Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-11

written by Robert johnson. . coai.heaver
on the q Jacinto. which reads AZ fol-
lows:
steamers, beware. nor boast your mighty
Al last here's M viii beat you all. In
Not one. OF your unwieldy river boats.
Just look at her-ma1estic ~ she noats.
And 1dner points too numerous 10 men
Can n OF you beat the new %inventionf
Inclined engines she has. they. tell me so
Neither OF them inclined al. all 70 go. ,,.
OF all things in tho worid-it puzzles me.
The San Jacinto was q great roiier'
her upper deck often nearly, II not quite
touching the waters edge, and shipping
many seas. as the saying u. ana such ~
staggering as we experienced In our at
tempt TO walk the deck was DON iuoi-
crouN and dangerous. After six weeks
stay In the harbor Of Cadiz. the repairing
or replacing of the machinery was ac-
compiished. She steamed on to Gibrai-
tar. on her way to the Mediterranean
seas. There Is nothing In this communi-
cation OF particular interest. but, as In
his new naval drama, The Ensign
The San Jaclnto will be placed In minia-
.ire before the spectators. j thought what
would tell you OF what / knew about
,cr would not be entirely devoid or In
crest 10 you. oh! the little warlike world
y~ithIn-the weu-reeved guns. the busy.
umming din-white the CLASSY deck
yi;hout n stain. upon which the lone
hleftain majestic stalks-with strict
estaint. which, broken. ever balks con-
quest and fame"
One of the most popular actresses In
America, who was brought up to the
stage from childhood. has lately been
giving the history OF her life. and ad-
mits quite frankly that she and girls
reared like her have absolutely no girl
hood. For ten years from the time
was A." she says, my life was simply
bounded by the theatre door n the
footllghts. ] knew absolutely nothing OF
real things, the air. the woods, the
ocean. the flowers. the night. were repre-
TO my mind by the painted canvas
OF the playhouse. The world to me
was peopled with play-people. 1 was II
the dingy theatre by day. and In tn
g%as-lighted theatre by night. Applaus
my one object in living.
Who has not met in travelling partie
OF young women who answer wholly u
description, whom every looKer-oh
as instlnctively assigns to the stage as
they wore 1t branded on their fore
Slight, sallow, bloodless girls.
who seem TO live and move by art. not
nature: who scarcely seem human. in
deed: but rather like automatons acct
left outside their proper shelter;
who seem neither young nor old. neither
happy nor unhappy. who cannot ask each
other what o'clock II Is without att-
with the shoulders. and glarins
at each other p~lcturesquely from large
eyes with conscious eyelashes; and who
all other groups blend together. re
main absolutely as In a world OF tner
own, Individually they may be good
honest. virtuous girls. Collectively they
form what is. one would think, the very
last circle short of real sin and misery 7.
to which a sane parent would wish his
offspring to belong.
Madame Melba has been giving her
,iews on the training of vocalists to the
interviewer. She thinks that mo voice
,hould be trained before the sixteenth
ear. Up to that time the girl can study. |
ret the rud!ments Of a general education.
then 1 should advise the girl TO go TO
Paris and go to work. Voice culture Is
low. The organ is too delicate to be
orced. or overworked. The musical train-
ng will leave plenty of time for the
tudy of language. musical history. poetry.
nd physical culture. / consider the stage |
Indispensable to the young student. She
hould see and hear all the operas, con-
erts. and comedies possible. / am not
,artial to a so-called musical education. |
n no profession is general intelligence
more essential. There are many success
al singers with positively ugly voices:
ut the singers are smart, their phrasing
5 good, they have good methods. they |
now how to act. and they bring the
harm of health. taste. and personal re-
nement to bear upon the audience. That
: what I mean by being essentially In
elligent." Madame Melba Is strong on
subject of health. "Too much stress
says. 'is laid upon the term beauty
[ is n mistake. The word Is misleading.
setter results would accrue II young
tried to be healthy. Perfect health
; absolutely necessary to the singer.
Perfect health Is personal attractiveness.
to heredlty. diet Is the most impor-
factor in health" Again: ITO lay
own q regimen for singers would be
bsurd. Each individual must work out
is own health problem. I sing on n
asin Of soup or n dish of raw oysters.
.fter the opera / have n hot dinner"
Upon the resignation or MT. II. II.
.rcher. chairman of the Music Committee
T the Mozart Association. the future book
ne of attractions has been entrusted to
Richmond Entertainment Bureau, rep
by Mr.. Horace F. Smith. who Is
ell n as the business manage Of
he Polk Miller aggregation. i should
to suggest that the next time the
,oard OF Directors meet they take under
dvisement the purchase of n new piano.
he mechanism of the present instru-
tent is so old that II has become entirely
1orthless. and will not stand the slight
st strain. / have heard II tuned to con-
ert pitch the morning before a musicale,
nd yet, in the evening. after the re-
earsal, 1t has been hopelessly and dis
ressingly out OF tune. Mr.. Smith will.
am sure. have the heartiest wishes of
II who know and appreciate the concerts
( the Mozart Association. but 1t is de-
outly TO be hoped that he will not infict
hat instrument on n reputable pianist,
r n pianist on the members Of the
ssociation. The piano in the orchestra
llght. with Mr.. Leath's permission. be
sed for accompaniment. The tone is In
nitely superior. and 1t is reliable TO boot.
Richard Mansfield played to a $.S1
house on the occasion OF his dress re-
of Napoleon at the Herald
Theatre, New York. and he
bought he had touched n figure that no
attraction could reach. But Fred
Whitney's ROB Roy came in the
ollowing week. and on Saturday night
Is receipts climbed up TO 1885.
If one noticed n man writing and mall
ng letters to himself across the street
nd sending n telegram to himself, the
inference. "a a rule. would be
the individual engaged in this pc
ulIar proceeding is not quite responsible