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Evening star., 1927-03-04
''The Kings Henchman'' Stirs
Interest i'm Real Native Opera

Interest In homemade" opera has
been given new stimulus by the sue
cessful production in New York of
1.-THE Kings Henchman," with music
by Deems Taylor and libretto by Edna
st. Vincent Millay. Hope Is expressed
that real native opera may be on the
way. an opera by Americans. with
American music, and, as the Wichita
Beacon puts it, about American
things"
sIt is a notable event." declares the
Philadelphia Public Ledger, when an
American composer and an American
poet produce what the critics pro-
nounce a distinctive grand opera. To-
gether. the music and lines of The
Kings Henchman' prove, II the critics
are right, that there is in America a
melodic and dramatic gift comparable
with any that has come out of foreign
lands in recent years. They find in it
a combination of emotion and beauty
and a genuine sense of drama. There
have been other American operas, but
this appears to have reached a new
plane of dignity"
"The story of American or home.
made opera" 1t is pointed out by the
San Francisco Bulletin, lis much
longer than cheerful reading. It's
failures on the financial side have been
conspicuous A few have made the
box-office grade. but not many. Deems
TAYLOR, and Edna st. Vincent Millay
are said to have received only $4,000
between them for the work produced
at the Metropolitan Opera House.
But time will change all that.
We are becoming a more and more
musical people. and the land that is
giving the world so many of its great
performers and some Of its greatest
cotemporary compositions is surely
destined to high honors in the field of
original opera"
The significant thing to the Provi-
dence Bulletin is the demonstration
that grand opera can be written in
English. Under the spell of foreign
tongues, whose fluent syllables music
readily embraces" says that paper,
I'VE have grown to feel that our short,
matter-of- fact English words lacked
the tenuous beauty necessary to musi-
cal discourse. For this reason, when
Edna st. Vincent Miliay writes an
English libretto in words which cap
ture the fieeting mode of song itself,
the poet necessarily comes in for
large need of praise. And when the
attentive ear of Mr.. Deems Taylor
matches her phrases with music
some say Wagnerian music, some
avow Mr.. Taylor's very own--English
opera becomes a thing of beauty
The belief that 1--WE may yet live to
see the day when American classic
music can take it's place beside the
best in the world is expressed by
the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, with
the comment: 1.-THE triumph or The
Kings Henchman' should be extremely
gratifying to those who have hoped
for the development of really excellent
music in the United States Already
the Metropolitan has engaged Mr..
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Taylor and Miss Millay to prepare
another opera for next season. Thus,
with the oldest and most famous of
Americas opera companies getting be-
hind domestic production and with the
native artists making good" bright
prospects are seen for the future.
The Newark Evening News OBJ
serves: Perhaps Mr.. Taylor and Miss
Millay have won the summit; authori-
tative criticism agrees they have at
any rate attained a higher point on
the slope than any who have tried
before. Future renditiOns of their opus
will decide it's final classification"
I'm art, as in other more substan-
tial matters" suggests the Winston
Salem Journal, "the proof of the pud-
ding is the eating, and the fact that
cold, critical New York gave it's un-
qualified approval Of the new Amerf-
can opera ON the first night probably
means that It will prove to be finan-I
cially profitable. At least, II is inter-
esting to know that Mr. Taylor has
been formally commissioned to write
another opera, the words of which will
also be in English, which makes thu
future of American opera in the nativ
tongue appear TO be decidedly promi5
ing" The Baltimore Sun AYERS tha|
the success in New York "whets tn
appetite" of other American citiesy
which hope to see and hear the work.
The South Bend Tribune sees "the
possibility of permanent operatic
writing by Americans"
X X u X
Sur1nising that some day an Ameri-
can may do for New York what Car
pentier did for Paris in Louise" the
Cincinnati Times-Star remarks: But
Now York grows so fast and changes
so much oVeryear that 1t is difficult
to love il as ParisianS love their Paris.
And a musical Interpretation of New
York probably would require the ca
cohponies of modern music. The old
harmonies would not suffice"
Recognizing the feeling that tour
country lacks the atmosphere of rO-
NANCE" the Boston Transcript replies:
What, may we ask, about the Golden
West? What about the grand figures
of Washington and Hamilton? OF
Lincoln and Lee? What about the
color of the Rockies and the Sierras?
What OF the Infinite pathos of human
slavery? What could be more roman
tic than the defense of the Alamo?
New Orleans in the time of Lafitte
the pirate presents romantic color"
In satirical vein the Hartford Times
speculates: There is in the rise OF
industrial America the possibility of
some stirring, clashing music conso-
nant with the Wagnerian interpreta-
ton of Morse and Germanic mythol,
ogy. There is opportunity for somA
brilliant arias done in business mems
suits, plaintive 'yesmen's chorus
and full-bodied and triumphal finish.
with much brass and fervor, when
the genie science finally surrenderss to
the myrrnidons of efficiency and ends
the last act In q swoon at an elabo-
rately set convention OF production
managers"
Evening star., 1927-03-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Farm Regulation.

Farm Regulation.
Prosperity is everywhere. The crops
are on the way.
The orchard and the field will make
their usual display.
Yet, with the fruits and with the grain
the times are playing tricks
Since, recently, dear Mother Earth
went into politics.
The gentle agriculturist stands w1stful
and dismayed
AS he observes quotations on Chi.
cago's Board Of Trade.
He says the profit must depend upon
the sporting. chance,
Since nowadays dear Mother Earth
is dabbling in finance.
Dear Mother Earth, your ways have
been SO simple in the past!
You bade the toiler rise in cheer and
work while day should last:
But now you're digging up the oil. A
rapid pace it sets.
Dear Mother Earth, you're jazzing 1t
and smoking cigarettes.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

club is satisfied and the Babe with
$4,000 for three years, win. lose or
draw, certainly should be. The turn
stiles will be clicking merrily on April
II and after as they admit the crowd
to see the busting Bambino do his well
known stuff What more can be said?
Evening star., 1927-03-04
THIS AND THAT


one who can't get II story pupllhteu
now simply must admit 10 hl'hee''
that he cant write what tho ulhh@~
Zines want. , :,
yvhare thousands of naplrants "a
O. Henry fame full down Is III tHol'
insistence on writing about phiceN
they have never seen anu hbou,
characters with whom they arc ho'
personally familiar.
Now this is Il tWo~edRed s"oFu 4:
real genius. such az Joseph Conrad
posscssed. Ia able to do just thla
thing and make Il success OF lt--bn'
the ioko OF It IL such genius e"iaon'
does, Conrad knew his sea ana ms
ships and his South Sea lslea.
II IL when Henry Farmer or cross
Corners. Wis. who never saw II yes
sol larger than a rowboat. starts III
to describe II storm ut sea that the
editors writhe In their seats.
The writer of this column, In ms
youthful days, wrote South sea
island story, u very long one, repiett
with waving palms and that sort o.
thing, It was a good story-~We nave
It yet--but it was turned down, ano
properly 80. because the editors knew
that n chap living in an Indiana col
lege town had probably not been
nearer the South Sea than Indian
apolis.
1.-THE nimbleness OF dancing
master is not at all prejudlced pS
being taught to move; nor doth any
mechanic, believe, exercise his tools
the worse by having learned 10 uSe
them"
So says Fielding, in support OF MS
theme He continues: ITO aVold q
multiplicity of examples in so plali
a. case and to come at once 10 hlS
point I am apt to conceive that one
reason why many English writers nave
totally failed in describing the man
ners Of upper life may possibly oe
that in reality they know nothlhe
of it,"
Neither books nor the stage. he
continues. will give one any loea " =.
II. A true knowledge OF the World IL
gained only by association with IL
tha manners of every rank must pe
seen to be known.
Even SO great a writer as Charles
Dickens was short on this point. Ills
lords and ladies', the few that he por
trays. are admittedly stiff and Wooder
f1gureheads. Even in the one or TWO
personages of the so-called upper
classes whom he MANAGES to make
life-like there Is something lacking
an intangible quality which the reader
senses ought to be there and is not.
Discussing the society of his day
Fielding says:
Now it happens that this higher
order of mortals is not to be seen
like all the rest Of the human species
for nothing, in the streets, shops anc
coffee houses; nor are they shown
like the upper ranks of animals, fol
SO much apiece. In short, this is {
sight to which no persons are ad
mitted without one or the other O
these qualifications--viz., either birtl
or fortune"
He declares in conclusion: "In my
humble opinion, the true characters
tic of the present beau monde IL
rather folly than vice. and the only
epithet which it deserves is that o1
frivolous"
The opening chapter to the fifteenth
book of this diverting, though some
what long g-drawn-out. history deals
with Fielding's denial of the doctrine
that virtue is the certain road to hap
piness, and vice to misery, in this
world. This chapter Is rather duib
bic on words, and we will dismiss it
to conclude, in our next article, this
series of papers on the Introductory
chapters Of tom jones'"
Evening star., 1927-03-04

While a five-day working week is
considered, Thomas Edison continues
to work with little or no rest. It can
not be that so great a man as Edison
is behind the times!
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Courageous in his discharge OF duty,
Gen. Smedley Butler will probably be
happier in China. where conditions,
however complex, involve no prohibi-
ton laws. "a
Evening star., 1927-03-04

A number of people resent any re-
quest for information by Senator
Borah. They think he has gotten
enough action out Of what he already
knows.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Chinese conditions are interfering
with the boosting efficiency of the
Board Of Trade at Canton and the
Chamber of Commerce Of Shanghai.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Having swum the English Channel,
Gertrude Ederle is booked for theatri-
cal engagements. The Channel takes
on new importance as a school for
actors.
Evening star., 1927-03-04
From the Way 1t Looks.
From the winona Republican Herald.

From The Wlnona RepubIlcan-HeraId.
From the way China Is acting, II
looks as if our Christian missionaries
have failed In persuading the Chinese
to turn the other check, the way
we do.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Discoveries in Egyptian tombs dis,
play dazzling wealth which makes the
royal mummy look like a mere in.
cident in a safety deposit vault.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

In many cases the jury imprisoned
hour after hour appears to be getting
the worst Of the transaction.
Evening star., 1927-03-04
Level Balance.

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Things even up. If youth is more
sophisticated than it used to be, old
age is more juvenile.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

A good base ball player commands
Q wage so large that he rapidly be-
comes a financier.
Evening star., 1927-03-04
New Kansas Invention.

From the Yakima Morning Herald.
Kansas Legislators propose mental
tests for persons who have determined
to wed. Why not continue to give
them the benefit Of the doubR
Evening star., 1927-03-04
Ttate by Mail-Payable I'm Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
All Other States and Canada.
Member Of the Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
20 the use for republication of all news d,s
patches credited TO il or not otherwise cred.
IIed n this paper and also the local new W.
OF special dispatches herein are also reserved
Evening star., 1927-03-04

A filibuster might at least be up to
date and introduce a jazz orchestra
to while away the hours.
Evening star., 1927-03-04
Strong Probability.

From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
Even IL we have an extraordinary
sess5pn az Congress-, there probably
wouldn't b. anything extraordinary
aboM It.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

E edition Is SeIivered wsh bx she carriers within
~ he city at 80 cents per month. daily only:
ner csnts per month: Sundays only. ~ Gents
seL ssJ nonth. Orders may he sent BY msli OF
sosisphone oa Main 5000. Collection ts made BY
carrier at end Of each month
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Before the war we did not see
Bobbed hair or stockings to the knee
And Grandmas comment Is severe.
But Grandpa says he's glad he's here
Evening star., 1927-03-04

"Size don't count" said Uncle Eben
I'm music ukulele is heap mo- in
fuential dan de bass fiddle"
Evening star., 1927-03-04
Wonderful Survival.

Wonderful Survival.
Gunpowder was invented out in China
long ago.
We now have INT and other speci.
mems to show.
So many deadly weapons men with
cleverness contrive
1t seems q wonder any of us now are
left alive.
Evening star., 1927-03-04
PRIVILEGED Glasses.

ITTF1ItStU VIdSSUHs
Crimson Gulch ought to try to re-
form"
"I1ow kin we?" asked Cactus Joe.
"Law-abidin' people can't carry weap-
ons, while bootleggers and bandits go
ahead an take their chances
Evening star., 1927-03-04

What Is your opinion of politics?"
TITS all right" answered Senator
Sorghum. I'm spite of the arguments
/ have not yet failed Of reelection"
Evening star., 1927-03-04

"Wise men," said Hi Ho, the sage
of Chinatown, "avoid conflict, and so
become servants of strong men,
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Jud Tunkins says people waste time
and money on dress. Yet the Eskimo,
who wears one suit of clothes the year
around, hasn't made any great ad-
vances.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

@. is asafetida a vegetable or a
mineral2-A. b. z.
A. Asafetida is Of vegetable origin.
being q gum resin found on various
Persian and East Indian plants.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

O. Does the Government Printing
Office sell plain white paper to the
trade?-J. T. l..
A. 1t sells to Government depart
ments and bureaus. but not outside.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

Q. How long are the Straits Of
Gibraltar?--A. V. r,
A. About 40 miles.
Evening star., 1927-03-04

@. Were there such characters as
Evangeline and Gabriel?-A- s.
A 1t is said that Evangeline and
Gabriel were real characters and that
they married and lived many years in
Philadelphia, where they are sup
posed to be buried.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
TILDEN SCOTS AT
BRITISH net RULE
American Ace Says He viii Be
interviewed as He Pleases
in England

Boston, Dec. 16.-When William
T. Tilden II invades England soon,
the American tennis ace is going to
write and be interviewed as he pleas
es, despite the latest edict Of the
British Lawn Tennis association.
That was his reaction here to the
news that the association had adopt
ed the following rule:
ut was resolved that no amateur
could receive money or . monetary
equivalent for writing identifiable
articles about tennis competition in
which the player is to be engaged;
permit himself to be interviewed, or
to broadcast talks"
II believe the latter part Of this
paragraph has not been wholly quot
ed" said Tilden. II believe the
British rule is the same as the one
in vogue here: Namely that m anna
teur cannot be interviewed or quoted
for a monetary consideration. 9th
erwise, how foolish the whole thing
would be.
"How can they stop me from be-
ing interviewed If a newspaperman
wants to interview me and am will
ing to be interviewed, what can the
governing body do about it? If
am willing to be interviewediI am
willing to be quoted. What harm
is there in the procedure? Espe-
cially what harm is done II I am
not being paid for the interview :"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
ANDY KERR HERDS HIS FOOTBALL
HEROES OF EAST TOWARDS FRISCO
Washington and Jefferson
Mentor Turned Out One Of
East's Greatest Elevens This
Past Season and Hopes to|
Continue Success in Charity
Game

Washington, Pa, Dec. 16.-Andy
Kerr, Washington and Jefferson
college football coach, has embarked
with team of eastern college stars
to the Pacific Coast to play a west
ern constellation in charity benefit
game at San Francisco Dec. 26.
The grid battle between eastern
and western college athletes has
been an annual event for several
years, being sponsored by the Shrin-
ers Of the San Francisco district As
a method Of raising funds for their
Children's hospital at San Fran
cisco.
Kerr has had exceptional success
since he took charge Of football ct
w. & j. two years ago. His 1926
eleven lost Lut one game, being
nosed out in the last 80 seconds Of
play at Philadelphia by Lafayette,
which went through its 1926 cam
paign without meeting defeat.
This year the Washington and
jefferson eleven was one Of tte
foremost in the east. II had vic
tories over Western Maryland, Car
negie Tech, Lafayette and Bucknell
IN its major engagements.
It's scoreless u with Pitt IN re-
ality Is not : blotch on IS record,
Tor. the Pitt eleven has overwhelmed
al other opposition, including the
Nebraska team, which Il consid-
cred one Of the most powerful 81
he county.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
MAJOR LEAGUES
APPROVE DRAFT
Officials Express Willingness
to- Terminate MajOr-MinOr
Agreement

New York, Dec. 16.-iR)-Rumb-
lings Of a baseball war had subsidized
today. The major leagues stamped
approval upon the scrapping of the
draft system as proposed by the
minor circuits.
This action, taken at a joint meet
ing of the National and American
leagues here yesterday marked the
close of the baseball gathering and
left the next move over the draft
situation up to the minors.
While the majors expressed will
ingness to terminate the major
minor league agreement January Ia,
when the seven-year period of its
operation expires, should the minors
SO desire, they also agreed to q
truce until February l. when the
minors will make known their
wishes.
Meantime, the present agreement
stands. Abolition of the draft
which is not considered likely, would
cause the minors to function separ-
ately and out of the jurisdiction of
Commissioner Kenesaw NJ. Lands.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
ZUPPKE CALLS
IDEA 'FLABBY'
nlini Mentor Says Men Play
Football For Drama and
Heroism of IT.

Chicago. Dec. 16.-R-The two
team football argument still RACES
in the Western Conference, and the
more Coach Zuppke Of Illinois talks
about It, the more critical he be-
comes. He told the Aurora alumni
Of Illinois last night that it was .
"flabby idea" because men don't
play football for exercise but for
'the drama and heroism Of it."
Adding Q second football team to
the university athletic program is
. mere drop in the bucket where
there are 1000 male students, Zup-
PIKE continued, and there will al
ways be one best team anyway.
America wants to see only the
best" Zuppke said. "When people
begin to worship mediocre or only
second best, then the nation Is
doomed"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
Legion of Honor Is
Denied the Olympic
Athletes of France

Paris, Dec. 16.-(F-The red rib
bon Of he Legion of Honor, which
is more or less generously given to
all manner Of men who bring honor
upon themselves or their country, is
to be denied to the French athletes
who go to the Olympic games of
1928.
The French senate, in voting a g.
100000 franc appropriation to send
q team to Amsterdam, stipulated
that no Legion decorations>were to
be accorded to any of the athletes,
however successful.
Why this decision was made the
public doesn't know. Parliament
only reluctantly appropriated the
money to send the team to Amster-
dam, the appropriation having once
been voted down:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
SPEED SKATERS
WILL GATHER
AT WISCONSIN
Big Ten Athletes, Other Collie.
gians Will Compete on
Lake Mendoza

Madison, Wis, Dec. 16.-R-The
first intercollegiate speed skating
races Of the Middle West will be q
feature of the four-day winter
sports carnival to be held here Jan
5-8, under joint auspices Of the Uni.
versity of Wisconsin and the city
of Madison.
Schools which will compete in the
skating races are: Northwestern
Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Mich.
igan State, Marquette universities
Houghton School Of Mines and sew
eral small colleges.
Other features Of the carnival
which is to "make Madison the Lake
Placid of the Middle West" are
skiing, fancy skating, hockey, ice
boating and curling.
The skiing plans call for exhibit
tions by Hans Troye and Knute
Dahl, Wisconsin's expert ski jump.
ers. Two series Of games will be
played by the hockey teams, the
first series between Wisconsin var
sity and Marquette. The second
will be between Madison's hockey
team and GAINESVILLE. Madison's
team Is composed Of such former
university stars 40 Lidicker, cap.
tain Of the 1926-27 team, and Jan
sky, a right wing on the same team.
The intercollegiate open speed
skating races are . result Of efforts
to have q Big Ten skating meet in
Madison. Maj. John L. Griffiths,
athletic director Of the Western
conference, expressed his approval
Of the project while in Madison re-
Gently, but no action having been
taken by conference officials, the
open meet will take its place.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
ST. Thomas Will Play
Four N. D. Cage Elves

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 16.-The Rev.
w. j. Gibbs athletic director of st.
Thomas college, has announced that
he had scheduled four basketball
games for the trip which the Cadet
team will tabe to North Dakota early
in the new/year.
The Valley City Teachers college
will be engaged January 4, while on
January st. Thomas will play Con-
cordia in q conference game at
Moorhead.
January s and z will see the Ca
diets meeting the University Of
North Dakota team in a two-game
series at Grand Forks.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-16
Washburn Cage Five
Defeats Underwood
52-15 in Hard Game

Washburn, N. D., Dec. 16.-The
Washburn American Legion basket
ball team defeated the Underwood
Independents 81 to Is in a clean,
hard-fought contest.
Lack Of practice was noticeable in
the play Of the Underwood cagers
w<o failed to develop any team
work and fumbled and booted the
ball throughout the game.
ellsworth, the crack Washburn
center, was the star Of the contest
accounting for Ia Of his teams
points playing good game both Of
fensively and defensively. Unumb
was outstanding for Underwood
with 8 points.
The Washburn team has issued q
challenge to any independent team
on the Missouri Slope. DR.. NJ. D.
McCurdy is manager.