St. Paul daily globe., 1890-09-30
A GOOD ORCHESTRA.
Strauss and His Vienna MuSi-
clans Score a Great
Success.
The Board Of Tax Levy Fix
the Limit at Twenty
Mills.
City Comptroller Calderwood
Roasts the Present Sys-
tenn Of Taxation.
District Court Yields Several
Notable CaseS--A Horse
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lis will not dispute the fact that the
majority of her people are lovers of
music of any sort. The people will rush
TO their front doors EN- maSse to hear the
shrill-toned minstrel street parade. or
tap time with their feet while the fiat
in circus parade executes his astonish-
ing gymnastics in triple-tongueing. Is
it any wonder, then, that the third floor
of the Exposition building was crowded
last evening with eager humanity,
waiting to pass judgment upon Eduard
Strauss and his company of European
musicians. The star himself could be
easily recognized. He is very like the
Autographs that have been hung in the
windows for some time past. Just be-
fore he gives the signal to lead his men.
he turns and faces the audience, with
look of anticipated triunph in his eye,
and then with a rapid movement the
signal is given. and something that one
must confess is true music breaks upon
the ear.
of course there are those who claim
that there is nothing fit to hear rem
dered by large orchestra but a con-
certo or a difficult symphony, followed,
perhaps. by an overture from Wagner,
but even these must confess that what
was rendered last evening at the Expo
tion-those exquisite melodies from the
Rhine and Rhone-was music in
the true acceptance of the term;
music that took the fancy from the first
| note, and which in a short time set
every head in the immense audience to
nOdding in tune with the strains, and
many dainty pairs of number two's
were nervOuSly tapping the floor as
| their owner glanced at the male escort
and longed for waXed floor and plenty
of room.
Every number was played with fine
| touch of sweetest expression. but 1t was
when the great leader reached one of
the compositions of his own family that
he especially shone.
"The Ginning Myrtles." piece of
his own composition that has not yet
| been published, being entirely new, was
| favorite with the audience, and proved
| that Eduard has much of that -capa-
bility to compose catchy waltz airs that
has made Strauss name famous all over
the world. There were many numbers
from the long list of favorite
Strauss waltzes. some of them
being new to Minneapolis audi
| ceiyed, and the great leader was
enceored at the conclusion of each num-
ber, to which he answered by giving
some of the household favorites that
are familiar all over the land, wherever
music is played.
The potpourri of American airs
found especial favor with the audience,
and when the medley wound up with
"rhe Star-Spangled Banner" the ap-
| plause was deafenmg. There is no mis-
| taking the fact that the Strauss orches-
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| sIcians, and Eduard Strauss certainly
knows how to bring out the individual
| qualities to the very best advantage.
There was an immense attendance,
although the reserved seats were not all
filled, many hundreds of people pre-
ferring to promenade about the gallery
| during the numbers, as the majority of
those in the seats did during intermis-
siOns. The first evening OF the Strauss
orchestra was certainly brilliant sue
cess, and BODIES successful concert
week with which to close the Mlnneapo-
lis Exposition.
Don't forget amid all this grand rush
to see and hear Strauss that there is an
art department to the Exposition. Don t
say, | don't care for art; that isn't tue.
You do care for art, and, if you'll just
take trip through the splendid gallery,
you'll see that which will prove to your
own eyes that you do love art. 60 in
there day or night, go not once, but
Often-as often as you can-and you will
find feature of the Exposition that is
of surprising interest. Take your weary
wife awayfrom her household cares, show
her the rare beauties OF these long gal
leries and then see her eye sparkle and
see the flush of pleasure come to her
cheeks. You can't see all of Europe in
one afternoon; you can't see all of this
magnificent gallery in minute. Go
often; it will 10 you good. 1t will make
you better man or better woman,
and the man or the woman who
wouldn't like to be trifle, just trif1e.
better than he or she is, had better gel
through ticket for heaven and take the
first fast train. No place for such peo
pie hereabouts. Take in the art gallery
and see if you don't come out feeling
that there's something else in the world
besides stocks and bonds and real es.
tate and common everyday bread anG
butter earning. It'll pay you.