New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-18
VORKING VOMEN.
TIE MUSIC TEACHER.

Chow ones talents do dwlnde down in number when
the time comes for turning them to account observed
the musical girl. thought Of this yesterday whep
| wa, hanging the paintings did at school in tha
room have rented to give music lessons in. well
remember how in,ued ! felt when l wished to at.
tempt large canvas, and my teacher said, NO, largo
canvase. were well enough FOR experience artists but
.or school girl daubs the smaller they the better.'
At that time regarded myself a, an artist Of genius,
and mute, ingorious Felicia HcmanS II wrote verses
for our school papcr) and after being told that was
the lehte,t dancer in my class. had idea that. IL
the worst should ever the worst, could earn
my bread in the ballet and maybe be spoken Of In
time as a second Fanny Ell>er. BESIDES this, was
always called on 10 raise the tame when We sang al
prayers, and at our monthly concerts my name was
always down ON the programme Tor more than onq
instrumental piece.
"A female Crichton! Yes that is Just what
thought | WIS. | don't mind saying now because
have learned 50 much better since then. Now that
| the worst ha, To the worst and AN compelled
to Worl. for my living, lind that What know abous
music i, all that Is OF any use To me, and / am not
making niy fortune ont of tnat If only had mama
especially an uupronounccaOlc foreign nGncI might
charge my pupil, 81 lesson, and live in clover but
a, | am. a, yet nobody in particular, l am glad to
get them At $50 - quarter How many can attend
H. per diem \ dozen at least, If they would coma
along Now that have rented Il room to teach in,
and no longer have TO 60 from house to house, have
sixteen hours day ~ WORN H. - open al IaL-pdss
and close at >.
My arithmetic all astayi What do you meanl
WHY bless you in music hour means sixty
minutes than sharp means swindlSr, or fiat =
story in Il building. natural somebody who oughs
to be In asylum for idiots. An hour is half an
hour. and dear knows that is quite long enough when
You have tn>omc pupil. who persists in singing
nat until you ready 90 distracted. Yes, have
twice a, many singing instrumental pupils. Have
You noticed how much popular vocal
music Is than instrumental Why, at a large recep-
ton the whole company will sometimes actually
stop talking when begin to sing. while my playing
only sets those to talking who were sitting quiet be-
fore. | remember being struck with the assertion
in Of the Baroness TautphoeuS novels that even
among the musical Germans, music Is u great pre-
motcr Of conversation
But what was telling yOu7 oh yes, about my
pupils. Some of them birds that can't sins
and will sing, Iut that isn't affair. l only do
my best b. tone down their voices as 10 rendec
them as little di,agrceable possible. They ara
not bad for swelling the noise of oonSre satona&
singing in church There other, that have sveeo
little weakly that after considerable practice.
will do very well for palor concert, though they
could not bc heard across a large hall. With some !
have to devote al my energies - getting rid OF nasal
notes Others will sing Hat, matter how may scod
but nv greatest trouble is get them TO sing wfths
out making faces. OF course keep hand mirror.
so they can just how they look when they Jump up
to high notes. but they seem 10 thik tld reaching
the note !, every thing. ana II they DO that success
fully they are justified in loo"ns a' II they Were De-
Ing hung. -, -
No have no INDECENT pupils. Those have
are crazy 10 learn all ! can teach. n grl .win
spend half the day in sweeping and du,tlnS ana then
walk two miles take her lesson coming IN
So tired that she hardly sOunc noc but sing inc
exercises she Will. if only in whisper n gIrl like
that began wishing the other DAY that gave less0ns
on the cOgnet she would like 50 Wen Ia lake them
from me. She said she never looked up at tho
trumpet blowing angels the Church of the Heavenly
Rest without hoping She might one day play the
cornct i'm heaven Yes. that VIII do wen enough
after Won get 10 heaven said l. but here Your house.
work doesn't leave you wind enough for it, She isn't
the only Girl who i cOrnet mad. an asked nearly
every day II don't give lessons the hOrrid thing
The sign over my door says just plainly IL can
speak Piano and vocal instruction. but all the same
am constantly bothered by droppers in who ask il
can teach anything else In the way Of music soma
girl wish take lessons on the banjo, and some on
Tho harp \ Young fellow this morning who
wished learn to play the flute and suppose others
are coming IN ts 10 .aiss s ne rS S-9 Questions u n