The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-28
Wide Movement to Secure
 Military AerOplanes
A GARIBALDI FABLE
Famous Musical Conductor Finds and Makes Famous Poor Musician Who Wanted Employment
 As Copyist

funds for military aefOplaneS, army Ol- ficers are featuring in the provines. Sub
 scriptions are opened after the lectures. All classes of people are joining in the movement. The federation of hairdress-
 CTS have decided to present the army with
 an aeroplane. and 10 this end are organ
 izing a fete for March 3l.
 A movement has been started to organ
 ize a monster ball at which directoire
 costumes will be worn, the proceeds to
 be handed to the press syndicate Ger the
 purchase of aeroplanes. In this affair the
 press, the managers of theatres, the lead
 ing dressmakers, and the most famous
 artistes will be invited to collaborate.
 This will be socety's contribution to the
 aeroplane fund. The ball will take place
 in June
 The professional musicians do not in-
 tend 10 be behind other people They have
 decided to organize a matinee perfor-
 nance on the 9th of next month at the
 Cigale. with the assistance of the actors,
 actresses. and concert singers in Paris
 It is intended to call the aeroplane to
 be bought with the proceeds of this mat inee the Spectacle"
 Even the coachmen and chauffeurs em- , ployes& by riyate families intend to take part in the national movement They
 have their society these servants. and at
 their headquarters they have opened a
 subscription, to which coachmen and
 chauffeurs, whether union men or not,
 will be invited to contribute. They will
 set the ball rolling by a banquet and
 dance, which not only coachmen and chauffeurs and their families will be ask
 ed to support, but 'all friends of the horse and automobile. these elder broth CTS of the aeroplane
 Count Le Gondioc de Traissan, the fam ous Royalist and old fashioned nobleman who died at Saint Jean de Dleu only re- gently, and was inferred with military
 honofs, was best known among his
 friends as the one man who was staunch-
 y convinced that the Garibaldl who de-
 livered Rome and Naples was not the
 true Garibaldi The real Garibaldi. ac-
 cording to him. died at Aspromonte in
 1862 The French Count based his opin-
 ion his own historic "reminiscences
 Long before 1879 he saw pictures of
 Garibald made by photographs of q stevedore of Genoa, who resembled the Italian leader. Count Le Gonidec claim ed to have had private knowledge that tut ltdl 1dlibditl was hliitd III t0e bdttle of Aspromonte, on August End, 1862 Nothing would ever convince the Count to the contrary.
 All his life he disputed with his friends on the subject, and held obstnatey to his opinion. There was, he declared. a follower of Garibaidi. a certain Sganar- elli, who took part with him in the battle of Aspromon.e. When the real Garlbaldi was killed, his principal followers dis l .l.,s i.
 one proposed that Sganareli. who was
 the very picture of Garibald should as- sume his name. and that the death of the leader should be concealed from the rest of the followers. They did so, and ever afterwards the real leader of the Garibaidians was not Garibald but Sganarelll
 Count Le Gonidec also held that Gari- baldi's sons knew of this, and that was why they were sometimes so indifferent to their putative father According to him, therefore, the real Garbald never came to France, and the men who led the Garfbaldians at Dijon was also Sgnar- eli. So convinced was Count Le Gonidec of the truth of this fable that, when the question was raised for erecting a monu- ment to Garribaldi at Nice in the French Chamber of deputies, the count inter- rupted the proposer and shouted: You knew quite well that Garlbaldi was nev- CT born at Nice but at Legliorns' The count even proposed that the Boulevard Garibaldi at Nice should be called Boule- yard Sganarelli Count le Gonidec de Trassa died with this conviction firmly rooted fin his mind.
 About IS months ago a poor musician named Fanelli called upon NJ Gabriel Piedne, the famous conductor and asked | him If he would employ him as copyst | tor orchestral music. 'T am a married man. the father of two children. and you | would be doing me great service" M Fanelli showed the conductor a specimen of his power as copyist. The caligra phy was perfect. The master was so struck that he took the sheets and l read them. The title was "Tableaux symphonioues. M Pierne had no soon- | CT glanced at the music than he saw he had come across something remark able He looked at the end; 1t was sign ed F'aneli "who Is this. Fanelli?'
 "It Is myself. maitre. You are looking
 at very old work of mine; I wrote it
 as far back as 1883"
 M. Pierne asked the composer to leave the score with him. and that same even ing after dinner he sat down to study it. 'I found the work contained all the principles and methods of modern music Dor rather all the principles and methods
 at present in use,' he commented later.
 M. Fanelli has now turned 50. and for
 several years he had led most wretct-
 ed existence. playing the piano of an
 evening In cafes and copying music by the day In spite of his efforts. it often happened that he and his family had to % without a meal