Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-09-24
thing of beauty to the meager fur
,;sbinc of their cabins.

home. Books lie on every table.
The weekly journals give pleasure
and instruction to eager millions.
The fairy land of fiction lies open to
The delighted senses of old and
roung. where, for a period, throw
ira aside graver work and care,
,bey may rest their wearied feet, and
aye themselves up to that enchant-
neoi Of the imagination which is one
If our most precious privileges, and
no more wrong to be INDUCED in,
IN moderation, than any of the other
blessings which have been given us
70 solace our severer duties.
The poet and the romancer have
mission to perform as pleasant
and as natural as the birds and the
dowers. Why do the birds sing ?
Why do the flowers bloom and
breathe fragrance?
f~~e pcopIc had made this world,
jndeing from their harsh comments
on all amusement, they would have
bHoh the MARBLE of birds, the per-
fnma of blossoms, the murmnr of
waters, the colors of the rainbow
We should have had a dead, silent
arth, all black and white!
One of the charms of home, now
a-days. is music. All over the land |
rises the sweet melody from thous-
nds of tasteful parlors, where the
happy darlings of the households
sit enthroned before the instrument
Of 50 much innocent pleasure. 1t
was one Of the accomplishments of
the Maiden Queen that she excelled
IN playing the harps4cord. She
seems to have had a love for music;
and We can imagine how she would
have been delighted with one of the
splendid pianos Of our time. But
her genius was silent for want of a
proper medium through which to
express itself Tennyson says:
Better fifty years of Europe than cycle
Of C,thay"
and we say, ''better fifty years of the
nineteenth century than q hundred
Of the Wanted" days of good Queen
Bess.
Now, the piano is almost as fire.
quent Il dweller in the house as that
grim and homely incentive to better
hre-the cooking-stove. Fond ia
Tiers and mothers listen approving
ly to the first efforts of tiny fingers.
What if much of these performan-
ces are crude and inartistic? They
give keen pleasure to the player and
The listening friends. Better poor
Music III the house than none at all.
The love of it is one of the most
tiined of our tastes, and certainly
nc of the most delight-giving.
t lsan unwearying source of amuse-
nent to the young people, making
home sweet, and keeping them from
boxing abroad for less innocent oc-
capations. 1t soothes the fathers
weary brain after his day of excite
men' and labor. He lounges in his
easy chair, while his children sur
.ound him with soft atmosphere
IF melody and repose.
Yet, while hoping that every fami-
y whose means permit, will en- !.
courage the musical taste of its 7
Young people, we would warn moth
'N against allowing their growing A
sls to sit too long at the piano, at j.
one time. From 'half-an-hour to an $
hour OF practice is all that should :
performed without change. Cur 1,
"''re of the spine is the frequent fl
result Of too long-continued sit Il
hngs.
II Is sad moment in the house !,
'neh the dear old piano has to be nj
PUT aside. Like friend of long O,
'''Il'lnS' 1t gets hold upon the I'll
"''I' which is too full of pleasant =
memories to cast it away with in
'i''fence, But, pianos, like all
"'o.c'l things, will wear out, and SO
', We nave had half-sad, half-merry II
"u'e at The Terraces in consign-
.'s our dear old Pleyel to the gar W
~ 10 make way for one of the ex- TO,
l'S''e SrEcK Instruments, which ca
amateurs, casting around for 81
i. ' nave declared to be perfec-
maa r N''r buy a cheap instru- W
s. Ut Il It's quality of tone is sacri- 90 90
n,, SAID an old pianist. This is
- ~ advice for all. Numerous ~