The record-union., 1898-02-06

In honor of the Goth birthday of the
celebrated composer, Max Bruch, the
Berlin impresario, Hermann Wolff, ar
ranged a concert, in which only Bruch's
music was played and sung. Mesdames
Carreno and Joachim, and the young pi-
anist, Josef Hoffman,, were among the
performers. The elite of Berlin society
We're present, and applauded the must
clans enthusiastically. Max Bruch and
his wife sat in the places of honor in the
middle of the first row.
While the young painter and the
young sculptor of our time, says Russell
Sturgis in the February Atlantic" can
afford to watch their immediate prede-
cessors-the men twenty years older
than they-and learn something of their
ways of work, while they learn also the
greatness of the bygone ages OF art,
the young architect had better not learn
what his contemporaries and those
little older than he have been doing.
That which has been done since 1915 in
the way of architectural fine art has not
been worth the doing, and it would be
better on the whole if it We're all wiped
cut. Some interesting buildings would
be lost, but it would be better for the
immediate future of art if the buildings
erected since that time had been brick
factories in appearance with square
holes for windows. There are evil in
f1uences working on all the modern
world of fine art, and yet painting and
sculpture are living arts; but
the great fine art of architecture is not
alive; its nominal practitioners have be-
come administering, adjusting, dexterous
fiduciary agents, with only here and
there one among them who cherishes
even the spirit of the artist. The stu
dent Of architecture has nothing to learn
from the epoch in which he finds him
self
Garrett p Serviss, one of the best
known American mountain climbers,
writes in "Harper's Round Table" of the
charm of this outdoor sport: 1T is not
necessary" he says, ito seek very lofty
or difficult SUBMITS, or to travel in Mex
leo or to the Alps, or even to our own
Rockies. in order to enjoy this exhila-
rating sport, which strengthens the
muscles, steadies the nerves. and clears
the brain. I remember an UNI
pretentious peak on the southern edge
of the White Mountains. unknown to
layers at it's feet, which. with a single
exception, was the first mountain | ever
climbed When 1 reached its summit,
only some two thousand feet above the
sea level, there opened before my as
fascinated eyes a vision of tumbled
mountains on one SIDE and green plains
glittering with winding lakes on the
other-a view so apparently illimita-
bic and so wonderful in the diversity
and strangeness of it's elements that 1
seemed to have dropped upon another
world
In the life of Whittier it is told how
in the days of the civil war an old
Quaker from the New Hampshire hills
came down for an interview with the
good poet, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, This Green Mountain disciple
of Fox was the owner of sturdy lot
of oak trees. The Government had set
its eye upon. them, and wanted to buy
them The Quaker knew that the pur-
pose of the bargain must be TO get tim
Der for the new warships that were
building. He hardly knew whether
sale for such purpose was consistent
with the gospel of peace.
Whittier, either seeing that the man S
mind was pretty thoroughly made up to
the bargain, or else considering that
there was such a thing as pushing
good creed too far, would only say:
well. friend. if thee dost sell any
timber to the United States, be sure
that it is all sound"
The oak from the Quaker's farm was
in the Kearsarge when she fought the
Alabama TO the finish.
New York Times: In a collection of
rare coins and medals belonging TO
BENJAMIN Belts Of Brooklyn there are
a .nunaper of quaint old metallic store
carlis'' which were issued as tokens OF
value by tradesrnen and various ousl-
ness concerns Of New York and other
places many years ago. One Of these
venerable coins bears the stalno OF
''WaIsh5 General Store, Lansinonrg.
This coin is now scare and valuable.
Alexander Walsh was for more than
forty years one of the most prominent
merchants in Rensselaer, County HIS
store was widely known as "Walsh's
Museum" and his Pillow Penny cir
cuIated freely through all OF Northern /
New York. Walsh participated IN the
ceremonies at the opening OF the Ere
Canal bs- invitation of Governor DE |
Nltt Clinton, whom he accompanied
on the first boat, and he received a
silver medal conmemorating the occa-
sion. He also entertained Henry Clay
at his bone in Lansingburg IN 1888. in
1916 he retired from business, and d.ed
three years later. When William Bel |
larnv of New York was walking through
Washington Park one day in 1850 or
1886 he found coin stamped "Corpor-
alton Of Philadelphia. one Smiling
Token" That coin is now worth from
$50 70 $40 and it is classed among the
hard times tokens by Lyman H Low,
The uurnjsmatist. A German silver
omnibus token issued In New York
forty or Fifty years ago Is stamped "Ac-
comrnodation Line" with the figures OF
two asses braylng, and underneath the
Inscription. When shall we three meet
again2" One of the rarest and most
highly priced OF these old store cards
IS a brass check dated June 20, lS-9.
and inscribed, PAY the Bearer on De
nand One Dollar. and charge the same /
10 John Stevens. To Jorn V. Boskerck,
ferry master" There are number OF
issues Of silver and copper tokens or
Rickatt's Circus OF Philadelphia ana
New York The silver one is very me |
and extremely rare.
The Empress Of Austria possesses q |
unique collection Of photographs taken |
by herself during her travels or me iast
safve T-i,axr rorsfct If ugrTrdttS |