The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-12-20
BY SPECIAL REQUEST.
An Incident of . Recent Concert In I
White House Grounds.

An Incident of . Recent Concert In the
White House Grounds.
A pretty and very pathetic incident
occurred in connection with the prepara-
tion of the programme for the Marine
band concert in the White House grounds
last Saturday. Professor Fanciuli, be
it known, receives every day in his mail
half a dozen or more letters from per-
sons who request him to play certain se-
lections at these open air concerts. Fan
ciulli is very accommodating man, and
would be only too glad to comply with
all these requests were it possible to do
so. They come in such large numbers
that the professor is handicapped, and
many requests must be disregarded.
Early last week, however, Fanciulli
came upon one letter that touched ten
der spot in his nature. The letter was in
feminine handwriting, and begged the
professor to play several selections at
the White House concert to be given the
following Saturday afternoon. He
glanced at the end Of it, and saw that
it was signed by three names, all wom-
en-. The closing paragraph, Of the note
was as follows: 49,
"Wheu we tell you that we are three
sisters, and are all blind, and that our
greatest joy in life is music, and that
our circumstances are such we have but
little opportunity of gratifying this pas
sion for listening to music Of any sort
outside of those beautiful concerts we
hear each Saturday in what has been
described to US as the glorious grounds
back of the presidents house, which we
know we can never gaze upon with our
own eyes, then, professor, you will grant
us this little boon and let us hear next
Saturday these few favorite compost
tions. "
This appeaIwas too strong for Fanci-
ulli. When the programme was publish
ed Saturday morning the notice stated
that the concert arranged for was by
Especial request" That afternoon at
the concert the band "played," as the
atrical people would say. to the three
blind sisters, who were seated on one of
the benches to the left Of Fanciulli.
Four of the numbers on the programme
were selected by the sisters. They were:
Midsummer Nights Dream" cornet
solo, 1.-The Lost Chord, THE Forge In
the Forest" and Loves Herald. The
blind girls clapped their hands with
pleasure, and Fanciulli himself appear
ed to be as greatly pleased at the pleas
ure he was bestowing on the blind as
they were themselves. w Washington
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