Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-05-19
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royal fashion, and he takes to it kindly.
He allows himself to be the god OF the
hour, and shows no impatienee at what
ever is asked of him.
THs Emma Abbott Opera Company,
| which is booked at the Grand, is drawing
large houses all over the country this sea-
con, but the best star in the company Is
not Emma, for some Of her support are
her suIeriors in many respects.
They have found a new operate COM
| poser in Schwerin, Germany. His opera ls
to be speedily put on the stage. The name
of the composer is Teneree, of Prague. and
| the title of the work is THE Violin Maker.
Much is expected OF this new OPERA.
Miss FLORENCE MoLLINELLI will make
her debut in New York az Juliet next
month.
Four of Butte's music ans vent on a
strike last week. They carried their point
for the present, but if some reports are
true, bass and clarinet players will " so
plenty in this town in a few weeks that
| a strike will be of little avail.
PROF. S. A. KENNIcorT has accepted the
position of organist at st. Patrick's Church,
and in future will provide asplendid must
cal programme every Sunday.
Mrs.. BABcocK, who recently arrived in
this city, has a beautiful soprano voice,
and will in the future add much to the
musical services OF st. Johns Episcopal
church as a member OF the choir.
CURIOUS statements have been issued con-
corning the life Dr.. Franz Liszt leads at
Westwood House, which hospitable man.
sion he will leave next Monday. The truth
will, therefore, be OF interest. List never
goes to bed. For upwBrds OF hall a CEN
fury he has abjured sleep. He returns to
Westwood from the club at about 2 in
the morning. During the night he care
fully reads and replies t. the numerous re-
quests he receives for his autograph. At
5 a. m. he rises and takes in the milk.
He then rouses the senior house
maid, and arranges "a deux mains) and sets
light to the kitchen fire. At 6 a. %. he takesa
walk in the ground, aud then returns to
waken Mr.. Walter Bache. Mr.. Bache i'm
mediately rises, and, budding together
what clothes he can find, keeps watch over
the early morning hens in the fowl-house.
List, it seems, insists upon an egg fresh
from the bird, and to this the great pianist
attributes his perpetual youth. While his
pupil is awaiting the egg List prepares
Mr.. Walter Bache's bath. These prelimi-
naries over, List sits down at his desk,
and writes those glorious, sublime, mex
pressib!e and incomprehensible compost
TONS"
The city is being flooded with inferior
pianos which. in the East, can be bought
for $3.50. Some OF the pianos do not keep
in tune long enough to play Home, Sweet
Home on them. They are sold here for
$3.50 to $500: while they are really only
worth what they will bring for kindling and
old iron.
THE Queen City Quartette, now at Mr..
Dellen's saloon, is daily improving, and it
is worth while spending a few hours there
listening to them.
THE new Episcopal choir has sent to Chi
cago for a new lot OF music, and will soon
be able to render some entirely new musi-
cal programmes.
VAN ORToN's band OF seven pieces has
improved wonderfully since they left here,
and their music is OF a better order. For
the number Of pieces they have no superior
in town. Van is looking for a snare drum
mer, who will shortly arrive. II he does
we lose a new hat.
HARRY OsBoRNE's daisy pianist has not
yet arrived, but will probably show up
some time this week. If what everybody
says is true, he will lay all the ivory
thumpers in the shade.
For the sake OF curious readers re give
the professional and private names of
half q hundred OF popular actresses, some
of whom will probably visit Butte this
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