Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-07

~S York has the tas;
ness Of supplying extra chairs 'u ~
Fifth avenue houses onsuch oos so1
sions. They are light arm. cb Iva
with easy backs. This was the stl,
of seats at Mrs. V%anderbilt's for '' W
guests. Nh. and Mrs. Vanderbilt ereo a !,
Them cordially, without any stiff fo.s.'
atty, in the beautiful hallway Of ~
house. The usual laying aside of w,s =:
and hats followed, after which the peop'
assembled in the great parlors, wS!ss
were arranged like a concert hall, with
piano and q violin stand at o.s
end and rows of chairs extendias
crosswise to the other end. The ne,
Torrance began at three O'Clock an;
lasted for something more than an bn,
and a half. Only four musicians tool
part, but that is no criterion by which f.
Judge of the quality OF expense of m
entertainment. That quartette cost 81 PM
for they included the stars of the music,
season-Eugene d'Albert and Pablo 4
Sarasate, besides Bertha Marx and On
Goldschmidt in minor capacities. tn
programme was literally brilliant, Ir
hardly such as these artists would baS
cared to present had the critics of ii
IcN DCCh plSSSdU. tAlUGTl an
Sarasate realized that nc single social So
in New York could number three hundre
genuine music-lovers in its list. The
knew that a large proportion of the list
eners would be not only ignorant of mu
steal literature but lacking in cultivate
taste. To a great extent, therefore. the
catered to the audience, and no seye,
intellectual composition of Bach, Brahm
or Beethoven was used. The cor
posers chosen were Schubert, Chopii
Rubenstein, Strauss, Sarasate, Gre
List, Wieniawski and Zarzychi. Mo
OF these are ranked as classical, but Il
selections from their works were OF ii
lighter character, and such as had bee
made tolerable to uncultivated ears /
great repetition. Even at this, an
though the pieces We're performed supe
latively we'll, there were not a few wi
found it a struggle to keep a bored e,
preston from their faces. Yet ever,
thing was heartily applauded, and ever,
body said how much he had enioyed j
\ good many, like Miss Sallie Hewitt
the organizer of the ladies' orchestr
MI. and Mrs. E. G. Stanton, and ii
Misses Stokes, We're undoubtedly i
earnest; but there is no question that th
social aspect of the affair entertaine
many others more than the very cost
music.
At the close of the concert the CUES.
We're served with what was called n luncl
con, but which might have been termed
banquet, although the company was
afternoon dress and some of the featur,
OF q formal dinner were lacking. B
there was plenty to eat in the way of del
cate pates, CONNECTIONS, ices, cold meat
salads, and bottled goods. The musicial
get some of it, too, being treated precis
~ like other guests, and it was interes
ing to note that D'Albert, who has be-
dubbed Cowboy Pianist" by some of Il
local musicians, on account of his IL
couth appearance, dress and manner, b
haved quitei in conformity with the usag
of the society in which he found hims,
for a time. While luncheon was bel
eaten there was more music, this time
Lander's Orchestra. a small local ba
whose chief business is to play waltz
and dreamy reveries at the houses of t
mighty while the mighty feed. Poor
like Lander's music because there is
necessity of ~suspending conversati>
while it is going on. The entertaining:
was over early in the evening, and Il
guests separated while yet there was tin
to get into evening dress and go to dim,
somewhere.-NeW York letter. TO CAicu1
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