The record-union., 1896-07-26

| the same part as the voices, with an
| occasional interlude and primitive har-
monies consisting of a fourth, fifth or
| octave. The instruments used were
| Roman bucina and two tibiae or auloi,
resembling bass trumpets and oboes,
| which Gevaert had made to order after
models preserved IN the museums OF
| Naples, Pompeii and Rome. They were
blown by professors of the Brussels
Conservatory, and the entertainment
was greatly appreciated by an invited
audience. At another conservatory con-
cert Gevaert produced the complete
score of "Rheingold."
Joseph jefferson was once asked to
| spend a week with a Scotch peer.
Among the guests was a brilliant and
hearty lady, who was the daughter of
an Earl. "I suppose" said Mr.. Jeffer-
son, there must have been something
in my American manner that amused
her, for she made a dead set at quiz
zing me. did not detect it at first, and
answered some of her absurd ques-
tions about America quite innocently.
She kept her face so we'll that 1 might
never have discovered this but for the
ldiotic grin upon the smooth face of one
Of her admirers, and then I felt that,
for the honor of my country if she made
another thrust at me, l would parry it
If I could. I had not long to wait, for,
emboldened by her late success, she
turned upon me and said, BY the by,
have you met the Queen lately?' No,
madame I replied, with perfect seri-
BUSINESS, I was out when her majesty
called upon me- She colored slightly
and then turned away, and never spoke
to me again, but was revenged."
The London Daily News" says that
M. Jean de Reszke is at present rebuild
ing in most ornate and luxurious style
the old castle of Skrzydlow, where he
and his future bride will in 1897 take
up their abode, and he is also building
a summer residence at Borowna, while
Edouard will, after his brothers mar
riage, move to the estate of Garnek. At
their estate of Chorzenice the brothers
have had slice of good luck in discov-
ering a rich mine Of cement. 1t is curl
Gus that their old associate, Lassalle,
who has retired from the stage, is now
also amassing a fortune as maker of
cement.
German opera is a much younger
thing than Italian opera. The Italian
cities had opera in their own language
early in the seventeenth century, where
as the Royal Opera in Berlin did not
produce an opera in the German Ian
guage until 1873. There had been Ger
man opera at an earlier age at Ham
burg and other cities, but it did not
amount to much. Even Mozart wrote
only two of his operas to German lib
rettos, and Weber was the first to win
decisive victory for German opera,
with his "Freischutz, of which the
seventy-fifth birthday was celebrated
in Berlin a few weeks ago.
The architect of the "House Of Re-
pose" for old and Invalid singers and
actors which Verdi Is building ait Milan
is Camille Boito, brother of Verdi's lib
rettist-
Mr.. Swinburne wrote some introduce
tory verses for the revival of Marlowe's
Doctor Faustus," by the Elizabethan
Stage Society in London, and they were
spoken before the commencement of the
play. As this is the first dramatization
that was ever attempted of the German
story, several members of the German
universities journeyed to London in or
der to see the performance.
The list of women who have con-
Quoted orchestras in England includes
the names of the Viscountess Folkstone,
Nine. Trebelli, Mrs. Clara. Novello Da-
vies. Mrs. Julian Marshall and the
Countess Of Radnor.
A farce said to be of American origin
the title, My Astral Body" and the
theme is Buddhism. 1t was the piece
announced first as "The Heavenly
Twins" but Sarah Grand refused to
allow the use of the title of her popular
novel in a piece which had no connec-
ticn with it.
One act of Victor Hugo's Cromwell"
a play which has never been performed,
in spite of its literary Importance, will
be given at the Comedie F'rancaise as
part of the programme for the farewell
benefit of NJ. Martel. 1t is in the pre-
face to Cromwell" in 1927, that Vic
tor Hugo asserted the principles of the
Romantics and declared war against
the classical French drama.
Colonel Sim of Brooklyn, N. Y has
been a manager for nearly forty-five
years, and during that time it is said he
has never passed a salary day or cut
salaries on account of hard times or bad
business.
Fred Kerr will be a member Of John
Hare's company during the forthcom-
ing American tour of the latter, and will
play the parts originally taken by Mr.
Bancroft Next year he proposes to en-
ter management in Lcndon on his own
account.
THE Prisoner of Zenda" has been
played 200 times at the London st.
James Theater, and will run to the end
of the season, July 18th, after which it
VIII go into the country. George Alex
ander is one of the most fortunate of
the younger English managers.
Owing to the furore that Loie Fuller
created last season, her sister, Ida, who
followed her successful engagement at
Roster &c Bials, and also made a great
hit, has accepted an cffer to head her
own company of vaudeville artists un-
der the management of Steve T. King
for a tour of the large cities the coming
season.
A new song. Los Angeles; or, the
Land That Is Kissed by the Sum- is now