Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-11-21

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10 NOTES
BosroN. Nov. TO- 1884.
R'ces Surprise Party, with "Popp as tho
attraction, have taken possession of the prel.
ty Biiou theatre, and are making things mer.
ry for the large audiences. or course ''Pop"
isn't new we've all seen. and are ready to see
it again az long as il continues 30 clever and
funny, with John Mckay 10 make us laugh
and Ida Mule to charm us with her singing.
Bot il the play isn't new, Mr.. Rice has intro.
duoed a novelty which really is a novelty, and
one that las proved great attraction.
mean Mr. James p. Locke, the double cornet-
ist Mr. Locke, who is a decided artist. il A
young man from Toledo, O., the nephew of
David II. Locke, whom everybody knows as
Petroleum " Nasty" The Lockes are a
musical family they all play or sing, usually
both. Even "Nasby" owns up to some in
strument, I've forgotten what, but it's some
where between a flute and a bass yiol; and
he frankly says that he likes nothing better
than an 'old fashioned Sunday evening sing"
You would believe, it, too, if you could hear
his bass voice rolling out the old.time hymns
Watts and Select" were drilled into bis
youthful mind most thoroughly by Presby-
teriau mother, aud he by rote added several
Of Wesleys. really bell We he can give any
one Of them, from Coronation" TO "China."
That he appreciates them, too. is shown by
his own religious poems, some OF which are
among the most touching and beautiful that
have been written in these later years. This
musical taste in the family once in a while
develops beyond taste and talent and even
genius Mr.. James Locke has been, for so
young a man, quite successful cornet player;
but his successes have all be.n mazda in the
West, and it is only a little over a year AGO
that he discovered that be could play on two
comets at once. Unlike other cornetists. be
could only play on the side of his mouth. in.
stead of the centre, and he could play as well
on one side as the other. One day, in fun.
he took up two cornets at once, and found
that both responded to his breath. He imme.
diately went to work to practice, and as a re-
suit people see one man PLAYING duet upon
two cornets in a flushed style. There il no
chcanery about il; ii is good honest work.
and will bring Mr. Locke fortune. He al.
ready has several offers for London next sea.
son, one of which be has accepted at a very
high salary. That is, it seems very large for
the work he does, but one has to remember
that Lis performance is the result of continu.
GUS hard labor, so really he is only getting
what he is absolutely worth and what he has
worked very hard to attain. That is one
thing which people are ant to FORGET in con-
sidering An artistic success. They ONLY see
the immediate result and do not look at all
at the long period Of labor and possible hard
ship through which the success has been at.
tanned.
Apropos Of the work Of preparation for
public life, Mr.. j. j. Hayes, who is without
doubt the finest reader before the public to.
day, gave some Of the 'interior views" Of the
manner in which a great many so-called teach.
ers of elocution train the young women under
their charge who have an ambition to be pub.
lie readers In city where Mr.. Hayes ap.
peared, a young lady resident begged an in
terview with him in order that he might hear
her read and recommend her to managers.
Being very kindly in his nature and always
ready to assist those deserving, be consented
to see her and pass judgment on her Efforts.
1t was the usual tbipq-all gesture "wipvle -
making eyes and mouthing, but there was
from beginning to end no indication of any
intellectual appreciation Of what she was
reading, which WAS, by the way, one Of the
finest poems in the English language. Mr..
Hayes heard her patiently to the end ; then
he asked her:
what does that poem mean 2"
T-don't think understand you, was the
hesitating reply.
What conception do YOU think the poet
had 10 his mind when he wrote it?"
II really don't know what you mean, sir.
why, " hat literary analysis did your teach
er make of il? For instance. yby do Won do
so and so 2" indicating certain gestures and
expressions.
"why, | do that because my teacher told
me to-"
But did he give YOU no reason why YOU
we're to do it?"
'No; be only told me TO learn that niece.
Then he marked 10 my book what TO do. and
l did it lust as he told me-"
what, without knowing whyy"
II supposed he knew wby. 30 didn't ask
him"
She then handed him the book. and Mr..
HAYES assures me il was a study. All through
were pencil marks like these "Weiqht on
riob, Zoo, - ,.Fv,ora ,i,,bt hao1 ,, ,,p e. A.
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e'ea' A'euu Tue ie't nAuu WIN pain
do"n, Here smlle' as II In ecstasy, and
so on intermiDably. Aud that was all she
had been taught. No time had been given
IN studvino The mem ;,sslf-to fa,bom i,s
rooo,,;,',a Pa 80, -, -. a.
30 SnN
WAS suoorulnaleu 10 dramatlc enect and Its
supposed power over the audience.
natured-criminally SO sometimes-it ia not
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