The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-02-28

NH&XH ~X13& WIS II musical AFTER.
noon reception. The
M5SSS guests were limited
MA&E to three hundred.
~ N#8M One man in oil New
SSss York has the BUSH
ness of supplying extra chairs for
sions. They are light arm-chairs
with easy backs. This was the style
Of seats at Mrs. Vanderbilt's for her
guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt greeted
them cordially, without IL stiff form
atty. in the beautiful hallway of the
house. The usual laying aside of wraps
assembled in the great parlors, which
were arranged like o concert hall, with q
piano and Il violin stand Mt one
end and rows of chairs extending
crosswise to the other end. The per-
Torrance began at three o'clock and
lasted for something moro than IN hour
and a half. Only four musicians took
part, but that is no c,iter on by which to
judge of the quality or expense of the
entertainment That guartette cost $l.2UO
for they included the stars Of the musical
Sarasate, besides Bertha Marx and Otto
Goldschmidt in minor capacities. The
programme was literally brilliant, hut
hardly such as these artists would have
cared to present had the critics of the
newspapers been present. D'Albert and
Sarasate realized that no single social set
in New York could numberthlee hundred
genuine music-lovers in lis list. They
knew that n large proportion of tho list
eners would be not only ignorant of mu-
steal literature but lack :ng in cultivated
taste. To a grea1 extent. therefore. they
catered to the audience, and no severe
intellectual composition Of Bach, Brahms,
OF Beethoven was used. The COM
posers chosen were Schubert, Chopin,
Kubenstein. Strauss, Sarasate, Greg,
List, Wieniawski and Zarzychi. Most
of these are ranked us classical, but the
selections from their works were of the
lighter character, and such as had been
made tolerable to uncultivated ears by
great repetition. Even Mt this, and
though the pieces were performed super
found it a struggle to keep q bored ex-
preston from their faces. Yet every
thing was heartily applauded, and every
body said how much he had enjoyed Il,
\ good many, like Miss Sallie Hewitt.
the organizer of the Indies orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. G. Stanton, and the
Misses Stokes. were undoubtedly in
earnest; but there is no question that the
social aspect of the affair entertained
NA"ny VVnoAS mOIo tuuu the very CO9tlV
music.
At the close of the concert the quests
were served with what was called q lunch
con, but which might have been termed a
banquet, although the company was in
afternoon dress and some Of the features
Of a formal dinner were lacking. But
there was plenty to eat in the way Of deli
cate pates, CONNECTIONS, ices, cold meats.
salads, and bottled goods. The musicians
get some of it, too. being treated precise
" like other guests. and it was Interest.
Ing to note that D'Albert, who has been
dubbed Cowboy Pianist" by some Of the
loca! musicians, on account Of his mn
coutA appearance, drcss and manner. be.
haved quitei in conformity with the usapes
OF the society in which he found himself
for o time. While luncheon was being
eaten there was more music, this time by
Lander's Orchestra. a small local band
whose chief business IL to play waltzes
and dreamy reveries ut the houses Of the
mighty while the mighty feed. People
like Lsnder's music because there IL no
necessity Of %suspending conversation
while 1t ts going on. Tho entertainments
was over early in the evening, and the
guests separated while yet there was time
to get into evening dress and 20 10 dinner
eomswhere. -NeW Fork letter to CkicoUo
Ledger.