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POSING AT THE PIANO.
Paderewskl Thinks That Pianists Should
Look Effective While Playing.
When Paderewski was in New York
he was calling at a prominent Wall
street man’s home in Fifth avenue
when the broker. told him he would
like to have his opinion of his daugh-
ter’s playing, says the New York J our-
nal. The great pianist courteously re-
plied that nothing would give him
greater pleasure.
After the yOung lady had dashed off
Several selections Paderewski said:
“To get the greatest enjoyment from
the piano the music . must not only be
heard but the performer should be
seen. The performer should therefore
be careful of his or her position at the
instrument. .
“I will be frank with,,you and say
that I preferred to see rather than hear
your daughter play. I might better
say that I looked more than I listened.
She held herSelf correctly. Therevis
nothing I hate more than a listless,
careless posture of the body while
playing.
“Thenlthere was life in her touch.
Her fingers fairly sparkled as they ran
over the board and touched the keys,
rebounding from them with a snap
that was exhilarating to behold. Her
manner of using her hands and her el-
bowing, . if I may so call it, showed
proper training also. '
“I will therefore add that my sense
of hearing would have been equally de-
lighted, doubtless, if my sense of sight
had not been so completely monopo-
lized. I complimented the young lady
on her accomplishment.”
“There is wisdom in that,” said the
broker, in repeating the conversation.
“Teachers of the piano should give far
more attention to this matter than they
now do.”
AS HARD AS THE DIAMOND.
Such Are Two Products of Chemica
Experiment.
The diamond has always been re-
garded as possessing one quality which
placed it beyond rivalry, namely, that
of hardness. There are several gems
which compete with it in beauty, and
at least one, the ruby, when of rare
size and quality, outranks it in costli-
ness. But none in the whole list equals
it in hardness.
“Diamond cut diamond’.’ has become
a popular saylng. The hardest steel
cannot equal the diamond in that re-
spect. The diamond, says a recent and
authoritative text book of chemistry,
“is the hardest form of matter known.”
But science progresses, and if nature
has set aside for her king of gems the
distinction of unparalleled hardness,
the art of man has not been equally
considerate. There are at least two
products of chemical experiment which
have proved, according to the great
French chemist, Henry Moissan, to be
as hard as diamonds. .
These are produced from the rare
metal titanium. Monsieur Moissan has
succeeded in preparing. titanium in the
electric furnace. In the pure form it is
harder than steel or quartz, and when
combined with silicon or boron, so as to
form a silicide or boride of titanium, it
matches the diamond itself in hardness.
Titanium resembles tin in its chem-
ical properties, and it is the character-
istic element in the beautiful red and
brown crystals of rutile. These, in the
shape of' needles, are sometimes-found
penetrating large white quartz crys-
tals, forming gems that the French
call “love’s arrows.”
DUELING IN RUSSIA.
Not Considered a. Crime, But in Some
Circumstances Compulsory.
- An order was issued to the Russian
{army last year which makes dueling
under certain circumstances compul-
sory, instead of branding it as a crime.
The result is that often men who are
friends are obliged to fight each other.
The Razvedchick gives a graphic ac-
count of a duel of this kind which took
place recently between two Russian
officers. They stood, ' by agreement,
forty paces apart, facing each other,
with the right to approach nearer after
firing. The seconds stepped aside, and
one of them slowly counted one, two,
three; a couple of shots rang out, but
no one was touched. The seconds
begged that the affair might now be
considered at an end, but one of the
contestants insisted that there should
be a further exchange of shots. The
distance was .again measured, the word
given once more. Two shots were lost
in one, a cloud of smoke enveloped
each of the firers. As it cleared one
ofa them advanced a couple of paces
and fell face upward. The fallen man
lay as if alive, but on his left eye was a
dark spot from which the blood wclled
slowly up. One‘ of the seconds was
overcome and turned away. The other,
blinking curiously, tugged at his mus-
tache nervously with one hand, and
with the other tried to take a handker-
chief unobserved from his pocket. The
author of the catastrophe remained un-
hurt, and, with his arms folded, looked
gloomily aside, tears coursing down his
cheeks.
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Missed.
James Payn tells this story of the
“American plan” of dueling, wherein
the two duelists, with one second,‘meet
within doors and‘ draw lots for who
shall shoot himself: A and B having
had a “difficulty,” A was the unlucky
man, and retired for the purpose of
self—destruction into the next apart-
moved by the tragedy of the situatim,
remained in listening attitudes. At
last the pistol shot was heard; they
shuddered with emotion and remorse,
when suddenly in, rushed the supposed
dead man, triumphantly exclaiming:
“Missed!”
A Napoleon Anecdote.
When Napoleon was a student at Bri-
enne he happened to be asked by one
of the examiners the following ques-
tion: “Supposmg you were in an in-
vested town threatened with starvation,
how would you supply yOurself with
provisions?” “From the enemy,” re-
plied the sublieutenant of artillery;
”and this answer so pleased ‘ the examin-
ers that they passed him without fur-
thur questioning. ‘ ,
ment. B and the second, both very much ,
The [Kind of Food Furnished to Actors in
the Plays;
When actors partake of a repast on
the stage the minds of many in the au-
dience ask: “Are the viands real?” The
answer is, “sometimes they are and
sometimes they are not.’ One of Mr.
Salvini’s recent productions was
“Friend Fritz,” in which there is a
typical stage breakfast.
The writer happened to be behind
the scenes on the first night ofthe play
in Philadelphia, and he overheard a
conversation not intended for the ears
of the audience, between Fritz and
Hanezo while seated at the table.
From the remarks it will be learned
precisely what constituted the menu.
“Just taste this bisque and give me
your opinion,” said Fritz aloud. The
soup was tasted in silence. Then
Hanezo remarked sotto vocc: “It’s
awful, governor; there’s no salt in it,”
then aloud: “Delicious! delicious!” to
which Frederick replied: “Perfect!
perfect!” 4
Enter Catherine with the fish, which
was a half loaf of rye bread cut in the
form of a fish and garnished with let-
tuce and floating in a gravy of soup.
Joseph’s violin was heard by the au-
dience while the fish was being served,
but not Fritz’s remarks when he whis-
pered: “Eat the fish, boys.” “I can’t,
governor,” said Hanezo; “rye bread
doesn’t agree with me.”
The pork pic was next served, but
instead of pork it contained apples.
“Aha!” exclaimed Fritz aloud, “this is
your favorite dish—a. pork pie,” to
which Hanezo replied with a jolly
laugh, and then whispered: “Governor,
I can’t eat pie, I’m banting.”
The Rhine wine and claret were gens
nine, and the glasses were always set
down empty. This is accounted for by
the fact that Salvini is too good an
Italian to drink a poor quality of wine,
and the bottles generally contain the
best that can be purchased.
“In New York,” said Mr. Salvini to
the writer a little later, “a. friend of
mine presented me with abottle of port
that was said to be forty years old, and
the company drank it before the audi-
ence, which no doubt thought it to be
the breakfast scene was played with an
unusual amount of earnestness and ac-
curacy that night.” -
FIRST WATCH EVER MADE.
It Was Constructed of Iron and Is Still in
Running Order.
About three hundred and seventy-
five years ago the first watch was made,
and it is still in running order. Clocks
were made long before watches, the
year 900 after Christ being about the
time when clocks with wheel works,
the power being given by hanging
weights, were first made. But these
timepieces were stationary. Later on
smaller clocks were made, but it was
not until the beginning of the sixteenth
century that an ingenious locksmith of
Nuremberg constructed ,a portable
watch made entirely of iron.
A private collection recently brought
to New York from Berlin contains the
first watch that was ever made, and one
that is still in working order—an iron
watch of Peter Henlein, now universal-
ly accepted as the inventor of the pock-
et watch, who was a locksmith of Nu-
remberg, and was born in 1480. The
present watch was made certalnly not
later than 1520. The works are entirely
of iron. The back of the case and the
cover, which are of bronze, and the
dial, are beautifully ornamented with
arabesques of ingenious design, cut
into the surface and delicately chased.
The dial is divided into twelve hours,
but has no minute marks on the spaces.
Above the figure 12 there is a small
thorn, and above each of the other
figures a small knob, for convenience of
feeling the time at night. The early
watches had but one hand, the hour
hand and the mainspring, of hardened
iron, had no casing, but was merely
confined by four pillars supporting the
back plate.
A HIGH HAND.
The Cosmopolitan’s Many Roles in Many
Lands.
The old-fashioned operation of rob-
bing Peter to pay Paul was lately re-
vived on a large scale at Lyons by a.
man with a Russian name, who speaks
eight languages, and is well—known in
Paris. While in the capital the swin-
dler gave himself out to be a great
Muscovite magnate, and so dazzled the
proprietor of a music hall and tavern
that the Russian hymn was played as
the sham prince strutted proudly
through the place. At Lyons the pris-
oner induced some persons to join him
in an alleged purchase of pictures,
which were to be resold at a profit. He
obtained large advances from one set
. of victims, and then repaid the others
with interest. The supposed Russian
also represented that he was about to
purchase the collection of Prince Paolo
Borghese, and showed forged docu-
ments in proof of these assertions. He
obtained about six hundred pounds in
this manner, and then decamped to
Madrid, where he was arrested. The
accused caused some merriment in
court when, as the president reminded
him that he had also passed as a prince
in Italy, he answered: “Bah! in that
country a man who eats macaroni is a
count, and whoever orders a fillet of
beef is a prince.” The cosmopolitan
swindler was sentenced to three years’
imprisonment. . '
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Dressed Dogs.
The dogs at the French watering-
place, Trouville, are a source of unfail-
ing amusement. A white terrier be-
longing to Comtesss de Breteuil had on
white docskinleggings the other day
when it was muddy, and a correspond-
ent counted five different coats on one
white -pug one day, all embroidered
with heraldry.
Training Siamese Youth.
Every year a number of boys are
sent from Siam by the king to England
to learn different things. One learns
upholstery, one learns typewriting,
one learns languages, one learns sci-
ence, and so on. When they return to
Siam' each takes with him some differ-
ent information to impart to others.
STAGE .V-IANHDS. ,
cold tea or burnt sugar and water. But ‘
.summmomeo.
RICHARD a, McCURDY President.
. emenfolheYem ingflee.3hlfl!lh.
$221,213,721 33
194,347,157 58
$26,866,568 75
$48,597,430 51
$23,126,728 45
Assets,
Liabilities
Surplus
Total Income .
Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895,
Insurance and Annuities in force, $899,074,453 78
Net gain in 1895 $61,647,645 36
NOTE—Insurance merely written. ls dlscarded from this tat n '
actually issued and paid for in cash Is included. S eme t as wholly misleading. and only insurance
_ I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the same to be correct. _
-; . CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.
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From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual.
Report of the Examining Committee.
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Office of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York,
February 11,1896.
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18t h day of
December last, theundersigned were appointed a Committee to examinethe annual
Statement for the year ending December 31st, 1895, and to verify the same by com-
parison with the assets of the Company.
The Committee have carefully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby
certify that the Statement is in all particulars correct and that the assets specified
therein are in possession of the Company. . ‘
In making this certificate the Committee bear testimony to the high character» of
the investments of the Company and express their'approval of the system, Order and ,
accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in.
general transacted.
H. C. Von Post,
Charles R. Henderson,
James C. Holden,
Robert Glyphant,
'Wm. P. Dixon,
Committee
J. H. Herrick.
ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President.
. WALTER R. GILLETTE, General Manager.
ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President, HENRY E. DUNCAN. J 1., Cor. Seoy.
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary, ALBERT KLAMROTH, Asst. Secy. .
. FREDERIC CROMWELL, Treasurer.
TOHN A. FON DA, Assistant Treasurer. ‘ ‘ JAMES TIMPSON, 2d Asst. Tress
313% WILLIAM P. SANDS. Cashier EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier
7 EMORY MoCLINTOCK LL.D., F. .I. A., Actuary. ' ~
JOHN TATLOCK, J 3., Asst. Actuary. WM. W. RICHARDS, Comptroller.
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor, HENRY 8. BROWN, Asst. Comp.
JOHN C. ELLIOTT, Superintendent of Domestic Agencies,
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor.
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MEDICAL DIRECTORS
ELIAS, J. MARSH, M. D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M. D".
GUSTAVUS s. Wmsrox, M. D.
' John A W Nicholas.
New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut.
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