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Show I MUSIC AND MUSICIANS Ii . Vflor hoarini: Miss L:i Salle, n youni; cirl from Don trier, Nob., siujr, tho following fol-lowing entliusiasl ic sl:i lomoiit wis innnY by :i jury of five of New York's most prominent niusic.-il oritii'.s, .rnch one an nrtist, snys tho Chicago Tribune: "In our opinion. Mips Mario Ji Sallo lino u voico of most jiiiirvcloiis? scope, power and sweetness. Slio sings high r) with ania.ing ease. Wo think that she should go to Italy and there studv tinder Lonibnrdi for a year, by which time she will be fitted to lake her place ns one of the greatest, grand opera singers sing-ers (lie world has yet produced, Mclba not excepted. ' ' Thov wero Arturio Toscanini. head of tin- Metropolitan Opera company; (tti Cazzazza. general manager of tho company; 0. Centanini, assistant general gen-eral manager; Mme. .lane Noria, wife of Centanini and principal soprano of the opera company; and Jticurdo Martin, Mar-tin, leading tenor." "Let us hear her sing!" New York ocicjv women then cried, ''and if we think her good she shall go to Italy and we will provide all necessary funds not alone for her training but her Ii v- ing expenses as well." ! I After listening to Ihe girl's wonderful wonder-ful -voice at a trial hearing, where the cream of society had gathered, the New York women ns one woman look her to them and cried as with ono voice: "Pho is wonderful! Yo will scud her abroad! ' ' Like a fairy story reads tho story ; of rho last two years in the life of Mary La Salle, who, before tho fates j looked upon her und decided she should bo one of the favored, lived with her married sister in Beatrice, Neb. ' For man' years sho and her father nnd mother rind sisters had lived in this town. Then sho was left an orphan, her sisters married, and sho lived first with one, then with another, fairly hap p, but witli no definite ambition for 1he future nave a dream I hat sho kept folded close to her most inner consciousness con-sciousness that some time she might go on tho stage, not so much to act as 1o sing, for Mary loved singing, and ier voico ever smc.e sho had been a illlo girl had led tho voices in tho church choir of Beatrice. Old. Ambition Given New Life. It was just about two years ago that a man employed for the work of discovering discov-ering new talent for the Savage companies com-panies visited lieatrice and, incidentally, inciden-tally, went to church. There ho heard Miss La .Salle sing. Ho was greatly impressed by her voice and called on her later, his visil fanning into vivid life the hardly realized dream. "1 want to sing.'' Mary La Salle 1 old hr sister. "They I oil mo I have " a good voico and thai I am wasting it here. 1 want to go to Chicago." Thero was, of course, somo little opposition, op-position, but finally Miss La .Salle had her way, and. she joined tho "Tom 1 ! MISS BETJTiAH HUDSON, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hudson, Hud-son, 1081 South Eighth East, pianist, ono of tho most promising of younger ones, pupil of Miss Ifcttletoii. Jones' J company, sinking as understudy to Louiso Gunning. Only once during the season did Miss La Salle have a chance to sing, and on' the night that alio did. she wuh heard bv 'ono of Chicago's impresarios. Max Diabinoff. -who listened eagerly to her and mado up his mind that he would not loeo sight; of Iter. Ho did, however, but he found her ngain, the second time in "Tho Hoyden" Hoy-den" company, -with Miss Elsie .Funis and under the management of Charles Dillingham, with whom she was under contract. "That lime- I made sure that f would Promising Young Singer ! . W ' I MISS TVIAUD 0. KENNER, Wlio has appeared in several recitals with marked favor. Sho has a mezzo soprano voico of wide rango and effectiveness ef-fectiveness and is looked upon as having a bright future Sho was one of those selected from tho tabemaclo choir to engage in the Eisteddfod in Seattle last August. not. lose her." said Mr. Rabiuoft. "J went to see her, and told her that her voice had made a great impression on ino and that I wauled her tt leave light opera for a tinio and studv under a good teacher. Sho told me that she was under contract with Mr. Dillingham, and so T wont to see him. He whs do-lighted do-lighted about ihe matter, and she was released from her contract." Voice Almost Lost to World. Miss La Salle took a few -lessons from Mr. Kabinoff, who discovered that her mice, untrained as it was, had been subjected to severe strain and that the most careful attention would hae to be given it. Ho took her to W. L. Tlubbard. and for a number of months sho worked under his tutelage. "She was a fragile girl and a hard worker," said Mr. Tlubbard. "And 1 had to work carefully with her. Some days, when sho would come, 1 would not let her sing for more than ton minutes. Other times I would send her homo without a lesson. We were hindered a good deal bv colds which she contracted for a long lime. 1 dis-I dis-I covered later sho had lived in a room where thero wns absolutely no heat. Tho house where she roomed was heated heat-ed by a furnace, and the furnace, it seemed, smoked. Unable to stand this, Miss La Sallo had pasted papers over tho registers after closing the openings so thai no smoke and no heal could gel ihrough. Here she contracted such a cold that she decided she would have to stop work entirely for a time, and she went west, where she has two brothers living near Donver. Here, in the high altitude, ihe cold turned to pneumonia, and for a time her life was despaired of." In June Mr. Hubbard went to da-pan, da-pan, and Mr. "Rabinoff greeted Mis La Salle when she returned to Chicago During the time sho had studied with Mr. Hubbard she had, under another dehor, been studying French and Italian, Ital-ian, and had learned two operas, " Lucia Lu-cia " and "La Traviata." At Mr, RabinofT's request she sang selections from these for .Sig. Ricardo Martin, who corroborated all other opinions by declaring de-claring Miss La Salle's voice a "wonder "won-der and urging Mr. KabinofT to take her to New York. In the middle of December of 100!) Kabinoff took his protege to the place where men and women are uiade or marred and arranged for her to sing in the Metropolitan opera house before five people whose opinion would prove whether or nt the girl was all he thought her. Trial Before Experts. The live who constituted the jury listened lis-tened first gravely, then eagerly, then willi noticeable inthiisiasiu. and when Miss La Salle had concluded and stood I timidly waiting to hear the verdict thoy rushed to her, and Mmo. Noria, throwing impulsive 'arms about her, exclaimed: ex-claimed: "My child, thank the. good God! Vou havo the greatest natural voice 1 have ever heard. rSomc day your name will be in the hearts nnd on" the lips of all music lovers.'' Gat 11 CasHKiw.u's tribute of praise wns gravo and brief: "Wonderful! 1 am astounded. You must study with Lonibnrdi." Ceulauiui said; "I see in you another an-other Tel ra.7.ini, " and Martin, grasping grasp-ing her hands, repeated enthusiastically alt he had said after "hearing her in Chicago. .Shortly after this Miss La .Sallo sang at a musical at which were present the board of directors of the Metropolitan Opera company and a number of well known New York society women. Mrs. V. K. Vnnderbilt had intended being present, but was prevented on account of illness in the family. Later another affair was given in order that she might be present, for she had expressed her-!elf her-!elf strongly as wishing to hear .Miss La .Salle. The afternoon of the musical, at which she was present, sho expressed her delight openlv not only to her friends but to Miss La Salle. As the girl was about to leave the opera house she went to her and slipped around her shoulders her own magnificent magnifi-cent opera enpo of sable and ermine. Gift the Beginning of Wonders. "Keep it, for my sake and with my best, wishes for a great, and beautiful future,' she said. This was the beginning be-ginning of wonders. Society adopted Mury La Salle. Mrs. I 'red C. Gris-wold Gris-wold sent ov wonderful evening gowns; dinners and musicals were given for her one after the other in rapid succession bv Mrs. Gillette. Mrs. W. K. Vnnderbili. Mrs. (iriswold. Mrs. Childs und many other prominent women. wo-men. She was oiigaged to sing at some of tho most solect functions of the. hour and $200 for an evening was nothing unusual for her' to receive. Then her society godmothers decided thnt she must "have rest. since she must sail so soon, and sho spent several days at. a lime doing nothing but rest in various homes, where ever" attention was vouchsafed her, Mrs. Griswold's physician calling upon her every day. Besides having been started out with a most beautiful and complete wardrobe, ward-robe, Miss La Sallo has much money to her account in tho bank at Florence, where she will study with Lombard), and she has been assured that more will always bo forthcoming sn long as sho needs it, and she has been told that she must live well, dress well, and take the greatest care of her health. Rewai'd for Their Generosity. There ham been but two things that sho has been asked to do as reward for all this generosity. Miss Ln Salle's Young Utah Pianist MISS PEARL ROTlinCHXLf). name is, in reality, Mary La Solle. The first, request made has iioen that, she will change it to Marie La Salle, which she has already done. The second request ' was that, she promise to make her debut in Ihe Mel ropolilan opera house. New York. And to this, aJuo, it is needless lo say, she has agreed. ' ft is doubl fill if New York will see her within a year, though such is the prehonl plan. Otto Kalui. famous in New York musical circles, has, it is said, advised her to go lo Franco for a lime and sludy opera after alio has finished with Lonibnrdi. Whether alie will or not, is an open question. Siuging is not Ihe only talenl pos-pe.sseu pos-pe.sseu by this wonderful girl. She iuh written oyer 142 po"ins which, it is said, ho iniends to have compiled in book form presently. ' M'o look at. there "is nothing impressive impres-sive aboul her. She is a slender .-dip of a girl with a face like a (lower and brown eyes like (hoso of a questioning child. But, behind all her seeming fragility, she has, the doelonj s-ny, tremendous tre-mendous nerve force and much 'imsua-pecled 'imsua-pecled vitality. And now the world of music is wailing wail-ing for what. Another Melba, per-! haps, or maybe some one whose high coloratura soprano mice will be more wonderful tli: in any that has ever been heard before. The music programme for the Firnl Methodist church this Sunday will be as follows: M OK XING, Organ 1'relinle. Anthem O Jesus, Thou Art Stnnd- Iiir-.... ....... Sclmcukcr Miss I.eola .Sclwaek and '.Mr. Kay-moml Kay-moml Urown ami Choir. Offertory. Po.stlude. KYKXIXG.' Organ Prelude. Anlliem- The Helter Land 1c Varrl Mih. Sorcnscii. Miss Milla and ' Choir. Offertory. Barltuno solo Pingliig In God's Acre .TiraeK-cU .Mr. Karl Kihlicy. J 'os 1 1 u tie. A special musical programme will bo given at the Y. M. C. A. on Sunday afternoon, under ihe direction of Mrs. William A. Wetoll. It ran no lunger he said that the people peo-ple of tho United States arc unmusical, says Hie Cleveland J'laln Dealur. They are paying out enormous suniti for musical musi-cal InstrumentK and increasing the. amount sjent eyrj year. In ten yrm-K It nlmor.l doubled, goimr from S3G.000,0U0 Has a Bright Future MISS GLADYS McOONAUGHY, Pupil of Miss Flanders and a promising young musician of Salt Lake City, whose future- in the musical world is bright. a year to 570.000.000.' As all but 5S.000,-000 5S.000,-000 of tills increase was in the last live vcjii-h reported. It cun be seen that Hie number or families, now "devoted to music" of sumo kind Is increasing ovory year In a win- I lint breaks alt records. About ?r. out or each $7 is spent for organs, with :t total of over S5. 000.000 a year for this Item, which may bo credited credi-ted lo church music. Over half Uio whole amount goes for pianos. These figures fig-ures go up as piuno players are invented to plnv any tiino that Is called for from the mil. The wile . of phonogruohs and musical Instruments of their elusa runs over $1 out of each 7 in ihe total. Tills still leaves millions snout yeurly for violins, vio-lins, guitars and musical Instruments of other kinds. Tho totals given are thoso of factory values, with somn deduction to be made for sales In other countries of Instruments mndo in this. This is much more than offset by tho increaso of prices at retail. It seems safe to estimate esti-mate thai we are spending over JIOO.000.-000 JIOO.000.-000 a year now for musical Instruments alone before beginning to count what Is paid teachers and performers. Tho ofll-tlclal ofll-tlclal figures show about JiS spent a year for music now to every dollar In the last gencrulloil. Hardly any other Increase in money spent for things not absolutely necessary for life Is as great as this. Lasl Moiidnv evening at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Head, the American Ameri-can Music society held one of tho most successful ni'-eliiigs in il history. The programme was full of interest, the" works of MacDowoll predominating and two foreign composers lidding variety. Great praise was bestowed upon a work by a Salt Lake woman. "Love Comes Smiling," by Mrs. Edith Kjchardsou, sung bv Mih"s lidna Bwyer. Tho song was listened to with appreciation, Miss Dwvor repealing it in response to many requests. Miss Joy do Camp and Dr. A. E. Rvkert gave the two foreign numbers, num-bers, 'Miss Do Camp playing Haydn's Variations in V minor in an artistic, manner, and Dr. Hylccrt delighting all with his rich tenor in "13on Soir" of Rubinstein. Miss Clayton gave a masterly mas-terly rendition of MacDowoll 's Concert Etude, managing the heavy chords and octave work with perfect ease. Miss lidna Bailev, Mr. A. .1. Kisselburg. Miss Margaret Duval and Mrs. I-hnily Sitzer aided in making the programme thoroughly thor-oughly enjoyable. Miss Nora Warburtnn will be soloist I at the IlilV Methodist church Sunday morning j 1 News of St. Mary's Kxti-nipor! spanking Is no long, r a prl-ate prl-ate mutter, an affair of the class room or the literary society; it bus made Its appearance In public, and that with the expressed promise of a steady continuance continu-ance In the open, as it were. Tho courageous cour-ageous Hplrlt who ventured lo inauguratr the new departure by ascending the plai-form plai-form and addressing i ho student imdy at ihe regular Monday morning assembly. Is Miss Adelaide Sun. .She began very naturally nat-urally by giving an explanation of the unexpected procedure, announcing that the memb'-i-s of tho class, with tho permission per-mission of the faculty, would take th ir . turns in giving an original speech every .Monday after the reading of the points, and if there be any time remaining before be-fore the signal for tho drawing Haws, a recitation by some member of the elocution elocu-tion class will also be glvn. The subject sub-ject of extempore speaking was then cln- j eidated. Its pre-eminence as regards both 5 the. Impromptu ami the incmoriz il forms. I and the many ingciil reasons that make I Us acquisition not only highly desirable, but. In almost every sphere of social llf quilt- Indispensable. The applause that 'i folIoNved .Miss Sun's closing bow showed that the students not only appreciated her maiden effort"' u she modestly called 11. but wero also in hearty sympathy sympa-thy with tho movement thus eo successfully success-fully initiated. Miss LIJUo Urayles then added to tho enjoyment of the occasion by a clever recitation or K. Hopkinson Smith's Htory. "Tho One-Legged Goose." A most pleasing programme arranged and carried oiO. by the little girls of the Junior department marked the closo of the pro-1. en ten season on Tuesday ovcu-liif. ovcu-liif. Tho music, both vocal and Instrumental, Instru-mental, was surprisingly good for such young students, tlio piano luet by J3erna-delte J3erna-delte Ryan and lOvdyn Paddock, und tho violin solo by IJIliel Topham, being especially espe-cially worthy of the prolonged npplauso that was accorded tho porformers. Tho feature of the programme, however, was a play entitled "Dottio's Dream." a dramatization of scones and incidents familiar to boarding school glrlo and setting set-ting forth In a delightful way some very helpful lcHsontt. which, though intended to apply particularly to Lenten practices, arc nevertheless equally appropriate to every other season of the year. Whllo each of tho little actresses acquitted herself her-self most creditably, the more- prominent roles an carried by Genevieve Giles and ISthel Topham deserve apcelal honorable mention. The beginning of tho holy season of Lent was observed by all the Catholic pupils in tho customary devout attendance, attend-ance, at the ceVemony of the blessing ami receiving of tho ashes, and assisting al the holy sncrlllcc of the mass of Ash Wednesday, the Rev. leather Brrnnan. chaplain of tho aeadomy officiating at the altar. Tho beautiful slgultlenneo of the ceremony proper to tho day. as expressed ex-pressed In the words of tho liturgy, was the subject of most interesting Instructions Instruc-tions in the various classes of Catholic doctrlno and practice, while frorii the same source the wonderful liturgy of the church may be derived not only the spirit of the penitential season, but also an Intelligent appreciation of historical examplea from tho pages of holy writ. As evidence that good resolutions havo marked tins epoch, a larger attendance at the dally mass is already noticed, and as a special practice for the time, the Catholic Cath-olic pupils will Join the community at ihe stations of the cross on Friday evenings. The high-water mark of the past eventful week was reached in the recital given Thursday afternoon by Edward Abnnr Thompson of Boston. According to bis own estimate of all the many good things In his varied repertoire, the melodrama melo-drama of Tllawatha, which constituted the clhef feature of this programme. Is the most artistic, |