The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-10-09
MystcriOusly Missing Ship.

MystcriOusly Missing Ship.
From the Glasgow Herald.
What becomes of our missing ships! Time
after time we learn that board of trade courts
find it impossible to answer this question.
Many vessels that leave our ports apparently
in most seaworthy condition are nevermore
seen nor heard OF, and no amount Of inquiry
serves to throw any light on the cause Of their
disappearance. Like the Hermes, whose loss
formed the subject of an investigation at
Greenock last week, they may start with every
prospect of fair and prosperous voyage, with
what is thought to be safe cargo, properly
slowed, and under the charge of cap
tain and crew equal to any emergency:
And yet, with all these advantages, the
lamentable fact remains that many share
the fate OF the Hermes, simply vanish
inc. and so helping to increase the melancholy
record of missing ships. A valuable extract
which has Just been prepared of the returns
issued by the bureau vnritas brings out some
interesting statistics connected with this rec
ord. 1t shows that the total number Of sailing
vessels and steamers lost throughout the
world during the last two years reaches some
400. and that of these more than 900 were
reported rs missingr OF all the maritime dis
asters therefore that occur, it is found impOs-
sible to account with any degree of accuracy,
for at least one.tenth of them. Guess on the
subject may of course be made. There is al
ways the chance of collision to be taken into
consideration, or of some flaw in the structure
of machinery which, though it escapes the
vigilance of the surveyors, may unit the ship
to meet the usual perils Of the deep. There
is also the probability that some Of the vessels
may have been able to sneak away in an inn
proper condi,ion-perhaps overloaded with
an insufficiency of free board.
The New York gamin is quick-eared
musician. II a catching Of music is not carried
into every home on this island it is because the
donates are deaf. The composers have no
more appreciative friends than the gamins that
fill our streets like cock sparrows. They
whistle away day and night, until they wear a
tune threadbare, and then they drop it for a
new favorite. The gallery gods who look
down at. the footlghts are the most attentive
auditors at a new operetta, and they quickly
decide which is the best music. Indeed, the
merit of such a production may to degree be
determined by the amount of whistlng it re-
Ceived in the streets.
A lady writing from abroad in regard to an
Art Exhibition lately given in Worcester, En-
gland sends some items Of various articles dis
played which may prove Ofinterest to Ameri-
can readers. Imprimis, patchwork quilt,
composed of 3S4 sections, made in 1000; the
christening mantle of James H., decorated
with silver lace; fancy work which belonged
to Marie; Bible and prayer-book, once the
property of Charles l; glove worn by Shake :
peare and presented to David Garrick by the
Mayor OF Stafford; silk counterpane used by
Catherine of Arragon when at Ludlow Castle,
and the wife of Prince Arthur and lace can
opy worked by Anne Boleyn tor her daughter,
afterward Queen Elizabeth.
A western correspondent Of Music and
Drama gives this account Of promising
young pianist, now studying with List"
She came to "the master straight from Stuff.
CART. Friends inform me that in the celebra-
ton held there last May, she made success
with Schumann's Concerto second to none,
and that our consul there afterward said:
America should be proud of such a represen-
tative.' have yet to meet the American girl
who plays as Miss Garlich does. She has an
immense repertoire, as varied as it is long
from Bach to Chopin, and she plays every
thing without notes. The Schumann Con-
certo and the Chopin G miner ballade pleased
the master greatly, as personally know. Add
to Miss G's splendid technique and artistic
execution, most favorable personal appear
ance and distinctively American style, and l
hardly exaggerate when | say that she yet
may become one Of our foremost pianistes. l
expect much from one of her ability and
vgor."
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