conviction of Eugene V. Debs than the
facts of the incident warrant for Debs to-
uay Is more a man or record than of real
ity. Thrice a candidate for the residency,
lecturer and a writer, he possesses all
the outward semblances of national char
acter, whereas in reality he is and has
been for years hardly more than a figure
head even in the Socialist party. His re-
current candidacy for the Presidency was,
of course, nothing more than a matter of
form, in which he served as means of
taking q census Of the party, which found
its actual leadership in other men, such as
Spargo, Hillqut, Berger. ct al.
"The development Of Debs from a loco
motive fireman to the titular head OF
party Of protest, with brief excursion
into the realms Of practical politics and
oficeholding, would be an interesting topic
in moro leisurely times At present, how
ever, we have only the time and the tenn
per for considering him as an agent of
sodition and an enemy Of the country.
Hardly is IL worth cur while to speculate
on the quality Of the motives that have
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pearance with the lady in Samson ct
Dailia. The dancer did make show Of
'he snakes, believe, in few performances.
pu' nothing more was heard of the panto
mines.
IN his prospectus Mr.. Hammerstein spe.
cmea'iy promised to produce Samson ct
Dal'ia' by Saint-Saans; "Salome," by Rich
ard Strauss; "Le Jongeur de N0tre Dame,
and "Grlselidis," by Massanet, and "prin.
cesse d'Auberge," by Jan Block. He brought
all OF them except "Griselids" In the list
which he was less specifically bound to per-
form were Massenet's "Manon," Bizet's
LES Pecheurs DIES Perles." yerdi's "Fal-
statf,' Breton's "Dolores," Giordano's can
drea Chenier" and Siberia" Donizetti,s
Linda di Chamounix," Verdi's "Un Ballo
in Maschcra" and "Ernani," all of which fell
by the board. The chief features Of in
terest were the novelties and the singing Of
Nine. Melba in LA Bohemc." "Otello" and
"Rlgoletto,' between December IA and Janu-
airy II, which was the period of her en-
gagement.
In Mr. Hammerstein's preceding season
the chief deficiency in his forces was in the
womens contingent. This was measurablv
o' soou w the presence In the new COM
pany of Mile. Labia, who effected her Amer
lean debut on the opening night in "Tosca."
The lady had not only youthfulness and
loneliness of form and feature to commend
her' but also youthfulncss and loneliness
OF voice and fine complement Of dramatic
talent. Her facial expressions, movements,
gestures and poses all published a vital
lty which made one harmony with her
vibrant vocal expression. There was fine
metal in her voice and much emotional
color. In quality it reminded me frequently
OF Calves voice when it was in it's prime,
especially in the higher register, and it was
given out with greater spontaneity
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HHE convicted I. w. w. are al.
ready in Leavenworth, Eugene
IL Debs is under a ten-year SEN

"HE convicted I. w. w. are al
ready in Leavenworth, Eugene
Il Debs is under ten-year SEN
tence, "The Masses" trial looms
up ahead again, Mrs. Stokes comes
once more into notice as spectator at
the Debs trial, John Reed adds a second
bond to his first to retain his liberty af-
ter fiery speech on Russia, and Viii
lard's "Nation" slips into the govern
ments tolls and out again after alleged
Presidential intervention. The gov
eminent doesn't daily in its pur-
suit of seditious utterances. The tele-
gram of "leading New York news
paper" giving warning that it will no
longer reprint utterances branded as
seditious, even in giving the news, is is
sued by the Postofice Department as n
guide for other publications to follow.
Debs has been released under $4,000
bail, pending the decision on his appeal.
He will not, however, be allowed to make
the speech in Madison Square Garden at
the mass meeting which was scheduled
there for September 80. His conviction
followed speech delivered June 16 of
this year at the Ohio State Socialist
convention at Canton. The former So
cialist candidate for President is quoted
as saying he found no fault with the
fairness of the trial. 1.-THE New York
Evening Post" conn.ented:
"Thus does Mr.. Debs acquit the govern
ment of any misuse of It's power in apply
ing the espionage law to his case. His
statement follows hard upon similar dec
larations by both defendants and observers
in connection with the trial of members Of
the l. w. W. at Chicago. This demonstra-
tiQn Of ability to keep the processes of JUS
tice untainted by passion is highly crafty
ing. At time when feeling is tense 1t
would be easy for overzealous officials to
arrest persons upon untenable grounds and
for popular excitement to demand their
conviction merely because Of utterances
that went contrary to the prevailing opin-
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why Mr.. Hammerstein
w CHANGED His Mind

The. reason of his subsequent change of
mind is not far to seek, nor need We attach
any more Importance to his broken pur-
pose than Jove is said to do to lovers per
juries. Mr. Hammerstein would not have
thought Of producing "Salome" if it had
not been for the opportunity which it gave
for that association to which most that
made appeal to his public was due. The
curiosity which was potent enough to fill
his theatre at doubled prices of admission
was directed not to the play of Wilde, not
to the musical investiture of that play by
Richard Strauss, but to Mary Garden, and
to her chiefly because of the lascivious
dance. Mr.. Conried had felt the public
pulse and renowned his project with but
little show of unwillngness. There was
talk by him and the directors of his COM
pany of transferring the performances to
another theatre; but it dribbled away So
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Cavnlerls services especially for "rhaIs,
an opera which had become popular and
which he wanted to keep in his list
Thereby he opened another chapter in
New Yorks Operate Book of Scandal Miss
Garden at once made vigorous protest
against the assignment of a part which she
had created in America to Miss Cavalieri.
Both singers had appeared in the opera in
Paris, Miss Cavalieri having been the
heroine at it's most recent revival there:
but the lady who was born in Scotland and
brought up in the United States was of the
opinion that an italian lady brought up in
Europe would not properly represent q
courtesan of ancient Alexandria as con-
ceived by group of French authors Miss
Garden therefore promptly hired LAWYER
to protect her monopoly Of the privilege Of
displaying her physical charms with the
scantiest garments allowable to the public
gaze. Mr. Hammerstein had covenanted with
Miss Cavalier (and the public by announce
menD that the nestimable privilege should
be Miss Cavalieri's also; but the contract
proved to be in double sense nuduyn nae
tUD1. Miss Garden had her lawyer; Mr.
Hammerstcin press agent.
The was taken to that public forum.
the newspapers. Miss Garden served
notice on her manager that she had sum
marily severed her connection with his COM
pany. The manager capitulated without
more ado. Miss Cavaicr asked that the
opera be stricken from her list in letter
which was printed on the morning of the
day when the opera was repeated with Miss
Garden in the character of the Alexandrian
woman who had lived a life of harotry
and died the death of saint She renewed
her contract with Mr.. Hammerstcin, who
agreed that thenceforth as long as she was
engaged by him one but she should APP
pear at his performances in any char
actef which she had created except with
her consent in writing.
Both ladies We're engaged for the next
season, when Miss Cavaliori had an oppor-
tunity to enact the part Of Maascnets
Salome in "Herodiade," woman of q diff
ferent type than that conceived by Rich
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by Maurice Lena. It is quaint and low
able tale. The mixture of devotion and
the arts Characteristic of the monastc life
of the Middle Ages provided an unusual
but nevertheless inviting background for an
opera. Its obvious drawback lay in the
fact that it afforded no opportunity for the
introduction Of the female voice, for there
was no way in which the element of love
between man and woman, which has been
the most pervasive motive for dramatic
writing since the art began, could be in
PRODUCED into it without spelling the tale
For Miss Gardens sake, we were told
Though l am still skeptical on the point),
M. Massentt rewrote the part of Jean.
The device might have added desirable
variety to the music had it been ntrusted
for execution to better singer than Miss
Garden, or an actress more imbued with a
sense of the ingenious pathos Of the story
Under the circumstances Of the perform
ancos | could but regret the change. The
affecting note of sincerity, which provides
potent charm in the medieval tale, was
turned INTO q dissonant note by the ladys
silly by-play during M. Renauds touching
recital of the legend of the sage bush, which
is one of the gems Of the score. The first
impression created in me by the music was
that it was more ingenious than inspired.
1t suggested an exaggerated eclecticism
ranging from the modern French to the
ancient ecclesiastical styles with somewhat
abrupt transitions from one style to an
other.
On January 10, 1909, Mr.. Hammerstein
informed the public through the newspapers
that he had engaged Lima Cavalier for his
company The lady, better endowed with
physical charms than artistic, had been
member of the metropolitan company in
the previous season and was now conduct
ing beauty shop" in Fifth Avenue.
"Salome" was in preparation at the Man
haitian, and It's production was expected
within ten days. Mr.. Hammerstein said
that he could not expect more from Miss
Garden than the performances of "Salome"
and "Pelleas ct Melisande" for several
weeks and that he had enlisted Miss
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SSCamson ct Dalila"
~ Proves Its Dramatic Vitality

production of historical interest was
that of Samson ct Dalila," on November
Is. The music of this opera was familiar
to the New York public from frequent ner-
formances in concert style since its first
production sixteen years before by the
Oratorio Society. Once within this period
an attempt had been made to give it dra-
matte representation. This was on Febru-
airy 8, 1895, when it was brought forward
at the Metropolitan Opera House for the
purpose Of displaying the physical and vo-
cal strenuousness Of Signor Tamagno.
There were hopes then that the opera might
be added to the repertory Of the lyric play
house in Broadway, but they went down
with the ruins of Dagon's temple in the
last act. Mr.. Hammersteins performance
showed that despite the predomnantly ora
torio character of much of it's music the
work has considerable dramatic vitality.
and since its revival at the Metropolitan
Opera House, in the season of 1915-I6, it
has remained in the effective repertory Of
that establishment, though largely through
the agency of Signor Caruso.
The first real novelty of the season was
lie Jongleur de Notre Dame" which had
its first performance in America on No
vember 27, 1908. The old tradition of the
monk, who in his youth had been juggler
and who, while his artistic companions
were practising their arts within the walls
of the monastery, sought to do honor to
the Virgin Mother by performing his
mountebank tricks in secret before her al
tar, was put into shape for M. Massenet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22
LIE Announces Grand
L IL Opera Pantomime'

laSing great pleasure in coming into
cohhlct with traditions in grand opera"
ne announced with flourish his intention
~ Introduce q novelty which had "never
ueiore been tried anywhere" namely.
grand opera pantomime," which was to
axe the place Of ballots when short operas
'ere given. He had discovered the authors
VI such pantomimes and purposed to lift
1"en and the art-form out of the obscurity
. '"i." mad hitherto surrounded them
..,a ao'he' was to be produced in "chaste,
1D','ne and impressive manner" He had
N""Sed $4,000 yards of canvas for
IN Glasgow, and before July
=, 0'u set 500 costume makers at work on
80. ."ea'fical wardrobe. His weekly salary
as, N the two houees was to exceed $4,000.
~, 10 not set forth these things because
''"A 'hefn diverting, but because they
- :. WIN my purpose to show picture
'"e times. Had Mr.. Hammerstein not
q. az" nufnored in the belief that such circus
wing was tolerable to the public he
'u not nave INDUCED it, Had the news
:S mad an equally poor opinion of the
'eiiigence and taste of their readers thew
"0uio not have printed it without com
."''ng on its vulgar grandloquence. 1t
"s really for their benefit that the tone
ADOPTED, for when Mr.. Hammerstein
.sSaeo his official prospectus it was found
e. CONTAIN nothing of this fulmnant fam
,'"aoe; Its proclamations were succnct
'u a'gnihed Decorum marked even his
p'oinises touching the ballet pantomimes.
'u' "hen Mile. Odette valery, dancer who
was TO be the wonderfuI ;p+ornra. - ~
O"uefiui works with which he was to
aSe ehe town, arrived in New York the
"'"spapere entertained their readers with
81 account OF the two cobras and an asp
"h'ch were booked to make their first 40.
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I is Reception Outside
Il Of New York

For the sake Of history the story of the
operas career outside of New York NAV
be briefly rehearsed. Mr.. Hammers
announced it in his prospectuses for Phila-s
delphia and Boston. In the former CITY
the Methodist and Baptist clergymen made
an energetic protest The Presbyterians
followed on the eve of the opening of the
opera house adopting a preamble and resa
iutlons which described the work as "a
realistic portrayal of the immoral motives
that resulted in the bloody tragedy of John
the Baptist" and Inconsistent with that
sacred reverence which all Christians
cherish for that cody man" Committees
of the Christian League and the State snd
County Federation Of Catholic Societies
sent letter to the Mayor of the CITY on
the day before that set for the perform.
arce
The Mayor not only declined to Interfere.
but was chairman of q committee of ein-
GEMS who gave complimentary dinner r.
Mr.. Hammerstein on the evening Of the
day. The manager announced that ~
would produce "Salome," and his pnrnos,s
was applauded. week later he an.
nounced that the last performance r~oa,a
De on March /. lie did not dare ,crrss
wihssaad the undereurront CT si.ss,.
among MS subscribers, In Boston ~.
presentation Of tho opera was opposed ~
Eben S Draper. Governor Of Ms....h
sets; George A. Hibbard. Maxo, 80 ~.
eity' Bishop Lawrence. Of N. p,. VIC
1929 Nhorchs Fiear-General Geer~s
~ c, a''erson, Of the Roman ca.ha,ss
,a~S.S pe0'se 4 Gordon. of .he rr,n,
-, '''" 000ys eN-GoTernor Curtis Gus,s .na
,.s,.. 'f.'l,hehs citizens. The rs,sns.n
lives OF the churches were espse5sf,. =.
aa Sssan' because she date OF the p,n,sa.ss
us,n va lance mad been SET ~ HOLY Wa,
"s'hmsfs'sin withdrew the epsra. "ssA'
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an issue Of "The Nation" caused little
comment IN New York newspapers. This
is what "The Call" says about the mat
ter:
even the news that the grandson of the
abolitionist, William Lloyd Garrison. had
succeeded in getting the issue released in
the mails did not provoke single editorial
IN the dailies congratuIating the editor for
the successful issue of the struggle. A
fundamental civil right hung in the bal
nnce for week Here was an opportunitv
Ter the editorial hosts that have volun-
teered in the struggle for democracy. They
failed, and failed mserably. We never
nave been surprised that they ignored the
case of "The Cal' in this same struggle
lnoHgh we, too, never have been allured bv
the German Junkers; though we never
have, in a single line, given comfort tn
those who dream the n-Gernan dream
we can understand why, as Socialist pub
Hcation, these dailies should Ignore our
struggle There is no reason WHY they
shouldn't support even our struggle. for
freedom of the press as guaranteed in the
constitution contains no Socialist excep-
eioio' SinuSe ouI we can understand their
attitude, we repeat.
1.-The Nation however, Is q Social
ist publication. In IT'S brilliant career u
has taken critical attitude toward So
cialism, though on higher plane thar our
daily ecnf' mporaries. The struggle of Os-
wald Garrison Willard was their .trurp,s
ana the struggle Of the American people.
1t was struggle for fundamental civil
right struggle FOR a phase Of democracy
without which no democracy Is possible.
Yet this editor was deserted. and even his
success brings only few inches Of space
In tho news columns Of these publications"
Colonel Harvey thus launches an edi-
torial In his "War Weekly:
We eli, sir, we never expected % live 70
acc the day when Mr. Oswald Garrison Vii
lard would be forbidden By the Administra-
ton o. President Woodrow Wilson 10 send
MIS- papers through the mails. How times
Aau customs and manners do channels
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MIR. Hammerstein Increases the Sched-
uled Hundred by Four Special Per-
formances at Advanced Prices
By Fl. E. kREHBIEl.
CHAPTER VIII
Copyright. 1919. by H. e. Kreheiel,

.<HE third season of grand opera at
the Manhattan Opera House began
on November 9, 1908, and ended on
March 81. 1909 During tbis
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ion. We have the best authority for it
that in the most conspicuous trials under
the espionage act thus far held counsel,
court and jury were guided solely by the
law and the evidence"
"The st. Louis Republic,' remember
ing the programme that the Socialist
party launched in st. Louis, speaks in
this wise:
"The conviction of Eugene Debs. like
that of Mrs. Stokes at Kansas City and
'Bill' Haywood and his l. w. w. followers
in Chicago, will be received with satsfac-
ton throughout the country. 1t is warn
ing to all the loose linking and loud talk
ing tribe that the people of the United
States do not purpose to have their
efforts diverted wasted by discussions
such as would inevitably follow the en-
enlargement of Bolshevism in this country
"In his address to the jury at Cleveland
Debs tried to make it appear that he was
being tried for adherence to the doctrines
of socialism and the ST. Louis platform.
Such is not the case He was tried on spe-
cifc charges of violation of the espionage
act and had every opportunity to establish
his innocence. Before the law he deserved,
and received, no more consideration as
Debs, the Presidential candidate, than any
plain citizen would have received So far
as the st. Louis platform is concerned, it
is one of the things bearing it's name of
which ST. Louis distinctly is not proud or
responsible for. 1t was adopted before the
United States entered the war by body
of men who called themselves Socialists.
but whose efforts have been denounced by
real Socialists as proGermansm in dis
guise"
"The Chicago Daily News" does not
differ in its arraignment of Debs:
"The conviction of Debs was unavoidable
in the circumstances. He may have sought
martyrdom-he said in court that he was
willing to die for his dens--but neither the
law nor sound reaaon would countcnaaoe
seditious license for fanatics and doctri-
naires. Those who. like Debs or Mrs. Rose
Pastor Stokes, refuse to help democracy in