The herald., 1896-04-26

French heel, court plaster facial deformity
and little finger elevation when handling a
fork or spoon, as related to dress customs
and social etiquette.
ureable sensations when sweet faced
girl who really does possess fine soprano
or mezzo dramatique voice, arises to favor
us with a selection from a popular opera
or an up-to-date production in the musical
line. But disappointment will await us at
standing proof of the adage that articipa-
ton is always sweeter than the reality.
Select any melody you hoose from the
dreamy Trovatore, the pleadings of Mar
tina, the tuneful Norma a, Traviata, Aida or
Semiramide or Somnambula, and no mat.
ter who the cantatrce may be. the mo-
ment she begins to indulge in that abom-
Unable tremelo, the beauties OF the piece
vanish like the reflection of lightning in
dark forest. The sweet girl may be aiming
in one second at upper B. but unless the
audience is familiar with the note. or by
instinct realizes what it ought to be, 1t ls
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production of the principle, just take some
instrument capable of producing sustained
tone. like the violin or cello, and strike
chord composed OF two notes exactly semi
tone apart. You will get a vague idea that
one Of the notes is trying ia, rAa"h th.
notch it deserves to occupy. but so long as
the lower one hangs on the upper one
won't let go, neither will slide into the
groove where it belongs.
Let us drop this discordant tramp into
the obscurity for which it is SO eminently
fitted, and where the old masters-who
understand their business fairly we'll, as
their monuments testify-laid down the
law that is G and not A fiat, and B is B
and nothing else, let it be so. The listen.
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by nightmares on the question whether it
was one thing or another which belonged
in the space the singer was seeking to at
tain. Goodbye to the ubiquitous tremolo;
it is all right in certain passages where
pathos and passion speak in the low voice
of feeling, but in the fortissmos and the
crescendos, where the temporary uncer-
tainty takes flight before the strong noon
tide of the note. down with it. A word to
the wise is sufficient.
The Tuesday Night club made its last
bow to the social element last Tuesday
evening, and the event which has occurred
at intervals of two weeks each during
portion of the winter and has brought
pleasure and happiness to all who partici-
pated, closed for the season in blaze of
spiendor and delicious supper. The pro-
gram lasted until l a. III. and the cream of
the town was in attendance. 1t was the
fact somewhat surprising, considering
the celebration which paints the city
deep red, orange and green once
year nov. And it also speaks
eloquently for the hold these impromptu
gatherings have on the people of Los An
geles. Time flies faster here than any
place on earth, and it will not be long before
many of those who were on the floor Tues
day night will be looking back and signing
as they think of past days, and maybe
watching a new generation enjoying the
fleeting hours in like manner. Farewell to
the Tuesday nights of 1896. May the
coming year bring more such on its wings.
There is sort of awakening of justice
over the entire country at this time it
seems. New York has made an advance
towards the millennium of perfection
dreamed of by the reformer and prophet,
and has within the last two or three years
set in motion the machinery of her judicial
department. electrocuted several wife |
murderers and other malefactors in this
line with commendabie promptness. Penn /!
sylvan.a has set her foot heavily upon the |
arch fiend who has gloated over the fact |
that he has passed score or more of fel |
low creatures over to the silent majority
by his own unassisted hands, and this up
rising in favor of a decent administration |
of the law is noticeable all over the land. |
California too, is showing the sy mptoms to |
a certain degree, and will blossom forth in !
the full dress of righteousness if the de- |
crees of her juries and courts are consum-
mated.
Speaking of condemned murderers,
among other cheerful subjects, singular
in their ante-mortem prefer
ences is noticeable. Almost invariably as
tho hour approaches for the expation of
his misdeeds, the condemned calls for that !
dish-ham and eggs. This |
may appear remarkable and puerile at the |
same time, but it is fact; the newspapers |
all say so. Perhaps some college profess |
sor who has distinguished himself of late by |
on tariff reform or the invec- |
tives against the decision of the people in |
their unanimous affirmation of the princi- |
Piles of the Monroe doctrine, will unravel |
the mysteries of this tendency.
About the only arguments employed by |
the newsboys on the street corners nowa- |
days is the pleasing announcement that |
for cents you can obtain complete his. !
tory of the murder and sricide which take !
place regularly each day. We noticed a
statistical sheet the other day which stated |
that during the decade of 1885 to 1895 |
THAT was the period, we bslievel the num- |!