The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-22
AMUSE M ENTS.

SUNDAY CONCERT AT GILMoRE's GARDEN
The atmosphere In 0rmoro's Garden yesterday
evening wanted the wandered Of doors
10 make It perfect Tho nrst impression on entering
was ono of warmth but that due TO the compare
tive stiffness OF the air, for In little while one
listened to the narmoniss with very agreeable sense
OF bodily GOODNESS. In paying this attention
to the thermal condition OF tho garden
ws but follow the general bent OF thoughs
which now examines the cool and the warm Of things
sublunary before taking account Of any other quail
Ties Theodore Thomas was th ere his orchestra was
there on its central dais, and In the southwest
corner. a little dais Of It's own, was Leypoldt's
Military Band The audience filled the chairs before
ths orchestra indeed all the chairs Of the garden
and posted little squads up among the seats that
always recall tho rampant Barnum times. 1t was NOT
a crowded audience, but there was enough OF Il fos
comfort II kept notably quiet during the pieces Of
tho programme proper, which divided into three
parts with Two ''ntermissions" In reality there
laid down the baton than LsypoId on his own little
dais, took up his cornet. Thomas gave schubert
s. a"d a.
this out to show that tho military band 10 BY no
means intended as sop to the PniIstines although
for small band II Is good one, although
came IN little late at nrst IN the "God Save the
haps Edison might explain this away with his air
wave erudtion, showing how much longer The sound
corner OF tho garden than from the veteran string
vibrators In the middle thereof; but so t ought to
have been late ell the tme and are happy 70 say
IL not. The orchestra programme was varied and
not at all severe Massonets 'Scsnes Pittoresqus,"
schuberts delicate Ave Maria" Saint Ssen'.
webcr's tunofai :.Jubileo Overture" comprised
tho first part. Then came selections from the nrsl
act of ''Lohcngrin," pocc Of Rams symphony,
sLenorc,r Mozarps quaint tripping "rurksh
March, ~ the prayer IRON ''Moses In Egypt" and the
noble "Hallelujah Chorus, the latter wanting sadly
In volume OF sound. Last OF all we had Litoln'a
s.Robcspiorre" overture, then Father Handel agaia
aud the warm colored indian march from "LAfri.
caine.n White the military band blarcd away st
Bach's march, Atiele. " or der Freischntz" sese.
ton, or Scnuperts sEri King" the audience quietly
crunched the gravel
programme and study the garden. At imminen
bodily risk the writer pulled tiny tuft Of tho pale
grass that struggles up Tor glimpse oil sunlight or
gaslight any light II can get Immediately he fels
AS much remorse rs II he had brutaiy pluckod -
much hair from baby's head, u was SO young ana
to bend IT, IL barely tipped with its sad, pale
/ green, and 10 milky white for sevsn-oghths
Of its inch CT length. Hers and there
through IL grow white topped mushrooms ike
fairy pagodas amid fairy forest, and
Il set wondering whether some delicate little city
garden closed and the gasghts out TO catch some
faint slant of moonshine and dance the echo Of
some OF the larry Perhaps But the fancy
that seemed suited 10 tho sad little plots OF green
that the 'iite people" used u as cemetery Tor
the last rites after they had played for themsslvss
way excursion Of vagabond thought was possible,
although the popular mind after commenting on the
music a the thci momstor bore uumtstakaoy ~
the direction Of beer lir la