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New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Genius and
Atmosphere
By Grenville Vernon

The influence OF atmosphere upon
genius is ever fascinating subject.
Does the atmosphere produce the
genius or the genius the atmosphere?
It is much like which came first. the
chicken or the egg? Just as generals
prove themselves in warike atmos-
phere musicians thrive best in musi-
cal atmosphere do poets in a poetic
atmosphere and business men in
business atmosphere. Now no one
doubts the reality of our business
atmosphere, Miss Amy Lowell and Mr.
Louis Untcrmeyer are continually in
slsting on our poetic atmosphere, while
our warlike atmosphere has produced
a hundred generals. But as to our
musical atmosphere the air is very
thin indeed, aud as for our operatic-
the American Academy in Rome is
convinced that it does not exist at all.
The American Academy is convinced
that the reasons for our dearth of
operas are two-trst, that we have no
atmosphere; second that our COM
posers don't understand the operate
meter. In accordance with this belief
it has now set on foot campaign to
raise $375,0O0 TO found a musical de
partment at the Villa Aurelia in Rome
where three students year may be
chosen and maintained for three years.
Major Felix Lamond of the Red Cross
is at present in charge Of the campaign,
and he has this to say of the project:
1t is the opinion of the Academy
that the United States should be able
to produce musical composer of first
rank. and that this country is just as
able to find an operatic composer of
the same calibre as those of Italy, Ger
many and France. The hundreds of
Conservatives of music which have
been kept going for so many years at
enormous expense have failed utterly
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

ters, and they will be advised as to
their course of study. This will be of
great help to the thousands of Ameri-
can students who go to Europe for the
purpose Of musical study without any
particular plan in view.
In order to accomplish all this work
the Academy considers it advisable to
establish q fund of S375,OO0 The late
j. Pierpont Morgan at the time of his
death held mortgage on the Academy
buildings for this amount. The pres
ent MIR. Morgan has offered to cancel
this on condition that the Academy
will obtain similar sum, which will
be used for the musical department.
The raising of this amount, therefore.
will free the Academy from debt, place
the art department on solid basis
and provide adequately for the pro
posed musical department. The limit
for obtaining this sum is May L. Up
to the present time the Academy has
collected 100000 toward the desired
amount
Whether the further sum of $4,000
will produce the American Gounod,
Bizet, Massenet or Debussy only the
all-seeing years will tell. Had Gounod,
Bizet, Massenet or Debussy never gone
to Rome, "Faust," Carmen" "Manon"
and "Pclleas" might still have been
written. Yet, had Mr.. Converse Mr..
Parker, or Mr.. Hugo spent their salad
days on the banks of the Tiber with
journeys to Milan and close converse
with the Messrs. Ricordi, it is very
probable that they would have given
birth neither to "Thc Pipe of Desire"
"Mona,' nor "The Temple Dancer" for
they would at least have recognized the
existence of the theatre. Modern Ital-
ian operate art may not be lofty but
1T is practical, and none of these gen.
tlemen, we'll grounded and sincere mu-
sicians all, had apparently the slight
est idea of the hard pan basis of oper-
attic art. An opera presupposes an au-
dience, and an audience is made up of
average men and women, who have a
congcnital fear of boredom. AS Shake
spearc wrote with his weather eye on
the pit, Mozart and Wagner and Verdi
all knew the theatre and the audiences
of their times, and were none the less
great for their knowledge. The theatre
is at best convention and the opera
double convention. A convention
exists on tradition and on rules. Those
who depart from the tradition and break
the rules succeed only if they are irst
grounded in both. We must learn to
walk before we can fly. Operatically,
Professor Parker, Mr.. Converse and Mr..
Hugo were only in the creeping stage,
yet the first two gentlemen attempted
to storm Parnassus, and despite their
imagination and their command of the
orchestra, and despite Mr.. Hookcr's
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC

in producing any but mediocre com
posers, and the members of the Acad-
cmy are convinced that environment
has much to do with the creation of
first class art works. My advice to
the Academy is to establish an Ameri-
can PriX de Rome, similar to that
which is maintained by the French
government.
When Napoleon, in 1903, reorganized
the French Conservatory of Music that
great man saw the necessity of some
comprehensive plan regarding musi-
clans, so that France might take its
rightful place among the musical ma
tions of the world in the same way that
Italy and Germany had done. He pro-
posed the establishment Of the scholar.
ship which was known as the Prix de
Rome, and which gave the privilege
to three young French composers who
showed sufficient merit at the conclu
sion of their technical studies to war
rant their being sent to Rome for the
time the French nation has taken its
place as one of the foremost musical
nations. The establishment of this
prize has resulted in the production Of
lioz, Gounod, Bizct, Massenet, De-
busy, Cesar Franck, Charpentiel and
Vincent DIndy- practically all the
great composers of the French nation.
| do not assert that the Prix de
Rome was responsible for all these
great composers, but | do maintain that
their three years residence in Rome
must have done wonderful things for
them.
In further support of my assertion
that environment means everything to
a composer who is at the age for re-
ceiving outward Impressions, it IS
fact that Mendelssohn was greatly in
fuenced by his Italian tour and that
Wagner did not write his masterpiece,
Christian" until after his long residence
in Venice.
ne american ACADEMY mas QeClueQ
to found musical department at the
Academy in Rome and Will select from
the most promising young musicians of
the United States, in competition three
young men, who will have a three
years residence in Rome. These men
will have access to the finest musical
libraries of the world. They will have
the supervision of competent di-
rector, who will be deputed to bring
them into contact with European com
posers. This musician also will be re-
quired to take the prize holders to the
various great musical centres of
Europe, and Will generally direct their
musical studies during their term of
residence.
The Academy will be the centre for
American students, who will be invited
to make the Academy their headquar-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
First Spanish Opera
At the Park Theatre
Neat Saturday Night

The "hrst night" of the first Span
ish Theatre in New York, when Amadeo
Nives's new opera, "Maruxa" will be
presented for the first time in America,
will take place on Saturday evening,
April 10, at $3.50 o'clock, at the Park
Theatre.
For the title role of "Maruxa" Ade-
lima Vehiek, who sang the role in
Madrid and Barcelona, has been
brought to New York; and the chief
male role, that of Pablo, the shepherd
will present the barytone, Ramon
Banchart, comendador and royal sing
er of Spain, who has just returned
from a tour in Colombia, South Amer
ica. Also in the cast will be Jose Limon
tenor; Jose Santacana, bass, andy Ysabel
MarQuetl, soprano.
"MaruXa" is the story of the shep-
herd Pablo and the shepherdess Ma
ruxa, into whose idyllic life on the hill
sides Of Galcia come the naughty
Senorita Rosa and her mercenary
suitor, Don Antonio, with the contrasts
of worldly wisdom and city ways, and
the temptations and the hazards of
their plots against the lovers happi-
ness. Old Rufo, the cync, contrives
to trick the tricksters and keep Maruxa
unspoiled by the batteries of Don An
tonic and Pablo faithful to Maruxa.
despite Senorta Rosa's Vaccinations.
"Cielo Espanol," revue in one
act, will be given on the same pro-
grammc with the opera, with the Bcr-
diales Sisters, Maria and Julia from
Barcelona, and cast including Adela
Vivcro, Dora YRS, Carload Davis.
Emilia Aviles, Pillar Arcos, Cecilia
Dulles, Flores dc Castano, Josefna
Perez, Paquita Monies, Maria Carras-
cal, llcribcrta Martinez, etc The Gar
rotin," 'Fcrruca," "Tango Andalusia."
"Scvilanas," "Jota Aragoncsc," the
"Passc Gale" Of Madrid and "Sombra
Gitana," the gypsy dance, will be
among the features.
The orchestra Of forty is under the
direction of Maestro Fernando l.. Ca
bcllo, graduate of the conscrvatorics
of Madrid and Of Milan, who has had n
long career in the theatres of Spain
and Latin America. Maestro Cabello
has been musical director Of the Tcatro
Principal and of the Arbcu, of Mexico
City; Of the Albisu, of Havana, and of
the Politeama, of Buenos Ayrcs. Ar
gentina. At FL Paso in 1899 he was in
charge of the celebration which was
held when President Taft and Presi
dent Diaz exchanged fluctuations, and
his official peace March," composed
for the occasion, has been widely used
in Mexico. AS virtuoso pianist
Maestro Cabello has toured in concert.
and concerts arranged by him, at which
he will present the music of Granados.
Albenz, Chani, etc, and new works for
the piano seldom heard in this country
will be features of the Spanish Thea
tres coming season.
"Maruxa" will be the first Of four
operas by contemporary Spanish com
posers to be produced by Manuel
Noriega. The others are "Marna," by
Emilio Urrieta; ola Dorles," by
Tomas Breton, and "Las Golondrinas.
by Jose Usandizaga
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

poetic book, they failed, simply be-
cause they didn't know the road. 1t is
the aim of the American Academy in
Rome to show young musicians this
road, and perhaps also to emancipate
them from the Germanic ideal of mu-
sic drama. Until the war Germany had
been the Mecca Of American musicians.
The result has not been brilliant. Now
the Latin is to have his chance. The
young Frenchman went to Rome and
returned Gounod, a Bizet, and a Mas
senet. There is no reason why the
young American if he has it in him
should not return with equal credit.
Twenty years hence we may be able to
write more fully on the influence of
atmosphere upon genius
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
M@aSAflAREl;L[sS2 III

Friday evening we went over to see
"Attaboy,' the Gus Edwards musical
show, at the Martinique. Of course,
when you go to cabarets all the time
your viewpoint does not remain the
same IS Ellen A. O'Grady's, who must
have keenly enjoyed her one evening
spent at the cabarcts recently.
But we must confess that it looks
to us as though the Martinique man
agement was defeating its own ends,
for no one eats anything. Yes, the
show is as good as that
1t happened the night we were enter
tanned there that Certain party"
named Warner entertained the hand
soonest members Of the 363d Infantry,
who had been only two days in
America.
There were Captains Armstrong
and Rankin and Lieutenants Foster,
Postlethwaitc and Hackley, besides
Sergeants Phelps, Burr, Stanley,
Briggs, Mitchell, Doggett, Gleeson,
Hannah, Spurgeon and O'Donnell.
We should have mentioned Sergeant
West first because he is the West who
won the Congressional medal. Mr..
Edwards brought him over to our
table, but he was so bashful he
couldn't speak, and Lieutenant Hack
ley came over and told all about how
West won the medal. He strangled
two Germans who had machine guns
trained on him. Attaboy.
Half the fun Of watching the show
was in watching the boys watch the
show. They were all ready to tell the
world that here were the prettiest
girls they ever had seen. We fully
expected them to rise in a body and
follow Hazel Furness home when she
sang "I'd Like to Keep House for
You"
Verify, cone touch of khaki makes
the whole world kim
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Calendar for the Current Week

m, York
Metropolitan House, $3.50
The Playhouse,
of the College of the City of New
A.
M
TUESDAYAeoan Hail. S:15 music
WEDNESDAY, m, French OPERA Mireil
THURSDAiCarncge Hail. S:15 M Of
recital by Robert Schmitz Opera House.
opera" AIda
FRIDAT-Metropotan Opera
p. Italian del Re-"
SATURDN-Metropoitan opcra "Madan
Butterfy of Italian oncra
popular prices al Barbicre d Sviglia; m
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Owing TO the crowded conditions in
New York Charles lie Maire, of the
Waldorf, recommends Havana as nice
residential district, and with aeropanes
what they promise TO be it will be well
within committing distance. lie Marie
himself, intends to build a hotel there
and advises every one else to do the
same. He has just returned from
trip through Porto Rico and Cuba.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

On the l4th, according to HYDE
Victor Hyde-a tabloid version of
"Pinafore" is coming into the pek;r
where Marjorie Bonner presides. Tho
cast includes Donald Campbell as Dick
Dead Eye, straight from George Ed.
wardes's production in London, Won
know; Marie Brown as Buttercup. late
of the Boston opera; Frank Phillips =.
Sir Walter and James Walter
Ralph.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

at Murray's tonight, from 80 to n
o'clock Miriam Garland is to sing Ave
Maria" with violin obbligato by To-
seph Engelhardt. The Prince HIM.
Grand Opera Quartet will also be-
heard. But the revolving floor is still
there and you may dance on it to tho
music of Sherbo's Band.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

In two more weeks the zee up at
Healy's Golden Glades will be used
only to cool the champagne, which
means that the new summer revue is in
rehearsal and threatens to oust the
skating rink The May November
Farm up at Hartsdale promises to open
on May I'd too.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

The Hotel Shelburne has opened it,
doors to the ocean breezes at Brighton
Beach and, according to the press no.
tice which we received, "is preparing
for gale season." But we hope they
meant gala season.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Jack Beck and his syncopated or
chestra are among the attractions at
Fountain Inn, which so recently opened
its doors on Merrick Road. II. L.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

noon that Sunday would see their new
cabaret and dancing in full swing.
Gus and Andrew used to be over at
the Great Northern, with its palatial
dining rooms, it's lobster dinners ct al
But they declare that there's nothing
like owning your own home.
How unhind is coincidence. Here it
is 1880 and we have just sent Walter,
Our favorite copy boy. downstairs for
an egg sandwich and coffee because
we are starving and haven't time for
dinner If we make the Ted Lewis Jazz
ball, when we come across this: Have
you ever eaten mushroom salad? Well
come and have some at the Blue Mush-
room Tea Room with Helen Louise.
and you may dance, too, if you wish, or
just sit and sip your coffee" Thank
you, We'll Just sit and eat some of
your mushroom salad.
And here IS another: Come and
dine at The Little Club oh, how
gladly would we do so,-"and hear
those jazz experts, the Sunny South
Syncopated Band Players,' render a
score of favorite selections" Thanks
so much. We shall at the earliest on
portunity.
Last week we went to the Mollie
King Ball, at the Commodore, and
MolMe, herself, heard about it before
1T was too late and was able to attend
IN person, accompanied by Jay Gould.
With the shining black hair? Yes,
that's he. Some one called it THE
Folly Of Revel," but we always have
better time where they crush in"
than where they fear to tread" Nearly
every night we drop IN the Palais
Royal long enough to see Cynthia Per
rot dance. We sincerely believe Miss
Perrot to be the prettiest, daintiest,
best groomed, most digniied young
woman we know, and if we could dance
at all we should like to dance just like
"Cricket."
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Music Notes

In response to the demand for tickets.
arrangements have been made for
second appearance of Percy Granger
and Florence Easton in recital with
the Duo-Art piano next Saturday even
ing, April 10, at Aeolan Hall. The
same programme Of April will be re-
peated.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

f. Robert Schmitz, who will appear
on Thursday evening, April II, at
Aeolian Hall in piano recital of mod :
ern compositions, is said by his press
agent to be graduate and first med
allist of the Paris Conservatoire, and
one Of Frances most promising artists.
Answering his country's call, he laid
aside the work which had distinguished
him in Paris, where, besides his activi-
ties as a pianist and lecturer, he con-
Quoted chorus and orchestra devoted
entirely to the performance of new
works of all schools 1t was Mr..
Schmitz who introduced Schoenberp
into Paris. Incapacitated by a wound
after thirty-six months on the firing
line, he came to this country in the
fall and entered into American must
cal life in Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

They tell us that sophie Tucker has
introduced ffty-seven varieties up at
Reisenwebcr's, in the Circle. No, Of
course, we didn't mean that What
does Sophie know of pickles? We
mean this: "Hawaiian Babies Are
Dancing the Shimmy Now" (well,
wellD; Ruth, Tell the Truth" OTIS a
giftD; For Daddy, That Daddy Of
Nine" (whatd'ye mean, daddy!j;
Heart breaking Baby Doll" GIl say
500; you Fooled Ne Once (jamais
encore); "America Never Took Water"
(but wait); "ll Jazz My Way
Through the Gates OF Paradise" (you
never can tell!); "Who Played Poker
With Pocahontas' (who can say 9)
These are only few of the brands
a press notice says: Miss Sophie
will hold an amateur contest to-mor-
row night; on Tuesday, Cora?? and
on Wednesday "a dark night" We
don't know what it means, but we pass
it on.
Z,
Swan is not past tense for swoon.
According to hoyle, Chapter 80,
Page 465, Churchill's has the best of
everything" (Yes, the p. a. wrote
this.) Also this: "Constant visitors
to that restaurant will notice that
there is new player at The piano"
Some declare that there are two but
this is not true (our own remark.
This is his second week at Church.
ill's," continues the p a., "as he has
just graduated from Wallick's. His
name is Nick Goldman and he can
play classical stuff, too, but he doesn't
insist on it,"
And up at the Grenoble, which hap
pens to be our home, sweet home, Gus
and Andrew are falling in line Thew
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

announced at breakfast Thursday after
noon that Sunday would see their new
cabaret and dancing in full swing.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Gus and Andrew used to be over at
the Great Northern, with its palatial
dining rooms, it's lobster dinners ct al
But they declare that there's nothing
like owning Your own home.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

And up at the Grenoble, which hap
pens to be our home, sweet home, Gus
and Andrew are falling in line They
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Verify, zone touch of khaki makes
the whole world kim
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Where to Dine

Kendall Co.. 1o2 w. 42d St. Tel. 2379-Bry.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

Saw Paul Swan this afternoon. No,
Swan is not past tense for swoon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-20

CHICAGO, Nov. 20. - Hogs Re-
ceipts, 10000; market, weak, mostly
25 cents lS%er; bulk, s13.85 @14.35;
top, $14.40: heavies, $13.85@14.35;
medium, $13 9O@14.4O; lights, $13.s5
@14.30; light lights, $13.50@14.0O;
heavy packing sows, smooth, $13.25@
1875; heavy packing sows, rough,
$12.75@13.25; pigs, s1325G13.75.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000; market,
slow; beef steers, medium and heav-
les, choice and prime. $1775@2O.00;.
medium and good, $10.25@17.75; com:
mon, $8.5O01O25. Light weight, good
and choice, .OO@19.25: common and
medium, s7.5O@13.o0; butcher cattle,
heifers, $6.5O@14.75; cows. $3.50
1925; Gamers and cutters, $3.50 6.25; !;
calves, $16.75@17.75; feeder steers,
$7.OO@13.O0; stocker steers, $1,000
1000: western range beef steers, $7.25
01475; COWS and heifers, $6.25 @ so.
Sheep-Receipts, $4,000; market.
unsettled; lambs. S125O@ 1885; culls
and common, $S75 q 1925; ewes, me-
dunn. good and choice, s7.00@s.5O;
culls and common, $650G11.25
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-20
Boston, Ind.

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Kilgus and little
son visited with relatives at Winches.
ter, Ind, last week. .. w. A. Rinehart
spent Saturday and Sunday in Indi-
annapolis. Mr.. and Mrs. George Dick
son returned to their home in Peru
Sunday. Mrs. Robert Holder and
children visited relatives in Peru last
week. Mrs. l.. A. Hahn of Green
vile, O.. returned home Sunday after
visiting Miss Grace Parks Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Ulm are the parents of a
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Spears
and sons were weekend guests Of Mr.,
and Mrs. William Simons. Mrs.
Charles Kennedy and daughter Of Pc
ru, returned home Monday after visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Piper and
family. Mrs. Frank Jenkinson and
Mrs. Warner Braltain were in Rich
mand Tuesday,. Mrs. Lilly Braltain
visited relatives in Richmond and
Eaton last week. :. Mrs. William Loo
ney and Mrs. Thomas Station shopned
IN Richmond Wednesday,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-20
Castine. Ohio

Mr.. and Mrs. John McFadden and
Miss Marie Olson have returned to
their home in Oregon after an extend
ed visit with relatives and friends at
this place.. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Cole and son Merrill, of Arcanum, were
Sunday guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Shaeffer. Harvey
Shell and family spent Saturday with
delatives at Greensboro. :. Mr.. and
Mrs. Barton Long visited MI and
Mrs. William Cummins near New Mad.
ison Saturday.. Ed Uray, Miss Gin.
try and Mrs. Mamie Newman and
daughter, Olive, are visiting at the
homes of Milton Crawford and Will
liam Schaar.. -. Mrs. w. A. Layer and
daughter visited Henry Potts and
family at Union City Saturday and
Sunday. -. Mrs. William Hamel Wis
tied relatives at Union City Sunday.
....Zelpha and Irene Denlinger at
tended the wedding of Miss Bonnie
Wenger and Theodore Olson at Union
City, Saturday. Miss Wenger former
ly lived at this place. Chester
Young and family spent Sunday with
Orvil Devilbliss and family . . Emma
Gingry entertained the "Friendly Cir
Gle" Wednesday evening". Mr.. and
Mrs. George Banta entertained Mr..
and Mrs. George Reigle and Mrs. Her
man Shaeffer and daughter Mildred at
supper Friday evening. The supper
was given in honor of Mrs. Reigle's
birthday. Charles CARRIER and fam
lily and Jonathan Wenrick of near Pal
estine, took dinner at the home Of Will
liam Denlinger Sunday. The Lifters
were entertained at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Russell Shaeffer Friday eve
ming. Those present were Misses
Ethel Huston, Minnie Melting, Lurene
Gingry, Eva Shell and Ethel Fouts; ;
Frank Huston, Russell Shell. Charles
HORNE, Roscoe Fry, Ray Denlinger
and Jesse Chrismer. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stoner and Harry Hittle were
guests. The Otterbein Guild held
their first meeting at the home of
Mrs. Clarence Gilfillan Thursday eve
ming, Those present were, Helen and
Arilda Aydelotte, Eva Shell, Ethel
Huston, Ethel Fouts, Onolee McGriff,
Minnie Melting, Lurene Gingry, Ma
rie Hawkey and Roma McGriff.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-11-20
others steady; lambs. $8.00@14.40; ;
few, $14.50; others unchanged.
(By Associated Press)

CINCINNATI. O., Nov. 20. - Re-
ceipts-Cattle 1,1O0. hogs $500. sheep
600.
Cattle-Market slow; shippers $10.-
50@14.0O; butcher steers, extra $11.25
@12OO; good to choice $10.25@11.0O;
common to fair 5000; heifers, extra.
s11@13; good to choice $9.50@11.0O;
common to fair s6@9; cows, extra.
$950@10.50; good to choice $3.50 @
$3.50; common to fair $5.5O@7; can
ners, $5@5.50; stockers and feeders.
$6@11; bulls steady; bologna $6.5O@
$500; fat bulls $s@S.5O; mich cows
strong; calves strong; extra $3.50;
fair to good $15@1S.25; common and
large $6@12.
Hogs-Steady; selected heavy ship
pers, $14.25; good to choice packers
and butchers s14.25; medium $14.25;
stays $9@1O.50; common to choice
heavy fat sows $10@12.50; light ship
pers $14.50@14.75; pigs, 110 pounds
and less $12@1425.
Sheep-Steady; good to choice light
$6@6.5O; fair to good $685.; COM
mon to fair s2@5; lambs steady and
weak; good to choice $13.25 q 1880; !;
fair to good SIG 1925; common to
fair $7@11.