The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-15
picture OF herself. by an Engnsh ar
fist. playing the harp.
MISS yANDERBILTS MuSlC.

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People wond cred at that little cspied
paragraph saying that The haiser nai
taken the baton from the hand OF MS
musi.aI director and had directed the
playing OF "Funeculi Funecula, and
afterwards had welded the stick Tor
several marches. This was great leat
| for & man not n prof essiOnal musician
| bur IL Is no more than Miss Gertrude
1 Vanderbilt could do. .
| This Young woman Is a musician 10
\ her finger tips. She could easily coho"c'
| a Damrosch orchestra and could 20
long way towards managing Seidi per-
Torrance. Her own playing Is niue
| too precise fo- absolute perfection. IL
lacxs thai shading which even a parior
| audience wants thes, days. but IL Is very
good She plays the mandolin, guitar
and violin, quite an assortment OF sweet
sounds for one girl to produce IN perlec-
ton. ,,..,.
Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and her little
brunette sister. Miss Fair, play duets upon
the piano win Young men 81 Their ac-
quaintance as sooists with flute or violin.
Miss Fair sings very well. too and that
is why she is seen so constantly at tho
/ opara these night with the most intent
! expression upon her face to be observed
upon any Of the young women. Inc
! opera is where nearly all the society
! counting is done, and TO see young wo-
! man in a box intent upon the stage Is
a novelty.
The only young woman OF society VINO
plays the flute well is the debutante MISS
/ Belle Nelson. niece of Frederick Gerhard
This young girl Is futist of such per-
lection that It was doubted last winter
| II she could be persuaded TO go in society
at all, so constantly did she cling 10 her
| flute practice. Miss Nelson renders seve-
| raj Of the beautiful airs of "Lohengrin
with the exquisite feeling and plays the
romantic songs told by Marion Crawford
in his Roman Singer" Her piano play
ing is done with feeling.
There IS one young woman who plays
the trombone. but owing to the awk-
wardness of the instrument she viii not
play publicly. IN the girl orchestra, to
which she belongs. she always conceals
herself behind a high palm wher play
ing The trombone even in her hands
cannot be made graceful, but II does
give out concordant sounds. This young
woman IS said TO be one Of the daush-
ters Of ex-Mayor Hewitt, Of New York,
one OF the famous old people OF the world.
The daughter is very pretty and belongs
10 a large family OF musical sisters
MISS DUER's ATTITUDE.
Miss Kitty Duer plays the small in
struments we'll She is very dainty
little miss with Southern feet and the
delicate hands Of the New York girl
who gloves herself when she drives
Miss Duer plays the picolo and also
the banjo and mandolin. Her attitude
when playing is very pretty. She leans
against window and looking outward
and upward, serenades the night her
accompanst Is another beautiful girl,
81. Il -
Miss Letter. Of Washington has fame
among her girl friends as a cornet-play-
or. She excels IN the blowing Of the
taily-ho notes From the box seat OF
coach Miss Letter can trumpet like the
veriest charOteer She Is a daring horse
woman, and this. with her piercing
blasts. makes her a wonderfully unique
figure when she goes away for the sum-
mer TO a mountain place She sweeps
down the hllsides, blowing her bugle
and calling out the hares and squirrels
70 see her sweep onward on the back OF
her snow mare.
Miss Pullman and the remaining Miss
Wanamaker though not companions.
are both very prifcient upon the same
instrument. the violin. Both play
dressed in white gowns. with the instru
ment held against the shoulder and with
out notes The bow of one girl Is tipped
with a diamond and that OF the otner
with a sapphire. Both frequently play
for sweet sharity.
The role Of Ophelia IS to be played
this winter by several 81 these young
ladies. who will represent Ophelia as
playing a violin instead Of singing. The
fair and unlucky Shakespearian heroine
will wear the limp robes Of Ophelia. tho
camellia i'm her hair and the woe I'm her
ewes. but she will pay instead Of singing
There are winter entertainments
planned for sweet charity now, and this
Ophelia will be frequently seen. Hes
entrance will be a stationary one. dis
closed when the certain rises. like a
living picture, but she will slowly move
and begin to play lovelorn solo.
Most OF these young women play for
charity during the winter. and so II
comes to be writ that music has sounds
10 charm the ear and 70 drive the lurking
wolf from many a poor mans door.