The sun., 1902-12-14
Nt>I( AND w SI(I4NN.

i!tc Performances of an Instrumental vir.
tuoso 80 aroused the curiosity o, a news.
paper man that he a-ked Mr. vtL Hose
Nha' ho and his friend we're doing theis
Might learn something, said Mr.. van
E"'so, scntcntious'y
Then The news pa per man remembered that
Oi"r upOna time "A certain soprano said that
-H. liked lit near the orchestra at the opera
t. aus" "A" learned So much about phraslng
from the "lno-ln-tI um, nj players But
I'D" Na- not an operate soprano. The opera
"lrFrr- rarely go to musical performances.
-t," uf on" kind. When Nine. NurGica
~ilE, Aiia the other Al los in the company
60 20 hear her. not To learn how she does
n, but to CroS gently over every point
in which her version differs from theirs;
for. of cour-c. sh" must be wrong
Al the oth"r icnOrs GO when one sings
RoH,o. Nl the coulraltoe Of the company
are usually IN the house when one sings
LoO10rG IN ~faVorita, or FiGes in 10
PruyhG"" In other words. musica, per-
formers g. 10 hear those who work in their
u"u llhcr. Al concerts 10y SiOliniSts many
seats are occupied by violinists and If =
cello viitu, - comes to town then look OUT
for the appearance III front seats of Leo
Schulz and tn. others.
Mr. Schulz, however, can take care of
himself and has no need to smile az the
failure of others. He il too fine an artist
for that. But where one musician goes 10
find pleasure in beautiful execution fve
20 in the hope Of watching the discontinue
of a possible rival
Up To the present time the opera season
ha, been mortal hard on the matinee girls.
These dear creatures take no delight in tho
serious works of the -Otello" and -Tann-
lYuscT" sort. Heroes who either wear
boards and never get fair embrace
Of the beloved maiden or stain their faces
A walnut brown and violently hurl tho
-oprano about the stage are not likely to
AWAKEN the easy admiration Of the fair
creatures who are willing TO stand up under
the boxes. leaning against the brass rail
behind the orchestra circle. for any opera
t. heir taste.
Faust. " -Romao ct Juiie'te." "Lohen.
grin" and Carmen are the favorite matt.
nee operas When these are performed
Young women who are running over with the
romantic idcalism of their age and older
women who ought to know better, but who
never do, go and stand up through four
thew e sit 'o on the floor Sometimes they faint
and have TO bc carried out by the WE'LL
trained ush"rs
under Col Thomas Bull, chief Of guides, and
once a month receives instructions in first
aidto the dizzv from House Surgeon Phelps.
Bottles of smelling salts, cold water, hand
kcrchict-, and even brandy, are always hepC
ready for instant use ana VIVA, Ihe .4uns
men Of the opera house 40 no, Rho" aoou'
haud.ing fainting women IL left out.
u may pr mentioned caaually 'ha' ohe VI
the ii~t thlngS 10 pe cone W p'iSoh ~
faint Is TO place h-r IN posniph IA "nicn ,
her feet are hisher than her heau IhiH
permits the blood 10 return 10 whatever
brain there chances TO be. 1t might save a
good many Young women from premature
fainting if they knew this. Sometimes the
iaiiiS NJ the opera house arr Prou'E.u
An usher on bcine asked iast season aoou'
lahored Tor nan an hour, rcpneu. ,h,
ON, Sh' Vas u dead one we Jus' 'hre"
her INTO cab ana sho' her nome,
The only appioach TO matinee idol so IA.
mas peen ~ ,@,uo @ d'u ris i" Nv, a, eoa,ao.
,,,.ar s',ch n fpura ~ fun as the puny lover
Of violeud
Franz Kncsel the concert master Of tho
pos,nn Sympbouy Orchestra. IL one of tho
-. II, =, r,,or 81, bo. no,,r bod a
,'''9' '''1"''7' y. NV" ", ~ ,s,rt.-
brand oil cigarettes or peer named "'er num-
nor even tive-cent cigar. But yet he has
that is weather.
-Kneisel weather" is now proverbial amore
musicians and music lovers On Thursday
nirht as every one will remember, the
r,r,.,a', q, Tor n'N,a s"cia,w PENIS ali
oy"r New York were suffering from II, In
lower Sixth avenue the colorcd population
was convinced that the end of all things had
come, hecau;c " was showing, raihihg'
h;na "S, "H n, a. a, o, ~, o,,..
Io' T',oa ,,' ",' nS ma,,S Tr,, Wen .
roSd ana uhap'e 70 reach 'hrheele nali anu
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N'l' t'lAihN k'hik w Nt'
tonoet, hnr" ''e 'ause o' all '''e e'e"'ehtaA
uli, uIpahye,
franz hn"lsrl wa down on me PRO
Rraihn,e a. ,ne s1ioist on the evening ihas
break out III It's worst form
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"p'' no" '''puch'iy lN'oPle OF hiBh arlisuo