The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-08-28


People. we'll Known.-The
Passion Play-Appie-
dorr Again.
AppLEpoRE, ISLES OF SHOALS, n
H., Aug. 10. Is91.-It seems as if the
best part of my Boston experiences
the music and the pictures,-has to be
left out. OF course I can tell you thai
I have seen the wonderful yerestchag
in collection of paintings. but thai
conyeys 10 idea of the realistic way In
which they depict the horrors of wal
I'm Russia. All the books that 1 have
read about it, all the "bean-bakes''
and war "reminiscences, all the years
of living in an atmosphere where sol
diers and their doings were honored
and talked about,-all this combined
never taught me SO much of war as
learned before one OF those great paint
ings in five minutes. L am more firm
ly than ever convinced that the lob
ject method" is good thing-the best
thing. Millet's "L'Angelus" was
there too, suppose as drawing card
for the rest, if it is allowable TO speak
40 tiippantly of anything so beautiful,
1t is hung i'm little room of its own.
All around it were hangings of dark,
rich red velvet, and strong light was
thrown on it from above. To see a
copy and then gee the original is some
thing like reading Hamlet all by your
self and then seeing Booth play it. Ii
is the fashion, though, even among
so called art critics to laugh both at
the picture and the subject, but they
don't seem to be turning off anything
better very fast.
The music is less describable even
than the pictures, because it is so i'll
tangible; but it might be interesting
to write of some of the artists and vir-
tuosi of Europe and America who have
made Boston the musical center of the
nation during the past season. New
York is beginning to contest that
long-held distinction with Boston,
though, and, suspect, not quite fair
ly.
1 think I shall remember Arthur
Friedheim the longest. He played
before the teachers and students a
short time before the Conservatory
closed, and as we had heard that he
was LISTS favorite pupil we were on
the qui riUe, of course. When be was
through felt as if had safely escap-
ed from whirlwind. 1 believe "no-
bility of style" is what they call it.
Before 1 knew that 1 called it pound
ing; and afterward, when some of
the girls tried so faithfully to initiate
Friedheim, L called it pounding still.
Scharwenka honored us with visit
too. That was rare treat, of course.
Then we had Nine. Hopekirk, and
once in a while an inspiring singer.
But i'm preference to all of them and
to everything musical should turn
to the Symphony Orchestra. The
concert season begins in October and
lasts until May, and every Friday af-
ternOOn and Saturday evening twen-
ty-five hundred people listen to a pro-
gram that is rich and rare. In the
spring the Orchestra visited some of
the Coast cities of the North. and it is
said that its progress was like the
triumphal march of victorious army,
or king. Mr.. Nikisch, the director,
yields the baton like magic wand,
and with matchless grace. He attend
ed a concert at the Conservatory one
evening, and as he entered the hall on
the arm of the Musical Director, the
students OH the balcony greeted him
with applause long and loud; but he
took lis seat as if he didn't know
what it was all about, and this the
most of us inwardly applauded.
Lecturers and lectures in Boston
are, of course, 6. rich field. The first
man of fame that I heard was Heze-
kiah Butterworth, the bachelor editor
of the Youths Companion, OH Boston
Folk Lore" The lecture was very
interesting, but he stood up and said
it off like a school-boy, only that, in
stead of seeming frightened, as they
usually do, he looked as if he were so
dreadfully tired of the whole thing,
and along toward the last you could
MT help sympathizing with him.
Louise Chandler Moulton read some
of her poems to US one evening, aud a
wonderfully bright paper Oh her life
in London. She had her experience
with a cabby, too. 1 believe she polk
ed him with her umbrella through the
roof. 1 remembered my own dismal
experience and regretted that 1 had
not been better versed i'm cab etiquette
at the time. After the entertainment
there was an informal reception in
the parlors. Some of the girls went
i'm to meet her, but they said they
found her very stuff and unapproach-
able. There was none of the woman
ly graciousness that one would expect
to find i'm the author of "Some Wom-
ems Hearts," guess she had been 10
informal receptions" before, though.