The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 28, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DATLY CALL—48 per year by mail; by carrier, 15¢ per w ¥ CALL—$1.50 per year. CKLY CALL—$1.50 per year. The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Dally and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander bullding, Rose and Dusne streets, New York. THURSDA MARCH 28, 1895 Let the newspapers be manly. Whenever you see a shop displaying Cal- ifornia goods patronize it. Few men can play a lone hand in the game of life, but any man can assist. No one need fear prosecution for stealing cobblestones or killing silurians with them, He who would uphold public morals and the spirit of the law will not promote lot- teries in any way. When you patronize home industries you turn your money loose within reaching tance of your own shop. The building of the competing railroad not only be good business itself, but help to make other business good. The Nevada City Transcript appreciates the efforts of the OArL to place reliable correspondents in all sections of the State. Eastern papers are announcing that the backbone of winter is broken, but we ob- serve no deformity in the weather out here. will will The only way to prevent England from trampling on the Monroe doctrine in Vene zuela is for Uncle Sam to stand firmly on it himself. The King of Spain is a baby, but it is said the Queen has black eyes and a slight mustache, so Uncle Sam had better look out a little. The Napa Journal is jubilant over the prospect that the San Joaquin Valley Railroad may be the beginning of a new overland line. The Corning Observer calls attention to an important fact, namely: that the re- ports of the injury done by the frost were greatly exaggerated. Artist Whistler's mouth is all a-pucker since the rendering of the court decision that he must keep his contract to paint Lady Eden’s portrait. The attempt of the Salvation Army to purify New York by converting the police is like trying to clear up a dark night by reaching for the stars. Watching the efforts of St. Louis to en- force a Sunday law is giving Chicago more fun than she has had since the closing of the Midway Plaisance. Amid the silence of the Democratic camp there can be heard the muffled sound of some fellow sawing wood to make Whitney a candidate for President in 1896. No less than twenty-five women edit newspapers in Kansas, and not a single one of them has ever been accused of pub- lishing all she heard at a tea party. A wife-murderer has so little time be- tween the murder and his suicide in which 0 enjoy the freedom of a widower that the initial killing seems hardly worth while. Spain has at least some show of reason for being suspicious of American ships, for every newspaper in the country is ex- pressing sympathy with the Cuban revolt. The Santa Rosa Republican gives the as- surance that the people of Sonoma County are delighted to have the industries of that county adequately advertised by the CaLr. It now turns out that the farmers who made themselves so unhappy over the recent visitation of frost were mnot so far out in the cold as they thought they were. ‘When Mr. Huntington, who is on his way hither, arrives he will find a much larger indictment awaiting him than any that a United States Grand Jury can pre- sent. If Japan expects to profit much by the $250,000,000 indemnity she demands from China she had better have attorneys’ fees and bankers’ commissions put in as an extra. It is announced that the window-glass manufacturers in the East have formed a trust, but itought to be easy for the public to see through it unless they pull down the blinds. The refusal of Mrs. Lease to be a candi- date for Mayor in Wichita, Kans., is one of the best possible proofs of the moderating effect of the California climate on all kinds of asperities. Sooner or later our estimable contem- porary, the Los Angeles FEzpress, falling into line with the other papers of the City of Angels, will begin to express a good opinion of S8an Francisco, for really we are deserving it. In Wisconsin they do not propose to al- low girls under 18 years of age to teach school, but of course such a law could not prevail in this State, for some of our best teachers haven’t been more than 18 for the past ten years. The barbers ought to be the best judges of the righteousness of the law requiring barber-shops to close on Sunday, and they ‘want the Governor to sign the bill or show cause why he should not get into a scrape with the fraternity. Oregon has set Californla an example in turning the egg tide against the East: According to the Pendleton Oregonian, eggs are now shipped East, whereas a few years ago Eastern eggs were sold in Ore- gon. If the California hens should de- velop a patriotism equal to that prevalent in the barnyards of Oregon we should be content to crack our own shells. 1t affords us pleasure to acknowlegge the kindly hint from the Stockton Independent that the woolen-mills of that city ought to be patronized by Californians. Employ- ing as they do nearly 200 operatives and turning out a product of the value of $500,000 annually, these mills certainly do sufficient to keep us free from freezing under the presence of silurians. A Mrs. Kershner of Coffey County, Kans., has distinguished herself by send- ing a petition to the “‘Governor of the United States” for a bounty of $1000 for the raising of thirteen children. Of course there is no Governor of the United States | and no bounty for babies, but Mrs. Kersh- aer should have known that if she raised shirteen she would be out of luck. PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT. Shippers who want to help themselves and California and lend encouragement to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad are now given an opportunity to do so. Elsewhere in this issue we announce a plan whereby this may be done. TheCaLn will present to the shippers of the San Joaquin and Santa Clara valleys and to the merchants of San Francisco, Oakland and the other cities touched by the road a pledge, by the signing of which they will agree to ship over the new road for a term of five years, at rates as low asor lower than those now charged. These signatures will constitute a roll of honor, which the Cary will publish. The names of those who fear injury from such pub- lication will be withheld. The statistical information thus secured will be of great value to the promoters of the new railroad, and will demonstrate the wisdom of an investment in the shares of the company. Here is an opportunity for men to show manhood and patriotism. Every shipper who signs this pledge places himself on the roll of those who want to see California free and prosperous. SAN JOSE'S PROPOSITION. The showing made by the representa- tives of San Jose in favor of a route for the San Joaquin Valley Railroad through Santa Clara County will be a hint to Stockton that a very able and enterprising competitor is in the field, armed with arguments that must serye to put Stockton on its mettle. These arguments were Te- ported in the CALL of yesterday. In brief they were that $148,000 has been already subscribed, and that $300,000 could be as- sured; that Santa Clara County alone can furnish produce to load a daily train of twenty-five cars without including in- coming freight and the local shipments from outside towns; that at least 75 per cent of the rightof way will be donated; that although the county has been devel- oped to a remarkable degree, its industries are as yet only in their infancy, and that within three to five years, judging future development by the experience of the past, the production of the county will be doubled, possibly quadrupled; that a delay in the construction of a road will increase the difficulty of securing a right of way; that the selection of China Basin, San Francisco, for a terminus makes the San Jose route the easy and natural choice; that in theevent of running a line down the coast from San Francisco to Santa Cruz the terminal facilities at China Basin will serve for it as well as for the San Jose line; that by reason of the comparatively dense population of Santa Clara County the pas- senger traffic will be heavy; that the county attaches no conditions to its sub- scription, other than that the road shall traverse it. In addition to these matters, attention was called to the fact that the Fresno and Monterey road, with all its contracts, right of way and other privileges, can be bought for a reasonable sum, and that its connec- tion at Fresno with the 8an Joaquin Valley road would be an important consideration in a transcontinental project, which the Santa Fe Company is doubtless willing to support. This is a very important showing, and with regard to the assertions concerning the volume of traffic that may be now secured the committee supported them with figures. Nor did they leave out of the account such evidences of thrift, pros- perity and enterprise as are observable in the high perfection to which horticulture has been carried in the county, in the per- fect order in which the roads are kept, in the beauty of the cities and towns of the valley, and in the pride which the people take in utilizing to the fullest extent within their power all the wonderful natural ad- vantages and beauties with which the county has been blessed. Altogether the showing is a very strong one, and it has been made by earnest and intelligent men. No doubt Stockton will read the report of the meeting with great interest and profit and will strive earnestly to offer even stronger inducements. Thus a friendly rivalry is established ; and while it will be conducted on manly and gener- ous lines, each of the parties to it will appreciate the vital interests that are in- volved in the struggle. If San Jose wins the fight it will still have such advantage as may come from its being on the main overland passenger route of the Southern Pacific when the line from San Luis Obispo to Santa Barbara shall have been com- pleted. Stockton already has both the Southern Pacific and the Sacramento River to haul its products to the ocean. Itis evident to both cities, however, that the one which secures the valley road will quickly double its importance, and that the owners of its real estate will soon see the value of their holdings doubled. Itis largely for these men to show the true spirit of enterprise and demonstrate their right to the benefits which come from its exercise. The CALL urges most strenuously that both roads be built. Both are needed; either would accomplish as much good as the other, and together they would more than double the benefits of either. Let the iron be struck while it is hot. Let the latent wealth “of these two splendid sec- tions be coined into dollars and poured into the fund of the State’s prosperity. THE JAPANESE INDEMNITY. While England and Russia may be deeply concerned in the demands for ter- ritory which Japan may make upon China, our interest in the treaty of peace will be centered almost wholly upon the amount of money indemnity demanded and the settlement of the question whether it is to be paid in silver'or gold. If it is to be paid in the white metal, our silver miners will have a better market for their product, but if it is demanded in gold, a new pressure will be put upon our financial system and the monetary crisis will be rendered more acute than ever. It is reported that the indemnity to be demanded will be about $250,000,000. This sum, however, may be increased if for any reason Japan is induced to yield any por- tion of her demand for Chinese territory. Even the sum stated, however, is a large one when computed on the basis of the value of money in the Orient. It would be more difficuit for China to pay that amount than for the United States to pay $1,000,000,000, and whether demanded in silver or gold, she will have to borrow it from other countries. The United States will, in probability, furnish the greater portion of the bullion, no matter which metal is demanded, and our interest in the question, therefore, is almost s direct as that of the parties to the treaty. It has been asserted by some financial authorities that the indemnity would be more profitable to Japan as well as easier for China if paid in silver rather than in gold. If the Japanese can be convinced of the truth of that theory it will be to our advantage, and perhaps to the world gen- erally, by advancing the price of silver. At any rate it appears that Japan has it in her power to materially affect the whole civil- ized world, since it seems to be certain that a persistency on her part in demanding gold, would so increase the price of that metal as to precipitate a return to bi- metallism as the only means of escaping a universal financial panic. THE CALL AND THE EXAMINER. ‘While the publication in the CALL yester- day of a long editorial from the Ezaminer ‘was something of a departure from conven- tional journalism, it was in strict accord- ance with the policy which the Carr has formulated for itself and intends torpursue steadfastly. We aim to work in harmony with all who are endeavoring to advance the wel- fare of the State. We aim, moreover, to reproddce in our columns extracts from our contemporaries sufficient to make our readers acquainted with the drift of public sentiment on all subjects of current in- terest. In carrying out this 2im we would fall far shortof our purpose if we com- mended only such efforts as are made out- side the City, or republished only the edi- torials of outside newspapers. San Fran- cisco is primarily our field ;and we will as cordially approve, indorse and make known what is done here as we will what is done elsewhere. In the case in point, the Ezaminer has certainly done well, and when takenin con- nection with the liberal offer of Mr. Hearst to subscribe $1000 to the competing road for every $10,000 subscribed to it through the agency of his paper, it became one of the most impressive local events of the day. Taken as a news item therefore the edi~ torial in question deserved a republica- tion; and while it is not customary for a newspaper to republish the leading articles of another paper in the same city, we know of no reason why the custom should be honored to the exclusion of news. We will always give approval to one of our contemporaries in San Francisco as readily as to one across the continent, and we will give that approval frankly and with due credit. We regard the custom which some papers have of alluding to | another paper in the same city by the indefinite title of ‘“a contemporary,” whenever they have occasion to refer to it, as a bit of silliness unworthy of jour- nalism, hardly better, in fact, than the in- cessant recriminations that at one tiie disgraced it. Standing in this, as in all things, for the welfare of the State, the CarL will give full honor and credit to all who seek to pro- mote that welfare. We will not oppose anything simply because another paper has advocated it, nor will we seek to under- rate the value of the advocacy. We wish to see all Californians working together for the general good, and all our contempo- raries in the City will find us cordially co- operating with them to that end. POSSIBLY AN INADVERTENCE. Apparently the methods of journalism introduced by the CALL are quite novel in these parts. It has so long been the cus- tom (if our surmise be correct) to mention only those private enterprises which pay for being made thus conspicuous, that when a journal whose first aim is to help everything that helps the State happens to say a kindly word that might incidentally benefit some one, the inquiry seems to be natural, “How much was paid for it?” If, on this basis,a computation should be made of the money which the CavLL should have received according to established methods, it might be assumed that the revenues of the paper are immeasurably great. It has doubtless been a surprising discovery to many who have already re- ceived these benefits that the CaLn has not asked them for money and that it has no intention to present a bill for its services. In the pursuit of its purpose to be help- ful to all useful citizens and enterprisesthe Carw has been publishing special articles descriptive of the enterprises of various sections of the State. For this work con- siderable pains have been taken to secure writers who could be depended upon for honesty as well as accuracy. We believe that if in some minor particulars these cor- respondents prove inaccurate, reasons other than a lack of homesty might be sought. These remarks have been called out by the following introduction which the Calis- togian, a bright paper published at Calis- toga, Sonoma County, has made to the Cary’s article descriptive of some of Sonoma County’s attractions: Below we give some extracts from a letter written to the San Francisco CALL by one of its own reporters who visited our town recently and who saw our advantages as they really exist. We regret that the reporter’s knowledge of our surroundings was so limited, but judge that the write-ups were according to the cash received. As this is the first of our interior ex- changes to cast a slur on our attempt to add our own efforts to theirs in the com- mendable work of making their attractions and resources known, we desire to say now that we take all reasonable precautions to tell the truth, and that if in the slightest regard we fail in the- undertaking we shall take it as far more gracious on the part of our contemporaries to aid us than to cast unjust aspersions on our efforts. They might well bear in mind the fact that every section of the State is so rich in nature’s bounties, and that these resources have responded so generously to individual efforts to develop them, that only the limitation of space in an issue of the CaLy prohibits the inclusion of all the good things that might be said. As to re- ceiving any remuneration for this service, apart from that which will come to the sections and industries described by mak- ing them widely known, it is utterly for- eign to the policy of the Cary; and if any newspaper knows of payment to a CiLy correspondent for this service, or if any person or company has paid, or shall be asked to pay in any way for it, the editor of the CALL will accept information of the fact as a special favor. ‘We believe that in time the policy of the Carz, which at present seems to be re- garded by many as peculiar, and perhaps revolutionary, will be accepted as the proper and manly course, and the only one that can help California and give ex- pression to the generosity and fellowship that exist among the best citizens of the State. THE “WEEKLY OALL" The home news of the Pacific Coast in condensed form is one of the main features of the new Weekly. Not only is every sec- tion of California represented, but atten- tion is given to general news from adjoin- ing States. A feature which never fails to attract the attention of lady readers is the department in which birth, marriage and death mno- tices from all over the coast are pub- lished. The farming and mineral interests re- ceive attention, as wsual, and a number of new departments Appear’in the issue of to- day, which is a valuable number to send to friends in the East. The subscription price of the Weekly is but §1 50 per annum, UP-TO-DATE IDEAS. A correspondent of M. Gaston Tissandier, editor of La Nature, sent him recently from Batavia a small number of dry pods having the forfa and color; of miniature cigars about 3 centimeters (1} inches) long. These little pods bave the singular property of exploding with a noise when they are placed in & vessel of water- A drinking-glass suffices. 1f one of the pods is left thus it floats quietly on the water for two, three, five minutes or more, when it suddenly bursts with violence, throwing out one of its two valves, as well as most of the seeds that it contains. Itis not necessary to say that this bursting is due to elasticity. The Acanthacec, the family to which they belong, have fruits composed of two carpels, ‘Whose opening at maturity takes place from above downward, disclosing two divergent crescents [see illustration] and proceeding from & common point. When the fruits ripen on the plant the open- ing takes place with a slight noise and part of the seeds are thrown out, but much less vio- lently than when the pod is placed on water. ‘The liquid in the last case is absorbed easily by the dry but permeable tissue of the surface of the fruit, especially along the grooves that correspond to the lines of separation of the two valves. Now, as the internal tissue is hard and Wwoody, as it is not in equilibrium with the ex- EXPLOSIVE PODS OF THE JUSTICIA. ternal tissue, which is being quickly softened, the tension exerted by the former leadstos violent bursting. The seeds themselves are not altogether with- out interest. As soon as they are in contact with the water epidermic cellules, forming a sort of case, appear at once around each of them. These take the form that they have when the fruit is fresh; they are wucilaginous and cause the seeds to stick to whatever they touch. In the vegetable kingdom there are found a certain numberfof fruits that explode by vari- ous processes and that belong to divers fami- lies. Their rupture hes for its object the dis- semination of the seeds. It is remarkable among the balsams, named by the botanists be- cause of this fact, Impatiens. Many legumin- ous plants are in the same class, and also cer- tain plants of the gourd family. Finally, the Sablier (Hura crepitans) of the family of Eu- phorbiaces [the Spurge family] opens its fruit with such force as to break iragile objects within reach of its earpels, which it hurls in all directions. The new fruits described in this article seem to belong to the genus Justicia and probably to the species of Justicia grandi- flora, as well as it is possible to judge from the capsules alone. This phenomenon perhaps takes place also with other fruits of the Acan- thus family. PERSONAL. 8. R. Murdock of Colusa is at the Palace. George East of Los Augeles is a guest at the Palace. Sam Rainey, the politician, was in the city yesterday. A. L. Hart, an attorney of Sacramento, is at the Grand. H. Manor, 2 merchant of Williams, is a guest at the Grand. J. A. Thompson of Mill Valley registered at the California. J. D. Grant of Healdsburg was at the Cali- fornia yesterday. J. D. Black and family of Salinas are regis- tered at the Palace. C. L. Hatfiel], an aftorney of Sacramento, is registered at the Lick. N. A. Roth, a merchant of Santa Monica, was at the Grand last night. George J. Leidig, the hotel man of the Yo- semite, is at the Occidental. George Fletcher, & mining man of Grass Val- ley, is registered at the Palace. James E. Mills, a mining engineer of Quincy, registered at the Occidental last night. Albert Hansen, a Seattle merchant with a branch house in Portland, is at the Lick. Colonel Park Henshaw, a prominent attor- ney of Chico, is at the Occidental with his wife. T. E. Stillman of the firm of Stillman & Hub- bard, the New York attorneys, is at the Palace. R. H. Beemer of Woodland, a member of the State Board of Equalization, was at the Lick last night. 8. M. Damon, a partner in the banking-house of Charles R. Bishop & Co. of Honolulu, and one of the leaders in the overthrow of the mon- archy, is at the Occidental. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMUROUS- “Sirrah,” remarked the Sultan, “my first wife and I are one.” The court mathematician bowed low in affirm- ation, “Well,” proceeded his Majesty, “how about me and my second wife?"” “You are another.” promptly rejoined the man of science. Whereat divers high functionaries made shift to leave the apartment, not deeming it good politics to give their puissant sovereign the he ha to his face.—Detroit Tribune. Uncle Sam—Well, I guess I'll be tannin’ the jackets of these pesky Spaniards for firin’ on my ships and endangering the lives of my subjects— John Bull—-Hi'll be thumpin’ the lives hout of the bloody Yankees for killin’ my subjects hat New Horleans— Humbert—I demanda da satisfaction for da murder of my subjects at-a da New Orleans and-a da Colorado— Nicholas—I must squeeze the presumptous neck of Japan— Wilhelm—As all the rest of the nations seem determined to fight I shall turn my attention to aghiculture.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mrs. Westside—I hear that Charlie Knicker- bocker is going to get married on the 25th. Mr. Westside—Yes, he has only got three more days. Little Tommy (who has been reading about an execution)—The last three days they give him everything to eat that ne calls for, don’t they, pa?—Texas Siftings. Waiter—Did you get everything you ordered? Patron—Well, no. Imuffed that apple dump- ling.—Detroit Free Press. Customer—A table d’hote dinner, including & bottle of good wine, for 75 cents? Yes, that's cheap enough, but I don’t care for any wine and I can’t afford it. How much will it be without the wine? Watier—I'll do what’s right with you, boss. You can have the dinner-without the wine for 70 cents, sah.—Chicago Tribune. —_——— PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Rudyard Kipling has been admiring our new ‘warships, apparently from choice. Generally hiscountrymen have had to.—Chicago Times- Herald. It is not generally known that William R. Morrison of Illinois was a California forty- niner. In a letter to afriend in El Paso, Tex., Mr, Morrison says that he was one of the party which left Independence, Mo., in 1849 ona wagon-journey to the Pacific Coast. Henry M. Stanley ran for Parliament and was badly beaten, Ditto William Morris, the poet. Now Rider Haggard is about to tempt fate. HERR SCHEEL EXPLAINS HIS MIS- SION IN THIS CITY. Lovers of music have repeatedly expressed the wish to me that a Conservatory of Music be founded in the city of San Francisco. During a year’s sojourn here I have had ample oppor- tunity to observe and study the musical and theatrical situation under existing conditions, and I have come to the conclusion that the term ‘‘conservatory,” in its strictest sense, is not applicable to a school of the musical art such as I would call into life here. The name conservatory implies 4t once the field in which an institute of this character must become active. It is called upon to maintain the classical nature of & fully developed style of the art; to conserve it, by fostering and caring for the works that constitute it. Particularly i'n the manner of the proper rendition will this be all essential. In short, the conservatory must take upon itself the duty of jen]o,xsly guarding the masters of an age, or & time, ‘whose works have passed through a certain art period, from its prime to its closing classical stage. The European conservatories, as those of Na- ples, Milan, Paris, Leipzic, etc., conserve and foster what their great operatic stages had pre- viously developed into a classical form through direct, continuous and individual effort. San Francisco has not had a fixed operatic stage, and there is consequently no necessity for the cultivation of a classical style, which has not been able to develop by reason of the greater demands made upon the utilitarian sides of its vigorous and active life. We can readily comprehend this at a time when an oc- casional operatic ensemble visits our city. We are then brought face to face with the fact that we are called upon to listen not to the master composers themselves, but to the manner in which their compositions are rendered. The very considerable and incomparable in- fluence which the stage has obtained upon the mind and taste of the public, standing asit does almost alone in furnishing a meansof uninterrupted artistic entertainment, cannot leave us in doubt for a single moment that the institution which we have in mind should sim to introduce theatrical and classic choral pro- ductions for the stage rather than the orches- tra. It has been sufficiently proved that what- ever efforts have been brought forward to cul- tivate the musical taste and to lead itinto more serious and nobler channels by means of orchestral productions, the effects have been neutralized and blurred by the overruling in- fluence of the theater; and it clearly follows that again through the stage only cen we ex- pect to reach the public and inculcate that taste for the finer qualities and nobler senti- ments required to respond to the musicofa higher order. Acknowledging the courtesies of the Metro- politan Musical Society, the Philharmonic Or- chestra. the Ladies’ Orchestra, as well as those of my numerous collesgues, such as the Messrs. Kelley, Zach Jr., Vogt, Fleischmann and others, who have interested themselyes in the most unselfish manner in my behalf to induce me to remain here, I have finally concluded to devote myself to the culture of the musical art in San HERR SCHEEL. Francisco and to organize a choral and orches- tral school, the object of which shall be to de- velop a taste leading to the clear comprehen- sion of the classical rendition of the works of our great master COmposers. This school shall be intended to afford the means for a thorough musical education; it must teach musical science in general; it must offer the advantages of a partial training in practical harmony; it must qualify the student to entertain musical thought, i. e., he must be enabled to conceive melodious progress, rhythm, interval, chord, ete., without the aid of the ear and the extraneous influence of some musical instrument. Music is the language of the soul: that langusge presupposes thought of wonderful subtilty,and it is that thought for which the mind must be qualified, which it must be trained to grasp aud comprehend. In the first place, the manner of singing in chorus must be thoroughly cultivated; the aim should be to so incorporate the individual parts at disposal, that the whole should operate under the most advantageous conditions, ren- der every detail understandingly, and be enabled to cope with every musical difficuity; in that way will the participators finally be- come qualified to comprehend the choral com- Ppositions of the immortal masters of the world. In order to obtain results as set forth, three classes, or stages, in the manner of the Munich Choral School, will be organized, with the fol- lowing programme of instructions: 1. Class A—The elements of music and the “Treff” and rhythmical exercises of every kind connected therewith. Class B—The rendition of smaller pieces for practice, with particular attention to a clear intonation and the achieve- ment of & beautiful sound or tone. 2. Class A—Recapitulation of the general principles of music, combined with the first be- ginning of the science of harmony. Class B— Chorsolfeggien, sung in parts, of severe as well as freer composition, with particular attention to a true artistic shading. Class C—Study of voceal compositions in several parts. 3. Class A—Chorsolfeggien, of greater diffi- culty. B—The study of extensive choral com. position, with or withoutaccompaniment, with particular attention to the proper conception of the theme to which expression is given. That considerable may be accomplished in this way I am well able to assert from my act- ual experience with an enterprise of this kind. An organization founded some years ago by the author in Chemnitz called the Bachgesells- chaft, containing 600 members, followed a se- ries of studies as indicated above, and the re- sults were so gratifying that the soclety was finally looked upon as a standard in the line of choral productions in Germany, causing Sarasate, Wilhemi and others to remark that it had become a matter of pride for every solo- ist of note to be able to say that he had made his debut before the Bachgesellschaft in Chem- nitz. In this connection it may be said that the singing of our schools and the popular song, the melody of our people, may be raised to a higher standard. And it is also my intention to start a children’s choral class, in which boys and girls who have attained the age of 10 years may participate. It is not necessary to state that it shall bemy duty to engage the very best teachers as assist- ants in this work. The orchestral school shall include instruc- tion upon ell musical instruments, and will constitute the orchestra for the vocal composi- tions to be studied. t/’a%u elly To Honor Bismarck. A celebration in honor of Prince Bismarck will be held under the auspicesof the Verein Eintracht, Monday evening next, at Eintracht Hall, 237 Twelith street. Senator Telleris quite proud of & new paper weight which has been given tohim. Itisa block of standard-fine silyer inscribed: ‘Six- teen ounces Colorado silver,” upon which is fixed a block of gold inscribed: “An ounce Arizona Gold.” Goa Marie Brema, an English girl who never knew that she possessed a voice till five years ago, has proved the most popular of all Walter Damrosch’s Wagnerian singers. The Eastern papers are, some of them, talking as if New York had discovered Miss Brema, but the fact is that she was a great favorite both in Eng- land and Germany before singing in America atall. Recently she created the role of the evil spirit in Dr. Hubert Parry’s oratorio, “King Saul,” and won golden opinions from the English press. It was Henschel, oncea great Wagnerian singer himself, who heard Miss Brema sing at the house of a mutual friend in 1890, and persuaded her to adopt the career of a vocalist. She made her debut the next year in London, and her marvelous con- tralto voice created a furor, but Brema MARIE BREMA AS ORTRUDE. wanted to go on the stage, and would have given up vocal work if some one had not sug- gested that opera was her proper sphere. She made her debut in London as Lola in the “Cav- alleria,” and appeared later as Orpheo in Gluck’s opera. Soon Frau Wagner heard of the new genius and sent for her to Bayreuth to sing Ortrude with Madame Nordica as Elsa. She also appeared as Kundey. The elder Salvini, speaking of her in the role of Ortrude, said: “She is as I would have taught her to be, and her voice it is still singing to me.” Brema ap- pears to be as successful in concert as in opera, and she sings with equal ease in English, French, German and Italian. She is delighted with her American success, but she will not stay long in this country at present, as she is engaged by Sir Augustus Harris for London in May, and in June goes to Bayreuth to study the Trilogy witn Frau Wagner for 1896. Loie Fuller, the great serpentine dancer, who has had hats, dresses, silks and writing paper named after her, has just appeared at the Comedie Parisien in a new piece, “Salome,” the music of which was composed expressly for her by M. Pierne. The spectacle has only four characters. Salome, Herod, Herodias and John the Baptist. To make Loie Fuller dance on the mimic scene having for a subject the decapitation of John the Baptist is an idea that certainly would not have struck every ome. The poets have tried to redecm the character of Salome by making her dance, not to secure the head of the saint, but to save it from being decapitated by Herod. The Comedie Parisien is aregular bonbon box of & theater and the funereal subject seems out of place in it, but the music is striking and the dancing is mar- velous. Loie uses a number of saffron-colored veils which seem to flame under the eleetric light and give her the appearance of dancing in the midst of fire. It was Loie Fuller who set the fashion in London of having her serpen- tine dances utilized by advertisers, and now she has taken the fashion to Paris, but what an incongruity to see Salome dancing before Herod while the lime-lights throw on her skirts such advertisements as “No more influ- enza; War to La Grippe!” Noah Brandt’s pretty little opera “Captain Cook,” which was written some time ago, is to be produced in the near future, either at the California or the Baldwin Theater, probably the latter. If the work is well mounted and sung it ought to create a very favorable im- pression, for the music is bright and tuneful, and there is abundant opportunity for scenic display. The action is supposed to pass in the Hawaiian Islands, in the time of the historic Captain Cook, and in one of the scenes there is a grand voleanic eruption, which destroys a native temple. Several of the themes are written in imitauon of the lovely Hawaiian melodies. A chorusof nearly forty voices has been rehearsing *‘Captain Cook” for two months, under the direction of Noah Brandt and Martin Schulz. The part of the Princess Ia Ia will be taken by Mrs. Eva Tenny, Mrs. Madden is the contralto,J. F. Fleming will sing the role of Captain Cook, J. M. Hynes that of the King, C. L. Parent tekes the part of Koko Bola, and Frank Coffin impersonates Princess IaIa’s native lover. “La Maladetta” has just been sung for the first time in Ttaly and has obtained a great suc- cessat the Seala. M. Gailhard, the director of the Paris Opera-house, and his collaborator, M. Vidal, were present at the performance. Miss Carlotta Brianza, the star of the Scala, te- ceived a perfect ovation. This is only another proof of the liberality of the Italiansin art. Although they have a number of rising com- posers of their own, the works of French com- posers have recently received the most enthu- siastic receptions all over Italy. Verdi, on the other hand, seems to be the only Italian com- poser who can get a favorable hearing in Paris. Sonzogno, who has recently produced so many French operas at the Scala and elsewhere, will probably have to abandon his projected season of Italian opera in Paris, owing to the strong opposition the scheme has met with. England is to have quite a wave of distin- guished Continental conduetors this season. William Kes, the eminent conductor of Am- sterdam, will replace Mr. Henschel; Dr. Richter will give his usual concerts; Herr Motel and Siegtried Wagner are also to reappear, and the British public will see for the first time Herr Levi of Bayreuth and Herr Nikisch, who is said—barring Richter—to be the greatest con- ductor of them all. It was said for some time after Nikisch had left Boston and gone to Hungary that he was discontented and would willingly have returned to America, but now that he is coming so much to the front there is little probability that Boston will ever get him back again. Paner, the present conductor of the Boston symphony orchestrs, is very unpop- ular, and his concerts in New York this year have proven a financial failure. Itis an extraordinary thing thatin the way of concerts it never rains but it pours in San Francisco. A week, nay, two or three weeks sometimes go by without a concert of any note, and then it invariably happens that two or three come on the same night. For instance, there were five clear nights on which concerts might have been given this week. Why, there- fore, have the university boys, the friends of Professor Charles Goffrie and the Menfields all fixed upon Fridey night? The university combination concert at the Auditorium seems to have been first in the field. Oscar Hammerstein hes engaged the French singer, Yvette Guilbert, for the Olympia, at the extraordinary salary of $3000 a week. Shewill make her first appearance at the opening of that house. Yvette is only a music hall singer, but she is unique in her way,and can play upon the feelings of her audience as easily as a pianoforte virtuoso plays on his instrument. In Paris and London she carries all before her, but in Naples recently she was hissed off the stage. The French papers said it was because she did not wear diamonds. Manuel Gareia, the dean among teachets of the pure Italian method of voice production, has just published a book called “Hints on Singing,” which has been translated into English by Beata Garcia. The aged maestro to whom so many successful teachers and singe ers owe their knowledge, regrets the decay the florid school of singing, on grounds which are well set forth, and even goes so far as to aver that ‘singing is becoming as much a losg art as the manufacture of mandarin china oe the varnish used by the old masters.” Signor Garcia concludes sarcastically by deseribing the modern declamatory style as nearly always monosyllabic and almost entirely excludin vocalization. M. Gunzbourg, the director at M Carlo, 1s making & very remarkable. record for himself. With limited resources and on atiny stage, he succeeds in giving during the season more novelties than the two opera-houses of Paris put together. This curled and frizzled Russian, guided by his taste—and also by the desire ‘to do what no one else does—gathers together a troupe of stars, rehearses h chorus and orchestra, and succeeds in - ing results that should make other conductorg ponder. An opera based on Sir Walter Scott's novel “Kenilworth.” the music being from the pen of Herr Oscar Klein, has been produced with much success in Hamburg. It is the first work of the young composer, who is an American, though of German parentage. Madame Sembrich, who is to appear at Coveny Garden this year, after an absence of ten years from the London stage, is an expert violinist, while as & pianist, she was, twenty years ago, a pupil of Liszt. Itisrare to find a great singer who is also & musician. Mlle Calve has recovered from her encounter with the footpad in Madrid and has now gone to sing in St. Petersburg. When she returns to Paris it will be to rehearse Paul Vidal's “La Guernica.” A young Spanish pianist, Ricardo Vines, wha has recently played in Paris, is spoken of in terms of almost extravagant praise by the French papers. Edouard Remenyi, who is on his farewell tour, will give his concert at Stockwell's Thee ater on Wednesday evening, April 3. A very successful concert has been given in Paris for the benefit of the Liszt monument a$ Weimar. 3 Emile Bruguire Jr. is said to be at work upon & comic opera. J.Burk is the author of the book. AROUND THE CORRIDORS. «I see that my friend Colonel Billy McMillan, Assemblyman from Storey County, is in the, city,” said Colonel K. B. Brown at the Palncd Hotel last night. “Colonel McMillan is & member of the Nevada Legislature, and, as in duty bound, he eame down to see me and the Test of the boys after the adjournment the other day. He was telling me about the way they played horsesin Carson during the latter part of the session. One day when the Ase sembly met there was no quorum present, The rolicall showed Assemblymen Beck, Constant, Flannigan, Hogan, MeNaughton, Pitt and Stanley absent. Mr. Allen moved that the chief clerk be made deputy sergeants at-arms to go after Sergeant-at-Arms Flanner Just at that moment Mr. Flannery appeared af the bar of the House with McNaughten, Fla nigan, Pitt and Constant. They were fined each. A moment later Sergeant-at-Arms F nery presented Mr. Hogan, who made an elo« quent speech pleading to have the fine re« mitted. He was fined $1 25. After)that Ser- geant-at-Arms Flannery was fined $1!.4 On the motion of Mr. Allen the fund thusfrealized was appropriated for the purpose of buying candy to be given to thechildren of the orphan asylum. Thatis the kind of ‘horseplay’ I like to see,” said Colonel Brown. *‘It pleased them, helped the orphans to a few morsels of sweet- meats and didn’t hurt anybody.” “I surprised Claus Spreckels about a year ago,” said Postmaster McCoppin- yesterday to a group of interested listeners from the Federal departments who had gathered at the Sparta about noontime. “Mr. Spreckels while in a general conversation asked me if T had heard of a place called Cnina Basin. “ < think I have,’ I said, ‘and it would be 0dd if I hadn’t, for I made it.” “With that he took me by the lapel of the coat and led me to one side to learn all sbout it. This was before the San Joaquin Valley Railroad had ever been mentioned, but the old gentleman knew the available terminal points along the front before he ever said competing road to anybody. “When Henry Haight was the chief executive I was appointed to act with the Governor as a commission in setting aside those inlets, bays and basins along the water front that might, in time, prove valuable to the State for dockage purposes. “Then we marked out the India Basin and the Mission Bay and the China Basin and the rest of them. But I never dreamed that I ‘was helping to reserve a deposit site for a raile road to be built by the people. Imustsaw though, that I could not have hoped see it serve & nobler or & better purpose.” There are three distinguished ex-Chilean naval officers at the Palace in the persons of Emilo J. Garin, late commander of the Im- perial, one of the three vessels which remained loyal to Balmaceda during the revolutiong Lieutenant Frederick Valderrama and Lieu tenant Alberto Vargas. The last named was the second officer in command of the Chilean torpedo-bodt which came near sending the United States steamship San Francisco to the bottom in the harbor of Iquique in 1891, when she was mistaken for the Esmeralda. Thesa Japan, where they were engaged to deliver the Esmeralda by & contract made with the repre- sentatives of the Government of Ecuador, who purchased the vessel. Commander Garin is much put ont by published charges that he failed to pay the crew which accompanied him on that trip, and exhibits receipts irom every member of the same in refutal of the allega~ tion. J. R. de la Mar, one of the best-known mining men in Colorado, is at the Palace. 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