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101) ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE. SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1000 -Ava-. Hopeman Memorial Chime 1 he 1 II The Unlvemity or Rochester Library Tower lantern in which the Hopeman chime i located.

i iiiii i 1' greater. No hell hung In a fixed position and struck with a dapper has anything like, the volume that. It has when swung ao that, it can be rotated like an ordinary church bell. But no such number of bella could be hung In a tower of given al.a if arranged for swinging, nor could tunes he played on such a chime from a keyboard by electric action. The, Knglish custom of change- ringng on bells pulled by a coin-puny of lingers, each holding a rope attached to the mounting of one bell, gives charming effects when Bklllfully done, but la litlle practised in this country for obvious A chime like this one at the river cainpun la capable of icridciing varied and interesting music, hut.

ahould not he expected to rival in mere loudness a peal of bells swung over with th-' dapper moving freely from side to side. Some Sound Louder Neither It In physically possible for il.i ranging from nearly four tons to 3'KI pounds In weight to have absolutely uniform Ioudnc. The amplitude an well as the pitch of the vibrations varies with the diameter and weight. It la the aim of the manufacturer to keep the quality of tone as nearly uniform as possible within this limitation, hut the low note of a tune will nlwaya come nut more strongly than the higher, This la the reason why passages running within the range of four or live tones, either in the upper or In the lower register, will sound more uniform than those covering on octave or more. Hut for the sake of variety some sacrifice of uniformity in loudness seems to be Justified.

It may be interesting to give here a table of the pitch, diameter and weight of the seveial bells The icnor bell, low Hat, Is that ucd In striking the hour when a concert happens to begin or end with the Westminster quarter. Its trike-tone Is that of the It flat below middle C. The smallest hell, upper K. Is of the plfh Indicated hv the upper line of the treble staff. note or fundamental, an octave below the strike-tone, the nominal or octave above it, and a minor third and a fifth In the octave between the strike-tone and the nominal.

In other words, If the bell is properly tuned, it. sound, all by itself, a minor chord, being, ao to apeak, In tune with itself. There are also less prominent upper partiala In the second octave above the strike-tone, including a major third, or tenth, which should not be sufficiently noticeable to cause unpleasant heats wllh the minor third in the octave below, and also certain discordant Interval urh a the seventh, which can be detected by careful observation. These partial are Inherent In the nature of the hell, and give It II peculiar quality, mellow or harsh according as one or another predominate. Meneely and Company are among the few bell-founder in thi country who are tuning the first five partial of their bells, and to this fact may be attributed the excellent musical qualities of the Hopeman Memorial Chime.

llow Bella Are Tuned During the tuning of these bell Harold (lleason of the Kastman School of Music visited the foundry a a representative of the university in order to insure the most accurate result. The bell are tuned to international pitch, 43.1 vibration a second for middle A. The Interval between the several degree of the scale are adjusted to equal temperament, I hit it I possible to play in other key than the baic key of flat and for which the chime i primarily designed. This means that, as on a piano or organ the semi-tone are approximately equalized, the third being iilghtly sharp and the fifths slightly flat, other Interval being ndlusted accordingly, so that modulation from one key to another Is possible. The octaves, on the other hand, are perfect octaves, that Is, upper has exactly twice the frequency of lower C.

The adjustment of other interval than the octave I the same a on a well tuned piano, and i that to which our eara are accustomed. Hell are capable of only a alight degree of tuning. The approximate diameter and weight empirically determined for a certain pitch is employed by the founder, the bell being cast a trifle heavier than the proper amount In order that It pitch ilf-v-Ml- ii Slater, who gives chime concerts A'eaJ College for Men Has One of Largest And Finest Chimes of Any University in Country; Pleasing Melodies Possible with Seventeen Bells Which Fill Library Tower Lantern; Two Concerts To Be Given 1'itf It flat I fiat luameter Ight 72 laches 11 in. hi fiii inches mi lies Inches 41 lin lies mi he 4o mi hes In, he HI llli he Im hc jsim 6'1 4 .1 4oO 2 Mil 2 .41 SI 1 1 1 1 iNJ soil The seventeen chime A flu The two largest bella, low flat and have larger solenoid and lunger, elowcr stroke than the rest, and cannot bn played quite no rapidly, ao that alight variations of tempo In passage requiring these bell are duo to the Inherent mechanical future of the transmiitsion. When rapid tunc are played on the chime, Riving an animated and chaerful effect to folk songs and dance movements, a listener too near the building will he con-aclnua of aome Intri fei core of one note with another.

The reverberation of a hell lasU several seconds, and for reasons oon to be explained, Ihi la agice-able at close range only In harmonious sequences of tones separated by minor thirds, or octaves. liincordant Intervale inch ae the second or the seventh will causa beats even If the two bella are sounded a full second or more apart. At a distance nf few hundred feet this Intel-fetenee of one bells leverheia-tion with the next bell (truck la not noticeable. The best place to listen to the chime is on the leeward side, which Is grneially to the east or northeast of the library, espe. dally near the gymnasium ami athletic field There ate other pot, however, dependent on the configuration of the ground and the direction of the wind, where equally good effects ate ohtined.

Th woist possible place to hear the chime is In the tower Itself, whether In the bellman room or fin the railed balconies so witii vmitoit because of the magnificent view There ail the bell seem to sound at once in a confused Jangle of divoidar.t tones, which at a distance re-flvfi itself into fainter but more pleasing melody. The is not an favorable place, for the ound teems ti float out above the top of the building rther than to descend to ground level Noiie finrn i'ch engines across the river and fn.m passing nutomohlU also mat the eff -ct at that point It has been a matter of some who know how huge and heavy these bells mtr that the volume of sound is not pri.M! d.fd cf diu-e. finally r.sung an-l unno'urd. The last rerfiirmame A similar In the tally 'nirr'ics ae witfi tl'' The Bijou Theatr. shin now s'an! the lerently ni.Kjen,.j.d Hotel Hiwid.

s. hed jd tt. kris tew on Apul 1. palace rf taeuie oi to lei ome a of bro and old Ix-ar is Those wie dav of eentiiiirnt and many baeienrd t'i oft.r uggeti'na an appropriate wase A pre. Is.

if 19. ir b.hrd a the h.wd txiy mnijo a pisns to make the joy dieu an auepiriou one He evoivrd entertainment that ciested 1U bs'er hltory The Cant Be Worse i'i Com par.v, hree week Iwfore the si demise of the house, every barn, vacant hand tig r. etoteroom was plastered with three heet and placard pro-cltlmirg th Wit performance in lund oiImi and phrc. to be an event of nior thn rssuai interest "Se our Triple CpcI Tom Cabin -Thtee fiele jins and Thre Little "Koity female angrls, evny nge over even" Knpiy i-ur iaughahie curtain riers. witnout a net or screen llurif your own egg mis (t '-'Kven 'he hen i Uv.ng for th Jim Be with exhorted the pei T'n the r.et' 'ep, nd the Dinjf Jadi- Weekly I wimm Mfc ii -eliiM Hlft ll .1 "waui immmmmm I mi Iw ill a mi II i iliil i i SIS Ml ifi iVilti iitf.SSwUil iSin-ei uril.i i'Vii in Ion inches 7i 1 flat in.

he MSI Ii in. hes (1st 71 in- hes 4oo in, hes .1 41 2i 111. lr 4S) former panel. There the current I etepped up from 110 to IM volt and. setting up a magnetic field in the turn of the coil, puli don against pring tension the heavy Iron cora of the to the yoke of hich is attached the bell pull-wlre.

Thi puii the against the inner surface of the bell at the thickest part of the tapering aound bow or lower nm. a spring Immediately pulling it back into Ita position near the rim. Regulation of Stroke The length of th stroke can be adjusted to vary lightly the fore wi'h mhirh th heil i and to take up lck a the wir tretche from repeatel tia.n. The rhimrr cannot, however, vry th force of the tick by any difference of touch on the key, nor can he dampen th utid by any kind of device a on a piano or organ, eo that toft and loud that may be observed are ue only to difference In the position cf the bell in th toer and to the eect of wind crrren' la th found bells, before installation. may be adjusted.

Thi I done by shaving metal from the Inside at the proper point to raise or lower the pitch a fraction of a semitone. By tunln? the flist five partial la infant the adjustment, by removin thin shavings of metal, of the hum-note or octave below, the nominal or octave above, and the minor third and fifth, a wed the strike-tone of the, bell. The precise level at which the craping proces sdould be per-foinicd for tuning each partial la of course a technical secret of the trade. Studenta of theoretical acoustics have long tried to reduce bell founding and bell-tuning to piecise mathematical formula, but while their le-earch-'s are Inteicsting to the practical manufacturer, the skill born of long experience eenu till to be indispensable. How delicate the acoustic meas uremint and the mechanical proces inu-il be ti Insure uch a result will be undei stood by those accustomed to observe oi- John dlnary fitting procese uch a-s grinding an automobile cylinder or fitting a piston.

Hera we are dealing with a costly mas of bell-metal In the making of which week have been consumed. A eingla error In tuning might ruin the work and send the bdl back to be broken up and re-melted. It ia no wonder that th old hell-founder of the middle age placed motto on tneir bell and Invoked the blessing of the church on their handiwoik. Bell like those in the Hope-man chime are made of "7 per cent, copper and 23 per cent, tin, melted in great furnace and poured Into moulds which have to be made Individually for eocli new bell. No inch thing a mat.s production I possible for fine pell designed for a chime or carillon, though common belli made for schools, fuctoiles and hip au of couise turned out by quicker ami more atandardiied methods, In designing a chime the relative sir.e and weight of the several bells must be carefully pi oportloned.

Individual pattern made, and the whole process frjin making tiie moulds to tuning ihj bell carefully auprrviaed. The shape of a modem bell, in eveiy delail including the ptecu-e curvature of the sides, the height of the shoulder, the thickness at the waint and at the sound bow, I regulated In accordance with a pattern in which the diameter at the mouth of the bell I the bnsi fiom which all other meai-uiements are calculated. Older bell have different shapes, taller and etr tighter in proportion to the width, or with Individual pecull irities of then own, hut to lepioduce the ilch tone quali'y of some of these by merely copj -Ing thetr shape would lead to fail-uic KxpcMen -e rather than alr-tiact theory account for tne shape prevailing at present. st ick to their guns and as the velocity and number nf flying objects increased, the teniio of the piei gained a pace finally amid a flouilsh and crescendo and a storm of vegetables, the oichcKtra dived for cover. As the ruttaii.

rose, disclosing a wire screen stretched across the stage, the house momentarily quirted, while the patron took Inventory, and assembled their ammunition wheie it could be die-patched with the greatest facility and most telling accuracy. Meanwhile, the ingenious lm-pressano. backstage, was having difficulties wllh hi assembled talent Many lefused to go on finally a decoy, a newsboy appeared on roller-skate did a brief turn and retired, unscathed. The ruse wa an obvious on to the audience, and they discreetly held their fire-for larger game. Thi udden cesatlon of hostility overbnldened "cough-drop" Skinprr actor, who appeared In hi emblematic fur coat and hat, carrying hla fiddle.

Amid shouts of 'hey. Skinner, give me a cough-drop, he thoughtlessly diagged hi chair out in front of the protecting screen, theiehy offering a target of nipreme excellence. He tinned up, and as the old fiddle screeched out the first bai of a popular melody, moribund turnip and tomato qilshd at hi feet Crack -ctck -crack-and 'hrr venerable egg hulled with unerring accuracy from the eighth tow, Some people are interested to know what ii the difference between a chime and a carillon. The term chime la generally applied to a ring of eight to 12 bell tuned to the note of the diatonic scale, with perhaps a harp fourth and a flat seventh; a smaller group of three or four hell to ring the quarter being called a peal. A carillon, on the other hand, consist of at lenst 25 bella, or two complete chromatic octave, and may and often doe include 40 or bells.

The new carillon In the Riverside Church, New York, one of the largest In the world, ha 72 bells. The Hopeman Memorial Chime has, added to the 12 tone of It diatonic range of an octave and a fifth tkey of flat to upper Ki. rive bell not belonging to the key nf flat, namely, lower and upper natural, A flat, upper tiutural, and upper flat. These added bell make it possible to play tune in flat and A flat, and the related minor key. It ha, therefore, eomething of the quality of a carillon in the degree of variety available, but ha not the minimum range of two octaves conventionally required for classification a a carillon.

We call It a 'chime, meaning the collection of bills, and the music It produces is called chimes. This distinction between the singular and the plural is well aupportcd by usage. Music Cover Wide Kange The university bellman has collected from many aource upward of fjno tunes, nearly all of which have had to be transposed to available keys. These are transcribed In manuscript notebook to which addition ate constantly being made. They contain not only hymn tunes, chorale and sacred music suitable for Sunday afternoon concerts, but folk grave and gay, Negro spirituals, old melodic, old French g.ivottes, college song of Rochester and many other colleges, and theme and melodic from orchestral, choial and operatic I11I1MC.

Some of these aie experimental and will doubtless be discarded after trial demonstrate that the adaptation I Impracticable. There are a good many beautiful melodies that cannot be played even with 17 balls, because either of key change or high note beyond the range of the chime. But to restrict the repertory olely to folk songs and hymn eem too conservative a course. Is the worst thing about chime music. Kven some of the most famous carillon of smacked agBlnst the violin, and as the egg shills found a n-sting place in Skinners voluminous braid, the yolk parsed on Into the hcait of the Instiument.

and Skinner amid a deluged of delayed green good, beat a hasty retreat. Balcony Collapae Crle of "more, mote" hook th theater, and a If to answer their demands, the balcony weakened by ovci loading, and the removal of plank ami btlcks (to be broken Into hit for mlsslr! clashed to the orchestra, carrying the spectatoi with It Screams, yell, turmoil, panic and pandemonium reigned. Amid the clanging of the ambulances, and the whistle rhtlek of file tip-paiatu charging up the street, the "school-hoy manager." ralmly walked up the alley, and enteied the box-office via the window. He reappeared briefly carrying a valise, heavy with the night proceeds, ar.d then vanished In the darkness. Old timer report the casualties In varying number, but a near a ran be ascritaiiieil, only two suffered broken arm or leg, although many pioudly dlsplaynl bruise Such wa th passing of a theater tn the old day of sentiment.

A few hurt perhaps, the acton never paid, of couise, but an event of such hilarity that it will ever linger In the memorie of tho fortunate, who witnessed the Bijou last performance. Europe are automatically played by a mechanism like that of a music-box, repeating the same tune over day after day for months, until the carillonnmir aee fit to chnnge the pins in th drum. Thi may he pleasing to the tourist, but might prove wearing to the neighbors. To Be Mined Twice a Week The Hopeman chime will as a rule be played for half Bn hour on Sunday afternoon from 6 to 5:30 for the benefit of dtizene who cannot hear it on other days. In addition 't will generally be played, for the colleg community, on one weekday afternoon, for the present, usually Thursday, from 5 to 30, using a lighter clnss of music.

Occasional use in connection with athletic events on Saturday, or on other day by special arrangement, may lead to the omission of the Thursday concert. Chime music should not be overdone. We can have too much of a good thing. During the past few week, when large group of people have been visiting the campus for inspection, the chimes have been played frequently upon special request, and on occasion lively tunes and college glee seemed appropriate, along with more sedate music. It is with regret that the bellman beat that even once by unfm lunate coincidence such life of the chime has Jarred unpli asantly upon those attending funerals in Mount Hope.

Nothing could be farther from his purpose than to Incur criticism either from thoughtful or even from thoughtless stranger by failure to observe the ptoprietlc of time and places. In conclusion, the gracloui thought of the mrmbeis of the Hopeman family In picsenting this beautiful gift to the colleg which their firm ha built de-scivcs the giatitnde of every one who lives within the sound of the chimes. They aie meant to g.ve pleaiuie. Ti many who have no other relation to the university they ran bring now and then a kind of university extension beyond the leach of classroom instruction. Whether they ring, "Hark, Hark, the Lark at Heaven flate Sings'" or aome rollicking old tune like "The Vicar of whether they tinkle lightly through "Country dens" oi Intone "D-ep River," they will be broadcasting something r.ot found in book.

Many people take pleasure music only when they recognlre familiar tunes, and for them the old favorite will be included, Othei lit In Ihe strange old minor melodies and Irregular ilnthm of the anrlent music of the Ijitin and Itutian chuiches, and like a piece all the better If It Is to them, though It may he cenlurle old The pleasure of recognition and the plraauie of thiy have been called, Iiiny holh be alie, If Ihe wide ami varied ue msde of the chime ilocs not pi ove to he loo catholic, for public I ite Like the iy and frolicsome, ranllon tunes of some of the beil timet Belgium and Holland ant lhmtiaik, the Hope-man Chime will now and then ound forth iheerful, tr.ppirf melodic thst may exhilarate tne gaiety of holiday mood. Quieter rnng may 1 1 aiiqullize momenta of tiouliled thought. A deep and solemn rnant of thin; quite out tide time nnd spuci- ni.iv bung beauty even Into the time of slckni-s and Lie h.ur of ileitri "Forlorn Ihe very woid Is like a bell," exclaim John Keat. It possible 'hat the ery bell in be lik a wind, and the word w4 be remcmhiance Uetnemlinyi of ancie.it beauty, of fortten hnppinerii and happlne come, of absent filends, and of all thing beautiful. Rrmemhiame of good men gone, and good men still with us.

Remembrance of you'h and love, of college and holiuav and all day thit were like a onq f'ntt of. the ecret of a good rlilnie In th foundiy, it ia In the tune nnd p'ut I In the wind. tin', the i In tne Imagination of the liitenrr. Key. rote, ton of melal hanging up theie at the college by the river will never make music except si their sound, floating away Into the unknown, find hie and there waiting eae.

Tnc of Bell Composite When we efiik of the pit(h of a bell, we iman the strike-tone that is most pioniinent Immediately after the bell i tru k. But a bell, like any other mul-cal Instrument, sounds not only one promniriit tone but many otheis called partial, geneiated by partial vihiation of the metal. At il.fTerent levels theie ri gone which vibrate In their own special frequency, each with t' own node or points of minimum vibration. S'ruck at one point the bell will sound one of these roniHnenta mote diftinctlv than othen. Bell pittials.

however, do not fotni a haimonic seiir of simple ritios like thoe of a stringed or an organ pipe Shoitly af'cr the bell is struck a sensitive ear will hear the hum- By JOHN ROTimr.IA LATER PUBLIC Interest In the Hope-wan Memorial Chime presented to the I'nlverslty of Rochester by the children of the late Arendt Wi'lem Hopeman as memorial to their father Jintl-fle a more detailed description -ihan ha hitherto appeared In -the press. The muaie of these belli ha Already been heard by thousands -Of Rochester people during the -Summer, and especially since the qereninir of the new College for 3len In September. The Friday program on Oct. 10 at the beginning of the dedication 3wemonle tu broadcast locally, tnd on Sunday afternoon, Oct. -M.

the La no frrm Dvorak Kew World Symphony i ca-TwnaJljr broadcast a part of a kcal advertising program, the Ihest of which wai made up of Jio-ealled popular musie of the aort that now Infests the air. It to be hoped that future' -radio broadcasts. If any are yanned. will be 1cm incongruously designed. Technical Feature ttf him Thi ehime la said to be one ef the largest and finest ta be found in any university in the Knintry.

was made at Water-Uet, Jf. Y. br Meneely ie Company, which has been engaged In the business of fmndmg Albert Mer.ee tce-ptr-eident of the company, has even hi personal attenttr-n to the Installation and regulation cf tb and has made tiumeiou vuits to to Irssvire the beet eu''e. The tewer lar.tem of Rush Rheee Library, surmounting the Imprir.f rtructure Just opened to the public, is filled with the be'ls. per.ded from heavy a'eet teams tn tevrral tiers one above entther.

Originally deemed ftr a chime of li or II fcelie. it ha hern male to ar-ecuiRKds! JT, by Irgeniou arrangement and careful eeonon cf epace. rtm rema ns e-rn eid Mora: bcU Yet gri-jpg ihi hss been creep is hed sacrifice of Bsuescal quality. The of the bell chamber curved down in the center aid wj a the in the ihape of a bowl, la order to tbrvw the ootvd cf the lower tier of beii sp asd oe throcg tfce opemrgt lten the hirh ur-rwind the Ur.tera. Tbis is Covered i't eeverai layer cf wateTrrrtr.fr.g tnatenai.

tott4 br a herd ctrrrpctfitK-n hirt) rrfre'e r-hr than ak-evwbe svr.d. fie.c t- ea'hr, e'fti'rfCt'rs to tMrry r.e ar.d The betls are pr-f be rg ir1e W.e.t.r W4 J.rr.jjjer wr; no u.e.r cpt ht paries oa fr-m nrrrrt ht I4 frr.91 wir.ter fd a very ght aj4 rc eg cf Mow rV-y Are Humg -The r-f trh bJ. he .4 is p.v.. a rjs trota gee K--r rer b-uen. ts by a ca rainie.j ovr to a fcry ee; jrs-ttjievsai wire inrntb tr.e tu tM arxected rcon to irm aire e-floesd a a i per tat-e atd pnper'y efcied JJrr.t lk44 it per afcrrh U.e to'uwi of the rTt kfwer erel tl the trarsir.is- to the t24t (ca- tee t.1 a bevy Ja ffvis.

eemacd a iT rsrrent. tou-e 'li by tr.ttns tf a trar.ff()r.r Jf-ner'4 by wire- in rst tr-e cr.K, ta the a key 4 on kVjerd cf the an Ajere i 1 1 II 1 1 I C'ipie'ed i frprra'ea de-aVcedl i lt4 uaea- Passing of Bijou Theater Was Notable Event in Early '90's Br O. KTH bin ROCHhSTfcR I gro a f.mdit ion r.ot on! owing up evinied bv i' changirg and p. but by Landmark that hjed entertainment that afTf-rded many happy of uKiwrt to Ilnoh.i'fti rMi ur.sung nd tinno'ued In our mad for money, tiir building, and gtea'er pila' n. th demolition tr.e rid Corinthian ar.d the G)e'y-lt and of th n-nu-oi f.ren and pu'ty-nned of harteque it unobserved.

Ty both are now a memory. Yet in the iv-t -too-dim past, th Corinthian, then known a the Academy, was its hnb'. off trie, the choicest dnmoue fat, and the kadir.g a-tor rf the American 'ge. The Uayety. then c-peia'ed a th Baker.

wt io a dutir.g jiehed hoove of the legitime' drama. Many old resident. kir.f out their old haunt will be irprd to f.nd tr.t th iite the old Academy is ivw i'h a neat tr asd the p'- devofl to th rf parking rrwor-en ar.d the old Baker beme a VKtim of tr.e rr, nvtf-car wi'h a modern rg b'jH-ng oreupyirg the In foimef dn tn thea'er were fon.drl veriUb pl of amuwrner.t and wi'h current d'ama'le hit ar.d 'li'iiiwtK a idiee.e, flourished Witn the advert cf modern thea'er they t'-ftid Into tree tM Into Vor. riouslv si lecied act. iis known to a I 'Krog C.e.

igi who v. nded the 1eei.ii slnnks of the fi.ig f'om h.is niiiie dt aw rait, a. a familiar sii-'ht to ev.iv..rie It win thnt he be ac lorded a steiisr Skinner if the long, klay heaid and lur tk.n oat. which he wore Winter and Summer, rqually will known In the downtown section. The estimable Skinner In hi Interminable treks up nd down M.iln Street lie-slowed Mir.

pie of hi famous thioat oothtng lo.er.ges 0 pasK-eiby K.nh iccipient was then pursued until a five rent sale te- ilted But this famous unwashed patriarch had other gift than salesmanship, be fiddled -be was. in firt. a veritable lleifit In hi own crude way. The word was toon passed along that among other notable "Cough drop Skinner would oblige with certain selection then popular long "Muidrret Bow." Bush for eat The 31 -t dawned auspiciously and whi the rmhrvonic thesp.un feverishly In the old Bijou a niiilif.g riowd hesiegrd 1h tv.x office for eh. ire tents In lr.

Ihsn on hour evny available space had been old. and th fortunate etholdi'l spent the ret of the day accumulating ovr v.ge'st and ancient ig from variou refuse tan and groeeiy etoie. All rtochestir turned out for the evpnt. emuining re accustomed to ipen until ft 3 1 were cl.ised long befote this hour. At that hour Main and Clinton was led with the of red lights of the Kouitli of July variety, and ringing wi'h the military selection played by a popular and drum mips A good natiued riowd milled about th theater entianre.

siormrd the box office for standing room tnkets. or sttugglcd tn gain entrance and find their seat. All carried us-plclniis. looking package from which nnxinu odor exuded, Orchentra Betreata By this time the patron were ciamniing for action, with shtlll whiitle. wild applauding and loud foot stamping The urchra-tra tthre pieces) appeared, and the conductor, evidently assured by "the nchool boy manager'' that a bird-cage worn on hi head, would evoke a hearty laugh, took hi) plare before the piano, thu grotesquely encumbered.

The fust rhoid of the overture hd irrely tea hed the ear of lhoe deep In th balcony, when a rain of nun hies rattled about the pUno many fell shod, much to the dis.omfoit of those In the choicer seat some glanced off the cage and the heavier type known a "cum kencs" ettto the piano and continued on through the veneer, eunuly dn-rup'lng th tntrument tone qulitv, and playlnc havor with the wire. But the orchestra.