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Show J f V MRS. FANNIE ZEISLER. AS A PIANISTE GOLDEN II rr in this country. SHE HAS WON PRAISE. Jir.it Public Appearauec in Auirrt- li Otbtr Night Incint a Itrilant" utv Oik u U a (liUitgo Olrb. ns bloomfield- i - Zeulcr tile iele-- b rate pianiste, niaile lie - first pub- aiPasfl ia t- v- Anniiii at Carqegte hall New A ork, II IHa Fp to the spring of the concert stags every winter.and has frequently been the soloist of all the pi eminent orchestral organizations U this country, such as the New York Philharmonic and Svmphony societies t' e Boston Symphony ordostra. the Buffalo, CinHfi-ua- tt and St Loaic. orchestras and tfie Worcester festivals. Everywhere She was pronounced a piiiuste of txtraor-dtnar- y attainments. Not satisfied with the position assigned to heh by American critics, she went to Europe In the fall of 19J, and appeared at Berlin. Vienna, Leipoic, Dresden and other German cities, where she' by the prees ansi public alike as the greatest living woman pianist, and as one of the gieattst pianists of all times On the strength of these successes she was engage!! for a tour throughout Europe during the winter of 1894-- 3 During this engagement she plaved in Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Cologne Rrankfort, Munich, Diesden, Leipsic, Magdeburg, Hanover, Copenhagen, Genova and many other cities, audi-erue- s evciy where carrj Ingaway her and winning signal triumphs, in the spring of 1835 she returned to merlca and has since then lived in preparing for the tournse, of whliHi the concert given by her last night dVTai negie hall was the opening Mrs Zeisicr has her home in Chicago and is the safe of Mr Sigmund ZeU-len a lawyer and prom.-necitizen 1833 bhe appeared" on - the other evening Mine Ze blei is fpnit nine, loaning and seductive, and she wins Lei audience b.v gciuW lather than by is forteiul art The UlooiW a fyeat pianist, but, although bnlliant in technique, her chief povvtsr liea in She has the singing quality subtlety in peifeition, and under bit sensKive fingu-- , the ktva etiant nnv mrlodj ter. Her Intioduction to America was elTiiied, by a supeib tendering of tl.e Schumann tonceito opus 54, and befoie i's thne moveniens were ended 1 annie ISioomfi hid estab-shed hirsilf fir nil v in our hearts IW tiiumph was maintained although siamlv 'trongtheneJ in the Rubinstein i oik ei to in D minor, which not even ginius t,n make whollj interesting In a dainty Litadff scherzo Mme, Zeis-le- i had an oppoptunitv to dispay her rtelfiary of touch and reeling with such ill tha the audience was aioused into enthusiasm Fannie Uloomfield-Zeisle- r was born ir 1m5 at Bn litz. Australian Silesia, but ivme io America with her parents when rhe was less than I yeais of age lid pan nts settled in Chicago and still live tin r Iler musical talent showed i alls 1 r, well-knts- nt An 4 iniMlieifvAlodflt "This is one of mySnodels, Mr Brown said one day to the writer, pointing to a ragged urohjn, who looked as if he had walked ouUqf the frame of one of the artist's pierages to take a rest in the armchair in whii he was so comfor'ablv curled up. "This is Pete. The little rascal never took a 'bath in his life When his hands and feet show in a pietuie he has to be washed up a little, as they are even too duty to be picturesque " Pete grinned ns if lie was pleased with the distinction of being an absolute stranger to the bath But he probably does wa-his face aniL4unds occasional j . Ills faie was bright enough to desetve not be hidden by dirt The Child-PaintJ. G. Brown, by John J. a Bechet, in St. Nicholas, - 1 er ' v ''Winding the liieAcn. Y . is avpretty little girl of a jears in northwest Baltimore who hag been C Theie Her mother has tenderly raised. guaidcd her against witnessing acts of violence or cruelty and she is in ignorance of the methods emplojed in killing fowls for the table. Several days ago, unknown to the careful parent, the little girl strajed into the rear jard of her home, where a set. ant was killing a number of chickens for dinner by wringing their The child watched the necks. wPh great Interest for several minutes, and then 4a a glow of excitement ran to her mother. Mammal she cried, "just come and see the fun. Mary is winding the chickBaltimore Sun. old, ens up. , . Tmrkle Taken bjr a Daell JUh. T. Howard, a wealthy citizen of New Orleans, and his servant were PERSONALITY OF THE GREAT fishing In a worn boat off Ship lslalfil Siwitih mai kei al, silver yesterday MILLIONAIRE'S ELDEST SON, fish and poiupai.o w!Tviting freely. Suddenly a noviug m (iradaited at O&fortl tottega to Fine making towrl tie small craflx. It Uml A Mila ut the ge of Twenty proved to bt a tuae devil fish, whicV lie fond of Club nail Field fastened P teutuilta on the cuhmerged port. part of tin rop, holding me small c hHuwt i TFaged tVo small OHN W. MACITVY, boattbroif.1 the woatir with lightning S, JR , the elder ton of speeJ. A ib P p i keikin e was the only John VV. Mackay, of thing tvaiLb o to cat t! up,, ahd with San Francisco, died this Mr. Howdt t it to wotk with a in Paris recently wUL Final!' .is.u o.ai h labor, the ,roaad LATE J. VV. J1 ACICAY, JR. Harry 1 Ua au-5- NAPOLEON IN. IT. ONE OF THE EMPEROR'S SEVEN THRONES NOW HERE. I. Go Into n Wqieunv nt S bavt-t- i Slow tlt ll from llurluc Iraarlirs IHrr-V4- War traao-K'Fa..tn- n IrruttI't hy I came experts before purchasing. across the sea in the same steamer that carried him, was rarefull packed under his eves, and he saw It safely stored away In the car which will soon land it on the Pacific Coast,-wh- ere it will gladden the ejes of eurio loving Saa Franciscans. q a PASSES THE CENTURY MARK. Keaiarkablw Vitality of an A;el Woman. On Sundaj', pppt. 22, the bells of the city of Fond du Lac rung out all hail-upothe arrival of Mrs, Elizabeth VV fJj 'TJsjoeordeti once r-v- a of ni that he renTitrked that lhuM-ws''trelh-l- ng. Blackburn at tbe centennial enniversary of her birth. Everybody knowiSir and esteems her highly in peons Those who have a the fountatBKclty. Not only ia Mrv,BUckburn 10(1 years penchant for attribold, but she Is aovmtkqf heart, vigorutterto the uting ances of great men ous of Intellect and remarkably well other preserved bodily. She Is yet'hle to nuauings than those conveyed in their words say move about the housen and doorj'wrd years age his Idea was that a throne requires unassisted, and a something more than rojal vestments to maintain it. Whatever Napoleon thought of thrones it is not hard to believe that he wag fond of them. He has seveii scattered around in different ptirts so that wher ever he was he would be wlthihTeasy reach of one. and would thus be enabled to appear In the dignityof state V. , i with all its pomp before his subjects, and, notwithstanding these seven, it is believed of him that he had" an abnormal ambition to gather unto himself F A more even though they were the thrones of other rulers One of these seven thrones or, to be more correct, the chair which formed the greater part of the throne is now in this country. Far from the land of its creation, ltjaecnrely packed away, and in a freight car is making the long journey to San Francisco. There it will go into a museum filled with other antiquities, never again to have the honor of resting a real live emperor. After the close of the California State MRS. E. BLACKBURN., Midwinter International Exhibition, ahe would walk a mile and not mind lt which was hrid in San Francisco, a per- She good meal and a" appreciates manent museum, as a memorial of the hearty joke, and cannot only grasp ons exposition, was established. Michael H. of the latter when offered, but can per- de Young, who was president of the exgetrate one with a vigor and approposition, undertook the task of obtaim priateness that kre not altogether tbe Nalng curios for the museum. The of youth. Rarely despondmonopoly poleonic fever being at its height, he ent, she keeps up a line of correspondsecured many rellca of the emperor, ence with" & few friends, and never among thorn the medals exhibited at writes a letter that Ja not full of vithe World's Fair. tality soul and good cheer. Mrs. Needing rest after his arduous Tabors Blackburn has now living four chilof tho winter, Mr. de Young went to dren, seventeen grandchildren and Europe, and in Paris he struck a vert nineteen , mine of in the table way good things Aa KnglUh View of Cab. When the present trouble began last Wine at Two Million Dollar, i. llottlo- winter the American papers treated it In the rose apbrtment (so called from contemptuously as another device to a bronze the ancient cellar raise mare money for the use of tho e under the Hotel de revolutionary Junta in New York. It of Bremen, is the famou Rosenwein," is not unlikely that they were, right. deposited nearly two centuries and a But it turned out that Cuba itself was half ago. There are twelve larges cases, unexpectedly ripe for revolt and from each bearing the name of ona of the the feeble beginnings, inaugurated by apostle, and the wine of Judas, deeply half a dozen little bands of marauders J. W. MACKAY, JR. the reprobation attached to his ntune. scattered la tho mountalno, tho movediNew York City. Mr. Mackay was a Is ls ment hits spread until It embrace a day more highly esteem' rector and member of the executive tliaa the others. One ease of wine, con' considerable part of tbe island and is Cable Commercial committee of the five oxhoft of 204 bottles, cost tabling taxing the ml Itary and financial reCompany, and also of the Postal Tele- 509 in 162L Including the of Spain to tbe very utmost. sources graph. He was the older of two sons, expenses of keeping up tbs cellar, and world t large the ultimate IsTo the with was his brother, Clarence, who of the contributions, interest of the sue of the conflict is a matter of indifljim when he died, being four years his amounts, and interests uporj interests, ference, Undoubtedly Spain has misMackay young aa oxlioft costs at the present time junior. IfTnrbattllved, ruled Cubs as badly as she could. But con near some time, would have, at 55s 537,640 consequently there is no reason to believe that the trolled the large interests of his father, a bottle is worth 2,723,812 Cubans themselves would improve flutwhose successor he was to have been. a glass, or the eighth part of a bottle, NAPOLEON SAtVJN'THIS CHAIR., ters. Our grandfathers went Into rapHe was possessed of a large heart, re- is worth 310,476 or 6272,380; o? curios. But tnostof all he prizes tures over Simon Bolivar and viewed markable ability, quick perception and or at the rate of 340 or f 272, this chair, as to the VnulBcne8 with enthusiasm tho creation of tho a large capacity for wor per drop. A burgomaster of Jlremcn is which he was satisfied Bernard various South American republics. We in well known was as Youfig Mackay privileged to have on bottle whenever the well known French expert who have seen what these republics are New York society as he was in San be entertains a distinguished guest who Franck, late like find ourselves more skeptical. on all matters pertaining Francisco. He was a member of sev- enjoys a German or European reputatempire. Saturday Review. retained eral clubs in the east, and ion. As far as can be learned it wa! the year around a handsome suite of chair which graced the Chateau Srhollrld a Young Old Maa. apartmpfits at the Belgravia, corner of j As Soria) Distinction, - was or Jtt lhat Complegne. Cloud, It h street. Ftfth avemie and Forty-nintyears since-bewAlthough it is thirty-fou- r TwoTTlttle girls were chatting tothe story runs, it was taken away durbrigadier-genera- l, and a made was at one time rumored that he was gether on their way to school. My ing the Franco-Prussia- n war, Just beengaged to Miss Virginia Fair, daugh- father Is .a general, said tbe one, fore the appearance of the Prussians, morKthan forty since be began to hold official 'position, Gen. Schofield regards ter of the California millionaire, one of boastful'. The other replied, as shs by a patriotic Frenchman, who was de- himself as still comparatively a young whose guardians was John W. Mack munched a bit of nice Mine Is termined that the chair in which tbe cake; man. and views his retirement with a ay, Sr. At another time, during the a confectionerf And the general bad seated himself should For the certain degrda of last season, his name was persistently daughter darted a look of envy at her emperor desecrated never be by falling into the first dime since his pleasure.he become connected with thafof Consuelo Van- little boyhood Der Floh. foes of France. To incompanion. tbe of hands derbilt. Mr. Mackay had been assidu sure its safety be stored it away In the ous In his attentions to Miss Vanderof cellar of bis house, and in the conseChina, Viceroy bilt and gave a box party In her honor. quent turmoil and excitement 'he forgot all about It It wts not until after bis death, a few years ago, that bis relatives, in searching (be bouae, foundht the chair. be Hidden away wmong wbat-migtermed rubbish for nearly a quarter of a century, It was badly worm-eate- n and otherwise soiled; but the family made inquiries,, learned the valne of the discovery, and, haring no use for a throne of their own, sold it to a dealer In antiquities fora nlee little 'I aura. The dealer had it reproduced faithfuly, put it In bis store, and there it waa when Mr. de Young found it. Any one who has noticed the two handsome chair which are at the en trance to the winter garden in the HoSCHOFIELD. Waldorf will hardly need a descrip The hbove is a portrait of LI Hung tel of Mr. de Young's treasure, says a private citizen, and the aense of freetlon charms for him Chang, viceroy of China, and the rich- the New York Herald. They are re- dom in it has many He expecta to travel in Europe, and la est man in the world. -- To bis statesused tbe chair of the by a tcur of the world. At production manship China la indebted to the peace emperor at Fontainbleau. This is sim- meditating Gen. Schofield bad recently, Memphis, negotiations with, Japan. ilar In all respects, save that tbe front first taken jn tbe unihli photograph Insupports are of plain carved wood, and it does form of a lieutenant-genera- l, &llnttr Bayard's Iraprrssloas. stead of taking tbe form of caryatides full justice to his handsome physique x ii c tut ' hihi trammr and soldierly bearing uij i njir ister Bayard in London, as related by feet-higtbe framework being of him to a British interviewer, are the carved oak,, with heavy gilding, after A Brav Womans absence of artificiality in society and the fashion oi tbe day. The back show York woman, the New brave A little in the the democracy that prevails in out-doleaves oak of a circular wreath life. As an Instance of this, he was wood, being about two feet in diameter. widow of a burglar who died In the rowed about at Hetjley bjr a waterman The center I upholstered in rich crim- state prison a few years ago, Is who smoked a short black pipe, aa did son velvet, handsomely embroidered a thriving dealer In cosmetics and an another passenger In the little boat with heavy gold thread, with a big N accomplished face masseuse. She was When they readied shore the other pas- standing out in prominent relief. The left destitute by ber husband's imprissenger revea'ed himself ss a clergyman seat is of the tame crimson velvet, with onment, and after a season of despair a dean at leapt. On the other hand, gold thread embroidery, and on each began to study with a famous skin docthe Interviewer was visibly Impressed side, on top of the arm posts, is a tor. She became thoroughly acquainted bv the abundance of heirlooms snd heavy globe of aatin wood, on which with the arts and mysteries of the pro- family portraits in the American min- probably Napoleon often rested his fesslon, learned to apply massage to the ister' bouse. hands while listening to the artful flat- treatment of the complexion, invented C and y tery of his courtiers. On the wood of several creams and lotions, customers is the numbers of her many e back chair, the among at rapid-firtwo seat, guns; four the ' Shoolil Not Sf Them. guns; the name of the maker, which leading society women of New York, 3A'ifie Dooq it hurt rapid-fir- e guns; three your skin when engraved a Is taken as strong proof of the chairs aa well as Kendal, Melba, and Patti, revolving cannon; 4 Gatling guns. Six I puli a gray hair out of your beard? 34 350 tubes. officers, Crew, Elderly Husband No, but It hurts genuineness. Mr. de Toung, however, who sends for her oto make a profestorpedo once a year waa careful to get the advice of several sional visit to Craig-y-nmen. ray feelings. UU re- from injuries last strainl-w- -t uuiol and the grevt ceived by being fish made oft with the am 'or and the his thrown from Dmp-ctbalance of the to, i to the St He was at Louis Globe Dt not horse. (at. his country vh ). teau at Mange, In M ns nrnl the department of death of uni Mihoiie remover The were who friends Sartue With three from Washington om of the most his guebts he aj ranged a horse race to pcttonaliuis cv.r known it be ruu upon a circular track, each to NBickay's Mr. own ride his horse. horse got bejond his rider's eoiittol and bolted the track, throwing Mr. Mackay he As violently to the ground. plunged forward he strjack against the butt of a tree head Toremoat, the Blow catching him directly between the eves. He was immediately picked up and carried Into the chateau, where he was worked over assiduously in an endeavor to restore him to consciousness; but all Oa the restoratives were in vain. He died about six hours after the accident. J. VV. Mat kay, Jr . was born In San Francisco. August 12. 1870. He was educated at Oxford University, England, He declined to devote all his time to society, and for some time he represented his father's vast Interests abroad, and displajed such undeniable business tal-tthat on November 14, 1890, when only twenty yearB old, he was ap- the national capital a diminutive man a foot ks small as a girl's and a pointed president and manager of the with American Forcite Powder Manufactur- head topped with a sombrero that dwarfed it and left nothing of the face ing Company, with offices on the tenth floor of tbe Postal Telegraph Building, to view but the piercing ejes and tho - immense cigar -protruding front the mouth; a dandy with frilled shirt and cuffs and with the neatest of boots, but a man deveW of fear and of the keenest of minds. As a soldier, Lee valued him as one of the best of generals, and as a politician he dominated Washington during his career there as senator, and left public life the best hated of men. Gem Mahone had many of tho e Vlrgln-n- , characteristics of the but, as a matter of fact, there was nola drop of Virginian blood In his d Irish felnm. He was a man. FANNIE BLOOMFIELD-ZEISLEItself wheu she was about C jears and when, before receiving any instrucLowell AflvUe to loan Men. tion, she used to pick ouf the notes of Annie Laurie and such tunes on the lie had enjojed heartily his own frepiano upwn which her older brother. quent reading of the works of the great , and he was able Sanscrit et the Johns Hopkins univer- to convey some of this enjoyment to sity Baltimore, did his practicing. his own readers, and had to explain to Her first teacher was Bernard Ziehn. them the reasons for his liking. His But ver soon she became a pupil of favorite of all was the mighty FlorenCarl Wolfsohn, of whom she received tine poet. Dante, whom Lowell steadily Institution until she was 13 jears old. Studied from early life. Indeed, the adIn 1ST", when Mme. Essipoff, the great vice he gave to young menseeking culpianiste, toured this country, she heard ture was to find the great writer whom little Fannie Bloomfield play and pro- they most appreciated, and to give nounced her a genius who should be themselves to the constant perusal of educated in Europe. She strongly ad- this great writer, growing up to him vised her parents to send her to slowly, and discovering gradually that who was then and Is now the to understand him adequateijr would foremost piano teacher In the vworld. force them sooner or later to leara to any This advice was followed, and in the of the things best worth learning summer of 1873 little Fannie Bloomfield A New Acquaintance. w ent to Vienna, and for five consecutive Mother I don't like the looks of that yeais studied under the great master. In 1SS3, before leaving Vienna, she hoy who has just moved In next door. Small Son Nuther do I. He's awful played several times in that city, earnwiry, and Im afraid when it comes to ing high praise from the critics there. In the fall of 1833 she returned to gettin' acquainted I'll be the one to get America, and soon began public playing licked. S;T lumber a pile t with gor trappings W J.., sw. " r t half-doze- ofj-'ranc- V K' li V -- -- - B -- o'd-tlm- ' pure-bloode- m- i mi ts-ih- rs s; rlx-dolla- toh as x,r i -- h, to-d- ay Length on water line, feet 2 inches; draft. displacement, 4,098 Two propellers driven by triple expansion engines. Horse Dimensions 810 feet; beam. 49 22 feet 7H inches; ton a horl-gont- al power, 8,869. Coal capacity, 830 tons. Protective deck Slope, 3 inches: flat, 2 Inches. Armament Main battery, breech loading rifles; sectwelve rapid-lir- e ondary battery, four 37-m- - f |
