Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1893, Page 13

12 THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 3. 1893—EIGHTEEN PAGES. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. What a Woman Saw of Interest in Midway Plaisance. AMONG THE FOREIGNERS. The White City at Night—Wonderful Elec- tric Light Effects — With the Arabs — The Art Palace—Some Notable Exhibits. —__.-___- Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Curcaco, May 30, 1893. HE VERY UNIQUE street known as Mid- way Plaisance is and is nota part of the great world’s fair. In a most practical way it is part and parcel of the same, for you cannot enter from without except by the “open seeame” of a regular 50-cent ticket, and once within all the exposition holds is open toyou. Yet again,once Im the fair grounds the “Midway” is yours also. Bat the latter is not officially recognized as a part of the fair, and most of its attractions @emand an extra fee, generally 25 cents, and only oceasionally 50 or 10. { these are well worth the Prices asked. A few there are, though but few.to which entrance is entirely free; one of the finest of these is duly labeled “Old Vienna.” In dimensions the exhibit is nearly the size of a €ity block, the interior being an open court, ined with shope ard booths. Both outside and the architecture is all that the name implie the idea of reality being further carried out b: the odd signs with the odder names and the quaint square lanterns which swing from iron €ranes above various doorways. Fifty pretty barmaids have been imported for the restaurants aud cafes. I noticed one gayly attired young woman in her teens ho Was engaged in serving sandwiches and beer to three or four admiring and gorgeous officers. Her costume was nothing short of remarkable. Ashort skirt of bright green satin showed Below an apron of lace, the low-necked red satin waist had also lace galore and plenty of spangles. The red shoes and stockings were very fitting, the long hanging tresses were crowned by a corone: of quasi jewels and streaming ribbons, and, in spite of it all, the girl was pretty. The shops of Old Vienna con- tain much that is really fetching at not unrea- sonable prices. CHINESE TEA HOUSE AND THEATER. Soon upon entering the Plaisance the eye is attracted by the gay blue Chinese Pagoda with its quaint *urrets and swinging bells from each of the many corners. Some little yellow and Ted are also in the scheme of decoration; above each window of the building proper flaunts a huge yellow buttertly with outstretched wings. The Chinese have been lavish of decoration, as they always are. You enter through the Bortalt of the payods and thea om iuto the tea 08 one tide of whichare for sale a variety of curios and all grades of their tea. About this time the ear will be greeted by the strang- est mixture of sounds ever vouchsafed to the average American ear. This will be found, ap- on investigation, to proceed from the theater of the Celestials. The chance to witness x gen- ine Chinese play was too much to withstand; we paid our quarters and strolled into @ nice little theater about half filled. The play was then “on” as a placard announced: and such apiay! Above ail. do not fail to seo it. the cast areal! men, some being in women’s dress. but the visitor is invited to come again, fx the assarance that next month the women wil arrive and play also. The costumes are, to use a very mild expression, variegated, but handsome. too, and fear‘ully and wonderfully made. The pantomime. I am sure, expressed | something very remarkable, only we could not | make it out: the music soul stirring and nerve eurdling. The joiniug in of voices in song (?) or speech heightened the effect, which effect was very high indeed. ‘On emerging from this truly great perform- ance a gentle little man, with short black hair and almond eyes, clad’ in our own national garb and speaking goed English, besought us Rot to depart without having visited THE MARVELOUS JOSS HOUSE ABOVE STAIRS. We could not withstand him, either, so were relieved of other quarters and proceeded upward. Our eyes were first greeted by the sacred big dragon, who undalated his huge and gold length over the backs of chairs for sspace of some mxty feet. The head of ‘this monster is a triumph of the imagination, with great horns, bulging eves and # headlight m the forehead. Auded to these attractions dragon possesses, scattered along his spinal column stagzeeable distances. numerous poison- Steen humps. Here are many gods in efigy; prominent is the Doorkeeper of Heaven. life sized, surrounded by bis armor bearers and hermits. Here recline the Iaugh- ing Buddha and the sleeping Buddha; here the } goddess of peace in heaven andearth poses hap- ily. Here are also fine creations of Chinese art im carvings, groans of small figures perfect fa costume and expression, representing scones fn the lives of the gods, which gods uust hav many points of likeness to ordinary mortals of today, judging by some of their histories toid us bya guide. Beiow, in the tea house, we were politely served with irreproachable tes in fine china aud li chee nuts. We sat upon curious stools of marble and carved wood; the table was similar in style; the waiters were na- tives in native dress. Altogether we were pleased with our visit to China. AN EGYPTIAN TEMPLE. A strange-looking building, with ~trim- mings” of hieroglyphics, and before which stood two tall obelisks and one swasthy man in weird vestments, we found upon query to be the Egyptian temple. The ever magical quar- ter secured admission to a vast chamber with blue, star-sprivkled ceiling. My first gaze was @rawn to the buge bug in red and black who Bad the honor of being “centerpiece.” At the farther end of the bail, on a raised platform, sat the musicians, six in number. ‘The four a the back, squatting like Turks, were men, thei te somewhat resembling short-armed guitare. In front were two women, one at each @xtreme side. Both were young, both with Deantifully regular features, both really hand- some. For the feminine reader who delights in @eteil I shall tell what these girls wore. ptien headdresses just alike of maroon gold striped, concealing their foreheads and hair: short bodice of marvon velvet fringed Sith gold, from benesth. which peeped a fall soft blouse of pink aud white gauze with long angel sleeves. Over the dark skirt was an over- akirt of fold and scarlet. Their feet wore sandal-shod, the instruments upon which thelr gliding brown bands played. tinkli mausio were alittlc on the harp order, thouge fantastically shaped and brightly colored. ‘Though weird enough, still the music had some soft and pretty strains. Massive and gorgeous columns upheld Egypt’ eeiling; placed in state in the hall or temple lie ten biackened mummies, upon whose aged faces ‘Wo gazed with the usual amount of reverence and awe, particularly as to those labeled Fespectively sister-in-law and father-in-law of p— Lae Bebind the temple lie the great tombs of Thi and Apis, faithful copies, it is said, of the ancient original. Rather regretfully turning this leaf of ancient Bistory and repassing the dark-eved standard Dearer at the door, we were again in the street. ‘The day was hot and dusty; eptian im scanty attire of what looked like white cotton @repe and a turban of the ~ume was sweeping Up refuse and sprinkling the rising dust. Two Rative women with faces baif hidden by orna- ments and veils were intent on selling fowers, while a group of moslems were endeavoring to Fead and interpret some devices on the facade Of the temple. IN THE AFRICAN HUTA. Just off to the might moy be found the strange-looking huts of the Soudanese and Nubiang We sat upon plank in the former butlong enough tonotice the attireand seea and dirty savage dance (heaven save the mar Yo the music of the tom-tom. About his waist and bips bung heavy fringe of dried deers hoofs, which rattled in the most eerie manner. ‘The shock-beuded “baby” of Soudan was less than two years old. He carried « tin lid to all visitors, expecting ® penny. I requested a “shake hands’ in re- turn for mine, when the poor httle tot kissed | the band instead. Several boys who refused the penny with desire to tease were rewarded by receiving a fierce shake of the fist from the Uittle one. One peep into the tent of the Nu- Dians will suitice for most inquiring minds. FRom OLD ¥ ‘The “Irish village and Blarney Castle” are a @elight to the well-regulated eye and mind. Here are neatness and thrift typified. ‘The view from the roof of Blarney is suff- sient reward for the ascent. Here lace is made by pretty, rosy Irish lasties; there is a model working dairy, a representation of Muckross Abbey, much Irish carving and bric-a-brac for sale, mostly of bog oak. Bog wood filled the fireplaces, aud all the walls and rafters are neatly ‘whitewashed. Every day Miss Sullivan plays her harp in the concert room, while on the green before the castle a genuine Irish piper pipes Ireland's own tunes at own aweet will. A NEW ENGLAND KITCHEN. Not far from Lady Aberdeen’scottagesisa plain log building, which you will find on entering, free of charge, iva typical New England farmer's kitchen of 1776. Each day a farmer's dinner is served from 12to2 Brown bread and beans are invariably on the menu. The building is in pioneer style, furnished with homely settees and chairs, dresser with old blue dishes and pewter plates, candles and snuffers. The ‘house was filled with visitors, and all seemed equally interested in this picture of eld Puritan days. In the great fireplace are the iron firedogs aud the old bellows are close by. Strings of herbs, onions, corn and dried apples re used in those days in place of our m yural paintings.” A sweet old lady in cos- tume of the time spun flax and told us old stories, Near her hung her green ‘‘calash” and a straw bonnet, fashionable in the year of our Lord 1780. ‘The funny little cradle, which attracted much notice, was a barrel on rockers; the coffee urn, curiously wrought, has existed ‘over a century. ‘The sweet old lady told us they used to put « hot iron {nto a tube in the center to keep the coffee hot. The adjoining room is a sleeping chamber of that Hos a andthere a pretty Pare tan maid sat a-knittin, ibly see ali the sights I think one cannot of Midway Plaisance in auything short of two whole days; those which I referred to are but a representative few smong the many. Some exhibits are yet unfinished. ‘One greatest sight of all is the complete mixing of nationalities, garbs and tongues here to be found. MER ART PALACE. ‘The United States Has s Larger Space Than Any Other Country. ‘Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Curcaco. June 1, 1893. To a great many people the best part of the world’s fair is found in what is known as the art palace. It has been a little backward in get- ting into good trim for visitors, but now the various sections are opening rapidly and there is enough to see to occupy one for nearly aweek. There are many notable pictures; in- deed, nearly all of them come under that head, and it is simply a matter of teste ss to which are the best. Some people gather in front of one picture and others linger over another, and it would be unfuir for any but an expert to say which is the better of the two. To begin with, the United States, of course, has alarger section than any other country and probably makes a more effective display of its achievements than it ever made before. It occupies the space beginning on the left of the main entrance and embraces fifteen galleries. France embraces sixteen galleries, but they are not as extensive as those of the United States, Great Britain and Germany have each seven galleries: Austria has five, and several other countries appear with two or three, w! Japan, for the first time, appears in an inter- national art exhibit. and Mexico basa gallery also, and #0 has Poland. At the present time | not all of these galleries are open, but those of | the United States, France, Great Britain, Can- | ada, Germany and Holland are open and are beautiful, indeed. Japan, Austria, Russia and Ttaly will all soon be opened for inspection. THE MOST NOTABLE PORTRAIT. Taking up the United States section, perhaps the most notable portrait, in tue opinion of ex- perts, is that of J. Carroll Beckwith of NewYork, entitled “M. Isaacson.” The coloring is rich and the figure is particularly life-like. Among other portraits are Mrs. Hardie, by R. Gordon Hardie, also of New York. There are not very many portraits in this section, and it may be regretted that some of the best paintings of American statesmen which are in Wasbington, the property of the government, are not on ex- hibition here. But there are fancy pictures, landscapes aud other works that are enough to satisfy the most exacting. There is Eugene Vail's marine painting, which represents three children playing in a boat in the harbor, while a large steamer looms up behind them. This artist, it may be remarked, is a gold medalist from the Paris exposition. Frank 3. Holman contributes the portrait of a young girl at the piano with a sheet of music in ber hands. Her side and back alone are visible, she is clothed in a light evening dress. and is all sione, about to sing for her own pleasure. Another singing picture is that ef W. M. Gay,entitled “A Simple Song,” which shows a Sister of Charity instruct- ing a class of peasant girls inaseng. One of the most attractive of all the United States paintings is that of Jules L. Stewart, entitled “The Baptism.” The artist lives in Paris, al- though he was originally a Philadelpbian. "He received honorable mention at the Paris Salon in 1835 anda third-class medal in 1890. The present picture would seem, apparently, to rep- resent w private baptism at a fashionable sum- mer resort. The young motuer is reclin- jing gracefully among pillows, the fash- ionable clergyman is reading ‘the service, the pretty maid is holding the baby and the young godmother and father are making their responses. Every 18 good looking, crerything is well appearing. There js an un- mistakable atmosphere of Newport or Bar Harbor about the scene. Stewurt contributes another fashionable scene in avachting picture, which shows a section of the deck of a steam | yacht, with several loungers reclining in chairs, and also one entitled “The Hunt Ball.” of hke characteristics. His painting “Venice” is simpler and gives a stretch of the sea and a small strip of the shore. SOME PASTORAL SUBJECTS, Walter Nettleton, of New Haven, alsoa Paris pupil. sends a peaceful scene of a peasant knit- ting in the fields, which he calls “November Sunshine,” and this is followed by another pas- toral sceue of “The Shepherd at fits Luneh,” by G. 8. Truesdell. Like many of the other American artists, he carries a bronze medal from the Paris exposition of 1849. Battle scenes are not fre- gunt in the United States section, but omas gives one in “An Innocent Victim,” which represents a nun dying froma wound, while signs of the battle are dimly visible in the distance. In pictures of animals there are several strong pieces. “Norman Bull,” by W.H. Howe. is one; the old horse in “South Duxbury Clam Digger,” by John J. Enueking, is another, and H. 8. Bisbing’s “Afternoon in the Mead: ows” is a study of cows lying down and stand- ing over a large stretch of meadow, one side of which is fringed with trees. Edmund C. Tar- bell of Dorchester, Mass., furnishes a bright picture of “Girl With Horse.” She is clad in a summer gown and holds the horse by the bridle while he drinks out of a trough. IN LANDSCAPE WoRK. In landscape painting most of those in the United States section are European scenes. Several of those already wentioned are mainly landscape paintings, the life that is in them being secondary. Louis P. Dessar, who took a third-class medal at Paris in 1891, furnishes one of several peasants grouped about a plow under the title “Evening,” and Prosper L. Senat gives a striking representation of light and shade in “On the Nile at Beni Hassen.” Asmilar painting from the same artist is “Gulph of Ajaccio, Corsica.” “Lakeside,” by ~ M. Chase,1s beautiful representation of the | lawn by alake on some rieis man’s country place. Mr. Chase won a silver medal at the Paris ex- tion and is president of the Society of nerican: Artists. He is represented by several other pictures, two of which are portraits. Charles Sprague Pearce bas an interesting Innd-cape under the title of “The Shepherdess.” He is also a medalist of the Paris expcsition. “October Twilight in New England,” by J. J. Enneking, isa piece of rural painting all the re pleasing because it depicts a scene with which niuny of us are familiar. The woods are gold and brown, the ground is deep with fallen leaves, the sky is deepening its hus, and you can almost feel the chilly air as you look at the scene. It is to be regretted that there are not more of these purely American paintings on exhibitiou, but, as American artists must necessarily learn their profession abroad, they are apt to paint scenes of foreign life. STRONG IN CHARACTER PAINTING. In character painting the United States sec- tiou is particularly strong. The “Fourth of July Parade,” by R. C. Howland, is a fine study of the oid village celebration. There is the jor and the old farmer. <irgl contributes a puinting called which represents a fop of the olden time in a new beaver bat, of which he seems to | be exceedingly proud. “The artist is n Boston- |i, and represents the Bavarian school. | Charles Ulrich, who is also of the Bavarian school, presents an “Italian Idy],” which shows | group of Italian market girls filling their | baskets. Walter McEwen depicts an oid m: and bis daughter, the latter reading the Bible, with the title, “The Absent Oue on All Soula Day.” The artist is also a medaiist of the Paris exposition. What Ge been mentioned here are simply a few of the paintings lighted upon hap! To enumerate a third of them would re. more space than any newsp: could give. They have all been carefully selected by com- mitiees which are supposed to have been abso- lutely fair. ‘That they tried to be so there can certainly be no doubt, but, of course, the re- THE Jections that were made have created that cruel disappointment which falls to the lot of the Unsuccessful artist. This profession depends wholly upon popular approval, and the artist who fails to get his works before the public in an exposition like the one in progress is sure to feel it keenly. The foreign exhibition was selected in the same way as the American and is without doubt the fines: ever shown in America, and one rea- son why it isso is that foreign artists have learnt to look upon the Ametican market as one of the best in the world. WORLD'S FAIR BY NIGHT. ‘The Brilliant Scene That Greets the Visitor to the White City. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. Cutcaco, June 1, 1898. “Glad am I, oh, happy am I, that this great American people can see the theater with the Bedouins, something so new. ‘The great Americans are always fond of new things.” The speaker stood in front of the little Bedouin theater in the Midway Plaisance the other night and poured forth the flowery language of “Araby the happy,” and stumbled and almost ruined himself in his attempt to speak English. Back of him, peering out from alittle window, where she sold tickete, was an Arabian girl, and a very clever one, too, for she spoke English well and conducted her business with the air of one accustomed to it, although it must bean experience entirely novel to her. Inside the booth there ai Arabs, more men, girls and a little baby. They have drums and they beat upon them with their fingers, and one black-bearded old child of the desert plays the pipes, which, while not the same as Scotch anes, are similar to them and make a simi squealing sound. And then thero is dancing, simple enough in its movements, but depending for its beauty upon the gracefulness of the dancers. And Bedouin girls with Bedouin music are graceful in the extreme. CAIRO STREET, : The light in the theater is rather dim. but outside it is bright enough with the electric lights. It shows you across the road from the Bedouin’s place a lusty Egyptian mounted on top of an enormous camel, pounding away witb two sticks upon two drums, one hung on either side of him. If you did not see him you would be sure to notice him, for he kicks up racket enough to rouse the whole Midway Plaisance. He is there as an advertisement for the Cairo street, and near him is the inevitable little win- dow where you can buy a ticket and see the show. . Inside the street the whole place is in commotion. Donkeys are there and their own- ers are loudly urging you to ride. When you do 60, away you go down the street with the long-robed donkey boy shouting behind you, while he belabors the poor little beast with his stick. Then you come upon booths where they sell fozes or slippers or Drie-a-brac. You find yourself in the middie of a crowd, and the cause of it is that three men are dancing and singing. They keep up a low monotonous chant, and as they hop about they strike each other lightly on the side of the neck below the ear. You escape from this crowd only to get into another. where a Cairo magician is showing his tricks. He borrows a quarter, and after as- tonishing his audience with the tricks he can do with it, be coolly sppropriates it to himeelf, which ‘is certaiuly the cleverest trick of all. THE ALOERIAN TROURADOURS. After tearing yourself away from Cairo you stroll along and a soft mu: to you. It 1s not the monotonous song of bar- Darians, and it is not accompanied by the beating of drums, but it is the beautiful music of trouba- dours. The fame of the Algerian troubadour bas not reached America before, and it is doubt- ful if many people ever knew that there were such things as Algerian troubadours: but such is the name borne by this troupe, and their music is beautiful indeed—not the less so because it can be enjoyed while the inner man is being re- freshed with cool beer. Several times a week now the visitor to the world’s fair has an vpportunity to see what it looks like at night. for it is open until 11 o'clock quite often. On these occasions, of course, the chief attraction is the general illumination, but the buildings are open, too, in many cases, and a good many of the exbibit ‘The latter do not generally appear in beauty at night, for they were not instalied with a view to being exhibited then. But there area great many people who think the exterior of the buildings and the grounds more attractive by night than they are by day. ABOUT THE COURT oF HONOR. ‘The principal place where the illaminations are is about the court of honor, which com- prises the administration building, the agri- cultural building. on the right-hand side as you look toward Lake Michigan, the casino, the peristyle, the music hall, the manufacturers building and the electricity building, all follo ing one another in the order named and inclos. ing the body of water known as the basin. As soon as darkness comes all these buildings are aglow with electric lights, which run in rows about the roofs, but the administration build- ing is the most brilliant of all. About the top of the dome the lights are arrunged so as to make a crown of ligut, from which rows run down to the first lye of pillars. The latter are lighted with flaming torches, and lower down there are more electric lights. All this briiliancy falls upon the high spray of THE OREAT COLUMBIA FOUNTAIN, the most elaborate work of art in the whole of the park. It is hard to describe a work of this character so that it can be understood. It must be seen to be appreciated. Briefly stated, it represents Columbia on a lofty seat in a tri- usphal barge; # figure representing Fame is in front of ber and behind is old Father Time with his scythe turned intoa rudder. Eight stand- ing female figures are rowing. About the barge are sea horses aud mermaids sporting in the water. To say of this work of art that it ia beautiful only feebly expresses the fact. The whole basin is lighted up and electric launches and gondolas go fitting about. Leaving the court of houor you may go in other portions of the park where there ore almost no artificial lights and you may get the full effect of the great white buildings aud the dark lagoons with only the light of the night to show them. You may go over to the wooded island, where the beautiful little Japanese and where the Boone and Crockett hunters’ cabin, and there you will jov comparative quiet and may sit down and take in the surrounding scene at your leisure. On one side, across the canal, the manufacturers’ building lies before you, and on the other is the huge red structure whero ail the means of tradsportation, from a wheelbarrow to an express steam engine, are exhibited, There are few more chatming or romantic spots than wooded island. One hundred thousand people by daylight, in an endless, ceaseless stream, with room enough for them to move about in perf ct comfort without crowding, yet moving on and passing hour after hour without ever presenting the same face twice to the observer, most of them looking a little tired out, but all looking eagerly about them io see everything that can be seen— this sight is strange enough, but when you put this large crowd through the grounds of the world’s fair at night the effect ix stranger. They pass from a bright light that shows them as distinctly as if it were broad day light into deep shadows, where their forms are only just discernible, seine SE Se Written for Tho Eventng Star. Chimney Swallows. When the swallows come in spring, From the South-land far away, Under each wing they a blessing bring, And they merrily chirp all day. ‘When they in our chimney build, No fire on the hearth below, ‘The house with the gold of joy they gild, And on It good luck bestow. On the chimney side with clay ‘They fashion a homely nest, Wherein, secure from harm, some day ‘Will the callow young ones rest. To their home the chimney-top Is the ever open door, ‘Through which you may often hear them drop ‘With @ sound like thunder’s roar. The songs that the wood-birds sing May more deligat the ear, But the swallows’ chirp and thunder in Spring Are pleasant, too, to hear. For when they in our chimney build, No fire on the hearth below, ‘The house with the gold of Joy they gild, And on it good luck bestow. ESSELLE Di Beaviigv. —+o<+—____ A Good Idea, Beaulieu Farm, D. From Trath. First Burglar—“When are you going to rob that house in Philadelphia?” Second Burglar—Tomorrow morning.” First Burgiar—"Wny don’t you wait until afternoon when everybody's sleep?” Iv you want a reliavle dye that will color an even brown or black and will please und sattaty you every time, use Buckingham's Dye for tle Whiskers. =e . comes wafted out |” JAMES E. MURDOCK. Some Personal Recollections of That Once Famous Actor. HIS YOUNG MIRABEL ‘Was His Greatest Success, Although ‘He Won Distinction in Several Shakespearean Characters — Others Who Helped to Add Glery to the American Stage. ag HE DEATH OF James E. Murdock re- moves the last of that galaxy of histrionic geniuses who made the reputation of the Ameri- can stage. Booth, For- rest, Gus Addams, Dav- enport, McCullough, Connor and Jas. W. Wallack, jr., preceded him, and a worthy rep- resentative of that line i of great actors has now been added to the large majority who have passed over the dark river. 1 had known Mr. Murdock for many years, and the memory of him and his pleasant companionship lingers with me most vividly. The advanced age at which he died, eighty-three years, made him the veteran of the American stage. Three or four years ago I had written him, sending him ‘8 notice of his acting here in that great cast of the “School for Scandal” produced at the National Theater in the early part of the fifties, when Tom Placide and George Andrews played Sir Peter and Sir Oliver, and Mur- dock und James W. Wallack played Charles and Joseph Surface; Joe Jefferson, Moses; J. B. Howe, Snake; Dolly Davenport, Careless; Lizzie Western, Lady Teazle: Mre. Germon and Kate Horn, Mrs. Candor and Lady Sneervell. In reply I bad a letter, his daughter acting as his amanuensis, saying he expected to see mo the following winter in New York, but be did not come—age and its infirmities prevented it, ‘Though Mr. Murdock played many of Sbake- speare’s characters, he in remembered particu- larly as Hanlet, Benedict and Mercutio. His Bamilet wav a beautiful performance, but, as I heard one whose judgment is matured by study and a memory of the Hamie(s of years say. 100 elocutionary. In that, however, I think he followed the advice of Hamlet to the players: “For in the very torrent, tempest and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion you thust acquire and beget_a temperance that may give it smoothness.” For every word of Hamlet, in the scene with the Ghost, with his mother and Laertes, the most impassioned in the play, not a word was slurred nor did they Inck passion. My friend, whose judgment I should respect, thought the Hamlet of Daven- ort superior. I won't take issue; they were Poth “Beautifol creations, but” somewhat different, and Davenport's was the most pop- ular. MURDOCK'S GREATEST CHARACTER. ‘The same authority agreed with me, however, that one character in the drama Murdock had made his owa— ¥ounq Mirabel in “The Incon- stant; or, Wine Works Wonders.” In this charac- ter he conquered the prejudice agaiust Ameri- can actors in England and played “The Incon- stant” for over 100 nights at the Haymarket ‘Theater, London. ‘This play is never played now, for, as far as my knowledge goos, thore is not # man on the stage today who could p! to the satinfaction of those who remei Murdock’s masterly acting. It was first pro- duced in 1702. The original cast, I regret, I cannot find, but in 174 it was played with Mr. Smith as Young Mirabel, whose initials are not given, but who was the oriinal Charles Surface, and irs. Jordan, one of the wives of the priuce regent, as Bisarre, In i814 it was played at the Covent Gorden Theater, with Eliiston as Mirabel. and in 1853 Willinm Wheatley played it at the Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, he as Young Mirabel and Mrs. Jobn Drew as Bisarre. The author, Fauqubar, seems to have written the last act as a trial for histrionic talent. ‘The alternations, when ‘abel finds himself entrapped by Lamorice into the power of bravos, butween deepair and simulated hilarity, almost at the sams moment, and when the relief comes for which ie hus sent his page, “The red Burgundy marked a thou- sand,” his joy at his escape from dea‘h is some- thing so renl; the byeterical laugh which rings through the theater until he falls into the arms of bis friend, Duretete, and his recovery to find his page missing, and ‘the retaliation on the bravos, moves the audience to such enthu- sinem as no play I ever saw could equal. Wm. Wheatley could play Mirabel, I have no doubt, but Murdock and bim have left no successors. Don Feliz, in “The Wonder;” Rover, in “Wild Capt. Absolute, Charles Surface and Mercutio were some of Murdock’s favorite neters. His Charles De Moor, U recall, in “The Robbers,” as an admirable performance. “a OEVERE TEST. Murdock told me he thought the last act of “The Inconstant” was oue which tested an actor beyond almost any other character. The rapid alternstions in the presence of tho bravos and the audience called forth all the dramatic power the actor possessed. Those test parts are not unfamiliar in the drama and in opera. Rossini in the ‘Barber of Seville,” with “Upa Voce Poco Fa,” taxed the voice of the soprani of that day, and but few could sing it as written. When Malibran came she embellished it, adding uote after note, until her power seemed exhaustles. In “Semi- ramide” the contralto part found very few who could sing itas written. It was no task for that unequalled voice of Alboni. Like Malibran, there seenied no end to the marvelous power of her superb organ. -T saw some few months ago that Alboni as the counters, her present title, sang for some charitable occasion, and the rich tones of ber matchless voice were unimpaired. It was evid that Mozart in “The Magic Fluto™ wrote the bass score of tho High Priest so fall of didiculty that but very few couid sing it, and that after Lablache it was altered to the voices cant for that character. Herman. who is re- membered here so well by those who heard him, sang it as composed by Mozart. Tam finding no fauit with the drama of to- day nor itv actora, The age seems to demand the society drama, with ite many changes of drestes, The stage of today sets the fashion for the women of the day. Years are not given to study, asin the days which produced « Forreet, » Murdock, a Davenport and a Vanden- hoff. The great productions of Shakespeare and the dramatists of the last century have but few, if any, interpretations on the present stage. BILLY FLORENCE'S SHOES. Teaw afew daysagoa most scathing article in the Argonaut of San Fraticisco on the widow of the late William J. Florence. She has remarried and with her husband, an English- tnan, made ber reappearance in San Francisco, ‘The Argonaut tnid she was trying to cover the ravages of age by the splendor of her costumes, allof which are fully described in the pro- gram. ‘The friends of the late Mr. Florence re- sented the appearance of the new English bus- band in “Billy Florence's shoes,” as Bardwell Slote, and “the house was not half full” and the performance a dismal failure. This, I take it, is a good omen that the days are coming to a end when rich drapery compensates for bad acting. Mrs. Florence has lovg since parted with the heyday of youth. About 1948 or 1844 she was, as Malvina Pray, though then the wife of Littelle, the old man of the company, dunc- ing between the play and farce at the litile the- ater evolved from Young’s coachmaker's shop on the south side of the avenue near 434 street, That's about fifty years ago. That half con- tury of wear and tear would tax Ninon’s peren- nial bloom. Texhumed from arare collection of old books in the library of my old friend, Prof. Foertseh, a copy of Wm. E, Burton's *Cyclo- pedia of ‘Wit and Humor,” published forty yearaago, and tow but. razely seen, and the writers whose humor is embulined in its pages are many of them forgotten. ‘The portraits of Neal, whose charcoal sketches were so popular; Fred C. Cozzens, one of the contribu- tors to the oid “Knickerbocker,” and who re- sided here for some years and kept a wine store on the corner of 14th and the avenue, where the Baltimore und Ohio railrond office is now (his “Sparrowgrass Papers” were very popular about the time this volume was printed); Wash- ington Irving, Fitzgreen Halleck, Olivec Wendell Holmes and one of the best pictureg of Burton Iever saw. In this collection is a humorous poem by William Cullen Bryant ad- dressed to the mosquito, written in 1932, and a story of wit by James Gordon Bennett, written in 1834, nvother by Maj. M. M. Nash, 1836, and by David Paul Brown, tho eminent’ Philadel- i ‘0 Chamomile Ten,” 1836, lord Clarke, the editor of the Knick- erbocker, contributes’ a story and Miss Eliza Leshe, who was years ago one of the most pro- writers. Nicholas Biddle of the old tes Bank found time to woo the e n Ode to Bogle,” and Burton bim- self tells the story of his “First Punch; John P. Kennedy a humorous account on the “‘Sus- pension of Specie Payments” in 1840. SOME THEATRICAL STORIES. Dan Marble and Yankee Hill contribute stories of their theatrical tours. George Ken- dall of the New Orleans Pickayune, tellsa story of Texas, and Sol Smith some yarns of his theatrical experience, one of which tells how a company of four men and two ladies played “Pizarro,” Mr.S. Drake doubling as Pizarro and Ataliba; Mr. Fisher as Rollaand La Casas:Mr. A. Drake, Alonzo and Orozembo; Mr. Sol Smith, High Priest of the Sun, Almagro, Blind Man, Sentinel_and Guards, Peruvian Boy, Miss Fisher; Elvira and Priestess of the Sun, Mrs. Fisher; Cora, Mra, Mangan, and child, Miss Alexena Fisher. This was in 1820, He says: “Our stage was ten feet wide and eight fee deep. When we played pieces that required bridges and = mountains we bad not much room to spare; indeed, I mi say, we were somewhat" crowded.” I find a poem by Maj. James N. Barker on “Little Red Riding Hood,” written in 1827. inted one of the auditors of the Treasury epartment. The major 1s remembered here well, and I am sure was never suspected of wooing the immortal nine or mdunting a Pegassus. Seba Smith, the original *‘Maj. Jack Downing,” whose letters to the National Intel- ligencer during the administrations of Gen. Jackson and Mr. Van Buren caused so much amusement, and which Gen. Jackson enjoyed so much, though they were directed against the administration, contributesa humorous account of his first visit to Portland. ‘The sight of these names, of whom only Oliver Wendell Holmes survives, recail the interest felt in all they wrote forty years ago. Edgar A. Poe contributes a sketch, in which neither wit or humor could be found, but here is a name that was found in almost every number of the old Spirit of the Times, when Bill Porter, “York's ‘Tall Son,” and “Boss” Richards were owners ; John I. Robb, ‘Solitaire.’ Joux F. Corie. eee aly An Overestimated Fortress. From Heury M. Fields’ ‘Gibraltar. A hundred years ago Burke spoke of Gib- raltar with exultation as “a post of power, » Post of superiority, of connection, of com- merce—one which makes us invaluable to our friends and formidable to our enemies the feeling has survived to this day. Not an Englishman passes through the straits whose heart does not swell within him to see the fiag of bis country floating from the top of the Tock, from which, as ho believes, the whole world cannot tear it down. Every true Briton would look upon the lowering of that flag as the abdication of imperial power. Yet is not this an overestimate of the valuo of the Gibraltar to England? Is it worth all it costs to England? Would it weigh much in the balance in a great contest of nations for the mastery of the world? ‘The object of this rock Mediterranean. ‘The arms of Gibraltar are a castle anda key, to signify that it holds the key of the straits ‘and that no ship flying any other flag than that of England can enter or depart except by her permission. That power, however, is already gone. Engiand may hold the key of the straits, but the door is too wide to be locked. The 100-ton guns of Gibraltar, even if aimed directly seaward, could not de- stroy or stop passing fleet. I know this is not the it of construction in modern ord- nance. Guns have been wrought weighing a hundred ‘and twenty tons which throw « ball weighing a ton over ten miles, Such a gun mounted at Tarifa might iudeed hurl its tremendous bolt across the Mediterranean into Africa. Tarifa, however. is in Spain, while opposite Gibraltar it is fourteen miles to Ceuta, a point not to be reached by any ordnance in oxistence, even if the Inst product modern warfare were mounted on the height of O'Hara's tower, so that a fleet of ironclads bugging tl African const would be quite safe from the English fire, which could not prevent the entrance of a French or German or Italian fleet into the | Mediterranean if it were strong enough to en- counter the English fleet. ‘The reliance inust, therefore, be on the fleet and not on the fortress, Of course, the latter would be n refuge in case of disaster, where the English ships could find protection’ under the | guns of the fort. But the fortress aloue would not bar the passage into the Mediterranean. - tee — ‘Men's Corsets for Warmth, From the St. Louis Giove-Democrat. “Every now and then,” said Mr. Henry Morgan, “fun is derived from reference to men who wear corsets, It is taken for granted that these individuals wear these articles in order to compress their waists and assume an aristocratic carringe. ‘This is eutirely erroneous. The idea of wearing A waistband #0 as to promote warmth in the stomach ts an old southern idea, sworn by and proved tobe good by thousands. of people. Keeping the digestive organs at a uni- formly warm temperaiure makes digestion easy and provides agaist halt the ills of humanity. Of course male corsets are made in various ehapos, but the most ordinary type is very little more than a conveniently shaped band on the old southern idea, Ifa band isto be worn it is auch pleasanter to have it fixed with buckles than with pins, and eithor is preferable to the old plan of sewing on the band and wearing it day and night until a change became absolutely necessary, The number of men who wear corsets to improve their figure is not likely to be very large.” —— Bis Idea of Ease. From Puck. Tommy—“I think @ bicycle is a great dea better than a sled.” Papa—"Why do you think so, Tommy?” Tommy—Why, because yoa can ride it up bill instead of having to haal it up. —s0- A Story Without Words, From the Fiiezence i s ter. te That was some years before the major was ap- | fortress is to command the passage down the | | HEY HUNT FOR SKINS AND HORNS. Depredators Whom It is Hard to Keep Out of the Yellowstone Park. Among the many sorts of depredators with which this government is obliged to deal, not the least difficult to manage are the so-called | skin hunters, who invade the Yellowstone Park in pursuit of game. They are the most un- principled of sportsmen, if such they may be termed, and their object is merely indis- criminate slaughter. If they can get a chance lat s herd of elk they will massacre them | by hundreds, simply for their horns. Elk an- | tlers are worth from $10 to @75a pair. ‘Their hides have not much value, though their meat when tender is declared by epicures to be the | finest of all flesh for eating, being even prefer- able to beef, It is very juicy, but sometimes it | is tough. | Of course, elk horns are used as trophies of the chase, most commonly by persons who with to pretend that they have shot the animal represented. There is a much better and more harmless method of securing them than by shooting the creature that wears them. The latter sheds its antlers regularly once a year, and they may often be found lying on the ground, where their original owner has left them. ‘After remaining thus for a while they become bleached to the whiteness of chalk, but it is easy enough to give them a proper appear- ance by staining and polishing them. It is not difficult to find a pair in the way described that will match suitably. VALUE OF SOME SKINS. Capt. Anderson, the present superintendent of the park, was in Washington last week. He says that there are as many as 25,000 elic in that national reservation, but Mr. Hague of the geological survey puts the number at oniy 8,000, It is not possible to make a satisfactory estimate,owing to the vast area over which the animals roam. There is no doubt of the fact that they are rapidly becoming extinct elsewhere,and it is considered most important to keep the depredators from getting at them. Still more forcibly does the same remark apply to the buffalo. Of these great beasts, which used to browse in such countless herds on the plains, only about 1,000 individuals now remain alive. Four hundred of them are in the park, where they seem to thrive very well and to muitiply at a fair ra’ The buffalo afford the strongest inducement to the skin hunters, Hides of these animals, such as used to be purchasable for $1, are now quite valuable. Whereas nearly every farmer used to have one for a laprobe,at present they are highly prized for drawing room rugs and other select purposes. A good head will fetch $150 to $200. The demand ix said to have Drought into existence the peculiar industry of manufacturing buffalo heads artificially, with tho aid of ior mache, dyed fur of another kind and other euch raw materials. Bear skins are likewise salable at good figures, The park, which is halt as large ae tho state of Connecticut, is woody and mountainous. It affords a home for many grizzlies, Also there are numberous brown, black and cinnamon bears, the black being most common. In winter they hibernate in caves ‘and the hollow trunks of trees. ‘There ure a good many antelope in the park also. It is said the skin hunters shoot them for their horns, their meat—which is very good—and pure cussedness. The beaver, which build their dams in the streams, arehhunted for their pelts. Shootingin the reser~ vation for any purpose whasoever is wholly pro- hibited. Fishing is allowed, so long as it is not prosecuted for commercial purposes. Anybody } may carry as many fish as he likes out of the park, but if it is found that he bas sold one offender will be deprived of the privilege and forbidden to enter the reservation. The fish sold at the hotels in the park all come from outside, Protection is quite as necessary for game that swims as for quadrupeds. There is a sheet of water just ocut- side of the reservation which was known 8 fow years agoas Lake Abundance, because it contained so many trout. One day some “sportsmen” set off a big charge of dynamite in the bed of the lake. because they thought it would be fun to see all the fith come floating to the surface dead. Their wish yas gratified, and there have never been any’ trout there | since. Up to 1888 the park was so far removed from civilization that it might as "well have been in Alaska. For the sake of safety le only visited it in large parties. it was almost impossible then to pre- vent the killing of game within the reserva- tion. But in that year a branch of the Northern Pacific railroad from Livingston to Cinnabar opened up the country. At present the people who dwell in that vicinity are opposed to the skin hunters, because they want the park to be | as attractive as possible and are anxious that people shall go there. NO LEGAL PUNISHMENT, Unfortunately, there is no legal enactment to afford proper protection against the depre- Gators. The government of the park is vested in the Secretary of the Interior. He makes rules and regulations as he sees St, but there is no law to support them. There are no courts to exercise. furisdiction over offences com: mitted within the limits of the reservation, Thesuperintendent is an officer of cavalry. Two companies of cavalry are stationed at the park—one at Mammoth Hot Springs and the other at Lower Geyser Basin. They patrol the reservation,seeing ihat there is no shooting, and preventing curiosity seekers from carrying off fragments of petrified wood and trom break- ing off pieces of the mineral deposits around the hot «prings and geysers. Such vandals de- light to inscribe their names with lead pencil ‘on the geyserite. The subsequent deposition of a film of silica over the marks renders them indelibie. When anybody is caught shooting in the Park there is no law by which the offender cen pe punished. He is simply expelled from the reservation. Commonly his weapons and out~ fits are confiscated and sent to the Interior Department at Washington, where they are subsequently cold. But there is no other au- thority for doing this than the orders of the Secretary of the Interior. Sometimes the depredator is locked up for a while, after a formal hearing before the superintendent, but there ix nothing to do but to let him go. Iv is purely military jaw which governs in the premises, There ought to bea United States commistioner in the park to try people for wrong doing. A bill authorizing the appoint- ment of such an officer, and making proper regulations for the government of the reserva- tion, has been before Congress for the last eight years, but it has always been defeated in the Houso by lobbyists acting in bebalf of the eap- italists who desire to run railway throagh the park, They will not permit any bill to go through uniess it carries their echeme with it TIMBER THIEVES. Another 07d class of depredators with whom Unele Sam has €o deal are the timber thieves. They steal wood from government reservations, Fither they are agents of corporations or else they want to get the wood for sale to corpora- tious. They go into the primeval forest, put up saw milla and cut millions of feet of timber, sometimes clearing off thousands of acres. If such a thing were attempted in Virginia it would excite a howl at once, but far off in the backswoods ro notice will perhaps be taken of it, and it is likely that nobody knows to whom the lend beiongs. To bunt up and punish «uch thieves the Interior Department employs so-called timber agents. They get up evidence respecting the depreca id the cases are sent- to the Department of Justice, which prosecutes the guilty parties through the district attorneys. ‘The government is not parsimonious, ard it does not object to any man’s taking ‘what he wants in the way of fire- wood from the forests of the public domain, see Insured. From the New York Tribune. “a few days ago,” says a traveling man, “in passing through atown which had been badly wrecked by a small burricane, I met @ man who bad protected himself against loss by eyelone, and who was able to survey the ruin of all he possessed on carth with the utmost com- placene: his neighbors were almost dis- tracted ief. Iasked him casually why he had taken the precaution, having learned that he was the only man in town who had such policy. He told me that when a boy he had narrowly escaped being killed by a cyclone and the danger had so impressed him that he had cartied cyclone insurance ever since he had started housekeeping, which was well-nigh generation ago. The sentiments of the neigh- bors toward this fortunate man were quite in- teresting. One or two, of course, were small enough to be jealous of him and to tell anec- dotes of how ‘some folks had more luck than they deserved, but the majority spoke more in admiration than envy, and there seemed to be a general sentiment that the man who had thus provided against danger in the midst of safety was the most suitable man in the district to rup for Congress.” He W: 0s An Old Proverb Proven. From Pack. Mrs. Hichurch (as she gazes ont of the win- dow on a rainy Sunday morning)—“Yes; it's true. Providence does temper the wind to the shorn lamb.” Mr. Hichurch—“What makes you say 807” Mrs. Hichurch—“ Why, my new bonuet didn’t come home last night!” EULALIA AND ETIQUETTE. Rules of European Courts Which Worry Even Royal Personages. From the lustrated American. Considering that when the Prince of Wales, or one of the younger brothers of the czar, or | even much smaller roval fry than they, pay a visit to the president of the French republic, | the call is returned within an hour or two, it seemed somewhat ungracious on the part of the President of the United States to make any question about calling upon the Infanta Eulalia of Spain, especially as she was the guest of the nation, But etiquette, which is the code of rules by which great people keep lesser ones in proper respect, ap; to demand that it should be so, However, all's well that ends well, and we shall not fight Spain over a mere question of etiquette. It is found necessary to observe certain rules of etiquette even in the households of the most democratic of presidents; and though they seem to have been more obeyed in the breach than the observance between the days of Washington and Buchanan they are becoming very stringent again at Washington. How ready certain Amer- icans are to observe them was show: by the hullabaloo raised over the ball given to the in- fapta in New York. ‘The court trains the women were to wear appear, if reports be true, to have exercised the mind of the female tendom toa vast extent. Why they should wear court trains at « ball, unless one given at a royal pal- ace in honor of some important event, it is dif- ficult to vee. In Europe they are only worn at the Buckingham Palace drawing rooms and great state occasions, such as a royal wedding ora coronation. But on semi-state occasions, such as the wedding of the Duke of York to the Princees May of Teck will probably be, they are not worn. AT THE ESCURIAL, Now, nowhere in the world is etiquette more strictly observed than at the Escurial Nearly every one has heard the story of how a King of Spain, having seated himself before # very hot fire, got roasted to deuth because the court official whose duty it was to assist his majesty from his chair could not be found. Tne Due d'Aosta, who was almost as democratic in his ideas as his brother, the King of Italy, during his short reign in Spain showed such a con- tempt for the complicated rules of etiquette observed at the Escurial that he became very unpopular with bis subjects and eventually abdicated. He made a futile attempt at introducing simple manners in @ country where beggars address each other as “Senor Caballero.” One day be stopped to talk with a muletecr whom he hap} to meet on a coun- try road. It waxa broiling hot day. The king, to save the muleteer from a sunstroke, le him cover bis head, forgetting that by so doing he raised a peasant to agrandee. Marshal Prim, who was standing close by, knocked the muleteer's headgear out of his hand, trampled it under foot und offered the mau some money. ‘This the muleteer, who was mortally offended. haughtily refused. A few days later Prim was assassinated, and rumor has it—but the jade. pears to have been up to ber lying tricks again—that the offended muleteer had been accessory to the crime. Yo el Rey (I the king) is the fora in etiquette rules a Spanish king shail self when addressing a subject. worried Italian duke got himself into a deal of hot water by signing his letters more familiar manner. On one occasion King Amadeo tutoyed groom, the customary way in most countries for masters to address their servanta. —. boing addroseed by the king fa tee astecd person singular, tu, would have eanobled him on the spot. E new-born royal infant shall be officially an- nounced as “vigorous.” The late Queen of Spain, Mereedes, became the mother of asickly child which only lived a couple of hours, but the court journal chronicled the event in the nner prescribed by etiquette, as follows: “Her majesty was delivered at o'clock in the morning of a vigorous child, which died at 5.” It would be dificult to find » more delightful bull than this. B.S. P. (beso sus pies), which means “I kiss your feet,” are still used by Spanish gentlemen when addressing a sovereign or ladies. B. 8. M. (beso sus manos), thai is, “I kiss your hands,” are used by men writing to each other or by ladies to ladies, In any Spanish paper of today in which an account is given of @ recep- tion by the little king, of, say, # provincial town council, you will read that ‘the conncil- ors kinsed the feet of bis majesty and withdrew.” Now, of course, it is not to be imagined that these worthy gentlemen went down on all fours and kissed the baby king's shoes. What they did was to kiss his hands, as they would have been prescribed todo had they been members of the cortes. But Escurial etiquette pre- scribes that to the public it must be an- nounced that they kissed his majesty’s feet. Ihave said that etiquette is a code of rules by which eat people keep iesser ones in. respect. Prince Bis » when a boy, was father for speaking of the king “Learn to speak reverentiy of his ‘aid his old father, “and you will grow accustomed to think of him with venern- tion.” Young Bismarck laid the advice to heart, and to this day always lowers his tone and assumes a worshipful look when he « of the late Emperor William. When, during the old kaiser's lifetime, a message, either by word of mouth or in writing, was brought to Bismarck from his master, the great chancellor would rise to receive it. AN INSULT TO THE QUEEX. And this recalis an occurrence that took place only a few weeks ago. A New York firm has 4 house in Victoria street, London. Their English representative, who was paying a visit to Paris, wrote «letter to the London branch and nddreseed it: “Messre. So-and-So, Vie street, London.” The next day two very im- portant and serious-looking gentlemen visited the London office of the New York firm, and showing one of the clerks the letter asked him if he know by whom it wae written. *-Yes.” replied the clerk, “by our manager. What is the matter with it?” “Your manager has grosély insulted her majesty the queen, and must apologize to the postmaster pt for having done so.” ‘Why, how bas he insulted the queen?” exclaimed ‘the astonished clerk. “He has addressed this letter to ‘Vio’ street instead of Victoria street, and Victoria is her majesty’s name.” “But it is a common thing for us Americans to shorten names of streets in addressing envelopes. For instance, we often write ‘B’way’ for Broadway.” “We don't care what you do in the United States. You can't do ‘it here, and we must insist upon a written apology and an assurance that her majesty's alae not be mangied again by your manager.” The apology and assurance were given, and - ~ incident ended, happily without biood- e: Apropor of the appointment of our first am- buseadors, there used to be terrible wrangles between the several envoys to courts about the etiquette of precedence, until the whole matter was arranged by the congress of Vienna in 1815, It was then decided that ambassadors and tninisters were to take rank according to the dates of their appointments. By courtesy, ae the representative of the pope, where there is one, is allowed to take the first place the diplomatic corps. = ROYAL MOURNING, Few persons can understand what time and words are wasted over the etiquette of royal mourning; whether it shall be worn for seven days or fourteen for the prince of a - ing state, and whether a court may hiya ing concurrently for two or three princes or whether each must be honored with a separate term of mourning. As nearly all the roval families of Europe are more or less related, the custom of cumulative mourning has been adopted, otherwise they would never be out of biack. Nowadays no official notice is taken of royal death until the formal announcement ‘been made by an envoy. Then, if several deaths had occurred, it is arranged that they shall all be announced on the same day, which is rather an ingenious way of reducing the length of time necessary for indulging in such ridiculous bit of royal tomfoolery. —— She Was ai From the Detroit — pred ‘The old gentleman with florid checks beamed upon the young woman whose complexion was oue part nature and nmety-nine parts art, The respect with which she received his at- tentions indicated that he was not her father. She smiled engugingly. you're just graduated,” he observed, rubbing his baads gitafulie She inclined her head affirmatively. “Ab’—the old gentleman looked reflective— what a wondertul thing is education Now you". eyes shone with kindliness—“are equipped with knowledge that will euable you to understand your fellow creatures from the start. Her lis parted. “Well, I should"—the men: or speech was confident—“snicker. 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