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HARTMANN AS
A HUMAN BEING
MUCH INTEREST IN WIZARD
OF THE VIOLIN
Characteristic* of Him at a Teacher.
Frlghtem Mualo Into Hit Pupils.
Other Oddities of Hit
Methods
Arthur Hnrfmnnn, tlio wlznrri of th<>
violin, whose Initial npponrnnee In Los
Angola* lfiKt. work win so miccenaful
that his return hns been arranged, Is
a moat Interesting personality. Un«
llkfl moat foreign artists he speaks
K nßilfth fluently and In quite at homo
it> United States Idiom*. Mo Is a rath
or small man, but his muscular do
vHnpment Is wonderful, dully In
his nrms. Ilnrtmnnn pinyn this doesn't
come merely from playing, but thnt ho
I " a physical culturllt all the time, ills
favorite diversion Is walking, anil his
most liked Jaunt when at homo In Mer
lin Is a stroll to Potsdam, which Is
only eighteen miles!
But It If) as a teacher that Hartmann
hag attracted moat attention at home;
his methods are bo different from tho
ordinary. Thin Is not due to eccentri
city, but to knowledge that oddity will
impress his pupils where usual ways
will not.
AA A Budapest paper recently published'
a four-column appreciation of Arthur
Hnrtmann, written by one of his ur-
t lßtlc pupils. The description Is j ex
ceptionally Interesting and some ox
tracts from it are given herewith, In
translation:
His Methods
"Ho forgets himself completely dur
ing a lesson and the less talented Vie
pupil and the more responsive, the
greater are Hartmann's exertions to
nrouse the dull-witted one mentally
and to quicken the lethargic intelli
gence Into making at least an attempt
at accomplishing what the musical
faculties Roem unable to nchleve.
A stranger, coming suddenly upon
Hartmann at some of these moments,
would undoubtedly Imagine that he
had ventured into the presence of an
escaped lunatic. On the spur of the.
moment Hartnmnn Invents operatic or
dramatic scenes to illustrate various
moods which he wishes certain pass
ages to suggest "to the-pupll. When
he finds that his mere words effect no
result he stalks up and down the room,
tears a colored Buffalo rug from the
divan, grasps a long Norwegian dag
ger which serves as an ornament on
his writing desk, rolls his eyes and
then and there enacts in pantomime
the drama he has been describing,
Ringing the tenor role In falsetto, plead
ing In soprano as the girl, threatening
in a guttural basso as the villain and
oft times frightening a female pupil
to such an extent that when she re
sumes her performance her emotions
are all a-tlngle and her tone Is rich
with a certain vibrancy that had never
been there before. Then it is that
Hartman throws off the Buffalo rug,
listens intently and cries out: v v
" 'There it — that's the quality:
that's what I want. You've got It In
you, you see, but It must be brought
out. I won't do this scene again for
you, but whenever you play that pass
age in public think how realistically
I acted and how frightened you were.'
"Of course, it must not be supposed
that Hnrtmann always tries to frighten
music Into his pupils, for he fits his
tactics to each particular case.
Makes Them Real
"Sometimes ho finds that a pupil's
emotional temperament overbalances
his Intellectual capacity. In that event
he forces him to" read, gives him a
certain work on philosophy or a book
of essays to study for the next lesson,
and Insists on tho pupil discussing
with him, arguing, analyzing and crit
icising. At first some of the young vio
linists rebel at . this sort of Instruc
tion and cannot possibly conceive what
it • has to do with bowing or double
stopping on the violin. However, they
soon get Interested in the new subject
nnd gradually understand its applica
tion as Hartmann draws the analogies
between music and literature, leads
over to the domain of esthetics, ex
plains the wellsprings of all artistic
creation, drifts Into musical history
nnd finally brings the talk to and end
with some special deduction that leads
teacher and listener at the very work
which is being studied.
"He has humor, too. On one occa
sion a pupil was playing the Salnt-
Raens concerto In B minor. She had
just finished the opening phrase when
Hartmann Interrupted her and said:
•Good heavens, play that as if it meant
something. The girl tried again, but
made the snatch of melody sound even
more commonplace than before. Hart
mann grasped the fiddle and imitated
her. 'That phrase Is all important in
the concerto, but 'you know what it
Rounds like when you play It? Like
this,' and then Hartmann sang the
words, 'Do you like cheese?'
"Tho effect was irresistibly humorous,
of course, and the pupil at once re
alized the point Hartmann was trying
to make.
) Tells Her to Eat
"On one occasion he noticed that a
young girl was looking pale, as if from
overwork. 'For th« next month you
must eat more than you practice" he
said to her, arid at each lesson there
after she had to tell him exactly how
much she had eaten and how long she
had practiced. He made an unim
aginative youth from Nebraska read
Pumas, Poo and Walter Scott until the
boy developed a mania for romantic
literature, and incidentally acquired
the bold style and free delivery which
Hartmann had found , Impossible to
teach him by rule or example. He
went with some of his pupils to the
art galleries and lectured to them on
the technic and fantasy of the masters:
others he took to the opera and made
them follow the vocal score and mark
with a pencil the phrasing, breathing
pauses and natural accents with which
the great singers delivered cantabile
melodies. . '■
" 'You play as though your fiddle
were made of glass and your bow of
iron," Hartmann told one pupil: 'don't
play with your instrument, play on it.
lt won't ; break.' 'When-*ou are tired,
don't expect your violin to be fresh,'
was another of his aphorisms.
"Once he caught ari boy suddenly
ii round the < neck with one hand. The
lad coughed 1 and choked.
" 'Precisely,' explained ; Hartmann;
'That's the way you are squeezing the
neck of your fiddle.' .
. "To a pupil who dragged the tempo
of Huch's Chaconne: 'That sounds like
, a train which-. is about to atop but
doesn't / .--and < keeps <-, moving slowly
enough to get the passengers nervous.'
The pupil : quickened the tempo : and
never. again fell. into the same error.
. "In playing a solo HartmannVart Is
as Instinct-, with: humanity an hi,
ARTHUR HARTMANN
teaching. Tie plays Bach as well an ho
docs Wlenliiwsky, and Mozart as well
an he does Tschnlknwnky.
"Ills pupils Idolize him. Ho is one
of the elect In the small musical court
that rules the tone world by right
divine."
MAYOR'S BROTHER
BECOMES PASTOR
INSTALLED AS HEAD OF KNOX
CHURCH
Dr. W. S. Young Resigns to Take Man.
agement of Hollenbeck Home,
and Preaches His Fare.
well Sermon
Statable* la the ovonts of the Knox
Presbyterian church on Thirtieth
■tiMl near Grand nvenue was the fare
well sermon preached by Rev. Dr. W. S.
Young, who resigned the pastorate, and
the installation of Rev. E. J. Harper,
brother of tho mayor, as the new pas
tor, yesterday.
Rev. Dr. Young organized the church
ten years ago and he and his devoted
wife have been instrumental in bringing
it up to a high standard of religious
fellowship and financial achievements.
Dr. Younp has accepted the position of
tho nuinaßi-incnt of tho Hollenbeck
home.
At the morning services Rev. Dr.
Young preached his farewell sermon to
a large congregation, taking tho same
text from which ho preached at the
beginning of his work ten years ago.
The words of the text are: "Fear not,
little flock, for It Is your Father's good
pleasure to give you the kingdom."
Luke 12:32. He said in part:
"Today we erect no memorial stone.
The memorials of this work are in
lives helped, characters strengthened
and souls saved. Such things are the
evidences of God's work.
"In accordance with the time of our
text ChrlHf had been preaching one
year with success and then opposition
was developing. The disciples felt if
so much success, why not more? Men
are ever impatient of God's apparent
indifference to the time element in his
plans and the means seem Inadequate
to the end sought. We think that great
means are necessary for great ends.
God does not think differently, but his
and our ideas of what Is great differ
sometimes. He walls the ocean with
grains of sand and lifts billions of tons
of water by the leverage of the sun's
rays. He sends Moses with a rod and
Klisha with a handful of salt and the
Savior of the world as a babe in the
manger. The text tells us these facts:
"First, God is sovereign. The little
flock of his disciples seem smaller and
feebler when compared to the great
world kingdoms around them. It was
not strange that the disciples should
thus think. We only know differently
after centuries of Christian training.
Sovereignty does not mean arbitrari
ness, but it means as the king is father,
so all his love, care and favor are for
his child.
"Second, he has a kingdom. This Is
the same kingdom that is so often re
ferred to as to be sought first and Is
compared to a goodly treasure.
"To be a citizen of Britain, France or
the United Staets is great, but to be a
citizen of the Lord's heavonly kingdom
is the greatest of all.
"The third fact is, God gives this
kingdom to his little flock. It is a llt
the flock, not a feeble one. We do not
win or merit It. He gives it to us.
"This is true of individual experi
ence. We are saved not by prayer,
tears, groans and toils, but by accept
ing God's gifts. This is all that we
can do.
"By grace we are saved through
faith. It is the gift of God. So with
the church as a whole. So we attain to
the heights of Christian experience by
his grace to us and by his Holy Spirit.
We use his means and it is ordained
that we live, but the means of life are
by eating and drinking. So Christian
work goes forward but by the use' of
tho means he has given."
In the afternoon an impressive ser
vice was held In the installation of Rev.
Mr. Harper to the pastorate of the
church. Rev. D. McCunn, moderator
of the presbytery, presided. Other
clergymen seated on the platform were
Revs. Hugh K. Walker, H. A. Newell,
W. H. Young and J. D. Habbick.
The service opened by choir and con
gregational singing, followed by prayer
by Rev. J. B. Habbick. Rev. H. A.
Newell, pastor of the Hollywood Pres
hytcrlun church, read a passage of
Scripture, which was followed by the
Hinging of a solo by William Kirk, Jr.
Hey. Hugh K. Walker, pastor of the
Immanuel Presbyterian church, preach
ed tho installation sermon. He com
pared some of the ancient ehurchos
with those of tho present day. His
ideas were strongly antagonistic to
cathedral churches and too much
ritualistic work instead of preaching
the gospel. He conveyed the point that
the greatest work of God was con
ducted in the humble attitude of Chris
tian fellowship In much less preten
tious buildings than the cathedrals, and
yet placed large responsibility in the
personnel of the ministers with the help
of the press and other agencies.
Rev. Mr. McCunn, the moderator. In
stalled the pastor with a few well
chosen words, following which Rev. H.
A. Newell and Rev. W. 8. Young de
llvered the charges to the pastor and
the congregation respectively. .
Dr. Young organized the church ten
years ago with forty members, nine of
whom are still in the church. There
have been 836 members received into
the church, ninety-nine. by confession
at . faith. The present membership is
1 ,., Thirteen members # have dle,d dur
ing , the church' history, •To benevo
lences has been' given $3556 and for Its
own support $14,044. The church prop
erty is. valued at »15,000.> •
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HARD QUESTIONS
BEFORE COUNCIL
TODAY'S SESSION FULL OF
INTEREST
Finance Committee Is Already Consid
ering Deficit, but See Way
Clear if Departments
Are Economical
Today's session of the city council—
the second of the new body— be a
lengthy one because of the expected
debate over the report of the finance
committee. The committee has for a
week been studying the finances of
Los Angeles and has about come to
the conclusion that the - deficit is not
as largo as expected. There is a de
ficit In the storm drain fund, but with
close economy and adherence by de
partment heads to appropriations it
is thought the fiscal year can be man
aged fairly well.
The . increased taxation duo to the
growing city gives additional funds,
but not as much as could be used for
lmmediate municipal wants.
lt is believed by members that the
council's finance committee can get
along without the ■ services of former.
Deputy E. Bostwick, who coached the
previous council through financial
labyrinths, and his $250 a month snap
may be cut off today. As secretary his
work embraces about four hours per
week.
Consider Annexation
The city attorney In his report will
ask for definite descriptions of the
territory, In order to close up the Bast
Hollywood and Cahuenga annexation
election preliminaries. Unless the
boundaries are definitely known and
fixed Attorney Hewitt will report
against the advisability of proceeding
further with the annexation election
which is called for February 20.
The principal veto message from
Mayor Harper will be on the subway
franchises north of First stree^. The
mayor decides adversely because of the
small compensation and because no
footway is provided through the tun
nel. It is believed that new ordinances
in amended form will be put on their
passage immediately, as the Harrlman
attorneys know the wishes of the city's
executive. There has been some de
bate over the fact that the subway
will como within fifteen feet of the
surface of the city cemetery and high
school property, where It passes un
der those points. Some day this will
bcb be business property and the question
has been asked whether this subway
will n*t prevent the installation of
basements large enough for commercial
purposes.
The carrying of freight by trolley
will be partially reported on by the
committee of the whole, which has
since referred the question to the legis
lative committee. As this committee
has not had time to see the trolley
officials, further time will be asked.
Later the committee of the whole will
take up the gas inquiry, and debate
on a municipal gas plant is in order
when the report is made by the law
makera.
iii iv new ordinance under contem
plation the. status of the police sur»
kvoiih will be fixed, by naming one
chief surgeon . with assistants. The
chief will have charge of the receiving
hospital.; It Is understood that many
reforms will be Introduced there.
HEARD AROUND
THE CORRIDORS
THE EAVESDROPPER
HOTEL DETECTiyES TELL
OF CAPTURING CROOKS
"Crooks We Have Captured" would
make a good title for a detective story
which might be gleaned almost any
night at the Alexandria from the rem
iniscences of Detective Arthur B. Con
way of Hotel Netherland, New York,
and Detective West of the Alexandria.
lt would not be any tame detective
story, either, but a yellow affair revel
ing in complications which would put
to shame the efforts of one Sherlock
Holmes. . /',:■"
Mr. Conway is in Los Angeles on six
weeks' leave of absence and he Is one
of the best known hotel detectives in
the country. He was at the Netherland
when Mr. West was at the Waldorf and
since his arrival they have burned
great quantities of the midnight elec
tricity talking it all over.
"When I was at the Waldorf," it in
variably begins, and the ending is any
thing but "lived happily ever after
ward." ,\*;i'i*rv.
Hotel Crooks Numerous
Hotel crooks are much more numer
ous than the average trusting hotel
guest could possibly realize, according
to these two old timers In the busi
ness.
"Some people might think there was
not much use for a detective around a
hotel, because all his work is done so
quietly that few people except the in
terested parties know anything about
it," said Mr. Conway. - *
"There is great need for them,
however, and there are numerous
times when we are able to save the
hotel men and their guests great quan
tities of money and other valuables.
"There are so many different kinds
of hotel crooks and they work in so
many different . ways that it takes all
our time to keep up with them.
" I have what Is perhaps the largest
collection of pictures of hotel crooks
ln the world. They come from all
parts of the country and there is no
graft that is too petty for them to try
their hands at.
Steal Cuspidors
New York Is, tit course, a very cos
mopolitan place, and we get all kinds
— the big ones and the little ones. Some
play for high stakes and others de
pend on low ones and expect to make
their little pile by means of the quan
tity of thefts rather than the quality.
"The cuspidor thief was about the
strangest and the smallest thief New
York has ever seen. In the hotels along
Broadway they have cuspidors made of
bronze and brass and they are worth
six or seven dollars each. For more
than a year these receptacles kept dis
appearing and tit* hotel managers were
puzzled to account for it. When six
hundred or more of them had been
taken the thief was captured. He was
a bag man. He had a valise with a
false bottom in It and he would enter
a hotel, place the bag .over the cuspi
dor, sit there for a few minutes and
then lift the bag up and walk out,
leaving a vacant spot where the cuspi
dor had been.
, Card Sharps Organized
• "The card sharps and the sure thing
men are the most common crooks
around the hotels. Borne of them make
a specialty of matching coins. They
have fake coins made with both sides
alike and they never lose except when
it is expedient . to do .bo to keep the
other fellows from getting wise. . .
"There Is a regular organized band
of card - sharpers who ■ have a circuit
of hotels' which they work systemati
cully, carrying all the necessary para*
'phernalla* with' them. >
"Most hotel crooks dress well, but
not flashily. Every move they make
lay made boldly and at the same time
In a way that will not arouse suspicion.
"More money has been lost by guests
of hotels at a single time to fake wire
tappers than to any other kind of
crook.
"In New York there have been sev
eral well-known gangs operating and
they have kept us busy working
against them.
"When a ga,ng decides to work a wire
tapping scheme an office is hired, tele
graph instruments, telephones and
other paraphernalia are installed, and
then the cappers take possession. Some
one or two men get into a hotel and
make the acquaintance of a wealthy
guest or two. This is done in various
Innocent appearing ways. It is often
done in the billiard room or at the bar,
and sometimes an acquaintance grows
out of a little remark about the
weather.
"When a man has played billiards
with a guest of the hotel four or five
evenings it Is easy to get on friendly
terms, and the guest is invited to take
part in a sure thing. He is informed
that his 'friend' knows a place where
they get the returns of the races five
minutes before they reach the -pool
rooms and suggests that he place a
certain amount on some horse that Is a
'sure thing.' He wins and goes away
Jubilant with probably three thousand
dollars instead of one thousand dollars.
The 'friend' confidentially advises him
to bring fifty thousand dollars the next
day and he does It.
"The money is apparently placed on
the horse and soon the operator an
nounces that the horse has won. The
man Is Jubilant and tells every one to
consider that the drinks are on him,
when the operator breaks into the con
versation. "Wait a minute,' he says.
'Mistake in the colors. That horso does
not win.'
"Of course, the man realizes that he
has been stung, but by the time he
can confide this knowledge to some
one else the crooks have vanished.
"We have more of this thing in tho
east than there is out west, and we
have to be prepared to watch out
for it."
Mr. Conway Is familiar with the life
of Harry K. Thaw, who is accused of
murdering Stanford White, and also of
the murdered man. He says that both
White and Thaw used the couriers and
guides in New York in their various
escapades and in this way he learned
much of tho inside history of their
revels.
He says Harry Thaw is one of a groat
many young men in Now York who
have nothing but money and who spend
it riotously, each trying to outdo the
other in his dissipations.
SUNSHINE MELTS
H IS GLOOMY VIEW
English Traveler Telia of Trials by
Municipally Owned Battereea and
the Heavy Burden of Debt
a> a Result
"For a week while I was In San
Diego I took a gloomy view of your
climate. Now It is coming on to rain,
but I shall keep in a better frame of
mmd,m mind, for your two or three days of
sunshine convinced me that your cli
mate is really wonderful. .'
"I" I had an opportunity \o get about a
bit and see something of your city. It's
magnificent"
This tourist, a man who has traveled
widely ana seen much of the world, in
Francis M, Haygood of Battersea,
England. Mr. Haygood was astonished
at the remarkable development of the
street car system of Los Angeles.
"I was here a few years ago — about
ten, I believe — and as I have been a
close observer of transportation facili
ties I'm naturally astounded at the
marvelous growth your city has made.
I attribute this largely to the superb
electric car system established here.
"You see at home we are porbably
afflicted with the worst curse that can
come to the people of any city — I mean
municipal ownership.
Hard on Battersea
"Battersea Is the municipal Mecca,
and it seems that every new freak who
has a new fad or a new Ism that he
wants to try out floes it In Battersea.
Naturally the taxes keep going up, the
realty values diminish and the man
agement of the public utilities becomes
worse and worse all the time.
"I suppose it is almost treason to
talk so about one's home city, but I
was always opposed to It, and since I
came to America and saw tho vastly
better facilities which you have under
the private ownership plan I have
grown almost rabid on the question.
"In Battersea the municipality owns
everything and the municipality Is
owned by the labor unions. We had
our first taste of this labor unionism in
1891. for that Is the date that municipal
trading began. Since that time the tax
rate has increased 63 per cent and the
municipal bonded Indebtedness has in
creased from $37,000 to $700,000.
"We really have no more privileges
than we had fifteen years ago unless
you can consider paying our money
into the hands of the city officials a
privilege.
"The electric supply, tho libraries, the
milk supply, the cemeteries, the water
and almost everything else that could
bo mentioned Is under the control of
the council, which is composed of rabid
unionists.
Citizens Frantic
"During the last throe years there
have been practically no lmprovementE,
and one municipal scandal after an
other is being revealed.
"Tho men employed by the munici
pality make no boast of working- and
even the attempted improvements drag
along until the citizens who aro af
fected are almost frantic.
"Battersea is not tho only munici
pality In England that has learned
something of the disadvantage of mu
nicipal ownership, for it has boen tried
in many cities, but in none has It been
given so fair a chance and proved such
a rank failure.
"In America the people would rlso
up In arms if they had to put up with
the discomforts which the municipal
ownership of public utilities entails.
The people of this country would not
stand it, but In England they realize
they are suffering aa a result of their
own folly. They were not content with
what they had, but thought they could
make their condition hotter by listen
ing to tho preachings of a few union
ists.
"The worst of it Is that we are In
so far It is hard to get out. Our debt
is so heavy now that it does not look
as if wo could ever get rid of It. I
suppose we will have accomplished one
good, however— we will have shown to
the rest of the world the folly of go
ing Into something of which we knew
nothing, with both feet."
FUNERAL OF MRS. SAVAGE
TO BE HELD TODAY
The funeral of Mrs. Olementa lavajp,
who died ut the home of her daughter,
Mrs. G. K. Heuwel, 1«27 West Pico
street, will he held this afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Cathedral of St. Vlbl
ftna. Rev. J M. W Hcauuiy will of
n<-i.*i •-. the Interment to i»' In Calvary
cemetery.
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TIRED PRISONER
NOT YET RESTED
FINDS BREADAND WATER GOOD
ENOUGH
Expresses Determination to Pass the
Remainder of Ninety-Day Sentence
in Solitude and Meditation
on His Past Lifo
Jailer McCauley's pet prisoner, John
Elake, who is booked at the police Bta
tion under the name of John Doyle,
still refuses to work and although he
has passed twenty-seven days in the
"hole" languidly expresses his inten
tion of staying there the remainder of
his ninety day sentence before he will
do any manual labor.
"Oh, they can't keep me here for
ever," says Blake when asked when he
intends to agree to work. "It is my be
lief that putting a man on the chain
gang is against the constitution and I
fail to see where the city authorities
get the power from to make me work
if I don't want to.
"When I was sentenced I was given
ninety days In the city Jail. The Judge
did not say at hard labor, and I don't
think it is up to the police to say what
I must do. It is not very pleasant
here, but I am not compelled to asso
ciate with those I do not wish to. I
have my entire past life to think about
and that is something.
"It is true I am not fond of work.
I was arrested on a vagrancy chargo.
My eyes hurt a little from being In
a dim light constantly, but they will
get better when I get out.
"Yes, the bread and water does got
a little monotonous at times, but a fel
low won't starve on It and then I have
lost so much sleep during my life that
I am getting a chance to catch up."
Blake was sentenced twenty-seven
days ago to ninety days on a charge of
vagrancy. He 1b well known to the po
lice, who claim he has hung around
sulopns in tho lower part of the town
for some time.
Since ln'iir- placed in Jail he has
steadfastly refused to work, despite
the fact that he has beeu kept con
stantly on a bread and water diet. Ac
cording to Jailer McCauley It is within
his power to keep the man confined in
the dungeon during the entire ninety
days if be refusos to work.
TO EULOGIZE LATE PRELAT
Solemn Requiem Mass for Archbishop
Montgomery Will Be Celebrated
This Morning
The first of the services in the dio
cese of Monterey and Los Angeles in
memory oi the late Archbishop Mont
gomery will be held thia morning at
the Holy Cross church, corner East
Forty-seventh a*d Main streets. A
solemn requiem matis will be cele
brated at 9 o'clock by Rev. Thomas K.
Fahey, the pastor, who will be assisted
by Rev. P. McLaughlin as deacon :
Rev. P. 11 McNollls as Bubdeacon and
Ucv. Joseph McMunus an master vt
ceremonies.
Father Fahey was ordained by the
lain archbishop and ■ will give the
eulogy at the service this morning.
The boys' ( choir of the parish took
part for the first time in the services
yesterday. . This choir is expected to
prove an innovation la local church
music.