The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-16
LEVY AND THE LATE CzAR.
The COrnetist Was Befriended by
Alexander Ill.

From the Chicago Post
Jules Levy, the cornetst, now at the
Royal English Circus and German Water
! Carnival, knew the late Car 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 car, was a
eornetist, but was told it would be i'm
possible to secure a meeting with him
one day, while pracucing In his hotel at
MOSCOW, there was a rap at the door and
in response to the cornetist's come i'm
decorated individual entered, attracted
by the playing. Levy apologized for the
costume IN which he was attlred, but the
stranger insisted that 1t 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
crown prince.
The crown prince" says Levy. was
one of the pleasantest men / ever met
/ was chum of his Yes, l think / can
safely use that word. He played the first
cornet when / came to court but after
that changed to the tuba. Andias honest
~ as l say IT, I've never heard a tuba
player in all my existence on the stage
VINO could equal the late car. When
went to the winter palace the first time
guard stopped me- but as soon as l told
him who ! was he let me pass. ] was
going on through the hall when | met a
big man in soldiers uniform, with hand
some woman on his arm. When / met
him he stopped a moment and asked
said, You are welcome here and passed
on. one of the officials who saw the in
cident asked me If | knew who had spo-
ken TO me. said No, only he was a big
soldier of some sort Yes, he said. ne
is big soldier That is the crown prince
and his Wife That was the first time
saw the late car
"One afternoon played to a party of
hundred noblemen and their wives and af-
ter the music the powdered 1unkeys
brought in tea They all drink tea over
there. The crown prince was talking 20
me- and when the servant brought the tea
tray around to use there was Just one cup
left. The crown prince looked at the man
moment and said: DO you not see anyone
else with a mouth except myself? Go
| bring another cup Then he took the BIT
CT china and handed it to me, while ne
waited for another. He was always that
way. Because ! was only Levy. the cornet-
ist, and not duke didn't make any differ
ence to him, and he would always shake
hands with me after band practice after
greeting his cousin, who was also a mu-
sician. and as the band was entirely COM
posed generals. colonies and noblemen that
meant something.
zone day said to him: Your highness.
l am going to give a concert, but I can't do
II without your patronage. | ask you and
the princess to be there He said al
right Levy, we Will be The day before
the date set, after had made all my pre-
parations, he came to me. Levy he said
y,
Chat was his father and mother) and
some of the Gutenberg family are to have
an entertainment at the palace tomorrow
night, and ! am afraid can't come 10 the
concert l said: Your hghness, I'll make
a proposition TO you. What time does the
palace concert come Off? He said 'Nire
o'clock Well | said, ask the car to
make IL 10 and I'll have mine half hour
earlier, and you can attend both ri do
it, he replied. and he did. That was only
one of a number of such Instances. one
day in one Of the park pavilions, the am
ateur band Of which the crown prince was
a member, was there. The court ladies
were sitting in the balcony and we were
down below / said TO the prince: we
must plav something for them. What shall
it be-? He agreed and named some favor
tie march of his, and we all got together
in a circle and played It, After we were
through ! said: Hold on a minute. we
want Some beer and took my cap passing
II around under the gallery while the Ia
dies dropped in ruDies He did not like the
German chief bandmaster at court and
said 10 me after ! had tried for the Mace
and couldn't get it: It's all on account of
I ever heard him say anything about
them"
Mr. Levy has numerous souvenirs of his
Russian friendship.
sixty" Nobody would take him for over
forty or forty-five, though. i've ALWAYS
kept myself in pretty good shape" he
SAYS. Haven't had a pain since was
eighteen. Then they told me had con-
sumption. l had, too, and because /
had been blowing the cornet the wrong
way. They took me TO Charing Cross hos
pital I'm London, and put a Spanish Nv
blister on my chest AS soon as effects OF
/ haven't had bit OF trouble ever since
He began to play the cornet when he
was three years Of age bought his first