Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-10-17
.IiIE MAGIC OF MUSIC.
Power Of the Melody Of the Voice
Over Man and Beast.
slNGEES WHO SAVED LIVES.

a Musical WIFE, prsseHee Of Mirt.
Tha, music really has charms ,
so0the the savage beast Is proved H.
the many times that the power OF son
has been the means Of saving life 81
one occasion when Luigi Lablaclc. ON
great opera hasso was aimlcssly stroll
ing through French fair he was sur
prlscl hy sudden stampede OF tl
sightsecrs who rushed boy him Ia
great panic crying that one of o..
great bears had escaped from the me
nagcric. 50 surprised that he scared.
ncalIzed his danger. the singer stool
his ground and almost Immediately
found himself face 10 face with IN,
maddcncd beast. which halted Tor a
moment before making its final rush
In that moment Lablache began "a
sing one OF his favoritc airs In voice
50 deep and terrifying that the bear
skunk away thoroughly cowed.
IL was this same singer who. when
ronhncd to his bed by a broken leg.
was surprised 10y his landlady. who
burst into his room. crying that rob
Ter was In the house and was about to
Kill her husband unless he revealed the
hiding place OF their money aud plate
I.ahlache. unable because Of his injury
20 give other assistance. began 10 sing
an aria In such thunderous tones as
10 terrify the rohber. who fed.
Nine Giulla Grisi was once travel.
ins FROM the south OF France 20 Paris
| IA company with several companions
OF her own sex. when their privacy
was intruded upon by man who en-.
tered their apartment nj wayside sta.
ton. Before long he began 10 act so
oddly as To make the women appre
henSlve and NJ last terrified them by
! drawing a razor. which he began toI
flourish. nj the same time demanding
that he Ice permitted 10 sever their
heads The women realized that they
had mailman In the carriage with
them aud also that they were without
protection until the next stop OF the
train. In consequence they became
hysierlcal-all save Grisi. who with
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In soft voice that gradually assumed |
volume rs she gained the attention Of
the man. whose threatening attitude /
gave way 10 rapt attention rs the song /
advanced Song after song did GrisiI
sing and not another movement dilI
the man make until the next statiou|
was reached when the alarm was -iv.
en- and be- was taken into custody itI
transplrcl aficrward that De had 81,
capped from "a iuuauc asylum. /
Jennie Lind once sawed not only hc-|
own. but hundreds ~ other lives boy
her slit % song 4 tire broke ont bati
OF the stage in a small ,hcater iu hcg
native land where she was singing
The audience hccame alarmed. and
there might have been q panic had not
Jennie Lind stepped coo.ly out upon
the stage ana begun singing a favoriue
foIL song Bcassurcd aud cntranccJ
the audience rr,cated themselves. auU
the tire was soon cNtiugu!>hcd.
Another well known opera star while
travelling With some friends In Mexico
was surprised by company Of half
breed bandits. at whose approach the
escort fed. leaving their charges 10 the
mercy 90 the robbers. The attitude %
the latter on finding that their captlves
had little money and yaluablcs was
mcnaciug ia the extreme. aud the trav.
eler, an expected 10 be- murdered thaii
night when the robbers were cat.ugi
their supper the star began 10 sing
and hts captors were so delighted thl'I
they demanded more. For a time he
gratihcd them. but at last suggested
that he should sing FOR the freedom 81
himself and his friends To this the
bandits. chccred by wine and song
agreed aud after having sung for an
hour he and his companion were free.
Eueissel the notorious Bavarian
brigand once planned 20 rob a house
In the neighborhood Of Munich and. n
necessary to secure the money and
plate he knew was In the house. muir.
der the inmates. a young married wo
man and her two female servants His
was heard by the wife. who.
instead Of losing her head. sat down
60 her plano and began 90 sing. The
brlgand listened for awhile aud was
on the point OF forcing an entrance
Into the room when the song ceased
and a mans voice struck up a rollick. /
Ing air. 10 De followed In few mo.
mcnts hy a third mans voice singing
a familiar chorus KneisSel paused
The husband evidently had returned
and had brought with
him q friend lie was not prepared 10
attack the house against two men. 50
he beat a hasty retreat little thinking
that the voice he had heard proceeded
from the lips % the young wife. a finc
singer, who was an adept al mimlcry.
Some years ago q released convict
went % the house of the Indiana judge
who had sentenced him 10 prison with
the Intention % shooting him. As
DE crcpt nearer % the window beside
which the judge was sitting aud raised
his revolver 90 fire the sweet voice ~
the judges wife Hoatcd out on the
summer air from the bedroom. where
she was singing her baby 90 sleep all '
unconscious 90 her husbands peril
The lullaby she sang was one that the
convicts mother used to Groom 90 him
and. throwing aside his revolver. he
walked boldly into the house and con. ,
fcssed 90 the Judge his intention. The ,
irdge hcfriendcd him. aud he is today
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