Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-14


. Il is not true. Il happened 10 Iiszt
wnle he WAS playing before the Gar
Nicholas. The next morning List re-
ceiyed orders to leave 81. Petersburg.
ana he did 80 without delay. A great
many things are related about me that
nave no foundation whatever. detest
adulaiion, aud the Caesar Mark Anthony
Growing business. In Wiesbalcp. after
o performance, | Was offered crown of
flowers, bu | declined such salad glory,
saying that | was no vegetarian. am
fond Of beetsteak, and wonld have az
ceped an honarerIum of that kind much
quicker than flowers The buncombe Of
being crowned with flowers was too much
for me, and / would have refused more
than thrice had it been presented.
THE FRENCH SCHOOL.
Now, Doctor, what do y.4> think OF
our local talent Josephy, and other
eminent pisnists? ?"
"Sir, they are splendid rope-dancers.
Let me talk ebout something | can
praise. ! was at Barnum's circus the
other night, and such a dobauch, such
fever Of sights aud curiosities. never
before behell. We have nothing like it
III Europe. ! enjoyed il because it was
so novel and so stupendous. All, the
french school We'll, like the COM
positions of many trenchmen. such as
SAINT Scans, Chopin. Mascent, aud
others. l have French composers on
nv programme often. 1 know my
countrymen DO not like the French and
sometimes my countrymen despise me. -
HAED on BALTIMORE.
"Whom DO You consider the master
instructor upon the piano, now List IS
dead Z"
Professor Henry Ebrlich, of Berlin.
He is now sixty-four years OF age, and |
consider bin the best teacher, musical
thinker, end writer in Germany. None
can approach him. | find the great fault
with plsnisis is that they DO not learn
to phrase properly. Every pianist should
learn TO sing and play the violin, then
their ears wonld hear more critically the
sounds they produce, and thereby teach
them bow 10 phrase. Put the average
pianist plays by sight only, and has
no ears. lie sees the keys and tries
to execute correctly but the sound
lac produces. the effect Of his work,
il not apparent to him. My advice
20 young pianists-old ones wont take
adgice-is TO cultivate their ears and
strive TO obtain beauty and expression III
what we term phrasing. 1t 10 the real
beginning to greatness as a performer. %
"Wili YOU visit all the Dig cities in
this county %
"No. Shall not. l remember my
last too well
o. Palimoro
Never never more,
is my refrain, and 1 shall not go there
tins time. | had a dnll time there and /
TO not propose to repeat the expert
ment.
FHONOGRApUIC TOYS.
"The phonograph promises TO afford
as much recreation 10 children as 1t does
interest to grown folks, 50 said NJ. r.
Handy, the European manager OF the
great corporation which now controls
the phonogrsph and tine graphophone
industry. You have heard OF the pho
nographlc doll if YOU have not rs yet
seen one, but unless you have seen it
you can form no idea of how naturally
and charminely it talks, laughs, cries,
ami sings. This is the tirst step in
long line Of Photographic toys upon
which our inventors are now at work.
When these are put upon the market
they will create a wonderful sensation.
Among them may be mentioned phOno-
graphic animals. These are toys made
Of paper-mache, pasteboard, compost
tion, and other material, each and all OF
which are strong and durable.
IMITATION OF ANIMALS.
each animal contains in his interior
uhOnograph which when set IN motion
produces all OF the natural cries of the
original. There is cat that purrs,
meows, splits, and catewauls in the most
approved sty lie /; horse that neighs and
whinnies; dog that barks, snaps, and
howls, and sheep that beats IN a way
that would deceive the mother eve. Hy
using megaphonic attachment the
amount OF noise may be increased to
almost any desired extent Much more
interesting than the Photographic AMI
mails ore the Photographic birds; We
have secured the melodies OF the lark.
the linnet, finch, robin, and canary-bird
and can reproduce them indefinitely.
With canarv-birds the success Is notable.
We have preserved in metal the entire
repertoire of a number OF the finest
bred and highest priced birds IN the
market, and by combining the song OF
two or three into one whole we have an
artificial canary that will outsing any
natural one one whatever.
4 FULL ORCHESTRA.
THE photographic orchestra aud the
Photographic miniature theatre are other
novelties to be soon produced. In the
former band OF little images dressed up
in giaring military colors are seated on
the stage as in some great concert or
stood around drum-majOr as on a
parade. The moment the phonograph
is set going each little musician moves
his hands and instruments the natural
style, while the cylinder inside repro
duces the music Of full orchestra with
startling fidelity. In the theatre We can
reproduce all the spoken parts of the
plav. Another novelty that is half
a toy aud half luxury will be a
great boon to all mothers whose young
children insist on being sung to be-
fore going to sleep. 1t is phonograph
into which lady has sung her best
songs at her leisure, and which is placed
near the crib or cradle. A mere touch
upon a spring starts the machinery and
gives the child as much music as he or
she may want. A singular feature ofthe
photograph is the fact that if the speed
of the mechanism be increased the pitch
of the voice it reproduces is heightened,
and on the other hand fit be slowed the
pitch is lowered. At the same time the
character OF the voice is not changed IN
the least. This odd peculiarly enables
a man to hear how hisvoice would sound
if he had been born high tenor like
Campanini. or the young girl if she had
been born basSo- proiundo."
uIGH-BORN CLERK.
One bright morning last week l met