The morning call., 1892-09-05
MUSIC IN THE Woods.
Harmonies at Tooaloma and
Bear Valley.
CHEERS FOR "THE CALL"
The Annual Outing Of the Harmonic Society
Of San Frauciscu-" solom,n" Levi
for Governor.
',solomon Levi foT GOVERNOR"

-"Gtntlemen: SPEAK -lOI oho WIZ ie tVV
modest and retiring to speak for himself. l
speak for Solomon Levi. our next Goyer-
uor-"
"Hurr9hP'
Hes the wo1kingman's friend. [Hur-
rahl All you who are out Of work vote for
solomon Levi. He'll make work for you
and pat us all in Office. THurrah!l He is
jhe man for the people. Weare the people.
Hurrahl Rahg We are the only honest
men aud Solomon Levi is: our choice for
Governor. All hands have a drink on Solo
mon levi"
"Rah, rah, rah! TigerW
1T was President Henry Plagtmaun who
uttered these patriotic sentiments and the
sixty odd members Of the Harmonie Society
of San Francisco who did the shouting.
II looked as though solomon" Levi was
their choice for Governor.
The Harmonic Society had gathered in
ne woods at Tocaloma Saturday night-ro
;. witness the occultatiOn. Of Mars. IN the
absence Of TELESCOPES inverted beer-glasses
ware used to observe the rare astron omcal
event And between observations the
humorous and musical faculties Of the so
eiety were indul2ed TO the limit.
:. Another observation has been made and
as the glasses are lowered 70 the table the
. modest and retiring candidate himself Is
heard from.
"FelIow-Gitizens: Oar president has told
yon am too MODESTO speak tor myself
and he's dead right But I'm tile man you
want 10 vote for. fHuIrah!l I'm the work
ingman's friend and you'll all have work il
I'm elected. lRah.I l want to save the
country from going TO ruin tRah Re
member to vote for me on the Sth OF No
yember and IN get you all on the police
force. [Rah! Tahl] Come, have drink
With me-. [Hurrah, hurrahI Rah! Tiger[
Halli. halo. hall haflo;
Be! nus gents thinner
Bqnter und schilmner.
And the wild. woods rang with merriment
and the hillsides- eehCeG and Te-echOed the
happy voices and ciiUkFng glasses.
You never saw merTier crowd OF staid
business men in all yCur life, and 1t will be
al Aother year before you find them so merry
again.
They left San Francisco Saturday even
Ing on the O'clock boat for SausalltO.
We're you a passenger on that boat you
were treated TO some rare vocal music, Tor
the steamer had scarcely left the dock than
the Aarmonies threw dull care to the wind
ward fer a bEief season and began a series
OF mIrthful festivities that did not end till
early this morning.
Mine nost, Bertrand, his comely wife and
Pretty daughter knew they were coming,
aud WREN the special train on the North
station the jolly HarmonieS found the hotel
gayly decorated with japanese lanterns and
buuting supper on the table and warm
welcome from the TOcalomiies.
To the tune Of "Ta-Ta-ra- bOom-d ray"
? the songsters stepped from the train into
the dining
Here the menu and the decorations were
splendid. Redwood boughs. ferns and beau
titul Yildfl0wers hid the bare walls and COW
cred that part OF the tables not occupied by
The fTicasse chicken and Sundry long black
bottles.
''Hurfah for the host! hurTah for the COM
mittee, AuErah for eveTybod :" cTieG the
SOBEsteTs.
Then they fell to and made the visnds look
sick and Tie bottles empty.
President Henry PIsgeman1 was toast
master. First he toasted the members OF
the Harmonic Society. then the active mem-
bers, then the honorary members and in
vited guests.
Then tie vicc-president, j. Meyer. pro-
posed tie health OF the president. Next
Franz Fisher, the musical director. was
toasted.
Now the president rises again and his
glass is full. he says something in the
Teut0n about ''deI Englisher Zeitung." The
diners smile appreciatively, then Three
cheers fer The MORNING CALLW comes
frem sixty musical throatS
Hip, hip, hurrah, hurrah, huVrahl tt
EerP
Mine host Joseph E. Bertrand is toasted
next and then thee cheers are given for
Mrs. Bertrand.
After supper the soDgsters sought the
wild woods, and in a picturesque little
grove to the north of the hotel passed the
hours till midnight in song and unaloyed
fun.
Perhaps You think it was boisteTous
bPer-Grinking crowd.
Well. il was not sorrowful and silent, and
the truth is that there was enough beer on
dTaught to 60 around more than once and
lots lsft over.
But it was anything but noisy crowd 1t
was select gathering Of well-t0-do German
business inen, only the festivities were Of
the German fashion.
Tie ladies' were not there, but for aught
of word spoken or deed acted their own
wives and sisters could have found no fault.
Nest OF the songs and choruses rendered
were Of the German classics, and that they
were rendered with rare Vigor and sweet
ness goes without the saying.
You know the rich German basso. It is
uRequsled.
The Quartets and solos were rendered
from the hilltOps, while the ehoruses were
sung down In the valley beside the muir
nuTlng crystal stream.
MessFs. Blum, Stopf, John Plagemann
and Meyer sang "S0nnenlicht ist Schlafen
Gsngen."
John Plagemann sang a solo. "Behut dich
Colt, eS war SO schon gewesen." 1t is a
German love song. something about how
happy IL would have been and how sad il
was. No one could sing it better than John
Plagemann, and even the HarmOnies them
selves, accustomed as they are TO good sing
ing, pPlauded his rendition to the echo.
Max Duenow gave several violin solos
and humorous recitation in the Berlin
dialect.
Messrs. Levi and Blum sang the Scat"
duet as 1t Is vary rarely sung
There was the political stump speech, as
recorded, and many splendid choruses led
by Professor Fischer. You should have
heard these to appreciate their volume aud
sweetness. They cannot be described.
The IOcaloma police force was on duty
till A. NJ, and they had lots to do, shown g
their farmers lanterns into the singers
faces. and creating a good deal of merTi-
ment by their humorous pranks
The policemen were especially appointed
'(by Solomon" Levi) for the OCCASION They
used wbeelbarrow for q patrol wagon.
aud on the hotel register wrote their names
as q. A. Tole and Henry Droger.
After breakfast Sunday morning there
came the picnic in Bear Valley. Every
wagon and stage in the country for miles
around was pressed in to service. and behind
the gay procession cams the lunch-wagon.
IL Is ten-mile drive to the hotel at Toca-
iona, past the littl0 village of Olema
through the romantic and pictureque Bear
Valley 10 the ocean.
: There Is no fairer spot in all the beautiful
county OF Marin than Bear Valley votad
the Harmonies as they rode tbrongb the
seep forests and penetrated the CANYONS
nd'1ungles OF the enchanted valley.
Sometimes the road Is narrow and the
Trades steep, where gullies yawn mapv fee,
below; sometimes tie curves are more like
sharp angles, and misstep would mean in
Itant death. But in the danger is ths
pleasure, at least the Harmonies found IL so
md it is all so wondrouslv picturesque thai
admiration danger is forgotten.
While the Harmonies stood on the biyl
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