Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-19

We had the pleasure of attend
ing, at Turnverein Hall, Sunday
evening, q full orchestral and voca
. rehearsal of the leading gems o
the Knell Concert, which comes of
at the same place on Thursday
evening. We were very mucl
! pleased with the thorough instru
mentatlon of the orchestra under
the leadership of Prof. Conterno
That gentleman is q most accom-
plished musician, and he has
brought his band to fine state OF
efficiency. We have before had oc.
caslon to note the admirable train.
ing of the vocalists who participate te
In the Concert. Suffice 1t to say
now that charming and artistic
: experience is in store for the audi.
ence which will assemble IN Turn
verein Hall Thursday. The sex.
tettes from Ernani and Lucia will
be rendered with q completeness
which has never characterized any
previous musical effort In Los An.
geles, singers and instrumentalists
having been trained to a speci .lly
happy accord. When it Is borne
in mind, In addition to the superb
character of the programme and
performance, that the concert il
given for most worthy object, the
beneficiary, Prof. Knell, being an
artist of high attainments, great
public spirit, and one who has en-
countered disheartening dome estic
experiences of late, we have no
hesitation in predicting that the
attendance will be phenomenal
even for music loving Los An
geles.
We clip the following advice to
Major Toberman, the Working
mems candidate for Mayor, from
the Los Angeles letter Of Fleet.
wood, published in the San Fran
cisco Post of last Friday:
A Los Angeles physician says:
"The only safe way for people to
do who have Chinese cooks is to
have large bowl Of strong solution
of carbolic acid, say equal parts of
acid and water, and force the
heathen to wash in it every time
he enters the kitchen.' Ignorance,
though, is the only explanation to
be given for respectable people who
let the rotten Mongollan knead the
dough for them. There Is not near
ly the danger of Infection from the
leprosy which a few Cinnamon have
that there Is from another vile dis
ease that nine.tenths Of them are
afflicted with.' Taking of China
men reminds me that l heard the
Workingmen talking of nominal.
ing Major Toberman for Mayor,
aud that u few days since l drove
by the Majors stately mansion ard
saw a meek looking Mongolian do.
ing household duty there. 1t was
my Intention to advise the Major
privately to discharge John, or put
him In the basement until after
election, but probably this hint
through the Post will be appreci-
ated. II the Major decides to be in
dependent and keep his Chinese
cook, earnestly entreat him to
use the carboIic wash.
The approaching Musical Festi.
val for Southern California, from
the 10th to the Goth of December,
promises to be an event of unusual
interest, under the management of
the Los Angeles Philharmonic So
ciety. In addition to the large
number Of singers and musicians
in our city, DELEGATIONS from Santa
Barbara, Ventura, Pasadena, El
Monte, Riverside, Anaheim, Dow
uey, Compton. Grange, Santa Ana,
Westminster aad other places are
expected to help swell the chorus to
fully 200 voices. The selections of
music will be choice and varied.
The object of the convention is to
cultivate q mutual feeling among
the musicians of Southern Califor-
MIA, and to inspire an enthusiasm
for the better class of music and
the most effeclual style of reaching
1t. The hotels have already offered
to entertain singers and musicians
from abroad at mere nominal con
sideratiOns, white y number of our
citizens have offered to care gratui-
tously tor those attending the con-
vention as members of tue chorus.
AS the action of the Philharmonic
Society has been inspired by pub
lie spirit it is greatly desired that
every member of this community
Interested in the good of the So
ciety should do something toward
the success Of the coming musical
festival,
A rather ludicrous mistake oc-
ours in the last number of the Pa
cVc Land Journal, of San Fran
cisco. By special request General
John I'll. Shields, of Florence, in
this county, wrote up our recent
Horticultural Fair for that paper.
His letter was accompanied by an
electrotype of the Pavilion, which,
by some mistake in the "make-
up" instead of being placed GU the
same page as the Generals letter,
Is put on another page and sur
rounded by sn article on Silverado,
without a word of explanation as
to what really represents. Should
any person be induced to visit Sill
verado with the expectation of be-
ing lodged in palatial hotel, such
as the illustration would lead him
to expect, we think, on his return
to San Francisco, he would be JUS
titled in instituting proceedings for
damages against that Journal.
San Diego Nea0s: We understand
that arrangements are about COM
pleted between the base hsllists OF
Los Angeles and nour boys" for
the former to visit San Diego,
Tha uksgivlng week, engaging in a
aerie3 OF pameS with the cIIlbs of