, 1870-11-20
the WORLD OF AMUSEMENT.
Music. and V,ictna1s.
The ln1uenco Of Food on tho Fine
Arts.
And Their Relatious to the Kellogg
Concerts; :
AM1NAementH,
Tho Retrospect and Prospect.

Tho Retrospect and Prospect
CHICAGO, Nor. ~
10 The Editor u Tie Chicago Tribune:
1ou may remember, it you have \ good
tnemot5, that the very first letter eraf wrote
you from ths great world Of amusement Yas
devoted to ParspA and beefsteAks. tying,sss
best might, to show tho connection bot xsen
Parepa's eingiug and Muales'n beefsteaks, The
fumes Of which ussd to pervAde the Opsra
House. Jon know, to auck IN 4:pesizing de.
Gree.
1hAvc similar topic for to-day, and pro-
pose to re-examine this subject more in de-
tai, land from . higher philosophical plane
than tben.
Because this matter Of victuals and music
is becoming alarming.
II, four yea1a ago, we had to take Parepa
and oeefsteaka. and now have to take Kellogg
and onions, four years from no~ We may have
10 take Ade!iuA Patti aud garlic, OF PAufine
LuccA and casiar.
Hhewt
That there is close connection between
the stomach and the brain, 1 suppose yon viii
admit, With difference. perhaps. that soma
men think from the htandpoint OF their etoua-
achs. but no man cats from tbs standpoint Of
his brains, unleas he adopts A6sssiz' phos-
phoFus theory, And livea on fish.
A very prominent clergyman Of this city
once told me that be wrote his best sermons
upon full stomach.
have no 1eaaon to doubt the assertion, for
went to hear him preach, shortl. atteraard,
and his sermon was full Of stomach. There
vas soup In bis text, fab in hia introduction,
roast meAts in his firstly, poultry In Lin see-
ond!y, frogs legs in bis thirdly, mincs pie in
Russo In bis tlually.
The sisters OF tie church arc beginning to
appreciate tho dominion OF stomach, and nov
attack the caInal man with Strawberries IN the
spring, picnic dinners in summer, and oystats
u winter. There wAs nme wheu Brother
Primrose, meeting ono OF bis pastahione1r
upon the street. AlWayB inquired tcuderls after
his soul. Nov. the inquiry IL directed to tho
stonach Of the aitng eheap. and, il it ia In
good order, It IL sAfa to remind the possessor
Of thkt Little debt en- the organ, duo 30 and
60. The younger eWes OF the dock no longer
Are commissioned to act - oolEortauta, but,
1T7Ayed in ther most sttractiye hack hAiS and
dimity aprons, sta1.d 1t the back Of voul chair,
ready 70 anticipate sour slightest culinary de-
sire. Fil1ets are more attractive than tfacts,
andthe anxious zeat begins to MEASURE the de.
gree Of anxiety by Its proximity to the kitch-
On. Tho day il not far distant when theology
may be found in roast goose aud tha eubtle
doctrinea Ct Pfedestiuatiou, TrAnssnbstsnlia-
tion and dConenbstsntiltion. nov lsing peTdu
in Nallard ducks, PATE de 1oie gras and broliad
quail with celery, lind IN easy solution In the
proper dressing aud serving Of these table
delfcanies,
This, you zee, is one OF the moral reyolu-
t!ons through which Ne are passing, and since
4tF Int Nhrr& @1y+ H..
place unmertionahle to ea.a polite, the whole
theological world has begun to swing out Of
| it's mooriDEe and drift 4tomachw1rI, Be As-:
cured that tte time is not far distant when it
| wall not folow az mttter OF fact,
! that beoauee man il lean aud lauk.
and doesn't wear whizkers and does wear
speetAcles and cast-lton etacd-up collar, aud
BcoHls 1t email boS8, and has tho bronchitis.
that he must be = minister. In that golden
dag the Minister w.ll be known b. his Aow1n,
hy his bosaAon.mte Of msnner, and his bay
window in front and when he vitits hia dack,
his dock will set = feast for tbs good uau:
and. when be preachee, be will preach with
the JUNCTION Of backwheat cakes IN the morn
| ing ard roast peef in the evening; for ia it
ing that IL baken In the ovep, aud iii that il
dressed u the fr!ing-pan and in the psn,
In Deuteronomy: "Ihou shalt furnish him
literally out Of thY floch, and ont OF th5 t,oor,
and out of thy vino presa 7"
Lets. know it doae not for It VA only two
Or three days ago that the managers Of the
Orphan AeJlunn fRishinG the clergfmen Of this
CITY to know how much good that excellent
anstitution WAS doipg for the little wa,fs fnita
fold, sent an iny1tatton to l50 Of them to visit
It, and, By the libetality Of one Of the gentlo-
mel! connected with the management, act
forth \ bountiful fest for them. Ous Of tho
$50, 1ust eix came, which shoHs that III OF
them don't caro- mnch for victuals OF o1phaus
either. Peshans they didn't know anything
about the enrper In store for them, however.
In dramatic uatttrs. too. you will al@aya
find thla intimate connection between the
stomach and the mind The drama has slsayb
tonfashed best wleEs poanuts hAvo been tie
food or the god.. It does not Add to the en-
se'nble Of peculiarly distressing situation. for
instance, where the arst yillain gets young 10
nocence in his power, or the hero picks out 4
Foft place On tho stage that he m2y peacefully
compose himself to death, in the solemn still
ness Of tho houte, to hear the munc1icg Of
peanuts in upper air, and feel the shells rain
ing Themselves down your back but they ara
indispensable to appreciation. Il I Ind the
snace would Ike to inquire into the reason
why the gods must always hsvo peanuts. snd
why chcstnuts or dlbe,ts might not answer the
same purpose equally we'll.
My topic finds an illustration in the opera
also. Do you imagine, for ono instant. that
Acolphua md Celests,-aIthoughh ho has done
eTerything possible in the Way Of kids, chokot,
swallo1-tail, and the wave Of the hair over the
torehead, and Ehe has shown heI devotion to
art IN her postilllon, and back-hair, and pearl
powder, and diamonds,-do you imagine that
either ct tht m could Thoroughly appreciate
opera they did not enjoy the post-operntic
lunch Of Roederer and quail, or, At least, cake
.nd cream2 drosser people 60 out bet*eon
$sHs Raf - nAt.
With beer, bread, and French mustard but
the principle is tho same. Celeste and Adolf
phus do not find 1ny delight in the opera
whlle 1t IL in transita. They go there because
It is the proper thing to do, and because they
have something to show and other people have
lunch, everything becomes clear to them,
whether it be In the Hu9e-no.e,- which lear.i
| Dear Creature ia the horse-cars the other
dag declare WAS delishtful-orin in the Beethoven
concerto, Which they have mistaken for IS ae er-
The artists themselves too, sou know, must
have come special yictuals before they can in
tcrpret the musical thoughts set before them,
Deprive PATepa Of oGveB, md ha1 full throat
and generous lungs ~ould refuso to do their
play those classical eoncertoe so cha11ningly
Ehen celery ia ont Of saAson = Tell Brignoii
th1t the1e is no mAcc4toni In the market. and
bis voaee *ould be as bid as his legs Janaus-
click without her mug Of beer aud sFeitzez-
case in her dress'ng-room, for the entr actfs,
xou1d DO maudlin Metitd and doleful Debo-
rdh at boat Who would dream that tho fierce
ness md royal rage of Zocchis LuS-ezia
Borgia hsd It's birth In 6gs.
snd that the Duss might ii my time have his a'
own wsy b5 cuItailing his sponse's allowance Of
that seedy fruit7 Y1u and /, and eyerybody
else, admired that little canary bird Hsrsee,
and get without her proper allowance Of rosst
beef, eyeu piquant Hersee would ces.e to
charm. Toll 1t not In Gath that eometimes
the divinity Of our artists Ia spiritual md
c<omeA in bottles, and that the Interpretation
u quiet or energetic, As the contents are still
Or effe1yencent.
But all tho facts hare cited apps,tAin to
the individual only, md prove that the
stomach 1s the inciter to artistic effort In lit.
e1atute, theology, the drama, and tun4ic Ths
therne now enlarges sud embraces .he cues
I ton how far food Inspires appreciation upon
/ the rA1t Of largo Audierce.
During each Of the Kellogg concerts the
!. A. e.. a. has generously treated thu
audiences TO tried ouions. There has bean I
! fanf, gentle, subdaed odor Of onions on the
main Aoos; = wen'defined odor In the asst
gallery and very loud one In the upper
\ gallery, A. II possihly the onfuua we-c burning,
. and to tnch an extent that eYan thoso xot,deT.
tul apostles and pAt1i1tchs on the roof seerned
to ee turning mp their noeea in boly horror,
AN retdy to take oath that Elijah, Ia biz
chariot OF IRE, actually aTore in Hehsaw 70 thAt
. u1Sh horse with the astonishing hind leca. one
OF winch Is two feet md the other txo nalae
long. In = vain eude&yor to d.ire out Of liz
smell. Nov, 1t may be possible that there
le stme occult crnrection between cninns M
! nusc- Onlone have nca1es; 70 hks mn an.