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THECHARMOFGOLD
Under Keeley's Magic Touch
It DriYes Away tlie
Taste for Alcohol
EXPEEIEKOE OF A PATIENT
Who Gave the New Remedy for Dip
somania an Intelligent Test
IT IS AN HEROIC TREATMENT.
"Violent Results Succeeded by a Feelinjj-of
Lninriotis Ease.
"WILL POWER AXD A PERMAXEXT CUKE
turi? roa the dispatch. i
As one of the many men who hava pissed,
through the Keeley treatment for the ban
ishment of the drink habit, with the result
of raining cure, though still remaining ad
dicted to the habit of writing for the press
(both periodically and regularly) I feel it my
duty to push my pen, once at least, npoa
this subject of wide and widening interest
of earnest and increasing inquiry.
My mental attitude in regard to the cure
is, I think, a conservative one, though the
reader may be impressed to the contrary,
when.after constraining myself to the forego
ing statement,! say in the same sentence that
I am convinced the cure is the greatest of
man's miracles in modern times and that
is equivalent tocaving in all time.
If any reader is disposed to criticise these
apparently somewhat conflicting statements
let him remember that the whole rum sub
ject inclusive of the cure is full of apparent
paradoxes of startling strangeness, and that
there is no subject on earth, every day
thrust conspicuously before the people for
their study and understanding on which
such general, widespread and absolute igno
rance prevails. If I am convicted, or even
suspected or charged, with the smallest frac
tion of this iguorance, I can only say "a
thousand thanks, kind friends; I appreciate
the compliment,"
Doesn't Care to earn Any More.
I have learned something of drink by 20
years' travel (and -several of tra
vail) with it, and now that
It has bumped me up against the Keeley
cure and I have found a good chance to
quit sliding down hill in its slippery, se
ductive company, and to stop and stay on
firm ground with good friends, I don't
care to go back along the road to learn any
thing about it that I may have missed. My
case was one cf long standing, involving at
different periods alcoholism, or regular
drinking, and dipsomania or periodical
drinking, and the two in conjunction
pinnacles of periodical excess built upon an
extended elevated plateau as it were of
regular artificial alcoholic elation wjth,
of course, both deep pitfalls and depressed
plains occasionally intervening.
I selected as the place for undergoing
treatment the Pittsburg Institute, 3811
Fifth avenue, and I took to Dr. W. J.
Esteij, who is in charge, a robust anpetite
for alcohol surrounded by a slight and
frayed fringe, so to speak, of a once strong
constitution, and not much in addition to
this but a quite resolute will to hold my
self, if possible, in a condition receptive to
the treatment and to profit by it to the ut
most grain, so far as it lay within my power.
will add one thing more in regard to my
especial case, for its prssible value to some
nho may read this story, and then hare
done, I hope, with the personal jJronoua.
Not the Rrsult of Spree.
My resolution to take the treatment had
been long in forming, but once formed was
never abandoned, and though the carrying
out of the purpose was considerably de
layed, the Snal step was taken unquickened
by the sting of an immediate incentive in
the form of any physical suffering or men
tal revulsion following an indulgence.
I had not tasted liquor for SO days prior to
beginning my course at the institute, nor
did I at any time during treatment, a mere
smell of some extra good whisky, in the
third week, informing me much to my as
tonishment that I didn't really care to let
the stuff further invade mr improved old
time "copper lined," but now, perhaps,
gold lined department of the interior.
In this respect entering upou treat
ment without presenting any immediate
cllects of drink not at all in my usual
spirits a condition which I can claim no
credit for whatever, but state simply
as a fact, I found that I was
a rare, thousrh not urijue example.
Among about 40 men undergoing treatment
all but two (aud several men addicted to
drugs) had begun while more or less under
the influence of liquor, varying all the way
between very little and very much, and in
most cases the effect was the painful
secondary one, while in some it was the
ternfio third degree of torture which had
spurred the resolution of the sufferer to
take the decisive step.
meets In ths Two Cases.
The effect of the treatment is dissimilar in
the two kinds of cases. In that of the man
who comes with no immediate drink eflect
to be cured, the sickness caused is usually
slight, but the various discomforts experi
enced are probably longer continued than
in the other cases. The man who has no
acute case of disease, no immediately taken
liquor, with which the medicine is to" engage
in combat and to eliminate from the system,
gets the full force of the treatment upon
the chronio disease with no waste of Inn
valuable, three or four weeks time (paid for
at $25 per week, besides board aud perhaps
extras) while the medicine is employed in
relieving him of his acute disease bis im
mediate "load."
The removal of this load causes quite a
sensation aud it undoubtedly hasatherapeu
tic effect through the strong impression it
makes upon the mind of the patient. Verv
likely this fully compensates for the loss of
time devoted to the acute condition,
and in many cases I know the men
tal effect produced is exceedingly salutary.
There is quite a popular notion aiuoDg
patients that the surety of the cure is de
pendent upon aud, in very close proportion
to, the violence of the sickness and t'lat
there is no cure whatever vitnout it. This
is, of course, superficial reasoning, illogical
and unphysiological, but perhaps comlort
ing to many whom retching made
wretched.
Bichloride of Gold or of Mud.
As to the method of treatment it is not
necessary to say much at this time because
it has been so often described. Every pa
tient on entering the institute is given a
bottle of medicine, and instructed in the
matter of taking it (or if be needs assist
ance it is administered to him). He is to
take a teaspoouful, or a drachm, in two
ounces of water everv two hours during the
day and evening while awake, and at 8 A.
i, 12 p. ., 5 r. M. and 7:30 P. M. he is to
present himself in the treatment room for
his hypodermic injection, or "shot," as it
is popularly called. In addition to this
the patient is given whisky, if he needs or
demands it, and if his nerves are in bad
condition from recent excess is "let down
easy." There are, of course, adjuncts of
the treatment to meet individual peculiari
ties, as the giving of sleeping medicine,
etc.
The giving of the hypodermics to 40 men
occupies about ten minutes. The patients,
each with the left shirt sleeve rolled up
and n ith a slit cut in the undershirt, march
in single file by the physician and his
assistants, and each in turn receives a
puncture from the syringe and "shot" of
liquid which looks like diluted raspberry
vinegar, but isn't. Its a very potent medi
cine, whatever it is, and probably within it
liea the secret of Dr. Keeley'e cure. It
makes the throat very dry in a few seconds,
and in general effect is a powerful supporter.
The patient, who has a penchant for
medicine and mysteries, will speculate
much as to this ruddy fluid, but after
awhile his curiosity will subside as his satis
faction with the result grows upon him. He
will find himself becoming entirely indiffer
ent as to whether it is the bichloride of
gold or bichloride -of mud, so long as it does
its wort
Speculation As to Drngn.
A physician who has paid much attention
to remedies for alcoholism tells me that the
remedy consists of the gold, as claimed,
and of the nitrate oftrychnia,"with other
agents. The latter has" been much used
openly by a number of eminent medical
men, who have administered it hypoder
mically as an antidotal remedy for acute
alcoholism, aud with marked effect. The
bottle medicine, each succeeding bottle of
which is stronger than its predecessor,
every patient supposes to contain gentian
ui uuc tuiug, uuu nil boou uecnme con
vinced that it is a wonderful all-around
tonic. Somewhere in the medication, sup
posedly in that taken by mouth, is some
thing which produces an enlargement of
the pupils of the eyes, which causes tem
porary impairment of the sight not
usually lasting more than a week, but suf
ficient in degree to make necessary the
wearing of glasses.
One of the peculiar and interesting ef
fects of the treatment is that whioh is seen
in the shut-ofl of the whisky supply. The
patient who has to use whisky for a few
days or hours after coming in realizes after
a greater or less time that the medicine he
is taking and whisky are bitter enemies,
bound to fight and cause commotion when
ever they come into contact, and the medi
cine is tho stronger one of the two. After
he has allowed his stomach to be used as the
arena or "ring" for one or more of these set
tos of vigorous slugging he begins to think
that he has other and better uses for that
stomach, and if he forgets it his
stomach will remind him of it Given suf
ficient time a good stomach (or a bad one)
will teach even the poorest brain that it is
not well to continue drinking whisky. If a
man has no brain at all and does not recog
nize the situation it s, all the same, lor the
medicine and the stomach will shut off the
influx automatically just about as do the
automatio valves vou have seen, which reg
ulated by a float in the tank, shut off the
inflow of water when the tank is nearly
full.
The Period of Recuperation.
From the time a man is able to cease leas
ing his stomach like a farmer's barn, for a
prize fight (or the time when he is com
pelled, in some cases), he begins to get well
to eat and get natural sleep and build up
generally.
The treatment is unquestionably a her
culean and heroic one. It needs a blow such
as Thor could bestow or Vulcan or Tubal
Cain, to "bruise the head of the serpent,"
and that this has been devised in the system
which is to make a world's word of the
name of an obscure country doctor, is very
quickly made evident to all who undergo it.
Supposing that a man takes fonr weeks'
treatment, as I believe a majority do, he
gets at the rate of four hypodermics per
die.ii, a total of 112, if the general rule
as to medicine thus administered holds
good,equal in effect to four times the amount
ii iaen oy siomacn, anu wiin aosoiuie cer
tainty that the effect cannot be lost. Of
the other medicine he takes seven
or eight doses per day, or a total
in four weeks of 200 doses or more. Of
course the mere amount means nothing if
the ingredients are not right, but of that a
man has proof in the general and final
effect. He is constantly aware that a very
large amount of business is being trans
acted within his corporate limits.
The Luxuriously Lazr Period.
The general effects, after those of the first
few days, which are usually of a disagree
able nature, one feels to be salutary and
soothing and restful. In the preponderance
of cases there is a period of indisposition to
exertion, but not anv accomDanvin? feelin?
of inability. The patient feels that he I
could do anything he desired, but he de- I
sires to do nothing, It is a luxuriously I
uzy sensation.
"My feelings just now," said a friend in
dreamy tones, "remind me of the passage
in the 'Lotos Enters' where it says, 'And
after they had traveled a long time they
came finally into a land where it was al
ways afternoon.' Yes, its always afternoon
noon now and " and be let his cigar go
out and went to sleep with his eyes wide
open, seeing strange Eights in the gas flame,
which translormed the asbestos in the grate
into the Golden Fleece.
This, too, passes awav like the less pleas
ant sensations which preceded it, and there
comes a lew days alter the treatment has
ceased the most pronounced sense of benefit
in the whole series of quickly succeeding
sensatory impressions, and this one an abid
ing one a satisnea leeiing ol renovation
aud rehabilitation. Of what does the cure
consist? What is the condition? It is one
of restored nervous equilibrium and conse
quent mental equipoise the condition
trom which men of peculiar temperament
are somehow strayed away and to which
they have sought'blindly and frantically
and vainly a return.
Tub Result of the Treatment.
The best conservative statement of the
cure as I think the majority experience it
is that one feels placed in an attitude to
ward alcohol such as be occupied before
ever tasting it, and plus that feeling a sense
of relief trom the physical ills which came
from its abuse. I do not believe the appe
tite will return unless invited and encour
aged and the wise man will not a second
time make welcome so undesirable a guest.
The day may come when will must sup
plement the work of the Keeley cure in
dictating refusal of mere temptation, not
resistance to appetite, and when that day
comes I believe the majority of Keeley
graduates will be found equal to the emer
gency. The gold cure for alcoholism and dipso
mania (which alike constitute plain drunk
enness), does two things of immense value,
instead of one, for the victim of drink. It
emancipates the man who conscientiously
takes the treatment from a most horrible
thraldom, and it lifts a load of obloquy
from him by demonstrating that the thing
from which he suffered was a disease.
Drunkenness is unquestionably both a vice
aud a disease in a majority of the worst
cases a vice first, a disease later is the
usual rule, but a disease from the very first
in many instances, according to the opinion
of a majority of the students of the complex
subject among laymen and physician-
The Consciousness That It's Disease.
To the man who has gone on for years
striving with all his strength to abstain
from drink, knowing that any drink means
for him inevitable excess, and excess means
inexorably extremest physical and mental
torture that man can endure, but who still
drinks, bearing in addition to all other
stingo, the unkindest one of all the accusa
tion of acquaintances and even of friends
thatx he can abstain and will not the
authoritative word of the physician who says,
"I know you cannot; you are the victim of
a disease," comes as the biggest comfort
that he has ever experienced since the days
of his childhood. And then comes the logi
cal sequence disease is often curable;
he may be cured. The cure is under
taken; it is effectual (but alas not in all
cases, lor human science and skill are not
yet absolute Lords of Life and Death),and he
goes forth released from his terrible condi
tion. And this very release effected purely
by medical means, demonstrates that that
.condition was disease.
To the man who has gone on for years
drinking excessivtly, usually against his
will, who has sought to stop, but in vain,
the cure is much; but the demonstration
that it was a disease which possessed him is
perhaps even more. Upon him a boundless
two-fold benison has descended and
wrapped him round abqut. To his lips
arises as the fit voice of his new found hope
the lofty sentiment of Hyperion:
"Look not mournfully into the past it
comes not back again; wisely improve the
present it is thine; go forth without fear
and with a manly heart to meet the shadowy
future." M.
THE HEIR TO-BRAZIL.
Princess Isabella Has the Blood
Claim bat Pedro Augustus
WAS OLBDOM PEDRO'S FAY0RITE.
A Dark Conspiracy May Explain te Mys
tery of Parnelrs Life.
TOE HOME
OP SIR WALTER RALEIGH
If Pl
rwKii'TEir yon tr dispatch.!
The interest in Brazil's political affair
extends all over the world. The fact that
a dictator has been appointed to preserve
the government is
unquestionable
proof that the re
public is not mov
ing along as well
as it should. The
interest manifested
comprehends the
possibility of a
resumption of a
monarchial form
of government, as
well as the indi
vidual who maybe
called upon to as-
Pedro Augvztiu. cend the throne.
As to ex-Dom Pedro, the exiled emperor, he
is really out of the question altogether, if
we believe the correspondents haying
personal intercourse with him in his
adopted home in France. They declare
him to be unfit to undergo the rigors of a
trip across the ocean, to say nothing of ac
cepting the cares of directing the affairs of
a country torn asunder as Brazil is to-day.
Leaving the good old fellow ont of the
case his son-in-law, Count D'Eu, has been
mentioned aa a possible candidate, but he
really has no chance. In Brazil the scion
of the Orleanist house would not have the
following of a corporal's guard to back him
up in his pretensions. Personally he is an
idle, shiftless individual who would not if
successful understand his position. The
one who, according to the law of succession,
should have the best claim is D'Eu's wife,
the Princess Isabella, eldest daughter of
Dom Pedro, but, as she made herself gen
erally obnoxious to the Brazilians during
her regency, it 'a hardly likely her claims
would be given an instant's consideration
by the most confirmed royalists.
The finger of fate points to Prince Pedro
Augustus, the 26-year-old grandson of
Pedro IX, who, curiously enough, is said to
be expected in Brazil within a few days.
To a Brazilian with republican ideas the
appearance of this young man on the scene
at the present time is well calculated to
provoke alarm. He is not by right the suc
cessor to the crown. As previously stated,
to Isabella belongs the throne, and after
her, her eldest son, but right there Is the
circumstance that seems to. stand in
the way;' it is purely a matter of sen
timent, but sentiment will often win
in such cases, where right has no
chance at all. Isabella, the eldest daughter
of the Emperor married, in 1863, but, had
no offspring for 12 years. In the mean
time, her younger sister wedded a Prit.ce of
the House of Saxe-Coburg aud had a son
the Prince Pedro Augustus spoken of In
1866. As time went on this boy became the
especial favorite of his grandfather and was
generally looked upon as the crown-prince,
since the oldest child had failed to supply
an heir. However, Isabella gave birth to a
son in 1875, who, is by right of succession
the heir, but, in the event of a restoration
there is no telling what liberties may be
taken with the law.
past bees the home of Sir John Pope Hen
uessy, the Irish statesman and scholar, who
died recently. The latter left his widow in
rather poor circumstances, and she is com
pelled to sell the old place. In 'the
garden are the great yew trees under
which the celebrated navigator smoked
his first tobacco and watched the culti
vation of the potatoes whioh he had brought
from ths New World. Kearlv all the
books in the library aro of the times of
Queen Elizabeth and James L, the owners
of the place since Raleigh's time having
taken good care of these as well as the
other articles, such as engraving, oil paint
ings, seals, etc., which the famous traveler
had brought together. Those having an
espeoial craving for historical relics ought
to find enough material in the old Raleigh
homestead to last them during the balance
of their lives.
The Explanation or a Title.
It is announced that the Marquis of
Dufferin has been made a Lord Warden of
the Cinque Ports, taking the place made
vacant by the death of the Earl Granville.
What are the cinque ports? Cinque means
five, and the ports so designated were orig
inally Dover, Hastings, Hytbe, Bomney
and Sandwich, formed into a union and so
called at the instance of William the Con
querer, who hoped by this arrangement
to make more secure his defenses on
the coasts facing France. Two others
Wincheliea and Bye were afterward added.
To control and govern this jurisdiction,
lord wardens were appointed, whose seat of
administration was at Dover Castle. The
office embraceJ in its earlier history quite
important privileges, uniting the functions
of lord lieutenant, admiral, high sheriff and
other duties, but these powers have gradual
ly been abolished, until the office to-day
amounts to practically nothing but the
name and the salary that goes with it.
IT I
USE OF THE OEfiAN.
The King of instruments ?o Longer
Confined to Church Work.
IT IS A MIGHTY ORCHESTRA
FJCues Tbat Are Id FrofreM.
It is said we are' threatened with another
,visit of "la grippe." There are many per
sons who consider epidemics a sort of visita
tion of divine providence. If this were
true, divine providence is a rather busy
quantity at present and of exceedingly
diverse methods. If we are to have the
influenza as a punishment for our
misdeeds, our faults must i be of
the trivial- order, inasmuch as "at
various places on the earth's surface, much
more dangerous plagues than the one
threatening us are in progress. In the
early months of last summer cholera broke
out along the Arabian shore of the Bed Sea;
steadily advanced northward and is now
raging in the vicinity of Damascus. During
its prevalence at Mecca between 12,000 and
15,000 fell victims, and if that rate has been
kept up in the meantime the mortality has
been enormous. In China the same disease
has been epidemio for the last three months
and at last accounts was spreading worse
than ever. In Brazil and other countries
on the Eastern Coast of South America yel
low fever has been carrying off the people
for the past six months. In Russia differ
ent contagious maladies have beeu reported,
especially in the districts affected by the
famine.
It would be better for all of us if the "Di
vine Providence" idea were dropped and
more attention paid to sanitary improve
ment The "Lord helps those who help
themselves" is the sort of theology that
goes farthest in our day.
An Interesting Historical Belle.
In the good old days the man of money
gathered about him high class works of the
artist and artisan. Wealth was lavished
in the stimulation of the arts and sciences.
How different in these late days. Instead
of aiding progress, the individual who as
sumes the position of a patron, still goes in
for arts of hundreds of years ago. The
older or cruder the antiques, or the more
general the tone of past ages that can be
made to pervade the surroundings, the bet
ter he is satisfied and the bigger prices he
will pay. But there is nothing to be gained
in trying to deflect popular taste from its
channel until it is ready tor the change, and
that is one reason why I do not hesitate
to chronicle the fact that an excellent
Better Suspend Judgment on FarnelL
I will not .dare assert that the late Charles
Stewart Parnell was a saiut, but day by
day the belief de
v e 1 o p s in my
mind that he was
not the bad man so
many would have
us believe. I
would not bo sur
prised if it were
proven eventually
that the famous
Irishman was the
victim of a huge
conspiracy. If on
takes the trouble
to look over his
.affairs many rea
sons may be found Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood.
favoring such a theory. Both politically
and socially he was the object of malicious
envy and enmity. Among his followers
even were men who would be benefited by
his downfall His opponents seized with
avidity the opportunity to put him out of
the fight, for Parnell restored meant com-.
paratively easy sailing, while his presence
pratically Insured destruction. Among his
relatives were any number of individuals
who considered him a menace to the future
prospects. This animosity aroso mainly
through his relationship to Mrs. O'Shea, not
only before, but after his marriage. How,
this came about was as follows:
Mrs. O'Shea had an ancient maiden aunt
by the name of Martha Wood, who was very
weatbly. This old lady was infatuated with
Mrs. O'Shea, allowing her an income of
$15,000 during life and bequeathing her the
entire estate at her death, to be kept In trust
for the O'Shea children. This estate was
valued at about $1,000,000. Now, in the old
lady's first wills the other relatives were
provided for, but they, like many more in
this world who do not think the possessors
of wealth hare a right to dispose of it as
they choose, were not satisfied with ths
favoritism shown Mrs. O Shea. Miss Wood,
learning this, disinherited them altogether.
Among the dissatisfied parties ara
quite a number who stand high in
Knglish social circles. The undoubted
leader is a brother, General Sir Evelyn
Wood,commandant at Aldershot.with an in
come of about $10,000 a year from the War
Office-and some, other pickings, who. not
satisfied with that, covet more of Martha
Wood's million than he bad been allowed.
Then there is Charles Page Wood, another
brother; Mrs. Steel, a sister, who has writ
ten in her time several clever but decidedly
bold novels; Lady Bartlett-Lennard, anoth
er sister, and a host of others, among the
famous Mrs. Annie Besant. who is a oousin
of Mrs. O'Shea. I am of the opinion that
at the coming trial the English courts will
not permit the relatives to do as they please
with a testament made by a perfeotly sane
person. I also believe that the mystery
whioh surrounds Parn ell's last years and
which he, in his pride, refused to make
clear will be brought to light. Until then
it would be best to make no estimate of his
character.
Interesting Little Boumanlm.
The King of Boumania has visited Ber
lin and been received with usual honors. It
is stated unofficially, that he has joined tho
Triple Alliance and is in Germany to re
ceive instructions as to what course to pur
sue in case of war. His country is so situ
ated that with even his small army he could
very effectually hinder Russia's advance
into Hungary. The Roumanian monarch
has really no interest at stake, beyond re
gaining control of Bessarabia, which is at
firesent under the wing of Russia. This
ittle country on the Roumanian frontier
has changed hands so often in the last 300
years that it can hardly be considered of
any particular nationality; besides it has
from the same cause gathered together what
may be considered the most confirmed "rag-and-bob-tailed"
population in the world.
Its 1,400,000 inhabitants, dwelling in an'
area of 18,000 square miles, are Russians,
Poles, Walachians, Moldavians, Bulgar
ians, Greeks, Armenians, Hebrews, Ger
mans and Tartars In nearly equal numbers,
seasoned with a sprinkling of Gypsies. It
is a most desirable territory, flat and fertile,
but requires development and cultivation.
The raising of fine cattle is the chief in
dustry at present, which would be easily
superseded by agriculture if the people
would undertake it.
Upon Which to Interpret the Grandest
Thought of the Hasten.
QUESTIONS IMPORTANT TO PITTSBURG
,3 fljgl
Sir TTaUtr Ealetgh'a Boiue.
opportunity is offered the relic hunter in
''Myrtle Grove," the home of Sir Walter
Raleigh at Youghal, Ii eland, which has re
cently been placed on the market by the
present owner. The other reason is that
when it comes to relics associated with his
torical events or famous individuals I be
lieve it is really a duty to preserve them
for educational purposes. So long as we
have the associations our knowledge of
East events is to some extent clear. If we
ad the geographical data our ancient his
tories would be more definite.
It seems odd that such an interesting
place as Raleigh's old home should require
a common place advertisement to dispose of
it Are there no Englishmen with suf
ficient reverence for bis meindry to suggest
the preservation of his abiding place for
future generations? It has for some time
A Chip or the Old Block.
Miss Rachel Sherman, daughter of the
lata General, is a type of womanhood of
which America
should be
proud. Al
though diffi
dent as to her
own ability, re
cent contribu
tions to the
literature of the
day, particular
ly the memoirs
of. her father,
give token of
unquestionable
Saehd Sherman. power. In her
own personality she is said to be a rather
odd compound of wisdom and childlike
simplicity. She 'will lead in a girlish romp;
use fencing foils with dexterity, or ride a
horse like an Arab, and then return to her
boudoir to study history, biography, or read !
one or .Thackeray s novels, me oniy nction
she enjoys. She is besides a thorough mu
sician, a clever artist, but only her most in
timate friends know that she possesses these
talents. To others she appears to be what
might be termed "an every-day girl."
Miss Sherman is desenbed as being of
graceful figure and medium height; lux
uriant hair of a beautiful auburp tint; pale,
clear complexion and eves of deep, dark
gray. This paragon will be married next
January to Dr. Paul Thorndike.
Wilkie.
rwErmtK tob th ptsrATCK.
A wonderful change has been wrought
within the last half century in organ build
ing and organ playing. From the cumber
some and therefore clumsy mechanical ap
pliances found in the organs built by our
forefathers to the light and rapidly moving
organ of to-day is certainly a scientific and
artistlo step which was not in the horoscope
of the past. Besides, the departure from
the exclusively monastical and chnrchly
use of the instrument which was born, bap
tized and confirmed beneath the vaulted
arches of the sanctuary, where its voice Was
consecrated to give utterance only to com
positions of solemn and severely profound
movements, to the modern adaptation of
the most fanciful, sensational and astonish
ing orchestral effects, would have veritably
startled the old masters of organ music
The organ, like all other important de
vices, has passed through a series of evolu
tionary unfoldings. When the organ first
made its appearance it was a crude affair,
simply consisting of eight pipes and the
same number of keys. These keys, which
operated the pallets or valves, were broad
levers, and were manipulated by the "fist,"
rather than fingers. The performer, how
ever, did not enjoy the proud distinction of
organist, but whs dubbed the not very
euphoneous name of organ beater. The
musio which emanated from such a primi
tive device would be something similar to
Gregorian chants played on the bells of
Trinity Church.
No Longer Confined to Church Moslo.
When we consider the modern organ with
its thousands of speaking pipes of different
and various characteristic timbre; its per
fect network of trackers, leading from the
three or four banks of keys, also from the
pedal board; the almost bewildering rows
upon rows of stops or registers which con
trol the vast plantation of pipes in their
different sections; its hundreds of pallets or
valves; its spacious bellows ana feeders;
its numerous conductors which supply the
wind in "wholesale" quantities to the dif
ferent wind chests j its swell operating
levers and pedals, and its multitude array
of composition pedals, knobs and other me
chanical accessories, one is apt to be amazed
at this wonderful piece of mechanism.
But some one may ask: "What is its nse
in such a complicated form?" Is its legiti
mate and only place still in the ecclesiastical
edifice? Nol for it has parsed from the or
gan capable only of slow and solemn speech
to an instrument capable ot producing tne
most modern orchestral secular music, not
only in technical dexterity and clear articu
lation, but in the various coloring and char
acteristic timbre of the orchestral strings,
wood. wind, brass, eta The strictly organ
music, as understood by those of the old
school musicians, contains very little scope
for orchestral effects, hence the above ques
tion is not out of place.
An Urohestra With One Performer.
The modern organ is a" mechanical or
chestia, the performance of which is con
centrated in one performer. This orches
tral instrument, therefore, stands ready to
produce all qualities and quantities of
tonal coloring and all forms ot music, even
those which have been cast in strictly or
chestral molds, such as the svmphonie and
overture, In addition to ihe legitimate
organ musio known as preludes, postluda
fugues, etc., etc.
But should there be any distinguishing:
features between the use of this orchestral
organ in the church and in the concert hall?
Xes, most decidedly. The church, and
especially these wings known as the Evan
gelical Protestant demoninations, afford
little opportunity for a' display of the
orchestral possibilities of the organ. Apart
from a short prelude and postlude, the organ
is used in the simple work of accompanying
not very elaborate pieces, such as anthems
and chants, which are sung by the choir,
tlso the congregational hymn singing.
Thus the organist is very much handi
capped in his desire to make the instru
ment speak out in the musical language
if the great masters. And again, should
the organist select things of a high order,
he will soon find his work as objectionable
as the too technical and scholarly sermoniz
ing of the preacher, as they both would be
"shooting over the heads of the congrega
tion," Displaying Its Fall Powers.
But cannot the organist use the magnifi
cent orchestral organ effectively, even in
keeping with the appreciation ot the con
gregation? Yes, for in the simpler melo
dies, even those hallowed with age, he can
so colqr, phrase and paraphrase them as to
satisfy even a devotional desire and cause
the spirit of worship to hover around the
sanctuary. Even if such pieces of music as
'"Jerusalem the Golden," or "Come ye
Disconsolate," were played artistically, but
of course with devotional feeling, it would
be no more of a prostitution of the powers
of the king of instruments than is the
singing of "Home, Sweet Home," or
"Old Folks at Home," by such great artists
as Patti or Kilsson, a prostitution of
their vocal powers. The chief point in all
performances, where the audience is mostly
composed of persons who are not connois
seurs inmusical art, is to render that kind
of inspiring musio that will touch the sym
pathy and responsive chords in the heart.
The church is not necessarily a place
where people are to be instructed in musiral
matters; musio must be an auxiliary to the
worshipful service, and not the chief feat
ure. Therefore the effective use of tho
modern organ in the church service is to
make it utter the things which will be
understood and which are conducive to the
spiritual welfare and interest of the congre
gation, preparing the mind and soul for a
reception of religious thought and feeling.
Use of Concert Organ.
A few days ago the following questions
were propounded: "For what purpose is a
concert organ and its manipulator?" "Is
the establishment of such an institution for
the sole purposo of simply entertaining the
general public with such musio as the ma
jority of untutored musio lovers are capable
of enjoying, or is it for the purpose of ar
tistically presenting to those who have a
aesire lor tne ciassio tone-pictures wmen
the great chord painters have thrown up on
the musical canvas, which needs study to
obtain the full benefit of their purport?
The concert organ is intended as a means
of delineating true musical art and should
take the place (in its absence) of a well
balanced orchestra, as it should be an edu
cator of musical esthetics and not simply as
an entertaining institution whereby common-place
and so-called popular mnsio is
dispensed to. those who are attracted by the
lower order of things musical. In a word.
the work of the concert organist with the
orchestral organ should be as a well-ordered
picture gallery, exhibiting the skillful
work of true artists. hen will the digni
fied grand organ reveal its greatest possi
bilities, manifesting to the mind of its in
tellectual listeners that it is absolutely the
monarch of all the musical instruments.
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