Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
THE NEW ORGAN IN THE STEW
ART CATHEDRAL.
Egotism OF the Stage-The Power
Of the National Song-Miscel-
laneous Notes.
STAGE EGor1sM.


| To us on the outside of things it would
seem that the worst to be said against the
stage as profession is the tremendous i'm
| pulse it gives to vanity and egotism. You
seldom or never hear actors and actresses
speak of the play as whole only of what
did; how I looked at such and such a
moment: my byplay at this point; my
manner of delivering this speech, and,
above all, my dress and general appear
ance. His part is to him the apex OF the
whole structure; hers to her the pivot round
| which all the rest revolyes. Their dresses
are of more importance than new reform
bill or declaration of war, and a change
of parts is an event as grave as revolu-
ton or battle lost or gained. The very
shifting of representations seems to in
crease this egotism, as by force of reasoning
it must, by the multiplication of the ego, the
facetting of the individual; and neither
poets nor artists, nor yet literary men-all
of whom are vain or jealous and egotistical
enough in their own degree-Come near to
the vanity, egotism and jealousy of actors
and actresses. But we have not yet touched
fession because of the vanity it fosters or
the egotism it engenders. If we did, which
would escape? What would wesay to the
Professorships, where a man tabulates his
knowledge and d crowd of Young minds, in
the forming epoch of their lives, accept the
range of his facts as the limits of an abSO-
lutte gospel, fixed and final? What should
we say of the church itself, where q young
fellow of % is licensed 10 lay down laws on
the conduct of Iife-to sweep over the
whole domain Of passion, sorrow, sir-and
10 expOund the most difficult doctrines of
his creed, no man daring to oppose? What
kind of training for mans mental hui
mility is this In. the case of the scientific
Professor the constant discovery of new
truths, and the perpetual consciousness of
an illimitable nature, keeps his soul low on
this side, for all that It is a little pulled
upon that; but the church is a sacred pro-
fession, and its ministers are privileged
class. In any case, this vanity, this ego
tism of the boards has its analogue else
where and we know of no circumstance
nor profession which excludes it. Platform
women are just as proud of applause and as
vain of their powers as are actresses, and
platform women number among them
names which SANDER itself cannot reach,
and which all men agree to respect. And
what of the prettiest woman of her circle?
of her who strings hearts as children string
beads, or as the "young woman, fair and
beautiful like the shining sun, strung her
ninety-eight seal rings in commemorative
token? of the best horsewoman at the
cover-side? Of the strongest pianiSte in
musical set? of the most successful artist
among the candidates for honors p The
National Review.
TIE STEWART CATHEDRAL ORGAN.
The organ made by the Roosevelts for
the CATHEDRAL built by the widow of A. T.
Stewart at Garden City, L. l., is the most
extensive int ument of this kind in the
world. 1t has lis stops and 1852 pipes,
and cost 800 coo. Most of it is set i'll an
octagonal chamber made by the angle
where the transept and chancel walls join,
fifteen feet in diameter, and extending
from the basement floor upward to a dis
lance of forty feet. A remarkable feature
is its construction so as to distribute the
sound in four different parts of the cathe-
dral at once, all remaining under control of
the player at the same organ. The four
divisions are classified as follows:
Chancel, "a stops tower, So stops;
chapel, Is stops echo, stops
Steam power is employed in initiating
the bellows. There are double engines of
ten-horse power beneath the chancel di-
vision to supply it with compressed air,
and the speed is governed, as far as pos
sible, by the rise and fall of the bellows.
In the room beneath the vestibule, di-
rectly under the tower division, is a single
engine of ten-horse power. The greatest
novelty is the electric chime action, by
which thirteen bells in the organ tower
are PLAYED from the solo manual. The
bells are rung with the same force and
precision as though struck in the usual
manner, and may be rung in connection
with the music that is played on the organ.
The organ cases, made in Philadelphia, are
magnificent specimens of carving in decor
ated English Gothic, profusely enriched
boston Transcript.
KEEPING Up THE INTEREST.
How on earth can you bear TO go