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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1926
Night Editor-ROBERT T. DE VORE
lngaling with public or po-
litical questions President Cool-
idge has political intuition l Iost
pychic. One cannot see, touch
or hear a political tide but he can
ferl it. Having felt it, one can
i lyze it and findr eason for its
existence, but if one fails to make
a tide or feel it when it is one, he
is lost. It is a commony accepted
opinion that President Coolidge
has remade the Republican party
9 - -an outstanding contribution to
the political history of his time.
Ile has so wisely formed his opin-
ions upon public questions and so
convincingly stated them that his
words have come to be accepted
by an overwhelming majority of
the Republican party-and also
it might be added of the Ameri-
can people--as the expression of
their opinion."-C. Bascom Slemp,I
former secretary to President
Coolidge, in his forthcoming
book, "The Mind of the Presi-
dent."
JOhNS HOPKINS RETURNS
J hns Hopkins, one of America's
ctstanidlin educational institutions,
if:,r wandering more or less aimless-
ly about the field of learning in re-
(-t decades, has, on its fiftieth birth-
day ,renounced its purely undergrad-'
vate departments and returned to its
ciginal ideal-graduate education
Sa research. Students of education j
in America will hail with joy the re-
eu:-hlibimont of the old Johns Hop-
lki?, a real MAeca for Americans who
ar? devotees of the sciences.
1English obServers are unanimous
int heir opinion of America's educa-
tional system--wide-spread, but su-
periicial American colleges every-I
where tIoday are faced by the problemj
of handling thousands of young men
. nd women who, although eligible forE
College training and getting some-
thing out of their work, are not real
;tuients Too much football, too
many outside interests, too much love
for commercial gain, and too little re-
gard for knowledge for its own sake
and for the betterment of the world-
his is the almost insurmountable
barrier to advanced learning in the
V niIted States. To be sure, there are
ner om rote, compare ravoraby wt 1e.. tr3 iaca
the universities of the Old World, _ __i
which are far beyond the average H
American college of today. THIS AFTERNOON: The Matinee
The problem is not yet settled, and WMusicale in the Mchigai Unionb all-
the other centers of learning in room at 3:30 o'clock.
America must continue to fight the TIllS AFTERNOON: The Organ
battle ;they can all join in cheering Recital in Hill auditorium at 4:15
one of their number that has forsaken o'clock.
The undergraduate hubbub and re- TONIGHT: The Mimes present Hol-
turned to the pursuit of the sciences berg's "Begganai," traslated by
-not diluted with the "collegiate." Prof. 0. J. Campbell, in the Mimes
theatre at 8:30 o'clock.c
"Notwithstanding the rosy, re- TONIGHT: Verdi's "Traviata" In
assuring statements put out by the Whitney theatre at 8:15 o'clock.
Eastern bankers, there is no M * *
doubt that a crisis exists among BEGGARMAN"
Western and Central Western
Westrn 'nd Cntra Wesern A review, by Kenneth Wickware.
farmers. Are you surprised they
are unsettled and dissatisfied? There is a folornness about Jeppel
They say that by legislation the of the Hill that is significant of every
condition of the manufacturer, man in the world, from clown to
the mechanic ,the railroads and emperor. His wife, his abominable
the railroad employees has been taste for red liquor, his sloth and
improved, and they ask that re- straw-willed bowing to every whim of
lief of some kind, through law, his physical self, the weird happen-
be granted."-Senator William B. ings which befall him, are not pe-
McKinley, an orthodox Republi- culitar to this peasant of the hills.
can and in private life a wealthy His cry-"Was there ever a man as'
banker, identied with the ex- unfortunate as I?"-has been echoed
p eiondofnagicuthralhe ex- " from prelate to beggar, and to kings.1
pression of agiculturdispacho . Beggarman" by Holberg, the Dan-i
ish playwright of some centuries ago,I
the New York Tribune. -in the translation by Prof. Oscarv
James Campbell-remains as excel-
FORCE-IF NECESSARY lent comedy today as it must have
Word that national guardsmen have been in the bygone days, when the
been ordered into southwestern In- theatre was not quite all that it is to- I
beenato d s w n day; but when, by the same token
diana to prevent disorder in the life was a bit rougher, and one spoke
opening of non-union mines will un- of things one does not speak of to-
doubtedly bring with it a wave of day. "Beggarman" is the Elizabethan
criticism from various sources, de- put into Denmark with results that
crying the "use of troops to coerce one might expect. It is rollicking
the workingman." If it is for coer- fun to watch; it is good drama; and
cion that troops are sent to the min- it is almost faultless theatre-many
ing area, then criticism is surely too successes have lacked any one or two
mild a punishment s of these.
Jeppe, the bestraught peasant hus-
But in any controversy, there are band, played admirably by Robert
certain rights which each side pos- Henderson, is alternately ludicrous
sesses, and which must not be pre- and pathetic, buoyant and utterly
judiced. Freedom from coercion is downcast, poverty-ridden and show-
certainly one of the rights of the ered with wealth-as is almost every
workingran. But in guaranteeing one of us He is not a figure to inspire
this to him, the state also has the respect or to command admiration;
duty of guaranteeing to mine opera but his carelessness wins us, and no
tors protection for their property o
against riotous disturbances. It is observations upon his own weak-
rnesses . There is a suggestion of tra-
proper that both the miners and the gedy in his raggedly bearded face, i
operators should be assured full pro- tragedy that is finally averted or not,
tection-if need be, by force. The as one choses to look at the matter,-
miners in turn divci.de into two liar- the world putting one upon a throne,
ties, both of which also have certain then knocking one sprawling in a
privileges which must be maintained. straw heap,-these thngs which
These are the rights of union and baffle the humian animal, these things
non-union miners, and the are st with which he strives but cannot un-
derstand.
as sacred as the rights of any other Amy Loomis is delightfully shrew-
group. ish as Nille, goode woman, the wife
However, there is yet a third, and of Jeppe. She is not, however, given
even greater party to the Indiana the opportunities in the play for
controversy, and that is the party of which her excellent dramatic quali-
the general public-that party which ties could make one wish. But then,
1usally plays the., rle of the innocent one learns to appreciate her appear-
I nces
bystander. At all costs this group {he gentry were done wIth a grace;
must be protectedl fronm violence. !Thgetywrcoewhagae{
It istbe presmed from staee- and sureness profoundly surprising
It is to be presumed from state- in the annals of amateur productions.
sets coming from the ofce of theI Perharpsthe most satisfactory was
state's chief executive that troops the Baron Nus, lord of the country,!
which were ordered to the troubled j and possessed of the grim power of
area. are there merely a an auxiliary taking a peasant's life and then re-
upon which civil autliorities may call storing it again, played by Dale Sha-
in case they findthemiselves unable j fer. But the others were remarkable
, in their respective ways. There were
tceitt . . James Martin, as the secretary; Wil-
action, then, is entirely within its lian Bishop, as the valet; William
proper imits,-it is an act designed Diener, as the bailiff, and the divert-
to protect the public from violence, ing Mr. Lutes as Eric. the lackey.-
not only by acting as a deterrent to The staging was excellntly done
any overt act ,but by checking it by throughout; the settings by Walker
force of arms if the situation be- Everett were decorative, original.
comes serious. But there is always the remember-
ance of Jeppe, his all too human
ways,- the man who was so remark-
ably tender-hearted that he did not
EDITORIAL COMMENT even wish that his wife were dead.
"MADAME BUTTERFLY" j
A CITY TO GOVERN A review, by Alan Hathaway.
(The New York Times) A small but enthusiastic audience i
One aspect of what good or bad received one of the best of recent
municipal government may mean in presentations of the Whitney theatre
New York City is illuminated in Con- { in Puccini's tragedy of Nippon, Ma-
troller Berry's summary of the city's dame Butterfly. On the whole the
finacia poitin. 'e crrya gossopera was pleasing both to the eye and
financial position. We carry a gross I a i fetwleua!
fudddbIfmreta w ilo I the ear. Lighting effects, well regulat-
funded debt of more than two billion ed and fitting and +appropriate stage
dollars, which is more than two-thirds settings enhanced the play, bringing
of the national debt of the United out its undeniable drama with fa-
States at the outbreak of the World cility.
War. Subtracting sinking fund and Tamaki Miura as Cho-Cho-San the
productive debts-water, docks and, tiny Madiame Butterfly laudably play-
nominally, subways-we carry a net ed her lead, charming in her dainti-f
debt of more than a billion dollars. ness and diminutiveness, true of voicet
debtof oretha a illon ollrs.and expressive in a truly Oriental
If the city's additional borrowing aneresse sna truly intal
manner. Shme started modestly sing-
capacity today is only forty-two mil- ing with a subtle quiet drama, rising
lion dollars, it is because of the legal i in the second act to highly impas-
determination of that capacity. Other- sioned arias as she violently rejected
wise it is easy to imagine what one the suspicions of the maidservantI
sort of municipal administration might Suzuki. In the third act she is more
do to a community whose wealth composed, anticipating the final tra-
bulks so large. Assessed real estate gedy by soft and melancholy solos
xaluations in the city are slightly mingled with the brighter hopes
under twelve billion dollars. If the I against the inevitable.
The orchestration ending the sec-
proportion of real property values to and aet breathes its subtle tragedy
the total wealth be assumed to be the out to the hushed audience as night
same in the city as for the nation at descends upon the motionless figures
large, then the "national wealth" of of Clio-Cho-San, Suzuki and the child
New York City is easily twenty billion silhouetted against the 'shosi.' Dawn'
dollars-probably more than that. It open the third with the same three
is equivalent to the national wealth: u s in the same positions accom-
of Italy, to more than one-half of the panied by a lighter orchestration of
the same theme. Aldo Franchetti,
national wealth 'of France Ur er- I.nnio s ,s.~ ma..
sion -and expression as a clay model.
His dramatization was sadly impotent
during the entire performance being
barely excusable by the volume and
quality of his voice. Even at the
suicide of Cho-Cho-San his facial
muscles scarcely changed their origi-
nal position.
The outstanding characterization of
the opera was Goro, the Marriage
Broker, whose pantomime comedy
pleasingly broke the seriousness of
the plot. In this role Joseph Cavo-
dore wittily imitated the Nipponese i
and the bargain driver that he was.
HiA voice was not outstanding, but
he was not required to singsa great
deal and all the time he was on the
stage he was busied with his silent
comedy .
* *
THE OPENING OF THE MASONIC
TEMPLE
A review, by Robert E. Carson.
A new epoch in the cultural life of
Detroit was ushered in Monday night
with the opening of the New Masonic
auditorium. The magnificent Gothic
structure, the splendor of the great
auditorium, thetdistinguished guests
and above all, the Detroit Symphony
orchestra and the American colora-
tura soprano, Mme. Luella Melius all
combined to make this dedication an!
event. The dedicatory remarks of
Ossip Gabrilowitch failed to express
the tremendous undercurrent of feel-
ing aroused by this occasion; rather,
the solemn dignity and austerity of
the music penetrated the very walls
of the building, giving it a soul and
consecrating it far more than mere
words.
Peculiarly significant is the fact
that Mme. Luella Melius, an Ameri-
can soprano, a pupil of the famous
De Reszke, should take part in this
opening. She augurs well for the
future of American artists . She de-
lighted the audience time and again
with her remarkable voice. Mme.
Melius compares favorably to Galli I
Curci although there is an undefin-
able something lacking to rank her
with that artist. One's first impres-
sion of Mine. Melius is of a songbird.
In "La Rossignol et la Rose" by Saint-
Sa-ens, she imitates realistically the I
nightingale's pleading love song. Her
voice is as golden as the gown she
wore and two domitable characteris-
tics intensify the charm of voice, ex-
pression and dramatic presence, vary-
ing her moods, now joyful, now pathe-
tic, interpreting perfectly, swaying
the audience like a leaf in the wind.
In her duet with the flute the full
brilliance of her voice was exempli-
fied and after insistent applause she
responded with several encores in a
more populgr vein.
It is also significant that the De-
troit Symphony orchestra was ac-
corded a place in the dedication cere-
mony. This superb organization
reached a distinctive position in its!
career when it received an ovation
that has hardly ever been equalled in
American musical circles. The sym-
phony included in its repertoire Wag-
ner, Liszt, and Tschaikovsky. The mo-
ment was auspicious and the presen-
tation of its selections by the orches-
tra showed the efforts of hard work
on their part in preparation for the
concert.Their share in the program
was typical of a finish and unity
never before realized by the organi-
zation. Ossip Gabrilowitch had per-
fect control of the orchestra and the
response to his baton was 'instan-
taneous.
Their opening selection, Wagner's
Prelude to the opera "Die Meister-
singer von Nurnberg" slightly trans-
cended the rest of the program but
it is hard to say which were rendered
the more beautifully. in the ac -
companiment of Mine. Melius there
was harmony and appreciation of the
singer that is seldom achieved by an
orchestra. The entire program of the
evening was well balanced and in
choosing the great composers their
best works were selected .
THE MATINEE MUSICALE j
The following Program will be pre-
sented at the February meeting of
the Matinee Musicale this afternoon
in the Michigan Union ball-room at
3:30 o'clock:
a. Plasir d'amour .......... Martin
b. Venez, agreable printemps..
...........18th Century French
e. Jeune Fillete.18th Century French
d. L'Heure exquise ...........Hahn
e. Beau Soir..............Debussy
f. Au Printenps ..........Gounod
Mrs. Annis Dexter Gray
Frederick Alexander, accompanist
Concerto, D major for piano. vio-
lin, and string quartette....
.................... Chausson
Decidej
Sicilienne
Grave
Finale -
Albert Lockwood, pianist.
Mnrion Rtruble-Freenmtn, violinst
The University String Quartet
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