Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1897, Page 24

THE EVENING STAR,. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1897-28 PAGES. Ws Written for The EIN NON NON MONT HON THONG NO I “Do you like this kind of thing, Cra- shaw?” for the drawing room was full and y Were standing in the hall. “Those re- Hgious ccnversaziones in evening dress, with supper fellowing, are rather a variety entertainment, even without Tootle on “Amusements the Dry Rot of the Christian Church.” Wasn’t that the title?” “More or less; it couldn't be much worse, at any rate, and for my part I'd rather do mill than listen to that im, Jack; he’s in his glory taik. Just hear on dancing. “Do not suppose, my friends,” an oily voice was heard within, “that all dancing is sinful, for David danced with much ac- | It is only t may be be permitted such a word, promiscuous dancing between sexes that is condemned, not the joyful tual sin And yet they say <use of humor. How Tootle passes me, for 3 record. Oh, he had a business— something like that—and in the pound. Then he to sonre er, difficulty with his accounts. What was baby linen, or failed for 1S p Was secretary and got into Now our host and a few other exceilent him men keep irony. “Do you is one of to lift religion—rather an ile on his face? That id is much admired. xpression arranged n told that they is a man ach a trans- rkwrignt is narrow and but in straignt the day. member how he paid up his failure, nt in the world, rkwright ‘know his story, a no culture and } hi and for would be a Young people's * whi s tie murmurs. “Well. t presumptuous if I I hepe, not unprofit- but. which a dear child of invented, my own and which has been found helpful by many parents. We call re quartets, and it is, I think, ch card has a Bible che four make a set. You a rabam. Isaac, Jacob and xtriarchs. Then there Bible and the beasts, to listen to such twad- we do business with no quartet nonsense Ore has many social it ever occurred to you how Arkwright has to endure living i d much Mrs in this atmosphere and paying homage to old and when Arky ¥ with wool came Talked of it as a girl should be commit- od man : went on to me a crime God to sac. rd, bloodle . who will not or to dance, call it, and than be with I've be and I cam my hos 1 from your ¢ first time Kk, I'm thusiasm that geod looking. ly your hearty ~ old man, and for yourself. See, there the curtain. . . criminal that moth- pause of silent ad- { woman ought and leader of the MiKS. LULSULLLR RIGHTEOUS OVERMUCH, > By IAN MACLAREN. (Copyright, 1897, by John Watson.) Evening Star. UES nsastocint as MO: Tootle has finished, and now we shall have jellies and lemonade.” Siam “You have come quickly, Mr. Egerton, and that was well done,” said John Ark- wright, looking very white and worn, prop- ped up with pillows. “I have much to say, and I'll take a cup o’ brandy; them that never touches drink when they’re well get the good when they’re iil. “That gives me the strength that I need for the time, and my work is nearly done. Don’t go away, Laura; I want you to hear what I say to the pastor. “The doctor says ‘at ma days are few, | ™Mayhap only tomorrow, and it’s best to speak when a man’s head is clear, and I thank God mine is that, though my body be clemmed by this sickness.” His wife stood on one side of the bed, now and then rearranging the pillows at his back and bathing his forehead with inegar—for scent he would not have—and Egerton stood on the other, refusing to sit down while she stood, and watching her Strong white hands at their service, but only once did he look her straight in the face. “You're young, pastor—thirty, did ye say? —and I’m owd, seventy-two this month, and I havena known you long, but there’s no mon I’ve liked better or could trust more.” And he looked steadily at Ir ton with a certain softening of expression. “You've been very kind to me and to the chapel, Mr. Arkwright, and I hope it may be God's will to spare you and raise you up again,” and, although the words were formal, the accent was tender and moving. “No, no, lad; our times are in His hand, and I've received the summons, and so w "ill go to bu s. And first about ma a fairs. 1 w to understand everything, ye may be able to do your duty by ma Egerton was conscious that Mrs. Ark- wright straightened herself, and could feel the silence in the room, but the dying man was not the one to appreciate. an atmos- phere. “It may be that I was too owd for mar- rying, and ma ways too old-fashioned. Ma house has not been very bright for a young wife, and ma conscience did not al- lew me liberty in worldly amusements. But according to my nature I can say be- fore God that I loved ye, Laura, and have tried to do ma part by ye.’ “You married me a poor girl, and have been most kind to me, John. Why speak of such things?” and her voice was prcud and pained. “You have been a faithful wife to me,” he went on, as one fulfilling a plan, wand have put up with my . . . peculiarities —for I know you do not think wi’ me in things, and do not like some of the men ‘at came to the house. Oh, I said nowt, but I saw aal.” Mrs. Arkwright laid her hand on her hus- bard’s, and it occurred to Egerton from a slight flush on his face that she had never done this before. “Ma will has been made for a year”—it was plain that Mr. Arkwright was to £0 on to the erd, and Egerton could not have lifted his eyes for a ransom—‘and I have left all to ma wife without any condition, with just one legacy. It is to you, Eger- ten, and I hope you'll not refuse it—just something to remind you of me and get you books” “It was very - good of you, id I am mos - + gratefulbut I). . really can’t accept your kindness. It is not likely that I will ever marry, and I've got enough for myself.” As he spoke, Mrs. Arkwright shook up the pillows hastily, and went to a side ta- ble for a glass. “Well, if you will not, then there’s an end of.it, but you will grant me another favor which may be harder,” and for a minute Arkwright seemed to hesitate. “Ma wife wiil be left young and rich, and although I have n sir “John, this is not Her voice vibrant with passion. me me not for saying this once, and her be present, he is our friend, and I am coming to my point; the brandy again, I'll soon be done. “You have no brother, and I have no person of my blood to guide you, ma lass: ye might be persecuted by men ’at would bring you nowt but trouble and vexation of heart. You need an honest man to be ur guardian and give you advice. “Ye may never want to marry again, on it may be ye have had little joy thes years, or ye may—peace, lass, till 1 be done, I was ever rough and’ plain—and some one must see that your husband be a right mon. ‘So I turned it over in ma mind, and I sovght for a friend "at was sound 6’ heart and faithful. This speaking is hard on me, but it ‘ill soon be done.” And as Mrs. Ark: wright stooped to give him brandy once more Egerton saw ‘hat ler cheeks were burning. “An older mon might have been tetter, but ye're old for your years, pastor, and ARKWRIGHT STRAIGHTENED HERSELF. forehead nd that | with | through a lot of pe s nd her proud | x. Just but it’s hard to say, fs withered, although he is most just and » her. And she? Well, she ave loved him, but Mrs. Ark- cts herself too much to give People think her good, but cold. for his heart wright re ary sign. I don't think her good at all in the Ark- wright sense, and I cold.” am certain she is not ry likely you have hit the mark,” and Crashaw began to glance around the room from the vantage ground by the door. “Who is that person sitting beside Mrs. Arkwright? He is rather good look- ing. “Oh, that’s Edgerton, Arkwright’s min- ister, an Independent ‘or Baptist, I can never remember the difference. They say he’s a well-bred man da capital preacher, much broader than his lot, but very fanatical in his life.” “They would make a handsome pair as they arc standing now.” “They might,” said his friend, “but Ark- wright is a tough old gentleman. Hush! | a mon to say y | have seen more than I said, and though he have parted wi’ the foolishness o' youth. You have some notions I don’t hold wit for I'm the owd sort—believe and be sav- ed, believe aot and be damned—but ye're no a and do nay. Nan, nua, I have the true doctrine and does some folk good, that cheap Tootle is shoddy stuff. “George Egerton, as I have done good to you and not fll these years, will ye count Laura Arkwright as your sister, and do to her a brother's part, as ye will answer to God at the laast day?” ‘The wind lifted the blind and rustled in the curtains; the dying man breathed heav- ily, and waited for an answer. Egerton looked across the bed, but Mrs. Arkwright had withdrawn behind the curtain. Ark- wright’s eyes met the minister’s with an nest, searching glance. be as a brother to your wife while As he spoke Arkwright grasped his hand and gave a sigh of content, but when Eger- ton left the room Laura refused to touch his hand, and her face was blazing with anger. qr. “You have been very generous to the chapel, and we thank you very much for keeping up all Mr. Arkwright’s subecrip- tions those three years. The work of God would have been much crippled had it not been for your liberality.” as if I were one of your devout women like poor Tootle, who is a@ good creature, preg wee —— vi a ee timonious idiot, reel oho \ypocrit.” meee do you always depreciate your- [De oak iniereupt me. me Tie Geter mined to settle this matter once for ail, and not walk about in a vain show, as if I were a saint. You think me good, and #0 do the chapel people, I suppose, be- cause I give to foreign missions and Bible women, and go to the prayer meeting and attend the special ae Do you know why I do those the minister, “but “Yes, I think so,” sald I will hear your reason.” “Because Mr. Arkwright believed in’ iow sions and evangelists, and he was . . . better husband to me than I was wife to him, and because it would be dishonorable not to use his money for the objects he aprroved.” “And the services? Is that the -reason you are always present, and set such a good example?” And it was plain the min- ister did not take Mrs. Arkwright at her value of herself. yh, this is because . . . because “Yes?” And Mr. Egerton smiled as one who 1s giving checkmate. “Because you were John’s friend, and the only man he . loved, and be- Never So Beautiful. cause, although we have quarreled eceveral times, and I have been very rude to you once or twice, still—’ and a smile brought Mrs. Arkwright’s face to perfection— “we are friends als “You have been . . angry.with me,” said Egerton, “when I could not understand the reason, but I never doubted your friendship. If I were in serious trouble I would come tc you rather than to any man.” “Would you really?” Then her tone changed. “I don’t believe you, for you would go to some snuffy, maundering old minister.” “And you are good,” he i no notice of her petulance. est, and brave, and high-minded, and loyal, and 5 “Pious, with a gift of prayer, you had better add. How blind you are, for all your knowledge and , Other qual- ittes. You forgot to add sweet-tempered, but perhaps you were coming to that.” “No, I would not say that, and I am rather glad you are not gentle’—the min- ister was very bold—“for you would not be - yourself.” ou had ycur suspicions, then, and are not sure that I am ready for canonizing? Do you know I feel immensely relieved; suppose we celebrate this confession by tea? Would you ring the bell, Mr. Eger- ton?” “There is something I want to talk about, and as it’s rather important, would you mind, Mrs. Arxwright, giving me a few minutes first? Tea is rather distracting.” “Composing, I find it—but as you please; is it the District Visitors, or the Nurses’ Home, or the Children’s Holiday, and is it money?" Mrs. Arkwright for some reason was very gracious. “No, it is nothing to do with the chapel. I wish to speak about + + yourself.” “Yes?” and she looked curiously at him. ou remember that day when Mr. Ark- wr:ght committed you to my care, and I gave my word to . . .” isted, taking “You are hon- “Do your best to look after a very troublesome woman,” Mrs. Arkwright in- terposed, hurriedly; “it was a. . risky task, and I thought you were far too hasty in undertaking it, but you've been a very lenient guardian for your age. Have I done anything wrong?” and you could not at any time in my irs. Arkwright made as though she would curtsy—“but others might do wrong to you, and I have been anxious for some time. “Mr. Arkwright was afraid lest some un- worthy men shoula admire you or desire your wealth, and f marry you, and your life be miserable. And he wished me to save you from this, and I promised to dc my best.” “Well?” and her voice had begun to freeze. “I remember all that.’’ “It is difficult to speak about such things, but you know that I + + Would do any- thing to save you pain | | “Go on,” and now her eyes were fixed on the minister. “It came to my ears and I saw for my- self that one whom I knew slightly and did not like was paying you attentions, and it might be, as I also heard, was favored by you. So it seemed my duty to make in- quiries about Mr. Crashaw.” “And?” “There is nothing against him, and 1 have heard much good of him; personally we could never be friends for various rea- sons, but he + is not unworthy to be the husband ... a good woman. That is all I have to say,” and the saying of it was plainly very hard to the min- ister. “You recommend me to marry Mr. Cra- shaw, if that gentleman should do me the honor to ask my hand, or do you pro- pose to suggest this step to him, so as to complete your duty as guardian?” Mrs. Arkwright was now standing and regard- ing Egerton with fierce scorn. “My information seemed to me reliable’ he was also standing, white and pained— “and I thought it would help you in that case to know what I have told you, when you came to decide.” “If I knew who told you such falsehoods, I would never speak to them again, and i would make them suffer for their words. Mr. Crashaw! and it was to that cynical, worldly tailor’s block you were to marry me. What ill have I done you?” “God knows I did not desire 3 mean. . do you not see that I tried & do what was right at a cost? . Why be so angry with me?” “Because I do not care what any per- son in this town or all Yorkshire says about me, but I do care and cannot endure that you should turn against me, and be content to see me Crashaw’s wife or any other man’ And she drove the minis- ter across the room in her wrath—he had never seen her so beautiful—till he stood with his back to the door, and she be- fore him as a lioness robbed of her cubs. “It has been my mistake, for I under- stand not women,” he said with proud humility. “I beg your pardon, am more thanever . . . your servant.” She looked at him stormily for ten sec- onds; then she turned away. “If that is asl you have to say, you need not come again to this house.” iV. “You will excuse me sending a -verbal message by the doctor, for, as you see, I am past writing, and . . . the time is short. I wanted to speak with you, Mrs. Arkwright, once before... I died.” And Egerton thought of the day she had stood by her husband’s deathbed as now she stood by his, only that the nurse had left the room and there was no third per- ‘son to be an embarrassment. “Do you suppose I forget your words to me the last time we met in private,” he continued, as she did not speak nor look.at him, beyond one swift glance as she caine into the room; “and believe me, I would not have forced myself on you, nor would 1 have asked this favor, had it not been that . . . I have must deliever my soul.” “You are not dying; you were a strong man, — a few days’ illness couldn't fatal,” she — stand and it seem- ed as 1" Mrs. Arkwright for once was to lose control and fall a-weeping. she mastered herself and said almost cold- ly. “Had I known you were so ill I would fet called to rycen but something of which I § i cnwaes ‘evil temper and inso- Jence aon fo my times; but you ‘@re too . goed, else you would have understood.’ “You, did not; thems hate me, as I sup- posed?” and his : strained with 4 eagerness, “When you were 2 esa to my cngagement to Mr. Crashaw? tote ied ihe alttene "Stats Son re witness to detested. So Screg oe on your part, very. yet al sam tima “t te Se me eter I could have... man, Mr. Egerton, and’ Ta t a saint. Is it milk you drink?” Lanne she raised his head, her hands lngeted a they had not done before on her hesberid’s. “Are you really dying?’ She sat down and looked at him, her head between her hands. ‘You and I dre, at least, able to face the situation.” “Yes, without doubt; but I am not a martyr to overwork, or anything else; do not let any one speak to me in that fash- ion; I simply caught a cold and did not take care; it’s quite commonplace.” When he smiled his face was at its best, the dark pine eyes having a roguish look as of a y= Mrs. Arkwright leaned back on her chair and bit her lower lip. “This is good-bye, then, and our friend- ship—six years long, isn’t it?—1s over. Had I known it was to be so short—well, we had not quarreled “Not over,” and he looked wistfully at her; “this life does not end all.” you have the old romantic faith, “Ah, and one would like to share it, but no one knows, this life is the only certainty.” “In a few hours,” he went on, “I shall know, and I expect to see my friend, John Arkwright, whom I loved, although we only knew one another for three years, and he . . . will ask for you.” Mrs. Arkwright regarded Bgerton with amazement. “Ho will ask how I kept my trust, and is will he ashamed, unless you hear my confession and forgive me. ForI . . havens sinned against you and your hus- ban “In what?’ she asked, with a hard voice. “God knows that I had no thought of you he might not have read while he was here. And afterward for a year I was in heart your brother; and then—oh, how can I say it and look you in the face, who thought me good and a faithful minister of Christ?” and his eyes were large with pain and sorrow. “Say it,” she whispered, “say it plain; you must,” and she stretched out her hand in commandment. “I loved you as... a man, till it came to pass that I made excuses to visit you, till I watched you on the street, till I longed for the touch of your hand, till I - oh, the sin and shame—thought of you in the service and... at my pray- ers.’ “And now?” she had risen to her feet. “I have finally overcome, but only within these few days, and my heart is at last single. You are to me again my friend’s wife, and I shall meet him... in peace, if you forgive me.” For a few seconds nothing was heard but his rapid breathing, and then she spoke, with low, passionate voice: “Your love needs no forgiveness; your si- lence . . . I can never forgive.” iletiiyeds toh two hours, and he spoke twice. Once he thanked his nurse for her attentions, and just before he passed away she caught the words, “through much trib- ulation enter the kingdom . . God.” —— TEREE REMARKABLE CHILDREN. They Were Bprn, and Are Being Raised at Sea. From the Portland Oregonian, That out cf a family of four children three should be .born, at sea, and on one ship, is a remarkable occurrence, which, taken into consideration with the fact that the only child of the family born ashore did not live to be a week old, makes it more so. The children are those of Captain and Mrs. Carson, and they first saw the Uxht of day in the cabin of the Manx ship Manx King. Captain Carso#’s family consists of two sons and one daughter—Tom, Jack and Teresa. Tom, the eldest living child, was born on the Pacific oceah, about three hundred miles off the coast of Chile; but the exact latitude und longtitudé ‘was never deter- mined other than by approximation,-as the sky had been overeast for several days prior to his birth,, On May: 3, 1888, the ar- rival of the youfig saflor was becomingiy celebrated by the officers and crew of the ship. Teresa was born in the storm center of the most dreaded coast in the world, almost off the peak of Cape Horn, on March 24, 1801, when the Manx King was in latitude 344216 south, longitude 73:35:14 west. When the ship was laboring heavily in a living gale the little stranger made her ap- pearance. When she was about ten days the ship, then in the South Atlantic, encountered a hurricane and was thrown cn its beam ends, and set so low that the seas came in through the cabin skylights, completely flooding the cabins. The ship was soon got on an even keel, and reached its destination without any ‘further mis- hap, and with both mother and child in ex- cellent health. Jack was born December 24, 1892, in the North Atlantic ocean, in jatitude 4:16 north; longitude 24:31 ‘west. The weather when Jack first came into the world was all that could be desired, and the noble chip, with its precious living freight, was bowling along under all safl at about four- teen knots an hour. All of the children enjoy remarkably good health, and at sea, no matter how hard the gales may blow, these children of King Neptune never allow them to in- terfere with their play. No matter at what angle the ship may ride, nor how much It may pitch and toss, the children of the Manx King play in the ship’s cabin. The children have become so accustomed 1o the motion of the ship that not one of them hus suffered any bad mishap; for, where they are thrown down by the violent piteh- ing or rolling of the ship, they seem in scme way to settle on the deck, much after the fashion of the storm birds on the ocean waves, and though in thelr short lives they lave encountered more storms than falls to the lot of most mortals who live on land, net one of them has suffered even a sprained limb. Tom's knowledge of nautical matters is raturally extensive, and it 1s safe to say that, if he follows the sea with his father vntil_he is fourteen or fifteen years old, he will be able to navigate as well as most men who have been at sea twenty or thirty years, for with him it is natural. As young as he is, he knows the name and location of every line end spar on a ship, and if {t came to a pinch he could give all the necessary orders for shortening sall or put- ting the ship on its courses. SS FIXITY OF SPECIES. The Origin of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, From Harper's Magazine. As long ago as July 1, 1837, young Dar- win, then twenty-eight years of age, had opened a private Jourmal, in which he pur- posed to record ajl facts that came to him which seemed to have any bearing on the moot point of the doctrine of transmuta- tion of species. Four“or five years earlier, during the courte of that famous trip around the world with Admiral Fitzroy, as naturalist to ;the,Beagle, Darwin had made the personal observations which first tended to shake jhis belief in the fixity of species. In South ‘America, in the Pam- pean formation, ‘be’ had discovered “great fossil animals red’ with armor like on the existing aMillos,” and had be struck with this aimtigity of type Datreen ancient and existing faunas of the same re- He was oe mail ciency impressed by closely related spe- cies of animals oes observed to replace one anothes as he proceeded southward over the continent; ine f the by. tid on one of oer! - sug- ted since arose. But i ALL TAKE HIGH RAN And There Are Many Foreigners in the Public Schools. CHILDREN OF PROMINENT DIPLOMATS Invariably Popular Both With Teach- ers and Scholars, BRIGHT AND ATTRACTIVE It is a source of pride for the people of this city to know that the reputation of the public schools of the District for thor- oughness and efficiency is such that for- eigners residing here temporarily, and par- ticularly those of high standing in life, make it a rule to trust the education of their children to the local public schools, instead of employing special tutors or pa- tronizing private institutions of learning. At present quite a number of the children of the legations are attending the schools. One of them journeyed here from far-away China for the express purpose of continu- ing his studies at the Washington High School. The practice is by no means new. It will be remembered by all present that a prom- inent figure at the graduating exercises of the class of '97, Washington High Schools, last June in Convention Hall was Alfred Sze, a native of China. The young man was a brother of an attache of the Chinese legation. He pursued the full course of four years at the Central High School, and finished among the leaders of his class. He was an active member of the regiment of High School Cadets, and during his graduating year held a commission as sec- ond HMeutenant. During the company com- petitive drill of the cadets last May at the Nationa. Base Ball Park Lieut. Sze commanded the second platoon of his com- pany with such ability as to call forth fa- vorable comment from the military ex- perts present. Young Sze was an unusually great fa- vorite with the faculty and with his fellow pupils at the Central High School. He was @ member of nearly all the school organ- izations, and was a hard student. He is now cecr.tinuing his studies at Cornell. A Jap Graduate. Five or six years ago one of the grad- uates from the Central High School w: Ichi Nakayama, a Japanese who was con- nected with the legation. He, too, was al- Ways well toward the head of his class, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his teachers and schoolmates. Nakayama was an enthusiastic soldier. During his three years at the school he was a member of three prize-winning cadet companies, and in his third year was a second lieu- tenant. He is also taking the course at Cornell. It is a matter of interest that of all the foreigners attending the local public schools not one may be classed as a lag- gard. Almost without exception, the young folks from other lands lead their respec- tive classes,notwithstanding the great hand- icaps wtth which all of them, of necessity, are weighed down. The foreigners are de- clared by their teachers to be brilliant students. With them it seems to be a question of accomplishing as much work ard absorbing just as much knowledge as Possible in a given time, not, as is the case with quite a number of American pu- pils, of doing the smallest required amount of work and study and being content to rest there. All the teachers concerned speak in the very highest terms of their foreign pupils. In the first year class of the Central High School at the. present time are three young Chinamen. Of these perhaps the most prominent is S. C. Thomas Sze, a brother of the young man who graduated last June. He is the individual who came to this city from China for the sole purpose of taking the course at the Central F School. After only a few months’ traini in English in his native land, he has c here, where all is new and strange to him, is pursuing the studies at the High School and has already teken a place in the lead of American pupils born and raised here, and who have attended the local schools for eight years. Thomas Sze presents the spectacle of an individual, possessing but scant knowledge of English, studying Latin by way of English. A Student From China. Thomas, like his brother befcre him, is possessed of a military disposition and is a| full-fledged High Sehool cadet. A distin- guishing feature of the young man is the absence of his queue. He explains that the absence of the queue does not consti- tute a bar to a Chinaman who desires to return to his native land, as is supposed to be the case by many. The absence of the queue, he says, merely makes the shorn individual an object of ridicule. Young Sze, at the request of a Star re- porter, wrote the following, the penman- ship being really excellent: “Perhaps my American schoolmates,whom I just begin to feel acquainted with, will be interested to know something about my Chinese schoolmates whom I left be- hind, and the school where we had as many good times as the American students do here. “The school is situated near the port Shanghai and was established by the Ame: ican Episcopal Mission—hence its name, St. John’s. The building is of red ck and has two stories, the upper consisting of library, assembly room and dormitories, while the lower contains Chinese and Eng- lish class rooms, chemical and physical laboratories, medical lecture room, dining halls and reception room. “The school is divided into four devart- ments—the medical, scientific, theological and preparatory—and every student, after completing the preparatory course of four years, and getting his certificate, can choose any of the other three courses. “The boys have fun as we have here. Base ball and tennis clubs play nearly every Saturday afternoon, anu during the rest of the week they have many other different kinds of amusements to make them happy and contented. A military company, the St. John’s Volunteers, drills twice a week for the purpose of making the students strong and soldier-like. Ac- cording to the rule of the school, every light must be extinguished at haif-past 9, but the fun is sometimes not over, as I imagine it would be true in the case of American boys, although the fun must go on very quietly, as the discipline of the school is very strict. “While I miss my Chinese schoolmates very much, I am glad to become acquain- ted with my schoolmates here and to study in an American school, in which my work at St. John’s helps me to feel at home.” In Oriental Costumes. The other two Chinese students at the Central High School are Kwang Heng, son of the interpreter at the Chinese legation, and Wanping Fung, the son of a merchant. The former is twenty-one years of age and the latter fifteen years. Both are taking the technical course that includes manual training and French. All three of the young Chinamen attend school attired in oriental costume. Undoubtedly: the most picturesque and interesting little one at present attending the public schools of the District is Chao- chu Wu, the ter-year-old son of the Chinese minister. He is a shining light in the third grade at the Force school, the young oriental idea being taught to shoot the public schools of the diminutive nobleman. He received some in- struction in before to this ail Aaa a ciel Yeu Crewe's pupils. A sample of iis "handwriting is reproduced herewith. aw Leth tindtingy er It was taken from the daily work of the pupils in that line, and had been collected, at the time of the reporter's visit, by the teacher. Tie little Chinaman attends school in his native costume, relegating the end of his queue to ihe depths of one of his pock- ets, Since the advent of cold weather he has adopted foc warmth the American style of shoe and now experiences quite a little difficulty in managing his feet. Like the other foreigners he is popular with his school mates, who do all in their power to make things ‘pleasant for him. A Diminutive Corean. Another smali nobleman, of particularly high birth, is We Chong Ye, son of the Corean minister, who is attending the sec- ond grade, in charge of Miss Draper, at the Berret school, corner of 14th and Q streets. We Chong is eleven years of age, and resembles the other visitors from dis- tant climes in that he is very bright. He has studied English only one year, but experiences no difficulty in keeping well up with his American fellow pupils. When he was taken to the Berret school at the opening of the present school year by his father and the interpreter of the lezation, the little fellow was placed in the first grade. In a week or two, however, he was Promoted to the second grade. At first he Was very much opposed to the change. He very earnestiy informed the principal of the building, Miss McGill, that the first grade teacher was a might pretty girl, that he was thoroughly satisfied and wanted to stay right there. It was necessary for Miss McGill to insist very strenuously that he advance to the next grade before meeting with success. He has now become thoroughly reconciled to the change, and says that his present teacher is pretty, tco—but he makes daily visits to the room of the first grade teacher. The Corean minister and Mrs. Ye often call at the school. and on the occasion of such visits the little boy acts as inter: ter for his father and mother and executes the part well. He is a mischievous young- ster and thoroughly appreciates and en- joys 2 joke. He rushed into school in high glee the cther day and delightedly in- formed Miss McGill that a colored boy on the corner had just yelled at him—“Ah, get onter der yeller kid.” From Costa Rica. Among the members of the first-year class, and one of the brightest pupils enrolled at the Western High School, is Arthur de Calvo, a youngster twelve years of age, son of the minister to this country from Costa Rica. Arthur, for several years past, was a pupil at the Force school build- ing, located on Massachusetts avenue b tween 17th and 18th streets. The Force school, by the way, has been ort of Mecca for the foreign pupils, being nearer the majority of the legation resid 8. perhaps, than any other local public school building. During the past school year young de Calvo was a member of the eighth grade class, taught by Miss Fairley. She spoke of him in this se to a Star reporter sev- eral days ago: “Yes, Arthur was a member of my class last year. I can say of him truthfully that he was the leader of the school, both in studies and popularity. He spoke the most choice language, and was at all times industrious aid — studious, —_ displaying marked enthusiasm in his school work. At the close of the year he was declared by unanimous vote of his feilow-pupiis to be the most popular member of the class. “Toward the close of the year,” contin ued Miss Fairley, “Arthur entertained v ch one afternoon with a lectur ta Rica. He drew a map on the rd and described to us in a most approved manner the mode of life of his countrymen, the physical conditions, the j climate of the country and the industries of the peop! “The boy is very democratic,” the teach- all the { meetings of the ¢ y in com- | pany with his fa a keen in- terest in the proceedings. In fact, he is the consiant companton of his father. F ing only twelve years of age, 1 can without fear of contradiction that Arthur tvo is a most brilliant boy. Tried to Free Cuba, An amusing incident was related of the son of the minister from Costa Rica while attending the Force school last year. The son of the Spanish minister was in the habit of riding along Massachusetts ave- nue past the school building on a bicycle every day during the recess hour. Young de Calvo taught his schoolmates to ex- claim “Free Cuba” in Spanish. Daily the words would be shouted in chorus as the young Spaniard passed much to his dis- comfture. One afternoon, when the puptls filed into the room at 1 o'clock after recess, Miss Fairley noticed that her “brag” pupil was absent, something unusual for him. A few moments later, however, he put in an appearance, nursing a cut over one of his “Why, what is the matter, Arthur?” in- quired Miss Fairley with some anxiety. “Oh, nothing much,” replied the young foreigner. “I just ‘had a disagreement with the son of the Spanish minister. We don’t speak now Arthur de Calvo, now a meniber of the firs 2 » We ern High School, where he fs pursuing the academic cou Although the school year is rot advanced his work up to date is said to be as brilliant as that of the past year. In referring to the public schools it per- haps may not be entirely consistent to lapse into slung. However, it 1s true that Arthur is not the only de Calvo among the students of note, for he ters and a brother attending the Force jschool. The eldest of this trio is Maria. a little girl just eleven years of age, who is a member of Miss McV seventh two sis- grade. She entered the fifth grade at the opening of the last school year, but before the session was half concluded was promoted to the sixth grade. After five months in the sixth grade she was fully competent to be transferred with her fel- low pupils to the next higher round cf the educational ladder. An Excellent Schol: “Maria possesses a splendid mind,” said Miss MeWilliams to the reporter, “and she passes as one of my best pupils. Her manner is all that could be desired. She displays a great fondness for reading—a fondness that she finds hard at times to control She is a timid little one, which is natural, as it is*the custom in her coun- try for the girls to remain modestly in the rear, while the beys are encouraged to push to the front.” “Lazy, but bright,” is the description applied by one of the teachers to Joseph de Calvo, who is a leading pupil in the fourth grade at the Force school. Unlike his brother and sisters, Joseph does not display any great energy, but he holds up his end of the line right along, and when necessity arises is equal to the best of his schoolmates. The last and, in point of size, least of the de Calvo children is Martha, a little tot just beginning her career of learning in the first grade. She attended the White House kindergarten last year, and is mak- ing very good progress, indeed, now, in the first grade of the public schools. At the Franklin building, 13th and K strects, three children of the Guatemalan minister are pursuing the regular studies, They => last year at the Force School, it is sald, expect soon to return to to school at first to interpret the words of the teseher. PROSTRATED. OVERCOME WITH HEART DISEASR WHILE ON THE STREET. Mrs. Wamsley, Wife of Rev. C. Ey Seriously Affectea— Has Been in a Precarious Condition. Wamsiey, From the New Era, Greensburg, Ind. Mrs. Wamsley, wife of Rev. C. BE. Wamsley, who lives ou West Sheridan street, Greensburg, Ind., has recently been cured of a very serious case of neurnigia of the heart and nervous prostration, A New Era reporter recently called on Mrs. Wams- ley to learn the facts regarding her experience, Mrs. Wamsiey said: “I am 43 years old, and have had considerable Sickness, although I have always been quite well “util about six years ago, which was the time my youngest son was bern. 1 began to lose my health then, and until recently never entirely recovered from my sickness of that occasion. I bad con- tracted a severe cold, which eventually induced a serious condition. My heart became affected, and im a short time I was almost completely pros- trated. There was continually a gradual sharp pain of the heart, and frequently tt was so severe that I would involuntarily give vent to my agony in screams. These pains kept getting worse and caused nervousness. I was confined to my bed, and it was a long while before I could For years afterward, for a considerable tata Une, I would be confined to the house, and often to my bed. I could not endure excitement as I Would become painfully nervous, and this would se- riously affect my beart. Sudden pains would come on at any time of the day or night thes wuld cowe ou suddenly, ae rily scream and fall down. ft mad: cuer whe down town, I thus attacked. I could sleep nights, aud my very poor. hat 1 did eat would not ag ve “i had different physicians, and wusband did everything he could for me. ‘he doctors alt ngtecd a8 to my trouble, saying it was neuralgia of the heart resulting from pervous prostration, tat mone of them seemed to be abl ything for it, cept to afl 1 tried a. talng the first box, second. 1 te ~ Wams- with Dr. Willie State of Indian: Pr sold ia boxes six Loxes ists, or di- . and may be had from Dr. Willis edicine Com- nectady y. this year, as his father has been trans- ferred to another diplomatic station. — In the sixth grade at the Abbott School is Charles Moy, son of a laund work, his teacher says, compa than favorably with the work of of the school. Charles has two in the fourth grade at the rame b: William and Henry. ir progress also been very rapid. ot of At the Arthur School quite a num! Italians are » 1 among the p In most instance have been unable to speak a word of sh at the time of entering the sc They are excellent ticularly well in penmane pup and do pa ship. rede ee Shakespeare's Knowledge. John Fiske tn the Atlantic. t Is not for a me Shakespeare's plays show an € wealth of varied knowledge. was one of the keenest observe Mved. In the wecdland or on the farm, in the printing shop or the ale house, or up and down the street, not the smallest detail escaped him. Microscopic accuracy, curi- ous interest in all es, unlimited power of assimilating knowieége, are everywhere ed that ry rdin Th t ever shown in the plays. These are some of the marks of what we call genius, something that we are far from comprehending, but which ‘experience has shown that books and universities cannot impart. All the col- leges on earth could not by combined effort make the kind of ‘man we call a genius, but such a man may at any moment be born into the world, and it is as likely to be in ®& peasant’s cottage as anywhere. There bibing and assimilating knowledge. capacity is often exercised uncos x When my eldest son, at the age of six, was in the course of a few weeks of daily instruction taught to read, it was suddenly discovered that his four-year-old brother also could read. Nobody could tell how it happened. Of course the younger boy must have taken keen notice of what the elder ere was doing, but the process went on without attracting attention until the re- sult appeared. Don’t Go te Alaska % eatin Sa : Fie Vet