The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-06

coming in for little punishment itself?
M. Gounod. the composer. passed away
very suddenly and very calmly. During
the day he went to the Church of ST. Cloud
TO hear mass and intending to play the
organ. instead he invited the organist to
lunch with him, and arranged that he
should write a pianoforte score of his
Requiem Mass" which is to be produced
at the Conservatoire this winter. After
lunch Gounod played and sang with his
usual force, then played game of domi-
noes with Nine Gounod and smoked his
pipe. Then be went back to the piano
and, taking up the score of the Requiem.
carried it to secretaire and atterward sat
down. pipe in mouth. and was seen to fall
forward. He was unconscious. but while
being carried to bed he opened his eyes
and asked what was the matter. These
were the last words he spoke, and he had
no return 10 consciousness. Although a
robust man, he had had several attacks of
paralysis, and be had feeling that his
end would be soon. A fortnight before
his death he said so to an interviewer, TO
whom he quoted the passage of st. Paul,
II have fought the good fight; l have fin
ished my course; have kept the faith"
Communication between ships at sea
highly desirable, and nobody need doubt
that the problem of achieving it will be
solved. This communication would pre-
vent wreck such as occurred ten days
ago in the Golden Gate. Water as rapid
conductor of sound is being utilized in an
instr ument called the photograph, in
vented by Captain Neale. He has proved on
the Thames that communication may read
n m
He has transmitting and receiving in
strument. The SOUNDS coming through
the water are received by drums and an
&C oustic apparatus conveys these sounds
by means of a bell, and each sound is re-
corded by hand on tape. Messages were
transmitted and recorded correctly, but
slowly. owing to the operation being con-
trolled by hand. 1t is said to be prac-
tical invention and no doubt capable of
Improvement. If it can be brought to sue
cess IL will do much to save shipping from
disaster during fogs.
Those who by emInence can most Law
claim to the possession of genius are gen.
orally hard workers and disposed to credit
hard work with their success. Young
singers, artists and painters are all prone
to believe in genlus-sometimes that others
have it. and confident that they themselves
may have it. Madame Albani, the prima
donna, gives this advice to singers: MY
only prescription is hard work. Too many
artists imagine, as soon as they have won
some reputation, that the future is assured
and that they need not trouble further
about the cultivation of their voice. Reg
ular study is given up aud they will o ten
go to concert with ut looking at their
music. AS ] have said, in my opinion
ones musical studies should never cease
The cultivation Of the voice should 60 on
always If one desires 1t to last. Personally
| allow nothing TO interfere with my morn
iIg's practice" 1t is with other forms of
art as with music.
The young German Emperor can afford
to be magnanimous when he speaks about
the foundation of the empire. Who would
expect him to make a kingly speech in
this style. with very roundabout allusion
to Prince Bismarck ?-"The task was ap-
pointed for him (William y by God to
fulfill the longings of all Germans and to
restore to Germany her unity with the vic
foriOusly conquered imperial crown. He
(Wiliam ID was permitted to find great
men for this work who had the honor of
executing his ideas and working with him
as his advisers" The Westminster Ca
zette calls this divine right in the Hohen-
Zollerns plus inspiration, and infers that
the doctrine accounts for much in William
Ill. Great men" are apt to conclude that
II German unity had depended upon the
brains ot William it would still be far
off The late Emperor Frederick had
some share in suggesting the empire. but
it was Bismarck who worked out the
diplomacy and the plotting which led to
the whole, and 1t is small policy not to
acknowledge his share openly.
In France, as consequence Of the
Russian visit, the Russian waltz is coming
into vogue at parties In the ordinary
waltz the partners swim over the floor
with monotonous devotion each to the
other, but in the Muscovite variety the
partners change rapidly. aud before the
music stops there may be as many as
twenty changes. How this should add to