St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-30
TOPICAL TALK.
The Boy So 1t

The Boy So 1t was privilege to
hear Blatchford Kava-
prano. nagh sing. The boys
voice is marvel, and
the wonder is how such angelic melody
can be stored away in tiny human
throat. But the disagreeable feature of
this miracle of vocalization is that the
poor boy is being worked to death to
to make the most out of him before his
voice changes. There isn't a prima
donna or a singer of note in all the
world who will agree to sing more than
two or three nights out of a week.
Patti. in the full maturity of her wom-
anhOod, and with all her fOndneSS for
money, cannot be hired to sing more
than twice week. And yet here was
poor little BlatchfOrd Kavanagh being
trotted backward and forwards between
the two cities for whole week, and re-
quired to sing twice dav and six num-
bers at each concert. The boy stands
up brayely to his work, and utters no
complaint. But it is no reason why he
should be imposed upon because heiis
manly and conscientious, and endeavors
to fulfill all that is required of him.
Three concerts week, limited to one
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of that tender voice tuned to a seraph'S
note.
Old Art Solomon must have
been right when he
Worked Over. said there was nothing
new under the sun, not
even in the world of art. l was I'M,
pressed with this fact while looking at
the two famous paintings Oh exhibition
in Mr.. Heinemann's store. The one
which attracted most attention, but
which is not the best study, was 1.-THE
Revenge of the Flowers" in which the
artist pOrtrays striking commingling
of the poetic and the tragic, with just
enough of either to rob the other of its
sentiment. "What an original idea,"
heard visitor remark. 1t may have
been an original idea, but not with the
man who painted that picture. He bor-
roWed it from an older, and possibly a
better artist of his own country. A
great many years ago Hurtzy, an Aus
trian, who was contemporary with Stert-
eel. painted picture which he called
"The Revenge of the Flowers" The
subject was treated differently, yet [
think with more of the poetic sense.
1t is a picture of beautiful young wOm-
an lying dead in conservatory. Jeal-
GUS of her beauty, the flowers shed
a poisonous aroma which killed her.
1t is not so horrible as the suggestion of
death from a aSerpent'S bite; and then,
in Hurtzy'S picture, the girl had her
clothes on.
The oldest The fate of the dane
ing party at Louisville
Record of whoperished in Thurs
imh CIR sc
Cyclone. also suggestive that
there is nothing new
under the sun in weatherOlogy. 1t will
be remembered that Jobs children were
engaged in similar amusement when,
according to the Bible account, a great
wind SinOte the four corners of the
house, and it fell upon them and killed
them. Now this must have been cy--
clone, for no other kind of wind storm
could have struck the four corners of
the house at once. The whirllng or
circular motion was there, and, like the
Louisville storm, came In the night
time, which disprOve the modern theory
that cyclones are confined to daylight
operations. Modern science has done
many wonders. 1t has harnessed the
lightning and subjugated it to the use
of man. But it can't be relied on to
shape course for the winds or to en-
force rules for the government of the
cyclone. All of which goes to prove
that there is a God IN Israel and that
He can rule his universe without the
assistance of man.
Opera in Out in wild and
wooilY Montana mu-
Montana sical criticism runs
free and emphatic riot.
The Emma Juch Opera company sang
in Helena last week, and the critic of