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SYMPHONY IN LATEST BY STRAUSS Suite From for First Time in America TOOTS AND CASPER of His Robe? Not Casper! BOSTON POST, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1921 cartoon of fimi Casper" each week la the Boafon Sunday Pont) BY OLIN DOWNES Richard orchestral suite from his opera, Burger als a German corruption, with incongruous frills, by Hugo von Hoffmansthal, of Bouregois was performed for the first time in America at the concert of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux, conductor, yesterday afternoon in Symphony Hall. Mischa Levitski was soloist, playing the Beethoven minor piano concerto. major symphony opened the, gramme. The symphony is aging, with the exception of the slow movement, aging fast. Mr.

Levitski grows constantly in poise, in technical pro- ficency and in beauty of tone. This he showed at once, as he also showed a musicianly comprehension of score, for his performance was not merely the performance of a complacent virtuoso. CURIOUS BAND The audience applauded Mr. Levitski warmly. It applauded with still more warmth the music of Strauss.

It applauded until Mr. Monteux made his orchestra rise and bow. This orchestra called for by Strauss was far from the strength and proportions of the Boston Symphony. orchestra for Burger als Edelman" is curiously arranged. In the string division, which consists, arrang'ed from the opera.

of six violins, four violas, four violon RAID HASTENS THE WEDDING Charge Dropped When Couple Tell Court librettos of and rathustra The libretto of is a strained affair. Jourdain, the suddenly rich bourgeois, gives a banquet, to which he invites noble guests. A young composer whom Jourdain patronizes has been asked to compose a short opera, auf Naxos," and a farce, to amuse the guests. As the time ts passing Jourdain tells his composer that he tnust perform both works a. the same time, and thus they ate performed, cheek by jowl, now a little of this one arid now a little of that.

Strauss said that the thing was symbolic of a voung composer of genius at the mercy of capitalists and the like. He composed in various styles, In the manner of day, In the manner of early Ital- ian opera and In a vein of buffoonery. In music for the supper scene he Indulges in familiar Straussian tricks, Thus, es salmon from the Rhine are placed on the table he quotes the river music from and when mutton is brought the famous orchestral Imitation of the bleating of sheep, from Strauss' own Quixote," is heard. other of the earlier works on music paper. It is too bad.

Not only singers, but composers, should stop when they have reached the height of their careers, and not attempt longer to lure the public. FORD CO. SUED BY LOCAL Alleges Infringements of Patent Rights Alleging infringement of patent rights on Improvements on starting, generating and ignition apparatus, William B. Moses of Watertown brought a hill in equity in the Federal Court to restrain At the first performance of the Motor Company of Detroit HER THREE GREAT IDEALS REALIZED Nance Has Seen the World, Is Independent and Has a Career, She Admits new opera Strauss hung out signs re questing that the. critics should not write about it until it had been given three times.

Some critical gentleman then remarked that he supposed this was another joke, a joke about as good as Strauss' quotation of motives by Wagner and himself. Later Strauss revised "Der Burger," and the new version was heard In 1913. Inscribed to Boston Symphony There are eight numbers in this suite They are as follows: Overture to Act celli and two double basses, each player- the Bourgelos' Minuet- Thn FenHne olnce of choir Tailors; The Minuet of Lully; Introduc- fl.U J1 interchange- tion to Act II. (Intermezzo; Dorantes able with piccolo, two oboes, one Interchangeable with English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, one interchangeable with double bassoon. The brass choir asks for a trombone, two horns and a trumpet.

There are many percussive instruments, a piano, kettledrums, side drum, bass drum, tambourine, nella, cymbals, and a harp. Hoffmansthal wrote the libretto of Burger" as he had written the Advertisement. There Was Nothing So Good for Congestion and Colds as Mustard But the old-fashioned mustard- plaater burned and blistered while it acted. Get the relief and help that mustard piasters gave, without the plaster and without the blister. Musterole does it It is a dean, white ointment, made with oil of mustard.

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Mr. Strauss, very civil in these days to American orchestras, has personally, it appears, inscribed copy No. 21 of this suite to the Boston Symphony. Of more importance is his scoring and the nature of the music. The scoring Is very ingenious.

It Is probably in response to criticisms of heavy, swollen orchestration in other works that he turns around In this one to show what he can do with a comparatively few instruments. He handles them resourcefully. There is no question about that. Frequently the Impression Is that of a full orchestra. At other times there are opportunities for delicacies and conceits, of which the composer hastens to avail himself.

Very Clever and Very Blase "When all Is said and done, however, we cannot, with the best will in the world, admire this music. It is very clever, and also it is at the bottom very blase. It appears to be the music of a composer satiated with success, confronted with the limitations of his own nature, looking eagerly about him for a new idea, freak, amusement; Strauss Imitates the idiom of period skilfully. But when does he convince? When has one any idea that this is 1 more than a box of tricks? The two I minuets are pleasing. There Is deliberate vulgarity and buffoonery in other places.

Following (the dinner music there Is a passage of the melodious and wonderfully well adujsted melody of Strauss which tells. There is at ttmes a suavity that mocks the situations. The spectacle on the stage, with the music, would doubtless help this suite, but we cannot believe that repeated hearings of music from Burger als Ede would at all enhance reputation with those who no more than flaming genius which inscribed Eulen- und Verklarung," and Lalime Partridge of 1255 Boylston street, this city, from or indirectly making or causing to be made or selling or pffering for sale any containing theso inventions. Moses also asks for an accounting of profits and damages and for the cost of the suit and for such other relief as the court may see fit to grant He declares he has held the exclusive ownership of the patents since March, 1920. The bill asserts that the Fw-d company has offered cars for sale Tlirough the Bovlstcn street company equipped with his device.

1 LITTLE WALKS 11 ABOUT BOSTON 1 BY WILLIAM JUSTIN MANN Dennis Hanks, the cousin of Abraham Lincoln, told in his own simple and illiterate way the story of the boyhood of the martyred President, whose birth we celebrate today. And this is one of his recollections: to me now never seen Abe after he was 12 'at he didn have a book in his hand or In his pocket. put a book inside his shirt fill his pants pockets with dodgers go off to plow or hoe. When noon came set under a tree read and eat. when he come to the house at night, tilt a cheer back by the chimbley, put his feet on the rung, set on his back-bone an' Shall we forget it all? Shall we only remember his classic Gettysburg speech, the glory and pathos of his career, and the unique place he holds in our love and shall we rather still remember that he came from the ranks of the people, unlettered shall we not love and reverence him the more for that? There were men of his lime, born Into all the elegancies and refinements of life, nurtured in the lap of a university, with all the advantages of foreign travel, and surrounded by troops of influential which one of all these did for his country what was done by this child of the humble? Which one of them excelled him in clear-cut reasoning, or in simple felicity of phrase? The night before ho was assassinated Lincoln had a dream, "that he was In a strange ship moving rapidly toward a dark and indefinite He had had this dream many times before, and always preceding some great event, like the battle of Gettysburg.

He did not foresee the which this recurrence of the dream foreboded, but when he neared it, he must have seen the light of immortality shining there, just as the light of earthly immortality will always shine for him'here. Takes Issue With Post C.cKWddeÿ (Po. Established Important Sale for Men SILK NECKTIES At Less Than HALF PRICE We purchased from three of the best makers of high grade neckwear in New York this exceptionally fine selection of silk neckwear, and we offer them at these remarkably low prices. 1.35 at Fine quality silk neckwear, in stripes and figured effects. Values up to $1.50.

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Values up to $4.00. Floor Attitude in Editorials the Editor of the Post: think that your editorial of Feb. headed as well the first editorial in your issue of 10, are very ill-advised. These wo editorials give still further proof, if ny was needed, of the correctness of he statement issued to American news- taper correspondents in London. Every thoughtful person realizes that persistent meddling with other affairs and frequent and continued irritation is liable to produce strife between nations as well as between Individuals.

For the past year or two we have seen frequently repeated the principal amusement called twisting the tall of the cheap American politician. We seem to expect Great Britain to always show all the patience and dignified forbearance needed to maintain pleasant relations between the two great Eng! lish speaking countries. Not only are Sinn Feiners and pro-Germans doing all they can to cause a break between England and the United States, and have been doing so for the past two years to an unusual degree, but we have had members of Congress sitting on a committee in Washington investigating the Irish question and handling of it. What would we think If members of Parliament were sitting on a committee in hearing Filipino officials entering the country as stowaways, Porto Ricans, Chinese, Japanese or Negro citizens of the United States and discussing and considering the Filipino question and our treatment of Porto Iiicans or Negroes, or our Chinese or Japanese citizens? You know as well os 1 that such action on the part of England would produce violent attacks upon her in and of Congress and that the newspapers of this country would be filled with articles of denunciation, nor is there any doubt that many jingo Congressmen and newspapers and citizens would be clamoring for war to avenge such insulting behavior. It seems to the writer that the Interviewer was expressing it mildly to say that the two countries were treading the path leading towards war.

He would have had a perfect right to say that the United States is behaving in a way that would inevitably lead to war, and that the only thing that could prevent it would be the continued dignified of Great Britain and her It woukl be wise if leading and responsible American citizens and newspapers would frequently repeat this warning. You have done a disservice to civilization and humanity by your two editorials, which are both mischievous and reprehensible in the extreme. Yours truly, E. J. BURKE.

221 High street, Boston, Feb. 10, 1921. and That in plain American English is Nance Other terms, more dramatic, might describe the stately grace, the vitality, the magnetism of the famous actress. But these two, and stand best for Nance O'Neil, the woman. SIMPLE YET DRAMATIC One is constantly conscious near her of overflowing physical life and beauty.

She does not act when off the stage; she is simple and straightforward, yet there is something dramatic, gripping about her even when she sits reposefully listening. When her marvellous voice sounds the effect is many times multiplied. She had spent her morning shopping. Woman fashion, she chatted and voiced indignation at the outrageous price of gloves. She hai gone out to buy gloves, but finding the prices prohibitive had settled on a hat.

Mrs. Alfred Hickman, of course she really is, and her talented and fine I with Mr. Aldrich is one of the ffiost. looking husband appeared to add a blessed of my she said. She told word or two before the call was over.

It ail was happening up in the Hickman suite at the Touraine, Nance just in from her shopping having been caught, the new hat not even taken off; pouring over a great mass of mail from Boston friends. There were flowers and phone calls and all tho evidence of a favorite star back among friends. brought me so much that was sighed Miss laying down ever so reverently a note from Mrs. Aldrich to tell of the wonderful days when Thomas Bailey Aldrich wrote a play especially for and the night she appeared hand in hand with him to receive the plaudits of a Boston audience. She told of the letter he, unable to come, had written her while watching the clock on the occasion of opening night in New York.

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NANCE ALFRED HICKMAN, Caught in her newest hat. She had jifst come from a shopping tour and dropped down with delight to read a great grist of mail in her suite at the Touraine. of playing in Cairo at the Khedival Opera House, where the women come in a separate entrance and sit in an upper balcony that is hung in veils. I She told of spending a week in the desert. love it better than any place In the world," she went on.

And that launched a vividly told story of the old house In which she lived in Algiers, with its old deserted garden on the hill above the town, its steps leading down and Its long moon flooded terraces. Had Three Objects I was a very little girl," said Nance made up my mind to three things. First, that I would see the world. done It. I Next, that I should be I The lady glanced at her husband just here.

She made no comment. Nor did he. She passed on to the third girl" resolution. lastly, that I should have a career. I had been on the stage for two days before my father discovered it It was in newspaper.

was the quietest one of the family. Everybody was shocked. However I was perfectly determined. In those days she was Gertrude Lamson. Funny little Incidents were touched upon.

Here Mr. Hickman grew interested. He who made his debut In Boston in 1R95 helped her reminisce. She was playing Lady Macbeth at the Hollis. Macbeth, whose name she refused to divulge, was wearing a false nose.

It was the banquet scene. Macbeth, who was about to begin: this a dagger that I see before felt his nose drop off. Nance, spreading wide the flowing robes of Lady Macbeth, held them before him, while he searched frantically under the banquet table and recovered his lost nose. When he had it adjusted he poked her, and with great dignity she reascended her throne. Stepped on the Nose Only Mr.

Hickman said: "You know, dear, you told me that you stepped on that Jimmy, how can you?" this In shocked tones from his wife. "I saw it going, and when it was gone, flew to the rescue. I attempted to freeze that audience, so it dare to laugh." but, dear, you know you squashed the nose, sharply, you interrupt again. talking dreadful Side Remark The irrepressible husband took up the narrative undaunted, however. remember you told me how Macbeth said in an undertone.

gods, lost my Hickman, we tell that story at all," Mrs. Hickman decided. A nd then they were oft to a Green Room Club tea, where scores of Boston friends were waiting to greet truly distinguished couple; very good to look upon. K. OF C.

DENY MEXICO STORY No $5,000,000 Offered to Fight Radicals There NEW YORK, Feb. J. McGinley, supreme secretary of the Knights of Columbus, tonight denied reports quoting a Mexico City newspaper that American Catholics have offered $5.000,000 to fight radicalism in Mexico. The reports, he said, presumably originated from an appeal by the Mexico Knights of Columbus to the American order to conduct anti-radical campaigns in that country. Such a campaign may be undertaken, the secretary declared, but no definite action on the appeal has been taken.

Arraigned in the Roxbury District Court yesterday morning on a serious charge less than ten hours after being caught In a raid in an apartment on Batavia street, Back Bay, Harry Baer, 24 years of age, of 50 Batavia street, Back Bay, and Rose Waggenheim, 20 years of age, of 139 Brighton street, West End, threw the court Into an uproar when they coolly Informed Judge Ahearn that they were man and wife. For a moment judges, court clerks and police officers appeared bewildered. Then began a rush for records to determine whether or not a mistake in 1 identity of the prisoners awaiting arraignment had been made. Not until Judge Ahearn questioned the two defendants was the court able to clear up the apparent mystery. Then wishing the couple the best of luck and congratulating the husband on his fine taste, he immediately filed the case, the couple leaving the courtroom arm in arm to a waiting automobile outside the courthouse, Jlaer told the court yesterday morning after he and his newly-made wife had startled those present with the cool announcement that they were married, that he had been keeping company with Miss Waggenheim five years and that, they had been engaged to be married.

No special date for tile marriage ceremony had been agreed upon by the couple prior to their arrest, but if was mutually understood that the bells would ring very shortly. They did. Baer contemplating being married shortly, had already in his possession a marriage certificate, and free from the flve-day clause, found little trouble, in securing a justice of the peace to perform the ceremony. VALUABLE MAIL STOLEN LOUISVILLE, Feb. mall.

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