The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-29
METEoRoLoeY AND MUSIC.
A VISIT To MR. LAWRENCE ROTCH's
BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY.

cinittes " h1ch Have hecentiy beeh
Enjoyed by the observation-disclosures
and BIOomers Popular Now.
New England Conservatory. Boston.
Mass. April Is. The last term Of the
conservatory year has brought summer
with It and the corridors Of the New
Englaod Conservatory are gay with per-
Gale blouses Of every imaginable color,
and worn recklessly because they are so
| convenient" The new woman and the
old one, just emerging from the chrysalIs
state, are fastening 10 proht by mascu-
line common-sense. and certainly the
manufacturers are beginning to discov-
eT that women can be just as particular
about the set OF a collar and the style
OF a cravat as men are. They have bicycle
suits now for sale. and ugly enough they
are on those horried corpse-like dummies;
but have seen several very pretty bloom
er-suits rolling by on wheels, looking most
appropriate and not al all unfeminine or
unlady like. After all-it depends! One of
the most popular roads for cycling is the
enc leading out TO Milton, one of Bostou's
most aristocratic and beautiful suburbs.
Last year. however, the state opened a
park reservation there on Blue HILL and
the suburb can no longer be exclusive. On
!
cal observatory, the owner Of which, Mr..
A. Lawrence Rotch, married the beauti-
full Miss Anderson of Savannah. 1 sup
pose Mr.. Roteh can say that his aequain-
lance, especially among scientific men, is
worldwide. He flies off to Paris. Peru,
Pekin and st. Petersburg to visit observa-
tories, observe eclipses, etc. He was in
strumental in having an observatory
| tod I, fh,
most learned articles on clouds and such
like airy subjects for meteorological pa
pers. The Blue Hill observatory, how
ever, Is presided over by Mr.. II. II. Clay
ton, southerner and scientist whose
discoveries In the periodicity of weather
changes Will make him famous. He is
sues weekly bulletin, in which the state
OF the weather. day by day, for week In
ADVANCE, Is predicted with an accuracy
that IS uncanny. should
mense value TO planters and farmers.
and to those OF Massachusetts i believe
It is. Mr. Clayton's assistant, Mr.. Fer
gusson, Is also a sOutherner, and the in
ventor and constructor Of very valuable
instruments for meteorological purposes.
A visit TO the observatory is well worth
and pleasant, at first through thick and
picturesque wood then across a barren
stretch of rock, with here and there
pine against the clear sky. On the crest
| OF the hill stands the observatory with
its nat, fort-llke walls and round tower,
It's eminence topped with curious looking
and rain. A lower boarded hutch and
an Enclosure like wired poultry yard
to protect rain gauges, etc, from a too
low door around the angle of the wall
one reads, No admittauce." but II one
comes with the proper intro
and heard !, the scientists t in " their
coy den, with its walls lined and stuffed
with books papers. photographs, maya
dozens of instruments, whose pens are
| steadily recording In crimson and blue ink
the the vaga,rIies Of the "yiewiess Phantoins of
ceaseless pendulums make constant muir
nun in the ,.quiet place. A wide window
| gives upon the round of the masonry, and
| beyond II lies the sweet level landscape of
the coast. BOSTON with is harbor and
! cleaning sails; the long finger of land
with Hgll upon It's nail; little summer
| silver lakes like Irregular mirrors framed
in green fields; the nearer villages with
Sheir L,rim streets and 9y-houses
| the sweep of valley, thickly populated,
and the soft rise of low hills. You expand
| scientist with the observatory for your
| lair, when a photograph of the hill in
the dead winter meets your
| eye with an interrogative unexpectedness
You change your mind suddenly, after ALL
! for winter at least, the conservatory is
better, especially If music and not meteor
| / was sorry that in his recent southern
| concert tour. Mr.. Carl Faelten did not go
to Savannah. He was In Atlanta, how
! great admiraton for the city. I think he
was a little surprised to find so many
musical and appreciative people in the
/ south, and as the girls would say he had
| "a, lovely time" The New England Con-
| servatory students are everywhere, and,
of eouIse, they were ready with ,il warm yarn
| traSed Dr. Goetschms' last lecture on
| Musical History. We had Mozart, Bee
| thoven and Schubert for comparison and
were better able to appreciate the very
| different genius and expression Of each
| one after Mr.. Faelten's beautiful playing
| of a Mozart Rondo, Beethoven's C-m1nor
| theme and variations, and the Schubert
The term concerts began with
CLASS recital tonducteS bg Re Mo Gr'n Mshr
II is a revelation to hear those chill
| dren'' play. The majority of them are so
| young, but they are taught so thoroughly
| that from the beginning, when Mr.. Mahr
! shakes his curly leonine name, raps ON the
| stand, and violins and violas are tucked
! something that will surprise you. No
saving II you please, but clear, crystal
like bowling artistic .phrasing. delicate
music, and a bright enthusiasm for the
| work and admiration for the conductor
1t is a great pleasure to see Mr. Mshr con-
Quoting the little orchestra, You perceive
at once that he knows every individual
member of il andein thinking OF them In
| spires them to their best
The papers had some very fine critiques
| of MIR. c. D. Parkers oratorio, ''The Life
| of Man." rendered by the Handel and
| Haydn Society in Music hall on Easter
| Sunday evening. Mr.. Parker is class in
4 spector and superintendent of examina-
| tions in the conservatory and is one Of
| the" musicians in Boston. ! do not think
| he plays very much now, but i rather
| think what he doesn't know about mu-
| sic. technically and theoretically, would
| hardly be worth knowing. The oratorio,
! which was in eleven divisions, and a
finale. began with the creation and ex-
! tended into futurity, ending with the
| Church triumphant. The various epoehs
| The FAIL the Expulsion the Promise,
Murder. 'Idolatry,' ETC., are merely
| sketched, but a certain coherency is OBJ
/ tanned by the use of a leit-motive, which
| represents sin" The composer has been
| actuated by a devout and religious spirit.
/ made evident by the manner in which
l such "A number as the septette in the
| eleventh part (Which treated OF the prom
| ises TO the Seven Churches, as given in
| Revelation eliminates the scriptural
| meaning" Altogether the oratorfo was
l lofty and fitting work for such glorious
| church day, and breathes of a higher
/ and loftier expression of life and soul
] than that Of this frfha IF later daV FIN do