St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-11

d. NJ. Babcock, the Temple, Schubert I
and Mendelssohn quartettes, Lotus
glee-club and the Boston Cadet band. |
This is the first time that the hall has
been used for a musical occasion since
the corridors have been cut off by par
and thesOloists and the singers
in the quartettes testified to its i'm
proved acoustic properties.
Mrs. NJ. II. Hunt, who labOred so
successfully in tins state last fall IN
the interest of temperance education
in the schools, has been laboring in
Michigan. The Legislature of that
state has passed an act, nearly unanl-
mously in each branch, providing that
district school boards shall provide for
instruction in every school in physiOlo-
" and hygiene, with special reference
to the effects of alcoholic drinks, slim
ulants and narcotics generally upon
the human system, and that no certiti-
cate shall he granted any person to
teach in the schools of that state, on
and after Sept. |, 1854, who has not
passed satisfactory examination in
such studies. The passage of this act
is largely attributed to the influence
of Mrs Hunt. She will soon visit New
Hampshire on IA similar mission, labor
ing there and elsewhere as an agent of
| the National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union. Petitions will be pre-
scented to the legislature for the enact
ment of such Il law.
The Handel and Haydn triennial fes-
tival closed the series of concerts fol
the week in Boston Sunday night with
a performance of ''The Messiah" under
the direction of Carl Ierrahn, with
Mrs. f. Aline OsgOod, Miss Emily Wi
nant. Charles X. Adams, Theo. j. Toedt
and NJ. II. Whitney as soloists. The
festival has not been as well patron
lied as its merits deserved. and there
will be deficit of about 5000 which
will have to he made up from the guar
4 antee fund. The reason for the festi
val being "A financial failure is believe,
to be the result of the high prices q
admission, which were necessary Oh
account of the limited capacity of Mu
sic hall, which is inadequate for Il fes
. tival conducted on the large scale tina
/ this was. The seats were placed a
II 30, - and $500, and the genera
admission 81, the entire receipts bein!
under SI4.OOO. 1t is thought that witt
the festival in the Mechanics hall, wit
the prices at Il % and 30 cents to
each concert, the financial result wOul'
have been far better.
jealousy and bitterness of feelin
: among musicians has deprived Cincin
natl for this season of the fine musica
= concerts held there each year durin
f the month of May. Preparations ha
t been made for Il Wagner memoir;
p concert, parts of "Parsital" were t
e have been given with elaborate seem
t. effect. the music had been labOriousl
e rchearsed, and $4,000 had already bee
# expended in preparation for that es
J.. pecial concert. 1t was to have bee
n given under the auspicies of the Col
r. lege of Music and the leadership {
Il DamrOsch, between whom and Thee
dore Thomas there is bitter antagC
nism. This concert was to have bee
u given IA week or two later than the drf
matte festival but Thomas, actuate'
y doubtless, by petty spite, engage
E Music hall in the name of the Ma
" Festival association from the lIth I
- the 18th, though only two concerts wi
{ be given between the two dates.
consequence of this act, the Wagn,
concert will he abandoned, as I'll
" smaller hall to he occupied would MAX
! its presentation an impossihility. s.
y in the foremost musical city of til
country, the concerts of 1883 will
" confined merely to orchestra concert
and the limited capacity of the ha
will make even these unsatisfactory.