otti THE MICRLOAN DAILY. , - - ?rade Review-= Music = Theatre U mr GRET WAR STIMUTES AMERICAN ENTERPRCIS;E DEVELOPil'MET IIN THE BALKANS PROLON' H rALT IN AMERICAN SPECULATION (Henry Clews and Company) One of the most satisfactory and significant effects of the war is its stimulating effect on American enter- prise. More than anything else it has forced upon us recognition that we are a world power, commercially and industrially as well as politically. The giant of the western hemisphere has at last awatened to the- new door of opportunity opened by the declaration of war in August, 1914, and already occupies a considerable place in the sun. American manufacturers, merchants and bankers are fully coftscious of the new opening and are already demon- strating their faith in the future. Our chambers of commerce, our leading business organizations, our big ex- porters and big bankers are taking the initiative. As an illustration a big $50,000,000 corporation, directed and backed by a number of the biggest commercial and financial men in the country,, completed plans for the de- velopment of a great foreign trade last week. The halt in speculation which began three weeks ago was prolonged through the last week by develop- ments in the Balkans, by a feeling that war stocks have been fully dis- counted, and by the holiday. The un- dertone of the market has, however, unquestionably improved through li- quidation and the test thus applied to values. Toward the end of the week there was more aggressive buying and good stocks found ready support. As to fundamental conditions, the outlook continues favorable. Trade revival seems to be making further progress, especially in steel and textile indus- tries; enterprise is recovering; rail- road earnings show better results, both gross and net; money is easy and plentiful, gold continucs to come in plentifully from abroad, sterling ex- change is still advancing, and a good investment demand prevails for all de- sirable issues. T pital in Paris or to its advanced sta tion."B" thirty miles further to th front. Many of the men are foun suffering from most fearful injurie of the jaw and so for the first time i history a special corps of trained den tal surgeons are working on the firin line. Most of these men are America practitioners who are giving thei time and skill in the effort to save th lives of these soldiers. lTH- MUSIC COLUMN Students Clive Recital Tomorrow The second public students' recita of the year will take place in Friez Memorial Hall at the Universit- School of Music Wednesday afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. At this time advanced students o the piano and vocal departments wil be heard in an interesting program An unusually large number of advanc ed students are enrolled in the schoo this year and the. high ,standard o performance set at the first recita given a few weeks ago presages tha- the students' recitals for .this year wil be of more than ordinary interest. The general public is cordially in- vited to listen to the following pro- gram: Reflections in the Water.....Debussy Toccata and Fugue...... Bach-Tansig Mr. Andrew Haigh On Wings of Song.. ............ ....... .......Mendelssohn-Liszt Spinning Song .........Wagner-Liszt Miss Carol Wadhams Die Post,............Franz Schubert Trookne Blumen .....Franz Schubert Mrs. Flora W. Lowry Die Loreley ...................Liszt Miss Esther Hood Two Mazurdas ...............Chopin Ponpee Valsante ..............Poldoni Miss Edna Swigart Requiem .............Sidney Homer Invictus ................Bruno Huhn Mr. Chase B. Sikes The arAk..........Glinke-Babkiref Caprice sur. Aleesti............ .Gluck-Saint-Saens Miss Helen Showerman Prelude and Fugue ............Bach Nocturne ...................Chopin Miss Elsie Lincoln fa-culty Coneert Thursday The next complimentary faculty con- cert which will take place in Hill/au- ditorium Thursday afternoon promises to be of unusual interest. At this time Mr. Theodore Harrison, head of the vocal department, and Mrs. George B. Rhead, of the piano faculty, will -make their first appearance of the year. Mr. Anthony Whitmire, who was heard to such advantage in connection with the orchestra program a few weeks ago, will also contribute a group of violin numbers. MISCHA ELMAN /The next Choral Union concert, which will take place in Hill audi- torium on the evening of Monday, De- cember 13, will bring to Ann Arbor one of the most illustrious violin vir- tuosos on the concert platform. Mischa Elman takes high rank among master violinists and at this, his first Ann Arbor appearance; the Ann Arbor music-loving public will have an op- portunity of listening to a most inter- esting program. During his past five tours of America he has played at 600 concerts and re- citals, all of them to capacity audi- ences, and at most of the concerts, hundreds were turned away. Elman is now making his sixth tour of Amer- ica, and the demands for his concerts indicate it will be his banner year. No matter from which side the life of Mischa Elman is reviewed, the thoughtful student of human events is certain to declare that the young Rus- sian genius is an unsolveable mystery. Gifts like his cannot be explained. As an artist he charms, fascinates, up- lifts, and his influence upon the public s the same, no matter in which coun- try he plays; be his auditors. critics, connoisseurs, aristocrats, or just plain mortals, it is much the same;. all mar- vel at his accomplishments and won- der at his achievements. When Elman first appeared in this country, the first thing said of him was that he had cre- ated a new epoch in violin playing, and it is not extravagant to state that the concerts of this wonderfully en- owed Russian in America have stim- elated violin students, and the sale of violin compositions to a remarkable degree. His concerts have helped ar- U At The Theatres -_ Good Bill at the Majestic g Unquestionably "The Mystic Bird," n the headline act of the present Ma- r jestic prigran, is a marvel. More won- e derful and marvelous than mystic, "The Mystic Bird" was all and more than the theater-goers were led to ex- pect. The vilin playing of Master Paul was a feature in itself; but when the tiny little canary began to sing, the people sat almost breathless. The imitation of the bird calls was per- il feet, and the canary correctly imitated e the calls of such birds as the wren, y the cat bird, robin and the whippoorwill n with remarkable ability. Last, but not least, the little yellow canary sang f- "The Mocking Bird," accompanied by l the violin. * La Petite Violette-thafs her stage - name, of course, as she is really the l wife of Signor Franz-is one of the f most petite individuals that ever ap- I peared on a Majestic program. She's t agile, clever, quick and athletic and [ performs many daring stunts with the Sig. Franz troupe who are closing the bill for the first half of the week. Arthur Rigby is a sure cure for the blues, but then Arthur has been mak- ing the public laugh for quite a few years, having been principal comedian with some of the leading mistrel or- ganizations. His line of talk is fresh t from the joke factory, and Arthur t knows how to put them over. The comedy sketch of Jack Kennedy -.& Co. is a novel one. It is called, "The Flare-Back." It has lots of laughable situations and some dra- matic value. It was written by Wil- lard Mack. All in all, the present vaudeville bill is about the strongest novelty of fering seen at the Majestic for a long time. Frances Starr in "aidIe-Odile" One of the many attractions to be ' seen in Ann Arbor thiscseason is Frances Starr, who will come to the Whitney Theatre on Thursday, De- cember 9, in David Belasco's produc- tion of "Marie-Odile." In this play, which is from the pen of Edward Knoblauch, author of "Kismet," "The Faun," and "Milestones," the last in conjunction with Arnold Bennett, Miss Starr is said to have a new kind of role entirely different from her previ- ous portrayals. In "Marie-Odile" shd appears as a convent novice who is the embodiment of childish innocence. tists of lesser gifts, and indeed, one is justified in declaring that he has established a new popularity for the "King of Instruments." The historic Gewandhaus in Leipsig has ever frowned upon "prodigies." The archives in this institution show that only two exceptions have been made allowing "wunderkinder" to ap- pear at Gewandhaus concerts - the first was the late Joseph Joachim, and the second, Mischa Elman. This in itself constitutes a novel incident in the annals of musical performances. As in the case of Joachim, Elman's prodigy years did not spoil his ca- reer. For a time, the little Russian was withdrawn from public appear- ance in order to pursue his studies with Professor Auer in St. Petersburg, but when he returned to the concert platform, the world beheld a musical miracle worker. What is the magic in Elman's play- ing? To some, it is the big soulful tone with a G string, deep and rich like the 'cello; another says the nagic of Elman's playing is his magnetism; others declare it is Elman's interpre- tative skill that is extraordinary, and right here, let it be said that Elman does not favor one school of composi- tion more than another. Speak- ing for himself on this point, Elman stated, "A true artist must re- vere every school of music and must play the masterpieces of every famous composer; that is all there is to it." He will offer the following program at his appearance in Hill auditorium: Concerto, E minor, Op. 64.:....... .. .............. . Mendelssohn Allegro molto appassionat; Andante; Allegro, molto vivace. Faust Fantasy ...........Wieniawski The Call of the Plains........... .....Rubin Goldmark Orientale ..:.............Caesar Cui Ave Marie ........Schubert-Wilhelmj La Chasse............Fritz Kreisler Pal piti....................Paganini _4r. Walter H. Golde, Accompanist "'TENTION STUDES!" For quick, MESSENGER CALL see 1 ist ad on BACK OF TELEPHONE DI- RECTORY. Phone 795. 4'17E t M r #i Vote Today! The Question of Compul- sory Military Training wil go to the Regents to- HOSPITAL TENTS USERl INSTEAD, OF' BUILDINS AMBULANCE CORPS MEET WITH ADVENTURE WHEN BRINGING IN WOUN)EDI FROM FRONT The importance of the American tent hospital in France may be better appreciated by a view of the conditions of the troops now on the battle front. If we take a trip in imiagination to the theater of war we see two lines of trenches drawn up at a short dis- tance apart. In one of these, in which the Germans are stationed, come those heavy booming notes of the great artillery now used by them in their fighting. On the other side a of the trenches are the troops of France, England and Belgium, and it is with these men that we are immedi- ately concerned. Back of each of these trenches are the dugouts for receiving the wounded. They are brought here and cared for, until the fire ceases enough at night to permit of their removal. No am- bulances come to these temporary. hospitals except the little cars driven by the American college volunteers. One of the reasons for there being no ambulances on the firing line with the exception of the Fords, is that the heavy shell-fire tears up the roads so much that the little cars are forced often to make long detours and be- cause of their lightness they can well do this. Sometimes it happens that the wounded are so numerous that the ambulances can not handle them and many of them are brought from the bloody dressing rooms to the hospitals in horse drawn vehicles, and even wheelbarrows are sometimes used. The men after being transported to, the field hospitals are first carefully examined and if they have any chance at all for life are taken to the nearest town where facilities for operating are found. When convalescent the wounded are taken to some town, usu- ally in the south of France, where many hotels for tourists have been turned into sanitariums for the care of the soldiers. Many of the most serious cases are sent to the American ambulance hos- morrow. Mr. Student: What do YOU want? (See front page story) .Martin guitars, mandolins, ukeleles and all musical instruments at Schae- berle & Son's Music House, 110 South Main street. oct8tf