The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-07-04
Tie Boston Jubilee.
Dissoiving Views-Sights as we'll as
Sounds.
(From the Lew York Tribune


BesToy, June 21.-Tiero is one respect,
at least, in which we take the Jubilee coolly.
No matter how broiling is the June sun out
side, no one ever complains OF heat in the
great, spacious, admirably ventilated build
ing itself Surely never were lO,OOVpcople
masscd with so much comfort, so little coli
straint. Yestcrday-French day-thc crowd
was immense. The anxious who had stood
outside before, and looked with lingering
tenderness at their S. bills, and gone away
sorrowful, paid chccrfully their So TOR a
standing admission, and came in; frlnglHg
with black the entire edges Of the parquet,
and taking unoccupied seats at chance mo-
mcnts, to give them up with perfect good
nature whenever the rightful owners appear
cd. The spectacle WAS finer than ever. The
proportions of the audience hall are perfect,
and the arrangement Of colors is charming.
Nothing gaudy or overdone, but everywhere
brightness, picturcsqueness, and a kind OF
airy grace. Yesterday, for the first time,
the gallery was so full that it presented the
same Kaleidoscope effect as the chorus; and
the stage, through the afternoon, was filled
with succession of vivid pictures. -,
1t was good to hear the uusic--for Strauss
is still a wonderful conductor, oh ye of New
York even in Boston, and schka-Leutncr
is still of the few great singers of tile world,
even though she has Joined the Jubilee
But if one had been deaf lie. might very
easily have taken in, through his eyes 50
worth of delight, if sensations can be meas
urcd by coin or currency. When Madame
Lcutner came down through the chorus to
the stage in purple royalty Of gown and
grace; to the waving of 10000 handkcrchiefs
futtering like little white birds, to the shouts
of 40 900 welcoming voices, and the tumult-
uous noise of applauding feet and hands,
and then stood there with u ray of sunlight
stealing in from somewhere and touching her
dark hair. our eyes were satisfied, even be-
fore the voice, as it were 81 ky.lark singing,
broke upon our ears.
1t was different but not less magnetic
when the French band came march
ing out. And had YOU heard the chorus
shout. and seen the white flags all about, and
heard the rout, as French fine the Gashing
line mid this acclaim toward us came, you,
too, would have joined in the Wild braves
which made the silken banner shake over
our hearts. They wcar.a handsome uniform,
these handsome Frenchmen-dark blue and
gilt: their pompons arc light and graceful,
not heavy like the .nodding plumes of the
other military bands. They have plenty of
French vivacity and enthusiasm; and their
ewes kndlcd when they heard the rousing
welcome with which they were received
They were encorcd again and again and
asain-I th;nkthey might be playing yet
bat for the firm will of the bandmaster, who
marched them off at last, amid renewed
huzsas. more white handkerchie1s, and gen
cral clamor Of appreciation. Their playing
was marvclously good. If to see them should
have delighted deaf man, to hear them
would have blessed blind one. Now and
then camc, for moment, a hush in the mu-
sic-a brcathlcss ccstacy ofsilcncc. through
which one faint. far-of sound would steal
after another, until at last, in full burst OF
harmony, the whole tide of music broke
wave-likc upon the air, and the great con-
srcgation breathed freely again. So, day by
day, our Jubilee grows more jubilant, and
Gilmore is glad.
REuEARsEL AND a TINY vIoLINIsT.
JUNE 22.-Thcrc are views which do not
need the enchantmcnt Of distance, and Col
iseum sights are among them. The nearer
one can get to Strauss, and Leutuer, and
Franz Abt, the better pleased one is; 50 TO-
day ! went to'the morning rehearsal. and oc-
cupied a front seat in the synagoonc.-
Strauss was playing his wild. wicked waltz
music when I went in, gesticulating i'll a
sort of rhythmical frenzy, as usual, magnet
izins the immense orchestra with his force
of will, and setting Puritan feet tapping in
time to his wonderful baton. Hc came down
after awhile, and loungcd about, during a
chorus, in front Of the stage, with his pas
sionate dark eyes, his handsome dark face,
the foreign grace Of his manner. Pretty
girls crowded round him for his autograph
and. the smile he bestowed with it. They
are doing their best to spoil him, these daugh-
tiers of the Puritans. One of the Press Com
mittcc told me how numbcrless arc the let
tcrs which came for him daily, in feminine
handwriting. The dainty darlings cannot
approach this idol ofthcirs during the after
noon performances, but they get in at rehcar-
sails, heaven knows how, and cluster around
him as bees do around flower There is
merry twinkle in his eyes, now and then, as
if he were thinking how ho would amuse
Madame Strauss, by-and.by, with the story
of his conqucsts. Pcschka-Lcutncr did not
sing this plorning, but she, too, came in front
of the stage in Il wonderful toilet of purple
silk and fine linen, and jaunty round hat
with Spanish lace yalling her really noble
face. Shc is not so young as l had fancled
her from distance, but she has had good
deal of beauty and manner full Of charm.
They say she does not open that pretty mouth
of liers to sing under $500, and that tie
nice little sum of $23 600 was guaranteed to
her before she crossed the salt sea. While
she chattcd in German With CARL Zerrahn,
and while certain privileged gentlemen
,o,,,J bnr ,1 a the la