Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-17
FREEHAND NOTES.
EVENTS TRANSFERRING AT THE BAY
AID ELSEWHERE.
St. Valentines Relcs-Death's Harvest
Prospective Social Gatherings
nusical gotes-tte.

time ago that she made her more or lees
compromising statements. Our perfectly
sane modern Postmasters simply say that
the mails are lighter this year than on any
previous I4sh of February within the post
magisterial memory. Young California
simply propounds the poser, "Who was
st. Valentine, anyway Even echo dis
PLAYS profound apathy in giving the regu-
lation response, and the poor saint falls
into disrepuse. By the way, Pfang paid
hundred dollars last year for Cslifarnisn's
water. color design for St. Valentines
eerd-a little He and She" leading an
existence la Vatican, in pink satin that
the freshest green grass never damages.
As for this Lent it is a season more Of
death than life-poor Harry Hammond,
Mr.. Tallant, the banker, Mr.. Bsrsds, all
gone ont Of the world in the past week.
The first with sufficiently romantic story
told OF the exposure which finally gave
him the chill Of which he died-his daily
visit TO the grave of the beautiful child
who, if she had lived, would have been his
fiancee. All the members of Mr.. Tallaut's
family ara absent at the East, while Mr..
Bareda's death has set everyone to talking,
by an odd but usual contrast, Of the csle-
brsted spiendors of the wonderful Newport
establishment, not so many years ago,
when Mr.. Bareda was the wealthy Cuban
with the beautiful wife, and
LIVED LIKE NOBLE
In one Of Dsraelis novels, and entertained
so maryelously, that the much.dined and
wined General Grant said that all the royal
hospitslities of Europe did not equal the
luxurious completeness of the reception
given him by this Castilian in America.
New York speculatious ergulfed the gold
that makes an artistic life on this magnifi-
cent scale possible, aud the Newport prince
lived few exiled years in San Francisco,
and 20 day the end. In the midst of so
much gloom three pleasant entertainments
are already spoken of to inaugurate new
season when sackcloth and ashes shall be
discarded. Mrs. J. S. Hager, of the Pal
ace, designs giving german with favors of
SURPRISING choiceness Mrs. Tevis is taxed
with contemplating kettledrum, and Mrs.
Atherton will open again to her world her
uniquely pretty Queen Anne house, which
was warmed by such memorably pleasant
party last year, when it was completed.
Mrs. Horace Davis gave small
BIRTHDAY DINNER, PARTY,
Tuesday night, for anniversaries will fall
even in Lent, and Mrs. r. C. Rockers
bright French face is seen once more in the
city, returned from shining upon her
Washington circle. Miss Sibyl Sanderson
has also returned from Washington with
her father. OF the half-dozen NeWhall
brothers, who all have their distinguishing
characteristics, the musical Mr. Newhsll
has returned from visit to the East,
where, among attractions, he has been
playing the flute with two distinguished
amateur musicians of New York city, one
of them, by the way, the pianist of the
trio, sister of Mrs. Henry Newton, of
the Palace, whose music and musicals are
pleasant things in the San Francisco sea
son. Dr. ]. G. Lyman has gone East, to
return in the summer. At Easter. that
Jealous little tabernacle, St. Luke's, viii
show it's new minister to the expectant
flock. He is a gentleman known to fame
as "a DOuHlA5s Alll1SII anu CoAlSb nun
Middletown, Conn and this further piece
of news ecclesiastical is abroad, that Mr..
Mcclure, the revered head of the boys
military school in Oakland, was recently
ordained an Episcopal minister by Bishop
Kip. He had been a Presbyterian, and
found not enough authority among the
officers of that denomination TO suit his
military mind Some faint, hearted beings
are already doubtful about the success of
the scheme to bring
THEODORE THoMAs
To California in June, while others speak
confidently of foregoing the usual trip to
Monterey because of "the concerts"
Question d'argent, as usual. Ten thousand
dollars have been subscribed, but where
are the thirty thousand? Were not
Si0,0 600 to be subscribed to guaran.
tee the graceful Theodore from loss
go for one hour of Ralston " signs
the committee. Meantime the time of
the Philharmonies has been changed from
the evening to the afternoon, and the men
who subscribed for boxes are indignant be-
cause they cannot go to the concerts in
business hours, and their boxes are practi-
cally lost to them. Mr.. Blanquart, a
violiDist of the city, and Frederick Zech.
a pianist, are endeavoring to organize
meetings of musicians for the purpose of
studying chamber music, quite informally
and with only very distant streak of
concert dawn ON the horizon, but for the
philanthropic purpose of forming the
germ of a well drilled orchestra. Good
quartets and quintets are in themselves
quite
WELL WORTH LISTENING TO,
And John PARROT, Jr,, who has always
manifested the deepest interest IN the pro-
gress OF good music in bis native city, will
possibly bring back with him on his re-
turn from abroad two or three good play
ers on the French horn and on the cello
instruments only understood by perhaps two
players in town. At present the time of the
good musicians is so occupied that only two
rehearsals ever take place for concert, no
matter what the music attempted, so that
the performance before the public is little
better than reading at sight. And Wsg.
ner is dead OF heart disease, too. They
pretend not to care, these fighting Titans,
but their wills are stronger than their
bodies, I5 was long before he could make
the world recognise him, and recognizing,
it often failed to appreciate, but he tower
ed like Victor Hugo st last, and his enor.
nous egotism was soothed by countless re-
jected invitations that Europe generally
regards as commands. His scorn of made
quate incense is well shown by his reply to
young American girl, who told him that
she had come all the way from the United
States only to see him. at was a risk, F"
he said, in French, "you might have
tumbled into the sea.
HE RELIEVED IN HIMSELF
To an almost unprecedented extent. He
was as insolent to the world when he stood
penniless wretch hearing how his 6 Tam
hauser" ''.ta,sda faseo partom dams
fEWope, as the French delight to relate
even now, as when Louis of Bavaria ex.
pended whole revenues to prepare such
scenic effects as the world never drearoad