The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 22, 1894, Page 7

f a WAGNER'S ANIMAL FRIENDS. The Composer Introduced Them in Nearly All His Operas. Wherever Wagner made his home he liked to be surrounded by animals. cook, Vrouka, in describing his home at Lucerne, writes: “Then we h our two dogs, wi pastime. whereas chickens, peacocks, 1 often prove Two dogs, the Mendez, mention only one. knew best: Pohl Doubtless the cook but the “enormous” N Gautier and foundland Russ was obviously the more notable of the two. Pohl says of this dog (who now lies buried in the Wahn- fried garden at Bayreuth at his mas- ter’s feet) that “it took Stocker, who convince the faithful was an admirer of the master. ward we—Stocker, Russ and the best of friends.” F. Avenarius, the son of Wagner's half-sister, has preserved two anecdotes which show that a love of animals, like alove of nature,was a trait in Wagner's childhood. The boy went all over town hunting for good natured dogs and forming friendships with them. One day he heard whining sounds ina ditch, and found a young puppy. Knowing that no such addition to a large family at home would receive official approval, he secretly smuggled it into his bed- room, where he fed it and kept it warm until it was betrayed by its whining On another occasion his mother heard squeaking sounds in his room, but could not locate them. When the teacher came to give the boy his lesson he noticed a peculiar, disagreeable odor. Investigation brought to light in Richard’s bureau a whole family of young rabbits. “The poor things would have died,” was the boy’s ex- euse. He had made an air-hole for them, and his sister had provided the food. Only once in his life did Wagner kill ananimal for amusement. He joined aparty of young hunters and shota rabbit. Its dying look met his eyes and so moved him to pity that nothing could have ever induced him to go hunting again. The impression here made on him is echoed in the libretto of his early opera, the Fairies, where the doe is hit by the arrow: ‘Oh, see! the animal weeps, a tear is in its e. Oh, how its broken look rests on me! And again, in his last work, in the pathetic lines of Gurnemanz reproach- ing VParsifal for killing the sacred swan. Animals are introduced in all but three of his operas (Dutchman, Tristan and Meistersinger). There are horses in Rienzi, Tannhauser, Walkure, Gotterdammerung; a swan and dove in Lohengrin; hunting dogs in Tann- hauser; a toad and a snake in Rhein- gold; a ram in Walkure; a bear, a dragon and a bird in Siegfried; ravens in Gotterdammerung; a swan in Par- sifal. The swans, the bird and the dragon are accompanied by some of the most characteristic or beautiful music in the several operas; and it is interesting to note that the swan motive in Lohen- grin reappears ina modified form in Parsifal, just as a few motives from ‘Tristan are introduced in the Meister- singer, where Sachs alludes to that le- gend. Inthis delightful kind of self- quotation Wagner followed the pre- eedent of Mozart, who introduces a number from Figaro in Don Juan—with humorons intent, however. in this case. When Wagner died, in his seventieth yedr, several interesting artistie and literary projects were buried with him. One of these was to write “A History of My Dogs.” It would have been extremely interesting little book, doubt, for next to his work anda few intimate friends, there was nothing in the world to which he was so attached as to his dogs. From his early youth to his last days he always had one who was his con- stant companion, whether he was writing or resting. At Madgeburg, in 1884, he had a poodle of musical pro- pensities, who accompanied him to all the rehearsals at the theater. At first he was allowed toenter the orchestra circle, but, when he permitted himself to “criticise” the performances this privilege was taken away from him, and he had to wait at the stage door to accompany his master home. Wolzogen thinks it was the same dog of whom Wagner related the following annecdote: One day he took him along on an ex- eursion in the Saxon Switzerland. Wishing to climb a precipitous rock on the Bastei, and fearing that the poodle might come to grief, he threw down his handkercief for the dog to watch. But the animal was too clever for him. After a moment of deliberation he scratched a hole in the ground, buried the handkerchief for safe keeping, and then made haste to clamber after his master. His next pet at Riga was a big New- foundland dog named Robber. He be- longed at first to an English merchant, but became so passionately attached to Wagner, following him by day, lying on his doorstep at night, that he was at last adopted as a member of the family. He, too, accompanied his mas- ter to all rehearsals. and on the way he always took a bath in the canal; be- ing a Russian dog, he kept up this habit even in winter, provided he could find a hole in the ice His career as a musical critic was cut short, like that of the poodle. His favorite place was between the con- duetor’s desk and the double-bass player. The latter he always regard- ed with suspicion, because of his con- stantly pushing the bow in his diree- tion. One evening a sudden vehement sforzando push of the bow proved too much for him. and Wagner was snd- denly startled and the piece inter- rupted by the cry: “Herr Capell- meister, the dog! Robdier had the honor of secompanying his master to Paris on that stormy o-era trip which lasted almost ‘our weeks and he is, of course, the «anne here of the novel- ette. “And End in! “whieh con- tains many a aphie details in the guise of de The temporary guardian that I After- : came out at Russ’ signal, some time to | an no rs. jon. Joss of this anima! in London caused I—became | His | one of the deepest pangs of anguish his master ever felt The successor of Robber the most famous of all « to say that this pose Tannhaus “Itseems tha singing with ousness, the d was Peps, He used nim to coin- was at easionall with and, shal would y, quoting willdot bidding In later vears, at Zurich, to his dog wu walk.—Henry 4 Friends. HOW HE CHOSE. A CLERK Told a Lot of Boys a Story and Found a critic’ you?’ he loved to ven taking his daily Fink, in Our Animal A lawyer adve i for next morning the office with applicants—all b suitable. He bade them should arrive, all in a row The rowded nd many t until all and then arranged them and said he would tell them a story, note their comments, and judge from that whom he would choose. “A certain farmer,” began the law- yer, “was troubled with a red squirrel that got in through a hole and stale seed corn. He kill the squirrel at the in his barn first opportu nity. Seeing him go in at the hole one noon, he took his shotgun and fired away. ‘The first shot set the barn on | fire.” boys. The lawyer, without answer tinued: “And seeing the barn on fire the farmer eda pail of water and ran to put it out. “Did he put it out?” said another. “As he passed inside the door shut to and the barn was soon in flaines. When the hired girl rushed out with more water- “Did they all burn up?” boy., The lawyer went on without answer: “Then the old lady all wi -ybody said another ame out, and noise and confusion, and ¢ trying to put out the fir “Did anyone burn up?” The lawyer said: do; said another. “There, that will you have all shown great interest in the story.” But observing one little brig fellow in deep silence. he sai my little man, what have you to say? The little fellow blushed, grew un- easy and stammered out: “I want to know what became of that squirrel; that’s what I want to know “You'll do,” said the lawyer; “you are my man; you have not been switched off by a confusion and barn burning, and the hired girls and water pails. You have kept your eye on the squir- rel.”—Fact in Court. AN ODD VERDICT. A Jury Declines to Make a Railroad Pay fora Limb Shortened by a Smash-Up. Expert testimony frequently brings out unexpected facts In a suit for damages against a railroad, tried last year at Binghamton, the _ plaintiff, whose right leg was injured in a smash- up, put forth the claim that on his re- covery the injured leg was shorter than it really ought to be, on account of which he demanded extra damages. His physicians testified to the truth of this, and two pairs of trousers, made for the plaintiff after the accident, were exhibited, in each of which the right leg was longer than the left. In reply counsel for the defense set forth that the point should not be considered for three reasons: 1. That it w common thing for men to have legs of unequal length. 2. That they suffered no incon- venience thereby. 3. That previous to the accident the plaintiff's legs had not been mates. To prove the first and second points, physicians from the Binghamton state hospital were called as experts, and they testified that in the measure- ment of patients they frequently found a difference in the length of the legs, and that un- less such discrepancy was very considerable, the men are not incon- venienced in any respect and frequent- ly were unaware of such discrepancy. One of the doctors being asked if he could think of any circumstances un- der which a slight difference in the length of a man’s legs would result in trouble for the owner, replied after deep thought: “If a man with legs of unequal length were lost on the open prairie or in any other large space with no land- marks to go by, the longer leg would travel in a circular direction. Such cases have been reported. That is the only supposition that occurs to me.” Finally, as proof of the last point, the defense called the plaintiff's tailor, who produced old measurements for plaintiff's trousers, taken before the accident, all of which showed to the evident surprise of the plaintiff that his right leg had always been a frac- tion of an inch longer than his left. The jury not believing the likelihood of the plaintiff's getting lost on a prairie as worthy of consideration, de- clined to take into account this cruel inequality, and gave a verdict for dam- ages covering only the time lost during the healing of the injured member.—N. ¥. Sun. “Let There Be Kittens.” Jenny and Ned were discussing the beauties of Tabby’s new kittens. “Now, Ned, why are they all born together? Why aren't some older than the others, like you and me, you know?” asked Jenny. “Well, it's easier for the Lord to make a lot at once.” “Well, how does He do it?” “Oh, He takes dust and covers it with fur and——" “But He don't mike babies like that.” “Well, babies aren't kittens, are they? The Lord takes more pains with a baby. He only makes one ata time, but when he wants kittens He just says: ‘Let there kittens’ and there are kittens. N.Y. 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