TIIE SCH ANTON T11IBDN1 SATURDAY arORNTXO, MARCII 23, 1895.
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News of the
pom and Foyer.
The friends of Frank Daniels are try
ing to bnnm him liberally In anticipa
tion of his appearance next seuson In
Clarke uid I.a Shelle's new comic opera.
"The Kibosh." One journal suys that
"Daniels Is the best comic, opera coin- j
v!Iin on the slutfe. lie certainly is
:! funny as Hopper anil S. abrooke and
funnier Ulan Francis Wilson. Mere
Hum that, he can slni,'. and that
Is soiut-thinir neither Hopper. Wil
son nor Seuhriiuke can do." This,
of course, Is a tritle far-fetched
(-til), Daniels Is not a bad one. tils new
production will tell of the travels anil
escapades of u waiiderinK muttlcluii who
PI rolled inti KK.vpt In the days of one of
tin- Ptolemies or when the Kaiueses
family was In power (it doesn't make
much difference which It was), and
found iv drought. His name whs Ki
bosh, mid, as the author says, soon after
his first entrance "little Willie Kibosh
knows tlie'maiiic business from A to
lb- hail Rood luck, Rut In with royalty,
find the three acts detailitiK his adven
tures are tilled with fun from one end to
the other. Victor Herbert will furnish
the music. There will be ample oppor
tunity for scenic display and plctur
rsiiue costuming, and a strong company
will be secured to support Daniels.
Good luck to both. '
Henry Irvine; wants to know how to
divide the credit for an artistic Buccess
between the dramatist who words the
play and the player who acts it. "The
old professors have counted music
smoiiK the arts," he comments. In n
recent lecture. "Is the art conllued to
the composer, or Is it shared by the In
terpreter? If the former, why Is It
not enough to print the score, and b-t
fneti read for themselves? Was there
tie art In the Interpretation of his score
by Vafr.inlnl, by Liszt, by Puibltistein
or Is all the delicate and endless variety
vhlch an executant alone can Rive to
pass as an artless labor? Itut if the
term artist us applied to music be not a
limitation to the composer, wherein
(foes the Interpreter of written music
symbols, who can convey their mean
ing through unite another sense, differ
from the actor, who is also an Interpre
ter of written symbols, but of more In
finite complexity, and with ever vary
ing hidden depth? If the actor's words
iiiid motions ro forth upon the empty
nir artless, what becomes of the swet
vibrations of the musician's art? And
if the Interpreter of the composer's
script be an artist, whosoever may be
the medium of his creatitiff the neces
sary vibrations by any work of man's
hands, how much more artist Is the
singer who uses 'that most complete and
ifiable Instrument, the human voice?
(Trii nt tin' si!is"i- to be an artist, then
where Is th ,. .ii 1 1 of difference from
the in ter, who. also with endless modu
lations of voice, has to convey the
myriad phases of thought and passion?"
"The Knellsh drama." says the rhila
d lphia Record, commenting n !!''
Irvine's plaint, "trre.it ns It has been,
le v. r enjoyed the dignity of its Greek
iior even of the degraded Human proto
lyp . Its heyday In the sunshine of
curt f in r duriiiif the Kestoratlon was
11 dirirr.ic" to It, and Jeremy Taylor's
tiuin ! ! inirs crime not too soon. Al
though the English play hail Is origin
in the Latin moralities of the monas
teries', the ptiests were soon prohibited
from Indulging; In these moralities.
They were xiled to the streets, and the
pageants were evolved From thcs
pageants the process of evolution, al
though astonishing- upon the whole, has
been most gradual. Kven the Eliza
bethan glory failed to gild the play
house on the bankslde, or the actor
living like Jonso nor dying like Mar
lowe. Indeed, after all, It may be that
the actor's failure In our own day to
Secure that personal esteem which the
drama demands Inl Itself Is owlng,to the
low moral status which, Justly or false
ly, has been Imputed to the rraft of
fictors. Memory treasures with glad
ness the fame of Uarbage, Oarrlck,
Hetterton. Quln and Foote ns vividly
ns the renown of the great mimics of
yesterday. The actor may die and be
forgotten; but his. conception lives after
Jilm."
Tn Pinern's new play, "The Notori
ous Mrs. Kbbsmith," which Is nnother
effort wt anadyzing animalism, the author
has worked up a striking scene by In
troducing a copy of the Tilble which the
Atheist heroine hurls Into the fire, but
afterward withdraws in horror to clasp
against her bosom. "To old-fashioned
people," comments Mr. Smalley's Lon
don Successor, "this Is playing very low
(with the word of (lod, and Is even worse
than the Introduction of the thunders of
Slnla Into "Moses In Kgypt.'"
The force of an apt nnecdote used to
itidd emphasis to a precept has been
tradltlonul since Lincoln's time; but It
Is newly evidenced In the New York
Tribune's dressing down of that bump
tious egotist, niehard Mansfield. The
Tribune thinks that this conceited ac
tor's recent colloquy with himself, nt
Flnclnniitl, was conceited, rude, Ill
bred and foolish, but there Is a comic
Hide to It. "What Is Irving?" asked
Mr. Mansfield; nnd himself responding
! his Inquiry, ho replied, "lie Is no bet
ter actor than I nm." This recalls one
jf the Mlleiiborotigh nnecdotes. "Now,
my lords," said Lord Westmoreland, "I
asked myself a question." "Yes," said
MMenborough, unconsciously murmur
ing his thought, "and it d d stupid
nnswer you'd be sure to get to It."
Then by way of pointing Its moral, the
lYHnum adds: "The way to win admir
al ion Is to deserve It, nnd to go on de-
bi rvlng it whether It Is recorded or not.
Abler men than Mr. Mansfield have
Rone through this world, doing their
best, nnd deserving fortune nnd homage
and have died unrecognized mid unre
warded. Mr. Mansfield's rare abilities,
tm the contrary, have been acknowl
edged and applauded everywhere, nnd
the only thing that has ever stood In his
way Is his Inveterate propensity to carp
Slid snarl at other people. He cannot
Injure Mr. Irving. His hysterical obul
llllons only Injure himself. When 'the
boys' In a Western settlement were rid
ing a, K.ipheaded ynung clergyman out
Df the place on a rail, the ringleader
umimirlzcd the situation with one brief
but expressive remark: 'We ain't agin
religion here.' he sold, 'but we do hate
. to see n cuss spllin It.'
It Is noted by a writer In the Sun. ns
. fact of passing Interest, that few of
tile present New York theater mn
Bil'i'S were formerly actors. Charles
mil Daniel Frohmun served their ap
prtntlceshlp " with road companies,
IleVry E. Abbey was a Jeweler, A. M.
Green
Some of the More Important
Doings. of These, Our Actors.
Palmer a librarian, J. M. Hill a cloth
ing merchant. Oscar Ilammersteln a
newspaper puHlsher, Henry French a
play book seller, S. 1. Singleton also a
play book seller, Thomas Canary a
livery stuble keeper In partnership
with Senator .Mike Norton, 11. C. .Min
er and Theudore Muss treasurers In
theater box ollUcs, Kudolph Aroiison
a music composer, F,. O. (lilmore a
barkeeper, Augustin Daly a newspaper
writer, unit 11. W. Ledcrer a traveling
man. J. W. ltosennuest of the Four
teenth Street theater and F.ugene
Tompkins came into theatrical busi
ness through relations, the former
through his brother-ln-hi w. the latter
through his father. The four excep
tions to the rule are Kdward llarrlgun,
Tony Pastor, Charles K. Kvans, man
ager of the Herald Square theater, and
llelnrlch Conried, manager of the Irv
ing Place theater. The two former
are still performers. .Mr. uvnns was
:i member of the llrni of Kvans &
lloey. Mr. Conried was a Herman ac
tor. There Is no New York manager
at present who was ever an actor In a
regular theater company. This Is tn
striking contrast with the condition of
things theatrical a generation ago.
Then a majority of New York theaters
had actor-managers. In the fist of
such actor-managers were Lester Wttl
lack, Kdwln 1 Sooth, (leorge L. Fox,
Dan TSryant, John lirougham and Josh
Hart.
FOnTLKlHT 1'L.VSIIKS:
.Mrs. Potter will act Kosallnd.
lternluirdt has bought an Island.
Kdwln Stevens has entered the vaude
ville Held.
Pinero's "Notorious .Mrs, Ebbsmith" has
been launched 111 London.
Oscar Wilde's full name Is Oscar Ban-
Kor O'l'laherty Wylls Wilde.
On the Itlalto" Is the title of a new
farce-comedy by W. A. .Mestayer.
Stonewall Jackson will be Imperson
ited in David lieluseo's "Heart of Mary
land."
Wlliard will play in London all next pea-
son and will produce a new play by Henry
Arthur Jones.
American managers threaten to boycott
Camilla if the government persists In levy
ing duty every time a company visits llie
Dominion.
The coining production of "The r.rown
!ck" in this city at the Prothinghuin by
the Jefferson, Klaw and Fiianger mm-
oanv will be a notable theatrical event.
Paul Potter's dramatization of "Trllny"
achieved success In Iloston. The cast In
cludes Amy .Mcintosh, Wilton Lackayo,
Virginia Hurned and Johnstone liennell.
Creston Clarke will star next season
in "Hamlet." "Uichard 111." "IClchein-u,
The Pool's Revenge," "David finrrlek.
and other plays. James Taylor will man
age the tour.
A. Oakey Hall, ex-mayor of New York,
at one time managing editor of the New
York World, and later the London corre
spondent of that paper, has been en
gaged by T. Henry French as press agent
of his Proudvviiy and American theaters.
niiiiard Mansfield's long-eherished am
bition is realized. He Is to have n theater
of Ills own In New York and be un aelor-
niHUUKur, Just us are Irving. Tree, Alex
ander and Hare In London. Munslleld has
taken Hanigan's theater In New York
from Kdwiirtl llariigiiii for live years with
the privilege of renewing the lease for
five years more. Manslield says he will
have no orchestra and everything alio it
the house will be simple but substantial.
The main thing will be acting.
olga Xethersole's new play Is a superb
version of Prosper .Merlmee's story f
Carmen, from which the book of the opera,
was written. "Has It ever occurred to you
how alik" In sonic respects are Trilby and
Camille?" says .Miss Nelhersole. "Ilurh
lovo fondly and both saeriilei! their loves
on the altar of duty, only in Camllle's
cose a fill her comes between the fond
lovers: In Trilby's, It Is a mother. Put
then Camllle's love Is deeper, more firmly
rooted, more assured than wus Trilby's
for Little Hllleu."
.Manager W. A. Itrady has purchased
from .Manager A. M. Palmer tho rights for
Paul M. Putter's dramatization of "Tril
by," which was recently produced In l!os.
ton. for the whole of the I'nlted States
except seven of the prlnclpul cities,
where Mr. Palmer will present the piece
wl'h his own company. Mr. Hmdy ex
pects to put six companies on the road as
soon as possible, the first to open about
April 1 In the east, and the second In the
west about the middle of next month. He
has already begun negotiations with Miss
Sibyl Johnson. Miss Odette Tyler and Miss
Mabel Amber to play the title role in dif
ferent companies and with Frederick ile
Belleville, McKce Kankln and Louis Ald
rluh, to appear ns Svengnll.
The performance of "My Aunt IlYldgct,"
which will be given nt Nlblo's, In New
York, on Saturday night will be the last
theatrical entertainment that will ever be
given In that historic place of nniiisenitnt,
and In a short time the house will be torn
down to make way for the office building
which Henry O. Havenieyer proposes to
erect on the site, which lie recently pur
chased. William Xlhlo opened this place
of amusement It was then a suburban re
sort, and was called Niblo's gardens In
1S;!8. Since that time mnny famous stars
have nppenred there notably Keen tor and
.MeCullough but the theater owes, prob
ably. Its greatest reputation to the produc
tion there of the "Black Crook" und tho
Inter spectacles of the Klralfy brothers.
Walter Sanford has been the manager of
the house for the last two seasons.
It was once remarked that Lester Wal
lace had played more parts than any
other Amerlcun actor, having played over
seven hundred. Wiillaek must have had
an easy time of It, for Ada Itehnn, while
under John W. Albaugh's management In
Albany and Baltimore, must have played
at leust one thousand parts, and In her
professional cureer not less than twelve
liumlred. Frank Mordaunt has played
over two thousand parts nnd Is capable of
playing over two thousand more, i'ha
last senson of the stock compnny Un Bal
timore, In 1S7S, William II. Thompson and
Ada. Itehnn played ten manuscript roles In
ono week, commencing with "Divorce"
nnd ending with "Oliver Twist." It was
at that time Mr. Daly saw nnd engaged
Miss Kenan to piny. On one occasion she
got a part nt noon which she had to
play that night. Theatrical Tidings.
Cannry & Lederer have a scheme on font
to give a grand muglcal exposition during
September. It was first Intended to hnve
this at the UIJou theater, but the affair
has grown to such un extent that they, In
nil likelihood, will rent tho Metropolitan
opera, house. OITers have nlready been
made to Professor Keller, the magician;
Do Kolla and Curl llartz, who are both In
Kurope, and Otis llartz. who Is now man
nglng a theater In Cleveland, O., nnd who,
up to a few yenrs ngo, wus a prominent
Illusionist, In this country. Among other
novelties Canary & Lederer will Introduce
for the llrst time In America tho famous
Walker Illusion, which has been n sensa
tion In Kurpoe for a number of yenrs.
If Professor Keller accepts tho offer that
hns been made him, ho will, among a
great many things, expose the shooting
act of Herrmann, in which the latter Is
supposed to pose as a target for a number
of Boldiers With loaded muskets.
Why continue to pass your nights In
scratching and your tlnys In misery?
Dunn's Ointment brings Instant relief, and
permanently cures even the worst cases
of Honing Piles, II never fulls.
A PROVIDENTIAL ICSCAPE.
General Marbot Saved from Instant
Ucuth tn a Strango Manner.
In his recently published memoirs,
General Marbot, who took part In near
ly every one of Nupoloon'n cnmpulgns,
describes a terrible plight In which
he once found himself, and relates how
he managed to extricate himself by an
almost Incredible display of moral and
physical energy, lie was charging the
Auslrians at the head of numerous
squadrons when his horse was killed
under him and fell, drugging him down
In Its fall. All his cavalry passed over
him without touching him, which Is
not surprising, ns a horse, unless
wounded or tired out, generally avoids
tn ailing on human bodies.
He begun to think he was safe, when
he perceived tile French regiments re
turning at full gallop, pursued In their
turn by the full strength of a division
of liihins. Genera! Marbot saw clear
ly that if he did not contrive to keep
pace, on foot, with his horsemen, he
would be cut down without mercy. The
thought of certain ib atli'lncrcased his
st-ingth n hundred fold. He held up
his hands, which were grasped by two
cuirassiers, who, dragging hlni'along by
giant strides between their horses, con
veyed him ut length to u place of
sutety.
THE TAIXT OF G'KMl'S.
Some (ircut Men Who Affect to lluvc
llccn AfrtlctcJ with Great 1 idlings-No-table
i:xamplcs of Mental, Moral or
Physical Eccentricity.
From the Minneapolis Times.
The forms of the degeneracy of gen
ius arc many und varied. Kpllcpsy is
oui of the most common deranecinents.
it Is ilKtoinlli I,,.- i.. ti,i i,...v v I
statesmen and philosophers, nrtlslsand
soldiers, have
been alllcted with this
malady. Ceasar was an epileptic, an
was also Itiiiielieu. The Man of Des
tiny was subject to all the ills of com
mon clay: the great Napoleon, "the
man of a thousand thrones," was the
Victim to pseudo epilepsy. All the phil
osophy of Pascal did not avail against
the disease, und Moliere and Schiller
also succumbed to Its paroxysms. Sev
eral of the great musicians were affect
ed In this way. The aesthetic exalta
tion In which were boi'n the wonderful
harmonies of Mozart, Handel and Pag
unlui was often followed by pitiful epi
leptic attacks. Paresis Is another bale
ful satellite of genius.
The great satirist and misanthrope,
Dean Swift. Kiiflecd from this disease;
so also did Schumann and Linnaeus,
the botanist. The dramatic prol'essi.M
shows many Instances of degeneracy.
Both Kdwln Jlooth and John MeCulloch
were interrupted In their brilliant ca
reer by paresis.
( nesiiras un Iuehriute.
Alcoholism and morphinism are a
common form of degeneration among
men of genius. The ancients especially
showed this weakness. Alexander the
Great died In an alcoholic attack, and
Ceasar was often carried home Intoxi
cated by bis soldiers, Socrates, Seneca
and Cato had the same failing. Many
modern authors, artists and musicians
have shown degeneracy In this form.
Sheridaji. Steele, Addison, Charli's
Lamb. Madame de Stael, Alfred de
Mussi t, Handel and Turner the painter
are conspicuous examples. Burns,
sweetest singer of all times and
tongues, wrecked his life with drink
ing. Poe might have surpassed Shelley
as an Ideal lyric poet, had he not
foundered his brilliant genius upon the
same rock. In our own times there are
sad Instances of tills obliquity. James
Whitcomb Hlley. who has sung Ills way
to u throne in the hearts of the people,
was at one time given to dissipation.
And F.ugene Field, the lullaby minstrel,
who sings of "Shullle, Shoon and Amber
Locks" und whose verses ure the Incar
nation of Ideality, F.ugene Field It is
heresy to repeat It was only saved
from the ruin of driHikeiiness by the
gold cure. Coleridge, master of ab
stract thought, sulfered agonies frojn
the opium habit, which finally eclipsed
his brilliant philosophic powers. The
polished satirist, ,De Ouincey, was. also
for years a victim to' the vice.
Men of genius are often deficient In
moral sense. Kallust and Bik'oii were
.felons. Kosseau was a gross and sen
timental licentiate. Byron, the most
majestic of the poets, fainted Ills tu-
nultous ocean-born measure with the
mmortulity that underlined his charac
ter. The weak und gifted Goethe
dragged his muse Into the mire. Wag
ner, whose wild harmonies surge heav
en high, dipped the pinions of his genius
In the depths of'pussloii. And Pierre
Lotl, whose works are an ecstacy of ten
derness and tears, has also desci faded
Into the abyss of vulgutity.
The Affections IllmitcJ.
Again, It Is the affections that nre
blunted. And the man of genius Is
strangely upathetlc in regard to every
thing that does not concern blmsi If.
Kesponslve and sympathetic when need
or suffering ure forced upon bis atten
tion, he Is ordinarily blind to their ex
istence and careless of the claims of
even those who Hie dearest to him.
Newton Is a pre-eminent example of
this cold and siispclotis temperament,
and tt long list of celibates evinces the
same degenerucy In a large proportion
of the men of genius. Among them are
Kant, Jitt, Ilet-thoven, Galileo, Des
cartes, Locke, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Gray,
Dalton. Hume, Gibbon, Mncaulcy,
amb, Leonardo da Vinci, Copcrnlrus,
Joshua Reynolds, Handel, Mendelssohn,
Meyerbeer nnd Voltaire.
A very common form of tin- mental
weakness of genius is what Is termed
In French "folic tin doute." It betrays
Itself In absurd Idiosyncrasies. Dr.
Johnson was a bundle of these menial
mannerisms. One of the habits was to
touch every post ns lie passed, if he
missed one he had to turn back and
touch It. Absent-mindedness Is another
symptom of degeneracy. Newton once
tried to stuff his niece's finger Into the
bowl of his pipe.
Melancholia Very Common.
Melancholia Is nn almost Invariable
attendant of genius. Milton was af
flicted with tlie maludy and Byron and
Cowper nnd Lamb suffered Intensely
from this cause. Iloethoven, Heine,
Chopin and Tasso were others conspic
uous for HiIh form of degenerncy. Kven
Longfellow, ltrynnt nnd Whlttler suf
fered, from melancholy, Hallucina
tions tire another symptom of the dis
eased condition. Shelley was subject
to hallucinations, as were Mozart and
most of the eminent theologians, Savon
arola, Luther, Bunyan and Swcden
borg. v
Acute ninnla and suicidal Impulse nre
the final stage of degeneracy. Lamb
was at times quite Insane. The elder
Uooth had uttacks of acute mania.
Guy de Maupassnnt died a few years
ngo In the high lido of youth, a raving
maniac. Ills brilliant sketches, with
their vivid Imagery, their keen sense of
terror, their morbid acttteness, are evi
dently the work yf a mailinan. IIuw
thorne's works are also full of the som
ber psychology, fantastic whims nnd
gloomy, overstrained emotion, that give
evidence of a diseased mind.' Carlylo,
the Jupiter of English prose, who
hurled thunderbolts of truth and reason
Into the camp of error, was a mono
maiiluc in his peevish sensitiveness to
discords. John Stuart Mill, the eco
nomic writer, was tormented with a
suicidal impulse, and Cuvour, the great
statesman and philosopher, wus also
tempted to commit suicide.
;kaiiam hreai).
This Is on Old and Ksocllont Itcclpo Well
Worth Trying.
, For two loaves of graham bread use
one quart of wheat flour, half a cupful
of molusses, half of a two-cent yeast
cake, or half a cupful of liquid yeast,
a level tabli spoonful of salt and about
seven-eights of a quart of warm wuter.
Sift the flourand graham Into a bowl.
Turn the bran Into the bowl also. Then
add the salt, water, yeast and molases.
Heat well with the hand for twetity
mlnttos or half an hour, cover the bowl
und let the dough rise over night.
In the morning shape It into two
loaves und let It rise In the puns to
pearly double Its size. Hake in u mod
erate oven for one hour and a half.
This bread Is mixed so soft that the
dough cannot be molded Into shape. It
lakes the form of the pan in which It is
baked. The success of graham bread
depends largely upon thorough beat
ing und baking.
WELSH JOTTIXtiS.
The death Is announced of Councillor
W. H. Vaiighan, un esteemed member of
the Cardirf corporation and all ex-muyor.
On the second reading of the Welsh dis
establishment bill. Sir Fiederlrk Mllnrr
proposes to move: "That this house de
clines to proceed with the bill until a re
ligions census has been taken In Wales."
The (ioleuad lias a novel suggestion with
resiiect to the debts of Cnlvlnlstie
Mem-
odist chapels, nnd If Its explanation Is coi-
ICl l, the suggestion is wen noun
slderatlon of theso who have the Wel
fare of their de Humiliation at heart.
one of the best local weeklies published
in South Wales, the Carmarthen Weekly
Reporter, has lately made this depurture,
and It has now a very well written Welsh
column reviewing Welsh literature and
Welsh movements generally appearing ev
ery week.
At no period of Its history has the vital
ity of tho Welsh language been more pro
nounced than at the present day. Tile
editors of Youg Wales the organ of the
Cymru Fydd will not be the last to
Indorse this. The paper will shortly be
converted Into a duoglot. "Kit hlalth a
gadvvant."
A Carnarvon newspaper declares that a
large number of the subscribers to the
funds of the Bangor Diocesan S'hool of
Divinltv. of which the Bev. It. Kdniunds
Jones is warden, have slgntlled their Inten
tion to discontinue their subscriptions on
account of the warden's connection with
the Bangor dlscstabllshmcnt-without-dls-
rndowment scheme
The Welsh magazines of this month are
full of Interest. The (lealneii, for this
month, the special St. David's Day nimi
her. Is full of Interesting anil instructive
i'..;.iliiivr. Thero are, numerous notices of
such eminent Welshmen as Dr. Owen
Thomas, and his brother. Dr. John
Tiiiiinas. of Liverpool, and others, which
will well repuy a peiusul.
Sir John Jenkins, who has been In In-
different health for some time, has been
advised bv Dr. C.iillllhs, Ills medical ut
tendant. to take a trip to the contlnen:.
He leaves In a few days. Councillor Free
man. of Swansea, is about to leave for
Snaiii with a. like object: and Dr. W. Mor
gall, the chairman of the Swansea school
board, who Is now convalescent, Is only
waiting for the weather to break up be
foro sailing for the .Mediterranean.
A bill has been prepared and brought
into naiilanient by Messrs. Herbert Bob
eris. l.lovd George. Alfred Thomas, Her
bert Lewis and Albert Splcer to amend
the Sunday dosing (Wales) act of 1SS1, the
reason given for Its Introduction oeuu
that .the roval commission, which was ap
pointed to Inquire Into the working of the
net, having reporten ina.1 it wus anvisnoiu
I to amend the provisions with reference
! to tinveleds. clubs, shebeens, the whole
i sale trade, and other minor details.
I The Treat hodydd maintains Its high
standard of excellence. Now that the
Christian Kmleavor society Is beginning to
take, root in Walt s, many would be glad to
know more about the commencement and
growth as well as the objects of the so
del v. The Bev. J. Musty ii Jones has a
short sketch In the Treathodydd which
will be useful and Instructive In that di
rection. "Charles o'r Bala ns n Welsh
Scholar." bv Professor J. Young Kvnns,
M. A., will also be read with much Inter
est, if not pleasure, by those who have re
ceived the useful aid of ' "Gelrladur
Charles" when searching the Scriptures.
The comments of the Welsh press on the
disestablishment bill are Interesting. The
; Herald Cvinrueg appears to lie the most
i discontented with the inriisure, und it
I elves a list of ten amendinenls which It
considers ought to be embodied In the
I bill, ninl that If they nre not Inchut
thousands of Welshmen will lie bitterly
disaiuioliiti'il. The Tyst advises modern
Hon on the part of the Welsh people In
their demands, on the supposition that
the new bill is similar to the old. It ml
vocates Its hearty acceptance, and fears
that too much Insisting on our part on
certain points may do harm. The Cymro
iieeeots the measure us explained by Mr
Asqultli, and especially commends certain
portions of It. In connection with the ul
location of Ihe tithes, etc.. It Is very em
Phallc. As may be expected, the Linn Is by
no means In good spirits at the prospects
of the establishment. Olio point Is worthy
of special mention In Ihe article In lh
Linn, and that Is the small stress It lavs
nn endowments of tho church. "Let us
defend principle," It says, "more than cir
cumstances establishment more than en
dowmcnt. The ship with the mill
ions of souls that ure In It are Infinitely
more valuable than the cargo that Is In
It; and IT anything must bo lost It must
not 1k tlm ship lint the cargo. Tho
Cdgorn Ithyddld gives a general outline
of the bill, and Is glad to know that It Is
likely to receive hearty reception from the
Welsh member. Tho Bauer, OwylleilyiM
and Bcren ulsa muke references to the bill.
$l5.(ltl7,HUO north of Diamonds
Duilnir the last yeur Cape Colony ex
Doited diamond valued nt tt5.tKI7.81Ml nnd
$:S5,":i!i,OIO of raw gold. IOxports of other
colonial products amounted lo JlU,ilO,7!HJ.
THi: LACKAWANNA KIVER.
O lovely nymph that glides nlong,
Our beitnlcoii vale, so free;
81ng on thy wild melodious song
I'm listening now to thee;
Oh wuke once, more the woeful strala
That oft hath soothed my soul,
And I will come nnd view again
Thy crystal wavelets roll.
Beneath grim Winter's chilly blast
1 stand and see thee glide.
In homy grandeur, rolling post
Among the meadows wide:
Thy lovely bank nre frostbound now,
Though oft l'vo seen them gliiim
In the golden Hummer's tinted glow
And Spring's celestial beam.
Tho woodland wnrblers nil hnve gone
To other climes to sing,
And left thee here to pine alone
For tho sweetest smiles of Spring,
Thy woe forbeur they'll come again
I'hiwrenthed with fragrant flowers;
They'll deck thy bunks and wuke the
strain
Of lovo nmld thy bowers.
Itoll on, O Lncknwnnnn, dear.
Thy winding course among
The snowcapped hill and valleys clear;
I'm listening to thy song.
Anon, the Joyful Spring will wreathe
Thy form with roses fair.
And, wondrous beauty fondly breathe
Thy f nigra nee to the ulr.
George W. Ilowen.
Providence, March 5, lWO.
Gathered in the
World of flelody.
Sousa's recent visit to Wilkcs-Barra
inspired the Leader critic as follows:
The new humorlstlquo morceau by
Sousu "The Band Cume Back" Is clever
ly cumulative In Interest. The solitary obou
pluylng "Over the Banister" Is soon rein
forced by another oboe. Then gradually.
In pulrs and trios the players return tak
ing up a dozen different ulr the clarinets
come forward In sextet then the tubas
play a ponderous melody, the oboes scream
buck and forth a snatch of "Pinafore", the
three trombones shuol their salty tones
to the ear, a quartet of French horns play
Swqet and Low," the bassoons come for
ward' too. All the time the music Is
changing, but the Interest grows. When
Hoiikh ilnully mounts the platform the
applause grows .wild und unrestrained und
when ut that instant the bund turns lis
attention from distracting medley and
sweeps with un avulunchu rush Into "Star
Bpungled Banner," you feel like getting i.p
on your chair und yelling, or like going out
on some field of carnage to be shot ut, as
If the favor of dying under that tornado
of melody would be a delight. That feel
ing Is very much ukin to the amazing
energy that the Sousu marches ull arouse.
No matter what one Cadets, Washington
Post, Chicago Belle, Picador, Beau Ideal,
Liberty Bell each Is strongly Individual
and yet sends a galvanic shock down
your vertebrae. It puts life Into your soul
und Ideas Into your brain. You feel Just
like George Billot, "1 should want nothing
elso on earth If 1 could have plenty of
music" of course, excepting the necces-
suries of existence. Now Just what spark,
or whence the spark that, touched to
Sousa's magazine of musical thought,
sends a burst of Inspirational und original,
soul-loving .melody Into the trembling
ether no one knows. Perhaps Its Ha
w-arm South "a maddening draught of
Hlppocrcne" from the father, or the Saxon
melodic structure from the German moth
er. Anyhow the result Is a true, Intensely
patriotic American with the artist soul of
Polymnla who thrills his own country
men and makes the contemporary Kuro
pean composer of military music stand
ugape."
The growth of the Wagner cult In
Oothnm Is thus cleverly narrated by a
contributor to the Washington Post:
When Dr. Leopold Dumrosiii Intro
duced the Wagnerian drama Into New
York, people welcomed and enjoyed It,
but they did not fully comprehend Its de
sign, its scope, and Its teachings, nor the
peeulurities of Wagner's original methods
and harmonies In music. For several
yeurs the great works were repeated
every season, during which It became a
fashionable fud to study the various books
on Wagner with nil their explanatory
musical phrases and to attend Walter
Dnmrosch's lectures when he translated
the text und played from the score. Then
followed a period when Wagner was
pushed aside for the Italian opera, and c n
the reuppearunce of the marvelous "Nie
hulengen Trilogy" this year a great differ
ence Is noticed in tho attitude of the audi
ence. The house Is darkened, and tho
people hear with reverent awe und solemn
attention; not only musicians, but siiiol
a rs of literature, philosophy, und meta
physics bow their heads and listen to the
muster's wonderful application of myths
of ancient times, with ull their symbolical
meanings und emblems accented and ex
pressed In the orchestral garden of tone
where the very seeds and germs of th
action ure shown to blossom on the stage.
In the stupendous "Trilogy" of the
"Walkurie," "Selgfrleil," and the "Out
terdHnimerung," with the prelude of the
"Bhlnegold," Wagner has concentrated
all the teachings of nature and all Ihe his
tory of life. The great elements are set
forth, glowing out of the notes of prime
val darkness when with the birth of
light appears water shown In Bhluegol.l:
In the Wulkuries we have the spirits of
air and Ihe flies; In Siegfried we have
earth, and In the Gotlc rdammcrung the
union of ull elements. The lesser godJ
and denizens of these four elements
Ithlnemuldetis, dwarfs, Nlebelimgs, the
dragon, nnd ull the vassals of the earth
und water-worlds are made subservient
to the gods and heroes, us they In their
turn are made subservient to Fate. The
Norns weave out their destinies, and the
hand of Fate brews magic potions to daze,
bewilder, and conquer brave souls In these
music-legends as Ukiii the earth In llm
practical nineteenth century. Cares that
follow broken laws, love that demands
sacrifice, the bondage of earthly life
snapped asunder by bird-calls to some
thing greater und higher, nnd all the
struggle and tragedy of the progress
through the world, closing In the "twi
light of the gods" when the spirit of love
ascends to ethereal realms Into that new
world made by Its own power and beauty,
overthrowing Wulhalla, where the "old
order changtth, giving place to new"
offer suggestions of deepest Interest and
Importance.
When Dr. Ant. mill Dvorak conceived
the Idea of furnishing America Willi a
distinctly national type of music he
turned for his rhythmical Inspiration to
the peculiar plantation melodies. These
songs of the southern negroes arc folk
songs in the truest sense. But n curious
investigator, who lias compiled a com
parative table of statistics concerning
a thousand popular American songs,
has discovered that only forty-two of
these ure negro tunes. If his selections
have been niiule on a fairly sclentlllc
basis even this rough estimate would
seem to shake faith in Dr. Dvorak's
choice. According to this song analyst,
fully 13 per cent, of the popular songs
of the street and the curb are Irish.
Perhaps there Is more of the new Amer
ican music to be found In "Are Ye
There, Mortality?" than In "Old Black
Jog". ir "Dcm Golden Slippers." The
negro melodies are strangely like the
Scotch, with the- same Intervallle pecu
liarities of the live-note scale and the
"snap" or "natch." A tho Scotch were
originally Irish, may it not be, after
all,,, thut the mingling of Irish and
negro melodies In American popularity
proves Dr. Dvornk's contention to be
eminently correct? Philadelphia P.ec
ord. Some Interesting facts concerning the
expenses of the manngemeiit of high
toned opera have come to light, grow
ing out of the complaint made by the
fashionable people of Washington that
Jean tie Heszke purposely absented him
self from the matinee nt which ho wns
advertised to sing. The llnal figures
show that the people of Washington
paid Into the box ollleo for three even
ings and oite matinee of grand opera
the sum of $2S,7M, which Included
JII.OOO for premiums paid for the boxes
when sold at auction. At the mntinee
"Faust" )vas the programme, and so
great was the eagerness to see the De
Heszkes In this opera thnt no less than
JL',000 wos paid In the box olllce on thnt
occasion, Jenn de Heszke Is given
t'l.ZOO for pnch performance In which
he appear, nnd in nddltlon thereto he
has ft share of the receipts. If he had
sung at that inntlnee the compensation
would have amounted to more than
I'J.OOO, while thnt of his brother, Kdott
nrd, would hnve been more than
Jl.OOfl, By fulling to appear the brothers
lost more than $;i,Oi)0, and if they ab
sented themselves on account of n
whim or any prejudice against the enp
Ital city. It was a rather expensive in
dulgence for them. ,
' Miss Bloodgood, one of the most tal
Interesting Notes About Husiclans
At Home and Abroad.
ented of the rising contraltos of New
York city, will sing at a testimonial
concert to be given Organist George li.
Carter In the near future.
.
Owing to a defect in the electrical
apparatus which furnishes power for
the F.lm Park church organ, Mr. Car
ter was unable to produce all effects
with his usual skill and ease on Thurs
day light and was obliged to confine
himself to unpretentious selections.
These, however, were given with usual
good taste und were enjoyed by tin;
large audience present. During the con
cert Dr. Peat;ce, 'pastor of the church,
announced that the proceeds of the
next recital would be given to Mr.
Carter. The doctor staled that the
previous organ recitals had been given
through the generosity of Mr. Carter,
who had received no compensation for
his services, and had netted a large
sum of money that had been applied
In a proper maimer by church author
ities, lie Intimated that the church
congregation proposed to show their
appreciation of Mr. Carter's talent and
generosity by giving him a testimonial
benefit. The date of the concert will
be April 1, and some of the best soloists
of the day will be secured for the event.
The pupils of Miss S. Louise Hardeii
bergh, pianist, gave a very pleasing
lnusicale ut Miss Hardenbergh's studio,
at ATi Wyoming avenue, on Thursday
afternoon. Miss Hardenbergb, who is
one of Seranton'B most talented and
painstaking musicians, makes a spe
cialty of giving histrsetiou to begin
ners, and the entertaining programme
given by the young performers under
her care on Thursday was among th';
best evidences of her ability as an in
structor. Miss Ella Dracger left for her home,
in Jamestown, to be absent Sunday,
and Mrs. Boston Williams will supply
her place In the Klin Park church quar
tette. SUA HPS AND FLATS:
Julia Mackey will sing In London.
Ysayc, the violinist, is but W years of
age.
Louise Beuudet will star next season !n
Audian's "Miss p.uhinson."
Gottschalk, the pianist, claimed to be
able to play from memory over li.it"1 com
positions. Mlis Camille O'Arvillc has become tho
sole proprietor of the opera und compuny
bearing her name.
P.lchaid iStahl is writing u musical
comedy based on Sarah Grand's novel,
"The Heavenly Twins."
Yvette Gnllbert will open In New York
In December. Slit! will get $3,WU a wei k
for singing naughty songs.
Two pieces for three viols, composed by
King Hi nry VI II., were played ut u con
cert of eu'ly F.nglish music lately given
lu London.
The scenes of a new opera by Kdward
Jakobowskl. composer of "Krniinie" and
twenty other light operas, are laid in Ire-
laud und Spain,
Mine. Szuniosku. a pupil of Pnderewskl,
arrived on La Ga-n'ogne and will make her
debut shortly, under the management of
Charles T. Tretbar.
Bruno Oscar Kit Ill's new opera "Kenil
worlh" hus been a great success at
Hamburg, and has already been booked
for the Berlin Itoyul opera house,
A new four-act opera by F. II. Covven,
called "Harold, the Last of the Saxons."
will be produced at Drury Lane Ibis sea
son. The libretto w as writ ten by Sir Kd
ward Malet, the British Ambassador to
Berlin.
The Odessa papers say that Dr. Griaz
ner proposes to establish a school that Is
to have fiubenstein's name. In ihe house
where Anton Kubensteln was born. The
house is now In rains, and Is situated ill
Vyhvatinsty.
Ce.-ar Thompson left this country last
v.e.k. He played ut A concert in 1
weeks, appearing in the principal cities t f
the I'nited State.i. From an artistic view
point he was an immense success, but it
wus neither a popular nor linuncial one.
The American Comic opera company has
been organized. It includes Harry Brown,
Henry Hallman, Smart Harold, W. F.
Rochester, Harry D. Chase, Harry Dick
son, Lilly Post. Rose Leiuhton, Josephine
Stunlon. Lillian Green. Lola Bertcllc and
others.
Igmiz lit nil Is working on a romantic
opt I a to be called "Gloria." and the libret
tist of "CavalliriaRiistleaim"is furnishing
the words. Another Viennese compos t
has associated himself with the writer,
Victor Leon, for the imrpose of producing
a. new opera next season.
Miss Minnie Landes has been engaged
lo lake the place of Miss Kleaiior .Mayo
as the prima donna In "Princess Bonnie."
Miss Mayo has left the company lo pre
pare for her marriage to .liimes Klvcrsoy.
jr., of Philadelphia, which is announced
to fake Place next month.
A collection of 3.4T." operas was recently
presented to the Acndenila ill Santa Ce
cilia at Rome. The collection goes back
to the lHglnnlng of rtage music. The
AeadiJiitu has also received from the Ital
ian government rale musical books
and manuscripts found in suppressed con
vents. Some strange tales have been told In
Vienna, papers about the Jealousy and
wrath which Mine. Pattl recently dis
played at her concert In that city be
cause the young Polish violinist. Bronls
luw Hiibermunn, received more applause
than she did, Hiid was, lu fact, the lion at
her concerts.
Jomiil'tn is now winning laurels and dol
lars In London. The great violinist Is
said to have once visited a bather In that
city to gi t his hair cut. He is In the habit
of wearing It rather long behind, and In
timated us much to the barber, where
upon that Individual promptly re plied:
i wouldn't wear II too long, mister; If
you tlo you'll look Just like one o' them
ilddliu' chaps."
M. Jean de Heszke has nt last ilctlnltely
decided to become leading tenor at the
Ruyrettth Festival next year. He will le
accompanied by his brother l'MouuVd, and
the engagement of these twv gifted vocal
ists will without doubt enhance the Im
portance of the Bayreiith performance
111 the eyes of the Kiigllsh nnd Americans
who are among the principal supporters
of the festival. The number of perform
ances, so far ns the brothers are con
cerned, will of course he limited, for the
Bayreiith Festival next year. He will b
other representatives of the characters
that they are to Ull.
An Ingenious young woman of New Or
leans Is about to bring lo completion one
of the most unique musical Instruments
perhup ever yet Invented. It Is nothing
more nor less thun a simple device with
strings nnd sounding plate to be uttuched
underneath Cue keyboard of a typewriting
machine. In such n manner that when a
letter 1 struck by the opt rotor a note of
music will be produced Instead of the or
dinary rick-cluck noise which sometime
become so very dlHugrecnhle. Of course.
It Is only once In n hundred times, no
doubt that, such a combination of keys
will be struck us to produce any real har
mony of sound, nt til each note will bo dis
tinctly musical, nnd tho Invention will pro
l.ahly greatly enhance the trie and value
of tho typewriter. It In expected that a
patent will soon be applied for.
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