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36 DRAMATIC PAGE OF THE BOSTON SUNDAY POST, OCTOBER 10, 1920 UNDER IHI EDWARD HAROLD CROSBY Some people possess the faculty of skimming over successfully and with consummate race. Not only do they avoid falling in, but so elicately is the feat accomplished, that no offence is offered. DeFlers and two French dramatists, have demonstrated this ability in the writing of now being presented at the Hollis under the title of The versiony also displays much tact, for all the salient points of the comedy have been retained and the doubtful moments, which can be so smoothly handled in French, are treated With so much discretion, that the flavor is not lost. I must admit it is a play for the sophisticated, for the redeeming features come so late in the that is to say, the moral is delayed until nearly the termination, that one is apt to believe there will be no lesson. Of course, the Comte de Larsac was quite reprehensible in his conduct.

He was a bachelor, to be sure, and so brought no humiliation or sorrow to a wife, but it is obvious he set an unsavory example. When he tells the told cure concerning one of his adventures, the (Did dominie vfrinkles Up his eyebrows but does toot appear to be much surprised. It seems that the comte, when a young man of was present at a diplomatic dinner and among guests was a fascinating French actress. He, the comte, was detailed to escort the lady home dnd she invited him in for a moment and, to from the play, he remained four years. During the blissful interval, Jean put in an ap- and when the comte offered the actress honorable marriage the lady naively remarked: you no longer love me." Thus, it will be seen, there was a certain unconventionality in the mode of living which is not generally accepted as correct.

But all this was long before the curtain rose fcnd we are told to speak only good of those who have passed on. It dawns on the comte one fine tnornjng that it might be a good thing to have ft look at his son whom he has never seen. So lie makes a trip to the province of Languedoc and finds the lad a prosperous young farmer, Ignorant as to his parentage and happy irf the firospect of wedding a lovely girl whose father pas lost his roll. Father and son do not meet in the country but in Paris, where Jean, after having had a talk with papa and learning what is expected oi him, beats a hasty retreat io iiic tall timber. Then the young girl, who has promised to ly Jean goes to Paris and calls on the comte for tne purpose of gaining his opinion as to whether or no she is a fit maty for his boy.

It seems that the girl, who loved wealth and luxury, had nearly accepted a proposal from a somewhat aged man to be his left-handed mate, the only reason why she was the fact that, viewing the bald pate of her admirer in a looking glass, she burst into uncontrollable laughter and spoiled the whole affair. But as she had practically determined to take the doubtful step, she considered had erred mentally and was in doubt as to her honorable position. The comte quickly forgave her. He did more. He fell in love with her and the story from this moment relates the schemes employed in making the boy understand that a girl of his own sphere w'ould be more suitable for a wife, a task was not very difficult.

Indeed, I think the title should be Switching of Jean," for he was, off with the old love and on with the new in a surprisingly short space of time: Hallem Thompson, who made the translation, performed an excellent job, for the dialogue is as bright and scintilfating as one could wish and this, combined with the spicey story, makes the entertainment quite out of the ordinary. The moral lies in the determination of the comte to actually get married. Arthur Byron in his time has played many parts. He is not a juvenile nor is he a veteran, but I know of no man on the stage today who can so well portray youthful age, which although paradoxical, can be accomplished. The comte is supposed to be 42, not ancient by-any means, but when these years have been those of a voluptuary, there are apt to be both physical and mental evidences.

But the comte is as chipper as an English sparrow, void of care or responsibility and, to all appearances, he enjoys life to the utmost This impression Mr. Byron gives to the letter and in addition, he has moments of seriousness, not remorse, but the man within asserting itself. The role is quite varied in its requirements but none were slighted, and there not a suspicion of coarseness in the impersonation. Martha Hedman was the girl who fortunately gazed into the mirror. She was not called upon to perform any Herculean tasks in the way of acting, but rather finesse and tact to make the part stand out as it should.

The lady is as prepossessing as ever, has the same delightful accent and personality and her costume in the first act revealed charms heretofore undiscovered. She told her little story to the comte in a most fetching manner and everybody was willing to offer congratulations on her escape. Richard Earbee, who played Jean, had quite a bit of work cut out for him. The stigma on his name did not seem to worry him very much after he learned the truth for, as he observes, he had nobody to tell him what or what not to do and he thus enjoyed independence. But after all it was another thankless role and Mr.

Barbee is to be commended in his skill in handling it. Forrest Robinson was excellent as the parish priest, who loved everybody and hated no one and, indeed, the entire company moved along like a well oiled piece of machinery. It was like stirring dying embers, to quote from the late Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, to listen to which will remain the current week only at the Boston Opera House. It took one back to tile old days, two decades ago, when matters theatrical were quite different from what they are today, no less or more pleasant, but far from being the same.

The Messrs. Shubert have been very lavish in costuming the piece and backing it with scenery, so that the eye is constantly pleased and gratified. 1 noticed that in the famous sextette there was a touch of contrast for, after the six pretty maidens had appeared in modern attire, namely short skirts and material of radiant hue, six more came on in the costumes of 1900, the gowns being long and concealing and severely plain. But one of the six, a titian-haired, piquant young thing, forget that she was living in the present, for she lifted her skirt halfway to her knee and displayed an exceedingly well-filled black silk stocking, she done so 30 years ago, she would have received a call down from the stage manager. The wbrld progresses and necessities of life are not the only things which are Eleanor Painter is the Doloies and she is singing fpr the first time in Boston.

She began to feel sort of regarding the Hub, as on previous occasions when she was bookecj here, she has been prevented from appearing through illness. In fact, on the opening night she had a slight cold, but this has passed on and she finds the Boston audiences cordial and appreciative and she has come to love the city. So does everybody after they have acquired the taste. There is a dancer who performs in the first act and I wish to remark that the lady knows how to play the castinets. I employ the word advisedly, for I have neard these wooden affairs manipulated many times but never with the same effect the present occasion.

The name is Isabelle Rodriguez and she was born in Barcelona, Spain, so she is the real thing. She informs me that her parents much averse to her going on the stage as a dancer and whenever she surreptitously obtained a pair of castinets, they were taken from her. So she would frequent the marts where piscatorial food was offered for sale and procure two oyster shells. These attached by a wire made a very fair substitute, but, another difficulty arose in her pet dog, which did not like the sound and would crunch up the shells whenever he found them. But in spite of all these obstacles Miss Isabelle can shake the tinets so that they are musical.

It is worth while hearing her. William Danforth is the Tweedlepunch and he was really very funny. To be sure, it was burlesque, but even that type of entertainment may be intelligent Mr. Danforth certainly was. He introduced a few witticisms into the lines that were not bom when was and there was also music interpolated, but no great harm was done.

Dama Sykes was the blonde Lady Hollyrood and Maxine Brown the I rather think the old boys enjoyed the performance as much as did the is not what could be termed a war play although the scene is laid near the field of conflict, namely just back of the lines in a billet where there are a number of officers, including a florid colonel. One of the officers has a very pretty wife and, missing she assumes the role of a French actress and to the abode of the warriors for the purpose of meeting her spouse. She bribes the landlady to accept her as a daughter and there yCU are. It found? farcical; and it is. hut for the fact that it is so well played by Mr, and Mrs.

Coburn, who are giving the piece at the Plymouth. Mrs. Coburn is, of course, the masquerading French actress and she both looks and acts the part. She causes violent emotions in the ancient heart of the colonel, and she arouses a deeper feeling' in one of "the younger officers, while hubby is forced to look on with his hands and tongue tied. As nearly as may be judged, if wifey desired the company of her mate, she succeed, for her, time was fully occupied elsewhere.

It is a bright play well acted, and Mr. Coburn, as the old but still coquettish colonel, played along the same lines which made his Old Bill internationally famous. Be apparently has as much drawing charm as ever, for during the past week at the Arlington the musical comedy has been heard by large concourses of people. Rena Parker is as sprightly as ever and ca.n induce almost anyone to laugh who is approximately normal. The fact that the piece is 60 attractive on a return engagement i i proof of its merit.

The announcement for next week is the Next Best a title which is somewhat misleading, but it seems -in Ireland male offspring are the more desired, but when a girl arrives she is the best Peggy Neill is playing the title role in this comedy over in London, and she wrote that she had hoped to tour this country, but the Londoners so liked the show she was compelled to remain. At the Arlington we shall see Eileen Huhan in the part and, from her work here in the past, I should judge she would be very clever. The story concerns a little Irish girl who is something of a tomboy and becomes the pal of her dad, who wanted a son. But the child fills the bill quite nicely and I hear the plot will be soothingly interesting. is the title of the musical piece which Arthur Hammerstein will bring to the Park Square Theatre tomorrow, and for a star he has secured Frances White, she of the slick hair and winning smile; also Ben Welch, who for the time being has deserted the field of burlesque and will amuse in a legitimate manner.

I know just is all about, but I presume it is something lively, for Mr. Hammerstein has a way of selecting entertaining pieces. I hope Miss White will omit her song, with which she has favored Boston on every previous occasion. Over at the Globe, Jimmy Hussey will offer his revue, one of those continuous affairs when the audience wonder, like the clergyman in Hoss what the Moses was coming Mr. Jimmy will appear in person, and so will Rae Samuels, and both are good fun-makers.

The gentleman who dispenses publicity this show assures me with some vehemence that girls comprise 50 of the choicest beauties, gorgeously gowned and with something to do beside looking Sounds good and will report later. I learned on seemingly good authority that Fay Bainter, the charming Min Toy of Is at the Shubert, was not only a connoisseur on clocks but a collector as well. That she had in her possession at least 50 of these timepieces and one of her greatest joys in life was to assemble her pets as some hour approached and hear them strike, for even clocks will go on if properly wound up. Here was a new and, sight, a rather inconvenient fad, for my informant told me that all sorts and conditions of clocks were included in the collection. With brilliant ideas in mind, I called on Min Toy just as she was getting into her black wig and cautiously broached the subject.

Miss Bainter has not been on the stage very many years, but a sufficiently long time to understand publicity men and their guiles, so without expressing any surprise she began to talk clocks like the head of a Waterbury manufacturing establishment. She skidded a little in some of her remarks, yet made a bold attempt, but there was a twinkle in her eye and I understood. Still my mission was not wholly lost, for she had one clock in her dressing room. It was on her stocking, and I saw it. Jane Kelety, who plays the vampish actress In Girl in the at fhe had a Hungarian father and a French mother and naturally she speaks both languages as well as English.

She tells me that the latter tongue she acquired after much study, devoting sometimes 12 hours a day to English intricacies. she remarked to me, have not yet learned all your slang and as fast as I gain one expression there is a new one coming up which puzzles me. The other evening I was invited to go to supper but could not accept. The gentleman, who was giving the affair, was speaking over the telephone and as an inducement to attend he offered me a So I told him I did not wear one but thanked him kindly for the gift. Then he said it was not to wear but put in my' insides, so I informed him I did not eat such things.

I had to ask a friend what meant before I understood him. You have more slang in English than any other language, but I rather like And so would any one else if they could hear Miss Kelety spring some of the new ones. Raymond Hitchcock has just passed through one of the most trying weeks of his life. Those who have watched his performance at the Colonial and listened to his quick and terse remarks, woulcl imagine that his thoughts and feelings were far away from the Colonial- Theatre or the piece in which he was appearing. For the wife, known to the stage as Flora Zabelle, has been at door days and Mr.

Hitchcock has been fearing momentarily of hearing saa news. The two have been married for 18 years and their life has been singularly congenial. Whether at their summer home at Great Neck or in their quaint but artistic residence in New York, they have worked together and planned and lived their professional career in perfect amity. The blow has fallen heavily on Hitchcock, coming as it does in the midst of his work in rearranging his present show, and I know there are thousands who will sympathize with him and hope that any, sorrow will be averted. Frank M.

Archer, who is a friend of the comedian, was watching the drug store bit in and took particular notice of the work of Julia Sanderson which, by the way, is a clever bit of comedy. So an idea was formulated in the active brain of Mr. Archer which fructified in the form of a as he terms it, although it looks to me just like a cane. The head is a china reproduction of Miss features, surmounted by a tow wig ancf pig tails. It is very cute and I dared Mr.

Archer to walk up Tremont street with novelty in his hand some afternoon when there is a matinee. He replied that he so look out. 1 Monday, Oct. 18, promises to be a busy evtn- ing in theatricals, for on that occasion quitp a few plays new to Bbston will be offered. At the Boston Opera House will come on with Dressier as the star.

A brilliant show is announced, and on this date the members of the Bank Association will attend in a body and there will be doings both front and back of the curtain. Then will be here beginning a stay, and from all I bear this entertainment Will exceed in brilliancy any of Mr. Again, there is promised at the Tremont Lenore Ulridi in Son the first Belasco production in Boston for some seasons. with the co a mine New- You Wcic." I have spoken of the Best which is due at irh'ngtcn. and at the Plymouth will be seer Charles Cherry and June while in the company will he combe.

At the Wilbur is booked in which there are double stars, namely. Sam Bernard and Irene Bordoni, both great here. The first-nighters will be at a loss how to choose. Mr. Bernard should receive a cordial welcome on his return.

It is now some seasons since the comedian has been professionally in Boston, but he is still rememberecL for to me he occupies a little place all by himself, and a conspicuous one at that. Miss Bordoni was with Raymond Hitchcock in the first and made herself particularly popular. I hope I shall be able to say to both of them after having witnessed the performance. are both just as good as you Manager McArdle of the Somerville Theatre is certainly enterprising. He is securing for his Somerville Theatre the very latest metropolitan plays, some of them while they are being played on for instance During the past week he has been giving his patrons Faces which done here last season at the Tremont.

I hear he has a new piece in preparation by a Boston author, entitled and the which will offer exceptional opportunities to both Carroll Ashburn and Anna Brunough, respectively leading matf and leading woman of the Somerville Players. Nance informs me that in the neafc future she will bring to Boston her new plajfe Passion in which the talented actrest been achieving a pronounced success. It will be recalled that Miss was last seen in this city in when was given at the Boston Opera House. Miss first rose to the top in Boston and the gcod people here have not forgotten her Audiences come to the expecting to see me tumble about the says Marie Dressier who returns to the Boston stage to appear 1 York Winter Garden success, Cinderella on at the Boston Opera House tomorrow. public is disappointed if I dont.

So I tumble about; I fall through chairs, I trip over my gowns, I exaggerate, I play the clown, but I never forget the science of it. comedian wants to play Hamlet, they say. The reason he wants to do this is because he sees the humor of life and he feels something in nature no tragic actor has ever expressed. To my mind, to play Hamlet would require a great tragedian with the soul of a burlesque artist. let anyone think I want to play Ladv Macbeth, though it would fun to act her as I her.

She would create intense merriment, but I seriously contend that to poptray Lady Macbeth as I would her would require as much are as Modjeska gave the part when she thrilled the world. That little bit more I should add to the role would be seeing Lady Macbeth from the funny side, which is the keynote to my kind of acting. We look at life solemnly, too solemnly, and then we laugh. Our audiences, made up of men and women who are serious the whole day long, revel in being made to realize that the sense of the ludicrous underlies even our most tragic moments. They know w7hen we burlesque the Barrymores or Theda Bara we do it in fun with no malice aforethought, and they like I rather think Miss Marie is right.

Novelties for Symphony Season fA suite bv Victor de Couvent sur symphony by the brother of Ysaye, the offerings from other lands. fall mornings and Symphony flail at the opening1 of the season go together In the mind, and make one Impression which those who hang kround this place for various haver forget. There is in Symphony at this time a lot of polite bustle, an effect bf Spotless Town, and sonorous echoes the great orchestra which Mr. Monteux has assembled and is rehearsing Inside the hermetically sealed auditorium. in their officer lve you of the season, 'here la a pervading atmosphere of entleman-llke Joy.

Finding yourself in a shadowy corri- Hor you peak In through one of the Entrances to the rehearsal hall, though this was and is now Nevertheless, you aneak to the door, open it an inch and peak in. Mr. Monteux is seated before at his stand, picking to Mecea, in a preliminary rehearsal, details of the compositions to be performed. Tt Is a maddening experience for the listener outside. lie glues nls to the crack.

The orchestra with all kinds of 0 wonderful Sects. The brass comes in with a sh, and the strings soar up over it, kfeen. In the very middle of It all, Mon he I'H something else of his, written a little earlier, I think, before Pauses of This work, which will be heard here for the first time, is his a suite of three pieces for orchestra. This Malaplero is, I think, a wonderful young man. another famous work from the rapidly rising school of young Italian composers, of whom Malaplero Is a member, is the dl TJhls is a tonal description of four celebrated fountains of Rome, the fountain of Valle Giulia at dawn, the Triton fountain at noon, the fountain of-Trevi at midday and the fountain of the Villa Medici at sunset.

Is also played for the first time here a suite in four movements by Victor de Sabata. And here is a suite by my old friend Alfredo Casella, with whom I was a fellow-student at the Paris Conservatorie, Couvent sur This suite Is dedicated to Mr. Monteux. Casella, he says, is one of the most brilliant, gifted and intellectual of the modern Italians. We who do not know Casella know what an uproar his ultra-modern compositions and his vehemently written manifestos In favor of modern ideas in music have provoked abroad.

They led to the dread onteux raps on his desk and stops title and ugly name of being ha whole business. Go back to applied to this composer, who, how- he says, lifts his baton, says Mr. Monteux, little Is a physical shock, as well as a or nothing for anything save his convlc- It Is as If some great tions and Complicated piece of machinery started This suite is of movements which Ca- Jlowly, and went a little faster, the sella composed originally for a ballet, wheels moving the big onos, which was shown to Mr. Diaghileff of kinds and varieties of revolutions a the Russian ballet. Mr.

Diaghileff did minute, the big wheels gathering not undertake the work. Its principal Wentum, and a movements are now to be heard In con- and also a of Repartz. I Bhall also revive Debussy's ami the first symphony of Sibelius, which seems his most popular work. I shall likewise play for the first time In Boston third symphony. And if I can get the loan of parts from the Metropolitan, I shall probably perform a concert version of music to Other novelties will, be announced.

a funny thing, by the way. Some managers of admirable American orchestras, which, however good they believe themselves to be, do not at this day command the prestige in this country of the Boston Symphony, have been voicing their concern for the last two or tferee seasons, following the Muck business, lest the Boston Symphony should deteriorate from its exceptionally high standards. They said, also, that there were better orchestras in America, better individual play.ers, more brilliant conductors, etc. But when the strike over wage and union Issues arose last spring, and a number of the old players, though more of the young ones, left the Boston orchestra, these same managers or their agents sat down at the stage door of Symphony Hall and fairly pounced on the players the instant they expressed their willingness to sign another contract Now the New York orchestra whioh Mr. Bodansky and Mr.

Mengelberg will direct announces the engagement of four from the Boston Symphonyl In the same cast by Boston opera-goers and whose attachment has been one of long standing, have been married this summer In'Italy. is Mr. Car it VTOUl Wilson, It appear, photographed celebrating the anniversary of the Flume coup of side by side with a son of the poet in a grand celebration held in the stadium of the College of the City of New York. Caruso waved the American and Italian flags. He sang arias, and there was a riot of enthusiasm.

These are the days of poets, musicians and schoolmasters. fcronder something smash, when 11 that motion was arrested bo sud- snly and so violently. Just then an bsher or official comes along the corridor and you turn around Innocently, and say you are looking for Mr. Bren- Han. By and by Mr.

Monteux will he through. Then you go up a little flight cert form in this suite. for said Mr. Monteux, await with anxiety and faith the arrival of a Buite by the Spaniard, WDe Falla. "And here Is Russia.

A of Sergei Wassllenko (op. 4), the first symphony of Baslle Kallnnl- kow. And here Is old Rimsky, blessed stairs to his delightful old Rimsky, the overture Workroom, simply but sufficiently furbished, In the corner of the building that looks out over Wcatland and avenues. Monteux Is by Rimsky-Korsakoff. Last but not least here is a crackling orchestral slon of famous piano piece by again Alfred Casella.

Ittlng, probably, before a music That will show you what he can do In and on that music rack is another the way of virtuoso effects with an or- Is reading it attentively, with knit chestra." brows, as I would read a programme He turned to a page where horns and fiote. He Is hearing it as he trumpets squawked wildly, and there figuring out effects, of were sweeping harp gllssandi, chatter- inner parts, and the other endless details of the extraordinary task. He is holding his first rehearsal. is where it is held, here in the quiet of the study, with a muftic rack and a pencil handy, and not in the auditorium with the players. By the time Monteux comes before them, he detail of hln score and of his task clearly in his head, Just as a general has elaborated his plan of battle long before he issues orders for the attack.

It is going to be an interesting season with more novelties than ever. us DlgiD with iiiudei ii Mr, Monteux. remember 'Pauses of which made such an teipression last season, and also when Sir. Rabaud played It before me? I have ing wood-wlnd, pounding drums and cavorting strings. he said, win hear some A great piece and probably still better in a.

good orchestral version. the conductor went on, have the symphony In major of the brother of Kugene Ysaye; that Is, Theodore Ysaye. He was quite a com poser. He died about two years ago. His accomplishments were overshad owed by those of the famous violinist This symphony is dedicated to Charlei Martin Loeffler of France we have, first, a new wuik by my friend and colleague.

Henri Rabaud. It. Is scenlo music from a play, and Also two compositions of Plerne, and They may be premier in New York, Mr. Press Agent, but they are not and never were in Boston. Each of the sections of the Boston Symphony Orchestra as it today, an orchestra of which the personnel has been revised three times since the war, has, with the exception of the new concert master, Richard Burgln, leaders with long years of service to their credit and to the fame of the orchestra, or else there are new men whom Mr.

Monteux brought with him a year ago, men for their brilliant accomplishments, and who did not respond to the invitations to strike. Among these are Julius wits, second concert master; Ferdinand Thlllols, leader of the second violins; Frederlo Denayer, first viola; Max Kunze, first double bass; Georges Laurent, first flute; Georges Longy, first oboe; Albert Sand, first clarinet; Abdon Laus, first bassoon; Georges Mager, first trumpet; George Wendler, first horn; Carl Hampe, first trombone; Alfred Holy, harpist; Stefan Neuman, first tympanist. The membership of the orchestra was last week, 97. This week it will become 102. Five men from the musl- CONCERTS Relnald American baritone, and Robert Schmitz, the French pianist, will give a Joint recital today in Symphony Hall at 3:80 p.

m. Mr. splendid voice and ability In song have made him extremely popular with our audiences In concert. Mr. Schmitz has made an equally strong impression In recitals and with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The gramme Includes compositions by Bach- Liszt, Bach, Debussy, Faure, Aubert, Liszt, Chopin. Giuseppl Ferrata, John Ireland, H. Vaughn Williams and Wilfrid Sanderson. CHARLES HACKETT Chapies Hackett, the gifted American tenor of the Metropolitan Opera Company, will at last come to Boston when he sings at Symphony Hall on Thursday evening, Oct. 14 (not Tuesday).

This will not be, strictly speaking, his Boston debut, for he sang more than ones In the days when he had yet made his voiee his fortune and properly The Brothers Hackett number three three are good tenors. They were born in a city no more spectacular than WorccMer, Mass. Arthur Hackett is better known virtue of numerous apuearanenq. But Charles llackett has made a far greater stir in the world. Fritz Kreisler Fritz Kreisler will give his first Boston recital of the season In Symphony Hall on Saturday afternoon, Oct.

30. He will then play for the first time at any of his BostdK concerts £. major Fantasy as arranged for violin by WilhelmJ. A second number on grand lines will be Vleuxtemps fourth violin concerto in minor; smaller pieces by Kriesler, Wagner, WilhelmJ, Chabrler-Loeffler, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Godowsky, Paganlhl-Kreisler will com- lete the list. concert in Symphony Hallf on Sunday afternoon, Oct.

24, at 8:30. GALLI-CURCI Amelita Galll-Curcl, thb great coloratura will return to Boston, giving a concert at Symphony Hall next Sunday afternoon, Oct. 17, at 3:30. The romantic circumstances of Mme. rise to fame, how she was urged by the composer Mascagni, In her native Italy, to give up the piano and become a singer; how she trained her voice by herself and how she made her operatic fame In Italy and In South America; then suddenly became to the audiences of the United States by her debut with the Chicago Opera Company In 1916, needs no retelling.

fJhe will be assisted by Manuel Berenguer, flutist, and Homer Samuels, pianist. cal union have Joined Symphony. the Boston Mlscha Elman, who arrived in New York last week from Europe, is collaborating with, libretto writers and Florence Zlegfeld, In the composition of a comic opera. This follows closely on the success of Efrem Zlm- which was in turn preceded by Fritz Three violinist a setting out to reform tha Amavftaan comlo opera Bauer Symphony Soloist The second pair of concerts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra next Friday afternoon and Saturdav evening will be notable In that Harold Bauer will play with the orchestra aa the first soloist of the year. Pierre Montaux will open his programme with the symphony In E-flat major by Georges Enes- oo, which Is considered the finest and most ambitious work of the noted composer, who was born in Rumania and has absorbed most of his musical training in Paris.

Of longer established popularity with the Symphony audiences, Is Brahms1, Pianoforte Concerto No. 1 in D-ipinor. The concerts will end with' spirited Overture to Rosa Raisa and Giacomo Rlmlnl, who have often been heard and seen together Geraldine Farrar Geraldine Farrar, assisted by Ada Sassoll, harpist, and Edgar Schofield, baritone, will give a recital In Symphony Hall on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 6. Miss Farrar will then sing songs by Schumann, Schubert, Franz and Rich ard Strauss; Grieg, Tschaikowsky, Dvorak, Wolf and Gretchanlnoff, in English.

Miss Sassoll will play pieces for the harp by Bach, Scarallttl, Pe- fllbov, DftbuBsy, Busser and two old French airs of the 18th century. Mr. gchofleld will Interpret songs and arias by Carissiml, Verdi, Puget, Flegier, Carpenter, Bruno Huhn and othaim Steinert Hall Concerts Among the concerts announced for the Immediate future is a song recital by the Coloratura aoprano, Marla Conde, a Boston produot and recently of the Metropolitan Opera. She Is to appear in Steinert Hall on Wednesday evening, Nov. 3.

Clifton Wood, baritone, of Leominster, but of late years resident in Italy, returns to take up his professional work here. He will give a reoltal In Steinert Hall on Tueaday evening, Nov. 9. Miss Alice Cannon, soprano, will give a Bong recital In Steinert Hall on Tuesday evening, Nov. 16.

Symphony in Cambridge The usual series of eight concerts In Cambridge, by the Bostbn Symphony Orchestra, will be given beginning next Thursday evening, Oct. 14. The other dates are Nov. 11, Dec. Io, Jan.

13, Feb. 10, March April 7 and April 28. The notable soloists to be heard at these concerts are Harold Bauer, Katherine Goodson and Felix Fox, Eva Gauthier and Alice Nielsen, sopranos; Richard Burgin, the new concert master of the orchestra and Antonio Gerardl, violinist; and AJwin Schroeder. Toscanini Tour A cablegram has Just been received from Arturo Toscanini, announcing, that on account of a change In the Bchedule of steamship, President Wilson, he will arrive In New York with hla orchestra about Dec. 12, earlier than originally planned.

Upon arrival, Toscanini and Scala Orchestra will leave for Camden, N. where they will devote one week to the making of Victor records. The public performance of the organization remains, however, fixed for the evening of Dec. 28, at the Metropolitan Opera House. Boston Musical Association 1 The Boston Musical Association, founded by Its conductor, Mr.

Georges Longy, for the pyrpose of stimulating the development of young musicians and native composers of talent, will again give a series of concerts In Jordan Hall. Four concerts are definitely planned this season, Jan. 19, Feb. 16, March 16 and April 27. An American composition, as heretofore, will be included In each programme and at least one soloist will be heard.

Pavlowa to Return In Boston, where ballets offer opportunities all too few, Anna Pavlova, now returned to America after an absence of some years, will give three performances on the stage of Symphony Hall on Friday afternoon and eveninsr, Nov. 5, and on Saturday evening, Nov. 6, bringiAg with her the splendid company and the orchestra of the Drury Lane Theatre, London. The ballet divertissements, which have long echoed her fame throughout the world, are to be revived, while new Interest enllven- ment will be brought to the three entertainments by some new ballots which she has well tried out In her recent tours of Mexico, Central and South America, Spain, Portugal and London. Jan Kubelik Coming Returning to America, after an absence of six years, Jan Kubelik, the brilliant Bohemian violinist, will give a Tom BarKe, Irish Tenor, Coming to Sing Here Tom Burke, the Irish tenor by Mme.

Melba, with experienoe of both opera and concett to his credit, will give his first Boston concert tonight In Symphony Hall, singing Irish songs, songs by Grieg, Kahn, Bridge, and two arias, the first from the second the from the first act of the same The Irish songs will be Tender Apple (County Derry), Next Market Me If All Those Endearing Young Bold, Unbldable and the song AFRICAN ELEPHANTS. 12 FEET IN HEIGHT African elephants surpass the Asiatic elephants In size, often reaching a height of 12 feet at the 'shoulders. The circumference of the forefoot I usually one-half of the height of the shoulders, although an elephant killed by Carl Akeley, In his South African expedition to obtain specimens for the Museum of National History, was an exception. This anliWkl was 11 feet 4 inches In height at the shoulders, but the circumference of Its forefoot was 77 Inches, the largest on record. The right tusk weighed 110 pounds.

Theodore Roosevelt shot three large elephants in equatorial Africa, the second, In the Mount Kenla district, was 10 feet 6 inches, and the third, shot near Metu, was 4 Inches at tne shoulders. The tusks of the second elephant weighed 65 pounds each. The last alephaint of Zululand was shot recently, and the elephants of Rhodesia have been exterminated. There are a few strays left In the Transvaal and some in Knysa Forest, but no big herda. Become? Comedienne by Strange Accident MINERVA GREY.

As she is and as she appears in "The Qirl in the Minerva Grey, the eccentric comedienne in Girl in the owes her success as a laugh provoker to an accident while she was playing a very serious part in Blindness of Miss Grey, who is nn English girl, Is a granddaughter of Sir John Laide Trill of Darlington Hall, Sussex, Eng. A few years ago she came to this country on a pleasure trip, and while en voyage she took part in an entertainment on shipboard for the benefit of the fund. After the concert she met Frederick Stanhope, who at the time about to produce "Joseph and Ills She was engaged for an Oriental part, Wakara, which she played for three seasons, after which she appeared under the same management in Daughter of After this she appeared In Cosmo of and it was while playing the part of Mary Hun that she discovered she had a comedy voice. In reading her lines at one performance she inflatod her voice, which resulted In a roar of laughter. The realization came to her that she could make people laugh, and, It being during the great war, she decided that hereafter she would try to make people merry instead of sad, so she abandoned serious parts.

Two of her brothers were In the war With the Royal Air Force, one of whom was seriously wounded in an air battle with a Hun. Being a natural dancer and having a large vein of humor, she necured a place and was later featured with a musical show called "The Club It was while she was with this play that she received Beveral vaudeville offers, which she later accepted. While appearing with Prince Omar of at that time under the name of Kathern prince persuaded her that the name was too long and christened her, with all of the Indian Kolemnlty and superstition known to his race, as "Minerva He assured her that wisdom and prosperity would guide her career in the future. To date the Inditm ii5.2 bCCIi fulfilled. The following season she was offered Ada place- in and also a part In which she accepted.

This season she Is again with Lederer and one of the principals In Girl in the RECEPTION TO SUPREME CHANCELLOR King Hiram No. 165, University Lodge 159, Knights of Pythias, and Uniform Rank No. 25 of Cambridge are making great preparation for the entertainment of Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias William Ladew of New York, who Is making a special trip to this domain for the purpose of increasing interest and membership in above lodges. The exerclaes will be held In the spa- ciouay ballroom in building, Central square, Cambridge, Friday evening. Oct.

15. Over 200 invitations have been sent to prospective members, to whom supper will be served at 7 to be followed at 8:15 by reception to Supreme Chancellor. The Flying Squadron will put on the singing, Jack Colclough, leader; George F. Jacob as pianist. The Dokie Orchestra will be there, too.

Scott E. Sanborn, as chairman, will introduce Mayor Edward W. Quinn, who will deliver the welcome of the city of Cambridge to Dr. Graves of the Lodge. The Supreme Chancellor anft Past Grand Chancellor Klrkby will the speakers.

Guests who have accepted: Dr. B. A. Graves, C. Elmer L.

Elliott, G. V. Harry R. Lawrence, G. M.

at Harry G. Beyer, G. I. William G. Lord, G.

O. George E. Howe, G. K. R.

W. Fred Beaman, G. M. G. Frank Howe, Assistant G.

K. R. Supreme Representatives John Ballantyne, Merrill Welcker, Dr. D. Sidney Woodworth and Harlan P.

Knight; J. Frank Batchelder, D. G. James J. Lyons, D.

G. the Rev. Chellis V. Smith, P. George E.

Wragg, P. superintendent Insurance Royal Prince Harvey T. Pond, Imp. Rep Royal Prince William H. Chase, Imp.

Brigadier-General Lewis J. McKenzie of the Uniform Rank. Front Porch Campaign for Harding Sybil the motion picture actress, Ui conducting a little front porch campaign of her own In behalf of the Republican nominee. On the front of a dainty summer hat she has attached a silver buckle so contrived as to serve as an integral part of the that French word? oh, chapeau and at the same time provide a frame for a small portrait of An Inconspicuous little trifle, as unlikely to attract attention as a georgette dinner coat. But think for a moment Miss Sealey has relinquished prerogative.

she explained, election time yet, and I might have another picture In the frame by that SUNDAY FILLER CANINE EDUCATION The small girt contemplated the little water trough for the dog outside the big store with earnest attention, spelling out the words; pretty crea- drink, with dlmculty. AiUt pause, she remarked; It clever of the dogs to be able to read, especially little.