Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-12-22

newspapers duly informed. COisluei-
ing its wealth, New York cannot De
longer considered city of charities. A
golden octopus filings its tendrils around
our population. and drags downward IN
to the quickslnds OF seltishness.
HEBREWS AND AHLWARDT.
And oddly enough the most generous
of our population about Christmas
times are cur Hebrews, to whom Christ
mas is a nonetity. Their recent Mddl-
son SQUARE Garden Holiday Fair was d
stupendOus half-milliOn success ana III
the holy cause of charity.
The Anti-Semitic agitator from Der
lin-Ahlwardt, member OF the helcIl-
stag-who is now in this city, but with
out the faintest welcome, has already
discovered that the Hebrew population
of this city are among its most enter
prising and charitable. As he Journey $
through the land, let him be summed
everywhere as in this city.
TWO DIVERSE SONGBIRDS.
T-Don this same steamer that brought
This agitator of the German Reichsas,
arrived two songbirds-the Partisan
chantreuse. Yvette. and American-born
and English-naturalized AntolneIte
Sterling. Each at the poles OF the
musical and social world. The Paris-
ian singing in French, songs that IL
translated into English would result III
her being arrested by the police.
A BFECHER FRIMA DONNA.
The lady. by all odds the most ac-
ccmplished concert singer in the world
and Dre-ominel, i'm or3.or.o, while also
the net of all decent society. The one
win 1ttr9c. vicious senuity at the new
mammoth music hail recently 0p1A-u
here. and the her will WIN ny HsI
voice cur unable society VINO VIII
shun the Olympia Music Hail. as me
bqldhcads VII shun the places "H,ie
MSS Servings rich contral-o voice
richer even .h9n was Louise cary OF
t1an vet is Madame Schaich. s-Wlll
bllr.- into The Lost Chord, ~ expressly
written for her by Ar,hur Sullivan; ana
which ccmDost.i0n. i'm majesty OF llDre--
70 or music, challenge any cf the re-
lfgicrs scores OF Handel Haydn, on
Gounod When n London / first heard -l
su1g bv her and had gone TO Jhe con
cert room on purpose 10 again near 1A5
e,randeur IF voice that first enf3At1i
fine public ear when she was member
Of the choir OF Beecher's Church III
Bro5klyn. The preacher was accua,om-
ed to .1y airily. "i. Is not to hear me
tbqt these crowds Of pilgrims ,nIonS me
church but 10 hear An-oinette S-eri-As'
for ha gives a forc,2. Sc OF the harmony
reserved for us in the choir5 Of heaven.
OF course. her singing there had a-tr3c--
ed tle attention Of the ubiquitous lm-
nress9rto. and she received tempting
offers for opera and concert. Bu- she
chose to seek, her musical forum
abroad. and in time bec9me.as muHl
a vocal ins.tution Of London as Was
ever Catherine Hayes or Patti. N'.e-
over. she was a thorough American lady,
and while sopranos are as tl.cN in INC
musical. as the roses are in the h5.anl-
cal. par-erre. she was a cor13i-} lar
surprising Alboni in her Loa- no,ed
years.
A TENDER "REMINISCENCES.
Al tine London concer ! happened to
sit mex. to John r. Hc ard, then tour
fg i'm Europe. the faith Of The preslden-
of fine Press Club. and the world re-
ncwned feuill1lo1.st He VINO had been
am officer of the Beeatar Church and the
familiar CT II. w. T. When. at the end
eff "Lcs5 Chord" she sang the last line,