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The herald., 1896-11-24
THE ZE|SLER RECITAL :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

few musical people. who know not
only what is good, but what is the best.
and do not care to miss 1t, attended the
Los Angeles theater last night to enjoy
the pianoforte recital given by Fannie
Bloomfield Zeisler The attendance
was thin, not a satisfactory reflection
on the intelligence and culture of this
most musical CITY," Precisely the same
thing occurred at the last great musical
treat given at the Los Angeles theater.
the Ondricek and Materna concert
Such results do not encourage either
artists or managers to accept the delu-
sion of Los Angeles love of music.
Nine. Zeisler is in the very front rank
of her profession; indeed, it is doubtful
If there is another pianiste in the world
today who is her equal. Her recital last
night was a delightful and artistic tri-
umph Her playing is deft and delicate
dexterous and deliberate. Every note
in the most rapid and difficult passages
Is perfectly distinct, and every passage
is poem of expression. The program
commenced with Beethoven's sonata.
"Appassionata," op. 81, one of the most
intricate but soul-stirring of the great
masters works. The power which
Nine. Zeiser lent to her Interpretation
was surprising. With eyes shut one
could hardly believe that it could be
slender, frail-looking woman that was
playing. The power was splendidly
sustained. and after the peaceful an
dante, was wrought to magnificent eli
max. The rendition was revelation of
the wonderful mastery that Nine. Zeis-
Ter mas over her instrument, and thence
forward her appreciative audience knew
that there was mighty treat in store
Tor them. The artist followed with Scar
iatti Pastorale and Capriccio, tran
scr1bed by Tausig, and Schumann's
beautiful and plaintive Warum. % op. - :
no: 8, gem in expression and perfect
tnlsh. The brilliant manner in which
NINE. Zeisler gave Mendelssohn's Spin
ming Song brought forth a fervid de-
mand FOR its repetition, which was gra-
ciously granted. An encore was also
demanded of Schubert's Marche Mill
talre, which was played with splendid
effect and faultless rhythm.
The rendering of Chopin's etude on
10, No. 4, valse, op. 20, No. /, and the
priiiiant scherzo, op. 20, was beyond
criticism. Henselt's favorite. "If I Were
Blrd, was exquisitely interpreted
ana the great recital closed with a mag
nincent rendering of Liszt's twelfth
rhapsody. The audience still hunrered
appoint them. N-'
There will be another opportunity Of
nearing this great artist, and it is one
tnat certainly no lover of music or piano
STUDENT can afford to miss Mime. Zeisler
VIII give second recital with an en-
tireiy diferent program at Music hall
on thursday afternoon at o'clock.
WINE. Zeisler fully realizes Chopin's s
!iIaAiIn. Inc pianist must unite with
fies." ''A0 'iNi-
The herald., 1896-11-24
HUMOR OF THE HOUR

Teacher-"What is the most impor-
tant mechanical invention of our CEN
tury?" Pupil-"The penny-in- the slot
candy machine. ."-Fliegende Batter.
She-"You should speak to papa first.
You don't expect him to make the ad
vances, do your He-'Well. if he does
not, how can we get married ?"-Puck.
Fly Flannigan-"wilI yer help a re-
dooced gentleman dat's out at the knees,
lady?" Lady-"How came you to be out
at the knees?" F. F.-"Prayin' for work,
lady."-London Figaro.
Uncle Simon, what Is old-fashioned
politeness?" It's a way people used to
have of asking a man about his health
and then listening until he got through
relying. .'-Chicago Record.
Pilrey-"And because you couldn't
find nickel to pay the fare the conduct
or made you get off and walk" Jayson
No. he only made me get off. I could
have sat on the street if I'd wanted to-"
-RoXbury Gazette.
You say Brooks hasn't been able to
put one foot before the other since he
was caught in that wreck Were his
legs cut OFF," 'They weren't injured at
all Then it's strange he can't use
them Not bit of it. His head was
cut off."-Harlem Life.
A Fervent Faith-Parson johnson
atechising)-"Now, 'Rastus, yo' be-
lieves dat de whale swallered Jonah,
don't yo'?" 'Rastus-"Yais, pahson"
Parson Johnson Oats right, 'Rastus:
now tel me why yo' believes it, 'Rastus
-" Cause I'd get walloped eff didn't"
Puck.
Dearest" she asked, smuggling I'D to
him, ARE you sure you love me more
than you did your first wife," why,
darling, he replied, II paid only 81 for her
wedding ring. Yours cost SIS" Then a
look of trust oerspread her countenance,
and she murmured: "Oh, you have made
me so happy. Leader.
The telephone, it is said, is not making
much progress in Russia. And no Won
der. Fancy man going to a phone
and shouting: "Halloa, is that you.
Observation-Disclosures mo, it is
Lollemsschouskaf firanocknstiffsgrowo off.
Who's speaking?" "Seximochocklet-
rjuakschokemoff. I want to know if
Nliferomanskeffllski majuwchzvastoll
chowskweibierski is still stopping with
Observation-Disclosures voisZski ?"-Tit Bits.
Henry Hoecorn-"So you got buncoed
when you went to the city, did you? You
ought to have been on to the game, as
much as the papars have said about it.
All work 1t just the same Pretend to
be great friends of the farmer. That was
the way in your case, wasn't it" Reuben
Railfence-'Yes same way; said they
was great friends of the farmer But.
great stumps. supposed when they said
that they was some of these here candi-
dates for congress. Truth,
The herald., 1896-11-24
S. P. MARTIN r. r.
The qualifications of Martin for mayor

The qualifications of Martin for mayor
are as follows
First-Twenty years as a subordinate
clerk in the offices Of the Southern Pa
cific Railroad company.
Second-The only other qualification
connection are at the present time oc-
cupying clerical positions in the South
ern Pacific railroad offices.
The meaning of this qualification is
that Mr.. Martin has thoroughly learned
one thing and practised this one thing
for twenty years.
This one thing is very important
thing in California politics This one
thing is prompt and implicit obedience
to the orders of the Southern Pacific
Railroad company of Kentucky.
The water company and the Southern
Pacific are sleeping in the same political
bed just nova political bed crowded
with one or two other fat corporate
forms.
Thus man we'll accustomed to the
orders of the greatest of them all would
be comfortable person for the others
to interview from time to time.
Mr.. Martins devotion to the Southern
Pacific is doubtless the reason that he
never found time to take part in an ac-
tive way with any public movement
for the general good No man who has
lived in Los Angeles as long as Mar
tin has is as obscure and unknown as
he is AS public man he is absolutely
an unknown quantity. We have inter-
viewed a number of our public spirited
citizens of long residence in Los An
geles without finding any knowledge
of Martin. The water company made
bold move when it thrust the Southern
Pacific clerk on the Republican ticket
for mayor There are plenty of public
spirited Republicans in this city who
would have commanded the confidence
of the people in the position of mayor.
but the water company wanted no such
man. The people want to do what Is
fair and liberal to all the corporations.
The people at the same time want fair
tions. A rake-off to the extent of a
million and a half of dollars is too
rank. While the political job that is
being put UP is coarse and easy for the
judicious to see, the citizen must not
lose sight of the fact that every means
will be tried to divert his attention from
the main issue.
Snyder is an Independent merchant
and well known man of public spirit
In his whole career he has acted for
the public good. He has never been the
servant of special interests.
Martin, on the other hand, has had
no connection with the public business.
But for year after year he has obeyed
the orders of Huntington. The Southern
Pacific is and has been during all OF
Martins service to it the political enc
my of California in general and of Los
Angeles in particular.
No man or angel could be for twenty
years in the Southern Pacific's service
with political ambition ana not have
strabismus in looking at the rival in
terests of the people and the railroad
Every man who has long been in the
Kentucky company's service becomes
politically cock-eyed. If the present
combine can force Martin
on the people, with the water bonus
of a million and a half so plainly in
sight. the voters will be binder than
We think.
The herald., 1896-11-24
UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS

The enforcement of our immigration
laws appears to be having a good effect
in preventing Objectionable persons
from entering this country and in turn
ing the tide of undesirable immigration
to South America. The effect is only be-
ginning to be perceptible at the ports
of entry, however, and it will be many
years before the mischief already done
in the country at large can be overcome
A long course if external vigilance and
internal Improvement is needed to make
the population of this country all that
it ought to be, or even what we like to
believe that it is now.-Philadelph
Ledger
The herald., 1896-11-24
THE TINES RETRACTS

Referring to Mr.. Browns vindication
of Mr.. Snyder, the Times truthfully says:
mo mere suspicion ever yet dishonored
q really honest man. However black
may have been the look of things against
him, the eleventh hour always brought
out some unforeseen circumstance to aid
his public vindication"
This handsome tribute to Mr.. Snyder's
honesty Of purpose and uprightness of
character by the Times coming unsolic-
tied as it does after it had vilifed Mr..
Snyder most shamefully, is we'll calcu-
lated to make one believe that there is
thread of fairness running through the
Times, however obscured it may be by
the film of hatred for working people
plebeians. The unforeseen circum-
stance" the Times refers to is, of course,
the exposure of the schemes of the man
Price, and the public will endorse the
conclusion of the Times; besides, the
Times now confirms the truth of a say
ing that is as old as humanity, that even
in the most degenerate of degenerates
there is a spark of the fire of divinity
which can or may be famed into blaze
to purify-that is to say the Times may
now sing of itself with bosom swelled
with exultation" that while the lamp
holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may
return"
In its degeneracy the Times gives still
another promise of making an heroic eff
fort to climb up from the narrow plane
OF aristocratic exclusiveness, upon
which it has wallowed in the diseased
thought of its own superiority to
the broad level of "a mans
a man for a that" but still
the fact remains that it was not
until some one told the Times that Roger
Sherman and Henry Wilson had fol-
lowed the low-born trade of cordwaining
would 1t admit that being a shoemaker
does not necessarily disqualify Mr.. Sny-
der for the high Office of mayor. The
Times heart was not wholly moved,
therefore. by spontaneous combustion
Of virtue superinduced by coming in con-
tact with the influence exerted by the
creation and projection of an honest
thought
When the Times says Mr.. Snyder is
mo more a workingman than a newsboy
II printer" it passes judgment upon a
question which it knows nothing about
by observation or experience. The
Times employs rats" to set type for it.
hence 1t has no printers in its employ,
and very naturally it would be likely to
confuse printer with newsboy. The diff
ference between rat printer" and a
newsboy would be as difficult to ascer-
tain as it would be to locate the exact
spot in the harmony of colors at which
red hair becomes auburn.
But one thing the Times should make
haste to explain. 1t says Mr. Snyder's
reputation as business man "is as good
/ ~ men CO." "As good as men go'
means, II 1t means anything, that busi-
neSs men generally are uncertain and
doubtful as to honesty of methods en-
I cloyed in their dealings with the gen.
EtBal public Just how the Times arrives
The herald., 1896-11-24

at that conclusion would be hard to say,
unless 1t be true that suspicion haunts
the guilty mind. But anyway. it Is
very serious reflection upon the integrity
Of the business men of Los Angeles, and
the Times should explain exactly what
it means by "as good as men co.
The herald., 1896-11-24
THE VAGABOND
Give me the life love

c. (To an air of Schubert.)
Give me the life love.
Let the lave go by me,
Give the jolly heaven above
And the byway nigh me.
BED in the bush with stars to see.
-. Bread deep in the river
Inere's S the life for man like me.
There's the life forever.
Let the blow fall soon or late.
Let what will be Ger me:
Give the face of earth around
ana the road before me-
Wealth l seek not, hone nor love.
NOT a friend to know me;
All seek the heaven above
And the road below me.
Or let autumn fall on me u,
Where affeld | linger, ,e
Silencing the bird on tree, -
Biting the blue finger: :
White as meal the frosty field
Warm the firesidie haven
Not to autumn will yield,
Not to winter even. =
Let the blow fallso on or late,
Let what will be DER me:
Give the face of earth around
And the road before me.
Wealth ] ask not. hope nor love,
Nor a friend to know me,
All ! ask the heaven above
And the road below me.
Robert Lewis Stevenson.
The herald., 1896-11-24
NO CELEBRATION

Los Angeles. Cal, has the distinction
of being one of the few large cities that
gave Bryan majority and the Repub-
lican county central committee feels
so sore over their defeat, because ii is
to Hanna and jeopardizes
their claims for Federal pap. that they
have decided to attract as little atten-
tion rs possible to the matter, and there
fore will not celebrate.-Reno (Nev)
The herald., 1896-11-24

Again a man sentenced to prison for a
crime he did not commit has been par
doned.' The latest case in which this
absurd and outrageous form of proce q.
dure has been followed is reported from
Maryland. where young fellow charged
with highway robbery was unable to
The herald., 1896-11-24
THE PUBLIC PULSE

(The Herald under this heading prints
sponsiblity for the sentiments expressed.
Cores spondents are requested to cultivate
brevity as far as is consistent with the
proper expression of their views)
The herald., 1896-11-24

What a fragrant bunch of roses the
Ilmes water company is offering with
DOW to the Los Angeles public Bud"
Price, Sackett Cornell and Martin Thye
with Julius H. Martin as their Ger
man silver bouquet holder Is not the
spectacle alluring?
The herald., 1896-11-24

If it is all the same to Mr. Hanna,
the people out this way would feel
obliged if he would send his advance
agent of prosperity along the highways
of trade.
The herald., 1896-11-24

Carl Schurz writes an affectionate let
ter to Mr.. Mckinley Mr. Schurz makes
speeches on any side of any question
at $500 per speech, but he will furnish
letters for less money. How very patri-
otic some patriots are
The herald., 1896-11-24

The Times declines to give informa-
tion about certain Settlement the
water company desires to make with the
CITY,
The herald., 1896-11-24

The TimesPrice combine has a good
many worn out political tricks for sale
lat your own price,"
The herald., 1896-11-24

Weyler continues to win victories, but
the Cubans manage to have more guns
and munitions of war after than before
the battles
The herald., 1896-11-24
FALSE CONVICTIONS

Anyway, it is good fun to see Price
leading the Times about by the nose.
The herald., 1896-08-28
SARGENT, THE ARTIST.
Ono Of the Most Prominent Figures In the
Modern Art World.

hAoAeAh <AAD w oAAus
The high reputation of John Singer Sar-
gent makes him one of the most prominent
figures in the modern world Of art. No
American artist has occupied such on cx-
allied position as he has attained before
reaching his fortieth year, none is more
celebrated in Paris, London and the other
art centers of Europe. He has painted some
of his best portraits in the United States,
and LA Carmencita, the picture which
represents him in the famous Luxembourg
gallery in Paris, was painted in New York
and first publicly shown at the exhibition
of the Society of American Artists. His
career has been cosmopolitan one, and his
youth was passed among surroundings very
different from those that effect the intel
lectual bent Of most American boys who
become painters and sculptorS.
He was born in Florence, Italy, in 1856,
whittier his parents had gone to live some
years before His father was DR.. Fitz
Hugh Sargent, a Boston physician, and his
mother, whose maiden name was Newbold,
and who belonged to well known family
of Philadelphia, possessed the accomplish
ment Of painting very cleverly in water
colors. Educated partly in Italy and partly
in Germany young Sargent entered the
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comparatively early age and before he was
1S had spent several years in art study. He
learned to paint in water colors as well as
to draw with the pencil or charcoal and
one summer, when he was in the Tyrol
with his mother, Frederick Leighton, not
yet peer and president Of the Royal acad-
emy, but u famous English artist notwith-
standing, meeting them, commended the
boys work and courseled him to continue
The serious and earnest side of Sargent's
character always impressed his fellow stu
dents in those Latin Quarter days. He had
no taste for dissipation, though he was by
no means puritarical. The lighter side of
his temperament found satisfaction in
music, the theater and literature and in
the keen appreciation of everything in the
tastes and amusemcnts Of the day that had
a new or original flavor. Though an eager
reader, he was not n bookman, but an OBJ
server. Alert is tho adjective which per-
haps best expresses the quality of his pre-
dominating characteristic. He was quick
to see and ready to absorb everything that
struck him as novel -" Sargent and His
Painting" by William A. Coffin, in Cen
tury.
The herald., 1896-08-28
THEY MOVE THEIR HOUSES.
Turcomans Have Villages That Arc Car
ried From Place to Place

The Turcomans, who live on the eastern
SHOES of the Caspian sea, carry their vii
lages about with them when they travel.
AS tribe sets out on a journey every man
packs his wooden house upon a camel
Which the animal can easily carry, and
when spot Is reached where he and his
friends intend to remain for any great
length of time the camels are unloaded and
village started which it takes about an
hour or so to build
1t is to be remembered that the houses
are real houses and not tents, and that the
settlement is not a camp, but o village.
The travelling house of the Turcoman is q
marvel of skill and ingenuity and is really
much lighter, more portable and can be
packed into much smaller compass than
any of the so called portable houses that
are manufactured and sold in some parts
Of our country.
The frame is made of strong light wood
laths, about an inch broad by three-quar-
tiers OF an inch thick, crossing each other,
when set up in position, at right angles,
about a foot apart and fastened at each
crossing by the thongs of rawhide so as to
be movable, and the whole framework may
be opened or shut in the same manner as
those toys for children that consist of a
squad of wooden soldiers and will expand
or close at will, SO as to form open or close
columns.
One part or more, made in this way, and
all inclosing circle Is or 90 feet across,
fem the skeleton of the walls and are firm
II secured in place by bands of ropes made
of hair or wool. fastened round the end of
each rod. From the upper ends Of these
rods similar reds, bent near the wall and
into something less than a right angle, are
so disposed that the longer portions slope
to the center, and being tied with rope
form the roof.
Over this is thrown covering of black
felt, having in the center large hole which
answers both fI4r o window and chimney.
Large pieces of the same coarse black felt
are wrapped round the walls, and outside
these to keep all tight, is bound another
frame of split reeds or canes or of some
very light, tough wood bound closely to-
gcther with strong cords.-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The herald., 1896-08-28
Baron de Hlrsch,

1t is of course, impossible to give COM
plete list of Baron de Hirsch's benefac-
tions, but the following are probably the
best known: Jewish Colonization associ-
alton, $4,000, ,O00 De Hirsch trust for the
United States, s2,500,000; trust fund for
education in Galicia, 5000, 900; fund for
assistance of tradesmen in Vienna and
Budapest, 81, 455, 900; fund for the Hun
garian poor, 81, ,455, 900; turf winnings
during 1914, distributed for charitable
purposes, $500, gift to the empress of
Russia for charitable purposes during
Russo-Turkish war, 100000; gifts in
1898 to London hospitals and other chari-
ties, 100000; gifts to Alliance Israel
ite Universelle, $4OO, 900; proceeds of the
sale Of his sons racing stud, distrib-
uted among charities, 100000. These
alone amount to the enormous sum of
nearly $22, 900, 900. Baron de Hirsch's no
BILE work does not cease with his death, but
rests on carefully planned foundations, ad-
ministered by agents he chose in the sew
eral countries.
The herald., 1896-08-28
Armour's Religion.

In the course of conversation with
Philip ID. Armour of Chicago the other
day Frank G. Carpenter, the newspaper
correspondent, asked him if he was
Christian. 81 am not q Christian" was
Mr.. Armour's reply, lin the sense of be-
ing member of the church, but believe
In Christianity. believe in Christ rather
than creeds l go to church, and my boys
have been brought up to go to church. !
know that they went when they were
young. l am afraid they don't go as much
as they should now. The churches are all
right, andI think the closer a man keeps
to them the better. 1t makes little differ
cnce to me, however, as to the minor parts
OF the different doctrines which the
churches profess, and l think that there is
about an equal chance for tho Catholics
and Protestants-that they are each on the
right road to heaven" "You were speak
ing of your boys, Mr. Armour How about
them? Are they good business mem" Il
think so, said MIR. Armour as u smile of
conscious pride came across his face My
boys are, you know, my partners They
dc most of the business now, and all l
have to do is to sit here and kick now and
then"
The herald., 1896-08-28
Presence OF rlin,a,

person who knows exactly the right
thing to do in sudden emergency, without
stopping to think at all, deserves to have
his presence of mind noted and commend
ed. A German drum major has lately
attained such distinction, with good rea-
son.
A regiment of the imperial army, rest
ing on country road, was appalled, to see
a great bull madly pursuing little child
In field which was near by and yet so
far away that the child could not be reach
cd in time to save it, nor yet saved by the
shooting of the animal.
The bull had his horns down, and all
the soldiers were Mortified to see that in
another moment the child must be gorcd
to death. For an instant no one seemed
to know what to do and then the drum
major shouted to the buglers of the band
who stood near with their Instruments
In their hands to sound loud blast. They
looked aghast.
''Sound, / say, for Gods sake, to save
the child" he repeated
Then the buglcrs blew blast at tho top
of their lungs. The drum major knew
that animals of the COW kind arc so much
affected by strange and high pitched mrl
sical sounds that they seem compelled to
initiate them. This bull proved to be nc
exception to the rule.
AS soon as he heard the bugle blast ho
paused in his pursuit Of the child, glanced
toward the band, raised his head and be-
gan to below madly. Tho buglers kept
up as high and discordant tumult as they
could, and meantime soldiers were run
ming to the rescue of the child
Before the bull had finished his atten-
tion to the bugles the child was in q place
of safety Companion.