The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-04-18
Rafael Josefiy on Musical DEVELOPMENT.


[From Our New York Correspondent
Rafael .]ose.iy is. regarded by musician:
as the greatest pianist now living in Amer
lea and one of the greatest the world ha.
ever seen. Mr.. .Josetfy has been in pool
health tor a year or two, so that he has beer
unable 10 appear in public concerts. II
speaking of the future of musical devotion
ment he said:
10 not believe that in the next century
any greater pianists will be heard thar
some OF those who have lived ia the Nine.
teenth century. 1t would be impossible to
master that noble instrument to any great
err extent than some of the men who have
gained immortality by such achievement
have done. The Nineteenth century has
been the era of the triumph of the piano.
But 1t Is wholly possible that there may
come mechanical improvements which will
make it possible to exceed the victories Of
someo OF the great pianists of this era. Every
body knows that if it were possible to secure
a greater division of the scale than is now OBJ
tanned upon pianos there might be some as
tonishing and delightful triumphs. But
such a discovery would revolutionize music.
The mechanical improvements in the piano
have already been wonderful. Every pi-
anlst, however, has at times realized some of
N~ - llCJudulLdl ulIuCul-
ties OF the instrument, and perhaps the
greater triumphs of the greater ~pianists
nave been the overcoming of these difficult
ties.
The future II music in the United States
is assured. 1t is going to be a great music
loving nation. as it even is today, but it is
to be an appreciative and understanding
love. shall not be at all surprised if in
the next century the United States stands
In the same relation to music which Ger
many has had for the past 200 years. There
will be great composers, great artists, great
singers, who will receive a most generous
support from the people.
Even In my own experience the strides of
musical development have BEN prodigious
in this country. II they keep on it will be
a nation in which exquisite melody and
glorious harmony will express the artistic
truth that is in music to a people capable
of comprehending it. Yes, l think that the
United States in the next century will be
the greatest music loving and music pro
ducing nation on earth.
Judge Dittenhoefer on Changes In the
Legal Profession.
In my opinion there are to be witnessed
IN the next century some very striking
in the relation Of the legal profess
sion to its clients and to some extent in the
practice of law. Since ! have been at the
bar l have noticed the growth of the tend
ency To divide the practice of law into
specialties. 1t is not SO very long ago tina
very lawyer accepted all sorts of practice.
There Of course always lave been lawyers
who have been known and identified as
lawyers as distinguishes from
practitioners who have confined their prac-
ice to the civil branches of the law.
do not refer. however, to that kind Of
practice. What l mean is that
.hink early in the next century it will be
that pretty generally throughout the
cnited States lawyers will, by special study
n one or another of the branches Of civil
aw, attract TO their Offices only that sort Of
practice involved in the branch OF which
hey have made a study. They will become
,pecialists. This is now true to some ex-
Of lawyers In New York city and some
# the other great cities of the land.
Now this segregation. so to speak, is
spnodto copfo ue more and noIe. 70 that