The record-union., 1897-02-14

| a sensible, nice girl at once understands
| lust how far in expense he wishes 10
| 60 and looks not the least interested IN
| other items on the bill of fare save
cream and cake If she is a delicate
minded woman and knows his means
are not great she will refuse his inVl-
| tations to other food, and in amy event
| she will refuse wine. Only with the
ater party. where there is an accredited
chaperon, will she ever take anything
more than a mineral water, and no
woman with any pretentions to the re-
spect of her friends will go to the the-
after alone with a married man unless
he is a relative.
"A gentleman with women at the play
never makes himself conspicuous. he
may applaud, laugh heartily, and cry
bravo but not to an extent TO aulract
special attention 20 himself. He also
refrains from conversing in Whispers
between acts, does not lean too near ms
companion, nor turn so squarely AROUND
to her that the full width of his pack
is exposed to his next neighbor. On the
other hand, a wellbred woman does
not make it a practice to be constantly
looking behind her, scanning the mouse
like a detective through her glasses, nor
does she make signs to friends she may
recognize 1t is in better taste for her
also to remove her wraps in the lopoy
and bring them in on her arm, Tor 10
stand before the seat, after the play
has begun, pulling off and folding up
cloak is a cruel injustice to those about
her.
"A woman must not remove gloves
in the theater while the men, more nap
PLY legislated for by etiquette, wear no
gloves at ALL Perhaps the very COM
monest offenSe committed by members
of an audience is imprudent discussion
of friends right at the ears OF wide
awake strangers. Many a little seed OF
ridicule, criticism or scandal connect
ed with name and dropped at the the
ater has fiourished into broken friend
ships and social warfare, when no real
harm was intended
The Berlin Gegenwart prints here
tofore unpublished letter written by
King Ludwig II. to Richard Wagner on
the day after the first performance oil
Tristan and Isolde" He addresses him
as sublime and heavenly friend tells
him that he can hardly wait till to-
morrow, when the second performance
is to be given; that his sublime work
has refreshed his soul; asks him to
thank the artists for the great pleasure
they have given him; begs MIN to write
10 him at once. and continues: May l
hope that the desire to create new works
will never leave you? l beg you not to
give up your plans; 1 appeal to you in
wi
a Joy like unto that with which God
blesses the elect! You and God. L shall
remain until death, until my disappear
ance in the kingdom of darkness, your
devoted Ludwig" Dated June II, 1850.
New York Post: The German period
ical "Vom Fels Zum Nicer" has COM
menced the publication Of a number OF
aphorisms by Rubinstein, which he
himself called his Gedankenkorb
Thought basket, and which will prob
ably appear under that name in book
form. They relate not only to music,
but to women, love, politics, religion
and other topics which interested him.
Here are a few specimens: Il attended
in London a performance of charity
childrens festival at st. PauPs. Thou
sands of children are on these occasions
arranged il a semi-circle, they sing
hymns and chorals with organ accom-
paniment. The impression is so over
whelming that | could not hold back
nv tears-the most desiccated atheist
could not here avoid thinking of the
Creator" "Intolerable individuals are
the surviving friends Of great compos-
ers-no Interpretation, no nuance, no
tempo satifies them, for did they not
hear the composer himself play that
People send me poems for composition,
which seems to me like introducing girls
to me to fall in love with. A man comes
accidentally across a poem, he like 1t
and sets it TO music. He accidentally
sees a girl likes her falls In love with
her. But in both cases spontaneously
not by request" ITO the Jews | am a
Christia to the Christian a Jew to the
Russians | am a German, to the Ger
mans a Russian: TO the classicists ] am
a musician of the future. to the futurists
a reacticnary. Conclusion--I am neither
fish nor fiesh-a pitiable Individual
Sir Henry Irving, Miss Ellen Terry.
Miss GenevIeye Ward. Miss Fanny
Brough. Miss Winifred Emery. George
Alexander, and other members of the
theatrical profession in London are Civ
ing cordial support to a proposal to
establish an artists home on the Ri
viera. This VIII pa!take of the char
acter of a private hy.Eienic hotel, and
although d nominal entrance fee will be
charged. admission will IN granted free
to artis.S-using the term in its widest
sense-whose circumstances preclude
them from making payment
The Sorrows OF satan. the theatri-
cal vercion OF Miss Corellis we'll adver-
tised book mas neen produced. after
MANY delays. in the London Shaftt sbury
TheaUer. and has been received with a
good deal Of critical ridicule. One OF the
most trustworthy judges delivers his
opinion curtiy. as follows: The play is
net even age ~essively or extensively vul-
gar: or. more precisely. the vulgarity
lies ratter IN the fundamental concep-
ton Of life, death. and the scheme %
things, than in the surface sayings and
doing cf its characters. 1t is simply
a stupid play for stupid peopie-that is
the worst and best that can be said of
it,"
In the "Etude" for January Louis c.
EIson has an interesting article on
| Music In rs Relation 10 Health" con
Guiding with these paragraphs: There
ought 20 be more complete statistics
concerning the longevity of musicians.
As regards the composers Ii has been
ascertained that the fever OF compost
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they are too often beset frequently