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Show ABdcct Hurtcal Tnstramenti. In the Metropolitan Museum of Aft fn New York city there is an interesting collection of musisal instalments of all nations, many of which belong to past centuries. They lie silently in the glass casea 'The strings of mandolins and lutes that made sweet mueio in day gone by are broken and twisted, and the fingers that' once swept them have passed away, but still the air seeruc trembling with melody. Imagination pictures the banquet hall, the summer nights when the troubadour Bang songa ander his ladylove's window, or the Bedouin camp in the desert, where th6 flute and guitar were played during tht evening hour of reposes There are in itrumenta here of all characters rude Violins and banjos fashioned by savage hands, and dainty lyrus inlaid with gold and mother of pearL instruments whiob have played their part in ancient; ceremonies cere-monies in faraway India and China, ia the castles of the middle ages and in the African wilderness. It is interesting to note that all nations have tried to make Instruments to please the eye as well as to produce sweet sounds. The stringed instruments and flutes of savage races are often grotesque and even ugly tv civilized eyes, but the poor savage did his best He carved his instruments a well as he could and also adorned it with whatever precious trinkets he had tn his possession. L S. Conaut in 81 Nicholas |