Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-14
Music MAS CHARMS.
A Londoner says That d H.. Al.o . rs~.x
peutir Naius.

From The LONDON T-le-r-uph
VINO VAL despair of ultimate victory o~>
disease when even the tyranny Of sou, i. al
cisred TO he no lonscr Formidable sueh
least Is the happy information conveyed be-
musical contemporary. which relates no.
martyr 10 that fcll mAlAdy at last fonpa Al,
means 10 defeat his persistent enemy. ..w-h.u
ever feel premoniiory twinee." s.,r "a
happy valetndinarian. L now send sor 4.
daughter, who is an accumulated perfaru,-
on the violin, and. after she has hornn % M. ,
somehow or other the pain leaves me-" H.
Is the dawn OF hope Tor those who NO, only o
20 their forcfathers the her,tage az A,
lavish indulgence in Teasing bud who al.
have the advantage of possessing musioa
daughters
When Plato said. with some bluntpess tl,.I
only fools tske physic. he little Thought al
the whirligig OF time would bring r,v.nee f,,r |
much-iOscd and drcg-swaloWinc hamanitr
Already we are told that the mvste-io "A
passes Of the hypnotist will no; only sesa
the body asleep. but can also minister To- "a
wei rs excite. mimi diseased All the plas|
nomena OF suggestion" and ''mesme inf Il
ence. OF which the novelists have alreal
made some capital. are expected a. deal MOI
successfully with maladies than even the mo-
fashionable physician.
Indeed AZ IL sometimes suggested that fle
nest-accredited medical triumphs have be- 4
que Just as much 90 some unconscious pow a
welded by the dominant personality OF sc
doctor as 20 the merits Of his prescriptions
From this TO the still more charming prospcc Z
held out by faith healing" is obviously N
easy and highly practicable transition
process which has been known 60 the enlig,-S.
ened men OF all ages. especially the mystic-u
put which has been iealously ignored by thoss
oascls empirical practitioners who have kitii-
er,o most unlustly gained the public ear.
IL is true that there are some skeptics WHO
even nov disbelieve the fiattering tale Of an
hygeia gained 10y few simple motions Of the
hand and an abundant credulousness but thea
thtre are Also some people who still believe that
Shakespeare wrote PLAYS and that lbsen is MOI
heaVen-sent Gramatist IL the curing of goui
10y the inelodious sounds of a Stradivarius 10 IN
the same category as hypnotism and faith head.
ing II II clearly discovery which l. not only II
the first importance. but practically trusi.
worthy. There NAV be some envy f.lt bv mtI.
sicians whose executive ability Is not exerciseil
on Nlolins and who may cndesvor Ia vaunt the
curative effects either OF pianoforte or a 'cello.
Although we should not attempt to circunl.
scribe the healing power even Of u whole oF.
chestrn. Ne should be inclined 90 draw the linz
either Mt a cornet-a-piston or an oboe. Ths
! harp has such ancient claim. in the alleyiatiou
| oil melancholy that no who remembers thf
power Of David over Saul would venture G.
doubt lite remedial capacity. But whatever ma
| be the range Of efficacy which the various mus
cal instruments possess in the tender offices q
the sick room ii is probably owing 60 SONS
dread anticipation Of the cessation Of medical
authority that the doctors were the other dag
reported by some Scotch Wit 10 be medltatins
/ a strike.