The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1889-01-26

Wagner's wonderful poetry OF primitive
time, has TO be sung, and which translated
into English reads Hslas ahela, Heilay ohela,
Wallalalaha, Yihea, Wallalela. Yuhei. -
II is an especial satisfaction TO me to lay
the clear exposition Of the Wagner motive
before my readers by the aid of the World 9
musical young man. Is 1t a success? ]
should say 80. At the opening OF the
Rhine scene, the house went wild, men
pounded on the seats, women screamed.
boys threw up their hats and girls danced.
Washington ConnoT waved his handker-
chief frantically, and another grave broker
clapped his hands, a thing he seldom does,
except when he has caught the market
short on Western Union or Missouri
Pacific. l came ava, feeling like Cleve-
land when he received the election news.
The enthusiasm never touched me; l
know l looked like a Mugwump; felt
guilty, but can't help it. You may hang
me, crucify me, If you please, but 1 can't
and don't like Vogner
The critic of the Musical Times" in
forms me that the music of Woden is
written in thirty-two sharps, with OCCASION
al demi, semi, quavers and fats thrown In
between. Seidl and his orchestra struggl-
ed manfully up to the fall of the curtain,
which descended amid storm of cheers in
every living langusge:-"Zare good"
Tres bon,'' "Bully for you," etc., etc.
etc. I'm musically squeched, but l sup,
pose I'll have to stand 1t. l don't like
Vogner
A decided sensation OF the week was the
commutation of the sentence OF Anton
Reich, the brutal wife murderer. Reich
was Jew, and even after his sentence
maintained that he would never be ex-
ecuted. Many Jews in New York seemed
20 think 1t was an especial disgrace to the
race that Jew should suffer on the gal
lows, though guilty. Rich merchants,
rabbis, law era and thousands Of others
signed petition to the Governor for a
commuLation Of sentence; and the Cover.
nor. remembering that a Presidential elec.
tion occurs in 1892, no doubt thought il
might not be a bad idea to cast an anchor
to windward; at any rate Reich got bis
communication.
The departure of Verestchagin, the
Russian artist. has given rise TO very
funny story. l don't vouch for its truth,
but give 1t to you as got it. When Mr..
Verestchayin started for this country, he,
although gentleman of extensive travel,
evidently had an idea that he was going 10
have some fine buffalo shooting in the vast
forests that surround the cities of Brooklyn
.Ed New York. He thought deer or an
elk might be picked off from the Brooklyn
Bridge, as they were swimming the East
River, while his chances for bear were not
bad in the regions of Central Park OF
along the shores of Coney Island. Mr..
Verestchagin is an exceedingly good look
ing man and he knows it, and his stand
ing in the art world is assured by the fact
that he himself has discovered the onl,
true principles Of arr on which solid
foundation can be built-and chat Vandyke,
Corregio, Raphael. Rubens, Claude Lorra-
inc, dd homme GEMS lot of old
fogies, who know no more of the true
principles of art than a COW does of a
musket. He expected to interview Sioux
and Pawnees on the Battery, and to secure
the relics of barbarous Indian massacres in
front of the City Hall. He left here few
days ago very much disappointed man.
His assumption made him laughing-stock
among artists. and his intolerable vanity
shut the doors of society against him.
which II be had come less Extensively,
might possibly have given him hearing.
few small shopkeepers and Russian
traders invited him to dinner or tea, but
our society people took no notice OF him,
and the great body of artists gave him the
go by. This nettled him so that when he
left us he considered us greater savages
than when he arrived. He was thoroughly
disgusted, and shook the dust of New
York from his feet as he stepped on the
steamer. There were not many to see the
renowned Russian artist off. but there
we're few. and among them an American
gentleman who was a sincere admlrer of
his works, The gentleman, as the steamer
was starting, wished him Bon uoydge, and
handed him box of very fine cigars.
Verestchagin took them, bowed in compli
meRt, and looking the donor squarely in
the eye, stepped to the side OF the steam.
ship and dropped them overheard into the
water. hope the story is not true. |
thought Verestchagin gentleman. If il
Is true, it is evident that have made
gross mistake.
We have frequently read of tornadoes in
the West, and naturally supposed that they
were entirely Western product; but the
other day We had a rude awakening. The
tornado that left such ruin In its track H.
Pennsylvania passed us with little damage
IN New York, but it gave Brooklyn
shaking up that 1t will not be likely to
forget. By a singular coincidence two
great gasometers OF the Municipal Gas
Company blew mp just as the tornado
struck the city, and what with the dreadful
war OF the elements and the terrific gas ex-
plosion, many thought that the end OF the
world had come. Since then the weather
has been loyelv--the air balmy, and the
parks as green ~ in spring
BROADBRIM.