The Washington herald., 1909-05-23

The hand played The Star Spangied
Banner which was the first tine they
had heard the air in the East. All the
other bands they had encountered Iabored
under the delusion that our national air
vss Hail Columbia" As the general
did not know one tune from another II
never made much difference. 50 far as
he Vas concerned
Or art in music, the following dialogue
between Goldsmith and johnson viii be
% interest.
Goidsmith-The greatest musical per
formers have but small enOIumen1s- Glar-
din. I am told. does not get above S70o
year.
Johnson-That IS indeed but little for a
man 10 get who does best that which so
many endesvor to do. There Is nothing,
think. in which the power o. art is
shown 50 much as in playing on the
fcdle. In az other things we can Go
something al first ANY man viii forge g
bar % iron II you give him a hammer:
not so wei as a smith. but toIerably- 4
man VII saw a piece OF wood and make
box, though a clumsy one. but give
him fiddle and i6dlestick and he can
do nothing.
Imaginary music is described as in the
following sentiments Quickwitted. OF
tenacious memory. a ready and fluent
speaker. gay and genial IN address. an
artist. 4 musician. Dunstsn was Al the
same tine ar indefadsable worker st
books, al building. az hsn5icraft. As his
sphere began % widen. We see him fol-
lowed BY . train Of pupils. busy with
literature, writing. harping. painring. and
designing. one morning a lady summons
him 20 her house 20 design a robe which
she Is embToidering. and as he bends with
her maidens over their toll his harm
hung upon the walls, sounds without
mortal touch tones which the sx,itas
ears around frame into a joyous an
Iiphon-
Hannc. the Carthagnian. discovered the
fondness Of savs ses for music. He oh
served from his feet on his voyage OF
African discovery that IN the 6svtine
there vas nothing to Re seen upon the
land. but al was stiffness and sIIence
But n the night he heard the sounds OF
various musical instruments, and saw a
great number Of fires lighted along the
coast; and We know that such IS the an
Pearance OF great part Of the western
coast OF Africa al this day. that the
I +-- NttN f-f-f kalitE sENlEE mo Inc
woods 20 avoid the heat Of the sun thar
they Eight great fires In the night % d,s-
perse the beasts Of prey. and thar thew
are extremely fond OF music and dane
ins.
While Grant was unappreciative Of mn
SIC. Thomas Jefferson was devoted 10 4ha
muse Upon the completion OF his col
lese course. he studied law for Eve years
with an asiduity most unusual in the
. heir TO good estate. He had q clock in
his bedroom. and his rule in summer
vas 70 get uP as soon as he could see
Jlle hands. and IN winter he rose uYli-
formally at 5 Including the tine passed
in music and reading. ne usually spent
. fourteen hours OF every day at these
studies. three Of which. he tells Us. were
sometimes spent In practicing on the vio-
lin There has seldom been a Young
man OF fortune who lived more purely
than he He neither practiced the vices
nor INDUCED the passions Of his class IN
the Virginia Of that day. He never quar-
relied; he never gsmbled- His mouth was
Innocent Of tobacco. He never drank 10
excess-
Luther. when he had plagued himself
all day long With his doctrinai distinc-
tons, in the evening he took his flute
and gszed at the stars. dissolved in mel
Ody and devotion. He could be as soft
as a tender maiden Sometimes he was
wild as the storm that CprOOts the oak.
and then again he was gentle as the
zephyr that dallies with the vioiets.
I When the mob was pulling down the
house OF John Wesley's lay preacher, John
/ Nelson IN the town Of Bristol. he and
/ his companions approached il singing
hymns, ard the mob fed before them.
Some OF the finest lyrics were composed
/ during the Uumults so frequently expe-
rienced- he often recited. and some
times sung them among the raging
crowds Four Of them were written u
be sung in q tumult.- and one was "a
prayer for the first martyr
/ OF Homer, history says that he was
probably a wandering minstrel. who
earned his subsistence by strolling from
ore city to another, and frequenting pub
I lie festivals and the tables Of the great.
where his verses and music procured nm
a welcome reception.
/ Rourierns says OF the impression the
sound Of church bells made on Napoleon
II. One day when the matter Of religion
was under earnest discussion IN the coun-
tcH OF state. Napoleon said Last even
/ ing I was walking alone in the woods.
amid the solitude OF nature. The tones
/ OF a distant church bell fell upon my ear
1 Involuntarily I felt deep enotions-so
powerful IS the influence OF early habits
and associations said 70 myself, If
feel thus, what must be the influence OF
such Impressions upon the popular naind?'
/ let your philosophers answer that If they
lean. It Is absolutely indispensable TO
have a religion for the people" Bour-
iienne adds, Il Lave been twenty times
witness to the singular effects which the
sound OF a bell had on Napoleon