Year: 1869




getting them down again is pretty serious matter
do believe any finale would have been grand enough
to wind up lie Jubilee week. except that suggesteu Ny
the sensational correspondent Of The Daily Stne VINO
wanted to put dozen tuns Of gunpowder under tue
Coliseum and blow up building, chorus, orenestra anu
audience at the close OF the Haeah on Friday AFTER
noon But this not practicable, the Festival has
been suffered to dwindle away in commonplace
concert, With bands OF children ana Io
duced hdiles, and tomorrow 1t VIII uter


its last gaspin cheap Sunday evening song What muS'
become Of tic frenzied population dare not imagine
How the frehaced country girls who danced at tne Ju
biee bah in calico gowns with satin boots, VIII ever SUD
side to tho dreary realities Of Yankee fei how the
squan Beach Harmonic Society and the Podunk Orphe
onsts will learn to tolerate again their scraWny neetng
house choir; or the handful OF permanent d"enelS
around the ST. Park relapse coutentedy into the


normal solitude, do not like to conjecture. And thinR
of the peope who bought the Jubilee dress-goods
at the Bostsn shops / secured some OF the fabric
as memtnto. It is striped red and white; on
the red is printed the national shield, legioy
inscribed "Peace" the white is q musical
staff with the notes Of Hail Columbia" Well, sup
pose Of these dresses will ever be worn out; pu


their existence argues degre6 Of spiritual exaltaon
which is full f danger. Then there is the young auy
whom met IN Tremont-st. on Thursday Afternoons
pretty, clean boxing damsel the product, sh9uu say


OF one OF thos pretty towns Boston; she was run


ming yaInly after crowded horsecar, which would not


STOP and heard her excaim with bated breath, Damn
that conduct0w What is to become OF her. l shou'u


like to know when the high pressure restraints Oh No"


England decorum bind up again, and the safeyVaVe


is tied down About Mr., Gilmore need not feel con-
| cerned They have struck thousands Of blackwalnut
medals in his honor the members OF the orchestra nave
! given him handsome waeh and, besides, he has al


ways the resource Of getting up new Jubilee somewhere
| else.


Ineed not criticise the performance Of to-day When


of tbap mil


5000 voices pour forth hymns and simple


songs the has only to sit at his case and ENJOY the


charming scene will say however, that the girls with


their white dresses and pink and blue ribbons looked as


pretty flower garden. 1t is not the part OF boys TO


be pretty but they neat and wellbehaved ana all


sang like little Boston angels Mr.. Julius Eiehberg con-
| Quoted the performance with somewhat diminished


orchestra, and Mr. j. b. sharland teacher OF music in


the public schools sat at the organ This Is said to have


been the largest OF children ever brought together


They selected from the public schools In which,


probably you know musical instruction is thorough and
! systematic, and that Is why Boston has such good
choruses Of adults Nobody is allowed TO go away
from here without seeing the physical exercises" by
which the children taught 10 develop their chests ana


improve both their health and their voices Mr. Monroe,
who has charge Of this business accordingly took his
place at the leaders stand and for


there was such graceful raising OF arms expanding Of
unge, and sounding OF the Gamut you never saw,
believe, In your life To some people, this seemed 20 be
the most interesting part Of the entertainment. There
music, ALSO Of moro important char
aoter than Tho chidrens songs. Tho orches-
ira played the overture 10 william Tell" and
the coronation march from The Prophet :" Madame
Rosa repeated Let the bright seraphim" with Mr. AT
buckles accompaniment, and Joined with Miss Adelaide
Phillips In Rossnis Qids est homo, and Miss Philpps


tempted the little ones 10 orgies OF wine and whisky by
singing tho drinking-song from Luorea Borga-" She
did Il admirably, and the Qds homo duet sue
cess 20 be long remembered. ole Bull played his
Mothers Prayer" but did not make himself heard


When think upon what have gone through this week.
hardly know whether am pleased or not lt has been
almost impossible treat the Jubilee with entire serious
ness because Boston gets very mad whenever It is
spoken OF with eyty. Her Indignation at the hulkng
NewYorkers who won't DO enthusiastic, and, another
correspondent remarks absolutely spit in the frog pond
has such comlcal aspect that l don't see how
an ordinary man can help laughing Then the wild re-
porters Of the local newspapers have stopped
fearfuy that take warning by their example and try TO
curb my pen whenever find II running into compliment.
But in sober TRUTH there Is grandeur in this celebration


music apart 20 which justice has hardly yet been done
The aggregation Of such mighty numbers Ii always im
posing and the appearance Of the Coliseum when the
organ used 20 sound the signal and that tremendous
chorus rose 20 s work with sort Of majestic undulaOD
ike field OF wheat swept by the wind superb be-
yond description. Think that 1900 or $1,000 people, in
cudng those who listened outside were brought together
every day week 20 enjoy themselves; think that
they did tins with good humor and good ORDER and
member how unfortunately a popular festival Is |
in the United States, aud you will agree with me in |
rating Patrick Gilmore public benefactOr. There
was something grand In the daring which conceived the
plan Of bringing people from the remoest parts OF
America e take part in festival Of such very abstract
character this celebration OF peace which is four
years old and something grand in the energy and busi
ness talent which carried 10 TO such successful concu
sion We cannot help respecting the musical enthusiasm
which inspired the great chorus, who at their own
cost long days journeys from the East and the far
West sang ratultousy, and submitted to the
most stringent discipline. CThe instrumental
performers wero paid $50 apiece. and all
their travelling lodging and boarding eIpensesD
And finally there something nsplrtng in the excellent
order Which was preserved In the midst of this exciting
SCENE, ald the thoughtful hospitality with which tho city
tool, ca,e OF is myriad guests. But before we dc.
eide wAether the jubilee was triumphant we
ought TO know what its object was. Peace" l
am AFRAID was an afterthOught. u Art was tho chief
matter Involved, then the festival was certainly afaure
Very hHle Of the music really good, and TIE things
which yere best performed were those not worth per
forming thought The Boston Transcript little
bit Of the truth this afternoon when said with chuckle
that tho Jubilee had been splendid advertisement
for Boston; but this way OF looking ut tho mat
ter Vas probably only the result OF professional
instinct we had heard Of Boston before. The whole
thing was indeed supendous advertisement ana the
nnx ETY. OF Of the Boston houses to improve the
occasion by little dickering, was abominable; but
there was better feeling than this at the bottom Of the
entrprse l suppose IL was mainly American spread
eadesm We have the biggest rivers the biggest rail-
rod the biggest chains OF lakes and mountains In all
CREATION Let us have the biggest chorus that ever
got together Let put up the bggesconcerroom the
world saw play the biggest national air with the
biggest brass band and make bigger noise than was
ever before produced five Of the earths surface
and then let brag about IT until we have something
bigger. That believe Is the sentiment OF the Peace