Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-05-23
LEVY and ALEXANDER Ill
The Cornetist Befriended by
the Car.
SOME FRIENDSHIP SOUVENIRS
"The Pleasantest Man | Ever
Met"


Met"
Jules Levy, the Cornetist, Who Was Here
for IA Week at Union Park, Tolls Pleasant
Stories of the Late Car Alexander Ill
How He Came to BE IA Musician.
Jules Levy, the cornetist, now at the
Royal English Circus and German
Water Carnival knew the late Gar Of
Russia. He went to ST. Petersburg in
1872 with Prince Galitzine and remained
there two years. He says he had heard
that the then Crown Prince, the late
Gear, was cornetist, but was told it
would be impossible to secure meeting
with him One day, says the Chicago
Post, while practicing in his hotel at
Moscow there was rap at the door,
and in response to the Cornetists come
in" decorated individual entered, at
tracted by the playing. Lew apollo
gized for the costume in which he was
alfred, but the stranger insisted that il
didn't matter, and said he had never
heard such music before in his life. He
turned out to be the Crown. Princes
piano teacher, and through him Levy
was introduced to the Crown Prince
"The Crown Prince" says Levy, twas
one of the pleasantest men | have ever
met. | was a chGm Of his. Yes, | think
can safely use that word. Hb played
the first cornet when came to court, but
after that changed tc the tuba. And as
honestly us say it, I've never heard u
tuba player in all my experience on the
stage who could equal the late Gar.
| When went to the winter palace the
first time II guard stopped me, but as
soon as told him who | was he let me
| pass. was going on through the hall
when met big man in soldiers uni
| form, with q handsome woman on his
arm. When | met him he stopped a
moment and asked, MIR LevyY | said,
Yes, sir Then he said; You are wei.
come here and passed on. One of the
officials who saw the incident asked me
! ii | knew who had spoken to me. | said
No, only he was big soldier of some
sort yes he said, he is Il big soldier
That is the Crown Prince and his WIFE
That was the first time | saw the late
Gear.
"One afternoon played to party of
a hundred noblemen and their wives,
and after the music the powdered
tlunkeys brought in tea. They all drink
tea over there. The Crown Prince was
talking to me, and when the servant
brought the tea.tray around to us there
was just one cup left. The Crown Prince
looked at the man a moment and said
DO you not see anyone else with q
mouth except myself Go, bring another
cup. Then he took the bit Of china
and handed it to me, while he waited
for another. He was always that way.
Because | was only Levy, the cornetist,
and not duke, didn't make any differ
ence to him, and he would always
shake hands with me az band practice
after greeting his cousin, who was also
a musician, and as the band was entirely
composed of generals, colonies and
noblcmen, that meant something.
zone day | said TO him; Your High
ness, am going to give concert, but /
cant do it without your patronage, !
ask you and the Princess to be there.
He said All right, Levy, we will be-.
The day before the date set, after had
made all my preparations, he came to
me. Levy he said, I'm sorry, but the
Emperor and Empress THAT was his
father and motherl ana some Of the
Oldcnberg family are to have an enter.
tainment at the palace tomorrow night
and am afraid ! can't come to the con.
cert said: Your lIighness, I'll make
proposition to you. What time does
the palace concert come off 2 lie said
Nine O'clock Well ] said, ask the
Car to make it 10 and I'll have mine 8
half hour earlier, and you can attend
both. III do it, he replied, and he did
That was only one Of number of sucf
Instances. One day, in one of the parl
pavilions, the amateur band, of which
the Crown Prince was a member, wa
there. The court ladies were sitting il
the balcony and we were down below
| said to the Prince: We must play
something for them. What shall it be?
lie agreed aud named some favoritt
march of his, and we all got together il
circle ard played it. After we wert
through ! said: Hold on minute, w
want some beei,' and took my cap, pass
ing it around under the gallery, whilt
the ladies dropped in rubles He die
not like the Germans, though he didn'
say much about il. Only once he grew
! angry at the stubborn German chic
! bandmaster at court and said to nj,
after | had tried for the place ant
{ couldn't get it: It's all on account o
that id German That's the onl,
time l ever heard him say anything
; about them"
Mr.. Levy has numerous souvenirs 0
his Russian friendship.
He is now ''iust four years lacking O