| Show o oo o oI OC O I g The Music Student in Berlin g O 8 0 8 0 By Pictro Pietro 0 8 Berlin Oct 24 It It Is quite the expected ex- ex expected ex cx- thing for tho the thormon Mormon rmon meetings 8 over here to be visited by the plain plainclothes plainclothes clo clothes hes policemen There seems to be bea a a. concerted effort off oh the th- part of some person or persons to make malte trouble for forthe forthe forthe the Mormon missionaries and to keep them traveling from Dan to Beersheba The disgruntled person or parson takes advantage of ancient yet ret still operative laws to drive these re religionists religionists religionists re- re out of ot town town town-at at Intervals It is Impossible to attack tho the native saints but foreigners for can be arrested It if If the they are complained about and about and either Imprisoned or banished The Tho re recent recent recent re- re cent Mormon anti agitation in England spread all over Europe Two recent banishments of oC Mormon elders occurred In r Leipsic which resulted from the tho Mormon Mormon Mor Mor- mon elders ciders leaving tracts at the wrong Person or parsons parson's door President WIford Wilford Cannon who was away awny from Leipsic at the time was summoned b by the time chief of ot police on his return and told that he himself could stay only so 80 Ion long I as he me was not complained about The government go does not appear to bo bovery bovery very er much interested In these cases but If It complaints are made they must be acted upon I have often orten wondered over here in these German cities to see a a. teamster whip up his horse Just before reaching a crossing crossing- and apparently make every cery effort to run down an any stray pedestrIans pedestrians who might be bo lr trying to cross tho the street I am not unused to the busy streets of or great cities clUes and heretofore have taken little er very notice of or these peculiar actions But tho the other da day In crossing Strasse a a. furiously driven horse struck m nie me un und and l ani only by instant agility ag did dill I escape serious in In- In jury But I could not and did not es escape escape escape es- es cape the tho stream of guttural German swearing which broke upon m my head from the lips of the driver of the time truck AS I stood amazed at this unmerited unmerited un un- merited exhibition a well dressed German German German Ger Ger- man said to me mc in ver very good English Be careful you ou get Iet run over then over then you rou pay a fine rIne Well lI woul wouldn't nt that stun you you if It you ou get et killed you ou pay the damages over here In this thil firmly executed land of Gorman German Justice for time the Germans The rho only acrobatic stunt tho time I German Is equal to Is that of climbing on a a. fast moving street car or omni omni- bus I o ha noted that the women as aswell aswell aswell well as the men the old as well as tho the young have o acquired l this unusual ac activity activity ac- ac and dexterity I can now seo see that this activity be bo attributed to tl 1 f n. n t tl 10 t 1 may L un ac L ma me a law law does not told noia public pub puo- lic Hc carriers responsible for accidents The rhe fellow that gets ats hurt Is the crim crim- inal In some somo cases that I have havo heard of ot here time the Injured man actually has haJ been fined for fined tor l-tor for not keeping out of tho the way of ot tho the owned government and controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled public carriages es in the year ear that I 1 have been here hero In Berlin I have havo seen no accidents on the time most crowded streets while In New York YOlk I saw many They occur eVer every da day In our American cities The GUI German Gelman man h has haa perhaps thus thull been taught b by his paternal government government govern govern- ment to tal take a excellent care of his person person person per per- son If IC ho docs does not want to be fined tined for tor exposing himself to accidents Hows How's that tha t Pretty good tactics tactics for for the government Thomas F. F Edison lson ha has been bean making mf quite a stir ov over r hero by br his recent visIt visit vis vis- it He has Ho-has has s been very ery outspoken In his Ills strictures of German customs especially espe when i It comes to beer beor drinking ln lie He said quite frankly that the inordinate natu nate leer beer Jeer guzzling of our German cousins cousins ins of the fourth de degree rec of It consanguinity It ity made mado them slow low and boorish One wonders if he had a chat with William about the matter I Tho wee week k sees tho the beginning of ot the I famous Arthur concerts In I Berlin to be given gIen at the Philharmonic I orchestra Also Schumann Schumann-Heinek gives hes tho the first of her concerts this week Miss Lilla Shipp has registered at the conservatory conservator taking vocal ocal lessons with Mme Later In Inthe Inthe Inthe the winter she expects to Join the conservatory conservatory con con- school of opera under Felix FeUx Dahn r gI o of tho Berlin Royal Roal In- In She purposes to prepare herself thoroughly for tor an operatic ca ca- ca reer BrIgham Cecil Gates who returned some somo weeks ago to Berlin ran down lown last week to Leipsic to meet his sister Miss Luc Lucy Gates who has been giving concerts In that city as well wen as in Dresden and Vienna lIe He visited tho the yearly early production of at the while In and was struck with the unusual beauty of tho the work It Is not to be compared at ut all aU to the light operas known heretofore in America It is 18 a very serious work worl musical musically hung upon a somewhat whimsical strand of quaint libretto The Introduction introduction introduction intro Intro- o of the much of talked waltz I movements mo do not lower louer the music paradoxical as that ma may seem from the tho realm of serious music It would be beas beas beas as impossible for Strauss to write American light opera music aa as it would for tor the American composer Victor Herbert Herbert Herbert Her Her- bert to write Strauss harmonies The Thc opera I Is to be given In Berlin at which time I shall have a. a good chance to rive give It a somewhat critical review Mr Ir Gates is busy in tho the conservatory but has chan changed ed his vocal teacher lie He Is now no studying und under r Marschalk He expects to complete his full course In composition as also alao In conducting at the tho end o of the season season- next spring Henry Henrj- D. D Moyle from Salt Lake Lako City has Just completed a very er successful and ond honorable mission in this coun coun- try tn And now Instead of returning to his home he has entered the Saxon Mining Institute at Freiberg This In Institute Institute In- In Is one ono of ot the most famous of ot European schools In the specialty which now engages Mr Moyle s 's attention Ho He expects to complete a n. course In ad advanced advanced nd- nd work before returning to his home In Utah Elder Ehler William Beckstead who has been beon sick all aU summer and who was re released released released re- re from hi his leased missionary r labors on of that Illness Inness account o surprised everybody every every- bod body connected with the Ule Utah colony b by appearing at at church last Sunday Inns in inas inas as ns apparent good health as os he n a s i HM-i ere rn Tens was great nt re T I of i evers ever eer n n. n u o- o j niji iv-niji c na at Ul u his illS JUS changed chang appearance for r Elder dUl er Beckstead Beckstead Beck Beck- stead Is a great favorite favorite I ln in this branch William Wright ht of Og Ogden e who has been doln doing missionary work wor-l t in Switzerland Switz Switz- erland has hils gone over oer to P Paris ls Franco for tor the winter and perhaps longer CerlIe lIe Ile H decided to take up the st has study of vocal vocal vo- vo cal music His Isis sister Alberta Albert 1 lj is s w with h him and she bhe Is to make ml the p piano ano h her r specialty speciallY y Ie Our students arc are located d some of them with good old h Frau raft S Schmidt 8 Strasse where Utah visitors vis vis- vis Hors and students are always welcome elcome co to remain for tor a day or a u. year Car In her lodgings s. s She bhe excellent al eH her home a general rendezvous ou for or aU all Utah nil Mr Gates lives hero her but Miss Shipp has located at Fritsch e Strasse with Frau rover I Elders Ehlers Everet E L L. McMurrin l and John White wore were in Berlin r recently ce on a sightseeing trip through Germany and down into Switzerland Italy They The are aro from tho the London conference e e of the and missions missions- Mormon lormon they give e low low- In ing ng accounts of conditions u Up in tl that t the Fh conservative old town on the Thames Thames am s. s Thomas aM r E. E I kam President Mackay k has haK visitor to his his also been a a. c city hold holding ing Here are aro the th nam conference are J names S of tho the elders now no in Berlin Mormon Arnold of ot Salt Lake LaUe Dow Br Brow Browning ning f of at Ogden Sterling Ta Taylor lor of or Provo Frank Manning of ot Ie Samuel Y T. Spillman Spillman Spillman Spill- Spill man of ot pocatello 11 o. o Idaho Frank Beckstead Beckstead Beck Beck- stead of ot Provo Utah and Robert Campbell Campbell Campbell Camp Camp- bell of ot Ogden Utah Theae These men are all subject to rapid marching orders orden If It some spying person or f parson n complains complains com com- plains against I any one ono e of them at po po- po h This moving on does not s seem em to Interfere with the tho general welt welfare re of ot the Americans nor does It accomplish much else with the native Germans except to excite a a. little more Inquiry Word 1 has hU Just been received here that the famous composer has been tendered the position of at Ital Italian ian Inn conductor of the Vienna court opera It ha har Just been announced from Bayreuth that the Festival of or Opera will win occur again next next season For the first period since the founding of ot the famous theatre In 1876 opera will have been given four tour seasons in succession The rule generally has been boon each alternate alternate alter alter- nate year ear but last year an extra cycle ccle was performed med for tor the benefit of ot visitors visitors vis vis- Hors to the famous Passion play and next year the extra session Is presumably ably duo due to tho the fact that In 1913 the copyright on the entire list Hat of ot operas including expires for all time M e |
