Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 1, 1889, Page 21

\ 1] { o s S K i o7 QA SN Wb i OMAHA FAIR and MERCHANT’S September 2d, 3d, 41:h, 5th and 6th, 18809. Attractions at the Fair, REV. DE WITT TALMAGE'S LECTURE On “The Sunny Side of Life,” Balloon Ascension Every Day, With Thrilting Great Long Distance Races by Lady Ten Miles with-Change Every Mile. Splendid Trotting, Pacing and Running The great agricultural event of the year. l. H. McSHANE, Sec’y. Omaha Fair Assn. LARGE PRIZES FOR BEST BRASS BANDS. Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m- Parachute Drop from Riders. Races Every Day. of Live Stock inthe West. the Clowds. Greatest exhibition Beautiful Decorations, Grand Fireworks, Brilliant llluminations, WEEK ' REDUCED RATES on all RAILROADS Day Parades, Flambeau and Other Clubs, Night Marches. | Merchants' Week Program. The following programme has been arranged for the weel, but will be added 10 by other attractive features: Monday, Sept. 2d. Receiving visitors and arranging for their comfort. Grand Labor Day Parade. Tuesday, Sep-. 3d Dr. Talmage will lecture at Fair Grounds'at 10:30 A. M. the West, includi teenth Century, es Grand Trades T Public Buildings and all Omaha thrown open to the public. Wedresday, A, M., Sept. 4 . being the largest proc Wednesiay Evening, Illuminated Parade of iFlambeau Clubs. G and Displs Blectr Parade by Flambeau Clubs, Illuminat y Fi Exhibition Run of Omaha Fi‘}%’l Railroad Excursion to the Gre Brass Band Competition f [ Thursday, A. M, Sept, 5Sth t St s Thuradpy Evening. ¢ Competitive Parade of Omahu Ward Clubs for Prize Banner. Friday, A, ept. 6th. dayHvening, e Works. '} on of the kind ever s Floats representing the Industiries of the army of Traveling and City Salesmen, ular Soldiers from Fort Omaha, the Omaha Wheel Club, Metropolitan Pol Force of Omuha, Omaha Fire Deparument with its appa Indians in their Scalp Dances, Sun Dances and War Dances. us. Band of Sioux of Wire Works during the March. Light Hlanai#ation of Streets, Buiidings-and Arches. nd Packing Houses of South Omaha o P’rizes amounting to $600. e partment, lighted by Electric Lights. Will Present Attractions During COLISEUM EXPOSITION. ALL PLACES OF AMUSEMENTS he Week. At the latter place there will te open every evening the Merchants’ and Manufucturers’ Exposition. New Orleans. in the parades. Art Centers of the old world. this opportunity to visit this great art gallery. THE LININGER ART GALLERY. Through the hiberality of Mr.and Mrs. G. W. Lininger, the Lininger Art Gallery will be open every day from 8 a. m. 10 8 p. m. ! its many art treasures, gathered by Mr. and Mrs, L. in their several tours to the Every one who is interested in art should take PRIZES FOR BRASS BANDS. This exhibit will be arranged and superintended by Mr. J. C. Bonnell, who had charge of the Nebraska exhibit at the World Fair at This gallery is noted for The management have offered prizes of $600 for the best band participating Conditions of Band Contest—The competition will be cpen to all bands out- side the compete. b Among other att vity of Omaha. petent judges will decide. All entries to bo .. on or hefore August must participate in the parade free of charge. Award to be made K'ri No band of less than twelve CHEAP RAILROAD FARES. 1. H. TAYLOR, Sec'y. Merchants’ Week Committee , September 6. piec n the hands of E. E. Bruce, care of Blake. Bruce & No entry fee, but all bands competing for prizes Three com- s will be allowed to Take advantage of the reduced rates on railroads and come and see Omaha and get acquainted with those with whom you do business. ctive featuros the Omaha Fair Association have engaged the renowned Brooklyn divine, Rev.T. DeWitt Talmage, to deliver an address on the fair grounds on Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock. WHAT CAN YANKEE DOODLE DO Startling Position of the Leader of ‘Washington's Marine Band. WE HAVE NO NATIONAL AIR. The Interesting Musical Collection of Prof, John P. Sousa and What He Has to Say About It. Uncle Sam Has No Song. ‘WasHiNGTON, August 24.—[Special to Tae Bre.]—Any schoolboy, to use Macauley's pet phraso, if asked the name of the national song of his country, would probably reply, **‘America,” or *My Country, 'Tis of Thee,” and yet, according to Prof. John P, Sous the distinguished leader of the Marine band, the United States, the greatest and most powerful nation in the world, is the only one not having a distinctive national air. It isa straoge assertion to make, but Prof. Sousa proves that the statement is well foundea. For more than a dozen years now Mr, Sousa bas been collecting national airs and songs. Last May he was authorized by the navy deparvment to make a compilation of these airs, and the work is now nearly com- pleted, A few days ago I had the pleasure of looking over Mr. Sousa's collection and listening to him while Le talked in a most entertaining manner about national music. It is worthy of mention that this is only the fourth time any attempt has been made o publish in book form the national airs of the world, Some years ago the English gov- ernment, the pioneer in the movement, gov out an edition for the use of 1its military and naval band. It contained only thirty-three awrs, The French government later did the sumeo thing and only gave space to thirty alrs, The last work published was under taken by & German house as a private spécu- lation, and included the songs of sixty nae tions. Mr, Sousa already has 116 airs in type, and before the work is completed he will bave half as many again, The Sousa collection will consequently be regarded as a standard work, and looked upon by musicians everywhere as an authority, It was while we were discussing national music Mr., Sousa made the startling state- ment that we have no national airs. “‘But how about *Hail Columbia,’ ‘The Star Span- #led Banner,’ ‘My Cnuntx. and a few more of the same sort generally considered nu- tional uirs " I asked, WPoople confound a national air with a popular and patriotic oue,” veplied Mr. Sousa. “In Kurope they have national airs because they have been made so either by the government or the people, and on all cer- emopial occasions they are played as a mat- ter of course. For exawmple, England has “God Save the Queen,” France **).a Mur- seillaise,” and s0 on. Now iu England, at an affair of state, whenever the queen is present the bands pl God Save the Queen,” and the bandmasters of the Life guards or the Coldstrean guards or of any other good band do not have to ask what air they shall play. Thoy know only one ‘une 18 admissible. And when an Eoglishmen bears that air, no matter where he is, off comes his hat and he remans stanaing until the last note, Children are taught it at 80hool aud they think it as sacred as a hymn, But with us, when the president takes part in any ceremony, one band may play *‘Amer- ica” and another “The Star Spangled Bun- llsr.‘” according to the taste of the conduc- N “Then congress by an act could create a navional aiet “Well, hardly, Cougress can do a great many thiogs, but it cinuot do tnat. The na- tional air of 'a people must come from some great event in the life of the natiou, perhaps some crisis. It must be spontaticous: it must apoeal to the national pride and the nu- tional sentiment, and then when it does that the country takes it up aud clings to it as jealously as it does to its other traditions. Take us an illustration, ‘Ruie Britanuia,’ which, while not the natioval air of Eungland, is its first cousin, There is a calm assurance about the words which is pleasing to the av- erage Englishman. When Napoleon was assembling lis big fleet at Boulogne to in- vade England, we ave told that the people went about singing ‘Rule Brittannia,’ and I verily believe that they thought that was answer enough to the threats of an English invasion,” “Wasn't the civil war a great enough crisis to inspire the best efforts of musi- cians?” “‘Undonbtedly, but you must remember the people were dividea and the work of & north- ern composer would not have been accept- able to the people of the south, If, however, the country had risen againsta foreign foo any song composed at that time would' have fired thn national heart, and if of the right kind would have been accepted by the peo- ple. It 18 true we went through a crisis in the early days of the republic, but I guess in thoso times our ancestors were too busy fight- ing to pay much attention to music. ‘Hail Columbia’ belongs to the last century, but it was composed by a German, the leader of the John street theater in New York, in compli- ment to General Washington, and for mauy years it was known as ‘The President’s March.’ We ought not to adont as our na- tional air the work of a foreigner. The words of the ‘Star Spangled Banner’ are American, but the music is English.” “You claimed just now there was a differ- ence between a national, povular and a patri- otic air. What is the disunction?” *“The national air I have already explained to you. A patriotic air is very similar onl: it lacks the distinctive national churacte: ‘Rule Britanria’ is one of the patriot'c aivs of England, but is not the national air. The Hungarians bave & stirring march named after one of thewr great generals, After the rebellion of 1848 when Austria had conquered Hungary 1t was a treasonable offense to sing this song, but the pecple con- tinued to sing it and even the Austrian baynotes could not prevent them, This is one exumple of patriotic music, Popular melo- dies, the songs which spring from the soil, need no definition, “In your investigation what struck you as the peculiarities of national anthems " “Perpaps the most striking thing is that the national mrs of the great countrics ure short, while those of the little countries are very long. For instance, ‘God Save the Queen,’ 18 fourteen bars,the Russian nutional air s sixteen bars, and ‘Hail Columbia,’ the foremost among the American national airs, has twenty-eight bars, On the other hand Siam’s national air has seventy six bars, that of Uruguay seventy, Chili forty-six, and soon, The national air of China is 80 long that when the people want to bLear it they have to take half a day off to be able to listen to its dul et strains. Another thing I have learned is that with hardly an excep- tional the national airs of all the sa e or sewli-civitized nations are written in a minor key, while those of highly civilized nations are lovariably written 1 the major key,’ " “are the pational airs in any way charac- territic of the people " “Very seldom, and then only when they are the music of a lower order of civiliza- tion, Music, you see, is the universal lan- guage, and a really great composer seldom aequires his education in ono country. But it is worthy of note that with one oF two ex- ceptions the composers of national airs have becun men totaliy 3 unknown to fame until they wrote the oue air which has given them a lastivg reputation. One of the exceptions is Haydn, the com- poser of the Austriau hymn. Most or the old world national airs were written to glo- rify some great man or to celebrate some groat event. ‘Lo make the air rollulur. 80 that it could be sung and whistled by every- body, it has 10 be written in a very limited ©Ompa *God Save the Queon’ is written in & compass of six notes; ‘Hail, Columbia,’ ‘Rule, Brittania,’ and ‘La Marseillaise,’ within an octave and & note; the Austrian hymn withio a octave, But the *Star Spap- glod Banuer is composed of thirteen aotes, and for that reason it is very dificalt for un- trained voices to sing it with the proper effect. Judging from the experience of for- eign natious, when our national authem is written it will have to be within an octave, and to have a swing and dash ubout it which will commend it to even the most unmusical persons.” ‘lalking about the peculiarities of na- tioual awrs,” continued the professor, after a slight pause during which he had' played over an Awerican air which bad besn sub- mitted to him for approval, and which had been cowposed by @ Gosrman, ‘one cannot fail to notice bow the same air is the com- mon proverty of half a dozen nations. For instance, ‘God Save the Queen,’1s the na- tional air, with different words, of course, of Englana, Prussia, Bavaria, Norway, Sax- ony, Switzerland, Wurtemburg and Sweden, The national air of Mexico bears a striking resemblance to our old song, ‘O, Susaunuh.’ ‘My Maryland,’ is @ German air written in 1819 and” known as ‘Tenuebaum,’ the Fir Tree. ‘We Won't Go Home Till Morning,’ is an old French song and was sung in the streets of Paris more than a hundred years ago, but not with the words we all know. You will find that the claims of authorship 10 a groat many of the national and patriotic airs are very conflicting, acd probavly a third of the airs in my collection cannot have the name of the composer attuched as there isso much doubt as to whom the honor should be given." “How did you manage to get together so many airs?” “In the first place I have been collecting them for a great many years as I needed them for the Marine bavd. . But when I was ordered to get up this collection by the sec- retary of the navy I consulted the catalogues issued by all the great music publishing houses. Then I vally visited ail the great libraries in the country and spent some time in a search to see if there were any nu- tions which I have overlooked. After that I obtained from the navy departuentan oficiul | lisvof all the flags issued by the navies of the world, and in that way got on track of a good many songs which I had not thought of Defore. I have had of course a zood deal of correspondence to do and have got songs from preity nearly every imaginable source. 1n the collection will be the songs of two In- dian tribes, the Walla Wallas and the Van- couvers, These songs have never becn set for band before, but I got a gentlemun who has spent several years among the Indians to sing to me and from his song L wrote the mu- sic. 1also give a patriotic Bengal song, the song sung by the Mautch girls when thoy dance. I had to get a traveller to sing it so as to be able to write the music. It recalls Offenbach very strongly." “By the by,” said the professor, picking uya pile of music, “here is rather a queer tihing. Wnen I was a boy I read Marryatt and the other writers of sea tales, and from them I gained the impression that the Malays put in all their time cutting throats #nd scut- tling ships. I find, however, that they have one of the sweetest and most pathetic u: tional airs which has been written.” Mr. Sousa turned to the piano and played one of the most moving bits of musical com- position which it has ever been my fortune 1o hear. ““Servia has a very pretiy air, 100, continued Mr. Sousa, “‘and about the hoetry of these people Owen Meredith said, as you doubtless remember— ‘The flowers that grow here may be mere- ly mountain weeds, but the dew of the moun tam is on them.’ * “A peculiarity of the Servian music, and one by which it can generally be recognizod, is that it ends one note above the keynote, which gives onv the impression it is unfin- ished. The Hungarian music is perhups more characteristic than that of any other people. ‘Chere is & aash and vigor avout 1t which we kuow is part of the national char- acter, and yet it 18 not all fire; & melancholy cadence appeals to the neart. You should hear the Hungurisu Zigeuner play one of their national airs called a Cazaradas, It is inspiriting.” “Now, Mr. tional ar. somehow ! *Lhere are plenty of men in this country who are capable of writing & national mr, but as I said before the occasion must de- velop the music. Every week I receive two or three pieceg of music which their authors fondly imagine may become ths national air. 1have them plaved by the band, but nobody has yet asked me to repeat them, and to use a popular pbrase, they do not seem to ‘catch on.’ Hesides, when the pational air is written I hope it will be the ouwome of some national event. At the presenttime foreigners devote more attention o the writings of our national air than do our own people. Mr, Sousa's book when first published will contain the selections arranged for the vand. Later he will bring out an edition for the plano. Probably a third of the airs have come to him simply in the form of melodies and from these he bas had to work out the accompauiments. The words of nearly all the airs are wiven, but in some cases it has been found very difiicult to make an adequate translation without de- stroying the national characteristics, Sousa, what about our na- Cau't We mauage to get one HOME LIFE OF THE TERRYS, A Sweet Idyl of Music, Love and Birds. WHY SARAH ALTHEA DIDN'T STAR She Had Made All Her Arrangements to Do So, But Abandoned the Idea After Scnator Sharon's D2ath. An ldeal Home. Charles MacGeachy, formerly man- ager of Mrs. Sarah Althea Sharon-Ter- ry, but who is now managing Richard Golden's tour in “‘Old Jed Prouty,” was interrogated by a BEE reporter on his experience with the Terrys. am, I believe,”” he said, ‘‘one of the limited few whom Judge Terry and his wife admitted to theirinner social circle and one of the still fewer, besides, who possessed their esteem and confidence. I shared their hospitality to such an un- limited extent and saw so much of their domestic life that I have been naturally puined to vead the severe refe that have becn made to them re in leading newsp: since the judge’s tragic end, My relations with them in the beginning, four years ago, were purely on business connected with my proposed stage ppesentation of Mrs, Terry. That dramatic venture came to naught through the sudden death of Senator Sharon. I was their guest st Fresno on several occasions and a fre- quent caller at their hotel apartments in San Francisco whenever their great law suit brought them to the city. **It was at Fresno that the world did not know the judge and his wifo. The town was too small for the mad rush to find, 80 the Terrys were secure in their retreat, and but a chosen few were per- mitted to cross its threshold, Their intimates were of ‘the best class, and most pronounced in th sympathy. In the'several visits I paid the Terry manor at Fresno, I did not hear the least roference to court mat- ters. Legal topics seemed forbidden in that household.’' The life within that circle was wholly domestie. The premises indoor and out wera alive with pets, and the halls #nd chambers were lined with cages of 'birds of all col andsong. Blooded togs of every and value joyousl, and mistress everysy Torry’s hobby was a large &viary, about tweniy- five feet high and ‘Gvér iifty feet in cir- cumference, teamifig” with a feathered opulation of all kftids flying around rom perch to perch—canaries, doves, mocking birds, pigeons, parrots—even our national pest, the sparrow. The little creatures secemed to know their mistress, for her approach to the mam- moth cage invariably caused an agree- able commotion within, and on her entrance numbers of the birds would fly about and upon her, and many would feed from her hands, That is a vision, I think, for those journalists who had given currency to the playful story that Mrs, Terry’s chief domestic duty was shooting at a mark on the family barn with a Derringer! None the less did Mrs. Terry love her poultry yard, nor were the fowls lacking in their manifes- tations of welcome at her presence with their alloted meals, *The judge’s pets were the dogs, horses and stock of Jersey cows. His stables were his principal concern. The spirited thoioughbreds resented hand- liug by any but their master, who had raised and trained them all from early coltage. “‘The extensive flower-beds around the house received the joint attention of the judge and his SHlsNara they never tired of the charge. Flowers were in profusion about the house as well as without. Especially was this the case in their dining-room, which was a ver- itable conservatory with its plants in all stages of blossoming. This caring for their pots and flowers was invaria- bly an after-breakfust occupation for the two. and when fulfilled they would drive in a phaeton and ponies to the postoffice. The drive was sometimes extended to their 200-acre vineyard on the outskirts of the town. Returning home, the afternoon would be largely monopolized by the mail, in which Mrs. Terry often took quite as active a hand as her husbana. When her assistance was not essential her time was applted to some needle or fancy work demanded by the house. Dinner was usually pre- ceded by another drive behind the judge’s pair of fleet young Hambleton- iuns, and they were always nccompanied in these outings by their guest or guests of the dinner to follow. The Terry dinners were stately af- in the matter of cuisine, and the srevice strictly after the code. The good eating seemed to whet the judge’s sullies, and his wife was not slow in ad- ding her retorts. “Their home life was most interest- ing. Their evenings were spent quietly. Mrs. Terry played on the piano or harp and the judge remuined in his library, unless there were guests or callers, when the duty of entertaining them would ”principully devolve on Mrs. ry i But what about your thwarted stage presentations of Mrs, Terry?” inquired the reporter. “Four years ago,” replied Mr. Mac- Geachy, I happened to be in St. Louis at the time Judge Sullivan rendered his famous decision recognizing Mrs. Terry as the lawful wife of Senator Sharon. The finding was printed in full in the leading papers of that city, and occupied over two entire pages of of the paper. T reflected that the man or the woman who could command so much valuable space in the greatest paper: uch a city as St. Louis,and at such a tance as San Francisco, was good property to stage. Iaccordingly re- solved to proceed to San Francisco and secure Mrs, Sharon, as she was then named by the law, Within a few weeks I reached that city, and almost the first persou I addressed wasMrs. Sharon her- self. I called at her residence, a pleas- ant dwelling in the best section ot the city. A modest and rather attractive lady answered the bell, She said that Mrs, Sharon was in, and invited me to enter the parlor. On staling my mission to engage her for a lecture tour, she was highly amused. She said she had never addressed an audience in her life, and therefore could not undertake to do so,however she might be profited, At this stage Judge Terry appeared un- expectedly to view, and was introduced to me by Mrs. Sharon. He had been re- clining at full leugth on a lounge fn a dark recess of tne rear parlor. He threw such chilly water on my aspira- tion for Mrs, Sharon as & lecture star that I withdrew from the scene. A few days later | renewed the application without avail. A third, fourl‘l and fifth appeal were each in vain. 1 ultimately prevailed on her to engage herself on the terms of #3500 for each lecture. It was later on arranged that she should act instead. I cast her for Portia in The Merchant of Venice, engaged a com built scenery and secured thea- , the tour to begin at the Grand opera house at San Francisco, As Mrs, Sharon was 80 new to the stage I out down her part of Portia, confining it to the final acts. Iengaged Mr. Charles R. Thorne, sr., to coach her and pre- pare her for the general rehearsals. In time I placed my seats on sale to a brisk demand at even the advanced prices. The sale had hardly opened when Senator Sharon was announced as seriously ill. I told Mrs. Sharon that this illness was but a game of pos- sum to win public sympathy and preju- dice her sale of seats. The senator’s condition was bulletined worse and worse each day, and yet the sale kept up. When his death became inevita- ble and his illness was proven genuine, I stopped the sale at M»s. Sharon’s re- quest and cancelled all engagements of theaters and actors. Senator Sharon died on the afternoon of the very night Mrs. Sharon was to have maae her debut. She would have opened to over 84,000 that night and perhaps played to about $20,000 on the week. 1 was to give her $1,000 a mght and a third of the profits, I refused $5,000 for my prospective profits of the week’s busi- ness, and the same amount for the first night’s receipts, and $10,000 for the bal- ance of the week. Mrs. Sharon would not consent to my accepting the latter offers, believing that they emanated from Senator Sharon, who would close the house to the public and compel her to play to empty benches. I couid not persuade her to play to empty benchess for even the proffered $15,000. I felt that I could stand it if the senator was willing to pay for it. The senutor was likewise credited with having ap- proached several members of my com- pany seeking to buy them off to desert us on the opening night. Iif there was no vruth in this, its report had the desired demoralizing effect on the company all the same—each one regarding the other with mingled envy and suspicion. “A few weeks subsequent v Senator Sharon’s death Judge Terry married the widow. I accordingly abandoned the theatrical project and returned east,” ““But did you not recently undertake to bring thé lady before the public as a lecturer?” “Idid make the attemp$,” Mr. Mac- Geachy continued, “and in this in- stunce it was my own sudden sicknoss that made the effort a failure. I took sick the duy 1 was tostart from San Francisco to Fresno, from which place the tour was to begin. Suspecting that I had been bought off by the "Sharon estate, Mrs. Terry assumed the direc- tion of the tour herself, but owing to somo new turn her case had taken in the courts she was unable to open the tour.” “Had Judge Terry been atlast ro- conciled to the lecturing scheme?” the reporter asked. ‘The judge was as obdurate asever,” said Mr. MacGeachy. ‘It was only after repeated pleadings and affection- ate coaxing on the part of his wife that he yielded, and thison the condition that the tour should t extend beyond the state of California. He opposed the venture on the score that he was quite able to support his wife and the case against the Sharon estate also, Her argument, to the contrary, was that as the case had ught her an undesirable yet valuable publiecity that the same should be mude to meet the expensesof the case, If the Californian tour proved productive, it was du’i%uud that other states should be yisited.” “Is it true that Judge Terry was to lecture alternately with his \v{lu under your management?” “Only in the east, should the tour extend thither. Mrs. Terry and [ got the judge to promise that he would ac- company us and lecture in some of the principal cities. He used to laugh neartily over our preparations for the California tour, He regarded it a mere talk. He did not beli public were interested sufl 3 ion fee to hear her debate sndbard topic,” “Was Judge Terry wealthy?” “Tonly know that he owned a 2,000 acre ranch stocked with cattle, also a 200 ucre vineyard ana two fine resi- dences in Fresno, the latter with large arrounding grounds and located in the most valuable section of the town. The judge was ever reticent on his own af- imm, and Mrs. Terry emulatod his ex- ample. All that I know i acquired by their casual admissions.” ““What do you suppose will be the ef- fect of Judge Terry’s death on the case?” “I am not able to say, for the reason that the case was never at any time a tobic of discussion between the Terrys and myself. Indeed, it was difficult to realizeé when visiting them, that they were such central figures in agrentlaw=- suit. They never spoke of the matter to any one at home. Public sentiment, 1 see, is againstthem. But there is this in their favor that they were actuated by human impulses in whatever they aid that appeared unwise or ill-ten pered. She was wrapt up in her case— it was her very existence. He was de- votad to her and loyal to her. “As I happened to know well the bet= ter side of Judge Terry’s character in regard to his wife, his enjoyment of home, his modesty, his abllity, his in- tegrity [ must be pardoned for speal ing in his favor as I have done. Mr. Terry’s personal traits resemble her husband’s in that she is a clever womun of the strictest honor, high pride, re- tiring but fearless, There is not the slightest doubtin my mind but that she will be equal to the present emergency and pursue the Sharon estate to the lust with the same extraordinary pluck she has done in the past fi surs.”’ -~ Dr. J, H. 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