The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-01

L mere belilS not much OppoI tuility III
the work for soprano. could not enjoy
Miss Russell as much as l wished to,
but loved the contralto. Her voice is
beautiful. However shall hear Ella
Russell often again, in the ballad con-
certs coming now. By the way, Ade-
lima Patti comes up to London to sing, |
soon, and l hope to hear her, too.
Academy Musicians.
Last Saturday attended one of the
fortnightly concerts at the academy, |
and enjoyed it very much. The pupils |
are the only performers at these, and l
was much taken with the violin and
piano performances, especially, and the
string quartette which was played. The
voices which sang were not at all re-
markable but perhaps shall hear the
more remarkable ones at some other
concerts. as only a dozen pupils or so
perform at each one. My professors at
the academy are very good to me. l
have been sent to one of the three best
voice producers in the institution, Mich
oils, and shall have another private
master outside for style and finish ana
such things. There is one good thing,
that / am very glad of, and that IS, l
do not have to unlearn anything about
my method of voice production. DR..
Mockerju and several professors who
We're there when l took my eXamina-
ton, were very complimentary to me, or
rather to my former teacher, for, of
course, l told them that he was Royal
Academician, having been a pupil of
Holland and Durivier there some years
ago. | shall be very busy, l suppose as
l have voice lessons, piano. harmony,
opera, elocution and department to
wrestle with, though not all on the
same days.
Night before last I dined out with a
lovely girl and her husband at Hyde
Park Mansions. l had letters to them
from her mother, delightful woman,
whom met down at Newport, and who
was very kind to me. She sent me let
ters to both her married daughters up
here, who are perfectly lovely to me; to
Madame Gomez, the famous ballad
singer who is a friend of hers; to Alfred
Eyers, the organist Of Royal Albert hall,
and to some more people. / must not
go out much, however, as 1 wish to
study hard, and students are generally
too poor to court society.
The Lord Mayors Show.
NovN 10. Last Friday was the day
of the lord mayors show here, it being
the occasion of the retirement of the
last lord mayor and the coming Of the
present one into Office. 1t is always
celebrated with a big procession of
floats, soldiers, and all sorts of gor-
geous uniforms, and carriages contain
ing the big London politicians, besides
the outgoing and incoming lord mayors
and suites, all dressed up in their funny
furry robes and wigs, which medieval
gew-gaws still constitute their badge
of office. The town was full of country
people, who had come in to witness
the SHOW" and the streets were so
crowded and blocked with people and
vehicles of all kinds that one could
hardly move about. 1t was a rainy
day, of course, and the new lord mayor
certainly received a generous christen-
ing at the hands of the clerk of the
weather.
Last week the students of the Royal
academy gave one of their chamber con-
certs at st. James hall, down in Plea
dilly. Veal, that is the girls and women,
have to wear white dresses and big
crimson sashes, at all public perform
ances of the Royal Academy of Music,
and, of course, we did on this occasion.
1t looked lovely to see us all together in
such pretty and uniform costumes, l as
sure you. or course, 1t rained, and
rained fearfully, too. 1t always does
when we have to wear those dresses
and sashes. The concert was lovely
one; all the performers being students,
and some of them very clever ones.
There We're three or four things pro-
duced which were the works of different
pupils here, and some of them We're
really excellent compositions and were
very much applauded by the audience
present.
Other AmusemcntS.
Yesterday afternoon I went to a
| Schubert concert in Queens hall, down
| in Regent street, The concert room
here is little beauty, though smaller
| than st. James hall, the two of them
by the way, being the two concert
rooms in London. i heard q simply
| lovely mezzo soprano there, and nice
soprano too, but the tenor was an ar
tist, pure and simple Then there were
string and piano things, during which
l just shut my eyes and forgot that
was aught but a big pair of ears. To
morrow night there is another fort
nightly concert at the Royal
| Academy of Music. at which
my Scotch girl chum here in the
house is to have three of her songs sung
| by one of the crack tenors of the acad-
emy. She is a fiery, hot-headed rank
Stewart, and her songs are Jacobite
ones. l am very anxious to hear them
| She is Scotch from the top of her head
to her tiny toes, and knows all the old
| folklore of her country, and all the
unwritten tales about those beautiful
dashing, wicked but withal fascinating
| Stewards, and these she will sit and tel
| by the hour, sometimes as we sit around
the fire in the twilight after dinner. The
other evening she danced several
Scotch dances for us, the Highland
fling, the Claymore, or sword dance
and some reels. They were very pretty
We call her Caledonia, while go by the
name Of Miss Columbia, the Englist
girl being Britannia and the Welsh
girl Gwalia. We all consider that we
have very pretty names, and very otter
disagree as to which is the incest one tc
have. l am perfectly satisfied with
mine, l tell them. There is another
American girl at the academy this year
She is from milwaukee," as one OF
the English girls calls it, and l have
not met her yet to see what she is like
| like going about in London i'm
mensely. I do love the dear common
place, obliging busses, and alway.
Chamber to the top for my ride If the
weather Is not rainy. l always enjoN
a little laugh, all to myself, as ascent
tie cute little narrow stairway. which
leads to the top of the bus, for 1t in
variably makes me think of that little
| poem of Hoods, / think which l had tt