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Nov. 4.. THE SPOIiTINQ LIFE. MUSICAL^ FADEREWSKI VIEWS. THE GKEAT PIANIST TALKS OF . HIS METHODS. His Practice Ways Billiards as a Relief to the Strain How His Crashing Cliords Are Produced His Public Performances to be Limited, Etc. Paderewski was interviewed a few days ago by an Knglish newspaper man. "You must forgive me if I am dull,' said the pianist; "I have a horrible headache. 1 spent most of yesterday U ok- ing over the manuscript of the new book of songs M. Willcox is just going to pub- lish. Besides that, I have a great deal to do with practicing and finishing my new fantasia for Norwich. You see, I really haven't touched a piano the whole summer not since 1 came back from America and now I must make up for lost time. How much do 1 practice'? Why, always. I sometimes play 15 or 10 hours a day. Once, in New York, I had to work up eight entirely dis- tinct programmes iu little over as many days, and then it was a case of 17 hours daily. One must always be at it to keep the fingers right and the memory active." HE ELAYS BILLIARDS. "But," the interviewer objected, "how can you live like that? 1 should think that such a terrible amount of practice would defeat its own end by exhaust- ing you completely, and taking all the heart out of you." "Well, it is tiring, but I'll tell you my own harmless secret. It is piny- ing billiards that has literally saved my life. If I walk, or ride, or merely rest, I go on thinking all the time, and my nerves got no real rest. But whenl play billiards I can forget everything, and the result is mental rest and physical rest combmed." They fell to talking of his marvelous technique, of which Leschetizky cer- tainly laid the foundation, but that foundation has been so much built over by Paderewski himself that the struct- ure is practically his own. ITS VERY SIMPLE. One thing had always puzzled the in- terviewer -those crashing chords with the right hand seemed to be delivered with the closed fist, but the force was apparently so great that it was strange that any human hand could deal them without dislocation, or worse. "Of course, I don't do them with my Gst," said Paderewski, "and there's nothing wonderful about them. Some- times I merely use the third finger like this," and he showed me the closed hand, with the middle finger stiffened out, "and sometimes with the thumb sideways." He seemed to see nothing wonderful iii it, though his hands are so delicate that an ordinary firm shake makes him wince; but he has a fore- arm of which S.'indow might be proud, jo perfect is its muscular development. His power, he declared, is entirely nor- rous. talS FUTCRB PLANS. Iii the course of further conversation the interviewer asked the great pianist if the rumors as to his retirement as a public performer were true. "Certainly not," he said. "It is quite true that I do not propose to play very much iu public, but I have not the least intention of giving it up altogether. For one thing, it is terribly exhausting, and for another, I want to be able to write more." Mr. Paderewski theu went on to say that until he studied with Leschetizky, in 1880. he had no idea of really going in for the piano as a soloist, nnd that since his career as a pianist he has found very little time for composition. WRITING AN' OPEUA. As is already known, he is engaged on nn opera, the subject of which is partly Polish. While on the topic of Polish' art in general, Paderewski, apropos of Polish music, said: "It's almost impossible to write any nowa- days. 'Hie moment you try to be national everyone' cries out that you are imitating Chopin, whereas the truth Is, that Chopin adopted all the most marked characteristics of our national music so completely that it is impossible not tt» resemble him in externals, though your methods and ideas uiay be abso- lutely your own." GOUNOD'S STATE FUXEKAU A Beauliful and Solemn Ceremony at (be Church of the Madeleine. The state funeral of M. Gounod was held in Paris October 27. The body was removed tluit morning from the Guonod residence in the Place Malesherbes, where it hail been lying in state, to the Church of the Madeleine. An immense crowd filled the Place de la Madeleine and the streets and boulevards in the vicinity. The interior of- the church was hung with black drapery, dotted with silver and stars and trimmed with a heavy fringe. Similar emblems of irouruing draped the portico. Over the portico was a shield of silver bearing the initials "C. G." The exterior of th" Madeleine was also covered with mourning drapery. The catafalque upon which the casket rested was in the centre of the church, under suspended sirver-spangled curtains, the ends of w'dch were looped on pillars 25 feet high. Six silver angels were posed above the 'anopy over the catafalque to sym- boli'/.e the bearing of a soul heavenward. Light was thrown upon these figures by tapers that gave out flickering green fl.unes, to typify the purification of the sou). THE PROCESSION. Before the body was removed from the Place Malesherbes prayers were slid by the rector of the parish church at St. Cloird that Gounod sometimes attended. The procession accompanying the remains arrived at the Church of the. Madeleine at 12.15 o'clock. Most of the wreaths and other tloral offerings were left outside the church. These fill'fl two carriages and six stretchers. The grandchildren of Gounod sent a vreath of wh'te lilac and white roses. T f. theatres of every European city sent crosses and wreaths. Six horses, plumed and, caparisoned in black, diew the hearse, which was sur- mounted by plumes. Masses of crape anc! pa I in l <ranche» were in the corners. The [K ee cords were borne poiucnrre by /ictorien Sardou, the dramatist; Charles Ambroise Thomas, the composer; Lruis Er' est *U"'er, ccmpoaor; Jcjin Leon Gerome, the painter; Paul Jirres 'Be t Her, the dramatic author; Leon Ca.vyllo, and Gounod's old friend, M. Bertrtind, director of the opera. Among the great crowd of distinguished men who attended the services were Mgr. Ferniti, the Papal Nuncio; M. Du- masrM. Claretie, M. Munkacsy, and M. Van Beers. THE CEREMONY. W en the coffin was placed upon the catafalque twelve priests descended the attnr steps, bearing in their hunds lighted tapers. They tciok positions ui-( ur.d the catafalque. Abbe Lens, c-Ritc- of the- parish church at St. Cloud, recited low mans. The choir pang the "l>c Profundis" and the "Dies Irie," the lines being sung alternately by the trebles nnd the basses. M. Samt-Sfcn.s presided at the organ. This S'niple (cclesiastica! music was far more ii)i"T'"-^i,v thiui modern compositions would have been. The religious ceremony ended, the mourners came out on the .steps, where short speeches were made by MM. Jules Simon and Gerome. TO THE GRAVE. The march for Auteuil began" as soon as the speeches were ended. The cor- tege was led by the band of the Twen- ty-fourth Infantry Kegiineut, playing Chopin's "Dead March. Manyxgersons stood along the .streets through which the cortege passed, and as the hearse went by them every man bared his head and every woman bowed, all making the sign of the cross. Auteuil was reached at half-past 3 o'clock. Few persons except the mourn- ers trudged the six miles from the Church of the Madeleine to the ceme- tery. After the body had been lowered into the vault the rector ,of the parish church offered prayers for the repose of Gounod's soul, after which an aco- lyte tendered holy water to all pres- ent. inrnuTEs TO THE DEAD. In his oration delivered over the body of Gounod, Haymond Poincard Minister of Public Instruction, said: "Gounod was one of the noblest and purest of a long, line of French artists. He had all the good qualities of his people taste, affability and simplicity. The man was the equal of the artist. He was a man of sovereign intelligence. He was generous and good, and he bore with touching resignation the afflictions of old age. Not only as an artist, but also as a patriot, he had long been a grand example to the French nation." M. Gerome said: "He was an artist as the word is understood in its high- est sense a French musician par ex- cellence." Turning to the coffin, M. Gerome continued: "Thy works will endure. Thy memory will leave in the hearts of those who have known and loved thee an eternal regret." Saint-Saens said: "Gounod's operas won for him his present popularity. Hia I purely dramatic works will prove to be more or less ephemeral. His best genius wns shown in his religious com- positions, which assure to him the ad- miration of future ages. His fame will increase with time. He loved art above everything, and art in return will give him immortality." After the interment .lean Gounod, as the representative of the family, shook hands with everyone. At 4.15 all the mourners and others who hnd attended the funeral went back to the city. A committee has been formed, of which Charles Ambroise Thomas, the com- poser, is the head, for the purpose of erecting a monument to Gounod. Musical Notes. Sir Arthur Sullivan Is a bicyclist. Digby Bell has joined Lillian llusselPs company. Sealehl Is to sing Mrs. Quickly In Verdi'a "Falstaff." Mine. Tavnry says too much starring has injured grand opera. Audran's "Blonde Princess" will shortly be produced in Paris. Montogriffo's grand opera company col- lapsed at Lockport, N. Y. Mascagnl, it is said, lias been offered $HiO,OOO for his next opera. After her concert engagements in the West, Minnie Hauk is to make a profes- sional tour of Japan. Patti Is to receive $3000 a concert during her to.iir in this country. You cau't have 1'atti for a more song. The authorities at Vienna prohibited the singing of an opera, iu Bohemian, tearing the resentment of the populace. Patti will appear in a new one act operetta by Pizzi during her coming tour. Her company embraces Dnr\vard-Lely, Sig- nor Novara, Mme. Fabri and Louis Kngel. Fiinil Pauer, the new leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, cannot speak English; ami Mrs. I'auer, who can, per- mits herself to be interviewed by the re- porters 11 sort of proxy, as it were, for her husband. In February or March next Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" will be performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, nuiler the conductorship of Mr. Paul Tafl'anel, who has recently been following the per- formances of the work at Munich. The once famous Adelphi play, "The Green Hushes," written by the late Johu Baldwin Buckstone, has been remade into a comic operetta, under the name of "Miami," by John Holliugshead, and has been brought forward with success at the Princess Theatre, London. A new two-act opera, "Deldamle," by Hcurl Marechal, the libretto by Edouard Noel, was produced recently at" the Paris Opera. It is said that the composer has in this work remained faithful to the old school mid bus not wished to follow the modern German manner. The music gener- ally is well spoken of aud especially the manner of orchestration. The next attraction at the Grand Opera House, Philadelphia, will be the Imperial Austrian Infantry Band, under the leader- ship of Court Director 0. M. Ziehrer. The members are all hau'lsome young men and come direct from an engagement In "Old Vienna'" at the World's Fair. Be- ginning next Monday the band will ap- pear for six evenings and two matinees. Eugene Oudln has been engaged to sing at two concerts which are to take place at St. Petersburg on Nov. 4 and at Moscow on Nov. 11, both under the auspices of the Imperial Symphonic Society. II Is also ar- ranged that Mr. and Mrs. Oudin shall give a song recital at St. Petersburg on Nov. 14. A few days later they will return to London, Mr. Oudin being engaged to sing at the Crystal Palace on Nov. 25. Asger Hamerlk, the director of the Pea- body Conservatory of Music, in Baltimore, is quoted as saying that some years ago, while passing an evering with Gounod at his country place at St. Cloud, the great composer said he did not believe the Parisians would have received "Faust" at all with its German legend, had It not been for the familiar soldiers' chorus. This number, It Is added, Gounod charac- terized as trash. Anton Rubinstein has left Peterhoff ami gone to Dresden, where he will pass the winter. On his way through Leipsic he had a brief interview with his publisher, Herr Scuff, to whom he handed the com- pleted score of Ills new Biblicnl opera, ''Chrlstus." On this work lie has been oc- cupied for several years. According to pres- ent arrangements, it will be published about the close of the current year, but no plan has yet been arranged for Us per- formance on the stage. Hlta Elandi, a premising young artiste, who Is now pinging with the Hlm'Ious Opera Company, at the Gran d Opera House, studied music in Cincinnati, after which, through the instrumentality of Mr. and Mrs. A. Howard Ilinkle, of that city, who" became much interested In her artis- tic career, she was able to complete her education abroad. After seven years of patient study nnd tilling flattering eugagu- mentg in Italy and London, she has re- turned to tills country, and bids fair to achieve marked success in her profession. A letter to a London paper from St. Petersburg says that a proposal hits been made for the performance of a series of Hussian operas in Paris. In the early part of next year, and negotiations to this end are now in progress. According to present arrangements, 10 representations of the best works by Russian composers will be given, and will be interpreted by the art- ists of the Imperial Opera In St. Peters- burg. M. Rubinstein will conduct his own opera. "The Demon," and M. Tchaikowsky will also direct one of the performances. Mr. Francis Korbay, the Hungarian mu- sician and composer, who> has been living in New York for the last 20 years, has becomoj exceedingly popular In England. His Hungarian songs, which have just been published, are sung everywhere, and in the summer he was Invited by the Duke of Westminster to give a concert at Gros- venor House of his own compositions ex- clusively. This was attended by about 500 people, all of them notable In tlie most exclusive social, musical and artistic cir- cles of London, and was a success In every way. Piulerewnki hns accepted n Hungarian fantaste for piano and orches- tra, composed blr Mr. Korbay, and will give it Its first public performance this winter. Mr. Korbay is at present engaged In completing a set of 20 piano pieces ordered by a London publishing flrm v and is also instrumenting a. march for Walter Damrosch, who will play it at one of the Sunday concerts during the cowing sea- ion. DRAMATIC TALK OF NEW YORK. THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN THE DHAMATIC WOULD. The Kemlals Produce "The Silver Shell," a Nihilistic Drama Story of the Piece Mansfield's "Shylock" Meeting With Deserved Favor and Patronage. New York, Nov. 1. On Monday night the Kemlals produced at the Star Theatre a four-act Nihilistic play entitled "The Silver Shell," by H. J. W. Uam, which was first presented by them in London last April. PLOT OP THE PLAY. This play gets its name from a silver bomb, specially constructed to kill the Russian Czar. In this piece Mrs. Ken- ilal again takes the part of a "woman with a past," Katharine Vail, but an entirely different character from Paula iu "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Kath- arine Vail has allied herself to the Ni- hilistic cause to avenge the wrongs done her father by the Russian police. Her drawing room in Paris is the favorite rendezvous of the conspirators against the Czar. The Russian officials have got wind of this new "plot, and Prince Karatoff the part taken by Mr. Keudal has been sent to ferret out the mys- tery. Katharine Vail is popularly sup- posed to have been the mistress of a scapegrace son of the Prince,-and as the young man has been murdered under circumstances which point to the guilt of the woman, in pursuing her the Rus- sian official is seeking private as well as public revenge. Just as Prince Karatoff reaches Paris he learns that the conspirators are ex- pecting a man from New York to join heir councils. He does not arrive on time and the Prince adopts the desperate ruse of taking his place among the con- spirators. In the third act the conspir- ators draw lots to see which shall assas- sinate the C/.ar. In the midst of this ceremony the man from New York ar- rives and the Nihilists are about to kill the Russian spy. He seizes the shell, however, and keeps them at bay until the arrival of the police. In the fourth and last act it is proved that Katharine Vail was not the mis- tress, but the wife of Prince KaratofTs son, and that consequently her child is the rightful heir to an illustrious name. The Prince, when he discovers this, agrees to free the woman, provided she gives her child up to him and marries an English baronet who has been mak- ing love to her. The role of the heroine affords Mrs. Kendal ample oportanity for emotional acting of the kind so highly relished by her admirers, and, except for a ten- dency to rant aud overdo the strong scenes, her performance was, on* the whole, a satisfactory one. But she was overshad'owed by her husband, whose im- personation of "Prince Karatoff" was a strong and thoroughly interesting por- trayal of a crafty old man, skilled in the art"of deception and fearless in the dis- charge of his duty. Mr. Kendal's make-up was a work of art. A strong portrayal of the conspirator, "Va Dor," was given by Cecil M. York, and a cap- ital character bit by C. P. Huntley, as "Herr Schmidt," the maker of the ex- plosive bomb. The New York critics did not devote much space to criticisms of the new piny, thus getting even with Mrs. Kcn- dal for her hasty, ill-timed and' vixenish attacks upon the critics and public of New York. The fact is, very plainly stated, that Mrs. Kendal has ruined her American season, and that the pres- ent might as well be called "the fare- well tour of the Kendals." So much for a woman's tongue. MANSFIELD'S "SHYLOCK." Mr. Mansfield's revival of "The Mf"-- chant of Venice" shows what an artist among managers can do \viili ^iiui.es- peure on a small stage, without an ex- travagant expenditure or any preten- tious fuss. The comedy is beautifully mounted and richly costumed; all the stage business is new, and most of it is in tlie best possible taste. It is needless to say that none of it is in bad taste, but neither the pursuit of "Shyloek" bx a playful mob in the public square ii Meiningeii invention nor the doings of the four speechless Hebrews in court impressed me as valuable illustrations of the meaning of the play. They are not positively objectionable. Perhaps, in a second view of the performance, they might seem to be desirable modern improvements. Mansfield's impersonation of "Shy- lock" an impersonation in the best sense of the word is one of his most artistic efforts, and is also assuredly popular. He will be enabled to ratain "The Merchant" in his repertory with profit. His conception of the character is simple, almost devoid of little subtle- ties, and it is lucidly and powerfully ex- pressed. Pictorially, he has done noth- ing better; dramatically, I think some of his least-appreciated portrayals ills splendid "Richard" for instance, aiid his sjighted "Nero" superior. Think V I know they are. The public does not know them well yet. The general per- formance has, of course, been greatly improved since the first night, and no change has been made except the omis- sion of the pretty and poetically-devised dance of wood nymphs in the beginning of the summer night scene, which was ob- jected to by some modern Shylocks who had influence with Mansfield because it was not "nominated in the bond." There is no mention of a dance of wood nymphs in "Shakespeare:" Neither, by the way, is there any mention of the clothes the actors wear or of the goii- dolas painted on the drop scene. But the performance is long enough and good enough without the dance. Miss Cameron's "Portia" is dainty and bright, rather than majestic and tender; she is pleasingly vivacious, anct always pleasing. Mr. Forrest, Mr. Forties, Xfr. Andrews, and some of the others play their parts better than people who have endured Shakespearean performances on the New York stage in the last twenty years have often seen them played. Footlight Flickering^. Keene sdys tragedy is on the decline. Mrs. Kendal continues to air ber temper fn the New York newspapers. "Joseph's" name is Dennis. The com- pany stranded at New Haven. The "Westminster Gazette" calls a one- act curtain raiser a "farclcale." Tbe "Comedy of Errors" was recently given Its first production in Italy. Belasco's "Younger Son" has been shelved after a week's run in New York". Dramatist Bronson Howard says that ueath scenes iu plays are no longer popu- lar. Savllo Clarke, author, journalist nnd playwright, died last week In London, aged 52. Duncan Ilarrlson thrashed a dog catcher In New York until he released the man- ager's canine. Mwgician Hermann Is to build a theatre In Tvew York on Broadway, between Twenty-ninth and Forty-second streets. Billy Florence's grave la neglected. The comedian left **tl his moLey to the widow, who is England with her young husband. - .Young women stars are rare. Clara Morris, Fanny Davenport. Ada Keuan, Lotta and Maggie Mltchcll have no youth- ful successors in sight. Ellaline, the daughter of \Villlam^T rlss, and nernelf a clever actres*, was married in London on the 3d lust, to Sey- mour Hicks, tbe dramatist. Frank Lane, who plays Welland Strong In "A Trip to Chinatown." Is only the third actor wno has *ver played the part during the 2000 or 3000 times that the [liece ha* been produced. Harry Conor was the first, Bert Haverly the second and Lane the third. Abbey's new theatre In New York C,lty will be opened Wednesday evening, Nov. 3 by Henry Irvlng and Ellen Terry, In Lord Tennyson's romantic play, "Becket." Theresa Vaugn says: "Mrs. Kendal told a friend of mine that she, Mrs. Kendal, was tlte only Tlrttlous actress on the English stage." Thla -.to.rough on the ladies of UK- English 8ta,ge. The ex-Rev.,ipeorge C. Mlln, after play- Ing in pretty .nearly every other civilized country, has readied England, and last week appeared as Napoleon in ''A Koyal Divorce" 'at Yarmouth. Hoyt's new piece, "Milk White Flag," Is to have Its first production In Boston about January, and Bill employ over 100 I/eople on the stage. The new piece deals with a State militia which is satirized in Hoyt's own Inimitable way. Manager John T. Sullivan's latest en- gagement for "A Woman of No Import- ance," which Hose and Charles Cogulan \ve to present at the Fifth Avenue Theatre Dee. 5, la Ada Dyas, formerly leading woman of the Wallack company. William Gill, the playwright, has struck :ick again with "The Rising Generation," which lie wrote for Billy Barry, aud which that unctuous comedian Is using to make fame and money. Mr. Barry is about the only exponent of his particular Hue now left upon the stage. At the Paris Gymnase. on Sept. 2R, was produced a new play by Henri Amic en- titled "L'ue Vengeance." The plot deals with the loves of Mine, de Lange, a mar- ried woman, and Jacques Sylvaire, an in- timate friend of tlie husband, and the mini killing of the lover by tha woman's son. Miss Anna O'Keefe, the comic opera singer, has been engaged by Manager A. M. ['aimer to support Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fisk in tbe new play "Hester Crewe," which Is to be produced at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on Nov. 20. This will be Miss O'Keefe's first appearance on the dramatic stage. Beerbohui Tree, the well-known English actor-manager, will certainly come to America next season under the probable management of Abbey, SchoelTel & Grau. "The Tempter," by Henry Arthur Jones, will be bis principal production, and Miss Julia Ncilson will accompany him here as the leading lady of his company. Shortly after her famous spat, or rather series of spats, with Lillian Hussell, all because Miss Russell would not let ber wear all her diamonds In "La Clgale" two seasons ago, Miss Attalie Claire married Alfred Kayne, a graduate of Columbia College and a millionaire. And yet she Is going to return to the comic opera siege. 1'aullne Hall was in the jury waived session of the Superior Court at Boston Oct. L'7 at the hearing of the suit of actor Kd. Favor against Mr. George B. Mc- Lellan. her husband, who is her theatrical manager. The suit was brought by Mr. Favor, a comedian, to recover $1000 dam- ages for alleged breach of contract. Judge Aldrich reserved his decision. Frederick A. Lovecraft, business man- ager of Palmer's Theatre and Assistant Secretary of the Coney Island Jockey Club, committed suicide in New York Oct. -'(I by swallowing carbolic acid. Financial losses in business ventures which were ap- parently trifling so affected his mind so as to produce melancholia and he took his life in a fit of despondency. Montreal of many plays that are 'private property. The list includes "All the Comforts of Home," "Alab.in.a," "A Night Off." "The Bailiff's Daughter," "Blue Jeans," "A Bunch of Keys," "Tlie County Fair." "Davy Crockett," "Esmcralila," "Hazel Kirke," "Held by the Enemy." "Jane," "The Henrietta," and many other popular plays. A Leipsic theatre has put Into practice a novel idea. Each pvrch.iscr of a reserved sent Is provided with a numbered locker corresponding to that of the seat, in which lie or she may deposit wraps, etc., safely I >ck it up. and bear away the key until the termination, of the performance, when the contents may be secured again without all the pushing nnd crowding which occur in the cloak rooms of places of entertain- ment. Several changes have been made in the personnel of Clmi'los Frohman's stork com- pany, which is now in Its fourth year. William Morris and Miss Sidney Arm- strong's absence will be poted. They play- ed the leading roles in this company for three years. Now they are at the head Of "The Girl I Left Behind Me" company, which appears in Harlem this week. They will conlinue with this company through the season. Henry Miller and Miss Viola Alien head the present stock company. Mrs. D. 1". Bower, who makes Mer first ap- pcarunrc with tills company, will play the pint ( f tlin lt>ving anil devoted mother. The wife of J. K. Emmet has begun suit for divorce. It is said that Emily Lyttoii, Emmett's leading lady, has been named as co-respondent. Mrs. Emmet was before her marriage a Miss Daisy Kelly, daughter of a physician living in I'enn Van. Kinniett met her about six years ngo, while she was attending a boarding "Rhuol, and married her. They have one child, a little girl. Mrs. Emmet has been living in Switzerland for the past two and a half years, where her daughter was be- ginning her education. Mr. Emmet sent her remittances regularly up to fourteen months nzo. when, it is said, he stopped, ler.vhig her without means. _ The spnsativi of the week was the mar- riage at Indianapolis Oct. 2." of Charles F. Coghlan to Miss Kuhne Bevcridge. a mem- ber of the Coghluu "Diplomacy" Company. Onglilan Is nz years old, while the bride Is barely nineteen. It was ger.eially sup- posed that Mr. Coghlan was already mar- ried, as for many jonrs he has lived with a woman of whom little is known except that Coghlan always presented her as his wife. She ninny* accompanied Mr. Coghlan's daughter, Gertrude. The Indian- apolis marriage la generally denouiK ed by the newspapers as a scandalous proceed- ing, although the bride's mother, who Is with her daughter, appears satisfied with it. The mother, who is the Countess von Wreda, is divorced and is a lady of. no uncertain temper. An unscrupulous genius In Montr has been offering, for $3 each, copies ATHLETIC. SPALDING OUT OF IT. THE CHICAGO CHIEF TIRED OF A. A. U. METHODS. HARMONY IN BALL. TEAMS Not Always Absolutely Essential to Great. Success. St. Louis, Oct. 24. An old St. Louis base ball patron-and base ball authority the other day was talking about the de- Mire for harmony among the members of ball teams and ridiculed the id»n that harmouv was absolutely essential to success. He also claimed that the clubs that have most harmony are nearest, the tail end. Said he: "Did you ever boar anything about har- mony among' tne (Id champion I'.rowns? There was a crowd In which Introductions were needed every day. Lntliam was not OH friendly terms with 'Robbie,' ISllllo Gleason, Tip O'Xelll or Dr. Bushoug. For over a year Conilskoy did not speak to Welch. Set-tos were not uncommon. 'Rob-, liie' and 'Arlte' would biff each othvv oooa- sionally. Biishong and Latham came to blows. While on the California trip 'Lath' got a little too previous with 'Commie,' and the great captain gave him as neat a licking as you'd cave to see. 'L-ith' was right in line next day and played a great game. Little Willie McGill went too far with Charley on another occasion, and Willie was taken across the managerial knee and literally spanked into submis- sion. Tommy McCarthy was never liapp.v unless he was being called down, and If he did not have a fuss on he'd grow 1 at himself. Kit. Chamberlain and Silver King were always miffed. Then look at the rows with Chils! Why, In those days 'cler boss President' was solicitous about the health of a player who did not chew th<j,rag with him at least once a Jjfeek. Oh, what furi it was when Chris, boning over with rage, wcnld go into the dressing room at the park after a pa me had been lost anil begin to read the riot act. Every mother's son, with Comislsey at the head, would make n common war on him, and ninny a time he has regretted his rashness nud, when retreating^ has shouted: 'I'll tin you to- He Resigns His Office Because He Objects to Being Further Used as a- Catspaw For Ambitious Unknowns in the, AUUetlc World, A dispatch was printed in the daily paj>ers last week, dated Detroit, in which a personal attack was made upon the ' Chicago millionaire, Mr. A. G. Spalding, who has always been and still is a warm friend and promoter of hon- est, clean athletic sports of all kinds. The dispatch was worded as follows: "That there is going to be war In amateur athletic circles is becoming n?.ore apparent daily, and the dissatisfied are enlisting the best Qien In the city in their cause. Frank W. Eddy, who was one of the organizers of the Amateur Athletic Union, and who took a prominent part in the formation of the Detroit Athletic Club, is not enthusi- astic over the present condition of ama- teur athletics in the United States. In fact, he considers that the situation Is a disgraceful one. Speaking on the sub- ject, he said: 'Amateur athletics are prac- tically dead, and all owiug to the fact that the organization is In the hands of professionals. First and foremost is A. G. Spalding, a retired professional ball player. PiofessionaSly Mr. Spulding is nn estimable gentleman, but his connec- tion with athletics is simply iu the in- terest of his sporting goods business. Sullivan, Cornish and others carry out the wishes of Spuldlag. That Cornish should have been permitted to organize a mushroom club and have it admitted to the A. A. U. was bad enough, but that the Central Association should have allowed this professional to take his seat as a member of the board was disgrace- ful. To my mind there is but one course open to the local members of the A. A. U.. aud that Is to withdraw from the Central Association, ''.'here is 110 honor connected with membership in that asso- ciation. As a matter of fact, it is dis- creditable. The A. A. V. is doomed. No branch of amateur sport can become taint- ed with professionalism and live.' " When Mr. Spalding was shown this scurrilous attack, in which it is insin- uated that he manipulated his office in the interest of his athletic goods busi- ness, he became indignant. Mr. Spald- ing said he never sought the office of vice president or any other ollice in the A. A. U., was elected without his knowl- edge or consent, and as his motives seemed to be misunderstood he had de- cided to send in his resignation as vice president and member of the board of governors, and in future will positively refuse to accept any official position with any athletic association of any kind. He says he is weary of being used as a foot ball to boom into prom- inence unknown men whoso only desire is to gain newspaper notoriety. The following is a copy of Mr. Spalding's resignation sent to President Steams, of the Central Association, last week: "F. K. Stearns, President Central Asso- ciation, A. A. U., Detroit, Mich. Dear Sli ; I have just been Informed of my re- election as vice president and member of the board of managers of the Central As- sociation. As I have never found it pos- sible to be present at any of your meet- Ings, and as ruy business affairs will prevent me giving It th.> necessary lime In the future, I must decline re-election. Therefore I tender you my resignation-as vice president and member of the Board of Governors of tile Central Association of the A. A. IT., and request that the same be acted upon at once. Respectfully, "A. G. SPALDING." When the Chicago Athletic Associa- tion was organized A. G. Spalding was chosen one of the board of governors. He was also made chairman of the ath- letic committee. At his suggestion the Chicago A. A. applied for and was ad- mitted into membership to the Central Association of the A. A. U., with official headquarters at Detroit. Theu the Central Association elected Mr. Spalding vice president and member of the board of managers. At the recent meeting of the association Mr. Spald- 'ing was, without solicitation or his knowledge, re-elected vice president and member of the board of managers. Harry Cornish, of the Chicago A. A., represented the World's Fair Club and also the big f'hicago Club at the recent meeting in Detroit. He also held the proxies of several Western clubs, and as a result Wilkins, the secretary, who is unfitted for the place, and one O'Connor, were forced, rather than voted, out of office. Wilkins is a demoralizer and his action in reinstating professional ball players in the Detroit Club brought upon his head the wrath of the governing body of the A. A. U., which aJoue is supposed to look after such things. PENNSYLVANIA FALL, GA3IES. The Btter Bitten. Instead of coming' Out manfully and acknowledges that the Bostons won the pennant on Its merits, the Pittsburg Times" claims that the championship was won by luck and dirty ball playing. It blames Long for laying up Mack, when every ball tosser in the country knows that Mack tried to injure Long by block- ing tu« latter lit Uie plate. Boston "Her- ald." Orton Wins the 1OOO Yards Run, AVith Morris Second. The hard rain pnit rather a damper on the University o1> Pennsylvania fall games at the University grounds, Phila- delphia, October 'J7. The track was very wet and decidely slow, so that the time made iu many of the, events is quite commendable. The feature of the games was tlv» opon 1000 yards run, iu which S. W. Orton and Joseph Vernier, University of Pennsylvania, and W. II. Morris and M. A. Boyd, Y. M. C. A., started, all from the scratch. Ortou kept the lead from start to finish, with .Morris close at his elbow. The rest of the field was quickly distanced. At the finish both Orton and Morris spurted, but. the University crack was too much for his opponent, and won rather hand- fly in the fast time of 2 minutes 2'2 2-5 seconds. Suinrmisy: 101) yds. rtnsh First tient: C. B. ninokburn, '94 <:., « jTl.t., won; A. I,. Waiianuikcr, ".15 I,., 5 yds., second. Time, 10 2-!)3cc. Si'oond heat W. P. Kmgslniry, ".15 M., 8 yds., won: F. W. Bauer, *i)4 L., 4 yds., smawl. Time, 10 2-rjai.o. Final host K. W. Riiu>r, won; W. P. Kinjcs- bnry. second; A. L. \Vanamaker, third. Time, 10 2-5»80. 220 yds. dash-F. W. Duner, '94 U, 6 yds., won; A. I).' Ulllman, '95 C, 12 yrts., second; P. R. Froi-tnan, '»4 L.J scratch, third. Time, 23«<sc. Mile run J. E. GrcCh, '»7 M., scratch, won; H. B. W>ll, '»« C., SO yds., second; Louis Colfclt, 'iK> C., 60 yds., tiili'il. Time, 6m. 27 :i-33PC Running high jump G. M. Fcrguson, '97 C., 4 In., won; actual height, 5 ft. 4^ In.; D. F. MRllory, '97 O., second; N. S. Hires, '81 M.', tliinl. 440 yrts. <lnsh P. R. Freeman, '94 L., scratch, won; W. B. Warren, '95 C., 15 yds., second; J. O. Wetherill, '90 C.,«0 yds., tbird. Time, 522 ,",si>c. Two*lle bicycle race D. Flnmnry. 'flT. C., 220 yi'j., won; J. \VU»rn, '95 M., 100 yds., second; G. M. Coates, '((4 O., scratch, third. No time was taken, and the event declared n trial, l>o- cavme of the ruling of the L. A. W. not to unnctlon college events. Half-mile mil O. O. Sichel, '95 O., 35 yds., won; E. W. KeUey, '94 M., scratch, second; Joseph Vernier, '»7 C., Br> y<la.. tl.ird. Time, 1m. OSsw;. Kelsey r«n In very Ki»d style. Running broml jump G. M. Fcrguson, '97 C,, 2 ft.,'won; actual jump, 19 ft. 5 in.; U. H. Lawrence, '95 C., 3 ft., swoiid; \V. B. Warren, »6 C., 6 In., third. The rain caused the postponement of several events. They will not be run off until some short time before the first spring games. SPOUTS AT Annual Fall Meeting of the Athletic Association. The Yale Athletic Association held its annual fall meeting at New Haven Oct. 2S before a large and enthusiastic crowd. The number of contestants was unusu- ally large, and the games were so excit- ing that the crowd remained on the L.leacU«m until Uio ludt ttvcut ou tiic programme had been decided. No rec- ords were broken, but those made were nearly all good. The results of the different events were: 100-Yard Dash W. T. Oowdrey, of New Rochelle, N. y., won; O. L. Pnrfcer, of Louisville, Ky., second. Time, 0.102-5. Hnlf-Mlle Hun S. K. Wheeler, Chattanooga, Tenn., won; W. S. WoodhuU, Orange, N. 3., second. Time, 2.02 4-5. 120-Yard Hurdle E. H. Cndy, of Hnrtford, won; G. B. Hatch, Cincinnati, second. Time. 0.16 4-5. One-Mile Walk O. F. Bunnoll, New Haven, won; W. P. Allisoo, Dubuque, Iowa, second. Time, 7.O4 2-B. 22()-T«rd JDash Hendon Chubb, - Orange, N. J., won; George F. Saoford, New Haven, second. Time, 0.22 35. Two-Mile Bicycle Race A. A. Ailing, New Haven, won; B. Hill, Danbury, second. Time, «.05 4-5. 220 Yard Hurdles E. II. Cady, Hartford, woo; RolK'rt Mitcuell, ATOudale, O., second. Time 0.27 4-5. One-mile run Joseph B. Morgnn. Essex, Ct., won; W. H. Soovill, Stamford, Ot., second. Time, 4.88 2-B. 440-Yard Dash S. K. Gerard, New York, won; *'." F. Beunctt, Hartford, second. Time, 0.52 2-5. Pole Vault C. B. Rice, New Haven, won; A. J. (Ulllmore, Fulton, N. Y., second. Distaucs, 1O feet. Running Broad Jump I/. P. Sheldon, Rutland, Vt., won; D. Bowers, New York City, second. Distance, 20 foet, S inches. High Jump S. D. Bowers won; S. K. Gerard, second. Distance, 5 feet, 4 Inches. Harvard Freshmen's Games. The Harvard fre*hmen games were held at Cambridge, Oct. 30, and in spite of the cold, raw weather, some very creditable work was done. Summary: 100-yard dash F. McCarthy first, W. J. Den- holra second. Time, 10 3-5s. Two-mile bicycle race B. W. Oopen first, W. R. Brlukerhoff second. Time, Gm., 8 2-5S. 440-yard dash W. R. Mansfield first, A. W. Blake.moro second. Time. 53 8-5s. One-mile walk G. D. Phillips first. Thne, 8m., 10(=. No other-: '! "<- ' - ' ' second. Time, 4m., 58 2-5s. 220-jnrd dash W. J. D.-H.....HI first, N. B. Mi». shall second. Time, 24 4-5s. .HL-UU.I: ..... ... . . - ."«, .5. .. .. second. Time, 2ui., 4 2-Od. lKh jump C. J. Paine, 5ft., 8%in., first; A. Ktlckiiev, Jr., second. Putting the shot Paine, distance, Sift., lOWn., first; Stickney second. Throwing the hammer Stickney, distance, GSft., 71n., first; Paiiie second. Pointers. The New York Athletic Club members! do not want the club house vacated by (lie M. A. C. at the price asked. Conrad Marks and Alexander Miller .ara to run a mile race on Nov. 7 for $2.~iO a side, Marks to allow Miller 20 yards start. The next meeting of the Board of Gov- ernors of tbe Amateur Athletic Union is scheduled to be held at the Astor House, New York City, on Nov. 20. Mr. J. W. R. Collins, secretary of the Atlantic Association of tbe Amateur Atb- letlc Union, has been elected Honorary President of tlie Athletic Club of the As- sociation Foot Ball Union. Tbe Amateur Athletic Club of Atlantic City was formally organized Oct. 28 by the election of Harry Young as president and Roy Collins as secretary. The club Intend* to have boxing aud wrestling bouts every Saturday night. I'rof. William H. Coupe, of this city, Is matched to wrestle I'rof. Doyle, of thfl linltimore Athletic CluB, best two in three falls, c,itcli-as-catc\i-can style, for a purse of $150. at Baltimore, tbe latter pnrt ol November. Doyle will weigh some 'M pounds more than Coupe. George W. Orton, the Canadian cham- pion amateur runner. Is to tuke a course at the University of Pennsylvania. This step of Orton's, says Sam Nelson. In the New York Evening "Sun," menus that tlie U. of 1'. will win the Intercollegiate mile ru« next year unless Tommy Conneff enters Yale or Harvard. Couut'i'f did have an o?» 'pbrtunity to enter a New York college an4 study electricity, through his ability t« run. The University of Pennsylvania track team lias elected Parker Freeman captain for the college year of '!).'t-'l)4. Freeman was the captain of the teui.i last ?i'as«:i>, and maile a big success in bis position. He is in this year's graduating class at the Law School. The University 21!0 and 440-yanls dash records are held" by the new captain, who Is one of the fastest middle-distance men Pennsylvania cvur possessed. Freeman's re-election wui unanimous. The first Iu a series of paper chases for trophy cups was ruu by the Orange Hiding C'lub at Orange, N. J., Oct. 28. About twenty-five riders took part. Tbe start was made from llnrrisou and Centre streets, nnd from thr-re the run was through South Orange and Montrose, a dis- tance of about five miles, aud including thirteen stilt jumps. Tile chase was \\oii by JIlss Emma Dill and Louise Hulloch, who will each take a place In th« cnnnic- titlon for ladies' and gentlemen's trophies. Among those who tinished were Mr. ami Miss Ailing, Mr. and Mrs. Woods, Lieu- tenant and Mrs. Linribolin, Messrs. Klein, Fltzpntrick, Hill, Atwater, Hathaway aud Gordon. The Metropolitan Association of the A. A, U., hns appointed the following com- mittees for 1893-!)4: On boxing and wrest- ling Messrs. Ryder, Alien, Merrigau, White and Stell. On trial and restoration Hovey, Merrigan and Vanbecht. Itegis- tration Ryder, Wood, Connor and Stnrr, Protest Rubien, White aud Burrows. Club investigation Leinehen, Alien. Pauldinj and Steil. Finance dimming, Dowling, Konney and Steil. Legislation Tighe, Huck nnd Love. Schedule Sullivan, Con- neft and Itrennan. The treasurer's report showed a balance on band of $240.71. The committee ou boxing and wrestling, who Investigated the deficit between the sale of tickets and the receipts of the late tournament reported that they had failed to lind out any crooked work. TIME WITHOUT A WATCH. Interesting Facts For Sports Who May Have Had Occasion to Visit Their Uncle. Actual and repeated experiments have shown that the nearest hour of the day or night may be ascertained in the fol- lowing very curious \yny > MaKe a small running loop in a piece of sewing thread about a foot in length, place a shilling in this loop, see that the coin is accurately bisected by the thread, and then draw the loop tight up, so that the shilling is firmly slung at one end of the thread. Put on a solid table a glass tumbler with a fairly wide niotun. Itest your right elbow on the table in a nrni and easy position so as to avoid afiy sbakiness 111 your hand, hold the other end of the thread between .our lirst finger and the "ball" of the thumb (i. c., the fleshy top joint of the thumb), so that the thumb nail is underneath, and a few inches above the middle of the month of the glass. Now, if you keep your hand quite steady, the movement of the coin (which is hanging inside the tumbler) will be- come less and less until the shilling is motionless. Then, in half a minute or so, a very slight and regular vibration will commence, the coin oscillating from side to side like a pendulum, and gradu- ally increasing the length of movement until it gently strikes the side of the glass. This strike goes on in the nio;t regular and automatic way, first on one side of the glass and then on the other, until, say, eight strokes have been struck;-the vibrations of the coin theu diminish in length, until the suspended shilling agnin becomes motionless and hangs in the middle of the, tumbler. You look at your watch and find that 8 o'clock i<< the nearest hour. I have tried thM over and over ngntn, deliberately setting about the experi- ment without bias or any inter.iion of influencing the swing of the coin, and also being ignorant of the time, and when my hand has been steady the right time has invariably been struck. •. There is something very curious about tins phenomenon. WfSother the thread i^ influenced' by the pulse in the "ball" of the thuinrf or whether there is some unconscious transference of intention" from the brain,to the thread, I do not know; but in any case, the matter i.- sufficiently interesting to be worthy ol a critical test by persons who will care- fully and without bias carry out this singular experiment of telling I he tiiu*

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Page 1: MUSICAL^ DRAMATIC ATHLETIC. - LA84 Foundationlibrary.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1893/VOL_22_NO_06/SL...terviewer -those crashing chords with ... national everyone' cries out

Nov. 4.. THE SPOIiTINQ LIFE.

MUSICAL^FADEREWSKI VIEWS.

THE GKEAT PIANIST TALKS OF . HIS METHODS.

His Practice Ways Billiards as a Relief to the Strain How His Crashing Cliords Are Produced His Public Performances to be Limited, Etc.

Paderewski was interviewed a few days ago by an Knglish newspaper man. "You must forgive me if I am dull,' said the pianist; "I have a horrible headache. 1 spent most of yesterday U ok- ing over the manuscript of the new book of songs M. Willcox is just going to pub­ lish. Besides that, I have a great deal to do with practicing and finishing my new fantasia for Norwich. You see, I really haven't touched a piano the whole summer not since 1 came back from America and now I must make up for lost time. How much do 1 practice'? Why, always. I sometimes play 15 or 10 hours a day. Once, in New York, I had to work up eight entirely dis­ tinct programmes iu little over as many days, and then it was a case of 17 hours daily. One must always be at it to keep the fingers right and the memory active."

HE ELAYS BILLIARDS."But," the interviewer objected, "how

can you live like that? 1 should think that such a terrible amount of practice would defeat its own end by exhaust­ ing you completely, and taking all the heart out of you."

"Well, it is tiring, but I'll tell you my own harmless secret. It is piny- ing billiards that has literally saved my life. If I walk, or ride, or merely rest, I go on thinking all the time, and my nerves got no real rest. But whenl play billiards I can forget everything, and the result is mental rest and physical rest combmed."

They fell to talking of his marvelous technique, of which Leschetizky cer­ tainly laid the foundation, but that foundation has been so much built over by Paderewski himself that the struct­ ure is practically his own.

ITS VERY SIMPLE.One thing had always puzzled the in­

terviewer -those crashing chords with the right hand seemed to be delivered with the closed fist, but the force was apparently so great that it was strange that any human hand could deal them without dislocation, or worse.

"Of course, I don't do them with my Gst," said Paderewski, "and there's nothing wonderful about them. Some­ times I merely use the third finger like this," and he showed me the closed hand, with the middle finger stiffened out, "and sometimes with the thumb sideways." He seemed to see nothing wonderful iii it, though his hands are so delicate that an ordinary firm shake makes him wince; but he has a fore­ arm of which S.'indow might be proud, jo perfect is its muscular development. His power, he declared, is entirely nor- rous.

talS FUTCRB PLANS.Iii the course of further conversation

the interviewer asked the great pianist if the rumors as to his retirement as a public performer were true.

"Certainly not," he said. "It is quite true that I do not propose to play very much iu public, but I have not the least intention of giving it up altogether. For one thing, it is terribly exhausting, and for another, I want to be able to write more." Mr. Paderewski theu went on to say that until he studied with Leschetizky, in 1880. he had no idea of really going in for the piano as a soloist, nnd that since his career as a pianist he has found very little time for composition.

WRITING AN' OPEUA.As is already known, he is engaged

on nn opera, the subject of which is partly Polish. While on the topic of Polish' art in general, Paderewski, apropos of Polish music, said: "It's almost impossible to write any nowa­ days. 'Hie moment you try to be national everyone' cries out that you are imitating Chopin, whereas the truth Is, that Chopin adopted all the most marked characteristics of our national music so completely that it is impossible not tt» resemble him in externals, though your methods and ideas uiay be abso­ lutely your own."

GOUNOD'S STATE FUXEKAU

A Beauliful and Solemn Ceremony at (be Church of the Madeleine.The state funeral of M. Gounod was

held in Paris October 27. The body was removed tluit morning from the Guonod residence in the Place Malesherbes, where it hail been lying in state, to the Church of the Madeleine. An immense crowd filled the Place de la Madeleine and the streets and boulevards in the vicinity. The interior of- the church was hung with black drapery, dotted with silver and stars and trimmed with a heavy fringe. Similar emblems of irouruing draped the portico. Over the portico was a shield of silver bearing the initials "C. G." The exterior of th" Madeleine was also covered with mourning drapery. The catafalque upon which the casket rested was in the centre of the church, under suspended sirver-spangled curtains, the ends of w'dch were looped on pillars 25 feet high. Six silver angels were posed above the 'anopy over the catafalque to sym- boli'/.e the bearing of a soul heavenward. Light was thrown upon these figures by tapers that gave out flickering green fl.unes, to typify the purification of the sou).

THE PROCESSION.Before the body was removed from

the Place Malesherbes prayers were slid by the rector of the parish church at St. Cloird that Gounod sometimes attended. The procession accompanying the remains arrived at the Church of the. Madeleine at 12.15 o'clock. Most of the wreaths and other tloral offerings were left outside the church. These fill'fl two carriages and six stretchers. The grandchildren of Gounod sent a vreath of wh'te lilac and white roses. T f. theatres of every European city sent crosses and wreaths.

Six horses, plumed and, caparisoned in black, diew the hearse, which was sur­ mounted by plumes. Masses of crape anc! pa I in l<ranche» were in the corners. The [K ee cords were borne poiucnrre by /ictorien Sardou, the dramatist; Charles Ambroise Thomas, the composer; Lruis Er' est *U"'er, ccmpoaor; Jcjin Leon Gerome, the painter; Paul Jirres

'Be t Her, the dramatic author; Leon Ca.vyllo, and Gounod's old friend, M. Bertrtind, director of the opera. Among the great crowd of distinguished men who attended the services were Mgr. Ferniti, the Papal Nuncio; M. Du- masrM. Claretie, M. Munkacsy, and M. Van Beers.

THE CEREMONY.W en the coffin was placed upon the

catafalque twelve priests descended the attnr steps, bearing in their hunds lighted tapers. They tciok positions ui-( ur.d the catafalque. Abbe Lens, c-Ritc- of the- parish church at St. Cloud, recited low mans. The choir pang the "l>c Profundis" and the "Dies Irie," the lines being sung alternately by the trebles nnd the basses. M. Samt-Sfcn.s presided at the organ. This S'niple (cclesiastica! music was far more ii)i"T'"-^i,v thiui modern compositions would have been.

The religious ceremony ended, the mourners came out on the .steps, where short speeches were made by MM. Jules Simon and Gerome.

TO THE GRAVE.The march for Auteuil began" as soon

as the speeches were ended. The cor­ tege was led by the band of the Twen­ ty-fourth Infantry Kegiineut, playing Chopin's "Dead March.

Manyxgersons stood along the .streets through which the cortege passed, and as the hearse went by them every man bared his head and every woman bowed, all making the sign of the cross.

Auteuil was reached at half-past 3 o'clock. Few persons except the mourn­ ers trudged the six miles from the Church of the Madeleine to the ceme­ tery. After the body had been lowered into the vault the rector ,of the parish church offered prayers for the repose of Gounod's soul, after which an aco­ lyte tendered holy water to all pres­ ent.

inrnuTEs TO THE DEAD.In his oration delivered over the body

of Gounod, Haymond Poincard Minister of Public Instruction, said:

"Gounod was one of the noblest and purest of a long, line of French artists. He had all the good qualities of his people taste, affability and simplicity. The man was the equal of the artist. He was a man of sovereign intelligence. He was generous and good, and he bore with touching resignation the afflictions of old age. Not only as an artist, but also as a patriot, he had long been a grand example to the French nation."

M. Gerome said: "He was an artist as the word is understood in its high­ est sense a French musician par ex­ cellence."

Turning to the coffin, M. Gerome continued: "Thy works will endure. Thy memory will leave in the hearts of those who have known and loved thee an eternal regret."

Saint-Saens said: "Gounod's operas won for him his present popularity. Hia I purely dramatic works will prove to be more or less ephemeral. His best genius wns shown in his religious com­ positions, which assure to him the ad­ miration of future ages. His fame will increase with time. He loved art above everything, and art in return will give him immortality."

After the interment .lean Gounod, as the representative of the family, shook hands with everyone. At 4.15 all the mourners and others who hnd attended the funeral went back to the city. A committee has been formed, of which Charles Ambroise Thomas, the com­ poser, is the head, for the purpose of erecting a monument to Gounod.

Musical Notes.Sir Arthur Sullivan Is a bicyclist.Digby Bell has joined Lillian llusselPs

company.Sealehl Is to sing Mrs. Quickly In Verdi'a

"Falstaff."Mine. Tavnry says too much starring has

injured grand opera.Audran's "Blonde Princess" will shortly

be produced in Paris.Montogriffo's grand opera company col­

lapsed at Lockport, N. Y.Mascagnl, it is said, lias been offered

$HiO,OOO for his next opera.After her concert engagements in the

West, Minnie Hauk is to make a profes­ sional tour of Japan.

Patti Is to receive $3000 a concert during her to.iir in this country. You cau't have 1'atti for a more song.

The authorities at Vienna prohibited the singing of an opera, iu Bohemian, tearing the resentment of the populace.

Patti will appear in a new one act operetta by Pizzi during her coming tour. Her company embraces Dnr\vard-Lely, Sig- nor Novara, Mme. Fabri and Louis Kngel.

Fiinil Pauer, the new leader of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, cannot speak English; ami Mrs. I'auer, who can, per­ mits herself to be interviewed by the re­ porters 11 sort of proxy, as it were, for her husband.

In February or March next Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" will be performed for the first time at the Paris Opera, nuiler the conductorship of Mr. Paul Tafl'anel, who has recently been following the per­ formances of the work at Munich.

The once famous Adelphi play, "The Green Hushes," written by the late Johu Baldwin Buckstone, has been remade into a comic operetta, under the name of "Miami," by John Holliugshead, and has been brought forward with success at the Princess Theatre, London.

A new two-act opera, "Deldamle," by Hcurl Marechal, the libretto by Edouard Noel, was produced recently at" the Paris Opera. It is said that the composer has in this work remained faithful to the old school mid bus not wished to follow the modern German manner. The music gener­ ally is well spoken of aud especially the manner of orchestration.

The next attraction at the Grand Opera House, Philadelphia, will be the Imperial Austrian Infantry Band, under the leader­ ship of Court Director 0. M. Ziehrer. The members are all hau'lsome young men and come direct from an engagement In "Old Vienna'" at the World's Fair. Be­ ginning next Monday the band will ap­ pear for six evenings and two matinees.

Eugene Oudln has been engaged to sing at two concerts which are to take place at St. Petersburg on Nov. 4 and at Moscow on Nov. 11, both under the auspices of the Imperial Symphonic Society. II Is also ar­ ranged that Mr. and Mrs. Oudin shall give a song recital at St. Petersburg on Nov. 14. A few days later they will return to London, Mr. Oudin being engaged to sing at the Crystal Palace on Nov. 25.

Asger Hamerlk, the director of the Pea- body Conservatory of Music, in Baltimore, is quoted as saying that some years ago, while passing an evering with Gounod at his country place at St. Cloud, the great composer said he did not believe the Parisians would have received "Faust" at all with its German legend, had It not been for the familiar soldiers' chorus. This number, It Is added, Gounod charac­ terized as trash.

Anton Rubinstein has left Peterhoff ami gone to Dresden, where he will pass the winter. On his way through Leipsic he had a brief interview with his publisher, Herr Scuff, to whom he handed the com­ pleted score of Ills new Biblicnl opera, ''Chrlstus." On this work lie has been oc­ cupied for several years. According to pres­ ent arrangements, it will be published about the close of the current year, but no plan has yet been arranged for Us per­ formance on the stage.

Hlta Elandi, a premising young artiste, who Is now pinging with the Hlm'Ious Opera Company, at the Gran d Opera House, studied music in Cincinnati, after which, through the instrumentality of Mr. and Mrs. A. Howard Ilinkle, of that city, who" became much interested In her artis­ tic career, she was able to complete her education abroad. After seven years of patient study nnd tilling flattering eugagu- mentg in Italy and London, she has re­ turned to tills country, and bids fair to achieve marked success in her profession.

A letter to a London paper from St. Petersburg says that a proposal hits been made for the performance of a series of Hussian operas in Paris. In the early part of next year, and negotiations to this end are now in progress. According to present arrangements, 10 representations of the best works by Russian composers will be given, and will be interpreted by the art­ ists of the Imperial Opera In St. Peters­ burg. M. Rubinstein will conduct his own opera. "The Demon," and M. Tchaikowsky will also direct one of the performances.

Mr. Francis Korbay, the Hungarian mu­ sician and composer, who> has been living in New York for the last 20 years, has becomoj exceedingly popular In England. His Hungarian songs, which have just been published, are sung everywhere, and in the summer he was Invited by the Duke of Westminster to give a concert at Gros- venor House of his own compositions ex­ clusively. This was attended by about 500 people, all of them notable In tlie most exclusive social, musical and artistic cir­ cles of London, and was a success In every way. Piulerewnki hns accepted n Hungarian fantaste for piano and orches­ tra, composed blr Mr. Korbay, and will give it Its first public performance this winter. Mr. Korbay is at present engaged In completing a set of 20 piano pieces ordered by a London publishing flrm v and is also instrumenting a. march for Walter Damrosch, who will play it at one of theSunday concerts during the cowing sea- ion.

DRAMATICTALK OF NEW YORK.

THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN THE DHAMATIC WOULD.

The Kemlals Produce "The Silver Shell," a Nihilistic Drama Story of the Piece Mansfield's "Shylock" Meeting With Deserved Favor and Patronage.

New York, Nov. 1. On Monday night the Kemlals produced at the Star Theatre a four-act Nihilistic play entitled "The Silver Shell," by H. J. W. Uam, which was first presented by them in London last April.

PLOT OP THE PLAY. This play gets its name from a silver

bomb, specially constructed to kill the Russian Czar. In this piece Mrs. Ken- ilal again takes the part of a "woman with a past," Katharine Vail, but an entirely different character from Paula iu "The Second Mrs. Tanqueray." Kath­ arine Vail has allied herself to the Ni­ hilistic cause to avenge the wrongs done her father by the Russian police. Her drawing room in Paris is the favorite rendezvous of the conspirators against the Czar. The Russian officials have got wind of this new "plot, and Prince Karatoff the part taken by Mr. Keudal has been sent to ferret out the mys­ tery. Katharine Vail is popularly sup­ posed to have been the mistress of a scapegrace son of the Prince,-and as the young man has been murdered under circumstances which point to the guilt of the woman, in pursuing her the Rus­ sian official is seeking private as well as public revenge.

Just as Prince Karatoff reaches Paris he learns that the conspirators are ex­ pecting a man from New York to join heir councils. He does not arrive on

time and the Prince adopts the desperate ruse of taking his place among the con­ spirators. In the third act the conspir­ ators draw lots to see which shall assas­ sinate the C/.ar. In the midst of this ceremony the man from New York ar­ rives and the Nihilists are about to kill the Russian spy. He seizes the shell, however, and keeps them at bay until the arrival of the police.

In the fourth and last act it is proved that Katharine Vail was not the mis­ tress, but the wife of Prince KaratofTs son, and that consequently her child is the rightful heir to an illustrious name. The Prince, when he discovers this, agrees to free the woman, provided she gives her child up to him and marries an English baronet who has been mak­ ing love to her.

The role of the heroine affords Mrs. Kendal ample oportanity for emotional acting of the kind so highly relished by her admirers, and, except for a ten­ dency to rant aud overdo the strong scenes, her performance was, on* the whole, a satisfactory one. But she was overshad'owed by her husband, whose im­ personation of "Prince Karatoff" was a strong and thoroughly interesting por­ trayal of a crafty old man, skilled in the art"of deception and fearless in the dis­ charge of his duty. Mr. Kendal's make-up was a work of art. A strong portrayal of the conspirator, "Va Dor," was given by Cecil M. York, and a cap­ ital character bit by C. P. Huntley, as "Herr Schmidt," the maker of the ex­ plosive bomb.

The New York critics did not devote much space to criticisms of the new piny, thus getting even with Mrs. Kcn- dal for her hasty, ill-timed and' vixenish attacks upon the critics and public of New York. The fact is, very plainly stated, that Mrs. Kendal has ruined her American season, and that the pres­ ent might as well be called "the fare­ well tour of the Kendals." So much for a woman's tongue.

MANSFIELD'S "SHYLOCK." Mr. Mansfield's revival of "The Mf"--

chant of Venice" shows what an artist among managers can do \viili ^iiui.es- peure on a small stage, without an ex­ travagant expenditure or any preten­ tious fuss. The comedy is beautifully mounted and richly costumed; all the stage business is new, and most of it is in tlie best possible taste. It is needless to say that none of it is in bad taste, but neither the pursuit of "Shyloek" bx a playful mob in the public square ii Meiningeii invention nor the doings of the four speechless Hebrews in court impressed me as valuable illustrations of the meaning of the play. They are not positively objectionable. Perhaps, in a second view of the performance, they might seem to be desirable modern improvements.

Mansfield's impersonation of "Shy- lock" an impersonation in the best sense of the word is one of his most artistic efforts, and is also assuredly popular. He will be enabled to ratain "The Merchant" in his repertory with profit. His conception of the character is simple, almost devoid of little subtle­ ties, and it is lucidly and powerfully ex­ pressed. Pictorially, he has done noth­ ing better; dramatically, I think some of his least-appreciated portrayals ills splendid "Richard" for instance, aiid his sjighted "Nero" superior. Think V I know they are. The public does not know them well yet. The general per­ formance has, of course, been greatly improved since the first night, and no change has been made except the omis­ sion of the pretty and poetically-devised dance of wood nymphs in the beginning of the summer night scene, which was ob­ jected to by some modern Shylocks who had influence with Mansfield because it was not "nominated in the bond." There is no mention of a dance of wood nymphs in "Shakespeare:" Neither, by the way, is there any mention of the clothes the actors wear or of the goii- dolas painted on the drop scene.

But the performance is long enough and good enough without the dance. Miss Cameron's "Portia" is dainty and bright, rather than majestic and tender; she is pleasingly vivacious, anct always pleasing. Mr. Forrest, Mr. Forties, Xfr. Andrews, and some of the others play their parts better than people who have endured Shakespearean performances on the New York stage in the last twenty years have often seen them played.

Footlight Flickering^.Keene sdys tragedy is on the decline.Mrs. Kendal continues to air ber temper

fn the New York newspapers."Joseph's" name is Dennis. The com­

pany stranded at New Haven.The "Westminster Gazette" calls a one-

act curtain raiser a "farclcale."Tbe "Comedy of Errors" was recently

given Its first production in Italy.Belasco's "Younger Son" has been

shelved after a week's run in New York".Dramatist Bronson Howard says that

ueath scenes iu plays are no longer popu­ lar.

Savllo Clarke, author, journalist nnd playwright, died last week In London, aged 52.

Duncan Ilarrlson thrashed a dog catcher In New York until he released the man­ ager's canine.

Mwgician Hermann Is to build a theatre In Tvew York on Broadway, between Twenty-ninth and Forty-second streets.

Billy Florence's grave la neglected. The comedian left **tl his moLey to the widow, who is England with her young husband. - .Young women stars are rare. Clara Morris, Fanny Davenport. Ada Keuan, Lotta and Maggie Mltchcll have no youth­ ful successors in sight.

Ellaline, the daughter of \Villlam^T rlss, and nernelf a clever actres*, was married in London on the 3d lust, to Sey­ mour Hicks, tbe dramatist.

Frank Lane, who plays Welland Strong In "A Trip to Chinatown." Is only the third actor wno has *ver played the part

during the 2000 or 3000 times that the [liece ha* been produced. Harry Conor was the first, Bert Haverly the second and Lane the third.

Abbey's new theatre In New York C,lty will be opened Wednesday evening, Nov. 3 by Henry Irvlng and Ellen Terry, In Lord Tennyson's romantic play, "Becket."

Theresa Vaugn says: "Mrs. Kendal told a friend of mine that she, Mrs. Kendal, was tlte only Tlrttlous actress on the English stage." Thla -.to.rough on the ladies of UK- English 8ta,ge.

The ex-Rev.,ipeorge C. Mlln, after play- Ing in pretty .nearly every other civilized country, has readied England, and last week appeared as Napoleon in ''A Koyal Divorce" 'at Yarmouth.

Hoyt's new piece, "Milk White Flag," Is to have Its first production In Boston about January, and Bill employ over 100 I/eople on the stage. The new piece deals with a State militia which is satirized in Hoyt's own Inimitable way.

Manager John T. Sullivan's latest en­ gagement for "A Woman of No Import­ ance," which Hose and Charles Cogulan \ve to present at the Fifth Avenue Theatre Dee. 5, la Ada Dyas, formerly leading woman of the Wallack company.

William Gill, the playwright, has struck:ick again with "The Rising Generation,"

which lie wrote for Billy Barry, aud which that unctuous comedian Is using to make fame and money. Mr. Barry is about the only exponent of his particular Hue now left upon the stage.

At the Paris Gymnase. on Sept. 2R, was produced a new play by Henri Amic en­ titled "L'ue Vengeance." The plot deals with the loves of Mine, de Lange, a mar­ ried woman, and Jacques Sylvaire, an in­ timate friend of tlie husband, and the mini killing of the lover by tha woman's son.

Miss Anna O'Keefe, the comic opera singer, has been engaged by Manager A. M. ['aimer to support Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fisk in tbe new play "Hester Crewe," which Is to be produced at the Tremont Theatre, Boston, on Nov. 20. This will be Miss O'Keefe's first appearance on the dramatic stage.

Beerbohui Tree, the well-known English actor-manager, will certainly come to America next season under the probable management of Abbey, SchoelTel & Grau. "The Tempter," by Henry Arthur Jones, will be bis principal production, and Miss Julia Ncilson will accompany him here as the leading lady of his company.

Shortly after her famous spat, or rather series of spats, with Lillian Hussell, all because Miss Russell would not let ber wear all her diamonds In "La Clgale" two seasons ago, Miss Attalie Claire married Alfred Kayne, a graduate of Columbia College and a millionaire. And yet she Is going to return to the comic opera siege.

1'aullne Hall was in the jury waived session of the Superior Court at Boston Oct. L'7 at the hearing of the suit of actor Kd. Favor against Mr. George B. Mc- Lellan. her husband, who is her theatrical manager. The suit was brought by Mr. Favor, a comedian, to recover $1000 dam­ ages for alleged breach of contract. Judge Aldrich reserved his decision.

Frederick A. Lovecraft, business man­ ager of Palmer's Theatre and Assistant Secretary of the Coney Island Jockey Club, committed suicide in New York Oct. -'(I by swallowing carbolic acid. Financial losses in business ventures which were ap­ parently trifling so affected his mind so as to produce melancholia and he took his life in a fit of despondency.

Montreal of

many plays that are 'private property. The list includes "All the Comforts of Home," "Alab.in.a," "A Night Off." "The Bailiff's Daughter," "Blue Jeans," "A Bunch of Keys," "Tlie County Fair." "Davy Crockett," "Esmcralila," "Hazel Kirke," "Held by the Enemy." "Jane," "The Henrietta," and many other popular plays.

A Leipsic theatre has put Into practice a novel idea. Each pvrch.iscr of a reserved sent Is provided with a numbered locker corresponding to that of the seat, in which lie or she may deposit wraps, etc., safely I >ck it up. and bear away the key until the termination, of the performance, when the contents may be secured again without all the pushing nnd crowding which occur in the cloak rooms of places of entertain­ ment.

Several changes have been made in the personnel of Clmi'los Frohman's stork com­ pany, which is now in Its fourth year. William Morris and Miss Sidney Arm­ strong's absence will be poted. They play­ ed the leading roles in this company for three years. Now they are at the head Of "The Girl I Left Behind Me" company, which appears in Harlem this week. They will conlinue with this company through the season. Henry Miller and Miss Viola Alien head the present stock company. Mrs. D. 1". Bower, who makes Mer first ap- pcarunrc with tills company, will play the pint ( f tlin lt>ving anil devoted mother.

The wife of J. K. Emmet has begun suit for divorce. It is said that Emily Lyttoii, Emmett's leading lady, has been named as co-respondent. Mrs. Emmet was before her marriage a Miss Daisy Kelly, daughter of a physician living in I'enn Van. Kinniett met her about six years ngo, while she was attending a boarding "Rhuol, and married her. They have one child, a little girl. Mrs. Emmet has been living in Switzerland for the past two and a half years, where her daughter was be­ ginning her education. Mr. Emmet sent her remittances regularly up to fourteen months nzo. when, it is said, he stopped, ler.vhig her without means. _

The spnsativi of the week was the mar­ riage at Indianapolis Oct. 2." of Charles F. Coghlan to Miss Kuhne Bevcridge. a mem­ ber of the Coghluu "Diplomacy" Company. Onglilan Is nz years old, while the bride Is barely nineteen. It was ger.eially sup­ posed that Mr. Coghlan was already mar­ ried, as for many jonrs he has lived with a woman of whom little is known except that Coghlan always presented her as his wife. She ninny* accompanied Mr. Coghlan's daughter, Gertrude. The Indian­ apolis marriage la generally denouiK ed by the newspapers as a scandalous proceed­ ing, although the bride's mother, who Is with her daughter, appears satisfied with it. The mother, who is the Countess von Wreda, is divorced and is a lady of. no uncertain temper.

An unscrupulous genius In Montr has been offering, for $3 each, copies

ATHLETIC.SPALDING OUT OF IT.

THE CHICAGO CHIEF TIRED OF A. A. U. METHODS.

HARMONY IN BALL. TEAMS

Not Always Absolutely Essential to Great. Success.

St. Louis, Oct. 24. An old St. Louis base ball patron-and base ball authority the other day was talking about the de- Mire for harmony among the members of ball teams and ridiculed the id»n that harmouv was absolutely essential to success. He also claimed that the clubs that have most harmony are nearest, the tail end. Said he:

"Did you ever boar anything about har­ mony among' tne (Id champion I'.rowns? There was a crowd In which Introductions were needed every day. Lntliam was not OH friendly terms with 'Robbie,' ISllllo Gleason, Tip O'Xelll or Dr. Bushoug. For over a year Conilskoy did not speak to Welch. Set-tos were not uncommon. 'Rob-, liie' and 'Arlte' would biff each othvv oooa- sionally. Biishong and Latham came to blows. While on the California trip 'Lath' got a little too previous with 'Commie,' and the great captain gave him as neat a licking as you'd cave to see. 'L-ith' was right in line next day and played a great game. Little Willie McGill went too far with Charley on another occasion, and Willie was taken across the managerial knee and literally spanked into submis­ sion. Tommy McCarthy was never liapp.v unless he was being called down, and If he did not have a fuss on he'd grow 1 at himself. Kit. Chamberlain and Silver King were always miffed. Then look at the rows with Chils! Why, In those days 'cler boss President' was solicitous about the health of a player who did not chew th<j,rag with him at least once a Jjfeek. Oh, what furi it was when Chris, boning over with rage, wcnld go into the dressing room at the park after a pa me had been lost anil begin to read the riot act. Every mother's son, with Comislsey at the head, would make n common war on him, and ninny a time he has regretted his rashness nud, when retreating^ has shouted: 'I'll tin you to-

He Resigns His Office Because He Objects to Being Further Used as a- Catspaw For Ambitious Unknowns in the, AUUetlc World,

A dispatch was printed in the daily paj>ers last week, dated Detroit, in which a personal attack was made upon the ' Chicago millionaire, Mr. A. G. Spalding, who has always been and still is a warm friend and promoter of hon­ est, clean athletic sports of all kinds. The dispatch was worded as follows:

"That there is going to be war In amateur athletic circles is becoming n?.ore apparent daily, and the dissatisfied are enlisting the best Qien In the city in their cause. Frank W. Eddy, who was one of the organizers of the Amateur Athletic Union, and who took a prominent part in the formation of the Detroit Athletic Club, is not enthusi­ astic over the present condition of ama­ teur athletics in the United States. In fact, he considers that the situation Is a disgraceful one. Speaking on the sub­ ject, he said: 'Amateur athletics are prac­ tically dead, and all owiug to the fact that the organization is In the hands of professionals. First and foremost is A. G. Spalding, a retired professional ball player. PiofessionaSly Mr. Spulding is nn estimable gentleman, but his connec­ tion with athletics is simply iu the in­ terest of his sporting goods business. Sullivan, Cornish and others carry out the wishes of Spuldlag. That Cornish should have been permitted to organize a mushroom club and have it admitted to the A. A. U. was bad enough, but that the Central Association should have allowed this professional to take his seat as a member of the board was disgrace­ ful. To my mind there is but one course open to the local members of the A. A. U.. aud that Is to withdraw from the Central Association, ''.'here is 110 honor connected with membership in that asso­ ciation. As a matter of fact, it is dis­ creditable. The A. A. V. is doomed. No branch of amateur sport can become taint­ ed with professionalism and live.' "

When Mr. Spalding was shown this scurrilous attack, in which it is insin­ uated that he manipulated his office in the interest of his athletic goods busi­ ness, he became indignant. Mr. Spald­ ing said he never sought the office of vice president or any other ollice in the A. A. U., was elected without his knowl­ edge or consent, and as his motives seemed to be misunderstood he had de­ cided to send in his resignation as vice president and member of the board of governors, and in future will positively refuse to accept any official position with any athletic association of any kind. He says he is weary of being used as a foot ball to boom into prom­ inence unknown men whoso only desire is to gain newspaper notoriety. The following is a copy of Mr. Spalding's resignation sent to President Steams, of the Central Association, last week:

"F. K. Stearns, President Central Asso­ ciation, A. A. U., Detroit, Mich. Dear Sli ; I have just been Informed of my re- election as vice president and member of the board of managers of the Central As­ sociation. As I have never found it pos­ sible to be present at any of your meet- Ings, and as ruy business affairs will prevent me giving It th.> necessary lime In the future, I must decline re-election. Therefore I tender you my resignation-as vice president and member of the Board of Governors of tile Central Association of the A. A. IT., and request that the same be acted upon at once. Respectfully,

"A. G. SPALDING." When the Chicago Athletic Associa­

tion was organized A. G. Spalding was chosen one of the board of governors. He was also made chairman of the ath­ letic committee. At his suggestion the Chicago A. A. applied for and was ad­ mitted into membership to the Central Association of the A. A. U., with official headquarters at Detroit. Theu the Central Association elected Mr. Spalding vice president and member of the board of managers. At the recent meeting of the association Mr. Spald-

'ing was, without solicitation or his knowledge, re-elected vice president and member of the board of managers.

Harry Cornish, of the Chicago A. A., represented the World's Fair Club and also the big f'hicago Club at the recent meeting in Detroit. He also held the proxies of several Western clubs, and as a result Wilkins, the secretary, who is unfitted for the place, and one O'Connor, were forced, rather than voted, out of office. Wilkins is a demoralizer and his action in reinstating professional ball players in the Detroit Club brought upon his head the wrath of the governing body of the A. A. U., which aJoue is supposed to look after such things.

PENNSYLVANIA FALL, GA3IES.

The Btter Bitten.Instead of coming' Out manfully and

acknowledges that the Bostons won the pennant on Its merits, the Pittsburg Times" claims that the championship was won by luck and dirty ball playing. It blames Long for laying up Mack, when every ball tosser in the country knows that Mack tried to injure Long by block­ ing tu« latter lit Uie plate. Boston "Her­ ald."

Orton Wins the 1OOO Yards Run, AVith Morris Second.

The hard rain pnit rather a damper on the University o1> Pennsylvania fall games at the University grounds, Phila­ delphia, October 'J7. The track was very wet and decidely slow, so that the time made iu many of the, events is quite commendable. The feature of the games was tlv» opon 1000 yards run, iu which S. W. Orton and Joseph Vernier, University of Pennsylvania, and W. II. Morris and M. A. Boyd, Y. M. C. A., started, all from the scratch. Ortou kept the lead from start to finish, with .Morris close at his elbow. The rest of the field was quickly distanced. At the finish both Orton and Morris spurted, but. the University crack was too much for his opponent, and won rather hand- fly in the fast time of 2 minutes 2'2 2-5 seconds. Suinrmisy: 101) yds. rtnsh First tient: C. B. ninokburn, '94

<:., « jTl.t., won; A. I,. Waiianuikcr, ".15 I,.,5 yds., second. Time, 10 2-!)3cc. Si'oond heat W. P. Kmgslniry, ".15 M., 8 yds., won: F. W.Bauer, *i)4 L., 4 yds., smawl. Time, 10 2-rjai.o.Final host K. W. Riiu>r, won; W. P. Kinjcs-bnry. second; A. L. \Vanamaker, third. Time,10 2-5»80.

220 yds. dash-F. W. Duner, '94 U, 6 yds.,won; A. I).' Ulllman, '95 C, 12 yrts., second;P. R. Froi-tnan, '»4 L.J scratch, third. Time,23«<sc.

Mile run J. E. GrcCh, '»7 M., scratch, won;H. B. W>ll, '»« C., SO yds., second; LouisColfclt, 'iK> C., 60 yds., tiili'il. Time, 6m.27 :i-33PC

Running high jump G. M. Fcrguson, '97 C.,4 In., won; actual height, 5 ft. 4^ In.; D.F. MRllory, '97 O., second; N. S. Hires, '81M.', tliinl.

440 yrts. <lnsh P. R. Freeman, '94 L., scratch,won; W. B. Warren, '95 C., 15 yds., second;J. O. Wetherill, '90 C.,«0 yds., tbird. Time,522 ,",si>c.

Two*lle bicycle race D. Flnmnry. 'flT. C., 220yi'j., won; J. \VU»rn, '95 M., 100 yds., second;G. M. Coates, '((4 O., scratch, third. No timewas taken, and the event declared n trial, l>o-cavme of the ruling of the L. A. W. not tounnctlon college events.

Half-mile mil O. O. Sichel, '95 O., 35 yds., won;E. W. KeUey, '94 M., scratch, second; JosephVernier, '»7 C., Br> y<la.. tl.ird. Time, 1m. OSsw;.Kelsey r«n In very Ki»d style.

Running broml jump G. M. Fcrguson, '97 C,,2 ft.,'won; actual jump, 19 ft. 5 in.; U. H.Lawrence, '95 C., 3 ft., swoiid; \V. B. Warren, »6 C., 6 In., third.The rain caused the postponement of

several events. They will not be run off until some short time before the first spring games.

SPOUTS AT

Annual Fall Meeting of the Athletic Association.

The Yale Athletic Association held its annual fall meeting at New Haven Oct. 2S before a large and enthusiastic crowd. The number of contestants was unusu­ ally large, and the games were so excit­ ing that the crowd remained on the L.leacU«m until Uio ludt ttvcut ou tiic

programme had been decided. No rec­ ords were broken, but those made were nearly all good. The results of the different events were: 100-Yard Dash W. T. Oowdrey, of New Rochelle,

N. y., won; O. L. Pnrfcer, of Louisville, Ky.,second. Time, 0.102-5.

Hnlf-Mlle Hun S. K. Wheeler, Chattanooga,Tenn., won; W. S. WoodhuU, Orange, N. 3.,second. Time, 2.02 4-5.

120-Yard Hurdle E. H. Cndy, of Hnrtford, won;G. B. Hatch, Cincinnati, second. Time.0.16 4-5.

One-Mile Walk O. F. Bunnoll, New Haven,won; W. P. Allisoo, Dubuque, Iowa, second.Time, 7.O4 2-B.

22()-T«rd JDash Hendon Chubb, - Orange, N. J.,won; George F. Saoford, New Haven, second.Time, 0.22 35.

Two-Mile Bicycle Race A. A. Ailing, NewHaven, won; B. Hill, Danbury, second. Time,«.05 4-5.

220 Yard Hurdles E. II. Cady, Hartford, woo;RolK'rt Mitcuell, ATOudale, O., second. Time0.27 4-5.

One-mile run Joseph B. Morgnn. Essex, Ct.,won; W. H. Soovill, Stamford, Ot., second.Time, 4.88 2-B.

440-Yard Dash S. K. Gerard, New York, won;*'." F. Beunctt, Hartford, second. Time,0.52 2-5.

Pole Vault C. B. Rice, New Haven, won; A. J.(Ulllmore, Fulton, N. Y., second. Distaucs, 1Ofeet.

Running Broad Jump I/. P. Sheldon, Rutland,Vt., won; D. Bowers, New York City, second.Distance, 20 foet, S inches.

High Jump S. D. Bowers won; S. K. Gerard,second. Distance, 5 feet, 4 Inches.

Harvard Freshmen's Games.The Harvard fre*hmen games were

held at Cambridge, Oct. 30, and in spite of the cold, raw weather, some very creditable work was done. Summary: 100-yard dash F. McCarthy first, W. J. Den-

holra second. Time, 10 3-5s. Two-mile bicycle race B. W. Oopen first, W. R.

Brlukerhoff second. Time, Gm., 8 2-5S. 440-yard dash W. R. Mansfield first, A. W.

Blake.moro second. Time. 53 8-5s. One-mile walk G. D. Phillips first. Thne, 8m.,

10(=. No other-: '! "<- ' - ''second. Time, 4m., 58 2-5s.

220-jnrd dash W. J. D.-H.....HI first, N. B. Mi». shall second. Time, 24 4-5s..HL-UU.I: ..... ... . . - ."«, .5. .. .. second. Time, 2ui., 4 2-Od.lKh jump C. J. Paine, 5ft., 8%in., first; A.Ktlckiiev, Jr., second.

Putting the shot Paine, distance, Sift., lOWn.,first; Stickney second.

Throwing the hammer Stickney, distance, GSft.,71n., first; Paiiie second.

Pointers.The New York Athletic Club members!

do not want the club house vacated by (lie M. A. C. at the price asked.

Conrad Marks and Alexander Miller .ara to run a mile race on Nov. 7 for $2.~iO a side, Marks to allow Miller 20 yards start.

The next meeting of the Board of Gov­ ernors of tbe Amateur Athletic Union is scheduled to be held at the Astor House, New York City, on Nov. 20.

Mr. J. W. R. Collins, secretary of the Atlantic Association of tbe Amateur Atb- letlc Union, has been elected Honorary President of tlie Athletic Club of the As­ sociation Foot Ball Union.

Tbe Amateur Athletic Club of Atlantic City was formally organized Oct. 28 by the election of Harry Young as president and Roy Collins as secretary. The club Intend* to have boxing aud wrestling bouts every Saturday night.

I'rof. William H. Coupe, of this city, Is matched to wrestle I'rof. Doyle, of thfl linltimore Athletic CluB, best two in three falls, c,itcli-as-catc\i-can style, for a purse of $150. at Baltimore, tbe latter pnrt ol November. Doyle will weigh some 'M pounds more than Coupe.

George W. Orton, the Canadian cham­ pion amateur runner. Is to tuke a course at the University of Pennsylvania. This step of Orton's, says Sam Nelson. In the New York Evening "Sun," menus that tlie U. of 1'. will win the Intercollegiate mile ru« next year unless Tommy Conneff enters Yale or Harvard. Couut'i'f did have an o?» 'pbrtunity to enter a New York college an4 study electricity, through his ability t« run.

The University of Pennsylvania track team lias elected Parker Freeman captain for the college year of '!).'t-'l)4. Freeman was the captain of the teui.i last ?i'as«:i>, and maile a big success in bis position. He is in this year's graduating class at the Law School. The University 21!0 and 440-yanls dash records are held" by the new captain, who Is one of the fastest middle-distance men Pennsylvania cvur possessed. Freeman's re-election wui unanimous.

The first Iu a series of paper chases for trophy cups was ruu by the Orange Hiding C'lub at Orange, N. J., Oct. 28. About twenty-five riders took part. Tbe start was made from llnrrisou and Centre streets, nnd from thr-re the run was through South Orange and Montrose, a dis­ tance of about five miles, aud including thirteen stilt jumps. Tile chase was \\oii by JIlss Emma Dill and Louise Hulloch, who will each take a place In th« cnnnic- titlon for ladies' and gentlemen's trophies. Among those who tinished were Mr. ami Miss Ailing, Mr. and Mrs. Woods, Lieu­ tenant and Mrs. Linribolin, Messrs. Klein, Fltzpntrick, Hill, Atwater, Hathaway aud Gordon.

The Metropolitan Association of the A. A, U., hns appointed the following com­ mittees for 1893-!)4: On boxing and wrest- ling Messrs. Ryder, Alien, Merrigau, White and Stell. On trial and restoration Hovey, Merrigan and Vanbecht. Itegis- tration Ryder, Wood, Connor and Stnrr, Protest Rubien, White aud Burrows. Club investigation Leinehen, Alien. Pauldinj and Steil. Finance dimming, Dowling, Konney and Steil. Legislation Tighe, Huck nnd Love. Schedule Sullivan, Con- neft and Itrennan. The treasurer's report showed a balance on band of $240.71. The committee ou boxing and wrestling, who Investigated the deficit between the sale of tickets and the receipts of the late tournament reported that they had failed to lind out any crooked work.

TIME WITHOUT A WATCH.

Interesting Facts For Sports Who May Have Had Occasion to Visit Their Uncle.Actual and repeated experiments have

shown that the nearest hour of the day or night may be ascertained in the fol­ lowing very curious \yny >

MaKe a small running loop in a piece of sewing thread about a foot in length, place a shilling in this loop, see that the coin is accurately bisected by the thread, and then draw the loop tight up, so that the shilling is firmly slung at one end of the thread. Put on a solid table a glass tumbler with a fairly wide niotun. Itest your right elbow on the table in a nrni and easy position so as to avoid afiy sbakiness 111 your hand, hold the other end of the thread between .our lirst finger and the "ball" of the thumb (i. c., the fleshy top joint of the thumb), so that the thumb nail is underneath, and a few inches above the middle of the month of the glass.

Now, if you keep your hand quite steady, the movement of the coin (which is hanging inside the tumbler) will be­ come less and less until the shilling is motionless. Then, in half a minute or so, a very slight and regular vibration will commence, the coin oscillating from side to side like a pendulum, and gradu­ ally increasing the length of movement until it gently strikes the side of the glass. This strike goes on in the nio;t regular and automatic way, first on one side of the glass and then on the other, until, say, eight strokes have been struck;-the vibrations of the coin theu diminish in length, until the suspended shilling agnin becomes motionless and hangs in the middle of the, tumbler. You look at your watch and find that 8 o'clock i<< the nearest hour.

I have tried thM over and over ngntn, deliberately setting about the experi­ ment without bias or any inter.iion of influencing the swing of the coin, and also being ignorant of the time, and when my hand has been steady the right time has invariably been struck.

•. There is something very curious about tins phenomenon. WfSother the thread i^ influenced' by the pulse in the "ball" of the thuinrf or whether there is some unconscious transference of intention" from the brain,to the thread, I do not know; but in any case, the matter i.- sufficiently interesting to be worthy ol a critical test by persons who will care­ fully and without bias carry out this singular experiment of telling I he tiiu*

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