New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-31
oRiENrAL MUSIC F0R TOUYG THONG.
THE DELIGHTS or a BURMESE coNcTRT-sToRiEs
FROM KING THEEBA'ws DOMINIONs.

THE DELIGHTS or a BURMESE CONCERT-SToRiEs
FROM KING THEEBAws DOMINIoNs.
His Serene Wilderness TOung TalOung was
soohed and gratihed by sacred concert In his native
Language Yesterday afternoon. At least II said that
the extraordinary coDeatenation Of sound produced by
haa-dozen turbaped desperadoes concert. aud no
man was bold enough to gainsay H. The musicians were
part of band of eleven Burmese wbo accompanied by
Burmese Interpreter rejoicing IN the classic of
Smith, aud J. b. Gaylord TO whose efforts the purchase
of Toung ia due, arrived yesterday on the
CITY OF Richmond There are two babies and q dwarf
named Moung Bouk In the company and two women
named respectively Nah Kin and Nah Hmet. Nah is
Burmese for Miss. but woman Is Nah whether she IL
married single and never changes her maiden name.
when the concert began Toung who had been turning
his back TO the performers in regal dsdaln wheeled
round waved his trunk, tapped his and other
sgus OF extreme pleasure. The Caucasias IN tho audi
euce smiled herocaly and tried to look IL they liked it,
too The orchestra consisted OF seven pieces but
man played two drums at The drums looked like
stone jam pots with parchment hsad. and were
tuned by sticking dabs OF clay in the centre.
The biggest sound producer was a large
circular bamboo frame with sixteen gongs OF graduated
sizes round IT, Resting on strings. native JOsey sat
in the middle and banged away with two little hammers
Two men played Burmese clarinets which looked like
braas dinner els with mOutbpieceS and sounded Ike
combination " French hjrD and bagpipe. Another
man banged away spasmOdeay on linking cyn0als,
while the conductor kept time Ol swapping together
sOTT Of gigantic twccZers made OF bamboo There
other instruments present, hut there to play
on them soothing amateur musician present said that
but for the absence OF itO( he coGid have shut his
eyes and fancied himself 1T Bayreh. but the white ee
phant did not seem 20 mss anything Neither did
the Burmese, except the men with the dinner
bell carnc who out nj the end of the seventeenth
lap aud wondered what had become Of their breath.
Ihe performance certainly novel and seriously
sidcred extremely interesting. When IL over Mr..
GAYLORD gave graphic account OF his adventures King
Theebsw's dOminOns. Mr. Gaylord bad only inter
view with the King aud then no business touched
upon lie had 20 lie down while in tho Kings presence
and converse through the double medium of inerpre-
Ter and One of the palace officials. lie describes the
palace AZ q Ickety uubeown affair, gaudy with dutch
metal gold leaf is rarely used I'm prOfuse gliding
every where introduced. Oui OF the $4,000 100000
expended by Mr.. Gaylord he thought t probable that
tue King received about half. There were only
two other sacred elephants In the Kings stable and
neither could compare in beauty with TOung. The King
OF Slam Il SAID TO have about twentysX white beasts
HE herd OF nearly 200. T0ung had been in Theebaw's
possession for abOnt four years when he sold Ac
cording to Mr.. Gaylord, Mandalay Is not pleasant
resort The scayengers are the hogs the dogs
and buzzrds The hogs get ~ little 10 eat that they
to death and the buzZards and then
the hngriest OF dogs cat tie blzZars There ia
gas and heating companies aro unknown IN King
IheebaW's capital