The record-union., 1896-11-22

alike in the year 1772, when it was the
fashion to decorate the head with sc
enormous q. mound of hair dressed, II
the case of the former, with flowers
and feathers, that the head seemed u
overbalance the body.
The structure was SO elaborate anC
involved so much labor in its construc-
ton that it was often not taken doWr
for week or more at a time! Perhaps
if the gentlemen decided to adopt The
style then in vogue some of the ladies
of the present day who obstinately re-
fuse to fail in line might by force OF
the example of a public nuisance thus
thrust before them decide to amend
their manners.
Reports from San Francisco say thai
our old friend, Mrs. Addie Carter, has
gotten so far along the road OF con-
valescence that she was able to sit uE
for a few minutes the other day. Ihls
IS pleasing news to host or 1rlehus
who daily inquire into the condition OF
one in whom all old Sacramentans and
many late-comers feel a mutual inter-
est.
With the opening ofAthe winter sea-
son amuSements of all sorts begin TO
crowd The prospect for the coming
winter is q brilliant one, many new at
traction being promised even for sac
ramento, which gets left on some of the
good things that fall to San Fran
cisco and other Of our larger and more
fortunate cities The Saturday Club
of our town, while doing good work
right here among our own musicians,
has already done much beside in secur-
ing for us other attractions which other
wise we might not be favored with.
1t is to the club we owe the coming of
Madame Bloomfield-Zeisler, the fair
rival of Paderewski, and in token of the
honor and esteem in which she IS held
among our leading musicians charm
ing reception was given the great ar
tiste by the club at the lovely residence
of Mrs II. w. Weinstock, corner Sew
enteenth and II streets. The whole
suite Of rooms on the first floor was
thrown open for the occasion, the blinds
being drawn and the apartments lighted
by electricity. Smilax trailed its deli
and hung in festoons from the chande-
liers. Gay chrysanthemums and pink
and red roses filled every available
corner and space, while bowls Of gor-
geous red blossoms adorned the tables.
Madame Zeisler received in the south
parlor and greeted the club members in
divdually with a. cordial handclasp and
some word of kindness.
While guests We're coming and going.
c. A. Neale, Mr.. Adler and Professor
De Coe discoursed choice music in an
adjoining room. Later on ices and deli
cate cakes were served by the younger
members Of the club, while a charmed
circle formed about Madame Zeisler,
hanging upon every word and enjoy
ing to the utmost a cosy talk in which
many things We're learned concerning
the great musicians life and career.
from the time when as a child of g
years she commenced her musical ed
ucation till the present, when all hearts
submit to the magic of her genius The
Httle company who, quite lost in the
nuent discourse of the gifted woman
!. before them, absorbed her every utter
ance felt lifted, as someone expressed
it. out of themselves into a higher. no.
bier atmosphere, and in the revelation
Of her conversation felt one and all
that they had something to store up in
memory's casket that would ever be
cherished among it's choicest treasures
Madame Zeisler is a slender rather
delicately built woman, with dark hair
and eyes, and is possessed of a mag
netiSm that one feels the moment he
enters her presence, and which holds
her auditors fascinated as long as she
| chooses 20 speak. One discerns at once
from her conversation that il is the fire
and enthusiasm Of her own heart tha,
makes itself felt in playing to an audi
ence.
Il play" she said, ''for the Same req
son that drunkard drinks. often foe,
that home life and its environment
hold something that is lost-sacrificed-
in living for the public, but | cannot
| give 1t uo. / play because I must
! am often asked how long .
| time IL takes to become a great artistic
That is difficult question TO answer
| An artisIe is not cut by a pattern q,
created on mapped-out plan Of action
nor made to order. One must tbinl
/ music, eat music, dream music II
/ must be an essential part of ones yer,
| helns through every act of life-ir
/ short. one must live music il one ;s +,
attain what so many strive for hut c,
/ lew succeed In reaching-the career n
| the artistic"
! In the evening at the Metropol,san 9
| fairly good house assembled to licte,
| TO the piano recital given by the eif,e,
/ musician Although the audience wa,
| not as large as that which e-raeta,
Paderewsh on his appearance here i
| was made up of our best musicians
! and was both critical and apprecia five
1 think the applause was. if ANYTHING
! more spontaneous and deYnonstrativ
| than in the former case. Madam
| Zeisler plays with a fervor and dent,
| OF expression that could not fai, =,
| carry her audience with her. Her in
! depreciation in almost every number i
| entirely different from that Of III
noted pianists whom we have heard :,
Sacramento. In the Sonata Appas
sionata" both the allegro and gray
passages were intensified. which i'm RI
case of the former became almost
| presto movement and robbed the worl
of a certain detail which is rather NOR
pleasing than the rapidity of execution
although it fills one with admiration
for the mastery technique that make
!