The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-19
HAVING FUN AT THE HUB
HOW THE CONS RVATORY STU
DENTS AMUSE VISITORS.

Style and Attractiveness of the said
Friends.
BosToN. Oct 18--It Is such great pleas
from "home and friends" to see some one
we know and like, if only for few days.
Even the face of a mere acquaintance takes
on an added shine, and as for an "old
friend" we simply eat him, or her, upl
We talk breathlessly for hours or until the
bell of warning to visitors strikes the un-
welcome hour, and if the newcomer is not
familiar with the city we sally forth to see
the sights.
We do not forget the beautiful public
gardens with their statues and m onuments
and exquisite shrubbery and flowers, nor
the Common. overtopped with the "gilded
dome" and alive with people. Nor do we
miss Copley square, fanked by Trinity. the
art museum. the still unfinished public
library and the New-Old South church
painted against the sky with Florentine
campanile and Mooresque dome Of crimson,
gold and blue. We can see all these things
en- route to the reservoir and Chestnut
Hill. and we also pass the Brunswick,
that charming hotel that has been
wreathed in vines and flowers all
summer long, and catch gllmpses Of Hunt
ingdon avenue, Commonwealth avenue and
the exclusive realms of Back bay, not to
mention the bridge over the Charles
whereon the poet stood at midnight" q
fact carefully impressed on the ductie mind
of the visitor. The electric cars speed away
down the wide, breezy avenue Of Beacon
street, and after ride Of nearly an hour
| We find overselves at the terminus of the
! line and walk little way up the hill to
pass through the beautiful vine-wreathed
marble arch that is the entrance to the triad OF
reservoir lakes. Everything is eXquisitely
kept, even to the natural pine grove on the
bank Of the first reservoir. We walk under
the pines in company with n good many
other people The rustic seats are all pre-
! empted, so we wander down a little branch
| hung path that looks inviting and climb
| over u few rocks TO find ourselves on min
iature plateau. shaded with pine and hick-
ory, and ma ie bright with barberries.
The sun is brilliant, the air is delcions
/ we eau ses the CLINT Of water through the
leaves So we sit down on the grass and
| fiat rocks and some one says:
This is positively Arcadian. VIII some
| body please recite an appropriate poemP
The ei0cutionist Immediately starts out
with Sweet day, SO COOL so calm, 50
bright" And is promptly sat upon. We
! sun ourselves and telk nonsense, aud sigh
when the time comes to "move on.n
few days afterward we go TO see the
'Senator" and laugh ourselves tired over
the dashing widow with her wonderful
derk-red coiffure of curls. Also the Cni-
nese minister and the darling little rosebud
who grabs her departing sweetheart by the
coat tails and adjures hlm to Hold oar
We think OF the treat in store for us ut
| lo1Nr al Of tI.,
two "new teachers Stasny and Busoni,
and weep that our friend cannot stay to
hear them.
The eventful first Thursday dawnA
Some of us are "old students" left over
from last year. But great majority are
new ones, both pretty and stylish All
crowd the balcony. We crane our necks
over the railing to see the audience below,
and behold some OF Boston's musical critics.
Stasny, a tall, jollylooking blonde Ger
man, comes out TO make his first Boston
D bow and holds us entranced for an hour or so.
2 His programme is the usual classical one,
] with magnificent paraphrase of the Rhine
! maiden's song and the march of the gods to
? Walhalla.
8 He afterward said, $50 heard" that the
a piano being a perfectly new one was I'M
commonly hard to play. But to my ears il
was a superb instrument-far finer than the
Steinway sent up by the Steinerts for Signol
Busoni-
, The next Thursdays recital was the frs
Of q series of recitals To be given by Mr.
Faeten on the piano and Mr.. Mahr on th'
violin. They will give the ten Beethoven
a sonatas for piano and violin, and it seemed
t to me that neither of them had ever played
so exuusitely before. 1t may have been tina
=. the presence of the two new pianist
inspired them, made them fee
:, on their mettle. A big bouquet was
handed up by one Of the ushers after tn
q first sonata, aud the balcony audience wa
much concerned as to It's Destination. Mr.
Faelten took it-and Grayely presented II Il
Mr.. Mahr The latter'S eyes twinkled be
7 bird his glasses and the two went oil t
= brace up for the second sonata, laughing
t like school boys. They are both the jOllies
:. of men and if their jokes in German ar
= half as funny as those they make in the!
Z broken English they must be convulsing
They make me think of the Fltegende Btat
ter
Besides tho usual recitals we have lecture
by well-known men and women Tuesda
r evenings. was rather disappointed in til
= last one on "Ancient Pottery" by Mrs L
- Orr Williams.
, The lady may be an eminent archaolo
gist for all | know) but she is not Roo'
speaker. She has neither memory moi
imagination, and l was surprised to fin
that Sucn an intensely Interesting SuDJec
q could be treated in so commonplace and un
% imaginative manner
o Very few women know how to lecture
i They are so apt to speak in thin and dis
l. agreeable falsetto, aud are either nerYou
or supercilious.
To an extent-only an extent, mind you
believe in women's rights. But | heartil
4 agree with the woman who said that thing
y we're bad enough under masculine adminn
J. tration, and when pettiooats were the rul
i ing garments she hoped to dte
The longer live in the north the more
admire their men and our women.
Our curiosity in the conservatory havin
n been gratified as far as Stasny was cor
b cerned, we were on the qut Utre tor las
Thursdays musicale, when Signor Busoi
was to play.
Ferruccio B. Busoni is an Italian, as yo
may imagine, born In Floreuce aboU
Z tWenty~seyen years ago. aud educated a
d over Europel He took the Ruben tel
prix de ConserYatoire aud comes TO AmeriC
: from the Imperial Conservatory OF 8
Petersburg with full blown reputation
= = a great pianist. Not mere technical PEI
< former on a level with hundreds OF trul
. fine players. but IA yirtuoso with q style,
, soul, an individuality Of bis own that hi
ranked him, in the estimation OF Bosto
critics, with men like Won Bulow on
Scharwonka.
!. The students began 20 crowd about q
Z balcony doors before o'clock. We bl
4 made our little plans to sneak down and
) In wait by the door. Judge then Of u
. amusement b ind ourselves f0fastaiied