The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-06
llsh. even when they say thing like that. !
iumbled around for a remark, and got out

ttLL. oiouhu AoA ~ ie"7iN' onu NV oas
~ can't understand 4 at al. III had meyer
ever, to get sight Of him" with a slight en-
phasis on the last word
s blank ses showed that hsy
nI.oi coursS not He is only President"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. The ,dsssTsi who WAS Ssysf
eli OF, war. the only General who. ever com
manded 2 connected LATHE front twelve hun;
drcd miles long. the smith VINO welded
and rc.;stabllshed il Where it il quite likely to
outltst all tne, monarchies. present md 10
iIsIr tfsia' Ii .@y General was ,sniya man
more thu Than that. being d a Wholly ansimiar
construction aud constitution. being Of no
"spsss s;sn and s II s nn WI the
spnt.er and die and leave nothing behind but
tSa af last a "% u as sat in
the gloom aud the deep ,stillnoss wlitins-one
how long thcn tie soft music sic d thS hidden
orchestra began to breathe Its iich. long signs
s ro %naSt the in s Il" MD m and
wood am, /, waysde SHRINE. with white. rohei
Eirl praying aud II man standing near. Pres.
emily that noble chorus of mons voices was
heard npproncnins: and from TINT moment
lust music-music To make one, drunk with
pleasure, music t. make ono take scrip and
i i,ai. and beg his way round tho globe to
no such as are intending to come here in the
Wagner season next year wish to say, bring
never cease TO he THANKFUL i, yon do not. YOU
viii find 1t u hard fight to save yourself from
large riinge and has no very largo hotels on
eating houses. THO principal mus nre the
U!nppS get excellent mpnl-pO. |
mean you can 20 there and see other people
get 1t. There is no charge tor this The town
Is Uttered W. tn restaurants. but they are small
and bad. and they are oyerdrivcn with custom.
You must secure "A table hours. beforehand
body occupying 1t. We have had this expe-
rie1ce; Wy nave mad u daiiy scramble for life:
l have the impression that the only people
who 10 not have to scramble nre the vetcruns-
the DISCIPLES VINO have Deon here before and
tables i.r tn" season Ny. tribe have tried ali
mile or two-Gnd have captured only nibplinGs
anh odds and enus. never in any instance
30. the reverse. Thcse Odds and enIs are 90
ing tn serve as souvenirs OF Bayreuth. and In
that regard their value Is not t. be oveicsti-
mated. Photographs iadc bric-h-binc gets
lost. Eusts Of Wagner got broken. nut once
you absorb n Bayreuth restaurant meal it is
time comes to embalm the rest OF you. Some
OF thcs. pilGri inns here become in effect cab
lnetS. ChhlnptS VI souvenirs OF DuyreuLO. IL
is believed among. scientists that you could
examine tho crop " dead Hayrcuth pilgrim
anywhere in the earth and tell where he came
from. But like this ballast. think " h err
mitage' scrape-up. at cIgut in the evening.
when all the famine hrteurrs have been thnre
quietest thing y.u can lay on your keclson
Thursday; They keep two teams Of singers
world. with Mntorna and Alvary in the lead. I
& la AIn t.f lnoS
a single team. would di. Of exhaustion in a
week. tor 4. ~ til. pIays last from 'oHr in the
falls upon rhe half dozen head singers. and APP
parently they are required to furnish all the
soft if wnspery. mysterious feeling. they es are
required to open out and let the public know
oSfas ars Ty9n PIX %s 9n
days Of ostensible rest per week. amt two |
tenms to do the four operas; but the ostensiDls
that the oil daysnre devoted to ehearsinv from
some time in the morning till ten ut night.
likely since there are u hundred and ten |
names In the orchestra list
the Spepn so was Trsan and
theatres. operas. concerts. lectures. sermons. |
funeraIs-hut none which was twin to the
reverentlal attention. absolute Stiffness, and
petriiied retention t. the end OF an act OF the
detect no movelnent in tho solid iiiass OF heads
and shoulders. you seem to sit with the dead
in the gloom Of tomb lon Know that they
AMI wave han kerchie dis and shout their III aprro.
down their faces and 1t would DO IL relief 70
free their pcnt emotions in sobs or screams;
togeter and the ciosin s st I nys
slowly faded out and died; then the dead rise
with one impulse and shake the building with
their applause Every seat is tull In the first
man would DO conspicuous. let him come here
and retire from the house in the midst OF an
act. 1t would make him celebrated
This audience reminds me OF nothing have
ever seen and OF nothing have read about
MI the inhabitants haye been turned to brass
and tho traveller finds them after centuries
MSeS hsy ft ys He the
H the dirk and worship II silence At the
they wear their showiest harness. they hum
Fix they hbaIeak fans they Utter and they
and laughter are so loud MS to
fiyide the attention Of the house with tho
,taGs: IN large measure the Mrtrnpoiitan Is
rnirol IN Wagnrrian music and have no rev.
irene. Tor It. .ut who like to promote art and
Can that DO IN agreeable atmosphere to per-
SON., ,in In whom ths nusic nrHduces sort o. d.
Drain, and hands consecrated things and the
81 hSm ws SS RS hen as asfs
temporary expatriation. the tedious ,travers-
na OF seas and continents. tho pilgrimage to
Bayreuth. stands explained. These devotees
you'd worship In an atmosphere Of devotion.
i Is only here that they can find 1t without
ieck or Dlemish or any worldly pollution. In
here is no newspaper to intrude the worries
I the distant world. there e nothing going on.
9 his temple out 81 town. sits out
With his heart ami his soul and his body
Exhausted ny long hours Of tremendous emo
hing but Ito torpid and slowly vather back back
ife and strength forsthe next ,selyce. This
'pera OF - Tristan Ind Isolde" last night
,roEe tho hearts OF all witnesses who We're Of
he faith. and know Of some and have heard
i many who could not sleep after II. but cried
he night away, ! feel strongly out OF place
on IN community of the mad; sometimes
eel ke the one blind man where all others
&c; the one cropping savage In the college OF
10 learned, and always. during service. feel
Ike hereto In heaven.
but by no means do ever overlook or mini
y tho fact Mat this is one Of tho most rxtraor-
mary experiences Of my lie. ! have never [
con anything like this before l have never