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till he looked like a wedding arch, and, when it
was all over his fond parent fell on his neck in
How an Amateur Was Fitted to Play in Com- the green-room and slipped a check for $250 into
pany with Rubinstein—The Silent Piano.
his hand.
"'Didn't he do splendidly?' said he to me.
"I think," said a well-known ochestral leader,
'Among so many first-class pianists, too!'
"the best joke ever played in San Francisco was
" 'I never heard an amateur do so well in pub-
on an amateur pianist when Rubinstein was there. iic,' said I, and what's more, I meant it."
The amateur's father was the owner of a large
GERMAN PRINCE TO TOUR AMERICA
hall, end he offered the use of it to Rubinstein for
his benefit. There was to be a piece for four At Head of Own Orchestra if Emperor's Con-
pianos, and the amateur was to play one of the in-
sent Can Be Obtained—Prince Joachim Al-
struments. I was the leader. I thought Rubinstein
brecht an Accomplished Musician.
would have a fit when I told him that the amateur
According to a dispatch from Berlin the Prince
couldn't play three straight notes. 'He is sure to
Joachim Albrecht, of Prussia, who is an accom-
throw us all put,' said I, 'and ruin the perform-
plished musician and composer, intends in the near
ance.'
future to make a tour of the United States with
"Rubinstein swore like a major, but 'twas no
good. The bills were out and he must keep faith, an orchestra under his personal leadership and
direction.
even if the gift of the hall for a night was no con-
Prince Joachim is now trying to gain the Em-
sideration to him.
"At last I hit on an idea. The amateur came peror's consent to the project, and if this is granted
arrangements for the tour will be completed with-
down to rehearsal 'and we praised him up until
he thought he was to be the star of the night. As out delay. Prince Joachim is a cousin of the
soon as he left we took the hammers out of his Kaiser.
The orchestra will give selections of Prince
piano and made it dumb as an oyster. I guessed
he would never know the difference with three Joachim's compositions, with the composer conduct-
ing. He writes music under the name of the Count
pianos going at once.
"And, just as I thought, that amateur and his Hohenstein and has just completed two important
friends never discovered the trick. No, sir; he orchestra symphonies. He has agreed to con-
just sailed in and pounded on that piano as if it duct one of them entitled "Im Atlier" at Weis-
baden before the Kaiser.
was the worst enemy he ever had. He was bound
to show off among so many good pianists, and he
hammered on his keyboard until the perspiration
A POPULAR FEIST NUMBER.
nearly blinded him. Now and then I looked at him
Among the popular songs that are fast develop-
approvingly to give him fresh courage, and every
ing into the hit class at the present time is "Your
time that I did he gave the piano a lick that nearly
Daddy Did the Same Thing Fifty Years Ago,"
made matchwood of it.
"His frknds all around threw bouquets at him the latest Feist success, which is being used by a
THE JOKE ON THE PIANIST.
(BRANDS, UPRIGHTS
HIGH GRADE
LEADER
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large number of the prominent vaudeville acts as
a feature song. The song is of a character which
permits the bringing out of much comedy when in
the hands of competent performers.
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