Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-02

A very interesting treatise might be written Oh
the relation OF high art 10 high teIaper. Doubt
less there are We'll recognized laws governing
these matters, and sufficiently accounting for the
nervous irritabiiity which usually accompanies
genius. The great artist is creature by himself,
sd unique in construction lis TO be a mystery to
common minds. IL he would continue an artist he
must be preserved like child from that rude con-
tact with obstinate external forces which coarsens
and roughens the natures OF the rest OF man
kind IL Is this fact, doubtless, which has given
rise TO the idea that good work for art and good
work for the pocket never go together. The finest
actors the world has known have, as a rule made
a Dad nsi OF Ii as managers, and the only public
performers who die rich understood TO be
those who enrus the handling of their business in
terests 10 other hands than their The threat
ened breakup Of the American Opera company
Is due te the quarres OF Two geDiuSeS who stood In
the relation OF commander and commanded. The
only way two sides OF the story given to the
press can be reconciled at all is by
assuming that the one genius did not
know how 10 direct and the other genius did not
know no" to obey. Such unpleasant incidents are
u uncommon among the people of the stage
though most OF them are kept Tor pOliey'S sake
hidden from the public eye. Musicians are more
given 10 them than actors or performers In other
lines Ii is often said that the only theatrical ex-
hibitOr who does not figure In such affairs is the
professor OF modern magic This may Be due to
either OF two CAUSES: the training by which he
prepares himself for his life work, and which puts
his nerves under the most absolute subsection or
the fact that he is The sole performer at his enter
tainments. Possibly more OF his uniform COM
poSure is traeeabie to the latter circumstance
than is generally suspected. His success in avoid
ing quarrelS by having nobody TO quarrel with
may suggest TO musical composers an idea OF value
10 themselves, TO wit: the writing OF operas with
only single part, and needing no orchestral ac-
compartment TO the voice OF the singer This
would surely put an end TO a nuisance which
alnuseInent-seekers are getting very tired Of 1t
might put an end TO opera alSo in time; but for
that matter, so viii the current practice OF charg-
Ing nye dollars for one dollars worth OF pleasure
doc" Wilson's explanation OF the scandal which
he has kept hanging so long over Philip MOen's
head Is startling revelation OF domestic miseres
true, and an ingenious bit OF fiction If false The
worS phase OF the matter for Mr. MOen is that
there Is nothing In the facts thus brought out
by the litigation between the principals i'm the
affair which conflicts fatally with Wilson'S story
The burden OF proof, as far the newspaper
reading public Is concerned, will rest upon the
millionaire accused q trifng with the rights of
his frst-born- Wilson may not be an entirely
sweet-odored member OF society himself-indeef.
his peculiar method OF reaching into his putative
good graceS OF the community generally: but
whatever his character, he is entitled TO Justice
And II he is hat he claims BE- his father is the
last person who has any right to complain after
having deliberately surrounded him with associs
tons calculated TO pull him down rather than iift
him up.
The explicit history Of Presiden. Cleyeland,s
purchase VI "Oak View" given elsewhere in The
STAR, shows thai his selection OF thar site WAS tn,
RESULT Of somewhat protracted search through
the country about Washington for AN airy pleas
antiy situated suburban cottage at a moderate
price The negotiations Tor the purchase were
naturally made through friend, as Ii ii mad been
known that The President Was the purchaser the
prices would have Inevitably been run I'D on him.
Every step In the transaction is set forth fully.
and the FACTS stated show the utter groundlessnes
o. the ISLANDERS so freely circulated charging the
President With having made the purchase in the
interests OF a speculative syndicate
The falsity OF the allegations that the District
have any syndicate interests in that
neighoerhood is also fully demonstrated In this
statement
senator NaiolesS gorgeous new piano will dorht