NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBX^N^. SUNDAY. jjITGTJST 2&. 1954.

GREGORIAN STUDIES.fontinue.l from flr*tpate.

The new foyer of the new Orpneum Music Hallpromises to ic a feature of Harlem. The hallwill open next Saturday. September 3. .13 previouslyannounced. A chief feature of the opening billWill bo a three act musical extravaganza entitled"The Japskis. 11 The scenes of the three acts arelaid in Russia, Japan and Cores. The story iF saidto tell the real cause of the war. A Russian prin-. ess falls in love with an American war. corres-pondent, follows him to Japan and there in amoment of excitement divulges to him state secretswhich are published In bis paper at home.

Henry lye has added Alton B. Parker tr» his Hatof Impersonations of famous m»'n past and presentnt Keith's. Other numbers are "Christmas on theInland." Venetian Trio. "An IYour Wife?" theGloasons. nssisted by Fred Houlihan. C>- SandorTrio. Herbert's does. Harry Brown the Ford Sis-ters, the Olson Brothers, Miss Mamie Bernard, andthe biojfrach.

"Paris by Night," which has run for eight weekson the roof of Madison Square Garden, will have

its closing- performance to-night, when the entirecompany will appear in the more popular songsand enscsnbles. toK<-tli<-r with a large number ofwell known vaudeville performers. "Paris byNight" is now rehearsing for its road tour, whichwill begin Ina fortnight, the company being- headedby "Bert" Leslie .•nd "Bob" Dalley, a brother ofPeter F. Dalley.

lion and "Hooiiean. 1 a clown bear. Allor the otherfeatures are retained. ».-v-

SCENE FROM "MRS. WIGG9 OF THE CABBAGE PATCH." SAVOY THfcATRE. SEFTEMBR .s.

From left to right the figures are: Oscar Eagle, aa Mr. Wlgns: Mrs. Madge Carr Cook, a* Mrs W -csaand Mabel Taliaferro. as Lovey Mary.

scent: feom -the county chairman," at wallaots, septem-

BER 1.

yarded m possessing that peculiar sanctity withwhich Plus X seems disposed to invest them. Thereformatory < fforts found their culmination whenthe artistic music of the Church, the. music com-posed by Palestrtna and In bis style, which thePope's Slot a Proprlo of last November commended,reached |;j height. Gregory XIIrequested Pales-trl.i to undertake i revision of the liturgicalbooks, "t » do away with the superfluous accretions,to abol!«;i the h.-j.rl.ari<»ms and confused passages,thnt Gikl'< name mijrht be. reverently, intelligiblyand devoutly praised." In his revision he was "as

far as possible" to "purge, improve and remodel"the chants. itrina preps the Gradual underthe instructions with the helD of his pupil Guidettl.but .icomplete edition of the liturgical books underhis eye was not finished. Later the work was con-tinued by Ila successors, Anerie and FrancescoSoriano, whose revision of tho Gradual was printedIn ICI4-'ls. Meanwhile*, books containing the re-

Madeline Bcrlbn*r. aaachsr of BBftety. Miss Ulllan BayerM«xth» Toung. ffavorc»»a» who run. tho Aeailumy..

Miss Helen MarcottLone!; Brrt«it» 1 -i,.~v,,_

r »Jlm Roma «";>'i<"r"rEKh.r Sprouts....Bru»s«i Sprout*.. . "k li.w Christ

The Belasco Theatre opens next Saturday night

with Miss Henrietta Croeman and the same com-pany which helped her with the Belasco play.

"Sweet KittyBellaJrs" last season. This secondseason of Miss Crosman la "Sweet Kitty liclliilrs"Ispositively limited, as David WarJleld is announced

Tony Pastor presents another array of \u25a0

tlom for the week. Including "The Originalplre Quartet.' !• \u0084er In He-brew pHro'lle?; Harris & Walters, "Germsc.iv Duo**; Mi*s i..-.:r.( Comsihkmjb; Edward Doyle a IEm<gling art; Moaher*a f<i!l terrienand b.'.»c punching '!"K '\u25a0\u25a0 -. *»• In"Barney's C< iri!.i;.

'Miller i'.:..l :"••

RaKtime Hu-i.N . Sherman and Iacrohats: Fennel and Snowden,two Kentuck] k.:r!s. f'.un-:[.i '.and < 'otter trioMl*s Tarrle !<:. blngs, Hebrew :..

Sketches for a week give way to specialty "<***

at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre. At thehead of thi bill stands Marzella's trained cocka-toos. Other members >.:• KHly.an-i Ashby. MissAgnes .Mahr. Miss Mabel Browne!! and compiiny,J. H. Burton's dups. Uruco and Dalpneau, Fisherand Johnson, comedy and tri<k cyclists; WalterBrown and the Bills sisters, Katha and Wal-ton. the dancing djo; Miss Mattio Uockett, Mor-gan A. Sherwood and Owley and Randall.

The RusseJl Brothers appear at the li^ad of theirown organization in a melodrama. '"I"he FemaleDetectives." on August 23 nt the Metropolis Tl.t-atre.

"Men and Women," 1

by David !'\u25a0\u25a0 las •\u25a0 and H< nry i'

presented by thi PriOne-hundrt \u25a0

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addltii : •

Ml.»s M \u25a0 .

A- Proctor*! Fifty-eighth Bti e( >• in HenriQressltt «rll \u25a0

\u25a0 \u25a0•• '\u25a0'•

American pl.ir. "Capl liv 1:. ,

Clyde Fitch's play of social life, "Tho Climbers."will form the attraction at Proctor's Fifth AvenueTheatre, In addition to the r<'sular members ofthe permain* nt stock romp Mi.--n Eleanor ivirryand George .Sotile ripeiuvr have bt-vn si'«-ci.»!!y m-gaceO. .

. The St. Rose of Lima Church, a Chthnii.' organi-ratlin In Rocks Beach, will receiye a benefitnt Hurtig & Seamon'a AVverne Pier Theatre, Thurs-day, August

—

The season a 1'he Madison Square Roof Gwhich was announced to end on Saturday •

has bam extended foi the R \u25a0 al Italian .Nat it. Wills Is tv be -•••\u25a0\u25a0 again at the West

End Theatre In a new edition ol \ Son oiMr. WIUs willhave ne« songi \u25a0

in his li:i<I

With to-morrow night's performance. Sam Ber-

nard «nd "The Gil", from Kay-" begin their last

week at the Herald Square Theatre. Boston hascalled, and the merry little jingle I"as oDeyeu.

Peter P. Dalley. Miss Fay Templet n and "AUttle of Everything' begin their last week at theNew-Amsterdam Aerial Theatre to-morrow even-ing. Next Saturday evening the rial Theatre will

be closed, the New-Amsterdam opening a weeK

from to-morow night with'

The Rogers Brothers inParis."

"Checkers" finished its first week at the Academy

of Music last night, before a large audience.

"MilitaryHad" is drawing large crowds at theOarrfck. Matinees are given Wednesday and Sat-urday.

New-Y-rk has taken kindly to •The '\u25a0'- of

Spice" and Its chorus, and. us .iresult, me sfajestieis packed to the doors nightly.

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"Th? Maid and the Mummy" goes Into It? last

week at the New-York Theatre to-morrow night.

Every alghl since th« opening has seen the theatre

filled. It is more than probable that"n", Maid and

the Mummy" will return to Broadway before mesnow files.

When William Favcrsham. appears here In Plne-ro'B play "Letty"at the Hudson Theatre, the com-pany wiil include Miss Julie Opp. Fritz V.iiliams,

Miss Carlotta KUeson. Mies Kathertne >""rf'sl,rt'Sydney Herbert. Miss Olive Oliver. Tom Terrw,

Arthur Play fair. Ivo Dawson and Henri Dv uarrj.

Rehearsals., for "Little Johnny Jones." in whichGeorge M. Cohan will star this season, beginThursday, September 1. \u25a0 The- season will openOctober 10 at Worcester. Mass and the Kew-Vorkengagement will l>-gin October 31 at the New-ioraTheatre.

succeed 'The Girl from Kay's" on September Sat the Herald Square.

Thfrso symbols, based undoubtedly on the accentmarks of the classical Latin language, did notdetermine the Intervallic relationship of tones.They indicated (trouplngß of notes, ending anddescending. X^hv^, as m!f,'ht be said, graphicrepc«sentatlons of th<: progress of itie voice insiiifilij? and melodies. They also provided hintsas to ti«< manner <>t performance. 'i he qutllsma inthe third line or tii-» mnemonic table, \u25a0\u25a0:• In-stance, pictured a shake or trill, and it la certainthat other refinements ofexpression were suggestedby other sisns. At any rate, It Is hard to under-stand why so many s.ynib<j!s should have beenneeded to record (/.<• melodies merely, with theirsmall compass and little variety. A staff of fourltr.fH. two clefts and thrc«* kind* of notes sufficeto-day. There are thirty-seven symbols In themnemonic table. Schubiger, In his treatise on thesinging school at st Gall ("Dm Bios^raehsde St.Gallens"). tabulates and explains twenty-eightneumes. Ki<-i::»-. .i Benedictme educator of to-day,tisf.x modern equivalents for eleven of them to In-dicate melodic progressions, and enumerates halfa dozen others as Kik;.-i.H for BUI vocal embelllsh-nif»nt<i as the itppoggiatura. trill, portamento,vibrato, etc., and the a also serve all the pur-

poses of I'othier and Thierry, the French writerson th»» subject. Sorn« tlmo after the ncumes had<-om<* Into use, letters and Other marks were addedto :!:<• symbols in aids to expression, traditionascribing th<»m to a singer; Homunus, sent out by

the I'opc, at the request of f'h.irleniHKtie, to teachthn Franks how to sing in the Roman fashion.Ha fell «!ck at St. Gall, remained there and es-tablished the slnginß school for which the oldmonastery has ever since been famous. He is saidto have Invented the system of expressive «!«;nswhich ari> railed Romanic letters In his honor.b*i-aus« ho fnuml the task of teaching the Frankswith tlu-lr natural uncouth vocal manner difficult.Thus 11 (altlus), 1 ...:.•. \u25a0 (eersum), and g(gradatlm). Indicated an eleratloa of the voice;

iU^Vvrfe^wrr o-nx **r fintf -err

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**^ ,>-r AJocwn W^

. \u25a0HAN'!- WITH NKIMKS.From .. MS. of the eighth century.

of the officiating priest: the antiphonary ••onti'ins.ill the rhants for the several portions of the mass:

SUMMER AMUSEMENTS.

Many Broadway Openings Tliis

, Week— of Heated Season.Mi»£«n» May willmake her flrrtapearance in• musical com*dx. -The Scbool Girl." at Daly's

rhextre. on Thursday evening. The music of the

Piece is br Leslie Stuart. author of "Florodora,

»nd there are Interpolations by Paul Rubens, author

«.' "The Three Little Maids," and others. The

book Is by Paul M. Potter and Henry Hamilton.

Best know-n of the player, in this organisation

Mlfs Edna May. the American tfrL At the headr-t the English contingent is George Oroßsmltn, jr.,

«ho comes from the Gaiety Theatre, In London.Mr Grossmith Is over here on a three ™ **1*.,. of absence from the Gaiety Theatre, It will

+* his first apeaxance to N>w-Tork Klnce ha iraa

**en la the character of Beautiful BountUul BerUe

la the -Shop Girl" several years' ego. James

Blakelcv. also from the English contingent, is a eon

of the English comedian who visited America with

CharMß Wynfih&m when the latter made his last

two tours In this country- The performance of

"The School Girl" Ib long, and itmill fee necessary

to bcria at 8 o'clock promptly.t i-> • • sssbb BBtsa Mar

SSSSf^r.™ mm ciarn Btaithwmita»*„«-,,.,- T?*..-irfj»!!*r -Jibs i^uiu * »*ii

5«~ Kocheater .^.WmSn.VgJr-f^r* .\u25a0\u25a0'.'..... .vi»*ivy Lous*««i i , Miss Dorothy DunbsrriC,:,. stte. ni.-.».ur.JgSEi M>F» Made* Gre*t

\u0001n?t Mlss VlrirlnlaBt*UOtoaMis* iofI M_

,v,i.Turner

Kate MedhUT-st Mlrs JjjnnetM Pa 'r^.nS-Sc^pt^iV..'.... v -.-\u25a0-.-;. ts"v*l\-n ''un-.nen ... .-v KnhM Keii>;tor\>mfy Miss Talleur Andrews

J£Sr.i VlEdmZi XCrIG&S:

«i«oree tyive»tt-r lUrry Hud'nn'AlO'.pll* TXlftpoiSP MU,m M',TurltrrH'.r OmiSby St. L-tieer <.eorce GrossmUll.

WILLIAM BRAMWELL.In "Captain Barrti ,• "

fit Proctor's Firtr-elshth,Street Theatre th!« week.

NAT. M WILLS.At the West End Theatre this -week.

'•g'ilar peas, n of the Empire Theatre Will• •VSJUBS, Beptl rr.her C. with :t«

customary opeatng uttraction. John l>ren\ Thl.iyear Mr. Drew will appear in the comedy "Th*Duke (,f Klllicrajik!..:." »ri"rn by Captain RobertMarshall, the author of \u25a0;•! InCommand

""A i: tyal J'ainily." "His Excellency ti.« CJovernor."et.-.

Tha Mgg«g) of the liar!' in as will hepln. sj>ec!.ii Labor Daj matinee < -;i Monday, Bep-r c. The op.-!,i: k bill win bo Mm. Francaa

Wallack's Theatre reopens on Thursday night,September I. with George Adc's comedy. "TheCounty Chairman." Then will be practically thecame cast as seen last season, with Moclyn Ar-

buckle as Jim EtavcUer. A new addition to he '-a-itla Miss Frances Bins;, (MM of the younger leadingwomen of the day, best remembered with t'haunceyOlcott and William Gillette. who will make her firstappearance In the comedy as the heroine, LucyBlgby.

to"ar>r.<-ar -!n <""hii.r:(s Klein's new•taster." a ;•.'\u25a0 Belasco on September 9b\,

Meanwhile the industriously studious and !nJe-fatlgablfl Benedictines continued th'lr \u25a0 rttga-

ttom Into the old codices and published the r-'sults.which naturally were brought to the attention ofIMus IX. The Pope expresned appreciation ofthem, but placed the stamp of authority upon theedition of liturgical books made by his commis-\u25a0ion am! printed by Pastet In Rcßen^burtr RstßVbon). to whom the Holy See granted a monopolyof printing which expired three yean ago. In1573flu.-« IX recommended the (cattsboa books to ant v>—

—\u25a0

vised texts were printed in 1582, ISST. 1353 ad 1611.and somebody in authority must have thougnt thatby "pursing" the ilisting chant 1* "supertluous ac-cretions" a;-.d "barbarisms'* had been abolished anda return made to the ancient and revered manner.The Gradual publish, d In l-JM-'IS. called the

•'.:•\u25a0 in, after tho press which issued It, was thebasis of the official book compiled by a commissionappointed by Pope Plus IX for th« purpose of re-vising the old service and f.xir.e melodies to theoffices which bad b«en Introduced since the seven-teenth century. Th* work of this commission re-established the form ot the melodies, and also laidflown the principles Of th« l«r*gorlan chant "as

they were embodied after the found! of Trent"—the council whoso labors Ii behalf of church musicwere crowned by Paleertrtna*! "illssa Papsa Mar-ceOa."

Followlr.? a run of twenty-ore weeks In Chicago.

r new comic contribution. "The Boyal Chef." be-

#riT.!= its "-.pap' i here on Thursday, September

1. at tho Lyric Theatre. The pl^ce Is the work ofOeorge K. Stoadard and Charles S. Taylor, whilethe music is by Benjamin M. Jerome. In the courseef tho narration several musical numbers are In-

tro<su™«J. among them "The Tale of the Tailless

rVoc." "It's a Way They Have In Chicago."•'\u25a0Would You If You "Were I?" "IXMe Go Back."""What Color Eyes Da You Love Best?" O*Beffly,

'

"An Admirable Admiral." "Olfl Mother Goofo" and•\u25a0What's the Mat:, with My Man in (ha Moon?""The Hoyal Cher' has been chosen for the Ameri-can debut of Miss Ida BMaee. Miss Renee. who Israiled "The English Yvetta (Mfbert.*' ha- played•bread lor many years. The cast is composed prin-cipallyof p!aycrs well known in Broadway, amongwhom are Sam Collins, Henry '-•"'•:

• Joseph T.Mtron. Jolra Park. Misses Amrlia Ston*. StellaTracey and Gertrude MilUr-gton. The cast:

ll»lnrl'**iI/Tijihauwr, from CTMCBBSS S»m foiiinaTh* Rajah of Oolonp Ham Lein«Jxird Mho. ITlir.e Minister to •:• liajs.h and leai«r

of th» '-K>ljirbaiifllt* „ J^s»;,h T. Mlr->nf»fiso. a i<onspirinc banflit \u25ba Jon^iih All»nJlturj- Park**. il«-ut*r.*ntV. P. S. Chicago.. Joba ParkAdmiral Nob!«. D. S. S. Chicago . Ma'ihf-w Wfcit«

k Miathlrrorn V. S. S. Chicago S <ifurce Steveaa\ Il!«rrv I*onar<sLI Prince** Toto. th» Ka ah"« <s*ueht*r. ..Ml«» Amelia, isiu&afj K»tv <»"R*i!ly.ma!<j to the r)rln^f*i^...ll!»iSlella, Traoay"

k'ahel NobK th* adm!ral-a dauchter

ille* O*r.ruile MilUncton\u25a0

[Oca I>nolrCourt isf'i „

_IHorenw TowcseadiN*na VA&kf

\u0084 . I.M*l»n Ch*e«<»nTr!k« ....1 fMlS8 KIM* Hu*rl«-In.Fi!atn« .. ' '

Mis,»t«-ll*.L.!b«rtKarao ..... _ Imlm, Juno : imnMohat ...r . .Court Seautivi.

-mlks '\u25a0•\u25a0rtruil* l>-nr.ox

Kftvat ...i IMinn Pauline Klllcu?-!»rlat ...] 'MlfH Kdlth PtuartIfunat ..i IMiss Amy Stuart

MAY i:i-l.i:Vbe Mn.iand The \iuanay M

al • Sew-Tork

SCENE FROM "JACK'S LITTLE SURPRISE," AT THE PRINCESSTHEATRE.

EDNA MAT.Tn •"Ti.r School (;irl•ut Omiyu, September L

Musical.

Wight). England- but that will not Interfere wtqVtheir work on the Vatican bool In fact. tUa^Bwork has long been done, and the result* are '>pet^|to the scrutiny of the world in publications of tn^lservice books, and especially In the "Paleographia^BMuslcale"— that monumental work whic-h bids fai^^|to run through decades enough to -wear out the <>r.^|durance of its most patient subscriber, unless i^Hbe the Holy See Itself.

And now as to the differences between the o:T!-^BcSal chant that will soon be superseded and thaiHwhich is to take Ha place. These differences ar» Mtoo many to discuss in any one particular. It will!be enough for the present purpose to present a^Hsingle object lesson in concrete modern notation.Iand leave it to the reader, after what has beerilsaid about the ancient chant and its performs •Ito imagine th» kind of training: which willbe nee-Iessary to make the new form (which is -. _

r«-Istored ancient form with its "superfluous accre-Itlons" of which It was once "purged" broughtIback to honor) practicable to priest and cbaraZflter. and acceptable to the faithfuL As an «•Iample Iselect th© same excerpt parts of which IBhave already been presented in neumatlc and SOregrorian notation. It Is th* h-pinnlng of th* \u25a0gradual a! tertfam mlssam "In die NaUvltatls MDomini" bearinnins "Viderunt omnes." Per, \u25a0LambiHotte gives tea versior.3 of this gradual inIan appendix to his facsimile of the St. Gall 3IS. tc Iaid in th* study of musical notation. The folloir- \u25a0Ing version. In modern notation. \u25a0

Is from the "Liber Gradualis juxta anttq'jo:nrr» MCodJcum fidem restitutes t-um Suppiemento proIordlr.* .- Beaedlcti." published at eoleames in ISC. IThere can be no doubt as to its authenticity-. To<*Ichant as glrert here la practically identical w!th \u25a0that WMeS. appears m the Sarum books (the uses Mof the artcJer.t English -••« of Salisbury), and Iother ancient codices. The second version \u25a0

i» fcom the "CJraduale Roraanum." printed at IRatisbon. Her» we see an Instance of the abbre-viation which has been mentioned— the delision ofseveral long- flourishes on syllables, both long and [

short, accented and unaccented, which to a tlmi.llay critic appear to be very much Dke tha "bar-barisms" condemned by Gregory XIII. Perhaps1: may be permitted to ask in the sarao spirit t>?timidity '\u25a0' It Is altogether consister.t to declare.as does I': SB X. thai music must be secondary an! .subordinate to the text and then restore th»*esaeissssai To insi.«t on the Injunction "the liturs:-ca] text must bo sung ns it is In th* books, with-out alteration or Inversion transposition?^ cfwords, without breaking of syllabus and alwaysin a manner Intelligible to the faithful." and yetwtr'.ni: out th* last syllables ot "ouines" and i"terra" tn the fashion illustrated In the first ye-- !stun of the chant? The example is .1modest i>re.and unsought. Ireopen my ttenedictlne Gradualand find a flourish of thirty-six notes on the firs:ayßaila of "\u25a0 i i." a few pajjes later fifty-twonotes on the third syllable of "lab^r.itis." a-:i!f.fty-six on the last syllablo of "caritate." Is Latir.to be read in this m.inner in the Church hence-forth? h. K. K.

SUGARED THE EGGS.Admiral Pewey aW#aM toward a tall man

•with a military carriage."That gentleman.'" ha said, •fongHt gallantly

in Cuba against the Spaniards. But it Is abouthis eating. not his Ughtlngr. that Iam soir.g tolaß you.

"He was i'.Kirtri-.-,! in a certain Cuban villas-?.and at mess ht> complained Mftcr!y every day jabout the Cuban cookinjr.

'*"Sugar" h»" would exclaim; "thov su^ar every-

thing! Ican't stand this constant sug;;r diet.'"Finallyhe said: "111 eat nothing t>t*t boiled

«*KKs hereafter. They C '\u25a0'-'\u25a0 sug.ir th«-u:.'"Hut \u25a0 young office* came tn to mesn at t|b»"

next meal very curt] anil taking the salt <>ut <»f

the Other*! salt «rti«-t he Tilled itup v.i;h sugar."When the older man arrived he ordered, »nrs

enough, boiled m* He opened them «''gloomy complacency, and sprinkled over themplenty of the doctored salt,

"At the tlrst mouthful he turned purr.!?."•tfupared. sasjared"

he exclaimed, and rosfteflfrom the table."

BABY ENIGMA.London onrrespor.dence of The Philadelphia NcrtN

American.Chela*. Workhouse harbors a boy. f.ilr sk:nr.e>'

ant] light haired, whoso nationality has. up to taspvesent. completely barlled the officials. , :

Previously to being -.-it to the warkhous- t'.ie sail

was urged at th.« WVstminsu-r i'oli.c »'ourt wnnwandering without Ttslble nuans ol sul-<Wtonc«f.and it was then st.vi.a that duruiß the «r-k he «*\u25a0

under remand he did not utter :i word. :<!vi. «rthough he was spoken to in six ajfferent languagcy,ba showed no sign of recognition. ..it has since been found that th.- !ud ran \u25a0sf*J*

but bin speech l« stra'isjer than rtis silence, in

Jabber of a monkey is more Intelligible.Several written questions were pui to him >'e'-f'j"

day. I'ndernenth the words. -What is your sanwand ageT" h- wrote wit...- hesitation. Ter.i>r.<i

Watouk. fourteen." Thus he appeared to'"''' "

st.vrul English.' . , . ;

"What country were you born In? \u25a0 \u25a0• iaa «i

once. wrott< "Hlrlulntyints."\u0084Hfll̂

•How d i you like scrubbini;?' (t!.e occupationth«» boy had just U-en engased ln>. "Dernt sen*.was the* written reply. ..«-,»;.l

He was then nslreil. agsln in writing. «<^\\you like a penny?" His answer was brief: Tei. '>•

His ldentltv show's ev»ry prospect >\u25a0* nm»i i-"s \u25a0

riddle. He has been seen by medica! men and ">linguists, but hitherto it ha, '•.\u25a0\u25a0•\u25a0 lmtuwsilile i»

account for him in any way. Since h:* f"fL?Sappeared In the papen nuinborloss PfWl* na;/called who say they have loat boys of abVOt his as*

The f.r?t presentation of "Mrs. "Wißgs of th<»Oabbaje Tatch" In this rlty ivlllbe given on Bat-urday evening. Indefinite time has b<-<?n secured«t the Savoy for this dramatization of the so-called-gospel cf coatcntraer.t." The play is an adapta-tien by Mrs. Anna Crau-ford nexner of Mr AliceJfcgan Rice's stories. "Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage}-• .'" and "Lovey Mary." The. title role is in-terpreted by Mrs. Madge Can Cook, the bibulousfind d<-sJgr.!:ig Mr. Stubbing by William T. Hodge,ih« !iUsbinU-st.-k.:.»f M.- Hazy by IClsa HelenLssssJL aad Lawsy Mary by Miss Mabel Vallaferro.who. la this character, emerged from the childRctrets period of her career and made her amrklrt debut. The play has juFt completed a seven•weeks' stay InChicago. The ca«t:Nr»«. Wlrm. optimlft Jin. Hasan rarr C<*>>.l-o\ey Man1. "mlEuiKi.-rsi^xi" Mi?s WbW Tuliaferr'jMiss Hair. p»tvmliit Ul^s ll^tnLaw*UMlh» iMcy. tii*"Ohrlßtnia^ I^a^j" Mlm Nm-a KheUJTMn. TJlohom. a enwrp^tc!,.f Mi£» UlUmjiIv»Mr». bchultz. TiHirJiLortiotal t-!i»ur Slim Anna !-.<•; '.»*"'\u25a0 I Oftfa* I «!» Stay McMuiuiAwtmlta..Ur^se »U MtM F.,iithKtor^y- -

!'. •I<"übv. tf> Htr.txau'm I,y UimaelfMr. BtOUteß. ot );aj:<.Ui.l .Tunrtl.rti W.lliam T 11.j1.-oM<-. Wlfss «f;»r |qnf year* o«c«r j;ai;i..

K.V. ftfe Eilljr \u25a0 'Jhurst'.n HallI'.H.v \\!cur »r. "uut ar.^ «-jt»r'- Arole <"kmpb<:iM.r*!Uty, »,atifly «n hl» f«-t Taylor OranvlUaTonimy. th* bahy boy William Ilurton .lan'-sI!.iiu:».:-r<lunku* Joner, ir^arriaite broker. Howard <Jil!<-«l>!e\xputy ,<!ifriff. Kdward CUUeapl*

Mr.S<r.ulu.. .ISo!lj dibraa of the lUrry1.. >V«nkll'nMr.Ti.h.irn. J r^T^h. ). ..William Sh*rlor-kJ2! -;""irn i Jnhri Waltonr-t- Mval-.r. .• .• Willie ,JravTiTia \.!.vy Mis. |,1a

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IJtt> ten* and <jauc!iH-r» <it \\\*3'atih.r».h»^- r^lirtboir. tbUCr*a «v. g^ats rek!Siac in th» dlt-

TV* jr. -..-•»-—•;. Btreei Theatre opened st seasontest BSgfat Tl.» :.ltra.-'i • la ;, musical comedytienttsl "G!r!» Will He CMraß," arUch had a longU3\ir last Reason. "Al \u25a0 1.--k. a comedian whoha.-- becoiT.«j known :ta a vaudeville eptertalner. Is«ie star. He Is —salsa by "the Three Kosebuds.'Misses CT.riKMrx <:ook. Roma Bnyd*r and Gladysrialre. and Mis* Helen Marcott. as Martha Younsth« coremetf. The book is by H. Mflvill<- Hakerwjd the rnu-ic by J«»n»h Hart and A. HaMwfnnKdyV £*<*£*****\u25a0*

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yaarajMi^, of ..h« w,.,hw,.,h mi Wms 5.,.... C- ]££'th, K^M \u0084r H..«lttl. H.,,,r.1..(

'•than Hailey. "'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0'.. siwiV.V."Mtarf^^Lfir^Ton* Sntrrow. wh.i fl^htc fc-am» <v«L. 5 I™ {"*

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Hoagaoa Hurnetfs play "The Uttle Prtneeaa." withiii«-s Ueonie Darmon as Sara, Crewe.

Charles Frohmnn willcontinue William Collier In\u25a0'T!... r»ictator" on Monday night at the CriterionThr-utre. when the liouhc opesw for Its regularseason. Mr. Collier will remain at th,» Criterion foronly three .-ks There willbe matinees WedneX-Scpternber*-1

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"h a special matine. Monday.

The Manhattan Beach Theatre Mil have thisweek a Nixon & Zimmerman production, "TheStrollers." beginning to-morrow night, to be fOl-10w.., Labor Day by "Miss Bob White." whichwill ';v; v one.iay performances only at th*» theatretl>u« .ndlrjff the ncason at this playhouse

'Shannons Band »111 give maUnee and-evenineconcerts to-day. Mme. Bchumann Hdnk "l! b^

foMceZ' th° I>arylOm'- wiH \u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0-• '"••'\u25a0 P--

The Orand Optra 110-js.- ....;,.._ upon* thefirst full week of the ?enso:i with UWday's per-formance of th* VTUliaa « & Walker companyin the new -"in

rDahomey. 1 Th«: rirst nouular

Eighty seocee nn: us^.j in the\ production of"Thou B!..It Not Kill," ;:» \\v. Third Ay«Theatre this week. beginning Aubusl ». Headlns:the cast la Mies Virginia Drew Treecoti

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The BIJou Theatre will be ready \u25a0" open Mondayevening. Sop.cmb.rr 19. with ":dr. V.ixof XVlckhum."

1*\u25a0" engagement otChariot tf Townoend completesthe cast of "The Spellbinder." \u25a0 . >m»-(:y by Her-bert Hall IVlcslonr and Charles Dickson. which will

H. ZTJR XIEDSN. '^h^'^nv.".V:t COACHINQ. STUOXO. »» WEST IC-O-dt.

The additlsn of a boxing kangaroo to the Bos-tuck MEaTT fatlon <if tr.iliu-d wild animals ut Dream-land, Coney Island, brlngs?tp mind the fact thatfifteen years ago Frank liosiock brought to thiscountry from Australia what was said to be thefirst -'boxing kangaiva ever known. air. Bostoclcexhibited in'- 1.

._.,.... himself and was tii.- spar-riug partner of the animal. This wan Mr. J!os-tock'a beginning as an animal own>.*r. Robert Mr-Hberson'a group of li<ins. another new feature, baabvcome popular, .m<t the poses, tableaux and plct-urea th*-y make, without a word being spoken Inii.- arena, him caused much applause. Self a and

the dent-tun llonn are again or. Ib« prowninune, \u25a0'\u25a0>>\u25a0tr^iii'-r having recovered from a month's lluieaii.Hermitn V%'eedcn has increased his combination ofmixed animals by the addition of another huso

"War In Hell" at Luna Park bus added to the"Battle of Port Arthur" the talcing of several fortsnear Golden" Hill and shows the instruction ofmuch of the waterfront. "Fire and names" haaadded. beginning to-day, the rescue of two womenfrom the fifth story window of a burning buildingby Bremen who carry the unconscious burden* tothe ground by meaoß^of a telegraph pole whichruns conveniently near th« cornice. Services underthe direction or Sayd Bhelck SSamerodeen, withthe sacred white, cow as a vital pint of the devo*tioiiH, will ij<- held this morning In private. Whenthe airship Luna IV u.aci. her first trip on Thurs-day the, waa decked in bunting, and her captainand crew plp<-d to quarters to receive the congratu-lations of th* management on the occasion of herquarter centennial trip of th.- aenson: Th« Roodship has carried over two hundred thoUKAnd visit-or* to the. moon during th( season i<> date. Newfeatures have been added to the Circus Maxlmus,including Spessardj-'s bears, the Five Flying Her-bert*. Josle Ashton and Will Hill.1 the hJgli wirewalker. . .

r\,f Bunda; nig]I concerts \u25a0•• till \u25a0• i- \u25a0• i

f«>atiir« >\u25a0( Terrace Qai l<

!ng oaoMdleane; «»ri»>n»a] anJ Occidental life, plct-ur<-n H!i>i ylewa of men and things: the Ajnericanvltagraph, with new views, and others,

T?i* dosing week of the Paradl a Ro f OarAea'a!"<"a"iii! win begin with to-morrow nighfa r""i-formanoe. Thn Victoria Theatre will reopen onMonday, September .'\u25a0. with a renuroption ol mvaudeville policy of last anasoii The bill for tlicw«-«-k will include Enigaareile, the "AutomaticMystery"; Pewltt, "The Myatertoua F^ace"; PaulBpadonl. Rice md Prevyst, Collina and Hart. Hilla>ni fylvan; Bemtational unlcyolUtH; v. i.' \u25a0 /.ii'i-mermann, ti." (Jain-h Bltit^ru, Mian Aifnra Maiir. th.<American "Tomniv Atkins."' and Pai Ifulla, withMifH«>s Josephine Ba^el and Eleanor Talk, and itschi'ius .i! 1 ba llei •'! . enty.

difficulties of interpretation or bring about uni-formity. Everywhere cathcdrnla and cloisters con-tinued their local uses and vocal manners. By thethirteenth century Hi. Gregorian melodies— theyhud been called Gregorian for about two hundredyean. but not longer—which M. Oevaert holds hadbecome Orientally luxuriant under tho Greek popes,had become co overladen with ornament that nnattempt was made to abbreviate them as the lltur-Ki.nl texts themaf.lves had been abbreviated, nothat the encrod oJtlce might.be less protracted.Evidently.the melodic ut»re not. at that time re-

1 (lusum. or Inferlus). and d (deprlmatur). a de-presslon; \u25a0• (eelerlter, or clto), an acceleration ofthe movement; t (trahere or tcnere), x (•xpactaa)and m (medlocriter). a retardation; etc. These marksof expression were again modified by other marks.such aa b (bene) and v (volde). Under the cir-cumstances, It is not to bo marvelled :it that inthe palmy days of the Gregorian chant a slncarrequired ten years to Mam to sing the wholeliturgyIt,1s also easy to understand bow It came about

thai In spite of the most strenuous effort diver-*\u25a0\u25a0'"•• and variety crept Into the chants. Thememory can be relied on to preserve essentialprinciple In a code of laws or the- names and6eeds if popular heroes, but text*, whether verbalor musical, ag n'.iti.r how hallowed by officialsanction or command, .i:-- not proof against theInsidious attack's of popular tendencies or racial orIndividual Inclination* To guard against changethere must 111 1 an iinmlstakuble grn'phlo record, and•••\u25a0 ;

' this cannot avail against national lacte. Thesuccessors of Gregdrj the Ur'eat In the papal chairBent but singers from Rome and armed them withbooks containing the Roman ua*; but In spite ofeverything, portions of tax Gallic service foundtheir way Into the liturgy, and it bus been practi-cally Prankish aince the eleventh century. The;iaii.-iit«rail.ir, of the ncuines lute the symbMs ofthe clearer and more exact staff notation, which Init,latest form la still in use, did not obviate all the

Ton V Vi-di-runto . \u25a0«« Sum ter-r»

u-lu-ti-re De-i no • »tri: jo-bi-li-~Uj:x.>M!'l,i.OF MODERN GREGORIAN nota-

TION.Th« melodies of the Church known as Gregorian

shall b« restored In their integrity and purity ac-cording to the most ancient codices but at thesame lima special account will i

-taken also of

legltlnmto tradition us contained in the coatees ofthe different centuries, and >: the practical oaa ofthe modern liturgy.

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In our special predilection for the Order of 3t.Benedict, and in recognition of the work done bythe Benedlrtine monks tor the restoration of tbogemilmt melodies of the Roman church, by thamembers of the French I'onsregatton and of theMonastery of S.'i.m.s. it I*our will that the edlt-ing of the parts of this publication v c, th« newtypical edition*, which contains the chant. be n>-trusted particularly to the monk.* of the FrenchCongregation ami to the Monastery or swasssaea,

IK,' monks of Boleaajnea are now the monks ofFarnborough (Hants) and Appuldurcoiabe (Isle of

th»> world f->r th« express purpose of obtaininguniformity of use. though ho »u«l not ssaha themobligatory. I'- XIIIconfirmed the acts of PtaaIX liil*.:. and appointed a. commission which again

laid down principle* for the chant and determinedthat the three forma of notes which had been «MdIn the Medicean edition «*f the seventeenth century

spending to the whole, half and quarter note*of modern secular music) should suffice tn record-Ing the chants. The three forms may bo seen In

the excerpt from a modern gradual printed above.The decree \u25a0\u25a0! li>SJ seems to have been called out

1,. the action of a Benedictine Congress for Lit-urgical Musi.-. held In Arena, In August. MB,

which attacked the authenticity of the typical edi-tion and asked for a version of the chants baaedon scientific and arcbteologlcal principle*. Now MmBenedictines have triumphed. The Ratlsbon booksare to be .•-\u25a0.:. .1 by a new set uhl-'.i. it»motethan likely, will embody the BeoedlethM versionin all It* completeness. Among th.- instructionsof Tina X In his Motu Proprlo of April-•- ljui. arethe following passages:

MACL.TX AIIBCCICLE."The County Chairman."

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