Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-05

the first admiring acquaintance you find
 the heart is bereft of kindly feeling,
 sympathy She plays likewise. A skill
 ful display of technicalty, finger-work,
 steered by good bPain-but there's the
 trouble there Is too much finger and brain
 playing already in the world and yet
 how often one finds a nature with the
 divine fire burning and lack of brain to
 temper the heat.
 Conspicuous among the number-in
 fact, the most brilliant light, which al-
 most emitS fire, SO strong is her person.
 ality, so evident is her wonderful gift
 is H. H., the child of genius. In her very childhood there was in her touching the
 keys that magic quality which held alike
 the heart of the musician and the un-
 trained hearer-So much so that she has attracted the interest of strangers in
 watching her career and predicting her
 future. Without money herself, she has
 had every advantage given her from the
 age of years, and no want left ungrati-
 fled, until she has unfortunately come to consider herself a princess by the birth
 right of genius. So she is I. too, bow and worship at the shrine of genius; but we who have watched fortune just in
 reach of her hands-who have seen her flashing in the wild current of her exist ence, trusting all to her gift daring fail-
 ure by reckless self-confidence, not ap-
 preciating the power she would have through work to be a woman, great, per-
 haps greatest in the lone world-exclaim: ::
 What pity that such a gift is entrust- ed to such a nature!" have seen her laugh and say three weeks before a con- cert that she had not read a great con certo to be on the programme, and yet that same concert was phenomenal suc- cess Wise heads said. however: Lack
 of labor, lack of thought-all runs to fingers" After this concert she felt it her right to live high and enjoy life reck-
 lessly till satiated To the far-seeing it is a silent pain. She will have meteoric success but there will be other steady
 stars that will smile in their luminous if less brilliant-light, as she dazes the
 world and passes hurriedly out of sight A not unusual type of pianist and vio-
 linist, with a good healthy talent in
 good healthy brain, is Herr L., whose name not far distant will be seen on pro-
 grammes in the art world. His fresh
 hours, fresh thought, best strength and
 devotion is given his violin. He seems to be in love with the world at large.
 his violin and more especially himself, though. strange to say, not so fond of
 his musical confreres.
 Among the steady, luminous stars, whose light Is blessing to humanity,
 who pave the way for many talent otherwise lost, to reach its goal, the ideal student which makes the ideal teacher, is Miss A. To listen to her talk you will find her intelligent in every line. She is a wide-awake nineteenth century girl and does not believe in allowing every other mental faculty to slumber for the
 sake of music, but rather that broad metal development throws light on any one special branch. She is not without devotion to her art; on the contrary, she has a love for it that Is shown more in acts than words, and in developing other talents it is to form a setting for the one she values most.
 On physical exercise-gymnastics- will find her as enthusiastic as young acrobat; able to discuss with you the dif- ference between the vulgar and artistic new woman, and doubt if you would even be bored on the silver question. At the same time she Is discriminating, and you will discover a light in her eyes that is impenetrable unless you have an