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Show Servant Girl Plays Kubelik's $50,000 Violin " Jn-n .Kubellk, who possesses "The Emperor, Em-peror, said by cxporta to be the most valuablo violin ln the world, the artist having several times refused an offer of 5o0,000 for the instrument, telln tho following fol-lowing ffood story of an incident ln his recent American tour: Jn. amusing thing In thin connection connec-tion happened in an Iowa city. I returned re-turned to my hotel room to find tho chambermaid, a Bohemian liko myself, my-self, playing on my "Emporor," Sho had picked up the case to dust It, and could not roalst the temptation of holding an Impromptu rehearsal Sho was frightened until she saw me smile, and heard me address her in our native tongue. Then sho plucked up courage to toll me that, while my violin was a very good one, Bho vastly proforred her own. for which sho hod paid 50. It .waa rather disheartening dis-heartening to know that everyone ln tho world did not sharo my high opinion of "Tho Emporor." Which reminds me of a bellboy who camo to my room before a concort and said: "Say, mlstor, I'd like to go to your show If you ain't going to play trained music." I was staggered, for, although my I:nowledg0 of English was fairly good, I liad never yet heard of "trained music." At any rate, I think I grasped his meaning, ror I advised him strongly against attending. Psychic Musical Developments. Not long alnco roporto wero sent to ua from the other sldo of tho Atlantlo of successful experiments In transmitting muelti bX wireless. Wo have now In America Francis Grlcrson. "whose jfeychlc mproviBat!on3 upon tho piano havo attracted at-tracted widespread attention abroad and noro. Now there appears a young man of Bpanlsh extraction, Joseph Mercedes of Son Dlegp, Cal., who transmits any music at will to a pianist at a distance by a procces of telepathy which ho himself him-self cannot explain. New York experts, Including Professor Ilyslop. havo been unable to detect any element of fraud in his performance. .TilViS ,nu,r world of muulc instances multiply which lead us away from the old materialistic conceptions to the belief that wo aro merely upon the vergo of a world of natural truths and powers of which thus far wo mvo but tne fautcst noxvl- 1 cugo. "tt p scarcely know what to expect next In these strange days when wo can see through solid bodies, talk thousands of miles through tho nlr, and when tho very solidity of tho atom is undermined and wo cannot aver that It Is moro than a mode of motion. The public attitude is curious, but mm r Rnl1.09S' towarl ill these mattors still. Within a reasonably short tlmo. more Intelligent, position taken toward the collocting. collating nnd synthesizing of corresponding results ln theso different Molds of modern thought and actlivty. It is time that inductive reasoning, which has niado the human mind, and civilization civiliza-tion what they aro today, should begin to suggest spmc of tho deeper and wider tr,uths, w.h,ch ,n behind tho tho remarkable remark-able facts which confront us at ovory turn. Musical America. Brodbcck Recital Success. .MSa?m-P SPhio Brodbcck, director of tno Bait Lako Musical college, gave an oxcelJent programme, with tho assistance assist-ance of Sarah May Sims, at tho Consolidated Con-solidated concert hall last Tuesday evening. Madamo Brodbock again showed that sho is an artist of excellent excel-lent training. Sho charmed the audi-pneo audi-pneo with hcr exquisite voice and sang in four languages English, Gorman. J'rouch and Italian, Sarah May Sims, a piano student at the Salt Lalco Musical collego, despite hcr j'outh, outored into her parts with a spirit of self-control that calls for moro than ordinary commendation". She. displayed an .excellent technique in hor solos, as well as accompanying the songs with refinement and taste. The ArtiBt'B Thinking. Of all thinking for tho artist, most especially at tho outset, of his career, .that is most valuablo which is diroctou to tho shaping of his ideal of himself. For such ho will becomo, if he maintains main-tains in his thought tho picture of himself him-self which ho makes, and takos tho normal nor-mal means which present themselves of advancing toward tho realization of it. It is to bo understood, however, that the oxcrciso of tho croativo power of thoucht depends? Toi,cr on tQ0 niere idle maintenance of the thought in tho mind on tho ono hand, nor upon a straining or forcing of the mind or the will on the other. It depends upon tho knowledge that the aubjective mind provides tho conditions in which a thought gorminates,( and through which it is brought into outer reality. It is not meant that tho artist, especially espe-cially in his years of immaturity, is to mnko an iron-clad ideal for himself and stick to it through thick and thin, whatever befall. Such, a thing would bo justifiable only on tho supposition that the ono formulating the ideal had sufficient wisdom to baso it upon eternal principles. Tho material world is "immortal "im-mortal by renewal of itself through tho destruction of forms." or a3 the popular pop-ular saying has it, ''nothing is permanent perma-nent ibut change." Tho stato of flux in which all things are, through growth and chango, is a law which we take ad- vantago of, consciously or unconscious- Ukv'. ly, to shape our ideal more and moro Bg:5i nearly to truth and beauty as these re- ittil veal themselves to ns, and we may do Jljj this knowing that the outer chango musi follow upon tho inner. jajf Ot first importance to the artist is r. it that he realizo tho absolute ncccs- 1 i?J sity of making an ideal for himself 8-r; that will lift him from tho condition ut of being a mere member of a general fc jyv class to tho condition of being an in- I.', dividual. And thovnext thing in order !E of importance is that ho know what p elements to bring together for tbe IfcTj making of that ideal the building ma- 1 j' terials out of which it should bo framed I jjij in . order to produce the result bo re- i tje quires. Tho discussion of this matter 1 I must, however, bo Tescrved for another jr;f occasion. Arthur Farwell. m Salt lako Chorus Flourishes. p The Salt Lako Grand Opera chorus will m meet next Tuesday evening at S o'clock M'ji at the Beesley music store, 67 South &; t Main street, at which mooting business Jf iij arrangements will be discussed and rtg- ih I ular rehearsals Instituted. The chorus is im l now completo and all bids fair for auc- i9'4, cess. Director CarlHon is doing hard 5 .j work and declares If the chorus will be JH j faithful to rehearsals, success is sure. mW. I Rehearsals will bo held every Monday EIS' night, beginning March 2 I vSi- Soventh Ward Programme. jjjj'ri The following musical numbers will bo a t rendered this morning In the Seventh a 5 ward Sunday school: Cornet nolo ...Professor Sweeten B (R Barltono solo EUhu Call Km Soprano solo Edith Backman Wit Music UTotes. 8 if At the regular meoting of tho Musical fl III union today, tho question of securing w permanent and more suhablo quarters Vi will bo tho main topic of discussion. e.j tt Arthur Frebor, conductor of the Salt B Lako Philharmonic orchestra, has re- M turned with his bride from their honey- j fr moon trip and Is again hard nt work in n j his varied musical duties. J ffij, Piano pupils of Tracy Y. Cannon and Mfc Earl Pardoe will be heard in recital next Illlfl Friday evening in Ogden. Those on the ' r8 programme nre: Ruth Johnson, Joseph fclft Snedakor, Miss Bassett, Leah Pardoe, !Ij Marian Browning. Jy Organist A, H. Pcabodv of St. Mark's fl cathedral Is now assured that the new tjjl organ will be completed and ready for use by Sunday, March S. j w j |