The herald., 1894-02-18

A Reproof.
EDITORS HERALD In your issue OF
February 18th, in a report of the pro-
ceedings of 'the single TAKERS" there
are some very peculiar notices about the
musical part of the entertainment.
In speaking of the music the critic
boldly, If not gracefully, launches out
by saying: ga vocal solo was then ex-
ceedingly we'll rendered by Mrs. Childs
of Chicago and Mrs. Mott OF this city,"
One would infer from the above that
both ladies sung tho same melody, in
unison, for the single, simple purpose OF
'.filling" the hall. But, laying all jokes
aside, one might have been charitable
enough to suppose that the mistake wac
purely typographical were it not for
what follows. After a paragraph de-
voted to a general report, the critic
once more tries his skill in matters
musical by promulgatiDg that IAN in
strumental duet by Miss Mamie Good
win then graced the occasion." Shades
! of Mozart! Are we 10 believe that Miss
Goodwin actually played on two instru-
ments at one and the same timer If 80,
how did che do it? The writer him
self once had the honor to play on seven
| different Instruments at once. Six OF
them were instruments of percussion,
sdch as the drum and triangle, and were
placed in frame, to be trodien with
the feet, while that piece OF property OF
his satanic majesty, the fiddle, COM
pleted the perfect number. We do not
wish to alarm Miss Goodwin, or to rob
her of her lsurels. 1t was a boyish freak
OF ours, and we solemnly promise never
to repeat it in public.
We would advise the critic to buy 3
dictionary of musical terms, which he
can get for 30 cents. He can there find
not only the diff between solo and
duet, but may also master few pet
Italian, French and German phrases
which he can sprinkle into his musical
notices and thus acquire quite reputs-
ton as musical critic. In conclu-
sion, we express the hope that we have
not been giving away a secret of journal
ism when we insinuated that this is the
way it lie sometimes done. MUzIC.
TMuzic's criticism is we'll taken. 1t is
impossible to keep errors entirely out OF
paper in the necessary haste OF the
week, but when they do get in, the
person responsible for them can be
killed by variety of methods. In the
case in point the offender has been con-
demned to death by being detailed to
sing After the Ball as duet, accompany
ing himself in instrumental quartette.
1t is not as quick death as might be
supposed, and fits the crime.
Mr.. shirI ey Ward Re-recritizsd.
EDITORS HERALD Our point made to
Mr.. Wards objections to DR.. Jordan g
lecture on Evolution, was that he re-
GREETED the audience WAS not exclusively
men, implying that the knowledge gained
was all right for men, ''indelicate ideas"
and useless fact for women. AS DR.. or
dan is head of q university of co-educa-
ton, it is rational to suppose he is, or
should be, competent TO Judge OF the
kind of teaching he should impart to his
hearers; and that the audience of Unity
church having been notified of the char
acter of his discourse must have ex-
pected to hear few abstract truths,''
and those unwilling to learn these should
have remained away. We fear that Mr..
Ward, in his zeal to shield women from
some "abstraet truths," has presented
to q concrete public some thoughts not
concealed in very thinly disguised pic
tures." There have always been Ger.
tain liberties granted public teachers,
preachers, doctors, actors and newspaper
writer's; all say as teachers what would
not be tolerated in private drawing.
room. But, on scientific analysis,
bushes are to be found as often the re-
suit of surprise, guilt and Ignorance, as
that of modesty.
Following out Mr.. Wards intimation
all our daily papers should be read ex-
clusively by men; and such facts as
have peen developed by DIR. Vests
trial, and the one similar to it where q
physician WAS forbidden to testify in
court, for" said the dispenser of JUS
tice, sit will involve the revealing Of
professional aecrets." Had these vic
TINA of professional secrets had some
previous knowledge of certain abstract
truths" they perhaps would not have
been the'easy tool of misused ''profes.
aional secrets" Facts are often pain
full, as we'll as stubborn things, and
ignorance though sometimes bliss is
more frequently crime. Experience is
true teacher, but comes too late to
benefit the most of us who must take q
great sum of facts from the teachers
who precede US Mr.. Ward has made
an unhappy comparison in the breaking
down idea between savagery and civil.
cation, and to convince him the line is
not strong one, We recommend him to
read Civilizations Inferno. Gas.
Mark TwA.n's Birthplace.
EDITORS HERALD Your corresponds
ent ia in receipt of letter of recent
date from cousin, Mr.. Ben L. Quarles
who is also cousin OF Mr.. Samuel
Clemens, we'll known as Marx Twain.
This writer's birthplace has been To-
Gated in so many different places by
writer's. namely: s. Louis, Mo-, the
state of Florida and Hannibal, Mo-,
that ! take the liberty, for the benefit OIL