National Republican., 1877-02-18
OETEyBicH IN iyERTCf

which ho has Just brough ht out at Paris entitled
'Noies dun Mutieien en- foya1e," in which he
gives an account Of his visit to America last
summer. II will doubtless be translated and
published here soon; at present we have space for
only one or two short extracts. Speaking Of our
women, he says:
II must be confessed that there are, perhaps,
no women more bewitohlng than the Americans
unknown at Paris. Out Of one hundred w".
men whom you pass, ninety are positively
toilette, are in perfect taste, well adapted, and
come from tho hands OF Worth" ~' J"''
We wish we could give an idea OF the fine hu.
NOR with which the houses, the streets, the cars
OF New York, are described in this volume. The
author has much to say about the theatres. He
depiores the abandon into which the dramatic ort
has fallen, and what he says applies equally well
to painting, sculpture and music. We suboIn an
Incident, which his entities "The Torments Of a
Musician"
Besldes the concerts which l had engaged to
direct, had promised MILE. Aimee TO conduct
several Of the operas which she Intended 10 aiye
in the United States Faithful to my word Ind
welded the baton at the theatre ii New York
where Mile. Aimee was singing. considered
myself absolyed from my promise to her. But
adelphia she came and told mo that she was NO.
ing 10 Chicago, and begged me to conduct one
name Of the city for good reasons.j /. also, was
intending thcn to 90 to Chicago; X. was on nv
way and so consented,
! arryedat X In the morning. The Joiic Par.
yumcuse was TO be given that evening. re.
paired to the theatre TO have at least one rehcar
sal With my orchestra Installed myself bravolv
musicians commenced. knew my score by heart.
what, then was my surprise at hearing, instead
position which bore scarcely family likeness 10
ny ny operetia; by listening closely was able 10
tlon was entirely different from mine A n,usi
clan Of the place had seen nt to re.wrIteit.
MY nrst impulse was to quit the rehearsal I'm.
medlately, and to abandon the orchestra for the
evening. But Mile Aimee begged me so hard
to lead, pointing out TO me that I was announced
not appear, and would not allow The opera to Ro
on; % that hat ended by giving in; ! resumed my
bow anu gave anew the signal Of attack to my
but eSecrable. Out of twenty Ave performer
there were about eight toerably good. six barely
pare for o. contingencies, / asked second violin
20 take drum and gave him some Instructions
IN iGW voice; & TINS Wa % wise move nswll ap
either in the orchestra or In the score
The rehearsal was so deplorablo that, at the
ing. This was labor lost; impossible TO withdraw
myself from the execution OF my work Tome
what may said l to myself l have promised 10
conduct two acts, and l will conduct them,
Heaven helping me.
What representation One must have heard
"quGcks' every instant except when they ought
to. In the comic arch of the blind men, in The
nrst act. hnu put In several false notes, which
always produce an amusing effect. Coming to
this passage, my clarlnettes stopped and counted
rests. The ignoramus who had rewritten my
music had arranged this for o quartette only
Before this, at the rehearsal / had requested
Messieurs the clarinettes, to play no matter what
iat.,, IN ,his passage, knowing, lstorchand. that
reckoned without my host; deprived OF their text
the prigands absolutely refused to stir a peg.
count them; there is nothing written for US to
,
you put in when there are no rests are not writ
ten either, and, nevertheless you give Us our hlI
Impossible to convince them, So much for The
elarinettes As for the hautboy, he was a whlm.
steal chap, who played from time to time when
saa saS a. took an HIN The Ss ns PSa in when he
than half OF the time The vIoloncel 10 and the
bass.viol, placed behind me, skipped measure
trsband bass. AT every moment. in conducting,
with my right hand l stopped the, bow OF the
many false notes. The irst violin, % an excellent Mt
player, by the way, was always too hot. The
Temperature was only about 20" (centigrade5 In
the hall. This unfortunate was continually stop
ping to wipe his forehead But, my dear fellow
said to him. IN moving voice, '.lf you desert
with resignation, and resumed his instrument.
But the sea Of discord continued to rise higher.
WI %ha. rna,S h%S5Sb Of false notes Happily the r9t
applause! / thought must be dreaming
All this was nothing, however, to the second
tration, / turned 70 the ieft toward the piccoio
| which should, according to my text, execute the
opening strain. Not at ali, It was the trombone
"quGcEs," had to take, according TO my score
leading air. The musician of the place had
taken It from them and Dsiven 1t to the cornet,
who played ialse,. and the bassoon who was al
We arrived painfully to the commencement OF
the finale said TO myself that we should never
get to the end. The duet between Rose and
Bayolet went of poorly enough, but still We got
the latter ends in q, 1 had naturally made, for
the entry OF Clorlnde, who commences in @ major,
mGGslntons ~ Df sharp SHARP The bass
had been re.arranged by the great musician OF X.
for the two famous clarinettcs, the,hautboy who
played so spasmodically, and the bassoon. Devil
ever, l made desperate signs to my
neghbor, who woke him suddenly. Had /
known what was bost ! should have let him
sleep. That animal, instead of sounding A sharp,
struck in on sharp, with all the force Of his
lungs
Five tones too high. The unfortunate artist
who played Clorlnde, followed naturally the
natural ascension: and took the melody Ave tones
trouble itself about any OF these Details cOntin
nsd % to play on iye tones below. The dlscerd
drops, and making desperate gestures to Ciorinde
ana my musicians. Then 1t was that m lnspira.
| addressed to my drummer an energetic and des.
| pairing sign: He understood me, and commences I'd
DeutlnB roll An tnat mnRnlncent roll, loud
| enough to break the windows; a roll which con.
tnued for thirty measures to the very end of the
duet, and which covered up heaven knows how
many false notes.
| The public must certainly have been at loss
| to understand why, III the middle Of the night,
and In stcriOus scene, the drum suddenly fell
| to beating with such force and persistency. Per.
haps they saw In II stroke Ofthe composers ge.
| MUS. II was SO, indeed, and one which enabled
| me to save the situation. l cannot think yet
| without shuddcr, of the anti. musical horrors
| Which that happlly-concelved drum.beat SO CT
lcctually covered up.
| After I his cccentricity / naturally looked fol
nothing less than n deluge of abusive criticism In
| the papers. Quito the contrary! Praise, moth
Ing but praise, Of the mastery fashion In which
| had conducted.
tSince the above was put in type, we see thai
the translation OF the entire works announced a;
! issued BY Carleton, the enterprislng New York
Publisher, aud for sale at the principal bookstores
| here I TFogsidied G.yb hG. FS"th CDr he Ma
hondi R'p"Jiicd" by ". N. Tiisy.
An Old New York Murder Brought Up Agair.
The murder of Helen Jewett is being re.
vived by litigation in Chicago and as one Of the
supposed original parties lived In this State, II
| has naturally revived the old story. Helen Jew
| ct was murdered In her room on Thomas street,
| New York, In 1895, and Richard Parmlee Robin
son was arrested on the charge of committing the
crime as he was the last one seen in her company