Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-12-26

lie lecture created ulllNtTSdl puDiIC hittiSH
in this city, and was replete with facts o
historical interest told in interesting style
The DIR. should now give us lecture oI
~. The history of this number and th'
significance it has borne in the worlds his
tory would make lecture equally inter
esting as the one on IS. " and suitable com
panIon to it. There are seven days in tht
week; seven tones in the scale; seven color
in the rainbow, violet, indigo, blue, green
yellow, orange and red; the ''seven won
ders of the world" the ''seyen churches;
the 'seyen stars" In the neck of the con,
Stelation Taurus; the ''seven sciences;
and numerous other examples. The bloie
says: ''WhOsOeyer slayeth Cain, vengeance
shall be taken on him seven-fold;' Milton
speaks of the beasts coming 'sevens ana
pairs" In astrolOgy NO. Z" (Sh-h-ly no
joke intended, has always had a mystical
significance. The seventh son of seventh
son has always been supposed to possess
extraordinary powers. Seven is made up
of three taken twice with unity added. In
the synagOgues of the Israelites there are
seven candles. Books have been written
on -. " There were seven wise men OF
Greece. and -" is mentioned all Through
the bible as a number of great significance.
Here is material for lecture of great his
tOrical interest.
The many Springfield friends of William
Schade will have an opportunity of shaking
hands with him next Wednesday, when he
will be in this city as flute soloist
with the Mendelssohn Qulntette club. Many
| Springfield people remember the time
when Will and Fred Schade were counted
as Springfield musicians, and when they
played with the Springfield orchestra. Now
| both brothers are at the head of their pro-
! feSsiOn in the United States, and have
every prospect for brilliant fame in the
world of music. Will Schade has travelled
with the Mendelssohn quartette club for
some years. They supported the great
| Christine Nilsson one season, and VIII had
the honor of being the flute solOist of the
concert company which supported this
great artist. Fred Scade is now the first
viOlinist of the Boston theater. and besides
getting good salary is rapidly advancing
| in his art. Their father, William Schade,
was formerly in business, opposite Blacks
opera house, in this city. He had but one
| idea, that was TO give his boys thorough
education i'll the art of music. The elder
was destined for the flute; the younger for
! the violin. Determined to give mis- sons
! the best education which money could buy,
| he sent Will direct to Berlin, where he
graduated at the Royal school of music.
| Fred was sent TO Cincinnati under Jacobs
! sohn and graduated from his violin school.
/ Fred after PLAYING awhile in RobinsOn's
! opera house, Cincinnati, got the position he
now holds in Boston, and viii joined the
| MendelssOhns. He cOaXeS some divine
tones out of his solid silver flute, and is
said TO be one of the best fiutists in the
country.
VIM. Schade, Sr., went TO Cincinnati
soon after his boys left here and got posi-
tion at the Highland house. He died not
long ago in Cincinnati. If he were living
now he would. no doubt, take a great pride
in the success of his sons. The boys dab
bled in painting also. There is an oil
painting In the possession of Joseph Grieb,
Esq. of this city, by one of them. repre-
senting boy on a raft in a tempest-tOSsed
sea. The picture represents a wildly,
thrilling scene, and would make good IL
lnstration for the storm music in William
Tell.
DR.. Bliss, of this city, tells some wonder
ful examples of the efficacy of antiseptic
surgery as at present practiced in the great
New York hospitals. He saw a number of
operations performed by some of the great
est New York surgeons. In one operation
tumor was cut from the neck of a woman,
and so wonderful was the success of the an
tiseptic surgical operation that the wound
made in the operation healed in seven days,
and all that was left was a red scar where
the surgeons knife had cut.
In antiseptic surgery the greatest cleanli
ness is used, and fine spray of some
I frarrninida iS tanf nj wing ba Surfaaa nf
the flesh where the operation Is to be per-
formed. This kills all germs. and the flesh
is left in the clean, healthy condition in
which it soonest heals. One of the greatest
New York surgeons with whom DR.. Bliss
became acquainted was DR.. Gerster, who is
brother of the great prima donna Gerster,
whom many Springfield people have heard
at the Cincinnati opera festivals.
The Springfield 0rpheus Society, a mus
ical organization of which Springfield should
feel proud, is struggling with their deficit
of Sl75, caused by the poor patronage of
the Golden Legend concert. That there
was any deficit at all is a disgrace TO those
of the musical public of Springfield who did
| not attend the concert, and disgrace to all
public-spiTited citizens. The members of
| the society are not rich. They give their
time for the weekly rehearsals free; they
pay out of their own pocket the salary of
their conductor. They give all this simply
for the love of music, for the sake of art,
and they should be literally patronized
when they give a concert. Their con-
certs of late have been intrinSically
worth the money asked for the
tickets. The Golden Legend concert with
! its orchestral numbers by the Cincinnati
orchestra. would have drawn house any
where in the United States on its musical
merits. No apology was needed for it as a
! local talent concert. 1t was a creditable
performance of the work. Some of our
prominent men in this city say lhey do not
care for such thigh falutin' music. Well,
IL is their misfortune, not the fault of the
music, and they ought to be willing to give
dollar or two in the course of the season
TO keep the lamp of musical art burning in
our midst, and TO keep interest in music
alive. Some of our wealthy men ought to
come forward and pay that deficit. Make
| it Christmas gift to the society, gentle
men. A subscription of S25 each from
seven of our rich men would pay the bill.
Pass around the hat.
| A good vocal society is one Of the great
est aids to musical culture city can have.
C!ncinnati's great prominence as music
C nter has all grown from the fine work of
ner Incompatible choral society which is
one of the best in the union and which has
! been the basis of all her May Festival and
Opera Festival successes. The prominent
men of Cincinnati have always come to the
front in support of the Cincinnati festivals
and choral society concerts, and the result
is that the city has wide fame as an art
center. Springfield people should wake up
TO the fact that it is their duty to support
the vocal society in their efforts TO produce
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