El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-17

ment to about $500, but the church
people would have very fine instru-
ment.
Cavalry sergeant to assembled squad
ron: forward! as many of you as have
fine ear for music. No, [ don't want
all of you: / will take three; That will do.
Now you three will be every morning
at $50 at the garrison church and ring
the bell"
Editor ABBOTT, of the Presto of Chi
cag0, is getting out an international
music trade directory covering the
music trade in all the world.
There was a musical com bination in
the MYRTLE Avenue Methodist church
during the Sankey meetings that
struck the audience as particularly the
thing. 1t was a combination of the
pipe and cabinet organs. The heavy
reeds in the cabinet organ supplied
Just what the pipe organ lacked, and
the two scored an immense success.
Musical people who attend there, fond
ly hope that the two instruments will
continue to be played together at fut-
ure services.
An arrangement has been perfected
to do away with all stops in organs
And the first instrument of note where
the scheme has been adopted is tE at of
the Worcester cathedral in England.
The substitution is series of electric
knobs placed across the front of the
upper key board. hmm ediately as one
of these Is touched with the finger end,
the effect is the same as pulling out or
shutting the old style or stops.
Lilli Lehman has made another fiz-
zle, and Washington as well as Bal
timore people declined to patronize
Damrosch's company with which Leh-
mann appeared, as Damrosch had to
charge So per ticket in order to make
both ends meet, when s. would have
been amply enough considering the
true value of the show. Lehman was
paid 800 per night at Bayreuth, but
in the golden United States, she de-
mands $1,000 per night. The Wilkes
barre Times calls Lehman fine spe-
cimen of Dutch gall. She ''kicks the
beam" at go lbs.
Local musical people are invited to
send into the HERALD information
about musical events and such matters
of musical interest generally as will
interest the readers of this paper. All
information should be sent or handed
in by Tuesday noon:
Milwaukee is not a musical center,
and has no use in fact for art, because
forsooth, it is wholly given to beer,
whisky, pork, manufacturing, vaude
vile shows, social squabbles, am billions
and formal social events where some
men wear sack coats and red cravats,
while others sport full dress with tan
shoes; and where some women are clad
in street costume and bonnets, while
others are in evening dress with dia-
mOndS.
The greatest music publishing house
in the world, Messrs. Breitkoff 81 Haer-
tel, of LEIPZIG, have opened a branch
house in New York.
What they say of us: Jean De
Reszke-'American women are STU
dious.''
Eduard De Reszke-''America is
progressive nation"
Calve-'I am delighted to return to
America
Lehmann-''America is stupendous."
Altoget .Hurrah for the Ameri-
can dollar. D-:he America u
singer. ''-Ex.
Lillian Blauvelt has declined an en-
gagement in grand opera at the Metro
politan opera house, and is preparing
for an extended concert tour. Miss
stick her head into the Reszke lions
mouth.-EX.
The Presto Musical Publication COM
pany of Chicago, is publishing year
books con taining musical events of in
terest for the year just passed. Very
complete records for 1885, 1896, and
1897 have been published, and the
HERALD is in receipt of copies OF the
same. These publications contain
from 175 to 200 odd pages each, to fill
which required vast amount of labor.
The year books are rich in biograph-
les, instructive historical, and general
literary matter and as not merely the
field of literature is covered, but the
trade as we'll, the value of the PrestO's
year book can hardly be over estimat-
ed. The Letter Press is good and en-
livened profusely with excellent cuts.
Editor Abbott's friends ought to fling
boquets at him for the next week over
his successful efforts with the last year
book. Pard you are strictly in it.
People may laugh at the quaint
homeliness of "The Old Oaken Buck
ct" and parody it is The Slop Cover
ed Bucket That Fell down the WE'LL"
THE Bacilli Laden Bucket, the Typoid
Dealing Bucket" ETC., but Sumuel
Woodwork who wrote those three
stanzas on THE Old Oaken Bucket"
wrote as pure poetry as any man who
ever lived. There Is an evenness,
perfection of rythm. grace, a flowing
style, simplicity OF expression and
purity of thought that captivates at