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I f Jf f f Jf I It x Jf By Pietro p I b tor I I b t. a. a The r The merry morr voyager Is t s again present V on oft tho the streets of oC Berlin Qt of course Ii he Is never ne quite absent but I r meant mean t the native tourists and especially y the native Berliners have havo begun some solve da days a ard rd t. t ago their spring and summon jaunts jaunt i into tile the enchanting bits of oC grovo groo andr and r about this great city clU For or any fin anye e r. r park excuse e. e tho the Sabbath Kasler 1 Good Fri Fri- L 1 day la a all sorts orts of or hol holy and holidays S bang bring us s tho the In press HJ of oC push pushing ng eager cager I It tho the suburbs oln out Into going o aSer tv i t of fit this center On car blat boats and even ovon a beg beggarly rl kUtOR the they 1 feo go 0 t tt student feels tho the call of ot the woods a at raster Easter and straightway tro htwa goes oes home to f hl his six Ix b by t ten n quarters assails other othor 5 of oC his six by b ten n associates and before you OU know kno It off oCt W we ire fire re jo Joining In the ther r crowd of ot eu eager laughing laden box box laden Into mito orso or orf orf s h stuffed pocket ct voyagers erH a n f so o 0 of ot unknown or 01 happily t- t k familiar nearby gre n n sward to enjoy k i. the placid feeling that t comes from aj a ai aj j i T real a or Ot a fancied pleasures pleasure voyage oya f. f There was the fond fo l father r the singer r tho the violinist tho the hous rau the girl Irl t. t t and one student r We o set off or for or anser which If Is I f just this side of ot Potsdam Tho The day was wa Ideal We c carried d our picnic and n nIr V r. is as we rode rOlle through the lovely scenes scenes' ti S for JOT over half haIr an nn hour hourc ve c could not keep i. i tf F F. F F. F from hanging joyously b and danK dan dan- c. c out of t the car window S S. and V V 1311 laughed hed and joked In such good and such such s sit ft rt American slang f f 6 ft that no one but themselves and a few tow 1 t of or us guessed who what the thc was Vas as all I k The Walk all through h f forests of oC r r fine old trees treos a aai I aln evoked o streams of at s rushing verbal ra ral raI ures ores from tho the S. S and end V. V particularly the violinist who wh la Ie DAW to Berlin for tor tho the rest of ot off o ous f us us of or course cours we men ahem men ahem we Just t looked and waited lunch time don dont don't t you vou know By lay anal ami by wo we 0 came to a an n nr r- r rInn k Inn along alon the the river and not tar far rom from r L-i L tho the tiny lakes which had no so cau caught ht and andt t f h held the errant fancy of ot S S. and V. V and bi b hero we entered red Into tho the common GerH Ger- Ger German German H man brotherhood under that that wide ros- ros root roof it tree whose welcome welcom was waso so o o warm that S It almo almost t boiled title 1 water for tor us r while whilo tho the S. S and V. V V pot ot out tho the H. H F. F F.'s PI s If a other othor good coad things s for tor students and others to enjoy enjo There wore tak tai ta- ta C i k bles tiles and ond bl big tables er c everywhere quite t t. In tho the manner of ShIt and everybody every drinking o out ourselves M 0 body but was of ot huge punch bowls quantities of at R what looked looked like pale vinegar Ine lr But wo we hastily explained to F P. P F that this tt was wag only a ver very mild fermented beer 1 i Is Is beer over but unfermented but hat ho ha hoL hof I f t L In the tho moro more astonishment at tho the I If men m n and women who could stolidly andS andr and S r f- consistently pour six Ix gallons of ot liquid r rr into e. e receptacle which books on physiology phys phys- lolo toll us hold but one sorry Barry pint f. f f and n then hn he watched them sit une un- un II while whilo another six or or el eight ht K If e quarts was brought forward to ho bo lost lostin mysteriously expansive rp- rp L. L In the tho same lamp r c Evidently E tho the men who f our books book on hygiene for the Utah pubs pub- pub r lie schools school had never neer b been en In a German German Ger- Ger s man beer garden decided our fond W father F At t the he extreme end ond of oC this great brent room room or hall hail was ns a table extending extending- across tho entire width of or tho the room and this was filled tilled with mon num of or middle age not younger than fort forty not older than sixty There the they sat and if It they wore not having thin tho time of or their lives It would not be apparent to an American observer They Thoy were a n. jolly crew crow lot let mo ma tell you ou Not t boisterous nor a bit hit rowdy but hut Just filled with good cheer and sand and beer beer and and bli bits s of ot son song and laughter laughter and and and odors whIch odors which all floated out over th the whom place Th The singer cr explained to F. F F F. that this was tho the business mens men's holiday and that In order to have thin this time of or their lives these discreet business men had left leCt th their h wl wives s at nt homo home to take a l furday's full fur days day's pleasure b by themselves F F. 1 F. F who ho was only an ordinary American business man with hl his wife left at homo miles awn away wished he could rise and explain some things s to these obtuse German business men concerning concerning concern concern- ing wives and pleasures and anti beer and skittles At tho the close cloa of ot th the tho business I mens men's lon long and full tun meal they all rose rOsa as one ono man and be began ben n to sing Ring a n. heavenly chorus chorus chorus cho cho- rus that swept F. F F F. so eo completely off oct his feet ett with Ith wonder and dell delight ht that h he had hada a vague ue doubts enter In as to th the connection between beer and wives wl and pIeR plc sure and such divine lne harmony harmon I. I F. F F F. F left lert his cakes un- un tasted while he sat Bat with open mouthed 1 delight drinking In that stream of or grateful music Well after atter nil there thoro art are some Rome things that we wc Americans havo n yet t to learn and whether Its It's beer and skittles and harmony mony and Indifference In Indifference In- In difference to wives J ho on earth is going going- to tell And those German business business business busi busi- ness mon men had looked so Impossible to F. F Io F F. but a n moment before Fancy a crowd of ot business men In Salt SaIl Lake tho the Walker talker Brothers Brothers' employees for tor In Instance Instance In- In stance or the Z Z C. C M. M L I I. I force out outon outon outon on a lark at It with wifeless wifeless with mugs of ot beer as ns big as a punchbowl and bread and cheese and after a prodigious prodigious pro pro- supper of oC chunks of at cheese and hunks of ot dark bre bread d to see fleo eo them ariso and fill tin tho the whole pavilion with such ravishing music that tho the Turkey Trot on the floor above would hold their breath breaths to listen to tho the last strain I strain I Isay say a Just ncr that will you But I Isee Isee Isee see you OU cant can't cant no no more can I. I Tho singer r explains patiently to F. F F. F and the tho V that these clubs of ot working and professional lonal men spend their time In studying ln the best o of classical ch music In Instead In- In instead stead of ot playing cards or throwing dice as some do In our land of oC the free and home homo of ot the brave Well ell wo we walked back over the grass ras under the forest forest and by the river and lake and talked Just as lovingly of or Utah as If It It contained con con- all till this as ns well ns as all that Which is about as clear as most things Do that aro arc anyway you get gel Puccini has been here hore for tor weeks s has seen his beloved new r opera Girl of oC the Golden West brought out with some degree of oC success and nd has gone one home to his beloved Ital Italy It I Is not strange that the thc Germans cannot ent enter r In the limits and heights and depths of ot a character like 11 0 Rance Hance lie Ho Is la n. n product of oC such a composite civilization c that artist like nono but an imaginative 0 Puccini or nn an American lIko Belasco could possibly possibly- understand his his Jar largess 11 or his subtlety It Is no HBO 1150 talking about tho universal lan Ian guage r For not until one Is quite emancipated from his Ills own na nationality on ty dots does ho become In an any sense u a citizen clUzen of or the world worl And when you ou tr try to gel get gela geta a provincial class lIl like e Berliners ner to en enter enter en- en ter tr Into the delicate shades of oC villainy and courtliness which form lorm of oC complex complex- complexly complexity ly ity It of or Hanco with his new world worM Hagger swag H ger her and his old world worM duplicity why only onto an Ame American who Is tho the product of oC this complex modern American composite com corn itself can comprehend what itis ItIs It ItIs Is all about Tho The German sees sec the tho thumb strokes of oC Leoncavallo Leonca allo and null De Dc DeAlbert DeAlbert Albert and even Wolf Farrl fairly well but when ilian It comes coms to the shadings of oC a aRance Ranee Rance as Puccini has hns pretty prett accurately pictured n hl following Belasco's firm lend leall tho the Berliner refuses to tr try to Imagine Imagine Im Im- complex Consequently Consequent Consequent- agine anyone so ly 1 tho expected happened and The Tho Girl goes Foes off oCt the Berlin stage But other German ell clues cities les aro are not Quito quite so narrow and The Girl promises es to gain some somo foothold In Germany German after all Alma Cluck tho young and gifted coloratura who has been srn singing in the tho Boston opera house has hUR concluded that her voice olee Is not yet et sufficiently devel devel- developed so she has decided to Je leave ve tho the stage o for Cor one year at least and to be become be- be come at once the private 1 pupil of oC Mme This proves pro a again aln that art ut artIs artis Is 15 long Ions and time Is 18 fleeting For the tho American papers have given I cn us 18 good accounts of oC tho little Gluck and wo we supposed she sho was already arrived ed But Bet evidently she Is not satisfied with being good she wants to be best Then sho must work work and still sUIi work S Speaking of or singers good bad and Indifferent a friend was recently In Ital Italy and his comments on singing and singers singer there arc aro most Interesting Says Sas ho he Many p people ople go 10 south to far famed It Italy a l expecting to hear tho the greatest exponents of oC tho bel bet canto known to the world The They look to find Carusos and In every small opera house Ay As a matter of ot fact th there re are none of ot that rank now In It Italy a l Let one Caruso pop up his head from the herd of ot mediocrity and ho he Is at beckoned to by an American or a English manager from Covent ent Garden Singers rise rapidly to theIr ther zenith In Italy and fall tall awa away as rapId rapidly For Foran Foran Foran an Italian public to listen patiently to toa toa toa a woman singer who Is over oyer 40 10 0 is for tor forthe forthe the dome of SL St Peter to fall tall Into pins Your Americans ma may maybe maybe be patient while tho English r like e the Germans ns tolerate na nay welcome the passe singer with as much acclaim a aa as asif if tc she Eho a he or be he were blushing candidates in the tho twenties The Tho south is a a 11 country country coun coun- tr try where here evor everything ripens quickly and becomes overripe as suddenly Tho The most remarkable thing thin about an Italian audience to m my student friend was teas the excellent understanding not to toRa Ra says say over over-familiarity which exists between between be bo- tween audience and singers While hUe there thero my friend had hall an evidence c of ot this peculiar relationship A certain tenor who was ill had arranged to cut certain portions of ot his part but the audience with whom he lie was waR on excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent terms as a n rule resented this thus liberty lib lib lib- crt erty and after numerous hisses and catcalls catcalls catcalls cat cat- calls over each e offense ho was finally told outright b by voices In the audience to SI soma or to Sing your our part without cutting Whereupon tho the Indisposed and now disturbed dis- dis dis singer In or came quickly forward to the footlights and and explained to ther the tho r respectable p public that It tt was owing to an indisposition on his part that omissions omission were made mado without any nn In Intention Int intention In- In t of oC slighting tho the respectable table public The fhe noisy mob moh wore were rc quieted and th the opera proceeded without further further fur Cur ther annoyance Audiences know their operas from start to finish and can tell teH tellas tellas as quickly a at as the conductor when a noto note Is IN missed or given off oCt ke key So that one sings not to ten or fifty stern critics but to a a. whole houseful Another amusing Instance of oC the temper temper tem tem- per of at an Italian audience was tas shown In ono one of oC th the great nt Italian opera houses houes while my friend was present A lad lady not vor very well known but gifted with a avery avery very vcr high bight and brilliant coloratura voice was singing a part which ended on a l high and Jon long continued ke key away up above e the staff so 80 far that It fairly twinkled with height and dizziness The singer Inger was Just going off oU the tho stage when her note not brol broke e square ot off In ht the middle and sho was greeted with a Horm of or groans and hisses Instead of oC tho prolonged applause sho she had hoped to receive S Some me of ot tho the audience were preparing to leave the house after the tho curtain had descended but suddenly anI and without announcement the curtain began slowly to go up and folks turned around round to see what it could portend The Thc suspense did cUd not la last t lon long The lady was In distance holding the fatal high note The he sound came camo nearer and nearer and finally the lie lady herself her her- h herself r- r self appeared advanced to th the footlights footlights foot toot lights lIS bowed and retired again still holding the high hl-h note like grim death Ileath and ad now tho the audience broke Into storms of ot applause The rhe artist had lead conquered and d she was brought hack back again and again to receive Q tho the reward sho she had earned But fancy that happening In staid and stolid old Berlin No such dramatic not to say a hysterical appeals could be made or have havo weight here In this citadel cita cita- citadel del Ie del of ot grim propriety anI and musical deco deco- rum Tho The Italians care not what reputation a a. singer has s In any n y of other her land The country that gave o a to tho world Its opera opera opera op op- op- op era and oratorio Its Perls Pens and lInd Its Palestrina Pal- Pal estrina Its V Verdi Verdin and audits Its Monteverdi what whal cares care this Land of Son Song for the approval al of or this thin or that land If It you JOU please Ital Italy well and good though you youma ma mays may please no other country It matters matters matters mat mat- not a groat You may 1111 bellow on your hl high h note or your our phrasing maybe may maJ be colorless colorless R In others If It you ou have hav tho the color and the mood to fit tit In with their their own tempestuous notions of or the divine art you ou shall sin sing till you ar are old old 40 40 or OT th thereabout thereabout and and then you may ma- maget get e efat fat tat and get Jet rich teaching Americano pagans Vivo Vive Italia Halla I |
