, 1881-10-30

BOSTON,.
The Liszt Banquet at the Re
we're House. "
Home and Surroundings Of the
Poet Longfellow..
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RosToS. Mass, Oct a..-Already the birthday
celebrations beein- \ very delightful occasion
wis the List banquet ut the Revere House Sat
urduy evening, Oct - On that day the Abbe
List was u years old. For long time there
n;ld been in Boston musical circles talk Of ceie-
bratlng the great musIcian's birthday At one
time it WAS hoped to give his "Dic Hcilige Elisa
beth, y bur this hati to be- abandoned, and sup
per ut the Revere House, supplemented by u
feast Of music OF the Abbc's composition was
substituted Que hundred anu fifty ladies' and
gentlemen. mostly professional or amateur mt
slcians, sat down to the feast Mr. George ".
Chickerug ouuci for the evening his beautiful
bust Of Liszt, By Ball, over which, against tie
wall, was floral shield bearing the inscription,
"1sIl-Franx L,szt-lssl.' The menu ore excel
lent albertypc portraits ut the great composer
and pianist, and fuc Smiles Of his autograph.
After two hours ut tnbfc, there were speeches
by Ten. Oliver. Mr. Lang, Dr. Dc GessdurF.
Charles T. Perkins and Others and many per-
sonai "reminiscences Of 14iszt's tender sympathy
with and helpful Kindness to others OF his art
were effectively told 4 telegram OF congratu-
!AtiOn was sent to him at Rome during the
evening. There WIS much piauo-playing-
Lillian Bailey EIenschel sang Victor fiugu's
little poem, ''Comment Disaeint~ils to
music BY List. and TtrGse Liebe played oil the
violin the one composition Liszt hus ever CON-
posed for thur Instrument.
Private letters frUm Europe tell NC that Or.
List Is very feeble, and will hardly see another
birthday. His recent fall down flight Of stairs
WIS severe physical and nervous shock. Iis.
AfterwnrI. however. conducted some delightful
chamber concerts Ut Weimur, with his usual en-
thusiasm and graciousness OF manner. The
man is beloved bynl who come in contact with
him. This iore with his pupils amounts to
isolatry, rs hare seen myself at resth, 'iu
Hungary, at his school. .
Nr. Longfeliow loaned to the banqueters his
portrait Of Liszt, painted by Healy. This f. a
most interesting picture Ii represents Li$zt
as Longfellow first saw him, holding high in
hand lighted candle, the rays Of which illuuaine
tho wonderful face, tho rest Ut the picture
thrown into deep shadow, with excellent
fsembfautisa effect sfr. Longfetow told me
himself once Of this visit. ] 10 said that the
Abbc weleoincd him in dark room, Save for
the lighted taper hc bore, conducted hin to Il
seut. when he pt dawn the candle IL pi:lGO.
md said: That Is an american Ghickcring
piano, and good Que, too. Soun ht asked:
''shnll ptny for you:" lie seated himself ut
tue piano, hut tho fancy took him to 20 to au-
other room. tnanother instrument. Longfe1tDw
followed him as he led tho way again with tho
caEale held above his head. and then followed
TN hour oi music. ms far removed tron ordinary
piano music rs Is that Of the heavenly choirs
plays tho piano jltSf rs Lsxt does That w:ts in
deed Il sccne-the. sre:tt tone poet ut the plane.
our own poet in the shadow I'll thar dim rNtni
so full OF nsrsnonies 10th in the Air and i'll their
own hearts. lind much resemblance i'll tuan-
ner between these two men, though SO unlike.
LoSGrELIow, :
too, Is feeble in body, and his song grows weak
or. But it is rarely beautiful old age lie Is
now 74. For week be has been confined to his
to his friends and family. His eres are sunken,
his step fa,.ering, and his hand treubles rs be
writes. Hc has grown Old recently and rapidly:
but there Is the same old enthusiasm ovor his
friends, his deary-loved books, and pictures,
und souvenirs Of golden hours in tho past rte
talks with as much zest today of his beautiful
italian library Us when he bought those rure
books In Italy SO long ago, and there IL 1o fnli-
lug Off iu interest i'll all that him is beautiful
in life. One goes out OF his lovely home ut
Cambridge with Il feeling Of great sadness that
this perfectly rounded life must at best, so soon
vo out; that ail these treasures that cluster
about him must pass into other hanas- No man
loves more his home, and there are not many
such homes in America
When student ut Harvard he rootaed In tho
'Cragie Manstoti," a grind old eolonia! house,
with its tWenty-thrce rambling rooms, and
fascinating wainsc0tings. and staircase,
aud unexpected turns and cr;tnnics. In
after years he bought the place, already
famous from having been the headquarters OF
Washington uul the home Tor sOnIe time ut
Lady Washington mud whose roou today re-
mathis she lett it, There. Str. LnugtetloW,
hlcssed-anu Gud he thanked tor that!--with
riches has surrounded himself with everything
that 50 refined and broad cultured Inlu would
crave. 1T seems raInor. Ill thAt house. as II
everything hid come to him from all purts OF
the EARTH somehow, OF Its own ,iccord Au1 Foil-
ton This he,lrd him say TO II Western girl, ,.s
ho put something into her hand: 1 1t Is uiollft'-
tui thing tO put Iuto the hands OF Il bright young
g1r like YOU, bur. think OF it! t9 years 'iSo thai
Git of crumbing wood touched Dante $ bones
1t w.,s piece OF Dunrcs coffin The inks1aud lie
uses belonged 70 colerldsc, "notner one beside
1t belonged to Tom NOurc; head painted ny
Tintoselto lungs upon his wall, und u wondertui
portrait Of David, by David himself, hangs
osnea!h IT, TWO ;s,s s1esens a,ooia s1a'nplss st
couIu ill coutn:ls With telling Of these things
His writing table In hts Study stands Just befufe
the fireplace: WherS @ h,s tL wlie sausht nfs ;Iao
bridge to see tho poet VINO shows the same Ker-
tleness and grucso,sncss, with almost eager de-
ctlfErE1l{1Y 10 GuCQ. IlE fEIA3 ~ u
everything and everybody but himself, and i'll
stauiiy turns otr my aItusion to his own poetry
MIR LonyteI0w's nutIle- leuds the lisE Ut those
VINO signed the conEratulAtory telegram sent to
Dr. Lszt. Miss Amy Fay, ot Cambridge, has
written Il little book On conservatory life IN
Germany. which bus attracted Llszts attention,
aIld he nus utey requested her permission taat
it he translated into German, which will be
speedily done.
SPEAKING OF CAMBRIDGE,
reminds ME OF thenttetnDr to cali together there
again tho meetings of the old Chestnut Street
Club-ttat much laughed-ar Boston Isulical
Club-ut Mrs. Sargent's new ho1a:. The house
in Chestnut street had become historical, and
Indeed worthily 50, for the men and women
most eminent in .imericu's field Of thought
und philosophy had gathered in It weekly for
wears about this Que woman. But these Antable
gatherings, Mt lenst unier her roof, AEr things
nf tho past, since she has deserted the old local
ity and gone SO far from town, though the wise
men Of Cambridge will without doubt revolve
about her. 1t Ii said that the furniture alld ap-
pointmeuts-the chairs by~ihe-Wny are covered
with famous old Guhclin tapestr"5-!ook posi-
tiycly rebtIli0us in their new quarters. ara
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