The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-01-23

/ tiarieS. IL mas us hanu to-daS on si'
! throat OF the American republic.
/ Is the taskmaster OF nations. and th'
| human race crouches under its anath
ema. The song OF the drunkard'
| has tor It's accompaniment the clank o.
! chains, the chatter.ng teeth OF pow
erty, the rattle of the executioner;
scaffold, the creaking door of the de
serted home. the crash OF shipwrecks
and the groau Of empires The 5000,
900, UOO which rum costs this country
I in a wear, in the destruction Of grain
\ and sugar and the supporting Of the
paupers and invalids and the criminal:
\ which strong drink causes, IS only
( small! par, Of villa, is paid for this ex
/ pensive song of the drunkards
Again, this song of the drunkards i:
. multitudinous song-not solo, not
= duet, not quartet, not a seStet; but
millions on millions are this hour sing
ing 1t. Do not think tina; alcoholism
has this Geld all 10 itself Il has pow
erful rivals in the intoxicapts OF 9th er
nations; hEsheesh. and arracx, and
pr!Que, and opium, and quavo, and
sLGoNASs NV "SAA -.
bartaric as well as civilized, has its
pet intoxicart The soag Of the
drunkards is rendered in Chinese,
iindoo, Arabian, Assyrian, Persian
Mexican-ye, all the languages
All zones join In it. No conti-
nent would be large enough for
the choir gallery if all those who
have this librei;o in their hands
should stand side by side 10 chan, the
international chorus, Other tArongs
are just learning the eight notes of
this deaihful music, which is already
mastered by the orcbes;ras IN full
voice under the batons in full swing.
All the musicians assem ble6 al Dussel-
dor!. or Berlin, or Boston Peace iubi-
lee, rendering symphonies, reou!ems
or grand marches Of Mendelssohn, or
Wagner, or Chopin, or Handel, were
Insignificant in numbers as compared
with the innumerab.e lhroCgs, host
beside host, gallery boye gallery. v TO
are now pouring forth the song Of the
drunkard.
Again, the song Ct the drunkards IS
suggestive song. You hear nursery
refrain, and right away you think Of
your childhood home, and brothers
and sisters with whom you played, and
mother, long since gone 10 rest You
hear national! air. and you think o:
the encanpnent Of le6s, and the still
MIS- ht on the river bank. and the camp
fires that shook their re Elections up and
down the faces Of the regiment. You
hear and old church tune. and you are
re minded of the revival scenes amid
which you were brought 10 God.
Nothing so brings up associations as
a song sung or plsyed, upon insiru-
ment, and the dfun cards song is full
of suggestion. AS you hear it on the
street quite late some night, you begin
to say 10 yourself. Il wonder if he has
a mother? Is his wife waiting for b N?
viii his children be frightened when
he enters the front door and steggers,
whooping up the stairs? What chance
is there for young man started so
early on the down grade? In what
business will he succeed? How long
before that man Will run through his
property? l wonder how he go, SO far
astray? Can any influence be welded
TO fetch him back? lie must have got
into bad company who led him of !"
So you soliloquize aud guess about
this man whose voice you hear on the
street under the starlight
Again. the song o. the druukards is
easily learned. Through what long
and difficult drill one must 60 10 sue
coed as an elevated and Inspiring
singer. Emma Abbott, among the
most eminent cantatrices that ever en-
chanted academies of music. told me
on an ocean ships deck, in answer 70
my question:: Whittier are you
bound?' Il am going TO Berlin and
Paris to study music What" Isaid,
after all your world-renowued sue
cesses in music, going TO study?-
Tnen she told me through what hard
ships, through what selt-denials,
through what almost killing tatiyues
she had gone in order 20 be
singer, and that when, in her earlier
days, great teacher of music had told
her there We're certain notes she could
never reach, she said: II will reach
them, and through doing nothing
else but practice FOR Ave years she did
reach them. On, how many heroes
and heroiues Of musical achievement!
There are songs which are easy to
hear, but most difficult 10 render.
When Handel. with a new oratorio.
entered a room where a group of
musicians had assem- led aud said:
Gentlemen, you al read music?'
They said: Yes, we play in church. 4"
Very well" said the great com
poser, play this" But the perform
snc. was SO poorly done Handel
stopped his ears and said: You play
in church! Very will; for we read
the Lord is long suffering, of grea,
kindness, and forgivins of iniquity,
transgression and sin. But you shall
not play for me-" Pure music, wheth-
er fingered from instrument or trilled
from human lips, is most difficult But
one of the easiest songs TO learn is
the song Of the drunkards. Anybody
eau learn It In little while you
can touch the highest note of conviy-
iaIity or the lowest note of besotted-
ness. Begin moderately. sip here and
sip there. Begin with claret. 20 on
with ale and wind up with Cognac
First take the stimulant at wedding.