The morning news., 1894-10-22
A CHATTY TALK.
How Life Is Passed in a Conservatory
Of Music.


Brief Description OF Some Interesting
People-Lectures on Music and Other
Things-The Duties of Various Even
ings-something About an Orthodox
Tea-other Matters of Special In
terest.
New England Conservatory, Boston,
oct. 1S.-We had the pleasure, last even
ing of meeting Mrs. Elizabeth Flower
Willis, the humorous reader and imper-
senator, whose name on a programme
makes you laugh beforehand. She great
ly resembles her brother, B. o. Flower,
the brilliant editor of the Arena; has his
large, vivid, dark eyes, but instead of his
coal-black hair a curly mass of chestnut
locks, making a beautiful setting for her
bright face.
Home again at reasonable hour to find
the electric lights turned down and the
conservatory with it's nightcap on-the
two guardians of slumber, Mr.. Burns
looking like a jolly sailor and Mr. Dins-
more looking like Gen. Sherman in his
poHceman's uniform, sitting on each side
of the front door One has such feel
ing of security if wakefur at night to
hear the quick tread of the watchman's
feet through the corridor every hour,
and to know that a truly sleepless vigil
lance is maintained from early dusk to
early dawn This week is full of lectures
and recitals. On Tuesday evening Mr..
C. Charlton Black read his second paper
l. -T-..V
interesting view of the poet from a
slightly different angle than the usual
critical one Being an Englishman, Mr.
Black treated the subject con amore and
one felt positive that he had often wan
dered by the banks of the Avon and set
forth the beauties of Warwickshire the
heart of England from memory and not
hearsay on Wednesday afternoon DR.
| Goetschius began his series of lectures
on musical history in Sleeper hall OF
| course he began at the beginning and
! gave us examples OF Chinese, Hindoo
| and Egyptian music-curious and monot-
| onous melodies without the slightest at
/ tempt at harmony.
OF the three the Hindoos had by far
| the best musical ear and much more musi-
! cal sensibility, for their old natural scale
! is almost identical with our major dia-
tonic one; and perhaps 1t was because the
| Hindoos, being a more spiritual and relig-
! ious people than their Mongolian neigh
bors, used their music in the temple GER
emonies and thereby made it a vehicle
of emotion as well as an object of scien-
| tific regard.
DR.. Goetschius has a clear incisive style
and a sly humor of his own that would
make the driest subject attractive and
| add fresh charm to a beautiful one grown
| perhaps, hackneyed from daily consid-
GRAFTON.
As a lecturer on the art, of which he is
master, he is delightful. bringing to his
work ripe knowledge and never-wan-
| ing enthusiasm for the most spiritual
the most ETHEREAL and least appreciated of
| human attanments."
On Thursday afternoons we have lee
lures by Mr.. Elson. His first trio of these
referred to the elements of acowstics His
next one will take up the subject of or
chestral instruments. with illustrative
performances on each in turn by compe-
tent players. His last lecture cleared
the ground by rapid review of the be-
ginnings and rise of the orchestra. Every
Thursday evening we have a recital
sometimes by the faculty. sometimes by
advanced students, in Sleeper hall. There
is such a demand for seats at these con-
certs that many people stand during the
evening at the doors. The balcony is
sacred to the home department. and is
always full to overlooking, the students
usually wearing pretty evening gowns
What an event IL will be when a larger
auditorium will be built, and the great
organ, now slumbering in its house in the
side yard, again installed in it's place of
honor to add its many voices to the praise
of the presiding genius of our temple of
art
Every Friday evening the Hyperion Lit
erary Society meets in Elocution hall
and short menu is served with liter
airy piece de resistance and a musical
solo for dessert. l had the pleasure OF
addressing the society a its last meeting
and told them all 1 could find out about
the war in the east, A picturesque sub
ject enough, with such a procession Of
names as the Celestial Kingdom, the
Land Of the Morning Colin the Land OF
the Rising Sun, the Land OF the Sleeping
| Dragon. They pass before you like gro
tesque figures on oriental screen
Mookden and its Aladdin cave Of won
ders in the far perspective.
on Saturday afternoon at ! o'clock
pupils of all grades take part in a recital
in Sleeper hal or'practce in public play
ing and not for exhibition" which means
of course, that an audience is welcome
and expected, but not invited 10 he hyper
| critical Now. II you will MI UP the inter-
vening spaces with lessons practice, daily
exercise and occasional outings for busl-
ness or pleasure. you may readily imagine
that we arc here for anything but loaf
ing. Life Is real life is earnest" with
as all, and we manage TO spice IL with
good deal Of fun tucked in the cracks
and crannies, az the table, In the elevator
and at night when we can 20 a-vislting
Sometimes socially ambitious student
gives reception. II her room les not con-
. Nenient, she is allowed 20 use the floor
J sitting room,' and last week We put on