Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-04

70. But pricksd my earn ct he music.
Il was curiously fascinating and had
distinctly new flavor. ! saw that i
hsld the vast audience. I heard quaint
little gavottes, rondos, subtle bits Of
romasxss, budding and dying before you
could catch them /; ffseils kossini
fragrance to it; q mixture Of voluptn-
GUS Orientalism, and that far-awAy
psthos that used to hover round Stephen
Fosters melodies. I remember that
some of those bits bIzzsd like blue
bottlsflies in my memory for days.
asked. with surprise who did this,
and found that it was the New Hamp-
shire boy, Edward I. Darling.
made his acquaintance. found
him just what have described to you.
He had the gift Of melody. 1t oozsd
out Of every pore. But he had no
knowledge, no musical education. !
became deeply interested in him. l
had boxed at both operas and l made
him 90 night after night. | got old
DIETRICH to take him Is pupil, and for
q year and half be threw himself into
music with q mad hunger that was
strange to see.
REMARKABLE APTITUDE.
Dietrich told me he had never met
such remarkable case Of musical apti-
tude. He seemed to grasp the abstruse
problems of harmony instinctively.
During the winter Of 1884 he went to
work at another comic opera with .
chastened pen. Meanwhile Tho Jolly
Bachelors had gone for . year oil
over the country dragging the rubbish
Of q libretto with siren wings.
have not seen him for year. But
I met Emma Abbott the other day
when she was here, and she told me
she had bought his opera, "The Gem
tlemsnly Savage, )" and had given d, 900
cash for it. "Bravo, Packing-Boxes."
She was enthusiastic over it, and went
to the piano and sang Bobolink song
from it
When morning clouds
Break in the east
Toilet the sunlight through,
To blossoms pink
Comes bobolink
To take his drink OF dew,
Chewink
recognized the old charm. 1t was
the same boy.
see that the Abbott Company in
tend to produce this opera in Detroit
the last week in April.
] intend to go there and hear it, for
l watched the boys who made the Ii
bretto and score, and l am Curious to
see how public that never heard Of
them will use them.
But fancy this New Hampshire lad
walking about with IS, 900 in his pocket.
wonder what that Superintendent Of
Clafin's thinks?
Of course, now you'll say that | wrote
the libretto.
Well, all the answer l can make
is that wish had written it.
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.
1t was happy thought Of the indus
trial Education Association to give In
Cosmopolitan Hall an exhibition OF the
handiwork of young children, as a
practical means Of awaking public APP
probation of the value Of industrial
education in the schools. The exhibit
ton opened on Wednesday, and its re-
suit must be a pleasant surprise to the
managers; it is certainly one to the
casual visitor. The idea at first was to
limit the exhibition to schools and asy-
lums within thirty miles of.New York
and to children under sixteen years OF
age, but the pressure was so great that
the managers were obliged to greatly
enlarge the scope of the exhibition by
admitting examples Of the work Of chill
dren of Philadelphia, New Haven,
Worcester, Cleveland, Chicago, and
St. Louis, as we'll as some by children
over sixteen. Prizes will be given only
to those under that age, however.
The display is really remarkable, no
less for its scope and variety than for
the skill displayed. The objects ex.
hibited range all the way from plumb
ing work by pupils of the New York
trade schools to delicate lace and en-
broidery from dozens Of asylums and
schools. There is excellent carving IN
wood and stone, clay modelling, in
which the Philadelphia children excel,
and hammered brass work by the Brook
Ign Orphan Asylum children, all o
them under twelve years Of age. Draw
ing, both freehand and mechanical
forms a prominent part Of all the ex
hibits. The most striking piece Of WORK
is life-size head by an eighteen-year
old pupil Of the New York Turnverein''
school, though very good examples
abound in the St. Louis and New la
ven exhibits. Some remarkably flint
detail drawings Of machinery are fur
nished by Worcester pupils, and from
half a dozen places come examples o
wood-work-scroll saving, mortise ant
tenon, dove-tailing, panelling, and fur
niture-making. The pupils Of the Wo
mans Institute Of Technical Desigr
show some fine designs for wall-pape
and carpets. OF course there is SEWING
and embroidering and stamped leather
work, and plated mats by the wee tot
Of four or five years in the kinder
gartens.
THE PHILADELPHIA &HIBIT.
The greatest interest, Of course, cen
tres in the Philadelphia exhibit, for tina
city has avowedly introduced industria
training in all its public schools and !
Justly proud Of the results attained
The Philadelphia section is the larges
and finest, and next to it in point Q
size is that Of Chicago, though in quslit
neither surpasses those Of the New Eng
land cities. In all the work show
there is, of course, a good deal whlc
is anything but practical, and some tina
indicates waste Of time that causes tn