Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-06
THE FLEETING SHOW.

laughter.
It was the learned Professor
His concertroom a foe.
He gazed upon his pupils
Around him in q row.
He was a walrus huge to see,
Named Handel Chopin Batterkee,
"Pupil of LisZt" and dubbed Mus. d.
He taught in classes small or larger,
And as for prices, was a charger.
He gazed upon his pupils,
Each seal-girl hung her head.
''Could he have heard our boastngs"
They slyly whispered.
He pointed to an iceberg tall,
Where, traced upon its shining wall,
Were all the signs musicians use,
Straight lines, and curves, and curtques.
Now tell me- ladies all " said he,
'sWhat this we call staff may be-"
q 'Tis five lines and four spaces
Crossed with bars and held with braces.
wre s dess IN on
What is the use of notes:" asked he;
Kept sounding on continuouslee-
Quick are the small notes, large notes slow;
The more feet they have, the faster they CO."
By it we measure sounds,
And keep the movement within bounds"
1t is the magic key
That opes the gates of harmony.
Called base or treble, F. or g.
for the Fellows who sing the SaSs
The teacher bent his stately head,
And, you have answered WELL" he said.
Now oil in concert play for me
In thirds, the minor scale of Z.
Then all the Kittys and Lous, and Hannahs.
Seated themselves at the grand planners.
Qn that country they call them so,
But never in this, as we all know)
And then ensued such a rattling and a bangingl
All the seal-girl's in triple Fs whanging
Discord on discord, like fire.bels changing.
Tortured keys battering,
Jingling wires shattering,-
Such q smashing and dashing!
Such crashing and clashiug!
Such galloping up to starboard
n larhOar1.
Such hammering and pounding,
Till the Jared iceberg careened and madly
punging away,
Shattered and sunk an exploring ship far north
But still they went on hammerng,
Spite of the masters clamoring:
With pedals held down as to rise mo no more more
Each For herself with no thought OF the rest,
And she who played loudest, played the best.
The tortured master paced the foe,
And fire was in his eye;
He wrung his hands, and wept, and moaned,
20 would that might die!
II had spent a shameful youth,
Had slain my sire with mine own hand,
Or crushed the heart Of loving wife,
might this penance understand.
Or had robbed Savings Bank,
Or stolen q widows only dime,
might by pangs and pains like these,
Atone for a career of crime.
But am blameess-I have loved
My art, and have truly striven,
To form my pupils touch and taste,
On models by the masters given.
would that were safe in heaven!
Peace"
All at once the noise was stilled,
The quiv'ring air no longer thrilled
With discords, and the eal-girls, smiling,
Gathered around the teacher, wiling
Away his wrath with looks beguilng,
And one, spokesman for the rest, inquired,
pray. are you not of scales little tired:
Minors are horrid, aren't they, girlss and so
We want to ask a favor, and we know
We play our scales SO we'll, in every key,
That we deserve a change, and please sir, we
Would like sonatas, nocturnes,-let us try
Beethoven, Bach, observation-disclosures -Kowski.
Wagner we'd like, Chopin or Reubenstein,
And please sir let the I prestess piece ss be mine
I'VE teachers are, all OF us, martyrsi
Why you couldn't play 'Bonaparte crossing the
Alps
| And you want to play fugues and sonatas.
Your blunders are worse every time you appear,
To mistake we are every one liable, . ,o--,..
But then we should try our mistakes TO correct,
And you are quite in-cor-ri gfa-ble.
You shall practice your scales till you know how
Go. take for your next scale, in sixths, Minor A,
And practice it faithfully four hours each day"
That ysry night, when clouds we're dark,
And stormy winds walled drearily,
/ Six mother-seals, on vengeance bent,
/ Beset Professor BatterSee.
A shriek-a groan- splash-and then
Six mother-seals went home again.
| And now their little daughters play,
| Just what they please, in their own way.
THE LETTER GUILD.
The Girls Letter Guild of England hal
now more than five hundred correspond
ing members. The plan of the guild ii
for each lady to write at least one letter {
month to the factory girl whom the guile
secretary has allotted to her as q corre
spondent.
The letters are written in o simple ant
direct style on practical topics, touching
such things as enter into the girls dali,
life-work, clothes, associates, gossip
temper, home-life, saving, cooking, tn
care of the sick, emergencies, religion
duties, any and every subject, in short
that may be interesting and helpful. Nom
of the ladies write to more than one girl
as the strict individuality of the letter
gives them an especial charm in the eyes Q
the recipient, and the girls are encourage
to reply and to ask for advice upon an
subject of importance to them, health,
may be noted, being favorite one.
One letter a month seems trifie, bu
expressed kindness, consideration and syn
pathy make them Of real value to the girls
many of whom belong to the poorest an
toughest class of Birmingham factory OF
| eratives. The letters are watched for, ,rea
over and over again and treasured careful
ly, for they bring a pleasant change int
: the dull monotony of their lives an
; brighten the thoughts of those whose il
: tercourse is confined to other minds upo
! the same low level of culture.
Once a year the president addresses
general letter to members of the guild, an
t all expenses are borne by honorary men
bers, SO that there are no fees to be pal
by correspondents. 1t is not knew
o whether there is any society of this kin
D in America, if not, it would be neither di
ficult nor expensive to establish Lett,
/, Guild that might do good service in
quiet way, cheering and helping mar
Q who stand in need of Just such lit
a kindnesses, as reminders that not all WI
are more fortunately placed than ther
selves, are indifferent to their needs al
. careless of their welfare.
+ A DAINTY SHADE.
u A pretty and very "dressy" lamp sha'
+ NAV be made of ribbon and lace accordiI
to the following directions:
Cut inch-wide ribbon, yellow, pale gre'
or old rose. into lengths of four and 8
inches, an equal number of each, the nuI
70 ber being determined by measuring Il
r porcelain shade at the widest part. T.
70 ribbon may be all of one shade, of ty
Il the ribbon strips together over and over
3 alternating lengths, from the top down
l. within two and three-fourths inches
,e the end of the longer strips. Hem t
= straight upper edge for draw-casing in
- which run an elastic cord. Fold t
ot lower edge of each ribbon to form
e. point, and attach to each point a tasl
II made by crocheting with knitting 81
. around small brass rings, tieing into ca
a. of these twenty strands of silk fo
De inches long. Very fine oriental Ia
ae forms frill, fastened by stitches to t
~ seams and folded edges of the ribbc
!, and requiring seven-eighths or yard
o. lace six inches deep.
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