A DISTRACTED CONDUCTOR.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 21 March 1891, Page 4

A DISTRACTED CONDUCTOR.

t Persons have been known to appreciate fe that indescribable mixture of sound profi ** duced by the preparatory tuning of an or- ' chestra with the organ, even more than the "periorniance itself. Handd was not of this opinion. After . he wa:; once at his desk, woe betide the be]att*d iidulc that scraped a fifth, or the inexf ---rioiv-x-d ilulc tliat attempted the least , " u-::!o." 'j.-, \..-x; a prand ni;;ht at the opera. The liiii ■oi V77- j had arrived in good time, i - ■•..' o:-i;u, li-.- w i J andcl had been annoyed : •;. ..-I;::!.-.-' ai ii'.s coining in late. •^ '- '"- :'"■•:. ti a;:uuts supposed to be in perfect tir:::, wjl iyiii,! ready, and the performers iv. 7 A!.-.;;! a \vag bad crept in before th; :.r.a put every one of the string instru- . }!-.v. '..; i.y-.l nt't aw). v 1 ...■-..'.. ! cat.-'-.-'.-d ; all the bows were raised to, ':■.-. .-r.J at the given beat they all Lt." . ' v'-i cm: qiirito. The effect must li-.;- . aa.il v-.ery one .qfihe : perfj)rmers ha,. ; ; ; 7 aily tumbling downstairs. 7 . i ."-.. ;-;-y maestro rushed wildly from hi:; , ■ ■-•■■\ to pieces the first doubleba ' -■'■;■ .>scd him, ahd sse«?i_gi.'_J{_ftl_di i 1 .-, .. 7,1 it violently at the leader of the ba:-!. Nt his full-bottomed wig flying, c. but 7 -..:t heed it; and rushing barehe;.: 1 ... -. -. footlights, he stood for a few 'fi- mo: -.71 the roars ofthe house, snort • in- \ .: v.. .. ,. t and choked with passion,, ?■ j.f '■fii Ti. : ;7 c, although - : *- highly 'arnu-ed,' sera th-'.: 1.: iliis kind of entertainment had last .. .1 I c.iov.';h ; and, going down in pcivon,: : !^'.*ou^htr|^ij^^lf^lwC9bni a -d with ii: :■. •■:'. difficulty ipi-v'-kiled'-'dn" -hun to resmr.e Ij ; .^ wij and his baton.