The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-01-12

FORMAL receiving line "A Conspit uOts.
ly absent. Every body -eCpiyod ana
everybody talked Afternoon gowns
street suits. Httractlvcly cuiffcd HAN.
rams hats nobby little tuthans ur wide
hrimmed dress hats all were there.
Anyone plus or minus a few clothes
WAS yet properly dressed Artists aud
disciples of art live un higher things
than dress. There were perhaps SCI,
cnty-fiV" cor NOR" representative OF
the Fortuightly club % local musis
circles in the parlurs ~ the hotel
lobby to meet Miss Lucy Gates and
VI Salzcdo, who hat evening Wcr" 90
appear In the concert at the crystal
thcater.
Miss Gates plead iudisposition. due
90 travelling all night IN q mail train
without a sleeper. and asked to be oN-
cursed till the las, half hour Of the
assembly. When she did come trin
ping downstairs everyone knew her Gt
once va account uf her recent picture
300 the papers. But the picture Is a
miserable likeness. Miss Gates chief
charm is a radiant complexion and
ever-changing IMPRESSION that no CAM
era could catch. 40. her voice. even
iu speaking is her chief charm. SoCt,
low with music In every ut
]t"rancc. ncr voice is such n one -
echoed la shakespeare drcams whom
he said "a low. sweet yolcc is an ex-
collent thing In woman. Dressed In a
plain blue ouc-ptcce frock. with large
felt hat. upassuming 10 manner as in
dress. Mis-, Gates won everybody and
was the center 81 the company. She
and the harpist asked Ia be excused
from giving musical numbers at the
reception, declaring IL not the ethical
thing Co do. NJ. Salzedu's Hoyishucss
surprised everybody Aware that H.
is al the top 81 his profession as the
worlds greatest harpist and a widely
travelled man and musical composer,
and cA-suidivr. folks were prepared to
meet a man 81 middle age. Here was.
q mere boy, polished IN manner with
the bearing 81 onc Who wishes TO
please rather than TO receive plaudits.
Another surprise came Go a group ~
listeners when IN reply 60 q question
which one ~ YOU musical compost
lions do you consider the best one NJ
Sai1cd0 '.' no quickly responded MY
best composition Why that ha, new
cr been written have nlty ur sixty
ordinary efforts out in the world. but.
have newer done anything even well
yet. much less BEST \ man cannot
be at his best until he has reached The
x Of ~fUrty-fNc. MAYBE some duy if
| continue studying ] may do some
thing worth while-hut not yet" Ana.
a number OF his auditors VINO are ad-
dict"d To the housting habit Tor little
tricks performed in heir little circles.
fen back ahashcd at this evidence e..
modesty that IS always too. an cyl.
derce of truly great souls. 'Oh, you
ask about the war; How long II viii
last '' NJ Salzedo asked eagerly. 1T
Will last a long long time / was ia
the trenches for two years I'm France
No. France Is not wounded unto death
yet. She Is receiving new life from
America. There are seven million men
along the battle front aud In camps.
IN France. There are that many mass
ed ON the German side. The struggle
must last for some time. am dis
tresscd over the news that the Rus.
SLAMS under Trotzky have broken OFF
the armistice and renewed warfare
with the Germans. Why Because
Trot1ky ~ a traitor To- an parties I'm
worthy of amy trust. ana | fear the re
ncWcd war b.. but q trick 10 pretend To
reopen husttlitlcN and To hctray those
noon ignorant russians into the hands
OF the enemy m "a Programmed CON
quest los the Germans. Ever potro
grad may fall through such trick"rN
as Trot1ky is capable o. Ana tltc
russians who are wild with the dream
~ liberty without knowing how Co at
ain their aim. are following him be-
cause he uses and abuses the mann"
TrOtzky wa, cNilcd from Russia ana
from France = few years ago ds a
dangerous man, a menace iu any
country. But after living awhile in-
Coguitu ~ "a newspaper reporter in
New Works. east side, hc returned IuI
Russia when the crisis came and
gathered up a. following OF irsUrgrn'
people. koronSky Is the man go lead
Russia toward the light. But in IN,
present chaotic conditions doubt II
any one man can Ice BuS-ia's great
mar. The time rs set 90 come when
Russia can ave an the people united
under any one loader, They mu trst
suffer internal strife Of faction AGAINST
faction M province against prov
incc.' Then turning to another group
OF inquircrs. this earnest young man
replied To- a. question 'bh. nu, playing
the harp b. not log O. means "a lost
art! There are three thousand harp
PLAYERS iu the United states. And Goo.
another group, II am delighted Co iind
such summer time weather ma an
.uuerque. Just left TIA" snow BANKS
OF Chicago and Sew York and can
hardly realize the time IL mid-Wintcr
when / breathe the balmy air here,
that Is like hat of southern ltaiN
Then he engaged iu conversation With
"a company 81 high school students
who play IN the srhoul orchestra ana
who hung On every word the harpist-
Cumposer-soldler said.
Miss Gretchen Van Week, Miss
Grace Winfrey, aud Hiss Betty klais'
dorf assisted a committee of the
Fortnightly club iu ~disprnsirg puu'n
Co the company.
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