Arizona republican., 1899-03-05
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. THE FAULT FINDER

] am moved to criticize the opera house orchestra by reason of its per formance on Friday night. The opera
 house is not too large for good musical
 effects and it would seem that an or
 chestra of seven pieces, with drum and
 cymbals, could at least make itself
 heard by people in the last TOW. On l the night in question the music was 1 hardly audible a dozen rows from
 the stage. To begin with, the se- lecticns were not good. Every mem Der of the orchestra appeared to realize this fact and to be desirOus of en- phasizing it as little as possible. One
 sitting in the body of the house could
 see the viClinists' bows moving
 gracefully and once in a while the ccrnets notes could be heard, while the bass viol was occasionally in evil
 dence, but there was no life to the mu- sic and the people attested to their in
 difference tCr it by talking throughout
 the waits. This is to be deplOred. l am sure the leader of the orchestra is a good musician, and we have had evil dence of the worth of the orchestra as a whole; why, then, should we be forced to listen to tuneless productions played in a half-hearted way when there are dozens of popular tunes which the orchestra could present in faultless manner and which all theater goers would gladly hear? I trust that Mir Patton and the leader of the or chestra will "get together" to the end that some snap may be put into the playing and that the selections may be more pleasing.
 This criticism is written in a friend ly spirit and it is to be hoped that it will be received as such. Phoenix is fortunate in having a good orchestra; a good orchestra, however, can do it. self great deal of harm by presenting unpopular airs. Only year CT so ago Fanciulli, the leader of the famous Marine band, was forced to make way for another lead CT by reason of his inability or unwillingness to play pieces that the Washington public could appreciate. finished musician cannot succeed if he insists upon playing dirges at cake walk.
 There is one car in operation on the Washington street line which is a source of great discomfort to nervous people. It saw it's palmy days in Los Angeles years ago. If street car could be affected with rheumatism should say that this particular car had an extremely bad case of that distress ing disease. It's joints are sadly out Of whack. The action of the dynamo inn parts a vibratory motion to the car which sets ones teeth on edge. One sitting directly above the dynamo is moved to raise his feet from the floor to avoid the tickling sensation; then his hips and back get the full force Of the vibration, and he wonders whether the juice from the wire isn't running through his system. A i few days vacation in the shop might | correct the bal habits of this car. If | the manager of the street car line thinks this criticism too free I suggest that he take a few trips over the line { on that car. Its number is 14 by the way
 Isn't it about time that both the city and county authorities did something towards filling up the many chuck holes in the streets iii and about the city caused by relaying water pipes and fumes? In the case of the water mains it is the duty of the water to make the streets as good as before disturbed but instead of that they simply pile up a mound of dirt. leave it to settle and when it settles below the grade, making a dangerous chuck hole, pay no further attention to it. It strikes me it is about time for | both the city council and board of su- pervisors to be stdffening their back : bones and see that the streets are not defaced as the result of excava- tions. In the case of relaying water i fumes the same authorities should see to it that their zanjeros perform their work properly. One cannot ride two blocks on any street in Phoenix, out side of half a dozen blocks on Wash iGgton street, without being tossed and jOlted by coming in contact with these and dangerous chuck holes. Do away with them!
 A queer idea prevails in Arizona as to what constitutes good legislator. In political conventions and in the heat of political campaigns the one question that is asked of a candidate is What are his principles?" It ap- pears to me as watch the proceedings of Arizona legislatures and especially the present one, that another question equally important should be asked, and that is, What will the candidate be able to accomplish" It fills me with despair to see the awkward and futile efforts of large percentage of the present members Of the assembly to dc Some, honest as the day is long, cannot or will not be able to ac- anything this session for the simple reason that they know nothing 1f parliamentary practice CT diplomacy, nor will they take the trouble to learn
 If l were making legislators none would receive his credentials until he could pass a fair examination in the rudiments of legislation.
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