, 1869-04-11
THE WORLD OF AMUSEMENT,
Amateur Sopranos,
Their Characteristics and Their
Plain Duties,
Actors.
Stock, Stars and Criticism.
Modesty.
Ballet Girls Society and Child.aurdsr.

Ballet Girls, Society and Child-aurder.
Amusements.
Gossip At Home and Abroad.
cmcAao, April 10
To The Eoior n The cAioa9o Friluns:
Want to ny = few words to yoa to-day relative
70 hh9eEs and actor, especially In regard to No.
pno f1oatenr dn9an and stock actors, tn which
Euhstanttre include both genderAs
What rmsy sly, however, WIN probably aopl, 70
Eingcrs OF a parts and actors Of all degrees. "A,
In general, digger ia the rnost obstinate md an
actor The most foolish of I'll the fea1hertea animals
who 80 upon two legx
II maJ be known to you that Late In Nay, or cary
IN 1une, Madame farcpa. Rosa proposes to g1yr.
rheumatism permitting, an ora.or1o concert IN
tnR city, Al which the Creation VIII be per-
formed, under the couductorship Of Nj. Ba,atta
tne eaoras 70 oa furnished from OUT amateur sing
ela presume Jou are welt acquainted with
Madame Ihtepa- -RoeA's abilities II 4 cauta.nce
and know that fhe stands peerless In Ane,te, "a =
sopRsno, especially IN sacred mussc. Mature has
gifted her with masve'lously pure, beautifdI and
hexlolc Fo3ce, and labor and Art have cr1nhtnaui tn
sdATt MAT Tplea to the expresston Of mustcs1
Bounds with degree OF excellence not orren
reached hJ any ztnser. I think 1t vii be tery
generslfy conceded By uuprajudlosd pezsoa. that
shc Is competent to sustain the solos In the ncres-
ton, ''and that ahe does not display any sen-eou~
celt In tat1ng them ..
9ou may te further aEare thas one. re-
hearsA OF the Creation has been R,fen but you
fd3T mt bA a 9HSr@ IA
our church Qrar1ette Sopranos whose reputsuon
scarcely extends ee5und tho shadow OF thar
church steeplca, Wero ptrsent Ht that rrheasszl.
but rt1natnei u the background. Il thny had moi
p1adf their rnt,.ds utsthey tA} teoI siag or st
In fhe efErnat illness OF tninGA Il Il absurd for
any common being to suppose thst he or ahe Il ot
the sl1zhse&s earthly consequence But It seems
70 me that the climax Of absutdlty Is reached
WHEN an amateur sopf1no singer lnaxtnes tnxs
she Is OF Consequence. 1t seema to be the Int.u1-
~ Of the amateur soprano to be jealous pf every
other soprano, but to bt especially Jealous Of q
Grcat artist Just as thu iackdaw waa Jealous Of the
uightings!ean and tried to ouzlng hE, snd Just II
the Sactass was sealo1s Of the lion and tried 10
outfuar him. II r further reiated TINT the soug
Of the one continued TO be shriek, and the ro&r
q the other hray.
The ambition Of the amateur soprano Is quite Il
MARKED Is her jealousy. She niea ut the stars,
6A"4VS13 NA4 A4uVA "lkA V4c U0AQ kQ6 sui
with the Other. sne u thoroughly impressed
with khe idea that Beethoven, and Aenlels.
bohn,> md Mozart, and the other matters
-n4 music bad her In their mentA eyes
when they wrote their songs, an. that HE
ig1he Deonclst~- fos whom beethoven sought 10
hong H<r fooihaE6lness Il qufte equal to her an
bitto0. The GotAs and Huns bad no peorr fespett
for the Roman gods and goddeasea than she tot
the worfs Of ahe E'astelk Bhe Will toacn ant ss-
-cred thing with 'unclean hnodS, and stArd With
Ahod feet and benneaeA- head In Tue ves9 HOY of
-uuuespf tne Temple Of Hustc snewon hare
made Beethoven buy sscehes for har; Compiled
,AendelBotn to uauypcee hls music for her, aud
instructed Bach tn The proper construction Of the
fugue. Conbtnlng all these qualities tAe AmA:eur
foprano invariably Commences her snnrderous ca
rec1 Of slaughteunz" " II !tn ycrduc Cid 'Acasta
Dfya, Una Foee POGO II, !" and II Know that
Ny Redeemer Ircth, "a wfneh arc invariably the
nrr tour victims, to be hoNled A. annexed ut,
screamed at and ttiSted and totrnrtd Into such
fantastic shapes that neither HsJdn, Handel, Bat
1ln1 uor RoaAnl would evc9 recognize the children
Of their divine fande- Having murdered these
victims the a1uatrW sopsauo Mavea. fne1 sealps
Alolt, and In her own eyes and the eyes Of he<
clique Of adsnirtnE friends becomes Patu az u
lucca
There aru sone people, ,hswevaF-oldD DrynAdssts
among whom count myself-Kho do not sec Il In
this light 1t has been my fortune Of mts{or1une
70 have been present at the dsbus OF every ams.em
eo!1nno ~ ee's4e" aatlnR tae psss a1seea 9sa11
hSSe WITNESSED mu5uel1 Hnnl An Teis-nlxh
eatloasea. nase seen poos, 0l1es nassoScac4sed,
sp1aef'Falslea' papan9 soptanos and great Fat,
generous bFeastcd And hfavttnS soWnnos, with u
sitght IN idea Of time a. century old cloci, u
slight an idea ot tune ~ baealng oalf on ail1-
Aide, rs sHght IN idea Of axpresGon ~ BRICK
machine, and threats so unJ1eldluR that IT'LL
eolneh ont o. them Te1J unea ike hesoo,
an necI 3nd le28 and no inseat!ntA, deiib-
;efanV coma befo1e aq a4diance, stumble
through one OF theae great artts, get eneo7td By
Their toolhh fz1ehfh, and stumble through It again.
nntll VA nounpeAod 70 ssEk conaoiatdon IN words
not usually found In prayer books nor adapied 70
INC eatechtucA teaching Of anau children With
ny experiences, therefore, I can asaurn 5oo that
you are not fs'us nor Laeas, although you might
oe very eapeois nnsers you YOU'D SIX your
uonssnse Aan ~ Io"osh IN INC iseht nanne4, oon-
Yen. 70 HosA your *as up nom tne bottom Of tha
tAnoe'' knou mere ase eoms enees"o soprano
toees " Ine fasI. m, cnala eaai1 count thetn on
W. Hune " oa' A"n'' oo' e'eu EncJ afe 'af
'1o1 mSIrs oa -
-. e-;,.'s nks ~ .ae noi'a-sor .ns>ance'
49, 'as Nv, iE AGisAs' LueeA 4aetJeas
' aloen' W. os"sle-..o rAse Acaieted a1aes
uatnes iney aa'e mAae 1aen sepatauon' Dow"
ft~~
uee, lo'nea 20 sealos VINCE va !hoorn- They
a~.s vs. snsn eoslnsea up .oa9: nes And soul
me sla'ty " 1us.ss sissu uu " tae senes IN
eA.1 49, - s44., eu.u sueJ aAse s&uese" Aoc-
80 s.s "ta sasa - us. DsSu "o2s - u'anae'
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md s1 oa nse ath sha .ns a,a
n,.he.t ,h,ns ther. ar xs- ,s~ ~ - 49, -" s,u,
havA Ceraius which can never he Ar1u}red 1fGad
.na S.tnrs hs,s mi mt s.n,n. ,n,s -11 ~, 49,
s,no frnm nav IN doamaS.T ana tr.y.i ,tnnn ;D.o
to Beersheba or any osner place, md yoo ~Hl
never nnd T. Money viii not tHy It, and singing
Of you have .a1sas, and II you properly enrci.e
that talent5ou m,y IN time help congregation,
no. 'ets saansen, T IN ~ massa %.
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,!a.S -. 80. ~ 49,
sse nen. h. M induced ~ .ne IN M ,ss shoTp =, ~
Cres,ior, a., ,,,,.s ~, t,g6 ~. -s1n. srsa+.
big ~ aha L. IT woo1d bo difficult for hseto acccn-
mocate Al Of Jou. She would, undoubtedly, rec
tae prophecy Of tbs thing, and tlJ 10 aid you To
the TEST OF heF ab!itJ
IththI Il would of wei. aQTcfeI, tolet.ter Ale
the soao4 TOT thh ooca SION and for ron to 60 taso
the enauA 1oo need tho psscoes- Compared
| Nala kne IhsAso ~z0p anoe n -ten!9ea1e ASo, Joa
ate mere plGnles- The race haa badly desene1asei
Smell the gtand chorus with yout, voices The
practice Will do Jou vof'd OF suod Right In ttls
connection g're sFaoe 70 circular Nh!ea Mt.
Na!atla has Issued relative to the Ofatot1o Cn0-
cert. which runs ~ tolloWs:
sAE hsia,kA takes F1et raaMse II fnfo<1nins the
tat ~ thoTsi s1s ssttr n Ehscaen hss = na.
taou.y 10 their valuable aid to tbs production u
Ii. M,s,rai ta. 1na f.! y
combined ehoFu4 btaeby e1trade 10 ii gas5 s;asf1
q & "a 70 matE ~ 1Ff1 97u,s % rs " ksa5a - GaiAs9
wh ean reid susnsoa music ready, " h c,1se re
tMInenosd y .-mt fnI.te., .usho.1iy = thia sRy.
n..ar to Ms Ad.m4 C~pdneT u he CboT,i S,estTs
ko~u ~ Or<ra H.rne, tho comsasttt IN sssason