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16 THE SUNDAY OBEGONXAN, PORTLAND, JBLlZt 8, 1900. nmmMMa . ' r-lr t- - - - ' ) i ' i ' " i Kansas City Convention. Eamo old elrcsa, Sams old band. Same old sawdust, Suae old stand; Same old beasts and 'Same parade; Same old peanuts, Same lemonade; ' ' Same old clown and Same old Jest; " ' ' Bama old crowd -with Brand-new zest. game old Bryan. "Mar Same old planks: Same old platform. - Same old cranks Same old howls and ,, Same laments; . Same old "Pops In -" Same old tents; Same old epeecbea. Same old tricks; Same free coinage As In. ninety-six. j Chicago .Record. OREGON IN OLDEN TIMES Mrs. Eva Emery Dye'a Narrative of Dr. John McLonRhlln and the Pioneer Late Pabllcatlons. The long struggle between the United States and Great Britain for the posses sion of Oregon, the part played by Dr. John MoLoughlln, of the Hudson's Bay Company, the trials of the early settlers, and the deeds of Whitman, Jason Lee and others are set forth in a most en joyable narrative by Mrs. Eva Emery Dye, of Oregon City, in "MeLoughlln and Old Oregon," -which has just been pub lished by A. C McClurg & Co., of Chi cago. Glimpses of the semi-feudal gov ernment of the Hudson's Bay Company at Vancouver, sketches of Indian life and character and pictures of pioneer times in the Willamette Valley form a fascinat ing portion ot the story. Mrs. Dye belongs to the well-known Emery family, pf New England, descend ants of Sir Gilbert de Amory, the Nor man, -who entered England -with William the Conqueror, and who for gallant serv ice was granted an estate at Romsey. In 1655 two sons" of the family emigrated nvUi the Puritans to Massachusetts, and laid out part of the town ot Newbury- port. The old original grant on the banks j ot tne Aierrimac 10 uu ownea ny tne family. In A663, John Emery was brought into the colonial court and fined for en tertaining Quakers. The evidence was "yt two men Quakers wr entertained -very kindly to bed and to table & John Em merle shok ym by ye hand and bid yin welcome." Eight sons of the family fought at Bunker Hill, and many more followed through all the fortunes of the Revolu tion. One was a member of Washing ton's army at Valley Forge. Mrs. Dje's paternal grandmother was Hannah Wil lard, of the famous Wlllard family, to which belonged Emma, and Frances Wll lard, and two presidents of Harvard Col lege. Born In PropbetstOTrn. In tho year -that the first railroad reach ed the Mississippi River, hjr father, Cy rus Emery, went to Illnols, where he still resides, an honored pioneer in White side County. Mrs. Dye was born In Prophetstown, the old seat of Black Hawk's prophet, on the banks of the Rock River. Her childhood fancy was .kindled wth family legends of the Revo lution, and of later doughty oea-f arlng rel atives who made journeys to the North west coast in quest of whales and furs. An adventurous greatunole was Captain John Salter, of Portsmouth, whose ship "The Boston," was captured by the In dians on Vancouver Island, and all on board were killed except one John Jew ett, a gunsmith, whocn the Indians kept alive to repair their guns. Jewett was rescued by the Boston brig Lydla, in 180G. With such traditions in the family. It is not strange that Mrs. Dye's attention was early called to Northwest Coast his tory. From early girlhood sine wrote poems, sketches and stories for the Illi nois papers, where she was widely known as "Jennie Juniper." To further prepare for literary work she -scent to Oberlln College, where she was called "The Poet "Laureate of the College." She wrote a popular Latin song, was one of the nom inees for the Greek oration, and took vari ous literary honors. After graduation in 1SS2 she was married to her classmate, Charles Henry Dye, of Fort Madison, la., who took his young wife with him to' the State University or Iowa, where he pur sued his legal studies. At the same time Mrs. Dye carried on her favorite histori cal researches In the capital city of Iowa, come of which were published with Il lustrations in the Magazine of American History. Immediately upon her arrival In Oregon, Mrs. Dye's attention was at tracted to the wealth of romance of early Oregon, and in a few years she became An acknowledged authority on that sub ject. Valuable Assistance. In the preparation of "MeLoughlln and Old Oregon," in addition to all published matter that could be found in books and newspapers, Mrs. Dye had the assistance of many participants in the stirring events of tho old Hudson's Bay days. The late Dr. W. C McKay, of Pendleton, who spent hla boyhood days at old -Fort Van couver, gave many of the domestic scenes, together with the account ot the build, tog of the first flour mill on the Columbia. Dr. McKay made two Journeys to Oregon City to assist Mrs. Dye in this, and went with her over to Vancouver, to locate, as far as possible, the sites of the old es tablishment. The last work Dr. McKay ever did was to assist in revising and correcting this work. The late Henry Buxton, of Forest Grove, and John Flett, of Pngot Sound, filled out the account of the Red "River emigration. The late X 6. Griffin, of Hlllsboro, once chaplain at Sort Vancouver, tg avo additional views ,of the old life there. David MeLoughlln, the son, and Dr. Henry M. de Chesne, the nephew, of Dr, McLoughlu., related in teresting anecdotes. The late Archibald McKlnley and his wife, the Sarah Julia of the story, gave details tha feU under their observation. Dr. Platon Vallejo, of California, furnished some Interesting features concerning the part played by nib distinguished father, the Prince of Spanish California. Silas B. Smith, of Astoria, presented valuable material, much of which will appear In a future volume. In her search for material, Mrs. Dye dis covered the Whitman letters in her old college town of Oberlln, and also -in Oberlln the Spalding letters, that were written to Dr. Dudley Allen more than SO years ago. Mr. Hlmes afterward secured and pub lished the Whitman letters In the pro ceedings of the Pioneer Association. Found In Canada. The boat-songs were found in Canada after correspondence with government of ficers 'at Ottawa. Rev. H. EL Hlnes. of Portland, gave the use of Jason Lee's journal. Alexander Burney. of CatbJomet, lent the use of Allen's momolrs. Pioneers innumerable "were interviewed. One of the old voyageurs, Nicholas Dupuls, ot Van oouver', coma to Oregon City to relate hla adventures; the late Ronald McDonald, whose wonderful life deserves, a. book to Itaeif, give picturesque glimpses. Fin ally the manuacrtpt was read to Hon. F. X. Mathlen, of Butteville, who made some additions and corrections. It would be Impossible to name ail who, to a greater or less extent, have .given tone and color to this volume of Old Oregon. Very much of it has been rescued from oblivion by the fortunate accident that Mrs. Dye un dertook to collect these xeeords before -tho last of the heroic age had passed away Tho book contains, as it were, the "last will and testament" of many on old hero. Washington, Oft Duty. Miss Delia Herbert has proved in her study of "Tho First American" that it is perfectly possible to make a fresh and delightful book out of material that has already been threshed by many hands. Hero is Washington the homekeeper and the generous host, the care-free hunts man, the careful country, gentleman, rather than the Washington of Valley Forge and Torktown. Miss Herbert notes that Washington had little private life from Ms lth year to his death hour. Even in his "retirement" -at Mount Ver non he was busily engaged In molding public opinion, writing much on the ques tions of the daj'. "There Is," she says, "nothing of importance concerning Wash ington's public life that is true that has not been told over and over again, till the words are half meaningless. Talcs of the household are less dwelt upon. Of his military headquarters many are reverently preserved, and many housei are standing in which he visited or lodged. Viewing his life, not In its military aspect, but in the distinctly civil, with a epe- EVA EMORY DYE, AtJTHOB, OF clal ev to the aftr-fflt of h hulld- ' illllllllllHSliilllllHBSBH4 Lx MMiM!flKKiraFK9H2zKV ?. 3 w ings that had the honor of his lares and 'East -India GoU'ege at Halleybury, by In h July M penates, we discover that of the eight1 Morse Stephens, of -Cornell University," Cleveland concludes houses Identified with his home life only , two are standing his favorite, that at . Mount Vernon, on the Potomac, where lies his body, and a temporary Presi- i demial dwelling, occupied for perhaps two j months, the Perot-Morris house, in Ger- j mantown, Pa." The author treats of these j eipnt nouses anu ineir rate, in turn, xn i Philadelphia, whero he occupied the, house of Robert Morris, now converted into a business establishment In the heart of that great city. Washington secured the pearl of cooks, "Uncle Harkness." Here It was that Washington administered his famous rebuke to Hyde, his faithful steward. Hyde brdught In a fine fish, ot which the President was very fond. -"What fish Is this?' -said the Presi dent. "A shad; a very fine shad, sir." "What was the price?" "Throe three dollars," stuttered the steward. The ,PresJdont.'s -eyes flashed .and he cpmmanded the servant to take it away. j "It shall never p9 tsoid, jr, that my table set such an example of luxury and extravaganca." "The First American" was Miss Her bert's first and only book. Before It had been placed in the publisher's hands. Miss Herbert was thrown from her horse and received. an injury which finally re sulted in her death. In a preface to the volume. Miss Molly Billot Sea-well, to gether wit& a partial account of the life of the young author, gives extracts from an unpublished diary, which, gives striking- glimpses of tho young woman's na ture. (Harper &. Bros., .New York.) ' Detection of "Forgery. "Ames on Forgery, Its Detection and Illustration," by Daniel T. Ames, ombodifca the author's experience of more than 80 years Jn the study .and investi gation of questioned handwriting, involv ing the examination 6f more .than a0 cases, 'fit over 3200 of which testimony has been given in tho various courts ot the United: States and Canada. Howards of 40 of the most noted cases, not only of this country, but of the worldj nra presented with engravings, illustrative of the methods of tho detection ot forgery, and its demonstration before the courts, to do which aver 79 pases of ynyravlngs aro required. Examples are presented of nearly every pbnalj in -tffcica handwriting -can come into question. So thoroughly does personality enter originality 'lato handwriting, says the author, as to render its exact imitation by another .practically impossible when, subjected to the scrujjny of enlarged photography,, and the author says he is not prepared to question the trufcS ot a statement made to hinv by a distinguished expert, that if a score of the men -with whom ho bad. worked -should. each draw a straight line an inch long under normal conditions he ould jplelc pat a& author of each particular line. (Dan iel Ames, San Francisco.) The Grip of Honor. Cyrus Townsend Brady's Tiew iBiory. "The Grip of Honorj" .deals with John Paul Jones, the Ranger and tho Bon Homme Richard. -Jones is only an in cidental hero. Barry O'Nell,. an Irish man, who has drifted to the Navy "of theUnlted States, splays the- leading part, and Elizabeth Jiowar,d the daughter of an English Admiral, supplies the other half ot the element ;All ends happily aft er the battle between the Serapls o&d Ihe Bon Homme Richard", of which a spir ited description is given. (Charles 'Bcrlb, ners Sons, -New York.) Colonial Civil Service. How shall we choose our colonial offi cials? is a question that must be upper most In the minds of many publlc-splrlteu men these days; and a little book pub lished, by the Macmlllan Company is designed to afford some aid to Its so lution. "Colonial Cvll Service; the Se lection and Training of. Colonial Officials In England, Holland and France," b Al "OREGOK IN THE OLDEN '.DAYS." Lawrence LowelL srlth an sppnnnf nt iy. is its somewhat lengrhytltle. The three above-mentioned nations fare ' the most progrsslve colonial powers and a care- ful exposition of their methods is appar- enuy jusi wnax people are iooung lor. i Debts of Honor. "Dobts of Honor," by Maurus Jokai, translated from the Hungarian by Arthur B. Yolland, is the grewsome story or a Hungarian family of the better closs, ev ery member of which dies by his 'own hand. Harrowing as are the opening cnopters, mey are mild compared with g faUlns of a marauder Into a Jlma pit. (Doubleday & McClure Co., New .York.) TT Slave. Robert Hlohens devotes page of ter page of "The Slavc' to analyzing-the fascina tion that an Orientalhas.fox at cold, 2e- testable woman whom he terms hls,slavc. ( ttp acribea her,; sho, wasorn, toUye c in a harem, petted as an animal is pet ted, adorned with Jewels as a Sultan's favoriSft ix 'adorned. Sach a llfe'wjbuld have satisfied her nature. Her BOtil shines like -a- jewel -and 4 as hard -Human sor row will never touch her for she cares for nobody:" (Herbert B, Stone & Co., Chicago.) The Traaaarrexaors. "The Transgreseore, a Story of a Great Sin," by Francis A. Adams, is a political aorl -of -the twentieth" 'centum The Transgressors are oriranlxers and heads of trusts .and the hero's party organize J a cauai or assassins to rid the world of them. A solemn compact Is .made that 40 members shall each kill trust mag nate, and to prove his devotion to tha cause, shall afterwards kill himself. The news ot the deaths 61 4Q trust magnates lead to outbreaks in various great man ufacturing .centers, where labor lock-outs are in progress, and there Is Imminent danger of violence until Harvey Truexnan, the hero, appears in Wllkes-Barre, and. by an eloquent appeal, induces the jnlners to rely on peaceful measures te "secure their rights. A month late"r, as the an dldate of the Independence Party,, he la triumphantly elected to the Presidency. The book is revolutionary and without any special claim to merit. Hndpen dence Publishing Company, Philadelphia.) A itent 5 autre. "A Kent .Squire," by Frederick W. Hayes, is -a notably interesting historical romance of E27 pages. A f anlt of thehook however, is an accumulation of characters and Incidents until the reader is actually bewildered. It almost amounts to a se ries of romances under one cover with one hero prominently in front. It is an nounced In a preface that the story Is based upon records in the British Muse um, and so far as its leading characters, are concerned ls- historically correct, alia scene is laid during the great Infiuonce of the first Duke of Marlborough. This "his torical figure plays a prominent part, though not always a flattering onc-pro-voking the conviction that the portrait ure Is 'a faithful one. The character of tho Abbe Js . maaterplece pf duplicity and machination. fF. M. Lupton 2S Co., New York.) Burden ef Christopher. When Florence Converse's "Diana Vic trix" appeared, some critics welcomed.lt as, not .only a good story in itself, but as pijjrnisuig yet better stories from tlje same hand. One of the better stories has been written and bids fair to .enlist ?u generous shore of popular interests 'TEho iJuraen ox vnnstopnex" lsa story of mod ern 'Business life, its sharp competitions, arid 'the many conditions of temptation and trial which confront amanlwho seeks to do business in a Just and honorable way." TJfesje conditions impose, the burden which Christopher bears, and the -story of his burden and the bearing of it, with the sweejt domestic story Tunnlngthrougfi5 It. make a book or interest. (HoOghton, Mifflin Co., Boston.)- - ' JULY 3aA'GAZINES. Features of the Leading Periodicals for the MontkJ .- Tho first iof 4he .papers on '-ZEhe Slavetrade in America," by- John R, Spars, appears in the uly nuirlber 'of Scrlbners. These Tv&lsujpply the complete narrative dealing -wlth the subject-ln-all Its aspects. Beginning -with the conditions of life among the Ignorant and superstitious blacks of the west coast of, Africa, fr. Spears tells of the In ception and .gradual .development of. tho business of dealing in tho lives of human beings, with its attendant brutality and general moral degradation. The entire narrative Is based nipon a careful study of actual contemporary records, both English and American. Illustrations by Walter Appleton Clark -accompany the text. Tbe general contents of the Juiymunber of Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly are as Varied as- ever. In addition to its pa triotic features, it has a notable leading article upon "Rapid Transit in Great Cities, by George H. Johnson, J5c. D., very profusely Illustrated, presenting a comprehensive study of this Important problem of modern civilization, not only in Greater New York, but in Chicago, Boston, London, Paris, and other centers of population. "Our Samoan Station," the .tropical island of Tutulla. with Its harbor of Pango-Pango, is described and pictured by Albert de Lautreppe, The .leading feature of Outing for July' is "Man Hunting in the Pound," an ex citing -pprsonal adventure of John Fox. Jr., in Kentucky border life The timeliness of the July Century is due in large measure to is ifterary and pictorial treatment of the present Mecca of holiday-makers. Eight full-page draw ings by Caataigne illustrate the expo sition; and four other full-page and sev eral smaller' drawings .from the same pencil form a pictorial commentary on Richard Whlteinga paper on "Artlstie Paris." Having begun life as an artist, Mr. Whlteing wiUs iwith keen apprecia tion of his -subject, in a style, moreover, that has many of the, qualities distinctive of thft Erencty man-of-letters. The July New Upplncott Is primarily a Summer aory number. The complete novcft called 'An ' Antl-GlImaxT' is a story of modern society hi a rwell suburb hy .Ellen Olnei Kirk. TneevejvglprJou8 Fourth -was not for gotten, when "he editor of St. Nicholas hiade up' the Jtily number of that mag azine' for the young. ThcBatUe tot San tiago," (JUly -f, 1S9S), is tho frontispiece. It Illustrates a paper by "Miss Jessie Pea. body Frothlngham, In which 'are chron icled "Some'Oreal Sea Fights,1 beginning with Manila and Santiago and going back thence to Ufe first -great event in naval warfare, the. battle ot Salanjls. .and cpn- ing downwchroriolosica!ly, "but by leaps and bounds, to Actlum. Lepanto, the Armada? tbe Anglo-Dutch -fight on the Downs In 16G3, Trafalgar, -and Mobile Bay. In the Jnly "McClure-'s appears -a sketch of Bryan 'by the well-known Kansas journalist, -William Allen White, -author of "Bbyville Stories." This Is the first of a series of pen pqrtrals of political celebrities by a. writer particularly Well quallfled'towrlte of both their public and private life. -The rtlole contains a shrewd estimate of Bryan's political ca reer and throws much .light on the causes of his popularity. Ernest Seton-Thompson'a "Wild Animal Play" gives special interest and sprichtll- ness to the J,uly Ladles Home JdurnaL ! mio lis Toiea cnitoren are jnemouiy fitted to impersonate the wild animals Mr. fJeton-Thompson has known and told, about with so ranch charm. The early days and notable incidents of "The Fash ionable Summer' Resorts of the Century" are particularly recalled, and the story of a real heroine ot the Continental Army is told in "The Girl -Who Fought in the Revolution. Atlantic ex-President his argument for The Independenco of the Executive? with a striking account of his own- long j bitter struggle with Congress, which arose from the famous tenure of office act. and resulted In a vindication of President Cleveland's position, and the repeal of the act itself Leading articles in the July Woman? Home companion are "Paris Memories of Franklin and Ia Fayette," "The-Home of Washingtcjv's Mother" ,and "Country Homes for City People." The July number, ot the Popular Science Monthly .contains a paper by Simon New comb, the astronomer, entitled "Chapters on the Stars"; a now paper by Dr. IlcXf klne, the discoverer of the preventive against the plague, on ''Preventive Inoc ulation" ; an article on the .recent .solar eclipse by Sears P. Langley, of the Smith sonian Institution, and articles 'on "New Sources of Roentgen Rays,' on the ssachusgtts Institute of Technol ogy," "Malaria anil "the Malarial Para- jue, oy unr. raincK axanson. ana on "Washington as Explorer and Survey or, gjMUSICtg Suppose the birds were mute. And nightingale and larks Were dumb as perch or trout? Mackay. DE WSIWS LOST YOICE Lofiae -to Loagr Vocal Idle neu Other 2f c-vrs Tiotca. Rumors are rife In London and New- York to the effect that Jean de Restke, I me great xenor, -nas lost his voice. It is not Improbable .that this loss may "be merely a temporary one,' and that in -time he may recover the full use of It, but there is no denying, that his present po sition before the musical public is an ex tremely delicate and critical one, and Ahat both he and his friends are much alarmed to know whetheror; not hls'brilllant-ope-ratlc career ashegreatestenor"iof his age. Is destined to be .culshort in this abrupt and untimely fashion. A1 ' The basis for all these rumors was" the PRO0F RoseiWood Ar you sure be la a-rjenl lord? li&y.Hocany--Of -course. I -heard him touch failure ,of .his voice an unprecedented oc currepce upon, his recent appearance at London, after a prolonged absence from tlje- operatic stage. The ovent. is de scribed .as follows by a disinterested ob server a well-known New York patron of qpera, who happened jto be present: "His late re-entry on the Covent Gar- Men stage, after if long absenee" 'f rom the constant work and continuous vocal dis cipline which kept him "keyed rp to con cert Jjltch, so to say, was- & most distressing- event to himself, to his manager, his felIow;artl8ts, who ore really very fond of 11100, and to the public of London, al ways kind and loyal to a favorite. 4T was in the audience -when he made his re-entry with Melba in 'Romeo and Juliet' on the evening of June 12. and his breakdown for It really amounted to that was pitiable. It was wholly unex pected by him, for he had told Mr. Grau that afternoon, I heard afterward in the foyer, that he was never more confident of renewing his old successes, never felt In better voice. He began finely, and well earned the hearty applause- he received. But within a few moments his voice be gan to diminish and fade. It I may so ex press it, which astonished the audience and seemed to frighten him. He roused himqelf, used eyery artifice that a skillful singer- could command, but he became vocally huskier and weak er, and went to his dressing-room during the entire act thoroughly alarmed. Melba was so affected by the scene that she cried like a child. He could do nothing to better his voice, and at last some one had to go before the curtain and ask the. in dulgence of the audience, 'owing to a cold from which M. de Reszke was suffering.' There was no cold; It was a giving out of his voice. ' A ''It has distressed 'Mr. Grau jrreatlv. "for he and' De Reszke are. .not only old conferes operatlcally as manager sxt& artist, hut warm friends. De. Reszke is very courageous, Insisting that his. fail ure was only temporary and the result of long vocal Idleness. He believes he will get back all his old powers jand his friends reassure him. but behind 3iis aback they say to one another .that they fear he will not have that happiness. "M. de Reszke's trouble may be .some thing similar to that which affected Mme. f Gerster after a prolonged absence "irom tho stage. When she returned and was" heard at the old Academy of Mulcfn' New York, her voiqe "was velledrand every one said her career was at an end. She Insisted, as does De Resxke, tKa.t work and plenty of It. would restore her cow ers, and It did, for her greatest -triumphs. occurred toward the end of that Ieason. -oaieza, Dy uie way. nasviuuy recov- ered from the prolonged rocal Illness that he suffered here, and is tafc3ng Jn grand style, and Van Dyck. too, 5s doing finely abroad. They will probably return. or let us say possibly return with Mr. Grau, ibut if Mr. Grau ever says' his prayers (and I suppose he does, as on imprcssarty needs heaven's help ofen) he goes on his knees nightly and prays that tJean" may recever and come over; with himolso It may be added that De Reszke was advertised to appear three times since his appearance in Romeo and Juliet at-Co- A.t SnwA. V Via noo HVi w mm drf. .D.4k wu..u:.., ...,. .-h .w..u.1 c.-..u time before the performance began, feel ing that he could noting". He Is taking every care of himself, 'while hosts of friends hope ho will soon be able to ap pear and demons&ate'' by a fresh trumph that he Is still t5greatest tenor of his age. Y v ' LOCAL MUSICAL HAPPEXIJTGS. j Glcnningaof .eVra, Gathered Fr,out theOIome Field Harry W. Hogue will sing tenor in the First Presbyterian Church quartet next season. During the yearust closed Mr. Hogue-was a member of the Cathed ral choir. Mrs. Ralcy has been engaged as con tralto for the First Congregational Church during the coming year. Mr. Lauren Pease will b the tenor. Tho Oregon Conservatory of Music gave Its annual class recital last Monday even ing at the A. O. U. W. Hall, the pupils of Anton Zllm assisting. Among those who took part were Misses Virginia Mult hauf. Katie, Evelyn and Myrtle Deltz. Olive Case, Agnes Xoughan. Ethel and Agnes McConnell, May Henderson. Marie Gingrich, Lola rCamerdn, Eva Downle, Mrs. Rice, and Mrs; "Toft, 'aad Messrs. uuiiora loic; Tea' jsmtnaut. Atirea'ana i Qjsorso Lflughau. Tha tecltaT was" well attended, the audience listening with close attention to the various programme numbers, among which were compositions by Moyerbeer, Mosskowski, Mozart, Grieg. Hoastnl. Ch6plnr von Weber" and BchtfihofC. The awarding of prizes was not complete, as the result of the ex atninatlon is not yet known in fulL. But the gold medal for theory and rudiments of music was awarded to Miss Lola Cameron, she having made 102 credits out'o a possible 103. The examinations Were .based upon those from a London,. England, conservatory of music Miss Hurlburt, who is in charge ot the work, has received her training under Schar wenka, in, tho Berlin Conservatory, and la. the Paris Conservatory. The first year of the school closes with between 40 and SO pupils. So many applicants for Sum mer work -have coma in that she ,will continue her classes' during the Summer mouths. TH03IAS afOORE'S HARP. He 'TJSed It Whea Coxoposins the "Iriah .Melodies." A writer In Werner's Magazine thus describes Thomas Moore's" harp, which is now owned In New York, being the property of Marie Glover-Nutter, to whose grandfather it was presented by the'tarnous Jri3poet:sn,Te"harpT:which i3 nqwtol(outi35.yeara pldj -rwas;used by Moore in thoicompositiou ofhis famous Irish 'Melodies.' "J,t is interestlnsr io note how these poems came to'bo "written. In 'POSITIVE papa, for fifty last night. 1726 the publishing house ot Power & Co., of Dublin, invited all the harpists and minstrels of Ireland to a great musi cal congress at the capital to play over the old melodies, the origin of many of which is Involved In obscurity, for the purpose of harmonizing and preserving this traditional national music. Aftei the melodies had been' transcribed Moore was engaged to write "words to thenu The airs were harmonized by Sir John Stev enson and Professor Glover, and then be gan the long history and wide popularity of the Irish Melodies.' It was on this harp that Moore composed The Harp That Once "Through Tara's Halls,' The Meeting of the Waters,' 'Go Where Glory Walts Thee,' and The Last Rose of Sum mer.' In 181o. when Moore left Dublin after the publication of his 'Melodies' by the Powers, he took the harp with him to Londop. There he found himself a social Hon. and in the- fashionable drawing rooms of the British capital he used this harp and bis fine voice to .strengthen his popularity. The harp Itself Is of the style known as the Irish Dalwoy. It is about three feet in height, and weighs perhaps 10 pounds. It must have 'been a beauti ful instrument when now, with its green front pillar md a graceful sweep of neck. Oddly enough it has no pedals. IJ8 com pass comprises 30 notes tuned diatonically in the key of G." MUSICAL TONES IX COLORS. Shovrn on a Screen by the Phono- chroueicope. rHusicar tones were made visible last evening at the Academy of Natural Sciences, and were shown in form and color , by "VnJantern tin a large screen. ProfessdrT)avld 8, Holman, a member of the academy, did this with his recently perfected instrument, the "phono-chromo-s cope." Each musical tone was produced on the screen ith its own geometrical shapes and colors. As Is wall known, a soap bubble in the sun has 'brilliant and constantly changing colors. The new instrument makes a fiat soap film about two Inches squajre. From its surface are reflected, through a lantern, the rays of a lime Ught. -Musical tones sung through a tube set vibrations on the films, and these vi brations arei shown In the varying forms and colors of' the screen. The effect Is startling, the forms are wonderfully va ried, and ihc colors are gorgeous beyond description. Several ladles and gentle men saner solos together aralnst the . .film, the combination of voices producing omo very complex tlgures. As tbe mm . becomes thinner the brllllanev of color I increased, untll-the filmvwoula break. The sustained notes of the "Doxology," which , was sung by all present, made a most instructive and beautiful pictures-Philadelphia Public Ledger. Maale in Paris. Some features, of unexpected musical in terest aro to, he found at the Paris exhibition, says the Athenaeum. Besides frAnnnf Trfni-TTnnr nf VirtrTi-r muoln I . . . .m . - . . 0y me weii-jcnowji woionne urenestra, a small model church, Sfc Julien des Mene- tners, has been erected In the-Vleux Paris, where shorJE performances are gfvep. at least twice a day of church music of all periods, by the Chantenrs St. Gervals, with special attention to the unaccompanied raus.lc of the Renaissance ag.e,t"for which they ore coleorated. - " Jloale n 3IcdIein-. Medical 'treatment by sound-vibrations is to be introduced within a few weeks in many of the hospitals of New York City as a regular method for the cure of patients. A staff of prominent physi cians will direct the movement and skilled musicians will be employed to execute the work. Godovralcy Isca-rea Chicago. Godowsky goes to Berlin in September to live. He will devote himself to concert work, teaching but little. A number of his pupils will also go to Berlin to con tinue their studies with him. A. Wlnnlair Card. "The pastor of the church has been try lng to boss the choir for six weeks, but they 'havcF'wo'ri." Wnxir 1M tVin-w Jtn ?" "Go MswIfetoJoln." Harper's Bazar. r . i . . WHAT WOMEN tAN'T DO THEY SHOULD JfEVER ATTEMPT TO PLAY" CHOPIX. American Women Are Too Baoyant and Healthy-Sonled for His Mor bid, Supersensitive Genica. Can women ploy Chopin? It is a well known fact that Chopin is the favorite composer of women. To girls of 18 and thereabouts Chopin is a rHgton, a senti mental religion. Sympathetic medical men diagnose the symptoms and call it Choplnitis. In my salad days of criticism, writes James Huneker in Harper's Ba zaar, w,hen every girl who played or sang was a deity. I wTote the following cruel lines: "I would sentence to a vat of bollng oil that Is. If I were the Sul tan of Life any woman who presumed to touch a note, of Chopin." The Incredible unklndness of this is only matched by my want of sensibility In giving such a vicious thought birth in type. I was re minded, at the time, of my mere sex hy bushels of letters coming from Ceylon and from Connecticut and .from much ot the adjacent territory lying between these two remote spots on the map. Only the other day a writer whose sex filtered through the chinks of her logic, became comically enraged because such speech should pass unreproved by pulpit1 and Legislature. But it did; its very extrav agance saved its maker from prison bolts and bars. Let us be scientific, let us be profound, and let us quote rows of horrid, forbid ding figures. Alexander Sutherland's re cont study of woman's brain, cautiously and waveringl- leans toward the ancient belief of her intellectual inferiority to man. Lombroso, the learned Italian who has measured the sigh of a sentimental girl and weighed her teori. boldly de clares that she is lacking in sensibility. Renan, writing In 1S53, asserts that la bringing- the world under her sway in the 19th century she has not on the whole exerted an ennobling spiritual influence upon It. And if ever a man should have exalted Ideals of womanhood, Renan was that one. His sister Henrietta vwos his life companion, a veritable staff to him In his erudite studies, and when she died he withered, or Tather, grew fat and spir itually flabby. The general tenor of these three mes sages on the brain, the sensibility and the moral nature of woman. Is not very encouraging to the now woman who es says to interpret the elusive genius of Chopin. The Real Chopin. The real Chopin as nearly as we dare describe a real man was an aristocrat; only to the favored few he revealed the richnesses of his Inner life. That he suf fered Intensely from petty annoyances at which the ordinary man would hunch his shoulders' was but the -result of a hyperaesthetlc delicacy of temperament. Perhaps the national element was the most fascinating of all the many fibers of his many-colored soul. He loved Po land madly; yet Chopin never laid down his music and took up arms for his na tive land, fought or died for it, as did his countrywoman, Draella Plater. Being Infinitely more feminine than any woman, Chopin sang his dreams, his disillusions Into his music, and put fiery patriotism Into his polonaises. His Is the most in timate music ever written for any instru ment. He is dead, yet he is the most vital musical force of today. To play Chopin one must have acute sensibilities, a versatility of mood, a per fect keyboard mechanism, .c heart of a woman, -and the brain of a man. He is not all elegant languors and melancholy slmperings. A capricious, even morbid temperament Is demanded,, and there must be the fire that kindles, and the "power that menaces; a fluctuating, wavering rhythm, yet a rhythmic sense of excessive rectitude; a sensuous touch, yet a touch that contains an infinity of colorings; supreme , musicianship, and, last at all, you must have suffered the tribulations of life and love, until the nerves are whit tled away to a thin, sensitive edge, and the soul is aflame with the joy of death. Does this sound like mocking at the im possible? All this and much more that Is subtle and Indescribable ore needed to in terpret Chopin. Who has played Chopin In a remark ablo manner? The list Is not large. Chopin himself must have been the great est of all. though Liszt thought his phys ical strength was not able to cope -with the more heroic ot his works. Liszt. Tau slg, Rubinstein. Esslpoff. Joseffy, Rosen thal, De Pachmann and Paderewski are a somewhat attenuated number of names, considering that he is expounded by aesthetlclans and taught over the civ ilized world. He is mauled, maimed, thumped and otherwise maltreated at conservatories, and the soul of him is seldom invoked, but floats, a wraith with melancholy eyes, over almost every piano In Christendom. Women Interpreters. There have been and "are charming In terpreters of his music among women pianists. Fannie Bloomfleld Zelslor reads him with sympathy and great brilliancy. Essipoff, Menter and Carreno are Chopin players of varying degrees or perfection, the first-named leading all women. Pad erewski says that he never heard some of the mazurkas better played than by Marcelllne, Princess Czartoryska, a be loved pupil of Chopin's. We have never had the mazurkas so charmingly played here as by the willful Vladimir de Pach mann. yet not even bis dearest foe would dower that artist with great mental abil ity. But ho is more feminine than any woman In bis tactile sensibilities. Josef fy has far more Intellectuality; Pader ewski Is more poetic. All three ore. as all musical artists should be, feminine in their delicacy of temperament. Where, then, does woman enter this race, a race In which sex traditions are topsy-turvledt If women are deficient in brain weight, in nervous and spiritual powers, how is it that they dare .attempt Chopin at all? Because, patient reader, men of science deal with the palpable, and the time for measuring the Impalpable has not yet ar rived. Because there Is no .sex In muslo, and also because you may not be yery moral or very intellectual, and yet play Chopin like "a little god" as that "Choplnzee," De Pachmann. would say. And now for the most triumphant conten tion of all: If the majority of women play Chopin abominably so do the ma jority of men. American girls are naturally buoyant, self-reliant, and full of healthy senti ment. Why, then, should these daugh ters of a young triumphant nation seek to interpret the subjective utterance of a wounded, moody soul, the soul of a sorrowful, subdued race? Far better for our daughters is the music of the healthy, sweet-souled Mozart, the music of tho quaint and periwigged Haydn, of tne strong, manly Beethoven, or Schumann, Grcig, MacDowell, or, best of all. Bach and his endless melody. If you are not of Chopin's psychical order. let his mu sic rest, and should you be, to arouse tho J slumbering dreams of this unhappy mu sic may prove dangerous. American girls require fresh air and sunlight In their art: so If finical critics write that women cannot play Chopin, let them console themselves have they not the bicycle? Moxt Innocent Tlilnff in the World. "What's the matter, D'Auber? You loolc as disconsolate as a bunco man who's toyed with a Yankee." "I can't find the type of absolute Inno cence I must have to finish my great picture." "Did you ever see a choir-boy. prepar ing a pin for the choir-master's benefit?" I Harper's Bazar,