The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-20
NEW FADs IN OLD MJsiC.
Society Women RewtvfnG tho Lyrx
Harm Aad Gutrarra,

ts4Ep A1A SA&tAfEas
The Irish minstrel harp 10 light
handy piaythinx. not more than thirty
six inches long. weighing about AZ much
as banjo AM capable. from Ste slxtsea
strings. OF producing charming harmony.
The frames OF ne harps are al richly
carved: come os them inssid with silver
having Gaelic snostoes cgt deep into the
wood ard then gsi9sd over.
One of These. made for Mss Fair, who
Is a daughter OF Ersn In spite OF her Amer
loan birth. ard ths posseSsor AZ weu %
very clear raezzo-spprafso voice, has It's
head ali siAborafely decorated VITA sriAv
work OF genuine T-ssa gold sr5 snaFnslot
shamrock leaves Tc her harp M!ss Fair
slnEs as 60 sn thAss no1ern feminine
mi7streis. the .ongs ot Tom Ncors and
wild rlslrfivs Irish fox songs taat ara
relies ~ fhs cay when every chief in Erin
kept mora than one giss1aAn II his train
Reviving the T.yre.
A few years age great many se-sSsy
women. notably among them the LAZY who
IL now Mrs. q. II. 2. Belmont. stale. thr
violin vigorously. but that stzTris yet essi-
cate instrument has been tetaisv sosn-
danst 20 tie patient prufessaonsls aEd
now valiant effort IS being rns1s to re-
vsvs no less ancient ani honoran2s an In
strarnerr than the Iyrs-
Th- Parfsan women g.aFtet So vogue
under the leadership O. TIA Countess g
Nor ebello. wife o. SO ambassador 20
paxstR who spent $500 OF "a own
money on spsn6l1 entertain Tasats 81 .ns
coronation Of the cEar. The COUNTESS u
Greek scholar. Wans@rfu.}y fond OF
novelties and playa very pretti1y On
<~wen~sfr.nysc Tyre sas I'D all o.. this
year ago ARD SCI f2s7ten that -
spreading even % American shor~s. 10
which tyre was recently eFns from q
French maker 20 se-ial leader s. New
York aziy ths weTy SLY asast ar. car
b. u1eksF e4t or fhe seven sts.rEs, sy 1rs
rolling chords pr7tacsd, ~ cay e a
song aceosn p4 nt-asnt hat tMess ars ether
passs hEstls. cpsa "a re Tyre player.
The performer o. tss Irish harp stAn@s
. rYsw. hsst ms fyrs~f. who alway- wears
a ba8se. 1its Greek slssves ans heavy
Greek bracelets sfts na a a5En sAn1af~t
sAa~.es Ike a plano se0ch. srcssss ssr
rfzh1 kna~ over hsr lsft sn4 reefs her
-s~A- ro,e On = sfcos re lYrs = pgacst
a., - higher knee Rn5 tier hsgssffg -
head rather lex. the wus3ssan can s@fsiy
cafcn1ata that sns raAkss a very effective
2!el1re-
Guitar a Tavor';ts.
Portmg7ss~s Exitarra - sno,asr snssr7-
-nent that car scarcely - ee5isd rev. bat
Is \, last roveiiy ana "a sharing ne
g,.-,s,asr4rv e tAs ordinary guitar Ike
re suftar. q hax @v@ ssrSnEs as .nough
en4y aals ths saxe arc .~sgrt az the 5si-
tu- k-oxn Instrument. r asst &c ftsa ara
sM~es n taae. Those iraporte3 froEn Per
ts4xaf arA r1ass ~ satAav woa1 -
sraurant ns eessr " ssH 4sl ard fhs hack
q the head 3 gorger 1*1y painted II mali
zvih 4 Es1Ttgeasess srysssnx scers ar sn
tnegzsaf - osai.sgst ra10ss atssly ene
o. ne spec a. charms - ira gNltaFrs~ fo-
gas gsri xha pays ugos e. - thsf II a
- snail sswNs ans fsewsgfY pat ta<s- eseg
AZ ear sing e g~aeefelty ever hsr sno2s-
ezra snz cAn ssrs-n = ~sfh asr nngsrs Sr
as a sD-f@SAA sa&N saee. as f1F rNnSo-
in. E2fAer wsy - effect is 'ss' 80 se1s1,
BIT neither -. harp .er gafthrra AS n
any w2v srturs4 tn@ popularity 2. ne
naa;o. rnAn1s5an O. 81 Ar