Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-28
THE YOUNG PIANIsTs.

binary performance" The queen heard OIL
this infant phenomenon" and invited her 10
Buckingham palace, and during the same
season both sisters performed before the
Prince and Princess Of Wales ut the MARI
borough house. On this occasion Victoria
presented the Miles. Doustc with magniii'
cent gold cross enriched with pearls, and,
which pleased them almost rs much, cut two
old camclas from beautiful tree that stood
in the room, handed them to the modest
girls, and embraced them both tenderly. A
few DAYS aftcrward the peasants received
request from the palace for the photographs
of their children, and Nadar, the well known
Paris photographer, executed the order.
Since then the Miles. Douste have performed
several times before various members OF the
royal family 1t was at Buckingham palace
that the little Jeanne made reply IN
bantering Frcnchman that pleased some OF
the party almost Us much rs the music "Aro
YOU married, mademoisellep asked this gen
tleman. Not get was the quick response.
In Europe playing before CROWNED heads
is looked upon by artisteS much like newspaper
"pufrs" in republican America. The young
DOustes have had other royal advertisements
besides those given by the English reigning
family Here is another quite as COOL as tho
one just described Their parents are natives
of the French Pyrenees, and the young girls
are in ecstasies of delight when they can run
off for vacation to this charming part of
southern Franco. The last time the late king
Of Hanover was in the Pyrenees with tho
Princess Frederika, his daughter, the happiest
moment of their day was when the two sisters
came ut o'clock, rs they did almost daily, 10
play to them in private. On one of these Oc-
casions the old king handel the musicians
precious vase containing n wild plant that he
had pulled up during his wandcringS that
morning i'll the mountains Their intrOduc-
ton TO the king occurred in this wise: In the
winter of 1873 tho young pianists were stay
ing in the Hotel dc France, at Barrges, n
well known thermal resort up among the
mountains, and they were in the habit, OF
course, of playing II good deal every morning.
They noticed that they were frequently APP
plauded by the guests occupying neighbor-
ing suite Of rooms, and ono day the applause
was followed by bouquet, accompanied with
the card of the king and the princess and an
invitation 10 come and play for them-an i'll
vitation that was renewed daily for the rest
of the season In June Of this same year the
dcthroned king died.
They have enjoyed instruction and advice
from the best teachers and professional pi-
anists Of both the old and new worlds. For
five years they studied asiduously under tho
immediate eye Of Mortier dc Fontaine, three
years more with Brehner, the favorito pupil
Of List and Rubinstein, winter with Nine.
Schumann, wife OF the great composer, and
herself perhaps the greatest living female pi-
anist, and also with Lang, of Boston, and tho
lamented DR.. Damrosch, OF New York. They
have also profited by the criticisms OF Plante,
Stephen Heller, Raft, Nicholas and Antoine
Rubinstein, Ferdinand Heller and List.
During the latter's visit TO Paris and London
last spring, just before his death, they often
saw the distinguished able at the quiet little
Hotel de Calais in this city, and afterwari
when he was Icing feted at the English CAPT
ital
As / said before, the Miles. Douste have
already visited the United States. II was
in the winter Of 1879. They were re-
ceived ut Boston and elsewhere with marked
attention. LOngfellow invited them several
times tn his Cambridge home and went into
Boston 10 all OF their concerts In fact, so
deep an impression did they make at tho Hub
that many OF the best ladies' OF the city
formed a musical society and named IL tho
"Douste club in honor Of the young sisters
Last winter, at concert given at the Gillian
minister's in Paris, the Niles. Douste were
presented 10 a Boston lady, who exclaimed:
"Are you tho Miles. Douste after whom We
named our club, which is still in most -four
ishing condition. Both parties were do
lighted-the pianists 70 think tlat their So
journ in Boston had left such lasting mark,
and the American young lady to meet face TO
face with the real founders
But Louise and Jeanne Douste are not
alone talented musicians and pleasing. simple
si-is sooislly. TbSy hove alOo Developed IA
strong taste for another Of the fine arts Ono
OF them has taken TO painting and the other
TO sculpturing and they have already pro.
duced some veritable little masterpieces that
give hope that they may make n name with
the brush and chisel as well ns with their
piano. THEODORE STANTON.