, 1870-01-23
the WORLD OF AMUSEMENT,
In Me1norinm,
4 Tribute to Louis Koreau Cots
chalk. $
Woman.
Propagation Of a Now Theory.
; An Argument.

An Argument |
ahomlns Her Rosntlonsto Darkness
Amusemente, :
Review Of tho Week. |
Cq1oAao, Iau- Il
zstAe Ed1ar ar 7zs cAioa9s zs7aras:
And poor Louis Gott5chaR dexdl
From the heart Of the tropics. which he loved 70
Es11-fcr hls Nhoie nztuIo Was roplczl-luso &ae !
heart Of th1s rorshazn wtnter ncuea the sA4 ne1A
borne On aouthern ghlea, Louis Gottschalk Is dead
And when the Recording Ange1 saE him coming.
and called ont. Lon1s Morean Gostschllk, how
quickly ha mn1r have anzxelhd, WITH TINT aad
amfle kfrnitng on hla f1ce, "p.ed on the ned 1f
duty"
II aeems but yesterday, although It wAs cold
winter afternoon IN 1854, that bAde him good
nye little dreaming that It Waa for the Last time.
bad been elttug With HIN al that sfte1poop, Snd
he h1d played To nc, II biz dreamy Way, the Md.
mmmes Ni8hs'a Dream and soro Of Mesdelf
eohnA Lfede4 as had ntrsr heard them before. as
QGfE< AEA& A4Qe4 A&AAAs 0AA3 AtE4 A~o@
he played. only pauxng 70 Light fresh cig1r. saI-
Ing nothtrgs bat Wearing win gorgeous Heo oi
mnsic tho thnughu of the great masters.
AND ku1pe Email sonla who could only Sec the
outer tean nAys told mo he wBs Affected and egg
uatic. Affected and egoktsticl This Enao, wac
ll5ed IN mun1c; whose dreams were embrodaed
with threads OF melody; whp was Is delcaro IN
hts taatea - = rsnned vonan; wbose soul shat mp
Ike nowet nom contact with snsogt18 and only
opened and expanded to receive fr1endI
The hlstory Of htA lie u told In few wofdls
Ho wss bern In New Orleans, In 1859. Els mother
paz F1eDeh Creole, and hisfather AFpAn.4a Jew.
md such \ lore u he EAso 70 sn1t father and
mother Ia IsIo In this Wprld. Like al rrna1cA1
geninses be tipped in u,usic and gsve unm1stata-
bio evidences Of hls ta1ent 1t ve1y carry age
He want to Paris when to N1s only twelve jean
Of age, atd aftes studying music tom Jears eane
b&ek 10 this country and n hde his rft pohlie ap
pesSaues II . pianist In 1Bsa Prom that ttn6
uutu lsss he made protesdouA, tour Of Europe.
In 166s ho returned to thh country, and up 70 his
dea,h had distded hfs time bet Eeea this country
snd 6onth Amer1e4. That Il the sum Of Liz life,
III fat ~ mefa incidents concerned. but It Ha9
only k,ual part.
thtrk thxt cur county has heVer been begsed
Win such = real musical genius 81 Louss Goas~
chaik. He Haa thoroughly original His music
Ea6 unliie my other. Nearly III plsnifts Are
/ plsg1ar.sts. Gottschalk H2s original. because he
srota out Of his inner nature Run over his COM
| posl1ions-tno Printeups DAnouf. Aur-
nu1ea EoJten1, La Colombo, the Banjo Ftnta-
ss, thst in1mlab1e Besreuse, tho Cr2nt du Soldst,
the Last Hope, tho Marche da Nut, the Ojos Gre
olloF, the 6ouyeuir1 u'Andainune nl1 ballad Sers~
nsde, the O nk bChatnhnto Caprcs, and his splen-
did Instrumentation Of tho oyerture to "Wll!ll1u
Teu,'ror the little gems Of waitzea and pokas
which he pahtlshed under tho familiar na1n de
Plume ct "Heven octares'-snd aea Il you eau
4 fRA In thk njm
realm OF music. He WAS - d.ttiuctiYe Al Chopin
| srd "a dreamy and suggestive u Robert Franz
| And What technique he hadl His runs were like
/ :he 1ippling OF Maler, his octasea as cleAr and
I dJsstnct a. lre nAsh OF diamond, and his touch
purity it4eif, Under the magic Of his long, dell
cato fcgcra, piano sung llte r1ch soprxuo.
&c wk8 thoroughly tropical in his nAsure-
/ creamy, abktracted, md Maru.blooded super.
dc.a observer would hare called hin iadnlenL for
/ he pasEed much tine IN reveae, and many Of these
.eyertes IN biz inspired moments, be Interpreted
I UPON the Plano, which hAse never seen paper. He
| xaa u ureasy In these ccld cltf0es a sonn rsrc
/ p|uu sged bid rintnE IN Its gnded cage- II was
/ on!f aHong among these nery birds. among the
l 1ank Injurious vegetation, among the dRfk-a yed
St aclah beauties OF Tho uoplcs, that no really
l lived. His best compositions were born iu Tie
| warm breath of southe1n cllsnes, aud all that he
l wrote IN the temperate Kones Were but 1emlois
I cencea Of and 3e4rptnGs for thst country. He wal
iau.t1egsIy delicate In his tastes, and could never
synpathize with anything ttas WA groteagoe, b.
: z1rre, Or rude. Els physical organization wai
+ moulded Of the nnest clay. ILL hands We1e
atpdy Of beauty. Els volce WA low and musical
and nis faco the very embodiment Of tropical
| beauty. OEco your fnend he Wa Always ron
friend sot he Lived witu ittenstty ard listed witt
| afdor He mxda but feK friends: psrhaps Wou1t
| hare roada taore Il there had been moro whs
/ ceuId uude1stAud and appreciate such nature y
hls. ahieh had 80 little In comnaon with otho
men. And under Ill this warmth snd dtlca3y OF M
| tusr flowed an undercus1ens Of sadness Which per
: ypded hls vhole be.hg and unged II hts n1uad. I
/ was sadneEh not dependent upon circumstances
cor glowing cut Of AnJ tate, but part Of himself
. | And a,waYs eomponcns part Of III Gua attssss
| It was not 10 dirk nor 80 I'm bid torrent Is TIA
| WHICH wrecked Cuoplu. not such = deep regret a
| 1ha. which separated Beethoven from nueu an
: uade HIN stand out lfke zone solitary mountatr
loonp9 up IN awful grandeur but rather a sende
feeling cf regret, "the tander grace Of dsJ tha
u dead" Il Was bread eEopgh and deep enou8
to RtTe character to his life and color to h1 Dustt
de died 81 any mu.1clAn wpnld like TO die,
should tnug--!n the midst Of his fs1ends, aandln
before hiz orchestra with his baton IN his hand
nd hI sad coincidence. directing one OF h1
Town compositions, "La Aorte." It EM Aoza,
l and hiA Requiem over again
Ard the singer closed their boofs, and tho II
: | a1dments ceazed, AID IN Place Of hear soun
| care the te.11ble, aolsun silence OF DEATH Al
on the next aal the sa1ae singers and plAIefS ten
derIy bore him TO the populouS Acre Of God. An
4 ! neu ard women whom he had charmed and mad
= better with tho great hlesnug Of hls muatc can
: / each to drop Into tho open EtAVe eoue doWer G
!. | grateful love and Fc1uenheauca ANA roJalt
| oeen ed It m honor TO touch the paN Of the dea
\ nu1Ict4n. So, under those blue sk'ea, and adat
!. | tho ne,y.pluuaged birds and gorgeous petalle
= covers be loved 10 well, theJ laid him down
i, l tleep hi1 1oDg, LIST &e<p. And from thia desi
" | urder thcst cold grBy st1ea, IN which no blu
= l stuet, and from these frozen plain, upon Whlc
: | 70 mower blooms, do send to-day, down to sna
tpurueru grave, this sisht tr.pute ct admiration
\ an Rlat 10 OWE, Of n1eudihip It Has ny good 10
= | tuLe to Ahase.
And a thus cay good night to the dad faeu
= l nnd uuaic1an, / Rn reminded OF tho1e lines
- itrald MAsaeys:
..Thc aer ones who are wor.h'ert Of our io7e
D Below are 4Isc Hozthe1s ADORE.
hnas uas s u hi.
. p;s aSTsss Se Ses7 ~ tPs sad bloom
10 But, pot1at
r. one cannot alHayB be sad Wt mn. wander q
des the solemn marches OF the atals all tas ni2f
10 > but the sun cotnea IN thu morning. 3ae niRou
gals may pour forth her sad platnt ~ the laak II
10 i nelx into tho sky, but with tho arst CLEAN
70 dawn tho h1k stngs her JOY ous tnng u The ve
he j gate OF Hesyen.
ID Which reminds me to ny that hare been shin
ing tstioualy about EoEtn.
Not ahont apy xoman IN particular, ny de
l. madame, Ohf no! .
But about WOMAN IN generic sense: wotnao
rpnAu; the whole family Of Desc Creatures d
q. | aolycd into specimen type And think hi
~ | arrived II ret philosophical conclusion
II And that conol1x.on Is till: Thxt woman II INT
/. WOMAN 1t night Like soGe birds and fnsccts
O DO not think theJ wtre uaae for sha da5-au
= and. ses rtysa, thtrk MIN va made 1or tns d.
"a Now, 1ou will only oe41e thetn interruption
e. ard not III kpeAk II once ~ jon aft DOING
| tall you why shtnk &C.
p / Yop VII readily g1aus thai the best won
~ | srd wont women mat erer uyed zro recorded
ce the Blhle Nov, you will only ex1ntpa
I'd | record Asse1preiJ you VIII End shaI Nhenas
y / pce ct tneae women did anything reu2rkahlo
+, vas done IL tne night tine. It VS. It night II
OF Rebekah, whom III the yoong lAdies At tho chur
r, faits Ike 10 personate. appe1ted 1t taa wen.
L. L. aas ss night thst RanAo ssed tbs sptes
Joalua. II VS. At night that Jael drove the IL
III nail into SlkeEAT tsntpie. 1t Wzs at night Il
slo peulan Played the haroer with 6Amsons nud etx
= | ped htm OF ni3 strength Il Exs n Eight Il
NJ | Boaz. W1uuuWtrE ostey, found Rush ~ ha u
NJ ! md determined to taAHy htI. II K2 NJ NJ
nu tn4r NicuA1, DAy1nH wtit. xATed hzn fse0 -
.ta II was at night that tie Witch OF Endh7 snoW
~ | samuel tn Saul. It wlS n night
10 Esthel came to Aha&uetus and Was nj
At h,a Quteu. It was II night th&t Belaha111
III Queen brought tn Daniel to rad The hkodHrtu
70 on The wall I: Eaa At tlght tkat Masy gave ot
al. to or Lord, and By riahs sha ned into Egypt
90 preserye HlE, ItwAa X night thzt HefodlA
Ism r,1red the decapit2uun of Ipnn tho Baptsr-