The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 6, 1904, Page 8

T HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, /WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1904. INSTRUCT ) LA e The Use of the Pedal. BY ANICE TERHUNE Song r formerly Director of Music in the . Jobn the tist, New York. eht, 1904, by Joseph E tes.) It i time for our pupil to become familiar with the uses of the pedal To a beginner the temptation to use the loud pedal on each and every occas for he fondly imagines £ he covers up mistakes sion is sty and that ne that by so in playing me will be the wiser, but there is where he is entirely wrong. ‘The is not intended to wover up mists nor is It intended to increa the volu of sound at all. Its pole mission in life is to hold down - ) imm , course, thought out the best way to produce some certain effect that he had in mind at the time he originated | the composition, and the closer the pu- | pil gets to the idea of the composer the | more musiclanly does his rendition of | a piece become, The saft pedal is a more simple mat- ter, the principal trouble with regard to it being that people are aph to use it too much. This is unconscious lazi- | ness, for it is far easier, at first, to put the foot down firmly on the soft pedal when trying to play a pasgage softly and throw off all responsibility, leav- ing the foot comfortably planted on the long suffering pedal, until a point in the music is reached where an Increase in volume of sound is desired. This i8 | all wrong, for such a proceeding can bring forth but one result, and that is piano playing as mechanical as the music produced by a street plano. Al the light and shade should come from the musician's touch, from the soul back of the fingers, never from the contrasting effect of the “loud and soft pedal.” This is almost the only point which mechanical science hag been un- able to grapple with—as yet no one has been able to make an automatic piano that can reproduce real emotion. The mechanical contrivances seem per- fect in all but one thing—if a single | note is played =oftly all the others must be—one tone cannot be made to stand out, with the others as a background in fact, thére has never been invented a plano attachment that can make the music “sing.” Only the fingers can do that, and unless they do it inde- pendently of both pedals they gain no advantage over the mechanical adjust- ments now so frequently in use. Do not imagine for a moment that 1 do not believe in using the pedals. I do most decidedly, but as an adjunct effect is desired and a rough passage. Now we will turn our attention for a | few moments to the choice of music| for the student. [ It is as neepseary that a taste *for | good music be acquired by our mnv'l‘ it is that the student of Hh‘hl!ull“ shall profit by good reading matter If the boy i to develop a good mind | (muslcally speaking) his brain must be | fed with the proper music from the | very start. I 1t is not well to give a child music | that i beyond his comprehension men- | | tally, even if he ig by chance able to play the notes thereof, but in choosing for him alwaye choose something that o ¥ | | PROPER WAY TO HoOLD || FOOT ON PEDAL. - — | Eome note (or notes) the =ound of which « ' 1 nged In wher way (8 i= intended,to sustain sound, not to in- | 1 of Bach, Gluck, Handel and T wers there were | ' a consequently their all written without any | ustAin notes that are be tch of an ondinary hand. | ne stood for it- unknown, and the and other instru- h followed lays every clavichords &piy ments wh d in scope and in ion that the concentrate their for the center of the beauty in the fes therein contained, n the al effects metimes in in lay 2t = Nposers soul on the subject of the ¥int that must ion o: the pupil the foot must pedal whenever there £ chord in the music, This fmportant, as otherwise a dis ®ound is inevitable takes up the foot from conclusion of one it down again at the quite right, but the pupil 1 not to make a break in Touch the pedal a slight pressure to sustain even a If the pupil does this to change the pedal ot and then drop it ther i= that be 1 the the v n Nghtly with the usi £ foot 1 that 1 tone and rememby (that ie a very | i, vats up he ped n) each time the chor n ere will be no trouble whatey not put the pedal on at - + { | | | | : | | | | | | —— e 4 WRONG WAY OF HOLDING FOOT ON PEDAL. : i { - i * *he same titme you strike the chord— “he pedal is of use only when the mu- sician’s hand has left the chord (or note): consequently do not press the pedal until the hand is about to leave the keyboard, and when it (the pedal) i= once “on” leave it on umtil the hand descends once more to strike another chord. In this way most beautiful ef- fecte may be accomplished, and the tone given out will have almost the fuliness and =onority of that produced by & pipe organ, The pedal i= al=o & great help (when used in this way) In “broken chords,™ where a harplike effect is desired. Again 1 would refer the pupil to Pa- derewski. His pedaling is the most marvelous thing imaginable, his feet sceming to move almost as rapidly ae his hands at times. In most pieces of music the pupil will find signe indicative of the places where the pedal is to be put op and taken ofi. Usually the abbreviation “Ped.” shows where mwe in- tends the pedal to be used, & small siar indicates the point where should cease to press the These signs should all faithfully, as the composer | will broad ach other in due | is, it wasavrit- | satisfying | | sure to say “Do play the things people | like 1 him a little more than the piece that he studied just before it. In| this way his horizon will widen from | day to day and he will learn to expect mental exhilaration and eshment | : : | | | | [ ! { + | moLoixg sovsp wirn | | | PEDAL AFTER HANDS | ( HAVE LEFT KEYBOARD. — - —% from each new piece of music he un- dertakes. Do not waste time on trashy music! | There is as much “life and dbrightness™ | in good music as in poor music if one understands how to pick and choose. There is, nearly always, some member of cach family, or some friend of the family, who “likes only popular music"” | and who is ready to inelte the pupil to | study that, and that only. This friend | (or relative, as the case may be) is to hear! ‘Coon’ songs and ‘rag time’ are what you want to work at if you wish to please your friends!” “Coon™ songs and “‘rag time" have their | place, 1 do not deny that—imt their place is not in the practice hour. I| cannot speak too strongly about this, | for if the pupil be allowed to fritter away his mind on these things during | the time that he should be devoting it | to the best that lies within his grasp the effect will be as deteriorating to his | musical mind as the dime novel habit | could possibly be to a scaoolboy. Keep his mind clear and free from | these things as much as possible, and | if he mugt have “coon songs” Jet it be outside the practice hour, and after his regular piano study is over for the day. When the boy has become a good | pianist he will have no trouble in play- | ing “coon” songs—they will need no practice, and, his musical mind once | formed, no amount of “rag time” that | he may Indulge in will unbalance it, | but turn the matter the other way | around, bring him up, =0 to speak, on | “rag time” and the mischief will be done forever—by the time he reaches years of discretion he will be able to play neither “coon™ songs nor good music intelligengly or accepiably, It will give great pleasure to as. sist any one who is in doubt as to what music to choose for tis or her pupil, and I shall be most ha,py to answer | personally all letters from pupils or parents who desire advice 'n this .~ | and | =aid the boss in his harshest tone, “I understand you spent your afternoon at the ball game. And yet when yo asked permission to absent a “Yes, sir; that’s what it for our club, sir"~Cleveland: l-nz:uu ! P H | Philippine | have to show on the back of a white elephant. delicate compliment to h | viding a greater variety of crops, providing a larger ro- THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Proprietor « « « + + + + » . Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager teesssesssssseses-Third and lll’mml.". WEDNESDAY SAFETY FOR AUDIENCES. OW one calamity may produce another was near being shown in a New York theater on Saturday night. The whole country had that day read of the effect of executing the remarkable order of Mayor Harrison that all the bells in Chicago be tolled for an hour. The dramatic gloom of this harrowing proceed: ing had been increased by a saddening snowstorm while it was going on. Without discussing the propriety of such an order on an occasion when the whole commu- nity was at the highest tension and several thousand people were mourning their dead and no one needed any reminder of the appalling horror, it is obvious that people in every city in the country were impressed to a highly nervous state. Some one, in an immense theater audience in New York, perhaps in sheer hysteria induced by thinking of the Chicago tragedy, the thought being more persistent and vivid by the thinker being in a theater, cried fire. The audience rose and rushed to the exits in a panic. Ample police force was present and the officers beat the first ones back and kept them on their feet and finally succeeded in checking the mad stampede. Then it turned out that there was no fire except in the hysteri- cal imagination of the person who raised the cry. People feel very cautious about getting into crowds now, and the public authorities of every city should im- prove the opportunity to restore confidence in the only way possible, which is by compelling every theater and other building in which crowds meet to be made safe by making it fire proof. It is doubtful whether it will ever be safe to stop short of actual fire-proofing all such buildings, by compelling the use of metal, masonry and terra cotta and fire-proofed scenery. The keshift of an asbestos drop is proved insuffi- cient. The asbestos curtain in the Chicago theater did not drop, but if it had the calamity would not have been averted, for the curtain itself was found shredded by the fire. By the entire exclusion of wood and inflammable only can a theater be made absolutely safe. Metal and masonry and terra cotta covered with paint can do no harm, while pine may be fired by the paint upon it But panics may We had some bomb throwing in a San Francisco thea- ter, fabrics occur fram other causes than fire. Insanity or criminal purpose may at any moment alarm a dense crowd and start a rush to escape. It is surely within the capacity of architects and_builders to plan that be choked under such circum- In the Chicago theater the door by which the actors left the building opened inwardly, and they were all jammed against it, and would have been roasted like a_straw stack, if the cool-headed man outside who heard the sounds of tragedy had not known how to unhang the door and let them out. Exits should be planned so that doors open outwardly and their fasten- ing should be such that it releases them with but slight pressure from within, exits cannot stances. rats in Horrible as the Chicago fire is it may save thousands of lives in the future, if it do not pass out of public memory before the authorities of every city see to it that audience rooms are not death traps for those who resort to them. The three worthy gentlemen who will represent the Islands at the St. Louis Exposition say that the display of the Filipinos will be more elaborate and larger than any other from a countryabroad. Perhaps it would not be inappropriate for them to put all they It is absolutely sure that Uncle Sam would understand this sense of responsibility. A NEW WHEAT. HE agricultural capacities of this country are so and adapted to an immense variety of products that the most useful service lies in finding the products, increasing their number, and thereby pro- vast so tation and increasing profits. Secretary Wilson has made the Department of Agriculture a most important means in rendering this kind of service. He has intro- duced macaroni wheat, the grain of which the Italian pastgs are made, which was never before raised in this country. The commercial value of macaroni imported is very large, and the new wheat not only adds a new crop but promises to domesticate a new manufacture. This wheat should be of interest to the grain raisers of California, since it has proved successful in the arid parts of Colorado and the Dakotas when raised by “dry farming.” When we have a dry season here, irrigation takes care of everything but our small grain, which suf- fers most of all. Irrigation is not applied to grain, be- cause where water is available it is more profitable ap- plied to frait and alfalfa. We believe that there is very little irrigated wheat grown here. One reason is the large scale on which we grow wheat. In France, where wheat is hand drilled and'is cultivated in rows as we cultivate corn, irrigation is applied to the crop. But here, where we grow wheat in fields of fifty thousand acres, the rainfall is depended on to make a crop. Of the Darum or macaroni wheats there are ten va- rieties. East of the Rocky Mountains it is found that they succeed only when sown. as spring wheat. But in that they share the lot of our common wheats. Deep freezing and uncertainty of snmowfall make winter wheat in that region an uncertain crop; and the reliance of the farmer and muller is upon spring sown grain. But these macaroni wheats are specially adapted to regions of heat and drought. They need a soil rich in potash and alkali. The straw is long, the leaf broad and smooth, and its construction shows resistance to evaporation, which is its strength in resisting drought. Thg leaves have a thick cuticle. The heads-are short and very thick and with the longest beard worn by any wheat. In Colorado it yielded seventy bushels to the acre, in a dry sqil that produced only twenty-five bushels of or- dinary t. The grain is not exclusively fitted for macaroni, for the bread it makes is preferred to any other by those who have used it. At first millers re- fused to grist it, but now four mills in the flour centers | are running on it almost exclusively, and a3 the crop in- creases others will of necessity have to receive it. When it is known that Italy makes immense imports of this grain from Russia and Hungary, its value as an ‘export crop appears. O-rtniewifi!nlyhnfiq,h_ M.ndfiemmmwm“ which means that we are buying more of that country than we sell to her. 1f we can export this wheat or its flour, we may be able to balance that trade. It is of such interest to California wheat growers that they should try this new crop. If it produce seventy-five bushels per acre in Colorado against twenty-five of ord- nary wheat on the same land, it will flourish here ex- ceedingly and be a boon to our grain growers. In its export we will have an advantage over inland regions, and the glories of Califormia wheat raising may be re- stored by its use. The Secretary of Agriculture is quite enthusiastic over the results so far obtained and is confident that it is bound to be one of the great future crops of the coun- try. The State Board of Trade should inquire into the matter and give the farmers full information to en- courage them to make this addition to their crops. The restaurant keeper of Chicago whose splendid service of mercy and humanity to the victims of the fire shines like an enduring gloom of good in an abyss of evil is suffering Q’om loss of patronage because of the repugnance of his customers to a place that has been a charnel-house. It seems almost incredible that Ameri- cans should so conduct themselves. This restaurant keeper, so pre-eminently a hero and a lover of his kind, should ever be held as one for whom no reward can be adequate. B time the center of the stage as a Presidential candidate of his party, and as his own State has formally decided to urge his nomination, he may be looked upon as an active aspirant for the honor. The time for holding State conventions to elect delegates to the national con- vention is now so near at hand it is hardly likely any other Democratic eandidate can manage to crowd Olney into the background before the convention meets. He holds therefore a conspicuous place in the arena of na- OLNEY TO THE FRONT Y reason of the prominence given to Olney at the Democratic banquet in New York on Monday tional politics, and is already within measurable dis-| tance of the nomination. Under such circumstances it is inevitable that close attention will be given to his utterances from this time on, and also to every indication of support for him or of antagonism to him on the part of representatives of the | various factions in the party. Such indications have al- ready become noticeable. On the one hand Williams of | Mississippi, leader of the Democrats of the House of Representatives, was among those who conspicuous first formally presented Olney as a candidate for the | nomination, while on the other hand the big banquet in New York has almost been completely ignored by papers supporting the nomination of Hearst. It is, of course, impossible to forecast Me action of a party led by leaders so erratic as those who for eight years have been in control of the Democratic organiza- tion, but it is undeniable that at present it looks very much as if the Massachusetts man would win out in the convention. It seems thatull New England is awith him and that New York prefers him to any other candidate | in sight. The Bryanite wing of. the party, under the leadership of Tom Johnson, was so utterly crushed in the late election in Ohio that it is hardly likely it can hold the South away from an Eastern alliance. Thus Olney is likely to get almest all the Southern as well as | the Eastern vote. That will leave the opposition weakened that being without a leader of any prestige or capacity in politics it will hardly be possible for them to defeat Olney even though it will require only one- third of the votes in convention to do so. The speech delivered by the rising candidate of con- ! servativé Democracy shows that he intends to make the race on lines essentially similar to those taken by Cleve- land, and that if he be nominated the campaign will be made on a platform demanding a revision of the tariff, and denouncing the present administration in the good old Bourbon style. Tariff revision will be in short about the only affirmative policy advocated, :md:perhaps that will not be advocated very strongly. So conserva- tive a course in opposition would not be effective under ordinary conditions, but the country has become so dis- | gusted with the aggressive vagaries and radicalism of | Bryanite Democracy that the course taken by the con»f servatives may prove formidable. Olney's candidacyi therefore is one that Republicans cannot afford to watch | with carelessness, for should he be selected to-lead a | reorganized Democracy, even so successful a President | a Roosevelt would not have a walkover despite his per- sonal popularity and the indisputable merit of his admin- istration. wildcat the other day and now she lies in a hospital | desperately shot. It might be well for the protectors of game to urge such incidents as this, now of common oc- currence, as an inducement to the authorities of every | State to make the closed season as long as possible, Idiocy, combined with good marksmanship, seems to be | a dominating trait in some sporting communities. I to give to the thousands of tourists who annually come from the East to California the best fruit that grows in the orchards of the State. Climate is the chief asset of this State. . In point of attractiveness the prod- .GOOD FRUIT AT HOME. { uets of orchard, vineyard and field dre next. They show the value of climate effectively. But if the visitor has but the poorer qualities of fruit presented to him in the mar- kets he is apt to think that between promise and per- formance there is a'wide margin. 3 The Los Angeles Herald says: “A thorough investiga- tion of this subject by the officers of the California Fruit | Agency has revealed a condition that demands a radical change in supplying this market. Nearly the entire con- sumption of citrus fruit in the city has heretofore been supplied by a ciass of peddlers who have made a prac- tice of driving to the variows packing houses throughout | Southern California and purchasing for a mere nominal sum fruit that would otherwise be yed by the pack- ers. - * * * This is the fruit that has largely been sup- | plied to Los Angeles consumers, and it is also a sample of our great product that we offer to the Eastern tourist, blamed if he returns home and says that California oranges are not fit to eat. The plan of the California Fruit Agency contemplates the ¢ of this condition to the extent of m it @ for such worthless supplies to reach our local market.” < Sa-eu-whcfinlbymofflism but it is so evidently desirable that good fruit be offered in the Jocal market if the reputation of the Stafe is to be maintained that there is no doubt the plan will succeed of the commanity. Visitors from the East should be of- fered no other grade. e 3 = evening, the Massachusetts statesman holds for a | HE Los Angeles orange growers have arrived at | the conclusion that the best move they can make is | He Refused Adoption. She is a woman about 50 years of age, tall and slender, with an at- tenuated face, scored with furrows. She had been hovering about the corridors of the City Hall past year, without even once speak- ing to any person, as far as is known. One day last week, however, she spied a janitor named Geegan who was in- | dustriously sweeping the concrete flags. Now Geegan is by no means a | handsome man; nature was stingy with him in regard to the distribution | of beauty. But to the silent woman this d-- -back had no effect. for the| She approached him and made him | an offer of her, bank book on the Hi- | bernia Bank which contaized $3000, | Wwith the additional offer of adopting | him. She was infatuated with Lim be- | cause he resembled a lover she had when she was young, but who had been | killed in a railroad accident in Nevada | twenty years ago. She even saw in Geegan the real flesh 'nd blood rein- carnation of that dead lover. The wo- | man’s offer was declined an » police | officer notified. She wos conveyed to | the Detention Hospital and there | placed in a cell pending commitment to the State Asylum for the Insane. | — i weet Charity. i A multimillionaire ¢f San Francisco announced his wish last August of be- coming a member of the Society for the | Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He was formally elected and paid the an- | nual dues of $6. The day after he was | given a card of membership he visited | the offices of the society in the Parrott building and asked if he might be al- | lowed to examine the accounts. He was informed that the secretary was willing to permit any one to examine | the books. The new member hesitated | a few seconds and then acseverated that he would call another day to see that the finances were all right, The néxt heard from him was early in December. He called up Secretary Holbrook by telephone and said: “I joined vour society four months ago «nd paid the annual dues amounting to $6. 1 have made up my mind to go | | to Europe and will be gone indefinitely. | ,As T will not be able to enjoy the ben- | { efits of membership while I am gone | and cannot help shape the policy of the | society, 1 would like $4 for the unex- | pired two-thirds of the year for which | I paid in advance.” The secretary re- | plied that the matter would have to be | brought to the attention of the society's board of trustees in the fcom of a writ ten communication. The capitalist de- 1 parted before the next meeting of the | board, but left a letter requesting (he! return of the $4 and giving an address | in New York to which the money | should be sent. The trustees had a| hearty laugh over the matter and voted to accept the rich man's resignation to take effect at the end of the time for | ! which he had paid. The §4 will be used | in the charitable work of the society. In Woolly Alaska. Captain Mayo, who is one of the | best known characters in Alaska, has | started a bunkhouse at Rampart in | that Territory. A friend of his re-| | ceived a letter from him announcing | Iy and with dignity as befits the old | frontiersman. The letter-head, how-| ever, was unique. It is-set in para- graphs, three in line, and is as fol- lows: Cap. Mayo's Saloon and Chop House “Best Bunk House North of Mex- ico “First class Every known fluid, for sale at the bar. for ladies by ladder in the rear. escapes through the chimney. Elec-| tric lights threwout last Summer. Doc | Hodgin, Medical Examiner. Rates, | one,ounce per day. “Indians and niggers charged extra. | Special tates to ministers and the gambling ‘profesh.” ™ Among the gems of the house ru in every particular. | water excepted, Private entrance | Fire | les | will be provided with| | breakfast and dinner, but must rustle | | their own lunch. | “Spiked boots must be removed at| night. 1 “Dogs not_allowed in bunks. “Candles and hot water charged ex- | tra. | “Towels changed weekly." As hints to the guests are the fol- ! lowing printed instructions: ! “Craps. chuck-a-luck, horse poker and blackjack run by the manage- ment. “Dogs tought and sold. “Insect powder for sale at the bar. “Always notify the bartender the extent of your poke.” Journalism in China. In Germany the position of a news- paper editor is a precarious one, says | the Indianapolis Journal. He must be very careful not to criticize the Em- pgror, or otherwise to incur the wrath of the press censor, or he will be thrown into jail and his paper will be sus- | “Guests penalty—death in no merciful guise. | Several months ago a preacher of reform in Peking was beaten to death | referred i 1 | the fact of his venture, written sober- | 5 | in Woodward’'s Pavilion. Chinese demand. An agreement was finally reached to detain the newspaper men for trial by a mixed tribunal. The trial has not yet taken place. On nothing more than an accusation the men have been kept in prison, all bail having been refused. And now the Goverhiment announces that a spe- cial deputy will be appointed” to hear the case, and that this deputy will be instructed not to be lenient should the defendants be found guilty. Evidently the penalty has already been decided upon and the trial will be a mere form. All of which goes to show that the life of the Chinese editor is not one grand sweet song, and that he who in- curs the wrath of the Chinese law is the most unenviable of culprits. Commend CalPs Policy. The following comments from our contemporaries upon the policy of State exploitation which The Call has adopted show that its efforts have not been in vain. The Modesto Morning Herald has this to say: “The San Francisco Call's regular Monday ‘development’ page this-week includes dairy, creamery and alfalfa illustrations, a valuable article by Manager Arthur R. Briggs of the State Board of Trade on the dairy in- dustry, an article by Alexander Craw on the destruction of fruit pests through the medium of friendly in- sects, a five-inch article on the ‘Growth of Stanislaus,” recounting the annual election of our Board of Trade and quoting an extract from the re- port of the retiring president, and a short column of miscellaneous notes. This new feature of The Call is much appreciated in the interior and can- not fail to redound to the material ad- vantage of the State.” The following from Bee: “The Call is running some rattling the Lakeport | good articies on the resources and at- tractions of the State, hesides report- ing all the new enterprises and im- provements. Its work is good.” Of The Call's work the Sutfer Creek Record has this to say: “The San Francisco Call has recent- Iy been publishing some excellent ar- ticles on the resources and attractions of the State. This is at the instiga- tion of the California Promotion Com- mittee and will surely result in great good. All the new enterprises and everywhere are re- Answers to Queries. CORBETT AND HANLON—S,, City. Hanlon and Corbett did not fight ‘They fought July 26,-1903, twenty rounds in the Me- chanics’ Pavilion. Result a draw. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS—R., City. For information as te marriages in Honolulu, island of Oahu, address a letter to the Recorder, H. E. Murray, that city. ——— TIMBER FOR POSTS—Farmer, Woodland, Cal. It is said that timber intended for posis is rendered almost ving: | proof againgt rot by thorough season- Two young Tacoma hunters mistook a woman for a | are the following: [ ing, charring and coal tar. immersion in hot SNYDER'$ CASE—Subscriber, City. There is nothing in The Call showing ! that the Supreme Court of Missouri did anything in the case of R. M. Snyder, sentenced October 4, 1902, for the crime of bribery. AN ACTRESS—B. G., Oakland, Cal. For such information as you desire about Mrs. Landers Stevens, actress, address her a letter of inquiry and di- rect the same to the Dramatic Mirror, New York City. PUBLICATION—W. N. R., City. If a person has written an article and has had it printed in one publication it is not the correct thing to offer it for publication to another publica- tion without giving notice that it has been previously published. THE PALACE—Subscriber, Rock Bay, B. C. The Palace Hotel in San Francisco is what is known as a “brick sStructure,” not a “frame structure.” The walls and division walls are brick as to represent two cupels, ome the bottam and the other the Hd. The H