Show Bismarcks Mucal Ides General von Ioltkc was a devoted mu slo lover ant played on the cello hImself but BIsmarck was lackIng In the musIcal taste which Is commonly attributed to Germans The New York Tribune says Musical anecdotes about Prince Bismarck ought to be In order but uhavpl the Iron chancellor was not a musical man anti to dIscuss him in relatiOn to musIc one would be compelled to pursue the Iucus a non lucendo principle However How-ever a story comes to mInd which may bo sad to illustrate his conception ot his masters attitUde toward art Niemann the great dramatic tenor told It to the Tribunes cmmtntator years ago when I the conversation chance to turn on a singer whose last ear were spent In America This was Karl Fores the always al-ways formidable and sometimes terrify lag basso The story relate to Nle manns frt meeting with Formes The later had been so long away from hIs native Germany that oven Niemanns generation ot artists knew him only a a tradition when once he turned up In Ber ln presented himself at the famous tenors ten-ors lodgings introduced himself and almost al-most In the same breath asked Niemann to secure for him an invitation or commend com-mend to sing at a court concert Xlemann knew nothing about his voice cr manner except what tradition reported re-ported and relyIng on that procured for him the desired opportunity to bo her ly the dignitaries of Berlin You can imarina how 1 felt saId Niemann re Iai ithe anecdote when Fores stood up and belowedhe dId not sing he roared ant bellowed always off the pitch i a song by Schubert The perspiration fairly role down my face as I reflected on the possible consequences ot my rashness rash-ness In asking that he be invited to sing but to my amazement when he had finished fin-ished the old emperor led the applause and demanded an encore which Fores gave in the same awful style Of course I was relieved but I could not understand under-stand I Later In the evenIng I saw Madame Lucca sitting cozily on a sofa with Prince BIsmarck To her I went and timidly put the question why Forme had made so great a hit Bismarck answered an-swered Cant you guess Look at the swere size of him Cant you hear old emperor saying What a soldier hed makel Let him sing agaIn I |