Show I I Germans Best Listeners L McClellan Indicates Most i. i Musical Railway Line Utah Musician Writes of Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope and Queer Queer- People He I II I Sees and Places He Visits BUILD YOUR L SUCCESS SUCCESS' ON YOUR ON-YOUR YOUR SPARE TIME Tells of Great G German Operas He Hears and nd of Ragtime Ap Applause l of Music Masters BY Y J. J J J. J WHILE speeding through Germany on n the IBe Flushing Berlin London Flushing hing London n n express train which makes the t u i p between tho the German and English capitals capita s in ill sixteen hours I find myself myself myself my my- self in ii a n mood for giving n a fe few w thoughts to our hundreds of splendidly splendid splendid- ly Jy talented western boys and girls Who What countless opportunities do we not Dot ha have haVO o for tor accomplishing things for tor tord d doing things which shall be of ot profit both to ourselves an and to others But do we take full a advantage of ot these op opportunities op- op In other words 1 la a the time that we have on our hands hand used to goOd purpose One of ot our large American n correspondence schools compiled complied com com- plied piled a booklet for tor advertising pur- pur not so eo long lone ago with the cover of a bank book On It was waR printed The rhe Spare Time Savings Bank In Act AcI Ac- Ac t I count with Ambitious Americans Americana Opinion ot of f American This IB Ie surely an excellent Idea an anono and andone one ono In n line with the opinion held beld of ot us Amerl Americana anBy uy y the average Europ European an that we are a 8 race very much engrossed In our occupations Our people seem to have taken hol hold of oft of the Spare Time Bank Idea with true zest rest an and Jt it Is fast becoming with us a Q national l principle to do some Borne depositing depositing de de- positing in such institutions and it Is 18 Isa isa a a. very laudable characteristic of ot the Cousins across the Atlantic as an Englishman would woul put It Jt I Many a a. l person erBon has haa been known to have built bunt up success In the spare time I 0 which another might have squandered Of ot all wisdom this Is the best I know of ot Always bo be occupied with something to do never mind how small or humble it it may may be but let It be bo something that will rill raise you up above your own self something that will elevate tho the soul In that way you will earn the honorable I distinction of being one of ot those I people people peo peo- eo- eo pie who do not wilfully waste their time Some Earnest Advice Can our western musicians claim this splendid characteristic as 8 one of ot their very own In many cases I fear tear n no not t. t Does Docs tho the student sit down to his or take tako up vocal violin or other at study stud dy Y work with the thorough determination n to get flat alt U he possibly can out of ot the time lime devoted to practice Running up and down some lome scales Beales With genteel carelessness Just playing or singing them as aa a mere matter of ot form then doing a little bit of this an and a little of ot that is not good practice practice tice and ana will never make an efficient player Inclined 16 to Skimp Practice Are Arc we not inclined to skimp our practice and render the exercises with witha a careless disregard for tor beauty ot of tone Those are vital questions which all students students students stu stu- dents should put to themselves and they are questions which demand an an honest answer Map out your time for practice If J you have three hours dally daily devote during dur dur- ing ng t the h e day d a y one hours hour's effort to scales arpeggios arpeggio and other technical work given by your teacher another hour to your our etudes studies an and the remlin- remlin tier iler to practicing your our selected solo olo and Interpretative study But remember I your scales Beales must be practiced with the greatest of ot care oare as well wen as the stu studies les and I piece the piece the utmost care oaro Mistaken Mu Must t De Be Eliminated NeVer pass pas over a a. mistake To excel all aU mistakes must be ell elt Correct Correct Cor Cor- every mistake and make and make sure that It does not occur again See how beau- beau you can make your musical performance performance per per- for tor it Is la tho the beautiful in music music mu mu- sic whether whet whether vocal ler- ler vocal or Instrumental that appeals to the heart of the listener Throw your whole heart and soul into your work Worle try to excel do oven botter better than you did last laet time Whatever your hand band to do do It with ith all your might By that means you will have made good use of ot your time I In n tho last letter to The Tho Heral Herald Herald- Republican I gave you an account of ot our trip to London and of ot our pleasant two-day two stop In Brussels Leaving LeavinS the last named city of ot culture cultures and fine tine cafes Douglass end I arrived in beautiful beautiful beau beau- Cologno Cologne with Its wonderful dome domo early in the tho afternoon and heard an exceptionally rare program of oC music In the big church that evening which repaid the trouble of stopping over many times We Ve strayed down b by yI the Rhines Rhine's edge for tor a mile or two and saw the tho evening steamer from Frankfort a Main arrive N Next day after atter spending spendin g a a. restless night in a German Gorman sleeping g car more due to tho the bad roa roadbed bed than to the rather comfortable sleeper we arrived bright and earl early In the to me greatest musical center centor of ot the world Berlin And such a n. fog tog One could barel barely see across the sidewalk Son So wanted wonted to know lenow It If there wore were some awful fire somewhere It was as s so o smoky as aa ho said Are Royally I Entertained While searching ear for tor suitable guar tern tors we wore were royally entertained b by Y B. B Cecil Gates and Frau Schmidt th the o latter of ot whom ha has haR had as her guests more Utah people than an any other Berlin lady And such fluch wholehearted hospital Sty qty and welcome one does not often encounter encounter en en- counter abroad Straying into th the Thos Cook Son Co eileeN on beautiful e ful tul Unter den Linden to seek Book advice i I pick d' d dup up a neat nent pamphlet Around Aroun d the World Tours printed In German in which Salt Lake has equal mention n with Chicago San Francisco etc After Alter speaking of ot the Pikes Pike's peak peal tour and a mere mero mention of ot Cheyenne It t reads Salt Lake City Utah Hero Her e we the find the large largo Tabernacle with it its s magnificent organ orgon concerts dally daily at l 1 12 r noon Entrance to tho the r Mormon Temple Tem Ter pie is 19 not allowed A trip out to on the Great Salt r lake and a 0 bath in 1 n its ita water is Ss a 0 further enjoyment 4 Th tour then refers reters to to Yellowstone e I ark park Another tour via th the o Denver Rio Grande Grando r railroad J Opera for tor Week Fhe he operas for tor this week are Sun Sun- day Tristan and Isoldo Isolde Wagner Monday Madam which J Butterfly Puccini we wo thoroughly enjoyed last evenIng even even- ing lug hearing Maclennan the tho Scotch h tenor as and having re re- re to our vision tho most beautiful 1 scenic cha tra under Imaginable while tho the or or- or von Strauss not th the great Richard WaH as aa ever cent the inspiring today Tuesday at 1 12 public rehearsal and 8 tonight the Royal opera pera house orchestras orchestra's sym sym- 4 h 0 i- i J 1 t 1 iii Royal Theatre at Berlin I I phony phon concert Dr Richard Strauss Streusel conductor Wednesday Wagner Vagner Thursday Salome Strauss Friday t MIgnon Thomas Saturday The tasked Masked Ball Verdi Verd with tho famed tamed Italian Italian baritone Battistini Battis- Battis Tho The Rose tini as guest Strauss Strauss' new now Cavalier will again be bo presented on Sunday Sunda evening and will be bo featured as in the opera of or orthe the same flame name nane Monda Monday I heard The TheRose TheRose TheRose Rose Cavalier a week ago but cannot say I admire it greatly as It seems to lack tho the power of ot the tho good old oM muse muc according to my mJ opinion and I found Carmen the next evening a great satisfaction sat sat- and Lohengrin lat later r on the same marvelous music and Inspiration l- l ration as ever The other notable operas gl gleaned from the embarrassing array offered d by the same grand opera houses for tor this same Bame week are are Beethoven Tho The Marriage of Figaro Mozart I Czar and d Zimmerman Ammerman Othello Verdi and the new opera Thorn Roses These latter mentioned all being given in the new Deutsches In Charlottenburg the wealthiest city in all Germany and a suburb of ot this famous capital The Royal Russian Ballot from tho the I Maria Marla theatre of ot St. St Petersburg i la is putting In two weeks at the New opera house Krolls and the opening night of ot this attraction afforded experiences and enjoyment I shall never forget torget Inthe In Inthe Inthe the first place th the orchestra large largo and well balanced If It of ot queer proportions necessitated by the peculiar semi semi- oriental effects required in tho the works performed consisted of ot two piccolos two flutes four tour clarinets two harps one piano one celesto celeste two xylophones one ono of steel stoel and one of at wood In addition addition addi addi- tion to twenty first and sixteen second violins twelve violas ten cellos eight basses and reinforced brass and reed sections to adequately meet the de demands demands demands de- de mands of ot the three scores scores scores- Cleopatra ata musk music by Narcissus mue music c b by an and the Dance Dances from the Borodin opera Prince Igor The dancers were all members of the Imperial ballot ballet and superb artists every overy one The conductor con con- ductor Pierre Monteux proved to be capable It was wea ladles les night and Douglass an and I found toun ourselves the only two men on our row of ot some somo sew 80 enty five seats l Do oHton ton So and On our right were two prattling English girls while white on our left were two gabby New England girls as we gleaned from their talk It was Boston Bos nos ton so and and andr r r minus What a combination of ot subjects from Bachand Bach Bachand Bachand and Beethoven down to making Xmas presents to cost oost no more than tupe tu pe pence ce hapenny etc eta these four tour Englanders Englanders Eng EnS landers espoused I thought of ot Professors Professor Stephens and and others as I noted note that nearly all an the men present were bald At about eight minutes of or 8 a 8 couple of ot real American girls came In and sat directly back of us one us-one one was from York Fork Neb and the other from tho the south as we learned from listening An And now what a babble of voices voices- all around us us three throe English dialects were being spoken In the tho center of one of ot the finest German audiences I have ever seen lIeen All Applaud Dr It Is la about three minutes of ot 8 Suddenly there thero is a 0 commotion In the orchestra the strings s have havo stopped getting get get- getting ting the their r fifths fifths perfect etc elc an and every performer In the tho orchestra stra pit Is looking out out Into the he parquet applaud applaud- l ing ug a n. looKing man man also also a n bald note head who head who has Just entered and a Is tak ing his place a few to seats scats away It Is Dr Richard Strauss He la is confused contused at the enthusiastic reception and walks down to the pit to bow his appreciation while wo we all look on in complete amazement Wonder wh why he ho hasn't brought his wife with him yelled veiled out one of ot these vicious tongued English girls girls ho ho never takes her anywhere I with him retorted the other damsel l showing how often otten people can give wrong impressions by a single le phrase Ma Madame ame Strauss Is one of ot tho the most widely known artists and popular nr women women women wom wom- en of ot Germany being a very fine tine soprano soprano so so- eo- eo the sister of ot the late great vlon vio tin lin n teacher do Ahna Ahna Dr Strauss and end she appearing often Jointly as artists Mrs Strauss singing his hla songs an and ho playing the accompaniments on tho the piano notably the Enoch Arden music music music mu mu- sic etc ete Girt Gina Unaware of FaetH The Those e gossipy girls didn't know these facts evidently The audience was n a finely dressed dreese one one but but taken as 08 a a. whole our Salt Lake gala gala gaa audiences compare re very fa favorably ta- ta in looks but Jn its listening ability the Gorman German can te teach ch both American and English audiences now how low to listen lIsten to to get all that Is coming One of ot tho noblest of all aU the present day German composers came camo in late lato and took his seat quietly while the glorious performance n a was being given What a calm dignified if it ugly little man IB is this composer of ot Haensel and Gretel and the tho lato late etc eta assistant assist assist- ant to Richard Wagner for tor years his hie loyal pupil and the tho most sought after theory teacher In Berlin Dr Strauss and ho greeted each other warmly like very own brothers ought to to and during the evening the former wn was quite en enthusiastic en- en in applauding while the Jatter lat Jat- ter was waa not seen to applaud at all nU Time Rag-Time An occurrence during the walt wait att between between be be- tween the second and third dances goes Boos to sh show nv the tho naturalness of ot really great men DU During the tho fearfully long alone sion when waiting wafting ceased censed to be u pleasure Dr Strauss started up a aBort sort of time rag-time In which Professor and many others oth oth- ers era heartily Joined these two masters musters seeming to enjoy the fun fur of ot accelerating ing the tho work of ot the had hands Just as two healthy Utah boys would havo have done it 11 with no more moro pomp or dis play and with broad grins and tho the rarest technique and gusto did these two biggest composers of ot Deutschland hurry up the show s1 is also alBO rather bald It was waa an as evening of ot highest inter Inter- eat est from ever every standpoint and a 0 pre pro premiere inhere any managers manager's heart might misfit have rejoiced at Goer GOCK to London T for tor Opening As suggested at the tho beginning of ot this story tory I am tr traveling cUng to London Lon to to- hears hears' hear bear s s' s i t I the first performance of ot Sir Edward Edwar Elgar's new now work The Tho Music Makers Makers' at Royal Albert Albort hall Thanksgiving night under tho the direction of ot Sir l Frederick Fred erick crick Bridge given givon b by tho the Royal Roal Choral Choral Choral Cho Cho- ral society assisted b by Miss Muriel Murie 1 Foster Poster contralto 1 This will will bo ho followed followed b by y a ren rendering crins of ot EI ElgAr s H. H L L. L Balfour Muse Mus Bac will officiate as organist Another reason for tor my trip Is th the fact that on next Sunday Dec 1 I th the tho first chapel ever built In tho the British empire b by the tho Mormon church will b bo be 0 dedicated and President Hudger Clawson Clawson Claw Claw- son has asked me mo to assist In makin making o tho musical program commensurate with the Importance of ot the occasion no Boy Hoy Violinist Few violinists make their first appearance ap ap- so fully tully equipped for tor a strenuous strenuous career than did Mr Reuben Lunan Luna n at his Initial recital at hall hal last night nigh t. t Tho The young oung violinist wh who Is only 17 has temperament In ahun abundance abundance dance a n. facility and a tono ton which of Itself Is a a. delight ht to listen t to In tho the Aronsky concerto Mr Lunan Luna marshaled his powers In complete u order and apparently not only ha had them under complete command throughout through through- out the tho work but exhibited |