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witness in order " realize. twas little short
81 fanaticism, as It concerned the followers Of

wines. IN order Y realize. Itys. little shor,
81 iSnStcI,sp as Il concerned the followers OIL
There could b n9 doubt, however, that vher
! worth listening and dancing TO. His divin;
.noueh to sci The world topsy turyy,, And
then tho success Of Strauss was establishod.
IL. son true 70
traditions Of his family. he married the dauHh-
tee OF man in the same line. The young yo-
time. A large family resulted. among them
Johann, Joseph and Edward.
lsns sh nS;ads er
yond doubt that he had inherited bis fathers
gsn !E, and that brillian. career was hls 4
the old Johann Strauss would hear nothing
Of It. Johann should not become an artist
had often seen the dread monster staring In
his face. Freu:strauss did hor beet to per.
and main lie stool opposed to this move. ana
wesnhusDqnd and wife Jed aSiast To- divorce
nous COMPOSER which later on caused him
conjunction. But while he lost wife and son
anl friends besides. at the time xhen the agi-
only aggravated his resistance. He could not
understand that what no had endured WITH u,
his eldest son. even should such n condition.
ever confront him.
got together his frs: orchestra and made ready
r9r his Hrs. rnulc concert, Vienna was on the
was to deee whefhar een%s 4 rsav had BEEN
transfused and whether genius and sober
beaded conducting would 70 hand In hand.
The hour arrived Tor the concert. An that was
musc-loying in the music loving city OF Vi
emma rushed To the concert hall. But strange
enough with their inherent love Of PARTISAN
shin. two rival camps had once more met In op-
position This time II was the old Straussa-
mans and the new Straussantnns who we're TO
M stit - I'm La ye n
even before the contest hal begun alno No
sooner had Johann Strauss. Jr.. played couple
with applause The followers OF the old man.
1t is true. did not seem inclined to take the
matter in the best OF spirits. but when Johann
with al the grace nnd suayty at his command
struck up for the "Lorey Khein klaenes." his
the opposition had TO capituatc. and. whether
they wanted TO or not, loinod the Iubilant en-
thusia aS which took possession Of the Listen en-
Tho NEXT day one 1.-THE Vienna wits ia;
Good morning. Strauss Jr.! How much these
To speak Of Johann Stranss's opus ;,I4. ON
the Beautiful Blue Danube" would lie reiter-
ating what all the world knows. TN, waltz
debut in 1874 he succeeded his father as con-
from which post he resigned in 1870 in order
to give his entire time to composition. TO
Americans he is rrinrDaly known by his
ionic operas. The Merry War" The 0ueeu's
and Tho Gynsy Baron, > In 1850 he visited
pearcd at Gilmores 'Peaco Jubilee. where his
conducting Of his own com nositions proved one
of the eventful euisodes Of the concerts. His
success abroad. whether in the south or the
nDri IN OF Eurupe. was ono progress OF truIn-
nhai acknowledgment. Hans Won Bulow
MendCse ohm. Neyerheer therubinI. Wagner.
all paid tribute to the strauss walt.
And now virtually the last link in the chain
has broken. Edward is also n musician and II
COMPOSER Of some note. but he can never at
tain BY considerable what his brother johann
to attain. When the sen was named
after his father IL was more than nane which
Tns carried down 70 puaterlty. IL was genius
which made Johann Strauss. Sr., and Johann
Strauss, Jr.. GpI ar alike in the eyes Of the
world. And So, Wien that other morning that
handsome woman fresh from tho hall paid her
sileur tribute To- one who had been responsi-
vi" In part for her eni0yment OF the night he,
lore. il was = tribute paid BY thousands and
thousands not only in Vienna but throughout
The civilized world. The "a nous phrase, The
King Is dead. long live III. King" could find
no application when Johann Strauss died.