San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-28
THE GREAT RUBENSTEIN.
His Marvellous Playing of the
Pianoforte.
A Great Descriptive Scene in Music
That Ended in a Grand Crash.

binstein's playing originally appeared
in the Weekly Chronicle some years
ago
"Jud, they say you have heard Rubin
stein play when you were in New
York;"
Il did, in the cool"
"Well, tell us all about it,"
WHAT me? l nights we'll tell you
about the creation Of the world"
Come. now; no mock modesty. Go
ahead"
We'll, sir, he had the biggest, catty-
cOrnernest planner you ever laid your
| eyes on; somthin' like distracted bill
/ liard-table on three legs The lid was
hOlsted, and mighty well it was. If it
hadn't, he'd tore the intiTe sides clean
| out, and scattered them to the four
winds of heaven"
played well, did he?''
"IOu bet he did; but don't interrupt
me. When he first sat down he 'peared
| to keer mighty little bout playin' and
wish't he hadn't come. He tweedle-
eedied on the TRIBE little, and twOOdle-
Oodled some on the bass-just fOOlin' and
bOxin' the things jaws for being in his
way. And | says to the man settin'
next to me, s. |, what sort of ool-play-
in Is thatH And he says HUSH But
presently his hands began Chasin' one
mother up and down the keys. like a
| parcel OF rats sCamperin' through gar
ret very swift. Parts of it was sweet,
though, and reminded me of a sugar
! squirrel turning the wheel of candy
cage.
Now | says to my neighbor. he's II
showing off file thinks he's a dom of
1t, but he amt got no idee, no plan of
nothin'.
II HE'D PLAY TUNE
of some kind or other, I'd
But my neighbor says, 'Heigh,' very
inpatient.
Il was just about to get up aud go
home. bein' tired of that ioOlishness.
when heard little bird waking away
of in the woods, and calling, sleepy
hike, to his mate, and looked up, and |
see that Rubin was beyinnin' to TAXI
some interest in the business. and | set
down again. Ii was the peep of day.
The light came faint from the east. the
breeze blOwed gentle and fresh, some
birds walked up in the orchard, then
some more in the trees near the house.
md all begun singin' together People
began to stir, and the gal opened the
shutters. just then the first beam of
the sun fell upon the blossoms q leete
more, and it teCht the roses on the
bushes, and the next thing it was the
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to long strands and necklaces, and then
they melted into thin silver streams
running between golden gravels, and
then the streams Joined each other at
the bottom of the hill, and made a brook
that flowed silent, except that
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