The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-02-25
Ladies, Literary Club.


Ladies' Literary Club.
The afternoon was devoted to cur
rent events. Briefly were touched up
on the proceedings of the House and
Senate; the destruction of the White
City; the troubles of the chief exec
utives of many states of the Union;
the Mexican revolt; the Central Amer
lean war; insurgents in Brazil; loss
Of the Kearsarge; the proposed
Greater New York" the Manchester
canal; Lowell memorial in Westmin-
lister and Sicilian uprising. A short
tribute was paid to both Miss Con-
stance fen1mOre WOolSon and Miss
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.
A paper was presented on the Revi-
| val OF the Metropolitan opera in New
York with other dramatic notes.
Hessrs. Abbey and Grau have brought
TO America one of the strongest operas
ever got together. Individual merit
must be considered. For pure vocal
excellence Madam Melba is the bright
particular star of the company. She
! IS OF Scotch descent and commenced
her career in charity concerts. Hers
/ is high soprano voice and She is
destined to be a successor or rival to
Patti. Miss Emma Eames is an Amer
lean woman but has long resided in
Paris; her splendid health and vigor
reminds one OF a high-bred English
woman. Madam Calve is the great
dramatic vocalist of the opera com
pany. Interesting letters from Miss
Martha Royle, who is now in New
York and has had the pleasure Of at
tendlng these delightful operas, were
read. Calves father was a Spaniard
her mother a Frenchwoman She is
a magnificent vocalist but a greater
actress The range of her voice is SO
unlike in the three operas, "L'Amico
Fritz, "Cavellera Rusticana. and
carmen, that one can scarcely be-
ileve 1t is the same person. Carmen
IS her greatest role, to perfect herself
Tor the part she went to Leville, stud
led the common types. visited cigarette
factories and bull fights A tribute
was paid to George Bizet, whose life
OF struggles and failure followed BY
death upon the very threshold of sue
cess was pathetic in extreme. The
masculine members of the opera, M.
FIancon, Messrs. De Reszke, De Lucia
and Segnor Ancona, are admirable
singers.
Snort mention was made of PATHS
wonderful success in Chicago. Irvings
ana Terry's rendition Of Tennyson's
InoTnas a Beckett" Modjeska in Mag
ga. Coquelin and Jane Hading and
others iulhll1ng engagements in prom
lnent cities, together with a short ac
count OF the career of Rosina Vokes.
Inc next paper was about Prince
bismarck and the reconciliation with
the German emperor Bismarck. since
MS retirement, has been the most
powerful private citizen in the world.
lie was born in 1915, descended from
noble family of baronial lineage in
Prussia, entered politics in 1852 was
IN
Is. King William made him prime
minister. His political creed was Not
py speeches and resolutions of the ma
gorlly are the great questions of the
uInes declded-but by iron and blood"
ms speech gave rise to
the expression Iron Chancellor" as
bismarck is often called. With a firm
stroke ne destroyed the Austrian army,
erected strong German union of
states with Prussia at the head, had
the King of Prussia declared German
emperor and Bismarck as chancellor
me Franco-PrusSian war was his next
held, the acquisition of Alsace-L lorraine
and MS triumphal entrance into Berlin
procuring for him the title of prince
ana imperial chancellor. Complications
commenced with the death of the old
emperor, but in the short reign of Fred
eT1ck Bismarck's, power did not cease.
But on the accession of the young EN-
peror William II trouble commenced.
He had come to the throne to reign.
and had strong ideas of his own which
he meant to carry out. He became in
volved in a quarrel with the chancellor
about the various ministers reporting
directly to the emperor instead of to
Bismarck, which led to the latter's dis
missal In sorrow he left the castle;
what the sovereign said to the prince
was never known. His quiet life at
FREDERICKSBURG is already known. The
reconciliation was greatly desired by
the German people, and this act COM
pletes, except the last, the career of
one of the greatest of human lives.
A fine sketch of the life of George w.
Childs was next read. He was a phil
anthropist, a patriot, public-spirited
citizen and a successful business man.
Commencing life as an errand boy, then
a clerk in book store, he came in con-
tact with newspaper men of Harper's,
Lippincott's and Appletons. At IS he
set up business for himself as book pub
Usher. He made intimate friendships
with such literary men as Hawthorne,
Irving, Holmes and Lowell. Dickens
and Thackeray were his firm friends
The lifelong friendship of his partner
Anthony DreXel, was almost without
parallel. George w. Childs left many
of his greatness, among
which were mentioned memorial in
Westminster to George Herbert and
William Cowper; a fountain to the
of Shakespeare at Strait
a monument to Richard Proc
tor in Greenwood cemetery; the Prayer
Book Cross in California to commem-
crate brakes first religious service;
and the Printers home at Colorado
Springs. His life was full of charity
and generosity; in doing good to others
he found his greatest happiness. The
paper closed with poetic reference TO
the great man, but lack of space will
prevent the publishing of the beautiful
sentiment.