Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-28

This combination of steel muscles and vel
vet skin obtained for her in Europe the So
briquet of La Petite Tigresse. ~
One of Burne-Jones's pictures at the
Grosvenor ia called "The Hours" and
shows six maidens in diaphanous robes of
many hues. The first wakes, the second
bathes, the third works, the fourth eats,
the fifth pays, the sixth sleeps. They are
all in row. Number one is in gray blue,
number two in golden brown, three in
brick red and dull green, four in brighter
green, five in red ard powdery blue, and
| number six in blue verging on purple. The
co.ors are said to be very harmonious and
the drawing equal TO Mr.. Jones's best.
The faces belong to one type.
GA certain worthy singing master of our
acquaintance" says the London M4sica!
ReUie1o, fused always to come on tie plat
form with every pupil OF his and stand be-
| hind her while she sang, counting the time
| for her and telling her when to take breath.
! Then at the end Of the song he used to bow
to the audience. This was looked upon as
consummate bad taste on his part, though
the good old man was only anxious that his
pupils should do him credit. But it, is
! really no worse than the antics of Julien,
who used TO fall back in a state of exhaus-
tion after conducting symphony, and have
minions bring him coffee and fan him and
20 worse than the still more absurd behavior
of certain contemporary conductors who
attempt to assume the credit due to their
Woodworking orchestra.
In the August Century, G. W. Prothero,
says, apropos of the paintings of "Mr.
Watts at the Grosvenor Gallery" The
fashion of the age prescribes for art bounds
which it cannot pass without FORGETTING its
universally. 1t is no longer the business
of art to teach but to amuse and if Or.
cagns or Michael Angelo were to live and
paint again, it is doubtful whether he
would not die in penury. We admire
these masters of old days, because our in
structors have dinned their greatness into
our ears till we are fain to believe but if
the statue of Moses were to appear for the
first time in next years Academy, we
should be told that his horns were ridicu- |
leus, and his beard half a yard too long. |
And SO it is with Mr.. Watts. Those who |
wish to be amused go away unsatistied, and
laugh at the power they cannot feel
Salmi Morse, according to the Brooklyn
A1uBtty bdlQ tLC ObuOI MY n6H COule
edy, 'Bustle Among the Petticoats, is to
give superb idea of men and matters DUR
ing the reign of Louis XIV 1t is q play
without . villain, and there is no sugges.
ton of crime upon the stage. In the plays |
of to-day wives are taught to deceive their
husbands and husbands are taught to de- |
ceive their wives. Is this right! No. |
What is it? It is wrong" Having com. |
IL Ill Ill = A.
ern drama, Mr.. Morse remarked that the |
plot of his new play dealt with the love of |
a poor young man for the daughter of |
marquis. The reason the couple were not |
married in the first act was because the |
man was below his love in station. The |!
five acts that followed were devoted to ele- |
waiting the young man to the social position |
of his sweetheart. Then they get married. |
AT this point the audience goes home, if |
any of it is left in the house.
In reference to Handel's well. known |
habit Of appropriating the ideas of other
composers, the London Times remarks 1t
ia very well for the advocates of Handel to
assert that his system of wholesale robbery
was countenanced by the manners of the
time, that in those days melodies were a
kind OF common property at the disposal
Of every composer who chose to treat them,
and that on the manner of that treatment
alone individual claims to possession and
commensurate praise depended. Surprising
that this had been the case, it would by no
means justify the annexation of entire
movements slightly disguised and " adapt
ed" in the eyes of musicians of the last
century any more than those in our own
time. This is amply proved by the case of
poor Bononcini, HandePs rival who was
virtually compelled to leave England be-
cause it was discovered that he had pilfered
and submitted to the Academy of Music as
his own little madrigal by Lott, GER
tainly not superior to many he had previ
ously written himself. The reason why the
small thief Bononoini should have been
punished for doing once what the big thief
Handel was in the habit of doing car be ex.
planned only from the differences of size.
"Quod licet Jovi non licet bowl, says the
homely medieval proverb.
One of those things happened at the Ne.
tional Theater the other night which most
papers are too dignifed to mention, but
which everybody likes to talk about. 1t
was during the last act of g Mother and
Son, and Janauschek, with one other per-
son, was holding the stage. It was stu
alton of some suspense, and the house was
perfectly still. There was pause, too, in
the dialogue, so that on the stage also there
happened to be complete stiffness. Just at
that moment man in the parquette blew
his nose. It was not violent, savage
blast, but long, sonorous, luxurious blow,
such as the horns that marched around
Jericho might have given on the seventh
round, in the serene confidence that the
walls would come down promptly. The
effect was irresistibly ludioFous. The au-
dience, in their respect for the actors and
their interest in the play, struggled bravely
to preserve a good demesuor, but it was
no use. A wave of half-suppressed laughter
ran over the house, and many who sue,
ceeded In keeping silence fairly shook. On
the stage the situation was still worse.
Even Janauschek's tragic gravity was dis
turbed. Her face twitched again and again
in the effort to control herself, and she was
glad to use the handkerchief she had in her
hand to cover her confusion. For mo-
ment it looked as if an emotional scene
would be dissolved in broad laugh, but
the actors struggled on with the dialogue,
and, after few minutes, the play resumed
it's hold On the audience. For the man, or
rather the nose, it was successful debut.
Washington Correspondent New York
Tribune.
A FANCY.