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Show f aaBBWBBBBWBsWl BaBBWaw MMM ttu ; : ! j 1 1 Sl PLACE: - .The hot wave haa eaueed a number of the mueie tearhere to ttrike thetr color, abandon their poate and fle to the hill. There are more "Studio CioMd" tigns displavei) this wrck'than during any other wek thia etimmer. Bquira t'oop it eojourning in Kurope, and ia not experted to return to the city until late in the autumn. He attending hia vacation period in atudv, aa ao many other ardent muaieal apirtt are doing. The Lillian OIKer atndio ia eloeeo for the rfmainrler of the year, Mian Oliver landing in London today. Hoe avoided the railroad etrike and the dock hands' atrike and the attendant troublea by Bailing direct to London instead of bv the mora popular route " " bv way of Liverpool. "Miee Nora .Oleaaon'a atudio i eloaed, and the big aign on the door warna her frienda that aha will not return re-turn until September 6. Traev Y. Cannon haa "gone to the hilla""and will return a week from Monday. During hia abaenee his stu-dio stu-dio ia being thoroughly renovated, the paintere and paper hangota being oa gaged in that task at thia time. Mr. William A. Wetxoll ia rtill in Portland? and Profeeaor Wetaell ia "down on the farm." Many other of the etadiot liave been eloaed for from a week to a, month during dur-ing tha summer, but tha number la greater now thaa at any other time !.ake fotke are talking about when thty boast about irood rich cream.' "The aituatlon wa ao funny and hia words ao apropos that the lauicli that rollowed drowned the grumbling oter polled t-'otltlnj;. "We were particularly Impressed by the 1ry farming In some of the . sections throuah whl.i we passed. One farm, the natural conditions of which were Ideal. . nroduced fifty bushels of whent to the acre. This was an exceptionally heavy yleld for a diy farm, of cour'e. but nearly near-ly all of the farms we visited were in a most flourishing condition. "The trip waa a most pieasanf one and we are eager to repeat It. I found the experience novel and pleasing and en-joved en-joved every minute of the time we were' aaay." e Kmms t.ucy Oatee haa received an extraordinarily ex-traordinarily flattering offer from Felix von Welngartener. the noted Oerman conductor con-ductor of the Roval orcneatra at Berlin, who fa now In Vienna. The offer la that of a contract for Mine Oetes to sing at a aerlea of twenty con-certa con-certa to be given durlne a period of forty daye during her vacation In the summer of I'll, In Braall and Buenoa Avrea. The engagement will fall In what would te the summer aeaeon for the northern hemisphere, but It Is rhe winter aeaaon In the land helow the equator. Thia la the moat brilliant time of the year for the Houth Americana, when their aorja) life la at Ita highest pitch. The eoneerta would naturally Interfere Inter-fere with Mlsa Gates' proposed visit to her home In thia city, and she la atlll In doubt aa to whether to accept or reject It. But the recognition that will follow alien a concert tour, and the financial , consideration Involved, are tempting her : sorely to accept the contract. 1 The offer of Welngartener la of I2S0 a i concert, or MOOO for the aerlea The i engagement la guaranteed" not to Inter-. Inter-. fere In anv manner with her Caaaell -con-, tract, which haa three years to run. and la conaldered aa a remarkable recognition ' of her position -In the Oerman opera. It will he remembered that Madame this rammer. Bnt th teacher will return at th end of their holiday, with their blood coursing merrily in their vein; with their eye and cheek brightened by the. contact of mountain air and eummer ran, aad they will feel all the stronger and more able to ope with tudio trial, beeauea of their brief communion com-munion with nature. Many of tha teaehera ay that ao many of their pupil have gone away to the seaside, to the farm, or to the beautiful mountain resorts, that they are not getting a corporal's guarS, but that is ss it ahould be. Some of those who ar working with great energy through the Tot month either to make np for lost time, or to take cpeeial work, ara finding th taak a heavy one, because their nervous systoma seem to, demand a rent and a change, but they are ataying determinedly deter-minedly with their work, ammsted by the commendable apirit of "do or die" and none of them i dying. - Next month the troop of young folk who fled from tha eity when school closed will return, and will descend upon the teacher in (warm, filling all the atudio hour, and giving th teachers teach-ers no time for rest. The indication in all the stndios, judging by th letters being received by th teaehera, are that thia autumn will be th moat active that the teachers teach-ers have ever known if this city. And thoae teaehera who ean 'are fortifying themselves for this sieg by laying up a store of reserve energy by locking their studios and loing th key for a . short tim at leasts Thomas Ollee. pianist, and David Reese tenor, returned to the city a week ago tonight after a moat Intereeting and auc-eeesful auc-eeesful concert tour through fifteen towns In thia atate. rh which they gav fourteen concerts. Their trip Included virtually every town of Importance between Bait lke City and Monroe In Sevier county. They were away thirty-two days and "luat loafed along, gpendlng from one to three daya In each town, and enjoying themselves thoroughly. They arranged their Itinerary before they left the city in such a manner that they could take life easily, and combine bueineaa with pleasure pleas-ure all along the route. "A condition that surprised ua conald-erahly." conald-erahly." aald Mr. Giles, "waa tha daaa of planoa we found In these little towns, la every place we played we had little difficulty In rinding high grade planoa. and with but ao few exception that they were not worth mentioning, these Inatru-menta Inatru-menta were In tune. In two of the moat remote town we visited, we found splendid splen-did grand planoa, aa good aa on could And anywhere. "We were ao well received along the entire line that we have return engage-menu engage-menu In five of the towns we visited. One of our return engagements la In Ne-phl, Ne-phl, for the "homecoming week," during the week of September "We spent five daya at the Monroe hot springs, where we enjoyed the waters very much. We fished a little and apent much time out of doors. "We were especially Impressed by the appeal that was made to tha audlencra by the higher daaa of muelc. There waa not an audience that did not respond In the most pleasing war to the presentations presenta-tions of the higher claaaee of composition. composi-tion. They entered Into the spirit of the programs In a moat delightful way, and showed tbelr alncere appreciation or thia claaa of music. While tbelr opportunltlea nave been and atlll are limited, they have made the Boost of those opportunl-Me. opportunl-Me. "Of course are bad many humorous experiences. ex-periences. In one of tha little towns 1 waa trying out the piano In tha afternoon. ' A young man waa In th hall and listened with great Interest- I practiced for a short time on an especially difficult number num-ber and thia young man expressed bla appreciation. " That ansa sure great.' ha aald, and then he asked, 'But can you play "Dill PIcklea'T v "I did not wlah to embarrass him. so I said that I had been away for a long time, and had not had the chance to be come familiar with all of the newer asu-alr. asu-alr. and that eras a number I had tnlaeed. " "Well, that'a too bad. for "Dill Pick-lea" Pick-lea" la great. Maybe you know "Maple Iaf Rag" that a been out longer then "Wll Ptclles'V "I wsa forced to acknowledge my Ignorance Ig-norance of the Isat number elan, and be eeemed so badly dlaappotnted that 1 al-moet al-moet regretted my Inability to give him the numbers he had auggeeted. He waa at th concert that - night and aeemed to enjoy It, though he looked In vain for his favorite numbers. "The opportunltlea for music teachers m soma of these sanall towns ara very good at thia time. There ar many young mea and women, and some that are not ao young, who would give their Rtmnage to an energetic and well trained icher, who ooukl lead tbelr taste Into th ehannele of hie her music. They want tha daaetcal muelc the comnosttlona of the snaatere: and the ehancea that are offered of-fered to the right kind of teacher are - ' almost illimitable. "One of the laughable eaperleneea occurred oc-curred oa the station platform of a tittle town that I wlU not name. There were two or three doaena of autre cream cane eesurtgned to a Halt lke dairy standing on the elation platform hi the acorchlng aim. Ooodnaee knows bow long they had beea there, but they srere certainly hot. "Suddenly there waa an explosion, and a In. of hot cream waa plastered all ewar the aid of the elation and fall In a sickening shower upon the three or four unfortunates who were within range. A can of the cream, almost hermetically . , sealed, had actually exploded. It had blown up by reason of the gaaes generated gener-ated la too cast by the extreme heat of the sun. "An t tried to wipe the sticky cream irvwn my -clothing and aa Reese waa washing wash-ing bla hands and face at a nearby pump. 1 1 beard a typical farmer drawl la aa In-I In-I lmltaW voles, 'AMI tsars what the Bait I,nuta Tetrasslnl appeared tn concert in , the South American cltlee for many seasons sea-sons sfter her "discovery." and that her world wide recognition was based. In s lsrge degree, upon her wonderful suc-cess suc-cess In the operatic circles under the , southern cross. While Miss Oates' friends would be gled to hsve her come beck to Salt Lake nty for her eummer vacation next year, they would not expreae a wish that would Interfere with her ultimate success end the possible ultimate realisation of her consuming mhltlon to become the world'a greatest grand opera prima donna. ' e e The Misses Edna Evans. Eva Crawford. Hsael Bamea and Ell Nlelson. who have been atudylng music In Parla during the last year, are expected home early next week, aa they landed In New Tork August Au-gust 14 and expressed the Intention of coming almost directly home. Mlas Evans, who hss a fine soprano voice, and Miss Bsmes. whose contralto vole I equally pleasing, have been taking tak-ing voice culture, while Mlsa Eva Crawford, Craw-ford, soprano, has been taking both vocal Instruction and violin Instruction. Miss Nlelson haa specialised in pianoforte work. The reports coming to this city are to the effect that each of the girl haa been making the moot of every minute while they were abroad, and that each haa accompllahed much good as a result of their work. The girls are accompanied bv Mr. and Mr, w. O. Crawford and Mia Ruth Crawford, who made a tour of Franca. Germany and Italy with them, and by the Ml see Bamea of Kayavllle, who are returning wltb them from New Tork. a a .e Monday will be a sort of MacDowrll day at tha tabernacle oagaa recital, a the program for that day. which will be played by EdVard P. Kimball, assistant organist. Includee three or-th moat popular pop-ular MacDowell numbers. A treat will be given to lovers of Mendelssohn's Men-delssohn's wonderful compositions Tuesday, Tues-day, whea Prof. J. J. McClellan, organist, will play the four movements of Mendelssohn Men-delssohn a "Fourth Organ Sonata." Tracy T. Cannon la out of tha city, taking tak-ing a brief holiday In the mountain, and will not play during tha next week. The program for the week ara aa follow: Monday Mr. Kimball at th organ. "Grand Choeur In C" Chauvet (a) "To a Wild Roee" MacDowell (b) "At an Old Tryatlng Place" MacDowell c) "A Deerted Farm" MacDowell la) "Autumn Ueavea" Stroughton (b) "Old Melody" Arr. by Performer "Poetlude In B Flat" Weat Tuesday Mr. McClel.an at tha organ. "March du St. Sacrament" Chauvet (a) "Reverie" .......Lesmare (b "Hymn of the Nuna" Wely (c "Old Melody" Arr. by Performer "Fourth Organ Sonata" Mendelssohn L Allegro. 11. Adagio. III. Andante Recitative. IV. Finale. Wednesday Mr. Kimball at the organ. "Irgo." (from "Xerxes") Haendsl (s "Impressions du Bavl". .Oroas-Custard b "Pastoral" St. Claire (c) "Melody In D" Merkel la) "Humoreeke Op. 101" Dvorak lb) "Old Melody" Arr. by Performer "Poetlude In A Minor" Calkin Thorsdsy Mr. McClellan at the organ. "Prelade and Slclltano," from "Ca veiled vei-led a Ruetlcana ", . Mascagnl (a) "Selected.' V lb) "Romansa" Wolstenholme (c) "Old Melody".'. Are. by Performer "Elsa's Bridal Procession. from . "Lohengrin" Wagner "Offertolre In E Flat" Wely Friday Mr. Kimball at the organ. "In the Garden." (Andante from the Symphony. "A Country Wedding") Goldmark (a) "Rlavonle Cradle Song" Neruda tb) "Berceuse" Oleesn (a) "Andante Centablle." (from "Symphony "Sym-phony IV.") Wldor (b) "Old Melody" .Arr. by Performer "Fanfare. Op. W Aacher Saturday Mr. McClellan at the organ. Special request progrsm. Numbers should be requested bv writing th organist. 1I Templeton building, city. Before Friday of each week. I mors open at noon. Recital begins at 1M0 p. m. sharp each day. Hugh Deugall and Mrs. Deugsll will leeve for then- retreat In Emigration canyon can-yon Monday or Tueadsy. to remain through the remainder of August. Ths Dougajis have a pleasant summer home In the canyon, amid Ideal surroundings When they ara there the little place Is the center of an Intereeting crowd of young folk, who always leave aaylng they have "had tha time of their live." ess Prof. William A. Wetsetl I In th city today from hi fruit farm, the "WUIell. on the Cottonwood canyon bench. He will return to the farm tonight or tomorrow morning. , . , A redtsl wsa given at the First Methodist Meth-odist Episcopal church Thursday night by Kdgar Bayleas. noted organist of Saa Frandaco: Mies MeMe Hughes, a local harpist, and Mlas Helen Hughes, her sister sis-ter who playee) the violin with espnetally pleasing effect. Miss Maria Hughes' skill on tb hero sraa shown to brilliant ad -vantaae. Her touch la sure, her tonea full and aweet. and her technic very good. Miss Helen Hughe charmed by her bowing and by the aympathy arrth which aba endowed her numbers. Mr. Bayleee la one of tha foremost musicians of Ssaa Francisco, and has gained wide fame aa an onrantat of mora than ordinary ordi-nary attalnmeat. The audience that heard him here Indorsed all that haa been said oa aba coast awrtalnlncta hie playing. Morris B. Andrews, a former pupil of Prof. Goorg K. Skaltoa, aad later a sta-i dent at Culver Military , academy, has received and will accept aa offer from the academy from which he waa graduated gradu-ated last June to become an officer In the academy, and to become violin Instructor. In-structor. Mr. Andrews I s yeare old-He old-He trill be remembered aa tha winner of the flrst prise In the violin eonteat at the national elstedfodd lit this city, and as the winner of the first priss at the Bona and Daughters of Wales' contest tha preceding year. He waa given a cholar-ahlp cholar-ahlp at Culver last year because sf hi musical ability. Profeaaor Skelton la delighted with bla pupil' unusual sucsess. aa he was tha boy's only teacber on the violin for more than six years, aad laid tha foundation lor his auor saa |